CasualViking
Welcome to the campfire channel. This is a bit of an experiment. The idea is to provide an avenue for exploring settlements and NPCs without dragging down the plot and action.

Currently, the campfire channel covers scenes aboard the  Kaava Cutter , the ship taking you to the settlement of Pridon's Hearth.

Rules for the campfire channel:
*No combat.
*Loose chronology.
*Keep skullduggery to a minimum - if you get caught, you're caught.
CasualViking
Aboard the Kaava Cutter, as you sail from Sargava to Pridon's Hearth, you have noticed 4 individuals.


 
 Annabella Tullia  (female half-elf): Garbed in a radiant red dress and a constant glower.
 

 
 Gallio Menius  (male human aristocrat): A particularly rotund young noble. A dozen indentured laborers, who spend most of their time guarding boxes of personal effects and farming equipment, accompany the young entrepreneur on what is clearly his first trip away from Eleder.
 
 Mr. Blackwell  (male human):
A sharply dressed man. His half-dozen travelling companions defer to him.
 

 
 Umuzu  (female Mwangi human): A seasoned looking woman, carrying a well-used backpack.
Escheton
 

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A simple dressed half-elven women is keeping a low but positive profile. Keeping an eager ear out for gossip and other information that might lead to a house to infiltrate. Gallio Menius seems the likely candidate. But the woman in red absolutely fascinates. Her choice of carrying herself the complete opposite. Overt, sensual, angry. She loved it and planned to find out the motivations of this mystery woman.

  "Lets start with  choosing a color and font for speech!"  , Elisa excitedly meta-narrates, non-cannonly.  " And thought, for that matter. " , she then thinks to herself, knowing that italics don't always mesh with certain colors and fonts. 

 


 

 
 Spoiler: OOC/Rolls 
for rolls and such
 

 
 Spoiler: Statblock 
insert status and such here
 
Benoojian
Rorina was a heavyset short dark woman in leather armor and a patchwork multicolor skirt. She was holed up in a corner with one of the indentured servants, reading his fortune with her enchanted Harrow deck,   "Yes, I see love in your future and 3, no 4 children. You will be happy if you can only make it through the storm."  
 
 Spoiler: 3 Card Reading 
 (3d52)[ 39 ][ 4 ][ 12 ](55) 
 
Merilan
Riu is serving as one of the Kaava Cutter's physicians.  She's a blue-haired young woman of eastern origin, though her skin has some scale-like patches upon them; she's dressed in a doctor's coat and a simple gown of modest means underneath.  One of her arms rather clearly doesn't appear to be functioning, though she seems adept enough at her work even so.

"  And if you take this remedy before you sleep, the fever should go down soon,  " explains Riu to her patient.  "  It may be a bit bitter, so you can have honey with it if you'd like.  "

The doctor rises up from her seat and steps out towards the shared rooms, and looks somewhat curious at the deck reading happening.

"  Good evening,  " Riu greets with a faint smile.  "  Is that a kind of divination you're performing?  "
Benoojian
 
 Originally Posted by Merilan 
 The doctor rises up from her seat and steps out towards the shared rooms, and looks somewhat curious at the deck reading happening.

"  Good evening,  " Riu greets with a faint smile.  "  Is that a kind of divination you're performing?  " 
 

Rorina's eyes light up as the girl approaches her. She shoos the servant boy away now that his reading is done.

  "Oh yes, true Varisian fortune telling, there's nothing like it across the Inner Seas. A few coins and I could look into your fortunes."   She hadn't charged the indentured servant anything, mostly because she'd be surprised if he had two coppers to rub together. Not like this well armed adventurer.   "This deck was passed down through my mother's line and it channels real magic."   She tossed a card off the side of the boat where it exploded into a ball of light then the card reappeared in her hand.

  "Do you dare to look into your own future?"  
 
 Spoiler: Blast Mechanics 
Radiant Blast Explosive Sphere 5ft square, 0SP, no blood required, no specific card required
 
Merilan
Riu lowers herself to a squatting position, careful to keep her balance given her arm.  She wasn't visibly armed, but she definitely had the look of a traveler who had more on her than an indentured servant.

The spectacle of light was definitely very impressive, and her smile widens just a little further.  Riu was pretty intrigued by divinations, even if she wasn't certain of their power.  She reaches to her pouch and places a silver coing down.  "  Very well.  Here's a silver.  My name is Riu, by the way.  I'm acting as the ship doctor.  What of you?"  
Hackmandu
Rowena hunched her shoulders in and drew her hood tighter against the weather as she passed a deckhand tying knots incorrectly for the fourth time.  She shuddered as the instinct to sharply correct the boy nearly overwhelmed her, but hurried away yet again, determined not to rock the boat.  As she made her way towards the bow, she saw the Mwangi passenger again, a woman who, judging by her garb and outlook, seemed used to the environs they'd be arriving to shortly.

Sidling up to Umuzu, Rowena ventured a lame opening.    "Not, uh, your first time traveling this way, eh?"    She winced at herself as the other woman turned to regard her.    "I mean, got any pointers for surviving Sargava?"     Nailed it, Rowena,   she berated herself for how stiff she came across.
CasualViking
Umuzu takes a moment to reply to Rowena.  "Yes. If you're going into the jungle, get a local guide, and pay them well" . She briefly cracks a genuine-seeming grin, before assuming a serious scowl again.
Benoojian
 
 Originally Posted by Merilan 
 The spectacle of light was definitely very impressive, and her smile widens just a little further.  Riu was pretty intrigued by divinations, even if she wasn't certain of their power.  She reaches to her pouch and places a silver coing down.  "  Very well.  Here's a silver.  My name is Riu, by the way.  I'm acting as the ship doctor.  What of you?"   
 

"Let us see what the cards have in store for you,"

 
 Spoiler: Drawing 
 (3d52)[ 9 ][ 13 ][ 1 ](23) 
 
Benoojian
 
 Originally Posted by Benoojian 
 "Let us see what the cards have in store for you," 
 

The first card is upside down but shows a Crown of thorns. "For your past we have the Ace of Kings, reversed. That means great power but great tragedy. Perhaps you are running from something."

The second card is five Kings pointing their overlapping swords at each other in the shape of a star "The Five of Kings form a pentagram, and mean possibilities, as your Present it suggests you may have far too many directions to go to seek your goal."

The third card is a Knight in full armor kneeling, "The Ace of Knights signifies an oath, and suggests that your quest's best end will be found in keeping your word and in holding to your sense of self rather than looking for easy answers."
Merilan
Riu listens to Rorina's explanation, and then chuckles faintly with a nod.    "That could describe a great many of us, who've chosen to take flight on a ship to a new land, doesn't it?  But, I take your advice well to heart regardless.  I imagine when we step foot on lan, we'll be overwhelmed with choices nonetheless.  Unless you already have something in mind, miss...?"  
Benoojian
 
 Originally Posted by Merilan 
 Riu listens to Rorina's explanation, and then chuckles faintly with a nod.    "That could describe a great many of us, who've chosen to take flight on a ship to a new land, doesn't it?  But, I take your advice well to heart regardless.  I imagine when we step foot on lan, we'll be overwhelmed with choices nonetheless.  Unless you already have something in mind, miss...?"   
 

  "My divinations are not as powerful as my Evocations, I admit, so I often speak in generalities. If I have my way, a place will be prepared and the next ship of settlers will be full of my people ready to start a town of our own."   Rorina waves a hand and the cards shoot back into the deck which disappears into a voluminous sleeve.   "So, are you running from or running to something?"  
CasualViking
 

A map of Pridon's Hearth, pieced together from tavern talk. Ignore the "meeting place" marker. The entire town is open for "campfire visits", and the ship still is.