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Vault Ventures Lounge - Intro Thread.

Posted by DM.JustisaurFor group 0
Atak
player, 65 posts
Thu 30 Apr 2020
at 21:00
  • msg #249

Vault Ventures Lounge - Intro Thread

"His name is Randy," Atak informs the group, "until we get to town and I have some sleep." The lizard has a special saddle, with straps running over the legs. The rider urges the mount to move forward on a slow, steady pace, aiming to gain some experience in the saddle while searching the perimeter of the farm.
Bob
player, 40 posts
AC 3 HP 9/14
Fri 1 May 2020
at 15:03
  • msg #250

Vault Ventures Lounge - Intro Thread

Bob goes into the barn after Atak leaves.
DM.Justisaur
GM, 89 posts
Fri 1 May 2020
at 15:19
  • msg #251

Vault Ventures Lounge - Intro Thread

While Atak is riding around the field with green grass the lizard turns green.  It isn't particularly fast, no faster than a human, but the ride is very smooth, so smooth you almost start falling asleep.  As you do, lizard spots a chicken-lizard in your rounds stops and shoots out it's tongue about 30 feet which grabs the chicken-lizard and sucks in really fast.  There's nothing unusual that grabs your ear in your rounds.

The barn has a milk brahmin (two-headed cow), donkey, goat, and sheep in pens, as well as a chicken-lizard roost which is currently empty except for eggs.
Bob
player, 41 posts
AC 3 HP 9/14
Fri 1 May 2020
at 15:34
  • msg #252

Vault Ventures Lounge - Intro Thread

Bob gathers the eggs to snack on while he ties up the sheep and goat and brings them out to tie to Mule's harness.
Atak
player, 66 posts
Sat 2 May 2020
at 00:39
  • msg #253

Vault Ventures Lounge - Intro Thread

"What do you propose we do with the donkey and the cow, Bob?" Atak asks.

Then, "A rope or chain can be secured to the lizard Randy's saddle, and pull that thing up from the cellar."
This message was last edited by the player at 00:42, Sat 02 May 2020.
Black Angus
player, 36 posts
Warrior/Researcher
Thac0:18, AC3, HP 22
Sat 2 May 2020
at 03:25
  • msg #254

Vault Ventures Lounge - Intro Thread

Angus nods. "Good idea, Atak. Let's hook Randy up. He can pull, and I'll push from below and guide it up the steps."
Atak
player, 67 posts
Sat 2 May 2020
at 14:56
  • msg #255

Vault Ventures Lounge - Intro Thread

"Done." Atak looks for any materials necessary and works to extract the machine from the cellar.
DM.Justisaur
GM, 90 posts
Sun 3 May 2020
at 02:09
  • msg #256

Vault Ventures Lounge - Intro Thread

There's rope and tackle in the barn.  Randy seems to be much stronger than a horse, though he's of similar size, and has no problem towing the generator up.  It's much easier to move around on it's wheels once up the stairs.
Atak
player, 68 posts
Sun 3 May 2020
at 15:00
  • msg #257

Vault Ventures Lounge - Intro Thread

After unhooking the rope from the saddle, Atak climbs back on Randy and muses. "Now that I've seen what this creature can do, I think Randy is a poor choice of name for him. Pat the elf, what have you brought up from the cellar for us to see? and, did you find any kerosene to power the good Doctor's new machine there?"

He asks, "Bob, you took a javelin in that fight. How are you?"
Bob
player, 42 posts
AC 3 HP 9/14
Sun 3 May 2020
at 15:51
  • msg #258

Vault Ventures Lounge - Intro Thread

If Bob's shoulders could shrug, they would. "You eat cow and donkey?" he offers.  "I bring sheep and goat for food."

He looks to where his chitin is damaged. "It hurt but will heal later." he says.
Atak
player, 69 posts
Sun 3 May 2020
at 17:32
  • msg #259

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Atak laughs from beneath his hood. "Bob has the right of it, good fellowes. Let's gather anything we value from the farmhouse, property and the barn. If we are to claim this stead for Vault Ventures, and gather a reward for it, everything portable on this land is ours, anyway."

He shields his hood opening as he turns his head about. "This sun is brighter than is comfortable for me," he says. "Randy and I are going to the barn to see what we can salvage. Any food from the cellar or utensils from the house, we can now carry easily. It's back to civilization for us, I suggest, until we've healed enough to make a second run at our commission with Vault Ventures. Let's rehabilitate our wounds in a rich style."

Atak rides the lizard back to the barn, where he looks for anything salvageable, but particularly: kerosene; a cart or wagon; something to carry food in for the lizard; chain, rope, block and tackle; anything that looks like the Doctor might make use of it, including wrenches and other tools.

Atak also practices having Randy climb walls inside while he is aboard and saddled.
Dr. Darien Mason
player, 46 posts
Scientist
AC 9, HP 14/20, Thac0: 18
Mon 4 May 2020
at 12:43
  • msg #260

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The Doctor checks the house and barn for paint or pitch or equivalent, and marks the front door with the corporate logo of the company.

"There!"
DM.Justisaur
GM, 91 posts
Mon 4 May 2020
at 15:21
  • msg #261

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Pat says "It looks like most of the jars are whiskey, there's a good bit of eggs pickled in whiskey, and this egg-nog too." as he holds up one open jar dubiously sniffing at it.   "There's an awful lot of it." 
DM.Justisaur
GM, 92 posts
Tue 5 May 2020
at 15:59
  • msg #262

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Darien marks the door with VV with some pitch he found

(OOC: Anything else I didn't respond to people are waiting for a response on?)
Atak
player, 70 posts
Tue 5 May 2020
at 18:49
  • msg #263

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((ooc: what's in the barn? And how well is Atak learning to ride the new lizard?))
DM.Justisaur
GM, 93 posts
Wed 6 May 2020
at 17:39
  • msg #264

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The lizard is extremely easy to ride, smooth and not any faster than a person - it can run as .  (OOC: assumed everyone knows how to ride a horse - well Bob excepted?)

The Barn contains typical farm implements - a bucket, pitchfork, hoe, plow, hay, a grain supply for the animals, and some other tools like hammers and nails, all are old and worn down and rusty.  It's unlikely they'd be worth more than a few coppers each.  If you had a farming background you'd be wondering how the field got plowed and planted with the wheat that's now growing in it with those tools.

The animals at least seemed to be fairly well cared for until recently.
Atak
player, 71 posts
Wed 6 May 2020
at 19:19
  • msg #265

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Atak tries to remember if there were other farmhouses nearby, someplace where the cow could find a fine home.
DM.Justisaur
GM, 94 posts
Thu 7 May 2020
at 04:10
  • msg #266

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Yes, you've passed a few
Dr. Darien Mason
player, 47 posts
Scientist
AC 9, HP 14/20, Thac0: 18
Thu 7 May 2020
at 15:53
  • msg #267

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"Let's drop off this poor Bessie at the nearest farm. Even a decent meal would be a fair trade!"
Atak
player, 72 posts
Thu 7 May 2020
at 17:18
  • msg #268

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"Well said," Atak agrees. "If we can get the brahmin and the donkey to walk behind the cart, we'll drop them off; otherwise, we'll visit a farmhouse and tell folk to come and get them from the barn. But, in any case, let us be off!" he says, from under his hood.

((ooc: nothing of value int he barn. Other than the generator, was there anything of resale value in the cellar? The whisky? And, is that really egg nog?))
Dr. Darien Mason
player, 48 posts
Scientist
AC 9, HP 14/20, Thac0: 18
Thu 7 May 2020
at 19:07
  • msg #269

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"I can perform a chemical test on the mystery substance and perhaps find out. This doesn't seem to be the season for egg nog, is it?"
Atak
player, 73 posts
Thu 7 May 2020
at 20:35
  • msg #270

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"Certainly not," Atak agrees, "but, as eggs and milk seem to be the two things this family had in abundance, it's not outside the realm of consideration."
DM.Justisaur
GM, 95 posts
Fri 8 May 2020
at 00:04
  • msg #271

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The whisky's price really depends on quality and based on the unmarked jars it's not, though it looks a bit old from the dust, might be worth something, hard to say, and it's still whiskey and even cheap whiskey is somewhat valuable, the cheap stuff back at the Off-Key Inn was 5 silver a shot.  Obviously it would be cheaper by the bottle, but there's around 30 half gallon jars of pure whiskey each of which has about 40 shots worth, so by the Inn prices each would be worth about 20 gold, say half that for wholesale, 10 gold each.  The eggnog and pickled eggs are the same size, but there's fewer of each of those, around 10 each, the eggs almost definitely less than the whiskey by itself, the eggnog you're unsure of.

Darien: the eggnog reads to be very high alcohol content eggnog, it smells better than the fresh stuff if you like that sort of thing.

Pat says "Oh yes, you can age Eggnog for years if you use enough alcohol" He sniffs at it again, "Yes, definitely enough in there. Aged eggnog is quite prized up north, they've got contests for it, but it's not really my thing.  I wasn't quite sure it was eggnog as it smells a bit different than what I'm used to, I suppose they used this whiskey instead of rum."

(OOC: remembered Veryn has a farming background.)

Veryn says "Something's not right here, the tools in the barn don't look up to doing the work around here. That generator's suspicious, and it doesn't look like anyone's been in the cellar for years.  Where are the previous occupants?"

Pat says "Well, I did hear the goblins conversing when I was captured, that they'd killed them all."

Veryn says "Then where's the bodies?"


Veryn says in regards to the animals "We should really take them back to the general store to get full value for them.  If you want I could take them and put your share of money in your Vault Ventures account, and get the paperwork started on the farm.  I'm not sure going out to the edge of civilization is going to suit me.  Just being at this farm brings things I'd rather forget. I could probably take the other stuff in bags on the animals too, and hitch the generator to them." 
Atak
player, 74 posts
Fri 8 May 2020
at 18:19
  • msg #272

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"I'm in favor of having Veryn and Pat haul back the loot from this episode," Atak opines. "My concern for those of us who've suffered wounds is still quite real. Bob took a javelin, and Angus was hit, and I still have wounds from the previous fight. I'd hoped to rehabilitate at the Inn, and tackle the task-at-hand after a full recovery."

He looks at the others and tries to discern how long it will take their wounds to heal up, if the party remains on the road to the Vault Ventures assignment.
Bob
player, 43 posts
AC 3 HP 9/14
Sat 9 May 2020
at 12:47
  • msg #273

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Bob agrees.  "They go back, we rest, and go forward."   He cant seem to keep his mind off one of the jars of eggs, and eventually succumbs and opens it and eats one.
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