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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jkason" data-source="post: 5563116" data-attributes="member: 2710">[gm]<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />[/gm]"Hut, house. Same difference," Roug says with a shrug. "I mean, I'm proud to finally own one and all, but I ain't got no uppity sense that it ain't a tiny little house, ya know?"Roug frowns a minute, trying to remember the seller. "He was human. I think. Leastwise he was too tall ta be any of the little folk, and I didn't see no points on his ears. Had one o' them composite bows, what's made for given' an arrow more oomph. I remember that 'cause I was right jealous o' that.""I 'member that bow!" Ryall interjects. "Fella who sold me mine had one o' them. Fancy, those. Prolly cost more'n the house, I thought. Was he sorta broad-shouldered but not big as you?""That. Built so's you knew he could take care of hisself, but sorta like he did more walkin' or runnin' than heavy liftin'.""And scruffy, too, like he didn't need ta be 'round civilized folk much," Ryall adds, not seeming especially mindful of his own unkempt appearance."These people are your friends?" Roug mutters to the farmer. Ryall, for his part, takes a step back from the implied violence. "I never said I knew any kind of a bandit," Ryall insists. "I was calling him a bandit!" he points to Roug. "On account'a I thought that gem was part of what he used ta pay folk to steal my house, only now I'm all sorts of confused 'cause he saw that same bloke who sold me mine."[gm]You should roll whenever you want to use a skill you feel is appropriate, I say. Especially since I won't always predict what skills you might find a legitimate use for (that probably goes double in the case of a mystery). If you think you want to do something but aren't sure what skill it would be, feel free to ask, but if everyone's waiting for me to tell them what skills to roll, I'm not sure rolling your own checks saves us any time. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> That said, I would like to make a brief comment about IC vs. OOC knowledge. If Relic doesn't trust Ryall because he's dottering and curmudgeonly and he just doesn't trust anyone with this wacky disappearing house nonsense and get off my lawn you bloody kids, that's certainly a valid character choice.If Relic doesn't trust Ryall because no one's made a decent Sense Motive check, I think that might be meta-gaming a bit. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> I'm not going to shoehorn anyone into trusting folks or eliminating suspects. This is a (sloppily constructed) mystery, after all, and it's no fun if you aren't allowed to suspect every bit player you encounter. Just pointing out that there sometimes has to be a line between what you as a player may know and what your character has the ability to know. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />We now return to this episode of Scooby Pathfinder.[/gm]</blockquote>

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