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Against the Storm Part II: Luskan

Elone considers.

"Solonor favors the bold - if we were to strike both the same night, it might be best - the theft of items from Gond's temple will surely raise concerns for safety. Umberlee's temples are likely to be on guard after that. If we strike the same night, they will not yet be alerted. Solonor's blessings are enough to guide us through both acts in a single night."

A light burns in her eyes. "However, I would settle the score with our friend the captain before either of those acts. The Betrayer owes us all a debt of blood."

Re: Disguises - Elone is indeed an elf, and a fairly memorable one at that. Can anyone cast Alter Self on her?
 

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Elone considers the city. "It would seem I am unlikely to escape notice - does anyone have skills in disguising people? If not, I can travel under cloak of invisbility...."
 

It is possible for Elone to be disguised conventionally if she wears robes and a hood over her face and doesn't call much attention to herself.


Hogarth's Hall is quite busy and full of customers, mostly humans from various parts of the Realms, but also groups of goblinoids who are probably Storm's soldiers.

Hogarth himself (along with two assistants) is tending the bar and selling the rooms. He is a tremendously tall and fat man, as big as Ubaar, and has matted red hair and a large beard.

MEANWHILE for Leopold and GoldenEagle: Please finish your characters. I will be posting another thread (temporarily) called Against the Storm: Reinforcements as soon as I have your characters.

OTHER PLAYERS: DO NOT READ THAT THREAD.
 

Elone whispers to the companions, "Perhaps 3 rooms, 2 of us in each? And I would suggest checking them for spyholes or passages. Alcar and I can share a room. And see if there is a private room where we can speak. Emphasize private with gold, or a dagger, eh?"
 

One of you guys the rooms and slips Hogarth some extra gold wihle asking for a private room. Being an experienced innkeeper in a town with many adventurers and smugglers, he understands exactly what you mean and gives you a silver key with a stylized H on it and the number three. "This is for one of our very special meeting rooms. No one will disturb you there, nor can they see you through wizardsight or any other sort of trickery."
 

Alex invents an easy to remember system to speak in innuendo about various subjects. He then destroys the piece of paper. Gond (or the Church of Gond) is A and Umberlee (or the Church of Umberlee) is 1 when used in conversation. Z is the Kraken captain. Alex makes sure that Ubaar understands (at least for now)

"I would try to craft an alternate plan. If A is warned about our plans (as A might divine), we will probably need a second night to attack 1. We should also watch out for the Z, since he will wish revenge as well. If Z finds out about our plans, we will need to be very cautious to avoid being ambushed after our mission."
 

Seeming that there is little availible information for a good plan of attack, your discussions dont seem to help a lot. Perhaps gleaning more information could help.

The people dining in Hogarth's Hall are as follows....

Five individuals, apparently two priestesses and three male guards, with symbols of Umberlee are eating together. Their Luskanite accents seem legitimate, but unlike most Luskanites, all have stark and pointed features and long black, blue, and green hair (in ponytails on the men, hanging free on the women). It is known that clerics and other (un)holy people sometimes are "blessed' with a slow transformation that causes them to resemble their god, butseeing all 5 transformed like that mean that they are either all high in rank or that this particular church of Umberlee is particularly favored.

Their discussion seems to center around the brass pushing them extra hard for some reason lately.

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Three tables are taken by local sailors, one group of which seems to be discussing the reletive merits of various ales while the other two seem to be talking about the Kraken. They seem to be proud of their navy, but wonder why the Kraken, who have not harassed Luskanite shipping in the past, tried to foolishly and openly enter Luskanite waters without taking many precaustions against detection by patrol boats.

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At another table, someone wearing a cloak with the wagonwheel of Gond emblazened on the back. The figure sits poring over several books and papers and tapping some sort of long wooden device on the tqable frusteratedly (Yes, the Church of Gond has managed to invent pencils or sorts) The figure orders more food and you can see that it is a human female in her mid-20s with medium-length curly blond hair, fair skin (those two above factors imply that she's native) and a pretty but sullen face.

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In a booth, two men in armor who look a lot like the Umberlee temple guards at another table are talking to what looks to be an Ogre-Mage and a hobgoblin, both dressed in a purple uniforms that you do not recognize. You cannot hear what they are saying and the booth obscures your vision of any possible insignias on the goblinoids.

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Three tables seas traveling merchants, one set complaining about how the increasingly militarized nature of the seas has been highly detrimental to their businesses and one insisting that the elves have begun a partial blockade of Luskan because a friend of his disappeared (along with his ship) who was once prophecies to be destined to die at sea at the hands of surface elves.

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One table seats marines from one of the ships that destroyed the Kraken. they are boasting to each other over their accomplishments and discussing the battle in detail.

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One table seats 2 orcs, an ogre, an Onorog (Half-Orc, half-ogre-mage...a common pedigree for officers in Storm's army), a hobgoblin, and a kobold, all wearing the red uniforms of Storm's local occupying military police force.

By the way, I have the action and orientation post for GE and Leopold ready for when Leo poss...I just need to adjest it for whatever name and backstory he uses.
 

As they study the people in the common room, Elone whispers comments to her companions.

DM_Matt said:

Five individuals, apparently two priestesses and three male guards, with symbols of Umberlee are eating together. Their Luskanite accents seem legitimate, but unlike most Luskanites, all have stark and pointed features and long black, blue, and green hair (in ponytails on the men, hanging free on the women). It is known that clerics and other (un)holy people sometimes are "blessed' with a slow transformation that causes them to resemble their god, butseeing all 5 transformed like that mean that they are either all high in rank or that this particular church of Umberlee is particularly favored.

Their discussion seems to center around the brass pushing them extra hard for some reason lately.

Those 1's worry me - their transformations can grant them great powers, and for that many of them to be in one temple, it is clear that the location is in some way special to 1. (You might note that Elone has related, though very different traits as the Umberlee clerics). OOC: Are they farther along than Elone is?


At another table, someone wearing a cloak with the wagonwheel of Gond emblazened on the back. The figure sits poring over several books and papers and tapping some sort of long wooden device on the tqable frusteratedly (Yes, the Church of Gond has managed to invent pencils or sorts) The figure orders more food and you can see that it is a human female in her mid-20s with medium-length curly blond hair, fair skin (those two above factors imply that she's native) and a pretty but sullen face.

"Perhaps one of our more charismatic (and male) companions could gain some information from that one. I would prefer to accomplish the A mission without damage or confrontations - Solonor is no foe of A."

One table seats marines from one of the ships that destroyed the Kraken. they are boasting to each other over their accomplishments and discussing the battle in detail.

"Those men could be potential allies. As I said - I wish to pay back Z for the attacks. Alcar, perhaps you could gain some information from them?"


One table seats 2 orcs, an ogre, an Onorog (Half-Orc, half-ogre-mage...a common pedigree for officers in Storm's army), a hobgoblin, and a kobold, all wearing the red uniforms of Storm's local occupying military police force.

"And those we should definately avoid."
 
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