The Grey Dust

Slam Poetry Thread

Haiku aesthetic,
This beauty before battle,
Lacking cutting verse.

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@JBRam2002

Watch what you're grabbing there.
We've only just met.

Possibly, but the same logic applies. Unless the coinpurse was unique to the Man, he may still fail to realize it was HIS coinpurse that was lifted from his lighter pockets until he goes to check his pockets and accepts the strange man's gift of coins...

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@VKAllen It is not necessary for you to alter the post in question, you succeeded. You can assume so as not to have to wait on me further that the soldier does not attack but is perhaps a bit grumpy. The only item you would be able to take from him would be coins as he doesn't have anything else in his pockets.

@The Mighty Hero

This is actually an interesting DM's dilemma, if you Succeeded in SoH roll, it usually means your target failed to Notice your action.
However, since the aim was to SHOW OFF some skills, would you not need your Target to Notice the attempt which was successful?
I mean if it was a personal item, something that the target knew was theirs instantly, it would be a very obvious display of skill...
But coins? It could very well be that the man is using one of his own coins and randomly giving it to the warrior <_>

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@The Mighty Hero

Again, My condolences.
Please take your time to Mourn.

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Gentlemen there's an simple solution to all this...

DM elects to roll a natural 20.

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@VKAllen
You posted an action that cannot be resolved and thus responded to by anyone without DM input. Whether your rogue gets caught and presumably immediately attacked by the warrior for trying to pick his pockets (that's generally what happens when a stranger catches you trying to lift their wallet/purse/etc... you get clobbered), or succeeds and just reveals to everyone he's a rogue but not actually trying to steal from the warrior is a pretty big fork in the road narrative-wise.

@Cardamonelaw

You mean to say we might get a... Bar Fight?
Although 26 is a high number to beat. Even with Kethan's passive perception of 23.

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🦄 Duplicity - D&D Style Fantasy Rp Adventure (Completed)

Thomas Richard Harrison

Location: The Crossed Swords.
Interacting with: Ye Olde Mystery Inc, & Nor.

Knives? So the dwarf took a stab at it, showing off whatever gave him the edge, pointing out his experiences and if his skills were a sharp as he claimed, maybe he'll make the cut. But if the dwarf was nothing but a hack, if he turned out to be more of a slash and burn, or he nicked something that wasn't his, Thomas was certain Kyra would have no qualms with giving the barber quite the haircut. It was probably better not to trust a man who's claim to fame was his knife skills. Sure a knife in the hands of a dwarf sometimes looked like a rather short shortsword, but Thomas would have rather preferred the dwarf be skilled at engineering and handicraft. Someone who could take a look at his broken astrodynamus and fix it, but the group did need another melee combatant. They were short on those, they had archers, spellcasters, but only one man who could take a beating. Should Keystone be seriously injured or worse, they'd surely not last very long. So really they didn't have quite a choice in the matter? help was help.

"I'm fine for now Keystone, thanks, but I'd say give it a few and I'm sure we'll find our appetites again. Kyra, Sana?" A reply to Keystone's question. Well if Keystone was cooking, the eggs would surely be better and by Wee Jas those runny looking eggs were comparably appealing as to the stuff spewing out of the poor innkeeper. Either way, Thomas took it that the dwarf was in now, but still waited for Kyra to give the proper approval, despite only two out of the five present here giving the green light with Thomas's neutral stance. A knife was a dirty weapon. Easily concealed, seemingly innocent, deceptively dangerous in the right hands. And if you believed the sort of thing, you can tell a lot about a man given his choice of friends, enemies, and weapons. Seeing how the dwarf was alone, he had no friends, and enemies? Well, we all had enemies didn't we? So why did he seem so intent on joining up their little investigation?

"So uh, Sir Dwarf, Apologizes for telling you off the other night, but you must understand the circumstances. But I do have one question to ask, if I recall you were a barber, that was your claim yes? Do tell, where does a barber learn to fight with a knife?"

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@JBRam2002

It's fine, although it was to be an aside to Tessa after she made her address. Which is why I'd say she sat back down since he's not very loud. I mean it's not like the whole bar suddenly stopped all noises just to hear people talking across the bar, so I figured if you're not within two feet of an old Cleric you might not hear him very well.

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@JBRam2002

Just for reference, Kethan is speaking only to Tessa so far as they make their plans. He's not being loud at all.
So maybe Tessa might be named, but you'd have to be listening to the Cleric over the booming voices of the others since he's just speaking to one person, not the entire tavern.

Edit: Although technically I could have had Kethan use that Cleric's cantrip and make his Voice Mysteriously Boom, the Ground Tremble, and the Doors and Windows suddenly slam shut.

Which of course is the plan should a Spy attempt to go running to the mayor actually magically slam the door on the fleeing informant and them proceed to interrogate him. Making a joke that if you won't confess, then he'll just have to let the others in their newly formed party hurt you until he's out of healing for the day. Then they can kill him, and when that's done, he will see if your spirit is more talkative, and if that's not enough incentive to talk, Tessa could always use another mindless zombie to serve her biddng.

Morally Neutral Clerics are fun :D!