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<blockquote data-quote="robberbaron" data-source="post: 1733677" data-attributes="member: 14771"><p>Dramatis Personae update:</p><p></p><p>Boldo Chanunga (Male Halfling Rogue from Ethiope - complete with stereotypical bone through his nose)</p><p></p><p>------</p><p></p><p>Having welcomed Boldo into their merry band, they went back outside to find out what had happened to the rest of the goblins.</p><p></p><p>Gaelle cast about for tracks and was easily able to follow the trail of a large band of goblins, and one human, moving roughly south-east towards the woods. Picking up Li Kung and the horses they continue to follow the goblins through the woods until the part company with the human just inside the southern edge. The goblins turned westwards, staying within the woods, presumably going to meet up with another goblin band, while the human set off across country towards Starros.</p><p>They decided to ignore the goblins and follow the human, managing to keep to the trail even though he had made great efforts to hide his tracks. Despite the time he must have taken to do such a thorough job (though not thorough enough to fool Gaelle) they reckoned he would still arrive at Starros hours before them. They made best speed back to the town, though Gaelle kept an eye on the tracks, just in case he veered off unexpectedly.</p><p></p><p> </p><p>Back in Starros, doing their duty as sworn-in members of the militia, they reported the goings on at the herb farm. As the Watch Captain organised a scouting party of militiamen to investigate the farmstead, the party discussed their options and realised that they didn’t have many. They decided to head back down into the sewers to hopefully capture someone with more information than the pathetic thieves they had previously captured.</p><p></p><p>They made their way to the harbour and re-entered the sewers underneath Wharf 4. Showing his usefulness, Boldo scouted ahead and heard movement ahead. Creeping up to a ‘crossroads’ of sewer pipes, he could hear a couple of thieves readying an ambush to either side of the entrance.</p><p>Tumbling through the opening, taking the ambushers by surprise, Boldo flic-flacced across the central pool, landed, turned and shot both before they could react. Unfortunately, they would be difficult to interrogate.</p><p></p><p>Moving on through the sewer, heading vaguely north-east, Boldo again discerned an ambush being set. This time he, Gaelle and Helga decided to attack. Boldo tumbled into the chamber, managing to avoid the reacting shortswords of the flanking thieves.</p><p>Gaelle also tumbled across the chamber while Helga waited on the threshold.</p><p>On this occasion, their tactics were not particularly effective. The three waiting thieves were giving as good as they got until Cord and Seigfried turned up. Then they got rather more than they gave. Again, not much use asking them questions.</p><p></p><p>The heroes spent the next eight hours wandering around in the sewers, until they got close to where they thought the Hark must have his lair. Stumbling onto a lone thief, they managed to subdue him sufficiently softly for him to be able to answer questions.</p><p></p><p>They interrogated him for some time, getting quite a lot of potentially useful information:</p><p>His boss, one Philp, has his headquarters in a warehouse just to the east and, every day just after sunset, a rope is let down from the drain in the road outside it so the thieves in the sewers could change shifts. The sewer chambers were roughly hemispherical with a shaft heading up to the grilles in the roads. This design made them almost impossible to climb without a rope, so the thieves were stuck in the sewers until they were allowed to leave via one of the wharf outflows.</p><p>Nothing about the Hark, though. This thief knew no more about him than the others they had asked.</p><p></p><p>When they thought they had everything out of him they could Cord dispatched him, against Seigfried’s protestations.</p><p>Thus began a discussion of moral and ethics during which Cord and Seigfried said a lot of things, but listened to none.</p><p></p><p>Gaelle paced the distance to the grille where the thieves had their exit and marked on her town map where she thought Philp’s warehouse would be.</p><p></p><p>Gaelle and Boldo left the rest of the party and the sewers and made their way round to the drain grille beneath which the party rested.</p><p>Unfortunately, the grille was in the middle of a fairly busy street.</p><p></p><p>Gaelle, brandishing her militia badge, stepped out into the road and shouted “Stop!” to a merchant on a wagon. By chance she has stepped out in front of someone who is already late and who whips his horses. “Bloody militia, get out of the way, idiot!”</p><p>Gaelle nimbly dodged out of the way as the horses galloped past, calmly drew her bow and sent one of her black-fletched arrows clean through the merchant’s head. Amid screams of “Murder!” and the sound of people leaving the scene in rather a hurry, the wagon stopped and Boldo tried to make himself even smaller as he squeezed out of sight, not wanting to be associated with this mad woman with the cold eyes.</p><p>He watched as she casually stepped up to the ex-merchant, attached a pouch of coriander root to his belt and removed her arrow (from his forehead, as it had passed most of the way through).</p><p>Whistles could be heard in the distance – it wouldn’t be long before the “real” militia turned up and started asking why Gaelle had executed a man in the street.</p><p></p><p>Best to be gone when they arrived.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Boldo, after being called by Gaelle, crept out of his shadows and moved across to the grille, attaching a rope to it so the rest of the party could climb out. Seigfried took the first turn on the rope. He made it almost all the way up before Boldo’s poor excuse for a knot gave way. Gaelle, her movements too fast to see, grabbed the end of the rope as it disappeared down the shaft but, unfortunately, Seigfried was unable to keep hold of the rope as it jerked to a halt and fell back into the sewer. Luckily, he fell on his head which is a non-critical location.</p><p></p><p>Gaelle’s plan is for the rest of the party to come up and go to Philp’s warehouse where they will ambush his men as they change sewer shifts. Gaelle would go back down into the sewer and attack the thieves from below.</p><p></p><p>Sounds like a classic pincer movement. Wonder if it will work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="robberbaron, post: 1733677, member: 14771"] Dramatis Personae update: Boldo Chanunga (Male Halfling Rogue from Ethiope - complete with stereotypical bone through his nose) ------ Having welcomed Boldo into their merry band, they went back outside to find out what had happened to the rest of the goblins. Gaelle cast about for tracks and was easily able to follow the trail of a large band of goblins, and one human, moving roughly south-east towards the woods. Picking up Li Kung and the horses they continue to follow the goblins through the woods until the part company with the human just inside the southern edge. The goblins turned westwards, staying within the woods, presumably going to meet up with another goblin band, while the human set off across country towards Starros. They decided to ignore the goblins and follow the human, managing to keep to the trail even though he had made great efforts to hide his tracks. Despite the time he must have taken to do such a thorough job (though not thorough enough to fool Gaelle) they reckoned he would still arrive at Starros hours before them. They made best speed back to the town, though Gaelle kept an eye on the tracks, just in case he veered off unexpectedly. Back in Starros, doing their duty as sworn-in members of the militia, they reported the goings on at the herb farm. As the Watch Captain organised a scouting party of militiamen to investigate the farmstead, the party discussed their options and realised that they didn’t have many. They decided to head back down into the sewers to hopefully capture someone with more information than the pathetic thieves they had previously captured. They made their way to the harbour and re-entered the sewers underneath Wharf 4. Showing his usefulness, Boldo scouted ahead and heard movement ahead. Creeping up to a ‘crossroads’ of sewer pipes, he could hear a couple of thieves readying an ambush to either side of the entrance. Tumbling through the opening, taking the ambushers by surprise, Boldo flic-flacced across the central pool, landed, turned and shot both before they could react. Unfortunately, they would be difficult to interrogate. Moving on through the sewer, heading vaguely north-east, Boldo again discerned an ambush being set. This time he, Gaelle and Helga decided to attack. Boldo tumbled into the chamber, managing to avoid the reacting shortswords of the flanking thieves. Gaelle also tumbled across the chamber while Helga waited on the threshold. On this occasion, their tactics were not particularly effective. The three waiting thieves were giving as good as they got until Cord and Seigfried turned up. Then they got rather more than they gave. Again, not much use asking them questions. The heroes spent the next eight hours wandering around in the sewers, until they got close to where they thought the Hark must have his lair. Stumbling onto a lone thief, they managed to subdue him sufficiently softly for him to be able to answer questions. They interrogated him for some time, getting quite a lot of potentially useful information: His boss, one Philp, has his headquarters in a warehouse just to the east and, every day just after sunset, a rope is let down from the drain in the road outside it so the thieves in the sewers could change shifts. The sewer chambers were roughly hemispherical with a shaft heading up to the grilles in the roads. This design made them almost impossible to climb without a rope, so the thieves were stuck in the sewers until they were allowed to leave via one of the wharf outflows. Nothing about the Hark, though. This thief knew no more about him than the others they had asked. When they thought they had everything out of him they could Cord dispatched him, against Seigfried’s protestations. Thus began a discussion of moral and ethics during which Cord and Seigfried said a lot of things, but listened to none. Gaelle paced the distance to the grille where the thieves had their exit and marked on her town map where she thought Philp’s warehouse would be. Gaelle and Boldo left the rest of the party and the sewers and made their way round to the drain grille beneath which the party rested. Unfortunately, the grille was in the middle of a fairly busy street. Gaelle, brandishing her militia badge, stepped out into the road and shouted “Stop!” to a merchant on a wagon. By chance she has stepped out in front of someone who is already late and who whips his horses. “Bloody militia, get out of the way, idiot!” Gaelle nimbly dodged out of the way as the horses galloped past, calmly drew her bow and sent one of her black-fletched arrows clean through the merchant’s head. Amid screams of “Murder!” and the sound of people leaving the scene in rather a hurry, the wagon stopped and Boldo tried to make himself even smaller as he squeezed out of sight, not wanting to be associated with this mad woman with the cold eyes. He watched as she casually stepped up to the ex-merchant, attached a pouch of coriander root to his belt and removed her arrow (from his forehead, as it had passed most of the way through). Whistles could be heard in the distance – it wouldn’t be long before the “real” militia turned up and started asking why Gaelle had executed a man in the street. Best to be gone when they arrived. Boldo, after being called by Gaelle, crept out of his shadows and moved across to the grille, attaching a rope to it so the rest of the party could climb out. Seigfried took the first turn on the rope. He made it almost all the way up before Boldo’s poor excuse for a knot gave way. Gaelle, her movements too fast to see, grabbed the end of the rope as it disappeared down the shaft but, unfortunately, Seigfried was unable to keep hold of the rope as it jerked to a halt and fell back into the sewer. Luckily, he fell on his head which is a non-critical location. Gaelle’s plan is for the rest of the party to come up and go to Philp’s warehouse where they will ambush his men as they change sewer shifts. Gaelle would go back down into the sewer and attack the thieves from below. Sounds like a classic pincer movement. Wonder if it will work. [/QUOTE]
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