Shenanigans: Episode 015

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==Recap==
===BEGINNING===
“Then LaSombra said, if Bessy is missing then who made all this milk?!” It's a lively morning in Shenanigans, Friar Morton Bixby is laughing it up double steins in both hands. Spotlight is on Kourie today with everyone appreciating his fancy elven accent. Half of the party hasn't even slept today, particularly Kourie and Sinbad. Morton questions Kouries god, Newton, for he cannot find information about it anywhere, but Kourie just flamboyances the questions aside. 
Kourie shares his kobold casino project with party and Alejandro jumps out of his seat ready to massage anyone and everyone. The joyous mood is interrupted by an obviously distraught man coming in who then immediately gets intercepted by Morton's bronze plated bosom. Turns out he wants the Red Rooster inn and it is being haunted. Delanora seems aghast at taking money from this man, but everyone else voices for that. He tells of his tale about wanting to buy the Red rooster, staying there overnight for the hell of it and then being run out by some sort of a specter. 
Jack mentions the inn having been run into the ground by previous owners, which a haunting might have been the cause for. Party files out of Shenanigans and make their way to what used to be called The Crimson Cock. The inn is a 3-story converted barn with windows and balconies all over. Alejandro offers going into the back door, but instead they just go the old front way, inside they see Maurice, the owner, Heather and Lana his wife and her sister. Kourie begins looking for a hologram projector, then starts hitting on the owners. The owners deny any sort of haunting being present here and offer free overnight stay to make sure this is cleared up. Morton begins inspecting the place while everyone just starts wandering around, Alejandro goes to make some Alejandro special in the kitchen. Kourie searches for hidden passages. 
Delanora and Sinbad go to explore the cellar, everything seems to be mostly in order if not just somewhat unused. Alejandro is going full chef with all the available food, which isn't too much, the kitchen only has some basic stuff, but he is not discouraged. When Sinbad begins making spooky sounds through the food elevator he drops an egg on him. Kourie explores around the surrounding area and finds that there's a jewelry store next to the Red rooster. Kourie visits it, almost buys 6 nipple rings for his dog, but besides hearing shrieking sounds last night the gnome doesn't seem have noticed anything suspicious. Morton meanwhile explores the house noting how there's huge inconsistencies with how the place was built, the architect having been in a weird space to design this.
===FIRST BREAK===
Alejandro treats everyone to some nice pancakes. Well, sort of nice pancakes, people try to be nice about it and choke them down not to hurt his feelings too much. They share their findings with each other, which isn't a lot. Kourie then goes back to exploring the inn, notes how everything seems to be slightly dilapidated, many paintings are old and torn. He gets on the roof and notes that the gap between Red rooster and jewelry store is 30 feet. Eventually party starts settling down for the night. Delanora and Alejandro sit around in the common room by firelight while lightning flashes outside and Kourie comments how all of this is such a sham. At one point the fire in the room suddenly goes out while Alejandro is off in the kitchen. Delanora notices some strange sounds coming from nearby, but nothing comes off it. 
Morton is awoken by the sound of floors creaking on the other side of the wall, he puts on his armor and after a while of silence goes to try and find the source of it, but on his way suddenly a sense of overwhelming dread flashes over him, on high alert he visits Sinbad's room, but the pirate halforc is not there. All his stuff seems to be except for the pirate himself. Morton then goes downstairs and informs the party of this, all of them then decide to go see for themselves. 
===SECOND BREAK===
Everyone is ambling around in Sinbad's when suddenly Sinbad himself bursts through the door yelling about scary lady with harpoon in his hands. Turns out he was intending to scare Delanora, but something found him while he was lurking around. Delanora hands out candles as everyone who wasn't already wearing armor puts some on. 
Ready to rumble party fills into the hallway and make their way downstairs. Sound of breaking dishes echoes from the kitchen, but when they get there it's only broken ceramics there. A window appears to have been blown open though and an even finer detail is that a vase with previously fresh flowers now appear to be wilted. Morton decides to go outside with Del and Kourie to see if there's any foot marks on the other side of the window. Pirates speech is made fun off some more. No imprints in the mud are found though. 
Slugging back into the inn Kourie and Sinbad notice some sort of a corporeal form up the stairs, Kourie immediately throws Scraper at it followed by Sinbad. As party runs up the stairs Scraper barrels down the stairs, tail tucked between his legs. At the hallway they run into an ethereal, terrible looking entity which blows a whistle at them. Everyone but Kourie who is immune and Morton whose lagging behind are frightened and turn to run as the elf casts Dancing lights. Kourie uses his lights to attempt to frighten the hopefully fake spectre with his own thing, but it doesn't appear to work. 
The specter shoves Kourie down the stairs while Morton blesses them all and the elf responds with Sanctuary spell. Outside Alejandro comes to his senses alongside the other 2 frightened people and urges them to go back to the inn and assist the others, but he cannot get through. In the inn Kurie lights up the ghost while it tries to shove Morton down the stairs without success and then simply steps back and pulls off his mask to reveal it was Jack all along. Angrily he shouts at them and offers 30% of what he would pay to the owners of the Red Rooster, but Alejandro, having just run back in and not being in on the loop quite yet, breaks Jack's neck. 
Kourie loots a pouch from him and Morton finds a magical piece of painted wood. Party erupts into arguing while Kourie tries to hide what he looted until the pouch of dust falls and everyone, again, makes fear saves. Half the party flees while other half drags Jack's corpse downstairs.
===THIRD BREAK===
Party assembles downstairs in the inn bantering when the sheriff arrives at the door asking what the hell is going on. Morton tries getting the sheriff to go away, but the man doesn't have it and pushes the fat priest inside, in reply Morton freezes them in place with a spell and lectures the trio plus Kurie for 8 minutes. At the end of this the sheriff stomps off in a huff. 
Kourie checks up on the kobold casino and there he finds crucified kobolds and a pile of copper/silver coins the king is sitting on. Turns out plenty of kobolds have found out about this place and examples had to be made out of those who tried to run or didn't have money.
==Experience==
*600XP for all + 10% prime requisite XP.
*Alejandro reaches 3rd level and rolls 10HP. 
*Kourie reaches 2nd level and rolls 3HP. 
== Significant NPCs ==
*Jack - wanted purchase the Red Rooster
*Maurice, Hether, Lana - owners of the Red Rooster
*Desmond - Owner of Shenanigans
*Sheriff - one of many
*Gnome jeweler next to Red Rooster
== Significant Locations ==
*DESEW 
**Shenanigans
**Red Rooster
*Kobold Casino
Category:Shenanigans Episodes