//what would i roll to see if Rip recognizes the halflings? his stories would have been quite popular among the children//
As you come up behind Angel and the mounted riders from a ways back, you see that these are Yebin and Tebin, twin boys that have spent much of their young lives getting into all kinds of mischief with your own son, Roony. They don't seem to have noticed you...their faces are downcast and forlorn, and they seem lost in their own worlds.
"Yebin and Tebin? surely not, the halflings I remember weren't nearly so tall!"
They glance up, startled, and smiles return to their faces. "Mr. Roony's Papa!" They both exclaim. They slide down from the saddles, nimble as only halflings are, and rush towards Rip. "You're alive! Tebin didn't think you were, but Roony always said that you were and I believed him," says Yebin, proudly thumbing his chest.
The knight looks down from her white horse. "You know these young ones? What fortune! I haven't been able to get much more than a sniffle out of them since we pulled them out of that wreckage."
"That's to be expected after what they've been through. I've known these fellows since before they were born!.... now lads, did you see what happened to Mr. and Mrs. Bakerton or Roony and Kara?"
Yebin again looks very downcast. Tebin steps up, "It wasn't our fault, Mr. Roony's Papa. We were just playing hide-and-seek with Roony when all those big rocks started falling. We didn't know what to do so we just ran and in the old barn, and then those big men with no shirts grabbed him. We tried to run and tell his mama, but the big men were all over the place. And there were bigger folk, too, REALLY big and grey. They were fighting, I think. Lots of people were already running but the big men were between us and them, and so we went back in the barn and hid. We stayed there for forever, but then the REALLY big grey people came back and started smashing the buildings again. We hid in the hay in the barn, and then the whole barn fell on top of us. Then that lady that talks funny found us, and she and her friend there gave us rides on their horses."
"We want to be knights when we grow up!" Yebin pipes up. Tebin nods in vehement agreement.
"Well If I can become a giant slayer, there is no reason you can't be knights! Isn't that right lady....?"
"...Harriana Hawkwinter, at your service." The knight places her hand over her pauldron in a chivalrous sign of respect. "And may I ask your name, my good halfling? And those of your compatriots?" She smiles again at Angel.
"If I would be so bold," Lady Hawkwinter says, after you introduce yourselves (or decline to do so), "I would ask that you take these youngsters under your protective care and convey them to the nearest settlement. We have stone giants to hunt," she explains, indicating her squire and herself. The young squire nods dutifully.
Ink mumbles to himself, "Big and grey... big men with no shirts... big and GREY!" Turning to Flint, Ink whispers, "I think Rip's town was attacked by stone giants - which is odd on its own - but, it also seems that a tribe of barbarians have allied themselves with the particular clan of stone giants that led the attack. This is very strange indeed."
I am Rip Dangerfield, adventurer extraordinaire! and this is my merry band! Ink the... magic guy of some sort, Marav the tracker, Flint the Hammer!, Angel the monk and his dogs scrappy and.... scrunchy? and the fellow pulling the cart is our good friend Boris"
“It’s Cade, not Scrunchy. And I don’t think we can take any children with us. We’re on our way to find Rips son and also to a couple of larger settlements to perform some tasks but also get some aid in combating the giants.”
"we are seeking nearby giants as well, they may have taken my family as prisoners and i very much wish to reclaim them. perhaps we can be mutually beneficial to each other?"
“It’s Cade, not Scrunchy. And I don’t think we can take any children with us. We’re on our way to find Rips son and also to a couple of larger settlements to perform some tasks but also get some aid in combating the giants.”
"I'm...sorry to say, Angel the monk, nothing remains of that village. And it is dangerous to explore. Stone giants still abound in the area...one was quite close, stacking rocks nearby when we found these two. We were able to outrun it, but I wouldn't dare return."
"we are seeking nearby giants as well, they may have taken my family as prisoners and i very much wish to reclaim them. perhaps we can be mutually beneficial to each other?"
"I do not wish to imperil these children, but we also cannot dally in our quest. What is it you are suggesting?"
//how far away is my beautiful bride? and what was the town we just left again?//
"we could help each other fight a few giants, but of coarse these two are our top priority. There is a town about 12 miles back the way we came, Tamalin or Nhek was it? can find a place for them until our return."
//lets do both!//
Rip Dangerfield- Halfling Bard, Storm Kings Thunder (retired)
Matrix- Human Monk/fighter, Storm Kings Thunder
DM - Storm King's Thunder PbP | Yet Another Storm King's Thunder PbP
Current: Eogard Duramastar, Human Twilight Cleric/Star Druid | Eiren Lathrana, Shadar-Kai Eldritch Knight/Bladesinger | Arugula, Rabbitfolk Armorer
Survivor: CrispyDM's Saltmarsh as Syltra | SarcasticFury's Strahd as Hadrian Frozenspark | Forge of Fury as The DM
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Survivor: CrispyDM's Saltmarsh as Syltra | SarcasticFury's Strahd as Hadrian Frozenspark | Forge of Fury as The DM
"Yebin and Tebin? surely not, the halflings I remember weren't nearly so tall!"
Rip Dangerfield- Halfling Bard, Storm Kings Thunder (retired)
Matrix- Human Monk/fighter, Storm Kings Thunder
DM - Storm King's Thunder PbP | Yet Another Storm King's Thunder PbP
Current: Eogard Duramastar, Human Twilight Cleric/Star Druid | Eiren Lathrana, Shadar-Kai Eldritch Knight/Bladesinger | Arugula, Rabbitfolk Armorer
Survivor: CrispyDM's Saltmarsh as Syltra | SarcasticFury's Strahd as Hadrian Frozenspark | Forge of Fury as The DM
The knight looks down from her white horse. "You know these young ones? What fortune! I haven't been able to get much more than a sniffle out of them since we pulled them out of that wreckage."
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Current: Eogard Duramastar, Human Twilight Cleric/Star Druid | Eiren Lathrana, Shadar-Kai Eldritch Knight/Bladesinger | Arugula, Rabbitfolk Armorer
Survivor: CrispyDM's Saltmarsh as Syltra | SarcasticFury's Strahd as Hadrian Frozenspark | Forge of Fury as The DM
"That's to be expected after what they've been through. I've known these fellows since before they were born!.... now lads, did you see what happened to Mr. and Mrs. Bakerton or Roony and Kara?"
Rip Dangerfield- Halfling Bard, Storm Kings Thunder (retired)
Matrix- Human Monk/fighter, Storm Kings Thunder
Yebin again looks very downcast. Tebin steps up, "It wasn't our fault, Mr. Roony's Papa. We were just playing hide-and-seek with Roony when all those big rocks started falling. We didn't know what to do so we just ran and in the old barn, and then those big men with no shirts grabbed him. We tried to run and tell his mama, but the big men were all over the place. And there were bigger folk, too, REALLY big and grey. They were fighting, I think. Lots of people were already running but the big men were between us and them, and so we went back in the barn and hid. We stayed there for forever, but then the REALLY big grey people came back and started smashing the buildings again. We hid in the hay in the barn, and then the whole barn fell on top of us. Then that lady that talks funny found us, and she and her friend there gave us rides on their horses."
"We want to be knights when we grow up!" Yebin pipes up. Tebin nods in vehement agreement.
DM - Storm King's Thunder PbP | Yet Another Storm King's Thunder PbP
Current: Eogard Duramastar, Human Twilight Cleric/Star Druid | Eiren Lathrana, Shadar-Kai Eldritch Knight/Bladesinger | Arugula, Rabbitfolk Armorer
Survivor: CrispyDM's Saltmarsh as Syltra | SarcasticFury's Strahd as Hadrian Frozenspark | Forge of Fury as The DM
"Well If I can become a giant slayer, there is no reason you can't be knights! Isn't that right lady....?"
Rip Dangerfield- Halfling Bard, Storm Kings Thunder (retired)
Matrix- Human Monk/fighter, Storm Kings Thunder
DM - Storm King's Thunder PbP | Yet Another Storm King's Thunder PbP
Current: Eogard Duramastar, Human Twilight Cleric/Star Druid | Eiren Lathrana, Shadar-Kai Eldritch Knight/Bladesinger | Arugula, Rabbitfolk Armorer
Survivor: CrispyDM's Saltmarsh as Syltra | SarcasticFury's Strahd as Hadrian Frozenspark | Forge of Fury as The DM
"If I would be so bold," Lady Hawkwinter says, after you introduce yourselves (or decline to do so), "I would ask that you take these youngsters under your protective care and convey them to the nearest settlement. We have stone giants to hunt," she explains, indicating her squire and herself. The young squire nods dutifully.
DM - Storm King's Thunder PbP | Yet Another Storm King's Thunder PbP
Current: Eogard Duramastar, Human Twilight Cleric/Star Druid | Eiren Lathrana, Shadar-Kai Eldritch Knight/Bladesinger | Arugula, Rabbitfolk Armorer
Survivor: CrispyDM's Saltmarsh as Syltra | SarcasticFury's Strahd as Hadrian Frozenspark | Forge of Fury as The DM
Ink mumbles to himself, "Big and grey... big men with no shirts... big and GREY!" Turning to Flint, Ink whispers, "I think Rip's town was attacked by stone giants - which is odd on its own - but, it also seems that a tribe of barbarians have allied themselves with the particular clan of stone giants that led the attack. This is very strange indeed."
Storm King's Thunder - Ink, Elven Bladesinging Wizard
Core City: APbPA - Ormond, Human Twilight Cleric
The Inferno - BG:Dia - DM
They keep me rollin'
"What does al-eyed mean?" asks Tebin of Ink. "You use funny words, too."
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Survivor: CrispyDM's Saltmarsh as Syltra | SarcasticFury's Strahd as Hadrian Frozenspark | Forge of Fury as The DM
I am Rip Dangerfield, adventurer extraordinaire! and this is my merry band! Ink the... magic guy of some sort, Marav the tracker, Flint the Hammer!, Angel the monk and his dogs scrappy and.... scrunchy? and the fellow pulling the cart is our good friend Boris"
Rip Dangerfield- Halfling Bard, Storm Kings Thunder (retired)
Matrix- Human Monk/fighter, Storm Kings Thunder
“It’s Cade, not Scrunchy. And I don’t think we can take any children with us. We’re on our way to find Rips son and also to a couple of larger settlements to perform some tasks but also get some aid in combating the giants.”
DM - Storm King's Thunder PbP | Yet Another Storm King's Thunder PbP
Current: Eogard Duramastar, Human Twilight Cleric/Star Druid | Eiren Lathrana, Shadar-Kai Eldritch Knight/Bladesinger | Arugula, Rabbitfolk Armorer
Survivor: CrispyDM's Saltmarsh as Syltra | SarcasticFury's Strahd as Hadrian Frozenspark | Forge of Fury as The DM
"we are seeking nearby giants as well, they may have taken my family as prisoners and i very much wish to reclaim them. perhaps we can be mutually beneficial to each other?"
Rip Dangerfield- Halfling Bard, Storm Kings Thunder (retired)
Matrix- Human Monk/fighter, Storm Kings Thunder
DM - Storm King's Thunder PbP | Yet Another Storm King's Thunder PbP
Current: Eogard Duramastar, Human Twilight Cleric/Star Druid | Eiren Lathrana, Shadar-Kai Eldritch Knight/Bladesinger | Arugula, Rabbitfolk Armorer
Survivor: CrispyDM's Saltmarsh as Syltra | SarcasticFury's Strahd as Hadrian Frozenspark | Forge of Fury as The DM
DM - Storm King's Thunder PbP | Yet Another Storm King's Thunder PbP
Current: Eogard Duramastar, Human Twilight Cleric/Star Druid | Eiren Lathrana, Shadar-Kai Eldritch Knight/Bladesinger | Arugula, Rabbitfolk Armorer
Survivor: CrispyDM's Saltmarsh as Syltra | SarcasticFury's Strahd as Hadrian Frozenspark | Forge of Fury as The DM
//how far away is my beautiful bride? and what was the town we just left again?//
"we could help each other fight a few giants, but of coarse these two are our top priority. There is a town about 12 miles back the way we came, Tamalin or Nhek was it? can find a place for them until our return."
Rip Dangerfield- Halfling Bard, Storm Kings Thunder (retired)
Matrix- Human Monk/fighter, Storm Kings Thunder