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"Pelor's shining face...it sounds like there might be more trouble. I hope the Stoutlys haven't had any problems out their way," he comments. "I hope these fishmen don't decide to get in league with the smugglers..." Becton murmurs.
Becton glances Elgan's way with a bemused look from the current going-ons. "Go ahead, Elgan...no need to stand on ceremony." He offers him a chair/stool next to him at the bar as sign of welcome.
Becton listens to sailor's tales, but the description immediately perks his ears. He looks at Altai to confirm his suspicions -
He turns to the sailors. "Pelor's light be with you, men - you'll get no guff from me; only my blessing. When did you see this Walleyed Wally? How long ago? And what happened to your friend - did he go diving in, right then? Or did he go and disappear later? Were you out near the old mansion when this happened?" "Perhaps a drink to smooth the tongue, eh?"
Having made his polite entreaties for an audience at the temple - with an audience expected tomorrow, Becton's probably the last to make it back to the Lizard Boat. Paranoia has set in a little - after the run in with the still missing Anderhoff brother - so he does a preliminary scan outside before heading in. Spot (1d20+4=16) "Watch commander would be proud," he chuckles thinking of his days on the Geoff border. "Thanks for looking after the young ladies, Stig - drink on me, eh?"
"It's alright, young misses, just call me Becton. Not much one for formality...let's get you something to eat and some shelter, eh?"
"Seems Pelor's Highlady will be seeing us sooner than she thought," he adds with chuckle to Altai and the others.
Becton eyes their uncertainty, and hopes to reassure them. "Young misses, if you are uncertain of where to go while you wait your brother's return...we can try to make accomodations for you at the temple; perhaps some other safe haven."
"Well, neighbor, looks to me like you've already been through enough today - and you hardly seem a frothing fiend fanatic for me to be worrying about. If you were evil, I suspect you would have been a bit more helpful to those raiders than to us."
He adds with some reassurance, "I'll trust our assistance here is enough to ask you who might this noble would be...any further concerns we'll address with him, alright?"
Becton uses his healer's kit to clean the wound and stave off the infection. Working nonchalantly and calmly at the revelation, "You'll probably need to see a healer when you get to town. Now then, neighbor, please feel free to clarify...what it's all about then." He tries to maintain a reassuring smile.
Becton merely nods. "As long as your not stealing, good sir, and I think my comrades can be the judge of that." He motions the man the sit while exams the head wound; bandaging it and cleaning it as best he can until he can make it to Saltmarsh."I wouldn't be lying down for awhile; might make you worse." While he works, he glances at Gittik and Beldan out of curiosity to see if there's anything to be concerned about.
No Planar Knowledge...will a religion check work?
Healing (1d20+9=16) Diplomacy(1d20+6=22) Becton places a calm hand on Gittik, to get him to ease off for a moment. He approaches the man as calmly as possible; realizing he's somehow worried about Becton. He's also trying to assess if the wound as somehow made him erratic or disoriented. "Easy now, neighbor - I'm afraid I haven't heard of you, but you clearly are in need of some aid. That wound ain't gonna fix itself right away, and I can patch you up. So come on over here and sit a spell so we can take a look at it, hmmm? As I said before, Pelor guided us to help you and these folks out, eh?"
"Fair enough, Stig. Careful not be scaring these folks, eh? Except maybe our unnamed treasure claimer over there." He points at the guy claiming the chest, etc.
"Thanks Beck!" "Glad to help, Stig. How are you feeling? I can give you another hit if need be..."
"Easy there, neighbor. You seem a might eager to get out of sight; and I don't much care for your "claiming" stuff when all these good folks need help. Anyone know this man, or what he's about?"
Becton makes his way through the group, making some immediate healing on his comrade, he focuses on those he can see have clearly taken a beating from the ogre first. Stig - CMW (2d8+4=11)
"Anyone else in need of more healing, speak up, lads," he utters with the ease of someone used to mending in a battle field. He'll head towards the group of captives, and unbinding them as necessary. "It's alright folks, we're a bit rough but no one's here to cause you any harm," he says with a calming smile to reassure them. "Are any of you wounded or need some mending?"
If possible, Becton will try to interpose himself between the ogre and Altai, taking a shot with his mace.
If that's not possible, then he'll reload and fire his crossbow at the ogre. After that he'll make a charge to attack the ogre.
Becton reloads again, and gets a little closer for a shot at the giant gnome. However, he loses his footing and the bolt misses his target dreadfully. Crossbow (1d20+4=5)
Seeing that Harvak is occupied with the "big un's," he focuses his crossbow shot on the gnome with the flaming hand if possible. Moving to be in range (80'), so let me know if I can fire this round. If the gnome is too far away, he'll target the ogre instead.
Becton glances over at the parley-man, saying: "Be at ease, friend; Pelor guides our hand." He raises his shield and utters a benediction to aid his comrades. Casting Bless - As soon as he finishes, Becton will pull his crossbow first - targeting the Ogre probably. Seeing the giant man-beast brings back memories of his days in Geoff; an intensity comes in his eye to want this offensive lot to pay for the brutality.
Becton will get: -(1) scroll each of remove curse and disease-Replace my old wand for new one (how many charges? 50?) -(4) Holy water vials All told, about 425 gp, I think.
"If it makes you anymore at ease, Riese, my token coin has been given over to the church. I won't be "indulging" in the Dryad's hospitality at this point; so at least one of us can keep an eye on things - figuratively mind you." The last part comes with a grin. "While I think it's best to get back to the manor for a few days, if you want to check this place out - I suppose I could go as a representative of the church to offer my thanks."
"Welcome back from dreamtime, friend. How are your wounds? You had taken quite a beating in last night's affairs. Let me know if you need some mending, eh?"
Becton merely nods at the order. "It's the least thing I want to do, Great Lady of Pelor." "But I'm worried how the standing of the church will affected by some of these 'pilgrims' running around committing foul deeds." "I will engender only to pursue those responsible for villany against Saltmarsh and this temple - wherever that may be located."
Something like this, perhaps?
"I pray Pelor's light guide your divination, Lady." Becton adds for support.
Becton gives his thanks for all her help, and the aid of her sanctuary. I'll let Beldan decide, but given her testing - I'm tending to think that a trip to Salinmoor for a cure won't be needed at this point. If he does want to go, then I'll be happy to accompany him. As mentioned, whoever's splitting up the coinage, my cut would go to the church both as a 'thank you' and to cover any supplies that were needed to take care of this mess. I'm thinking that a watch should be kept on the slaughterhouse as well - to see if Vander comes back sometime before our next meeting with him. I think he'll be surprised. Otherwise, unless we are needed for another task here in town (or perhaps the priestess has further tasks or news from the council that need to be checked on), I think a trip back to the mansion is in order. Don't forget to bring some rum for the brothers who are watching our place.
Trying to come up with the perfect name for an npc,... Carver, Raymund, Giller, Hervil, Gath, Dollet, Hilste, Jolo, Perlik...
"That's correct, soldier. We've been investigating some suspicious characters, and discovered some bizarre activities beneath the slaughterhouse. If you'll allow my comrades to continue on to their destination for recovery, I'll show you what we discovered."
If nobody else wants to speak with the nightwatch - I guess I could say we were investigating some pilgrims and discovered the bloody mess below the slaughterhouse. I know that complicates matters, but I'm not certain we can do much else given our current state and appearance.
"This might explain the earlier observation as to why there was never any refuse from the slaughterhouse work. If the lycanthrope wasn't munching on it, I guess the ghouls might have been. Also a nice way to get rid of any enemies or disruptions to their activities - like us."
Becton will burn a 2nd lvl spell to heal Harvak with CMW:2d8+4=15
"I could try turning them again, but I doubt I'd be able to weaken a whole mob over time - if we think we need to go back down."
As we retreat, I'm trying to remember - were there any doors or ways to block the entrance we came down? Otherwise, we may have to collapse the tunnel to keep them from all following en masse.
Seeing as everyone is down by the time Becton has huffed his way up to the scene, he turns around to also exit. But, seeing as they have a whole swarm of undead approaching - he summons Pelor light to hold the monsters at bay while the others retreat. Again, his holy symbol and shield begin to glow with pure white light. "Everyone...go! Pelor's light should aid us in defense against these abominations!" Turning check (1d20+4=23)- should affect up to any 7 HD undead.
Works for me. :-P
Ugh...bad pun! No biscuit for you!
Yuck. Wet zombies.
As he rushes forward, Becton spots the shambling figures making their way towards the tower. He recognizes them as undead of the sea.
Spot (1d20+4=22)
He also spots the skull-faced one's spell. He tries to warn Beldan, "Look out, he's cast a protective spell to keep you at bay..."
Becton will also begin his charge towards the foes. On the third round, he will:
While making Stig invisible is tempting, it is also sorta silly - how would he get there without being heard? Same is true for Becton.[/ooc]
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Sounds like a plan - those three can keep them busy for sure.
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