This would be a success, so Guilliame gains some experience points.
]
Catching up with Dora, Guilliame can see nothing but the cattle in the stockyard until Dora brings his attention to a small dark object in the centre of the yard that is mainly visible because of the contrast between its colour and the grey of the trampled earth it rests upon.
Guilliame's Dancing Lights centre themselves over the dark object lying on the ground, but it is too far away to make out what it is, except that it can't be more than 10 centimetres long and has distinct edges.
For Guilliame:
[OOC: Guilliame's Dancing Lights are not that bright and every one of the four lights must be within 20' of one of the other lights. As the object is about 50' away, this means that Guilliame will be left in darkness if Dora takes her lantern with her to examine the object. He could make a trail of lights as he did previously but this will reduce the effect of the lights being together.]
For Dora:
[OOC: Paul, As Guilliame has only just moved his Dancing Lights over the object, this would be when Dora sees the sudden movement I told you about in the results of your last Perception check.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC: Andrew, Because Guilliame is proficient in Animal Handling, he would know that herd animals like cattle (these are not bulls) would only react badly if they were aggressively approached and then only because the herd might stampede as a group. Someone should be able to quietly walk across the field without being in danger.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
In a clear but not loud voice "Just approach them calmly and quietly and they should be OK."
Move in the direction of the cattleyard moving Dancing lights forward and keeping an eye out for movement.
[OOC: Don't understand the last sentence. Guilliame is already at the fence bordering the yard with the cattle in it and has sent his Dancing Lights to sit over the object in the centre of the yard. Does Guilliame want to climb the fence and enter the yard instead of Dora?]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Put down lantern, climb over the fence and into the yard, move slowly and smoothly with gaze away from the cattle but watching with peripheral vision. Graspany amulets I am wearing.
[OOC: I am not aware that Dora has any 'amulets' as such. Please let me know if she is wearing anything representing any faith. However, know that non-Mithran symbols would be frowned upon because of the king's recent decree to ban non-Mithran religions in the city.]
Dora puts down her lantern and the climbs the fence. Then, stepping carefully and slowly in the low light, she starts to make her way across to the object being illuminated by Guilliame's Dancing Lights.
[OOC: Please make an Animal Handling check at Advantage. Less than 5 will be considered a failure and may have consequences.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Put the object into my pocket. Move slowly and calmly back to the fence watching the cattle all of the time. Climb out of the pen and pick up my lantern. "Guilliame its a flask - we will look at it later but right now, I saw movement at the water trough. We need to take a look over there."
Put the object into my pocket. Move slowly and calmly back to the fence watching the cattle all of the time. Climb out of the pen and pick up my lantern. "Guilliame its a flask - we will look at it later but right now, I saw movement at the water trough. We need to take a look over there."
[OOC: Just to be clear, Dora points to a water trough in the yard with the cattle in it, not the water trough in the empty yard where Guilliame is.
Later: To be even clearer, the water trough Dora is indicating is on the opposite side of the yard with the cattle in it and is at the moment cloaked in darkness so Guilliame can only trust that Dora knows what she is talking about because he hasn't seen it yet.]
OOC How well lite is the area without magical/lanterny light?
[OOC: The night is overcast, so without a lantern or Dancing Lights all the characters can see are vague silhouettes of large things at a distance. The characters would have a limited short distance sight range of about 5', with no colour vision. Also, there are no street lights and the inhabited buildings that do have lights on all have them on the inside with the doors closed and the windows shuttered to keep out the cool night air.
However, if you were to stay outside away from any light sources and let your eyes adapt, then you might be able see better after a while.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist) Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon. The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC the lantern was never extinguished. It was on when I chased the fugitive and when I walked back to Guilliame and then returned to the cattleyard.]
[OOC I had thought the cattle trough which Dora wants to investigate was where the fugitive was first seen lurking?]
"Whoops I never dowsed the lantern. Guilliame your turn to brave the cattle and check out that trough."
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"Guilliame, there is something in the middle of that yard - can you keep the cattle in one corner while I check it?"
Catching up with Dora, Guilliame can see nothing but the cattle in the stockyard until Dora brings his attention to a small dark object in the centre of the yard that is mainly visible because of the contrast between its colour and the grey of the trampled earth it rests upon.
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Move the dancing lights over to the centre of the yard.
Guilliame's Dancing Lights centre themselves over the dark object lying on the ground, but it is too far away to make out what it is, except that it can't be more than 10 centimetres long and has distinct edges.
For Guilliame:
[OOC: Guilliame's Dancing Lights are not that bright and every one of the four lights must be within 20' of one of the other lights. As the object is about 50' away, this means that Guilliame will be left in darkness if Dora takes her lantern with her to examine the object. He could make a trail of lights as he did previously but this will reduce the effect of the lights being together.]
For Dora:
[OOC: Paul, As Guilliame has only just moved his Dancing Lights over the object, this would be when Dora sees the sudden movement I told you about in the results of your last Perception check.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"Mmmhhh, I was expecting to find a person here. Anyways, Guilliame, can you control the cattle while I retrieve that object?"
For Guilliame:
[OOC: Andrew, Because Guilliame is proficient in Animal Handling, he would know that herd animals like cattle (these are not bulls) would only react badly if they were aggressively approached and then only because the herd might stampede as a group. Someone should be able to quietly walk across the field without being in danger.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
In a clear but not loud voice "Just approach them calmly and quietly and they should be OK."
Move in the direction of the cattleyard moving Dancing lights forward and keeping an eye out for movement.
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Will stay on edge of yard and watch Dora take all the glory.
OOC Paul - no recent movement on Freelance frogometer
Put down lantern, climb over the fence and into the yard, move slowly and smoothly with gaze away from the cattle but watching with peripheral vision. Graspany amulets I am wearing.
For Dora:
[OOC: I am not aware that Dora has any 'amulets' as such. Please let me know if she is wearing anything representing any faith. However, know that non-Mithran symbols would be frowned upon because of the king's recent decree to ban non-Mithran religions in the city.]
Dora puts down her lantern and the climbs the fence. Then, stepping carefully and slowly in the low light, she starts to make her way across to the object being illuminated by Guilliame's Dancing Lights.
[OOC: Please make an Animal Handling check at Advantage. Less than 5 will be considered a failure and may have consequences.]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
[OOC Animal Handling]
10
[OOC No amulets]
Keep my arms and hands loose but ready to sprint or dodge.
Ready to dodge at the first sign of aggressiveness from the cattle, Dora reaches the object lying in the centre of the yard.
What Dora sees:
A small dark metal flask in a specially made black leather container. It looks expensive.
At this point, a little hilarity would likely ensue as Guilliame's Dancing Lights cantrip runs out [OOC: It runs for a minute].
However, assuming he recasts the spell, Dora soon has light again and it would seem the cattle are no more agitated than before.
[OOC: What does Dora do now?]
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Put the object into my pocket. Move slowly and calmly back to the fence watching the cattle all of the time. Climb out of the pen and pick up my lantern. "Guilliame its a flask - we will look at it later but right now, I saw movement at the water trough. We need to take a look over there."
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
OOC How well lite is the area without magical/lanterny light?
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Tyrus Mountson: Lvl 3 Dwarvish Bard; Waterdeep Campaign (Dragon Heist)
Nanoc the Younger: Semi-retired Lvl 2 Rogue / Level 2 Barbarian Human; The Knuckle, Mror Holds, Ebberon.
The Honourable Jaden Fellan: Level 3 Human Eldritch Knight; Band of Sunswall
AKA: Phillip Berrie: writer, editor and academic thrillseeker—a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
"We should light the lantern so we have a more reliable light source. I can fire up a spell if necessary.
[OOC the lantern was never extinguished. It was on when I chased the fugitive and when I walked back to Guilliame and then returned to the cattleyard.]
[OOC I had thought the cattle trough which Dora wants to investigate was where the fugitive was first seen lurking?]
"Whoops I never dowsed the lantern. Guilliame your turn to brave the cattle and check out that trough."