Sorry, still just trying to understand the layout here...
Ok, so the stairs are from Z4/Z5, and there's no wall between Z5/Z6 then?
And the room next to us - AA-AE, 6-8... that's walled off from us, correct? We don't even really know it's there?
And the curtain is open?
Not sure exactly what to do... Roswyn's inclination is to march out on the stage and demand to speak with the Blackscale leader. But I will hold off on that for right now...
*edit* Oh yes, the big thing I'm confused about - is the skill challenge completed, or still ongoing?
Actions for everybody. Currently the four above are standing on the stairs just out of sight of the kobolds. Z4-7. The other two are just gawking at the entrance, while a kobold approaches with drinks. Skill challenge success. 4 success 1 failure. Nice roll on the perception, would've alerted the kobolds below.
Sorry about the confusion. I should have been more clear here. Skill challenge is over(4 success before 2 failure).
Room details as best I can
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Originally Posted by ryryguy
Ok, so the stairs are from Z4/Z5, and there's no wall between Z5/Z6 then?
And the room next to us - AA-AE, 6-8... that's walled off from us, correct? We don't even really know it's there?
And the curtain is open?
1) The stairs go all the way down to Z7. There is a short wall, like a solid railing that is at Z6/7 that two are you are hiding behind.
2)Correct, but from the landing above the club proper where you just were, you could infer that there is indeed a room there.
3)Curtain is closed. No way to raise it. It's split in two halves, so the dancers just move it away and go out to work.
Seeing the drow go, Tondrek looks confuses a moment. He could try sneaking, but did not seem happy about it. He turned to Talky Gnome. Sneaky sneak? Or distraction make. I can make a boom! He looks sheepishly at some of the looks he gets. or something
OOC: Tondrek can set something up to explode, but it might kill people. Or he can have Crafty try to pull down a table-cloth or something to make a loud noise distraction.
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Ok, I think I've got it, but still might be confused... we are hiding in the stairwell, but the big long room behind the stage is full of dancers getting dressed, etc.? And that's who we are hiding from?
I'm going to proceed on that assumption...
Roswyn peeks out from behind the railing, then quickly pulls off her silk cloak and reverses it, concealing the Sivis coat of arms. She puts it back on and wraps the top around her head as a makeshift hood. Motioning to the others to stay put, she steps from concealment and boldly approaches the nearest dancer. (Being about the same size as the kobolds, she hopes not to attract a lot of attention, at least not right away.)
She stands with one hand on a saucily-cocked hip and addresses the dancer softly in Draconic.
Draconic
"Hey honey, can you lend me a claw? My boss sent me here to, um, entertain the club owner, as a favor, special delivery-like..." The gnome winks and smiles lasciviously. "But he didn't tell me where to go, that stupid scale louse... and I gotta feeling the boss here might not want everybody to know about his, um, unusual tastes. Can you tell me where he's at? Maybe how I can get there without the whole world seeing? Scratch my scales and I'll scratch yours..."
Tamarand step off the stairs and makes it to the curtain. Stepping in the narrow area where part of the curtain overlaps the wall, the drow is able to get a look out into the main room.
Tamarand
Peering around the corner, Tamarand sees the three pronged stage. The room itself is cloaked in shadows, the brightest light on the stage where a nude kobold dances. Kobolds sit around many tables around the room. In the corners opposite the drow are two stations. A kobold at one is pouring drinks and placing them on a tray. At the other station a kobold is working a strange device in which the loud music emanates. Tamarand spots the half-elf and the dwarf at a table near the stage to his right.
Roswyn, cleverly disguised, walks calmly down the stairs and approaches the nearest kobold. The kobold stops applying colored powders to her scales and answers Roswyn.
Draconic
"Hey honey, can you lend me a claw? My boss sent me here to, um, entertain the club owner, as a favor, special delivery-like..." The gnome winks and smiles lasciviously. "But he didn't tell me where to go, that stupid scale louse... and I gotta feeling the boss here might not want everybody to know about his, um, unusual tastes. Can you tell me where he's at? Maybe how I can get there without the whole world seeing? Scratch my scales and I'll scratch yours..."
Tamarand slinks back to the others, whispering "The other two are on the opposite side of the stage. Doesn't look like theres guards though...wait what's Roswyn doing? Oh well, we need to get those two back here I think"
Tondrek examines the room as best as he can from his vantage point. The artificer recognizes a couple of things. First, judging from the view of the building they got from the top, he thinks that there are additional rooms to either side of this room. Tamarand confirms this when he comes back. The area in the front is definately wider than this room back here. Secondly, the half-orc recognizes the powders that the kobolds are apply to their scales. The powder itself is explosive, but only in large quantities. Applied in small doses, the powders crackle with colored flame when a bit of heat is applied. An alchemist's trick, they enhance the kobolds dancing.
While Talky Gnome talked up ahead, Tondrek traced idle patterns on the banister hidding him. Rooms to the side. Rooms to the side; too big to be small. And flamey pasty stuff go boom. He looks at the drow. Any doors into roomeys or stairs to bad stuff? At the same time, he looked for larger jars of the fun make-up.
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The kobold shrugs, and speaks in it's language. She jerks her head behind her.
Draconic
"He's probably in his private room. Him and his guards spend a lot of time in there, especially lately." The kobold lightly trails her claws along Roswyn's clothes. "You got pretty clothes, where'd you get them?"
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She jerks her head towards the FGI room
Brenron and Shava
Sitting idly by the dwarf and half-elf look around the room. A sparsely dressed kobold approaches. "Would you like a dance or anything else?" She traces a claw over Brenron's cheek to under his hairless chin.
No I don't want a- Oh wait. Shava smiles as she gets an idea. "Can I? Oh thank you, that's be great!" She jumps to her feat and quickly makes her way over to the walkway on the left side of the room. If no one gets in her way she will quickly lithe onto the stage.
so we know where the "boss" is, shall we just try to bust on in there at this point? I guess we have to go out onto the stage and across to get there...
I was thinking we'd pretty much clear the main room first. So no one can go get more people. I've just been trying to get into an advantageous position. Once you make yourselves know Im ready to start blasting.
Unless I missed it, Tondrek doesn't know where the boss is (he doesn't speak draconic). If he can find where the main makeup is stored (and if its in big enough doses), he can make a big boom distraction
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