TRILEMMA GAME

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Jun 3, 2025 12:37 am
Dahlia grumbles, but hands over one of her last two silver for a room that night. Once safely inside, dry, and confident their crates of pigment are safe, she decides to check the contents. Assuming that there is indeed pigment within (and they hadn't just been fooled somehow), she turns to her companions and speaks.
"So I figure we ask around about the cost of booking a boat to Birevia, yeah? And to pay for it, maybe we take a small amount of this here pigment and put it in a separate bag. Then we go down to their market or whatever, say we ventured out there into the darkness, ran into the lynx, learned it is a boozehound, and then recovered this pigment, but we tell them that's all we got, so they don't try to rob us or nothing. We sell it, use the coin to pay for the boat, right? Fool proof."
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I know, off course, that it isn't fool proof!
Jun 3, 2025 12:54 am
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Just for giggles I'll point out that you walked into the tavern with three heavy and mysterious crates and hauled them up to your room …
Jun 3, 2025 1:18 am
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heheh yep, that had occurred to me! Despite having Erudite +2, I have been playing Dahlia as kind of a thug for some reason. It amuses me, I guess! Honestly, when I found her character image, I think that's what inspired me! She just seems like a lovable lowlife
Last edited June 3, 2025 1:18 am
Jun 4, 2025 12:03 pm
"Right, bish bash bosh. I was wonderin though lads. What's all this for? I know a bit o' extra coin won't go amiss but, y'know. What's our five-year plan or whatever? I dunno just being in em mines got me thinkin. I don't know if I wanna be living the mercenary life forever. I got dreams and whatnot. I trust ye D, you aint led us astray yet. But what's the plan after all this curse stuff."

Myrven opens kicks off his boots while he chats, and pries open the crate to check its contents too.
Jun 4, 2025 5:30 pm
"The plan? The plan is to get these crates to Birevia, sell them for a fat pot of gold, and then retire! At least for a while, until the money runs out. Eh, easy come, easy go, I say. But you, Myrven, you can drink as much wine as your stomach'll hold, I'll most likely blow mine on courtesans and gambling, and ... Hey Ingvar, what would you spend a hoard of gold on, anyway?"
Jun 4, 2025 5:55 pm
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just checking something
Nothing happens while you continue to discuss your potential wealth.

Rolls

… (DS 10) - (2d6+1)

(34) + 1 = 8

Jun 4, 2025 5:57 pm
Myrven finds the crate is lined with canvas, and the candle-light in the room glimmers on pastel rainbow streaks of slightly glowing Martoi pigments. There's about thirty pounds of the stuff in that crate, and it's said to be worth its weight in gold. Indeed, you could retire well on the money from this haul — even if paid in silver.

But this … this is the kind of wealth that people would kill for.
Jun 4, 2025 6:05 pm
When she sees the pigment, her mouth drops open and her eyes go wide. She whispers, "Do you know how much this is worth? Holy shit... are we safe here? We might not be safe here.... OK, um, lock the doors, bar the windows... we should take watch tonight.... Oh hells, how are we gonna make it all the way to Birevia with this? Ugh, I feel nauseous ..."
Jun 6, 2025 4:52 am
"'old on, who knows about this trip. We need t' come up with a cover story. From now on these ere' are crates fill o shoes n' boots".

Myrven quickly checks the locks in the room. The door, the windows....
Jun 6, 2025 10:28 am
There are no locks here. Apparently whoever built this tavern didn't consider that guests might want to safeguard valuables.

What now?
Jun 6, 2025 11:30 am
Dahlia, suddenly quite paranoid, says, "OK, so, scratch the idea to sell some of the pigment to raise money here. We can put a chair against the door, beneath the handle, like this. And we take watches."

She wasn't sure yet what to do after that, but she knew they needed a night's rest before their next trip.
Jun 6, 2025 5:17 pm
Considering their haul Ingvar gets a shiver. It was indeed more he could have ever expected.

"We indeed need to take watch for tonight. However, I don't really see how we can secure a boat to Birevia? Maybe we could use a few stones as a form of payment. But who can we thrust?"

Still quite tired he tries one last time to summon a crow. The bird would be helpful in alerting them of incoming dangers.

Rolls

Summon Crow (Erudite +2) - (2d6+2)

(11) + 2 = 4

Jun 6, 2025 5:18 pm
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But why... 2 critical fails summoning birds :(
Jun 6, 2025 8:05 pm
Ingvar abruptly faints.
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21 Strain!
He will be useless for watch until he has rested for $H hours, recovering that number of Strain.

Rolls

$H - (1d6)

(2) = 2

Jun 6, 2025 10:05 pm
Dahlie drags a blanket over Ingvar's fallen form and says, "Let the poor guy rest. He can take watch after a nap. Let's hold off on more planning until we're all conscious again, yeah? But I do think maybe we should make that decision before dawn, in case we wanna slip out under cover of darkness."
Jun 7, 2025 1:43 am
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you'd all do well to get sleep (and clear some strain)
Jun 7, 2025 3:42 am
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We take a rest, taking turns on watch. If that means we sleep til midday, then so be it. Rest is most important.
Jun 7, 2025 3:53 am
Myrven elects to take first watch. He tucks a folded jacket under Ingvar's head.
"Frankly, I don't get the magic thing, but chase your bliss, Ingvar".

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