Frontier City of Nunkreet

Bommie gives a sales pitch for her organization. She is wearing a silver pin of a falcon in flight. The other guards nearby have similar, but smaller, pins. (Only putting the speech in a spoiler, so you can fold it up when done reading.)

 (Your party does not have to accept her offer for the 2 day visit. But you are new to the city. She and her organization could provide information for the next 2 days, as you get familiar with the area. The Caravan has been using the Watchful Guild for protection for some years, and the merchants think well of them. If you turn her down, you'd have to do some searching to find other facilities that would be adequate to train to Level 3. If the party accepts, please subtract 11 GP from your stash.)

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(Everyone add 8 SP, 35 GP to your loot. Decide who adds the Bag of Holding to their inventory. Also, who gets the Gem of Brightness, since Af & Katrina will be leaving the party.)

 (I'll take the gem if no one else wants it.  It's a gem worth at least 50gp once expended (plus bonuses until then), so that could be my gem for Chromatic Orb instead of randomly already having a 50gp diamond)

 Froskan looks around in awe and wonder as they enter the city.  His first time in a real city!  He'd never imagined so many buildings in one place, or so BIG!  After listening to Bommie's speech, he looks to the others.  "At the very least, I think the training would be worthwhile," he says.  "And I'm interested in learning more about the Guild.  They seem to have a worthwhile purpose."

"Ah, more training, yes! I love this part! But the watchful guild... I'll think about that. But for now, I accept." (Never answered. Do I still have the long sword and great club? Can I add them to my inventory?)

(Froskan: Nope, still outside the city. You can see some of the buildings that are taller than the wall, and some of the temples in the Avenue of the Divine through the gap in the wall... The Watchful Guild compound is the northern suburbs, outside the low wall. But she has offered to process the documents you will need to enter the city.

Jack: Long sword, yes. Ogre-sized great club, no... Yeah, the offer is for the visit and the training. After that is over, you can decide if you want to apply for membership, or do freelance work for their guild.

Edit: I have added the Gem of Brightness to Froskan's inventory, and Jack has a Bag of Holding and a longsword.)

You walk with the Watchful Guild to their compound north of the city. The main building only had a few members in it, but is bustling with activity now that group from the Caravan has returned. (There are also about a score of servants helping with meal preparations, cleaning, and other errands.) After each of you pay the 11 GP, Bommie informs you that your Nunkreet city IDs will be ready at the end of your training in 2 days.

She leads you to an outdoor area with straw scarecrows, a rack of practice weapons, and other equipment for practicing fighting skills. There is one figure with a longbow practicing. There is a shield-sized target swinging from a rope underneath a tree a hundred feet away from him. He fires 3 arrows in quick succession, and gives a "tsk" when only 2 of the arrows hit the bullseye circle.

Bommie: "I've been told that another promising newcomer arrived from the north this morning. He is doing similar training as your group, so you will be together the next 2 days. You have some time to introduce yourselves, while I tell the instructor that he has a new class waiting for him. Dinner will be served in the main building after this session." She smiles, then jogs to the main building.

"Ah. practicing with a longbow, eh? Ah, i'm afraid i'm not as skilled with that yet. I prefer to fight up close, As I have ways of making people miss or run away, either way I get to hit them hard. What's ye name, Boy?" As he says this he pulls out his Longsword and starts trying to get good at using it, talking to him from across the room.

Trimyrai: (to the man) "Hello there, my name is Trimyrai Peucis, Trim for short. Perhaps you heard of me and my archery skills? Yes, practicing is the key to perfection."

Trimyrai grabs the three arrows off the target.

"Trim, huh? Name's Jack. And I have Not heard of you. But ye are right, It helps to practice. But once again, I prefer to fight, melee style." 

(Are there any training dummies for me? If so, Jack strikes at it with all his might, though not much since he has no idea how to use the longsword. Attack: 22 Damage: 10)

Trimyrai: (to Jack) "Pleased to meet you. are you an adventurer as well? what am i saying, of course you are, you would be here in the watchful guild if you weren't."

"You are an adventurer? Hm. What exactly have you done? Id like to swap stories." He continues to swing at the existent/nonexistent Dummy. Attack: 13 Damage: 10

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(Are there any training dummies for me? If so, Jack strikes at it with all his might, though not much since he has no idea how to use the longsword.)

 Jack notices the straw scarecrows have sword slashes on them, so takes a few swings at the practice dummies. His first attempt is clumsy, but his second one is better.

Trimyrai: (to Jack) "For the most part it was boring, just traveling from one town to other, showing off my skills. Recently i was kidnapped, terrible situation. It was my first real taste of fighting. I might be a skilled archer, but it was always targets, dummies, or game hunting. Its another reason for my training other than perfecting my already incredible skill. So i can be ready to fight when i need to."

"Ah, I hunt too. I just cast sleep and slit the animals throats. I was a marine, and i'll tell you a cool story later, if I can. But for now, I want details." Jack swings 2 mor times at the scarecrow's head. Attack: 9 Damage: 9 Attack: 15 Damage: 5

Trimyrai: (to Jack) "You want details of the kidnapping? to be honest i don't remember how it happened. i just woke up in a caged cart heading into the underdark. A few would be slaves and myself sneaked out of the prison cell they left us in. We stole some equipment and fought out way out. Sadly i was the only one to make it out alive... I can trust you, can't I? I am really surprised i told so much to a newly made acquaintance."

"Well, maybe you shouldn't have told me. I'm half elf." He points his longsword at him. "Guess what kind." 

Perception: 4

Trimyrai is trying to see what he looks like 

(I'll allow it! I never said, but he's half sea elf, at least I always pictured him that way.)

"Too late!"He swings at Trim, but purposely misses, and gives a chuckle. "Bud, if you don't want to get kidnapped again, ye should always keep an eye out and strike anyone who threatens you that way."  He then goes back to trying to chop the scarecrow's head off. Attack: 9 Damage: 5

Trimyrai: (to Jack) "I.... thank you, you are right. i need to do more training, and not just shooting targets. This stuff doesn't come easy to me. That kidnapping was the only time i really faced any unpleasantness. Are you staying in the city for a while?"

Reverie follows Bommie until she sees the scarecrows for practising. It surely has been while to practice on this object. Her fingertips touch the scarecrow for a moment and then turns around to look at Jack, starting to practice with a longsword. And yet, her eyes go wide as soon as she witnesses Jack pointing to the newcomer with a longsword. She gasps a bit when she sees his longsword swinging in front of the newcomer, and yet, she realizes his sword didn't hurt the other. A sigh escapes, shaking her head slightly as her hands rest upon her hip. Well, Reverie just can't stay there with doing anything. "Don't hurt him or anybody, Jack!" After a word for her friend, she pulls out her scimitar and her dagger before she attacks the scarecrow.

Attack, scimitar - 23 Damage - 7
Bonus Attack, dagger - 21 Damage - 3