Annotated 14-24
The last panel wasn’t direct foreshadowing, but it could have been, and I like the note of uncertainty.
Honestly, the closing speech is probably a natural 20 for diplomacy by Keeper Kepfer’s standards. If nothing else, his words are going to stir Bandit’s paranoia about being rejected again. And Scipio and Gravedust, while willing to work with and under her, have not been entirely unconcerned about Bandit’s background up to now.
Trust is ultimately a two-way street. From what we know of Gravedust and Scip, it’s unlikely they’d let their doubts mature into full-fledged irrational suspicion without more provocation. It is more likely that Bandit’s aforesaid paranoia would make her start acting more suspiciously, and that would stir those doubts further, creating a vicious cycle. This will be averted, but only because, as we’ll see, Bandit will put some work into her relationships over the next few chapters.
The bartender’s sword is named “Bouncer”.
Apropos.
They’ve been hit by
They’ve been hit by
A small criminal
I don’t recall the scorpion on Scipio’s shield. I also don’t recall a scorpion-like aspect to his personality or style being played up either. Was it something that was intended but never followed up on, or did he just pick up the shield at a used armor dealer and cared more about how it functioned than how it looked?
We played Scipio as scorpion-like to our eyes, but we played that a bit subtly. His primary fighting style is to rely on toughness and armor a bit and then strike with one clean, powerful, cutting blow. His rhetorical style is pretty much the same.