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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TaranTheWanderer" data-source="post: 8975497" data-attributes="member: 15882">[SPOILER="Fern (Mini-Sheet)"]<table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>HP: 18/18 AC: 14 (Leather)</td><td>Bardic Inspiration: 3/3 (1d6)</td><td><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>Skills</td></tr></table></td><td>Spell Slots: 1st: [ ] [ ] [ ]</td></tr><tr><td>Pass Per: 13 Pass Inv: 12 Pass Ins: 11</td><td>SPELL SVE DC: 13</td><td>Arcana: 4 Deception;7 Disguise :5</td><td>Cantrips Minor Illusion; Vicious Mockery</td></tr><tr><td>STATS: STR:8- DEX:16+3 CON:12+1 INT:14+2 WIS:12+1 CHA:16+3</td><td>SAVES: STR:-1 DEX:+5 CON:+1 INT:+2 WIS:+1 CHA:+5</td><td>Perform: 5 Persuasion:5 Perception:3 Sl of Hnd: 5 Stealth: 5 Thief Tool:5</td><td>Known Spells 1st Animal Friendship Comprehend Languages, Detect Magic, Heroism, Sleep,</td></tr></table>[/SPOILER][HR][/HR]Despite being young, a hard childhood had made Fern calculating.  Since he had disembarked the boat, he'd become more serious and had remained fairly quiet.  He was contemplating how he should play things.  When he was younger there was usually two ways to go:  quiet and invisible - kids tended to go unnoticed which had a definite advantage; or cute and harmless, which made it easier to play people.  He wasn't sure how the latter tactic would work because he was so much older now.  A twelve year old wasn't nearly as endearing to people as an eight year old.  Although Fern looked young for his age - no-one really knew how old he was since he'd never kept track after his grandmother died - he wasn't confident in using his charm in that way.He decided to play it safe and just be quiet.  He tucked his spellbook into his backpack as he entered the Inn and lowered the sword on his belt so it hung awkwardly, making him look more harmless than he was.(1)  It was true that he was no great swordsman - and, in fact, he had no experience with it in a real fight - but he wasn't helpless.  For several years Delenir's Captain of the guard had trained him with a variety of weapons.He watched Captain Scrinner interact with the pretty elf.  Maybe it was that Captain Scrinner hadn't mentioned their true mission that made Fern cautious but, there was something in how they interacted, though happy, that gave Fern pause.(2) He just couldn't put his finger on what it was.  [HR][/HR][SPOILER="OOC"]1. rolling a deception to have Fern seem more harmless than he is.  I imagine my companions will notice the sudden change in mannerisms but it isn't for them.<a href="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=277690" target="_blank">Deception: 1D20+7 = [17]+7 = 24</a>2. I'm  rolling this only if it makes sense to his background to have heard it being used before.  If not, ignore this roll:<a href="http://roll.coyotecode.net/lookup.php?rollid=277689" target="_blank">Insight about thieves Cant: 1D20+1 = [19]+1 = 20</a>To clarify:  I don't want to understand what they are saying - only to suspect that they aren't saying what they appear to be saying.[/SPOILER]</blockquote>

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