Harold Blackhoof descends the slippery stone stairs, his heavy boots echoing in the damp air. He brushes off the sea salt and grime that cling to his plate armor.
Ollisir the Silent
He is ready for you, Harold. The cold has done most of the work already.
Harold Blackhoof
The prisoner looks small against the rough masonry wall. I need to make sure he understands exactly what happens if he lies to me.
Harold Blackhoof
Captain Vok thinks he is invisible in that grotto. Tell me how many men he left to guard his cutters, or you will remain in this cell until the tide rises over your head.
The Battered Pirate
You... you will never find the secondary entrance. Vok has traps set deep in the rock. We are dead either way.
Harold Blackhoof
He is terrified, but still loyal to his captain. I will need to be more persuasive.
+ Scene Quest Added
Extract information from the prisoner
“I tell him, tell me more”
FAILURE (Legendary Willpower, rolled -2)
Harold Blackhoof
Tell me more about those traps. Every detail. It might save your life, pirate.
The Battered Pirate
The minotaur is lying. If I speak, the spider priestess will peel the skin from my bones long before the tides catch me.
The Battered Pirate
I have nothing to say to a dog of the Wildthorn. Cut my throat if you must, but I will not betray the mistress.
The pirate spits a glob of bloody phlegm onto Harold's polished greaves. He leans back, his eyes glazing over with a stubborn, frantic resolve.
Harold Blackhoof
He is deeper in their pocket than I thought. My threats are losing their edge against his fear of his own masters.
Ollisir the Silent
Harold, we are wasting time. If the tide rises as fast as the storm signals suggest, the coastal tunnels will be flooded by nightfall. Shall I try a more... surgical approach to his tongue?
“I ask ollisir, your a more powerful caster can you get make him fumble out the truth”
SUCCESS (Legendary Willpower, rolled +2)
Harold Blackhoof
Ollisir, you are a more potent caster than I. Can you force this wretch to stumble over his own lies and cough up the truth?
Ollisir the Silent
A delicate request. I can peel back the layers of his resolve with a mere whisper of the arcane.
Ollisir the Silent
It would be my pleasure, Captain. Stand back and watch the facade crumble.
Ollisir steps forward, his fingers dancing in a complex, shadow-woven sign. A violet mist coils around his fingertips like a living smoke.
The Battered Pirate
No... get that away from me! You cannot touch what is locked behind the priestess's seal!
Harold Blackhoof
The pirate's eyes have widened to saucers. He is fighting the magic, but his tongue is already loosening. The truth is coming.
Quest Complete
Extract information from the prisoner
New Gift: Interrogator's Intuition