Jadeite Harley, Eldritch Knight Your everyday adventurer now enhanced with a smartphone! (modern!DnD verse Jade Harley ||Single-verse,semi-selective|| sidebar image done by @jmadorran as commission. do not steal!)
She was mulling over the buy, arms folded and drifting in between two sets of armour. Practicality vs pretty protection. Pretty hard choice in life of knight, who actually enjoyed looking nice now and then. Still, something told her that light step armour will work much better with her personal style of a fight. Now it came time to bargaining. She looked the seller up and down. It was an older looking model of a dwarf. She will have to play it well, dwarfs knew their shit when it came to armour and pricing their product. Yet, those 50 gold less would really work well for her.
She shuffled closer and shined the dwarf brightest smile she could muster.
The dwarf only stared her down with tired face of ‘i-am-already-done-with-this-shit’
Undefeated by the look, Jade snapped her fingers and pointed to the armour she was interested in.
‘Well then, master armourer, as you probably noticed, I would be more then interested in that armour, there is just one thing, I was thinking, you and me, we can make a deal.’ She raised her hands to stop him, when he was opening his mouth ‘Let me lay it down first. So, You sell me that armour little cheaper, say, fifty gold. I use it to win in that silly tournament and I give you half a price, which I believe would be 500 gold. Doesn’t it sound like win-win?’
[Persuasion check
Difficulty: 16
Roll bonus: +2 (CHA)
Roll: 15 (+2) = 17
Success!]
Dwarf was eyeing her for a good minute, grumbling and huffing, clearly not fully happy with an offer, but scanning her, pondering whether she had any chance of actually scoring that victory. Jade huffed and snapped her fingers, tiny sparkles of electricity jumping between her fingers, as she casted the shocking grasp cantrip. The dwarf huffed louder and continued to eye her, until he finally stated.
‘You are confident you are going to win, human girl?’
She swallowed the ‘insult’ and folded her arms slowly, her gaze moving over towards the crowd gathering around the ring. There was just more of those full of themselves man and boys, way too sure of their victory judging on size alone.
‘I am from Order of Fallen Stars, all of them are untrained rookies. Unless someone shockingly skilled arrive last minute, it’s an easy win’
She stated, simply, showing off confidence. Not that she was completely sure of it, but not believing in her abilities would be kind of a bad choice altogether. Dwarf hesitates for seconds more but finally reaches out his hand.
‘You got balls bargaining with dwarf, little girl. Deal. Just don’t try and play me, or there will be consequences’
His handshake was strong, almost made her hand hurt. Moments later, she was in possession of amazing armour, far less ridiculous than the previous one and her pouch remained heavy with additional fifty coin. The armour was stuffed into her bag of holding, making sure it won’t be stolen. She still had some time to kill.
Happy with the result of the little bargain, she turned and gasped at the strand on the left from dwarf. Magically enchanted animals were moving across the wooden counter, dogs attempting to lick hands of enchanted children and cats curiously pushing tiny grains to the ground. She shuffled closer, placing a fox on her palm, watching it chase its own tail.
[Unexpected event, rolled for succesfully]
Suddenly, the ground shook and loud, rambling nose, almost like a distant thunder passed through the square. But instead of looking to the sky, everyone looked at the ground which was suddenly shifting and cracking forming deep, black chasms all over the place. People at the back of the square started falling down the darkness, distant screams and muffled sounds of pain accompanying them on the way. She froze only for second, instinct kicking in right away.
[Acrobatics check to avoid falling into one of the chasms
Difficulty: 13
Acrobatic bonus: +7 (DEX)
Roll: 8 (+7) = 15
Success!]
She jumped away, almost last minute into island in between the cracking chasms. She only managed to stare in terror as the giant black pit sucked in stands next to her. The dwarf grunted as one of his heavier armours hit him in the back and he attempted to grasp at something, anything, to not fall down. Jade shoot forward, again, jumping from one island to another in attempt to grab the man and pull him up.
[Acrobatics check to get there ein time and not slip
Difficulty: 15
Acrobatic bonus: +7 (DEX)
Roll: 11 (+7) = 18
Success!]
She managed to find herself in right spot, at right time, her hand grasping at the forearm of the rather heavy man. She was watching fear and confusion in his eyes. Cmon, Jade, you managed to get here, now, one last struggle, just pull him up. The thoughts rushed through her mind as she dug her heels into unstable ground and attempted to pull man back up.
[Athletics check to help dwarf armourer up
Difficulty: 15
Acrobatic bonus: +0 (STR)
Roll: nat20 (+0) = 20
UBERSuccess!]
Somehow the adrenaline rush and deep desire to save that one life given her strength. She groaned and pulled that man up, almost effortlessly, backing away towards more stable ground. Just in time, because the black chasms but started shooting weird, dark lightning about four feet up in the air. She gasped and covered her lips watching as it striked a woman running off and turned her into dust. Suddenly everything turned into chaos, but the dwarf found moment to find some black humour in him.
‘I suppose it would be right and possible last time to introduce myself. I am Blorg the Hammerhead. And I think you owe me 50 gold.’
Usually that would cause her to snort, but right now, she was trying to figure out what the hell to do.
What should she do?
(You guys can make a decision on her action, for which I will later throw d20 dice and decide how well she succeeded, please send the actions into ask box.)
1) Attempt to find a source of the magic
2) Try and contact Rose to come and get help, asap.
3) Attempt to get out of there fast!
4) Other (free option for you guys to run wild with)
There was one weird thought to have. She blinked, pondering, how that even entered her mind. If she had knowledge of the storywriter, she might have said something about filthy Homestucks, but alas she did not. So slowly, she looked down and stared at her own hands, ever so slowly digging them out of the pockets of her pants. That was far less comfortable than before, but the arms were retrieved, successfully. Wiggling her fingers in the air, palms at the height of her chest, she looked like a deeply confused idiot. The mission was a success. As she mumbled under her breath, sometime, somewhere in the world a portal opened up dropping pair of clay hands on the grass, spooking a group of rabbits.
After few moments of that fascinating action, she huffed and shook her head, moving towards the fighting ring outside of the main square. There were a couple people handing about, but it seemed the duelling board was not filled up yet. Rolling her shoulders, she pushed forward, feeling the amused gaze of two tall village men. At least none of them dared to whistle or catcall her, or she might end up duelling them a little early. The person behind improvised stand was a young boy. His pale skin was peppered with red marks, signs of puberty hitting him hard. The linen shiret hanged on his thin shoulders, but he had a nice smile, so he felt like much better company than the testosterone filled jokes on the side. He was most likely forced to commit this job but local school he was part of.
‘I would like to sign up for the tournament.’
She stated, calmly, a little smile forming on her lips. The boy eyed her, head to toes. She tried to focus on his face and ignore the fact his hormone driven mind was definitely doing things to her, she would never agree for.
‘Mi-Milady for tournament?’ He sounded a little surprised and Jade did her best to fight the eyeroll in response. As progressive world was small towns like this still tend to have weird backwards idea that women made worse warriors.
‘Yes, melady for the tournament. Now be as kind as to sign Jadeitte Harley there. I believe it costs ten silver’ And after that she threw ten coins onto the table, arms folded and eyeing the boy with expression that must have clearly stated she was losing her patience, because he dived in for the piece of chalk and scribbled her name of the board. He followed with stuttering statement, which almost made her feel bad.
‘T-tourname-ment s-s-starts in h-hour, mi-miss…’
‘Yeah, I will be here.’
And with that, she turned on her heel, moving back towards the stands.
She had an hour to kill. It would not hurt to find some armour that would be more suitable for tournament, even if her usual one served as great distraction. People rarely focused on the fight as much, when they were laughing.
Still, she would rather avoid that outcome this time, so she strolled across the blacksmith stands, trying to spot anything that would catch her eye and take place of her usual fight outfit.
[Investigation roll (INT)
Difficulty: 13
IINV bonus: +3
Roll: 11 (+3) = 14
SUCCESS!]
She really did not had much hopes, but suddenly, she stopped midway and turned around. She did not believe she missed it before. There were two sets that interested her right off the bat. One was beautiful, intricate peace presented clearly on armour stand. It looked like piece that might have belonged to someone important or served as armour for woman that needed to present herself properly. It was clearly a solid work, one that would protect her well, but it was solid bit of metal, which also slowed her down.
((HERE))
The other one looked less elegant but she could sense gentle magic emanating of off it. The note next to it, marked it as ‘Armour of light step.’ She heard of them, they were pretty hard to make and felt absically weightless, while keeping the properties of medium armour.
((HERE))
She pulled her lips together.
Choices, choices.
What should she do?
(You guys can make a decision on her action, for which I will later throw d20 dice and decide how well she succeeded, please send the actions into ask box.)
1) Choose armour (make a pick!) and buy it.
2) Save up for something to get in bigger town, go retrieve your old armour after all.
3) Oooh, are those enchanted wooden animals on next stand?
4) Other (free option for you guys to run wild with)
nope! i mean like i have lime blood and they have red! they tend to act a lot more like how my brother acts too, bUt like. a mix. i’ve met my sister (adopted) like this, that’s her in the pictUre as well as an alternate of yoUrs we were close to.
bUt i’ve met alts of myself, in red, who hated my gUts and toUrtUred me when they got their hands on me, i have a scar. i’ve met an alternate who ended Up the lady version of a creatUre known as lord english that we had to take down.
bUt likewise i’ve met alternates who are lime too and gosh what sweeties. (not that red calliopes can’t be sweeties they’re jUst UsUally sweet and soUr <nods>)
oooh! well that makes slightly mroe sense if still not completely infernal lot more! (granted u all look adorable and precious!)
heck! ginger me? now thats something i thought i would never see tho!
so what ya trying to say they might be alts and varied alts but in general all of them are different? that is kind of a comforting thought!
Festival, right. She was ought to leave soon if she did not want to miss all the attractions. Still holding the book close to her chest, she moved back to her room, placing the book in her locked chest. As she looked outside the window, the narrow streets were already filling out with crowds of travellers, merchants, excited kids and occasional pickpockets. She made sure to loosen her pouch and leave only amount she thought she needed. If she actually discovered some rare, more expensive ‘treasure’ among the rows of merchant stands, she can always come back for more coin.
It took additional ten minutes to braid her hair and hide few more weapons on her person, just in case. Better prepared than sorry. She close the window, covered the bed and locked the door of the room, running downstairs and leaving the inn, on light feet, pacing towards square where everything was happening.
Even from afar she could already hear the loud announcement of town speaker (screamer) and excited hums of the townsfolk and the guests. After about ten minutes of manoeuvring in between groups of people, the knight was greeted with colourful display. The round square was filled with merchant stands, placed in two rows outside of the centre. Right in the centre was a scene, divided in four parts, each presenting different arts and crafts. There were wizards showing off their magic, bards, theatres and other fascinating arts. In between those and the stands, there were sculptors, engineers and painters, calling over to either show off their art or to propose a portrait and handmade piece.
Behind the square there was large patch of grass, surrounded with wooden fence, where she could see some teenagers ‘knocking heads’ or fighting with wooden swords. She assumed this was where the duelling contest will happen later. Honestly, her head was spinning and there was too much to see and explore.
What should she do?
(You guys can make a decision on her action, for which I will later throw d20 dice and decide how well she succeeded, please send the actions into ask box.)
1) Sign up for the duelling tournament!
2) Go watch the performances!
3) Go look for some new armour, god damn it.
4) Other (free option for you guys to run wild with)
different colored versions of you? colorswapped? ok you will need to like elaborate on that part! because i suppose u dont mean like blonde me vs brunette me!
man like that just sounds crazy doesnt it? but i guess i should not be surprised since i know a guy who can detach his head and walk around like nothing!
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