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Rumda
Nov 4, 2009

Moth Lesbian Comrade
A D

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vorebane
Feb 2, 2009

"I like Ur and Kavodel and Enki being nice to people for some reason."

Wrong Voter amongst wrong voters
BCD

Wallet
Jun 19, 2006

A

Chatrapati
Nov 6, 2012
DEF
Disguising ourselves makes sense when we don’t know who we’re dealing with and might need to be friendly.

Hexenritter
May 20, 2001


Chatrapati posted:

DEF
Disguising ourselves makes sense when we don’t know who we’re dealing with and might need to be friendly.

Interesting, sure

DEF

mithrasoflego
Dec 30, 2017
ABE

Honestly, I'm curious how the muscle healer deals with diplomacy, she doesn't seem to be going the hyper-aggressive route as she's paused to ask our permission.

Magnusth
Sep 25, 2014

Hello, Creature! Do You Despise Goat Hating Fascists? So Do We! Join Us at Paradise Lost!


Voting split between A and D. Will update once it resolves.

sheep-dodger
Feb 21, 2013

D

Magnusth
Sep 25, 2014

Hello, Creature! Do You Despise Goat Hating Fascists? So Do We! Join Us at Paradise Lost!


“Peace be upon you, Riwad ibn Labid,” you say. “I am Leilah, a simple scholar. My companions and I are here simply to study the ruins. We do not seek to take anything from them, merely to take notes and explore the ruins.”

Charm check to convince him you're just scholars. 0 charm, -1 presence, -3 penalty because you have the gift. Ease factor 9: 1d10-4 -4 (Orokos rolls d10s as 1-10, but the ten is really supposed to be a 0)

CHECK FOR BOTCH!
Whenever you roll a 0, you check for botch. To check for botch you roll a number of dice determined by me. If any of them come up 0 (10), it’s a botch and you’ve severely hosed up. I’m assigning 3 botch dice. You have a weird group of foreigners and copts, you claim to be lead by a female scholar and you’re pretty heavily armed for “oh we just wanna look at the ruins”

Check For Botch 3 dice: 3d10 15 [3d10=1, 4, 10]


… Ooof

The man raises his eyebrows. “Oh, just scholars, here to see the ruins?” He glances between the gleaming blade a Samia’s hip, the weapons of the grogs, and Bjørn. “A likely story.” He spits on the ground, and backs away, gesturing at the other men, further behind him, to come. “And the weapons are just to make drawings, hmm? I know what thieves and robbers look like.” As he speaks, the other men draw up behind him. Many of them have knives out, or simple cudgels. Samia tenses, the grogs tense, Bjørn… Gets out a drinking horn and starts chugging? You’ll have to deal with that later.
“You’re not welcome here, thieves. Leave.”

What do you do?
A: Leave. Set up camp out of sight of the ruins, come back tomorrow, and find a way to deal with this.

B: Hand Samia some money and ask her to bribe them.

C: Tell them that you are going to the ruin, and that you don’t want to hurt them, but that you will get to the ruins.

D: Cast Pilum of Flame into the air, tell them that you are not thieves but that you will visit the ruins.

E: Cast Doublet of Impenetrable Silk and prepare to fight these people

F: Cast a spell to remove your disguise, tell them you are a half-jinn and that you want to see the ruins.

G: Something else? Write in!

Magnusth fucked around with this message at 20:52 on Jan 11, 2022

Hexenritter
May 20, 2001


Well, we certainly made a pigs arse out of this didn't we.

G: "Look, do you think I'd be safe just travelling out here by myself, with nothing to defend myself with, and no escort? Forgive me for saying so, but these are dangerous times, are they not? You yourself, and each of your noble guildmates, are carrying at least a jambiya or cudgel to defend yourselves. Why are my colleagues, our escort and I not permitted the same basic human right? We do not seek to steal from you, and acknowledge the Guild's primacy in matters of reliquary and artefact recovery. We seek only to study, to take notes, to observe and catalogue. Is there no way we can avoid conflict where none was necessary?"

or whatever our speechcraft (or Samia's) is capable of making of the above.

vorebane
Feb 2, 2009

"I like Ur and Kavodel and Enki being nice to people for some reason."

Wrong Voter amongst wrong voters

Hexenritter posted:

Well, we certainly made a pigs arse out of this didn't we.

G: "Look, do you think I'd be safe just travelling out here by myself, with nothing to defend myself with, and no escort? Forgive me for saying so, but these are dangerous times, are they not? You yourself, and each of your noble guildmates, are carrying at least a jambiya or cudgel to defend yourselves. Why are my colleagues, our escort and I not permitted the same basic human right? We do not seek to steal from you, and acknowledge the Guild's primacy in matters of reliquary and artefact recovery. We seek only to study, to take notes, to observe and catalogue. Is there no way we can avoid conflict where none was necessary?"

or whatever our speechcraft (or Samia's) is capable of making of the above.


+1 best choice of bad options in this situation

Rumda
Nov 4, 2009

Moth Lesbian Comrade

Hexenritter posted:

Well, we certainly made a pigs arse out of this didn't we.

G: "Look, do you think I'd be safe just travelling out here by myself, with nothing to defend myself with, and no escort? Forgive me for saying so, but these are dangerous times, are they not? You yourself, and each of your noble guildmates, are carrying at least a jambiya or cudgel to defend yourselves. Why are my colleagues, our escort and I not permitted the same basic human right? We do not seek to steal from you, and acknowledge the Guild's primacy in matters of reliquary and artefact recovery. We seek only to study, to take notes, to observe and catalogue. Is there no way we can avoid conflict where none was necessary?"

or whatever our speechcraft (or Samia's) is capable of making of the above.


agreed

Chatrapati
Nov 6, 2012
F
They already don't like us, let's just scare them off or into submission- 'Boo! We're a wicked genie, bugger off!'

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Sub Rosa
Jun 9, 2010




Hexenritter posted:

Well, we certainly made a pigs arse out of this didn't we.

G: "Look, do you think I'd be safe just travelling out here by myself, with nothing to defend myself with, and no escort? Forgive me for saying so, but these are dangerous times, are they not? You yourself, and each of your noble guildmates, are carrying at least a jambiya or cudgel to defend yourselves. Why are my colleagues, our escort and I not permitted the same basic human right? We do not seek to steal from you, and acknowledge the Guild's primacy in matters of reliquary and artefact recovery. We seek only to study, to take notes, to observe and catalogue. Is there no way we can avoid conflict where none was necessary?"

or whatever our speechcraft (or Samia's) is capable of making of the above.

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