The Gatekeepers of Xendrick (Inactive)

Game Master Trailjava

"From the Sharn Inquistive
It's been 60 days since the Cyre has been destroyed. This once proud nation lies in Mourning. Some are calling it the day of Mourning, so far all investigations have been dead ends. House Cannieth has no comment to the rumors of a super weapon. The Cease fire treaty that some are calling Throne Treaty is still in place. The city of Sharn is being called the refuge center for the Cyre refugees.. On another note there has been several reports of "monsters" on the March towards Sharn.."

Each of you read this as your day starts in the City of Towers...

Cil,
Has heard rumors of 3 hags, but nothing of substance.

The City beat...
The city is noisy and busy as ever. The general feel of Sharn is anxious and filled with fear. The City Guard is checking papers more and breaking up more fights between people. The news of the temporary truce brought some peace to the city, but the mystery of “Mourning” has many scared. House Cannith, has publically denied any “super weapon”, but the general public is skeptical. As for the other Dragonmarked houses, life seems to be steady. There are rumors among the City Guard of large droves of refuges coming into Breland. The Crown has yet to make statement about it long term plans. Certain organizations are starting to make changes in commerce. Recently the forges, in the area have had a rash of thefts. The Warforged are still considered property at this point and some Warforged are rumored to be hurting those they once served.
The group normally meets in the middle district, of Sharn in a small pub next Morgrave University. It is the end of the day. As you all enter the bar, you notice a Dwarf and Gnome having a argument. In the corner of the room, a tall female human drinks softly.
What do you all want to do?

I take the seat that normally use. I pay attention to the argument and give a quick look to the woman in the corner to check if she looks suspicious.

Walking in with Erdath from another enjoyable day of forging, I go up to the bar to get two drinks. While listening to the argument and checking out the female human. 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (12) + 2 = 14 Spot Check 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19 Listen Check Once I have my drinks I return to Erdath. "Here's your drink ole friend... oh you don't want it then more for me!" As goes the running joke...

Having taken on the appearance of plain human woman (once known to her friends ) Cil walks into the bar a short time after the others. A quick glance around the room to find her friends but also to notice persons of interest.

As she moves across the rooms, she will listen1d20 + 3 ⇒ (7) + 3 = 10 to the arguing Dwarf and Gnome, then take a quick glance at the woman in the corner , Sense Motive 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (2) - 1 = 1

She then seats herself with her friends, nodding to both.
As usual she gets right down to business
"I was sent this, what do you make of it?"

"My first impression is the poor grammar," Saronis chuckles, "and it would do us no good in making enemies without knowing who they are, I guess we just wait for Sora or another message, I have been getting ancy to get my blade wet again." He gives Cil a wry grin.

Dotting, but I'm at school. When I get home, I'll get a proper post up.

"jajaja thanks Saronis" Erdath chuckles. Erdath take his drink and read the letter. "Mmmm I wonder what Sora's causes is this?"

"Speaking of poor grammar..."

"Grammar's not all life's got for ya, Saro," he says, placing his hand haphazardly on the elf's shoulder. "If ya gonna make fun of the way people speak their words, I may not be a bad target, ya know," he says, grinning widely. He orders a stiff drink, downing half of it immediately as he is accustomed to. He pays little attention to the argument, his attention focused on the female for a few seconds before returning his eyes to the rest of the group.

"You know I hate that nickname, call me by my right name!" Saronis angerly glares at Pauwell, then breaks into a great big ole smile, gets up and crushes him in a big bear hug. "Good to see ya man... Yes, she is all yours, if you can catch her." Saronis makes a small signal indicating the human female.

The sounds of the argument get louder and more intense.
The texts does confirm the "Winter" is coming. This day of Mourning must be it!yells the Gnome at the Dwarf.
The woman in the tavern, looks up the Gnome and she moves her lips with no voice.
"Calthus you are wrong" The dwarf says to his friend at the same the woman gets up from her table and leaves.
Calthus grabs his chest, and starts breathing hard. "Calthus are you ok ?
The dwarf reaches for his friend as the Gnome starts to turn into wood.

"I wouldn't try to catch her too hard, Pau, she just turned that Gnome in to kindling."

"That was weird" Erdath whisper. Erdath try to identify what kind of magic is on the Gnome Spellcraft 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24. "Cil you are the most silent of us, could you follow that woman please, I have a bad feeling about her"

Saronis and Pauwell Bas how did you get so many feats?

Cil can go ahead and follow her, but as far as I know, she's not the most silent. I have a sitting mod of +9 for both Hide/Move Silently, and can boost them both up to +13.

Edit: 1 is from being level 1, a second is from Azurin, which gives a bonus feat like a human, the third and fourth come from flaws, as per Unearthed Arcana. Saronis is just a fighter, and as such, gets bonus feats.

Saronis doesn't know what to do, none of this is his domain, but I will try to follow Cil at a distance of 50 feet. Likely I will lose her soon, and just return to the tavern.

Cil gives Erdath a look then sighs and gets up from the table. As she does so, she noticeably grows taller and her face takes on a distinctive elvish cast.

Disguise 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (11) + 12 = 23

She then walks to the door and exits. She briefly pauses outside as if to orient herself, but really is looking for the woman.

Spot 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (4) + 0 = 4

I'm sorry Saronis I forget the bonus feat of fighter.

@Pauwell Bas I counted the same amount of feats but in your sheet you have listed 6 feats. And you are right you are most silently I did not realize until after reviewing your sheet, BTW what gives you +4 competence bonus?

Cil starts to walk in the opposite direction of the minotaur and woman, then stops and turns as if remembering she was going in the wrong direction.

She walks at a normal pace, not looking at the two, but listening as she goes by.

Listen 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Yeesh!!!

"Let me see if can help" Erdath says to the Dwarf. Erdath examine the bottles under the table Spellcraft 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (17) + 8 = 25

Cil you hear the this..
Tell them it is done and I don't want anymore of their deviant natureThe Woman says to the Minotaur.
You notice the Minotaur is from the Draask gang from the Cogs.

Erdath, two of those feats are labelled as flaws. I put them in the feats section simply because they are related to feats. The competence bonus is from my Kruthik claws. The way soulmelds work is I get to shape a few of them in the morning, and bind a few, based on my level. They give a passive bonus, and I can infuse points of Essentia into them, giving a higher bonus. I'll be updating my profile with fuller descriptions of the Soulmelds, but what they actually do is still there. Essentia is invested on a round-by-round basis, unless a feat says that it is invested once in the morning, and stuck all day. As well, my soulmelds have a limit of 1 essentia point, other than the Manticore Belt, which is Bound to my totem, giving it an extra capacity point, and my Kruthik Claws, which I have applied my Expanded Essentia Capacity feat to for the day, both giving them a capacity of two, while my Lammasu Mantle has a capacity of one.

Erdath, with your most recent post, you won't get anything from a spellcraft check on bottles without a Detect Magic or Identify spell running.

DM Ashman, it would be better, at least in my opinion, if you labelled spoilers for specific people with their name.

Pauwell coughs when Cil leaves, but as she was asked, she can be the one to tail.

Turning to the Dwarf, he says. "Sure, I can help ya. As much as I can, leastwise," he finishes, ignoring Saronis's plea for him to stop using the nickname.

Pauwell Bas perhaps is an update mistake but you have 6 feats on your sheet:
Point Blank Shot
Precise Shot
Beastly [Flaw]
Vulnerable [flaw]
Expanded Soulmeld Capacity x1
Cerulean Will.

Damn you are right a need identify but I don't have the arcane focus.

"Did he drinks from the blue bottle?" Erdath ask to the Dwarf.

Erdath, those feats that are labelled [Flaw] are exactly that. Perhaps I should move them to their own section. Flaws are things you can pick up, introduced in Unearthed Arcana, which give you an extra feat in exchange for a penalty. Vulnerable gives an untyped -1 AC to you, while beastly gives me a -2 to all Cha skills other than Handle Animal, and makes me affectable by spells like Dominate Animal.

Edit: Editing my character to have a Flaw section.

After passing the minotaur and the woman, Cil will dart into a nearby alley where she will keep an eye on them.

Hide 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21

The Dwarf who is very well decorated in jewlery looks at the bottle. I have not seen these before, that dam gnome would never drink anything, that is dragonmarked releated. At that point you guess he has said to much..
So what can you do for my friend, warforged? The Dwarf says.

“ You will do whatever we need you to do. If you want more dragon’s blood”
The Minotaur says to the woman. The Woman sounds angry as she continues talking. Of course Kelban I will do it, but do realize how nasty and vile those words were? It’s a prevision of nature. To think that half elf did was able to this..
Enough, you stupid woman. Whatever the client wants is what we will do as long they meet our price. You owed us, now your account is clear. Here is you payment Kelban then leaves and the woman is silent.

Pauwell Bas please accept my apologies, the flaws listed as feats was very confusing you should remove them from feat's list

"Nothing for the moment, unless you have a pearl with you, I need it in order to identify what has been cast on him. By the way, what have to do dragonmarked here? And what about that dragon blood?" Erdath whisper to the Dwarf.

So I should label each scene as a spoiler?

As long as we're in a group, out in the open is fine. However, when there are certain things that only certain people have access to, such as your spoiler to Erdath above, then it should be spoilered with that person's name. The same holds true for splitting the party. Just a suggestion, I'm not trying to tell you how to DM.

Since the warforged seems to have things in good hands, Pauwell sits on the sidelines and listens.

Saronis keeps on Cils trial, 50 ft. away just listening if there is any trouble. He makes sure that he stays a corner away from her, just nonchalantly standing on the corner.

Pauwell thanks for your input

Pauwell easily lifts the gnome (unless he's over 200 lbs), carrying him. "Sure. You gonna come along, or what?" he asks, moving off toward the door.

Once the minotaur has moved out of earshot , Cil says from her place at the alley corner "One really shouldn't become beholden to the Daask. Nasty bunch they are.

Perception check 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17 I am pretty sure I just got pick pocketed or something was just put in my possession, do I get a bonus? +2 or +4? Saronis does a quick pat down of coin purse, pockets, then weapons for that would be all that is on him. He has been living in Sharon for years, he is ready to run after the half elf if need be, not taking his eyes off of it until all things are checked.

Erdath take and hide the bottles with him and follow Pauwell Bas. "The Dwarf thinks I belong to you, let's keep it that way for the moment to save problems" Erdath whisper to Pauwell Bas.

As Erath and Pauwell make their way to the Tavern door. The door explodes with as harpy comes fliing in,with a dark skinned elven looking man entagled with him. The blast from door knocks everyone down.

Erdath roll to get cover behind a table while shouts "Ground".

Is the half-elf gone? 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (3) + 2 = 5 Spot Check
Do I hear the commotion back at the bar? 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3 Listen Check
Can I see Cil?1d20 + 2 ⇒ (7) + 2 = 9 Spot Check