Spending a few minutes looking over the note Rees sighs and shakes her head. "It's not a language I know. It might be a code? Unless someone else wants it, I'll hold onto it for now and see if I can figure it out when we stop for the night later. Meepo, did you look around to make sure your Caltrix thing is not in that other room?"
Talien will (now that he is done checking for rust) move over to the assemblage of weapons that was found by Chatra and takes two daggers and adds them to his collection. You hear him say something about re-forging and buying a mining pick was pointless. He moves over to Meepo and inspects his crossbow, and hands his 5 more bolts, and shows him how it works in detail.
Pull back here
Place bolt here
Point and aim like this (demonstrating with his own)
Don't point at friends
Keep unloaded but cranked while resting
Talien will then set Meepo up at a position about 20 paces from the Wererat and have a shooting lesson until Meepo is comfortable with using the crossbow. After this he will extend the range and show Meepo any flaws in his technique to be had as he had learned during his training from his master.
(Ans so it begins, the Apprentice becomes the Master and takes on a new Apprentice)(Too bad I did not kill my Master, I could be a Sith Right now)
Hearing Chatra's statements about a bunch of mercs, Alten walks in and pleasantly asks
May I see what you discovered?
I hold out my hand for the map.
Assuming Chatra hands it over, Alten doesn't even look at it. He gives him a hard look and makes the spoiler statement. If not, then he doesn't say it yet.
Chatra. You wouldn't be here to find a damn thing if it weren't for this group. You would be dead at the base of that walking bramble bush from yesterday. Remember? We took this job as a group and we will profit as a group.
You want to be a solo artist? Fine. We'll calculate your share and you can leave now.
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"Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth." A Camus
Talien will (now that he is done checking for rust) move over to the assemblage of weapons that was found by Chatra and takes two daggers and adds them to his collection. You hear him say something about re-forging and buying a mining pick was pointless. He moves over to Meepo and inspects his crossbow, and hands his 5 more bolts, and shows him how it works in detail.
Pull back here
Place bolt here
Point and aim like this (demonstrating with his own)
Don't point at friends
Keep unloaded but cranked while resting
Talien will then set Meepo up at a position about 20 paces from the Wererat and have a shooting lesson until Meepo is comfortable with using the crossbow. After this he will extend the range and show Meepo any flaws in his technique to be had as he had learned during his training from his master.
(Ans so it begins, the Apprentice becomes the Master and takes on a new Apprentice)(Too bad I did not kill my Master, I could be a Sith Right now)
Oh, we’re doing this now, awesome :)
Please make a straight Charisma check (1d20 + Charisma Modifier) to see how well you convey this information to Meepo.
Hearing Chatra's statements about a bunch of mercs, Alten walks in and pleasantly asks
May I see what you discovered?
I hold out my hand for the map.
Assuming Chatra hands it over, Alten doesn't even look at it. He gives him a hard look and makes the spoiler statement. If not, then he doesn't say it yet.
Chatra. You wouldn't be here to find a damn thing if it weren't for this group. You would be dead at the base of that walking bramble bush from yesterday. Remember? We took this job as a group and we will profit as a group.
You want to be a solo artist? Fine. We'll calculate your share and you can leave now.
Chatra narrows his eyes and holds Alten’s gaze for a moment, then his eyes brighten, and he hands over the map chuckling, “You are all so uptight! Of course I’m going to share the loot. I was just kidding before, come on! Nobody can take a joke, I’m just trying to lighten up the mood. I mean tensions are high down here.. thought I’d just lighten the mood.”
(I was already teaching him before you said that in OOC chat)
Talien Charisma Check : 18
(Meepo is proving to be a decent apprentice, no punishment is needed this time)
(Haha, nice roll. Let’s you are a good teacher so far.. but, lets see if Meepo is a good apprentice.)
Meepo looks over the hand crossbow and repeats your instructions, “Pull dis.. Place bolt in dis.. Don’t point at friends...Gots it... Meepo try now!”
(Does he really “gots it” though?)
Intelligence check: 3.
Haha XD
Meepo pulls back on the weapon where you showed him, but when he goes to load it he places the bolt in the wrong way around (the arrow head is facing him), “Like dis friend?”
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Talien goes over and corrects the bolt placement, No, you have to turn the pointy end away from you. Talien demonstrates again with his crossbow, very slowly, and fires at the dead Wererat.
Attack: 18 Damage: 11
He then takes a more hands on approach helping Meepo hold the crossbow correctly, aiming at the target, and firing the crossbow. (Providing advantage for Meepo?)
(After the first two, Talien will step to the side and let Meepo continue and say, Do you have any questions Meepo?)
(Rinse and repeat until Meepo can fire on his own with no more guidance or questions.)
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Meepo's bolt also lands strikes the corpse and he dances a jig, "Meepo did it! Meepo try alone now.."
Intelligence check: 14.
Edit: It takes Meepo a little while to reset the crossbow, but he manages it only dropping the bolt once. He lines up his sights on the corpse and fires. 14.
Chatra narrows his eyes and holds Alten’s gaze for a moment, then his eyes brighten, and he hands over the map chuckling, “You are all so uptight! Of course I’m going to share the loot. I was just kidding before, come on! Nobody can take a joke, I’m just trying to lighten up the mood. I mean tensions are high down here.. thought I’d just lighten the mood.”
Yes Chatra. I'm "uptight" as you call it. We've only had two or three near-death experiences in the past 24 hours or so.
And I can take a joke. I love jokes. "Why did the necromancer's wife leave him? Because she didn't want him raising kids." "Why do paladins prefer chain mail? Because its holey armor."
The thing is, I haven't heard one come out of your mouth anytime recently. What I've heard is mostly egotistical bullshit and insults, expect when you're in trouble. Then it's 'Alten, kill that rat thing'. Taken all together, I would say that you are failing quite spectacularly if your goal is to "lighten up the mood."
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"Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth." A Camus
Chatra narrows his eyes and holds Alten’s gaze for a moment, then his eyes brighten, and he hands over the map chuckling, “You are all so uptight! Of course I’m going to share the loot. I was just kidding before, come on! Nobody can take a joke, I’m just trying to lighten up the mood. I mean tensions are high down here.. thought I’d just lighten the mood.”
Yes Chatra. I'm "uptight" as you call it. We've only had two or three near-death experiences in the past 24 hours or so.
And I can take a joke. I love jokes. "Why did the necromancer's wife leave him? Because she didn't want him raising kids." "Why do paladins prefer chain mail? Because its holey armor."
The thing is, I haven't heard one come out of your mouth anytime recently. What I've heard is mostly egotistical bullshit and insults, expect when you're in trouble. Then it's 'Alten, kill that rat thing'. Taken all together, I would say that you are failing quite spectacularly if your goal is to "lighten up the mood."
Chatra's face darkens into a scowl, his cheeks turn a dark cherry, and he replies through gritted teeth "You're lucky I'm tired and don't feel like taking this further Alten... I have abilities mind you... If I wanted I could have you dancing to my tune.. but, since we seem to need each other at the moment I'll forgive your slight you pious prick."
With that Chatra stomps out of the room and goes to the far side of the fountain to find a seat and sulk.
Talien will then show Meepo how to care for the weapon and also teach him more about safety. Once this is completed he will check all of the entrances/exits for any signs of enemies. and possible fortification/alarm options. (Reinforcing a door with a bar)(setting out string and bells)
Chatra, I want to show you something one of my instructors taught us very early. I hold out my hand, palm up and start wiggling my fingers.
See these fingers? Each one is pretty weak. If I let you grab one, you could bend it back and break it pretty easily. I curl my hand into a fist. When those five fingers come together for a common purpose, they are much stronger. They can accomplish a lot.
I stick my pinky finger out while keeping the rest curled. But when one doesn't come together, it is just as susceptible sticking out there without any commonality. Pause
Now my instructor didn't actually stick his pinky out. He just jabbed the smart-ass in the face and broke his nose once he made his fist.
After another pause. If you don't want to be here, if you think you made a mistake, we can divide up the proceeds now and you can be on your way. It's should be a safe, easy trip out. Go sing in a tavern if that's what you want. But you're pissing people off, people who you are going to need if you stay. And if you don't really think that you need us, I suggest thinking back to our fight with that walking bramble bush yesterday.
Alten finishes his speech, waits for a second to see if Chatra repsonds. If he doesn't then Alten gets up and walks over to check on the others.
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"Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth." A Camus
Tucking the note into her pocket since no one objected and giving the room one last once over, Rees says, "Right. We ready to move on? I don't want to stay here too long -- I guarantee there are more of those rat-men around."
Intelligence: (Oh, good... +0 I'm so smart, y'all) 20
EDIT: I am so smart, yall!
Rees Changeling Rogue in Tales From the Yawning Portal: Sunless Citadel
Nikya Centaur Blood Hunter in Death House Halloween Oneshot
Nice roll :) ...check your DMs.
The plot thickens...
Spending a few minutes looking over the note Rees sighs and shakes her head. "It's not a language I know. It might be a code? Unless someone else wants it, I'll hold onto it for now and see if I can figure it out when we stop for the night later. Meepo, did you look around to make sure your Caltrix thing is not in that other room?"
Rees Changeling Rogue in Tales From the Yawning Portal: Sunless Citadel
Nikya Centaur Blood Hunter in Death House Halloween Oneshot
Talien will (now that he is done checking for rust) move over to the assemblage of weapons that was found by Chatra and takes two daggers and adds them to his collection. You hear him say something about re-forging and buying a mining pick was pointless. He moves over to Meepo and inspects his crossbow, and hands his 5 more bolts, and shows him how it works in detail.
Pull back here
Place bolt here
Point and aim like this (demonstrating with his own)
Don't point at friends
Keep unloaded but cranked while resting
Talien will then set Meepo up at a position about 20 paces from the Wererat and have a shooting lesson until Meepo is comfortable with using the crossbow. After this he will extend the range and show Meepo any flaws in his technique to be had as he had learned during his training from his master.
(Ans so it begins, the Apprentice becomes the Master and takes on a new Apprentice)(Too bad I did not kill my Master, I could be a Sith Right now)
Warforged Fighter Talien
Hearing Chatra's statements about a bunch of mercs, Alten walks in and pleasantly asks
May I see what you discovered?
I hold out my hand for the map.
Assuming Chatra hands it over, Alten doesn't even look at it. He gives him a hard look and makes the spoiler statement. If not, then he doesn't say it yet.
Chatra. You wouldn't be here to find a damn thing if it weren't for this group. You would be dead at the base of that walking bramble bush from yesterday. Remember? We took this job as a group and we will profit as a group.
You want to be a solo artist? Fine. We'll calculate your share and you can leave now.
"Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth." A Camus
Oh, we’re doing this now, awesome :)
Please make a straight Charisma check (1d20 + Charisma Modifier) to see how well you convey this information to Meepo.
Chatra narrows his eyes and holds Alten’s gaze for a moment, then his eyes brighten, and he hands over the map chuckling, “You are all so uptight! Of course I’m going to share the loot. I was just kidding before, come on! Nobody can take a joke, I’m just trying to lighten up the mood. I mean tensions are high down here.. thought I’d just lighten the mood.”
(I was already teaching him before you said that in OOC chat)
Talien Charisma Check : 18
(Meepo is proving to be a decent apprentice, no punishment is needed this time)
Warforged Fighter Talien
(Haha, nice roll. Let’s you are a good teacher so far.. but, lets see if Meepo is a good apprentice.)
Meepo looks over the hand crossbow and repeats your instructions, “Pull dis.. Place bolt in dis.. Don’t point at friends...Gots it... Meepo try now!”
(Does he really “gots it” though?)
Intelligence check: 3.
Haha XD
Meepo pulls back on the weapon where you showed him, but when he goes to load it he places the bolt in the wrong way around (the arrow head is facing him), “Like dis friend?”
Talien goes over and corrects the bolt placement, No, you have to turn the pointy end away from you. Talien demonstrates again with his crossbow, very slowly, and fires at the dead Wererat.
Attack: 18 Damage: 11
He then takes a more hands on approach helping Meepo hold the crossbow correctly, aiming at the target, and firing the crossbow. (Providing advantage for Meepo?)
(After the first two, Talien will step to the side and let Meepo continue and say, Do you have any questions Meepo?)
(Rinse and repeat until Meepo can fire on his own with no more guidance or questions.)
Warforged Fighter Talien
The bolt hits the corpse in the back with a wet "pop". Meepo claps his hands and squeaks, "Good shot!"
With Talien holding the weapon steady aiming it at the ratman's corpse Meepo tries to replicate the shot.
Straight roll: 13.
Meepo's bolt also lands strikes the corpse and he dances a jig, "Meepo did it! Meepo try alone now.."
Intelligence check: 14.
Edit: It takes Meepo a little while to reset the crossbow, but he manages it only dropping the bolt once. He lines up his sights on the corpse and fires. 14.
Yes Chatra. I'm "uptight" as you call it. We've only had two or three near-death experiences in the past 24 hours or so.
And I can take a joke. I love jokes. "Why did the necromancer's wife leave him? Because she didn't want him raising kids." "Why do paladins prefer chain mail? Because its holey armor."
The thing is, I haven't heard one come out of your mouth anytime recently. What I've heard is mostly egotistical bullshit and insults, expect when you're in trouble. Then it's 'Alten, kill that rat thing'. Taken all together, I would say that you are failing quite spectacularly if your goal is to "lighten up the mood."
"Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth." A Camus
Meepo's bolt hits the back of the corpse's head and shoots out the eye socket with a loud cracking sound followed by a "splat!"
Meepo jumps for joy, "Meepo good! Meepo love crossbow. Thanks you friend! Meepo feel like boss!"
Chatra's face darkens into a scowl, his cheeks turn a dark cherry, and he replies through gritted teeth "You're lucky I'm tired and don't feel like taking this further Alten... I have abilities mind you... If I wanted I could have you dancing to my tune.. but, since we seem to need each other at the moment I'll forgive your slight you pious prick."
With that Chatra stomps out of the room and goes to the far side of the fountain to find a seat and sulk.
Talien will then show Meepo how to care for the weapon and also teach him more about safety. Once this is completed he will check all of the entrances/exits for any signs of enemies. and possible fortification/alarm options. (Reinforcing a door with a bar)(setting out string and bells)
Warforged Fighter Talien
Alten walks out and sits beside Chatra.
Chatra, I want to show you something one of my instructors taught us very early. I hold out my hand, palm up and start wiggling my fingers.
See these fingers? Each one is pretty weak. If I let you grab one, you could bend it back and break it pretty easily. I curl my hand into a fist. When those five fingers come together for a common purpose, they are much stronger. They can accomplish a lot.
I stick my pinky finger out while keeping the rest curled. But when one doesn't come together, it is just as susceptible sticking out there without any commonality. Pause
Now my instructor didn't actually stick his pinky out. He just jabbed the smart-ass in the face and broke his nose once he made his fist.
After another pause. If you don't want to be here, if you think you made a mistake, we can divide up the proceeds now and you can be on your way. It's should be a safe, easy trip out. Go sing in a tavern if that's what you want. But you're pissing people off, people who you are going to need if you stay. And if you don't really think that you need us, I suggest thinking back to our fight with that walking bramble bush yesterday.
Alten finishes his speech, waits for a second to see if Chatra repsonds. If he doesn't then Alten gets up and walks over to check on the others.
"Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth." A Camus
Tucking the note into her pocket since no one objected and giving the room one last once over, Rees says, "Right. We ready to move on? I don't want to stay here too long -- I guarantee there are more of those rat-men around."
Rees Changeling Rogue in Tales From the Yawning Portal: Sunless Citadel
Nikya Centaur Blood Hunter in Death House Halloween Oneshot
“We have to double back,” Arxius says, motioning over her shoulder. “There was a door just before the cages. That is our next move.”
Arxius, Elven Simic Hybrid Ranger in Tales from the Yawning Portal