Forenrond practically vanishes in the tall grass. Where do you want to move to?
Thoon, as you and Thor approach the men stop chatting to each other and stand straight, expectantly. All three are older human men, maybe in their thirties. The man on the left speaks up first, he's in scruffy leather armour and sports a messy, short beard.
The guy on the left wrote:Mornin'. What's the matter with your wagon, broken wheel?
Threader walks towards the men, past Thoon & Thor and pipes up for the first time in this journey:
Threader wrote:Ho, lads! Nothing wrong with our wagon, but something seems to be up with this road. Namely, it's got some junk blocking it. What's with the blockade?
They have a bit of a chuckle at that, and the one in the middle looks as though he's sizing you all up.
The guy on the left wrote:Uh, word from on high. Lord Thorben wants this road guarded. Bunch of crooks going round fleecing people as they go about their business.
The other two are fair haired and wear padded armour, scratched and patched up.
The guy on the right wrote:You chaps don't look the sort though. You've not been robbin' innocent folk have ya'? Haha. Why don't you come right through and we'll get out of your way.
Threader, can you make a Spot check for me?
The guy in the middle wrote:We should probably check their wagon though. Could be smugglers.
Threader points at the middle guy, flaring his nostrils and pulling the most goddamn death metal face he's ever pulled.
Threader wrote:Check our wagon and you'll be checking the ground for your teeth. And if I see anyone's hand move for their quiver they'll be in the mud lookin' for their gods-damned fingers too.
As you're walking through the gap in the stakes you notice some of the worn dirt road looks like it's been freshly turned over. Threader just dismissed it as an uneven road, but you're pretty sure it's "body length".
Nice work Shada. That was some impressive fast-talking. I will have been approaching then skirting around these guys during all this. Mostly I'm looking for an ambush, but I think they're dodgy as hell and I'm thinking of a way to uncover their villainous ways and make them dead. Unless they're legit, in which case I just don't like them (but I don't want to kill them). Looks like our Paladin might beat me to it anyway. Never liked Paladins either, but you've got to admire their commitment to doing the right thing.
The two fair headed men jump in shock and turn to look at the one with dark hair, whose face falls after a few moments, staring at the ground with a morose expression.
He left to hunt for our meal this morning, but returned with a gut wound instead. You understand, we have our duty to perform, we couldn't return to town to bury him.[/quote]
And as we've come to that - would you guys prefer to roll your Sense Motives (and have to horse yourself not to metagame if you get a poor result) or would you prefer me to roll them in future (removes metagaming, but if you get a shitty roll it can feel like it's my fault instead of just bad luck)?
