While Relic has identified horse tracks, Daylily will still have to make a Survival check to follow them if that's what you guys decide to do. He can use Relic's check to give him a +2 aid another bonus at that time, since Relic's pointing out some of them.
[sblock=Relic]Resurrection requires 10,910 gp, and Relic can think of no temples which have boasted that level of magic. He believes the temple of Cortessa may have a priest capable of casting Raise Dead, but that would cost a minimum of 5,450 gp.[/sblock]
[sblock=Quioan]Quioan can confirm that the print belongs to a wolf as opposed to another canine breed.[/sblock]
"Too many time is no track of mans. And is wolf killing farmers, but is man taking horses. This is being kind of spirit-talker called ... how is say? Druid." The barbarian looks around warily, his natural good humor gone and his face stony. "Is much bad feel. Sometime in Jirago, spirit talker listening the evil spirits, becomes much crazy and much danger. Is most highest law for the clan to hunting him."
He looks over to the group, and then to place where he left the wolf carcasses. The he begins to follow the horse tracks.
Before we follow the tracks what are we going to do with the bodies? Unfortunately if I remember rightly even the cheapest Resurection is far beyond our means. When I say far ... I mean really far. We could perhaps conserve them? Kazanto, do you have that power?
Relic turns his attention back to the tracks he found and seeing Daylily's confused expression he attempts to gather in which general direction the horses were taken for about 3 or 4 seconds before he realises that is a really pointless and stupid idea given his terrible eyesight.
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Do I benefit from my own +2 ? Anyone can try Survival or do you have to be trained?
With a sigh he comments: I hope one of you young, sharp eyed ones can see which way the horses were taken. Look they begin here and here. Oh and another there. What does that tell us?
He then moves over to Roug's body and inspects the wounds he has suffered. As a herbalist Relic has treated the victims of many wild animal attacks and dealt often with the dead of those who couldn't be saved by his herbs. He studies the body to interpret the wounds suffered and get an approximate time on how long he has been dead for.
Looks like you failed the check in any event, but for future reference: untrained Survival for tracking works like untrained Know skills: you can only make the check for DC 10 or lower trails. In this case, the DC is 15.
Hmm...well, what do we do, gang? Our only member of the group with the survival skill failed his skill check, which means we can't track. I'm not sure what our other options are. Go confront house Gabbiano? We've been threatening that from time to time, but does it really seem like a viable option?
Hmm...well, what do we do, gang? Our only member of the group with the survival skill failed his skill check, which means we can't track. I'm not sure what our other options are. Go confront house Gabbiano? We've been threatening that from time to time, but does it really seem like a viable option?
If everyone's feeling stuck, I suppose that means I should throw a few things out there. I apologize if anyone feels shoehorned in a direction. And, of course, you're free to come up with something else if you want:
1) Daylily can re-check after an hour of searching for following the horse tracks, but remember he'll also have to make track checks once an hour if the trail's longer than that.
2) You know House Gabbiano is based in Venza. You're currently in possession of at least three objects (hawk jesses, weasel necklace, letter) which all appear to have the House Gabbiano mark. Using those either for a direct confrontation (diplomatic or otherwise) or for presentation to local constables would both seem to be options.
Can Kazanto use Heal (I'm sorry if I'm imagining your character as too 'healer-like') to get a clue on how long the bodies have been dead and if Roug was killed by one or more wolves, or if a weapon was also used to finish him? I'm guessing my Herbalist roll was far too low to push into what is probably only on the very edge of the Heal skills periphary.
Another hour ... are we really going to be able to catch up to whoever has got another hour head start on us?
I'd go and confront the Gabbianos. We can always take our case to the authorities first if it seems too dangerous to directly confront a noble house. If we take the bodies with us maybe a constable can perform a speak to the dead spell on them to have them verify the truth of our accusations? Hence keeping them from rotting might be a good idea (Can anyone cast Gentle Repose?). I'd guess that is where the horses are being taken in any case.
Before we found the wagon, we were headed to the city to question the Gabbianos. I think the fact that we found an immediate mystery here sort of side-tracked us, but we've still got a very viable option with all of the Gabbiano stuff. Also consider that Daylily's track skill is fairly unreliable. At +4, a DC 15 is only 50/50, so we could be here all day waiting for a success.
Watching Daylily fail in his attempts to ascertain the direction of the tracks, Quioan stood by and considered the group's next move. Speaking aloud, he said, "Seems like we're not going to have any success in pursuing the bastards who did this from this location. I feel as though our best chance is to simply continue on towards the Gabbiano's. I have a feeling that we'll find those responsible there."
"Now the only question is what to do with the bodies of our former employers - it pains me to leave them here like this, but I see no viable alternative."
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By the by, this is a hardcore turn, jk. Not a bad thing, but it's definitely a shift in tone. My first question once we're finished is going to be whether this could of been avoided or not (perhaps we shouldn't have wasted time camping out?).
By the by, this is a hardcore turn, jk. Not a bad thing, but it's definitely a shift in tone. My first question once we're finished is going to be whether this could of been avoided or not (perhaps we shouldn't have wasted time camping out?).
Once we're all done, I'll be happy to pull back the curtain.
FYI, guys, an early heads up: I'll be gone all next week on vacation, with limited to no internet access from the look of things. In addition, I may wind up losing my home computer for a week starting this Friday. I'll do what I can to get online and update, but after Friday you may be in for a short lull, for which I apologize. Both vacation and computer loss should be over by the evening of the 26th / morning of the 27th.
