She trails off, as if realising she’s gotten distracted.
You fidget slightly on your seat, this is all very good but you want to be going out and making a difference!
“Now child” she continues “When you first came to us you had aptitudes for certain things, and others...took a bit of work for you”

Pick Stats:
2 Primary (start at 12)
2 Secondary (start at 10)
2 Tertiary (start at 8, cost extra XP to raise)

Strength- this affects how strong you are- allowing you to perform feats of strength and deal additional damage in melee combat.
Agility. How dexterous and able to dodge you are. It also affects your finesse on delicate work.
Constitution. - How well you can take a hit or how long you can perform physically difficult tasks for.
Intelligence- How smart you are and how well you apply it
Willpower- How well you channel magical energy, and resist it.
Fellowship- How well you get along with and interact with others.

“And of course, you recall your family and how you came to us?” She continues

Your family
>are unknown to you, you were found on the church steps late one night when you were just a babe. You were raised by the church (penalty to social interactions outside of the church, extra divine power – below)
>Solid peasant stock, your parents love you and were overjoyed that you heard the Goddess’ call.
>Solid peasant stock, your parents cursed the day you were born, another useless mouth to feed, you were beaten often and ran away to the church (-1 Fellowship, +1 Willpower).
>Crafters and traders, your parents love you and were overjoyed that you heard the Goddess’ call.
>Crafters and traders, your parents planned to marry you a much older man to secure a lucrative trade deal, you hated him and ran away to join the church, your parents complained that you had been kidnapped and the church had to settle them down by paying them off (+1 Agility, Church is in debt, you feel an obligation to pay this off)

>>33059668
>Rich Merchants, your parents love you and were overjoyed that you heard the Goddess’ call (your starting gear is superior quality, uncommon -1 vote).
>Rich Merchants, your parents planned to marry you off to a minor noble to secure an alliance, at the wedding ceremony you smashed an ornate glass sculpture over his head and ran off to join the church (Enemy: Minor Noble, +1 Willpower).
>Nobles, your parents love you and were overjoyed that you heard the Goddess’ call (your starting gear is superior quality, bonus to social rolls, rare -2 votes).
>Nobles, your parents planned to marry you off to the ruler of a distant land. You ran away and have been dodging attempts from both your family and your husband-to-be to kidnap you (Enemy: Noble Family, Enemy: Foreign Ruler, +1 Intelligence, +1 Agility).
>Royalty, your father is the kings brother, and you’re....somewhere in the line of succession. Your family love you and were happy in a restrained, regal manner when you heard the Goddess’ call (your starting gear is magical, large bonus to social rolls, unheard of -3 votes).
>Royalty, your father is the kings brother, and you’re....somewhere in the line of succession. Your decision to serve the Goddess of Whores did not go down well, culminating in a screaming match between you and your father in full view of the royal court. Your fathers armsmaster always had a soft spot for his most dedicated pupil and broke you out of the tower – the palace guards killed him as he helped you escape. As a paladin of a recognised Church, your father cannot order you arrested, but he has ordered all nobles, royal functionaries, town guards etc to give you no help at all, and the common folk turn away from you, fearing they will be in trouble for aiding you (penalty to social rolls, large penalty to social rolls vs crown employees, +1 Strength, +1 Agility, +1 Constitution)

Some votes are rated
Uncommon -1 vote
Rare -2 votes
Unheard of -3 votes

This represents the rarity of such a thing, when the final votes are tallied, votes will be removed from these options – they are still possible and I will follow the wishes of the players, but a large majority would need to pick these options for them to happen.

And talking about your family
>You’re fully human
>You’ve got a bit of angel far back in the family tree (pick one or both of: Silver hair, gold eyes, uncommon -1 vote)
>You’ve got a bit of demon far back in the family tree (pick one or both of: red eyes, fangs, uncommon -1 vote)
>You’ve got a bit of dragon far back in the family tree (pick one: blue, green, red (really, really red), white, silver, copper, bronze or gold hair – representing the colour of your draconic ancestor, uncommon -1 vote)
>One of your grandparents or great-grandparents was an angel (physical appearance as above, rare -2 votes, +1 Willpower, +1 Fellowship)
>One of your grandparents or great-grandparents was a demon (physical appearance as above, rare -2 votes, +1 Intelligence, +1 Willpower)
>One of your grandparents or great-grandparents was a dragon (physical appearance as above, rare -2 votes, +1 Willpower, +1 Strength)
>One of your grandparents or great-grandparents was a giant (+30% height, rare -2 votes, +1 Strength, +1 Constitution)
>One of your parents was an angel of battle (you look almost like a full angel – flawless looks, silver or gold metallic hair, unheard of -3 votes, +1 Strength, +1 Agility, +1 Constitution, bonus to weapon skills)
>One of your parents was an angel of rulership and nobility (you look almost like a full angel – flawless looks, silver or gold metallic hair, unheard of -3 votes, +1 Fellowship, +1 Willpower, choose either: Wings or an extra divine power – below)
>One of your parents was a demon of violence and destruction (you look almost like a full demon – red skin, claws, fanged maw, unheard of -3 votes, +1 Strength, +1 Agility, +1 Constitution, bonus to melee weapon skills)
>One of your parents was a demon of deceit and lust (you look almost like a full demon – exotic skin, horns and a long dextrous tail, unheard of -3 votes, +3 Fellowship, pick one of: Wings, large bonus to seduction checks)

>One of your parents was a dragon (you look almost like a full dragon, though you are humanoid – scaled skin, claws a tail, and wings, unheard of -3 votes, +1 Strength, +1 Constitution, +1 Willpower, Wings, Pick a breath weapon: Fire, Lightning, Poison Gas, Cold, Acid or Knockout Gas)
>One of your parents was a giant (+60% height, unheard of -3 votes, +2 Strength, +2 Constitution)

“But family isn’t everything” says Priestess Hapswith, raising an admonishing finger “What’s important is how you apply yourself”

During training you displayed a natural talent for
>nothing really (skip section below)
>melee weapons (bonus to melee combat)
>ranged weapons (bonus to ranged combat)
>mounted combat – I mean fighting from horseback, geeze (bonus to fighting whilst fighting on horseback)
>powers of the faith (your divine magic is stronger)
>book learning (bonus to knowledge rolls)
>socialising, it’s party time! (+1 Fellowship)

But you didn’t do so well at
>nothing, I get to skip this section remember?
>melee weapons (penalty to melee combat)
>ranged weapons (penalty to ranged combat)
>mounted combat – I mean falling from horseback, ouch. (penalty to rolls whilst fighting on horseback)
>powers of the faith (your divine magic is weaker)
>book learning (penalty to knowledge rolls)
>socialising, I have no time for distractions (-1 Fellowship)

“And of course” she continues “As we are so rarely blessed by Velya as to have a Paladin called, we had to ask some of the other Churches to help with your training.”
The Church of Konig: God of Warriors, Knights and Paladins, The Church of Mazon: God of Merchants, Trade and Commerce and The Church of Yerra: God of Dragons, Wizards and Sorcerers agreed that you could spend time with their paladin and cleric trainees.”

Eventually, the Church of Velya sent you to train with the knight-aspirants at the Church of Konig, there you
(pick 2, a single option can be chosen twice)
>Trained hard at learning how to fight (+1 Strength)
>Trained hard at learning how to not get hit (+1 Agility)
>Joined every long-distance field exercise you could (+1 Constitution)
>Made a lot of friends (+1 Fellowship)

But it wasn’t all fun. This one time, a particularly arrogant knight-aspirant wouldn’t give you a moments piece, calling you ‘Whore Knight’ and ‘Champion of Sluts’, frequently you
>Calmly explained to him that his behaviour was unbecoming a knight-aspirant of Konig (+1 Fellowship)
>Decided to fist-fight for your honour (+1 Strength if you mostly won or +1 Constitution if you mostly lost)
>Walked away, he wasn’t worth your time (+1 Willpower)

Later you studied with the cleric-apprentices of Mazon, you
(pick 2, a single option can be chosen twice)
>Applied yourself diligently to your studies (bonus to knowledge checks)
>Learned how to turn the system of rules to your advantage (+1 Intelligence)
>Ran your own business (extra starting money)
>Made a lot of friends (+1 Fellowship)

But the clerics of the merchant God are not the most....honest lot. You saw a fellow student stealing from the church coffers and you
>helped him escape in exchange for a share of the take (extra starting money)
>decided to blackmail him (you have a somewhat unwilling ally in the church of Mazon)
>turned him in to the authorities, they expelled him from the Church and he swore revenge on you (bonus to social rolls with the Church of Mazon, Enemy: Disgraced Cleric)

Finally you learned under the tutelage of the ancient sages of Yerra, you
(pick 2, a single option can be chosen twice)
>Applied yourself diligently to your studies (+1 Intelligence)
>Learned a great deal about magic (+1 Willpower)
>Made a friend in summoning class, whom you might just run in to again (pick one of: Angel, Demon or Elemental)
>Made a lot of friends (+1 Fellowship)

But magical power can be tempting, one of your teachers made a pact with a demon and tried to sacrifice you to it, you
>Found a flaw in his summoning circle, allowing the demon to drag him back to Hell and devour him (+1 Willpower)
>were rescued by your fellow students (+1 Fellowship)
>played along to make it look like the demon had dragged you back to Hell to feast upon your mortal soul. In truth you made your own deal with the demon, and walked into class the next day like nothing had happened (unwilling ally in Church of Yerra, Demon ally, you owe the demon a favour, pick one of: bear its child at a time of its choosing, ritually sacrifice 10 people at a time to be specified later, spy on the churches, unspecified favour).

Just to clarify: This is you remembering your life – you’re not telling Priestess Hapswith everything that happened.

“And” She drones on, you were free to associate with whom you chose to, we are not worshippers of Konig – to put pointless restrictions on matters of the heart.”

Whilst in training did you have any...special friends? I mean, your Goddess doesn’t forbid her followers to have...relations, in fact she encourages it, what with being the Goddess of Joy.
>I don’t understand what you mean, all of my friends are special and we discussed my relatives above.
>I’m keeping myself pure for marriage
>I had one but...I’m too embarrassed to talk about it!
>I had a few yeah, I’m no innocent.
>I had more than a few boyfriends and girlfriends, sometimes it was hard keeping track of them all.
>I can’t think of any of my friends I didn’t sleep with at some point, I mean I love all my friends and I want them to be happy, I don’t understand why liking sex is bad.

“But now you are ready to take up arms and be the hand of the Goddess in this world, to do so you’ll need weapons.”

Now, what fighting style do you specialise in?
>None, specialisation is weakness
>One-handed weapon and shield (pick Sword, Axe, or Mace), good stable style
>Two-handed weapon (pick Sword, Axe, or Hammer), slow but powerful (requires 12 Str minimum)
>Polearm, (pick Spear or Halberd), keeping my foe at a distance
>Ranged (pick Bow or Crossbow), shoot them before they get close
>Two-Weapon Fighting (pick 2 of Sword, Axe, Mace), double the attacks! Defence? What’s the fence got to do with anything?

“And” She concludes “You will need the powers the Goddess has bestowed upon you.”

As a paladin of Velya you have certain powers, you automatically have the following power:

Redeeming Touch: You touch the target creature and flood their mind and soul with positive energy, showing them all the harm, all the pain and suffering they’ve caused others in their life. To the target this feels like a lifetime, but it only takes an instant, when it is over they know that they can make a choice: either continue down the path they are on, or try to make up for all the evil they have done.

You can choose 3 of the following powers, individual powers can be chosen multiple times for greater effect:

>Smite: You can channel your divine power to deal additional damage to your foes, has greater effect upon magical or evil creatures.
Once: Small damage bonus
Twice: Medium damage bonus
Three Times: Large damage bonus
>Divine Shield: You have an innate and constant resistance to magic.
Once: it’s hard for wizards or other magic users to affect you
Twice: it’s very hard for wizards or other magic users to affect you
Three Times: Only powerful wizards or other magic users can affect you
>Paladins Mount: Your Goddess has called a special animal to bear you on your journeys
Once: You have a horse that is a fine example of its breed, it has no special powers, yet.
Twice: You have a fantastic or unusual creature such as a Unicorn, Pegasus, Hippogryph or Griffon (or other fantasy creature – write-in)
Three Times: A young Dragon has been called by the Goddess to serve you (pick dragon colour)
>Healing Touch: You can channel your divine power to heal others with a touch
Once: You can heal minor injuries
Twice: You can heal serious injuries
Three Times: You can heal life-threatening injuries

>>33059751
>Divine Warrior: Your Goddess has blessed you with supernatural strength, speed and toughness. A favoured power of the Paladins of Konig.
Once: You add +2 Strength, +2 Constitution and +2 Agility, and lighter weapons barely break your skin (low damage resistance, equal to light armour)
Twice: You add +3 Strength, +3 Constitution and +3 Agility, and most weapons barely break your skin (damage resistance equal to medium armour)
Three Times: You add +4 Strength, +4 Constitution and +4 Agility, and even heavy weapons barely break your skin (damage resistance equal to heavy armour)

“Now I know you are eager to go haring off on a Quest” she glances at you, a smile on her face “I too was young once, difficult as that may be to believe.”

“I expected to tell you to visit the different adventurers guilds here in Silas, however” She shifts uncomfortably in her seat “The village of Dallersgill to the north have told us the local goblins that live in the area have gotten much bolder and have stopped stealing small items – and chickens – and moved up to attacking the new village and the new woodcutters camp that has been recently set up. Both the Mayor of Dallersgill and the merchant financing the logging camp have requested help in sorting this out. I think this would be a good experience for you, and no so dangerous that you can’t handle it alone”

>Sure, killing goblins sounds fun!
>Sure, I’ll make peace between all the parties, even if I have to crack their heads together!
>Sure, but, how should I go about this?
>I want to go to the adventurers guild first, I’ll sort the goblins later

Decisions about method do not tie you in to a particular outcome yet – you’re just talking right now.

>>33059758
Oh holy shit, that chargen.
I'll...I'll give it a shot, give me a moment.
If I'm the only one that bothers reading through this, and I choose an option with a vote malus, do I win by default?

>>33059758
Jesus, OP. Maybe you should've done these one at a time?

>>33059854
Yes
any option not voted for is ignored, so even if the only option picked has negative votes, it wins

>>33059870
Good point, after posting all of that I had second thoughts, I'll try to spread things out a bit more in future.

>>33059854
Primary: Fellowship Strength
Secondary: Agility Intelligence
Tertiary: Constitution Willpower

>Nobles, your parents planned to marry you off to the ruler of a distant land. You ran away and have been dodging attempts from both your family and your husband-to-be to kidnap you (Enemy: Noble Family, Enemy: Foreign Ruler, +1 Intelligence, +1 Agility).


>One of your parents was an angel of rulership and nobility (you look almost like a full angel – flawless looks, silver or gold metallic hair, unheard of -3 votes, +1 Fellowship, +1 Willpower, choose either: Wings or an extra divine power – below)
Wings. Since I'm the only one that's going to be filling the damn thing out, may as well go for broke.

>melee weapons (bonus to melee combat)

>mounted combat – I mean falling from horseback, ouch. (penalty to rolls whilst fighting on horseback)
Who cares about horses, we got wings.


>Joined every long-distance field exercise you could (+1 Constitution)
>Made a lot of friends (+1 Fellowship)

>Walked away, he wasn’t worth your time (+1 Willpower)

>Applied yourself diligently to your studies (bonus to knowledge checks)
>Learned how to turn the system of rules to your advantage (+1 Intelligence)

>turned him in to the authorities, they expelled him from the Church and he swore revenge on you (bonus to social rolls with the Church of Mazon, Enemy: Disgraced Cleric)

Second post of this fucking job application of a chargen, incoming.

>>33059962
Whatever, I second this. I ain't gonna read through all that text OP, just get this pimp wagon rolling!

>>33059962
>Learned a great deal about magic (+1 Willpower)
>Made a lot of friends (+1 Fellowship)

>Found a flaw in his summoning circle, allowing the demon to drag him back to Hell and devour him (+1 Willpower)

>I’m keeping myself pure for marriage
Former noble, yeah?

>Polearm, (Halberd), keeping my foe at a distance

>Smite
>Healing Touch
>Divine Shield

That...was a thing

>>33060022
10/10 would smite with.

>>33059962
Ah, wait fuck, Reverse Strength and Willpower's places, I kept them there from one of the earlier ideas when I was making a battle-angel not a wizard-angel.

>>33060022
And thank you for putting in the time, updating Character sheet

>>33060053
and whilst I'm doing that, some (simpler) choices for you to make:

You are
>Tall (6ft to 6ft 6in – pick a height)
>Average Height (5ft 4in to 5ft 11in – pick a height)
>Short (4ft 10in to 5ft 3in – pick a height)

You are
>Athletic
>Of Average Build
>Slender
>Chubby
>I’m Not Fat, I’m Just Big Boned

You have
>Gold Hair
>Silver Hair

You have
>Gold Eyes
>Silver Eyes

You have
>A-cup breasts, no really, I have breasts, I’m not a boy stop calling me that!
>B-cup breasts
>C-cup breasts
>D-cup breasts
>E-cup breasts, stop staring you perv

>>33060086
Seriously we don't care, just start the quest already. I vote for the first choice in each category, done and done?

>>33060050
>>33060086
Just to make sure, you did see my other post, right?

>Average Height (5ft 8in)

>Why is curvy not a damn option

>Silver Hair

>Gold Eyes

>D-cup breasts
'Fellowship'

>>33060115
Yeah I got that thanks.

Ok, chargen done, now what would you like to do about dem goblins?

(reposting)
>Sure, killing goblins sounds fun!
>Sure, I’ll make peace between all the parties, even if I have to crack their heads together!
>Sure, but, how should I go about this?
>I want to go to the adventurers guild first, I’ll sort the goblins later

Decisions about method do not tie you in to a particular outcome yet – you’re just talking right now.

>>33060154
I built us for diplomacy and magic, so that probably.
>Sure, I’ll make peace between all the parties, even if I have to crack their heads together!

>>33060154
Wait what what goblins? Nobody told us about no goblins.

>>33060233
second half of this post
>>33059758
wanna stick with the choice made by >>33060199 ?

>>33060250
Sure, sounds like there's not (much) bloodshed yet so maybe we can prevent situation from escalating.

>>33060266
>>33060199

Priestess Hapswith looks at you carefully "Yes, a peaceful option would be best, but not everyone sees the world the way we do."

"Gather your things and head north, if you recall your lessons, you know that Dallersgill is perhaps 2 days travel to north - on horseback that is, you could probably make it by nightfall if you left now."

>Leave now, try to get there before nightfall
>Leave now but no slow, no point in exhausting yourself
>Stay and do something else

>>33060329
>no slow
should be 'go slow'

>>33060329
>horseback

Isn't a flying human-sized thing faster than a horse, or would that exhaust us too much?

If it wouldn't be exhausting and be about as fast or faster than a horse, Fly, otherwise leave now and go at a decent pace, not exhausting but not too slow, try to get there early-midday tomorrow.

>>33060356
>early-midday
to clarify, by this I mean about 10:30 a.m. or a little earlier.

>>33060356
To clarify, when flying you can move about twice the speed or a horse over long distances - you glide as much as you can.

But flying does wear you out, like a forced march it allows you to cover a lot of distance quickly.

Flying in combat doesn't really wear you out.
>>33060369
Looks like it's the careful approach.

>>33060329
Let's try to get there before nightfall, no reason for dillydallying. We're on a mission from God!

>>33060397
>>33060369

Tie-breaker, roll 1d20 and repeat your vote, highest roll wins

>oh neat a new quest I'll take a look and see if I like it
>GREAT WALL OF CHARGEN
nope

Rolled 6

>>33060418
Before nightfall anon here.

>>33060422
chargen is over, quest has begun

>>33060418
Actually, I'll just change my vote (>>33060356) to using our wings to get there by nightfall.
We will probably be able to sleep in town before they expect us to fix everything, right?

>>33060422
I did all the chargen for you anon.
Now no one else has to suffer like I did.

>>33060422
I'm sticking with it because there's a slight chance we might get to bone a goblin.

>>33060451
We're a virgin, remember?
You'd probably have to roll for an out-of-character action.

Seriously, I'm not opposed to smut, but save it for something remotely worthwhile.

>going slow it is, writing

Forgot to say, when you are close to approaching the village will you land and walk in there, or descent from the heavens like an angel?
This is a village of regular folk, your appearance will cause a stir no matter what you do, but first impressions are important.

>>33060484
Land and walk in, no reason to be a showboat about it.

>>33060490
You fly north at a slower pace, stopping to camp before you get to Dallersgill. You approach the village at mid-morning.
You land away from the village and walk the last half-mile or so.
Dallersgill is a collection of perhaps 20-30 houses as well all of the usual things you’d expect to find in a small village: a smithy, a church an inn, etc.
In the distance, on the other side of the village you can see the start of a huge forest, on the edge of the trees is a makeshift encampment and you can hear the sound of wood being chopped and the the swearing and shouting of ordinary workmen doing their jobs.
You ask some of the locals and they tell you that the Mayor is also the innkeeper.
As you enter the Inn there are a few early patrons there drinking, every eye turns to you as you enter and the conversation stops dead.
After a pause a large man in his with a greying beard steps out from behind the bar.
“Can I help you lass?”

>I’d like a drink
>Ah, the Mayor I presume
>I’m here about a Goblin problem
>I might need directionss, this is the village of Dallersgill right?
>Other (write-in)

By the way, I'm tending to take the first vote because it seems like we only have 1-2 players, if people want me to wait a few minutes for voting, just say.

>>33060515
>large man in his with a greying beard
well I fucked that up
should read
"large man with a greying beard"

>>33060515
>Ah, the Mayor I presume
>I’m here about a Goblin problem

It's my votes you're taking, but waiting at least a few minutes from the first vote would be better.

>>33060515
>I’m here about a Goblin problem
People might just be waiting for chargen to be over. Because ho lee shit.

>>33060541
Good point
>>33060550
I can confirm chargen is fully complete

>>33060550
It was kind of terrifying, yet also the main thing that drew me to this quest in particular.

>>33060558
Good. Next time you do a choice like that, break it into pieces.
Although this way did result in a more focused character build, it also scared most people away.

“The Mayor, I presume” you say “You asked the Church of Velya for help with your Goblin problem, what can you tell me?”

“I am” he says, offering you his hand in greeting “Mayor Herbediah Bilsthwaite of Dallersgill atyerservice.”

“Well girl” he starts “We’ve been having goblin troubles since, oh...before my granddad was a lad. But the troubles we’re used to is them sneaking off with odds and ends, tools left out and the like, chickens, the occasional sheep if your boy isn’t watching the flock right. A nuisance, but one we’ve got used to. The gobbo’s ain’t smart, usually.”

He offers you a seat at a well-worn table in a corner and yells out “Missy, a couple of ales!”

‘Missy’ a young girl, arrives as he continues talking, slamming two mugs of ale down on the table with a sulky expression.

“But this is diff’rent ya see.” He continues “It all started when Mister Gadwin bought his crews in to start logging, I checked his writ, all there and official, and his boys are always proper respectful in my Inn, I told Mister Gadwin if his lads caused trouble for me or any of the ordinary folk here I would complain to Baron Silas so I would!”

He gets back on track “Well after this, ‘bout a month after Mister Gadwin started chopping trees the gobbo’s get organised, get violent.”

“A dozen folk have been injured and I hear that two of Mister Gadwins workers were found dead one morning with cut throats. Though I can’t say for sure, what with him having the bodies taken away so quickly.”

“What more do you want to know?”

>Do the goblins have a nest, a lair or something?
>You said they got organised, what do you mean?
>Where can I find Mister Gadwin?
>What happened to the villagers?
>What is Mister Gadwin doing about his dead workers?
>I know enough, time to solve this

>>33060663
Ask all of these, in order.

>>33060663
>Do the goblins have a nest, a lair or something?
>You said they got organised, what do you mean?
>Where can I find Mister Gadwin?
>What happened to the villagers?
>What is Mister Gadwin doing about his dead workers?
When attempting to create a compromise between two groups, you should always gather as much information about the conflict as possible from both sides.

>>33060663
>What happened to the villagers?
>Where can I find Mister Gadwin?

Is this gonna get lewd?

>>33060690
Maybe, maybe not.
Chargen made us a virgin, so it probably wouldn't be in character to start boning goblins.

>>33060690
Players choice, the option is open for lewdness though any sex scene will be fade to black, wake up next morning.

But as >>33060699 said, virgin was picked so some rolls might be required if you want to do anything.

>Writing next post

>>33060713
>fade to black
Probably the best way to handle it, honestly.
I've seen too many playerbases go toxic from arguments over such things, and this gives no OoC incentive to lewd.

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>>33060682

Second

>>33060690

Given the character anon rolled up, I'd hope not. I agree with >>33060476

Looks like a job for a diplomat. We need to gauge how willing the logger is to compromise and what sort of authority we can muster before having to resort to genocide.

“Lots of things” you reply “When attempting to create a compromise between two groups, you should always gather as much information about the conflict as possible from both sides”

“Er, ok” he responds, nonplussed “You’re not want I expected”

“For starters” You continue, beginning your list “Do the goblins have a nest, a lair or something? You said they got organised, what do you mean? Where can I find Mister Gadwin? What happened to the villagers? What is Mister Gadwin doing about his dead workers?”

“Woah, Woah, slow down girlie” he says, raising his hands in defence against your onslaught of questions “right ah, yeah the gobbo’s have like a bunch of run-down huts deep in the forest, ‘swat I heard anyhow. Tis probably not too far from the logging site, I can ask one of the fur trappers to guide you there if need be.”

“Now as to organised, well one gobo we see every now and then is Sleekit – I guess you could say he’s their leader, he’s smart for a goblin, knows a bunch of human words. Anyway When some of the villagers got hurt he was standing at the back of a bunch of goblins, giving commands ‘fire that’ ‘get that human’ and suchlike. He’s never done owt like that afore. An mostly gobbo’s use teeth and claws, some ‘ave been using sharp sticks and stolen tools as weapons recently, though not well.”

“Mister Gadwin will be at the logging camp, in the big tent at the centre, he’s got the coin to dress well and you can’t miss him – he’ll be giving the orders. As to what he’s doing, well he signed the petition I sent to the Church but we had a set-to about where to send it, he wanted a follower of Konig out here to slaughter the gobbo’s or chase them off. I insisted we try the Church of Velya on account of help they’ve given us before.”

“He stormed out, was a mite upset I’d say, I heard he’s asking about hiring proper guards for the camp.”

>>33060779
“Now the villagers, well, twice so far the goblins have come out at night and tried to set houses on fire, they ain’t too good at it and we’ve plenty of water so nothing’s been burned down yet.”

“But when folk come running outside to see what the fuss was about an’ grab buckets the gobbo’s attack them, all biting an’ clawing. There’s plenty of folk with marks on ‘em now and Halwid coulda lost use of his left arm, though he seems to be healin’.”

“I sent that petition after the second attack, I knew summat were up, I’ve heard that they’ve attacked the loggers camp last night, but I don’t know more than that.”

He runs out of breath, and, maybe things to say too.

>I need more info on...(write-in)
>I’d like to be shown to the goblin lair
>I’m off to the loggers camp to see Mister Gadwin

>>33060784

what do we, in character, know about goblins? What is their political status in the realm and in our religion? Pest to be exterminated, or a sapient being to be respected? It's obvious they don't have any legal claims on the land, but maybe there could be some workable deal between them, the village and the loggers...

Thank the man for his time.
Let's meet Mister Gadwin

>>33060784
>I’m off to the loggers camp to see Mister Gadwin

>>33060779
>“When attempting to create a compromise between two groups, you should always gather as much information about the conflict as possible from both sides”
That comment was actually meant for my fellow anons, not necessarily a dialogue suggestion, but if you want to use it as that it's fine.
Just keep in mind, if people want something to be dialogue or a write-in, they'll usually use greentext, quotations or state it as something the character does.

>>33060784
>I’m off to the loggers camp to see Mister Gadwin

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Hey OP, protip: white text with black outline is readable on literally any underlying image.

>>33060913
Thank you for the tip and the improved image, much appreciated.
>>33060804
Goblins are officially vermin - killing them is not a crime.
Your church disagrees and think any living creature is worth respecting.

Goblin intelligence is somewhere around 'smart ape'.

They don't normally know much, but in the past invading orcs have used goblins as cannon-fodder in their armies as well as scouts and saboteurs.

You head off to the loggers camp. It is a sprawling collection of tents with dozens of workers hauling logs around behind mules, clearing off branches and stacking the logs onto carts.
Beyond the camp, at the edge of the forest trees are being cut down. All around you are tree stumps.

As you walk through the camp your appearance draws attention as well as a lot of unwelcome commentary from the workers as to what they would like to do to you, requests that you remove your clothes and what your...position...should be after that.

The sun is up and you can smell treesap and sweaty workers, underneath it there is a wet, rotten smell that you cannot identify.

You approach the large tent in the middle of the camp, the entire front of the tent is open, allowing you to see several tables with maps spread on them. Looking at the maps is an older human in fine clothes barking commands. Also in the tent are a young man with inkstained hands and a submissive manner, bowing his head and nodding at the commands, and two rough looking fellows carrying shortswords.

>Your workers are extremely rude!
>Are you Mister Gedwin
>What is that smell?
>Other (write-in)

>>33060946

Well this is going to be tough.

We need to find out how much the logger intends to or has to pay for mercenaries and hazard premiums for his workers to work in dangerous environment, because those are probably going to be limits to his concessions.

>>33060955
>Are you Mister Gedwin
We're here to deal with the goblins, not annoy people.

>>33060955

>1. Greet the logger
hopefully he will introduce the clerk, who might have interesting inputs.
Take a look at the maps, too, might be helpful to know what extent of loggers' claims is.

>later, during conversation, ask about the smell

>>33060955
>Are you Mister Gedwin


Loggers will be loggers.

>>33060955
Chastise Mr .Gedwin how rude his workers are. People are supposed to take you seriously!

>>33060955
>Are you Mister Gedwin

The first is unnecessary, those guys were just blowing off steam.
The third is probably just a smell we don't recognize from not being in many logging camps before, and we can always ask about it later in the conversation.

>>33060955
So OP, like 20 minutes ago I stumbled across this after waking up and was.... astounded at the char gen. Astounded and THRILLED! Obviously it would have been better if it had been broken up, more people and all that jazz,

but thank you chargen anon >>33060445 You did a great job. I think the only thing I would have change would to go for tall as opposed to average. Seriously great job
Anyway OP, how long you planning on running this? Also do you have a twitter you'll be using to notify people of future threads? If not please make one so I can follow the shit out of it.

>>33061007

People are not going to take you seriously when you whine to their superior.

Besides we've had similar situation set a precedent in chargen
>Walked away, he wasn’t worth your time (+1 Willpower)

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>>33061007
>>33061035
This could be us guys... just imagine the possibilties

>>33061028
Yeah I should have broken that up.

All I can do is say sorry to everyone, thanks to chargen Anon and say 'it's my first Quest (in case you can't tell), I was overeager.

Gonna continue for next 9-10 hours today, will pick up next weekend hopefully.

Will post twitter before I leave

>writing update

>>33061062
>Gonna continue for next 9-10 hours today
holy shit what

>>33061062
Well, there goes my sleep cycle.

Mister Gedwin looks up, a scowl on his face “Kennet I told you start at the east sid-” he cuts off, looking you up and down, his gaze lingering on you.

“And who might you be, young lady” he says, straightening up and adopting a more ingratiating tone “I am indeed Alfured Gedwin, Master Trader, I don’t believe I’ve had the pleasure of your company before” he winks at you “Though I hope to change that”.
He walks around the table as he talks, approaching you he tries to take your hand and kiss it.
>Pull away
>Let him

As he does so he says “I’m a member of the Silas Merchant Guild in good standing, as you can see, this is my latest operation, won’t you permit me to show you around? And what should I call you?”
>Sure, show me the place
>Wow, you must be a very important man (turn on the charm, roll Fellowship)
>Keep your hands to yourself, thank you
>I’m Sireyi Valyenya, formerly of House Valyenya
>I’m Sireyi, Paladin of Velya (establish your authority, roll Fellowship)
>I’m here about the goblin problem
>Greet the clerk and/or guards
>About that smell
>Other (write-in)

Obviously not railroading smell question, but someone wanted to ask it later in the conversation so keeping it as an option

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>>33061062
well for most first quest QMs your doing a damn fine job so don't worry.

If it makes you feel any better QM I actually love text dumps like that

Also...
>Gonna continue for next 9-10 hours today
I need to change my pants now. Thanks a lot. pic related

>>33061082
It's 1pm here and it's either this or play dawn of war, again, this wins out, just.

Kidding, of course I value all my players

>>33061095
Thank you

Rolled 8

>>33061093
>Let him
its how nobles do, right?


>>I’m Sireyi, Paladin of Velya (establish your authority, roll Fellowship)
1d20 right?

>>33061093
>Let him
>I’m Sireyi, Paladin of Velya (establish your authority, roll Fellowship)
>I’m here about the goblin problem
Uh, what dice are we rolling?

Rolled 20

>>33061093
>Let him

What's the harm?

>I’m Sireyi, Paladin of Velya (establish your authority, roll Fellowship)

Just so you know, 1d100 best of three is the most commonly used system and considered the best.
Less likely to crit than d20, and the bo3 negates /tg/dice being themselves.

>>33061111
>>33061116
Shit, my apologies
roll is 1d20+2

Best of 3 rolls taken after this post

Try not to freak out if you get a 1.

>>33061130
>>33061131
I didn't know about the modifier, please tell me it still counts.

>>33061139
Sure why not, mistake was mine, 20+2 counts, 2 rolls to go....

Unless authority option gets outvoted!

>>33061130
>20
>>33061131
>Best of 3 rolls taken after this post
why
also
>best of 3d20
pls no crits, 28% is too much for me

Rolled 17 + 2

>>33061142
rolling

>>33061146
Natural 1 and Natural 20

A single 1 is of no consequence, it’s just a number and has no special effect.
If 2 out of 3 rolls are 1’s then the action is an automatic failure and may have other negative consequences.
Three 1’s indicate catastrophic failure.

A 20 is a great roll! But it’s just a number and confers no special bonuses.
Two 20’s are an automatic success and may have additional (beneficial) effects.
Three 20’s are as good as it gets and will always include a special bonus/effect of some kind.

>>33061159
That is pretty much perfect, normal d20 bo3 tends towards criticals way too much, but your system negates that entirely.
I withdraw my comment about switching to d100s.

>>33061159
The amount of thought and planning in this makes me want to hold your hand[/spoiler...

>>33061111
>>33061116

This.

If nobody pays attention to the smell, it's probably normal for operation of this sort. Let's ask about it if/when he starts talking about the logging effort.

For now, let's focus on the boss man, magnanimously ignore the clumsy flirting.

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Rolled 10

>>33061217

forgot a roll

>>33061159
>1.4% chance of crit
okay then

>Success
He kisses your hand, lingering over it as he does so, when he finally lets go your hand feels kind of clammy and you have a momentary desire you wash it clean.
“I’m Sireyi, Paladin of Velya” you say in a clear and commanding tone “I’m here to help solve your goblin problem.”
He pauses, caught out “of course, of course, my apologies I wasn’t expecting the Church to respond so quickly.”
“Let me show you what these filth have done.” He gestures towards his clerk, all business now “Ben, call a 5 minute break for the loggers and ask Smits and Yost to come here please.”

Ben leaves and then you hear a bell being run several times followed by a thin voices yelling out instructions.

Gadwin lowers his voice and steps closer “Listen, you look like a smart girl, I’m sure they Mayor has sold you some crazy story about us provoking the goblins and how we should go cut trees somewhere else. But I promise you I can make it worth your while it you just get rid of this problem, no questions asked.” He shakes a large pouch filled with coin suggestively.

A few moments later a couple of loggers enter, sweaty and stripped to the waist, Both have still healing wounds on their arms that look like claw or bite marks.
Gadwin steps away from you and says “Ah, Smits, Yost, please tell Paladin Sireyi here about the goblins.

The two loggers look at each other for a moment, one loses the silent contest of wills “well miss” he says, tugging his forelock and refusing to meet your eyes “We was just bedding down a few nights ago in our tents after work and they we wakes up with something biting and clawing!”

“Twas gobbo’s trying to kill us in our sleep!” He shows you his arms “I fights ‘em off and I yells as much as I can and they scarpers, must’ve been a dozen, no two dozens of the beasts miss!”

>>33061330
“There” says Gadwin “You see, out of nowhere these goblins attack my men in their sleep!”
“And it wasn’t just these two, they killed two of my best men!”
He’s getting worked up now “They kill my men and who has to pay? Me! Of course it’s always me!”

As he starts ranting about the injustice of the world towards an honest business many trying to make enough to get by, you notice Yost and Smits glaring at him, before they notice you looking, at which point their gaze drops.

What now?
>Smits, or is it Yost? Tell me more about the goblin attack
>The Mayor said your dead workers had cut throats? Sounds a bit neat for goblins
>Tell me about the logging operation
>I know enough, time to go elsewhere
>Gadwin convinced me, time to wipe out the goblins

>>33061336
>The Mayor said your dead workers had cut throats? Sounds a bit neat for goblins
this as an idle comment
then
>Smits, or is it Yost? Tell me more about the goblin attack

>>33061336
Learn more about the attack from Smits and Yost, ask about the specifics of the men's deaths, from both them and their employer.

Maybe bring up the differences in the stories, assuming they say 'it was cut throats'.

Ask about what he said earlier about provoking goblins in regards to their logging operation.

In that order.

>>33061403
>assuming they say 'it was cut throats'.

That should be assuming they DON'T say 'it was cut throats'.
If they say it was cut throats, there's no difference.

“Smits, or is it Yost? Tell me more about the goblin attack” you start, adding as an aside “The Mayor said your dead workers had cut throats? Sounds a bit neat for goblins”.
“Yost, miss” says Yost, before Gadwin interrupts “Smits, Yost” he barks “Back to work!”

The two loggers leave.

He turns on you and points his finger in your face “I know what silly rumours the mayor has been spreading, there’s nothing to them. Goblins killed two of my most loyal men, and that’s that!”
“Now unless you have any real questions, may I suggest you get about what you came here to do.” He nods towards the open side of the tent.
>Er, right, I guess I’m done here (leave the camp)
>I’ll just take a look around the place (explore camp)
>I’ll just take a look around the place (go talk to Yost)
>You’re hiding something, what is it? (Fellowship 1d20+2, Hard)
>I had more questions (write-in)

>>33061336

Well how did these two wake up while the other guys had slit throats?

We need to talk to each of them in separation.

Can spin it as confession so that they don't get offended, just so we can compare the stories.

For now let's ask about the logging operation maybe?
What were those stories about 'provoking the goblins', see just where he's licensed to cut.

>suggested bribe
let's pretend we haven't seen that for now. He'd deny everything anyway.

Rolled 20 + 2

>>33061449
>You’re hiding something, what is it? (Fellowship 1d20+2, Hard)
Sure why not

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>>33061460
GET REKT GADWIN!

Rolled 13

>>33061449
>>33061460
>You’re hiding something, what is it? (Fellowship 1d20+2, Hard)
I will not defy the dice gods.

Rolled 3

>>33061449
>You’re hiding something, what is it? (Fellowship 1d20+2, Hard)

Rolled 7 + 2

>>33061467
Forgot the mod, whoops

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Rolled 14 + 2

>>33061467
>>33061477
>>33061479
G-guys... get it together!

doing the last roll since
>>33061467
>>33061477
don't have modifiers.

Rolled 21

>>33061490
I'm sure OP is perfectly capable of adding modifiers himself.

>Success
Gadwin looks at you, hard and you can almost see the wheels turning behind his eyes as he searches for a way out of this.
He nods to his two guards (?) and they go stand by the tent entrance, turning away the clerk when he tries to come back in.
“Alright, the truth is, the goblins have a leader, a smart one. A half-orc named Braggedin.”
He wrings his hands nervously
“The goblins started attacking us almost from the day we got here, organised attacks at random times, supplies destroyed, tent ropes cut, fires started, hooting from dusk till dawn to stop us getting a full nights sleep. Too organised, much too effective.”
He pauses “only recently have they attacked the village.”
“I took my two best men and tried to find the goblin lair, maybe I could buy them off with some shiny beads or ale or something?”
“Braggedin found us first, before we knew it we had goblins all over us, he knocked both my men down – but not before one of them managed to cut him.”
“Braggedin was clear: we had to leave or he’d kill us, he was the one who snuck into camp and killed my men – probably as revenge for managing to wound him.”
He looks you straight in the eyes, trying to impress upon you the seriousness of what he says.
“I think Braggedin has military training, plenty of mercenary companies will take on half-orcs, if you see him, don’t hesitate, kill him quickly. If you don’t you won’t stand a chance.”

>Thank you for finally coming clean, I guess I’m done here (leave camp)
>I’ll just take a look around the place
>I’ll just take a look around the place (go talk to Yost)
>I had more questions (write-in)

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>>33061551

>1d21

>>33061551
I'm sure he can. However these two posts
>>33061139
>>33061142
Imply that the modifier is needed for the roll to count.

>>33061552
>Thank you for finally coming clean, I guess I’m done here (leave camp)

>>33061552

>Thank you for coming clean.
>I'd like to see extent of your licensed operation.
>My priority is safety of the innocents. I will deal with this person as situation will call for.

>>33061552
>Thank you for finally coming clean, I guess I’m done here (leave camp)

Can't think of anything else

>>33061552
>"You said Braggedin was having the goblins attack you from the moment you came here? Can you think of any reason that might be?"

I think the former goblin leader, Sleekit, might be willing to help end this with minimal loss of life, assuming it comes to that and he's still alive.

Damn, I know I missed the chargen but this would have been glorious/insane

>Primary: Strength, Agility
>Secondary: Constitution, Willpower
>Tertiary: Intelligence, Fellowship

Family
>Royalty, your father is the kings brother, and you’re....somewhere in the line of succession. Your decision to serve the Goddess of Whores did not go down well [...]
>+1 str, +1 agl, +1 con
>One of your parents was a giant (+60% height, unheard of -3 votes, +2 Strength, +2 Constitution)

During training you displayed a natural talent for
>ranged weapons (bonus to ranged combat) [or melee]

But you didn’t do so well at
>mounted combat – I mean falling from horseback, ouch. (penalty to rolls whilst fighting on horseback)

But you didn’t do so well at
>Trained hard at learning how to fight (+1 Strength)
>Trained hard at learning how to not get hit (+1 Agility)
>Decided to fist-fight for your honour (+1 Strength)

Mazon
>2x Learned how to turn the system of rules to your advantage (+2 Intelligence)
>turned him in to the authorities, they expelled him from the Church and he swore revenge on you (bonus to social rolls with the Church of Mazon, Enemy: Disgraced Cleric)

Yerra
>2x Learned a great deal about magic (+2 Willpower)
>Found a flaw in his summoning circle, allowing the demon to drag him back to Hell and devour him (+1 Willpower)

>I’m keeping myself pure for marriage

>Ranged (pick Bow), shoot them before they get close [or Two-handed weapon (hammer)]
I imagine having a massive siege bow capable of destroying weak-average town walls

Powers
>x3 Divine Warrior
>Three Times: You add +4 Strength, +4 Constitution and +4 Agility, and even heavy weapons barely break your skin (damage resistance equal to heavy armour)

>Tall 6ft 6in ---> Giant 10ft
>Athletic
>Silver hair
>Gold eyes
>D-cup

End stats
Strenght - 21
Agility - 18
Constitution - 17
Inteligence - 10
Willpower - 13
Fellowship - 8

We would have been invincible, IN-FUCKING-VINCIBLE! well, except for magic

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>>33061615
Its...beautiful

>>33061615
Well, I can always run a second quest with a different protagonist at some point.

The exact response to by previous post is important because plot.

I'm going to wait 10 minutes before writing my response.

Currently leaving has 3 votes, asking about Braggedin has 1

>>33061630
me >>33061597


I'll second >>33061609. would be good to know

>>33061653
2 for each option?

Ok.

Vote again and roll 1d20 no modifiers, highest total of rolls for each options wins

>>33061630

>>33061596 here, I wanted to ask the man about just how far he's licensed to cut, not to leave right away. But I'll support asking if the trader had any dealings with Sleekit as per >>33061609

>>33061615
>Silver hair
>Gold eyes
Those options were because of angelic blood, half-giant would've had different options.
>D-cup
Would those get scaled up, too?
Pretty cool character, though a bit min-max-y.
I still like half-angel diplomacy wizard more.

Because I'm Chargen anon

>>33061630
Finish your first quest before thinking about running more, please.

>>33061630
can you post the current charsheet?
Also, it would be a good idea if you made a pastebin of the character and posted in in every OP of the quest.

>Well, I can always run a second quest with a different protagonist at some point.
A paladin of Rip&Tear? Sign me up.
Fellowship 8? Who cares? If we find a guy we like, we could mount him at the spot and there would be not a damn thing he could do about it.
Playing an insanely strong Amazonian Cave-woman could be fun or fail miserably, depends on many factors

>>33061673
And I forgot to say
When leaving do you
>go back to village
>find trappers to take you to goblin lair

Rolled 9

>>33061673

not sure if >>33061678 changes that or what. but rolling for >>33061609

>>33061705
If you question him before you leave I'll fold the licensing question into the post.

>>33061718
There shouldn't be any harm to a few more questions, right?

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Rolled 1

>>33061692

Let's Roll.

>>33061683
Cup size is relative to band size, anon. If you're scaling everything equally, cup size won't change.

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>>33061734

fugg :D

someone salvage this, quick

>>33061692
I saw village. Might find some adventurers willing to come with us.

on that note, in character could we take on the goblins by ourselves? With/without the half orc? I want an idea of how confident we are in our abilities.

Okay, then does that make it 3 to 1?
1
>>33061592

3
>>33061609
>>33061653
>>33061678

>>33061738
>>33061683
just a point btw. Cup size would not change but the breasts would be bigger.

>>33061683
>Those options were because of angelic blood, half-giant would've had different options.
Ah, I was wondering why thet were there. Thought that maybe it had to do something with being the paladin of joy.

Yeah, it is min-maxed a lot. If I was in your position and had free reign of chargen, I would have made sure to make it more balanced. Less strength and more willpower for one. Having such a glaring weakness wouldn't be a good idea.

>>33061744
Somewhat related to this, do we know any non-divine magic?
I mean, just a basic fire bolt or something, willpower is our second primary stat.

>>33061752
I would've been more worried about that 8 fellowship. Seriously, just picking up a rank in divine shield instead of the third in divine warrior would help with your mage-fear.

Sorry, I got bored and went with the more interesting option

“Actually, before I go” you say, “I did have some questions, You said Braggedin was having the goblins attack you from the moment you came here? Can you think of any reason that might be?"
“I really couldn’t say” responds Gadwin, stiffly, “I’ve never seen or heard of him before.”

You move on to your next question “What dealings have you had with Sleekit?”
“I’ve seen the little monster directing his fellow goblins like a general” says Gadwin with a snort of contempt “But I’ve never had any dealings with him.”

“Alright, and finally, how far are you licensed to cut?”
“I have a license for 100 men for half a year” he gestures to a wooden chest in a corner of the tent “Signed by Baron Silas’ scribe” he continues proudly “It wasn’t easy getting that I can tell you.” He hand moves to caress his money pouch absently

>Leave and go to village
>Go find fur trappers, I want to go to the goblin lair

>>33061767
>Somewhat related to this, do we know any non-divine magic?

Not yet, once we conclude this quest the plan is you go back to town, pick up 2-3 companions and start on another quest.

Your companions can teach you their skills, so if you pick a wizard follower you can learn wizard magic, pick a fighter and you can get better with weapons etc.

>>33061778

We should figure where the loggers are staying and have a word or few with that clerk/accountant, he might confirm or destroy trader's claims. Apart from that, I guess we could find the trappers.

>>33061778
>Go find fur trappers, I want to go to the goblin lair

>>33061778
>Go find fur trappers, I want to go to the goblin lair.

Hoping for more diplomacy opportunities, even though we'll probably have to fight, if only as a tutorial to whatever surprises are in the combat system.

You leave the loggers camp, your mind churning over what Gedwin told you, was he telling the truth, was even his confession a lie?
After asking a few of the villagers you find a rather run-down hut on the edge of the village, the home of the fur-trappers.
Knocking on the door you are greeted by an elderly man who invites you inside.

Inside are a number of lean-looking men wearing furs, they all look like they could be related, or half-bear, or half-bear and related. They’re sat around the place on the floor or on beds and drinking some foul-smelling concoction from ceramic jars.

The elderly man who ushered you inside offers you a seat on a rickety wooden stool. He speech sounds rough and difficult to understand.

“Hmm, Mayor said y might stop by girlie, you’m wanting to go to goblin den? Hmmmnot doing it ya hear? Me or mboys. You wait till ‘night and you’ll see mpplenty of gobs.”
>You won’t take me, why not?
>I am a Paladin of Velya you will guide me there! (roll Fellowship, 1d20+2)
>I can pay you (you have a little coin, roll Fellowship, 1d20+2, slightly easier roll)
>Fine I'll find it on my own! (leave)
>Other (write-in)

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Rolled 2 + 2

>>33061915
>I am a Paladin of Velya you will guide me there! (roll Fellowship, 1d20+2)
We are a holy diplomancer and we will not be thwarted!

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Rolled 13

>>33061915

>You won't take me, why not?

then, if they're not forthcoming:

>If we wait for next attack, more people will get hurt, and I intend to put a stop to that. Will one of you help me, or do you prefer to expose your close ones to risk for another night?

Rolled 19 + 2

>>33061915
>I am a Paladin of Velya you will guide me there! (roll Fellowship, 1d20+2)

Maybe resort to bribery if we brick this roll.

>>33061956
It's kinda obvious why they won't take us, they're afraid of dying horribly to goblins.
Although, maybe they're protecting the goblins? Can't think of a reason for them to do that.

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>>33062005

>dying horribly

we don't know of any person who died to goblins. We only know that two people got killed and even their employer admitted it was most likely done by a half-orc.

Speaking of which, maybe we could ask them what they know about goblin leadership.

Rolled 18 + 2

>>33061953
>>33062005
seconded

Heres hoping for a good roll

>>33062024
Nobody knows about the half-orc though.
What they do know, is goblins have been attacking, and people have been reported killed by goblins.
We'll probably learn what they know about the goblins from succeeding the fellowship roll.

>Success
“I am a Paladin of Velya you will guide me there!” you proclaim, trying to sound authoritative.
The old trapper chews on his lip for a moment “mmmmmk, but mmmdoing myself” He turns to the other trappers “boys stay here, llback soon.”

The old trapper leads you deep into the woods, a journey of several hours, it’s now mid-afternoon (3-4pm).

The canopy of branches closes overhead, if you had to you could still fly, but you can no longer see the sky, and it’s dark here, you hate not being able to see the sky.

Suddenly he stops, holding up a hand to indicate you should stop too.

“What?” you ask. He waits and then says “I heard some-“

SUDDENLY GOBLINS EVERYWHERE

Goblins surround the two of you on all sides, springing from nowhere. A few have improvised weapons but those that don’t have grinning maws full of teeth, and long nails hardened into claws. You estimate there are maybe 30 goblins around you, they average about 4 feet in height and some wear strips of furs, others are naked.
Before you can react one steps forward, wearing a battered metal pot as a helmet.

“Yesyes!” he shrieks “Sleekit clever, Sleekit find you!” He jumps up and down in excitement “Sleekit find bird-girl, Bringing you to Baggin.”

He glares at the old trapper “Go away, not wanted here, only bird-girl”

Sleekit beckons you to follow him and turns as if to head deeper into the forest

>Sleekit, I’ve been looking for you
>’Baggin’? Who’s ‘Baggin’?
>Ok, I guess I’m following Sleekit
>Get out of here old man
>Ah, I was wondering when I’d get to fight (attack)
>Other (write-in)

>>33062133
And since this might come to combat....I’m assuming you have your halbard, your backpack contains all of your essential gar (bedroll, holy book etc) and you’ve got your holy symbol on a chain round your neck, but what armour did you borrow from the church for your first quest?
>Armour? Look it’s a good day when I’m even wearing clothes, armour makes it difficult to fly
>damn, I knew I forgot something
>Light Armour, never leave home without it
>Medium Armour, gotta stay protected
>Heavy Armour, flying is difficult but better than being stabbed.

>>33062143
>Sleekit, I’ve been looking for you
>>33062143

>Medium Armour, gotta stay protected

>>33062159
>>33062143
oh, btw are there any limitations to armor? Like arcane spell failure or something like that?

>>33062133
>Sleekit, I’ve been looking for you
>I assume by 'Baggin' you mean Braggedin
>Tell the trapper he can go

>>33062143
Do any of these give us any kind of penalty we should be aware of? I'd rather not restrict our ability to fly much, if at all.

>>33062143
medium

pls post complete charsheet

>>33062214
This and I also think that we should change height to tall (6') because I think that better fite with the idea of an angel. Perfect skin, gold eyes, silver hair, wings, tall etc.

>>33062193
No arcane spell failure
>>33062202
Light armour (low damage resistance, no mobility penalty unless swimining)
Medium (medium damage resistance, low mobility penalty)
Heavy (high damage resistance, medium mobility penalty, flying tires you quickly)

>>33062249
yeah, it will also give us more presence

>>33062249
I also agree with this.

http://pastebin.com/tsAx3JGT

My first time using pastebin, let me know if character sheet doesn't show up right

>>33062143
>>33062133

>medium armor assuming we can fly in it.
>how visible are the wings when not in use? apparently goblins can see them well enough.
>"Sleekit, I presume. I've been looking for you. 'Baggin' is your boss?"

>>33062323

Oh and gesture for the trapper to leave. We should be fine on our own.

>>33062262
In that case, medium armor.

>>33062249
>>33062267
>>33062270
I wouldn't oppose it, I really only went with Average 5'8" to avoid either extreme and displease the minimum amount of people.

>>33062321
Looks fine to me.
Most people spell it 'halberd' though.

“Sleekit” You say, “I’ve been looking for you, I assume you mean Braggedin wants to see me.”
Sleekit turns back to face you “Yes, you find Sleekit” he agrees, “now come, follow Sleekit. Baggin wants to see you.”

The old trapper shakes his head at you, “you follow that goblin and you’ll end in their cookpot, or chained to a post as a slave” he warns “well I found the goblins for ya” He turns to go, the goblins stepping out of his path but remaining circled around you.
>Follow Sleekit
>Sleekit, why does Braggedin want to see me?
>Don’t leave yet old man
>Surprise, suckers! (attack)
>Other (write-in)

Vote on height?
>Stay at 5ft 8in
>6ft
>Other (write-in)

>>33062367
>Sleekit, why does Braggedin want to see me?

>6f

pastebin looks great OP

>>33062367
>Sleekit, why does Braggedin want to see me?
I am >>33062249, so my vote is for 6'.

Everything looks good with the pastebin, assuming you'll add an appearance section once we conclude this vote.

>>33062321
I hope we don't come to blows because we are weak as shit atm

>>33062367
change the height

>>33062367
>Sleekit, why does Braggedin want to see me?

>6ft
No real problem with the change, and people seem to want it.

>>33062397
>you'll add an appearance section once we conclude this vote

Yes, any preference on wing appearance or is stereotypical white feathers ok?

Someone asked how visible are wings, when wings are at rest (i.e. walking not flying) they are visible from the front but they can be mistaken for a cloak at a distance - or covered with a real cloak. This assumes standard feather wings.

Wing Look vote
>White Feathers
>Gold Feathers
>Silver Feathers
>Black Feathers, fallen angels are cool
>wings of glowing magic
>Other (write-in)

>>33062454
White Feathers.
We're special enough already, Noble-blooded virgin half-angel, only paladin of Velya, formerly engaged to a king.

>>33062454
>white feathers

Classy and classic.

>>33062454
Eh, gold would be cool but we have silver hair. Silver feathers would look grey. While I like black we are much more pure than fallen. no glowing wings..

>White feathers it is then

>>33062367
>Sleekit, why does Braggedin want to see me?
>how has he learned of me anyway...

>>33062454

>white feathers
let's take the classic.

>>33062508

Well to be fair, how did a half-celestial wind up in a noble house doing arranged marriages against will of the girl?

>>33062540
Maybe our angel parent died?
Which one was the angel parent anyway, OP, our mother or our father?

Sleekit pointedly glares at the old trapper until he’s out of sight, then he comes scurrying up to you.
He stops just in front of you and gazes up at your imposing figure, standing totally still.
“Baggin say all goblins die if bird-girl not found, you come now yes?”
>That sounds like a threat, is Braggedin going to hurt the goblins?
>How did he know I was coming?
>Alright I’ll go with you
>Other (write-in)

Pastebin should be updated

>>33062559
>That sounds like a threat, is Braggedin going to hurt the goblins?
My diplomancer sense is tingling.

>>33062555
Players choice, either way you were raised by your mortal family.

If mom is an Angel, perhaps she thought it best you be raised by mortals, if dad, does he even know you exist?

>>33062575
I vote angel Mom for qt3.14 reunion in the future.

>>33062559
>That sounds like a threat, is Braggedin going to hurt the goblins?

inb4 bird-girl, queen of the goblins

>>33062559
>How did he know I was coming?
>That sounds like a threat, is Braggedin going to hurt the goblins?

Braggedin's is, or was, a mercenary, right?
Could our family have arranged this whole thing as (another) elaborate kidnapping attempt?
That would explain why the church of Velya and it's one paladin got the request, rather than a church to a god like Konig.

>>33062575

>swag angelman face.jpg

I guess it's part of trials of the mundane to deal with mortal politics.

Sleekit looks at you for a moment, then says slowly and carefully, as if explaining to a child “Baggin not hurt goblins, Baggin keep goblin alive, all goblins alive today because of Baggin”
He waves his arms as if trying to convey the idea of something to complex for him to describe.
“Mens came, destroyed all foods, goblin starving, many goblins dying, Baggin friend of goblin for many years, helps goblin, brings meat, yum yum” he rubs his thin belly with his hand, looking at you to see if you understand.
“Baggin say, cannot bring enough meat for goblins, goblins go hungry, goblins see bird girl in human nest, humans talking to bird-girl. Baggin say must talk to bird girl, make mens stop destroying food.”

“Wait, wait” you say “How did you know I was coming?”

Sleekit grins “Men big and dumb and blind, goblin hides” He snorts in amusement “Watching bird-girl, always telling Baggin, Baggin say ‘Mayor’ and ‘Merchant’” Sleekit pronounces these two words carefully, as if he’s learned them by rote but doesn’t know what they mean “listen to bird-girl, maybe bird-girl listens to Baggin, maybe bird-girl tell ‘Mayor’ and ‘Merchant’ to leave food alone.”
>You’ve been spying on me?
>Ok, I guess I can hear Braggedins side of the story
>The goblins are starving? What do you usually eat?
>How is Braggedin keeping you fed?
>Braggedin is your friend, how long have you known him?

>>33062617
>Could our family have arranged this whole thing as (another) elaborate kidnapping attempt?

Well now, there's an idea

>>33062740
in order
>The goblins are starving? What do you usually eat?
>How is Braggedin keeping you fed?
>Braggedin is your friend, how long have you known him?
>Ok, I guess I can hear Braggedins side of the story

>>33062740
Oh, I guess my paranoia was unjusti-
>>33062749
[Shadowruns Intensify]

>The goblins are starving? What do you usually eat?
>How is Braggedin keeping you fed?
>Braggedin is your friend, how long have you known him?
>Ok, I guess I can hear Braggedins side of the story

>>33062778
second

>>33062778
>>33062794

third.

Maybe add in "Very well, I'm interested in hearing Braggedin's side of the story. In the meantime I'd like to hear yours as well..."

“The goblins are starving?” you say, aghast “What do you usually eat?”
Sleekit looks around then scampers over to a tree and pulls off a chuck of fungus as big as his fist “fruit of trees” he says, eating the whole thing in a couple of bites and licking his fingers “But this fruit small, goblins plant many big fruits” he says, spreading his arms wide to show something bigger than him.
“But all gone” his shoulders slump “Goblins plant, men destroy”

“Ok, How is Braggedin keeping you fed?” You ask
“Baggin great hunter” insists Sleekit “Find many big creatures in forest, deer, bear, boars, all meat for goblins, but too much goblins, not enough meat” he says.

“Braggedin is your friend, how long have you known him?” You say, trying to get some idea of the relationship between the goblins and their protector
Sleekit thinks about this one and then holds up 2 grimy fingers “Four, four snows” he explains “Baggin hurt, hurt bad, Sleekit find in woods, Sleekit remember orcs, orcs teach Sleekit, Baggin orc, Sleekit help, bring food, water, Baggin get stronger, Baggin not forget Sleekit. When men destroy food, Sleekit go to Baggin for help.”

“Ok” you say “I guess I can hear Braggedins side of the story”

“Yesyes” insists Sleekit “follow, follow” and scampers to the edge of the clearing.
>Follow Sleekit to Braggedin
>Men destroying food, you mean the mushrooms you grow, why?
>Why not just replant?

>>33062893
let's follow

>>33062893
>Follow Sleekit to Braggedin

We've come this far.

>>33062893
>Men destroying food, you mean the mushrooms you grow, why?
>Why not just replant?
>Follow
I like information and your damn good at dialogue QM

>>33062893

>Follow him

Just how big is this forest and how close the settlement of goblins is to the village?

What sort of mushrooms do the goblins even eat? It could be edible, even delicacy like truffles for all we know, making trade a viable option...

>>33063022
As you follow Sleekit you continue to talk to him “Men destroying food, you mean the mushrooms you grow, why?”
Sleekit pauses as he scrambles over a log “Mens bad?” he ventures “mens hate goblins” he finally decides.
“Ah, ok” you think you’ll ask Braggedin that one.
“Why not just replant?” you ask, surely there’s enough room in this forest for everyone.
“Sleekit replant!” Sleekit stops, turns around and yells at you “Sleekit replant many, many, many times” he explains, holding up all 8 grimy claws “All times mens destroy food, Sleekits young die because of mens, Sleekit always replant!”

Seems like you hit a sore spot.

After what seems like an enternity, though is probably only a few hours, Sleekit leads yo into the Goblin village, your sense of direction isn’t great but you think he led you on a very indirect path to get here.
It’s early evening and the light is already starting to fade.
The goblin village is a collection of makeshift huts and borrows and treehouses, everywhere you look you can see goblins scurrying everywhere, there must be hundreds of goblins here.
If they wanted to they could wipe the loggers and the village off the map.

As you stand there trying to wonder what sort of idiot expected you to wipe these out on your own you hear a commotion.

A trail of goblins are following a big...something. As it gets closer you see it’s not a wizards nightmare made real, it’s a half-orc carrying a dead stag on his shoulders.

He makes his way into the village and drops the stag with a grunt, goblins swarm over it, carving off lumps and running away with them. The half-orc slumps, naked to the waist you can see he’s covered in sweat, he must have carried that stag a long way.

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>>33063177
Well hello stranger

>>33063177
Sleekit runs up to the half-orc and jabbers something to him, but you can’t hear want. The half-orc turns to look at you and straightens up, stretching to relieve the tension in his muscles from carrying a stag as big as himself, as he rolls his shoulders you see his frame is packed with muscle.

He walks towards you slowly, tusks jutting from his lower jaw, an indecipherable expression on his face.

You struggle to remember the little bit of orcish you were taught
>Wait for him to speak
>Er, tak vug nokug (“You see me, I have no rock”, you think, Roll Intelligence 1d20+3)
>Are you Braggedin?
>Could you maybe put a short on, I’ve seen enough half-naked guys today

>>33063224
wait for him to speak

>>33063224
>hear want
=hear what

I really should proofread

>>33063224
>Wait for him to speak
No need to embarrass ourselves quite yet

>>33063224
>Wait for him to speak

We don't know his preferred language, he might not even speak orcish.

He stops an arm length away from you, he’s only a few inches taller than you but probably twice as heavy, and all muscle, finally this primordial orc takes a breath and from that fearsome maw “So you’re who the Church sent to get rid of us?” emerges perfectly-pronounced Common “I never thought I’d see an angel ‘before’ I died.”

Well, not perfect, there’s a trace of Borderlander accent in his speech.

He offers you he hand, one warrior to another “We need to talk” he gestures to a much larger hut than the others “my home away from home” he says, a wry twist to his expression “come inside”
>Inside a house, where I can’t fly, with you – hmm, let’s talk outside
>I’m Sireyi, Paladin of Velya
>Decline handshake (if not chosen, I assume you shake his hand)
>Borderlander accent, you fought in the last orc invasion 8 years ago
>I have some questions (write-in)

You will get to ask lots of questions in this convo, I’m including this in case you want to blurt any out.

>>33063415
>I’m Sireyi, Paladin of Velya

>>33063415
>I’m Sireyi, Paladin of Velya
>I'm not here to get rid of you. I'm here to solve this diplomatically.

>>33063415
>I’m Sireyi, Paladin of Velya
>I'd prefer to talk outside, if it's all the same to you.
>I'm not here to get rid of you. I'm here to solve this diplomatically.

>>33063415
>“I never thought I’d see an angel ‘before’ I died.”

Oh, you flirt.

“I’m Sireyi, Paladin of Velya” you introduce yourself “I'm not here to get rid of you. I'm here to solve this diplomatically.”
He pauses, and takes a moment to gather his thoughts “That makes more sense, I couldn’t understand why a servant of Konig would wander around talking to everyone, that’s why I had to meet you.”
He heads towards his hut

“I’d just as soon talk out here, if it’s all the same to you” you call after him.
He stops, looks around and points to a couple of flat rocks about the right height for Goblins to use as a table “Of course, how clumsy of me, please take a seat, you must be tired after walking through the forest all day”
Seeing no threat as the seats are too far apart for him to easily grab you, you take a seat as he continues back to his hut, picks up a large earthenware bowl full of water and dumps it over his own head, soaking himself.

He then walks back to you and sits down, water dripping off him.
“So, how do you propose to end this diplomatically?” he asks
>I’m not really sure yet
>Where’d you learn Common?
>Tell me how this all went wrong, from the beginning please
>How did you meet Sleekit?
>Mister Gedwin says you murdered two of his guards after one of them stabbed you, and that cut on your arm looks like a sword-wound
>Why haven’t the goblins just wiped out the loggers?
>Other (write-in)

>Tell me how this all went wrong, from the beginning please
>How did you meet Sleekit?
>Mister Gedwin says you murdered two of his guards after one of them stabbed you, and that cut on your arm looks like a sword-wound
>Why haven’t the goblins just wiped out the loggers?

>>33063602
>Tell me how this all went wrong, from the beginning please

I want to hear his story, from his point of view, with no preconceived notions.

>>33063602
Long story short, I need your version on some facts before I finish thinking on who's more deserving of some smiting:
>Mister Gedwin says you murdered two of his guards after one of them stabbed you, and that cut on your arm looks like a sword-wound
>Why haven’t the goblins just wiped out the loggers?
>Tell me how this all went wrong, from the beginning please

>>33063661
>>33063671
seconded

“Tell me how this all went wrong, from the beginning please” You say, you feel like you could be here for a while.

“It’s not that complicated” Braggedin explains “The goblins cultivate huge mushroom growths as food and the loggers started cutting right into one of their patches, destroying it.
The goblins retaliated and now Gedwin has teams of his loggers and the fur trappers out looking for mushroom patches to destroy.”

“I figure he’s trying to starve them out” He continues, “Sleekit asked for my help when he couldn’t solve the problem, I....know a little bit about how a smaller, weaker force can destroy a much larger one and I’ve been teaching the goblins the same tactics, whilst trying to keep them fed”

“Ok” You say “How did you meet Sleekit?”
“And as to that” he leans back and looks up in contemplation “I came here two years ago, I was wounded after taking on more than I could handle, dying actually. Sleekit kept me alive through the worst of it and when I decided to make a home in the forest I helped the goblins out occasionally, chased predators away from their village – I don’t actually live with them all time, I’ve build my own place not to far away.” He nods off towards the east.

“Sleekit sought me out not too long after the loggers arrived, and here we are.”

“Mister Gedwin says you murdered two of his guards after one of them stabbed you, and that cut on your arm looks like a sword-wound”

>>33063911
He glances down at the cut on his arm and shrugs dismissively “That? I’ve had much worse, Gedwin came with his bullyboys trying to intimidate me into leaving, I showed them the error of their ways, one got in a lucky strike, but they were both alive when I chased them out of the forest. I don’t know who killed them, but if I could sneak into their camp undetected, I would have killed Gedwin, not his hired thugs.”

“I even think one of them felt sympathetic when he saw the starving goblins” muses Braggedin “It’s a shame that one’s dead, I really thought he was in favour of the offer I made to Gedwin”.

“Why haven’t the goblins just wiped out the loggers?” you ask

“Because The Mayor would run to Baron Silas, Baron Silas would run to the King, and they’d burn the forest down to get rid of us” explains Braggedin

Hmm, ok that’s food for thought
>What couldn’t you handle?
>Deal with Gedwin, what deal?
>You’re unusually farsighted for a half-orc
>I only have your word that you didn’t kill those two guards
>Other (write-in)

>What couldn’t you handle?
>Deal with Gedwin, what deal?
Ask if goblins have attacked the village, trying to burn it

Also, didn't Gedwin say he was from that jew church or something? Don't we have improved relations with that place, maybe we could use that to gain information on him.

Why don't they migrate somewhere more peaceful?

>>33063931
>I only have your word that you didn’t kill those two guards

Also seconding >>33063990 and >>33063992

>>33063990
seconded

>>33063931
Cna we offer to heal his wound?

>>33064052
I think it's mostly healed on it's own at this point, anon.

>>33063931

>What offer did you make to Gedwin?
>How far would your authority over goblins go? Could you negotiate on their behalf? Would you negotiate with the mayor?
>Do goblins have anything worth trading with the human settlement?
>How far did goblins go when 'retaliating'?

>>33063992
>migrate
with that setup they would not migrate voluntarily. This is no diplomacy, but an ultimatum.

We'll need to figure out more about what happened to the two killed guys. The man tried to bribe us and seemed none too thrilled about us hearing the orc out.

>>33064126
this is good too

>>33064126
This hits a lot of important points, second.

>>33064126
>with that setup they would not migrate voluntarily. This is no diplomacy, but an ultimatum.
I'm simply asking why they didn't leave already if their mushrooms, prey and environment are getting slowly eliminated, and the opposition would be backed by the king's army should they fight.

We're not ordering around anyone.

What couldn’t you handle?” You ask, curiously
“You’ll have to get me very drunk to get the answer to that question” answers Braggedin, with a smile.

“What deal with Gedwin” you ask.
Braggedins eyebrows go up in surprise, and then down “He didn’t-no, of course he wouldn’t, not to his advantage.”

“Gedwin tried by trying to bribe me to leave, I told him that if he offered enough money to buy supplies for the goblins for a month or so, that would give them enough time to move far enough away from the loggers that they’d never see each other again and still have enough time to plant enough fungus before the food ran out.” Braggedin explains “Gedwin didn’t want to pay that much and after he ordered his thugs to kill me and I fought them off, he left, he was arguing with one of his guards when he left.”

“Did the goblins try to burn the village” you ask
“I had them burning damp straw” explains Braggedin, “Smells awful, wakes everyone up, smoke everywhere but doesn’t burn very hot.”
“I wanted the threat of fire more than houses burned down and people killed”

“Why don't they migrate somewhere more peaceful?” you ask “surely all this violence isn’t the answer”
Braggedin gives you a long, level look “That’s exactly what I said to Gedwin, the goblins would love to migrate somewhere, but if they leave without enough food, they’ll starve.”

“I only have your word that you didn’t kill those two guards” you say
Braggedin concedes the point with a nod “I can’t prove I didn’t kill them, since my only witnsses are goblins, but if I snuck into that camp in the middle of the night, Gedwin would be dead.”

“How far would your authority over goblins go? Could you negotiate on their behalf? Would you negotiate with the mayor?” you ask, trying to find some way to get an agreement.

>>33064340
“Sleekit is their leader” explains Braggedin “And Sleekit looks up to me, if you can find a deal that helps them, I can convince them to take it.

“Do goblins have anything worth trading with the human settlement?” you ask, perhaps they can live in harmony.

“Not that I know of” replies Braggeddin “But I’m no merchant”

“How far did goblins go when 'retaliating'?” You ask, worrying about casualties

Braggedin shakes his head dismissively “These are not warriors, they’ll steal, they’ll bite, they’ll claw but they’ll only kill in self-defense, or when starving.”

>No really, what couldn’t you handle (Fellowship, 1d20+2, Extreme difficulty, like two natural 20’s)
>So if I get enough food for the goblins, they’ll leave?
>So who did kill those guards?
>But where do I get that much food?
>How about I heal that wound for you?

>>33064353
Whilst you have been talking, the goblins have been making stew out of the deer, and probably lots of mushrooms, the smell off cooking reminds you that you haven’t eaten since this morning, and that was trail rations. Your stomach growls in protest

“Would you like to continue this conversation over dinner?” asks Braggedin, with a half-smile
>I really should be getting back
>Yes, we still have lots to discuss.

>>33064392
>Yes, we still have lots to discuss.

>>33064353
>So if I get enough food for the goblins, they’ll leave?
>But where do I get that much food?
>How about I heal that wound for you?
>"So who did kill those guards? Possibly Gedwin?"

Rolled 20 + 2

>the goblins would love to migrate somewhere, but if they leave without enough food, they’ll starve
Than this is what they're going to do: migrate with enough food.

No more bloodshed.

>So if I get enough food for the goblins, they’ll leave?
>So who did kill those guards?
>How about I heal that wound for you?

>Yes, have some dinner

>>33064430
Where are all these 20's coming from?

Rolled 19 + 2

>No really, what couldn’t you handle (Fellowship, 1d20+2, Extreme difficulty, like two natural 20’s)

>>33064445
Velya, of course.

Rolled 19

>>33064353
>So who did kill those guards?
>So if I get enough food for the goblins, they’ll leave?
>But where do I get that much food?

Smart moneys on Gedwin for killing the guards, to cover up that he was offered a deal.
If we could prove that, part of the problem will solve itself, and the villagers might be more amenable to discussion (probably about getting enough food) once that's been revealed.

>>33064392
>Yes, we still have lots to discuss.

>>33064445
I wonder if we can get another in the next two rolls.

>>33064430
my thoughts exactly

>>33064462
Is a 20 and a 19 enough?

>>33064486
Well only 1 picked the roll option Anon

Rolled 14 + 2

>>33064476
>>33064486
I forgot the mod, so one more chance.

>>33064353

So trade seems unlikely, but the goblins are willing to move out. That is good. Still, peaceful coexistence would be nice, perhaps setting up some sort of boundaries past which the two settlements should not pester each other. Helping goblins move would be next best thing I guess.

>I'll take it your offer still stands then? Do you have anything more you'd like to tell the mayor? Would you be willing to meet with him if I arranged a meeting?
Naturally we'd have to find a spot where both parties would feel secure.

Regardless we need to investigate the loggers camp some more and have a chat with some of their people in private. That clerk might have something we could use to leverage the boss with.
No healing just yet, we're supposed to be the neutral party at least until order is reestablished at least.

You continue your conversation with Braggedin. Eating a bowlful of deer and mushroom stew with your fingers is tricky, but you passed Sister Superior Agnes’ etiquette class, eating goblin-made stew is much easier than that. The two of you are sat closer to the fire as darkness has closed in and it’s getting cooler. Around you is the sounds of famished goblins slurping down their food, none of the goblins seem bothered by your presence.

“So, if I find enough food for the goblins” you say between mouthfuls “They’ll leave”
“Undoubtedly” responds Braggedin “That was the deal I offered to Gedwin – I’d already discussed it with Sleekit and he was ready to go for it.”

“But then” you continue “Who killed the guards?”
Braggedin looks thoughtful “The only finger I can point is at Gedwin, for some reason he must not have wanted anyone to know that he could get rid of the goblins by paying them off with food supplies. Stupid of him because I told him I would offer the deal to the Mayor next.”

>Wait, is that why Gedwin wanted Braggedin dead quickly? (Roll Intelligence, 1d20+3)

“How about I get rid of that wound for you?” you offer.

“This?” responds Braggedin, looking down at his arm “This is just a scratch, it’s nothing”

“hhmmm” you think “But where could we get enough food to feed hundreds of goblins for a month?”
“The village could provide some” suggests Braggedin “Gedwin was offering me a substantial sum to leave – on its own it wouldn’t have stretched far enough but with some help from the villagers, and maybe if one of the churches or the town of Silas helps, we’d have enough to get by”

It is now nightfall, many of the goblins are retiring to their huts. The fires are burning down slowly
>Ok I think I can convince everyone to pitch in and we can do this
>I really need to be getting back
>Is there an empty hut I could sleep in tonight?
>Other (write-in)
>[Hidden Option] Int-check dependent

Rolled 11 + 3

>>33064689
>Ok I think I can convince everyone to pitch in and we can do this
>[Hidden Option] Int-check dependent

Rolled 10 + 3

>>33064689
>Wait, is that why Gedwin wanted Braggedin dead quickly? (Roll Intelligence, 1d20+3)
>Ok I think I can convince everyone to pitch in and we can do this
>But I really need to be getting back

They know we left for the goblin camp, and I don't want anyone assuming they killed us.
I fully expect some of Gedwin's loggers to try and ambush us, though.

Rolled 20 + 3

>>33064689
>[Hidden Option] Int-check dependent

>>33064839
>DC 15, the other 2 missed it by a tiny margin

Lucky Anon.....

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>>33064863
>>33064839

Rolled 8 + 3

>>33064689

I'd say it's pretty obvious Gedwin didn't want us to talk with the orc.

At any rate, let's get back to the village. I'm sure there will be enough libel circulating enough as it is.

Ask for a goblin guide to lead us towards the village by a shortcut, would go some way to prove their good intentions and the orc should by now realize we're unwilling to genocide the goblins.

>Int check succeeded

“Ok I think I can convince everyone to pitch in and we can do this” you say, hoping this works.
For the first time since you met him you see Braggedin with a genuine smile “seriously?” he says “Well any help I can give, just tell me, I know not many people like goblins but they kinda grow on you after a while, despite them being a consistent danger to themselves.”

And that’s when it hits you “Of course!” you cry, shooting to your feet “consistent danger, Mayor Carrolwyns Clause!”

“Are you alright?” Asks Braggedin, rising to his feet.

“Mayor Carrolwyns Clause” you say again, starting to babble a bit “Mayor Carrolwyn won a concession from King Ansius II 200 years ago stating that ‘any mayor may cancel any contract within the limits of his village or surrounding environs if execution of the contract presents a clear and consistent danger to the people of his village, subsection 2 goes on to say that the mayor may confiscate such assets as he sees fit from the contractors to remove the danger.”

“And that’s good, right?” asks Braggedin, clearly not following you.

“It means that as long as I can convince the Mayor that the logging is provoking the goblins, he can remove Gedwins right to go on logging, or even confiscate his paychest to help the goblins move.”

“Wait, wait” says Braggedin, just catching up as you march across the village, full of adrenaline “Won’t Gedwin say that the goblins are the danger, not him.”

“That’s the beauty of it!” you say, overjoyed “Crown law doesn’t recognise goblins as intelligent – it’s no different than if Gedwin was causing floods, or avalanches or provoking a pack of wolves. The very laws that say goblins are vermin prevent them from being held accountable for their actions!” You spin to face him to see his reaction.

>>33065095
Braggedin stands there in stunned silence. “Wow...” he says

“I’m so happy I could kiss you!” you blurt out, before you realise what you just said.

>But I should be getting, the village, I back to the village I get
>In fact I think I will kiss him (Willpower Roll 1d20+3, DC 15)
>That’s enough excitement, I should be getting back now
>About that empty hut for the night...?

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>>33065105
And just in case anyone reads option 1 and thinks I've finally succumbed to my brain damage, this is a visual representation

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>>33065105
>But I should be getting, the village, I back to the village I get
Good god our character is adorable.

The kissing will come soon enough

>>33065137

>spill pasta
>Leave. The sooner we get this done, the better.

>>33065105
>But I should be getting, the village, I back to the village I get

Option one is the best option.

You’re lucky it’s so dark now, otherwise he’d see your face is a bright flaming red, and you know your wings are doing that quivering thing they do when you get nervous, what possessed you to say that.
“But I should be getting, the village, I back to the village I get” you babble incoherently as you back away from him out of embarrassment.

“Woah, woah, slow down” says Braggedin, trying to follow you “If you what you say is true, then Gedwin won’t want you coming back alive, his men could be watching the forest right now waiting for you to emerge and kill you, then claim the goblins did it.”

“But I can just fly past them” you say, flaring your wings (hey at least it stops them doing that twitching thing).

“How much flying have you done in forests, at night?” he counters.

“Ah.....”
>I’m still going back, would you ask Sleekit if he or one of the other goblins can guide me, I’d like some quiet time to think....about...about how to make my arguement to the Mayor tomorrow
>If you lead me out of the forest I’m sure I’ll be safe (Willpower, 1d20+3, DC 10)
>I’ll take my chances with flying blind in a forest at night rather than embarrass myself further.
>You’re right, better to go back in the morning.

>>33065345

I'm confus, why can't we just fly high and over the forest? What stops us with that?

>>33065345
>I'll fly *above* the canopy, then.
>I'd rather take my chances flying blind in a forest at night than embarrass myself further.

>>33065345
We could just fly up above the canopy. then navigate by the moon/stars. We know what direction the town is from here.

>I’ll take my chances with flying blind in a forest at night rather than embarrass myself further.

>>33065384
>>33065392
Going up and through the canopy is an option, but a risky one, since it's so thick, you've got a chance of hitting a branch and knocking yourself silly since you can't see in the dark.

Once above the canopy you'd be fine though.

3 choices for going up? Ok

>Roll Agility (1d20+0, DC 18)

>>33065423
We can't see in the dark, but can we use any kind of light spell? Surely such a cantrip should be easy, no?

Rolled 6

>>33065453
COME ON!

>>33065453
To clarify, roll only if that is definitely what you want to

Rolled 2

>>33065423
Isn't there a clearing of some sort?
In-Character, we're probably embarrassed enough to just fly straight up through the canopy without really thinking it through.
I stick by my decisi-

>>33065453
Ah, fuck.

>>33065345

I'm still going back. Could you ask Sleekit for a goblin guide? I still have some investigating to do.

You are so not going to hook us up with first manly half-orc we meet, OP!

On an unrelated note, just how difficult can it be to fly above the canopy? Lights of the village should not be that hard to find if the Braggedin can point us in the right direction.

>>33065423
can't we climb the tree?
Goblins could help us here fashioning a climbing rope or ladder

Rolled 10

>>33065453
>dc 18

I bet you just want a bruised angel girl to get carried to a hut by a strong Orc, don't you OP?

>>33065453
Oh Velya above, please no.

>>33065479
After seeing the DC, I'm rethinking it, but our character can't see the DC.

>>33065505
Climbing to the top of a tree might make it easier, and our wings could help with balance.
Isn't the goblin village giving off a lot of light, though, what with the fires?

>>33065522
>>33065483
>>33065472
Well tits. Still we did drop our spaghetti everywhere so its only natural this would happen.

Climb tree + some kind of holy light cantrip to give us better vision? Flying straight up is a terrible idea.

>>33065551

I can already tell this incident will cost us dearly in terms of negotiating position.
>she spent a night in goblin village
>how did she get out? Well she does look a bit beat up...
>why doesn't she want us to help us wipe the goblins out?
>mayor: should I use that legal loophole she mentions? It's rather obscure and seizure will be bad for business in the village... we'll get called 'goblin lovers'...

>>33065654
I hope OP isn't already writing, when he asked for rolls I assumed we were already locked in, and by the time he said otherwise I'd already rolled

>>33065681
>>33065681
no matter how bag we mess up we can tidy up before entering the village

Ok,

Roll me another Agility check (1d20+0, DC 5) to catch yourself before hitting the ground

And then pick from
>Piercing the canopy, take 2 (Agility Roll 1d20+, DC 18)
>I'll take that goblin guide now
>Any ladders or ropes I could use to get above the canopy?

Not putting staying as an option, coz it's clear you all want to go back tonight.

You don't know any light spells yet.

Rolled 16, 14 = 30

>>33065708
>Piercing the canopy, take 2 (Agility Roll 1d20+, DC 18)

>Spaghetti intensifies.gif