Chapter 0: Event 1: Gerald the Rogue
"A pet? No, My lords, I have a family back home..." Gerald quivers,
Skarsnik the Goblin Warlord snickers sadistically. "Oi, Aye? Tell us all about the wife you have, and the many mouths you 'ave to feed waiting for you back home? Why wuz you not going about some honest work to put food in their mouth instead of skulking through our caverns trying to knick off with some bits and bobs of dragon's treasure? Seems like if you've a mind to put food on the table and protect your young, you'd have stayed a bit closer to home?"
Clearly, he does not believe the Rogue.
Sadly, neither do you. Despite the many hard-luck and sob stories that Gerald spins, stemming from his abusive step-father, scheming brothers who stole his inheritance, his reluctance to become a thief "I was forced to do it, you see? A guild said they would kill my own mom if I didn't join them!", his only desire to be a peaceful trader, and a good husband and father. Judging by this human's age, he would have had to have the first of his nine hungry but well behaved children as a young teenager.
It would be amusing, if not for the fact you detect this to be a total fabrication, spoken by someone who is desperate for mercy.
Gerald can see it in your eyes that you do not believe his story. "Please, let me go..please, please please. I promise I'll stay on the straight and narrow and go home and become a lumber jack or an honest trade..I swear it, by all the Gods!" he sputters and begs.
Reference:
11:15, Today: Dungeon Master, for the NPC Gerald, rolled 1 using 1d20. Gerald's Lies - high is convincing. – 1
11:12, Today: Dungeon Master, for the NPC Gerald, rolled 7 using 1d20. Reaction to Pet - high is acceptance. – 7
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