General Chat

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Hey, folks: we're going in to a holiday weekend in the USA, and I'm going to Kublacon Fall Friday through Monday, so at the very least my posting rate will be a bit more sporadic, but it may mean that I don't end up posting for some days.

Oh wow, bay area con! I'd never heard of this one, glad you mentioned it! I'm down in Orange County CA, love it up above San Fran.

*** DING!!! *** Congratulations to Pickles who becomes the latest Hellion to reach level 2. He is now a Halfling Warrior. His extended family will be so proud.

Here are the latest totals:

- Fenwick: 2,994
- Gabbro: 2,680
- Jessica: 1,226
- Luther: 1,708
- Pickles: 2,001
- Ricard: 3,201

Way to go you Silver Tongued Warrior

Yeah Pickle! Get sum!

Thank you.

I would like to thank my Ghoul Aunty, one footed uncle, Uncle Sweetfoot and Uncle Gonzo.

Great roll :)

Noice

Just a scheduling head's up: I have a busy weekend this week, and may not manage to post every day.

Feel free to discuss your plans for Gnast and the Ghost Beggars out-of-character in the General Chat thread. The original purpose of this meeting (and why Gnast believes he is here) is to discuss the possibility of you joining the Beggars as new recruits. Given that they are well-known bandits, this might pose some ethical dilemmas for the lawful members of the party (Luther, Fenwick, Gabbro, Jessica), depending on what Gnast expects of you.

Luther I think sees it as a way to end the evil of the Beggars. Get in see how to bring them down.

...not to mention the agreement we have with the Open Sores orcs, or the fact that we ambushed and brutally killed two of Gnast's gang already (whose corpses, it shouldn't have to be mentioned, are the source of the bad smell we keep detecting every time we go past that pit).

For Gabbro, adventuring is not all that different from the political infighting in his extended family, which has surprised and mildly disappointed him. Still, he shouldn't be surprised, given that there are creatures living here. It's more interesting than if all of the old prison was abandoned. But that doesn't help him navigate this particular situation of alliances and betrayals.

For me, it seems like we could:
- just try to deceive Gnast and join up with the Ghost Beggars, masquerading as bandits, with the idea that we'll maybe, eventually, learn about what Gnast is trying to find (and thus fulfill our previous quest)
- offer something of value (a service, perhaps?) in exchange for the information we want
- be honest and say "we've been hired by the orcs to do this thing" with the idea toward being mercenary, saying that we're open to offers to look the other way or even double-cross the orcs
- feed them dishonest information, in the hopes of orchestrating a confrontation between the Ghost Beggars and the Open Sores ("We heard a rumor...")

This is an excellent summary of options Spaceseeker, and if it was me as a rational person would probably go the double agent line and the idea of completely our quest for the Orcs.

But unfortunately, or fortunately, I am playing Pickles! So constructively I will say let’s get on side with the Beggers see what we can find out to advantage ourselves, then see what chaos we can cause :)

Yes if we can cause chaos or war between the Beggars and Sores that would be great.

So the remaining question is:
Are we going to try to be subtle about it, so that the orcs who are watching us won't know that we're doing this, or do we sign up openly because we feel like there's plausible deniability in saying "You wanted us to find out information, so we had to *pretend* to sign up with the Ghost Beggars" if/when the orcs beard us later?

Do it openly the Orcs hired us for this very reason, we can infiltrate the group.

Agreed

Yeah I feel like the more deliberate we are about joining the more the orcs will see what we're up to. If we act shady we look shady.

Jessica will definitely have an issue with joining the Beggars outright but will do so for the sake of her companions. If we are expected to do anything illegal, however, you can expect that she will balk at the idea.