TOPIC: Meet at the Inn

I touch my lute and it begins to play in concert with the organ, countering the somber tones with a bright tune to be sung in the sunshine. I hold a rune stone and rub it until it flickers and disappears into my sword hand. (activated runestone of the viper-for the time we are within the castle--the sun runestone is afixed to my sword in hand and activated).

"I would say we to not go up yet."

"So, up leads to the lady, and down leads to the bird? I don't think we need more than my steel to beat this monster. My vote is up."

I look down the hallway to the south, toward the sound of the organ music. Do I see anything of note, particularly where the music is coming from?

"I think we could use all of the help we can find before facing Strahd again," I say. "If there is a vault below it may hold the silver raven we seek." I also scan the walls for writing of any kind that might help us get a better layout of this place.

OOC: Thanks for providing the organ music, cdsmith!

Widseth wrote: I look down the hallway to the south, toward the sound of the organ music. Do I see anything of note, particularly where the music is coming from?

To the untrained ear the music seems to fill the hall and surround you but your bardic training grants you more then a passing familiarity with instruments of this type. If you were to guess you could say with as much certainty as is possible in these cases the organ itself concealed behind a set of double doors in the hall to the south.

OOC: Side note, if anyone tells me there going in a direction I'm going to assume the party is sticking together unless I'm told otherwise.

"I am sure there will be challenges no matter where we go," Breon says. "Widseth, I defer to your judgment. Your instincts and wisdom are well known."

(Do we still have daylight outside--if so how much?)

(Unless I'm mistaken the stairway goes up. Do we see a way down yet?)


"I hate to go up or down, leaving a possible enemy behind us. The music is coming from that behind those doors." I point to the doors in the hall to the south.

"In as much as we could not find a hidden way to enter, he knows we are here. I suggest we investigate the source of the music. Perhaps one by one we can take down his minions and limit the strength he could call on to assist him when we face him. But I defer to those who have much more favor with Pelor than I. What are your thoughts?"

Widseth wrote: (Do we still have daylight outside--if so how much?)

Its around noon, the storm mitigates things somewhat but the day is far from over.

Widseth wrote: (Unless I'm mistaken the stairway goes up. Do we see a way down yet?)

EDIT: better yet Ill provide a fog of war, you entered through room 7, are currently in room 8, and can hear the music coming from behind a door in room 9. The stairs in room 9 lead down (though they are not as apparently visible until you get closer).

"I do not like skulking like miscreants. And as you say, I doubt our presence is unnoticed. Let us seek out this organist, but do so swiftly. As it is written, "knowledge is power," and I would learn all we can in the tower before attempting to surprise the fiend in his desecrated chapel."

I scan the frescoes on the walls and ceilings. Is there anything remarkable or of note?

"I, too, would like to investigate the source of the music."

Kryndal draws a brightly glowing arrow from his quiver and notches it on his bowstring.