Stage 2: Steaking Claims; Turn 21: Setting Out
This marks the beginning of Stage 2: Steaking Claims, in which our heroic peasants attempt to win the loyalty of their less heroic brethren, at least in part by supplying much needed food and booze.~Tradebridge Castle~
Rabble stopped by the armory shortly to reequip himself with arms and armor more suited to a peasant with aspirations towards a position of authority before going through the inventory of the castle’s warehouse, and miscellaneous stocks in the kitchen. In the warehouse he was faced with promising piles of boxes and barrels, and clusters of sacks, but upon inspection found the sacks contained some grain fit for horses, but would not readily provide nutrition to hungry peasants, and the boxes were entirely empty. The only relief was finding that around half of the barrels still contained beer. In fact, despite the perceptions of the former staff, the entire castle was only weeks away from feeling the effects of starvation. Rabble didn’t see anything of value besides coarse grains and empty boxes.
Orcus found himself a standard issue leather jerkin before searching around for anything that could replace his hammer, and found one more obviously meant for combat. It has a short haft and a broad square head of substantial weight, but the balance feels off.
+1 Looting Xaver grabbed himself a leather jerkin, but all the swords appeared to be of the same quality as his own on his way to the market. The clearing was primarily empty at the moment, with some permanent stands set up but lacking goods. It seemed if anyone had been selling anything they had run off. But, searching the stalls carefully, he found a small, mud-covered book laying discarded underneath a stand. It looked badly damaged, likely having been left on the ground since the last market. Brushing off some mud revealed a title:
A Student’s Introduction to
The Forms
of Magick
In Our World
Loyalty: None
Occupants: 4 Castle Staff
Hostages/Prisoners: The Baron, 5 Guards, 1 Initiate, 5 Men, 10 Women and Children.
Food Stores: 20 Barrels of Beer, 10 Sacks of Coarse Grain (Ration length: Unknown)
Assets: Marketplace, Armory, Guard Barracks, Small Temple
Name: Rabble Rall
HP: 2/3 [-2]
Skills&Stats:
Attacks at 1d5 +2
Blocks 3
Looting I
Horsemanship I
Fortification I
Inventory:
Shoddy Short Sword [E]
Barrel-Cap Shield [E]
Leather Jerkin [E]
Peasant clothes [E]
Fine clothes
Dirty Cloth
Young Charger [M]
No money
Valor: 3
Honor: 4
Name: Orcus Pocus
HP: 3/3 [-2]
Skills&Stats:
Attacks at 1d6 +1
Blocks 2
Scavenging I
Looting I
Knot Tying I
Inventory:
Craftsman’s Hammer
Shoddy Maul [E]
Iron Skullcap [E]
Leather Jerkin [E]
Peasant clothes [E]
Guard’s Tunic
No money
Valor: 4
Honor: 4
Name: Xaver Dunik
HP: 1/3 [-2]
Skills&Stats:
Attacks at 1d5+1
Blocks 1
Inventory:
Shoddy Short Sword [E]
Leather Jerkin [E]
Peasant clothes [E]
The Forms of Magick
No money
Valor: 1
Honor: 1
~To Waybridge~
Cortis roamed around the keep with
Lork in tow, but even with their combined efforts they could find little food other than the grain, unfit as a gift, and beer, too heavy to carry, found by Rabble and the steaks held by Jongo, ending up with a wheel of cheese and some hardtack. The search for money turned up better results, and Lork’s purses began to feel fuller. With their meagre finds they set out towards Waybridge, the road affording them time to determine what they would do when they arrived.
Loyalty: Unknown
Occupants: Unknown
Food Stores: Unknown
Assets: Unknown
Name: Cortis McGornly
HP: 2/3 [-2]
Skills&Stats:
Attacks at 1d5 -1
Blocks 0
Acrobatics I
Inventory:
Bow +0 [Range] [E]
5x Dull Wooden Arrows [E]
Peasant clothes [E]
No money
Valor: 1
Honor: 1
Name: Lork Pedelbum
HP: 3/3 [-2]
Skills&Stats:
Attacks at 1d5 +1
Blocks 0
Lucid Dreaming I
Inventory:
Shoddy Long Knife [E]
Peasant clothes [E]
Nice Boots [E]
Cloth Coinpurse (18 copper)
Cloth Coinpurse (20 coppers)
Valor: 2
Honor: 2
I’m trying out a new format for turns. Give it a couple of posts, and then I’ll give you a chance to let me know what you think.
I’m going to start hiding some rolls, both for aesthetic purposes and so you don’t know if your looting as a success, and there just wasn’t anything available, or a failure and further searching might reveal more.
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