Adelaida is happy to chit chat with Talther, and to learn a little more about the man
She's obviously used to stand watch, as a soldier, and do her job without complaining.
[dice=Perception 30-20=10!]1d100
Valghaz bragging about standing watch, in color!
Valghaz kept watch as best he could. He knew that their job was dangerous, so trouble was a very real possibility...
Earlier...
"Did I ever tell you that I saved the first daughter of House Aschaffenberg from a runaway carriage? I moved quickly and had luck on my side."
~3:10 AM Day 2
A barrage of rocks fly in from the dark striking the tent. "Teach those filthy Altdorfers a lesson," an annoyingly familiar female voice call out. "Hit 'em with the cow patties next, then they'll smell as rotten as they are."
They’re between your tent and the cattle pens, about 60 or so feet away, how ever far a townsman could throw a rock accurately enough to hit a large tent. There’s about 5 or 6 of them milling around. Even with night vision, 20 yards in the dark is about all you can see well.
”Don’t ye fookin’ dare ye idiots! I’ve got a shovel with all of yer names on it, and I’ll beat the shyt out of all of ye if ye throw one more thing.” Valghaz called out. Though truth be told if any threw actual feces at them he was willing to just kill. He figured that at just 60 feet away all he had to do was pick one out. They couldn’t see in the dark, so it’d be simple enough to run the man down.
I think between the rocks hitting the tent and Valghaz yelling at the miscreants, everyone inside the tent would wake-up.
dice=Intimidate 50]1d100
”Don’t ye fookin’ dare ye idiots! I’ve got a shovel with all of yer names on it, and I’ll beat the shyt out of all of ye if ye throw one more thing.” Valghaz called out. Though truth be told if any threw actual feces at them he was willing to just kill. He figured that at just 60 feet away all he had to do was pick one out. They couldn’t see in the dark, so it’d be simple enough to run the man down.
dice=Perception to make out a specific target? Preferably the female]1d100
There's definitely a smaller figure behind the rock throwers that is yelling in a woman's voice. "Give the loud mouth another round, boys!" A volley of rocks targets Valghaz and a couple actually connect, doing no real damage but they do hurt when they hit. "We'll be back loud mouth," the woman yells as the Intimidated group backs out of sight.
~3:20 AM
Anyone that is outside of the tent, make a Difficult (-20) Perception Check.
”Cowards! Come back here and fight! I’ve seen goblins braver than ye! I’d piss on yer ancestors, but they aren’t even worthy of that!” Valghaz roared, clearly incensed. He was throwing out the most vile insults he knew.
Hearing the ruckus, Talther bounds outside, seeking the source of the rocks and insults.
"Cowardly wretches!", he yells into the night!
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”Cowards! Come back here and fight! I’ve seen goblins braver than ye! I’d piss on yer ancestors, but they aren’t even worthy of that!” Valghaz roared, clearly incensed. He was throwing out the most vile insults he knew.
Seeing a figure sneaking towards the coach, Valghaz turned with murder in his eyes. He started moving towards the figure and motioned to Talther to look, and to go around the other way to flank. Once he saw the figure notice him, he planned to charge, and was more than ready to run the sneak-thief to ground. Despite his slow speed, he was confident that a longer legged human would still be slower due to their inability to see where they were going.
When Valghaz points a direction, Talther flashes a grin, and joins in to flank the still-hidden wretch, with rungo in hand.
Success with SL +1
Failure with SL -5
Valghaz rolled a 26 which is a Failure with SL +0
Talther rolled a 14 which is a Success with a SL +0
Inadvertently executing the plan perfectly, Valghaz makes enough noise to alert the intruder which completely distracts him from Talther who is surprisingly stealthy. Talther is able to get close enough to touch the intruder who he can see is a slight teenaged boy with a small handsaw.
Only now beginning to rise due to the noise, Landolf raises his head. "What is going on?" he asks to no one apparent as he stands and reaches for his foil.
Seeing Talther put a hand on the boy, Valghaz marveled at how the plan had come together despite...well...everything. It was enough to create a masterful illusion of competence.
The boy was lucky that Valghaz hadn’t gotten there first. With pick in hand he had been more than willing to kill.
SL2
”Don’t ye dare fookin’ move. Wouldn’t lose one wink of sleep over another corpse.”
"Be. Still.", Talther growls softly as he grips the boy.
Adelaida doesn't see a thing, so she waits a few moments to get a better grasp of the situation
Seeing Talther put a hand on the boy, Valghaz marveled at how the plan had come together despite...well...everything. It was enough to create a masterful illusion of competence.
The boy was lucky that Valghaz hadn’t gotten there first. With pick in hand he had been more than willing to kill.
dice=Intimidate 41]1d100 SL2
”Don’t ye dare fookin’ move. Wouldn’t lose one wink of sleep over another corpse.”
The teenage boy visibly deflates as he's confronted by the two hardened killers. "Let me go you bullies, I ain't done nuttin to eithers of you'se."
Hearing Landolf, Valghaz stopped. ”Oi! Sir Landolf! Got us a would-be noble killer over here! Bunch of rabble threw rocks and shouted anti-nobility shyt while this one crept over with a weapon. Ye want to talk to him or shall we just kill him now?”
He truly hoped that Landolf would come soon and give the boy a way out by talking. From what little he had seen of the Empire, there were only three things of any power. Titles, money and strength...and he wasn’t sure of the order. But what he did know was that they had two out of three and could potentially fake the third. With any luck this would put some serious fear in the boy. Maybe even get him to tell his plan out of the hope of escaping punishment for a worse crime.
Talther decides to remain quiet for now in an effort to keep his wits focused on his environs.
When the boy isn't looking at him, the warden glances about.
Landolf comes out of the tent and shakes his head. Still waking up, he can't see much.
Shaking his head to clear the cobwebs, Ruprecht comes up behind Valghaz, "Really, boy! Done nuttin'! You've gone and threatened the Trollslayers with yonder saw...sneaking about....it doesn't look good for you!"
dice=Whatever test to make the kid think he is actually going to be in trouble for trying to kill a noble]1d100
Valghaz's intimidate test versus lad's intuition test
Valghaz rolled a 6 which is a success with SL +4
Success with SL +1
Valghaz wins the opposed check with SL +3
The kid starts crying and would fall to the ground if he wasn't help up by Talther. "Ain't trying to kill nobody, just a trick that they gave me some coins to do. Weren't even really going to hurt the stupid coach, just cut a bit through the rear round wood thing that joins them tires together, you know, the watcha'ma'callit, the axen."
At this point the kid will answer honestly...
About 3:30 AM...
No one sees anything as Valghaz and Talther are on the wrong side of the tent and Landolf and Adelaida failed their perception test.
About 3:40 AM...
Everyone that's outside can make one last Perception Skill Test. If you have night vision it is a Easy Test (+40) and if you do not have night vision it is an Average (+20) Test
Shaking his head to clear the cobwebs, Ruprecht comes up behind Valghaz, "Really, boy! Done nuttin'! You've gone and threatened the Trollslayers with yonder saw...sneaking about....it doesn't look good for you!"
[dice=Initidate:33]1d100
[dice=Perception:41+20:61]1d100
Talther suddenly turns and starts sprinting towards the cattle pen, yelling!
"YOU IN THE CATTLE PEN! STOP THIS INSTANT!"
Landolf walks over to the detained child, takes the saw from him and looks down at the child sternly. "That's a fine idea of a harmless joke, son. What do you think would happen while the coach drove around if the axle was cut like that?"
"Let him go, Valghaz. This boy needs new friends and we don't have time to take him to the Watch."
[Dice=Perception 77]1d100
Talther suddenly turns and starts sprinting towards the cattle pen, yelling!
"YOU IN THE CATTLE PEN! STOP THIS INSTANT!"
[Dice=Intimidate 32]1d100
The man in the pen looks up startled and then starts running away dodging cows. He leaves a small fire burning in the cattle pen.
Talther calls back to the others:
"STOP THE FIRE!"
As he tries to run around the pen to catch the saboteur!
Though lacking the spells for putting out a blaze, from his learnings, Markus does understand some basic principles about fire. He tries to smother the fire with his cloak.
Agility Roll to put out the fire with personal belongings.
Get some water! Or throw some earth on it!
Landolf looks about for some water, and hopefully a bucket. There has to be a trough for the animals nearby.
Valghaz stood guard over the prisoner, while the others went to put out the fire.
As he did so, he looked to see if he could see who was responsible...
Though lacking the spells for putting out a blaze, from his learnings, Markus does understand some basic principles about fire. He tries to smother the fire with his cloak.
[dice=Agility(39)]1d100 Agility Roll to put out the fire with personal belongings.
Markus behaves magnificently and uses his cloak to smother the fire. The cows give him a questioning look, trying to decide if he’s part of the herd. Deciding he’s not, they go back to sleep.
Talther calls back to the others:
"STOP THE FIRE!"
As he tries to run around the pen to catch the saboteur!
[Dice=Athletics 41]1d100
With his head start, you’re unable to catch the man.
Get some water! Or throw some earth on it!
[dice=Agility to put out the fire (31)]1d100
You cover Markus’ cloak in dirt, doubly confirming the fire is out.
Landolf looks about for some water, and hopefully a bucket. There has to be a trough for the animals nearby.
[dice=Initiative (Perception) 35]1d100
You finally manage to locate a trough and a bucket so your able to soak the dirt that Adelaida has piled on top of Markus’ cloak, triply making sure the fire is out.
Valghaz stood guard over the prisoner, while the others went to put out the fire.
As he did so, he looked to see if he could see who was responsible...
[dice=Perception]1d100
Everyone except the crying young teenager has has disappeared into the night.
”Looks like yer friends scampered off. Bloody cowards gave ye the dangerous job and left ye to die. So start talking. Who hired ye? Tell us bloody everything.”
”Looks like yer friends scampered off. Bloody cowards gave ye the dangerous job and left ye to die. So start talking. Who hired ye? Tell us bloody everything.”
”Lorbeer Weber give me some clank to play a trick on you stupid bullies...thought you were so high and mighty, Troll Slayers, nothing but dirty Altdorfers, keeping us free people down. Wanted to make it clear you ain’t welcome in Ubersreik no more.”
Seeing that further pursuit would be useeless, Talther turns about and jogs back towards Valghaz and the prisoner.
He gives the trio in the cow pen a thumbs up:
"Good work on putting out the fire!"
Before reaching Valghaz and the boy.
"Pfft. We protected more citizens of Ubersreik than that harpy ever has! All she's looking for is a tasty position on the backs of rubes like you, who get to do the dirty work and pay the price."
--- Earlier ---
Ruprecht pulls out a silver shilling, "This is yours...and there is more where that came from. I want you working for me, find out all you can about this mustachioed man and when I'm back in town, you tell me all. Your name and where I can find you?"
Ruprecht flicks his new cloak open, revealing the sword at his belt, "my friend has it right, you do the dangerous work while the fine Lady keeps her hands clean. She's using you lad....what did she pay you?"