jakarta
2018-07-19, 10:19 AM
The Magistrate stands outside your cells.
"There is enough collective guilt held by your kind, that our gallows may stretch your necks at dawn, and by noon your heads will man pikes on the outer wall to frighten others of your ilk from approaching our town.
Yet.... our soothsayer says that, though not pure, your hearts are redeemable.
Yet... I hear honesty in your voices and words.
But...I do not trust you.
Fair or not, I don't know that your kind can be redeemed.
So I will give you a test, albeit a difficult one.
I have received word that my nephew has fallen in battle.
Giants have attacked the counties northwest of here. My nephew, Fredrick, volunteered to join the fight against them, and in that fight he gave his life.
I have 2 tasks for you to prove your worth, honesty, and value.
First, for the good of the civilized peoples, bring me the head of the Chieftain of the Hill Giants. We know that he is organizing them, and massing a force of giants that can only be for invasion. Some sinister force more intelligent than giants must be sponsoring them, but the most I can hope from you is to remove their tool, the chieftain, from the table. Whoever is behind getting the giants to work together would then need to reorganize the Hill Giant as the strongest of that tribe fight each other to become the new chief.
Second, my family's ancestral sword was carried by my nephew and is now treasure of some giant. We know that much of the treasure taken by the giants is accumulated at the Steading of the Hill Giant Chieftain. Find the Great Sword Ralphel. It is silvered and covered in gold filigree. It will speak to you if you touch it.
If you accept a ranger will lead you on the trek to the Giant's fort. If you refuse, the hangman will lead you to the gallows."
so...
The elf ranger only introduced himself as E.R. or Eare? Doesn't really matter to you.
He lead you on the fortnight journey, pacing you double time for most of it over rough foot hills.
He has become less sever towards you. At first he seemed angry to be leading you instead of a proper strikeforce, but now he dosesn't seem to hold that against you personally, though he would still much prefer a team of Elf Rangers, or Human paladins, or Dwarven warriors.... anything other than a hodgepodge of goblins. As though the treat of the giants isn't being taken seriously.... But he will work with what he has been given.
You arrive at a cave under the cover of night. The occupant, another elven ranger introduced only as L.G.S., seems to want to shoot all of you, but E.R. seems to have silently talked him down...somehow.
After allowing you to rest, E.R. shows you an assortment of equipment (occ) and a poster.
The poster seems to show a squat creature falling into a toothy reptilian maw.
R.L doesn't know what to make of it, but these posters are allover the forest, and have been found carried by giant that the rangers have picked off.
The rangers only attack lone giants who won't be missed, and when they are far enough from the others that there is a good chance the body can be concealed. The rangers are charged with tracking the giants and providing reports. The rangers will not risk their mission by being discovered, and will not participate in your attack.
The moon glyphs on the map indicate some thing on the full moon in 2 nights. Large numbers of giants have been gathering, including at least one fog giant. Another huge giant has been spotted, but they weren't close enough to make out the type.
The giants also ship out caravans of treasure regularly. These follow trails into the mountains.
so, the number of giants is increasing daily. Do you want to attack now before more arrive, or try to get them all at once?
The Steading is 5 miles from this concealed cave.
What do you want to do?
"There is enough collective guilt held by your kind, that our gallows may stretch your necks at dawn, and by noon your heads will man pikes on the outer wall to frighten others of your ilk from approaching our town.
Yet.... our soothsayer says that, though not pure, your hearts are redeemable.
Yet... I hear honesty in your voices and words.
But...I do not trust you.
Fair or not, I don't know that your kind can be redeemed.
So I will give you a test, albeit a difficult one.
I have received word that my nephew has fallen in battle.
Giants have attacked the counties northwest of here. My nephew, Fredrick, volunteered to join the fight against them, and in that fight he gave his life.
I have 2 tasks for you to prove your worth, honesty, and value.
First, for the good of the civilized peoples, bring me the head of the Chieftain of the Hill Giants. We know that he is organizing them, and massing a force of giants that can only be for invasion. Some sinister force more intelligent than giants must be sponsoring them, but the most I can hope from you is to remove their tool, the chieftain, from the table. Whoever is behind getting the giants to work together would then need to reorganize the Hill Giant as the strongest of that tribe fight each other to become the new chief.
Second, my family's ancestral sword was carried by my nephew and is now treasure of some giant. We know that much of the treasure taken by the giants is accumulated at the Steading of the Hill Giant Chieftain. Find the Great Sword Ralphel. It is silvered and covered in gold filigree. It will speak to you if you touch it.
If you accept a ranger will lead you on the trek to the Giant's fort. If you refuse, the hangman will lead you to the gallows."
so...
The elf ranger only introduced himself as E.R. or Eare? Doesn't really matter to you.
He lead you on the fortnight journey, pacing you double time for most of it over rough foot hills.
He has become less sever towards you. At first he seemed angry to be leading you instead of a proper strikeforce, but now he dosesn't seem to hold that against you personally, though he would still much prefer a team of Elf Rangers, or Human paladins, or Dwarven warriors.... anything other than a hodgepodge of goblins. As though the treat of the giants isn't being taken seriously.... But he will work with what he has been given.
You arrive at a cave under the cover of night. The occupant, another elven ranger introduced only as L.G.S., seems to want to shoot all of you, but E.R. seems to have silently talked him down...somehow.
After allowing you to rest, E.R. shows you an assortment of equipment (occ) and a poster.
The poster seems to show a squat creature falling into a toothy reptilian maw.
R.L doesn't know what to make of it, but these posters are allover the forest, and have been found carried by giant that the rangers have picked off.
The rangers only attack lone giants who won't be missed, and when they are far enough from the others that there is a good chance the body can be concealed. The rangers are charged with tracking the giants and providing reports. The rangers will not risk their mission by being discovered, and will not participate in your attack.
The moon glyphs on the map indicate some thing on the full moon in 2 nights. Large numbers of giants have been gathering, including at least one fog giant. Another huge giant has been spotted, but they weren't close enough to make out the type.
The giants also ship out caravans of treasure regularly. These follow trails into the mountains.
so, the number of giants is increasing daily. Do you want to attack now before more arrive, or try to get them all at once?
The Steading is 5 miles from this concealed cave.
What do you want to do?