>>16494571
>Yay! You're back.

I'm actually tempted to let Dahlia do her thing but it would probably only cause more trouble for us.

Bring her shenanigans to Hertzog's attention. Discretely, if possible.

Yay, your back! Damn, I need to finally finish reading this quest!

>>16494616
You drunkenly figure out that whatever she's doing, she'll cause more trouble in the long run, so you wave to Hertzog. He sees you, and came over.
"What seems to be the problem, Quin?"
"I, uh... geez..."
Roll 1d20 to see how good is your communication after a load of beer.

rolled 10 = 10

>>16494678
Dah-li-a.

rolled 17 = 17

>>16494678
It's time to put on our cool face.

>>16494694
You manage to mutter out some syllables.
"Daah-lee-aaa..." and gesture in her general direction. It seems like Hertzog understands, and quickly switches his gaze towards Dahlia.
Who is currently handling Septimia's panties.
Dammit Dahlia!
And as quickly as he switched his gaze, he grabs Dahlia's arm. Meanwhile, you pass out from the drinks...

Allright, story decision time! Where would you like for Quin to wake up in? Quin's House? Adventurer's room at the Inn? or the Guests' room at the Inn?

rolled 2 = 2

>>16494804
I'm undecided. So I'd say we should let the dice decide.

1: Quin's House
2: Adventurer's room
3: Guests' room

Well, it seems like there's not enough players... bump once, and only bump. If there's no more players I'll redo this tomorrow (around 10.5 hours in the future).

rolled 71, 29 = 100

>>16494886
I can agree with this, but maybe on a roof somewhere. Waking up on a roof is always fun.

rolled 3 = 3

>>16494930
Ooooh, I like that idea.

>>16494886
oh hey! there's still players after all!

When you wake up, you can see the familiar roof of the inn above you. And a hangover to boot, but it seems like you're gonna get over it pretty soon.
"Morning, Quin!" Llywelyn suddenly hugs you from behind. "Morning, Llywelyn... So, what happened, yesterday?"
"It was good decision, calling out Dahlia" Hertzog says from the table in the middle of the room. "Our guests are grateful that she didn't get away with their... well... private belongings."
You can see Dahlia, still sleeping on her bed, with a black eye. Obviously from one of our guests, possibly Septimia, who is the owner of the underwear Dahlia almost stole last night.
"By the way, GNeutered asks that we escort her to the Gnoll village up north tomorrow. She wanted to go today, but seeing as her girls are hungover, she postponed." Hertzog continues.
"Oh yeah, I did promise her that I'd help her cross the woods, didn't I?"
"And thanks to that bloody git Dahlia, we can't help but to join, too!" Llywelyn shouts.
Dahlia stirs. "Sshhhh.... not so loud... my head hurts..."
"That's what ya get for stealin' panties, ya bloody git!" The elven mage threw a pillow at the rogue.
You laugh, feeling better. What do we do next? Do we prepare for the trip, or do we do something else? Maybe ask the three Gnoll ambassadors?

>>16494979
We should gather some information on the customs of the gnoll village. There are probably lots of cultural differences and therefore many chances to screw things up without knowing that we're doing anything wrong at all.

Also, throw another pillow at Dahlia.

>>16494979
Let's see if there's anything we can do to help Dahlia with her injury.
Maybe if we're nice to her, we'll be able to influence her to be a bit less problematic.

>>16495016
You join in the pillow-tossing, and tossed another pillow at Dahlia. "Ow, ow, duuude, stop that..." You laugh again, and thanks Hertzog and Llywelyn for their company. "No problem. You are our friend, anyways." Hertzog bows gracefully.
"By the way, Hertzog, where can I find the three Gnolls? I have one or two things to ask them."
"Currently, the mayor gave them a stall at the market, he says it's the only empty spot for them. I say he's being stingy."
"Allright, thanks! You have a good day!"
So, the Gnoll brothers now live in a stall in the market, eh? Do we shop for smithing supplies as well? Or maybe just take a look at the goods before we visit the Gnolls?
Decisions?

>>16495076
>So, the Gnoll brothers now live in a stall in the market, eh

See if there's anything we can do for Dahlia's eye. Afterwards, grab something to eat with the crew before having a look around the market with Llywelyn. Maybe there's something that might be useful or simply interesting.

>>16495099
You think you could get a few healing salves at the market for Dahlia's eye. For the meantime, however, Hartzog's going to stay and nurse Dahlia, so you ask Llywelyn to accompany you to the market.
Arriving at the market, it's starting to hustle up some business, as the housewives arrive in droves every morning just to get the freshest grocery. Some even sell them. You decide to head towards the medicinal herb shop.
"Morning, you two. If it isn't a couple, this early in the morning!" The shopkeeper bellows. "So, what do you need? Maybe something to, well, cement relationships? I also happen to have some aromatic herbs here that will-"
"Sorry sir... we're jus here for some healing salves, got any?"
"Oooh, rough night, eh? Well I can't blame ya. Anyway, a healing salve costs 10 Cc. I also got some other herbs, if you want."
Wallet: 3Gc, 20 Sc and 27 Cc.
1 Gc = 10 Sc = 100 Cc.
Buy how many?

>>16495153
How much does on salve heal?

>>16495153
2, I guess?

>>16495165
Well, it works wonders on bruises and bumps, but not to cuts and heavy bleeding. Basically, healing salves are used after bar brawls or stuff like that. For cuts and bleeding, you'd better call for the town surgeon or cleric.

>>16495203
Thanks.
In that case, I doubt it will be of much use on our travels. Buy one for Dahlia, and one as reserve. Might be useful later on.

>>16495213
>>16495198
"I'll buy two, please."
You hand over 20 copper coins, and obtained two packs of healing salves.
"Thanks, mister!"
"No problem, sonny!"
D'oh, old man must've forgotten that you're a woman. But you've gotten a lot of that in the past, anyways.
After wandering around the market a while longer, you finally found the Gnolls' stall. Hmm, seems only Truro is there.
"Morning, Truro! Where's Rugar and Sajag?"
"Ah, morneeng, Kuinn. Rugar ees patrol market, Sajag ees patrol north of vilij. Wat seems the mattr?"
"I want to ask a few things about Gnoll customs."
"Kus-toms? Wat ees kus-toms?"
"Um, tradition?"
"Ah, ya, ya, I get. Kultur, ees it?"
"Yeah, I'd like to know more about Gnoll culture. Since we're supposed to go to your Gnoll village tomorrow."
"Hmmm, I sees. Ees it the fightan-laadee guest?"
"Yeah, we're supposed to help her get there."
"I sees. Wat Gnoll kultur Kuin wan' kno? Languij? Tribe elders? Tings wat not do?"
Decisions?

>>16495298
> Tings wat not do
This one is probably the most important one.
>Languij? Tribe elders?
Could be interesting and useful as well.

We should also ask them how they feel about living in the stall and if we should ask around for a better shelter for them.

>>16494888
Seems like I'm the only one still around.

I think you'd probably have a bigger audience if you ran the quest at that time, instead of now.

>>16495324
"I think I wanna know about the things I shouldn't do in the village."
"Ah, I sees. Wen ya go to vilij, sees the big ole karved tree? Ees home, tribe spirit home. Do nice at it. Den dere's sum rools, outsiders no go into homes, if home owner no ask to go in. And oh, oh, don' fo-get, if elders ask to drink and eat, drink and eat, no refuse-in. It be bad move, and dis- disres- no respek to elders."
"Hmm, I see. So, be good to tribe tree, don't go into homes unless owners let us, and drink and eat if elders say so?"
"Ya, ya."
"Any phrases in Gnollspeak I should be aware of?"
"Ah, ya. Greet, ees Hadak-ja, so if gnolls Hadak-ja, you Hadak-ja. Thanks ees Yurko, Yurko se-eds if thanks much. Ees polite. Ya ees Hia, No ees Mida."
"How about the elders? Anyone I should know?"
"Ya, Bonn-klaw Granma, she ees tribe gran motha, mos gran elder. Deres shaman, Long-sees Yoso, he much old smart. And mos respek, ees tribe leader, One-eye Kellman. Do good on dem."
"Thanks for the info. By the way, this stall seems too small for three Gnolls, isn't it?"
"Ah, no problims, one Gnoll sleeps, here. Otha two, dey go patrol. End of patrol, change with Gnoll sleepin. Ees good, have roof! And nice bed!" He gestures to a bed-mat on the corner.
Okay, now we've gotten some info, where do we go and spend the rest of our day, after delivering the healing salve to Dahlia?

>>16495484
Yeah, I think I'll wrap this up for now, and hope when I get to the office in the morn, this thread's still here.
Anyway, archived so I can find the thread tomorrow. Night guys!

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/16494571/

>>16495488
>where do we go and spend the rest of our day

See if we can get some sparring done with the gladiators. If they aren't doing any because they're on vacation, see if we can practice doing magic with Llywelyn.

>>16495533
Roughly 8-9 hours from now on, right? I'll try to keep the thread bumped in that case.

bump

Allright, as promised, I have returned.

Anyone still interested in Smith Quest?

>>16500684
Yup.

>>16500691
Allrighty then, quest continues!

"Thanks, Truro. Take good care of yourselves."
"No problim, missie!" He waves, and smile the Gnoll smile.
After leaving the Gnolls' stall, you return to the inn.
"Hey there Dahlia, feeling better?"
"Still got this black eye. Worth it, though!" Dahlia snickers.
You throw her a healing salve, which she deftly catches. "Here's something for that."
"Hey, thanks, dude." Dahlia grins.
"Didn't know you're the kind type, Quin." Llywelyn quipped.
"Haven't I always been?" You quip back. "Anyway, I'm gonna check on our guests. Anyone wanna join?"
Dahlia opens her mouth-
"-except you, Dahlia, sorry."
and she closes it again, pouting.
"Eh, I think I should give them my regards." Hertzog said.
(contd.)

>>16500780
You stroll to the guests' room at the inn with Hertzog, and knocked on the door. "Heya there, this is Quin, from the other day."
GNeutered opens the door, without a hint of hangover left in her. "Ah, good morning. What's the occasion?"
"Well, just wanna check up on you guys, I hope you didn't get a bad hangover."
"I didn't, but it seems that Antonina's having a bad case of it. Septimia's almost healed, and Slicks, well, she didn't get any hangover at all. Must be a lizardfolk thing."
"Greetings to you, too, madam. I hope you didn't suffer any inconvenience due to my party-mate." Hertzog says.
"Oh, the thief girl? Ah, no worries. If she wasn't that scrawny and stringy, she could be a good gladiatrix like Septimia here." GNeutered laughs.
"So, I was wondering, if perhaps today you'd like to train me a thing or two about fighting..." You say.
"Ah, no problem. I can train you, and Slicks here can spar with you. She's been aching to fight after last night, don't take it the wrong way. I'll be down with Slicks soon."
And yes, soon enough, GNeutered and Slicks arrived at the front of the inn, carrying some wooden poles with cloth wrapped around both their ends.
"We're going to spar with poles, are you ready?"
Okay, roll 2d20, one for our attack, and one for our defense.

rolled 3, 5 = 8

>>16500892
No matter if we succeed or fail in this fight. We'll learn something.

rolled 12, 19 = 31

>>16500918
Ah, sorry those were d10.

rolled 8, 4 = 12

>>16500892
Trying my luck.

>>16500931
The two of you each take a pole, and began circling around each other. Slicks starts attacking with a few wide swings aimed at your side, but you manage to swing your own pole to deflect the blows. "Hmm, good, good! You seem to know the basics!" GNeutered comments, with Hertzog standing, ready to offer medical help. You then try to lunge at Slicks, pretending the pole to be a spear, but Slicks quickly twirled her pole to deflect it again. "Not quite fast enough! Put your hips into it!" Again, Slicks went on the offensive, with an overhead swing this time. Quickly, you block the attack, and deflect it to the side, just as Slicks tries to land a kick. A quick twirl of the pole, and you manage to block that one too. "I see! You have good reflex to defend! But you need some more attack lessons!"
Roll 3d20, she's gonna teach you three attack lessons. How absorbent are we today?

rolled 16, 5, 20 = 41

>>16501142
Dice.

rolled 3, 7, 3 = 13

>>16501142
rollin for learnin

>>16501182
She then proceeds to show us three basic moves for poles. Sideways swing, thrust, and downwards swing.
"That's the basics, you just have to combine them to make good attacks."
You try to replicate her moves... and did exceptionally well on the swings. The thrust, however, still needs work. "Ah, you have good hip, why can't you use it well? In thrusting, the hip is important!" She then thrusts her hip forwards.
"Okay, one more time with Slicks, this time until one of you land a hit on the other! Remember what I taught you!"
By this time, a few spectators have gathered, mostly the villagefolk.

Okay, roll 4d20, the first three for the three kinds of attack, and the last for defense!

rolled 7, 6, 19, 8 = 40

>>16501291
Here we go.

rolled 20, 3, 10, 10 = 43

>>16501291

>>16501355
As before, the two of you circle each other, sizing each other up. This time, you open up with an overhead attack, which is quickly parried by Slicks. She then follows up with a swift jab, which you deflect, and returned with an admittedly weak thrust, which Slicks easily deflected. She then swings her pole behind her, and onto your other side. Thinking quickly, you knock her pole off course, sending it over your head, while swinging your own pole, descending into a crouch. You manage to hit Slicks on her leg. The crowd of spectators cheer and gasp with each move both of you did.
"I see, you are still weak at thrusts. You seem to prefer swings, though. Tell me, do you have a warhammer back home?"
You're a bit suprised. "Why yes, I do have one. Did you guess that from my moves alone?"
"I'm not a gladiatrix manager for nothing, you know! Now let's wrap up this training session, it's close to lunchtime already."
Well, all that's left is tomorrow's trip; Do you still want to learn enchantment with Llywelyn this afternoon? I'll update our skills once I get back home, where I keep the Smith Quest master log at. I'll put up the updated skills next time I run Smith Quest.

>>16501478
Improving our enchantment skills sounds fine.

Say, as GNeutered has been around an arena that much, perhaps she might have an idea how to train Stella? Or maybe how to fashion a leash appropriate for the animal?

>>16501522
Well, Mineroaches aren't something she's got in her place, so she can't say for sure what's the best way to train Stella. She's only a gladiatrix manager, not a beastmaster...
Anyways, I think I'm running outta steam for now, I think I'll continue this next weekend. Thanks for playing!

>>16501563
>I think I'm running outta steam for no

It would be lovely if you could give an estimate of the time when you will show up.
That way everybody reading this in the archives will know when to show up and we can hopefully avoid another 2 men show.

>>16501578
Well... probably sunday, my time, which is probably late saturday your time. All I can promise you is late weekend.

>>16501603
Ah, okay. See you then and thanks for the thread.

Damnit. I just found you running this and now you're ending. Gotta make sure I catch this next time.