General conversation/OOC commentary

Sorry, folks: the day kind of got away from me. I'll be wrapping up the High Street thread and starting a new thread for the Lucky Copper Inn tomorrow morning.

no worries :)

Just to be clear, Findal, the tiefling, the guards, and the Duke are still there with the party in the Lucky Copper Inn. The Duke and his goons are in the process of dragging them out. I thought I'd mention it, in case I wasn't clear in my description and you'd like to react in the moment. It's also fair if the party wants to not engage with the situation and lay low and see what they can do for Findal after he's been taken.

Ohhh whups. Let me change my last post lol

Oh d'oh, I better edit my post as well

Thx for the heads up. I don't want to be the guy who jumps into combat because "that is what my character would do", but it actually is.

When in doubt I consult her personality. Findal is not really part of her family, clan or tribe.

Hmmm.... Just thinking aloud. It's 6 vs 8, or 7 vs 8 if Findal would actually do something (doubtful).

On the pro side, if we wait it out until later, we'd have to break in, figure out where Findal is held, and get to him, possibly facing a bigger number of foes, so it's likely best to do it now.

On the cons side, the poo-eater Duke will hate us, and we likely become enemy of state (but this is really a pro, not con, because this gods forsaken city can just right stuff itself.)

I'm not impressed by the city either. I have the twilight blessing up and running, and that is temp hp each round. I think we can take them, but we will be on the run her after. But I think we can take them

As a player, I’m fine if y’all wanna start a melee with this asshole. Zin won’t start it, but she won’t abandon her friends either. Her personality is to try and utilize highbrow political influence to avoid physical conflict when dealing with people at the social level of the Duke. Unfortunately for her, I rolled like shit throughout it all.

Hey @MaJunior,@Redamancy,@Kilikina,@forkbeard

Will you participate in the poll (follow this link) about going into combat

I am largely ambivelant. (There's no option for that.)

My only concern as a player about starting this fight would be potentially derailing the campaign.

Sia won’t start the fight either, like Zin, but she also wouldn’t leave the group in the lurch about it. Her method of handling this situation is a combination of the noble birthright meaning an air of diplomatic attempts with some skulking in shadows and words of misdirection and deception. Ah the joys of being a rogue, underhanded methods are our favorite lol.

I worry about starting the fight causing bigger problems in the campaign too, honestly.

@DM Does the campaign assume there's no fight here? If so, I can certainly play Morik that way, I wouldn't veer off course if it'd create a hassle, but I honestly thought the opposite, that the campaign would assume the PCs would not simply let Findal go here.

The issue is that outright attacking the Duke and his men pretty much makes all of us public enemy number one.

Every guard, every member of the citizen qwatch/militia, every mercenary, and every member of the army will be looking for us. Shopkeepers and innkeepers and any other merchant won't want to be seen doing business with us for fear of reprisal. Even temples may be hesitant to aid us.

How many people in the city have more power than the Duke?

Yes, some individuals may side with us, but the city as a whole will be extremely hard to navigate without constant fights.

Now, our DM does amazing things, but I can't believe an attack on the Duke would be no big deal.

No, the campaign does not make that assumption. There are many ways to approach the situation.

Sorry, folks, I waited too long to finish describing the morning after the rest, and now *I* need to sleep. I'll post first thing in the morning.

I was mixed up about ishi's need for rest, RAGE is the only ability that requires rest and he has one left

because of his personaliy and low CHA, he will follow someone unless he is ranging. though he is not stupid.


so if Elowin tells him to do something he will probably do it.

Ok, no worries. Looks like we've rested. What do you guys want to do now?

Curious: what are Adran's current two infused items? It's not clear on the character sheet at the moment whether it's an alchemy jug, an enhanced armor/shield, or an enhanced weapon.

Should be his armor and the alchemy jug.

At this point, I'm going to post a little side vignette, showing things that are happening elsewhere. This is something I do sometimes, to give players context that their characters don't have. I find it's particularly helpful in an asynchronous game like this one, where days may pass between the first shoe and the second shoe dropping. Even though the PCs may be confused, I sometimes don't want the players to be in the dark also. Let me know whether you like it.