DtBP: Firebrand’s Redoubt - GM Turn Post 29

A ghostly image of Delbera appears, frozen in fear. Another ghostly form, this one a half-orc man, falls to the floor beside her, gasping in short, ragged breaths. A stentorian voice booms through the grand hall. “Pitiful girl. Do you really think what you and your companions have done here today has achieved anything but merely slow my rise to power? I shall take great satisfaction in adding your corpses to my army.” As the voice echoes, the shattered bits of statue assemble themselves into a 12-foot-tall form.

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

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 rounds)

Stabem - Bull’s Strength (+4 STR for 2 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 28

Cando, Wahesh and Lady Emyralda entered the room and moved to examine the paintings. Collectively they identified the portraits as members of the Rising Blades.

• Delbera Axebringer (muscular but maternal dwarven woman)
• Drovok (ruggedly handsome half-orc in long robes)
• Emalla Ardani the Far Seer (Varisian woman holding a crystal ball)
• Kandin Mallox (Chelish man in plate armor pictured with a sword and shield)
• Riellal (half-elven woman leaning against a bow)

Barnacleez, Ro-Mahn and Stabem examined the door to the north. As it was glowing and radiated a magical aura. Ro-Mahn translated the dwarven runes on its surface as, “Those who stand against injustice, those sired by the will to defend, announce yourselves and enter.” The door was locked.

Cando, Ro-Mahn and Lady Emyralda all felt a swelling of evangelical devotion wash over them which caused them to look around the room with anticipation.

DtBP: Firebrand’s Redoubt - GM Turn Post 28

A brilliant crystal chandelier hangs in the center of this open room. Five portraits hang on the walls: a Chelish man in plate armor pictured with a sword and shield, a half-elven woman leaning against a bow, a ruggedly handsome half-orc in long robes, a Varisian woman holding a crystal ball, and a muscular but maternal dwarven woman. Several statues have been smashed to rubble, cluttering the floor.

Part of the chamber’s northern wall has been torn down, revealing a once-secret door of bronze and gently shimmering runes.

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 3 rounds)

Stabem - Bull’s Strength (+4 STR for 2 minutes, 3 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 27

After the experience in the chapel, the party turned its attention next to the double doors. The bronze double doors had been sealed with a sturdy looking lock. Hastily painted letters spelled out unfamiliar words for most. Stabem translated the message from Undercommon, “Danger, do not enter.”

Wahesh and Ro-Mahn examined the doors for traps. Neither noticed anything concerning. Cando and Ro-Mahn listened to the doors but did not hear anything beyond.

Ro-Mahn tried to pick the lock on the bronze double doors but it proved beyond him. Lady Emyralda cast a Guidance spell on Stabem before the halfling took a try. Stabem had the touch and the lock popped open under his manipulation. The halfling pushed the great doors open with a smug smile.

DtBP: Firebrand’s Redoubt - GM Turn Post 27

I have not updated the combat map.

What do you do next? There are double doors to the west, stairs going up and the passage to the south.

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 8 rounds)

Stabem - Bull’s Strength (+4 STR for 2 minutes, 8 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 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)