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Drafterman, Grahf looks around in the childrens room. Does Grahf see anything odd or unusual?
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(if the kids agree to help with any information they might have, if i may suggest sticking around so you can do perception checks on whether or not they are lying with their answers. I can do investigation checks at the same time regarding that 👌💯)
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(Willing to buy 2x ressurrect so the kids can live again)
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(Would they even want to after this?)
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(live again, or answer questions/help us out?)
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(Live. If heaven is a nice place, why live in this shithole?)
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(they havent moved on yet, so obviously they're sticking around for some reason. It might not be their choice to still be here though)
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(Maybe they're pissed at the Big Bad. Dunno.)
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(well, that's why we're talking, to try and find out 👌)
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(The bonuses are all precalculated. So the +4 you get for Persuasion is just that: +4 (to a base d20 roll). The breakdown is this: You have 15 Charisma. This gives you +2 to all Charisma based checks and saves. Your proficiency bonus is +2, so this gives you an additional +2 to any checks or saves you are proficient in. You are proficient in Persuasion and Persuasion is a Charisma-based check, so you get +4)

Eikka opens the window with her crossbow at the ready. The cat gracefully leaps into the house with a "mew" and rubs against her leg in appreciation.

In the kid's room...

Thorn claps enthusiastically.

Rose shrugs: I don't know how we can help each other. We don't know why we're stuck here and as far as I know we can't leave. If you're looking to get into the basement, there is a special staircase that leads to it. She points to the doll-house replica of the house.

Grahf examines the doll-house more closely and sees that yes, indeed, there is a spiral staircase running from the attic down throughout the floors of the house. It is accessible via the storage room in the attic.

First Floor Map (updated):

Second Floor Map (updated):

Third Floor Map (updated):

Player Summaries:
Grahf - 8/8 HP - 10 AC - Spell Slots: 1⬤⬤
Roberts - 12/12 HP - 19 AC
Snerp - 8/8 HP - 13 AC - Spell Slots: 1⬤⬤
Eikka - 10/10 HP - 16 AC - Spell Slots: 1⬤⬤

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Cheat Sheet (who's the best at what)

  • Acrobatics (Snerp +4)
  • Animal Handling (Eikka & Roberts +2)
  • Arcana (Grahf +5)
  • Athletics (Roberts +3)
  • Deception (Snerp +4)
  • History (Grahf +3)
  • Insight (Eikka & Roberts +4)
  • Intimidation (Eikka & Grahf +3)
  • Investigation (Grahf +5)
  • Medicine (Eikka +4)
  • Nature (Eikka & Grahf +3)
  • Perception (Eikka & Roberts +4)
  • Performance (Snerp +4)
  • Persuasion (Grahf +5)
  • Religion (Grahf +5)
  • Sleight of Hand (Snerp +2)
  • Stealth (Snerp +2)
  • Survival (Roberts +4)


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Do the kids know anything about the mirror we found earlier, other than that we may as well gather together and proceed.
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We don't know why we're stuck here and as far as I know we can't leave. If you're looking to get into the basement, there is a special staircase that leads to it. 

Well you have already helped plenty with that. Do you know anything of what is in the basement? Any unusual sounds coming from there? Growling, shrieking, howling? 

Also, there is a standing mirror on the second floor, was that here before your parents locked you in here? If so, is it magical? I suspect it's magical so anything you might know of it would be useful.
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(assume with the questions I'm waiting on a response, then asking another.) 

We found a secret room in the house filled with various things regarding something called "Priests of Osybus" have you heard that before? Did you ever overhear your parents mention it perhaps? 

Did you have another sibling? A young baby brother or sister that wasn't locked in here with you? 

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Do the kids know anything about the mirror we found earlier, other than that we may as well gather together and proceed.

Theres more to ask about than just the mirror my friend. 


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Rose: Our parents told us about a monster that lives there. We would hear its howls from time to time. I always thought it sounded like people, but they said it was a monster. She shrugs. I don't know anything about a magical mirror.
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We must know as much as possible before proceeding. There is something at work here behind the scenes if you are trapped here as you say you are.

I promise I will play another song for you two if you think as hard as you can. If you don't know, that's perfectly fine though, so don't worry if you cant. We all would certainly appreciate you trying and be in your debt 👏
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. I always thought it sounded like people, but they said it was a monster. 

I had a suspicion the "monster" may not have been a "monster" upon finding out about the room with the occult stuff in it. Sacrificial rituals and torture, how revolting. (I'm not saying this out loud)
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they are just children after all......
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True, I'm not expecting much, but even the information we've gotten so far has been helpful
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"I don't know anything about a magical mirror."

That's fine, let me retry. Do you remember there being a large mirror on the second floor before you were locked and trapped in here?

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Have any strange men ever been in your house?
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(good question. 👏)
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I tuck the kitten in my belt pouch and rejoin snerp and the others.upon seeing the children I say oh you two again.
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Rose: In the nanny's room? Yeah, she has a nice big mirror. Mom and dad had a book club. Some of the people were the same, but they would always have new members that only showed up once.
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(I don't wish to scroll back)  Does Rose recognize the name of the courier that gave us the note?  Does she know what the note was referring to as far as the illness etc?

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Rose: No, I don't know who any of those people are.
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Rose: No, I don't know who any of those people are.

Do you know whose cat this is? Opening my pouch.
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Rose sighs and rolls her eyes. We're dead. We've been locked in this room for ages. I'm ten. I don't know any of this.

Thorn: More music! More music!
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In the nanny's room? Yeah, she has a nice big mirror

Weren't there two large mirrors on the second floor?

Just the mirror in the nannies room? No more than that on that floor?