Case 1: Victims at the park

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Jan 13, 2024 10:01 pm
You spend an hour looking through books until the name "Spider Shepard" comes up. Based on the story, it seems the monster was said to be weak to a magical liquid, but the book fails to mention what the liquid was or what it contained. The only thing that was for sure was that magic was used in its creation.
Jan 14, 2024 7:29 am
Ironmonger42 says:
OOC:
What 1 question is Margaret hoping to have answered and what is she doing to get the answer?

As for tht haven, I am not sure if the idea is you have 3 separate havens or 1 with 3 facilities. I think I am fine with either
OOC: I was thinking that Ajay has three separate havens with different abilities. So, his underground rented floor of this derelict suburban appartment acts as a cheap doctor's dispensary for the poor and homeless. This is just a front but here he heals up his injuries and does scientific research (narrative flavour) on the monster. On Sundays he provides free clinic community service to keep the authorities from ever looking too deeply.

His next haven, where he has access to the tomes of mystical text is the bookshop that I described. The third haven which is the Panic room is a long decommissioned subway tunnel that has few derelict railcars which he had fortified kept as the panic room.

For the matter of healing, I was planning to stay in the Infirmary for as long as necessary. Since we are going for the main monster which will probably close our first case, I want to be best prepared. What are your thoughts? @zatatmando,@Smiley

Maybe Seth can get some firearms or other gear. This is effectively going to be the boss monster here.
Jan 14, 2024 7:33 am
Smiley says:
Mags heads into the bookstore next door. She searches for any books of lore on the Spider-Shepard. I am looking for a way to fully kill it.
OOC:
What can hurt it?

You said before
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You know monsters typically require a weakness to die permanently and these have been dying to regular weapons. as such, they don't seem to have any weakness. You can roll when you get back to your haven to see what comes up in your files and on the internet and maybe any books you have
OOC: What's the smart score of Meg? Is it 0? The bookstore is going to give you +1 forward and if we all help you maybe you can get +1 and get 10 in the Investigate the mystery roll. Can it be done? @Ironmonger42
Last edited January 14, 2024 7:34 am
Jan 14, 2024 1:09 pm
OOC:
I thought Margaret went to a random library because your mention of your other haven was OOC and thus Ajay hadn't told them yet and thus she just went to a random one

Also she is doing this while Seth and Ajay are resting so no help is possible
Jan 14, 2024 4:05 pm
OOC:
I was thinking you had only 1 Haven with all 3 facilities in them. Assumed you gave us a quick tour of everything the first time we arrived.
Jan 14, 2024 5:01 pm
OOC:
I think it is written to be 1 haven with multiple facilities, but i'm ok with either that or 3 different places. If they are different places it might be hard to explain if you ever take the level up to get another haven option, as that means it would be a new place that suddenly works as a haven for you as opposed to an expansion of the place you already have.

Either way, even if that +1 was involved, everyone else was asleep or resting so it would have been a 9, which is still a partial success. even if it was a 10, that would just mean 1 additional question.
Jan 14, 2024 6:03 pm
OOC: Damn, sorry for the miscommunication, guys; I thought I can have 3 haven. I was planning to show you around whenever the need for opting a particular haven came up.
Jan 14, 2024 7:27 pm
OOC:
I'll let you decide but the book does say "a haven" and the options are what the haven has
Jan 15, 2024 6:13 am
OOC: Ok let's fold the entire thing in that one haven then.
Jan 15, 2024 1:12 pm
OOC:
Ok, for the sake of moving forward, we'll say Margaret wandered into the library section of the haven and got the +1, getting a 9, but Ajay and Seth were asleep so the final total was 9. She learned that the monster has a weakness to some kind of magical liquid, but not how to make the liquid. You will need to investigate a mystery 1 more time to get that information, which you can attempt now or wait until the others wake up and do together.

Is there anything else Margaret would do before going to sleep?
Jan 15, 2024 1:58 pm
OOC:
Can I roll Investigate A Mystery to see what I find about this magical liquid. I don't know what question on the list that would be.

Rolls

Sharp - (2d6+0+1)

(25) + 1 = 8

Jan 15, 2024 2:51 pm
Margaret finds an obscure story of a warrior battling a "spider shepard" with a weapon coated in "a magical elixir from the foulness of its child". It appears that the warrior had slain one of the other spiders and brought the venom sack to some wizard, who then performed some ritual to change the venom's color, which the warrior coated his sword with.
Jan 15, 2024 6:11 pm
Megs leaves notes out for the others to read about what she found out. Just in case she sleeps later, then they do. Then she heads to bed herself.
Last edited January 15, 2024 6:11 pm
Jan 16, 2024 6:04 am
Ajay woke up from his sleep; his body ached but it still felt better than before. He had to check up on his cracked rib which still ached when he turned. He checked on the photographer and administered more medicines as necessary. Next he checked on Seth and adjusted his medications. Everybody was doing better than before but as he loitered around the different rooms of Infirmary he couldn't find Meg.

Walking close to the fridge to get some snack he read a note attached to it's door, "Ahh, so you went out, Meg. You were never a person to rest always excited to do the next thing." Reading through the notes he raised his eyebrows. "Well, well, you weren't wasting time. This is an interesting find, I will have to look into this." He grabbed some bread and brewed a mug of coffee and took it to upstairs which held his next part of the haven. He could see that his door lock registered Meg getting in. "Wow, you even found my secret library, you are quite resourceful."

Getting inside, he started collecting books on ritual, magic and augmentation of beast. Sipping coffee and eating bread, he combed through several books trying to figure out the origin of 'Spider Shepherd'.

OOC: Okay, so now that Ajay is rested, is he fully healed? Or is it like 1 per day? Also, since we have a lead that the creature has a name called Spider shepherd, can we ask the question 'What sort of creature it is' or 'what can hurt it' to get specific info on what the magical elixir is or maybe try to find out how to make the ritual happen with the question 'What is being concealed here?', using the Investigate a mystery move?
Last edited January 16, 2024 6:05 am
Jan 16, 2024 2:09 pm
OOC:
2 hunters healer 2 harm and were stabilized and 1 hunter only healed 1 harm. Getting a full night's rest in a haven infirmary counts as medical attention resulting in healing 1 harm and having a wound stabilized. Everyone got 1 harm healed from first aid the previous day.

As for investigate a mystery, it will take 1 hold to learn about the monster more and another to learn about the magic liquid
Jan 16, 2024 5:23 pm
Ooc: Okay, I am healing 1 harm then and rolling Investigate a mystery. Since, Ajay is in haven he get's +1 for it. So, I guess that's 2 hold with 10+, what do we learn?
Last edited January 16, 2024 5:24 pm

Rolls

Investigate a mystery - (2d6+3)

(53) + 3 = 11

Jan 16, 2024 5:32 pm
OOC:
I should currently be at 1 harm.
@zatatmando,@Stalker05 What are you two currently at?

Can I help Ajay with investigating a mystery?
Jan 16, 2024 5:47 pm
Ooc: I still have 2 harm.
Jan 16, 2024 5:48 pm
OOC:
I believe that I am at 0 harm, so I am good to go.
Jan 16, 2024 5:53 pm
OOC:
Ajay got an 11 so help us unnecessary
Regarding the monster, you learn that spider Shepard are human-like abominations that have spider heads, clawed hands, and the ability to produce silk like a spider. They also birth spider children that have the qualities of multiple spiders, and perhaps are where most non-supernatural spiders originated from. They also have a supernatural ability to control silk and other webs.

The liquid appears to require big magic to create. You will need the venom sack you got from the spider the previous day, and thus not be able to use it for anti-venom. You will also need a powdered flower known as the fey lilly, which is found only in the forest the spider Shepard lives. You will also need to use magic, with a partial success meaning that the liquid will only be potent for a minute once placed on a weapon, so if the monster learns of this and flesh after you apply it you will need to make another.
[ +- ] Big Magic
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