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[OOC] A Game of Trust

Guilt Puppy: [sblock]Been doing some thinking. From the maps it looks like there is only one way from Yattaro's station to Eivanrach. Which means he either went over before the others, or followed after. Before, I imagin, would be more difficult.

I keep thinking about the old fortune teller. I am tempted to tie Xaios flight to a visit to the old man for some reason. With his increased speed and Endurance feat, Xiao is able to move at a fair pace. But I can't remember off the top of my head if the distances make that possible.

So at this point your suggest outline seems the best. Xiao returned to Yattaro's station, from where he followed the party and the 'others' over the mountains, arriving somewhat worse for wear on the other side. Absolutely penniless and with only the clothes on his back and the staff in hand, he needs to seek employment.

I'm going to go with the Periapt of Wisdom +2. If possible, I would like to tie the item into his backstory, the Periapt being one of the items stolen from his monastry. That will leave him with enough wealth for an outfit and a quarterstaff. Lucky he is a monk. Bit of a bummer about the recorder and writing kit though. And the soap.

What is it that I will need to know?[/sblock]
 

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doghead:

[sblock]Here's a list of questions with corresponding information to answer, to consult as they come up. (as in don't worry, you don't need to know it all, I just want you to have it available so you can answer them IC, without me having to chime in.)

"What happened to the orc that was captured?"

To your knowledge, he is being held captive, and they are going to have a formal trial. Who might qualify as jurors was a subject of great debate in the town while you were there.

"Did the captive provide any information regarding the orc encampment?"

You were never in contact with this captive personally, but the tactical information (location, points of weakness, suggested strategies) given to you by Father Tanor seemed accurate. It was implied that most of this information came from the captive orc, and you generally got the sense that he was cooperative.

"Where was the encampment, and what was the situation like there?"

The orcs, numbering around forty, had made camp at the ruins of a fortress outside of town. For the most part, only walls remained, so Tanor's approach was to gather the townsfolk to deliver a volley of arrows and slingstones into the camp, while positioning the experienced fighters -- yourself, the other hires, various townsfolk and Tanor himself -- at various exit points to dispatch the orcs as they tried to flee. This approach was successful: Very few orcs escaped, and very few orcs surrendered. There were two deaths among your siege party, both townsfolk.

"What was your role in the attack?"

In addition to covering one of the exit routes, your main role as the sneaky monk was to find and dispatch any sentries before they could give warning of the greater party's approach.

"Who were the other hires?"

Two dwarves, the twin brothers Gargedar and Gattlegat, both armored axe-wielding warriors, and the human Orris, a self-described ranger.[/sblock]
 

Guilt Puppy: [sblock]OK. I'll keep that info handy.

Did you have any thoughts on tieing the Periapt to his backstory? Also, I assume he was paid for helping the village. But as he is penniless, would it fit the story for him to have refused payment, or given his share back to the village, to someone who lost a brother/father in the battle? This would be more than likely if the village was poor.

Unless its not doable, I'm going to tie his dissappearance to a return visit to the fortune teller. The first time the fortune teller mentioned turtles and running away from the sea - would he need to have any knowledge about what that ment?

There was also the question of the "smell of death" or some such that the wildmen went on about. Do I need to know anything about that? Would it have come up when Xiao returned to Yattaros, then followed the party across the mountains?

Last question, how do you want to kick off Xiaos return; do you want to insert him or do you want me to just jump in asap.[/sblock]
 

Okay, enough of the consecutive posts with spoiler text. :)

I'm out of town beginning tonight until May 18th. I'll be investigating our move to Fort Myers, Florida. I -will- have access to the web, and therefore the boards, but it's likely to be spotty. So if you don't hear from the boys for a while, worry not.
 

I'll be away starting next Sunday as well. Shouldn't be for more than a few days, but I figure I should give a bit of a heads up anyway, as there's an off chance I could be away (or at least intermittant) for a bit longer than that.

doghead:

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Story-wise, he only needs to be penniless up until he takes the job... His share of the pay should be 200gp, so return to the game with that much in cash, even if it puts you over the re-starting gold amount.

As for the fortune teller, it really isn't doable... If you need a reason to return to Yattro's station, Xiao may have had trouble retracing his steps to return to the fortune teller, returned to Yattro's to get some help with that, then encountered the travelers and so on...

No news on the smell of death at Yattro's. And as for Xiao's reintroduction, just jump right in whenever you feel it would make sense. Keep track of the game thread to get a sense about how elves feel toward outsiders; if Xiao catches up when they're in the elven city, it would be with an armed escort. Don't worry over it too much, it shouldn't be game-breaking, it'd just look odd for Xiao to be greeted with open arms after the rest of the party had been treated so suspiciously.[/sblock]
 


Guilt Puppy said:
I'll be away starting next Sunday as well. Shouldn't be for more than a few days, but I figure I should give a bit of a heads up anyway, as there's an off chance I could be away (or at least intermittant) for a bit longer than that.
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While we're doing updates, I'll be out of town virtually all of the week of the 23rd. I think just as dpdx is coming back! :D
 


Hi guys. Moving house in two weeks, father for the second time in five, and 16 on-calls in the next 32 days. I'm gonna be busy but the on-calls mean I'll have time to post. Win some, lose some.

Anyway.

Dpdx, you mentioned going to germany for the worldcup. You're more than welcome to drp by if you're in the area.
Word to the wise : The different games are not know yet, but unless you'd like to be participating in some good oldfashioned hooliganism and love the smell of tear-gas and pepperspray in the morning, or if your idea of a good shower is a water-cannon, you'd best avoid going to:

The Netherlands-Germany
England-Germany
England-France
France-Algeria
England-Italy.
England-Turkey

If you think I'm overreacting google-fu heizelstadion and juventus, or just read this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/768380.stm
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2000/487/sprt1.htm

With the aniversery of this tragedy, they broadcasted a reportage about the current state of hooliganism. Especially in the former DDR (east-germany) the hooligans are gonna try to make this worldcup one to remember. The english have clashed with the police on several occasions, especially in turkey, and when they played Lichtenstein about a hundred were wounded in clashes in switzerlad when they changed trains and got agressive. The Netherlands-Germany always seems a little reenactment of WWII.

Football, you gotta love it.

The rest should be quite safe, and all USA-matches should be fine. Security will be quite heavy around the stadiums, though.

Anyway, you can't say I didn't warn you, and I hope to see you next year.
 

I just reread my post, an it might be just a little intimidating. I just want to say look out for potential troublesome matches, and be carefull. You should be safe if you look out where and when these matches are played, and avoid downtown areas in the day before, during, and after the matches.
Have fun :D .

PS DPDX aren't you a bit young to be moving to florida allready?:D
 
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