Chapter 1 - New Horizons

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Mar 22, 2019 5:17 pm
When Vincent taps on the "Physique" skill on his glowing screen, a secondary screen pops up but doesn't display much more information. It just says Physique - You have gained a warrior's physique.

When looking elsewhere in the window, it lists nothing other than Class, Level, and Skills. A bit disappointingly.... empty.
Kimberly and Vincent head up the stairs in search of clothing. They find a good amount of very old clothing, but almost all of it is eaten through by moths or other insects. Unfortunately, none of it is wearable. The search is not a complete loss though, both Vincent and Kimberly get an idea of the type of clothing in the world - it looks almost like something from a renaissance fair.

Most of the clothing is made of crudely-spin fibers, thick and fairly rough. Even though the clothing is faded and old, it seems like dyes were not used (or at least not for this quality of clothing). The clothing on all of your backs right now would definitely stand out, with the exception of a plain sweater that Eun is wearing.

Eun would have followed Kimberly into the kitchen, and is scrounging around for any other edibles. At this time, there's a fair-sized collection of bread, sausages, cheese, and a bit of honey sitting in the middle of a sheet in the common room. The goblin, now a bit confused if it's name is Sacrifice or Gobbo, is staring at the food longingly.
OOC:

So sorry! The post I thought I posted yesterday never made it online. :(

If I understand right now, the group's intentions are to start heading in the direction of the town filled with not-humans (kobolds and drakes)?

Of the group, there was a corpse with leather armor (did you collect it?).
A shield, mace, pair of daggers, and a nice collection of kitchen cutlery (and pan lids, if you want to use that as a makeshift buckler).

You guys also collected food from the kitchen and Kimberly was able to discern how the food stayed fresh (the runes). Some of the blue fruit is collected too, which was noted that the seeds may be poisonous.

Is there anything else I might have missed?

EDIT:

Vincent also put on armor when he went to look outside. Everything that I described in previous posts is visible to Vincent!



Mar 22, 2019 5:20 pm
Vincent put on the armor when he went to look outside.
Mar 22, 2019 6:56 pm
Colin would stay with Gobby the Goblin and watch as the rest of the group gathers the supplies for the travel. Occasionally giving a hand with the preparation if something needs to be done within the room and wouldn't require too much effort.

He takes one sausage out of the pile of food and gives it to Gobby, hopefully, without anyone noticing. "Here, eat it discreetly and then we will proceed with detremining your skillset."

Rolls

Sleight of Hand (14) - (3d6)

(211) = 4

Mar 22, 2019 7:21 pm
Kimberly asks Vincent, "I'm concerned about us strutting into town in an unknown world looking as we do. Perhaps as we get closer it would be worth you going into town in the armor to try and figure out if there is a way for us to barter some of the other things we found here for clothes? Plus if the goblin is right and there are some sort of lizard men in the town, we are already going to be misfits."
Mar 22, 2019 8:16 pm
OOC:
Is there any chance I can retro say that Kimberly interacted with her weird screen when she first woke up and clicked on the skill set she received?
Mar 22, 2019 10:05 pm
"Sure thing I will see what I can do about getting local clothes. Robes at the least I hope we can get for everyone."

Vincent will try and look for a textile or clothier in the town.
Mar 23, 2019 1:41 am
"Perfect. Thank you." She nods and takes one last look about the room. "Well I would imagine we should get a move on and head back downstairs."

As she walks towards the stairs she pauses "Vincent, did you wake up feeling.....different this morning? Anything unusual happen last night or when you woke up?"
Mar 23, 2019 8:27 am
OOC:

Yeah, you guys will find that you can actually "will" the screen into existence at any point just by thinking about it. There are very bare options and not a lot of information on those screens.

@Cosmic_Cube You guys haven't gotten to town yet. You haven't actually gotten eyes on the town itself, just some activity in the surrounding area (from miles away). You will need to walk a an hour or so before you actually arrive there.
Eun and David have been gathering up whatever seemed useful in the inn during this interaction. Eun would have a good amount of food rolled up into a quilt, whereas David seems to have gathered up many of the kitchen knives and a heavy iron pot. The knives are stowed away into Eun's backpack. David only had a briefcase when he appeared, so he has a bedroll and the iron pot on his back.

When there is mention of heading towards the town, Eun nervously says, "I think you guys noticed too, but technology in this world seems.... behind. We should probably keep our electronics hidden, but our clothing is going to make us stick out anyways..."

David nods. He seems to think for a moment and then says, "Eun's got a point there. If all of us go strolling into town wearing what we have, we're going to draw a lot of attention. Maybe somebody should go on ahead and try to buy clothing for us...? Thing is, I'm not even sure what they use for money here..."
As Vincent tries to examine the town from afar, it's not really possible to see over the walls to get a layout of it. There are very few buildings tall enough to be visible over the high stone walls - all of them bear wooden roofs. If the goblin was telling the truth and that the walls are about 30 feet high, that would mean there are only maybe three or four buildings in the whole town that are higher than three stories -- assuming the goblin's estimate of the wall's height are accurate.
OOC:

As a GM, I want to toss you guys a bone too!

One thing to remember is that all the information you have about the world are either from a goblin or from what you've observed. The goblin is a species that seems to be reviled by the folks in the town - and it's clear that Gobbo doesn't have any formal education. He also only has 4 fingers on each hand, so there is a chance counting past 8 could be difficult for him. :P

Remember, if you do want to head into town, you need to decide whether or not to bring Gobbo with you. He won't be loved and it might be difficult to convince whatever guards there are to let him in.

I just want to confirm, are you guys looking to head towards the town (not necessarily trying to enter)? Just want to be prepared(ish) for whatever you guys choose to do!

Mar 23, 2019 12:32 pm
Can any traffic be seen leaving or entering the town ?
Mar 23, 2019 12:38 pm
"All right, people, gather 'round!" Colin says loudly when everyone seem to be in the same room or close enough to hear him, "We should make a plan, tossing ideas around is good and all but it is useless if we won't have a clear plan of actions." He then moves to the center of the room, "So first," he raises a finger, "We need to make sure that there is nothing else of use to us in here." He then raises second finger, "Second, we need some local clothing, so, as Dave suggested, we should send a few people to the town to obtain clothes and, possibly, more information about our predicament. And, as Eun pointed out, we probably should be careful with the items from our world. Third," He raises third finger, "Um... well, there will be no step number three until we finish steps number one and two. So, any questions or objections?"
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Mar 23, 2019 1:36 pm
OOC:
I believe we are planning on it, but I think Kimberly and Vincent are still upstairs? If we'd rather just move forward I can delete Kim's question to Vincent and we can say they are downstairs.
Mar 23, 2019 1:39 pm
"Feeling different ? Not really different. How do you mean ? I mean I feel weirded out by this whole torn from our world thing. Did something happen to you ?" He looked at her concerned.
Mar 23, 2019 1:45 pm
"Well there's this....." she focuses on an image of the red screen in her mind hoping it would would reappear. When it does she points to it while looking at Vincent through the red haze. "I definitely could not do that in the real world."
Mar 23, 2019 1:50 pm
"Oh the screen, I have one as well, it's not red. Hey yours says apprentice. Could you look at something for me. I was going to sell this and split the money evenly." He takes out a wrapped bundle.

"Don't touch it, I am not sure if it is cursed. You might be able to tell if it is magic though as an apprentice. Usually that is something to do with magic in game type worlds."

Unwraps bundle to show jeweled dagger. "This thing was stabbed into the corpse, so it is a murder weapon.
Mar 23, 2019 1:58 pm
Kimberly clicks her screen and scrolls through a list of spells, nothing seems related to identifying items. She shakes her head "Doesn't seem to be an option for me. If I'm an 'apprentice' then what are you? Can't you identify it?"
Mar 23, 2019 2:01 pm
"Sadly it just made me a warrior, I think by default from yesterdays actions and maybe from Colin, nonstop calling me Killer. I mean it is a dagger with jewels and I am sure it is worth something just have no clue if it is magical or not."
Mar 23, 2019 2:17 pm
"Odd... but without you yesterday we may have not made it long enough to even discover this part of wherever we are. I think it's going to take the right mix of us to survive." She maintains eye contact for a short pause.

"Perhaps we should get back downstairs, maybe another in the group can help with the dagger? And we should clue them in on our plan for retrieving clothes."
Mar 23, 2019 2:22 pm
Vincent nods to her. He smiles a bit appreciative of the compliment blushing slightly.

"I agree, it usually takes a mix to survive.

He heads down with her and sees if perhaps someone has the ability to appraise even if they cant sense magic in the dagger.
Mar 23, 2019 2:32 pm
Kimberly heads downstairs as the bald man seems to start creating a plan. She lets him finish and then standing there she says "We agree, Vincent, already having armor has volunteered to go try to collect cloaks, hoping that he will blend in better than the rest of us at this point. I would suggest a few of us go as well but maintain a good distance just in case trouble brews."

"But before we get to that, did everyone here wake up to a screen labeling them as one thing or another? Vincent seems to be our warrior, as was evident yesterday. I am an apprentice of some sort, but what about you Eun? David? or.....I'm sorry what was your name?" She asks the bald man who was just talking.
Mar 23, 2019 3:15 pm
"Oh, you may call me Colin, Colin Stone," Colin gives a courteous nod, "And yes, there was a screen thingy telling me that I gained a new Class and if I heard right Eun here is a Doctor now and Dave is another Warrior." He walks closer to Vincent, "So, we have our first volunteer, good, I think I will join you as well. Any more volunteers?" He glances at Gobby expectedly.
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