(Hillford Plot) The Talbott House

You guys are off on your own, when you want to make a skill challenge from the character sheet, message me. Otherwise you guys are on your own until you need a description etc... I may pop in to see what you're looking at. Remember to make progress you will need to reach out for more investigative info. Have fun! Make some new friends! This NPC will continue to play with you... for now...

Jimmy:
I've rolled a standard success for spot hidden for you with a 32. I then rolled a sanity check for you which was a 74, you have lost 2 sanity points and this is why...

You walk around the perimeter of the house, but are stopped by a fence running the length of the property. It appears this family wanted to keep their property private and makes it very difficult for anyone to enter their garden and back grounds without effort. You either have to go through the dense trees to go around the whole of the property, or you take the easier route of going through the front door and out what appears to be a kitchen's back door.

What seriously does damage to your psyche is the fact that there are rather large rats nailed and rotting in different states of putrid decay along the fence's boundaries. Its gruesome, bloody and absolutely disturbing to be around. The tracks you look for are from the police and other earlier volunteers who formed lines to scour the woods around the very large property.

If anyone else follows him, let me know so I can roll a sanity check for you too! Jimmy is down to 63 Sanity (please keep track, the lower you go, the more nuts you get).

The room had a light dust to it, but only the sort that settled within a few days. The mountains were notorious in the spring for pollen and with a house like this it was most likely to start to gather perhaps within just a day of nothing being touched.

Overall the living room was indeed well kept, and it was obvious to both Matilda and Caleb that the item most coveted in the room was a very large and thick family bible that was sitting on it's own table by one of the curio cabinets. It said 'Holy Bible' on it, and instead of being left out in the open, it had a glass dome carefully set over the top.

The walls themselves had extremely old wall paper on it, this home would appear to have been in the family for many generations; well preserved and mostly updated to modern times. The inside did not match the outside, it showed its age and that it was well lived in and very worn.

The books on the walls were a mixture of old National Geographic's worn with age and romance novels that were clearly re-read many times (most likely from the missing wife). The old man's slippers were still sitting by the fire place as if they were waiting for his return. There were a few interesting and very old books on the myths and lore of the Appalachian mountains and beyond; it didn't appear used very much. Next to it were a series of very old and well worn mountain cooking recipe books.

The curio cabinets were nothing much to look at. They had typical 'old persons' ceramic collectables and small antique figurines inside.

Photographs showed a portrait of what could be assumed is the man and the woman of the house, but they have no children in the image. All of the others were photos of mountain folk in much older times and families that may have lived in the house a long time ago. They are very interesting to look at, but there is nothing odd about them. Another man in a photo was standing next to an old van (1930's) leaning against a hand painted sign that says 'Talbott vermin removal services'.

Officer Simon wasn't in the living room, but her footfalls could be noticed in the connected dining room. Other than that, the house just seems empty and dead silent.

There is no basement, and no forced entry.

The bible is priceless as it has intrinsic family value from being handed down through centuries of family members.