Against the Storm Part II: Luskan

[DM_Matt]

Leopold and Timothy: As long as your characters would fit into the party, you may join up, unless other players have any big complaints, which I can't really imagine would be the case. Feel free to post 'em.

Radish: You are 150 yards from shore and the balcony is about 30 feet inland. That 480 feet. Its a tough shot, but Elone thinks she can hit him with enough preparation. The ship can be stopped to give you a better shot if you cant.

(You have a range increment of 100, 120 using flight arrows, meaning a -6 penalty with flight arrows and a -8 without, but you have time for all the buffing spells you can muster)

 

[reapersaurus]

Ubaar opines

"Shouldn't we be all sneaky-like now?
We gotta be under-cover, and take out what we supposed to."

The half-orc looks at the other members of the party on board and blinks.

"What ARE we supposed to do again?"

 

[maddman75]

Matt, I'd love to get in on the action, and posted a character here

http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=34963&pagenumber=2

Can I get in?

 

[Leopold]

DM_Matt: What's the restrictions, levels, point buy, books to use etc?

 

[maddman75]

Follow my link Leo, to the 'wanting to try this PbP thing' thread. DM_Matt listed his info in there.

 

[DM_Matt]

maddman75: If there is one kind of character that might not work, it's a Paladin. I am more than willing to interpret the alignment rules (which I am not a big fan of anyway) liberally, but it might be hard for a Paladin to function in a party that is virtually all Chaotic.

The party is currently working for hire for an anonymous employer that works through a drow in Skullport. They have been told that they will recieve some sort of important mission for the greater good after they have proven themselves, and for that purpose they have been sent to Luskan to destroy a temple of Umberlee (not necessarily an alignment problem), and to loot the vault of a temple of Gond (seems to possibly be an alignment problem, altouhgh the ends might wind up justifying the means, but possibly not).

There have been some good indications that their anonymous employer is indeed good, such as the presense of a cleric of Mystra and an adventurer with a good (altohugh chaotic) reputation among the drow's agents, the fact that the PCs were pointed to a smuggler who apparently had a good relationship with Laeral, and a visit to the barbarian from his heroic and wise shaman to vouch for the drow.

However, the PC are acting largely on trust and are not particularly sure why they need to do these things. We might be able to work in a Pally, but it might involve bending the restriction s to the point of where he is not much of a Paladin anymore.

 

[dead_radish]

Elone's hands are reaching for her bow when Ubaar speaks. She considers, and nods. "This is true. Sneaky is the watchword. If no one has other suggestions, we can moor for the night, and in the morning, I can pray for the gift of water-breathing from Solonor which would allow us to sneak in in the morning. And Ubaar, we're here to raid the temple of Gond, and destroy the temple of Umberlee, or perhaps to learn why that is a bad idea."

 

[maddman75]

Ahhh - I'd caught mention of a drow, but thought the group was spying on him, not working for him. Let me see what else I can come up with.

 

[DM_Matt]

Ahhh - I'd caught mention of a drow, but thought the group was spying on him, not working for him. Let me see what else I can come up with.

This particular drow that you are spying on is the leader of a band of pirates that attacked the PCs on the way to Luskan. There is another drow (in Skullport) who they work for.

 

[DM_Matt]

OK, to move things along, it doesn't look like you guys are taking the aggressive route.

The ship spends the night moving around and trying not to get stopped by the authorities. The drow and his companions eventually go back to the large inn/tavern and you don't see them leave, so they might be staying there.

At dawn, Elone prays to Solonor to grant the group the ability to walk accross the water to the docks, and you slowly and as inconspicuously as possible (pretty easy, becuase its a crowded and busy area with the occasional use of magic, so its possible to blend in somewhat) make your way to the docks, reaching shore right by the road into town by the two temples.

Here you are, on the shores of Luskan....now what?