LpDND: Reunions

[Blackferne]

"Tony Plush accepts your terms, 225g payment plus a horse is more than fair and reasonable. Personally Tony Plush can be ready to leave within the hour your lordship, and if the situation is as dire as you fear we likely do not have much time to lose. Unless you have further questions for us then Tony Plush is going to make his preparations for departure and will return here shortly."

I'm assuming the meeting is breaking up at this point, hence me excusing myself. My preparations to leave basically involve me going back to The Mighty Elk, get my pack, swing by the store to buy a few extra items for the trip then back for us to move out.

Tony Plush's shopping list:
Tent
Crossbow
Crossbow bolts (20) x2
Everburning Torch
Trail rations (10 days)
Silk rope (50')
total cost if it's all available per PHB: 102 gold

Also as an aside, have I mentioned how irritating I find it that you can't use sneak attack with a shortbow or longbow?

All shopping is available, however it takes 90 minutes not the hour you promised.

[Blackferne]

Also as an aside, have I mentioned how irritating I find it that you can't use sneak attack with a shortbow or longbow?

I guess that is just your crossbowbolt to bare.

[Blackferne]

I currently have the barbarian defense mission standing at:

stavis
Spintik
Syric
Trinal
Tony

Let me check with Reese and Dood. I can make this big enough for the 9 heroes.

[Whiteness]

[ooc]If everyone else is going to take the 225 + horse vs 300 an buying a horse on their own I will do the same for simplicity's sake

Syric will also go to get some supplies before being ready.

[Blackferne]

Gobo's in.

[Staris]

"Well then I think we are in agreement. The only thing left we will need from you your lordship would be documents to give to the guards, so they know our intentions are honorable. Would hate to arrive and then be jailed til word can be sent here and back to ensure we aren't spies or the like. Also since we are taking horses would be able to bring extra supplies for the guards if there is a need for such."

Stavis will then stand and bow once more to the Earl. "If you will excuse me I also have some things to collect before we head off."

Stavis list:
Crossbow 25gp
Crossbow Bolt 40 2gp
Horse feed 2 bags 8sp *as per Joun*

[Blackferne]

Horse feed 2 bags [OOC will need Joun to let me know how much that is.]

2 feed bags? let's say 8 silver.

[Staris]

[OOC for to do this]

Sell
Leather Armor
wand

[Blackferne]

[OOC for to do this]

Sell
Leather Armor
wand

Take half of what the PHB says it would cost to buy those items.

[Jimer Lins]

Trinal will buy a week's worth of rations and a couple of feedbags for his horse, once he gets it.

One assumes that these horses come with tack and saddle, etc?

[Blackferne]

[OOC DM moment: We are headed to the fort en masse and will in all likely hood engage in combat. Having said that I'm sure you guys will find a way to make that not happen. When that happens, I hate you.

Having said that if we get into combat I'd like to review a few key combat features.

First: concealment. Being behind a wall/barrel etc you get +2 to your defense, but suffer no penalty to attacks.

Second: Mounted combat. You guys are on riding horses. Warhorses are different, more experienced for combat, stronger, armored etc. They aren't as fast as riding horses, but they do have attacks. Riding horses are built for speed and speed alone. they do not have any sort of special attack. So unlike say a drake as a mount you don't have a breath weapon at your disposal (gobo's personal excluded). You will not suffer any penalty to attacks while using a weapon on horseback. If you are normally attck +7 on ground you are here too. That can change depending on the circumstances of the terrain. For example if you are trying to shoot an arrow on horseback while the horse is dealing with a slippery gravel slide, you will take -2 to your attack roll. Same goes for if your square is on fire which this being a grassland area is a possibility.

Third: Speaking of grassland fires. I will apply the following rules for grass fires. If a square is on fire any adjacent squares have a chance 1 per round of also catching on fire. You can as a standard action extinguish a square of fire with your cloak(obviously not on horseback). This chance increases if it is dry, decreases drastically it it is raining. I will roll for weather like I have been on travel days.]

[Blackferne]

Trinal will buy a week's worth of rations and a couple of feedbags for his horse, once he gets it.

One assumes that these horses come with tack and saddle, etc?

Yes each horse for the low price of 75gp comes with tack saddle etc including 2 saddle bags.

[Staris]

[OOC for to do this]

Sell
Leather Armor
wand

Take half of what the PHB says it would cost to buy those items.

I used wizards character sell at 20% button and am willing to go with its amount for convenience sake.

[Furiel]

[OOC DM moment: We are headed to the fort en masse and will in all likely hood engage in combat. Having said that I'm sure you guys will find a way to make that not happen. When that happens, I hate you.

Remember...XP is not for killing an encounter, it is given for DEFEATING the encounter. So for example if I give a Krayt Dragon call and run off the barbarian scouting party I have defeated them and therefore full XP would be awarded.

Just sayin....

[Jimer Lins]

Sand Barbarians are easily startled, but they'll soon be back, and in greater numbers.

[Blackferne]

I've got some work to do but we'll "head out" to the prairie over the weekend. The battlemap will probably be multiple pages if we stick with the standard 20x20 grids like we have been up to

[Whiteness]

[ooc]
Previous charges:
2gp from previous thread
2sp for breakfast and drink

Sell:
chainmail used 1 day (it was tight in the crotchal region), original price 40gp - sell for 20 per bferne

Buy:
2 feedbags - 8sp
crossbow - 25gp
crossbow bolts (40) - 2gp
canvas 3 sq. yds - 3sp clarified with bferne
2 additional waterskins - 2gp
lantern - 7gp
extra pint of oil - 1sp


net cost: 19gp 4sp

[Jimer Lins]

I should set up an arena on the Minecraft server where we can move stuff around to represent our icons.

[Maizan]

[ooc]If everyone else is going to take the 225 + horse vs 300 an buying a horse on their own I will do the same for simplicity's sake.

Ditto.

Will also sell old short bow and old set of leather net 25gp.

[Dood]

Ham'mon will take the same payment.

He'll buy some sour red ale and similar wine and top off rations.

He'll sell his old sword and give the money to the first indigent he sees.

[Maizan]

Ham'mon will take the same payment.

He'll buy some sour red ale and similar wine and top off rations.

He'll sell his old sword and give the money to the first indigent he sees.

[ooc]Oh Oh Oh. Pick Me. Pick Me. I am a registered charity.[ooc]

[Furiel]

Ham'mon will take the same payment.

He'll buy some sour red ale and similar wine and top off rations.

He'll sell his old sword and give the money to the first indigent he sees.

[ooc]Oh Oh Oh. Pick Me. Pick Me. I am a registered charity.[ooc]

He said indigent, not indignant...

[Blackferne]

Okay resuming.

The Earl writes and seals a letter which is given to Tony Plush to present to the Captain of the fort.

The gang packs up and heads out. It will be three days ride (with camping out at night).

Day 1 of journey

The weather is fair. Not a cloud in the sky, a pleasant breeze. As you ride out east you pass various farms and the trees are still pretty plentiful. You pass the occasional travelling farmer, but the road isn't particularly traveled today.

As you approach the end of the day you guys break for camp.

[Furiel]

Did the Professor and Victae join us or are only the PCs along for this leg of the journey?

[Maizan]

Spintik offers I offer to take 2nd or middle watch. Also, do we want to check on the farm steads to make sure no one has goon missing?