Kal's longsword slashes across the horrible creature's chest, cutting a wound across its chest that doesn't bleed. There is a resounding boom as the strike releases a blast of magical energy, sending the pale monstrosity hurtling backwards ten feet, landing prone on the ground.
From inside his illusionary box, Usul quickly pulls his crossbow around and aims it towards the creature, almost too scared to think anything other than ‘AHHH!’ Aiming at it is tough while it’s on the ground though, so he takes a breath and holds his shot waiting for the creature to stand.
shot should be at advantage for being unseen in the illusion, but I could always take the Aim bonus action if needed since I’m not moving anyway. Prone = disadvantage, which would take the adv away, so ready action for it to stand, going back to advantage, and then shoot. Strong attack. Attack: 23 Damage: 46
Silthras remains glued to the spot - his limbs refusing to react to the frantic thoughts in his mind telling them to do something. Warm returns to Velyra's body as she breaks the effects of the psychic attack, now able to move once more.
The pale creature brings itself to its feet, shaking off the effects of the knight's attack. As it begins to move back towards the group, a bolt shoots across the room and impales the top eyeless socket of the monstrosity. It doubles over in soundless agony, ripping the crossbow bolt from its dark socket. It glares at the gnome, pure hatred seeming to emanate from the black voids of its eyes. Silently, it darts towards the door out onto the landing, jumping over the railing onto the stairs and disappearing down to the first floor.
Order: Silthras(Paralyzed) Velyra ??? Usul Kal
The paralysis saving throw is repeated at the end of the turn.
Also for Usul, it definitely saw you throw up that illusion right in front of it. ;)
Usul snaps his fingers and Dib appears on the other side of the door where the creature had gone. He telepathically sends a message to follow it, but not get too close, and to run back immediately if the creature turns to attack. He then quickly goes to his friends and starts to shake them, saying “Wake up! It’s gotten away!”He then pops his vision into his rodent friend to see what it sees as he chases after the creature.
As Silthras shakes off the paralysis, Usul's eyes glaze over white as he begins to perceive through his familiar's senses. The pale, spindly figure moves quickly through the manor, outpacing the weasel easily. Through Dib's vision, Usul is able to see the creature dart through the dining room below, and into the western room the party went through earlier. The magical weasel turns the corner in the room just in time to see the thing disappear down the stairs into the basement. There is no sound as it moves down the steps, and as Dib pokes his head around the corner to look down the dark staircase, he sees no sign of the creature.
Silthras sighs with relief, "That went better than it might have...what was that?"
As he asks the question, he moves closer to the husk of the body from which the creature emerged. "We may need to burn the bodies downstairs..." he says.
(( If Velyra comes over, he will offer the Help action for searching and investigation; looking for what the woman was carrying, as well as around the room...while still keeping an eye out for things that might decrypt the book ))
Kal presses a glowing hand to his wound, healing(12hp) with his Lay on Hands. "Painful is what it was." He grunts, following Silthras over to the remains. "You may be right, but right now I won't feel comfortable doing much else until that thing is dead or for sure gone."
While he and Velyra search through the mess that was once a woman, Kal will walk back over to the gnome, and wait for him to snap out of his trance and tell them what he saw.
Usul quickly explains that it went into the basement as he pops Dib back to his shoulder, adding frantically, “It is quite hurt! Your spell and our bolt hit it very hard! Should we chase after it before it has time to lick its wounds?”
Silthras smiles at Kal's remark, then nods. "Finish up here, then the basement? There could be more or those ... things. We really don't want any more of them behind us. Next time we see someone that looks like that...we know what we have to do."
He flexes his arms, relieved to have control of his body, and terrified to have lost all control. "I hope that's the only one. Have any of you seen or heard of such a thing?"
As Velyra pokes through the muck and clothes on the floor, looking for anything useful, she laughs nervously. "I'm sure it was quite painful, try dodging next time yeah?"
"If we're going to finish up here, I would say just a quick run through of the rooms to make sure nothing else will try and ambush us. I don't like the idea of staying in here with that thing a moment longer than we need to."
"By Sandail is there anything useful in here?" Investigation: 13
"Agreed. I think we need to finish this thing off as quickly as possible. There's no telling what it's capable of if we give it enough time to prepare."
Searching through the remains of the woman is tough - and mostly disgusting. Torn skin, muscle, shattered bones, and blood cover the clothes, which have been ripped to shreds themselves. There were a few things on her belt before she was torn apart: a set of thieves tools and a dagger. She had a silver bracelet on her wrist worth 5gp.
Going over the room in a quick search, the both of you start at the desk. There a few papers sitting on it, but disturbingly the text has been covered by sharp, angled letters of an unknown alphabet in what you suspect is dried blood. Glancing through a few of the books on the shelf, you find the same thing. All three cabinets in the room are stuffed with extra bedding, pillows, and linens. On the south wall, the skull of what was once a very adolescent dragon sits atop one of the cabinets.
This post has potentially manipulated dice roll results.
Hoping to move on as quickly as possible, but seeing the others search through the room, Usul takes the opportunity to try to pick the chest. ((17)) ((+ guidance? 2)) ((adding ‘help’ from below - 11))
4 small jars of a fine black ink that occasionally has flashes of iridescence(200 gp worth of the special inks needed to copy spells into a wizard's spell book) -> Velyra(?) (to sell) KEPT
Calligrapher's Supplies -> ??? SOLD
Spell Scroll of Detect Magic x 3 -> (Velyra, Siltras, Kal/Usul) KEPT
Spell Scroll of Find Traps -> Velyra KEPT
Spell Scroll of Locate Object x 2 -> (Velyra, Kal?) [ on their spell lists ] KEPT
A blue hard-covered book with intricate geometric tracings in a lighter blue. The pages are filled with arcane symbols and lists of runes that you can't recognize. ((Sil Arcana: 5)) Completely unsure what this book might be. -> Silthras Syl KEPT
jewelry (total 25 gp worth) -> Silthras (to sell) SOLD
Box of Toys -> Usul (unknown to group)SOLD/SENT (Usul)
The dagger has been suffused with elemental ice, and has additional properties. ((Can't link it. Search Icy Blade under equipment on your character sheet)) (origin) -> Usul
The lock on this chest clicks open, and the gnome finds it disappointingly stacked full of leather bound papers. A quick glance through them reveals them to be ledgers, going back at least 80 years. There are a variety of names listed in them, with a few notable noble family names being listed several times over.
??? Strength Save: 13
Kal's longsword slashes across the horrible creature's chest, cutting a wound across its chest that doesn't bleed. There is a resounding boom as the strike releases a blast of magical energy, sending the pale monstrosity hurtling backwards ten feet, landing prone on the ground.
From inside his illusionary box, Usul quickly pulls his crossbow around and aims it towards the creature, almost too scared to think anything other than ‘AHHH!’ Aiming at it is tough while it’s on the ground though, so he takes a breath and holds his shot waiting for the creature to stand.
shot should be at advantage for being unseen in the illusion, but I could always take the Aim bonus action if needed since I’m not moving anyway. Prone = disadvantage, which would take the adv away, so ready action for it to stand, going back to advantage, and then shoot. Strong attack.
Attack: 23 Damage: 46
PbP 🎲: Tyekanik; Moneo Noree; Korba Muris; & occasional DM:
Silthras Wisdom Save: 9
Velyra Wisdom Save: 16
Silthras remains glued to the spot - his limbs refusing to react to the frantic thoughts in his mind telling them to do something. Warm returns to Velyra's body as she breaks the effects of the psychic attack, now able to move once more.
The pale creature brings itself to its feet, shaking off the effects of the knight's attack. As it begins to move back towards the group, a bolt shoots across the room and impales the top eyeless socket of the monstrosity. It doubles over in soundless agony, ripping the crossbow bolt from its dark socket. It glares at the gnome, pure hatred seeming to emanate from the black voids of its eyes. Silently, it darts towards the door out onto the landing, jumping over the railing onto the stairs and disappearing down to the first floor.
Order:
Silthras(Paralyzed)
Velyra
???
Usul
Kal
Also for Usul, it definitely saw you throw up that illusion right in front of it. ;)
Usul snaps his fingers and Dib appears on the other side of the door where the creature had gone. He telepathically sends a message to follow it, but not get too close, and to run back immediately if the creature turns to attack. He then quickly goes to his friends and starts to shake them, saying “Wake up! It’s gotten away!” He then pops his vision into his rodent friend to see what it sees as he chases after the creature.
PbP 🎲: Tyekanik; Moneo Noree; Korba Muris; & occasional DM:
--Out of Combat--
As Silthras shakes off the paralysis, Usul's eyes glaze over white as he begins to perceive through his familiar's senses. The pale, spindly figure moves quickly through the manor, outpacing the weasel easily. Through Dib's vision, Usul is able to see the creature dart through the dining room below, and into the western room the party went through earlier. The magical weasel turns the corner in the room just in time to see the thing disappear down the stairs into the basement. There is no sound as it moves down the steps, and as Dib pokes his head around the corner to look down the dark staircase, he sees no sign of the creature.
Silthras sighs with relief, "That went better than it might have...what was that?"
As he asks the question, he moves closer to the husk of the body from which the creature emerged. "We may need to burn the bodies downstairs..." he says.
(( If Velyra comes over, he will offer the Help action for searching and investigation; looking for what the woman was carrying, as well as around the room...while still keeping an eye out for things that might decrypt the book ))
Kal presses a glowing hand to his wound, healing(12hp) with his Lay on Hands. "Painful is what it was." He grunts, following Silthras over to the remains. "You may be right, but right now I won't feel comfortable doing much else until that thing is dead or for sure gone."
While he and Velyra search through the mess that was once a woman, Kal will walk back over to the gnome, and wait for him to snap out of his trance and tell them what he saw.
Usul quickly explains that it went into the basement as he pops Dib back to his shoulder, adding frantically, “It is quite hurt! Your spell and our bolt hit it very hard! Should we chase after it before it has time to lick its wounds?”
PbP 🎲: Tyekanik; Moneo Noree; Korba Muris; & occasional DM:
Silthras smiles at Kal's remark, then nods. "Finish up here, then the basement? There could be more or those ... things. We really don't want any more of them behind us. Next time we see someone that looks like that...we know what we have to do."
He flexes his arms, relieved to have control of his body, and terrified to have lost all control. "I hope that's the only one. Have any of you seen or heard of such a thing?"
As Velyra pokes through the muck and clothes on the floor, looking for anything useful, she laughs nervously. "I'm sure it was quite painful, try dodging next time yeah?"
"If we're going to finish up here, I would say just a quick run through of the rooms to make sure nothing else will try and ambush us. I don't like the idea of staying in here with that thing a moment longer than we need to."
"By Sandail is there anything useful in here?"
Investigation: 13
"Agreed. I think we need to finish this thing off as quickly as possible. There's no telling what it's capable of if we give it enough time to prepare."
Searching through the remains of the woman is tough - and mostly disgusting. Torn skin, muscle, shattered bones, and blood cover the clothes, which have been ripped to shreds themselves. There were a few things on her belt before she was torn apart: a set of thieves tools and a dagger. She had a silver bracelet on her wrist worth 5gp.
Going over the room in a quick search, the both of you start at the desk. There a few papers sitting on it, but disturbingly the text has been covered by sharp, angled letters of an unknown alphabet in what you suspect is dried blood. Glancing through a few of the books on the shelf, you find the same thing. All three cabinets in the room are stuffed with extra bedding, pillows, and linens. On the south wall, the skull of what was once a very adolescent dragon sits atop one of the cabinets.
(( And nothing that screams "I am the thing you need to decrypt the book"? ))
Nothing in this room gives off any decoder vibes.
Hoping to move on as quickly as possible, but seeing the others search through the room, Usul takes the opportunity to try to pick the chest. ((17)) ((+ guidance? 2)) ((adding ‘help’ from below - 11))
PbP 🎲: Tyekanik; Moneo Noree; Korba Muris; & occasional DM:
Silthras stows the various items for later sale/distribution, then when he sees Usul's efforts, Silthras will also Help Usul with the lock.
(( Because we will hopelessly lose track of things, I am trying to collect all 'loot' in one post which I will try to kee up-to-date ))
Note 1: Shop #1 in Sonatide gave us a discount when buying stuff on our first visit.
On the road to town
Manor
Candle sticks and cuttleryUsul (unknown to party) SOLD/SENT (Usul)sword, daggerSOLDSecond body in Manor
Thieves tools-> Velyra SOLDDagger-> Velyra SOLDTrophy Room in Manor
Discarded Husk of woman
a set of thieves tools-> Silthras (sale) SOLDa dagger-> Silthras (sale) SOLDa silver bracelet on her wrist worth5gp. -> Silthras (distribute) SOLDRest of House
Calligrapher's Supplies-> ??? SOLDSilthrasSyl KEPTjewelry (total 25 gp worth)-> Silthras (to sell) SOLDBox of Toys -> Usul (unknown to group)SOLD/SENT (Usul)OMG - The Bank Vault
post
post, and post
post
Extras from OOC
Others
Golem
Proceeds from sales of above:
Total: 192; 5 ways => 38.4gp + 4x100gp gems each.
Books
(Note: we actually have 14 books)
Other stuff we missed before:
From Calmaius and put in a sack:
Stuff for Our Shady Contacts
Main list in OOC. Silthras now carried his 'stuff' in a sack in his backpack.
The lock on this chest clicks open, and the gnome finds it disappointingly stacked full of leather bound papers. A quick glance through them reveals them to be ledgers, going back at least 80 years. There are a variety of names listed in them, with a few notable noble family names being listed several times over.
(bless Ereshion)