The Black Wyrm of Brandonsford

This chair with crumbs, is it near the trapdoor, or down in the cellar? I'm confused about what we've been inspecting.

The kitchen is not overly large. There’s a back door that’s locked with a large deadbolt, a larder, a pantry, cabinets and crate, a counter — but no windows. The trap door is set into the floor near a wall that is one edge of the building, and the wooden chair is kind of scooted out of the way so as not to be underfoot.

The crumbs are unlikely to be from vermin, as they are too tasty for rodents and such to leave behind: cheese, bread, perhaps pie crust.

Speaking to whomever comes down with him, presumably Sable and the pup.

Looks like the plan is taking shape. @squid , what do you plan on having Rowan do?

Rowan will survey the area and if there's a hidden place which isn't inside the privy, he'll take that position instead.

Okay!

Wren and Nessa, are you both planning to hide / be out of sight in the kitchen? It's not easy -- there are really two decent hiding places: in the pantry (which has a door that closes), and under the table which you could equip with a long tablecloth. You can split up or both go to one location. Wren, if you try to stay away, give me a Willpower Save, please. (All that drink!)

Sable and his pup are in a dark, out of the way corner in the cellar -- which you lock from upstairs? Gann, are you out in the open down there or also hiding? If you're going to take a shift, do you think you had enough to drink to also need a Willpower Save? Wren was described as pretty glowing, but not Gann so much.

Rowan, roll a Die of Fate. That's a d6 where a low result ain't great and a high result is. On a 1-3 you don't find a better hiding spot than the privy... on a 4-6 you do. Some bushes, a woodpile, etc.

please roll high!

Yeah, she's sawing wood! And Rowan had found a less-smelly hiding spot!

Yeah Gann had enough with the priest to get wobbly, but it’s been hours since then. He was deliberately trying to sober up while at the tavern since he had the idea to stay in the cellar.

Gann will have picked a spot that isn’t visible from upstairs, but isn’t trying too much to hide. The idea is that someone would have to be all the way in the cellar before they had a chance of seeing him. At which point his half-baked plan is to tackle whoever it is.

Is the trap door door re-padlocked, once Gann and Sable are down below?

That’s what we requested, but I can’t speak for whether those above actually did it.