(OOC) A Hard Time in Harrowdale

[Scott DeWar]

Voda Vosa:
in Argentina, what is above the living area and beneath the roof there? How are homes built?

 

[Voda Vosa]

Generally, there's nothing. Correct me if I'm wrong, but most houses up there have two winged roof, and most of the house is made of wood, the planks in the roof that support the... well I don't know the word, the little red thingies that cover the roof in a "scaly" way.
Here hoses are made mostly of concrete, and mostly cubic. Here's a picture

As you can see there's no room for such things as an attic under the roof, which is usually made of... another word I don't know... This: http://www.maderas-techos-tirantes-machimbres.com/jus/upload/files/images/chapa-acanalada-de-zinc.jpg
covered with membrane of some reflecting metal over a tar base. Again the specific word escapes my mental dictionary. That's for avoiding rain and heat, the tar is hydrophobic and the reflective membrane stops heating.

 

[Rhun]

Generally, there's nothing. Correct me if I'm wrong, but most houses up there have two winged roof, and most of the house is made of wood, the planks in the roof that support the... well I don't know the word, the little red thingies that cover the roof in a "scaly" way.

They are called shingles, shakes or tiles, depending on the material they are made out of.

 

[Scott DeWar]

Shingles are made of asphalt with a pebble like coating on them, shakes are made of wood (usually ceder) and tiles are ceramic or clay. a good example of clay tiles in the southwest united states can be seen in the mediterrainian coast line cities, like spain and portugal.

The other covering with which you had the link to was corrigated steel. Rather nasty diring a hailstorm as there is quite a bit of noise. Usually used to cover sheds, animal shelters and barns. Have you ever expirenced a hail storm?

Animal shelters are usually lean-to like structures that house anything from horses to cattle to pigs.

Does that help?

 

[Voda Vosa]

Yhea I ahve experienced hail several times. The latest big storm did things like this

And I agree it makes some noise, even during normal rain, but most houses have concrete ceilings. You can walk on them, or build on them, just as it was regular floor. At least my house has that kind of roof on most of it. We have a second floor, which has the corrugated steel sheets.

 

[Myth and Legend]

Hmm you know what i just figured out. Constable Dawnhorn is a female Sun Elf. Abby is a female Sun Elf. She is also a Bard, with maximum ranks in Disguise... Right now if she takes 20 she will have a 28 disguise check. Add in +5 for minor details only (because the major details are gender, race and age. Sun elves have hundreds of years of adult time span in which they do not age visibly) and that's a 33 disguise check, at level 1!

No one will be able to recognize that she is not the real Dawnhorn - the largest bonus modifier for intimate knowledge of the character is +10. Most NPCs won't even get a Spot check unless Abby draws attention to herself, but even diligent ones won't succeed: If you come to the attention of people who are suspicious (such as a guard who is watching commoners walking through a city gate), it can be assumed that such observers are taking 10 on their Spot checks.

If she waits until level 2 she can get one more rank in Disguise and Bluff, making the base mod +9, with +2 synergy bonus from Bluff. She can also get the Disguise Self spell for a +10 bonus. So at level 2, Abby can make herself look like Elaria's twin with a 20+9+2+5+10 = 46 check!

What do you guys think.. Should she cause some mischef?

 

[Voda Vosa]

Abde'Ragman is all in getting money, so such option would be great. I hope her office is full of valuables!

 

[Myth and Legend]

Well Abby is Chaotic but she is not Evil. So while she could do it for kicks and possibly for the greater good of Harrowdale (if it was a way to help out), she will not be stealing.

 

[Scott DeWar]

now ir the constable were to get all prissy like and say something that were offensive toabby, said abby just might be tempted to look like constable and do something scandalous, say a love affair with the village idiot?

 

[Myth and Legend]

Ha! Yes she could do that. Well we just have to wait and see what Arkhandus has in store for the adventure.