Gallia Campaign 1

Misty waves Gimble over as he arrives. She settles back in her seat, still enjoying her wine, as they settle in at the table.

“Yes, although I still don't know why it is needed.  But I will not lose it” Stannic displays his card proudly as Gimble asks.  Following Gimble’s lead, Stannic tells Elsa he will take a room as well.  He fishes a gold piece out of his pouch and passes it over, one of the few the Archdruid of his order passed along to him as he started his journey so many weeks ago.  

Stannic looks at Misty and Gimble “What’s your next move?  Do you plan on escorting the dwarf to wherever the map leads?”

@ Gimble, (OOC: assuming you pay for the room) Elsa takes your coin, and goes to get a key and place your order. She comes back and gives you a key to the room. Elsa: (to Gimble) "Here you go, enjoy your stay. Your meal should be ready shortly."

@ Stannic, Elsa: (to Stannic) "Thank you, I'll grab your key in a minute. Will an onion soup work for you? (OOC: since you ordered a vegetable soup specifically) Its on the spicy side, just a fair warning."

Misty nods to Stannic. "Good question." She glances to Gimble and then back to Stannic. "What do you guys think? My opinion is that we do go with the dwarf to find wherever this map shows, and see what we can get out of that for our company."

“Misty, I completely agree. Im curious what this supposed treasure is. I still can’t get a full read on the guy. Do you think he’s legit? Either way, if I’m the least, the gig pays well, I could be game for it.”

Gimble nods to Elsa. “Thanks Elsa. Actually could I get that meal up in my room? I’d like to clean up before the rest of us get here.”

To Misty, “Also, I have payment for clearing that castle. So when the rest get here we can split it up. I’ll be down in a couple.”

Once in his room, Gimble gets cleaned up and just out of curiosity checks his satchel.

Regardless of what he finds, he goes back downstairs after eating and cleaning up, to rejoin Misty and Stannic. 

@ Gimble, Elsa: (to Gimble) "Sure. It should be ready soon. I'll wait til you are in your room." Once you are in your room, there is a knock and its Elsa bringing your food. Its a plate of salted meat and some bread. When you check the Satchel, it is empty.

@ the party, (OOC: feel free to keep discussing your plans in character. Let me know if you want to skip ahead. Take your time if you do plan on doing stuff in town, but if you are ready to move onto the next day when Gundren will bring the payment to you we can.)

(OOC: date July 28th. time 12:18 p.m.) (OOC 2: Casmir is the only one to not have lunch/lunch plans.)

(OOC: quests in the spoiler below)

Stannic smiles politely at Elsa “Yes, the onion soup sounds great, thank you.  The spicier the better.”  Before Gimble heads up to his room, Stannic agrees with their plan “I would like to escort him as well, see what kind of country this map leads to.  Anything to get out of this city.  It closes on you from all sides, it is suffocating.  Is there anyone else you need to check in with in town?”

"I am guessing the dwarf has gone on to speak with those interested in his wellfare, but I guess we could try to speak with Sildar again, though I, for one, have no interest in going through the red tape it takes to do that." She sighs though. "If the rest of you think it worth the effort though, it would be likely a good thing to advise Sildar of what happened at the goblin's castle. Especially the information about this Spider fellow." She looks to those around the table, almost as if wishing them to disagree with her.

“Tell ya what Misty, I’d be more than happy to go take care of informing them, if you’d like to take care of selling and buying for me. I like a good deal, but I hate the haggling, it’s always such a waste of time, just to get to the price they were going to sell it to me anyways.

And was it Sildar we were talking to? I thought it was Iarno we were supposed to report back to? Well either way I needed to speak with him too. (Gimble turns looking at the door and back) Has Casmir returned?”

@ Gimble, (OOC: well the quest log is to make it easier on the players, but you are free to report your doings to whoever you want. Obviously NPCs will act differently from each other, you are "suppose to" report back to Iarno, and thats only if you want to get involved in the Kingdom in an official capacity. As for Casmir, I'm waiting for him to make a post.)

@ Stannic, Elsa comes back to the table with your soup.

Stannic takes a tentative sip of the soup “You were not joking, it is spicy.  But it is very good, thank you” he replies to Elsa.  Turning his attention back to Gimble and Misty “I don’t know either of these men you speak of, so I have no opinion on the matter. We will just see what Master Gundren has to say when he rejoins us tomorrow.”

"I have no issue taking care of selling whatever the group does not wish to keep." Misty remarks as she sips from her wine. "I can do that in the morning if that works for everyone."

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@ Casmir, Mor Bunav: (to Casmir) "Yes, mostly refugees i'm afraid. Coming from one problem or another. Nothing really new has changed, I was hoping you might bring good news. What good have you brought in your adventures? Perhaps some of these refugees can safely returned home if you eliminated a problem."

 Casmir tells Mor Bunav what happened in the goblin castle, but doesn't mention the map (he feels it's not his secret to give away). If Mor doesn't make engage in conversation, Casmir promises to be back another day with his donation, then heads to the kitchen to talk to the cooks and grab sample the food like he used to do when he was a kid. Then he heads to the inn to meet the rest of the group.

@ Casmir, Mor Bunav: (to Casmir) "Im sure Tyr lent his strength so you could overcome such a challenge. A good deed indeed. Unfortunately that old castle is away from most settlements, I do not think it will impact much of the refugees. On the bright side the goblin raids should be a thing of the past." You say your goodbyes, and then go to the kitchen area in the temple. You request some food, and the person running the kitchen today is more than happy to serve you some food. You have a nice meal and start heading towards the Stonehill Inn. Once you get there, you do see Misty, Stannic, and Gimble, discussing and eating together.

(OOC: date July 28th. time 12:23 p.m.)

(OOC: quests in the spoiler below)

"About time you got here." Misty calls to Casmir as they enter the inn. "Come over here..." Once he does she lowers her voice a bit. "We were just discussing if helping the dwarf out, with following his map, is our next item of business, or if someone thinks we should not do so. The three of us think it good, but what do you think?"

(OOC: bumping the thread, do you guys have a plan? do you want me to advance the story?)

(OOC: this is going to be OOC/meta

Looking at the Quest Log I see 6 threads, I confess I am not sure where we are in each of them: 

1/main quest: Report to Greg Greenspear. Optional: Assist Gundren further. [reward: Greg's approval. Completing your job.] We could help Gundren, probably asking for some reward to appease the profit-oriented characters in the party. Have we reported to Greenspear?

2/main quest: Report to Iarno  [reward: approval from Iarno and the Princess.]  Have we reported to Iarno?

3/secondary quest: Capture the Red Brand Bandit Leader Glassstaff or kill them. Harbin prefers the person brought in alive. Halia requested the party kill Glassstaff. [reward: 100 gold from Harbin or Halia. if killed rep up with Halia, if brought alive rep up with Harbin. Harbin will take dead or alive, Halia only wants Glassstaff dead.] This one looks like a no-go, right? We wrecked the Red Brands and didn't find Glasstaff, chances are we won't unless we do some serious detective work...

Quests 4, 5 and 6 look like things we could do but would take us away from the main quest and from the other quests so we'd have to pick one and put the others on hold.

4/secondary quest: Harbin wants the Orc Raiders who have been raiding the towns north of the capital to be wiped out. He will reward anyone who brings back proof of their destruction [reward: 100 gold from Harbin]

5/secondary quest: The Emberhorn Kingdom is struggling to negotiate with centuar tribes across the kingdom over land disputes. Convince Princess or her advisor, Lia Fedrorgo to participate in the negotiations. [reward: ???] We could

6/side quest: Investigate Sister Garaele [reward: ???])

Bottom line we could move forward with main quests # 1 and 2 by helping Gundren (and reporting to the respective NPCs if not done already), OR we could pick one from 4, 5, 6. The characters can plausibly pick any choice without twisting believability too much, at least Casmir can. What do you - the players - think? 

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(OOC: I'd say we need to check in with the dwarf on what his timeline for following the map is. If we have some time before he is ready to head out, then I'd say we should look into one of the 4, 5, or 6 tasks while we wait.)

@ everyone (OOC: you can talk in character about the plans, the quest log is meta information that the characters know. I put it up, so its easier for the players to know what jobs and errands you picked up, rather than look through the long story thread. And as always if you need a refresher on certain information, feel free to ask. Gundren said he would meet with the party tomorrow morning, with payment for rescuing him from the goblins. Its passed noon, so half the day is done.)

"I believe staying put, at least until the dwarf comes by tomorrow morning, would be our best bet." Misty says as the others sit with her at the table. "Staying put doesn't really mean we have to stay at the inn here, so this afternoon I would like someone to go and report in with Iarno, so that he knows what has been going on. While someone does that, I will take our loot and see what I can get for it at the shops in the city." She shrugs as she looks to the others. "From that point I'd say we just relax and do whatever we feel like until tomorrow morning. Depending on what the dwarf says then, we may have time to check into one of those other tasks we have heard about, like those orcs up North, but we won't know if we have the time for that until the dwarf meets with us." She takes a sip of her wine as she waits for any response from the others.