[IC] Death & Taxes (Session 2)

Let me know if y'all are looking for a way to get the horses and cart past the palisades. Or if someone's looking for a gate on this side of the village.

I'll upgrade any magic or violence used on the critter with a SP. Paralyze curse will be RPPPP. Possible, but pretty tough. ;)

Use advantages for the boy to introduces us to his parents so we get a social bonus :D

GM edit: Fear grants two boosts. Plus stranger danger, since he only likes Nera.

As a refresher, you're somewhere off to the northwest of what is shown on this map. You don't yet know what's on the other side of the palisade, but you do presume that the creek you're by is the same one that you see flowing through the village on this map.

Yeah, but the problem is that the palisade goes down almost to the surface of the water. Imagine something like this, but the fence part has spikes on top and bottom and extends across the water:



I'm hoping everyone is safe during the global pandemic. If the lack of posts here is due to that, please be careful and continue to stay safe. However, if folks are seeing this palisade as another roadblock (and are perhaps frustrated), I assure you that things will be much smoother once you get past this fence. I just don't see how a village that wants to keep out the bad, bad swamp would not have fortifications. But there are potentially many ways to overcome the obstacle. I just need you to let me know what you want to try!

I already offered up what I thought we should do, before the sneaking began: head to the gate.

Sneaking in makes it look like we're here for duplicitous reasons.

We could use more magic if it takes that to get the horses there. We can leave the cart as far as I can tell. Did we have any other need of it?

Yeah, sorry if I didn't make it clear enough, but taking the "back way" means there is no gate, at least not that you can see. You all chose to come the way of Lizardfolk and poachers, both of whom you know the village distrusts and actively opposes. Whether the village is actively rebellious is something you haven't determined yet, but you at least know they don't have active watches on the wall, just a wall.

So, you could try to circle the village on the outside of the palisades to get to the gate that way, but that's a half day lost or more, plus lots of chances for people to spot you from the other side.

In the spirit of transparency, having the kid here (as a conduit to his parents) is a way to let you announce your presence (and thus not seem sneaky). If that's the consensus option, we'll have him get his Pa and proceed from there.