In reply to Osgood (msg # 135):

Osgood walks into a cobweb, and gets it in his eyes. He will be mildly disadvantaged for a minute. The others notice that some of the brickwork in the fireplace looks recent, there appears to be a trapdoor under the broken table.

The loft is a cramped space with some ruined bedding and some rats!

Arthur notices how dusty and run down the room is but also notices the new stonework done on the fireplace and goes over to investigate, looking for any hidden compartments or levers and any other reason there might be new work done on this but everything else left in shambles.




OOC: Wasn't sure what to roll for searching a fireplace so I rolled a couple
15:44, Today: Arthur rolled 14 using 3d6. search/15 searching fireplace.
15:43, Today: Arthur rolled 11 using 3d6.  per/16 searching fireplace.

In reply to Arthur (msg # 137):

Occ the skill Search, which is per-5 lets you find all of the hidey holes in an area.

You can determine that the recent brickwork is concealing the back of the hearth, and the work carries partway up the flue, which you can see to be full of smoke-someone is routing smoke up this chimney without it spilling out into the room, possibly  from underneath.

Meanwhile, the trap door on the other side has an iron ring to pull it up with.
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:50, Sat 05 May 2018.

"It looks like someone has a fire going downstairs they don't want anyone noticing. Do you guys want to check out the trapdoor and walk into their trap or do you think it would be better to smoke em out by blocking their chimney?"

Oz continues to rub his eye. "I didn't even notice the trap door. Freaking spider got in my eye. Lets smoke them out, it seems like fun."

"anyone have anything to block the chimney with? I doubt my blanket will be big enough for the job..."

Arthur says holding up his 1 square foot of blanket.

In reply to Arthur (msg # 141):

The new brickwork is shoddy, and could be collapsed with forced entry, but might be loud.

Espiri gets bored of the talking, and decides to just lift the trapdoor in the floor. He says, "Let's see what is behind door number one!"

Sorry, guys. Impulsive.

"Dammit Espiri!" Valdnur shouts moving to a position he can see into the trap door and lining his crossbows up to shoot anything that might emerge.

“Sweet! I was falling asleep over here!” said Rick, bouncing over to the trap door.

In reply to Theadric Greenbottle (msg # 145):

There is a faint jangling sound from below as the trapdoor, and an attached line of thread is pulled. The opening is about a yard square, and wooden rungs descend into the dark.

Espiri quickly grabs a torch from his backpack. He holds it up and gestures to Arthur, "Light it up."

Once the torch is lit Espiri lobs it gently down into the dark.

Irritated at the air man's impatience Arthur looks over at the torch then at the hole under the trap door and drops a ball of flame down the hole instead.  "There that should provide ample light and inform anyone down there of our presence if you haven't already done so."

Cast Create Fire over the opening of the trapdoor small enough that it just barely fits through the hole under the trapdoor and falls all the way to the bottom.

In reply to Arthur (msg # 148):

The torchlight reveals a flagstone floor and a small room roughly the size of the one you are in, with a heavy door at one end, next to what looks like a metal pipethat protrudes through the wall and meets the base of the fireplace.

Espiri says, "We can handle whoever is down there. You were wasting time. This way we get paid faster."

The swashbuckler drops down the shaft, trusting in the air to catch him just a scant few inches above the floor.

Valdnur quickly sheathes his crossbows and runs after Espiri, "Dammit lad!"

"After him!"He shouts as he attempts to slide down the sides of the ladder to quickly descend. When he hits the ground he redraws two pistol crossbows.

16:00, Today: Valdnur Silverheart rolled 13,8 using 3d6,3d6.  Fast Draw Crossbow 16 (×2). Success by 3 & 8 to quick sheathe.
15:57, Today: Valdnur Silverheart rolled 14 using 3d6.  Acrobatics 12. Fail by 2 to slide on the ladder.
16:00, Today: Valdnur Silverheart rolled 12,4 using 3d6,3d6.  Fast Draw Crossbow 16. Success by 4 & critical success to fast draw crossbows again.

Motioning that Khoza is to follow after the annoying air man, Arthur begins his slow descent into... where everyone else is going.

The Halfling followed down the ladder, redrawing his crossbow, stabilizing it, and hefting his buckler.

“I’m ready.”

Oz follows as well, drawing his long knives when he reaches the bottom.

In reply to Osgood (msg # 154):

A little bit of light shines from under the man sized door (which opens outward), and you can hear two gruff voices.

The room your in is three yards wide on the door side. Who is in the front line?
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:00, Tue 15 May 2018.

OOC


with Khoza going after Os per the post following this one. :)

In this case Valdnur is actually up front with Espiri, but otherwise the order should be the same.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:37, Wed 16 May 2018.

In reply to Valdnur Silverheart (msg # 157):

The bar on the other side of the door is removed,nd a human in scale armor yanks the door open; confronting you are 2 more similarly dressed men with crossbows aimed
At the doorway. They look like they are expecting you, but not khozaput.

Rick took aim at one of the crossbowmen.

“Drop it, bastard!”

Valdnur shoots an arrow at an eye of each crossbowman.

Dual Weapon Attack, Targeting the Eye, on each crossbow wielding enemy.

13:02, Today: Valdnur Silverheart rolled 10,11 using 3d6,3d6.  Crossbow 20-4(TA Eyes)-0(DWA)=16 (×2). Success by 6 & 5.
13:05, Today: Valdnur Silverheart rolled 11,11 using 2d6+5,2d6+5.  Impaling Damage to Eyes (×4). That's 44 damage each! :)
This message was last edited by the player at 01:11, Thu 17 May 2018.