*Chapter 1: Richemulot * Finished

[professorgear]

Gahhh!! Valrin nearly jumps out Punka's backpack when Zero drops the talisman on him. You have got!! To stop doing that my friend!! Hahahaaa.. One of these days I'm likely to magic missle you! He grins as he clutches his chest. We were about to go down.. I just cast a spell to make us fall slower, these stairs are a death trap hahaha. He resettles himself inside the backpack. Alright well.. I'm obviously not going first soooo- He lets his words linger as he looks back and forth between his friends.

[linklord231]

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Spot:

Rolled 1d20+0 : 5, total 5

Listen:

Rolled 1d20+9 : 5 + 9, total 14

Survival (to look for tracks?):

Rolled 1d20+9 : 15 + 9, total 24

Mercutio, there!  Alphonse shouts, pointing to the area the mists are swirling around the most (or the area he heard something move in, if different).  Is there enough room to drop one of your sparkly spells without it blinding us all?  There's someone lurking here invisibly.  Block the exits so he can't escape!

[Scout89]

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Spot check (+2 from Elfsight) 1d20+13 : 14 + 13, total 27
Listen check 1d20+11 : 8 + 11, total 19

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Wow! You guys were fast! Sorry, I was sleeping. And I agree with those actions, Dna1. I would have done the same. Feel free to do it if I slow you down

Riek's eyes changes in a split second. They suddenly assume elven resemblance and he starts looking around in battle position, ready to throw his mind arrows.

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Standard: Elfsight (psionic power, 1pp, Low-light vision, +2 to Search, +2 to Spot, detect hidden or concealed doors in a 5ft radius, 2 hours) - Power Points remaining: 7.

[brujon]

Kwah-Yah shrugs, addressing Zero. "I got nothing. You?" He then turns to Valrin "Sure you want to go down like that? I don't think whatever came up went up flying, if we are to figure out the paths they took we must descend the same way they came up."

[zook1shoe]

to Valrin gotta catch me first not really realizing that magic missile doesn't require contact

i definitely heard something skittering around... i can't really see anything either.

flies a little bit farther back behind the big people but high above their heads.

[phaedrusxy]

Mercutio lets loose with a Glitterdust centered on the square that Alphonse indicates, and then if he sees anything "light up", puts his horn to his lips and lets out a reverberating blow on it that echoes through the complex.

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Standard action: cast Glitterdust
swift: If anything is revealed, he blows his horn to activate bardic music, using Dragonfire Inpiration to give everyone +4d6 fire damage on their attacks. This also uses up his swift action for the next round, as he uses an immediate action to activate his Badge of Valor as well.

[dna1]

((ooc: Alphonse, Riek, Mercutio, lets move over into the combat thread. just in case this takes a turn for that direction.))

[zook1shoe]

((ooc: me too, since i'm over there?))

[dna1]

((ooc: no zero is with Valrin and Kwah-Yah, who are standing at the top of the pit.  the other half of the group is over near snorri's study area in the "lower halls"
your technically further down in the haunt than they are.))

[zook1shoe]

((ooc: oh right.... i flew PAST them :-p ))

[professorgear]

((ooc: well in the very first post dna1 mentioned that the stairs here at the pit are tricky. and can take anywhere from minutes to hours. ravenloft seems to play with that section of the haunt quite a bit from the sounds of it. so in-character, I would usually float down, then take the stairs back up.))

Valrin turns back to Kwah-Yah. Hahahaa well last time we went down those stairs it took hours. So I just bypass them when I can. Thats why I suggested just heading straight down to look around. I doubt we can find much on the stairs anyways... I look over to Zero before I continue. Say.. Zero can you see in the dark pretty well? Why don't you just fly down to the bottom real quick and look around? Make sure there isn't a were-rat ambush waiting on the outskirts of our vision? Then we can hop down and join you.

[zook1shoe]

soars closer to Kwah-Yah. darkness? not very well. i've see better in smoke and fog... but i can try. got a candle or string you can light? i could use that

[professorgear]

We can do better than that can't we Punka! He smiles as he pats the half-orcs head.

Valrin quickly grabs a few things from his pouch, muttering a incantation causing one of the crackers in his hand to light up. He repeats the process 5 more times until he has a handful of crackers shining like little torches. He looks to Zero and grins as he tosses most of them down the pit, the tiny crackers landing at the bottom illuminating a 20ft area around each one. He looks to Zero and outstretches his hand which is holding the last two crackers.
I thought you might want to carry these down and toss them somewhere? He says while him and Punka look down below. Straining his eyes reveals nothing out of the ordinary though.

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punka spot This dice roll has been tampered with!
Rolled 1d20-1 : 5 - 1, total 4
valrin spot This dice roll has been tampered with!
Rolled 1d20+1 : 1 + 1, total 2

((ooc: you can see now why i havent been making spot checks lol..))

edit: opps i added in my ooc and since i edited my post it says i tampered with it.. lol

[zook1shoe]

mmm... crackers... oh, yeah i need to take em down there to see. duh grabs one in each claw and spirals quietly down into what was once darkness.

listen 1d20+11 : 9 + 11, total 20

spot 1d20+11 : 13 + 11, total 24

move silently 1d20+14 : 15 + 14, total 29

[dna1]

Zero

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As you fly down to the bottom of the pit you can hear things scurrying out of the light. It opens up into a large area. You can see the ever burning torches far down a tunnel to the left, where the Library is. The immediate area looks pretty clear, of course you do see vermin crawling about but that's normal.
((ooc: this area is pictured in the maps & pics thread))

[zook1shoe]

flings a light cracker off into the darkness, down towards a sewer grate or tunnel in hopes to see anything more

[dna1]

Zero

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You fling one of the crackers deep into the tunnel. You see rats scatter from the light. But aside from that everything looks normal. There is a think layer of mist seeping up through the floors and a slight breeze. From the looks of it nothings out of the ordinary.

[zook1shoe]

Mumbles to himself hmm... then circles upwards and tells the others I didn't see anything that stood out as were-rats or worse... Just tiny rats

[brujon]

Kwah-Yah ponders. "Right, if that's the case, no need to wait any longer... Let's go."

[dna1]

((ooc k let me help you guys move things along a bit.))

Valin, Punka, and Kwah-Yah jump down the pit. They float gracefully to the bottom. Zero flys down and joins them. As you all stand there you can hear the rats scurry about in the darkness. Nothing unusual seems to immediately jump out at you though.