The Two Barons (OOC)

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Sep 27, 2022 5:46 am
Theo and the guards.
As the son of the mayor he blames him, probably not right to do this.

Roald thinks the mayor is playing a game with our party as bait or collateral damage for his own gain. Wether Theo is in on it, or being used himself... In both cases it would not fall well with Roald. To them the mayor is a stranger, but Theo should know better (if he is being used)
Sep 27, 2022 5:47 am
As son of a butcher he would say. '' there's more here than meats the eye'' 😁
Sep 27, 2022 5:51 am
Airshark says:
... Theo and the guards. ...
I thought that might be the case. And that the lowered voice was to exclude Theo from the conversation. We can assume that worked easily enough in all the confusion. Only those who you want to hear will hear what you are saying.
Airshark says:
... probably not right to do this ...
Time will tell.
Airshark says:
... ' there's more here than meats the eye'' ...
Urgh, you really butchered that saying. :)
Sep 27, 2022 11:43 am
vague, should I write the whole conversation with Theo, or do an OOC summary (short list) of what we know and what we think is going on?
Sep 27, 2022 11:53 am
We can play out as much as we need, and summarise the rest?
Sep 27, 2022 12:49 pm
Interesting conversation so far :)
I'm trying to think of who else it could have been. Though it may be someone we don't know yet.

Was at any point specified that 'her' was a person? Could be a beloved pet, right?
Sep 27, 2022 12:54 pm
TheGenerator says:
... it may be someone we don't know yet ...
Quite likely, you are new here. :)
TheGenerator says:
... specified that 'her' was a person? Could be a beloved pet, right? ...
That is a possibility, or even a beloved tool of some sort... but you got the slight impression it was a person.
Someone did mention 'kidnapping'.
Sep 27, 2022 12:55 pm
... which could mean 'stealing baby goats'? Or 'baby goats sleeping'? Probably not.
Sep 27, 2022 1:00 pm
It would be pretty funny (OOC) if it turned out to be something like Theuderic's long lost teddy bear, Mipsy :P
IC, probably not so much. lol!
Sep 28, 2022 3:30 pm
fossball says:
(in RP)... looking for a trapdoor or a way to the cellar ...
The door to the wine cellar is pretty obvious. I assume you are looking for a hidden trapdoor of some sort? If so you can roll for it. Such a roll would probably be +WIS or +INT purely for the searching (depends on whether you are using your senses, or logic to find a likely place) or +CHA if you want help from a servant (or want to not have the servants think you mad:). If you are trying to avoid them noticing that you are doing this search just narrate that happening, it should not need a roll.
Sep 29, 2022 2:40 pm
@Airshark Roald's play for leadership is noted. On a 7-9 things mostly work out as you directed, but let's maybe see how @fossball's search goes before we deal with how the NPCs fair.

Based on how things go, people will have noted your leadership and it will affect things going forward. So this Leadership roll mainly ticks a clock.

(Note that, if you had rolled a 6- we would have had to bring in a GM Move by the rules, there is no provision for not doing so, so rolling when a roll is not needed carries risks. It was fine this time).
Sep 30, 2022 10:18 am
TheGenerator says:
(in RP)... piece together what is actually going on ... They say that Theuderic hired us to help the resistance ...
Remind me where they said that? I believe we spoke about it --as an option-- out of character but don't recall that happening in game. We can easily say it was said if we want it to be true.
Sep 30, 2022 10:53 am
It was here.
It doesn't specifically say it was for the resistance, but Albert assumes so.
Sep 30, 2022 10:55 am
TheGenerator says:
... Albert assumes so.
Fair enough. There were enough suggestions that that is a completely logical assumption given the disjointed facts the PCs have.
Sep 30, 2022 11:32 am
As a side note; If possible, I'm trying to do some sort of Discern Realities move (to use DW terms). If I didn't hit any trigger for such a roll, let me know and I'll have Albert rejoin the others.
Sep 30, 2022 11:46 am
I tend to prefer actual investigative and conversational RP over Moves that 'provide answers'. I don't see a DR Move giving Albert anything more than what you have discerned so far (i.e. all the info DR might give has been given for free already).
Sep 30, 2022 12:14 pm
Fair enough. I thought playing back the recent events in his head would have him pick up on a subtle, yet significant, thing that happened or was seen somewhere along the line. I was also trying to play to Albert's strength, which is wisdom :)

But if there's no new information to gather, I'll have him go and find the others instead.
Would it take me a while to get to them, or can I just find either Roald or Norbert in my next post?
Sep 30, 2022 12:25 pm
TheGenerator says:
... playing back the recent events in his head ...
Having done so will reflect in the types of things he learns going forward, which is part of the reason I needed to clarify the accuracy of all the details he is putting together.
TheGenerator says:
... play to Albert's strength, which is wisdom ...
Indeed, and Awareness. If he asks the right questions he will get commensurately valuable answers. Possibly a roll will be called for, but I don't like hiding information behind dice, not if you need that information to proceed.
TheGenerator says:
... can I just find either Roald or Norbert in my next post? ...
Super easy, barely an inconvenience. It has not been long and they are right there in the house. Call and they can answer, or you can just run into them on the way to whatever is next.

Do we want to take a look upstairs, or do we assume the guys Roald tasked with searching up there report adequately?
OOC:
Still no mention of the actual baron, I notice.
Sep 30, 2022 1:34 pm
vagueGM says:
Having done so will reflect in the types of things he learns going forward, which is part of the reason I needed to clarify the accuracy of all the details he is putting together.
Oh, that's good to know :) I was afraid my last few posts had been a bit useless. Thanks!
vagueGM says:
Super easy, barely an inconvenience.
Great, I'll get to it.
Oct 1, 2022 1:52 am
vagueGM says:
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Do we want to take a look upstairs, or do we assume the guys Roald tasked with searching up there report adequately?
OOC:
Still no mention of the actual baron, I notice.
I will ask for the report in game, than we can decide if they searched well enough. Having found nothing on the ground level I would like to take a look upstairs. If the 2 men say "we found nothing" I'll take a look myself. If they come back with a more detailed report we know they searched thoroughly and more investigation is not necessary.
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