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[D&D3.5] Quest for the Sunblade - Play Thread
« on: October 18, 2015, 01:36:36 PM »
You’ve come to Blasingdell, a small mining town on the northern frontier, it in rugged terrain and dark, deeply forested hills rise beyond the town’s outskirts. It is nearing evening and ther is just one inn in town, and this is not yet the season for travelers, so an Urskan and a Dwarf have the common room almost by themselves, deeply engrossed in a conversation about the metallurgy of armour, when a golden scaled humanoid and two catgirls enter the inn, immediately attracting a lot of attention with their regal poise and for other reasons.

The legend of the smith Durgeddin the Black is well known in this region. In each of the small, scattered towns you’ve passed through, you’ve heard stories of wondrous treasure hidden in long-lost dwarven vaults and a pitiless war of vengeance between dwarf and orc a hundred years past. Durgeddin was a master smith who forged blades of surpassing quality and power. Centuries ago, Durgeddin’s home was sacked by orcs. Durgeddin led the remnants of his clan to a new stronghold in the mountains north of the town of Blasingdell and established a small, secret stronghold somewhere in the trackless wilderness. From his hidden redoubt, he waged a decades-long vendetta against all orc-kind, until one day his enemies discovered his fortress and attacked it. Durgeddin and his followers perished, and much wealth was carried away by the conquering hordes. Or at least so the popular legend goes, you have heard a few dozen retelling with different embellishments, different attackers, and different outcomes, though they tend to agree that the dwarves are gone or undead or that their stronghold was so laden with riches that it sank deep into the underdark or... Well lots of fanciful stories. The shared core is that the dwarves where somewhere around here and that they are gone but left riches behind.

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« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2015, 02:39:02 PM »
The blonde kitty in the lead takes a look around the room and sniffs, her little nose twitching. Seemingly satisfied, she addresses her companions. "Mrrhhh, this seems like a decent place to stay for the night. Don't worry, I am sure we'll reach the dwarven ruins tomorrow. Or sometime soon. Preeeeetty sure they are around here somewhere."

Not really waiting for a reply, she glides towards the table seating the short hairy one and the big hairy one, her ears perked up. The petite cat-elf with the oversized sword slung across her back and the form fitting leather armour seeming more to entice than protect smiles at the two inn patrons. "Heeellu you two. I am Azumi, travelling explorer and professional rescuer of princes in need. You two seem to be either in a similar profession, or at least the most interesting people to talk to in this room. So, what do you say my companions and me join you and sit at your table? We'll even pay for our own drinks!" She ends with a sweeping gesture encompassing her draconid companion and the other catgirl and a playful wink. Before simply sitting down on a free chair at the table and already waving over one of the inn maids and calling over her companions. "Oh, come on. Don't be shy, I bet our two new friends don't mind sharing their table. It's a big one!"
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« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2015, 03:30:34 PM »
The Urskan's rumbling voice continues as the trio enters, seemingly unconcerned, "I'm tellin' you, if you're thinkin' of making armor outta-" before cutting off as the cat-elf steps over, talking to them. "I... yeah, sure, siddown, why not." A clawed paw picks up his drink, and he finishes it before nodding to the newcomers. "Ah'm Hjalmur, 'n this here is... is... argh, my Dwarven friend. Slipping my mind. Maybe not another drink."

So saying, he flips his now-empty mug over, leaving it facedown on the table - presumably, to remind himself not to order another. "Anyways, what brings a couple'a cats and a drac' over here?" he asks, already assuming that they're here for the lost dwarves' treasure; perhaps he could get them to work with him and his friend.

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Re: [D&D3.5] Quest for the Sunblade - Play Thread
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2015, 10:25:40 PM »
A catgirl with pale skin and pure white hair in a elegant black dress takes a seat next to the blonde kitty. She doesn't have any armor, and her only visible weapon is a short sword behind her waist. Although her nails seem pretty sharp. The catgirl's every moment is elegance. Then from the nearby shadows appears a cat with purple fur that then jumps at the catgirl's shoulder and eyes everybody silently. The catgirl smiles:

HHHELLLOO!!! My name's Enar, Enar Moreira, bros, and I'm a professional traveling dancer! I hope we can all become good friends!

The cat in her shoulder mewls in protest.

Ok, no I'm not. Right now I'm a traveling explorer like Azumi. And this is Kato, the greatest cat you'll ever see!

Kato mewls again.

Well when this whole mess is over I'll be a professional dancer, little bro.

Purring from the cat.

Yes, I'm in a quest to retrieve the Sunblade hero's heirloom.

The cat stares at Enar.

Some elves said we can find it in those nearby dwarven ruins. But  I'm not interested in the other old dwarven junk. You can have it for all I care.

Kato bites her finger.

Ow, ok, I'll need to collect everything that may help my quest.

Kato purrs once more.

... Why am I doing this again?

Kato mewls multiple times.

Because some big disaster will happen to the world if the sunblade isn't retrieved? Ah, yes. Stupid conscience. Well can't become a professional dancer if I don't have an audience to watch me...

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« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2015, 11:02:15 PM »
The golden scaled dragonborn follows behind the two catgirls.  He shakes his head, amused as they introduce themselves to the strangers.  He sits and nods in greeting to the strangers.  "I am Morjhan and we seek the lost Dwarfhold of Durgeddin."  He pauses for a second then says, "Also, she does not negotiate for me..." he says and motions at Enar.

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« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2015, 11:45:53 PM »
"Oh no. No no no. She doesn't, not f'r me either. Far too excitable, seems like." Hjalmur shakes his head, and picks up the remaining hunk of bread on his plate. "Y'know..." he says, taking a bite of the bread, sharpened bear-teeth tearing at the dark bread, "Goin' after the Sunblade's treasure? We could use a couple of bodies to ... help. Whaddya say, Morjhan? We let these three follow us 'n help out a bit?"

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« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2015, 08:40:45 AM »
The dwarf, who looks short even for his kind, eyes the newcomers suspiciously and then when the white catgirl with the purple cat on her shoulder starts talking about claiming the Sunblade he says "Hmph. What right do you have to claim the Sunblade? My people crafted it, and I'm going to reclaim it, and I'm sure not about to hand it over to some furry elf."

After a bit more thought he says "I might let you keep a few other things we find for tagging along, though..."
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« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2015, 08:55:10 AM »
At the Urskar's comment, the lithe catgirl blinks. "Somehow, someone always has a use for my body."

As the dwarf goes on, she tilts her head and listens curiously before replying. "Ehhh, I dunno." The cat-elf shrugs her slim shoulders. "Like, we didn't even find it yet and what are you gonna do with the Sunblade anyway? It was a hero's sword, so I bet it's way large and long and everything. How are ya even gonna handle that?" Conveniently, it doesn't seem to be an issue for the kitty that she is fairly short compared to humans.

"And Enar has a point, about some heresy, or prophesy or something like that. Anyway, she, like, totally has a reason to need the blade. And the blade probably wants to be used a lot more than sitting around in some dusty showcase or the other." She ponders that for a moment.

"Well, at least, that's what I would want. On the other paw, well... I dunno, but Enar doesn't seem like the type that has much use for a blade, Sun or not, after everything is done. So maaaaaybe's you could get it then and do whatever dwarves do with blades? Just make sure it gets some fresh air and water from time to time." The cat-elf girl nods, happy with her solution and smiles winningly at the short dwarf.

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« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2015, 09:42:43 AM »
The dwarf strokes his beard for a moment, then says "So you'd only want to borrow it, to complete whatever quest it is that you're on? And then you'd be willing to let me take it afterward?

Hmm... I think I could agree to that, but you'd have to sign a contract stating as such, and also stating that in the event of your death that it will also return to me, and that any heirs you have would not be able to claim any rights to it.

And all of you will have to sign off on this...

I'm willing to split up the lesser treasures with the lot of you. Of course... since my people are the ones who have a rightful claim, I'll expect a double share."


He pulls out a parchment and quill and says "Should I start drafting the agreement?"
« Last Edit: October 19, 2015, 09:47:48 AM by phaedrusxy »
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« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2015, 11:49:48 AM »
"So you want a double share and the Sunblade?  Sounds a bit greedy to me," Morjhan says.  He then grins.  "If anyone here is allowed to be greedy it is me, I'm the dragon after all."

He then becomes more serious.  "If we're going to start negotiating a written agreement then I would think that the Sunblade is worth a share all by itself with how much arguing is being done over it.  If you demand double shares make the Sunblade one of them, either that or everyone is going to automatically get cultural artifacts related to their race.  Do you really want me to automatically get everything that we find that's related to dragons, say its hoard for example?"

"Furthermore, what makes you think that you deserve our treasure upon our death?  That sounds extremely suspicious."

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« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2015, 12:39:09 PM »
A boy of 11 or so walks up balancing several mugs. "Mead? Only 2 copper a mug." He gives a gap toothed smile. Turning to the catgirls he said, "You are very pretty." After he sets the mugs down and collects the coins, he tries to pull the tail of Enar as she lacks a huge intimidating sword.

((Since your touch ac is in the stratosphere he won't succeed unless you let him or are surprised.))

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« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2015, 12:58:38 PM »
"Ohhhh, treasure~" The cat whistles. "Like, shinies? I like."

To the boy on the other hand. "Uhm.. do you have some milk, too?"

"Anyway, where was I... ahh, yes. Getting all the treasure!" The girl frowns. "Well, I dunno. Cultural artifacts sound weird. Wouldn't that mean that Mr. Morjhan gets all the gold we find, because uhhh... dragon? Although I do call dibs on any yarn we find." She nods all reasonably.

"But since you are such a well prepared dwarf and obviously capable in uhhh... legal things, I guess you know best." She smiles pleasantly at the dwarf. "You surely already have the documents that clearly state that the Sunblade is a heirloom belonging to you personally. And not, say... maybe another dwarf. Or another clan. Or not being property of dwarves at all since they sold it to someone else who just was in the Dwarvenhold as things...uhhhh, escalated. Yes? Else it would kinda be awkward making any kinds of treaties about the blade now."

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« Reply #12 on: October 19, 2015, 02:06:48 PM »
"Yannow, since me 'n' th' dwarf got here first, innit our first claim or sommat? Y'know, whole first-come-first-claim thing?" Hjalmur says, looking disconsolately at the mugs of mead, but eventually shaking his head. "And y'don't need a clause in there about what happens if somone dies, y'can always just divvy up the stuff from their... remains... like any other." All of his words begin to tumble together slightly, but he still manages to be understandable. "How 'bout this; dwarf gets a share and the Sunblade, it being his people's 'n all; Morj gets 'imself a share 'n'a half, being a dragon; cats each get a share, because doin' good's it's own reward or somethin'; and I'll take two shares for comin' up with somethin' so reasonable."

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« Reply #13 on: October 19, 2015, 02:35:24 PM »
"Hey, uhhh! I don't do this cause it's good or anything. Dunno about claims, though... being the first in the Inn is of course always good, but then, shouldn't you already have gotten a bath and meal and rooms ready for us?" The blonde cat looks with big eyes at the bear and dwarf before she tries to make sense of all the shares and dividing that seems to be going on. She scrunches up her face, holding up her hands and beginsto count... before lifting up her tail and including it, too. "And this sounds all waaaaay complicated. Can't we just, like, each get a share or so and we'll see about this sword thingy another time?"

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« Reply #14 on: October 19, 2015, 03:31:07 PM »
"Hey, uhhh! I don't do this cause it's good or anything. Dunno about claims, though... being the first in the Inn is of course always good, but then, shouldn't you already have gotten a bath and meal and rooms ready for us?" The blonde cat looks with big eyes at the bear and dwarf before she tries to make sense of all the shares and dividing that seems to be going on. She scrunches up her face, holding up her hands and beginsto count... before lifting up her tail and including it, too. "And this sounds all waaaaay complicated. Can't we just, like, each get a share or so and we'll see about this sword thingy another time?"
"T' be honest, equal split does sound nice. Nice and simple." Hjalmur says in response. "Equal split's got my vote for purely that reason. It'll stop us all arguin', at least, 'n' then we can actually start making money."

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« Reply #15 on: October 19, 2015, 03:55:55 PM »
The dwarf grumbles under his breath a bit in dwarven (if anyone is listening and can understand, it's something about thieving dragons never making anything of their own, only stealing from the dwarves), then says "OK... OK... how about we all get equal shares, you furry girls get to use this blade on whatever quest it is you're planning, and then after you complete that, I get the blade to go hang in my treasury? Heck, if some of you need it again in the future for something, I'd even be inclined to loan it to you... for a reasonable fee.

I would also be willing to craft any other armor, weapons, or baubles that you need at a significant discount from what most would sell them at."
(basically the discount I assume everyone used already during character creation. This meetup could have happened a bit in the past before we actually set off, right?)
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« Reply #16 on: October 19, 2015, 05:45:34 PM »
"Weee, sweet!" The half elf, half cat girl squeals and leans forward. Quickly hugging the dwarf, and then the bear. "You are my favouritest short dwarf ever, and you are my favouritest non-teddy bear bear!" She smiles happily. "And by that I mean, we, erm... I, totally agree to these terms. You two are fine with it too, ne?" Using her tail, she nudges Enar while she knocks lightly with her knuckles on Morjhan's armour.

"And awww, how generous, Sir Dwarf. Well, you forge and stuff and everything and I'll totally protect ya and everyone." The catgirl nods eagerly, before brushing a few bear hairs from her cheek. She looks at Hjalmur. "Although I totally think you should shave. And once you are done with that, we can go and loo... erm, reclaim the ruins and the Solar Blade. Or something."
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« Reply #17 on: October 19, 2015, 07:17:46 PM »
The dwarf looks thoroughly incensed at this unsolicited affection, and pushes against the elfcatgirl with the full length of his outstretched stubby little arms... which does him almost no good. Then he turns and spits out a few bonde bits of fur, and says "Please don't do that again... The name's Nordar, by the way." He finishes with a glare at the Urskan, whom he'd already been chatting with for some while. The bearman could at least remember his name...
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« Reply #18 on: October 19, 2015, 08:51:41 PM »
Hjalmur growls, deep in his throat. "Not shavin'. That'd be horrible. Ever seen a naked bear? Not pretty. Stupid idea, really." He shakes his head, and then comments under his breath. "Nordar! Knew it started with one a' them letters..." Then, thinking back on what he just said, he looks mournfully at the overturned cup. He really did have too much to drink.

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« Reply #19 on: October 19, 2015, 11:24:52 PM »
Morjhan nods.  "The terms are good, that's what I assumed we would all agree on anyway." 

He then laughs softly at the display of affection.  "Trust me Nordar, these girls are impulsive.  You'll need to learn to grin and bear it."  He pauses, then grins at Hjalmur.  "You'll have to bear it too mister bear."