[Luckily only some damage to Sho and to Bertolt (Bert I subtracted the amount from your CS already; Sho I did not). Onyx took most of the damage when he rushed into the room alone].
As you stand there in the darkness, some of you trying to catch your breath, you listen for the chanting.....it is silent for a moment, but then the sound of the drums starts again, along with the unknown words being sung. You seem to have found the family crypts of the Durst family, though they are all sealed with stone slabs bearing their names. It's a DC15 strength (athletics) check to move the slab.
@Talion As you look around the room, you find moldering bones of human skeletons strewn about. The long wooden table holds bowls and cutlery - it looks like a dining table, though long unused. Several skulls rest on the table and the walls are adorned with chains and hooks. You deduce that feasts of a vile and cannibalistic nature were had in this room...
When we get to the tombs, Talion pulls a crowbar off the side of his backpack, "Brings back happy memories..." he says with a grin. "Anyone want to try their strength?" he says holding it out.
Sho plucked the thorn that had caught him out of the slit in his armor, frowned, and tossed it to the ground as he scanned the butchered bodies on the ground with a momentary flicker of distaste in his eyes. “Pests.” He murmured, turning away towards the family crypts again.
He will help others' (though helpless) attempts opening the tomb. Though he can't help wonder, if this is where the children truly want to be, back in the same crypt, lying with the very same parents who starved them to death, in this forever haunted house.
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Weilding the crowbar, Talion spends a moment sizing up the crypt, before shaking his head at Sho, "I think I've got this" he says with unwarranted bravado. His muscles are nowhere near as well developed as those of the warrior.
Str(adv): 15
(( Since the crowbar gives advantage, I don't think help helps! Best if Sho tries after Talion...and maybe Onyx gets a second roll since he was handed the crowbar ))
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He nods in satisfaction, then stows the crowbar again. "You see...it's as much about placement as it is about strength."
Weilding the crowbar, Talion spends a moment sizing up the crypt, before shaking his head at Sho, "I think I've got this" he says with unwarranted bravado. His muscles are nowhere near as well developed as those of the warrior.
Str(adv): 19
(( Since the crowbar gives advantage, I don't think help helps! Best if Sho tries after Talion...and maybe Onyx gets a second roll since he was handed the crowbar ))
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He nods in satisfaction, then stows the crowbar again. "You see...it's as much about placement as it is about strength."
I’ll rule that Talion is able to open all the doors with his roll and your help. All the coffins sit atop stone biers. Only Rose and Thorn coffin lids are leaning along the sides, ready to be put on when the bodies are set within. Gustav and Elizabeth’s coffins are closed...
Bertolt will move to pull the bones out of the bag of holding, going to place the bodies of the children inside.
Bertolt - as you place them inside, each reappears for a moment and smiles at all of you. They begin to fade away and are eventually gone. You have all successfully found peace for the two children. You have the feeling that they have left the building, so to speak.
As you place the bodies inside and their ghosts disappear, a loud roar from above rends the air and drowns out the chanting. The house seems upset by the departure of the ghosts and, consequently, its lures...Dust rains down on you but you are otherwise unaffected.
Talion steps back from Erven, looking warily at the tombs, "On any other day but this, I'd happily rob the dead. But those two -- if they are at rest -- I say leave them that way! The children were bad enough."
"If there's nothing in this room, I'd like to find the other exit...it should be south then east, I think."
"Agree with you there Talion. Perhaps best to leave them alone. I'll have to find somewhere else to empty my bladder." Erven shrugs and then moves on, following the others.
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Erven says to the party, "Do you want to check out what is to the west before we head south? I am curious, you know me! Onyx, are you ok, do you want me to lead?"
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A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.
Talion smiles and nods, "I'll follow where you two lead...if Onyx is OK to keep moving. West looked interesting, and south then east has the other exit, I think."
Erven sees the look from Onyx, "I meant no offense, we just don't want to shove you in front every time and I wanted to offer you a break if you were injured. Let's move west." Erven takes up position behind Onyx as before, puts his hand on his shoulder in a friendly way, giving him encouragement.
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A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.
Sho sends the lingering apparitions of the children off with the solemn regard of his gaze. He touches his eyes with both hands ever so lightly, then his lips, then rests them over his chest. “The Whispered One tends the mortals as he will,” he prays quietly, “and plucks what souls he pleases.”
He goes to move the stone slabs back where they were in front of each crypts (with Talion’s help, hopefully) before they start off.
Talion helps Sho replace the slabs, pleased to put more barriers between himself and the worrisome ghosts. "No need for some ritual or incense?" he asks Sho. I never could understood the ways of priests. Shaking his head slighty, he pats the stone lid of the last tomb, "Well, we've done one good deed. Let's go balance things out with some thieving." He grins and the priest then starts off in the direction Onyx took.
[Luckily only some damage to Sho and to Bertolt (Bert I subtracted the amount from your CS already; Sho I did not). Onyx took most of the damage when he rushed into the room alone].
As you stand there in the darkness, some of you trying to catch your breath, you listen for the chanting.....it is silent for a moment, but then the sound of the drums starts again, along with the unknown words being sung. You seem to have found the family crypts of the Durst family, though they are all sealed with stone slabs bearing their names. It's a DC15 strength (athletics) check to move the slab.
@Talion
As you look around the room, you find moldering bones of human skeletons strewn about. The long wooden table holds bowls and cutlery - it looks like a dining table, though long unused. Several skulls rest on the table and the walls are adorned with chains and hooks. You deduce that feasts of a vile and cannibalistic nature were had in this room...
What now, gang?
DM - And In The Darkness, Rot: The Sunless Citadel
DM - Our Little Lives Kept In Equipoise: Curse of Strahd
DM - Misprize Thou Not These Shadows That Belong: The Lost Mines of Phandelver
PC - Azzure - Tyranny of Dragons
(( See above, for Talions initial actions ))
When we get to the tombs, Talion pulls a crowbar off the side of his backpack, "Brings back happy memories..." he says with a grin. "Anyone want to try their strength?" he says holding it out.
Con Check: 16
A little wind back in his lungs, Onyx rejoins the others in the hallway, where he takes the crowbar that Talion is offering.
"Should probably only open the ones we need to. Which one's Rose's?"
He will attempt to leverage the crowbar to open whichever coffin is pointed out (T1?)
Athletics 11
Another medical problem. Indefinite hiatus. Sorry, all.
While you are feeling quite spry and full of vigour, this does not help you move the slab. (13 strength/athletics for you - fail)
DM - And In The Darkness, Rot: The Sunless Citadel
DM - Our Little Lives Kept In Equipoise: Curse of Strahd
DM - Misprize Thou Not These Shadows That Belong: The Lost Mines of Phandelver
PC - Azzure - Tyranny of Dragons
Sho plucked the thorn that had caught him out of the slit in his armor, frowned, and tossed it to the ground as he scanned the butchered bodies on the ground with a momentary flicker of distaste in his eyes. “Pests.” He murmured, turning away towards the family crypts again.
He will help others' (though helpless) attempts opening the tomb. Though he can't help wonder, if this is where the children truly want to be, back in the same crypt, lying with the very same parents who starved them to death, in this forever haunted house.
Weilding the crowbar, Talion spends a moment sizing up the crypt, before shaking his head at Sho, "I think I've got this" he says with unwarranted bravado. His muscles are nowhere near as well developed as those of the warrior.
Str(adv): 15
(( Since the crowbar gives advantage, I don't think help helps! Best if Sho tries after Talion...and maybe Onyx gets a second roll since he was handed the crowbar ))Edit:
He nods in satisfaction, then stows the crowbar again. "You see...it's as much about placement as it is about strength."
I’ll rule that Talion is able to open all the doors with his roll and your help. All the coffins sit atop stone biers. Only Rose and Thorn coffin lids are leaning along the sides, ready to be put on when the bodies are set within. Gustav and Elizabeth’s coffins are closed...
Talion mansplains and flexes in triumph....
DM - And In The Darkness, Rot: The Sunless Citadel
DM - Our Little Lives Kept In Equipoise: Curse of Strahd
DM - Misprize Thou Not These Shadows That Belong: The Lost Mines of Phandelver
PC - Azzure - Tyranny of Dragons
Bertolt will move to pull the bones out of the bag of holding, going to place the bodies of the children inside.
Bertolt - as you place them inside, each reappears for a moment and smiles at all of you. They begin to fade away and are eventually gone. You have all successfully found peace for the two children. You have the feeling that they have left the building, so to speak.
As you place the bodies inside and their ghosts disappear, a loud roar from above rends the air and drowns out the chanting. The house seems upset by the departure of the ghosts and, consequently, its lures...Dust rains down on you but you are otherwise unaffected.
DM - And In The Darkness, Rot: The Sunless Citadel
DM - Our Little Lives Kept In Equipoise: Curse of Strahd
DM - Misprize Thou Not These Shadows That Belong: The Lost Mines of Phandelver
PC - Azzure - Tyranny of Dragons
Erven looks around where the Grick was for any dropped treasures, anything in that room.
Perception : 18
Then he steps back to Gustav and Elizabeth's coffins. "Should we open these, or move forward?"
A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.
Talion steps back from Erven, looking warily at the tombs, "On any other day but this, I'd happily rob the dead. But those two -- if they are at rest -- I say leave them that way! The children were bad enough."
"If there's nothing in this room, I'd like to find the other exit...it should be south then east, I think."
"Agree with you there Talion. Perhaps best to leave them alone. I'll have to find somewhere else to empty my bladder." Erven shrugs and then moves on, following the others.
A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.
Post #909 has the full map, if you all want to take a look.
DM - And In The Darkness, Rot: The Sunless Citadel
DM - Our Little Lives Kept In Equipoise: Curse of Strahd
DM - Misprize Thou Not These Shadows That Belong: The Lost Mines of Phandelver
PC - Azzure - Tyranny of Dragons
Erven says to the party, "Do you want to check out what is to the west before we head south? I am curious, you know me! Onyx, are you ok, do you want me to lead?"
A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.
Talion smiles and nods, "I'll follow where you two lead...if Onyx is OK to keep moving. West looked interesting, and south then east has the other exit, I think."
Onyx smiles at Erven and Talion, but there is a sharpness in his expression - probably upset at the insinuation of weakness.
"I'm fine. Whatever is down there knows we're here, and we should find it first. Let's go."
He does take Talion's preference into consideration, apparently, and begins moving West.
Another medical problem. Indefinite hiatus. Sorry, all.
Erven sees the look from Onyx, "I meant no offense, we just don't want to shove you in front every time and I wanted to offer you a break if you were injured. Let's move west." Erven takes up position behind Onyx as before, puts his hand on his shoulder in a friendly way, giving him encouragement.
A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.
Sho sends the lingering apparitions of the children off with the solemn regard of his gaze. He touches his eyes with both hands ever so lightly, then his lips, then rests them over his chest. “The Whispered One tends the mortals as he will,” he prays quietly, “and plucks what souls he pleases.”
He goes to move the stone slabs back where they were in front of each crypts (with Talion’s help, hopefully) before they start off.
Talion helps Sho replace the slabs, pleased to put more barriers between himself and the worrisome ghosts. "No need for some ritual or incense?" he asks Sho. I never could understood the ways of priests. Shaking his head slighty, he pats the stone lid of the last tomb, "Well, we've done one good deed. Let's go balance things out with some thieving." He grins and the priest then starts off in the direction Onyx took.