Of Sound Mind
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I'll post one tomorrow.
Jarval
Explorer
A small crowd of people gathers round the door of the Dancing Hounds as you leave. You set off towards Bellhold with their well wishes filling your ears.
You travel for all of that night, along empty roads. The threat of bandits seems to keep the roads little traveled out of daylight, although you see no sign of them yourselves. Of course, a party of well armed adventures hardly looks like an easy mark!
A couple of hours after dawn, you are in sight of Bellhold. Farms are on both sides of the road, and the horses in the field to your left come over and look curiously at your progress. Ahead of you a ridge of large mountains loom skywards. The mountain closest to you has a silhouette a little like church steeple. A small town sits in the valley beneath it. A river snakes out from the mountain, curling around the town, and then flowing down the valley. In the sunlight, several plumes of smoke twist up from the chimneys of buildings close to the mountain, staining the otherwise clean air.
A few hundred feet away down the road from you, an elderly man dressed in work clothes stands in the road, looking frustrated. Seemingly unaware of the man, two large workhorses graze on the good grass by the roadside. As you watch, the man sidles forwards and grabs for one of the horses, but both bolt away down the road. They stop twenty feet away and seem to ignore the man once again, putting their heads down to graze. The man drops several lead ropes he was carrying and throws his arms up in disgust.
The long delayed update arrives at last!
You travel for all of that night, along empty roads. The threat of bandits seems to keep the roads little traveled out of daylight, although you see no sign of them yourselves. Of course, a party of well armed adventures hardly looks like an easy mark!
A couple of hours after dawn, you are in sight of Bellhold. Farms are on both sides of the road, and the horses in the field to your left come over and look curiously at your progress. Ahead of you a ridge of large mountains loom skywards. The mountain closest to you has a silhouette a little like church steeple. A small town sits in the valley beneath it. A river snakes out from the mountain, curling around the town, and then flowing down the valley. In the sunlight, several plumes of smoke twist up from the chimneys of buildings close to the mountain, staining the otherwise clean air.
A few hundred feet away down the road from you, an elderly man dressed in work clothes stands in the road, looking frustrated. Seemingly unaware of the man, two large workhorses graze on the good grass by the roadside. As you watch, the man sidles forwards and grabs for one of the horses, but both bolt away down the road. They stop twenty feet away and seem to ignore the man once again, putting their heads down to graze. The man drops several lead ropes he was carrying and throws his arms up in disgust.
The long delayed update arrives at last!
Sir Osis of Liver
Explorer
Kerrick Jonez
"If you're goin horse chasing you might want to hurry a tad. The children after all will not be savin themselves!"
Kerrick grins at his sarcasm.
"If you're goin horse chasing you might want to hurry a tad. The children after all will not be savin themselves!"
Kerrick grins at his sarcasm.
Jarval
Explorer
The man looks over to you, surprised by Gholog's voice. "Aye, aye, help would be grand. I've been chasin' these two since dawn."
He scratches his head and picks up the lead lines. "These two," he points at the horses. "disappear for near to a week, then I see 'em wonder past the milking shed this mornin'. As if they'd never been away."
He scratches his head and picks up the lead lines. "These two," he points at the horses. "disappear for near to a week, then I see 'em wonder past the milking shed this mornin'. As if they'd never been away."
Acmite
First Post
Adren the crappy Ranger to the rescue!
Does anyone have any affinity or training with such beasts? I never encountered any quite like them in the village I grew up in? Are these horses?
If no one mentions they have any affinity for animals (ie: Animal Empathy or Handle Animal), Adren will try to catch the animals--even though he has no ranks in either pertinent skill, and therefore cannot make a check. Ug, I'm a crappy ranger.
Adren will approach the beasts, hands out, making soothing noises, attempting to catch the animals.
**Edit: "noone" isn't a word!
Does anyone have any affinity or training with such beasts? I never encountered any quite like them in the village I grew up in? Are these horses?
If no one mentions they have any affinity for animals (ie: Animal Empathy or Handle Animal), Adren will try to catch the animals--even though he has no ranks in either pertinent skill, and therefore cannot make a check. Ug, I'm a crappy ranger.
Adren will approach the beasts, hands out, making soothing noises, attempting to catch the animals.
**Edit: "noone" isn't a word!
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Sir Osis of Liver
Explorer
Kerrick Jonez
Kerrick chuckles at Ghologs remark, "I suppose you're right, sir. I suppose you're right." Having few skills with animals Kerrick just sits and waits for the others to catch the horses.
Kerrick chuckles at Ghologs remark, "I suppose you're right, sir. I suppose you're right." Having few skills with animals Kerrick just sits and waits for the others to catch the horses.
GnomeWorks
Adventurer
Seraphina Tealeaf
"While I tend to agree, Gholog, I believe that there may be other things to do."
Remaining mounted so as to try to appear slightly taller, Seraphina rides up to the farmer.
"I have no skills with animals, other than riding dogs similar to Rufus here." She pats her mount on the head. "However, you mentioned your... horses there, disappearing for a week or so. Can you remember when they left? Was there anything odd surrounding their disappearance? Were they in about the same shape when they came back? Did you notice anything odd about them when you found them again?"
Seraphina asks each question in turn, giving the farmer time to think about them. She'll then remain mounted and quietly listen to his responses.
"While I tend to agree, Gholog, I believe that there may be other things to do."
Remaining mounted so as to try to appear slightly taller, Seraphina rides up to the farmer.
"I have no skills with animals, other than riding dogs similar to Rufus here." She pats her mount on the head. "However, you mentioned your... horses there, disappearing for a week or so. Can you remember when they left? Was there anything odd surrounding their disappearance? Were they in about the same shape when they came back? Did you notice anything odd about them when you found them again?"
Seraphina asks each question in turn, giving the farmer time to think about them. She'll then remain mounted and quietly listen to his responses.
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