I guess for that purpose a knife would do the trick.. Ideally a proper sewing kit/needle & thread to make it look tidy, but for now a Quarter day's work would modify it suitably.

Sorry I was away for a bit. Went camping with the family, I'm back now for a bit, but might disappear again sometime next week. If you need to you can just assume he acts dwarflike.

So here's the thing, I have found myself with less and less time to devote to this endeavor and would hate to leave you all hanging... I would have no issue with handing Lothar over to one of you, I think that is a thing one can do right? I have enjoyed the times we have spent thus far and please do not think this a reflection on you as players, your enthusiasm and creativity has been amazing, thank you all for that! I'll try and check this over the next few days to see what you all would like me to do with this character. Thanks again for letting me participate in this world with you all! I wish you all good adventuring and may your swords drip with the blood of your foes and your pockets grow full with gold...

Okay, so I see a couple of options with Lothar. One being to say he lagged behind the rest of the group and simply disappeared, which is a bit pants. Two, is that he lagged behind and got accosted by the angry owner of the leathers that he stole, and now has been taken back to Runething, which again isn't the best but it puts him somewhere he'd be encountered again.

Option Three would be to have him under my control. This is one of the more useful options, but I'm not 100% sure I want to control another PC given that I've just potentially added 2 NPCs to the group.

Option Four would be to give Lothar to another player, but with all due respect to everyone, I'm not happy with that option personally, as it gives too much temptation to just use him as a gofer or a way to just have a disposable human (or halfling in this case) meat shield.

So, what do we think?

Let me know which option (1-4) you prefer, or if you have another suggestion, let me know.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 133):

Our party is large enough that we can endure the loss of a member.  No hard feelings, best of luck, part and parcel for the hobby.

If you want to recruit someone to pick up a ready made PC in a ready to go campaign, i'd welcome them.  Perhaps one of us already knows someone who'd be willing to play him.  Otherwise, I'd vote for no double dipping on part of DM or players.

Or option five: The little shit clobbered Eins while the rest of us were distracted by the elf and the orc and is now hauling ass to his true masters in Grindbone to warn them of our plans? Would be a great opportunity for a hunt :)

I love that! My vote goes on Lothar becomes an NPC to be used as GM see fit.

In reply to Harinder (msg # 136):

+1

I guess that's decided then ;)

I'm on a mini-road trip with the family until Wednesday. I'll not have much time to reply properly while I'm away.

You've got two new allies, who I will be rolling for once I've given them stats...

This encounter took place on the plains, before you got to the cave at the edge of the forest, so I'm not sure if you still want to head there or just go straight down to Grindbone?

Let me know what you want to do and I'll see what Alachran, Eins and Heldemin have to say about your plans.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 139):

With the elf and orc on our side, Brevis is strongly inclined to head straight to Grindbone

Yeah, I think that we could at least make a reconnaissance run. Besides, we have to track down Lothar. If he's headed to Grindbone we'll want to stop him before he gets there, or at least get there ahead of him.

I think we need a story for Lothar. Why did he do as he did, or rather, why do we believe he is heading to Grindbone?

In reply to Harinder (msg # 142):

If hes an opportunistic backstabber, could be logical conclusion hed try and leverage his knowledge of our plans and dash to Grindbone in order to sell us out
This message was last edited by the player at 20:59, Sun 30 Aug 2020.

I think there need to be some planted evidence of this. It's not a logical conclusion- it's a logical gap. A logical conclusion would be he was just looking for something of value to steal, and figured we were not going to lead him anywhere closer to that.

I suggest Eins was speaking to someone from Wailer's Hold, back at Runething. A freed slave, probably, and that former slave recognized Lothar as a lackey of the slavers, but he needs to voice that before Caile's conclusion
This message was last edited by the player at 14:45, Sun 30 Aug 2020.

In reply to Harinder (msg # 144):

It's a stretch, agreed, but at this point Brevis is likely so eager and driven that he's apt to flights of cognitive dissonance.  At least, that's how I intend to play him until his mind is changed.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:23, Sun 30 Aug 2020.

More of a stretch than an actual duke and his squires visiting a tournament held by former slaves near their dilapidated cesspit of a village? Asking for a friend =D

I haven't been on for a week or so, sorry about that. It might be hard for me to continue checking this in the future, so I'm probably going to have duck out. If you want to, you can make Eins an NPC, but otherwise he could leave by chasing after Lothar. He's kind of one to hold a grudge.

In reply to Caile (msg # 146):

I agree! Could be the duke and squires are not much better themselves. Lets not turn this into pie throwing :)

Okay, I'll see about Eins heading off in pursuit of Lothar. Sorry to loose you.

I'll be largely offline until Monday, kids go back to school tomorrow and we've just got two kittens.

Found some random guy in an FbL-group on Facebook who was interested in joining our PbP. Do we want "reinforcement"?

Could do with someone really, yes. Down to three PCs and technically four NPCs...

So I'd like everyone to welcome Eyrar to the group, I will be introducing his character to the game very shortly.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 152):

Hello everyone! I so much look forward to joining this game and group! :-)

Heya, Eyrar! Welcome! We're dysfunctional, but in a fun way =D
This message was last edited by the player at 15:12, Wed 09 Sept 2020.