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"Well Darius, more like a hornets nest, as Goblins tend to be very nasty and quite territorial." The minor nature correction is obviously not meant to be offensive but a sort of side thought as Tomo still seems to be focussed on the cloth that was found.
Hey it it is not clear I have returned and will be posting more regularly now.
Upon arrival at the cathedral, Tomo greets those present having met each previously at some point in time in the past. He then quietly listens to what transpires. Upon seeing the cloth he checks it for magic and when it registers as magical he asks, "May I look at that a bit closer?"
Tomo takes the cloth and begins to examine it more closely. Failing to identify what the magic of the cloth was he asks, "May I keep this, it appears to posses magic and it might take me a while to figure out what kind of magic it contains?"
When the group is lead to the graveyard to investigate things he looks around and then works with Lawrence on analyzing the tracks that were found. He ponders the larger tracks for a bit and then says, "Well the likelihood that it is a Hobgoblin would be much less likely than some other humanoid. Considering there were skeletons perhaps an evil cleric or a necromancer of some type. If the individual is powerful enough they could sway Goblins into their employ. As for the removal of the priests body, means they obviously plan to do something with it which can only mean something bad. As for the timing of the two incidents, I find it hard to believe it was mere coincidence especially since they both involved Goblins." After the sheriff makes his request, Tomo relays the information that they had found when they were just a short distance southeast of town. As all the Goblin activity within the area was not boding well, it appears someone or something is rallying those easily swayed by the powerful and things may get worse before they get better and at least the guard should be on high alert if not all the citizens. He also asks, "Has it been determined how those Goblins got so far into town before they were noticed?
Okay folks finally got the time and a place I could post. First I moved and now my internet provider is only giving me partial access to internet and most of what I can get to is not something I want to get to and most of what I want or need to get to I cannot get to. They fixed it for about 1.5 weeks but then it went back to being an issue. They have now decided it is my hardware and will do nothing more until I can prove it is not my hardware. Highly annoying since nothing has changed with my machine but there router (and its replacement) are new elements. This means I have limited access to the internet (gmail, youtube) and when I would usually post is when I cannot get onto Paizo (due to the limited access not allowing me to get to this site). I have taken part of a day to come to the library to put this information out. As a player I would be sporadic at best but would still be willing to be a player just not sure how often I could post until I get my home machine fully operational.
Okay perhaps I read the other players comments incorrectly -- but I thought it was a simple suggestion of Larry barging in on Wyssal in a less than appropriate manner of dress or some such. Creating a moment of awkwardness and/or a bit of comic relief -- that said where (if anywhere) that leads to would most definitely be up to yawl -- but back to the here and now -- again the suggestion from what I read was -- awkward comic relief more than a romantic blossuming ;-) Note personally I thought the concept of awkward comic relief was a fun idea -- which is far short of anything more serious but perhaps a segue into such a thing maybe later on should things play out that way.
Having noticed the unusual tension as well he says, "I concur with Dagny something seems quite amiss, still I am sure Belor and/or Kendra will be able to clue us in on what we may have missed." Then a guard approaches them and gives them some insight as to at least where something occurred. "Thank you, we will head there right away." Tomo turns up River Street heading to Crab Street in order to cut over to High Street which will take them to where they can quickly follow the cliff edge to get to the graveyard.
Upon re-entering the southeastern part of town by crossing the Sandpoint Bridge Tomo asks, "So does anyone want to come with me to inform Belor the Sheriff and Kendra the Mayor as to what we learned. Then go see Ven about these items we acquired either sell, trade, or get trade credit for later. That is unless anyone thinks talking with Das the smithy might be a better idea, I mean he might not be as gruff with the fact that we killed more Goblins as he definitely has no liking for them."
When Dagny mentions that these Goblins were followers of the mother of monsters, Tomo thought for a moment and then said, "Well Dagny perhaps this is worse than you have initially thought. There are no Goblins within this area that follow the mother of monsters so that means these Goblins are either from farther northeast or more likely farther south. This then raises the question of why? Did they come to this region because something is driving them outside their normal stomping grounds or has something here attracted them to this region or is it a bit of both. This then seems to relate to something that has been bothering me about the that surprise attack upon Sandpoint. First what is responsible for the Goblins doing something so obviously suicidal on their part and more importantly how did they get so far into town before an alarm was raised. I know many of the guards and they are not inept and would have easily spotted them coming in and yet they were not, but why and how? Lastly not only should we alert the farmers, including the not so friendly ones, but we also need to let Belor and Kendra know as the defenses of Sandpoint may need to be increased and an investigation ought to be launched, if one has not already been, into how the Goblins got that far into town without being detected. Perhaps there is more involved with this Goblin attack than has been initially perceived and perhaps their might be more players involved, with some of those players being from within the town itself. I mean, I hate to think there is anyone in town that would go that far but it would at least need to be looked into as the other possibilities that come to mind would be an even graver situation."
While searching for his errant arrows he finds a bit more of what he had come out here to collect. Returning to the others he hears Wyssal's demand and sort of shrugs. He had hoped to do a bit more searching as more reagents would mean the ability to stock up the currently depleted resources beyond what was immediately needed but he understood her decision, at least to a degree. That kind of experience can cause a major change in one's overall perspective on things.
Still annoyed at himself a bit for missing, Tomo moves to see if he can recover the arrows he shot. To Lawerence's question he replies, "No worries it only last a minute or so. Oh, thanks to you all for joining, as by myself that might have been a most unfortunate encounter. Further, it is probably a good thing we were able to take some of them out, that way the do not harm others. Still, I am most greatful that Wyssal was not permenantly injured, and my apologies for your the injury you did receive but again I thank you for your comraderie on this outing."
Tomo draws an arrow and attempts to shoot the Goblin rider but misses as he tries not hit Lawerence in the process.
Yes and when you refuse them ;) they get even angier -- its like they say about mother nature -- you do not mess with mother nature as she can be very vindictive and may totally F you up
Well sometimes the dice speak but even if I do not agree with them as the GM or a player I have found that listening to them can be very advantageous as it can take the game in directions I never thought it might go. Granted TPKing a party accidentally is something I care to do either. So fully understand your stance. Of course there is the question of reach and whether the AoO puts down the Goblin First? Lastly, something I do with Crits is that only bosses or semi-bosses can fully Critical all the rest just Crit which I also run differently I have always thought it was majorily ridiculous that if someone did a Crit that they could still get minimal damage by rolling a 1 on both of their damage dice rolls. So instead what I say is if you get a Crit threat you do maximum damage on the 1st hit and if you confirm the crit then you get to add in the 2nd die unless you get a Crit threat with the 2nd die then it does max and you then need to confirm that crit threat ad infinitum. Aka I have exploding Crits. As previously mentioned only a true boss creature gets to Crit like players. Semi-Boss can only Crit plus Crit threat but it does not explode beyond that and minions can only Crit threat -- again Crit threat means you do maximum damage on the 1st damage check and Crit plus Crit Threat means you do maximum damage on the 1st damage check and can do up to maximum damage on the 2nd damage check.
Oh okay so it doubles your size got it -- I thought it just said it increased your size to the next larger category -- interesting they they again break their own guidelines. Not the first and not necessarily the worst case either.
And hopefully a very large Lawerence will attract more attention ;)
Having readied his bow he was not prepared for close combat but skilled as he was he did not need to be. With but a thought he disappears from where he was and appears slightly behind Lawrence. Then he takes a moment to cast a spell upon Lawerence to make him much larger than he is.
"These particular ingredients would not enhance food, however, we may find wild herbs and such as they grow in these regions as well." As Tomo goes about searching he helps instruct Dagny on what kind of things to look for when searching for these particular ingredients as well as for searching for various herbs that he is aware of that they have found out here in the past.
I am still here and will be until I can no longer type on my keyboard.
Sorry everyone for my long absence started a new contract and it had 2 weeks of fairly intensive training -- oh and while the class was only 3 hours per day, the 3 hours of independent work per day turned into like 9 hours (or perhaps more) of independent work. It didn't help that I had to spend catch-up for the 1st 2 days that I had missed. Still got it all completed yeah. However, due to how late I joined this specific contract I only had 9 days left of the contract and I be needin mo munnee or me wife was gunna hit me with an iron skillet. So then I spent 9 days of working from 9am to 11pm with somedays being nearly busy all day as the calls would exceed my scheduled breaks and therefore I would miss the break. Still it was enjoyable and hopefully nets me enough money to help cover various expenses that we have for a bit.
- Tomo smiles at the comment by Darius and replies, "Well I imagine you have not visited too many Elven establishments nor met many Elves as we can be quite congenial when speaking with others we know are not out to try and exploit us which for humans are not that many." He then gives Darius a conspiratorial wink, letting him know he had read his intent and was in turn playing in return.
"Yes you humans have such short span of life so focussing on a specific art has been something few of you have focused upon. Still I am aware there are some that have adopted a version of what we Elves do and adapted it to their shorter life spans with incredible results, well... in human standards that is. Still it matters not per se as long as you focus on learning whatever art of combat you have chosen, just know that certain styles are much easier to counter than others. This of course is something we Elves understand as well and while we will focus upon a specific art fairly exclusively until we have perfected that art, we then do move onto another art based upon what interests us the most. Still most if not all Elves will rarely pursue a style that relies upon a high strength as most of us do not have that type of build and while we can have powerful muscles we rarely get the level of strength that other races do. Thus perhaps for you the brute force art is your best focus but the question is do you pursue learning how to raise it to its best pinnacle or do you even consider it an art where learning other arts might augment the specific art you are focused upon. Like I said dance magnifies ones ability to implement the most effective combat style associated with slashing weapons so the question then is begged is their any other art that would augment the style you have chosen. Just food for thought and totally up to you if you choose to pursue the ultimate goal of your art to be the best at what you do or if you simply get by until you get bested and can no longer pursue anything."
"Ah well I would much prefer to let you do all that fighting as the art of magic is best done from a distance due to how that art plays out. Further while brute fighting is a style of fighting it is hardly efficient nor practical when one considers all the options available to oneself. Still I am not speaking upon a subject I know a lot about so I cannot address the various nuances and such that outline the faulty aspects of the various styles. Now while many Elves do focus on Sword Dancing, there are those that focus more on the more linear fencing style, however we, not being a race of brute force, rarely entertain a style that would lend benefits to that since we are not physically designed for that. However, we have learned to fight most effectively against it as that is the favored style of most Orks and Goblinoids."
"Well I have not focused on the art of sword play but many Elves feel that it is much more appropriate with a slashing blade due to the nature of how the chaos of battle lends more to circular curving movements rather than linear piercing movements. For they believe by focussing on the linear style you greatly limit your maneuverability which within the chaotic field of battle means you open yourself up to attacks that you would have otherwise not been present for had you moved laterally instead of linearly. Now I being someone whose focus is on the art of magic, simply know that Elven sword wielders learn the art of dance in order to help aid them in their ability to move more fluidily upon the field of battle. As the art of dance is very akin to the art of sword play and we even call it the dance of swords and someone that practices it a Sword Dancer."
Tomo watches Darius for a bit and then asks, "So Darius may inquire have you studied dancing?"
Tomo smiles a bit at Larry's statements and then says, "Well I highly doubt your bow will be needed for the animals I was planning on looking for. I mean an arrow would most likely completely obliterate one and as for the meat well that will completely fit within one of the containers I brought. Now, however, if you want to hunt for something larger to give to Ameiko when we get back I am sure we can do that as well." Tomo enjoys some of the sweets that Dagny had brought but does not eat overly much.
"Oh not just plants, reagents are of three types, animal, plant and mineral so I will be looking for all three unless someone else has knowledge of what they are and/or what to look for when searching. However, if interested I can explain what I am doing and what I found for future reference."
"Hi Darius, no not quite yet Wyssal has not yet arrived but Dagny brought us breakfast. So perhaps we can partake of that while we wait." "Sure Wyssal," he accepts the basket from Wyssal, "Dagny has not arrived yet but regardless be assured we will wait for you before heading out."
"Well, I did tell them all to meet us here and if we go to the Rusty Dragon we might miss them. Besides, Wyssal brought breakfast for everyone."
"No, I have all the containers needed for garthering the reagents." Tomo then pauses and says thoughtfully, "Still, if we find anything beyond that, I have not planned for that but I am not expecting that either. I would guess your backpacks will do though or we will have to hide it and come back for it later."
Tomo looks to Dagny and replies, "Well you are the first to arrive, but you seem to be under dressed for this excursion. While the focus is gathering reagents that does not mean this excursion will be all that safe with that recent Goblin activity there is a chance that we might encounter more such activity outside the town." Oh and I am sure Wyssal will be happy that you brought a full breakfast." He gives a smile and continues, "And by that I mean, the breakfast and lunch you indicated you brought. Hin do seem to have quite an appetite for their diminuative size. If I recall the usually have breakfast, second breakfast although I am not sure why they call it that since they had already technically broke the fast caused by sleeping, then elevenses which is followed by luncheon, then they have afternoon tea which is a full meal, followed by early dinner, which is followed by supper, then evening tea which again is another full meal, then evening snack, and final bedtime partaking and if you are not unaware each one of those most folk would consider to be a full meal."
Right I understood that -- I am just giving us a place to per se RP and perhaps get started walking as we do have about a mile or so to go before we stray from a well traveled path. Perhaps I assumed incorrectly that until we do stray from a well traveled path that we would not potentially have any encounters but I could be wrong on that. Just let me know to not go walking and we can just sit at the bridge or the others can do whatever they wanted to do prior to arriving at the bridge.
Having spent literally the rest of the day helping to work on preparing various remedies for his auntie's shop, Tomo and his auntie finally settle in for a period of solemn rememberance a ritual that every child does on their own once they are old enough to understand the concept and do so. Following that bit of downtime, he gets up and gathers his belongings and heads to the Sandpoint Bridge to await the others to arrive.
Tomo finishes his drink and reminds everyone before they leave to meet him in the morning on the Sandpoint Bridge which is next to Two Knight Brewery in case they did not know which bridge he was referring to. Then he makes his way back home to help his aunt with any other prep work or such that she might need help with before settling in for meditation time.
"Yes and that is want my aunt had wanted, I will be sure to let her know in case you ever need some healing, as that is what she does as she will most likley give you some credit against any healing she needs to perform for you."
"Well I simply have a list of plant, mineral, and animal products that we will be looking for and I will explain what to look for with each of them but you will most likely need some familiarity with nature but some actual knowledge about it would be even more helpful and unless you have a good measure of both I will probably be the one to do all the harvesting. What I my aunt was most concerned about was with the recent overly hostile Goblin activity that we just experienced that the nearby mountains and woods might be more dangerous than usual and protection would be helpful even if we do not encounter any hostiles while we are out."
"Ah thanks for asking, well first I stopped by the Bottled Solutions and helped Nisk with making additional curative potions to supply to the town. Then I stopped in to check on my aunt Hannah to make sure she was okay and was asked to go search for various reagents needed for making more curative potions, which is what has brought me here." He looks about the table to make sure everyone can hear him (aka they are not overly distracted) then continues, "I was wondering if you all might be interested in a little excursion tomorrow to gather these reagents as the the town seems to still be in great need of more curative potions and my aunt does not want me going alone with the recent Goblin raid and all." He again looks at each person at the table, "So, what say you all, any of you interested?"
Tomo nods to his aunts statement about nothing else being doable today and then responds,
Elven:
"No I did not say I made friends, I simply know a group that might be interested in helping with gathering reagents for the town. However, I will have to make sure of that of course as mine is but a guess at this point. So take care auntie and try not worry, things will be well I am sure." With things concluded with his aunt he makes the short walk down Hook Street, then taking a left down the longer Whisker Street, with the a left onto Market Street and the short walk to the Rusty Dragon where he hoped to find those adventurous folk he had fought with during the raid. Upon stepping into the inn he indeed finds them altogether and wanders over to the tables, "Greetings again everyone." He then finds a place to sit and orders a quality wine that he can savor.
Tomo takes the paper from his aunt and looks it over, it indeed was the reagents needed to make healing potions as she had already taught him. Still he was sure Nisk was hoping that she had the ingredients on hand. Elven:
"Thanks auntie and while we did seem to kill most of the Goblins they might still be lingering in the nearby woods. Perhaps I should see if any others would be interested in accompanying me for this excursion. That being said I know a group and where they are that might be interested, so I am going to go there and see if the would interested. Do you need anything before I go?" Tomo awaited his Aunt's response before heading out.
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