DtBP: Firebrand’s Redoubt – Turn Results 26

Ro-Mahn and Lady Emyralda both tried to engage the spirit, offering praise and gifts to Torag. Wahesh, Barnacleez and Stabem looked around nervously, waiting for the other boot to drop.

Cando joined in with the hymn. The half-orc’s baritone voice blended well with the spirit’s song.

After three rounds, the hymn ended and a thrumming chant of dwarven voices sounded through the hall, swearing, “By sweat and blood, we have come here.” Afterwards, the room returns to its original state.

There was nothing else of interest in the room.

DtBP: Firebrand’s Redoubt - GM Turn Post 26

Roll initiative. Starting positions are displayed on the combat map.

What do you do next?

Please submit your turn instructions using the Player Action Response - Turn Post Template. If you are planning to use a specific skill, please list the skill and the associated roll(s) along with your 5 d20 rolls.

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Conditions:

Barnacleez – Mage Armor (+4 AC for 5 hours)

Cando - Bull’s Strength (+4 STR for 1 minutes, 1 rounds)

Stabem - Bull’s Strength (+4 STR for 3 minutes, 1 rounds)

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Map Key:

None

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Party Health:

Cando Numida (39/39), Wahesh Captain (44/49), Stabem (38/38), Lady Emyralda (37/37), Ro-Mahn (33/35), Barnacleez (42/42), Lou G'Boo (21/21)

DtBP: Firebrand’s Redoubt – Turn Results 25

The party formed up into ranks and proceeded to explore the door to the north.

An anvil-shaped altar stands prominently at the northeastern end of this chapel. A cold furnace is cut into wall behind the anvil, while tools of the forge lie carefully arranged about the worship space. A blacksmith’s apron lies across the anvil.

A moment after entering the room, both Ro-Mahn and Stabem feel the swelling of evangelical devotion wash over them. The forge behind the altar flares to life, and the image of a dwarven girl—barely beyond puberty—appears beside the flames, hammering steadily as she melodically sings hymns to Torag, the Father of Creation.

DtBP: Firebrand’s Redoubt - GM Turn Post 25

I have not updated the combat map.

Spellcraft rolls can be made to identify the spear and shield.

What do you do next? There is a door to the north, double doors to the west, a hallway and double doors to the south and the stairs leading up.

Please submit your turn instructions using the Player Action Response - Turn Post Template. If you are planning to use a specific skill, please list the skill and the associated roll(s) along with your 5 d20 rolls.

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Conditions:

Barnacleez – Mage Armor (+4 AC for 5 hours)

Cando - Bull’s Strength (+4 STR for 1 minutes, 2 rounds)

Stabem - Bull’s Strength (+4 STR for 3 minutes, 2 rounds)

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Map Key:

None

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Party Health:

Cando Numida (39/39), Wahesh Captain (44/49), Stabem (38/38), Lady Emyralda (37/37), Ro-Mahn (33/35), Barnacleez (42/42), Lou G'Boo (21/21)

DtBP: Firebrand’s Redoubt – Turn Results 24

After regrouping, the party ventured back into the trophy room. No signs of the damage caused during the haunt remained.

The area to the north had been obviously looted while the section to the south remained intact. A search of the north revealed an empty display case with the impression of a large, double-bladed waraxe is still visible in the velvet lining. A similarly intact but empty case was found against the eastern wall, simply labeled “Rod of Karexin the Mad,” though the word “Mad” has been crossed out, and a delicate, precise hand has written “Visionary.”

The area to the south turned up a few noteworthy items, including a magic spear, a magic light steel shield depicting a Taldan wedding, a mithral shirt, a slightly vandalized suit of masterwork half-plate, a masterwork longspear, a masterwork composite longbow (Str +4), and a bejeweled longspear sized for a small creature.

DtBP: Firebrand’s Redoubt - GM Turn Post 24

I have not updated the combat map.

What do you do next?

Please submit your turn instructions using the Player Action Response - Turn Post Template. If you are planning to use a specific skill, please list the skill and the associated roll(s) along with your 5 d20 rolls.

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Conditions:

Barnacleez – Mage Armor (+4 AC for 5 hours)

Cando - Bull’s Strength (+4 STR for 2 minutes, 2 rounds)

Stabem - Bull’s Strength (+4 STR for 4 minutes, 2 rounds)

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Map Key:

None

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Party Health:

Cando Numida (39/39), Wahesh Captain (44/49), Stabem (38/38), Lady Emyralda (37/37), Ro-Mahn (33/35), Barnacleez (42/42), Lou G'Boo (21/21)

DtBP: Firebrand’s Redoubt – Turn Results 23

Barnacleez cast Bull’s Strength on Stabem. Stabem and Wahesh stood ready looking for queues from their companions. Ro-Mahn tried to speak but was at a loss for words. Lady Emyralda called out, “We mean you no harm. We are here to vanquish the evil and retrieve a few items for a friend of the dwarves. We ask to pass in peace.” The cleric quickly realized that this manifestation was more like a memory haunting this place than a thinking entity. Cando puzzled over the haunt and began to sing a song to bolster his comrades.

The rumbling and tension finally broke as a ghostly bulette leaped from the ground and pulled the dwarven woman below the floor.

At the sight of this, Ro-Mahn, Cando, Lady Emyralda, Stabem and Lou G’Boo were consumed with overwhelming fear, dropping their weapons in a panic and running away. The exodus took them back through the taproom and into the secret tunnel. Wahesh and Barnacleez stood their ground but were shaken by the experience.

The fighter and the sorcerer quickly gathered the equipment of their friends and retreated to the tap room and closed the door once more. After a short time, the panicked adventures came to their senses and rejoined their companions.