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Zade packs up his kit in the morning and rushes to catch up with Roke. "Someone has to keep you out of trouble, and I know the rest of our crew can take care of themselves."

He stops to pull his clothes free of some brambles. "Maybe you can teach me some of those wilderness skills you're always talking about."

Hey y'all. I've been thinking about it since last week, and I'm going to bow out. You are all wonderful, but I was into this AP for the idea of kingdom building, and I'm having trouble motivating myself to really engage with the other parts of this adventure.

You folks have been great, and you deserve someone who's into this 100%.

I'll write up a post to make my exit.

Zade will help search the area. No sense in leaving good gear behind.

Perception: 1d20 + 1d6 + 7 ⇒ (6) + (2) + 7 = 15

Zade purses his lips at the prospect of shifting dirty logs out of a ditch, but sees the wisdom of it.
"Fine, here we go."

Enlarge Person on myself and start moving logs.

"You want me to enlarge you? It might speed things up."

Zade takes off after his brother, unslinging his bow as he goes.

"Chasing fey into the woods? Here we go again!"

"Now, that's more like it!" Zade congratulates the group.

Zade mutters a prayer, "Abadar, we could use your help against these wild beasts."

He pulls out a handful of change, and the coins take on an inner glow. One of them leaps out of his hand and at the boar!

coin shot v touch: 1d20 + 6 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 6 + 1 + 1 = 14 for bludgeoning/piercing: 1d8 + 1 + 1 ⇒ (8) + 1 + 1 = 10

Coin Shot

Zade will target Kazmuk with the enlarge person.

He moves to get a clearer shot an fires an arrow at the boar.

comp. shortbow: 1d20 + 6 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 6 + 1 = 22 for piercing: 1d6 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 2 + 1 = 5

Zade mutters a quick prayer to Abadar and begins casting [i]enlarge person[i].

Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (6) + 3 = 9

"Well, not what I expected on a boar hunt, but successful nonetheless."

Zade finishes casting enlarge person on Kazmuk.

He'll take another shot at blue.

shortbow: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (2) + 6 = 8 for piercing: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8

Knowledge (nature): 1d20 + 7 + 1d6 ⇒ (1) + 7 + (4) = 12
Crud.

"These are like nothing I've seen before!"

He'll start casting enlarge person.

Kazmuk, you up for an enlarge?

"Drat."

Zade looses an arrow at the same bug Gird shot.
shortbow: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (9) + 6 = 15 for piercing: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Initiative: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16

At the signal from Andreas, Zade brings his bow to the ready.

Hm. Never went boar hunting before.

"Right, let's head out then. We'll strike a bargain with Erastil, then go on to take care of the bandits."

Zade is excited to be on the board hunt.

Now the fey are coming with us? We have serious business to attent to. I hope Roke doesn't assume these are reliable allies.

Zade sighs and gives a bit of an eyeroll at their new companions as we pack up to head to the temple.

Zade whistles in appreciation.

"An impressive creation, master dwarf."

"It is good that peaceful trade can grow with the Sootscale. It's a step toward this region becoming more orderly." Zade is very pleased with the progress of the group.

"That's sensible. I'm too scrupulous to slip anything strange into the contract, but you can't trust everyone." Zade turns to Gird. "Would you mind translating this for me?"

"I'm Zade Lebeda. I've drawn up the contract."

"Bandits are scum. The sooner we get rid of them, the better."

"I am an expect in negotiations and contract law. I'd be happy to formalize any agreements and duly register them with the Church of Abadar."

I like this adventuring life, but it's nice to be back on familiar ground.

I'm fine finishing up the contract before we leave. It also won't hurt to hang around and make sure those orcs don't come back.

Zade has a quill and parchment out almost before Andreas stops speaking. "What are you thinking for terms? We're on the frontier out here, but there are several principles from Brevan law that should apply. Hmm...Standard mercenary contract should be fine for the caravan, with some trade provisions. Should there be exclusivity clauses?"

"...Wait, it looks like they're leaving?"

That looks like a good set of assumptions. I'm on board!

I think we are waiting for the message from Roke, right?

"Yes, they might be worried about us. We should get back as soon as possible."

Yeah, Zade would prefer watch 1 with his weak human eyes.

"Well, that's four fewer orcs that Oleg's will have to deal with. Shall we rest and get back to them in the morning? I'm worried about being apart from the others, but I'd rather not be tired if we have to fight orcs."

"Let's end the immediate threat. The orc's motivations seem pretty clear."

Zade mutters. "Great. Invisible orcs." He's only half-serious, though, pleased by how quickly they took out the others. "Good work, everyone."

Zade with take another shot at black.

Range 80 ft.
shortbow: 1d20 + 6 - 2 ⇒ (6) + 6 - 2 = 10 for piercing: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (1) + 2 = 3

Drat! I didn't even think about the range--probably the first time I've attacked something so far away with a shortbow!

Zade also takes a shot at the orc:

shortbow: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16 for piercing: 1d6 + 2 ⇒ (2) + 2 = 4

I'm in favor of 2--I'm more of a ranged guy, though I can switch-hit a little. I'd settle for 3.

"Four fewer orcs for Oleg's to deal with. The woods are a dangerous place."

Zade is for ambushing the orcs.

Zade steps back from the conflict, and looks out toward Oleg's.

Yikes.

"I'm in favor of a healthy dialogue, but maybe we should save it for when there's a little more space between us and an orcish legion?"

"There's no need for us to be hasty. Roke can get a message to Oleg's if we wait until the morning. We can't just let an orc band camp outside of the compound forever, though."

"If you wish to sneak in Rillka and I can stay with the horses. Perhaps you could send us a message once you are inside."

I think animal messenger sounds like a good plan. We can watch them for the day, make our preparation, and send a message tomorrow that tells them when we will attack.

"Fair enough. I've had about enough of these orcs."

"Well, here's a fine pickle. I suppose there are worse places to meet these orcs."

Zade considers the tactical implications of having the orcs between them and Olegs.

"Do we have some way to contact the outpost?"

"Well, I don't see why the orcs would come back through here. It seems like a decent place to make camp and we can always keep watch and slip away if the orcs approach. Also, if a large group has been through here it's unlikely that there will be an large predators about."

Sounds good to me.

Zade rolls his eyes at this whole proceeding, but keeps his tongue.

Giving the fey gifts. It just encourages them!

"Hmm. What's that, then?"

Zade turns to investigate where the giggling might be coming from.

"Hello, is anyone there?"