Dec 13, 2024 2:38 pm
"Do you know these guys?" Ane surreptitiously asks her companions when she spots the red-robes watching them.
CALIMPORT GAME
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Dec 13, 2024 6:49 pm
None of you "know" the red robes. But you've heard of them. The Red Wizards of Thay. Merchants of magic. Purveyors of poisons. Dangerous folk, with an interest in unusual people.
Dec 13, 2024 6:52 pm
Ane is very keen to learn more magic... but she is pretty convinced these guys are not the way she wants to go about doing that... though if someone offered an introduction... she is not sure what she would do then.
Dec 13, 2024 7:43 pm
The wall top is about thirty feet wide, so there's room for people to pass in either direction with a median space for vendors' carts. The red robes deliberately cross that median between a fig cart and a wine cart, and close distance toward you as you're walking. They're getting quite close and someone has time to say one thing before they'll be definitely in earshot. They're obviously focused on the group of you.
Dec 14, 2024 1:10 pm
The red robes are right there. Not quite in your faces, but they've stopped right in your path and a little too close.
" what an assortment of knick knacks, " the smallest of them says in Trade. The staccato standard tongue of Faerun sounds harsh compared to the sibilance of Calim, the local speech. " you're a tall one miss. What ya doin this day? "
" what an assortment of knick knacks, " the smallest of them says in Trade. The staccato standard tongue of Faerun sounds harsh compared to the sibilance of Calim, the local speech. " you're a tall one miss. What ya doin this day? "
Dec 14, 2024 1:51 pm
"Uh, yeah. Get away if you can." Ane says quietly to Garret and her other companions, but it seems it might be too late for that.
Ane is more than a little scared, both that they saw right though her 'disguise' but mainly that they cared enough to be talking to her. She sags a little bit and her clothes fall still and flat.
She knows quite a few languages, but Thayan is not one of them —wouldn't it have been cool, though, if she could answer them in their own language— so she devolves to Trade: "Visiting a friend." She 'answers' (technically true), as politely as one can in Trade. "Can we ... is there some way I can help you." A genuine offer to help seems the best way to deal with this if possible.
Ane is not the best talker, she tends to overthink things, but does not want to draw attention to the rest of her group if she can avoid it.
Ane is more than a little scared, both that they saw right though her 'disguise' but mainly that they cared enough to be talking to her. She sags a little bit and her clothes fall still and flat.
She knows quite a few languages, but Thayan is not one of them —wouldn't it have been cool, though, if she could answer them in their own language— so she devolves to Trade: "Visiting a friend." She 'answers' (technically true), as politely as one can in Trade. "Can we ... is there some way I can help you." A genuine offer to help seems the best way to deal with this if possible.
Ane is not the best talker, she tends to overthink things, but does not want to draw attention to the rest of her group if she can avoid it.
OOC:
I am assuming they are addressing Ane (with the 'tall miss' comment). If there is some way she can avoid getting the whole party stuck in this, then that is her aim.
Dec 14, 2024 5:09 pm
Asha has a bad feeling about these red robed figures and senses a similar tension from the rest of the group, particularly Ane since she knows her the best. She gets the impression that they are referring to the crew when they say "assortment of knick knacks," which makes her feel even more uncomfortable.
Ane's hurried comment confirms her feelings, but she doesn't want to abandon her friend. Instead she thinks of a distraction so they can all flee.
She starts by making eye contact with the figures with a polite smile, acknowledging them. As Ane answers their question, Asha looks distractedly towards the vendors, appearing to browse. Suddenly she let's her eyes and mouth widen, as though in surprise and then with a scream, points to an imagined threat behind the red robes.
POOF!
Smoke explodes from Asha in all directions, it's billowing clouds blotting out everyone's view nearby.
She tries to grab Ane's and Garrett's hands, the two closest to her so not to get separated and yells, "Run!"
Casting Smoke/Fog from my characteristics: Conjure a thick cloud, impairing vision.
Ane's hurried comment confirms her feelings, but she doesn't want to abandon her friend. Instead she thinks of a distraction so they can all flee.
She starts by making eye contact with the figures with a polite smile, acknowledging them. As Ane answers their question, Asha looks distractedly towards the vendors, appearing to browse. Suddenly she let's her eyes and mouth widen, as though in surprise and then with a scream, points to an imagined threat behind the red robes.
POOF!
Smoke explodes from Asha in all directions, it's billowing clouds blotting out everyone's view nearby.
She tries to grab Ane's and Garrett's hands, the two closest to her so not to get separated and yells, "Run!"
OOC:
Got the impression we all felt this seemed like a bad situation, but I can edit if this is premature.Casting Smoke/Fog from my characteristics: Conjure a thick cloud, impairing vision.
Dec 15, 2024 4:29 pm
OOC:
Which way do you go? Left, across the median? Forward, through the red robes? Backward, away from the red robes? … Right off the 20-foot wall? How sure are you of your directions in the sudden smoke?Dec 15, 2024 6:30 pm
OOC:
I suspect it's very disorienting with the crowded street becoming chaotic in the confusion and lack of visibility. So let's leave it up to fate. Asha pulls in the direction of see roll (1 = forward, 2 = over the median, 3 = backwards, 4 = the edge of the wall, but probably wouldn't intentionally jump off blindly if there's a side wall or guard rail).That's what Asha's first reaction is at least, but if the others pull her hard in a different direction, she'll follow. Not sure what the others are thinking, particularly the ones she isn't able to grab.
Rolls
Run! - (1d4)
(3) = 3
Dec 15, 2024 9:04 pm
OOC:
Can Garrett use his dark sense to lead us or is that only in the dark?Last edited December 15, 2024 9:05 pm
Dec 16, 2024 2:42 am
Buruzg did not like when the eyes of the Red Robes fell upon him. He liked their immediate interest even less, and when they crossed the median to stand before the group to block the way, he could not help but surupticioutly make the sign again the evil eye. He had some few dealings with Thayans before, but never with a Red Robe. They were to be avoided lest ill befall you.
Before he could work enough moisture back into his mouth to speak, Ane confronted them and then smoke billowed from behind with a shout from Asha. He turned his head just in time to see her move back the other way into the cloud. With a curse, he grabbed at Ane and ran after. "Back down the stairs!"
Before he could work enough moisture back into his mouth to speak, Ane confronted them and then smoke billowed from behind with a shout from Asha. He turned his head just in time to see her move back the other way into the cloud. With a curse, he grabbed at Ane and ran after. "Back down the stairs!"
Dec 16, 2024 2:49 am
"Aaa!" Ane exclaims in genuine surprise as she is grabbed on the one hand by Asha and the other hand by Buruzg, and dragged backwards towards the stairs. Neither of them would have had a hard time dragging her, even if her feet were planted on the ground, but, as she is not in contact with anything she offers no resistance at all to their progress.
Dec 16, 2024 6:50 am
OOC:
Buruzg will try to let the others run ahead of him through ash and haze, and to push over any others in the smoke in an attempt to complicate any pursuit. Hopefully a porter carring a box of ball bearings? No? :D Anything will do. Or even to knock over someone holding up the corner of a palanquin (The Gods pray he isn't seen and recognized!). Dec 16, 2024 11:16 am
OOC:
Ok, everyone roll a d6 for Luck
Dec 16, 2024 11:56 am
Jasra stares for a moment in bewilderment and a little shock, then scoots after the rest of the group, careful to use a circuitous path and interpose whatever elements she can find between her back and the Red Robes. "This is not good," she says in a loud whisper to her comrades. "Do you think its just coincidence that we ran into them and they took an interest in us?" Almost as an afterthought she adds, casting a quick glance behind her, "I'm not a big believer in coincidence..."
Dec 16, 2024 10:07 pm
OOC:
Luck roll. Does this fall into my jack of all trades talent? Did a 1d8 just in case if not ignore.Last edited December 16, 2024 10:08 pm
Rolls
luck - (1d6)
(6) = 6
luck - (1d8)
(3) = 3
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