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<blockquote data-quote="Jimmy Disco T" data-source="post: 6373249" data-attributes="member: 6749529"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">(Yes, yes I know... 'you all meet in a tavern'. Cut me some slack, It's been a long while since I've Dungeonmastered anything </span><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />)</p><p></p><p><u><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Dramatis Personae</span></strong></u></p><p><u><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></strong></u></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]mips42 = Erevan Meliamne, M Wood Elf Fighter CN[/FONT]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]dream66 = KerriCreycastle, F Human Druid N[/FONT]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]epicbob = RobertWeaving, M Human Sorceror LN[/FONT]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]industrygothica = Renestrae,F Elf Rogue, N[/FONT]</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]LiShenron = [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]MiriDundragon, F Human Wizard, LG[/FONT][/FONT]</li> </ul><p><u><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></strong></u></p><p><u><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Mirtul 3, DR 1373, Early Morning</span></strong></u></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">You have all spent a not particularly comfortable night in the common room of the Tapped Keg, a somewhat shabby and run down tavern in the tiny hamlet of Shad's Copse. The early morning sun streams in through the dirty windows and you awaken – some with sorer heads than others. During the previous evening you have all introduced yourselves to each other, eaten some dubious meat pies, and shared stories and tall tales.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">You and your fellow tavern guests sit down at the only table large enough to accommodate you all, awaiting your breakfast. Soon enough, a surly Dwarf with crumbs and the occasional chunk of meat lodged in his beard comes your way bearing wooden plates of bread and cheese. A few of bowls of thin, gruel-like porridge soon join them. <span style="color: #ff0000">“Enjoy yer breakfast” </span>he grunts before returning to the kitchen.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">You hear a girl's voice pleading, <span style="color: #ffff00">“But pa, he hasn't come back yet!”</span>A young brown-haired girl of maybe seventeen or eighteen is behind the bar, tugging at the barkeep's sleeves.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ffff00">“</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #ffff00">He said he would come back for me after composing his song! That he would bring me flowers!”</span> she says.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ffa500">“</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #ffa500">Listen Marie,”</span> responds the barkeep, brushing his daughter's hands off him and crossing his arms.<span style="color: #ffa500"> “I know you're sweet on the lad, but I warned you about his type. He's probably halfway to another village by now, charming some other girl. You'd be best to forget all about him.”</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ffff00">“<span style="font-family: 'Arial'">But...”</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ffa500">“<span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Not another word Marie. Now go and see if Grundiz needs a hand in the kitchens.”</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">The barkeep turns his back on his daughter, picks up a cloth and begins stacking mugs on the high shelves behind the bar. He takes a battered tankard and holds it up in front of his face, squinting at it, before spitting on the cloth and vigorously 'cleaning' it. His daughter,ignoring her father's instructions, sits at a small table near to yours, looking sullen and dejected. Suddenly, she looks over to your table, and tilts her head slightly, as a smile forms on her lips.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Gingerly,she walks over to you.<span style="color: #ffff00"> “Ah... hello. Your weapons, armour... you are adventurers, yes?”</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jimmy Disco T, post: 6373249, member: 6749529"] [FONT=Arial](Yes, yes I know... 'you all meet in a tavern'. Cut me some slack, It's been a long while since I've Dungeonmastered anything [/FONT]:D) [U][B][FONT=Arial]Dramatis Personae [/FONT][/B][/U] [LIST] [*][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]mips42 = Erevan Meliamne, M Wood Elf Fighter CN[/FONT] [*][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]dream66 = KerriCreycastle, F Human Druid N[/FONT] [*][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]epicbob = RobertWeaving, M Human Sorceror LN[/FONT] [*][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]industrygothica = Renestrae,F Elf Rogue, N[/FONT] [*][FONT=Arial, sans-serif]LiShenron = [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]MiriDundragon, F Human Wizard, LG[/FONT][/FONT] [/LIST] [U][B][FONT=Arial] Mirtul 3, DR 1373, Early Morning[/FONT][/B][/U] [FONT=Arial]You have all spent a not particularly comfortable night in the common room of the Tapped Keg, a somewhat shabby and run down tavern in the tiny hamlet of Shad's Copse. The early morning sun streams in through the dirty windows and you awaken – some with sorer heads than others. During the previous evening you have all introduced yourselves to each other, eaten some dubious meat pies, and shared stories and tall tales.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]You and your fellow tavern guests sit down at the only table large enough to accommodate you all, awaiting your breakfast. Soon enough, a surly Dwarf with crumbs and the occasional chunk of meat lodged in his beard comes your way bearing wooden plates of bread and cheese. A few of bowls of thin, gruel-like porridge soon join them. [COLOR=#ff0000]“Enjoy yer breakfast” [/COLOR]he grunts before returning to the kitchen.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]You hear a girl's voice pleading, [COLOR=#ffff00]“But pa, he hasn't come back yet!”[/COLOR]A young brown-haired girl of maybe seventeen or eighteen is behind the bar, tugging at the barkeep's sleeves.[/FONT] [COLOR=#ffff00]“[/COLOR][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#ffff00]He said he would come back for me after composing his song! That he would bring me flowers!”[/COLOR] she says.[/FONT] [COLOR=#ffa500]“[/COLOR][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#ffa500]Listen Marie,”[/COLOR] responds the barkeep, brushing his daughter's hands off him and crossing his arms.[COLOR=#ffa500] “I know you're sweet on the lad, but I warned you about his type. He's probably halfway to another village by now, charming some other girl. You'd be best to forget all about him.”[/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=#ffff00]“[FONT=Arial]But...”[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#ffa500]“[FONT=Arial]Not another word Marie. Now go and see if Grundiz needs a hand in the kitchens.”[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Arial]The barkeep turns his back on his daughter, picks up a cloth and begins stacking mugs on the high shelves behind the bar. He takes a battered tankard and holds it up in front of his face, squinting at it, before spitting on the cloth and vigorously 'cleaning' it. His daughter,ignoring her father's instructions, sits at a small table near to yours, looking sullen and dejected. Suddenly, she looks over to your table, and tilts her head slightly, as a smile forms on her lips.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Gingerly,she walks over to you.[COLOR=#ffff00] “Ah... hello. Your weapons, armour... you are adventurers, yes?”[/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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