Onyx pockets the jewelry he finds, exiting the cart he sees the dragonborn making his exit, the others standing around some arguing over the slaves and elven woman. Onyx clears his throat..."hhhm pretty soon that cart down there or another one will start to make it's way down here, let's say we clean up the bodies and figure out what to do with 'little miss muffet' and the slaves...well just kill them, if they got any family, they probably think they are dead already no use in carrying more luggage than ya need" he starts to pull his dagger while walking towards the slaves.
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Killian Greycastle Lv3 - Human Wild Magic Sorcerer - Lost In The Endless Tower, DM Pokepaladdy
Onyx Greyscale Lv3 - Human Ranger - Hanging out at The Rest in the Quest
Fiven - Wood Elf Monk 3 / Rogue 2 - Private Campaign - Seeking a new adventure
Rokas Lv7 - Wood Elf Rogue - D&D Origins @ Local Game Store, Hex & CO, NYC
I take notice of Onyx. “You harm them for no good reason, we’re going to have an issue, mate.” I look over at the slaves. “Why not just cut them loose?”
Rakish stares towards Valrakas, visibly upset. He raises one finger towards the slaves as saying “I’ll be back with you soon”
“Valrakass, Hardal I ssaid. We wait a minute with her. “ he speaks as if he are talking to a child, but is obvious that he is annoyed “ I let you fight for that’ss iss what you do better. Now you let me talk and think iss what I do better. Sshe could know nothing of politicss but iss obviouss that ssomeone, a rival of her father, wanted to ssend a message. Killing everyone would had massk it to the authoritiess but ssurely her father would know better. Thiss iss a good opportunity for uss to make good money and sseize a good ssituation. But we need to be ssmart and have patiente. Now sshut up while I sstablissh the rootss of our organization. “ He stares at Valrakas and Hardal until they step back, look around to the others, finishig with Pavla, as if isn’t needed to explain more and finally turn back to the slaves.
”Well ass you have heard we are sstarting a new organization, a profitable one, we are ssmall, but we have planss to expand ssoon. I will need reliable companionss to thiss venture. “ he looks to the drow and motion his finger to her to approach at the same line to the other slaves.
He talks to the slaves but for the others is obvious that he is speaking to them too.
“ I offer profit and protection, more ass our organization growss. We have room for all of you and your sskillss. But I assk a lot in return. “ he makes a pause “ Loyalty and trusst.” He opens his hand, where he holds the coins that control the slaves “ I don’t want sslavess I want associatess with me. If you accept you musst know that I pay in accordance of what I recieve. Both loyalty... or treasson. I want you to become my perssonal aidess. For starters you can take any gear that you sse fit from the caravan, ass my comradess had ssaid they find no usse for it. Dress and arm yoursselvess and be welcome.”
He offers the coins, and their liberty to the slaves.
(Persuasion if needed: 14 C’mon don’t let me down dice... )
The two men look to each other before taking their coin, "Fine, I accept, all I know is to fight anyway." The large man says as he goes back to mercenary cart, outfitting himself. The dwarf flips his coin, "I can't go back to my place, so what do I have to lose?" He looks for a commoner's clothes and a few tools he's familiar with. The drow woman doesn't move at first until she reaches and takes the last two coins, "We're not murderers, but as outcast to outcast, we won't say anything." The drow leads the tabaxi off to the cart and start to find better clothes and a few pieces of armor.
The two men go back to stand before you, the human clad in chainmail while the dwarf had a peasant's clothes, tools hanging around his belt. The drow and tabaxi were traveling down the road, cloaked and in leather armor. The two men before you stand at the ready, "You're the boss, snake man, what do you want us to do?"
Onyx pockets the jewelry he finds, exiting the cart he sees the dragonborn making his exit, the others standing around some arguing over the slaves and elven woman. Onyx clears his throat..."hhhm pretty soon that cart down there or another one will start to make it's way down here, let's say we clean up the bodies and figure out what to do with 'little miss muffet' and the slaves...well just kill them, if they got any family, they probably think they are dead already no use in carrying more luggage than ya need" he starts to pull his dagger while walking towards the slaves.
As you look around, you see most of the road is clear. The screaming peasants waving off travelers and the forth coming night telling people its not safe to travel. You can see a fire a few dozen yards down the road, the third cart still there along the side of the road. You also see the hunters fire, one by one go out as they settle for the night. Soon the fireplace down the road is the only one you see. (If you want to take the bodies away it will take an hour, moving the carts will take an hour as well.)
”We are not murdererss either... sshould you chosse to sstay your primary objective iss to gather information and keep guard... “
He let them leave if they choose but he gives the tabaxi coin to the tabaxi, don’t letting the drow take both coins.
“Welcome aboard my name is Rakissh. I feel ssafer with you at my sside.” He says to the man “ And for you, we will put that sskills of yourss to work ssoon enough. “
The Yuan-ti seems pleased.
“Now now...” he approaches the young elf woman and smile at her “ sssshhh my dear... I am ssorry for the behaviour of ssome of my comradess... you have to exxcusse them... they had lived hard, terrible livess... not like you child. I can tell that your father alwayss took good care of you, right? Keeping you ssafe... that’ss a good father issn’t it? Good. What’ss your name child? Whoss your father?”
I take notice of Onyx. “You harm them for no good reason, we’re going to have an issue, mate.” I look over at the slaves. “Why not just cut them loose?”
Onyx sheaths his dagger, shrugs his shoulders as he watches the slaves gather their newly acquired garb and either join the group or leave. "Liabilities" he mutters under his breath as he turns and starts to drag the bodies off into the woods out of sight of the road. Not sure what to do with the carts just yet.
Edit: ooc: the bodies have been looted already? If not I'll search each one as I place them in the woods, looking for weapons, gold, or any papers containing contracts for hired guards, the opposite of our kill papers.
The elf pauses for a moment before speaking, "My name is Elatia Brighton, daughter of the trade baron, Godard Brighton...My father overseers the tax upon the nobles and peasants."
The elf pauses for a moment before speaking, "My name is Elatia Brighton, daughter of the trade baron, Godard Brighton...My father overseers the tax upon the nobles and peasants."
" so he's a thief like us..." Onyx laughs as he's dragging another body off into the woods
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Killian Greycastle Lv3 - Human Wild Magic Sorcerer - Lost In The Endless Tower, DM Pokepaladdy
Onyx Greyscale Lv3 - Human Ranger - Hanging out at The Rest in the Quest
Fiven - Wood Elf Monk 3 / Rogue 2 - Private Campaign - Seeking a new adventure
Rokas Lv7 - Wood Elf Rogue - D&D Origins @ Local Game Store, Hex & CO, NYC
The elf pauses for a moment before speaking, "My name is Elatia Brighton, daughter of the trade baron, Godard Brighton...My father overseers the tax upon the nobles and peasants."
Holissa
"This could be profitable." She says with a smile. She helps clean up the mess by dragging bodies into the woods. after everything is cleaned up she says to the group."That went pretty well. What did we come out with" She shows what she took from the guards bodies without holding anything back. "You got a plan for getting this new entourage into the city there Snake man?"
Onyx shows the group the Emerald and Pearls, "Here take them this isn't the type of treasure I'm looking for" He listens in for Rakish to answer Holissa's question.
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Killian Greycastle Lv3 - Human Wild Magic Sorcerer - Lost In The Endless Tower, DM Pokepaladdy
Onyx Greyscale Lv3 - Human Ranger - Hanging out at The Rest in the Quest
Fiven - Wood Elf Monk 3 / Rogue 2 - Private Campaign - Seeking a new adventure
Rokas Lv7 - Wood Elf Rogue - D&D Origins @ Local Game Store, Hex & CO, NYC
“Well Miss Brighton, it’s Miss isn’t it?” I say with a grin while I lean up against the side of her caravan. “There’s been a lot of horror here tonight, we both can agree. No reason for you to be part of it. Not sure how you could be trusted thought.....”
"But of coursse sshe is not trusstworthy." he says replying to Valrakas "Don't be alarmed dear " he says turning to her " I conssider your obligation now trying to esscape, but you are misstaken dear, let me explain to you what'ss really happening here. We are ssaving you. Some of us were hired to kill everyone in thiss caravan.Ssome of the guardss were paid to let uss doing it. And, ass you can ssee... " he makes a hand movement indicating the freed slaves " we are not doing that. I ssusspect that you, my dear, are the real target of thiss little sscheme. Ssomeone wanted to teach a lesson to your father. Ssomeone whoss not happy with the taxxess... But worry not. We will bring you to your father ssafe and ssound. You are lucky that it wass uss who intercept the killing order. Sso... you are going to say the guards at the entrance of the city that we are your hired guard, and you will tell your father that we have ssaved you from your attackerss and that we desserve a handsomly reward"
If the drow and the tabaxi are still gathering their things Rakish hopes that they hear it and change their mind: Persuasion if needed: 10
Deception and Persuasion rolls for the elf:
Deception:13 Persuasion: 9
The last sentences are the Suggestion WIS ST vs 13
"Sso now dear, wait here, guarded by my perssonal guard "he motion to the gladiator to guard her " while I sspeak a ssecond with my other asssociatess"
He then take a few steps back and calls the others talking in low voice.
"Have we all undersstand what I am trying to do here? With the help of hiss father we are going to disscover who wanted to kill her and collect another reward. We are not doing thiss for free. But mosst importantly, the taxxess collector of the city will owe uss a favor. Then we could go ahead and sstart another one of the jobss we were offered. And I think that we sstill have that cart to ssearch. Are we all in the ssame page or do I have to fear for any of you sstarting attacking the guards at the entrance of the city, or trying to sscare that little child again?. Search the last one and let's drop them at the road side. Perhaps later we can come for them and ssell it at the city, or usse for our own ssmugling operationss. "
Before they depart with the girl cart, he will disguise as a guard and will mimic the voice of the missing bard to conceal his accent.
"That doesn't sound too bad, only thing how can we ensure she doesn't squeal to the guards at the gate. just take her word for it?" Onyx questions Rakish but is looking directly at the Elven woman. Turning to the group now, He puts his hand on the back of his neck sorta rubbing it, "Also I don't have the best luck with the city guards, I've been in this city a long time and they all pretty much know who I am by sight alone. Maybe if we can get some favors from the tax collector that may change a lot for me around here"
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Killian Greycastle Lv3 - Human Wild Magic Sorcerer - Lost In The Endless Tower, DM Pokepaladdy
Onyx Greyscale Lv3 - Human Ranger - Hanging out at The Rest in the Quest
Fiven - Wood Elf Monk 3 / Rogue 2 - Private Campaign - Seeking a new adventure
Rokas Lv7 - Wood Elf Rogue - D&D Origins @ Local Game Store, Hex & CO, NYC
I stand and listen to Rakish after breaking my conversation with the elven woman. After listening to him, I lightly slap him in the side of the face with a smile and a wink. “I wasn’t going to hurt the dear woman, my snakey friend. Just trying to get some information out of her. Of course we can return her for some money. And of course her family will have some extra money for us, they’re in the business of taxxessss.”
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The drow and tabaxi disappear into the night. The elven noble, nods her head, "Yes...you are the guards I hired and my father shall pay you all." Her voice somewhat sleepy and her eyes glazed with magic as she complies with the suggestions.
Well to be honest he said they could take supplies, not the gold. :) No point to have them wearing slave outfits out of the open...
PbP Character: A few ;)
Onyx pockets the jewelry he finds, exiting the cart he sees the dragonborn making his exit, the others standing around some arguing over the slaves and elven woman. Onyx clears his throat..."hhhm pretty soon that cart down there or another one will start to make it's way down here, let's say we clean up the bodies and figure out what to do with 'little miss muffet' and the slaves...well just kill them, if they got any family, they probably think they are dead already no use in carrying more luggage than ya need" he starts to pull his dagger while walking towards the slaves.
Killian Greycastle Lv3 - Human Wild Magic Sorcerer - Lost In The Endless Tower, DM Pokepaladdy
Onyx Greyscale Lv3 - Human Ranger - Hanging out at The Rest in the Quest
Fiven - Wood Elf Monk 3 / Rogue 2 - Private Campaign - Seeking a new adventure
Rokas Lv7 - Wood Elf Rogue - D&D Origins @ Local Game Store, Hex & CO, NYC
Valrakas
I take notice of Onyx. “You harm them for no good reason, we’re going to have an issue, mate.” I look over at the slaves. “Why not just cut them loose?”
PC: Fitzroy Hammerstone - The Mad Empiricist of Corinth
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The two men look to each other before taking their coin, "Fine, I accept, all I know is to fight anyway." The large man says as he goes back to mercenary cart, outfitting himself. The dwarf flips his coin, "I can't go back to my place, so what do I have to lose?" He looks for a commoner's clothes and a few tools he's familiar with. The drow woman doesn't move at first until she reaches and takes the last two coins, "We're not murderers, but as outcast to outcast, we won't say anything." The drow leads the tabaxi off to the cart and start to find better clothes and a few pieces of armor.
The two men go back to stand before you, the human clad in chainmail while the dwarf had a peasant's clothes, tools hanging around his belt. The drow and tabaxi were traveling down the road, cloaked and in leather armor. The two men before you stand at the ready, "You're the boss, snake man, what do you want us to do?"
As you look around, you see most of the road is clear. The screaming peasants waving off travelers and the forth coming night telling people its not safe to travel. You can see a fire a few dozen yards down the road, the third cart still there along the side of the road. You also see the hunters fire, one by one go out as they settle for the night. Soon the fireplace down the road is the only one you see. (If you want to take the bodies away it will take an hour, moving the carts will take an hour as well.)
Rakish tells to the drow
”We are not murdererss either... sshould you chosse to sstay your primary objective iss to gather information and keep guard... “
He let them leave if they choose but he gives the tabaxi coin to the tabaxi, don’t letting the drow take both coins.
“Welcome aboard my name is Rakissh. I feel ssafer with you at my sside.” He says to the man “ And for you, we will put that sskills of yourss to work ssoon enough. “
The Yuan-ti seems pleased.
“Now now...” he approaches the young elf woman and smile at her “ sssshhh my dear... I am ssorry for the behaviour of ssome of my comradess... you have to exxcusse them... they had lived hard, terrible livess... not like you child. I can tell that your father alwayss took good care of you, right? Keeping you ssafe... that’ss a good father issn’t it? Good. What’ss your name child? Whoss your father?”
PbP Character: A few ;)
Onyx sheaths his dagger, shrugs his shoulders as he watches the slaves gather their newly acquired garb and either join the group or leave. "Liabilities" he mutters under his breath as he turns and starts to drag the bodies off into the woods out of sight of the road. Not sure what to do with the carts just yet.
Edit: ooc: the bodies have been looted already? If not I'll search each one as I place them in the woods, looking for weapons, gold, or any papers containing contracts for hired guards, the opposite of our kill papers.
Killian Greycastle Lv3 - Human Wild Magic Sorcerer - Lost In The Endless Tower, DM Pokepaladdy
Onyx Greyscale Lv3 - Human Ranger - Hanging out at The Rest in the Quest
Fiven - Wood Elf Monk 3 / Rogue 2 - Private Campaign - Seeking a new adventure
Rokas Lv7 - Wood Elf Rogue - D&D Origins @ Local Game Store, Hex & CO, NYC
The elf pauses for a moment before speaking, "My name is Elatia Brighton, daughter of the trade baron, Godard Brighton...My father overseers the tax upon the nobles and peasants."
" so he's a thief like us..." Onyx laughs as he's dragging another body off into the woods
Killian Greycastle Lv3 - Human Wild Magic Sorcerer - Lost In The Endless Tower, DM Pokepaladdy
Onyx Greyscale Lv3 - Human Ranger - Hanging out at The Rest in the Quest
Fiven - Wood Elf Monk 3 / Rogue 2 - Private Campaign - Seeking a new adventure
Rokas Lv7 - Wood Elf Rogue - D&D Origins @ Local Game Store, Hex & CO, NYC
Holissa
"This could be profitable." She says with a smile. She helps clean up the mess by dragging bodies into the woods. after everything is cleaned up she says to the group."That went pretty well. What did we come out with" She shows what she took from the guards bodies without holding anything back. "You got a plan for getting this new entourage into the city there Snake man?"
Onyx shows the group the Emerald and Pearls, "Here take them this isn't the type of treasure I'm looking for" He listens in for Rakish to answer Holissa's question.
Killian Greycastle Lv3 - Human Wild Magic Sorcerer - Lost In The Endless Tower, DM Pokepaladdy
Onyx Greyscale Lv3 - Human Ranger - Hanging out at The Rest in the Quest
Fiven - Wood Elf Monk 3 / Rogue 2 - Private Campaign - Seeking a new adventure
Rokas Lv7 - Wood Elf Rogue - D&D Origins @ Local Game Store, Hex & CO, NYC
Valrakas
“Well Miss Brighton, it’s Miss isn’t it?” I say with a grin while I lean up against the side of her caravan. “There’s been a lot of horror here tonight, we both can agree. No reason for you to be part of it. Not sure how you could be trusted thought.....”
PC: Fitzroy Hammerstone - The Mad Empiricist of Corinth
DM:
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Rakish looks at his companions listening to them.
"But of coursse sshe is not trusstworthy." he says replying to Valrakas "Don't be alarmed dear " he says turning to her " I conssider your obligation now trying to esscape, but you are misstaken dear, let me explain to you what'ss really happening here. We are ssaving you. Some of us were hired to kill everyone in thiss caravan.Ssome of the guardss were paid to let uss doing it. And, ass you can ssee... " he makes a hand movement indicating the freed slaves " we are not doing that. I ssusspect that you, my dear, are the real target of thiss little sscheme. Ssomeone wanted to teach a lesson to your father. Ssomeone whoss not happy with the taxxess... But worry not. We will bring you to your father ssafe and ssound. You are lucky that it wass uss who intercept the killing order. Sso... you are going to say the guards at the entrance of the city that we are your hired guard, and you will tell your father that we have ssaved you from your attackerss and that we desserve a handsomly reward"
If the drow and the tabaxi are still gathering their things Rakish hopes that they hear it and change their mind: Persuasion if needed: 10
Deception and Persuasion rolls for the elf:
Deception:13 Persuasion: 9
The last sentences are the Suggestion WIS ST vs 13
"Sso now dear, wait here, guarded by my perssonal guard " he motion to the gladiator to guard her " while I sspeak a ssecond with my other asssociatess"
He then take a few steps back and calls the others talking in low voice.
"Have we all undersstand what I am trying to do here? With the help of hiss father we are going to disscover who wanted to kill her and collect another reward. We are not doing thiss for free. But mosst importantly, the taxxess collector of the city will owe uss a favor. Then we could go ahead and sstart another one of the jobss we were offered. And I think that we sstill have that cart to ssearch. Are we all in the ssame page or do I have to fear for any of you sstarting attacking the guards at the entrance of the city, or trying to sscare that little child again?. Search the last one and let's drop them at the road side. Perhaps later we can come for them and ssell it at the city, or usse for our own ssmugling operationss. "
Before they depart with the girl cart, he will disguise as a guard and will mimic the voice of the missing bard to conceal his accent.
PbP Character: A few ;)
"That doesn't sound too bad, only thing how can we ensure she doesn't squeal to the guards at the gate. just take her word for it?" Onyx questions Rakish but is looking directly at the Elven woman. Turning to the group now, He puts his hand on the back of his neck sorta rubbing it, "Also I don't have the best luck with the city guards, I've been in this city a long time and they all pretty much know who I am by sight alone. Maybe if we can get some favors from the tax collector that may change a lot for me around here"
Killian Greycastle Lv3 - Human Wild Magic Sorcerer - Lost In The Endless Tower, DM Pokepaladdy
Onyx Greyscale Lv3 - Human Ranger - Hanging out at The Rest in the Quest
Fiven - Wood Elf Monk 3 / Rogue 2 - Private Campaign - Seeking a new adventure
Rokas Lv7 - Wood Elf Rogue - D&D Origins @ Local Game Store, Hex & CO, NYC
Valrakas
I stand and listen to Rakish after breaking my conversation with the elven woman. After listening to him, I lightly slap him in the side of the face with a smile and a wink. “I wasn’t going to hurt the dear woman, my snakey friend. Just trying to get some information out of her. Of course we can return her for some money. And of course her family will have some extra money for us, they’re in the business of taxxessss.”
PC: Fitzroy Hammerstone - The Mad Empiricist of Corinth
DM:
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The drow and tabaxi disappear into the night. The elven noble, nods her head, "Yes...you are the guards I hired and my father shall pay you all." Her voice somewhat sleepy and her eyes glazed with magic as she complies with the suggestions.
Valrakas
OOC: could I cast charm person person on top of Rakish’s suggestion?
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(You can, let me roll for it)
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"Good girl" says Rakish.
Rakish stops Valrakas hand before he touches him and look at him in the eye.
"Never touch me." He releases his hand taking away from him.
He turns towards Onyx
"Not her word. Sshe'ss under a sspell that will assure her cooperation." he smiles.
PbP Character: A few ;)
Valrakas
Wis save is 12 so she’s charmed as well.
PC: Fitzroy Hammerstone - The Mad Empiricist of Corinth
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