Homebrew system thread II, part 2
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(OOC: And Alfred's absence chalked up to him checking up on Rohal before good-bye? I'm assuming he'd be outside the mob. How long would he have been gone?)
"I'm just reading through your formspring here, and your responses to many questions seem to indicate that you are ready and willing to sacrifice realism/believability for the sake of (sometimes) marginal increases in gameplay quality. Why is this?"
"Because until I see gamers sincerely demanding that if they get winged in the gut with a bullet that they spend the next three hours bleeding out on the ground before permanently dying, they probably are too." - J.E. Sawyer
"Because until I see gamers sincerely demanding that if they get winged in the gut with a bullet that they spend the next three hours bleeding out on the ground before permanently dying, they probably are too." - J.E. Sawyer
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Sorry things worked out that way, welcome back; and easily dislocated shoulders with a warehouse job? At least most of it will be forklift based, I hope.
Actually I had Alfred's absence attributed to sitting with a semi- conscious, post operative Andrea, and possibly also to the time involved in dragging the corpses out of her room. He's in the castle, presumably alerted by the panic and heading up to find out what all the fuss is about.
The one facing Dirt makes no allowance at all for the length of Ogre stride and arms, glances round to check his flanks and rear and before he can look back, Dirt has hit him over the head. He collapses.
There are probably- well, hard to tell how many are in the mob and committed to it, and how many are spectators; somewhere upwards of half a thousand- remembering that the population of the town is about five thousand- but few of them quality.
Actually I had Alfred's absence attributed to sitting with a semi- conscious, post operative Andrea, and possibly also to the time involved in dragging the corpses out of her room. He's in the castle, presumably alerted by the panic and heading up to find out what all the fuss is about.
The one facing Dirt makes no allowance at all for the length of Ogre stride and arms, glances round to check his flanks and rear and before he can look back, Dirt has hit him over the head. He collapses.
There are probably- well, hard to tell how many are in the mob and committed to it, and how many are spectators; somewhere upwards of half a thousand- remembering that the population of the town is about five thousand- but few of them quality.
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(OOC: The stuff I do lift is not particularly heavy. There's also a forklift. My job so far involves testing and packaging stuff for the manufacturers that outsourced their design work to the company I work for. Well, I only do the packaging right now. It's monotonous but I'm allowed to listen to music so that helps pass the time.)
He mutters to himself, "I really could do with that magic thing he did to my hammer just about now." He starts shoving his way through the mob to try to see what's causing the commotion. Presumably, people won't be happy about his shoving so he'll probably only have time to say, "Why am I not surprised to see you here?" if he manages to get through the mob.
He mutters to himself, "I really could do with that magic thing he did to my hammer just about now." He starts shoving his way through the mob to try to see what's causing the commotion. Presumably, people won't be happy about his shoving so he'll probably only have time to say, "Why am I not surprised to see you here?" if he manages to get through the mob.
"I'm just reading through your formspring here, and your responses to many questions seem to indicate that you are ready and willing to sacrifice realism/believability for the sake of (sometimes) marginal increases in gameplay quality. Why is this?"
"Because until I see gamers sincerely demanding that if they get winged in the gut with a bullet that they spend the next three hours bleeding out on the ground before permanently dying, they probably are too." - J.E. Sawyer
"Because until I see gamers sincerely demanding that if they get winged in the gut with a bullet that they spend the next three hours bleeding out on the ground before permanently dying, they probably are too." - J.E. Sawyer
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Erm... ECR, do you think you could give Panzer a detailed explanation of the situation? Does he need to shove through the mob to get to us? I'm not sure he's fully briefed yet.
For that matter, I'm not sure I am briefed on where Alfred's location is compared to ours.
Erm... ECR, do you think you could give Panzer a detailed explanation of the situation? Does he need to shove through the mob to get to us? I'm not sure he's fully briefed yet.
For that matter, I'm not sure I am briefed on where Alfred's location is compared to ours.
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What I had been assuming was that Alfred was still more or less in the same place as he was when we last saw him, Alfred had just taken out the two hireling assassins who were trying to finish off Andrea. She was in one of the cellar storage rooms of the castle, recovering, and they had broken in, there was violence, they got splattered. I was assuming he was with her, it's only been a couple of hours in universe time.
That means he's inside with the rest of the party, and doesn't have to push his way through the mob. The surges of magic will just have told him that something is happening, and after finding somebody reliable to watch her- probably Rohal, actually- he can head up to the hall, and into the mess.
That means he's inside with the rest of the party, and doesn't have to push his way through the mob. The surges of magic will just have told him that something is happening, and after finding somebody reliable to watch her- probably Rohal, actually- he can head up to the hall, and into the mess.
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In that case, when he sees the usual suspects in the middle of this mess, he sighs and mutters, "Figured we'd be in the middle of this." Not knowing if he should be hitting anybody and who to hit if it comes to that, he settles for trying to find a high spot to stand on and bellow out, "HALT! What madness has gripped you?" If that doesn't work, he supposes he'll make his way for the Baron.
"I'm just reading through your formspring here, and your responses to many questions seem to indicate that you are ready and willing to sacrifice realism/believability for the sake of (sometimes) marginal increases in gameplay quality. Why is this?"
"Because until I see gamers sincerely demanding that if they get winged in the gut with a bullet that they spend the next three hours bleeding out on the ground before permanently dying, they probably are too." - J.E. Sawyer
"Because until I see gamers sincerely demanding that if they get winged in the gut with a bullet that they spend the next three hours bleeding out on the ground before permanently dying, they probably are too." - J.E. Sawyer
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Larric is getting inured to violence at least a bit, especially in emergencies. Once he's pretty sure that the rest of the room isn't going to pile into the brawl/knife-fight between the outraged families of the baron's mistresses, he turns away from that entirely, hoping that the air-wall will create some kind of natural stalemate by giving each side a reason to wait for the other to come to them.
He strides over to Lisanna and tries to peer out the next-nearest arrow-slit. It's dark, they're waving torches... he turns to the sorceress. "If we stop the priests, the madness might fall apart, there's got to be a way to pick it apart... sound? How much of what they do depends on their voices?"
He strides over to Lisanna and tries to peer out the next-nearest arrow-slit. It's dark, they're waving torches... he turns to the sorceress. "If we stop the priests, the madness might fall apart, there's got to be a way to pick it apart... sound? How much of what they do depends on their voices?"
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Muttering under his breath and succeeding in regaining his composure and calm, Dale joins Larric and makes a motion welcoming Alfred and Dirt to join them.
"Some of their work is done by words... but much of it is the manipulation of mind/spirit and will through their 'gifts'. Their god works through them as mediums but the effects of their manipulations will probably outlast the priests' lives, even as they did in here. They aren't controlling the mob's minds though; just pushing their passions around. Their influence will need to be disrupted. Intimidation may be our best path since we are unlikely to be as persuasive as the Valdemironi have already been, especially with more of the priests continuing to influence the crowd."
"I am less... wrathful now, but slaying some of those who are trying to push this mob may be one part of a larger strategy."
Dale looks at Larric apologetically, not wanting to step on his toes since the alchemist tends to be one who develops clear plans.
"A lot of noise and an impressive light-show may at least distract the mob, if not intimidate it. It would also serve as cover for me if we can find any of the priests manipulating the torch & pitchfork folk out there. If I can get close to them they will be dealt with. Alfred also seems to have the knack for speaking with considerable authority. He may be able to give the mob pause for second thought, particularly with a mystical display on offer. The Valdemironi have power, but it is not of the obviously visible variety. Those who have gathered outside probably number among the less strong willed of Qulan's population. Whatever we do though, we should try to minimize casualties in the mob. If we cause many deaths among these people, the other priests of Valdemiron will use it as further fuel for their schemes."
"Some of their work is done by words... but much of it is the manipulation of mind/spirit and will through their 'gifts'. Their god works through them as mediums but the effects of their manipulations will probably outlast the priests' lives, even as they did in here. They aren't controlling the mob's minds though; just pushing their passions around. Their influence will need to be disrupted. Intimidation may be our best path since we are unlikely to be as persuasive as the Valdemironi have already been, especially with more of the priests continuing to influence the crowd."
"I am less... wrathful now, but slaying some of those who are trying to push this mob may be one part of a larger strategy."
Dale looks at Larric apologetically, not wanting to step on his toes since the alchemist tends to be one who develops clear plans.
"A lot of noise and an impressive light-show may at least distract the mob, if not intimidate it. It would also serve as cover for me if we can find any of the priests manipulating the torch & pitchfork folk out there. If I can get close to them they will be dealt with. Alfred also seems to have the knack for speaking with considerable authority. He may be able to give the mob pause for second thought, particularly with a mystical display on offer. The Valdemironi have power, but it is not of the obviously visible variety. Those who have gathered outside probably number among the less strong willed of Qulan's population. Whatever we do though, we should try to minimize casualties in the mob. If we cause many deaths among these people, the other priests of Valdemiron will use it as further fuel for their schemes."
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Larric will probably respectfully raise a finger and interrupt Dale's speechifying at some point with "Yes, but do they need or want to keep talking to keep the mob whipped up?"
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I have a lot of fun trying to see how complex a concept I can make Larric get across using an average of no more than, say, 1.5 syllables per word. Or less. As a character, he's supposed to talk in a style very different from my normal writing style.
Larric will probably respectfully raise a finger and interrupt Dale's speechifying at some point with "Yes, but do they need or want to keep talking to keep the mob whipped up?"
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I have a lot of fun trying to see how complex a concept I can make Larric get across using an average of no more than, say, 1.5 syllables per word. Or less. As a character, he's supposed to talk in a style very different from my normal writing style.
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'Good, that's a lot less destructive than the plan I had in mind.' Lisanna says. 'As I grasp it the effect persists until something happens to threaten it. Something to change the temper of the mob would make them need to reinforce their grasp. So- in theory no, in practise yes.
They are down there, we're here- they'll be spreading out to besiege the castle, in an amateur sort of way, soon. We could shout at them from the battlements, but- do you see anybody from any of the other faiths in there? A couple, but it's not exactly an impressive show of support, is it?
I have more than half a mind to get out before they have a solid ring in place, and see what can be done to rally the other faiths and the guild, see what can be done ot break their madness from there.'
They are down there, we're here- they'll be spreading out to besiege the castle, in an amateur sort of way, soon. We could shout at them from the battlements, but- do you see anybody from any of the other faiths in there? A couple, but it's not exactly an impressive show of support, is it?
I have more than half a mind to get out before they have a solid ring in place, and see what can be done to rally the other faiths and the guild, see what can be done ot break their madness from there.'
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Sorry, I was waiting for everyone else, I don't want this to turn into a tennis match between me and the DM.
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"Aye, easier to fight it from out there and in here." He thinks about the psychological effect- if you're used to mind-whammying people, it's easier to get them whipped up to assault a fortress, and ignore what the people inside say, than to get them to ignore what the people outside say.
"Does your plan need more than one of us going, or would we stay in here while you get help?"
Sorry, I was waiting for everyone else, I don't want this to turn into a tennis match between me and the DM.
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"Aye, easier to fight it from out there and in here." He thinks about the psychological effect- if you're used to mind-whammying people, it's easier to get them whipped up to assault a fortress, and ignore what the people inside say, than to get them to ignore what the people outside say.
"Does your plan need more than one of us going, or would we stay in here while you get help?"
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(OOC: Err... So was I... Wasn't sure if ECR posted the response to what Alfred did. Don't really see anything about people heeding him or not.)
"I'm just reading through your formspring here, and your responses to many questions seem to indicate that you are ready and willing to sacrifice realism/believability for the sake of (sometimes) marginal increases in gameplay quality. Why is this?"
"Because until I see gamers sincerely demanding that if they get winged in the gut with a bullet that they spend the next three hours bleeding out on the ground before permanently dying, they probably are too." - J.E. Sawyer
"Because until I see gamers sincerely demanding that if they get winged in the gut with a bullet that they spend the next three hours bleeding out on the ground before permanently dying, they probably are too." - J.E. Sawyer
Re: Homebrew system thread II, part 2
ECR: We seem to be a little disjointed. Could you wrap up a "current status report" based on what our character's see and then we'll hop to persuasively smashing heads... or, you know, a better plan. Please let there be a better plan...
In any event, a summary of what's happening now (but not everything that led us to this juncture), would be greatly appreciated.
In any event, a summary of what's happening now (but not everything that led us to this juncture), would be greatly appreciated.
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I did say that I was going to be away from the internet for a while, doing the reenactment thing; nine, well counting set up ten really, days of relentless authenticity, natural fibres, intermittent rain, amateur forestry and playing with sharp pointy objects in full view of more or less interested members of the public. Then there was the actual battle.
Let me tell you something about that; as a body in the shield wall, you have no idea what's going on except immediately in front of you. Spare the attention to look behind you or down the line, and you're going to get hit.
Also, there's a state when you're still buzzing, still full of nervous energy, but drained of strength to the point where you can't actually do anything coherent, just flapping about; me at the moment. Now that the summer and the season are over though, things should start to move faster again.
Starting with the effect of Alfred's intervention; a lot of the people willing to listen to the voice of sanity already have, so without physically grabbing people and pulling them aside it's going to have limited effect.
deVerett is thinking, trying to estimate who he can get to separate whom without making things any worse, who won't take the opportunity to slip a quick dagger in, who is far enough away from the madness to not take advantage of existing grudges. He's already starting to direct people to problems, although he seems relatively content to let his mistresses' families have it out.
Alfred is large, known to be handy with a weapon and also slightly mad, and also not strongly affiliated with any of the factions; he is an ideal bouncer. Most people aren't listening, but deVerett points- gestures that he should try and intercede with the families in his train, the ones who are actively trying to kill each other.
Fiji- not much has changed, actually. Still in the great hall of the castle, having just jobbed a Valdemironi acolyte who tried to set you all against each other (and achieved a partial success), lots of hands on sword hilts, lots of angry snarling, several people trying to calm it all down.
Lisanna's answer is 'I'd much rather have someone at my back, if I'm going to do this at all.'
Let me tell you something about that; as a body in the shield wall, you have no idea what's going on except immediately in front of you. Spare the attention to look behind you or down the line, and you're going to get hit.
Also, there's a state when you're still buzzing, still full of nervous energy, but drained of strength to the point where you can't actually do anything coherent, just flapping about; me at the moment. Now that the summer and the season are over though, things should start to move faster again.
Starting with the effect of Alfred's intervention; a lot of the people willing to listen to the voice of sanity already have, so without physically grabbing people and pulling them aside it's going to have limited effect.
deVerett is thinking, trying to estimate who he can get to separate whom without making things any worse, who won't take the opportunity to slip a quick dagger in, who is far enough away from the madness to not take advantage of existing grudges. He's already starting to direct people to problems, although he seems relatively content to let his mistresses' families have it out.
Alfred is large, known to be handy with a weapon and also slightly mad, and also not strongly affiliated with any of the factions; he is an ideal bouncer. Most people aren't listening, but deVerett points- gestures that he should try and intercede with the families in his train, the ones who are actively trying to kill each other.
Fiji- not much has changed, actually. Still in the great hall of the castle, having just jobbed a Valdemironi acolyte who tried to set you all against each other (and achieved a partial success), lots of hands on sword hilts, lots of angry snarling, several people trying to calm it all down.
Lisanna's answer is 'I'd much rather have someone at my back, if I'm going to do this at all.'
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Acknowledging deVerett's gesture and moves to the fighting families. He gets between the closest fighting pair he sees, grabs for their necks, attempts to pick them up and choke slam them. If he succeeds, he tells them, "Stay down."
(OOC: Come on, intimidate. The alternative plan was to try to separate them but I figured trying to make sure they stay down without killing them was better than having them go at each other again when his back is turned.)
(OOC: Come on, intimidate. The alternative plan was to try to separate them but I figured trying to make sure they stay down without killing them was better than having them go at each other again when his back is turned.)
"I'm just reading through your formspring here, and your responses to many questions seem to indicate that you are ready and willing to sacrifice realism/believability for the sake of (sometimes) marginal increases in gameplay quality. Why is this?"
"Because until I see gamers sincerely demanding that if they get winged in the gut with a bullet that they spend the next three hours bleeding out on the ground before permanently dying, they probably are too." - J.E. Sawyer
"Because until I see gamers sincerely demanding that if they get winged in the gut with a bullet that they spend the next three hours bleeding out on the ground before permanently dying, they probably are too." - J.E. Sawyer
Re: Homebrew system thread II, part 2
Dale will recover his daggers from the acolytes body and take a quick look around. If it appears Sir Alfred needs help, he will give it. Otherwise he's prepared to join up with Larric and do some general body-guarding until a juicy Valdemoroni priest comes within his grasp. Then the priest will be kill-i-fied. Hopefully by surprise and with greater effect than the acolyte in the room.
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Larric nods to Lisanna. "Let's go. I'll help with the Makers.* Do you have a back way out of here in mind?"
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For anyone who's forgotten, "Makers" are the priests of the crafts-god, Ikhran.
Larric nods to Lisanna. "Let's go. I'll help with the Makers.* Do you have a back way out of here in mind?"
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For anyone who's forgotten, "Makers" are the priests of the crafts-god, Ikhran.
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Humans fighting humans, and they all look the same!
Dirt's first impulse would be to go wading into both groups until they run away, but that liable to cause more problems for the party in the long run so he'll file that under plan B for the time being. Apart from that it looks a lot like a typical wedding feast.
Unless somebody is foolish enough to attempt to attack Dirt (or the crowd gets in) he scans around the room for something to eat as its reasonable quiet at the moment (relatively speaking). Failing to see anything on display his eyes fall onto the fallen acolyte. It appears Dale's got the right idea. Wandering over to join him, "Your kill, so you pick first."
Dirt's first impulse would be to go wading into both groups until they run away, but that liable to cause more problems for the party in the long run so he'll file that under plan B for the time being. Apart from that it looks a lot like a typical wedding feast.
Unless somebody is foolish enough to attempt to attack Dirt (or the crowd gets in) he scans around the room for something to eat as its reasonable quiet at the moment (relatively speaking). Failing to see anything on display his eyes fall onto the fallen acolyte. It appears Dale's got the right idea. Wandering over to join him, "Your kill, so you pick first."
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Happy friday the thirteenth; Alfred gets a fair result on intimidate- it's been a long day and he may not be doing very much acting- and does end up banging two of their heads together, with some success. For a moment he wonders if they'll actually get up again, vertebrae can only take so much abuse, but they don't seem to be permanently damaged.
Question is, is he going to hang around, or keep the party together (Kaelan? Are you out there?) and go and do Spoiler
Dale has, temporarily, run out of targets.
Lisanna has got an idea, whether it could be called a good one is open to debate- 'With magic, yes. I was planning to drift down to a soft landing.'
Question is, is he going to hang around, or keep the party together (Kaelan? Are you out there?) and go and do Spoiler
and rally support against the Valdemironi?
Dale has, temporarily, run out of targets.
Lisanna has got an idea, whether it could be called a good one is open to debate- 'With magic, yes. I was planning to drift down to a soft landing.'
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Unhappy Monday the sixteenth; my main tower unit is in the shop, with what I hope is crapped out memory but may be much worse. Dammit. Anyway,
'That depends on how hard they try to stop us. Hm. M'Lord,' she says to the baron, ' I'm going to need some backup-Dirt, Sir Alfred, would you come and assist?'
To Larric she adds 'nothing fancy, get to a part of the wall they've not holding in force, take advantage of how broken the shielding is, go over, run round behind them and start rallying the sane. The theoretically sane, anyway. If I thought one person could do it I'd actually send you, but the chances of being jumped are just too high. A small group has the best chance of survival.'
'That depends on how hard they try to stop us. Hm. M'Lord,' she says to the baron, ' I'm going to need some backup-Dirt, Sir Alfred, would you come and assist?'
To Larric she adds 'nothing fancy, get to a part of the wall they've not holding in force, take advantage of how broken the shielding is, go over, run round behind them and start rallying the sane. The theoretically sane, anyway. If I thought one person could do it I'd actually send you, but the chances of being jumped are just too high. A small group has the best chance of survival.'
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He takes a break from knocking heads together and withdraws, dodging a thrown duck that somebody somehow procured rock as he goes. "You called?"
"I'm just reading through your formspring here, and your responses to many questions seem to indicate that you are ready and willing to sacrifice realism/believability for the sake of (sometimes) marginal increases in gameplay quality. Why is this?"
"Because until I see gamers sincerely demanding that if they get winged in the gut with a bullet that they spend the next three hours bleeding out on the ground before permanently dying, they probably are too." - J.E. Sawyer
"Because until I see gamers sincerely demanding that if they get winged in the gut with a bullet that they spend the next three hours bleeding out on the ground before permanently dying, they probably are too." - J.E. Sawyer
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"I think we're going to leap off the castle walls, brave a gauntlet of half-crazed minions, rally those who should already have stood against the transparent manipulations of the Valdemironi and attempt to slay servants of the high-god. Try not to kill the locals if it can be helped. They're being dominated by the Valdemiron scum."
Dale looks at the others to see if they have any other updates or suggestions.
Dale looks at the others to see if they have any other updates or suggestions.
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Lisanna moderates her words to Larric; `would have asked you to do it. Apart from that, `, to Dale, 'more or less, yes. Although do be careful with that "should". Partly this is all kicking off because people got taken for granted. Anything of your gear you don't have, get it fast- Dirt, your pot plant, we may need her. The part of the wall next to the ruined tower, meet there. '
Anybody doing anything different?
Anybody doing anything different?
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Larric would rush back to the quarters where he dropped off certain items- I sort of... asserted that we still have a viable place to stay in the castle, that Larric was able to put certain items down which he wouldn't routinely carry around town but which might be necessary for something like this. The character might, for example, choose to do that with his crossbow; carrying a strung crossbow around is a recipe for trouble.
Since I think Dale is still travelling fully equipped, he'll encourage Dale to come with him and [if Dale agrees to that] say the following:
"We're going to have to convince people- especially the other priests, and maybe the wizards. Get them thinking that priests of the Chieftain or no, the Valdemironi have gone too far. People won't come along for it if it sounds like a gimmick to get rid of another church, or if we just walk in and expect that they'll turn on their own priests."
"Think of how you'd like people to act, if what you think about what happened to the church of D'nor is true- you'd like them to be angry. Let's make sure they don't get that angry at us. The traitors here can magic a man's brains into thinking he's on their side; we're going to have to do it without the magic."
[Larric would not stand still long enough to tell Dale all this if Dale goes off in some other direction, though he might say it when they rejoin at the tower]
Since I think Dale is still travelling fully equipped, he'll encourage Dale to come with him and [if Dale agrees to that] say the following:
"We're going to have to convince people- especially the other priests, and maybe the wizards. Get them thinking that priests of the Chieftain or no, the Valdemironi have gone too far. People won't come along for it if it sounds like a gimmick to get rid of another church, or if we just walk in and expect that they'll turn on their own priests."
"Think of how you'd like people to act, if what you think about what happened to the church of D'nor is true- you'd like them to be angry. Let's make sure they don't get that angry at us. The traitors here can magic a man's brains into thinking he's on their side; we're going to have to do it without the magic."
[Larric would not stand still long enough to tell Dale all this if Dale goes off in some other direction, though he might say it when they rejoin at the tower]
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