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“A Knight is Sworn to Valour. His Heart Knows Only Virtue. His Blade Defends the Helpless. His Might Upholds the Weak. His Word Speaks Only Truth. His Wrath Undoes the Wicked.”

Every child in Cantôn knows of the Knight’s Code. From peasant-born waifs playing with sticks in the mud to keen-eyed noble sons practicing with cold steel in the training yard, all have at the very least dreamed of one day becoming a knight themselves. To ride out on errantry into the Five Duchies Kingdom and beyond for God and Glory, bringing the Law of Adam to the wicked and the Blade of Cain to the beast.

The Knights of Cantôn are sworn to follow the Code, to obey the King, to refuse no call for aid honestly asked for, to seek out and destroy the Foe wherever it may lurk and rid the world of evil.

Were it so easy…

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first
Im very mature
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Senedag, 3rd Day of Acrimun, 883 A.C.E., Port Bounty – before lunch

The bright tabard of the Green Knight is easily spotted even in the bustling Senedag Port Bounty markets. Any observers might remark on the mysterious figure and the new lady by his side, a woman of remarkable grace and poise hitherto unknown in Pascae social circles. Such observers might take it upon themselves to press in and find out more, lured by the hint of new gossip and rumour, only to find themselves stonewalled by the cool glare of Jerod and a-half-dozen other plain-dressed guardsmen.

Young-Lady Roselyn, eldest daughter of Lord Nikolai Andrei, shields her face with a fan. A recent fashion, taken from the pamphlet her little brother provided from Aubrey a few short months ago, she carries it like an expert swordsman wields their blade. “Dreadfully tiring, being spoken to like a child.”

“If it helps, I didn’t understand a word of what he was saying either.” Damien glances behind him at a sudden noise, but it is only Jerod beating down an ambitious pickpocket. “Mister Alberto may be half-Langlish but he at least can speak a sentence in Cantīsh without using a four-syllable word.”

“Sometimes I think the men of our House would rather face down a charge of trolls than unpack one of Mister Young’s talks. But I at least understand him as a creature. Mister Alberto on the other hand, he’s too much a product of Port Bounty. Too connected. I could practically feel him leering at my heavy purse and envisioning future Romani contacts…”

“I don’t think it was your purse he was leering at…”

“Hush, you.” A flick of Roselyn’s fan discards her brother’s rueful barb into the trash. “Mister Alberto may be a sleazy commoner out to make quick coin, but that Mister Young does have some intriguing ideas. What struck your fancy?”

Of course, she knew his answer even before he started grinning. “I liked the powder. Imagine that stuff in a siege.”

“It stunk.” Roselyn wrinkles her nose, as if she had detected another whiff of sulphur. “And you don’t know your history, brother. Cathagi Ash has been around for decades, and it’s proven to be an impressive but otherwise fruitless and expensive eccentricity. You’d need a barrel of it for any effect, and for the price of that you could equip every second man in Father’s command with full-plate and horse. Which would you prefer?”

“Well, the whole point of the venture was discovering a cheaper way to make more of it. But I take your point.” Damien looked down at his elder sister, shaking his head. “Let me guess, the word-stamper.

“It’s called a *press*. And yes, it is a good idea! Years from completion, but if it achieved even half the output Mister Young theorised it could… you’re giving me that look again.”

[1/2]
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>>4316752
Oh my god you're actually back
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[2/2]

“But it’s so boring! …And who would want to print the same book a thousand times?” Damien scowls, knowing his preference of the explosive powder was not likely to gain much traction with Mother. Picking your battles is only wise, and a quick change of tact helps cover the retreat. “He’s not going to be happy, you know.”

“Hm? Who?”

“Don’t “who?” me. You know who. Emile. About that date you’ve set him up with.”

“What about her? She’s lovely.”

Damien signed, rubbing the backing of his neck. “Why are you allowed to lie so blatantly? Because you’re a girl?”

“No. It’s because I’m a pretty girl.” Roselyn’s playful tone was nonetheless dismissive, there was little point in arguing with her once she was like this. “Emile’s attendance is crucial, his reputation following recent events makes you untouchable while in his presence. At least at the ball. Deals were made, and if my little brother had to be sold like a commodity to further the good of the house than so be it. Almighty knows we women know what that’s like.”

Emile’s date for tomorrow evening is not someone he would normally be seen involved with. They have their own reasons for being seen in his presence, all very little to do with how they personally feel about the young knight with a growing reputation.

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> Patrikas Ianthe. Exiles have a habit of drifting to foreign courts. This runaway of the Athenaeum has been trying to get the Duke’s ear for years now and is growing increasingly desperate. [Cathagi Exile]

> Isabella Moretti. Daughter of the one of the Admirals of the Langlish fleets, a powerful man. Rumour has it she was barred from the last Ball due to suspicions she was acting as a foreign spy. [Langlish Captain]

> Ulfhild She-Lion. This battle-scarred Thane sailed here with a score of huscarls to settle a score with one of the other Norsikaan attendants, and means to convince the Duke to let her have her revenge. [Norsikaan Shieldmaiden]

> Felicity Young, niece to the successful inventor. Common-born, and a little dim, the girl tries desperately hard to fit in with the higher classes and find a suitor rich in pedigree but hard on their luck. [Pascae Debutante]
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>>4316760
>> Felicity Young, niece to the successful inventor. Common-born, and a little dim, the girl tries desperately hard to fit in with the higher classes and find a suitor rich in pedigree but hard on their luck. [Pascae Debutante]
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>>4316760
>> Felicity Young, niece to the successful inventor. Common-born, and a little dim, the girl tries desperately hard to fit in with the higher classes and find a suitor rich in pedigree but hard on their luck. [Pascae Debutante]
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>>4316760
> Felicity Young, niece to the successful inventor. Common-born, and a little dim, the girl tries desperately hard to fit in with the higher classes and find a suitor rich in pedigree but hard on their luck. [Pascae Debutante]

So when do we stop messing about and go ask that one bro if we can marry his sister?
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I know it's the first vote, but keep in mind this date is mainly a cover for you to get entry to the ball. It is not, unless Emile tries to get involved, much more than a flavour of how the night may go.

>>4316759
Of course, my knigga. Rested up and ready for action.
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>>4316757
>shields her face with a fan. A recent fashion

who do we blame Pascae or Carthaggi?

>Cantīsh

Offical language of glorious canton thats not english

>>4316760
> Felicity Young, niece to the successful inventor. Common-born, and a little dim, the girl tries desperately hard to fit in with the higher classes and find a suitor rich in pedigree but hard on their luck. [Pascae Debutante]

What the fuck is these stronk women choices?
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>>4316760
>> Isabella Moretti. Daughter of the one of the Admirals of the Langlish fleets, a powerful man. Rumour has it she was barred from the last Ball due to suspicions she was acting as a foreign spy. [Langlish Captain]
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>>4316760
> Isabella Moretti. Daughter of the one of the Admirals of the Langlish fleets, a powerful man. Rumour has it she was barred from the last Ball due to suspicions she was acting as a foreign spy. [Langlish Captain]
She seems the most interesting as a person.
I don't get the support for Felicity she is by far the least interesting to me. Is it because anon wants her uncle?
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I want to pay the minstrels to play this if anyknigga starts getting uppity with us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRIfsFefatg
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>>4316775
She seems like the least likely to cause problems for us. She is, after all, just a cover. She'll be dull, awkward and (hopefully) quiet. She might cause people to negatively comment on us bringing a commoner to the ball but that's fairly minor.

Basically she'll probably stay out of the way whilst we do more important things. I could see most of the others... getting in the way so to speak
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>>4316775
it's more they all seem like they have baggage but young will shut up and won't make trouble because she is trying to fit in
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>>4316778
also she is the only one that dosen't seem to be pushing 50
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>>4316775
I mean thats an added bonus mostly though its she's the only Cantonian lady and the most demure on the list of strong woman I imagine emille has at least some aversion to considering previous experinces.

>>4316776
>Not Medieval X gon give it to ya
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as for why i went for the langish gal I'm interested what we can glean about the langish involvement in the forest and to see if we can see if she is a spy or not
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>>4316760
>> Felicity Young, niece to the successful inventor. Common-born, and a little dim, the girl tries desperately hard to fit in with the higher classes and find a suitor rich in pedigree but hard on their luck. [Pascae Debutante]
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>>4316782
I doubt they are involved although if they were that would have some dangerous implications for the scale of inolvment in the forest intrigue.
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the only bad side of young is the fact she may be expecting courting from us and may waste our time at the ball trying to get in our pants the other women won't care if we try to flirt with other people at the ball imo
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>>4316789
We can just be an aloof dick if we need to. Or just do our usual performance of fucking up our social rolls and coming off as someone she isn't interested in
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>>4316790
I don't think she cares for Emile's personalty as long as his name is still Andrei
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> Isabella Moretti. Daughter of the one of the Admirals of the Langlish fleets, a powerful man. Rumour has it she was barred from the last Ball due to suspicions she was acting as a foreign spy. [Langlish Captain]

> Ulfhild She-Lion. This battle-scarred Thane sailed here with a score of huscarls to settle a score with one of the other Norsikaan attendants, and means to convince the Duke to let her have her revenge. [Norsikaan Shieldmaiden]

also another way of looking at it is these 2 can get a better way of naval travel for the pilgrimage
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>>4316793
That's a pretty good point I hadn't considered
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>>4316794
us*
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>>4316789
She's probably more interested in the local men; after all outside of Pascae I doubt common-born would even be able to attend such an event.
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>>4316760
>> Ulfhild She-Lion. This battle-scarred Thane sailed here with a score of huscarls to settle a score with one of the other Norsikaan attendants, and means to convince the Duke to let her have her revenge. [Norsikaan Shieldmaiden]

Could be really fun to help her have her revenge.
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Why is everybody chosing Felicity ? She's by far the least interesting character of the four. The first three could give really cool stories and potential future adventures but Felicity is the only one who can bring us... uh... nothing but boredom.
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>>4316808

She also seems like the safest bet to get through this ball without issue. We've got plenty of interesting things going on at the moment, we don't need to get embroiled in extra political conflict
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>>4316760
> Patrikas Ianthe. Exiles have a habit of drifting to foreign courts. This runaway of the Athenaeum has been trying to get the Duke’s ear for years now and is growing increasingly desperate. [Cathagi Exile]

Normally I be the first to go for the redhead, but it's a no deal without freckles. Here's for something different.
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>>4316810
>>4316808
I didn't vote for her but i can see why one would vote for the one who is not going to get us into a scandal.
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>>4316814
Seconded
Come on guys, try to pick something interesting, I know Felicity is the "safe choice" but when have we ever settled for the safe choice?

>>4316752
Glad to see you back, I was eagerly awaiting your return!
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>>4316760
>> Patrikas Ianthe. Exiles have a habit of drifting to foreign courts. This runaway of the Athenaeum has been trying to get the Duke’s ear for years now and is growing increasingly desperate. [Cathagi Exile]
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>>4316760
> Ulfhild She-Lion. This battle-scarred Thane sailed here with a score of huscarls to settle a score with one of the other Norsikaan attendants, and means to convince the Duke to let her have her revenge. [Norsikaan Shieldmaiden]

Why are you kniggas picking anyone else? The viking lady is perfect for us
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Hello Forgotten. It's good to see you back mate.

>>4316760
>Patrikas Ianthe. Exiles have a habit of drifting to foreign courts. This runaway of the Athenaeum has been trying to get the Duke’s ear for years now and is growing increasingly desperate. [Cathagi Exile]

Cathago is our next destination since the last vigil (The Long Walk) is there. I would like to learn anything about Cathago that she can tell us.

>Felicity Young, niece to the successful inventor. Common-born, and a little dim, the girl tries desperately hard to fit in with the higher classes and find a suitor rich in pedigree but hard on their luck. [Pascae Debutante]

She sounds sweet and would get along quite well with Emile. They can help each other at the Ball.

Either choice is good I would say.
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>>4316760
>Look at Felicity's image
Basic bitch is basic, let's hook up with grandma!
>Actually read Felicity's description
Oh fuck I'm in love.
> Felicity Young, niece to the successful inventor. Common-born, and a little dim, the girl tries desperately hard to fit in with the higher classes and find a suitor rich in pedigree but hard on their luck. [Pascae Debutante]
I'm sorry bros. Grandma Patrikas is the best choice, but I can't not vote for Felicity.
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>>4316760
> Isabella Moretti. Daughter of the one of the Admirals of the Langlish fleets, a powerful man. Rumour has it she was barred from the last Ball due to suspicions she was acting as a foreign spy. [Langlish Captain]
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>>4316760
>patrikas
Maybe, we have a thing for strong women already.
>langlish
Nah. Fuck the lagnlish, even our sister wouldnt be that mean.
>norsikkan
I mean sure, but can a man of god stand by and let such wrath loose in the realm.
>felicity
Aw cutiepie, but a commoner. Still, could be good to have ties with that inventor family
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We back Kniggas!

>>4316760

> Ulfhild She-Lion. This battle-scarred Thane sailed here with a score of huscarls to settle a score with one of the other Norsikaan attendants, and means to convince the Duke to let her have her revenge. [Norsikaan Shieldmaiden]
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>>4316760
>> Isabella Moretti. Daughter of the one of the Admirals of the Langlish fleets, a powerful man. Rumour has it she was barred from the last Ball due to suspicions she was acting as a foreign spy. [Langlish Captain]
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>>4316760
> Isabella Moretti. Daughter of the one of the Admirals of the Langlish fleets, a powerful man. Rumour has it she was barred from the last Ball due to suspicions she was acting as a foreign spy. [Langlish Captain]
> Ulfhild She-Lion. This battle-scarred Thane sailed here with a score of huscarls to settle a score with one of the other Norsikaan attendants, and means to convince the Duke to let her have her revenge. [Norsikaan Shieldmaiden]
We will only ever have strong, Chad babies
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>>4316760
>> Felicity Young, niece to the successful inventor. Common-born, and a little dim, the girl tries desperately hard to fit in with the higher classes and find a suitor rich in pedigree but hard on their luck. [Pascae Debutante]
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>>4316760
>> Patrikas Ianthe. Exiles have a habit of drifting to foreign courts. This runaway of the Athenaeum has been trying to get the Duke’s ear for years now and is growing increasingly desperate. [Cathagi Exile]
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>>4316760
>> Patrikas Ianthe. Exiles have a habit of drifting to foreign courts. This runaway of the Athenaeum has been trying to get the Duke’s ear for years now and is growing increasingly desperate. [Cathagi Exile]
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>>4316760
> Ulfhild She-Lion. This battle-scarred Thane sailed here with a score of huscarls to settle a score with one of the other Norsikaan attendants, and means to convince the Duke to let her have her revenge.
Seems like the least likely one that we will have romantic interactions with due to distance . Also it seems like something that our sister would due to get back at us for our antics during our journey, having us go to a ball with a woman set on violence.
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>>4316760
> Isabella Moretti. Daughter of the one of the Admirals of the Langlish fleets, a powerful man. Rumour has it she was barred from the last Ball due to suspicions she was acting as a foreign spy. [Langlish Captain]
> Patrikas Ianthe. Exiles have a habit of drifting to foreign courts. This runaway of the Athenaeum has been trying to get the Duke’s ear for years now and is growing increasingly desperate. [Cathagi Exile]
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>>4316760
>> Ulfhild She-Lion. This battle-scarred Thane sailed here with a score of huscarls to settle a score with one of the other Norsikaan attendants, and means to convince the Duke to let her have her revenge. [Norsikaan Shieldmaiden]
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>>4316760
> Felicity Young, niece to the successful inventor. Common-born, and a little dim, the girl tries desperately hard to fit in with the higher classes and find a suitor rich in pedigree but hard on their luck. [Pascae Debutante]

we have plenty of things going for us at the moment, it's best to get someone inconspicuous
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>>4316752
It's so good to have you back Forgotten.
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Did a shark get Forgotten?
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>>4317155
i hope someone remembers it
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>>4316760
>> Isabella Moretti. Daughter of the one of the Admirals of the Langlish fleets, a powerful man. Rumour has it she was barred from the last Ball due to suspicions she was acting as a foreign spy. [Langlish Captain]
>> Ulfhild She-Lion. This battle-scarred Thane sailed here with a score of huscarls to settle a score with one of the other Norsikaan attendants, and means to convince the Duke to let her have her revenge. [Norsikaan Shieldmaiden]
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>>4316760
> Patrikas Ianthe. Exiles have a habit of drifting to foreign courts. This runaway of the Athenaeum has been trying to get the Duke’s ear for years now and is growing increasingly desperate. [Cathagi Exile]

It's a political date.
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>>4316808
Kniggas are cowards when it comes to socializing.
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>>4317057
Don't back down, double down.

Besides, having another high profile person will take some of the heat off us. Bringing Felicity puts all the focus on us.
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>>4316760
> Ulfhild She-Lion. This battle-scarred Thane sailed here with a score of huscarls to settle a score with one of the other Norsikaan attendants, and means to convince the Duke to let her have her revenge. [Norsikaan Shieldmaiden]

Warrior waifu, Emile and her will talk about fighting and then she will dom him.
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>>4316776
This fits Jess the Kid more then us.
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>>4316760

> Isabella Moretti. Daughter of the one of the Admirals of the Langlish fleets, a powerful man. Rumour has it she was barred from the last Ball due to suspicions she was acting as a foreign spy. [Langlish Captain]

> Ulfhild She-Lion. This battle-scarred Thane sailed here with a score of huscarls to settle a score with one of the other Norsikaan attendants, and means to convince the Duke to let her have her revenge. [Norsikaan Shieldmaiden]
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>>4316760
> Ulfhild She-Lion. This battle-scarred Thane sailed here with a score of huscarls to settle a score with one of the other Norsikaan attendants, and means to convince the Duke to let her have her revenge. [Norsikaan Shieldmaiden]
Yes this is back up i was getting worryed the qm had forgotten.
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>>4317212
To be fair, each of the 4 have a political aspect
1. An exile, so they want back into their society.
2. The daughter of an admiral, so a connection to someone in a position of power.
3. A political figure in a distant land, so foreign connections.
4. The daughter of a man being patronized by many nobles, so it gives a strong connection to a powerful and growing piece on the political board
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>>4317275
Yeah, but which one works best

A) Now, for Emile to avoid some attention at the ball

B) For Emile's future plans. Norsikka and Langland aren't really in the cards, especially since people either want to go Dragonguard or return to Canton.

Not to mention future plans for Ardenne seems to be a thing. I suppose going with Felicity will probably be the most profitable, money wise.
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>>4316760
Happy with either of these two:
>Isabella Moretti. Daughter of the one of the Admirals of the Langlish fleets, a powerful man. Rumour has it she was barred from the last Ball due to suspicions she was acting as a foreign spy. [Langlish Captain]

>Patrikas Ianthe. Exiles have a habit of drifting to foreign courts. This runaway of the Athenaeum has been trying to get the Duke’s ear for years now and is growing increasingly desperate. [Cathagi Exile]

Don’t understand the support for Felicity, she seems like a boring choice
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>>4316760
>> Felicity Young, niece to the successful inventor. Common-born, and a little dim, the girl tries desperately hard to fit in with the higher classes and find a suitor rich in pedigree but hard on their luck. [Pascae Debutante]

Seems the least troublesome and the Almighty knows we get in enough hairy situations as it is.
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I think it's time we internalize that the Kiddy gloves are off. We can take risk at court like we do in the battlefield.
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>>4316760
>> Patrikas Ianthe. Exiles have a habit of drifting to foreign courts. This runaway of the Athenaeum has been trying to get the Duke’s ear for years now and is growing increasingly desperate. [Cathagi Exile]
> Ulfhild She-Lion. This battle-scarred Thane sailed here with a score of huscarls to settle a score with one of the other Norsikaan attendants, and means to convince the Duke to let her have her revenge. [Norsikaan Shieldmaiden]
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>>4316822
I mean we are going to Cathagi next so that would be reason to take her
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>>4316760

> Patrikas Ianthe. Exiles have a habit of drifting to foreign courts. This runaway of the Athenaeum has been trying to get the Duke’s ear for years now and is growing increasingly desperate. [Cathagi Exile]

> Isabella Moretti. Daughter of the one of the Admirals of the Langlish fleets, a powerful man. Rumour has it she was barred from the last Ball due to suspicions she was acting as a foreign spy. [Langlish Captain]

Please not Felicity. Literally the most boring and vanilla choice.
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>>4316760
>> Ulfhild She-Lion. This battle-scarred Thane sailed here with a score of huscarls to settle a score with one of the other Norsikaan attendants, and means to convince the Duke to let her have her revenge. [Norsikaan Shieldmaiden]
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>>4316760

> Ulfhild She-Lion. This battle-scarred Thane sailed here with a score of huscarls to settle a score with one of the other Norsikaan attendants, and means to convince the Duke to let her have her revenge. [Norsikaan Shieldmaiden]

Really intrigued in the Norsikaan relations, plus she's one of the few who'll probably look at Emile less as a means to an end and more like a man. Plus, I can just imagine Roselyn's delight in finding a big dumb battle-axe of a woman to go with her big dumb brute of a brother.
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>>4316760
>> Patrikas Ianthe. Exiles have a habit of drifting to foreign courts. This runaway of the Athenaeum has been trying to get the Duke’s ear for years now and is growing increasingly desperate. [Cathagi Exile]
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>>4317456
Thats pretty much what i was thinking as well.
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>>4317212
>>4316760
I'll switch to

> Ulfhild She-Lion. This battle-scarred Thane sailed here with a score of huscarls to settle a score with one of the other Norsikaan attendants, and means to convince the Duke to let her have her revenge. [Norsikaan Shieldmaiden]

If it prevents a Felicity vote.
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>>4316760
> Patrikas Ianthe. Exiles have a habit of drifting to foreign courts. This runaway of the Athenaeum has been trying to get the Duke’s ear for years now and is growing increasingly desperate. [Cathagi Exile]

Glasses are my fetish. Also we can find out more about Dragonguard Gang Gang.
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>>4316760
>> Patrikas Ianthe. Exiles have a habit of drifting to foreign courts. This runaway of the Athenaeum has been trying to get the Duke’s ear for years now and is growing increasingly desperate. [Cathagi Exile]

Questions we can ask for the next leg of our journey. Cool beans.

Welcome back forgotten. You've been missed.
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>>4316760
>> Isabella Moretti. Daughter of the one of the Admirals of the Langlish fleets, a powerful man. Rumour has it she was barred from the last Ball due to suspicions she was acting as a foreign spy. [Langlish Captain]
Love me a crafty Langlish
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>>4316760
>> Isabella Moretti. Daughter of the one of the Admirals of the Langlish fleets, a powerful man. Rumour has it she was barred from the last Ball due to suspicions she was acting as a foreign spy. [Langlish Captain]
>> Ulfhild She-Lion. This battle-scarred Thane sailed here with a score of huscarls to settle a score with one of the other Norsikaan attendants, and means to convince the Duke to let her have her revenge. [Norsikaan Shieldmaiden]

GOOOOOO
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>>4316760
>> Patrikas Ianthe. Exiles have a habit of drifting to foreign courts. This runaway of the Athenaeum has been trying to get the Duke’s ear for years now and is growing increasingly desperate. [Cathagi Exile]
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>>4316760
>> Patrikas Ianthe. Exiles have a habit of drifting to foreign courts. This runaway of the Athenaeum has been trying to get the Duke’s ear for years now and is growing increasingly desperate. [Cathagi Exile]

She sounds interesting.
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Welcome back, Forgotten.

>>4316760
> Patrikas Ianthe. Exiles have a habit of drifting to foreign courts. This runaway of the Athenaeum has been trying to get the Duke’s ear for years now and is growing increasingly desperate. [Cathagi Exile]

We're going to Cathagi eventually, so this seems like a good choice.
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>>4316760
>Patrikas Ianthe
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>>4316760
Current tally to my estimate

> [Cathagi Exile] 17 votes (1 preffered) (2 deffered) (1 without [Tag])
>[Langlish Captain]14 votes (7 preffered) (1deffered)
>[Norsikaan Shieldmaiden] 16 votes (7 deffered+1)
>[Pascae Debutante] 11 votes

>>4316772
Changing my vote here >>4316772 to

> Felicity Young, niece to the successful inventor. Common-born, and a little dim, the girl tries desperately hard to fit in with the higher classes and find a suitor rich in pedigree but hard on their luck. [Pascae Debutante]
> Ulfhild She-Lion. This battle-scarred Thane sailed here with a score of huscarls to settle a score with one of the other Norsikaan attendants, and means to convince the Duke to let her have her revenge. [Norsikaan Shieldmaiden]
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>45 votes on the first vote prompt in the thread
Samefagged
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>>4318215
I mean... not really. This is easily one of the more popular quests on /qst/. We frequently get 45+ votes on almost every option
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>>4318216
>We frequently get 45+ votes on almost every option

Not true whatsoever. Why are you lying about something that anyone can check by looking at the archived threads?
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>>4318217
Oh god its you again, I recognize that pattern of writing. I'm not going to engage you in a ridiculous argument and I'm not lying, this quest is very popular comparatively
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>>4318219
>I'm not lying
You are absolutely 100% lying and anyone can check what you said is not true simply by checking the archived threads.
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>>4318217
Yep it's conspiracy time
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Hohoho with all the forgotten puns, you cheeky kniggas. By my count the Norsikaan and Cathagi options tied. First to beat the DC gets their pick. New ID rollers will not be counted.

> Patrikas Ianthe. Exiles have a habit of drifting to foreign courts. This runaway of the Athenaeum has been trying to get the Duke’s ear for years now and is growing increasingly desperate. [Cathagi Exile]

> Ulfhild She-Lion. This battle-scarred Thane sailed here with a score of huscarls to settle a score with one of the other Norsikaan attendants, and means to convince the Duke to let her have her revenge. [Norsikaan Shieldmaiden]
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> 50 DC
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Rolled 21 (1d100)

>>4318228
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>>4318228
>Patrikas Ianthe. Exiles have a habit of drifting to foreign courts. This runaway of the Athenaeum has been trying to get the Duke’s ear for years now and is growing increasingly desperate. [Cathagi Exile]
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>>4318229
>>4318230
Hell yeah Brother!
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>>4318228
All of these foreigners...where is the KNILF option?
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>>4318253
that's for when we pleas sister dearest, not piss her off
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>>4318228
Hey Forgotten if we had gone and chosen our dates for ourselves would it have mattered in terms of the choices?
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>>4318265
Very different, aside from perhaps Miss Young.

Update incoming
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>Patrikas Ianthe. Exiles have a habit of drifting to foreign courts. This runaway of the Athenaeum has been trying to get the Duke’s ear for years now and is growing increasingly desperate. [Cathagi Exile]
> +1 Wealth [6]

“Ros, she has grey hair.” Young Lord Andrei shakes his head again, despairing at his elder sisters choice. “And she’s one of those bloody slavers!”

“More silver than grey, really. And hardly a wrinkle to be seen, how does she do it? I hope I look half as good at her age. As for her origin, everyone knows she has fallen far from the good graces of the Medusae Caste. I heard they sent -assassins- after her.” The Young Lady Andrei tilts her head approvingly, as if being worthy of attempted assassination was a trait to be much-admired in a woman. “She was a Patrikas, a librarian of the Athenaeum! Who knows what valuable secrets are stored inside her head? Any knowledge Em can gleam will be invaluable while he’s over there, I’m sure. Who says I don’t look out for my little brother?”

“Invaluable to him, or invaluable to you? It’s been what, a decade in exile? If she hasn’t offered information in that time then she’s not about to spill her secrets or open her legs to the first cocksure knight to take her to the Ball.” Damien sniffs, aggrieved on behalf of his little brother. “You basically sold him. Like chattel.”

“Well these new courtly clothes of his were very expensive. And it was her or the bloodthirsty northern woman… If he needs to bed the Cathagi exile to spill her secrets then that’s a price worth paying.”

“Cain on the Cross, woman, I was joking! …You don’t really think Em would try to bed her, do you?”

“You boys really need to stop letting that thing between your legs do all the thinking. Seduction is a weapon like any blade, and all sorts of secrets are spilled through the right pillow talk.”

“And what does my own sister know about ‘the right pillow talk’?”

“How do you think Mother gets Father to do half of anything?”

“They still… But… but she’s so old!” Damien groans as they enter the tavern’s backyard where Emile’s squire and sworn man are currently having a practice bout.

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>>4318271
>> +1 Wealth [6]

Yooo.

This is fine. This is very fine.

So what could we have gotten with the others.
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Sir Neil dan Marc is an unrefined swordsman, making up for his lack of formal training with simple yet faultless technique and restrained caution against even lesser blade like Mikail. The boy is obviously struggling, panting and leaning full-bodied over his dull blade. Having gotten the last bit out of rest from his light duties over the past few weeks, he can expect little respite from his training regimen from now on. Sir Neil dan Marc is merely keeping him warmed up while their liege attends other business in the city.

“What ho Mikail! Sir dan Marc, how goes it?” The Green Knight embraces the change in conversation like a man clinging to a plank of wood at sea. “How is your young sparring partner faring?”

“Sloppy. The boy is weeks behind in his forms. I fear I may not have him much progressed for Sir Andrei by the time we set sail for Cathagi.” Mikail winces behind him, be keeps his mouth shut. “But I’ll be damned if I let him slouch any further. At least he’s not tripping over his own sword anymore.”

“Ah well keep at it, won’t you Mikail? There’s a good lad.” The Green Knight looks around, his brother nowhere in sight. “Where’s Sir Andrei? I don’t see him or his white-cloaked shadow around. Nor Jess the Kid in some time either, come to think of it.”

“Take a break, Mikail. Jerod has some news from your Father.” Mikail doesn’t need to be told twice, sprinting off with newfound energy to where the normally hard-eyed Jerod breaks into a rare grin, ruffling the youngster’s hair to the boy’s dismay. Sir Neil dan Marc smiles at the scene for a moment before turning to his “My sire is with Father Towbray in the chapel down the street, giving confession.”

“He spends an awful time with that Reclamant Confessor of his.” Roselyn observes, her tone carefully neutral.

“He takes his faith seriously, little sis. That’s no bad thing.”

“Of course not, perish the though. But his penchant for confession isn’t why you sent the squire away, is it Sir dan Marc?”

Sir Andrei’s sworn man nods. “My Ladyship has the right of it. My sire wished for me to notify you upon your return that the other two would be using your warehouse down by the docks, as this location was not suitable.”

“Suitable for what?”

“There is a… guest. One of unsavoury character with potentially vital information to my sire’s investigation on the Praetor’s behalf. I will risk offending Her Ladyship with any further details.”

“My, my. Our little Em has grown, hasn’t he?” Roselyn’s smile showed far too many teeth, amused by this Fallavon’s misconception that she was the -least- ruthless one present.

Sir dan Marc was thinking about his brother, since the ruins. A shadow in his face, or a weight on his shoulders. “Little sis, you don’t know the half of it...”
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>>4318271
>+1 wealth
>potential secret lore

I am more than a little okay with losing my choice
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>>4318273
>Sir dan Marc was thinking about his brother

heh secret sibling apparently
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>>4318271
>You don’t really think Em would try to bed her, do you?

Oh brother XD
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>>4318275
Whoops

*Young Lord Andrei
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Senedag, 3rd Day of Acrimun, 883 A.C.E., Port Bounty – Sir Emile Andrei

“Your Eminence, I wish I could tell you of when the Angel first appeared. truly. But I swore a holy oath to speak no word of this. I am bound, by Church Law and the weight of my word both.”

“I understand, my son. Forgive my curiosity, I knew you were special but… If the Monsignor does insist on a formal hearing, which is all but inevitable given the implications of your experience, they will likely have a representative of the Mater Reginae with the required seniority to release you from your oath of silence.” Concern weighs on the wiry Father Towbray’s brow like a physical mass. “As your Confessor I will petition to be present, but there is every chance that it will be a closed hearing. All evidence shielded from outside eyes. Even their findings, potentially.”

“You think they would… censure me?”

“Yes. Yes, it is a possibility. You must understand that the Church is a holy institution. A holy insititution, yes. But an organisation of men nonetheless. Any such organisation of man is prone to weakness, hesitation. Corruption even. I fear they are not listen to your testimony without hearing it, if you understand. They are not ready for a revelation of this magnitude. Not since Night of Three Sisters has there been a public acknowledgement of direct communion with the Divine.” Father Towbray hesitates, clearly uncomfortable to be wrestling with his own quandry in front of his charge. “If they censure you and you then speak of any of it, true or false you will condemn yourself. But if word were to get out beforehand… if someone, other than yourself…”

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>“I must ask that you do not, Father. The Monsignor is a fellow man of the Faith, and a man of rank at that. He has requested silence until the hearing for good reason. If they censure me, I shall hold my tongue.” [Haughty]

>“The Angel’s message will not be silenced. Cannot be silenced. Tell the pilgrims what I have seen, what you have seen, they know me and my worth. If the word is already out by the time of the hearing, no craven bureaucracy can stem it then.” [Hearty]

>“Father Towbray, I worry that your suggestion stems from fear rather than faith. If the Angel bids me speak, I shall speak. And I shall speak whether the Law of Adam would declare me saint or heretic.” [Idealist]
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>>4318278
>>“Father Towbray, I worry that your suggestion stems from fear rather than faith. If the Angel bids me speak, I shall speak. And I shall speak whether the Law of Adam would declare me saint or heretic.” [Idealist]
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>>4318278
>“Father Towbray, I worry that your suggestion stems from fear rather than faith. If the Angel bids me speak, I shall speak. And I shall speak whether the Law of Adam would declare me saint or heretic.” [Idealist]
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>>4318278
>“Father Towbray, I worry that your suggestion stems from fear rather than faith. If the Angel bids me speak, I shall speak. And I shall speak whether the Law of Adam would declare me saint or heretic.” [Idealist]
lololololololol we start civil war boogaloo WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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>>4318278
>>“Father Towbray, I worry that your suggestion stems from fear rather than faith. If the Angel bids me speak, I shall speak. And I shall speak whether the Law of Adam would declare me saint or heretic.” [Idealist]
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>>4318278
>>“Father Towbray, I worry that your suggestion stems from fear rather than faith. If the Angel bids me speak, I shall speak. And I shall speak whether the Law of Adam would declare me saint or heretic.” [Idealist]
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>>4318278
>“I must ask that you do not, Father. The Monsignor is a fellow man of the Faith, and a man of rank at that. He has requested silence until the hearing for good reason. If they censure me, I shall hold my tongue.” [Haughty]
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Hmm. Come to think of it, we actually have another example already. One that can be verified. The letter.
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>>4318278
>“Father Towbray, I worry that your suggestion stems from fear rather than faith. If the Angel bids me speak, I shall speak. And I shall speak whether the Law of Adam would declare me saint or heretic.” [Idealist]
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>>4318278
>>“I must ask that you do not, Father. The Monsignor is a fellow man of the Faith, and a man of rank at that. He has requested silence until the hearing for good reason. If they censure me, I shall hold my tongue.” [Haughty]
Prefer not to leave Canton under a cloud.
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>>4318278
>Not since Night of Three Sisters has there been a public acknowledgement of direct communion with the Divine

Oh shit big dick angel shit makes me concerned about our angels mission for us

>“Father Towbray, I worry that your suggestion stems from fear rather than faith. If the Angel bids me speak, I shall speak. And I shall speak whether the Law of Adam would declare me saint or heretic.” [Idealist]

Haughty we stand as an island and are potentially am damned as an island

Hearty is we start the goddamn Crown war boogaloo early

Idealist means we do as the angel bid and fuck ourselves if its inclined as such.

shits fucked yo

>>4318286
that would Implicate through correlating events devious but would Emille go for it?
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>>4318278
>“Father Towbray, I worry that your suggestion stems from fear rather than faith. If the Angel bids me speak, I shall speak. And I shall speak whether the Law of Adam would declare me saint or heretic.” [Idealist]
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>>4318292
It actually sorta provides a plausible option to both acknowledge that Emile has been touched and yet not open the can of worms that is the secret war if the church needs an actual event to show for it.

And an angel touching a knight to solve a string of long unsolved murders and bring justice to its victims makes for a good story for the masses. That the Almighty will punish the wicked some way or the other.

That the church is potentially corrupt enough to do this is a given.
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>>4318294
I mean mentioning the angels part in the letter is a very solid implication that its not *strictly* a delusion as we didnt even know of the letter, that said informing them of the murder may actually tip our killer that we may be onto them if they are present in the clergy as someone present.

but that depends on the Caveat that the priest reffered to in the letter is litreal and not just Academic/scholar/High value person seems theirs a risk to be taken in solidly providing evidence of our miracle versus potentially letting the killer know we have solid leads.
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>>4318304
Considering that even our confessor may not be allowed to join in the proceedings, it's likely high enough up the food chain that the murderer would not be present but sure, its certainly a concern. And yes, the letter would show that its a real thing and not just mad ramblings.

We could possibly ask that they not release their final decision until we catch the culprit. In fact, since we're directly presenting the evidence in secret to the chief church officials and reginae representative, we might be able to leverage on their aid to go about the catching of the suspect.
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>>4318278
>“Father Towbray, I worry that your suggestion stems from fear rather than faith. If the Angel bids me speak, I shall speak. And I shall speak whether the Law of Adam would declare me saint or heretic.” [Idealist]
Hard choices coming.

>>4318286
What part of the letter?
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>>4318310
thats a fair point and while I do certainly hope we are far enough up the food chain that our killer is not involved I don't know we can be certain of that, the killer has been functioning for quite a while in Port bounty and has evaded both the order Praetor & the Watch and that either speaks to a degree of privliege or standing that puts him above the watchful or devilish degree of intellect/cunning.

damage control is a nice Idea but given the implications that this kind of communion hasn't been seen since the night of three sisters which claimed Ardenne I don't think thats going to be effective be it elation, suspicion or simple gossip such a thing could very likely get out and alert the killer among other people about what we know.
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>>4318313
That we didnt know the existance of the letter until the angel told us of it.
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>>4318278
>“...They will likely have a representative of the Mater Reginae with the required seniority to release you from your oath of silence.”

This means that one of the Queen's heralds will be present. Only the Queen or one of her heralds can release us from our oath.
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>>4318278
>>“I must ask that you do not, Father. The Monsignor is a fellow man of the Faith, and a man of rank at that. He has requested silence until the hearing for good reason. If they censure me, I shall hold my tongue.” [Haughty]
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>>4318278
>Father Towbray, I worry that your suggestion stems from fear rather than faith. If the Angel bids me speak, I shall speak. And I shall speak whether the Law of Adam would declare me saint or heretic.” [Idealist]

I absolutely fucking love where that Nat 100 + this ‘angel’ choice has landed us.

Bet Forgotten never expected to be focusing as much on the faith as we have been. This is what makes good quests great!
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>>4318317
Oh yeah, that was freaky.
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>>4318278
This was tough but i lean “Father Towbray, I worry that your suggestion stems from fear rather than faith. If the Angel bids me speak, I shall speak. And I shall speak whether the Law of Adam would declare me saint or heretic.” [Idealist]
Because we do what the angle wants personal consequences be damned. Though Haughty has appeal in not dragging anyone else down with us
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>>4318278
>>“Father Towbray, I worry that your suggestion stems from fear rather than faith. If the Angel bids me speak, I shall speak. And I shall speak whether the Law of Adam would declare me saint or heretic.” [Idealist]
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>>4318278
>“I must ask that you do not, Father. The Monsignor is a fellow man of the Faith, and a man of rank at that. He has requested silence until the hearing for good reason. If they censure me, I shall hold my tongue.” [Haughty]
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>>4318278
>“Father Towbray, I worry that your suggestion stems from fear rather than faith. If the Angel bids me speak, I shall speak. And I shall speak whether the Law of Adam would declare me saint or heretic.” [Idealist]
We generally do what the Angel bids, but what I find interesting about it is that it can be interpreted not as zealous and blind obedience, but as that of loyal child being told something by a trusted figure. We will do as it commands, but we dont always believe it. It names us the greatest knight and I dont think it would be in character for Emile do believe it. As I said, its similar to a parent telling their child that they will do great and that everything will be fine. We dont believe what they say, but we do believe the speaker and that hey have the best intentions for us.
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>>4318278
>“Father Towbray, I worry that your suggestion stems from fear rather than faith. If the Angel bids me speak, I shall speak. And I shall speak whether the Law of Adam would declare me saint or heretic.” [Idealist]

Interesting implications.
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>>4318278
>>“The Angel’s message will not be silenced. Cannot be silenced. Tell the pilgrims what I have seen, what you have seen, they know me and my worth. If the word is already out by the time of the hearing, no craven bureaucracy can stem it then.” [Hearty]
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>>4318411
>it names us the greatest knight and I dont think it would be in character for Emile do believe it.

we are playing the same character right? Emille ''I don't want to lose so I'm willing to accidently kill a knigga'' Andrei, Emille absolutely sits on the middle of that path of what can be considered Pride and Arrogance when it comes to being a knight
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>>4318278
>>“Father Towbray, I worry that your suggestion stems from fear rather than faith. If the Angel bids me speak, I shall speak. And I shall speak whether the Law of Adam would declare me saint or heretic.” [Idealist]
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>>4318278
>“The Angel’s message will not be silenced. Cannot be silenced. Tell the pilgrims what I have seen, what you have seen, they know me and my worth. If the word is already out by the time of the hearing, no craven bureaucracy can stem it then.” [Hearty]

>>4317260
This is me;
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>>4318271
> “They still… But… but she’s so old!” Damien groans

Holy shit, Damien, do you have zero survival instincts?

>>4318278
> Good options. Where?

>“Father Towbray, I worry that your suggestion stems from fear rather than faith. If the Angel bids me speak, I shall speak. And I shall speak whether the Law of Adam would declare me saint or heretic.” [Idealist]

Well. At least we didn't end up taking the commoner.
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>>4318458
> Emille absolutely sits high on his horse on the middle of that path of what can be considered Pride and Arrogance when it comes to being a knight

You mean sit on the ground? Like a *peasant* just flopping down wherever?
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>>4318411
I take it as a test, we are suppose to remain humble despite his praise. It's ok to want to be the greatest knight alive but we are a long way from there.
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>>4317527
>>4318563
This is moi
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>>4316821
This is me.

>>4318278
>“Please don't, Father. I have faith in the Almighty, that his message may carry whererver he wishes heedless of the desires of mankind. If I do not speak, it is only so that another may speak in my stead or that my truth may shine brighter when it is revealed. ” [Idealist]
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>>4318278
Me >>4318349
I like this >>4318730 changing
I was trying to think of a way to tell the Father that we understand his fears and may share them, but will still do as the almighty commands
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>>4318730
Eh.

I guess it's not worse than the original choice.
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>>4318765
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>>4318278
>>“The Angel’s message will not be silenced. Cannot be silenced. Tell the pilgrims what I have seen, what you have seen, they know me and my worth. If the word is already out by the time of the hearing, no craven bureaucracy can stem it then.” [Hearty]
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>>4318278
fug father tobrays a bro are you kinda surprised the players warmed up to him forgotten?
also
>“Father Towbray, I worry that your suggestion stems from fear rather than faith. If the Angel bids me speak, I shall speak. And I shall speak whether the Law of Adam would declare me saint or heretic.” [Idealist]
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>>4318278
>>“Father Towbray, I worry that your suggestion stems from fear rather than faith. If the Angel bids me speak, I shall speak. And I shall speak whether the Law of Adam would declare me saint or heretic.” [Idealist]
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>>4318458
There is a difference between pride in oneself and their abilities and believing that they are the greatest knight. We have been rather haughty at times, but we dont consider ourselves to be Le Epic Chosen One who must never be beaten.
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>>4318458
We are a little better than that since we actually feel bad for the dead we cause.
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>>4318278
>>“I must ask that you do not, Father. The Monsignor is a fellow man of the Faith, and a man of rank at that. He has requested silence until the hearing for good reason. If they censure me, I shall hold my tongue.” [Haughty]
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>>4318278
>“Father Towbray, I worry that your suggestion stems from fear rather than faith. If the Angel bids me speak, I shall speak. And I shall speak whether the Law of Adam would declare me saint or heretic.” [Idealist]
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>>4318730
This sounds good so supporting.
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>>4318730
Sounds retarded. another case of fags voting for custom shit just because they can
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>>4319296
Imagine being butthurt at the playerbase being so invested they go for write ins on occasion
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>>4318278

>“Father Towbray, I worry that your suggestion stems from fear rather than faith. If the Angel bids me speak, I shall speak. And I shall speak whether the Law of Adam would declare me saint or heretic.” [Idealist]

Might be sticking our dick out in the car door opening, waiting for the Almighty to decided to shut it on it, or tell us to put it back in our pants and carry on. Either way, sure to be more interesting, and still in line with prior developments of Emile's devoutness and trust in higher ideals over the words and actions of the men claiming to speak on their behalf.
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>>4319296
>1 post ID

Back to the Pit with you
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>>4318278
>“Father Towbray, I worry that your suggestion stems from fear rather than faith. If the Angel bids me speak, I shall speak. And I shall speak whether the Law of Adam would declare me saint or heretic.” [Idealist]
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>>4318278
>>4318730
This is fine
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>>4319345
I mean, OOC we DID get it from a corrupt abomination (?) So either it's also corrupted, or the Almighty has been misrepresented by the Church and maybe has a blue/orange morality.

But Emile went FULL ANGEL a while ago, so we gonna ride this train. Who knows, maybe the Lightning Strike zapped some good into it, since it deus ex machina'd finding the letter telling about the priest involved in the murders.

Can't wait until we tell them about THAT little tidbit, should lend significant credence to our story.
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>>4319370
Speaking of which, will revealing the Angel helped us find a significant clue about the ritual murders happening be something we can bring up?
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>>4319647
Well the rational explanation is that Emile somehow knew of the existence of the letter beforehand. He knows he didn’t, but how to prove that?
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>>4319676
Faith doesn't need proof.
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>>4319676
Also, some rando coming into the city and busting the murder case wide open? That's already ridiculous.
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>>4319676
In fact, insisting it was a divine revelation is so ridiculous on top of that, that it makes more sense compared to trying a more reasonable explanation if it was some sort of plot for Almighty knows what reason.

Plus the whole Lightning Trial penance.
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>>4318278
>“Father Towbray, I worry that your suggestion stems from fear rather than faith. If the Angel bids me speak, I shall speak. And I shall speak whether the Law of Adam would declare me saint or heretic.” [Idealist]
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>>4318565
haha you caught me for the knave I am.

>>4319024
okay thats a fair point but I still think a flat rejection of what is to us a litreal angel telling us we are the hot shit won't have some feedback on our already somewhat inflated ego.
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>>4319823
It doesn't mean Emile will believe he can never lose.

Just that if he does lose, that it serves a purpose to make him learn for the next challenge. He might stumble, but he can get up again.

All humans started out as slaves, the ultimate losers. But they dragged themselves up, led by the Sons of Sin two Brothers and the Regina, but not carried by them.
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Hmm.

I went to do a rereading of our archives for fun.

For all this talk, its already out of the bag. I think Father Tobray has been going about spreading word of this already.

>“Ah yes, speaking of faith…” Heinrich leans forward slightly. “A little birdie mentioned that a certain knight of that duchy has been claiming to receive direct communication from his own personal angel, if you can believe that sort of thing…”

>“An angel?” Karlaus scoffs, sculling his drink. “The Almighty’s got better things to than to send obscure messages to random folk assign them fairy godmothers. He’s busy enough keeping the sun rising each day, for one thing.”

>“I imagine the priests would say it is fully within the Almighty’s power to do both.” Heinrich arches an eyebrow painfully high. “It is somewhat implied in the name.”
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>>4319905
Im not saying he won't believe can ever lose the Snek encounter really put a pin in that to be sure buts that a nice way of looking at it anon.
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>>4319914
well the intial stuff did yeah when we talked to the signor but not all of it & specifically not what we bore witness too.
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>>4319914
Huh. Good catch.
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>>4319914
Fuck me, you're right.
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>>4319914
>>4320072
>>4320099
> 2 Success
>The Monsignor official doesn’t know what to believe. He has his doubts, but he would not consider dismissing the possibility that you are indeed having visions of the divine. This will require a more serious inquiry from a panel of senior clergy, including the Bishop.
> Double Fail: Word of your encounter with the Angel gets out, perhaps to the wrong people
it was a botched role in literately the previous thread. I fear for the future when the past is so quickly forgotten.
The only people present at the time were us, Tobary and the Church official, so either one of em talked, there was an eavesdropper, the church had a leak after the report was made.
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I like it when players notice things. And when they don't
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>“Father Towbray, I worry that your suggestion stems from fear rather than faith. If the Angel bids me speak, I shall speak. And I shall speak whether the Law of Adam would declare me saint or heretic.” [Idealist]

“Father Towbray, I worry that your suggestion stems from fear rather than faith. If the Angel bids me speak, I shall speak.” You consider the ramifications of that, how you might find yourself up on the pyre. This Being recognised a martyr long after being burnt a heretic is scant consolation. But to let fear rule you and stay your tongue against the Angel’s command is the worst sort of weakness. “And I shall speak whether the Law of Adam would declare me saint or heretic.”

“Of course, I only meant… No, the sin of doubt this time is mine alone, mea culpa. Few knights are without valour on the battlefield. But your character, your… your character. There is a quieter strength there, my son. Soft, but undeniably more remarkable in its endurance than what the bards mean when they speak of ‘courage’.” Father Towbray’s face scrunches up, skeletal thin hands trembling in a fist to his bowed forehead. “I have given my own charge cause to consider questionable acts, or perform them on his behalf, however well intentioned. I am ashamed. What kind of faithless priest… what kind of wretched confessor am I? I am not worthy even to wear this humblest cloak of office.”

The wiry priest’s hands begin to tear at his ragged dyed-wool coat, tears forming in the distraught But in an impulsive breach of common decorum your clasp your hands over that of your confessor, preventing your fiery confidant from tearing his coat any further. It is not until later that you even consider your lack of hesitation in your flagrant disregard for etiquette with your confessor, which would have demanded you remain motionless during his emotional display. The two of you have come close, for it to not even be commented upon.

“Father Towbray, please! Like most decent folk, it is yourself you judge too harshly. What condition would my immortal soul be in without your erstwhile guidance these past trying months? I pray that you continue in your role now, more than ever…”

Following that heavy conversation, Father Towbray offers you some guidance on theological arguments and some common tricks an interrogator might use to trip up your testimony. You hadn’t thought that holy men would stoop to that sort of thing, but you also hadn’t expected that your investigation into the habit murderer might lead to a suspect in the clergy ranks.

>Gain +1 Re-Roll to your Persuasion test when giving your testimony

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It is pushing past lunch when you return to the courtyard, little surprised to see your sister and incognito brother there, fitted fineries in arm and the details of your lunchtime date. You grin at your sworn man on your way over to them.

“I think I spotted my squire is smiling over there just now. You're not going too easy on him, are you Sir dan Marc?”

“Perish the thought, sire. He was glum enough after our last bout, and little wonder given his performance. But it seems that whatever news your Father's man brought from home has perked him up.”

“Hm.” In truth you are little distracted from the circumstances of your entourage, the last few days in this city have taken up all too much of your attention with the investigation and preparations for the ball. Speaking of which...



“A Cathagi Exile? That’s who you saddled me with for the Ball?”

“Oh, I’m sorry. The Duke’s daughter wasn’t available at this late hour.” You wince at the sarcasm dripping from Roselyn’s voice as she tosses you a coinpurse, foreign coinage but solid nonetheless.
“Yours, fair payment for services rendered.”

“What in Salve Reginae’s name is that supposed to mean?” You try to curb the alarm in your voice, but your mind runs wild with the implications.

“Calm down. I’m not whoring you out, Em.” You wince again, this time at your sisters casual swearing. She’s supposed to be the ladylike one of yours sisters, at least in public. “The Patrikas never travels without her hired escorts, desertfolk from as far south to Nova Cathago as that city is south from us. But such things are not allowed at the Duke’s ball. I think her paranoid, but it’s telling that she’s relying on you rather than the Duke’s guard complement for her protection there.”

“So I’m an over-glorified bodyguard?”

“An attractive, over-glorified bodyguard.” Roselyn treats you to the same gleeful smirk that has been your bane since childhood. “If it is any consolation Em, she’s no more a fan of the current Cathagi government than we are. Play your cards right and you could learn things, useful things, for when you’re over there.”

“The same current government it’s been for the last thousand years?”

“ Please don’t tell me you think this Dragon actually governs Cathagi?” An annoyed flick of the fan swats you on the shoulder. But only because she hasn’t been able to reach the back of your head in years. “Ugh. Boys. It’s a veritable wonder you figure out how to put your shirts on.”



[2/3]
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>>4320118
>“ Please don’t tell me you think this Dragon actually governs Cathagi?”

So, the dragon is the De Jure ruler, but who is the De Facto ruler then ?
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[3/3]

The residence of the Patrikas Ianthe is one of the more obviously Cathagi influenced villas; stone floor tiles, vines hanging from walls and flowing water fountains are in abundance. Like the Kyria Eustace and Kyria Militades you met months ago on the road to Aubrey, her first name ‘Patrikas’ is in fact a title of office rather than her birth name. Albeit now a rank no longer recognised by the powers that be in that ancient southern realm. Of her reputed southern bodyguards, there is no sign.

You had feared that Roselyn had taken her idea of a joke too far, setting you up with a shrivelled old witch from across the sea that babbled foreign nonsense. In reality the Patrikas Ianthe speaks fluent Cantīsh, with a not-entirely unpleasant accent. As for her personal appearance, there is little hint of it other than the colour of her hair. Not a wrinkle to be seen in the shade of her skin, nor crowsfeet or any hint of sagging flesh. Remarkable, for a woman her age. Less a shrivelled witch and more of a classy matronly figure if you’re being honest. Still Cathagi though.

“Ah, the young gentleman I’ve heard so much about. I do hope our arrangement is not too much of a burden on your pride, I understand that youthful men scarce like to be seen with foolish old women old of a like enough age to their own mothers.” The Patrikas gestures with a liquid motion to a cup of steaming black liquid on the table. “Khave?”

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(1) Interaction
> “Ma Seour, the only aged trait I detect is your wizened mind.” A subtle linguistic trick to indicate sisterly affection, rather than any less platonic approach though it is possible the distinction will be missed one to whom Cantīsh is not their native tongue. You have no intention of even passingly being involved with this outlandish crone. [Haughty] + [Persuasion]

> “Ma Belle, they say that the flower that blooms longest is the most cherished.” You picked that line up from one of your sister's droll books. It worked. It would, quite frankly, be rude to attend the ball escorting someone and not put in the effort of some harmless flirtation. Even with a foreigner. And if affection leads to information, all the better… [Hearty] + [Courtship]

_
(2) Khave?
> “My thanks.” Just a sip. Burning hot, and not altogether pleasant. [Haughty]

> “By the Book, that was good. What did you call it?” You could get used to this stuff. [Hearty]

>“None for me, thank you.” Foreign potions? Nice try, witch. [Idealist]
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>>4320120
>> “Ma Seour, the only aged trait I detect is your wizened mind.” A subtle linguistic trick to indicate sisterly affection, rather than any less platonic approach though it is possible the distinction will be missed one to whom Cantīsh is not their native tongue. You have no intention of even passingly being involved with this outlandish crone. [Haughty] + [Persuasion]

>> “By the Book, that was good. What did you call it?” You could get used to this stuff. [Hearty]
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>>4320120
>> “Ma Belle, they say that the flower that blooms longest is the most cherished.” You picked that line up from one of your sister's droll books. It worked. It would, quite frankly, be rude to attend the ball escorting someone and not put in the effort of some harmless flirtation. Even with a foreigner. And if affection leads to information, all the better… [Hearty] + [Courtship]

>“By the Book, that was good. What did you call it?” You could get used to this stuff. [Hearty]
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>>4320120
(1) Interaction
>“Ma Seour, the only aged trait I detect is your wizened mind.” A subtle linguistic trick to indicate sisterly affection, rather than any less platonic approach though it is possible the distinction will be missed one to whom Cantīsh is not their native tongue. You have no intention of even passingly being involved with this outlandish crone. [Haughty] + [Persuasion]


(2) Khave?
>“My thanks.” Just a sip. Burning hot, and not altogether pleasant. [Haughty]
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>>4320120
> “Ma Seour, the only aged trait I detect is your wizened mind.” A subtle linguistic trick to indicate sisterly affection, rather than any less platonic approach though it is possible the distinction will be missed one to whom Cantīsh is not their native tongue. You have no intention of even passingly being involved with this outlandish crone. [Haughty] + [Persuasion]

> “By the Book, that was good. What did you call it?” You could get used to this stuff. [Hearty]
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>>4320120
>“Ma Belle, they say that the flower that blooms longest is the most cherished.” You picked that line up from one of your sister's droll books. It worked. It would, quite frankly, be rude to attend the ball escorting someone and not put in the effort of some harmless flirtation. Even with a foreigner. And if affection leads to information, all the better… [Hearty] + [Courtship]
let's get in some practise at this flirting thing. extreme worst case we get on the bad side of a powerless exile "real worst case we flirt too well and have to pry a horny foregine milf of us while our siblings laugh on the floor
> “My thanks.” Just a sip. Burning hot, and not altogether pleasant. [Haughty]
Coffee is an acquired taste after all, we won't be rude and maybe learn to appreciate it in the future.
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>>4320120
> “Ma Seour, the only aged trait I detect is your wizened mind.” A subtle linguistic trick to indicate sisterly affection, rather than any less platonic approach though it is possible the distinction will be missed one to whom Cantīsh is not their native tongue. You have no intention of even passingly being involved with this outlandish crone. [Haughty] + [Persuasion]

> “By the Book, that was good. What did you call it?” You could get used to this stuff. [Hearty]
I couldn't mind Emile aquiring a taste for tea.
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>>4320120
>> “Ma Belle, they say that the flower that blooms longest is the most cherished.” You picked that line up from one of your sister's droll books. It worked. It would, quite frankly, be rude to attend the ball escorting someone and not put in the effort of some harmless flirtation. Even with a foreigner. And if affection leads to information, all the better… [Hearty] + [Courtship]

>“By the Book, that was good. What did you call it?” You could get used to this stuff. [Hearty]

Coffee the true nectar of the gods.
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>>4320120
> “Ma Belle, they say that the flower that blooms longest is the most cherished.” You picked that line up from one of your sister's droll books. It worked. It would, quite frankly, be rude to attend the ball escorting someone and not put in the effort of some harmless flirtation. Even with a foreigner. And if affection leads to information, all the better… [Hearty] + [Courtship]

> “My thanks.” Just a sip. Burning hot, and not altogether pleasant. [Haughty]
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>>4320119
Probably the sultan/vizieror or the magic caste
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>>4320120
>> “Ma Belle, they say that the flower that blooms longest is the most cherished.” You picked that line up from one of your sister's droll books. It worked. It would, quite frankly, be rude to attend the ball escorting someone and not put in the effort of some harmless flirtation. Even with a foreigner. And if affection leads to information, all the better… [Hearty] + [Courtship]

> “My thanks.” Just a sip. Burning hot, and not altogether pleasant. [Haughty]
Ew, liquid shit.
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>>4320120
> “Ma Seour, the only aged trait I detect is your wizened mind.” A subtle linguistic trick to indicate sisterly affection, rather than any less platonic approach though it is possible the distinction will be missed one to whom Cantīsh is not their native tongue. You have no intention of even passingly being involved with this outlandish crone. [Haughty] + [Persuasion]

> “My thanks.” Just a sip. Burning hot, and not altogether pleasant. [Haughty]
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>>4320120
(1) Interaction
> “Ma Seour, the only aged trait I detect is your wizened mind.” A subtle linguistic trick to indicate sisterly affection, rather than any less platonic approach though it is possible the distinction will be missed one to whom Cantīsh is not their native tongue. You have no intention of even passingly being involved with this outlandish crone. [Haughty] + [Persuasion]

> “My thanks.” Just a sip. Burning hot, and not altogether pleasant. [Haughty]

I imagine Emille either loves or hates spicy food

I imagine Patrikas sounds like Shohreh Aghdashloo and acts like her character in the expanse
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>>4320120
> “Ma Belle, they say that the flower that blooms longest is the most cherished.” You picked that line up from one of your sister's droll books. It worked. It would, quite frankly, be rude to attend the ball escorting someone and not put in the effort of some harmless flirtation. Even with a foreigner. And if affection leads to information, all the better… [Hearty] + [Courtship]
GILF GILF GILF GILF GILF GILF GILF GILF!

>“My thanks.” Just a sip. Burning hot, and not altogether pleasant. [Haughty]
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>>4320120
>> “Ma Seour, the only aged trait I detect is your wizened mind.” A subtle linguistic trick to indicate sisterly affection, rather than any less platonic approach though it is possible the distinction will be missed one to whom Cantīsh is not their native tongue. You have no intention of even passingly being involved with this outlandish crone. [Haughty] + [Persuasion]
> “By the Book, that was good. What did you call it?” You could get used to this stuff. [Hearty]
>>
>>4320120
>> “Ma Belle, they say that the flower that blooms longest is the most cherished.” You picked that line up from one of your sister's droll books. It worked. It would, quite frankly, be rude to attend the ball escorting someone and not put in the effort of some harmless flirtation. Even with a foreigner. And if affection leads to information, all the better… [Hearty] + [Courtship]
> “By the Book, that was good. What did you call it?” You could get used to this stuff. [Hearty]
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>>4320120
> “Ma Belle, they say that the flower that blooms longest is the most cherished.” You picked that line up from one of your sister's droll books. It worked. It would, quite frankly, be rude to attend the ball escorting someone and not put in the effort of some harmless flirtation. Even with a foreigner. And if affection leads to information, all the better… [Hearty] + [Courtship]
> “My thanks.” Just a sip. Burning hot, and not altogether pleasant. [Haughty]
Addictions? Not wholesome
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>>4320120
>“Ma Belle, they say that the flower that blooms longest is the most cherished.” You picked that line up from one of your sister's droll books. It worked. It would, quite frankly, be rude to attend the ball escorting someone and not put in the effort of some harmless flirtation. Even with a foreigner. And if affection leads to information, all the better… [Hearty] + [Courtship]

>By the Book, that was good. What did you call it?” You could get used to this stuff. [Hearty]

>>4318337
Linking previous ID
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>>4320120
>> “Ma Seour, the only aged trait I detect is your wizened mind.” A subtle linguistic trick to indicate sisterly affection, rather than any less platonic approach though it is possible the distinction will be missed one to whom Cantīsh is not their native tongue. You have no intention of even passingly being involved with this outlandish crone. [Haughty] + [Persuasion]

> “By the Book, that was good. What did you call it?” You could get used to this stuff. [Hearty]

embrace the coffee
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>>4320120
> “Ma Belle, they say that the flower that blooms longest is the most cherished.” You picked that line up from one of your sister's droll books. It worked. It would, quite frankly, be rude to attend the ball escorting someone and not put in the effort of some harmless flirtation. Even with a foreigner. And if affection leads to information, all the better… [Hearty] + [Courtship]

Older librarian glasses woman? That's. My. Fetish. So I gotta be true to it.

> “By the Book, that was good. What did you call it?” You could get used to this stuff. [Hearty]
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>>4317527
Yea, this is me.>>4320310
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>>4320120
>> “Ma Seour, the only aged trait I detect is your wizened mind.” A subtle linguistic trick to indicate sisterly affection, rather than any less platonic approach though it is possible the distinction will be missed one to whom Cantīsh is not their native tongue. You have no intention of even passingly being involved with this outlandish crone. [Haughty] + [Persuasion]
>“None for me, thank you.” Foreign potions? Nice try, witch. [Idealist]
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>>4320120
> “Ma Belle, they say that the flower that blooms longest is the most cherished.” You picked that line up from one of your sister's droll books. It worked. It would, quite frankly, be rude to attend the ball escorting someone and not put in the effort of some harmless flirtation. Even with a foreigner. And if affection leads to information, all the better… [Hearty] + [Courtship]

> “By the Book, that was good. What did you call it?” You could get used to this stuff. [Hearty]
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>>4320120
> “Ma Belle, they say that the flower that blooms longest is the most cherished.” You picked that line up from one of your sister's droll books. It worked. It would, quite frankly, be rude to attend the ball escorting someone and not put in the effort of some harmless flirtation. Even with a foreigner. And if affection leads to information, all the better… [Hearty] + [Courtship]

> “My thanks.” Just a sip. Burning hot, and not altogether pleasant. [Haughty]
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>>4320120
> “Ma Belle, they say that the flower that blooms longest is the most cherished.” You picked that line up from one of your sister's droll books. It worked. It would, quite frankly, be rude to attend the ball escorting someone and not put in the effort of some harmless flirtation. Even with a foreigner. And if affection leads to information, all the better… [Hearty] + [Courtship]

> “By the Book, that was good. What did you call it?” You could get used to this stuff. [Hearty]
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>>4320120
> “Ma Belle, they say that the flower that blooms longest is the most cherished.” You picked that line up from one of your sister's droll books. It worked. It would, quite frankly, be rude to attend the ball escorting someone and not put in the effort of some harmless flirtation. Even with a foreigner. And if affection leads to information, all the better… [Hearty] + [Courtship]

> “My thanks.” Just a sip. Burning hot, and not altogether pleasant. [Haughty]
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>>4320120
>“Ma Belle, they say that the flower that blooms longest is the most cherished.” You picked that line up from one of your sister's droll books. It worked. It would, quite frankly, be rude to attend the ball escorting someone and not put in the effort of some harmless flirtation. Even with a foreigner. And if affection leads to information, all the better… [Hearty] + [Courtship]

> “My thanks.” Just a sip. Burning hot, and not altogether pleasant. [Haughty]
This is going to be fun.
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>>4320120
> “Ma Belle, they say that the flower that blooms longest is the most cherished.” You picked that line up from one of your sister's droll books. It worked. It would, quite frankly, be rude to attend the ball escorting someone and not put in the effort of some harmless flirtation. Even with a foreigner. And if affection leads to information, all the better… [Hearty] + [Courtship]

Better put thos pick up lines to use.

> “By the Book, that was good. What did you call it?” You could get used to this stuff. [Hearty]
Time to start andral coffee trading company

>>4318560
This is me;
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Quick question would Emils honour/idealism demand we pay back the bodyguard fee? I could see him thinking it would be, if not dishonourable then at least distasteful to take payment for escorting a lady to the ball.
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>>4320120
>>> “Ma Seour, the only aged trait I detect is your wizened mind.” A subtle linguistic trick to indicate sisterly affection, rather than any less platonic approach though it is possible the distinction will be missed one to whom Cantīsh is not their native tongue. You have no intention of even passingly being involved with this outlandish crone. [Haughty] + [Persuasion]
>>> “By the Book, that was good. What did you call it?” You could get used to this stuff. [Hearty]
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>>4320475
Hell no.
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>>4320475
His beening paid to be her bodyguard and it just so happens that she is going to the same ball that he needed to go too.
We earn the money by the the sexiest,flirtation bodyguard shes ever had and making sure that she dose not end up dieing.

We can finally get that plume
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>>4320475
No, honest pay for honest work is perfectly honorable. We don't have to impoverished ourselves over this, if we were indebted to them personally it be another matter.
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>>4320516
We are getting more money than we anticipated. I kind of want to use it custom order a sick as hell Great Bear inspired plate helm, bear faceplate with antlers. That's the shit they write stories about.
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>having a fight while we are on injured status
i hope this woman doesn't start shit
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>>4320524
>Great Bear inspired plate helm, bear faceplate with antlers
I approve of the custom order with bear theme, but I'm unsure about the antlers unless we kill with antlers.
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>>4320524
We can buy the plume we've always wanted, antlers are for gay fae
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>>4320549
>I approve of the custom order with bear theme, but I'm unsure about the antlers
I was just going off the description of Bristlecone that we got when we went to the Elven city in Fallavon. I figured that it would be an good homage to our ancestral roots.
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>>4320524
As long as it's practical, i was never a fan of ornate armour or swords that are form over function. but i can see Emile going for something with some amount of flair.
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>>4320552
Fukkin plumes!

Although I think bear gauntlets for when we inevitably get disarmed again would be better.
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>>4320552
Manly plumes gets the womans wet.

bear gauntlets im ok with this.
Something like this though i hope we could get one looking cooler.
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>>4320120
>> “Ma Belle, they say that the flower that blooms longest is the most cherished.” You picked that line up from one of your sister's droll books. It worked. It would, quite frankly, be rude to attend the ball escorting someone and not put in the effort of some harmless flirtation. Even with a foreigner. And if affection leads to information, all the better… [Hearty] + [Courtship]

> “By the Book, that was good. What did you call it?” You could get used to this stuff. [Hearty]
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>>4320120
>> “Ma Seour, the only aged trait I detect is your wizened mind.” A subtle linguistic trick to indicate sisterly affection, rather than any less platonic approach though it is possible the distinction will be missed one to whom Cantīsh is not their native tongue. You have no intention of even passingly being involved with this outlandish crone. [Haughty] + [Persuasion]

>> “My thanks.” Just a sip. Burning hot, and not altogether pleasant. [Haughty]
Tighter votes than I thought. Love that idealist option tho.
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>>4320664
Plate mail gauntlets, at least.
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>>4320703
It's a shame Forgotten made the best waifu Emile's sister.

Then again, this is a Monarchy, right?
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>>4320773
I'm full on Lady Rabe but big sis is up there
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>>4320804
Ah, you have good taste.
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I think it’s fair to say that I will be discounting 1 post IDs at this point that don’t link back to an earlier vote. Especially on a surprisingly tight vote like this.
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>>4320524
Seems a bit Pagan for our pious boi I'd support a plume over it.
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>>4320871
Eyy man I'm >>4320161 and >>4319932 currently going through some bullshit power outages.
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>>4320812
I have a type, and that type is noble ladies who swear un/intentionally.
But Ive said before that a strongwilled, social savvy woman is a good fit for Emile and makes up for his shortcomings. It's unfortunate, but not surprising, that the lady most like Emile's mother so far, is his sister.
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I'm a Daubney or Vancewell man myself
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>>4320120

> “Ma Belle, they say that the flower that blooms longest is the most cherished.” You picked that line up from one of your sister's droll books. It worked. It would, quite frankly, be rude to attend the ball escorting someone and not put in the effort of some harmless flirtation. Even with a foreigner. And if affection leads to information, all the better… [Hearty] + [Courtship]

> “By the Book, that was good. What did you call it?” You could get used to this stuff. [Hearty]
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>>4320992
>spoiler
That's the good stuff right there, bruv. If there was a chance in hell it might be fun to give it a try.
Daubney as well, she's got a sort of mystique around her that it's unfortunate we passed on exploring.
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>>4321101
Ahh I see you are a man of culture too

It's less Daubneys got mystique and more protecting that smile with Emille's ardent Idealism
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>>4320992
>>4321107
mah kniggas
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>>4320359
>>4320376
>>4320379

Jeezus. A couple of minutes apart, all 1 ID posts. Three days up on the board, a little late to try and claim "Oh, I just got here" lol.

>>4321101
I can only imagine how hilarious the politics would be. It's tempting to go for it just to troll.
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>>4320992
> All aboard the Rabetrain

When will we have a Sister's vignette with Lady Rabe and Roselyn.
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>>4321540
awful why would you want to inlict that on us? Emille & Damien will be emasculated for eternity!!!

I'm kiddingsorta Vancewell & Roselyn would also be kinda horrifying though can you imagine?
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>>4320120
> “Ma Seour, the only aged trait I detect is your wizened mind.” A subtle linguistic trick to indicate sisterly affection, rather than any less platonic approach though it is possible the distinction will be missed one to whom Cantīsh is not their native tongue. You have no intention of even passingly being involved with this outlandish crone. [Haughty] + [Persuasion]

> “By the Book, that was good. What did you call it?” You could get used to this stuff. [Hearty]
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>>4320120
> Ma Seour [ Haughty ] + [ Persuasion ]
12 votes

> Ma Belle [ Hearty ] + [ Courtship ]
18 votes

> My thanks [ Haughty ]
12 votes

> By the Book, [ Hearty ]
14 votes

> None for me, thank you.” Foreign potions? Nice try, witch. [ Idealist ]
1 vote

looks like Emille is going the extra mile for his ''Job''? and has a taste for tea? coffee? spices?
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>>4321628
coffee is one of those things we might be able to export back properly. If we can get our sis to sample it.
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>>4321637
I'm guessing it likely has less of a cutthroat market than spices or tea? Like historically but given time could be really popular

>tfw when Aubrey Khave shops are Bluejay hotbeds and Emille is responsible
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>>4321642
Possibly.

It's likely that the local pascae merchants have a foothold in the market. A exile for multiple years still having a personal supply? No, its likely its already being exported here.

The good thing about tea and coffee is that its a matter of ply-as-much-of-the-stuff-as-you-can-on-your-market. Rather than spices. Which although more expensive pound for pound, ultimately does not require quite as much as compared to a constant supply of tea and coffee.
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>>4321628
Is that minus the 1 ID votes?
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>>4321107
A knigga of wealth and taste.

>>4320120
> “Ma Seour, the only aged trait I detect is your wizened mind.” A subtle linguistic trick to indicate sisterly affection, rather than any less platonic approach though it is possible the distinction will be missed one to whom Cantīsh is not their native tongue. You have no intention of even passingly being involved with this outlandish crone. [Haughty] + [Persuasion]
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>>4321653
There's probably a Cantonian quarter in the Carthaggi city so probably a bit of A and B in regards to that.

also probably cultivatiable in more arid climates like the wastes and the borders of Ardenne if its ever reclaimed though that adimitiddly speculation.

>>4321654
crap
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>>4320139
>>4320219
>>4320359
>>4320376
>>4320379
Okay Single posts on an unrelated notes a lot of votes are on 2-3 posts

Total ammendment to >>4321628
-1 Ma Seour
-4 Ma belle
-3 By the book
-2 My thanks

Totalling
>Ma Seour
11 votes

>Ma Belle
14 votes

>My thanks
10 votes

>By the book
11 votes

>None for me
1 vote

>>4321654
thanks anon for the reminder
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>>4321688
>on an unrelated notes a lot of votes are on 2-3 posts

Some people only vote and don't chat and we're in the very beginning of the thread so... not surprising
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> “Ma Belle, they say that the flower that blooms longest is the most cherished.” You picked that line up from one of your sister's droll books. It worked. It would, quite frankly, be rude to attend the ball escorting someone and not put in the effort of some harmless flirtation. Even with a foreigner. And if affection leads to information, all the better… [Hearty] + [Courtship]
> “By the Book, that was good. What did you call it?” You could get used to this stuff. [Hearty]

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Courtship Roll
>Reasonable Request / Equal Social Standing 60DC
>Age & Cultural Difference -20DC
>Khave fan +5DC
>Soppy Romance Novel +1 Courtship Re-Roll. Single use.
>Quality Tabard +5DC, +1 Re-Roll (martial: prospective bodyguard)
>Cultural barrier +1 Adverse Re-Roll
> 55 DC

Double Failure = It is you, not she, who divulges information.
0 Success = The Patrikas is unimpressed with your attempts at flattery. She’s looking for a bodyguard, nothing more. She will flatly discourage any further nonsense.
1 Success = A woman of Ianthe’s maturity has flirted with the best of them. Your youthful sally is cute, but hardly effective. You will have to try much harder.
2 Success = The Patrikas is flattered but age, cultural differences and the misplaced concern that you are merely making fun of her prevents Ianthe from being too warm. But you are making progress.
3 Success = It has been a long time since young boys have made eyes at Ianthe. She finds you easy to talk to, and wishes to impress you with her knowledge. You could even beg for her favour.
Double Success = You glean some idea of the sensitive information she has for the Duke.


3 rolls of 1d100. You have TWO re-rolls. Your opponent has ONE adverse re-roll.

Matron I'd Like her Favour
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Rolled 98 (1d100)

>>4321690
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Rolled 9 (1d100)

>>4321690
This will either be hilarious or hilarious
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Rolled 89 (1d100)

>>4321690
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>>4321690
can we save the soppy romance reroll?
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Rolled 61 (1d100)

>>4321693
REEEEEEE
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>>4321692
Truly the Angel is with us
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>>4321694
up to green knigga
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>>4321698
We got the double pass from the 9 so I'm saving the roll
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>>4321699
oh shit you're right nice
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>>4321699
9s are now doubles
thanks bro forgot
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honestly best outcome
got knowledge
came off as kind and youthful
but didn't break a poor mares heart
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>>4321692
THE ALMIGHTY ENDORSES MILFS
PRAISE!
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>inb4 we show discomfort with our injury and she offers to dress the wound
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Emille ''the accidental spy'' Andrei
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>>4321690
Forgotten the re-roll used here >>4321695
is the Quality Tabard re-roll, while the re-roll anon saved here >>4321699 is the one time use re-roll, right? What happened to Dame Stoutsworth's re-roll btw?
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>>4321709
9s are doubles knigger and doubles are immune to rerolls
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>>4321708
canton noire
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>>4321710
I'm not talking about the adverse re-roll just to be clear. I'm talking about our own re-rolls. Was the one we used the one time use re-roll or the regenerative re-roll?
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>>4321709
In general I will assume the regenerated re-rolls are used before limited re-rolls.

As I recall, Dame Stoutsworth is mainly for intrigue re-rolls. She won't grant a courtship roll to every wench you show her to. So far, with your doubles and that crit with the letter you haven't actually had much cause to use an outright intrigue attempt. I suspect that won't last forever.
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>>4321714
I thought Dame Stoutsworth grants both an intrigue re-roll and a courtship re-roll since she's an animal familiar but thanks.
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Hey fellas, I'm a little tired for an update tonight. But I'll provide one tomorrow morning (ETA 13 hours) and another that night (ETA 24 hours).

>>4321721
Well that's me told. Glad to have anons keeping my honest.

I'll allow either >>4321691 or >>4321695
another re-roll (and we'll hold on to the limited re-roll).

If you elect to use that re-roll and are successful, I will also be able to attempt an adverse roll.
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Rolled 4 (1d100)

>>4321730
Re-rolling
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Rolled 63 (1d100)

>>4321735
Attempting adverse re-roll
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Back where we started after all. See you boys in the morning.
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>>4321730
>>4321739
No prob Forgotten. Sleep well and see you tomorrow.
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>>4321739
dangit
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>>4321688
>>4320376
Is me, sorry for daring to have my pc freeze and not spamming the thread with these autistic identity linking posts
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>>4321793
There's really no need for the hostility considering linking back to your post is common practice bud. No one was jumping down your throat about it
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>>4321735
>>4321737
>>4321739
I've never really gotten my head around how re-rolls works. Shouldn't it be roll low vs roll low rather than roll low vs roll high?
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>>4321816
Adverse re-roll Forgotten wants roll above the DC the opposite is required for players
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>>4321816
Basically he is re-rolling our result. If it's over the DC our result is bad just like it would be if we rolled it. It's like he is reaching out and snatching the dice out of our hands as we roll for something
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>he doesn't dress up in his knight costume before reading and voting latest valour update
What are you, gay
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>>4321739
Thats unlucky, iv got a question if we had taken our birdy companion with us to see miss milf would that have donw anything for the dc?
Can we still let her know we have him and if she would like to see him.
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>>4321836
Chad post
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Now to fan the flames, on whom should the one time reroll be used on?
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>>4321905
Well the obvious answer is someone we are genuinely attracted too, however if we choose to engage in something more clandestine I won't complain
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>>4321905
Im down for useing it right now get the milf.
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>>4321689
Other people just have shit fucking rural internet.

Goddamnit, am I really gonna have to wait for Elon Musk to get good Canadian rural connections?
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>>4321836
>>4321868
Costume? *Kniggas*, please.
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>>4321905
Save it for Vancewell. Save them all for Vancewell.
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>>4321905
I'm stuck between Lady Hewitt or Lady Rabe, since the Sinclair ship has sunk. They are both good choices.
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>>4321690
> 55 DC
???
60DC-20DC+5DC+5DC=50DC

What am I missing?
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>>4321985
The fact that the roll is over and +/-5 doesn't change anything?
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>>4322288
wtf
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>>4322296
Pretty shameless way to shill your own quest Prof
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>>4322296
He jelly.
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>>4322296
I wounder if thats the guy that has the big ass rants here and should we go there just to call him a fag?
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>>4322296
Just a shitposter apparently.
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Sorry for the delay lads. Update incoming. Vote will remain open for 10 hours.
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> 1 Success: A woman of Ianthe’s maturity has flirted with the best of them. Your youthful sally is cute, but hardly effective. You will have to try much harder.
> Double Success: You glean some idea of the sensitive information she has for the Duke.

“Ma Belle, they say that the flower that blooms longest is the most cherished.” You rip that line straight out of one of your sister’s sappy romance novellas and, quite daring, plant a kiss on the back of the Patrikas Ianthe’s proffered hand.

The Patrikas blinks in surprise, before throwing her head back in lilting laughter. “Ahahahaa! Δόντια Δράκου! Forgive me, young man. I am not used to your Cantônian’s… ‘style’ of courtship. Nor did I really expect a virile youth like yourself would try your hand at an old woman like me.”

Although directed at you, her light laughter is not an altogether unpleasant sound. You have the good grace to see the humour in your own amateurish flirtations, rather than take offence at the lady’s mirth. From her expression as you sit down and talk over this warm drink, you suspect that your lack of ill-temper at the rejection has done miles more to raise yourself in her opinion than any amount of sweet words of affection.

You take another sip of the hot black liquid, realising that you have emptied the cup in not time at all. You blink in surprise, setting the cup down. “By the Book, that was good. What did you call it?”

“You like? I shall have another made for you.” With a snap of Ianthe’s fingers a demure young servant girl is summoned, retrieving your empty cup and disappearing into the villa kitchen. She didn’t look like a slave, but with these Cathagi you never know… “In the tongue of my Casta is it called ’Μαύρο νέκταρ’, though it is better colloquially known as ‘Khave’. Have I used this word correctly? ‘Colloquially’?”

“I believe you have use it perfectly, my lady. Your Cantīsh does you credit, Patrikas. My sister tells me you have been in exile for nearly a decade now. And that your exile has only been as comfortable as it is due to you selling state secrets.”

“You sister, a dangerous woman if I am not mistaken, is for the most part correct.” The twinkle in the sleek matron’s eye tells you that you’re not getting the whole story. Not yet, at any rate. “The things I know are considered valuable by some, this value allows me some small indulgences for a woman in her retirement. Servants, a roof over my head… good khave.”

“A perilous good for a woman to trade in. Information, that is.”

[1/3]
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“Oh, a lot of it is not so forbidden. Much of what I sell to Master Alberto of your Merchanta Caste is public information in my country, anyone with the rank to access the great library could read such things. But some things, recent news from my contacts in the Athenaeum, that kind of information is not suitable for the ears of one of your lower castes. Nor could they afford the price of such goods.”

“By ‘lower caste’ I take it you mean ruffians such as myself? I’m no Duke perhaps, but the Andrei line is among the oldest and purest of Romani noble stock.”

“I mean no offence, my sweet Μπέμπης. As you Cantonians have Lesser and Greater Nobility so too do we of the Old Empire have Lesser and Greater members of our castes. The things I would speak of, the growing hunger for chained flesh, recent shifts in tide between the Mudasae Sect and the rising star of the Merchanta Caste… it is not for your ears, nor would I try to bore you with it.”

What follows is a fairly pleasant discussion over further coffee, predominantly the details of your escort detail and what is expected of you. Most importantly, when you are to be obvious in your presence and when you are to make yourself scarce. Ianthe is a novice to the Pascae Court but clearly no initiate in the games of politics and powerplays, although perhaps her status as exile is a brutally honest indicator of where that lead her at home. You enjoy listening to the accented Cantīsh of the silver-haired minx, though she deftly bats away any further attempts to gain useful information. You leave the villa with a newfound energy entirely at odds with the tolls of the heavy drinking from the night before, veritably buzzing with vim and vigour so late in the day has you wondering whether indeed this ‘Khave’ is some kind of foreign potion after all. A potion of vitality, perhaps. You’ll have to see about sending Orin to the markets to pick up some more.

[2/3]
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You pause, the dipping Pascae sunset warm on your back, and think carefully. The Patrikas Ianthe was not an unpleasant woman, but she clearly thought of you as a young endearing fool. She could not have known of your dalliance with the clandestine in the past, or that the information she withheld would be of extreme interest to you. And extremely pricey, if you are to guess. If the information is valuable to the Duke, it must certainly be of like value to your family. It could also be relevant to your slaver case.

Normally you would never even consider such a thing. But the stakes are high and this pertinent information… you -must- know more, especially if it explains the prevalence of slaver activity and where this all leads. Even if it means overseeing more… direct means of acquiring such delicate information. The woman is off-limits, of course. You are no cad. But she must have been letters from her Cathagi contacts. If you could somehow acquire those…

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>It would be downright unchivalrous to consider ordering the burglary of a woman who you agreed to escort, and who you attempted to court just a few minutes ago. Even a foreign woman. You will take only what information is freely offered, to do anything else would be ungentlemanly. [Haughty]

>You have by no means established whether the Duke could sympathetic, or even actively involved with, the machinations of the Faction. You should set your people on those consorting with the Duke, see if the Patrikas’ info will be falling into the wrong hands. [Hearty]

> The fate of Cantonian freemen is potentially at stake. Next to that the personal property rights of a foreign woman pale in comparison. You will have your most trusted minions retrieve some evidence of what the Patrikas spoke of, hopefully this will be the break you needed in the slaver case. [Idealist]
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>>4322974
>It would be downright unchivalrous to consider ordering the burglary of a woman who you agreed to escort, and who you attempted to court just a few minutes ago. Even a foreign woman. You will take only what information is freely offered, to do anything else would be ungentlemanly. [Haughty]
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>>4322974
This is bad. We dont have anyone particularly suited for this.

Any breakin will require the letters not merely read but stolen as we will need them translated.

And few of our companions are that adept at socialising to get into the graces of the duke. Not unless sending our sister is an option.
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>>4322974
>It would be downright unchivalrous to consider ordering the burglary of a woman who you agreed to escort, and who you attempted to court just a few minutes ago. Even a foreign woman. You will take only what information is freely offered, to do anything else would be ungentlemanly. [Haughty]
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>>4322969
>and the rising star of the Merchanta Caste

DID SOMEONE NEED TO KICK SOME COPPER CLIPPER ASS? We should regale her with our own woes fighting against Merchants and bitch about how they have the best weapons but rarely the skill or will to wield them properly.

Also namedrop our Recommendation to the DG.

We could mention that we are thinking of taking it up, and therefore we could help later with her return to Cathagi - or if we decide against it, perhaps we could pass it on to someone with kind intentions towards her.

In exchange, she could help us round up this slaver ring.

>It would be downright unchivalrous to consider ordering the burglary of a woman who you agreed to escort, and who you attempted to court just a few minutes ago. Even a foreign woman. You will take only what information is freely offered, to do anything else would be ungentlemanly. [Haughty]

Just openly approach her about it.
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>>4323012
>>4322974
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>>4323012
FYI I am 100% pro-Dragon Guard.
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>>4322974
>> The fate of Cantonian freemen is potentially at stake. Next to that the personal property rights of a foreign woman pale in comparison. You will have your most trusted minions retrieve some evidence of what the Patrikas spoke of, hopefully this will be the break you needed in the slaver case. [Idealist]
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>>4322974
>>It would be downright unchivalrous to consider ordering the burglary of a woman who you agreed to escort, and who you attempted to court just a few minutes ago. Even a foreign woman. You will take only what information is freely offered, to do anything else would be ungentlemanly. [Haughty]
> write-in
Let it be known to her that we intend to take up a period of service with the Dragonroi, show her the letter for good measure. If she can reveal information to us and perhaps prep us for our time in her old home, we can also exchange letters with her from our posting, keeping her abreast of the latest happenings from the heart of their kingdom.

Hmm. Probably the best option.

Approach her openly, treat with her as an equal with things we both wish for and can offer. It would likely also gain us some respect in her eyes if we do this and can also bring something to the table to trade.
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>>4322974
>It would be downright unchivalrous to consider ordering the burglary of a woman who you agreed to escort, and who you attempted to court just a few minutes ago. Even a foreign woman. You will take only what information is freely offered, to do anything else would be ungentlemanly. [Haughty]
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>>4322974
>It would be downright unchivalrous to consider ordering the burglary of a woman who you agreed to escort, and who you attempted to court just a few minutes ago. Even a foreign woman. You will take only what information is freely offered, to do anything else would be ungentlemanly. [Haughty]
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>>4323012
>>4322974
This makes sense and leaves it open whether we join the dragonguard or not. It also might lead to allies during our time in Carthag.

+1 support.
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>>4320315
This is me>>4323055

> technically sfw but I don't wanna risk it

> https://static1.e621.net/data/0f/06/0f0624e50cd7c2aa3d683b0a41a1849b.gif
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>>4322974
>You have by no means established whether the Duke could sympathetic, or even actively involved with, the machinations of the Faction. You should set your people on those consorting with the Duke, see if the Patrikas’ info will be falling into the wrong hands. [Hearty]
>It would be downright unchivalrous to consider ordering the burglary of a woman who you agreed to escort, and who you attempted to court just a few minutes ago. Even a foreign woman. You will take only what information is freely offered, to do anything else would be ungentlemanly. [Haughty]

Well this should be interesting, Carthaggi seems to have a spike in slave trade as well as a shifting dynamic in Medusae caste AND some copperclippers rising to prominence interesting.

>>4323012
I swear the only thing worse than a copperclipper is a Heathen slaving copperclipper
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>>4323064
I'm all for librarian sex, but how is this sfw?
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>>4323081
Technically no genitals or erogenous zones showing.
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>>4323078
Marry, Fuck, Kill

Heathen, Slaver, Copperclipper.

Who do you pick for what? "Kill all" is not a valid choice.
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>>4322974
>It would be downright unchivalrous to consider ordering the burglary of a woman who you agreed to escort, and who you attempted to court just a few minutes ago. Even a foreign woman. You will take only what information is freely offered, to do anything else would be ungentlemanly. [Haughty]

>Approach her openly and namedrop our Recommendation to the DG.

I’m fully pro joining the DG for a stint as well.

>>4320219
Linking previous ID
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>>4322974
>You have by no means established whether the Duke could sympathetic, or even actively involved with, the machinations of the Faction. You should set your people on those consorting with the Duke, see if the Patrikas’ info will be falling into the wrong hands. [Hearty

>>4320408
This is me;
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>>4323081
I mean, I've seen things on Mexican TV way more graphic so I guess it depends where you live.
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>>4323091
Fuck the heathen, kill the slaver, marry the copperclipper
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>>4322974
>>You have by no means established whether the Duke could sympathetic, or even actively involved with, the machinations of the Faction. You should set your people on those consorting with the Duke, see if the Patrikas’ info will be falling into the wrong hands. [Hearty]
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>>4323087
sfw entails that it would not be harmful to watch at work.
Hence "safe for work"
that is just porn.
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>>4322974
>>You have by no means established whether the Duke could sympathetic, or even actively involved with, the machinations of the Faction. You should set your people on those consorting with the Duke, see if the Patrikas’ info will be falling into the wrong hands. [Hearty]
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>>4322974

>>It would be downright unchivalrous to consider ordering the burglary of a woman who you agreed to escort, and who you attempted to court just a few minutes ago. Even a foreign woman. You will take only what information is freely offered, to do anything else would be ungentlemanly. [Haughty]

With this write-in too.

>>4323039

We haven't been running our mouth much about joining the Dragon Guard, but it is a relatively common thing for young knights to go and serve if they have a recommendation. Showing this level of interest in her homeland might be adding more leverage for further inroads with the Patrikas, either political lewd or otherwise. Plus, shared distaste for copperclippers of all stripes is automatically a point in her favour. It's not like we have anyone really capable at skulduggery or courtly intrigue in our retinue yet.
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>>4323091
Fuck up copperclippers
Kill slavers
Marry heathen Knightfu
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>>4323091

Marry Heathen, Fuck Slaver, Kill Copperclipper.

Marrying a heathen pulls them into the light of the Almighty's blessing, Slavers don't deserve His love, and Copperclippers are better off dead than scrabbling in the gutters for the off-cuttings of their pennies. It's a stern, but required mercy.
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>>4323116
That's kinda tripe the last three or four threads have had at least one or two discussions about it and the "discussion" around it's happened for longer
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>>4322974
>You have by no means established whether the Duke could sympathetic, or even actively involved with, the machinations of the Faction. You should set your people on those consorting with the Duke, see if the Patrikas’ info will be falling into the wrong hands. [Hearty]
>It would be downright unchivalrous to consider ordering the burglary of a woman who you agreed to escort, and who you attempted to court just a few minutes ago. Even a foreign woman. You will take only what information is freely offered, to do anything else would be ungentlemanly. [Haughty]
Disgusting. These slavers will pay
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I guess the major question we should ask ourselves is why is the Duke interested in the Carthaggi affairs is it just in the interest of trade or is their something more at play?
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>>4323273
I mean, how could he not be interested regardless.
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>>4323124
>>4323118
Y'alls know "Fuck" means sex, right?

But I like the explaining done here >>4323124
Even if I disagree.
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>>4323286
Well to play advocacy its Carthaggi, events there are not always going to carry consequence to Pascae and events in Canton could be more important.
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>>4323297
But this is a major port, where Carthaggi, Norsikaan, Langlish, and Canton interests collide. Gotta stay on top of all that to turn a profit not just in the present, but to create future profits.
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>>4322974
It would be downright unchivalrous to consider ordering the burglary of a woman who you agreed to escort, and who you attempted to court just a few minutes ago. Even a foreign woman. You will take only what information is freely offered, to do anything else would be ungentlemanly. [Haughty]
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>>4323312
Yes I discard the natural interest in trade though because its a given that any well interested or savvy duke will be interested up to a point about the effect on trade.
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>>4322974
>>4323012
I'll back this
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>>4322974
>>It would be downright unchivalrous to consider ordering the burglary of a woman who you agreed to escort, and who you attempted to court just a few minutes ago. Even a foreign woman. You will take only what information is freely offered, to do anything else would be ungentlemanly. [Haughty]
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>>4322974
Tally

>It would be downright unchivalrous [ Haughty ]
11 votes (2 secondary, 4 write-in supports, 1 without greentext)

>You have by no means [ Hearty ]
5 votes

> The fate of Cantonian freemen [ Idealist ]
1 vote

Looks like Emille priortising MILF/Chivalry over Immediate investigation is the route

are these Tallies actually helping forgotten?

>>4322979
>>4323093
Single posts not linking to previous ID

>>4323078
mine own post for reference
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>>4323390
I'd be surprised if he doesn't still check for himself just to make sure no shenanigans are afoot
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>>4323391
yeah I can't fault secondguessing but I just hope this helps smooths things along
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>>4322974
>>It would be downright unchivalrous to consider ordering the burglary of a woman who you agreed to escort, and who you attempted to court just a few minutes ago. Even a foreign woman. You will take only what information is freely offered, to do anything else would be ungentlemanly. [Haughty]
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>>4322974
>>It would be downright unchivalrous to consider ordering the burglary of a woman who you agreed to escort, and who you attempted to court just a few minutes ago. Even a foreign woman. You will take only what information is freely offered, to do anything else would be ungentlemanly. [Haughty]
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>>4322974
>>It would be downright unchivalrous to consider ordering the burglary of a woman who you agreed to escort, and who you attempted to court just a few minutes ago. Even a foreign woman. You will take only what information is freely offered, to do anything else would be ungentlemanly. [Haughty]

and these
>>4323012
>>4323039
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>>4322974
>> The fate of Cantonian freemen is potentially at stake. Next to that the personal property rights of a foreign woman pale in comparison. You will have your most trusted minions retrieve some evidence of what the Patrikas spoke of, hopefully this will be the break you needed in the slaver case. [Idealist]
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>>4323390
I still have to count them and check IDs myself, so the tally is a tad redundant. Reminding me of the DC factors I forget as we go definitely is helpful though.
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>It would be downright unchivalrous to consider ordering the burglary of a woman who you agreed to escort, and who you attempted to court just a few minutes ago. Even a foreign woman. You will take only what information is freely offered, to do anything else would be ungentlemanly. [Haughty] But you will ask her openly tomorrow at the Ball

You smirk humourlessly at your own consideration of ordering any such foolishness. Ianthe, a women of good breeding and manners despite her slaver background, has given you no cause to pry any further into her business without her consent. As for the Duke, well… you know better than most the old adage ‘rouse not the sleeping bear’. For all his tolerance of foreign trade and foreign coin, you have no inclination to get on the Duke Pascae’s bad side. You’re treading on enough toes in this city as it is…

No, you will do the job you have been assigned to do and not indulge in any skulduggery. Especially not against the woman who is technically your charge. If you wish to press her for information that can be done through another face-to-face meeting. Over khave.

The street leading right from the Patrikas’ villa leads to your current residence in the city. You ignore it, turning left instead into the shadier part of town. Downhill. To the docks.

[1/2]
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[2/2]

You hand your tabard over to Jess the Kid when you arrive, no need to give more of the game away than strictly necessary.

“Has our guest said anything of use?” Brother Rousseau shrugs in response to your question. You note the man has covered his white cloak in an altogether shabbier version, doubtless a Knights Comitas kidnapping people off the street could have undesirable effects on the order’s reputation. “I suppose even if he did neither of you would be in much position to tell me. He’s had time enough to think on his position at any rate. Take me to him.”

Jimmy the Lie lies tied to a chair in the dimly lit warehouse. Your nose wrinkles at a stench as you enter the room, the man has soiled himself. Piss drips from his trouser leg, any semblance of bravado seems to have long drained from the man. Jimmy the Lie is scared, no doubt. But a man like Jimmy the Lie knows full well that talking about his business would make him a corpse at the hand of his masters within the week as surely a noose around his neck would make him a corpse now. Jimmy the Lie may be scared, but he might not be more scared of you than he is whoever holds his leash.

The man is a pimp, a lowlife. The most sordid sort of scum that there is to be found in the underbelly of this city and, if the Nightwatch is to be believed, a trafficker in children for perverse pleasures. If there was ever any individual you met in your life that deserved to be put the question with iron, it is he. Except perhaps for the false knight Vancewell, but he at least has since paid for his crimes.

You contemplate the darker side of your nature that would genuinely enjoy harming this man, questions be damned. Even if the lives of future potential victims, children, were not at stake.

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(1) Stance on torture
> “You are already well-acquainted with my companions. Violent sorts, when the mood strikes them. Or when ordered. I trust you will not make such measures necessary.” You will imply harm to the man should he hold his tongue or speak falsely, but no more than that. With a criminal of his ilk, that should be sufficient. [Haughty]

> “The masked individual to your left has a number of sharp instruments, tools of the trade. If you lie, or are slow to answer, my companion will begin using them.” This man is the lowest of the low, and his information could directly save more worthy lives. The tools are there and, if necessary, you will make use of them. [Hearty]

> “I don’t think I need to stress the precariousness of your position. Answer my questions and you will leave unharmed. You have my word.” You have decided that you have no taste for the art of torture, even when inflicted upon those arguably most deserving of it. [Idealist]


(2) Write-in
> Questions
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>>4323495
>“I don’t think I need to stress the precariousness of your position. Answer my questions and you will leave unharmed. You have my word.” You have decided that you have no taste for the art of torture, even when inflicted upon those arguably most deserving of it. [Idealist]

Any information or confession obtained through torture will be invalid in a court trial, so we will not be able use it as evidence. Remember that we're supposed to apply the Law of Adam on behalf of the Praetors. There's also the fact that we straight up kidnapped this man.
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>>4323495
> “The masked individual to your left has a number of sharp instruments, tools of the trade. If you lie, or are slow to answer, my companion will begin using them.” This man is the lowest of the low, and his information could directly save more worthy lives. The tools are there and, if necessary, you will make use of them. [Hearty]

I'll leave the questions for the cleverer anons but I'd like to add that whilst threatening him, or attempting to ply answers, we should hint that he need not die, here or otherwise. Suggest that if he answers truthfully, we'll give him coin to survive and smuggle him out of the city as long as he promises to find a new trade.

Obviously we wont, he is the lowest scum, but a glimmer of hope might do wonders to open his mouth

>Any information or confession obtained through torture will be invalid in a court trial

I don't think that's true at all in Canton
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>>4323498
Meant to link to you in my previous post. I might be wrong but I don't think there is anything preventing using information gained via torture to convict someone in this world. I think it's even pretty common practice with the lower classes or anyone thought to have committed a particularly bad crime
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>>4323495
>> “You are already well-acquainted with my companions. Violent sorts, when the mood strikes them. Or when ordered. I trust you will not make such measures necessary.” You will imply harm to the man should he hold his tongue or speak falsely, but no more than that. With a criminal of his ilk, that should be sufficient. [Haughty]

I want to say something along the lines of ''the only thing stopping me from beating you within an inch of this world & the allmighty is you have information of a wretched nature for me''

I think we should frame this as he is already dead, the difference is how painful we or his masters make it and right now we can make it EXCEEDINGLY VIOLENT and PAINFUL

Questions
>People with an extreme appetite for violent deviancy even among his clients

>''Odd'' characters around or visiting the Brothel maybe someone who chickened out or was banned for taking things too far?

>Members of the clergy as clients? if so who and do they exhibit strange tendencys

>Nobles or scholars as clients? if so who and do they exhibit strange tendencys

>Anyone who could be involved in the murders

>Any night owls with a particularly sharp demeanour

>>4323498
>Any information or confession obtained through torture will be invalid in a court trial

Pascae may be civilised but I highly doubt thats the case.
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>>4323495
>> “The masked individual to your left has a number of sharp instruments, tools of the trade. If you lie, or are slow to answer, my companion will begin using them.” This man is the lowest of the low, and his information could directly save more worthy lives. The tools are there and, if necessary, you will make use of them. [Hearty]
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>>4323499
>>I'll leave the questions for the cleverer anons but I'd like to add that whilst threatening him, or attempting to ply answers, we should hint that he need not die, here or otherwise. Suggest that if he answers truthfully, we'll give him coin to survive and smuggle him out of the city as long as he promises to find a new trade.

>Obviously we wont, he is the lowest scum, but a glimmer of hope might do wonders to open his mouth

This is a straight up lie and will break our His Word Speaks Only Truth code again when we've just had penance for breaking it already. Breaking it a second time won't simply incur the consequence of having to just do penance again. It will likely lock us from taking it again.


>Meant to link to you in my previous post. I might be wrong but I don't think there is anything preventing using information gained via torture to convict someone in this world. I think it's even pretty common practice with the lower classes or anyone thought to have committed a particularly bad crime

The central head figure of Canton's religion (Salve Regina) is literally a victim of torture. Canton's law is the law of her son, Adam. He would not deem torture to be an acceptable method under his law especially after what happened to his own mother. The Praetors are an aligned Adam order.

Emile is a devout knight of Slave Regina, the Mother of Mercy. He can easily see the utter hypocrisy of claiming to be a man of Salve Regina's faith while practicing torture like the slavers practiced it on her.
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>>4323512
I'll give it to you that I totally forgot about the oaths, it's been a while.

>Canton's law is the law of her son, Adam. He would not deem torture to be an acceptable method under his law especially after what happened to his own mother.

I am almost certain you are wrong. In the thread where we caught that criminal spying on us for the bandits in the forest there was talk of torturing him for information. It was made clear that whilst grisly, it was acceptable and even performed by knights. We chose not to do it, but it was implied that our brother and others were familiar with the necessity.
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>>4323495
>> “The masked individual to your left has a number of sharp instruments, tools of the trade. If you lie, or are slow to answer, my companion will begin using them.” This man is the lowest of the low, and his information could directly save more worthy lives. The tools are there and, if necessary, you will make use of them. [Hearty]
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>>4323512
Pastebin says we've only taken the following

>"His Blade Defends the Helpless"
>"His Heart Knows Only Virtue
>"His Might Upholds The Weak"

so unless I'm missing something it should not apply to us yet.

>The central head figure of Canton's religion (Salve Regina) is literally a victim of torture

and the Order dedicated to her representative on earth were more than willing to engage in the act to elicit information from suspected bluejays or straight up innocent men in their expedition into Fallavon.

>Canton's law is the law of her son, Adam. He would not deem torture to be an acceptable method under his law

Please cite specifically were you got this information I'd like to see it myself because beyond a vague ''civilised society is ruled by the law of adam'' I have no idea what the laws of adam constitute
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>>4323495
>> “The masked individual to your left has a number of sharp instruments, tools of the trade. If you lie, or are slow to answer, my companion will begin using them.” This man is the lowest of the low, and his information could directly save more worthy lives. The tools are there and, if necessary, you will make use of them. [Hearty]
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>>4323495
>> “I don’t think I need to stress the precariousness of your position. Answer my questions and you will leave unharmed. You have my word.” You have decided that you have no taste for the art of torture, even when inflicted upon those arguably most deserving of it. [Idealist]
Given the state of the man i don't think torture is necessary, but given the wording he only avoids it if he gives us answers. Maybe go good cop on him, after the two creepy mutes, somebody willing to talk and tell you what the hell is going on must be a god send.

> Questions
Has any of the Johns told his "workers" anything about a slave ring or had a sudden influx of exotic coin.
Did any of the murdered whores have anything in common? Appearance, age, clients, origin or strong/lacking faith?
Ask about Lazar, something called the shard, who hired labour the excavation, if any of his clients are priest who went on a trip and came back "different".
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>>4323506
>I want to say something along the lines of ''the only thing stopping me from beating you within an inch of this world & the allmighty is you have information of a wretched nature for me''

>I think we should frame this as he is already dead, the difference is how painful we or his masters make it and right now we can make it EXCEEDINGLY VIOLENT and PAINFUL

This will not work on someone who knows he will die either way. He has no reason to reveal any true information. Torture itself is an ineffective method of gathering information. Even the CIA admit that it's ineffective and doesn't yield results.

>FM 34-52 Intelligence Interrogation, the United States Army field manual, explains that torture "is a poor technique that yields unreliable results, may damage subsequent collection efforts, and can induce the source to say what he thinks the interrogator wants to hear."

Not only is torture ineffective at gathering reliable information, but it also increases the difficulty of gathering information from a source in the future.

>>4323519
That was in Fallavon where the law is pretty much whatever the hell the lord deems it to be. That has nothing to do with Adam's Law or whether torture is acceptable under it. Also, where is it said that torture is an acceptable method to interrogate crime suspects to gather information? Robert Gilbern is the only I can think who used torture, but he was torturing beastmen who don't Adam's Law applied to them (even though it is forbidden to enslave them). He's a Reginate. They're outside the law and carry extrajudicial executions.
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>>4323549
>Torture itself is an ineffective method of gathering information. Even the CIA admit that it's ineffective and doesn't yield results.

Mate this game is not real life

>That was in Fallavon where the law is pretty much whatever the hell the lord deems it to be

Fallavon still adheres to Cantons laws, they're just stricter and punishments are harsher.

>That has nothing to do with Adam's Law or whether torture is acceptable under it.

I'm too tired to delve the archives for this, although I'm sure it's been at least implied. Hopefully Forgotten can give us an answer as to what Emile knows to be true of the laws surrounding torture.
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>>4323523
>Sworn to valour thread #19
>Breached ‘His Word Speaks Only Truth’ -10DC

Never mind I clearly forgot we actually took it.

>>4323549
So the alternative is we rely on his good will to tell us the truth? that hardly seems better in fact I'd rather prefer torture meta be damned that the information may be unreliable, this man runs a buisness for Pedophiles and god knows what other debasments for profit.

>Robert Gilbern is the only I can think who used torture, but he was torturing beastmen who don't Adam's Law applied to them

The Expedition lead by the order Reginae tortured Men who we specifically came across for information regarding the Bluejays and the ruins.
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>>4323523
What you're missing is that you can break Knight's Codes even if you didn't take them. Forgotten locked it and told us that we broke it. We didn't unlock it until we did penance for breaking it.

>and the Order dedicated to her representative on earth were more than willing to engage in the act to elicit information from suspected bluejays or straight up innocent men in their expedition into Fallavon.

Where did the Knights Comitas engage in torture? It was only us and our companions.

>Please cite specifically were you got this information I'd like to see it myself because beyond a vague ''civilised society is ruled by the law of adam'' I have no idea what the laws of adam constitue

We got Path of Adam for not to torturing the scout and promising him protection if he revealed the truth. We got Path of Cain and Path of Thorns for torturing the bandits.
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>>4323560
yeah I realise that now as per >>4323558

>Where did the Knights Comitas engage in torture? It was only us and our companions.

Not Knight Comitas, Order reginae the ones whos duties specifically revolve around exacting the will of the Queen who is Salve reginaes representative in Canton and the world

>We got Path of Adam for not to torturing the scout

yeah I'm not actually disputing mercy or an aversion of torture being something far closer aligned closer Adam than Cain or thorns I'm asking specifically for a cition on what the law of adam strictly is.
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>>4323553
>Mate this game is not real life

Which applies real life logic. There's no difference between real life torture and the torture here.

>Fallavon still adheres to Cantons laws, they're just stricter and punishments are harsher.

Fallavon adheres to its own law and the law of it's own lords. It has been stated many times that Fallavon's law is draconian compared to the law of other duchies which are very different.

>>4323558
>So the alternative is we rely on his good will to tell us the truth? that hardly seems better in fact I'd rather prefer torture meta be damned that the information may be unreliable

The alternative is to give him an incentivising reason to reveal the truth. Promising his sentence to be something other than execution for example in exchange for true information and helping us in our investigation.
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>>4323495
> “The masked individual to your left has a number of sharp instruments, tools of the trade. If you lie, or are slow to answer, my companion will begin using them.” This man is the lowest of the low, and his information could directly save more worthy lives. The tools are there and, if necessary, you will make use of them. [Hearty]

Write-ins
"I care little for the secrets of perverted nobles and filthy merchants that your bosses would kill you for revealing. I'm tracking one particular individual who brought unwanted attention and harm to your business by mutilating the children you hold in thrall. Tell me about that incident. "

>Did he had the appearance of a priest or was accompany by one?
>He may have acted strangely and repeat the say word without making sense.
>Were members of the Golden Sun Company among your clients? When did they came last? what were their names?
>Who are there local assosiates?
>Have there been other recent clients who have similarly exceeded the standards of your den of depravity?
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>>4323570
>Not Knight Comitas, Order reginae the ones whos duties specifically revolve around exacting the will of the Queen who is Salve reginaes representative in Canton and the world

The Order Reginae are a secular order. They're neither an Adam aligned nor are they representatives of Salve Regina. I think you're confusing the Queen with Salve Regina. The Queen doesn't give a damn about being the representative of Salve Regina, the Mother of Mercy. The Queen ordered every single witness to what happened in the ruins to be killed without exception.

>yeah I'm not actually disputing mercy or an aversion of torture being something far closer aligned closer Adam than Cain or thorns I'm asking specifically for a cition on what the law of adam strictly is.

The Law of Adam is the law created by Adam. We can ask the Adam aligned Praetors for details if you want.
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> another 'le morality' episode
ffs Forgotten these became stale after the third shitstorm.

>>4323495
> “You are already well-acquainted with my companions. Violent sorts, when the mood strikes them. Or when ordered. I trust you will not make such measures necessary.” You will imply harm to the man should he hold his tongue or speak falsely, but no more than that. With a criminal of his ilk, that should be sufficient. [Haughty]

Hopefully this isn't considered a lie. I'll leave the questions to more interested Anons.
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>>4323593
>I think you're confusing the Queen with Salve Regina. The Queen doesn't give a damn about being the representative of Salve Regina, the Mother of Mercy. The Queen ordered every single witness to what happened in the ruins to be killed without exception.

Dude Sworn to valour #1 Forgottens own words
>The Queen is technically the Head of Church in Canton, bearing the title Mater Reginae

the queen is the rather litreally the head of the church she is the female pope for all intents and purposes, its part of the reason why the position of queen has as much political power as she does to commonly contend openly with the king, the Order Reginae is specifically tied to the queen as her bodyguard, they are as far from secular as they get.

The fact she is implicated as the Authority the order Reginae were acting on should have terrible implications for what kind of person is leading the church.

That aside I imagine the technical aspect of the quote is that their may be a solid case for Salve reginae and the queen not being related but that information is lacking at present to draw conclusions

Shit Sworn to valour #4 covers why
>the members of the Order Reginae often benefit from the Queens long reaching immunity to most Canton laws. Execution of a noble before their appeal was heard would be considered murder in Romaine… unless it was carried out at the bidding of the Queen.

The only reason the Order reginae are able to act in paralegal way is because of their rather extensive cover from the law as an extention of the queens Authority.

>The Law of Adam is the law created by Adam. We can ask the Adam aligned Praetors for details if you want.

I believe that may be in order, but I'd suggest actually saying it precludes anything until we have a solid understanding of it and any nuance that can provide regarding it.
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>>4323611
>The Queen is technically the Head of Church in Canton, bearing the title Mater Reginae

I don't understand how this is supposed to be against what I said? The fact that the Queen is the temporal head of the Canton's Church doesn't make her Salve Regina. The Pope isn't Jesus Christ.

>The fact she is implicated as the Authority the order Reginae were acting on should have terrible implications for what kind of person is leading the church.

Again, the Order Reginae have nothing to do with Salve Regina or Adam. It is literally stated in the pastebin that they're a secular order. They are the Queen's agents, nothing more, nothing less.

>The members of the Order Reginae often benefit from the Queens long reaching immunity to most Canton laws. Execution of a noble before their appeal was heard would be considered murder in Romaine… unless it was carried out at the bidding of the Queen.

Yeah, which is exactly what I said. They're an order outside the Law of Adam who carry out extrajudicial killings.

>I believe that may be in order, but I'd suggest actually saying it precludes anything until we have a solid understanding of it and any nuance that can provide regarding it.

The Path of Adam gives a very good understanding of the Law of Adam.
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>>4323580
Support.
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>>4323618
I never said she WAS salve reginae I said she was the reginae's representative you know this I quoted it at you.

>Again, the Order Reginae have nothing to do with Salve Regina or Adam. It is literally stated in the pastebin that they're a secular order. They are the Queen's agents, nothing more, nothing less.

And that supposed secularism is immediatlly compromised by the fact her power, position & authority are derived from theocratic means as head of the church which is not secular by definition why its even labeled as such is obscene in contradiction.
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>>4323634
>I never said she WAS salve reginae I said she was the reginae's representative you know this I quoted it at you.

Where is it stated that the Queen is the representative of Salve Regina and not just the head of Canton's Church? Even if she is the representative of Salve Regina, the Mother of Mercy, she has clearly shirked that duty in that role by her actions such as in the ruins (which Emile knows of).

>And that supposed secularism is immediatlly compromised by the fact her power, position & authority are derived from theocratic means as head of the church which is not secular by definition why its even labeled as such is obscene in contradiction.

It is not supposed. It is literally stated in the pastebin that they're a secular order. Your own personal disagreements on what should be considered secular are irrelevant.
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>>4323495
>> “You are already well-acquainted with my companions. Violent sorts, when the mood strikes them. Or when ordered. I trust you will not make such measures necessary.” You will imply harm to the man should he hold his tongue or speak falsely, but no more than that. With a criminal of his ilk, that should be sufficient. [Haughty]
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>>4323495
>“The masked individual to your left has a number of sharp instruments, tools of the trade. If you lie, or are slow to answer, my companion will begin using them.” This man is the lowest of the low, and his information could directly save more worthy lives. The tools are there and, if necessary, you will make use of them. [Hearty]

Also I like this >>4323580
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>>4323643
Okay I may have mussed it a little but here we are from Sworn to Valour #15

>The Queen is the Almighty’s representative among the living, a splinter of the divine Salve Reginae ordained by the heavens to rule.

So its more the case she is the Almighty's representative and has a possession of Salve Reginae's divine right within her [/spoiler]Is this where a kings divine right to rule comes from in Canton?[/spoiler]


>Muh secular
I will concede that I am actually wrong on this as a secondary definition of secular is in a clergical sense ''not subject to or bound by religious rule; not belonging to or living in a monastic or other order''

Today I learned something
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>>4323495
>> “The masked individual to your left has a number of sharp instruments, tools of the trade. If you lie, or are slow to answer, my companion will begin using them.” This man is the lowest of the low, and his information could directly save more worthy lives. The tools are there and, if necessary, you will make use of them. [Hearty]
>People with an extreme appetite for violent deviancy even among his clients
>Members of the clergy as clients? if so who and do they exhibit violent tendencys
>Nobles or scholars as clients? if so who and do they exhibit violent tendencys
>''Odd'' characters around or visiting the Brothel maybe someone who was banned for taking things too far?
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>>4323495
(1) Stance on torture
> “You are already well-acquainted with my companions. Violent sorts, when the mood strikes them. Or when ordered. I trust you will not make such measures necessary.” You will imply harm to the man should he hold his tongue or speak falsely, but no more than that. With a criminal of his ilk, that should be sufficient. [Haughty]

I will leave thr questions to some one smarter then me.
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>>4323495
> “I don’t think I need to stress the precariousness of your position. Answer my questions and you will leave unharmed. You have my word. Should you persist in betraying not just Canton, but the Almighty, then I shall be forced to do my duty and inflict upon you indignity of the body for the sake of your soul. In the end, eventually, you WILL repent.” You have decided that you have no taste for the art of torture, even when inflicted upon those arguably most deserving of it, but if you are given no choice then you shall not shirk. The Angel walks with you after all. [Idealist]

This guy works with psychos? We should start in with the angel talk. Mention our concern for his immortal soul, that the transient tortures of the flesh are not to be concerned about.

Strip off our shirt and show him our lightning scar, talk about how we have been touched by the power of the Almighty.

Implore him to recant while he still can, that we are hunting an evil that goes beyond the scope of Humanity and has entered the realm of the Foe. Not just murder, but *ritual* murder.

If he still resists, then we can go on to torture while apologizing the while for your inability to convince him otherwise.
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>>4323674
I was pretty sure the King was married to the Salvae Regina, just that she isn't the OG Regina but the inheritor of the role, elected from within the Church specifically to marry the next King and thereby keep Church and State united.
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>>4323495
>> “The masked individual to your left has a number of sharp instruments, tools of the trade. If you lie, or are slow to answer, my companion will begin using them.” This man is the lowest of the low, and his information could directly save more worthy lives. The tools are there and, if necessary, you will make use of them. [Hearty]
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>>4323495
> “The masked individual to your left has a number of sharp instruments, tools of the trade. If you lie, or are slow to answer, my companion will begin using them.” This man is the lowest of the low, and his information could directly save more worthy lives. The tools are there and, if necessary, you will make use of them. [Hearty]

>>4323580
We can start with these questions
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>>4323495
>> “The masked individual to your left has a number of sharp instruments, tools of the trade. If you lie, or are slow to answer, my companion will begin using them.” This man is the lowest of the low, and his information could directly save more worthy lives. The tools are there and, if necessary, you will make use of them. [Hearty]
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>>4323495
> “The masked individual to your left has a number of sharp instruments, tools of the trade. If you lie, or are slow to answer, my companion will begin using them.” This man is the lowest of the low, and his information could directly save more worthy lives. The tools are there and, if necessary, you will make use of them. [Hearty]

>People with an extreme appetite for violent deviancy even among his clients

>''Odd'' characters around or visiting the Brothel maybe someone who chickened out or was banned for taking things too far?

>Members of the clergy as clients? if so who and do they exhibit strange tendencys

>Nobles or scholars as clients? if so who and do they exhibit strange tendencys

>Anyone who could be involved in the murders

>Any night owls with a particularly sharp demeanour

I'm open to making the offer to let him go peacefully first before resorting to torture, though.
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From a strictly legal sense, torture has been used to glean confessions across Canton. Bibles are typically exempt from such practices, and Pascae has more legal protections for commoners than most. Adam obviously had a dim view of the practice, but either this area of law was not well established before his martyrdom or centuries of practicality have blurred any prohibitions on the practice when it comes to criminals.

But remember, neither your kidnapping nor interrogation of this man has been undertaken with the official sanction of the Ordo Praetor. You have been operating strictly off the grid here.
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>>4324182
*Nobles are typically exempt
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>>4323580
Supporting this
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>>4324182
Can we bring in Father Towbray to hear the guys confession before we kill him?
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>>4324592
No one must know what we have been doing as its illegal.
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>>4324609
> Not trusting Father Towbray

He follows a higher law.
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>>4324628
He probs going to burn down the hole
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>>4324633
Are we opposed to that?
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>>4324640
I wpuld rather we tell the lawbringer kinghts and have them do it.
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>>4324763
But if the only option was burning it or not burning it? If the Lawbringer Knights refused?
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>>4324792
Would love to see it burn down but would want all the bad people taken down instand of them just runing away and starting all back up again.
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>>4324937
I mean regardless of if we follow or disregard the law some or most of these cockroaches are going to get away largely unscathed due to privliege or copperclipper bullshit.
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>>4324977
Well we could rile up fanatical mob and burn the place down if the church acepts that we are blessed by an angel
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>>4324937
That's why you lock the doors before setting the fire.

>>4325019
You get it.
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>>4325056
But all the kids are going to be in there.
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>>4325094
>even when not playing prince the orphans still die
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So, Sir Emile Andrei, the ''honourable'', ''just'', and ''good'' knight, will abduct people from the street and torture them, eh? So much for being a devout man I guess. This is like someone claiming to be a man of Christ while crucifying people at the same time.
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>>4325131
>This is like someone claiming to be a man of Christ while crucifying people at the same time.

You uh... might want to read a history book homie
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>>4325131
its the duality of humanity I guess
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>>4325131
As forgotten once said.

A Great Knight does not mean A Good Knight.
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>>4325131
emilie isn't some one dimensional character he was quite disgusted by the goings on in the "hole" so to say he's above treating trash like trash is reaching this man peddles in children the most innocent of the innocent if gods fury and an eternity in hell are reserved for any it would be for men like him
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> “The masked individual to your left has a number of sharp instruments, tools of the trade. If you lie, or are slow to answer, my companion will begin using them.” This man is the lowest of the low, and his information could directly save more worthy lives. The tools are there and, if necessary, you will make use of them. [Hearty]
GAIN +1 Step on the Path of Cain [9]
GAIN +2 Steps on the Path of Thorns [6]
Unlocked new Path of Thorns trait!
(6) The Weak Should Fear the Strong: If you hold the DC advantage in combat gain +1 Combat Re-Roll.


>Questions
-Did he have the appearance of a priest or was accompany by one?
-He may have acted strangely and repeat the same word without making sense.
-Were members of the Golden Sun Company among your clients? When did they came last? what were their names? Very good.
-Who are there local associates?
-Have there been other recent clients who have similarly exceeded the standards of your den of depravity?

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> Unreasonable Request / Higher Social Standing 40DC
> Wealth +5DC
> Attire +0 (Tabard removed)
> Noble Privilege +1 Re-Roll
> Torture +10DC, +2 Re-Roll, +1 Adverse Re-Roll
>Write-in (murderer focus) +15DC
> 70DC

Double Fail = Under duress. A man will say anything when tortured. Some information is false.
0 = Jimmy the Lie was either surprisingly brave or, more likely, genuinely knew nothing. This was especially unfortunate for him, given the nature of the interrogation. Body found floating by the docks…
1 = Jimmy the Lie talks, but he has little useful to say. Most of the information ripped from him is of dubious reliability. His extremities have seen better times, but he’ll live. If you decide to allow it.
2 = Jimmy the Lie, after some persuasion, spills the beans. The information needs to be verified, but it’s enough to narrow down your suspects to a point where the Praetor’s direct involvement would be justified.
3 = Jimmy the Lie has a good memory. And, in true copper-clipper style, he ran his sordid business as efficiently as any banker. There are records. Paper trails. Evidence. He tells you exactly where to find it.
Double Success = Caved quickly. No actual torture is required.


3 rolls of 1d100. You have THREE re-rolls. Your opponent has ONE re-roll.

Spare the rod, spoil the child…
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Rolled 4 (1d100)

>>4325197
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Rolled 33 (1d100)

>>4325197
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>>4325197
>the Weak Should Fear the Strong: If you hold the DC advantage in combat gain +1 Combat Re-Roll.

Hot damn
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Rolled 89 (1d100)

>>4325197
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Rolled 51 (1d100)

>>4325206
i rerOll
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Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>4325209
I will attempt to counter your result with the adverse roll.
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>>4325198
>>4325201
>>4325209
>>4325210

Awww yeah, bad day to be a filthy copper clipper
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Haha, I know it's good for Emile but what an absolute slimebucket. I hope Jimmy lives long enough to put some of this right.
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>>4325211
and in the end the dreaded torture wasn't even required
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>>4325148
Emile is not a great knight either. He got curb stomped by that basilisk and only survived because of plot armour and a fae child saving his life. Forgotten had to asspull and stop the basilisk from using all of its re-rolls because Emile would've been screwed then. The basilisk still had a re-roll left that it didn't use for absolutely no reason before it died. Emile should be dead now.

>>4325149
I don't see how that is relevant. No one is past redemption, forgiveness, or salvation in Slave Regina's faith, the faith which he follows. It is so for Sir Hast Vancewell and it is so for Jimmy the Little.
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>>4325219
I've got two questions for you.

1. Are you a Cantionian Priest

and

2. Have you ever heard of the mystical turtle-wolf? Most fearsome beast of Fallavon?
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>>4325197
>+2 Path of Thorns
Great new trait and cool development. Love how Emile is slowly turning from a young idealistic knight into a more pragmatic and callous character.
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>>4325254
I'm more interested in why we didn't lose Adam points here even though we lost Cain points when the scout wasn't tortured. Interesting arbitrary distribution of path points you got there, Forgotten.
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>>4325255
I posit this as theory

unlike the Scout case we aren't actively denying the path of adam in threatening torture on this man, the Bandits were according to Father Towbray an extension of the fallen world willing debasing themselves for their own gain it's pretty clear the mission of Cainites is purging the world to reclaim in the name of the allmighty and make it something of a better or higher world than what is deemed fallen.
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> Jimmy the Lie has a good memory. And, in true copper-clipper style, he ran his sordid business as efficiently as any banker. There are records. Paper trails. Evidence. He tells you exactly where to find it.
> Double Success (33): Caved quickly. No actual torture is required.

"I care little for the secrets of perverted nobles and filthy merchants that your bosses would kill you for revealing. I'm tracking one particular individual who brought unwanted attention and harm to your business by mutilating the children you hold in thrall. Tell me about that incident." Brother Rousseau brushes down a rotten stool for you to sit across from Jimmy the Lie. “Thank you. The masked individual to your left has a number of sharp instruments, tools of the trade. If you lie, or are slow to answer, my companion will begin using them.”

“I-I-I I don’t know nothing! I don’t know! I j-j-just run the… I j-just run the place, alright! I-I
“Fingers or toes?”

“I-I-I what?” Jimmy the Lie’s voice turns shrill.

“Fingers?” You waggle your index digit at the pimp. Then point to his bare feet. “Or toes?”

“What?!” Jess the Kid steps in closer with a particularly vicious piece of steel in hand and Jimmy the Lie pisses himself again, quite literally. “F-Fuck! No! Get that crazy bitch away from me! Salve Reginae’s cunt, I’ll talk! I’ll talk…”

“That’s enough, Kid.” You do not miss Brother Rousseau’s grunt behind you over Jimmy the Lies blubbing. For a man of the Knights Comitas, he appears to not be as squeamish as some of his brethren about these matters. “And none of that gutter-talk, Jimmy. I will not permit that kind of blasphemy in my presence.”

The emotionless stare of Jess the Kid’s porcelain face as she puts away her numerous daggers is nearly as disturbing as the notion of where she picked up so many wicked blades in so short a time. You have little doubt that she would have skinned Jimmy the Lie on your orders as efficiently as any deer, and without about the same level of compunction too. You’d like to say it’s the Fae in her, but truth be told there a men aplenty like that too.

“Alright, Jimmy the Lie. Let’s start again…”

“We… we get the occasional priest down at The Hole. Or ex-priest, a few of them. Most is there for the regular menu. Not the ‘specials’ as we call ‘em. There was a Reclamaint maniac who would make a scene outside the place on Sandag, no one paid him much heed. Then he took to accosting customers coming to and fro’, shouting it were sinful and all that, e’en on weekdays. Coffin Nails’ boys took care of ‘im. Bad for business he were. For the… the ‘specials’… sometimes we get an address to send one up to. Rich parts of town. Places owned by big people.”

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>>4325259
I prefer the theory of Forgotten not taking away Adam points when going against Path of Adam because that will affect decision making. Intriguing how this doesn't apply when going against Path of Cain.
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You reign in your disgust, both at the abuse of children by the powerful and the casual mention of the murder of a priest brave enough to object. It appears that no mad priest was a regular customer of The Hole’s ‘special menu’, at least not personally. “Were members of the Golden Sun Company among your clients? When did they came last? what were their names?”

“They Langlish? There was a Langlishman by the name of Laz… Laz-something. Lazer?” Jimmy the Lie flinches under your narrowed eyebrows. “Lazar! ‘is name were Lazar!”

“Who are their local associates?”

“He’s… connected. Friends in the Nightwatch, friends in... Friends all over. He’s a fixer, right? Fingers in many pies. Sometimes he were the one what told us which addresses to send the specials to.”

“Have there been other recent clients who have similarly exceeded the standards of your den of depravity?”

“Coffin Nails don’t truck with that, waste of a source of income ‘right? But sometimes they gets all worn out. Used up, y’see? Like rutting with a corpse. Sometimes Lazar would ask for those ones. Ask how much it’d cost if they could keep ‘em. Sell ‘em on like. Find ‘em homes was they was all done, n’ such.”

“And you believed him?”

“…yes.”

*SLAM* the clatter of Jess’ knife-hilt on the crate makes Jimmy the Lie twitch.

“What did I tell you about lying, Jimmy?”

“I… I didn’t think about it. Price was right, profit margins were kept. Jus’ business is all.” Jimmy’s panicked eyes remind you of a rats, skirting frantically about the room for a hole to crawl in. “At first it were just occasional. Every few passing of the Sisters, maybe. But a few moons ago that all changed, started chasing me up for one-way specials more n’ more. He were even after the healthier ones, high earners. Plenty of mileage left in ‘em. I said no, e’en when he upped his offers. Coffin Nails would have had my balls if he caught me selling the dregs, let alone healthy stock.”

“Stock? Call them what they are. Children.” You are perversely proud at your utter lack of illness in reaction to this creature’s nauseating testimony. You will have time to be physically sick later, in the meantime the awfulness of it all doesn’t appear to have yet sunk in. “This Coffin Nail, he likes an account kept of his businesses. Likes to know where the money is flowing to. And from.”

“Yes?”

“And I doubt he takes your word for it.”

“…No.”

“You know what I’m asking, copper-clipper. Don’t be difficult about it.”

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>>4325263
The whole point is to affect decision making, we are playing a taiwanese game of choice & consequence.
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>>4325265
The whole point is railroading it seems yeah.
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“There’s… there’s a ledger. Strongbox, top shelf in the room upstairs to the left. It’s got sums, names… services.”

You are careful to suppress your eagerness. The testimony of a pimp is of scant use in trial, especially if the accused is a priest. And a potentially senior clergyman if the numbers Jimmy the Lie talks of are true. But evidence, contemporary written evidence… Doubtless it was meant to serve as a source of blackmail or security, hence why the City Watch hasn’t burnt the place to ground long ago. Even the prospect of such a find should be enough to secure the Praetor’s support for a raid. Or for your own, altogether more indirect, intervention. With that ledger in hand, you have little need to keep Jimmy the Lie around as a witness.

Thankfully, you don’t have to worry about acquiring a physician. And you certainly don’t give enough of a shit about this scum’s scarce dignity to arrange for a fresh change of clothes. But, if the Praetors do decide use him as an asset, he will very likely be offered protection and perhaps even immunity for his cooperation in this investigation and any assistance in bringing down this Coffin Nails’ gang.

In your homeland of Romaine they would stake this sort of creature out on the edge of the Ardenne Lake. Alive, so they could hear the screams when the Dread Lords came for him. But this is not Romaine. Even if convicted, this wretched worm will at most serve a paltry amount of time on the chaingangs, if that. Scant justice for those whose lives he has already ruined, or had his part in ruining.

Your hand tightens into a fist. Scant justice for the forgotten children of this city.

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> “Jess, I’ll have Orin come around in an hour. Make sure our guest remains here. Alive, more’s the pity…” The ultimate fate of the pimp, and what the Praetors eventually decide to do with him, is beneath you. Your only concern is the task you have been set, the investigation. [Haughty]

> “One last question Jimmy, and remember what we discussed about lying. Do you ever beat your charges?” You know the answer already. Jess the Kid stands behind the pimp, dagger in hand. With a nod, Jimmy the Lie will never leave this room alive. Body found floating by the docks… [Hearty]

> “A wise woman once told me that no one is beyond Salve Reginae’s forgiveness. No one. I was not sure if I believed her then, and I am still less sure now. But she is the reason you will live to see another day.” You give Jimmy the Lie a second chance, to flee Port Bounty and start a new life. [Idealist]
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>>4325267
>“A wise woman once told me that no one is beyond Salve Reginae’s forgiveness. No one. I was not sure if I believed her then, and I am still less sure now. But she is the reason you will live to see another day.” You give Jimmy the Lie a second chance, to flee Port Bounty and start a new life. [Idealist]
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No, fair play. If this was a legal interrogation the lack of -1 Adam point might be explained away but given this extra-legal nature of questioning this is definitely worthy of a -1 Step on the Path of Adam.

It probably should have been more along the lines of:
+1 Cain
+1 Thorns
-1 Adam

But we'll count the +2 Thorns as accounting for that for now. I beg your patience on my inconsistencies, please do point them out wherever you notice them.
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>>4325267
Write in because I think Emile should do the deed if it's going to be done, rather than palm it off to someone else to keep his hands clean

>You've served your purpose Jimmy and though I find you irredeemable, may Salve Reginae forgive you... but not as you are now. You take your sword and deliver a quick, clean, killing blow. He'll suffer no pain or anguish in his last moments, a fate possibly too good for the likes of him
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>>4325267
>> “Jess, I’ll have Orin come around in an hour. Make sure our guest remains here. Alive, more’s the pity…” The ultimate fate of the pimp, and what the Praetors eventually decide to do with him, is beneath you. Your only concern is the task you have been set, the investigation. [Haughty]
If we can use him to get the Praetors support I'm all for it. He may not receive his just reckoning in this life but the Almighty will judge him in the end.
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>>4325272
As currently written, this would breach the Blade Defends the Helpless code. A little tweaking can fix that though.
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>>4325267
>> “Jess, I’ll have Orin come around in an hour. Make sure our guest remains here. Alive, more’s the pity…” The ultimate fate of the pimp, and what the Praetors eventually decide to do with him, is beneath you. Your only concern is the task you have been set, the investigation. [Haughty]
>> “One last question Jimmy, and remember what we discussed about lying. Do you ever beat your charges?” You know the answer already. Jess the Kid stands behind the pimp, dagger in hand. With a nod, Jimmy the Lie will never leave this room alive. Body found floating by the docks… [Hearty]

I'll be happy with this stirling example of why the pit exists going there sooner or later regardless of if we see him there ourselves

>>4325271
All good man this has been an interesting interaction for Emille

>>4325272
support though I'd personally feel like Emille would be less in control of it.
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>>4325276
Oh man you're right. Its been so long I keep forgetting about the oaths.

If we do go with that I'd like to give him a weapon and give him a trial by combat right here instead so that it doesn't breach our oath
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>>4325267
>> “Jess, I’ll have Orin come around in an hour. Make sure our guest remains here. Alive, more’s the pity…” The ultimate fate of the pimp, and what the Praetors eventually decide to do with him, is beneath you. Your only concern is the task you have been set, the investigation. [Haughty]
Again, scumbag. But he fits in well with this city, no need to have him find a new BOO
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>>4325267
> “Jess, I’ll have Orin come around in an hour. Make sure our guest remains here. Alive, more’s the pity…” The ultimate fate of the pimp, and what the Praetors eventually decide to do with him, is beneath you. Your only concern is the task you have been set, the investigation. [Haughty]
We may not be able to undo the damage he's done to his "stock", but we can prevent such things from happening in the future if he's alive
>>4320201
Me
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>>4325267
>“Jess, I’ll have Orin come around in an hour. Make sure our guest remains here. Alive, more’s the pity…” The ultimate fate of the pimp, and what the Praetors eventually decide to do with him, is beneath you. Your only concern is the task you have been set, the investigation. [Haughty]
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>>4325267
>> “Jess, I’ll have Orin come around in an hour. Make sure our guest remains here. Alive, more’s the pity…” The ultimate fate of the pimp, and what the Praetors eventually decide to do with him, is beneath you. Your only concern is the task you have been set, the investigation. [Haughty]
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>>4325267
>>4325270
>“Jess, I’ll have Orin come around in an hour. Make sure our guest remains here. Alive, more’s the pity…” The ultimate fate of the pimp, and what the Praetors eventually decide to do with him, is beneath you. Your only concern is the task you have been set, the investigation. [Haughty]

Switching to this. Emile doesn't really believe in Salve Regina's faith, so Idealist doesn't sound fitting here.

>>4325272
I don't see how this is in-character with Emile's character. Emile delivered Sir Hast Vancewell, a murderer and a rapist, to the authorities so he can receive a fair trial and sentence rather than murder him when he could've. Don't see why he'd decide to be a vigilante here just because how doesn't like how the law will treat Jimmy.

>>4325272
Emile doesn't have the authority to have a trial by combat here. This is just an illegal interrogation of someone he abducted from the street. Let's not pretend that he would be presiding over some sort of trial if we went hearty. He'd just murder him. People who are challenged to trial by combat are not actually obligated to accept it anyway.

>>4325276
Isn't hearty a breach of Blade Defends the Helpless code too? Don't tell me that Emile wouldn't be breaking it if he just orders one of his companions do his own dirty work instead. That's nonsense.
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>>4325267
>> “Jess, I’ll have Orin come around in an hour. Make sure our guest remains here. Alive, more’s the pity…” The ultimate fate of the pimp, and what the Praetors eventually decide to do with him, is beneath you. Your only concern is the task you have been set, the investigation. [Haughty]
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>>4325287
>Don't see why he'd decide to be a vigilante here just because how doesn't like...
>I don't see how this is in-c..
>Emile doesn't have the authority to have... etc

If its in character to have Jess kill him here and now, its in character to do it himself. The trial by combat is just a loophole to avoid breaking an oath. Forgotten has stated in the past that loopholes are fair game. In essence if we went that route it would be that we've decided to kill him so that he doesn't skirt justice, so we hand him a blade and tell him to defend himself so as to not breach the oath. Perfectly in-line with what we can do.

As to the point about being a vigilante... It's a bit late for that. We've kidnapped this guy and performed an extra-legal interrogation on him. We've already gone down that path and are now weighing up if its worth taking him in or ending him now
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So whats Emille's reaction going to be if the Ordo praetors don't prosecute on the brothel or jimmy?
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>>4325295
Calls them copper-clippers, accuse them of being involved in the business of the brothel in some way, taking bribes, other shady deals. Challenges head fuckwad to a duel to the death and handily decapitates him (in a Just world)
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>>4325267
>> “Jess, I’ll have Orin come around in an hour. Make sure our guest remains here. Alive, more’s the pity…” The ultimate fate of the pimp, and what the Praetors eventually decide to do with him, is beneath you. Your only concern is the task you have been set, the investigation. [Haughty]
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>>4325294
>If its in character to have Jess kill him here and now, its in character to do it himself.

That's some of the stupidest type of logic I've heard.

>The trial by combat is just a loophole to avoid breaking an oath. Forgotten has stated in the past that loopholes are fair game. In essence if we went that route it would be that we've decided to kill him so that he doesn't skirt justice, so we hand him a blade and tell him to defend himself so as to not breach the oath. Perfectly in-line with what we can do.

I don't think you understand what a trial by combat is and you are completely ignorant of it. A trial by combat isn't some loophole that allows you to lawfully kill someone anywhere you want and whenever you want. A trial by combat is a sacred judicial duel that happens in an actual legal trial. The other thing is that you can't force the challenged to accept the judicial duel. They can accept it or just have a regular legal trial. They can even have someone fight in their stead if they accept. Violating a trial by combat would be sacrilegious.

The ''trial by combat'' you propose isn't really a trial by combat and is just a charade.

>As to the point about being a vigilante... It's a bit late for that. We've kidnapped this guy and performed an extra-legal interrogation on him. We've already gone down that path and are now weighing up if its worth taking him in or ending him now

Which is why having the ''trial by combat'' you propose is a farce. Emile isn't a judge presiding over some sort of legal trial here. He's a vigilante who doesn't have the authority to propose a trial by combat and what he is doing isn't even legal.
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>>4325313
>The ''trial by combat'' you propose isn't really a trial by combat and is just a charade.

Imagine actually typing out the point and yet missing it so completely.

>That's some of the stupidest type of logic I've heard.

Yeah cool, I don't care about your opinions at all but keep blustering as if they were facts
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>>4325267
>“One last question Jimmy, and remember what we discussed about lying. Do you ever beat your charges?” You know the answer already. Jess the Kid stands behind the pimp, dagger in hand. With a nod, Jimmy the Lie will never leave this room alive. Body found floating by the docks… [Hearty]
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>>4325294
Shit I'd say we began to cross that line in Fallavon siding with the Bluejay's as that was a real dip into quasi Illegal behaviour.
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I vote for whatever I want without considering if it's "ic" or not
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>>4325267
> “Jess, I’ll have Orin come around in an hour. Make sure our guest remains here. Alive, more’s the pity…” The ultimate fate of the pimp, and what the Praetors eventually decide to do with him, is beneath you. Your only concern is the task you have been set, the investigation. [Haughty]

We got a big lead with the ledger and confirmation that Lazar is at the center of it, but nothing definite about the killer, I feel we forgot to ask something.
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>>4325295
That is very likely not gonna happen. Jimmy the Little isn't stupid. He will cooperate with the investigation as long as they offer him protection, but he won't want immunity because that means he'll have to go free and face the music. He'd rather stay locked up for a while until the vendetta on him for talking is gone.

In fact, he will even help Emile and the Praetors in their investigation in any way he can because this will be in his best interest. Think about it. If Emile and the Praetors fail in their investigation, then Jimmy is absolutely screwed even if they give him protection for a while. That protection will be gone at some point and he'll be on his own. They have to succeed for his own sake.
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>>4325267
>“Jess, I’ll have Orin come around in an hour. Make sure our guest remains here. Alive, more’s the pity…” The ultimate fate of the pimp, and what the Praetors eventually decide to do with him, is beneath you. Your only concern is the task you have been set, the investigation. [Haughty]
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>>4325267
>> “One last question Jimmy, and remember what we discussed about lying. Do you ever beat your charges?” You know the answer already. Jess the Kid stands behind the pimp, dagger in hand. With a nod, Jimmy the Lie will never leave this room alive. Body found floating by the docks… [Hearty]

Get that cain/thorns further up people.
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>>4325272
Supporting this
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>>4325342

Changing this vote to:
>”One last question Jimmy, and remember what we discussed about lying. Do you ever beat your charges?” You know the answer already. Jess the Kid stands behind the pimp, dagger in hand. With a nod, Jimmy the Lie will never leave this room alive. Body found floating by the docks… [Hearty]

>>4320219
Linking previous post
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>>4325267
> “One last question Jimmy, and remember what we discussed about lying. Do you ever beat your charges?” You know the answer already. Jess the Kid stands behind the pimp, dagger in hand. With a nod, Jimmy the Lie will never leave this room alive. Body found floating by the docks… [Hearty]
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>>4325267
>> “One last question Jimmy, and remember what we discussed about lying. Do you ever beat your charges?” You know the answer already. Jess the Kid stands behind the pimp, dagger in hand. With a nod, Jimmy the Lie will never leave this room alive. Body found floating by the docks… [Hearty]
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>>4325267
> “One last question Jimmy, and remember what we discussed about lying. Do you ever beat your charges?” You know the answer already. Jess the Kid stands behind the pimp, dagger in hand. With a nod, Jimmy the Lie will never leave this room alive. Body found floating by the docks… [Hearty]

He is utter gutter scum. He doesn't deserve a chance.
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>>4325267
> “Jess, I’ll have Orin come around in an hour. Make sure our guest remains here. Alive, more’s the pity…” The ultimate fate of the pimp, and what the Praetors eventually decide to do with him, is beneath you. Your only concern is the task you have been set, the investigation. [Haughty]

Link incase ID has changed >>4319429

From this little investigation i'm started to dislike this city. I imagine it's cases like this that turn idealist Praetors Cynical about the legal process.
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>>4325267
> “One last question Jimmy, and remember what we discussed about lying. Do you ever beat your charges?” You know the answer already. Jess the Kid stands behind the pimp, dagger in hand. With a nod, Jimmy the Lie will never leave this room alive. Body found floating by the docks… [Hearty]
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>>4325267
> “Jess, I’ll have Orin come around in an hour. Make sure our guest remains here. Alive, more’s the pity…” The ultimate fate of the pimp, and what the Praetors eventually decide to do with him, is beneath you. Your only concern is the task you have been set, the investigation. [Haughty]

My inner Cainfag screams to kill this shit, but alas.
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>>4325267
>> “One last question Jimmy, and remember what we discussed about lying. Do you ever beat your charges?” You know the answer already. Jess the Kid stands behind the pimp, dagger in hand. With a nod, Jimmy the Lie will never leave this room alive. Body found floating by the docks… [Hearty]
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>>4325267

> “Jess, I’ll have Orin come around in an hour. Make sure our guest remains here. Alive, more’s the pity…” The ultimate fate of the pimp, and what the Praetors eventually decide to do with him, is beneath you. Your only concern is the task you have been set, the investigation. [Haughty]

Fuck this chump, death's too good for him, but laws are there for a reason. The Praetor's might also prefer having him put to their questions too, and even though we're outside the bounds of the laws, that might look aside for this break in the cases.

>>4325287

Another thing to keep in mind is that Vancewell was also a fellow knight. That doesn't mean much to us modern folk, but members of the upper classes had a lot of protections in addition to their higher requirements in social standings. A fellow knight caught red-handed would still need to be tried and made an example of, and they won't always get the proper punishments either. Gutter trash that peddles in the lives and virtues of children without the protections of a higher social position is nearly certainly going to at least lose some parts if not get the rope. Emile may be warming up to his views of the common people, but they are still lower on the totem pole in the end. Trials by combat were offered to Vancewell solely on the basis of him being a privileged member taking any advantage he could grasp at to avoid dying.
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>>4325267
>>4325267
> “One last question Jimmy, and remember what we discussed about lying. Do you ever beat your charges?” You know the answer already. Jess the Kid stands behind the pimp, dagger in hand. With a nod, Jimmy the Lie will never leave this room alive. Body found floating by the docks… [Hearty]

Time for him to die we naver said we wornt going to kill him.
And the cooper clipers book will be good enguh for a raid and put on watch the rich and powerful, I'm sure other people at the hole would have information as well.

>>4323838
This is me;
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>>4325267
> “Jess, I’ll have Orin come around in an hour. Make sure our guest remains here. Alive, more’s the pity…” The ultimate fate of the pimp, and
what the Praetors eventually decide to do with him, is beneath you. Your only concern is the task you have been set, the investigation. [Haughty]

>>4321983
I don't know if my ID changed since I'm a dirty phone poster so this is me.
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>>4325324
So the next person we go and talk with is Lazar and im sure he has book as well.

I hope the lawbringer bust out there judge dreads and purge this fucking city.
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>>4325267
> “Jess, I’ll have Orin come around in an hour. Make sure our guest remains here. Alive, more’s the pity…” The ultimate fate of the pimp, and what the Praetors eventually decide to do with him, is beneath you. Your only concern is the task you have been set, the investigation. [Haughty]

Since we didn't actually torture him, don't want to leave a questionable murder charge against us.

>>4323064

Is me.
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>>4325267
>> “Jess, I’ll have Orin come around in an hour. Make sure our guest remains here. Alive, more’s the pity…” The ultimate fate of the pimp, and what the Praetors eventually decide to do with him, is beneath you. Your only concern is the task you have been set, the investigation. [Haughty]
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>>4325399
>>4325267
I'll switch to

>“Jess, I’ll have Orin come around in an hour. Make sure our guest remains here. Alive, more’s the pity…” The ultimate fate of the pimp, and what the Praetors eventually decide to do with him, is beneath you. Your only concern is the task you have been set, the investigation. [Haughty]

I'd like to kill him, but since we haven't revealed our identity I guess it's best to go the lawful route.

Then again, I'd also like to incite the pilgrims to burn down the Hole and use that as a distraction to grab the ledger and the guy who keeps it, and kill him.
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>>4325544
Or we can just steal it ourselves.....
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>>4325550
Easier to steal something when someone is trying to escape with it, rather than trying to sneak in and get it.

Jess is really the only one with stealth skills, and having her go into a child brothel seems like . . . Not a good idea?

Having her case possible exits is though.

>>4325267

Oh, is it too late to get a floor plan for the Hole, and possible secret exits into other building or underground if Pascae has a sewer system? Now that we know the ledger is there?

Burn out the Hole, and then capture buddy in the confusion while he tries to escape with the ledger.

Additionally, pilgrims attacking the Hole will cause too much ruckus for people in power to keep it quiet, so we can display the ledger publicly and make sure everyone who deserves it gets punished.
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>>4325456
Lazar was the captain in the ruins, I think we kill him during our assault. Fuck it, going to make another pastbin for the murder investigation and slaver ring.
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> “Jess, I’ll have Orin come around in an hour. Make sure our guest remains here. Alive, more’s the pity…” The ultimate fate of the pimp, and what the Praetors eventually decide to do with him, is beneath you. Your only concern is the task you have been set, the investigation. [Haughty]
He is scum of the earth and guilty as hell, but we have made sure to have other guilty individuals go before court rather than simply killing them if we are able.If we see him out and about while doing the same horrible things, then we can say that justicve has failed in his case. Until that happens, we should place him before the law.
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>>4325544
>>4325631
Yeah, let's use our charges that we're protecting and guarding as bait so they can get slaughtered by the brothel's guards. Great idea genius.
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>>4325267
>> “Jess, I’ll have Orin come around in an hour. Make sure our guest remains here. Alive, more’s the pity…” The ultimate fate of the pimp, and what the Praetors eventually decide to do with him, is beneath you. Your only concern is the task you have been set, the investigation. [Haughty
>>4323548
Me
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>>4325776
> Wanting to prevent believers from achieving martyrdom fighting against the Foe

Do you protect men, or lambs? We seek out not just a den of inequity, but a vile heresy that uses the blood of innocents in rituals most foul. Aided, if not by the complacency then by outright complicity on the parts of those whose duty is to protect the realm.

Pretty much the same reasoning for why we allowed their aid in raiding the Bandit Camp, except a thousand times more important in scale.

Do you not trust that any in Pascae are also repulsed by the ongoings of this place, and will not join us in our righteous purging of it?
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Okay, which one of you shield memers did this?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2OEKPJAENcWXrTfgvQUx8C0e3Fm1xX7986hd5ulScbSYmzQoYjQVCx0RY&v=laP-ddwrm5g
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>>4325852
Nah you just want to use the charges we're supposed to be protecting as cannon fodder bait because youre afraid and want them to take the risk rather than you that's all.
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>>4325267
>> “One last question Jimmy, and remember what we discussed about lying. Do you ever beat your charges?” You know the answer already. Jess the Kid stands behind the pimp, dagger in hand. With a nod, Jimmy the Lie will never leave this room alive. Body found floating by the docks… [Hearty]
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>>4325852
>>4325880
Actually, your idea doesn't sound bad now that I think about it. Emile isn't honourable and is a knob in armour. Using the people he's supposed to be protecting as bait is definitely not beneath him, especially if they're peasants which he considers to be inferior. So yeah, I'll vote for your idea because it completely fits Emile.
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I'm not against this idea of getting the more ardent believers in Father Towbray congregation into a mob to raid the hole to free the children. Here is a basic plan.

We go in first with a couple of our companion and deal with any muscle guarding the entrance and move on the ledger, the religious mob follows soon after us and look for the children. Everyone gets out and we set the place ablaze. This way we personally deal with any opponents that might actually be prepare and armed, soften the opposition for a the angry mob of zealots and disguise our objective in religious outrage. We should of-course run this through Father Towbray but I think he will be egger to avenge a murder priest.
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>>4325267
>> “One last question Jimmy, and remember what we discussed about lying. Do you ever beat your charges?” You know the answer already. Jess the Kid stands behind the pimp, dagger in hand. With a nod, Jimmy the Lie will never leave this room alive. Body found floating by the docks… [Hearty]
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>>4325918
Your argument might hold the slightest bit of water had we not already brought them to fight against a bandit camp, but as it stands yeah Emile totally would and has let the pilgrims aid him.

Like fucking brothel bodyguards are gonna stick around to get torn apart by an angry mob anyways.
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>>4325997
This is pretty much what I envisioned.

So long as we get the ledger, we're good.

Even if we don't, we did the right thing.

The mob is mostly there to bring more attention to the brothel than can be covered up, anyways.
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>>4325267
> “One last question Jimmy, and remember what we discussed about lying. Do you ever beat your charges?” You know the answer already. Jess the Kid stands behind the pimp, dagger in hand. With a nod, Jimmy the Lie will never leave this room alive. Body found floating by the docks… [Hearty]
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>>4325267
> “One last question Jimmy, and remember what we discussed about lying. Do you ever beat your charges?” You know the answer already. Jess the Kid stands behind the pimp, dagger in hand. With a nod, Jimmy the Lie will never leave this room alive. Body found floating by the docks… [Hearty]
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>>4325267
>> “One last question Jimmy, and remember what we discussed about lying. Do you ever beat your charges?” You know the answer already. Jess the Kid stands behind the pimp, dagger in hand. With a nod, Jimmy the Lie will never leave this room alive. Body found floating by the docks… [Hearty]
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Staking a spot for future votes.
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>>4325278
changing priority from Haughty to Hearty
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> “Jess, I’ll have Orin come around in an hour. Make sure our guest remains here. Alive, more’s the pity…” The ultimate fate of the pimp, and what the Praetors eventually decide to do with him, is beneath you. Your only concern is the task you have been set, the investigation. [Haughty]

There is not a figment of regret in his countenance. No remorse over his part in The Hole’s macabre play of suffering and depredation. The only person Jimmy the Lie has ever felt sorry for is himself, not least of all right now. Your eyes flick up to the shadowy figure of Jess the Kid hovering behind him.

You wonder if she’s somehow picked up the common tongue, or whether she is simply very good at reading your hostile body language. And hostile it is. If you had not been taking steps to reign in your temper lately you suspect that you would have throttled Jimmy the Lie where he sat long before you were finished with your questions. You wonder what kind of man that makes you. To be the kind of man that can enjoy flirting with a pretty woman over khave at lunch and have a man butchered like a sow by dinner.

You sigh, letting your hate disperse as if it were every bit as physical as the wind from your breath. A pimp, of all things, is really not worth getting this worked up over. Are you really going to lose your composure after being confronted with the reality of the sorts of things these lowborn criminals get up to? Of course not.

“Jess, I’ll have Orin come around in an hour. Make sure our guest remains here. Alive, more’s the pity…” A small part of you wonders whether you will come to regret letting Jimmy the Lie live, like Craig of Lowgrove before him. But a much bigger part realises that you will probably never spare this wretched man a second thought. You have bigger fish to fry, as the Port Bounty fishsellers say.

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The Praetor Primus wants this killer found, that much is clear. It is also apparent that this killer, very likely a priest, has or had links with the Faction. Certainly with the Langlishmen working for the Faction. The Praetor’s are supposed to cooperate with local authorities and adhere to local laws, but they are not themselves local subjects. That ledger could lead to some dangerous places, name dangerous names. A week ago you would have laughed the suggestion that the Ordo Praetor could be susceptible to the kind of corruption it was charged with rooting out. A week in Port Bounty has muddied the waters considerably, the list of strangers and institutions you felt safe to trust is shrinking rapidly. Now nothing is entirely impossible.

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>It is late, and one missed day at work will not alert the criminal masters that Jimmy the Lie serves. Better to talk with the Praetor Primus discreetly at the Ball tomorrow, present your evidence and secure his legitimate support. [Haughty]

>This situation requires a deft personal touch, not an official mailed fist. It would not be impossible to retrieve the ledger with a minimum of fuss. Ideally, with a nimble catspaw but if that should fail you will have a small trusted strike team on hand. [Haughty]

>You make your way to the Praetor’s office immediately. You cannot afford the luxury of hesitation. If you move quickly, the Nightwatch won’t be able to interfere. The raid on The Hole must be launched as swiftly as possible. Tonight. [Hearty]

>The Ordo Praetor has given you scant help at every turn. And doubtless The Hole itself will survive their raid in the long term. You should speak to Father Towbray, see what he and his like-minded pilgrims think of this. [Idealist]
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I decided not to award an Adam point here as I really should have removed one at the last decision.
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>>4327057
>>You make your way to the Praetor’s office immediately. You cannot afford the luxury of hesitation. If you move quickly, the Nightwatch won’t be able to interfere. The raid on The Hole must be launched as swiftly as possible. Tonight. [Hearty]


We need to move fast, people will notice Jimmy missing, even if its just people he spends time around. Can't let this get away from us
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>>4327057
>You make your way to the Praetor’s office immediately. You cannot afford the luxury of hesitation. If you move quickly, the Nightwatch won’t be able to interfere. The raid on The Hole must be launched as swiftly as possible. Tonight. [Hearty]

>The Ordo Praetor has given you scant help at every turn. And doubtless The Hole itself will survive their raid in the long term. You should speak to Father Towbray, see what he and his like-minded pilgrims think of this. [Idealist]

The Praetor seems like a good man who genuinely cares about justice. He wouldn't have given us the permission for our unofficial investigation otherwise.
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>>4327057
>>You make your way to the Praetor’s office immediately. You cannot afford the luxury of hesitation. If you move quickly, the Nightwatch won’t be able to interfere. The raid on The Hole must be launched as swiftly as possible. Tonight. [Hearty]
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>>4327057
>>The Ordo Praetor has given you scant help at every turn. And doubtless The Hole itself will survive their raid in the long term. You should speak to Father Towbray, see what he and his like-minded pilgrims think of this. [Idealist]
>>You make your way to the Praetor’s office immediately. You cannot afford the luxury of hesitation. If you move quickly, the Nightwatch won’t be able to interfere. The raid on The Hole must be launched as swiftly as possible. Tonight. [Hearty]

I want to see this place dealt with regardless preferrablywith fire.
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Also remember the Praetor said we have to do this quiet-like or not at all. We should go to him to see if the time for being quiet is over or not.
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Would it be possible to to make a copy of the ledger and hold onto it as insurance / collateral in order to make sure that changes are made and the customers are weeded out successfully.

it could prove to be quite useful if we need to extort someone on the list, or force the Churches hand on something.
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>>4327057
>>The Ordo Praetor has given you scant help at every turn. And doubtless The Hole itself will survive their raid in the long term. You should speak to Father Towbray, see what he and his like-minded pilgrims think of this. [Idealist]
DEUS LO VULT
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>>4327057
>The Ordo Praetor has given you scant help at every turn. And doubtless The Hole itself will survive their raid in the long term. You should speak to Father Towbray, see what he and his like-minded pilgrims think of this. [Idealist]

Let hit the place.
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If we speak to Father Towbray to see the brothel destroyed we should do what we can to save the children & keep the investigation out of this
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>>4327057
>You make your way to the Praetor’s office immediately. You cannot afford the luxury of hesitation. If you move quickly, the Nightwatch won’t be able to interfere. The raid on The Hole must be launched as swiftly as possible. Tonight. [Hearty]
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>>4327057
>>You make your way to the Praetor’s office immediately. You cannot afford the luxury of hesitation. If you move quickly, the Nightwatch won’t be able to interfere. The raid on The Hole must be launched as swiftly as possible. Tonight. [Hearty
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>>4327057
First we:
>You make your way to the Praetor’s office immediately. You cannot afford the luxury of hesitation. If you move quickly, the Nightwatch won’t be able to interfere. The raid on The Hole must be launched as swiftly as possible. Tonight. [Hearty]

After the raid tonight we:
>The Ordo Praetor has given you scant help at every turn. And doubtless The Hole itself will survive their raid in the long term. You should speak to Father Towbray, see what he and his like-minded pilgrims think of this. [Idealist]

This den of sin will survive the raid, but it will not survive a crowd of zealous faithful!

>>4320219
Linking previous ID
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>>4327057
>The Ordo Praetor has given you scant help at every turn. And doubtless The Hole itself will survive their raid in the long term. You should speak to Father Towbray, see what he and his like-minded pilgrims think of this. [Idealist]

Pious and good folk happened to burn a den of sin and crime to the ground. All evidence was lost in their religious fervor...or was it?
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>>4327154
>>4325830
Is me I'm sorry I have to phone post but i'm currently inawoods doing scout things
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>>4327057
>You make your way to the Praetor’s office immediately. You cannot afford the luxury of hesitation. If you move quickly, the Nightwatch won’t be able to interfere. The raid on The Hole must be launched as swiftly as possible. Tonight. [Hearty]
We should bring the stealth squad with us
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>>4327187
That seems redundant considering this will be effectively a seizure raid under the Praetors.
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>>4327193
I meant in the case that the Nightwatch stop us for whatever reason, but that's a good point
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>>4327196
I don't think that will happen, while the Praetors run parralel to the Nightwatch and have an abrasive relationship with them I don't think I raid would be stopped unless someone with significant influence really pushed for it.
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>>4327197
LOL I meant on the way there right now given that it's Nighttime
I hope you're right though, Forgotten really has me invested in these kids
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>>4327205
ahh well yeah I don't see much reason for it either unless we take a dark alley in a bad spot or they insist on stopping a man on buisness who has done nothing obviously wrong.
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>>4327057
>>You make your way to the Praetor’s office immediately. You cannot afford the luxury of hesitation. If you move quickly, the Nightwatch won’t be able to interfere. The raid on The Hole must be launched as swiftly as possible. Tonight. [Hearty]
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>>4327057
>You make your way to the Praetor’s office immediately. You cannot afford the luxury of hesitation. If you move quickly, the Nightwatch won’t be able to interfere. The raid on The Hole must be launched as swiftly as possible. Tonight. [Hearty]
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>>4327057
>>You make your way to the Praetor’s office immediately. You cannot afford the luxury of hesitation. If you move quickly, the Nightwatch won’t be able to interfere. The raid on The Hole must be launched as swiftly as possible. Tonight. [Hearty]
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>>4327057
>The Ordo Praetor has given you scant help at every turn. And doubtless The Hole itself will survive their raid in the long term. You should speak to Father Towbray, see what he and his like-minded pilgrims think of this. [Idealist]
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>>4327057
>>You make your way to the Praetor’s office immediately. You cannot afford the luxury of hesitation. If you move quickly, the Nightwatch won’t be able to interfere. The raid on The Hole must be launched as swiftly as possible. Tonight. [Hearty]
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>>4327057
>You make your way to the Praetor’s office immediately. You cannot afford the luxury of hesitation. If you move quickly, the Nightwatch won’t be able to interfere. The raid on The Hole must be launched as swiftly as possible. Tonight. [Hearty]
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>>4327057

>You make your way to the Praetor’s office immediately. You cannot afford the luxury of hesitation. If you move quickly, the Nightwatch won’t be able to interfere. The raid on The Hole must be launched as swiftly as possible. Tonight. [Hearty]

Ether way we gota at lest cheack out the ledger

>>4325452
This is me;
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>>4327057
>>The Ordo Praetor has given you scant help at every turn. And doubtless The Hole itself will survive their raid in the long term. You should speak to Father Towbray, see what he and his like-minded pilgrims think of this. [Idealist]
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>>4327057
>You make your way to the Praetor’s office immediately. You cannot afford the luxury of hesitation. If you move quickly, the Nightwatch won’t be able to interfere. The raid on The Hole must be launched as swiftly as possible. Tonight. [Hearty]
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>>4327057

>You make your way to the Praetor’s office immediately. You cannot afford the luxury of hesitation. If you move quickly, the Nightwatch won’t be able to interfere. The raid on The Hole must be launched as swiftly as possible. Tonight. [Hearty]

Worst thing happens and the Praetor reject us we go in for the strike team option.
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>>4328172
>Mr X is one of the most respected people in Pascae Andrei and yet you ran his carriage off a cliff, broke the necks of three of his knights and drove a horse through his front door!
>But Captain I have proof he's head of an international slaving ring
>I don't want to hear it Andrei YOU"RE OUT OF HERE!
>*CRASH*
>That makes two of us
>Cue angel going sick as bruh
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>You make your way to the Praetor’s office immediately. You cannot afford the luxury of hesitation. If you move quickly, the Nightwatch won’t be able to interfere. The raid on The Hole must be launched as swiftly as possible. Tonight. [Hearty]
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>>4318730
This is me

>>4327057
>You make your way to the Praetor’s office immediately. You cannot afford the luxury of hesitation. If you move quickly, the Nightwatch won’t be able to interfere. The raid on The Hole must be launched as swiftly as possible. Tonight. [Hearty]
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Vote closed, but update delayed for ETA 13 hours.

I’m glad we’ll get to show off the Pascae Praetor Department.
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>>4328815
The ppd you mean?
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>>4328815
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>You make your way to the Praetor’s office immediately. You cannot afford the luxury of hesitation. If you move quickly, the Nightwatch won’t be able to interfere. The raid on The Hole must be launched as swiftly as possible. Tonight. [Hearty]
>Persuasion AUTO-SUCCESS, live (dubious) witness + ledger evidence

It is well after dark as you step quickly through the streets to the Ordo Praetor commandery. A light drizzle gives the cold an altogether more bracing quality, but the same cold keeps the streets by-and-large clear of any riff-raff or traffic. Even the Nightwatch don’t get in your way, though few people would see any reason to interfere a fully-armoured knight moving with purpose in the street.

Praetor Primus Grigor dan Holt is nowhere near as dismissive upon your second visit, he sits stock still as you report your findings to date. Finally, as you finish explaining the necessity for an immediate raid on The Hole, Primus Holt raps his knuckle on his heavy office desk and rises. He beckons you to follow him out and down the hall, past Praetor san Kilroy’s office.

“Thomas. Thomas! Good, still burning the midnight candles. Your blade and armour serviceable?”

“Always, sire. What’s going on?” Sir Thomas York, a middle-aged man sporting a blonde head of hair and moustache, stands to attention but spares you a curious glance. You detect the weariness of a man interrupted from heading home for the day, but alert enough to realise it must be important.

“Possible breakthrough on the Port Bounty Butcher case, we need to a team on secondment.”

“Of course. Shall I fetch san Kilroy, given this is his case?”

“This requires real Praetor work, and we don’t have time to check every dockside bar right now. You have contacts with the Port Watch, are there any we can trust? This needs to be done quickly.”

“The 17th rota should have just gotten off their shift…”

"Can they be trusted?"

“Only the minimum level of bribery and favours. Zachariah’s unit is no Aubrey Guard, but it's as good as we’ll get in this city.”

“It will have to do. Get your armour on and come with me. You too, Andrei.”

“At once, sire. Who is this, if I may ask?”

“If he’s wasting my time, he’s about to be the sorriest nobleson in all Cantôn.” The Praetor Primus casts a critical eye over you, a judgmental look that doubtless has had many have come up wanting. “But if he’s not… maybe our latest deputy.”

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On your way through the streets Sir York disentangles himself from his gaggle of notaries and mutters to you while the Praetor Primus is out of earshot. It was alarmingly quick to secure a warrant through the tangle of the Pascae legal system at this late hour, but the Praetor Primus had requested this particular magistrate by name.

“You keep strange company for a deputy.” The Praetor casts a wry eye over Brother Rousseau, who has refused all attempts of conversation. Without the whitecloak of the Comitas to identify he must appear a surly sellsword indeed. “For your sake, I hope this pays off. The Primus can hold a grudge to those who embarrass him. And goodwill is a hard currency to come by in this city. Are you sure of your source?”

“I am sure. He had plenty of incentive to be telling the truth. I’m more concerned about the men we’re trusting to make up this raid.” Your answer is a bit more snappy than strictly necessary, but Sir York is not mentioning any concerns you yourself have not already agonised over in your own head. “This Zacariah, is he trustworthy?”

“He bloody better be. He’s getting married to my laundry maid.” Sir York’s confident grin takes you by surprise. “And I’m footing the bill for most of it.”

“-and then, when Ziggy is still picking up the watermelons, the husband walks in!”

The uproarious laughter from the City Watch barracks up ahead indicates that the last shift for the evening is still getting changed out of the armour. Sir York must recognise the voice, as he nods approvingly at the voice.

“This is them.”

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>>4329964
H Y P E
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[3/3]

Raucous laughter gives way to shocked silence as yourself and the fully armoured Praetors step in to the common guardsmen changerooms. It appears that Port Bounty does not discriminate too heavily when it comes to the makeup of their, the guardsmen in this room are as diverse a bunch of commoners as you have ever seen.

“Men of the Port Bounty City Watch, 17th Rota! You have hereby been drafted into the services of His Majesty’s Ordo Praetor, subject to the second by-law of the Border Peace Agreement of 861 and Her Majesty's vestigal power under Church Law. By the power invested in myself a principal Praetor of the Pascae duchy, you are now compelled to follow any and all lawful orders I give from this moment on.” Praetor Primus Holt’s hawkish eyes scan the room of a half-score individuals in various states of armour and undress as Sir York presents their leader with the necessary writs and warrants. “Be ready to move out in five minutes.”

“You heard his lordship, the Praetor Primus is in charge. Get your gear back on and get ready to move out at once.” Zachariah no doubt, a commoner with a surprisingly strong jawline and attractive brown mop of hair, surprises you further by actually reading the warrant. Or at least pretending very well. “From the look of that warrant we’ll be pissing off an awful lot of people today, so covered helms for this one. Kale! Does that look like a fucking covered helm? No? Then put it back.”

“Fucks sake, our shift was jus’ ending…” A disgruntled mutter from the back, “What’d we do to piss of the Watch Capn’ this time?”

“Shut the fuck up, Glen. This sounds legit.”

“I bet we won’t even get overtime for this…”

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>The staff of The Hole may have already noticed that Jimmy the Lie is missing. You don’t have time to fetch your other companions, and this strike force will be enough to cow any criminal resistance. You will have to rely on the worthiness of the Zacaraiah’s men, Jess the Kid’s aim and the watchful gaze of Brother Rousseau. [Haughty]

>The Port Bounty Watch don’t patrol that shady part of the docksides even in daytime unless in force. If things get hairy you could find yourself seriously outnumbered. You should gather whatever extra arms you can, and you prefer to fight with more companions you trust at your back than men you have only met tonight. [Hearty]

>Jerod, his half-dozen House Andrei guardsmen and your own entourage will nearly double the size of the strike force. It may be worth making a stop and enlisting their help from your sister as well, though that could slow you down even further. This risk of unwanted attention to their presence is worth their assistance. [Idealist]
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>>4329979

>The staff of The Hole may have already noticed that Jimmy the Lie is missing. You don’t have time to fetch your other companions, and this strike force will be enough to cow any criminal resistance. You will have to rely on the worthiness of the Zacaraiah’s men, Jess the Kid’s aim and the watchful gaze of Brother Rousseau. [Haughty]
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>>4329979
>>The Port Bounty Watch don’t patrol that shady part of the docksides even in daytime unless in force. If things get hairy you could find yourself seriously outnumbered. You should gather whatever extra arms you can, and you prefer to fight with more companions you trust at your back than men you have only met tonight. [Hearty]

Most of them should be at our base at this hour. We could send Kid to quickly gather them and bring them here.
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>>4329979
>The staff of The Hole may have already noticed that Jimmy the Lie is missing. You don’t have time to fetch your other companions, and this strike force will be enough to cow any criminal resistance. You will have to rely on the worthiness of the Zacaraiah’s men, Jess the Kid’s aim and the watchful gaze of Brother Rousseau. [Haughty]
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>>4329979
>>Jerod, his half-dozen House Andrei guardsmen and your own entourage will nearly double the size of the strike force. It may be worth making a stop and enlisting their help from your sister as well, though that could slow you down even further. This risk of unwanted attention to their presence is worth their assistance. [Idealist]
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>>4329979
>>The staff of The Hole may have already noticed that Jimmy the Lie is missing. You don’t have time to fetch your other companions, and this strike force will be enough to cow any criminal resistance. You will have to rely on the worthiness of the Zacaraiah’s men, Jess the Kid’s aim and the watchful gaze of Brother Rousseau. [Haughty]
Speed is of the essence.
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>>4329979
>>The Port Bounty Watch don’t patrol that shady part of the docksides even in daytime unless in force. If things get hairy you could find yourself seriously outnumbered. You should gather whatever extra arms you can, and you prefer to fight with more companions you trust at your back than men you have only met tonight. [Hearty]
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>>4329979
>You can't just wait before the staff of the Hole realizes Jimmy the Lie is missing and adjust their plans accordingly, but just as much you must take precautions in your haste. Have a messenger from the Ordo Praetor ride to meet your entourage and solicit their help to come reinforce the strike force as soon as they can. [Haughty+Idealist]

Por que no los dos.
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>>4329979
>>The staff of The Hole may have already noticed that Jimmy the Lie is missing. You don’t have time to fetch your other companions, and this strike force will be enough to cow any criminal resistance. You will have to rely on the worthiness of the Zacaraiah’s men, Jess the Kid’s aim and the watchful gaze of Brother Rousseau. [Haughty]
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>>4329979
>>The staff of The Hole may have already noticed that Jimmy the Lie is missing. You don’t have time to fetch your other companions, and this strike force will be enough to cow any criminal resistance. You will have to rely on the worthiness of the Zacaraiah’s men, Jess the Kid’s aim and the watchful gaze of Brother Rousseau. [Haughty]
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>>4329979
>Jerod, his half-dozen House Andrei guardsmen and your own entourage will nearly double the size of the strike force. It may be worth making a stop and enlisting their help from your sister as well, though that could slow you down even further. This risk of unwanted attention to their presence is worth their assistance. [Idealist]
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>>4329979
>>The Port Bounty Watch don’t patrol that shady part of the docksides even in daytime unless in force. If things get hairy you could find yourself seriously outnumbered. You should gather whatever extra arms you can, and you prefer to fight with more companions you trust at your back than men you have only met tonight. [Hearty]
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>>4329979
>The staff of The Hole may have already noticed that Jimmy the Lie is missing. You don’t have time to fetch your other companions, and this strike force will be enough to cow any criminal resistance. You will have to rely on the worthiness of the Zacaraiah’s men, Jess the Kid’s aim and the watchful gaze of Brother Rousseau. [Haughty
Time to ruin some holes

>>4327453
This is me;
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>>4329979
>>The staff of The Hole may have already noticed that Jimmy the Lie is missing. You don’t have time to fetch your other companions, and this strike force will be enough to cow any criminal resistance. You will have to rely on the worthiness of the Zacaraiah’s men, Jess the Kid’s aim and the watchful gaze of Brother Rousseau. [Haughty]

Lets gooooo MAXIMUM SPEED
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>>4329979
>>The staff of The Hole may have already noticed that Jimmy the Lie is missing. You don’t have time to fetch your other companions, and this strike force will be enough to cow any criminal resistance. You will have to rely on the worthiness of the Zacaraiah’s men, Jess the Kid’s aim and the watchful gaze of Brother Rousseau. [Haughty]
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>>4329979
>>The staff of The Hole may have already noticed that Jimmy the Lie is missing. You don’t have time to fetch your other companions, and this strike force will be enough to cow any criminal resistance. You will have to rely on the worthiness of the Zacaraiah’s men, Jess the Kid’s aim and the watchful gaze of Brother Rousseau. [Haughty]
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>>4330098
I think that we CAN have both our current forces as well as our entourage. It shouldn't take much to send a messenger to meet us as reinforcements. Why settle for one choice. Post related is my write-in.
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>>4330098
+1
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>>4329979
>>The Port Bounty Watch don’t patrol that shady part of the docksides even in daytime unless in force. If things get hairy you could find yourself seriously outnumbered. You should gather whatever extra arms you can, and you prefer to fight with more companions you trust at your back than men you have only met tonight. [Hearty]
remember we are at injured which is 2 wounds away from death we need some deaths door companions for this
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>>4329979
>The staff of The Hole may have already noticed that Jimmy the Lie is missing. You don’t have time to fetch your other companions, and this strike force will be enough to cow any criminal resistance. You will have to rely on the worthiness of the Zacaraiah’s men, Jess the Kid’s aim and the watchful gaze of Brother Rousseau. [Haughty]

This is a raid, speed is key and we want the board to be clear as possible to avoid both friendly fire and clarity during the raid.
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>>4330584
>>4330581
how do you kniggas feel about this compromise?
>>4330522
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>>4330098
Supporting
I'm willing to be down a man for the first few rounds if it means reinforcements come
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>>4329979

I'll switch my vote here >>4330363

to support this addition >>4330098

Seems smart
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New pastebin for Bounty Butcher Murder investigation, not fully up to date but it might help others pick up something I might have not.
https://pastebin.com/bYes2qug

Also on an interesting note Sir Bartholomew Wavell has a similar mustache to the man that hire Craig of Lowgrove to kill us in the woods. And while he did not talk funny he did use a few uncommon words that might sound strange to someone like Craig.

>”It wasn’t no local, m’lord. He talked funny, and had clothes of the fancy sort. Coin were odd too, had a stamp on it that I didn’t recognise like a leaf. He uh, he… shaved but left hair on the lip. Never told me his name.” (Craig of Lowgrove)

>It occurs to you that you recognise this dark-haired, moustachioed youth.
>Sir Bartholomew Wavell scoffs, his oiled Langlish-style mustache twitching.
>You know, it was my brother who first introduced me to Ma Souer…”
>harsh words were traded betwixt us.

It might have been his brother or its just fashionable in Port Bounty, but what if he actually was part of the faction conspiracy along with his brother? Might be nothing but we should be on guard around him next time we see him.
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>>4330590
That's kinda missing my point we need a single cohesive group on this raid rather Than two groups getting tangled up in each other if we want to obtain the ledger
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>>4330599
So what keep an eye on him, Investigate him later?
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>>4329979
>The Port Bounty Watch don’t patrol that shady part of the docksides even in daytime unless in force. If things get hairy you could find yourself seriously outnumbered. You should gather whatever extra arms you can, and you prefer to fight with more companions you trust at your back than men you have only met tonight. [Hearty]

Clearly the superior choice. Hey diddle diddle, straight up the middle.
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>>4330602
I think Emile in his message can convey the information necessary to do just fine.
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>>4330098
>>4330619
>>4329979
Wait I didn't see this. Changing my vote.
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>>4329979
>>You can't just wait before the staff of the Hole realizes Jimmy the Lie is missing and adjust their plans accordingly, but just as much you must take precautions in your haste. Have a messenger from the Ordo Praetor ride to meet your entourage and solicit their help to come reinforce the strike force as soon as they can. [Haughty+Idealist]
But we should send proof of identity with the runner.
The simplest one would be the Stoat, but lacking that perhaps the bear totem?
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>>4329979
>The staff of The Hole may have already noticed that Jimmy the Lie is missing. You don’t have time to fetch your other companions, and this strike force will be enough to cow any criminal resistance. You will have to rely on the worthiness of the Zacaraiah’s men, Jess the Kid’s aim and the watchful gaze of Brother Rousseau. [Haughty]

Speed is critical. Hit them hard and fast
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>>4329979
>>The staff of The Hole may have already noticed that Jimmy the Lie is missing. You don’t have time to fetch your other companions, and this strike force will be enough to cow any criminal resistance. You will have to rely on the worthiness of the Zacaraiah’s men, Jess the Kid’s aim and the watchful gaze of Brother Rousseau. [Haughty]
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>>4329968
>You can't just wait before the staff of the Hole realizes Jimmy the Lie is missing and adjust their plans accordingly, but just as much you must take precautions in your haste. Have a messenger from the Ordo Praetor ride to meet your entourage and solicit their help to come reinforce the strike force as soon as they can. [Haughty+Idealist]
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>>4329979
>The staff of The Hole may have already noticed that Jimmy the Lie is missing. You don’t have time to fetch your other companions, and this strike force will be enough to cow any criminal resistance. You will have to rely on the worthiness of the Zacaraiah’s men, Jess the Kid’s aim and the watchful gaze of Brother Rousseau. [Haughty]
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>>4329979
>>You can't just wait before the staff of the Hole realizes Jimmy the Lie is missing and adjust their plans accordingly, but just as much you must take precautions in your haste. Have a messenger from the Ordo Praetor ride to meet your entourage and solicit their help to come reinforce the strike force as soon as they can. [Haughty+Idealist]
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>>4330742
>>4330766
>>4330721
Hitting them hard and fast is important, but what is stopping us from merely sending word to our men to come help us while we head off to fight?
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>>4330098
Supporting this addition.
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As this write-in is not really in contravention with the more popular haughty option I will work it in. You won't have the rest of your companions to start with but they may arrive later.
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I am editing the Thorns trait as it is comparatively broken compared to the other paths at the same level.

(6) The Weak Should Fear the Strong: If you hold the DC advantage in combat gain +1 Combat Re-Roll. If you are at a DC disadvantage, suffer -2DC.
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>>4330868
Seems fair enough and fits thematically
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>The staff of The Hole may have already noticed that Jimmy the Lie is missing. You don’t have time to fetch your other companions, and this strike force will be enough to cow any criminal resistance. You will have to rely on the worthiness of the Zacaraiah’s men, Jess the Kid’s aim and the watchful gaze of Brother Rousseau. [Haughty]
>You can't just wait before the staff of the Hole realizes Jimmy the Lie is missing and adjust their plans accordingly, but just as much you must take precautions in your haste. Have a messenger from the Ordo Praetor ride to meet your entourage and solicit their help to come reinforce the strike force as soon as they can. [Haughty+Idealist]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4c5gqyXQU8 – Port Bounty’s finest

The Praetor notaries double as squires in a pinch, although they are clearly more comfortable with the pen in hand than the sword. At least the one attending Sir York at least isn’t shaking in his boots. Primus dan Holt has two notaries of his own, though at your request he sends one of them off as a runner to your companions.

“Here, take this.” You press your bear totem into the young notaries hand. “Tell them to meet with us down by the dockside with all haste.”

>Equipment REMOVED (Bear Totem), your companion reinforcements without long delays

There is little time for introductions on the way to the dockside, and the garments covering their face beneath the helm are intended to keep their identities anyway. Nonetheless, nervous chatter and a few words from Sir York allow you to make your first impression of the squad.

The 17th Rota of the Port Bounty Watch are an eclectic bunch indeed. Zachariah and his two sergeant-at-arms, Leroy and Weyland are all natives of the city from birth, as is the particularly large Kale, but many of the rank-and-file come from all over. Timothy started out as a farmhand from Fallavon-Pascae borders, and the short and prone-to-complaint Glen is a native of Aubrey. There are the two Langlish twins, Paolo and Portio, and of the two on Paolo seems to speak passing Cantīsh. The Cathagi exile, Ayaz, is less prosperous than their compatriot the Patrikas Ianthe, but a great deal better off than most with this steady line of work.

There’s even a scarred Norsikaan woman in the squad. In your opinion woman have no place on the battlefield, the female bodyguards of your homeland are trusted bodyguards of young noblewomen due to the obvious lack of any risk of lustful entanglements with their charges rather than their martial prowess. That said, Brittletoe isn’t the first woman with a blade you’ve seen in your travels and you’re beginning to doubt she’ll be the last.

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“Shit. Lookouts are onto us.” One of the guardsmen grumbles, jerking his head up at the gaggle street urchins running away down side alleys and calling to each other.

“How d’ye know they was lookouts, Paolo?”

“Because, ‘Kale’, if they wasn’t the piccole merde would have stopped to hurl abuse or worse at us. Now stop using names if you like breathing through the one hole.”

“Double-time, Seventeen!” The column picks up the pace as Zachariah bellows over his shoulder.

Wherever the ‘lookouts’ were running too, it wasn’t The Hole. The streets are utterly deserted, shutters slam shut and frightened eyes peek out through the gaps as your raiding party spreads out through all the numerous alleyways and entrances into the worst brothel in the world. It’s too cold for a bouncer to be posted outside at this time of night, they must be waiting on the other side. But waiting for customers, not armoured guardsmen.
Brittletoe and Ayaz clamber up the side of the building as stealthily as they can, a difficult prospect armoured as they are. They are also completely unaware that Jess the Kid is covering them from the rooftops on the other side of the street. Poalo and Portio siddle up to a window with a loose shutter on the lower-east side, while the main body of men not covering minor-exits crowd around the corner from the main entrance.

Zacharaih skirts the whole brothel premise, ducking under windows and steering clear of doorways as he checks the positions of each of his men, tapping their shoulders when satisified and exchanging solemn nods, cheeky winks and nervous grins where called for. For commoner, you have to admit he does seem to command the confidence of his fellow lowborn plus and keen eye for the tactics available in these suffocatingly tight streets. Finally, he returns to your position with the Praetor Primus. Too ill-bred for real command, of course, but the Pascae promotion of commoners to even mid-level officer ranks like his is not so embarrassing if this is their quality. He would have made a passable Master-Sergeant in Father's host.

“Ready to breach, my lord.”

“Excellent work, Officer. Sir York’s faith in you was not misplaced.” Praetor Primus dan Holt nods, before turning his gravelly expression to you. “Last chance to call it off, Sir Andrei. Say it was all one big mistake.”

“No, my lord.” You have little trouble holding the Praetor’s steely gaze this time. You’ve done things, or threatened to do things, that you’re not altogether proud of to get this close as it is. You’ve come too far to back down now. “That ledger is well worth the trouble. I am sure of it.”

“Very well then. You may proceed, Officer.”

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“Open Up! Pascae Praetor Department!” The pommel of Sergeant Weyland’s weapon makes a startingly clatter on the main entrance to The Hole. “Open up, in the name of the law!”

Sir York shrugs at the lack of response from inside. “About what we expected. Bring up the Welcome Wagon.”

“I love this job.” The big guardsman, Kale, chuckles as he steps forehead with a massive warhammer in hand. “Knock-fucking-KNOCK!”

The crash and splinter of wood, plus the yelp of pain by whoever had decided to bar the door with their own weight, is swiftly drowned out by the screams of alarmed whores and belligerent shouts for surrender from the guardsmen storming The Hole in a sudden barrage of alarm and short-lived violence.

“P.P.D.! stand the fuck down!”

“P.P.D.! Down! Stay the fuck dow- weapon! Steel blade, red smock behind the column!”

“I see him! Give it here! Now take -that-!”

“I said stay down, you deaf mother- We got a runner!”

“Got him!”

“Oof, Cain on the Cross that has -got- to hurt.”

“That’s! What you get! For resisting!”

“Five years on the chaingang, right there folks!”

You witness the Langlish twins rip off the loose window shutter and jump inside before shouting ensues from the room within.

“Smetti di resistere, cazzo!” A thin wail and crash as a figure is flung out of the wind, and it's neither one of the twins. “Yeah, what he said!”

“P.P.D.! Everyone in this building is under fucking arrest!” The shatter of what may be the only glass window in the building signals the entrance of the guardsmen on the roof. “Oh. Good evening, Councilman. Yes sir, you too I'm afraid. No, you have time to put your pants on, I’m sure.”

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[4/4]

By the time you make your way inside, it’s all over. Shattered glass, spilt wine and overturned tables make the already run-down cheapside brothel look more a sorry scene than you had even imagined. Not that this place looked a picture before the raid either, cheap pillows and patchwork carpet do little to disguise the dirty floors and rotting wood. Customers, some naked or near enough, are lined up against the wall with the staff, bouncers and ‘service providers’. The phrase Courtesan is far too flattering and even the word Whore implies some sort of moxy that is sorely lacking in many of the poor things. The shouting continues as you clamber up the stairs, not entirely trusting the creaking bannister to hold your armoured weight.

“And for Reginae’s sake will someone get a blanket or something for the women!”

“ ‘Women’ might be stretching it, boss. Fuck me, they’s young.”

Jess the Kid is already inside, watching over the heavy iron contraption that is no doubt the strongbox. So anonymous was her stealthy insertion into the room that you have to command the two guardsmen up there to stand down when they realised she had entered in after them.

You’ve taken The Hole by storm, with minimal resistance. But time is of the essence, those lookouts where heading off to warn someone. The contraption on the strongbox complicates matters somewhat, it appears easy enough to force open but a glance shows you there is some acid or incendiary device designed to destroy the documents if not handled carefully.

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>Carrying the whole strongbox will slow your party down, perhaps long enough to allow the local gangs to retaliate. But if you can just get it to the Praetor Commandery they will be able to ensure it is disarmed without damaging the documents inside. [Haughty]

>The possibility of damaging the ledger inside is real, but the mechanism does not seem too complex. Its workings could be safely disarmed by someone with a nimble hand, like a woman’s. Or even an ermine. You attempt to unlock the strongbox. [Hearty]

>You leave that decision to the Primus Pilus, instead securing Jimmy the Lie’s remaining ‘special stock’ and explaining that you are here to rescue them. Almighty knows what you’ll do with them once this is all over, but you’re not leaving them here. [Idealist]
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>>4330909
>>Carrying the whole strongbox will slow your party down, perhaps long enough to allow the local gangs to retaliate. But if you can just get it to the Praetor Commandery they will be able to ensure it is disarmed without damaging the documents inside. [Haughty]

We can't come all this way just to toss away the evidence. It's time for a real fight, and this time we don't have to hold back
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>>4330909
>You leave that decision to the Primus Pilus, instead securing Jimmy the Lie’s remaining ‘special stock’ and explaining that you are here to rescue them. Almighty knows what you’ll do with them once this is all over, but you’re not leaving them here. [Idealist]
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>>4330909
>The possibility of damaging the ledger inside is real, but the mechanism does not seem too complex. Its workings could be safely disarmed by someone with a nimble hand, like a woman’s. Or even an ermine. You attempt to unlock the strongbox. [Hearty]

With Kid and Dame Stoutsworth we have a good chance to safely opening the strong box.
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>>4330909
>You leave that decision to the Primus Pilus, instead securing Jimmy the Lie’s remaining ‘special stock’ and explaining that you are here to rescue them. Almighty knows what you’ll do with them once this is all over, but you’re not leaving them here. [Idealist]
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>>4330909
>>You leave that decision to the Primus Pilus, instead securing Jimmy the Lie’s remaining ‘special stock’ and explaining that you are here to rescue them. Almighty knows what you’ll do with them once this is all over, but you’re not leaving them here. [Idealist]
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>>4330909
>>Carrying the whole strongbox will slow your party down, perhaps long enough to allow the local gangs to retaliate. But if you can just get it to the Praetor Commandery they will be able to ensure it is disarmed without damaging the documents inside. [Haughty]

We have backup incoming, they should catch us if anything happens.
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>>4330909
>The possibility of damaging the ledger inside is real, but the mechanism does not seem too complex. Its workings could be safely disarmed by someone with a nimble hand, like a woman’s. Or even an ermine. You attempt to unlock the strongbox. [Hearty]
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>>4329979
>>The staff of The Hole may have already noticed that Jimmy the Lie is missing. You don’t have time to fetch your other companions, and this strike force will be enough to cow any criminal resistance. You will have to rely on the worthiness of the Zacaraiah’s men, Jess the Kid’s aim and the watchful gaze of Brother Rousseau. [Haughty]
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>>4330909
>The possibility of damaging the ledger inside is real, but the mechanism does not seem too complex. Its workings could be safely disarmed by someone with a nimble hand, like a woman’s. Or even an ermine. You attempt to unlock the strongbox. [Hearty]
>You leave that decision to the Primus Pilus, instead securing Jimmy the Lie’s remaining ‘special stock’ and explaining that you are here to rescue them. Almighty knows what you’ll do with them once this is all over, but you’re not leaving them here. [Idealist]

we'll need a specalist to open the lock, considering a councilman is already involved I shudder to think who might come to protect the identity of those in the ledger/safe
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>>4330909
>>Carrying the whole strongbox will slow your party down, perhaps long enough to allow the local gangs to retaliate. But if you can just get it to the Praetor Commandery they will be able to ensure it is disarmed without damaging the documents inside. [Haughty]
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>>4330909
>>Carrying the whole strongbox will slow your party down, perhaps long enough to allow the local gangs to retaliate. But if you can just get it to the Praetor Commandery they will be able to ensure it is disarmed without damaging the documents inside. [Haughty]

+ reassure the children
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>You leave that decision to the Primus Pilus, instead securing Jimmy the Lie’s remaining ‘special stock’ and explaining that you are here to rescue them. Almighty knows what you’ll do with them once this is all over, but you’re not leaving them here. [Idealist]
If we're going to have a fight anyways I'd rather have it here then in the middle of the street while escorting the box.
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Disregard my vote here >>4330929 I posted in haste


>Carrying the whole strongbox will slow your party down, perhaps long enough to allow the local gangs to retaliate. But if you can just get it to the Praetor Commandery they will be able to ensure it is disarmed without damaging the documents inside. [Haughty]
>The possibility of damaging the ledger inside is real, but the mechanism does not seem too complex. Its workings could be safely disarmed by someone with a nimble hand, like a woman’s. Or even an ermine. You attempt to unlock the strongbox. [Hearty]
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If we run away with the box and abandon the children here, then they will almost certainly be killed to prevent them from being used as witnesses and evidence.

We'll be exposed to ambushes and assaults in the streets if we leave the brothel since they're gang territory, and the box will slow us down considerably. Also, don't forget that our current numbers are too few to be enough to withstand open combat against the gangs in the streets. We should use the brothel as a defensive position till the reinforcements we sent for arrive and then leave once our numbers get bolstered.
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>>4330909
Should we leave rest investigation to Primus Pilus and head to the port ourselves? Because if culprit is running away obviously it will be via ship right? Do to slaves and such, at least this is my hunch
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>>4330951
The problem there is we don't know exactly who the culprit is right? We can't stop random people from getting on boats and sailing away
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>>4330949
>We'll be exposed to ambushes and assaults in the streets if we leave the brothel since they're gang territory, and the box will slow us down considerably. Also, don't forget that our current numbers are too few to be enough to withstand open combat against the gangs in the streets. We should use the brothel as a defensive position till the reinforcements we sent for arrive and then leave once our numbers get bolstered.

This, the stairs will serve as a good chokepoint to neutralise their superior numbers. Also once our companions arrive we can crush them from both sides.
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>>4330958
Yes. Once reinforcements arrive they'll attack their rear which will force them to retreat since they'll be surrounded from both sides. Jess should also head to the rooftop as it will give her a very advantageous position for her ranged role.

One important thing I forgot to mention is the Strongbox's sensitive contraption mechanism.

>The contraption on the strongbox complicates matters somewhat, it appears easy enough to force open but a glance shows you there is some acid or incendiary device designed to destroy the documents if not handled carefully.

If we leave the defensive position of the brothel and decide to fight them in the exposed open streets, then they wouldn't even need to fight us to destroy the Strongbox. They can just use their ranged members to shoot at it to make it destroy itself since it won't have the protection of the brothel's walls.
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>>4330981
>They can just use their ranged members to shoot at it to make it destroy itself since it won't have the protection of the brothel's walls.

That honestly seems a little far fetched for a street brawl with some thugs. We don't know the exact workings of the mechanism but my guess would be that its somehow connected to the lock to prevent tampering etc. It doesn't seem likely the regular gang members would know anything about it either. I suppose they could be told, but how many would be able to pick it out from from the rest of the strongbox and successfully fire an arrow at it amidst all the fighting in the streets?
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>>4330987
If we could evacuate it or wait for reinforcements to secure the area, Jimmy should know how to disarm the mechanism since he should need to to access the ledger.
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>>4330981
That is unless they decide its better off if it all disappears and then set the building on fire. Everything in here is a law enforcement agent, evidence or a witness.
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>>4330987
They're not just some street thugs. They're the bodyguards and actual bosses of the brothel. Jimmy is just their tool.

>He were even after the healthier ones, high earners. Plenty of mileage left in ‘em. I said no, e’en when he upped his offers. Coffin Nails would have had my balls if he caught me selling the dregs, let alone healthy stock.”

They absolutely know of the Strongbox and how to destroy it too.

>This Coffin Nail, he likes an account kept of his businesses. Likes to know where the money is flowing to. And from.”

>Yes?”

>“And I doubt he takes your word for it.”

>“…No.”

>“You know what I’m asking, copper-clipper. Don’t be difficult about it.”

>“There’s… there’s a ledger. Strongbox, top shelf in the room upstairs to the left. It’s got sums, names… services.”


>I suppose they could be told, but how many would be able to pick it out from from the rest of the strongbox and successfully fire an arrow at it amidst all the fighting in the streets?

It's a huge ass box that is big enough to slow our group considerably just by carrying it with us. They'll be everywhere (rooftops, windows, etc) since the streets are their own territory, and there will be multiple ranged units with them. No way they won't be able to pick it out while we're completely exposed in the open streets. They will all be shooting at the same target, so it's definitely going to be receiving multiple arrows no question about it.
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>>4330914
>>4330909
>The possibility of damaging the ledger inside is real, but the mechanism does not seem too complex. Its workings could be safely disarmed by someone with a nimble hand, like a woman’s. Or even an ermine. You attempt to unlock the strongbox. [Hearty]
>You leave that decision to the Primus Pilus, instead securing Jimmy the Lie’s remaining ‘special stock’ and explaining that you are here to rescue them. Almighty knows what you’ll do with them once this is all over, but you’re not leaving them here. [Idealist]

Actually can we do both? Kid and Dame Stoutsworth open the strongbox while we secure the children. Also maybe we can take the oldest as a servant an extra hand do errands and take care of the animals while Mikail focus on train, his squire duties and Orin focuses guarding and being an extra sword arm.
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>>4330993
For reference I was referring to the mechanism to destroy the evidence, not the box itself.

>They're not just some street thugs. They're the bodyguards and actual bosses of the brothel. Jimmy is just their tool.

Some of them sure, but lets be realistic the majority of the combatants are likely to be low-level thugs picked up by the gangs for extra muscle. It's unlikely the gangs are financing and keeping around a bunch of well trained, well armed mercs etc
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>>4330909
>Carrying the whole strongbox will slow your party down, perhaps long enough to allow the local gangs to retaliate. But if you can just get it to the Praetor Commandery they will be able to ensure it is disarmed without damaging the documents inside. [Haughty]

We have our companions coming too - we can do this
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>>4330997
>Some of them sure, but lets be realistic the majority of the combatants are likely to be low-level thugs picked up by the gangs for extra muscle. It's unlikely the gangs are financing and keeping around a bunch of well trained, well armed mercs etc

No, not some of them but all of them will sure be told to destroy it and how. Even if they hired some low-level thugs like you assume, they will order them to destroy it and tell them how. They own a bunch of profitable businesses not just the brothel. You're relying on them being stupid, incompetent, and not careful when they aren't. The Strongbox's own self-destruct mechanism proves that they're careful and were ready for something like this happening.
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>>4330909
>Carrying the whole strongbox will slow your party down, perhaps long enough to allow the local gangs to retaliate. But if you can just get it to the Praetor Commandery they will be able to ensure it is disarmed without damaging the documents inside. [Haughty]
We need to start moving now - the documents are important enough that these thugs will no doubt burn down The Hole if push came to shove - which it is
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>>4331002
>No, not some of them but all of them
>they will order them to destroy it and tell them how
>You're relying on them being stupid, incompetent, and not careful when they aren't.

Yeah alright, I didn't realise you were Forgotten under an alias but you seem to have all the facts and know everything about this yet-to-be-seen aggressor.

>They own a bunch of profitable businesses not just the brothel

This is a safe assumption but like most everything else you've said its just that. An assumption. We don't actually know much of anything about these people other than that they're clearly well connected, have blackmail info on their clients, and are willing to be violent to protect their interests.

The self-destruction mechanism certainly shows a level of caution, but it seems like a jump to assume that every member of the organisation will be briefed, trained and acting like anything more than a crack addled thug pointed in the right direction.

Another anon has pointed out another concern that I hadn't considered. These people may just decide to burn the place to the ground with us inside defending the evidence. If they have so many other avenues for income it's better to take this one loss and get away with nothing pinning them to it no?
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>>4331007
>Yeah alright, I didn't realise you were Forgotten under an alias but you seem to have all the facts and know everything about this yet-to-be-seen aggressor.

I don't need to be Forgotten to know they aren't stupid or poor. Both the Strongbox's self-destruct mechanism and their financial wealth which is stated by Jimmy is in the text. You're denying evidence because it disproves your assumptions.

>This is a safe assumption but like most everything else you've said its just that. An assumption. We don't actually know much of anything about these people other than that they're clearly well connected, have blackmail info on their clients, and are willing to be violent to protect their interests.

It is not an assumption. It is a stated fact by Jimmy who owns the brothel and knows how wealthy they're as well as how many businesses they own. I actually prove my claims by providing text evidence unlike you.


>The self-destruction mechanism certainly shows a level of caution, but it seems like a jump to assume that every member of the organisation will be briefed, trained and acting like anything more than a crack addled thug pointed in the right direction.

It is not a jump when the law enforcing Praetors now have their hands on it which makes it already compromised. They will not care to retrieve it and will absolutely do everything to destroy it now including briefing everyone to destroy it and how to. You're relying on them being stupid and not careful.
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>>4331011
>I don't need to be Forgotten to know they aren't stupid or poor. Both the Strongbox's self-destruct mechanism and their financial wealth which is stated by Jimmy is in the text. You're denying evidence because it disproves your assumptions.

There is a difference between having wealth and having the ability to finance a private army inside a major city...

>It is not a jump when the law enforcing Praetors now have their hands on it which makes it already compromised. They will not care to retrieve it and will absolutely do everything to destroy it now including briefing everyone to destroy it and how to. You're relying on them being stupid and not careful.

If you honestly think, truly believe, that every single member of the gang, from from the most common street thug or doorman to the guys in charge will have been briefed, trained and acting like a cohesive unit then there is no need for this conversation to continue because you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Even given a full day to train together, it takes a long time for people who give a shit to form unit cohesion, let alone a bunch of poverty stricken low lives mostly looking for the next payday or score. These people have been rounded up and told that shit is happening right now, to rush to this area and take out whoever isn't with them. They're in a rush.

>They will not care to retrieve it and will absolutely do everything to destroy it

Possibly including burning the building down with us inside.
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>>4331007
These are assumptions, true or not, that need to be made in order to get ourselves out alive. We know that the murderer is likely an official of the CHURCH. Already this is a man with high connections, not to mention the possible relationship with the ongoing slaver ring, something that NO DOUBT will be well funded and well run.

>>4330909
That being said I think that having us leave the brothel, bogged down by strong box and exposed in hostile territory is incredibly stupid and risky. The only option we have to circumvent this risk is to use our ermine to open that safe here and now. We can leave the rescuing of victims to our comrades in the meantime and only then should we hurry ourselves back.

>The possibility of damaging the ledger inside is real, but the mechanism does not seem too complex. Its workings could be safely disarmed by someone with a nimble hand, like a woman’s. Or even an ermine. You attempt to unlock the strongbox. You have your companions secure the "special stock". [Hearty+Idealist]
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>>4330992
If they decide to do that, then we have to escort the children out with us and tell everyone else to get out of there before they get here. They'll be after the children specifically since they're evidence as well as witnesses. The ledger doesn't matter if you can't prove there were child prostitutes in the brothel.
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>>4330909
>>Carrying the whole strongbox will slow your party down, perhaps long enough to allow the local gangs to retaliate. But if you can just get it to the Praetor Commandery they will be able to ensure it is disarmed without damaging the documents inside. [Haughty]

>You leave that decision to the Primus Pilus, instead securing Jimmy the Lie’s remaining ‘special stock’ and explaining that you are here to rescue them. Almighty knows what you’ll do with them once this is all over, but you’re not leaving them here. [Idealist]
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>>4331014
>There is a difference between having wealth and having the ability to finance a private army inside a major city...

They don't need a private army, especially not for our current small skeleton crew.

>f you honestly think, truly believe, that every single member of the gang, from from the most common street thug or doorman to the guys in charge will have been briefed, trained and acting like a cohesive unit then there is no need for this conversation to continue because you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Even given a full day to train together, it takes a long time for people who give a shit to form unit cohesion, let alone a bunch of poverty stricken low lives mostly looking for the next payday or score. These people have been rounded up and told that shit is happening right now, to rush to this area and take out whoever isn't with them. They're in a rush.

Yes, I absolutely believe that. They already know that Jimmy has been caught. The boss briefs the highest members to destroy it and how to, and the highest members brief everyone else to destroy it and how to before heading out. There done. It's not some difficult, complicated task that takes a genius to achieve like you're trying to pass it as.
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Do we know whereabouts of Courageous Sky? Was he passively following us or is he put somewhere with rest of our menagerie?
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>>4331036
probably put somewhere relatively out of the way where we're staying.
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Despite the numerous nuances can we agree that going out with the box will likely risk it in combat regardless of the thugs intensions. Despite the risk of them trying to smoke us out of the Hole we have a reasonable expectation for reinforments getting here. Holding here for now has the best tactical and strategic advantage since we protect the evidence and the children.
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>>4330909
>[Haughty]
Is a no because forces us to leave children behind

>[Hearty]
This is gamble and a big one
.
What is good for us
> Andrei no experience with locks see it as simple contraption so its probably easy
> Kid and Dame Stoutsworth are made for this
What works against us
> We don't have any tools
> Kid and Dame Stoutsworth have as far as we know 0 expirience
I would say its 50/50 or worse 40/60

If we could get tools or a person with experience dealing with such things we would improve your chances significantly.

>[Idealist]
Obviously catching people involved would be the best but taking care of the victims should be priority. After this they can be safely escorted to a local church when priests will take care of them... This kids will have no brake huh
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>>4330909

>Carrying the whole strongbox will slow your party down, perhaps long enough to allow the local gangs to retaliate. But if you can just get it to the Praetor Commandery they will be able to ensure it is disarmed without damaging the documents inside. [Haughty

We have our people on there way here so a fight should be fine.
We get 1+ dc for each person we are out numberes by and if we keep picking the safe combate stances we will be fine.

>>4330352
This is me
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>>4330909
>Carrying the whole strongbox will slow your party down, perhaps long enough to allow the local gangs to retaliate. But if you can just get it to the Praetor Commandery they will be able to ensure it is disarmed without damaging the documents inside. [Haughty]
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>>4330909
>>You leave that decision to the Primus Pilus, instead securing Jimmy the Lie’s remaining ‘special stock’ and explaining that you are here to rescue them. Almighty knows what you’ll do with them once this is all over, but you’re not leaving them here. [Idealist]
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>>4330909
>>The possibility of damaging the ledger inside is real, but the mechanism does not seem too complex. Its workings could be safely disarmed by someone with a nimble hand, like a woman’s. Or even an ermine. You attempt to unlock the strongbox. [Hearty]
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>>4330909

>You leave that decision to the Primus Pilus, instead securing Jimmy the Lie’s remaining ‘special stock’ and explaining that you are here to rescue them. Almighty knows what you’ll do with them once this is all over, but you’re not leaving them here. [Idealist]

Recommend to the Primus that we bunker down and fortify the Hole to await our reinforcements before attempting to extract the strongbox. If the Coffins do come to attack us, the Hole will act as a temporary hard point to negate a good chunk of their numbers. Jess goes up high and quiet, looking for the opportunity to snipe out anyone leading the attack from the rear and calling to Courageous Sky if she spots him while we and Rousseau hold down the weakest point in the defense.
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>>4330909
>Carrying the whole strongbox will slow your party down, perhaps long enough to allow the local gangs to retaliate. But if you can just get it to the Praetor Commandery they will be able to ensure it is disarmed without damaging the documents inside. [Haughty]
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>>4330909
>>Carrying the whole strongbox will slow your party down, perhaps long enough to allow the local gangs to retaliate. But if you can just get it to the Praetor Commandery they will be able to ensure it is disarmed without damaging the documents inside. [Haughty]
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>>4330909
>>4331116
I will second this one, let's hold down the fort until we get reinforcements.

Also, does reinforcement also include the pilgrims? I assume it depends on whether or not Father Tobray finds out why all of the knights are riding out at night.
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>>4330909
>You leave that decision to the Primus Pilus, instead securing Jimmy the Lie’s remaining ‘special stock’ and explaining that you are here to rescue them. Almighty knows what you’ll do with them once this is all over, but you’re not leaving them here. [Idealist]

Our Companions are coming along. Sure, we can capture the bad guys later, but we gotta save the kids now.

Also they're possibly able to give evidence of who we want.
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>>4330909
>>Carrying the whole strongbox will slow your party down, perhaps long enough to allow the local gangs to retaliate. But if you can just get it to the Praetor Commandery they will be able to ensure it is disarmed without damaging the documents inside. [Haughty]
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>>4330909
>Carrying the whole strongbox will slow your party down, perhaps long enough to allow the local gangs to retaliate. But if you can just get it to the Praetor Commandery they will be able to ensure it is disarmed without damaging the documents inside. [Haughty]
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>>4330908
>Carrying the whole strongbox will slow your party down, perhaps long enough to allow the local gangs to retaliate. But if you can just get it to the Praetor Commandery they will be able to ensure it is disarmed without damaging the documents inside. [Haughty]
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>>4330909
>>You leave that decision to the Primus Pilus, instead securing Jimmy the Lie’s remaining ‘special stock’ and explaining that you are here to rescue them. Almighty knows what you’ll do with them once this is all over, but you’re not leaving them here. [Idealist]
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>>4330909
>Carrying the whole strongbox will slow your party down, perhaps long enough to allow the local gangs to retaliate. But if you can just get it to the Praetor Commandery they will be able to ensure it is disarmed without damaging the documents inside. [Haughty]
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>>4330909
>>Carrying the whole strongbox will slow your party down, perhaps long enough to allow the local gangs to retaliate. But if you can just get it to the Praetor Commandery they will be able to ensure it is disarmed without damaging the documents inside. [Haughty]
Fighting we can do. Lockpicking not so much.
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>>4330909
>>The possibility of damaging the ledger inside is real, but the mechanism does not seem too complex. Its workings could be safely disarmed by someone with a nimble hand, like a woman’s. Or even an ermine. You attempt to unlock the strongbox. [Hearty]
this is the quickest option me thinks
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>>4330909
>>Carrying the whole strongbox will slow your party down, perhaps long enough to allow the local gangs to retaliate. But if you can just get it to the Praetor Commandery they will be able to ensure it is disarmed without damaging the documents inside. [Haughty]
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>>4330909
>Carrying the whole strongbox will slow your party down, perhaps long enough to allow the local gangs to retaliate. But if you can just get it to the Praetor Commandery they will be able to ensure it is disarmed without damaging the documents inside. [Haughty]
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My fellow kniggas, Putting ourselves in the open is a terrible idea. Weighed down by the box, deep in enemy territory, and undermanned means that we're unsuited for any of this. I think the best thing to do is to trust in our ermine to open the safe while the rest of our companions secure the kidnapped, Thus I insist in doing both the
>[Hearty+Idealist]
option instead.
Please reconsider
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>The possibility of damaging the ledger inside is real, but the mechanism does not seem too complex. Its workings could be safely disarmed by someone with a nimble hand, like a woman’s. Or even an ermine. You attempt to unlock the strongbox. [Hearty]
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>>4331834
We cant stay in this place, itl just mean we will have to face waves of thugs and beening traped in here with no way out and if they get pissed they could just burn it all down. And swinging swords around indoors with all the kids about can lead to non combate people getting hurt and us triping on tables and shit.

We need to get back into ppd range so the ganges leave us alone and mybe alone the way the mudcoats might leand a hand.
At lest in the streets there will be ways to move out of combat if it gets bad, and we will be speeding up the time for our friends will get to us. And could make it slower for the gnages to send more thugs as we will be on the move.
And fighting as a unit will be alot easyer in the open.
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>>4331912
I don't think it is necessary to stay to weather a seige with the option I'm proposing. I also don't believe that lock picking and herding some people will take up our window of time immensely to the point of getting trapped by thugs. This is still right after our raid afterall.

What WILL waste our time is carrying that damn box. If the goings get bad on the street, we'll have to abandon it, and we'll lose the documents. If we fight, we get even more bogged down and further trapped. I'll say it again:

[Haughty] option has us MOVING ACROSS ENEMY TERRITORY WITH A CUMBERSOME FRAGILE TARGET WHILE UNDERMANNED. EXPOSED IN ROOFTOPS AND ALLEYS FOR AMBUSHES.

Let's not get Viet Conged please. The only option is to open the safe here and now.
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>>4331968
We could set the slums on fire.

As a distraction.

Also

> Escapes Fallavon

> Still stuck in 'Nam
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>>4332212
>+10000 Path of Thorns
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>>4331968
lets just be clear, whilst the strongbox has a mechanism to destroy the contents, the box itself is not fragile by any means. That would defeat the purpose
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>>4332383
I understand that, which is why in my own personal posts, I made my worries clear that my issue is not that I am fearful of the documents being destroyed in the fighting, but rather it bogs us down in trying to keep the box out of enemy hands while moving.

Even then, the specific qualifications of what fragile means varies as who can say whether or not a sufficient force may trigger the self-destruction mechanism as a response to an attempt to open it.
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>>4330909
>The possibility of damaging the ledger inside is real, but the mechanism does not seem too complex. Its workings could be safely disarmed by someone with a nimble hand, like a woman’s. Or even an ermine. You attempt to unlock the strongbox. [Hearty]

>>4325506
This is me
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>>4332414
Fair enough, just want to ensure some clarity
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>>4332414
At a certain point, you just have to trust Forgotten not to screw us.

The dice, on the other hand, are likely to do so.

On the gripping hand, looks like we get an intrigue reroll from the animal companion + it was described as "simple" so it's probably a decent DC to open it on the spot.

That's why I went with the hearty option.

Contextual clues.
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>Carrying the whole strongbox will slow your party down, perhaps long enough to allow the local gangs to retaliate. But if you can just get it to the Praetor Commandery they will be able to ensure it is disarmed without damaging the documents inside. [Haughty]

Not trusting your lockpicking skills, a failing you’ve never before had cause to curse, you direct the guardsmen to trundle the strongbox downstairs and ready to be transported back to the Praetor Commandery. The strongbox is heavy and able to withstand some punishment, it would take a concerted attempt at prying the thing open to risk activating it’s failsafe.

“The ledger is secure, my lord. Are we ready to move out?”

“Very nearly. I did not realise there would be so many.” Praetor Primus dan Holt shakes his head. “Leave the criminals and customers, the young witnesses are our priority here. If the ledger holds up, we will hunt down this criminal scum later.”

Although you cannot imagine the hapless children suffering any repercussions for their victimisation, their lack of understanding of this as a rescue means there is little flexibility when having them escorted. A dozen corralled prisoners; for they are at the moment treated as such, is difficult to manage in addition to the strongbox. Your column makes precious little progress in it’s attempt to extricate itself from the shady neighbourhood.

This street is a nightmare for maneuvering, even in daytime. Your keep your eyes peeled for your expected assailants and reinforcements both, but so far all you spot is the flitting figure of Jess the Kid on the rooftops above and Brother Rousseau scanning each alleyway suspiciously as you pass.

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Tracking Roll
>Unfamiliar terrain (urban) / Spotting ambush (hostile territory) 40DC
> Jess the Kid (Lookout) +1 Re-Roll
> Courageous Sky +1 Re-Roll
> 40DC


Double Fail = In the confusion, witnesses and prisoners both slip away.
0 = You had expected hurled stones and some clumsy attempt of theft, not an outright attack in force on the Praetors and City Watch . Suffer -20DC Ambushed! +1 Adverse Re-Roll to Battle Progress on the first round.
1 = You had anticipated some resistance, but the suddenness and audacity of the attack takes your column by surprise. Suffer -20DC Ambushed! to Battle Progress on the first round.
2 = Moving this slowly with such precious cargo, reprisal was inevitable. But you had anticipated as much, and are ready when the time comes. Suffer -5DC Ambushed! To Battle Progress on the first round.
3 = You had anticpated the enemy assault, and through careful position funnel many of their number through chokepoints. Your efforts will turn them into killing grounds. Gain Ambush Countered! +1 Re-Roll to Battle Progress on the first round.
Double Pass = Free movement. You can pick from the other random companions for this battle.


3 rolls of
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Rolled 7 (1d100)

>>4332930
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Rolled (1d00)

>>4332930
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Rolled 59 (1d100)

>>4332935
>>4332930
Shit
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Rolled 56 (1d100)

>>4332930
Was trying to give others a shot at rolling but haven't seen a third in a bit so here we go
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Rolled 38 (1d100)

>>4332936
Well time to re-roll
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>>4332936
>>4332941
Looks like rerolls time lads
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>>4332941
>>4332930

Welp, I should have left it for someone else. Re-rolling I guess.
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>>4332941
Do a reroll mate.
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Rolled 78 (1d100)

>>4332941
>>4332930
Annd I forgot to roll. Re-rolling
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2 success. Thats not too bad for a DC40.
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>2 pass, no doubles
Good shit.
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>2 Success: Moving this slowly with such precious cargo, reprisal was inevitable. But you had anticipated as much, and are ready when the time comes. Suffer -5DC Ambushed! To Battle Progress on the first round.
It’s hard to see much of anything in the dark, and the rain has taken a nastier turn which prohibits torchlight. You imagine every shadow you pass to contain the glint of knives or worse.

There! The screech of Courageous Sky’s warning call. Bless his stout avian heart for braving the weather to watch over you tonight, you know how much your feathered friend hats the rain. You can’t see the danger that alarmed him, but Jess the Kid surely must as she draws her longbow and fires straight down into the street in front of you.

The sharp cry of pain is clearly heard over the clatter of jogging armour, but what is more shocking still is the crash of glass and sudden explosion of flame from the same source of the cry. The fire spreads out like a spill, already dying down in the rain but that makeshift incendiary would have caused absolute havoc in your ranks if its bearer had been able to throw it properly.

You have little time to dwell on that as the sudden flame, successful or not, was clearly the signal for dozens of Port Bounty’s ugliest to spill out from the alleyways ahead and behind as they launch their attack.

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(1) Reaction to ambush
>“Hold fast! You and you, with me!” You need a moment to gather your cohort while the guardsmen hold the line. No combat rolls in the first battle round, you may select both companions following the first battle round.

>“Stop right there, criminal scum!” You throw yourself into the melee, eager to come to grips with a an enemy face-to-face since arriving in this sordid city. Participate in the first battle round, companions are randomly selected.

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(2) Combat stance (first or second round, depending on above choice)
>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)

>Guarded - Exchange of Blows does not inflict or sustain damage.

>Balanced - AV and Damage remain unchanged. May Re-Roll results of this and next Combat Stance superiority roll.

>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.

>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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Combat rolls will commence roughly 12 hours from now, though I hope you will forgive some breaks between rolls as I attend irl matters.
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>>4332972
>“Hold fast! You and you, with me!” You need a moment to gather your cohort while the guardsmen hold the line. No combat rolls in the first battle round, you may select both companions following the first battle round.

>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)
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>>4332972
>>“Stop right there, criminal scum!” You throw yourself into the melee, eager to come to grips with a an enemy face-to-face since arriving in this sordid city. Participate in the first battle round, companions are randomly selected.
>>Balanced - AV and Damage remain unchanged. May Re-Roll results of this and next Combat Stance superiority roll.
Let's GOOOOOOOOOOO
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>>4332972
(1) Reaction to ambush
>“Hold fast! You and you, with me!” You need a moment to gather your cohort while the guardsmen hold the line. No combat rolls in the first battle round, you may select both companions following the first battle round.


(2) Combat stance
>Balanced - AV and Damage remain unchanged. May Re-Roll results of this and next Combat Stance superiority roll.
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I might be misunderstanding but if we choose to hold fast doesn't it make sense to double down on our AV since we wont be rolling to attack?
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>>4332979
>Combat stance (first or second round, depending on above choice)
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>>4332979
You hold back for one turn and don't get attacked. Your decision is for when you join in the second turn if I'm reading correctly.
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>>4332980
>>4332981

Good point, just checking I had it straight. Cheers for the clarification
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>>4332972
>>“Stop right there, criminal scum!” You throw yourself into the melee, eager to come to grips with a an enemy face-to-face since arriving in this sordid city. Participate in the first battle round, companions are randomly selected.
>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
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>>4332972
>3 fully armoured knights vs underclass filth
Should be absolute butchery unless they can hold one down and stab him through the gaps or have some expensive war hammers, or more of that greek fire
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Between sword of man & the weak should fear the strong alone we're looking at some nasty advantages over these thugs
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>>4332972
>“Stop right there, criminal scum!” You throw yourself into the melee, eager to come to grips with a an enemy face-to-face since arriving in this sordid city. Participate in the first battle round, companions are randomly selected.

>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.

Let's cut a path through the scum.
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>>4332972
Changing my stance here >>4332976

From Cautious to

>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.

>>4332987
Excellent point
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>>4332972
>>“Stop right there, criminal scum!” You throw yourself into the melee, eager to come to grips with a an enemy face-to-face since arriving in this sordid city. Participate in the first battle round, companions are randomly selected.
>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
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>>4332972
>>“Stop right there, criminal scum!” You throw yourself into the melee, eager to come to grips with a an enemy face-to-face since arriving in this sordid city. Participate in the first battle round, companions are randomly selected.

>Balanced - AV and Damage remain unchanged. May Re-Roll results of this and next Combat Stance superiority roll.
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>>4332972
>(1) Reaction to ambush
>>“Hold fast! You and you, with me!” You need a moment to gather your cohort while the guardsmen hold the line. No combat rolls in the first battle round, you may select both companions following the first battle round.
>>“Stop right there, criminal scum!” You throw yourself into the melee, eager to come to grips with a an enemy face-to-face since arriving in this sordid city. Participate in the first battle round, companions are randomly selected.
>_
>(2) Combat stance (first or second round, depending on above choice)
>>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
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>>4332972
>“Stop right there, criminal scum!” You throw yourself into the melee, eager to come to grips with a an enemy face-to-face since arriving in this sordid city. Participate in the first battle round, companions are randomly selected.

>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
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>>4332972
>“Stop right there, criminal scum!” You throw yourself into the melee, eager to come to grips with a an enemy face-to-face since arriving in this sordid city. Participate in the first battle round, companions are randomly selected.

>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up

>>4331086
This is me;
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>>4332972
>“Stop right there, criminal scum!” You throw yourself into the melee, eager to come to grips with a an enemy face-to-face since arriving in this sordid city. Participate in the first battle round, companions are randomly selected

>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
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>>4332935
Not going to lie whwn i woke up this morning and sore this i thought we had a nat 1 rolled
Try dice+1d100
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>>4332972
>“Stop right there, criminal scum!” You throw yourself into the melee, eager to come to grips with a an enemy face-to-face since arriving in this sordid city. Participate in the first battle round, companions are randomly selected.

>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.

Shock and awe.
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>>4332972
>“Stop right there, criminal scum!” You throw yourself into the melee, eager to come to grips with a an enemy face-to-face since arriving in this sordid city. Participate in the first battle round, companions are randomly selected
>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
Would it be too much to shout "URSEN"
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>>4333192
Maybe while we're expecting to be investigated for Angel shenanigans, it might be unwise to give any opportunity for whoevers names are in the ledger to cast us as a heretic.
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>>4333192
Agreed with >>4333198

It might not be a good look to harken back to our homelands slightly heretical beliefs
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>>4333192
Shouting that would give a clue as to our identity or home of origin so yeah a bit

>>4333198
I think heresy's a strong word for it but more importantly IMO is the clue of where we're from I don't think many houses take Ursen for anything these days
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>>4333192
We're trying to be incognito. Better not.
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>>4332972
>>“Stop right there, criminal scum!” You throw yourself into the melee, eager to come to grips with a an enemy face-to-face since arriving in this sordid city. Participate in the first battle round, companions are randomly selected.
>Balanced - AV and Damage remain unchanged. May Re-Roll results of this and next Combat Stance superiority roll.
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>>4332972
>>“Stop right there, criminal scum!” You throw yourself into the melee, eager to come to grips with a an enemy face-to-face since arriving in this sordid city. Participate in the first battle round, companions are randomly selected.
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4332972
>“Stop right there, criminal scum!” You throw yourself into the melee, eager to come to grips with a an enemy face-to-face since arriving in this sordid city. Participate in the first battle round, companions are randomly selected.
>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
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>>4332972
>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
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A 40 DC with those drawbacks could've killed us. We're lucky the rolls were good.
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>>4332972
>“Stop right there, criminal scum!” You throw yourself into the melee, eager to come to grips with a an enemy face-to-face since arriving in this sordid city. Participate in the first battle round, companions are randomly selected.

>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
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>>4332972
>“Hold fast! You and you, with me!” You need a moment to gather your cohort while the guardsmen hold the line. No combat rolls in the first battle round, you may select both companions following the first battle round.
>Balanced - AV and Damage remain unchanged. May Re-Roll results of this and next Combat Stance superiority roll.
Don't know if my vote will be counted since I'm late but here we go.
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>>4333581
Oh the memes though. If we had gotten Viet Conged here there would be some salty anon referring to it on qtg for 10 years.
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>“Stop right there, criminal scum!” You throw yourself into the melee, eager to come to grips with a an enemy face-to-face since arriving in this sordid city. Participate in the first battle round, companions are randomly selected.
>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.

Looks like you get stuck right into the action, with gusto. As you are a superior swordsman by far, your combat stance selections will go unchallenged.

I need two rolls of 1d15 to identify those who fight by your immediate side.

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1: Grigor dan Holt, Primus of the Ordo Praetor
2: Sir Thomas York, Praetor
3: Brother Rousseau, Knights Comitas
4: Willem dan Hausen, Praetor notary
5: Matthias the Younger, Praetor notary
6: Zacaraiah, Officer of the Port Bounty Watch
7: Leroy, Sergeant of the Port Bounty Watch
8: Weyland, Sergeant of the Port Bounty Watch
9: Kale, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
10: Timothy, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
11: Glen, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
12: Paolo, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
13: Portio, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
14: Ayaz, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
15: Brittletoe, Guardswoman of the Port Bounty Watch
NA (ranged support): Jess the Kid, Fae Changeling
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I am also tweaking the ranged support aspect, it makes little sense that a direct hit will only take off one damage at best but outright kills on armoured opponents should also be rare.
Normal success = Target takes 1 AV roll.
Double success = Target takes 4 AV rolls.
Double fail = Friendly unit takes 1 AV roll.
Critical success = Target is slain.
Critical fail = Friendly unit takes 4 AV rolls.

Just testing this out so if it turns out to be completely broken, like stronk Langlish crossbows, we will make amendments as necessary.
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Rolled 6 (1d15)

>>4333919
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>>4333927
To check, does the 9 count as a double for allied rolls?
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Rolled 9 (1d15)

>>4333919
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>>4333934
I think the 9 should only count for personal rolls.
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>>4333936
Sadness as the 9 just got droped.
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>>4333919
Zacaraiah, Officer of the Port Bounty Watch

Kale, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch

Lookng liek us and the watch are going at it.
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>>4333932
>>4333935
Nice
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>>4333963
Some one is getting it on tonight.
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Rolled 64, 21, 6, 96 = 187 (4d100)

Sandag, 4th Day of Acrimun, 883 A.C.E., Port Bounty – well after midnight
Ambush on the Corner of Fisher’s Run and Ropemaker’s Lane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma-WJUidpRU&t=57s – Battle theme
>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
> Battle Progress: EVENLY MATCHED (50DC) (superior troops vs severely outnumbered)
> Skirmish (dozens of combatants): Winning Personal Combat will add +20DC to Battle Progress and +1 Battle Re-Roll
> On foot & enemy holds initiative: You are fighting for your life, with no room to make tactical decisions throughout the melee.
> Help is on the way: Your reinforcements will arrive after [2] battle rounds
Sir Emile Andrei, Young Knight of Romaine: Injured
Zachariah, Officer of the Port Bounty Watch: Healthy
Kale, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch: Healthy
Jess the Kid, Longbowman: Healthy
>Combat = +51DC [Injured -5DC, Injury (Burns) -5DC, Mark of Cain +5DC, Strong +5DC, Castle-forged Arming Sword +5DC, Breastplate and Helm +10DC, Blademaster +10DC, Zachariah +10DC, Kale +10DC, Law of Adam x2 +4DC, Sword of Man x6 +6DC, Fear the Strong -2DC]
>Armour Value = 53AV [Breastplate and Helm +20AV, Heater Shield +20AV, Guardian +6AV, Basilisk Scale Shirt +7AV]
>Combat Re-Rolls = 3 [Holy Orders +1, Courageous Sky +1, Blessed Artefact +1]
>Armour Value Re-Rolls = 1 [Shield of Faith +1 AV Re-Roll]

VS

Arnulf Hand-me-down, Hired Blade: Healthy
Claps, Hired Blade: Healthy
Egil the Shark, Hired Blade: Healthy
Tom ‘Wineskin’, Hired Blade: Healthy
Caron the Worm, Hired Blade: Healthy
The Runt, Hired Blade: Healthy
Nine-Tails, Knife-thrower: Healthy
Yolk, Knife-thrower: Healthy
>Combat = +55DC [Healthy +5DC, Steel Blade +0, Battle Brother x5 +50DC]
> Armour Value = 5AV [Leather Armour +10AV, Avenger -5DC]

====================

(1) Personal Combat
> 46 DC
> You have 3 re-rolls
> 3 rolls of 1d100.

(2) Friendly Ranged Combat
> Jess the Kid: Longbow – Mid-range 50 DC
> Height advantage +15DC
> Longbow strikes once per round and reduced the foes AV by -10AV
>Jess will focus on Ranged Opponents first (no risk of friendly fire unless ordered otherwise)
> 65DC
>1 Roll of 1d100

(3) Battle Progress: Evenly Matched
> 50 DC
> Ambushed! -5DC
> 45DC
> 3 rolls of 1d100.

(4) Foe Ranged Combat
> Nine-Tails: Throwing Knives – Short Range 40 DC
> Yolk: Throwing Knives – Short Range 40 DC
> Throwing Knives attack twice on the first round but allows the foe to re-roll AV
> Yolk (2nd attacker) will focus on Ranged Opponents first (no risk of friendly fire unless ordered otherwise)
>QM rolls 4d100 (first round).


7 rolls of 1d100, kniggas.

Stop right there, criminal scum!
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Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>4334076
Here's hoping we don't fuck up.
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Rolled 61 (1d100)

>>4334076
URSEN
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Rolled 64 (1d100)

>>4334076
FFFFFFFFFUCKING PEASANTS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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Rolled 93 (1d100)

>>4334076
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Rolled 60 (1d100)

>>4334076
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>>4334076
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Rolled 4 (1d100)

>>4334076
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>>4334076
>>4334101
Screwed up my roll sorry.
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>>4334105
No need to apologize. Just roll again correctly.
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Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>4334076
>>4334081
Doing a reroll.

>>4334087
If this doesn't work you reroll? We should try for 2 Success.
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Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>4334112
GOOD IDEA

>>4334076
>>4334087
REROLLING, FUCK GUTTER COPPER CLIPPERS
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Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>4334076
>>4334101
>>4334105
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>>4334116
Nice job mate. That should make the next battle round much easier.
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Personal Combat: 2 Success
>>4334079
>>4334112
>>4334116

Kid Ranged: Miss
>>4334095

Battle Progress: 2 Success
>>4334100
>>4334102
>>4334119

All in all, pretty good first round.
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>>4334120
Since the reroll wasn't a double, can you reroll again? I don't remember.
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>>4334130
I can but i'm not particularly enthused about spending all our rerolls on the first round. We hold out the next round, our reinforcements will be here and we should keep some insurance.
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>>4334134
Better like that, next round we go guarded/cautious, then we fuck them in the ass when reinforcements arrive,
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Rolled 1, 65 = 66 (2d100)

> 2 Personal Combat Success
> 0 Ranged Combat Success
> 2 Battle Progress Success [6/10]

Rolling for the Hired Blade AV, any success will confer +1 damage.
> Armour Value = 5AV [Leather Armour +10AV, Avenger -5DC]

===========================

I need two AV rolls of 1d100.

First AV Roll is for Kale.
>Armour Value = 20AV [Breastplate and Helm 20AV]

Second AV roll is for Jess
>Armour Value = 10 [Leather Armour +10AV, Fae-blood (any doubles results in all AV passed)
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>>4334137
>Rolled 1, 65 = 66 (2d100)
reee

Bull shit.

BULL SHIT I SAY.
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Rolled 93 (1d100)

>>4334137
>1
Goddammit
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Rolled 5 (1d100)

>>4334137
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Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>4334137
Fucking cunt.
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>>4334145
Nice! Faefu tanks it!
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>I roll ninety-threes twice in a row
>1 in 10000 chance
What the fug
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As I mentioned in an earlier thread, failed battle progress rolls can affect those not selected as your immediate companions.

I need one roll of 1d13.

1: Grigor dan Holt, Primus of the Ordo Praetor
2: Sir Thomas York, Praetor
3: Brother Rousseau, Knights Comitas
4: Willem dan Hausen, Praetor notary
5: Matthias the Younger, Praetor notary
*: Zacaraiah, Officer of the Port Bounty Watch
6: Leroy, Sergeant of the Port Bounty Watch
7: Weyland, Sergeant of the Port Bounty Watch
*: Kale, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
8: Timothy, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
9: Glen, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
10: Paolo, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
11: Portio, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
12: Ayaz, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
13: Brittletoe, Guardswoman of the Port Bounty Watch
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Rolled 3 (1d13)

>>4334159
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>>4334159
>failed battle progress roll

We had 2 success at battle progress though.
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>>4334161
Aaaa
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I wonder if Marcel will help establish the Rousseau tradition of dying in miserable places.
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>>4334163
That's why there is only one roll. Luck of the draw, though in larger battles there is a much lower chance of anyone you know being affected each round.

>>4334159
>3: Brother Rousseau, Knights Comitas
>Armour Value = 45AV [Breastplate and Helm +20AV, Heater Shield +20AV, Guardian +5AV]
>Armour Value Re-Rolls = 1 [Shield of Faith +1 AV Re-Roll]

4 rolls of 1d100 for his AV, please.
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Rolled 40 (1d100)

>>4334173
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Rolled 86 (1d100)

>>4334173
Let's see how far the almight hates me
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Rolled 35 (1d100)

>>4334173

First time I've rolled in STV
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Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>4334173
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Rolled 7 (1d100)

>>4334175
Almighty I repent. Please bless my reroll.
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Brother Rousseau will be battered with a nasty bruise, but nothing worse. I'll be back with the new set of battle rolls in a few hours.

I'm considering re-hauling the whole system after this is over, along with the social event rules, in favour of a more narrative (or at least streamlined) approach. It works well at a small level for us, but the number of rolls required for one round is getting a little ridiculous.
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>>4334190
Nice
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>>4334195
I disagree. This is too fun.
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>>4334195
Combats are rare enough that when it does happen, I like it being an orgy of dice rolls
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>>4334195
I guess the question is what form does the change take?
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>>4334076
>Throwing Knives attack twice on the first round but allows the foe to re-roll AV

Doesn't this mean we can re-roll this>>4334143
for Kale?
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Rolled 93 (1d100)

>>4334143
Good catch. Rerolling.
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>>4334220
Damn another 93
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>>4334220
What are you made of.
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GOOOOOOD WHY DO YOU TOY WITH ME
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>>4334220
Brush as someone who's rolled multiple 100's in this quest what the fuck up w8th your rolls?
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>>4334195
I rather enjoy the large amount of dice, but only when there is a large amount of things happening during the battle.
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Vote will remain open for 10 minutes.

>>4334202
>>4334210
>>4334212
>>4334243
Thanks for the feedback. I was worried that it was having the opposite affect on your enjoyment of the battles.
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>write-in we call for reinforcements
>anons don't listen, only added by Forgotten's will
>argues against getting Viet Conged
>anons don't listen, disaster stopped by other anons good rolls
>time comes to roll, my luck is horrific garbage
>pic related is me
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> 0 Damage Inflicted!
> Kale, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch is Battered!
> Brother Rousseau, Knights Comitas is Battered!
> +1 Battle Progress! [6/10]

You find yourself fighting side-by-side with the common-born leader of the 17th Rota. The man fights with resolute discipline and a clear head under fire, but without the adept swordsman skills that come naturally to men of noble birth. His subordinate, the hulking guardsman Kale, fights with even less skill but makes up for it in musclebound ferocity. To you the guardsman’s wild swings of his warhammer are easy to read and avoid, but to the hapless thugs in his path it makes for an intimidating display of raw strength.

Side-stepping your opponent’s over-enthusiastic slash is child’s play, even if it connected that rusty blade would never have pierced your breastplate. Clearly this lout has never fought a man in armour before, you answer with an aggressive shoulder barge that sends the thug hurtling off his feet. But, at the moment when you step in for the killing blow, the tip of your sword catches on a laundry line hanging overhead. The bellow of pain from a lucky strike to the guardsman beside you forces you to back off and support him against his many opponents. Not the decisive blow you had hoped to deliver, but at least enough to buy you some breathing space.

All around you the hired blades press in, you hear Brother Rousseau grunt in exertion somewhere to your left and above Jess leaps out of the way of two flung daggers with inhuman agility which, given her nature, is not surprising. The ambush is sprung, but the momentum of surprise is nowhere near as telling as your assailants had hoped.

It is starting to tell.

================================================================

(1) Tactical Decision
>”Officer! Concentrate your squad, down let them get drawn down the side-alleys!” Lose Zachariah’s DC bonus to personal combat, but gain +1 Battle Progress re-roll. You can hold them off, for just a little longer. [Haughty]

>“Men of the Watch, hold the line! Not one step back!” Retain Zachariah’s DC bonus to personal combat. Against these numbers, every swordhand counts. The time for orders and strategic thinking is over. [Hearty]


(2) Combat Stance
>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)
>Guarded - Exchange of Blows does not inflict or sustain damage.
>Balanced - AV and Damage remain unchanged. May Re-Roll results of this and next Combat Stance superiority roll.
>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4334252
>”Officer! Concentrate your squad, down let them get drawn down the side-alleys!” Lose Zachariah’s DC bonus to personal combat, but gain +1 Battle Progress re-roll. You can hold them off, for just a little longer. [Haughty]
>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted
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1)
>“Men of the Watch, hold the line! Not one step back!” Retain Zachariah’s DC bonus to personal combat. Against these numbers, every swordhand counts. The time for orders and strategic thinking is over. [Hearty]


2)
>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)
>Guarded - Exchange of Blows does not inflict or sustain damage.

Reinforcements will arrive after this round.

Don't forget to account for Staggering Blows if we inflict any damage, Forgotten.
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>>4334252
>>4334254
Forgot to link. My apologies.
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>>4334254
>Don't forget to account for Staggering Blows if we inflict any damage, Forgotten

Cheers, I had actually forgotten. It will stack until you actually kill an opponent, at which point it will revert to -5DC until further damage is inflicted.
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>I'll be back with the new set of battle rolls in a few hours.
>30 minutes = a few hours

In light of that, the vote will remain open for 1 more hour as I have some lunch.
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>>4334252
>“Men of the Watch, hold the line! Not one step back!” Retain Zachariah’s DC bonus to personal combat. Against these numbers, every swordhand counts. The time for orders and strategic thinking is over. [Hearty]

>Balanced - AV and Damage remain unchanged. May Re-Roll results of this and next Combat Stance superiority roll.

adding onto >>4334249 , I also like the flurry of dice rolls. It feels good to have a lot of people participate, and represents how many factors are going into a fight
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>>4334252
>“Men of the Watch, hold the line! Not one step back!” Retain Zachariah’s DC bonus to personal combat. Against these numbers, every swordhand counts. The time for orders and strategic thinking is over. [Hearty]

>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4334252
>(1) Tactical Decision
>>”Officer! Concentrate your squad, down let them get drawn down the side-alleys!” Lose Zachariah’s DC bonus to personal combat, but gain +1 Battle Progress re-roll. You can hold them off, for just a little longer. [Haughty]

>(2) Combat Stance
>>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)

Time to math it up again.

With our officer gone, it'll be a DC of 36, giving us a 0.73 chance of 1 or more successes and a 0.26 chance of no successes.

Assuming we get hit with Guarded, we'll be at AV80 with a 0.5 chance of blocking everything (not including our reroll).

If we can hold off the enemy for this round, our allies will be here.

We didn't inflict any damage the last round and so we'll still be at DC50 for battle progress. Thus the reroll will be of good use there.
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>>4334252
>“Men of the Watch, hold the line! Not one step back!” Retain Zachariah’s DC bonus to personal combat. Against these numbers, every swordhand counts. The time for orders and strategic thinking is over. [Hearty]

>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
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>>4334252

(1) Tactical Decision
>“Men of the Watch, hold the line! Not one step back!” Retain Zachariah’s DC bonus to personal combat. Against these numbers, every swordhand counts. The time for orders and strategic thinking is over. [Hearty]

(2) Combat Stance
>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)

We need to play this safe, and having 80 AV next round if we need to roll will give us a massive boost to our defenses while our DC is this low. However, if we send Zachariah off we're going to lose far more than his DC bonus; we're losing our Law of Man bonus as well and we can't afford to run own DC any lower after we just burned that many Rerolls.
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>>4334252
(1) Tactical Decision
>”Officer! Concentrate your squad, down let them get drawn down the side-alleys!” Lose Zachariah’s DC bonus to personal combat, but gain +1 Battle Progress re-roll. You can hold them off, for just a little longer. [Haughty]

(2) Combat Stance
>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)

>>4334271
Agreed. The main battle is key. We just need to hold the line. If we can keep the enemy focused, the main battle can be won and our personal opponents will be chaff in the wind.
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>>4334252
>>“Men of the Watch, hold the line! Not one step back!” Retain Zachariah’s DC bonus to personal combat. Against these numbers, every swordhand counts. The time for orders and strategic thinking is over. [Hearty]

>>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)
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>>4334252
>>4334275

In light of >>4334271 I'll changed to:

>>”Officer! Concentrate your squad, down let them get drawn down the side-alleys!” Lose Zachariah’s DC bonus to personal combat, but gain +1 Battle Progress re-roll. You can hold them off, for just a little longer. [Haughty]
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>>4334254
Eh support winning personal combat is a great boon but the field will level substantially when our allies get here.

>>4334253
Is me I'm picking up my car from the shop
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>>4334252
>(1) Tactical Decision
>>”Officer! Concentrate your squad, down let them get drawn down the side-alleys!” Lose Zachariah’s DC bonus to personal combat, but gain +1 Battle Progress re-roll. You can hold them off, for just a little longer. [Haughty]

>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)

Holding on works best now.
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>>4334252
Who ever keeps roll thr 93 fucking stop you shit cunt.
Qm i love all the dice we roll its party of the fun. But if you wanted to cut down on dice you could chnage it so some of our stats just give a flat dc bonus in stead of roll tons of dice.

>”Officer! Concentrate your squad, down let them get drawn down the side-alleys!” Lose Zachariah’s DC bonus to personal combat, but gain +1 Battle Progress re-roll. You can hold them off, for just a little longer. [Haughty

>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)

>>4333081
This is me;
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>>4334252
After reading what others have been saying i'm changing over to:
>”Officer! Concentrate your squad, down let them get drawn down the side-alleys!” Lose Zachariah’s DC bonus to personal combat, but gain +1 Battle Progress re-roll. You can hold them off, for just a little longer. [Haughty]

>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)

so ignore >>4334270
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>>4334252
>”Officer! Concentrate your squad, down let them get drawn down the side-alleys!” Lose Zachariah’s DC bonus to personal combat, but gain +1 Battle Progress re-roll. You can hold them off, for just a little longer. [Haughty

>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)
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>>4334252
>>“Men of the Watch, hold the line! Not one step back!” Retain Zachariah’s DC bonus to personal combat. Against these numbers, every swordhand counts. The time for orders and strategic thinking is over. [Hearty]
>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
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>”Officer! Concentrate your squad, down let them get drawn down the side-alleys!” Lose Zachariah’s DC bonus to personal combat, but gain +1 Battle Progress re-roll. You can hold them off, for just a little longer. [Haughty]
>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)

Sacrificing personal combat advantages to buy a little time, let's hope it pays off.

Rolls incoming.
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Sandag, 4th Day of Acrimun, 883 A.C.E., Port Bounty – well after midnight
Ambush on the Corner of Fisher’s Run and Ropemaker’s Lane


>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)
> Battle Progress: EVENLY MATCHED (50DC)
> Skirmish (dozens of combatants): Winning Personal Combat will add +20DC to Battle Progress and +1 Battle Re-Roll
> On foot & enemy holds initiative: You are fighting for your life, with no room to make tactical decisions throughout the melee.
> Help is on the way: Your reinforcements will arrive after [1] battle round

Sir Emile Andrei, Young Knight of Romaine: Injured
Zachariah, Officer of the Port Bounty Watch: Healthy
Kale, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch: Battered
Jess the Kid, Longbowman: Healthy
>Combat = +39DC [Injured -5DC, Injury (Burns) -5DC, Mark of Cain +5DC, Strong +5DC, Castle-forged Arming Sword +5DC, Breastplate and Helm +10DC, Blademaster +10DC, Zachariah +0DC, Kale +10DC, Law of Adam x1 +2DC, Sword of Man x6 +6DC, Fear the Strong -2DC]
>Armour Value = 80AV (max) [Breastplate and Helm +20AV, Heater Shield +20AV, Guardian +6AV, Basilisk Scale Shirt +7AV] x2 Cautious Stance
>Combat Re-Rolls = 1 [Holy Orders +1, Courageous Sky +0, Blessed Artefact +0]
>Armour Value Re-Rolls = 1 [Shield of Faith +1 AV Re-Roll]

VS

Arnulf Hand-me-down, Hired Blade: Healthy
Claps, Hired Blade: Healthy
Egil the Shark, Hired Blade: Healthy
Tom ‘Wineskin’, Hired Blade: Healthy
Caron the Worm, Hired Blade: Healthy
The Runt, Hired Blade: Healthy
Nine-Tails, Knife-thrower: Healthy
Yolk, Knife-thrower: Healthy
>Combat = +55DC [Healthy +5DC, Steel Blade +0, Battle Brother x5 +50DC]
> Armour Value = 5AV [Leather Armour +10AV, Avenger -5DC]

===============

(1) Personal Combat
> 34 DC
> You have 1 re-roll
> 3 rolls of 1d100.


(2) Friendly Ranged Combat
> Jess the Kid: Longbow – Mid-range 50 DC
> Height advantage +15DC
> Longbow strikes once per round and reduced the foes AV by -10AV
>Jess will focus on Ranged Opponents first (no risk of friendly fire unless ordered otherwise)
> 65DC
>1 Roll of 1d100

(3) Battle Progress: Evenly Matched [6/10]
> 50 DC
> Officer’s orders: +1 Re-Roll
> 3 rolls of 1d100.

(4) Foe Ranged Combat
> Nine-Tails: Throwing Knives – Short Range 40 DC
> Yolk: Throwing Knives – Short Range 40 DC
> Throwing Knives attack twice on the first round but allows the foe to re-roll AV
> Yolk (2nd attacker) will focus on Ranged Opponents first (no risk of friendly fire unless ordered otherwise)
>QM rolls 2d100


7 rolls of 1d100, kniggas.

Listen to your superior officers and you -will- make it out of this alive!
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Rolled 81 (1d100)

>>4334414
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Rolling for the two enemy knife-throwers.

>40DCz
>Targets can re-roll AV saves
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Rolled 19 (1d100)

>>4334414
lets do this mates.

URSEN
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Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>4334414
Praise the ALMIGHTY
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Rolled 93, 93 = 186 (2d100)

>>4334419
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Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>4334414
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Rolled 85 (1d100)

>>4334414

Together now lads!
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>>4334423
RNG really is messing with this quest
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>>4334423
>93

Seriously, what is going on here?
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>>4334418
>>4334420
>>4334422
ALRIGHT WE'RE GOOD. Lets not spend the reroll here since we have 2 succ.

Nice job lads.
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>>4334423
TWO 93s! Damn

>>4334424
Fae shot Success! Go Jess!
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>>4334423
>93,93

Ha! Seems you caught whatever >>4334095 has
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Rolled 3 (1d100)

>>4334414
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>>4334423
>more 93s

What in adam's name...
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>>4334429

Clearly, we must sacrifice a chicken and consult the entrails as to what meaning there is here.
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>>4334423
>two 93s
>1 in 10000 chance
WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
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Rolled 75 (1d100)

>>4334414
Hold fast men!

HOLD FAST!
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I still need one more battle progress roll and this
>>4334427 battle progress result may still use it's re-roll.
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>>4334423

Nah, is fine. Dice probably had a few too many today, and got stuck in loop, thinking about the good old days. Perfectly normal, probably.
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>>4334440
>>4334427
Correction, either of these may use the battle progress re-roll.
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Rolled 22 (1d100)

>>4334441

I will Reroll

C’mon!
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Rolled 70 (1d100)

>>4334414
>>4334440
Rerolling
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>>4334444
>Doubles

aww yes
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>>4334444
A blessed double!
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>>4334444
Nice.

Thank the lord you were faster.
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>>4334444
Nice job!

Phew, the reroll risk was worth it.
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>staggering blows is about to take effect
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>>4334414
>Officer’s orders: +1 Re-Roll

Zachariah showing us that he's worthy of his rank.
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>>4334447
>>4334448
>>4334450
>>4334451

The Almighty is with us today Brothers!

>>4334454

Would you say that he is

Officer Material?
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>>4334453
And the hammer is about to fall onto they who are upon the anvil.

Likely our reinforcements will charge into their rear.
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Rolled 22, 44, 26 = 92 (3d100)

>2 Personal Combat Success
>1 Ranged Success
>2 Battle Progress Success: Double Success, Gain +1 Battle Brother

Rolling for the Hired Blade AV, all damage inflicted is halved.
> Armour Value = 5AV [Leather Armour +10AV, Avenger -5DC]

3rd roll is for the Knife-thrower, hit by Jess.
> Armour Value = 10AV [Leather Armour +10AV]

===============================

Thematically, it makes sense for your new Battle Brother to come from your reinforcing companions so I will take one roll of 1d7 to decide who it is.

1: The Green Knight
2: Sir Karlaus Rabe
3: Sir Heinrich Norwache
4: Sir Neil dan Marc
5: Mikail of Andryski
6: Father Towbray
7: Sergeant-at-Arms Jerod (disguised)
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Rolled 38 (1d100)

>>4334459
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Rolled 2 (1d7)

>>4334459

Please be a 6
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>>4334462
Rabe is just as based though!
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>>4334462
sad but karl is fuggin bro
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>>4334459
>>4334462
Ah Sir Rabe. What a pleasant night for a stroll.
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I also need a roll of 1d13 to account for the chaos of the melee.

1: Grigor dan Holt, Primus of the Ordo Praetor
2: Sir Thomas York, Praetor
3: Brother Rousseau, Knights Comitas
4: Willem dan Hausen, Praetor notary
5: Matthias the Younger, Praetor notary
*: Zacaraiah, Officer of the Port Bounty Watch
6: Leroy, Sergeant of the Port Bounty Watch
7: Weyland, Sergeant of the Port Bounty Watch
*: Kale, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
8: Timothy, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
9: Glen, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
10: Paolo, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
11: Portio, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
12: Ayaz, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
13: Brittletoe, Guardswoman of the Port Bounty Watch
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>>4334459
>22
>44
Double doubles

They aced it.

>>4334461
Sorry I didn't realize it was a 1d7 roll.

>>4334462
Our knigga bro Sir Karalus is joining the fray kniggas!
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Rolled 12 (1d15)

>>4334467
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Rolled 12 (1d13)

>>4334467
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>>4334468
Sir Karlaus*
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>>4334462

Trying to keep Karlaus out of a fight was a waste of their time. I bet as soon as he heard Emile was cracking skulls, there was just a Rabe-shaped dustcloud in the bar.

>>4334468

Check it again, opponent AV is 5. That's two double fails.
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>>4334469
>>4334470
Tis a sign.

Ye are doomed to be fucked.
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>>4334463
>>4334465
>>4334464
>>4334468

Sir Rabe it is then. Amusingly enough, I believe with the DC buffs we’ll gain the bonus of Fear the Strong rather than the malus.

Fitting, if Kale was giving these gutter blades a fright Rabe is going to make them shit themselves.
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whats sword of man again?
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>>4334479

+1 DC per Enemy
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>>4334469
>>4334470
Well that's ominous.

>12: Ayaz, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
>Armour Value = 20AV [Breastplate and Helm 20AV]

4 rolls of 1d100 for our man Ayaz, please.
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Rolled 40 (1d100)

>>4334473
Then they've double messed it up.

>>4334483
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Rolled 91 (1d100)

>>4334483
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Rolled 12 (1d100)

>>4334483
Oh no.
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Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>4334483
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Rolled 27 (1d100)

>>4334483

We’ve got our armor Reroll for this yeah?
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>>4334486
>>4334487
Based anons with the clutch saves saving our Cathagi homie
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>>4334487
Clutch save.
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one person ca reroll av
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Rolled 89 (1d100)

>>4334485
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Missed most of the fight but this has been great. I want to throw my voice in to agree that due to how infrequent these mass fights are, the absolute explosion of dice is great. It makes it feel more chaotic and exciting, just like a mass battle should
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>>4334484
>>4334485
>>4334486
>>4334487
He'll live.

>>4334488
No, as he is not a companion and does not have the same bonuses Brother Rousseau had that granted him the re-roll.

My intention is that in future battles, say when Sir Andrei has his own command, these 'expendables' will hit much harder.
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>>4334497
forgot i rolled wew
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>>4334499

Fair enough Forgotten.

And I’d like to second >>4334498 in that the absolute chaos that are these massive fights are great, as they are well spread out along your story. Maybe in the future, when mass combat is more frequent, it would make sense to look into ways of streamlining things.
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>>4334498
>>4334504
Aye. Loved the system since BCQ. Even the hair tearing when a much-loved soldier falls.
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>>4334507

I don’t think BCQ would have been so special if that mass combat system wasn’t in place.

Hell, if I was reading the events of BCQ novelized, I probably wouldn’t believe that last day of the siege could have happened at all.
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>1 Damage Inflicted!
>Arnulf Hand-me-down, Hired Blade is Battered!
>Arnulf Hand-me-down suffers Staggering Blows x1! (-5DC)
>1 Ranged Damage Inflicted!
> Yolk, Knife-thrower is Battered!
> +1 Battle Progress! [7/10]
> GAINED Battle Brother, Sir Karlaus Rabe! +15DC
> Ayaz, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch is Injured!
> Reinforcements have arrived! +20DC to Battle Progress

“Officer!” To his credit, the commoner is not distracted by the melee snaps his head around to you at once. “Concentrate your squad, down let them get drawn down the side-alleys!”

Zachariah spares a moment to assess the situation in the street before obeying, glancing back at the steep odds he’ll leave you facing. He gives you sharp nod and retreats to the centre of the street to issue commands to the rest of the squad. You would have preferred a ‘Yes, sire!’ or ‘At once, my Lord!’ to go with immediate obedience, but that’s how it is with these uppity Pascae commoners and you waste no further time bristling at the unintended slight.

From the rooftops Jess’ shot sinks into the arm of one of the knife-throwers, ruining his aim. This time Jess does not even have to dodge the poorly aimed incoming projectiles, calmly reloading her bow as the missiles flick past her. Alarmed at this threat, the other knife throw ignores his wailing companion and begins to take aim at her as well, confident that the thugs in front of him spilling from this side-alley have you well in hand.

From the sounds of it, the consolidation of your forces has paid off. Only one of the guardsmen was cornered and badly cut, the rest circle up and keep the press of bodies back. Their blows are more intended to keep the hirelings at bay than actually inflict much damage, the number of bodies in the street now is about the same as it was when it all started. Perhaps even less, seeing as the squatters and passed out drunks have made themselves scarce.

With the Watch Officer gone, you and the one remaining guardsman are left facing the hired blades at steep odds of three-to-one. The cutthroat jabbing at you is as unskilled with the weapon as he is unattractive, you would have him cut to ribbons in an instant if it wasn’t for his two mates pressing in at each side. The big guardsman behind you is in a similar fix, in no position at all to lend you any aid. Outnumbered as you are, squinting in the dark and boots slipping on the wet ground, it’s all you can do to give up your ground as dearly as you can. But you have only so much ground to give, within a few moments your back is up against the wall. You hear the rapid footsteps of more streetrunners arriving and prepare to go down hard and trust your armour to keep you alive.

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The cutthroats press in, eager to find the chinks in your armour. “Now we peel you open like a fewkin-“

“THUS SPAKE THE RAVEN!” A blur of hair and armour sends the foremost of the thugs flying headfirst into the wall you were backed up against, hitting it hard enough to hear their teeth clatter.

“Karlaus!” You cannot help but grin uncontrollably as you recognise the voice of your good friend in the dark, Sir Karlaus Rabe. “So glad you could make it!”

“Emile, you hoofstruck Romani fool!“ Suddenly, with the gruff Montbrun warrior at your back and the sounds of more reinforcements arriving, the odds do not look half so dire. “Just like you to try and keep the best fight in the city to yourself!”

“As you can you see, my timely northern friend, there’s plenty of trouble here for the both of us…”

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>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)

>Guarded - Exchange of Blows does not inflict or sustain damage.

>Balanced - AV and Damage remain unchanged. May Re-Roll results of this and next Combat Stance superiority roll.

>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.

>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4334539
I found a thing for your games that seems . . . . Related. Sympathetic if nothing else.

> https://youtu.be/M-9-bQ3JoWY?t=965
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>>4334540
>>4334540
>>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
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>>4334540
>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
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>>4334540
>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
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>>4334540
Forgotten, is Zach rejoining us this round?
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>>4334540

>Guarded - Exchange of Blows does not inflict or sustain damage.
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Unfortunately due to IRL matters this is all I can do today, but I should be free most of tomorrow.

I plan to run an all-day session from Sunday 5th July 11:00AM AEST, to go over your choices of interactions with the Duke's Ball (should you survive and attend).

I guess I should also let you guys know that I landed that job I have been after for a long time now. In about a month I will be shipping out to the more remote regions of Oz and working a great deal more. I may be quiet for a while starting from August, but we will see how this step in my career meshes with my QMing.
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>>4334547
Yes
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>>4334549
No prop Forgotten. Have a good rest and see you tomorrow.

Congrats on landing that job btw.
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>>4334549
Congrats, I selfishly hope we can still keep the story going for a long while yet
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>>4334540
>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.

Odds are better with staggering blows, WsftS, and the motherfucking Rabe Train coming in.
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>>4334549
Thanks for running, congrats on the job, I hope it doesn't kill StV too much.
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>>4334540
>>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
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Big kudos to the anon who made the reinforcements write-in. Without it we would'v been screwed if we left the brothel while carrying the Strongbox.
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>>4334563
Definitely, it was a smart move
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>>4334563
>made
>would'v
Wrote*
Would've
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>>4334552
Excellent.

>>4334540
>>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.

Current DC: 34 + 15 (Rabe) + 10 (Zach) + 4 (Law of Man x2) + 5 (Staggering Blows) = 68. A comfortable DC.
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>>4334540
>>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
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>>4334552
Ah one last thing, do we get back our bear totem?
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>>4334549
Congratulations on the job, but please focus on your life first and don't feel bad about having to pause the quest your life is more important!
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>>4334540
>>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E38xp1YHpy0

>>4334549
Thanks man
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>>4334566
Don't we have three melee companions (Sir Karlaus Rabe, Zachariah, and Kale) now?
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>>4334571
probably not till the end of skirmish
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>>4334603
We do. Kale is already included in the 34.
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Congrat for the job, QM
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>>4334540
>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.

>>4334563
I wouldn't have voted to carry the strongbox if reinforcements weren't coming tbf.
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>>4334563
Yeah if we hadn't that as a backup plan going we would've been right up shit creek without a paddle.
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>>4334603
Yes, you are beyond your max number of companions due to the double success in battle progress.

You couldn’t start with this many companions unless you invested in a banner.
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>>4334540
>when the Rabe Train rolls in
Nice rolls
>Guarded - Exchange of Blows does not inflict or sustain damage..
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>>4334742
Yeah banner ain't looking like a shabby investment particularly if we want to be commanding in something like a skirmish or bigger
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>>4334540
>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted

With Karlaus here victory is assure.
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>>4334540
>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
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>>4334540
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4334540
>Balanced - AV and Damage remain unchanged. May Re-Roll results of this and next Combat Stance superiority roll
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Sandag, 4th Day of Acrimun, 883 A.C.E., Port Bounty – well after midnight
Ambush on the Corner of Fisher’s Run and Ropemaker’s Lane


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FM5dQDo4vg – Reinforcements have arrived!

>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
> Battle Progress: OVERWHELMING FORCE (70DC)
> Skirmish (dozens of combatants): Winning Personal Combat will add +20DC to Battle Progress and +1 Battle Re-Roll
> On foot & enemy lost initiative: If you suffer no damage this round, you will be free to take stock of the situation and make further tactical decisions.

Sir Emile Andrei, Young Knight of Romaine: Injured
Zachariah, Officer of the Port Bounty Watch: Healthy
Kale, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch: Battered
Sir Karlaus Rabe, Knight of Montbrun: Healthy
Jess the Kid, Longbowman: Healthy
>Combat = +71DC [Injured -5DC, Injury (Burns) -5DC, Mark of Cain +5DC, Strong +5DC, Castle-forged Arming Sword +5DC, Breastplate and Helm +10DC, Blademaster +10DC, Zachariah +10DC, Kale +10DC, Sir Karlaus Rabe +15DC, Law of Adam x3 +6DC, Sword of Man x6 +6DC]
>Armour Value = 53AV (max) [Breastplate and Helm +20AV, Heater Shield +20AV, Guardian +6AV, Basilisk Scale Shirt +7AV]
>Combat Re-Rolls = 2 [Holy Orders +1, Courageous Sky +0, Blessed Artefact +0, Fear the Strong +1]
>Armour Value Re-Rolls = 1 [Shield of Faith +1 AV Re-Roll]

VS

Arnulf Hand-me-down, Hired Blade: Battered
Claps, Hired Blade: Healthy
Egil the Shark, Hired Blade: Healthy
Tom ‘Wineskin’, Hired Blade: Healthy
Caron the Worm, Hired Blade: Healthy
The Runt, Hired Blade: Healthy
Nine-Tails, Knife-thrower: Healthy
Yolk, Knife-thrower: Battered
>Combat = +50DC [Healthy +5DC (majority), Steel Blade +0, Battle Brother x5 +50DC, Staggering Blows x1 -5DC]
> Armour Value = 5AV [Leather Armour +10AV, Avenger -5DC]

[1/2]
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Rolled 3, 56 = 59 (2d100)

[2/2]

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(1) Personal Combat
> 71 DC
> You have 2 re-rolls
> 3 rolls of 1d100.


(2) Friendly Ranged Combat
> Jess the Kid: Longbow – Mid-range 50 DC
> Height advantage +15DC
> Longbow strikes once per round and reduced the foes AV by -10AV
>Jess will focus on Ranged Opponents first (no risk of friendly fire unless ordered otherwise)
> 65DC
>1 Roll of 1d100

(3) Battle Progress: Evenly Matched
> 70 DC
> 3 rolls of 1d100.

(4) Foe Ranged Combat
> Nine-Tails: Throwing Knives – Short Range 40 DC
> Yolk: Throwing Knives – Short Range/Battered 35 DC
> Throwing Knives attack twice on the first round but allows the foe to re-roll AV
> Both attackers will focus on Ranged Opponents first (no risk of friendly fire unless ordered otherwise)
>QM rolls 2d100

7 rolls of 1d100, kniggas.

Glad you could make it to the party, Karlaus!
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Rolled 7 (1d100)

>>4335951
URSEN
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Rolled 55 (1d100)

>>4335951
Bless Up
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Rolled 41 (1d100)

>>4335951
Cain guide my blade!
Adan guard my soul!
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Rolled 37 (1d100)

>>4335951

Back to the gutters with ye!
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Rolled 92 (1d100)

>>4335951
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Rolled 41 (1d100)

>>4335951
Let's go
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>tfw our thorny ability means this will give us 1 wealth
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>>4335965
Ayup. Something to look forward to.

>>4335951
Forgotten, since reinforcements are here, should we roll for the bear totem?
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>>4335968
nah that was the trade for the rienforcements i doubt we would have the time to put on mid combat
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Rolled 18 (1d100)

>>4335951
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>>4335972
Yea it is what i expect but no harm asking.
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forgotten mikhail has a av of 25 from chain and buckler you have him with 15
just don't want another legless jenny moment
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>>4335954
>>4335957
>>4335958
>7,55 and 41
3 Success for Personal Combat with one double
>>4335959
>37
1 Success for Friendly Ranged Combat
>>4335960
>>4335961
>>4335973
>92, 41 and 18
2 Success and 1 failure for Battle Progress

We did pretty fucking well this round.
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>>4335965
Speaking of I feel like we should see that the children don't return to the same sort of place as the Den.

it may be a vain effort but I can't see us just dropping them somewhere and dusting our hands saying ""job done"
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>>4335980
honestly just bring them with us sister ignatus and tobray will take care of them and the piligrims won't abuse them
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>>4335986
We'd have to pay for their transport back.

I'm sorta wondering what if we send them home with our ship to look after than then become our families' commoners. We can always do with more people.
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>>4335980
>>4335986
We could take one of the older kids as a boot boy to carry out mundane tasks.
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>>4335986
I mean if we were earlier in the pilgrimage I would agree but we are about to depart on the most dangerous leg of it so I'm a bit hesitant to agree on it.

Maybe one of them can give a reccomendation for a charitable Abbey or such for them?
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>>4335992
>confused orin noises
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>>4335992
>all the [orphaned] servants
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>>4335996
Orin is a guardsman mean for stabbing the fucker that tries to steal our shit while we are away from our room doing the important stuff. A boot boy cleans our boots, carries messages, empties the chamber pots and feed our animals.
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>>4336010
I mean he would be once we buy him the gear for fighting.
We gota have a 1v1 with that lad.
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Rolled 86, 27, 70, 2 = 185 (4d100)

Good rolling there.

> 3 Personal Combat Success
> 1 Ranged Success
> 2 Battle Progress Success

Rolling for Hired Blade AV's (last roll is Jess' hit).

Rolling for the Hired Blade AV (roll 1, 2 & 3), any unsaved damages results in +1 damage.
> Armour Value = 5AV [Leather Armour +10AV, Avenger -5DC]

4th roll is for the Knife-thrower, hit by Jess.
> Armour Value = 10AV [Leather Armour +10AV]

I need just one roll of 1d19 for the random casualty from battle progress.


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1: Grigor dan Holt, Primus Pilus of the Ordo Praetor
2: Sir Thomas York, Praetor
3: Brother Rousseau, Knights Comitas
4: Willem dan Hausen, Praetor notary
5: Matthias the Younger, Praetor notary
*: Zacaraiah, Officer of the Port Bounty Watch
6: Leroy, Sergeant of the Port Bounty Watch
7: Weyland, Sergeant of the Port Bounty Watch
*: Kale, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
8: Timothy, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
9: Glen, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
10: Paolo, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
11: Portio, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
12: Ayaz, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
13: Brittletoe, Guardswoman of the Port Bounty Watch
NA (ranged support): Jess the Kid, Fae Changeling
14: The Green Knight
*: Sir Karlaus Rabe
15: Sir Heinrich Norwache
16: Sir Neil dan Marc
17: Mikail of Andryski
18: Father Towbray
19: Sergeant-at-Arms Jerod (disguised)
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Rolled 13 (1d19)

>>4336042
salve reginae have mercy
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Rolled 19 (1d19)

>>4336042

Real quick forgotten, doesn’t Jess’ Longbow inflict an AV Malus?
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>>4336042
knife thrower losses 10 av from long bow?
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>>4336042
>Knife thrower actually making the AV save

Did the fucker catch the arrow with his teeth or something?
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>>4336046

For fairness’ sake, Jess also does need to make an AV save against the knife-thrower as he did roll a 3.
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>>4336046
>>4336049
Shiiieeet. You are absolutely right. No stopping a longbow shot at that range.

>>4336045
I need 5 AV rolls of 1d100.

First 4 rolls are for the Norsikaan Guardswoman.
>13: Brittletoe, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
>Armour Value = 20AV [Breastplate and Helm 20AV]


Fifth AV roll is for Jess
>Armour Value = 10 [Leather Armour +10AV, Fae-blood (any doubles results in all AV passed)
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Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>4336062
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Rolled 38 (1d100)

>>4336062
oh boy here we go.
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Rolled 61 (1d100)

>>4336062
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Rolled 52 (1d100)

>>4336062
>>
F
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Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>4336062
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Rolled 30 (1d100)

>>4336062
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RIP big tittied norsikaan. Hardly knew ye.

-4 Str wew
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>tfw no big titted guardsman GF
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>>4336062
Guse Brittletoe turned out to be too brttile unlucky girl.
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>>4336071
you can reroll as it's our compaions so shield of faith applys
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>all these guardsmen going shield-less
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>>4336078
Correct, you still have Shield of Faith for either yourself or your companions.
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>>4336081
Jess should actually be able to roll thrice.

>> Throwing Knives attack twice on the first round but allows the foe to re-roll AV

This should stack.
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>>4336083
Correct. Again. I'm making a fool of myself here, but I guess I deserve as much.
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>>4336075
Eeewww wanting a commoner as a gf.
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Rolled 64 (1d100)

>>4336071
>>4336081
Alright, might as well try it again.
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>>4336086
nibba reroll 2 more times just 2d100
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> 4 Damage Inflicted!
> Claps, Hired Blade is SLAIN!
> Brittletoe, Guardswoman of the Port Bounty Watch is SLAIN!
> Jess the Kid, Fae Changeling is Battered!
> Yolk, Knife-thrower is Injured!
> +1 Battle Progress! [7/10]

As the hired thug that Sir Rabe flung into the wall struggles to pick himself up, the tide of battle changes completely. The arrival of your reinforcements, several heavily armed and armoured knights among them, has shifted the balance decisively against your attackers. Narrowed eyes deepset in hoods turn to nervous glances as confusion reigns in the ranks of the ambushers as those at the front suddenly find themselves without support. The column presses it’s advantage, several hired blades go down. But your own side does not come through the melee unbloodied either.

“They got Brittle! Bastards!”

It must have taken a great deal of money to be dangled in front of their noses, to have them commit to this attack in the first place. To insolence of your opponent, to assault a man of noble blood like yourself as if you were a common mugging victim. Bullies make poor swordsmen, in your experience. Your blade sinks in nearly to the hilt and you twist, the dying scream of the mortally wounded man gives his accomplices pause.

It takes courage and discipline to press on when the odds are no longer in your favour, and these thugs were certainly not blessed with an overabundance in courage or discipline to start with. Lucrative sums of gold does the earner little good if they are not alive to spend it. The horse is in your courtyard, so to speak. You could let them slink off in failure to lick their wounds, or you could press them hard and reap a bloody toll on the criminal underbelly of Port Bounty.

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(1) Tactical Decision
>“No quarter! Avenge your fallen comrade!” The buffoons are flummoxed! Strike now, while the iron is hot. No one will be shedding tears over the corpses of lowly hired blades. [Haughty]

> “Looks like they’ve had enough. Gather the wounded, form up and move out!” There is little honour to be had in cutting these wretches to ribbons. You let them live to see another day. [Idealist]


(2) Combat Stance (if combat continues)
>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)
>Guarded - Exchange of Blows does not inflict or sustain damage.
>Balanced - AV and Damage remain unchanged. May Re-Roll results of this and next Combat Stance superiority roll.
>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4336095
>>“No quarter! Avenge your fallen comrade!” The buffoons are flummoxed! Strike now, while the iron is hot. No one will be shedding tears over the corpses of lowly hired blades. [Haughty]
fuck em they work for perverts and scum they lost the right to mercy when they took this contract

>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
a 100 would be bad mmkay
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>>4336095
>(1) Tactical Decision
>>“No quarter! Avenge your fallen comrade!” The buffoons are flummoxed! Strike now, while the iron is hot. No one will be shedding tears over the corpses of lowly hired blades. [Haughty]

>(2) Combat Stance (if combat continues)
>>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.

Their blood is up and such a tight group will want revenge. Also depleting the enemy here will mean that there will be fewer footsoldiers able to be arrayed against us while we're in town.
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>>4336095
forgotten we inflicted 5 damage
doubles is 1 belgerant is 2 plus 3 successes no Armour saves
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>>4336095
>“No quarter! Avenge your fallen comrade!” The buffoons are flummoxed! Strike now, while the iron is hot. No one will be shedding tears over the corpses of lowly hired blades. [Haughty]
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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Good catch, I will make necessary amendments.
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>>4336095
>>“No quarter! Avenge your fallen comrade!” The buffoons are flummoxed! Strike now, while the iron is hot. No one will be shedding tears over the corpses of lowly hired blades. [Haughty]
>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
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That's pretty decisive in favour of no quarter. In the interest of pressing on I will ask for a roll.

>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.

>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.

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Roll 1d100. First roll under get's their pick.

>50DC
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Rolled 25 (1d100)

>>4336122
belligerent
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Rolled 17 (1d100)

>>4336122
Audacious
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>>4336122
also battle progress is 8
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Sandag, 4th Day of Acrimun, 883 A.C.E., Port Bounty – well after midnight
Ambush on the Corner of Fisher’s Run and Ropemaker’s Lane


>“No quarter! Avenge your fallen comrade!” The buffoons are flummoxed! Strike now, while the iron is hot. No one will be shedding tears over the corpses of lowly hired blades. [Haughty]
+1 Step on the Path of Cain [10]
>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
> Battle Progress: OVERWHELMING FORCE (70DC) [8/10]
> Skirmish (dozens of combatants): Winning Personal Combat will add +20DC to Battle Progress and +1 Battle Re-Roll
> On foot & enemy lost initiative: If you suffer no damage this round, you will be free to take stock of the situation and make further tactical decisions.

Sir Emile Andrei, Young Knight of Romaine: Injured
Zachariah, Officer of the Port Bounty Watch: Healthy
Kale, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch: Battered
Sir Karlaus Rabe, Knight of Montbrun: Healthy
Jess the Kid, Longbowman: Battered
>Combat = +70DC [Injured -5DC, Injury (Burns) -5DC, Mark of Cain +5DC, Strong +5DC, Castle-forged Arming Sword +5DC, Breastplate and Helm +10DC, Blademaster +10DC, Zachariah +10DC, Kale +10DC, Sir Karlaus Rabe +15DC, Law of Adam x3 +6DC, Sword of Man x5 +5DC]
>Armour Value = 53AV [Breastplate and Helm +20AV, Heater Shield +20AV, Guardian +6AV, Basilisk Scale Shirt +7AV]
>Combat Re-Rolls = 2 [Holy Orders +1, Courageous Sky +0, Blessed Artefact +0, Fear the Strong +1]
>Armour Value Re-Rolls = 1 [Shield of Faith +1 AV Re-Roll]

VS

Arnulf Hand-me-down, Hired Blade: Battered
Claps, Hired Blade: SLAIN
Egil the Shark, Hired Blade: Battered
Tom ‘Wineskin’, Hired Blade: Healthy
Caron the Worm, Hired Blade: Healthy
The Runt, Hired Blade: Healthy
Nine-Tails, Knife-thrower: Healthy
Yolk, Knife-thrower: Injured
>Combat = +45DC [Healthy +5DC (majority), Steel Blade +0, Battle Brother x5 +50DC, Staggering Blows x2 -10DC]
> Armour Value = 5AV [Leather Armour +10AV, Avenger -5DC]

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(1) Personal Combat
> 75 DC
> You have 2 re-rolls
> 3 rolls of 1d100.


(2) Friendly Ranged Combat
> Jess the Kid: Longbow – Mid-range 50 DC
> Height advantage +15DC
> Longbow strikes once per round and reduced the foes AV by -10AV
>Jess will focus on Ranged Opponents first (no risk of friendly fire unless ordered otherwise)
> 65DC
>1 Roll of 1d100

(3) Battle Progress: Evenly Matched
> 50 DC
> 3 rolls of 1d100.

(4) Foe Ranged Combat
> Nine-Tails: Throwing Knives – Short Range 40 DC
> Yolk: Throwing Knives – Short Range 30 DC (Injured)
> Throwing Knives attack twice on the first round but allows the foe to re-roll AV
> Both attackers will focus on Ranged Opponents first (no risk of friendly fire unless ordered otherwise)
>QM rolls 2d100


7 rolls of 1d100, kniggas.

No quarter!
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Rolled 73 (1d100)

>>4336134
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>>4336132
>Battle Brother x5 +50DC

Boss, this should be Battle Brother x4. We just killed one after all. And so the DC should be 80.
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Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>4336134
Man and I though we'd be stacking Cain points in Fallavon
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Rolled 86 (1d100)

>>4336134
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Rolled 44 (1d100)

>>4336132
>> Battle Progress: OVERWHELMING FORCE (70DC) [8/10]
>>4336134
>(3) Battle Progress: Evenly Matched
>> 50 DC
>> 3 rolls of 1d100.

Wait. Something looks funky here.

Rolling anyways.
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>>4336139

>jess just mercd some cunt
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>>4336134
gg
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Rolled 70 (1d100)

>>4336134
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Rolled 72 (1d100)

>>4336134
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>>4336139
>doubles battle progress

Y E E T
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>>4336139
Noice. And no AV saves with that Longbow either. I'll assume it was aimed at the full-health knife-thrower.

>>4336139
Yep, sorry that was a copy-paste mistake.
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>>4336150
thats jess
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>>4336152
Ah my bad
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Rolled 79 (1d100)

>>4336134
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That battle-progress was awful.

Does >>4336138 wish to use a personal combat re-roll?
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Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>4336158
i shall
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>>4336160
Yikes, the angel has cursed our dice
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>>4336160
fug
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RIP.

This is a bad round.
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Rolled 45, 23 = 68 (2d100)

> 2 Personal Combat Success: Solid blow!
> 1 Ranged Success: Double Success, lethal shot!
> 1 Battle Progress Success: -1 to Battle Progress [7/10]

Rolling for the Hired Blade AV, any unsaved damages results in +1 damage.
> Armour Value = 5AV [Leather Armour +10AV, Avenger -5DC]

I miscalculated the Personal DC, but only to 85DC, unfortunately. As for the battle... You know what time it is. Two rolls of 1d18.

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1: Grigor dan Holt, Primus Pilus of the Ordo Praetor
2: Sir Thomas York, Praetor
3: Brother Rousseau, Knights Comitas, Battered
4: Willem dan Hausen, Praetor notary
5: Matthias the Younger, Praetor notary
*: Zacaraiah, Officer of the Port Bounty Watch
6: Leroy, Sergeant of the Port Bounty Watch
7: Weyland, Sergeant of the Port Bounty Watch
*: Kale, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
8: Timothy, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
9: Glen, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
10: Paolo, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
11: Portio, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
12: Ayaz, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch, Injured
-: Brittletoe, Guardswoman of the Port Bounty Watch, SLAIN
NA (ranged support): Jess the Kid, Fae Changeling
13: The Green Knight
*: Sir Karlaus Rabe
14: Sir Heinrich Norwache
15: Sir Neil dan Marc
16: Mikail of Andryski
17: Father Towbray
18: Sergeant-at-Arms Jerod (disguised)
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Rolled 3 (1d18)

>>4336170
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Rolled 24 (1d100)

>>4336170
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Rolled 22, 69 = 91 (2d100)

>>4336134
I also forgot to roll for the knife throwers.

(4) Foe Ranged Combat
> Nine-Tails: Throwing Knives – Short Range 40 DC
> Yolk: Throwing Knives – Short Range 30 DC (Injured)
> Throwing Knives attack twice on the first round but allows the foe to re-roll AV
> Both attackers will focus on Ranged Opponents first (no risk of friendly fire unless ordered otherwise)
>QM rolls 2d100
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Rolled 2 (1d18)

>>4336170
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Rolled 14 (1d18)

>>4336170
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>>4336173
fuck
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>>4336173
>doubles ahh crap
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F for Rosseau
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>getting that BCQ feel right about now
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>>4336178
>Rosseaus fall victims to the Dice gods AGAIN
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so jess has 8 rolls for a double to survive?
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Should've let them retreat. Our job was to escort the Strongbox and we succeeded at that. They honestly should get a bonus in Personal Combat and Battle Progress now since they can't know they can't retreat and won't be given quarter. If they know they're going to die, then they're going to die fighting the best they can and take down as many of us as possible.

>>4336173
Crap someone rolled a double.

>>4336170
Didn't Brother Rousseau have this already? Shouldn't he have an * like the others and be exempt.
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>jess and roussue
>best of freinds
>both battered
>both about to take 4 av
both may die
somethings fucky guys
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>>4336181
Jess already took down the knife thrower against her though.
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>>4336186
dosen't work that way unfortunately
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We will do Jess the Kid separately, after these rolls. Doubles and re-rolls will be very important to saving her life.

First 4 rolls are for Sir York (Healthy)
2: Sir Thomas York, Praetor
Armour Value = 55AV [Fitted Full-plate +30AV, Heater Shield +20AV, Guardian +5AV]
>Armour Value Re-Rolls = 1 [Shield of Faith +1 AV Re-Roll]

Last 4 rolls are for Brother Rousseau (Battered)
3: Brother Rousseau, Knights Comitas, Battered
>Armour Value = 45AV [Breastplate and Helm +20AV, Heater Shield +20AV, Guardian +5AV]
>Armour Value Re-Rolls = 0 [Shield of Faith +1 AV Re-Roll]

8 rolls of 1d100, please.
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Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>4336189
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Rolled 62 (1d100)

>>4336189
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Rolled 78 (1d100)

>>4336189
>>4336190
Re-rolling
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Rolled 32 (1d100)

>>4336189
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Rolled 6 (1d100)

>>4336189
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>>4336192
FFS

>>4336193
>>4336195
Clutch rolls anons
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I'll allow the same rollers for Brother Rousseau as well.
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Rolled 14 (1d100)

>>4336189
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>>4336189
Forgotten, is brother rousseau's shield of faith his own personal bonus or from us?
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Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>4336189
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Rolled 45 (1d100)

>>4336189
almighty spare us
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Rolled 45 (1d100)

>>4336189
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Rolled 11 (1d100)

>>4336203
>>4336189
re-rolling. Come on Angel, bless this roll
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>>4336201
>>4336204
>>4336206
>>4336207
Brother Adam guarding and protecting his Knights Comitas with the clutch rolls. Bless our guardian holy brother!
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>>4336202
His own personal bonus. You haven't used yours yet.
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>>4336209
isn't it every combat round it gets refreshed?
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Sir York is injured but Brother Rosseau makes a lucky escape. This >>4336207 re-roll does mean you have spent your Shield of Faith, as Brother Rosseau used up his the last time.

>>4336210
No, once per combat. Not combat round.
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>>4336212
Oh shit I should have checked that first before rolling. Oh well, my fault. Hopefully Jess pulls through
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>>4336212
Argh. Goddammit. This is why I wanted to ask first.

Can we vote to not use the reroll for this.
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9/100 chance for a double 1/10 to pass av 1/100 for a 1
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Moment of truth boys.

Jess the Kid (Battered)
>Armour Value = 10 [Leather Armour +10AV, Fae-blood (any doubles results in all AV passed)

4 AV rolls of 1d100, looking for doubles. Due to the thrown knives trait, ou may re-roll all of these rolls.
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Rolled 56 (1d100)

>>4336212
Sir Thomas York should retire from the skirmish I think.

>>4336219
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Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>4336219
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Rolled 88 (1d100)

>>4336219
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Rolled 75 (1d100)

>>4336219
>>4336220
Re-rolling.
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>>4336222
BASED
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Rolled 63 (1d100)

>>4336219
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>>4336222
Sir, you are my knigga.

I love you.
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>>4336222
UNCLE A PROTECTS
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Rolled 72 (1d100)

>>4336225
Reroll
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>>4336221
>>4336222
Faefu tanks them and survives! Thank the Almighty! It would've really felt terrible to see her die here after she saved our own life against the basilisk.. I'm ready to repay her and save her life in return anytime.
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Alright. Straight up on the to do is to get Kid some proper armour.

I've got half a mind to lend her our Underarmour (TM) immediately.
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>>4336222
Based knigga

Would have made a cool choice to risk yourself to return the favour and potentially save her life, but honestly I am just relieved. I have a bad enough track record with characters named 'Kid' as it is.
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>>4336234
>Would have made a cool choice to risk yourself to return the favour and potentially save her life

I would've went for it 100%. I don't wanna see another dead Kid, especially one that saved our life and owe a life debt too.
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>>4336232
nah we really need it without we would have roussues av and look how close he came to dieing jess dieing is bad losing emilie tho would break me
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>>4336234
Don't care. We're keeping this one alive.

We're also going to have to look into possible burning of rerolls for companions.
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>>4336238
Does Jess still have that basilisk eye with her? I wonder why she doesn't use its ability.
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>>4336240
true true maybe it's a one use thing and she will use it vs a BBEG
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>>4336238
We at least have control over our AV. If we are in a bad situation, we would likely be turtling, increasing our overall AV or blocking some damage. Hers is but a flat AV which is really really dangerous. Anyways, I was more thinking of temp loan to her before we find some proper armour for her.
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>>4336243
desu i'm more worried about mikhail
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>>4336247
ideally, this is why we keep him as close to us as possible.
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>Go out
>Check phone
>Rosseau nearly dies
>ohshitknigga.jpg
>Tanks it
>Kidd nearly dies
>Based doubles saver her

fucking hell dice gods are trying to give me a heart attack
>>
so will the preators see emile as a loose trebuchet
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>>4336252
hardly we did things fairly by the rules they applied to us.
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>We get the banner not for the DC but so we can keep even more companions close to us to keep them from dying.
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Going murderhobo here was really not a wise decision. Our mission is to protect the Strongbox till we reached the Praetor Commandery. These guys are hired mercenaries. They won't care about the result of the skirmish so as long as they get their money from their employer. They'll take the money and go.
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> 3 Damage Inflicted!
> Arnulf Hand-me-down, Hired Blade is SLAIN!
> 4 Ranged Damage Inflicted!
> Nine-tails, Knife-thrower is SLAIN!
> -1 Battle Progress! [7/10]
> Sir Thomas York is Injured!

You had anticipated this to turn into a one-way work of butchery, but pressed in from both sides the cutthroats fight like cornered rats. It is Sir Rabe who claims a kill this time, dispatching the stunned brigand he threw into the wall earlier. On opponents such as these, finesse is wasted. Sir Rabe merely hacks through the man’s clumsy parry, their pleading upraised arm and finally their screaming face with vicious and mechanical swings of Sir Rabe’s castle-forged axe.

An armoured knight is a formidable opponent, especially to the common man. But in the tight confines of an alleyway, surrounded by opponents that know these streets like the back of their pock-marked hands, heavy armour can be as much a hinderance as it is a boon. There was no flashy intervention by Sir Rabe to save Sir York when he found himself cornered, only the excellent quality of his armour ensured that the cuts he received found little purchase. Otherwise he could very easily have found himself bleeding out in those rainswept streets. Brother Rousseau fares little better, but sheer luck or the Almighty’s will means that when he is pinned down none of the knives pierce his breastplate or the maille underneath.

On the rooftops above Jess tilts her head slightly, the thrown knife slices past her mask just inches away. Unperturbed as always, the Fae Changeling doesn’t even hasten her movements as she nocks, draws and looses near-three feet of deadly arrowshaft straight into the eye socket of the offending knife-thrower. Such is the force of her lethal projectile that the cutpurse’s skull and hood are nailed to the wooden door he had sidled up beside.

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(1) Tactical Decision
>You have no time to tarry and exchange pleasantries. There is still a battle to be fought, and you must do your bit! Participate in the next personal combat round, retain current companions. [Haughty]
>With the reinforcements breaking through, you have a moment to catch your breath and seek out your friends. You fight best when together. Skip personal combat this round, select 3 companions for the rest of the battle. [Hearty]

(2) Combat Stance (if participate in combat this round)
>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)
>Guarded - Exchange of Blows does not inflict or sustain damage.
>Balanced - AV and Damage remain unchanged. May Re-Roll results of this and next Combat Stance superiority roll.
>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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That might be the last update I can do tonight, maybe second last if I'm free in a couple of hours. See you kniggas in the morning, good clutch rolling.
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>>4336276
>>You have no time to tarry and exchange pleasantries. There is still a battle to be fought, and you must do your bit! Participate in the next personal combat round, retain current companions. [Haughty]
our dc is good enough
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4336276
>(1) Tactical Decision
>>You have no time to tarry and exchange pleasantries. There is still a battle to be fought, and you must do your bit! Participate in the next personal combat round, retain current companions. [Haughty]

>(2) Combat Stance (if participate in combat this round)
>>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.

I would prefer the officer tactical decision if it was offered again but eh.

Audacious since the enemy has lost more DC and we need to finish this asap.
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>>4336276
>>With the reinforcements breaking through, you have a moment to catch your breath and seek out your friends. You fight best when together. Skip personal combat this round, select 3 companions for the rest of the battle. [Hearty]
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4336276
>>You have no time to tarry and exchange pleasantries. There is still a battle to be fought, and you must do your bit! Participate in the next personal combat round, retain current companions. [Haughty]

>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4336276
(1)
>With the reinforcements breaking through, you have a moment to catch your breath and seek out your friends. You fight best when together. Skip personal combat this round, select 3 companions for the rest of the battle. [Hearty]

(2)
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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if you do the math we lost 2 dc and gained 15 from last round so this round should be 98 personal
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Why isn't Orin part of the reinforcements btw?
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>>4336295
forgotten did it on purpose i bet he will be the white bitch of our company
or he forgot he is quite forgettable
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>>4336295
He got lost on the way and stumbled into the wrong alleyway, he's been forced into service in one of the brothels now
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>>4336295
>>4336296
Someone needs to look after our prisoner.

Thankfully, since his AV is fucking abysmal.
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>>4336295
Watching over your star Pimp witness
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>>4336301
Alright thanks.
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>>4336300
actually his round shield is okay he has a higher av then mikhail
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>>4336276
>>You have no time to tarry and exchange pleasantries. There is still a battle to be fought, and you must do your bit! Participate in the next personal combat round, retain current companions. [Haughty]
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4336276
>You have no time to tarry and exchange pleasantries. There is still a battle to be fought, and you must do your bit! Participate in the next personal combat round, retain current companions. [Haughty]
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4336276
>>You have no time to tarry and exchange pleasantries. There is still a battle to be fought, and you must do your bit! Participate in the next personal combat round, retain current companions. [Haughty]
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4336276
>You have no time to tarry and exchange pleasantries. There is still a battle to be fought, and you must do your bit! Participate in the next personal combat round, retain current companions. [Haughty]

>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.

I wonder if negotiation is out. Hey, Forgotten, what kind of threat is accusation of being in league with the Foe in regards to effectiveness? Like, if the Church suspects the Foe to be at work in the city do they have special powers regarding arrest and interrogation? If someone is declared a heretic, do they lose protection from the law or are they shunned from being able to shop at places or rent accomodation?
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>>4336276
>You have no time to tarry and exchange pleasantries. There is still a battle to be fought, and you must do your bit! Participate in the next personal combat round, retain current companions. [Haughty]
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
Got to finish it.
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>>4336276
>You have no time to tarry and exchange pleasantries. There is still a battle to be fought, and you must do your bit! Participate in the next personal combat round, retain current companions. [Haughty]
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
Lesson learned - gather ourselves in the beginning so that our rolls are more successful
Brittletoe may have lived if she had been paired with her teammates
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>>4336276
>>>You have no time to tarry and exchange pleasantries. There is still a battle to be fought, and you must do your bit! Participate in the next personal combat round, retain current companions. [Haughty]
>>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4336301
Normally I be worry, but if he wasn't going to stand by the murder of innocent beastmen the child pimping scum is unlikely to tempt him into betraying us.
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>>4336276
So since we were severely outnumbered (with dozens) from the start and numbered 17 there was probably 40-50 people in the combat at start? Turned to equal numbers after based Rabe and the rest came so around 60 people fighting it out in the middle of the streets.

Unless gang wars get really intense here I'm thinking this is the most exciting battle these streets have seen in a while.
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>>4336808
Im sure someone is going to be talking about it at the ball.
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Sandag, 4th Day of Acrimun, 883 A.C.E., Port Bounty – well after midnight
Ambush on the Corner of Fisher’s Run and Ropemaker’s Lane

>You have no time to tarry and exchange pleasantries. There is still a battle to be fought, and you must do your bit! Participate in the next personal combat round, retain current companions. [Haughty]
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.> Battle Progress: OVERWHELMING FORCE (70DC) [7/10]
> Skirmish (dozens of combatants): Winning Personal Combat will add +20DC to Battle Progress and +1 Battle Re-Roll
> On foot & enemy lost initiative: If you suffer no damage this round, you will be free to take stock of the situation and make further tactical decisions.

Sir Emile Andrei, Young Knight of Romaine: Injured
Zachariah, Officer of the Port Bounty Watch: Healthy
Kale, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch: Battered
Sir Karlaus Rabe, Knight of Montbrun: Healthy
Jess the Kid, Longbowman: Battered
>Combat = +65DC [Injured -5DC, Injury (Burns) -5DC, Mark of Cain +5DC, Strong +5DC, Castle-forged Arming Sword +5DC, Breastplate and Helm +10DC, Blademaster +10DC, Zachariah +10DC, Kale +10DC, Sir Karlaus Rabe +15DC, Law of Adam x3 +6DC, Sword of Man x4 +4DC]
>Armour Value = 27AV [Breastplate and Helm +20AV, Heater Shield +20AV, Guardian +6AV, Basilisk Scale Shirt +7AV] /2 Audacious Stance
>Combat Re-Rolls = 1 [Holy Orders +0, Courageous Sky +0, Blessed Artefact +0, Fear the Strong +1]
>Armour Value Re-Rolls = 0 [Shield of Faith +0 AV Re-Roll]

VS

Arnulf Hand-me-down, Hired Blade: SLAIN
Claps, Hired Blade: SLAIN
Egil the Shark, Hired Blade: Battered
Tom ‘Wineskin’, Hired Blade: Healthy
Caron the Worm, Hired Blade: Healthy
The Runt, Hired Blade: Healthy
Nine-Tails, Knife-thrower: SLAIN
Yolk, Knife-thrower: Injured
>Combat = +25DC [Healthy +5 (majority), Steel Blade +0, Battle Brother x3 +30DC, Staggering Blows x2 -10DC]
> Armour Value = 5AV [Leather Armour +10AV, Avenger -5DC]

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(1) Personal Combat
> 90 DC
> You have 1 re-rolls
> 3 rolls of 1d100.


(2) Friendly Ranged Combat
> Jess the Kid: Longbow – Mid-range 50 DC
> Height advantage +15DC
> Longbow strikes once per round and reduced the foes AV by -10AV
>Jess will focus on Ranged Opponents first (no risk of friendly fire unless ordered otherwise)
> 65DC
>1 Roll of 1d100

(3) Battle Progress: Overwhelming Force
> 70 DC
> 3 rolls of 1d100.

(4) Foe Ranged Combat
> Yolk: Throwing Knives – Short Range 30 DC (Injured)
> Throwing Knives attack twice on the first round but allows the foe to re-roll AV
> Attacker will focus on Ranged Opponents first (no risk of friendly fire unless ordered otherwise)
>QM rolls 1d100


7 rolls of 1d100, kniggas.

No time to talk, tear them apart!
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Rolled 68 (1d100)

>>4337283
Rolling for the injured knife-thrower
> 30DC
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Rolled 60 (1d100)

>>4337283

Strike them down!
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Rolled 12 (1d100)

>>4337283
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Rolled 92 (1d100)

>>4337283
Bing bong lurker 1 post by this id poster
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>>4337297
Forgive me lord for i have sinned
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>>4337283
forgotten staggering blows should be +15 now right?
also we had 75 dc before shouldn't we have 74 now?
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>>4337305
Yes, but you outright killed the guy last round. No one survived for it to stack on. Honestly, i should reduce it to -5DC in that case.

As for your DC, this was affected by the loss of the hired thugs support and your own Sword of Man changes.
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>>4337297
Are we rerolling this?
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>>4337305
>I miscalculated the Personal DC, but only to 85DC, unfortunately. As for the battle... You know what time it is. Two rolls of 1d18.
like before you said
>I miscalculated the Personal DC, but only to 85DC, unfortunately. As for the battle... You know what time it is. Two rolls of 1d18.
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>>4337310
I miscalculated the Personal DC, but only to 85DC, unfortunately. As for the battle... You know what time it is. Two rolls of 1d18.

just this was last round
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>>4337312

Save it for later, 2 Success with Audacious is still lethal damage if both AV saves fail.
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FUG sorry for the double post
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>>4337313
Yes, have taken into account the extra slain hired blade. If I have missed something in the maths for this round, please point it out.
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Rolled 73 (1d100)

>>4337283
Hopefully this turns out better than my last Fallavon roll.
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>>4337320
well in that case the only change i can see is our dc going from
70 to 65 we only lost 1 from sword of man we should be at 69 (heh) right
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Rolled 99 (1d100)

>>4337283
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>>4337312
nah 100s are scary man
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>>4337329
Alright im done. No more rolling for me today.
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>>4337329

>inb4 Fae-Touched
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>>4337336
>fAe ToUcHeD iS a ShItTy SkIlL
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>>4337328
Thanks for the spot-check, i think Sword of Man is correct but I must have missed a +5DC in my calculations. Look like Personal Combat had three success.

I will need two further rolls of 1d100 for battle progress, taking repeat rollers.
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Rolled 29 (1d100)

>>4337283

Hold the line men!
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Rolled 82 (1d100)

>>4337283
Rollin thunder
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>>4337350
Is the officer option no longer available?
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Rolled 83, 16, 83 = 182 (3d100)

> 3 Personal Combat Success: Mighty Blow!
> 0 Ranged Success
> 1 Battle Progress Success: -1 to Battle Progress [6/10], Double Fail! Enemy gains +1 Battle Brother

The hirelings just don't know when to quit! Must be a huge payday for them to stick it out this long. Rolling for the Hired Blade AV, any unsaved damages results in x2 damage.
> Armour Value = 5AV [Leather Armour +10AV, Avenger -5DC]

Two more rolls of 1d18.

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1: Grigor dan Holt, Primus Pilus of the Ordo Praetor
2: Sir Thomas York, Praetor
3: Brother Rousseau, Knights Comitas, Battered
4: Willem dan Hausen, Praetor notary
5: Matthias the Younger, Praetor notary
*: Zacaraiah, Officer of the Port Bounty Watch
6: Leroy, Sergeant of the Port Bounty Watch
7: Weyland, Sergeant of the Port Bounty Watch
*: Kale, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
8: Timothy, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
9: Glen, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
10: Paolo, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
11: Portio, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
12: Ayaz, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch, Injured
-: Brittletoe, Guardswoman of the Port Bounty Watch, SLAIN
NA (ranged support): Jess the Kid, Fae Changeling
13: The Green Knight
*: Sir Karlaus Rabe
14: Sir Heinrich Norwache
15: Sir Neil dan Marc
16: Mikail of Andryski
17: Father Towbray
18: Sergeant-at-Arms Jerod (disguised)
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Rolled 13 (1d18)

>>4337372
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Rolled 13 (1d18)

>>4337372
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>>4337379
>>4337381
Cain on the fucking Cross.
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Up to either of the original rollers whether they wish to roll again or double up on the one casualty.
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Rolled 13 (1d18)

>>4337390
I'll reroll, I'd rather not have our brother die here.
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Rolled 11 (1d18)

>>4337390
It's a roll of 4 each, innit? Miss me with that shit.
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>>4337392
Lol
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>>4337379
>>4337381
>>4337392

Well, there really was something to the thirteen body parts removed from each of the Butcher’s victims...
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>>4337392
GOD DAMN IT.
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>>4337379
>>4337381
>>4337392
Confirmed that the dice gods hate our brother.

But I'll take this >>4337395 as the alternative.

13: The Green Knight (Young Lord Damien Andrei)
>Armour Value = 45AV [Breastplate and Helm +20AV, Heater Shield +20AV, Guardian +5AV]
>Armour Re-Rolls = 0

11: Portio, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
>Armour Value = 30AV [Breastplate and Helm +20AV, Halberd +10AV]
>Armour Re-Rolls = 0

8 rolls of 1d100 for AV. 1-4 for your brother, 5-8 for Paolo.
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Rolled 100 (1d100)

>>4337406

Oh man oh man...
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Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>4337406
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Rolled 97 (1d100)

>>4337406
Come on armor!
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>>4337409

Aight, imma head out
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Rolled 49 (1d100)

>>4337406
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Rolled 66 (1d100)

>>4337406
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>>4337409
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>>4337381
>>4337379
>>4337392
>>4337409
>Rolled 100 (1d100)

There is a 1/538,200 chance of this. Just want to point that out.
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I don't want to add to the pain but isn't there still one knife throwing shit around?
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>>4337420
He missed this round, see >>4337284
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Rolled 36 (1d100)

>>4337406
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>>4337409
>>4337418
Is he dead? Or do have a chance to reach him?
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Rolled 43 (1d100)

>>4337406
Can we do what we could've that if Jess had worse luck and take some of the hit for him? Please for the love of Adam
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>>4337428
*what we could've done
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Rolled 74 (1d100)

>>4337406
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>>4337427
I'd honestly be up for taking a mortal wound to save him similar to how we could have saved Kid. Be a very good end for Emile.
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>>4337428
>>4337433

If anyone’s got the Bear Totem it’d be him; I’d be fine with losing that if it meant he’d live through this, even if he’s wounded for a while.
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FFS

We can use our brother's brother-for-life ability right?
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>>DEATH’S DOOR: Unlimited use per day, 100% (no modifiers). +5DC to combat when chosen as a companion. If this companion fails an AV save saving you, you may choose to risk a further AV to save their life.
>Outside of extreme atrocities, basest treachery or competition in courtship this status is resistant to change.

This is what I'm talking about btw.
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Woof.
>>4337469
He's not a companion right now th.
>>4337418
Just for consideration: My reroll was second but I rolled first.
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>>4337417
This double means Portio tanks them right?
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>>4337492
Unless he's secretly a fae the answer is no
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>>4337462
>>4337469
>>4337481
Technically no, as he was not selected as a companion but...
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If we reach 7/10 or higher than 7/10 Battle Progress, will they choose to retreat like the last time we reached 7/10? None of this shit would be happening if we hadn't decided to go murderhobo and refused to let them retreat. We would've successfully accomplished what we sought to do with this skirmish (defend the Strongbox till we reach the Praetor Commandery).

>>4337496
Oh Damn. Rest in piece Portio and Brittletoe. You were both fine warriors and fine city watch guards.
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>>4337504
Bless your heart, forgotten.
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>>4337504
So what happens?
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>>4337504
Thanks man. Emile is not gonna let his brother die here after everything he's been through to get him back home safe and sound.
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>>4337511
>the line of Andrei ends in the grime and muck of this hellish port
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> 6 Damage Inflicted!
>Egil the Shark, Hired Blade is SLAIN!
>Tom ‘Wineskin’, Hired Blade is Wounded!
> -1 Battle Progress! [6/10]
> Cut-me-Quick, Coffin Nails Enforcer joins the fray!
> Portio, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch is SLAIN!
> The Green Knight, Young Lord Damien is SLAIN!?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCUpvTMis-Y – Never Coming Home
> PERSONAL COMBAT VICTORY! (100DC+), GAIN +20DC to Battle Progress and +1 Battle Progress Re-Roll per round

There seems to be no end to the criminal underlings, as you saw through the neck of your last opponent another one steps forward to take his place. Sir Rabe can have this one. But at least those directly in front of you are slinking off in search of easier targets, you’ve cleared out this alleyway and can turn your attention elsewhere in more dire straits.

“They have me surrounded!” The desperate sound of your brother’s voice cuts through you like a lance to the chest. “Emile! Help!”

“Damien?” In your desperation to reach your elder brother you throw caution to the wind and call him by name. You break free from the melee, stumbling past a guardsman weeping over the bloody body of his twin. “Damien?! Damien!!!

[1/2]
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>>4337517
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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[2/2]

A wide-eyed face appears in front of you, one you don’t immediately recognise, and howls in pain as your shield crunches into their nose. You shove past them and you press on, not sparing a moment to finish them off. You have no time, your brother sounded like he was in danger!

“Damien! Where are you?!” Your heart drops to your stomach when you spot his prone figure slumped against the wall. His helmet must have come loose under the assault, rain patters against his slouched head. You rush to his side, cradling his head and checking for any signs of life. “Damien! Reginae wept, tell me you’re okay!”

You pull your hand from the back of his head, it comes away sticky and red.

“Almighty please, no…”

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(1) Your Fallen Brother
> “Prince of the Wild, Son of Ursen, I would bargain with thee…” Damien Lives, the charm he carried is an empty vessel now. An unknown bargain has been struck. Heresy, but a small price to pay in your eyes. [Burn the Bear Totem Re-Roll. ] + [Haughty]

> “Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]

> “Salve Reginae, Mother of Grace, preserve us in our time of need. Salve Reginae, Mother of Grace, preserve us in our time of need…” You pray that the Angel hears you. If there was ever a time you needed it’s help, it is now. Damien's fate is in the Almighty's hands. [Idealist]


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(2) Tactical Decision
> Damn the fight and damn that cursed ledger, this is family! You guard your brother’s fallen figure, attacking only those who stray too close as the battle continues. If the battle results in a loss you will need to fight your way out to get Damien to a healer. If it’s not too late. [Battle Progress Rolls only, no Personal Combat]

> You cannot spare a moment for the fallen. You’re a fighter not a healer and the battle still hangs in the balance. This lot in front of you look different. Bigger, meaner and definitely the shot callers. Killing these gang members will secure victory. [Select 2 Companions] + [Commence Personal Combat]


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(3) Combat Stance (if participate in combat this round)
>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)
>Guarded - Exchange of Blows does not inflict or sustain damage.
>Balanced - AV and Damage remain unchanged. May Re-Roll results of this and next Combat Stance superiority roll.
>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4337519
> “Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]
> Damn the fight and damn that cursed ledger, this is family! You guard your brother’s fallen figure, attacking only those who stray too close as the battle continues. If the battle results in a loss you will need to fight your way out to get Damien to a healer. If it’s not too late. [Battle Progress Rolls only, no Personal Combat]
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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Vote remains open for 5-6 hours.

I will have to reschedule the Duke's Ball run, both due to IRL and in-quest developments. If not this coming Sunday then later this week. Expect updates more frequent than once-a-day in the meantime, whenever I can to be honest.
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>>4337519
>“Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]

>“Salve Reginae, Mother of Grace, preserve us in our time of need. Salve Reginae, Mother of Grace, preserve us in our time of need…” You pray that the Angel hears you. If there was ever a time you needed it’s help, it is now. Damien's fate is in the Almighty's hands. [Idealist]


> Damn the fight and damn that cursed ledger, this is family! You guard your brother’s fallen figure, attacking only those who stray too close as the battle continues. If the battle results in a loss you will need to fight your way out to get Damien to a healer. If it’s not too late. [Battle Progress Rolls only, no Personal Combat]

>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4337522
Forgotten, is:

> “Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]

and


> You cannot spare a moment for the fallen. You’re a fighter not a healer and the battle still hangs in the balance. This lot in front of you look different. Bigger, meaner and definitely the shot callers. Killing these gang members will secure victory. [Select 2 Companions] + [Commence Personal Combat]

Mutually exclusive?
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>>4337519

> “Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]
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>>4337519
>>4337525
>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)

Changing to this if we go Hearty. We'll up against 2 AV rolls so we need max 80 AV.
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I guess we better get that copper clipper character sheet ready
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>>4337519
> “Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]

> You cannot spare a moment for the fallen. You’re a fighter not a healer and the battle still hangs in the balance. This lot in front of you look different. Bigger, meaner and definitely the shot callers. Killing these gang members will secure victory. [Select 2 Companions] + [Commence Personal Combat]

Going into the damn streets was a bad idea.
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>>4337519
> “Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]

> Damn the fight and damn that cursed ledger, this is family! You guard your brother’s fallen figure, attacking only those who stray too close as the battle continues. If the battle results in a loss you will need to fight your way out to get Damien to a healer. If it’s not too late. [Battle Progress Rolls only, no Personal Combat]

>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)
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>>4337519
>> “Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]
>> Damn the fight and damn that cursed ledger, this is family! You guard your brother’s fallen figure, attacking only those who stray too close as the battle continues. If the battle results in a loss you will need to fight your way out to get Damien to a healer. If it’s not too late. [Battle Progress Rolls only, no Personal Combat]
>>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)
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>>4337519
> “Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]
> You cannot spare a moment for the fallen. You’re a fighter not a healer and the battle still hangs in the balance. This lot in front of you look different. Bigger, meaner and definitely the shot callers. Killing these gang members will secure victory. [Select 2 Companions] + [Commence Personal Combat]
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.

We got Viet Conged
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we should have just taken the skirmish win instead of being greedy murderhobos

but hindsight is 20/20
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>>4337519
> “Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]
> Damn the fight and damn that cursed ledger, this is family! You guard your brother’s fallen figure, attacking only those who stray too close as the battle continues. If the battle results in a loss you will need to fight your way out to get Damien to a healer. If it’s not too late. [Battle Progress Rolls only, no Personal Combat]
>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)
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>>4337519
>(1) Your Fallen Brother
>> “Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]

>_
>(2) Tactical Decision
>> You cannot spare a moment for the fallen. You’re a fighter not a healer and the battle still hangs in the balance. This lot in front of you look different. Bigger, meaner and definitely the shot callers. Killing these gang members will secure victory. [Select 2 Companions] + [Commence Personal Combat]
>_
>(3) Combat Stance (if participate in combat this round)
>>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)

Alright, if this combination is alright, then this should keep us alive.

Cautious should double our AV to 80, allowing us a greater chance of tanking the 2 attacks on us.

In this case, actually guarding our brother might be counterproductive as it doesn't allow us a stance with which to modify our AV.
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>>4337519
> “Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]
> You cannot spare a moment for the fallen. You’re a fighter not a healer and the battle still hangs in the balance. This lot in front of you look different. Bigger, meaner and definitely the shot callers. Killing these gang members will secure victory. [Select 2 Companions] + [Commence Personal Combat]
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>>4337526
No, you can select both, either or neither.

>>4337533
Your immediate AV rolls will be done off the base AV. The combat stance is for the next combat round (should you choose to participate). Likewise, selecting Audacious will not halve your AV for the Death's Door save.
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Why did we think it was a good idea to get in a huge ass fight while still being fucked up from being struck by lightning?
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>>4337519
> “Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]

> You cannot spare a moment for the fallen. You’re a fighter not a healer and the battle still hangs in the balance. This lot in front of you look different. Bigger, meaner and definitely the shot callers. Killing these gang members will secure victory. [Select 2 Companions] + [Commence Personal Combat]

>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.

Let's finish this quickly or die trying then.
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>>4337567
Our combat rolls aren't really the problem here, it's the fact that the battle progress rolls are consistently screwing up even with 70DC
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>>4337519
Fuck these copper clipping scum sucking whoresons
> “Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]
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>>4337519
>> “Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]

> You cannot spare a moment for the fallen. You’re a fighter not a healer and the battle still hangs in the balance. This lot in front of you look different. Bigger, meaner and definitely the shot callers. Killing these gang members will secure victory. [Select 2 Companions] + [Commence Personal Combat]

>Guarded - Exchange of Blows does not inflict or sustain damage.
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>>4337533
>We'll up
We'll be up*

>>4337563
Wait a minute. You reminded me of something important. I'm gonna check the archives.
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Forgotten, Emile should not have injured status right now. Emile was wounded and not injured because of the lightning strike. He should be wounded or less.

Your own post:

>Sir Emile Andrei is WOUNDED! [Gain wound -10DC (Mild Paralysis), Gain Injury -5DC (Burns) The wound will heal in 2 days, the injury in 2 weeks. If challenged to a duel when wounded or injured, you may set the condition that it be delayed until you have recovered without risk to your honour.

https://archived.moe/qst/thread/4198134/#4216030
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Hmmm.

Actually, shouldnt our brother be eligible for our armour reroll per turn.
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>>4337587
I believe he recovered after a few days in bed, that would bring you up to Injured status. That is also when his partial paralysis was removed.
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>>4337597
Yeah, do we have Adam's Shield of Faith? We need Brother Adam's protection more than ever now.

>>4337606
How in the Pit do you ''recover'' by going from wounded to injured? Also, why didn't you ever post that his recovery reduced him wounded to injured status? That's important information man.
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>>4337611
>reduced him wounded
Reduced him from wounded*
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>>4337611
I guess I thought it was implied when I removed the wounded trait of partial paralysis, and when you stopped relying on your cane. But I will make an effort to be more clear in the future, I suppose.
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So if we die here I see three paths going forwards:

1. Copper clipping shekel knight time

2. Play as Damien should he survive this if Forgotten allows it

3. New quest, BCQ in space?
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After Emile saves Damien, can Damien save Emile with his companion Death's Door ability if Emile fails the AV rolls?
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>>4337630
That loop strikes me as fairly games, so no.
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>>4337641
How about our current companions then (Sir Karlaus Rabe, Zachariah, and Kale)?
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>>4337519

>“Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]

> Damn the fight and damn that cursed ledger, this is family! You guard your brother’s fallen figure, attacking only those who stray too close as the battle continues. If the battle results in a loss you will need to fight your way out to get Damien to a healer. If it’s not too late. [Battle Progress Rolls only, no Personal Combat]

>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)
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>>4337587
>The wound will heal in 2 days
bruh it's been 2 days
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>>4337519
>> “Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]
> You cannot spare a moment for the fallen. You’re a fighter not a healer and the battle still hangs in the balance. This lot in front of you look different. Bigger, meaner and definitely the shot callers. Killing these gang members will secure victory. [Select 2 Companions] + [Commence Personal Combat]
Sir Karlaus Rabe, Zachariah
>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)
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>>4337519
> “Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]

> You cannot spare a moment for the fallen. You’re a fighter not a healer and the battle still hangs in the balance. This lot in front of you look different. Bigger, meaner and definitely the shot callers. Killing these gang members will secure victory. [Select 2 Companions] + [Commence Personal Combat]

>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4337655
Yeah, but that doesn't say we're gonna ''recover'' by going from wounded to injured (a worse health status and something we weren't even informed of I might say). It just says the -5 DC stat will end in 2 days. That's it.
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>>4337519
> “Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]

> You cannot spare a moment for the fallen. You’re a fighter not a healer and the battle still hangs in the balance. This lot in front of you look different. Bigger, meaner and definitely the shot callers. Killing these gang members will secure victory. [Select 2 Companions] + [Commence Personal Combat]

>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4337662
>-5 DC stat
-10 DC stat is the one that I meant to say

>>4337644
>>4337641
I'm gonna take the silence as a no.

So... our current companions can't use Death's Door, our brother can't use Death's Door after we save him, we have injured status because we ''recovered'' from wounded to injured, and we have to rely on base AV because we can't be cautious for whatever reason. What a perfect setup, Forgotten.
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>>4337662
Wounded is much worse than Injured, wounded is just one off from Slain!
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>>4337575
Oops, I forgot
>Kill the enforcers
We should pick wiser next time
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>>4337687
Really? I remember it being the opposite.
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>>4337694
it's always been like this look back through the quest for instance the creeping horror was at wounded not injured at the start

also lads we don't know the dc of the next group so going audacious is a bad move
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>>4337694
wounded is -10 injured is -5
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What the actual fuck did I wake up too?! Holy shit

>>4337519
> “Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]

> Damn the fight and damn that cursed ledger, this is family! You guard your brother’s fallen figure, attacking only those who stray too close as the battle continues. If the battle results in a loss you will need to fight your way out to get Damien to a healer. If it’s not too late. [Battle Progress Rolls only, no Personal Combat]

Fucking hell if either Damien or Emille die here literally everything is upturned for our plans
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>>4337700
we will also probably lose the fear the strong reroll next round so we have a dc of probably 50~ and any damage after tanking for Damien would kill us
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>>4337703
I'm talking about health status. If you're current health status is wounded, then you're reduced to injured if you sustain 1 damage point if I remember correctly. If you current status is injured, then you're reduced to slain.
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>>4337711
other way round it's healthy battered injured wounded slain
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>>4337709
The wording of WSFTS implies equipment not numbers we are still better equipped than the Thugs
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>>4337712
Alright then. I stand corrected if that's true. I thought it was the other way which is why I was puzzled on how going from wounded to injured is a recovery.
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>>4337719
no it's not read the previous combats we gained the reroll after we passed 50 dc
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also i would like to point out the battle rolls will be at dc of 90 with 1 reroll there is a pretty good chance they will win this fight
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>>4337727
we don't need to fight the enforcers
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>>4337725
Oh shit you're right I got that real wrong
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>>4337620
I'd like to see Character gen play out for the next knight should Emille die but I like to think Shekel knight is a strong contender
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>>4316752
>In Our Prayers: The first time you take unsaved damage, gain +1 Combat Re-Roll [Once-per-day]

Why isn't this active btw?

By the way Forgotten...
>(Shield of Faith: +1AV re-roll per combat, self or companion.

Emile has just gained a personal combat victory here>>4337517 and thus finished combat. He should definitely have a Shield of Faith re-roll available for the two Death's Door AV rolls since they're after the combat was finished.
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>>4337736
>the first time you take unsaved damage
we are injured but we have not taken damage today
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>>4337738
I don't think that damage must be sustained on the same day you use it is a requirement for you to use it. The only requirement is that you can only use it once-per-day and that's it. Shouldn't the damage sustained from the lightning strike count then? We still haven't completely recovered from it and reached full health (which is Healthy stat) for In Our Prayers to deactivate. It should till be active till then.
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>>4337753
It clearly says unsaved damage, not just any kind of damage.
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>>4337753
>It should till
It should still*

>>4337759
Yeah and the damage from the lightning strike was unsaved. We wouldn't be wounded right and recovering right now if it was saved. Unsaved damage means any damage that you sustain and fail to save against.
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>>4337764
>We wouldn't be wounded right
We wouldn't be injured*

Choosing to engage in personal combat with audacious stance on top of that is insane btw. The Battle Progress DC will 90 plus a re-roll, and the personal combat DC will be lower which means there is a good chance of failing it.
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>>4337786
>will 90
Will be 90*

FFS I need to proofread more.

By the way Forgotten, the next foes won't be healthy because of casualties and damage from Battle Progress of the skirmish, correct? They shouldn't be healthy and some of them should already be dead because of damage and casualties from Battle Progress. I find it impossible and unbelievable if it's otherwise.
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>>4337618
It was pretty clear, people are just stressed and lashing out a bit

>>4337519
> “Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]

> You cannot spare a moment for the fallen. You’re a fighter not a healer and the battle still hangs in the balance. This lot in front of you look different. Bigger, meaner and definitely the shot callers. Killing these gang members will secure victory. [Select 2 Companions] + [Commence Personal Combat]

>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4337519
> “Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]
> You cannot spare a moment for the fallen. You’re a fighter not a healer and the battle still hangs in the balance. This lot in front of you look different. Bigger, meaner and definitely the shot callers. Killing these gang members will secure victory. [Select 2 Companions] + [Commence Personal Combat]
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.

>>4337797
It was just that one anon misunderstanding things and trying to jew out any advantage we can get. Commendable, but if we die, we die. No pussying out or trying to squeeze an advantage when none exist.
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>>4337812
You're right, I rushed through to catch up so it looked like more
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whats with everyone going audacious we don't know the personal combat dc we don't know if we will tank these 2 av saves so we could be on wounded status next round seems like people want us to die
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>>4337817
It's a combination of murderhobos and
>seems like people want us to die
This
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>>4337519
>> “Salve Reginae, Mother of Grace, preserve us in our time of need. Salve Reginae, Mother of Grace, preserve us in our time of need…” You pray that the Angel hears you. If there was ever a time you needed it’s help, it is now. Damien's fate is in the Almighty's hands. [Idealist]

> Damn the fight and damn that cursed ledger, this is family! You guard your brother’s fallen figure, attacking only those who stray too close as the battle continues. If the battle results in a loss you will need to fight your way out to get Damien to a healer. If it’s not too late. [Battle Progress Rolls only, no Personal Combat]
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>>4337817
I think the idea is that we want to inflict as much damage as possible to end things quickly. I don't think people seriously want Emile to die
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>>4337822
I want to see how will the Angel react to this, also I think it makes sense for our character to pray to the Angel rather than the bear token since we're convinced there is a supernatural guardian watching us.

And if the Angel refuses to heal Damien, then it could make a really awesome narrative as we start becoming defiant towards the Angel.
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>>4337823
the battle dc will be 90 with a reroll
our personal will be much lower and harder to pass adding half av to that is death sentence if we get one success or lower
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>>4337824
I wouldn't say defiant I'd argue full blown resentment, the angel chose Emile and clearly has a mission for him, if it would not intervene to save our brother the question becomes what kind of allmighty does the angel serve?

Its a strict fall from piety or idealism but it is a step away from it

>>4337825
Audacious continues to be almost cursed for Valour characters
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Meh.

>>4337519
> “Prince of the Wild, Son of Ursen, I would bargain with thee…” Damien Lives, the charm he carried is an empty vessel now. An unknown bargain has been struck. Heresy, but a small price to pay in your eyes. [Burn the Bear Totem Re-Roll.] + [Haughty]
> You cannot spare a moment for the fallen. You’re a fighter not a healer and the battle still hangs in the balance. This lot in front of you look different. Bigger, meaner and definitely the shot callers. Killing these gang members will secure victory. [Select 2 Companions] + [Commence Personal Combat]
> Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
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>>4337519
> “Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]
> Damn the fight and damn that cursed ledger, this is family! You guard your brother’s fallen figure, attacking only those who stray too close as the battle continues. If the battle results in a loss you will need to fight your way out to get Damien to a healer. If it’s not too late. [Battle Progress Rolls only, no Personal Combat]
>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)
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>>4319740
>>4337836
These are mine
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>>4337824
Nah. If we choose idealist and fail whatever rolls it throws at us, then the Angel will say that it can't save him because the situation is simply beyond hopeless, or the Angel will fruitlessly try to save him and then fail. Emile will realize the Angel isn't omnipotent and that's it. There's things the Angel can do and there's things that it can't do.

Not that it matters because Emile will realize that the Angel is just a mental condition from his will test critfail against Anarchy. There will be Order Reginae in the inquiry who are experts concerning Sons of Sin mind rape. They will know how to explain it and cure it for Emile.
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>bunch of fucking shittier mooks become the final boss for the andre family
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Sir Emile "the lower you are in the hierarchy, the more likely you are to fuck me" Andrei
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I'm curious, what were the odds that all 8 AV rolls failed earlier?
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>>4337841
>Bunch of fucking COPPERCLIPPING shittier mooks become the final boss for the andre family

>>4337845
Man that explains why our ass had to be saved from snek so much
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>>4337847
damiens was unlucky like 4 coin flips unlucky
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are we at the point of saying Fuck pascae yet?
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>>4337856
I'll hold out on that until we're tortured by the church into "confessing" that the angel isn't real and we only made it up for fame and profit
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>>4337857
I feel thats steeper criteria than what we used for fuck Fallavon
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>>4337859
Easily achievable though, could happen in the next few days
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>>4337519
>>“Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]
>> Damn the fight and damn that cursed ledger, this is family! You guard your brother’s fallen figure, attacking only those who stray too close as the battle continues. If the battle results in a loss you will need to fight your way out to get Damien to a healer. If it’s not too late. [Battle Progress Rolls only, no Personal Combat]
>>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)
>>4337860
More like fuck the dice, this is like Gabriel all over again.
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>>4337860
I mean yeah? we'll see what happens

>>4337861
except this time we're not the ones dying
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>>4337857
The Church and Order Reginae aren't gonna torture Emile during the inquiry and won't even have too. They'll even be helpful after they realize Emile isn't a heretic and simply just got mindfucked by a Son of Sin. They'll explain it to him and tell him how to cure it.

They'll ask him questions after the present herald relieves him of his vow. One of the questions that will 100% be given during the inquiry is this: ''When and where did the Angel first appear to you?'' They and even Emile himself will immediately connect the dots together after just a couple of questions. They won't even have to force him to confess to anything. Emile will either have to admit that the Angel is just something Anarchy put in his head, or he'll blatantly lie both to himself and them by still insisting that he doesn't have a mental condition.
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>>4337870
I was being facetious, I don't honestly think Emile is going to be tortured. At worst they'll think he's corrupted or mentally disabled or something
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>>4337870
We're gonna roll a 100 for the interrogation and get burned at the stake for being a heretic. I can just feel it.
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>>4337870
>have too.
Have to*

>>4337872
Alright then.
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>>4337519
> “Salve Reginae, Mother of Grace, preserve us in our time of need. Salve Reginae, Mother of Grace, preserve us in our time of need…” You pray that the Angel hears you. If there was ever a time you needed it’s help, it is now. Damien's fate is in the Almighty's hands. [Idealist]
> You cannot spare a moment for the fallen. You’re a fighter not a healer and the battle still hangs in the balance. This lot in front of you look different. Bigger, meaner and definitely the shot callers. Killing these gang members will secure victory. [Select 2 Companions] + [Commence Personal Combat]
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.

Trust the Almighty in these times.
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>dice gods zero in on Damien like that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHj9Z94PvaE
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>>4337519
>“Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]

> Damn the fight and damn that cursed ledger, this is family! You guard your brother’s fallen figure, attacking only those who stray too close as the battle continues. If the battle results in a loss you will need to fight your way out to get Damien to a healer. If it’s not too late. [Battle Progress Rolls only, no Personal Combat]
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>>4337519
> “Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]

> You cannot spare a moment for the fallen. You’re a fighter not a healer and the battle still hangs in the balance. This lot in front of you look different. Bigger, meaner and definitely the shot callers. Killing these gang members will secure victory. [Select 2 Companions] + [Commence Personal Combat]

>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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> “Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” In your efforts to resustiate your brother, you leave yourself wide open. Damien lives but you must take 2 AV rolls (your remaining health). [Activate Death’s Door] + [Hearty]
> You cannot spare a moment for the fallen. You’re a fighter not a healer and the battle still hangs in the balance. This lot in front of you look different. Bigger, meaner and definitely the shot callers. Killing these gang members will secure victory. [Select 2 Companions] + [Commence Personal Combat]
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.

Looks like Emile will risk sacrificing himself to save Young Lord Damien Andrei’s life. Such is the price of a brother’s love.

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Sir Emile Andrei, base AV value
>Armour Value = 27AV [Breastplate and Helm +20AV, Heater Shield +20AV, Guardian +6AV, Basilisk Scale Shirt +7AV] /2 Audacious Stance
>Armour Re-Rolls = 0 [Shield of Faith +0]

2 rolls of 1d100 for AV, kniggas. You have 0 re-rolls. 1 post ID rolls not accepted.

Salve Reginae watch over you.
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SHITE! It should be

>Armour Value = 53AV [Breastplate and Helm +20AV, Heater Shield +20AV, Guardian +6AV, Basilisk Scale Shirt +7AV]
>Armour Re-Rolls = 0 [Shield of Faith +0]

Audacious stance modifier doesn't kick in yet.
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Rolled 33 (1d100)

>>4337907
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Rolled 81 (1d100)

>>4337907
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Rolled 84 (1d100)

>>4337907
LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY
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>>4337912
>>4337913
We live. For now
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>>4337912
Beautifully done
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>>4337912
>A double

BLESS THE HOLY BROTHER ADAM FOR HIS PROTECTION. WE SHALL NOT ABANDON OUR BROTHER LIKE CAIN ABANDONED ADAM. THE ALMIGHTY WILLS IT!
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do we get the bear totem back(WE NEED FUCKEN EVERYTHING TO SURVIVE THIS
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>>4337920
Yeah, I think we get it back since Damien has it with him.
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>>4337912
>>4337913
Phew, no new copper-clipper playsheet just yet.

A double pass means all AV is passed. (Fae-Runes would mean that, like Jess the Kid, any Double means all are passed).

I will ask for battle rolls in a minute before writing up how this all turns out.
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>>4337923
Did we select companions? Sir Karlaus is gonna be with us as a third companion since he's a companion Battle Progress from a double, right?
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>>4337920
>>4337922

Sure, I can accept that. I'll take one roll of 1d100 to see if it activates.

> 50DC
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Rolled 9 (1d100)

>>4337924
>he's a companion Battle Progress from a double
He's a companion from a battle progress double*

>>4337925
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Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>4337925
URSEN!!!!
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>>4337926
>A 9 double

Oh damn I'm rolling tonight kniggas.
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>>4337924
No, I quite clearly said two companions. Taking the only offered suggestion >>4337659 here. I appreciate you guys keeping me honest but you're angling for any slight advantage is becoming quite blatant.
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>>4337926
>the lightning double for the lightning bear
he was wreathed in lighting right?
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>>4337926
>>4337928
>>4337930
Shit yeah kniggas, Ursen lends a hand.
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Stop trying to outjew forgotten anon. The Almighty will bless our rolls as long as we're true and loyal.
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>>4337929
What do you expect QM, we need everything to survive these damnable odds. Really should've taken that early victory.
STV players are the copper clippers of quests, change my mind.
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>>4337912
>>4337926
Holy shiet
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>>4337929
>>4337933

Tbh for me it's not about outjewing. I've been pointing and correcting stuff (miscounted votes, miscounted path points, etc) since the start of the quest to help Forgotten not get anything wrong, but you're right. We've no need of jewry, for the Almighty will bless the true and faithful.
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Anons hate copper clippers because they are copper clippers themselves.
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I can't roll in the next round since new rollers are required, right?
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>>4337940
nah you just rolled av so you can roll in the next combat round
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>>4337941
Alright. Still, I'm not gonna roll so other anons can get a chance to roll. This is about participating and having fun together after all.
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Sandag, 4th Day of Acrimun, 883 A.C.E., Port Bounty – well after midnight
Ambush on the Corner of Fisher’s Run and Ropemaker’s Lane


>You have no time to tarry and exchange pleasantries. There is still a battle to be fought, and you must do your bit! Participate in the next personal combat round, retain current companions. [Haughty] Damien Andrei remains on the potential casualty list
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
> Battle Progress: OVERWHELMING FORCE (70DC) [6/10]
> Skirmish (dozens of combatants): Winning Personal Combat will add +20DC to Battle Progress and +1 Battle Re-Roll
> On foot & enemy lost initiative: If you suffer no damage this round, you will be free to take stock of the situation and make further tactical decisions.

Sir Emile Andrei, Young Knight of Romaine: Injured
Zachariah, Officer of the Port Bounty Watch: Healthy
Sir Karlaus Rabe, Knight of Montbrun: Healthy
Jess the Kid, Longbowman: Battered
>Combat = +67DC [Injured -5DC, Injury (Burns) -5DC, Mark of Cain +5DC, Strong +5DC, Castle-forged Arming Sword +5DC, Breastplate and Helm +10DC, Blademaster +10DC, Zachariah +10DC, Sir Karlaus Rabe +15DC, Law of Adam x2 +4DC, Sword of Man x3 +3DC, Bear Totem +10DC]
>Armour Value = 27AV [Breastplate and Helm +20AV, Heater Shield +20AV, Guardian +6AV, Basilisk Scale Shirt +7AV, ] /2 Audacious Stance
>Combat Re-Rolls = 3 [Holy Orders +0, Courageous Sky +0, Blessed Artefact +0, Fear the Strong +1, Bear Totem +2]
>Armour Value Re-Rolls = 0 [Shield of Faith +0 AV Re-Roll]

VS

Melzeen Al-Kaalb, Cathagi Mercenary: Healthy
Marco the Queer, Langlish Mercenary: Battered
Cut-me-Quick, Coffin Nails Enforcer: Healthy
>Combat = +50DC [Healthy +5DC (majority), Quick +5DC, Scale Maille +5DC, Spear +0DC, Battle Brother x2 +30DC, Buckler +5DC]
> Armour Value = 25AV [Scale Maille +10AV, Avenger -5DC, Spear +10AV, Buckler +10AV]

[1/2]
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(1) Personal Combat
> 67 DC
> You have 3 re-rolls
> 3 rolls of 1d100.


(2) Friendly Ranged Combat
> Jess the Kid: Longbow – Mid-range 50 DC
> Height advantage +15DC
> Longbow strikes once per round and reduced the foes AV by -10AV
>Jess will fire into combat (risk of friendly fire)
> 65DC
>1 Roll of 1d100

(3) Battle Progress: Certain Victory
> 90 DC
> Personal Combat Victory +1 (Skirmish level: Lasts 3 rounds) Yes, I tweaked this
> 3 rolls of 1d100.

(4) Foe Ranged Combat
> No Ranged Foes
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Rolled 93 (1d100)

>>4337950
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Rolled 13 (1d100)

>>4337944
You don't understand friend. This is about winning the shit out of this make believe game on a mongolian milk tasting forum, and making sure all of the nonexistant characters that we have grown to love live to see another day.

>>4337950
LET US DO BATTLE
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Rolled 53 (1d100)

>>4337950
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Rolled 35 (1d100)

>>4337950
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Rolled 28 (1d100)

>>4337951
>>4337950

Re-rolling
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Rolled 94 (1d100)

>>4337950
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Rolled 78 (1d100)

>>4337950
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Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>4337950
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>>4337956
rerolling this combat roll
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Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>4337963
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Rolled 32, 43, 18, 28 = 121 (4d100)

> 3 Personal Combat Success: Mighty Blow!
> 1 Ranged Combat Success
> 3 Battle Progress Success: +2 [8/10]

Rolling for your opponent's AV, any success will confer x2 damage.
> Armour Value = 25AV [Scale Maille +10AV, Avenger -5DC, Spear +10AV, Buckler +10AV]

4th Roll (Ranged shot)
> Armour Value = 20AV [Scale Maille +10AV, Longbow -10DC, Spear +10AV, Buckler +10AV]
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>>4337947
>Damien Andrei remains on the potential casualty list
Crap

>>4337952
>>4337953
>>4337954
>>4337955
>>4337958
>>4337962
>>4337964
>All rolls are a success.

Nice rolling anons.
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> The Green Knight, Young Lord Damien Andrei is Wounded!
> 4 Damage Inflicted!
> 1 Ranged Damage Inflicted!
> Melzeen Al-Kaalb, Cathagi Mercenary is Injured!
> Marco the Queer, Langlish Mercenary is SLAIN!
> +2 Battle Progress! [8/10]

“Come on! Breathe, damn it, breathe!” You rip your gauntlet as you kneel beside your downed brother, fingers desperately searching for a pulse against the cool neck of your breather. “Don’t do this to me, Damien! We’re getting you home!”

You nearly weep with relief when your brother gasps, pressing a scrap of clothe to the back of his head. Your eldest brother looks up at you, eyes lidded heavily. “Sorry little brother, they got a lucky shot in…”

’Ware the foe!! You twist around, too late to stop the steel spearhead licking out towards your face. At the last moment Sir Rabe’s axe chops it downs, cracking the wood and spoiling the spearman’s aim. “Not today, blaggard!”

The spearman, a dark-skinned man adorned in bizarre looking armour, leaps away from the onslaught only to have his counter-attack ruined by one of Jess’ well-placed arrowshafts sinking into his shoulder. A second and third opponent, all dressed and armoured in markedly different ways, join the fray. You leap to your feet on instinct, sword sweeping out in a vicious curve that would have made your old master-at-arms proud.

The second foe, a man wearing a breastplate with the Golden Sun emblazoned on the chest, is utterly unprepared for your brazen assault. His eyes go wide moments before your steel blade buries itself in his right eye, splitting his skull from the right ear to the nostril. It takes you longer to detach your blade from his standing corpse than it did to kill the man. You look back at your brother, making sure no other opponent has gotten behind you.

“Emmy…” Your brother is staring at you groggily, a funny look on his face. “Are your eyes are glowing…?”

They must have hit him pretty hard.

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(1) Tactical Decision
> These lowlives hurt your brother! The noble heir to your venerable household could have breathed his last in these filthy Pascae steets. They. Will. Pay!!! [Haughty] + [+2 Damage Inflicted (if unsaved) next round]

> The battle is all but won, you focus remains on supporting your allies and protecting the evidence. That is your objective, and you will not lose sight of it. [Hearty] + [+1 Battle Progress Re-Roll next round]


(2) Combat Stance
>Cautious - Double AV (Max 80), Total unsaved damage to Foe is halved (Rounding up)
>Guarded - Exchange of Blows does not inflict or sustain damage.
>Balanced - AV and Damage remain unchanged. May Re-Roll results of this and next Combat Stance superiority roll.
>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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That's all I've got for today, lads. I'll be providing further updates tomorrow, in roughly 15 hours. We won't have an all day session tomorrow, saving that for when Emile actually gets to the Duke's Ball.
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>>4338013
>These lowlives hurt your brother! The noble heir to your venerable household could have breathed his last in these filthy Pascae steets. They. Will. Pay!!! [Haughty] + [+2 Damage Inflicted (if unsaved) next round]
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.

Let's end this now.
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>>4338013
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>The battle is all but won, you focus remains on supporting your allies and protecting the evidence. That is your objective, and you will not lose sight of it. [Hearty] + [+1 Battle Progress Re-Roll next round]

We have achieved what we desire. Let's not go murderhobo and put our companions' lives at stake as well as our again.

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>Balanced - AV and Damage remain unchanged. May Re-Roll results of this and next Combat Stance superiority roll.
>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4338013
>> The battle is all but won, you focus remains on supporting your allies and protecting the evidence. That is your objective, and you will not lose sight of it. [Hearty] + [+1 Battle Progress Re-Roll next round]

>Balanced - AV and Damage remain unchanged. May Re-Roll results of this and next Combat Stance superiority roll.

Now THESE are the guys I'm worried will destroy the evidence before the fight ends
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>>4338013
>“Emmy…” Your brother is staring at you groggily, a funny look on his face. “Are your eyes are glowing…?”

We go full holy warrior now

> These lowlives hurt your brother! The noble heir to your venerable household could have breathed his last in these filthy Pascae steets. They. Will. Pay!!! [Haughty] + [+2 Damage Inflicted (if unsaved) next round]

>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4338013
>> These lowlives hurt your brother! The noble heir to your venerable household could have breathed his last in these filthy Pascae steets. They. Will. Pay!!! [Haughty] + [+2 Damage Inflicted (if unsaved) next round]

>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4338018
oops, changing my vote for :

> The battle is all but won, you focus remains on supporting your allies and protecting the evidence. That is your objective, and you will not lose sight of it. [Hearty] + [+1 Battle Progress Re-Roll next round]

>>4338013
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>>4338013
>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
> These lowlives hurt your brother! The noble heir to your venerable household could have breathed his last in these filthy Pascae steets. They. Will. Pay!!! [Haughty] + [+2 Damage Inflicted (if unsaved) next round]
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>>4338013
> These lowlives hurt your brother! The noble heir to your venerable household could have breathed his last in these filthy Pascae steets. They. Will. Pay!!! [Haughty] + [+2 Damage Inflicted (if unsaved) next round]

>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4338016
>as well as our
As well as ours'

>>4338014
Thanks for running today's session and goodnight Forgotten.
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>>4338013

> The battle is all but won, you focus remains on supporting your allies and protecting the evidence. That is your objective, and you will not lose sight of it. [Hearty] + [+1 Battle Progress Re-Roll next round]

We need to ensure that we get three success on the next Battle Progress roll.

>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4338013
>> These lowlives hurt your brother! The noble heir to your venerable household could have breathed his last in these filthy Pascae steets. They. Will. Pay!!! [Haughty] + [+2 Damage Inflicted (if unsaved) next round]

kill them all

>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
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>>4338013
> These lowlives hurt your brother! The noble heir to your venerable household could have breathed his last in these filthy Pascae steets. They. Will. Pay!!! [Haughty] + [+2 Damage Inflicted (if unsaved) next round]
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
>>
>>4338013
>> These lowlives hurt your brother! The noble heir to your venerable household could have breathed his last in these filthy Pascae steets. They. Will. Pay!!! [Haughty] + [+2 Damage Inflicted (if unsaved) next round]

>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4338013
> These lowlives hurt your brother! The noble heir to your venerable household could have breathed his last in these filthy Pascae steets. They. Will. Pay!!! [Haughty] + [+2 Damage Inflicted (if unsaved) next round]
The battle is won. We can afford going murderhobo now.

>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4338013
>> The battle is all but won, you focus remains on supporting your allies and protecting the evidence. That is your objective, and you will not lose sight of it. [Hearty] + [+1 Battle Progress Re-Roll next round]
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
>>
Come on kniggas. You're endangering not just the Strongbox evidence but also the lives of our companions just to get a possible +2 damage (if unsaved) in the next round. That's beyond murderhobo territory.

We need another Battle Progress re-roll to make sure we'll get full 3 Battle Progress success because getting anything less means another companion who'll have to roll 4 AV rolls to survive. Mikail and Father Towbray especially can't afford that because of how low their AVs are.
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>>4338013
>>4338021
switching too
>> The battle is all but won, you focus remains on supporting your allies and protecting the evidence. That is your objective, and you will not lose sight of it. [Hearty] + [+1 Battle Progress Re-Roll next round]
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>>4338013
> The battle is all but won, you focus remains on supporting your allies and protecting the evidence. That is your objective, and you will not lose sight of it. [Hearty] + [+1 Battle Progress Re-Roll next round]
> Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.

Best of both worlds, I think - we defend our evidence while exacting some bloody vengeance.
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>>4338013
>The battle is all but won, you focus remains on supporting your allies and protecting the evidence. That is your objective, and you will not lose sight of it. [Hearty] + [+1 Battle Progress Re-Roll next round]
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4338013
>a breastplate with the Golden Sun emblazoned on the chest

A clue for later
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>>4338013

> The battle is all but won, you focus remains on supporting your allies and protecting the evidence. That is your objective, and you will not lose sight of it. [Hearty] + [+1 Battle Progress Re-Roll next round

>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.

Got to remain calm gentlemen, let's keep our companions safe and the evidence in sight. Also
>The second foe, a man wearing a breastplate with the Golden Sun emblazoned on the chest
There are still members of the Golden Sun Company around. We should check his corpse for any leads to Lazar.
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>>4338013
> The battle is all but won, you focus remains on supporting your allies and protecting the evidence. That is your objective, and you will not lose sight of it. [Hearty] + [+1 Battle Progress Re-Roll next round]

>Balanced - AV and Damage remain unchanged. May Re-Roll results of this and next Combat Stance superiority roll.
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>>4338013
> The battle is all but won, you focus remains on supporting your allies and protecting the evidence. That is your objective, and you will not lose sight of it. [Hearty] + [+1 Battle Progress Re-Roll next round

>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
>>
Had to reboot modem, preemptively linking my previous IDs

>>4338017
>>4336297
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>>4338013
> The battle is all but won, you focus remains on supporting your allies and protecting the evidence. That is your objective, and you will not lose sight of it. [Hearty] + [+1 Battle Progress Re-Roll next round]

>Guarded - Exchange of Blows does not inflict or sustain damage.

The men we fought today can only escape for time
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>>4338018
> We go full holy warrior now

Concerning given the negative health risks of magic exposure.
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>>4338174
Holy works ain't magic according to cannonbut not deepest lore
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>>4338013
>The battle is all but won, you focus remains on supporting your allies and protecting the evidence. That is your objective, and you will not lose sight of it. [Hearty] + [+1 Battle Progress Re-Roll next round]
Remember Damien is still on the casualty table best get this done
>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
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>>4338013
>> The battle is all but won, you focus remains on supporting your allies and protecting the evidence. That is your objective, and you will not lose sight of it. [Hearty] + [+1 Battle Progress Re-Roll next round]
>>Guarded - Exchange of Blows does not inflict or sustain damage.
wew lad.
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>>4338013

>> The battle is all but won, you focus remains on supporting your allies and protecting the evidence. That is your objective, and you will not lose sight of it. [Hearty] + [+1 Battle Progress Re-Roll next round]
>>Guarded - Exchange of Blows does not inflict or sustain damage.
>> The battle is all but won, you focus remains on supporting your allies and protecting the evidence. That is your objective, and you will not lose sight of it. [Hearty] + [+1 Battle Progress Re-Roll next round]
>>Guarded - Exchange of Blows does not inflict or sustain damage.
>>
>>4338013
>> These lowlives hurt your brother! The noble heir to your venerable household could have breathed his last in these filthy Pascae steets. They. Will. Pay!!! [Haughty] + [+2 Damage Inflicted (if unsaved) next round]
>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
>>
>>4338013
>> The battle is all but won, you focus remains on supporting your allies and protecting the evidence. That is your objective, and you will not lose sight of it. [Hearty] + [+1 Battle Progress Re-Roll next round]

>Balanced - AV and Damage remain unchanged. May Re-Roll results of this and next Combat Stance superiority roll.
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>>4338013
>> The battle is all but won, you focus remains on supporting your allies and protecting the evidence. That is your objective, and you will not lose sight of it. [Hearty] + [+1 Battle Progress Re-Roll next round]

>Belligerent - Exchange of Blows does not inflict damage; +1 Damage to Foe if any unsaved damaged is inflicted.
We can't lose sight of the mission, Damien isn't dead.
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>>4338013
>> These lowlives hurt your brother! The noble heir to your venerable household could have breathed his last in these filthy Pascae steets. They. Will. Pay!!! [Haughty] + [+2 Damage Inflicted (if unsaved) next round]

>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4338013
> The battle is all but won, you focus remains on supporting your allies and protecting the evidence. That is your objective, and you will not lose sight of it. [Hearty] + [+1 Battle Progress Re-Roll next round]
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
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>>4338013
>> These lowlives hurt your brother! The noble heir to your venerable household could have breathed his last in these filthy Pascae steets. They. Will. Pay!!! [Haughty] + [+2 Damage Inflicted (if unsaved) next round]
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
>>
https://youtu.be/ZFt84Iu4RBc?t=161

brother Emile saves brother Damien colorized
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>>4339198
Damn they're going to fuck it up in the tavern later
What a comfy vid
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Sandag, 4th Day of Acrimun, 883 A.C.E., Port Bounty – well after midnight
Ambush on the Corner of Fisher’s Run and Ropemaker’s Lane

> The battle is all but won, you focus remains on supporting your allies and protecting the evidence. That is your objective, and you will not lose sight of it. [Hearty] + [+1 Battle Progress Re-Roll next round]
>Audacious - Halve AV (Rounding up); Each point of unsaved damage to Foe is doubled.
> Battle Progress: CERTAIN VICTORY (90DC) [8/10]
> Skirmish (dozens of combatants): Winning Personal Combat will add +20DC to Battle Progress and +1 Battle Re-Roll for 3 rounds
> On foot & enemy lost initiative: If you suffer no damage this round, you will be free to take stock of the situation and make further tactical decisions.

Sir Emile Andrei, Young Knight of Romaine: Injured
Zachariah, Officer of the Port Bounty Watch: Healthy
Sir Karlaus Rabe, Knight of Montbrun: Healthy
Jess the Kid, Longbowman: Battered
>Combat = +66DC [Injured -5DC, Injury (Burns) -5DC, Mark of Cain +5DC, Strong +5DC, Castle-forged Arming Sword +5DC, Breastplate and Helm +10DC, Blademaster +10DC, Zachariah +10DC, Sir Karlaus Rabe +15DC, Law of Adam x2 +4DC, Sword of Man x2 +2DC, Bear Totem +10DC]
>Armour Value = 27AV [Breastplate and Helm +20AV, Heater Shield +20AV, Guardian +6AV, Basilisk Scale Shirt +7AV, ] /2 Audacious Stance
>Combat Re-Rolls = 2 [Holy Orders +0, Courageous Sky +0, Blessed Artefact +0, Fear the Strong +1, Bear Totem +1]
>Armour Value Re-Rolls = 0 [Shield of Faith +0 AV Re-Roll]

VS

Melzeen Al-Kaalb, Cathagi Mercenary: Injured
Marco the Queer, Langlish Mercenary: SLAIN
Cut-me-Quick, Coffin Nails Enforcer: Healthy
>Combat = +30DC [Battered +0DC (Average), Quick +5DC, Scale Maille +5DC, Spear +0DC, Battle Brother x1 +15DC, Buckler +5DC]
> Armour Value = 25AV [Scale Maille +10AV, Avenger -5DC, Spear +10AV, Buckler +10AV]

=================================

(1) Personal Combat
> 86 DC
> You have 2 re-rolls
> 3 rolls of 1d100.

(2) Friendly Ranged Combat
> Jess the Kid: Longbow – Mid-range 50 DC
> Height advantage +15DC
> Longbow strikes once per round and reduced the foes AV by -10AV
>Jess will fire into combat (risk of friendly fire)
> 65DC
>1 Roll of 1d100

(3) Battle Progress: Certain Victory
> 90 DC
> Personal Combat Victory +1 Re-Roll (Skirmish level: 2 rounds)
> Focus on the Objective +1 Re-Roll
> 3 rolls of 1d100. You have 2 Re-Rolls

(4) Foe Ranged Combat
> No Ranged Foes

7 rolls of 1d100, gents.

The battle is all but won, don't lose sight of your objective!
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Rolled 96 (1d100)

>>4339409
Fucking finish them
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Rolled 57 (1d100)

>>4339409
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Rolled 77 (1d100)

>>4339416
re-roll
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Rolled 47 (1d100)

>>4339409
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Rolled 3 (1d100)

>>4339409
Ursen deliver us
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Rolled 71 (1d100)

>>4339409
FOR CAIN
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Rolled 99 (1d100)

>>4339409
Cain guide my blade.
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>>4339416
>>4339420
NOICE

>>4339418
>>4339422
That audacious is going to result in some inordinate exsanguination

>>4339437
Blast...
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>>4339437
>Doubles
These thugs just won't quit
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>>4339437
>When you try to channel Cain but accidentally get Khorne instead
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>>4339447
Anon you can roll the last remaining roll
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>>4339440
I just6 hope that the thug bodies that this operation leaves in its wake will make the rest of them think twice before taking offers from corrupt kiddies rapists to get in our way.
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Rolled 76 (1d100)

>>4339409
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Rolled 16 (1d100)

>>4339409
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Over all excellent result but for my doubles.
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Rolled 75, 99, 24, 27 = 225 (4d100)

> 3 Personal Combat Success: Mighty Blow!
> PC Double Success!: +1 Unsaved Damage
> 1 Ranged Combat Success
> 2 Battle Progress Success: +1 [9/10]
> BP Double Fail: Opponent gains +1 Battle Brother

Rolling for your opponent's AV. All unsaved damage is doubled.
> Armour Value = 25AV [Scale Maille +10AV, Avenger -5DC, Spear +10AV, Buckler +10AV]

4th Roll (Ranged shot)
> Armour Value = 20AV [Scale Maille +10AV, Longbow -10DC, Spear +10AV, Buckler +10AV]
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>>4339468
>Double Av fail

HA!
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>>4339468
They are getting slaughter, but I just want to finish this battle already. Too many close calls.
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With the ranged damage, double success and audacious stance that is a whopping 9 damage!

Even with a healthy reinforcement coming in to the opponents side, you've pretty much wiped them out except one wounded opponent and your Personal Combat DC will exceed 100DC, which in turn will lead to a 110DC on the Battle Progress.

Victory is, at last, yours!

But we still need one final casualty roll, someone struck down in the confusion of the rout.

1 roll of 1d18, please.

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1: Grigor dan Holt, Primus Pilus of the Ordo Praetor
2: Sir Thomas York, Praetor (Injured)
3: Brother Rousseau, Knights Comitas, (Battered)
4: Willem dan Hausen, Praetor notary
5: Matthias the Younger, Praetor notary
*: Zacaraiah, Officer of the Port Bounty Watch
6: Leroy, Sergeant of the Port Bounty Watch
7: Weyland, Sergeant of the Port Bounty Watch
8: Kale, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch (Battered)
9: Timothy, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
10: Glen, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
11: Paolo, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
-: Portio, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch (SLAIN)
12: Ayaz, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch, (Injured)
-: Brittletoe, Guardswoman of the Port Bounty Watch, (SLAIN)
NA (ranged support): Jess the Kid, Fae Changeling
13: The Green Knight (Wounded)
*: Sir Karlaus Rabe
14: Sir Heinrich Norwache
15: Sir Neil dan Marc
16: Mikail of Andryski
17: Father Towbray
18: Sergeant-at-Arms Jerod (disguised)
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Rolled 12 (1d18)

>>4339487
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Rolled 4 (1d18)

>>4339487
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>>4339487
3 dead, 2 could've been prevented
Here's to another penance
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>>4339489
Oh damn poor Ayaz not again
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Dice Gods are not a fan of the poor Cathagi Guardsman. I think with successive Battle Progress casualties we will merely roll for their remaining health (in this case 2) rather than 4 AV rolls every time.

>12: Ayaz, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch
>Armour Value = 20AV [Breastplate and Helm 20AV]

2 rolls of 1d100 for their remaining AV.
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Rolled 84 (1d100)

>>4339504
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Rolled 83 (1d100)

>>4339504
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Rolled 26 (1d100)

>>4339504
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Rolled 20 (1d100)

>>4339504
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Rolled 41 (1d100)

Is there gonna be any difference since the battle is won and this is during the rout?

>>4339504
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Rolled 3 (1d100)

>>4339504

You got this Ayaz.
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so considering hes wounded do we take the coffin nails enforcer prisoner?
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Wow he really got fucked over. Imagine surviving the random battle casualty during the battle only to die to it byhaving it fall on you again during the rout when victory had already been achieved.
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>in alternate universe merc quest is reeling from losing from losing 3 members and the leader zacheries is considering making a deal with the dark gods to protect his men
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>>4339516
Yes assuming we can, we should hopfully be able to gain who his employer is

>>4339517
Overconfidence makes for a slow and insidious killer.
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>>4339517
Three times. T H R E E
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>>4339517
>byhaving
By having*

>>4339519
In his case not really desu. He's not the one who chose to continue the skirmish when the opposing side was already retreating and victory was assured.
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>>4339518
>Low-level City Guard Quest when
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We should thank the MVPs of this skirmish, Zachariah and his squad. They answered the Praetors' request for aid, done their duty as city watch guard, and fought bravely in the skirmish. Zachariah and the remaining members of his squad better get some promotions and honours after this.
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>>4339526
>dealing with everything from cats stuck in trees too underground vampiric human traffickers
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>>4339527
honestly sets of full plate pascae seems like the place that can afford it
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>>4339526
I'd play it

>Stopping criminal scum
>Qt13. commoner waifu
>talking shit to Ordos praetors
>Solving murders
>Clubbing uppity drunks
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>>4339516
If he's captured it'll be Primus Pilus Grigor dan Holt and the the Praetors who take him prisoner and interrogate him, not us. Same thing with Jimmy the Lie. This investigation has now become an official one, so they'll take it over with the Primus Pilus himself leading it. Emile will be rewarded with deputy rank and become an official member of the Praetors now.

>>4339541
>Tfw big tittied Norsikaan city watch guardswoman gf never ever
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oh fuck are people at the ball going to talk this also how many nobles will try to poison us to protect their deviant secrets
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>>4339552
Considering that they had to keep sending goons into the meet grinder to stop us and still fail, they would likely have to resort to such subtle methods.
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>>4339552
really depends on if we're publically involved in this.
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>>4339546
>take him prisoner

Now that I think about it, arresting him is a better description than taking him prisoner. They're lawmen and he's a criminal, not a warrior/soldier from an opposing side of a war.

>>4339552
Oh yeah, this skirmish is going to be the main topic of the talk during the Duke's Ball. I doubt the streets of Port Bounty has seen a skirmish like this ever before, or at least it has been a long time since the last one.
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>>4339564
>Get hit by lightening
>Recorded mircale
>Massive street fight
>Exposing a whole heap of high profile scandals
>potentiallycatching a serial murderer

So much shit at the ball is going to involve Emille holy shit
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>>4339573
You've forgotten
>Eyes fucking GLOW
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Forgotten, I really hope the Battle Progress random casualties mechanic isn't anywhere near as common in battles and huge battles as it is in skirmishes. It makes sense for the scale of small skirmishes such as this one since both participants have less than a hundred troops on their side, and many if not all of our own side is composed of our companions. However, it's a completely different story for battles (thousands of participants) and especially for huge battles (tens of thousands of participants).

>>4339573
All of that is going to be involved at the Duke's Ball, but don't forget the waifus also. The Duke's Ball is gonna be a waifufest. I can feel it.
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>>4339577
I mean if it lasts longer than the combat/round yeah cause for concern and gossip

>>4339578
aww man Waifu scandals LETS GO!
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>>4339573
The news about crippling a duke's heir has probably reached Pascae too.
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>>4339583
I mean old news at this point I imagine but yeah that too.
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>>4339578
let's keep waiting to a minimum. Emile has got a lot of work on his plate at the moment and he will be more concerned that justice is done and that his brother is safely on his way home.
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> 8 Damage Inflicted!
> 1 Ranged Damage Inflicted!
> Melzeen Al-Kaalb, Cathagi Mercenary is SLAIN!
>Cut-me-Quick, Coffin Nails Enforcer is WOUNDED!
> +1 Battle Progress! [9/10]
> Stonetooth, Norsikaan Brawler joins the fray!
> Stonetooth, Norsikaan Brawler is SLAIN!
> Ayaz, Guardsman of the Port Bounty Watch is SLAIN!
> PERSONAL COMBAT VICTORY! (100DC+), GAIN +20DC to Battle Progress and +1 Battle Progress Re-Roll per round
> BATTLE VICTORY! (100DC+), the field is yours!
> To the Victor, the Spoils… GAIN Wealth option

The gangster’s panicked swing clatters harmlessly off your shoulder-plate, robbed of it’s momentum when you leap forward under his guard. You bring your shield down savagely, breaking every finger in the man’s hand before relieving him of his broken bones with the vicious upward slice of your steel. The man quails under your assault, and everywhere around you those cutthroats not bleeding out in the street turn to flight.

Your throat lets out an inhumanly deep growl at the sight of the fleeing henchmen. You want to hunt them down, drag their corpses back to your cave and feast upon their entrails! You want to… you… Reginae wept, what are you even thinking?

You shake your head, caught up in a battle madness that you’ve never heard of before. After your encounter with the Son of Sin Anarchy, you know full well that men are capable of acting like animals on the battlefield. But for it to mean something so literal…

“Where are the bloody Nightwatch?” Officer Zachariah mutters beside you. “They can’t ignore a running battle in the streets, not even in this part of town.”

“You think that the Nightwatch has been paid off?” You deign to speak to the lowborn officer, seeing as he has demonstrated his merit in the fires of battle beside you after all.

“Of course they’ve been paid off.” The commoner snorts, again not addressing your station appropriately. “The question is who paid ‘em off, and why they paid ‘em not to get involved.”

“Don’t sweat it, boss. I got him!” A heavily tattooed northerner steps in between you and gangster crawling away, whimpering in pain.

His overconfidence leads to a swift and bloody demise. Your blade slices the man’s arm off, straight down from the shoulder. More fool him for not wearing proper. The return swing of your blade chops into the back of the barbarian’s neck, the severing of his spine puts an abrupt end to the man’s disbelieving howls.

[1/2]
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>>4339593
>You want to hunt them down, drag their corpses back to your cave and feast upon their entrails! You want to… you… Reginae wept, what are you even thinking?

oh wow we channeled Ursen hard
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[2/2]

Bekle! Wait!” Across from you, near Sir Rabe, the downed Cathagi mercenary drags himself back with one arm, another one of Jess’ deadly bodkin-point arrows sticking out of his leg. “Wait!”

“Wait?” Sir Rabe pauses in his advance, looking around him with a puzzled frown. “For what?”

“Just… wait! Wait-wait-waarkgh!!

“…” Brother Rosseau gives the Montbrun knight a disapproving frown.

“What? He was going to bleed out anyway.” Sir Rabe responds to the Holy Knight’s look of reproach with a nonchalant shrug. “Aren’t you Comitas all about that? Mercy and what not.”

You ignore the scene, turning back to the gang enforcer clutching his severed hand, torn between surrender and attempted escape. He sees the merciless look in your eye, and nervously glances from Jess the Kid’s arrowpoint from above to the side-alley behind.

“Hold on! The bounty on me is double if I’m still breathing!”

You tilt your head from him to the Officer Zacariah, you hadn’t expected a plea for mercy to come in that particular form. You weren’t even aware that this random criminal even -had- a bounty on his head, though upon reflection it is not at all surprising.

“He ain’t lying, for once. That’s Cut-Me-Quick there, one of Coffin Nails’ Lieutenants.” The anger is apparent in the face of the Pascae Officer. He has lost men tonight at the hands of this thug’s underlings. “Even odds that a court sends him to the gallows or a decade on the chaingangs, for all this. Won’t see me weeping no tears if you was to decide he were too dangerous, to be taken in alive like.”

“Pit damn it!” Cut-me-Quick turns and sprints towards the nearest side-alley “I’m worth more alive!”

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>“You’re worth enough dead.” You have no time for these games. You signal to Jess to take the shot before Cut-me-Quick makes it to the side-alley. [Haughty] + [No roll, +1 Wealth]

>“He won’t get far. Rousseau, Jess. Take him.” A wounded quarry, all out of friends and on the run. Your trackers will make the arrest and he will stand trial. [Hearty] + [Tracking Roll, +2 Wealth if successful]

>“Take the shot, Jess. My gift to you and your men, Officer.” They have done their duty, and the Praetor will likely have some compensation in mind. But you can also show your own appreciation. [Idealist] + [No roll, +0 Wealth]
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>>4339564
honestly the nature of merc work means alot of fighting but rarely dose it get as lethal as we see here compare it to the renaissance period were mecrs would regularly switch sides the shocking part about this isn't the fight it's the fact we cut them down to a man can't spend your money when your dead
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>>4339598
>>“Take the shot, Jess. My gift to you and your men, Officer.” They have done their duty, and the Praetor will likely have some compensation in mind. But you can also show your own appreciation. [Idealist] + [No roll, +0 Wealth]
Petition to change "gift" to "just payment"
They've fought as well as any soldier. We're lucky to have them by our side during our hour of need.
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>>4339598
>>“Take the shot, Jess. My gift to you and your men, Officer.” They have done their duty, and the Praetor will likely have some compensation in mind. But you can also show your own appreciation. [Idealist] + [No roll, +0 Wealth]
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>>4339583
And Emile's duel with Sir Guillermo de Broulert and the subsequent double lightning strike penance for his accidental death. I wonder what house de Broulert will think when they hear that Emile took a freaking direct lightning bolt strike as penance for Sir Guillermo's death. I imagine they will be present at the Duke's Ball.

>>4339600
Yeah, they must've given the mercs a really high payment.
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>>4339598

>“You’re worth enough dead.” You have no time for these games. You signal to Jess to take the shot before Cut-me-Quick makes it to the side-alley. [Haughty] + [No roll, +1 Wealth]
>“Take the shot, Jess. My gift to you and your men, Officer.” They have done their duty, and the Praetor will likely have some compensation in mind. But you can also show your own appreciation. [Idealist] + [No roll, +0 Wealth]

I want to pump this guy for information on who hired them to interfere.
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>>4339598
>>“Take the shot, Jess. My gift to you and your men, Officer.” They have done their duty, and the Praetor will likely have some compensation in mind. But you can also show your own appreciation. [Idealist] + [No roll, +0 Wealth]
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>>4339598
>>“He won’t get far. Rousseau, Jess. Take him.” A wounded quarry, all out of friends and on the run. Your trackers will make the arrest and he will stand trial. [Hearty] + [Tracking Roll, +2 Wealth if successful]
Lets take him alive and watch him hang later.
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so any cain points for pursuing the foe forgotten?
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>>4339598
>>“Take the shot, Jess. My gift to you and your men, Officer.” They have done their duty, and the Praetor will likely have some compensation in mind. But you can also show your own appreciation. [Idealist] + [No roll, +0 Wealth]
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>>4339616
considering he's an enforcer he probably got orders from the gang leader we will need the gang leader for info
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>>4339631
yeah but it at least gives us the ability to follow the chain of investigation from him to his boss.
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>>4339598
>“Take the shot, Jess. My gift to you and your men, Officer.” They have done their duty, and the Praetor will likely have some compensation in mind. But you can also show your own appreciation. [Idealist] + [No roll, +0 Wealth]
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>>4339598
>>“Take the shot, Jess. My gift to you and your men, Officer.” They have done their duty, and the Praetor will likely have some compensation in mind. But you can also show your own appreciation. [Idealist] + [No roll, +0 Wealth]

These boys deserve it.
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>>4339598
>Write-in
>“He won't get far. Brother Rousseau, Jess. Take him. My just payment to you and your men, Officer.” A wounded quarry, all out of friends and on the run. Your trackers will apprehend him, but Zachariah and his men will make the arrest to claim his full bounty as just payment. He will stand trial. [Hearty] + [Idealist] [Tracking Roll, +0 Wealth if successful]
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>>4339598
>>“Take the shot, Jess. My gift to you and your men, Officer.” They have done their duty, and the Praetor will likely have some compensation in mind. But you can also show your own appreciation. [Idealist] + [No roll, +0 Wealth]
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>>4339598
>>“You’re worth enough dead.” You have no time for these games. You signal to Jess to take the shot before Cut-me-Quick makes it to the side-alley. [Haughty] + [No roll, +1 Wealth]
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>>4339598
>“You’re worth enough dead.” You have no time for these games. You signal to Jess to take the shot before Cut-me-Quick makes it to the side-alley. [Haughty] + [No roll, +1 Wealth]

We can donate the wealth to help care for the Children we rescued, and then mention it at the ball to solicit further donations from actually rich AF nobles. Even more so because we aint that rich.

> Knigga doesn't even have plate, Pascae Gaurds all got shiny steel suits.
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>>4339598
>Take the shot, Jess. My gift to you and your men, Officer.” They have done their duty, and the Praetor will likely have some compensation in mind. But you can also show your own appreciation. [Idealist] + [No roll, +0 Wealth]

They did well tonight, this money is a just reward
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>>4339598
>>“Take the shot, Jess. My gift to you and your men, Officer.” They have done their duty, and the Praetor will likely have some compensation in mind. But you can also show your own appreciation. [Idealist] + [No roll, +0 Wealth]
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>>4339598
>>“He won’t get far. Rousseau, Jess. Take him.” A wounded quarry, all out of friends and on the run. Your trackers will make the arrest and he will stand trial. [Hearty] + [Tracking Roll, +2 Wealth if successful]

The wealth is whatever but I think it's worth keeping him alive for more questioning. He is, after all, one of the higher ups. This, plus Jimmy, plus the ledger should provide a whole lot of information
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>>4339598
>“You’re worth enough dead.” You have no time for these games. You signal to Jess to take the shot before Cut-me-Quick makes it to the side-alley. [Haughty] + [No roll, +1 Wealth]
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I just realized that many of our companions will have departed and gone their separate ways after the pilgrimage is complete:

1. Brother Rousseau's vow will be complete, and he'll either head back home or continue his Knights Comitas duties.

2. Sir Norwache is only tagging along until the pilgrimage is complete.

3. Sir Rabe is here to escort and guard his sister, so he won't even be accompanying us to Cathago because he'll have to escort his sister back home after the Duke's Ball.

4. The pilgrims themselves including Sister Ignatius and Father Towbray will obviously head back home once the pilgrimage is complete. Obviously, the Knights Comitas including Brother Rousseau will also guard and escort them back.

5. Our brother Damien and our sister Roselyn will sail back home once it's time to depart Pascae. This one will be especially hard since Emile won't see his family in a long time or even ever again after this.

Only Mikail, Jess, Sir dan Marc, and Orin are our permanent companions.
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>>4339904
I wonder if perhaps Father Towbray will choose to stay in Cathago at the church/temple/whatever there to continue to be our personal confessor until our time with the Dragon Guard is over? Considering all he's seen with us he might want to stay to keep us on a righteous path and see if anything more comes of the angel etc
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>>4339906
Unlikely. He needs to see his flock home.

A shepard who would not do so would be very sorely lacking.
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>>4339923
He is a human though, and we're fallible if nothing else. It'll be interesting to see how things unfold when the time comes. I think he sees Emile like a personal project of his
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>>4339904
Brother Rousseau will likely continue his duties to the Comitas as his last contact with home had him blamed for his nephews death, we could probably get him to tag along on an adventure if given cause but I may be wrong on that.

Norwache will likely depart at some point but I don't know what conditions he would stay or leave under besides prehaps serious threat to his safety.

If we wanted to we could go with Rabe but obvious prior commitments mean we won't.

Father Towbray and Sister Ignatius may head home after the pilgrimage but they may find cause in Carthaggi to stay.

this is why going back to Canton is my superior option
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>>4339904
>Sir Norwache
I disagree - he’s accompanying us in general, the pilgrimage never really factored into it for him. I’d say as long as our journey is interesting - he’ll stay

>Father Towbray
Disagree about him too - he’s our personal confessor and given the angel revelation, he’s likely to stay with us

I agree about the rest though

Would be interesting to see if we can train some of the pilgrims to be like men-at-arms for us if they elect to stay...
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>>4339955
>Army of Zelots at Arms to help reclaim Ardenne

Fund it
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>>4340078
>>4339955

I'm not against it all but if we did go this route one day, we need to be careful to ensure no one thinks we're suggesting that we're the second coming of Adam/Cain or anything like that.

If they come to that thought on their own... well that's something else entirely
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>>4339598
>“He won’t get far. Rousseau, Jess. Take him.” A wounded quarry, all out of friends and on the run. Your trackers will make the arrest and he will stand trial. [Hearty] + [Tracking Roll, +2 Wealth if successful]
Any information he has would be useful.
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>>4340078
With Dragon Gold
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>>4340470
Any gold would do better if it doesn't come from slave enablers though.

Shit we've nearly made the upfront benefits from the DG while in Pascae, hell we may make more than that.
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>>4340481
How much gold is a dragon worth?
Because we've already tamed a dragon once in Black Company Quest... Just saying.
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>>4340579
Drakes? Probably a Kings ransom more so if it is of a temperament that could be trained.

THE Dragon as far as we know is a one of a kind so probably priceless as far as material wealth or any wealth is concerned.
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>>4340611
THE Dragon will help us retake Ardenne, and usher in a new golden age for Canton
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>>4339598
>>“You’re worth enough dead.” You have no time for these games. You signal to Jess to take the shot before Cut-me-Quick makes it to the side-alley. [Haughty] + [No roll, +1 Wealth]
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>>4340627
He worked with A/C before.
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Apologies for the lack of a further update last night, I've been having some internet issues out here.
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>>4341393
It's okay papa we forgive you.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5IRCjYXpuM
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>“Take the shot, Jess. My gift to you and your men, Officer.” They have done their duty, and the Praetor will likely have some compensation in mind. But you can also show your appreciation. [Idealist] + [No roll, +0 Wealth]
+1 Step on the Path of Cain [11]
-1 Step on the Path of Thorns [5]
The Weak Should Fear the Strong trait is now dormant


“Take the shot, Jess.” Your mysterious henchwoman needs no further instruction. Cut-me-Quick flops to the cobblestones with boneless thud long before he ever reaches the safety side alley, quivering fletching sticking out between his shoulder blades. You nod at Zachariah, gesturing to the cooling corpse of the Coffin Nails enforcer. “Just payment to you and your men for their efforts, Officer.”

The Port Bounty Watchman blinks, the surprise is clear in his voice. “For us? I didn’t think you noble sorts gave two whits about the likes of us.”

“Your manners leave something to be desired, it’s true. Something I’ve come to expect from commoners in this Duchy.” It is a novel experience, talking to a commoner almost as if they were an equal. But today, fighting side by side as your battle brother, he has earnt that honour. “Nonetheless I recognise your worth as a fellow warrior and leader of men, despite your lesser blood. This rabble was hardly a horde of charging beastmen, but your men acquitted themselves well despite the odds.”

“Thanks, I guess.” The man looks back at the limp body, not all of them hired thugs. The Langlish expat Paolo is still weeping over the body of his twin brother. “This bounty is about a year’s wages for a Watchman. I don’t think Brittletoe had kin that I know of, but this will help Portio and Paolo’s family.”

One of the 17th Rota’s sergeants approaches, you think his name was Weyland. “Ayaz has a son, apprenticing on Tanner’s Street.”

“Ayaz is dead?” Father always said that the blessing and curse of a good commander was caring for his men. Judging from the look on Zachariah’s face, he is one of the better officers you might meet in this urban jungle.
The sergeant’s grim expression speaks volumes. “They got him good, he won’t survive the night.”

“Pit take it all… Ten years on the job, five with my own command. In all that time I’ve never lost a man, no in the line of duty. I hope the Praetor’s evidence was worth it.” Zachariah glances back at you, realising he’s probably overstepped his bounds. “I don’t mean nothing by it, just a heavier price to the job than I reckoned. Thank you for your help… Sir.”

As the column finishes escorting the evidence and young witnesses to the Praetor Commandery you have an odd moment of reflection. If you should ever suffer similar losses to men under your command, you hope you bear it with half as much dignity as the young common-born officer did tonight.

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>>4341477
Can we check the body of the Golden Sun Mercenary for leads to Lazar?
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>>4341480
I'll say you do, but find nothing that would provide an immediate link. His connection to the Jimmy the Lie and the ledger is grounds enough to make an arrest whenever he resurfaces.
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Sandag, 4th Day of Acrimun, 883 A.C.E., Port Bounty – midday (Day of the Duke’s Ball)

“You slept straight through the call to mass this morning, most unlike you.” You wake up blearily to the sound of your sister’s voice, heavy eyelids struggling to open as Roselyn dabs at her mouth with a handerchief. “Your breakfast was getting cold, so I ate it. Come, get up and get dressed. You look a fright but I’m sure a little powder and tight leggings will still have you turning some heads.”

You’re surprised at your condition this morning, if anything your injuries should have been worse off after a running battle with Pascae’s worst. But in fact the opposite is true, you’re worn out but feeling remarkably healthier. Physically, at least. And your burn scars are healing up nicely.

> Sir Andrei’s Injury (Burns) trait is reduced to -2DC
>Sir Andrei’s wellbeing status is increased from INJURED to BATTERED
>Sir Andrei gains Tired -2DC trait to Courtship/Persuasion rolls for this evening

“What about Damien? Is he alright?” You struggle out of bed, not bothering to be shamed about your state of undress. It takes more than a bare bum to fluster your sister.

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[3/3]

“He’s fine, no thanks to you.” You can tell when your sister is being mad for real and being mad to make a point, thankfully this appears to be the latter instance. “A fitting end to the story of Father’s eldest, to make it from the depths of Fallavon only to bleed out at the hands of pickpockets in the slums of Port Bounty! What were you even thinking?”

“It wasn’t- ”

“Don’t bother answering, it was rhetorical. I’ve heard about your little pet project, this Praetor investigation.” The roll of your sister’s eyes let you know what she thinks of that. “He took a hard knock on the head, I don’t even know if it’s a good idea to take him to the Ball tonight. Certainly, participating in the dance is beyond him right now…”

Your sister paces up and down the room, thinking aloud. You wouldn’t dare interrupt her for fear of her lashing tongue deciding to focus on your as an outlet, not for all the damsels in Cantôn.

“And he was supposed to be my escort for the evening! -I- can’t attend without an escort, but I’m certainly not leaving you there unattended. You’ve already burnt enough bridges with noble families from one side of the country to the other to be classed as a natural disaster, Saints know what you’ll accomplish at a delicate social event like this.”

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> “We will see if Damien is up to the task, your plan is far too important.” The heir to House Andrei needs to be reintroduced into society as if nothing had ever been amiss, he failure to attend will only add to the rumours surrounding his absence from court. [Haughty]

>“I have some friends who could take his place as your escort. Passingly attractive friends, if I may be so bold. You might even like them.” Rich indeed for you to play matchmaker for your sister, but you wouldn’t deny her the chance to attend the social event of the year. [Hearty]

>“I will be your escort for the evening. I hate to disappoint the Patrikas Ianthe, but honestly that’s a information she’s dealing in is den of vipers I’m not too sure I want to be involved with.” You and Roselyn will team up for the evening, Damien’s return to court will happen some other time. [Idealist]
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Vote remains open for 8 hours (internet willing).
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>>4341520
>> “We will see if Damien is up to the task, your plan is far too important.” The heir to House Andrei needs to be reintroduced into society as if nothing had ever been amiss, he failure to attend will only add to the rumours surrounding his absence from court. [Haughty]

Give him a cane. Some visible sign of some injury will allow him some leeway in social interactions and im sure our sister should be able to guide him along for the rest.
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>>4341520
> “We will see if Damien is up to the task, your plan is far too important.” The heir to House Andrei needs to be reintroduced into society as if nothing had ever been amiss, he failure to attend will only add to the rumours surrounding his absence from court. [Haughty]

>“I have some friends who could take his place as your escort. Passingly attractive friends, if I may be so bold. You might even like them.” Rich indeed for you to play matchmaker for your sister, but you wouldn’t deny her the chance to attend the social event of the year. [Hearty]

I'd say pair her with Rabe but he's already escorting his sister maybe Norwache?

Also as far Damien goes >>4341533 has the good of it, give him a Cane and keep things light and we try and keep him out of trouble.
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>>4341289
If by work you mean giving them everything they need so they'll fuck off and not kill him then sure
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>>4341520
>Write in
>“Sweet sister perhaps we can take advantage of our brother's injures. For what kind of wanted man aids the Ordo Praetor and is injure in their service? In fact rumor could arise that he was actually helping them all along.”

I thought something clever.
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>>4341520
>We will see if Damien is up to the task, your plan is far too important.” The heir to House Andrei needs to be reintroduced into society as if nothing had ever been amiss, he failure to attend will only add to the rumours surrounding his absence from court. [Haughty]
It’s an important plan.

He doesn’t need to dance, just be seen.

And the injuries can be spun as ‘wounds received fighting the Foe’
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>>4341520
>“I have some friends who could take his place as your escort. Passingly attractive friends, if I may be so bold. You might even like them.” Rich indeed for you to play matchmaker for your sister, but you wouldn’t deny her the chance to attend the social event of the year. [Hearty]

>“We will see if Damien is up to the task, your plan is far too important.” The heir to House Andrei needs to be reintroduced into society as if nothing had ever been amiss, he failure to attend will only add to the rumours surrounding his absence from court. [Haughty]

Both are fine by me. We should make sure to ask our brother first on whether he's fine with it or not if we choose to go with the plan however. Check if he's able for it or not too. He musn't do any physical activity like dancing, but non-physical activities like conversing are fine though.

>>4341557
Supporting this
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>>4341520
>We will see if Damien is up to the task, your plan is far too important.” The heir to House Andrei needs to be reintroduced into society as if nothing had ever been amiss, he failure to attend will only add to the rumours surrounding his absence from court. [Haughty]
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>>4341520
>> “We will see if Damien is up to the task, your plan is far too important.” The heir to House Andrei needs to be reintroduced into society as if nothing had ever been amiss, he failure to attend will only add to the rumours surrounding his absence from court. [Haughty]

>>4341557
Supporting as well if possible.
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>>4341520
>“I have some friends who could take his place as your escort. Passingly attractive friends, if I may be so bold. You might even like them.” Rich indeed for you to play matchmaker for your sister, but you wouldn’t deny her the chance to attend the social event of the year. [Hearty]
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>>4341520
> “We will see if Damien is up to the task, your plan is far too important.” The heir to House Andrei needs to be reintroduced into society as if nothing had ever been amiss, he failure to attend will only add to the rumours surrounding his absence from court. [Haughty]

throw in the cane like >>4341533 said
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>>4341520
>> “We will see if Damien is up to the task, your plan is far too important.” The heir to House Andrei needs to be reintroduced into society as if nothing had ever been amiss, he failure to attend will only add to the rumours surrounding his absence from court. [Haughty]
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>>4341557
supporting
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>>4341520
>> “We will see if Damien is up to the task, your plan is far too important.” The heir to House Andrei needs to be reintroduced into society as if nothing had ever been amiss, he failure to attend will only add to the rumours surrounding his absence from court. [Haughty]
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>>4341520
>“I have some friends who could take his place as your escort. Passingly attractive friends, if I may be so bold. You might even like them.” Rich indeed for you to play matchmaker for your sister, but you wouldn’t deny her the chance to attend the social event of the year. [Hearty]

Sir Norwache is probably our best bet here, he seems to have a good grasp of etiquitte and subterfuge. Roz can also use it to appraise him, her experience and mindset would be useful for sounding him out. Also it'll confuse anyone who recognizes him.
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>>4341557
>>4341520
Also this is a great way to rebuild accusations of Damiens reputation. Support.
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>>4341520
>We will see if Damien is up to the task, your plan is far too important.” The heir to House Andrei needs to be reintroduced into society as if nothing had ever been amiss, he failure to attend will only add to the rumours surrounding his absence from court. [Haughty]

And these two: >>4341533 & >>4341557

A nobleborn son injured in the line of duty. A good stirring tale.
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>>4341557
I think the issue with Damien is more him being Cognitive and functional for the ball rather than addressing how he got wounded.
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>>4341683
He should spend most of the ball sitting and relaxing, then leave a bit early.
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>>4341683
and have sister do most of the talking
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>>4341693
>>4341695
Optimally yeah but again the writein misses the issue with Damiens status, the wound could be explained anywhich way but any side effect the wound might have for him is the issue at hand.
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>>4341520
> “We will see if Damien is up to the task, your plan is far too important.” The heir to House Andrei needs to be reintroduced into society as if nothing had ever been amiss, he failure to attend will only add to the rumours surrounding his absence from court. [Haughty]

But also supporting

>>4341557
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>>4341700
I was under the impression that he wouldn't attend at all, with the reason being his wound.
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>>4341700
On the flip side, if he does come then the more obviously wounded he is then the greater the impact will be. After all, you don't get injured by staying back and giving orders.

It'll also defuse any accusations of us merely using the Praetorians to do the dirty work, especially since some of them died.
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>>4341727
Non of the Praetorians died, it was the city wtachman and watchwoman that died.
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>>4341520
>>“I have some friends who could take his place as your escort. Passingly attractive friends, if I may be so bold. You might even like them.” Rich indeed for you to play matchmaker for your sister, but you wouldn’t deny her the chance to attend the social event of the year. [Hearty]
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>>4341724
prehaps I misread it, I took it as an excuse for the wound not an excuse from attendance.

>>4341727
I could see the impact sticking if the Ordos praetors would be willing to speak for us & him though we lack results at current to prehaps allow for that.

as for defusing any accusations Im not sure about that but it wouldn't hurt to have the Praetors speaking of what our family has taken wounds for but that may violate our arrangment of our involvment in the Butcher case being on Downlow.
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>>4341520
>“I have some friends who could take his place as your escort. Passingly attractive friends, if I may be so bold. You might even like them.” Rich indeed for you to play matchmaker for your sister, but you wouldn’t deny her the chance to attend the social event of the year. [Hearty]

Just got back homw from camping and god demm that was some crazy stuff.
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>>4341520
supporting this : >>4341533
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>>4341520
> “We will see if Damien is up to the task, your plan is far too important.” The heir to House Andrei needs to be reintroduced into society as if nothing had ever been amiss, he failure to attend will only add to the rumours surrounding his absence from court. [Haughty]

>>4341557
I agree with idea but not with the writin. I don't think our boy would say something like that.
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>>4341859
>>4331056
me
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>>4341505

>You’re surprised at your condition this morning, if anything your injuries should have been worse off after a running battle with Pascae’s worst. But in fact the opposite is true, you’re worn out but feeling remarkably healthier. Physically, at least. And your burn scars are healing up nicely.

did ursen heal us or has the wound healed on it's own? or is this up to player interpretation
also

> “We will see if Damien is up to the task, your plan is far too important.” The heir to House Andrei needs to be reintroduced into society as if nothing had ever been amiss, he failure to attend will only add to the rumours surrounding his absence from court. [Haughty]
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>>4341520
>> “We will see if Damien is up to the task, your plan is far too important.” The heir to House Andrei needs to be reintroduced into society as if nothing had ever been amiss, he failure to attend will only add to the rumours surrounding his absence from court. [Haughty]

>>4341557
Supporting this but said differently
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> “We will see if Damien is up to the task, your plan is far too important.” The heir to House Andrei needs to be reintroduced into society as if nothing had ever been amiss, he failure to attend will only add to the rumours surrounding his absence from court. [Haughty]
>“Sweet sister perhaps we can take advantage of our brother's injures. For what kind of wanted man aids the Ordo Praetor and is injure in their service? In fact rumor could arise that he was actually helping them all along.”
>Give him a cane. Some visible sign of some injury will allow him some leeway in social interactions and im sure our sister should be able to guide him along for the rest.

“We will see if Damien is up to the task, your plan is far too important.” Roselyn’s plot to reintroduce the heir to the house into polite society cannot be stalled by something as minor as a running battle streets. You pause, considering how last night’s excitement will play into a night of social gossip. “ Sweet sister perhaps we can take advantage of our brother's injures. For what kind of wanted man aids the Ordo Praetor and is injure in their service? In fact… I’m sure you could discretely help further any rumours that he was actually helping them all along. We could get him a cane, self-evident proof of his valiant efforts. And a ready excuse for him not participating in the dance.”

“That… that’s not a bad idea at all. The cane is a nice touch… Yes, I can see this working in our favour after all. Sometimes you’re so predictable Emmy, but you’re really not as dumb as you look.” Your sister frowns at you suspiciously, pinching her fingers together. “Every time that I come this close to writing off the men of our family as a bunch of tomfools you go ahead and do or say something surprisingly cunning.”

Your brother is not so easily convinced by the idea of playing on his injuries, but he’s slightly distracted by the lunch-in-bed that Orin delivers while the three of you talk in his room. Your not sure if your servant is up to date with their identities, but he has given you little reason to fault his efforts to make himself useful so far.

“A walking stick? Kind of milking the whole ordeal, aren’t we?” Damien smirks at the proffered cane with a slightly bemused expression.

“If that ‘ordeal’ was a cow I would milk it until the teats ran dry.” Roselyn pouts with false annoyance, all signs of her earlier concern for your brother’s wellbeing having evaporated when the man himself is present. “Now hush up and get dressed, we’re probably going to be teetering on the edge of fashionably late as it is.”

“Right, of course. Now where are the… ah, thank you Mikail!” Young Lord Damien Andrei beams at your squire standing ready with a change of more fashionable clothes. “Useful little thing, isn’t he?”

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“My squire has his moments.” You smile, tussling the flattered Mikail’s hair as he departs. “You should get one yourself.”

You wince the moment the words leave of your mouth. Of course he did have a squire, until they were cut down when Damien unwittingly became embroiled in the secret war between the Faction and the Order Reginate. You wonder how many other innocent bystanders have fallen victim to the power plays of the Royal Court. The sad smile on your brother’s face gives away his thoughts, but he doesn’t complain when you help him get dressed.

Tight and complicated as these court robes are, it would have been a mission to get in them even if the both of you were not sore and tired from a midnight battle. You have to admit they do look quite fetching as you examine yourself in a full-length mirror, a ridiculously expensive item for a tavern room. Vanity is a sin, no doubt Father Towbray would have called your inspection ‘preening’, so you don’t spend any longer in front of the mirror than necessary.

The sleek bear mask picked out by your sister for tonight’s masquerade is especially fetching. Your brother's mask is similarly bear-like, though slightly more adorned to denote his status as the heir. Roselyn always did have an eye for fashion.

>Fashionable Attire: +5DC and +1 Re-Roll to Courtship/Persuasion in Courtly settings
>GAIN Save Face: +1 Save to one Courtship/Persuasion roll at the Duke’s Ball (single use)

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Upon returning to your room you notice that there is a folded slip of paper on the nightstand by your bed, with a coin depicting a one-winged dragon weighing it down. This wasn’t here when you woke up earlier today.

“Mikail, Orin. Come here.” You call to your men busying themselves down the hall. “Has anyone come in here since we got back last night?”

Your two underlings answer in the negative, no one has so much has passed Brother Rosseau on the stairs all day. They haven’t even allowed the tavern staff to deliver food to your rooms, taking that chore upon themselves as an extra measure of security. You look out the window to your room, slightly ajar. An unlikely mode of entry, given that it’s three stories up from the ground and a wide street across from it. But less unlikely than the possibility that your intruder was invisible. You look back to the piece of paper in your hand.

Leave the Exile Traitor unattended in the palace courtyards after the second dance.
The note then goes on to promise a ridiculous sum of money ~5 Wealth for your co-operation, to be paid upon delivery of the target at the described location.

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Given your choices to date, and the lack of the cynic trait, I do not believe it is in character to genuinely accept this enigmatic proposition.

> You will ignore the message. The writers clearly have a poor understanding of a knight’s nature, but you don’t wish to risk angering potential assassins by actively frustrating their plans. You will make sure the Patrikas doesn’t wander down into the courtyards, your duty is to keep her safe. Not informed. [Haughty]

>You laugh out loud. Whoever these curs are, do they honestly think that they can -buy- you? You will go down to the courtyards after the second dance alright, but not with the Patrikas in tow. You’re sure Rabe and Sir Norwache wouldn’t say no pummelling some would-be assassin. Probably can’t have a proper Montbrun party without a fight. [Hearty]

> You will have to inform the Patrikas Ianthe, you doubt the writers of this message mean her well. If she wishes to cancel her attendance or ignore the message and press on, that is her decision. As her escort, it is your duty to let her know of these things. [Idealist]
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>>4342009
>You will have to inform the Patrikas Ianthe, you doubt the writers of this message mean her well. If she wishes to cancel her attendance or ignore the message and press on, that is her decision. As her escort, it is your duty to let her know of these things. [Idealist]

We have accepted and promised to take on the role of her guard and escort. It is our duty to inform her of any threat to her life.
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>>4342009
>You will have to inform the Patrikas Ianthe, you doubt the writers of this message mean her well. If she wishes to cancel her attendance or ignore the message and press on, that is her decision. As her escort, it is your duty to let her know of these things. [Idealist]

We have a duty to protect her - the includes keeping her informed, but does not including seeking out a fight.
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>>4342009
> You will ignore the message. The writers clearly have a poor understanding of a knight’s nature, but you don’t wish to risk angering potential assassins by actively frustrating their plans. You will make sure the Patrikas doesn’t wander down into the courtyards, your duty is to keep her safe. Not informed. [Haughty]

>You laugh out loud. Whoever these curs are, do they honestly think that they can -buy- you? You will go down to the courtyards after the second dance alright, but not with the Patrikas in tow. You’re sure Rabe and Sir Norwache wouldn’t say no pummelling some would-be assassin. Probably can’t have a proper Montbrun party without a fight. [Hearty]

Ahh our first encounter with Carthaggi copperclippers

5 wealths a lot but that doesn't concern us and we're better than straight bribery.

perhaps we should set a trap?
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>>4342009
> You will have to inform the Patrikas Ianthe, you doubt the writers of this message mean her well. If she wishes to cancel her attendance or ignore the message and press on, that is her decision. As her escort, it is your duty to let her know of these things. [Idealist]
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>>4342028
Me >>4341745
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>>4342009
>> You will have to inform the Patrikas Ianthe, you doubt the writers of this message mean her well. If she wishes to cancel her attendance or ignore the message and press on, that is her decision. As her escort, it is your duty to let her know of these things. [Idealist]

We have things to discuss with her. This will help.
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>>4342028

NO.

A trap is the absolute worst idea. Who would benefit from the death of an exile? Entrench political forces active back in Cathagi. Likely the same forces we will have to deal with on our pilgrimage and if we so choose to take up residency for our stint with the Dragonroi.

We can wave knightly obligations and even use this as proof that we would be a suitable bodyguard as what is wealth compared to a Knight's word but proactively fighting those forces would mean hell for us down the road.
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>>4342009
>You will ignore the message. The writers clearly have a poor understanding of a knight’s nature, but you don’t wish to risk angering potential assassins by actively frustrating their plans. You will make sure the Patrikas doesn’t wander down into the courtyards, your duty is to keep her safe. Not informed. [Haughty]
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>>4342009
> You will have to inform the Patrikas Ianthe, you doubt the writers of this message mean her well. If she wishes to cancel her attendance or ignore the message and press on, that is her decision. As her escort, it is your duty to let her know of these things. [Idealist]
>You laugh out loud. Whoever these curs are, do they honestly think that they can -buy- you? You will go down to the courtyards after the second dance alright, but not with the Patrikas in tow. You’re sure Rabe and Sir Norwache wouldn’t say no pummelling some would-be assassin. Probably can’t have a proper Montbrun party without a fight. [Hearty]
What's that? ANOTHER fight? Can't say no to that, right Sir Rabe?
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>>4341477
Also, thanks for including the write in Forgotten :)
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>>4342009
>> You will have to inform the Patrikas Ianthe, you doubt the writers of this message mean her well. If she wishes to cancel her attendance or ignore the message and press on, that is her decision. As her escort, it is your duty to let her know of these things. [Idealist]
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>>4342028
>perhaps we should set a trap?

No
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>>4342045
Was just a thought anon
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>>4342009
> S-sis HELP!!!!! Copper clippers tempt me with dirty money!

> You will have to inform the Patrikas Ianthe, you doubt the writers of this message mean her well. If she wishes to cancel her attendance or ignore the message and press on, that is her decision. As her escort, it is your duty to let her know of these things. [Idealist]
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>>4342009
Is it me or dragon on the coin looks smug?
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>>4342009
> You will have to inform the Patrikas Ianthe, you doubt the writers of this message mean her well. If she wishes to cancel her attendance or ignore the message and press on, that is her decision. As her escort, it is your duty to let her know of these things. [Idealist]
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>>4342009
>> You will have to inform the Patrikas Ianthe, you doubt the writers of this message mean her well. If she wishes to cancel her attendance or ignore the message and press on, that is her decision. As her escort, it is your duty to let her know of these things. [Idealist]
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>>4342009
>> You will have to inform the Patrikas Ianthe, you doubt the writers of this message mean her well. If she wishes to cancel her attendance or ignore the message and press on, that is her decision. As her escort, it is your duty to let her know of these things. [Idealist]
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>>4342154
Getting our sisters opinion is a good idea - but I don’t think it will really change our decided course of action
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>>4342154
> S-sis HELP!!!!! Copper clippers tempt me with dirty money!

Support this write-in, her input could be invaluable

>>4342157
>Hegemonic demigod of a city that has basically everywhere outside Canton at its boot

Who wouldn't be smug?
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>>4342009
>> You will have to inform the Patrikas Ianthe, you doubt the writers of this message mean her well. If she wishes to cancel her attendance or ignore the message and press on, that is her decision. As her escort, it is your duty to let her know of these things. [Idealist]
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>>4342009
> You will have to inform the Patrikas Ianthe, you doubt the writers of this message mean her well. If she wishes to cancel her attendance or ignore the message and press on, that is her decision. As her escort, it is your duty to let her know of these things. [Idealist]
I think ignoring it would be the wiser choice as it won't risk stepping on the toes of any power players overseas. But our duty and honour as escort, let's hope she won't insist meeting the would be assassins or any similarly stupid things.
>>4342154
let sister know what we intend to do, and let her do with it what she will.
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>>4342009
>> You will have to inform the Patrikas Ianthe, you doubt the writers of this message mean her well. If she wishes to cancel her attendance or ignore the message and press on, that is her decision. As her escort, it is your duty to let her know of these things. [Idealist]
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>>4342009
>>You laugh out loud. Whoever these curs are, do they honestly think that they can -buy- you? You will go down to the courtyards after the second dance alright, but not with the Patrikas in tow. You’re sure Rabe and Sir Norwache wouldn’t say no pummelling some would-be assassin. Probably can’t have a proper Montbrun party without a fight. [Hearty]
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>>4342009
>You laugh out loud. Whoever these curs are, do they honestly think that they can -buy- you? You will go down to the courtyards after the second dance alright, but not with the Patrikas in tow. You’re sure Rabe and Sir Norwache wouldn’t say no pummelling some would-be assassin. Probably can’t have a proper Montbrun party without a fight. [Hearty]
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>>4342009
>You laugh out loud. Whoever these curs are, do they honestly think that they can -buy- you? You will go down to the courtyards after the second dance alright, but not with the Patrikas in tow. You’re sure Rabe and Sir Norwache wouldn’t say no pummelling some would-be assassin. Probably can’t have a proper Montbrun party without a fight. [Hearty]
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>>4342395
What if Patrikas Ianthe sent us the letter to see if we would go for it or not and if we did we would have taken the hit.
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>>4342009
> You will have to inform the Patrikas Ianthe, you doubt the writers of this message mean her well. If she wishes to cancel her attendance or ignore the message and press on, that is her decision. As her escort, it is your duty to let her know of these things. [Idealist]
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>>4342492
This is what I was thinking as well
$100 says it's a test from her to see if we're trustworthy or not
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>>4342492
>>4342503
That's a bit vestigial a thing for forgotten to put in we're not going to take the coin so why have it as a baited tool to test our integrity? More likely the letter us genuine and the assassins don't know what a trustworthy lugged they are dealing with
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>>4342009
>You laugh out loud. Whoever these curs are, do they honestly think that they can -buy- you? You will go down to the courtyards after the second dance alright, but not with the Patrikas in tow. You’re sure Rabe and Sir Norwache wouldn’t say no pummelling some would-be assassin. Probably can’t have a proper Montbrun party without a fight. [Hearty]
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>>4342028
>>4342096
>>4342416
>>4342430
>>4342482
>>4342538
So not only you guys want to commit sudoku you want to drag Rabe and Sir Norwache into it?
Best case scenario we and 2 fellow knigst shows up assasins sees that as mision fails bails and nothing happens.
Worst case scenario we get into a fight with elit assasin or group of them while wering nice clothes and having only basic wepon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yyAgk9der4
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>>4342515
>>4342503
I mean it was just a thought i had as shes very much worryed about getting killed at all times.
When we bring this up to her was thinking we start off with a bit of a flirt
"tell her that if she wanted to get alone with us again she didnt need to set up this whole plan up as we would glady spand the evening with her"
Then we get serious about our job protecting her.
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>>4342009
> You will have to inform the Patrikas Ianthe, you doubt the writers of this message mean her well. If she wishes to cancel her attendance or ignore the message and press on, that is her decision. As her escort, it is your duty to let her know of these things. [Idealist]
We are her escort so her safety is our concern, but we shouldn't go chasing after trouble at the ball.
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My static ID got reset for some reason so I'm gonna post here for future votes.
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>>4342009
>> You will have to inform the Patrikas Ianthe, you doubt the writers of this message mean her well. If she wishes to cancel her attendance or ignore the message and press on, that is her decision. As her escort, it is your duty to let her know of these things. [Idealist]

They can fuck off with their skullduggery
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> You will have to inform the Patrikas Ianthe, you doubt the writers of this message mean her well. If she wishes to cancel her attendance or ignore the message and press on, that is her decision. As her escort, it is your duty to let her know of these things. [Idealist]

5 wealth is
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>>4342703
*a set of fae runed plate
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>>4342575
it's like we didn't just finish a harrowing battle against paid killers laying in ambush, leading to the preventable deaths of several good men and women, and almost got our brother killed in our battle lust. This shortly after he killed a good knigga, again easily preventable if not for battle lust. One would think Emile would start to see that it's only a matter of time before he gets somebody he cares for killed by being this horny for battle.
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>>4342717
On the flipside he's trekked through Fallavon deepest regions, Interfered in a Queensman expedition, faced down a thing from the pit itself, encountered the Fae and beastmen, been struck by lightening and fought a running battle through port bounty without losing a single travelling companion on any of these adventures.

I'd say some cockyness is earned even if there have been some damn close shaves
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>>4342744
True but i feel like his brother being that close to biting it, would have some impact. also the chances of a fair fight with prepared assassins are real slim.
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>>4342756
Some impact? Sure but I don't think it can really compare to his trust in things coming up daisies when engaging in risk and adventure.
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>>4342575
Can't resist a good fight anon. Who says we can't wear something underneath the clothes anyways?
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>>4342817
Dont we has the snake under cloths?
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Any amour we could wear discreetly to a party is going to have shit AV
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>>4342009
>>> You will have to inform the Patrikas Ianthe, you doubt the writers of this message mean her well. If she wishes to cancel her attendance or ignore the message and press on, that is her decision. As her escort, it is your duty to let her know of these things. [Idealist]
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>>4342009
>> You will have to inform the Patrikas Ianthe, you doubt the writers of this message mean her well. If she wishes to cancel her attendance or ignore the message and press on, that is her decision. As her escort, it is your duty to let her know of these things. [Idealist]
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>>4342009
>You will have to inform the Patrikas Ianthe, you doubt the writers of this message mean her well. If she wishes to cancel her attendance or ignore the message and press on, that is her decision. As her escort, it is your duty to let her know of these things. [Idealist]
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>>4342009
> You will have to inform the Patrikas Ianthe, you doubt the writers of this message mean her well. If she wishes to cancel her attendance or ignore the message and press on, that is her decision. As her escort, it is your duty to let her know of these things. [Idealist]

I wouldn't mind dispatching some assassins for trying to bribe us into betraying our charge, but I urge caution. They could have someone in the waiting inside for her to be alone.
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>>4342009
>> You will have to inform the Patrikas Ianthe, you doubt the writers of this message mean her well. If she wishes to cancel her attendance or ignore the message and press on, that is her decision. As her escort, it is your duty to let her know of these things. [Idealist]
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>>4343038
ID Changed this is me >>4337363
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>>4342009
> You will have to inform the Patrikas Ianthe, you doubt the writers of this message mean her well. If she wishes to cancel her attendance or ignore the message and press on, that is her decision. As her escort, it is your duty to let her know of these things. [Idealist]

>>4342045
You have a made a small misjudgement here. It's not the entrenched Cathagi politicians we have to impress, it's thr Dragon. Whatever they do, it's only because he lets them for inscrutable reasons. If we're gonna be a proper escort, then we should be prepared to actively neutralize the threat. Dragon don't give a fuck about politics, because everyone does what he says anyways.

Besides, it's not like Patrikas doesn't still have connections back in Cathagi either.

Finally, they're not bound by honour like we are. If their servants fail because they were too weak to beat us, it's not as if they'll blame us personally for not taking the bribe. They'll just think they didn' offer enough.

The more value we show here, the more valuable we'll be to them getting us on their side. Especially since they'll know that we won't be easily bribed away if they do.

Do you think coin is the only incentive they can offer? The could give aid to pilgrims, or relax tarriffs, or help fund a crusade in Ardenne etc if we prove valuable enough. Heck, they could even offer to give up the men involved in the slaving ring here in Pascae, now that would be a hard offer to refuse.

Especially you should remember it's not like Patrikas is close with us. We might not even like her affiliated faction when we get there. So we might as well build up as much value as possible with them too, in order to get what a Knight is worth.

Once again, though, I remind you that all of that is OOC. In character, we have to decide are we merely a hired body guard, or a Champion of Valor?

I say we inform Lady Patrikas, and openly reject their offer. In fact, we should suggest they evacuate from Pascae for the near future because said slaving ring is next on the to-do list so any suspicious Cathagi characters are gonna be under an uncomfortable amount of scrutiny.

Foe's heart, their backers should be the ones concerned about our upcoming journey to Cathagi. We won't be within their reach, they'll be within ours.
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>>4342717
Nobody ever said being Sworn to Valor was gonna be easy.

>>4343133
Lemme TL;DR this. A) We're gonna tell Patrikas because it's the right thing to do. B) It's not necessarily gonna make us enemies in Cathagi unless we intentionally align ourselves with Patrikas by aiding her in her return or supporting her allies interests on Cathagi or whatever. C) If it does, I have faith we can make that actually be their problem, because D) is for Dragon. Worst comes to worse we make enough ruckus to get his attention and so long as he likes us it doesn't matter what any faction thinks.

Hrm. Thinking on that, we should probably try to acquire some sort of gift to present him with when we arreive. I mean, it's just good manners really but if we could hunt some sort of exotic local beast before we head over it would make things a lot smoother. We know he's looking for them, throwing the Cathagi into a frenzy, and if anyone attacks us we can always claim that we merely responded to protect HIS gift, and that's why we burned all those estates. To check if they had stolen anything else from him from other travellers.
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>>4343133
Even our sister tells us how foolish Emile is at believing the dragon runs things there. And I believe its not a matter of 'impressing' and more 'don't piss off the folks who would keep sending assassins'.
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>>4343133
It's the Medusae Kasta who we will be dealing on daily basics since they attend the day-to-day needs of the Dragon. But I'm sure the Dragon has a selection of guards among the Dragonguard that stay close to him.
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As the servants at the Ball are provided by the Duke Pascae, Mikail will NOT be in attendance tonight. A mixed blessing, I suppose.
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Is it time? Are we starting?
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Give me a couple of minutes, nearly there.
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>>4343369
That's what she said.
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>>4343374
kek
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>>4343410
Dang
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> You will have to inform the Patrikas Ianthe, you doubt the writers of this message mean her well. If she wishes to cancel her attendance or ignore the message and press on, that is her decision. As her escort, it is your duty to let her know of these things. [Idealist]
>Write-in: confer with your sister

Your sister has a number of ideas regarding the note, none of them helpful to man concerned with acting honourably. However, she does have the wisdom to send Jerod and some men-at-arms with your family seal to act as an honour guard for the Patrikas Ianthe on the way here.

When the Patrikas arrives, looking every bit the image of Cathagi aristocracy in her slim, flowing robes and rich royal purple, it is not mere politeness that compels you to bow low and kiss her proffered hand on the palm, a particularly daring expression of male admiration. Looking as she is now, you wouldn’t have guessed the bronzed information-broker to be a day over thirty. Her smile at your youthful gallantry vanishes when you inform of the note you received.

“So they are serious.” Ianthe purses her lips, but offers you a more genuine smile for your honesty. “My thanks to you, young man. Or Sir-knight, if that is the proper address? You are taking your duties as my escort seriously, much moreso than even I had expected.”

“Does My Lady wish to reconsider her attendance at tonight’s events?”

“On the contrary, the price of my information just doubled. If I was misinformed by my contacts and selling mere rumours, there wouldn’t be anyone sending assassins after me. I'll be steering clear of the courtyard though, never fear. You impress me, Sir Andrei. This old woman finds that honest men are hard to come by in my profession.” Her lips are intimately closer to your ears than strictly appropriate. “Honest, attractive young men even moreso.”

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mfw its been at the back of my mine that this could also easily be a ploy by the Patrikas. Sneak into a man's room, leave a coin and a note. With one stroke, you can ascertain if the noble guarding you is trustworthy and you can also use this as a pretext to increase the price of your intel.
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It seems your sister had an ulterior motive for the Patrikas Ianthe meeting you here.

“You hired a carriage?” Looking at the polished black wood, finely dressed attendants and pristine groomed steeds, you wonder how much it must have cost. “The Duke’s Palace is a twenty minute walk from here…”

“Do you have any idea what this dress cost? How impossibly hard it was to find a dressmaker at this late hour that knows what they were doing?” Your sister gives you that look you’ve dreaded ever since you were four years old. The one that tells you that you’re too stupid to realise you’re just an idiot boy. “One speck of mud on this thing and I’ll be a laughing stock to every smirking bitch that I’m trying to outwit at this Ball.”

“I’m detecting a hint of stress from my dear sister…”

“Stress?!? I’ll show you stress…”

“Siblings please! I for one am not complaining.” Your brother waggles his cane at you with a wink. “You know that arguing with our sister is a lost cause, Emmy. And Ros, please do try to have fun.”

“Oh, don’t worry. I’m having the time of my life. This is how I get when I’m all enthusiastic, I’m sure you have your own litter jitters before a battle. Well, this Ball is my battlefield.” Roselyn Andrei’s wolfish grin betrays her savage excitement, like a fox about to be let loose among the hens. “Hearts to be broken, gossip to be weaved, information to be plundered. These powdered Pascaens won’t see me coming.”

“Your sister would do well in the Medusae Sect of my homeland.” The Patrikas Ianthe raises an approving eyebrow at you while your brother helps your sister, and her extensive dress, into the carriage. “I thought all Cantônian women were οικιακός. Domesticated, housewives is the term? But her… She is a force to be reckoned with.”

“You don’t know the half of it, My Lady.” You offer your hand into the carriage.

“Such a nice young gentleman.” The Patrikas accepts your proferred hand. She whispers conspiratorially as she brushes by, the scent of amber and khave on her olive skin causing your blood to rush. “Have you had her tested for magikas aptitude?”

“Goodness Ianthe, please don’t give her any ideas!” You look at the Cathagi exile in revulsion, the mere idea doing wonders to quell the troublesome rise in your tight pants. Your sister, a sorcerer?! Salve Reginae perish the very thought! “The last thing we need is a women with magical powers to complement their already terrifying influence.”

“What was that?” Roselyn turns her head, ears burning.

“Nothing!” The rest of the carriage ride is fully occupied by the horror of imagining a future where your tyrannical sister could turn you into ash with a glance. And that's not a figure of speech.

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Sandag, 4th Day of Acrimun, 883 A.C.E., Port Bounty – Evening
The Duke of Pascae’s 198th Annual Ball

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRxofEmo3HA – Duke’s Ball theme
Ranked by order of social seniority. There are, of course, hundreds of the nobility from across the realm present. That said, I have only included those most likely to be of any particular interest to you.

-Crown Prince Lionel Aubres, Eldest Son of the Cantôn Royal Family and Heir Apparent
-Duke Leonardo Pascae, Duke of Pascae
-Duke Friedrich Montbrun, Duke of Montbrun
-His Holiness Dominos Gilbern, Bishop of Pascae
-Princess Antoinette Aubres, Eldest Daughter of the Cantôn Royal Family
-Lord-Admiral Cassi Morretti, Admiral of Langland’s Fifth Fleet
-Marquis Vivian Pascae, Eldest Son of the Duke and heir apparent to the Pascae Duchy
-Lord Caspian Gilbern, Lord-Protector of Port Bounty
-Lord Jeremiah de Broulert, Lord of Pascae
-Sir Robert Gilbern, Second Herald of the Ordo Reginae
-Lord Kasper Alexandi, Third Herald of the Ordo Reginae
-Sir Bartholomew Wavell, Noble Son of Pascae & heir apparent to House Wavell
-Sir Damien Andrei, Noble Son of Romaine & heir apparent to House Andrei
-Lady Frida Vancewell, Noble Daughter of Montbrun & heir apparent to House Vancewell
-Monsieur Quill Wavell , Priest-Preferati of Pascae
-Sir Marco Hewitt, Noble Son of Pascae
-Sir Cato de Ferros, Noble Son of Pascae
-Sir Emile Andrei, Noble Son of Romaine
-Sir Heinrich Norwache, Noble Son of Montbrun
-Sir Karlaus Rabe, Noble Son of Montbrun
-Lady Roselyn Andrei, Noble Daughter of Romaine
-Lady Rabe, Noble Daughter of Montbrun
-Madameoiselle Juliet Gilbern, Noble Daughter of Montbrun
-Mister Giuseppe Alberto, Well-to-do Burgher of Pascae
-Master Ujarak, Cathagi Merchanta Caste
-Mistress Selene, Cathagi Medusae Sect
-The Patrikas Ianthe, Cathagi Exile
-Captain Torres Lorenzo, Captain-General of the Golden Sun Company
-Captain Isabella Morretti, Langlish Captain
-Miss Felicity Young, Well-to-do Debutante of Pascae
-Raulf Redhand, Norsikaan Named Man
-Ulfhild She-Lion, Norsikaan Named Woman
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Aye. Fuck. This path of meets and greets will be a shitshow.
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Types of Social Interactions
Persuade: You wish to befriend or convince this person of something
Courtship: You are open to a non-platonic interest with this person
Intrigue: You seek information from this person, or to have others turn against them

No Counter-Intrigue Option
The Duke’s Ball can be every bit as deadly in the long-term as a battlefield, both for yourself and the fortunes of your household. Given Sir Emile Andrei has been the center of attention of local news, even by busy Port Bounty standards, I am not even going to bother with providing a counter-intrigue option, there are simply too many potential threats. IC Sir Andrei very likely knows (or was outright instructed by his siter) to be on his guard throughout the evening, so he will not experience any significant DC detriments when the intrigue attempts occur.

Select Interactions for the Duke’s Ball
There will be 4 social arenas at the Duke’s Ball, I will assume each interaction appears chronologically as shown below. At each at each arena you can select 2 interactions with a +5DC bonus, 3 interaction with a +0DC modifier, or 4 interactions with a -5DC modifier. You may only approach individuals of a rank higher than Lord (refer to guest list) in the Ballroom arena. It -is- possible to approach them elsewhere, but with a -10DC modifier due to the social disregard. The exception to this is the dancefloor.

PLEASE LIST YOUR SELECTIONS AS FOLLOWS…

>[Individual Name] + [Persuade/Courtship/Intrigue] + [Write-in: either in-depth, verbatim or at least some idea of what your aim is]

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>The Palace Grounds
(1)
(2)
(3: optional)
(4: optional)

>The Banquet Hall
(1)
(2)
(3: optional)
(4: optional)

>The Dance Floor (Female choices only, any social rank) It is perfectly socially acceptable to have multiple courtship attempts in this instance
(1)
(2)
(3: optional)
(4: optional)

>The Ball Room (May interact with ranks higher than Lord)
(1)
(2)
(3: optional)
(4: optional)
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>>4343442
>The Prince and Duke Montbrun are here
>Gilbern family reunion
This is going to go well
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THIS VOTE WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR 24 HOURS. Given the importance of this event, I will hold a further vote to select from the most popular options (as we did at the Fae Banquet).

Please think your choices through! The physical risk is much less likely than at the Fae Banquet, but the kid gloves have been off for social events for a long time now and it is entirely possible for disaster here to haunt yourself and your family for years.

Also thread is archived: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?tags=Sworn%20to%20Valour

Please upvote, etc. For a QM it's better than drugs.
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We dancing with Lady Rabe right?
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>>4343442
>no lady Daubeny.

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>>4343454
What is the setting of the palace grounds? Is that the formal introduction phase?
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>>4343469
>What is the setting of the palace grounds? Is that the formal introduction phase?

The gardens, courtyard and main entrance hall. And yes, this is where your arrival is formerly announced.
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Where's my Daubeny girl aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Looks like we must go and court Vancewell then.
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>>4343472
Can we assume based on protocol, we would already have made our greetings to the Duke and the Royal Highnesses. Like the typical long procession of people who queue up to greet and wish them well.
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All those choices. Wow. That's going to be a challenge. At least one or both of the ranking Gilberns should be on the list somewhere. Maybe it would be best to divide things up in terms of goals, so speaking to someone from the religious and political spheres, catching up with contacts already made, and maybe making inroads with the Cathagi?
And 'charming' ladies, of course.
>>4343474
>making a play on Vancewell
Brutal. Especially after she tried to have us killed.
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>>4343490
Keep your friends close and make your enemies wife.
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>>4343495
Yes court the person whose brother we brought to trial and execution, great move.The only person she probably despises more in this place right now would be Sir Gilbern himself.
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>>4343479
Yes, that is perfectly reasonable.
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>>4343442
>-His Holiness Dominos Gilbern, Bishop of Pascae

Forgotten, how many bishops are there of pascae?

Just previously, you mentioned a bishop of pascae named Lorenzo.

>You disregard the tawdry romance novel, you can only digest that sort of reading in short doses. Instead your fingers run across the letter from a representative of Bishop Lorenzo of Pascae. His orderlies are even now interviewing Father Towbray and other witnesses to your Third Vigil and the events that occurred. They will interview you personally, in time, and that time has given you much to think on while you lay in bed and grit your teeth through the muscle spasms.
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I am assuming the Patrikas Ianthe will make her own way to the Duke Pascae at some point, it is not necessary to include a selection to arrange that meeting.
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>>4343506
Well bugger, I did try to see if I had mentioned his first name before. My bad, there is only one Bishop of Pascae.
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>>4343454
What's the differences between the settings for interactions?

I presume the grounds are a kind of testing the waters, where we can either clash a bit with an enemy or meet up to discuss with an ally without things getting too noticeable.

The Banquet hall seems like a more mingly kind of place, to reach out to neutral people and try to build support outside our close circle.

The dance floor is for courting, but who we dance with could have a pretty big impact, depending on what people read into it. We could either charm a lady previously cold, or alienate a suitor, or just outright embarass ourselves.

The Ball Room seems like a tightwire. We've been too high profile like you said, so we might as well try to take the initiative to approach the upper Nobility so we can do it on our terms. Maynbe go the route of finding who is associated with the Praetors and then praising them for their dedication to their duty in the recent raid of the Hole. Pretty hard to shit on your own forces for pulling off a daring raid and rescue.

I think we should spend an action with Patrikas on the Grounds. Both because of the threat of assassination, but also because she's a political animal as well as familiar with the nobility and power structure here. Since we already helped her out with her goals, she shouldn't mind helping us out with ours. Letting us know who we might approach and how.

We should definitely let her know we killed Golden Boy, I definitely see that coming to bite us im the ass here.

That being said, later on I think we should give her some space. We don't want to be too closely associated with her due to her Nationality, as well as not being mistaken for being involved in her intrigues. That could make people question if she had a hand in the murder case.
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>>4343522
As her escort, we are required to have a dance with her so we can probably save that interaction for then.

Also: >>4343472

I'm quite leery about approaching the upper nobility. Beyond death on the field, a major fuckup here will screw with our entire family.
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>>4343520
So which should take precendence? The Gilbern or Lorenzo?
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>>4343522
For the Ball Room we should definitely talk to the Bishop given all the DC bonuses we get with the clergy.
>>4343520
Forgotten does the Reginae count as a Holy Order for DC purposes?
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>>4343524
The dance is after the Courtyard and the Banquet, which is a significant amount of tim to fuck things up. I think we should interact with her twice, the dance like you said is expected so it's a freeby, we can still dance with two people without losing DC and then dance with her for a third dance. As well she can then hopefully update us on how other people are responding and maneuvering after the banquet. She's definitely the right person to spot that, so we can correct for any errors or missteps at that point before we meet with the Nobility.

> Forgotten doesn't give us a counter-intrigue roll, but we have gained an ally who is a living counter-intrigue mechanism.

Honestly, I would have preferred to have gone over it during the carriage ride since Rosalyn could probably make very good use of the info as well, but that opportunity passed already.

Besides, we are escorting her, so we're going to be arriving with her as well. Surely she can take a moment to introduce us to some people along with some suggestions on what to talk to them about, as well as inform us as to who might be upset with the Praetorians getting some glory, or alternatively feel that we usurped their command and upstaged them. We don't know what the politics of the situation are.

Aside from that, I think maybe we should decide when to spend time with Damien. Right off the bat, so we can establish that his injuries are serious enough that we are visibly concerned about him insisting on coming? Later on as a safe reason to avoid interacting with too many people during the banquet?

As for the dance, going by Pascae traditions I think one of our partners should be Maria Hewitt. We were expected to court her after defeating de Broulet, after all, so we can ask for a dance and make it clear that we didn't refuse to do so because we didn't think she was worthy of courting, but that despite having only known him through a clash of arms in a duel we respect him too much to think that we could simply step in and replace him. His death was a tragedy, and our win was only due to the nobility of his spirit in allowing us to recover our blade. We may have won the duel, but he proved himself the better man and she deserves nothing less than what we took away from her. We regret that we can only offer to be a stand in for him for a dance at the ball he should attended with her.

That should go a long way to improving our appearance in the eyes of the court, as well as making any slander Marco Hewitt says against seem petty.

Not like humility is out of character for Emile, my boy is all about that penance.
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>>4343568
Definitely talk to the Bishop.

I wonder, if Duke Montbrun would also be good to talk to. A bit of a wildcard I know, but we have already had some interactions with him. It could be a good time to make some attempt at reconciliation, we can inquire about the health of his son and maybe tie in our recent experience with de Broulet to frame our apology as having learned that there is more to victory than merely being the last one left standing so that he knows we truly are regretful for what we did.

I mean, we're pretty young after all, and he already thinks we're too simple to have to been part of a plot to intentionally cripple his son.

It'll balance out us going to speak with Sir Gilbern as well, and prevent us from looking like maybe we were part of the Queensmen faction, or are being recruited by them.
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>>4343619
Don't talk to the Duke Montbrun, we literally fucked up his entire slave trade and have being help the Queensman get evidence that could get his whole family executed.
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>>4343454
If we manage to focus in on information about an Intrigue I.E we hear Hewitt planning to shiv us can we counter intrigue?
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>>4343621
1. while its a well educated guess the Duke of montbrune is involved in the slave ring we lack anything definitive to conclude its him
2. he does not we were involved.
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>>4343619
You're getting Fallavon and Montbrun mixed up
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>>4343454
>The Palace Grounds
(1) -Duke Leonardo Pascae, Duke of Pascae/-The Patrikas Ianthe, Cathagi Exile + [Pursuade] + Introduce the Patrikas to the Duke and try to give him a good impression of her. (and hopefully as a result gain more favor with the Patrikas)

(2) -Sir Robert Gilbern, Second Herald of the Ordo Reginae/ (maybe your sister) + [Persuade] + Congratulate him on his promotion, ask what’s he been up to (He may bring up the hearing)/ introduce him to your sister as they are both political animals, who knows maybe they’ll hit it off {I would HIGHLY advise not sticking our nose into his family matters}
(3: optional)
(4: optional)

>The Banquet Hall
(1) -Captain Torres Lorenzo, Captain-General of the Golden Sun Company +[Intrigue] + Trick him into giving up the location of Lazar and obtain information regarding the slaver and habit killer cases
(2)
(3: optional)
(4: optional)

>The Dance Floor (Female choices only, any social rank)
(1) -Lady Frida Vancewell, + [courtship] + it is TIME
(2) The Patrikas Ianthe, Cathagi Exile + [Courtship] + Seal the deal for a more … private conference after the ball where we can obtain the info we want – James bond style
(3: optional) Our Big sis [no particular interaction, simply confer with here how things are going and if she needs us to do anything]
(4: optional)

>The Ball Room (May interact with ranks higher than Lord)
(1)
(2)
(3: optional)
(4: optional)


That’s all I got so far I’m trying to leave some more open space for other anons for interactions I haven’t thought of yet.

But I’ll bet my last copper that one of the counter intrigues well be facing will be the works of those Hewitt copper-clippers
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Alright lets break down this list.

DO-NOT-TOUCH LIST:
-Crown Prince Lionel Aubres, Eldest Son of the Cantôn Royal Family and Heir Apparent
-Duke Leonardo Pascae, Duke of Pascae
-Duke Friedrich Montbrun, Duke of Montbrun
-His Holiness Dominos Gilbern, Bishop of Pascae (?)
-Princess Antoinette Aubres, Eldest Daughter of the Cantôn Royal Family

Ok, right here we have the King Shit of Fek Hill. The ones who can and will make our lives miserable should we fuck it up.

We already have our suspicions of the Prince and his involvement with the Montbruns and the Secret War. "We do not want to get dragged into this further" should be the name of the game. Stay the *Fuck* away. Except maybe for his holiness. He should probably know of us and an introduction the inquiry proper might not be amiss. Of course, if we fuck it up, we're gonna burn on the cross.

Folks with Ill will against us:
-Lady Frida Vancewell, Noble Daughter of Montbrun & heir apparent to House Vancewell
-Sir Marco Hewitt, Noble Son of Pascae
-Captain Torres Lorenzo, Captain-General of the Golden Sun Company
-Lord Jeremiah de Broulert, Lord of Pascae

Lady Vancewell and Sir Hewitt should be clear enough. And Captain Torres, if hes not directly knowledgeable of our involvement in the secret war, should quickly be a foe one things from the strongbox come to light. Of the 3, Lady Vancewell continues to be the most dangerous of the lot due to her position as the next Lady of Favallon so theres potential for High risk/High reward intrigue vs her. Lord Broulert should be clear enough. We killed his son. We might be honourbound to speak to him and bow deeply at his loss.

Allies, Friends and Family:
-Sir Bartholomew Wavell, Noble Son of Pascae & heir apparent to House Wavell
-Sir Damien Andrei, Noble Son of Romaine & heir apparent to House Andrei
-Sir Heinrich Norwache, Noble Son of Montbrun
-Sir Karlaus Rabe, Noble Son of Montbrun
-Lady Roselyn Andrei, Noble Daughter of Romaine
-Lady Rabe, Noble Daughter of Montbrun
-Sir Robert Gilbern, Second Herald of the Ordo Reginae

Beyond the Lady Rabe for a dance, the majority of these interactions would probably be wasted since we can interact with them later, save a few.

Speaking with Sir Wavell in public with signs of familiarity would show that we have some connection of the scion and heir of house wavell. Appearances matter and it might give pause to those who would decide to move against us.

Likewise speaking with Sir Gilbern, a warriors handshake, clapping of backs would show we are a knight in good standing with the Ordos Reginae, also showing off in public connections that would be problematic, especially since the Reginae is in force, here in Pascae.

Lastly, supporting our Brother in his interactions. Someone to bounce things off while entertaining courtiers. In this way we can help his reintroduction back into polite society AND also help cover for any problems arising from his hard knock.

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>>4343640

Associates:
-Mister Giuseppe Alberto, Well-to-do Burgher of Pascae
-The Patrikas Ianthe, Cathagi Exile
-Miss Felicity Young, Well-to-do Debutante of Pascae

Associates are marked due to potential dealings our house has or has planned with. Beyond a dance with the Patrikas and maybe miss young as a courtesy, I do not see too much benefit from interactions with them.

Ambivalence:
-Lord-Admiral Cassi Morretti, Admiral of Langland’s Fifth Fleet
-Marquis Vivian Pascae, Eldest Son of the Duke and heir apparent to the Pascae Duchy
-Lord Caspian Gilbern, Lord-Protector of Port Bounty
-Lord Kasper Alexandi, Third Herald of the Ordo Reginae
-Monsieur Quill Wavell , Priest-Preferati of Pascae
-Sir Cato de Ferros, Noble Son of Pascae
-Madameoiselle Juliet Gilbern, Noble Daughter of Montbrun <- ??? (Forgotten, this is wrong, isn't it? lel)
-Master Ujarak, Cathagi Merchanta Caste
-Mistress Selene, Cathagi Medusae Sect
-Captain Isabella Morretti, Langlish Captain
-Raulf Redhand, Norsikaan Named Man
-Ulfhild She-Lion, Norsikaan Named Woman

These listed here likely have no strong feelings whatsoever with regards to us and our family. Of particular note which might be useful in establishing connections might be the Marquis, Lord Caspian Gilbern, Lady Gilbern and perhaps the Cathagi. I suspect the merchant class would be more amendable to us in getting more information on the cathagi lands. I would advise not dancing with the lovely lady gilbern as we would not want to send the wrong message to our new backer, Sir Wavell. However it would be a good way to learn more about our brother in arms and perhaps lay some groundwork for a reconcilation if we so wish to.

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>>4343640
I think we can afford a dance with the princess. Risky for sure, but the rewards are great.
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>>4343442
>The Palace Grounds
(1) [Sir Robert Gilbern, Second Herald of the Ordo Reginae] + [Persuade] + [Write-in: I saw you in the deeps of Fallovon although you might not have seem me, its good to see you made it my friend. A request will come from the Church for a senior representative of your Order, I know it's not my place to ask but I would welcome if it were you who I had to speak you first.]
Greet a friend and prepare him for the coming drama. I am willing to risk the -10DC since it will be easier with Gilbern.

(2) [Lady Frida Vancewell]+[Persuade]+[Inquire about her fiance's good health and convey our wishes for his speedy recovery]+Disarm her with sincere kindness, it might throw her off and will run interference if she tries to spread bad rumors of us later into the night.

(3) [Sir Bartholomew Wavell] + [Persuade] + [Write-in: Its good to see you Sir Wavell, your help has brought me closer to my quarry and avenging the wrong done to your family. If I might ask your help one more time, would familiarizes me with the current state of Pascae court.]
Maybe this should be Intrigue but it's just asking about the common knowledge stuff.

>The Banquet Hall
(1) [Lady Rabe]+[Sir Karlaus Rabe]+[Persuade]+[Write-in: Lady Rabe, Karlaus please let me formally introduce you to my brother, Sir Damien Andrei and my sister Lady Roselyn Andrei. I know you ladies will get along splendidly.]

(2) [Captain Torres Lorenzo]+[Intrigue]+[Write-in:Ah Captain-General, I had the distinct displeasure of meeting some of your men. They made better slavers than soldiers, but excel at becoming corpses. They die at their feet if nothing else, but that's to be expected no? “Il Contratto è Tutto” after all.] Insult, provoke and humiliate. Fuck this guy.

(3) [Patrikas Ianthe]+[Persuade]+[Ask her if we can aid her in her objectives]

>The Dance Floor
(1) [Patrikas Ianthe]+[Persuade]+[First dance goes to her we most be polite.]

(2) [Lady Rabe]+[Persuade]+[Ask her advice for the coming interactions]

(3) [Lady Roselyn Andrei]+[Persuade]+[Ask her how we are doing and what should we do.]

>The Ball Room
(1) [His Holiness Dominos Gilbern]+[Persuade]+[Write-in: Your Holiness, I am Sir Emile Andrei, I come to pay my respects and hope I have not cause your person inconvenience by my vigil. If I may ask your indulgence, not for me, but the pilgrims under my charge. Many plan to follow with me to The Long Walk, but I worry for their way home if left unattended.] Pay our respects, make a good impression and ask for his aid in getting the pilgrims home after the The Long Walk. I don't know much about church politics but if we make a good posterboy for him he might take our side in the coming interview.

(2) Reserve one interaction to aid Patrikas Ianthe

Here is a first draft, I'm confident with the The Palace Grounds and the interaction with the Bishop. There should be room for improvement.
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>>4343609
Knigga Emille is Haughty not humble, any attempt at Humility is a front of what he considers proper

>>4343648
Im with this guy the risk is there but dancing with a princess is the stuff of story Idealist Emille could probably not resist
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>>4343462
Forgotten, what is your stand on meeting with more than 1 character in a single slot.
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>>4343454
>>The Palace Grounds
>(1)-Lady Roselyn Andrei, Noble Daughter of Romaine
Persuasion: Introduce her to Norwache
>(2)-Sir Robert Gilbern, Second Herald of the Ordo Reginae
Persuade/Intrigue: Robert! good to see you heard you got promoted, how the Reginae lie going anything interesting?
>-Mister Giuseppe Alberto, Well-to-do Burgher of Pascae
Persuasion: I heard this man had an invention we might like I’d like to hear more
>(4: optional)

>>The Banquet Hall
>(1)-Duke Leonardo Pascae, Duke of Pascae
Persuasion:Introduce Patrikas so they can talk and make a good impression
>(2)-Lord Jeremiah de Broulert, Lord of Pascae
Persuade: Rely on condolances and regrets about our role in his sons? death
>-Sir Damien Andrei, Noble Son of Romaine & heir apparent to House Andrei
Intrigue: check on him to make sure he’s doing okay
>(4: optional)

>>The Dance Floor
>(1)-Lady Frida Vancewell, Noble Daughter of Montbrun & heir apparent to House Vancewell
Courtship: maybe bait her with the failed attempt on our life as an Icebreaker? also maybe if we're succeful put more time into this, ask after the Marquis health
>(2)-The Patrikas Ianthe, Cathagi Exile
Intrigue: check all is well and watch for assassins
>(3)-Princess Antoinette Aubres, Eldest Daughter of the Cantôn Royal Family
Courtship: Peak Audacious
>(4: optional)

>>The Ball Room
>(1)Princess Antoinette Aubres, Eldest Daughter of the Cantôn Royal Family
Courtship: Contextual support if we make success earlier
>(2)-Lady Frida Vancewell, Noble Daughter of Montbrun & heir apparent to House Vancewell
Courtship: Contextual support should we make progress on her earlier
>(3:)-Crown Prince Lionel Aubres, Eldest Son of the Cantôn Royal Family and Heir Apparent
Persuasion: I want to see what he’s like
>(4: optional)
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>>4343454

>The Palace Grounds
(1)[Captain Torres Lorenzo, Captain-General of the Golden Sun Company] + [Intrigue] + [How work is for the Golden Sun in Caton, and how much longer they will be graceing our fair lands]
(2)[Master Ujarak, Cathagi Merchanta Caste] + [Intrigue] + [How the power balace of Cathagi is changing due to the influance of the Merchant Cast]
(3: Sir Bartholomew Wavell] + [Persuade] + [Write-in: Its good to see you Sir Wavell, your help has brought me closer to my quarry and avenging the wrong done to your family. If I might ask your help one more time, would familiarizes me with the current state of Pascae court.]
(4: optional)

>The Banquet Hall
(1) [Lady Rabe]+[Sir Karlaus Rabe]+[Persuade]+[Write-in: Lady Rabe, Karlaus please let me formally introduce you to my brother, Sir Damien Andrei and my sister Lady Roselyn Andrei. I know you ladies will get along splendidly.]
(2)
(3: optional)
(4: optional)

>The Dance Floor
(1) [Princess Antoinette Aubres, Eldest Daughter of the Cantôn Royal Family] + [Courtship]
(2) [The Patrikas Ianthe, Cathagi Exile] + [Intrigue] + [learn what information she is trying to sell to the duke, and what she knows about the slaver ring]
(3: optional)
(4: optional)

>The Ball Room (May interact with ranks higher than Lord)
(1)[His Holiness Dominos Gilbern]+[Persuade]+[Talk to him about what to expect in regards to our interview on the angel]
(2)[Sir Robert Gilbern, Second Herald of the Ordo Reginae]+[Persuade]+[Talk to him and see if he is willing to interact with our brother to help kill any rumors there might be]
(3: optional)
(4: optional)

This is all I can think of so far, but I am really disappointed at the lack of people trying to romance a princess.
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>>4343665
How were we involved in the death of ...
fuck.
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>>4343568
Okay. I think I've come up with some goals here.

Goal 1) Prevent ourselves from having a poor reputation, so that our evidence about the murders isn't discounted.

Goal 2) Impress the Court enough that they decide since we cracked the murder case by skill, not simply by charging in and getting lucky, that we will have support for going after the slaver ring

Goal 3) Establish ourselves, and thereby our family, as not being involved in the conflict between the Faction Knights and the Queens Men.

I say we talk with Patrikas in the Palace Grounds to start. Remember how useful talking to the Fae doctor was? She can give us some direction on who to approach. Since Rosalyn also already knows Felicity, and her brother is the brains while Alberto is the bank, and Patrikas provides them with the Cathagi ash they use in their work, one thing she can do is inform us of who would be interested in that.

I think that Sir Gilbern would be another good choice to speak with on the Grounds. It will be a bit more private than anywhere else, for one thing, and he might also have some things to warn us of. As well, he probably heard that we need to be released of an Oath by the Queensmen so he'll probably want to speak with us.

During the Banquet we can approach the noble recommended by Patrikas and bring up the fact of our sister's acquaintence with Felicity Young. We can also talk about how we were both impressed with her brothers geniuos as well as Alberto's greed. Maybe mention that while she herself isn't terribly exceptional, it would be a very cheap way to invest in a very lucrative business by helping her find a possible suitor. She's pretty enough, and knows her place well enough to not have delusions of granduer. For Young however, while merely a commoner without Young's skills there isn't a business at all. Sadly there isn't much you can do for her, but perhaps he would like to get a chance to know the young lady? We could offer to approach her first and make an introduction before others realize the worth of her connection.

Then we can chill with Damien during the rest of the banquet to avoid getting caught up in shenanigans with his injury providing excuse free from criticism while also subtly stating that we were directly involved in all aspects of the invvestigation and the raid without us openly taking credit.

If we want to risk it, we can have Patrikas point out in the Grounds who to speak to about the raid and inquire about the Praetorians and we can play up how effective and professional they were.

This will also get us support from another Noble, ideally, as well as from Felicity making it easier for Rosalyn to invest in them later.
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>>4343665
This is peak audacious and I'm extremely tempted to support this. Maybe later once I see more plans lol.
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>>4343676
If we can avoid Marco during the Banquet, then dance with Maria, it would take the wind out of the sails of any criticisms on our character that he, or friends of de Broulet, may have made against us. It's also pretty safe, since if she rejects our request for a dance we've already established that we don't view ourselves as worthy of replacing de Broulet anyways. If she accepts, then it's going to be even harder for Marco to paint us as a thug since he would have to criticize his sister. If he tries to stop us, even better because it would be inappropriate for us to press the issue so we don't have to worry about refusing a duel, since our desire for victory at any cost is what put us in this position in the first place. Especially since we already bested him in the tourney. He would look like he was repeating the same mistake we made, while we're willing to sacrifice some personal honour to defend that of de Broulet, refusing to contest an accusation that we aren't worthy of danci g with her.

Then a dance with Felicity, during which we can hopefully inform her that we found a noble to introduce her to. She's desperate for a marriage, so we can also remind her that her brothers work is incredibly valuable, and that Alberto isn't the only possible backer for him. So long as she recognizes that, she should be fine with trading on her relationship with her brother in exchange for marrying into nobility.

If we can avoid Marco during the Banquet, then dance with Maria, it would take the wind out of the sails of any criticisms on our character that he, or friends of de Broulet, may have made against us. It's also pretty safe, since if she rejects our request for a dance we've already established that we don't view ourselves as worthy of replacing de Broulet anyways. If she accepts, then it's going to be even harder for Marco to paint us as a thug since he would have to criticize his sister. If he tries to stop us, even better because it would be inappropriate for us to press the issue so we don't have to worry about refusing a duel, since our desire for victory at any cost is what put us in this position in the first place. Especially since we already bested him in the tourney. He would look like he was repeating the same mistake we made, while we're willing to sacrifice some personal honour to defend that of de Broulet, refusing to contest an accusation that we aren't worthy of danci g with her.

Then a dance with Felicity, during which we can hopefully inform her that we found a noble to introduce her to. She's desperate for a marriage, so we can also remind her that her brothers work is incredibly valuable, and that Alberto isn't the only possible backer for him. So long as she recognizes that, she should be fine with trading on her relationship with her brother in exchange for marrying into nobility.
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>>4343682
Mate, you *do* need to read the guest list first before putting out anything. The Lady Hewitt isnt even in attendance.
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>>4343682
Finally a third dance with Patrikas. She's on our team after telling her about the assassinatiomn attempt, so low risk DC wise, and we can let her know how the ball went, how our attempts worked out, and she can let us know maybe how people recieved it, and what we might except the opinion of us to be facing the upper Nobility and who is supporting or against us.

Ideally we'll be able to go into the ball, talk to the Bishop about the whole lightning penance as well as maybe subtly tip him off that we may have found a clergyman involved in the murders so he can be prepared to deal with that.

Then we can go to talk to Duke Mountbrun and try to repair the damage we did when we messed up his heir. Transitioning from the Bishop, who we would have discussed our penance with, as well as our previous actiom with Lady Hewitt, will provide a nice transition for genuinely showing regret for the harm we did on the Tourney.
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>>4343462
Important question forgotten will we be able to change our choices if something pops up that may cause us to change our priorities
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>>4343665
Ahh fuck I forgot to add Lorenzo to the list he should be either 3rd or 4th on the Banquet list as a Intrigue option
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>>4343454
>The Palace Grounds
(1) Patrikas, have her point out who can be approached and who to avoid.

(2) Sir Gilbern. While he isn't high enough for eyebrows to be raised about us talking to him later, due to the background conflict and our role in Vancewells death, and Lady Vancewells engagement to the Marquis Fallavon, it's best if we don't make our meeting with him too high profile lest we rekindle suspicion that we injured him on purpose.

Persuasion/Intrigue, there is no way he hasn't heard that we need to be released from an Oath for an interrogation by the Church.

(3: optional) Introduce our sister to Lady Rabe
Freeby, since they're both already in our circle of friends.
(4: optional) N/A. Damien will want to sit by now.

>The Banquet Hall
(1) Find a noble to introduce Felicity Young to, playing up the value of her brother's skills backed up by Patrika's evaluation of him. See if we can get him interested in being introduced to Felicity. (Persuade.)
(2) Hang out with Damien. We have a volatile reputation already, his injury is the perfect excuse to avoid getting embroiled in intrigue.
(3: optional) if it seems feasible, and Patrikas thinks we have a good chance of making a good impression, find whoever is responsible for the Praetorians and butter them up. Damiens injury will ensure that sharing the glory won't reduce our contribution. (Persuade).

>The Dance Floor (Female choices only, any social rank) It is perfectly socially acceptable to have multiple courtship attempts in this instance
(1) Dance with Maria Hewitt. By Pascae tradition we should have attempted to court her, we owe her at least a dance. Use this to express our sorrow and regret about how the duel with de Broulet ended, and our shame and having been bested by him in matters of spirit and honour let alone by skill in the first exchange. (Persuade)
(2) Miss Felicity Young. She's a commoner, so I'm sure she'll appreciate us dancing with her since she knows Rosalyn. If we were able to interest a Noble in being introduced earlier, bring that up. If not, just probe for ways to invest in her brothers company with her support. (Persuade)

(3: optional) Patrikas. Since we have a good relationship already, it should basically be a freebie for DC. Hopefully she can help us regarding how opinions about us have changed during the ball, and what to watch out for.
(4: optional)
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>>4343686
Well shit. I read Marco as Maria.

Goddamn.

Look it's 3am here, fuck it I'm going to sleep.
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>>4343725
just delete your vote and come back in the morning.
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>>4343686
I still stand by talking to Patrikas first, being a middleman for Felicity, and trying to reconcile with Duke Montbrun. Also tipping off the Bishop about the Clergyman in the murders.

It's a shame Maria isn't here, I guess we'll have to deal with some shade over the fact that we didn't try to court her so she didn't come and instead we showed up with a Cathagi exile.
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>>4343654
Emile is Haughty in his humility. If he thinks that he needs to make a penance, he'll make damn sure that he pays it so thoroughly there is no question that he might have shirked it.
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>>4343727
Anon we've never met Duke Montbrun, it's Duke Fallavon's heir that we injured.
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>>4343727
Go to bed mate. Your points are all over the place.
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>>4343727
dude your points are a mess go sleep and comeback with a fresh head
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>>4343454
>>4343462
>>4343472
>>4343504
>>4343513
Anons, please read these posts and replies by Forgotten before posting your interaction selections. They contain important information. For example, the first linked post here>>4343454 clarifies when it's socially acceptable to interact with high nobility as well as high clergy such as the Duke of Pascae and the Bishop of Pascae. Interacting with someone who's rank is higher than a lord outside the Ballroom arena or the Dance Floor will cause a -10DC modifier.

Please think through very carefully and discuss everything before deciding anything. The Fae Banquet went quite well because we discussed amongst ourselves, thought out the options, wrote good write-ins, and came up with a great interaction order.
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>>4343767
we should probably break down the discussion into stages and discuss what should take precedence in said stage and who's important to talk to.
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>>4343454
>The Palace Grounds
(1) Lady Frida Vancewell, Noble Daughter of Montbrun & heir apparent to House Vancewell + [Intrigue] + Basically try show some backbone. Ask cryptically about whether her servant of brown and green managed to return the greetings she sent to us? Goal is to try and put the plots at a standstill so we dont have to worry about another knife in our back.
(2) Lord Jeremiah de Broulert, Lord of Pascae = [Persuade] + Formal apology for the death of his son in the duel. Bow deeply and much remorse for his death. Do not bring up any justification of how we have endured the lightning as penance. He will not care about that the rest of Pascae knows of it already.

While its going to fail horribly, we are honourbound to do this as we are the one who faced off against his son. Thus we have to show our face to his father, endure his scorn.


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I'm am only using 2 options for the Palace Grounds segment. This is to preserve a +5DC for our interactions with what would likely be the most dangerous folks who mean us harm and the hardest to do intrigue or persuade against. We will need every edge we have.
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[1 of 3]
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>>4343797
>The Banquet Hall
(1) Sir Bartholomew Wavell, Noble Son of Pascae & heir apparent to House Wavell + [Persuade] + Formal introduction in a visible setting, keep him updated as to the investigation. Also show publically that we have a connection to the heir of House Wavell.

Basically Publicity. A show of we-know-some-movers in the city while keeping our backer up to date as to the investigation. He would be happy to know that there has been progress.

(2) Madameoiselle Juliet Gilbern, Noble Daughter of Montbrun + [Persuade] + Introduce ourselves to her as a friend of her brother. Ask after her family and congratulate her on her fine choice of suitor.

"And you must be the lovely Madameoiselle Gilbern. Your fairness is truely as resplondant as Sir Wavell would proclaim from ahorse. I am Sir Emile Andrei of Romaine and a friend of Sir Robert Gilbern. I understand that he is your brother?"

This is a natural seague into from Sir Wavell. Out of politeness, he will likely introduce us to her, from which we can tell her of our travels with her brother and how he lent us his lance and yet refused payment for it when we broke it in combat. I'm sure she would love to hear of how her brother is doing.

(3) Sir Robert Gilbern, Second Herald of the Ordo Reginae + [Persuade] + A greeting of friends who have not seen each other for some time. Talk of his sister whom we just met and then flash him the bones of the unknown saint. He must know what they mean.

"Sir Gilbern! It has been quite some time, my brother. I hope your work went well as I know it would. Did you know I just met your sister? She asked about you and was glad to hear of our stories on the road. You should talk to her, she misses you. Also my good friend, *show the relics, maybe under our shirt or in a pocket* I believe I have something to inform you of before the formal inquiry. I am still your loyal friend and servant to Canton."

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This segment should be safe enough the small risk to go into 0DC modifier and the progression of people to talk to comes naturally. If this goes well, we can save the Save for the later engagements in ball room.
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[2 of 3]
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>>4343799
>The Dance Floor (Female choices only, any social rank) It is perfectly socially acceptable to have multiple courtship attempts in this instance
(1) Lady Roselyn Andrei, Noble Daughter of Romaine + [Persuade] + Our sister, as our brother will not be able to have a dance with her. Hence it will fall to us to take for a spin as well. Also it is a good time to trade information gathered. Whos doing what, who to look out for. Who to beware. What we intend to do.

"Dear Sister, as our dear brother is inconvinenced, may I have this dance?" (Out on the Dance Floor) "Well then dear sister, how goes your schemes? I've got some news ive picked up..."

(2) The Patrikas Ianthe, Cathagi Exile + [Persuade] + Quietly discuss with her our questions about the slaver problem. We have shown nothing but honourable intentions to her and ask a boon of the information that she might know.

“Ma Belle, may I have this dance?" (Out on the Dance floor) "My Lady, I have some questions of a sensitive nature. I am trying to get to the bottom of a slaver case here in my home. I know it is practiced back in yours but I would not stand to see young canton children spirited away if I could do something about it. I have kept faith with you, bringing to your attention the possible attempt on your life and so I would ask for this boon of information."

(3) Lady Rabe, Noble Daughter of Montbrun + [Persuade] + Get to know her better, how is she enjoying the party and has she heard any interesting gossip?

"Ah My Lady, How are you enjoying tonight? It must be such a difference from back home, no? Heard anything interesting?"

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This dance is a breather from our interactions. All here are low risk and allows us a chance to collect ourselves and prepare for more in the later stages.
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[3 of 4 (fuck)]
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>>4343802
>The Ball Room (May interact with ranks higher than Lord)
(1) His Holiness Dominos Gilbern, Bishop of Pascae + [Persuade] + Introduction to his holiness as the chief priest of the province. Show all due humility due his rank and apologise for him needing to take time out of his busy schedule for the upcoming inquiry.

"Your Holiness? I am Sir Emile Andrei of Romaine. I have travelled with a group of Knight Comitas, escorting a group of faithful on their yearly pilgramage and we will soon henceforth depart for the final leg of our holy journey to the Cathagian shores. I must beg your forgiveness, that you would have to take time from your busy schedule to host the inquiry."

Basically lay some groundwork for the upcoming inquiry. I am very leery of revealing findings of our current investigation as we do not know how far up the rot has spread. The ledger will tell but the last thing we need is for us to be condemned so that our testimonial will be rendered useless.

(2) Master Ujarak, Cathagi Merchanta Caste + [Persuade] + Introduction as we will be travelling to his home. Inquire about Kharve and possible trade routes that might make their way to Romaine to bring a well needed economic boost to our home. Also namedrop our future service with the Dragonguard and try to learn more of Cathagi.

"Greetings Master Ujarak. I am Sir Emile Andrei of Romaine and I will soon be escorting a flock of pilgrims to your lands that they might pray where our faith began. I must say, the Khave I have tasted from your home is the most wondrous thing I have had. Would you be interested in trade convoys to Romaine?"

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Once again limited to 2 interactions due to the presence of the bishop for that +5DC. If we fuck that up, we might be in trouble at the inquiry.
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>>4343454
>The Palace Grounds
(1) Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]-Offer our sincere apologies over the matter of his son's death. Perhaps approaching him at the 1st possible opportunity shows our sincereity?
(2) Sir Bartholomew Wavell [Persuade]- Formal introduction in a visible setting, keep him updated as to the investigation.

>The Banquet Hall
(1) Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]-Congratulate him on his promotion, reaffirm our friendship (and deal with regards to Cathagi)
(2) Lady Rabe + (Karlaus) [Persuade]- Introduce the Rabes formally to our siblings
(3) Master Ujarak [Persuade]- As per >>4343803

>The Dance Floor
(1) Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade]- Get more info about our slaver case, mention our DG recommendation and offer to pass her info as well whilst we're in Cathagi
(2) Princess Antioinette Aubres [Persuade]- Dance with the Princess, get to know more about her
(3) Lady Roselyn Andrei [Persuade]- Discussing how the Ball has gone so far and what we've learnt; also spend some sibling time with our sister since we'll be away again for a while

>The Ball Room
(1) Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]- As per >>4343803
(2) Lady Rabe [Persuade]-Ask her what juicy rumours/gossip she's managed to hear about at the ball
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>>4341520
>i have some friends (matchmaking)[hearty]
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>>4343454
>The Palace Grounds
(1)-Sir Robert Gilbern, Second Herald of the Ordo Reginae + [Persuade] + [Write-in: ''Sir Gilbern, it is good to see you again, my friend. I have arrived to your Pascae homeland. I must say that, barring the thugs I fought last morning, it has been a pleasant experience for me thus far. It seems like this ball is going to be more like a family reunion than a ball to you. If you're in need of any help in this ball, then you count on me, Sir Gilbern. I won't mind any help either if you can.'' Help your Reginate friend in the ball and see if he can help you.]
(2)-Lady Frida Vancewell, Noble Daughter of Montbrun & heir apparent to House Vancewell + [Persuade] + [Write-in: ''Lady Vancewell, it is been a while since we met. How is the Marquis? His well being has been in my mind ever since Lord Duncan's Tourney. I pray that he is in good health and having a swift recovery. Have a pleasant evening and a great ball, my lady.'' Inquire about her fiance's good health and convey our wishes for his speedy recovery. Disarm her with sincere kindness, it might throw her off and will run interference if she tries to spread bad rumors of us later into the night.]

>The Banquet Hall
(1)-Lord Jeremiah de Broulert, Lord of Pascae + [Persuade] + [Write-in: First, respectfully bow and introduce yourself to the Lord de Broulert. Ask for his permission to sit beside him before sitting. ''Lord de Broulert, I'm Sir Emile Andrei of Romaine. I wish to offer my condolences and pay my respects to your late son, may the Almighty rest his soul, Sir de Broulert. Your son was a valiant and an honourable man, a true knight. He had the better of me in the duel and was also the better man, for he conducted himself chivalrously during the duel. The misfortune of his accidental death weighed heavily on my soul. I hope you can accept my apologies.'' Give your sincere apologies over the accidental death of his son.]
(2)-Captain Torres Lorenzo, Captain-General of the Golden Sun Company + [Intrigue] + [Write-in: Outmaneuver into revealing the location of Lazar. Try to obtain any information regarding the slave trafficking and habit killer cases.]

1/2
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>>4343454
>>4343908
>The Dance Floor
(1)-The Patrikas Ianthe, Cathagi Exile + [Persuade] + [Write-in: “Ma Belle, may I have this dance?" (Out on the Dance floor) "My Lady, I have some questions of a sensitive nature. I am trying to get to the bottom of a slaver case here in my home. I know it is practiced back in yours but I would not stand to see young canton children spirited away if I could do something about it. I also wish to inform you that I have obtained a recommendation for the Dragon Guard so know that I'm always happy to assist in any of your affairs whilst I'm in Cathago.'' Acquire more info about our slaver case, mention our DG recommendation and offer to assist her as well whilst we're in Cathagi.]
(2)-Lady Roselyn Andrei, Noble Daughter of Romaine + [Persuade] + [Write-in:''My dear sister, as our dear brother's current state is inconvenient, may I have this dance?" Offer our sister a dance to discuss the current state of the ball and trade information. Offer to help her regarding anything if she requires it. Spend some pleasant sibling time with our sister since we'll be away again for quite a while.]

>The Ball Room
(1)-Duke Leonardo Pascae, Duke of Pascae + [Persuade] + [Write-in: Arrange a meeting with the Duke to introduce the Patrikas to him and try to give him a good impression of her. Assist the Partikas in any way you can during the meeting.]
(2)-His Holiness Dominos Gilbern, Bishop of Pascae + [Persuade] + [Write-in:"Your Holiness? I am Sir Emile Andrei of Romaine. I have traveled with a group of Knight Comitas, escorting a group of faithful pilgrim on their yearly pilgrimage and we will soon henceforth depart for the final leg of our holy journey to the Cathagian shores. I must beg your forgiveness, that you would have to take time from your busy schedule to host the inquiry." Introduction to his holiness as the head priest of the duchy. Show all due respect and humility owed to his rank and apologise for him needing to take time out of his busy schedule for the upcoming inquiry.]

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Done. What do you think anons? Any critiques or suggestions are welcome.
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>>4343454
>The Palace Grounds
(1) Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
What the others said. We need to apologize and endure his displeasure.
(2) Sir Robert Gilbern, Second Herald of the Ordo Reginae [Persuade]
Get our friend to watch our back

>The Banquet Hall
(1) Lady Rabe, Noble Daughter of Montbrun [Courtship/Persuade] + Sir Karlaus Rabe, Noble Son of Montbrun [Persuade]
Introduce each other's families and show our interest to Lady Rabe
(2) Captain Torres Lorenzo, Captain-General of the Golden Sun Company [Intrigue]
Try to glean to into him and learn his schemes
(3) Mistress Selene, Cathagi Medusae Sect [Courtship/Persuade]
Learn more about the political situation in Carthagi and the power of the merchant class

>The Dance Floor
(1) Lady Frida Vancewell [Courtship]
Keep your enemies closer. Let's talk and straighten out any misunderstandings and see if she still wants us dead.
(2) Princess Antioinette Aubres [Courtship]
Our chances of marrying her are obviously minuscule but she has other uses as an ally and ear on the Royal court
(3) The Patrikas Ianthe, Cathagi Exile [Persuade]
Let's get her to spill everything out. We have protected her loyally so this one shouldn't be too hard


>The Ball Room
(1) Lady Roselyn Andrei, Noble Daughter of Romaine [Persuade]
Meet sister and exchange information on what we have learned tonight
(2) Duke Leonardo Pascae, Duke of Pascae [Persuade]
Curry favour on behalf of Patrikas
(3) Crown Prince Lionel Aubres, Eldest Son of the Cantôn Royal Family and Heir Apparent [Persuade]
Just try to make a good impression and ascertain his motives. Friends and sponsors in high places will help us get through a lot of things.
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>MFW trying to spreadsheet this vote

we don't fucking deserve forgotten
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>>4343866
When you dont update the thread >.<
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>>4343454
>The Palace Grounds
-The Patrikas Ianthe, Cathagi Exile + [Persuasion] + Ask her about her previous interactions with the guests here and what her assessment of these people are. Who should we avoid? Who is easy to pry information from? Who is currently conflicting with who etc. Try to gain some advantage going forward tonight

-Sir Robert Gilbern, Second Herald of the Ordo Reginae + [Persuasion] + Congratulate him on his promotion, let him know we'll soon be in Cathagi and that we remember our previous conversation concerning information making its way back to him and hint that if the Bishop of Pascae requests a member of the Ordo Reginae to be present soon for a closed meeting, we would very much appreciate he insist on being the man to go

>The Banquet Hall
-Sir Damien Andrei + [Intrigue?] + check in on him, make sure he's doing ok, no Hewitts closing in

-Sir Karlaus Rabe, Noble Son of Montbrun + [Persuasion] + Introduce him to our brother and sister and share the story of the battle from yesterday, Rabe loves that shit

>The Dance Floor (Female choices only, any social rank)
-Lady Rabe, Noble Daughter of Montbrun + [Courtship] + We are already super tight her with brother and she's a strong women with sharp wit which is something we're accustomed to. She's great. Spend some time dancing and chatting with her and getting to know her. Tighten the bonds between our families

-The Patrikas Ianthe, Cathagi Exile + [Persuasion] + Firstly check in on her, see how she's doing. Talk about our upcoming trip to Cathagi, see if she has any useful info for us. Things to be aware of, areas to avoid

-Princess Antoinette Aubres, Eldest Daughter of the Cantôn Royal Family + [Courtship] + Audacious as fuck yes, but some light courtship - nothing serious, just a dance and a friendly chat - could gain significant benefit with only mild risk. Surely many knights and nobles want to dance with her, we can simply say we were just captivated etc. It'll certainly confirm our family as being back in the game if nothing else.

>The Ball Room (May interact with ranks higher than Lord)

-His Holiness Dominos Gilbern, Bishop of Pascae + [Persuasion] + Pay our respects, speak highly of the pilgrims and especially Father Towbray, Sister Ignatius and the Knight Comitas. Try to gain some favour here, nothing outlandish, just have him see us in a good light

-Lord Jeremiah de Broulert, Lord of Pascae + [Persuasion] + Curry favour with him and extol the virtues and skill of not only the Ordo Praetor here in the city but the watchmen. Talk about how successfully they rooted out the rot that was "The Hole" and keep the city safe and that it is thanks to his watchful eye and skill at managing a city as large is this
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Pic related is the numbers so far, unless things change immensely we can begin to make a plan round these numbers If you see an error correct me

>Palace grounds
1) should be a Sir Robert Gilbern persuasion

2)as it's a split between Wavell/Vancewell/Broulert so we should consider what each option means and if it should ultimately be pursued with the 3rd or 4th slot

>The ball room
1) is a split between a persuade roll with the Rabes or Intriguing Lorenzo and the deffered option safely in the 2 slot

2)Damien should probably occupy this slot with a checkup of the social kind

>Dance floor
1)Patrikas has the most votes with a heavy lean towards Persuasion though I sincerly think this should be an intrigue

2)is a Roselyn persuasion check which is tied with trying to court Princess Antionette like a madlad

3)IF we go for a third option not from above we're tied between Rabe & Vancewell courtships

>The Ball Room
1)Socialising with the Bishop of pascae is primary candidate looking to improve our standing with him for our coming hearing

2)Is a social persuasion with the crown prince to see if we can't make a friend of him Yes I realise the total tally for him is fudged
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>>4343929
Supporting
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>>4343454
>>4343844
I'll back this one.

Bless all the anons for writing these up
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>>4343797
>>4343799
>>4343802
>>4343803
>>4343454
supporting this anon
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>>4343844
>>4343454
I'll back this, I just hope we don't roll too badly.
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>>4343454

I'll vote for these:
>>4343797
>>4343799
>>4343802
>>4343803

The ideas sound and the grouping of adverse and benign interactions for the DC advantages on the potentially dangerous ones make sense.
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>>4343454
Backing this >>4343844
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>>4343844
>>4343454
I'll also support this course of action. This is the perfect amount of boat rocking for Emile.
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>>4343929
support
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i'd like to point out with our "bad boy" rep we may have a better chance with princess then one would think
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>>4343844
>>4343454

Imma just gonna support this and not even read what I wrote last night.
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>>4344517
Caine in the Streets, Adam in the Sheets
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>>4343454

>The Palace Grounds
(1)Captain Torres Lorenzo, Captain-General of the Golden Sun Company,Intrigue, ask him about his company, talk about how well armored they all are and mybe metion about the street fight and if he knows of any special places to have fun at. See if we can get him to slip up about knowing anything with the hole and the port murder.

(2)Sir Robert Gilbern, Second Herald of the Ordo Reginae,Persuade/Intrigue, say hi and catch up, congratulations on get a promotion, ask him how his task went that he wanted our help with and ask about the rumour that a noble house is getting axed.

(3:)Mistress Selene, Cathagi Medusae Sect,Persuade/Intrigue befriend her, and ask what shes is doing over here, and about the dragon and what the Medusa sect dose and ask if she would go talk with our sister ,as they probs get alone. Mybe she would slip up that shes part of the people trying to kill our date.

>The Banquet Hall
(1)The Patrikas Ianthe, Cathagi Exile,Persuade/Intrigue have fun, ask more about her and her homeland, what dose her title mean, try again to find out more about thr information shes saleing.

(2)Sir Karlaus Rabe, Noble Son of Montbrun,Persuade, hang out, talk about last nights fight, ask him about us coming over to his castle and if it would be fine if we dnaced with his sister, he can dance with ours.

(3)Sir Damien Andrei, Noble Son of Romaine & heir apparent to House Andrei, Persuade, hang out ask how he is doing and if he is going to marry anyone thats here tonight.

Well my phone killed some of my post and its too long to do it in one go, so gota make 2 of these.
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Supporting a mix of this >>4343665 and this >>4343929
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>>4344614
>>4343454
The Dance Floor
(1)The Patrikas Ianthe, Cathagi Exile,Courtship, sexy flirty dance time give this lady the foxtrot, show her much enager this young stallion has in him.

(2)Lady Rabe, Noble Daughter of Montbrun,Courtship, fun flirty dance time, talk about her and stuff and coming by there Castel latter own.

(3)Lady Roselyn Andrei, Noble Daughter of Romaine,Persuade, have fun and talk about tonight and what the plans are for the rest of the evening.

>The Ball Room (May interact with ranks higher than Lord)
(1)His Holiness Dominos Gilbern, Bishop of Pascae,Persuade/Intrigue, befriend him and try to get him to tell us more about our hearing for seeing stuff.

(2)Lord Caspian Gilbern, Lord-Protector of Port Bounty,Persuade/Intrigue, befriend, ask about the port muder case and the street battle, any ideas about who paid off the mud coats. See if we can get him to start looking into a slave ring here and to investigate Captain Torres Lorenzo, Captain-General of the Golden Sun Company.

(3)Duke Friedrich Montbrun, Duke of Montbrun,Persuade just hang out and get him to like us.

And finaly got thpugh all that.
I swear courts are worse then battles.
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>>4344691
Stamina*
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>>4343651
>>4343665
>>4343797
>>4343799
>>4343802
>>4343803
>>4343844
>>4343929
>>4344614
>>4344691
Supporting these
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>>4344034
It saddness me that people only want to pump our date for information and not get a sex lesson latter on, then we get the information from pellow talk, flrting is how your going to get this sliver fox to spill her secrets.
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>>4343929
+1

>>4344721
Anon she's going to embarrass us so bad in bed.
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>>4344742
Its called haveing your mind blown and learning, older chicks tend be freaker and she probs find our lack of experience cute and then we impress her with the power of youthfull stamina and an upside she shes not going to be able to have babys.

since we only had one sexual encounter pretty much anyone is going to make us look bad in bed so we beeter start leaning for our weeding night.
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>>4343454
>>The Palace Grounds
>(1) -Master Ujarak, Cathagi Merchanta Caste
[Intrigue]
>(2) -Sir Robert Gilbern, Second Herald of the Ordo Reginae [Persuade]
>(3: optional) -Sir Marco Hewitt, Noble Son of Pascae [Intrigue]
>(4: optional) -Mistress Selene, Cathagi Medusae Sect [Intrigue]
>>The Banquet Hall
>(1) -Sir Heinrich Norwache, Noble Son of Montbrun [Persuade]
>(2) - -Sir Karlaus Rabe, Noble Son of Montbrun [Persuade]
>(3: optional) --The Patrikas Ianthe, Cathagi Exile [Persuade]
>(4: optional) -Sir Damien Andrei, Noble Son of Romaine & heir apparent to House Andrei [Intrigue]
>>The Dance Floor (Female choices only, any social rank) It is perfectly socially acceptable to have multiple courtship attempts in this instance
>(1) -The Patrikas Ianthe, Cathagi Exile + [Courtship]
>(2) -Lady Frida Vancewell, Noble Daughter of Montbrun & heir apparent to House Vancewell [Intrigue]
>(3: optional) -Lady Roselyn Andrei, Noble Daughter of Romaine [Intrigue]
>(4: optional) -Sir Damien Andrei, Noble Son of Romaine & heir apparent to House Andrei [Intrigue]
>>The Ball Room (May interact with ranks higher than Lord)
>(1) -Lord Caspian Gilbern, Lord-Protector of Port Bounty [Persuade]
>(2) Captain Torres Lorenzo, Captain-General of the Golden Sun Company [Intrigue]
>(3: optional) -Lady Rabe, Noble Daughter of Montbrun [Persuade]
>(4: optional) -Sir Damien Andrei, Noble Son of Romaine & heir apparent to House Andrei [Intrigue]


Okay so putting it into basic terms:

Palace Grounds- With the Cathagi intrigue to basically get an idea if they are the ones who are out to get our charge for the evening. Sir Robert Gilbern to greet an old friend to both renew it and to invite him to be one of the ones to release us from our silence when the whole "Angel" things needs to be reviewed by the church.

Banquet Hall- I imagine this will be a more celebratory area/time so I thought getting to know/strengthening our bonds with our Montbrun allies(?) would be prudent and dining with our charge & "getting to know them more" for the purposes of eventually getting info from them or otherwise.

Dance Floor- Pretty straight forward. First Dance to our charge for the night show (Yes I picked courtship sue me.) Second dance with Lady Vancewell mostly for that classic talk while dancing" thing. Third our sister because our brother isn't in dancing form and to swap secrets of what we learned tonight.

Ball Room- I would like to imagine that the Lord Protector knows about the goings on in his city and has no doubt heard about the battle in the slums. Maybe we can get them on our side for them the inevitable shoe drops from what the Ledger leads us. Captain Torres is basically, find out as much as possible about this spider in our conspiricy web. Lady Rabe, see how things are going up north and just get on better terms.

You will notice that in every available spot that is not important is our brother. Just keep an eye on him throughout the whole thing.
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>>4344793
this is me >>4343095
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>>4344721
Well that's just the accrued data, I'll be honest if had my way we'd be protecting her but putting our courtship interests elsewhere but apparently the dance floor phase is more important for pumping Patrikas for info and dancing with our sister than some top tier political waifus.

Sans Daubney of course
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>>4343454

I would vote for these
>>4343797
>>4343799
>>4343802
>>4343803
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Ree ip reset. This is me.
>>4345191
>>4339923
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New numbers disregarding multivote support

looks like Palace gardens is fairely sorted if we are willing to dedicate all 4 interactions

Banquet hall feels a bit weird to me considering we may basically be doubling up on Intrigue/persuasion interactions with Gilbern and Patrikas

Dance Floor is a fairly concise field though as I said we may want to reconsider things Patrikas if we are going to intrigue/persuade in the Banquet hall, Rabe & Vancewell are tied for a 4th interaction if we go for it

Ballroom is also fairly sorted Bishop Gilbern is no.1 by a wide margin followed by Duke of Pascae or the Prince, Rabe & Roselyn are tied for that 4th slot though.
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>>4345272
4 in every slot is reckless, considering that Emile is by far a novice compared to these experienced schemers and plotters. That +5DC is there for a reason and erring on the side of caution makes sense when a disaster here would mean hell for our family.
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>>4345285
Yeah 4 is dangerous personally I think only the Dance floor should have that many interactions, the problem is at least as far as the flat numbers are concerned the 3rd & 4th slots tend to tied a lot
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>>4345294
We can ideally do a 3 slot if we fill a particular segment with only interactions with allies and friends. That'll make the DC more manageable since they will likely be already ready to help us.

But those dealing with the Vancewell, broulet and the bishop should all ideally have the +5DC due to their importance.
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>>4345272
If we squeeze Patrikas for her secrets in the Banquet Hall then we can fit 3 people for the Ballroom.
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>>4345302
sticking to three sounds like a good rule of thumb, though I'm not sure relying on our friends or allies to help is something we can do, but I may be wrong about that.

Vancewell seems a bit like a Shadowrun concern as the last attempt strikes me as an opportunistic attempt that snowballed by failure, considering the bonuses we have for dealing with the clergy I think we may be safer considering we probably won't be making a ridiculous request like being canonised as a saint or something.

>>4345303
unless the numbers change drastically I don't think Patrikas spilling her secrets will have the support to try that on anywhere but the dancefloor
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>>4345315
Meant as in interacting with those whom Emile already has a connection with or are neutral in nature. Like my planned meeting with Sir Gilbern, Sir Wavell and Lady Gilbern.

There will be 3 interactions with no DC modifier, however the interactions are likely to be:
1) Things they want (Sir Wavell, updating him on the investigation)
2) Talking to a comrade (Sir Gilbern, whom we are friends with and have also given our word in helping to keep an eye on Cathagi)
3) A neutral party who would not likely be averse to speaking to us (Lady Gilbern)

The DC for these three should not be difficult and hence we could easily do the 3 of them together in one sequence without endangering the interactions and relationships.
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Guys. Courting Lady Vancewell is the chaddest of moves. Pass or fail, the sheer audacity would be unrivaled. Imagine the look in Sir Gilbern’s face as he pisses himself laughing in the corner. That’s reason enough, even if it fails completely. But if we knigga up and pass the attempt...

And you have to admit that there is no other potential courtship that can be anywhere near as interesting.
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>>4345326
And forever make the future Duke of Fallavon our permanent enemy of us and our family?
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>>4342416
This is me btw. My net went down yesterday.
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>>4345272
I tried making something that sticks to 3 people per round and incorporates most votes.

>The Palace Grounds
(1) Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
(2) Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
(3) Captain Torres Lorenzo [Intrigue]

>The Banquet Hall
(1) Lady Rabe [Persuade/Courtship] + Sir Karlaus Rabe [Persuade]
(2) Patrikas [Persuade/Courtship]
(3) Mistress Selene, Cathagi Medusae Sect [Courtship/Persuade]
(4) Damien, just checking on him. No interaction here.

>The Dance Floor
(1) Roselyn [Persuade]
(2) Princess Antioinette Aubres [Courtship]
(3) Lady Frida Vancewell [Courtship]

>The Ball Room
(1) Bishop Gilbern [Persuade]
(2) Duke Leonardo Pascae [Persuade]
(3) Crown Prince Lionel Aubres [Persuade]

R8. No detailed plan on talking to them because anons above me have already written the details. Deleted previous post for a few mistakes.
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>>4345326
She's hot as hell but no. She is engaged and promised to Marquis Caspian Fallavon (who is clearly smitten and infatuated with her), so it won't go anywhere even if we successfully court her. Even if she personally falls in love with Emile, her lord father sure as hell won't allow us anywhere near her let alone marry her, especially after what happened with Emile and Sir Hast Vancewell. Why would her lord father allow her, the sole heiress of House Vancewell, to marry a landless second born knight over the heir of the Duchy of Fallavon?
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>>4345332
>make an enemy of the guy we crippled
I think that ship has sailed
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>>4345351
Actually no. We successfully persuaded Lady Elisabeth Fallavon into promising us to convince her lord father and her brother that it was an accident and to forgive us. That's why House Fallavon is neutral right now.
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>>4345348
>She is engaged and promised to Marquis Caspian Fallavon
They were never engaged, he was only courting her
And she was obviously going along with it for political reasons herself

>who is clearly smitten and infatuated with her
He thought she was hot


I’ll grant you that convincing lord Vancewell would be quite a hurdle if we were to pursue marriage. But this is literally the first stage so let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves
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>>4345351
Hes not crippled. Hes badly injured. If he was maimed for life, we would not have gotten out of fallavon alive. Furthermore we managed to convince his sister that it was an accident and their family would not be hostile to us.

Now he would likely hold a grudge against us for him missing the big event in Romaine and for injuring him like this but doing this would turn it into an outright feud.

>>4345360
Oh hes smitten alright.

>”The beautiful and enrapturing Lady Frida Vancewell. Sole daughter and now heiress to her father’s lands. Quite a catch, I might say.”

>”As pale as moonlight, full lips that can break or heal my heart with their frowns or smiles.” The Duke’s son sighs dreamily. ”And no slouch in the courtroom battlegrounds, I tell you! Wits sharp as a razor and a tongue to match!”
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>>4345326

And STV continues to have the best memes.
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>>4345320
I got what you meant I just don't believe its going to necessarily affect other checks unless we specifally go after some sort of Buff like say using Gilbern as a wingmen for trying to court the Princess.

>>4345326
I mean here? maybe the princess but thats if she has a good hook for why we should court her

Shame Daubney isn't here I find her pessimism about Good winning over evil to fit right in with our Idealist Kniggas own adventures.

>>4345332
Why not? we already crippled the guy!

kidding aside I don't even know if we'll succede or not but I can Imagine Emille being in some sort of Femme fatale attraction considering she *may* have tried to kill him also it would be an interesting dynamic if we did end up courting her considering the hiccups over properly courting her or the possibility of engaging in a less than honest relationship with her.

>>4345347
Im going to generate a list of the general votes but I think this looks pretty good for a general list anon.
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>>4345356
>>4345365
>persuade Lady Elisabeth Fallavon
>3 Successes
>Lady Fallavon accepts hurting her brother was an accident in a risky endeavor and appreciates your concern. House Fallavon is indifferent to you.

While House Fallavon may not hate us the future duke certainly does.

Look. Is courting Lady Vancewell a bad idea... maybe, probably, definitely a bad idea politically for sure.
Buuut is it also an absolute gigantic steel balls chad knigga move?
Absolutely.

The bottom line is that courting Lady Vancewell is would be an absolutely wild ride that would be rife with drama.
And that’s what I’m all for.
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>>4345400
Shit my id changed.
This is me
>>4345351
>>4345360
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>>4345400
>While House Fallavon may not hate us the future duke certainly does.

No, he knows that it was an accident since his sister promised Emile to convince him that it was and tell him that Emile is sincerely sorry. He'll forgive Emile for the accidental injury and accept Emile's apologies, but he won't forgive Emile for deliberately seducing his crush and taking her from him. Emile will become a rival suitor then.
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>>4345381
General votes
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>>4345409
pretty sure the princess is in the dance hall bruv
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>>4345427
You're right my bad
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>>4345347
Palace Grounds
>Broulert
Checks out

>Gilbern
Checks out if anons don't mind swapping phases

>Lorenzo
Checks out if Anons dont mind swapping phases and using the third slot

Banquet Hall
>L.Rabe+S.Rabe
Checks out

>Patrikas
Checks out if Anon don't mind swapping phases

>Mistress Selene
Will check out if anons don't mind swapping phases, otherwise Damien wins out 'if we even want to use the 4th slot

>Damien
Checks out replace with as 4th if Selene changes, replacment might be Mademoiselle Gilbern or Selene I'm not sure.

The Dance Floor
>Roselyn
Checks out

>Princess Antioninette
Checks out

>Vancewell
Vancewell will tie with Lady Rabe from phase votes, if Vancewell gets crossphase support she will outvote Rabe.

The Ballroom
>Bishop Gilbern
Checks out

>Duke Pascae
Checks out, tied with Prince Lionel

>Prince Lionel
Checks out, tied with Duke Pascae

I certainly haven't covered all the contentions but it looks fairely balanced as things stand
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>>4345347
Support. Meets most people on my checklist.
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I'm seeing alot of votes for the Duke of Pascae which are basically 'currying favour for the exile' or 'introducing the exile to the duke'.

Theres this post by Forgotten which shows this action is not required. >>4343513
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>>4345447
You're right that basically means a bunch of the Dukes support is moot if not cannabilised for another purpose

Ballroom should look like this if thats the case
>Dominos Gilbern 10
>Lionel Aubres 5
>Roselyn 4
>Lady Rabe 4
>Master Ujarak/Lord Gilbern 2
>Duke Pascae 1
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>>4345459
pretty sure there were some prince votes there?
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>>4345462
Lionel Aubres is the prince
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>>4345447
That's fine then. We could leave the 3th slot of the Ballroom empty or meet someone else we missed.
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>>4345487
I'd say Lady Rabe under Persuade, it would clear up the contention for the third Dance floor vote.


but that may just be me
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>>4345326
This might just be the best OC Sworn to Valour meme to date, I love it!
I have been really busy with change of employment admin and rental applications, that sort of thing. Haven't had a chance to get a full count, though I really appreciate the anons keeping a tally. I'll still double-check, but with this much inpute those tallies are very helpful!

Expect a further update sometime tomorrow morning (ETA 16 hours), I'll try to format everything so that a final vote to lock in options from the most popular suggestions.

Also, it appears that I was remiss in having Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny absent. Something of a dark horse compared to Ava Sinclair and Lady Rabe it stands to chance that she make an appearance here with her mother trying to marry her off again. I am happy to include her, either as a genuine interaction or a nod to the few die-hard fans she still has among the anons here.

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>Include interacting with Mademoiselle Daubeny as an option. Let the people decide! [Daubeny is a rolled interaction]

>Include a scene with Daubeny, but nothing requiring Persuasion/Courtship/Intruige. Dark Horse cameo. [Daubeny is not a rolled interaction]
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>>4345509
>Include interacting with Mademoiselle Daubeny as an option. Let the people decide! [Daubeny is a rolled interaction]
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>>4345509
glad I could help at least a little forgotten


>Include interacting with Mademoiselle Daubeny as an option. Let the people decide! [Daubeny is a rolled interaction]

GIB PROTECTING THAT SMILE
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>>4345509
>Include interacting with Mademoiselle Daubeny as an option. Let the people decide! [Daubeny is a rolled interaction]
YES

If Daubeny got in then replace Duke Pascae from my plan here >>4345347 with Daubeny [Courtship]
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>>4345516
supporting replacment
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>>4345509
>Include interacting with Mademoiselle Daubeny as an option. Let the people decide! [Daubeny is a rolled interaction]
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>>4345509
>>Include interacting with Mademoiselle Daubeny as an option. Let the people decide! [Daubeny is a rolled interaction]

God dammit.

YES.

I will fit her into my plans if i have to burn for it.
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>>4345509
>>Include interacting with Mademoiselle Daubeny as an option. Let the people decide! [Daubeny is a rolled interaction]
MUST RESTORE THAT SMILE
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>>4345509
>Include interacting with Mademoiselle Daubeny as an option. Let the people decide! [Daubeny is a rolled interaction]
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What the in Pit... I honestly thought it was just a few anons pining for her.
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>>4345531
Knigga's instinctually know when a smiles worth protecting apparentlly
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>>4345347
>>4345516
Supporting this plan to protecc smiles
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>>4345531
It certainly helped that you fleshed her out in with her appearances throughout this quest.

And it was all the more heartbreaking.
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He Protec
He shield smack
but most importantly
He protec smile
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>>4345547
>He protec smile

Smile, he protec
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>>4345549
Thats better allteration
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>>4345509

I'll edit my plan for the dance floor here:
>>4343802
>The Dance Floor (Female choices only, any social rank) It is perfectly socially acceptable to have multiple courtship attempts in this instance
(1) Lady Roselyn Andrei, Noble Daughter of Romaine + [Persuade] + Our sister, as our brother will not be able to have a dance with her. Hence it will fall to us to take for a spin as well. Also it is a good time to trade information gathered. Whos doing what, who to look out for. Who to beware. What we intend to do.

"Dear Sister, as our dear brother is inconvinenced, may I have this dance?" (Out on the Dance Floor) "Well then dear sister, how goes your schemes? I've got some news ive picked up..."

(2) The Patrikas Ianthe, Cathagi Exile + [Persuade] + Quietly discuss with her our questions about the slaver problem. We have shown nothing but honourable intentions to her and ask a boon of the information that she might know.

“Ma Belle, may I have this dance?" (Out on the Dance floor) "My Lady, I have some questions of a sensitive nature. I am trying to get to the bottom of a slaver case here in my home. I know it is practiced back in yours but I would not stand to see young canton children spirited away if I could do something about it. I have kept faith with you, bringing to your attention the possible attempt on your life and so I would ask for this boon of information."

(3) Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny, Noble Daughter of Aubrey + [Courtship] + Get to know her better, how is she enjoying the party and how has she been doing?

"My Lady Daubeny, a pleasant surprise. I didn't expect to see you here today. Have you been well?"

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Want to see her smile again.
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>>4345531
remember if sinclar wasn't at the tourney we would of gone for her
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long time lurker here wish i was more active if only to protect that smile
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>>4345509
>Include interacting with Mademoiselle Daubeny as an option. Let the people decide! [Daubeny is a rolled interaction]
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>>4345509
>>Include interacting with Mademoiselle Daubeny as an option. Let the people decide! [Daubeny is a rolled interaction]
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>>4345509
>Include interacting with Mademoiselle Daubeny as an option. Let the people decide! [Daubeny is a rolled interaction]

This is one favour im not going to relinquish.

Let he who dares face us die by dice.
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>>4345529
>>4345669
Anon you voted twice.
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>>4345686
My bad ignore the 2nd one
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>>4345691
Anyway if Daubeny goes though like it probably will for my plan >4343844 replace the last Lady Rabe interaction in the Ball Room with Lady Daubeny [Courtship]
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Huh.

If this pans out, the Hewitts are gonna have a blood feud with us.

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”Actually Lady Rabe, he’s probably here to try out his new armour and horse before the Grand Tourney. House Hewitt just came into a bit of wealth recently so I don’t think he’s necessarily chasing prize money.”

”How did you know that, Ava?” Lady Fallavon’s voice is decidedly interested, her attention melting the composure of the red-haired maiden like a candle in a monastery.

”Oh. Oh, um…my cousin… he mentioned something about new trade goods in the Pascae ports and that… Hewitt’s family… trade?” Mademoiselle Sinclair winces as her ability to procure sensible sentences collapses.
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It looks like the copper clippers might be involved in exporting slaves to Cathagi. What with the increased demand for slavemeats that we hear of.
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>>4345704
Yeah that was my inkling but we don't have much to back it up.

But I say bring on being on the Hewitt shitlist
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>>4345509
>>Include interacting with Mademoiselle Daubeny as an option. Let the people decide! [Daubeny is a rolled interaction]

Wouldn't even mind changing my plan here >>4344793 so that Mademoiselle Daubeny gets the first dance.
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>>4345509
>>Include interacting with Mademoiselle Daubeny as an option. Let the people decide! [Daubeny is a rolled interaction]
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>>4345704
>>4345705
It'll more likely be a personal feud between Emile and Sir Marco Hewitt (already our rival) rather than a general feud with House Hewitt since Sir Marco is the one who might be secretly exporting slaves to Cathago. I don't think the other Hewits like Lady Maria and her brother Sir Domigo know of Sir Marco's illegal criminal activities. Sir Marco must've lied to them and told them that he earned his wealth legally.
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>>4345716
I dunno we kinda debased the Marco boy when we killed Broulert and if the Hewitt finances are involved the house will face some serious losses if brought to light.
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>>4345718
>debased

Devasted* fucking phoneposting
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>>4345718
>>4345719
That was because Sir de Broulert's favour fell on us.

>“Forgive him, Sir Andrei. Sir Domigo Hewitt is… distraught that Sir de Broulert’s favour should fall to you.”

I don't think he's devastated anymore since we just returned the favour and left it without any courting.
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>>4345725
That's fair however I think Broulerts death did us no favors with him
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Just doing some more shameless Vancewell propaganda posting
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>>4345509
>Include a scene with Daubeny, but nothing requiring Persuasion/Courtship/Intruige. Dark Horse cameo. [Daubeny is not a rolled interaction
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>>4345796
where'd you get the head from? I want to Vancwellpost.
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>>4345810
I might be wrong but I think that's canon Emile Andreis head
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>>4345811
Wrong head man I mean Vancewells
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>>4345810
I just cropped it in photoshop from pic related from an earlier thread
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>>4345815
Ha yeah I realise that now. Woops
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>>4345811
Correct
>>4345810
Here is Vancewell’s head (not the brother. Sir Gilbert has that one)

Enjoy!
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>>4345816
>>4345834
cheers Kniggas

>>4345818
an easy mistake considering I didn't specify which head
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Why oh why are are some people trying to court a woman whose brother we got killed and who, if I remember correctly, is engaged? There is no great reason to do so and it densest seem like something Emile would do.
As for some of the other courting, we are escorting a lady, so it would be bad form to court other women, at least right of the bat(especially the Princess!). And then there are some anons who want to court for information when we can go for persuasion instead. And stop trying to make Emile a sexual chad, he has never been that and has only had sex once in the story and broke it off the day after. We are trying to exemplify what it means to be a knight of Canton, so lets keep doing are best
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>>4342100
>Include interacting with Mademoiselle Daubeny as an option. Let the people decide! [Daubeny is a rolled interaction]
Absolutely yes
I hope she's secretly a Yandere, all meek and sad on the outside but a crazed killer at the thought of losing ANOTHER man
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>>4346204
>>4342100
Me
>>4345509
>Include interacting with Mademoiselle Daubeny as an option. Let the people decide! [Daubeny is a rolled interaction]
Knowing you, Forgotten, the Dark Horse will be another suitor >:(
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>>4345509
>>Include interacting with Mademoiselle Daubeny as an option. Let the people decide! [Daubeny is a rolled interaction]
Let's say hello!
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>>4344529
Emipe Andrei, making Kniggas and Noble Ladies lie down.
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>>4345509
>Include interacting with Mademoiselle Daubeny as an option. Let the people decide! [Daubeny is a rolled interaction]

>>4345347
>>4345516
Support
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Upon further thought I feel we should include
[Lord Caspian Gilbern, Lord-Protector of Port Bounty]+[Persuade]+[See if he can arrange greater rewards for the fallen members of the 17th rota Port watch, given how well they accredited themselves well in pursuit of the law, and fighting along side us.]
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I have to travel back to the city and get ready to relocate to the more remote areas of the country; buying the requisite boomerangs, crocodile repellent and bowie knives. This will likely be the last couple of posts from this ID for this thread. My aim is to start up a new thread asking for rolls sometime next week in a new thread. This upcoming vote will be the final lock in of the most popular suggestions. It is not necessary to vote on verbatim write-ins at this point, given the sheer number and quality of them I will pick and choose from the multitude of write-ins for what I feel will net you the most advantage.

Can I just say thank you to all you players, it warms my little QM heart to see so many kniggas so clearly involved in the quest and your thought-out interactions and discussions surrounding the pros and cons of every choice are a great improvement on the shitflinging that haunted some of our earlier threads. Though there was some morbid entertainment to be had there to, I’ll admit.

Come what may, I am proud that you kniggas have persevered with Sir Andrei and kept our boy alive this long, not to mention his family and friends as well. The kid gloves were taken off long ago (as if they were ever on in the first place) and it is no small feat that Sir Emile Andrei is still breathing, let alone as accomplished as he is now.
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>>4346994
<3
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>>4346994
>Can I just say thank you to all you players, it warms my little QM heart to see so many kniggas so clearly involved in the quest

Props to you too Forgotten, I don't think we'd care half as much about this game if you didn't put in the effort. The world you've made feels huge and deep. It's been a blast so far
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>>4346994
fug your stuck in vic bro?
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>I have to travel back to the city and get ready to relocate to the more remote areas of the country; buying the requisite boomerangs, crocodile repellent and bowie knives.

Hahaha, what the christ.


Also its been a ride. I love it.
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>>4347000
Nah man, Land of the Queen
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>>4346994
> The kid gloves were taken off long ago (as if they were ever on in the first place)

> First character died in the first thread

Yeah nah, I don't ever feel that our choices didn't matter and thanks for that.
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>>4347031
Haha yeah I mean we literally died in the first thread
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>>4347032
Damien would have died this thread if it weren't for that doubles too.
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Sandag, 4th Day of Acrimun, 883 A.C.E., Port Bounty – Evening
The Duke of Pascae’s 198th Annual Ball


I have checked and tallied the votes, and those summaries provided by anons were very helpful in writing up this final consensus vote. Some characters were evenly spread out over two or more arenas, I will include votes for both locations but if they win both votes in each arena I will make sure they are only included in the more popular one.

For the Dance Floor, given the setting, I am assuming that there is at least some degree of courtship/flirtation even in the Persuade focus choices (except with your sister ofc). This is perfectly socially acceptable, unlike at the tournament where courting every woman present would have been a step beyond the chad-event-horizon.

Please vote on:
1) The number of interactions for each arena.
2) The interaction selections that you wish to be included.

Priority will be decided by the number of votes, with the number of interactions being the cut-off point. Ties between interactions will be decided via roll-off. The vote will remain open for 24 HOURS. As usual, no 1 post IDs will be accepted without links to earlier votes.

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The Palace Grounds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvFH_6DNRCY

-Interactions: (2 / 3 / 4)

>Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
>Lady Frida Vancewell [Intrigue]
>Sir Bartholomew Wavell [Persuade]

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The Banquet Hall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rRzfWF6gGk

-Interactions: (2 / 3 / 4)

>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
>Lady Brunhilde Rabe [Persaude]
>Captain Torres Lorenzo [Intrigue]
>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade]
>Mademoiselle Gillbern
>Sir Bartholomew Wavell
>Mistress Selene [Persuade/Courtship]
>Master Ujarak [Persuade]
>Sir Karlaus Rabe [Persuade]

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The Dance Floor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qx2lMaMsl8

-Interactions: (2 / 3 / 4)

>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade/Courtship]
>Lady Roselyn Andrei [Persuade]
>Princess Antoinette Aubres [Courtship]
>Lady Frida Vancewell [Courtship]
>Lady Brunhilde Rabe [Persuade/Courtship]
>Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny [Courtship]

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The Ball Room https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzCL9uLkQSI

-Interactions: (2 / 3 / 4)

> Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
> Crown Prince Lionel Aubres [Persuade]
> Duke Leonardo Pascae [Pascae]
> Lady Roselyn Andrei [Persuade]
> Lady Brunhilde Rabe [Persuade]
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> Duke Leonardo Pascae [Pascae]
* [Persuade]

Bugger.
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>>4347101

The Palace Grounds
>2
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
>Sir Bartholomew Wavell [Persuade]

The Banquet Hall
>2
>Sir Karlaus Rabe [Persuade]
>Mademoiselle Gillbern

The Dance Floor
>3
>Lady Brunhilde Rabe [Persuade/Courtship]
>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade/Courtship]
>Princess Antoinette Aubres [Courtship]


The Ball Room
>2
> Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
> Duke Leonardo Pascae [Pascae]
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>>4347101
PG
3
>Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
DESU
3
>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade]
>Master Ujarak [Persuade]
>Captain Torres Lorenzo [Intrigue]
TDF
3
>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade/Courtship]
>Princess Antoinette Aubres [Courtship]
>Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny [Courtship]
TBR
3
> Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
> Crown Prince Lionel Aubres [Persuade]
> Duke Leonardo Pascae [Pascae]
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>>4347113
>DESU
DAMN YOU HIROHITO AND YOUR AUTO CORRECT
also i was this anon>>4345600
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>>4347101
The Palace Grounds (2)

>Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
>Lady Frida Vancewell [Intrigue]

The Banquet Hall (3)

>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade]
>Captain Torres Lorenzo [Intrigue]
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]

The Dance Floor (2)

>Princess Antoinette Aubres [Courtship]
>Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny [Courtship]

The Ball Room (3)

> Duke Leonardo Pascae [Pascae]
> Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
> Crown Prince Lionel Aubres [Persuade]
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>>4347101
-The Palace Grounds - 2 Interactions
>Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
>Sir Bartholomew Wavell [Persuade]

-The Banquet Hall - 3 Interactions
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
>Lady Brunhilde Rabe [Persaude]
>Master Ujarak [Persuade]

-The Dance Floor - 3 Interactions
>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade/Courtship]
>Princess Antoinette Aubres [Courtship]
>Lady Roselyn Andrei [Persuade]

-The Ball Room - 2 Interactions
> Crown Prince Lionel Aubres [Persuade]
> Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]

Time for the Ermine to shine.

>>4346994
Echoing >>4346998 , the writing and world building in this quest is amazing. You've kept us all glued to the quest for the past 24 threads, and I can't wait for the next one.
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>>4347101
Palace grounds
>Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]

Banquet Hall
>Captain Torres Lorenzo [Intrigue]
>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade]
>Lady Brunhilde Rabe [Persaude]

Dance floor
>Princess Antoinette Aubres [Courtship]
>Lady Frida Vancewell [Courtship]
>Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny [Courtship]
>Lady Brunhilde Rabe [Persuade/Courtship]

Ballroom
> Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
> Crown Prince Lionel Aubres [Persuade]
> Lady Roselyn Andrei [Persuade]

We'll need to discuss swapping things round
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>>4347101
The Palace Grounds

-Interactions: (2)

>Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
>Lady Frida Vancewell [Intrigue]


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The Banquet Hall

-Interactions: (3)

>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
>Mademoiselle Gillbern
>Sir Bartholomew Wavell

===========================================

The Dance Floor

-Interactions: (3)

>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade/Courtship]
>Lady Roselyn Andrei [Persuade]
>Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny [Courtship]

==========================================

The Ball Room

-Interactions: (2)

> Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
> Master Ujarak [Persuade]


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I am putting in Master Ujarak again for the ballroom interacting. I dont see a point in the other listed interactions due to their potential damaging effects should we fuck it up and the banquet hall interactions list is crowded as it is already.

If he isnt slotted there, I don't think we will actually end up talking to him at all.
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>>4347101
The Palace Grounds
>3
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
>Sir Bartholomew Wavell [Persuade]
>Lady Frida Vancewell [Intrigue]

The Banquet Hall
>3
>Captain Torres Lorenzo [Intrigue]
>Lady Brunhilde Rabe [Persaude]
>Lady Brunhilde Rabe [Persaude]

The Dance Floor
>3
>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade]
>Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny [Courtship]
>Lady Roselyn Andrei [Persuade]

The Ball Room
>3
>Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
>Crown Prince Lionel Aubres [Persuade]
>Duke Leonardo Pascae [Pascae]
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>>4347170
This is me
>>4339462
>>4339437
>>4339507
>>4341557
>>4343651
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>>4347019
Queensland QLD fuck yer go cane toads thats where i used to live back in aus.

This and black company i would have to say are the best quests iv ever read and been apart of and i think that you should turn all of theies into a proper book/manga and fill out the world even more as il buy that in a hart beat.
You did good and i dont think youl ever be forgotten, so thank you qm, hope your move dose you good.
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>>4347187
I think he'll always be forgotten, doesn't make sense to change names now

/s
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>>4347137
forgot to add

Palace grounds (3)

Banquet Hall (3)

Dance floor (4)

Ballroom (3)

I know its more than what I added to my list but with so much contention on what should be done I think so leeway for overspill is in order

>>4347170
Do we really need two interactions with Lady Rabe?
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>>4347203
>Do we really need two interactions with Lady Rabe?
Yes.
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>>4347170
Ye- no fuck.
>>4347137
Fixing this
The Banquet Hall
>3
>Captain Torres Lorenzo [Intrigue]
>Lady Brunhilde Rabe [Persaude]
>Master Ujarak [Persuade]
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>>4347189
I was using the word forgotten as people dont rember him, as he will also be forgotten qm.
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>>4347215
Yes... my reply was a play on words
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>>4347210
>>4347203
Well, I can't even reply to the right post.
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>>4347206
I mean you do you but thats excessive IMO Vancewell and Patrikas are the only other options for doubling down and Vancwells is a counter intrigue effectively and Patrikas is basically a phase swap.
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>>4347101

>The Palace Grounds (2 interactions)
(1) Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
(2) Sir Bartholomew Wavell [Persuade]

>The Banquet Hall (3 interactions)
(1) Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
(2) Lady Brunhilde Rabe [Persuade]
(3) Master Ujarak [Persuade]

>The Dance Floor (3 interactions)
(1) Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade]
(2) Princess Antoinette Aubres [Courtship]
(3) Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny [Courtship]

>The Ball Room (2 interactions)
(1) Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
(2) Lady Roselyn Andrei [Persuade]
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>>4347101


The Palace Grounds

-Interactions: 2

>Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]


=================================

The Banquet Hall

-Interactions: 4

>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
>Lady Brunhilde Rabe [Persaude]
>Captain Torres Lorenzo [Intrigue]
>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade]
===========================================

The Dance Floor
-Interactions: 3

>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade/Courtship]
>Lady Roselyn Andrei [Persuade]
>Lady Frida Vancewell [Courtship]


==========================================

The Ball Room

-Interactions: 2 (If we’re talking to these guys I personally would want the highest possible bonus we can get)

> Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
> Duke Leonardo Pascae [Pascae]

I just know my id has changed again
>>4345796
>>4345326
These are me
>>
Whats so important about Roselyn in the Dance phase?
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>>4347238
The idea was mostly as a catch up of the situation and what we've been up to. With our sis, she would have a good ear on the ground as to whats going on so we can trade information and she can let us know who we need to be wary of.
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>>4347238
IMO there is no value in interacting with our sister the whole night.
The risk of what we say being overheard is crazy high, given how many people there are.
And its not like we won't talk in immense detail over what happens that night with her once we get home. If we didn't it would be a gross oversight on her part.

Take advantage of the ball to interact with those whom we would otherwise not be able to, don't cling to the safety blanket of our friends and family.
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>>4347242
Okay but why not do that in the ballroom at the end of the night when we've done all our interactions instead of on the Dancefloor that could be dedicated for more courtship? I understand not everyones on board with all the possibilities but everyone could get something on the dancefloor in the way of courting if she was moved to the 3rd or 4th Ballroom slot at the end.

>>4347243
I mean their may be some merit she's more insightful than us and has her head in the game most of the time

with that said though their is litreally nothing lost by reassigning her to the end of the ballroom if all we want to do is debrief on our shared learnings at the ball.
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>>4347255
Nothing lost but DC and nothing gained but a risk of being overheard.
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>>4347259
unless we learn something super sensative I don't think being overheard is an issue.
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>>4347255
It's an issue with the various peoples that we are talking with. I put her in the ballroom as shes grouped together with others who are friendly or should be amendable to our requests and approaches. Putting her with the ballroom directly impacts the interactions with those higher up on the food chain than us. Considering the various harsh things that can happen should we mess them up, I wish to keep that segment and the segment with vancewell and Broulet to a minimum of 2 for the additional DC.

Taking every precaution is more preferable than just another slot to vote. Furthermore, any info she can pass to us will likely influence any DC for folks who *approach us* which always comes at the end of the sequence, like those intrigue rolls against us.
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>>4347101

The Palace Grounds
>2
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
>Lady Frida Vancewell [Intrigue]
The Banquet Hall
>2
>Sir Bartholomew Wavell [Persuade]
>Captain Torres Lorenzo [Intrigue]
The Dance Floor
>3
>Lady Brunhilde Rabe [Persuade/Courtship]
>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade/Courtship]
>Princess Antoinette Aubres [Courtship]
The Ball Room
>3
>Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
>Crown Prince Lionel Aubres [Persuade]
>Duke Leonardo Pascae [Pascae]
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>>4347267
I don't think those precautions are neccesary given the Interactions in the ballroom are rather benign its not like we're requesting anything extrodinary like immediate canonisation as a saint but we''ll clearly disagree on that.
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>>4347279
all my dance floor options should be Courtship
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>>4347284
Like, lets look through the various interactions that folks are looking at, The Bishop, The Crown Prince.

The Bishop is obviously going to be a central figure in the inquiry, furthermore, his local church is implicated in the investigation of the murders since the church man involved should be of some rank. I suspect we will see some high ranked church officials in the ledger as well which should scandalise him and his flock.

If we screw up, he'll be naturally opposed to us, making our DC in the inquiry even worse and that leads to a cascade effect where we might be damned as a heretic if we screw that up too.

The crown prince has already had his eye on us since Aubrey. Where we have been, what we assume to be the Prince's faction has suffered setbacks. He likely holds us responsible for the death of the Scion of Vancewell and may have suspicions of our involvement in the Secret War. We screw up this interaction, it is revealed to him and he can make us and our family's life very very difficult.

The Duke of Pascae is probably more benign, i'd admit but this is still not something i'd like to risk.
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>>4347293
I don't want say you are shadowrunning, but you're shadowrunning.

None of the write-ins for the Bishop touch on the murders, they all focus on our upcoming hearing/trial and making him more amiable to our persons.

I get that you are concerned about potential consequences but we are already dealing with a 15+ to the DC and no malus from him being no.1 on the list.

The Prince literally had a single scene which had him look back on us, we haven't even talked to him or been introduced to say he's had our eye on us or are responsible for any major setback requires proof and evidence that we have done anything but minorly meddled in his affairs, I'll remind you Vancewells bluster remains just that without evidence of support and that our part in the Fallavon affair was almost entirely anonymous with only one person guessing at our intervention and that was face to face.

The Duke of Pascae is vistigal considering every vote was practically ''Help patrikas'' which forgotten has already said is pointless.
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>>4347101
The Palace Grounds (3)

>Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
>Sir Bartholomew Wavell [Persuade]

The Banquet Hall (3)

>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade]
>Captain Torres Lorenzo [Intrigue]
>Mistress Selene [Persuade/Courtship]

The Dance Floor (3)

>Princess Antoinette Aubres [Courtship]
>Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny [Courtship]
>Lady Frida Vancewell [Courtship]


The Ball Room (3)

> Lady Roselyn Andrei [Persuade]
> Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
> Crown Prince Lionel Aubres [Persuade]
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>>4347101
The Palace Grounds
-Interactions: (2)

>Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
>Lady Frida Vancewell [Intrigue]

The Banquet Hall
-Interactions: (3)

>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
>Mademoiselle Gillbern [Persuade]
>Sir Bartholomew Wavell [Persuade]

The Dance Floor
-Interactions: (3)

>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade/Courtship]
>Lady Roselyn Andrei [Persuade]
>Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny [Courtship]

The Ball Room
-Interactions: (2)

> Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
> Master Ujarak [Persuade]
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>>4347350
This is me>>4345197
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>>4347101

The Palace Grounds (2)
>Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]

The Banquet Hall (2)
>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade]
>Captain Torres Lorenzo [Intrigue]

The Dance Floor (2)
>Princess Antoinette Aubres [Courtship]
>Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny [Courtship]

The Ball Room (3)
> Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
> Duke Leonardo Pascae [Pascae]
> Crown Prince Lionel Aubres [Persuade]
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>>4347101
The Palace Grounds
3 interactions
>Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
>Sir Bartholomew Wavell [Persuade]

The Banquet Hall
3 interactions
>Lady Brunhilde Rabe [Persaude]
>Captain Torres Lorenzo [Intrigue]
>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade]

The Dance Floor
3 interactions
>Princess Antoinette Aubres [Courtship]
>Lady Frida Vancewell [Courtship]
>Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny [Courtship]


The Ball Room
3 interactions
> Lady Roselyn Andrei [Persuade]
> Lady Brunhilde Rabe [Persuade]
> Crown Prince Lionel Aubres [Persuade]

I'd also want to check on Damien, no interaction needed, during any of the stages above. Make sure he's doing okay.
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>>4347101
The Palace Grounds (3)

>Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
>Sir Bartholomew Wavell [Persuade]

The Banquet Hall (3)

>Captain Torres Lorenzo [Intrigue]
>Lady Brunhilde Rabe [Persaude]
>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade]

The Dance Floor (3)

>Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny [Courtship]
>Princess Antoinette Aubres [Courtship]
>Lady Frida Vancewell [Courtship]

The Ball Room (3)

> Master Ujarak [Persuade]
> Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
> Crown Prince Lionel Aubres [Persuade]
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>>4347101
The Palace Grounds [3]
>Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
>Sir Bartholomew Wavell [Persuade]

The Banquet Hall [3]
>Master Ujarak [Persuade]
>Captain Torres Lorenzo [Intrigue]
>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade]

The Dance Floor [3]
>Princess Antoinette Aubres [Courtship]
>Lady Brunhilde Rabe [Persuade]
>Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny [Courtship]

The Ball Room [3]
>Lady Roselyn Andrei [Persuade]
>Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
>Crown Prince Lionel Aubres [Persuade]

I also support checking in on Damien to make sure he's doing okay.

>>4323093
Linking previous ID
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>>4347101
The Palace Grounds (3)

>Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
>Sir Bartholomew Wavell [Persuade]

The Banquet Hall (3)

>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade]
>Mistress Selene [Persuade/Courtship]
>Master Ujarak [Persuade]

The Dance Floor (3)

>Princess Antoinette Aubres [Courtship]
>Lady Frida Vancewell [Courtship]
>Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny [Courtship]

The Ball Room (2)

>Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
>Crown Prince Lionel Aubres [Persuade]

Kniggas we don't need to spend an interaction with Duke Pascae. Forgotten said that Patrikas will eventually lead us to him herself.
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>>4347101
The Palace Grounds
Interactions: ( 3)
Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
>Sir Bartholomew Wavell [Persuade]

The Banquet Hall
Interactions: ( 3)
Captain Torres Lorenzo [Intrigue]
>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade]
>Sir Karlaus Rabe [Persuade]

The Dance Floor
Interactions: ( 3)
The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade/Courtship]
Lady Brunhilde Rabe [Persuade/Courtship]
Lady Roselyn Andrei [Persuade]

The Ball Room
Interactions: ( 3)
Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
> Crown Prince Lionel Aubres [Persuade]
> Duke Leonardo Pascae [Pascae]

Sadness that we dont get to talk with top judge dread.
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>>4347101
>The Palace Grounds

-Interactions: (2)

>Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]


The Banquet Hall

-Interactions: (2)

>Lady Brunhilde Rabe [Persaude]
>Captain Torres Lorenzo [Intrigue]


The Dance Floor

-Interactions: (3)

>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade/Courtship]
>Lady Roselyn Andrei [Persuade]
>Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny [Courtship]


The Ball Room

-Interactions: (2)

>Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
>Duke Leonardo Pascae [Persuade]
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>>4347101
The Palace Grounds (3)

>Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
>Sir Bartholomew Wavell [Persuade]

The Banquet Hall (3)

>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade]
>Captain Torres Lorenzo [Intrigue]
>Mistress Selene [Persuade/Courtship]

The Dance Floor (3)

>Princess Antoinette Aubres [Courtship]
>Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny [Courtship]
>Lady Frida Vancewell [Courtship]

The Ball Room (3)

> Lady Brunhilde Rabe [Persuade]
> Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
> Crown Prince Lionel Aubres [Persuade]
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>>4347475
Also +1 to checking on Damien
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>>4347101
>The Palace Grounds
>3
>Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
>Sir Bartholomew Wavell [Persuade]
The Banquet Hall
>2
>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade]
>Captain Torres Lorenzo [Intrigue]
The Dance floor
>2
>Lady Frida Vancewell [Courtship]
>Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny [Courtship]
The ball room
>3
> Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
> Crown Prince Lionel Aubres [Persuade]Mostly I just want to get close enough to confirm if his bodyguard is a SoS, and then run away before the PTSD or the angel compels us to do something dumb[/ spoiler]
> Duke Leonardo Pascae [Pascae]
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>>4347101
The Palace Grounds [3]

>Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
>Sir Bartholomew Wavell [Persuade]

The Banquet Hall [3]

>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade]
>Captain Torres Lorenzo [Intrigue]
>Mademoiselle Gilbern [Persuade]

The Dance Floor [3]

>Princess Antoinette Aubres [Courtship]
>Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny [Courtship]
>Lady Frida Vancewell [Courtship]

The Ball Room [3]

>Lady Roselyn Andrei [Persuade]
>Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
>Lady Brunhilde Rabe [Persuade]
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>>4347101
The Palace Grounds
-Interactions: 3
>Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
>Sir Bartholomew Wavell [Persuade]

The Banquet Hall
-Interactions: 4
>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade]
>Lady Brunhilde Rabe [Persaude]
>Captain Torres Lorenzo [Intrigue]
>Mistress Selene [Persuade/Courtship]

The Dance Floor
-Interactions: 3
>Princess Antoinette Aubres [Courtship]
>Lady Frida Vancewell [Courtship]
>Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny [Courtship]

The Ball Room
-Interactions: 3
> Lady Roselyn Andrei [Persuade]
> Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
> Crown Prince Lionel Aubres [Persuade]
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>>4347101
The Palace Grounds (3)
>Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
>Sir Bartholomew Wavell [Persuade]

The Banquet Hall (3)
>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade]
>Captain Torres Lorenzo [Intrigue]
>Mistress Selene [Persuade/Courtship]

The Dance Floor (3)
>Princess Antoinette Aubres [Courtship]
>Lady Frida Vancewell [Courtship]
>Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny [Courtship]

The Ball Room (3)
>Lady Roselyn Andrei [Persuade]
>Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
>Crown Prince Lionel Aubres [Persuade]
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>>4347593
Maybe leather armour.
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>>4347101
-The Palace Grounds - 2 Interactions
>Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
>Sir Bartholomew Wavell [Persuade]

-The Banquet Hall - 3 Interactions
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
>Lady Brunhilde Rabe [Persaude]
>Master Ujarak [Persuade]

-The Dance Floor - 3 Interactions
>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade]
>Princess Antoinette Aubres [Courtship]
>Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny [Courtship]

-The Ball Room - 2 Interactions
>Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
>Lady Roselyn Andrei [Persuade]
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>>4347101
This vote is going to be very close.
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Toot toot, Rabe train.
>>4347101
>Palace Grounds (2)
Sir Robert Gilbern
Lady Frida Vancewell

>Banquet Hall (3)
The Patrikas Ianthe
Mistress Selene [Persuade]
Sir Karlaus Rabe

>Dance Floor (2)
Lady Brunhilde Rabe [Courtship]
Lady Roselyn Andrei [Persuade]

>Ball Room (3)
Duke Leonardo Pascae
Crown Prince Lionel Aubres
Bishop Dominos Gilbern

>>4337395
is me
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>>4347459
>>4347101
Imma support this.

Fuck Daubney, all my Kniggas hate Daubney, Rabe Train don't stop.
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>>4347101
The Palace Grounds
-Interactions: (2)
>Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]

The Banquet Hall
-Interactions: (3)
>Captain Torres Lorenzo [Intrigue]
>Mademoiselle Gillbern
>Master Ujarak [Persuade]


The Dance Floor
-Interactions: (3)
>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade/Courtship]
>Lady Roselyn Andrei [Persuade]
>Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny [Courtship]

The Ball Room
-Interactions: (2)
> Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
> Crown Prince Lionel Aubres [Persuade]

>>4347103
Forgotten, all the Duke of Pascae writeins are to help the Exile. Since you already said that she'll take care of it herself, isnt that option of no use?
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>>4347101
The Palace Grounds- 3
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
>Sir Bartholomew Wavell [Persuade]
>Lady Frida Vancewell [Intrigue]

The Banquet Hal- 3
>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade]
>Captain Torres Lorenzo [Intrigue]
>Master Ujarak [Persuade]

The Dance Floor- 3
>Lady Frida Vancewell [Courtship]
>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade/Courtship]
>Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny [Courtship]

The Ball Room- 3
> Lady Roselyn Andrei [Persuade]
> Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
> Crown Prince Lionel Aubres [Persuade]

Link in everything has changed...again. >>4344793
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>>4347593
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>>4347101
The Palace Grounds
>2
>Lady Frida Vancewell [Intrigue]
>Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]

Banquet Hall
>3
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
>Captain Torres Lorenzo [Intrigue]
>Sir Bartholomew Wavell

The Dance Floor
>3
>Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny [Courtship]
>Lady Roselyn Andrei [Persuade]
>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade/Courtship]

The Ball Room
>2
> Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
> Crown Prince Lionel Aubres [Persuade]
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>>4347101
The Palace Grounds (3)

>Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]
>Sir Bartholomew Wavell [Persuade]

The Banquet Hall (3)

>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade]
>Captain Torres Lorenzo [Intrigue]
>Mistress Selene [Persuade/Courtship]

The Dance Floor (3)

>Princess Antoinette Aubres [Courtship]
>Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny [Courtship]
>Lady Frida Vancewell [Courtship]

The Ball Room (3)

> Lady Roselyn Andrei [Persuade]
> Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
> Crown Prince Lionel Aubres [Persuade]

This is me >>4343929
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>>4347459
Now to find my last vote
>>4344691
This is me part 1
>>4344614
This is me part 2
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Numbers so far
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>>4349014
Yea I was calculating something similar to that.

Guys, the exile is basically out of the running for the Dance floor since shes in the banquet hall. And that means unless Dear sister wins... we're gonna be courting Vancewell. What the christ.
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>>4349044
I have no issue with Vancewell personally in fact I think its an interesting option to be involved with.

Though on Patrikas I think the two interactions are supposed to be vastly different with the dance floor focusing on flirting rather than Persuasion.

why we're even doing both blows my mind
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>>4349049
I went through the votes, basically those who vote for the exile on the banquet hall are a different batch that those who vote for her on the dance floor. It just so happens that these two different segments are the top in their category.
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>>4349051
Yeah that makes sense, as I already said the intent is different for both interactions.

If Vancewell votes could agree to a [Intrigue/courtship] interaction on the dancefloor she'd have enough votes to cap 3rd but I doubt she or Roselyn will surge enough to win at this point.
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>>4349055
Kinda close actually. On the dancefloor, Dear sister and Vancewell are tied.
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>>4349059
I'm aware I was talking about votes migrating
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>>4349062
Ah. Fair. My bad.
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>>4347101
Palace Grounds (2)
>Lord Jeremiah de Broulert [Persuade]
>Sir Robert Gilbern [Persuade]

The Banquet Hall (2)
>The Patrikas Ianthe [Persuade]
>Captain Torres Lorenzo [Intrigue]

The Dance Floor (2)
>Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny [Courtship]
>Lady Roselyn Andrei [Persuade]

The Ball Room (2)
> Bishop Dominos Gilbern [Persuade]
> Duke Leonardo Pascae [Pascae]

Rather be safer on the side.
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Al this Pascae vote for the ball room makes me mad. Forgotten already said that they were not needed since all the write ins were about helping Patrikas anyways.
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>>4349085
People also seem to be forgetting/ignoring that the more interactions we have in each area, the lower our bonus goes. All these votes for 3 interactions means a +0 to the DC. If we stick to 2 interactions we get a +5. Might be the make or break considering how socially inept Emile is
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>>4349089
I think its less not thinking about the DC and more wanting to do more with each scene.
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>>4349089
Haveing a 0 dc bonus means narthing as itl be like how we mostly do things and if you all forgetting that our own bonuses will be kicking in, welthy,look fancy as fuck and we got a couple of re-rolls to boot.
Also courting lady vancewell is stupid pretty sure most people are picking for thr fun more then anything.
Also its a ball that happens once a year you got talk with as many people you can.
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We should make a write-in for the Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny courtship interaction at the Dance Floor. I don't know if Forgotten will take it at this point, but we should try. We could also make write-ins for the other interactions that don't have a any write-ins yet.
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>>4349096
not to mention our last stop in Canton before Carthaggi and that could be a trip anywhere from a few months to a few years.
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>>4349014
I also recounted and found that for the dance floor Vancewell has 13 votes to Roselyn 11 (12 if forgotten allows the very late vote to count). Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
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>>4349093
Fair, I suppose I just don't see the need for some of the interactions. Obviously others do though which is fine

>>4349096
>Haveing a 0 dc bonus means narthing as itl be like how we mostly do things

Well I mean it doesn't mean nothing... it's throwing away the potential for effectively free bonuses. It could make a big difference in the long run. We're also not a very social character whereas many of the people we'll be interacting with are much more socially focused.

>look fancy as fuck and we got a couple of re-rolls to boot.

It's likely that our DC isn't going to be as great as you think. We have to keep in mind our own social standing compared to others (which will be equal or worse for the most part), they'll get bonuses for looking fancy as well etc.

>Also its a ball that happens once a year you got talk with as many people you can.

We've been told that this even will be risky for us, being as bad as we are at social stuff and whilst we may not be sticking around for long, our family WILL have to deal with any political fallout we create so... we don't really have to talk to as many people as possible. Its not just a fun party
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>>4349096
Courting someone who wants you killed is the chadest of moves anon.
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>>4349089
> Trying to save 5DC

Where has this gone wrong before . . .
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>>4349113
I'm legitimately not sure what you're referring to
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>>4349103
I got my numbers by accounting for accounting counting>>4347170 being >>4347210

and the second vote of
>>4347347
>>4347426
being the correct votes for their respective ID's

I could be wrong on those though and their is the possibility I miscounted, we'll have to see what Forgotten counts.

>>4349096
as far as Vancewells concerned its part fun, part serious and overall if we even get the chance I don't know if I'll expect success but I like what a potential love interest like her could bring to the game.

I imagine shes very much like a bond Villianess

>>4349105
yeah thats what most of us are after and its a whole mess since the 30 odd anons voting by and large have different ideas of what we need vs what they want to do.

It's why I'm big on swapping Interactions to different phases that way everyone can at least get a little of what they want.

>>4349117
would you kill for 5DC?
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>>4349118
I used simple Ctrl+F to go down on a clean refreshed thread to count the votes. Came up with 13-11 for numbers repeatedly.
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>>4349118
>would you kill for 5DC?

Ah now I remember what >>4349113
is referring to
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>>4349124
Yeah I just realised I may have messed things up, Im going to have to recount for missed ID's

>>4349126
there we go.
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>>4349113
Was this something from bcq? I don't recall what this is referring to.
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>>4349132
Kid died for +5DC from the banner on the first day of the Kresden siege in BCQ
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>>4349135
Oh right. I completely repressed that memory. Fuck.
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>>4349118
Would you trade +5DC for a turtlewolf?
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>>4349145
I'd trade anything for a majestic turtlewolf
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>>4349145
Hell yeah Turtlewolf is best armour
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>>4349148
>>4349151
I bet we could get a turtlewolf cloak for serving the Dragon.

If anyone is going to have one, it'll be him.
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>>4347350
Okay I think I miscalulated >>4347350 & >>4347536 however my tally is coming up Roslyn 10 Vancewell 14 so I've error'd pretty strangely somewhere

>>4349164
Its a turtlewolf shield for that extra captain canton flair
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>>4349169
You might be more correct than me anon.
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I mean really, who wouldn't give up anything for this majestic creature. Its fur is so strong because of the shell coat

Fucked up the picture, reposting
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>>4349187
Now I have an image of a wolf with shellac hardened fur in turtleshell patterns.

I wonder if anyone at the bball can tell us where to find the mysterious turtlewolf.
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>>4347231
Just wanna let it be known that if it comes to a tiebreaker for dance floor courtships I would like Vancewell to take priority
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>>4349221
it's likely not going to come to a tiebreaker, Vancwell won't be in the top three for the dancefloor which means she'll be cutout along with Roselyn & Rabe.
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>>4349226
Shouldn't voting have closed already anyways? Forgotten's post did say 24 hours.
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>>4349231
probably though since we haven't had post yet I'd wager on more time.

not that it really changes much our top 3 are already sorted across the board.
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I found this picture of Cathagi Turtlewolves as well. Not as rare but still pretty good. Bit slower than the Fallavon turtlewolf
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>>4349226
>Some characters were evenly spread out over two or more arenas, I will include votes for both locations but if they win both votes in each arena I will make sure they are only included in the more popular one.

>>4349231
It has. Which why I doubt that last vote would count.
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>>4349164
>dragon who rules a slave based economy
>giving away anything
Look if he’s not paying 60% of the population I don’t think he’s the generous type
Not to mention dragons are notorious hoarders
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>>4349235
well look like there's a chance with her afterall.
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Rolled 38 (1d100)

rolling for good luck at ball
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>>4349238
true just gotta switch his love of gold and servitude of slaves for the riches of the almighty and fellowship of comrades
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I could be mistaken and I probably am at this point but we should have a lineup something like this.
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>>4349618
Whats with people not wanting to hang out with our budy rabe? We would have been died without his help last night, just seems rude to not talk with him and just dance with his sister.
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>>4349756
I'm guessing theirs a lot on our plate between potential threat management, Intrigues of interest and courtship.
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>>4349756
We can hang out with him any time.
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>>4349853
Not realy as we are looking to get on a ship and his going to head back home after this ball so wont be seeing him any time soon once the ball is over.
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>>4349914
Not like that's happening immediately.
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>>4349993
Its happening within the next few days, as our bro is still a wanted man and if he stays here chanceed are he will die, the plan was to show him off here at the ball then like the next day or so ship him back home befor someone trys to kill him.
And our ship should be ready pretty soon as well.
Rabe only came here to take his sister to the ball.
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>>4350158
You can say that for like almost everyone at this ball though
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>>4350177
Not with that attitude anon. We're gonna roll a 1s with Frida and she'll follow us to Carthagi.
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>>4350158
We still have the murder to finish off, and the slaving ring to take care of, not to mention the stuff with the Church re: our Angel.

We can definitely fit in hanging out with the Rabe between the ball and leaving.
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>>4350182
Yeah right wait for the interaction to have some crazy DC and a whole bunch of adverse re-rolls
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Just went back through the archive to reread the scene where we first met Mademoiselle Josephine Daubeny and Brother Rousseau. Us convincing Rousseau that it wasn't his fault and basically pulling him back from the brink then the first thing he asks us is "Are you a man of God, Sir Andrei?"

It's just amazing that how things just seem to have been set up to make this whole angel thing perfect. I wonder what his opinion of us in now with all this crazy shit that has been happening.
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>>4350222
I mean I could see that more with a intrigue than a courtship roll which I don't think she may be expecting.

But we'll see
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>>4349187
>>4349198
>>4349234
I don't get this joke
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>>4351923
Its a reference to an older thread where a certain anon was adamant about hunting "turtlewolves" in the Fallavon forest. This is despite the fact that at no point did Forgotten even hint at the idea that such a creature existing. He just wouldn't give it up and argued that we should hunt them for their superior magic hides etc etc.

It was pretty funny
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Reminder that fae kissed is NOT a shit bonus.
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>>4352399
It's not but we'd have to be a Fallavon noble which is cursed enough
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>>4352399
I wonder who is behind this post...
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>>4352399
I wonder though, would it mean the noble in question be less likely to have children.
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>>4352408
>Be Favallon noble
>[Remove Fae intesifies]
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>>4352416
>implying all fallvon nobles don't all reproduce asexually through a occult rituals involving copious amounts of gold and the tears of innocent children
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>>4352408
But anon all of our favorite moments were in Fallavon! The Basilisk! The Fae! The Blue Jays! The Son of Sin Anarchy! The Beast Men Craven! The Secret War! Nothing but great memories!
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>>4352448
Yes.....''Great'' times
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I hope that the ball hasnet been called off
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Still here, just haven’t locked in a day to ask for rolls in a new thread yet.
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>>4353571
I hope you're having a great day!
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>>4353571
Good to know.
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>>4354356
>>4354356
>>4354356

New thread is up!



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