Ingmar will try to take him down with his shield, and then Axe to any possible weapons he may have. But hopefully I can just knock him unconscious with the shield while the others debate.
BORK BORK BORK!
That sounds like an action to me.
You manage to hit him on the back. 1 injury level.
He crawls back into the hole, or attempts to. He’s not very fast.
Does he look like a big guy? I ask the others to help me restrain him.
Meanwhile- one more bop to the head again to try to knock him out.
“State your name and purpose for being here if you wish to not be harmed further than this!” states Ingmar as he swings.
He’s average in build.
You whack him again – This time on the head. 2 more ILs for a total of three.
“Ow! Stop ‘ittin’ me! I just wanna get out of 'ere! Please!”
uh… how many IL can a normal guy take? Will at some point he just fall unconscious or will he die?
“Why you running away then? Why don’t you answerink my Quextions? Why were you followink us?”
Ingmar will try to pull the guy back away from the hole/exit.
if he gets aggressive or tries to continue to flee we bop him again on the head.
As few as one and as many as eighteen with extreme bad or good luck. At three it could go either way, about 50/50.
He’s lying prone with his hands over his head. “I’m tryin’ to follow you out to safety. I don’t want them critters to get me!”
“Hmm… Okiedokie. Can we tie you up then and you can come with us, no?”
I waggle the axe at him to warn him of no funny business.
Then hopefully we have some rope and can tie this fellow up. (Hands behind his back and around his legs and all.
If he doesn’t agree. I bop him again with the shield again tryink to make him unconscious.
In the meantimes, while we ties him up- small talk!
“Wat is your name? Why were you in dere?”
“Just get me out of this ‘orrible place! Tie me if you have to. I’m Tarwal. I was hiding in the caves because I fou-, uh, to get out o’ the rain. Them critters attacked me and I was trapped.”
“… is there anyone else in dere?”
Ingmar will tie him up and escort him out then (hopefully the others will follow).
“wait! Wat did you juss say? Wat did you be findink?” Ingmar will ask him when he’s properly tied up and give him a light bop (not an attacking one, just a quick rap on the head) and if he doesn’t answer another quick rap on the head. But hopefully we can make with the leavink soon.
(As I’ve gotta go myself IRL soon).
“Ow! In the chest. Bad thing! Need to get rid of it!”
“Fair enough. Let’s be makink wit da haste and gets outs of here den.”
Ingmar will keep the prisoner restrained and guard him as he leaves the Cave (keeping his axe on the ready to pop him if needed with the blunt side).
Other than that, I’ll leave this for another adventurer, as I’ve got to go.
Ingmar will otherwise just continue to make small talk with the prisoner in hopes of learning something more about his purpose, and why he thinks it’s bad.
He will also follow the others out of here (in case they all leave and I’m not here to RP)
You manage to make it all the way out of the cave, in posession of Kial, Tarwal, and the chest.
It’s nighttime now. Brunis’s brother is outside waiting for you.
He’s a liar. Let’s get out of here for now and get the info later.
Well, that was quick.
“I think we need to get the child back to his family as soon as possible, but due the circumstances I think we need to take them all up to meet with the lord. He can decide what to do with that one.”
Two bits of information that I forgot to mention in the midst of all the action:
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Kial mentions that he was chased by the creatures.
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So does Tarwal. He makes a reference to his bandaged left knee, which is… fragrent.
“That sounds good. We may want to stop about halfway there and see to that knee, though.”
You make your way out of the woods and onto the path next to the field of daisies. Ahead of you is the village, to your right is the manor. Your torches are beginning to fail. Narus will go up to the manor to wake Sir Mayald.