Asphalt Posted May 2, 2015 (edited) There is little to distinguish the Inn of the Wayward Knife from any of its brethren with the city. The heroes walk through the front door, across the common room and out of the back to the Walled Outdoor Pavilion. Their boots clack loudly on the bare cobbles beneath their feet. The night is deep, with only the barest hint of a moon to light one anthers faces as they await the arrival of the Caliph's agent. It would seem their eagerness for battle has brought them early, as the bell has not yet begun to chime the changing of the watch. THE PARTY Kelim the Cruel (played by Mencot) *Party Leader* Age 35, male human Level 5 Barbarian Power: 10 (5+5) Power Bonus: 0 Health: 12/12 SP: 0 Gold: 12 Equipment: Dwarven Orichalcum one handed battleaxe (WP: 5), wolf fur coat(Prop) Inventory: Consumables: Mead, x4 Potion, Grand Potion, Smoke Bom Artefacts: Order Imperial Longsword (WP: 5),Heroic Helm (Headwear, SP:2, Helm's SP doubles on free hits),Really Hard Helmet (SP: 2, Immunity to Rock) Misc: Shovel Calamity (played by Scubacarrot) 24 year old human Mage Level 1 Power: 4 (1 + 3) Health: 5/5 (5) Ether: 5/5 (5) Gold: 10 Equipment: Skull-Topped Staff (WP: 3, staff), Inventory: Potion, Amethyst (X2 against Holy/Luminous and Humanoids) Rethinal (played by Rconn0) 58 year old Were-Eagle cleric Level 1 Power: 4 (3+1) Health: 9/9 (9) Ether: 5/5 (5) Gold: 10 Equipment: Small hammer Inventory: Potion, Remedy Terry Yelnats (played by Endgame) Level 1 Mage HP: 5/5 Ether: 5/5 Power: 4 (+0 bonus) Gold: 10 Equipment: Cattle Prod Staff (WP: 3) Inventory: Potion, Sapphire (X2 against Flying and Vermin) Muradin Falstad (played by Cryos) 47 year old male dwarf Level 1 Barbarian Health: 8/8 Power: 4 Gold: 0 Equipment: Granite Hammer (WP:3), Inventory: Potion, Mead, Shovel Thank you to all of you who signed up for my first quest. I am very excited and I hope you enjoy the adventure I have planned for you. I will allow the characters to introduce themselves to one another and choose a party leader for themselves. Please check your stats and let me know of any last minute changes you might have made. To help me in the quest, and I hope this isn't rude, could everyone use the following format for posts? Actions written in Italics Character Speech written in a single color Decisions bolded so I see them easily. I know I have some experienced players in the group, if I screw something up please let me know so I don't form any bad habits. Good Luck and Let's have some fun. Edited May 3, 2015 by Asphalt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Endgame Posted May 2, 2015 Terry trail in the back of his group, constantly checking he had all of his hings in all of the right places, deathly afraid of the pickpockets he was told about. Wolfpack? Houndgang? Either way, better safe than sorry. Gold? Check. Potion? Check. Gem? Check. Staff? Check. Repeat every 5 minutes, until... "Well, we arrived. Do any of ya have any experience in this whole "hero" thing?" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asphalt Posted May 2, 2015 Almost as if it is a balloon made of lead, the boy's last word "Hero" hangs in the air. Will anyone answer him, or will the party leave the fledgling adventurer to stew in his juices. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cryos Posted May 2, 2015 OOC: Good to be here, Asphalt. :) Muradin began to remove his helmet by the horns, standing squarely at the head of the troop, as it felt natural for a dwarf with his particular background. He examined the surroundings with his good eye, the other one milky,scarred,and useless. He looked to the moon, uncapped his flask and mumbled something, speaking to himself more than anyone; "Nigh jist waaat kind of task is dis anyway...." "Well, we arrived. Do any of ya have any experience in this whole "hero" thing?" He began to turn over his shoulder to see just who said that, but the dwarf quickly decided against it, as he was met with bird crotch capturing his vision. He grumbled a curse under his breath and swiveled his head forward, speaking toward a wall instead," 'eroes are jist fables told ter laddies, laddie!" Muradin declared louder than the question was asked. He'd assumed it was the fidgety lad who refused to stop patting himself on the way out here. "Jist don't yisser drawers an' we'll be just gran'." he jived, putting the sullied bottle to his beard. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Endgame Posted May 2, 2015 "I-I'll have you know I haven't yissered my drawers for a very long time!" Terry was, of course, oblivious to what the Dwarf was referring to by that statement. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mencot Posted May 2, 2015 (edited) The big man arrives at the outdoor pavilion, he stands in the doorway with his dwarven battleaxe in one hand and his heros helm under his other. He sees a few of the others had already arrived to the spot. Keliim greets the others. "Good evening lads, everybody here yet? Hmm doesn´t look like it." To Terry "We meet earlier at the hall, but one hint. About that smell, nay offence but if thou gonna quest with us, I, we would appreciate thou took a bath. "Naw. I can kind of just shoot... well, bubbles, and tiny streams of water... at stuff. I used it to clean up the pigs 'fore I was sent on my merry way." "Maybe thou could use the magic on thyself" Keliim says with a wink. Keliim looks at the dwarf and bows his head, "Evening Master dwarf, I´m Keliim." Ooc: Thanks for having me Asphalt, hopefuly my RP will contribute to your 1st quest making it a great one. And I visited the Marketplace before coming here so some of my inventory is Updated. Edited May 2, 2015 by Mencot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asphalt Posted May 2, 2015 QM Note: Mencot, I updated your list. Also you do not have any armor equipped so your SP is 0. If you want to wear one of your pieces of armor it needs to be listed in the equipment section. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rconn0 Posted May 2, 2015 Retinal arrives at the inn and says," alrighty im here now greetings all." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mencot Posted May 2, 2015 (edited) QM Note: Mencot, I updated your list. Also you do not have any armor equipped so your SP is 0. If you want to wear one of your pieces of armor it needs to be listed in the equipment section. OoC: Yes I know, Keliim will put on the Heroic Helm when we continue the quest, until then he will just have it under his arm. Real and Cool fighters don´t wear helmets until it is Absolutely needed, right? Think of Conan the barbarian for an exemple Edited May 2, 2015 by Mencot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asphalt Posted May 2, 2015 QM: ok, just wanted to make sure you knew. As soon as Calamity arrives we can get moving. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scubacarrot Posted May 2, 2015 "Heya. Sorry I'm late. I was just... taking advantage of this beautiful evening. Isn't it nice?" Calamity walks in, appraising the other Heroes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asphalt Posted May 2, 2015 (edited) The party begins to wander about the Pavilion and mingle among themselves. AS the first bell of the Change of the Watch begins to chime they hear a soft pop and a woos of air. AS the heroes turn in the direction of the sound they see a black robed man walk towards them out of the darkness. They are all the more surprised because they can clearly see the corner he walked away from and there is no doorway to be seen. He pulls a sheet of paper from his robes and reads from it a list of names. "You may call me The Magus. Can I assume that the five of you are Kelim, Calamity, Rethinal, Terry, and Muradin? I am here on behalf of the Caliph to bring you to his court. I can see that you arrived before the appointed hour. You were instructed to choose a leader from among yourselves. Tell me, who is it that will be your Voice before the Caliph. This I must know before we depart to the Red Court." Edited May 2, 2015 by Asphalt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Endgame Posted May 2, 2015 "Heya. Sorry I'm late. I was just... taking advantage of this beautiful evening. Isn't it nice?" Calamity walks in, appraising the other Heroes. "I guess. Little humid, though..." "You may call me The Magus. Can I assume that the five of you are Kelim, Calamity, Rethinal, Terry, and Muradin? I am here on behalf of the Caliph to bring you to his court. I can see that you arrived before the appointed hour. You were instructed to choose a leader from among yourselves. Tell me, who is it that will be your Voice before the Caliph. This I must know before we depart to the Red Court." Terry startles. "Oh! Uh, didn't see you there. Well, I know I'm Terry... As for who should be our leader, well, I think Kelim is the only one of us who have gone questing before, so maybe he should lead us?" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asphalt Posted May 2, 2015 (edited) "I care little who speaks for you, so long as he can show proper respect to the Caliph. Do the others among you have anyone whom they would like to put forward?" Edited May 2, 2015 by Asphalt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cryos Posted May 2, 2015 (edited) "You may call me The Magus. Can I assume that the five of you are Kelim, Calamity, Rethinal, Terry, and Muradin? I am here on behalf of the Caliph to bring you to his court. I can see that you arrived before the appointed hour. You were instructed to choose a leader from among yourselves. Tell me, who is it that will be your Voice before the Caliph. This I must know before we depart to the Red Court." Oh! Uh, didn't see you there. Well, I know I'm Terry... As for who should be our leader, well, I think Kelim is the only one of us who have gone questing before, so maybe he should lead us?" "Aye, I'll call yer what I want." The dwarf snorted at Magus, "I jist so 'appen ter want ter call you Magus." He pocketed his flask across his waist, taking a step forward. "As a dwarf who's served most 'is life as a combat general.." He directed his gaze at Terry, "..I should lead this troop." his eye shifted from Terry, to the bird, to the lass, finally resting on Kelim...and his axe. How did that human end up with a dwarven weapon.. His iron brow furrowing with the thought. Despite the tall man's personality, something told the dwarf not to trust him. "Dat is, unless anyone 'as a problem wi' it." Edited May 2, 2015 by Cryos Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asphalt Posted May 2, 2015 (edited) The Magus smirks at the Dwarf's swagger. A combat general turned mercenary, impressive indeed. "Make your decision quickly, the time of this meeting was not chosen arbitrarily." Edited May 2, 2015 by Asphalt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scubacarrot Posted May 3, 2015 "As Kelim has been with Heroica the longest, I'm sure he'll do great." Calamity says absent minded. She seems much more interested in the figure in black that just appeared out of nowhere. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mencot Posted May 3, 2015 (edited) Keliim polished his dwarven axe as they waited for Retinal and Calamity to join them, the Orichalcum blade shined reddish in the moonlight. Retinal arrives at the inn and says," alrighty im here now greetings all." "Heya. Sorry I'm late. I was just... taking advantage of this beautiful evening. Isn't it nice?" Calamity walks in, appraising the other Heroes. "Evening Retinal and Calamity, good seeing thou. Yes, very beautiful moonlit night 'tis." Suddenly that strange noice is sounded again. The party begins to wander about the Pavilion and mingle among themselves. AS the first bell of the Change of the Watch begins to chime they hear a soft pop and a woos of air. AS the heroes turn in the direction of the sound they see a black robed man walk towards them out of the darkness. They are all the more surprised because they can clearly see the corner he walked away from and there is no doorway to be seen. He pulls a sheet of paper from his robes and reads from it a list of names. "You may call me The Magus. Can I assume that the five of you are Kelim, Calamity, Rethinal, Terry, and Muradin? I am here on behalf of the Caliph to bring you to his court. I can see that you arrived before the appointed hour. You were instructed to choose a leader from among yourselves. Tell me, who is it that will be your Voice before the Caliph. This I must know before we depart to the Red Court." "Good evening, Magus" Keliim bows his head and continues "ay we art all here now! And about who is going to be the leader, I hast nothing agains doing it if everybody else agrees to it" Keliim turns his head to Muradin at looks at him from top to toe. The big man thinks to himself: "Looks a bit too young to have been an dwarven wargeneral, he looks like he has just hit maturity and he is more arrogant than dwarves usually is! But who knows, maybe he has aged well" Keliim says to Muradin: "With thy claim'd experience, I would have nothing against you being Party leader but i think a person that doesn´t greet others when greeted shouldn´t get some manners, would think a militaryfellow like thou would´t know that! Edited May 3, 2015 by Mencot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asphalt Posted May 3, 2015 (edited) It would seem that you, Kelim the Cruel, have received the confidence of the majority of your fellows. You shall be the Voice of your party before the Caliph. I caution you to not speak out of turn. As the Magus speaks the bells continue to chime, nearing the end of Full Night. "It is time we leave. " The magus steps forward and cracks the base of his staff against the cobbles. The crystal sphere atop it begins to glow with a clear our light. It casts a perfect ring of light with the mage at its center. Oddly, even though the staff is emitting such bright light, nothing the light touches casts a shadow, nor is the ring broken where the light is blocked by man or object. "All of you, please step forward into the ring." What will the party do? THE PARTY Kelim the Cruel (played by Mencot) *Party Leader* Age 35, male human Level 5 Barbarian Power: 10 (5+5) Power Bonus: 0 Health: 12/12 SP: 0 Gold: 12 Equipment: Dwarven Orichalcum one handed battleaxe (WP: 5), wolf fur coat(Prop) Inventory: Consumables: Mead, x4 Potion, Grand Potion, Smoke Bom Artefacts: Order Imperial Longsword (WP: 5),Heroic Helm (Headwear, SP:2, Helm's SP doubles on free hits),Really Hard Helmet (SP: 2, Immunity to Rock) Misc: Shovel Calamity (played by Scubacarrot) 24 year old human Mage Level 1 Power: 4 (1 + 3) Health: 5/5 (5) Ether: 5/5 (5) Gold: 10 Equipment: Skull-Topped Staff (WP: 3, staff), Inventory: Potion, Amethyst (X2 against Holy/Luminous and Humanoids) Rethinal (played by Rconn0) 58 year old Were-Eagle cleric Level 1 Power: 4 (3+1) Health: 9/9 (9) Ether: 5/5 (5) Gold: 10 Equipment: Small hammer Inventory: Potion, Remedy Terry Yelnats (played by Endgame) Level 1 Mage HP: 5/5 Ether: 5/5 Power: 4 (+0 bonus) Gold: 10 Equipment: Cattle Prod Staff (WP: 3) Inventory: Potion, Sapphire (X2 against Flying and Vermin) Muradin Falstad (played by Cryos) 47 year old male dwarf Level 1 Barbarian Health: 8/8 Power: 4 Gold: 0 Equipment: Granite Hammer (WP:3), Inventory: Potion, Mead, Shovel Edited May 3, 2015 by Asphalt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scubacarrot Posted May 3, 2015 "Teleportation magic? Interesting..." Calamity steps forward. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Endgame Posted May 3, 2015 Hoping dearly he wouldn't be reduced to ash, Terry steps into the ring with a small whimper. "You've done this before, right...?" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mencot Posted May 3, 2015 (edited) It would seem that you, Kelim the Cruel, have received the confidence of the majority of your fellows. You shall be the Voice of your party before the Caliph. I caution you to not speak out of turn. As the Magus speaks the bells continue to chime, nearing the end of Full Night. "It is time we leave. " Keliim bows his head and says "It seems so" "All of you, please step forward into the ring." What will the party do? Keliim looks at the bright circle, and is reminded by the "moongate" spell that took him here over 2 years ago. He thinks "Good thing we have a couple magic-user among us after all, bad thing is that they pretty much novice at it, especially Terry!" He steps forward and at first putting his axe into the circle of light and pulling it back, "seems pretty much harmless" he thinks. Then he puts it back and turns to the others and says: "Lets move out, we don´t wanna keep our employer waiting." Keliim motions to the rest and to Terry to step up and says "Lets do it like this I go, first then Terry the mage, then Rethinal the cleric, Calamity the mage and last of the party Muradin the dwarf to cover the trail. Hoping dearly he wouldn't be reduced to ash, Terry steps into the ring with a small whimper. "You've done this before, right...?" But before Keliim can react, Terry steps into the ring. "Terry what the..." And the big man goes after him Into the ring, thinking "This is gonna be harder than I thought!" OoC: This is the first time I am party leader, so if, especially Scuba and Endgame sees something that I do wrong in the battle and other situations just tell me. Other thing, would it be a good idea to make an PM thread with all players and QM so we don´t clutter up the Quest thread with too much OoC posts? Edited May 3, 2015 by Mencot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cryos Posted May 3, 2015 Keliim says to Muradin: "With thy claim'd experience, I would have nothing against you being Party leader but i think a person that doesn´t greet others when greeted shouldn´t get some manners, would think a militaryfellow like thou would´t know that! The dwarf fumed, "And if I bloody well think dat ye should kiss my voluptuous black dwarven a-" It would seem that you, Kelim the Cruel, have received the confidence of the majority of your fellows. You shall be the Voice of your party before the Caliph. I caution you to not speak out of turn. As the Magus speaks the bells continue to chime, nearing the end of Full Night. "It is time we leave. " The magus steps forward and cracks the base of his staff against the cobbles. The crystal sphere atop it begins to glow with a clear our light. It casts a perfect ring of light with the mage at its center. Oddly, even though the staff is emitting such bright light, nothing the light touches casts a shadow, nor is the ring broken where the light is blocked by man or object. "All of you, please step forward into the ring." What will the party do? "Lets move out, we don´t wanna keep our employer waiting." Keliim motions to the rest and to Terry to step up and says "Lets do it like this I go, first then Terry the mage, then Rethinal the cleric, Calamity the mage and last of the party Muradin the dwarf to cover the trail. But before Keliim can react, Terry steps into the ring. "Terry what the..." The dwarf aggressively twists on his helmet, turning to the bird, then back at the circle of light in front of him. "I'd be caught growin' witherstone roses before I end up bein' the 'last of the party'" Wrapping a cold fist around his cast iron hammer, he trudged into circle of light. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scubacarrot Posted May 3, 2015 "You've done this before, right...?" "Aren't you a mage? Terry, was it?" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Endgame Posted May 3, 2015 "Aren't you a mage? Terry, was it?" "Well, yes, but my greatest trick is "spraying water as strong as a shaken bottle of seltzer" not, um... teleporwarpotation, or whatver its called... I'm kinda of a novice, really. You're a mage too, aren't you? With the whole skull on a stick thing." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
