Karas suddenly lightens up. "I see. Here, take some money first. Later, I'm available for a job. In a few days, we'll be back and I could hunt down the thief - as long as I get to kill him myself!"
Current balance - 45 gp 3 sp 5 cp (I gave them 2 gp each. Should buy meals for a few days, then the Legion of Doom and Dread will be back)
Kalkano asks the hunters "How long has this person, or persons, been releasing your catches? Are you catching these beasts to make food out of them or to sell their pelts?"
DuHast also steps forward (hopes his tiefling nature makes the men feel a little more uncomfortable) and says, "not very sporting to just lay traps and watch animal suffer".
Duhast attempts to roll a insight check to determine if they being truthful (rolls 20+1 = 21: Nat 20).
Karas - "Look, these people just need food for their families. If I needed food I would ravage villages for it. Leave them alone, and maybe later we can go find the person releasing their captures"
(I try to calm down Du'Hast, charisma (diplomacy) roll - nat 1)
Kalkano turns to Karas and says "I'm surprised you are concerned for someone's wellbeing. Have you had a change of heart?"
Kalkano turns to the his group and says, "There might be a good reason someone has been releasing the catches."
(These guys aren't necessarily using the meat from their catch and just selling pelts for gold to "feed their families". Also, they may not be from the area and may be hunting on grounds they shouldn't be hunting on.)
Karas whispers in reply - "No, I just want to kill someone without being persecuted for it. I also like rewards, and if I loosen my pockets, less thieves will go after me. I don't care whether the person freeing the traps was doing the right thing. I just like killing."
Thia simply nods as they explain and refrains from trying to figure out a way to cool herself. She does an insight check to determine if they are lying or what. (insight roll of 18)
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Karas shrugs and hands them the money. "We'll be back before you know it, and the [expletive] who has been freeing your catches will be..... punished."
The trappers seem wary of it being a tricky but clearly tempted by the money Karas is offering. "Thank you, you are much more generous than your first impression gives. My apologies for mistakening you for the culprits, though unfortunately they must still be out there now."
To Kalkano they say, "Started about six months ago we think, it's hard to tell, sometimes catches escape on their own. But around then it started happening more frequently too frequently to be chance. Not to mention the foot prints we'd see sometimes. It's gotten worse as the months have worn on. We take any meat we can use to feed ourselves and our families, and sell the pelts to buy anything else we need."
They show a bit of wariness at Du'Hast's approach, still generally intimidated and confused by the party and not equipped to cordially handle the approach of an imposing tiefling. "Normally we put them out of their misery as fast as we can, but something needed to be done about the thieves."
Both Du'Hast and Thia get the impression they're being honest.
Karas is happy that he can go kill something later, but he reminds the group of the 75 gp they could get. He bids the hunters well, puts his money back, and starts hiking back on the trail.
DuHast apologizes for his gruff nature and asks if the hunters can tell us anything else about the area and places to avoid (persuasion 13: honor system can't access rollz from work). If you tell us the other locations of your traps, we might swing buy on the way back and check for any signs of mischief.
OOC: Because work is getting real busy this week won't be able to respond until after 5pm EST or later.
Thia smiles because the truth is being told. "We'll keep an eye out for anyone out here messing with your traps. Give him," she points at DuHast, "the area you trap in and we'll do our best to help if we see anything while traveling through. Hopefully the issue can be sorted out shortly."
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The trapper, introducing himself as Chelstan, gives you instructions for another of the traps they've set after discussing with you and picking the one most on your route. He also notes that the farther west and north you go the more you get into Orc country, but it's been fairly quiet as of late. And thanks you once again for the money and your willingness to help.
Thia looks north and west frowning because of orcs. She is almost hoping she finds disgusting undead even if there might be something greater behind that than a band of raiding orcs. She rubs her head where the scar is under her hair.
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DuHast suggests to the group that maybe we should travel a little longer but should avoid doing the whole trip in one day. I think we have 1 or 2 people suffering from level 1 exhaustion and don't want to push it to make it a level 2 especially if we encounter undead right away.
We should start thinking about finding a good place to setup camp for the night that is not in the open. I do have survival so I could possibly scrounge up some branches, leaves, and vines to make a temporary shelter (like on those survival shows).
While everyone is deciding that DuHast investigates the area around the trap. I know Karas and the Trappers were around but is there anything else that may have marked the area (investigate 12).
"I think I am one of the ones needing that break earlier." Thia gives them a lopsided grin. "I'll take a later watch though, if that is okay. If I try the first one it might not be a good thing."
((Putting speech in color just to help the reading as it seems to help in other PbPs if it isn't a funky too light or too bright font.))
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Karas suddenly lightens up. "I see. Here, take some money first. Later, I'm available for a job. In a few days, we'll be back and I could hunt down the thief - as long as I get to kill him myself!"
Current balance - 45 gp 3 sp 5 cp (I gave them 2 gp each. Should buy meals for a few days, then the Legion of Doom and Dread will be back)
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Kalkano asks the hunters "How long has this person, or persons, been releasing your catches? Are you catching these beasts to make food out of them or to sell their pelts?"
They already said they need it for their family. Karas also gave them money.
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DuHast also steps forward (hopes his tiefling nature makes the men feel a little more uncomfortable) and says, "not very sporting to just lay traps and watch animal suffer".
Duhast attempts to roll a insight check to determine if they being truthful (rolls 20+1 = 21: Nat 20).
Karas - "Look, these people just need food for their families. If I needed food I would ravage villages for it. Leave them alone, and maybe later we can go find the person releasing their captures"
(I try to calm down Du'Hast, charisma (diplomacy) roll - nat 1)
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Kalkano turns to Karas and says "I'm surprised you are concerned for someone's wellbeing. Have you had a change of heart?"
Kalkano turns to the his group and says, "There might be a good reason someone has been releasing the catches."
(These guys aren't necessarily using the meat from their catch and just selling pelts for gold to "feed their families". Also, they may not be from the area and may be hunting on grounds they shouldn't be hunting on.)
Karas whispers in reply - "No, I just want to kill someone without being persecuted for it. I also like rewards, and if I loosen my pockets, less thieves will go after me. I don't care whether the person freeing the traps was doing the right thing. I just like killing."
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Thia simply nods as they explain and refrains from trying to figure out a way to cool herself. She does an insight check to determine if they are lying or what. (insight roll of 18)
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Karas shrugs and hands them the money. "We'll be back before you know it, and the [expletive] who has been freeing your catches will be..... punished."
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The trappers seem wary of it being a tricky but clearly tempted by the money Karas is offering. "Thank you, you are much more generous than your first impression gives. My apologies for mistakening you for the culprits, though unfortunately they must still be out there now."
To Kalkano they say, "Started about six months ago we think, it's hard to tell, sometimes catches escape on their own. But around then it started happening more frequently too frequently to be chance. Not to mention the foot prints we'd see sometimes. It's gotten worse as the months have worn on. We take any meat we can use to feed ourselves and our families, and sell the pelts to buy anything else we need."
They show a bit of wariness at Du'Hast's approach, still generally intimidated and confused by the party and not equipped to cordially handle the approach of an imposing tiefling. "Normally we put them out of their misery as fast as we can, but something needed to be done about the thieves."
Both Du'Hast and Thia get the impression they're being honest.
So can we move on now?
Karas is happy that he can go kill something later, but he reminds the group of the 75 gp they could get. He bids the hunters well, puts his money back, and starts hiking back on the trail.
He makes another CON save - 21 (19+2)
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DuHast apologizes for his gruff nature and asks if the hunters can tell us anything else about the area and places to avoid (persuasion 13: honor system can't access rollz from work).
If you tell us the other locations of your traps, we might swing buy on the way back and check for any signs of mischief.
OOC: Because work is getting real busy this week won't be able to respond until after 5pm EST or later.
Thia smiles because the truth is being told. "We'll keep an eye out for anyone out here messing with your traps. Give him," she points at DuHast, "the area you trap in and we'll do our best to help if we see anything while traveling through. Hopefully the issue can be sorted out shortly."
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Kalkano nods at Thia and says "And hopefully without any bloodshed if at all possible."
The trapper, introducing himself as Chelstan, gives you instructions for another of the traps they've set after discussing with you and picking the one most on your route. He also notes that the farther west and north you go the more you get into Orc country, but it's been fairly quiet as of late. And thanks you once again for the money and your willingness to help.
Thia looks north and west frowning because of orcs. She is almost hoping she finds disgusting undead even if there might be something greater behind that than a band of raiding orcs. She rubs her head where the scar is under her hair.
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DuHast suggests to the group that maybe we should travel a little longer but should avoid doing the whole trip in one day. I think we have 1 or 2 people suffering from level 1 exhaustion and don't want to push it to make it a level 2 especially if we encounter undead right away.
We should start thinking about finding a good place to setup camp for the night that is not in the open. I do have survival so I could possibly scrounge up some branches, leaves, and vines to make a temporary shelter (like on those survival shows).
While everyone is deciding that DuHast investigates the area around the trap. I know Karas and the Trappers were around but is there anything else that may have marked the area (investigate 12).
Karas suggests that when setting up camp, the PCs with the 2 highest Wis/Perception scores keep watch (probably Du'Hast and Thia) in turns.
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Kalkano defers to Du'Hast and says "You are more knowledgeable about the wild than I am, my friend. I will follow your lead."
"I think I am one of the ones needing that break earlier." Thia gives them a lopsided grin. "I'll take a later watch though, if that is okay. If I try the first one it might not be a good thing."
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