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D&D / Re: D&D Campaign Thread: Winter of our Malcontents
Last post by MartinM -
"Right, because we're all identical," I retort. "Look, I'm not 'a ghost'; I'm me. We don't need to explain a damn thing, any more than we need to explain why anyone else is where they are."
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D&D / Re: D&D Campaign Thread: Winter of our Malcontents
Last post by jussr -
"Useful," I reply briskly. "Regardless of how we handle your... metaphysical status, we still need to explain your presence with me, however. And, indeed, my business here; I come to this region to visit my intended, and she certainly has no need of a ghost."
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D&D / Re: D&D Campaign Thread: Winter of our Malcontents
Last post by MartinM -
"Or we could just go with 'yeah, I'm a ghost, get over it'," I reply. "Speaking of your magic, what actually is it?"
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D&D / Re: D&D Campaign Thread: Winter of our Malcontents
Last post by jussr -
I roll my eyes, but then say thoughtfully, "My own magic has something of a concealing effect on me, much of the time; we could perhaps pass your own appearance off as a simple magical effect without getting into the details."
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D&D / Re: D&D Campaign Thread: Winter of our Malcontents
Last post by MartinM -
"We could just say I had a slight accident with an invisibility potion," I suggest.
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D&D / Re: D&D Campaign Thread: Winter of our Malcontents
Last post by Aden -
"Soothsayer," I say, peering dubiously at an undercooked black pudding. "Out here people expect weirdness and undead. And Mari is both."
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D&D / Re: D&D Campaign Thread: Winter of our Malcontents
Last post by jussr -"We were told to respect the chain of command, except for addressing each other by rank or saluting."
"Irregular," I reply, frowning slightly. "But if General ir'Dulinch so commands, very well. As to our identities here and as we travel, there is little point to my pretending to be anyone other than whom I am; I was in this very town when I received my orders, and pass through the area commonly enough on personal business. Master Olegov I can introduce as a friend of the family or travelling companion, while Valenae and Palatinate will do as attendant and guard; I sent my manservant on before taking up this command, and will be expected to have one. The ghost remains a difficulty," I say, my frown deepening.
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D&D / Re: D&D Campaign Thread: Winter of our Malcontents
Last post by Teshi -
[Now I want breakfast.]
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D&D / Re: D&D Campaign Thread: Winter of our Malcontents
Last post by Diogenes -[Arcana check for whether anything seemed off to me about the dream? 17+11=28]
"Now," I say over breakfast in the private dining area, neatly cutting into my gammon steak. "Explain to me this secret mission business. You were told to hide your allegiance to the military?"
"Ah, yes," I reply in a soft voice while tucking my beard into my gambeson. "I'm not at all surprised that you would deduce we were on a secret mission, given our lack of insignia or uniform."
I pluck up a baked egg, ensphered in bread crumbs and sausage mince, and take a bite. Steam rises from the remaining half, its center staring back at me like a yellow eye. I chew thoughtfully, drifting momentarily back to the dream of the lake before returning to the matter at hand.
"We were told to respect the chain of command, except for addressing each other by rank or saluting."
I 'toast' Karlach with the remaining half-egg and pop it in my mouth.
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D&D / Re: D&D Campaign Thread: Winter of our Malcontents
Last post by chaoschristian -
[I dismiss the dream as one of a more pleasant variety of the several nightmares I typically encounter during any given sleep.]