Session 2 - Cethic

The transcription is a conversation between multiple individuals discussing their plans to escape a ship and avoid being caught. They consider various options, such as tying ropes, climbing, and swimming to shore. They also discuss the possibility of being followed and try to find a safe place to hide. They eventually decide to head towards a nearby town for safety. Everyone kind of expects those rules. Mark, that was awful. Mark. Uh huh. Uh huh. Uh huh. Uh huh. Uh huh. Uh huh. Uh huh. Uh huh. Uh huh. Uh huh. Uh huh. Uh huh. Uh huh. Uh huh. Uh huh. Uh huh. Uh huh. Uh huh. Well, first, I think I needed a mark because, like I said in the chat, Yeah, so I'm just converting again. And I'm ready for the new mark. See if this does better. Mark. So, you said that we were a decent distance away from dieting still. Okay. First, I'd like to retrieve the arrows that I fired, or at least the one arrow that is in the guy still here. Obviously one of the arrows probably teleported with the changeling when he left. Yeah, yeah. And then you told us that the door to the captain's cabin opened outward, right? Yes. Okay. So, the plan last time was to tie a rope to that door and secure it. And I want to first tie it off to the captain's desk, because I've got 50 feet of rope. I want to tie, not the end of it, but get it as taut as I can, tying it off to the captain's desk so that it'll be harder to open. I don't know if you want me to make a check for that, but... Alright, and then I'll just turn the party on. We have a very, very small amount of time. We cannot be here when the guards come back. They said that they would not come back until we are near the dock. We should be gone before then. Actually, I'm suggesting that we wait until the last possible moment and then do exactly that. It is getting dark. It will be nighttime when we arrive. I just have to know if anyone has a reason that they cannot swim to shore. That would make things difficult. I'm not sure what other options we have, though. That could work. I already opened up the window to the back. We'd have to climb around to get to one of the lifeboats, one of the dinghies. Okay, sure. It was a 19 from Kethic. I don't know if you can see it, but it was a 19 from Kethic. It was a 19 from Kethic. 19 from Kethic. 19 from Kethic. Yeah. Okay. So there's that as an option. It might be our only option. No. Okay. And that would take some skills climbing on the side of the ship. Yes. Until such time that we need to get out, I would like to search this captain's cabin. Especially, I want to see if I can find a ledger that says who the passengers were. Cool. Okay. The investigation check was a 21, by the way. Okay. Well, I'll take that, might as well. Okay. Okay. It could be to run out, I suppose, but that would be very obvious and likely expose us to fire as we make our escape. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Oh, I had a question. The voice that had whispered in my head, telling me to do nothing, was it the same as the voice of the changeling that then later appeared, or was it a different voice? Okay. That's a 9, not a 6, so 15. Okay. Okay. Yeah, I don't think Aistrial is coming to get us. I'm not sure Aistrial even knows what happened here, nor does anyone else. And, frankly, if we disappear, then nobody will know what happened here. I guess they'll blame us, but they were already blaming us. It's not like they see us as people, anyway. They see us as far less than that. Okay. Okay. I open the window in the back. I use what is left of this rope to climb out the back and at least have something to hold on to as we get closer. Possibly use the rope as a bit of a lifeline. If somebody else has rope they can add to it. Use that as we go around the side of the ship to get to the small dinghy and row away. Okay. Yeah, I think that would be very helpful. Okay. Okay, so then 40 feet of mine can hang out, and then another 50 feet we'd have 90 to maneuver with. It seems that's our best option to try and get out quietly. The majority of the deck. Three. Oh, plenty. They would recognize us if we got out, so... All right, I'll take the lead with the rope and go out the window first. Okay. I figured I was going to kind of wrap it around my hand and give myself just something to grip onto and use the other hand for climbing and then see if I could locate some spot that I could secure the other end of it to give kind of like... Ever seen those trails where it's basically along the edge of a cliff where there's kind of just little footholds and then a cable or a rope that you hang onto? I want to try and get out, find a place to secure the rope so that everyone else would have an easier time hanging. They would just have their feet on the side of the ship and then could hold onto the rope. I mean, I'm going to wrap it real tight, like do the several wraps around my forearm and all that. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. First off, do I think I have enough rope in the 90 feet to actually make it or do I need to add more? Okay. Okay. Then, yeah, I'll attempt it. If anyone has anything they can offer to help, I would take it. Okay, an extra anchor point. Alright. Making the roll. That is a 17 plus 6. Ooh. Yeah. Okay. How difficult will it be to detach this ship, or detach this from the ship? I have two daggers and a rapier. Yeah. Yeah, I'm not a terribly strong person, and so... Yeah. Yeah. If I can kind of get back to convey the options... ...with advantage. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Okay. I think... Okay. Okay. We need to cut them all at once. Yeah. How dark is it? Okay. Yeah, to lower it gently, is there one of those? Ooh. I mean, I could sneak out there. Okay. Yeah, I want to quickly peek my head over the edge of the deck to see one where. Hm? Yeah, first is just look out. Yeah, okay. I'll roll the stealth. That's a 19 on the die with a plus 8. Mm-hmm. Okay. I'll take... Well, what's the distance to the pulley? Oh. Yeah, I'll take that chance. Okay. Yeah, I'll take that chance. I'll sneak out there. Do you want me to roll stealth again? Or... Yes. What? Okay. Okay. So, I do not have advantage on someone I hit, but they would have disadvantage trying to hit me. Okay. The way it looked clear when I looked, so... Yeah. Disadvantage, okay. Grab a second dice. Okay, the lowest is a 15. Mm-hmm. It's 7 on the die. Mm-hmm. Okay, and it's just... Okay. So, like, a flat dex roll, or... Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Just depends on how quiet it is. Mm-hmm. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Now that we're back in. It's 15 on the die, plus 4 is my dex modifier, so 19. Oh, I really want to swan dive off this boat, but that's bad for stealth, so... Yeah, and that's precisely what I'll do. I'll just slowly, in a controlled manner, rappel down. Save. Okay, yeah. Ooh, that's a lot worse. That's a 7. Mm-hmm. That's okay. The boat will move a lot slower than the ship, and so I'll just go to the water, hoping that my friends will pick me up. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I think the worst thing for us is to be spotted anywhere near the docks. I think we should take our time, go around, and if someone was supposed to meet us in that city, they'll meet us at the gate to the mainland, not near the docks. And? No. Like you're fishing? Okay. Okay. Okay. I don't believe so. Yeah, I think they'll figure out how to find us. Yeah. Yeah, that sounds fine. I'm not sure that was someone we should want in our heads. Yeah. I think, yes, he tried to talk into my head as well and tried to make me do something, and then when he showed up, it was a very similar voice. Yeah. He wanted all of us to kill the guards, and after the first one went down, it was the only option we had. Virgins. Yeah, definitely not the docks. The difficult part about any urban areas, there's probably not easy places to run our boat onto the beach. There's probably not much beach. And whatever urban area might be well-lit, versus if we go to the outskirts, we won't really be seen as we leave our vessel. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Anyone want to take anything off this ship before we go? Well, maybe I'd like a harpoon. Never mind, I'm definitely not proficient in that. I had in my mind, like, a harpoon gun, but yeah, that's far more modern than this setting. Yeah. Yes, of course, that's how whaling used to be. Yeah. Yeah, no, that was me thinking anachronistically. Yeah, I mean, it'll wash up somewhere, but if it washes up somewhere else, it will maybe put any searchers off our trail. Yeah. Maybe... 16 for Kethic. Okay. Definitely snapping my head to look over at it. Yeah, sure. That is 20, 30, 20. Yeah. Like an illusion? Okay, that's... Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. I can tell, though, that there's something fuzzy out there, right? Okay. Whoever is closest to me probably... I'm not... Whoever is standing closest to me, I want to get a second opinion on this, so I'm going to tap on their shoulder and see if I can point it out to them best I can. No, fairly quietly. So, like, making it look like a normal thing, you know, the whole don't look now, but also look. Okay. That's a natural 20, so 28. Okay. Yeah, so I'm going to kind of just put a hand on Wolf's shoulder, do some deep breaths, really exaggerated deep breaths, and say, look over in this direction. Is something off to you? Does something look not quite right? Okay. Okay. But... I think we're very exposed on this beach. We should start moving inland. Okay. You said we were near a, like, farming town, an outskirts town? Yeah, if there's lights on, let's head to the lights. At least that's what I want to tell everyone in the party. Okay. We're exposed here. Okay. Yes. Always. Mm-hmm. Yeah, that's one I'm familiar with. Okay. I think we're being followed. I think... I don't know by what, but I think we're being followed, and we should speed up, at least get to a public place. I'm not sure. Yeah, just move a bit faster. Pick up the pace, pick up the pace. Okay. Okay. Are we in, like, an alley now, or just hiding behind a single building? Okay. Is it just, like, grass that we're on? Is it a hard surface? Like, what... Okay. They were getting closer every time I noticed. Okay. Yeah. Twenty... twenty-one from Kasek. Mm-hmm. I do. Okay, yeah. Is it moving, like, in our direction, like, directly trailing us, or is it, like, moving around, trying to, I don't know, flank or something? Mm-hmm. Okay. I think the idea of doubling, like, going around a building and doubling back is good, and if we get to an area that's kind of a choke point, you know, where we've got cover on two sides, to spread the ball bearings on one side of whatever alley or gap we walk into, I'll drop, let's say, two hundred. Okay. Any chance... Any chance one of them is empty, or at least has enough space to be hidden in? Okay, I'd like to do what I can to hide inside of the crate or barrel. Yeah. Yeah. That's fourteen plus eight, so twenty-two. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Welcome to not being a rogue. So I laid down two hundred of them, trying to cover the entrance and then the immediate, like, ten feet into the alley. Okay. Anything that moves across the ball bearings has to make it... Okay. Okay. Okay. Yeah, yeah. Does anyone have... Yeah. You think... You think Kethwick would have, like, say, a white handkerchief or something? I think... Yeah. In an attempt to parley, I would like to reach out of the barrel with a white piece of cloth attached to the shaft of one of my arrows. Yeah, to signify to it that one, we know it's there. Two, that I'm willing to communicate. And three, I don't want to get got. Okay. Let's do the black dice. Persuasion is eighteen. Okay. Eighteen. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Yeah, and because I've already given up my hiding spot, I'm going to get out of the barrel, so if anything happens, I can move. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Okay, maybe we should just move to the city. There are too chicken shit to confront us here. We'll just go to the city. Okay. Okay. Okay. Yeah, I get that. Okay. Of course I do. I mean, they're the ones who are refusing to communicate, now it's their fault. I say we go into the tavern. Yeah, sure. That's twenty-one. Okay. Are they all dragonborns? Does one of them happen to have cat ears? That would be... The person that gave me the coin in the first place back in my hometown, they had cat-like features, had cat ears and all that. Ah. That's... Okay. Let's go to the tavern, because they're the ones that are choosing to be uncooperative now. And as soon as we sit down, that is when I will tell the rest of the party. I caught a better look at them. If they don't talk to us, they might as well do it in public. At the bar? Okay. Does anyone here recognize that dragonborn that just ordered? Got a small amount. Good enough to buy a drink. One of them. But the... Okay. That's fine. I'll make eye contact with the tabaxi. I don't know. I'm going to do a two-finger come-hither. Dun-dun-dun-dun. I don't think he means disappears as in goes invisible. Right? Like stepped back outside. I don't know. Should we? It seems kind of rude. Right? We've been through a lot today, and frankly, we at least deserve the chance to take one drink. Right? I'll get you... I'll spot you one. You'll just... you'll just owe me. Of course. Yeah, I'll walk up to Dust and say, we might as well just get a round for the table. Okay, one for Boron. Can you get one for Wolves? I want to wink at least in that direction. You want to make an insect check? Like I said, they're being rude. They want us... and I'll inform Dust of this. I think they want us to go outside, but I'm of the opinion that we deserve a drink. Okay. Okay, that's fair. As soon as we get those ales, we'll go back to the table, and I'll at least sip the head off of mine. And one. Yeah. Almost had a heart attack at the fact that that's a 20 gold. We're stalkers. It's going to be very bitter and not taste great. You might want to carry it. If nothing else, you can offer it to someone as, you know, a gift. And if not, you at least look nonchalant with the drink in your hand. Nobody questions that outside of the bar. Sixty ten. I think Kethic wants to, because Kethic's paranoid little shit. That's fifteen. Can I make, like, the most exasperated shrug? At this point, if the bad people, they would have done something already. If the good people, they're terribly rude, and I'm very tired. We've given them every opportunity. I don't want to walk that far out of the town. Yeah, to the edge, you know, city limit sign or whatever. Clearly this fantasy world is not based on Europe. Would you like something to drink? Would you like to tell us a little bit more, maybe assuage some of our fears as to who has been stalking us for the last several minutes? Do you at least have an emblem? That'll do for now. Follow. I want to... I was just going to say, Kethic wants to look for the other three. As they go. That's fourteen. Yeah, fair. Okay. Okay. You've got no choice but to go in as well. They kill us. I hope that it's talking, but you know, keep your wits about you. You have many wits. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Juliana. Okay. Okay. Okay. Of course. We were set upon. We were set upon by a changeling who was able to cast messages telepathically. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. They carry a grudge. One. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. They came with one last time. Okay. What? Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.