Diver's Kingmaker Pathfinder game Session 1

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19:29:45 >[Pae] >> This is the or a least version of my, my player’s, and the Keep’s running of the Pathfinder Adventure Path Series King Maker. In King Maker, the player characters have the chance, opportunity or responsibility of exploring, mapping and settling the long disputed Stolen Lands territories wedged between the southern borders of Belvroy to the North, The River Kingdoms to the south, and Piax to the East. Stretching for almost 35,000 miles these lands have been won, conquered and lost uncountable times in history, from and by whom always dependent on the time period and the view point of the victors.. Given a charter by the Sword Lords of Belvroy, is this the character’s chance to claim the Stolen Lands once and for all, for their kings, for their countries or for themselves? Or will they just be the latest claimed in turn by the vast untamed stretch known as the Stolen Lands? This is a closed pen and paper game, feel free to watch but please don’t interrupt.
19:44:41 [DMD] Your group of characters all met in Restov, capital of Rostland in answer to the request for explorers needed to fill map and settle the stretch of the Stolen Lands known as The Greenbelt. Each of you carries a charter from the Lord Mayor of Restov granting you the permission to do so in the name of and be compensated upon completion of the task by himself and the Sword Lords. You’ve enjoyed a week of quite travel and fair weather the entire way although the last two days of which have seen much less settled territory, fewer houses or settlements and rougher roads and trails, you find yourself approaching the front gates of the suggested starting point for your endeavor, Olag’s Trading Post along the southern border of the kingdom of Rostland.

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19:45:03 [DMD] The trading post is a rough assemblage of small one story buildings inside a crudely built rectangle of wooden palisade walls about eight feet high, with one main gate for entrance facing to the north and you as you follow the narrow trail up to it . Inside the open gate you can make out the main building against the far south wall, where a woman busies herself in front of it arranging several bags and crates while a man of similar middle old age is busy apparently patching the roof on a ladder.
19:45:21 [DMD] Upon hearing your approach, the woman turns and cleans her hands on her apron and watching you briefly before she tentavily meets you between the gate and building. “Oh yes, we’ve been expecting you all day. So glad to see you, Come on in, wash the trail off and have a seat around the table, I made a dinner to welcome you.” She explains. The man just grunts and continues to hammer.”Be in when I’m done.”
19:46:34 [DMD] Everyone can make spots and or Sense Motives now, if they like
19:46:37 Elijah_Aldridge exits from this room
19:46:54 [Owain] perception rolls *smiles*
19:47:09 ( Owain rolls 1d20+5 => , + 5 17 )
19:47:15 ( Owain rolls 1d20+9 => , + 9 25 )
19:47:17 Pae will roll both, Perception then Sense Motive.))
19:47:23 [Owain] perception and Sense Motive
19:47:24 Tülarie takes a closer look then--
19:47:27 ( Tülarie rolls 1d20+8 => , + 8 20 )
19:47:43 [Owain] There we go..
19:47:59 [Porter] Perception
19:48:05 ( Porter rolls 1d20+5 => , + 5 10 )
19:48:13 ( Pae rolls 1d20+8 => , + 8 27 )
19:48:16 [Porter] Sense motive
19:48:19 ( Porter rolls 1d20+3 => , + 3 22 )
19:48:30 ( Pae rolls 1d20+6 => , + 6 13 )
19:52:02 Owain takes off his hat, letting his mane of red hair tumble down around his face as he smiles to the woman "Thank you Ma'am, that's mighty nice of you. Erastil Bless your hearth and home and all those who find solice here."

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19:52:17 [DMD whispers to Pae] You notice that the bags and crates the woman was working with are basic supplies, furrs, food, water, and even a chest of coins , they've been moved from indoors to outdoors by the scuff marks they made moving some of the heavier stuff. You also notice a couple of old broken down catapults on the corners of the palisade
19:52:51 DMD gives everyone a chance to post
19:53:13 Pae absent-mindedly patted her large riding dog, humming to herself as she looked around.
19:53:14 Porter looks about his newfound companions, and shakes his head. "Something's not right here..."
19:53:58 Tülarie gazes distantly for a moment, but then she turns her attention to the woman and smiles brightly. "Thank you! I will enjoy it, at least... after a bath."
19:56:05 Owain put his hand on Porter's shoulder "Now don't go smokin the bees before we find the hive." He said softly before turning his smile to the woman again.
19:56:52 [DMD] The woman smiles and motions to a long table with what for such a remote trading post is topped by dishes of what must be her best meats and cheeses and glasses of wine, note ale. She must have gotten up before the roosters crow to have it ready now, and still have time to putter around outside like she and her husband where. It looks like they really rolled out the red carpet, and when she speaks it's obvious she's really glad to have you here and make you want to stay. " Oh but a bath is best at the end of the day, and on a good full stomach. Why not wait till night when it's cooler and you've made any plans for tomorrow?"
19:59:21 Owain chuckles "Well Ma'am I can see by the way you cook a full stomach won't be difficult and I'm certain a bath would be just fine."
19:59:47 Porter looked to Owain, and nodded. "Indeed..." He'd force a smile to the rest of his comrades and headed on over to the table. He kept his eyes and ears open for anything else suspicious.

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19:59:56 [DMD] It's mid-day now, by the by, I forgot to mention that.
20:00:16 [DMD] You can make a listen, Portter.
20:01:31 [Porter] Perception, then, since listen was rolled into that.
20:01:35 ( Porter rolls 1d20+5 => , + 5 22 )
20:01:37 Tülarie gives that a thought and decides that the sound of food right now is much more welcoming than a bath. That and the scent, and the fact that it will all go cold if she lets it sit there... She capitulates. "Oh, very well! I can't say no to this feast." She stretches out her hands and waves them at the table nonspecifically. She'll lead the group to sit, if no one else is so bold!
20:01:42 [DMD] Right, I still have to get used to that
20:02:19 Pae arched a silvered eyebrow at the sight of the very generous meal set out for them. "Hmm." She gave her well-trained mount the signal to stay and trailed after her fellows, that absent smile still on her face.
20:02:43 [DMD] You, along with everyone else can hear hammering and the occasional duller thud followed by a curse coming from outside where you left the male last.
20:04:42 Tülarie hums, lighthearted, already readying a spot for Pae to join her. "He works too hard," she says to their hostess, also smiling in a distant way.
20:05:30 Owain takes a seat at the table leaning his unstrung longbow that he's used as a walking stick against the back of his chair. "Hard work is how civilization is built." He responds as he looks over the feast.
20:06:14 [DMD] As you sit, if you sit, the woman walks to a window and opens the shutter, accidently giving the ladder the man is working on a gentle rattle . "Come on in, Oleg, and be a proper host, after all these fine folk came all this way to help us and the lunch is getting cold while you flatten your didgits up there." You here a grummbling followed by the sounds of the man coming down, and then in the door. He makes his way over to the fire place to wash his hands and slick his hair back. "Damn it woman, you could

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have knocked me off the ladder and saved the trouble makers the trouble there."
20:07:13 Pae accepted her customary seat beside Tula happily, climbing up on the human-meant seat. Her distant smile didn't fade even as she asked, 'Troublemakers?"
20:07:45 Porter moved over to the table and took a seat, ending up between Owain and Tularie. He'd clasp his hands together and look over the food, then to the man. "Trouble makers, hm?"
20:08:50 Owain knew an opening when he heard it, glad Pae piped up, he took the time to say a quiet prayer over the food before taking any. "And they're due soon." He said to give the impression he knew things.
20:08:50 Tülarie says nothing about these 'troublemakers,' as her companions are already doing a fine job of asking the question. Instead she sets about to sneak a few choice pieces of cheese with those long sneaky fingers of hers.
20:11:05 [DMD] The man stops mid taking a seat , glance at Pae and Porter, then at the woman. "Yes.....trouble makers. Bandits. You are the help from Belvroy ?" he hesitated again and throws up his hands cursing under his breath. " if you're not you might want to move on before morning..." The wife sushes him quickly and turns back to you all, a worried expression on her face . "You're not....but the trapper who passed a few days ago said the sword lords where sending help.....you're not the help?" Your charters is for exploration, it didn't mention a word about bandits too. Welcome to politics .
20:13:29 [Porter] "Well, if we are to chart this land we might as well make it safe, yes?"
20:14:03 Tülarie blinks up, suddenly aware. She rounds her mouth and says 'oh', holding the note for an extended moment. "—hhhhh... right. Bandits." It was no secret that the Stolen Lands were rife with banditry. But she didn't take care of the paperwork, so she busies her lips with cheese.
20:15:01 [DMD] The man is a bit blunter than his wife, he looks the lot of you over, and simply asks the

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burning question on both thier minds. "Well, if you're not the milita who the blazes are you?"
20:15:59 Pae had her hands folded on the table before her--quite a ways before her. She had yet to put any food on her plate. "Not the militia, no. But I should still like to help the best I could."
20:16:39 Owain looked at Oleg and his wife "Erastil watches over hearths and homes and we will see to these bandits. On Erastil's bow I promise."
20:17:31 Porter nodded and took a piece of cheese himself, figuring he should eat before a fight. "May my spells aid you."
20:18:11 Tülarie purses her lips uncertainly. Her eyes darted back and forth like will'o'wisps when Pae spoke up, and she stretches out a smile towards Oleg. "I suppose we could see about discouraging these bandits." Particular emphasis on 'discourage,' cheerily spoken as it was.
20:20:05 [DMD] The wife claps her hand and seems almost ready to weep in relief at Pae and Owain's offer to help, but the man is a bit more reserved still. "That didn't answer my question, for all I know after weeks of not seeing anyone but the odd trapper or trader and the random passing lunatic headed into the wilds for one reason or another, you could BE part of the problem for all I know. " The woman swats him with the handle of a spoon and points him to a seat ." Oh hush. They're not dirty or foul mouthed enough to be with the ones we deal with every first of the month Orag!!" She turns back to you all and nods to Porter and Tularie as they chime in. "Very well, but if you don't mind the asking, just who are you, what brings you all the way out here then?"
20:20:41 [DMD] The first of the month would be tomorrow, just to fill you in a little at a time.
20:22:01 Porter noms on cheese and bread. "We are...explorers, to chart out a map of the area."
20:22:35 Pae frowned slightly.
20:22:40 Owain took a piece of bread and ate, it was impolite to speak with your mouth full thus allowing

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mistruths if necessary to be spun that he wouldn't personally be beholden to.
20:23:28 Tülarie 's brows raise as she realizes the date in between bouts of spacing out. Again she flickers that smile. "I don't know about everyone else. I'm here to see fey-creatures." More cheese is had.
20:24:24 [DMD] The man stops mid chew, setitng his silverware down, and stares at Porter. It takes him a long time to swallow. "Explorers? " he motions to his wife in disgust ."Put the wine away, let em drink water, I didn't move all the way out here to the ass crack of nowhere so everyone and thier brother could come running right on my heels.." The woman rolls her eyes and ignores him," No, you moved all the way out here because nooone but me could deal with you any better than you deal with them. MANNERS Orag!!"
20:26:24 [DMD] **Oleg not orag
20:27:02 Pae raises her eyebrowed, remaining silent and still.
20:27:05 Porter chuckled a bit and shrugged. "Regardless, we will help you." And probably be on their way afterwards.
20:27:09 Owain hid a sigh as he swallowed the bread "We where indeed sent here in the name of the Swordlords.." He said to reassure the man which was the truth or so their charter said. "I understand your desire for freedom to chart your own path, Oleg but even you must admit there are times that the protection of the law does comfort. Consider us that protection."
20:27:17 [Owain] were too
20:29:06 Tülarie frowns and reaches out to snatch a few more pieces of cheese just in case those were revoked as well. She offers some to her troupemate, who seems to for some reason be unenthusiastic about lunch.
20:30:14 [DMD] The man ducks his head, scooting his chair out of spoon handle range before he speaks again. Looking at Owain he shrugs. "Whatever, I'll feel protected this time tomorow if I still have my wares, life and a roof still standing to snore under. I suppose if the city moves closer I can always move

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futher , maybe the swamps. " He finishes his lunch quickly, as does his wife unless someone has questions. When everyone is finished, he asks point blank ." So, what do the four of you plan or think you can do? They come about an hour after dawn on the first of every month, so we got half a day and a night to be ready."
20:30:36 [DMD] The wife ignored him about the wine, you still get to drink it Tularie.
20:30:56 Pae blinks at the offer of cheese, accepting a piece with a nod. She ate it delicatedly as she listened, frowning.
20:31:11 Owain glanced the trading post over from the table. "There is plenty I think we can prepare in that time."
20:32:02 Zenoa enters this room
20:32:46 [DMD] Olag gives Owain a level look. "I suggest an ambush, no better than they'd do for you."
20:33:07 Zenoa exits from this room
20:33:39 Porter taps his chin and leans back in his chair. "A little grease can help for an ambush..."
20:33:39 Tülarie indeed indulges in some wine, but not overmuch. Her day is not over yet. "What exactly do the bandits do? Do they extort money? Or do they simply raid like senseless marauders?"
20:33:52 Owain looked back to Oleg "But we are better than them... That's what makes us protectors and not bullies."
20:35:10 [DMD] Olag laughs. "What do they do? They do whatever they damned well please, there's been noone but the two of us here. Call it a tax, take everything I get from traders and trappers, leave us scraps to get through the month on. I suspect they might raid if they get the chance. Bunch of filthy rats that they are."
20:37:04 [Tülarie] "Oh no," she says after hearing Oleg's account. "I agree. We should ambush them, or set something up to cause a lot of noise and scare them off. I... have some tindertwigs." She smiles defeatedly. "Do those catapults work, Mister Oleg?"
20:37:31 Owain takes a slab of cheese and a sizable chunk of bread and gets up to walk around the Trading post's courtyard as it were and give things a little once over while he ate.

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20:37:36 [DMD] Olag looks back to Owain and then over to his wife, who's been silent through the talk of fighting. "They took her wedding ring, the female leader did. Told me if I didn't give em that and whatever else they wanted they'd take her too. I don't want to be better than them, I want to be more alive than them. I would have went after them myself after the ring but she stopped me. " The wife looks up and whispers. "They would have killed you dead before you got out the gate. Whatever comes you let these folk do it, promise me that."
20:38:05 Porter nods to Tularie. "I agree with my friend, there. An ambush would be much more effective for a group such as us."
20:38:15 [DMD] He informs you, and by examing them at any point, you could fix the catapults but not by morning, Tul.
20:38:27 Pae blinks and narrows her eyes.
20:38:47 [DMD] All right, Owain, let me take a minute to describe the yard for everyone.
20:38:57 [Owain] "Not an Ambush," He said loud enough for the others to hear him "But a Trap. That is fair and we will be fair about this."
20:40:24 Porter shakes his head at Olag and his perils. "With a little ingenuity, I'm certain we can drive the bandits off for good."
20:40:24 [DMD] You all can rp/converse /ask questions while I do it
20:42:10 Tülarie flattens her lips out, then she turns and leans over to her gnomish compatriot, noticing her silence. "How is the cheese?" Pause, moment, moment... "And what can we do about this, you think? Being fair to bandits seems a bit too, ah, fair considering they're not above slave-taking." She feigns secrecy with her thoughts; anyone could hear them.
20:44:15 Porter was sitting right next to Tularie, so he easily heard. "I agree, but without someone to be on the frontlines, we have to be careful how we approach these things."
20:45:07 [DMD] The courtyard- Olag gives you a brief tour, pointing out each building and what it is or is

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for. The main house where you ate sets in the North East corner, almost touching the wall behind it. Off to the right in a clockwise order he points out the guest house in the south east corner, just inside the gate. On the othr side of the gate is located a stable, and just off of it between it and the north wall are some middens between the stables and north wall. The main building from the outside you can tell is one floor, and has the main hall you dined in and two rooms off to each side for five rooms in all.
20:45:32 Pae looked up at her taller companion. "Bandits who only leave enough for their vicitims to live on so that they may take yet more," she said with cold rage in her tone. "Yes. Hm. Marauders. Bandits. Brigands. They all still need to approach." She looked toward their hosts. "How many are there, do you think?" she asked, that anger still evident.
20:45:58 [DMD] (( OH, one last thing, will someone make a log of this session, will someone be a logger each session? You all can rotate the duty but I want them posted in the forums for whoever wants to see it ?))
20:46:13 [Owain] Now there IS only one way in and out of the trading post?
20:46:29 [Pae] ((I can do it.))
20:47:02 [Porter] I haven't been having redlights or greenlights as much anymore, so I could certainly rotate logging duty with Pae. )
20:48:35 [DMD] The couple follow you around the courtyard, and answer Pae's question."Well, the woman was the clear leader, the first time they came a few months ago. She brought a good sized gang, about a dozen. But the two times since, her boy friend has been in charge, there was about eight the second time and only about six the last, guess they got nothing to worry about from us right?" The wife shudders. " I just hope she ain't with them, they're worse when she is . Her lover is bad enough, but she scares me."
20:48:49 [DMD] Yep, one gate on the south wall, Owain.
20:49:28 DMD is hearing thunder now....
20:49:39 [Owain] "On horseback?"

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20:49:51 [DMD] As long as it doesn't get too bad, too much lightning I'll stick with it .
20:50:40 [Owain] No worries Diver, keep your comp safe I always say.
20:50:43 [DMD] Olag nods. "On horseback, but considering how loaded down they are when they leave I think they got a camp somewhere near by , a day or two at the most with more men and wagons to move things ...."
20:51:15 Porter frowned at Pae, noticing the anger in her voice. "We will take care of them. I promise you this, friend." Then he heard how many there were. "Hm, if we can get them into a tight group, I can use a spell to make them slip and fall for some time..."
20:52:23 [DMD] Take note, as they said there's been fewer "tax collecters " each time, due to lack of resistance.
20:52:52 [Porter] That makes me think they would send less, but then would send more once they found out someone's come to protect the area. )
20:53:31 [DMD] IF they know someone has come
20:54:30 Pae frowns, but she held her tongue.
20:54:53 Tülarie smiles nervously when that tone becomes evident. She's used to it but it can be as shocking as a cloudbreak in summer. "If you set up an oil trap, I could light it easily and we could set them all on fire," she says with a musing tone, eyes raised.
20:55:31 [Owain] "I can convince their horses to be uncooperative easily enough." He looked to Tularie "No, Oil fires will threaten these buildings."
20:56:01 [DMD] Olag and wife offer a suggestion here and there, but over all they concede to whatever plan you come up with. The only thing they're adimant about is the fact you do any fighting .
20:56:50 [DMD] Olag agrees with Owain against Tul. "Doesn't matter who lights the fire if we burn the post down..."
20:57:18 Tülarie had forgotten how flammable wood could be! the resolute rejection from the immense man set her mouth a-frowning, both for the lack of setting fires and for feeling slightly guilty about overlooking that small fact.

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20:57:57 Pae considered. "I wonder whether their numbers would be much reduced. In any case, marauder,
 brigand, bandit, they must all approach. That means getting within an arrow's flight."
20:58:48 [Owain] "We can't assume they will be smaller than before, we must plan for many and be greatful if there are few."
20:59:28 [Owain] "Who here carries ranged weapons?" He asks looking at his comrades.
21:00:05 Porter waves a hand. "I have a shortbow."
21:00:25 Pae nodded. "Crossbow."
21:00:57 [DMD] Olag wanders back into the main building and out of view for a few minutes. When he returns he shrugs. "Don't got much but what we got you can use if you need." What he has consists of one suit of leather armor, a heavy wooden shield, two hand axes, three javlins, a longbow, 2 dozen arrows, a scythe and two spears.
21:00:58 [Tülarie] "Crossbow!"
21:01:31 [Owain] Does the wall around the Trading post have a walkway near the top?
21:02:33 Porter contemplates. "I think I may be able to use the longbow."
21:02:42 [DMD] Olag also points out. "Best to have the gate open and the taxes ready when they get here, they've threatened to burn us out before if we didn't open up fast enough to suit them." And there is a palisade along the inner walls, Owain.
21:05:23 [Tülarie] "I am perfectly content to hide somewhere and shoot bandits in the back. It wouldn't be much different from back home," she says in a voice that falls somewhere between cheerful and distant.
21:05:42 [Owain] "I've a longbow, Erastil's bow. We will have the taxes or sacks that look like the taxes setting out in the compound, We'll open the doors and then close them when the time is right.. Tülarie," He looked to her "Do you think you can rig up a means to close those gates without actually BEING beside them? with a rope perhaps?"
21:08:10 [Tülarie] (Hm, what skill would tying ropes into a simple device fall under?)
21:08:30 [DMD] Use rope or trapmaking/smithing
21:09:00 [Owain] Disable devices could be used too or craft traps

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21:09:33 DMD attempts to caculate a DC for that
21:10:31 Tülarie is quite adept at tinkering with things in that case. So! "I'm sure I could figure something out, with enough rope." She nods sagely.
21:11:59 Porter stands after having eaten enough food. "I'd like to see this longbow you've got."
21:12:34 [DMD] So what are we talking her, propping the gates open with something like pikes or wooden pegs, and then using a rope to yank them away and swing the gates shut?
21:12:43 [Porter] (said to Loag)
21:12:51 [Porter] Olag)
21:13:18 [DMD] Olag passes over the common long bow and 2 dozen arrows in a quiver to Porter. " I hope you put em through the bastard's eyes."
21:14:20 [Owain] That's about it Diver. Nothing complex, just enough to close the door on the trap.
21:14:24 [Tülarie] (Something like that, yes, if it would work. Are the gates just swing-in, swing-out?)
21:14:42 Porter takes them and nods. "If I am lucky my aim will strike true."
21:14:54 Porter will share a dozen arrows with Owain.
21:15:51 Owain nods but pats the quiver on his back "I've arrows a plenty. Erastil says trust your fellow man but tie up your horse at night." He grins.
21:15:54 [DMD] Ok, there's plenty of rope available if you don't have it, and pegs . The only concern that strikes you is the heavy gates, will the pegs hold them in place until you want and can you give a hard enough yank to make the gates swing when you yank them away.
21:16:46 [Pae] ((Which is when we assign the pulling duties... to Pae. Definitely.))
21:16:48 [DMD] I'd let you take 20 on setting the trap, you got a half a day and full night to practice it, just a Str check to make them swing .
21:17:04 Porter has 40 arrows, so hey. He grins. "Erastil is a smart deity, then." He'd sling the quivers of two dozen arrows on his back and takes up the longbow, putting the shortbow down.
21:18:19 Tülarie sees no flaws with putting Pae on the pull.

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21:18:57 Tülarie is joking of course. But even she may not be able to do it depending on how strong the pull is. While testing the trap, will it be possible to figure out how strong the pull has to be?
21:19:10 [DMD] Olag looks around. "I''l be the bait but Svelenta is in the bedroom with the door locked and I'm shutting the front door behind me when the arrows start flying."
21:19:46 [DMD] Yes. You give me three rolls, and i'll tell you hot, cold, or just right like Golidlocks
21:21:51 [Owain] "Okay we can affix this wooden shield someplace to give someone some better protection when they duck down. I want the javelins and spear up on the Pallisade so just incase these bandits manage to win free of our trap we'll have spare ranged missiles to hurl at them. Also once we see them approaching I will pray for Erastil's blessing upon us all."
21:21:51 ( Tülarie rolls 3d20 => 15, 16, 14 = 45 )
21:22:12 DMD prods Tul with a spear till Tul rolls
21:23:00 [Tülarie] 21:21:51 ( Tülarie rolls 3d20 => 15, 16, 14 = 45 ) <<< sameposted with Owain, might've been missed.
21:23:31 [DMD] The first two where close, but you'd still like a little extra ump, Tul. On the last one, the peg snagged and the gate it was propping only swung about 3/4 shut.
21:24:52 [DMD] Between the supplies/ taxes gathering that went on at the same time, the gate trap setting and testing, and putting the shield wherever you end up putting it the day is getting on, it's afternoon getting close to dusk by the time you get all that accomplished.
21:26:13 Tülarie is on about her fourth test by the time the sky begins dusking. If and when Owain wanders by her work area, she'll approach the enormous man. "Oooooo... wain, was it? I don't think I am strong enough to trigger our trap reliably." She rubs her biceps, both sore.
21:28:21 Owain chuckles "Yes it's Owain but I think you mistake me for a man of action, I'm a man of the

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 cloth and strenuous activity isn't my strong suit." He smiled "However Erastil will grant me the strength
 needed to stop these miscreants from escaping, show me what to do."
21:31:40 [DMD] By the time everything and one is in place, or at least decided on a place for the morning to come, Svelnta has a dinner even finer than the lunch prepared, roasted duck with apples and orange sauce, honey bread, vegtable soup and fresh multiple berr cobbler on the table for everyone once they clean up. It's either a hero's feast or a last supper....
21:32:56 Owain eats heartily this night, offers his thanks to Svetlana and Oleg, says his evening prayers and gets to bed early!
21:33:02 Tülarie 's plan is to simply hide the rope in the dirt. That way the trap isn't seen until it is sprung by yanking. Does this trading post have any horses?
21:33:52 Porter eats heartily as well, chatting up Tularie and Pae to get to know them better, and Owain while he's there.
21:34:11 [DMD] Once everyone is ready for thier last night on the mortal plane good night's rest for the big day tomorrow, you're lead to the guest house wich has a main room and five smaller bedrooms itself for you to bed down and leave your belonging if you choose.
21:34:54 [DMD] One horse, and not a mustang by any standards in the stables, Tul.
21:35:30 [DMD] Is Pae still with us?
21:35:43 [Pae] ((Yes.))
21:35:59 Owain will rise not two but THREE hours before sun up, do his morning prayers eat only a small breakfast of porriage and honey.
21:36:09 [DMD] ok. Been a while since the last post, just checking
21:37:07 [DMD] Olag is up when Owain rises, just sitting on the steps of the main house smoking a pipe and staring off to the south, of course he hasn't been to sleep at all , it's apparent by the redness in his eyes and the rings under them.
21:37:23 Pae sleeps solidly.
21:37:41 Tülarie totally eats her fill as well. And after a bit of stargazing she will promptly fall asleep as

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well. She'll just have to take their chances with pulling the trap, and that thought bothers her until the ordained time of the early morning that they get up to make final preparations, but she will lay low until the time to act comes.
21:38:28 Porter sleeps solidly as well, rising about an hour before sun rise.
21:39:01 [DMD] So everyone is up and about by sunrise?
21:39:40 Pae will have been up perhaps an hour before sunrise, doing a bit of composing. But yes.
21:40:49 Tülarie is.
21:40:58 [Owain] Yep!
21:41:36 [DMD] Ok, the courtyard is 90ft across from left /west to right/east, it's 80 feet from the front/south wall to the north/back and the palisade is ten feet above it, a rung ladder at the center of each wall leading to it. The main double gate is at the center of the southern wall.
21:43:15 [Owain] ((Okay it is my intention to cast bless on everyone, that will give a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects. I also have SHield of Faith which will give a +2 to AC to one person, I was thinking Oleg, we don't want him shot down as he's running for safety. This wil lleave me with two more spells,
21:43:42 [DMD] And, sure enough about an hour after sunrise, just as the sun has made it's full orb in the sky you can make out four riders, one leading the other three from the south on the rough trail that leads to the gates. Olag stares straight ahead, his back to the main building's door and his wife safely locked in the bedroom. "Here they come, if this goes bad they'll kill us or worse and burn the place to the ground." he whispers, never taking his eyes off the riders to give you away. They'll be at the front gate in three rounds, what do you do untill then?
21:43:59 [DMD] Ok, Owain.
21:44:35 Tülarie gets sum tasty blessings.
21:45:17 [Owain] Porter, you should have your shield spell ready to cast the minute they ride in otherwise it won't last.
21:45:39 Porter can do that.

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21:45:51 [DMD] Are you all staying out in the open?
21:46:26 [Tülarie] (What cover is there in the courtyard?)
21:46:31 [Owain] Oh hell no, Hiding, behind wagons and such. If they see numbers they will be prepared.
21:46:59 [DMD] The buildings are really the only good cover. Either in them, behind them or up on the palisade.
21:47:59 [Tülarie] (Hm. Assuming the normal length of rope is 50 ft., that's enough to take behind cover with us, right?)
21:48:12 Pae readies her sleep spell.))
21:48:22 Owain has another 50' length if it's not enough.
21:48:52 [DMD] If you feel safe hiding fifty foot of rope, and them not noticing it
21:48:53 [Porter] I believe I have rope too. )
21:49:20 [Owain] The taxes in sacks in the center of the compound should keep their attention.
21:49:41 Porter will be hiding in the palisades as best he can, if that's his best option.
21:49:41 [DMD] 50 is enough to be behind the guest house, just to the right of the gate. 100 would reach anywhere in the courtyard.
21:50:46 Tülarie will have done the good ol' hiding the rope in the dirt trick, if that is indeed the case! Also, at some point asked Owain to aid her in pulling the rope.
21:51:05 [DMD] In order for you're rope/gate trap to work, you have to yank both gates, someone would have to be behind the guest house and the stables unless someone things they can yank both in one round and are strong enough to do both
21:51:22 Owain casts shield of faith on Oleg and tells him to hoof it for cover as soon as the fighting starts.
21:51:45 [DMD] You don't have to tell him twice.
21:51:48 [Owain] Strong? you must be joking.
21:52:01 [DMD] So, where is everyone
21:52:29 [DMD] To yank a rope with about seventy five feet of slack in it for the far gate?
21:53:00 [Owain] He'll be behind the stables to pull the one side of the gates shut.
21:53:01 [DMD] The futher from the gate, the more rope, the more slack if you burried it with dirt/dust to hide it
21:53:10 Thamior enters this room

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21:53:11 [Owain] I'll be behind the stables that is.
21:53:21 Tülarie will station herself behind the guest house then.
21:53:31 [Thamior] A man walks into the room
21:53:33 [DMD] Ok, Pae, Porter?
21:54:12 [DMD] (( Keep posting and disrupting the game and the man won't be walking out, he'll sail off the end of a boot))
21:54:28 [Thamior] (me?)
21:54:42 Porter will be behind the guest house, to try and aid Tularie.
21:54:50 User Thamior has successfully been kicked away.
21:54:58 Thamior enters this room
21:55:01 [DMD] Yes, you.
21:55:20 [DMD] Can you not read in the description? I asked nicely.
21:55:25 [Pae] ((Up on the palisades out of the way with the crossbow at the ready work, Lirr?))
21:56:05 [DMD] Alright, the riders are two rounds out now.
21:56:16 [Owain] That'd work Pae, we could have nailed the wooden shield up there for you to hide behind, giving you some cover.
21:58:03 Owain gathers his comrades near Oleg and prays, "Oh father Erastil, master of the furrow and hunt, bless us your humble children this day so that we may best these betrayers of your way and end the threat on this hearth, in your name I pray, amen."
21:59:03 [Thamior] ((dammit))
21:59:05 [DMD] And that's a round, they're about thirty feet outside the gates now.
21:59:25 Thamior exits from this room
21:59:29 [Owain] We take our places.
22:00:26 Tülarie nods and takes her position behind the guest house. She'll give Porter a thankful smile if he's still there with her.
22:01:54 Pae hides up on the palisade like some tiny black hidey thing.
22:02:14 [DMD] They come in brash and full of themselves, the lead rider swaggering from one side to the other in the saddle, as he leers at Olag and the “taxes” piled in front of the main building. He spits to one side. “Morning my favorite host. Where’s the misses?” The other three men behind him guffaw and cackle at his humor. They look like you’d expect, shady, scandalous, Tul with porn staches and peni in leather

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armor. One leans back in the saddle and tries to see past Olag. “You tell him, Happs, tell him to bring her right out here and be friendly or we’ll have to come in and get friendly with her…” None of them notice the rope, or anyone lurking in the shadows of the building, or look up at the palisade, bullies and braggarts like them don’t dream anyone would dare….
22:03:10 [Owain whispers to Pae] Hit em with the sleep now.
22:03:52 [DMD] You all get a free surprise round here, either a move or standard action.
22:03:58 Pandalin enters this room
22:04:03 Owain will use his 'Speak with animals' domain power (Animal Domain rocks) and see if he can get their horses to rear and buck.
22:05:06 [Owain] A diplomacy check?
22:05:12 Pae will cast sleep!
22:05:15 Porter will cast Shield!
22:05:19 [DMD] Roll it
22:05:36 ( Owain rolls 1d20+8 => , + 8 16 )
22:06:21 ( DMD rolls 3d20 => 13, 17, 20 = 50 )
22:06:40 ( DMD rolls 1d20+6 => , + 6 13 )
22:07:17 [Pae] ((Will DC of 16 to negate on the Sleep.))
22:07:39 [DMD] The leader and one of the men lose thier saddle, landing with thumps in the dirt. Olag takes this as "the signal" and the next thump you hear is the main house's door slamming behind him.
22:08:09 ( DMD rolls 3d20-1 => 13, 9, 18, -1 = 39 )
22:08:24 Owain will now yank the rope to shut the door knowing Tülarie will do the same.
22:08:36 Tülarie will take the chaos as the signal and yank her end of the rope too!
22:08:39 [DMD] Two of the men slump and fall out of the saddle, dead to the world.
22:08:39 ( Tülarie rolls 1d20 => 2 )
22:08:42 Porter will aid Tularie.
22:08:47 ( Porter rolls 1d20 => 13 )
22:09:04 ( Owain rolls 1d20 => 4 )
22:09:05 ( DMD rolls 1d20+1 => , + 1 11 )
22:09:15 [Owain] Lord we suck strength wise..
22:09:46 [DMD] So does the leader. So the leader and two bandits are on the ground alseep, the only waking bandit is also on the ground. But the gates are wide open, and roll initiative

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22:10:08 ( Tülarie rolls 1d20+6 => , + 6 11 )
22:10:10 ( DMD rolls 1d20-3 => , -3 12 )
22:10:21 ( Owain rolls 1d20+1 => , + 1 17 )
22:11:03 ( Pae rolls 1d20+4 => , + 4 21 )
22:12:08 [DMD] So it goes, Pae, Porter, Owain, the only waking bandit, and Tul.
22:12:24 ( DMD rolls 1d20+4 => , + 4 17 )
22:12:34 [DMD] The horses will go after Owain
22:12:38 Tülarie is distracted by a butterfly.
22:13:16 [Owain] after as in to attack or after as in 'Save me save me?
22:13:28 Pae casts Daze on the only awake bandit.
22:13:36 [Porter] I think he means literally their action comes after you. )
22:13:45 [DMD] They'll do....what horses that just had thier riders all fall out of the saddle suddenly would do
22:14:04 [DMD] Roll it, Pae
22:14:06 [Pae] (DC 15 will save negates.))
22:14:18 [Pae] Oh, right.
22:14:20 [Pae] Durr.
22:14:34 ( Pae rolls 1d20+4 => , + 4 13 )
22:12:08 [DMD] So it goes, Pae, Porter, Owain, the only waking bandit, and Tul.
22:12:24 ( DMD rolls 1d20+4 => , + 4 17 )
22:12:34 [DMD] The horses will go after Owain
22:12:38 Tülarie is distracted by a butterfly.
22:13:16 [Owain] after as in to attack or after as in 'Save me save me?
22:13:28 Pae casts Daze on the only awake bandit.
22:13:36 [Porter] I think he means literally their action comes after you. )
22:13:45 [DMD] They'll do....what horses that just had thier riders all fall out of the saddle suddenly would do
22:14:04 [DMD] Roll it, Pae
22:14:06 [Pae] (DC 15 will save negates.))
22:14:18 [Pae] Oh, right.
22:14:20 [Pae] Durr.
22:14:34 ( Pae rolls 1d20+4 => , + 4 13 )
22:15:08 [DMD] You catch him, barely
22:15:14 ( DMD rolls 1d20-1 => , -1 1 )
22:15:23 [DMD] And he is indeed dazed.
22:15:40 [DMD] The bandit just sits there on his ass in the dust, looking utterly lost.
22:15:53 [DMD] Porter?
22:15:59 [Porter] "We should take this time to tie them up!"
22:16:41 [Owain] "Yes!"
22:16:46 Porter will, er. Doesn't know what to do, they seem effectively taken care of, and pelting them

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with arrows seems just outright against his nature once they're down. )
22:16:54 [Porter] What would I roll to tie someone up? )
22:17:19 [DMD] Be a use rope, you could each reach and do so to one bandit apiece.
22:17:50 [Porter] Yeah but do I need to roll anything to tie them? )
22:18:09 [Pae] ((Use Rope.))
22:18:24 [Owain] There is no 'use rope; skill in Pathfinder it seams.
22:18:26 [Owain] seems too
22:18:31 [DMD] Of course, the rough nature of such, especially if you took the time to disarm them would wake them, and you'd find yourself ina grapple . If you just use the rope without disarming them, it's just use rope
22:18:51 [DMD] What's the closest skill ?
22:19:19 [Pae] ((... what.))
22:19:37 [Porter] Lirr's right, there is no use rope skill in pathfinder. )
22:19:48 [DMD] The closest thing to the Use Rope skill, disable device?
22:19:57 [DMD] Sleight of Hand?
22:19:59 [Owain] Escape Artist?
22:20:19 Tülarie thinks maybe... Escape Artist?
22:20:21 [Porter] Wouldn't that be better for...escaping rope? XD
22:20:24 [DMD] Escape Artist works, or just roll 1d20+Dex untrained
22:20:52 [Owain] Yeah a dex check fits.
22:20:52 [DMD] It's these little things I still havn't gotten used to in Pathfinder
22:21:29 Porter will move over to the dazed one and try to tie them up with some rope!
22:21:33 ( Porter rolls 1d20+3 => , + 3 23 )
22:21:37 [Porter] BOOYA! )
22:21:56 Tülarie doesn't think the sleepers are going anywhere, so can she attempt to shut the gates now?
22:22:08 Pae blinks.))
22:22:30 Owain will run over and draw his bow at the dazed one when he becomes undazed.. a nigh 7 foot tall man pointing a drawn arrow at him should calm him down a bit.
22:22:45 [Pae] ((How many rounds are in a minute? Six or ten?))
22:23:03 [Owain] 10 rounds in a minute
22:23:11 [DMD] he is indeed tussled up, and the horses on thier turn take the only way out, the gates minuse thier riders. They've seen/had enough for one day. Tul can close the gates behind them or try and stop them somehow

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22:23:12 [Owain] Each round is 6 seconds
22:23:39 [Pae] ((So the sleeping ones are out for ten rounds.))
22:24:04 [Porter] Until we wake them by typing them up, anyways. )
22:24:09 [Porter] ..tying. )
22:24:10 [Owain] If he can he'll try to cast calm animals on the horses to keep them from running off back to where they're fed... don't want to alert teh other bandits just yet.
22:24:14 Tülarie will close the gates behind the horses. She's not gonna risk getting trampled, see.
22:24:46 Tülarie ... will belay that to see if Owain is successful.
22:24:51 [DMD] You can choose to do that or tie your bandit up, Owain, not both.
22:25:19 [Owain] I'll do that, Porter got the dazed one hogtied
22:25:43 [Owain] Will save, DC 16
22:26:07 Pandalin exits from this room
22:26:10 ( DMD rolls 1d20+1 => , + 1 12 )
22:26:23 [DMD] The horses are calm
22:26:56 [DMD] Tul has all the time in the world to shut the gates now.
22:27:02 Owain calmly brings them over to the trough and ties them to the hitching post "there you are boys..." He says soothingly.
22:28:03 [Owain] (Excellent, we took them alive without firing a shot!)
22:28:32 [Porter] We still have to hogtie the other three. )
22:28:50 Tülarie does so, while chirping something positive to herself in Sylvan!
22:28:55 [Owain] "Pae!" he calls up to her "Peek over the wall and see if there's anyone watching in the distance!"
22:29:21 Pae has to do a little clambering, but she does so. Perception check?
22:29:29 [DMD] You all have nine rounds left before anyone else wakes up, the dazed one comes around and begins to struggle against his bonds. "What's this now, hey!! Hey Happs!! We been bullywhicked we have!! " he begins to get louder, trying to wake the leader and others as he swivles his head to take you all in.
22:29:49 [DMD] Perception check, yes
22:30:21 ( Pae rolls 1d20+8 => , + 8 28 )
22:30:23 Owain points his drawn sword at the man's chest "You will be silent, one way or the other."
22:30:51 [Owain] Excellent!

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22:31:13 [DMD] You see noone between the trading post walls and the southern horizon, Pae.
22:31:51 [DMD] The man clams up, but he continues to give Owain the evil eye, seems he's content to let Happs do the talking from here on out.
22:31:59 Pae hesitates to begin the laborious climb down. "All clear from here!"
22:33:25 Owain nods "Good, alright let's see what your boss has to say." A bucket of water into Happs' face should rouse him.
22:34:11 [DMD] Olag opens a window shutter a crack and peers out, seeing you have the bandits well in hand, he slams the front door open, a meat cleaver in one hand. "Well, what are we waiting for, finish the bastards."
22:34:14 [Tülarie] "Whew. When the rope didn't give I thought we were done for. I'm sorry!" She looks more embarrassed than guilty though. Larie figures she'll have to look into methods not depending on brute strength for next time. And she will also offer a hand to Pae to help her down, being so tall and all.
22:34:59 Pae gladly accepts the assistance! These rungs or steps are not meant for such as her.
22:35:29 [Porter] "You're fine, Tularie. We got them in the end." Then he raised his hand to Olag. "No need for such things just yet, friend."
22:35:30 [Owain] "Answers first my good Oleg, then judgment." He folds his arms and does hsi best big man priestly accusitory glare at the wet Happs.
22:36:41 Tülarie sets Pae down, then she goes over to watch the show from a moderate distance. She wants to give Owain plenty of room to work. Those Aldori blades sure look unpleasant to get hit by.
22:36:48 [DMD] Happs spits and sputters, tipping over where he's tied up, he lands on his face and rolls to one side . "Oh now you gone and done it , " he glares at Owain and Olag. "Tough men, big men when you got a man tied up and under a blade. Do you know what you've went and called down on yourself you miserable shop stall mendering old man?"
22:38:43 [Pae] ((brb))

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22:39:22 [DMD] The other two begin to come around, and taking thier current posistion in, one speaks up. "Blody ell, they got us where they want us Happs, no use making it harder on ourselves."
22:40:42 [Owain] 'I'm certain you know all about being tough when you face the helpless. I'll make this simple for you. Your hideouts, where are they, your leader the woman, where is she. Answer these two things and I won't slice your hamstring and let nature take care of you."
22:42:03 Tülarie is also, as further security, going to ready her light crossbow against the nearest bandit that isn't Happs just in case he tries to make a move or break. But she's content to let Owain do all the talking. No need to clutter the air with jabbering.
22:42:24 Pae watches the situation silently.
22:42:46 Porter draws his longbow and notches an arrow, pointing it at one that Tularie isn't aiming at.
22:44:25 [DMD] Happs spits at Owain. " Oh, she'll introduce herself to you soone enough. You got her man after all. But if you're lucky it'll just be her and some of the boys. If you're lucky." Happs clearly thinks he's someone special, but the other men ain't so sure. " Happs, she won't care if you don't come back, she'll have another in her sack before the sun sets tonight . " The last man turns to Owain. " What that fool isn't telling you is Kressle is back at Thorn's Ford bout a day's ride south of here with some of the other men. And by with some of the other men, I mean she's probably been or will be WITH the other men Happs."
22:46:06 [Owain] "Some of the other men, how many men are there?" He asks the talkative one ignoring Happs.
22:49:48 [DMD] Olag moves closer to Happs , pressing the cleaver under his ear. "I.Want.My.Wife's.Ring.Back." he whispers. The other man shrugs at Owain. "Bout 8, give or take. Most stay with the Stag Lord himself . " he mutters. Happs tries to lean away from Olag and his cleaver. "Ain't

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got it you simmpering old foo, Kressle kept it. " he smirks. " Maybe you ask her real nice, do her right like
a real man she'll give it back to your widow when she's done with you in the morning. Yeah, Happs is a real pissy piece of puss. He glares at the talkative bandit. " You better hope they string you up, or me. You better hope."
22:50:35 Owain smiles at Happs "Keep talking and I'll let Oleg slice his frustration out of you."
22:50:56 Owain looks back to Talkative "Stag Lord you say... how many is with him?"
22:51:30 [DMD] Olag boots Happs right in the face, permission enough given. " I say we string these four over the walls, send a message to any more of the currs want to test us."
22:51:33 Tülarie pinches her lips between her teeth and shakes her head lightly at Happs' ranting. My word.
22:52:06 [DMD] The man shrugs. " Enough, he be the man in these parts, big man, big as you. Happs is right you got no idea what you crossed. "
22:53:07 [DMD] Svelnta comes out of the house at last, when enough time without screaming or the smell of anything burning has passed, and peels Olag away from Happs. " You leave it to them. "
22:56:10 [DMD] test
22:56:45 Tülarie is still standing watch, crossbow held steadily. She looks like she wants to say something but isn't particularly sure what.
22:56:54 [Owain] "That's the wonderful thing about nature, what is the bull of the woods one day is food for the wolves the next." He looks at the bandits stepping back so he could see them all "You have broken the laws of lord and land. More importantly you have broken the rules Father Erastil set forth bringing Light to the age of Darkness and that I cannot abide. I will give each of you now one chance and one chance only to turn from this path. Kneel before me and ask for Erastil's blessing, walk the furrowed path now and forever more and redemption you will have, do not do this and I will leave you jackals to Nature's judgement. What say you?"
22:57:44 [DMD] Roll a diplomacy, Owain.