LOST TRAILS OOC

[ewancummins]

Subtract 1 gold piece/10 silver, Raen.

That covers drinks and a circuitous carriage ride with tips.


In addition to the architectural stuff, you may ask two OOC questions about local history, current events, or a similar subject.

I will then give you answers based on your roll.

[ewancummins]

Note; knowing where all those buildings are and what they look like may or may not prove useful later.
If you have a future task that has to do with the government, nobles, or temples, you may add +2 to the next relevant skill check as a one time bonus.

[Wolfglide of the Fraternity]

On the ride to the University, Klokulf is especially interested to know the following:

• Whether the Old Rites are purely ceremonial or magical.
• If the language of the Ancients is different from any script he is familiar with, and if it has its own phonetics.
• What Alwina's people will do without her there.
• If there is a particular religious tradition that holds sway in her world.

He is also willing to learn any other details Alwina offers.

[ewancummins]

On the ride to the University, Klokulf is especially interested to know the following:

• Whether the Old Rites are purely ceremonial or magical.
• If the language of the Ancients is different from any script he is familiar with, and if it has its own phonetics.
• What Alwina's people will do without her there.
• If there is a particular religious tradition that holds sway in her world.

He is also willing to learn any other details Alwina offers.

ceremonial, she thinks. Nothing obviously magical happened, anyway...

She says that the Ancients' language is much like hers, but with the addition of a lot of odd old words that nobody quite understands anymore. And she's not sure about how to pronounce everything aloud. The blocky script she writes out for him looks vaguely unfamiliar.

They will wait, but if she does not return after a season, they will likely declare her dead, a victim of the sub-men. Then her younger cousin will become king.

She seems to respect the Ancients quite a lot, though she is aware they were people like her and not literally gods. She has only a vague idea about immortal gods, from reading Ancient books. To her, there is a Maker, but the Maker is beyond mortal comprehension and does not require worship.

She says the sub-men seem to worship the clanking, hissing, steaming metal structures in their dungeon-world.

She never refers to anyone (not in the days of the Ancients) but her people and the sub-men, or to anyplace far distant from 'The Palace' and the valley and jungle hills about it.

[Wolfglide of the Fraternity]

To reciprocate, Klokulf will explain the Cycle of Stewards, Prince Othmar's reign with Duke Hiregaard as his regent, and how Othmar is continuing to hold onto power.

[ewancummins]

SO


At University


BENN
KATRIN
RAEN
KLOKULF
Alwina NPC

someplace...

SIR CLIVE
ALAIN

[ewancummins]

ATTENTION ALL


If it is your intent to try to find about possible connections between your home plane/s and Toril, PCs may attempt the following rolls:

gather information

knowledge:

• arcana
  Dread Realms
  geography
  history
  religion
  planes

Note that gather information may be used untrained. Knowledge requires some training.

If you guys are all asking about town, consulting sages, visiting temples, etc then I will look at the results of your combined efforts over a period of time and let you know if you find anything.


You do have living expenses.

We can assume some spell-casting for hire and night-watch work pays for your living expenses during the time used to ask questions. No profit, once gather info and living expenses are figured in, but no losses, either.
Fair enough?

You might find more remunerative work if we RP it or if you use gather info actions for a job hunt, but that will take away from efforts to find a connection/gate/clues about a way home.

[Wolfglide of the Fraternity]

Should I make all the rolls I can, or should I stick with just one?

Gather Information (+9)
0

Knowledge (Arcana) (+5)
1

Knowledge (History) (+5)
2

Knowledge (Religion) (+8)
3

If it is just one, I will go with the Religion roll. Klokulf would preferentially speak to experts in religion and Vaasa, and he is more than willing to tell the whole creation story of the Church of the Lawgiver, along with His Judgments and any recent history that might be relevant.

[ewancummins]

I'd say make one roll per player character, if you have a lot of guys involved.

I don't know how many will be involved.

Religion makes perfect sense for Klokulf.

[alhoon]

0+8

Meh, 16 arcana

[ewancummins]

236468:0+8

Meh, 16 arcana

By itself, nothing major.

But I'm looking at the overall results, combined rolls of multiple PCs. A small clue might add to other successes or start a chain of fruitful research.
If you want to use that one-time +2 I mentioned up-thread, the arcana roll can receive it. This would represent asking questions at the temple of Mystra.

[alhoon]

I am going on a Trip till Saturday. I don't know whether I will have internet access often and I don't think I'll have much time to play during those days. I'll try to get on as much as possible.

[Lord Skybolt]

Sounds good on getting odd jobs for living expensives while my character investigates stuff . I will have Alain do a Knowledge(Arcana) roll for skill roll as he has that at reasonable Modifier, followed by a Gather Information Roll .

Know(Arcana) Roll
0
+11=
19 KNowledge(Arcana)

Gather Information Roll .
1
+8=
20 Gather Information Roll .

[ewancummins]

I will combine the results of those Arcana checks by granting Alain +2 aid another (For Raen's roll)

So an effective 21 for Knowledge Arcana. Pretty good


Religion 19 (from Klokulf)

Alain has the Investigator feat, reflecting his sleuthing background.
I'm allowing that second roll and noting that most of Alain's free time for a certain period is spent asking questions and snooping.
This means that guys have an effective Gather Info of 20 right now.

[Wolfglide of the Fraternity]

Religion 19 (from Klokulf)

That should be 27, since my modifier is +8.