The Contact (OOC)

I'd like to stay on track of the whole baron quest if possible :)

I don't mind the mystery, but it would be nice to find someone answers to work with. At this moment I feel like we're still pretty clueless about the whole situation.

It can go either way for me.

I'm just curious to meet "her" :)

And 'she' is quite keen to meet you (specifially), and hopes you will not be disappointed. :)
Unfortunately, upcoming revelations will mean that meeting will be postponed.

Are we waiting for Norbert to do something? I'm still not sure when it is "my turn", but there is nothing Norbert would do now except wait.

I will take responsibility for the longer than usual delay. I was initially waiting to see if anyone wanted to take any action to prevent Roald from sneaking up, but then it got lost, then it was weekend and one player had been offline for more than a day and another for more than two days, so I did not want to push at that time. Then today was busy. That's how it goes. :)
PbtA does not have 'turns' as such, so don't wait for your turn if you do have something you want to do. The lack of turn order is one of the things that make PbtA work well in PbP.
I did figure as much after a day or so (then the above excuse happened:). We do have a thread where we can say if we are waiting for someone to respond, but also don't hesitate to drop an OOC message like this in the OOC thread so we know not to wait, or that everyone is happy to go ahead.

@Airshark: Sneaking closer will need a roll to see how it goes. How careful is Roald being, about not being notices as well as about 'looking for traps' and such?

He is focussing on staying hidden as much as possible. Not paying attention to traps.
He will however avoid branches or other noisemakers as much as possible.

Didn't know you checked the onlinelyness, will keep that in mind.

I'll add a 2d6+1. ( Unless constitution is involved, but dex seems more appropriate.

He is focussing on staying hidden as much as possible. Not paying attention to traps.
He will however avoid branches or other noisemakers as much as possible.

Didn't know you checked the onlinelyness, will keep that in mind.

I'll add a 2d6+1. ( Unless constitution is involved, but dex seems more appropriate.

Nice roll there, buddy :P

Just look at it upsidedown

Looks pretty normal to me.

Are you trying to get the dog seen so she can be a distraction?

Did you describe her? I am picturing a black and white sheepdog?

Norbert told the dog to stay out of sight but make a lot of noise by running "trough" the undergrowth. She would get a fierce scolding if she was recognised.

The dog is a old sheepdog:
https://www.loveyourdog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Old-English-Sheepdog-Outdoors-900x500.jpg

I believe I mentioned "samson and Gert" for the flemish :)

Is the person we don't know Nixon? If we start calling him Nixon now, that's going to be confusing later on if he's not. 😅

And we don't need another twist in this tale. :)
You guys can be sure he is the one Olaf referred to as Nixon. Your characters can assume that too, though they might still have doubts if you want.

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Neither Olaf nor Nixon are are carrying significant weapons: Olaf has the sort of stuff a farmer would carry for protection (axe and dagger, probably) and Nixon does not appear to have any weapons at all, though you can't rule out a knife.

If it comes to blows you guys should not be in any real physical danger.

Is that something Albert would be able to see from a distance through a storm? At this point he's assuming they are armed and possibly decent fighters. But if he knows there is less danger he'd be less worried.

With Albert's Awareness, probably.

Adding that and a bit about Nixon in the RP to make it official. Consider it to mean any or all of you when it says 'you' in that post.

OK, so no praying. Noted.

Oh, alright. That's good to know :)
To clarify, Albert will of course say a prayer for Roald's safety (as mentioned before). But if/when Roald is in trouble, he plans to act. He'd like to have a plan ready for such a scenario.

How long would it take for Albert to get to the tree at running speed? Is it 20 meters away or more like 100?
I know we don't have to worry about the threat, but it's a bit of a tense situation.

I assume you are on the edge of the clearing? The clearing is only slightly larger than the span of the tree's branches, so maybe 6 meter?

Oh, that's a lot closer than I thought. Alrighty :)