Beginning with big picture stuff, if there is a king of varisia, to whom do we owe fealty as lords of this fort? Directly to the king, or the mayor? I'd just as soon ignore the mayor as well, since expediency seems to be his priority, and I feel like he, at least, thinks he's playing us. If our exploits have earned anything politically, I'd just as soon send to the king (assuming he's a stand up guy) and throw in with him independent of Magnimar. That would increase our jurisdiction, allow us to ignore the mayor with appropriate impunity, and maybe establish a better, more stable context for our ranks/reputation/collective and individual status.
Magnimar has the goods, and justice is important, but is this giant a POW or a captured brigand? To be fair, no townspeople were harmed in the making of this film. We have clear intent, but we can't charge him with murder. We should recall that when we determine his fate. Our personal exposure to Magnimar's justice system does not fill me with confidence that we should leave the decision to them. A shopping expedition would be useful before we try to attack the giants. We could send requests that maybe get answered Thurs, if that's on the plan.
The giants' loyalty/morale/ethos? Are they mercenaries, true believers? We still do not (at least I don't) understand why everybody involved in this has to be tattooed or carved or branded with this symbol. Does it make some magical difference in where their soul ends up? If it tips the balance against us, would a mass erase scroll or an erase wand be a useful object? Or is it just some distasteful fashion trend? If Gunrus is not really loyal to the magic user, but only afraid, what steps might we take to isolate the troops from their "leader?" I'm sure he has an inner circle, but can we siphon off the ground troops? Just for trivia (not really) do giants eat humans?
Rebranding, which requires we meet up.
Current loot, which includes giant stuff and dragon remains, anything Dothan discovered, etc The water creation stone in the bag might be a tool they planned to use to unearth their target (assuming their intel was right) Their presumption seems to be that it was portable (although giant portable isn't necessarily human portable).
Of the above, much of that is just Darcs deciding what we can know. When together, we should spend a few minutes deciding what's up with Gunrus (given what we know), maybe some small minutes on rebranding details, and whatever it takes to run the search (again given what we know from research, etc) Then we can shop and maybe begin the giant expedition.Statistics: Posted by bralbovsky — Wed Oct 19, 2016 8:56 pm
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