Combat Map - Turn 57

Friday, January 26, 2018

GoM: The Festering Blot - GM Turn Post 2A - The Archives

You have little trouble locating Lupia Marietti. She is a friendly and attractive, human woman. She agrees to assist you in your research. If you give her a search topic, she will gladly retrieve all documents related to the subject in question.


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How this works mechanically is that you can provide a keyword and Lupia will located the relevant documentation. That will give you some information on the topic and may reveal additional keyword topic. There will be at least one related skill check, that if passed will reveal a deeper understanding or new insight of the information presented. Because of the boon from the last chronicle, Nixa will provide you a +2 bonus to these rolls.

Please provide any Keywords that you would like to research and a set of 10 d20 rolls. If a new Keyword comes up during the research, please request it in a new comment.

There are a finite number of Keyword that have any bearing on this adventure.

16 comments:

  1. keywords :
    sarini
    saringgallow
    heinous crimes
    diabolical rituals
    diabolical powers
    sarini estate
    cheliax, sarini

    D20: 12, 4, 14, 18, 17, 19, 16, 9, 3, 6, 1

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  2. Looking for posts from Dave and Matt F in this thread.

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  3. gallow
    kidnapped
    murdered
    evil nobles
    records of their victims
    diabolical rituals
    Sarini Estate

    Roll(10d20)+0:
    15,20,9,4,8,7,16,5,10,14,+0
    Total:108

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  4. Saringallow: The first records about settlers moving into this area date back to 4425 ar. However, all the documents from that time refer to the community as “Sarini’s Hollow.” Each of the researchers notices that somewhere between 4600 ar and 4610 ar, the town’s name seems to have changed to Sarini Gallows, and gradually, that name was corrupted into Saringallow.

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  5. Sarini Estate: An invoice for construction materials reveals that the construction of the main estate building began in 4426 ar, and a later bill indicates that a wall was built around the grounds in 4600 ar. Barnacleez noticed that the text has been tampered with to obscure some details.

    Another individual document indicates that the last legal owners of the Sarini Estate were the Baron Marcius Sarini and Baroness Sadira Sarini, who acquired joint ownership of the property in 4593 ar.

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  6. Sarinis’ Diabolism: There are no documents that even mention the word diabolism or any other outward indicators of the subject; however, Lupia is a skilled archivist and has dug up some letters from Marcius Sarini to an unnamed priest of Asmodeus in Egorian. The letters contain vague and cryptic language, but they do mention the existence of gifts for a nebulous patron, and that these gifts were carefully recorded somewhere in a secure location on the estate known only to Marcius and Sadira. Barnacleez and Lady Emyralda arrive at the conclusion that this is a reference to diabolic sacrifices and the records the mayor seeks.

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  7. Hangings: No official records of the Sarini hangings exist in the library. Ro-Mahn knows that Chelish laws would have required a considerable amount of paperwork if trials had been held. There are, however, allusions to the town abruptly coming under control of the mayor, rather than nobles.

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  8. Missing Persons: Between the years 4600–4604 ar, many missing persons were reported. Each of the researchers notices that the average age of the missing persons was 12–20, and many of them were female.

    Reports written by a watch captain of the time indicate that the bodies of a few missing people were found. Barnacleez and Lady Emyralda notice details in the reports that suggest the persons were killed in witch or diabolist rituals. Lady Emyralda concludes further that in all cases, from the death descriptions listed, the cause of death was complete exsanguination as opposed to simple blood loss.

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  9. Please provide any additional keyword searches to pursue based upon the information discovered thus far.

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  10. Baron Marcius Sarini
    Baroness Sadira Sarini (Madien Name? / where from)
    exsanguination - Other examples of

    Roll(5d20)+0:
    16,3,13,7,5,+0
    Total:44

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  11. Marcius Sarini: A deployment letter dated 4585 ar indicates that Marcius Sarini volunteered to serve in the Chelish army and trained to lead a special engineering unit. Ro-Mahn deduces that his training involved building traps and sabotage, among other things.

    A letter from a servant dated after Marcius’s return also indicates that the rising baron brought a young ward by the name of Luca back to his family’s estate in Saringallow. Ro-Mahn notices that the word “ward” is written messily, with no further accompanying explanation, as if the writer were uncomfortable lingering on the topic for long.

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  12. Sadira Sarini: Documents indicate that the baroness was originally from Remesiana in Cheliax

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  13. Luca Sarini: A death certificate says the following: “Adolescent ward of half-Mwangi descent. Died of an accidental poisoning at the Sarini Estate in 4599 ar.” Ro-Mahn realizes that the handwriting of the word “accidental” shows hesitation, as if writer didn’t believe that the poisoning was accidental.

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