Rhun's Weekend Game - Dwellers of the Forbidden City - IC Thread

[Voidrazor]

I should point out, in case it isn't clear from my posts, that Helios is absolutely awful at diplomacy. So it might be a good idea for somebody else to try talking to them as well. The characters themselves would be well aware of a very annoying quality in Helios' banter (Charisma 6!).

 

[Rhun]

At Helios' words, the brutish creatures abandon their attack, instead spreading out to surround you, their weapons still held at the ready.

The largest of them, a head taller than the rest, his bronze scale armor brillaintly polished, points one gnarled, hairy finger at you and speaks in broken common. "Who you are? Why you come?"

 

[Rhun]

bump

 

[Voidrazor]

"We're here on a ... um rescue mission. You aren't close with the Yuan-ti are you?"

OOC - Thanks for the bump Rhun. I'd forgotten I owed a reply.

 

[Rhun]

The largest of the bugbears takes a moment to consider Helios' question. "Yuan-ti? Pay good. Bring food. Fight fer dem sometimes." He points his finger again at the wizards chest. "Who you? Bring gold for Grazzuk?"

 

[Shayuri]

"Not exactly the freedom fighters we were hoping for," Talshia mutters dryly. "Try telling them we seek to find the yuan-ti and their master. That information might actually be -worth- some gold."

 

[Rhun]

Grazzuk's furry ears perk up at Talshia's words, and it is obvious that he has heard her low mutterings. "Why you seek Horan wizard-master? You give Grazzuk gold? Gold for friends?" He gestures at his five companions. "Or Horan pay Grazzuk to bring him you?" The bugbear smiles evilly, his sharp yellow fangs prominently displayed. Although he may not be well-spoken, it appears as if this creature is at least fairly intelligent.

 

[Voidrazor]

Helios stifles a yawn at the implied threat. "Horan might pay you, I wouldn't hold my breath. Depending on how much you want, we'll pay to be brought to him. But you might be in a less helpful mood once we give you the gold. So no money til you take us to him."

 

[Rhun]

Grazzuk looks about as his companions and raises a hand to scratch his head. You find the motion to be similar to monkies you've seen do the same thing. "We show where Horan live. Then you pay. One hundred gold each."

 

[Kobold Stew]

Sandor's wolf pads around the bugbears, initiating a flank. 300 gp is a ridiculous price, but maybe these creatures think we are dumb enough to pay it, he thinks. The lizardman reaches into his belt pouch with his thick clawed figers, and removes three pearls. "Very well. We will give you these three pearls, if you take us there now. They are worth at least a hundred each." He says this confidently, shifting his spear back into his right hand as he does so.

The three pearls glow in the dim light, and he approaches the bugbears. "I'll give you one now, two when we arrive safely." And he reaches out to offer a pearl to the lead bugbear.

[OOC: Sandor is bluffing--the pearls are worth 10gp each--but I'm hoping that the bugbears aren't great at reading lizardfolk expressions, and that they are not familiar with freshwater pearls, and that they don't know enough to distinguish regular from irregular pearls, and that they're not too bright. If he is wrong, though, he is prepared to fight.]