When Mith picks up one of the fish, Jakob puts a hand on the kobold's arm. "I'm not sure that's wise," he says. He looks at the grung. "I don't mean any disrespect, but we have reason to believe your fish may be suspect."
OOC: Man, I wish I had prepared detect poison and disease!
Jakob pulls out his purse. "We would like to buy all of these fish, though. We don't want you to suffer from our suspicions."
"Yeah, Get mud and slime in eyes when fishing" The green grung would say with a smile. "I start fishing near sewer pipe. Less crocodiles and snakes.. they stay away from there." He would say as he holds a gloved finger to his frog-like lips. "Don't tell other fisherman about secret spot"Oscar would say with a wink. He would then hold out his hand expecting coin for the bass as the kobold picks it up and gives it a good sniff.
Give me a perception check Mith, also if Mith wants to eat the fish and Jakob is going to try to stop him, I will need some opposed rolls. Perhaps slight of hand from both of you?
Oscar looks upset when Jakob mentions the fish being suspect but immediately seems unbothered as his open hand moves upwards towards the large bearded old man. "eight silver please for all! Thank you for business!"
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Slight of hand: 18
If Mith's roll is better, surely Jakob has time to say while the kobold is chewing, "Spit that out, friend. Just because it was catfish Will ate doesn't mean the bass is safe."
Jakob gives the grung a gold piece and wishes him well. "Are you planning to fish anymore today? If you don't mind, I'd like to take a look at that sewer pipe before you catch anymore fish in that area."
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Norge holds a hand next to his face between him and Oscar and he leans down to whisper to Mith, "I think Jakob might be right. Are you sure you want to eat the sewer fish? I can spot you some coin for bacon when we get back to Muck and Maggots."
Slight of Hand: 6
Norge turns back to Oscar. "No worries friend. The secret of your top notch fishing spot is safe with us."
"I guess I can wait to fish more"Oscar would say as he takes the wet cloth that had been covering the fish and wraps the creatures inside. "There.. you.. go"He would say as the small creature struggled to lift the combined weight of the remaining fish as he held them above his head towards Jakob. As Norge reassures Oscar that the secret spot will be kept safe, the small Grung would smile. "Good!' He would exclaim before looking towards the group. "Need anything else?"he would ask with a smile.
(OOC: So are Azure and Bey heading to Oscar or Mucor? Just wondering because I wasn't sure.)
Mith smells the fish and thinks it smells pretty normal for a dead fish laying in an old wooden trough. He moves to est it but just as he goes to take a bite, Jakob is able to tug hold of the fish's tail fin and pull it away from the kobold as his teeth chomp shut.
Azure and Bey leave the general store and head down the street. Along the way they pass an orc, shifter, and half-orc wearing matching black hats and working to improve the road with a cart full of cobblestone. A little further on the southern edge of down stands a rustic log cabin with a small hanging wooden sign in the shape of a mushroom above the front door. The sign says "Mushrooms & More Apothecary". There is a much smaller sign hanging inside the window of the shop that says "Closed". Looking past the sign, You can both see a large horned figure frantically moving through the dimly lit shop as thick multicolored smoke billows from the stone chimney. The air around the shop smells sweet and earthy and muffled cursing can be heard from behind the locked door. When you knock on the door a loud angry voice shouts from inside. "Get out of here! There is no time to waste!"
"Perhaps we should visit Oscar and come back when Mucor is in better spirits." Azure suggests to Bey not wanting to tangle with a full grown bull minotaur. He knew Mucor pretty well. He was a calm gentle creature most of the time but once he saw red he was a force to be reckoned with.
"Old fishing spot now foll of crocodiles, snakes, and other big mean things. Those creatures leave their spot and move to my spot... so I moved to their spot!" Oscar would reply with a smug grin.
Jakob looks at Mith and Norge and then back at Oscar. "Would you be willing to tell us or show us where this sewer pipe is? And ... I guess we're going to need a boat to get there?" He looks around as if looking for Azure and Bey.
Mith would know that there are a few sewer pipes that dump into the swamp. Although he himself doesn't live below the streets of Darkwater, many other kobolds that he is familiar with do live down there and is known to spend a lot of time during the day down there quite often. He would also know that out of all the pipes leading towards the swamp, the largest of those pipes used to be quite dangerous.. due to the contents of the pipes attracting a wide variety of creatures similar to what Oscar described..
"Hey, I was going to eat that!" Mith complains as the fish is grabbed away from him and his mouth closes on nothing.
He then thinks better of it.
"Hmmm, if this fish is coming from where the sewer dumps directly into the water this might not be the best fish. There's some bad places that nasty stuff dumps into the water."
Looking back to the Grung,
" I know the sewers well enough. Is it where the big pipe dumps into the swamp? There used to be lots of Crocs and such there." He asks.
After nervously watching the minotaur rustle frantically inside his cabin from through the window, and then hearing Mucor's response when they knock, Bey steps back from the door and looks at Azure.
"I am in agreement with you, friend. I do not wish to further agitate an already riled up minotaur. Let us move swiftly away and rejoin the others down at the fish shack."
As Bey and Azure discuss leaving the angry minotaur alone, there is a sudden loud crash as the front door of the shop shakes and cracks violently. A loud clatter follows as bubbling green liquid rushes from under the door. The battered door slowly sways open on its hinges to reveal a large iron Calderon upsidown in the doorway and a frustrated minotaur crouching in a ball in the corner clutching his horns. "I'm dead... we're all dead.." He would growl to himself as the contents of the cauldron he threw into the door continue to spread across the floor.
When Mith picks up one of the fish, Jakob puts a hand on the kobold's arm. "I'm not sure that's wise," he says. He looks at the grung. "I don't mean any disrespect, but we have reason to believe your fish may be suspect."
OOC: Man, I wish I had prepared detect poison and disease!
Jakob pulls out his purse. "We would like to buy all of these fish, though. We don't want you to suffer from our suspicions."
"Yeah, Get mud and slime in eyes when fishing" The green grung would say with a smile. "I start fishing near sewer pipe. Less crocodiles and snakes.. they stay away from there." He would say as he holds a gloved finger to his frog-like lips. "Don't tell other fisherman about secret spot" Oscar would say with a wink. He would then hold out his hand expecting coin for the bass as the kobold picks it up and gives it a good sniff.
Give me a perception check Mith, also if Mith wants to eat the fish and Jakob is going to try to stop him, I will need some opposed rolls. Perhaps slight of hand from both of you?
Oscar looks upset when Jakob mentions the fish being suspect but immediately seems unbothered as his open hand moves upwards towards the large bearded old man. "eight silver please for all! Thank you for business!"
Slight of hand: 18
If Mith's roll is better, surely Jakob has time to say while the kobold is chewing, "Spit that out, friend. Just because it was catfish Will ate doesn't mean the bass is safe."
Jakob gives the grung a gold piece and wishes him well. "Are you planning to fish anymore today? If you don't mind, I'd like to take a look at that sewer pipe before you catch anymore fish in that area."
Is there something to wrap all the fish in?
Norge holds a hand next to his face between him and Oscar and he leans down to whisper to Mith, "I think Jakob might be right. Are you sure you want to eat the sewer fish? I can spot you some coin for bacon when we get back to Muck and Maggots."
Slight of Hand: 6
Norge turns back to Oscar. "No worries friend. The secret of your top notch fishing spot is safe with us."
"I guess I can wait to fish more" Oscar would say as he takes the wet cloth that had been covering the fish and wraps the creatures inside. "There.. you.. go" He would say as the small creature struggled to lift the combined weight of the remaining fish as he held them above his head towards Jakob. As Norge reassures Oscar that the secret spot will be kept safe, the small Grung would smile. "Good!' He would exclaim before looking towards the group. "Need anything else?" he would ask with a smile.
(OOC: So are Azure and Bey heading to Oscar or Mucor? Just wondering because I wasn't sure.)
(OOC: I think that Bey and Azure were headed to see Mucor first.)
Perception 11
Sleight of hand 10
Mith smells the fish and thinks it smells pretty normal for a dead fish laying in an old wooden trough. He moves to est it but just as he goes to take a bite, Jakob is able to tug hold of the fish's tail fin and pull it away from the kobold as his teeth chomp shut.
Azure and Bey leave the general store and head down the street. Along the way they pass an orc, shifter, and half-orc wearing matching black hats and working to improve the road with a cart full of cobblestone. A little further on the southern edge of down stands a rustic log cabin with a small hanging wooden sign in the shape of a mushroom above the front door. The sign says "Mushrooms & More Apothecary". There is a much smaller sign hanging inside the window of the shop that says "Closed". Looking past the sign, You can both see a large horned figure frantically moving through the dimly lit shop as thick multicolored smoke billows from the stone chimney. The air around the shop smells sweet and earthy and muffled cursing can be heard from behind the locked door. When you knock on the door a loud angry voice shouts from inside. "Get out of here! There is no time to waste!"
Jakob cradles the load of fish. "How did you find this new fishing spot. Oscar?"
"Perhaps we should visit Oscar and come back when Mucor is in better spirits." Azure suggests to Bey not wanting to tangle with a full grown bull minotaur. He knew Mucor pretty well. He was a calm gentle creature most of the time but once he saw red he was a force to be reckoned with.
"Old fishing spot now foll of crocodiles, snakes, and other big mean things. Those creatures leave their spot and move to my spot... so I moved to their spot!" Oscar would reply with a smug grin.
Jakob looks at Mith and Norge and then back at Oscar. "Would you be willing to tell us or show us where this sewer pipe is? And ... I guess we're going to need a boat to get there?" He looks around as if looking for Azure and Bey.
Mith
Mith would know that there are a few sewer pipes that dump into the swamp. Although he himself doesn't live below the streets of Darkwater, many other kobolds that he is familiar with do live down there and is known to spend a lot of time during the day down there quite often. He would also know that out of all the pipes leading towards the swamp, the largest of those pipes used to be quite dangerous.. due to the contents of the pipes attracting a wide variety of creatures similar to what Oscar described..
"Hey, I was going to eat that!" Mith complains as the fish is grabbed away from him and his mouth closes on nothing.
He then thinks better of it.
"Hmmm, if this fish is coming from where the sewer dumps directly into the water this might not be the best fish. There's some bad places that nasty stuff dumps into the water."
Looking back to the Grung,
" I know the sewers well enough. Is it where the big pipe dumps into the swamp? There used to be lots of Crocs and such there." He asks.
The grung would nod his head up and down towardstMith buf would hold a finger to his mouth. "Yes but shhh! no telling people!"
"I can rent you boat! 5 silver for whole day" The green grung would shout as he rapidly blinks his bulging yellow eyes.
After nervously watching the minotaur rustle frantically inside his cabin from through the window, and then hearing Mucor's response when they knock, Bey steps back from the door and looks at Azure.
"I am in agreement with you, friend. I do not wish to further agitate an already riled up minotaur. Let us move swiftly away and rejoin the others down at the fish shack."
Jakob looks at Mith. "You know where this fishing spot is?"
"Yeah, I know where it is."
As Bey and Azure discuss leaving the angry minotaur alone, there is a sudden loud crash as the front door of the shop shakes and cracks violently. A loud clatter follows as bubbling green liquid rushes from under the door. The battered door slowly sways open on its hinges to reveal a large iron Calderon upsidown in the doorway and a frustrated minotaur crouching in a ball in the corner clutching his horns. "I'm dead... we're all dead.." He would growl to himself as the contents of the cauldron he threw into the door continue to spread across the floor.