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When Gluttony(BoloBoffin) is ready to begin he will post his character details(Race, occupation, equipment, etc..) below and we will begin.
This initiation will be run the same as the other 2 and at the same time as Toff's.


Post as you need to, There is a 3 week limit from your first post, but other than that, take all the time you need.

Hokay. A few minor adjustments. There are no wooden matches in this world per se, so you'll have to make due with a tinderbox, which containes a flint and a striker, a small bit of coal, and some wood shavings. Also, while you are fully capable of carrying all of this gear, It unfortunately goes a little beyond "within reason" So I'm going to have to ask you to pare it down a little. I am all for being creative with the tools you have at your disposal, but I'm not going to allow you to conveniently have all those tools instantly at your disposal. You may have the items we discussed in the PM. A Length of rope, a portable spade/entrenching tool, A bar of soap and a hammer. And wen I say hammer I mean a hammer, not a sledge hammer. there is a biiiig difference in size and weight between the two. You also get the tinderbox. You may also choose 3 items from the assortment you posted. and I don't mean 3 torches as one choice a canteen as another and the stakes as a third. I mean a torch. or 3 torches if you want to use all three as your choices. The theif's tools (a set of 3 lockpicks and a probe) count as one item.

your weapons are fine as well. In addition to your battleaxe, you have 5 throwing knives in a bandolier.

Beyond that, I am afraid your character will just have to make do with what he can pick up.

Yeah, the amulet is fine.

So final inventory is: A Pack containing 50' of rope, a Hammer, a bar of soap, a small mirror anda flask of oil. on your belt are the folding spade, and the pouch containing your thief's tools.

You are wielding a double headed battlexe, and are carrying a bandolier of 5 throwing knives. You have 20 Body Points(BP).

If you are ready to begin I will explain the situation.

Oh sorry You have the Tinderbox as well. just forgot to mention it.

The situation is thus: One night after drinking and wenching the spoils from your latest adventure, you awake to a subtle knock at the door. It is a messanger sent by the local Duke, Vedic Brisbane. Brisbane wants you to track down a group of bandits who are using an old abandoned temple as their base of operations. Their leader, Malarus, is an expert in the black arts, and seems to have come into possession of a letter from the Duke to The Countessa of Betany containing information of a rather personal nature. It would be disasterous if this information got out. The mission is to find this letter and destroy it. If, however, you find that the seal has been broken, you will also have to kill Malarus to insure the information dies with him. You will be compensated handsomly for your efforts. Enough to keep your belly and lap full for for many long knights to come. You will be acompanied by Triskal, the half elven ranger. He is loyal to Brisbane and is there to assist in any way he can.

At the outset of this adventure you have just reached the outskirts of the temple. The temple is located in a clearing in the middle of a forest. the clearing is roughly circular, with the temple sitting about 100 feet away from the edge of the forest from any given point. You are facing north and are protected from view by the treeline. you can see the main entrance to the temple ahead of you. the temple is old and its stonework cracked and crumbling in places. It is roughly round in shape and domed at the top, but on the western side you can just make out that it branchs off slightly. The Main entrance is guarded by 2 bandits wearing rough leather armor, the one on the left is armed with a worn, but hefty broad-axe, even from where you are you can see the blade is chipped and stained... but it is still a deadly weapon. The bandit on the right is holding a rusty pick-hammer. Niether of them can see you where you are, but both are alert, and would certanly spot you if you came out from the trees.

It is now your move.

The temple is effectively one story with the main building being comprised of a high dome.

From your vantagepoint, you can see this much of the temple:



there is a crook where the main building meets the extension, but Bandit 1 would only need to turn his head to see you. There are indeed windows, but they are either boarded up or sealed with cement.

Furthermore, while you aren't sure whether or not the guards could see your footprints... its more likely that they will see you if you attempt to break cover. It is only 100 feet from the treeline to the temple. I remind you however, the tree line extends fully around the building.

The Grass itself is niether particularly dry nor wet. It comes up to about your ankles and appears to be a healthy shade of green.

The Crook of the building is nothing speciall... too wide of an angle to main tain propper concealment for very long.

The western vew of the buuilding reveals another entrance guarded by a single bandit. He is carrying a shortbow and appears agitated, as if expecting an attack at any time. Like the other bandits he is clad in rough, ramshackle leather armor, and has a longknife strapped to his hip.

He is currently scanning the treeline and fingering the arrows in his quiver nervously.

You also notice, to the northwest, a small adobe outbuilding. There is no doorway visable from your position.

As you approach the building younotice 3 things.

1. It has no roof or windows.

2 .Its dorway has no door, and faces due north.

3. It smells horrible.


Why don't you go ahead and roll a check for me. Success on a 15 or higher.

Well. You can't do much better than that.

You see something sparkling in the failing light. Even from where you are, you can make out that it is a key sticking sticking out of the pile of snking stuff in the building that can only be midden.