>>8671107
Since we know that *something* is going on with the woodcutter, we should attempt to expose him. But first, we should find a more permanent place of residence, and a job.

I can at least attest I was encouraged to continue. Tentative and final bump.

>>8671107

I love the pic....I can't look away.

Alright, it's up!
Okay, explain to the inkeeper about how we sensed that something wicked this way comes

Hey, what was the last quote?
I know the intro from the last one was from MacBeth, but I don't know if you worked any others into it.

>>8671363
This. Explain what we saw. Try to downplay the whole "trespassing" bit.

Tell the innkeeper we saw a horrid beast at the woodcutters.

Alright
Get a hold of yourself woman
Calm down
Now, explain that there is dark magic afoot of indeterminate origin

Ooh, afterwards do a reading for him on the fate of the woodcutter.

Which !TvNZI.MfJE? you there?

Is OP not gonna keep this going?

>>8671465
The woodcutter killed OP, FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!

>>8671490
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

>>8671392
Just the one from Macbeth.

>Tell the innkeeper we saw a horrid beast at the woodcutters.
You calm down as best you can and begin to explain to the innkeeper what wicked thing you found. He keeps an eye on the scene outside as you detail what you can (omitting your trespass into Hans' house). A gradual look of concern spreads over his face until, with the completion of your tale, he shuts and bolts the door. Placing his sword and mug on the nearest table, he gestures to the cook. "Maggie, go on out the back and get m'boy and Alfred. Tell 'em we need to keep watch for a few days." He scratches at the stubble below his chin and turns to you as the fat woman scurries out. "You're sure of what you saw?" He looks unhappy, and in a quieter tone continues, "I'll need to see the Mayor about it, now."

WHAT DO? (Any questions?)

>>8671499
>>8671490
>>8671489
>>8671465
Yeah, I'm here. Sorry for the delay.

>>8671516
"If you have a malitia, it might be a good time to call them out"
Also, can we make a lore check on what it is that we felt?

>>8671516
Ask if we can go with him to see the Mayor.

>>8671516
He seems to have been expecting something like this.

Let's see what he knows. Let's question him.

>>8671516
"I don't know what it IS that I saw, but I know I saw IT. I've no idea what it's doing right now, or what it plans to do. I'm not lying, I swear. I thought it had me, I felt it following me as I ran here. I don't even know if that poor woodcutter encountered it, or if I just looked like a better meal at the time."

>>8671563
Yeah, sure. It's modified by cunning. Give me a d20 roll.

>Militia
"Aye, sure - that's what I'll need to see him about. We're far enough off to avoid the worst of what comes from the King's Roads here but there's things in the forest all the same."

>Visiting the Mayor
He frowns, and scratches a hand down the side of his chest nervously. "I guess there's no reason why not. We'll go once the boys get here. I'll warn yeh though - he doesn't take kindly to foreigners."

>Question him
What specifically will you ask?

rolled 18 = 18

>>8671638

Lore checkin'

Where is thread II archived? I missed that one.

>>8671668
Waiting for info dump

>>8671638
Ask him what he knows about the woodcutter and see if any of our magic can tell if he's lying.

>>8671668
Looks like our luck has turned.

You've heard stories and fell tales about such creatures before. They are human in shape, but twisted, and with claws for hands or hooves for feet or the sharp and needle teeth of pike. Dull-witted but capricious, they lurk in the woodlands and play tricks and games upon humans - games that the subject rarely survives. Many names are given to these creatures, but most often they are called Elves, or Erls. All of them serve the hideous Erlking, an evil, twisted woodland spirit, more akin in power to a god.

>>8671674
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/8651124/

>>8671727
These are some fucked up elves.

>>8671668
So, 18 mitigated by the horrendous 2 that we rolled for our Cunning score.

>>8671763
True dat

>>8671727
Are there fae?
Ask if any suspicious mushroom rings have sprouted up recently, or if there are any standing rock formations nearby

>>8671777
the 2 just means we get no modifiers

so it's 18+0

>>8671674
It's on sup /tg/.

>>8671720
"Didn't know Hans, much - he didn' like me much for all that. See, Hans' and his men cut wood for most in the village. It can be a dangerous job and he charged a high price. I send my boy, Grice an' his mate Alfred to chop wood for me - those two that Maggie's off to fetch now. Hans' didn't like that."

The Curse of Deceit gives you considerable knowledge of lies and deceptions, but he seems to be telling the truth here.

>>8671799
Did Hans ever strike you as the kind of man to hold a grudge?

>>8671799
What of the Woodcutter's wife?

>>8671107
>>8671516
>>8671638
>>8671727
>>8671799

WHERE ARE YOU GETTING THE EYES FROM?!

>>8671825
He takes pictures of his own in the mirror

duh

>>8671825
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW?

>>8671844

YES. THEY AROUSE ME IN STRANGE WAYS.

We should conduct another divination to figure out why the creature is here and what it wants.

>>8671881
After we ask him about the woodcutter's wife.

>>8671811
The innkeep purses his lips and pauses. "Aye, he did - but not for me, I think. That miserly a man cares more for unpaid debts that those who won't owe him them."

>>8671790
"None that I know of, though no-one goes deep in the forest. Common sense, like."

>>8671817
"Wife? He didn' have a wife."

After answering the last of your questions, the innkeep talks on hurriedly. "Now, listen," he says, "You've gained your head again sharp here, and I know what I saw outside. No monster, truth, but no footprints either." His hand falls to the shortsword on the table, "I never heard of a monster that looked like a young lass, but mebbe you've got something to tell me, huh?"

>>8671900
oh shit

>>8671900
Oh, boy here we go.
Look. If we were something from the fae, we wouldn't have been able to enter this building without your permission.
And look at all the iron and silver you have around here!
If I was some kind of monster, I would be clutching my head and screaming.
And honestly, what kind of monster is considerate enough to warn you about it before it eviscerates you?

>>8671900
CURSE OF DECEIT

There ARE foot prints

>>8671926
the smart devilish kind

>>8671931
This

Lift the curse on our footprints and tell him to look again.

>>8671950
It's not that they are hidden, it's that they filled in with your passing. You could try to convince him he's wrong or make him see an illusion with The Curse of Deceit, but not create new footprints (that'd be a very weak remit of the Curse of Earth, perhaps).

>>8671900
"Very well. I know some magic. I used some of it to try and hide my traces while I made my way back to town. That's why there are no foorprints.

>>8671976
illusion

>>8671976
Explain
It'll only go worse for us if we fail

Illusion foot prints and cast deceit on him that they were there the whole time

>>8671900
I used magic to hide my footprints so the beast would not follow me here!

>>8672010
NO WE ARE THE WITCH OF LIES AND DECEIT

>>8672011
But only he'll be under the illusion, everyone else that he points the "footprints" out to won't see anything.

Pretty torn up between explaining and further deception. Give me a roll for each argument, first roll counts. Highest is what we do. State whether you're rolling to come clean or cast an illusion.

>>8672024
Not a particulary bright witch are you?
Lies are like gold
They should only be spent sparingly

>>8672033
But to whom and why would he?

rolled 18 = 18

>>8672038
COME CLEAN

rolled 12 = 12

lie more

>>8672024
WE ARE ALSO THE WITCH OF "I DON'T WANT TO GET EATEN BY A FUCKING ELF." AND "I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO LIE TO A BIG BUFF MOTHERFUCKER WITH A SWORD."

>>8672024
Telling the truth often makes your lies more convincing.

>>8672061
THEY ARE THE BIGGEST REASON TO LIE

>>8672033
Who points at footprints to people?

Come clean and stop being so fucking shady. The Innkeeper is sharp enough to have figured out you're not normal. Don't compound his suspicions.

>>8672043
We are not a smart witch

We have a cunning of 2

>WITCH QUEST
>bad shit happens
>we're too weak to do anything about it
>lie to the people who can
>get murdered horribly
>....
>PROFIT

>>8672055
YES
SUCK IT HAT

Tell the innkeeper that we are good at covering our tracks

it's not technically a lie

>>8672133

>>8672139
Stop clutching at straws, we're coming clean.

>>8672055
You decide the best course is truth, and explain the magic you cast. The innkeeper doesn't take it as badly as he might have, "It's been a long, long time since we've had magic on our side in these parts," he sighs, "...but those cards said more about you than they did about the travellers, sure enough. With a beast on the loose, mebbe we need a drop of magic." He opens his mouth to continue, but then comes to noise of the back door opening and (mercifully) the sound of multiple footsteps. Two stout young men carrying heavy axes come into the common room, with Maggie behind them short of breath. "Right," he says, "You boys stand guard at each door. Maggie'll tell you what this is about. The lass an' I are going to see the Mayor." He goes behind the bar to pick up a thick woollen cloak.

Anything you want to do before you leave?

>>8672131
Hey, Ingrid isn't weak. She has 'strength' at 19. I picture a big blonde Valkyrie woman.

>>8672163
Do a divination to determine where the creature is or what it is doing. Basically, is it safe to go out now? Is it following us? Might as well use magic when we can.

>>8672212
Can she rip an elf of this world in half? Honestly, if she can, let's march our ass back up there and show it whos boss.

>>8672212
So much for the meek witch girl I ignorantly thought we were.

>>8672163
Are there any wards or charms we can cast use deciption?

>>8672250
You can give a good account of yourself in battle, and humans certainly have killed elves before. It's risky, though, and you'd want something better than a knife.

>>8672223
You begin to remove the cards from your satchel but the innkeeper interrupts. "Listen, now... are you coming or not? Truth be told, I'd rather you weren't." He wraps the cloak around himself and fastens it. "Why not stay here, and let me handle the mayor? I won't even mention you if you want."

>>8672352
yes, still want to go to the mayor.

>Ingrid goes to the mayor

>>8672163
Just head to the Mayor's office or home or whatever.

>>8672352
Oh, no, little man.
This is not some drunken over grown bully boy.
This elf is magic, and you'll need all the protection you can get if you want to survive the night.

>>8672390
Ingrid goes to the mayor

So I guess we're going with the innkeeper to the mayor.

>>8672352
Ingrid is 19 strength, right?
Does that make her a biostrous bruiser?

>>8672586
I always imagined her as more of a fragile speedster.

>>8672408
>>8672394
>>8672390
>TALLY HO

You put away the cards and accompany the innkeep (it's awkward to keep using that, so he introduces himself as Grice Snr. on the way). He tells you a little about the Mayor as you go - the man is a doctor and will be at his practice and home right now. There's a meeting every third day in the town hall, which he points out - the largest building in the village, but otherwise just as unremarkable as any of the others. Thankfully the doctor's practice is on the opposite side of the village from Hans' shack, and you are able to avoid it while of course still keeping watchful and aware. Evening is beginning to close, and there is no movement other than yourselves in the darkening village. Within ten minutes you are knocking on the door of the house, puffing steam from red cheeks as night descends.

It's the mayor who opens it, a thin, sallow man with a stooped and hawk-like bald head. He wears a brass medallion of office over his otherwise plain robes which are nevertheless dyed an expensive black. He looks to Grice, ignoring you, and asks in a nasal voice, "Yes? What is it?"

The innkeep deferentially requests admittance, and tells him of the beast you saw. Ushered in, you stand within a hallway that neatly divides the house - to the left lie the doctor's office and other medicinal rooms. On the right, the household proper. At the end of the hallway there is a militiaman with a shortspear. The Mayor invites you into a large sitting room on the right, and once you've sat down Grice begins to speak urgently of the details you told him. Do you wish to speak up? To stand up and do something?

WHAT DO?

>>8672586
>>8672597
It's best to consider it as 19 'physical'. You're fairly agile, strong, tough and quick. That doesn't mean you're all -4 strength, just that you can handle yourself well and accomplish most physical tasks.

>>8672608
Look around, take note of our surroundings, but let Grice do the talking. Just pretend to be a normal frightened lady for now.

>>8672608
What would I do?
Stand up.
Tell the mayor that the Erkling may have already killed, and that it'll will only get worse as time goes on.
NOW IS A TIME FOR ACTION

>>8672661
Indeed. But wait til there is a pause in the conversation before speaking up. This IS the mayor, it'd be in our best intrest to be polite.

>>8672608
So, yeah, just reiterate how much of bad thing this elf thing will be.

>>8672661
Woah man, calm down. We do that, act up, that's a sure-fire way to get thrown out. Let Grice do the talking. When he's done we can put out two cents in.

>>8672658
It's a fairly well-furnished sitting room, beyond the standards of what you expect for such a small village. The mayor probably has a business that extends beyond the borders of Little Hamlin.

>WARNING ELVES APPROACHING
You chime in under a lull in the conversation and describe what you know of elves and their dangers. The mayor adopts a grave look and Grice stares at you uncompromisingly. Finally, it is the mayor who replies, "That is most worrying," he says, crisp and accentless, "I shall have the militia summoned immediately. We'll set a ring around the village and have a patrol check each house in turn." He stands up, and beckons Grice to rise with him. "The sergeant here will accompany me to the Hall and we'll blow the horn. I would urge you to stay here under the care of my guards, though if you wish to return to the inn I can have one take you there."

The manner of the man is concerned and appropriate, but your practised senses can tell something wrong. The Mayor is being deceptive and you get the impression he at least knows of elves already, if not the one abroad in the region.

WHAT DO?

>>8672848
Hmm, should we confront him?

>>8672848
Go back to the inn. Perform a reading on the Mayor there.

>>8672848
Stay with Grice, say that you feel safer in his company. The moment you are out of the mansion and back in the inn, tell Grice what you felt.

>>8672848
I have to leave for tonight.
Archiving.

>>8672848
I agree with>>8672904

>>8672892
>>8672923
We're new here. Who do you think they'll trust, a stranger or the Mayor? We need to wait until we have proof before we come out about our suspicions.

>>8672923
Grice is a sergeant in the militia (he hadn't told you this) and the Mayor has asked for Grice to accompany him. Sorry, that was pretty unclear.

>>8672949
But what if the mayor is working with the elves?
people could die!

>>8672969
And do you think tipping him off that we're on to him will help anyone?

>>8672959
Well we're getting the fuck out of here then. The mayor was clearly hiding something when we spoke up, and he wants to leave us in a room full of *HIS* guards. Yeaaaah.... NO.

>>8672959
Okay then. Consensus seems to be go to inn.

>>8672995
You've only seen one guard, but you assume there are more in the house.

Consensus is to return to the inn and do a reading concerning the mayor, then?

>>8673015
appears so

>>8673015
We need a clearer reading than we've gotten in the past. We should convince a group of people that we're full of knowledge and a powerful fortune-teller so that the sympathy will give us a power boost.

>>8673015
Yup. Do a five card reading, the most accurate one.

>>8673043
I don't follow your logic, but hey. if it works it works.

Grice and the Mayor depart, and the guard who stood at the end of the hall comes with you to escort you to the inn. The guard is a young man, tall, with a thin scar cutting across his lip, chip and throat. He looks you up and down steadily while you still stand in the torchlit practice, introducing himself as Alric. With a shout to a replacement you depart, him leading with his spear clutched tightly in both hands. The night seems to cluster round Hamlin like a fog - the stars shine brightly above, but even with the reflecting snowfall the way forward is hazy, occluded.

Alric doesn't talk much until the inn is in sight and your return is silent and uneventful. As you approach, he says, "You saw an... elf, then? Did it see you?"

>>8673065
My logic: As I understand the magic system here, if you can create an atmosphere appropriate to whatever spells you're trying to use, they'll be more effective. If we're trying to use deceit spells, make sure that there's confusion and misinformation flying around. If we're trying to really get prophetic, we need to make the surrounding mood support that as much as possible- such as setting ourselves up with a group of people who genuinely believe that we have great powers of foretelling.

My understanding, at any rate. Could be wrong.

>>8673127
Seduce Alric

>him leading with his spear clutched tightly in both hands

How obscene! Both hands you say?

>>8673142
Yeah, Curses are particularly sympathetic to the environment and sacrifice. Rituals are less so, you'd need something particularly powerful to really pull magical power forward for a ritual. That sort of thing is what many magical artifacts are orientated around.

>>8673163
It's another one of those goddamn phallic symbols.

>>8673127
"I'm not sure. I think it was able to smell me though."

>>8673127
Tell him that we tried to slip away before it caught sight of us, but that since we were running away, we can't be certain.

If rituals don't benefit significantly from sympathy, then don't bother with trying to establish an atmosphere before reading the future.

There are two things that men are willing to believe about a women

First that she is weak, and second is that she finds him attractive.

>>8673198
But it would foster an atmosphere for people to believe us if the mayor is in league with elves.

>>8673245
True. Want to try and convince Alric to let us read his future? We can throw in some innuendo if it helps make him believe us.

>>8673181
He doesn't say a word in reply until you are at the threshold of the inn. The door is opened by Grice's son, axe in hand. You step into the roaring warmth of the common room and as the youth shuts the door behind me you distinctly here the militiaman's voice again. It's soft, enough of a murmur to be partially indistinct, but you could swear Alric said, "Pity." as the door swung shut. A second later, the air is split by the keening sound of a horn, like the cry of a swooping bird of prey. A dread foreboding begins to build up inside you.

WHAT DO?

>>8673259
right, like the Tower standing tall and firm and the lady as symbolization of fertility

wink wink nudge nudge

>>8673275
Well. Time to do that reading.

>>8673280
The Tower is the symbol of ruin so that would probably signify erectile disfunction or the destruction of the penis. You sure know how to win a boy's heart.

>>8673275
Wait what? is he attacking us? did the horn come from outside? Do these pants make my butt look fat?

>>8673306
The horn is the signal to the militia to assemble. Alric isn't attacking, he just murmured something as the door was shut between you and him.

>>8673297
Well we could just lie like a women. They lie about that sort of thing right?

>>8673295
If we're having a sense of doom build up, maybe we should go with something faster than a full-on five-card reading. Do we have, say, a magic eight-ball filled with useful advice like "RUN", "HIDE", "ATTACK", and "GET HELP"? Or maybe a die or something?

Or just a one-card draw that we can interpret really well?

>>8673319
one card draw to see what's up

if not IMPENDING DOOM then do a 5 card draw

>>8673340
Less cards, less accuracy. We have all the time in the world, let's use it. 5 card draw. And if we've time after, a round of sever card stud.

>>8673340
You only have your cards, but you could certainly do a one card reading quickly. If you encounter other divinatory assets you will be able to use them. You can also read entrails and the like, although that's associated with much darker magic.

>>8673326
...Yeah.

Alright, drawing the cards. What's the question? How many cards?

>>8673402
first, i think we should do one card to see what the doomy feeling is. If it not instant death horrible, then do the most accurate card draw.

>>8673402
I'd do a one-card reading asking what we should be wary of in the immediate future, and follow it up with a five-card reading asking what critical information is being hidden from us.

>other divinatory assets

>>8673480
FUND IT!

>>8673402
Is the Mayor hiding something from the village?

>>8673503
We can investigate that, and the possibility that we glimpse infinity at the moment of orgasm, later. For now, we have killer elves, a cunningly traitorous mayor, and a deck of cards to deal with.

You draw a single card: The Moon. The Moon warns of hidden danger, falsehoods and trickery. It urges you to avoid substances which may cloud your judgement and rely, above all, on intuition. The feeling of doom grows - you know you must now fear the villagers, as well as the wandering Elf. Hastily, you look to Grice Jnr. and Alfred. Both remain intent on their watch - they are more steadfast and practical than you would have expected. Maggie seems to have gone to bed.

Continue?

>>8673539
>glimpse infinity at the moment of orgasm

OH FUCKING GOD YES

>>8673586
>A whole thread without forgetting it until now.

>>8673539
I don't think he's a traitor, he's probably got some kind of fucked up deal going with the elves: "You can take our firstborn children, but please don't slaughter the town."

>>8673602
>HERE IS YOUR TRIP. BOTH POSTS WERE ME.

>>8673586
Right, five cards now. What is the Mayor hiding?

>>8673613
i can kinda tell which ones are you

tri[

>>8673480
*sigh* God damn it. Source?

>>8673603
there's only one way to tell

sleep with him

if we get off, he can't possibly be evil.

>>8673642
lol, here you go, it's pretty good.

http://www.mangafox.com/manga/my_barbaric_girlfriend/

Alright, 5 card might take a bit to write up. Give me a d20 roll for how proficiently you cast the cards. Question still concerns what the Mayor is hiding?

rolled 7 = 7

>>8673705

>>8673710
shit

>>8673710
So let's see. We've made several rolls for readings so far. I remember our last was a 5, and I think the one before that was a 2. We suck at this.

>>8673627
Don't just ask what he's hiding, ask what is being hidden from us. More general question might give a more general answer, but it eliminates the possibility of missing critical information from asking too narrow of a question.

>>8673586
If we need to be wary of the villagers, we need to start prepping for our curse of deceit soon. Crafting our image into a somewhat more mysterious figure, y'know? The sort of person who just might appear from nowhere at the most inconvenient of times and vanish into the night like smoke if someone comes to dispose of her.

>>8673738
At least you can do it. In actual fact, the dice rolls are mainly for the time it takes you to divine. Consider that as you will.

Result upcoming.

>>8673738
but we're getting better

>>8673768
>>8673759
Both good points.

You cut the deck sinister and place five cards on the table.

The first, here, represents the theme of the issue - the root of the deception. It is the reversed Page of Cups. A young man hoists an enormous golden cup above his head. The card reflects sour business and bitter deals as well as oblivion to the reality of the world. It also represents, elementally, water acting as earth. Treacherous water! Witches do well to be wary of that element. The card indicates that the villagers are contaminated by otherworldly forces - they lie fascinated in the thrall of elves.

The next card is the Ace of Swords, also reversed. An ethereal hand grasps an enormous blade. This card indicates what stands in the way of the deception, and what may hold the key to unravelling it. Indicated by the Ace of Swords is the casting aside of reason and intelligence, the abuse of power and (perhaps) dangerous new ideas.

Your third card is The World. This is an auspicious sign. A dancer moves silhouetted by the globe on this card, which indicates an ending to a long-term projects. Celebration, success and praise will follow. You are being told that the ending of the elves' domination is in sight here. Hope is not yet lost.

You turn over the fourth card and it is one you drew earlier in the day. The Chariot, reversed. It indicates oncoming violence and brute force. You begin to anticipate the meaning of this card in the deception when a RAP RAP RAP comes at the door. The militia patrol checking houses, probably - can you afford to greet them?

WHAT DO?

>>8673911
>And no, despite three reversals you didn't have the deck the wrong way round.

>>8673911
There are three other people in the inn AT LEAST. One of them can answer the darn door.

>>8673911
Aren't Grice and Alfred keeping watch? Why don't they answer the door?

>>8673984
Yeah, Grice's son is unlocking the door basically RIGHT NOW. You have a few seconds to act if you want to.

>>8673911
What about the fifth card?

Also, I'm not entirely sure that the mayor isn't planning to kill us. maybe we should disguise ourself.

>>8674013
with magic

>>8674013
Knock came before you turned it over. You can turn it over now, I just want to get the action that comes straight after the knock.

>>8674002
>>8674002
Eh, put the cards away.

>>8674033
Will it piss off the magic or anything if we don't finish the reading properly? I'd hate to hit abort and have it bite us in the ass.

>>8674033
Can we turn invisible?

>>8673911
HAND ON THE KNIFE, BE READY.

>>8674062
Hey yeah, that's deceitful.

>>8674062
To turn yourself completely invisible is quite difficult, I'd require a roll and you wouldn't be able to maintain it long.

>>8674060
In this case, it won't bring bad luck.

>>8673911
So, this reading:
-The elves have control of the village, or at least its leaders.
-Said leaders are abusing their power, and if we can expose them then other people might be willing to work against them.
-And hopefully be victorious, everyone parties. Long-held project ending is hopefully the elf deal.
-Brute force is... probably standing in our way? But we're pretty badass, we can likely take it.

Being mindful of our first draw, which counseled us to be wary of treachery and follow our intuition, I think we should be out of the room as the guard arrives and possibly concealing ourselves with magic, to create a "She was just here!" moment. Which will hopefully reinforce our rep for later similar moments.

>>8674132
Pretty much. Action? I'll be wrapping this up shortly because holy fuck the time. I'm sorry tonight hasn't been so hot.

turn last card, then get our sweet ass upstairs before the po-po come-a-knockin'

>>8674198
For a quest thread on /tg/ I think we've been quite productive.

>>8674132
Sounds good.

>>8674198
Don't try to turn completely invisible. Instead, blend in with the scenery. You're just another patron of the inn, nothing stands out about you.

>>8674217
I just mean I feel I personally have been lacking a bit. I have zero complaints about pace and am indeed extremely pleased with it.

>>8674198
I thought I gave an action- leave the room while others' attention is on the door. Use magic to make people less likely to notice us leaving, if we can do so with subtlety. Take our cards with us and glance at the final draw if possible.

>>8674243
This, but, if possible, draw the last card.

>>8674243
Just wanted more consensus.

You rise with the rapping at the threshold and turn over the last card as you do. You fold them all into a sheaf with the unseen one turned at their head. The card is Death.

Moving, you begin to weave a spell as the door bursts open. Grice and three militiaman stand, armed and armoured with the steam of their breath hanging shroudlike around their starlit, shadowed bodies. The sergeant roars, "WHERE IS SHE?!" moments after you slip past sight at the bottom of the stairs, your flickering form providing concealment. These men have come for you, and your magic will not hold up directly against so many prying eyes if they catch sight of you again.

That's where we'll finish tonight. I thank you all for your participation.

Do we need a roll for any action we take here?

>>8674376
>>8674367
DERP Nevermind.

>>8674367
Let's hear it for paranoia producing results.

>>8674367
Shit. What did we do? Darn cliffhangers! Any idea when the next session will be OP?

>>8674367
Back tomorrow night?

Next thread won't be for a bit. I don't like doing it day-after-day nor do I like spamming a quest.

>>8674432
Any chance it could last longer than your apparently customary less-than-four hours? I didn't even notice this one until like two hours in.

could we get a date for the next one then?

>>8674432
Any idea when the next one will be then? Maybe Wednesday?

>>8674459
I can't help that. This has been pretty much four hours, I'll try and duplicate that next time.

>>8674496
>>8674509
Sure, let's go with wedensday.

Wednesdays an awful long ways away.

>>8674645
On the stairs is an invisible bear. You are eaten.

FIN.

(Busy nights till Tuesday, and I have to prep game materials too. That's the earliest it can be.)

>>8674714
Bears seem to be a big problem in this campaign