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Not looking good so far... It's very difficult. As a GM, there is NO incentive whatsoever to take over a group of players unless you know and like the people playing. There are a lot more players than GMs so any GM can just start a recruitment thread and have plenty to choose from. Even me with my fast-paced, high-commitment games have people to choose from. :) Don't lose faith but don't hold your breath either. :)
Recruiting a player is usually easier than recruiting a GM. I saw some thread already on the recruiting board looking for a GM and not getting a lot of answers. But we might have a better change since I didn't see any Hell's vengeance in a while there. So there is less competition for that. As for me, I'm already running 3 games. I could find the time for 4, but I was hoping to keep that for Starfinder when it comes out. Hey, Starfinder. I'm also looking forward to that. I'm pretty sure one of my games will be finished by then so that will open up that slot. I'll let you play in mine if you let me play in yours. :)
Are you offering? :) No, sorry. I am already running three games. BTW, according to my teenage daughters, putting a finger on your nose means 'not it' so the last one to do so 'is it'. Kids these days. :)
I want to keep playing but I don't have much faith at all in finding a GM to take over a game unless it's one of the current players. :)
Vicenzo looked at the picture and sighed, "So what can we do? Do we know who put these out? If so, we can go talk to them but otherwise..." He asked the others, "Any ideas?"
tag? He asked Cael, "Any luck with purchasing healing items?" tag?
at the Mayor's House: Vicenzo, shocked at first, rolled with the scene. "So worship and not a ritual asking for a favor then." He looked at the remains trying to determine the age of the bones or blood. --------
Since I'm on shopping duty. Did I get the necessary gold for a wand? I only have 150 on me. I have the 750 gp needed so assume I'll give it all to you minus whatever amount the other players provide. You have the money so don't worry about. We'll do the record keeping later.
This is too good to be true. Melani says as she looks over the manor house. Something must be up. Lets proceed with caution. Melani spends a little time looking for a key and any signs of recent use. Vicenzo frowned at his lack of lock-picking skills, "Pava, do you want to try and break down the door? Although I would hate to break something if we are later going to use it." He looked around for any obvious means of entering and commented out loud, "What if we break a glass in a window? That shouldn't be too complicated or costly to replace." tag? ----------
Vicenzo commented, "I don't know who he is but he used to hang around Nobes. Maybe they friends or partners in something." He then addressed Cael, "Listen. If you can buy a healing wand, I have the money for it. The problem we've had so far was that they wouldn't sell things to us. Not readily anyway. I'm wondering whether we should start to just take it and leave them the money." tag?
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Vicenzo frowns, "We need to get healing supplies, quickly at that." He looked at Melani, "What would have happened if you were the one that was bleeding to death?" Concentrating at the task at hand, he started to inspect the 'temple'. -----------
Now that the danger had passed, Vicenzo did his best to help out Ahreni. He propped her up and tried to assess her injuries while he called out, "We need a potion or something. Anyone got any magical healing available?" He then cursed himself, "Got plenty of money but cannot buy what I need in this dammed town." -----------
Now that he and Ahreni were out of immediate danger, the witch took out a flask of liquid fire and threw it at the plant. ---------------
Lucky to be freed, Vicenzo grabs a hold of the fallen angel and drags her out of the plant's reach. "I can't affect this thing. Either kill it or fall back!" ----------
Vicenzo's alarm was cut short as thick, thorny vines wrap around his legs. He yells, "Help get Ahreni free. The vine will crush the life out of here quickly." He then grabs the vines and attempts to squirm out of their grip. ----------
Satisfied with the arrangements made for the corpse, Vicenzo looked at the path. He stated, One thing's for sure; this temple will be out of the way. Are we sure that's what we want? Wouldn't a place that is more visible be a better fit?" He added, "Let's go ahead and see what this temple looks like before turning back though." --------------
Vicenzo frowns as information surges forth. Bad memories from his own childhood surface leaving an acrid taste in the back of his throat. He waits patiently for the citizens to explain themselves and provide whatever information they had. This was something that he just expected now-a-days that he was part of the peace-keeping force in Longacre. -----------
Counting his money once more, Vicenzo fixes his armband and readies himself to go to the old Erastil temple. He asked, "So what exactly are we looking for to set up our temple? Is it location? Ease of access by worshippers?"
Vicenzo nodded at Ahreni's description of what occurred to Caggan and his establishment, "I think we need to keep that place open if only to listen in on potential trouble or trouble-makers. But we can't visit the place unless we're disguised. The locals have pegged us as enforcers of the Archbaron's decrees and are thus very wary when in our presence." ----------
Vicenzo shares his suspicions about the amount of Iomedeans in town. he spit in true disgust. "If this Glorious whatever ever gets here we will have real trouble to keep the town orderly." -------
Merry Christmas everyone!
He then added, "And let us know if there's anything we can do for you."
Vicenzo nodded at the display of power, "Well good then. I guess you're working with us. I like your drive." He then added, "We need more info on the local Church of Iomedae."
The sight of the rotting head did not bother Vicenzo one bit, the smell even less. He nodded, "Well, at least you bring good news. That b%%$! tried to kill Pava and I!" He added, "The kid will survive and get tough like I did." He left out the part or die like many others. Extending a hand to Cael, "I think you have the right attitude. I'm sure getting agreement from the Archbaron will only be a formality." He showed his armband, "And you get to wear these to show which side of the law you are on. The right side."
Vicenzo eyed the new comer with suspicion, If I may ask, who in the Nine Hells is offering people jobs on our behalf?" The witch dry heaved and without waiting for an answer continued, "So, what type of job were you looking for and what are your credentials?" ------
Vicenzo looked at Pava and apologized, "Sorry but I won't be able to heal you until tomorrow. I used the scroll I had bought to bring Ahreni back to life." He then added, "We need to buy a healing wand, the sooner the better." He then pocketed two of the alchemist fires, "Who will keep this thunderstone?" ---------
Glad his skills were put to good use, the witch gagged one more time as he swallowed bile. His throat felt raw and he tasted acid. he bit his tongue a few bites to segregate saliva to wash it down. "What was that thing? Can we expect more?" He then started searching the entire area for threats or loot. --------------
A couple seconds later she is also hit by a fiery ball, burning a large portion of her left arm... looking around, she notices a tiny creature covered in sleek black fur and with vaguely feline humanoid which holds flickering flames in its clawed hand. Although, before she is able to react, another flame hits her on her chest, bringing her to unconsciousness. Soon after both Ahreni and Vicenzo arrive at the rooftop, also seeing the tiny creature. "Get out of MY tower!" Yells the creature to you. "Pava, no!" Fueled by hatred, the witch started convulsing as he glared at the little... thing. He cursed it, "Fall unto your nightmares and you'll never wake again!" -------------
Vicenzo nervously waits until Pava gets up there. "Make room. I'm going up too. That thing just dumped me on my ass."
Vicenzo reacts quickly seeing the rag tag doll that was Ahreni. he pulls out a scroll and reads the magic within. Soon a warm current washes over her wounds but the girl is still unconscious. "Anyone have any potions we can give her?" -------------
Dusting himself off the floor, Vicenzo glares angrily at whoever is upstairs, "Come now. You have done enough for today. Come down and we'll go easy on you. Don't make us come up to get you."
Vicenzo frowned, "The rope's been cut by teeth, tiny teeth. And that there is where the owner of the tiny teeth might have entered." He asked, "Maybe a trained animal?" He then added, "Let's close the door and investigate both upstairs and the gatekeeper's house."
The witch quickly became alert at the sight of the open gate. He looked to see where the guards were and approached the gate with the full intent of closing them. He asked the others to keep their eyes open, "I don't like this. Something is up. Watch my back."
Vicenzo took the obvious hint from Pava and said, "Fine. Kill her. It will be cleaner. See if you can spare the 'cub'; he's done nothing wrong." He then rationalized his decision by thinking how many breaks he had gotten when he was young. He shrugged, "Yeah, kill her. She shouldn't have done what she tried to do."
Cimri nods at Pava's question, "As far as I remember, he would spend the night at the Arch and Lark and then resume his way tomorrow morning... if we decide to take his offer, we should probably do so tonight." She then awaits for your directions, uncertain if she should go for the hobgoblin or not. Vicenzo nodded, "That's a very good idea. we can task the hobgoblin to bring her back for questioning because she is a prime suspect in an attempted murder investigation. No need to kill her though." --------
Vicenzo nodded, "I'm not sure I can help much but I do agree that it would help town morale." The witch added, "With regards to Caggan, perhaps we can start the rumor that he's not going to Ramesiana but actually went some place else. That should give us more time to come up with a permanent solution." -------
Vicenzo thanked Mr. Ingoe's information gathering services and even left him an extra silver for his troubles.
"Well, I have some interesting information but not enough. Mr. Ingoe has not sold any oil of taggit lately. Or ever, he said, because he doesn't have any. Of course we don't believe him but I trust that he hadn't sold any recently." He continued, "So that was a dead end. However, he said that Jannis had an affair with Caggan and that her boy is Caggan's. I wonder if he passed on his curse to the boy. can that thing happen?"
He cleared his throat of thick phlegm and asked, "So what did you all find out?"
Vicenzo smiled back; he didn't like Mr. Ingoe but he tried not to let that show. "Actually, I was hoping you could help. I'm sure you are aware that someone tried to kill us recently. We sent Caggan away as a prime suspect for his day in court but we know that he was working with one of his barmaids, one Janiss Lintoni." He then asked, "Have you seen her recently or has anyone been sold oil of taggit?"
Vicenzo added, "perhaps you can look for her as your alias. Maybe get the rumor out that she's being hunted by the law and that you can help her." The witch then said, "I'm going to go visit the other man in town who sells poison to see what he knows about this. Anyone want to come along?"
Vicenzo looks at Pava, "listen, you look strong enough. I say we break this door down. We are looking for a murderer here." The witch stands back and looks for anyone or anything suspicious. ---------
Well as long as no one cares too much then we can just roleplay it out to how we see our PCs acting and forget about the labels then. I'm Ok with that.
I think we had the alignment discussion before but please remind me. Isn't Ahreni's attitude towards the law NOT lawful? I mean I'm Ok either way but I think it makes sense for us to be 'lawful'. I dunno. Maybe I'm making too much out of nothing. :) Thoughts?
The witch was disgusted with being lied to, a large gob of... something exited his mouth violently. He made a signal to Mr. Odmer that he would be watching him and could barely hide his contempt for the man. After leaving the scene, on their way to finding this Miss Lintoni, he commented, "Why are we not processing Mr. Odmer as the law demands? Are we so wise now that we can pick and chose what laws apply to whom?" -------------
Vicenzo peered over Pava's shoulder, glad that she took it upon herself to deal with Mr. Odmer. He continued to inspect the wagon for evidence and asked, "Mr. Odmen, how do you secure your goods at night? Is there someone that stays to watch them? It seems to me that your security of your goods is not as good as it could be. Is the wagon locked? When do you close shop so to speak?" He scoffed, "I'm sorry to inconvenience you but we need information to help try and recover your goods?" -----------
Vicenzo frowned at Ahrenin's news, "That little son of a b&*&$." He then added, "OK, I'll let you handle it but give us a few more minutes first. I still want to see his books and inventory and hear what he says. He may incriminate himself further."
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He asked, "Can you tell us what went missing? Do you have a current inventory so we can match what's here and not?" He then added, "How has been business lately? What have you sold in the past week or so? And to whom?" He continued to look about, "I'm sorry if this bothers you but you must understand that we need this information to solve this." --------
Vicenzo nodded; it was clear that he was taking this law-keeping job seriously. "Ok, calm down Mr. Odmer. Please tell as as much details as you can about the event. We will then track these down and get the items back to you."
Vicenzo added, "Yes, I agree that we could use him. He seems sincere but we can't pay that. How about we talk to Razelengo? He may be able to pay him directly from the Archbaron. We could sort of supervise and guide his actions as we see fit." tag?
Glad that the issue with the hobgoblin had been solved (and within the law), Vicenzo concentrated on their current investigation. He visited the places in town where the waitress might have obtained the poison. he was also looking for the murderous wench. -------
"Of course I know that!" He grunts while crossing his arms. "The thing is that I had to make the long trip around the Whisperwood to the north... Before leaving Isger I saw that Iomedaean knights had driven out the Hellknights from Citadel Dinyar and they are never friendly with my kind. There were also a bunch of them riding along the plains to the south and around River Iseld." He spits once more. Vicenzo looked at Melani hoping she could confirm the hobgoblin's story made sense. he already knew that their kind was not welcome but he felt some sympathy for him since he was not always welcomed. He tried to speak some common sense again, "Listen friend. I know what it's like to not feel welcomed but the laws still stand. Can we help you comply with them? Do you need us to accompany you to get a writ from the notary?" -----------
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