Ulric's eyes narrow at the object and he looks at Gleamsilver and nods in appreciation.
Ulric promptly goes to each member of the party to quickly provide the warning, and have them check their food. Recommending they get together to speak with Gleamsilver that night.
Why the cultist are acting against them now Ulric can only speculate.
(OOC assuming either Gleamsilver or Ulric would have warned or intervened with the entire party to check their food before everyone has finished eating.
Realizing that came across as "Ulric let everyone else eat the bone" and that's not what I am going for : )
When Naroth hears the news from Ulric he swears under his breath and just stand there shaking a bit in rage. Then becomes calms and agrees to meet later that night.
Toc looks up from his empty full bowl of oatmeal to hear the news. He looks to the group, and in a hushed tone says, "Why wait until tonight? They will be expecting something to occur more immediately. Look, they seem to be taking action against more than just us. They may be covering their tracks and eliminating everyone in the caravan for all we know, now that we're close enough to their goal. I suggest we pretend to fall to their treachery. Our ability to travel with them openly is at an end anyway. We pretend to succumb to this weird bone thing, and then can follow them without them suspecting we are trailing them. People don't expect dead men to follow them."
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"Agreed. Except, we might still want to talk to the gnome to learn the right symptoms. Do hope this is not all a set up from that gnome, but anyway, lets try to pretend to die."
Ulric nods toward Toc, "It is possible that they want to eliminate witnesses while they continue toward their goal. They may be trying to kill everyone in the caravan, though how would they get to everyone's food is beyond me. Clearly our caravan master won't act until their is proof enough and I'm not sure us producing these will do. Nor do we know if perhaps Gleamsilver planted them and the warning is her getting us to act against the cultist now. Many unknowns just yet."
Germain examines the coiled bone with a professional eye, "I don't think we could all convincingly play dead, and seeing their plans fail yet again might push them to act more recklessly. They might make an overt move the caravan master will see and respond to, giving us additional support if it comes to blows. As well as a chance to peak around in their wagon."
"I don't believe we play dead. I believe we mock severe, debilitating stomach pain, that they think will lead to death. But it sounds like you don't believe our acting skills are up to snuff. You could be right. So, you're suggesting we pretend nothing has happened and force them to be more overt. I worry about giving them the initiative again. Their next attempts may be more overt, but could also be more deadly. I don't like giving them continuous attempts on my life. I'd rather try the act, keep them away from close examination, and see if that makes them bold enough to do a full out attack, in which case we surprise them with a sudden recovery, or perhaps they just leave assuming their pills will do the job. Then we can follow, again, with out them suspecting."
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Germain thinks for a moment, “I don’t think they’d try an attack, if they were that confident, especially with the other guards and everything here, they wouldn’t be bothering with subtle, or targeting just us. As for the ruse, eventually they’ll notice we haven’t died yet, and their guard will still be up. If you’re thought is to leave and follow, we could do that as a group, but that seems more likely to provoke a direct attack without the others in the caravan to dissuade them. Let them see they’ve failed yet again, perhaps bring the bone coils to the caravan master. And eat only food we prepare ourselves from now on.”
Toc shrugs, "Very well. Though I am done attempting to reason with the caravan master. Feel free to make an attempt. I'll not waste my breath. Let us see what happens then when they are presented with failure once more."
Toc hands Germain the strange bone and dumps out the rest of his oatmeal. He goes about making himself something for breakfast that is tasteless but nutritious and not likely to murder him.
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Ulric holds his piece until Germain finishes speaking, "This might be our best move. It may not move the caravan master, but it is worth making the effort. At the same time we should spread the word to all the rest of the caravan guards to watch their food because the cultist are trying to murder them. We don't need to convince all of them, just some. Anything to help isolate the cultists. I also agree this may push them to be more overt and I don't like leaving them with the initiative. We need a way to counter them without being detected."
Ulric's eyes narrow at the object and he looks at Gleamsilver and nods in appreciation.
Ulric promptly goes to each member of the party to quickly provide the warning, and have them check their food. Recommending they get together to speak with Gleamsilver that night.
Why the cultist are acting against them now Ulric can only speculate.
(("Once the meal is finished" - I love that! He made sure first, everyone got poisoned :) ))
Taviel would not be happy to learn she is about to die without any cure possible but has no idea why would cultists make a move against them at all.
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(OOC assuming either Gleamsilver or Ulric would have warned or intervened with the entire party to check their food before everyone has finished eating.
Realizing that came across as "Ulric let everyone else eat the bone" and that's not what I am going for : )
(Up to Ulric to do that, the gnome did not say she would do so...)
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When Naroth hears the news from Ulric he swears under his breath and just stand there shaking a bit in rage. Then becomes calms and agrees to meet later that night.
Toc looks up from his
emptyfull bowl of oatmeal to hear the news. He looks to the group, and in a hushed tone says, "Why wait until tonight? They will be expecting something to occur more immediately. Look, they seem to be taking action against more than just us. They may be covering their tracks and eliminating everyone in the caravan for all we know, now that we're close enough to their goal. I suggest we pretend to fall to their treachery. Our ability to travel with them openly is at an end anyway. We pretend to succumb to this weird bone thing, and then can follow them without them suspecting we are trailing them. People don't expect dead men to follow them."What's the difference between a Wizard and a Sorcerer?
Class.
"Agreed. Except, we might still want to talk to the gnome to learn the right symptoms. Do hope this is not all a set up from that gnome, but anyway, lets try to pretend to die."
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Ulric nods toward Toc, "It is possible that they want to eliminate witnesses while they continue toward their goal. They may be trying to kill everyone in the caravan, though how would they get to everyone's food is beyond me. Clearly our caravan master won't act until their is proof enough and I'm not sure us producing these will do. Nor do we know if perhaps Gleamsilver planted them and the warning is her getting us to act against the cultist now. Many unknowns just yet."
Germain examines the coiled bone with a professional eye, "I don't think we could all convincingly play dead, and seeing their plans fail yet again might push them to act more recklessly. They might make an overt move the caravan master will see and respond to, giving us additional support if it comes to blows. As well as a chance to peak around in their wagon."
"I don't believe we play dead. I believe we mock severe, debilitating stomach pain, that they think will lead to death. But it sounds like you don't believe our acting skills are up to snuff. You could be right. So, you're suggesting we pretend nothing has happened and force them to be more overt. I worry about giving them the initiative again. Their next attempts may be more overt, but could also be more deadly. I don't like giving them continuous attempts on my life. I'd rather try the act, keep them away from close examination, and see if that makes them bold enough to do a full out attack, in which case we surprise them with a sudden recovery, or perhaps they just leave assuming their pills will do the job. Then we can follow, again, with out them suspecting."
What's the difference between a Wizard and a Sorcerer?
Class.
Germain thinks for a moment, “I don’t think they’d try an attack, if they were that confident, especially with the other guards and everything here, they wouldn’t be bothering with subtle, or targeting just us. As for the ruse, eventually they’ll notice we haven’t died yet, and their guard will still be up. If you’re thought is to leave and follow, we could do that as a group, but that seems more likely to provoke a direct attack without the others in the caravan to dissuade them. Let them see they’ve failed yet again, perhaps bring the bone coils to the caravan master. And eat only food we prepare ourselves from now on.”
Toc shrugs, "Very well. Though I am done attempting to reason with the caravan master. Feel free to make an attempt. I'll not waste my breath. Let us see what happens then when they are presented with failure once more."
Toc hands Germain the strange bone and dumps out the rest of his oatmeal. He goes about making himself something for breakfast that is tasteless but nutritious and not likely to murder him.
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Class.
Obviously, since that moment fort Taviel switched to boiled eggs and pure water. And every piece of fruit for Nissa was checked as well.
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Ulric holds his piece until Germain finishes speaking, "This might be our best move. It may not move the caravan master, but it is worth making the effort. At the same time we should spread the word to all the rest of the caravan guards to watch their food because the cultist are trying to murder them. We don't need to convince all of them, just some. Anything to help isolate the cultists. I also agree this may push them to be more overt and I don't like leaving them with the initiative. We need a way to counter them without being detected."
Do you meet with the gnome then?
Ulric will meet with her. Alone if need be as he believes all the information we can gain will help.
Naroth will meet with her as well.
Taviel will go if it's a collective visit.
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Germain will try to stay somewhere he can watch the cultists while the others meet, asking Toc to message him with updates if possible.
Stealth: 12
Perception: 25