OOC: Death House (5e)

[alhoon]

Stairs seem to go 2 levels up

[VAN]

3rd floor it is

Perception: [dice]0[/dice]

Yeah he will probably just see the door!

[Ken of Ghastria]

Vorj makes a Perception check:

[dice]0[/dice]

Yeahhhhhhh.... Vorj isn't sure it's a door. Could be a coffee maker.

[alhoon]

You still get a description...

[Ken of Ghastria]

Another Perception check, this time to examine the floors of the bedroom:

[dice]0[/dice]

[alhoon]

Sorry for the delays and slowness all, I've been in a wedding for the past week (very nice one) and I had really little internet time! Now I'm back.

[alhoon]

Updated the map.
12C is a balcony that doesn't seem to have anything interesting. The Dusty closet also doesn't seem to have anything interesting. Check the map and descriptions in the map thread for more detailed and frankly more clear info than the muddled descriptions I've been able to give so far and inform me of actions.

[alhoon]

Van:
[dice]0[/dice]

Kimber:
[dice]1[/dice]

Vorj:
[dice]2[/dice]

[kintire]

Kimber is going nowhere near the Box of Death, Jewellry or otherwise!

[alhoon]

The map of room 15 is kinda tricky. Check the description in the map thread.
Put a touch of extra effort in describing your actions and the sequence you do them please.

[VAN]

What is in the room under 13 and what above 15? Or we haven't been there yet?

[alhoon]

There doesn't appear to be a room there actually.

[alhoon]

OK, the situation is about to get as bad as everyone of you expected the situation to get. Including your characters. I will keep it in mind for the horror check that is coming...

If I have it correct:
Vorj is opening the shroud with his dagger.
Van is at the window overlooking the balcony.
Burdur is behind Vorj, in the Nursemaid's room, right at the door, illuminating the area.
Kimber is behind Burdur.

[alhoon]

OK, first thing first:

I posted as in second-by-second for effect; consider it like slow motion.
The whole thing took less than a round; as long as it would take Van to walk 6-7', look out of a window and turn to face Vorj.

Second:
I want to see some horror saving throws: Wisdom saves.
All except Burdur are blessed (bless affects 3 people). Add +1d4 to your roll. Kimber and Vorj are trained in wisdom saves I think; you two add your proficiency bonus (+2) to a wisdom ability check (1d20+wisdom modifier). All of you add +1d4 to the roll for bless.

The DC is 15 for Kimber (she saw the ghost coming right out of a mirror) and Vorj (spooky baby wrapped in a funeral shroud) and 14 for Van.
(Burdur passed; I rolled)

Don't For your information, the DCs could realistically have been greater. You've been abducted from your world the previous night, you've spent like an hour in a cursed house, a house that you know it served as the headquarters for some perverted cannibal cult, have lost two companions to weird mists, there are weird engravings on the walls, traps that don't make sense, a baby warped in funeral shroud ... and a creepy ghost coming out of a mirror that by the time Vorj turns, stands behind him.

third thing:
Initiative. None of your PCs is actually surprised. Horror (or short term madness in 5e terms) could make things different, but I rule that your characters expected that one.
Do not post actions if you fail your horror save please! Many effects of a failed check are stopping you from taking actions freely.

Clarifications:
The ghost is hostile. No small talk. It's not a friendly caress \ cautious extension of the arm to explore. She tries to aggressively grab Vorj's face.
Kimber and Burdur couldn't make an effective attack of opportunity, so I jumped the gun and had the ghost float over you guys. She now stands between Vorj (middle of Nursery) and Burdur (in front of the door in the nursemaid's room).

[VAN]

A ghost! Where are ghostbusters!!!

[dice]0[/dice]

[dice]1[/dice]

How far away is it from Van? Can he get there and attack next round?