Turned out "Master Vernam" had signed himself in the ledger after his untimely demise and taken a book out of the library. A book on how to break links to objects, such as that crown that the elves were looking for.
Puzzle pieces suddenly came together and we tracked down the skin-stealer, the book and the skull/crown thing. Valgai very nearly died, what with going down to zero hit points because his Bale dice have "always had a personality". A murderous one at that, it seems. ("More of a chaotic neutral screw you roller dice.") The GM rubbed it in a bit extra a few days later: "Just thought I highlight that failing 11 and below on 6 rolls in a row is about 0.83%".
Well, at least it turned out alright in the end. Bad guys dead, us still alive, book and creepy skull/crown combo artefact recovered. Now where to put the crown so that no one else thinks it's a good idea to put it on?
Courtesy of Monday 15 October 2018's Symbaroum session.
“Yorkshire puddings are like pancake muffins, but really NICE.”
Valgai: “Find the killer, not a body.”
Elindra: “If I find the killer, I will bring back a body.”
Valgai: “That’s not what I meant, but okay.”
Valgai: “How do you like your new abode?”
Murmei: “It’s a bit bloodier than I normally like my houses.”
GM: “Never split the party.”
Player: “We always split the party these days.”
GM: “Discreet and blatant don’t really go together …”
Elindra: “That noble is my friend.”
Murmei (overjoyed): “She thinks of me as her FRIEND!”
“You keep talking too much, you’ll have to roll a die.”
Elindra: “I only kill them once, I don’t have to kill them again.”
GM: “Or DO you?”
Player: “I would’ve passed without it, by the way!”
GM: “But now you didn’t need to.”
“Don’t worry, if you come back dead, I’ll avenge you.”
“No, you won’t.”
“No. I won’t, you’re right.”
“If I kill her and she dies, she’s innocent?”
“What is the ritual of Break Link?”
“Something to do with the Legend of Zelda?”
GM: “She approves of you.”
Player (mutters): “Damn wizards.”
“Are you doing the Time Warp? It sounds like you’re doing the Time Warp.”
Murmei: “We shouldn’t touch it.”
Elindra: “No shit? I will now call you Sherlock.”
“Would you like to roll a different die?”
Valgai: “THAT’S how you kill someone!”
Elindra: “Kill-stealer.”
To be continued!