The Castle - B2

DM, strength check?

Great questions! And some misunderstandings lol. The candlestick is as tall as a man, not the candle, which is normal (i.e. 1 hour) sized. I'll post a photo below of what it looks like. Yes you still have your candle with 15 minutes left, plus one unlit candle from the man/skeleton in the hanging cage. Shadowdark is always supposed to be played in turns and it will take about 10 minutes to explore a room plus travel time between rooms. So tell me what you'd like to do that's reasonable within 10 minutes. I've held off on adding more details until anyone enters the room and pokes around. But yes, there were a few corpses chained to the wall below the balcony that can be used for some gruesome climbing. Anton has said he's examining the torture devices, what's everyone else doing? As for the figure, Anton didn't see it so its however Frac wants to describe it. Whichever description sounds scarier and more mysterious is good haha. For your clothes, you have everything you were wearing minus usable equipment except holy items. You were simply disarmed, not robbed or stolen from.

Sure, go for it!

Yeah, that's a creative idea. It functions as an improvised staff. It'll be 1d4 damage but suffers a -1 penalty to attack since it isn't balanced.

Yes, all candles burn for 1 hour. And also I just realized torches are Near range (30 feet) while candles are only Close (5 feet). This means you can only see the person in front and behind you. Better light some more candles!