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[Adventure] A Call for Lovers (DM: jbear Judge:Lord Sessadore)
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<blockquote data-quote="jbear" data-source="post: 5950898" data-attributes="member: 75065"><p>At Zuri's words Tom's head snaps around towards the forest his eyes wide with fright. Trembling he says in a hushed whisper <span style="color: PaleGreen">"We may be being watched. T-tax collectors. Let's hurry."</span></p><p></p><p>He spurs his horse into a canter. After only a few strides ahead, before you have had a chance to respond to Tom's sudden flight, a yellow feathered black arrow flies from the trees and lodges itself in the ground directly in Tom's path. Tom pulls up hard, too hard in his panic and his horse rears up on its hind legs and comes to an abrupt stop, throwing Tom from the horse. A voice with a heavy sylvan accent calls from somewhere in the trees.<span style="color: SeaGreen"> "You travel the Sildaine Road, you pay the Road tax. 2 pieces of gold. Per head."</span></p><p></p><p>Tom propping himself up on his elbow calls out, scared but defiant. <span style="color: PaleGreen">"This aint your side of the Brook. Crystalbrookers built this road! The Bean road! We owe you nothing elf!"</span></p><p></p><p>A second arrow flies from the trees and lands very near Tom's foot.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: SeaGreen">"Next comment and you will limp the rest of your life, boy. 2 gold pieces per head. And don't forget to count the heads of your horses."</span></p><p></p><p>[GM] You can see no signs of the "Tax Collectors".</p><p></p><p>Whoever is speaking and shooting arrows at you is well hidden in the trees of the Sildaine forest. From the road where you now sit upon your horses there is perhaps 10 feet til the edge of the river. The river is 20 ft wide, 10 ft deep and fast flowing. there is another 5ft of shrub covered river bank before the treeline. Wherever they are they definitely benefit from Superior cover. To the right of the road there is only burnt open fields and a low stone fence about 2 or 3 feet high about 15 feet from the side of the road.</p><p></p><p>What do you do? [/GM]</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Perception Active Only DC 19]</p><p>The second arrow has helped you locate one of the "Tax Collectors".</p><p>From where the voice is coming from you can tell whoever is talking is not the one firing the arrows. [sblock= Perception DC 24] You can't help but admire how well hidden the elves are, but your eyes are even sharper. You count 7 elves including the speaker. 4 of them in the trees and 3, including the speaker, at ground level. All but the speaker have their bows trained on Tom and the group. [/sblock] [/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jbear, post: 5950898, member: 75065"] At Zuri's words Tom's head snaps around towards the forest his eyes wide with fright. Trembling he says in a hushed whisper [COLOR="PaleGreen"]"We may be being watched. T-tax collectors. Let's hurry."[/COLOR] He spurs his horse into a canter. After only a few strides ahead, before you have had a chance to respond to Tom's sudden flight, a yellow feathered black arrow flies from the trees and lodges itself in the ground directly in Tom's path. Tom pulls up hard, too hard in his panic and his horse rears up on its hind legs and comes to an abrupt stop, throwing Tom from the horse. A voice with a heavy sylvan accent calls from somewhere in the trees.[COLOR="SeaGreen"] "You travel the Sildaine Road, you pay the Road tax. 2 pieces of gold. Per head."[/COLOR] Tom propping himself up on his elbow calls out, scared but defiant. [COLOR="PaleGreen"]"This aint your side of the Brook. Crystalbrookers built this road! The Bean road! We owe you nothing elf!"[/COLOR] A second arrow flies from the trees and lands very near Tom's foot. [COLOR="SeaGreen"]"Next comment and you will limp the rest of your life, boy. 2 gold pieces per head. And don't forget to count the heads of your horses."[/COLOR] [GM] You can see no signs of the "Tax Collectors". Whoever is speaking and shooting arrows at you is well hidden in the trees of the Sildaine forest. From the road where you now sit upon your horses there is perhaps 10 feet til the edge of the river. The river is 20 ft wide, 10 ft deep and fast flowing. there is another 5ft of shrub covered river bank before the treeline. Wherever they are they definitely benefit from Superior cover. To the right of the road there is only burnt open fields and a low stone fence about 2 or 3 feet high about 15 feet from the side of the road. What do you do? [/GM] [sblock=Perception Active Only DC 19] The second arrow has helped you locate one of the "Tax Collectors". From where the voice is coming from you can tell whoever is talking is not the one firing the arrows. [sblock= Perception DC 24] You can't help but admire how well hidden the elves are, but your eyes are even sharper. You count 7 elves including the speaker. 4 of them in the trees and 3, including the speaker, at ground level. All but the speaker have their bows trained on Tom and the group. [/sblock] [/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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