X4: Master of the Desert Nomads - IC

[renau1g]

Listening to Pormas, Rajah will walk over to him "I must say Pormas, that we know your help would be invaluable, but the price is quite steep, far beyond what we're even being compensated for our efforts and that includes battles. Perhaps you could reconsider? 700 gold sounds a far more reasonable number, enough to get you started in a new city with some leftover for some enjoyment" Rajah says.

[sblock=Diplomacy] Diplomacy (1d20+5=6) Arrgghhh! Seriously? If you go to IC search for all the rolls made by Rajah, it's pathetic. [/sblock]

 

[Walking Dad]

Girgal, AC 23 (T15, FF20), HP 59/59, F +11,R+8,W+13

After getting a branch for Aram, Girgal says to Promas: "No offense, but you don't look like a desert raider or a half-orc. We would you only hire for the boat trip, not the swamp and the desert. How much do you want for this? And make a good call, I will not haggle over this!"

 

[kinem]

"If you intend to reach the desert you must cross the swamp, and the only way to do that is by boat" Pormas explains. "Now once we reach the desert I will either take the boat back or, if I can get a camel, I will perhaps stay in the desert for a while.

For this, yes, I am willing to accept seven hundred. Is it a deal then?"

 

[Jemal]

Nargon shakes his head, agreeing with Bevin, and 'excuses' himself and the others, asking the 'guide' to step away while they discuss. Once he is out of earshot, Nargon whispers to the others.

"He asks for more than I make in a month, and for what? To tell us what to eat and watch us do the fighting? The river is not difficult to navigate, and He's offered little else other than to lighten our pockets. We've no good reason I can see to hire him."

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even 700 is excessive... I don't even know what there is to guide. A raft this size would have very little to worry about as far as crashing/eddies are concerned, and unless the river branches a lot and we weren't told which direction to go, it's fairly straight forward. We allready have someone who knows how to forage food if needed, and taking an extra person means more people to split the food between.
Add to that the fact that he's asking for the vast majority of our total cash (Looking in the RG, Bevin has 247 GP, Girgal doesn't have GP listed, Aram has 234, Rajah has 411, and Nargon has 75. that's less than 1000) with which we will have to purchase more services and goods than just this river guide.
Unless the DM says "Take him", I vote he's not worth it.
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[Walking Dad]

Girgal

..."He asks for more than I make in a month, and for what? To tell us what to eat and watch us do the fighting? The river is not difficult to navigate, and He's offered little else other than to lighten our pockets. We've no good reason I can see to hire him."

After following Nargon, Girgal says: "I'm with you and Bevin. 700gp seems a terrible lot. I think I can find enough food during the journey. And I would like to see a swamp, that can only traveled by boat. There are always ways for somebody who knows where to look."

[sblock=ooc]Aargh, the boards has eaten my last character edit . Equipment know includes gold total and some missing stuff.[/sblock]

 

[Leif]

Bevin, Dwarf Rogue2/Wizard6

"He asks for more than I make in a month, and for what? To tell us what to eat and watch us do the fighting? The river is not difficult to navigate, and He's offered little else other than to lighten our pockets. We've no good reason I can see to hire him."

OOC: Just so we're clear on this, there is NO WAY that Bevin would give more than about 50 gp out of his own pocket for this guy! I had just assumed, probably incorrectly, that payment would be made from party treasure at a later time.

Bevin says, "So, that's three of us in agreement. Can I throw that wanker in the river, then?"

 

[renau1g]

Walking back to the river guide, Rajah will say "I'm sorry my friend, but it appears that we are on a shortage of funds ourselves, unless you're willing to work on a credit basis, once we return from our travels we could pay you, I believe we must attempt this on our own. We have 150 gp between all of us, if that is an acceptable rate, I'd gladly pay it, but if not, we must say good luck. Besides it's probably safer not traveling with us."

 

[Rhun]

Aram finds himself in agreement with the others. "I believe it is prudent. We may well find ourselves in need of gold at a later date; it would not be wise to spend it all now, at the beginning of our journey."

 

[kinem]

Pormas looks dissappointed at the news. "Ah well, good luck to you. You will surely need it." He heads off back to his own cabin.

Razor returns to Rajah and reports finding nothing unusual at the man's cabin.

Sargent Sarras handed Rajah the promised certificate signed by Commander Forrest himself, and wished you luck once more as he took his final leave.

The town is almost deserted as the afternoon wears on. The repairs on the raft have been completed to your satisfaction, and commander and the remaining troops have already left the village and marched into the desert. With no one to show you how to use the sail properly you have to experiment a bit, but you seem to have figured it out.

The sun hangs low over the river, making it shine like red glass. As you are loading the boat, you hear a low throbbing sound, like a distant drumbeat. The crickets and the frogs stop their singing. Everything is suddenly still.

You scan the horizon, but see nothing unusual. Nothing ... wait, there. Looking toward the setting sun, you see something.

About a mile away, a large, winged creature flies in a slow circle above the river. The sound seems to be the beat of its wings. You are not able to see the creature clearly.

 

[Leif]

Bevin, Dwarf Rogue2/Wizard(Enchanter)6

"I don't relish being stuck on this tub with that thing circling overhead. We'd be trapped out in the open with nowhere to run. But I guess we've all got to die sometime, don't we? And we volutarily signed on for this job, so we might as well get to it!"