Sael Intimidation: 7

"Your threats do not scare me, fiend," and the orc spits on the ground in front of Sael. Defiantly, he says, "We took because we can. That is the way of nature. Our home was taken by the white devil, and we took this home because it suits us."

And, again, assuming Kwisatz is still using detect thoughts, Kwisatz can tell that he's not lying. 

"And what has nature brought upon you that has now killed most of your group?" Kwisatz asks "Was a dragon here?"

Pride and honor getting the best of him, the orc stares back, "Nothing is stronger than orcs! We fight, we live we win. We fight, we die, we still win." You get the feeling, sensing his most surface level thoughts/emotions, that he's embarrassed at the idea of admitting that his group got bested by something else. To an orc, to fight and die for your clan or tribe is the greatest honor, second only to winning in a great battle.

Kwisatz sighs, puts his fingers to his temples, and attempts to read deeper into this orc's thoughts, thinking to himself "this will certainly be better than speaking to him..."

Orc WIS saving throw:  19

The orc's surface thoughts are so flooded with honor, pride, and a hint of embarrassment that Kwisatz isn't able to dig any deeper. You can see the orc furrowing his brow in pain at the mental attack from Kiwsatz.

Shaking off the headache, "This is our home, now! We captured the man, killed his tiny clan, and took it from him, so now it's ours."

"Wait." says Sael.  "You haven't killed him?" she asks the Orc.

"Killed him?" the orc says curiously. "Why kill something that is already beaten when it could be of some use?"

"And that is why you are still alive." Kwisatz says, looking to the orc, and realizing that his companion is much better at learning things than he. Seeing that things are going well, he'll bring Duncan into the room to call him if there are any problems, and goes to check on his Servant's progress, as well as to see if the home is relatively safe to camp for the evening ((it's getting late yes?)), or if he can find the farmer.

"I'm alive because you were too weak to finish what you started," the orc said.

I think investigation is the most appropriate for this situation. And, with a 19, you'll find everything. lol

Kwisatz looks through the rest of the house. Starting with the top floor, he opens each of the rooms looking for a man. In the process, he finds the same rooms that Rush and Andrømeda already went into, then he found two more rooms that have two beds and two footlockers with nothing of value in them.

Then, you open the closet next to the stairs and there is just some cleaning supplies in there - a mop, mop bucket, and broom.

The last room on the first floor is Big Al's office, right across from the top of the eastern staircase. Big Al’s desk is buried under stacks of ledgers and papers chronicling ten years’ worth of business transactions. Kwisatz finds a small sack buried under the paperwork. It contains earnings and wages: a total of 65 gp, 145 sp, and 220 cp.

Going back down the stairs, Kwiz looks around the living spaces and doesn't find Big Al. 

But, Kwiz remembers that Duncan noticed a cellar out the northern doors of the house and he rushes out there to check on them. Opening the doors, the hinges creek with rust. The cellar has a dirt floor, walls of mortared stone, and an eight-foot-high plank ceiling braced by wooden pillars. Tied to a chair is a large figure with a burlap sack pulled over his head. Shelves along the walls are lined with skulls made of butter and protected by a thin coating of wax.

The man in the chair mutters weakly, "It's my  house. You can't have it."

((And, to answer the question, yes it is getting later into the evening.))

Kwisatz immediately pulls the sack of the man's head, and unties him, saying "The orc raiders have been mostly killed sir. Are you ok? I'm sorry to say that you're the only one we've found alive. And this must be yours..." He then hands the man the sack of coins that he'd found above. Though he's shorter than the farmer, Kwisatz does his best to help him up and lead him out, saying, "Let us go find my companions. You need to get some rest."

The man winces as the bag comes up and off of his head. He is clearly badly beaten and clearly neglected/dehydrated. (Kwisatz STR check: 18)

With a mighty effort, Kwisatz manages to help the man stagger to his feet without buckling under the weight. This man easily weighs about 240lbs. ((Side note: currently, Kwiz's strength allows him to lift, push, or pull 240lbs, and he is currently carrying 44lbs worth of gear.)) Helping Big Al is straining Kwiz to beyond his physical limits and just before they reach the stairs leading up to the cellar doors, Kwisatz collapses. (51%) The man falls on top of Kwisatz's legs, pining him down. 

((lol! I'm amazed he did that well. Though a gnome carrying a big dude is not something I would have gone for... here we are :P ))

Trapped under the large farmer, but with his hands free, Kwisatz casts minor illusion to loudly say the words "Come help by the cellar!" He also reaches out to Duncan who will hop up and down to grab the attention of those inside.

Andrømeda, having seen Kwisatz go bustling by in a rush, pushing open rooms and then rushing down stairs, looks back to the room where Sael and the Orc still are in curiosity. Walking toward them again, she gives the Orc a hard look. She is about to speak when she hears the Gnome's voice calling, sounding distressed, though the words are unintelligible this far away. "Am vil go see vhat he nets." she says to Sael, turning toward the nearby staircase and making her way down, following the voice to the cellar where she finds the poor fellow trapped under the bulk of a man in fairly rough condition. Leaning down to roll the man off her smallest companion, she helps Kwisatz to his feet. "Are du alright meg venn? Vhat happened?" She asks, turning to inspect the humans injuries(medicine check: 22 ).

Kwisatz groans a bit as the man is rolled off of him, and thanks Andrømeda. He then says, while rubbing his legs, "I believe this is Al, and this is his farm. Let's take him upstairs and lay him down. We all could use some rest soon, and perhaps we can learn more in the morning."

Andrømeda shrugs a bit, bending down and scooping up the man, hefting him over her shoulder and carefully making her way upstairs(I can lift up to 480lbs, 351lbs if you subtract what I'm already carrying from that, so I should be good to pick him up, no?) to the large bedroom she initially checked, speaking to Kwisatz on the way, "So, de Orc," she asks, grunting as she repositions the injured man a bit, "he answered dun questions?"

Kwisatz sighs and replies "Well... yes and no. He hasn't been untruthful exactly, though nor has he been particularly helpful." Then thinking to himself for a minute adds "Regardless of what happens to him let's leave him tied up until the morning. I'd like to see what the farm, and chaos, look like in the day light." Then looking to Duncan tells him to fly out to the orchard and if the fruit is ripe to bring one back for him to nibble on while he studies.

Gently placing the man on the bed, Andrømeda took stock of her own injuries for a few seconds, before turning to face Kwisatz, her face grim. "De Orc vil not live past de morning." She walks out of the room and towards the Orc, right into his personal space, and leans in to his face. "Du vant to play at being an honorable krigga, but vhat vas done here vere de acts of feiginger." She raises a fist up to the side of his head, cracking her knuckles. "Make peace vith vhatever Gud du ha. Dun klannen is død, and vhen de Sol rises tomorrow, du vil join dem." Having said her piece, she walks away from him, settling her bedroll in a corner of the room where she can watch him, and getting ready to rest for the evening.

Rush channels his god, and heals the man (and anyone else up to half their max, up to 20).

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Andrømeda...Leaning down to roll the man off her smallest companion, she helps Kwisatz to his feet. "Are du alright meg venn? Vhat happened?" She asks, turning to inspect the humans injuries(medicine check: 6 ).

Even with a 6, Andrømeda can see that this man is gravely injured. (he literally has 1 HP.)

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Kwisatz sighs and replies "Well... yes and no. He hasn't been untruthful exactly, though nor has he been particularly helpful." Then thinking to himself for a minute adds "Regardless of what happens to him let's leave him tied up until the morning. I'd like to see what the farm, and chaos, look like in the day light." Then looking to Duncan tells him to fly out to the orchard and if the fruit is ripe to bring one back for him to nibble on while he studies.

I have another 50g worth of material, so if there is time before sleep becomes required, I'd like to scribe another spell - Mage Armor this time. Then I'll need more paper~

 

Duncan flies out and does find some apples in the orchard and is able to bring as many back as he can carry. ((What's his carrying capacity?))

Once Kwisatz gets to a place where things have settled down and everyone is getting into their rest routine, he finds a spot in the home away from everyone else. He lays out all of his materials, and the spell book that he got from Gnomengarde, and he begins to scribe mage armor into his spell book while practicing the spell at the same time. After you've spent a couple of hours practicing it, you were able to successfully learn the spell and add it to your book.

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Rush channels his god, and heals the man (and anyone else up to half their max, up to 20).

Big Al takes in all 20 of those points and is still under half health. After Rush channels his divine energy into this lumbering man, he says from a laying position on the bed, "I can't thank you...enough," and he passes out asleep.

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Everyone that Rush healed, make sure you note that on your character sheets. Then, make sure you click the Long Rest button on your sheets because tonight will count as such.

Are you setting up a watch rotation? And, are there any last things anyone wants to do or say before you get your long rest?