Also. The four beds and four foes are accounted for.

1. Sword Guy
2. Maridosen (quickly killed by Lilly)
3. Priest Woman
4. Orc

So, I really do not see the suspicion of the poor young girl. Unless I am missing something.

I got confused by this but the GM put me straight in a private message



This is why Rob is advocating searching Maridosen’s room.
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ok. I was going by the initiative orders. There were 3 bad guys and then the orc showed up and was the fourth.

If someone wants to ask Vespa, she is still in the cellar, with her parents.

I'm seeing a pattern to push east storywise. Are the gear of these bandits anything special? What all did they have for weapons and armor?

More like a push to move the story along in general and quickly move past this incident.

The Orc is clearly from the east.  The others looked like Sauscons based on their features and equipment.  Aside from the Priestess' brooch everything the had appeared local in style.

I guess I'm confused. Are we on the day after the fight? Or the one after that? Now there's a plan to try and catch any more of the bandit crew that might show up, but I'm not sure how long after the fight the group is planning on staying?

From what I gathered, it has been a few hours after the fight. The tavern Is about to open for new guests. The others still need a full rest. Aina only needed 4 hours of meditation. The group was going to rest for one more day/help out in the tavern. The group was going to leave the next day.

Aina will pay for the room again. It was just a plan for something the character will do as the others rest. It might be pointless and the game will go on to the next morning.

The inn is already open, they just don’t expect any overnight guests until the end of the day considering traffic patterns on this road.  But I believe the plan is yes for the group to leave the next day.

Also, Ania only needs 4 hours of sleep, but a long rest is still 8 hours even for her.  Long rest isn’t not equal to 8 hours of sleep.  It is 8 hours of sleep and/or light activity which includes reading, meditation, etc.

Will advance to the next day later tonight.

What the actual hell? Who hurt you, Aina?

I was already on the fence before, but I think I'm going to pass on continuing on where my character is going to get viciously thought-sniped for no good reason every time they say something or appear.

Sigh....there is a reason the character is stand offish to clerics. Burning at the stake much? Also, your character needs a hook. Joining a party where they allowed a hostage to be killed, then allowing a defenseless to be killed.

Not all party members get along at first. Trust is built. If you can not handle some role-playing then maybe this game is not for you. I am sad you are leaving and you wasted your time. :(

Remember please that no matter what antagonisms may develop between characters, something I prefer not to happen in any case, they should not be written to seem like snipes at other players nor taken as such by those players.  We don't have any context (tone, body language, etc.) that the characters have and so off-line discussions are necessary to sort out character v. player interactions.  If that can't be done then perhaps we need to reduce the amount of internal monologues.

Been a while since anybody posted here so I just wanted to let people know that I’m still here and still committed.
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Still here.

Sound off on a roll call if you are staying in the game, and please state which way the group is going next.  South towards the mountains (either the underground dwarf road or the mountain passes) into Capelnegra and further to the Sidonian Empire; or West to te Kingdom of Rousset (through the Grand Duchy of Sauscony, which you are already in); or East towards the Grand Forest and beyond the Mountains of Shadow and Rozalia, eventually the Kolian Empire.

Staying on to play; Lightbringer was headed east with entourage to investigate magic drainage- presumably under guise of something military or diplomatic and Gralphus still plans to go west to watch the man's back and investigate the kingdom for further signs of issues/corruption while on his way to his grandfather and mother.

At least that is how I have seen it. Was I wrong?

Here and following the half orc.

In reply to Gralphus Grakus (msg # 506):

You are not wrong in that we are in a sandbox-style stage.  Choose where you wish to go and why and I will provide hooks to things happening int hat area.

I sort of created my own hook for the character. Everything needed could be found in a library. The group came along to help her own goal. Even if they do not expect it. :)

Lilly is a simple creature really, she has decided that Gralphus is both interesting and funny, and is perfectly happy to follow that path wherever it goes.

Radu officially withdrew, his character will continue on his own path.

How local is local garb? Like the kingdom or like the town/city?

It might be weird to have travelers in small scale local garb.

You guys are weird anyway, but these guys are dressed in the Sauscon style, same as in the city but more casually worn (Anchorhead was a staid and stodgy place among 'respectable' people, one reason Caelyn stood out.)