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Chat Log - 2022 07 01 - Searching for Alexandria - Formatted - Story

Shop: Penissa shops

Link: Dry Road

'MadamePsychosis' connected

GM: Hello Lisa

'LorieD' connected

GM: Hello Lorie

MadamePsychosis: Hello Lorie and Bob :)

GM: Lisa check the Links please to tell me if you like the organization there

'seyfert' connected

GM: Hello Carissa

LorieD: Evening all... how are you?

MadamePsychosis: Hi Carissa :)

MadamePsychosis: Good for me, how about you?

GM: Life is good

GM: thank you Lisa

seyfert: Hi all! Forgot this loads quick now.

GM: grins

GM: Also Happy Birthday Week Lisa

MadamePsychosis: next week

MadamePsychosis: but thank you in advance :)

GM: But we do not play before then

MadamePsychosis: that is fine

seyfert: Happy early birthday!

GM: grins so you get two sessions of celebrations

MadamePsychosis: thank you :)

MadamePsychosis: lol

MadamePsychosis: links look fine except I think the current should be moved up

MadamePsychosis: looks like Catherine Eustace is still queen

MadamePsychosis: Current Catherine Eustace

MadamePsychosis: Wilimina's had more than one kid hasn't she?

MadamePsychosis: and yes forgot we were heading to penis town

GM: Thank you Lisa

GM: grins

LorieD: Happy early Birthday!

MadamePsychosis: Thank you :)

GM: I have two definate encounters for tonight, and a third to test an extension that builds Shops

MadamePsychosis: [d20 = 15]

MadamePsychosis: no encounter

seyfert: the dice speak

GM: HAH

GM: I was waiting for Lemon

GM: and or TMO and Sharif

MadamePsychosis: she'll roll high too

GM: as we know Michael will be late

GM: but you are moving along the road

MadamePsychosis: ok

GM: I took the horses off the map last week, did you want me to add them back in?

seyfert: if you leave them off enemies can't target them...

GM: chuckles

Indigo: whatever is easiest

MadamePsychosis: drat

GM: smile and I can start with Rae and Indigo

Youtargim: (speaking up so Rae can hear) So Indigo, I heard that people say you are more handsome after a combat?

Indigo: Oh ... that's a ... something someone used to say and it became a little joke

'LemonyLemon' connected

Youtargim: Are you sure it was a joke?

Youtargim: Who was it that said it about you?

GM: Hello Lemon

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): Hi lemon :)

LorieD: Evening Lemon

Raelynn: Nearly dying does NOT make you more handsome!

Indigo: That was Penelope. My girlfriend

seyfert (Raelynn): (Hi Lemon!)

Youtargim: Well then Indigo I think she meant it

Indigo: She said I looked dangerous and handsome

Youtargim: You do

Indigo: smiles ruefully

LemonyLemon: Hellooooo

Youtargim: I can easily imagine many women thinking you are handsome

Indigo: Not so dangerous riding in the back of a wagon this afternoon

Youtargim: right Raelynn?

Raelynn: I already told him ... ugh! Just stop putting yourselves in unneccessary danger. There are much better ways to look better!

Youtargim: I am glad you think we look handsome

nudges Indigo with a smile

Bixi Fizzlebang: Yout, you claim to be good at languages but... you're kind of not

'Shislif' connected

Youtargim: We will have to try harder next time

Bixi Fizzlebang: At least not this one

Youtargim: Bixi, there is being good at speaking, and good at understanding

Youtargim: Not everyone is good at both

GM: Hello Sharif

LorieD: Evening Sharif

Bixi Fizzlebang: I'm glad you understant your shortcomings. That's a good quality in a person.

seyfert (Raelynn): (Hi Sharif)

Shislif: Hi everyone!

Indigo: yeah not getting blasted with beetle butt flame next time

Shislif: Apologies for being tardy, FGU still loading

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): Hi Sharif :)

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Hi Shislif! Glad to have you back!

Thistle: Are you saying he needs to work on his ...inner Youty?

Shislif: hey loaded much quicker this time nice

Bixi Fizzlebang: I mean... it can't hurt to try

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): lol, just got it

Youtargim: I am going to work at being handsome and appreciated by Raelyn

Bixi Fizzlebang: That will take a lot of work

Youtargim: Only good things are worth the effort

Bixi Fizzlebang: Would you like some advice?

Raelynn: He has better ideas now...

Youtargim: Of course

Raelynn: Yes, like asking advice!

Bixi Fizzlebang: The first thing you should do is stop making it worse.

Bixi Fizzlebang: Because that's your tactic now and it's not working

Youtargim: Making which things worse?

Looks down at his wounds

Youtargim: Hard to be worse than this I think

Bixi Fizzlebang: Your relationship with the elf ladies

Bixi Fizzlebang: Good flirting is WAY more subtle than whatever it is that you're doing

Youtargim: I did not think I was flirting

Youtargim: I thought I was appreciating

Youtargim: Flirting leads to courting

Youtargim: at least in my culture

Bixi Fizzlebang: Then you are appreciating badly because it comes across as aggressive flirting

Youtargim: I did not think Raelynn wanted to be courted

Indigo: I don't think Youtargim is nicer to Raelynn than he is to me. He appreciates me too

Youtargim: Miss Raelynn, are you interested in being courted?

Youtargim: Exactly!

Youtargim: Thank you Indigo

Bixi Fizzlebang: Well I thought he was flirting with you, too.

Indigo: laughs

Bixi Fizzlebang: You just seemed to like it more

Indigo: Thinks he is just trying to be nice

Youtargim: Bixi, are you looking to have more men flirt with you? I can do that if you like

Youtargim: I admit I am not sure what young gnome women like

Bixi Fizzlebang: Oh absolutely not

Youtargim: Large noses? from the jokes I have heard?

Youtargim: Or is that only a .... metaphor?

Youtargim: A ... how do you say that in your language?

Bixi Fizzlebang: is visibly distressed

'Master TMO' connected

Bixi Fizzlebang: You know what, just go back to flirting with Indigo

Indigo: Maybe if you appreciate Bixi she would like you more

GM: Hello TMO welcome to "Making Bixi uncomfortable"

Bixi Fizzlebang: No thank you

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): Hi TMO :)

seyfert (Raelynn): (Hi TMO!)

GM: What is the word for that?

Youtargim: What is the word for that?

Bixi Fizzlebang: I feel appreciated MORE than enough if this is how it's shown

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): innuendo?

Shislif: sorry just trying to catch up on what happened last week

GM: grins, BOB knows but Youtargim is not 100% fluent so...

seyfert (Raelynn): (but you asked as GM :) )

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): lol, yeah, only reason I replied. Wasn't sure which was the correct ask

Raelynn: I am very confused. What IS your intention then, Youtargim?

Youtargim: My intention is to be a valuable member of the group as Branwyn requested me to be

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Is He a Creeper or Just Dumb? Take this Buzzfeed quiz to find out!

seyfert (Raelynn): lol

Youtargim: I am very glad to be with you Raelynn, you are very pleasant to be around and it makes life better

Youtargim: I enjoy everyone's company here

Youtargim: I thought I was joining your group for a short excursion then heading back home,

Youtargim: Now it has been several years, I have no idea if anyone back home knows I am actually alive

Youtargim: so I should enjoy the people I am with

Indigo: We're glad you're with us

Youtargim: Thank you Indigo

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Are we?

Youtargim: It is interesting to see a very different part of the world

Master TMO: I am finally here

seyfert (Raelynn): (better than Sunderp)

GM: very glad TMO

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I never met that one

seyfert:

GM: and Sharif do you feel caught up from the Summaries and the In Character conversations?

seyfert (Raelynn): (exactly! just wait, you'll find other NPCs you like less :) )

GM: LOL Carissa

Shislif (Zayden): sort of perused the chat, can i get a link to the summary couldn't seem to find it?

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I did hate the mage a lot more

Shislif (Zayden): but think I'm good to go if everybody is ready

Link: Searching for Alexandria

Indigo: (LINK)

Shislif (Zayden): thx

GM: For every Story Arc there is the In Character, Out of Character, Summary and often a Music page

GM: If you go to Records -> Links -> and in the Group Drop down you can choose Story Arcs

GM: that will give you all the story arcs for the current Dragonslayer Era

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): you just have to know that Indigo and Youtargim only have 1 hp each and Michael won't be here until late so Zayden is the lead fighter :)

GM: grins

Shislif (Zayden): uh oh lol

Licornah: Advanced Effect [''] -> [to Licornah]

Shislif (Zayden): lets not get into any fights yall!

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): lol

Shislif (Zayden): sounds good though otherwise :)

Shislif (Zayden): So right now we're still on the road travelling?

GM: So moving from the conversation about how handsome Youtargim is to the thoughts on Knotty

GM: Take it away Bixi and Licornah

GM: and yes to Sharif

Zayden: Hey yall! Finally up from my nap

Zayden: smiles

GM: end of tonight you *should* be into much more civilized lands

Indigo: You missed the vultures and fire cloud beetles!

GM: were you here for aquiring the large boar Sharif?

Indigo: Maybe I should take a nap. Wait. I already did when they blasted me

Shislif (Zayden): I think so that was two weeks ago right?

Shislif (Zayden): n one of us was able to talk to it

GM: Yes that was the morning, then later on in the day was the vultures and carrion

GM: it is now just past noon as you move northward along the road

GM: and Licornah and Bixi solved some of the language issues

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): We did?

Mammal, Boar, Wild [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] Yes you did

Yes you did

Licornah: [HEAL] Cure Serious Wounds [2d8+1 = 8]

Heal [8] -> [to Indigo]

Shislif (Zayden): don't remember vultures may have missed that part

Licornah: [HEAL] Cure Serious Wounds [2d8+1 = 13]

Heal [13] -> [to Indigo] [STATUS: Heavy]

GM: No to Lorie

GM: Indigo is walking wounded cannot take anymore healing until tomorrow

Licornah: [HEAL] Cure Serious Wounds [2d8+1 = 10]

Heal [10] -> [to Youtargim] [STATUS: Heavy]

GM: Same with Youtargim

GM: so take those three spells back

Licornah: ok

GM: 1

LorieD (Licornah): I couldn't get to anyone fast enough last week

Youtargim's health adjusted by -10

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): thank you for the thought!

Indigo's health adjusted by -21

GM: nods, it is a nice thought,

Shislif (Zayden): We're still using Dry Road Drillian right?

Indigo: yes we just have to be lay abouts for the rest of the day

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): ooc

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I'm sorry, what. I swear, this game feels like it's actively working against the players. I don't mean this campaign, I mean the entire game.

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): any day we do not permanently die is a good day

GM: and for Sharif, when you are wounded if you go down to Zero hit points you do not die, you just go unconcious, then when you get to negative 10 you die. So if someone can get to you and bind wounds you will still be alive, just "walking wounded" which means you are unable to do things except walk/hobble along until you get 8 hours of sleep then you can start healing, with magic or just over time

Zayden: Fortunately laying about is my specialty

Shislif (Zayden): cool thx GM

GM: The alternative is to hit Zero hitpoints and then you just die, make a new character

Thistle: No THEY get to lay around. We have to make sure nothing else gets us while they lay around.

Shislif (Zayden): Zayden wants to live

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): most of it is dice rolls - if Indigo would not have been missing like crazy, yout failing his CON checks, both of us failing breath saves, it would have been totally different. bad dice last week is all

GM: grins

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I mean, it's bad enough that you only have so many healing spells in a day, but then to ALSO be able to only ACCEPT so much healing in a day is just crazy.

Zayden: oh well that's slightly less fun i suppose

seyfert (Thistle): (2e has some funny things about it. My stickler will always be poison)

GM: Lemon you can accept all the healing as long as the person never goes to Zero

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): that's only when you go into negs and can't get heaing that same exact round

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): just bad luck again

GM: Indigo can go from 50 to 2 get healed to full, go 50 to 2 again the next combat, get healed again

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Ok, I accept that that's the rule, but I still don't think it SHOULD BE the rule

GM: but for Howard to go from 11 to Zero he goes to walking wounded

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): remember Eric's priest used to follow Branwyn around just in case she went into negs for a while - drove her/me crazy :)

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I just have OPINIONS

GM: We are working on Poison Carissa

seyfert (Thistle): :P

GM: and Thank you for having opinions Lemon, Seriously we need everyone to speak up and make the game better

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): no one wants to poison Carissa

GM: LOL

seyfert (Thistle): LOL

GM: Effects that can be placed on a token and then start to affect stats two days later for example

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): ohhhhh

GM: so that poison is not immediate

GM: and you have to check for things, and do slow poison etc

Zayden: So what's with this Knotty business I hear about? sounds like fun...

GM: before those start happening

GM: and thank you Sharif

GM: back to Knotting

Shislif (Zayden): :)

GM: Knotting Ham

LorieD (Licornah): (I didn't realize they were WW BOB, I wouldn't have healed...) :: shrugs :: I don't seem to do much else well... so I tried. I'll go back to lurk

GM: hit enter too fast

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): oh no

GM: You are very much needed Lorie

GM: Licornah is the only one that can talk with the Boar without the spell

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Licornah, you've been so great helping me out with Knotty here... I hate to ask more of you after you've already done so much for me, but I'm wondering how he's doing. Is there a way you could teach me how to talk to him?

Bixi Fizzlebang: Licornah, you've been so great helping me out with Knotty here... I hate to ask more of you after you've already done so much for me, but I'm wondering how he's doing. Is there a way you could teach me how to talk to him?

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Is he named Knotty BECAUSE of Notting Ham, or did you come up with that later?

Zayden: Is Knotty the name of the boar?

GM: The world may never know

Bixi Fizzlebang: It is!

Zayden: Cool name for a boar!

Bixi Fizzlebang: He was terribly mistreated by a man in a top hat and now he's coming along with us and I'm going to take care of him... despite objections about food concerns.

Licornah: :: ponders :: I can try, but I was taught by an elder in my temple over a few years... you have to learn to sense their emotions and thoughts.

Zayden: Never trust a man in a top hat, that was a common refrain in my childhood

Bixi Fizzlebang: Hmmm. I wonder if we might be able to teach him things I can understand? Like to paw at the ground three times when he's hungry or something?

Youtargim: How many top hats did you see in your childhood?

Zayden: Well it's not really something I kept track off to be honest, I'm not sure the number of glasses or shoes I've seen as a child neither

Bixi Fizzlebang: I'm inclined to agree with you Zayden. Feels like they're trying too hard

Licornah: :: looks at Knotty :: She's proposing non-verbal communication to make it easier on boty of you, is that possible ?

Youtargim: Can I ask what is a top hat?

Bixi Fizzlebang: It's a hat that goes on your top, silly

Zayden: But to be fair I'm sure there are perfectly fine people who wear top hats, who knows how these things get started

Mammal, Boar, Wild [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] I know how to count to five

I know how to count to five

GM: Lorie you saw that right?

Zayden: I think I was just trying to make Knotty feel better about his encounter

Zayden: he or she?

LorieD (Licornah): (I did)

Bixi Fizzlebang: He

Zayden: Or They?

Licornah: :: turns to Bixi :: He can count to five if that helps?

Zayden: Nice

Mammal, Boar, Wild [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] I can swallow three balls at a time and spit them out one at a time

I can swallow three balls at a time and spit them out one at a time

Bixi Fizzlebang: Ooooh, that does help!

Licornah: :: looks at Knotty :: is that a trick they made you do? Does that hurt?

Zayden: Did Knotty leave any friends or family behind?

Zayden: If he doesn't mind my asking?

Mammal, Boar, Wild [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] It is a trick, they make me take all three and then I spit out 1 2 or 3 as they command

It is a trick, they make me take all three and then I spit out 1 2 or 3 as they command

Bixi Fizzlebang: Oh no, if he doesn't want to count, I don't want to make him. I just want to make sure he is well taken care of to the best of my ability

Zayden: I once knew a Knotts, I believe they ran a Berry Farm

Zayden snicker

Licornah: :: ponder :: I'm not sure Bixi will want that, but let me ask her

LorieD (Licornah): (LOL)

GM [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] Lorie you can also pick the Speak with Animals on the right side here in chat so your questions go into that font as well

Lorie you can also pick the Speak with Animals on the right side here in chat so your questions go into that font as well

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): For Shislif's reference... Talwin is still mad that I made friends with the pig instead of everyone getting bacon

Shislif (Zayden): ah ok thx

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): He and his sword were very ready to murder

Licornah: Bixi, he says he can also take three balls in his mouth and spit them back out. They taught him this trick. I told Knotty you'd want to decide about doing that

Bixi Fizzlebang: Um... that seems unnecessary

Licornah [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] Oh, they would like to know if you have friends or family that you left behind to worry about?

Oh, they would like to know if you have friends or family that you left behind to worry about?

Zayden: Impressive

seyfert (Thistle): (circus)

Mammal, Boar, Wild [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] I have not had a sow in many many moons

I have not had a sow in many many moons

Bixi Fizzlebang: I was just thinking something like, if he can lightly paw at me, and then stamp once to tell me he's tired, twice for hungry or thirsty, three times for too hot or too cold, and then four for some other kind of distress? That way I can make sure all his basic needs are covered

Licornah [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] :: nods :: I see, this group genuinely seems to care about your well-being

:: nods :: I see, this group genuinely seems to care about your well-being

Zayden: Sounds like a good system Bixi

Master TMO: k, improved scans of Guide I still can't copy the text from. I'll resume typing. Lisa, if you have time to see if you can OCR chunks of it, that'd be great, but it's no big deal if not.

Licornah [W Comm]: No family and I think he's an older Boar, he referenced "many, many moons"

Mammal, Boar, Wild [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] That is good, I do not want to go back to the man in the top hat

That is good, I do not want to go back to the man in the top hat

Licornah [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] :: takes Bixi's request about pawing and offers to Knotty ::

:: takes Bixi's request about pawing and offers to Knotty ::

Zayden: That's cool Knotty,I know what it's like to outlive family

Licornah [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] :: reconfirms that the group doesn't like top hatted folks ::

:: reconfirms that the group doesn't like top hatted folks ::

LorieD (Licornah): (SORRY, my PC is having a moment, BRB)

'LorieD' disconnected

Bixi Fizzlebang: And if he doesn't mind taking a bath next time we find some clean water, he's welcome to sleep on a comfortable bed with me! They are usually way too large for me, should be plenty of room for Knotty, and then he will be sure to be as comfortable as possible!

Mammal, Boar, Wild [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] I will have to be careful, the little rag doll is easy to knock over

I will have to be careful, the little rag doll is easy to knock over

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Yeah, he's going to become my game equivalent of my dogs so what.

GM: As Lorie leaves and will come back

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): When he dies I'm going to be devastated who cares

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): sure TMO if you or Bob can send it to me I will see what I can do

GM: can you forward along to Lisa please TMO

Master TMO: will do!

GM: and we do care Lemon, that is why we love having you in the game, caring is a very good thing

Indigo: laughs

GM: It makes everything more real so everyone cares

Indigo: where do you think is going to let you bring a boar in to bed with you?

Shislif (Zayden): Is Knotty dying?

'LorieD' connected

GM: Welcome back Lorie

Master TMO: sent

Shislif (Zayden): refill time brb

GM: and yes I literally Laughed Out Loud with that Sharif

User has gone AFK. (Shislif)

Indigo: He is huge and looks dangerous. Tavern people are going to freak out if you try to bring him inside

GM: That was awesome

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): and yes I do care

LorieD (Licornah): (Sorry all...)

GM: no worries Lorie, better now?

LorieD (Licornah): (Yes... thanks, not sure what happened)

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I mean, he's going to be on the boat with me...

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): got it - will work on that later tonight on work computer

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): They'll get used to him.

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): oh, didn't realize that was ic lol

Bixi Fizzlebang: People will get used to him!

GM: Hope it is easy Lisa, I scanned at the highest DPI the scanner had

Bixi Fizzlebang: I'll explain that he's well trained. I'll tip them well

Bixi Fizzlebang: Most tavern keepers seem open to bribes

Youtargim: Bixi, I think that whole Tip them Well is a euphemism

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): ahhh there it is

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): euphemism

Indigo: Okay. I'll watch you

Thistle: But does HE want to be in the taverns?

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): 10 XP to Yout

Bixi Fizzlebang: I don't know about where you come from, Yout, but here, I think most tavern keepers will welcome some extra coin

Youtargim: I know they will, everyone, well almost everyone, wants extra coin

Indigo: They also don't want everyone to run from the inn

Bixi Fizzlebang: I don't know... if he doesn't, he certainly doesn't have to in

Youtargim: and that is NOT a euphemism

Thistle: Shi always had to sleep outside the city with the wolves because the taverns didn't like the wolves and the wolves didn't like the taverns.

Bixi Fizzlebang: Yeah well wolves

Indigo: You'll see

Youtargim: Wolves?

Thistle: I mean I don't think she did either so it kinda worked out...

Thistle: YEAH!

Youtargim: You travel with wolves? or you did?

Youtargim: How in the world did you feed them?

Youtargim: With what?

Bixi Fizzlebang: Anyway, if I need to sleep in the barn or whatever, that's fine too. I used to spend most of my time outdoors before joining up with you. I just want him to know he's important to me and I want him to be happy

Thistle: Well Shi already had them when I met her but she said they travels quite aways? They kinda feed themselves.

Youtargim: I am sorry Bixi, I think that this Shi might be happy to have Knotty travel with her for one or two nights, but then........

Thistle: Um, I dunno about that. She really loves her wolves but the wolves... um, they might not like Knotty. I mean, they might LIKE LIKE him but I don't think Bixi wants that.

Youtargim: Exactly Thistle

Youtargim: you get it

Bixi Fizzlebang: Why would Shi need to travel with Knotty?

Thistle: But Shi isn't here and Knotty isn't going to live in the forest?

Youtargim: You said you were never going to give him up

Bixi Fizzlebang: I'm never going to let him down

GM: No link needed

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): brb

User has gone AFK. (MadamePsychosis)

Bixi Fizzlebang: And no, he will not live in the woods. I've been thinking it's time to get my own house... maybe somewhere near the inn, if Gerry will let me have a little garden there. I want to start growing useful herbs, and there are some that I've heard about that don't grow in the mist

Bixi Fizzlebang: We found so much gold on those giants, I must be able to get a house now. And maybe build a little addition on for Knotty

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): afk to get a snack, also brb

User has gone AFK. (LemonyLemon)

Licornah: [SKILL] Observation (vs. Target 15) [FAILURE by 5] [d20 = 20]

seyfert (Raelynn): (yeahh neither of them have it...)

Thistle: [SKILL] Observation [d20 = 14]

Raelynn: [SKILL] Observation [d20 = 9]

Bixi Fizzlebang: [SKILL] Observation [d20 = 3]

GM: I like that it has you roll and if you do not have the skill it just automatically fails you

GM: Sharif and Lisa are left

seyfert (Raelynn): Hey hey it doesn't say fail. It just... doesn't say anything.

Shislif (Zayden): oh sorry i closed the window

GM: grins

GM: you can roll Observation if you have it Sharif

GM: a slightly newer thing, I can have a pop up appear for you when I want a particular roll from a character

Shislif (Zayden): Don't think i have observation

GM: understandable

Shislif (Zayden): i like that pop up feature though

GM: and niether does Indigo or Howard

GM: Nor does Youtargim

GM: So the group is surprised when suddenly three arrows go THUNK THUNK THUNK into the wagon from the rear

seyfert (Raelynn): (Bixi has it)

Zayden: Uh oh

Zayden: Think those are friendly arrows?

seyfert (Raelynn): (oh I thought she did... really?)

Thistle: [SKILL] Detect Noise [PERCENT:Detect Noise] (vs. Target 35) [SUCCESS by 28] [d100 = 7]

GM: No loud sounds for Thistle to hear, but she does hear the arrows hit the wagon

GM: and looking around you spot some archers and other figures about 300 yards away back down the road the way you came

Zayden: Think we can outrun them?

Zayden: Or maybe they just want to talk?

Thistle: With the horses? I dunno.

User is back. (LemonyLemon)

Thistle: I wonder if Indigo has his spyglass...

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I don't, I have alertness

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): he brought spyglass

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): batch OCRing now

GM: Indigo and Youtargim can talk but that is mostly it for the rest of the day, so this encounter is on the rest of the group

GM: and the next one too but that will come later

Thistle: (oh good because I need to AFK a minute, sorry)

User has gone AFK. (seyfert)

Zayden: I could try using my persuasion on them?

Zayden: Maybe they just want us to pay a toll or something

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): I don't like that the Obs rolls that I think came from the prompt don't say if they made it or failed - was just a dice roll

GM: Indigo can use the Spyglass

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): They're behind us, so if they wanted us to pay a toll, I don't think they'd be running behind us

Indigo: What's going on?

Shislif (Zayden): why would they be running behind us?

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): They would have been waiting to ambush us

Indigo: takes out his spyglass and looks down the road

GM: the prompt should roll with your skill with a suceed or fail if you have it and if you do not just gives a basic roll

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I'm guessing they're mad that I stole their pig.

Shislif (Zayden): but if they wanted to kill us wouldn't they also be waiting to ambush us?

Shislif (Zayden): Oh you think this is about the pig?

Shislif (Zayden): I could definately talk to them n use my persuasion if this is about a dispute

-> Indigo: spots a man in a top hat, with several archers, a bear, a snake, and a lion

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I kind of want to wait for Indigo before we start anything? She was very excited about the circus

Indigo: It's the circus!!

Shislif (Zayden): sounds good

Indigo: The man in the top hat

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): What number is your persusaion? And Bob, does it stack lol. I also have persuasion

Indigo: Archers, a bear, a lion and ... a snake???

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): no stacking

User is back. (seyfert)

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I figured, hence the lol

seyfert (Thistle): (sorry struggling a bit tonight so I'll be slow but I'm here)

GM: I will give bonuses depending on roleplaying and your skill checks

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): but you both can try and if you both make it you would be doubly persuasive

Shislif (Zayden): Well if we can't outrun them, if we're not setup to fight, then that leaves talking

Bixi Fizzlebang: Makes sense... circus animals

GM: I will tell you when to make those checks

Indigo: There are snakes in a circus?

Bixi Fizzlebang: shrugs

Bixi Fizzlebang: There could be anything in a circus, that's kind of the point

Indigo: HEY!!! STOP SHOOTING AT US!!!

Zayden: Perhaps the circus is unaware of Knotty's sentience

Raelynn: OH! Do you think it's Voldomer's Fabulous Circus??

GM: definately cannot hear you

Raelynn: listens for drumming

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): Indigo does not know that

Zayden: Should two of us walk towards them?

GM: Yes to LIsa

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): :)

Zayden: see what they have to say

-> Indigo: now that Raelynn says that yes Indigo spots a drummer

Indigo: looks again

Raelynn: It's better to meet them halfway if you plan on that. You don't want to get too far from the group.

Bixi Fizzlebang: (to Knotty) If anything happens, stay as close to the group as you can while it's safe. If it's not safe, it's ok with me if you need to run away, but please try to find me again. I just want you to be safe.

Indigo: There's a drummer

Indigo: Maybe it's the ghost drummer you saw the other night

GM: What language does Bixi say that in?

Zayden: let's meet them halfway

Indigo: Bongo? Bingo?

Zayden: see what they have to say

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): Ringo?

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Oh, I guess gnomish?

GM: ok

Zayden: If there's no hope for Knotty, I'll give a signal so that he can get a head start and run

Bixi Fizzlebang: Do we have a white flag we can wave while we walk towards them or something?

Zayden: I'll scratch my left ear with my right hand

Indigo: We don't have a white flag

Bixi Fizzlebang: What else can we do to show we just want to talk?

Zayden: If it's a circus I don't think they'll murder us in the streets, if all they want is Knotty and not a murder charge, bad for business that is

Raelynn: Bongo and Fredrick! Oh I hope it's them although I worry about the arrows...

Zayden: We'll wave our arms, left our tops to show we're unarmed

Indigo: I'll stay in the wagon

GM: HAH

Zayden: Keep an eye if I scratch my ear

Indigo: What does that mean?

Zayden: that's a signal for Knotty to run, worst case scenario

Raelynn: Well he'll have to be able to see it...

Zayden: Well one of you behind can keep an eye and tell Knotty, should the need arise

Indigo: Uh-huh

Licornah [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] You should probably be ready to flee if things with this group behind us go the wrong way. They want you to be safe

You should probably be ready to flee if things with this group behind us go the wrong way. They want you to be safe

Zayden: the one with the spyglass perhaps, so you can keep a close eye

Raelynn: You mean Indigo?

Indigo: Youtargim are too hurt to run at arrows. That's why we'll stay here in the wagon

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): and I

Mammal, Boar, Wild [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] Grunts, they are up to no good if it is the man in the top hat

Grunts, they are up to no good if it is the man in the top hat

Zayden: No worries

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Need info on my "Soften Earth and Stone" spell

Licornah [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] :: nods at Knotty :: Understood. Just be ready Bixi is concerned

:: nods at Knotty :: Understood. Just be ready Bixi is concerned

Raelynn: Hmm, well they did shoot at the wagon not us so maybe they just wanted us to slow down...

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): It says nothing on FG

Indigo: Or did you mean you want to turn the wagon around and ride back at them?

Raelynn: Come on, let's walk out a bit and see if they want to catch up to us and talk to us.

Zayden: that could've just been to get our attention

GM: Checking for you Lemon on that spell

Indigo: Got my attention

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Ok, wait.

Indigo: grins

GM: as the group moves along

Zayden: Let's go, you and me Rae?

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I dont' know if we're supposed to see this yet or not, but I see people on the side

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): And one of them is wearing strapless underwear.

Spell: Soften Earth and Stone

Shislif (Zayden): Nice

seyfert (Raelynn): (she's already walking off and/or stopping to let them catchu up...? halfway)

GM: There you go Lemon

seyfert (Raelynn): (can't see that but uh... okay Rae is trying to meet these people halfway with whoever else)

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): braided muttonchops - nice!

Shislif (Zayden): I'll join Rae

seyfert (Raelynn): Where you seeing them?

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I'll go too, but I'm leaving Knotty here. Not taking chances on the circus people trying to get him back before we talk to them

seyfert (Raelynn): Oh they blended in

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): on the side of the road

Shislif (Zayden): or I suppose if we have this magic spell, we could soften the earth between them and us while we make a run for it?

Howard Plum: Do you want the rest of us to follow Miss Raelynn?

seyfert (Raelynn): Conniving halfwit guffaw?

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): That's what I was thinking, but I don't think it's a big enough spell to cover the whole road

Zayden: Somebody needs to stay behind to keep Knotty safe, and to tell him to run should the need arise

seyfert (Raelynn): You can come if you want to, Howard! As long as someone stays with the wagon.

Raelynn: You can come if you want to, Howard! As long as someone stays with the wagon.

Thistle: Ugh, I can wait. Unless you need someone to impress the circus. Howard canNOT do that.

Licornah [W Comm]: :: turns to Bixi :: He's ready to go if you say so ... he's concerned if it's the man with the Top Hat that they are evil

Bixi Fizzlebang: I'll go with you, Rae. Please keep an eye on Knotty, friends

Howard Plum: Indigo and Youtargim are in the wagon

Bixi Fizzlebang [Gnomish]: [Translation] (to Knotty) stay safe!

(to Knotty) stay safe!

Zayden: Let's go see who we're dealing with then...

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): why not just let knotty gore them all like he did Youtargim?

seyfert (Raelynn): lol

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): you have a weapon as a pet

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I'm guessing they're not as squishy as Yout

GM: So how far away from the wagon do you want to be when you stop?

Zayden: halfway between them and the wagon

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): is this encounter for the purpose of showing how far arrows fly and why you make the encounters a gazillion yards away? :)

Bixi Fizzlebang [Gnomish]: [Translation] (to Knotty) If you want to fight, or run, or stay here, it's up to you. I'm not interested in controlling you. Just know that all I want is to keep you safe and happy to the best of my ability

(to Knotty) If you want to fight, or run, or stay here, it's up to you. I'm not interested in controlling you. Just know that all I want is to keep you safe and happy to the best of my ability

GM: grins at Lisa

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): which is why I am worried about only sending a couple people so far ahead that it will take many rounds to catch up

seyfert (Raelynn): (agree)

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Sorry if I confused Thistle and Rae... I thought it was Thistle who was excited about the circus but makes more sense to be Rae

seyfert (Raelynn): (toss Thistle halfway)

seyfert (Raelynn): (between wagon and group)

Zayden: If knotty was unhappy with the man in the top hat, it's possible the other animals are unhappy with him as well

Zayden whispers

seyfert (Raelynn): (And yeah, both would want to but I don't wanna do both right now)

Raelynn: Bongo! Fredrick! Is that you?

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): Licornah can talk to all animals? there are a bunch up ahead

GM: So your side is 600 feet back from the wagon (3 rounds of running) and you are 200 feet (1 1/2 rounds of running) away from the man in the top hat

Licornah [W Comm]: I'll go forward...

Licornah [W Comm]: (should I have a map?)

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): open combat tracker and it should pop up

Zayden: Yes talk to the animals if you can

LorieD (Licornah): (I have it open, no map...)

GM: So Licornah, Howard, Bixi, Zayden, and Rae are there

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): How much does the running even matter? If they have arrows, we're probably dead either way.

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): nah

GM: The rest are back with the wagon

Raelynn: (thistle halfway)

Shislif (Zayden): who's got arrows? The drummer?

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): would take a few arrows :)

GM: in front of you is the Drummer, then behind him is a Bear, a Snake and a Lion,

GM: then the Man in the Top Hat

Zayden: Nice drums dummer

Zayden: My brother was a drummer, we used to run duets, during simpler times

GM: and we are now in discussions

Drummer: What sort of drums did he play?

Man in Top Hat: Do not let them distract you

Zayden: I believe they were bongos

Licornah [W Comm]: Why are you shooting arrows at us?

seyfert (Raelynn): '(is that Bongo? She asked, but she'd be able to tell by looks I'd think)

Drummer: Those are things for a child

Zayden: Well we were children

GM: yes to Rae

Man in Top Hat: to Licornah, You have something of mine

Man in Top Hat: I would like it back

Zayden: Drummer, how long have you drummed for this man in the top hat?

Man in Top Hat: Thank you for stopping and making this easier for us all

Bixi Fizzlebang: looks at Licornah nervously

Drummer: I have been with the Circus for 7 years now

Licornah [W Comm]: :: ponders :: Interesting that you think that

Bixi Fizzlebang: Is it fun? It seems like it might be a fun job!

Drummer: I like it

Drummer: I get to make the crowds excited

Licornah [W Comm]: Are you looking for dead people, those were back down the road...

Drummer: bring them all in

Zayden: That's good, that's what we as musicians live for

Man in Top Hat: You know what I am missing

Raelynn: Where's Fredrick?

Bixi Fizzlebang: Is your circus nearby? Will you be doing a show soon? Many of my group would love to see it!

Man in Top Hat: You are trying to hide it right there, points

Zayden: Tell me drummer, could you leave the circus if you wanted?

Drummer: We are supposed to do a show tonight

Drummer: but we got delayed because of some hobgoblins, they messed up our camp

Licornah [W Comm]: :: tilts her head :: hide?

Man in Top Hat: STOP that to the drummer,

Raelynn: Ummmm but we didn't hear any hobgoblins?

Man in Top Hat: It is not important for the why, but it is important for the fact you owe me

Bixi Fizzlebang: Ugh, hobgoblins are terrible

Raelynn: Bongo, you were in the trees. When did the hobgoblins attack you?

Man in Top Hat: You will give me my pig and then be on your way

Raelynn: And where's Fredrickl?

Bixi Fizzlebang: Knotty?!?

Licornah [W Comm]: :: frowns in her burn the patriarchy face :: Pig? We don't have a pig.

Licornah [W Comm]: And, I'll go where I like

Man in Top Hat: {gestures to the archers behind him} I do have a way of persuading you

Howard Plum: wonders why people keep calling the boar a pig

Man in Top Hat: We do not need to make this messy

Raelynn: Hey now, you haven't answered our questions yet.

Licornah [W Comm]: Oh, violence, yes, the rationale, way of negotiating ...

Man in Top Hat: Simply give me what is mine then go on your way

Raelynn: And we can talk this out, can't we?

Raelynn: [SKILL] Persuasion [MOD:CHA] (vs. Target 16) [FAILURE by 1] [d20 = 17]

seyfert (Raelynn): (hmm nope too worried about Fredrick now)

Licornah [W Comm]: :: shrugs :: Sorry, he's not interested in your company ... :: pauses :: sir

Zayden: And what kind of cirus that murders people is allowed to perform in civilized locales?

Bixi Fizzlebang: If you're talking about Knotty, we can definitely work something out.

Bixi Fizzlebang: [SKILL] Persuasion [MOD:CHA] (vs. Target 11) [FAILURE by 6] [d20 = 17]

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): wow.

seyfert (Raelynn): (cursed)

Man in Top Hat: Oh? How do you mean work something out?

Raelynn [Elvish]: [Translation] FREDRICK! Where are you??

FREDRICK! Where are you??

reaches down to stroke the head of the very large snake next to him

Bixi Fizzlebang: I'd be willing to pay for his freedom if you'll leave us be

Man in Top Hat: Oh really?

Raelynn: tries to see if anyone reacts to the Elvish dreamily

Focusing in on Bixi now

Bixi Fizzlebang: whispers to Rae "What's a reasonable price for a well-trained circus boar?"

Licornah [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] :: turns to the animals, you know, you don't have to stay if you're being mistreated ::

:: turns to the animals, you know, you don't have to stay if you're being mistreated ::

Shislif (Zayden): Can I use my persuasion to help him decide to accept money?

Licornah [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] :: continues :: Knotty told us how he treats you.

:: continues :: Knotty told us how he treats you.

Raelynn: whispers back, "Always start low."

Snake, Constrictor Normal [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] Thissss issss a nissse liiiiffffff

Thissss issss a nissse liiiiffffff

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Can I use my persuasion every time I mention a new price? How does negotiation work in game?

Raelynn: Well he's an old, old boar, isn't he? I'm sure he can't be worth much to you. Arthritis and all that.

Raelynn: I'm sure if you told me where FREDRICK was, he'd give more insight.

GM: Persuasion can be used once per negociation, if you have bargaining or other skills you think might help you can make those checks also

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): a year's worth of taxes is about 10 gp - how much could a pig be worth?

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): Bran paid 40 gp for a dead human being

Bixi Fizzlebang: Yes, let's get our facts straight then we can figure out a price after that

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): just saying for context

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): um

seyfert (Raelynn): (Right now? Still pretty bad. Most people don't want boar. Gross eating. You can get a 500 lb for probably $3)...

seyfert (Raelynn): Now goats and sheep, that's where the money is at

Man in Top Hat: What facts are you in doubt of?

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I was thinking of starting the offer at 1gp

Bixi Fizzlebang: Well, Rae wants to know where Frederick is

Man in Top Hat: I am not sure why that is relevant, I could tell you anything and you would have to believe me

Bixi Fizzlebang: Well I would have until you said that and made yourself seem untrustworthy

Man in Top Hat: He flew away on wings of the softest down to revisit his mother

Raelynn: You killed him?!

Man in Top Hat: Or he is simply one of the archers there

Man in Top Hat: Or he is back at the camp while I am otherwise engaged

Man in Top Hat: Which story makes you feel more at ease?

Bixi Fizzlebang: I thought your camp was destroyed

Man in Top Hat: Who told you that?

Raelynn: Where did you say you camped again?

Bixi Fizzlebang: We don't want a story, we're just trying to talk to you, sir

Bixi Fizzlebang: The truth will be fine

Man in Top Hat: I do not want to talk with you I want my property back,

Man in Top Hat: you can hand it over and then leave on your way

Shislif (Zayden): Can I use persuasion to make him accept a deal?

Man in Top Hat: What problem do you have with that?

GM: You can try to get him to agree to a deal

Bixi Fizzlebang: Why do you want this boar so badly? You already seem to have plenty of entertainers. What's one less?

Snake, Constrictor Normal [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] I wasssss promissssssed a good meal

I wasssss promissssssed a good meal

Zayden: Listen, the boar doesn't want to be with you, I'm sure we can reach an arrangement where everyone walks away happy. Bloodshed is bad for business, forced labor is bad for business

Man in Top Hat: I value all of my entertainers

Man in Top Hat: What kind of arrangement would be good for me?

Man in Top Hat: Loosing a valuable act in my show?

Zayden: How about a spell? Knowledge is priceless

Licornah [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] :: turns to the snake, sorry, what's your name? We have food and there are creatures on the road that you might prefer ::

:: turns to the snake, sorry, what's your name? We have food and there are creatures on the road that you might prefer ::

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): everyone else failed the persuasion rolls so you could make it

Zayden: one that could be of use to a man in entertainment

Bixi Fizzlebang: How valuable of an act could a boar be? What can he even do that's entertaining?

Zayden: You started this day a regular human, you can end it as an extraordinary one

Snake, Constrictor Normal [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] I am Sssssnatthhhhh

I am Sssssnatthhhhh

Laughs

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Fingers crossed Licornah is somehow convincing the animals to turn against him

Man in Top Hat: I am extraodinary, you have heard of our circus already

Shislif (Zayden): double fingers crossed

Bixi Fizzlebang: Only because of Bongo and Frederick

Zayden: Well that magic we can give you would surely out profit the boar

Man in Top Hat: If you are proposing to be part of an act

Licornah [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] :: continues :: I'm Licornah, nice to meet you. I like spending time with animals

:: continues :: I'm Licornah, nice to meet you. I like spending time with animals

Man in Top Hat: You can audition, we are always looking for new interesting ideas

Man in Top Hat: but simple spells are not interesting, too predictable

Bixi Fizzlebang: Bongo is a good advertiser

Raelynn: He was a lot nicer when you weren't with him...

Shislif (Zayden): if he loves the boar so much what if we threaten to kill it?

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Knotty!!!!

Snake, Constrictor Normal [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] You sssssshould ssssstay withhhh ussssss, many creaturessssss to ssssspeak withhhhh

You sssssshould ssssstay withhhh ussssss, many creaturessssss to ssssspeak withhhhh

Shislif (Zayden): not really, but like a hostage type situation?

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): What's half a gp?

Shislif (Zayden): just an idea

Zayden whisper

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): 5 silver

Zayden: any ideas on how the other animals feel?

Licornah [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] :: nods :: I appreciate that, but I like my friends. You might come with us and see new lands and meet new friends

:: nods :: I appreciate that, but I like my friends. You might come with us and see new lands and meet new friends

Snake, Constrictor Normal [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] landssss are dry, need water, the sssswampssss are niccccccce

landssss are dry, need water, the sssswampssss are niccccccce

Howard Plum: You realize that if you kill us you will be killing Countess Branwyn of Dragon Fen's aides and friends?

Man in Top Hat: What could you possible offer in exchange for one of my most popular acts

Bixi Fizzlebang: Look, I doubt anyone is that impressed with a boar, especially in comparison with these animals you have with you now. I will give you 7 silver for Knotty

Man in Top Hat: LAUGHS LAUGHS LAUGHS

Licornah [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] ::bobs head :: Ahhh, our group lives in a swamp

::bobs head :: Ahhh, our group lives in a swamp

Man in Top Hat: 7 Silver!!!!

Man in Top Hat: You hear that everyone! 7 Silver!

Bixi Fizzlebang: Well how much is he worth to you?

Zayden: Give us the price then

Man in Top Hat: We make three times that in a show my little gnomish priest

Man in Top Hat: 50 gold

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): I thought he was happy there for a second :)

Zayden: whispers we have that?

Howard Plum: mutters

Howard Plum: Highway robbery

Licornah [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] :: turns to the bear :: What about you, are you happy performing for others?

:: turns to the bear :: What about you, are you happy performing for others?

Bixi Fizzlebang: Well that's just crazy. If you're making 20 silver a show, and you have four animal acts, and a bear and a mountain lion and a snake are way more impressive... there's no way he's making that much profit for you

Snake, Constrictor Normal [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] You are not in a ssssswamp now,

You are not in a ssssswamp now,

Zayden: I can use persuasion to lower the price perhaps?

Bixi Fizzlebang: Now if it was the bear, that might be convincing.

Howard Plum: No boar is worth that. We remodeled a tavern for less

Licornah [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] :: sighs :: Sadly, we are not in the swamp ... we're headed to the water now

:: sighs :: Sadly, we are not in the swamp ... we're headed to the water now

Black Bear [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] I am happy to have my food and sleep, it is easy to roar and scare the little ones

I am happy to have my food and sleep, it is easy to roar and scare the little ones

Man in Top Hat: You are saying that you will not pay for a quality act

Licornah [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] :: laughs :: I'm sure you are great at scaring - do you not miss the fresh fish?

:: laughs :: I'm sure you are great at scaring - do you not miss the fresh fish?

Man in Top Hat: that can perform twice a week for years

Bixi Fizzlebang: NO ONE would pay that much for a boar

Man in Top Hat: That pig can earn me easily 5 or 6 gold a month

Bixi Fizzlebang: By doing WHAT?

Man in Top Hat: HAH, that is quite a pig

Man in Top Hat: You do not appreciate it at all

Bixi Fizzlebang: I feel like you're bluffing, just trying to raise the price, but my offer was very reasonable

Zayden: Well that pig has no desire to continue on with you

Black Bear [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] Fish are good, honey is better

Fish are good, honey is better

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Hoping Licornah is getting somewhere while I stall...

Zayden: perhaps this is the act, you have people obtain your boar so you can shake them down?

User has gone AFK. (seyfert)

LorieD (Licornah): (I'm trying here...they are nicer than this dude)

Man in Top Hat: So you think you can give that pig a better life? then pay me for it's freedom

Man in Top Hat: 40 gold

Bixi Fizzlebang: That's what I'm trying to do, and you're making it extremely difficult with these outrageous numbers

Man in Top Hat: you are obviously trying to find a way to convince these acts to defect to you too, waves at Licornah, it will not work

Howard Plum: Who carries 40 gold with them anyway?

Bixi Fizzlebang: I can go up to 2 gold, and honestly that's ridiculously generous for a boar that you're pretending is amazing

Bixi Fizzlebang: [SKILL] Persuasion [MOD:CHA] (vs. Target 11) [SUCCESS by 3] [d20 = 8]

Howard Plum: Do you have 40 gold on your person?

Man in Top Hat: 40 gold or you give me my pig back

Howard Plum: looks him up and down

Licornah [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] :: ignores the top hat man ::

:: ignores the top hat man ::

Bixi Fizzlebang: If you're looking for a PIG, on the other hand, we don't have one

LorieD (Licornah): (Whoops, that was in W Common)

Man in Top Hat: I do have archers

Man in Top Hat: I can use them to get the gold from you

Licornah [W Comm]: You're a bully... and you deal in fear and intimidation to get your way.

Man in Top Hat: You claim to have the backing of the Countess of Dragon Fen? I bet she will pay more than 40 gold for your group to be home safe

Bixi Fizzlebang: Hah, if we had that much gold do you think we'd be travelling in this rickety wagon and camping on the side of the road???

Howard Plum: looks at Licornah

Man in Top Hat: I deal with reality

Shislif (Zayden): what an offer that we can afford?

Howard Plum: No she would just fireball your whole camp most likely

Man in Top Hat: It is a simple thing, give me back my pig

Howard Plum: Clearly you do not know the Countess

Man in Top Hat: That you stole from me

Licornah [W Comm]: :: looks at the man evenly :: Great, show us your paperwork that verifies ownership.

Man in Top Hat: I am certain that no matter who she is, she does believe in the law

Bixi Fizzlebang: So do I. And the reality is that your pig is worth maybe 2 silver, tops, and I have offered you well above that. And we did not steal anything, the BOAR made his own choice

Licornah [W Comm]: We have stole nothing.

Zayden: We found a boar in the wildern, that is hardley stealing

Zayden: we have rescued an entrapped being

User is back. (seyfert)

Bixi Fizzlebang: You are looking for a PIG which we do not have, haven't seen

Man in Top Hat: You speak with the animals, you can tell me your self, does the pig admit that it belongs to me?

Zayden: He admits to escaping you

Man in Top Hat: I can travel with you

Man in Top Hat: AHHHh so you do admit that it is mine

Man in Top Hat: see

Raelynn: You know, there's an easy way to solve this. If he's really your pig, when you call him, he'll come to you, yes?

Zayden: A prison doesn't own the prisoner

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Oh man, the Annie solution

Man in Top Hat: Oh really?

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Here Sandy!

Raelynn: (LINK)

lofts his wand in his hand and twirls it a bit

Man in Top Hat: You think I cannot make that pig come to me?

Raelynn: NO

Raelynn: When you CALL him.

Raelynn: N'laea can command any animal she wants to her. It does not mean they belong to her.

Man in Top Hat: savage grin, Or I could add an Elf to my list of acts

Man in Top Hat: I bet you can dance very pretty

Man in Top Hat: Warmer smile

Howard Plum: You do not threaten Miss Raelynn!

Raelynn: I do, thank you, but your circus doesn't seem to be one I'd want to join.

Man in Top Hat: Now we can get over this,

Zayden: Men in Top Hats, they're always like this

Man in Top Hat: My pig ...... please

Raelynn: Call him by his name.

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): But my persuation succeeded!

GM: Yes to Lemon, that is why he is still negociating instead of raining arrows down on the group

Shislif (Zayden): Should I use persuasion for something?

GM: There are a dozen archers there waiting on his command

GM: Pausing here to go Out of Character

GM: so you can quickly talk it out how to negociate further

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): I only see 5

GM: a quick 5 minutes

Bixi Fizzlebang: (LINK)

Shislif (Zayden): k

seyfert (Raelynn): Other animals were friendly?

Indigo: was Lories going to cause an animal uprising?

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): So... no success in turning the other animals against him?

Zayden: bummer

Shislif (Zayden): bummer

LorieD (Licornah): (The snake likes swamps, the bear likes scaring kids and napping -- not sure about success)

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Also I just found out you cant watch 1982 Annie on YouTube, free with ads, so... that's on in the background.

Zayden: how do we feel about giving Knotty back? If the other animals seem to be happy...

Shislif (Zayden): Just to introduce the idea at least

seyfert (Raelynn): (I think everyone is hostage to this man)

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): No way, Knotty was definitely NOT happy, and also he's my mount now

MadamePsychosis: boar said that man used a prod or hot iron on him

Shislif (Zayden): Ok sounds good

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I promised him I would take care of him, I'm NOT giving him back to that jerk

Shislif (Zayden): so any ideas?

Shislif (Zayden): what can we offer?

LemonyLemon: I only have like 9gp, and I'm willing to spend most of my cash on it honestly, but 40 is ridiculous

GM: See Lemon Carissa said there were worse NPCs than Youtargim

Shislif (Zayden): So we can offer 9gp and I can try to use persuasion

LemonyLemon: This guy is a run-of-the-mill patriarchy kind of guy though. Yout is a little more skeezy

Shislif (Zayden): Either that or we kill the boar?

LemonyLemon: WHAT

Shislif (Zayden): like a reverse hotage situation

MadamePsychosis: we all have 10 gp in our pockets from the hobgoblins

GM: 2 more minutes

LemonyLemon: We are NOT killing the boar

MadamePsychosis: I worry when thieves see cash they want more

Shislif (Zayden): ok so we can offer 35gp?

LemonyLemon: I spent some, but I can't remember what on

LemonyLemon: Yeah

Shislif (Zayden): that seems reasonable, i can use persuasioon for that

LemonyLemon: We COULD do that but I don't want to

seyfert (Raelynn): more radical possible backfire idea is take out tophat man as he seems to be controlling everyone

LemonyLemon: That's extortion

Shislif (Zayden): Well there's no easy answers here

MadamePsychosis: 25

MadamePsychosis: yes

MadamePsychosis: without a fireball yes fewer options

GM: LOL

Shislif (Zayden): fine let's start with 25 and draw the line at 35

LemonyLemon: Hmm. Is it still stormy?

seyfert (Raelynn): I'm wondering what his saves are against spells...

LemonyLemon: We need to scare him into accepting a reasonable offer

Man in Top Hat: [SAVE] vs. Spell [d20 = 5]

Save [5] [Target 19] -> [for Man in Top Hat] [FAILURE]

Shislif (Zayden): how can we scare him? He's got arrows pointed at us...

seyfert (Raelynn): Sheesh I know mages are high but that's ridiculous

LemonyLemon: Well... Rae just fried a billion acid shooting giant bugs with a lightning storm... that would scare me

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): actually mages have very ggod saves against magic - a 19 sucks

Shislif (Zayden): That sounds good

seyfert (Raelynn): Oh wait you're right I saw that wrong

seyfert (Raelynn): He has to hit a 19 or higher, yes?

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): bran's is 8 for example

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): yes

GM: No that was just a pretend roll

seyfert (Raelynn): .....

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): well then

seyfert (Raelynn): I'm not thinking killing

GM: But yes his save verus magic is not as good as a mage's is

seyfert (Raelynn): Rae just has some extra charm spells that are even more effective against men

LemonyLemon: Ooooh, that could work

GM: Smiles, see she does like Youtargim

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): howard's is 10 and he is thinking of a spell too - oh his wouldn't have been charming

GM: LOL with Lisa

seyfert (Raelynn): Pfft she's mad at him right now

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): how close do you have to get to him?

seyfert (Raelynn): LOL poor Howard

Master TMO: Doing tables is a royal Pain in the tuchus

seyfert (Raelynn): Well two options I'm looking at

GM: chuckles with TMO

seyfert (Raelynn): One ups her Charisma forcing everyone nearby to react to it via roll

Raelynn: Or charm person which I was trying to see range.

GM: and here we go back into Character

seyfert (Raelynn): Have I mentioned how much I HATE how FG does spells compared to kLoOge??

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): yes

Man in Top Hat: 40 Gold is a very reasonable price for you to pay

seyfert (Raelynn): Ok good I just want to make sure

seyfert (Raelynn): Because I hate it

Man in Top Hat: You are the one's that said you had such high and valuable connections

Man in Top Hat: I have no doubt you can come up with the money

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Ok wait

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Pause

Howard Plum: starts walking forward

Man in Top Hat: If you do not have it with you I understand, you can give me back my pig and then pay me later for me to give it back to you

GM: Yes Lemon?

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Can I use "beastmask" to make the top hat guy look like something that the other animals will want to attack?

GM: there is the Slow and Stop buttons at the top of chat also for that

Shislif (Zayden): Can i use persuasion before we offer the 25gp?

GM: at this point you do not know Lemon, you will have to experiment

GM: and at this point you can try that Sharif, you will find out after you try

seyfert (Raelynn): (it is touch)

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I was mostly asking... well, everyone else. For advice. I knew what your answer would be, Bob :P

Shislif (Zayden): Do I need to roll any dice?

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): charm?

seyfert (Raelynn): (beastmark is touch)

GM: grins with Lemon

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): ok

Zayden: Ok Man in Top Hat, how about a realistic offer for this old boar, we'll give you 25gp, everybody walks away happy and we go about our business

seyfert (Raelynn): (sorry trying to find spell)

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): howard is in range for spells but will see how this goes before doing anything

seyfert (Raelynn): (okay that was my next question - won't wait for him)

Raelynn: [CAST] Friends

GM: make your persuasion check now Zayden

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Yeah, but if he thinks I'm heading over there to give him a pile of gold, then I would be able to cast it when I'm handing him the gold?

Zayden: [SKILL] Persuasion [MOD:CHA] (vs. Target 16) [SUCCESS by 12] [d20 = 4]

Shislif (Zayden): bad?

seyfert (Raelynn): (okay waiting for that first too)

GM: is very good

Shislif (Zayden): nice!

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): very nice

Bixi Fizzlebang: nudges Zayden

Man in Top Hat: Look I am tired of this back and forth, so let us say ..... fine with the 25 gold and you agree to post flyers for me in the next towns saying that you endorse the circus

Bixi Fizzlebang: I'm not sure we can afford that (whispers)

Shislif (Zayden): we can we just discussed this...

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Bixi knows how much money she has, but she hasn't asked anyone else to contribute so...

Zayden: whispers let's give him the 25gp and be on our way, Knotty alive and well with us...

Licornah [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] I hope you all stay safe. If you change your mind, come find me. I'll help you find another home away from people

I hope you all stay safe. If you change your mind, come find me. I'll help you find another home away from people

Zayden: I contribute

Bixi Fizzlebang: whispers "I only have 9 gold"

Black Bear [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] Do you have honey?

Do you have honey?

Howard Plum: I can give you mine

Zayden: I unforutnatley have nothing haha

Licornah [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] :: checks my pack and shakes her head :: I have some field rations right now...

:: checks my pack and shakes her head :: I have some field rations right now...

Zayden: but I would give if I could

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): Indigo gave you 10

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I also have charm person. I can try that? Suggestions from anyone but Bob?

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Yeah, but I spent some

Raelynn: (I was waiting to see how you were handling this on if you want Rae to)

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): I mean for Zayden

Black Bear [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] It is ok, I will get some at night

It is ok, I will get some at night

Shislif (Zayden): Me?

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Definitely fine with someone else stepping in

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): we spilt up the 90 gp from the hobgoblins

Shislif (Zayden): My inventory says I have nothing

Shislif (Zayden): Is there somewhere else where I see it?

Shislif (Zayden): Under treasure it's all 0s

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): so everyone would have pocket change - you might not have been in that night

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): sorry

Shislif (Zayden): No worries

GM: The group definately has the 25 gold if that is what you are agreeing to along with the endorsement

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): I can't access your character sheet

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Definitely not my first choice to give this guy that much money

Shislif (Zayden): I think we agree right?

Raelynn: Bixi, you'd really want to... endorse his circus?

Howard Plum: How's he going to know if we endorse him or not?

Bixi Fizzlebang: quietly "No, not really. He seems to mistreat his animals."

Raelynn: True. He never gave us his name and he sure doesn't need mine.

Zayden: So we put up a few flyers, if it means Knotty gets to live free, seems like a small price to pay

Raelynn: [CAST] Friends

Raelynn: [2d4 = 3]

GM: That is how many hit die correct?

seyfert (Raelynn): (First spell: brings her CHA up 3 more points for everyone to react to)

GM: Ok

seyfert (Raelynn): (No, just makes her SUPER pretty? And hopefully persuasive and everyone wanting to be her friend and make her happy!)

Bixi Fizzlebang: I mean, the flyers, well... I wouldn't feel great about it but yeah. But the flyers AND an outrageous amount of gold? I don't want to reward his atrocious behavior.

Raelynn: Come now, friend. You want us to pay you 25 gp for an old boar like him? You'd be better off getting a new one. Say... 5 gp? And we can give word of mouth about your circus.

Zayden: Well I'm all for alternatives that don't involve us getting killed or beaten up

GM: Is Rae trying to negate the negociation that Zayden did ?

GM: Zadyen got him from 50 gold to 25 gold and the endorsements

seyfert (Raelynn): (it's called bargining)

GM: I am not saying she can't

Zayden: what if he takes back the whole thing though?

GM: just pointing out where the current bargain is at

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Maybe Rae can offer to meet up with him after the next show and... you know. NOT GO THROUGH WITH IT of course, but offer... Then by the time he realizes it wasn't true, we're too far away?

Zayden: Why don't we ask Knotty what he thinks about this deal?

seyfert (Raelynn): (okay it is hard to follow things tonight - do you want to bargin or no? do you want to keep the 25 gp and flyers or do you want to see if we can go lower knowing he might retaliate?)

Shislif (Zayden): I dunno, he probably has sex with his top hat already

seyfert (Raelynn): (normally I have an idea of what to do, but I need someone to tell me tonight for this encounter)

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I just don't want to take everyone's money and give it to this scumbag unless that's really the best option

Zayden: I'm cool with the current offer, but if the majority want to negotiate further that's fine

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): If it is, then it is, and Bixi will ask to borrow money from her friends

seyfert (Raelynn): (make a decision - you accept this and we're done and Rae never cast that or not)

Shislif (Zayden): I feel like he may scoff at a further offer of 5gp after that previous offer

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I'd like to attempt to charm him I think

GM: Rae cast the spell and is using that to seal the deal, convince him that the 25 gold and the endorsement is good for both sides

GM: OR you can try to charm in and take over his mind yes

seyfert (Raelynn): (why waste a spell when they were already sealing it)

Shislif (Zayden): Think you can do it?

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): boar is rounds away and we are 8th lvl PCs - God I hope we don't need a boar's advice

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Well, if you all are ok with giving up the gold, then I am too

seyfert (Raelynn): (lol)

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): It just seemed extreme

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): lol!

Raelynn: (no charm?

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): No charm, unless anyone else wants me to try that first

GM: Yes to the Friends, no to the Charm

seyfert (Raelynn): (you just said either friends spell or charm spell)

GM: 25 gold, he hands you a fist full of flyers to post

Shislif (Zayden): ok

GM: You had Rae cast the Friends spell

seyfert (Raelynn): (if we were going to bargin which I thought we were)

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Yeah, but *I* have a charm spell as well

GM: I am saying no to casting the Charm spell

Raelynn: (I told you, it is not a good health night I am slow tonight)

Zayden: I think this is the deal we got with our persuasion stuff

GM: You already did bargin

Raelynn: (my point so why cast a spell when the deal was already done)

seyfert (Raelynn): (she knows she needs to save them otherwise)

Shislif (Zayden): I mean it's a boar that talks, that's not gonna be cheap

GM: You used your Friends, and several persuasion rolls to get him to 50% of the original offer

seyfert (Raelynn): (he was at that offer before the spell)

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Is this what bargaiing is like for you Bob? Haven't you ever been to a yard sale with a grumpy old guy at the register?

Shislif (Zayden): lol

GM: grins yes Lemon, and I say, I will give you X and if they say no I walk away

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): He doesn't talk in regular language, just boar language I think

GM: so all are agreed on the 25 gold and ending this?

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Lol, ok, but what if it's a REALLY GOOD RETRO SEWING BOX

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I am ok with it if everyone else is

Shislif (Zayden): still impressive

Shislif (Zayden): me too

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I don't want to accept and take everyone's money without agreement

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): let's just finish this pls

Shislif (Zayden): sounds good to me

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): yup

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Alright then. I'm going to let Zayden handle the handover, since he was the success

GM: Is done and settled

Bixi Fizzlebang: hands Zayden her 9 gold

Zayden: okey doke, hand over the gold!

Howard Plum: hands Zayden 10 gold

Shislif (Zayden): So GM do I have any gold to contribute?

GM: A trained war dog is worth 20 gold, so this is a good deal for the group,

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): You have the 10 that Indigo passed out to everyone, Zayden

Master TMO: keep 'em away from dragon turtles

Zayden: See, and pigs are smarter than dogs too

GM: at 5 gold they would have just rained arrows down on the group

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): just say you give 6 gold and put 4 on your sheet for later

Zayden contributes 6gp

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I was prepared to meet in the middlish but definitely thought there would be more back and forth first.

Shislif (Zayden): cool

GM: There was lots of back and forth, grins, just over 2 hours worth

Shislif (Zayden): yea plus this is a pretty unsavory group

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): There was a lot of back an forth discussion, not a lot of numbers

Zayden: Ok so I got the cash

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I didnt' even get to push a piece of paper across a table

GM: LAUGHS with Lemon

Zayden: Alright Man in Top Hat!

Bixi Fizzlebang: What is your name, Mr. Top Hat?

GM: It was worth more XP than the Hobgoblins were

Zayden: We have your gold and our word to post your flyers, let's be on with it

Man in Top Hat: My name is Clever the Interesting

User has gone AFK. (seyfert)

Bixi Fizzlebang: grumbles quietly "Oh gods, he's just as bad as that mage from the inn"

Clever the Interesting : I am happy to invite you to a free showing if you are staying in Penissa

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Oh come on. Penissa? Why are you doing this?

Clever the Interesting : We will be there tomorrow evening

Howard Plum: Really?

Howard Plum: sighs

Shislif (Zayden): Are we going to Penissa?

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): yes

GM: You are planning on being there tonight

Shislif (Zayden): oh nice, might as well get a free show see what the big deal is

Bixi Fizzlebang: We'll stop by if we have time

GM: so you can get there, spend the night and get out of town before the circus arrives

Zayden: Are there tickets or do we just stop by the box office?

GM: OR you can stay and deal with them

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): yes pls

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Not committing to anything. I know Rae might want to see the circus, but Bixi isn't excited about watching mistreated animals do tricks.

Clever the Interesting : I will be certain to see you and let you in

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): why would we stay for that garbage?

Zayden: I mean according to these other animals right here it seems alright

Zayden: the bear and the snake and such

Bixi Fizzlebang: You understood them?

Zayden: Although those animals may have already been inclined towards a negative environment

Howard Plum: Let's just go. We can talk at the wagon

Zayden: No but when what's her face talked to them they didn't want to turn on the man in the hat

Bixi Fizzlebang: Agreed, Howard.

Zayden: sounds good to me

Howard Plum: starts heading back to the wagon so they can leave

Bixi Fizzlebang: I mean, maybe they were just too stupid to understand what she was trying to get them to do

Zayden: Also heads back to the wagon

Bixi Fizzlebang: also heads back

Howard Plum: What did they say Licornah?

Zayden: Well we can't assume one animal is smart and the rest stupid...

Zayden: either we take them at their words or we don't

Bixi Fizzlebang: I wasn't assuming anything

Zayden: Oh yea didn't mean to imply anything

Bixi Fizzlebang: If you ask someone "Do you want to get away from this guy?" and they answer "I like scaring children" I'm going to assume that person is stupid. Same goes for animals.

Licornah [W Comm]: The bear only said he liked scaring children and sleeping ... he didn't comment on treatment

Bixi Fizzlebang: Nothing against them

Zayden: Well perhaps sadistic

Zayden: Could be the circus attracts a sadistic group type of folk

Bixi Fizzlebang: It was just a thought that maybe those animals don't have brains that can comprehend insurrection

Zayden: Not in the case of Knotty though

Zayden: which is prolly why he escaped

Bixi Fizzlebang: I don't know... I mean I love Knotty, but he's not the brighest star in the sky

GM: She says of the boar she has known for 8 hours

Zayden: But anyway, Knotty is free to travel with us, and we are alive, that's pretty cool in my book, where I write down cool things

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Lol, he's a boar. He can't be THAT smart

Shislif (Zayden): at least he's not a bore :)

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): brb

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Smart for an animal, sure. Smart for a boar, almost defintitely. But smart on the spectrum of ever being there ever was? Pretty sure he's on the short end of that one

GM: and Zayden's book of Cool will go in the library when you get back to the Estate

User has gone AFK. (MadamePsychosis)

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Lol, I would like to see that book on the website

Shislif (Zayden): lol

Shislif (Zayden): Uh oh did I just give myself hw?

GM: Sharif can create that, grins

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Lol, optional of course, but I would read it

Shislif (Zayden): haha sounds fun :)

GM: To be clear you are traveling the open lands between the Medipop Estates the the Mosskin Estates on the Dry Road

GM: A link to the Dry Road in in the links section

GM: here is a direct link to the Mosskin Estates that I updated today

GM: (LINK)

GM: Hoping for Michael to be here

GM: Soon

Shislif (Zayden): coolio

GM: as Talwin, and Indigo have traveled this before, and spent time at Mosskin Hall

GM: but you have one more encounter before you get to the edge of the Estate and Penissa

GM: which is where you want to spend the night

Shislif (Zayden): cool

GM: and if you look at the chats from years ago, Carissa was the one who helped name it that

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Mosskin?

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Or Penissa?

GM: Penissa

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Carissa, what were you thinking.

GM: It is vaguely related to the quote I posted on the discord about Cows and Beans

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I don't know anything about that, but we did learn about Jack and the Beanstalk at school on Monday.

GM: and when she does the summary of tonight she can link back to the past

GM: Oh ?

GM: and how many magic beans did he get?

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Yeah. I'm not sure, I wasn't paying attention, I was trying to get work done

GM: LOL

GM: I think that is work for you

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Lol, it was the other teacher's day to teach that day

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): We take turns doing paperwork and teaching

GM: or the story could be told, of a young man who was trying to avoid work and was swindled out of his money, so he had to go steal stuff from someone else

GM: but in any case Michael is not here,

GM: Lisa will return shortly

GM: you are all back in the wagon

GM: Bixi is mounted on her boar

GM: Licornah has a formidable arrow for some reason

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): and books returned all nice and OCR'd

GM: Ahh was targeting something and it was gone

GM: thank you Lisa

GM: glad the scan was better

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): it was beautiful

GM: SO I can do better than your interns? wink

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): Carissa named penis town? I did not remember that

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): yes I would hire you as an intern :)

GM: LOL

GM: OK so you are moving through your afternoon

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): so still got Annie on in the background and dang, that kid could tap dance.

Indigo: wagon goes rolling along

Waves a yellow flag

Zayden: somebody waving a yellow flag?

Indigo: What's a yellow flag for?

Zayden: Somebody need to pee?

Indigo: Hope it's not another circus

Greeter: Toll Both

waves the yellow flag

Zayden: Hey Toll Both, how's your day going?

Bixi Fizzlebang: Oh jeez, no more bathroom breaks please. That almost killed us in the fortress.

Indigo: looks for his insignia

-> Indigo: he looks human but weird, he has a large turtle shell? maybe? covering most of him, with a flag in one hand and a sword in the other

Indigo: Where are your colors saying who you serve?

Greeter: If you want to pass you have to pay the toll

Greeter: We keep this part of the road safe

Indigo: Yes but a toll to who?

Greeter: To us

Gestures back to the group by the barricades

Indigo: looks at group by barricades

Zayden: Is this a shake down?

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Is the greeter a turtle?

User is back. (seyfert)

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): am I supposed to see something on the map?

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): The icon in the chat looks like a turtle holding a staff

-> Indigo: It is far to the barricades hard to see, over 700 yards away, but there is someone there dressed in what looks to be robes like a noble?

Indigo: You can't collect a toll on estate lands unless you work for an estate or the Queen. And you have no colors

Shislif (Zayden): brb

User has gone AFK. (Shislif)

GM: to be clear that is someone (human) yelling into a megaphone, several hundred yards away, you noticed the waving flag before hearing the faint voice

GM: Becasue you were on the lookout for problems

Bixi Fizzlebang: [SKILL] Alertness [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 14) [SUCCESS by 0] [d20 = 14]

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Just in case there's something more

GM: You have to move forward a bit to actually interact properly as a group, Indigo is using the spy gladd to see things

GM: spy glass

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): our wagon is stationary

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Lol, yeah

GM: grins, I can move things forward for you as you wish

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): How do they have megaphones in this scientific economy?

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): how far away is the guy we're talking to? I see nothing on the map

GM: It is a simple cone to shout through, not a bull horn

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): ah, ok

Indigo: Anyway, here are 10 coppers for the toll

Indigo: holds out his hand

GM: There is the greeter circled for you

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): It IS a turtle!

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): how are we talking to this guy?

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): the distance thing is killing me

GM: I said he is yelling into a megaphone and you are barely hearing him

GM: He is a couple hundred yards away

'mharmon1' connected

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Ok, well let's move up so Indigo can pay the toll and say all the stuff he just said

GM: He is out where you can spot things moving

Indigo: we stopped for a yellow flag hundreds of yards away?

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): no we don't

GM: and Hello Michael

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): that would be stupid

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): we keep going closer til we see turtle man

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): Hi Michael

Master TMO: heya

Bixi Fizzlebang: Hi Michael

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): How do we pay a toll 500 feet away anyway

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): ooc obvs

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): so no we do not do this distance thing we keep moving forward in the wagon

mharmon1: I am so sorry for being late :( good news though, Dissertation Committee approved. Milestone 1 of 12 Complete! :) One more damned year (cries with happiness) And, just in case I don't see this right away, that probably means i'm still loading through. Be typing As soon as I can.

GM: You are in Michael

GM: almost no load time now

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): Yay! Great news Michael!!!

GM: and yes very good news

Shislif (Zayden): Congrats!

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Congrats!

GM: So what is the project going to be on?

seyfert (Raelynn): (congrats)

LorieD (Licornah): (Congrats)

Indigo: sends the wagon forward to the yelling guy wearing a turtle

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): A turtle carrying a trident.

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): That's new.

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): if we are staying in the wagon wouldn't it be easier to have turtle guy moving closer to us simulating us getting closer?

Indigo: We are not leaving the wagon behind to walk to a toll booth

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): agreed

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): sorry - this is just getting ridiculous

GM: I can only move so many icons at one time

Zayden: yea we drive up to it

GM: I can move the wagon and leave all the tokens for characters behind

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): that's why I said move one guy to us rather than 10 icons to him

GM: OR I can move the characters first then the wagon

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): I was trying to be helpful

GM: OR I can move the one person out front

GM: then move the dozens of archers and the house and the barricades

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Oh jeez

GM: I do know what I am doing

GM: It just takes more than 20 seconds

User has gone AFK. (LemonyLemon)

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): we can't see any of that on the map

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): this is like being on an airplane and not being able to see people walking around

GM: So now you are 280 feet away from the person with the flag

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): keep going pls

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): can't have a toll discussion at 280 ft

Shislif (Zayden): Maybe if they keep watching us struggle just to drive up to them, they'll feel pity on us and let us by?

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): lol

MadamePsychosis (Indigo): we just spent all our money buying a boar but would you like a circus flyer?

GM: So there you are 120 feet away

Shislif (Zayden): lol

Shislif (Zayden): Hey we should say we're part of the circus, maybe they're part of the same gang or whatever?

Howard Plum: So who do you collect tolls for?

Shislif (Zayden): Here to deliver the all important boar to the show

Shislif (Zayden): let's see who they toll for

Greeter: We collect tolls from everyone who wants to go along the road

Howard Plum: For?

Greeter: To make money

Zayden: We're with the circus!

Howard Plum: so you are highway bandits are you?

Greeter: That is fun

Greeter: You still have to pay the toll

Howard Plum: What is the toll?

Zayden: damn that didn't work

Greeter: We are not bandits

Greeter: We are not stealing from anyone

Greeter: we are just charging a toll to pass here on the road

Howard Plum: If you do not work for the Mosskins or the Queen and are charging for passage on an open road you are bandits

Greeter: No you can go around if you do not want to pay the toll

Howard Plum: What is the toll?

Zayden: Oh should we just go around guys?

Greeter: There is a path through the trees over there, and across a couple of gullies

seyfert (Raelynn): (archers ahead of him say maybe not)

Howard Plum: And how many men are in the trees waiting in ambush?

Greeter: Be careful of the hobgoblins over in that area

Shislif (Zayden): dang it

Howard Plum: Don't think that you are better than you are

Greeter: We do not

Howard Plum: Good thugs you are. I am glad we agree

Greeter: We just collect a toll so that it is easier for everyone to travel here

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Haven't caught up, but just realized how my "oh jeez" might have come across, so for the record, it was not an "oh jeez BOB, you're taking so long" it was an "Oh jeez, another enounter with 300 things waiting."

Howard Plum: I repeat. What is the toll?

mharmon1: (Ah sorry, went to get water. Didjn't realize timing was that fast! Cool :) ) (As for Topic, "Risk reduction benefits from utilitizing PMESII Intelligence Methodology in congruence with Agile-Scrum project methodology. An EPA Case Study"

Greeter: 1 silver per two feet

Howard Plum: I have 2 feet

Howard Plum: 2 silver then

Greeter: So you pay 1 silver

Howard Plum: the boar pays double

mharmon1: lol

Greeter: You can do math that is very good,

Greeter: Your horses pay 2 silver each too

Greeter: We try to be very reasonable

Zayden: how many silver to a gold coin?

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): my original math sucked lol

Howard Plum: 10

Zayden: oh ok, well yea that works for me

Greeter: Pauses then nods with Howard, not sure if that was a trick question

Howard Plum: Let us pay him and be done with him

Greeter: Thank you

Bixi Fizzlebang: Can you guarantee our safety on the road if we pay you?

Zayden: yea seems very reasonable! Plus capitalism you know...

mharmon1 (Talwin): (Wait...can we just move forward? They are bandits? So...they can't force us to pay?)

Howard Plum: hands over 2 gold pieces from Indigo

Howard Plum: This should cover us

Greeter: Thank you

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Lol, Michael, I'd be with you if we didn't have so many almost-dead.

Greeter: I can give you back your change, just a moment

Howard Plum: now wave a green glag or whatever wil call off your henchmen

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): flag

Hands back 2 silver to Howard

mharmon1 (Talwin): (Can we kill them on the way back?)

Bixi Fizzlebang: This is a very expensive trip.

Greeter: You said you were with the Circus?

Howard Plum: takes the coins

mharmon1 (Talwin): (Maybe it will give us a return on investment)

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): lol - would not mind that at all Michael :)

Zayden: Want a flyer?

Greeter: What kind of animals do you have?

Greeter: Yes that would be nice

Zayden: here ya go buddy

Zayden hands over a flyer

Greeter: OOOOO a snake

Zayden: Don't forget to charge em, that's a lot of feet

Greeter: Hmmm I wonder what the tax is on that

Howard Plum: Snakes have 4 hidden feet I read somewhere

Greeter: Do you think she does things with the snake?

mharmon1 (Talwin): LOL

Bixi Fizzlebang: Yeah, they should be coming along soon. They definitely have the money to pay

Greeter: I guess it will be interesting

Howard Plum: We shall be on our way then

Bixi Fizzlebang: Bunch of archers too. I'm sure they'll be happy to have safe passage

Greeter: Who are you by the way?

Greeter: Ahh thank you for that,

Howard Plum: looks at Zayden

Greeter: Will see if they try to threaten us

Zayden: Yea let's go, good chatting with you Greeter

Bixi Fizzlebang: No thank YOU. I appreciate the service you're providing. We had a runin with hobgoblins before, it was pretty unpleasant

Zayden: Also, there's a Man in a Top Hat who could do with a stern talking to

Greeter: It is a lot safer here on the road

Greeter: a top hat sounds like a circus alright

mharmon1 (Talwin): (.......Yeah we are killing them on the way back)

Zayden: That it does har har

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): These guys are fine. If we can kill the ringmaster, I'm all for it though

Zayden: Wanna get going Howard?

GM: You can see the small house to the side of the road there

seyfert (Raelynn): (did we get a name?)

mharmon1 (Talwin): (I'll trust you on that Lemon. I'm so pissed I missed that :( )

Howard Plum: Yes please

Zayden: hey check out that small house to the side of the road guys

mharmon1 (Talwin): (I can't wait to read how bob pulled that off)

Walks over to the house to deposit the funds

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): What do you mean how he pulled that off? Just your typical jerk NPC

GM: There is lots of room to navigate the wagon around and through the barricades

mharmon1 (Talwin): (Yeah...but Circus! Come on! It had to have been special. Did he also say something about us "Floating too?")

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): um?

mharmon1 (Talwin): (We all float down here!)

Shislif (Zayden): so we get moving?

Howard Plum: yes

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): yes, please god yes

GM: You pass by someone standing casually there at the front of the barricades dressed in a noble's finery

Zayden: Here we go!

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I never want to see this road again

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I can't believe I'm saying this, but I preferred the giant fortress

GM: chuckles this is the main road north south in Drillian

Zayden: check out the garb on this guy...

Zayden whispers

Leader: Hey!

Leader: Are you Talwin?

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): oh no

Howard Plum: Sir Talwin

Talwin: Wary

Leader: Really?

Howard Plum: looks over at Talwin

Leader: Sir?

Talwin: Aye. How may I help you?

Reven / Lipthink (giant sword) -> Talwin: I am ready for wherever this takes us, friend.

Leader: Who got you so up in the world?

Talwin: Snorts

Talwin: Fate

Leader: You threatened us the last time you were here

Talwin: and Lady Branwny

Talwin: Don't take it personaly

Talwin: I threaten a lot of people

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): lol

Leader: Chuckles

Talwin: May I ask which one you are precisely?

Zayden: It's true I once saw him threaten a baby

Talwin: Bows

Leader: I am Lord Olgith

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): lol

Lord Olgith: Countess Branyn the Mysterious made you a knight?

Talwin: Nods Gravely

Talwin: After a few near death experiences

Talwin: Yes

Lord Olgith: What did you do to deserve that?

Zayden engrossed, munches popcorn

Talwin: Well

Talwin: There was a Necromancer

Lord Olgith: Dying is easy son, living is harder

Talwin: Bursts out laughing

Talwin: Bursts out laughing

Reven / Lipthink (giant sword) -> Talwin: AGREE TO DISAGREE

Zayden: whispers, that his mom?

Talwin: Aye. It still beats the free cities though

Lord Olgith: Eh, the road makes us decent money

Lord Olgith: We can afford what we need

Bixi Fizzlebang: whispers back to Zayden, "I have absolutely no idea what's going on here"

Lord Olgith: If you ever need a new group

Howard Plum: Ahem

Howard Plum: The Mosskins allow this?

Zayden: whispers to Bixi, seems juicy though

Lord Olgith: The Mosskins are that a way, points north

Talwin: Casually glances back. Sighs

Lord Olgith: We stay clear of their lands

Talwin: Casually glances back. Sighs

Talwin: I suppose we just paid your toll did we?

Howard Plum: Yes but anyone coming to their lands would have to go through you

Lord Olgith: And we always keep our bargains

Howard Plum: shakes his head

Talwin: Cocks head

Lord Olgith: No one has to take the road, it is just easier

Talwin: Okay. I gotta hear this

Zayden scratches head

Talwin: I must admire that no one has sent any forces out to stop this. How did you do it?

Lord Olgith: We are honest

Talwin: Snorts

Lord Olgith: You can pay us and travel the road,

Zayden: I've got to say the Greeter was quite cordial

Lord Olgith: you can not pay us and go around, it takes a couple of extra hours and maybe a broken wagon axel if you are not careful

Talwin: Are you honest in the way that you and I have a loose definition of honesty dependent on circumstances? Or in the saintly vows version of honesty

Bixi Fizzlebang: Talwin, how does this guy know your name?

Talwin: Shrugs

Zayden: Do you guys wanna get a room?

Lord Olgith: Talwin here, Sir Talwin, with a cocky bow, he was through here twice before and threatened us

Bixi Fizzlebang: snorts

GM: and yes, grins, Michael, I was doing research on the site before tonight

Talwin: And yet, I still cannot remember. I must be going senile in my owld age

mharmon1 (Talwin): (LOL Bob. As if you needed to)

Bixi Fizzlebang: So are we free to go or do you have some unfinished business or something?

GM: and guess if you threatened the toll booth people each time? grins

mharmon1 (Talwin): More then likely. I mean, let's be serious

Lord Olgith: Oh you are free to go, I am just glad to see my old friend here

Zayden: Yea do you guys need to finish eachother off?

Talwin: Grins

Shislif (Zayden): :)

Lord Olgith: Pleasure doing business with you again

Talwin: Which company are you from

Talwin: If you don't mind my asking

Talwin: Ahem

Lord Olgith: Nah we do not hold to any of those oaths

Bixi Fizzlebang: yawns

Talwin: Snort

Talwin: Figures

Zayden: sniffs

Lord Olgith: the Mercenary Guilds take too much of a cut

Talwin: Glares at him

Talwin: We still have SOME scruples

Lord Olgith: We do to!

Talwin: They haven't sent their ahem cease and desist warnings to your group?

Talwin: I'm impressed

Lord Olgith: and your Countess Mysterious was a mercenary, rumor has it

Talwin: Yes, but she didn't answer to the Guild of the Cities.

Talwin: You pay the tithe, or they send a message. You know that

Talwin: Is that why you decided to move along?

Talwin: Everyone knows they gauge the shit out of the Free Nobles. That's the game

Talwin: *Price Gouge

GM: (LINK)

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I thought this was going to be like, his recruitment to the master training or whatever

GM: Mercenary Unit

mharmon1 (Talwin): Ah, taking too much liberty bob? :)

mharmon1 (Talwin): Sorry. I like to story build

mharmon1 (Talwin): haha

GM: Nah just making sure everyone knows

Lord Olgith: We have been here on the road for at least a decade

User has gone AFK. (Shislif)

Lord Olgith: Glad to have you join in if you ever need

Talwin: Wait...THIS ROAD?

Talwin: Wait...THIS ROAD?

Lord Olgith: But you serve your Countess Sir Talwin

Lord Olgith: Certainly,

Lord Olgith: We met here twice before

Lord Olgith: Where is the Countess?

Lord Olgith: I heard she disapeared

Talwin: I'm afraid that information is not even entrusted to me Lord Olgith. She's mysterious for a reason after all

Talwin: Grins

Talwin: Although

Talwin: I do have a question for you if you are interested. When you travelled down here

Talwin: Did any of the sword masters escape the cities as well?

Talwin: Or have they been whittled down to nothing by now

Lord Olgith: I imagine so

Lord Olgith: It has been more than a decade so I do not know for certain

Talwin: Sigh

Talwin: For me too

Lord Olgith: Why do you ask?

Talwin: Well. I enjoy my life Lord Olgith. But the call for battle still rings. I'm sure it does for you to eh? But, I miss the competition and the sparring.

Talwin: Magic and Bows, we have that in abundance

Lord Olgith: Toll collecting is easier on the back

Talwin: Chucles ruefully

Talwin: I'll bet

Reven / Lipthink (giant sword) -> Talwin: Toll collecting is for cowards.

Talwin: Sigh

Lord Olgith: If you are heading into Penissa, make some haste,

Talwin: Cocks head

Talwin: Heard anyting?

Lord Olgith: Last I was there last month the Upside Down Bucket was serving nice food at a good price

Bixi Fizzlebang: pats Knotty and feeds him a little snack

Talwin: Chuckles. Bends down, and in a clear manuever of a Mercenary, dislodges two more gold pieces. A manuever of solidarity between two professionals who routinely size up the other party.

Lord Olgith: Good seeing you again Sir Talwin

Talwin: Flips them to Lord Olgith

Talwin: If you hear anything about a good swordsmaster, I'd be appreciative

Howard Plum: eyes widen

Lord Olgith: Catches them and tosses them back to Talwin

Howard Plum: shakes his head

Lord Olgith: I'll not take your gold, you will need it for drinking

Lord Olgith: laughs

Talwin: Cathes them and rotates them between fingers

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): wtf, you threathen them the first two times and then just roll out the benjamins the third time around?

Lord Olgith: Looking forward to you threatening again on the way home

Howard Plum: Just give him a circus flyer

'seyfert' disconnected

Talwin: Grins. Repeats an old saying from the Free Cities Companies. "Not friends, not enemies. All in the work....It' sjust business"

Talwin: Pulls out a flyer

Talwin: Hands it to him.

Talwin: Maybe up your price for the ringmaster

Talwin: He can afford it

Takes it and bows your way through

GM: and all is good

GM: you make your way through the barricades as Talwin is talking

Talwin: Good naturdely flips Olgigh the bird (clearly in comradaries) and keeps walking

GM: you see several archers

GM: They nod as you pass by

Talwin: Nods back

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): they all shoot you

mharmon1 (Talwin): LOL

GM: LOL

mharmon1 (Talwin): (Let me know when we are out of earshot)

GM: You are

Talwin: Good naturdly chuckles

Talwin: We'll kill him

Talwin: Maytbe

Talwin: It's been so long since I've seen someone from the Cities

Talwin: Sigh. I never regret my lifes choices, but I do miss the battles

Talwin: Passes the two gold to Howard. "This one was on me."

Howard Plum: We just had a battle this morning!

Talwin: "It was worth it"

GM: and yes Indigo and Howard can confirm you encountered toll boths here several times and yes that Talwin threatened them

Howard Plum: You almost died!

Bixi Fizzlebang: rolls eyes

Talwin: Shakes head

GM: grins with Howard and Bixi

Talwin: Your right...

Talwin: But its...

Talwin: Different

Howard Plum: I suppose fighting archers is different than beetles

Reven / Lipthink (giant sword) -> Talwin: They are going to think this is my fault!

Talwin: I wonder if companies are leaving because they've finally bankrupted the cities? If so, there's going to be a lot more dangerous people coming down into the kingdoms looking for ...work

Talwin: Looks at Sword. "It is most defintely not your fault. Stop that."

Howard Plum: Of course it is not my fault!

Talwin: Not you Howard

Howard Plum: And frankly I have no idea

Talwin: Sorry. Said that a bit louder to my sword then I intended

Reven / Lipthink (giant sword) -> Talwin: They think I'm evil.

Talwin: Your not totally all consuming evil. Just blood thirsty, and hey, I can defintely work with that

Reven / Lipthink (giant sword) -> Talwin: I did not suggest making friends with the extortionists or wanting to kill them on the way back!

Howard Plum: All right. I suppose I will leave you to it then

Reven / Lipthink (giant sword) -> Talwin: Although I wouldn't pass that opportunity by if it was offered.

Talwin: Sorry HOward

Talwin: Having a couples argument here

Talwin: Grin

Talwin: Anyways

Howard Plum: It's all right. I'm sure your sword is much more entertaining than humans

Talwin: The Cities are beautiful, but long after the ruling monarch died, the kindom fractured

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Oh dang, they're already a couple. I had no idea.

Talwin: Each city specialized in a different sort of wealth beyond measure

Shislif (Zayden): hey I may check out for the night if it seems like we wrapped things up?

Talwin: Magic Artificats

GM: Don't worry Lemon Youtargim can give you some help with that

Talwin: Silks, Gems, Foods

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): blarg

Talwin: But as you know, everyone wanted to consolidate the wealth

GM: Yes to Sharif, we will end soon and pick up next week arriving in town to find a place to sleep

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): no clue Sharif - we did pass the toll booth

GM: on a safe road

Talwin: Each city, a bolstered gem in the kindgom was already a fortress

GM: fewer combat type encounters

Shislif (Zayden): cool cool take it easy everybody see you next week :)

Talwin: The true cost was in the lives of the militas, standing armies, and navies

GM: have a great weekend

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): Goodnight!

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Goodnight Shislif!

mharmon1 (Talwin): (Night!)

Shislif (Zayden): night :)

'Shislif' disconnected

Bixi Fizzlebang: yawns again

Talwin: After they all died, and the old men were gone, and the young men were dying off

Talwin: Instead of using the wealth for the good of the people in the past, they hired mercenary legions. Men beyond count. More then I have ever seen in one place

Talwin: Not a single one of the cities has been able to gain a significant foothold

Talwin: It's my personal opinion, that while the nobles believe there is true fighting ongoing

Bixi Fizzlebang: So you're a... really into history huh

Bixi Fizzlebang: [SKILL] Botany [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 4] [d20 = 11]

Talwin: That the mercenary companies put on a few small battles, maybe even a big one once every generation, but in the end, a mercenary guild rakes in the money

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Desperately searching for something more interesting than whatever talwin is talking about

Talwin: (LOL)

GM: SO grass?

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Sure

mharmon1 (Talwin): :)

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I'll take it

GM: smiles

Talwin: Fall silent. Contemplating the past

Bixi Fizzlebang: Hmmm, look at that grass. Looks cold.

Talwin: A look of profound sandeness on his face

Howard Plum: What you are talking about is very very far from the lands you are living in now.

Talwin: Shrugs

Youtargim: Talwin that sounds like a sad tale

Howard Plum: I'm sorry that you are missing your home

Talwin: What I'm talking about just charged us a toll

Talwin: So you better start believing that it's affecting you too

Youtargim: He said he has been here a long time, when did you leave where ever and come here?

Talwin: I don't miss it all that much. Just bits every now and then

Talwin: I like the life I've built here

Bixi Fizzlebang: Pretty tall for grass. I bet it will be really nice when it gets warm again.

Talwin: I think it must be twenty years since I left, and one of that was searching for Bran

Talwin: Anyway, I'm gonna take some quiet time

Talwin: Grins

Howard Plum: nods

Talwin: Need to think about how they have not been stopped by the lord and ladies of the land

Youtargim: Bixi, did you find any truffles for your Boar?

Bixi Fizzlebang: No, we've kept on the road so far. Not trying to attract any of those hobgoblins

Bixi Fizzlebang: I don'

Bixi Fizzlebang: I don't imagine they grow too well in the middle of the road

GM: Howard and Indigo know that this is an unclaimed area between two larger Estates, just like Redfern Lake is south of Medipop

GM: Talwin should know that too

mharmon1 (Talwin): (Theoretically he does. Michael has completely forgotten at this point LOL)

Bixi Fizzlebang: That is, however, the most considerate thing you've said so far. Thanks for that.

GM: grins and so the alternative way of solving is for some enterprising knight to set up shop and create an Estate here

Youtargim: Glad to help Bixi

Master TMO: Sorry I haven't been in here much tonight. Tables are annoying and attention-hogging. ;) I'm going to go ahead and log off for the night. Good night all!

Bixi Fizzlebang: I mean, it didn't help. It's just nice conversation.

mharmon1 (Talwin): (I'll do it if I get to claim it for Bran. I'll even take on the merrry band of cuthroat toll booth operators as staff)

GM: Calendars for next week TMO?

MadamePsychosis (Howard Plum): Goodnight!

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): goodnight tmo!

LorieD (Licornah): (Night)

GM: and that would not be possible Michael, you are two days away from Dragon Fen

mharmon1 (Talwin): Night

Master TMO: Forgot all about those, sorry!

mharmon1 (Talwin): Hey, this is your game. The impossible is routinely the possible

GM: grins you were not supposed to do them this week, last week or next week as Lemon said

mharmon1 (Talwin): If we can have dimensional time travel, we can form alliances and dominions

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Yeah, what's two days in a medieval magical world? Basically nothing.

MadamePsychosis: Goodnight!

'Master TMO' disconnected

GM: the two Estates in between here and Dragon Fen might disagree with that idea

MadamePsychosis: we weren't really time travelling

mharmon1 (Talwin): (Sigh. I know. I'm just exaggerating for fun)

GM: Again there is a reason Redfern Lake is independant and never gets very big

mharmon1 (Talwin): Maybe Talwin will retire and informally kick ass for Branwny with a solid alliance

GM: no worries Michael is fun

mharmon1 (Talwin): I do remember taht one

mharmon1 (Talwin): Redfern still gives me heartburn

GM: and next week we will skip to the evening and arriving in town

GM: and I linked on the Mosskin Estates page the last time you were there at Mosskin Hall

GM: for anyone to read and remember

GM: See everyone next week

mharmon1 (Talwin): Thank you Bob. It's been...awhile I think?

GM: starting off with the Inn and Shopping

MadamePsychosis: Goodnight!

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): I'm out of money lol

GM: you have stores to visit and drinks to purchase

LemonyLemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Goodnight friends!

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mharmon1 (Talwin): Good night everyone :) I hope to have a wonderful next weekend :)

GM: Funny how that happens Lemon huh?

mharmon1 (Talwin): Thanks!

LorieD: Have a nice long weekend all...

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GM: Yes indeed

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Bixi Fizzlebang: Yeah, it's almost like the DM knew how much money we had and how much they could get away from us...

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