HF 037 Quill Investigation

[12/16/16, 10:19:54 PM] Josh: Roll perception.

[12/16/16, 10:20:21 PM] Quill: 23.

[12/16/16, 10:20:25 PM] Josh: You see two figures atop a roof across the street.

[12/16/16, 10:20:41 PM] Josh: Their movements seem erratic and hurried.

[12/16/16, 10:21:42 PM] Quill: Quill squints in that direction.  He also makes a note of Saresh's position and stays aware of their position relative to him.

[12/16/16, 10:22:12 PM] Quill: Quill is definitely watching them the best he can, though.

[12/16/16, 10:22:25 PM] Josh: The figures, you see now...are fighting.

[12/16/16, 10:22:27 PM] Josh: No.

[12/16/16, 10:22:33 PM] Josh: One of them has stopped.

[12/16/16, 10:23:09 PM] Josh: The stopped figure falters...

[12/16/16, 10:23:15 PM] Josh: And falls.

[12/16/16, 10:23:39 PM] Quill: How far away are they?

[12/16/16, 10:24:20 PM] Josh: Fairly far.  Several stories up and a good 40 feet away.

[12/16/16, 10:24:32 PM] Quill: Within 120 feet?

[12/16/16, 10:24:43 PM] Josh: ...probably.   If not, he will be.

[12/16/16, 10:25:03 PM] Quill: Is he moving?

[12/16/16, 10:25:18 PM] Josh: Downward, very fast.  Otherwise, no.

[12/16/16, 10:25:27 PM] Quill: How about the other figure?

[12/16/16, 10:25:52 PM] Josh: It is standing atop the roof.

[12/16/16, 10:25:59 PM] Josh: What are you casting?

[12/16/16, 10:26:27 PM] Quill: I am gonna cast dancing lights over the figure on the roof, a few swirling colorful balls of light on the figure.

[12/16/16, 10:26:43 PM] Josh: Ok, roll me a Dex check.

[12/16/16, 10:27:13 PM] Quill: 14

[12/16/16, 10:29:20 PM] Josh: By this point, the lights are cast, but the second figure is gone.

[12/16/16, 10:29:28 PM] Josh: ((Sorry, 17 beats a 14))

[12/16/16, 10:29:33 PM] Quill: Yep.

[12/16/16, 10:37:21 PM] Josh: The note is in a script you do not recognize, but there is a crest above the writing you do.  You've seen it all over these past few days.  It is a symbol of Bahamut, and the symbol of the draconic empire.

[12/16/16, 10:44:38 PM] Josh: On Saheera?

[12/16/16, 10:44:43 PM] Quill: Yes.

[12/16/16, 10:45:40 PM] Josh: It's hard to tell.  She's definitely more composed than you'd expect, but her anguish seems genuine, if not her shock.

[12/16/16, 10:47:05 PM] Josh: ...um...roll...what are you investigating it for?

[12/16/16, 10:47:24 PM] Quill: Trying to figure out what it might be, since Creed said it was magic.

[12/16/16, 10:47:35 PM] Josh: Roll arcana.

[12/16/16, 10:49:57 PM] Josh: Now you can read it.  It reads "The Empire Rises Again".  And the rock you recognize.  It's a blink stone.  Short range teleportation spell of up to 100 feet with limited uses per short rest (how many, you can't tell).

[12/16/16, 10:53:19 PM] Josh: Sarron is totally genuine in his shock and anguish, far as you can tell.

[12/16/16, 10:53:28 PM] Quill: Okay, just checking.

[12/16/16, 10:53:57 PM] Quill: Quill pockets the note and examines the dagger itself, away from bereaved relations.

[12/16/16, 10:54:47 PM] Quill: Quill speaks quietly to Anna.  "Anna, do you know Speak With Dead?"

[12/16/16, 10:55:08 PM] Quill: Woops, wrong room.

[12/16/16, 10:58:33 PM] Josh: I mean...it might be about 100 feet.

[12/16/16, 10:59:29 PM] Quill: Anything special about the dagger?  Is it fancy or basic?

[12/16/16, 10:59:33 PM] Quill: Expensive looking?

[12/16/16, 10:59:46 PM] Josh: Um...did I have you roll something for that?

[12/16/16, 11:00:01 PM] Quill: No.  Hmmm.  Investigation?

[12/16/16, 11:00:21 PM] Josh: That or history, I guess.  Whichever works better for you.

[12/16/16, 11:00:39 PM] Quill: 18 on history.

[12/16/16, 11:01:38 PM] Josh: It is kind of a weird blade.  It's silver, for one.  Not many silver daggers, really.  The design seems...weird, you don't know a culture known to have a design like this.

[12/16/16, 11:02:57 PM] Quill: And one last thing, I was gonna do as Anna asked look among the crowd, see who is here and who isn't?

[12/16/16, 11:04:33 PM] Josh: Ok.

[12/16/16, 11:04:40 PM] Josh: ...so...ask her.

[12/16/16, 11:05:27 PM] Quill: I mean, I was gonna do it myself, see if I can do a headcount.

[12/16/16, 11:05:53 PM] Josh: Oh, roll investigation.

[12/16/16, 11:06:02 PM] Josh: Sorry, misread that.  Lot going on.

[12/16/16, 11:06:18 PM] Quill: 16.

[12/16/16, 11:06:25 PM] Quill: And no worries, that's understandable.

[12/16/16, 11:10:51 PM] Josh: Looking around, you make out no strange disappearances from the crowd, but a number of people have changed position, meaning they may have left and come back.