Of Sound Mind

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Kerrick Jonez

"I suppose next one of you is going to tell me this strange horse behavior is directly linked to the missing children."

He looks aruond at the group and the horses.

"I mean give me a break, helpin old men catch thier horses is one thing, but stopin to give them medical attention? Shouldn't we be attendin those children that were so important before the live stock were endangered?"

At this point i should've stayed the night at the Inn, would've gotten to town just as quick.

 

[Zhure]

Gholog

Gholog naps sitting up. Walking all night is hard work.

 

[GnomeWorks]

Seraphina Tealeaf

"How right you are, Kerrick." Seraphina says, walking towards her riding dog. "I was thinking of saying something about it, but then I figured that we are all intelligent here, and can figure that sort of thing out on our own. It might not be directly linked, but I have to say - it might give us a clue as to what happened."

She mounts Rufus, and rides over to where Aiden to standing.

"Do you see anything wrong with them?" She says, peering up at the bottom of the horses' heads. "I can't see anything, even from Rufus' saddle."

 

[Sollir Furryfoot]

"Sorry for the delay, it will be just a minute." Aiden will take his time examining the horses, using a heal check on each of them first, and then taking a second check while taking 10.

 

[Acmite]

Adren

Originally posted by Jarval Adren, as you glance at the horses you notice that they both have a small scab in the middle of their forehead, as it they had been pricked with some sort of thorn. [/B]

Whoa, hold there everyone. There seems to be some kind of scab on the foreheads of these beasts. Perhaps this has something to do with their strange behaviour? Aiden, perhaps you should focus your attention on the scabs? It appears as though some sort of thorn could have caused the wound. Granted, I know little of the many creatures that inhabit the area, but I can't think of any plant that could cause this. Good farmer, where have these horses been? Perhaps this infliction is affecting more than just mindless beasts?

Looking slightly askance at Aiden, Adren will add: You never know, friend, they may be connected afterall....is it not stange to hear of (or encounter) two strange occurances within the same day?

Adren can't make a Knowledge Nature check since he has no ranks in it, so when he says he doesn't know of any "thorny" plant that could do this, it's based on that--his inability to check.

Adren will make a quick look around (~60 ft radius from the group) and see if he can't find any tracks for the horses that might lead to this plant-thing. It'd be nice to have some backup.

 

[Jarval]

Aiden checks over the horses, taking a close look at the marks on their foreheads. Both wounds look like they were cause by a small sharp object, and from what you can tell it's still lodged under the skin pointing inwards. You'd guess that both horses were wounded at about the same time, around four days ago. (A natural 20 on the check!)

"Me name's Othic by the way." The farmer introduces himself as he watches Aiden work. "What brings you folk to these parts? I've not seen many heading for Bellhold these last couple of weeks."

Adren looks closely at the ground, studying the tracks. It would seem that the horses have been leading the farmer around in circles for a couple of hours, but those are the only recent tracks you find.

Light snoring can be heard from Gholog as he naps beside the road.

 

[Jarval]

Re: Adren

Adren can't make a Knowledge Nature check since he has no ranks in it, so when he says he doesn't know of any "thorny" plant that could do this, it's based on that--his inability to check.

The SRD says: "An untrained Knowledge check is simply an Intelligence check. Without actual training, a character only knows common knowledge."

But even so, you can't think of any plant that might have caused the wounds.

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Kerrick Jonez

"Good to meet you Othic, we're here becuase a family at the last Inn said that you people are having some sort of trouble with your children. All these fine folk up and decided to come here and try to save the day when they heard that."

Kerrick smiles smuggly,

"I don't suppose you have any information about that do ya?"

 

[Zhure]

Gholog...

... sleeps



Just wanted to make it clear: Gholog finds this completely uninteresting, but I the player don't. A character with a higher CHA would probably feign interest.

 

[GnomeWorks]

Seraphina Tealeaf

"So, boys, what have we found?" She asks Aiden and Adren. "Spread the wealth! Share what you've learned. It might be important later."

She then turns to Othic. "We heard that children had gone missing in Bellhold at an inn up the road. We decided to come investigate."