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Post by Slavemaster on Jun 20, 2008 17:32:08 GMT
Midsummer's Eve today guys, a holiday likely even more important than Christmas here in Sweden, so I won't be able to post for about a day.
Anyway, seems like Taden wants to go to church. Are you following him, or are you splitting up?
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Post by Dirac Sil on Jun 20, 2008 17:38:07 GMT
Obviously Dirac will quickly check what the story is before entering the inn, I am also assuming he'll take the lead with the innkeeper unless anyone like Corwyn has any other ideas (I htink the NAK both indicated this as a tack, yes?). So, merchant Taden, pilgrim Corwyn, and three guards hired including Dirac, yes?
To Taden, I was under the same impression as Slavey that your character was indicating we were travelling from somewhere to Vanamor (so as to allay suspicion). If so, the point Slavey made to me and in the post was you don't go through Oakton to get to Vanamor, it's too off the route and is suspicious without more explaination. You could have come from elsewhere and been goign to the shrine, and on our way to Nahsor. Unless there was a reason you wished to subtly set up the possibulity of us goign to Vanamor so the baron might wish to make use of the group for some reason as courier, etc?
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Post by Dirac Sil on Jun 20, 2008 17:40:17 GMT
Personally, I think split up - we in the inn can talk about our 'employer' Taden behind his back much better to the staff. Perhaps one of the NAK should go with Taden, HB if he's looking aroudn anyway - I guess SS would wish to be close to the action if he's beign favoured as leader right now and come to the inn?
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Post by Dirac Sil on Jun 20, 2008 19:06:56 GMT
And finally...
Dirac's equipment list of items he will admit to taking/possessing: Sap, Healer's kit, Pouch of Caltrops, Silk rope, Black clothing for himself (he is not volunteering though), some containers of blackening materials (paint and soot - to be confirmed), a couple of empty sacks, spyglass
I gave 10 lune to our horse person, hopefully that covers everything plus tip!
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Post by taden on Jun 20, 2008 19:16:09 GMT
Dirac, Taden is probably outsmarting himself, but he does actually have a couple things on his mind aside from the geography you mentioned. He also has a real problem with thinking out loud around others, as is probably noticable (no one's perfect). For one thing: No. Pilgrim Taden (he's more or less cuing his thoughts by heading towards the church right now; and you thought he was stereotyping Corwyn... ), Merchant (or something similar) Dirac (precisely because you are the "lead" with the locals, and it would make no sense for you to speak for any traveling party as a mere guard), three guards Corwyn, Soul Spawn, and Hawk's Bane (because that puts them in the best position to not only watch for oddities Dirac and Taden are likely to miss, but also provides them a degree of "anonymity" that might allow them maximum flexibility to react to circumstances).
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Post by Dirac Sil on Jun 20, 2008 19:20:26 GMT
Aha, i see So noted and will RP against it as a character trait from now on! Big problem with the separation - Dirac is known around these parts as a mercenery, it'd how he would always be. I meant to ask if Taden would be likely to be known from travelling, or just in his circles. Swap Corwyn and myself then, it would be a natural position to be a paid guard.
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Post by taden on Jun 20, 2008 19:23:20 GMT
*shrugs* I do not see any major concern with that. "Mercenary" is no more an exclusive occupation than "merchant". Or, put another way, a traveling merchant may have been nothing more than a mercenary that came into a spot of wealth sometime in the not too distant past and decided commerce might be a better way of keeping one's head a while longer in these rather troubled times.
It is probably worth noting too that I, and Taden, suspect there is something a bit beyond our good employer's expectations going on here.
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Post by Dirac Sil on Jun 20, 2008 19:30:34 GMT
I see, but probably the less we lie the less we get caught up in the lie so we'll go with corwyn. He might like being in charge of the NAK and them having to bite their tongues! As a character Dirac has no real expectation and thinks everything is probably straightforward, the Baron either betrayed the darklands for money or because of the gem's influence. The sergeant is surely dead. Dirac wants to subtly find out how the baron is preparing for innevitable counter-attacks, normal troops or somehting else. As a player I think you are right very right and something really bad might happen soon
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Post by taden on Jun 20, 2008 19:56:26 GMT
Incidently, that was why I put in that little bit with Miv in today's post. I was trying to illustrate that even an associate of Taden that has travelled with him more than you all have is rather used to, and resigned to, Taden not sharing his mind completely.
EDIT: I restructured the post so this was a bit more apparent as a separate paragraph.
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Post by taden on Jun 20, 2008 20:01:19 GMT
I see, but probably the less we lie the less we get caught up in the lie... So don't lie badly. As a player I think you are right very right and something really bad might happen soon Now, now. I am a more wheels-within-wheels sort than even my character Taden is, so don't be buying completely into my byzantine read of what might be a perfectly simple and straightforward double-cross. After all, those sorts of simple plots do happen...occasionally....
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Post by Dirac Sil on Jun 20, 2008 20:16:02 GMT
As someone who has seemingly managed to follow my West Watch story, you know my mind for 'simple' plot twists
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Post by Maerin on Jun 20, 2008 21:40:47 GMT
Maerin chuckles. Now, see, I may have to drag out my GM notes for the Fire On the Water chapter of "A Twist In Time", just so that you and I can conjointly prove Sir Walter Scott true.
"Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive!"
Except I rather do not think either your latest nor mine really constitutes our "first"....
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Post by Dirac Sil on Jun 20, 2008 22:08:48 GMT
If i ever get the chance to host 'a night to forget' here we'll really see werewolf-game style fun I think!
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Post by Michael of Eshnar on Jun 20, 2008 23:20:38 GMT
A middle-aged man in fine clothing hired as a "guard" is going to look suspicious. I must concur with the merchant ruse for Corwyn
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Post by taden on Jun 20, 2008 23:42:36 GMT
A middle-aged man in fine clothing hired as a "guard" is going to look suspicious. I must concur with the merchant ruse for Corwyn In my defense, most of us (Dirac aside) have not gone out of our way to describe what our character looks like yet (particularly outside of face), so Taden might be forgiven his IC assumptions based on your avatar. The middle-aged thing I had kinda figured out, but you are wearing fine-clothing on a wet, muddy evening like this one?!? If that is the case, Corwyn might want to aggressively act the part, or assumptions based on appearances alone aren't going to matter squat to any sharp-eyed observers that might be watching us...whether we currently see them or not. Dirac kinda did take the spokesman's role on the way in, which may or may not help the charade.
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