[Adventure] Trouble in Moonwatch (Judge:TwoHeadsBarking)

[CaBaNa]

Suddenly interested Pok brushes past Sheeva, Which House was that Mr. Coilineach? Phiarlan? Do go on... Pok stands there as if that was question enough to receive encyclopedic volumes of answer. It's obvious the gnome ignored Feallmharaigh's question.

 

[KarinsDad]

"Nice to meet you, err, Feall. Your timely assistance is appreciated. I will let Lan respond to your question about the cult. I am more interested in why you are in this area and whether you come from Xen’drik. However, a more personal conversation can wait for later. I suspect that you are more interested in these vermin on the ground than in social niceties at the moment."

 

[CaBaNa]

Sheeva, those are great questions, and this is the perfect time to address them. Pok is surprised at the alacrity of Sheeva, reminding him again that she was likely infiltrating the group for other reasons.

 

[Maidhc O Casain]

Somewhat taken aback by the Gnome's sudden intensity, Feall glances quickly to Sheeva before turning to face his new questioner directly. "How shall I address you as I answer your question, sir? May I have the honor of your name?"

 

[CaBaNa]

Pok new this was coming, and had already decided, Pok is the name. *I already gave that to Sheeva, so no disadvantage in one more knowing...* I'm an out of work war courier. Pok readjusts his shimmering robes, making sure his face wasn't fully visible, I ran a few packages for House Phiarlan, they interest me greatly. As Sheeva asked, where did the house find you? Elf you may be, but not the kind I was paid by. Further, what brings House Phiarlan to this area? Not many folks to entertain... the statement crisps off Pok's lips, more an accusation than acknowledgment.

*House Phiarlan, Khyber, Silver Flame... Maybe I should stick around after all, this is getting complex.*

 

[renau1g]

[sblock=OOC All]
Well done so far! RP is great
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[sblock=River]
On the bodies of most of the creatures, other than lice, are their clothing (including a tunic worn over their armour with a bastardized Khyber representation on it) and a talisman, with the same symbol on it. The hobgoblin leading them carried a bone wand (nonmagical) and had a pair of boots on that seem particularly nice. Also, there is a note in his pocket. It details the cults knowledge of your activities from a spy back in Moonwatch and that this group has orders to kill you, leaving no survivors and to burn Erstlin to the ground.
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Moving from body to body, Pok began thoroughly searching. Starting on his side of the house, and moving around the back room, searching Auldwyl's possessions as he went.
*Nasty smelling things, ho ho, but what does Auldwyl have for a spy?*

[sblock=Pok]
You find a couple of cases of weapons in the back room, a dozen maces, a half-dozen longbows, a handful of longswords, and even a pouch with some liquids in glass containers
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Lanharath frowns as he remembers the barrels of weapons. Immediately, he begins looking around for the farmer while speaking in to Valahad's mind.

"There are weapons behind the curtain, near the front door. It looks as if our farmer was simply bait for us, or perhaps he was coerced into helping."

[sblock=OOC] Lanharath rolls a35 Perception to notice anything "off" in the house as well as look around for the farmer. [/sblock]

[sblock=Kal]
The farmer is lying in the corner of the house (SE), apparently having passed out during the fight.
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[Maidhc O Casain]

"Thank you, Pok. I was found in Xen'drik, abandoned by my tribe as a weakling. My father and mother - those I acknowledge as such - took me in and raised me in the House. However . . ." The young Drow draws a deep breath and looks around the room, plainly trying to evaluate these people he's met, and words come pouring forth in a rush. "I have broken with my house. I am . . . was . . . an acrobat in the Carnival of Shadows. I returned home to Stormreach to find my parents brutally killed, apparently in the course of a robbery. My investigation led me to believe their own House to be behind their murders. I am in the area repaying a debt to the Flame, who sheltered me from would be assassins I believe to be sent by House Phiarlan to silence me and stop my investigation." Another deep breath, and Feall pulls himself together, his sudden vulnerability gone just as suddenly as he draws composure around himself like a cloak.

 

[KarinsDad]

Looking at Pok:

"Down boy." Sheeva's light laughter echos into the night.

"We'll have time for 20 questions to our guest later. In the meantime, did you or Lan find anything? I'm concerned that these goblinoids found us so quickly and ambushed us so efficiently within the structure of a building."

 

[Velmont]

River start a fire, burning all the goons that have attacked them. There boss corpse is still lying in the grass, not too far from the burning pyre. River walk inside the house, and in his hand, a paper.

"It seems someone have been really interested by our activities. The boss have a report of what we have done in Moonwatch, and also the order to burn down this village."

River shows the note he found on the corpse. "Except that, they all wear that talisman." He takes out a talisman out of his pocket, showing a distorted symbol of Khyber. "Oh, and the boss have high quality boots compare to the rags everyone was wearing. Maybe they are magical. That or he has been lucky in his late loot. Pok, you might want take a look at those boots."

 

[Kalidrev]

Slapping the farmer gently on the face, Lanharath attempts to wake up the farmer. Once he finally wakes up, Lanharath assists the farmer in getting to his feet.

"Are you all right? The fight is over now, and we have discovered some very interesting information. Mainly," Lan says, looking around the back room, "the fact that these Khyber agents have been lying here in wait for us. Now..." Lanharath says, instantly turning on the aggression and yelling at the farmer both out loud and in his mind...

"YOU WILL TELL US EVERYTHING YOU KNOW!"
"YOU WILL TELL US EVERYTHING YOU KNOW! and you will not lie about or leave out ANYTHING... or we WILL know..."

"Valahad, come and give me a hand with this farmer. I need your assistance in interrogating this traitor."

[sblock=OOC] Lanharath rolls a 22 intimidate (man... what a waste of a crit). [/sblock]