July 11th

Continued from Arriving in Stavanger

The DM: You awake. The rain was heavy all day yesterday and it continues this morning when you wake up. The main storm has passed over, with black clouds and lightning in the afternoon on the 10th. This morning, it is just grey and steady rain. Despite the rain, the temperature is in fact pleasant, so that standing out in the rain is strangely comfortable (for natives) rather than chilling. It is 9 a.m. in the morning. There is a gentle breeze blowing from the southwest.

Vafrandir: You mentioned the fighters should add Military Engineering to our sage studies. Should we assign points or wait until you've addressed it?

The DM: Assign points. I have only the one ability thus far; I don't have time to work on it at present. There's always something else. Let me know when you have amateur knowledge and you want to build a fort.

Marcule:in

Pandred: Out.

Vafrandir: How long will it take us to procure 5 sappers and 1 cook?

The DM: A roll says 3 days.

Vafrandir: Very good. That's acceptable to me to stay here for a few days. I've marked off food for the 2 hires back in Treborg. I'll put Nadia up in the public house as well if she'd like for the time we're here.

Lexent: Fine by me as well. If my skills aren't of particular use in the search, I can go assist the gnomes in the hospital here.

The DM: We can cut to the chase. Four men, two women, and the cook is a man. Looking for names.

The DM: Randomly rolled from Norwegian names: Norwegian sappers named Arvid (male) & Helga (female). A Norwegian female sapper named Marit. A Norwegian cook named Ole. A Dane male sapper named Asger. And an Icelandic male sapper named Bjarni.

Lexent: I assume we deduct that first month cost now and keep track that it will be due again on the 11th of each month?

The DM: Yes that's right.

Lexent: Deducted.

Marcule: Sorry guys out for the rest see you tuesday

Lexent: Anything keeping us from accounting for these three days and moving to the morning of the 14th?

The DM: Regarding Arvid’s charisma: he proves impossible not to hire; it takes Vafrandir less than two minutes before he feels compelled to put out his hand. Arvid is fair, in that he would be recognized as attractive in a room full of people; he is a pleasure to be around, warm, receptive, interesting to listen to and says the sort of things that an employer wants to hear about a willingness to work and get things done. Adding his weight, you'll see that Arvid is irrepressibly jolly as well.

The DM: We can skip ahead; Pandred and Marcule are out, so if Lexent wishes to do nothing else, count your food and your room cost, then figure out if your boat will take your weight, your new purchases, your equipment and the six new people. I’ll add weight to the table.

Vafrandir: I'll figure the boat's load once we have the weights.

Lexent: How is the weather on the morning of the 14th, and how does Nadia feel about making the crossing?

Vafrandir: We should be at no more than 40-45% of the boat's capacity regardless of individual weights.

The DM: The morning of the 14th, the weather is clear, cool and with a fresh breeze blowing straight from the direction of Treborg.

Lexent: We set out for Treborg.

Nadia: "Are you sure, sir? It'll take us 24 hours to get there with this wind in our faces; you don't want to wait for a more prepitious day? Or hour? Might be longer, 36 or 48; I've not much sail to head directly into the wind."

Vafrandir: Is there any particular equipment our sappers think may be useful given what we've conveyed about the layout of the dungeon? I'll try to be as specific as possible.

Vafrandir: I'm fine with waiting today, or until the weather is better. May we retcon purchases from Lexent and Pandred?

The DM: Shovels, picks, wood if you've got it, hooks to drag the wood, as much chain as you'll buy with a breakweight of a thousand or more, axes, as many spikes as you will, a hundred or more, wood axes ... those for sure. I'm good with a retcon if something else is wanted for those three days.

The DM: Things for underground, lanterns, torches, pottle jugs for water, a barrel of small beer if you’re willing

Lexent: Sorry, read that direction backwards. I am fine with waiting, although, if the winds change early enough today, we might still head out.