On the Road (OOC)

Meht can lead the way, and tell us about their clever traps.

Happy to! Given the outcome would be uncertain each time, is it my job or yours to tell the group whether a given trap has caught something? And/or is it a move of some kind?

The outcome does not really matter in the larger scheme of things, and failing does not seem interesting, so no rolls are needed.
However, if something about this ends up noticeably impacting the story we may need dice to tell us how, or how much.

If you want, narrate the first trap, with whatever you find in it, that way we can see they types of traps you are thinking of, go ahead and include something reasonable in the trap --or what sort of thing Meht was hoping would have been in the trap if you want this one to be empty, thus upping the stakes for the next one. Then I can introduce a minor wrinkle at the second. If we don't want wrinkles, then you can just narrate the lot with little mechanical impact (maybe you find lunch for yourselves, maybe lunch for the guards).

A tepid Die of Fate has me a bit stumped. :)

Are we, as players, looking for a fight, or a mystery, or a chase, or a social meeting, or something else?
The gods have not spoken, your destiny is your own.

If we're taking votes then I'd say social meeting or a mystery.

Even if we weren't taking votes that would be what you said. :)

Who else wants what? Tell us what you want, don't be influenced by what others before you have said. We can compromise later.

Well, what I want is a big pile of treasure, but my actual suggestion is someone that might be in the woods but has reason to hide. Illicit lovers, or maybe somebody trying to poach Meht's traps?

Meht talking to the birds sound like Magic, using the spirits (or elementals) of nature to achieve a goal. Magic takes time, though.
We can forego the Summons requirement for a Druid in nature, but it still takes time.

Can you convince me how this is not Magic and bound by those rules?

Disregard my previous.
This is 'Wild: you can converse with and attempt to command animals'.

Very well. Though it almost looks like the dice disagree. :)

I have thoughts on the Attributes and will post something shortly. The distinction between INT, WIS, and sorta CHA is always a bit nebulous and messy anyway. As is STR vs DEX for which weapons they apply to and whether DEX or STR would cover acrobatics (acrobats would say STR and CON:)...

Sorry all, I didn't subscribe to this thread and have just seen this whole last week of posts and the context they provide! My bad, apologies for not answering any of your previous questions @vagueGM.

Have subscribed to it now.

I missed this too previously, sorry - thanks vagueGM!

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Oh thanks! Have done that now.

Ouch

Is there aiding in this system?

Not as such. But there are --rare-- bonuses for fictional positioning. If a player's actions sets up a better position and someone follows through on it they may gain a bonus (maybe even up to +2), but often this better position would serve to lessen the consequences. This setup can be done in a flashback if appropriate.

Remember there is a lot of noise going on right now (setup), so no one can hear anything except birds. This makes sneaking easier, but not only for you. This advantage applies to both parties, but also lessens the severity of the consequences.

theatreofcomets: More detail is welcome, but not needed in the case of returning to the caravan.
Let's say it has left, but you will not have trouble finding it. It is on the road and you know the direction.
If anyone wants to add any more detail here, then I will leave it open for a day, else we can jump to you catching up to the caravan (or waiting for it to arrive where you are, or whatever), and then we can deal with who it is you first run into and what sort of trouble that brings.

Rook: For now you appear to have avoided Calum's notice. Does he suspect that you set him up, or is the hate still all about the girl?

For Rook's part, he still bears a grudge about the girl, and Calum knows that. Whether he's figured out enough to suspect Rook, I'm willing to leave up to your judgement or to the dice, whichever way you want to do it