Scene II: Horsehead Ranch

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Re: Frontier Scum, Scene II: Horsehead Ranch

Post by Sly Boots » Sun May 25, 2025 9:53 pm

Does that mean those double doors are open though, if they came through them?

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Re: Frontier Scum, Scene II: Horsehead Ranch

Post by Stormbringer » Sun May 25, 2025 9:54 pm

I don't see why they shouldn't be, but thus far nobody has moved from the latrine or the eastern end of the corridor, so what's beyond them has not been revealed...
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My state more base than are the basest valleys;
I wish no evenings more to see, each evening;
Shamed, I hate myself in sight of mountains,
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Re: Frontier Scum, Scene II: Horsehead Ranch

Post by Sly Boots » Sun May 25, 2025 9:56 pm

Ah right ok, it's just that they're closed on the map. I guess in that case Doc will tear himself away from his gutter-apothecary's playground and peer around the doorframe of that room.

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Re: Frontier Scum, Scene II: Horsehead Ranch

Post by Stormbringer » Sun May 25, 2025 10:15 pm

Sly Boots wrote:
Sun May 25, 2025 9:56 pm
Ah right ok, it's just that they're closed on the map.

Yeah, I'm gonna leave doors being open to your imagination; I'm just copy-pasting still images from a PDF!


This is what Doc sees:

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A hallway, running north-south. Four doors line its walls; two on the west, two on the east.
My fire is more than can be made with forests,
My state more base than are the basest valleys;
I wish no evenings more to see, each evening;
Shamed, I hate myself in sight of mountains,
And stop mine ears, lest I grow mad with music.

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Re: Frontier Scum, Scene II: Horsehead Ranch

Post by Wrathbone » Mon May 26, 2025 7:05 am

Given that southwest is the general direction we were given for one of the Loudmouth bosses, perhaps we go straight for the southwest door?

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Re: Frontier Scum, Scene II: Horsehead Ranch

Post by Sly Boots » Mon May 26, 2025 7:33 am

Are any of the doors already open, to indicate which one the bounty hunters came from?

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Re: Frontier Scum, Scene II: Horsehead Ranch

Post by Stormbringer » Mon May 26, 2025 7:54 am

Sly Boots wrote:
Mon May 26, 2025 7:33 am
Are any of the doors already open, to indicate which one the bounty hunters came from?
Yes, the south-east door!
My fire is more than can be made with forests,
My state more base than are the basest valleys;
I wish no evenings more to see, each evening;
Shamed, I hate myself in sight of mountains,
And stop mine ears, lest I grow mad with music.

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Re: Frontier Scum, Scene II: Horsehead Ranch

Post by Stormbringer » Mon May 26, 2025 7:57 am

Damn it, I mess up east and west EVERY TIME!
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My state more base than are the basest valleys;
I wish no evenings more to see, each evening;
Shamed, I hate myself in sight of mountains,
And stop mine ears, lest I grow mad with music.

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Re: Frontier Scum, Scene II: Horsehead Ranch

Post by Stormbringer » Mon May 26, 2025 7:59 am

To be clear:

South-west is the direction the bounty-hunter in the latrine told you where Tammy was holed up.

South-east is the door that the three bounty-hunters Doc spooked came from, indicated by an open door.
My fire is more than can be made with forests,
My state more base than are the basest valleys;
I wish no evenings more to see, each evening;
Shamed, I hate myself in sight of mountains,
And stop mine ears, lest I grow mad with music.

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Re: Frontier Scum, Scene II: Horsehead Ranch

Post by Sly Boots » Mon May 26, 2025 8:20 am

Doc will press an ear to the south-west door to try to discern what is happening inside.

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Re: Frontier Scum, Scene II: Horsehead Ranch

Post by Animalmother » Mon May 26, 2025 8:23 am

Can Jinx (the dog) be used to suss out enemy locations without alerting them?

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Re: Frontier Scum, Scene II: Horsehead Ranch

Post by Sly Boots » Mon May 26, 2025 8:40 am

I'll await Doug's verdict, to me Jinx's abilities are something of an enigma, beyond occasional throat-tearing...

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Re: Frontier Scum, Scene II: Horsehead Ranch

Post by Animalmother » Mon May 26, 2025 11:25 am

Or we could use the chicken...

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Re: Frontier Scum, Scene II: Horsehead Ranch

Post by Mantis » Mon May 26, 2025 11:47 am

Out of the question.

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Re: Frontier Scum, Scene II: Horsehead Ranch

Post by Animalmother » Mon May 26, 2025 12:04 pm

Well then, it's like that is it? I shall be purchasing some sort of animal companion when we return to the town and it's going to be a pivotal member of this group.

A pig perhaps.. :-k

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