[OOC] Death & Taxes

Okay, I'll try to have a post done tomorrow.

Hi, sorry still here - this week has been.....taxing. Will read through the latest posts in a bit and stick a post up for Hildar

Happy May! +5 XP all around. Let me know what you spend it on if you do, otherwise feel free to bank it.

bank this time :)

Have spent mine (and a bit of banked XP as follows:

5 xp Talent: T1 Toughened (R1) (200)
10 xp Talent: Tier 2: Knack for It (Knowledge (Lore), Knowledge (Adventuring)) (210)

Let's think about wrapping up the pre-feast explorations, shall we? Maybe one more location for each group?

I know Nekurr and Bruv have several potential locations they could investigate: the abandoned place near the mayor's, the ruined church, the ferryman. You two could presumably split up, but that's a lot of GM labor to run another separate search, so I'd ask you only do that if one of you plans to visit a location that won't entail social interaction (like the ruined church or abandoned building).

The folks in the house have left several rooms unexplored, too. The house group could presumably look at multiple locations, but remember that your hosts are due any minute now and may have questions if you're, say, poking around in a bedroom or something.

IC developments would point to the ferryman I think. There doesn't seem to be much talk about the abandoned buildings, besides the children thinking one of them is haunted...

I guess once the party is together we can assume the spider cult drove off whatever church was here before and that the haunted house may hold new clues about it, so even OOC I'd say leave those for later.

Lets see what emsquared thinks :D

Yea, haunted house is fine.

Em, you saying Bruv will check the abandoned house while Nekurr talks to the ferryman?

Oh, musta misread. Ferryman is fine.

Hey, folks! So this is a natural place to wrap up the pre-festival investigations and, with them, the session. We've accomplished a lot since you arrived at the back door of Buzzard's Ford, so everyone gets 20 XP. Do let me know what you spend it on, unless you choose to bank it.

That said, feel free to wrap up your current scenes however you see fit. Bruv and Nekurr may have more questions for the ferryman, for instance.

In the meantime, you should also come up with a game plan for the festival. Are all of you going to go? Or will one or two of you use the opportunity to snoop around the village while others are occupied? (Your absence will be noticed, of course, but how people react to your absence is an open question).

Will you be staying the night at the manor? Or the Galbernost barn? Or in your own tents somewhere?

Will you be bringing your weapons to the festival, even though it's likely to spook people? (Only Tronus and Nera have weapons that would be conspicuous, really.)

Anything else?

No more questions, just wanted to check what the ferryman would say about Isle. They all have the same story :D

As it stands, Nekuur will join the festival with no weapons, but may crash at Galbernost's. I'm curious about that haunted place and it may be easier to sneak out of a barn :D

I guess there is the possibility that someone "wasn't feeling well", maybe due to the swamp/mosquitos and snoop around without raising much questions

Yea, nah, I'm good. I'm sure I'll be spending XP but not sure on what yet...

15 Second Wind, rank 3
20 Enduring

Sick! I'm all for sticking together tonight, nothing like a mysterious festival to reveal terrifying rituals I'm sure.

15 xp- Precise Archery Tier 3 - no more upgraded archery checks when enemies are engaged with companions.
10 xp: Deceptions 1 -> 2

Think I should hold off on combat stuff for a bit now.

I'm still here! Adjusting to a new schedule which has left me with a bit of writers block, I should be back to normal by the end of this week.

Thanks for checking in! This is Nera's big chance to show off with her marksmanship, so let us know if she wants to do the knife-throwing contest, or to make a play to get her bow back. :)

I'll post more shenanigans soon. In the meantime, it's June 3. Everyone gets 5 XP to spend or bank as you please. Let me know what you buy if you do buy something.

right! I probably should but something now with all the banked XP. let me see...

I've banked the 5XP for now