[OOC] Death & Taxes

ok... so I was at 225 XP spent with 255 XP total:
* T3 laugh it off talent -> 240 XP spent
* raise charm to lv3 -> 255 XP spent

That should sort it :D

Inspiring Rhetoric Supreme, back to all spent.

Apologies for not posting in a while on here - have had a pretty rough week with work and a few other things. Will get caught up and try to post something IC later

Thanks for checking in. Feel free to narrate yourself wherever sounds most intriguing to Hildar. I've been assuming you're with Nekurr up at the razorwing races, but there's no reason you couldn't be with Tronus by the hog or with Bruv with the two pageant contestants (or elsewhere).

Mcneils5, based on what you've been able to determine, these folks' worship of Aris is highly unusual. So far your spider-god knowledge is fairly circumstantial (a single book from the mayor's shelf). To determine whether Arachne is actually being worshipped here (knowingly or otherwise) will take some sleuthing.

You can try further Lore checks (on the lady's rhyme, say), but I'll say that this approach is only likely to reaffirm what you already know, that this village's view of Aris is idiosyncratic (though not anathema to how the goddess is venerated elsewhere).

You can try Forbidden checks to cross reference these Aris rites and ceremonies against what you can remember about Arachne or Harridan, the two Zanagan gods associated with the book from the mayor's shelf. Any such check is going to be Formidable (PPPPP + K) with the setback for the isolation of this village (since its customs are all so weird anyway). This is steep, I know, but the clergy of the two Zanagan gods you're thinking of are highly secretive, so knowing what their rites are or are not is a tough proposition without access to research materials.

Finally, determining any particular villager's sincerity is a simple Vigilance check versus their Deception (whether they are actively lying or not). This shopkeeper woman is a decent BSer, so Vigilance versus her is RRP.

There may be other avenues, as well (including magic). These are merely suggestions.

Man... that felt good. lol

That little misogynistic Malfoy-looking punk 😂

Hey Bob, when I first devised the idea, it seemed like a pretty benign thing to do. Not actually targeting/manipulating anyone, or damaging anything, etc.

But as I've had time to reflect on it, like, if it's generally known to be frowned upon in the world to use magic within city limits, it was probably a little out of character for him to have done that... Although his weaknesses is anger/having a short fuse.

I'm prepared to accept the consequences, but just wanted to say, if that's gonna be disruptive I'll accept those consequences without disrupting the story further. Sorry 😬

LOL. Yeah, I thought it was a bit drastic, but apparently the teenage boy struck a nerve. :) I'm going to have Jacey make a Fear check to avoid being freaked out -- she's now trapped in a bramble with someone she doesn't know well. Based on what happens there, we can decide how she reacts (and how the teenage boy reacts.) Even if things go sour, there are still some big events coming up that can draw attention away (the pig wrassling, the razorwing race).

Well... you did say I had to "neutralize this guy"...

I was like, "I can do that."

😖

Tronus is up.

In the meantime, it's July! Here's your +5 XP monthly award. Feel free to bank it, but let me know what you spend it on if you do.

I'll be banking this time

Banking since I've no idea what to work towards currently.

Also banking.

I guess I'll join the bandwagon and say banking for now.

Hey all, wanted to give ya heads up, I'm gonna be gone for the next week or so on vacation.

Will probably have reduced activity levels, see ya on the flip side!

Thanks for the heads up, Emsquared. Enjoy the vacation! If you can check in, that's gravy. You'll probably just miss the pageant if anything.

Yeah also a heads up me and the fam will be going away for a few days from Thursday through to the end of the weekend so my posting will be down quite a bit too

I suppose we could say one of was wasn't feeling well due to the spider thing and have to leave. This was it is not as obvious if the others stay, right? It is unlikely that everyone was indisposed at the same time. This is also just brainstorming here, Nekurr can be easily persuaded on this subject :D

It would probably make sense for Hildar to stay at the pageant given what happened with the bird effigy

Tronus doesn't see why we have to stay, it's not related to Tax collection via the Mayor.