Nerian

You may know that Aurelia is a neighboring kingdom of the Celestrial Empire, which is where ya'll are heading

No lore as of yet, I'm fleshing the lore out as we play, so feel free to improv stuff.

The group points their swords at Alfrid, "Don't be a fool, young man. This doesn't have to come to blows" The rider tying up the prince keeps tying him up and continues. Anybody who plans on attacking can roll initiative, if you need a reminder it's 1d10 + your cunning skill.

They don't really have a look of mercenaries, they almost look like knights, or some kind of armed forces.

The men have made no move to start searching the camp, they effectively have their weapons at low ready, they don't exactly look like they want a fight with anybody here, though they are armed and seemingly willing to fight if they need. The leader looks at the goblin, "that is the way we would have it as well." A figure that looks to be not noteworthy at all comes forward, "I will not have you hurt this caravan or any who travel with it. I will willingly come with you, knight of Aurellia to avoid any kind of bloodshed of these people." The leader of the group looks him over good, and then gives a nod to one of his riders who binds the guy up and lays him across a saddle securing him then they ride off unless you somehow try to stop them. As they are leaving one of the people traveling with the man lunge at the riders who then knock him in the head.

a reduction in the difficulty is as follows. So currently difficulty is an 8 or higher, so only 8 or above is a success, a reduction in difficulty means that you succeed on that die if it is a 7 or more As far as the prince, the name might be familiar, but you would have never seen him or know what he looks like. You don't know much about the prince, so... These guys don't look like bandits. You can roll a knowledge + history or a different skill if you have good justification. To tell if you know where their clothes come from, since there are insignias and things on their clothing.

Sorry about the multiple posts this time, i will try and make one post with different sections in it for each in the future

You aren't very stealthy, but you aren't exactly noisy either, just kind of normal, which does cause one of the horsemen to ride around and check, quickly noticing that you are not the prince they are looking for they ride back to their group.

The roll botched so no help with the roll. The man looks at you, I have never heard of a Lord Eric Dannen, "Find me the prince and the remainder of the caravan can go free." He then looks over you, "Prince Aldenar, show yourself so that none of these innocents get hurt." Give me a Cunning + Perception roll to notice some things. In my game you can use other stats if you can justify the reasoning for using them. If you want to use different Scores or skills give me a reasonable explanation on how that would work.

The man waves the pix away as if she was a bug that was annoying him.

Ah thanks I hadn't realized you could move the pictures

Hey ya'll I'm still getting used to this new format, can someone let me know how ya'll are doing the picture and the character name on your posts

As the moon rose, the caravan halted. The night air crackled with tension. Suddenly, torches flared to life, illuminating a band of mercenaries—masked, armored, and ruthless. Their leader, clad in midnight blue, stepped forward. “Listen well!” The voice echoed through the caravan. Was this some kind of magic amplifying his voice, you're not sure. “We seek the prince of the Celestrial Empire. Hand him over, and no harm shall befall the rest of you. Refuse, and blood will stain this land.”

I'll be making a post sometime later today. Weekends are a slow time on the forums for me, since it's the only time I really get to spend with my family.

Just an FYI I don't think it will affect anybody the game has been changed to Read Only, so make sure to accept invites to be able to post