Leyna passed her Reflex check.

I keep forgetting about Luck Points. If anyone fails their Reflex roll, this might be a good opportunity to use one. I don't think anyone has used one today so I think we all have them. I don't know how much damage a Judas goat might inflict but I'm guessing it will hurt. Or, in a worst case scenario, the Luck Point can be used to auto-stabilize. We should make sure we keep Alonder safe (or as safe as we can under the circumstances) since he's the one who can put us back together again.

Did Iceman give back the items Alonder loaned to him when setting up camp, or does he still have them? There was 50ft of rope among them

In reply to Alonder Gimbel (msg # 115):

Alonder has those back.

Did Rebecca and Urvan go into the basement, or is the "downstairs" the main floor with Leyna/Valgard/Iceman?

Would Know or Magic help understand the role - either scientific or superstitious - of the garlic, wooden carvings, and blobs of tallow?

Yes, the idea was that Rebecca and Urvan would go to the Cellar. That is, unless you'd like to yell at them to stop.

Int/Pray would work most appropriately, and one can make that check even untrained. I'll make the rolls for anyone that asks.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:35, Thu 11 May 2023.

They're adults! They're welcome to take their candle down to the basement if they want to :)

Yup, that's exactly what it seems like.

Bit of cross posting seems to have occurred in the IC: We Are Hirelings thread. Leyna and Valgard may want to go back and reconsider leaving the Commons Room just now.

Yep, I deleted my last post, and just posted a new one.

He did say he was checking the rooms.

Yes, I'll add an update when I get home.

DM, if we're doing secret rolls will you please roll Int/Magic or Int/Know for Leyna if either of those are relevant to the topic of exsanguination?

And maybe Wis/Notice for a closer inspection of the body.

Would Alonder be seeing (or sensing) Ralden's struggle from his position? If they moved at aproximately the same pace, then I imagine he is just on the other side of the corridor, but wanted to confirm.

In reply to Alonder Gimbel (msg # 127):

Alonder and Ralden are inside different rooms at the moment, so there's not a direct line of sight from one of you to the other. However, I'm sure that once Ralden makes some noise that Alonder will know something is up and it will be a fairly easy task to realize which room he's in.

Everyone is free to post conditional actions as well to try to cover different situations in advance.
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:08, Fri 12 May 2023.

Is there anything in between Alonder and Ralden, though? You described the attack happening as Ralden was about to leave, so he is right at the entrance. Is Alonder looking inside the room? Does he have his back to the door?

I guess it's up to Ralden how he is positioned after his attack. The initial trigger was while he was still in the room, but close to the doorway. The puddle isn't blocking his exit or anything. It's conceivable that there is room for Alonder to squeeze past Ralden into the room for himself.

What's the noise level inside the house? Can we hear the commotion upstairs, or is it lost in the wind?

In reply to Leyna Noc (msg # 131):

The wind doesn't cause enough interference, so folks on the ground level would have been able to hear - somewhat muffled but well enough - as Ralden yells:

Perfect, thank you.

Provisional orders:

Move - Leyna will move to examine the puddles in the Common Room
Main - Investigate the puddles (with Wis/Notice or Int/Magic, since Ralden mentioned Magic)

If Leyna is attacked before she uses her Main Action, she would use an Instant Action to go on Total Defense. (+2 AC, immune to shock)

Just a heads-up, I will be on vacation from 23 May - 3 Jun on a cruise ship with extremely limited connectivity. So likely 22 May will be the last time I post for about 2 weeks.

DM< I'm fine with you puppeting Valgard or just having him follow without action, whatever you prefer.

Just to be clear, we're in round 2 and keeping this order, is that right?

1. Ralden
2. Puddle
3. everyone else

In reply to Valgard Bouldershoulder (msg # 134):

No problem. Thanks for the heads up.

That is correct. Of course, everyone is free to post their intentions in any order. That is simply the order in which they will resolve.

I also realize that it seems like there are no targets at this moment, but, well do your best - that's part of encounters sometimes.
This message had punctuation tweaked by the GM at 00:33, Tue 16 May 2023.

I'd rather wait to see what the puddle does, since it will happen before Alonder reacts. Right now it's hard to predict.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:46, Tue 16 May 2023.