Heroes, Inc., Day 1: Mysterious Strangers

[DM_Matt]

Tavern Crew

Krinkle:

Would Alethia as a guest be wearing arms? Sensibly, she'd probably at least be wearing her mace, as a symbol of Selune if nothing else

If Alethia conveniently uses her mace as her holy symbol, she could carry it, so long as it is tied to its sheath/her belt with a red "Peace String," which is purchased periodically for a tax to the guard (a peace string takes a move action to draw remove). This law exists to limit carrying of arms in public and force people to think twice before drawing their weapon in anger.

Alethia probably knows somebody here, your call if you think she knows anyone in the organization. If not, I'll play it as if she doesn't know anything. Also, would she know anything about these jokers (the sobek/annubis types) +7 knowledge religion.

Alethia knows the same things about those holy symbols that Arundel does.

Hypersmurf:

Do the faux-Mulhorandi appear to be deliberately seeking us out? Or is it just Brownian motion in our direction?

Brownian motion.

Speaking of which...

One of the group, a large, lightly-armored human who bears a tribal totem (among his Mulhorandi goods) appears to be of the barbarian tribes to the North, altohugh he himself is dressed in Mulhorandi finery rather than barbarian garb. Oddly enough, it appears to be of the Blue Bear Tribe, which was annihilated by orcs more than thirty years ago. He says, in an upper-class Mulhorandi accent "My name is Goran, and I have a proposal. I hear you people help defend this city, for a price. What if I had information about how to stop this city from being destroyed by an ancient demon...tonight?"

Peregion Group

Hawkeye

"I understand my Lord. How do you wish to travel there?"

"My horse its outside. I must ride immediately. Follow with your own mounts or magic."

Cursed Quinn

Zephyr looks slightly worried.

"My lord", he says. "Do you think we can resolve this situation peacefully or is it likely to end in violence?"

"I hope these ships come in peace, but it is a bad sign that they are large warships in battle formation backed with air patrols, and that they have not contacted us ahead of the time."

Carriage Ambush

Still waiting for Steve Gorak.

 

[Hawkeye]

Peregion Group

Hawkeye



"My horse its outside. I must ride immediately. Follow with your own mounts or magic."

Shando smiles slyly, "I am quite capable of keeping up with most mounts on my own my Lord. What route shall we be taking?"

Hawkeye

 

[Hypersmurf]

One of the group, a large, lightly-armored human who bears a tribal totem (among his Mulhorandi goods) appears to be of the barbarian tribes to the North, altohugh he himself is dressed in Mulhorandi finery rather than barbarian garb. Oddly enough, it appears to be of the Blue Bear Tribe, which was annihilated by orcs more than thirty years ago. He says, in an upper-class Mulhorandi accent "My name is Goran, and I have a proposal. I hear you people help defend this city, for a price. What if I had information about how to stop this city from being destroyed by an ancient demon...tonight?"

Fin exchanges a glace with Crimson.

"Ancient demons and civic destruction are certainly things-to-be-avoided," he allows. "What's the nature of your proposal?"

 

[DM_Matt]

Fin exchanges a glace with Crimson.

"Ancient demons and civic destruction are certainly things-to-be-avoided," he allows. "What's the nature of your proposal?"

"This pricey loot isn't all we found raiding ancient pyramids. Perhaps we found a book, in a buried temple of Anubis that lays it all out? What could you give us for such a book, if we were to have it?

 

[Keia]

Crimson listened on with interest, but added nothing new to the conversation.

 

[Hypersmurf]

"This pricey loot isn't all we found raiding ancient pyramids. Perhaps we found a book, in a buried temple of Anubis that lays it all out? What could you give us for such a book, if we were to have it?

Fin glances at Arundel, raising one eyebrow; the Waukeenar shakes his head once, apologetically.

OOC: Damn it, I had Scholar's Touch on a short list of spells for Arundel to prepare today, but I took Detect Evil instead! /OOC

The druid turns back to Goran.

"Hard to put a price on so nebulous a description," he notes. "You have my interest, however. Perhaps a look at the item in question might give me a better notion as to its potential value to us?"

"If you know of us," he adds, "you'll know that the word of Fin Caisson is his bond. You need not fear I'll seek to cheat you."

 

[kirinke]

Alethia smiles, listening in on the conversation. "I would be careful in flaunting the medallions and symbols of such evil deities. Such entities may take it seriously. And the Mulhorandi gods are not known for leniency on temple raiders." she warned the young seeming idiots, at least in her private opinion.

If they're lucky, they'll escape with boils on sensitive parts. Annubis isn't the forgiving type. she thought dryly.

 

[DM_Matt]

Alethia smiles, listening in on the conversation. "I would be careful in flaunting the medallions and symbols of such evil deities. Such entities may take it seriously. And the Mulhorandi gods are not known for leniency on temple raiders." she warned the young seeming idiots, at least in her private opinion.

If they're lucky, they'll escape with boils on sensitive parts. Annubis isn't the forgiving type. she thought dryly.

"Oh, we are quite aware of the costs. But all debts have been paid. These there artifacts are ours. "

To Fin: "I know that your word is trustworthy, but we nonetheless must make a habit of being careful. If we become soft, someone less honorable may destroy us for the trouble. If you wish, you may come to our ship [describes location at docks] to examine the manuscript and work out a fair price."

 

[kirinke]

And then their souls belong to Sobek and Annubis. she thought dryly to herself. Ony a fool would not recognize their duplicity, she thought, deciding that if Fin and his companions decided to take this man's offer, she would follow on her own. Something did not feel right about this.

"Ancient demons do not grow on trees my friend. If such a book spelled out such a scenario, then simply by reading it, you may be making it's prophecy into fact." she said.

 

[DM_Matt]

And then their souls belong to Sobek and Annubis. she thought dryly to herself. Ony a fool would not recognize their duplicity, she thought, deciding that if Fin and his companions decided to take this man's offer, she would follow on her own. Something did not feel right about this.

"Ancient demons do not grow on trees my friend. If such a book spelled out such a scenario, then simply by reading it, you may be making it's prophecy into fact." she said.

"Perhaps, but at this point the threat exists just the same. So are you all in?"