Tombo's - DM Post Dan K Monday January 30th, 2017 10:40:59 PM
Lornak moves about Marsh House and invites or rather entices the group to go to Tombo's for the evening. One of the more beloved eating establishments, the argument to go is easily won. Though some have a far easier time rising and shining as it were then others.
The streets of Dirt City, as the group makes their way on this overcast day of late spring are as one would expect on any other day. Leaving the area of Moontown and Backstab Quarter, the group skits Full Moon Market and Garotte square. As you do, a group of 12 from the House of Wolves moves quickly across the square and breaks up a smaller group that began to get in a heated argument on the 'Fishmen' attacks. In typical Wolf fashion, the break up is physically harsh. You move quickly on as such is the life in Dirt City and with the Sahaugin and earlier Merfolk incidents have not made people more tolerant or at ease.
Cutting through The Burn, the party arrives in South Pack and at the House they now technically won and subsequently rent out. Tombo's is bustling as usual and most of the patrons are halflings and humans. The smell of garlic and baking bread assails you even as the building comes into view. Your mouths are soon to be rewarded as Tombo's is the origin of the aromas.
The party finds a table, or rather a table is brought and area cleared quickly to provide you a seat.
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:20 Touch 18; FF 16 - CMD 18 Tuesday January 31st, 2017 6:30:51 AM
(OOC: per the email we got there were some days of downtime built-in to the module so we should have had time to train and craft)
Toston says to his assembled friends, "What have you been up to these past few days? Wil and I have been training at the WLA."
Toston shows his friends the elven curve blade he purchased. The blade resembles a scimitar in its curve except it thinner and more flexible.
"Remember Roy? He had one of these too. Ever since I saw him use one I always wanted one myself and now thanks to the WLA I know how to use it. I wonder what Roy is up to?"
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+7=12 ; Tuesday January 31st, 2017 1:29:28 PM
"I've been expanding my "running" skills. I should be able to slip around even better with my inherited travel speed and now this." Need to head back tomorrow to finish up. "Isn't this great," Will said with great enthusiasm. "Tombo did such a good job. Do we know what else was done to the warehouse while we were gone? Is it ready to live in yet?" He then ordered a steak and glasses of water. Will was present till he noticed a shadow move to his left. He then began to talk to Cicero, but, it appeared he was talking to himself. "Cicero, is that you?" "What? I'm not doing anything," Cicero shot back. "I was taking a bath." "They have bathes in the Shadowlands?" "Sure, why not..." Not a wonderful answer, Will thought but he watched to see what may happen next. "Maybe, your just seeing things," Cicero shot back. "Yeah, and maybe I'm just hearing a guy name Cicero, in my head and it's all just my imagination."
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Tuesday January 31st, 2017 5:34:18 PM
Lornak enjoys his meal and ale. He also takes special notice of the down time he is sharing with his comrades. It doesn't happen very often. He casually wipes his mouth with a napkin and answers Toston's question; "I've managed to craft a poison and two alchemical remedies. Id Moss, Frost Ward Oil and Troll Oil. So if we ever need to make someone comatose or if our healer is unable to keep someone from dying..." He steals a glance at Ethani. "...I can stabilize them."
Lornak hears Wil's comments about the building and is wondering the similar things. "I would think our building requests would be finished by now." He says. "And if not, soon." He wipes his mouth with a napkin. "I am concerned about how much it will cost us. Perhaps after our meal we can run up and take a look at the progress."
Lornak listens to the two speak about the WLA training and his mind wanders off to thoughts of his own training advancements. (OOC Lornak has reached level 6 and is one feat away from branching off into the Duelist Prestige Class)
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC22/13t/19ff, CMD 21) Tuesday January 31st, 2017 6:21:00 PM
Hmerrin tilts his head toward the axe behind him, his hands being occupied by a roll and a mug, respectively.
"I been practicing," he responds to Toston, through a mouth full of bread. "Figured out how to get a shade quicker. Oh, and building my chair, of course."
Dušan (Erik) [HP:40/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15 Tuesday January 31st, 2017 7:48:26 PM
Dušan tucks in to the table and smiles at the treatment. "Well I could get use this."
To Toston's comment, Dušan coments, "Some of you have had a head start on training. I just joined the Star Mages Guild. If we ever have an excuse to get out of Dirt City, I might look into teaching a class or two."
Tombo's - DM Post Dan K Tuesday January 31st, 2017 10:20:45 PM
The group settles in, trading talk about the last few weeks, as each of them worked diligently on their specific skills and honing their capabilites and even discovering new ones. It seems to a rare night indeed at Tombo's as the rest of the establishment is also at ease and simply enjoying the evening.
Stepping up and atop a table is a flashily dressed halfling in a rather large floppy hat sporting a great red feather and a pair of smaller blue ones. He doffs his hat to the table beside him and produces a lyre. He strokes a few dark low chords, a haunting melody starting to form in the room. The opening is striking and you feel your skin tighten and the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end.
He then begins in a lower voice than you might think for a halfling, a deep barratone, he begins a tale It is about a dreadful ship, crewed by the walking dead.
"....and then came a moonless night," her tale goes. "Black it was, black as coals in pitch. Sailors clutched their lucky talismans and prayed to all the gods, but it did them no good. From out of that blackest night came Soul Driver! Swift and terrible, she pounced on her prey, and her undead crew showed no mercy....." The room goes quiet and hushed. All seem to be very drawn in and really, who can resist a good ghost story?
The storyteller is warming to his theme--and his audience--begins describing some quite gruesome details of what the undead crew of Soul Driver does to the victims it finds. "...and with that, Soul Driver sailed off into that blackest night. And still, she and her undead crew sail to this very day! Some say she has returned to waters about Bonetown and Rum. So on moonless nights, say a prayer for those poor souls caught at sea--and beware Soul Driver!" The halflng finishes his tale to general applause and tips up his hat for tips of coin
Ethani(Nellie, HP 30/30, AC19,Touch:13, FF:14, CMD: 16, Bless 46/50, Sanctuary 2/5, Spiritual Weapon 4/5) d20+3=7 ; d20+3=19 ; Wednesday February 1st, 2017 6:25:04 AM
OOC: Ooookay. I have no idea what happened to my post yesterday. And I had this great one about Ethani building her wave. Will post late tonight.
Ethani(Nellie, HP 30/30, AC19,Touch:13, FF:14, CMD: 16, Bless 46/50, Sanctuary 2/5, Spiritual Weapon 4/5) d20+3=7 ; d20+3=19 ; Wednesday February 1st, 2017 6:25:04 AM
OOC: Ooookay. I have no idea what happened to my post yesterday. And I had this great one about Ethani building her wave. Will post late tonight.
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+7=9 ; Wednesday February 1st, 2017 1:14:32 PM
Wil listens, while watching the shadows dancing around the storyteller. His perception is not quite there, even though he hasn't been drinking. "It's really an interesting thing," Cicero says. "Your visions have moved from your head to shadows." Wil strains, then stands. His patience usually limited with the voices and the shadows he shouts near at the halfling. "Alright, enough with the games. I'm really not that interested. Reveal yourself!" Of course he is not really yelling at the halfling but the shadow is barely noticeable to Will and certainly not noticeable to anyone else. After a minute, because he is getting better and recognizing his psychosis he says, "I'm sorry, storyteller... continue. Don't mind my outbursts I'm not talking to you." With that he sits down, orders a strong drink and begins to eat away his embarrassment.
Dušan (Erik) [HP:40/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15 Wednesday February 1st, 2017 6:01:08 PM
Dušan, feeling rather charitable flips a gold piece into the bard's hat, if for no other reason than to ward off the fates of foreshadowing. Trying to take minds off of Will's outburst, Dušan says, "Well I think we've seen enough to say this Soul Driver could be real. Have you ever heard or seen anything with your sea travels, Toston?"
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC22/13t/19ff, CMD 21) Wednesday February 1st, 2017 6:26:39 PM
Hmerrin tosses the halfling a silver piece, and then gives Dusan a look when the man adds a gold.
The young fighter watches intently to see what the other patrons are tipping the halfling, worried that he have seriously misjudged the going rate for such things.
If it does appear he's a skinflnt, he'll add a gold with a "Sorry, new in town."
The lad sits back. "Sons of Dread make this undead ship look like a carnival ride," he scoffs, with all the surety of a man who's never seen undead, much less fought one.
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:20 Touch 18; FF 16 - CMD 18 d20+10=12 ; Wednesday February 1st, 2017 6:40:38 PM
Toston appreciating a good story as much as the next being flips his own gold piece towards the storyteller. The gnome knows a gold piece is a generous tip, but he is feeling generous, despite the fact his purse is probably lighter than it should be for someone who has seen the adventure he had. Toston is still content or he thought he was for the moment as he had a new sword, knew how to use it and had kept up with is WLA dues. However, Toston finds himself feeling a twinge of sadness as his thoughts turn to stories as he is reminded of the time he spent with is grandfather growing up, listening to the tales his grandfather would tell while he whittled or carved away at wood or stone.
Dušan's question is enough to draw the gnome out of his reverie and he thinks back to any stories he has heard in his time spent training on the Hand of Domi or the brief stint he had crewing on the Obsidian Horse. and finally any of the yarns Paul Fisher had told while aboard his fishing boat. (Profession[sailor]: 12 regarding knowledge of the Souldriver)
Toston fills in Dušan with anything he remembers and then adds, "My time at sea was a little unusual. You have to remember I spent 9 years aboard a floating monk academy, crewed a ship that was firebombed when it reached Dirt City and then essentially became a deck hand on a fishing boat before I fell in with you lot. I am reminded though with what I know of stories, myths and legends and I do know a bit about them, mind you, as my late grandfather Topip would tell me wondrous stories about Domi, Alemi and dragons when I was a child; if the story is that widespread there is generally some grain of truth to it. I know that some of the orc pirate crews can be pretty vicious. It is quite possible that some of their practices regarding the disposal of prisoners could have been mistaken for undead activity. The eating of a member of a noble race or a taur is generally not considered normal behavior, good manners or proper etiquette. Perhaps one of the more bloodthirsty orc pirate bands had a ship named Soul Driver or the name of the ship translated to something similar from Orcish and they just happened to eat their captives, who knows?"
Toston then says to Dušan, "I joined the WLA before I found my arcane gift, but from what I understand of the Star Mages they tend to show favor towards those arcanists that prepare their spells ahead of time, not those of us whose magical energies are fueled by blood. Granted my magical power comes from my draconic heritage and yours comes from the ley lines and your patron. Are there many blood witches amongst the ranks of the Star Mages?"
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+11=27 ; Wednesday February 1st, 2017 7:02:50 PM
Lornak sits back and enjoys the tale the bard shares for a time and two things crop up into his thoughts:
Having only just opened the tavern, how did Tombo have the money to bring in entertainment so quickly, unless he knew the bard already.
Also, this is Dirt City. One should never let their guard down, even to an engrossing ghost story. As the bard continues, Lornak looks around for any kind of threat. (Perception d20=27)
When it comes to the sea, Lornak is a little out of his element. He listens to Toston's dialogue and gets a little concerned that there might be truth to the bards tale. "Maybe it was not a good idea to sell that scroll of waterbreathing..." He says. When the bard's hat gets passed around he tosses in 50 silver pieces.
Var (Tom I.) Wednesday February 1st, 2017 8:58:14 PM
(OoC: Sorry gang, I got a little distracted, missed the first two posts!)
Var slips in to dinner late, obviously having been out playing with stray dogs again. He's been doing that a lot lately, after he learned the spell Speak to Animals. "Oi" he says, "Whats all this about orc pirates? Didn't know they had sea-orcs..."
"An' who says it ain't ghosts?" Var says, after a gulp of ale. "Sure, th' hauntin' down in Silver Way wasn't no real ghost; But I don't think that means all hauntin's is fake." After another swig of ale he says "Still kinda wish that ghost'd been real..."
Ethani(Nellie, HP 30/30, AC19,Touch:13, FF:14, CMD: 16, Bless 46/50, Sanctuary 2/5, Spiritual Weapon 4/5) Wednesday February 1st, 2017 9:50:58 PM
Ethani listens, mouth open to the bards tale. It reminds her of some of the stories her mom used to tell. Leaning in to Lornak, she shudders. "You don't think it's true, do you? "
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Wednesday February 1st, 2017 10:26:54 PM
Asteria listens to the tale with bright eyes, before turning to the rest of the group with excitement in her voice. "Can we go out to sea? I want to fight the dead people!"
Tombo's - DM Post Dan K Wednesday February 1st, 2017 10:33:10 PM
Wilford calls out several times at the story teller, who simply continues his perforamnace. Others in Tombos are not so forgiving of the interuption and several call for Wilford to shut his pie hole and more crass phrasing to keep silent.
Dušan tips the bard a gold piece, eliciting a 'thank you' and short bow from the trubadour. He then asks Toson if he has ever heard of this ship of death Soul Driver
Hmerrin tosses the halfling a silver piece. He notes several other patrons giving at least 5 silver and drops another 4. The man claims that what he's heard of the Sons of Dread, make this story seem like rainbows and unicorns. Though it seems fairly clear he has never had the occasion to battle undead.
Toston also drops a gold and thins back to what stories he can recall and he does believe that he has heard to the vessel. Bits and fragments of stories when he was young on the Obsidian Horse, the bosun would spin a yarn about a ship of death that plied the waters for the souls of sailors she came across. It could be the same, but it might not. Haunted ships at sea are not what you would call rare, for night time telling.
Lornak wonders at how Tombo may have secured such entertainment so quickly. A though best answered by Tombo most likely. He then also remembers where he lives, Dirt City, a place where one lets down their guard only when they are tired of living. Lornak looks about, but tonight might be one of the rarest nights of his life. One where he can simply live in peace. Lornak drops a whopping 50 silver into the hat bringing a nod and thank you from the bard
The ghost pirates turn to possible orcs pirates and Var questions the jump of logic. Mayhaps they are ghosts and a part of him wishes that the last 'ghost' they investigated had indeed been one.
Ethani is simply taken in by the tale. All she can muster is an inquirey to Lornak whether he thinks it is true.
The bard, by all accounts, has done very well for himself. More silver than you can eyeball and at least half of a dozen gold ended up in his hat. He tucks is away into the pocket of his pants. Every coin into a single pocket and not a sound can be heard as they go in.
Soon after the bard steps over to your table. "I could not help but note your generosity as a group and wished to thank each of you." He doffs his hat with a flourish and gestures to a chair. "Might I join you for a drink." the bard sits and introduces himself, "Thomas Blackfoot, bard extraordinaire and Wold explorer." He holds up a hand to get the attention of a staffer and then continues, "City seems a bit on edge. What with the fishmen attacking and talk of an invasion and all."
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+8=16 ; Thursday February 2nd, 2017 11:49:30 AM
"Mr. Blackfoot," Will begins. "I apologize for my behavior. I have "others" that cause me distress at times." "The fishmen caused a bit of a stir but this is Dirt City, it will go away." "What do you know of the invasion, maybe you have information that we have not heard yet? Their presence was quite sudden. Wondering if something is setting the fish people off a little more then usual."
(Diplomacy: 16)
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC22/13t/19ff, CMD 21) Thursday February 2nd, 2017 5:29:06 PM
Hmerrin is working on another bowl of stew. "Ya Yeesh, this is good," he mutters between bites.
The bard introduces himself, and the young human is genuinely curious. "How much of the Wold have you actually explored?" he asks.
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Thursday February 2nd, 2017 5:58:56 PM
Lornak leans comfortably into Ethani and shrugs; "Stranger things have happened." He says. "Young Hmerrin nearly turned into a Lycanthrope once. Do your people monitor sea surface activity?" He asks her.
Lornak nods at Mr Blackfoot and gestures for him to sit down. "Talk can be subjective. The city is reacting to what its experienced and is now jumping at shadows without knowing all the facts." He says about the rumors. "The unknown can make for riveting tales, don't you agree?"
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:20 Touch 18; FF 16 - CMD 18 Thursday February 2nd, 2017 6:28:20 PM
Toston is glad for the company of the bard. As the smallest member of his group of CMTC adventurers it was refreshing to see another person of reduced size at the table for a change.
Toston says to Thomas, "Well met, friend. Allow me to introduce myself, Toston Lotor, sailor and student of both the martial and arcane arts. Well more of a dabbler in both, really, but I too have traveled parts of the Wold. I grew up in the Scab and traveled the shadow caravan routes with my family peddling toys, hats and sewn goods. We ended up eventually settling in Plateau City and after a few months I took to the sea to learn to become a monk. My master had some interesting ideas to say the least. After 9 years I completed my training and he released me from his service so I went back to Plateau City and signed up to crew on a vessel headed for Dirt City. Let's just say the vessel had an accident in harbor and I ended up staying here. Recently I had the chance to visit Acid City."
He pauses for a moment and then says, "It's true, the city is on edge. Speaking of tales, wasn't there tale of how the city was on edge once before and it was a group of bards that spread word of Violet and Arturo's deaths and because of their work the public demanded such reforms as the no violence rule in the city below? I don't suppose there is anything you can do as a creative halfling of letters to potentially ease tensions?"
Var (Tom I.) Thursday February 2nd, 2017 8:50:54 PM
"Oh, aye, City's on edge. It's always on edge, tho." Var says, finishing a mug of ale and signaling to the server for another. "s'got me worried is the Houses. Er, you know about the assorted crime guilds in Dirt City, right?" Var says to the bard.
"The Knives, see, they the closest we got to police, an' they been to busy keeping th' Prince safe & happy in his keep. Even pretend police is better than none, an' with all them protectin' theyselves, ain't no one out there on th' streets." Var takes a sip of the freshly arrive mug of ale, and grimly adds "'Cept the Wolves."
Ethani(Nellie, HP 30/30, AC19,Touch:13, FF:14, CMD: 16, Bless 46/50, Sanctuary 2/5, Spiritual Weapon 4/5) Thursday February 2nd, 2017 8:54:09 PM
Ethani shrugs "They typically stay close to errrr Southern waters. But the do come through. I can check. Mother's people stay under the waves. "
Munching on her salad, Ethani turns t to Asteria. "Hey Sis what do you say we go for a swim after we're done here? I haven't been in at least a month."
Dušan (Erik) [HP:40/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15 Thursday February 2nd, 2017 9:27:21 PM
Dušan responds to Toston, "I hoped I could learn more from the Guild, but I guess I'll see when I get there."
(OOC I got the Star Mages confused with Sages guild. I'm not sure If I can change now, but I'll make it work one way or the other.)
Dušan makes room as Thomas joins their table.
Tombo's - DM Post Dan K Thursday February 2nd, 2017 9:51:03 PM
Wilford apologizes to the bard, who accepts it without additional comment beyond accepting it. Wilford proceeds to ask about the invasion and what the good Mr Blackfoot might have heard
Hmerrin inquires to how woldly the bards Woldly travels have taken him.
Lornak nods at Mr Blackfoot and gestures for him to sit down. "Talk can be subjective. The city is reacting to what its experienced and is now jumping at shadows without knowing all the facts." He says about the rumors. "The unknown can make for riveting tales, don't you agree?"
Toston introduces himself to his fellow halfling and then, inspired by another story asks if the bard thinks he could help ease the tension of the city that he mentioned
Var agrees on the heightened state of agitaion as well, but then also adds his opinion that much is do to the Knives having pulled so far back. Letting the Wolves fill the void of constables and peace keepers
Thomas Blackfoot signals for another ale. "I have heard a tale or two told recently. An attack by fishmen at the docks and in the harbor not so long ago and blame to be spread around like sugar on a cookie. Seems to be enough for everyone and depending on who your asking, it lands upon one House or another. Ask me, things will get uglier before they get better and the non aligned of this city are going to be the hardest hit by the derision." He takes a drink, "Easiest scape goats are those without the backing of a House."
Thomsas relays that his travels have taken to Plateu City, The Tree of Parting and the elves, The Emerald City and even to Bonetown and Rum and now for a time they have brought him to Dirt City. Yes he is quite aware of the Houses and it was those very Houses that drew him here 3 years ago from Bonetown. A fascinating dynamic to be seen and felt and not simply heard about.
The evening is coming to a close, Mr Blackfoot excuses himself and heads out the door. Timbos is still relatively crowded and snippets of conversations can be overheard at other tables "...Fishmen attacked a coupled days ago...right in the docks..."
"...Wolves just came in and started beating everyone in the shop"
"...something about hidden weapons..."
"...Crescent Moon was there..."
"...Dunkels are the cause you ask me..."
"...House Teeth better start watching their own..."
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Thursday February 2nd, 2017 10:05:14 PM
Startled by Blackfoot's last statement, Asteria whispers to her friends. "Are we going to be in trouble? We don't really have a House, so we might be blamed. Or something."
Listening to the conversation around her, she continues on this thought. "Can't we just make our own House? House of Moons, or something?"
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:20 Touch 18; FF 16 - CMD 18 Friday February 3rd, 2017 10:32:58 AM
(OOC: Toston is a gnome, not a halfling :D )
Toston says to his companions, "Well, maybe we should look at formally naming ourselves again. I like the sound of House of the Rising Moons or House of the Silver Moons, but I am also concerned with the implications of calling ourselves a house. The establishment houses do not take too kindly to upstart houses as seen by what happened with the would-be House of Silver. I am reminded of the story of the nail that sticks out only to get hammered down. If we call ourselves a House we put a target on our back until we are formally recognized as such if ever. Furthermore, if we put Moons in our name isn't that also potentially drawing fire directed at Crescent Moons Trading Company as well? Yes we are currently unaffiliated and we have markers we can call in with the cloaks, but the current houses are a somewhat unsavory lot. They represent different special illicit interests, smugglers, racketeers, thugs. The majority of the citizens of Dirt City are good people just trying to get by. If we do decide to make ourselves a house maybe we should call ourselves the House of the People or The People's House or maybe the House of Void or The House of the Unaffiliated? We could create a house, nay a movement that looks out for the plight of the common being and is responsive to and looks out for the interest of the common being instead of the crooks that currently control Dirt City. The majority of Dirt City are not criminals so if we open our house up to the people we will grow and expand and have allies. That is what we would need to do if we did call ourselves a house. We would have to grow quickly to where there would be repercussions from the people if the other houses came for us."
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Friday February 3rd, 2017 1:49:37 PM
"We could feel the heat, yes." Lornak says answering Asteria's question. He keeps his voice low. "What we call ourselves is irreverent. What is important now is that we have the backing of a house until the turmoil in the city resolves itself. It is the best way to protect ourselves and keep our autonomy." He then addresses Toston; "If the unrest does focus itself on us, it may be prudent to call in that marker so we aren't alone."
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC22/13t/19ff, CMD 21) Friday February 3rd, 2017 5:46:26 PM
"We already have backing," Hmerrin responds to Lornak. "The CMTC is backing us. And so far, they're doing pretty good."
The young man looks around Tombo's, picking up on the talk. "Though half of the rumors swirling around here involve us," he points out.
"I'm also with leaving anything doing with House out of our name. That's just asking for trouble." Pushing his hair aside, he gets up. "Wil's got the best plan so far. Rack time."
Dušan (Erik) [HP:40/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15 Friday February 3rd, 2017 11:31:00 PM
"I agree," Dušan says nodding to Hmerrin, "I've heard our benefactor's name too many times tonight. We should visit a shadow broker or rumor monger tomorrow to drown out anything that can be traced back to them."
Var (Tom I.) Sunday February 5th, 2017 7:25:17 PM
They a minor slur Var adds "The Problem Solvers? The Fixers. Dirt City Cleaners?". Var furrows his brow in thought. "The Good Fellows? Fellowship of the Good guys.".
Ethani(Nellie, HP 30/30, AC19,Touch:13, FF:14, CMD: 16, Bless 46/50, Sanctuary 2/5, Spiritual Weapon 4/5) Sunday February 5th, 2017 9:04:13 PM
Ethani smiles as her comrades work through names. "Personally, I would go with Alemi's chosen, but I understand that not all have chosen to follow his ways" Ethani looks pointedly
Ethani(Nellie, HP 30/30, AC19,Touch:13, FF:14, CMD: 16, Bless 46/50, Sanctuary 2/5, Spiritual Weapon 4/5) Sunday February 5th, 2017 9:06:15 PM
AR Asteria. "Ar least not yet. "
OOC: And that is how it is supposed to read. Stupid phone
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Sunday February 5th, 2017 9:20:09 PM
Asteria continues to muse over a group name. "We need a cool name! Like, something mysterious and powerful! Like the Dirt City Dragons! No, wait, dragons are a different group... I don't know, but something cool!"
To Ethani, Asteria frowns. "I don't know exactly what you mean by that, but I am quiet happy following Domi!"
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:20 Touch 18; FF 16 - CMD 18 Sunday February 5th, 2017 9:38:21 PM
Toston laughs, "I follow both Domi and Alemi. You know they were best friends when they were mortals? Technically Alemi's family owned Domi at one point. They grew up together. Alemi's father intended for Domi to travel with Alemi but Alemi set Domi free. Domi still went with Alemi out of loyalty. Domi was a famous monk, renowned throughout the Wold for his prowress at wrestling, Alemi was a powerful mage who ultimately created the metallic dragons and even for a time got lost in the form of a gold dragon. Domi helped Alemi find himself and brought him back."
Tombo's - DM Post Dan K Sunday February 5th, 2017 10:35:23 PM
Toston brings up maybe having an official name for the group and the conversation turns to the rumors overheard about Tombo's. In general, the bits of conversation are unsettling. Combined with the possible dire warning of the bard and things could get downright dangerous. But this is Dirt City and in general life is dangerous. The group has the backing of CMTC and a marker with a House if things get too bad. Perhaps a wait and see is prudent, but maybe, as some suggest, making moves to align with an established House would be the wise choice. Over drinks in one night is not likely the best time to make such decisions and Wilford opts for bed. The idea is seconded by Hmerin and then by Dusan as well.
The group breaks from Tombo's and makes their way back across town and home. Arriving the party heads for bed and decides to talk some more at breakfast and decide what to do.
Morning arrives and group recollects themselves about the breakfast table
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) Monday February 6th, 2017 11:42:15 AM
"Cree... cree.. cree.." Wil woke up in the morning to the noise of a frog. The room was dark and he was unable to identify where the noise was coming from. He listened to it as he performed prayers and he morning rituals. He walked down to meet the others with the noise continuing. "Anyone hear a frog or is it just me? Tell me it's just me?" It was then that he realized the noise seemed to follow him into the kitchen. "What crazy do I have to deal with now?" He said as he broke open some eggs and began to cook them. "I take offense at your assumptions," a female voice replaced the noise of the frog. "I am Rebecca." "Rebecca, huh, and what about Cicero?" The voice was silent. "I was just getting used to Cicero."
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC22/13t/19ff, CMD 21) Monday February 6th, 2017 6:07:26 PM
Hmerrin clomps down the stairs, give a cheery wave to Wil and whoever else is in Wil's head this morning, and plops down in an oversized chair.
"Was it me, or did we all agree to go by 'The Tide' sometime last night?" he asks.
The lad grabs a biscuit.
"What say we head over to HQ and see what Boggs has lined up for us?"
Dušan (Erik) [HP:40/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15 Monday February 6th, 2017 6:33:18 PM
"The Tide..." Dušan lets the words roll off his tongue as if he was tasting them for the first ad he entered the room, "There's worst things we could call ourselves."
"I'm ok heading over there. I'd still like to get on top of the rumor situation as much as we can, but Boggs may have already started that process."
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:20 Touch 18; FF 16 - CMD 18 Monday February 6th, 2017 8:25:55 PM
Toston says, "Yes The Tide and like the tide we will purge Dirt City of its corruption and also like the tide we are controlled by the Moons."
He then says, "Let's do as Hmerrin suggests and see Boggs."
Ethani(Nellie, HP 30/30, AC19,Touch:13, FF:14, CMD: 16, Bless 46/50, Sanctuary 2/5, Spiritual Weapon 4/5) Monday February 6th, 2017 9:16:27 PM
Rising before dawn, Ethani settles into her morning prayers. Finishing up, she heads over to Lornak's room. Knocking lightly, she can't help but open the door a crack. "Lormak, are you up? I was hoping we could watch the sunrise together. .."
After her time with Lornak, sunrise or not, Ethani heads over to Asteria's room to rouse the Barbarian. "Cmon sleepy head, time to get up and get your day started..."
Var (Tom I.) Monday February 6th, 2017 9:32:04 PM
"Aye, we should go check in." Var says around a bacon roll. "Any more time off and I'm gonna start growing roots "
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Monday February 6th, 2017 9:34:40 PM
"Five more minutes..." Asteria groans, groggily rubbing her eyes at the voice of Ethani. "I was having a nice dream too..." Sitting up, the barbarian went about getting ready for the day.
At the breakfast table, Asteria only picks up bits of conversation, still being half-asleep. This drowsiness disappears at the mention of the team name. "The Tide? That's a great name! Powerful and short. Now, baddies will be able to say our name before we introduce them to our fists! In a violent way, of course. I'm not going up to some goon and saying 'Hey, nice to meet you! This is my fist. It is happy to meet you as well.' That's just stupid."
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Monday February 6th, 2017 10:23:52 PM
Lornak usually wakes to a soft clinking at his window. This morning he is surprised that his slumber is broken with a soft knock at his door. His eyes adjust themselves to the beautiful silhouette of Ethani at the threshold. Notions of impropriety roll around in his mind. He hopes that the others do not take offense to the overt advances that have cropped up between the two of them. However there is a part of him just does not care. "I would be honored, love." He sits up. "Let me dress first." Lornak dresses in the dimness and joins Ethani on the ridge.
When he sits down to breakfast he listens to the chatter about the troupes name. It seems a consensus has been reached. He feels like it fits. He moves on to strategy; "We should set up a meeting with our marker if Boggs approves of that move. I would hate to be caught with our pants down should the heat come our way."
Street Urchins - DM Post Dan K Monday February 6th, 2017 10:56:57 PM
The group eats and goes about what seems to be the first order of business. Heading to HQ and talking with Abel Boggs. Perhaps there is already a plan in the works there and if not, Boggs should know about what they heard last night. A sharp knock at the door presents a boy of perhaps 12 to 14 with a message. It is fairly straightword and he is off shortly after handing it over. The message is an update that the recent attacks, fire through the docks and general unrest throughout Dirt City, has impacted the refurbishing of the house. Nothing dramatic, but it will take a bit more time.
The group has also decided that they are going to attempt to get folks to refer to them as The Tide
The group finishes breakfast at Marsh House and heads out to get with Abel Boggs. It is not very far, but as the group is walking through Moon Market when a pair of out of breath young girls, perhaps 12, implore you "Help please, my friend is being beaten and his shop destroyed!"
Neither girl grabs for anyone, that gets your hand cut off in Dirt City after all, and simply gestures wildly and continues to plead mostly towards Ethani and Asteria.
Both wear ragged clothes, one has red disheveled hair adn the other is brunette and like most street urchins, are thoroughly caked in dirt. Perception DC 20 Highlight to display spoiler: { The Red head wears a pretty copper wire choker about her neck}
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+11=13 ; d20+9=23 ; d20+6=8 ; Tuesday February 7th, 2017 2:59:45 PM
Before the group leaves Marsh House, Lornak steals a look at his Nitharit to gauge its progress. He casually adds another ingredient. His stomach drops when the reaction turns violent. He knows it could explode at any second but his need for progress keeps him near the cauldron. He turns his head to the side as the mixture hisses and peeks his eyes as noxious gasses waft up toward the ceiling. (Alchemy d20=13, 51 of target # 175). The mixture slowly starts to normalize and Lornak breaths a sigh of relief. He exits his alchemy cove as if nothing has happened and meets the knowing glance of Dusan...
Lornak pulls his hood down to shield his eyes from the bright morning sun as the group heads out to meet with Boggs. As he walks his thoughts are filled with all the glad tidings the group has experienced this last week. His specific rumination of Ethani and himself is broken when the reality of Dirt City makes itself present. (Perception d20=23)
Since the two girls seem more comfortable with the females of the group, he will let them do the talking. He tests his knowledge when he notices what the redheaded girl is wearing and can't quite come up with anything of value.(Knowledge 20=8)
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+7=17 ; d20+9=16 ; Tuesday February 7th, 2017 3:53:12 PM
Being a former Grubber, himself Will wonders if he knows these girls. "Oi, I've spent a lot of time on these streets. We will be happy to help you. Point us in the right direction."
Toston being somewhat shorter than the rest of the group is of course closer to the height of the young girls and his keen gnomish senses notice the pretty copper wire choker around the girl's neck.
Toston is no jeweler but he attempts to determine how much the choker is worth (Appraise: 2) but despite having been raised by a merchant family appraisals are not his strong suit.
The gnome's first instinct is to rush to the girls' aid but this being Dirt City, the girl wearing a pretty copper choker and Hmerrin's reaction in turn makes Toston a little jumpy (Sense Motive: 8)
Whether he ultimately feels that the girls are legit or that the group is walking into a trap, Toston urges the group to move to the girl's aid, drawing his wand of mage armor and using it on himself and Dušan along the way. If he thinks he the group is walking into a trap, Toston attempts to keep an eye out (Perception: 17) and points out anything suspicious he sees to the rest of the group.
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Dušan (Erik) [HP:40/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15 d20+3=15 ; Tuesday February 7th, 2017 8:30:05 PM
Growing up on the streets of Dirt City, Dušan felt a little empathy for the children, but if the children felt more comfortable with the women, he understood that too. Dušan casts Detect Magic and keeps a look out for any out of place auras.
Ethani(Nellie, HP 30/30, AC19,Touch:13, FF:14, CMD: 16, Bless 46/50, Sanctuary 2/5, Spiritual Weapon 4/5) d20+6=17 ; Tuesday February 7th, 2017 9:04:00 PM
Not noticing anything strange about the children, Ethani is moved by compassion. Pulling out her bull's strength wand, she gently taps Asteria and readies herself to endow it on Bar as well. "Of course we will help you little ones. Lead us there. "
OOC:will have to try and update my sheet tomorrow. Today filled up
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Tuesday February 7th, 2017 9:10:30 PM
Asteria felt her heart drop as the children approached her and the group. Childhood was meant to be carefree and full of joy, not dragged down by sorrow, in her opinion. Asteria bends to look them in the eye, giving the two a large smile. "Of course, just lead the way! Big sis Asteria will help out!"
Flashing a smile to Ethani in thanks, Asteria looks back to the children and flexes her muscles in an act of strength, drawing her axe as she does so.
Var (Tom I.) d20+10=12 ; Tuesday February 7th, 2017 9:38:05 PM
Var looks around for a second, somewhat surprised that the group was singled out in the crowd. But then again, they have been involved in some quality heroics as of late. (Perception: 12) not spotting anything out of the ordinary about these two young girls, he nods at them and says ""What's the trouble?"
Street Urchins - DM Post Dan K Tuesday February 7th, 2017 10:06:33 PM
Toston and Lornak both notice the red haired girl's choker and find it a bit out of place, but there are countless ways the girl could have come by it. Dirt City living has the group in general wary, which is a good thing. Plenty of stories about the city of the goodly heroes who rush head long into their deaths, ensnared by those they were off to help.
Hmerrin tries to remain detached to see what he can see about the girls' tale and need of help. The pair squeels and urges the group to help and both Asteria and Ethani both seem to be convinced. The continued interaction gives the young man the time he needs and his gut tells him, they are the genuine article on this matter.
Toston has no idea on the avalue of the choker. Perhaps if he had it in his hand, but not from the sparse glance he has gained thus far
Lornak, who also noticed the collar, cannot place it as anything significant.
Toston urges the group to move to the girl's aid, drawing his wand of mage armor and using it on himself and Dušan along the way.
Dušan casts Detect Magic and keeps a look out for any out of place auras.
Ethani pulls out her bull's strength wand and taps Asteria.
Asteria urges the children to lead the way and pulls her axe.
Dušan picks up auras all over the place as the spell takes hold. To gain more Dušan would need to spend time concentrating in specific directions
As the group begins to move behind the 2 girls, Toston, Var and Hmerrin notice a few things about the area. A nearby merchant cast a spell. Another steppsd back a few steps from his booth and produced a crossbow. Another mothioned for several other men to step forward. Still another pair of onlookers both cast spells where one vanished and the other spell had no immediate visual affect. Who knows what the pair did not see as a result of magic wands, spells and weapons coming to life in teh semi crowded market place
The two girls urge the group and lead the way about half of a block. The two could easily loose the group as they weave through the crowd, but make sure to stay relatively close to Asteria and Ethani. Just ahead and on the left side of the street the point to a building. It is a row building, much in the same design wher Tombo's is. A row house building with 5 store fronts and rooms above each one. The third door from you, where the girls are pointing and shouting about their friend, is a sign that indicates the store to be a bakery.
From here, about 60', you can see the door is open. Perception DC 25 Highlight to display spoiler: {You can hear some indistinct shouting and commotion coming from within. At least 4 voices, likely more}
Spells have been cast and so we are going to Combat rounds. Please keep your actions to 1 round 5 rounds have expired since the wands and spells were deployed
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+7=10 ; Wednesday February 8th, 2017 3:46:12 PM
"Oi, I am just about oblivious to everything but there is something going on here. I forgot to mention that I purchased a heavy crossbow and sold my medium one.. Isn't it beautiful. The craftsmanship is superb." For a moment Will struggles with a new identity erupting within him he then shakes it off. He casts Divine Favor and prepares to pull out his new crossbow.
(+1 luck on attack and damage for 1 min)
Orisons: Guidance, Virtue Lv1: Summon Monster I - x1, Entropic Shield - x1, Divine Favor - D: Touch of Darkness- x1 Lv2: Summon Monster II - x1 - (Moderate heal used 2) Channel energy 2d6 -x1 Shadow amulet: SM2 1/day 1 rnds -
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+11=15 ; d20+9=22 ; Wednesday February 8th, 2017 5:34:30 PM
Lornak notices the townsfolk around the group prepare themselves for a potential fight. "A fine omen indeed." He says as he slowly pulls out his hand crossbow and loads a bolt into it. As the group edges their way to where the girls point out as the final destination he trains his eyes upon the building and area (Perception d20=15). He doesn't notice anything immediate but then again the crowd is still a little thick near the back of the group. Lornak makes a move for the shadows. (Stealth d20=22)
"I'm hearing shouting and a general commotion coming from inside. I'm noticing 4 distinct voices but there are possibly more."
Toston then casts shield on himself and moves 30 feet towards the door.
Active Effects: mage armor (Toston) = +4 AC - 1 hour or 600 rounds [595 rounds remaining] mage armor (Dušan) = + 4 AC - 1 hour or 600 rounds [596 rounds remaining] (OOC: let me know when you start managing this Erik and I'll take it off my active effects; there would have to be 1 round separating the casting) shield (Toston) = +4 shield bonus to AC; magic missile immunity - 2 minutes [20 rounds remaining]
DM Sanity Info: Highlight to display spoiler: { Spell like abilities: 1/day dancing lights - CL 6 left 1/1 1/day ghost sound - CL 6; DC 13 left 1/1 1/day prestidigitation - CL 6 left 1/1 1/day speak with animals - CL 6 left 1/1
Spells Known / left: 0th: acid splash, disrupt undead, light, toros taur try,detect magic- CL 2 (infinite) 1st: shield, chill touch, mage armor(bloodline) CL 2 (DC 13) (4/5) Claws rounds left: (5/5) Stunning Fist (3/3) Fort Save: DC 16 Scorpion Style Fort Save : DC 16 Resist Energy(Fire) : 5 }
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC23/13t/20ff, CMD 21) d20+3=17 ; Wednesday February 8th, 2017 6:42:00 PM
.. "Aaaand everybody's got somethin' to kill us with," Hmerrin marvels. "Ain't that just peachy."
No sense trying to be slick about it. The lad marches toward the door, flipping down his helm and pulling both axes.
-- Full Move (40') toward door, drawing weapons while on move.
Perception 17
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) d20+10=29 ; Wednesday February 8th, 2017 8:39:32 PM
(Perception: 29) "Just another day in Dirt City, eh?" Var says to Hmerrin, forcing a chuckle. Var draws his longbow and hangs towards the back of the group. "May not need this if the scuffle is indoors..."
Dušan (Erik) [HP:40/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15 d100=99 ; Wednesday February 8th, 2017 9:18:13 PM
Seeing Hmerrin break into action, Dušan drops detect magic and casts Barkskin on the fighter. Finding a items Lei Line, the Bloodwitch effortlessly casts the spell
(OOC Lei Roll 99 free spell. I'm on mobile. I'll put spell information in tomorrow's post and put the armor from Toston into it as well, but I think it's 50 rounds with +2 AC on Hmerrin)
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Wednesday February 8th, 2017 10:20:36 PM
Asteria, still with her axe in hand, moves towards the door in her bulky armor. No time like the present!
Dulmoths Bakery - DM Post Dan K Wednesday February 8th, 2017 11:16:27 PM
Wilford casts Divine Favor and draws his crossbow.
Lornak draws his handcrossbow as he moves in towards the building. Noticing the heightened action within the crowd fueling his adrenaline.
Toston relays what he hears from inside and then casts Shield. The gnome closes 30' and halfway to the open doorway
Hmerrin, isn't as pleased that the crowd in general is gearing up for a fight as the party currently represents the threat on the street. But he decides to roll with it and pulls his axes as he closes on the bakery. Only 20' to go
Var stayes put and draws his longbow. Shooting through the crowd might be a problem, but something tells him the crowd will be disappating soon.
Dusan reaches out and pulls a Ley Line in and casts Barkskin on Hmerrin
Asteria moves 40' towards the door, her great axe in hand
On the street, people are exiting the area and very quickly a 60' perimeter exists about the doorway to the Bakery, Dulmoth's Bakery A few other weapons and spells are cast, but more curiously several bets are placed as action on the party's action spontaneously erupts about the market. Last heard, the party is getting 2 to 3 odds
Asteria is closest to the bakery and can now very clearly hear the shouts of several men from inside. It is a violent interaction about weapons, the Sahauguin and what House the Baker is working for. The sound of flipping trays, breaking glass and that very distinct sound of breaking bone can be heard by the young barbarian. Perhaps the most heart wrenching sound is the baby crying somewhere within the store
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+7=17 ; Thursday February 9th, 2017 10:34:10 AM
(Perception: 17) "Certainly, something going on here and it looks to me like someone is getting hurt. We need to move before someone dies." Will then loads the crossbow and aims, he steps forward through the crowd. "Will, I could step in first?" A voice interrupts his thoughts. "I don't even know you and if you are replacing Cicero then I may need you later." Silence for a moment then Will can hear the female voice pouting. "Are you serious," he says out loud as he tries to ignore the annoyance.
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+11=22 ; Thursday February 9th, 2017 2:08:24 PM
Lornak wants to tell the others not to use lethal force if necessary but doesn't want to give away his position as he works his way around the building to look for a side or back entrance. He tries again to listen to the details of the argument. (Perception d20=22)
Confident in Hmerrin's wherewithal he holds his breath, patiently waiting for the youth to quell the confrontation.
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 d20+14=21 ; Thursday February 9th, 2017 5:46:23 PM
Toston casts chill touch opting to hold the charge of the spell and closes the distance to the door being wary of potential threats (Perception: 21).
As he moves he sheathes his wand as it is no longer needed.
His normally orange hand glows blue with a chilling flame.
Active Effects: mage armor (Toston) = +4 AC - 1 hour or 600 rounds [594 rounds remaining] mage armor (Dušan) = + 4 AC - 1 hour or 600 rounds [595 rounds remaining] (OOC: let me know when you start managing this Erik and I'll take it off my active effects; there would have to be 1 round separating the casting) shield (Toston) = +4 shield bonus to AC; magic missile immunity - 2 minutes [19 rounds remaining] chill touch (Toston) = 2 touch attacks for 1d6 negative energy damage + 1 point Str damage (Fort negates) or 2 unarmed strikes do +1d6 negative energy damage and 1 point Str damage (Fort negates) - [held]
DM Sanity Info: Highlight to display spoiler: { Spell like abilities: 1/day dancing lights - CL 6 left 1/1 1/day ghost sound - CL 6; DC 13 left 1/1 1/day prestidigitation - CL 6 left 1/1 1/day speak with animals - CL 6 left 1/1
Spells Known / left: 0th: acid splash, disrupt undead, light, toros taur try,detect magic- CL 2 (infinite) 1st: shield, chill touch, mage armor(bloodline) CL 2 (DC 13) (3/5) Claws rounds left: (5/5) Stunning Fist (3/3) Fort Save: DC 16 Scorpion Style Fort Save : DC 16 Resist Energy(Fire) : 5 }
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC25/13t/20ff, CMD 21)Barkskin Thursday February 9th, 2017 6:35:53 PM
"Right," Hmerrin mutters back to Wil.
Never breaking stride, the fighter clomps straight through the doorway, stops at the entryway or main room or whatever he finds first, and bellows,
"Oi! What's all this then?"
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) d20+10=18 ; Thursday February 9th, 2017 7:36:06 PM
Var moves out, across the street from the bakery, to get an ideal firing arc on anyone that might flee. "Should have e bought some blunted bloody arrows..." He admonishes himself as he nocks an arrow and tries to listen in on what's happening inside.
Ethani(Nellie, HP 30/30, AC19,Touch:13, FF:14, CMD: 16, Bless 46/50, Sanctuary 2/5, Spiritual Weapon 4/5) Thursday February 9th, 2017 9:06:25 PM
Sighing, Ethani moves forward and taps Hmerrin with her Bull's Strength Wand. Then she draws her Shield of Faith wand, readying to prepare herself for the upcoming battle
OOC: Sorry, fell asleep as soon as I got home yesterday.
Dušan (Erik) [HP:40/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) d100=50 ; Thursday February 9th, 2017 9:38:48 PM
"Can I get a bet in on the scrappy under dogs with that handsome spellcaster? Hey I don't think I ever got winnings from my bet on us in the arena fight!" Dušan suddenly recalls.
Seeing the party splitting up, he casts Spectral Hand to give more options.
(OOC: d100 = 50 Ley Roll, Spell is cast, Spell per day is spent. Total L1 4/1, L2 3/1, L3 3/1 50 rounds Spectral Hand 49 rounds Barkskin on Hmerrin: +2 enhancement bonus to natural armor 595 rounds Mage Armor Dušan: + 4 AC I can take it from here)
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] d20+10=19 ; Thursday February 9th, 2017 10:13:31 PM
All the not so nice sounds coming from inside the bakery confuse and enrage Asteria. Storming into the bakery, the very upset barbarian snarls at whatever she sees. "Listen up, whatever's in here! I am in a VERY bad mood right now, so give up and maybe I won't break every bone in your worthless body. Messing with a baker and scaring a baby? How low can you go?"
(Intimidate- 19 to the bad guys)
Dulmoths Bakery - DM Post Dan K Thursday February 9th, 2017 11:58:53 PM
Wilford loads his crossbow and begins moving towards the Bkery. Wil is currently 30' from the front door
Lornak urges the others to not use lethal force if they can help it and moves to circle the 5 building block to the back. It will take Lornack another 3 rounds to arrive at the back of the third builing down the row. Heading around the building ro will prevent him from hearing anything specifically in Dulmoths Bakery
Toston casts Chill touch and moves to the doorway of the Bakery. Inside the place is a wreck and there are 8 people easily visible
Hmerrin continues and moves straight into teh Bakery, holding up a few feet inside the entrance and calls out to everyone inside.
Var moves perpendicular to the entrance of the Bakery to align a shot if needed. The crowd is now completely dispersed about the shop and Var has a good line of sight to the frontage. Dulmoth's has a single extra wade doorway, currently open, and a farily large picture window that comprises the store front. The window was a grand display of baked goods and possibly even a layered cake to highlight the bakers skills. Now, while the window is intact, the display is in shambles about the shop
Ethani moves up with Hmerrin and activates the Bull Strength wand on him as well. Hmerrin moved last round and double moved this round. The only way to use the Bull Strength wand on him would be to move up. therefore you have not drawn the second wand
Dušan remains where he is and casts Spectral Hand. Dušan is 60' from the doorway to the shop
Asteria continues headlong right on Hmerrin's heels. Upon entering she challenges weveryone inside "Listen up, whatever's in here! I am in a VERY bad mood right now, so give up and maybe I won't break every bone in your worthless body. Messing with a baker and scaring a baby? How low can you go?"
Inside the shop there are 8 people. One is cowering on the floor about 10' immediately to the left of the doorway. It is a woman holding and unsuccessfully attempting to comfort a crying baby. No one is threatening them, they are simply terrified of the situation.
3 half orcs immediately spin to measure Asteria and Hmerrin as they enter. The men wear studded leather, have longswords still sheathed and for the most part were occupied with trashing the place
1 other half orc is holding an man by the scruff of his shirt while a human is black leathers holds his chin as if about to ask him a very personal question
One last half orc is standing over another woman near the back left wall. He simply appears to be making sure she stays where she is at.
The Baker, presumably Dulmoth, is in the hand of the half orc in Black leather. His left arm hangs at an unatural angle and his face is bloodied and bruised.
The half orcs and the one human all wear colors and markings that make them members of House Wolf
The entire interior building freezes at Asteria's challenge, well except for the baby which cries all the louder. Infants, go figure. None reach for a weapon.
Hmerrin and Asteria hear one of the Wolves in the trio, "Holy Warrd that's Them. They took out the Fishmen at the docks." A reply from his 2 compatriots confirm to you that they are now terribly unsure of their present course of action
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+12=30 ; d20+10=11 ; Friday February 10th, 2017 8:14:55 AM
(Diplomacy: 30, Perception: 11) "Alright, we need to resolve this issue calmly. Obviously, we are too late to prevent this poor man from his injury. I ask you to stop what your doing, let the woman and her child go." Will relaxes his grip slightly on the crossbow.
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC25/13t/22ff, CMD 23)Brkskn, Bls Str Saturday February 11th, 2017 9:38:19 AM
Hmerrin takes in the Wolves markings with a slight grimace, but holds his position.
"You heard the man," he notes, self-assuredly. "Play time's over. You put the baker down, my friend here will fix him up, and then we all talk like nice people."
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 d20+2=8 ; Saturday February 11th, 2017 6:05:01 PM
"Maybe we should talk outside after our cleric helps the baker, Dulmoth is it?" Toston says, entering the room.
(Diplomacy 8 vs DC 10 to aid another = fail)
Active Effects: mage armor (Toston) = +4 AC - 1 hour or 600 rounds [593 rounds remaining] shield (Toston) = +4 shield bonus to AC; magic missile immunity - 2 minutes [18 rounds remaining] chill touch (Toston) = 2 touch attacks for 1d6 negative energy damage + 1 point Str damage (Fort negates) or 2 unarmed strikes do +1d6 negative energy damage and 1 point Str damage (Fort negates) - [held]
DM Sanity Info: Highlight to display spoiler: { Spell like abilities: 1/day dancing lights - CL 6 left 1/1 1/day ghost sound - CL 6; DC 13 left 1/1 1/day prestidigitation - CL 6 left 1/1 1/day speak with animals - CL 6 left 1/1
Spells Known / left: 0th: acid splash, disrupt undead, light, toros taur try,detect magic- CL 2 (infinite) 1st: shield, chill touch, mage armor(bloodline) CL 2 (DC 13) (3/5) Claws rounds left: (5/5) Stunning Fist (3/3) Fort Save: DC 16 Scorpion Style Fort Save : DC 16 Resist Energy(Fire) : 5 }
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) d20+10=14 ; d20+7=19 ; Sunday February 12th, 2017 3:07:14 PM
Var keeps a keen eye on the Half-Orc thugs in the shop, watching their body language for any sign that might give away their intentions (Perception: 14 (+2 Favored Enemy: Humanoid(Orcs)). (Sense Motive: 19 (+2 Favored Enemy: Humanoid(Orcs)).
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Sunday February 12th, 2017 4:58:36 PM
Lornak creeps around the side of one of the adjacent buildings careful not to draw too much attention to himself. He hopes that what is transpiring inside the bakery can be resolved without violence. He hates the idea of going into a fight half cocked and fears what he will walk into when he gets there. "There's just never enough time." He mumbles under his breath.
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) d100=42 ; d100=32 ; d4=3 ; Sunday February 12th, 2017 9:08:02 PM
Dušan moves up 30' and sends his Spectral Hand out to Asteria and casts Bull's Strength on the Barbarian.
(OOC: d100 = 50 Ley Roll, Spell is cast, Spell per day is spent. Total L1 4/1, L2 3/1, L3 3/1 Ignore the second d100. That was a misclick. the d4=3 was the hit points for the Spectral Hand I forgot to roll last turn. 50 Bull's Strength on Asteria 49 rounds Spectral Hand 48 rounds Barkskin on Hmerrin: +2 enhancement bonus to natural armor 594 rounds Mage Armor Dušan: + 4 AC I can take it from here)
Ethani(Nellie, HP 30/30, AC19,Touch:13, FF:14, CMD: 16) d20=20 ; Sunday February 12th, 2017 9:21:46 PM
Ethani smiles sweetly at the Wolves, though she is seething inside. She pulls out her Shield of Faith wand and stores her Bull's Strength "Yes, we are the very same group. Now gentleman, I'm not sure what's going on here, but I am sure that you don't want to upset my good friend here any further. So, why don't you lower your weapons, and let's discuss what's going on here. It looks to me like this all might be a big misunderstanding..." Diplomacy= nat. 20!
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] d20+10=12 ; Sunday February 12th, 2017 9:41:43 PM
Asteria does her best growl at the Wolves, with sounds less intimidating than she would have liked. "Yeah, what they said."
(Intimidate: 12)
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Sunday February 12th, 2017 10:28:47 PM
(OOC: I missed that Bull's strength was already cast on Asteria. Can we make that Barkskin And fix the spell info d100 = 42 Ley Roll, Spell is cast, Spell per day is spent. Total L1 4/1, L2 3/1, L3 2/1
dm edit. Yes we can swap the spells. No probs
Dulmoths Bakery - DM Post Dan K Monday February 13th, 2017 11:47:47 AM
Flying to Santa Barbara will post this evening, so kinda late for west east coasters
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Monday February 13th, 2017 7:15:58 PM
Lornak notices movement all around him as townspeople who were previously curious about the commotions and goings on in the bakery back into shadowy doorways, close shutters and wisp around corners as he makes his way down the walkway.
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Monday February 13th, 2017 11:02:58 PM
Dušan holds breath while tension from the stair down raised. He feels the Wold's blood course around him knowing full well he may need it at a moments notice.
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Monday February 13th, 2017 11:11:55 PM
Toston waits on baited breath for a response from the Wolves.
Active Effects: mage armor (Toston) = +4 AC - 1 hour or 600 rounds [593 rounds remaining] shield (Toston) = +4 shield bonus to AC; magic missile immunity - 2 minutes [18 rounds remaining] chill touch (Toston) = 2 touch attacks for 1d6 negative energy damage + 1 point Str damage (Fort negates) or 2 unarmed strikes do +1d6 negative energy damage and 1 point Str damage (Fort negates) - [held]
DM Sanity Info: Highlight to display spoiler: { Spell like abilities: 1/day dancing lights - CL 6 left 1/1 1/day ghost sound - CL 6; DC 13 left 1/1 1/day prestidigitation - CL 6 left 1/1 1/day speak with animals - CL 6 left 1/1
Spells Known / left: 0th: acid splash, disrupt undead, light, toros taur try,detect magic- CL 2 (infinite) 1st: shield, chill touch, mage armor(bloodline) CL 2 (DC 13) (3/5) Claws rounds left: (5/5) Stunning Fist (3/3) Fort Save: DC 16 Scorpion Style Fort Save : DC 16 Resist Energy(Fire) : 5 }
Dulmoths Bakery - DM Post Dan K Monday February 13th, 2017 11:22:22 PM
Wilford begins talking as he moves up the remaining 30' to the doorway. He lowers his crossbow as he does so.
Hmerrin backs up Wilford looking to bring the conflict to a more diplomatic solution
Toston also enters and invites the group of Wolves to come outside to talk
Var keeps a wary eye out from his place on the street
Lornak continues making his way around the town row
Dusan moves up and casts Barkskin on Asteria through his spectral hand
Ethani stows one wand and draws another, she confirms the Wolves' suspicions and asks about a peaceful solution
Asteria growls at the men
The human in black leather regards the group and leans away from the baker. The three that were turning over the shop, glance nervously towards him and then to one another. Their weapons remain in their sheathes
The half Orc by the woman stands his ground and gives the human a raised questioning eyebrow. His hands dangle freely, within easy reach of his sword
The last half Orc, who is right next to the human and likely the reason the good baker has a broken arm, maintains his grip on the man and growls back at Asteria. "They got no rights or claim here Kel and you know stories are just that."
The human takes the party coming in in fairly quick order. You can tell he has an eye for measuring an opponent. "I think we should keep this right here and you are the only ones with weapons in hand." His voice has an edge of anger, but you don't feel it threatening. He continues and with a touch to the half orcs shoulder, his grip tightens slightly on the baker. "If you were involved in the fish men attack at the docks and the arms deal, you should be interested to here that this man has information about more such things and thus a grave danger to our city. We were just starting our questions. Perhaps you would care to assist." He then points to the woman and the baby, "taking them outside and seeing to it no one else entered would be perfect."
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+8=16 ; d20+12=23 ; d20+6=15 ; Tuesday February 14th, 2017 1:22:02 PM
"We would be happy to assist," Will adds, "but your methods need some work." Will puts his crossbow away. "Why would this man answer you if he thinks your going to kill him. Hope is a powerful tool in interrogation. I believe answers would be more forthcoming with a different approach." "This is a baker," Will studies the man to see if he can pick out any motivation. "He is not a soldier of war. Believe me, those fishmen left broken or dead because they were soldiers. They were looking for a fight and we gave it too them."
(Diplomacy: 23) (Sense Motive: 15)
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC25/13t/22ff, CMD 23)Brkskn, Bls Str Tuesday February 14th, 2017 5:37:08 PM
Hmerrin blinks at Wil, then looks at the man in black, and then back at Wil, and then at the half orc holding the baker, and then at the half orc standing over the woman, and then back to the man in black.
Otherwise, he doesn't move. And he certainly doesn't put away his axes.
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Tuesday February 14th, 2017 5:46:51 PM
Lornak takes the final steps toward the backside of the bakery. He is grateful that he doesn't hear cries of battle upon his approach. Confident that no one in the alleyway wants to be part of a potential fight he turns his back to the alleyway and tests the door; he inhales a breath and lets it out slowly as he attempts to open it, keen on not making any noise.
If he the door opens without incident Lornak will open just enough to peer inside and listen before entering.
If the door does not open then he will attempt to open a window instead.
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Tuesday February 14th, 2017 7:20:39 PM
Feering this may be last attempt at peaceful negotiation, Dušan attempts to assist Wilford's ploy and using his Spectral hand casts Touch of Glory on him.
(OOC: Touch of Glory +5 to Charisma check = Wilford's Diplomacy: 28 Total L1 3/0, L2 4/1, L3 2/1, OK Spells left are now correct. 49 Bull's Strength on Asteria 48 rounds Spectral Hand 47 rounds Barkskin on Hmerrin: +2 enhancement bonus to natural armor 593 rounds Mage Armor Dušan: + 4 AC I can take it from here)
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) d20+10=14 ; Tuesday February 14th, 2017 8:07:06 PM
Var takes a look up and down the street, keeping an eye out in case the Knives decide to show up and do their jobs (Perception: 14).
"Oi! What's goin' on in there?" Var shouts toward the group assembled in the bakery. "We fightin' or no?"
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 d20+2=14 ; d20+7=11 ; d20+14=22 ; Tuesday February 14th, 2017 9:00:56 PM
(Diplomacy: 14 vs DC 10 to aid another on Wil = success; Wil gets +2)
"I believe what my companion was trying to say is we will get more information with some tobacco and ale than we would using the enhanced interrogation techniques you lot seem to prefer. Do you have any ale or tobacco we could give Mr. Dulmoth? I mean aren't we all on the same side here? We all want what's best for Dirt City and that involves not getting dragged into a war between sea peoples?" Toston says
He does not dismiss the held charge, as it seems the situation could deteriorate and fast and he warily eyes the Wolves.
(Perception: 22; Sense Motive: 11)
Active Effects: mage armor (Toston) = +4 AC - 1 hour or 600 rounds [592 rounds remaining] shield (Toston) = +4 shield bonus to AC; magic missile immunity - 2 minutes [17 rounds remaining] chill touch (Toston) = 2 touch attacks for 1d6 negative energy damage + 1 point Str damage (Fort negates) or 2 unarmed strikes do +1d6 negative energy damage and 1 point Str damage (Fort negates) - [held]
DM Sanity Info: Highlight to display spoiler: { Spell like abilities: 1/day dancing lights - CL 6 left 1/1 1/day ghost sound - CL 6; DC 13 left 1/1 1/day prestidigitation - CL 6 left 1/1 1/day speak with animals - CL 6 left 1/1
Spells Known / left: 0th: acid splash, disrupt undead, light, toros taur try,detect magic- CL 2 (infinite) 1st: shield, chill touch, mage armor(bloodline) CL 2 (DC 13) (3/5) Claws rounds left: (5/5) Stunning Fist (3/3) Fort Save: DC 16 Scorpion Style Fort Save : DC 16 Resist Energy(Fire) : 5 }
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] d20+10=26 ; Tuesday February 14th, 2017 9:13:07 PM
Asteria keeps a close eye on the enemy with darts in her eyes, and retries that growl from earlier.
(Intimidate: 26)
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Wednesday February 15th, 2017 5:40:31 PM
Dušan wishes he lived in a city where children didn't have to witness events like these. He's glad that he and friends are able to help in their way, but watching the children's reaction to the Baker's treatment, he realizes how far they have yet to go. He puts more hope in their words. He did not want to subject these innocents to more shows of violence.
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Wednesday February 15th, 2017 9:26:17 PM
Toston takes a deep breath and focuses, keenly aware how quickly this situation could devolve into a violent confrontation. He decides his first target if that happens should be the Wolf holding Dulmoth. A punch combined with the chill touch combined with a stunning fist would hopefully make the tough drop Dulmoth and turn his attention to Toston.
Ethani(Nellie, HP 30/30, AC19,Touch:13, FF:14, CMD: 16) d20=15 ; Wednesday February 15th, 2017 9:47:04 PM
Keeping her smile constant, Ethani regards the Wolf leader. "I would be more than glad to assist with the questioning, but I must insist that I have a much more active role. I would be more than glad to offer my services as a cleric of Alemi. I have a spell that would be extremely useful in this situation. It will prevent any lies from being told, and multiple people can be questioned at one time. I think you will find this much more efficient than more...ahem physical means."
Ethani keeps her tone cool, but makes it clear that she doesn't intend to be dismissed quite so easily.
Diplomacy-15
Dulmoths Bakery - DM Post Dan K Thursday February 16th, 2017 12:00:48 AM
The leader of the Wolf Group, Kel, is obviously the human man in black and so the conversation from Wilford and Toston is directed at him. The man named Kel chuckles once as a dangerous glint comes to his eye during his reply to Wilford, "Oh I was most assuredly using hope. You see, Dulmoth's only hope in keeping use of his arms and legs hangs in the truthfulness of his answers."
Hmerrin keeps his eyeys on the Wolves and his axes in hand
Var shouts from outside about if the groups are going to throw down or not. A quick check up and down the street shows no signs of House Knife.
Kel then answers Toston, "My lot? Your lot have the lethal weapons out. Your lot is threatening extreme violence and using intimidation to reach your own ends. Do not presume to lie in the mud and call me dirty." Kel does step away from the Baker Dulmoth and it is in that movement that Toston spies the tattoo on his collarbone as his leather jerkin shifts. The eye of Gargul.
Asteria issues forth another deep threatening growl and every Wolf but Kel and the half orc holding Dulmoth take a step back.
Hmerrin can tell the others are down right scared to go up against the group right now and probably have only not bolted because of Kel
Lornack arrives at the back door and finds it open and revealing the back room where trash is boxed up to be set in the alley
Ethani offers her services as an Alemi cleric and Kel's grin gets even larger, "Of course you are. I knew one of you would be. Of course if you were to cast the spell you would be the only one who would know and only those willingly submitted would be fully affected and even then, there are ways around such things. Oh and of course there is the fact that I already did that." He turns a bit and gives an upchin to the man holding Dulmoth and the half orc lets go of the baker, though not precisely in a gentle fashion and Dulmoth hits the floor fairly hard.
Kel's eyes shift across the CMTC group in the baker, "But i think you are perhaps right and most of us don't want blood all over the place. " Kel moves his arms to have the others step a bit further back and give the party plenty of room to get to Dulmoth and the others inside the bakery.
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+6=15 ; d20+10=21 ; d20+6=8 ; 2d8+3=11 ; d20+12=13 ; Thursday February 16th, 2017 4:34:17 PM
Wil pauses to check Kel's motives. He then searches the room for Traps or anything that should be of concern. Will attempts to check the baker's motives but is really unsure. Either way he casts Cure Moderate Wounds on the man and helps him up. ( +11 hp) "We have no beef with the House of Wolves," Will says carefully, tripping a bit on his words. We would like to avoid bloodshed as you do." (Diplomacy: 13) (Sense Motive: 15 - Perception: 21)
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC25/13t/22ff, CMD 23)Brkskn, Bls Str Thursday February 16th, 2017 5:45:15 PM
Hmerrin wordlessly pivots in place, keeping a stonefaced watch on Kel and his half-orc sidekick. The other four he spares an occasional glance, but these two are gonna be the problem starters, so they get a lot more attention.
Var watching the group's movement as best he can from the street (Perception: 12) and flexes his fingers, anticipating the fight to break out any moment now...
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+11=17 ; Thursday February 16th, 2017 8:58:44 PM
Lornak sees no immediate danger in the back room of the bakery. He can faintly hear conversation going but cannot hear specifics. He enters and proceeds to make his way to the main room. He keeps his ears peeled to listen to the events inside. (Perception d20=17)
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Thursday February 16th, 2017 9:45:53 PM
Dušan begins to hope that this may actually end without a fight. He decides to save his spellcasting in case things do get violent and moves to give him the best line of sight on his friends.
(OOC: Total L1 3/0, L2 4/1, L3 2/1 48 Bull's Strength on Asteria 47 rounds Spectral Hand 46 rounds Barkskin on Hmerrin: +2 enhancement bonus to natural armor 592 rounds Mage Armor Dušan: + 4 AC I can take it from here)
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 d20+2=11 ; d20+14=30 d20+7=10 Thursday February 16th, 2017 9:47:25 PM
(Diplomacy: 11 vs DC 10 to aid another = success; Wil gets +2)
Toston says, "If you forgive my pun it sounds like the Eyes have it. I can't help but notice your tattoo Kel, Wil here is also an Eye of Gargul so it looks like you guys have something in common. Anyway I didn't mean to impugn your character but we only came running because some children were scared for Dulmouth and his bakery because of your methods. Does Dulmouth not have civil rights? Why must he be subjected to brutality that frightens children? On whose testimony is he accused of trafficking with the Sahuagin? If he knows something about what is going on then he should be questioned but unless there is solid evidence of collaboration with intent to harm Dirt City I do not see a reason to punish the man and frighten his family, the neighborhood and his customers. As I said earlier torture is not good for information gathering as it is amoral and only tells you what you want to hear. Also you will catch more flies with honey than you will with vinegar."
Toston keeps his eyes on the Wolves lest his most recent commented observations set them off and he is caught off guard.
(Perception: 30, Sense Motive: 10)
Active Effects: mage armor (Toston) = +4 AC - 1 hour or 600 rounds [591 rounds remaining] shield (Toston) = +4 shield bonus to AC; magic missile immunity - 2 minutes [16 rounds remaining] chill touch (Toston) = 2 touch attacks for 1d6 negative energy damage + 1 point Str damage (Fort negates) or 2 unarmed strikes do +1d6 negative energy damage and 1 point Str damage (Fort negates) - [held]
DM Sanity Info: Highlight to display spoiler: { Spell like abilities: 1/day dancing lights - CL 6 left 1/1 1/day ghost sound - CL 6; DC 13 left 1/1 1/day prestidigitation - CL 6 left 1/1 1/day speak with animals - CL 6 left 1/1
Spells Known / left: 0th: acid splash, disrupt undead, light, toros taur try,detect magic- CL 2 (infinite) 1st: shield, chill touch, mage armor(bloodline) CL 2 (DC 13) (3/5) Claws rounds left: (5/5) Stunning Fist (3/3) Fort Save: DC 16 Scorpion Style Fort Save : DC 16 Resist Energy(Fire) : 5 }
Ethani(Nellie, HP 30/30, AC19,Touch:13, FF:14, CMD: 16) Thursday February 16th, 2017 9:49:02 PM
Ethani inspects the baker after Will's healing and casts another spell if needed to fully heal the man. Then she turns to him. "You have been accused of aiding the raid on our City. If you tell me all you know, and truthfully, there will be no more need for such violence..."
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] d20+10=15 ; Thursday February 16th, 2017 10:54:45 PM
Asteria continues trying to keep the violence down by keeping people back, staring down the Wolves.
(Intimidate: 15)
Dulmoths Bakery - DM Post Dan K Friday February 17th, 2017 12:31:00 AM
Wilford moves up and casts CMW on Dulmoth and the baker is fully healed. He looks with very thankful eyes at Wil, but says nothing. Kel puts a holding hand on the one other Wolf in the place that Hmerrrin is concerned with and the other grunts a bit, but stands down.
Lornak moves through the back area and comes to a slightly ajar door, and can now easily hear what is going on in the main shop. To his right is a small office, to his left is the pantry. Straight ahead is the main shop where everyone is.
Var is having trouble keeping straight the movement inside the shop at this point. He can tell friend from foe easily enough, but not too much else.
Kel seems to regard Wil once again as Toston mentions the man is a cleric of Gargul, but he says nothing to that. To the rest he has some reply, "What frightens children is not my concern and are too numerous for me to care about. That is what Alemi is for." He pauses a moment as if to consider and apparently decides to, "As to everything else, we differ in our opinion and I see little to gain in discussing that."
Toston does not get the impression that things are going to suddenly take a turn for the worse. Kel, despite how things may have started, seems evenly keeled about all of this. The gretest threat to create violence right now is Hmerrin's weapons and Asteria threatening growl
As the thought occurs to Toston, several of the Wolves, he notes, now have their hands resting on their weapons
Ethani moves to the Baker and can see plainly he is healed of all physical wounds. She states the case to him about his current circumstances.
Dulmoth flatly denies any involvement with the fishmen. A statement that gets a angry shout from one of the half orc Wolves, "Liar!" he half orc starts to move, but a firm glance from the Half orc with Kel freezes him in mid thought of a stride. "But Vash..." he begins, a grunt from the now named Vash silences him.
Kel looks on and narrows his eyes on the Baker, and then he sighs what could be seen as a sigh of resignation. "If we remain, this will go poorly and so my pack will take our leave of you." Kel makes a minor gesture for the CMTC to provide some room, so that they might exit
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+12=28 ; Friday February 17th, 2017 12:38:05 PM
(Diplomacy: 28) Wil notices the tension within the Wolves. "So what's the story? There seems to be some deep wounds that makes your companion emotional. It could help us during the interrogation. Do you know this man?" He said pointing at the baker. "What's the history, here?" "Team, we should allow a safe exit after they answer a couple more questions. They have been generous enough to allow us to interrogate the baker."
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 d20+2=7 ; Friday February 17th, 2017 10:24:22 PM
(Diplomacy: 7 vs 10 for aid another = fail)
"I agree with Wil, although we seem to have a difference of opinion, still there has been enough violence of late. Asteria, Hmerrin sheathe your weapons and let the Wolves pass."
Active Effects: mage armor (Toston) = +4 AC - 1 hour or 600 rounds [590 rounds remaining] shield (Toston) = +4 shield bonus to AC; magic missile immunity - 2 minutes [15 rounds remaining] chill touch (Toston) = 2 touch attacks for 1d6 negative energy damage + 1 point Str damage (Fort negates) or 2 unarmed strikes do +1d6 negative energy damage and 1 point Str damage (Fort negates) - [held]
DM Sanity Info: Highlight to display spoiler: { Spell like abilities: 1/day dancing lights - CL 6 left 1/1 1/day ghost sound - CL 6; DC 13 left 1/1 1/day prestidigitation - CL 6 left 1/1 1/day speak with animals - CL 6 left 1/1
Spells Known / left: 0th: acid splash, disrupt undead, light, toros taur try,detect magic- CL 2 (infinite) 1st: shield, chill touch, mage armor(bloodline) CL 2 (DC 13) (3/5) Claws rounds left: (5/5) Stunning Fist (3/3) Fort Save: DC 16 Scorpion Style Fort Save : DC 16 Resist Energy(Fire) : 5 }
Dulmoths Bakery - DM Post Dan K d20+10=24 ; Saturday February 18th, 2017 10:02:32 AM
Wilford asks about if something more is going on and Kel shakes his head.
"No we personally do not know him. We've dealings or rather been forced into dealings as a result of his actions and I decided that it was time to confront the problem head on." Kel's voice begins to raise and here as he continues, "I know he's a front man, likely with House Cloak! Someone has to protect the interests of House Wolf." He stops and composes himself as he went on Kel was becoming more agitated and apparently he realized it. Kel takes a breath and continues more calmly "And of course the best interests of Dirt City and its citizenry."
Sense Motive DC 24 Highlight to display spoiler: {You are pretty certain he he 0 concern for anything but House Wolf and himself. You are also certain calling him out on it will result in a battle} "Brother Wilford, a pleasure to have met you." He nods to the others in the CMTC group. Kel turns his shoulders slightly and waves the rest of his men pass you and out the door
Assuming no one does anything to start a fight, you are now alone in the bakery with Dulmoth, the woman and screaming infant and another woman
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+8=9 ; Saturday February 18th, 2017 11:47:54 PM
From the storeroom Lornak doesn't have a clue what motivates Kel to refer to Wil as "Brother" as he leaves. (Sense Motive d20=9) He is relieved that the situation with the Wolves has resolved and that there is no need for bloodshed. He slowly releases the tension on the bolt in his crossbow and stows them both.
Lornak steps into the main shop as if slinking out of a shadow. "Well played everyone." He says to the group even though he knows the tension is still high. He addresses the baker. "And you kind sir, what aid can we lend where we haven't already?" His eyes dart to where Ethani's hands are mending the man.
Toston does not pick up on what Kel is putting out and just assumes the man's priorities lie with his house and then the city as whole. With what Toston has observed many within the houses don't even care about the city. The fact that Dulmoth might be a front for one of the other houses is troubling. Might one of the houses be trying to use the unrest between the Merfolk and the Sahuagin as part of a power play?
If no one does anything to reignite tensions Toston dismisses his held chill touch after the wolves have left.
He waits a beat and then says, "Are you lot really involved with another house? If so the fact that members of one house would openly attack the business of a member of another house is troubling. Have Dirty Operations been authorized within Dirt City again?" (OOC: see the Dirt City description page)
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) Sunday February 19th, 2017 8:08:32 PM
Var gives a wicked grin at the Wolves as they shuffle out of the bakery. "S'allright, ladies, I'm sure yet scones were quite lovely!" He shouts.
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+6=17 ; d20+12=16 ; Sunday February 19th, 2017 10:19:16 PM
"Thank you brother, may you stay safe." Wil said oblivious to his motives. Now back to our charge. What do you know".(dipolomacy: 16)
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Sunday February 19th, 2017 10:53:32 PM
Dušan frets as Kel passes by him, but tries to keep his composure. He's been told some Eyes of Gargul hold contempt against Blood Witches. Dušan and Wilford have never come to a head on this theological topic, but at this moment Dušan was glad there was nothing that shown a light on him as anything other than another spell caster.
Keeping his head down, he let's the Wolves pass. and motions to those inside to close council and whispers, should I cast Detect Thoughts?"
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Monday February 20th, 2017 11:42:26 AM
Asteria tenses as the Wolves pass, waiting until she feels they are truly gone before relaxing. She then goes to kneel by the women and crying baby. "Did they hurt you?"
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC25/13t/22ff, CMD 23)Brkskn, Bls Str d20+3=10 ; Monday February 20th, 2017 7:10:00 PM
[Perception 10] Hmerrin stows his weapons, and steps well away from the Wolves as they pass, so nobody gets any wrong ideas.
He waits a couple beats, and then drifts to the front door to keep an eye outside.
Glancing at Lornak, he observes, "Someone should probably watch that back door, in case they circle 'round like you did."
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Monday February 20th, 2017 7:57:48 PM
Dušan takes in the surroundings as his friends question and calm the Dulmoths.
Ethani(Nellie, HP 30/30, AC19,Touch:13, FF:14, CMD: 16) d20+6=9 ; Monday February 20th, 2017 9:14:53 PM
Oblivious to Kel's true intentions, Ethani heads over to the woman and child. She checks them carefully for wounds and promptly treats them.
When she sees Lornak spear, Ethani pulls him aside. "I can question them with zone of truth, but not until tomorrow. Should we try and come back later and check them out."
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Monday February 20th, 2017 10:49:17 PM
Toston says to Ethani, "Will they be safe until we come back tomorrow? The Wolves just accused the Dulmoths of being affiliated with the Cloaks and having something to do with what is going on. If another house gets the same idea, a band of adventurers might not be in the neighborhood next time."
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) Tuesday February 21st, 2017 9:44:22 AM
"I don't believe they will be safe. We better find something now before someone else gets the same idea. Association with the Saguain.. I can never say that right... is a death sentence right now."
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+11=24 ; Tuesday February 21st, 2017 7:28:00 PM
"I believe we should let Mr. Dulmoth speak for himself." He says to Ethani under his breath. Then looks at the man and says aloud; "If we feel we have been deceived, then we can come back and use more aggressive means." Lornak takes Hmerrin's advice and turns back through the storeroom and heads to the back door to stand lookout. (Perception d20=24)
Dulmoths Bakery - DM Post Dan K Tuesday February 21st, 2017 7:39:57 PM
The Wolves exit and tensions drop steadily as they get further away. Hmerrin moves to the front door and notes the Wolves are definately continuing on. He can see Kel and Vash talking with the others acting to clear the path ahead of them. Hmerrin also spies a group from House Knife making their way towards Dulmoths. They will be arriving in a few minutes if they are indeed headed to Dulmouths
Inside, Asteria moves to the woman and baby. Both are unharmed, not touched at all. The baby was simply being a baby and is still crying loudly. At the moment wholly unconsoleable. The mother thanks you, apologizes for the baby and simply wants to now be gone from here
The other woman was a customer and is also unhurt. She however is armed with a pair of daggers and is wearing leather armor under her loose tunic.
Dulmoths looks at you, grateful for the rescue from those thugs. The baker insists that he is only associated to House Teeth to the barest level as he has family more deeply involved with the House. Where House Wolf got their information is a mystery to him.
Lornack has the back covered and all is quiet down the alleyway and so the question to the CMTC is, do you use more intrusive methods to get to the truth? And what of the current witnesses?
Hmerrin sighs. "Not to be that guy, but here come the Knives. Be here in two or three minutes."
The young man pulls back a little into the shadows, lifts up his helm, brushes the brown hair from his eyes, and continues to watch the Knives advance. Oh, and maybe glance over at what the neighbor folk might be up to.
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 d20+7=17 ; d20+14=29 ; Tuesday February 21st, 2017 8:56:57 PM
"Well turns out I was right about other houses being interested in what Dulmoths knows. I think we need to take Dulmoths into protective custody until you can prepare that spell Ethani. The Wolves aren't the only one who think Dulmoths knows something and the Teeth do manage smuggling operations so if someone else is arming the Sahuagin now it could be them. I don't know if it makes sense to take the customers with us too or if they would be better off on their own. At the very least we could escort them to someplace less interesting to the houses at the moment." Toston suggests.
Toston eyes Dulmoths, the mother, and the dagger having leather armored customer for signs of subterfuge (Perception: 29; Sense Motive: 17)
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Tuesday February 21st, 2017 10:27:50 PM
Asteria agrees. "We need to take these people to another place. Somewhere safer. We can question them there, and we will all be safe. Do we have any safe houses?"
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) d20+1=12 ; Tuesday February 21st, 2017 11:31:40 PM
"Safe houses, yeah we got safe houses. What kind'a secret club you think we are?" Var chuckles. He pauses and thinks, realizing he isn't sure what the closest safehouse actually is (knowledge: Local = 12)
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) Wednesday February 22nd, 2017 3:28:50 PM
"Right, lets head to the Tower or Marsh House. It's not the first time it protected some. We should search the bakery for some clues. We could also try to redirect the group coming our way."
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Wednesday February 22nd, 2017 3:43:40 PM
Toston says, "We don't have time to search for clues unless we do something with those Knives. I am not sure if we want to engage with the Knives though as we could probably leave now with the head start that we have and lose them. Heck if we leave now they might not even know we were here."
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Wednesday February 22nd, 2017 5:15:29 PM
"If you're agreeable," Dušan says to Dulmoths, "Laying low in a safe house might help you avoid some heat from the other houses."
Looking at the witnesses he worried what they might tell the Knives or what further rumors might be spread. He fears it might be a little early for this, but anything that spreads confusion or thought away from Crescent Moon was a good thing in his opinion. To the onlookers he says, "We are The Tide. We will cleanse Dirt City of threats starting with these Sahauguin invaders. Our primary concern is the safety of the people of Dirt City."
Yeah. That felt a little awkward, but at least the witnesses have a name to use.
(OOC: Not sure if any of that needs a roll. But he's not really being diplomatic, just trying to get ahead of the rumor mill for once.)
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+6=10 ; Wednesday February 22nd, 2017 5:30:00 PM
Lornak listens to the conversation the group is happening and suggests a discreet exit; "Its clear back here." He gestures to Dulmoth. "Grab him, lets move." As he exits the backside of the bakery he too tests his knowledge about the closest CMTC safehouse. (Knowledge d20=10) He comes up short. He will default to Marsh House if no one else knows a better place.
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) Wednesday February 22nd, 2017 8:24:52 PM
"Don't mind spending a night in the drunk tank if we need to distract the Knives to get folks to safety..." Var suggests.
Ethani(Nellie, HP 30/30, AC19,Touch:13, FF:14, CMD: 16) Wednesday February 22nd, 2017 9:26:58 PM
Ethani agrees with the others. "Let's go out the back..."
As she is leaving, Ethani whispers to Lornak "If we keep this up, the safe house will be overflowing soon."
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Wednesday February 22nd, 2017 10:55:08 PM
Asteria simply nods, preparing to leave. Looking to the women, she nods towards the door. "We're going to get you guys out of here. You might want to come, since the Knives are heading our way."
Dulmoths Bakery - DM Post Dan K Thursday February 23rd, 2017 9:54:44 AM
The Knives are closing fairly rapidly and Hmerrin notes, very directly. There is little doubt to the man that the Knives are indeed heading for Dulmoth's Bakery. On the street, most have gone back to what would be routine, the excitement or possible excitement of a fight seems to be gone.
Toston does not have a hunch or gut feeling about either of the women during the brief encounter and time he has to to a measure of them.
At Dusan's suggestion, Dulmoth is agreeable to lay low for a while under the condition that a message could be sent Prat to mind the bakery for a few days. Prat works for Dulmoth and he can provide an address easily. The woman and baby simply want to leave. "I have a family and cannot, will not simply disappear." She heads for the front door, but will go out the back if you point her that way. The other woman agrees readily to head out the back, but also declines the groups 'protection'
The group heads out the back and begins making their way to March House.
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Thursday February 23rd, 2017 3:19:01 PM
Dušan ushers those leaving out the back. He casts Detect Magic keeping a third eye behind them to watch for any auras that might be following them.
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+10=30 ; Thursday February 23rd, 2017 4:55:36 PM
"You should head out the back," Wil recommends to the woman and child. "I don't think the Knives will be too kind once they realize the baker is gone. "We can certainly find this gentlemen for you once we get you safe." (Perception: 30 - To find any clues on the way out.)
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC25/13t/22ff, CMD 23)Brkskn, Bls Str d20+3=8 ; Thursday February 23rd, 2017 6:35:48 PM
"Oh, definitely time to go," Hmerrin remarks, following the group and bringing his arms forward underhanded in a generally herding motion.
"Time to go, time to go, time to go."
The fighter follows the group out back, checking over his shoulder for really, really, obvious attempts at pursuit. [Perception 8]
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+11=23 ; Thursday February 23rd, 2017 7:08:00 PM
"They are already filled to the brim." Lornak replies to Ethani's comment. He holds out his hand to stop the group as they corner out of the alley and back onto the street. He then waves the go ahead and continues to speak to Ethani in a somber tone; "Unfortunately we cannot harbor everyone, we may have to start being a little more discriminating in the future..."
Lornak cautiously leads the group through the streets to Marsh House keeping his eyes peeled for more Knive patrols. (Perception d20=23)
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Thursday February 23rd, 2017 8:22:42 PM
Before leaving Toston decides to use his gnome magic to create some effects to make Dulmoth's appear to be haunted in order to slow the Knives down further and potentially confuse them as to what is going on.
First Toston uses prestidigitation to soil the walls of the Bakery making them appear bloody. He opts for te soiling of 1 foot cube each round directing the spell to auto bloody as much of the walls as he can. The walls will bleed for 1 hour and after that time the blood will disappear.
He delays a little with the next effects because he wants the Knives to experience them. He still moves to the back of the shop so that it is easier for him to make his escape.
Then Toston uses dancing lights to make a glowing humanoid shape placing it in the doorway of the bakery. The glowing humanoid will last for a minute or until Toston is 160 feet at which point the glowing figure winks out of existence.
Lastly Toston uses ghost sound to make a moaning sound that crescendos and then decrescendos going from the sound of 1 human to 24 humans and then back to 1. (The will save to disbelieve the moaning is 13) The moaning will last for 30 seconds.
With his fake haunting set up, Toston runs to catch up to the rest of the group confident the spell effects will run as intended until they expire or in the case of the dancing lights Toston goes out of range.
(OOC: Used gnome magic slas of dancing lights, ghost sound and prestidigitation)
Ethani(Nellie, HP 30/30, AC19,Touch:13, FF:14, CMD: 16) Thursday February 23rd, 2017 9:47:20 PM
As she ducks out the back, Ethani nods at Lornak.
She turns her attention to the women. "I don't suppose I need to advise you to lay low for a while..."
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) d20+10=15 ; Friday February 24th, 2017 7:36:30 PM
Var takes up rear guard on the group, keeping an eye out for anyone attempting to tail them (perception: 15).
"Heh heh heh, wonder if we'll get called to investigate that 'haunting', too...?" Var says to Toston.
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Friday February 24th, 2017 7:46:18 PM
"Who are they gonna call?" Toston says to Var, "I wonder if The Knives ain't afraid of no ghosts?"
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) Friday February 24th, 2017 8:26:22 PM
"I knew these guys once. They traveled in a strange carriage. I will have to tell you about it sometime. They called themselves GhostBusters." Will followed the others.
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Sunday February 26th, 2017 11:24:53 PM
Asteria makes sure everyone leaves through the back before taking a position towards the back of the group.
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Sunday February 26th, 2017 11:32:56 PM
"Just as long as it's not that bumbling duo that ride around in their flying chariot with a trained ape." Dušan says getting Wil's friends confused for another group. "Your friends sound more like the 'Real' thing."
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+10=23 ; Sunday February 26th, 2017 11:39:18 PM
When Lornak gets to Marsh House he makes sure the baker is comfortable. He then heads to his alchemy lab to take a gander at the Nitharit he has brewing. He adds some ingredients his satisfaction. (Alchemy d20=23, 61 of target # 175).
Ethani(Nellie, HP 30/30, AC19,Touch:13, FF:14, CMD: 16) Monday February 27th, 2017 10:07:48 PM
Not exactly understanding the conversations going on around her, Ethani keeps a sharp watch about her as they head back to Marsh House. Once there, she changes into her priestly robes and begins a few evening prayers before spending some time watching Lornak work in the alchemy lab.
Dulmoths Bakery - DM Post Dan K d20+10=29 ; d20+10=11 ; d20+10=11 ; Monday February 27th, 2017 10:39:47 PM
Toston begins to cast spells to add some flavor to the bakery. With the minor spell of Prestidigitation, he begins soiling the wall, making them appear dirty. DM Interpretation of soiling something is to make is dirty. The simplicity of the spell indicates to me to not allow for a specific type of dirty It begins to spread across one of the walls
The rest of the group has moved out he back, The Knives are less than a minute away. Both women head out the back with the party
Toston falls back to the rear pantry and casts Dancing Lights. A vaguely humanoid form appears in the front window. His final touch is Ghost Sound and for the next 36 seconds, a voice begins to moan in an ever increasing volume [DM Ghost sound allows you to create a volume of sound that rises, recedes, approaches, or remains at a fixed place. The OR means it cannot cycle it can do one of the aforementioned things. In this case I went with rising[/i]
Once on the streets, the 2 women break off and head their own way. The woman in leather shoots Ethani a wink, "No more than you do hon." The other is far more concerned, "I just want to get home" and she runs off Dulmoth sticks with the party and in about an hour, Lornak leads the whole group back to Marsh House. Asteria feels relatively confident that no one tailed the group.
Inside Lornak heads to his small lab and Dulmoth has a seat and looks about. "This does not feel much like a safe house. Though I am grateful for your assistance with everything today so far, don't get me wrong"
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Monday February 27th, 2017 11:59:20 PM
Toston says to Dulmoth, "It isn't an official safe house but it is a house and it is safe for you. You got 8 armed adventurers guarding you, so make yourself at home because no one is messing with you while you are here."
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Tuesday February 28th, 2017 12:47:36 AM
Lornak feels a presence behind him. He casually looks over to find Ethani watching him work. "I don't usually work on something this volatile as a habit." He says as he turns and starts to move toward her. "However, with the abundance of healers we have here in Marsh House I am allowing myself a little risk." He moves in close to her to speak softly into her ear. "I kind of hope it does fail." He confesses as he gently slides his hand into hers. "Then I would be at the mercy of these capable hands." He then gently kisses the top of her hand. He then takes a swift exit.
Lornak enters the Main Room and turns his attention to Dulmoth; "Then you wouldn't mind kindly returning our decency with any information you can share about being a front for House Cloak, even if it is false or contrived." Lornak says to Dulmoth and sits down in one of the many couches; "Especially if it is trivial."
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+12=28 ; Tuesday February 28th, 2017 4:12:06 PM
Wil responds to Lornak. "You know, we were a bit concerned when we started. It's funny that we now have so many clerics. This group is evolving nicely." He then turns his attention to Dulmoth. "So, why would the other houses think you have some connection to the fish kind?" (Diplomacy: 28)
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC25/13t/22ff, CMD 23)Brkskn, Bls Str Tuesday February 28th, 2017 6:42:59 PM
Armor clanking about, Hmerrin collapses into a solid chair, and waits to hear what the baker has to say.
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) d20+10=25 ; Tuesday February 28th, 2017 7:42:18 PM
While Var feels fairly safe at the Marsh house, he sets himself up in a place with a view out to the front lawn, and watches for any unwelcome visitors (Perception: 25)
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Tuesday February 28th, 2017 7:50:40 PM
When they get back to the Marsh house, Dušan eventually checks in the lab to see how Lornak is doing with his projects, but finds him working on an entirely different sort of chemistry. Not wanting to intrude he retreats to the common room and prepares for what's next. "Do we want to introduce our new friend here to our patron?"
Dulmoth at Marsh House - DM Post Dan K d20+4=22 ; Tuesday February 28th, 2017 11:02:21 PM
The group filters about Marsh House for a little bit and Dulmoth does indeed seem to be relaxing though it is apparent he does not know what really to do or what is expected of him.
Lornak and Wilford sit down on the couches and begin to try and get at what was going on. House Wolf does not simply show up and beat the tar out of citizens. They aren't angelic, but that is not their norm.
Dulmoth tries to maintain his innocence. "I have no connection that I know of to any fishmen. I am simply a baker. But I can tell you rumor and hearsay are far more dangerous it seems, at least to some. I do have a cousin in House Keys, or rather associated with House Keys through his work in Under City. Seems that a rumor these days is enough for some within the Houses to judge and jury you. What rumor or story they could have heard, I do not know. Sense Motive 22 Highlight to display spoiler: {He is holding back}
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 d20+7=13 ; Wednesday March 1st, 2017 1:41:57 AM
(Sense Motive: 13) Toston says to Dulmouth, "I'm confused, the Wolves accused you of being associated with the Cloaks, back at the bakery you said you were associated with the Teeth and now you are saying you have a cousin in House Keys, so which House is it that you are associated with really through your cousin?"
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+6=18 ; d20+12=22 ; Wednesday March 1st, 2017 10:57:24 AM
"You seem to be a man of many connections. Please point us in a direction. We would really like to resolve your issues here but we need some specific information to go on." A hissing noise causes Wil to jerk noticeably. He frowns when he realizes it was likely another spirit trying to play games. (Diplomacy: 22)
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+8=26 ; d20+8=14 ; Wednesday March 1st, 2017 2:15:16 PM
Lornak listens as the baker answers the groups questions but he can tell that the man is hesitating about some crucial bit of information.(Sense Motive d20=26). Perhaps he is embarrassed about his association with his cousin, perhaps he is lying about the "fishmen", perhaps he is indeed a front for one of the Houses. Regardless, the man's unwillingness to open up is getting on Lornak's nerves;
My dear sir." Lornak says as he leans forward in his seat. "I can sense your reluctance to open up to us but clearly you can see that we are not associated with any House of Dirt City. Be assured, you are among friends." (Diplomacy to aid another [Wil] d20=14)
"Yeah, give already," Hmerrin adds from his chair. "It's late. We're tired. And this whole 'I got a secret' thing everyone's pulling on us is getting old."
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) d20+7=22 ; d20+10=28 ; Wednesday March 1st, 2017 7:27:16 PM
(sense motive: 22) Var turns around from his lookout position and fixes the 'baker' with a hard look (perception: 28).
"Somethin' is off about this bloke..." Var thinks to himself.
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) d20=9 ; Wednesday March 1st, 2017 8:21:10 PM
Dušan doesn't follow what the group seems to picking up on, but trusts them to their business. He casts guidance on Wil in an attempt to give some aid and takes a seat.
Ethani(Nellie, HP 30/30, AC19,Touch:13, FF:14, CMD: 16) d20+6=19 ; d20+4=7 ; Wednesday March 1st, 2017 9:32:47 PM
Blissfully ignorant that the baker might be hiding something back, Ethani gives Lornak and Var a questioning look, but does not pursue it.
She rests her arm on Asteria's shoulder. "If you're hiding something, it's best to come clean now. Because tomorrow I will know the truth. And if you've mislead us, my friends will be very unhappy. Seeing that we may have just saved your life, it's poor manners to mislead us."
Asteria (sub Nellie) Wednesday March 1st, 2017 9:38:28 PM
The barbarian lets out an overly loud yawn as she stretches. "Look, it's been a long day and I just wanna eat a huge steak or maybe an entire cow and go to sleep. So yeah, just tell us everything, will ya?"
Dulmoth at Marsh House - DM Post Dan K d20+3=9 ; Wednesday March 1st, 2017 10:24:11 PM
Toston points out a couple inconsistencies and Lornak and Wilford build on that diplomatically to get Dulmoth to open up. Var can tell something is off. Dulmoth is nervous and holding back. He knows more than he telling. Hmerrin, Ethani and Asteria all mention that it ahs been a long day and would really like to get some straight information for a change. To aid in future efforts, Dusan casts Guidance on Wil
Dulmoth gets all the more nervous as the group basically pries deeper, albeit in a nice way. It has the desired affect and Dulmoth nods his agreement to the CMTC and takes a deep breath.
"I work for House Keys directly with my cousin and we use the bakery to move goods." He pauses here to take a moment to look at each of you as he says the next thing, "We have had nor have any contact with the Merfolk or Sahaguin."
"We move small, what you would call fencable items, usually jewelry. I'm not sure how House Cloak really fits in other than we passed some items to one of their crews. But I have been thinking of pulling back from even that. Today made it pretty clear to me that there are some smaller factions within the Houses and they all don't agree. Kel seems to be among that class" He nods to teh next question, "Yes I know Kel and Vash as well. The others looked familiar, but I couldn't be certain. Kel though, he's always been a game player. you know, plotting a long game. Him busting up me and shop doesn't make much sense to me."
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Wednesday March 1st, 2017 11:27:04 PM
"So how do the Teeth fit in to all of this or was that just said in error?" Toston asks
He then takes a breath and says, "Could Kel have been directed to go after you by someone higher up the food chain? As for Vash, his nickname isn't the Stampede is it? I thought I heard tale of someone with that nickname and he is supposed to be very destructive."
"You hear from yer cousin lately? He in any trouble?"
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+12=15 ; Thursday March 2nd, 2017 3:49:13 PM
"The cousin angle is very interesting here but I have to add that I am very familiar with House politics. My father was High up in the Dart family but silenced many years ago. I hold some very strong feelings there." Wil's face reddened as he thought about his family's death. Suddenly, he slammed his hand down.. "I just need to do something! What's going on here." He said, he voice changing abruptly. Will then stepped back from the group, embarrassed. "Cicero, my old charge. Always, stepping in at the wrong time. You could of just ruined everything." Cicero, mumbled a reply but the damage had been done and Will waited to see what would happen. (Diplomacy: 16 (+1 Guidance))
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Thursday March 2nd, 2017 5:27:40 PM
"It seems to me that the Houses want to rout out anyone supplying the Sahaguin. " He matches the eyes of his companions and remarks coyly. "Maybe I am naive to think we squelched that avenue?"
Lornak is disturbed that the Houses are at a fever pitch. Even thought the baker is legitimately associated with House Keys, he is fearful that the focus of the Sahaugin ire is giving away to wanton aggressive actions.
"Could Kel have been using you to make a play for a higher position within his House?"
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC25/13t/22ff, CMD 23)Brkskn, Bls Str Thursday March 2nd, 2017 6:03:07 PM
Hmerrin removes his helm, holds his head in his hands, and massages his temples.
"Can we go back to walking up and down the trade road and getting attacked by orcs?" he asks of nobody in particular. "Everything was so much easier to work out."
He sighs, and thinks some more.
"Did the two girls that came and brought us to your shop belong with you?" he finally asks.
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Thursday March 2nd, 2017 8:43:15 PM
Dušan chuckles as Hmerrin reminisces of easier times.
Without much more to add, Dušan continues to cast Guidance on Wilford.
Ethani d20+4=14 ; Thursday March 2nd, 2017 9:49:31 PM
Smiling at the baker, Ethani is beginning to feel like she really stinks at all this subterfuge (Perception=14). "See, doesn't it feel better to tell the truth? Do you suppose that perhaps some of the funds from your exchanges might have been used to fund the sahuagin?"
Ethani raises an eyebrow at Will's outburst, wondering what might be going on.
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 d20+7=10 ; d20+14=25 ; Thursday March 2nd, 2017 9:58:59 PM
Toston listens intently to hear what Dulmoth has to say to the inquiries of both him and his friends, looking for signs of subterfuge.
(Sense Motive: 10, Perception: 25)
Asteria (sub Nellie) Thursday March 2nd, 2017 10:03:20 PM
Asteria paces back and forth in the corner, ready for all the talking to finally end. Slowly picking dirt from under her nails, she looks on at the conversation in boredom.
Dulmoth at Marsh House - DM Post Dan K Thursday March 2nd, 2017 11:29:51 PM
The baker purses his lips and nods a bit at Toston's comment, "Well, no. House Teeth don't fit in at all. Wasn't sure who you were and House Teeth is a bit more upstanding and so seemed like a good idea at the time."
Dulmoth straightens and looks at Wilford with wide eyes when the man slams his hand down. The Baker wits on anyone else to give him some sort of nod to answer. Dulmoth answers Hmerrin first, "No, they were just in to buy some goods when Kel and the Wolves showed up. As to if Kel was acting on orders or something like that?" The baker shrugs. He also has not much to add to the thought or idea that some of the money that moved through his shop have gone on to find their way to the fishmen.
Dulmoth, as far as any can tell is being honest.
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+12=22 ; d20+12=13 ; Friday March 3rd, 2017 1:14:12 PM
"Ok," Will begins then stops as he wrestles with the spirit Cicero. "I'm not going to rough him up," Will says, attempting to whisper but angry about the spiritual interference. "You may want to take up that tactic but this is my body. Leave me!" With that Cicero disappeared and Will was able to approach the baker without a problem. "I apologize for the interference. So maybe we should visit this Kel person. There has to be a thread to pull here and I want to do something before Cicero comes back and attempts another coup. " (Diplomacy: 22, Intimidate: 13)
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Friday March 3rd, 2017 5:58:31 PM
"Do we still want to check in with our benefactor today?" Dušan asks the group not wanting to say Boggs or Crescent Moon any more than necessary, "Either way, I'd like to feed the rumor mongers if we haven't lost too much time already."
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Friday March 3rd, 2017 10:11:45 PM
Toston opines, "I think we should go pay a visit to our benefactor but we should also pay a visit to our favorite information broker. I also think we have a message to send on Dulmoth's behalf and either need to split up to arrange for Dulmoth's security or get him to an actual safe house while we run our errands."
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Sunday March 5th, 2017 4:44:12 PM
Lornak doesn't like the open talk about Boggs with a stranger in the room. He uncomfortably shifts in his chair. He knows that the CMTC's safehouses are currently at capacity so he is not keen on the idea of trying to find space for the baker. Besides, he has a feeling that a man in "the business" will have his own avenues to pursue to ensure his own safety.
"Well, Mr. Dulmoth..." Lornak leaves his chair, punctuating his movement to end the conversation. "...I kindly thank you for your honesty. Its not every day we receive due equity for our efforts."
He moves into the the open kitchen. "We have other issues that need attending. We will pass on a message on your behalf and then escort you to anywhere in the city you would find safe harbor." Lornak looks out the kitchen window. "But I am afraid you cannot stay here."
Dulmoth at Marsh House - DM Post Dan K Sunday March 5th, 2017 10:34:13 PM
The group discusses briefly what the next move or moves might be. Abel is a topic, though none openly mention him by name as well as getting to an information Broker to pass a message and perhaps squelch some rumors. Lornak stands and begins bringing the conversation to an end. Dulmoth is a man in the know and stands shortly after Lornak enters the kitchen. "I thank you all again and..." He pauses to retrieve a set of small coins from a pouch tucked to the inside of his waistband. "You have a friend in House Keys at Dulmoth's Bakery." He gives a small bow or nod perhaps to you and gives assurances that he can manage from here. "Kel is not going to over pursue things and House Knife will move on to other things in a few days."
If no one else has anything else, Dulmoth slips out and heads out.
Wilford brings up tracking down Kel as there may be more than they know.
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Monday March 6th, 2017 10:11:35 AM
Toston says, "Welp we have tokens with the cloaks and the keys...maybe we should try to collect a full set ultimately and then call in our favors with all houses to try to forge peace between them?"
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) Monday March 6th, 2017 1:28:24 PM
"Well, maybe we should let him be," Will said as he watched the baker leave. "We need to figure out why the Saqguin... Sagwin.. ugh.. why these people have caused so many problems lately. We could troll the outskirts of the city near the coast. I'm sure we could find some more incidents." Will offered.
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+10=14 ; Monday March 6th, 2017 6:39:34 PM
Lornak watches as the baker leaves Marsh House. He turns, leans against the counter top, crosses his arms and says; "I hope that man doesn't intend to betray us, he knows where we live now." He steals another glance outside. "We should report to Boggs. I don't like all this heat coming our way. Even though I believe this bit was circumstantial."
Lornak turns to Toston; "We have these markers, how do we call them in? Do we have to go to the respective house in person? Can messenger be sent? Is there a way to expedite contact when we are pressed for time?"
Before the group leaves to send the message and seek out Boggs, Lornak will duck into his alchemy closet and she how his Nitharit is doing. (Alchemy d20=14, 75 of target # 175)
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC25/13t/22ff, CMD 23)Brkskn, Bls Str Monday March 6th, 2017 7:59:43 PM
"I vote to see Boggs," Hmerrin agrees before letting out a huge yawn. "Maybe in the morning?"
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) d20+11=13 ; Monday March 6th, 2017 8:01:03 PM
Dušan follows Lornak to the alchemy lab, where he attempts to help. Unfortunately he did not take a deep enough breath before entering and get's a little light headed from the fumes. He steps out before he does more harm than good. (Alchemy d20+10+1 Guidance=13)
He then returns to common room and awaits the others as they get ready to leave. Taking a seat in one of the comfy he chairs, he closes his eyes and allows the miasmas to pass from him.
Once Dulmoth has been shown out Var says "I'd vote for goin' t' see Three Bits first. Put it out there that Dulmoth ain't had nothing's to do with the Sahuagin. Squash that before it grows into anything bigger."
Ethani (Nellie) Monday March 6th, 2017 10:08:52 PM
Ethani frowns at Lornak's idea of the baker bringing trouble to their peaceful house. Silently she curses herself "I didn't even think about that possibility. Alemi, protect us from my ignorance. I have so much to learn about this strange city!"
Wondering if they need to post a night guard, Ethani brings it up. "I know I'm beat, but should we take turns at a watch...just in case somebody decides they don't like what we did tonight?"
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Monday March 6th, 2017 11:04:18 PM
Asteria is glad that the ordeal ended without conflict, but the idea that the baker may bring trouble worries her. "Maybe we should set up an area just to meet with or protect people? Then, we won't have to bring them here."
As for watch, Asteria agrees that it is necessary, but is neutral in which turn she gets. "Yeah, that seems smart. I'll take whatever turn nobody else wants."
Dulmoth at Marsh House - DM Post Dan K Monday March 6th, 2017 11:46:58 PM
The CMTC discuss their next move and have come up with a pair of options. The afternoon is well under way and so doing anything is probably best done in the morning. With the thought that Dulmoth now knows where the group lives and could bring trouble to their very door, a watch is set. The night passes without incident aside from the normal dog barking somewhere and an angry shout or two about the barking dog.
Morning comes, breakfast is had and the group has the two options they put forth yesterday. Report to Boggs, which several have voiced is a prudent move, or see Three Bits and squash any living rumor about Dulmoth and the Fish folk
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) Tuesday March 7th, 2017 3:13:05 PM
Wil finishes his morning prayers and heads down to the common room. "You know I'm craving scorpion this morning. Should find some more or find other to take down and share." Wil smiles then adds. "I really think we should clear Dulmoth's name to avoid any sort of revenge plot still brewing on the man. We can then run into Boggs. I really want to dig into why they attacked in the first place, those fish men, that is."
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC25/13t/22ff, CMD 23)Brkskn, Bls Str Tuesday March 7th, 2017 6:26:20 PM
Hmerrin rises and grabs whatever food is available, as usual.
The lad shrugs at Wil's comment, and brushes his hair from his eyes. "Works for me," he agrees. "Let's get going, then."
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Tuesday March 7th, 2017 6:30:29 PM
Dušan joins the company for breakfast. "Dulmoth could get help from his house. I'd like to know why there are so many rumors following Crescent Moon when we haven't labeled ourselves until just now."
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Tuesday March 7th, 2017 7:15:08 PM
"I believe we have little to fear in this instance. Besides, we will be in our new place of residence soon." Lornak says to Ethani to waylay her fears. "A watch will be set, however." Lornak heads to his room.
Lornak wakes to the familiar sounds of Vin playing with her hourglass. He takes particular note of the sense of serenity the chime creates as its gently echoes through the room. He rarely has the time to enjoy it but makes sure to do so on his watch. After his watch concludes he returns to his room and decides its a good day to bring Vin along with him. He opens the window and greets her. He then slides his hand up under her feet, careful of her talons and eases her up onto his shoulder. As he walks out into the great room he feeds her morsels.
Lornak agrees that a trip to Three Bits is the first order of business, especially since it should have been done yesterday. "A conversation with Three Bits seems prudent." Lornak looks up at Vin and smiles at the fact that she's eating already. "Perhaps a light breakfast on the way?"
Lorank looks at Dusan." I see you worked your magic last night. Thank you for not blowing the Nitharit up." Lornak says smiling. "I'm sure Boggs can shine a light on the rumors."
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Tuesday March 7th, 2017 7:25:23 PM
Asteria pulls herself out of bed and prepares from the new day. After stretching and splashing water on her face to remove any trace of grogginess, she joins the rest of the group for breakfast.
Tuning into the conversation for a fraction of a second, she looks up from her meal. "I mean, I dunno if that baker guy will be the safest, but he does have his House. I'm with Dušan, we should check out us. Maybe we should hang around the market or wherever the gossip is. Then we can go see Boggs."
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Tuesday March 7th, 2017 8:41:37 PM
Toston says, "As I said yesterday" pausing to take a bite of breakfast, "We should go see Three Bits before we see Boggs. We can have her spread the truth about Dulmoth and find out more information about Kel and Vash."
Ethani (Nellie) Tuesday March 7th, 2017 10:05:58 PM
Ethani tries to let Lornaks assurances sink in, but she still had lingering doubts. She wakes sheet a fitful night of tossing and turning. "If you would like, I can see if I can spend a little time undersea and see if I can find some Merfolk to reach out to in order to find out me about the conflict. Though honestly, the fight between the undersea kingdom's and the Sahuagin is about as old as time. "
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) Tuesday March 7th, 2017 10:20:30 PM
"Sounds like a plan t' me." Var says, wrapping up a biscuit in a handkerchief. He puts the treat in an easily reached pocket in case they run into any strays in the day's adventures. "Ready when you folk are." Var says.
Three Bits - DM Post Dan K Wednesday March 8th, 2017 4:13:25 PM
The group talks a bit over breakfast and decides the order of things should be Three Bits and then Boggs. Ethani mentions perhaps going into the sea looking for Merfolk and trying that route.
The group heads out and arrives just outside of the shop? where Three Bits usually is found. The city is in usual form, crowded, people keeping to themselves and just on the edge of everything, someone dangerous lurks in a shadow to prey upon the weak or foolish.
You enter, stepping from the bright noon day sun and into the dankly lit smoke and incense filled room. Curio's and collectible things adorn the walls and sit in scattered organization upon several round tables in the middle of the room. A thin wiry man smokes a cigar and casually looks up at your entrance. He quickly resumes reading a book in his hand. At a small table in the corner sits Three Bits, she is currently tinkering with some small object resembling a clock. She looks up and smiles as she recognizes who has just come through her door.
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Wednesday March 8th, 2017 7:11:23 PM
As they leave the house, Dušan asks, "Are we ready to take the brunt of these rumors? I'd like to put out that The Tide has been in front of keeping the Sahaguin at bay... er sorry Ethani, no direspect."
As Dušan sees Three Bits he returns the smile, "Hello. How'd you like to make some money today?"
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Wednesday March 8th, 2017 8:35:09 PM
Lornak makes sure to pull his hood down to shield his eyes from the noon day sun as he walks through the crowds. Perched on his shoulder Vin makes sounds here and there. He wonders if she's hunted enough since he hasn't had the time to take her out. A thought occurs to him. He doesn't believe the ladies in the group have ever seen his pet. "I've just realized. I don't believe you two have met Vin here." He says to Ethani and Asteria. "She is strong. I believe you may find some things in common."
As he enters the Curio shop he leaves the talking to the others. He has never dealt with Three Bits before.
Ethani (Nellie) Wednesday March 8th, 2017 9:37:16 PM
Ethani smiles at Lornak. "She's beautiful! I would love to see her fly sometime!"
As they enter the rumor monger's place, Ethani watches in interest, having no idea what to expect.
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) d20+10=13 ; d20+7=13 ; Wednesday March 8th, 2017 9:54:17 PM
Var does his usual ritual of keeping one eye behind them to watch for tails, (Perception: 13) but he's mostly distracted by the various dogs he sees out on the streets.
Var smiles absently at Dusan's comment "Never been so ready for somethin."
Once in the curio shop, Var gives the wiry man a quick look (Sense motive:13) before moving on to brows thru all the wonderous knick-knacks.
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 d20+14=15 ; d20+7=14 ; Wednesday March 8th, 2017 10:41:21 PM
Toston says, "Good morning Three Bits. I hope today's business is as profitable to both you and us as our last bit of business was. We come bearing truthful information concerning the Sahuagin that we would like spread and we also would like to purchase some information concerning 2 Wolves named Kel and Vash."
Toston takes in the shop and it's occupants (Perception: 15, Sense Motive: 14)
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Wednesday March 8th, 2017 11:52:00 PM
(OOC - This is what Vin looks like: http://www.owlpages.com/owls/species.php?s=1830)
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+10=20 ; d20+12=20 ; Thursday March 9th, 2017 11:35:39 AM
Wil spies the shadows suspiciously now cursed with this new ability to see them. "Cicero, is becoming quite a problem," someone says from behind him. Will turns around only to see no one. He does eventually recognize the voice as his mother. (Perception: 20) (Diplomacy: 20) "I haven't heard from you in a while mother," he says quietly. "I'm sorry, love." "What do you know about the rogue spirit?" he asks. "I'm not a librarian, my boy. I can't just look into the history of a spirit but this may all be in your head too. You are the only one hearing us." "That's so not helpful," Will said with a frown. Will steps up to Three Bits with the others. "Mrs. Bits, how are we today? Do you know a thing about this Sahuagin invasion we fought off the other day?"
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC25/13t/22ff, CMD 23)Brkskn, Bls Str Thursday March 9th, 2017 12:12:20 PM
Like Lornak, Hmerrin leaves the conversing to others. He instead more or less wanders around the curio shop, waiting for business to complete.
Three Bits - DM Post Dan K Thursday March 9th, 2017 5:33:55 PM
Dusan returns the smile of Three Bits and her face brightens at the mention of making money Lornak, having never met Three Bits, decides to lay low on this at the moment Ethani too, watches with interest on what will happen next Var does not suspect The Tide was tailed. Entering the shop he looks the knick knacks. Sense Motive requires at least a minute of interaction Toston greets Three Bits and presents the basics of the reason behind their visit. A shrewd look to the only other occupant in the Curio shop, and Toston is pretty sure the thin wiry man is not a customer. He is paying much more attention to you and your friends, than his book or cigar. Wil politely says hello, notices the same thing about the other man as Toston and asks Three Bits if she knows anything about the Sahuaguin invasion Hmerrin keeps a low profile as well, wadering about the small shop
Three Bits smiles and sets the clock like object aside, "If it isn't The Tide", she says shrewdly. "Toston, Dusan, Wil. Please pull up a chair" her right hand makes a slightly inviting twirl like motion. There are several empty chairs about the area and you can easily grab one and have a seat at her table
As you sit, you get a slightly better look at the clock, it appears to be some sort of mechanical crab without pinchers. Three Bits slides it aside, "Well it is nice to see you again and I am almost always interested in making some extra coin. I have heard about the incident the other night. Hard to have not, though I would not use such a phrase as invasion. What is it you would like to know and have known and what kind of coin are you thinking of leaving behind?"
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) Thursday March 9th, 2017 9:23:08 PM
After a brief look around the shop Var lazily reclines into one of the provided chairs. "Th' kinda coin that spends." Var says, coming out more glibly than he meant it.
Ethani (Nellie) Thursday March 9th, 2017 9:24:35 PM
The wheels turning in her brain, Ethani is barely able to mask a frown. For here, in this city, her new home, truth is but a product of coin. How on earth could she possibly hope to teach these people about Alemi's love when they do not even grasp such basic concepts as truth and justice?
She instinctively draws closer to Lornak, hoping that like always, his mere presence will drive away her fretful rights.
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Thursday March 9th, 2017 10:07:35 PM
"It's good to see our name is getting out there." Dušan responds, "I'm still a little disappointed that others are getting credited for our hard work. How much would it cost to make it known everywhere that The Tide are responsible for pushing back the Sahuaguin and not any other organizations."
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Thursday March 9th, 2017 10:10:13 PM
Lornak is about to take up a chair when he notices Ethani slowly gravitate toward him. He leans up against the wall behind him and holds his position so if she wishes to settle closer she can.
He listens to Three Bits as she speaks and is confident the trio will handle the conversation. He takes a cue from Var and reiterates the groups intentions. He feeds a morsel of meat to Vin and says confidently; "Indeed."
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 d20+7=20 ; Friday March 10th, 2017 2:37:30 AM
"Well," said Toston, "How much information do you have about Kel and Vash? I think the coin we leave for that request depends on the volume of info you have on them"
"As for the other matter, We need to get it out there that Dulmoth is innocent with regards to rumors that he was aiding and abetting the Sahuagin. That was the whole reason we had the interaction with the Wolves at Dulmoth in the first place. What is the going rate for that service?"
He pays attention to her body language as she gives him her prices trying to figure out if she is trying to rip them off (Sense Motive: 20) in preparation for haggling with the information broker.
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+10=17 ; d20+6=22 ; d20+12=25 ; Friday March 10th, 2017 9:48:35 AM
(Perception: 17; Sense Motive: 22; Intimidation: 25) Wil stands up abruptly, potentially knocking over any chair near him. "Hey, buddy," he begins. His accent changing from calm and barely audible to loud and brash. "You have a problem with us. We are The Tide. What do you know?" He then walks over to the wiry gentleman staring at the group and is ready for a fight.
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC25/13t/22ff, CMD 23)Brkskn, Bls Str d20=10 ; Friday March 10th, 2017 2:44:59 PM
Hmerrin moseys about the shop, with the general idea of keeping a watch on doors and such.
But, there are just so many interesting things on the shelves. He picks up a glass bottle with an entire boat inside it. Now, how in the Wold did they manage that? [Perception 12]
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Sunday March 12th, 2017 2:46:00 PM
Toston waits for Three Bits to give the group a quote on the price of the services that they seek.
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Sunday March 12th, 2017 6:31:46 PM
With business said, Dušan sits and waits for Three Bits response.
Three Bits - DM Post Dan K Sunday March 12th, 2017 9:20:18 PM
Three Bits arches an eyebrow as she listens and nods her head, conveying her understanding of what is being asked of her. She has a couple words first, "Nothing can be made to be known everywhere, but I can and will assist in enhancing your reputation. I would like to point out that my information did not put you at the docks alone. There were others with you in that battle. Or at least so I have heard." She smiles, "I will however do so if you like. On the matter of this baker. Dulmoth you said? I will set what can be set in the matter. I deal in information as you know and whether or not the information known is acted upon or believed is not in my power." She is about to continue well Wil suddenly stands and flips his chair from behind him.
The thin man is on his feet in response, feet apart and ready to act. A raven, unnoticed until now, in the rafters, caws loudly several times and Three Bits leans back and away from Wil
Three Bits composes herself quickly and addresses Dusan and Toston. "What is the meaning of this?" She states a bit loudly. She then glares at Wilford, "If you wish to spread the information that The Tide are ruffians and untrustworthy thugs who use intimidation and threats upon whomever they wish, Then you are well on the right path!" She spits with venomous accusation at Wilford continuing now for all, "This is my place of business and my company or clientele and you will not treat them in any such manner." Her hands slams upon the table for emphasis
She clams slightly, but her tone remains distinctively unfriendly, "I believe our business is done."
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+8=24 ; Monday March 13th, 2017 12:15:20 AM
Lornak gently places his hand on Ethani's shoulder to move past her. As he does he disappointingly sighs at Wil's outburst and rolls his eyes. He then slowly walks up behind will and puts a hand on his shoulder to make him back off. "Forgive the man's outburst; "Lornak says to Three Bits. "He is plagued by demons that often control his faculties." (Diplomacy d20=24)
"Good day." He then shuffles out the door with Wil in tow, Hopefully.
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Monday March 13th, 2017 2:53:45 PM
Dušan thanks Lornak and pats him on the shoulder casting Touch of Glory. (+6 to Charisma check, Lornaks Diplomacy = 30)
"Please forgive this interruption. I'm sure we can conclude our business today and bother your customers no further."
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) Monday March 13th, 2017 4:20:04 PM
Wil's face turns red but it's really unclear if he is angry or embarrassed. His posture was stiff and fearsome but his shoulders droop and he apologizes three times. After the apologizes he leaves the establishment. As soon as he leaves the building he finds a dark alley and begins to argue with himself. The volume of the argument exceeds any prior to this. "How dare you, step in on my behalf..." "...Three Bits is a valuable asset within Dirt City. You have succeed to endanger me and The Tide. I expel... What!" After the conversation Will reappears and stands with Lornak. "I am so sorry, my friend. Cicero has been removed from my conscience. It turns out he was trouble in life, also. No one stood up to him like I had. It was enough to have him return to the Shadowlands. Fingers-crossed Rebecca will be more respectful." Will closed his eyes and meditated while standing.
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) Monday March 13th, 2017 9:05:14 PM
Var doesn't react to Will's outburst, having become so used to his 'episodes' that it no longer phases him.
Three Bits - DM Post Dan K Monday March 13th, 2017 9:29:26 PM
The woman nods at Lornak's explanation and looks over to the thin man, who is slowly trying to collect himself as well. Dusan adds his apology to Lornak's along with some magical aid and it is apparent that it certainly helped. Three Bits does not appear to be interested in continuing anything further this day though. The party soon gathers just outside and Three Bits follows to close the door to her shop.
It is mid morning
Ethani (Nellie) Monday March 13th, 2017 10:08:00 PM
Ethani tags along silently, not really sure what just happened.
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Monday March 13th, 2017 10:26:03 PM
Asteria shakes her head, having spaced out for the last minute or so. Deciding that she has not missed anything important, she moves on. "Where to next?"
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Tuesday March 14th, 2017 12:22:02 AM
Toston also offers an apology to Three Bits saying, "That boy ain't right." pointing at Wil on his way out the door.
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Tuesday March 14th, 2017 6:39:17 PM
Lornak is furious, a feeling that is only exacerbated by the morning sun. He yanks down his hood to cover his burning eyes. "Confound him! We have enough enemies as it is. He thinks to himself as he steps out into the street and looks around to find Wil. "To make more among friends..." He is about to rush Wil and vent his fury at the man's outburst but notices him trying to keep his composure. He stops short. It cannot be helped... Thoughts about roles and reminding flood his mind. He focuses on his breathing and turns away.
He tries also to calm himself as he waits for the party to make its way to its next task.
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) Tuesday March 14th, 2017 8:38:07 PM
Wil feels the others gaze upon him and struggles to focus. He removes all instances of Cicero. "We should search the docks for info," with that he goes quiet again.
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Tuesday March 14th, 2017 9:28:08 PM
"I think we should get to our benefactor. It's too late to firmly separate our name form theirs and we've never had chance to see well our efforts against Sahuagin went." Dušan mentions. "At least I didn't spend any money. It's probably too late stop the rumors anyways."
Dušan begins to brood, but realizes that won't help anything. He looks around to his friends trying to appear optimistic and awaits to hear what they want to do.
Ethani (Nellie) Tuesday March 14th, 2017 9:33:35 PM
Having never seen Lornak angry before, Ethani is taken aback. She distances herself a bit from the group, not quite sure yet how to respond. Finding Asteria again, she wonders out loud. "Do you think I should try and find some Merfolk to find out how extensive thus is
Abel Boggs - DM Post Dan K Tuesday March 14th, 2017 9:58:50 PM
The group collects themselves just outside and heads to see Boggs. Rumors will be what they will be and The Tide will cope, adapt and overcome as heroes are want to do. Ethani mentions going to search for merfolk, but the proposition does have challenges. How to breathe underwater? Where to search? How not to be killed by going into an escalating war zone between the Merfolk and Sahauguin, neither of whom are on friendly terms with the group or humans in general
Our heroes arrive and sit down with Boggs for an slightly early lunch. Fish with a lemon zest, bread and cheese with a light wine. "Sit, Have a plate and good day to you. Though if I'm reading you right, something is a bit off with you." Abel pauses and waits for one of you to take the lead
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Tuesday March 14th, 2017 10:39:03 PM
Asteria takes on a lax stance as she looks around. Glancing to Ethani, she shrugs. "If you want to. Do you need me to come with? Because, I can come with. I mean, not really, but I can watch from afar."
With Boggs, Asteria eagerly takes a seat and begins eating ravenously after saying a quick thanks. "Thanks for the food!"
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) Tuesday March 14th, 2017 11:00:13 PM
Var gives Three-Bits an apologetic shrug and shuffles out of the curio shop with the rest of the group. Stuffing his hands into his pockets Var kicks at the dirt. "'ows about you an' I hang back next time the talkers need t' do some talkin'?" He says to Will. "We can practice that at there's docks, if'y'like."
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Tuesday March 14th, 2017 11:12:38 PM
Toston grabs a plate and starts putting food on it, he then informs Boggs of their encounter with the children which led to the encounter with the Wolves at Dulmoths, how the team resolved the situation non-violently and escorted Dulmoth to Marsh House. He then tells Boggs about how Dulmoth has ties to the keys and the team has now acquired a second set of house markers. He finishes up by telling the man about their trip to Three Bits and how the haggling the team was working on to facilitate the buying and spreading of information was disrupted by Wil's outburst. "Is there anything we can do to fix Wil?" Toston asks Boggs, "This is the first time one of his outbursts actually impacted something we were trying to do and we could have damaged our reputation in the city considering Three Bits is an information broker."
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Wednesday March 15th, 2017 3:09:06 PM
Dušan settles in ready to fill the void of disappointment with a nice meal, but listening to Toston recount their recent achievements he realizes they have actually done quite well and feels better before his second bite.
"I was troubled that the very night of the Sahuagin encounter, we were already hearing people putting the company there. I wanted to get rumors going the very next day, but we were obviously delayed. After this morning altercation, I'm afraid our names may be forever tied to the company. Three days is probably way too many to stifle word of mouth."
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC25/13t/22ff, CMD 23)Brkskn, Bls Str Wednesday March 15th, 2017 5:13:03 PM
Hmerrin wordlessly helps himself to a plateful of food, and listens to his friends lay out the past few day's events to Boggs.
At Toston's comment about Wil, the lad coughs a bit, and has to concentrate on swallowing down a bite of cheese. "You all sure he wants to be 'fixed'?" he asks, while giving Wil a questioning look.
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Wednesday March 15th, 2017 8:38:40 PM
Asteria shrugs at the conversation of Wil. "Nah, I think he's good the way he is. I mean, at least he doesn't get lonely."
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) Wednesday March 15th, 2017 8:48:12 PM
Var takes a big swig of ale, and asks Boggs "Wolves 'ave been out on the streets causin' trouble, sure. Any word on what the Keys 'ave been up to that got the Wolves so worked up?"
Ethani (Nellie) Wednesday March 15th, 2017 10:38:59 PM
Ethani flashes back to another time. She had witnessed more than a few mental breakdowns during her service in the undersea army. And of course, there was mother...
Saddened by the idea that her new friend may be afflicted by a mental instability like her mother, Ethani decides she will wait until a more private time to offer her services to Will. Not that I was ever able to help Ashira much, but maybe it's because we were too close. Maybe I can reach Will...
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Wednesday March 15th, 2017 11:31:36 PM
Lornak picks up a plate and fills it scantily. He sits in silence and picks at his food after all of the pertinent questions are asked. He admires Ethani's beauty and wishes only to be on a plain along side her watching Vin fly freely.
Abel Boggs - DM Post Dan K Thursday March 16th, 2017 8:26:32 AM
Abel listens closely to the recounting offered by Toston and gives a more stern look towards Wil. "making enemies of an Information Broker like Three Bits is something you certainly need to avoid doing." he says sternly. His face relaxes a bit and he adds the following, "Though I don't think you've done that yet. Sounds more like she was making sure you knew the place of things. I think it sounds like you are doing a mighty fine job thus far. Bound to be a bump here and there. Don't let it define you and certainly make sure you learn not to repeat them if you can."
He turns to regard Wil more fully, "As for fixing Mr Grimly, You first need to discover if that is what he and your team want and then find out what it actually is that causes his, er, episodes. If he is simply off his nut I don't know if there is something to do. "
"New friends with House Keys is always nice. Not sure if you have put this together, but not everyone affiliated with the same House are best friends."
"Far as the company rumor and the incident at the docks...not all rumors are equal and the frequency and consistency of a rumor pulls a lot of weight. Keep taking credit and let the rest simply fall away."
Var asks about House Wolf and Keys in conflict and that the Wolves are being a bit pushy. Abel agrees, he has nothing to point to a root cause, but has a few balls in the air on that. Abel adds that it is not only House Wolf. House Teeth has stepped up their physicality in about everything and there have been several other incidents as you described across the city.
"More than one House seems to be very much on edge. Any thoughts on why"
Abel listens to everything the party has to say to his question and then advises the group to continue doing what they have been. Get out, be seen, talk to people and step in if you can prevent the good people of Dirt City from getting hurt.
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) Thursday March 16th, 2017 1:09:45 PM
Wil continues to be a bit distant, mumbling and searching for shadows, for what seems like a day. To Var, he finally responds. "Oi, that outburst was unacceptable. I allowed the spirit far too much freedom to manipulate my body. I take full responsibility for my actions but I am one of the best diplomats in the group, last incident excluded." "As far as fix'n me," Will adds to everyone. "This is a burden that has been handed to me from my family. I seriously though my father was insane but that has been cleared up knowing he was haunted like me. It's also clarifies why he may have been assassinated." He frowns at the memory of his father's death and the proceeding fall from the Dart family. "So back to Tide duties, having removed one spirit for bad behavior, I think we need to find an avenue to pursue here. What is the important thing here? Is the issue at the docks, Dirt City resolved... being Dirt City fusses over things a long time for the sake of fussing?" "Should we assume that the issue is going to burn itself out and we need to pursue something else?"
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Thursday March 16th, 2017 6:49:56 PM
Lornak listens idly to the conversation around him and ponders. He knows Wil cannot control what spirits speak to him, but to cut that ability off completely seems foolish. He breaks his silence trying not to sound crass; "Perhaps you can ask these spirits if they have seen anything concerning House Wolf or Teeth?" He then turns to the group. "What would compel this kind of behavior in the Houses? I am thinking something more direct than infighting,.." He trails off a bit searching for the right words; "...are they under a spell? Being compelled somehow...?"
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC25/13t/22ff, CMD 23)Brkskn, Bls Str Thursday March 16th, 2017 7:29:35 PM
Hmerrin shrugs at Lornak's question.
"You ever tried to build a dam?" he asks. "Me an' my brothers spent a summer tryin' to dam off a creek. Water always found that one weak point, and leaked on through."
He looks up.
"I'm guessing that's what these Houses are up to. Docks attacked and everyone on edge have changed the way things lied. Now, they're looking for weak points."
The teen grabs a roll. "Fun part is gonna be figuring out who's gonna find it first."
"Since we seem to be a magnet for trouble, I say we wander over to the docks and see what finds us."
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Thursday March 16th, 2017 8:51:26 PM
"I don't mind starting some trouble." Dušan smiles at Hmerrin's suggestion.
"Besides the stress from the Sahuagin," Dušan adds, "there was the recent start of House Silver that probably didn't sit too well with the established Houses. Not to mention what we're doing has probably ruffled a few a feathers. Then there's always the chance that the wolves are preparing to back a new Prince, but that's pure speculation"
Ethani (Nellie) Thursday March 16th, 2017 9:31:52 PM
Folding her fingers into a tent, Ethani is deep in reflection, but about a different topic than the more than intricate political workings of Dirt City.
Will seemed convinced that he is not insane. That he actually had...what? The spirits of someone inside him?! It seemed improbable....impossible even. But if his is right, if someone could actually take residence inside one's mind and body, is it possible that Ashira was not unstable after all? Could it be that Ga'al actually spoke to her??
Her frown growing deeper, Ethani becomes truly concerned. And if Ga'al was actually inside his mother's mind somehow, then it could be entirely possible that he was searching her out as Ashira maintained.
No..impossible. It was obvious that despite his assertions, Will was insane. Ethani makes a mental note to pull him aside privately and begin some counseling sessions. Perhaps it wasn't too late to bring him around still...
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Thursday March 16th, 2017 10:15:01 PM
Toston says, "Look I'm the descendant of dragons and I wield magic on a regular basis. People are brought back from the dead sometimes by the grace of Gargul and the undead exist. I get that Wil has a connection to the spirits and if I could talk to my Grandfather Topip I would. I'm not saying that Wil has to cut off his connection to the spirit realm as they do seem to be useful on occasion but is there a way he could learn more control? We were making good progress with Three Bits and then we had a setback. Boggs doesn't think there is long term damage but next time maybe we won't be so lucky. Anyone know a medium Wil could train under or something?"
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Friday March 17th, 2017 12:25:07 AM
"Yeah, I mean, it's really not cool of your ghosty buddies to be taking over and stuff. I think you should have a stern talk with them. Tell them who's boss." Asteria says to Wil, shrugging.
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+10=19 ; Friday March 17th, 2017 3:15:59 PM
Wil laughs, a short, quiet burst. He then pulls his hood down and adjusts the braid attached to the back of his head. "I am doing what I can but I am struck with the fact that every spirit has it's own personality. Cicero, was very strong willed and hard to handle at times. I struggled to figure out why he was trapped in this ether of shadows. I'm not sure how this works but it is a burden handed to me from my mother. I initially wished to remove this curse but with this amulet I have learned to use it as a weapon... but it comes with a cost, as everything does." "I so appreciate the concern and apologize for the outburst. I have excised Cicero. I cannot have the spirits running me." He said this loudly, but really didn't need too as the voices in his head murmured. "I have, once, received word from the spirits but for the most part they assist my fighting. Rebecca, has stepped in for Cicero but I also have my mother. Sounds funny, I know but mothers can be a gift and a curse) (Perception: 19 - To listen for any useful information from the spirits that may be helpful)
To the Docks - DM Post Dan K Friday March 17th, 2017 5:32:13 PM
there is some conversation about the Houses and if there perhaps is some larger controlling evil at work. Boggs doesn't think so. The near formation of House Silver, a non house group supplying weapons in an undersea war that might see Dirt City as a strategic point and the good deeds of interference of the party. Those are the ingredients to some jumpy and perhaps overzealous House groups, In Boggs' opinion
The matter of Wil's sanity is discussed as well. Abel offers that he has known a haunt and has heard more than one story of posession by spirits and magic even. He also agrees that Wil needs to get that under control and keep it.
"Go off like that in some meetings and people are going to die." He looks seriously at the young man, "It doesn't take much in this city to get to aggressive negotiations." Abel smiles a moment, "Funny thing that Hmerrin, I did that as a kid too."
Abel will support whatever moves you decide next. Being seen at the docks in and about the battle seems a fine idea to him.
Assuming the group has no reason to tarry, you are off to the docks, about 10 minutes walk
The docks are as you have seen them on many a day. The day is in full swing and the place is pretty busy with men and women hauling nets, crates, boxes, ice and fish and of course, there is a great deal of shouting by prices, offers, counteroffers and fees of all sorts.
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Saturday March 18th, 2017 1:16:02 AM
Toston swings by Paul Fisher's boat to find out the latest happenings regarding what is going on at the docks.
"Hi Paul, How have things been here since the Sahuagin attack?" The gnome asks
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+11=18 ; Sunday March 19th, 2017 5:43:14 PM
With all of the conflict happening around the city, Lornak still cannot believe there isn't something at work behind the shadows. Then again, it could just be his age old defenses at play. Bogg's summation is a bitter pill but swallows it nonetheless. s
It is a comfort to Lornak that the city streets are bustling. He adjusts his hood to keep out the midday sun. Noticing Ethani is kind of introverted he asks for her to stop and watch. He stands still as the current of people flow around the them(and anyone else that is watching). He then gently unties the leather bond at the base of Vin's feet and lifts the hood covering her head. Her eyes blink, adjusting to the light and she shakes her head. When she is ready, Lornak shoves her into the air with a throw of his forearm. A few of the townsfolk duck and dodge the rapid beating of Vin's wings as she they try to gain her air speed. They catch an updraft, and Vin flies into the sky. Slowly disappearing over the city. With a giddy grin on his face Lornak says: "She will spend the next few hours hunting. And when she's had her fill, she will return to me." Lornak stows the kit. "Or if I call."
When Lornak reaches the battle scene at the docks he looks for anything out of the ordinary or for something that will give the group a lead. (Perception d20=18)
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Sunday March 19th, 2017 7:41:47 PM
Dušan joins the others at the docks trying to stay out of the way of the hustle and bustle. He attempts to keep an eye out but realizes he doesn't exactly know what he's looking for. As Toston goes to question his contact, Dušan asks, "Anything specific we should keep a look out for?"
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) Sunday March 19th, 2017 7:46:10 PM
Wil shakes off the controversy outwordly but internally he is a bit shaken. He walks slowly, head covered watching the residents and recalling his years on the street watching adventurers trying to tame the city. "Dirty grubbers..." he mutters.
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) d20+10=28 ; Sunday March 19th, 2017 9:21:58 PM
Var walks slowly and deliberately off to the side of the street, where he can take in the hustle & bustle of the city. Considering this area was besieged just a week or so ago, he's interested to see how quickly the city is able to recover. He also watches for others who are watching the crowd - Squads of Knives, Wolves or Teeth. (Perception: 28)
Ethani (Nellie) d20+2=7 ; Sunday March 19th, 2017 10:07:07 PM
Ethani claps in delight at Vins takeoff. Cozing up to Lornak, she relishes the closeness before getting back to work. She keeps her eyes peeled, but she's not really sure what she's watching for. Not for the first time, she thinks just how strange this city is. Perception=7.
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Sunday March 19th, 2017 10:31:46 PM
"Are we just looking for some fishy behavior? Ha... Fishy. Get it? Yeah, still got it." Asteria looks around the docks, admiring how quickly it was able to come back from the attack.
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Monday March 20th, 2017 7:30:33 PM
Dušan begins to whistle a song he heard some of the dockers singing to help the work go smoother. A jaunty little ear worm that he was certain he had heard before but could not remember the name. He was unfortunately equally certain he would continue to whistle it for the next few days until he could get it out of his head.
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) Monday March 20th, 2017 8:12:23 PM
Var attempts to stifle a laugh at Asteria's "Fishy Behavior" comment. His cheeks puff out and his face reddens, as he tries to pass it off as a sudden coughing fit.
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC25/13t/22ff, CMD 23)Brkskn, Bls Str d20+2=6 ; Monday March 20th, 2017 8:25:12 PM
"Nice," Hmerrin replies to Asteria with a grin. "Course, the docks of Dirt City might be the fishiest place in the Wold, so let's get our stink on! I'll be the bait, watch my back please."
Hmerrin wades into the sea of humanity, after checking to make sure his gear is tied down pretty good. The lad hasn't really been at the docks without something trying to kill him, so he clomps up to a stall or three to check things out.
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Monday March 20th, 2017 10:25:43 PM
Toston laughs at his companions jokes & waits to hear what Paul Fisher has to say regarding the latest scuttlebutt.
Ethani (Nellie) Monday March 20th, 2017 10:40:58 PM
Stifling a snicker at Asteria's comment, Ethani gently smacks the barbarian on the back of the head. "THAT'S NOT funny! Get your mind in the right place Sis!"
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+11=20 ; Monday March 20th, 2017 11:30:55 PM
Lornak grins Hmerrin's attitude and the slight Ethani seems to take from Asteria about being fishy. He doesn't openly chuckle when he remembers a certain trident... However, he is very glad to see the group finding this level of joviality. "Oh, I don't know. There's nothing wrong with poking a little fun." He says.
Continuing his reconnoiter of the scene(Perception d20=20), he watches the seagulls as they gorge themselves on what falls from the days catch. "Greedy knaves." He mumbles.
To the Docks - DM Post Dan K d20+10=16 ; Tuesday March 21st, 2017 8:04:21 AM
Toston moves with the flowing crowd to arrive where his contact 'Paul', usually has a stand and he finds the man in mid haggle over some rather large tentacles. "Not only do I think your ship did not fight off a giant squid, I most certainly don't believe that you dealt the killing blow! You find it floating, birds picking at the corpse and now want me to think it's fresh?! Bah! Away with you." Paul glances over at Toston, "I've got real business to conduct with upstanding merchants ya pirate". The other man knows he's been called and simply hoists the wheelbarrow and moves on. Paul gives you a smile and extends his left hand "How she going eh? I would say other than seeing the Knives about more often, it's been pretty normal. Some have not come back, but better for me for that. I took both stalls to the left and right." Paul elaborates on the Knives, House has been a bit more obvious with its presence, making the plebs feel safe right? The man asks about Toston and your friends.
The others mostly try and stay out of the bustling crowds, which is relatively easy to do. While busy, now that you are settled into the scene, you realize it is only about 2/3rds what it used to be. You are able to spy 2 seperate groups from House Knife. Both are moving with the flow of traffic in opposite directions and seem to be here to be noticed. They are looking about, but not really looking about.
Var spots a trio of men doing the same apparent thing the party is doing from about 50 meters away on the warehouse side of the pier. He can't tell a specific House, but they are definately searching purposely with their eyes
Hmerrin heads into the thick of it after double checking his belongings can't easily escape of their own accord. He gets a jostle here, a bump there, but none seem on purpose.
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+7=13 ; Tuesday March 21st, 2017 1:27:12 PM
"So little new information here but the city is definitely uncomfortable right now," Wil says. (Perception: 13) "The shadows are not too helpful. Sure they are upset over my handling of Cicero. I am not seeing much either." "So where too next?"
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC25/13t/22ff, CMD 23)Brkskn, Bls Str Tuesday March 21st, 2017 5:54:51 PM
As long as he's out here being obvious, Hmerrin decides to see if anyone is selling some exotic wood he could possibly make a chair or table or something out of.
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) d20+8=24 ; Tuesday March 21st, 2017 6:54:45 PM
Var surreptitiously points to the trio of watchers on the other side of the warehouse. "Looks like we got ourselves a couple o' concerned citizens. 'Might be that we go introduce ourselves?" Var says to Lornak.
Var steps away from where he was people-watching, and slips into the current of foot traffic (Stealth: 24 to blend into the crowd). Navigating through the crowd, Var attempts to place himself at the far end of the group of watchers, to stop any potential runners.
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Tuesday March 21st, 2017 7:39:20 PM
Dušan looks to where Var gestures and casts Detect Magic in that direction hoping the group is just curious and not prepping any dangerous magic. He then moves closer to Hmerrin after making sure his own gear is secured. He doesn't like his friend being separated even if he knows Hmerrin can handle himself.
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+5=9 ; d20+9=27 ; Tuesday March 21st, 2017 7:41:42 PM
Lornak is busy looking around when Var speaks to him directly. Their shared hunter training tells him immediately what Var is suggesting. He stands up and places his fingers to his lips and blows a series of whistles of varying pitches and then stands there for a second, listening. When he hears Vin's screech in the distance he raises his arm above the crowd and makes a hand gesture. (Handle Animal D20=9) The bird soars overhead and does not exactly hover over the prey he indicated to her but watches as she flies in a wide circle around the warehouse area. "Still a rough around the edges." He says. "Hopefully its enough to know where they go if they move."
Lornak then blends into the crowd(Stealth d20=27) and moves parallel with him as he approaches the "concerned citizens" making sure to put them between himself and Var
DM EDIT. Handle animal allows you to get Vin to perform a trick you have taught him. Going forward, please include the trick. Also if Vin is designated role play, and therefore off limits to enemy attack, using him to mark opponent positions violates that designation.
Ethani (Nellie) Tuesday March 21st, 2017 9:57:42 PM
Disconcerted as Lornak disappears, Ethani does her best to try and inconspicuously "shop" while she tries to figure out what the others are up to.
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Tuesday March 21st, 2017 10:17:23 PM
"OW! You said fish jokes were fine! I think..." Not exactly as hurt by the action as she let on, Asteria pouts.
Looking towards the suspicious other party, Asteria hangs close to Ethani. Stealth would be useless for her, so she attempts to stay close enough to support her team, but far enough away to not seem suspicious
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 d20+15=35 ; d20+14=24 ; d20+7=17 ; Tuesday March 21st, 2017 11:23:31 PM
"Yeah, I mean it seems like both the Wolves and the Knives have been on high alert lately from our own personal experience of late." Toston says to Paul, "If anything out of the ordinary happens, don't hesitate to send a runner to Marsh House."
The gnome then goes to catch up to Lornak, Var and the concerned citizens, also trying to blend in but observe the citizens for any oddness.
(Stealth: 35 = nat 20!; Perception: 24; Sense Motive: 17)
To the Docks - DM Post Dan K d20+13=19 ; d20+9=13 ; d20+15=22 ; Wednesday March 22nd, 2017 8:20:49 AM
Hmerrin looks to do a bit of shopping and is able to home in on a hawker that claims to have exotic woods, "Gathered, not cut from the Culver itself!"
Toston leaves Paul, who assures him that if he needs to, he will send word to Marsh house. Toston, Lornak and Var, all slip into the crowds and work to varying positions about the men they noticed.
Dusan casts Detect Magic and gets feedback of magic in the area, though he knows it is not coming from the three men. they are still much too far for the spell. Detect magic is 60' cone. you must study an area to ascertain anything which is an action and generally obvious to anyone looking at you Dusan then doubles checks his own gear before following after Hmerrin.
Ethani goes the 'never mind me, just shopping' route like Hmerrin and hears a woman calling out rare giant shrimps from the coast of Rum
Asteria moves into the crowd to be able to support the team if the need arises
The three men do not appear to notice anyone coming their way and continue their own observations over the crowd. However before you are able to really get close, they shake hands and break off in separate directions
Toston was able to keep a good eye on their body language and mannerisms and does not believe they were up to any wrong doings. Well, Dirt City that is a relative and fluid opinion, likely a business deal that won't involve violence of any other grander plot
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+10=11 ; Wednesday March 22nd, 2017 3:21:26 PM
"Ew.. rare shrimp." Wil veers over to the shrimp vendor to purchase some food for the house. He watches the area around him. (Perception: 11)
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Wednesday March 22nd, 2017 6:56:46 PM
Dušan misjudged the distance the distance to the group not that it mattered. He must have been confused which group Var was pointing at. With nothing too interesting catching his attention, Dušan stops Detecting Magic and starts whistling that annoying little song again. "Crap, I'm going to have to pay a bard to get that song out of my head. Find anything interesting Hmerrin?"
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+11=26 ; Wednesday March 22nd, 2017 7:04:50 PM
Lornak is dumbfounded when nothing suspicious takes place with the three men. Disgruntled, he thinks to himself; "We are jumping at shadows..." He decides to tail one of the three men long enough to figure out what house they are a part of, if any... (Perception d20=26)
(OOC, Sorry! Its my first time using a pet. She is RP. I thought the distinction applied to actually being in combat.)
DM: That is what I thought and I wanted to set the expectation. This could have become a combat and so it is something to keep in mind.
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) d20+10=15 ; Wednesday March 22nd, 2017 8:57:19 PM
Var puts his hands on his hips and harrumphs. He walks over to where the trio had been meeting and searches for anything that may have been dropped (Perception: 15)
The lad looks over to inspect the wood, but is distracted by Dusan. "Maybe," he replies to the blood witch.
And is distracted again by the sight of his companions moving to another position. The fighter glances about the stalls. "Looking for trouble usually works," he murmurs to Dusan. "Wonder if maybe we're just doomed to an average, ordinary day this time."
[Craft carpentry check to gauge type and quality of wood - 14]
Ethani (Nellie) d20+6=16 ; d20=11 ; Wednesday March 22nd, 2017 9:47:51 PM
Grinning at the thought of a shrimp dinner, Ethani heads toward the salesperson. "Giant shrimp, you say? I'd like a look at your wears..."
As she examines the shrimp, Ethani engages in a bit of idle conversation "Rum, you say? I hope you didn't have any problems with those nasty sea critter thingies? Awful, just awful what happened to the docks."
As she converses, Ethani keeps a casual eye out for anything out of the ordinary. Perception-16, Diplomacy=11
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Wednesday March 22nd, 2017 10:18:15 PM
Asteria makes sure to stick with the group. She isn't really interested in the goods for sale, or even the three strange men, but she does want to keep an eye on her companions.
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 d20+15=30 ; d20+14=33 ; d20+7=10 ; Wednesday March 22nd, 2017 11:21:24 PM
"The three men didn't appear to be up to no good from their mannerisms." Toston says to his companions, "so jumping at shadows appears to be an apt description."
Toston continues to stealthily observe and people watch.
(Perception: 30; Stealth: 33, Sense Motive: 10)
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+12=21 ; d20+10=17 ; Thursday March 23rd, 2017 1:10:47 PM
"What have you heard about those sea creatures?" Will begins a conversation with Ethani followed by a wink. "I heard they came aboard for nefarious reasons but no on knows why... this shrimp looks delicious." He then asks the vendor for a price on the shrimp. "I wonder who might know something about it, I'm just killer curious." Will hopes the ruse with prompt a conversation with the vendor. (Diplomacy: 21 - Perception: 17)
Shadows in the Dark - DM Post Dan K Thursday March 23rd, 2017 2:19:32 PM
Hmerrin gives the wares a look and the wood appears solid for certain, good quality. Is it from the famed Culver Wood? He does not know, and so the asking price of 5 gp for relatively small pieces is high. Distractions arise
Ethani engages in Giant Shrimp buying and finds the merchant amicable and partially connected to some independent smugglers, though he gives no names of vessels or their captains. She feels he is a good honest smuggler and black marketeer though and certainly thankful the docks were kept in as a good of condition as they were. "Whoever stepped in, I and most here are in debited to them"
Wilford joins in and asks about Sea Creatures and the price of the Shrimp which he finds is 5 silver a pound
Lornak, Var, Dusan and Toston all meet up about where the three men were standing. A look around, and there is nothing about that one of them might have dropped and it occurs to them that they may be jumping at shadows. Sometimes a door is just a closed door and not a magically trapped portal to the Shadow realm. Still, Lornak heads out to tail one of them
The day passes at and about the docks much as it has before the attack. There is always something new and interesting going on. Over the course of the afternoon the party hears of additional small fights and the common theme is arms dealing to Fish folk. It is very apparent by the end of the day that the issue was not settled with the group stopping the Dunkle's form dealing. Someone else is dealing weapons to the Sahauguin and House Wolf is being quite open as to their opinion on the matter
Lornak tails the man for about an hour. As the man heads into Wolf controlled territory and having already been gone for so long with nothing to report other than the man bought a bottle of wine and some cheese, Lornak returns to regroup.
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Thursday March 23rd, 2017 4:41:28 PM
"we should get back together," Dušan mentions, "Call me paranoid, but I don't like being this split up."
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC25/13t/22ff, CMD 23)Brkskn, Bls Str Thursday March 23rd, 2017 6:20:31 PM
Hmerrin decides to pass on the wood.
A bit more meandering, and after a while, the youth is pretty much done with this whole shopping thing.
He nods at Dusan's remark. "Yeah, I think we're done here. Back to the house then."
Hmerrin heads back for home, waving at the others (sans Lornak) to follow along.
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Thursday March 23rd, 2017 6:43:05 PM
"You're paranoid." Lornak says as he steps out of the crowd and joins the group. Now that the sun is going down, pulls back his hood and reveals his long red/purple strands. Vin is on his shoulder.
He looks around to make sure no one is prying. "It looks as though House Wolf is doing the same thing we are doing in tracking down these arms dealers. We can either keep making our presence known here at the docks and just hope we find the supplier before they do." He pauses. "Or, we find some other avenue to track the source." Lornak steals a glance at Ethani and Wil conversation. "Any ideas?"
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) Thursday March 23rd, 2017 9:05:30 PM
Var Harrumphs again, and shoves his hands into his pockets. "Well..." Var says to Toston "What's left? City Below? Go knock on the Wolves front door?"
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Thursday March 23rd, 2017 11:08:02 PM
"I think I'm hungry. Hungry for a fight, that is!" After laughing at her own joke, she pauses for a moment to get serious. "But really, fighting is good but maybe trying not to beat up everyone in town is a good idea. So, maybe check out a few more places before we beat up the Wolves? Weren't those the jerks who tried to beat us up earlier? Or, am I getting the houses mixed up?"
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Friday March 24th, 2017 12:54:48 AM
"We need more information," Toston says, "It really is a shame our business with Three Bits was cut short. Dulmoth was a bust, we took care of what the Dunkel's were doing; I wonder who else could possibly stand to profit from arms trafficking with the Sahuagin. Would it potentially make sense to try to set a meet with Nightblade from House Dart? I mean I'm a little dubious of relying on the info from a particular house because we don't know if they are involved but we do have a history with them. Alternatively, anyone else know of any other information brokers? I don't think we should turn in our tokens with the Cloaks or the Teeth for this nor should we start attacking the Wolves for no good reason, but that is just my opinion."
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) Friday March 24th, 2017 11:39:57 PM
Wil buys two pounds of shimp and packs it away. "We could start asking around for some Saquin weapons? Did anyone keep a trident? Could try to sell it and find the vendors selling this stuff."
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Saturday March 25th, 2017 4:34:35 PM
Toston says, "I dunno about using a trident as Sahuagin bait. Don't other people besides them use them? Seems like a potentially fruitless endeavor."
Nanny nanny boo boo - DM Post Dan K Saturday March 25th, 2017 4:39:53 PM
The group rallies up on docks and discusses next moves and share up information of what they do know and just as important, what they really don't know. Some side chatter about the dock area over the course of the day provided a couple bits of information. Rumor says there is another arms dealer with the sahauguin in the city. House Wolf does not like it and are aggressively hunting the culprits. Many of the dockside merchants are grateful to the currently unknown group that saved the docks.
With the sun calling out for the merchants to close up and for people to head home or out for dinner, the area about the docks begins to do just that. A loud voice from not too far away not only gets your attention, but that of everyone near you.
"Oi! The scruffy lot standing together holding hands!" The speaker is a large half orc in studded leather. His head is shaved and a large gold ring can be seen through is nose. He wears a long sword at his hip as does his 3 friends who are fanning out to his left. To the half orc's right are 2 more men. A human in chain armor with short dirty blonde hair and a feather earring, and another half orc in leather with a short sword at his side and a full faced leather mask of a smiling cherub halfling.
The general dockside population take several steps back and clear the path between the two groups. You stand 60' apart currently. "You're the girlie gnomes been stirring up trouble about ain't you?"
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+8=25 ; Saturday March 25th, 2017 7:07:13 PM
Lornak hears the loud voice of an orc and turns to listen, his warning bells going off. He is pretty sure the orc is addressing the group.
"By "trouble" do you mean the girly gnomes that saved the docks from the Sahuagin...?" Lornak retorts.
He gently pulls Vin down off his shoulder. If a confrontation is about to take place he wants to make sure she is out of harms way.
Lornak continues sarcastically; "...that would be us, yes." (Intimidate d20=25) "And you are?"
He then steals a glance at Asteria.
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC22/13t/19ff, CMD 21) Sunday March 26th, 2017 1:46:12 PM
"And where do we send your bodies?" Hmerrin adds, after Lornak is done.
The lad shifts position a touch, getting on line with Lornak and Asteria, and in front of the spellcasters.
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Sunday March 26th, 2017 6:06:10 PM
"Scruffy I may be, but my hands are clearly at my side. So who the," a particularly large crow takes flight cawing and obscuring Dušan's indecorously chosen word, "are you so that we might not be so grievously mistaken."
In a mock whisper Dušan adds, "And I'd watch the gnome jokes. He'll teach you a thing about pain. Oh and the girlie jokes. She'll flat out knock you out"
Ethani (Nellie) Sunday March 26th, 2017 9:09:18 PM
Ethani lets out a deep sigh. So this is the way things were going to be. Pulling out her wand, she lightly taps Asteria next to her (Cast Barkskin). "Leave it to a bunch of meatheads to say something so witty. It's almost like some of us ARE girls."
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] d20+10=23 ; Sunday March 26th, 2017 9:23:16 PM
Asteria scoffs at the sound of confrontation. Glaring at the goons with daggers in her eyes, Asteria draws her axe. Her eyes never leave the one who called them out. "This girlie is 'bout carve you a new one."
Cracking her neck, she grins devilishly back to Ethani in thanks for the spell. "Does this mean I get to kill them?"
(Intimate- 23)
Nanny nanny boo boo - DM Post Melvin Pollack Monday March 27th, 2017 11:54:16 AM
Threats are made towards the group and Ethani and Asteria even draw their respective weapons. Questions are made as to who the orc group is.
"Hey, we's the guys that gonna clean up the...," the orc on the end began, then stopped. "We's gonna be the cleanup crew and.... hold on, what was this again? Ooh, was it something about monthly summoning bears?"
Another of the orcs slapped him. "Youse respect the line," she told him. "I ain't goin over this agin."
She shook her head, almost apologetically. "We're working on him.".
The bald orc held out his hands. "Hey, we's just the messenger for House Teeth. Youse gets involved in our business and find out it's the Dunkels, and hey, we's appreciate it. But youse still in our business, and we getting a lot tired of being the cleanup crew. Why don't you take those funny theories of yours and go home to knit something?"
The group can see some of the crowd straining to get a closer look, though none of them wish to be involved.
Many of the orcs begin to reach for their weapons as well.
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+6=19 ; Monday March 27th, 2017 4:02:27 PM
Lornak lets the information sink in: Muscle for House Teeth. Great. Well, Boggs wanted us to be seen at the docks. He thinks to himself as he notices onlookers craning their necks to watch what happens next. He then decides to play to the crowd. (Perform d20=19)
Lornak stands confidently and says; "I got this funny theory, you won't like what comes next!" He then swiftly crouches down a little to get his strength under his arm and then launches Vin off of his forearm. The birds mighty wings take to the sky and flapping sounds can be heard in the silence. Lornak then bellows; "The well-being of Dirt City IS our business!"
Dušan (Erik) [HP:37/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) d20+9=28 ; Monday March 27th, 2017 6:28:23 PM
"As long as we're still using our words, we have not intruded on any business but our own. We are The Tide," Dušan announces, "and anything that poses a threat to the good people of Dirt City is our business. We are more than happy to work with House Teeth and any other House or organization to this goal. If you don't want to be the clean up crew, join us in keeping Dirt City out of harms way in war that does not concern us." (Diplomacy D20+8+1 Guidance=28)
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC22/13t/19ff, CMD 21) Monday March 27th, 2017 7:02:42 PM
Hmerrin stands there, trying to work out which of the Teeth will be the biggest threat if this keeps going the way things tend to go.
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) d20+8=24 ; Monday March 27th, 2017 8:09:36 PM
The hair on Var's neck bristles as he feels the his ire build, he takes three steps towards the lead half-orc and launches into a tirade. "Now you listen here you wildflower-eatin', lace-wearin' crybabies! You don't mess with us. I've killed beasts twice your size that would have snapped you in half and sucked out your guts for breakfast. Y'ought to be kissin' the ground we walk on for makin' your pathetic, lives easy by doing your job for ya, so's you get more time to read your poetry and paint yer watercolors." (Intimidation: 24)
Ethani (Nellie) Monday March 27th, 2017 10:18:07 PM
Ethani's right eyebrow arches at the half orcs words. She guesses that there wasn't much muscle between his ears.
Shaking her head in confusion, she taps Var with her wand. Bull's Strength. "Soooo...you're saying it's bad for us to help the citizens of Dirty City. See...I just can't agree to that. "
She does, however, put a restraining hand on Asteria's shoulder. OOC: Should have been Bull's Strength last round.
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Monday March 27th, 2017 10:28:29 PM
Ethani's touch does help to sooth her, but Asteria can't help but add an insult into the fray. "Look, we don't want a fight. Well, I do, but it can wait for bigger fry than you. So why don't you go on back and sew something for your mommies." Under her breath, she shares a moment of congrats to her wittiness. "Got 'em."
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:24 Touch 18; FF 20 - CMD 18 d20+2=11 ; Monday March 27th, 2017 11:54:23 PM
Toston says, "Hey we are a diverse group here. I may be a gnome but I am a male and Asteria and Ethani are some of the toughest ladies that I know. So I don't know if you are trying to insult them or me but I would appreciate it if you showed some respect. We have done no harm to you and wish no one ill but if you insist on a fight you will be worse for the wear." (Diplomacy: 11)
Toston draws his wand of mage armor and uses it on himself.
Active effects: Mage Armor: +4 AC [1 hour] - 600 rounds
Diplomacy in Action - DM Post Melvin Pollack Tuesday March 28th, 2017 3:33:40 PM
Any chance Dusan had to smooth over tensions ended as half the team moved to insult, intimidate or show off to the house teeth members. Two of The Tide even began to buff, and House Teeth watched carefully as you did so.
The orcs aren't very good at hiding their recoil against Var's words. They clearly recognize the names that have been given. However, you can tell that this group has been spoiling for a fight for some time, and don't intend to back down. A couple of orcs even scan the crowd on occasion.
"Yo hoy," the wavy haired orc finally spoke as the orcs began to switch from swords to saps. "We still want to be doing dis diplomacylly. Lets just see how strong youse all are, teach youse some lessons, and you can go on your way after you give me Count Ugly's (Var's) tongue over there." Pointing to Asteria, "and three of her fingers. Not for anything weird."
The head orc nodded. "Dat's a good idea. In fact, whys not we give you super buff guys the first shot. Right after this magic trick of our own."
The human, which had spent this entire team staring at the ground muttering, spreads out his hands over the entire dock.
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Every member of The Tide has prayer cast on them. -1 to attack rolls, saves and skill checks
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) Tuesday March 28th, 2017 5:29:54 PM
Var points at the Head Orc and says to his hunting companions "That one there, Orc's noses is already usually mashed all t'bits. I betch'a 10 gil that ring would pop right out if you tugged on it." (All Allies within 30ft who can see or hear Var gain +1 attack & +1 damage against the Head Orc for 2 rounds; If you already have the Favored enemy: Humanoid(Orcs) benefit, this buff does not stack.)
Var points at his eyes, then points at the Head Orc and announces "This means I'm watching you." And moves back 15ft, so as not to be on the front lines.
Dušan (Erik) [HP:40/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) d100=21 ; Tuesday March 28th, 2017 6:51:32 PM
"Well, I tried..." Dušan let's out an exasperated sigh and casts Barkskin on Hmerrin.
(OOC: d100 = 21 Ley Roll, Spell is cast, Spell per day is spent. Total L1 4/0, L2 3/1, L3 3/1 50 rounds Barkskin on Hmerrin +2 enhancement bonus to existing natural armor bonus)
Tuesday March 28th, 2017 6:57:34 PM
"Will, maybe we should prepare for battle," Rebecca said. "I got you. It may be a good idea." To the group he says, "I'm feeling a bit weak. Maybe we should have a buff fight but I really don't have too many I want to use." "Let's pull up a beast Rebecca," he says to himself. "How about we add to our friends bird companion?" With that Wil summoned an Eagle. After the summon he readies his heavy crossbow
----- Spell List --- Orisons: Guidance x2, Virtue x2 Lv1: Summon Monster I - (used), Entropic Shield, Divine Favor x2 - D: Touch of Darkness Lv2: Summon Monster II - D: Longstrider Channel energy 2d6 Shadow amulet: SM2 1/day 3 rnds http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/bestiary/wolf.html#wolf
DM Note: Using this to make up for his missing post, this time.
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+10=22 ; Tuesday March 28th, 2017 7:03:58 PM
Lornak sees that this is going to be a brawl and not a battle. He brandishes his whip. He then holds his ground to let the front line fighters get ahead of him.
He holds his attack action until one of the opponents is within 15 ft. When they are he will attempt to trip them: (Attack Action to Trip d20=22)
(OOC we are used to having an overhead map when in combat, just sayin)
DM Response: For a simple brawl such as this, with a small and uninteresting environment and all participants tightly clustered, I figured the map could be foregone. You shouldn't have too much trouble identifying or moving towards any particular target, as long as you are narratively clear and your movements sound reasonable for your character.
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Tuesday March 28th, 2017 8:35:00 PM
Toston casts shield on himself and moves to stand toe to toe with the rest of his companions hoping that he'll absorb some hits since he is very heavily protected.
"Well then if we are doing this, those teeth are going to need a dentist when we're through with them." Toston says.
Active effects: Mage Armor: +4 AC [1 hour] - 600 rounds Shield: +4 shield bonus; immunity to magic missile[2 min] - 20 rounds
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC22/13t/19ff, CMD 221) d20+8=15 ; Tuesday March 28th, 2017 10:06:51 PM
Hmerrin makes a face. Brawling is not really his specialty.
Nevertheless, the armored fighter steps forward 5', sets himself, and waits.
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+12=13 ; d20=15 ; d4+3=6 ; Wednesday March 29th, 2017 2:27:50 PM
"Oh, darkness in the shadows. I can't shoot these fellas. I've already started one problem. I'm not going to start another. Rebecca, let's keep this airborne. " Will put the crossbow away and his amulet glowed. A shadow shimmered from beside the orcs. Will is hoping it becomes a bit intimidating but if that didn't do anything the Eagle swept down and clawed at one of the orcs. (Intimidate: 13) (Melee - Nonlethal- Hit: 15 - Dam: 6)
----- Spell List --- Orisons: Guidance x2, Virtue x2 Lv1: Summon Monster I - (used), Entropic Shield, Divine Favor x2 - D: Touch of Darkness Lv2: Summon Monster II - D: Longstrider Channel energy 2d6 Shadow amulet: SM2 1/day 3 rnds http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/bestiary/elemental.html
Diplomacy in Action - DM Post Melvin Pollack Wednesday March 29th, 2017 7:06:04 PM
I'm going to give our remaining two players some more time before I post. I don't want to knock out their first moves.
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) d20+9=12 ; Wednesday March 29th, 2017 8:49:32 PM
Var mentally kicks himself for once again forgetting to buy blunted arrows. (Ooc: and then Tom double checked the rules and realized he doesn't have the option to deal non-lethal damage with ranged weapons.). Instead Var will take his action fumbling with equipment. He shows his longbow and draws one of his short swords.
(Ignore the d20 roll)
Ethani (Nellie) Wednesday March 29th, 2017 10:48:42 PM Dirt City...I don't ever think I will get used to this weird place...
Unimpressed by the Bless spell, but not wanting to underestimate her foes, Ethani casts Sanctuary on herself. No use in getting her smile bashed in by a wayward fist, after all!
She then moved closer to Var and prepares to tap him with her Bull's Strength wand next round.
Asteria Amarante (sub Nellie) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] , Bull's Strength, Rage, -1 from Bless d20+16=19 ; Wednesday March 29th, 2017 11:05:52 PM
"Heck yeah...here we go boys!"
Having been more than itching for a fight, Asteria flexes her newly enlarged muscles. "Alright you ugly mud suckers, show me what ya got!"
Using the flat of her blade, Asteria targets the loud mouth that insulted her before. AC 19...doubtful. DM please roll non lethal damage if that managed to hit.
Dušan (Erik) [HP:40/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Wednesday March 29th, 2017 11:26:20 PM
Dušan holds his breath in anticipation as the Teeth prepare.
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Thursday March 30th, 2017 1:06:08 AM
Toston braces for something, wondering what the teeth'll do.
Diplomacy in Action - DM Post Melvin Pollack d20+7=13 ; d20+4=14 ; d20+4=18 ; d4+1=5 ; d20+5=17 ; d20+8=13 ; d20+8=13 ; d8+4=10 ; d20+7=10 ; Thursday March 30th, 2017 11:10:42 AM
As the two groups begin to pose and prepare, betting breaks out among the crowd as to which person will throw the first punch. The bet of "everyone preens for a half hour with nobody touching" is rather popular. "Somebody frigging do something," a clear female voice rang out. But, in the end, the first punch is inevitably thrown... by an eagle that suddenly appeared on the docks.
Scholars agree that this strange bet and the subsequent bookie cleanup eventually led to the two hundred year civil war that still simmers in the present day. But that's nothing to worry about for this module.
Wilford, who had started summoning in the last round (missing post replacement allowed) completes his summons of the eagle, which swoops down upon the nearest orc, the head. The eagle manages to connect, grabbing the bald head with its talons. (OOC: You can't tell the eagle what to attack or to use nonlethal damage without showing some separate form of communication or control. I decided House Teeth hold it against you this round.) The orcs grumble about the eagle and the use of lethal force but they still seem to be sticking to non-lethal damage.
Var activates his Hunter's Bond on the head orc. "Heys, that hurts my feelings," says a head orc with no knowledge of the hunter's bond. "Let's sees how much your head pops off." He rushes forward, swinging his sap (Attack 13+1) and misses.
Dusan and Toston buff. Wavy Orc makes his grapple attempt on Toston (who gets an AoO). "Oi, now lookie here you gnome chippie, as I try to take your teeth, for reasons that are not at all sexual. You aint gonna have that smile the next time you go after ours warehouses." (CMB 17) Toston just manages to escape.
Lornak readies a trip attempt (without improved trip) and pulls the house rogue. The orc with the halfling mask giggles as he takes his attack of opportunity with his dagger, even as he misses by a mile. But the trip succeeds at knocking the cutpurse prone.
"Ooh, you'll pay for that," the orc halfling growls as he lies gets up (Lornak gets an AoO).
Hmerrin readies a grapple attack and pulls the slow orc (who misses with his AoO). Hmerrin just manages to grapple him, and the slow orc panicks and tries swinging again in vain.
Var switches to a new weapon set.
Ethani casts sanctuary upon herself, hoping to continue buffing. Seeing this, the human medic attempts a command spell on her, ordering her to fall (DC 14).
Asteria takes a swing at Wavy Hair Orc (the last one to insult her) and connects easily for 10 nl damage. In response, the female thug flanks her and swings her longsword, missing by a mile.
(everyone using a weapon that isnt NL for nonlethal damage should remember the -4 penalty)
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) d20+9=27 ; d6+7=12 ; Thursday March 30th, 2017 11:49:26 AM
(Ooc: did I say short sword? sorry, a Hand axe is what Var draws. I screwed up my back yesterday and I'm kind of out of it)
Var moves in against the Half-Orc that Hmerrin has in a headlock, and gives the brute a *thwack* with the blunt end of his masterwork handaxe (Attack: (+6 BAB, +5 Ability (with Bull's Strength), +1 Enhancement, +2 Favored Enemy, -4 Non-Lethal w/ Lethal weapon, -1 from Prayer) = 27 vs AC; 12 Non-Lethal damage)
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+6=9 ; d20+6=13 ; d20+4=19 ; d20+4=16 ; Thursday March 30th, 2017 5:09:20 PM
Lornak recoils from the whip lash that connects with the house rogue and is about to strike at the slow orc Hmerrin has in a bear hug when Var bashes his face in with his ax handle. Taken aback he barely notices the house rogue getting to his feet. Lornak attempts to knee him in the face as he gets up: (Attack of Opportunity melee, BAB+6, +2 Ability, -4 non-lethal attack, +1 favored enemy, -1 from prayer d20+4=19)
Lornak then tries to punch him in the face with his free hand when is standing; (Attack action, BAB+6, +2 Ability, -4 non-lethal attack, +1 favored enemy, -1 from prayer d20+4=16)
Finally he shifts his stance, ready for retaliation(Move action)/
(Buckler +1 to AC active)
(OOC Var you got to the slow orc before I could finish my post, curse you!!! Please disregard the first two rolls they are no longer valid...)
Dušan (Erik) [HP:40/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) d100=16 ; Thursday March 30th, 2017 6:22:00 PM
Dušan struggles to maintain control of the Lei Line, but manages to bring it under control as he casts Bull's Strength on Hmerrin. "I'd Like to put 10 Gold Piece on this guy here. Who can I get marker from?"
He then moves closer to Lornak but leaves the front line between him and the Teeth.
(OOC: d100 = 16 Ley Roll, Spell is cast, Spell per day is spent. Total L1 3/0, L2 3/1, L3 3/1 50 rounds Bull's Strength on Asteria: +4 enhancement bonus to Strength, adding the usual benefits to melee attack rolls, melee damage rolls, and other uses of the Strength modifier 49 rounds Barkskin on Hmerrin +2 enhancement bonus to existing natural armor bonus)
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC24/13t/21ff, CMD 21)Brkskn, Bls Str d20+11=19 ; d3+3=6 ; Thursday March 30th, 2017 7:27:31 PM
Hmerrin flexes his enlarged bicep around Slow Orc, while Var whangs him with his axe.
"You seem to be a bit of a pickle!" the lad remarks flippantly to his captive.
"Now, we were discussing teeth as trophies...." Hmerrin shifts, keeping the headlock in place with one hand and busting the fellow in the chops with the other.
- Atk 19 to maintain grapple. Dealing nonlethal damage 6 hp if held.
----- Spell List --- Orisons: Guidance x2, Virtue x2 Lv1: Summon Monster I - (used), Entropic Shield, Divine Favor x2 - D: Touch of Darkness Lv2: Summon Monster II - D: Longstrider Channel energy 2d6 Shadow amulet: SM2 1/day 3 rnds http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/bestiary/elemental.html
Asteria Amarante (sub Nellie) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; Touch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] , Bull's Strength, Rage, -1 from Bless, Improved Uncanny Dodge d20+16=32 ; d20+7=23 ; d8+4=6 ; Thursday March 30th, 2017 10:10:51 PM
Asteria grins in utter joy as a second opponent tries to flank her (no flanking due to Improved Uncanny Dodge). This was starting to become a fair fight...for them.
She taunts Wavy Hair as she smacks him with her axe again. (DC 32 for 6 nl) "Awwww...did you miss?? Maybe you when I've finished teaching you how to fight I will teach you some manners..."
Ethani (Nellie, HP 30/30, AC19,Touch:13, FF:14, CMD: 16, Sanctuary, Anti Bless) d20+8=12 ; Thursday March 30th, 2017 10:33:25 PM
The air around her tingling with magic, Ethani's legs suddenly give out and she finds herself lying on the ground. (Will=12)
Blushing in anger, she locks eyes on the medic as she dusts of her tunic. "You know...I can still cast spells from on the ground...why don't you try this one on for size..."
With a delicate flick of her wrist, Ethani wills the spell caster to be paralysed. (Hold Person DC 16 for 5 rounds).
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 d20+6=16 ; d4=3 ; d20+6=22 ; d4+1=5 ; d20+6=18 d20+6=16 d20+6=24 d4+1=4 d4+1=3 d4+1=5 Friday March 31st, 2017 12:44:57 AM
Toston takes a swing at the Wavy Orc that tried to grapple him with an unarmed strike (AOO:16 vs AC; 3 bludgeoning nl damage)
He then focuses his magical energy into his attacks(swift action: arcane strike)
He activates his stunning fist ability with a follow up strike on the Wavy Orc (22 vs AC; 5 magical bludgeoning nl damage; DC 16 fort save or be stunned for one round)
Active effects: Mage Armor: +4 AC [1 hour] - 599 rounds Shield: +4 shield bonus; immunity to magic missile[2 min] - 19 rounds 1/3 - stunning fist attempts used
(OOC: W/ combat reflexes if up to 3 different combatants provoke AOOs attacks are: 18 vs AC; 4 magical nl bludgeoning 16 vs AC; 3 magical nl bludgeoning 24 vs AC; 5 magical nl bludgoning)
Diplomacy in Action - DM Post Melvin Pollack d3+2=4 ; d3+2=3 ; d20+7=27 ; d20+8=27 ; d6+3=9 ; d20+8=22 ; d6+3=6 ; d20+4=23 ; d20+8=23 ; d20+3=20 ; d6+3=6 ; d20+4=7 ; d20+7=20 ; d8+4=8 ; d20+5=15 ; Friday March 31st, 2017 2:04:07 PM
The crowd surrounding you is rather rowdy as they continue to circle both groups, and they appear to be split as to which side should win. A group of street urchins begins to enter the Tide's peripheral vision, more curious than anything else.
Var moves in on the slow orc and does another 12 nl damage (triggering an AoO since he moves away from the head orc, his sap connects easily at AC 27 for 9 nl damage). "Oi, you come back here," the head orc shouts as he chases Var to swing again for AC 22 and another 6 damage.
Lornak gets in two unarmed attacks on the halfling for 7 nl damage before moving to shield himself. Halfling swings his dagger and misses again. He screams for someone to flank with him. Girl Orc has to do so (Asteria gets her AoO), and her longsword swing connects for 8 nl damage.
Dusan plays to the crowd, asking for a piece of the action. He buffs, and then moves to stay away from the teeth. Wilford also casts some buffs. "Hey, nos fair with everyone buffin everyone," shouts head orc. The crowd starts betting on whether The Tide crosses the 100 buff threshold.
Hmerrin maintains his grapple on slow orc, but doesn't do more damage (maintaining a grapple is a standard action unless you have greater grapple and does no damage on its own). Slow orc tries to break free from the grapple but cant do so.
Asteria, able to ignore girl orc, hits Wavy Hair for another 6 nl.
Ethani fires a hold spell at the human, but the human bats it aside with a hand wave (Nat 20). "You know, that was a good idea," he finally speaks as he casts Hold Person on Hmerrin, DC 15.
Toston gets in some more damage to wavy hair and hits him for 8 more damage, but he manages to shrug off the stun (23). Wavy hair responds with a swing to Asteria (Hits AC 23 for 6 nl) and a wan swing at Toston (misses with AC 20). "You may have gotten out of that collar," he shouts at Toston, "but you aint gettin out of this."
(OOC: If you aren't doing so already, please keep track of the buffs affecting you and/or that you cast, and their duration. Like many DMs, I rely on you to keep track.)
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Var - 15 nl Hmerrin (grappling) Toston - 6 nl Lornak - 8 nl Head Orc - prayer (3/6), AC 14, lethal 6 Wavy Hair Orc - prayer, AC 14, nl 24 Girl Orc - prayer, AC 14 Slow Orc - prayer; grappled; AC 14; nl 10 Human - prayer Halfling Orc - prayer, CMD 14; AC 15;nl 7
human casting 1 L3 1 L1
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Corrections:
It was Asteria that was hit, not Toston.
Hmerrin can do some damage while grappling.
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) d20+9=27 ; d20+4=8 ; d6+7=9 ; Friday March 31st, 2017 2:30:35 PM
Var wheels around on the Head Orc and snarls, devoting his full attention to bludgeoning the ugly jerk. (Full round action, two attacks: 27 vs AC & 8 vs AC. 9 non-lethal damage). The first swing connects but the backswing whiffs.
(Bull's Strength: 5 min) (Prayer: x rounds left (3?) 15 non-lethal damage
Wilford Grimly (HP:34/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+2=8 ; d20+11=30 ; d20+5=17 ; d6=5 ; Friday March 31st, 2017 4:00:11 PM
Wil's Shadow began to whirl toward the closest orc. The whirlwind is five feet at the base and a few feet taller then the tallest orc. (Melee Slam (8) - Assuming a miss) Now Will steps up some of his Rogue skills and attempts to flank the nearest orc. (Stealth: 30) He attempts a sneak attack with his staff (Attack: 17 - for 5 non-lethal)
----- Spell List --- Orisons: Guidance x2, Virtue x2 Lv1: Summon Monster I - (used), Entropic Shield, Divine Favor x1 (1 min on Var) - D: Touch of Darkness Lv2: Summon Monster II - D: Longstrider Channel energy 2d6 Shadow amulet: SM2 1/day 3 rnds http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/bestiary/elemental.html
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 d20+8=14 d4+1=5 d20+6=13 d20+6=21 d20+6=11 d4+1=4 d4+1=5 d4+1=5 Saturday April 1st, 2017 2:59:54 AM
(OOC: Was Toston hit or Asteria? You said the attack missed Toston but you gave him 6 nl?)
Toston takes a 5 foot step to gain flanking with Asteria and then charges his attacks with his magical energy (OOC: swift action, arcane strike).
He then makes a Scorpion Style attack against Wavy Hair going for his knee.
(14 vs AC; 5 magical bludgeoning nl damage; DC 16 fort save or have speed reduced to 5 feet for 3 rounds)
Active effects: Mage Armor: +4 AC [1 hour] - 598 rounds Shield: +4 shield bonus; immunity to magic missile[2 min] - 18 rounds 1/3 - stunning fist attempts used
(OOC: AOOs w/ combat reflexes up to 3 targets can provoke if needed: 13 (+2 vs wavy hair) 4 nl bludgeoning magic damage 21 (+2 vs wavy hair) 5 nl bludgeoning magic damage 11 (+2 vs wavy hair) 5 nl bludgeoning magic damage )
Dušan (Erik) [HP:40/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) d100=81 ; d20+6=8 ; Saturday April 1st, 2017 5:51:35 PM
"Sorry Lornak," Dušan apologizes as he reverses direction mid stride back towards Hmerrin, "But I don't think we want our front line to falter right now."
Retracing his steps back to the fighter, Dušan finds the Lei Line that was causing he so much trouble earlier and wills it into submission. The power of the Wolds Blood entirely powers the Dispel Magic. Unfortunately, Dušan fails to figure out the working of the spell. He growls at his wasted efforts.
(OOC: d100 = 81 Ley Roll, Spell is cast, Spell per day is not spent. Total L1 3/0, L2 3/1, L3 3/1 Spellcaster Check for Dispel Magic d20+6=8 49 rounds Bull's Strength on Hmerrin: +4 enhancement bonus to Strength, adding the usual benefits to melee attack rolls, melee damage rolls, and other uses of the Strength modifier 48 rounds Barkskin on Hmerrin +2 enhancement bonus to existing natural armor bonus Sorry last round I had Asteria in the active spell list, but you correctly read the text as casting it on Hmerrin)
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+9=14 ; d20+9=24 ; d20+6=25 ; Sunday April 2nd, 2017 3:28:22 PM
"If you haven't noticed, Ah!" Lornak winces as Girl Orc gets in a strike from his flank. "I am the front lines!" He yells at Dusan.
Lornak decides to get a little fancy if he's going to stay where he is: He lashes out with his whip against the halfling. The whip makes a piercing crack sound as strikes. On the back swing Lornak lifts and circles the whip in a flourish above his head and then sends it at Girl Orc to trip her. (Full round action two attacks: D20+9=14-5=9, 0 dmg. D20+9=24-5=19 to trip. (Perform d20=25)
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Monday April 3rd, 2017 5:41:29 PM
Time starts to slow down, the battle seems like it is going in slow motion as Toston waits to see the result of his attempt at knee-capping Wavy Hair.
(OOC: Checking In)
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Monday April 3rd, 2017 6:41:34 PM
Before Lornak recoils his arm back from the whip attacks, his mind has wondering thought of Vin; "I wonder what this battle looks like from the sky...?"
(OOC - Also checking in)
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC24/13t/21ff, CMD 21)Brkskn, Bls Str d20+11=31 ; d3+3=4 ; Monday April 3rd, 2017 6:46:57 PM
Hmerrin has got the hang of this headlock thing.
He socks Slow Orc in the mouth again.
"Betcha wish you could start this day over," he notes.
- Atk 19 to maintain grapple. Dealing nonlethal damage 4 hp if held.
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) d20+9=13 ; d4=2 ; d20+4=10 ; Monday April 3rd, 2017 8:44:45 PM
Var flails about with his hand axe trying to keep the Head Orc busy, but it mostly just looks embarrassing.
(OoC: Whoops, didn't realize the DM hadn't posted yet. I guess we'll have to see how the DM rules it, considering I couldn't hit the broadside of a barn...)
Ethani (Nellie, HP 30/30, AC19,Touch:13, FF:14, CMD: 16, Sanctuary, Anti Bless) Monday April 3rd, 2017 9:00:05 PM
Huffing in exasperation, Ethani fires another spell at the spellcaater. "Why don't you just walk away..." She then rises to her feet, preparing to get back in the fight.
Casting Command DC16.
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 45/51; AC: 22; To uch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Bull's Strength, Rage, -1 from Bless, Improved Uncanny Dodge d20+12=17 ; d8+8=9 ; d20+12=17 ; d8+8=13 ; Monday April 3rd, 2017 9:12:42 PM
Asteria reaches out and knocks the Girl Orc with her axe as she passes. With her next swing, she goes for Wavy Hair.
--- AoO against Girl Orc 17 vs. AC for 9 damage Attack against Wavy Hair for 17 vs. AC for 13 damage
Diplomacy in Action - DM Post Melvin Pollack d20+4=15 ; d20+4=21 ; d20+7=17 ; d8=4 ; Monday April 3rd, 2017 10:50:29 PM
Var manages an attack on the head orc for 15 nl.
Wilford, acquiescing to the head orc's complaints about all the buffs, does something much different, with a flanking sneak attack on the girl orc while the air elemental (did you clear all the shadow stuff? I have firsthand knowledge that Gargul isn't fond of it.) attempts to hit (but misses) the head orc. The head orc continuous to complain. There are just no pleasing some people.
Wavy hair attempts to avoid Toston's fancy attack, but the strike glances against him. The active slow effect aside (rolled a 15), wavy hair clearly is not looking very well.
Dusan attempts to dispel the hold on Hmerrin, should he fall hold, but the hold magic is too strong for Dusan's cast. Hmerrin, though, manages to shake off the spell on his own (rolled for you) and gets in another 4 nl to the slow orc.
Lornak reminds us that he is the front lines as he strikes at the girl orc. She blocks the damaging attack easily but the trip attack knocks her right to the ground.
Ethani casts command at the human but the human just shrugs it off.
Asteria knocks out wavy hair once and for all, much to the chagrin of the other Teeth. With her other swing, she does 9 nl more to the girl orc.
"Okays, fine, youse guys are way too tough to bees either gender," the head orc conceded. "But youse still wrong about the Dunkels, and youse still wrong to keep breaking into our buildings. Guess nobody's ever told you might doesn't make right, you sanctimonious... Wait, should I be mispronouncing that last word too? Oh well..."
Everyone withdraws behind the human that can (basically, everyone except the unconscious orc and the still grappled slow one). "But the bigs reason might don't make right... The true right changes the rules."
The human orc blasts all of you with Sound Burst. Everyone takes 4 pts of damage. Fort DC 15 to avoid the stun.
Head Orc - prayer (3/6), AC 14, lethal 6, nl 15 Wavy Hair Orc - unconscious Girl Orc - prayer, AC 14, nl 14 Slow Orc - prayer; grappled; AC 14; nl 20 Human - prayer Halfling Orc - prayer, CMD 14; AC 15;nl 7
human casting 1 L3 1 L1
Lornak HP:49/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+9=17 ; d20+4=17 ; d20+4=10 ; d3+2=3 ; Tuesday April 4th, 2017 6:02:42 PM
Lornak is greatly satisfied when he sees the girl orc fall. He hopes Asteria uses the opportunity of her being off balance to satiate her need for a fight... "Ah HA!" he shouts in triumph, playing to the crowd. (Keeping the Perform roll from previous.)
He is about to turn his attention again to the halfling when a piercing sound wave rushes past his body. The sound ripples his skin and is deafening. His skin and ears hurt, but the combined onslaught is not enough to his shake his resolve. (Fort Save d20=17)
"Might?" Lornak screams at the head orc. "You think that's what we are you, the ringing in his ears overtakes his speech as he screams expletives at the moronic head orc. The ringing dies down; "ARE changing the rules for the common man of Dirt City!"
Lornak punctuates his little speech with two attacks on the halfling who he is frustrated with for brandishing a dagger in a brawl. (Full attack action d20=17, 3 nl dmg(if its a hit), Second attack action d20=10, 0 dmg)
Lornak HP:37nl/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Tuesday April 4th, 2017 6:03:56 PM
(OOC update to AC from attack)
Dušan (Erik) [HP:36/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) d20+4=14 ; Tuesday April 4th, 2017 6:32:22 PM
"Yeah! That's right. We're right," Dušan boasts before succumbing to the daze and begins to think about what was said, "Wait... Who's breaking into what now...?"
Dušan then goes glassy eyed as the spell takes effect.
Hmerrin really hasn't been following along, occupied as he was with bashing Slow Orc. The cacophony assaults his eardrums, and he has to shake off the effect with an effort.
Looking up, the young warrior notes the lines have been redrawn somewhat.
"Uh huh," he comments, then addresses Slow Orc. "Looks like your friends wanna kick this up a notch."
Hmerrin releases Slow Orc, backs up a step, and pulls out his two axes. "If I was you," he drawls to his former punching bag, "I'd be running."
-- Release Grapple. 5' Step Draw Weapons
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:29/33; AC:22 Touch 14; FF 22 - CMD 14 d20+4=5 ; Tuesday April 4th, 2017 6:34:40 PM
Toston is knocked senseless by the abrupt burst of sound and cannot do anything. (Fort Save : 5 = natural 1; stunned) His wand of mage armor falls from his hand clattering on the cobblestones.
Active Effects: Mage Armor: +4 AC [1 hour] - 597 rounds Shield: +4 shield bonus; immunity to magic missile[2 min] - 17 rounds 1/3 - stunning fist attempts used Negative prayer : -1 to attack, saves & skills - ??? rounds Stunned: -2 to AC; denied dex; can't act - 1 round
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) d20+9=22 ; d20+10=14 ; d8+4=6 ; Tuesday April 4th, 2017 9:02:34 PM
Var's head snaps back as if he'd been slapped. (Fort save: 22) "Okay then, mates. Let's change the rules."
Var drops his hand axe, draws his longbow and nocks an arrow. Drawing back, hands literally shaking with rage Var releases an arrow at the Human spellcaster (Attack: 14 vs AC; 6 damage)
Wilford Grimly (HP:30/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+7=20 ; d20+6=13 ; d20+12=19 ; Tuesday April 4th, 2017 9:24:51 PM
Wil watches as orcs withdraw. Will takes the damage but shakes off the stun with a Fort save: 20 His shadow, floating above the battlefield, near the darkness, though isn't pleased. With Spell resistance it avoids the spell and attempts to attack one of the orcs. (Attack: 13) Once it misses, the shadow returns and Will's whispers return. Will steps forward, angry over the last minute shout. Rage builds up but he swallows it after several steps toward the orcs. "Explain yourself!" He demands. "What do you know about the Dunkels and who is breaking into your buildings? We have not broke into any buildings." Will is angry but manages to be forcefully diplomatic. (Diplomacy: 19) ----- Spell List --- Orisons: Guidance x2, Virtue x2 Lv1: Summon Monster I - (used), Entropic Shield, Divine Favor x1 (1 min on Var) - D: Touch of Darkness Lv2: Summon Monster II - D: Longstrider Channel energy 2d6 Shadow amulet: SM2 1/day 3 rnds http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/bestiary/elemental.html
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 41/51; AC: 22; To uch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Bull's Strength, Rage, -1 from Bless, Improved Uncanny Dodge d20+5=22 ; d20+12=23 ; d8+8=16 ; Tuesday April 4th, 2017 9:56:15 PM
Asteria shakes her head and easily shakes off the ringing in her ears. Glaring towards the goons, she growls. "Unfair!" (Fort: 22 vs. 15)
Rushing towards her enemies, Asteria targets the human and slaps him with the blunt side of her axe.
--- 23 vs. AC for 16 NL damage against human spellcaster
OOC: Did Asteria take 4, 6, or 10 damage? You said 4 from the Sound Burst, but 6 in your notes below. Or, does that simply mean how much we have taken overall?
Ethani (Nellie, HP 26/30, AC19,Touch:13, FF:14, CMD: 16, Sanctuary, Anti Bless, Summon Monster III) d20+5=18 ; Tuesday April 4th, 2017 10:41:30 PM
Shaking off the stun, Ethani grunts in annoyance. Never has she been so ineffective in combat and now...Well now she's starting to get ticked.
"Oh heck no. I KNOW you didn't just call us bullies and then attack us with lethal force. Huh uh. Nope. Alemi will show the people who is right...and who is a bunch of pretentious, self righteous, over glorified THUGS!"
Ethani begins casting a spell and continuous continues to do so for the entire round. Summon monster III, light Archon. Summoning it in the middle of the orcs 10 feet above them.
Run, its the cops - DM Post Melvin Pollack d20+4=17 ; Wednesday April 5th, 2017 10:37:26 AM
(OOC: Sorry for the confusion. The numbers are supposed to represent total damage, but I didn't update everyone's sheets with the sonic damage.)
Wavy hair orc shudders at the sonic blast and stays down.
Lornak gets another 3 nl damage to the halfling orc as he begins to run. The halfling orc actually makes it close to the water when a freckled boy tackles him to the dock. The halfling orc begins to start screaming.
The slow orc attempts to run when he gets caught in the sonic blast. He survives the stun and keeps running.
The human turns to run when Asteria strikes him in the back. Angrily, he casts doom on her (DC 14), meaning he has to stand and watch as Ethani begins to bring the pain. and as Var fires an arrow. He looks like one more hit will kill him outright.
The head orc and girl orc continue to flee when the crowd begins to tighten around both parties, grabbing the head orc. Wilford is clearly angry but at least willing to attempt the diplomatic route. The girl orc simply stands there, looking defiant, but the head orc is clearly more compliant. "Wes can work our way out on this, you know. Youse like money? Wes got money."
The girl orc snorts. "You better decide what kind of group you want to be. The house wolf cops will be here any moment."
You begin to decide what to do next? Keep fighting? Loot fallen? Let them run? Keep pressing questions?
Head Orc - prayer (3/6), AC 14, lethal 6, nl 15 Wavy Hair Orc - unconscious Girl Orc - prayer, AC 14, nl 14 Slow Orc - prayer; grappled; AC 14; nl 20 Human - prayer, 22 damage Halfling Orc - prayer, CMD 14; AC 15;nl 10
Lornak HP:37nl/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+5=18 ; Wednesday April 5th, 2017 5:29:56 PM
The writing is on the wall when Lornak witnesses the boy tackle the halfling. His performance did its job a little too well. "Uh, this is bad." He thinks to himself. "We cannot let these good people get harmed." He says. He does not want to see the orcs get away with switching to the use of lethal force, but he also does not want to see them mauled by an angry mob either.
He moves swiftly to the halfing and pulls the boy off of him. (Move Action, Attack Action grapple d20=18.) While the boy is kicking and screaming he leans down to the halfling and looks him in the eyes and says. "Run. Now."
He then uses his last bit of performance wherewithal to try to command everyone that is within earshot that The Tide has won and to let the orcs go. "TIDE!" He bellows. "LET THEM RUN!" He sets the boy down but does not let go of him. "They won't easily forget who is their better!"
Hmerrin(HP 57/61 AC25/14t/21ff, CMD 21)Brkskn, Bls Str Wednesday April 5th, 2017 6:57:09 PM
Hmerrin's helmed head swivels over to give Lornak a look, but the lad neither says nor does anything more.
He keeps his weapons out just a bit longer, in case someone out there is feeling brave.
Wilford Grimly (HP:30/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+12=19 ; d20+12=20 ; Wednesday April 5th, 2017 7:34:05 PM
(Diplomacy: 19) "Stop, you can't run away. We have questions. Why do you think we are breaking into your places? Why? We can help you." But... his anger really boiled over and he began to chase the running orcs. (Base speed 50 after casting LongStrider spell) "Stop! Don't run from us! You can't just cast a fatal spell and take off. Stop them!" He screams at the crowd. (Diplomacy: 20)
Dušan (Erik) [HP:36/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Wednesday April 5th, 2017 8:12:27 PM
Dušan watches will give chase and remarks, "Perhaps we should leave as well, though I'm not sure that's the proper direction. I would like to know what break ins they were talking about though."
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) d20+10=19 ; d8+4=10 ; Wednesday April 5th, 2017 8:12:53 PM
Var begins to reach for a second arrow but pauses, suddenly unsure of the repercussions of inciting an angry mob to violence. Bellowing intimidations may not be clutch in this situation, either, but he's unwilling to let this pack of Wolves run wild.
Var readies an attack: If one of the Wolves attempt to harm a civilian, Var will fire an arrow at them (19 vs AC; 10 damage). If the Wolves attack him or his party he'll continue to hold his action.
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:29/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Thursday April 6th, 2017 3:46:50 AM
Toston picks up the wand he dropped and then takes off after Wil and the fleeing Teeth.
Active Effects: Mage Armor: +4 AC [1 hour] - 596 rounds Shield: +4 shield bonus; immunity to magic missile[2 min] - 16 rounds 1/3 - stunning fist attempts used Negative prayer : -1 to attack, saves & skills - ??? rounds (OOC: had to update header & active effects so needed to edit; FYI)
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 41/51; AC: 22; To uch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Bull's Strength, Rage, -1 from Bless, Improved Uncanny Dodge d20+3=23 ; Thursday April 6th, 2017 10:42:57 AM
Asteria angrily shakes off the Doom spell, his action only making her more enraged. Her blood pumps through her veins as she glares at the cowards fleeing. (Will Check: 23 vs. 14, Natural 20)
"Get back here you goons!" Asteria dashes after the Teeth along Wil and Toston, growling as she did so, axe in hand. Asteria hated cowards, especially cowards who did the wrong thing, knew they were in the wrong, and fled before anything bad could happen. People who hid behind others to protect themselves from justice. It really ground her gears.
Run, its the cops - DM Post Melvin Pollack d20+11=28 ; Thursday April 6th, 2017 3:57:22 PM
Lornak feels worried for the kid that tackled the halfling orc and grabs the halfling orc himself. With a clear focus on the orc, he growls a threat. The halfling orc seems to be considering his options, his mouth about to speak, a hand about to reach into a pocket, but thinks better of it. The halfling orc glares at the kid and prepares to run.
The freckled kid looks a bit scared of Lornak, moving his hands rather nervously, but also in awe of him. "Gee whiz, you guys really are The Tide. Sorry, it's just..." He was clothed in tattered hand me downs, a hand brushed against his neck and collar. "Some of us have been following all your stories. Like, I feel like I know all about you. Sorry also for getting in the way...."
Lornak votes to let the orcs run. Hmerrin keeps an eye on Lornak and the orc but says nothing.
Wilford seems torn over seeing if there's anything to their allegations but chooses instead to keep telling the crowd to hold them (Lornak didn't want the crowd involved.) Dusan is likewise torn between capturing the orcs, fleeing the scene or asking about the breakins. Toston follows Wilford in trying to capture the orcs.
Var holds his fire, not wanting to shoot a fleeing orc or incite a riot, but not wanting to let his guard down to a foe that already stabbed them in the back once. Asteria chooses instead to give chase, axe drawn, and it appears that only distance keeps her from doing lethal damage to these cowards.
Ethani completes her summons of the archon.
The female orc stares at the tableau of Lornak, the meddlesome child, and her rogue teammate, and scoffs at Wilford's entreaties. "You really expect me to not believe that you have no idea about these robberies after what you just did in plain sight? You may have bested us, but your snooping and thievery won't go unnoticed. This will be..." The female orc clams up at seeing the archon and Asteria and Var preparing for an attack. She does not run, attack or avert her gaze.
The head orc is rather more compliant, but it is difficult to understand his babbling and wild pointing. He tries to run but the crowd will not let him.
A patrol of House Wolf and House Dagger arrives. "All right, someone want to explain what is going on here?"
Run, its the cops - DM Post Melvin Pollack Thursday April 6th, 2017 3:58:25 PM
OOC: Things will be a little busy for me tomorrow, but there should be a DM post by Saturday.
Wilford Grimly (HP:30/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+5=10 ; d20+12=15 ; Thursday April 6th, 2017 4:33:57 PM
Anger boiling over Will attempts to trip the female orc but something stops him mid stride. "What?" (Attack: 10) He growls and places and end on the ground and stands. After moments of silence Will returns to a fairly diplomatic stance. "Look, outside of my wild bursts of unpredictability I urge you to give me specific places we broke into. If we did the deed then we would be willing to compensate you. My friends, please stop. Information is far move valuable right now." He then offers his hand. (Diplomacy: 15) -- "Are you sure about this," Rebecca asks silently but Will bites his lip and stands strong.
Lornak HP:37nl/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+8=22 ; Thursday April 6th, 2017 4:41:55 PM
"What we did in plain sight?!" Lornak screams in frustration at the female orc. "We defended ourselves from assault and false accusations!" He feels the need to punch her in the face, leans down but hesitates. He is suddenly aware of the eyes of the crowd upon him. "In an amicable manor I might add!" He slowly composes himself and stands tall.
He turns his attention to the patrol.
"This group mistook us for someone else..." He glares at the orcs. "...and attacked us." (diplomacy d20=22) We defended ourselves with non lethal force. You can ask the crowd."
Hmerrin(HP 57/61 AC25/14t/21ff, CMD 21)Brkskn, Bls Str Thursday April 6th, 2017 7:36:52 PM
At the arrival of the patrol, Hmerrin decides it might be a really good idea to put his axes away.
He does so, and then waits to see if the more diplomatic members of The Tide can talk them out of another trip to the Arena.
Dušan (Erik) [HP:36/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) d20+8=23 ; Thursday April 6th, 2017 11:00:08 PM
Dušan adds to Lornaks' appeal, "We even have this entire crowd as our witnesses."
(Aid Another Lornak Diplomacy d20+8=23 +2 to Lornak's Diplomacy = 24)
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:29/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 d20+2=16 ; Friday April 7th, 2017 6:27:02 AM
(Diplomacy 16 vs 10 to aid another so Lornak gets an additional +2 making his total 26)
Toston says, "I did not draw any weapon, I was merely helping my companions defend ourselves in a fight we did not start. Furthermore I submit that some of their casters actually attacked us with lethal force using a sonic area attack that could have potentially affected the crowd. I only used my own magic defensively."
Active Effects: Mage Armor: +4 AC [1 hour] - 595 rounds Shield: +4 shield bonus; immunity to magic missile[2 min] - 15 rounds 1/3 - stunning fist attempts used Negative prayer : -1 to attack, saves & skills - ??? rounds
Wilford Grimly (HP:30/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) Friday April 7th, 2017 4:20:50 PM
Wil has a sudden realization that they could be going to the Arena and he went a bit pale. "Oi, what are you doing to me Rebecca?" He said out loud but quietly. "I don't know. Don't blame me. You're the angry one." "Me," Wil replied, "I was fine until you showed up." He began to get angry again but swallowed hard and concentrated on trying to keep his composer on the diplomatic front.
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 41/51; AC: 22; To uch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Bull's Strength, Rage, -1 from Bless, Improved Uncanny Dodge Friday April 7th, 2017 5:32:43 PM
"We did nothing wrong!" Asteria says under her breath, growling slightly. She doesn't want to ruin her friend's diplomacy, but she isn't happy.
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) d20+8=21 ; Friday April 7th, 2017 5:33:31 PM
Var nonchalantly picks up the handaxe he dropped and attempts to disappear into the crowd (Stealth: 21)
Run, its the cops - DM Post Melvin Pollack Sunday April 9th, 2017 11:42:38 AM
Var wanders off, trying to hide from the cops by blending into the crowd.
The rest of the group attempts to explain what happened, as they move quickly to put away their quite deadly weapons. Fears of what might happen arise, as does the indignity of having to deal with this.
The bald head orc was livid. "Officer, thank goodness you're here. We were just on our way from the barber shop to the local church where we read to blind puppies for the poor. Suddenly, these guys out of nowhere start talking smack about what they can do to us and summoning eagles and taking out weapons. And theyse keep insistin on how they gonna keep getting in our business even those the stuff with the dunkels is over. And when we try to run, well just looks at what they had."
The cop stared at the head orc's shiny dome. "You were coming back... from a haircut."
"Uh... not necessarily for the hair on my head. Anyway, that guy," he pointed to Lornak, "he stole something from me with this halfling chippie from the crowd. And now one of them just ran. Let them explain that."
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Var hides himself into the crowd, trying to move through as fast as possible. Most of the crowd begins to dissipate with the fight over. But he can see some more cops off to the side, talking to the freckled boy child that had been involved.
Perception 25 for var only Highlight to display spoiler: {The child is wearing a copper choke collar. }
Know local 20 for var only.Highlight to display spoiler: {The object in the back of his belt has a house teeth symbol. }
"You left out the old ladies you were helping across the street," he informs the orc, sarcasm dripping from every word.
Lornak HP:37nl/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+8=16 ; Sunday April 9th, 2017 7:44:19 PM
Lornak listens to the head orc with surprise, his left eyebrow cocked. His eyes dart back and forth between the head orc and the "cop." Lornak cannot help but be confused. As the head orc finishes he is about to speak when a nonsensical smile crosses his lips. He kind of looks away and chuckles because; what is there to say? He allows the head orc to continue to dig himself into a hole.
If pressed by the cop about the boy he will respond by saying: "The lad was watching the scuffle to closely and fell near the melee. I was simply getting him out of harms way." (Diplomacy d20=16)
Dušan (Erik) [HP:36/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) d20+8=18 ; Sunday April 9th, 2017 11:25:49 PM
"We're sorry for any disturbance that might have occurred here. We would like nothing more than to allow these fine citizens to get back to their "Good Deeds", " Dušan's fingers make little rabbit ears as he mentions good deeds, "and return to our errands. If no one here has any complaints, I would hate to take up any more your important time and appreciate the duty you perform for our fine city."
(Diplomacy d20+8=18)
Wilford Grimly (HP:30/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+10=27 ; d20+11=12 ; d20+12=31 ; Monday April 10th, 2017 8:43:46 AM
"Local church? Church, really orcs in church.. that is a blatant lie..," he says quietly but then decides to melt into the crowd but the crowd has dispersed to a point where that is pointless. He does search for an escape route or anything helpful. "Listen, we were just searching for information on the Saquian, I can not ever say that word. The fish fight from the other day. We fought them and are trying to figure out why they came onboard Dirt City. Do you have any of that information?" He asks the closest House Wolf. (Perception: 27; Stealth: 12; Diplomacy: 31)
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:29/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 d20+14=34 ; d20+7=13 ; Monday April 10th, 2017 8:25:24 PM
Toston has nothing more to add. He decides to look around at the authorities and the crowd for anyone that looks out of place.
(Perception: 34, Sense Motive 13)
Active Effects: Mage Armor: +4 AC [1 hour] - 594 rounds Shield: +4 shield bonus; immunity to magic missile[2 min] - 14 rounds 1/3 - stunning fist attempts used Negative prayer : -1 to attack, saves & skills - ??? rounds
Var casts about for anything that might help his group but comes up short. For lack of any better ideas, he attempts to keep a low profile for now, and stick to the edge of the crowd where he can wait & watch. (Stealth: 19)
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 41/51; AC: 22; To uch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Bull's Strength, Rage, -1 from Bless, Improved Uncanny Dodge Monday April 10th, 2017 10:36:08 PM
Asteria continues pouting, not speaking. It would probably make things worse for her to open her mouth.
Ethani (sub Genevieve) d20+6=17 ; d20=3 ; Monday April 10th, 2017 11:04:14 PM
Ethani looks around the crowd for witnesses, finding little. (Perception: 17)
Raising her voice, she yells to the crowd. "Will anyone testify for those who saved you from the Sahuagin?"
Ethani (sub Genevieve) Monday April 10th, 2017 11:28:27 PM
OOC: That d20 is for Diplomacy. Forgot to add it in
Run, its the cops - DM Post Melvin Pollack Tuesday April 11th, 2017 9:37:10 AM
The cop rubbed the edge of his nose. An older elf, only 50 years from retirement, he found himself in disbelief that he had to deal with things like this.
"You guys seem like lesser jerks so I am going to level with you. We've been following these guys for weeks now, so nobody's buying what they are selling. In fact, there might even be a reward for your assistance. Unless you really did help some disguised halfling female phantom with a copper choke collar steal something from the orc in a halfling mask. I can't believe I had to say that sentence twice now."
For Will and Toston only Highlight to display spoiler: {The boy who helped out finished talking to the cops and disappeared into the crowd. He wore a copper choke collar.}
"You have to see things from our perspective. With all the people sneaking off... Look, there goes another one. He's not even subtle about it. Who are you guys anyway? "
Lornak HP:37nl/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+8=9 ; Tuesday April 11th, 2017 4:39:29 PM
There is something familiar about the cop mentioning the copper choke collar but Lornak cannot recall its significance. "We are just concerned citizens seeking to see how the dock repairs were coming along." Lornak says. (Keeping the previous Diplomacy roll). He gestures toward Toston and continues; "Our man Toston was once a sailor and was visiting a former colleague, so we tagged along."
(OOC, disregard the roll i accidentally clicked the mouse when i sat down to type. Good thing too, yesh!)
Wilford Grimly (HP:30/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+9=14 ; d20+10=17 ; d20+11=12 ; d20+12=23 ; Tuesday April 11th, 2017 5:33:16 PM
"A copper choke collar? I haven't seen one of those in years..." That was when he noticed the young boy running away. "That boy has a copper choke...," He said while pointing. "Why didn't we notice that before?" (OOC: I believe Will still has LongStrider giving him 50 travel) (Acrobatics: 14 - through the crowd. Perception: 17 Stealth: 12) Will heads after the boy. The crowd makes it a bit hard to be stealthy but he is hoping his increased speed will help. "Boy, I have a question." (Diplomacy: 23)
Hmerrin(HP 57/61 AC25/14t/21ff, CMD 21)Brkskn, Bls Str Tuesday April 11th, 2017 6:57:10 PM
Hmerrin keeps to his previous policy of shutting up, and waits.
Dušan (Erik) [HP:36/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) d20+8=18 ; Tuesday April 11th, 2017 10:24:56 PM
"You hear that," Dušan nods at the orcs, "We're the lesser jerks."
Turning back to the cop, Dušan says, "As long as we're being honest, after being erroneously brought into the arena by the fallacious House Silver, we vowed to do what we can for the common people of our city. Our first attempt was to help during the Sahuagin attack. We have never acted against one of the houses and appreciate their part in the order of Dirt City."
(Diplomacy D20+8=18)
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 41/51; AC: 22; To uch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Bull's Strength, Rage, -1 from Bless, Improved Uncanny Dodge Tuesday April 11th, 2017 10:36:19 PM
Asteria sulks, just wanting this thing to be over. Or, she would be content smashing those good for nothing Teeth in the face. With her axe.
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) d20+10=30 ; Tuesday April 11th, 2017 11:04:10 PM
Var finds another vantage point to watch the shenanigans continue (Perception: 30). Without the pressure of the cops, or having to navigate crowds Var is able to focus and give the scene a proper look.
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:29/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Wednesday April 12th, 2017 4:38:40 AM
Toston follows Wil after the boy with the choker.
Wilford Grimly (HP:30/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) Wednesday April 12th, 2017 2:45:26 PM
"I feel like this is some scene in an adventure scroll I used to read. All these people crowded in here as the hero tries to grab the bad guy." Will smile as he thinks back.
Ethani (Nellie, HP 26/30, AC19,Touch:13, FF:14, CMD: 16, Sanctuary, Anti Bless, Summon Monster III) d20+6=16 ; Wednesday April 12th, 2017 10:31:35 PM
Ethan smiles at the officer. "Thank you so much, sir! We appreciate your help in this matter. You arrived just in the nick of time. I fear that these fellows would have stopped at nothing if you hadn't shown up. We have no idea about any stolen goods, and without provocation, they attacked us. Why, I was worried for my life!" The sea elf shifts her stance in a subtly provocative stance, hoping her female charms will help diffuse the situation somewhat. Diplomacy=16
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 41/51; AC: 22; To uch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Bull's Strength, Rage, -1 from Bless, Improved Uncanny Dodge Wednesday April 12th, 2017 11:27:00 PM
Asteria frowns at Ethani, rolling her eyes at the sea elf's feigned innocence and frailty. Her sis was much more tough than that, not at all scared. But, she supposes if it gets them out any faster, she's down for it. Asteria herself just wouldn't do something so humiliating.
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:29/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Thursday April 13th, 2017 3:58:12 AM
Toston whistles
Run, its the cops - DM Post Melvin Pollack Thursday April 13th, 2017 10:09:13 AM
OOC: My apologies. Things got a little hectic in travel yesterday.
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Wilford takes over the young lad in pursuit, shouting out questions into the crowd. Toston and Var follow, much to the chagrin of the cops.
The cops that were talking to the young lad, hearing the elven cop's cries to hold them, keep them from progressing further. It was like yet another moment from an adventure scroll, and not a very good one.
Through the mass of people, the three members could see the boy glance at them. As she began to shift to a halfling female, Will is pretty sure that she winked. When the members finally get through, she is completely gone.
"Yeah, what a nice street urchin," one of the cops that was holding them said. "Oh, how he gushed over your group. He wanted you to have this letter."
Inside the note Highlight to display spoiler: {The text reads "So long and thanks for all the fish." It is signed by a symbol of what appears to be a metallic fist.}
Toston starts to make his way back, whistling as he goes.
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Lornak continues to explain the situation to the elven cop. Hmerrin and Asteria keep quiet, waiting to see what happens. Dusan attempts to trade on their growing fame as "lesser jerks." Ethani turns up the charm, much to Asteria's chagrin, but it seems to work enough on the cop and fellow elf.
With that, the cops let The Tide know that, despite what looked like half the group fleeing the scene, everyone is free to go - with a 500 gp reward. With the exception of an orc or two that managed to flee, the members of house teeth are rounded up and sent out.
(OOC: Everyone also gets 2000 XP for their... success?)
By this time, it is almost 1 AM. The docks are once again silent, as if nothing of note had happened. Members of the team think back to the disjointed female voice egging them on, and to the boy's strange hand motions as Lornak had pulled him off.
Where do you go now?
Wilford Grimly (HP:30/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+10=14 ; Thursday April 13th, 2017 11:29:18 AM
After everything cleared Will voices his frustration, his face getting red. "A metallic fist. That changling needs a metallic fist to her...ur.. his head. I can't stand it when they run." "Is it just me, or am I quick to anger lately.. jeez.. can't anything be easy." With that he walked away to consult Rebecca, who he found out had been wronged in many ways in her life. She came across, within his head, as sweat but was very angry. "What can I do to help you?" He said. "Oh nothing, I'm fine." "Oi, you may be but I'm not." With that Rebecca disappeared. Will returned to the group... "so is this a 500 gold reward for each of us?" "If so I'm ready for a meal.. anything near by?" (Perception: 14)
DM - it is 500 each PC
Hmerrin(HP 57/61 AC25/14t/21ff, CMD 21)Brkskn, Bls Str Thursday April 13th, 2017 6:45:24 PM
Hmerrin is surprised by the reward, but not surprised enough not to take it. The lad does some mental calculations and is delighted to find some upgrades are in order.
In the meantime, after getting a look at the letter, the young warrior is seriously confused.
"Wait, the cute kid that kept getting in the way is really a lady halfing? An' probably a spellcaster...an' probably the voice that got us walking over here in the first place... So, I guess we've been played. But we came out 500 gold ahead. Wonder what she got?"
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) Thursday April 13th, 2017 8:45:52 PM
"Well now." Var says "that was...somethin'." he scratches at his nose and says "I dono what it was, but it was definitely somethin'..."
Lornak HP:37nl/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Thursday April 13th, 2017 10:31:52 PM
Lornak admires Ethani's feminine whiles and idly wonders if he is more susceptible to them than he should be...
As the situation comes to a close Lornak is pleased the "cops" came down on the better side of reason but is extremely frustrated. "Something?" He says to Var's comment. "This." He says when the group gathers up again: "This is why I keep advocating a low profile. Not only did we get played, but we got played for all eyes to see!" He looks around at the magic users in the group. "I'm by no means an expert but doesn't someone here have the means to see past a glamour...?" He gathers up Vin. "Or was he," He pauses, "SHE a shapeshifter...?"
Lornak HP:37nl/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Thursday April 13th, 2017 10:40:37 PM
As the group makes it way to home to Marsh House, which he assumes will be the next destination, he apologizes to the group for his comments on the docks. He is more embarrassed at himself for getting caught up in playing up the groups "status" than with them. It has been a long day and is looking forward to resting.
"Did you get any winnings?" He asks Dusan.
Dušan (Erik) [HP:36/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Thursday April 13th, 2017 10:42:59 PM
"Detect Magic isn't an augury spell," Dušan comments on Lornak's question, "although I can do that too, but it takes time and about 500 gold worth of materials. Detect Magic allows me to see auras of active magic, but to detect something as specific as a glamor, I'd have to have a reason to look for that in the first place and then I'd have to know where to look. Usually I just look for things following us. There's enough magic around here I would have to spend all day figuring out just one intersection."
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:29/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Friday April 14th, 2017 4:36:19 AM
Toston says, "I think I have a lead. So remember how those children with chokers told us about Dulmoths. Well there was another boy wearing a choker at the scene of today's throw down. I don't know if we want to talk to Boggs about it tomorrow or try to repair our reputation with Three Bits or do some investigating on our own but I don't think these children wearing chokers are a coincidence."
Wilford Grimly (HP:30/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+9=18 ; Friday April 14th, 2017 2:51:13 PM
"Why would you allow a child to wear a choker anyways, it's just really not trending right now," Will said with a straight face. "I'm not so sure that Three Bits will be too willing to talk. I'm trying to recall any information from the dress of the child. You know a lot of times we can figure out just where this child came from by how they are dressed.. There were these grubber children that I used to hang out with when I was younger that would alway wear a purple scarf or something purple on them. They used to hang around the House of Darts.. that was before they purged the Grubbers from the area.. I really think they were looking for me.. my father was a member of the house council.... well until he "died"." (Local Knowledge: 18)
Ethani (Nellie Friday April 14th, 2017 8:27:46 PM
Sighing with relief as the confrontation is over, Ethani sighs at Lornak's outburst. Leadership was taking a toll on him. Yawning, the sea-elf works her way over to Lornak and begins rubbing his shoulders.
"C'mon my love, it's been a very long day. Let's go home. I'll give you a massage, work out those knots in your neck and shoulders, Then we can cuddle up and sleep. This stuff can wait until the morning." Leaning in close to Lornak's tense body, Ethani curses their non-intimate relationship, not for the last time.
With a little extra slink in her stride, Ethani leads the way back to the Marsh House.
Dušan (Erik) [HP:36/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Saturday April 15th, 2017 12:03:51 AM
Dušan looks around for a gambler with a marker for him, but realizes they probably were the first to run when the cops showed up. Turning to Lornak he answers the second question, "Looks like I lost another bet. Well can't find it at least. This is the third time we won. One of these times I'll get my pay out."
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:29/33; AC:28 Touch 18; FF 24 - CMD 18 Sunday April 16th, 2017 8:53:55 AM
The gears turn over in Toston's head and he quickly realizes that the child with the choker was actually a halfling and then he says, "Wait what if the choker is what allows the halfling to change it's appearance and the time we got into the confrontation at Dulmoth it was actually that halfling in disguise too. Maybe instead of information about children wearing chokers we need information about halflings wearing chokers. Next time I see someone wearing a choker like that I'm going to cast detect magic. If it radiates transmutation then the halfling actually changed into a human and if it radiates illusion then the halfling only looks human."
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 41/51; AC: 22; To uch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Bull's Strength, Rage, -1 from Bless, Improved Uncanny Dodge Sunday April 16th, 2017 10:34:29 AM
Asteria very audibly gags at Ethani's show of affection. She makes a point to be as loud as possible, miming the gagging motion. "Gross!!! You guys are icky! Blegh."
She makes sure to whine and be grossed out by the two as she follows them home.
Lornak HP:37nl/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Sunday April 16th, 2017 7:56:22 PM
Lornak feels Ethani move closer to him and is glad for her touch and what she insinuates. He is about to let his shoulders release the tension that has built up there but stops when he hears Asteria's jibe. Now self-conscious he pulls away form her slightly and vows to make it up to her later. He turns his attention to Toston and Wil and speaks about the groups next move:
"I believe you both have the right of it. I'm hesitant to make a move out of pride but I think that we should immediately track exactly the things you are speaking about."
"Excuse me my love." He says to Ethani as he moves away from her a bit. He holds up his fingers to his lips and whistles a variety of tones. A moment later, Vin comes diving out of the night sky and lands on his outstretched forearm. He stows her onto the shoulder opposite Ethani and then allows the fingers of his open hand catch on hers.
He speaks to Dusan: "I was unaware the thaumaturgy was so complex. Is it prudent to allow you time to prep your augury so we add it to our search?"
Lornak follows Ethani's sashay with a growing appetite. When within eyesight of Marsh House he throws Vin into the sky, confident she will find her perch in the center courtyard. Once he is inside and everyone takes their leave, he makes sure Ethani joins him for a nightcap in his room...
Lornak HP:37nl/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Sunday April 16th, 2017 8:20:03 PM
The instant the door to his room closes Lornak abruptly reaches his right hand behind Ethani's lower back and pulls her body close. He is keen to notice her surprise. Before she can resist, he gently slides his open hand over the softness of her cheek. He caresses the back of her strong jaw and using the leverage he finds there brings her lips to his. In that instant he becomes completely unaware of time, lost in her the thrawl of her kiss. When they two of them finally release, he places both of his hands on the side of her face and looks deep into her eyes and says; "That, my love, is long overdue. I wish that it was more special, in a time and place more romantic." He then turns away, his head turning first and slightly down, consternation on his brow. "Some days I wish for a reprieve." He finds a place to sit on his bed. "So that I can find the proper time for us." He looks up at her clearly showing the guilt he feels and continues; "And on others, to whisk you off your feet and leave all this upset behind us forever."
Ethani (Nellie) Sunday April 16th, 2017 9:01:05 PM
Not bothered in the least by Asteria's teasing, she grows angry when it visibly affects Lornak. Reaching over, she punches Asteria "hard" in the arm. Which is to say, not very hard at all considering she's never punched anyone in her life. She lets out a little gasp of pain from the sting of the blow, but she doesn't let on that her wrist just exploded in pain. Grabbing the barbarian by the ear, she pulls her in and menacingly whispers in her ear. "If you EVER do that again, I WILL gut you in your sleep, drag you to the docks, and dump your body for the sharks to eat!"
Back at the Marsh House...
A little surprised by Lornak's sudden, passionate "attack", Ethani's gut reaction is one of self protection. Though she almost never resorts to physical violence, Ashira had made sure she had been trained to defend herself when needed. Her hand twitches and begins to reach for the trident on her back, but stops as soon as Lornak's lips meet hers.
She instantly melts in his arms, all pretense at control gone once she felt the warmth of his lips. She maintains the kiss perhaps longer than Lornak intended...perhaps not. When Lornak gazes into her eyes, Ethani smiles passionately...wanting to throw this stupid, non-intimate boundary out the window. "Oh, my love, you have no idea how long I've been waiting." And how hard it is for me to respect your wishes!!
Taking a deep, longing breath, the cleric watches Lornak get on the bed, and struggles with her passion in the worst way. Seeing the guilt on her loves face make Ethani want to find the woman who broke his heart and dismember her body. Somehow she manages to suppress her hunger and keep a calm tone "When you are ready, I will be waiting. Until then, let's work some of that tension out of your shoulders. You had a rough day, and I'll let you know, I've been told I have magic hands."
A New Day - DM Post Melvin Pollack Monday April 17th, 2017 10:44:52 AM
Wilford votes to hit somewhere to eat, but the group consensus seems to be that it is time to go home. Hmerrin contemplates doing some shopping. Toston wonders if they should talk to Boggs first or try Three Bits. Dusan considers trying to track down the guy he made a bet with.
Along the way, the group grumbles at being played. Recriminations abound but you all know in the end that you all dropped the ball simply by focusing on the House Teeth Thugs. This is Dirt City. You should know by now to watch the kid behind you. Some plans to better prepare for illusions (or shapeshifters?) are made. The group also considers what they did get from the thief - the House Thug descriptions, her form of dress, the note, and of course that copper wire choke collar that seems never to change. Toston has an insight that the last item should be asked about.
(OOC: Any character described as even glancing at the crowd or the boy would have gotten a chance to spot the choke collar. Also, I wrote in the description of the boy that he had nervous hands and a collar when Lornak contacted him.)
Lornak and Ethani spend the night together, Asteria's displeasure rebuked.
In the morning, you remember another truism about Dirt City. Hurt feelings fade; gold lasts. With all of you a little bit richer and a little bit wiser, you make a final decision of whether to split up or to go to one of the places mentioned.
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:20 Touch 18; FF 16 - CMD 18 Monday April 17th, 2017 2:05:37 PM
Toston suggests, "Maybe we split up? How about Dušan, Lornak, Ethani and I go to see Three Bits while Wil, Asteria, Var and Hmerrin see Boggs. We could then meet up for food and to discuss what we found out before planning our next course of actions."
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) Monday April 17th, 2017 6:33:59 PM
"Sounds good." Var says. "I'ma stop by a fletcher along the way and pick up some blunt arrows. Just in case we get into a third fight with civillians..."
(OoC: since they're not magical, I don't need to run by the catacombs, right?)
Hmerrin(HP 57/61 AC25/14t/21ff, CMD 21)Brkskn, Bls Str Monday April 17th, 2017 8:19:42 PM
Hmerrin drapes an arm around Wil's shoulder.
"Stick with me. My roguish good looks and cheery demeanor brighten everyone's day, I mean, see how cheery Lornak is this morning? I take full credit."
With that, the young man heads for HQ to talk with Boggs.
Lornak HP:37nl/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+9=25 ; Monday April 17th, 2017 9:38:37 PM
Lornak wakes rested and surprisingly limber. He doesn't know what he did to deserve the attention from Ethani but is grateful nonetheless. He admires the passion she possesses in all things. He wonders if released how much of a force it could be if she lost control. He leans close to her and softly kisses her lips before getting up and out of bed. He revels in the quiet moment.
Before he enters the common room he steals a look at his Nitharit in his alchemy lab and fiddles with it. (Alchemy d20=25, 100 of target # 175)
He cheerfully greets anyone he sees in the common room and puts in his two cents on Toston's plan: "I think that is a splendid idea Toston. I suggest we avoid Tombo's. We should meet somewhere less connected to us."
Dušan (Erik) [HP:36/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Monday April 17th, 2017 10:42:02 PM
"Works for me," Dušan agrees with Toston's plan, "Do we want someone to take lead in the conversation?"
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 41/51; AC: 22; To uch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Bull's Strength, Rage, -1 from Bless, Improved Uncanny Dodge Monday April 17th, 2017 11:56:18 PM
"Yeah sure whatever. I'll go wherever." Asteria shrugs, not really particular to where she goes.
Asteria moves up to Wil and Hmerrin, rolling her eyes playfully. "Yeah, no. I highly doubt that was you who made good ole' Lornak happy. However, I can think of someone who totally did." She says, glancing back towards Ethani with a large grin on her face.
Ethani (Nellie) Tuesday April 18th, 2017 8:23:38 AM
Her hair disheveled, Ethani smiles groggily at Lornak. "Mmmm...ummhmmm..Morning love." Her lithe blue body taut under her loose sea green night frock. Whatever she might be, Ethani is definitely not a morning person.
Ethani frowns at the thought of last night's exchange with Asteria and her failed attempt at punishing the barbarian's bullying of Lornak. So if physical violence is not the way to extract vengeance, Ethani will have to be more...clever. Her mother had always taught her that everyone has a weakness if you just watch long enough. A wicked, mischievous grin forms on Ethani's sleepy face. And I know just the thing for you Asteria...just...you...wait.
Shocked at her violent ruminations, Ethani makes a mental note to atone for her violent thoughts when it comes to protecting Lornak. Not that she would have things any different. She had totally fallen for the drown, and there was no turning back now. Not that she even desired to turn back...quite the opposite. She was more than ready for things to go faster. Still, she knew that Alemi would be displeased with her for wanting to hurt others and so she would atone somehow.
Another time...another time...but for now, Ethani must make herself combat ready again. Especially after her utter failures in the last few combats. Changing into a suitable adventurers outfit, Ethani heads down to the common area. "Sure. Sounds good. But before we go, I need to get in some sparing practice with Asteria. I need to try out my new trident before I really need to use it."
A New Day - DM Post Melvin Pollack Tuesday April 18th, 2017 11:28:36 AM
Toston suggests that, with House Teeth on high alert and a disguised halfling crossing their paths, this will be a perfect time to split up. They will meet later for food. He proposes " Dušan, Lornak, Ethani and I go to see Three Bits while Wil, Asteria, Var and Hmerrin see Boggs."
Toston goes to see Three Bits. Lornak, after crafting some more poison and embracing a bright sunny day, goes with him, suggesting they find somewhere else to eat. Dusan wants someone else to lead the conversation. Ethani, forgetting that the best revenge is living well (in bed), plots some revenge (or at least some protection for Lornak) against Asteria, but feels bad about it.
Wil goes to see Boggs, the events reminding him of the troubles that befell House Dart and his own family. Var and Hmerrin will join them after hitting the fletcher and the catacombs, respectively. (If Var wants to RP the fletcher, I will do so seperately.) Along the way, Hmerrin remarks that he must be why Lornak is in such high spirits. Asteria teasingly suggests that it was someone else, secure that her asides against Lornak and Ethani will never come back to haunt her.
Before the group leaves, Ethani proposes some "sparring practice" against Asteria. (OOC: We will skip ahead for now, but if Genevieve is up to some PvP, we can certainly work something out.)
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As Wil, Asteria, Var and Hmerrin enter their offices, they are greeted by loud banging noises and arguing dwarves. Among the arguing voices is a less than happy Madri Brightside, who's broken dwarven don't make as much sense as her wild gesticulations. The square room is covered in sawdust and carpet fragments, with chairs stacked in a corner by the stove.
Madri finally breaks off from arguing with the Dwarven Contractors. "Change is good, he said." She shook her head. "You'll love the brand new environment, he said. Hi, apologies for the mess. Coffee will be ready in just a moment... Eras count as moments, right?"
From the other room, you can see Boggs eyeing the area himself. "Sorry about this. We figured it might be a good time to make things a little more modern, and spruce things up."
He paused, eyeing the four members of the Tide, and noticing that nobody else was around. "So... does anyone want to fill me in on what happened last night?"
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As the members of The Tide enter Three Bits shop, they see a latest acquisition, a number of large statues covered in runes that Three Bits continues to polish.
"Come in, come in," Three Bits waves them through. "Yes, yes, how long has it been since you attacked me with spells and robbed me blind. Ah, such good good times. I understand you've gone professional in your robberies now. None of this "We're all good friends" stuff. So, to what do I owe the honor of your company?"
Lornak HP:37nl/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+8=19 ; Tuesday April 18th, 2017 1:22:58 PM
Lornak is taken aback when he is greeted by Three Bits. He does his best to alleviate her concerns by just being honest;
"I beg your pardon..?" He bows, shakes his head and asks absently. He then abruptly continues; "Good morning." He says jovially. "We have come calling to smooth things over with you after Wil's outburst the last time we were here, and to apologize for it because yes, we would indeed like to continue to call you friend."
His eyes dart around the room to see what might have been stolen.
"As far your accusation of incursion and robbery..." He again looks at his companions questioningly. "...we have No Idea what you are talking about."(Diplomacy d20=19)
After the words escape his lips he thinks he knows what has been happening. Things are starting to make sense to him now: Either someone has been perpetrating these robberies using their name or actually shapshifting and robbing people with their visage.
DM: She's talking about the time The Tide charmed her into giving away information about Nightshade for free. At least, that's what's in my notes.
Lornak HP:37nl/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Tuesday April 18th, 2017 3:40:45 PM
(OOC- i frankly don't remember that... so everybody disregard the last line of my post!)
Wilford Grimly (HP:30/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+12=23 ; d20+10=30 ; Tuesday April 18th, 2017 3:49:39 PM
"Mr. Boggs, how have you been.. busy, looks like it," Wil said pleasantly. "What do we have going on...umm.. seems like someone is spreading rumors that we are thieves.. now I've done my share, growing up as a Grubber but lately, I just haven't had the need." Will's face begins to get red as he becomes angry. "We got into a bit of a scuffle with some Orcs Teeth members and managed to convince the Wolves we were not at fault.. so that was good. So I guess the issue, really is, who has this agenda against us and how can we crush it." He slams his hand on the table, then quickly recovers. He growls as he struggles with his new found anger. It may be totally in his head but the shadows within the room seem to listen intently to everything he said. They found it very interesting when he became angry. "Mother," he whispered. (Diplomacy: 23)(Perception: 30)
Hmerrin(HP 57/61 AC25/14t/21ff, CMD 21)Brkskn, Bls Str Tuesday April 18th, 2017 9:34:09 PM
Hmerrin looks around at his little group of himself, Var, Asteria, and Wil, and gulps nervously. All the diplomats are in the other group.
"Um," he replies to Boggs. "Well, we think we're being led around by halflings wearing copper chockers. They seem to be glamoured or something so they can change appearance, and they've twice now shown up as something else and led us into encounters with the Houses.
The fighter goes on to fill the boss in on the encounters at the bakery and the docks.
Dušan (Erik) [HP:36/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Tuesday April 18th, 2017 10:34:29 PM
Dušan slaps an encouraging hand on Lornak's Shoulder and cast Touch of Glory (Lornaks Diplomacy 19+6=25). "We have and always been for the people of Dirt City. We wish to repair whatever damage our past transgressions may have caused you and hope to make you a little richer as we spread our image to the city at large."
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) Tuesday April 18th, 2017 11:50:53 PM
"Hullo." Var says, stepping into a shop along the way to the Crescent Moon offices. he briskly conducts business, buying a bundle of 20 blunted arrows, paying the Merchant 5 gold (OoC: more than the book price, but Var is willing to overpay for a little good-will).
At the offices Var offers a shrug to Boggs. "Still not so sure, ourselves. But we had us a run-in with the fine lads o' the House of Teeth. Heh heh.. Well, that's another House that won't be invitin' us t' tea anytime soon..." Var trails off for a moment, getting serious. "Strangest thin' tho, is we think we're bein' set up by these kids'n copper chokers. A'least we thought they were kids, but Toston 'nd them seem t' think its some kind of Halfling-in-disugise."
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:20 Touch 18; FF 16 - CMD 18 d20+3=14 ; Wednesday April 19th, 2017 3:27:02 AM
(OOC: I don't remember the charming of Three Bits either)
Toston made his WLA badge visible before entering the shop. "We are really sorry for the past actions of some of our group. Wil is a bit eccentric, which is why we left him at home today and as for charm spells I may be a mage but such magics are beyond me. We are willing to make reparations for any past behavior that may have caused harm to your business. As for our current reason for being here we are looking for information on copper chokers that may have transmutation or illusion capabilities and the halflings that utilize them to disguise themselves as children and spread conflict between the different factions in Dirt City."
(Diplomacy: 14 vs 10 to aid another = +2 to Lornak's Diplomacy so Lornak new roll is 27)
A New Day - DM Post Melvin Pollack Wednesday April 19th, 2017 5:01:18 PM
Some confusion results over Three Bits' comments. (OOC: If my notes are incorrect, could someone fill me in on why several of you mentioned smoothing things over with her?) But there is a general agreement that she needs at least to be placated.
Lornak apologizes for Wil's outburst, and assumes that she is accusing him of physical theft. He inquires about the rumors regarding robberies, potentially in their name. Ethani stands by, silently.
Dusan casts a spell to boost Lornak's diplomacy. No sooner is he done than one of the statue's runes begins to glow red. "A rather intriguing defense system," Three Bits remarks. "Reacts whenever anyone casts a spell in this room, particularly an offensive attack. Cannot be too careful in this day and age."
Dusan makes a big speech about how they are fighting for Dirt City. "Yes, yes, you are such a part of it," Three Bits agreed, "Except not really, are you. So cagey about your identities and location. So unaligned you are with any of the houses. So very willing to push on this machine that already might come down, and to charm me rather than even discuss who you truly are.
"But worry not. You shall as always remain my good friend, particularly of such honey words. Holding grudges, satisfying, but very bad for business. So tell me what it is that you seek?"
Toston asks him about the choke collars.
Sense Motive 15 Highlight to display spoiler: {Three Bits pauses at this, seeming defensive, confused and angry.}
Sense Motive 20 Highlight to display spoiler: {She doesn't know. Someone or some group has managed to evade her network, maybe more so than you have.}
"My apologies," she finally speaks. "I can only speculate as to what you have described. Still, quite suspicious that they cannot simply find a way to hide the collar. Almost as if they were deliberately laying a puzzle for you...
"It will take time to determine the answer that you speak of, and the price will be quite high. I want in on everything you find as well. I wish to see such a halfling with my own eyes. If this is acceptable... you may start by thinking back. Was there anything at all? A particular phrase? An arcane mark upon the collar or a wall? A particular target that they set you upon?"
-------------- Var buys a set of arrows.
Wil informs Boggs of House Teeth's wild accusations, wondering if someone is spreading rumors that they are thieves. He cannot entirely keep his swirling emotions in check. "Are you done?" Boggs finally asks.
Hmerrin fills him in on some of the events of before, specifically mentioning the copper choke collars that may be "glamoured or something." Var cannot help but gloat a bit, before remembering they were set up. Asteria remains quiet.
"For what it is worth, your reputations are intact," Boggs reassured them. "Though the questions are flying. There seems to be attacks on warehouses, but nothing of value appears to be taken. Even your House Teeth friends don't appear to be pressing charges or specifically identifying what was stolen.
"As for choke collars, that's rather unusual for a calling card. I suppose if you had a necklace of disguise, it would have the same flaw as the hat of disguise - an inability to completely disguise it. As for halflings disguising as children, rogues have been doing that without magic for some time. I'm sorry that I couldn't be much help.... Is there anything else that you might remember?"
Hmerrin(HP 57/61 AC25/14t/21ff, CMD 21)Brkskn, Bls Str d20+1=8 ; Wednesday April 19th, 2017 6:54:23 PM Int check to remember something - 8
"Umm." stalls Hmerrin, as he tries to remember something else he can tell Boggs.
Lornak HP:37nl/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+8=20 ; Wednesday April 19th, 2017 7:05:21 PM
Lornak watches the runes of the ward glow and closes his eyes and sighs. He takes a breath, trying to stay calm; "You want truth? Fine. I do not speak my name because I am fairly certain there is a price on my head. I am fearful you might chose profit over loyalty, you are an information broker are you not?" He asks matter of factly.
He shifts his position and continues; "We are cagey because every time we stick our head out a House tries to cut it off at the neck."
Being left no choice but to throw caution to the wind he reluctantly moves over to the table. As he does he reaches into his scribe pouch and produces a piece of velum a vial of black ink and a quill pen. He continues talking as he does so; "We push this machine because its run by a bunch of thugs and the good people here cannot protect themselves from it."
Lornak carefully writes on the velum and the stows the writing utensils.
"We are doing our best to try to change that." He looks her in the eyes. "If you want to help us in this endeavor we can be found there." He points to the velum. "If you'd rather use us for your own gains, so be it."
Lornak turns and storm out of the shop.
(The piece of velum says THE TIDE and has the address of their new building)
Ethani (Nellie) Wednesday April 19th, 2017 9:22:25 PM
Grinning as Lornak quietly and efficiently deals with the matter of Three Bits. Being a newcomer to the group, Ethani is bewidlered by all the politics played in this city on so many different levels.
Sighing in content as she realizes she's going to have a whole day with Lornak, Ethani sighs when she remembers she asked Asteria to spare with her. That was going to hurt. A LOT. Still, she had to sharpen up, and she had once heard a phrase "no pain, no gain".
Maybe is she was lucky, Asteria will forget all about the offer and she will have a day, bruise free with Lornak. Maybe...
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; To uch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Wednesday April 19th, 2017 10:40:10 PM
"I mean, no, but we kicked their butts. So, that's got to count for something, right?" Asteria speaks up in regards to the orcs, not really remembering much from the fight other than that.
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) Wednesday April 19th, 2017 10:57:32 PM
Var gives a shrug "Just thought you'd want to be kept in the loop." He gives a look over his shoulder at the dwarven construction crew before continuing "things seem busy enuf, tho. We can get goin'."
Dušan (Erik) [HP:36/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) d20+8=9 ; Thursday April 20th, 2017 12:11:42 AM
Duśan watches rune and disgust crosses his face, "So where's the rune that lights whenever anyone lies." He then coughs and and regains his composure, but does not hide his contempt of the rune. "You think me not villainous because I use the divine and arcane where others would hide behind a smile and lie. I asssure you I have never lied or forced your actions. If you'd rather deal with liars and cheats I'll find a more promenent information broker. I came hear to make amends not be attacked."
Dušan walks outside and keeps an eye out for danger unless Threebits makes any attempts to make amends on her part.
(Diplomacy D20+8=9 natural 1 which is why Dušan is acting so prissy, but justified in his own mind)
Dušan (Erik) [HP:36/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15(17) Thursday April 20th, 2017 12:28:36 AM
(Pic: please ignore deleat the not in my last post)
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:20 Touch 18; FF 16 - CMD 18 d20+7=17 ; d20+3=15 ; d20+10=13 ; Thursday April 20th, 2017 6:44:04 AM
(OOC: The runes glow when someone uses a spell not when someone lies but touch of glory is a domain ability and should not have triggered them. Also last time we were here Wil (earlier in the module) had an outburst directed at three bits other patron in the store at the time.)
(DM: Rule stretched this once for flavor way to provide the information. Anyway, the trap actually goes off if the Spell or SLA is judged an attack. Later checks will reveal other workings.)
(Sense Motive: 17) (Diplomacy: 15)
Toston says to Three Bits, "Fancy statues you got there. Must have cost a pretty penny. As for the chokers you seemed to react interestingly when I brought them up but if we are to continue our relationship we do have to trust each other so I will take you at your word that your reaction was in line with this entity being unknown to you as well. We have encountered the choker twice so far and recently. The first time we were minding our own business when these kids showed up and told us that the baker Dulmoth was being threatened. It turned out to be Wolves and we were able to diffuse the situation. It was shortly after this that we came to your shop seeking info and WIl had his unfortunate episode. The second time was yesterday and kids wearing the chokers instigated a fight between us and some thugs from the Teeth. So whoever these chokered halfings are they seem to be intent on ratcheting up tensions and causing violence between the different factions. Do you require a down payment for looking into this new group?"
Toston then searches his memory for any type of magical entity shape changing entity that might feed on violence (know[arcana]: 13)
A New Day - DM Post Melvin Pollack Thursday April 20th, 2017 2:43:33 PM
Boggs thinks to himself as he waits to see if there are any other clues. Hmerrin's memory of the night remains a blur. Asteria can only remember being the victor. Var lets them know that they are just keeping him in the loop. Wil keeps quiet.
"Well, if you think of anything else, or if you run into them again, keep us posted," Boggs replies. "Sorry that I couldn't be more help... Actually, it did occur to me... The robberies seem to be related to warehouses that were caught up in the earlier Sahaugin mess. That seems to be why everyone suspects you. It is possible, however, that we are not the only ones searching for information. The cloaks, perhaps? Maybe the keys?
"This is a perilous time, if that is the case. Whoever did this, regardless of their reasons, found a way to manipulate us, and yet we may need their assistance. I don't think I need to stress the peril that might be faced should anyone, even a friend, learn too much about our operation...."
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Lornak, angry and insulted, gives Three Bits the address to their secret hideout should she come across the information. He reminds Three Bits of the danger their group faces, and tells her that the machine should be smashed. But if she'd rather sell them out, so be it?
Ethani is quite pleased of what Lornak has done. She also worries about whether she bit off more than she can chew with the sparring challenge, and hopes Asteria forgot. (Asteria does appear to have done so.)
Dusan asks, "So where's the rune that lights whenever anyone lies?" Three Bits smiles and points to a nearby candle. "It's been on since you walked in. Didn't even need any oil." Dusan, angry, says he'd rather hide behind spells than lies and begins to storm out.
Toston attempts to diffuse the situation, and thinks out loud if any arcane creatures would feed on violence or disunity. "There are indeed plenty of monsters that will always feed on violence, that will always turn against each other. They are classified humanoids.
"Never forget that this is a 20 sided civil war, fought in the shadows but civil war nonetheless. Fought by good, virtuous people who will fight you to the death. Fought by people who will manipulate and lie to you that you have to work with. If you want a nice tidy war between good and evil, the crescent valley is always looking for fighters against bloodthirsty giants. This is Dirt City. Good and evil, ally and enemy, friendly and insulting, If you truly want to make this a better place, you will have to deal with everybody and nobody.
"I will think of what to do with this address. If I have the time, I may stop by."
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Everyone leaves their groups, the taunting note forgotten. After a while, everyone meets up in the town square, preparing to share notes and head to lunch.
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC25/14t/21ff, CMD 21) Thursday April 20th, 2017 8:10:35 PM
Hmerrin sighs. He needs to pay more attention it seems. And that sounds like work. And work isn't fun.
Meeting up with the rest of the Tide, the lad waits until they're in a safe place to talk before telling Lornak what they've learned from Boggs.
"Which is bupkis," he grouses. "Just that warehouses are getting broke into, but nothing got stolen, but its the warehouses from Diplodocus or whoever was dealing with the Sahaugin, an' folks think the Tide are involved. Oh, and we gotta make sure the Tide don't get tied to our boss. Oh, and be careful."
Hmerrin looks around. "There's ale here, right?"
Asteria Amarante (Genevieve) [HP: 51/51; AC: 22; To uch: 12; FF: 18; CMD: 20] Thursday April 20th, 2017 9:27:21 PM
"Yeah, stuff it totally going down." Asteria says joining the rest of the group. Looking around, she felt little concern for the situation at hand. Things were going down, yes, but they had no idea even what was happening. She felt sure that the group would figure it out, in due time. In the meantime, it was time to drink. "Yeah, ale seems good right about now. But, then again, when is it not a good time for alcohol?"
Grinning mischievously to Ethani, Asteria remembers her request from earlier. "I wouldn't be against a little sparring, either. That is, if you're not too chicken.
Ethani (Nellie) Thursday April 20th, 2017 10:17:31 PM
Placing an order for salad, Ethani smiles at Asteria. "Of course", she lies. "Go ahead and get your ale and lunch. Then we can work on sparing..."
While she waits, Ethani true to reason outv why someone would like to get them in trouble.
Dušan (Erik) (My phone forgot the header. I'll fix it this weekend.) Thursday April 20th, 2017 11:31:04 PM
Dušan apologizes for walking out, "I'm sorry for storming out like that, but the beautiful never have to justify their perks in diplomacy. My magic is as much a part of me as a charming smile or a licks of gold." Dušan let's out a long sigh as he considers the implications of his actions, "I guess I'll have to look for a new information broker. Oh well. Threebits is not of a two but contact according Boggs."
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:20 Touch 18; FF 16 - CMD 18 Thursday April 20th, 2017 11:34:28 PM
"One last thing, Toston says to Three Bits before leaving to meet with the group, "They left a note with a weird fist symbol that said So Long and Thanks for All The Fish."
He then goes with the rest of the group to lunch and orders a small beer and stew for lunch.
"Three Bits doesn't know who the chokered halflings are either and has said that they are more elusive than we are as they haven't been noticed by her network."
Lornak HP:37nl/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Thursday April 20th, 2017 11:43:09 PM
"Well I may have hung us out to dry." He says to his companions as they start moving down the street away from Three Bits shop. He speaks to Dusan; "Did I lay it on a little thick? I mean, at least I wasn't overly aggressive." Conjuring images of Wil's outburst.
As they reach the tavern he declares;
"I'm getting really fed up with not being able to trust anyone but Boggs."
Lornak enters the tavern and is happy to be greeted by the smells from the kitchen. He asks about the days catch and chooses something light. As he enjoys his meal his eyebrow raises at the prospect of watching the women of the group spar. He leans back in his chair and playfully teases Ethani; "You know I can only root for you love, but I may have to put my coin down on the barbarian."
Wilford Grimly (HP:30/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) Friday April 21st, 2017 9:50:47 AM
"Trust is hard to come by in Dirt City. I'm sure Boggs is not an honest broker either, but he is the best we got. I'm in the mood to drink till the shadows are drunk." Will says as he orders really strong mead. "This stuff is nasty," he adds after drinking a large swallow, "but it will get the job done."
A New Day - DM Post Melvin Pollack Friday April 21st, 2017 3:09:04 PM
Toston remembers one last detail, the note. The message appears to be a riddle or a taunt, but Three Eyes stares instead at the strange fist symbol. If she recognizes it, she remains silent for now. Toston waits in vain for a reaction before finally leaving.
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Everyone goes to a new restaurant that Mabel had recommended. It is a dwarf tavern called "Tapas Etc." There is a two drink minimum, and many of The Tide takes advantage of that fact.
Many of the members grouse about the wall they seem to hit and about the difficulties that they may face in the future. Subtle clues? Manipulators from the shadows? Most of you are built to fight trolls and demons, not paperwork and mysteries. Some of you grouse about your own abilities and hope that you haven't burnt too many bridges.
But most of all, many of the members grouse about the lack of allies and wonder why anyone would target you personally or set the houses against each other. Lornak puts it best. "I'm getting really fed up with not being able to trust anyone but Boggs." Wil puts it better by reminding the group that they can't even trust HIM.
Asteria takes some time to remind Ethani of their upcoming sparring session. Ethani refuses to back down. Lornak teases Ethani that he's rather sure about the outcome.
Ethani is saved from the sparring session by a loud explosion coming from outside of the tavern. Leaving the Tavern, you see a large building to the left on fire and hear screaming from people on the street. (OOC: Place your characters anywhere in the blue zone to indicate your position.)
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) d20+10=28 ; Friday April 21st, 2017 9:43:58 PM
Var steps out into the evening air, more than a few ales and wide variety of Dwarven tapas in him. "Oh." He says, "Was that always on fire...?"
(Perception: 28) Var does a quick look around for their new friends, the House of Teeth, or any creepy Halfling/Children with choker collars on.
If he doesn't see anyone matching that, Var begins moving in closer to the fire & the screaming.
Toston Lotor(Hugh Crosmun) [HP:33/33; AC:20 Touch 18; FF 16 - CMD 18 d20+14=31 ; Saturday April 22nd, 2017 9:36:55 AM
Toston rushes out to investigate the explosion. He too looks around for anyone in the immediate area wearing one of the copper chokers. If he spots them he will point them out to his companions, but Toston is flame resistant so he should really work on trying to get people out of the burning building.
Ethani (Nellie) d20+6=16 ; Saturday April 22nd, 2017 9:27:39 PM
Ethani let's out an exasperated sigh. A fire?? Really? They hadn't even gotten a whole day to rest.
Her sea elf instincts pushing here as far away from the fire as possible to still be helpful, Ethani takes a couple of seconds to see if she spots any trouble (Perception =16).
Cursing herself for not preparing any scrolls to help her with non-combat situations like this, Ethani comes to the gut wrenching conclusion that there is nothing she can do to help. Or is there? Tapping Asteria on the shoulder, she calls out to her adopted sister. “Go with Toston and see if there is anyone trapped in the fire that needs healing. Bring them to me and I can help.”
Lornak HP:37nl/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 d20+11=25 ; Sunday April 23rd, 2017 3:07:36 PM
Lornaks hand holds a fork with a tapas morsel balanced precariously on it. It has reached mid distance to his open mouth when an explosion rocks the establishment. Lornak pauses and stares forward. He then sighs and rolls his eyes. He blinks a couple of times and then maneuvers the morsel into his mouth. He slowly chews. He is very tempted not to move from his spot, let the chips fall where they may and enjoy the rest of his meal. "Here we go again." He thinks to himself.
As his companions rush out to see what happened, he sits back casually, grabs his beverage and downs the rest of the contents. "But if I sit here it will be the one time when no one comes to help..."
He sets down the mug carefully, reaches for his napkin, raises it and wipes his hands and mouth. He grabs his gear and exits Tapas Etc.
Lornak moves out into the center of the street behind his companions and then next to them, uncaring of who may be watching. He surveys the area (Perception d20=25). He looks for clues as to what may have caused the explosion, the state of the fire and how likely the fire will spread and what is available in the immediate vicinity to combat the flames.
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC25/14t/21ff, CMD 21) d20+3=16 ; Sunday April 23rd, 2017 4:45:27 PM
Hmerrin flinches at the sound of the explosion, and rushes outside with the others. His shoulders slump a bit when his sees the building on fire.
"Surely not everything that happens in this burg is a trap, right?" he asks hopefully. The young man glances around for anything or anyone that might help put this out.
Perception 16
Wilford Grimly (HP:30/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) Sunday April 23rd, 2017 7:34:28 PM
"Holy snake bites," Wil shouts as the fire shakes him up a bit but he follows the others. I think I have one more summon monster.. I could try to call up a water elemental?
Asteria (sub Nellie) d20+8=26 ; Sunday April 23rd, 2017 9:45:04 PM
Here upcoming sparing session forgotten completely as she is called once more to protect the citizens of a Dirt City, Asteria doesn't have to be asked twice. Bolting towards the fire, she checks to see who might need help (Perception =26)
Dušan (Erik) [HP:40/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15 d100=64 ; d4=1 ; Sunday April 23rd, 2017 11:01:12 PM
Dušan is caught off guard by the explosion. He follows the others outside. Not sure if this is the begging of an attack or how he can give aid right now just cast Spectral Hand and prepares for the worse.
(OOC: d100 = 64 Ley Roll, Spell is cast, Spell per day is spent. Total L1 4/1, L2 3/1, L3 3/1 60 Spectral Hand d4=1 HP Incorporeal, improved evasion (half damage on a failed Reflex save and no damage on a successful save), AC of 22 (+8 size, +4 natural armor, +2 INT))
A New Day - DM Post Melvin Pollack Monday April 24th, 2017 1:56:16 PM
Everyone in the group except Lornak rushes out. Which means he is the one that gets stuck with the bill of 10 gp (includes tip). Attached is a note that indicates the team might want to come back with a coupon.
On the street, Perception checks are made through the entire area - house members, people with necklaces, etc. From even this distance, some of the team can hear the sounds of battle and spells within the building, and can conclude that such spells may have caused the fire to come out. Some onlookers appear to have come out, but none of them seem to be of any particular notice (i.e. no conspicuous house clothing).
Some discussion is made of what to do to save the people inside the building. Toston mentions he has flame resistance. Wil begins to raise a water elemental (completed next round) and wonders how to control it. Ethani makes note of her spells. Hmerrin wonders if everything in Dirt City is a trap. Dusan prepares spectral hand.
As The Tide prepares to head for the building, they see someone running out, screaming. He is a large human male, and his House Dart clothing appears to be singed. The team struggles to make out what he is saying.
Perception 25 Highlight to display spoiler: {"Run," he screams. "Run!"}
Wilford Grimly (HP:30/34; AC: 18; Touch: 12; Flat: 16; CMD: 18) d20+10=15 ; Monday April 24th, 2017 3:54:48 PM
"Do I hear fighting?" Will asks "Wil, Wil... Wil," a voice repeats. "Mom, now is not the time." "Will dear, look it's someone from the House of Dart, I wonder..." "Let me stop you there," Will said abruptly. "Everyone from the House was killed when father was banished." To the group, "We should be prepared for anything." (Perception: 15) Wil cast Entropic Shield and steps forward toward the noise of the battle. He has his heavy crossbow loaded and ready to fire.
----- Spell List --- Orisons: Guidance x2, Virtue x2 Lv1: Summon Monster I - (used), Entropic Shield (used), Divine Favor x1 (1 min on Var) - D: Touch of Darkness Lv2: Summon Monster II - (used) D: Longstrider Channel energy 2d6 Shadow amulet: SM2 1/day 3 rnds http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/bestiary/elemental.html
Lornak HP:37nl/49 AC: 18(T:13/FF:10) CMD:19 Monday April 24th, 2017 5:54:44 PM
"We've got spell-slinging going on in there." Lornak says. He desperately doesn't want to get involved with yet another heated conflict. "Its not over! I say leave them to it!"
Lornak feels bad not immediately helping those inside but looks at the bigger picture. "Looks like damage control time." Lornak pulls of his cloak and begins to bat down the flames. "Fighters protect the healers in case anything comes charging out of there. Healers do your thing." He swings again at the nearest flames. "The rest of us; try to put out some fires!"
Hmerrin(HP 61/61 AC23/13t/20ff, CMD 21) Monday April 24th, 2017 7:08:04 PM
Hmerrin shrugs at Lornak's command.
"All right, Dusan," he calls over to the cleric. "Let's go see what the damage is."
The young man moves forward, clanking away in his heavy plate armor.
Dušan (Erik) [HP:40/40; AC:13; Touch: 13; FF:10; CMD:15 d100=68 ; Monday April 24th, 2017 7:30:15 PM
"If you're sticking around," Dušan responds to Hmerrin, "I'm sticking around. Can't have you getting yourself hurt. At least not more than necessary."
Dušan casts Barkskin on the fighter still not sure what side they're on, but a good defence is always a good option.
(OOC: d100 = 68 Ley Roll, Spell is cast, Spell per day is spent. Total L1 4/1, L2 2/1, L3 3/1 60 Rounds Barkskin on Hmerrin +2 enhancement bonus to existing natural armor bonus 59 Rounds Spectral Hand d4=1 HP Incorporeal, improved evasion (half damage on a failed Reflex save and no damage on a successful save), AC of 22 (+8 size, +4 natural armor, +2 INT) = 36)
Var (Tom I.) (HP:55 AC:17 T:13 FF:14 CMD:22) d20+10=27 ; d20+8=9 ; Monday April 24th, 2017 7:46:18 PM
Var moves along the street coming up to a small group of curious onlookers. (Perception: 27) He sees the large Dart man come out of the burning building, trying to tell people to 'run'. Var thinks this might be a good idea.
(Intimidate: 9... nat 1) Var gets ready to bellow at the rubber-neckers who are gathering at the edges of the danger, but as he inhales he accidentally sucks in a lung-full of smoke & ash. What comes out is less of a command of unquestioning resolve, and more of a rickety wheezing of "Go on'n git now!"
Ethani (Nellie, HP 30/30, AC19,Touch:13, FF:14, CMD: 16) Monday April 24th, 2017 9:02:06 PM
Her sea elf heritage proves to be Ethani's downfall as she stands paralyzed by the flames. Eyes locked on the lethal waves of heat, Ethani is unable to comply when Lorna orders her to go toward the building. "I...I'm sorry...I can't. .."
Asteria (sub Nellie) Monday April 24th, 2017 9:23:02 PM
Not understanding why Ethani isn't heading toward the fire, the barbarian begins to charge toward the battle. She is confident that Ethani will have her back and patch her up.
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