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[Adventure] The Race of the Five Horns (DM: stonegod, Judge: THB)
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<blockquote data-quote="pathfinderq1" data-source="post: 5174889" data-attributes="member: 48394"><p><span style="color: DimGray">OOC: The main drawback to the Swarming Locusts is that it is a Close Blast. Rikka could use it to create a cloud that was a visual draw, but can't really drop it onto a guard group unless they are already right next to her. Chill Wind is ranged 10, burst 1.</span></p><p><span style="color: DimGray"></span></p><p><span style="color: DimGray">How about this: Get everyone down to ground level, near the opening of one alley, ready to run. We grab a pile of spare laundry from one of the lines, and dump it right inside the mouth of another alley- Rikka can stay on the roof above that alley, out of LoS from the square and guards. Once we're ready, she can fire off a Chill Wind burst, targeting the laundry pile. On a hit, that includes a Slide 1- so a pile of stray cloth would sweep out of the alley, make a swirling cloud and collapse. I'd say that prompts a closer look, but no obvious alarm- not even a shred of human visible. If they take the bait, everybody make a run for the door- as noted, 10 squares is a double run for everybody. </span></p><p><span style="color: DimGray"></span></p><p><span style="color: DimGray">Failing that, we can try the old Stray Dog trick. Rikka can enter the square in dog form, maybe limping a little, maybe wrestling with a tattered backpack (probably got food in it...). She can move along the perimeter of the square, drawing the guards (either physically, or at least their attention). The rest of the party can use that distraction to close in on the garrison. Once the others are in position, Rikka can speed around the guards and in. </span></p><p><span style="color: DimGray"></span></p><p><span style="color: DimGray">OR Option 3: just try to sneak across the roof- the distance is longer, but hopefully easier to cross without being seen. 20 squares is 2 full rounds, even for those in armor. </span></p><p><span style="color: DimGray"></span></p><p><span style="color: DimGray">OR Option 4: get everybody at the mouth of one alley, ready to run, as with Option 1. Rikka can draw one guard group to another alley (possibly the Stray Dog trick), then Nova them in the confined space (Most likely Thorn Spray/AP Swarming Locusts)- this ought to draw the other group in, leaving the other to move across the square. Once Rikka has made her attack, she can go up the alley wall and across the roof at full speed- most likely she is inside before ths econd guard group actually gets into the alley to investigate.</span></p><p><span style="color: DimGray"></span></p><p><span style="color: DimGray">So, who has a vote?</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pathfinderq1, post: 5174889, member: 48394"] [COLOR=DimGray]OOC: The main drawback to the Swarming Locusts is that it is a Close Blast. Rikka could use it to create a cloud that was a visual draw, but can't really drop it onto a guard group unless they are already right next to her. Chill Wind is ranged 10, burst 1. How about this: Get everyone down to ground level, near the opening of one alley, ready to run. We grab a pile of spare laundry from one of the lines, and dump it right inside the mouth of another alley- Rikka can stay on the roof above that alley, out of LoS from the square and guards. Once we're ready, she can fire off a Chill Wind burst, targeting the laundry pile. On a hit, that includes a Slide 1- so a pile of stray cloth would sweep out of the alley, make a swirling cloud and collapse. I'd say that prompts a closer look, but no obvious alarm- not even a shred of human visible. If they take the bait, everybody make a run for the door- as noted, 10 squares is a double run for everybody. Failing that, we can try the old Stray Dog trick. Rikka can enter the square in dog form, maybe limping a little, maybe wrestling with a tattered backpack (probably got food in it...). She can move along the perimeter of the square, drawing the guards (either physically, or at least their attention). The rest of the party can use that distraction to close in on the garrison. Once the others are in position, Rikka can speed around the guards and in. OR Option 3: just try to sneak across the roof- the distance is longer, but hopefully easier to cross without being seen. 20 squares is 2 full rounds, even for those in armor. OR Option 4: get everybody at the mouth of one alley, ready to run, as with Option 1. Rikka can draw one guard group to another alley (possibly the Stray Dog trick), then Nova them in the confined space (Most likely Thorn Spray/AP Swarming Locusts)- this ought to draw the other group in, leaving the other to move across the square. Once Rikka has made her attack, she can go up the alley wall and across the roof at full speed- most likely she is inside before ths econd guard group actually gets into the alley to investigate. So, who has a vote?[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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