So in case I had not mentioned it, today (june 4) is my wife's due date.
We are expecting our first child, a daughter.
everything is going fine, abiet slowly.
So at some point in the next week or so, I will be disappearing for a few days. My tabletop game ended a few weeks ago and I will be taking at least 2 months off from in-person gaming, but I plan on continuing this PbP game, although my posting hours will get wierder.
Jack has been gone since the 29th, so I will continue NPC Cait for a while.
BTW
I was not expecting for you guys to try and turn the Mercs, that would have been hilarious. It looks like violence is now ineveitable, but this is what I came up with:
Re-buying the mercs : If offered 1-66gp @ -2 diplomacy,
>120gp @ + 0, or if <180 @+2
They start unfriendly: dc 25 to make friendly, dc 40 to helpful.
Friendly will keep them from engaging, and they will withdraw. “We ain’t gonna grab nobles and fight merchants on a highway."
Helpful and they will turn on One-eye.
(in practice One-eye also made a counter-diplomacy attempt: total 18)