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The blizzard that has innundated Mistgate for the last few days finally blew itself out. In the Court of Ironsmiths, Ulda Bordis is relaxing in her office with a cup of hot, black tea. The one-eyed elf girl, Honoria, is snoring gently beneath the desk, cradeling an empty wine bottle. It's a weirdly domestic scene, when the door to the office flies open and Sigmara enters, announcing that Liam has vanished.
Ulda Bordis immediately travels to Sigmara's house via cab. Sigmara assures her that Liam did not have a relapse, that his fever had broken, so he wouldn't have just wandered out into the cold night. Arriving at the house, Ulda Bordis examines the entraces and discovers that someone picked the lock on the rear door. Investigating Liam's room, she finds that his boots and cloak are missing, but that his weapons remain behind. She decides that Liam must have been taken. But by who?
Ulda Bordis travels to the Great Plaza, to the Temple of the Diviner. There, she speaks with a Lisote priest, trying to determine Liam's location. She is informed that he is no longer in the city, that his family has him and that he cannot reveal Liam's exact location. Ulda Bordis is about to ask another question, when the priest warns her that this will be her final question, so she should ask wisely.
Recalling her previous conversations with Liam, and what she learned about him during their work together, as well as taking into account the answers she has already received, Ulda Bordis asks, "What is the name of the ship that Liam is on?" The priest informs her that the ship is called Relentless.
Armed with this information, Ulda Bordis presses 10 gold coins into the priest's hand and dashes from the temple.
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Wow. So, this was an interesting session. I spent the first part determining who had taken Liam. I rolled on a list of suspects and determined that his family was behind his vanishing. Then I spent some time determing who had come for him and how they did it.
Then the session began and Ulda Bordis had to make some pretty good Cunning rolls to determine that Sigmara's home had been broken into. Other rolls led her to the conclusion that Liam had, indeed, been taken.
Going to the Temple of the Diviner seemed perfectly natural. I rolled percentile dice to determine if the priest could answer Ulda Bordis's questions. He could answer all of them, except for giving Liam's precise location. I chalked that up, narratively, to the fact that Liam is obscurred from all forms of divination, both arcane and divine. Then I had to go back through my notes to determine what Liam had told Ulda Bordis, or what she would have learned from their time on the road together. So she knew he was running from his family, that he came from Lionscliff and that his kidnappers would most likely be returning there via ship. (The magical transport that Liam experienced in earlier sessions is NOT common.) So, it made sense for her to ask what was the name of the ship. Then I rolled on my new Starforged oracles and got the name, Relentless.
And that's where we left it.
Ulda Bordis immediately travels to Sigmara's house via cab. Sigmara assures her that Liam did not have a relapse, that his fever had broken, so he wouldn't have just wandered out into the cold night. Arriving at the house, Ulda Bordis examines the entraces and discovers that someone picked the lock on the rear door. Investigating Liam's room, she finds that his boots and cloak are missing, but that his weapons remain behind. She decides that Liam must have been taken. But by who?
Ulda Bordis travels to the Great Plaza, to the Temple of the Diviner. There, she speaks with a Lisote priest, trying to determine Liam's location. She is informed that he is no longer in the city, that his family has him and that he cannot reveal Liam's exact location. Ulda Bordis is about to ask another question, when the priest warns her that this will be her final question, so she should ask wisely.
Recalling her previous conversations with Liam, and what she learned about him during their work together, as well as taking into account the answers she has already received, Ulda Bordis asks, "What is the name of the ship that Liam is on?" The priest informs her that the ship is called Relentless.
Armed with this information, Ulda Bordis presses 10 gold coins into the priest's hand and dashes from the temple.
* * * * *
Wow. So, this was an interesting session. I spent the first part determining who had taken Liam. I rolled on a list of suspects and determined that his family was behind his vanishing. Then I spent some time determing who had come for him and how they did it.
Then the session began and Ulda Bordis had to make some pretty good Cunning rolls to determine that Sigmara's home had been broken into. Other rolls led her to the conclusion that Liam had, indeed, been taken.
Going to the Temple of the Diviner seemed perfectly natural. I rolled percentile dice to determine if the priest could answer Ulda Bordis's questions. He could answer all of them, except for giving Liam's precise location. I chalked that up, narratively, to the fact that Liam is obscurred from all forms of divination, both arcane and divine. Then I had to go back through my notes to determine what Liam had told Ulda Bordis, or what she would have learned from their time on the road together. So she knew he was running from his family, that he came from Lionscliff and that his kidnappers would most likely be returning there via ship. (The magical transport that Liam experienced in earlier sessions is NOT common.) So, it made sense for her to ask what was the name of the ship. Then I rolled on my new Starforged oracles and got the name, Relentless.
And that's where we left it.
