Durlan looks to Three, "Oh I'm still more than capable at the moment, I just think it wise not to go into any sort of dealings with dragons at anything less than 100 percent." Durlan looks to the group hoping for agreement. "I think it wise to map out as much as we can here, then look to investigate the dragon after a nice rest. Also if we happen to find any of those dwarven weapons today they'd prove most useful if we do intend on fighting a dragon tomorrow."
Thistle "I agree though rational planning does seem to be off brand for this group."
Three immediately brightens at the words, and had half a mind to go over and hug Durlan. Fortunately for once, she still had the presence of mind not to interrupt the Bardadin to do so, as that would've been rude. But after which.... no... no, the timing wasn't right any more, or so she'd muse, looking down sourly at the thought.
But soon she glances up, raising a brow in genuine seeming confusion at Thistle's comment, even though history told another story."... Uh... Annnnyways! Now that sounds like a plan! I think we've been pretty much around these parts so far, soooo back to the caverns, ya? We pretty much stuck to one path coming down here, so maybe we start back from the begining and go from there?"
"I think the caverns make sense, just need to be doubly careful now with the water slide we found last time since I presume that leads to the lake, and subsequently the dragon's lair..." Durlan then moves to a whisper with the group.
"That magic rapier we found, do we want to show it to these folk? Do we think it might be one of the dwarven weapons? I wouldn't have guessed dwarven smiths would've made many rapiers, but still seems rather odd."
"Sure, sure. Avoid the water slide. Easy enough!"Three readily agrees, and with a bright smile at that. As she starts to wave goodbye to the so far nameless duergar, Durlan's whispering grabs her attention. Unfortunately, after a scrunching up her face in deep thought, she eventually relaxes it with a shrug. "So what? Even if it is, if we're gonna fight dragon, prooobably still need it anyways."She whispers back. "Also... why are we whispering."
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"I think the caverns make sense, just need to be doubly careful now with the water slide we found last time since I presume that leads to the lake, and subsequently the dragon's lair..." Durlan then moves to a whisper with the group.
"That magic rapier we found, do we want to show it to these folk? Do we think it might be one of the dwarven weapons? I wouldn't have guessed dwarven smiths would've made many rapiers, but still seems rather odd."
Thistle "Dwarves and rapiers don't really go together do they."
As you are discussing things amongst yourselves, another Duergar comes in though the door to the West and whispers in the ear of the Female Duergar. He then leaves via the same door. The Female Duergar then says to you, "Please, follow me, there is something I think you'll want to see."
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Asmodai | Feral Tiefling - Rogue 2| AC 15 HP 15| Passive Perception: 10; Passive Investigation: 12; Passive Insight: 10| Equipped: Studded Leather Armor, Rapier, Short Bow, 2 Daggers, Backpack, Quiver and Boots of Elvenkind | Wielding: Rapier and Dagger sheathed, Shortbow slung over back
"I'unno... I like to see a lot of things, but if you guys think we should-..."Three trails off there, looking to the others for guidance. Which no matter what the others suggest, even if jokingly, the chimera hybrid would more than eagerly follow suit on their guidance. Everyone but Thistle moreso, if only due to the deal made prior between the original group and her master, Ninzer.
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As you are discussing things amongst yourselves, another Duergar comes in though the door to the West and whispers in the ear of the Female Duergar. He then leaves via the same door. The Female Duergar then says to you, "Please, follow me, there is something I think you'll want to see."
Thistle follows but keeps an eye out for unpleasant surprises Perception: 1
The Duergar leads you out of the room and into the next room:
The door beyond leads into a small audience chamber. A large table made of a single stone slab dominates the room's center, and old tapestries cling to the walls. A stone door in the far wall is carved with the Dwarf's visage that you've seen elsewhere.
One gray-skinned Dwarf in scale mail stands watch just outside the door. He stands at attention when the female Duergar passes through.
As you step into the room, the table starts to shake a little, until the female Duergar mutters something under her breath, then the table remains still. She leads you through a door on the opposite side of the room, and back into the Great Hall. In the middle of the Great Hall near the pallets are 4 Duergar standing in a semi-circle, 2 of them seem to be holding someone down. As you look closer at the person being held down, you notice a similarity between this figure and Three. This one however is not as muscular, and currently tied up (literally) at the moment.
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Asmodai | Feral Tiefling - Rogue 2| AC 15 HP 15| Passive Perception: 10; Passive Investigation: 12; Passive Insight: 10| Equipped: Studded Leather Armor, Rapier, Short Bow, 2 Daggers, Backpack, Quiver and Boots of Elvenkind | Wielding: Rapier and Dagger sheathed, Shortbow slung over back
Taman frowns at the female dwarf that lead them here. "And why would this be of a concern to us?" He asks. Looking between the new figure and Three he frowns again though. "Three, do you know this person, they resemble you just a bit..."
The man tied up, seems to perk up upon seeing the group enter.
"Hey! Three! Nice to see you, even in the circumstances! It's been a long time since last I saw you at the harbor. Sorry I wasn't there, I was dealing with a situation, couldn't come back."
Deception: 18
(Trying to convince the Dwarves, mostly)
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Taman frowns at the female dwarf that lead them here. "And why would this be of a concern to us?" He asks. Looking between the new figure and Three he frowns again though. "Three, do you know this person, they resemble you just a bit..."
Rivon starts to chastise Taman about how all people who look similar don't necessarily know each other. ...he then stops as it seems that this stranger does, in fact, know Three.
Insight: 21
Minimum insight check of 13.
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Sensing the deception, but not necessarily understanding the situation, Rivon keeps quiet and keeps his hand on his shortbow.
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Though at first only confused yet curious over the whole set up, when Three notices the vague similarities and hear the man speaks, her expression turned troubled, and even started look to the maul like a student might look to a teacher. She startles at Taman's question. But before she can say anything on the matter, she's cut off, if incidentally so, by the bound man. At that point she squints hard at the man, shark-like bared and gritted as she searches for the memory.
History: 9. (For flavor mostly, but also see if Three recognize Mr. tied up.)
(OOC: I leave it to Allen to decide if the two actually have seen each other at least. Outside of an expedition to Mount Sar, which is just outside Waterdeep's city limits, she's only ever been there as far as she can remember.)
"Sure..." She eventually says uncertain, scratching the back of her head. Which has been considerably easier after the past few days of adventuring. She then leans over a whispers back to Taman, "I think I recognize him, but... not sure. He's not one of Bossman as far as I can tell, and he's a little too big to be one of big Sis brood." She then turns back smiling nervously and saying, "Sooooo, why are you here, Mr.? And what's this about killing a guard? They've been pretty, uh, cordi...corda... uhhh... Friendly! They've been pretty friendly so far with us, so not sure why ya had to go do that now."
Description of Three:
From head to toe, the woman is garbed in various shades of dark clothing: All very worn, if not ripped in places. The tattered remains of an outer robes or cloak mostly covers patchwork breeches and a makeshift top that might've been a rather large scarf at some point. Where skin is exposed, of which there is plenty, closer inspection reveals much if not all to actually be some sort of carapace made to mimic deep blue flesh.
Long, black, and bedraggled hair spills down just past the neck, framing an angular face hinting along with pointed ears some elvish ties. But her nails are sharp, teeth closely resemble that of a shark, and body a touch too muscular for any known elf.
Thistle "I agree though rational planning does seem to be off brand for this group."
Three immediately brightens at the words, and had half a mind to go over and hug Durlan. Fortunately for once, she still had the presence of mind not to interrupt the Bardadin to do so, as that would've been rude. But after which.... no... no, the timing wasn't right any more, or so she'd muse, looking down sourly at the thought.
But soon she glances up, raising a brow in genuine seeming confusion at Thistle's comment, even though history told another story."... Uh... Annnnyways! Now that sounds like a plan! I think we've been pretty much around these parts so far, soooo back to the caverns, ya? We pretty much stuck to one path coming down here, so maybe we start back from the begining and go from there?"
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"Makes sense to me." Taman agrees with the idea of continuing to map the area, and resting after that, prior to checking out this dragon.
"I think the caverns make sense, just need to be doubly careful now with the water slide we found last time since I presume that leads to the lake, and subsequently the dragon's lair..." Durlan then moves to a whisper with the group.
"That magic rapier we found, do we want to show it to these folk? Do we think it might be one of the dwarven weapons? I wouldn't have guessed dwarven smiths would've made many rapiers, but still seems rather odd."
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"Sure, sure. Avoid the water slide. Easy enough!" Three readily agrees, and with a bright smile at that. As she starts to wave goodbye to the so far nameless duergar, Durlan's whispering grabs her attention. Unfortunately, after a scrunching up her face in deep thought, she eventually relaxes it with a shrug. "So what? Even if it is, if we're gonna fight dragon, prooobably still need it anyways." She whispers back. "Also... why are we whispering."
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Thistle "Dwarves and rapiers don't really go together do they."
Rivon hides his magic rapier under his cloak and hides in the shadows, giving Durlon a bit of a scowl.
Stealth: 17
As you are discussing things amongst yourselves, another Duergar comes in though the door to the West and whispers in the ear of the Female Duergar. He then leaves via the same door. The Female Duergar then says to you, "Please, follow me, there is something I think you'll want to see."
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Asmodai | Feral Tiefling - Rogue 2| AC 15 HP 15| Passive Perception: 10; Passive Investigation: 12; Passive Insight: 10| Equipped: Studded Leather Armor, Rapier, Short Bow, 2 Daggers, Backpack, Quiver and Boots of Elvenkind | Wielding: Rapier and Dagger sheathed, Shortbow slung over back
"I'unno... I like to see a lot of things, but if you guys think we should-..." Three trails off there, looking to the others for guidance. Which no matter what the others suggest, even if jokingly, the chimera hybrid would more than eagerly follow suit on their guidance. Everyone but Thistle moreso, if only due to the deal made prior between the original group and her master, Ninzer.
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Thistle follows but keeps an eye out for unpleasant surprises Perception: 1
Taman nods and follows the others, trailing behind as they move to see what this thing they need to see is.
Rivon follows from the shadows, keeping his rapier hidden so nobody tries to commandeer it.
Stealth: 25
Perception: 17
Hahahaha, Thistle is watching his feet. (j/k)
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Asmodai | Feral Tiefling - Rogue 2| AC 15 HP 15| Passive Perception: 10; Passive Investigation: 12; Passive Insight: 10| Equipped: Studded Leather Armor, Rapier, Short Bow, 2 Daggers, Backpack, Quiver and Boots of Elvenkind | Wielding: Rapier and Dagger sheathed, Shortbow slung over back
"I was simply hoping we could get more information from the locals... I would never try to pilfer any of the items from anyone here."
Durlan continues onward keeping his eyes up as he doesn't fully trust the Duergar.
Perception : 16
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The Duergar leads you out of the room and into the next room:
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Asmodai | Feral Tiefling - Rogue 2| AC 15 HP 15| Passive Perception: 10; Passive Investigation: 12; Passive Insight: 10| Equipped: Studded Leather Armor, Rapier, Short Bow, 2 Daggers, Backpack, Quiver and Boots of Elvenkind | Wielding: Rapier and Dagger sheathed, Shortbow slung over back
The man being held down looks young and seems to have tentacles coming from his torso, along with ethereal ones around him.
"I'm not trying to steal anything! And I didn't mean to kill him, he was just stupid! What dwarven weapons? I don't care!"
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Taman frowns at the female dwarf that lead them here. "And why would this be of a concern to us?" He asks. Looking between the new figure and Three he frowns again though. "Three, do you know this person, they resemble you just a bit..."
The man tied up, seems to perk up upon seeing the group enter.
"Hey! Three! Nice to see you, even in the circumstances! It's been a long time since last I saw you at the harbor. Sorry I wasn't there, I was dealing with a situation, couldn't come back."
Deception: 18
(Trying to convince the Dwarves, mostly)
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Rivon starts to chastise Taman about how all people who look similar don't necessarily know each other. ...he then stops as it seems that this stranger does, in fact, know Three.
Insight: 21
Minimum insight check of 13.
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Sensing the deception, but not necessarily understanding the situation, Rivon keeps quiet and keeps his hand on his shortbow.
Stealth: 17
Perception: 13
Though at first only confused yet curious over the whole set up, when Three notices the vague similarities and hear the man speaks, her expression turned troubled, and even started look to the maul like a student might look to a teacher. She startles at Taman's question. But before she can say anything on the matter, she's cut off, if incidentally so, by the bound man. At that point she squints hard at the man, shark-like bared and gritted as she searches for the memory.
History: 9.
(For flavor mostly, but also see if Three recognize Mr. tied up.)
(OOC: I leave it to Allen to decide if the two actually have seen each other at least. Outside of an expedition to Mount Sar, which is just outside Waterdeep's city limits, she's only ever been there as far as she can remember.)
"Sure..." She eventually says uncertain, scratching the back of her head. Which has been considerably easier after the past few days of adventuring. She then leans over a whispers back to Taman, "I think I recognize him, but... not sure. He's not one of Bossman as far as I can tell, and he's a little too big to be one of big Sis brood." She then turns back smiling nervously and saying, "Sooooo, why are you here, Mr.? And what's this about killing a guard? They've been pretty, uh, cordi...corda... uhhh... Friendly! They've been pretty friendly so far with us, so not sure why ya had to go do that now."
Description of Three:
From head to toe, the woman is garbed in various shades of dark clothing: All very worn, if not ripped in places. The tattered remains of an outer robes or cloak mostly covers patchwork breeches and a makeshift top that might've been a rather large scarf at some point. Where skin is exposed, of which there is plenty, closer inspection reveals much if not all to actually be some sort of carapace made to mimic deep blue flesh.
Long, black, and bedraggled hair spills down just past the neck, framing an angular face hinting along with pointed ears some elvish ties. But her nails are sharp, teeth closely resemble that of a shark, and body a touch too muscular for any known elf.
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