Buddamoose

^^the urge to correct the "an" to "a" is killing me inside 

I already have supplied an potential example.

Wait, do you think saying "I win with the town" is whats scummy? No no, that's the standard DP1 statement everyone should be making for the rare chance there is a lie-detector in the game. 👌

What sort of justification do you have for the role, if any?

Prolly shoulda put "sign-ups" in the title in retrospect 😂😂

(Something tells me those gates no longer serve the purpose of keeping things out, and rather, serve the purpose now of keeping things in.)

Goddammit, I edited again. I swear, I'm trying not to, I just immediately go to fix awkwardly worded sentences and spelling mistakes 😂. 

First off, "way too direct?" Ur gonna have to clarify what that even means. Along with clarifying why it must be a scum statement? Fmpov there are plenty of legitimate reasons why a townie would otherwise advise against an investigation. For example, if I'm commuter, it would be a waste. Which to be clear, I'm not claiming that. 

But like I said, feel free to substantiate anytime you want, I'd be more than interested to hear why it must be a scum tell and not null 😉.

Why are you asking questions you know I would have already answered had i felt it prudent or necessary. There are a variety of reasons why someone would say such a thing as town, use your imagination 👌.

When we leave this dungeon, I will scout ahead of the group as we go, using the surrounding landscape(forests and the like) to remain hidden from anyone that might be run into. 

If I see anyone or anything of particular importance or noteworthiness, I remain hidden while I assess the situation. 

(Basically trying to act in a manner that might afford an opportunity to surprise attack potential enemies and get that sweet surprise bonus 👏)

I agree, we should check that windmill out 👏👏

(A windmill you say? And I disappointingly left my clogs at home 😂)

well i suppose now we wait for others to chime in... *twiddles thumbs*

Woops, I'll just point out that I'm sorry for editing previously. The D&D game going on has gotten me in the habit of editing to correct grammatical mistakes and/or make additions to posts as opposed to creating new ones. 

I'll refrain in the future, like I said, it's become a habit at this point 😂

(call dibs on the bows we run across though 😏)

Given his sub-par claim in beginners 1.2 I'm gonna hazard a guess Rational isn't the best at fake claiming if scum, so seems as good a place to start as any. 

VTL Rational for a claim.

I win with the town(in case there is an LD). Although I would advise against investigating me, it would be a total waste of such an action 😋.

(I would say Lux should get it. Squishiest one here and it's a robe of protection. Plus, what's a wizard without the wizardly robes? 👌)

(Somebody call up "Montage Man", but keep an eye out for his nemesis, "End Credits Guy", he's usually not that far behind 😂)

(well, that "rule" is not meant to be taken literally. 😂

But I'm not against that either. Like l said, I have a disguise kit and illusory script 😏. Wouldn't be too hard for a gnome to disguise myself as the eldest of the children while another poses as my guardian who is otherwise signing off on the sale.)

(true, we could use it as a base and nobody would probably care or notice. To say we own it would be false. We'd still be squatters and fully well know we are 😂. 

And w/o the deed, nobody is gonna buy it from us 😂)

(also, accurate to what you just tried to do here: meme 😂😂)

(the deed was made out to Rose and Thorn, so unless their spirits can posthumously pass on that ownership, we don't have a rightful claim to it. However I could use illusory script or my disguise kit to otherwise sell the deed for some gold? However, we aren't likely to be able to sell the house for much given it's broken down, in disrepair, and located in a long since abandoned town. Something tells me the property values around here went down the tubes long ago 😂😂. Snerp, your resident faerun real estate agent at your service.)

(Do spellbooks allow for casting those spells without the use of a spell slot? Or would it be more allowing for their uae in lieu of needing to prep spell components? Ergo, a spellcasting focus? Or something else?)

(i hope we grabbed the glowing(?) yellow book btw. Chances are that's a spellbook and will get us a pretty penny at a merchant 👌💯)

I assist in any way I can with the identification  

(keep it secret, keep it safe 😏)

Returning from my exploration, I step out of the shadows behind Eikka in an attempt to surprise(dat jumpscare tho 😂) her.

When she looks at me, I nonchalanatly toss the ring at her. 

Just don't let tall, bulky, and scaly get at it, we'll never see it again. 😂😂

(don't Drow get faerie fire as a cantrip?)

(it appears we are pretty much done here. After Merlin ritual identifies stuff, we should exit and press onward 👏👏)

(Am I back from collecting the ring?)

(btw next time we fight something slow like the mound we just did. How about we actually kite it like I kept trying to suggest? 😂. Pay attention to speed, cause if something is slow you can keep yourself out of it's attack range, but still be able to even run up, attack it, then run back out of range again. Same concept as what I was doing with running up to heal y'all, then running back out of range 👏🔥💯. This only applies if the enemy is slow though 👌. Not trying to be snarky about it, just trying to point out that we made that last fight much harder than it otherwise had to be because we're not really using even basic tactics, strategy, and coordination so far. And we gotta start doing that, or we're prolly gonna get rekt in short order the further we go into this module. And I'd certainly like to finish the whole thing and not die partway thru 😂😂)

(ok cool)

(@Kinder- All these languages, and you pick 4 languages already known by other party members 😂😂. You'll fit in with this group just fine 😂)

I stare blankly at the Drow, then speak again in common

(I love the zeal for roleplay, but pretty sure at Level 2 as a Drow ur only gonna know undercommon and elvish. Undercommon being a simple version of common apeech, ex: "let's go over to the park today" becomes "go park today". You can understand common in speech, just can't speak, read, or write it if I recall correctly from my DM'ing days.

If for an independent reason, you actually know, what is it, 4 languages now? Then my b, but Im at a loss as to how you would know so many so early on in leveling.

Need a citation(character sheet) to believe that one 😂.)

(essentially, but never to where you'd notice me doing it 😋. You just smell like strawberries and haven't a clue as to why 😂😂)

(idk, let's just assume I keep refreshing it at convenient opportunities 🔥)

(maybe try to head back to the starting town and sell off some stuff for better equipment? 👏💯🔥. Or press forward and hope we encounter something 😂)

(I think we're pretty much done here. We should leave the basement/house.)

(I'll also have you all know, the half orc isn't smelly, I still have presdigitation on the armor goop stuff. The smell of clean 👏👏)

Ok, well, I'll take the shiny ring and head back to the group.

I fire an arrow at the skeleton and prepare to run if it reacts. 

(Not taking any chances while alone 😂)

(we have I think one potion left? No bueno on that 😂)

Do I notice anything odd about the skeleton, anything that otherwise might tip me off to it not being, well, a monster lying in wait?

(true, it could have. But explore nonetheless we shall 😂. Gotta hit that next milestone man 👏👏)

Let me stress with my action, I'm being stealthy, if I even get a hint of some shit, I stop and turn around to head back and report it.

(such is the cost of being a gnome. Nobody ever said I couldn't learn 😋)

(this intense set of fights and still only level 2 😂😂)

(no, gnomish and common)

If the Drow doesn't want to speak in common tongue, then so be it I suppose 😂. 

With a laugh I'm off into the shadows, scouting ahead down the path, checking for traps as I go so the group has a safe path forward. 

(bold in game character speech, italicize thought, put in parentheses non character non action related stuff.)

Why in the gods names are you two blithering at each other in your native tongues and not in common tongue? 😂😂.

(the next step after a potential rest fmpov would be to continue down the pathway this room diverges from 👏)