OOC: Death House (5e)

[Ken of Ghastria]

Yikes!!

[kintire]

Luckily for Ken, I forgot about it the first time he was passing.

That is the public story anyway...

[Ken of Ghastria]

Just waiting to see if our friendly neighborhood NPC dwarf is carrying any rope and is able to do as Vorj suggests. Vorj's backpack is full of clerical and monster-fighting goodies, but nope? Nah.

[alhoon]

Nope, the cleric has no rope. But there is some rope on the device in the ground floor.

[alhoon]

So, do you guys go downstairs, where captain Esthenor is?

[VAN]

Guess so.

[alhoon]

Sorry for the delay peeps! Haven't seen your answers.

[Ken of Ghastria]

Apologies from me, too. I'll try my best to check this daily.

[alhoon]

No worries, I'm getting back to "Quite busy" myself.

So, Ken suggests to check what out? The statue and secret door or the room with the chants?

[Ken of Ghastria]

Oh, sorry -- the secret door!

[alhoon]

OK, Vorj suggests to explore the secret door. What about the rest of you?

[VAN]

Sounds good

[kintire]

Kimber will go where the others go, watching Captain Esthenor like a hawk. Assuming that is who this is. Which she is not assuming at all.

[alhoon]

Kimber will go where the others go, watching Captain Esthenor like a hawk. Assuming that is who this is. Which she is not assuming at all.

That is not a bad decision.

In any case, I'm a little busy these days. I'll reply in 1-2 days.

[alhoon]

READ IC FIRST
Then read the rest.

VIEW CONTENT:

The party is Surprised. One ghoul still has its action to make in the surprise round. Then we go to initiative.

This is the position of the Ghouls. G is for Ghouls.
According to rules and common sense, this encounter (4 characters + 2 creations vs 4 ghouls) may very well be bad. If you go against the ghouls without tactics, things will go bad... Thankfully 2 members of your party can be recreated if they die.
I'm not suggesting throw the Creations at the Ghouls and make a run for a better position as they are chopped to pieces. We have to see how turn attempts will go first... This encounter (badly made IMO), is heavily depended on "2 ghouls will be turned more or less". If the gods of the dice are unkind though... well, there are some tactical options.

Kintire: Pusgley can fly over people and attack from above. Chutney can shoot but the ghouls have cover unless there's nobody between Chutney and the ghouls. Natural 1 = the Creation hits one of your allies in the way.
Remember, you play the Creations. Kimber can take control of them both, as with the dominate spells if she wants them to do something suicidal or against their nature.
Assume the Creations play in your initiative.

Doom and gloom: One of the ghouls attacks the person behind Esthenor in the surprise round. Choose your marching order without metagaming please. Burdur is 3rd, standing on the steps. Everyone behind him can only listen, not see what's happening.

Reminder: When you take your actions, remember that you can move through friendly creature squares freely.