Warriors of Haunden (IC)

[ericthered]

She fails by 2... she's not sure what she estimated wrong the first time. She's not sure when they are coming... but it should be soon? maybe?

She HAS the soldier skill, and it wasn't a critical failure, so she might know that sleeping in a area close to the action while others watch isn't a terrible idea...


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Belansi: "Holidor. who would have thought? Is running an option if we get free? They cast some sort of spell on us. And some of us move slowly."


Trendil: "So either most of the force is gone, or we have just a few days to get away. Do they have a reason to kill us if the sorcerers are dead?*"


*Other than general treatment of prisoners, they don't have a reason to kill without scorceror sacrifice. On the other hand, some of the prisoners could fetch a good price as slaves...


I'm going to say from a retroactive perspective, you get one roll looking for that kind of herb. repeated attempts are possible, but must be done in the present and get a -1 cumulative penalty per attempt.

[Alden Loveshade]

Originally Posted by ericthered

Belansi: "Holidor. who would have thought? Is running an option if we get free? They cast some sort of spell on us. And some of us move slowly."

GM, if I'm misunderstanding how the spell casting works (things that Anoras would know), please let me know.

If I'm understanding right:

Anoras (speaking): "Was Stripes the sorcerer who cast the spells on all of you? With the mark, the sorcerer can attack you from far away--unless the sorcerer who cast the spell is dead."

Originally Posted by ericthered

Trendil: "So either most of the force is gone, or we have just a few days to get away. Do they have a reason to kill us if the sorcerers are dead?*"

Anoras (speaking): "If the sorcerers are dead, I don't believe the others would have a reason to kill us. But they might want to sell some of us as slaves."

OOC: Rolled Pharmacy (Herbal) defaults to Naturalist. Critical failure. So I used Luck. Then on the second roll got the same exact critical failure with the dice rolls exactly the same in the same exact order!

Odds of rolling a critical failure with an effective skill of 12: 1 out of 54. Odds of rolling two critical failures in a roll with an effective skill of 12: 1 out of 2,916.

Fortunately, on the third roll I rolled a 12 so made it exactly.

[Kalzazz]

Cassandra will go to sleep then

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by Alden Loveshade

Anoras (speaking): "Was Stripes the sorcerer who cast the spells on all of you? With the mark, the sorcerer can attack you from far away--unless the sorcerer who cast the spell is dead."

(this is indeed correct).


Belsani: "Stripes... you mean the scorceror with the striped mask? No, it was one of the ones that is gone. The one with the bird on his mask."

Anoras (speaking): "If the sorcerers are dead, I don't believe the others would have a reason to kill us. But they might want to sell some of us as slaves."

"So if we can just kill three sorcerers... That's a tall ask, but might be easier than killing all of these soldiers and the skeletons as well."


OOC: Rolled Pharmacy (Herbal) defaults to Naturalist. Critical failure. So I used Luck. Then on the second roll got the same exact critical failure with the dice rolls exactly the same in the same exact order!

Odds of rolling a critical failure with an effective skill of 12: 1 out of 54. Odds of rolling two critical failures in a roll with an effective skill of 12: 1 out of 2,916.

Fortunately, on the third roll I rolled a 12 so made it exactly.[/QUOTE]
Anoras had given up on finding a convenient herb, when she stumbles across a patch of Randy Berries: sweet looking, but capable of making a human violently ill. In some cases, it can cause death. They're located quite close to stripes's camp, but there aren't very many of them... lets say about 10 doses.

Roll HT-3 20 minutes after eating them. Failure results in Nausea for 3d6 hours with retching for 30 seconds every 3d6*2 minutes or when first undertaking vigorous action (like combat). Failure by 5 or more requires a second unmodified HT roll to avoid death (long and prolonged, like a mortal wound).



The berries can be recognized as what they are fairly easily, but look and taste fairly close to edible berries.

Originally Posted by Kalzazz

Cassandra will go to sleep then

Cassandra settles down on the battlements of Holidor to sleep.

[Alden Loveshade]

Question: Does Anoras know if any of the Haunden prisoners speak Venasir?

Originally Posted by ericthered

Belsani: "Stripes... you mean the scorceror with the striped mask? No, it was one of the ones that is gone. The one with the bird on his mask."

"So if we can just kill three sorcerers... That's a tall ask, but might be easier than killing all of these soldiers and the skeletons as well."

Anoras (speaking out of earshot of the Venasir who speaks Haunden): "Yes, Stripes is the one with the striped mask. The sorcerer that they call 'Wings', for his association with birds, has the bird on his mask. The other one is Fireball."

Anoras, again out of earshot of the one who speaks Haunden, will very briefly tell the prisoners whom she can trust what her plan is (to keep this from becoming extremely long, I'll post that below). And she'll tell them her plan is to loosen their bonds so they still look tied but can quickly get out when it's time to do so. She'll tell the trusted Haunden that she plans to make the Venasir sick by getting them to consume something. If she gives something to the Haunden as well, they can pretend to be sick--but only after one of the Venasir start acting sick. or after she gives them a signal. She'll let them know not to escape until it's time--otherwise, they could put their lives and those of the other Haunden in unnecessary danger.

[Alden Loveshade]

While gathering the Randy Berries, Anoras will also gather harmless fruit that are edible/taste at least halfway decent. And, importantly, are as close in looks to the Randy Berries as possible. She'll cover the Randy Berries under what miscellaneous harmless edible stuff she can find. She'll plan to later use just a bit of the miscellaneous edible stuff she can mix with the Randy Berries that won't affect their potency. (If this needs a Naturalist roll, the GM can roll for me.)

Originally Posted by ericthered

They do in fact require to be pampered on the trip, requiring tightening of the splints, frequent stops, questions about the best way to avoid the pain, and so on.

Originally Posted by Alden Loveshade

(Anoras speaking) "Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. Follow the crow, but do not annoy it."

"Oh, wait, we can't hurt the crow. I was exposed to birdpaux. It doesn't hurt people, but the disease can go through the air when I breath. It can kill birds. I'd better cover my nose and mouth. But I need to use a wet cloth. We wouldn't want Wings or Stripes mad at us!"

Originally Posted by ericthered

Its open air: only Stripes and the soldiers have tents. They have 16 captives: 19 were initially missing....

....only the scoceror "Stripes" and three soldiers are present, but the captives are all tied up and look terrified:

Anoras (Speaking to the Venasir): "As you know, I was exposed to birdpaux, which is why I'm wearing this prepared mask. I prepared it and put it on as soon as I was told the watching bird belonged to a sorcerer. But I wasn't told about the bird until after I did treatments. So the warriors who traveled with me were likely exposed as well. And the Venasir here that they were close to, including Stripes, were likely also exposed.

"Again, birdpaux doesn't ordinarily harm humans, so no worries there. But it can kill birds. So that, with what I was told about Wings' mystical connection to birds, it could perhaps be transferred from Wings to birds. And then, possibly, back again. So we definitely don't want Wings to get exposed.

"It can take hours to build up in a human to where it could affect birds, which is why I wasn't worried about the warriors with me not being treated--until now.

"But fortunately, I was just now able to gather various herbs with which I can make treatment, and have enough to treat all the Venasir here, including me. Unfortunately, I didn't find enough to treat all the Haunden. I do have something that could possibly treat them, but it could also make them very ill.

"But as the Haunden are all tied together, they cannot run off anyway. And as they are of little importance to Wings, I am sure the sorcerer can feel free to simply keep them away from him and his birds.

"The treatment takes hours to take effect. Rarely, someone can start to feel just a bit queasy a little while after treatment. If someone did, they could drink just a bit of (some drink that's available) to help. So to be safe, we should take the medicine just before going to bed, but hours before we meet Wings. As Wings has a connection to birds, he is the last person we would want to see infected.

"So after I rest from gathering herbs, I will begin making a treatment for birdpaux. As birdpaux can affect the treatment, I will need to continue wearing the protective mask until I am fully cured. So no one who was exposed should get close enough that they could breath on the ingredients. We would not want to upset Wings. As I was infected long before anyone else here, once I finish it I will take it first."

Anoras will rest/nap with the ingredients with her, while wearing her mask. Then she will begin "making it." She will make separate doses, enough for herself and the Venasir present, in cups or whatever they have available. As much as possible, she'll mix in just enough miscellaneous stuff that a safe dose with the similar berries will look virtually the same as the other doses. But not too much, so the extra stuff won't affect the potency. Her first priority is effectiveness. And she'll vary the miscellaneous stuff so the different doses look very similar, but not entirely identical.

If it's possible, she'll make it into something we can drink. But again, her first priority is effectiveness.

Being the brave healer she is, she'll take the first dose (which of course will be the one with the similar, but not dangerous, berries. She should know which one is safe by the container she chooses to put it in, the added ingredient/plant she can see that's in her dose and not in the ones for the Venasir, the slightly different smell, etc.)

Then she'll give the other Venasir their doses (which of course will have Randy Berries.)

[ericthered]

Ok, that's a fast-talk roll, with a required complementary medical roll. Who is she telling this to? one of the wounded guards she traveled with? one of the guards who was already there? Stripes?

If she wants to gather them all and tell them all at once, that's public speaking.



Trendil, Belsani, and Gerrund each speak just a little haunden (Gerrund is accented, the rest broken)



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Cassandra is woken from her sleep as the sun is low in the sky. A random Venasir warrior is there. and her "translator"



"Were they planning to attack here, or just a nearby village?"

[Alden Loveshade]

Primarily wanting to convince Stripes. I figure others are probably in earshot, but likely don't need to convince them.

Originally Posted by ericthered

Trendil, Belsani, and Gerrund each speak just a little haunden (Gerrund is accented, the rest broken)

For clarification, I'm guessing by that you mean they speak both Haunden and a little Venasir.

Not sure if medical roll would be on First Aid or Pharmacy (Herbal), or either one. In any case, I made the rolls.

[Kalzazz]

"Surely here! Anoras wouldn't have sent me here if it wasn't here"

[ericthered]

Originally Posted by Alden Loveshade

Primarily wanting to convince Stripes. I figure others are probably in earshot, but likely don't need to convince them.


Not sure if medical roll would be on First Aid or Pharmacy (Herbal), or either one. In any case, I made the rolls.

You roll a 15 on your fast talk... but Stripes rolled a 12 on Will, and you get a +1 from the medical roll. (really, it should have been like +2/-2 on success, or worse, because so much is about selling the medical part)


Stripes: "Bird Paux. How fast does it kill? The animals are easy to replace, and we don't need birds. I also have this power. We can simply use the birds until they die, or at worst, send you away until the disease has passed."


OCC: I'm willing to give this to you, but only if you can overcome these objections. Stripes is convinced of the Paux, but sees things other than being queasy as an alternative.

For clarification, I'm guessing by that you mean they speak both Haunden and a little Venasir.

correct, my bad.

Originally Posted by Kalzazz

"Surely here! Anoras wouldn't have sent me here if it wasn't here"

They discuss that.



"Maybe she sent you here to get help instead? You are hurt pretty bad."