On the Road (OOC)

Let's see how it plays out. If it proves interesting he will know. :/

If no one wants to play out talking to the captain, we can skip ahead, if you also don't want to play out any interactions with other NPCs (guards, drovers, merchant, whatever) then we can skip ahead even more.

If we want to jump to some action, we can skip over the night watch and have a fight tomorrow.
Your call.

I was trying not to dominate the conversation, so that's why I stayed quiet. I'm OK with pushing forward, there was nothing else for my char in the scene I think

Trying not to dominate a conversation is tricky in PbP.
Let's rather post when we can and only stop and wait for others if there is an indication we need to.

Rezart: Where/when do you want to push forward to?

I got plenty of chances to lead in the forest scenes, and my character is less comfortable in this context, so very happy for you to drive the interactions more here.

Sorry for the delay. I'm fine with us pushing forward until trouble starts. Rook's assumption is that this is a set-up, and the reason that Calum gathered volunteers so quickly is that he's working with bandits to either steal from the caravan and escape in the night, or ambush it on the road. He's basically just going to avoid Calum and be on the lookout for trouble

Let's see when the 'lookout' sees the trouble.

I am going to give until tomorrow for anyone to do anything to maybe try to preempt to sudden but inevitable betrayal.

Then I will jump to the action but you can still do any relevant preparation in flashbacks.

I want to try and write a post now, apologies for the delay.

Should I also mention decisions regarding what character did till this point, - I picked to have her join the caravan previously - and also choose time when she would be on watch?

Go for it.

No apologies necessary, that is how PbP works. Don't feel any pressure to hurry up and respond, do so when you can. Though, if it likely to be more than a day or so, let us know so we don't end up waiting.

LizzyPinkHood: When you post you should see a 'Post As:' dropdown list above the toolbar, this allows you to post as your character and makes it easier for us to keep track of who is doing what (but still keep using the character's name in the text of the post, like you did).

Unfortunately this site does not remember who you posted as last, so you have to get in the habit of selecting it every time.

You can also go back and edit the post to change who it was posted as, just select the character and hit 'save'.

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Do you need any response from any of us? Your post was pretty standalone, but if you wanted to enter into some dialogue or interact with an NPC or a PC we can do that. Else we will set off and see what comes.

I understand, thank you, and shall do so in the future.

Well, I don't mind if someone would like to interact amkng players, if any of the NPCs have anything to say or add, and finally if from your perspective as DM character could see or hear, or maybe she needs to make a check or something else. Otherwise, I might think of adding myself a bit.

I was not sure if that meant you were going to post more. Feel free to blow Calum off and post your own thing, or talk to him as you please.

Leesha is free to continue ignoring Calum or to talk to him more, but we will wait for the other players before anything big happens.

Dealing with the caravan ambush:

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Rezart:
No problem having Rook be focused on Calum, that makes sense given the history.
If you want to just roll your damage, you can do that. But you could also choose to maneuver to set up a better position (probably DEX, but the fiction will tell us what to roll). A 7-9 will see you rolling your damage as normal; a 6- would see you rolling half; but a 10+ would see you rolling double; and a 12 or would see you killing Calum outright (or 'incapacitate' if you want to), in a spectacular way (of your choosing) with whomever you want seeing/knowing, and being impressed.

Did you deliberately make your Exs name similar to 'Leesha'? It could become confusing (less so with NPCs (and dead ones at that) than with PCs with similar starting names), but maybe you wanted that confusion and association?
Chat with LizzyPinkHood first if you are thinking of pursuing a romantic relationship with Leesha.

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theatreofcomets:
Does Meht have a bow?

Calum is still on the wagon talking to girl. With a roll of 11 you have time to react slightly before the ambush happens, and he knew about it so he also reacted pretty much simultaneously, so he is not 'fleeing' quite yet.
However. Would Meht's focus be on Calum rather an the road and the world around you? It is fine if it was, we will turn our focus there as well and have the ambush be background that the NPCs will deal with. That can make an interesting backdrop to the Calum scene.

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LizzyPinkHood:
You showed Leesha not paying attention to her surroundings --nor to Calum, really. If you are happy with it, the others might deal with the Calum issue without waiting for Leesha to react. But if you want to take action (he is holding out his hand to you, and the touch of your hands hurts:) then say so and we can coordinate.
I don't figure that Leesha would be choosing to leave with Calum, but if you want to do that, say so and we can work out how to play it.

I think this is an impulsive decision on Rook's part, just taking advantage of the distraction, so he probably wouldn't try to maneuver for a better shot, but he would immediately try to hide, maybe duck under a wagon or something. I will edit the post to add in a damage roll and a roll to hide (I know we don't edit normally, but I think it might be cleaner that way)

I didn't choose the name Layla specifically as a connection to Leesha. I'm not opposed to having a romance, but it's not something I planned at the moment, it was more just a way to explain why he hates Calum so much. If the story does go that direction between Rook and Leesha, I'll talk it over with LizzyPinkHood.

The Hide roll does not have any fiction to support it, so we can't judge the outcome. Roll the damage, and we will see if Calum survives, he is just an NPC, and you might roll good.

Then show us the character hiding in a new post (once we know the damage outcome) and roll to hide in that post.

OK. I see I was too late and you rolled stealth.
No worries.
Next time: Fiction First.
But show us Calum taking an irritating blow to the head but not being really hurt, then go ahead and hide with great success.

Oh sure, sorry. I'll add a post for that