Lucius Cypher

Paladros: The Questing City

With your original roll of 15, here’s what you can track:

Sandwich’s scent leads you towards the gambling dens, unsurprisingly. Furthermore it leads you near an old bell tower however it doesn’t lead you in. It instead leads you to a somewhat upscale Bathhouse. Upscale in the sense that there were private guards on the scene the keep out riffraff and make sure their operations were not bothered by unruly folks. The scent ends here.

Paladros: The Questing City

I assume you're talking to a crier. Here's his response.

"Whoa whoa, calm down. I'm just trying to do my job here. That chip looks fake as fuck. A real poker chip is suppose to have ridges, made of copper or some sort of metal. The spider should be carved too, not painted. Anyways that looks like it's from the Daughters of Chaos. They're a Cult Casino underneath the old bell tower. They're dangerous and the Daughters can even gamble with your very soul, but you can win power from them if you can survive their games. Which is probably why they have so many fanatic in their ranks. Watch yourself down there."

Paladros: The Questing City

So we're gunna expedite the RP part of this a bit. If you're going to try and gather information, you can choose to do one of the following:

Talk to the Criers. These are guys usually set up outside of bars, clubs, and gambling halls trying to advertise their businesses. Most of them are fairly professional and generally won't go out of their way to direct you to other competitors, but a sufficiently strong or sweet word (Intimidation or Persuasion) can get some information out of them.

Talk to the homeless. These are vagrants and orphans who generally migrate around the city either doing odd jobs or petty thefts. They go a lot of places so there's a good chance you might find the right one who might've seen Sandwich or the Drow Gang. Naturally of course they don't give this information for free. They want at least 20 GP for any information, though they could be persuaded to lower the price unless you can offer a better deal (Persuasion).

Finally you can simply start looking on your own. Unfortunately, Gilgan already disposed of the drow corpse so not really a way to use the body itself. However you do still have the chip, and Eastern Paladros is relatively smaller than the other sections. You'd simply roll a Perception or Investigation check and we'll see what leads you can find.

If there's any other means or methods you wanna try, just ask em here.

Paladros: The Questing City

"Sandwich, or Sandy, is just a lil bit taller than me. Skinnier too. Darkskin, white hair, red eyes. Though chances are you won't see any of that underneath her armor. She was trained by the Starforge, so if you see something that looks like a star or sun it's likely her. And of course she'll have the Stoutaxe. It's a battleaxe with a thick handle and a hammer head on the opposite of the blade." Gilgan described his daughter as he took out the coins. "Here's the advance payment. You take this money and I expect results. If I find out that you're just going to take my coin and leave the job high and dry I'll toss your remains into the sewers like I did that drow." Gilgan stacks ten sets of ten gold coins on the bar, adding up to a total of 100 GP to divide among yourselves. "If you're going to go looking around the Eastern, you could probably get a good lead with the criers. They're the folks who advertise their dens and acts, might be one of them who recognizes the token. But the important thing is finding me daughter and the gang who took her. Some of the beggars and urchins around town might've seen em, if you can get them to talk. They're more likely to be in the know when it comes to shady shit like drow"

Keratia: Story of the Surf, Tales of the Deep

Roughly five minutes, which is quick when you’re sailing but it won’t be an issue on this fight unless you’re trying to drag things on.

Paladros: The Questing City

You know most of the drow gambling halls are built on the deeper end of the Eastern, as those areas can also facilitate better underground areas to keep the drow out from sunlight. Aside from that however you wouldn’t know which specific gambling hall the chip comes from, what with spiders and drow being a fairly common motif.

Keratia: Story of the Surf, Tales of the Deep

Six total and they’re pressed up against the side towards the prow of the ship.

My Hero Academia: Raw Potential

Donny woke up bright and early, against his better wishes. His Grandpa turned on the lights in his room making it impossible for Donny to comfortably sleep while he deliriously got out of his beg. His beg basically being one huge basket with a pillow inside of it. Crawling towards the bathroom Donny did his usual business there and did his best to awaken. He brushed his teeth, disposed of excess biomass, and put on some cologne. Then he joined to Gramps for their morning stretches with the neighbors. A bunch of other weird old folks who got up before the crack of dawn. At least they brought breakfast.

Indeed, the main reason Donny even gets involved in this dawn ritual is because the grandmas bring breakfast for everyone to participates. And Donny couldn't pass up a free meal. After limbering up he and his gramps ate today's breakfast: a steaming bowl of rice with a lightly boiled egg, seasoning, and soy sauce. It was a humble meal but a delicious one nonetheless. Donny and his grandfather chatted a bit about the first day of school, wondering if he was nervous. Donny wasn't too scared though: he made sure to visit Matsubara before so he knows how to get there, and even made shortcuts so he could avoid the usual traffic. He was a bit nervous about meeting new students since none of his middle school friends were going to attend Matsubara, but he would endure. His grandfather would wish him well before Donny would grab his school supplies, plus his lunch, and head out.

Even though Donny lived in the countryside things can get a bit busier once he gets closer to the train station. A lot of other students and adults would be here in the morning trying to catch a train, and Donny didn't care to wait in line. So he routed out a path where he could squeeze through some ventilation and pipes, bypassing the ticket counter and the line behind it so he would appear in a bathroom. Once he made sure there wasn't anyone in the stall he would simply walk out and continue onto the train. On the way he brought an onigiri from a food stall. "Pickled plums huh? I think that's a good sign." Soon Donny managed to find his train and squeezed in, doing his best not to literally get crushed by the amount of people trying to fill in.

As he waited Donny took out his cellphone to do his daily gacha. The train went past multiple landmarks for him to open fog gates and he did his day's quests to farm titanite and blood echoes. "Tch. Another Demon Hammer. Give me my Red Chunks I want my Chaos Zwei." Eventually Donny's train would arrive at his stop which he then got off and started making his way towards school. A few people stared at him, the strange blobby boy wearing a very loose fitting school shirt and a white mask, but these stares were normal for him and hopefully would be normal for these people as well. Donny continued to play on his phone until he finally reached school.

Matsubara High. Admittedly, not the best school Donny could've gone to. But it was the closest school that had a hero course. Most of the students here looked fairly normal aside from the occasional mutation type quirk, but the ones who did have mutation quirks looked really weird. "Maybe I can be friends with them. Weirdos got to stick together after all." Donny murmured to himself as he put his phone back inside of his mass and continued inside. Though he's already been to this school before on a tour, with so many students out and about it felt like a whole new world. It almost made him dizzy. Fortunately he kept a map and a syllabus of the place so he knew where he needed to go. Once he arrived he opened the door, making sure to leave as little of his residue body mass as he could, and entered.

"G-Good morning, sensei." Donny would bow his head towards his teacher, Ms. Mako, before he took a seat nearby.

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

"Well it usually takes me about an hour to make just one standard potion, but I'm going to try and make some magic potions too. And that process may take me longer than usual since I'll be experimenting and going very carefully as to not ruin any materials or cause any explosions." Pylia explained. "If you're going to look for a bookstore, your best bet would be in the Castle Ward. I'm sure there's a second-hand bookstore in the market place somewhere, but if you're looking for a dedicated library you'll have to head to a fancier place." However Pylia suddenly looked very stern as she leaned towards you. "But whatever you do, do not go to the temple of the Maker! Those people are going to start asking you too many questions and if they find out you're not from our world, there's no telling what they might do. If any of them approach you, just tell them you're from Xiadan or something. Buddy," Pylia looked over to Buddy. "Make sure no one bothers Sylvia, alright?"

"Okay mama." Shortfang says sarcastically. Pylia simply bopped him on the noggin for his sass. "Shortfang gunna go visit Sewer Dragons, make sure everything okay. Will stay with Pylia if she need help and stay safe. Boss, Syfr go with you, okay? If need anything, just ask Syfr!" Shortfang says as his owl familiar hoots. Dinah is curls around your leg to remind you that she exists. It would seem like everyone was more or less ready to spend their downtime now.

Keratia: Story of the Surf, Tales of the Deep

Oliver had his hands full but he used the palms of his hands to cover his ears as you shouted out your challenge to the orcs. You could see a few of them snarl at you, but most of them started to seem doubtful. They steeled themselves for battle regardless, but you can smell the hesitation mixed between their various other odors. Shortly after you announced your challenge Derrick, the ship's good doctor, charged off the Kraken and smashed his oil flask into the face of one of the startled orcs. "First blood!" He roars as he follows up with a slash across the orc's chest. It was a shallow cut compared to how he had smashed oil and glass into the orc's eyes. Not one to be showed up, Oliver also charged off the ship, trying to do the same thing. However the orc he fought was able to avoid the flask, likely due to his iron will, but still took a nasty cut across the face by Oliver's scimitar. "I'll make a necklace from your teeth!"

The captain of the orcs glared at you, shouting his own challenge as he charged towards you. His orcish aggression allowed him to clear a fair distance, far faster than you'd expect such a lumbering monster of a man. He was even able to leap high off his ship onto yours, bringing his axe down to your body. However inches away from the blade connecting to your head, you could see the glint of your magic shield throw off the orc's blade, causing his axe to narrowly miss you and cut into the hull of the Kraken. The orc snarled at you and roared. "Surrender and you will be taken prisoner! Fight, and you will feed our hogs!"

From the other side of the ship, Hector steadied himself as he released a bolt from his crossbow which was able to land right in the temple of the orc that Oliver had attacked. He cheered at taking the first kill of the battle. "Hooha! That one's mines!" Oliver, pissed and annoyed that Hector stole his kill again, raised a foul gesture at him. "Fuck off ya dickless swab! Stop stealing my kills!" Hector just chuckled as he moved to take cover behind the mast, getting rather close to the orc captain who was in the midst of dueling you. Meanwhile Nyx had Nox fly to servery the battle while she summoned a Gust of Wind, this time to blow the enemy away. She managed to launch three orcs off the ship, and one slammed against the side and nearly crushed a gnome galley slave. "Three down! You lads better keep up!"

Kulee grabbed his anchor off his back and with Nox's wind at his back, he leapt off the ship right behind the orc that Derrick had attacked. His attack was very similar to the orc captain, except this time Kulee succeeded in killing the orc, crushing his skull underneath the achor's head. "Derrick, duck!" Dropping his maul Kulee picked up the corpse and threw it at the orc behind Derrick. However the literal dead weight was rather cumbersome and weight, and the corpse just uselessly fell in the space between Derrick and the orc.

At this point the orcs began their counter attack, though they were already on extremely bad footing due to a mixture of your fearful presence, and your crew's rather hard hitting opening. The orc near the ship's prow was practically scared stiff, but he spotted Tayang and thought him an easy foe. He took out his javelin, and even with a bit of a shaky hand he was able to hurl his spear and strike Tayang in the shoulder. The dwarf just grunted and broke the javelin shaft off. Another orc tried to follow the same lead, but now with Tayang's full attention he was able to easily avoid the spear. One of the frighten orcs took a wild swing at Oliver. The blow connected, but thanks to Oliver's scale armor, the force of the axe was blunted and failed to do any harm.

The other orcs who fell into the water struggled to escape it, two of them already sinking. The third managed to reach safety back onto the boat, but dared not to get closer to you beyond his own safety. The last one who had nearly been knocked overboard pushed past Nyx's wind and charged at Derrick, figuring that the smaller human would be an easy target. However Derrick saw him stomping over and was able to duck underneath the orc's wide swing. "That all you got greenskin?"

Seeing that Kulee had left his post, Johnathan ran up to steady the ship's wheel. But he would still contribute to the battle as well, using the wheel to steady his crossbow as he sends a bolt into the shoulder of the orc who had attacked Derrick. With his pride on the line, your first mate refused to only allow his crew and you to bare the burden of battle. Taking a mighty leap off the Kraken, Tayang lunged at the orc who had failed to hit him with a javelin. Tayang brought the orc low with his hatchet, and finished him off with and upward stroke which cleanly decapitated the orc warrior. Not finished with just that, Tayang threw his off-hand hatchet at the only orc who had managed to harm him. His weapon cut the orc's chest as the dwarf drew his backup hatchet. "I'm going to kill you slowly." Finally Hurrik calmly looked down at the battle from above. He drew two arrows and sent both of them to the orc attacking Derrick, both hitting but only one doing damage as the first arrow was foiled by the orc's thick hide armor.

Rolls and Info

Talogan (28/28) = 24
Derrick (32/32) = 20
Ork Kaptain (67/67) = 16
Oliver (32/32) = 15
Hector (11/11) = 15
Nyx (32/32) = 9
Kulee (32/32) = 8
Orcs (A 11/15) (B Dead) (C Dead) (D 15/15) (E 15/15) (F 15/15) (G Dead) (H 7/15) (I 15/15)
Johnathan (11/11) = 7
Tayang (25/32) = 5
Hurrik (21/21) = 3

Derrick Oil Smash vs Orc G = Nat 20
Crit Flask = 6
Derrick Scimitar vs Orc G = 23
Scimitar Damage = 3

Ork Kaptain Reckless Greataxe vs Talogan = 11/18

Oliver Oil Smash vs Orc C = 9
Oliver Scimitar vs Orc C = 20
Scimitar Damage = 9

Hector Light Crossbow vs Orc C = 20
Crossbow Damage = 7

Orc C is slain!

Nyx casts Gust of Wind against the orcs!

Kulee Maul vs Orc G = 23/10
Maul Damage = 6

Orc G is slain!

Kulee Improvise Weapon vs Orc E = 5/Nat 1

Orc A Javelin vs Tayang = 14/17
Javelin Damage = 7
Orc A Wisdom Save vs Conquering Presence = 6

Orc B Javelin vs Tayang = 6/9

Orc D Strength Save vs Nyx Gust of Wind DC 14 = 12
Orc D Athletics Check to Swim = 5
Orc D Wisdom Save = 19

Orc E Greataxe vs Oliver = 21/14
Orc E Wisdom Save vs Conquering Presence = 13

Orc F Strength Save vs Nyx Gust of Wind DC 14 = 13
Orc F Athletics Check to Swim = 7

Orc G Strength Save vs Nyx Gust of Wind DC 14 = 9
Orc G Athletics Check to Swim = 19
Orc G Athletics Check to Climb = 14
Orc G Wisdom Save = 20

Orc H Strength Save vs Nyx Gust of Wind DC 14 = 5
Orc H Greataxe vs Derrick = 9

Johnathan Light Crossbow vs Orc H = 21
Crossbow Damage = 5

Tayang Handaxe vs Orc B = 21
Handaxe Damage = 8
Tayang Handaxe vs Orc B = Nat 20
Crit Handaxe = 8

Orc B is slain!

Tayang Off-Hand Handaxe vs Orc A = 21
Handaxe Damage = 4

Hurrik Longbow vs Orc H = 10
Hurrik Longbow vs Orc H = 18
Longbow Damage = 3