Bodyswap at the House on the Hill: Session 1

[hot_mess_express]

You awaken slowly, laying in the middle of a cold, hard stone floor … and realise that you have absolutely no idea where you are, or what in the hell is wrong with your body.

Maybe you're suddenly bigger than you remember, or smaller. Maybe you've got more limbs! Less limbs! Sharper teeth? Weird, unfamiliar powers and magic to tap into, or perhaps no powers at all? Without a mirror, it's very difficult to tell exactly what — or perhaps, who? — you look like … but maybe whoever else is around you could help you figure that out.

You'd better figure out your new centre of gravity and get going, lest you find yourself trapped like this forever.

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START: Pentagram Room

[hot_mess_express]

There's something just a little creepy about this room. Maybe it's got something to do with the huge chalk pentagram you woke up in the middle of? It's surrounded by a ring of twelve flickering candles, the flames of which send the shadows in the otherwise dark room dancing.

There's a door to the East.

Re: START: Pentagram Room

[switchdingerscockroach]

[Rolls over and tries to go back to sleep]

Re: START: Pentagram Room

[bestbrothernever]

[ WHOA THIS IS WEIRD

What's going on? ]

This isn't my body...

Re: START: Pentagram Room

[switchdingerscockroach]

[Who is talking... mumbles where he's laying on the floor and reaches around for a pillow to muffle sounds

why is there no pillow]

CHASM

[hot_mess_express]

You enter a room split in two by a huge, jagged Chasm, spanned by the (very) rickety old remains of what (probably) used to be a wooden bridge. Do you have a head for heights and a daring heart? Because you might need both, if you're going to get across this.

Something chitters softly in the darkness way, way up above.

There's one door to the West side, and one to the East.

Anyone attempting to cross needs to roll 1D10.

Re: CHASM

[switchdingerscockroach]

. . .

This looks safe.

[Looking up at the chittering, what is that]

UNDERGROUND LAKE

[hot_mess_express]

You enter the Underground Lake! The water is cold and dark, and it's impossible to say where it comes from, or how deep it must be towards the middle. The only light comes from glowing iridescent moss growing up the cavern walls.

If you fell from the Chasm … congrats on the tremendous splash you just made! That might have hurt, though you'll be glad to know that you didn't break anything. Hopefully you can swim. Roll 1D6.

If you came down the stairs … welcome!

Re: UNDERGROUND LAKE

[switchdingerscockroach]

[Crashes into the lake with a spectacular 1 what did I break what fiends are down here]

Re: UNDERGROUND LAKE

[bestbrothernever]

[ Is so not happy right now. Also no they can't swim. 8( Coughing and floundering about with long arms.

Rolled a 1. ]

Cavernous Staircase

[hot_mess_express]

You enter the Cavernous Staircase, which seems to have been hewn from the very rock itself. They're incredibly steep, and unfortunately lacking in railings. You hear a steady, incessant, unceasing, disconcertingly echoing drip drip … drip drip … drip drip …

There are two exits: East down the stairs, or West at the top of the stairs.

Re: Cavernous Staircase

[bestbrothernever]

I don't know if I feel like going down again...

The Office

[hot_mess_express]

You enter the Office. There is a desk strewn with stuff: a haphazard pile of notebooks, a few newspaper clippings, a half completed crossword puzzle, and a sudoku grid that was clearly filled in with pencil, failed spectacularly, and then erased to try again.

You'll also find a coffee mug filled with frigidly cold black coffee … and another one, almost empty. And another one, half full. And another one; two big gulps would've finished it off. A mostly full bag of gummy bears. A black robe flung over the back of the spinny office chair, with a pair of rubber gloves hanging out of the pocket.

Against one wall is a counter with a kettle, a tub of ground coffee and a sink. Beneath the counter is a fridge.

There is one door.

Re: The Office

[switchdingerscockroach]

[Goes to make a fresh cup of coffee he NEEDS THIS]

Re: The Office

[bestbrothernever]

[ Picks up the gummy bears because what even are these? And then goes to look through the notebooks. ]

Basement Landing

[hot_mess_express]

You enter the Basement Landing.

There's not much here except … coal. Piles upon piles upon piles of coal, the floor caked in a thick coating of ash and soot. It's spectacularly filthy.

There are doors to the North, South, and West, and … a set of closed elevator doors? to the East.

Re: Basement Landing

[bestbrothernever]

This place is kind of gross.

Re: Basement Landing

[bestbrothernever]

[ Going for that elevator ]

The Storeroom

[hot_mess_express]

You enter the Store Room. It's kinda dusty in here, albeit nowhere near as bad as the Landing you just came from. And, honestly? Despite the name, there's not a whole lot in here. Sitting on top of three old wooden crates are three potted plants: a cactus, a tomato plant, and a short, thick blue stalk. The latter wiggles vaguely. Set into the back wall is a grand old mirror with an ornate golden frame.

The only door is the one you came through.

Re: The Storeroom

[switchdingerscockroach]

[Immediately going to check out the plants, picking a tomato and checking out that blue stalk?? What's this???]

Re: The Storeroom

[bestbrothernever]

[ Going to try moving the cactus to see if he can open the crate ]

GYMNASIUM

[hot_mess_express]

You enter the Gymnasium.

One half of the floorspace is dominated by a sizable swimming pool, filled with clean, warm (chlorinated, of course) water. The second half has tread machines, stationary cycles, a rack of weights, and a set of three lockers.

Re: GYMNASIUM

[switchdingerscockroach]

[OH NO

Well grabs the locker key then bursts to the surface]

No why.

Re: GYMNASIUM

[switchdingerscockroach]

[Throwing the shrinking solution at the spider]

THE KITCHEN

[hot_mess_express]

You enter the Kitchen, which is shiny and chrome. It's ultra modern. There's a fridge freezer, drawers filled with cutlery and plates — everything you could want, unless you want sharp knives — and six large larder-style cupboards. The space is otherwise dominated by a huge range oven and stove, upon which there is an oversized stockpot.

There is a door to the West and a door to the South.

Re: THE KITCHEN

[switchdingerscockroach]

[SLAMS THE DOOR SHUT]

This house is ridiculous.

[Looking through the cupboards for more coffee]