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[Adventure] Serpent's Skull: Souls for Smuggler's Shiv (DM: Mewness; Judge: THB)
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<blockquote data-quote="Mewness" data-source="post: 5577431" data-attributes="member: 14889"><p>Tlacamatli leads the way to the dock, where a trading ship, the <em>Jenivere</em>, lies at anchor. He boards the ship and begins speaking quietly in Magari to two dwarves standing on the deck. These two look nothing like Tlacamatli, save for the obsidian-toothed wooden swords they carry--they have the typical dwarf build, wear armor made of animal hides, and are bareheaded, with colorful feathers decorating their hair and beards. As Tlacamatli approaches, the captain of the <em>Jenivere</em>, a cheerful-looking, hulking fellow, glances up from a discussion with a member of his crew. He smiles and waves the newcomers on board, signaling a crewman to attend to them before continuing with his discussion.</p><p></p><p>In addition to the Magari, five other passengers of various sorts are already on board.</p><p></p><p>[GM]The perception/insight checks here assume that your PC spends a few minutes observing the NPC in question. If your PC wouldn’t find that NPC interesting, don’t bother to roll.[/GM]</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Teal">A tanned, attractive half-elven woman</span> is helping the crew with some of the rigging. Though she appears to be quite competent, the men soon laughingly wave her away, saying that she’s paid for her passage and should enjoy herself. The woman seems slightly irritated by this, but stops trying to help and turns instead to watch the other boats in the harbor. In human terms, she looks like she is in her thirties. Her dark hair is mostly hidden under a hat that she wears pulled low on her forehead, and her thick, heavy leather armor gives her a slightly mannish appearance. She is armed with a cutlass and a long knife.</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Perception 13]This woman isn’t just attractive--she’s extraordinarily so, really quite stunning. But it isn’t immediately obvious because of her concealing, rather shapeless clothes.[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>Not far from the half-elf, <span style="color: Purple">a fashionably dressed male gnome</span> is sitting on a crate. He has a very citified manner, and appears to be unarmed. He looks rather bored, and is fiddling with some sort of complicated object, perhaps a puzzle.</p><p></p><p>Sitting on the deck is <span style="color: DarkRed">a human female, perhaps forty years old</span>. She wears spectacles and her hands are stained with ink. She is writing something in a journal and appears to be completely absorbed in it. She doesn’t seem to be armed or armored.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOliveGreen">A human male from the Kingdom of Jade</span> sits not far from the scholarly-looking woman, although the two are paying no attention to each other. The man is perhaps fifty years old. His hair has a good deal of gray in it and his face is weathered, but he looks physically very fit. He carries a katana and is looking out to sea in a meditative manner.</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Insight or Perception 13]He actually seems to be dividing his attention between the sea and the half-elven woman, although his face shows no particular expression when he looks at her.[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>The last passenger is <span style="color: DarkOrange">a pretty young human woman with flame-red hair</span>. It seems that she cannot keep still--she is at one moment bending over the rail to peer into the water, the next moment looking up at a seagull, then sizing up another passenger, then staring at the crew as they work, then scrutinizing something on her own arm. She wears a leather costume that cannot aptly be described as “armor” owing to its failure to cover most of her vital areas, though it does give observers ample opportunity to admire her athletic, shapely physique. She has a good-sized bow slung over her back, unstrung.</p><p></p><p>[GM]Finally, everyone make an Endurance check for me to use in the future <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devil.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":devil:" title="Devil :devil:" data-shortname=":devil:" /> (it has nothing to do with this scene).[/GM]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mewness, post: 5577431, member: 14889"] Tlacamatli leads the way to the dock, where a trading ship, the [I]Jenivere[/I], lies at anchor. He boards the ship and begins speaking quietly in Magari to two dwarves standing on the deck. These two look nothing like Tlacamatli, save for the obsidian-toothed wooden swords they carry--they have the typical dwarf build, wear armor made of animal hides, and are bareheaded, with colorful feathers decorating their hair and beards. As Tlacamatli approaches, the captain of the [I]Jenivere[/I], a cheerful-looking, hulking fellow, glances up from a discussion with a member of his crew. He smiles and waves the newcomers on board, signaling a crewman to attend to them before continuing with his discussion. In addition to the Magari, five other passengers of various sorts are already on board. [GM]The perception/insight checks here assume that your PC spends a few minutes observing the NPC in question. If your PC wouldn’t find that NPC interesting, don’t bother to roll.[/GM] [COLOR="Teal"]A tanned, attractive half-elven woman[/COLOR] is helping the crew with some of the rigging. Though she appears to be quite competent, the men soon laughingly wave her away, saying that she’s paid for her passage and should enjoy herself. The woman seems slightly irritated by this, but stops trying to help and turns instead to watch the other boats in the harbor. In human terms, she looks like she is in her thirties. Her dark hair is mostly hidden under a hat that she wears pulled low on her forehead, and her thick, heavy leather armor gives her a slightly mannish appearance. She is armed with a cutlass and a long knife. [sblock=Perception 13]This woman isn’t just attractive--she’s extraordinarily so, really quite stunning. But it isn’t immediately obvious because of her concealing, rather shapeless clothes.[/sblock] Not far from the half-elf, [COLOR="Purple"]a fashionably dressed male gnome[/COLOR] is sitting on a crate. He has a very citified manner, and appears to be unarmed. He looks rather bored, and is fiddling with some sort of complicated object, perhaps a puzzle. Sitting on the deck is [COLOR="DarkRed"]a human female, perhaps forty years old[/COLOR]. She wears spectacles and her hands are stained with ink. She is writing something in a journal and appears to be completely absorbed in it. She doesn’t seem to be armed or armored. [COLOR="DarkOliveGreen"]A human male from the Kingdom of Jade[/COLOR] sits not far from the scholarly-looking woman, although the two are paying no attention to each other. The man is perhaps fifty years old. His hair has a good deal of gray in it and his face is weathered, but he looks physically very fit. He carries a katana and is looking out to sea in a meditative manner. [sblock=Insight or Perception 13]He actually seems to be dividing his attention between the sea and the half-elven woman, although his face shows no particular expression when he looks at her.[/sblock] The last passenger is [COLOR="DarkOrange"]a pretty young human woman with flame-red hair[/COLOR]. It seems that she cannot keep still--she is at one moment bending over the rail to peer into the water, the next moment looking up at a seagull, then sizing up another passenger, then staring at the crew as they work, then scrutinizing something on her own arm. She wears a leather costume that cannot aptly be described as “armor” owing to its failure to cover most of her vital areas, though it does give observers ample opportunity to admire her athletic, shapely physique. She has a good-sized bow slung over her back, unstrung. [GM]Finally, everyone make an Endurance check for me to use in the future :devil: (it has nothing to do with this scene).[/GM] [/QUOTE]
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