[Day 0] Good deeds [Event]

Lets start it off with a bang! Addam will spend a DP to be at the right place at the right time.

Good Deeds - Luck - TN12: 2d6 10 Surprisingly close, but no.

While she has issues with some - well, honestly, most - clergy, Laena respects the Seven themselves. While she generally prefers to communicate directly, as best she can, it would feel ... disrespectful to Them to ignore Their clergy entirely.

Tradition dictated a 10% tithe of a noble's income. She had recently recieved a large windfall due to spotting an event in a manner so unlikely as to be akin to a minor miracle. And if it were somehow the Seven's will that directed her eyes at the Appleton feast, it would be churlish to deny the Seven Their due.

So it was that Laena, seeking no fanfare, quietly donated five gold dragons to the faith in a plain, unmarked pouch. If she ever did get her hands on the other fifty currently held by Balon, she'd probably have to come back, but money not held in hand could not be counted on.

Would she have made better use of the coin than the priests would? Almost certainly. But she could not reasonably expect Their continued patronage for nothing in return.

True success requires sacrifice, after all.

Good Deeds Supreme Arrogance TN 12: 4d6k3 11 Addam dropping some cash. I'll wait to see what Lord Willem actually donates before declaring a number, but I expect it to either be matching or more (within reason).
Good Deeds Luck: 2d6 4 Fail. Will be committing to the dp spend. 

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Addam arrived with the Companions in order to deliver Lord Willem's tithe to the faith. These donations were always merely just for show. The Seven, if they even bothered, would show their favor to whoever the choose, not to the ones that paid or praised them the most. But the show must be had. While no lord himself, Addam planned on being one, so why not look the part. In grandiose fashion Addam paid his due. A sum much larger then a knight of his stature would even dream of making.

"Let it not be said that the Hero of the Rosewood doesn't pay his dues! The gods have favored me and so I pay homage to them."

Money better spent elsewhere, but who knows, perhaps the gods might just turn there favor slightly towards Addam...

Addam

Lord Willem had probably wanted to give more, but Lysette -with an eye on the dwindling Kingsbridge treasury no doubt- had managed to argue successfully for her view that seven dragons was an appropriate amount, which he dutifully, and in humble fashion delivered to the box. It is a somewhat traditional number after all.

It matters not how Addam later came to wander the halls of The Starry Sept on his own, seeking private contemplation or simply taking in the splendid sights on offer.

Whether drawn by a pretty face or figure or simply coincidence, Addam does notice Lady Denyse Cordwayner walking towards an alcove just ahead. He turns the corner to see the entrance to the small shrine, to the maiden probably, her two guards having taken up positions to keep anyone else out. He sees four sworn brothers of the faith, their arms folded under black robes make their way towards him, but just as they pass the guards, a shock of coordinated motion puts his senses into overdrive, at almost the same time, both guards receives knees to their groins and hands tugging at their heads to expose their necks to the knives the other two assailants have aimed at their throats, Addam can immediately conclude that if they aren't dead by the time they slump to the floor, they will never get up and not even the most gifted maesters of the citadel would be able to help them if they were to be at hand.

From behind the doorway, Addam hears the voice of a man, the septon who had accompanied her no doubt, commanding Denyse to get behind him, although he can't tell beyond the screams of terror if she complies or not. Though these men have lost the element of surprise, giving Addam a chance to at least drive them away if he acts quickly, the septon himself is unlikely to be of any help against trained killers. Perhaps slow them enough to give Addam time to save Denyse.

For a less scrupulous man than what is expected of those in the service of Kingsbridge, the voice of The Stranger might whisper into his ear that if Addam were to hesitate only a little, most unbecoming of a companion of course, Roland would soon be just the one step removed from a lordship.

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Convince: 7d6k4+3 14 Lysette is sufficiently convincing to avoid draining Starling coffers.

As for the rest, Addam should test iniative.

Ambush guards: 4#6d6k4 17 22 20 17
Knockdown Guards: 2#4d6 8 12
#1 Standing, "2 prone.
Grabs: 6d6 26 7d6 24
Both grabbed.
Reckless attacks: 8d6k6 28 9d6k6 21
Dead guards are dead.

Iniative: 3d6 12
Assassins
CD: 9 (2 of them currently has 4 until they act again)
AR: 0
Health: 9
Brandishing Daggers.

Septon Lewys.
Iniative: 2d6 8
CD: 7
AR: 0
Health: 6

Denyse Cordwayner
Iniative: 2d6 11
CD: 8
AR: 0
Health: 6

Battlefield conditions:
Addam will need to make a move action to reach the Assassins, charge is possible, probably has his sword in the belt Assassins can reach the septon in one move action, but he blocks the path to Denyse so they would either need to use two move actions to go past him, or cut him down (but can't charge over the corpse in that case). Note that drawing the sword is an interact (lesser) action, but can be done as part of movement with -1D attack penalty with it for the rest of the turn. (If he's pious enough to have it properly peace-bonded, that would be an extra interact action to untangle that problem).

Nobody is surprised anymore.

Iniative tie-break: 3d6 11

Addam goes first, and breastplate is not something one would walk around with unless one is kingsguard or gearing up for battle.

What free attack? The only place I can think of where that is mentioned is under advanced reach which we are not using.

At any rate, that is one defeated assassin.

[Day 0] The Starry Sept, Good Deeds, TN12: 2d6 12, Well that is just hilarious I don't expect to be able to jump in on Ser Addam's scene but I did succeed in the test just in case he needs back up. 

If one knew of Balon's misdeeds across the realm and certain... activities with a Great Bastard one would assume he wasn't a pious man. However Balon had spent half of his youth at Gyldenhaal and they were a spiritual house, their ancestor Roland Blackbriar bringing the light of the Seven to the eastern parts of the Reach. For Balon, he twisted his belief to justify his actions. The Seven worked in mysterious ways and he was simply a vessel of their will. Killing Dornish was nothing more than eradicating heathens who only paid lip service to the Seven. Attempting to usurp the crown for Blackfyre? If one believed Aegon the Unworthy, Daeron wasn't his legitimate son either so what religious reason was there to stop Balon from helping one bastard overthrow the other. Denial was a powerful force for Balon.

At the Starry Sept Balon went to pray to see if maybe, just maybe, the Seven would speak to him. He stopped in front of each aspect of the Seven, knelt down, closed his eyes, and prayed. He asked the Father to protect him while in Oldtown. He asked the Warrior to guide his hand in the battles to come. He asked the Smith for strength and to keep his arms and armor ready. He asked the Crone to give him wisdom in making the right choices for the Hightower regency. He asked the Maid to guide him when asking for the favor of a lady for the tournament. He asked the Stranger to stay his hand a little longer for Balon knew he was a marked man. Lastly he prayed to the Mother and stayed there longer than any other, asking for her forgiveness for what he has done and what he will do to see Blackfyre on the throne. 

He donated seven gold dragons, one for each member of the pantheon. He didn't make a big spectacle of it but he made sure the septons knew how much he donated compared to others knights.