For Yuu I'll need a Craft: Artistic check to create the forged documents; how legitimate you want the documents to look will determine how much time it takes: Rudimentary (1hr), Decent (12 hrs), Legitimate (24 hrs) and Perfect Forgery (60 hrs). You'll only have about 80 hrs on the boat to make them, and unless you're only doing the rudimentary one you won't have enough time to take 10.

Anyone else doing anything of note while the vessel is on the way?

The ship is making good time, averaging about 20knots, which should shave about a day off the total travel time. So you'll have about 2 full Khalyun days (~90 hrs), including an extended stopover after the first day of travel in the port town, where you can probably pick up some things if desired.

Nope, Zelpuz just goes with the flow here. He will listen to people talk trying to figure out what's going on in the city and if anything points to the local Order being involved. Other than helping his friend, that's his main interest. He'll practice his mental skills as much as he can so next time he won't fail.

I'll have Yuu go with a perfect forge. Anything less just wouldn't be in character, and he'll spend the necessary time cutting, pasting gluing, inking, as needed. He'll probably forget to eat if he isn't reminded, and he'll eat in his cabin so he can continue to work.

Ok, make the Craft: Artistic roll then. Since you don't have the skill, but do have the Jack-of-all-Trades feat, you just make a straight-up INT check effectively.

People on the boat don't really know anything more about what's happening in Ossylia than you guys do, and in fact they generally know a lot less since you guys were actually there when things went down. So the ship isn't a good information source.

Secondly, we'll be starting a new chapter once the ship arrives in Ossylia. Once we're done with the ship journey I'll post some additional info in OCC and then start the new IC thread regarding entry to the city.

I rolled, miserably. Guess forging documents isn't as easy as he expected.
This message was last edited by the player at 16:55, Tue 22 Nov 2016.

Jesus; that's brutal. I swear the rolling engine in this forum produces an overabundance of 1s; seems like they're always coming up.

Well Yuu won't be impressed with his work; it's better than nothing but may not stand up to close scrutiny.

It definitely adds an element of excitement to our entrance... on top of the unknown it already was. Woo!

If you guys want to discuss the plan for the arrival to Ossylia you can do that in this thread, otherwise I'll finish this one off and we'll start the next Chapter.

In regards to doing things on the ship, Vanyra will go for swims when she can and (as best she can) try to work on mental focus/meditating and becoming more aware of herself in the hopes that she understands her abilities better.

Maybe she can continue the mental training with Zelpuz a bit ... I remember we had some discussion about it or so, can't quite remember.

Also, what were the reports about people trying to enter? Did it include people just being turned away or random people being dragged off and never seen again?
This message was last edited by the player at 06:02, Thu 24 Nov 2016.

All of the above; it is obvious after the first six stories that no one telling them has any direct knowledge of what is happening, so very little of it can be considered reliable information. Aside from the security blockade and likely some sort of inspection process, which is consistent across the stories, you guys should probably be prepared for whatever.

Having said your characters would likely deduce that people are not be dragged away by the military in any notable numbers, or that you can just walk right through, as both of those events would likely be reiterated by everyone if they were true. Reality is likely somewhere in the middle.

That would also bring your attention to any weaponry you guys are sporting and how to justify it or conceal it. With all the tension there are certain to be restrictions on that sort of thing.

We kind of messed up the timeline here; it'll take Yuu pretty much the entire journey to make the documents and you're only halfway in during the shore-stop; so we'll have to interpret Yuu's posts as taking a break midway when he's frustrated at his lack of progress.

As for stopping off before Ossylia, that's a pretty big time delay, several hours at least, which would require notable amounts of money. Aside from that it would certainly paint you guys in the minds of all other passengers and the crew as those people who got off just before the city in an unscheduled stop... just a little suspicious.

Hiding his things is not too hard for Zelpuz, it'll just go into the dimensional pocket. Unless they come with some specialists that should be OK.
How are boats inspected? On the water or once they dock? I assume we hear reports of both again?

To clarify, is it thought that Vanyra will have a problem getting in officially?  Was she going to pretend to be something other than herself?

Its not a big deal as she can sneak in if need be.

No more a problem than anyone else really; you guys are operating on rumours and hearsay. In reality your characters know very little about what is going on.

The inspections are being done just outside the harbor gate of the city. Apparently the navy has a number of smaller frigates stationed outside the gates which are used to board vessels for inspection.

OK, so sounds like we just go ahead and hope the worst rumors are not true. And then deal with whatever happens. In retrospect, entering through a land gate seems less dangerous, oh well.

Vanyra's spent time figuring out places she can hide on board (with her blending) to avoid interaction.  (high-up places, dark places, anything that makes it hard to spot her with the blending even).

Of course, there is also making a swim for it.  (hmm, swimming not as good as I thought, have to avoid that one a bit more)
This message was last edited by the player at 18:26, Mon 28 Nov 2016.

There's no indication that getting in over land would be any easier; it is highly likely they have setup inspection stations there as well.

As a matter of course you should insure that everyone's character has a story to get into the city, it is pretty much a given that questions will be asked not unlike going through customs and immigration. Furthermore, given the recent events it will likely be more akin to going through customs just after 9/11. Keep that in mind.

So unless there's something important to do we'll jump ahead to when the ship is arriving in the waters outside of Ossylia and mark that as the start of Chapter 7.

So from general mood/experience would Zelpuz assume that a story of being sent to his local chapter is likely to raise suspicion? Since it's only been days, he could have been sent way before the insurgence, but that might of course also mean he'd just be turned away.

And I didn't mean it's easier to get in over land, but to escape or find alternate routes in case of trouble.

Well that's a likely story, especially since he's got all the credentials to prove he is a member. The problem comes with whether or not they want to let an armed Mespah from some outside group into their city, and/or if they seek to corroborate that story with the Ossylian chapter of the Order... who knows how that would play out.

It's a solid cover, because it's essentially true, but that's also the problem depending on how they treat it.

Basically it is logical and reasonable to assume that they'll be viewing everyone with a degree of suspicion and likely that they'd rather not have armed outsiders in their city.

I could hide my weapons, but besides that, the main problem remains of being an outsider of some group that may or may not be welcome.
I could try to pretend to be Lasrane (or someone similar from the local order), his shared memories might help a little, but it would be a shallow cover. Otherwise, Vanyra and I are likely obviously at least suspicious. So we could either try to hide (although they probably ask for a headcount and start a search if someone is missing) or come up with some story of why we live in the city and were out.

Could I hide inside my own pocket? And what would happen if the ship moves while I am in the pocket?

Yeah, I'd say since you can put creatures inside the pocket you could put yourself, but then your just going to in that pocket dimension with no contact with regular reality, and when you exit you'll be exiting right where you entered.

In terms of entering the city you should simply be prepared with a couple story options depending on the situation, like one where you are a member of the Order of Ashes and one where you're just a regular Mespah. And hiding your weapons is likely a very good idea.

Yes, that's about the plan, with some skills in Bluff, Diplomacy, Sense Motive and Notice, he should be able to react to the responses he can read, kind of a cold reading, starting with something general and then adding as the story goes along, maybe at some point mentioning some names of the Order if they seem knowledgable, which is unlikely. Let me know when you want some rolls.