LOST TRAILS OOC

[ewancummins]

Can Klokulf get information on the relative safety of the intervening Cormanthor region?

DC 8


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[ewancummins]

The deep wood is dangerous:

rotten, mad elves

thieving, murderous black fairies

evil beings conjured long ago from 'The Barrens of Doom and Despair'

other beasts and Things...

Not that one meets such creatures at every milepost. No. But they are definitely out there...

Caravans routinely hire extra guards, and adventurers can always get decent pay for minding wagons and travelers.

Klokulf learns that the Dalesmen have allied with giant lizards, creatures that help them guard against other monsters from the anicent forest.

[alhoon]

I am without internet at home after a power surge destroyed my modem.

I may find a modem today, it may take a few days

[Adam]

Benn's not really a whaler, but if they're willing to let us just take passage on the ship in the hold he can make do.

[Wolfglide of the Fraternity]

It is nice to be paid for travel, but the boat may well be safer and faster. If we go that way, shall I deduct the cost of the trip from the trade goods?

[ewancummins]

You still have to pay for passage.
It's just a less-than-comfortable way to go...


40 GP each passenger

[ewancummins]

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[ewancummins]

You still have to pay for passage.
It's just a less-than-comfortable way to go...


40 GP each passenger

The ship master allows you all blankets, food from the ship stores (nothing fancy--hardtack, some salt pork, grog) and water at no extra charge.

He's perfectly happy to take the fare in trade goods. You needn't part with coins.

[ewancummins]

fort

Raen


0

holds up well

Alain

1

ditto

Kat

2

decent

Benn

3

Klokulf

4

seasick! It's worn off enough by the current scene that he is not in any way impaired. But it wasn't the most pleasant trip.

Alwina


5

Seasick!

Sir Clive

6
He's got a good fort save, but he's still green to the gills for some part of the voyage. Not actually pouring out a 'libation to Umberlee', unless the player wishes.

[Wolfglide of the Fraternity]

Now 280 gp in value has been deducted from the trade goods, covering everyone's fare.

[Wolfglide of the Fraternity]

Klokulf has his own spyglass. Can he use it to pick up any extra details?
Spot (+4):
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[ewancummins]

Klokulf has his own spyglass. Can he use it to pick up any extra details?
Spot (+4):
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He sees a row tree stumps along the main street. Not intact trees. Wood chips and leaves scattered, but not much.

Looking about more, he notes several busted flower pots and shattered window boxes, and what look like excavated front gardens.
Where are the plants?

Not a lot of serious damage is evident to buildings--some busted planks, a few broken-in doors that have been boarded up, bright shards of glass here and there on the pavement or in the dirt below black-swathed windows.

[Wolfglide of the Fraternity]

The captain's offer sounds fair enough. Klokulf is willing to go ashore. He will cut a length of cloth off of the old cloak that hides the silk to comply with Bennedict's hygiene suggestion.

[alhoon]

The captain's offer sounds fair enough. Klokulf is willing to go ashore. He will cut a length of cloth off of the old cloak that hides the silk to comply with Bennedict's hygiene suggestion.

I would have to say that the captain's offer sounds downright insulting.
He is already making profit from the whale oil sale, we're just extra money he picked on the way! How about we ask for the whole the fare back and some money on top since we'll be risking exposure to plague or whatever else?


Of course, Raen doesn't really agree with me here. He believes the party should investigate anyway even for no money so this is just extra money for him.
So... any suggestion that we should ask for more from the greedy-fingers captain should come from someone else.
Half the fare for risking our heads so he would secure his oil profits and keep half our money... bah!
I hate people.
I should have gone with a chaotic neutral invoker that would get so angry with that insult that he would threaten to set the whole thing alight, from the sails down to the whale oil.

[ewancummins]

TFW good-aligned and not as greedy as player, lol.