OOC: Death House (5e)

[ewancummins]

VAN: Van has already checked room 5 and found the engravings etc.

If someone starts peeling wallpaper or breaking the paneling, please tell me. Strength check DC 12 to break the paneling, no check required to start peeling off wallpaper, provided you have a knife or something to tear through it. 1 minute clears a 10' x 5' part of the wall from paneling or wallpaper.

Please, read descriptions in the map thread to see which rooms have what, and where. For example, the kitchen doesn't have either.

Gnorric may let a brute do that. Vorj or somebody big and strong.


Given that poor Insight roll (3), unless Kimber keeps up a 'social combat' in a persistent and obvious fashion, he ignores her for now.
He has more important concerns. Namely, the room Van is exploring.

He will check it out.

Checking for traps and hidden dangers

[dice]0[/dice]

[alhoon]

ADVANTAGE: Roll twice and keep the better roll. I.e you roll 13 and 4 and you keep 13.
DISADVANTAGE: Roll twice and keep the worst roll. I.e. you roll an attack roll 20 and a 3 and your eyes tear up as you ignore the critical and keep the 3, resulting in a miss.

You can't have twice advantage or disadvantage. If 3 sources give you advantage, you only reroll once, not 3 times. Same with disadvantage.
If you have advantage from 1+ sources and disadvantage from 1+ sources they negate each other.

For example let's say you try to attack someone: If you're under a powerful blessing (advantage), the enemy is unaware of you (advantage) and the enemy is prone (advantage), you roll hit roll twice and keep the better roll.
If in the above situation you can't see very well because you're human and there's no good light (Disadvantage) you don't have either advantage or disadvantage although you get advantage from 3 sources and dis from just one.
I felt a bit odd about that, but after reading some explanations why this occurs in D&D site, I decided to follow the rule even if it doesn't always sit well with me.

[ewancummins]

ADVANTAGE: Roll twice and keep the better roll. I.e you roll 13 and 4 and you keep 13.
DISADVANTAGE: Roll twice and keep the worst roll. I.e. you roll an attack roll 20 and a 3 and your eyes tear up as you ignore the critical and keep the 3, resulting in a miss.

You can't have twice advantage or disadvantage. If 3 sources give you advantage, you only reroll once, not 3 times. Same with disadvantage.
If you have advantage from 1+ sources and disadvantage from 1+ sources they negate each other.

For example let's say you try to attack someone: If you're under a powerful blessing (advantage), the enemy is unaware of you (advantage) and the enemy is prone (advantage), you roll hit roll twice and keep the better roll.
If in the above situation you can't see very well because you're human and there's no good light (Disadvantage) you don't have either advantage or disadvantage although you get advantage from 3 sources and dis from just one.
I felt a bit odd about that, but after reading some explanations why this occurs in D&D site, I decided to follow the rule even if it doesn't always sit well with me.

Thanks, that helps a lot.

[ewancummins]

If checking for traps is Perception, then he has a total plus 2.
If it is investigation, a plus 4.

So 20 0r 22, with that roll of 18.

Yes?

[VAN]

Apparently we have finished the ground floor.

Ewan, Van can peel the wallpaper do you want also to break the pannel?

[Ken of Ghastria]

Vorj attempts the Strength check to pry open a section of wall.

[dice]0[/dice]

[ewancummins]

Vorj attempts the Strength check to pry open a section of wall.

[dice]221450:0[/dice]

Brute strength!

[ewancummins]

If the opening and examination of the wall yields anything interesting and unusual, he will attempt to analyze that. Climbing up on Van or some furniture, if needed.


Analyzing anomalies in wallpaper and/or wall, if any such are noticed by the others

investigation

[dice]0[/dice]

He will try to burn some of the wall paper that has been peeled away. Oh, and if the kitchen contains sulfur matches, a tinderbox, other flammables and fire making stuff for stoves and lamps-- snag that. If it is a bit much to carry, put it all in one place.


Fire making roll, if needed
Is this DEX based?
[dice]1[/dice]

[alhoon]

Vorj attempts the Strength check to pry open a section of wall.

[dice]221450:0[/dice]

Good enough to remove\break paneling with those weird engravings. And which wall if possible.


Ewan: You find flammables. Every fireplace is stocked with firewood and there's also lamp oil, the quite flammable wallpaper your allies are ripping from the walls and towels in the kitchen. And those black cloaks you used to dry up.

[ewancummins]

Vorj attempts the Strength check to pry open a section of wall.

[dice]221450:0[/dice]

Good enough to remove\break paneling with those weird engravings. And which wall if possible.


Ewan: You find flammables. Every fireplace is stocked with firewood and there's also lamp oil, the quite flammable wallpaper your allies are ripping from the walls and towels in the kitchen. And those black cloaks you used to dry up.

Good for later.

[Ken of Ghastria]

Good enough to remove\break paneling with those weird engravings. And which wall if possible.

Well, since the dining hall is the last room that Vorj entered, I'll choose the paneling behind the tapestry depicting the wolf hunt.

[kintire]

My persuasion roll got to 14. But this is a long term project.

Also, I would argue I should get some bonus for the Gnomes insulting him into a rage! Persuading him to like them less should be fairly straightforward...

[kintire]

By the way, there is a square area on the map at the bottom of the dining room, opposite 2B. Have we seen in there? If not it might be a rewarding area for panel breaking!

[alhoon]

My persuasion roll got to 14. But this is a long term project.

Also, I would argue I should get some bonus for the Gnomes insulting him into a rage! Persuading him to like them less should be fairly straightforward...

The gnomes got a penalty for that.

By the way, there is a square area on the map at the bottom of the dining room, opposite 2B. Have we seen in there? If not it might be a rewarding area for panel breaking!

Nooope. If you notice, there's no opening leading there.
That's why I was asking which wall you were carving into...

[ewancummins]

If we proceed with Van's dumbwaiter plan

I would like to work with Steve's character on the tinkering and set up.
He's a tinkerer. So am I. Toy time.

Goals are described in IC post, but to recap:


Can the bell system be rigged to NOT go off upstairs, but to be signaled downstairs from upstairs/in the box? Cutting and moving cords, stuff like that?

Will a thin but durable object like a box lid or tray fit in the compartment with GNORRIC, so he can use it as partial concealment and cover?

Is it possible to either drop the dumbwaiter from within, or kick out a panel and descend the shaft?

--We have tools and could be working on this while others gather supplies, keep lookout, cover any noise we make in their wall wrecking searches, etc.