The bearded man walks out of the Tavern and you quickly have a choice to make. Stay or follow.
Gloom looks around the room, trying to spot any one else leaving with the man, but it appears that the man was alone, as no one else gets up to follow him. "We follow or intercept the man? Three second to answer." he tells the others.
Thorn growls, "If we follow him, we could ambush him and just take the box, or we could see if he's going back to his master to report that Ogglebottom's son is a no-show. Either way, we better move quickly."He tries to see if the bearded man might be carrying the box of the described size (such a large box might be difficult to hide), but spots nothing. Thorn whispers to his group as you exit the door, "I don't think the bearded man is carrying the package, so ambushing him won't do much good unless we plan on torturing him for the information. I suggest we keep our distance and follow him back to his master."
Out into the darkness, Thorn pads down the wet cobblestone streets, catching up to a group of drunken party-goers and managing to duck behind them before being noticed.
Zharne Follows Thorn out through the door and replies, "yes, I agree with Thorn here, lets ambush him" and then he looks see if he could spot the bearded man outside. He spots the man a ways down the street, walking at a quick pace away from the Toothless gator and further towards the warehouse section.
"We cannot easily follow him" Minharath speaks at an almost inaudibly low volume, but is heard clearly by the other members of the group. "We would be too conspicuous. I dislike the open use of mean force, however. Let us spread out, always stay within sight of at least 2 others. Follow him only as closely as you must. When he notices us, he will attempt to prevent our following him. The moment that happens, we must surround him." Here Minharath gives instructions with simple gestures, creating a sort of net, in the following pattern: Jehad Thorn Minharath Zharne Gloom Gellan. Though it's a rough line, it's not following each other, but rather side by side, with some space between us. I'll try to keep Thorn, Zharne, or both within several squares of Minharath, 10 squares at most, preferably 5 squares.
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Having followed the bearded man out of the tavern the group has decided to try and follow the man, which will hopefully lead to Ogglebottom package.
The Challenge: Follow the man without being noticed.
Complexity: 6 successes before 4 failures.
Primary DC: 18
Due to Thorn blending in with some drunks and Minharaths plan, I’ll grant you 1 success to start, so only 5 more to go
You’re up, and remember – bonuses for creative skill usage and good descriptives. This is a stealth / covert operations type of challenge but with some creativity and good role playing almost any other skill could work.
[sblock=Recap of Skill Challenge Rules]
· Each player describes an action that his character is doing, whether it’s tumbling past a guard or talking with a duke and the skill they feel is appropriate (plus the roll..)
· There will be a primary DC for the challenge set be the DM. If your description and skill choice fit the challenge it will be against the Primary DC. If it seems like a stretch to me, then it will be against a higher DC (the stranger the attempt, the higher the DC).
· If the player gives a particularly good description or role‐plays well, I can give him a +2 (or more) to the skill check.
· Not all characters will be built for all challenges. If you feel like you do not have anything useful to add to a particular challenge and would do more harm than good, then you can always role-play the situation and attempt to assist another character with their skill check.
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