Gwaithlim is amused, bemused, and a little taken aback all in the course of a minute.  Shouts, verbal and actual saber-rattling causes the elf to shrink further into the darker corners but he sees an opportunity to bring a bit of calm to the proceedings.

Artamund finishes his scolding and the fair visage of the older elf steps into the light of fire and torches, putting a hand upon the man's shoulder both as reassurance and announcement of his presence. He addresses the council, eyes of daggers coming from more than one, "Friends, please! This infighting must end.  The Shadow creeps in at times like this and its victory comes more assured if the coalitions of the Free folk sunder and become bitter.  I have traveled as wastrel," he gives a side eye and smirk to Artamund, "with many of your heroes for a time and have seen greatness, goodness within you all.  We have all been at odds but these grievances aren't above repair and reconciliation.  Pray give cooler heads and hearts a chance to prevail amongst you.  Prove the quality that your people have seen in you."

 
Use the Fair feature.  Come on dice gods   
 

Awe -  1d12 : 3, total 3
Rolled 2d6 : 6, 6, total 12

Use Hope if applicable.

  thanks paul. I was just looking for chief person and town but this will give us something more substantial to work with.


I thought it was just one elder per town this is much more clear on what is going on

I may as well say outright, at this juncture, that the adventure as it exists in my head notes is not about taking each individual elector and working on both knobs (as they used to say in the delightfully practical-minded Australian Labor Party) until they come around to your way of thinking.  There are matters away from the doom-ring that will help you pull events your way, some of which you're already in the process of making manifest.   

Oh, so that's your game is it?  Have the GM come up with nearly 40 NPC names and keep them all straight, huh?  And track their political leanings individually rather than as abstract numbers with a few recurring spotlight characters to illustrate the course of the debate? 

FINE.  Have it your way. 

You can use the attached sheet (best viewed with the font installed) to keep track as we go. 

  lol, I too thought of going all Archilles and sulking in my tent. However, we rolled an  previously and Paul banked the "revelation" episode for later.

Also, I can rationalize it that we just caught the law giver potentially messing up the only thing he was supposed to do.

The wastrel comment though is 100% coming back up later. I'm going to use tactical patience and see if Matt wants to jump into the stew pot with us before I respond to this immediate outburst. Im not going to have my man silently exit this scene.

I also dont think we lost. What we may have done is win over a bunch of people and or clearly determined where the line was where everyone else was dithering.

Id like to get the status of who and where all the elders are from and then get to work on them too.

I love this game.

  can we get a listing of the elders and where they are from?

Before the Ranger has even finished speaking, Caewin holds up a hand in a gesture of peace.  "Now, now, let us not be hasty," is as far as he is able to go before Mogdred rises once again, a thunderous look in his eyes.  "This is an outrage!" he cries.  Then, as if on cue, every hound in the hall begins a terrible barking and howling, drowning out any further word he tries to speak. 

As if by some unheard command elders and warriors, visitors and locals alike are all of a sudden rising to their feet and pointing angry fingers at one another, each man and woman shouting dire accusations that go all unheard beneath the frenzied noise of the dogs.  Barely has the hall begun to calm when Artamund dashes an earthenware pot against the stony side of the firepit.  Shaking with rage, he faces the two outsiders.  "ENOUGH!" he screams, the word silencing all other voices in the hall.  "Such matters are for the elders of the doom-ring to decide, not for wandering wastrels to speak to us!  We will hear no more of such things and you, who think so little of our ways should perhaps seek hospitality elsewhere!" 


So, two things have happened here: your rolls both succeeded, which has shifted some opinions, but you've also suffered a Revelation episode (given the current goings-on, the threshold for Revelation in the lands of the Woodmen is lower than usual and you've had one hanging over your heads for a little while).  Hathcyn and Esgalwen will have to make some apologies to the elders if they want to address the doom-ring later on, and should probably look for somewhere else to finish the evening. 

Let's let the dice-gods determine how many elders' support slips away from Arbogast due to his obvious association with you two troublemakers:

Interesting!  Let's see how well your arguments are received with some Persuade rolls: 

Esgalwen


Hathcyn