Hewligan's Rise of the Runelords: The Skinsaw Murders
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hewligan
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OOC
Yeah, I'm gonna have to hit the tertiary market, ain't life grand?
OOC: We should take this to the OOC thread (my fault, sorry!), but I do love Islay whisky. My favourite as a student was proper firewater: Talisker. I even went to the distillery as a sort of pilgrimage. Then I moved more towards the Ardbeg iodene taste, but over the last 5 years my taste has softened and now I think glenfiddich is probably the most balanced of the big whisky brands. Port Ellen is wonderful, but not being made any more, and there are a few Speyside gems out there.
After a few minutes of scouring Xanesha's lair Jokad moves back out into the anteroom where the rookery is located.
He grabs a long held potion from his belt and quaffs it. Waiting for the magical tingle to take effect. Feeling a little silly he says, "Greetings brother of the air, I am called Jokad. Do you have a name?"
[sblock] Rather than play this conversation out via multiple emails, I figured I just give you the gist of what I am trying to learn.
1) Did the bird 'work' for Xanesha/snakewoman?
2) What 'work' did it do?
I expect it either was a spy or delivered messages.
3) If a spy, it must be very intelligent to communicate anything of use. Details about how victims were selected, how it found them, what info it reported, any other birds, other people it reported to, can it find them, ... etc???
4) If delivered messages, I want to learn where it went (can it show us), how often, and who it delivered messages to.
Spell last 1/minute per caster level. Brew potion requires 3rd level caster. I expect the potion will last 3 minutes.
On an unrelated note I can't even smell whisky without feeling sick (1st time drunk = bad experience). Does that mean I get kicked out fo the group?
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He grabs a long held potion from his belt and quaffs it. Waiting for the magical tingle to take effect. Feeling a little silly he says, "Greetings brother of the air, I am called Jokad. Do you have a name?"
[sblock] Rather than play this conversation out via multiple emails, I figured I just give you the gist of what I am trying to learn.
1) Did the bird 'work' for Xanesha/snakewoman?
2) What 'work' did it do?
I expect it either was a spy or delivered messages.
3) If a spy, it must be very intelligent to communicate anything of use. Details about how victims were selected, how it found them, what info it reported, any other birds, other people it reported to, can it find them, ... etc???
4) If delivered messages, I want to learn where it went (can it show us), how often, and who it delivered messages to.
Spell last 1/minute per caster level. Brew potion requires 3rd level caster. I expect the potion will last 3 minutes.
On an unrelated note I can't even smell whisky without feeling sick (1st time drunk = bad experience). Does that mean I get kicked out fo the group?
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hewligan
First Post
After a few minutes of scouring Xanesha's lair Jokad moves back out into the anteroom where the rookery is located.
He grabs a long held potion from his belt and quaffs it. Waiting for the magical tingle to take effect. Feeling a little silly he says, "Greetings brother of the air, I am called Jokad. Do you have a name?"
[sblock] Rather than play this conversation out via multiple emails, I figured I just give you the gist of what I am trying to learn.
1) Did the bird 'work' for Xanesha/snakewoman?
2) What 'work' did it do?
I expect it either was a spy or delivered messages.
3) If a spy, it must be very intelligent to communicate anything of use. Details about how victims were selected, how it found them, what info it reported, any other birds, other people it reported to, can it find them, ... etc???
4) If delivered messages, I want to learn where it went (can it show us), how often, and who it delivered messages to.
Spell last 1/minute per caster level. Brew potion requires 3rd level caster. I expect the potion will last 3 minutes.
On an unrelated note I can't even smell whisky without feeling sick (1st time drunk = bad experience). Does that mean I get kicked out fo the group?
The bird is very revealing. It was a messenger. There used to be others, but she killed them a while ago in anger at something. He misses them. He shuttled messages back and forth between the elf (Ironbriar, you ascertain, after further questioning) and Xanesha. She lived here, spent most of her time in snake form, but whenever there were visitors she was always in entirely human form - young lady. Three venues he visited - sawmill and a big building in the rich district where the elf lived. At least once a day, sometimes as many as 3 or 4 trips. The last venue he says was a house by the sea. Lots of nasty birds there. Man who smelled of death. Hated it. Very scared of house. Haven't been in a while.
Wants to be free, but never been free. Born in captivity. 4 owners. Some were nice.
OOC: A messenger bird trained in this way is worth something, perhaps 20gp?
OOC: As to the whisky comment - my wife is the same. I didn't get rid of her.
Fenris
Adventurer
"Hey Jokad, see if that bird will lead us to the elf's house in exchange for his freedom. After we check that place out I say we pay a visit to the Lord Mayor and tell him we have now solved the murder spree and stopped it before it claimed him. I bet he will be so grateful he'll arrange to have Kael brought back. Which by the way we need to put him somewhere. Your church perhaps Danth?" asks Jovik
"My ability to speak with the bird is almost spent. I might be able to convince him in exchange for his freedom...."
He looks meeaningfully down at his ragged and gore spewn appearance.
"...we'll never be able to navigate the city like this. Hells, I couldn't even move about my village like this! We need to let the bird go now. We have to make arrangements for Kael and I suspect the falling bell has arroused the curiousity of everyone in the district. We are going to emerge from this tower into a storm questions maybe even the authorities."
At this last mention he looks at Danth, "We will need your silver tongue my friend to explain this mess should it come to that. I've little patience for pompous guardsmen, politicians, and fools."
"I will carry Kael's body out and take him where you best deem fit. Woe to the fool who tries to stop me."
OOC: Does anyone have a list or summary of what we have recovered? Spear, mask, armor?, some coin, list of names... hewligan can you list one more time, maybe with any magic properties?
I need to recover my magic sword when we get to the bottom. My armor probably needs some serious repair after that beating.
He looks meeaningfully down at his ragged and gore spewn appearance.
"...we'll never be able to navigate the city like this. Hells, I couldn't even move about my village like this! We need to let the bird go now. We have to make arrangements for Kael and I suspect the falling bell has arroused the curiousity of everyone in the district. We are going to emerge from this tower into a storm questions maybe even the authorities."
At this last mention he looks at Danth, "We will need your silver tongue my friend to explain this mess should it come to that. I've little patience for pompous guardsmen, politicians, and fools."
"I will carry Kael's body out and take him where you best deem fit. Woe to the fool who tries to stop me."
OOC: Does anyone have a list or summary of what we have recovered? Spear, mask, armor?, some coin, list of names... hewligan can you list one more time, maybe with any magic properties?
I need to recover my magic sword when we get to the bottom. My armor probably needs some serious repair after that beating.
Rhun
First Post
"I doubt we'll have trouble from the watch...they tend to ignore this district," says Danth, in answer to his companions question. "But should we encounter them, yes...I'll do the talking. And considering our appearance, we may be best in waiting until the fall of night to leave this place and make our way back to my church. There we can lay out Kael's body until we can find a way to bring him back."
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