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Sep 20 13 - Say it with Flowers

[Master] ==== Gaming session started: Fri Sep 20 18:50:06 EDT 2013 ====

Lisa has joined the game on Fri Sep 20 18:57:06 EDT 2013

Lisa is receiving the map Base Map...

[Master] howdy

Lisa has received the map Base Map.

[Master] going to test sending you a map

[Lisa] Hello

[Master] that is fairly fast

Eric W has joined the game on Fri Sep 20 18:58:42 EDT 2013

Eric W is receiving the map Base Map...

[Master] and Howdy Eric

[Lisa] yup - got it

Eric W has received the map Base Map.

[Lisa] Hi Eric

[Lisa] My kindle is now telling me how long it will take me to read the chapter I have started

[Lisa] used to be the whole book

[Eric W] Hi everyone. I have my lil guy on my lap so if you get crazy text.. well you know what happened

[Lisa] :)

[Eric W] Just a FYI Bob. I just started a new job which may have me working 2nd shift every other Fridays....

[Master] so you will be playing from your laptop?

[Master] :)

[Eric W] LOL if ic tyca

[Lisa] better than every friday

[Eric W] can

[Master] and yes to Lisa

[Master] that Time left to read is a nice feature do not think I will be getting it

[Eric W] ya my not be all but next Friday for sure

[Lisa] don't think you have a choice

JohnAA has joined the game on Fri Sep 20 19:02:25 EDT 2013

JohnAA is receiving the map Base Map...

[Master] you can always leave a note on the Players Communication Eric

[Eric W] Unless I can win that lottery

[Lisa] I didn't choose to have my kindle tell me it should take me 6 minutes to finish the chapter

[Master] to say if you wil miss a session

[Master] hmmm

[Master] and Hello John

[Eric W] Ya I'll be doing some posting if anyone is down for that

JohnAA has received the map Base Map.

[Eric W] Hi John

[Lisa] I mess with it and leave book open with out reading

[Lisa] Hi John

[JohnAA] Hello all

[Master] we will have to check software versions I think

[Master] but that can be later

[Master] so Eric do you know what is going on?

[Master] and John can give you tips for Klooge with Kids

[JohnAA] I have been there Eric and I like posting off line

[JohnAA] Me and another player had a whole little chapter going for a bit

[Eric W] Ya I read up on last week but I'm really confused why we're at this town. But it appears we have a bag of smomehthing that Bran and Ilero got. That I'm not supposed to know what it is. And we have to do someothing with the Rooster painting.

[Eric W] Oh

[Eric W] and my my head's going to explode if we go to a town. Which I really would love to visit :)

[Lisa] LOL

[Master] grins

[Lisa] not yours

[Eric W] I can be good

[Lisa] Tristan's

[Eric W] honestly

[Master] it is a very nice thing to be getting involved

[Eric W] >:)

[JohnAA] I ofuld I enjoy it more when I am not too involved

[Lisa] John - I was talking about sending Tristan to loosend with its gazillion different churches

[JohnAA] AAAAAHHHHHH

[Eric W] yaaa

[Eric W] that's the town

[Eric W] Sounds like a good time

[JohnAA] take Miranda, she is from there

[Eric W] perfect! Two peas in a pod her and I. Both overly passonate

[Master] and John that does bring up

[Eric W] What could go wrong?

[Master] I have an Indigo adventure

[Lisa] lol

[Master] and a Branwyn adventure

[Master] and Jharym adventure

[Master] planned out so far

[Master] next on my plate is Miranda and Tristan

[JohnAA] but it will change your character, we have not role played that town, as far as i can recall

[Master] you missed the story arc Elementary

[Lisa] Indigo and the vampire

[Eric W (to Master only)] Actually wiping this town off the map is kinda on the back of Tristan's mind...

[Master] http://www.dragonslayers-society.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.Elementary

[Lisa] he ended up having to zap everyone's memory

[Lisa] so the vampire wouldn't kill the group

[JohnAA] Indigo can zap people's memory?

[Lisa] he went to the right church :)

[Eric W] Woah he's like MiB

[Lisa] had to drag Mike and Marco's character to visit this church

[JohnAA] That was in Loosend?

[Master] yes

[Lisa] yes

[Master] brb refilling drinks

[Master] but my question was do you think it would be appropriate to do Tristan AND someone

[Eric W] I'm ok with that. I could use the help

[Eric W] As long as they want to vaporize heathens

[JohnAA] Tristan and Miranda have to do a quest for a diffrent church to mend a fence

[JohnAA] figratively speaking

[JohnAA] there has to be some sort of council to manage the seperation of churches?

[Eric W] As long as it isnt' Soumi

[Eric W] Not on good terms with them. In case you missed that

[JohnAA] is it just them?

[Eric W] Yes

[Master] well one thing that has been missed is that Miranda is Norse

[Eric W] I'm ok with them. Just Soumi mostly. And Greek

[JohnAA] well not currently, kind of

[Master] and in Terraguard the Kayugan church is in opposition to the Greek church primarily

[Master] then Norse and Celtic

[Eric W] oh

[JohnAA] of Tristin is Kayugan?

[Master] but over here in the Small Kingdoms

[Lisa] What is Brother Foto?

[Master] Suomi is the key opposistion

[Eric W] Did I have that confused. I thought it was Soumi that has been taking our lands over with the help of nobles

[Eric W] ah

[Eric W] ok

[Master] in the Small Kingdoms yes

[JohnAA] gnome?

[Eric W] Which is why I was dispactched here

[Master] nods

[Lisa] He is priest but never talks about it

[Eric W] To deal with the "Soumi Problem"

[JohnAA] so how does that fit in? you said Procog is Kayugon?

[Eric W] yes

[Master] yes

[JohnAA] so Tristin and Qui Fon can be called in for a specific quest

[Eric W] BTW i'm going to try and finish the pantheon this weekend if I get time

[Eric W] Yes I have to issues with Qui Fon. He's good people

[Master] sounds good

[JohnAA] two issues?

[Master] no

[JohnAA] No issues

[Eric W] no

[Eric W] sorry typing with a 15 month old on my lap

[Eric W] no issue

[Eric W] one hand fighting him off the other typing

[JohnAA] no issue with 15 month old, but if starts reading, I my have to watch my jokes

[Master] hah

[Eric W] No readers here. Joke away

[JohnAA] there once was a girl from Loose End

[JohnAA] oh sorry Lisa is here

[Master] so does

[Master] hmmm

[Eric W] lol

[Master] should I challenge John to finish that one

[Lisa] I'm not from loosend

[Lisa] go ahead

[Master] chuckles

[JohnAA] heee hee

[Master] so does anyone have any questions about what you are doing?

[JohnAA] not for public consumption, I know when to draw the line

[JohnAA] I can't tell you how many posts I have not made to facebook

[JohnAA] I finaly made one to one of Ken's posts BOB and got no replys

[Master] about?

[JohnAA] gun control

[Master] ahhh I do not have Ken on my list

[Lisa] I am away from the keyboard.

[JohnAA] lucky you

[JohnAA] ')

[Master] Guy and Hans are enough

[Master] at least the two of them are respectful in how they talk to people

[JohnAA] I sometimes want to quote Billy Joel.

[Master] you cna share the video I did

[JohnAA] I think it is "be warry of arragant men and all the causes here for, I wont be rightous again, I'm not that sure anymore"

TMO has joined the game on Fri Sep 20 19:27:15 EDT 2013

TMO is receiving the map Base Map...

[JohnAA] there for

[JohnAA] their for

[Eric W] brb

[Master] shades of grey are all that I see

[Master] and welcome TMO

[JohnAA] Hey TMO

TMO has received the map Base Map.

[JohnAA] should have saved that quote for Tristin

[TMO] hola

[JohnAA] what is happening on your side of the world Lisa?

[JohnAA] sorry she is AFK

[Lisa] I am back at the keyboard.

[JohnAA] ;)

[JohnAA] ears burnning or just catching up?

[Lisa] coincidence

[Lisa] Hey TMO

[TMO] hola

[Lisa] not much on my end

[Lisa] just happy it is the weekend

[JohnAA] is it Friday where you are too?

[Eric W] Still quasi afk but yes John, you are right on that quote. That last encounter has Tristan thinking....

[Master] lol

[Master] John Lisa in in California

[TMO] will have to leave for a few minutes in a few minutes. nothing major

[Master] so yes it is still Friday there too

[Master] so while everyone is here

[Master] does everyone understand the goal right now?

[JohnAA] paint a rooster?

[Master] you are on the edge of the Lyon Estates

[Master] you decided to do that on the way back

[Lisa] we past that for now

[JohnAA] but it is on our to do list

[Master] yes

[Master] in the next two days

[Master] you are going to have to talk to people, find out what you think the best plan is

[Lisa] We are at an inn just outside of Lyon estates in case we want to actually plan for tulip acquisition

[JohnAA] I understand, but this is something we have to roleplay

[Master] yes it is

[Master] you will be meeting people

[JohnAA] I can not serriously plan ooc for this

[Master] you can

[Master] you can plan it yes

[Master] but you have to figure out what questions to ask to who

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (why Bob put us at an inn)

[JohnAA] this is almost a joke to Hoffman, it has nothing to do with prooving himself unless we have to battle for a tulip

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (I would imagine anyway)

[JohnAA] but the rest i say in character

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (Hoffman's axe could make quite a mess of some flower beds)

[Master] you can be OOC

[Master] but you need to figure out what you are going to do

[JohnAA] What do you get for the hermit who lives in a swamp but likes Tulips

[Master] then I can arrange the actual encounter

[Eric W] dirt?

[Master] what are your parameters for the search for this flower?

[TMO] I am away from the keyboard.

[Master] do you want super expensive?

[Master] famous?

Branwyn (Lisa) takes a sip of her ale and looks at Hoffman

[Master] rare?

[Eric W] I am away from the keyboard.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] The Queen gave us some advice.

[JohnAA] I would think a sweep through town is in order first

[Branwyn (Lisa)] She said we could try to get a tulip from one of the upcoming families who want to make a name for themselves.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] We might get a better deal she thought.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Sorry you did not met the hermit, maybe you could tell what he wants

[Master] and this is an Estate, like when you were in Vilmar there is a large area at least a day across

[Branwyn (Lisa)] You would probably need QuiFon for that.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] I can't imagine buying somthing expensive

[Branwyn (Lisa)] He said rare?

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] but how can it be rare

[Branwyn (Lisa)] They make tulips here like other estates make wine.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] they grow, make seeds and make more right?

[Master] no

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (No?)

[Master] bulbs

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (oh - that)

[Master] they produce bulbs

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] so does he want a bulb or a tulip

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (how many hermits does it take to plant a tulip bulb?)

[Master] a bulb becomes a tulip

[Master] in late spring

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] maybe if we take a bulb to hell and back that will make it rare enough

[Master] it is early spring now

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] (heeeee)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I would imagine a bulb as a full tulip would likely wither before you could deliver it.

[Master] http://www.tulips.com/bulbs_life_of.cfm

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] so how can we know if the bulb is any good?

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] and how is any of this going to prove my worth

[Master] wax on

[Master] wax off

[Indigo (Lisa)] Ummm ... persistence and dedication to your task?

[Indigo (Lisa)] You would do anything no matter how silly to get your training?

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] NO, I expected to prove myself

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] but I am not killing someone for a tulip

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I hope not.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] how does buying a rare bulb prove myself as a warrior

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] I only hope there is some task I can , er we can accomplish to earn a special bulb

[Indigo (Lisa)] Maybe it's having to do what you don't want to do but still doing it.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] the hermit may not know the size of our purse

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] It's like Brwaynn asking a young mage to do pushups inorder to train her spells

Branwyn (Lisa) thinks about Jharym doing pushups in the Tower, "Not a bad idea."

[Jilly (Master)] maybe if someone does a lot for her she would like that

[Jilly (Master)] so maybe your hermit will like you if you do a lot of things for him

[Branwyn (Lisa)] And as for our purse ....

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] no no, I do not want to buy one

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] that just seems pointless

Branwyn (Lisa) leans forward and whispers "We have about 6000 gp in coins and gems and 2 scrolls for plant growth."

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] trade maybe

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] but I bet these craftsmen would not want that kind of magic

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Ilero found something last night. I have not yet asked if he wishes to keep it or turn it over to group use as well.

[Master] (John were you here when she made the two scrolls for this?)

[Master] and that is a question to ask people John, you just have to find the right way to ask it

[Master] but you did see the short history of the Lyon Estates right?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] These tulips are quite expensive. I am not sure a trade will be possible. I just want you to know what we have available.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] I woould not do anything without you

[Master] http://www.dragonslayers-society.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.LyonEstates

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Don't feel like you cannot spend what you need. Within our means anyway.

[Master] Early in the year 274 SKR when The Mist reached north across the Estate many of the farms in the area failed. Baron Sualt Lyon worked feverishly, bringing in Druids from far off Hallstatt and working with priests from both the Suomi faith of his family and the Kayugan faith to attempt to solve the problem of growing crops under the blight of The Mist. Through the costly efforts of Baron Lyon the southern portion of Drillian was again able to raise crops to feed their people. With his own farmer's able to benefit from these advances first some were able to turn to raising things other than food crops. Acres of flowers allowed the apiaries to produce Lyon Honey fit to be served to the Queen.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] (I remember when I read that we must be going on a true crime quest or bounty hunting)

[TMO] I am back at the keyboard.

[Master] whistles tunelessly

[Branwyn (Lisa)] But we'll never know for sure unless we start trying.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (Is the honey expensive too?)

[Master] only because it is exportable

[Master] most places use local

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] I am ready to go but don't think I am going to be as good as I am in fighting

[Master] but if you want to say you are using the same honey that the Queen uses, etc

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (our queen?)

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] (not this Queen?)

[Master] yes

[Master] they have shipped honey for the Queen for the past couple of decades

[Master] or more

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] (Erri, Bob is poking you in case you missed it)

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] (you would think I have a kid on my lap)

[QuiFon Ruminel (JohnAA)] It is clear we should not all go tramping through town

[Master] it is not A town

[QuiFon Ruminel (JohnAA)] (Estate)

[Master] you have 30 plus miles across

[Master] lots of small farms etc

[Eric W] I am back at the keyboard.

[Eric W] back sorry little one gave one hell of a good fight to go to bed

[Indigo (Lisa)] (do you have a map?)

[Master] I do for when you get to the right point

[Indigo (Lisa)] (sigh)

[QuiFon Ruminel (JohnAA)] I would dare say if we splt up, all the ones of us with ..... shorter legs may need to stay togther

[QuiFon Ruminel (JohnAA)] for now

[Brother Fotopoulos (JohnAA)] I have no issues, I do not think this is a dangerous place

[Indigo (Lisa)] Sounds like a boring place.

[Master] so far I understand taht you are looking for Rare from a small up and coming producer that is on the edges of the estate

[Indigo (Lisa)] Honey sounds good though.

[Brother Fotopoulos (JohnAA)] (who needs a favor more than money)

[Master] ok

[Master] Time of Day: 10:36 AM. Day 10 Fin ___ de, Man {Early Spring} 10th, 343 SKR.

[Master] The past couple of days have been wondrously relaxing for you. Your nights have been spent at cozy roadside inns, where the hospitality of the locals has been truly pleasurable. During the day, the air has carried the delightful scent of cherry trees and wild flowers on gentle breezes. Fields of wild flowers, bright and gay, have created a pleasing backdrop for your leisurely journey. You had heard of the beauty of the Lyon estates, but now you are getting to see it for the first time. For about an hour now you have caught faint whiffs of smoke in the still, cool morning air. Now, topping a small rise in the road, you see the source. Thin trails of smoke drift lazily into the sky from the charred remains of a manor house.

[Indigo (Lisa)] Uh-oh.

[Eric W] I am back at the keyboard.

[Master] About half the house has been reduced to ash, and the other half is stained with smoke and water. A small group still works to put out the smoldering remains of the fire, carrying buckets of water from the well to dump inside the house. A few have begun to sift through the ashes, looking for items that may have survived the destruction. As you continue down the road, you see one of the fire fighters mount a horse and gallop, bareback, toward you. A middle-aged man in a soot stained nightshirt and breeches waves for you to stop. When he arrives, he addresses your group. "Your pardon, good sirs. If you could spare a moment while a humble servant catches his breath ... ah, there. My master, Lord Johann van Lydsund, bade me hail you. A most devastating tragedy has befallen his manor, and he pleads that you aid him in this darkest hour of need. Come, sirs, come. My master will explain everything to you?'

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Perhaps it was an accident?

Hoffman (JohnAA) runns towards smoke

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Lead the way good sir

Hoffman (JohnAA) follows

Shurkural (TMO) checks to see how wagon can be gotten close.

Lisa is receiving the map Lydsund Estate...

Lisa has received the map Lydsund Estate.

[Shurkural (TMO)] (but not too close since we don't risk an ember catching)

[Master] With that, the man turns and urges his horse to a trot back to the smoldering manor house, turning every few moments to beckon with his arm for you to follow. As you draw closer to the charred manor house, a man in a linen over shirt, leather breeches, and fine riding boots detaches himself from the firefighters and walks up to greet you. As this man stops before you, the rider dismounts and, turning to face you, announces, "My honorable gentlemen, may I present to you Lord van Lydsund, Master Horticulturist." That said, he jogs off to join the group of firefighters, who have by this point finished their job.

[Master] "My humblest apologies to you for interfering with your travels. However, I am in dire need of assistance, which, judging from your appearance, I believe you may be able to provide. It requires quick action, but I am willing to pay well. Come, I will tell you my story

Hoffman (JohnAA) follows

[Master] Lord Johann moved 13'00".

[Master] is everyone going to talk with him?

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Hoffman moved 44'10".

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] I'll go

[Master] Tristan Elaire moved 30'02".

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Indigo wait with the chests and wagon please.

[Master] Group of Horses moved 35'04".

[Master] Shurkural moved 30'03".

[Master] Brother Fotopoulos moved 14'00".

[Shurkural (TMO)] (Shur & Ilero can stand by with the gear unless y'all feel a need for one to go with)

Branwyn (Lisa) follows Hoffman and Tristan

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Miranda will stay with the horses too

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Lorn Johann, when we are done speaking I can look into your manor house and see if it is still structurally sound. There appears to be a lot of damage... It may be unstable

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] (qui fon will go)

[Master] Branwyn moved 32'00".

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] **Lord Johann

[Master] Indigo moved 7'05".

[Master] Jilly moved 7'06".

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] (brother will say behind)

[Master] Ilero moved 42'10".

[Shurkural (TMO)] (Ilero will go too, since a bunch other are staying also)

[Lord Johann (Master)] thank you for that Brother?

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Patron Tristan my Lord

Tristan Elaire (Eric W) give a curt nod

Lord Johann (Master) nods his head

[Lord Johann (Master)] Thank you Patron Tristan

[Lord Johann (Master)] I gather from your appearance that youa re travelers?

[QuiFon Ruminel (JohnAA)] Yes

[QuiFon Ruminel (JohnAA)] extensive sometimes

[Lord Johann (Master)] Are you actually a Dwarf sir?

[Lord Johann (Master)] I have never seen one alive before

[QuiFon Ruminel (JohnAA)] and Pro Cog has... yes

[Lord Johann (Master)] only the ones in the hills that are asleep and look like rocks

[QuiFon Ruminel (JohnAA)] I find that .... did you say alive?

[Lord Johann (Master)] I have gone hunting in the hills

[Lord Johann (Master)] and my guide showed me sleeping dwarves

[Lord Johann (Master)] they looked just like boulders

[QuiFon Ruminel (JohnAA)] Sorry, I hope to come back to this conversation but you said time was an issue here

[Lord Johann (Master)] they sounded like it also when yo uhit them with a hammer

[Lord Johann (Master)] yes

[Branwyn (Lisa)] You what?

[Lord Johann (Master)] In the early dawn this mornign

[Lord Johann (Master)] a band of grigands attacked the manor

[Lord Johann (Master)] Brigands

[Lord Johann (Master)] the villans trampled the gardens, smashed the greenhouses

[Lord Johann (Master)] they set fires

[Lord Johann (Master)] there has to be a spell caster as there was a ball of fire that seemed to roll across the ground

[Lord Johann (Master)] but I can fix all of this

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Odd for a trained mage to travel with a group of thugs don't you think Bran?

[Lord Johann (Master)] the worst crime of all is that they stole over 400 bulbs

[Lord Johann (Master)] looking around and lowers his voice

[QuiFon Ruminel (JohnAA)] some things can be rebuilt but others....

[Lord Johann (Master)] including three of my most valuable

[Lord Johann (Master)] they are my hope for the future

[Lord Johann (Master)] a new strain that no one has

[Lord Johann (Master)] Tulip of the Silver Moon is what I have called them

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] we have heard of this area's bulbs and their value

[Lord Johann (Master)] when they bloom they shine in the Mist under the moon

[Lord Johann (Master)] I only had three of them

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] can you show us which way the went and maybe our tracker can follow them?

[Lord Johann (Master)] you ahve a tracker!

[Lord Johann (Master)] that will be wonderful!

[Bill (Master)] Lord Johann, you have a visitor

[Lord Johann (Master)] Pardon me,

[Lord Johann (Master)] please say you will help?

[Shurkural (TMO)] (We need her to help us find our way home. We're always getting lost)

[Lord Johann (Master)] look around adn see what you can find

Lord Johann (Master) walks off quickly to speak with his man

[Master] You see before you the smoldering remains of a stately two-story manor house. Originally L-shaped, one wing has been reduced to a pile of ashes and a charred skeleton of framework. The wing that was not destroyed has suffered severe smoke damage. A group of servants has already begun sifting through the ashes, retrieving what items they can. This is Johann's country home, where he spends most of his time.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Noone move more than they have to untill llerohas a change to do his thing

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Tristan Elaire: Engineering check: (d20) [1d20=11] 11 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 11!!

Ilero (TMO) does his thing and goes to fetch Shurkural.

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Does it look safe for them to be in?

[Master] Tristan can tell that the one wing of the house is still in good shape

[Master] apparently that is where the library is

[Master] building A on the map in case you could not tell

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] ( I wonder what adventure we would have done if we wants an expensive one)

[Master] I like to think I know how the group will decide things, grins

[Shurkural (TMO)] So what do you need me to do?

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Some bandits stole some things from this house a little while ago, can you find their tracks?

[Shurkural (TMO)] Should be able to, sugar. On foot or horse?

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] (didn;t llero track in the miller?)

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] I was hopping you could tell, the owener was not specific

[Shurkural (TMO)] (observation and alertness, iirc)

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Hoffman: Observation check: (d20) [1d20=12] 12 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 14!!

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] QuiFon Ruminel: Omen Reading check: (d20) [1d20=15] 15 - ROLL FAILED against 12!!

[Shurkural (TMO) (to GM only)] Shurkural: Tracking check: (d20) [1d20=20] 20 - ROLL FAILED against 16!!

Shurkural (TMO) starts looking around for any unusual tracks.

[Master] looking around you can hear horses whinning still in the large stables building (B)

[Master] as Hoffman goes to investigate that

[Master] Shur starts to look at the smashed greenhouses (C) and the flower beds (D)

[Shurkural (TMO)] (Ilero will tag along behind her, keeping a lookout on the horizon for any likely clues or stragglers)

[Master] This long brick and wood building is obviously the stables. A half dozen riding horses and two heavy draft horses are kept here. They are very agitated because of the fire and can be heard whinnying and stomping constantly. The building appears to have been untouched during the attack, although the young man tending the horses was not so lucky. A bloodied bandage is wrapped around his head, and he walks with a limp as he examines the steeds.

[Shurkural (TMO) (to GM only)] Ilero: Alertness check: (d20) [1d20=13] 13 - ROLL FAILED against 12!!

[Shurkural (TMO) (to GM only)] Ilero: Observation check: (d20) [1d20=5] 5 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 10!!

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] we can help you young man

[Master (to TMO only)] Shur finds a set of tracks that lead from the greenhouse remains to the flower beds and then to the tool shed (E)

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] I will tend to him Hoffman

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] did you see anything that might help find thoes that did this

[Zared (Master)] thank you kind sir

[Zared (Master)] groans

[Zared (Master)] oh yes

[Zared (Master)] I saw a huge giant of a man

[Zared (Master)] he went off to the east across the fields, through the woods

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] I will cast a orison cure on him

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] (don;t say red cloak, don't say red cloak)

[Master (to GM only)] Nuklor the Brave: No adjustments made.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (that's who I was thinking)

[Master] Joshwin's Current Hit Points: adjusted to 24 (8) - Unharmed

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] ( I thought it was Zared?

[Master] Ilero's Current Hit Points: adjusted to 29 (2) - Unharmed

[Zared (Master)] grabbed the wrong person

[Zared (Master)] Zared is now healed

[Zared (Master)] and I healed Ilero as well

[Zared (Master)] everyone is at full

[Zared (Master)] Thank you Thank you kind sirs

[Zared (Master)] I am so lucky you happened by

[Zared (Master)] are you from around these parts?

[Hoffman (JohnAA) (to GM only)] Character sheet for Miranda modified: Spells - CHANGED: Magic Missile -- # Memorized: 3 (+1), Magical Abilities - CHANGED: 1 -- Current: 2 (1).

[Zared (Master) (to TMO only)] Thousands of shards of glass litter the ground in this area, the remains of Johann's prized greenhouse. Clay pots lay in shattered ruin, the soil and plants that were their contents scattered across the floor and trampled into destruction. Many sets of different footprints are apparent in the spilled soil. This is Johann's greenhouse, where he grows many of his plants during the cool winter months. The glass for the house cost him dearly, but it has allowed him to enjoy significant success in horticulture.

[Hoffman (JohnAA) (to GM only)] Character sheet for Miranda modified: Magical Abilities - CHANGED: 1 -- Current: 4 (2).

[Zared (Master) (to TMO only)] The soft, rich soil of this area looks as if it once was arranged in straight, raised beds. Now, however, it has been dug up and recklessly strewn across the brick walkways. The stone retaining walls that once formed the borders of the raised beds are cracked or toppled in several places. A few broken stems of rose bushes and a handful of tulip stalks are all that remain of whatever plants made their home in these flower beds. There are many sets of footprints in the loose soil here, as well. This is Johann's outdoor nursery, where he raised and developed his prized tulips and other flowers.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] no but we will have time to talk later

[Hoffman (JohnAA) (to GM only)] Character sheet for Miranda modified:

[Zared (Master) (to TMO only)] and finally for Shur's tracking - There are five distinct sets of footprints here. One halfling, three booted human-sized, and one apparently barefoot ogre

[Shurkural (TMO) (to Master only)] Direction of travel, arriving and departing?

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Let the good priest take care of your wounds and we have to catch

[Zared (Master) (to TMO only)] the one set of human prints leads to the tool shed (E)

[Zared (Master) (to TMO only)] milling about in the damage

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Cahus has healed him Hoffman. We are free to leave.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] you may even get to eat dinner with a dwarf

Zared (Master) looks pale

[Zared (Master)] I am that bad?

[Zared (Master)] am I dying?

Hoffman (JohnAA) smiles

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] cahus has shined on you today , worry not

[QuiFon Ruminel (JohnAA)] I would say it is the work of Pro Cog that brought us here (as he walks up)

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] No Cahus has seen to your wounds. You are well. Perhaps you should see to helping the others with the manor house

Tristan Elaire (Eric W) smiles at Hoffman. Indeed he has

[Shurkural (TMO) (to Master only)] only set she can track goes to the tool shed?

[Zared (Master) (to TMO only)] and the large set that goes off across the fields that Zared pointed out to everyone

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] (Ok clarification... Are there 2 Procogs? Or am I missing something)

[Zared (Master)] 1 god called Procog

[QuiFon Ruminel (JohnAA)] (qui fon is a priest of Procog)

[Zared (Master)] Qui happens to be a dwarf who worships a human god

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Oh so QuiFon is Kayugan?

[QuiFon Ruminel (JohnAA)] (yes)

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] (well I'll be damned

[QuiFon Ruminel (JohnAA)] (just BOB working the back stories)

Shurkural (TMO) heads to the tool shed.

[QuiFon Ruminel (JohnAA)] (hoffman keeps an eye to make sure the yong man goes to the house)

[Zared (Master)] Zared stays here at the stables trying to calm the horses

[Master] Shurkural moved 68'06".

[Master] Hoffman moved 64'03".

[Master] Tristan Elaire moved 62'10".

[Master] Ilero moved 61'00".

[Master] Branwyn moved 67'03".

[Branwyn (Lisa)] QuiFon Ruminel moved 85'09".

[Shurkural (TMO) (to GM only)] Shurkural: Tracking check: (d20) [1d20=18] 18 - ROLL FAILED against 16!!

[Master] Time of Day: 10:58 AM. Day 10 Fin ___ de, Man {Early Spring} 10th, 343 SKR.

[Shurkural (TMO) (to Master only)] checking to see if she can tell which way thetrack went from here.

[Master (to TMO only)] no tracks leading away from the shed

[Shurkural (TMO) (to Master only)] tracks lead to the shed, but not away?

[Master] TMO and I have been going back and forth in whispers about what Ilero and Shur are finding so they can share with you when you all catch up

[Master] what does the other half of the group want to do?

[QuiFon Ruminel (JohnAA)] (thought so)

[Master (to TMO only)] yes lead to the shed only

[Shurkural (TMO)] (let me know when they catch up to me on the timeline)

[Master] everyone is in sync

[QuiFon Ruminel (JohnAA)] ( watch them work, look to the East)

[Master] (doh, dog brb)

Shurkural (TMO) gestures to the other group, trying to catch someone's attention.

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Can I search for clues? I have investigation

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Tristan Elaire: Investigation check: (d20) [1d20=7] 7 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 8!!

Hoffman (JohnAA) waves a Sgur

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Shru

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] I want to see if i find anything that tells me who they were

[Shurkural (TMO)] (Hoff isn't as think as he drunk he is)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (waves at whatever her name is)

Hoffman (JohnAA) stumbles over

Shurkural (TMO) holds her left hand palm up and walks two fingers across the palm and then points at the tool shed.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (charades! yay!)

[Master] b

[Shurkural (TMO)] (first word, first syllable)

[Master] (nyrma got home)

Hoffman (JohnAA) grabs ax and quick steps it to shed

Branwyn (Lisa) thinks to herself, wasn't that the sign for be sneaky

[Master (to Eric W only)] Tristan gets two insights It is important to note that nearly all the tulips and bulbs are missing, rather than just destroyed. This was an act of theft, covered by vandalism. and two the horses still are upset even with the fire being out

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] (failed my signal check)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] :)

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] (or did I)

[Master] Hoffman moved 19'06".

[Shurkural (TMO)] (it was the sign for: I got itchy toes, get over here and dance with me)

Hoffman (JohnAA) waves Tristin to back of shed

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Tristan Elaire moved 18'10".

[Shurkural (TMO)] Shurkural: Dancing check: (d20) [1d20=1] 1 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 15!!

[Master] Tristan Elaire moved 9'11".

[Master] LOL

Shurkural (TMO) leads the conga line

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] QuiFon Ruminel: Tumbling check: (d20) [1d20=19] 19 - ROLL FAILED against 9!!

[Master] TMO do you read Darth and Droids?

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Friends... If you look ALL the tulips have been stolen. This was not an act of vandalism. They were after the tulips and the fire was to cover their tracks. Shur... Do you find it odd the horses are still upset even though the fire is out? I don't have the affinity towards animals like you do....

[Shurkural (TMO)] Yep, although I don't recall a scene similar to this one.

[Master] (previous one where they talk about just rolling for a skill, any skill you have)

[Master] (thought of you and John with his whistling rolls)

[Shurkural (TMO)] :)

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] (only if the timming is right)

[Master] and sorry did not mean to distract from Tristan's words

Shurkural (TMO) says quietly, "Found a set of tracks leading here, didn't see any leaving. Don't mean they're still here, but they could be.

QuiFon Ruminel (JohnAA) picks him self up

Ilero (TMO) steps up to the door, knife in hand. "Hye get door, you ready."

[QuiFon Ruminel (JohnAA)] I belive you will find no danger

[Master] Shurkural moved 2'08".

[Master] Ilero moved 3'02".

[Master] Shurkural moved 4'09".

[Ilero (TMO)] Attack: Short Sword:: is now ARMED.

Hoffman (JohnAA) axes up

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Attack: Morning Star:: is now ARMED.

[Ilero (TMO) (to GM only)] Attack: Knife:: is now ARMED.

[Master] is Tristan on the door? or the back of the shed where Ilero waved him to?

[Ilero (TMO)] (Hoff waved)

[Master] sorry

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Tristan Elaire moved 10'10".

[Ilero (TMO)] (I refuse to take the credit for other characters waves)

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] There

[Master] Ilero is on the door

[Master] no one at the rear

[Master] just to be clear

[Ilero (TMO)] (hopefully it's not a multiple entrance shed)

Branwyn (Lisa) watches everyone crowded at the door

Ilero (TMO) pulls the door open suddenly

[Master] it is a decent sized shed, 15-20 foot square building

[Master] BOOOM

JohnAA point at Tristin and point to back of shed

[Ilero (TMO)] (yep)

Tristan Elaire (Eric W) nods

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (think it might be too late)

[Master] save versus spell

[Ilero (TMO) (to GM only)] Ilero: Alertness check: (d20) [1d20=18] 18 - ROLL FAILED against 12!!

[Master] all four of you

[Ilero (TMO)] Ilero: Tumbling check: (d20) [1d20=15] 15 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 17!!

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (lol)

[Ilero (TMO)] Ilero: Magical Spell save: (d20) [1d20=4] 4 - ROLL FAILED against 13!!

[Master] that will give you a plus 2 to your save

[Master] which is not enough

[JohnAA] Hoffman: Magical Spell save: (d20) [1d20=9] 9 - ROLL FAILED against 14!!

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] (sorry I have my son all over so I see what i did there...)

[JohnAA] no

[Ilero (TMO)] Shurkural: Magical Spell save: (d20) [1d20=13] 13 - ROLL FAILED against 16!!

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Tristan Elaire: Magical Spell save: (d20) [1d20=9] 9 - ROLL FAILED against 14!!

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (ouch)

[Ilero (TMO)] buncha flat-foots

[Ilero (TMO)] (how dead are we?)

[QuiFon Ruminel (JohnAA)] I guess I was wrong

[Master] ok so as Hoffman waves Tristan around to the rear of the shed, Ilero quickly YANKS the door open to surprise who ever is inside

[Master] then a ball of flame erupts

[Ilero (TMO)] (how did Shurkural get a -3 AC?)

[Master] the shed catches on fire

[Ilero (TMO)] (oh, must be -3 from 10)

[Master] and everyone takes (4d6) [4d6=4,3,6,3] 16 points of damage

[Master] Shurkural's Current Hit Points: adjusted to 19 (-16) - Moderately Wounded

[Master] Ilero's Current Hit Points: adjusted to 13 (-16) - Heavily Wounded

[Master] Hoffman's Current Hit Points: adjusted to 37 (-16) - Moderately Wounded

[Master] Tristan Elaire's Current Hit Points: adjusted to 22 (-16) - Moderately Wounded

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Come on Qui!

Branwyn (Lisa) runs over and starts pulling them away from the shed

Tristan Elaire (Eric W) pats himself down to put out flames

Tristan Elaire (Eric W) coughing "well that was unfortunate!" is everyone ok?

QuiFon Ruminel (JohnAA) keeps eye out for other reactions

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I wonder why they set a trap on the shed. They'd already escaped.

Ilero (TMO) stays on his toes and tries to see inside the shed.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] not, coff coff

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] what i was expecting

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Perhaps for fools like us

[Master (to GM only)] Petr Kordula moved 34'07".

[Master] Petr Kordula moved 19'08".

Shurkural (TMO) jumps backward and covers her face from the blast as best she can.

[Master] Lord Johann moved 30'10".

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] they are good er eveil, but good

[Master] Petr Kordula moved 45'01".

[Master] Lord Johann moved 44'05".

[Lord Johann (Master)] are you alright?

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Yes my lord. We have disarmed this trap for you. Your people are safe

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (LOL)

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] ok, but bruised

[Lord Johann (Master)] A lone man on a dark horse trots up the lane to the house, surveying the damage with dismay. He dismounts and speaks with Johann for several minutes, showing him some papers. After they have talked, Johann beckons to you. "This man is Petr Kordula, of the Lyon Horticultural Society. He was sent here to examine my new bulb and bring one to the capital for propagation." Johann shakes his head. "There is little chance of that now, I suppose." Petr, clad in studded leather armor and with a short sword hanging from his belt, addresses you. "I understand you are investigating the scene. What have you found out? When can we begin to pursue the criminals responsible for this heinous act?" The man speaks with an air of authority and command.

[Lord Johann (Master)] (LOL that is a great quote Eric)

[Master] Petr Kordula moved 6'07".

Shurkural (TMO) coughs. "Hye face red... and black. Was stupid."

[Master] Time of Day: 11:13 AM. Day 10 Fin ___ de, Man {Early Spring} 10th, 343 SKR.

[Master] Time of Day: 11:28 AM. Day 10 Fin ___ de, Man {Early Spring} 10th, 343 SKR.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (Shur is even getting Ilero's accent)

Tristan Elaire (Eric W) looks to the man on the horse.. "Forgive me you are...?"

[Shurkural (TMO)] (crap - I did it again)

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] (oops)

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] (NM i was introduced)

Ilero (TMO) coughs. "Hye face red... and black. Was stupid."

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Branwyn moved 8'09".

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] (kinda hard reading and fighting Ninja Turtles at the same time)

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] We are ready to persue them East according to the young stable lad

[Petr Kordula (Master)] Pere Kordula, of the Lyon Horticultural Society

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] but was hopping our tracking could confirm

[Ilero (TMO) (to Master only)] which way did the ogre tracks go?

[Petr Kordula (Master) (to TMO only)] to the east the direction that Zared pointed in

Branwyn (Lisa) looks to see if there is anything left of the shed or if it is a total loss

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Forgive me sir but you appear well armed for a member of a flower society..

[Master] thare are some tools that look like they need the handles replaced

[Master] but other than that the shed is a loss

Petr Kordula (Master) looks at Tristan

[Petr Kordula (Master)] looks around at teh burning manor

[Petr Kordula (Master)] looks back at Tristan

Branwyn (Lisa) whispers to Tristan "They take their tulips very seriously here"

Shurkural (TMO) makes sure her hair and clothes aren't burning. "Sorry. I found two sets of tracks. An ogre set going east across the fields, and a man-sized set of boot prints coming to this shed. And whoever it was set us up the bomb.

Brother Fotopoulos (JohnAA) runs up to offer assistance

[Petr Kordula (Master)] Lord Johann tells me he has hired you to investigate this crime

Tristan Elaire (Eric W) nods curtly " I mean no offense sir. Just a new comer arriving at this scene asking for the very thing taken, and well armed at that. I just wnated to be sure"

[Petr Kordula (Master)] I will not interfer with your investigation I will simply tag along to be of what assistance I can

[JohnAA] I am back at the keyboard.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] I'd like to start fter the ogre as soon as possible

Petr Kordula (Master) nods at the group, gestures for you to go ahead as you see fit

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] while the smaller prints may be the brains of the group,

[Branwyn (Lisa) (to Master only)] That was soooo something I would do. Oddly fun to watch it happen to someone else instead of me for a change

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] I am not sure if we have any good leads

Shurkural (TMO) checks the shed for any surviving tracks.

[Shurkural (TMO) (to GM only)] Shurkural: Tracking check: (d20) [1d20=4] 4 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 16!!

[Branwyn (Lisa)] So the theives stole hundreds of bulbs?

[Master (to Lisa only)] smiles there is lots flying by too, the group should figure out what everyone knows before the next thing goes boom

[Master (to TMO only)] shur walks around the entire shed and finds no prints other than the new fresh ones Tristan and the group made not outside or inside

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] probably not

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] but possibly

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Ogre could be caryingall of them

[Shurkural (TMO)] No sign of anyone leaving. I don't know if they faked the tracks here, or left some other way from here. All I got left is the ogre tracks.

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Brother Foto can you help me tend to our wounded?

[Shurkural (TMO) (to GM only)] Ilero: Alertness check: (d20) [1d20=8] 8 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 12!!

[Shurkural (TMO) (to GM only)] Ilero: Observation check: (d20) [1d20=16] 16 - ROLL FAILED against 10!!

[Brother Fotopoulos (JohnAA)] of course

[Shurkural (TMO) (to Master only)] any sign of invisible people lurking? ;)

[JohnAA] Brother Fotopoulos targets Ilero. Distance: 68'08"

[Eric W] Hoffman targets Hoffman. Distance: 0'00"

[Eric W] Tristan Elaire targets Hoffman. Distance: 0'10"

[Master] no shur does not see any invisible people

[Master] grins

[Brother Fotopoulos (JohnAA)] Brother Fotopoulos casts a spell against Ilero: Orison: I can create minor effects.

[Brother Fotopoulos (JohnAA)] Brother Fotopoulos casts a spell against Ilero: Orison: I can create minor effects.

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Tristan Elaire casts a spell against Hoffman: Orison: I can create minor effects.

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Tristan Elaire casts a spell against Hoffman: Orison: I can create minor effects.

[Petr Kordula (Master)] Lord Johann I was staying at the inn in the village of Hrocby

[Shurkural (TMO)] (k - gotta go make a dessert run for everyone here. Will be back in about 20 minutes. Shur can make sure the others can follow the ogre tracks if you go that way before I get back)

[Petr Kordula (Master)] I shall leave word there for you

[Brother Fotopoulos (JohnAA)] 16 for llero

[Ilero (TMO)] Ohhh, t'ank you, Brot'er.

[Master] Ilero's Current Hit Points: adjusted to 29 (16) - Unharmed

[Branwyn (Lisa)] So if someone was going to steal 400 bulbs, they would fit into a couple of sacks or chests? How would they have to take them to make sure they weren't damaged?

[JohnAA] Brother Fotopoulos no longer targets Ilero.

[TMO] I am away from the keyboard.

[Lord Johann (Master)] if youa re careful with them you can transport them in sacks

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] I cured 18 so Hoff is full and Shur can take 2

Lord Johann (Master) holds up his fist

[Branwyn (Lisa)] It just seems like a lot to steal and be able to casually walk away with.

[Lord Johann (Master)] they will be smaller than this

[Lord Johann (Master)] although my Silver Moon will be slightly larger

[Branwyn (Lisa)] But 400!

[JohnAA] Brother Fotopoulos targets Shurkural. Distance: 65'00"

[Brother Fotopoulos (JohnAA)] Brother Fotopoulos casts a spell against Shurkural: Orison: I can create minor effects.

[Brother Fotopoulos (JohnAA)] that is 8 more

[Master] Hoffman's Current Hit Points: adjusted to 53 (16) - Unharmed

[Branwyn (Lisa)] You said a band of brigands. Any idea how many were ransacking the place?

[Master] Shurkural's Current Hit Points: adjusted to 29 (10) - Lightly Wounded

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W) (to GM only)] Character sheet for Tristan Elaire modified:

[Lord Johann (Master)] I was sleeping I did not see anyone

[Eric W] Tristan Elaire targets Tristan Elaire. Distance: 0'00"

[Lord Johann (Master)] I came running down from my burning bedroom

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Tristan Elaire casts a spell against Tristan Elaire: Orison: I can create minor effects.

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] I also will cast one on myself. So 9 HP cured

[Lord Johann (Master)] and found this tremendous damage

[Master] Tristan Elaire's Current Hit Points: adjusted to 31 (9) - Lightly Wounded

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Did they have to dig them all out?

[JohnAA] Brother Fotopoulos no longer targets Shurkural.

[Lord Johann (Master)] yes, they were there in the invidual plots

[Lord Johann (Master)] (gesters to area D)

[Eric W] Tristan Elaire no longer targets Tristan Elaire.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] any chance they were put in the shed?

[Eric W] Tristan Elaire no longer targets Hoffman.

[Lord Johann (Master)] The soft, rich soil of this area looks as if it once was arranged in straight, raised beds. Now, however, it has been dug up and recklessly strewn across the brick walkways. The stone retaining walls that once formed the borders of the raised beds are cracked or toppled in several places. A few broken stems of rose bushes and a handful of tulip stalks are all that remain of whatever plants made their home in these flower beds. There are many sets of footprints in the loose soil here, as well. This is Johann's outdoor nursery, where he raised and developed his prized tulips and other flowers.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I am only asking because it would seem that if you did not want to damage them, it would take a while to be able to dig them all out.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] And no one caught them until they were completely finished with their work.

[Lord Johann (Master)] and he gestures to the ruined greenhouses

[Lord Johann (Master)] Thousands of shards of glass litter the ground in this area, the remains of Johann's prized greenhouse. Clay pots lay in shattered ruin, the soil and plants that were their contents scattered across the floor and trampled into destruction. Many sets of different footprints are apparent in the spilled soil. This is Johann's greenhouse, where he grows many of his plants during the cool winter months. The glass for the house cost him dearly, but it has allowed him to enjoy significant success in horticulture.

Hoffman (JohnAA) looks back at young man tending the horses

[Lord Johann (Master)] ?

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] How many people knew about your specail bulbs?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Hmmm... multiple vandals, some ogres. 400 bulbs dug out and transported and no one heard until the fire.

[Lord Johann (Master)] I am not sure

[Lord Johann (Master)] not many

[Lord Johann (Master)] We all keep things quiet on what we are working on

[Lord Johann (Master)] but I was so close, three good bulbs to show

[Lisa] I am away from the keyboard.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] we will do our best. I think Tristion, Shru, llero Brawynn and I should travel on foot until Shur looses the tracks

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] the rest can help here and investige anything more that they can

[Lisa] I am back at the keyboard.

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Agreed Hoffman.

[Lord Johann (Master)] There is a creek to the East that marks the edge of my property

[Lord Johann (Master)] you should know that Willem Dojic has a small farm on the other side of the creek

[Lord Johann (Master)] he has complained about me interfeering with his own attempts at gardening

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] is there anything either of you can give us so they know we are on offical busiiness?

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] we understand and will be carefull

Petr Kordula (Master) pulls out a letter from his pouch

[Petr Kordula (Master)] it states that the bearer is a representative of the Horticultural Society and should be given any and all aid he requests during the performance of his duties. The letter bears the seal of the royal house.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] If your three bulbs were successful I can imagine what they would be worth. Can you tell me what the 400 would be worth if someone wished to sell them?

[Lord Johann (Master)] My normal tulips

[Lord Johann (Master)] a gold piece each perhaps?

[Lord Johann (Master)] there is no way to know how much the Silver Moon would have brought

[Lord Johann (Master)] no one has ever seen their like

[Branwyn (Lisa)] And the three special ones could have been 10s of thousands.

[Petr Kordula (Master)] I would wager you would be the talk of the festival

[Petr Kordula (Master)] each perhaps, looking at Branwyn

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Yes.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] we will do all we can

[Branwyn (Lisa)] But their value depends on how they are judged, are they not?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (sorry - I'll stop - just trying to profile our criminal)

[Lord Johann (Master)] These would be enough to win a princess's heart

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] (not anohter romantic tragidy)

[Lord Johann (Master)] (lol)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] But if they have not been judged as top of their kind, by the Society, their monetary worth is less.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Unless someone submitted them to you as their own.

[Lord Johann (Master)] yes

[Lord Johann (Master)] if the thief submits them he will get the credit and the glory

[TMO] I am back at the keyboard.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Anyway, I'll tell Indigo and the others to look around here some more and then get lodgings and we can go ahead.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] and would the society not know they are yours?

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] or just not have the proof?

[Petr Kordula (Master)] the society would confirm who ever presents these bulbs a proof of ownership

[Petr Kordula (Master)] how else to prove who owns them?

Lord Johann (Master) wrings his hands

[Master] Time of Day: 11:43 AM. Day 10 Fin ___ de, Man {Early Spring} 10th, 343 SKR.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Shur, are you ok to travel

Branwyn (Lisa) runs over to Indigo, Miranda and Foto to tell them what is happening

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (and Jilly)

[Shurkural (TMO)] Sure thing, sugar. Shouldn't be a problem.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Shurkural moved 22'08".

[Shurkural (TMO)] And thanks for the healing (insert name here of kind person who healed her while I was gone).

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Hoffman moved 15'01".

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Ilero moved 16'06".

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Branwyn moved 7'04".

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Tristan Elaire moved 12'04".

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] making marching order

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] unless anyone objects

[Master] so leaving the wagon and horses at the manor? or back track to the village you left this morning?

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] not that we are walking in a straight line

Ilero (TMO) nudges Branwyn with an elbow. "Bag?"

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Bag?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Oh! I am leaving everything I had with Indigo.

[Ilero (TMO)] Hokay.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] He knows to guard what we have this trip with his life.

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Ya I think we can leave everything with the others

[Ilero (TMO)] Until he get swallowed by giant hedgehog. Again.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] If we take horses ourselves that will interfere with the tracking?

[Master] before you leave the wagon behind, or send it back to the inn at the village with Indigo etc

[Ilero (TMO)] (I'm surprised he hasxn't invested in spiked or bladed armor by now.)

[Master] decide what you are taking with you, how are you dressing, etc

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Oh Indigo has never not be able to get out of an ankheg's belly. He will be fine.

[Ilero (TMO)] (apparently the fashion this season is in faux-burn victim retro.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] How long do you think we will be gone?

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] I am wearing my armor and proudly displaying my holy symbol

[Master] right now you are dressed as traveling nobles, etc not at armed and armored to the teeth group

[Master] just want to check as you are leaving most things in the wagon

[Master] you all brought your armor, etc with you

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Hoffman has his chain mail and axes

[Master] Branwyn leaves her spell books in the wagon with Indigo of course

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Indigo is staying to protect the loot and Bran has no armour but always her daggers.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (Are you kidding?)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (She is bringing her books)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (She can carry them herself)

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] (brother will finish healing Shur with one more orrison and two point to Tristin

[Master] LOL are you expecting to hide in teh forest over night?

[Ilero (TMO)] (shur gets bow, arrows and swords. Ilero gets his fist and knives, and if there's time, will put on his armor)

[Master] plenty of time to do what youwant

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] I would always be wearing my armor. Always be prepared

[Hoffman (JohnAA) (to GM only)] Character sheet for Brother Fotopoulos modified: Magical Abilities - CHANGED: 1st Level -- Current: 0 (4).

[Master] Tristan Elaire's Current Hit Points: adjusted to 33 (2) - Lightly Wounded

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (2 books in backpack - no problem)

[Master] Shurkural's Current Hit Points: adjusted to 35 (6) - Unharmed

[Master] ok

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Does anyone want the spyglass?

[Master] just as long as everyone knows what they have, etc

[Master] and then are they staying here? or heading back to the Inn

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (that is closest Inn? I thought Indigo should get rooms)

[JohnAA] how far to the inn?

[Master] the village is very close by and it is where Petr said he was staying

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Shur, I was thinking.... what if I cast Continual light on one of your arrows. You could cover it witha cloth and pull it out when needed. You could fire it out in the dark when we cant see ahead... Before we rest next time. Remind me if you're interested

[JohnAA] I vote Inn

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Inn

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (they can talk to locals in meantime - get the scoop)

[Master] and Eric that works well, but if the arrow breaks, the spell goes out, just so you know

[Ilero (TMO)] (Ilero can use the spyglass)

[Master] you know that it is about 2 miles from the Manor house to the creek that is the border of his lands

Branwyn (Lisa) hands spyglass to Ilero, "Here you go"

[Master] the Inn is about an hour back up the road

[Master] so very easy to get to

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] (Ya but there's been a few times where I wish we had that.. The ooze, wolves, etc)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] With my books, the spyglass is awkward for me.

[Shurkural (TMO)] Sounds interesting, honey. We'll have to play with that idea later.

[Master] it is a nice idea

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Fantasy flare gun

[Master] Time of Day: 11:58 AM. Day 10 Fin ___ de, Man {Early Spring} 10th, 343 SKR.

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] If anyone has a sling I can use a stone as well... More durable

[Shurkural (TMO)] (maybe fire it on the fletching rather than the whole arrow? More likely to survive, and not likely to be buried in a target)

[Master] arrow is arrow

[Shurkural (TMO)] (one solid arrow molecule. ;) )

[Master] grins

[Master] the wonders of magic

[Master] ok so group with wagon heads to inn

Lisa has left the game on Fri Sep 20 21:56:47 EDT 2013

[Shurkural (TMO)] (to sit and loaf and drink beer)

[Master] when they get there they get rooms again and ask around

[Master] Petr is following your group, keeping quiet to himself just watching and observing

[Shurkural (TMO)] (didja ever feel like you was... bein' watched?)

[Master] Lisa is on her way back in

[Master] and Shur leads the group off to the East following the tracks

[Shurkural (TMO)] Walk this way. *swish, swish, swish*

[JohnAA] swish swish swish

[JohnAA] If i could walk that way I would not need this ax

[Shurkural (TMO)] You're a Lumberjack, and you're okay?

[Master] in the group with the wagon

[Shurkural (TMO)] (how often do you need tracking rolls from Shur?)

[Master] anyone with observation? alterness? etc?

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] alterness

[Master] I will tell you

[Master] not the group tracking the others with the wagon

[JohnAA] Brother Fotopoulos: Whistling/humming check: (d20) [1d20=20] 20 - ROLL FAILED against 14!!

[Shurkural (TMO)] (Ilero has both)

[JohnAA] QuiFon Ruminel: Omen Reading check: (d20) [1d20=8] 8 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 12!!

[Shurkural (TMO)] (nevermind, he's not there)

[JohnAA] Miranda: Riding, Land-based check: (d20) [1d20=15] 15 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 19!!

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Tristan Elaire: Alertness check: (d20) [1d20=2] 2 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 17!!

[JohnAA] Indigo will

[Master] nope

[Master] he does not have either

Lisa has joined the game on Fri Sep 20 22:03:34 EDT 2013

Lisa is receiving the map Lydsund Estate...

[JohnAA] so the clueless group

Lisa has received the map Lydsund Estate.

[Master] Qui is with which group?

[JohnAA] wagins

[Master] Inn or tracking?

[Master] ok

[Master] QuiFon Ruminel moved 97'04".

[Master] Group of Horses moved 21'06".

[Master] Brother Fotopoulos moved 15'10".

[Master] Miranda moved 17'03".

[Master] Indigo moved 22'11".

[Master] Jilly moved 25'07".

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] today we hunt Ogre

[Master] Shur leads you through the fields towards the stream

[Master] F on the map

[Master] The unshod ogre tracks have led to a narrow stone bridge crossing the wide, slow moving creek that marks the border of Johann's property. The creek and bridge are in the shadow of the row of elm trees that line both sides of the watercourse for as far as you can see. The deep, cool shade beneath the trees is dark in contrast to the bright and sunny fields of the surrounding countryside. Anything could be waiting in the shadowy gloom.

[Master] Shurkural, Hoffman, Ilero, Branwyn and Tristan Elaire moved 9'02".

[Shurkural (TMO)] (dang, I wish either of my characters had more magic experience. I've a nasty thought that I don't either of them would think of)

[Master] you can mention it to the others OOC

[Shurkural (TMO)] (Ilero might, I suppose. I'll think about it)

[Shurkural (TMO)] (oh, where's the fun in that? :)

[Master] chuckles

[Master] The trees creak as they shift in the gentle breeze, and the creek often throws out sudden splashing sounds as though someone were approaching through the shallow water.

[Lisa] (or just say it - you heard about this thing once etc)

[Master] so you are at the bridge

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Hoffman: Observation check: (d20) [1d20=8] 8 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 14!!

[Shurkural (TMO)] Ilero: INU check: (d20) [1d20=4] 4 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 11!!

[Master] Shur knows that those are the natural sounds of the woods

[Shurkural (TMO)] Shur - can tell if t'ese real ogre tracks? Hye gots changed into lizardman once, and know mage involved...

[Master] Hoffman points out a snake basking on the bridge

[Shurkural (TMO)] (dammit! I did it again!)

[Master] Shur looks where Hoffman is pointing and know that it is a poisonous one

[Ilero (TMO)] Shur - can tell if t'ese real ogre tracks? Hye gots changed into lizardman once, and know mage involved...

Hoffman (JohnAA) throw ax

Shurkural (TMO) checks to see how close the trail goes to the basking snake.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Roll #1: (d20) [1d20=13] 13

[Master] They look like ogre tracks, how could you tell if they are made by a real ogre or a polymorphed orgre?

[Shurkural (TMO)] (real ogres walk on their tippy-toes to try and sneak up on people. Men changed into ogres walk like men)

[Master] grins, very well, I will keep that in mind

[Master] but for now these seem like ogre tracks

[Shurkural (TMO)] (good enough)

[Shurkural (TMO)] (ogres like to think they're very sneaky and stealthy, didn't you know? THey're the practical jokers of giantkind)

[Master] and Hoffman hits the bridge and scares the snake off into the water

Hoffman (JohnAA) picks up ax as he walks by

[Master] (brb restroom)

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Well done Hoffman!

[Master] I am away from the keyboard.

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Ditto

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] And I'm also fully engaged as my wife took my boy to bed. Sorry I"ve been flaky

[Shurkural (TMO)] (I've got no room to complain)

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] I had to wear my ninja turtle mask and fight my son with my plastic nunchuks. Its our friday thing...

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (no worries! Tis fine)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (LOL)

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] (beautiful)

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Ya my wife has photos.. Pretty awesome

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] brb

[Shurkural (TMO)] (I'm always mildly paranoid, but usually more so when the GM has the bad guys leave a trail)

[Master] I am back at the keyboard.

[Master] so you cross the bridge

[Master] The footprints lead across 20 yards of open field directly to a dilapidated shack. The wood of this structure is so worn and weather-beaten that you find it hard to believe it is actually still standing. An immense elm tree casts a deep gloom over the structure. A huge, humanoid figure sits in a rocking chair in the heavy shadow of the porch.

[Shurkural (TMO)] (BOOOM?)

[Master] Shurkural, Hoffman, Ilero, Branwyn and Tristan Elaire moved 18'07".

[Master] Shurkural moved 23'01".

[Master] Hoffman moved 25'06".

[Master] Ilero moved 23'07".

[Master] Branwyn moved 22'11".

[Master] Tristan Elaire moved 20'08".

[Shurkural (TMO)] (he was 20 yards away???)

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Good day sir

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (errr Madam)

[Master] you go out of the woods around the streams and into his fields

[Shurkural (TMO)] (60 whole feet, and nobody noticed him? LOL)

[Shurkural (TMO)] (oh, trees in the way)

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] did you see an Ogre go by here earlier?

Willem Dojic (Master) waving a cross bow around

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (what's he got in his mouth?)

[Willem Dojic (Master)] get off my land

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] (show him the paperwork)

[Willem Dojic (Master)] you are here to poach my flowers

[Willem Dojic (Master)] Johann is always trying to ruin me

[Willem Dojic (Master)] FHOOOTTTTSHHHHH

[Willem Dojic (Master)] as a cross bow bolt goes flying over your heads

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] I assure you we are on offical scantions busoness

[Willem Dojic (Master)] No sanctions

Ilero (TMO) puts on the gauntlet, just in case.

[Willem Dojic (Master)] drops the crossbow

[Willem Dojic (Master)] picks up a hoe

[Willem Dojic (Master)] waves it around at you

[Willem Dojic (Master)] get off my land

Eric W has left the game on Fri Sep 20 22:22:42 EDT 2013

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Shruu, do you still see tracks?

[Shurkural (TMO)] Now, don't be getting all mad, sugar. We're not here to steal anything from you. We're just following a trail from the fire over there to see where it goes. Did you see anything earlier that might give us a clue what's going on?

[Shurkural (TMO) (to GM only)] Shurkural: Art - Flirting check: (d20) [1d20=10] 10 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 10!!

Willem Dojic (Master) frowns

[Willem Dojic (Master)] nothing after that little man last night stole my boots

[Willem Dojic (Master)] why are you here

[Willem Dojic (Master)] squints suspiciously

Eric W has joined the game on Fri Sep 20 22:24:40 EDT 2013

Eric W is receiving the map Lydsund Estate...

Eric W has received the map Lydsund Estate.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] can you describe the little man?

[Shurkural (TMO)] Oo, that's interesting all right. There were all kinds of tracks, and maybe this little guy used your boots to make a decoy. DId you see him?

[Eric W] I am away from the keyboard.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] (not a shpechanger)

[Willem Dojic (Master)] Bax she must have heard him

[Willem Dojic (Master)] she can't stand those squeeky voices those halflings have

[Willem Dojic (Master)] that sneaky one ran off with my boots

[Willem Dojic (Master)] grunts

[Willem Dojic (Master)] why are you asking all these questions?

[Shurkural (TMO)] Hmm.. that's really interesting, honey. Did you see the smoke from the fire, or see anyone run past here?

[Willem Dojic (Master)] what smoke?

[Willem Dojic (Master)] no one has been here today

[Willem Dojic (Master)] I have been watching for bees

[Willem Dojic (Master)] Johann sends bees over to my flowers

[Willem Dojic (Master)] he wants to poison my tulips

[Willem Dojic (Master)] they are the reason

[Willem Dojic (Master)] he is the reason

[Willem Dojic (Master)] grumbles

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Give our friend here just a moment to look arround and we shall be off

Shurkural (TMO) smiles gently. "I understand honey. I know what it's like to have nasty neighbors. I was hoping maybe you'd heard or seen something that might help us find the wizard who tried to burn that place down. I don't suppose you know any wizards lurking around abouts?"

[Shurkural (TMO) (to GM only)] Shurkural: Art - Flirting check: (d20) [1d20=10] 10 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 10!!

Willem Dojic (Master) shakes his head

[Shurkural (TMO)] (is using flirting rolls to try and get more info out of him - an fyi for the rest of the party, since I'm rolling them hidden)

[Willem Dojic (Master) (to TMO only)] as Shur gets closer to him, she notices that he is missing the big toe on his left foot, while the tracks that she has been following are not missing any toes

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] (tks)

[Willem Dojic (Master)] Shur looks around the yard

[Shurkural (TMO)] (am not sure she *can* flirt with an ogre, but is trying)

[Willem Dojic (Master)] and find the tracks that lead through the flower beds (very dry) and then to the side of the house, to the root cellar

[Willem Dojic (Master)] and he is a human, just a very large one over 7 foot tall

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I thought bees were good for flowers

[Willem Dojic (Master)] grunts, that is why he uses them

[Willem Dojic (Master)] no one watches for bees

[Willem Dojic (Master)] but they are all around

[Willem Dojic (Master)] he uses them to poison my flowers, he wants to ruin me

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] We can look into that for you later, one investigation at a time

[Shurkural (TMO)] Honey, anyone been in your root cellar that you know of? The trail leads there, and I know you didn't make it. Last time we followed a trail to a door, there was a trap waiting. And I don't want it to burn down your house if I can help it.

[Willem Dojic (Master)] no one goes in there except me

[Shurkural (TMO) (to GM only)] Shurkural: Art - Flirting check: (d20) [1d20=9] 9 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 10!!

[Willem Dojic (Master)] see

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] if only we had some way of detecting traps

[Willem Dojic (Master)] PULLs the door open

[Willem Dojic (Master)] is dark inside

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (lol to John)

Shurkural (TMO) ducks and flinches.

[Willem Dojic (Master)] but the open door shows a large sack just inside

[Master] Time of Day: 12:13 PM. Day 10 Fin ___ de, Man {Early Spring} 10th, 343 SKR.

[Master] Time of Day: 12:28 PM. Day 10 Fin ___ de, Man {Early Spring} 10th, 343 SKR.

[Branwyn (Lisa)] So I'm confused. A halfling stole your boots last night, that is correct?

[Willem Dojic (Master)] nods, sneaky little bastards

[Willem Dojic (Master)] nothing but a bunch of theives

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] do you reconginize that sack?

[Willem Dojic (Master)] ahhh, yeah that is one of my sacks I guess

[Willem Dojic (Master)] not sure why it is there and not

[Willem Dojic (Master)] frown

Shurkural (TMO) comes up beside Willem, touches him on the elbow as she leans in to look in the bag.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] we are going to have to inspect

[Willem Dojic (Master)] Shur pulls the bag back towards Hoffman

[Willem Dojic (Master)] inside is a smaller sack that is heavy with many lumpy things

[Eric W] I am back at the keyboard.

[Eric W] make sure it's not trapped!

[Shurkural (TMO)] Ilero, honey? Want to make yourself useful here?

[Ilero (TMO)] Hokay. You seem doing fine.

[Ilero (TMO) (to GM only)] Ilero: Find/remove traps check:(d100) [1d100=87] 87 - ROLL FAILED against 40!!

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Are you sure they only stole your boots

[Willem Dojic (Master)] Ilero does not find any traps on teh smaller sack

Ilero (TMO) carefully checks the sack over, looking for wires, markings, or contraptions that might hold a boom.

Ilero (TMO) points the sack out into the woods and away from everyone to open it the first time.

[Willem Dojic (Master)] heavy for its size

[Willem Dojic (Master)] inside are many tulip bulbs

[Petr Kordula (Master)] ahhhh

[Petr Kordula (Master)] very well done

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] dare I say 397

[Shurkural (TMO)] Yeah, that's what I thought alright. It's a frame job, sugar.

[Petr Kordula (Master)] you have found

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] (where did he come from?)

[Shurkural (TMO)] (I thought he was at the Inn?)

[Petr Kordula (Master)] (looks to be more like 100 or so )

[Petr Kordula (Master)] (he has been watching observing,

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (he was supposed to come with us)

[Shurkural (TMO)] (you had said that, but while you were doing the inn people, I thought. I got confoosed)

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] There has to be more tracks

[Branwyn (Lisa)] About how far away is this shed from the last shed?

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Hoffman: Observation check: (d20) [1d20=3] 3 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 14!!

[Master] 2 miles from the manor house

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Is there room to search the celar?

[Master] yes to Hoffman

[Master] Time of Day: 12:43 PM. Day 10 Fin ___ de, Man {Early Spring} 10th, 343 SKR.

Hoffman (JohnAA) searches

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Are there many of these sneaky little halflings in Lyon?

[Master] looking around the shed, the cellar, the garden

[Willem Dojic (Master)] grunts, not too many

[Willem Dojic (Master)] none around here that I know of

[Willem Dojic (Master)] but everyone knows that they are trouble

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] ahem

[Master] Hoffman moved 20'03".

Shurkural (TMO) puts her hand on Willem's forearm. "Honey, are you sure you didn't see or hear anything this morning? Anything at all?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] So if a hlafling did break in, he wouldn't have been a neighbor

[Eric W] you have no idea....

[Shurkural (TMO)] (the fire was this morning, right?)

[Master] Hoffman can make an Intuition check

[Master] yes fire was this mroning

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Hoffman: INU check: (d20) [1d20=11] 11 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 11!!

[Willem Dojic (Master)] there are no neighbors around here who have halflings

[Shurkural (TMO)] (just making sure I had the story right)

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Observation not enough

[Master] Hoffman comes back to the group after a while of searching

[Master] he tells Shur

[Eric W] I'm going to search around for anything out of the ordinary with HOffman

[Master] The only thing he has found are some rabbit tracks

[Eric W] Tristan Elaire: Investigation check: (d20) [1d20=15] 15 - ROLL FAILED against 8!!

[Master] they head north

[Master] but they are

[Master] he is not sure given all these problems

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Maybe it was a gnome who took your boots. Gnomes are far more trouble than halflings in my opinion. And they have those squeaky voices too.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] many rabits is these parts

Shurkural (TMO) tells the group privately, away from Petr's ears, "He didn't make these tracks. I'm pretty sure they were planted here to lead us to these flowers to frame him. Whoever did it didn't know he was missing a toe on one foot, and the tracks are all whole."

[Branwyn (Lisa)] But since no one saw anything I suppose we cannot be sure.

[Shurkural (TMO)] And that's why all the flowers aren't here. Just enough to pin the blame.

[Eric W] I am back at the keyboard.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] wink winl

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Then we are wasting tiem here

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] time

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] I believe the true culprit went North

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (do we only have ogre barefoot tracks and not boots?)

[Shurkural (TMO)] You want me to try and follow the rabbit tracks?

[Master] correct

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (and was a rabbit?)

[Master] Shur walks over to look at the tracks

[Master] make an intelligence check at a +8

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (but a tall man and an ogre make different tracks, correct?)

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] (not as diffrent as a ogre and a bunny)

[Shurkural (TMO) (to GM only)] Shurkural: INT check: (d20) [1d20=20] 20 - ROLL FAILED against 8!!

[Shurkural (TMO) (to GM only)] Shurkural: KNO check: (d20) [1d20=9] 9 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 9!!

[Master] Ok so Shur looks at these tracks

[Master] takes two or three steps and says.

[Master] these are not made by a rabbit

[Master] they go in a straight line not from plant to plant, cover to cover like a rabbit would

[Master] Shur has a nagging suspicion that there is something she heard once about this sort of thing but it escapes her now

[Master] Shurkural moved 18'03".

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] shapechanger ninja bunny

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Good day sir

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Look at its fangs!

[Petr Kordula (Master)] I will take these, picking up the sack

[Shurkural (TMO)] This is the third set of fake tracks we've had. Whoever it is, we've gotta be careful. They're throwing a lot of magic around to get some flowers.

[Branwyn (Lisa) (to Master only)] cantrips a bee to fly in Willem's face

[Willem Dojic (Master)] Hahhhh!

[Willem Dojic (Master)] WAVING his hand in front of his face

Branwyn (Lisa) mutters "That is for the insults about halflings

[Willem Dojic (Master)] that

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Illusion that chnages your tracks too?

[Willem Dojic (Master)] there

[Willem Dojic (Master)] see

[Willem Dojic (Master)] SMASHES the bee with his hand

Branwyn (Lisa) gives a slight smile

[Shurkural (TMO)] (lol)

Tristan Elaire (Eric W) chuckles at Bran

[Shurkural (TMO)] (wow. just notices that Shur has a Reason score of 7. Don't ask her to make these kinds of leaps of intuition on a subject she *doesn't* know very well)

[Willem Dojic (Master)] A barren, freshly tilled field lies to the north of Willem's buildings. The soil is slightly damp, and the crops (whatever they may be) have apparently just been planted. This is Willem's field, and his sole source of income. He has planted beets, oats, wheat, and potatoes in the various sections. It is primarily for his own consumption

[Shurkural (TMO)] (but she does know tracks)

[Willem Dojic (Master)] Once spotted, a ranger or druid can automatically tell they are not natural (they run in a straight line to the north for a distance of over 500 yards).

Shurkural (TMO) continues following the rabbit tracks, but steps carefully around the plants so as not to ruin any of them.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] so i don;t know bunny habbits

Hoffman (JohnAA) follows

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] /follows staying alert for any ambushes

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] (is the cop still following?)

[Willem Dojic (Master)] (yes)

Ilero (TMO) follows the group, walking next to Petr. "So, how many we gots t'ere? Is t'e big ones in it?"

[Willem Dojic (Master)] These tracks have led you once again to the shadowy gloom of the creek. The sounds of rustling leaves and splashing water come from all directions. The path leads to a series of large stones set in the creek, creating a stepping stone bridge across the 20'-wide watercourse. On the far side of the creek, lying 3' feet from the water's edge is a young red fox with a dart protruding from its side. It is struggling to get a drink, but it is apparently unable to move.

[Petr Kordula (Master)] no, it looks like not, the new one is a bit larger and darker, black with silver streaks on them

[Master] Shurkural moved 46'08".

[Master] Hoffman moved 48'11".

[Master] Ilero moved 37'09".

[Master] Tristan Elaire moved 51'06".

[Master] Branwyn moved 52'01".

Shurkural (TMO) kneels down next to the fox, carefully staying out of bite range, and checks it over.

[Shurkural (TMO)] Shurkural: Hunting check: (d20) [1d20=2] 2 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 14!!

Hoffman (JohnAA) looks for the letter K

[Master] it is wounded,

[Master] in pain

[Ilero (TMO)] Hye not hear, you work for t'e Lord?

[Ilero (TMO)] (that was to Petr)

[Master] someone threw a dart at it hitting it in the side, it is lodged in, the dart weighs it down

Shurkural (TMO) pulls the dart out of it's side. She checks to see if the point was poisoned.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] (sound have brought Miranda, she would regret not being able to use her diagonistic)

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] It is wounded... best to end its misery

[Master] Petr says that he works for the Horticultrural society for the Baron

[Master] the dart does not seem to be poisoned

[Shurkural (TMO)] Maybe, maybe not, honey. I'm not going to spend a lot of time on it, but it can tell me a lot about who we're following.

[Master] the fox struggles a bit to get closer to the water to get a drink

[Master] Shurkural moved 10'06".

[Master] Tristan Elaire moved 15'10".

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] brb

[Shurkural (TMO)] "Okay, so he's a good shot with a dart, and not using poison." She slides the fox close enough to drink safely, then resumes following the trail.

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] But why waste a dart on a fox? Bored?

[Master] That is a kind thing to do to a wee creature lass

[Master] a voice comes out from the trees

[Shurkural (TMO)] Halfling, able to fake his tracks, but doesn't know woodcraft very well.

Shurkural (TMO) stops. "Eh, sorry? What?

[Master] I thank yee for your kindness lassy

Shurkural (TMO) looks around. "You're sure welcome, honey. .. whoever you are."

[Master] Cuilean Teague #1 moved 1'05".

[Master] a very tiny man steps otu from the flowers

[Cuilean Teague #1 (Master)] I am happy to see that not all the big folk are so heartless

Tristan Elaire (Eric W) loosens his morningstar. And you are?

[Cuilean Teague (Master)] sketches a deep bow, Cuilean Teague

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Well met. What brings you here Cuilean?

[Cuilean Teague (Master)] the Teague's have been living in these woods for many a year

[Cuilean Teague (Master)] what bring you big folk here?

[Cuilean Teague (Master)] strangers too by the looks of you

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Branwyn: Observation check: (d20) [1d20=10] 10 [MODIFIED (+1)] - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 18!!

[Cuilean Teague (Master)] branwyn recognizes him as a leprecaun

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (smiles - thought he might be)

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] (nice Lisa)

[Branwyn (Lisa)] And have you been out borrowing the evil Willem's boots?

[Shurkural (TMO)] We aren't all heartless, but it might have been easier on the fox if I had put it out of it's misery. I don't know how bad that wound is. But I do hope it's not bad."

[Cuilean Teague (Master)] pssssh shawwww, Willem is a decent lad, that ox of his is a hard one

[Shurkural (TMO)] (brb)

[Shurkural (TMO)] (nevermind, still here)

[Cuilean Teague (Master)] bax can kick harder than a oak hit by lightning

[Cuilean Teague (Master)] I will make sure she is tended to

[Cuilean Teague (Master)] her wounds are deep but she can recover

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] has anyone passed this way this morning?

[Shurkural (TMO)] I'm glad. Thanks, honey. I don't suppose you saw a halfling go by here earlier today, did you? Maybe carrying a big bag?

[Shurkural (TMO)] (heh, speaking over each other, sorry)

[Cuilean Teague (Master)] beams at Shur

[Cuilean Teague (Master)] you are sweet one and smart too

[Cuilean Teague (Master)] there was a halfling last night by here

[Shurkural (TMO)] (int 8, rsn 7, kno 9 - I don't think so! but she is in her element here)

[Cuilean Teague (Master)] I saw him getting into a coach on the other side of those woods

[Cuilean Teague (Master)] it was heading to the northeast on the road

[Cuilean Teague (Master)] there was a silver creast on the coach but I was hiding before I saw what it was

[Cuilean Teague (Master)] not many of the big folk like to be spotted

[Cuilean Teague (Master)] wish I had seem who hurt Cully here

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] did you notice how many horses or who led them?

[Cuilean Teague (Master)] just a single horse but there were room fer two there

[Master] Time of Day: 12:58 PM. Day 10 Fin ___ de, Man {Early Spring} 10th, 343 SKR.

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] so I am thinking three man team

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] maybe

[Shurkural (TMO)] (will let someone else handle that line of questioning. Someone smarter)

[Cuilean Teague (Master)] OH Look!

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] unles the coach was left un maned

[Cuilean Teague (Master)] It is charlie

[Cuilean Teague (Master)] points to the stream

[Master] a huge beaver

[Master] must be 6 foot tall comes swimming up to you

[Master] pokes its head out of the water

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] can you talk to Charlie and ask what he saw?

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Can you speak with these animals?

[Master] it looks at you

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] (GMTA)

[Master] Can you tell me where the aspens are?

[Master] it asks you

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] :)_

Shurkural (TMO) takes a step away from the bank.

Hoffman (JohnAA) blank stare

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] uh

[Hoffman (JohnAA)] Aspens?

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Trees i think.

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] It talks?

[Master] looking around for Cuilean, and he is gone

[Master] along with the beaver

[Master] and the fox

[Shurkural (TMO)] /me, "Trees." She looks around trying to spot some, and takes the oppotunity to take a few steps away from the river.

[Shurkural (TMO)] (wait, the beaver is gone?)

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] sneaky little buggers

[Master] as you were all looking around

[Master] yes

[Shurkural (TMO)] Oh, that's ... well, I don't know what it is.

[JohnAA] sounds like a good point for me to sign off

[Master] have a great nigth John

[JohnAA] let my brain and eyes rest for a bot

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Ditto. I gotta wake in 4 and half hours

[JohnAA] good night all

[Master] ok

[Shurkural (TMO)] g'night!

[Master] night Eric

[JohnAA] have fun

[Tristan Elaire (Eric W)] Good night guys. Maybe I'll catch you all next week!

[Shurkural (TMO)] hope so

[Branwyn (Lisa)] Goodnight

[Master] so at this point your trail is dead

[Master] you have the carriage on the road

[Branwyn (Lisa)] all my silver tree crest searches lead me to rivers bend

JohnAA has left the game on Fri Sep 20 23:25:40 EDT 2013

Eric W has left the game on Fri Sep 20 23:25:40 EDT 2013

[Branwyn (Lisa)] I was going to ask where the road leads

[Branwyn (Lisa)] next week as Petr?

[Master] from what you can tell it leads off north of Lydsund

[Master] you could go back to the manor and interview the staff

[Master] we can jump back to the others and get rumors from the people in the village

[Shurkural (TMO)] (the smart people have missed a clue)

[Master] but we can do both of those on the site if you want

[Shurkural (TMO)] (;)

[Master] and or I think you should compare notes of what you know

[Master] up to this point

[Branwyn (Lisa)] (you are the smart person in the woods)

[Shurkural (TMO)] (this isn't a woods-smarts clue)

[Master] you can talk about things OOC

[Master] we can pause everyone here

[Branwyn (Lisa)] or IC - not sure why you don't want to say if you think you have it figured out

[Shurkural (TMO)] (according to Willem, the halfling stole his boots last night, and according to the leprechaun, the halfling came through last night with thebag)

[Shurkural (TMO)] (the fire was this morning)

[Shurkural (TMO)] (my characters are average intel at best)

[Shurkural (TMO)] (am trying to rp that somewhat. :) )

[Shurkural (TMO)] (and they don't read and watch a lot of mysteries like I do. :D)

[Lisa] with Indigo I try to play it like a question or something

[Lisa] I was thinking about that before though

[Lisa] when I was asking about how it had to have happened

[Shurkural (TMO)] (besides, I kinda feel like I've been monopolizing this part)

[Lisa] you don't just dig up 400 bulbs in 5 minutes

[Shurkural (TMO)] (another good clue, one I missed)

[Lisa] I thought it odd that all that digging and messing around with thing and no one knew anything until fire

[Lisa] so made sense they would have had to start night before

[Lisa] be ready to set fire in morning

[TMO] am trying to come up with reason for the Lord to burn his own place

[Lisa] so figure at least 1 sack of 100 blew up in shack with you

[Lisa] 100 at neighbors

[TMO] hadn't figured on a sack in the shed.

[TMO] *nods* So, 200 left

[TMO] or 300?

[Lisa] maybe

[TMO] can't remember starting count

[Lisa] 400

[TMO] but it's the 3 big ones that matter most, I assume.

[Lisa] Yes definitely - they can waste the small ones. I am thinking logistics too

[TMO] hey, I bet we have someone who might know the crest

[TMO] Petr

[Lisa] Yes

[Lisa] but all the guy remembered was that it was silver.

[TMO] although all we've got is 'silver crest of some kind'

[TMO] might now narrow it down much

[Lisa] Probably had a tree

[TMO] oo, good thinking

[TMO] silver aspen

[Lisa] I have local history too if Petr doesn't know - might be able to roll something

[Lisa] could not find anything on website

[TMO] way outside either of my chars range

[Lisa] serious mage seems like

[TMO] kinda funny, I was looking at their stats and, INT aside, Shur has much better stats overall than Ilero.

[TMO] if I'm right, the tracks are being made by a magic item, not a spell.

[Lisa] but only one set

[TMO] but Shur couldn't remember it.

[TMO] all sets.

[TMO] iirc, there is a set of boots that can leave fake tracks.

[Lisa] one set at a time though? like one person travelling

[Master] nods, one person wearing boots,

[Master] walk as X, then later on walk as Y, later on etc

[TMO] I would think so. But other than the plethora of tracks all over the fields (which could have been left by one man working all night) all others have been single sets.

[TMO] exactly

[Master] Shure is positive there were multiple people walking around the yard at the Manor house

[TMO] so Shur missed the set of tracks leaving the tool shed, maybe rabbit, or fox, or whaever.

[Lisa] even Indigo would have trouble trying to escape a fire carrying 4 sacks of bulbs

[TMO] true

[Lisa] needs pondering

[TMO] we know the halfling planted the sack at Willem's. So the 400 plain bulbs weren't stolen by the Lord to cover the theft of the other 3.

[TMO] It's not a side plot by the Lord to frame Willem

[TMO] it's part of the whole thing

[Lisa] I agree

[Lisa] and if all you have to do is show up and say here this bulb is mine and everyone accepts it, it could be anybody.

[TMO] halfling and others, dig up the bulbs last night. Halfling plants bomb in tool shed, leaves tracks to Willem's, hides the sack in his root cellar, and steals his boots so that it'll look like he left the bare ogre footprints. Then heads north leaving rabbit tracks, darts the fox while crossing the stream, then gets on a carriage and takes off to the northeast.

[TMO] then this morning, the fire is set.

[TMO] stablehand is in on it, since he was wounded, and 'saw' large man in red cloak

[TMO] that we know wasn't there

[Lisa] No no no

[TMO] no, just large man, no red cloak

[TMO] that was somebody wishing it wasn't red cloak

[Lisa] sighs in relief

[Lisa] no red cloak!

[Master] grins

[Lisa] scared me

[TMO] sorry, red herring

[Lisa] :)

[TMO] red herringbone weave cloak

[Lisa] but other than red cloak - I like that theory

[Lisa] and that stablehand definitely needs a closer look

[TMO] c'mon, a named minor NPC? Did you ever doubt it? :)

[TMO] lol

[Master] lol

[Lisa] Bob names lots of people

[Lisa] he even named the beaver we saw for a whole 10 seconds

[Master] there are four more servants (with names :) ) that you ahve not talked to

[TMO] Charlie the Giant Beaver

[TMO] Charlie the Scary Giant Beaver

[Master] John appreciated that one

[Master] years ago in a keep they were living in

[TMO] (not sure why Shur was so nervous around it- maybe had a bad beaver experience as a child?)

[Master] everyone kept telling them about the dangerous giant beavers out back

[Master] but no one ever encountered any no matter how many times they went through the valley

[Master] so they labeled them invisible giant beavers

[Lisa] well now he gets to say he saw one :)

[TMO] :)

[Lisa] Maybe Shur was a bit nervous that the whole talking thing

[Lisa] they usually don't do that :)

[TMO] beavers got big teeth. 6' tall beavers got REALLY big teeth

[Lisa] that too!

[TMO] and she has a wooden leg

[Master] Ok so next week we pick up with back at the manor house

[Lisa] huh?

[Master] LOL

[Lisa] lol

[TMO] well, the beaver might have thought she did

[TMO] you never know with beavers

[Lisa] omg

[Lisa] too funny

[Master] if you want we can do the roleplay online for the interviews,

[Lisa] But I do like the two-step process

[Master] or I can post some rumors for you too

[Lisa] makes the most sense to me

[Master] depending on what everyone is in the mood for

[TMO] you can start it, and if people respodn quick enough, we can get them done online

[TMO] if not, pick up where it left off on Friday

[Lisa] interviews when main crew gets back? Or Miranda Indigo, Foto and Qui Inquisition?

[Master] both

[Lisa] which could be funnier

[Master] John and Lisa have the crew back at the inn

[Lisa] all right - i am off.

[Master] night

[Master] I will shut down

[TMO] g'night!

[Lisa] Have a great week

[Master] get some sleep

[Master] thank you for a fun game

Lisa has left the game on Fri Sep 20 23:52:08 EDT 2013

[TMO] thanks! sorry I was a slow starter

[TMO] cya Friday

TMO has left the game on Fri Sep 20 23:52:31 EDT 2013

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[Master] Tristan Elaire XP award: 250. Next level in 40198.

[Master] Indigo XP award: 100. Next level in 54924.

[Master] QuiFon Ruminel XP award: 100. Next level in 1205.

[Master] Hoffman XP award: 250. Next level in 39838.

[Master] Miranda XP award: 100. Next level in 2728.

[Master] Ilero XP award: 200. Next level in 9355.

[Master] Brother Fotopoulos XP award: 100. Next level in 4627.

[Master] Shurkural XP award: 175. Next level in 302.

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