WELCOMING SPEECHES
The turnout for the opening speeches is quite respectable, and the four keynote speakers each deliver short but well-received welcomes to the festival. Mayor Deverin's (Knowledge: nobility) friendly attitude and excitement prove contagious as she welcomes visitors to town and jokes about how even Larz Rovanky "(Knowledge: local)", the local tanner (and notorious workaholic) managed to tear himself away from the tannery to attend, much to everyone's amusement (except Larz's). Sheriff Belor Hemlock "(Knowledge: local)" brings the crowd down a bit with his dour mood, his reminder to be safe around the evening's bonfire, and his request for a moment of silence to remember those who lost their lives in the fire that claimed the town's previous church several years ago "(Knowledge: history)". The next speaker is scheduled to be local nobleman Lonjiku Kaijitsu, but a sudden illness has prevented him from attending the ceremony "(Knowledge: nobility)".
Sandpoint's own showman Cyrdak Drokkus "(Knowledge: local)" is more than up to the challenge of bringing the crowd's mood back up with his rousing anecdotes. He delivers a not-completely-irreverent recap of the long process the town went through to finance and construct the new cathedral. He throws in a bit of self--promotion at the end, as is his wont, inviting everyone to stop by the Sandpoint Theater the following evening to check out his new production of "The Harpy's Curse," revealing that the lead role of Avisera the harpy queen will be played by none other than the famous Magnimarian diva Allishanda! "(Knowledge: local)" Finally, Father Zantus "(Knowledge: religion)" steps up to give a short speech thanking everyone for coming before declaring the Swallowtail Festival underway.
OOC:
Welcome to my Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path! You may begin character introductions or describe how your characters might have already met. You may also describe how you came to Sandpoint. The assumption is that all of your characters have been in Sandpoint for at least the last 24 hours, perhaps longer (this decision is up to you based on your character background). My next post will include details for the first event in the Swallowtail Festival, the sack race.
You'll notice I've already posted a few interesting tidbits in the post above. Rather than give you all of my guidelines at once, I will introduce them incrementally as we play. Whenever I do so, I will make certain to update post #1 with the newly introduced guideline. The first thing you might notice is that there are several Knowledge skills indicated in parentheses and italics above.
GM POST NOTES
* Whenever I include a Knowledge skill in parentheses and italics in a post, it is a cue that a Knowledge check might be rolled to gain more information. It is not required, and often I will obscure useful Knowledge checks by including purely RP Knowledge checks around it. When you do choose to roll a Knowledge check, please indicate clearly for which piece of information you are making the check. If you feel like the information is something your character ought to know, invoke the "Simple is (almost) always better" guideline, and I will provide you with the information. However, if something absolutely requires a check, I will denote it by tagging it in red.
PLAYER POSTING GUIDELINES
* Please wrap OOC comments in OOC or SBLOCK tags. Also feel free to link to the OOC thread.
* Dice rolls can be linked from whatever site you prefer. The honor system is in effect.
