Gallows of Madness: A Foul Breed – Turn Results 29

After searching the storeroom and washroom and not finding anything of interest or value, the party moved on to investigate the door to the north. Ro-Mahn searched the door for traps while Cando and Wahesh stood guard. Barnacleeze cast Detect Magic but did not detect any new magical aura.

Ro-Mahn did not detect any traps and the door was not locked. The rogue carefully opened the door and peered inside. Beyond the door was a large bedroom. The room was a mess featuring upturned furniture and all the decorations were knocked from the shelves and walls. Every painting was smashed from its frame and torn to pieces. Sitting on the otherwise-undisturbed master bed was a single journal.

Examination of the journal revealed that it belonged to Gellion’s mother, Beldonna Vazarro. Its contents were quite mundane—simply a record of the family’s life from day to day—but every page has the message “Our son is an awful disappointment” written over it in blood, in the same childlike handwriting as that was seen on the wall of the washroom. By skimming the journal and concentrating on the most recent entries, Ro-Mahn deduced that Beldonna was concerned about her son’s well-being: he was spending too much time on his experiments, was not eating well, and seemed distant from his friends and parents.

Finding nothing else of interest, the party turned its attention to the southern room. Again, Ro-Mahn examined the door for traps. The rogue declared it trap-free and stepped to the side allowing room for Cando to open the door. The half-orc stepped up and pushed the door open.