>>3065654
>2 - Dedicated yourself to study with the goal of becoming a priest. You easily understand things others struggle to grasp. Furthermore you have been taught to read (extremely rare here for one of your social status). Over the years you have managed to read a few texts and learned much about the world, its people and histories. However your fitness has suffered, you are weaker and tire more quickly than most.

>>3065654
1 - Served with the village militia. You've trained with simple weapons and built up your strength and endurance with various drills and exercises. You've had lots of experience with rough sparring and getting into scuffles with drunks and neerdowells. But havnt truly been in any life and death combat.

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>>3065654
>2 - Dedicated yourself to study with the goal of becoming a priest. You easily understand things others struggle to grasp. Furthermore you have been taught to read (extremely rare here for one of your social status). Over the years you have managed to read a few texts and learned much about the world, its people and histories. However your fitness has suffered, you are weaker and tire more quickly than most.

>>3065654
>2 - Dedicated yourself to study with the goal of becoming a priest. You easily understand things others struggle to grasp. Furthermore you have been taught to read (extremely rare here for one of your social status). Over the years you have managed to read a few texts and learned much about the world, its people and histories. However your fitness has suffered, you are weaker and tire more quickly than most.

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Theologian and scholar it is. Update coming...

Knowledge checks can be made outside the flow of time at any point.

Honed by years of study your mind is sharp as a razor, when you start to think about things, patterns emerge that you can read and understand, very little escapes your notice. You have been given the gift of literacy. In a village of perhaps 200 or more souls, the number who know their letters can be counted on one hand.
-
It's high summer, the air is warm and the days work is done. What shall you do with yourself?
There are several places of interest in the village (vote decides where you go).

1 - The Chieftains longhouse: The chief and his family reside here. He gathers the elders for counsel on issues of governance and justice. Petitioners and travellers announcing their arrival in the village can be found here.

2 - The Tavern: Little more than a thatched barn with a few tables, a big fire and plenty of wine. The beating heart of the village nonetheless. A good place for rumours, gossip and the news of the day, to say nothing of a drink or three.

3 - The Temple: The house of the Sun King, the only god whose worship is permitted in the empire. Tended to by an old, narrow minded priest who imagines himself wise. The pious and the needy tend to congregate here.

4 - The Orchard: A small grove of fruit bearing trees just behind the palisade. Many of the young men and women not yet old enough for the tavern-keeper to sell them wine hang around here. It's a familiar place and there are many memories here.

>>3065716
>4 - The Orchard: A small grove of fruit bearing trees just behind the palisade. Many of the young men and women not yet old enough for the tavern-keeper to sell them wine hang around here. It's a familiar place and there are many memories here.
Recrutin' the young ones for the lord

>>3065716
>4 - The Orchard: A small grove of fruit bearing trees just behind the palisade. Many of the young men and women not yet old enough for the tavern-keeper to sell them wine hang around here. It's a familiar place and there are many memories here.

>>3065716
>2 - The Tavern: Little more than a thatched barn with a few tables, a big fire and plenty of wine. The beating heart of the village nonetheless. A good place for rumours, gossip and the news of the day, to say nothing of a drink or three.

>>3065719
>>3065721
>>3065741

The orchard it is, update shortly

>>3065716
>4 - The Orchard: A small grove of fruit bearing trees just behind the palisade. Many of the young men and women not yet old enough for the tavern-keeper to sell them wine hang around here. It's a familiar place and there are many memories here.

I'm late!

Also, glad you're back Helios.

You make your way to the orchard at a leisurely pace, enjoying the fine weather.

When you arrive there is a pleasant smell of late blossoms and early fruit. A group of 3 boys, your juniors by a year or two are sat beneath one of the larger trees, passing around a wineskin talking amongst themselves in hushed, conspiratorial tones.

From somewhere else nearby you can hear the sound of wood striking wood with considerable force and the murmur of several female voices, although you cant see them.

What do you do?

1. Speak to the boys

2. Try to locate the source of the noise and the female voices.

3. Custom (write in)

>>3065769
1

>>3065769
>2. Try to locate the source of the noise and the female voices.

>>3065769
>2. Try to locate the source of the noise and the female voices.
wood striking wood with female voices sounds more interesting. Maybe they are working on something

>>3065769
>2. Try to locate the source of the noise and the female voices.

>>3065769
>3. Pray, thanking the Sun King for the lovely weather and overall beautiful day

>>3065769
can you give us a small run down of the faith? We do try for priesthood after all

>>3065769
1. Speak to the boys
>>3065788
Also this

>>3065769
1. Speak to the boys

>>3065788
(knowledge checks reflect what the PC knows and as are not infallible and may expand with learning)

Worship of The Sun King is the official state religion of The Empire. It holds that The Sun King himself is the only divinity, the source of all light, warmth and life. The Sun itself, the dawn, summer, fire and gold are held to be sacred.

Telling the truth and forthright open conduct are considered high virtues and dishonesty and concealing ones motives are frowned upon.

The faith was spread at the point of a sword as The Empire expanded, with other faiths being often brutally eradicated centuries ago. Any form of religion that strays from orthodoxy is considered a serious crime, often with the ultimate penalty.

>>3065810
>>3065805
>>3065784
>>3065773

You recognize one of the boys, Lux the millers son and call out to him.

You cant say you know Lux too well, but he's a decent sort. Most in the village have viewed you with suspicion and hostility on account of your parents. Bullying and taunts have been a regular feature for you outside of the sanctity of the temple. Lux however, has at least been cordial and has even intervened in the bullying on your behalf more than once

“Fine day Lux. Suns blessing. What's that noise about?” You cock your head towards the regular cracking sound, with an interval of a few seconds.

“Ho novitiate” He greets you with a wave.
“I could care less, sounds like someone's trying to cut a tree down with a stick. Its been going on since we got here. Saw Lucia and some friend of hers wander that way not long ago though”.

The other two have conspicuously stopped talking since you drew close.
Lux hands you the wineskin. “Take a swig, it's my fathers. Stronger than the usual stuff and spiced”

You take a long swig. It's stronger than you expected and you start coughing as it burns down your throat. The boys laugh as you hand the skin back to Lux.

1. Try and find out what they were talking about before you arrived.
2. Discuss the news of the day
3. Go and investigate the noises.
4. Custom (write in)

>>3065842
>2. Discuss the news of the day

>>3065842
hm, didnt intend for the whole thing to be blue. ah well

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>>3065847

>>3065842
>3. Go and investigate the noises.

>>3065842
3

>>3065879
>>3065864
Noises it is. Update coming

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You thank Lux for the wine and head towards the noise.

As you approach you can hear the sound of two women giggling as well as the regular **thwack** that has been present since you arrived in the orchard.

The source soon becomes clear. A familiar young woman is repeatedly striking the trunk of an apple tree with a crude wooden sword with precise, sweeping motions, snarling and grunting with effort. Your childhood friend Kassa.

A few yards away, Lucia and another girl are watching giggling at Kassa and whispering to one another.

Kassa seems to be ignoring them.

-You've known Kassa as long as you can remember. With her pale skin, blue eyes and yellow hair, she stands out amongst the dark haired, olive skinned imperial people, a constant reminder of her heritage. Her people are 'Raiders' nomadic tribes of warlike horse-people from the north, her father appeared at the village gates many years ago with a baby Kassa in his arms, offering his sword unto death to whomever gave them shelter. The village chief, seeing his worth as a bodyguard and enforcer, accepted.

After your parents were executed, Kassa's father looked after you until you became a novice at the temple. Both of an age and outcasts amongst the other children, the two of you played together and grew together, constant companions. Although of late theres a tension between you that's new. Your heart races when she touches you, despite all the times you wrestled when you were small and you keep catching her looking at you when she thinks you dont notice and flushing red in the cheeks when you do.-

-Lucia you know less, one of the tavern-keepers daughters. She seems to regard herself as something of a 'queen-bee' amongst the girls and has often mocked and ostracised you for your parents crimes and Kassa for her heathen heritage.-

>>3065943

Neither of them seem to have noticed you yet.

1. Talk to Kassa

2. Talk to Lucia

3. Greet everyone openly

4. Watch quietly

5. Write in

>>3065950
>4.

>>3065950
>3. Greet everyone openly

>>3065950
>3. Greet everyone openly

>>3065950
>3. Greet everyone openly

>>3065995
>>3065976
>>3065972

Greetings it is. Writing up now...

>>3066008
Kassa is angry, that much is obvious. She has always had a short and violent temper and has spent a day in the stocks for acting on it more than once. She seems to be channelling her obvious frustration at Lucia and her friend into her blows, which grow more and more intense.
After a particularly powerful hit that shakes the whole tree, an under-developed apple falls from one of the branches and lands squarely on Kassas head. Prompting gales of laughter from the other girls at her expense.

Kassa stops swinging her wooden sword and glares at the tree trunk, her fists clenched and body taught. But she doesn't turn to acknowledge the laughter.

You decide that this is an opportune moment to announce your presence.

“Suns blessing girls” You incline your head politely at Lucia and her friend.

“Kassa” she turns at the sound of your voice and meets your gaze. But can't seem to find her words.

Lucia turns to you, disdain dripping from her voice.

“Ah the little priest, Suza and I were just wondering, is it true that you had to promise to marry straw-hair over there for her father to give you a roof over your head?”

Kassa turns bright red and opens her mouth but Lucia is too quick.

“and that you joined the temple to get away from her?”

Both girls burst out laughing once again.
Kassa grinds her teeth, murmuring curses and picks up the fallen apple, squeezing it so hard her knuckles turn white, she turns to Lucia taking aim...

1. Try and calm things down. This wouldn't be the first time Lucia has baited Kassa into trouble.

2. Let things play out

3. Tell Kassa to stop and come up with a cutting retort.

4. Write in.

>>3066047
>1. Try and calm things down. This wouldn't be the first time Lucia has baited Kassa into trouble.

>>3066058
Changing upon further thought.
>3. Tell Kassa to stop and come up with a cutting retort.

>>3066047
>3. Tell Kassa to stop and come up with a cutting retort.

>>3066065
>>3066114

Roll for social! (d100)

(Scholarly pursuits and physical weakness are not respected by the girls of the village, you suffer a -10 to your roll)

>>3066047
>3. Tell Kassa to stop and come up with a cutting retort.
"You should know better than to spread falsehoods for your own amusement when it comes at the cost of anothers dignity, Kassa."
Act ashamed and disappointed for her

Rolled 11 (1d100)

>>3066116

>>3066120
11 -10 = 1

Critical failure!

Writing now.

Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>3066116

>>3066124
>Autistic sun priest at it again

>>3066124
Girls gonna bond in kicking of our sorry ass?

>>3066124
>>3066120

“Kassa stop!” you blurt as she winds her arm back, she pauses.
In your mind you imagined a righteous denunciation of Lucia's slander, full of fire and the force of the Sun's holy temple. Leaving her ashamed and humbled with a grateful Kassa admiring your deft social riposte.

Unfortunately your tongue was unable to rise to your the level of your imagination.

“Lucia you.....such cruel a..and..and untrue words are a..against...”

You stutter and stumble over every other word and cant seem to look her in the eye, unintentionally looking at the floor then glancing over her shoulder, then back to the floor.

She cuts you off.

“By the dawn you are pathetic. Can you imagine this one preaching the holy word!? He'd turn people to heresy not away from it!”

You cant seem to think of a response and stare silently at the floor in embarassment.

“Perhaps that's why his parents turned to sorcery, they wanted to cast a spell to make their son into a real man.”

A cold, deliberate laugh all barb and no mirth escapes her lips, then an apple strikes her in the face with such force that the fruit splits apart.

Lucia's hands fly to her face, her laugh abruptly silenced. She stumbles back before her heel catches on the root of a nearby tree and she falls backward. There's a sharp crack as the base of her skull hits a sharp rock hidden in the undergrowth.

Continued.......

>>3066187
wouldn't be a quest without an accidental murder before post 50

>>3066187

Lucia lies still for a moment, her head jutting up at a painful angle, then her legs begin to tremble uncontrollably.

Suza screams.

Kassa drops her wooden sword. “I...I didn't mean to. Gods! It was just an apple, I wanted to give her a black eye not...”

You have some knowledge of the healing arts from your studies, you rush to Lucia and kneel beside her. The point of the rock has pierced the back of her neck where the spine joins her skull and blood is flowing freely.

You put your hand to her neck, feeling for a pulse as you have seen the healers at the temple do. There's a faint erratic rhythm, which promptly stops beneath your fingers.

“I...I think she's dead”

Suza screams even louder than before, then turns and runs in the direction of the main thoroughfare.

“Fuck fuck fuck fuck, what do I do what do I do!?” Kassa exclaims , her voice thick with panic.

She grabs you by the shoulder

“I've got to run, they'll hang me for this!”

What do you do?

1. Go to the chief, tell him the truth. Perhaps they will show mercy.

2. Help Kassa flee the village.

3. Leave Kassa to her fate, denounce her at the village and emphasise your own innocence.

4. Write in.

>>3066234
>2. Help Kassa flee the village.

>>3066234
1
The least awful choice?

>>3066234
>1. Go to the chief, tell him the truth. Perhaps they will show mercy.
Calm her down, it was an accident and Suza also saw what happened.
There is no way that she could have done that intentionally.
But maybe she will have to leave the village for her own sake anyway. Even an accidental murder will land her in very hot water. But she would at least go a free woman and not run like a criminal.

Even though no one has asked for a knowledge check here, I feel compelled to drop a freebie.

The punishment for murder is death by hanging. Whilst you can argue that Kassa didn't intend to kill Lucia, she certainly deliberately attacked her and the chief may well not see the distinction. Furthermore Kassa is not popular in the village with much talk of her being a heathen, holding to the faith of her people rather than the empire. Many others will hold her heritage against her, as they have lost relatives, property or both to attacks by her kinsmen.

To add to her difficulties, the tavern-keeper is a well liked and influential man. He's not likely to use that influence in Kassa's defence.

>>3066274
I'll tally the votes 10 mins from now.

>>3066234
2. Help Kassa flee the village.

What is done its done, we cannot leave her to be killed

>>3066274
Knowing this, I'd rather change my vote to fleeing.

>>3066234

2. Help Kassa flee the village.

Our parents were killed too rught? We are goung to hang if they catch us.

>>3066234
>2. Help Kassa flee the village.

Flee it is, writing...

>>3066289

Your parents were burned alive for witchcraft. you only have the most vague memories of them, they were executed whilst you were very young and you've never had the nerve to try and find out exactly what they did. Although you've been told that you were 'saved' from them.

>>3066331
You lock eyes with Kassa.

“I'm coming with you.” Your tone belies a resolve you wish you had a few moments before.

“You can't!” Kassa wails. “If you help me you'll share my guilt, they'll hang you too.”

She's right, to help a killer evade justice goes against everything you've been taught at the temple. Not just the laws of men but those of the Sun. There will be no going back from this.

But...

You imagine Kassa bound and being led to the gallows or shivering on some roadside alone and hunted. Either way you'd never see her again and that seems worse than any sin.

“I can and I am. We don't have time to argue, if we're quick we can be gone before Suza tells her tale and they start looking for you in earnest.”

Kassa composes herself and nods. “If we're for the road, we should go to my fathers. He's away for a few days, but there's supplies, furs and weapons. He taught me to always be ready to run if the village turned against us. I have a pack ready.”

She's right to a point, fleeing into the wilds with just the clothes on your back is a fools notion but Kassa's home is probably one of the first places the villagers will look for her.

What do you do?

1. Flee the village as quickly as possible.

2. Rush to Kassa's place to gather gear and supplies.

3. Find somewhere to hide until nightfall, hopefully moving around unseen will be easier.

4. Write in

>>3066411
>3. Find somewhere to hide until nightfall, hopefully moving around unseen will be easier.

>>3066411
>2. Rush to Kassa's place to gather gear and supplies.

>>3066411
2

>>3066411

2. Rush to Kassa's place to gather gear and supplies.

>>3066455
>>3066428
>>3066418

Kassa's place it is. Writing.....

>>3066462

The two of you creep out of the orchard, giving the area where Lux and his friends were drinking a wide birth. You manage to make it back to the village proper without being seen.
Hiding between two small hovels, you glance up and down the street. There doesn't seem to be any more activity than usual, no one searching or vengeful mobs forming.

Trying to look as inconspicuous as possible you cross the street and creep between houses until you reach Kassa and her father's dwelling. You remember it well, although you haven't been back here in months.

Once you're inside Kassa pushes a heavy wooden table against the door, then piles two stools on top of it. Before climbing a ladder up to the loft and rummaging around in the straw bedding.

She tosses down a large pack, bundled with various furs and other items you cant make out in the indoor gloom.

“You take that” she orders before re-emerging from the loft.

You can see she's pulled on a studded leather jerkin and is wearing a dagger at her belt.

She reaches above the hearth and pulls down the sheathed sword that hangs above it, fixing it to her belt. Then hands you a spear that was propped up behind the cupboard.

As you heave the pack onto your back and test the weight of the spear you hear voices outside.

Theres a harsh rapping of a clenched fist at the door.

“Kassa, come out and face justice” a man's voice you don't recognize.

The door thumps as someone throws their weight against it.

“It's barred. Give me that hatchet.” the voice demands.

What do you do?

1. Try and ambush the men as they force their way in.

2. Try and escape via the window in the loft.

3. Write in.

>>3066505
3: Pray for divine intervention

>>3066505
>2

>>3066514
I don’t think the divine is going to interfere on our side here man

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>>3066517
Lemme tell you about my boi the Sun King.

>>3066505
2. Try and escape via the window in the loft.

Do it quickly before thay can surround us

>>3066517
>>3066543

“The loft!” you hiss to Kassa and the two of you scramble up the ladder to the small sleeping area.

There's a small window overlooking the back. With luck, you'll be able to get from the roof, over the top of a back wall and into an alley running behind the houses.

Kassa manages to push out the wooden bars blocking egress and pulls herself through, you push the pack through first then follow.
A small jump is required to make it over the wall.

Roll d100 for agility!

(you suffer a malus for your poor physical abilities, but this is cancelled out by the bonus conferred by Kassa helping you)

Rolled 53 (1d100)

>>3066558

>>3066505

2. Try and escape via the window in the loft.

Rolled 28 (1d100)

>>3066558

Rolled 7 (1d100)

Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>3066558

>>3066560
>>3066569
>>3066570

Going with the best of three. 53 = the most narrow of successes.

Writing now...

>>3066560
Over 50, lets hope its enough, sun this is hard

>>3066576
Dice gods want to slay the young satanspawn, the Sun guides him onwards regardless.

>>3066576
Kassa is worth this

>>3066576
Kassa goes first and makes the jump with little difficulty, landing quiet as a cat. You throw your pack to her.

You ready yourself and jump as best you can, you fall short of the top of the wall but manage to stop yourself by gripping the lip with one hand. Kassa quickly hauls you up.

You can hear the sound of wood splintering, the group around the front are clearly still trying to chop through the door and don't seem to have heard your escape.

You cross to the other side of the wall and hurry down the alley, the sun is going down and there's not much light left. Thankfully you seem to have the alley to yourselves.

From here you could make a straight run to the northern gate of the village palisade. They shouldn't have shut the gate yet and you might be able to make it out if they haven't posted guards.

Alternatively you could try the stables, there's likely to be draft horses there and you know the basics of riding. You could try and steal some horses, you'd be able to move much faster but it'd be harder to hide on the road and you may be caught.

You balk at the thought of adding thievery to your already heavy conscience but it may be the difference between life and death.

What do you do?

1. Make a run for the gate.

2. The stables to try and steal some horses.

3. Write in.

>>3066637
>2. The stables to try and steal some horses.
We won’t be able to make a good go of it with our shit stamina

>>3066637
>Horses
If we run on foot , they'll just catch up with the horses

>>3066637
>2. The stables to try and steal some horses.

>>3066637
1. Make a run for the gate.

Lets try to not commit anymore crimes if we can. Lets hope we don't need to murder any guards

>>3066651
>>3066652
>>3066656
>>3066657

Stables it is

Writing...

>>3066667
In the failing light, the two of you are able to make it to the stables without incident.
The door is still open, so its likely the stablehands aren't far away.

You creep inside, a lamp has been lit within casting flickering light and shadows throughout the room.

There are eight horses here, six of which are the draft horses you'd expect to find. But 2 of which are unusual.

The first is a magnificent white charger, a warhorse if ever you've seen one. The tack is of the highest quality and set up to accommodate weapons. The second is more modest, the tack worn but well made, also clearly a horse meant for riding rather than labour.

“Those two will probably be trained” Kassa whispers.

“Used to their owners, difficult for us to take. I say we take two draft horses, then cut the rest free and spook them to create a distraction.”

1. Follow Kassas plan. Take two draft horses, then spook the rest.

2. Try to steal the finder mounts, then spook the rest.

3. As 1 but leave the other horses alone.

4. As 2 but leave the other horses alone.

5. Write in

>>3066714
>3. As 1 but leave the other horses alone.

>>3066714


2. Try to steal the finder mounts, then spook the rest.

>>3066714
>1. Follow Kassas plan. Take two draft horses, then spook the rest.

>>3066714
>1
We shouldn’t try to hold onto or sell these horses either, as I’m sure
horsethievery is a capital crime as well.

>>3066733
Sun help us! We are a pious criminal, like a sun fearing brigand

>>3066714
>1. Follow Kassas plan. Take two draft horses, then spook the rest.

>>3066727
>>3066728
>>3066732
>>3066733

1 it is... standby

>>3066755

Kassa rummages inside the pack you're carrying and hands you a large, well made knife. Raider-steel. No doubt her fathers. The smiths of The Empire have not managed to uncover the secret of making it and the raiders themselves do not trade. It'd fetch a high price in any market.

She unsheathed the dagger at her waist and the two of you get to work cutting the horses free, then setting your pack on one of the draft horses. As you approach the white charger, it nickers, then neighs loudly in alarm tossing its head back and forth.

“Is someone there!?” A male voice calls out.
Footsteps approach the entrance to the stable and you see the flickering of another lantern approaching the doorway, your only exit!
Kassa ducks into a corner to the right of the doorway.

You only have moments before someone walks through the door what do you do?

1. Try to hide.

2. Attempt to talk your way out.

3. Mount the horse and make a break for it.

4. Fight.

5. Write in.

>>3066813
>1. Try to hide.
Kassa’s already hiding... Or prepping an ambush

>>3066813
>1. Try to hide.

>>3066813
>hide

>>3066826
>>3066829
>>3066835

Roll D100 for stealth!

>>3066813
1. Try to hide

If he passes us by we take Kassa and mount the horses to go away

Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>3066842

Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>3066842

>>3066844
Based

>>3066849
Just praise the Sun man

Rolled 32 (1d100)

>>3066842

>>3066846
PRAISE THE SUN

>>3066844
>>3066846

Success!

You dash to the left of the door, so you'll be out of the line of sight of anyone walking through the door. Fortunately, there's a large pile of fresh straw there its loose and easy to quickly cover yourself enough that you wont be noticed at a glance.

You're just in time, as a stablehand walks through the door with a lantern in one hand.
He looks around at the horses, noticing the mare you had loaded the pack onto.

“What are you doing girl, who cut you free? What's this?”

He starts inspecting your pack, his back is to the door as well as you and Kassa.
Kassa begins creeping towards him, dagger in hand....

1. Gesture at Kassa to stop. Sneak out the door leaving the horses and pack behind.

2. Move to back up Kassa, ready your spear.

3. Block the doorway, perhaps you can threaten him and get your things without violence.

4. Write in.

>>3066883

3. Block the doorway, perhaps you can threaten him and get your things without violence.

No more blood if we can help it

>>3066883
>2.
I doubt we make an intimidating enough duo

>>3066890
Tie and gag him too, then we leave with the horses at once

>>3066892
Weapons, we have it he doesn't, that alone is intimidating

Will wait a little for a tiebreaker...

>>3066883
3. Block the doorway, perhaps you can threaten him and get your things without violence.

>>3066920
>>3066890

Intimidation it is! Writing...

>>3066931
No rolls?

>>3066931

You emerge from your hiding place, brandishing your spear.

“Easy there friend, we don't want to hurt you.”
Kassa looks at you as if you've gone mad, but plays along.

“We need to take two of these horses, they aren't worth your life. Keep quiet and there's no need for this to get bloody.”

The stablehand looks at you, then looks at Kassa who has put the dagger back in her belt and drawn her sword in one fluid motion and is holding it above her head ready to strike.

“The whole village is looking for you two. If I shout for help a dozen men will come running. It'll go easier for you if you give yourselves up.”

His voice wavers as he speaks.

1. Roll d100 to intimidate.

Or

2. Let Kassa do the intimidating (no roll required)

>>3066970
>2. Let Kassa do the intimidating (no roll required)

>>3066970
>2.
Inb4 she just fucking stabs him

Rolled 59 (1d100)

>>3066970
1. Roll d100 to intimidate.
You can shout and they may come but you will still die before they get here, don't be foolish, this is the only way you are walking away from this unharmed.

Tell Kassa to tie and gag, there must be plenty of rope here

>>3066970
>Let Kassa intimidate
We're just the arm candy for this ride along

>>3066970
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>2. Let Kassa do the intimidating.
With her barbarian features and violent reputation, you decide that it's better to let Kassa play the thug. Her father subjected her to gruelling training in their people's traditional combat techniques as she was growing up, something the other villagers did not fail to notice. Between that and her temper getting her into brawls, she is a far more formidable combatant than any decent, sun-blessed woman should be.

You incline you're head towards Kassa.

“You could shout for help and maybe we'd be caught, but before the help arrives you'd have to deal with her.”

Kassa picks up what you're trying to do and fixes him with an icy stare.

“If he weren't here I'd already have opened you up from groin to gizzard.” She drops the point of her sword, then with a speed your eyes can barely follow slashes upward a foot in front of the stablehand. It's clear she can handle the blade.

Sweating profusely, the stablehand stammers a surrender before slowly lowering his lantern to the floor.

You look around for something to tie and gag him with, but whilst he is still crouching on the floor Kassa lunges forward and smashes the pommel of her sword to his temple.

The stablehand falls face down, unconscious but still breathing.

You give Kassa an accusing look.

“We don't have time! Someone else could be through that door any moment!”

Do you?

1. Grab your two horses and make for the gate.

2. Continue with your original plan, cut all the horses free and scare them into bolting to cause a distraction.

3. Write in.

>>3067068
2. Continue with your original plan, cut all the horses free and scare them into bolting to cause a distraction.

>>3067068

1. Grab your two horses and make for the gate.

>>3067068
2

>>3067068
2

The two of you quickly cut the rest of the horses free and mount up on the two draft horses you've prepared.

You take your spear and slap one of the horses with the blunt end as hard as you can muster.

The horse neighs in pain then bolts from the stable, with the others quickly following suit in a desperate scramble of hooves. You and Kassa manage to keep your own horses under control... barely.

As you are leaving the barn you notice the fleeing horses knocked over the stablehands lantern, some straw has caught fire and it is quickly spreading. The stablehand is still sprawled across the floor unconscious, perhaps he will wake before the flames and smoke overtake him...or perhaps not.

You could try and drag him clear of the barn but that would cost you precious time, the horses bolting has surely attracted attention.

Or you could flee and leave him to the flames.

What do you do?

1. Help the stablehand.

2. Flee.

3. Write in.

>>3067188
1. Help the stablehand

Damn our good heart

>>3067188
1.
We shouldn't have another death on our conscience.

>>3067188

1. Help the stablehand.

Sun dammit do it quickly

>>3067207
>>3067209
>>3067236

Looking back into the spreading flames, you just cant allow the stablehand to burn to death. He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, working an honest job until he had the misfortune to cross your path.

You dismount and run back to the stables.

“What are you doing!? We have to go now!” shouts Kassa.

“I cant just leave him to die” you shout back

Kassa anxiously glances up the street in the direction of the gate and back to you, but doesn't leave.

By the time you reach the fallen stablehand, the building is truly aflame and you cough at the thick smoke.

You grab him by one arm and attempt to drag him clear of the building.

Roll d100 for strength.
-10 for physical weakness
-10 due to smoke making it difficult to breathe

Rolled 87 (1d100)

>>3067255
Aaaarrrggg

Rolled 87 (1d100)

>>3067255

Rolled 85 (1d100)

>>3067255
Going to sleep. Had a lot of fun, thanks for the ride qm, can't wait to see where this goes

>>3067258
>>3067264
LOL

Dub roll make a crit :^)

>>3067258
>>3067264
>>3067266
The Sun appreciates this “conscience” bully I guess

>>3067264
>>3067258


This proves the sun is still with us, as long as we try to do the right thing while helping Kessa

>>3067266
>>3067264
>>3067258

Heroic rolls!
87 - 20 = 67 Success!

Calling on a reserve of strength you never knew you had, you drag the unconscious stablehand from the burning building. You've surely saved his life as he barely stirs the whole time and would've burned before he woke.

When he is clear, you fall to your knees coughing and spluttering as you try to clear the smoke from your lungs. You look for your horse but it seems to have bolted in fear of the flames, taking your pack with it!

Kassa grabs you and pulls you to your feet.

"Normally I have a weakness for your kind-hearted foolishness but not when we are FLEEING FOR OUR LIVES!"

She practically carries you to her horse and helps you mount up behind her.

"Hold on tight" she orders as you wrap your arms around her waist.

She spurs the horse on and it breaks into a hard gallop, neighing in protest.

You struggle to stay conscious yourself after your exertion and lungfulls of smoke. Houses and shouts of the villagers fly past in a blur as Kassa pushes the draft horse to its limits.

Then you are past the palisade and onto the country road. The lights of the only home you've known disappearing behind you as the two of you ride into the night......

Thats the end of part 1 folks. Its nearly 0400 here and Ive got knives in my eyes.

Been fun dusting off the cobwebs of QMing, havnt done it in a looooong time!

Serf Quest will return at 18:00 GMT tomorrow.

>>3067337
Hey, we clearly made the right call, we got to ride holding Kassa's hips. The sun blesses the faithful.

>>3067352
Thanks for running.

New thread or here?

>>3067358

Was thinking new thread. I'll archive this one.

>>3067365
Was awesome. Thanks for running!

>>3067365
Stick with this one for now, it'll still be on the board for like a week.

Good first part friend

>fail a roll
>girl dies from accident
Jesus did that escalate, still was a great read. I'll definitely start participating in this. Good show so far QM

>>3067352
That was awesome, I won't be here tomorrow but I'll definitely read and catch up

>>3067460
Not just fail a roll, but crit fail it too. I guess shit'll get serious if we crit either way.

Still makes me wish we'd gone to the chief and played courtier. But running off with childhood tomboy friend definitely makes for a solid alternative.

>>3067929
It was definitely a convenient way to force us into an adventure

Reading the thread again I realized our god is less of a sunbro and more of a suntyrant, I don't feel so bad about sinning all of a sudden lol

>>3068103
It's the way the Empire worships Him, might be he's supposed to be more of a gentle caring God, but they turned him into a strict vengeful one.

>>3068110
I say we put the bro back in sunbro, we are way too good a guy to be a suntyrant zealot. Probably be considered an heretic in addition to horsethief and assessory to murder

>>3068219
Two wandering paladins of the sun, then? Going around helping people and spreading the word of sunbro, but never able to settle down for fear of religious (and legitimate legal) prosecution.

>>3068259
We'll have to see if those rumors of Kassa are actually true, she may be still faithful to the gods from the raider land. But no problem, sunbro is and accetping bro, as long as we try to do the right thing.

Running a little late friends. Just got a few things to take care of before firing the thread back up.

Aim to start within an hour or so.

>>3068103
To be fair it seems more of a jesus compared to the church kind of deal. The sun king is all about being a good, pious person, the nation takes that to tyrannical extremes. We could always choose to go the luthor route. No chance of going up the church at this point. Unless anons want to completrly give up our identity and start anew, we could preach change in the system.

>>3068481
I like where we are, ultimately we want to do good I guess, speacially to Kassa but to other too, no need for recognition or titles

Part 2 Starting imminently!

First a little housekeeping.

QM Twitter: https://twitter.com/Serf73672029

Quest Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/TcENaQkb

Rules:
-Vote posts that are well reasoned and acknowledge the continuity of the story and characters will be given more weight than one liners!

-Knowledge and observation checks are encouraged and can reveal important information. Knowlege checks can be made at any time and are considered outside the flow of time. Observation checks are contextual however (The PC wont be able to scan the horizon effectively in the middle of the night for example)

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Part 2 begins!

You've been riding by the moonlight for what seems like hours and have lost all sense of where you might be. If you had a clearer head you might be able to gain some sense of direction from the stars, but you are exhausted after the days events and still woozy from the smoke inhalation.

Kassa took your horse off the road some time ago and your current condition notwithstanding, you're glad she has the reins as you aren't sure you could keep the horse going steady cross-country at night.

You begin to feel the whipping of branches and leaves against your body before she brings the horse to a stop. It looks like you've stopped in the middle of a thicket that should conceal you to a point, even in daylight.

With your pack and its furs, food and other supplies lost during the stable fire you don't have anything you could use to make a camp. But you could try making a small campfire. Its summer and the conditions are mild, so you wont freeze to death overnight without one. But it'll be unpleasant.

1. Try to make a small fire. You'll be more comfortable, be able to see your immediate surroundings and stand a better chance of getting a restful sleep. But if anyone is out there looking for you, it'll be very visible.

2. Try to sleep as best you can without a fire. You'll be much less visible, but might not be able to rest effectively.

3. Write in

>>3068666
2
Risk it for the biscuit

>>3068666
2. Try to sleep as best you can without a fire. You'll be much less visible, but might not be able to rest effectively.
Snuggle up together for warmth

>>3068666
2 please Satan.

>>3068689
>>3068697
>>3068698

No fire it is. Writing now...

>>3068705
Question? Did we lost only our stuff? Does Kassa still has her bedroll furs and whatnot?

I'm wondering if things like magic exist and we can go full cleric, or if it goes full medieval.

Reasoning that waking up cold is probably better than waking up dead due to being found by vengeful villagers, you decide against a fire.

You and Kassa find the most comfortable part of the undergrowth you can before huddling up together for warmth. Fortunately its a mild night with no sign of rain.

Its too dark for you to see her face, but Kassa puts her arm across your chest and rests her head against your shoulder.

“Thank-you for today” She murmurs

“If you hadn't been with me, I'd probably be dead. I owe you my life and I'll never forget it.”

You whisper some platitude that it wasn't such a big deal and it was just the right thing to do.

“No” her voice firmer

“You gave up everything, the temple, your home, everything you've been studying for these past few years. All without a second thought, to save me from my own stupid mistakes. I can never repay you enough.”

(Kassa's opinion of you has undergone a major increase. She will protect and defend you even at great risk to herself)

(You now have a strong bond with Kassa: Your childhood history together on top of recent shared experiences and the actions you've taken to help her have forged a close relationship. You will gain a minor bonus to rolls made to help or defend her and a minor malus to rolls that would cause her harm. In addition, should any serious harm befall her you have a chance of suffering major emotional distress which will have a negative impact on most actions)

Comforted by Kassa's words and presence, you drift off to sleep.

Roll d100 for effective rest. -30 for no bedding, blankets, warmth or shelter of any kind.
(being unable to sleep will provide a small, cumulative malus to all rolls until you get a good rest)

>>3068745
Taking this as a knowledge check.
You've heard talk of gods, magic and monsters but have never seen such things yourself. Nor have you heard anyone reputable claim to have witnessed anything overtly supernatural. But the people have many a superstition and there are many old myths and legends.

>>3068712
You were the one with the pack so Kassa had her hands free to fight. Everything was loaded on your horse which bolted after you went to help the stablehand out of the fire.

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>3068752
Praise the sun

>>3068712
>>3068756
However you still have the clothes on your back and the long knife that Kassa handed you to cut the horses free.

(full inventory for the party is in the pastebin)

Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>3068752

Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>3068752
Y-you too

Rolled 36 - 30 (1d100 - 30)

>>3068752

>>3068761
>>3068764
>>3068769

Best of three: 46 - 30 = failure.

Writing now...

Restless night it seems

Knowledge check.

What are the immediate surroundings ans where we coyld reach before news of our deeds to get some supplies? Do they use corriers or birds to inform of things like this or that is beyond our village level?

We could have failed to sleep because we were thinking about this.....and absolutely not because of the whatever is pressed against our back

>>3068775
>Knowledge check.
Knowledge is that the part where we lose most warmth is the head, and the thing that transmits coldness the best is the ground, so pad the ground and wrap our heads in preparation against it.

You awaken to the sound of birdsong, the sun is up and it seems like a warm day. But you didnt sleep well at all under the stars. You're groggy and ache all over from sleeping on the ground.

(You suffer a -5 malus to all rolls until you get a good sleep. This malus will double for every day you go without rest)

Kassa is beside you, evidently having just woken herself. She doesn't look to have slept much better than you. Fortunately the horse you stole is grazing just a few metres away.

Your stomach rumbles. The two of you haven't eaten since lunch yesterday and you have no food. What vittles you had being lost along with your pack.

>>3068775
>Knowledge check.
>What are the immediate surroundings?
You are in a small thicket, you could walk the circumference of it in about 30 mins. The surrounding area appears to be farmland with no obvious landmarks. You've seen maps of the surrounding region and might be able to work out where you are if you explore the area more to get your bearings.

>Do they use couriers or birds to inform of things like this or that is beyond our village level?

Riders are usually sent with important messages, you aren't sure if they would have been sent overnight though. There aren't many smaller settlements in this region, as anything not fortified to some degree is a target for raids.

>Free Action: best write in decides what you do.

>>3068806
Oh yeah, we are probably fucked.

I just thought we should check if the character knows somethings about the surrounding area.
Our current build lack strenght and agility so I think these knowledge checks the qm warned us about are probably our main skill

>>3068816
Forage

>>3068816
Do we have any valuables on us that we could sell to buy something else
Do we know of a river nearby to drink something. Dehydration is worse than starvation.

>>3068816
Does Kassa have a bow to hunt?
Otherwise scavenge food from the farmland, try to be unseen.
After eating we head to a small settlement away from any major one if we can remember where one would be, chances are we can barter the horse or something for supplies

>>3068829
Supporting.

>>3068832
Yeah, water is important first

>>3068832
>Do we have any valuables on us that we could sell to buy something else?

A draft horse (stolen) - moderate value
A studded leather jerkin - low/moderate value
A Raider Steel long knife - high value
A Raider Steel dagger - high value
A Raider Steel sword (engraved) + scabbard - extremely high value. Kassa is unlikely to be willing to sell this.

Raider steel weapons and armor are highly sought after in The Empire as they cannot be manufactured and trade with the tribes in the north is extremely rare. So the only aquisitions are following military defeats of the tribes (also rare). As such they command a high price, but the sale of such items would probably be remarked upon and talked about.

>>3068834
>Does Kassa have a bow to hunt?
No

You do have some botanical knowledge from your studies and you have a good chance of being able to identify which mushrooms, berries, herbs etc are safe to eat and which are not. Assuming you can find any.

>>3068832
>Do we know of a river nearby to drink something.

You still havnt figured out exactly where you are yet. You'd need to explore the area in the open fields to try and find a landmark, like a road, marker post, settlement etc. However you'd be in broad daylight and easily seen by anyone else who is out and about.

>>3068864
Well then we do this>>3068829

Looks like we're gonna be useful.

But I still think we should head to a small settlement while looking for food so we can trade/steal some supplies for outdoors

>>3068844
>>3068842
>>3068829
>>3068834
>>3068832

Going with a combination of forage and look for a water source.

Roll to forage 1D100 (+10 for botanical knowledge. -5 for fatigue)

Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>3068877

Rolled 8 (1d100)

Rolled 87 (1d100)

>>3068877
We dead

>>3068885
The hero we need!

>>3068881
>>3068884
>>3068885

Best of three - 87 + 5 = Exceptional success!

Writing now

The two of you thoroughly explore the thicket and it seems The Sun has finally smiled down upon you.

You find a small rock spring hidden away which looks clean, The Sun King teaches that it is best to purify water with heat before drinking, but as that isn't an option here you'll have to make do. You don't have anything to store the water in, so you both drink as much as you can.

You also manage to find numerous nuts, berries and mushrooms. As well as a chewable leaf you know to have healing properties, which you stash away for later. You eat your fill and store the remainder in an empty saddlebag.

(You are no longer hungry or thirsty and have enough food to last one day. Inventory updated.)

Finally, you make a more unsettling discovery.

In what looks to be the dead centre of the thicket, a small menhir stands, perhaps four feet in height. It's clearly man-made and appears very old. Arranged in a precise pattern around the menhir are three concentric circles of small bones, likely from rodents. The stone itself is unnaturally cold to the touch.

What do you do?

1. Examine the menhir closely, something about it seems vaguely familiar.

2. Leave the menhir and explore the local area to try and get your bearings.

3. Leave the area entirely (knowledge check to establish which direction you want to go in).

4. Write in.

>>3068933
1
Hell yeah, check out the thing.

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>>3068933
knowledge check first
what do we know about such stones?

>>3068933
>1. Examine the menhir closely, something about it seems vaguely familiar.
Mama and papa would be proud

>>3068933
>>3068933

>>3068952

1. Examine the menhir closely, something about it seems vaguely familiar.

I gotta head off soon, but reminder to anon.

We are literate. A rare skill in this area and time. We could make some spare change by reading or scribing things for people.

>>3068948
>knowledge check first
what do we know about such stones?

Very little. They have been found dotted around the northern regions of The Empire, usually in ancient woodland. They are thought to have been erected by some previous inhabitants of these lands a very long time ago for reasons unknown.

Officially they are considered heathen monuments and a reward is usually given if the discovery of one is reported to the nearest temple, at which point the faithful are despatched to destroy it and consecrate the ground upon which it stood.

Unoffically, communities near where one of these stones are discovered are whispered to have an increase in nightmares, lunacy and suicide until the stone is destroyed. Some believe they are a focus of witchcraft.

>>3068971
I'll give it 10 mins incase anyone wants to change their vote in light of the knowledge check.

Also a bonus option:

5. Ask Kassa

>>3068961
>We are literate. A rare skill in this area and time.
And we should hide it till we are far far away.

>>3068971
If anything, I need to check it out even more now.

>>3068975
Well she is a heathen
Ask her first, her father may have told her something.

But investigate it all the same, witchcraft being family tradition at this point

>>3068971
It seems familiar because the devil tries to seduce us!

>>3068971
I wonder if we can become a dual-class Sunbro-Priest/Witch.

After all, who knows if these powers bestowed from our bloodline *aren't* a gift from the Sun?

>>3068933
Probably 5) ask Kassa in case she has any hang ups on it, then 1) Examine

>>3068992
>>3068954
>>3068949

Examine it is. Writing...

You kneel down, carefully not to disturb the bones. The precise nature of their arrangement and that they haven't been moved by weather or other animals suggests to you that they were put here very recently, which makes you very uncomfortable.

You examine the stone itself, there are markings worn faint by time. You run your fingers across the cold surface, trying to trace them.

The markings seem to depict three moons above a stylized, leafless tree. In all your reading you've never come across this symbol before. But something at the back of your mind, a memory from when you were just an infant....

Its dark and cold, you're small and scared. Your parents are with you, standing within a circle of three gigantic stones. Your mother singing in some strange, lilting language you don't understand. In one hand she brandishes a knife, she raises her hands to a full moon hanging in the sky above you.

Your father is next to her, in his arms he holds a struggling lamb. As the your mother's song reaches a crescendo he holds the lamb out to her, baring its throat. She slashes it without any hesitation and the lamb screams, an awful cry that hurts your ears, you close your eyes.

The next thing you know your father is holding your head, forcing your mouth open and your mother is pouring a warm, metallic-tasting liquid down your throat, the lambs blood. You gag and try and spit it up but you can't help but swallow some.

Your attention is drawn upward as the full moon splits into three identical discs that seem to gaze down on you like eyes.

The memory fades and you shudder, the cold of that night suddenly with you now.

Kassa is stood next to you, transfixed by the markings on the menhir.

“Three moons” She says unsteadily

“I've seen this” She continues, her expression uncharacteristically uneasy.

What do you do?

1. Put some distance between you and the menhir. This place feels wrong.

2. Talk to Kassa about what just happened.

3. Write in.

>>3069078
>Ask her what she means

>>3069078
2.

>>3069078
Ask wherr he saw it and then

2. Talk to Kassa about what just happened

>>3069085
>>3069088
>>3069095

Talk to Kassa it is. Writing...

>>3069078
2

You ask Kassa what she means

“My mother she....” She hesitates and grips the hilt of her sword tightly with one hand.

“She did things to me when I was small, bad things. I don't remember most of it, but....”

“I remember one night... ***Kassa describes a ritual that is almost identical to the one you just remembered yourself, three moons and all***”

Kassa is visibly shaken by the recollection.

“My father found out, he didn't like it. He and my mother fought and he took me far away, to your village. I was too young to remember most of it and he would never talk about it.”

You tell her about your own recollection.

“You aren't just saying that are you?” She looks into your eyes, she knows you well enough to know you wouldn't lie about something like this.

“I think we need to get out of here and away from that thing.” She indicates the stone

“When we were riding last night I didn't really know where I was heading other than away from the village. I was just letting the horse decide and urging it forward. It can't just be a coincidence that we ended up here, that we both have the same memory of the same ritual...”

She looks around as if she expects monsters to spring from the bushes at any moment.

“I want to leave... now”

1. Try and comfort Kassa and calm her down. There has to be a reasonable explantion.

2. Get out of the thicket to the nearest suitable place you can find to find your bearings.

3. Write in.

>>3069148
>Get out of the thicket to the nearest suitable place you can find to find your bearings.

>>3069148
one and two
talk with her while making your leave

>>3069160
This

>>3069160
+1

>>3069158
>>3069160
>>3069169
>>3069173

Decision made, writing...

>>3069148
>2.
Fuck reason, spooks are afoot

>>3069148
>1. Try and comfort Kassa and calm her down. There has to be a reasonable explantion.
give in to the spook!

You quickly make your way back to your horse and out of the thicket.

As you travel you try to comfort Kassa, offering her reassurance that the mind and the memory can play tricks and that things may not be as they seem.

Inwardly though, you cant help but agree with her. There seems to be too much the coincidence. You had always wondered what brought Kassa's father to the village, but never asked as it seemed a sensitive topic. Now you know why.

You arrive at a tall dry-stone wall separating two fields. You're well clear of the thicket, which is visible in the distance, now ominous and forboding. The sun on your face is warm and pleasant, but cant quite banish the mornings events from your mind.

You think you can see the high road to the east and some hills to the south which have given you a better sense of your position. You think you are a few miles north of the village.

Where do want to go?

1. North – the road will eventually lead to Nilsfort. A fortified town and castle on The Empires northern border. Its the command centre for a string of smaller fortifications that guard the south from incursions from Raiders. Beyond being the trackless northern steppe and Kassa's people. Being at the edge of the civilized world, its a rough town filled with hard-bitten soldiers, outcasts, fortune seekers and anyone else crazy or desperate enough to risk the frontier life. You wouldn't be the first fugitives to end up there.

2. South – Deeper into the Empire. The climate will get warmer and the land safer, but expect the law to be more concerned about fugitives. The next major settlement is Tinholm, a major regional trading hub and bustling city. There would surely be work for a scribe there and its big enough to disappear in. Although Kassa's barbarian features would stand out there far more, to say nothing of a woman openly carrying a sword.

3. West – To the sea. There's a few fishing villages dotted along the coast but no major settlements for quite a distance. It's possible you might be able to find a ship that would take the two of you on.

4. Write in

>>3069287
going on a quick break for half an hour. So take your time with responses.

>>3069287
3. West

I would say north but those frontier soldiers may not take kindly to Kassa's appearance.

How far is the next settlement in thet direction compared to the north?

>>3069287
>4. Northwest
Knowledge check, but I’m guessing that the lowest concentration of imperial authorities would be at the furthest reaches of the empire which also doesn’t have extensive borders with raiders. With this in mind, the far coast seems like a reasonable direction.

>>3069318
I support this if there is a settlement on the way, we really need supplies, camping without anything will take a toll on us

>>3069287
>4. Write in
West to the sea. Avoid villages live from foraging.
Then head south by the coast deeper into the Empire.

>>3069318
>Knowledge check, but I’m guessing that the lowest concentration of imperial authorities would be at the furthest reaches of the empire which also doesn’t have extensive borders with raiders. With this in mind, the far coast seems like a reasonable direction.

In regards to the authorities, Nilsfort is the place where Kassa is least likely to stand out. Raiders who have been taken prisoner, the occasional mercenary and residents with mixed northern/imperial heritage are more common there.

Although the coast, by virtue of having no large settlements will also not have much in the way of organized law enforcement.

>>3069287
1

>>3069287
West.

>>3069337
Based on that I change to 1 or the northwest write in

>>3069287

1. North – the road will eventually lead to Nilsfort. A fortified town and castle on The Empires northern border. Its the command centre for a string of smaller fortifications that guard the south from incursions from Raiders. Beyond being the trackless northern steppe and Kassa's people. Being at the edge of the civilized world, its a rough town filled with hard-bitten soldiers, outcasts, fortune seekers and anyone else crazy or desperate enough to risk the frontier life. You wouldn't be the first fugitives to end up there.
Gotta grind up our str and sta, this lets Kassa blend in better while we grow up and look different before either heading south our heading out to the sea.

>>3069398
We do need to train our str and sta, reling solely on Kassa will spell doom for us

I'm back!

Looks like its to the coast and move northward.

Writing now...

You decide to make your way west to the coast. There's less in the way of major settlements that way so you should be able to avoid the authorities.

The coast is a few days ride away.

You ride until late afternoon, keeping off the road for the most part but keeping view of it in the distance. You only see one horse and cart heading east for the day.

As the sun begins to set you notice what appears to be an inn in the distance. It looks like the only structure for miles around, someone has just lit the lantern outside.

What do you do?

1. Visit the Inn. You don't have any money, but perhaps you can make a deal with the innkeeper to trade or work for room and board.

2. Spend another night under the stars, its not ideal but its the safest option.

3. Write in

>>3069467
1. Visit the Inn. You don't have any money, but perhaps you can make a deal with the innkeeper to trade or work for room and board.
Make sure Kassa doesn't punch out anyone if shes gonna be the serving wench

>>3069467
>1. Visit the Inn. You don't have any money, but perhaps you can make a deal with the innkeeper to trade or work for room and board.
Will probably fuck us longterm in terms of people being able to track us but I don't want to risk that -10 malus to all of our rolls from another bad sleep

>>3069467
>2. Spend another night under the stars, its not ideal but its the safest option.

This time build the fire

>>3069467
1.

>>3069467
1

We just need 1 room or a stable

If we heading to the inn we shouldn't go in together.

>>3069511
>>3069501
>>3069489

Inn it is, writing now...

You make for the inn. It's a fairly large structure and solidly built in stone considering its relatively isolated location.

As you get closer you notice a portly drunk man staggering away from the inn towards you. You cant imagine where he's going to go on foot at this hour. There's nothing but hills and fields for miles.

“Perhaps he's so drunk he lost his horse” Kassa snorts, then adds more coldly. “Perhaps we should see if he has any money. We need it more than he does.”

The thought of robbing this poor fool doesn't sit well with you. But Kassa has a point, you do need money. The guarantee of hot food, wine and a warm bed to sleep in are powerful incentives.

1. Let Kassa rob the drunk.
2. Try and beg alms of him.
3. Ignore him and continue on to the inn.
4. Write in

>>3069577
>3.
Kassa murders ONE person and interacts with some witchcraft and all the sudden we’re brigands.

>>3069577
>Ignore him and continue on to the inn.

>>3069577
4

We don't know who he is, drunkard or not he might be somebody of note.

See if he needs help

>>3069577
>2. Try and beg alms of him

>>3069577
3. Ignore him and continue on to the inn.
If we rob him and he come to his senses we will be in a bad spot sleeping on the inn.

"We can make this work Kassa, I'll offer to read or write anything he may need, a message or some document or even his will.....if we can't reach an agreement with him we can think about it ok?"

>>3069599
We are also horsethieves and arsonists to be honest

>>3069577
>Try and beg alms of him.
Doubt it will work but whatever.

>>3069624
>>3069613
>>3069599

Ignore it is. Writing....

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“We might be desperate Kassa but we are not common brigands!” you admonish her.

“You say 'brigand' I say 'practical', we're outlaws now and we have to take what we can get whilst we can get it. Who knows when we'll get another such chance.”

You give her your best disapproving look.

“Fine.” she rolls her eyes

“But if the innkeep wants us to muck out the stables in exchange for a room, you can do it.”

The drunk totters on past, oblivious to your conversation.

You reach the inn. The sounds of merriment can be heard from inside and the warm glow of numerous lanterns and a roaring fire.

As you tie your horse to a hitching post alongside a number of other horses, you notice something. One of the horses is familiar, one of the riding horses from the stable back at the village, the darker more well worn mount, but finer than yours.

You cant imagine who in the village this horse might belong to, perhaps a traveller passing through rather than a courier delivering news of your transgressions. But you cant be sure.

Feeling considerably more nervous than you did before, but not wanting to spend another night freezing in the mud you open the tavern door and step inside....

********

Sorry guys but I'm going to have to cut this session a little short here, I have work tomorrow so need to get a good nights sleep myself.

I'll try and do another short session tomorrow, probably around 1900.

>>3069753
Thanks for running!

As an aside, I havnt done any proper QMing since the /tg/ days.

Does anyone know how big this thread can get before I have to thinking about starting a new one?

>>3069753
Thanks for running

>>3069784
It enters autosage after 72 hours or 700 posts so I think you are good until tomorrow.
What other quests have you run?

Anyone can post images.
Anyone can use painter.
Anyone can use dice & spoilers.
Only OP can use text formatting.
3000 character limit.
750 bump limit.
Decreased post timer to match /tg/ (30 seconds for text, 60 seconds for an image reply).
Automatic permasage after 72 hours.
Thread specific user IDs.
Max threads per IP is 5.
Standard 7 day internal archive.

>>3069756
>>3069795
>>3069796

Thanks guys, really appreciate your support. Will see where we stand tomorrow regards a new thread. I'll update the twitter if I make a new thread.

>>3069753
thanks for running

Autosage happens takes 5 days now IIRC

>>3069821
Just under 2 weeks until a thread falls of the board.

You can get in 500 or 600 posts easy if you go for a few solid days.

>>3069821
Glad to see you running. Its been a fun time so far.

Welcome back, hope you'll enjoy running quests as much as before.

>>3069753
So why are we still heading inside?

>>3069753
Should've followed the drunk until he passed out on his own, and then robbed him.