Take careful note of the appearance of the other man. Try to recall if I have seen him before. Note what they are wearing. Do they appear to be armed. When in a dark shadow do a See the arcane and check for auras or items.
[OOC: The two have already entered the building, but from what he has seen so far, Guilliame does not immediately recognise the second man. However, from the way the man is dressed and the way he interacts with Brutha, Guilliame believes the man is likely a servant or an employee of Brutha's.
Guilliame will need to get closer to the two before his See the Arcane will be useful because it only has a range of 30'. Fortunately, if he takes up a position at the corner of the building, he will be within range when/if the two leave the building.
Is Guilliame going to wait for them to leave the building?]
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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 Is there a hurry getting to the guard post to be on time? If so keep going. If there is plenty of time wait then wait for 10 minutes. If nothing happens in that time then will decide.
OOC Is there a hurry getting to the guard post to be on time? If so keep going. If there is plenty of time wait then wait for 10 minutes. If nothing happens in that time then will decide.
[OOC: 10 minutes probably won't make a difference, so I will assume Guilliame will wait.]
Guilliame is getting close to continuing on to the Watchpost when Hazluk and his companion leave the building. Closing his eyes, Guilliame opens them with his mage sight active.
Hazluk's companion does not have a magical aura, but much to Guilliame's surprise, Hazluk's aura seems to be stronger than he remembers.
[OOC: Guilliame's memories of viewing Brutha Hazluk before with his mage sight can be seen here. He had a faint magical aura at the time.]
The two chat quietly together before heading across the street towards another eating place.
[What does Guilliame do now? He has committed the appearance of Hazluk's companion to his memory, but is sure he has never seen the man before tonight.]
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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 Was the increase in magickal aura consistent with a more powerful mage returning to their full magickal strength?
[OOC: Yes, as a mage uses their magic, their aura reduces in size. However, Hazluk's aura is not that strong. Guilliame at full strength is probably stronger, though there is no way of knowing if Hazluk is at his full strength at this time.]
Continue on to the watchpost.
Guilliame continues on his way towards the Northern Watchpost and arrives just as the second candle of the night is being called.
The departing hand of the day shift is just in the process of leaving, so the Watchpost has quite a few people in it just at this time. However, looking around, Guilliame is unable to see Handleader Wallus. Instead, there is another woman wearing the insignia of a handleader, the same woman Guilliame remembers being behind the officer of the watch's desk at the Sheriff's Office last night.
[OOC: Please make an Area Knowledge check if you want Guilliame to try to remember this woman's name. The DC to beat is 15.]
"Hello Magus de Marchant," says Handsman Barrus. "How are you tonight?"
All eyes turn towards Guilliame at this point.
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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: Guilliame remembers the handleader's name is Ahman. She was the handleader who was accompanying the sheriff at the Brassman house and Guilliame believes that she, like himself, is a Sorendenese/Stemian halfbreed.]
Most of the people present just stare at Guilliame uncomprehendingly, but then Barrus says, "I remember that name. The Hazluk's are the employers of that young rascal I took to the main office last night. Perhaps they are looking for him, now that he is on the run."
He then turns to the rest of the handsmen present and adds, "He managed to give both Handleader Wallus and the Sheriff the slip, is what I heard."
Handleader Ahman nods in agreement to the last and then asks Guilliame, "Did you see the young boy himself?"
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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: Guilliame does not remember seeing any structure to the magic around Hazluk's head beyond what is normally associated with a sorcerer's normal aura, so it is not likely to have been a spell that he saw.
FYI, the Mage Armour spell protects the whole of the body. Someone under its effect would glow head to foot.]
"Where was this?" asks Handleader Ahman.
When Guilliame tells her where he saw Hazluk, she turns to the handleader of the departing hand and says, "Tell this to tonight's duty officer when you make your report. The sheriff very much wants to talk to that boy, and if he's still in the area, maybe the third hand can find him."
[OOC: If you want to interrupt at this point, just let me know and we can forget about what follows. However, it is clear to Guilliame that, to those present, Brutha Hazluk is not really considered a person of interest.]
Handleader Zahn—who Guilliame remembers meeting last night here at the Watchpost—nods and then says to his own hand, "Right, I'm off to the office to report in. I want to see you all back here bright and early tomorrow morning."
So saying, the day watch leaves the Watchpost in the care of the night watch and Guilliame.
"Welcome Magus de Marchant, it is good to have you here," says Handleader Ahman. "The sheriff has Handleader Wallus on special duties tonight, so I'm the watch leader at this post for this shift. Let me just assign the first patrols and then we will have a chat."
Handleader Ahman then rapidly assigns the first patrols with Barrus and Alice heading to the Stock Yards and Jack and Luca to go to the Western residential area to follow up on some reports of people stealing from fish traps.
She then turns to Guilliame and says, "I have a touch of the gift myself, so I would love to hear more about your background and experience... Would you like a cup of char?"
[OOC: For future reference, I have made a page for Handleader Ahman on the World Anvil site, which you can access here.]
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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: Guilliame doesn't know specifically that Ahman has been to the School, but it is possible that she has because it is a requirement for all innate sorcerers to have at least enough training to be able to control their powers. Also, she doesn't have a journeyman's silver medallion visible, and possibly does not even have one as not all scholars graduate from the school with the silver medallion. Some students never get past the copper medallion of a novice because they don't fufill all the requirements for graduation at the journeyman level. On a game mechanics level, what this means is that while Handleader Ahman may have levels in character classes, none of them are of the arcane magic classes like Wizard or Sorcerer.]
"Please do," says Handleader Ahman as she closes her own eyes briefly before checking Guilliame's own aura.
Guilliame follows suit and can see the aura of magick around her head. If her aura is full, then she is even less powerful than Brutha Hazluk, whose aura Guilliame saw recently.
[OOC: Her power level is probably about the same level as Velma's.]
"And you are a full Wizard?" she asks.
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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.
"No, no," says Handleader Ahman, looking down momentarily. "I am no wizard, my power is only minor... All I can really do is shape water."
So saying, she stares at her cup of char on the table and then brings one hand over the top of it. Then, with a coaxing motion of her hand, she causes a thin column of the liquid to rise up out of the cup.
"They wanted me to pay for my king's patronage in one of the water purification centres," she says, "but that sounded boring, so I opted for military training instead and, once I had served my time, I was lucky enough to be accepted into the Watch."
Her hand drops back to her side and the column of water drops back into the cup. "Now, your turn. How is it that a wizard is walking around with a sword and armour?"
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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: This is a failure in either case but I will assume it was an attempt to actually move the liquid so as to know what the DC is for the following experience roll.
Guilliame's roll for experience:15
The above is also a failure, so no experience.
]
Try as he might, Guilliame is unable to do more than ruffle the surface of the liquid in his cup.
"Not to worry," says Handleader Ahman, "I am sure you can do many magical things that I cannot... Speaking of which, can you tell me a little about what you are capable of, so that I know how best to use your talents."
[OOC: Hi, Andrew. I have changed the rules for player characters gaining experience through skill use (see here for details). This means the above failed skill check gains Guilliame some experience points, which I have added to his character sheet. This new method will simplify the process and, now, also makes more sense to me.]
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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.
"Last night I used a Sleep spell for a bit of crowd control. If the need arises I can run toward, or more likely away from something very quickly. I can do a few lights, bells and whistles as well."
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Take careful note of the appearance of the other man. Try to recall if I have seen him before. Note what they are wearing. Do they appear to be armed. When in a dark shadow do a See the arcane and check for auras or items.
[OOC: The two have already entered the building, but from what he has seen so far, Guilliame does not immediately recognise the second man. However, from the way the man is dressed and the way he interacts with Brutha, Guilliame believes the man is likely a servant or an employee of Brutha's.
Guilliame will need to get closer to the two before his See the Arcane will be useful because it only has a range of 30'. Fortunately, if he takes up a position at the corner of the building, he will be within range when/if the two leave the building.
Is Guilliame going to wait for them to leave the building?]
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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 Is there a hurry getting to the guard post to be on time? If so keep going. If there is plenty of time wait then wait for 10 minutes. If nothing happens in that time then will decide.
Guilliame is getting close to continuing on to the Watchpost when Hazluk and his companion leave the building. Closing his eyes, Guilliame opens them with his mage sight active.
Hazluk's companion does not have a magical aura, but much to Guilliame's surprise, Hazluk's aura seems to be stronger than he remembers.
[OOC: Guilliame's memories of viewing Brutha Hazluk before with his mage sight can be seen here. He had a faint magical aura at the time.]
The two chat quietly together before heading across the street towards another eating place.
[What does Guilliame do now? He has committed the appearance of Hazluk's companion to his memory, but is sure he has never seen the man before tonight.]
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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 Was the increase in magickal aura consistent with a more powerful mage returning to their full magickal strength?
Continue on to the watchpost.
Guilliame continues on his way towards the Northern Watchpost and arrives just as the second candle of the night is being called.
The departing hand of the day shift is just in the process of leaving, so the Watchpost has quite a few people in it just at this time. However, looking around, Guilliame is unable to see Handleader Wallus. Instead, there is another woman wearing the insignia of a handleader, the same woman Guilliame remembers being behind the officer of the watch's desk at the Sheriff's Office last night.
[OOC: Please make an Area Knowledge check if you want Guilliame to try to remember this woman's name. The DC to beat is 15.]
"Hello Magus de Marchant," says Handsman Barrus. "How are you tonight?"
All eyes turn towards Guilliame at this point.
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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.
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"Fine. I just saw Hazluk wandering between pubs with an associate. He seemed to be looking for someone."
[OOC: Guilliame remembers the handleader's name is Ahman. She was the handleader who was accompanying the sheriff at the Brassman house and Guilliame believes that she, like himself, is a Sorendenese/Stemian halfbreed.]
Most of the people present just stare at Guilliame uncomprehendingly, but then Barrus says, "I remember that name. The Hazluk's are the employers of that young rascal I took to the main office last night. Perhaps they are looking for him, now that he is on the run."
He then turns to the rest of the handsmen present and adds, "He managed to give both Handleader Wallus and the Sheriff the slip, is what I heard."
Handleader Ahman nods in agreement to the last and then asks Guilliame, "Did you see the young boy himself?"
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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 Thinking back to Hazluk's magickal aura, is it possible it was a spell, perhaps a Mage armour?
"I didn't see him."
[OOC: Guilliame does not remember seeing any structure to the magic around Hazluk's head beyond what is normally associated with a sorcerer's normal aura, so it is not likely to have been a spell that he saw.
FYI, the Mage Armour spell protects the whole of the body. Someone under its effect would glow head to foot.]
"Where was this?" asks Handleader Ahman.
When Guilliame tells her where he saw Hazluk, she turns to the handleader of the departing hand and says, "Tell this to tonight's duty officer when you make your report. The sheriff very much wants to talk to that boy, and if he's still in the area, maybe the third hand can find him."
[OOC: If you want to interrupt at this point, just let me know and we can forget about what follows. However, it is clear to Guilliame that, to those present, Brutha Hazluk is not really considered a person of interest.]
Handleader Zahn—who Guilliame remembers meeting last night here at the Watchpost—nods and then says to his own hand, "Right, I'm off to the office to report in. I want to see you all back here bright and early tomorrow morning."
So saying, the day watch leaves the Watchpost in the care of the night watch and Guilliame.
"Welcome Magus de Marchant, it is good to have you here," says Handleader Ahman. "The sheriff has Handleader Wallus on special duties tonight, so I'm the watch leader at this post for this shift. Let me just assign the first patrols and then we will have a chat."
Handleader Ahman then rapidly assigns the first patrols with Barrus and Alice heading to the Stock Yards and Jack and Luca to go to the Western residential area to follow up on some reports of people stealing from fish traps.
She then turns to Guilliame and says, "I have a touch of the gift myself, so I would love to hear more about your background and experience... Would you like a cup of char?"
[OOC: For future reference, I have made a page for Handleader Ahman on the World Anvil site, which you can access here.]
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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 Does Guilliame know whether Ahman has studied at the school or does he have a journeyman medallion visible.
"Much appreciated. Do you mind if I check your aura. Feel free to check mine."
[OOC: Guilliame doesn't know specifically that Ahman has been to the School, but it is possible that she has because it is a requirement for all innate sorcerers to have at least enough training to be able to control their powers. Also, she doesn't have a journeyman's silver medallion visible, and possibly does not even have one as not all scholars graduate from the school with the silver medallion. Some students never get past the copper medallion of a novice because they don't fufill all the requirements for graduation at the journeyman level. On a game mechanics level, what this means is that while Handleader Ahman may have levels in character classes, none of them are of the arcane magic classes like Wizard or Sorcerer.]
"Please do," says Handleader Ahman as she closes her own eyes briefly before checking Guilliame's own aura.
Guilliame follows suit and can see the aura of magick around her head. If her aura is full, then she is even less powerful than Brutha Hazluk, whose aura Guilliame saw recently.
[OOC: Her power level is probably about the same level as Velma's.]
"And you are a full Wizard?" she asks.
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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.
"Yes. But I still have lots to learn. Are you still studying?"
"No, no," says Handleader Ahman, looking down momentarily. "I am no wizard, my power is only minor... All I can really do is shape water."
So saying, she stares at her cup of char on the table and then brings one hand over the top of it. Then, with a coaxing motion of her hand, she causes a thin column of the liquid to rise up out of the cup.
"They wanted me to pay for my king's patronage in one of the water purification centres," she says, "but that sounded boring, so I opted for military training instead and, once I had served my time, I was lucky enough to be accepted into the Watch."
Her hand drops back to her side and the column of water drops back into the cup. "Now, your turn. How is it that a wizard is walking around with a sword and armour?"
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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.
"That is a useful skill. I was early to fighting and late to wizardry. Let me try your trick with the water but I don't think I'll have your control."
Try to lift the water using a Prestidigitation.
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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.
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Try as he might, Guilliame is unable to do more than ruffle the surface of the liquid in his cup.
"Not to worry," says Handleader Ahman, "I am sure you can do many magical things that I cannot... Speaking of which, can you tell me a little about what you are capable of, so that I know how best to use your talents."
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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: Hi, Andrew. I have changed the rules for player characters gaining experience through skill use (see here for details). This means the above failed skill check gains Guilliame some experience points, which I have added to his character sheet. This new method will simplify the process and, now, also makes more sense to me.]
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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.
"Last night I used a Sleep spell for a bit of crowd control. If the need arises I can run toward, or more likely away from something very quickly. I can do a few lights, bells and whistles as well."