Continued from here
Continued from here
Romon and Wellard:
After a moment Inikai asks "Did you find any rats in her cellar or do you think if could have been a set-up?"
Wellard, Inikai: [spoiler] "Oh, it was a setup. I just think she didn't plan on the old man walking in. So you really don't think it will be a problem? I was wondering if her father wouldn't round up his old pitchfork gang."
oh yes...
oh yes...
:)
Slithers away to watch the nastiness unfold...
Romon wanders the town looking for a way to spend or conceal his loot.
For the originals...
You rest up for two or three days during which you sense a change in the townsfolks attitude. They seem annoyed at something.What's more you find a sign on the general store that specifically bans each of you by name from the premises.
Naria..
You arrive in Sandpoint to find the talk of the town is the recent raid on Thistletop by a group of adventurers. However you cant help but notice that these same adventurers are generating an undercurrent of resentment for some reason.
Her curiosity somewhat raised she inquires a little more about the adventurers, who they are, what else they have done and whatever they did that seems to have annoyed the locals so much
Diplomacy
Naria
However they have seriously pissed off the local shopkeeper for a reason you can't discover.He has many friends and they too are beginning to think it's time these adventurers packed up and left before they cause more trouble for the town.Some are even suggesting that if they had left well alone most of what happened would not have happened
Inikai decides to lay low and visits some old friends to see, Ilsoari and others, to see what they can tell him of the mood among the townsfolk.
Did we ever interrogate Tsuto? Or did others do that in our absence?
Inakai
Romon
Ali
Muchorak
Marak
Inikai shares the information in his spoiler with Romon.
Civilized men, hah, yet they still fear and don't respect the wilds, Muchorak thinks to himself and Ursus as they hear the mutterings of the townsfolk. He continues his path to find Inikai and the others...
Naria
** spoiler omitted **
Listening to the townsfolk Naria comes to some conclusions
The adventuring group is brave, There quite skilled and judging by the grumblings they have a talent for getting involved in people or places that they really shouldn't Making them the perfect people to try and help her advance her research. She decides to go looking for them.
Inikai wonders if the Scaretti family might be behind some of the animosity towards him and his companions. They might see the group as a threat to the order in town or some such. It seems unlikely that the father of Shayliss would have so much influence on his own. Inikai decides to visit Cydrak the theater owner. He might be aware of what the Scarettis are up to. And besides, the old man is one of the most entertaining people in town. It would be a shame to leave before calling on him one last time.
Romon frequents the shops, looking into some new gear as a way to store his new wealth.
Wellard:
Ali does not spend much time in the town, much prefering to stay in the surrounding lands with her animal brother and Big Bear and his Spirt Guide. The only time she desires to visit the town is to see her other friends, and when she does, the avoidence of the children, or more accurately their parents, causes her some pain. Yet she does nothing about it, merely relegating it to something else about this new world she does not understand.
Romon frequents the shops, looking into some new gear as a way to store his new wealth.
Weekly Bazaar
• Merchants from Magnimar come every Fireday there is one magic item dealer with a few odds and ends and potions and scrolls
Any 1st level scroll 75% / Any 2nd level scroll 50% / Any 3rd level scroll 10%
Any potion 50%
Misc Magic items
Wand of Bulls Str 10 Charges 850 gp
Wand of Enlarge Person 25 Charges 350 gp
Wand of Acid Arrow 15 Charges 1300 gp
Silversheen x2 225 gp
Gray Bag or Tricks 850 gp
+1 Cold Iron Great Sword 2500 gp
Bag of Holding Type I 2250 gp
Efficient Quiver 1500 gp
Healing Belt 700 gp
Magnimar would have a wider selection of items.
you can obtain any normal item or Non exotic Masterwork weapon at this same bazzar.
Bump! Bump, I say!
Cydrak can give inakai no insight into the Scarnetti take on this incident.."For the love of the gods boy why didnt the fool try and talk his way out...if he can charm the girl he could certainly have charmed her dad..now the whole town thinks he's some kind of rapist and we both know that the girl is a strumpet..in fact i suspect that the rest off them know it too but have to support the local man"
"That's unfortunate. But, I can't help but feel that there is more to this. In any event, this should give us more reason to leave for Magnimar with Tsuto. I just wish there were some way to bring the truth out. Romon might be many things but I am certain he is not a rapist."
Inikai changes the topic to pleasantries since he assumes that he will not see Cydrak again for some time. Before he leaves, Inikai buys a disguise kit from Cydrak and learns some tips on changing his appearance. Surely, a master of the theater knows some tricks for going about without being recognized.
Naria decides to visit the Bazaar seeing if any of the adventurers are there.
Romon drifts through the bazaar, still looking for a way to spend his loot.
The Shoanti traverses the Bazaar with the large Bear at his side, the duo clearly not bothered by the glances of the townsfolk, nor uncaring of the large berth they are givin. The Shoanti finds the magical goods trader and gladly purchases the quiver and immediatly begins placing his sets of arrows and bows within.
After the magical goods trader he continues on his path through the bazaar until finding a Bow merchant, testing many bows for their sturdiness and strength the Shoanti settles on one.
The duo continue through the bazaar though this time apparently looking for someone...
Seeing the sight of a man with a bear striding around Naria assumes he is one of the adventurers that she has heard about and decides to approach
"Excuse me" She asks "You wouldn't happen to be one of the people that dealt with the goblin problem at thistletop are you?"
Muchorak pauses at the small 'persons' remark, his mind instinctively to the size difference more to the fact that Ursus to the shoulders was taller, than more to the familarization to the race of Halfling...they were the servants of the devilworshippers, though even he knew in some cases they broke free of those chains.
"Yes." The stoic Shoanti answered, or more or less the simple answer one would expect of such 'barbarians'.
Most of the town are at the bazzar today..you see the Mayor and the sherrif deep in conversation. The Sherrif seems agitated about something the Mayor appears to be trying to calm him down.
Inikai takes his leave of Cydrak and heads to the bazaar in order to make his final purchases before leaving Sandpoint. He notes the hostile glances of the natives and decides to restrict himself to the stalls operated by travelers. It takes only a short time for Inikai to notice Muchorak standing in the lane speaking with a hobbit who shows no reservation about talking to him. He also notes a bear next to Muchorak. All in all, this is not the strangest thing he has ever seen in town.
After an initial pause, Inikai approaches and joins his friend. Still, he keeps a watchful eye on Muchorak's new companion.
"Yes." The stoic Shoanti answered, or more or less the simple answer one would expect of such 'barbarians'.
As soon as the words leave the shontai's mouth Naria turns into a barrage of questions "Great so you and your friends are adventurers then? Tell me have any of you came across any unusual artifacts? parchments? Ruins? Noticed anything that may be of magical or archelogical value?"
Muchorak visible takes a step back at the barrage of questions unused to such actions. He then kneels down to the Halflings height, "Archealogical?" Clearly he is unfamiliar with the word.
Then at the notice of Inikai approaching he stands to greet his companion, "What is with these civilized men?" His gaze moves about the bazaar, "We have saved them from a great threat and yet they would speak ill of us?"
"Yes Archaeological You know stuff from past civilisations often buried or lost for thousands of years?"
The metaphorical light turns on, "You mean the relics of our ancestors?"
"Yes those are the ones." Naria responds excitedly "So have you seen any?"
Easily hidden behind the much larger Big Bear and his Little Bear as she tried to avoid the harsh gazes of the townsfolk, Ali had simply and curiously observed this seemingly friendly She two-legs who was, wonder of wonders, even smaller than Ali herself was. At first Ali had simply took the small She for another child and had been shy of her lest another angry den monther come snatch her pup away from Ali's presense and make Ali more sad.
But with the small one's speech and manner of dress (something Ali was begining to notice more now-which made her sad to think of, and miss, her good friend Kallie, who had shown and taught her so much of how the She's of two-legs must act) Ali quickly began to realize that this must indeed be a full grown two-legs, but just grown very small.
Lunas, still wary of two-legs' gathering places, had chosen to remain outside of the town, but Ali knew he would be just as curious about the small She two-legs as Ali herself was so she decided it to be time to make this new She her new friend right now.
Stepping out from behind Big and Little bear's covering protection Ali gives her full face smile, sticks her arm straight out in front of her as she had seen other two-legs do when greeting each other and says in rapid fire Ali talk "Hi! I be Ali! You be very small for full grown She two-legs! Yes yes, you even be smaller than Ali! Hee hee hee! But you dress good good like big She's and Ali think maybe you be her new friend like her old friend Kallie and show her how more to dress and act like big two-leg She's? Yes yes?"
Inikai smiles at the appearance of Ali. "I see you and your new companion are getting about the town. Unfortunately, the people of the town are probably frightened of him. The foreign merchants would be the better ones to deal with, in light of our new standing with the town."
Inikai then speaks to Muchorak in Shoanti.
To the new arrival: "I am Inikai, a scribe of the town. Did you come to Sandpoint with one of the caravans?"
Stepping out from behind Big and Little bear's covering protection Ali gives her full face smile, sticks her arm straight out in front of her as she had seen other two-legs do when greeting each other and says in rapid fire Ali talk "Hi! I be Ali! You be very small for full grown She two-legs! Yes yes, you even be smaller than Ali! Hee hee hee! But you dress good good like big She's and Ali think maybe you be her new friend like her old friend Kallie and show her how more to dress and act like big two-leg She's? Yes yes?"
"Oh uh yes of course Im Naria Yamyra pleased to meet you" Naria takes Ali's arm and gives it a shake "I'm guessing you haven't met many halflings before then?"
To the new arrival: "I am Inikai, a scribe of the town. Did you come to Sandpoint with one of the caravans?"
"Yes I arrived a couple of days ago. I was hoping to explore some of the ruins and monuments in the area."
From a short distance down the street Romon watches the meeting of Muchorak, Ali, Naria, and Inikai. What is it about the big guy? Miniature hot chicks just fall all over him.
Romon slides along the edge of the row of booths, then shadows a woman until he can duck into a small space between two booths. He pretends to examine the wares of one of the booths while trying to eavesdrop on his friends.
Stealth
Perception
Romon moves through the fair unfortunately his skill fail him and he is quite noticable to his friends as well as hearing nothing of their conversation over the bazzars hubbub.
As he browses the stall something thuds into Romons back.