X4: Master of the Desert Nomads - IC

[Rhun]

Aram will take the AoO, but striking for non-lethal damage, so at -4.

 

[kinem]

Aram deftly steps around and knocks the pommel of his scimitar into the back of the madman's head. The madman falls face first into the dirt, and lies unmoving.

(ooc: done!)

The sunset is spectacular now, a deep red dominating the western sky.

The door to the madman's hut hangs ajar. A dim light flickers from within.

 

[Leif]

Bevin Dwarf Rogue2/Wizard6

"Think we should truss him up, in case he's still got some fight left in him when he comes to? Oh, and thank you, Aram, for your timely help there!"

 

[Rhun]

Aram makes a face, one which might be read as a look of confusion. "That was rather easier than I expected." With a shrug, the warrior sheaths his blades and grabs hold of the hermit to drag him back inside of his hut.

 

[renau1g]

Rajah will follow Aram into the hut and say "I will take a minute to inspect him, I have a theory about him and want to know if I'm correct. It will be easier now that he's been settled, maybe we should also search his hut for any clues? Bevin?" Rajah pulls out a bit of earth he pulled from the many graves recently dug in town and proceeds to go through another set of gestures and words and looks upon the hermit.

[sblock=ooc] Casting Detect Undead, focusing the cone on the hermit. [/sblock]

 

[Rhun]

Aram shakes his head and smiles at Rajah as the man starts his spell. 'You think him dead? Or living dead, rather? Aram turns and offers Bevin a wink. "Looked pretty spry for a dead guy.*"


* bonus points if you guess what show that is from. (although, the real quote is :looks" rather than "looked."

 

[kinem]

[sblock=renau1g]Rajah detects no sign of undead within his cone of vision. He also knows that undead are generally resistant to the type of nonlethal blow that Aram employed.[/sblock]

Within the hermit's small hut, you find a dying fire in a fireplace, and sparse and dirty furnishings. At the back of the hut, you find the partially butchered corpse of an orc. You can guess that this served the madman in the absense of traditional sources of food.

[sblock=Rhun]SG1?[/sblock]

 

[Leif]

Bevin Dwarf Rogue2/Wizard6

Rajah will follow Aram into the hut and say "I will take a minute to inspect him, I have a theory about him and want to know if I'm correct. It will be easier now that he's been settled, maybe we should also search his hut for any clues? Bevin?" Rajah pulls out a bit of earth he pulled from the many graves recently dug in town and proceeds to go through another set of gestures and words and looks upon the hermit.

Wringing his hands together with glee, Bevin says, "Just give me but a moment, I'm on it, Rajah!"

"Looked pretty spry for a dead guy."

"Yes, indeed, so spry that I nearly soiled myself!"

Bevin will then begin a search of the building (Bevin is +9 to Search).

 

[Rhun]

[sblock=Kinem]
Firefly, actually.
[/sblock]


Aram joins Bevin in his search, removing a pair of crystal spectacles from his pack and placing them over his eyes.


Search +15 with Goggles of Minute Seeing.

 

[kinem]

The stench is most unpleasant as you give the hut a thorough search. In one corner of the floor markings have been scratched in the dirt, perhaps a form of writing but none of you can make anything of it.

Under a stool near the orc body you find a small dirty pouch; it is similar to what you have seen on some of the corpses lying on the battlefield. Within the pouch are 10 silver pieces. Six of them are plain, but four of them have a picture etched on one side. The etching suggests a horse drawn chariot. You don't know what significance that might have, but that sort of thing is typically a symbol of whatever nation the money came from.

There is some dirty cookware and a few rags, and a sleeping blanket, but you find nothing else of value, or anything else out of the ordinary.