Perception tests, please. This is not only to see if you found each other, but to see if anyone else goes to the bloodspeaker altar.
Perception 3k3 exploding =29
Perception 3k3 3d10 exploding 1d10 =29
I'll wait for Dai to post his.
[dice=Perception 3K2]3d10
You both see each other, but are lucky enough not to see any more cultists in the area. Yet.
Dai will approach and say, "Have any cultists come to the site?"
Matsu Niko whispers, "I saw a woman read my note and followed her back to the village and saw the different places she visited. She was definitely unhappy about the note. We should either stake out this place or go back to the village and take the fight to them there."
The next hour, the sun certainly begins to dip in the west. Amaterasu is certainly getting ready to rest. What do you decide to do? Go to the village or wait for any bloodspeakers to show up at the altar?
Niko says, "We should stake out the inn and come back in the morning."
"I think we should go find this woman. They may flee if they know we are aware of the group. If you find that unlikely, we can watch at the inn for tonight, but hunting them all down later might be difficult." Dai says as he considers the danger they would pose to Rokugan should they evade the pair.
Matsu Niko says, "That makes sense, Dai-san. We should grab her and get information."
"Excellent. Lead on and I will watch our trail." Dai says and then follows to find this foul woman.
Okay, roll perception to find the young, foul woman. You can also roll etiquette if you ask around town for her.
Etiquette +3 +3 =19
Etiquette +3 5d10 ⇒ (9, 2, 7, 5, 3) = 26 +3 =19
I am just looking for people acting in suspicious ways as we go through town asking for her since I have not seen her.
Perception 3K2: 3d10 ⇒ (9, 3, 2) = 14 12
You both definitely find people acting suspiciously. People see you and hide in their houses. Other people look at you with disdain. Finally, you dig up a reference to her in the inn.
"Yes, I seen her," says the innkeep. "I think she might be scorpion based on her garments, but she says she's not."
"Do you know where she lives? Dai asks the innkeeper.
"Do you know where she lives? Dai asks the innkeeper.
"Yes," says the innkeep. "She lives two houses down in the south of town."
Matsu Niko nods and thanks the innkeeper for his information.
She then turns to Dai and says, "Let's pay her a visit."
The innkeeper nods at you. "Hai," he says.
Dai nods and will go with Matsu Niko to the designated house.
The house is nothing more than a cottage. The roof is thatched, and the wood is not painted. Whoever lives here is presumably destitute.
Matsu Niko knocks on the door.
The door opens, revealing a woman in her early fifties. "Yes, can I help you samurai?" she asks.
Matsu Niko describes the woman she had seen earlier and asks if the woman in front of her has seen her recently.
Dai watches the woman closely to see if she she seems to be hiding anything.
Matsu Niko describes the woman she had seen earlier and asks if the woman in front of her has seen her recently.
"She's my daughter, is something amiss?" she asks.
Dai watches the woman closely to see if she she seems to be hiding anything.
Etiquette+Awareness 3K2: 3d10 ⇒ (5, 6, 5) = 16
11 total.
She's not hiding anything from you at the moment.
"We have some questions for her regarding someone we think she is friends with. Do you know where we can find her now?" Dai asks the woman.
"We have some questions for her regarding someone we think she is friends with. Do you know where we can find her now?" Dai asks the woman.
The woman answers, "She's at the Fox Shrine right now."
Niko says, "Do you know approximately when she will be back?"
"She told me she would be back in a half-hour," she said. "Is she in trouble, noble one?"
Matsu Niko says, "Nothing serious, we just have a few questions regarding the real estate deal."
Matsu Niko says, "Nothing serious, we just have a few questions regarding the real estate deal."
"Won't you have some rice with us, then?" she asks, being polite.
Perception to see if she is being honest with us 3k3
Perception to see if she is being honest with us 3k3 3d10 ⇒ (9, 8, 4) = 21
She is being honest with you. It could be that the girl is lying to her.
Matsi Niko says, "It would be an honor to share rice with you."
Dai nods and will follow Matsu Niko into the house.
The hovel is almost like a bachelor pad, except there are four rooms. A living room, a kitchen, and two bedrooms. The kitchen sports a fire and a bubbling pot. "Sorry, we weren't expecting visitors," she says. "Our lord is the great bear, and my husband is an Ashigaru for his armies against Fu Leng."
Matsu Niko smiles and says, "We understand, madame. We hope that we are not too much of a burden on you and your family."
Matsu Niko smiles and says, "We understand, madame. We hope that we are not too much of a burden on you and your family."
"No, you're not," she says. There was some fish prepared, and she puts the rice into three bowels and three portions of fish on plates. She then serves the rice and fish to you.
Matsu Niko makes small talk with the woman waiting until her daughter arrives.
Dai joins in occasionally, but mostly leaves the talking to Matsu Niko.
After five minutes, you hear a knock on the doorway. "Mother, I'm back from the shrine to Inari," a girl's voice says.
Dai leans back and waits for the woman to enter the home to see if Matsu Niko recognizes her.
Matsu Niko waits until the girl enter the house.
Matsu Niko waits until the girl enter the house.
It is. The door opens, revealing a maiden in a red kimono.
Matsu Niko looks at the maiden and says, "Good evening, my name is Matsu Niko, the Topaz Champion and my colleague Mirumot Dai have a few questions for you. Please sit, your mother has been cooking this delicious rice and we shall have a frank discussion."
Etiquette 5k2+3 =17
She looks around, as if it was a trap. She then sits down, "Okay," she says.
Matsu Niko looks around as if to mock the girl and then says, "The sad part about our meeting is that you could have just asked us. We are here to help the people and work in the interest of the subjects of the Emperor, may he reign One hundred and one years. Had you or you master wanted to contact us, we would have met with you and heard your complaints. But to try and kidnap us, well, was a foolish gesture to say the least. You have seen what my colleague and I can do when we are not fully armed but attending a banquet. I saw your reaction when you came across my message and figured it prudent to make a house call. We are not vindictive people but want to know why you might be against the deal between the daimyos, so please speak and tell us what you want. "
Matsu Niko turns to the mother and says, "Delicious rice, this."
Courtier 5k3 =21
"We don't want the deal to go through," she says finally. "That river is part of our lively hood. We have been fishing that river for generations after we won it from the Scorpion Clan about five hundred years ago. When we heard that you brokered an exchange, we felt that we were being cheated."