Harp gives back, Surin puts in his two cents worth
Subject Harp and Kal
"I deserve much more than that for the death I caused. I do not deny it."
Kal pauses for a moment, thinking to himself. He looks back up at Harp and quietly says:
"Why would you use the death of a friend as a vocal jab? You reveal yourself even further with your words. Only an orc would have such disregard for the death of a comrad."
With that, Kal moves his horse away from Harp's.
From: Josh
Subject Harp and Kal
"That's a fairer answer than I reckon you deserved, speakin' like that to somebody done you no wrong," Surin says, his voice flat. "You always make a point to insult them as fight beside you, or is that somethin' you save for special occasions?"
As Kal is riding away from Harp, he turns to Salix to respond.
"My words were harsh, but necessary. Keeping that beast a member of this party will cost one of the rest of us our lives. He isn't to be trusted, you'll learn that in time, and thank me in hindsight."
From: Rob
Subject Harp and Kal
OOC, Mark, where would Bel have been at that point? I don't want to jump in with anything unless he would have overheard this...and if he is not scouting ahead, at this point I doubt he could have missed it.
From: Josh
Subject Surin not Salix
OOC: Kal said that to Surin, not Salix. Ooops!
From: Kevin
Subject Harp and Kal
Harp is stung at Kal's parting comment. Had Harp just demeaned the death of Alatyr by using it to make a point against Kal? That had not been his intention - he had come to respect Alatyr both as a warrior and as a fellow believer of Heironious. He was merely trying to make the point, and make it with out resorting to violence, that he did not feel that Kal was in any position to judge him. And now, through his haste, he had done nothing more but reinforce the elf's feeling about him. But what else was Harp supposed to do. If he had remained silent, the elf would have taken at as agreement with what he was saying. If he had called the elf out, it also would have given credence to his statements.
Harp's head starts to hurt. He is sore, weary, and now has an enemy within the group. No matter what actions he takes, no matter what he does to try and prove himself, he always seems to get the same response from others - fear and loathing (OOC: maybe he should change his name to Hunter Thompson). Was it worth the effort? Was it???
No, he would not give into dispair. The members of the Order had given his life meaning, but they never promised him it would be easy. He would show them that he had the strength to overcome his parentage.
From: Josh
Subject Kal rethinks
After his words with Salin, Kal sees the pained look on Harp's face.
"The beast certainly didn't respond the way I expected," Kal thought, "I was certain he would attack me. Why did he just sit there? Was he too dense to understand what I was saying? No, his response indicated a certain sort of wit. Perhaps I was too quick to judge him. Heironious has always been a champion of order, and he grants this half-orc's prayers."
"I'm no better than those fools back at the conclave playing their politics", Kal thinks. "I got away from there to get away from their narrow minded ways, and here I am preaching their words. Would I have been as quick to judge and dismiss a younger version of myself?"
"No. No. It's not the same. I'm an elf, he's a beast. An elf can change, even a human or a dwarf or a gnome or a halfing. Not an orc. Not a half-orc. That blood runs too thick. That blood runs too thick."
Kal, resolute, lets his thoughts wander. After a time he recalls when he first began his training, the jests and cruel words at his expense. "He's a lowborn son of a blacksmith. He will never have the discipline required for the arcane arts." they said, my 'brothers'.
If Lord Sim-Ell hadn't had faith in me, they may have been proven right. I know there were times I was prepared to give up. His confidence in me gave the the confidence to succeed.
`The blood of a lowborn runs too thick.` they said to me. I told them they were fools."
I'm as narrow minded as them. I will give this beas.. this Harp, the chance I was never given.
...but if he turns out to be nothing more than a beast, I'll slay him myself.
From: Jake
Subject Harp and Kal
"My words were harsh, but necessary."
"Pfft. Well, you're half right. Can't say as I see how they were necessary though. An' he 'reveals himself even further with his words'", Surin says in a surprisingly accurate imitation of Kal's voice? I'd say he did, but not how you think--most I know'd give you a thumping for what you just said, and you'd deserve it. He just talked back, and didn't even give as good as he got. If you want to go lookin' for somebody 'revealing themselves' by their words, I got a mirror you can borrow. Want me to fetch it?"
From: Jason
Subject Cai
Cai, blissfully unaware of the conversation going on among the main group, comments to Bel, "You know, we should have buried that brute before we left, or at least hidden the body. We both know there's almost no chance the goblins will follow us, or that they could if they wanted to. Most likely they spent the night scared in their tents, and bolted at first light when they found Dargrak dead. If whoever hired Dargrak doesn't find his corpse, they would probably assume he was making off with Rochelle, and they would have a jolly time chasing down those goblins, and who knows what sort of misunderstandings could've developed at that point." She sighs wistfully and continues riding/covering their tracks (ooc: assuming we're still doing that, I couldn't tell if we'd stopped that already.)
From: Mark
Subject Prayes and spells
I thought Druids only had prayers and not spells? :) I will change it for the archives.
From: Mark
Subject Kal and hearing
Ok I am going to make some assumptions.
Josh said that Kal was not really trying to hide what he said so I am going to give this a DC15 listen check. He was not hiding it but he was not broadcasting it.
Cai and Bel , IMO, would not be around to hear this. They are out scouting and hiding the trail.
That leaves Ran, Surin, Salix and Fal. There is a -1/1- feet mod to listen rolls, but I figure that the majority of the party would be with in 30-40 feet of each other at this time, so I am applying a -3 to the listen check.
Here are the results:
Ran 12+1=13, fail
Surin 11+8=19, success
Salix 14+3=17, success
Fal 17+0=17, success
So Surin, Salix and Fal all heard what Kal said.
Surin has already made his reply.
From: Mark
Subject Distance
Sorry that was a -1/10 feet mod.