1.3 Sanctuary - the Dungeon Town

Domitius was momentarily caught off guard by the sudden appearance of fellow drow, but he nodded at them while leaning closer to Xanxus, whispering, "I might be able to garner a few answers from half a head, but it would make things considerably easier if we didn't have to resort to that. Men are usually more cooperative than spirits."

He took a step forward, pointedly ignoring the whimpering man at their feet, "Greetings, brothers. I see no need to fight over our quarry. Our interest in him is simply in some questions. Perhaps we could get our answers then let you have your way with him?"

OOC:

Seeing as I just rolled a couple 6s on my Icon dice, could I leverage one of those to get us the info we want (namely directions to where the box might be found)? I'm not overly familiar with the Nocturne Icons, so I'm not sure if it'd be better to use my negative relationship with Count Federmir or my positive relationship with Von Halzinger (seeing as they're enemies of each other, using the 6 might end up being the same either way)

Last edited May 3, 2017 3:27 am

May 3, 2017 3:18 am

Auskan surveys the scene before him, the prostrate figure of their quarry, the drow attempting to negotiate with one another. "I feel like there's an element I'm missing here...," he thinks to himself. "There's abeen a lot of fighting since I met them, and very little progress, now this..."

May 3, 2017 12:31 pm

OOC:

One of the things I enjoy about 13th Age is the background behind the bauble or widget that a player describes they use to solve a problem/issue/obstacle through a bond when a 5 or 6 is rolled to expand on the background between them and the Icon and it explains a bit why they're favored by them. Which ever one you use I think would be thematic flavor I figure.

May 4, 2017 10:52 pm

njohn858 says:

OOC:

Seeing as I just rolled a couple 6s on my Icon dice, could I leverage one of those to get us the info we want (namely directions to where the box might be found)? I'm not overly familiar with the Nocturne Icons, so I'm not sure if it'd be better to use my negative relationship with Count Federmir or my positive relationship with Von Halzinger (seeing as they're enemies of each other, using the 6 might end up being the same either way)

OOC:

I'm good with that. Let's go with Von Halzinger.

The lead drow looks at Domitius, surprised to find one of his own people chasing a barman down a tunnel.

"I don't think you really seek the barman, and we definitely do not seek you. I think I know what you seek. This tunnel extends for about 1 mile north of here where it exits into a tower. I suspect that the item you seek is at the top of that tower, as all things valuable seem to be. Now if you will excuse us we have business with this errm 'Gentleman'."

May 4, 2017 10:53 pm

OOC:

Sorry, this is going slower than I'd like. Work and life.

Xanxus Villandrando

May 5, 2017 12:57 pm

Xanxus nods and thanks the group in their native tongue.

"Those spawns of the earth have more honor and pride in their shite then your meager body will ever possess..." Xanxus states pulling down his face mask to reveal why it was an insult. "It is a good day though for the weak and worthless to die." he adds with a poisonous smile before pulling his face mask back up.

With that he's on his way.

I guess I definitely don't have to pay him back for this alcohol now... Xanxus thinks to himself.

May 5, 2017 5:28 pm

Auskan stares down the drow for a moment, and considers fighting for the right to interrogate the prisoner, but decides against it. "I hope we don't meet again, you or the fat bastard you're claiming," he says as he leaves the room. "Fucking elves..."

May 8, 2017 1:48 pm

The drow grab Harker by the collar and start dragging him in the direction from whence you came. "I think we need some soup and a long chat. Or a short bloody chat. Either suits us."

As they recede from sight, you set off up the tunnel. The tunnel continues for about a mile before ending at a set of vertical iron ladders, leading straight up to a metal trapdoor. From beyond the trapdoor you can hear the sound of multiple things moving slowly across the floor. Whatever it is has either very hard boots on or very bony feet.

Blackstar

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May 8, 2017 5:36 pm

SelectiveAmnesia Inactive forever!

"I hope those footsteps mean trouble!" Blackstar says gleefully.

Haguk

May 8, 2017 6:42 pm

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"Only one way to figure out," Haguk says moving purposefully towards the trapdoor to see what waits beyond.

Domitius

May 9, 2017 1:00 am

Domitius watched them depart thoughtfully, a part of him wondering what his brethren were doing in this living dungeon. But then he looked to Xanxus and realized that they were probably doing what the dark elves in their own party were doing. Searching for answers and riches.

Stepping up behind Haguk, Domitius whispered, "I'll open the door, you clear a path for us."

OOC:

I'll use Mage Hand to open the door from a short distance away.

May 10, 2017 4:24 am

Auskan sets an arrow to his bow, after loosening the ties on his sword. "Best be ready for whatever happens now...," he thinks to himself as the others turn their attention to the trap door.

May 10, 2017 10:30 pm

As the trap door opens, not without a considerable squeal, the footsteps above stop. You find yourself looking into a 5 foot square black hole as the room above seems to be in total darkness and now curiously still. Nothing approaches the opening. You'd almost swear that the tunnel your standing in got dimmer. Like the room above swallowed some of the light.

Xanxus Villandrando

May 11, 2017 2:07 pm

OOC:

Using my 6 with The Wolflord to alter the situation. Let me know if you think it's a bit much.

Xanxus stops and sniffs the air a few times audibly and pulls down his face mask and inhales deeply.

Tabaco and Cocoa... of all the places to see this fellow again Xanxus thinks with a snort and shakes his head.

Xanxus snares and calls out.

"Fearghal the Dark Butcher? Fearghal Mac Maol Dáire? What's a cheeky bastard like you doing in a place like this besides in it for the coin? Don't go up, since he's had to put out his cigar he's likely to try and cleave anyone chopping their head off with his glaive out of annoyance and spit. Probably dried up the hinge on the door purposely. Man loves himself a good cigar and easy coin to be had." he asks in a loud whisper over the silence before warning the rest.

[ +- ] Fearghal's Background with Xanxus

May 15, 2017 10:19 pm

There is an almost pregnant pause after Xanxus speaks. Nothing moves, not even a sound beyond the dark opening. And then a spinning silver coin flies trough the hatch and ends spinning on the floor. As it settles you can see that one side has a wolf motif while the flip side has a single letter in relief. The letter F.

A voice hisses from above. "Xanxussss? Isssss thaaaaat youssssss?"

May 16, 2017 2:07 am

As the conversation starts, Auskan gives Xanxus a narrow-eyed stare. "Wait, what you know this thing?"

Xanxus Villandrando

May 16, 2017 12:39 pm

"It is me. Fancy a drink over my decapitation and a bit of a chat over why a Magi has you in his basement or dungeon?" Xanxus inquires with the realization his mannerisms and speech give him away even through the darkness and he inches over to flick the coin towards him with the tip of his sword and inspects it. He pulls the alcohol he swiped from before and gives his a loud shake to let Fearghal know he was not hostile.

"I wouldn't call him a 'thing' to his face. If he drops his weapon he'll just as easily pick you up by the leg to beat us with you... If he had a different outcome from his past he'd possibly be in fine clothes drinking wine and being bored while smoking cigars but it wasn't so the beast within so to speak is something he chooses to feed with aggression and he's quite good at it." he warns in hushed tones to Auskan.

May 17, 2017 1:36 am

"Yeah, sure," says Auskan with a shrug. Auskan makes a mental note of the wolf motif on the coin, and considers his own affiliations. He decides its best to let old "friends" get reacquainted. While the conversation is going on, Auskan pokes around a bit, and begins re-tracing his steps a bit. Listening to hear if there's people following them, or if the half-hearted mob they left behind might have organized itself, and pursued them.

OOC:

Do you want me to roll for this?

May 18, 2017 10:11 pm