Kay walks over to the door next to the umbrella stand and tries to open it. She will also farther investigate the umbrella stand.
Investigation 5
Perception 7
Wow those were both terrible.
The door opens onto a fairly small closet, with a rack of coats insideand a hat on a hook on the door. The umbrella stand appears to have an umbrella stood in it.
Kay catches the potion then stares at the umbrella stand or a minute. "You know what, I'll just see about picking the lock first." She turns around and nods to Lokemos, "The name's Kaywas, but you can call me Kay." She holds up the potion, "Thanks for this." Then she walks back over to the box and pulls out her lock picks.
Slight of Hand: 11
Ha Ha how did I know this was going to happen
Edit: I didn't see Dragonslayer's post so add 3 to the previous roll.
“Hello Kay. And your welcome. I’ve got plenty of them.”
*Also, picking a lock is usually a dexterity check with thieves tools, not a sleight of hand check.*
Can I investigate the pocket watch? And would being an artificer help?
It's a silver pocket watch on a matching silver chain. Opening it, you find a small key inside the case.
Your moment of triumph is quickly thwarted as Kay successfully picks the lock and opens the safe. Inside is a velvet pillow, with a red bow tie on it, and a worn piece of folded paper, with swirly script on it saying "Never stop dressing smart", with a lipstick mark where you might expect a signature.
It definitely seems to be getting just a little bit more sluggish to move. And is it just you, or are some things starting to look less well defined?
Is that a brush stroke on the back of your hand?!?
“Aw yuck!” Kay holds the paper between two fingers. “I will never understand why people do that.” She says this in response to the lipstick mark. After reading the note, she rolls her eyes and sighs with a disgusted look on her face. “Wonderful.” She picks up the bow tie then walks over to the closet and pulls out a coat and the hat. “I guess we have to play dress up now,” She grumbles. She puts on the hat and coat. (She probably looks ridiculous) Then she walks over to Alexander and puts the tie on him. “This looks much better on you than it would on me.”
Kay walks over to the door next to the umbrella stand and tries to open it. She will also farther investigate the umbrella stand.
Investigation 5
Perception 7
Wow those were both terrible.
The door opens onto a fairly small closet, with a rack of coats insideand a hat on a hook on the door. The umbrella stand appears to have an umbrella stood in it.
Kay catches the potion then stares at the umbrella stand or a minute. "You know what, I'll just see about picking the lock first." She turns around and nods to Lokemos, "The name's Kaywas, but you can call me Kay." She holds up the potion, "Thanks for this." Then she walks back over to the box and pulls out her lock picks.
Slight of Hand: 11
Ha Ha how did I know this was going to happen
Edit: I didn't see Dragonslayer's post so add 3 to the previous roll.
“Hello Kay. And your welcome. I’ve got plenty of them.”
*Also, picking a lock is usually a dexterity check with thieves tools, not a sleight of hand check.*
Can I investigate the pocket watch? And would being an artificer help?
It's a silver pocket watch on a matching silver chain. Opening it, you find a small key inside the case.
Your moment of triumph is quickly thwarted as Kay successfully picks the lock and opens the safe. Inside is a velvet pillow, with a red bow tie on it, and a worn piece of folded paper, with swirly script on it saying "Never stop dressing smart", with a lipstick mark where you might expect a signature.
It definitely seems to be getting just a little bit more sluggish to move. And is it just you, or are some things starting to look less well defined?
Is that a brush stroke on the back of your hand?!?
Can I search for any functional and sensible or brain-related clothes in the closet?
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Can I search for any functional and sensible or brain-related clothes in the closet?
Chuck me an investigation roll for that?
Also, what do you mean by "brain related"? Was that a typo?
I mean literally anything that looks like a brain.
17.
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Can I search for any functional and sensible or brain-related clothes in the closet?
Chuck me an investigation roll for that?
Also, what do you mean by "brain related"? Was that a typo?
I mean literally anything that looks like a brain.
17.
You search through the coats, but you do not find anything that resembles a brain. You do, however, find a plain canvas mannequin on a stand, behind the coats.
Can I search for any functional and sensible or brain-related clothes in the closet?
Chuck me an investigation roll for that?
Also, what do you mean by "brain related"? Was that a typo?
I mean literally anything that looks like a brain.
17.
You search through the coats, but you do not find anything that resembles a brain. You do, however, find a plain canvas mannequin on a stand, behind the coats.
I put clothes on the mannequin.
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Can I search for any functional and sensible or brain-related clothes in the closet?
Chuck me an investigation roll for that?
Also, what do you mean by "brain related"? Was that a typo?
I mean literally anything that looks like a brain.
17.
You search through the coats, but you do not find anything that resembles a brain. You do, however, find a plain canvas mannequin on a stand, behind the coats.
I put the most sensible and functional clothes I can find on it.
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And just 'cause, I conjure a 3-inch-long metal model brain and give it to the teifling artificer.
"Don't know why you like brains, though. Snakes are better."
"It said 'Dress smart.' Brains tend to be smart."
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“Aw yuck!” Kay holds the paper between two fingers. “I will never understand why people do that.” She says this in response to the lipstick mark. After reading the note, she rolls her eyes and sighs with a disgusted look on her face. “Wonderful.” She picks up the bow tie then walks over to the closet and pulls out a coat and the hat. “I guess we have to play dress up now,” She grumbles. She puts on the hat and coat. (She probably looks ridiculous) Then she walks over to Alexander and puts the tie on him. “This looks much better on you than it would on me.”
Alexander looks uncomfortable with the bow tie on. He adjusts it on his neck, then looks at the mannequin. Fighting against the sluggish feeling, he starts looking for more cloths that match what the man in the portrays was wearing. As he does, he takes the duck-pomeled sword cane (which Kay had put back on the plaque I believe) and puts it in the hand of the mannequin.He also takes the bow tie off and puts it on the mannequin as well.
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“I support this decision! Anyway, step aside, I know cloths more than any of you combined!” I’m just going to say that Angelino has expertise in the non existent fashion skill. Angelino try’s to get the exact cloths needed.
Between you, you manage to find the coat, hat, tie and cane which seem to match the painting, and put them onto the mannequin. Angelino seems to take control, or at least tries to, and before you know it you have a mannequin stood just outside the cupboard (I'm assuming you're not trying to dress it inside the cupboard?) wearing a hat, a coat, a bow-tie, and holding the cane in one hand, which seems to hold it perfectly.
There are definitely brush strokes slowly appearing on everything now. The air is thick like syrup, and you can almost see painted swirls, like starry night by van gough, as your arms and hands move through the air.
A quick reminder of the room (pulled from page 93):
The room is lit by a steady light coming from several glass orbs set into a chandelier of crystals hanging on silver chains. The carpet is rich but seems very old - the whole room gives off a pervasive fustiness as you walk in. Looking around, you notice with little surprise that the door you walked in through has, as usual, disappeared.
Looking around the room, you see a large pedestal desk dominating the space, with several neat stacks of paper and a small wooden box set out on its engraved leather top, and a large, comfortable looking chesterfield-style leather chair (the ones with all the buttons pulling the leather in all over the surface).
On the wall opposite you is a wooden panelled door. Beside the door is an umbrella stand, which appears to have been made from the foot of a Bulette, containing an assortment of walking sticks.
In the middle of the wall to your right, behind the desk & the chair, is a long, thin sword on a wooden plaque, above which hangs a painting of the room you're standing in, with a stern looking man wearing a hat and gentlemans clothes standing with his hand resting on the chair, glowering out at the room.
The most notable feature, however, is the wall on your left - or the lack thereof. Where the wall should have been, there is instead a huge window, and through it you look out onto a monstrously enormous version of the study you're stood in. Every detail appears the same, and on the opposite wall - the wall you're currently looking through - there are dozens of paintings, similar to the one behind you, but the characters have changed - instead of the stern looking man, you see people of every race and age - some sitting at the desk, some curled up on the floor, others hammering at the walls or painted as though they were pressing their hands ahainst the canvas from the other side. None of them are moving.
And of the painting:
The painting of the room exactly matches the room you're stood in, except for the figure stood by the desk. The figure is wearing a black hat with a feather in it, a black overcoat with floral patterns stitched into it, a gold monocle and a red bow tie. He is holding a cane, which has a ducks head for a handle. hanging from the pocket of the overcoat you can see a silver looking chain, which you might expect from a pocket watch. Clearly, the man was very wealthy, and perhaps a little eccentric!
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I put the already-discovered pocket watch into the pocket of the overcoat, and search the desk (Investigation: 23) for a gold monocle. If I find one, I put it on the eye of the mannequin that corresponds to the eye on which the gentleman is wearing one.
If I don't find one, I conjure a duplicate (I've seen it in the painting, so would that count as valid for the Minor Conjuration feature?) and put it where it belongs on the mannequins face.
The door opens onto a fairly small closet, with a rack of coats insideand a hat on a hook on the door. The umbrella stand appears to have an umbrella stood in it.
The bottom of the chair doesn't have any such compartments that you can see!
It's a silver pocket watch on a matching silver chain. Opening it, you find a small key inside the case.
Your moment of triumph is quickly thwarted as Kay successfully picks the lock and opens the safe. Inside is a velvet pillow, with a red bow tie on it, and a worn piece of folded paper, with swirly script on it saying "Never stop dressing smart", with a lipstick mark where you might expect a signature.
It definitely seems to be getting just a little bit more sluggish to move. And is it just you, or are some things starting to look less well defined?
Is that a brush stroke on the back of your hand?!?
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“Aw yuck!” Kay holds the paper between two fingers. “I will never understand why people do that.” She says this in response to the lipstick mark. After reading the note, she rolls her eyes and sighs with a disgusted look on her face. “Wonderful.” She picks up the bow tie then walks over to the closet and pulls out a coat and the hat. “I guess we have to play dress up now,” She grumbles. She puts on the hat and coat. (She probably looks ridiculous) Then she walks over to Alexander and puts the tie on him. “This looks much better on you than it would on me.”
Can I search for any functional and sensible or brain-related clothes in the closet?
This isn't actually a signature, just something I copy and paste onto the bottom of all my posts. Or is it? Yep, it is. Or is it..? I’m a hobbit, and the master cranial imploder of the "Oops, I Accidently Destroyed Someone's Brain" cult. Extended sig. I'm actually in Limbo, it says I'm in Mechanus because that's where I get my WiFi from. Please don't tell the modrons, they're still angry from the 'Spawning Stone' fiasco.
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Chuck me an investigation roll for that?
Also, what do you mean by "brain related"? Was that a typo?
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I mean literally anything that looks like a brain.
17.
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You search through the coats, but you do not find anything that resembles a brain. You do, however, find a plain canvas mannequin on a stand, behind the coats.
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I put clothes on the mannequin.
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I put the most sensible and functional clothes I can find on it.
This isn't actually a signature, just something I copy and paste onto the bottom of all my posts. Or is it? Yep, it is. Or is it..? I’m a hobbit, and the master cranial imploder of the "Oops, I Accidently Destroyed Someone's Brain" cult. Extended sig. I'm actually in Limbo, it says I'm in Mechanus because that's where I get my WiFi from. Please don't tell the modrons, they're still angry from the 'Spawning Stone' fiasco.
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Kay looks around to see if any of the clothes match what the man in the portrait is wearing.
And just 'cause, I conjure a 3-inch-long metal model brain and give it to the teifling artificer.
"Don't know why you like brains, though. Snakes are better."
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That makes more sense.
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"It said 'Dress smart.' Brains tend to be smart."
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You find a coat which matches the one being worn in the painting. The hat hanging on the door also looks like it is the same one.
They are, in fact, worryingly identical, right down to the brush strokes. And you're definitely slowing down now.
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Alexander looks uncomfortable with the bow tie on. He adjusts it on his neck, then looks at the mannequin. Fighting against the sluggish feeling, he starts looking for more cloths that match what the man in the portrays was wearing. As he does, he takes the duck-pomeled sword cane (which Kay had put back on the plaque I believe) and puts it in the hand of the mannequin.He also takes the bow tie off and puts it on the mannequin as well.
"Ah.... Well, you can dress the brain if you want to, I suppose."
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Kay grabs the coat and hat that match the painting and put them in the mannequin.
If this doesn’t work, we should make Angelino wear the cloths.
“I support this decision! Anyway, step aside, I know cloths more than any of you combined!” I’m just going to say that Angelino has expertise in the non existent fashion skill. Angelino try’s to get the exact cloths needed.
roll: 23
Between you, you manage to find the coat, hat, tie and cane which seem to match the painting, and put them onto the mannequin. Angelino seems to take control, or at least tries to, and before you know it you have a mannequin stood just outside the cupboard (I'm assuming you're not trying to dress it inside the cupboard?) wearing a hat, a coat, a bow-tie, and holding the cane in one hand, which seems to hold it perfectly.
There are definitely brush strokes slowly appearing on everything now. The air is thick like syrup, and you can almost see painted swirls, like starry night by van gough, as your arms and hands move through the air.
A quick reminder of the room (pulled from page 93):
The room is lit by a steady light coming from several glass orbs set into a chandelier of crystals hanging on silver chains. The carpet is rich but seems very old - the whole room gives off a pervasive fustiness as you walk in. Looking around, you notice with little surprise that the door you walked in through has, as usual, disappeared.
Looking around the room, you see a large pedestal desk dominating the space, with several neat stacks of paper and a small wooden box set out on its engraved leather top, and a large, comfortable looking chesterfield-style leather chair (the ones with all the buttons pulling the leather in all over the surface).
On the wall opposite you is a wooden panelled door. Beside the door is an umbrella stand, which appears to have been made from the foot of a Bulette, containing an assortment of walking sticks.
In the middle of the wall to your right, behind the desk & the chair, is a long, thin sword on a wooden plaque, above which hangs a painting of the room you're standing in, with a stern looking man wearing a hat and gentlemans clothes standing with his hand resting on the chair, glowering out at the room.
The most notable feature, however, is the wall on your left - or the lack thereof. Where the wall should have been, there is instead a huge window, and through it you look out onto a monstrously enormous version of the study you're stood in. Every detail appears the same, and on the opposite wall - the wall you're currently looking through - there are dozens of paintings, similar to the one behind you, but the characters have changed - instead of the stern looking man, you see people of every race and age - some sitting at the desk, some curled up on the floor, others hammering at the walls or painted as though they were pressing their hands ahainst the canvas from the other side. None of them are moving.
And of the painting:
The painting of the room exactly matches the room you're stood in, except for the figure stood by the desk. The figure is wearing a black hat with a feather in it, a black overcoat with floral patterns stitched into it, a gold monocle and a red bow tie. He is holding a cane, which has a ducks head for a handle. hanging from the pocket of the overcoat you can see a silver looking chain, which you might expect from a pocket watch. Clearly, the man was very wealthy, and perhaps a little eccentric!
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I put the already-discovered pocket watch into the pocket of the overcoat, and search the desk (Investigation: 23) for a gold monocle. If I find one, I put it on the eye of the mannequin that corresponds to the eye on which the gentleman is wearing one.
If I don't find one, I conjure a duplicate (I've seen it in the painting, so would that count as valid for the Minor Conjuration feature?) and put it where it belongs on the mannequins face.
(Edit: 24!!)
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