Hide & Seek with Rats 6/20 [Vesper, Draven, Galreth, Gaurbal]

[Tiglath]

"Oh, foul rats - I am bitten!" Vesper holds a torch so as to examine a shapely calf while not burning off her own hair and then binds the wound as best she can. She clearly has a dancer's flexibility and a form apparently as attractive to humans as to rats.

She replies to Galreth "Excuse my ignorance. My arcane knowledge is sufficient to sometimes make magic devices work but I didn't study enough to cast spells - that's unless they are written on scrolls".

To the company as a whole she suggests "As Galreth says we could collect up the rats to demonstrate our success. If we pile them on a shield we could easily hoist them up and we have surely done enough to earn our pay. Should we risk more and continue delving below?"

[terrymixon]

Galreth cleans his dagger puts it away, then lights his torch, torch [1d6]=4

And pulls out his unlit one.

"I think we might worry about the caves later, we got two diseased and killed over a dozen rats. We could to the ratcatcher thing and string them together to prove it and help her clog it up.

Bye the way Vesper, I can only call on the shadows once a day."

Galreth

"Agreed," Draven said.

[terrymixon]

"Oh, foul rats - I am bitten!" Vesper holds a torch so as to examine a shapely calf while not burning off her own hair and then binds the wound as best she can. She clearly has a dancer's flexibility and a form apparently as attractive to humans as to rats.

She replies to Galreth "Excuse my ignorance. My arcane knowledge is sufficient to sometimes make magic devices work but I didn't study enough to cast spells - that's unless they are written on scrolls".

To the company as a whole she suggests "As Galreth says we could collect up the rats to demonstrate our success. If we pile them on a shield we could easily hoist them up and we have surely done enough to earn our pay. Should we risk more and continue delving below?"

"If she wants to send us after hordes of rats--and giant ones to boot--she'll need to pay more," Draven said. "And wait for us to recover."

[ateno]

Galreth takes a leather thong and starts poking holes in rats and stinging them on, counting as he goes.

Galreth

[shaidar]

Guarbal

"The bites look bad, we need to treat them soon. Still rats down here, but the big rat could be dangerous now we've been poking around it's home. We should tell the lady and treat our wounds and come back better prepared."

[Tiglath]

Guarbal

"The bites look bad, we need to treat them soon. Still rats down here, but the big rat could be dangerous now we've been poking around it's home. We should tell the lady and treat our wounds and come back better prepared."

Galreth takes a leather thong and starts poking holes in rats and stinging them on, counting as he goes.

Galreth

"If she wants to send us after hordes of rats--and giant ones to boot--she'll need to pay more," Draven said. "And wait for us to recover."

Vesper reloads her crossbow and says "Then once we have strung our rats we should climb the rope. If someone strong goes first they can help others up".

[terrymixon]

Guarbal

"The bites look bad, we need to treat them soon. Still rats down here, but the big rat could be dangerous now we've been poking around it's home. We should tell the lady and treat our wounds and come back better prepared."

Galreth takes a leather thong and starts poking holes in rats and stinging them on, counting as he goes.

Galreth

"If she wants to send us after hordes of rats--and giant ones to boot--she'll need to pay more," Draven said. "And wait for us to recover."

Vesper reloads her crossbow and says "Then once we have strung our rats we should climb the rope. If someone strong goes first they can help others up".

"I've got it." Draven will climb back out and help the others out.

[Tiglath]

Where can our our luck tokens / notifications be found?

I've lost them...

Found them here!

viewtopic.php?p=733074#p733074

[Tiglath]

As Draven helps the rest of the company climb out (presumably Galreth first) Vesper and Gaurbal stand rearguard. Vesper starts her climb then her arm snakes over Gaurbal's shoulder (she must now be a few feet up the rope) and she whispers in his ear "Here's something for luck in the dark" and plants a kiss on his cheek. "Don't tarry now" her soft voice fades as she ascends above.

Bard Presence (Inspire) DC check:



Gaurbal gains a Luck token! (my intent anyway)

I think these are a brilliant game mechanic (and Gaurbal didn't have one! so now he has! ) and I might just be spamming it a little!

Edit: correcting Gaurbal from Garubal! Apologies...

[shaidar]

Gaurbal

Gaurbal blushes as he stands in the small pool of light from his lantern, surrounded by a sea and darkness and odd noises that he tries to ignore while he waits for his turn to climb.

Thanks

[Eris]

Where can our our luck tokens / notifications be found?

I've lost them...

Found them here!

viewtopic.php?p=733074#p733074

Ref says: Right! Yes, I moved that post to the Resources for Shadowdark Topic. It doesn't *really* belong there, but it had gotten lost inside the Characters Topic...somehow! (I thought it was the first post in that Topic, but it moved down to the second or third and I was having trouble finding it.)

[Eris]

As Draven helps the rest of the company climb out (presumably Galreth first) Vesper and Gaurbal stand rearguard. Vesper starts her climb then her arm snakes over Gaurbal's shoulder (she must now be a few feet up the rope) and she whispers in his ear "Here's something for luck in the dark" and plants a kiss on his cheek. "Don't tarry now" her soft voice fades as she ascends above.

Bard Presence (Inspire) DC check:



Gaurbal gains a Luck token! (my intent anyway)

I think these are a brilliant game mechanic (and Gaurbal didn't have one! so now he has! ) and I might just be spamming it a little!

Edit: correcting Gaurbal from Garubal! Apologies...

Ref says: I've miswritten Gaubal for Gaurbal several times, I hope I caught them all. I think it's going to take a while for everyone to get all the names straight, I know it is for me. Ferd became Fred, Gaurbal became Gaubal, Tinu became Timu and those are just the mistakes I remember making. I probably made others and I probably missed some. Just do the best you can.

Now about the LUCK tokens, yeah, you might be spamming a tiny bit there, but not much and not out of character...and not with that roll!

Gaurbal gets a LUCK token and so does Vesper!

These LUCK tokens might get a bit harder to earn as you go up in level, but I'm awarding them for creative play, "make me laugh" or go "ah ha!" moments and having a "second bite of the apple", so to speak, seems sort of important at low levels. I'm not going to pull punches, SD is dangerous...very dangerous..., but I'm not going to actively try to kill your PC's. The monsters will, the environment will, but I won't.

[Tiglath]

Gaurbal gets a LUCK token and so does Vesper!

Yay! Go go Luck Tokens!

Now about the LUCK tokens, yeah, you might be spamming a tiny bit there, but not much and not out of character...and not with that roll!

These LUCK tokens might get a bit harder to earn as you go up in level, but I'm awarding them for creative play, "make me laugh" or go "ah ha!" moments and having a "second bite of the apple", so to speak, seems sort of important at low levels. I'm not going to pull punches, SD is dangerous...very dangerous..., but I'm not going to actively try to kill your PC's. The monsters will, the environment will, but I won't.

OOC: As stated I'm very much a fan but besides their universal utility the Tokens also go someway to mitigate our collectively bold(??? ) call not to run any Priests with their adventurer coddling curative magic! HP recovery is "overnight" (if I remember correctly) but a re-roll on "recovery" (from diseases in our case) seemed like one of the many useful options for a Luck Token.

[terrymixon]

Gaurbal gets a LUCK token and so does Vesper!

Yay! Go go Luck Tokens!

Now about the LUCK tokens, yeah, you might be spamming a tiny bit there, but not much and not out of character...and not with that roll!

These LUCK tokens might get a bit harder to earn as you go up in level, but I'm awarding them for creative play, "make me laugh" or go "ah ha!" moments and having a "second bite of the apple", so to speak, seems sort of important at low levels. I'm not going to pull punches, SD is dangerous...very dangerous..., but I'm not going to actively try to kill your PC's. The monsters will, the environment will, but I won't.

OOC: As stated I'm very much a fan but besides their universal utility the Tokens also go someway to mitigate our collectively bold(??? ) call not to run any Priests with their adventurer coddling curative magic! HP recovery is "overnight" (if I remember correctly) but a re-roll on "recovery" (from diseases in our case) seemed like one of the many useful options for a Luck Token.

That's true. If I can get a reroll on disease, I'll take it, Eris.

[Eris]

OOC: Draven wants a reroll on Disease. He will need to make a CON DC9...[1d20-1]=11-1=10...and he barely does! Draven is not diseased, but is now out of LUCK.

[Tiglath]

OOC: Draven wants a reroll on Disease. He will need to make a CON DC9...[1d20-1]=11-1=10...and he barely does! Draven is not diseased, but is now out of LUCK.

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[ateno]

OOC: Draven wants a reroll on Disease. He will need to make a CON DC9...[1d20-1]=11-1=10...and he barely does! Draven is not diseased, but is now out of LUCK.

"Gaurbal, it looks better now that you pulled the tooth out of it.!"

Galreth

[Eris]

The group makes it up the rope and into the basement with no problem. They are standing next to the hole in the floor that used to be a well.

What is everyone doing now?

[Tiglath]

Vesper uncocks her crossbow and says "We need to block this hole up and put something heavy on it!"

She casts about in the cellar for hole blocking materials / something to weigh down the replaced slabs.

[terrymixon]

Vesper uncocks her crossbow and says "We need to block this hole up and put something heavy on it!"

She casts about in the cellar for hole blocking materials / something to weigh down the replaced slabs.

"It'll need to be sturdy to keep the rats from chewing through. Oh, or just moving it for the big things," Draven said as he assisted her.