OOC: Blitz the glass of wine was 1 gold piece which you will have to settle up at the bar before you leave. A bottle of Wintermarsh Nebbiolo is 10 gold pieces.
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“Well” says Kriz with a roguish half smile “ You were on the right direction. He used to visit a lot of taverns here in the Abundant Terrace. In this one in particular you could find some of the guards that his family usually hire to guard him during his... visits to the countryside.” At that point she turns her face towards the guards that she just moved away and where lingering around and wink at them. “ I am sure that with some more wine and a little push “ She jiggles “ they will tell us where we can find him after the funeral. Or at least give us a solid lead. “
She turns again towards Blitz. “Do you see the big guy at my back trying to get my attention while he pretends not to? Yes the one I took the tissue “ she quickly adds “ his name is Gareth. Terrible at cards but a romantic one. The other one is Bryn Asta, never plays, nevr drinks too much, I am not sure if he is afraid to live or doesn’t know how to do it. I met both of them, and our elusive Tobias,back in Ank’Harel, but this past weeks we have become some sort of friends. Now that you are here Mylord, do you think it is a good idea to invite them to a cup of wine and a friendly game of cards and see if we can definitely get some useful information?”
Blitz and Kriz: You guys are going to play a game; you roll 1d6 three times to get a hand. Top hand is a high straight 6-5-4 second low straight 3-2-1, three of a kind, two of a kind, high card. Let's play a game IN a game!! Anit is 1 silver piece; no limit to bets that are made before you roll but you are allowed to re-roll ones once! Goodluck!!
Ranla, Zeek, and Ru what's happening y'all? Remember the Wintermarsh family are all on view now with the funeral procession. The three of you hear a woman explaining to a small boy in the crowd beside you that "They will walk through the streets behind the carriage giving alms. Then when they reach the cemetery for Erathis behind the temple we will leave. People are buried beneath the ground in the catacombs well those who know the right people are...." she says the young boy looks terrified but they then walk forward trying to reach the edge of the crowd. The groups of people following behind the family start throwing alms into the crowd. A gold coin glints in the air before it falls to your feet before being quickly snatched up and fought over by the crowd. It's a goreteques display of wealth as well as the lack of it but somehow people are here to try their luck.
The half elf smiles and leaves her hat at the table, her fiery hair glooming with the lights of the tavern.
“If you excuse me Mylord “ she stands, spins on her heels and walks towards the two men.
“My dear Bryn! Beloved Gareth! You are really true gentelmen, allowing me to have some private conversation with our honor guest tonight. How can I ever repay you? “ she puts one of her fingers on her cheek, and the other hand on her hip as if she was thinking “ I know! Let me introduce you to Lord Blitz Thunderbrand. Let me buy you a drink and maybe, together we can lure this noble into a friendly card game. “ she adds in a complice tone as she passes her arms around both men shoulders.
“What do you say brave men? Do you dare to party with Krizarith Vanvoril?”
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She was expecting more resistance from the estoic half elf. Not losing her smile when she detected his reluctancy she let him go of her embrace and grabs Gareth’s arm.
”I know that look Bryn Asta and I refuse to think that you, of all men, will let down your friend in this ordeal. Join us I beg you, do not play if you don’t want but I know that you can take another wine with us. We will be drinking Wintermarsh Nebbiolo in honor of your patron and the funeral... this round is on me of course!”
Bryn joins the game reluctantly and drinks to the dead Wintermarsh. "I'll deal," he says holding his hand out to Gareth who was about to deal cards but relinquishes the deck to his half-elven friend.
Gareth immediately puts 1 silver and winks at Kriz as he slides the coin forward.
Bryn sighs and matches his friends silver.
OOC: It's 1 silver, we all will post our hands after y'all ante up!
Across town in the winter Quadroads....
Ranla No you don't see Tobias it's the non-family (the family is human and ALL blondes) that are throwing alms.
"Strange. You'd think that young Tobias Wintermarsh would give his relative the honour of attending their funeral. The boy is more of a little shit than I assumed." Looking at the rather dashing Rogue in front of them, Zeek adds with a smile that is desperately trying to cover up his nervousness. "Well met. I would have offered to set the thief's bones, but I guess they were either too greedy or too afraid to hang around. Ezekiel is the name, or Zeek for short. Am I to assume that you've been following us so far?"
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Union!- Errydha (Homebrew) Setting Embers in the Dark - Errydha (Homebrew) Setting Welcome to the Jungle- Far Realms Citadel of the Unsleeping Sun - Erathis (Grim Hollow) Setting
Yevelda the Mutt- 3rd Level Half-Orc Battlemaster Fighter- Far Realms Rehgys- 5th Level Satyr Bard of Eloquence- Far Realms
“Pleased to meet you Zeek, my name is Ru’ianna Darren, but my friends call me Ru. And I suppose we’re friends now,” she winked at the group before her. “I haven’t been following you per se, but Nessar hired me and told me about you lot. I was doing some investigation of my own, but The Hoods annoy me, so I couldn’t let them take advantage of you.”
Ru took stock of the two before her. They were alright; half of her old crew were far worse. She had been running into dead end after dead end so far, so perhaps joining forces wasn’t the worst possible idea...
"Well, if we're going to be working together, I think it best if we share what we've come up with, while we follow this procession here." He lifts up his hood and moves into the crowd, following the funeral procession about 20 meters behind.
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Union!- Errydha (Homebrew) Setting Embers in the Dark - Errydha (Homebrew) Setting Welcome to the Jungle- Far Realms Citadel of the Unsleeping Sun - Erathis (Grim Hollow) Setting
Yevelda the Mutt- 3rd Level Half-Orc Battlemaster Fighter- Far Realms Rehgys- 5th Level Satyr Bard of Eloquence- Far Realms
“And what do you lovely people know?” Ru asked. She wasn’t going to show her hand just yet. Knowledge was often worth its weight in gold, and she would hate to throw away her advantage before she knew what she was getting into.
The bard throws a silver into the pot tossing the coin into the air and makin it doing a parabole while spinning. When the silver piece touches the table she adds “The game is afoot!”
She then grabs her cards while smiling back to Gareth.
"Basically, jack shit." Zeek replies. "The funeral here is all kinds of strange though, with guards and mercenaries closing off a public institution like this temple, and members of the family not attending the funeral. We were brought to this temple by an old beggar. I wanted to check out the temple, but was all but thrown out by the clerics and the guards. That's when we bumped into you." Turning to Ranla, he says "Did I leave anything out or do you want to add something?"
Union!- Errydha (Homebrew) Setting Embers in the Dark - Errydha (Homebrew) Setting Welcome to the Jungle- Far Realms Citadel of the Unsleeping Sun - Erathis (Grim Hollow) Setting
Yevelda the Mutt- 3rd Level Half-Orc Battlemaster Fighter- Far Realms Rehgys- 5th Level Satyr Bard of Eloquence- Far Realms
Blitz smirks to himself as the game begins. What a situation this is. A Thunderbrand, playing cards, with some guards in a tavern in Vasselheim so, he collect a box.
He chuckles at the situation and throws a silver piece in before being dealt his cards.
Time for re-rolls and bets Blitz and Kriz! As the game continues a few bastion's from the Terrace entering the Cunning Bells, they're looking around the pub's patrons. Although their eyes sweep over your game curiously they don't linger long moving to the bar to settle instead.
It's now late afternoon, Blitz you've been away from the group (factoring forward the time it took you to get to the Abundant Terrace) for about four hours now.
Ranla, Ru, and Zeek it's still late morning after the funeral procession moves through the bazaar and alms have been thrown. The clerics are now on the steps outside the temple and you notice people, all kinds, are being welcomed back into the temple now the Wintermarsh funeral has concluded. The bazaar begins to empty of the gathered crowds. Citizens return to their homes out of the wintery weather or head back to work. You can see the funeral procession has turned around and disappears behind the temple as some of the finer dressed citizens from Vasselheim and surrounding areas have peeled off the procession. These finely dressed folk are getting into a line of carriages is continuously arriving like clockwork form the other side of the bazaar to whisk them off from the common folk.
Key points: Temple is now open to everyone. Funeral is dispersing. Even Wintermarshs (blond humans) can be seen leaving the procession.
OOC: We didn't spot Tobias among the blonde people, right?
Zeek turns to his companions: "How about we go and ask the clerics whether they could tell us where to find Tobias, to express our... sorrow." Looking about him, he turns to Ru "I think you're the most well dressed and charming of us, why don't you do the talking?"
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Union!- Errydha (Homebrew) Setting Embers in the Dark - Errydha (Homebrew) Setting Welcome to the Jungle- Far Realms Citadel of the Unsleeping Sun - Erathis (Grim Hollow) Setting
Yevelda the Mutt- 3rd Level Half-Orc Battlemaster Fighter- Far Realms Rehgys- 5th Level Satyr Bard of Eloquence- Far Realms
OOC: Blitz the glass of wine was 1 gold piece which you will have to settle up at the bar before you leave. A bottle of Wintermarsh Nebbiolo is 10 gold pieces.
Sometimes a Nat 1 tells a better story than a Nat 20 ever could.
“Well” says Kriz with a roguish half smile “ You were on the right direction. He used to visit a lot of taverns here in the Abundant Terrace. In this one in particular you could find some of the guards that his family usually hire to guard him during his... visits to the countryside.” At that point she turns her face towards the guards that she just moved away and where lingering around and wink at them. “ I am sure that with some more wine and a little push “ She jiggles “ they will tell us where we can find him after the funeral. Or at least give us a solid lead. “
She turns again towards Blitz. “Do you see the big guy at my back trying to get my attention while he pretends not to? Yes the one I took the tissue “ she quickly adds “ his name is Gareth. Terrible at cards but a romantic one. The other one is Bryn Asta, never plays, nevr drinks too much, I am not sure if he is afraid to live or doesn’t know how to do it. I met both of them, and our elusive Tobias,back in Ank’Harel, but this past weeks we have become some sort of friends. Now that you are here Mylord, do you think it is a good idea to invite them to a cup of wine and a friendly game of cards and see if we can definitely get some useful information?”
PbP Character: A few ;)
"Sounds like a plan" Blitz smirks.
Blitz and Kriz: You guys are going to play a game; you roll 1d6 three times to get a hand. Top hand is a high straight 6-5-4 second low straight 3-2-1, three of a kind, two of a kind, high card. Let's play a game IN a game!! Anit is 1 silver piece; no limit to bets that are made before you roll but you are allowed to re-roll ones once! Goodluck!!
Ranla, Zeek, and Ru what's happening y'all? Remember the Wintermarsh family are all on view now with the funeral procession. The three of you hear a woman explaining to a small boy in the crowd beside you that "They will walk through the streets behind the carriage giving alms. Then when they reach the cemetery for Erathis behind the temple we will leave. People are buried beneath the ground in the catacombs well those who know the right people are...." she says the young boy looks terrified but they then walk forward trying to reach the edge of the crowd. The groups of people following behind the family start throwing alms into the crowd. A gold coin glints in the air before it falls to your feet before being quickly snatched up and fought over by the crowd. It's a goreteques display of wealth as well as the lack of it but somehow people are here to try their luck.
Sometimes a Nat 1 tells a better story than a Nat 20 ever could.
The half elf smiles and leaves her hat at the table, her fiery hair glooming with the lights of the tavern.
“If you excuse me Mylord “ she stands, spins on her heels and walks towards the two men.
“My dear Bryn! Beloved Gareth! You are really true gentelmen, allowing me to have some private conversation with our honor guest tonight. How can I ever repay you? “ she puts one of her fingers on her cheek, and the other hand on her hip as if she was thinking “ I know! Let me introduce you to Lord Blitz Thunderbrand. Let me buy you a drink and maybe, together we can lure this noble into a friendly card game. “ she adds in a complice tone as she passes her arms around both men shoulders.
“What do you say brave men? Do you dare to party with Krizarith Vanvoril?”
PbP Character: A few ;)
Kriz: Gareth nods eagerly ready to join you but Bryn looks like he needs more convincing, roll a persuasion check please!
Sometimes a Nat 1 tells a better story than a Nat 20 ever could.
Ranla pays little mind to the gold itself. She looks around to see if Tobias is one of the ones tossing the alms.
Perception: 12
Ranla, Half-Orc Fighter 3 (Eldritch Knight) - In the Shadows of a Stone Titan
She was expecting more resistance from the estoic half elf. Not losing her smile when she detected his reluctancy she let him go of her embrace and grabs Gareth’s arm.
”I know that look Bryn Asta and I refuse to think that you, of all men, will let down your friend in this ordeal. Join us I beg you, do not play if you don’t want but I know that you can take another wine with us. We will be drinking Wintermarsh Nebbiolo in honor of your patron and the funeral... this round is on me of course!”
(Persuasion: 25 )
PbP Character: A few ;)
Bryn joins the game reluctantly and drinks to the dead Wintermarsh. "I'll deal," he says holding his hand out to Gareth who was about to deal cards but relinquishes the deck to his half-elven friend.
Gareth immediately puts 1 silver and winks at Kriz as he slides the coin forward.
Bryn sighs and matches his friends silver.
OOC: It's 1 silver, we all will post our hands after y'all ante up!
Across town in the winter Quadroads....
Ranla No you don't see Tobias it's the non-family (the family is human and ALL blondes) that are throwing alms.
Sometimes a Nat 1 tells a better story than a Nat 20 ever could.
"Strange. You'd think that young Tobias Wintermarsh would give his relative the honour of attending their funeral. The boy is more of a little shit than I assumed." Looking at the rather dashing Rogue in front of them, Zeek adds with a smile that is desperately trying to cover up his nervousness. "Well met. I would have offered to set the thief's bones, but I guess they were either too greedy or too afraid to hang around. Ezekiel is the name, or Zeek for short. Am I to assume that you've been following us so far?"
Union!- Errydha (Homebrew) Setting
Embers in the Dark - Errydha (Homebrew) Setting
Welcome to the Jungle- Far Realms
Citadel of the Unsleeping Sun - Erathis (Grim Hollow) Setting
Yevelda the Mutt- 3rd Level Half-Orc Battlemaster Fighter- Far Realms
Rehgys- 5th Level Satyr Bard of Eloquence- Far Realms
“Pleased to meet you Zeek, my name is Ru’ianna Darren, but my friends call me Ru. And I suppose we’re friends now,” she winked at the group before her. “I haven’t been following you per se, but Nessar hired me and told me about you lot. I was doing some investigation of my own, but The Hoods annoy me, so I couldn’t let them take advantage of you.”
Ru took stock of the two before her. They were alright; half of her old crew were far worse. She had been running into dead end after dead end so far, so perhaps joining forces wasn’t the worst possible idea...
PBP: DM of Titans of Tomorrow
PBP: Lera Zahuv in Whispers of Dissent
PBP: Evaine Brae in Innistrad: Dark Ascension
PBP: Cor'avin in Tomb of Annihilation
"Well, if we're going to be working together, I think it best if we share what we've come up with, while we follow this procession here." He lifts up his hood and moves into the crowd, following the funeral procession about 20 meters behind.
Union!- Errydha (Homebrew) Setting
Embers in the Dark - Errydha (Homebrew) Setting
Welcome to the Jungle- Far Realms
Citadel of the Unsleeping Sun - Erathis (Grim Hollow) Setting
Yevelda the Mutt- 3rd Level Half-Orc Battlemaster Fighter- Far Realms
Rehgys- 5th Level Satyr Bard of Eloquence- Far Realms
“And what do you lovely people know?” Ru asked. She wasn’t going to show her hand just yet. Knowledge was often worth its weight in gold, and she would hate to throw away her advantage before she knew what she was getting into.
PBP: DM of Titans of Tomorrow
PBP: Lera Zahuv in Whispers of Dissent
PBP: Evaine Brae in Innistrad: Dark Ascension
PBP: Cor'avin in Tomb of Annihilation
The bard throws a silver into the pot tossing the coin into the air and makin it doing a parabole while spinning. When the silver piece touches the table she adds “The game is afoot!”
She then grabs her cards while smiling back to Gareth.
1st card 6
2nd card 6
3rd card 6
PbP Character: A few ;)
"Basically, jack shit." Zeek replies. "The funeral here is all kinds of strange though, with guards and mercenaries closing off a public institution like this temple, and members of the family not attending the funeral. We were brought to this temple by an old beggar. I wanted to check out the temple, but was all but thrown out by the clerics and the guards. That's when we bumped into you." Turning to Ranla, he says "Did I leave anything out or do you want to add something?"
Union!- Errydha (Homebrew) Setting
Embers in the Dark - Errydha (Homebrew) Setting
Welcome to the Jungle- Far Realms
Citadel of the Unsleeping Sun - Erathis (Grim Hollow) Setting
Yevelda the Mutt- 3rd Level Half-Orc Battlemaster Fighter- Far Realms
Rehgys- 5th Level Satyr Bard of Eloquence- Far Realms
Blitz smirks to himself as the game begins. What a situation this is. A Thunderbrand, playing cards, with some guards in a tavern in Vasselheim so, he collect a box.
He chuckles at the situation and throws a silver piece in before being dealt his cards.
Card 1: 2
Card 2: 6
Card 3: 1
Garth's hand; Gareth folds with a frown
1 26
Bryn's hand; Bryn bets 3 silver pieces
5 65
Time for re-rolls and bets Blitz and Kriz! As the game continues a few bastion's from the Terrace entering the Cunning Bells, they're looking around the pub's patrons. Although their eyes sweep over your game curiously they don't linger long moving to the bar to settle instead.
It's now late afternoon, Blitz you've been away from the group (factoring forward the time it took you to get to the Abundant Terrace) for about four hours now.
Sometimes a Nat 1 tells a better story than a Nat 20 ever could.
Ranla, Ru, and Zeek it's still late morning after the funeral procession moves through the bazaar and alms have been thrown. The clerics are now on the steps outside the temple and you notice people, all kinds, are being welcomed back into the temple now the Wintermarsh funeral has concluded. The bazaar begins to empty of the gathered crowds. Citizens return to their homes out of the wintery weather or head back to work. You can see the funeral procession has turned around and disappears behind the temple as some of the finer dressed citizens from Vasselheim and surrounding areas have peeled off the procession. These finely dressed folk are getting into a line of carriages is continuously arriving like clockwork form the other side of the bazaar to whisk them off from the common folk.
Key points: Temple is now open to everyone. Funeral is dispersing. Even Wintermarshs (blond humans) can be seen leaving the procession.
Sometimes a Nat 1 tells a better story than a Nat 20 ever could.
OOC: We didn't spot Tobias among the blonde people, right?
Zeek turns to his companions: "How about we go and ask the clerics whether they could tell us where to find Tobias, to express our... sorrow." Looking about him, he turns to Ru "I think you're the most well dressed and charming of us, why don't you do the talking?"
Union!- Errydha (Homebrew) Setting
Embers in the Dark - Errydha (Homebrew) Setting
Welcome to the Jungle- Far Realms
Citadel of the Unsleeping Sun - Erathis (Grim Hollow) Setting
Yevelda the Mutt- 3rd Level Half-Orc Battlemaster Fighter- Far Realms
Rehgys- 5th Level Satyr Bard of Eloquence- Far Realms
Blitz; will take the bet of 3 silver and trying to get information say to the guards
"So, you worked for the Wintermarshes what can you tell me about them?"
Blitz will then replace his one card.
Card 1: 2
Card 2: 2
Card 3: 3