[Adventure] Serpent's Skull: Souls for Smuggler's Shiv (DM: Mewness; Judge: THB)

[Mewness]

Aerys groans as she gets up again. Remaining crouched during the rain has stiffened her limbs, but she seems willing enough to help.

GM: 1/6 successes. 0/3 failures. Helpful NPCs: Aerys: Athletics +6, Bluff +8 Jade: Heal +9, Religion +6 (neither of which are currently useful) Sasha: Nature +7, Perception +7, Stealth +9

 

[GROMkill]

"We need fire. We shall search jungle near us for any dry wood we can find in order to fuel one. Who shall help me?" Takahaan asks, eyeing the group.

OOC: I need someone to Aid Another in Athletics I could probably make the check on my own, but the extra help would be good.

 

[Pentius]

"I could go with you, Taka, but I don't plan on standing around holding wood like a common mule. I'll need to know where we're putting it first."

OOC: I'll wait until it's time to gather materials and build the camp to make any rolls, but I wanted to let you know I'm here.

 

[twilsemail]

OOC: digging up an old post for interaction with an NPC. Then Rolling. Then Posting. Possibly editing inbetween... We'll see. Actually, I found the post just after typing that.

The Captain finds Sasha with a look of determination and a hint of mischief in his eye. It's almost as if he's enjoying himself. "C'mon then, Fire-Haired Girl. You said you wanted some adventure. We just need to find the right spot. Then we can get everything started." The comment on wanting adventure is good natured. He's enjoying himself and is hoping she is as well.

As the two wander about in the woods, the Pict starts discussing what kind of shelter he feels best suits the area. He stops dead in his tracks, eyes wide and mouth agape. "Perfect."

The Captain calls over his shoulder, "Noriaki, Takahaan, be a good pair of lads and find us some building materials? I think we've found the spot."

OOC: Spending an AP to work on Task 4 when it comes up. I'm also taking Sasha with me unless someone needs the reroll before I get there. Two rolls on the DC 19 would be nice. @GROMkill , remember that we've got "Aid Another" options from the NPCs too.

 

[Mewness]

Sasha willingly accompanies the piskies. They find a good spot high on the hill, flat enough to build on, and with some good possibilities for camouflage. The red-haired girl and the army of fae set to work clearing the site.

GM: 2/6 successes. 0/3 failures. "Find and Prepare Site" completed. Helpful NPCs Aerys +6 Athletics, +8 Bluff Jade (can only aid another) Sasha +7 Perception, +7 Nature, +9 Stealth (reserved building shelter) Remember that you can spend a surge before you roll to get a +2.

 

[Dekana]

"We need fire. We shall search jungle near us for any dry wood we can find in order to fuel one. Who shall help me?" Takahaan asks, eyeing the group.

OOC: I need someone to Aid Another in Athletics I could probably make the check on my own, but the extra help would be good.

Castile turns to Takahaan and raises her hand as if a student answering a question. "I'm coming!" she announces enthusiastically. "I don't know that we'll find anything dry, but there most be something we can use."
She accompanies Takahaan in his search, though she lets him do most of the heavy lifting. Her damp, tangled mess of clothes really slow her down.

OOC: Geez, I'm glad I used the heroic effort. 6/13 surges remain. Takahaan is aided, so he should be at +10 for his check, or +12 with heroic effort. I think we should probably save the NPC aids for the DC 19 rolls.

 

[jbear]

"W-we w-will n-need ma-t-terials to b-build shelter" stammers Kane. His gold coin quickly appears.

"I'll g-go with Taka and N-No-r-r-ri-aki. On the w-way I can tell you h-how I lost my eye... if y-you d-don't mind m-me using m-my Gh-ghost Voice. But we sh-should hurry back to help b-build the shelter as s-soon as p-posible."

OOC: I'm happy either aiding or rolling endurance myself to gather material. Maybe this is a good time to have Jade help? I have a +8 Endurance. Did we not get a 3rd success for the perception roll made by the Captain?

 

[Mewness]

GM: I count 2 successes so far (Hú Lí persuaded Aerys to help, Irregulars found/cleared a site). Castile has an aid another waiting for gathering materials.

 

[Mewness]

GM: A change/clarification--the second benefit that can be provided by a helpful NPC should actually be as follows: --When a PC makes a skill check as part of this challenge, an NPC who has a skill that is relevant to the task being performed can roll a check using that skill at the same time, with the higher check result counting toward the challenge. This was what I originally intended to be the case, but it isn't what I wrote (under the previous rule, the NPC has to be trained in the same skill that the PC is using; under this rule, the NPC need only have one of the listed skills). If, for example, Takahaan wanted to use Diplomacy to persuade someone else to help, he could get Aerys to contribute a second check (though she would be using Bluff, not Diplomacy). Sorry about that. I'll edit the original skill challenge post as well.

 

[jbear]

Seeing that Takahaan and Castile have the firewood covered, Kane sets about gathering strong flexible vines and branches and giant leaves to use to build the shelter. Though the bundles aren't heavy they are large and awkward. To get enough material to build a shelter big enough for the entire group is going to require many exhausting trips back and forth. To speed the process Kane asks Noriaki if he would like to be involved.

"Nor-ria-k-ki, mayb-be you could climb the trees and cut down the b-best leaves and branches while I run them b-back t-to the camp s-so the c-capt-tain can g-get start-ted"

Eager to make a good impression on his group of saviours Kane is decided on going the extra mile and pushing his body to the limit despite his leg not being completely healed.

OOC: Kane will spend a Healing Surge to gain the Heroic Effort bonus if he leads the roll to gain a Gathering Materials Success; I'm not sure how it works exactly with the order dice should be rolled when someone decides to aid another, bit I'd like to have a crack at leading a roll to gain a success, as Kane is eager to appear useful. I'll leave it at stating Kane's actions for now: Kane is Gathering Material for the Shelter - until Noriaki decides what he is going to do. yeah, 2 successes so far, you're totally right. I'm still struggling to get my head around all the characters and PCs and for some reason when I read the Captain had got Sasha to help, I thought that he'd managed to get the aid of the second NPC. It's cool you are using the Obsidian system for the challenge btw!