So, off to Wirts, then?

Someone better not try to steal from us.

GASP

Sarah had better not try to steal from a stall.

"To show it all would take to long
That's called a montage (montage)
Oh we want montage (montage)"

From the Old Thread

1
> I assure you, milady, that runecrafting is just as much of a science as alchemy is. Allthough I suppose you get pretenders in both fields.

2
> "i am a man of science, but we cannot deny that magic exists and works for that path leads to blindness"

3
> We could tell her about the incident, only that it's a ring of... charisma? Social interactions? Ring of warning?

4
> "Science is experimentation, my dear. I can't just refute a theory just because I'm sceptical, we have to test it first. But, beyond the merits of runecraft, the man is a fine artisan."

Pick one /tg/. First option to 3 votes gets picked.
GO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXs93KbBCgY
theme music for lordquest
I don't care if you already have theme music
this is it now
and it cannot be removed from your head
ever

>>9418343
Combine 1 and 4.

4

>>9418343

4

>>9418343
option 4

>>9418350
second

>>9418343
2

>>9418343
3

>>9418350
this

I like option 4 as long as we cut out the "my dear" crap. It sounds condescending and we aren't close enough for it to be affectionate.

>>9418343
1 or 4 really.

>>9418350
This

Looks like we want 1 and 4.

>>9418360
>>9418358
>>9418355
>>9418350
You expound to her the virtues of experimentation, reminding her that many call alchemy crock, and that one should not judge by opinion save for that garnered by experimentation.

This goes down well, and she relents, telling you that once she has her alchemy supplies sorted, then you'll head to Wirt's.

>>9418424
Since we hare doing alchemy shopping is there anything we could use ourselves?

I hope this Wirt's chap has the good sense not to talk about how we bought and upgraded a Romance Ring. Shit's going to be awkward.

>>9418424
We could probably do with some more supplies. Ask Sarah if there's anything she suggests for us to try.

>>9418451

totally, we should get some stuff to experiment ourself

>>9418440
>>9418451
>>9418465
Sarah mentions that Carp mushroom, and possibly some sulphur and blast salts might be a good idea if you're looking at offensively practical alchemy.

>>9418337
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiEZCAkQ6TE
Stop at 0:24 because MONTAGE INTERRUPT!

Just behind you, a trio of theives attack some bystanders and a merchant, holding him up at knife point. Two of your guards start moving towards the disturbance, as James yells at them "Get back here. You're guarding the madam and myself! I won't stand for this insubordination!"

>>9418589
DUN DUN DUN!

Intervene!

Draw our sword along with Cohen.

"You just fucked up."

>>9418589
"Don't worry. Doobs and myself will handle this."

Pic related.

>>9418589
>Paris Hilton's My New BFF Shopping Montage

Oh, QL, you so crazy

>>9418622
Doobs is your bro there, sorry. I thought the colours might have been a touch close, figured that it'd be right. But yeah, doobs.

>>9418622
Cohen isn't there. DOOOOOOBS, however, is.

>>9418589
Hmm..? Lawbreakers? This won't do, this just won't do. Take Leold and show them what happens when you take something that's not yours.

>>9418622
Cohen's not with us. It's just Doobs, us, and some guards.

Send Doobs in.

>>9418642
Damn, meant Doobs!

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Just intimidate them to stop. Don't go and make carnage there.

Have our thief subordinate follow them later and report back. They might try to get revenge.

>>9418637
Youtube'd shopping montage, was the first one that fit the bill.

>>9418646
>>9418622
>>9418634
>>9418612
Who goes? Just you and doobs? Or just doobs, or just yourself? Or Doobs and the guards?

US AND DOOBS STEP FORWARD, WEAPONS DRAWN

WE INTIMIDATE THEM TO SURRENDER

>>9418664
us & d-man
tell Doobs to try and block the western escape route.

>>9418664
Guards stay with James and Sarah. Countermanding his order and undermining his chain of command would be a super, super dick move.

Us and Doobs should be able to handle it but make sure to keep an eye on the group with Sarah in case there are more thieves about.

>>9418662
Harry isn't directly with you. It's just you, doobs, james, sarah, and the 3 guards. The rest have all gone to do some of their own shopping, they're around, but you're not sure where exactly.

>>9418681
Use our inspiration ring to... inspire intimidation...?

>>9418664
Us and Doobs. We have no authority over the guards.

JAMES IS GOING TO KIDNAP SARAH!

>>9418664
Us and Doobs. Make sure the guards protects our lady. Don't want a hostage situation here.

Hey OP, HOW COME NO SPIDER SENSE?

>>9418733
Because we're not the ones held at knife-point.

>>9418733
no danger to us

>>9418681
>>9418694
>>9418702
You and doobs move forwards, weapons drawn as more theives emerge, drawing swords. Doobs bellows out over the hubbub of the crowd "Allright you miserable excuses for parasitic bloodstains, if you don't clear off and leave these poor people alone, Myself and Lord Green here are going to leave you in more peices then the dragon. That's right, the rumours are true. This is TOM GREEN AND PETER MOTHERFUCKING DOOBS, DRAGONSLAYERS! YOU DO NOT WANT TO MESS WITH US, SO FEEL LUCKY TOM IS HAPPY WITH HIS LADY TODAY, AND DOESN'T HAVE TIME TO MOP UP SHIT LIKE YOU!"

Roll for intimidate. D10.
>>9418708
+2 to roll of intimidation
"THAT's RIGHT, TOM GREEN, SLAYER OF DRAGONS! I'VE DANCED WITH DEATH, SO IF ANY OF YOU PUNKS WANT TO GO, MAKE IT FAST, I'M BUSY TODAY!"

rolled 4 = 4

+2

Hope for good roll.

rolled 1 = 1

>>9418833

>>9418833
Did Doobs just unlock the Drill Sargeant skill?

>>9418855
Leave.

rolled 10 + 2 = 12

>>9418833

>>9418883
Where were you two minutes ago?

>>9418862
He had practice with our troops back home, it's hardly a new development.

rolled 4 + 2 = 6

>>9418883
Only one who did it properly!

>>9418883

Aw damn it, that would have been epic! Bowels and bladders voided!

>>9418854
One of the thieves bolts, as the rest draw their weapons. "Oh, *lord* green is it? Yes, I can see, the hero of legend right here." *laughs* "Yeah right punk, I know you're just a 2 bit chaperone dandy, no matter how fancible you are, I can read a bluff. Pfft, Tom Green, like I wouldn't recognise a hero like that if I saw him."

>>9418932
Gut them.

You don't call Thom motherfucking Green a dandy.

>>9418932
Wow really? Okay, I guess we kill everyone then.

>>9418932
The fleeing thief has likely gone to get reinforcements. Better end this quickly. Disarm, then incapacitate.

>>9418944

I'm not sure Sarah would appreciate that. Go with a flashy disarm. Also take all their shit.

>>9418932
"If you're alive to remember anything after this, remember that you were given a chance."

Heres hoping our awesome sciency-girlfriend isn't offended by gore.

>>9418944
inb4 we get arrested.

QL, what can we do that's legal round here? If we're clearly acting in self-defence will that stop us getting in trouble with the law? Tonnes of witnesses see them attack us and get butchered, that's legit, right?

>>9418932
"I like you! You will be spared for interrogation."

"Doobs. Why they don't ever listen? Why do they have to learn the hard Way?"

While we say this, we make a flourish with the same sword we killed the dragon with.

>>9418961
>>9418952
Much as my instincts say "fucking murder them", I think disarming is probably better than disembowelling at this point.

You know. Us being a fancy foppish dandy and all.

>>9418970
We're a lord, courting the daughter of the guy who runs the place. We won't get arrested.

>>9418982
The sword of fucking horrible rending and poisoning.

Remember that the blade is covered with barbs.

>>9418862
>>9418900
He's got intimidate (2) so he can be one scary fucker when he needs to be.

>>9418944
>>9418948
>>9418952
You move in. Ok, new combat skirmish system, I roll for badguys, you roll for good guys. I need a d9 for doobs and a d8 for yourself (that's the amulet at work). High is good, low is bad. Ones are less dangerous, goes both ways. Say who you're rolling for, and any bonuses you apply (only you have any oyu can apply atm). R1 Go.

"I see you have a smart subordinate, can't say I can tell the same about you"

>>9418970
We are a visiting lord who is friends with the local lord and is protecting a lady of noble blood.
Law? What is that?

>>9418932
Do we have any proof of who we are that can be easily and dramatically flourished to make them back down?

Otherwise, move to disarm/incapacitate them, and if that doesn't work send Morr a couple of faggots to chat with while he waits for us.

rolled 1 = 1

DOOBS

rolled 9 = 9

>>9419010
For Doobs

>>9419023
Fuck you

>>9419023
You make me sad.

rolled 1 = 1

>>9419010

For us.

rolled 4 = 4

Rolling for self.
C'MON

rolled 2 = 2

Ourself, using watever bonuses we have. We must cover for our bro.

>>9419037
>>9419023
FUCKING STOP

rolled 3 = 3

>>9419037

JESUS. Time to put the dice away. Goddamn.

>>9419023
>>9419026

rolled 7 = 7

For Us.

>>9419028
While castigating bad dice rollers is a fine tradition personal insults to that degree are probably too far.

>>9419037
>>9419023

If this is the same person; you need to double leave.

>>9419000
This guy has it.

>>9419010
Why didn't my rolling work up there? Trying something else.

>>9419023
>>9419037
welcome to team alchemy!

>>9419037
>>9419023
...fucking hell, looks like we'll be seeing Morr sooner than expected.

Remind me, are we wearing armour?

OH MAH GAHD I AM LOLLING SO FUCKING HARD RIGHT NOW

>>9419052
Don't cap Dice. it should be dice

>>9419052
its 'dice' without the capital 'D'

>>9419052
It's the capital d. So... do we win? Huh?

rolled 1, 2, 3, 3 = 9

>>9419052
>>9419010
Can anyone tell me what's wrong with my rolling?

>>9419052
The dice is in lowercase.

>>9419052
SO HEY, YOUR DICE ROLLING DIDN'T WORK HUH? HOW ABOUT WE START THIS ROUND OVER FROM THE TOP?

>>9419076
WELL, SINCE YOU CRIT FAILED TWICE BY NOT EVEN ROLLING, LOOKS LIKE THINGS EVEN OUT

>>9419085
>>9419080
Failmind.

...yeah, can we try that again? That was pretty disastrous all round.

>>9419076
Wow, QL is just as bad as us...

This is less than impressive. And in front of Sarah too. If we die today it will not be from an enemy's blade. It will be from SHAME.

>>9419102
From SHAAAAAAAAME

>>9419102
>less than impressive
Doobs and us both rolled straight critical failures after boasting. So yes, less than impressive is a way to put it.

"Your fancy-schmancy fencing moves come to nought and your sword goes twirling away into the gutter. The head ruffian laughs, kicks you in the balls and nuts you unconscious. GG."

OH GOD, WHAT IS THAT? TOM AND DOOBS FALL ON THEIR ASSES INTO THE MUD AND SARAH WALTZES OVER AND SAVED BOTH THEIR ASSES?

Dem dices, man, dem fukken dices

>>9419062
Nope.

>>9419072
>>9419075
>>9419071
Cheers guys

>>9419076
They leap on the offensive, throwing knives at you as you charge, hitting you twice before you can get into combat. Doobs has been glanced, but you've been hit badly twice. Whilst you can fight like this, you won't be at your best.

R2, Roll a d5 for doobs, and a d4 for yourself. Also, another d5.

rolled 2 = 2

>>9419145
For self.

rolled 1 = 1

>>9419145
Extra

rolled 1 = 1

>>9419145
Mysterious d5

rolled 5 = 5

>>9419145
DOOOBS

I like this thread. So much crit-fail at the worst possible times.

Maybe next time LQ will go for the low case boasting instead of the screaming boasting. A man sure of his ability needs not shout it to the winds.

>>9419163
>>9419165
Sara dies

What the hell is wrong with the dice today?

>>9419169
Fucking finally.
>>9419163
You're going to get us killed, you know?

>>9419163
Fuck. I'm gone from this thread. See ya.

>>9419124
>>9419126
I said crit fails would be less dangerous. Smaller dice means that they come up more often, and that they won't be as bad. That said, repeated crit fails will start having terribad effects A&B normal.

>>9419174

fukken loled

>>9419165
>>9419163

WHY MAN, WHY?

>>9419180
If they have a greater chance of occuring though doesn't that increase the chances of repeated critical failures and terribad effects?

>>9419176
Smaller dice.

>>9419211
I do not like this at all.

rolled 1, 2, 2, 1 = 6

>>9419211
durr, 'tard.

>>9419163
>>9419165
The knife goes sailing past you and impales Sarah with a wet thump.

She dead.

>>9419247
Please, a bit more poesy to it.

rolled 1, 1, 1, 3 = 6

>>9419160
>>9419163
>>9419169
>>9419219

DOOBS leaps into action, beheading one of his enemies, and headbutting a second as he drops to the ground before finishing him off with a quick ripost. YOu go onto the defensive, parrying one attack, whilst the other manages a minor cut on your outsteatched arm. Above the sounds of battle, barking breaks out, and stark leaps through a stall, growling fiercely.

>>9419287
Atta boy, Stark.

rolled 2 = 2

>>9419287
Roll a d7 for doobs, a d4 for yourself again, and a d5 for stark

>>9419287

FUCK YEAH STARK!!!

rolled 3 = 3

STARK

rolled 1 = 1

>>9419315
Stark

Man, we made fool of ourself. And made a carnage there. I though we said to knock them out or something.

rolled 6 = 6

DOOOOOOOOBS

don't fail me now

rolled 5 = 5

>>9419315
Doobs.

rolled 1 = 1

WHAT IS THIS SHIT. WE MUST DO BETTER.

BYRON HELP US NOT LOOK LIKE A TARD

rolled 2 = 2

Get to pansy retreat for oursleves, go cry behind a stall

Yeah. I officially hate the small dice.

I'm gonna go work on assignments

>>9419347

WHAT DID WE DO TO DESERVE THIS? OTHER THAN THAT ONE THING.

rolled 3 = 3

DON'T KILL THE LEADER

TAKE HIM PRISONER

>>9419347

God this fight is making us look like total pansies.

So let's recap what happened. We talked shit, got told and then got our own ass beaten into the ground while our best friend and dog had to save us. All this, in front of a lady we're interested in.

>>9419421

>>9419421
Guess we're lovers, not fighters. ;_;

...nobody's going to believe we killed the dragon now, are they?

If it wasn't for DOOOOOOOOOOOBS we'd be screwed...

But hey! At least some people are here that would be GREAT at alchemy.

rolled 3 = 3

WHY AREN'T OUR SPIDEY SENSES HELPING US ???

The virtus is not strong with us this day. That and Lady Tyche must be unhappy with us.

>>9419331
>>9419345
>>9419347
>>9419315
Doobs leaps out running down the last fleeing member, cutting him down easily. Stark manages di dispatch the guy in front of you, as your head spins from blood loss.

You hear a scream from behind you, and turn to see Sarah being pulled through a Merchant's shelter, by the very merchant she was haggling with moment earlier. The guards move to follow, and James runs, grabbing a Potion of Exidaid from a stall (priced at 20 gold) and tells you "Drink this! AND FOLLOW HER FOR THE ANCESTOR'S SAKE!"

Heals +3, you are now rolling d7s again.

>>9419456
Dude, seriously. This isn't an ezboards forum. You don't have to pretend you're a super kawaii Roman.

QUICK!

Put on our robe and wizard hat!

Ok, I just scanned the last quest and I know this is kinda late, but son-of-a-bitch why did no one get that Aboli, the Elf Smith, is Hugo Weaving, Agent of the Matrix and Owner of the Last Homely House.

God damn it, people, you are nerds.

rolled 3 = 3

>>9419469
Roll now?

OH SHIT, RUN WITH STARK AFTER HER!

>>9419478
How do you get Hugo Weaving from Aboli?

Time to throw down. Call to Stark, give a little oath to Byron thanking him for BROS and promising not to let our love be lost, and let's get ON it.

>>9419454
Not mortal danger to you. He's not going to warn you when you know you're in some danger, just when the danger is hidden. And he'll only come help in person if you are in life/death danger then, and not a moment earlier.

ok let us run

>>9419469
Follow! A daring rescue is what we need to save face!

>>9419480
What the fuck are you rolling for? Stop.

>>9419469
I'm confused. Did another thief go that way too?

rolled 6 = 6

>>9419469
Drink. Call man + dog. Give chase. Hope for better fucking rolls when it's her life at stake.

>>9419469

PURSUE!!!

Next combat round, using up our bonuses!

+1 combat ring!

>>9419520
>6 of 7
Reinvigorated, you literally demolish the stall to get to her.

Also, when dealing with the fuck that's stolen her, maybe show a little chivalry (as in give the dude a chance to surrender). Maybe. Does she seem the kind to like it when we butcher a man in cold blood for her sake?

I just came back from a short break and... and.. just. Wow!
This is quite impressive!

>>9419533
I don't think we have a +1 combat ring.
...
FUCK
What bonus jewelry do we have? I'm not sure.

The fact that the merchant grabbed her could suggest that this is a planned kidnapping. Greater forces then a simple band of thugs could be at work here.

>>9419545
Seeing as the merchant probably saw us get hit by two daggers and cut once, and probably didn't see us drink the potion, he'd think we should be dead.
Play the "immortality armor" card.

>>9419562
See
>>9418720

God damn it you unlucky fucks.

>>9419572
"I bear a charmed life, which must not yield/To one of woman born."
Then he says some shit about a C-section.
Then we cut his torso off.

>>9419552

We had that thing that inspired valor to all allies around you. It translated to a +1 bonus to combat rolls.

>>9419575
James told us to go after her, after giving us an elixir to heal. The probability of him being part of it is unlikely. Perhaps that nobleman we rescued Urist from is enacting his revenge against both Sheff and us?

>>9419552
We have a +1 luck ring, a two use +1 romance ring, a ring of inspiration, a +1 mundane perils ring and a passive combat ring.

>>9419601
The mundane perils is +3 isn't it?

>>9419598
The elixir is poison.

>>9419601
>We have ...a two use +1 romance ring ...and a passive combat ring.

Nitpicking, but isn't the romance ring +2? And the passive bonus trinket is an amulet.

>>9419633
Yep

I have to say, combat pacing is the only thing I dislike about Lord Quest. You could just roll for us (our choice whether to use bonuses or whatever), it doesn't make any difference.

>>9419633
>>9419608
WHATEVER THE FUCK EVER YOU GET THE FUCKING GIST.

>>9419608
>>9419633
both correct. You also have a sword with a few effects, if you ever his anyone with it.

>>9419581
I blame the dice and the combat system.

/tg/'s dice have always been bottom heavy. With a smaller range we're going to fucked over more often.

>>9419652
CAN YOU STOP QUIPPING AND ADVANCE THE COMBAT?!!

>>9419642
No, there needs to the inherent uncertainty of whether or not we apply a bonus.

>>9419609
Wouldn't have given us a bonus to heal if it was poison, and it was grabbed from a stall. Unless the planning of the kidnapping was Xanatos level, I would doubt it.

Alternative to the previously mentioned nobleman would be a bandit gang going to ransom her, but there are easier targets. Coincidence,perhaps? Just waiting for a target of opportunity instead of a specific person?

>>9419657
Thou furious?

>>9419653

It's completely random. Equal chance of everything. Smaller dice rolls just means that you have a greater chance of extremes (low or high).

With a d20, each number had a 5% chance of happening.

With a d4, it's now a 25% chance for each number.

rolled 3, 3, 3, 1 + 1 = 11

Fuck, /tg/ ate my post.

You barrel through the merchants goods, demolishing all in your wake, following sarah's screams. As you exit, you see her breifly, slowing her captor with her struggles. However closer is a more pressing issue. the guards are pressed close by a number of theives.

Roll d4s for the guards, d7 for yourself and doobs, d5 for stark.

>>9419683
That's the way fair dice should would. But if you watch threads with enough rolling you see that in outcome it's just not the case.

rolled 5 = 5

>>9419695
Us and Doobs

>>9419661
I mean letting us apply bonuses and take relevant choices before he rolls, but anon rolling just fills up the threads with redundant dice posts and the waiting for responses gives combat a glacial pace. I'm perfectly OK with the DM rolling, since it's random.

rolled 1 = 1

DOOOOOOOOOOOBS

rolled 4, 4 = 8

>>9419695
Guards.

rolled 4 = 4

Guards

guards

rolled 2 = 2

>>9419695
Stark

rolled 1 = 1

Hapless Guards rollan

rolled 3 = 3

>>9419718
>>9419717
Dice gods smiling on the guards today. Rolling for Stark.

The amount of fail in this thread is astounding

rolled 7 = 7

>>9419695
self

rolled 3 = 3

>>9419695

guards

>>9419739
>>9419717
>>9419715
are the only ones doing it right.

>>9419718
Saved by the guards.

Figures.

>>9419739

WHERE WERE YOU?!!

>>9419707
one for you, one for doobs.

My internet is playing up some, keeps DCing me over nothing.

>>9419695
Too organized for simple snatch and run. It's probably the insane nobleman using a local gang or two as contractors for the abduction. Maintain plausible deniability, I suppose. Inside man possible, but I would not put too much thought into is. More likely the stall itself was bait to draw Sarah there. If we hadn't been there, and thus James as well, the guards would have left Sarah alone near the stall to deal with the visible bandits and the abduction would have gone without a snag.

>>9419760
Since that's the first one actually claiming to be rolling for Thom, I'd count it. Everyone else is rolling one die for several people.

>>9419707
Doobs
>>9419739
you
>>9419717
>>9419718
Guards
>>9419721
Stark

Who do you target first, the thieves, or the boss?

>>9419761
I see Urist there.

>>9419794
WE CHASE AFTER SARAH!

>>9419794
The Boss, cut off the head and the operation may fall apart.

>>9419762

I was actually thinking that the plan relied on us being true to our noble nature, and causing even more confusion while brawling with the thieves, which could then be exploited by the kidnapper. But yout theory seems pretty good too.

>>9419794
boss

>>9419794
Hot damn.

Er, is the boss the one with Sarah? Am I missing something?

>>9419794

Excellent; we pursue Sara's captor of course.

Whoever has Sarah, of course.

>>9419794
Whatever saves Sarah in the most dramatic and attractive way. We just made a perfect roll, time to use it on whatever looks flash.

>>9419822
>>9419828
The boss and the thieves are blocking our way

>>9419822

Read the map; the boss is right in front of us while Sara and her captor have gone around the corner.

>>9419794
Getting to Sarah should be the priority, so it would depend on who's in the way.

>>9419836
this

>>9419847
This. DOOOOOOOOOOBS knows how to wreck face, I say we just let Byron take pity on the poor bastard(s) in between us and Sarah. True love and all.

>>9419815
Possible, but we actually arrived early according to schedule. Troublesome for an abduction that must have taken at the very least a week to plan. Additionally, the sponsor or planner couldn't or rather shouldn't have counted on our noble nature, too unreliable.

Still, possible theory.

Kill the leader and give chase, doobs handles the southeastern thief.

>>9419836

You cast a HADOKEN!

>>9419797
You do. Yell any commands to him. Note Urist is not a combatant, he'll be fighting with d2s.

>>9419814
>>9419819
>>9419822
You MAN THE FUCK UP, and kill the boss, along with the closest theif in a single sword swing, disembowelling them both in one fluid motion. The Guards have differing amounts of sucess, two managing to get minor cuts on the enemies, and put them on the back foot, one managing to finish his opponent off. Doobs however runs though like a maelstrom, attacking their turned backs, running each of the remaining guards through in a single motion. Stark manages to bite the leg of Sarah's captor, causing him to drop her has he kicks stark off, and escapes through another merchant hut.

>>9419898

>>9419898

And Stark saves the day yet again.

>>9419898
Stark is a hunting dog. Time to see if he can double as a blood hound. Sic' that kidnapper, Stark.

>>9419898
>>9419912

Send Doobs to chase down the fleeing bandit leader.

We will keep Sarah safe.

CHASE THE LAST THIEF!

TAKE HIM ALIVE!

With a bitten leg, he can't run very fast.

>>9419898
No way, leave Urist out of this

Have Stark pursue the SMELL, hunt that fucker down, catch him, make him confess

>>9419898
Graciously tend to Sarah, let slip the Stark of war and Doobs on the escaping fucker.

Take him alive if possible. If not... not a problem.

>>9419898
Doobs has the rest of these guys covered.

FOLLOW THE GUY WHO HAS SARAH.

>>9419898
get to sarah,call over 1-2 guards and urist. tell the others to catch the fleeing thief/kidnapper.
check the wounded skum, those that still live are also a threat/source of info.

also find harry, get him on finging out about these skum

>>9419957
He dropped her.

>>9419935
>>9419941
>>9419942
You tell Doobs to follow Stark, as you yell out "SICK HIM STARK!" and move to check that Sarah is ok.
D5 for stark, d7 for doobs.

rolled 1 = 1

STARK

I believe we have a consensus on the course to follow. Agreed?

rolled 2 + 1 = 3

>>9419994
Rolling, let's go.

Send a guard for Harry. If there are any thieves still alive, he may be helpful in interrogating them, if not, he can begin investigating.

rolled 2 = 2

>>9419994

>>9420000
Welcome to team Alchemy UAC model Montag

>>9420009
...Stark falls in a gutter, Doobs falls on his own sword?
Fuck. I'm sorry guys.

rolled 6 = 6

>>9419994

Doobs

rolled 7 = 7

>>9419994
Doobie Doobie DOOOOOOOOOOOOBS

>>9420022
>>9420000
You hear barking, a whelp, and then a scream. Even over the stalls you see a small spray of blood, and what you think may have been a spleen.

Sarah is mostly ok, no serious injuries. She's panicky and still a little in shock from what just happened. You help her up, noting the lack of people in this part of the market.

>>9420021
Smaller dice = not as bad crits. And I ignored you, you rolled both, when someone already rolled stark.

>>9420064
>noting the lack of people in this part of the market
ah shit
there's going to be some more combat isn't there

>>9420064
So much for interrogation.

Guys, only roll in bulk for generic unnamed characters.

>>9420064

Nice job Doobs. And goddamn it everyone forgot to use up the +1 combat ring (I forgot too).

>>9420094
so crit fail means Stark plain up murderated the guy

>>9420112
Well damn. I feel really bad that a kidnapper and potential murderer suffered an untimely end in the course of his noble dutiLET'S PISS ON HIS SPLEENLESS CORPSE

>>9420112
It's more likely that Doobs did the murderating, I'd guess.

>>9420112
Doobs murdered the guy. STARK WAS HURT

>>9420104
You have a +1 to any roll luck ring, a +2 inspiration ring, a +2 romance ring, a +3 NO COMBAT ring and a talisman that permanently increases your combat score by 1.

>>9420112
Seems that way.

>>9420064
Reassure her and try to gently direct her back to the carriage train.

Also, a side note. I appreciate your experimenting with a different system but I do prefer the original setup, even if this one is a little more "safe".

>>9420131
this.

Is there going to be a chance for more economy management today?

I miss it ;_;

>>9420160
This. I much prefer the original system.

>>9420172

Doesn't look like it. Looks like we're gonna wrap up combat and then of course talk about this. Then we spend the rest of the week in Seakay.

>>9420160
I think the lack of variables is what's making it fail. Might try this one again, but with x2 dice size next time. So you'll start at rolling d16s, and doobs starts at d18s.

Failing that, it'll be back to the single d20/round system.

>>9420160
To be fair, the amount of crit fumbles we're rolling today would have seen a house collapse on us in the old system.

We also need to tend to our wounded dog.

>>9420172
The wonderful world of managing your estates. I miss it as well. But we must press onwards and secure the future of our line with Sarah!

>>9420160
>>9420188
Sword drawn you move back with the guards, back towards the carriages. You push thourgh the crowdsm the guards making sure that you and Sarah have a wide birth of clear street, as James rejoins you.
"You truely are a hero Lord Green. I cannot thank you enough, and either will the Lord and Lady Sheff. For all her 'indulgences' they truely do love her, and you've proven yourself worthy of her today."

>>9420280
Hot.

What next?

>>9420280
Is an interrogation of anyone of them possible? Seeing as it might have been targeted directly at Sarah.

>>9420280
>>9420302

Check our dog, and meet up with Doobs.

>>9420280
Okay, now we got to hurry back and check up on Stark and maybe see if any of the kidnappers survived to be interrogated.

The dog! Check Stark!

>>9420308
James informs you that he has already secured the survival of one of the villains you bested earlier, and he is with the guards now. James assures you that his interrogation will be short, and it won't be long before he has the answers needed.

>>9420280

Well. Good.

we didn't make as much of fools of ourself as I feared

>>9420364
We hurfed and durfed around for a while, but when it became important we knew what to do.

Now, get Sarah into a carriage so that we may politely beg leave to check on our associates and Stark, along with attending to the questioning of the thieves. Tell her that we will meet her on our return if she desires.

>>9420361
>James assures you that his interrogation will be short, and it won't be long before he has the answers needed.

Oh, who's a spy? James is a spy. James, Sir? JAMES FUCKING BOND, PERHAPS?

>>9420390
HOLY SHIT YES!

>>9420390

I pointed that out before

>>9420408
I DID NOT NOTICE IT.

>>9420356
>>9420388
Doobs has returned, with stark limping alongside. Stark's paw looks to be injured, but not seriously, You're sure that the preists of Exidaid can handle this, particularly with Sheff's love of dog breeding.

>>9420412
Has the carriage already left or can Stark ride back with us? I'd hate for him to walk the whole way back.

>>9420410
Either did I.

>>9420427
The driver's aren't too happy about this, but they are still here, so he could get a ride.

>>9420464
Our dog is one of our most loyal friends, fuck yes he's riding with us.

>>9420464

Were the drivers injured rescuing a princess? No?

Fuck them, Stark is rolling with us.

>>9420390
(Take a drink with him to celebrate our success. When he takes a dry martini, we'll know for sure!)

now might be a good time to ask sarah about corting/dateing her

>>9420491
BRILLIANT! I support this course of action.

>>9420510
Wow, you're really fucking bad at this.

>>9420510
Dude...have you ever even seen a woman?

>>9420470
>>9420479
You don't put up with their shit for a moment. Telling them that Stark has done more today for the Sheff household then they would in a year, you getin the caraige, with stark. Doobs rides with the driver, keeping lookout as you head home, mounted guards flanking you the entire way home.

>>9420546
I don't think he has.

>>9420546
Fuck you, I have. They're the things with the mandibles and the gnashing and the oh god, get it away from me.

>>9420560
First, meet with Harry. He better have a real good explanation for why a kidnap attempt slipped under his radar. Second, meet with the Sheff household, obviously. Third, confer with James on how his interrogation went.

>>9420615
And now I know you haven't.

Ask Sarah how she's holding up

>>9420615
You poor bastard...you've never been outside, have you?

I'm so sorry.

>>9420638
Is it because I didn't mention the throbbing thoraxes

>>9420464
>Either did I.

so is it reference to a certain suave British spy or not?

>>9420615

IT'S A VAGINA! RUUUUN!

>>9420635
"I've jus' go' 'ere havn't I. I'm not homnipoten' just a reg'lar sap. And what's more, you 'ad me followin' Mr. Squeeky Clean James. Which I did, until we were goin' to the market, and you and the toffs took the carriges, while me'n'the other saps had to walk. Not par' of me plan that wasn't. "

>>9420649
"I'm ok. I think I'll be alright. Just the shock of it. *pauses, blinks* If you hadn't been there. . . I don't know what would have happened. Thank the ancestors you were."

>>9420546

They're filled with lava, right?

>>9420714
Reported. There's no call for that kind of smut to be posted here. There could be children about.

In Harry's defence he's not exactly the greatest operative around and he was assigned a different mission. He can't be faulted for not uncovering and foiling a plot less than 24 hours after arriving in the city.

>>9420700
Yes, but there's more to it.
>Anyhow, reference 1/4 for James received.

Not as stupid as he first appears, James runs the Stark Household with a mix of cunning manipulation and a number of proxies whom he orders through. His past is a mystery to all but Sheff and Himself, and any attempt to pierce it is met with thick comments and general dull behaviour.

>>9420714
I HAVE TAMED THE SAND-WORM!

>>9420788
Judging by >>9420796

If James couldn't do it, then Harry defiantly couldn't do it

>>9420796
The King from Blackadder III?

>>9420838
No, Percy (prince regent, not king, on the right in Pic related) was the black-adder part, but that wasn't a hidden reference, that was a shown reference. The king was even thicker then Percy, being legitimately insane.

Alright, let's see what interrogation gave us

>Anyhow, reference 1/4 for James received.

We might get more if you give us his last name

>>9420925
George III the Insane, right? Saturnism at its best.

>>9420953
Does he have an unusually large peach?

>>9420953
"The interrogation hasn't even begun yet, suffice to say that it requires tools not at hand. . . "

Pic most definately not related.

>>9420987
Let's take Sarah home and TALK TO SHEFF. He's gotta know that shit just got real.

>>9420796
Wait. James? Ridiculously good thief/spy? Obscure past?

Is he from Krondor perhaps?

>>9420996
You take Sarah home, making sure the guard is doubled. Sheff is yet to arrive home, but James assures you that he is well, if somewhat startled at the turn of events. He is on his way home now.

>>9421012
>>9420963
No to both. Not sure what the Krondor one is about to be honest.

BE A REBEL

Hold Sarah's hand as we wait for her father to get back.

>>9421113
Hehehe, 2nd?

>>9421075
Damn. There's a character in the Riftwar series by Raymond Feist called Jimmy/James. Starts out as a particularly good thief who end up saving the lives of the heroes. He eventually becomes a noble and is a ridiculously good administrator. He lives in the city of Krondor.

>>9421122
LET'S LIVE DANGEROUSLY WHILE JAMES IS DISTRACTED.

>>9421122

I'm not even sure what he means by that to 2nd

But if it make QL giddy, I guess it's good

2nd

>>9421133
Jimmy the hand?
Not him, but it sounds familliar.

>>9421167
That's the one.

>>9421151
Yes, how scandalous.

>>9421179
>>9421151
You comfortingly held Sarah's hand the entire trip home. You beleive James noticed, but he didn't say anything.

Oh, you so naughty, Lord Green.

>>9421113
It must be done!

Once lord Sheff arives home, the household is locked down, and he sends guards out into town to investigate. "They likely won't find anything today, but I'll be stepping up security for the entire festival now. I beleive our hunting will have to wait Tom, we have a less noble quarry to find. "

Reccommend that Harry work with James. Mostly so Harry can learn a thing or two.

Be advised this thread is in autosage.

Offer him to help in any way we can

>>9421258
"YO LORD SHEFF THAT SHIT IS WACK.

Also, if I may ask, do you have enemies who would seek to harm you through your family members?"

>>9421275
Advisable. Do tell Harry to be on his best manners, we don't want to project the wrong image as to our Intelligence Services. The image we want to project should be along the lines of "Newly formed and willing to learn the subtleties." not "Cutthroats and barely reformed brigands".

>>9421275
>>9421285
"Your help will be most welcome. This Harry of yours is a specialist in 'shady dealings and activities' you say? His help will be most welcome. I will leave the suspicion to James, as you may have noticed, is somewhat less dull then he would have you think. Suffice to day he's not of a trusting nature."

ONE'S A SUAVE, HYPER-COMPETENT SPYMASTER WITH A MYSTERIOUS PAST.

THE OTHER'S A ROUGH EX-CON TURNED SECRET AGENT.

TOGETHER, THEY FIGHT CRIME.

>>9421408
I'd probably watch that, provided it wasn't too cheesy.

>>9421328
Harry: "I'll be on the wheelbarrow, doncha worry a thing. I'dun think tha' me oragins will be well concealed, but that's nuffin' we can do nufin' about."

>>9421302
Enemies, no. None in particular that is, I try to keep on speaking terms with all the lords and merchants I deal with. Even Sylem and I are amicable, and his relations with other lords are strained at best.

Tune in next week for Harry & James Quest.

>>9421408
>>9421430
I'd watch the fuck out of that. Crime-fighting mixed with intrigue and politics in a medieval fantasy setting? Fuck yeah.

>>9421461
Then may I propose that the next thread be consecrated to the thrilling adventures of Harry and James as they struggle to find the truth behind the kidnapping?

As much as I hate to say it, I think I'll leave this one here for tonight. It's 2:45am, I need sleep, and I don't want to start the next chunk of events now.

Next weekend tune in for crimefighting, suspense, intruge, swordplay, golems, arson, ghosts and more.

>>9421534
There'll be enough of that, don't you worry.

>>9421550
I can't wait!

Thanks, and good night.

When is the next session?

>>9421550
Sounds good to me. Take it easy, QL

>>9421599
Next weekend with some luck. make sure you archive this. Oh, and opinions on a) the map and b) the new dice mechanics owuld be cool, make sure someone archives it after some comments have built up, so I can see them in the morning. Night all.

>>9421652
It's already archived.

Thread's been archived. Rearchiving it will update the thread but this should be done sparingly. The maps by the way, are absolutely fantastic. As for the dice mechanics, they're not bad but I do prefer the old system. But, rolling for each character is much better.

It shall be done. Godspeed.

>>9421652
Map could have been better done, it was too big, most of it got no use and it was generally too vague. I like the idea of a map; maybe a sort of basic grid system, at least?

New combat system is nicer in terms of not getting all our guys killed instantly with shit dice, but does drag on a bit.

>>9421652
The map was awesome. I wasn't a fan a of the new rolling though. /tg/'s dice are bottom heavy as can be seen in all the 1s littering this thread. Rolling small dice just makes it more pronounced. I also didn't like how random it was.

I'd prefer something more like Combat skill + 1d10 to determine how combat goes. Kind of like how the haggling system worked.

Maps are awesome