Edwena nods at Fargrims suggestion as her finger circles one of the holes Shroom produced during the battle.  "I will head up stairs and check out the doll the two skeletons were protecting," she look towards the group.  "Anyone care to join me?"

"Given the necrotic doings about here lately, I think wise that we stay together as we search the house," Fargrim says looking around dilapidated farmhouse.

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OOC- We'll search the house, and then we'll take an extended rest.

First, the axe-wielding skeleton was using a +1 frost double axe.

You all head inside the house, which is filthy, and smells terrible- but is in an otherwise repairable state. There is old wooden furniture (sturdy- Fargrim notes that it looks like it was bought from dwarven woodworkers) and a few faded and worn rugs-- the corruption corpse zombie had worn a sort of path from the upstairs to the door and back.

Edwena discovers the doll laying in an upstairs room where the dwarven skeletons had been standing. Inside the upstairs bedroom, you also find 96 gold pieces, and a decorative censer worth 135 gold, as well as a collection of carved wooden icons depicting a group of musicians. The collection is worth 125 gold.

After a thorough search of the downstairs, Ridcully also turns up a trapdoor leading down a steep rickety set of stairs, down into the basement.

You secure the house as well as you can and take an extended rest.

The next day, you all awake, each of you having dreamed of a laughing old hag.

Shroom awakens from his brief nap, muttering "....there she is. Did you bring any cookies? Now where are they?" Sitting up, he looks around, "...Oh humbug."

The eladrin then gathers up his things and eyes the trapdoor into the basement enthusiastically with a toothy grin, saying "Downstairs surely has its possibilities - all dire, of course."

Awaken by a cackling hag, Edwena picks up her bed roll and walks around the farmhouse silently trying not to disturb the others as she looks for a place to pray.  Wandering down the stairs she gently touches the walls as she descends.  

She holds the tiny doll in her hand as the dream keeps replaying in her head.  Edwena heads out the door to find a tree for her prayers and awaits the others as they awake.

"Ugh, I had a dream about some old human lady, wonder why.", Ridcully says sleepily as he rolls up his bedroll. He packs his gear, pats down his weapons to be sure he has them all, and gathers sling bullets and promising stones until everyone is ready.

OOC: While searching for stones, Ridcully will see what else he might find , jic

Active Perception: 19

Edwena finishes up her prayer underneath a maple tree and brushes herself off as she heads towards the farmhouse.  She notices that Shroom and Ridcully are wandering about, as she steps in to find the others.  "So," she looks around "Where should we start hunting for the other five dwarfs who need their eternal sleep?"

OOC- AM, do we have any information on where the other dwarven undead might be located?  Or, are we totally in the dark on it?

Quote from: Drohem;292988OOC- AM, do we have any information on where the other dwarven undead might be located?  Or, are we totally in the dark on it?

There have been "sightings" of the dwarven undead-- at the orchard, in the blight zone, and also somewhat west of the blight zone in a place called Lake Icemere.

General regional info: other fell creatures are rumored to haunt Lake Icemere as well.

Quote from: Sigmund;292775"Ugh, I had a dream about some old human lady, wonder why.", Ridcully says sleepily as he rolls up his bedroll. He packs his gear, pats down his weapons to be sure he has them all, and gathers sling bullets and promising stones until everyone is ready.

OOC: While searching for stones, Ridcully will see what else he might find , jic

Active Perception: 19

Ridcully wanders around outdoors for a while searching for promising looking stones, and finds a few interesting ones.. incuding a shiny piece of quartz and a pair of polished river pebbles.. but his eye is caught by the fleeting shadow of a large flying creature that wings overhead.

Shielding his eyes against the morning glare, he sees what looks like a flying drake or reptile of some kind.. mounted by a rider armed with some kind of lance. It hasn't noticed him, and Ridcully easily steps into the shade of a gnarled tree to avoid being seen.

The reptile and its mount simply circle the orchard (at an altitude of about 80 feet..) and then turn on glide and soar towards the ruins of the tower at the center of the blight zone.

As they turn tail, Ridcully can see that the reptilian creature looks a bit draconic, but much more like a raptor of some kind-- it has only a pair of sturdy rear legs, and powerful reptilian wings. A long, whiplike tail with a distinctive stinger swings behind it.

It soars out of sight.

Quote from: Venosha;292875Edwena finishes up her prayer underneath a maple tree and brushes herself off as she heads towards the farmhouse.  She notices that Shroom and Ridcully are wandering about, as she steps in to find the others.  "So," she looks around "Where should we start hunting for the other five dwarfs who need their eternal sleep?"

Fargrim looks hard and thoughtful for a moment and says, "for my Undead kinsmen, there is no coming back.  There is only re-consecrating their remains once they've been destroyed.  This little girl... her body still lives and we have a chance to bring her soul and body back into the natural union.  The unholy curse this Witch has put on the girl is horrendous.  This Witch has stolen this little girl's body.  I could not face the shame knowing that we had a chance to save her, and we passed it by.  I say we make for the Tower ruins and find this Witch and take her to account for her evil deeds."

And finally:

What are your plans?

Edwena turns to acknowledge Fargrim.  She nods her head slowly at his words as she hold the doll up once more.  "Then I second the notion of  heading to the Tower ruins, and I am ready when you are,"  she remarks as she places the doll in a secure spot in her backpack.

"Hey, I saw a dragon!", Ridcully cries as he reappears in front of the group. "I saw a dragon flying towards where that old tower is supposed to be! There was some human guy riding it, but it was a dragon! I wonder how big his hoard is. Yay we're going to the tower and we're gonna see a dragon.... and his hoard... big hoard!" Ridcully grins with a self-satisfied expression and hops up and down. "We ready? Let's go. You guys ready? Hey, look at these pretty stones I found." He holds up the quartz and polished river pebbles.

Shroom drools readily with a toothy grin and fully open eyes, "Let's go - I wish to raid her cabinets!"