[DFRPG] Crawl! IC

[vicious Violence]

Originally Posted by PumpkinLorica

As the party walks away, Gathika whispers to Vicious...

You know, at this rate, not even the cultists will fight us.

He whispers

Seems nobody cares if they become zombies I guess.

[vicious Violence]

Vic whispers to Telrith:

Did you finish putting that shield up? Next time steels does all the talking. Stone doesn't talk so fast.

[ajardoor]

The party continues their journey back once the lizardmen leave.

By the end of the day, the adventurers have reached the trade roads' edge. They set up camp for the night and eat their dinner.

(OC: Roll your usual stuff and eat another ration as you camp for the night.)

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by vicious Violence

Did you finish putting that shield up? Next time steels does all the talking. Stone doesn't talk so fast.

"You've only ever seen me get the shield up slow when we're woken up."

[Hide]

As the party prepares the camp, Bain tries to set up a few traps in the perimeter; sadly, they won’t work this time. He puts the things away, shares the news with the party and tells them to stay alert.

Bain invites the villagers to have dinner with the party in the campfire.

We are about to arrive to town. As I told you before, we can’t let Mendel know we found you.
So, you will dress as the bandits and wrap your faces in cloth and bandages, we are going to tie your hands with a loose (fake) knot.

Since we are in the trade routes, we will do this know.
Get ready after dinner, Vicious may tie you.

If Telrith agrees, his elementals may hold your leash.
All of this is to protect you.

After this, Bain leaves to make watch.

[ajardoor]

Originally Posted by Hide

Then Bain has dinner at the campfire with the party and the villagers. He asks them about their jobs, their names and how they fell in Mendel's trick.
[...]
He is ready to seize the night.

The former captives worked as wandering merchants and explorers before they were kidnapped.
Their names are John, John, Mary, Penelope, and Veruca.
Turns out, Mendel either drugged their drink or used magic on them to get them unconscious and hidden under a false bottom of some barrel. They only got out of the fake death trance when they were chained up in a cell.
The party and the saved sleep soundly that night.

DAY 26

The adventurers wake up bright and fresh. They make their way out of the woods.
(OC: Eat 3 meals for the day, no random encounter, roll for setting up camp again.)

They eventually stop for the night and camp down.

[vicious Violence]

Vic sets up the camp (7 success) and next morning ties the fake knots (CRITICAL SUCCESS 4) on the townspeople, making it so that they can easily loosen and act freely. viciousvolience: 3D6 → 4(2 +1 +1)

He whispers to them

This is easy to take off just press your hands together.

[Hide]

During dinner Bain tells the tale of a man that escaped death at the hands of a traitor, and how he consumed his pursuit of justice through sheer determination…

As long as you are up to fight, you can rise.
Some lives are like ghosts that come from the shadows, and in the shadows they leave.
True life is a dream and some dreams are a fatal well.

“I will be watching as you dream”, says Bain as he vanishes in the dark…

[vicious Violence]

Originally Posted by Hide

During dinner Bain tells the tale of a man that escaped death at the hands of a traitor, and how he consumed his pursuit of justice through sheer determination…

As long as you are up to fight, you can rise.
Some lives are like ghosts that come from the shadows, and in the shadows they leave.
True life is a dream and some dreams are a fatal well.

“I will be watching as you dream”, says Bain as he vanishes in the dark…

I too WILL BE WATCHING YOU DREAM.

Says Vic in a non menacing way.

[ajardoor]

Although the night goes by peacefully, the party still has odd dreams of unknown origins.
(OC: players, feel free to describe the strange dream your PC has tonight. Please post it in the IC thread, thanks.)

DAY 27

They wake up to a temperate morning on the trade road. After breakfast, they journey for 2 hours before reaching Starhold Keep, that shining beacon of civilisation. The former captives are glad to be back at safety.

(OC: rescuing five captives from the Caves rewards every PC with 5 bonus Character Points.)