Dorian Keene

With friends like these...

Luke Bayne — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 10:01:17 -0400

Ren, what in the nine hells is wrong with you?! It was five to three in our favor, and you freed their leader?! Don’t you want to win?

And then, to top it off, you charge in to battle and leave her unattended?! She at least has the good strategic sense to take the leader hostage. I’m glad she hasn’t killed me. But why…?
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Fact-finding bender, Danger, Lucien, on the road again

Luke Bayne — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 18:09:20 -0400

My investigations have proved fruitful. And vexing. They have borne vexing fruit. Aheh. Ahee hee. A hum. It seems a child has Victoria. Has a child. Victoria has a child. Not… You know. Anyway, that’s fine. Nuna my bizness. But here’s the thing. The thing is, do you want to know the little scamp’s name?

Darien.

What’s a fellow to make of…

Returning to Malkara & the manor, Wizard Rave, Dinner w/Bagville-Sackins, "family" meeting

Luke Bayne — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 23:18:42 -0400

At least we got well paid for that fiasco with the golem. I suppose we’ll see what comes of all that nonsense with the Red Star or whatever. This may be an important gap in my education… But I digress. I seems I’m still on good terms with Reg, since he not only paid us for delivering the golem: he threw in an extra 50 gold for bringing along its…

"Claiming" the manor, 6th commission

Luke Bayne — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 12:31:32 -0500

I know we've been calling ourselves The TIP, but sometimes I think we're more of a Hair-Trigger Brigade. I tried to be diplomatic with regards to the sticky ownership of Shoreline Manor. Sure, this sorceress was basically just squatting in the Manor. But that's no reason to unnecessarily make enemies. She could have been a powerful ally, even. And…

Delivery and dinner, on the road to Shoreline Manor

Luke Bayne — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 19:45:08 -0500

I really shouldn’t have let that old woman get to me. Why did she bother me so much? I’ve kept my cool in the face of angry fathers, drunken dukes, and murderous street thugs. Why did she get to me?

At least we made some excellent connections with Farro Greentower. Hopefully that will come in handy in the future. He seemed to like me, even…

3rd Commission & aftermath, Freiburg Fiasco, Malkara

Luke Bayne — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 13:22:35 -0500

Of course, retrieving the magical mines did not go as smoothly as Iskandar had promised. As the elementals began to rise out of the ground, I realized we had made a mistake in not asking for some of the money up front. Luckily, the TIP pulled together and prevailed. I'm proud of the team we are becoming.

But for some reason, this fight hit…

Initial thoughts, Donghenge, 2nd Commission

Luke Bayne — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 20:10:27 -0400

I'd say all in all, things are shaping up rather well. I thought our group was developing a bit of rapport during our time with the rangers and it seems I was right. I'm glad the group has let me find and negotiate our commissions so far. As a child of the city, I know many of them easily overmatch me in combat prowess, so it is nice to still feel…