Bobble starts to talk to the dogs, but then realizes he has already used that magic today(
msg 114). Landers treats the dogs and cat well, though he has no skill in handle animal. Meanwhile Conan becomes unexpectedly chatty as he asks Landers questions, which Landers is happy to answer, for the most part. He ignores any reference to Marek and the fact that the bandit's weapons all had his makers's mark, and he is skillful at changing the subject. Makoto will mostly listen, but will occasionally help Conan when he is having trouble in the conversation. After you are sure Landers is asleep and with Chito keeping an eye on him, you gather round the fire and quietly discuss what you know.
- behind the young noble’s rambunctiousness is a strong desire to prove himself in the eyes of tested warriors
- Bobble got off on the wrong foot by bringing up many things Landers dislikes
- Landers dislikes (penalty to diplomacy rolls)
mentioning that they were sent by his grandmother
stating that you rescued him
Marek’s involvement with the bandits seems a particularly sore point
lecturing him about his responsibilities
- His desire to hunt bandits is honest, and he realized that 4 were missing (2 ran away/escaped, 1 dead at pond and 1(Wincent) was released). You are pretty sure Landers is not involved with the bandits, beyond- trying to hunt them down, being captured and the fact that his friend/mentor/teacher seems to be involved with them.
- He is arrogant, used to getting his own way, stubborn, adolescent, rash and opinionated
- He views anyone without a noble title as a lesser being
- He is obsessed with derring-do and heroic chronicles, and believes he is clearly the protagonist. This leads him to draw conclusions based on narrative structure rather than good sense. Thus he assumed Makoto was a princess in disguise, just like in the stories of Aerod and Gilraine.
- He does have good social skills
- Landers likes (bonus to diplomacy rolls)
compliments
pandering to his sense of heroics
actually assisting him
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Bobble managed to rack up so MANY penalties to his diplomacy roll in his 1st 2 interactions. The only reason Landers is not outright HOSTILE toward Bobble is that Bobble has chr, skill at diplomacy and rolled good.
Bobble:
Ah, good day to you sir. We have been looking for you. XYour grandmother was quite concerned about your safety and asked us to find you. It appears Xwe got here in time to prevent you being sold to slavers. Please be so good as to return to town with us. XYour friend the blacksmith is behind the bandits in the area and we need to talk to your grandmother about that as well.
X(lecturing)I am twice your age young man. I am a gnome and have a great deal of experience. Your grandmother was right about you. Conan is not stupid so please don’t treat him like that. Look, you have shown yourself to be brave taking on all these thugs by yourself, but it may be that the sword is not your path. You could do much better for your people being a leader and working to improve their lives.