Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Knowledge vs. Hunger

Gurkirat was studiously ignoring everyone in the room but despite himself he couldn't ignore the food trundling into the room. As a distraction, he scrutinized the food closely.

Dammit I want to roll for something today!
Knowledge (local):
17+7=24

Mmmm ... The meat was not the finest of cuts, but cooked with much care and to the precise temperature to maintain flavor and texture. And those herbs wafting ... local plants picked just this day if he had to guess. The grains were cooked with a similar level of care and the mixed berries were fresh from the vine. This analysis does nothing to distract me from the void in my midsection that is normally my stomach! Even the knowledge that all those fresh herbs and deliciously cooked meats could hide any number of deadly poisons and mysterious potions could not dissuade his stomach from making its demands.

So abandoning his standoffishness, Gurkirat scampered over next to his recent companion and stood on the chair to help himself to the food on the table. Looking around, he gestured to the others in the room as an invitation before he abandoned himself to the glorious meal.

4 comments:

  1. By the way, when I first posted I hit enter at the wrong time and my post was empty. It's filled though so go to the blog and check it out.

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  2. It looks as though you (Gurkirat) took the results and ran with it, as well. If you want more detail from my end, just ask.

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  3. I was gonna eat the food no matter what results I got. I just wanted to roll. But I was assuming that 24 was high enough to sense something.

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  4. I think it was plenty high enough. :) There is a guide in the Core Rulebook on page 101 of some sample DC's to beat for knowledge checks if you are worried that your roll wasn't good enough or something.

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