(D6, MA-LA, Renown, Open) Free Play

[Whisper]

"I know, it's tax day. A lot of people are going to have lighter purses today." Whisper set down a pouch of coins. "But, you lot my be able to gain a little from an overconfident indep. What do you say? 21? Liars Dice? Three Dragon Ante?"


The ranger might lose some coin, but who knew what information he could gain?


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(D6, MA-LA, Renown, Open) Free Play, Random Task | 1d8 ⇒ 1
(D6, MA-LA, Renown, Open) Free Play, Information Gathering, Charisma (Investigation) | 1d20+5 ⇒ 6
(D6, MA-LA, Renown, Open) Free Play, Information Gathering, Gold Earned | 1d4 ⇒ 4

Fail, 4 gp earned

[Mysti]

"How about three dragon ante, hmm?" comes a purring, languid voice from behind Whisper. "If you're in the habit of squandering your jink. Might as well be me."

Mysti sat down across from Whisper, regarding him with a deceptively quiet calm.

"Up to you."

[Whisper]

"I'm not one to argue." he smiled. "Three Dragon Ante it is. Now, what are we wagering? Do we start friendly with copper? Have a bit more fun with silver? Or, go for the gold?"

[Mysti]

Mysti pulls out a pouch from within a pouch and drops it on the table. The weight and sound of it obviously infers there are coins in it. Though whether they are copper, silver, or gold -- and how many -- is anyone's guess.

"Hmm, tell you what. Let's make it interesting as we've never played each other before and start with silver. If we're relatively equally matched, we'll go for the gold. If not, well ... we'll see what happens. Sound fair?"

Mysti interlaces her fingers and cracks her knuckles, then briefly shakes her hands -- as if getting ready for a brawl.

[Whisper]

"Sounds like fun." he nodded. "Are hoards are set. Let's play with the full deck, shall we? Keep things interesting. You set the first ante."

[Mysti]

"A full deck it shall be," Mysti purred.

She picked up the bag of coins and hefted it a few times in her hand making a grand show of wondering what she could afford. Then she tugged loose the drawstrings, reached in with two fingers, and pulled out 2 silver. Then 2 more. Until there was a neat stack of 10 silver in front of her.

She then places a card face down on the table. That feral-looking grin, of course, disappears even before she lays down the card, reverting to a sort of "poker-face" stoic-ness that doesn't reveal much about her emotional state. ((Sort of like the expression she has in my avatar))

"I know I shouldn't say this, of course, but I'm fairly new to this game. Ergo, pardon if I make any mechanical mistakes."

[Whisper]

"I barely play myself." He chuckled as he set down the same amount of coin. "I'm just looking for a good time. Until I get kicked out"


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For simplicity, I figure it would just be an Intelligence or Charisma check + Three Dragon Ante proficiency.

(D6, MA-LA, Renown, Open) Free Play, The Dragon Ante, Intelligence | 1d20+1 ⇒ 8

[Mysti]

Mysti purses her lips thoughtfully as she regards the hand she had picked.

"Hmmm ... what to do, what to do ..." Then she lays her cards out each time Whisper does the same.

"So what are you doing in the barracks anyway?" She looks into her bag of coins. "Oh, don't worry. I don't mean to sound as if I'm interrogating you. Just making conversation."

How Good is her Poker Face: Charisma + Intelligence + 3DA` | 1d20+4 ⇒ 12

Mysti seems genuinely surprised. "Hmm hmm ... would you look at that ..."

[Whisper]

"Why would an Indep want to gamble with Hardheads?" He looked around. "Sometimes you just want to see how the other half lives."

"I can't beat that flight. Maybe in the next hand." The game continued. "Of course, games like this can lead to interesting conversations. What are you doing here?"

[Mysti]

Mysti chuckled lightly as she looked at her hand. Hmm. Her dark eyes swept across the cards several times.

"Weeelllll," she began, drawing out the first word, "I work here and ..." she pulled out a dragon god and played it.

"Muahaha," she did a fake evil laugh as she played the card.

1st Gambit 2nd Card: Charisma + Intelligence + 3DA | 1d20+4 ⇒ 20

"Anyway, yes, I was here making sure our expedition into the City of Brass would be cleared. I wanted to make sure no one would come in after us. So some Harmonium guards will be stationed around the ruins until we're done."

She gave Whisper a sort of curious look - but at the same time - it was also an inquiring look. As if she were trying to figure him out. As she layed the card, she made a very subtle gesure in thieves' cant -- just to see if Whisper could respond in kind.

"I hope you're not adverse to heat because it's hot down there." Then she rubs her chin thoughtfully. "Is the CIty of Brass 'down' there do you think? Everyone associates flames and burning with being Hell and thus ... down. For all we know, geographically speaking, it could be up."

Then she changed the subject quickly. "The other half? Hmm ... what are we the other half of? Meaning ... if we're one half, who is the other? You have me really curious now. My apologies if I'm chattering annoyingly. It ... hasn't been a good day. At all."