Academy of Drell, Part 5

[GnomeWorks]

"Are you sure it's wise, leaving him alone with you?" Charlotte asks Victor. "I don't know if I trust it... I'll stay down here with you, and if the orc does anything... foolish... it'll wish it hadn't."

"Serbanas, thanks for the offer," She says, pulling out her rapier, "but unless you have anything of finer quality than this blade, I'll pass on your offer for weaponry."

 

[Argent Silvermage]

"Thanks you Charlotte. I appriciate the offer for aid but I think Victor and I can handle this." Lyrique and his Orc friend move a bit away from the group. assuming that Victor is translating, Lyrique will ask the Orc who sent him here and what do the Orcs want. Where their outpost is located and what they are looking for here.

 

[Zhure]

Serbanas to Charlotte

"While that's a fine blade, I believe I have a rapier you might like more."

Serbanas walks to a wall display and removes a finely-crafted rapier and hands it to Charlotte. It's thinner than any rapier she's seen before, but the heft is surprising. It weighs almost as much as a regular rapier, and at Serbanas's prompting, Charlotte tests it's flex. It's a firm blade and the edge is razor sharp. The point is almost like a needle.

"I made it myself," Serbanas says, pointing to his chop under the elaborate quillons. "It's an adamantium alloy, I spent weeks pattern-welding it until I could get the flex right. Adamantium is difficult to work into such delicate blades."

On closer inspection, a metallic blue swirl can be seen running down the center of the blade, and a hazy, almost translucent, patina discolors the surface.

"It's not my finest rapier, but you're welcome to it."

This is a mithril-adamantium alloy, masterworked. +1 to hit and damage, weighing 2.25 pounds, suitable for future enchantments.

 

[Zhure]

Lyrique, VIctor and the orc

...assuming Victor translates...

The orc is very friendly, and smiles at Lyrique. Everytime he has to wait for Victor to exchange a message between him and Lyrique, the orc tends to get a little more upset, so it looks like he won't be able to be questioned indefinitely, but he is certainly co-operating for now.

Ask away.

 

[Zhure]

Serbanas to Rallyn

"Say, Rallyn, let me see that blade." Taking the orcish shortsword gingerly in his hands, Serbanas examines it closely. "That's an assassin's blade, but hasn't been used as such for a generation. Those runes aren't just decorative, but are designed to hold poison* in them, and to make a more lethal blow as the blade is extracted. It's too clean, so it's only been used as a regular weapon.

"They're quite valuable among collectors on the mainland."

It's an Assassin's dagger (DMG, page 188, except the save DC is vs poison rather than the death touch), +2 to hit and damage.

* While poison use is illegal in the Empire, poison paraphernalia isn't, so possession of the blade isn't a crime.

 

[Lichtenhart]

"Serbanas, I'm probably fine with my longsword, but if you could hand me some crossbow bolts I'd be very grateful."

Victor's face speaking with the orc seems made of stone. he doesn't leave any emotion pass through, and his eyes are fixed on his face to understand if he lies.

"Did you kill any of the students?"

Sense motive 19+8=27

 

[Jarval]

"Thanks for the offer of weapons. Do you have anything that might suit me?" Mortimer asks Serbanas, showing him his rapier. "Do you need healing? I have a few potions that might help."

 

[Zhure]

To victor

The captive orc looks askew at Victor, but with a reassuring glimpse at Lyrique, he responds. "Sure, I killed plenty of them. I probably got six or seven myself, and me mates got a few, too."

Meanwhile, Serbanas rummages around and brings a quiver of bolts for Victor. "Everyone has their own tastes," Serbanas says. "Me, I'm a blade man. But crossbows are fine. These should suit you well. I made them during my adamantium experiments a few years ago. By hollowing out the shaft, like a bird's leg, I found I could make the entire thing of adamantine webbing.... "

He sees the blank looks everyone is giving him so he just stops.
"I''m sorry, I ramble," Serbanas says with a smile.

a quiver of 20 bolts, all +2 to hit and damage.

 

[Zhure]

to Mortimer

Serbanas glances at Mortimer, giving him careful scrutiny. 'That's a lovely chain shirt... but try this one on and tell me what you think."

The half-orc pulls a chain shirt out from among the folds of a blanket in a drawer. The metal is gray and lusterless, not terribly attractive, but when he hands it over to Mortimer, it's very light.

"It's ugly, but sturdy."

It's a non-magical chainshirt +1, made of an adamantine alloy

-edit- the weight is as if it were mithral and it is masterwork, arcane spell failure = %10

 

[Jeremy]

"Thank you Serbanas. Maybe I can use it to do some good around here."

Rallyn looks back to Victor, Lyrique, and the orc.