City of the Spider Queen - The Adventure
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Nephtys
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gabrion said:
ooc: Sorry if I'm misunderstanding this but won't watching the Drow to see if they have established a pattern mean letting them go out on several raids (we can't make out a pattern otherwise)? It would amount to pretty much the same thing as Ionna's suggestion, but would subject the people of the Dale to even more suffering, without the advantage of setting up an ambush on their return.
Or does it just mean looking for tracks and such? Either way works for me
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Ionna looks at Chance blankly, "If that is your wish."
Ranger Rick
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Nephtys said:ooc: Sorry if I'm misunderstanding this but won't watching the Drow to see if they have established a pattern mean letting them go out on several raids (we can't make out a pattern otherwise)? It would amount to pretty much the same thing as Ionna's suggestion, but would subject the people of the Dale to even more suffering, without the advantage of setting up an ambush on their return.
Or does it just mean looking for tracks and such? Either way works for me
OOC: Being a tracker, I might be able to determine a pattern from the previous exploits. We just need the GM to tell us about what I can find and not find.
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Sorry, but I don't think I was that clear. Chance just meant that if the raids are at night, we could see if they come out tonight and if they do we could attack them. Not really watching them to establish a pattern, but seeing if they have already come up with a SOP. Chance as a character is pretty strongly oppossed to letting them actually carry out the raids.
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Nephtys said:ooc: Sorry if I'm misunderstanding this but won't watching the Drow to see if they have established a pattern mean letting them go out on several raids (we can't make out a pattern otherwise)? It would amount to pretty much the same thing as Ionna's suggestion, but would subject the people of the Dale to even more suffering, without the advantage of setting up an ambush on their return.
Or does it just mean looking for tracks and such? Either way works for me
Sorry, but I don't think I was that clear. Chance just meant that if the raids are at night, we could see if they come out tonight and if they do we could attack them. Not really watching them to establish a pattern, but seeing if they have already come up with a SOP. Chance as a character is pretty strongly oppossed to letting them actually carry out the raids.
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Nephtys
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ooc: Ok, so right now we're setting up a base-camp on the hill above the catacombs and scouting the area. We haven't agreed on how to proceed, but it seems to be leaning towards ambushing the Drow on the surface when they emerge. Ionna is more in favour of ambushing them when they return (but that's not going to happen because of alignment issues), the other two options (ambush above or below) are equal as far as she's concerned.
AmorFati
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Day 1 - At the crypts
As some of you prepare a camp-site on the hills above the crypts, Chance and Donedal explore the area around the crypts.
You both find old tracks, more than a few months old in fact, leading from the track you came from, heading for the crypts. Grave robbers or bandits perhaps. When looking closer you can also see that someone - or something - has walked here lately, however you cannot establish what is was, as it obviously knew how to move without leaving too much of a trace.
You then head for the buildings, deciding to explore the northern building first. The stone doors, though heavy, pivot easily to allow entrance to this old mausoleum. Though coated with dust, this 20' by 25' chamber has clearly not lain undistrubed since its crafting. Human refuse is strewn around the room as if this place has served as a campsite for more than one group of travelers, bandits or grave robbers. Four closed doors lead out of this chamber, two on the northern wall, and one each on the eastern and western wall.
As some of you prepare a camp-site on the hills above the crypts, Chance and Donedal explore the area around the crypts.
You both find old tracks, more than a few months old in fact, leading from the track you came from, heading for the crypts. Grave robbers or bandits perhaps. When looking closer you can also see that someone - or something - has walked here lately, however you cannot establish what is was, as it obviously knew how to move without leaving too much of a trace.
You then head for the buildings, deciding to explore the northern building first. The stone doors, though heavy, pivot easily to allow entrance to this old mausoleum. Though coated with dust, this 20' by 25' chamber has clearly not lain undistrubed since its crafting. Human refuse is strewn around the room as if this place has served as a campsite for more than one group of travelers, bandits or grave robbers. Four closed doors lead out of this chamber, two on the northern wall, and one each on the eastern and western wall.
Ranger Rick
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Donedal ftr/rgr
Donedal heads back to the campsite. He quietly has everyone gather around and reports his findings. "(see post above)....what has me worried is the tracks that where disguised. If those are Drow we may not be able to ambush them because to hide their tracks shows they are a cautous and experienced group. I do not think we have much to worry about from the people who have camped here before."
Looking around into everyone's eyes, Donedal continues, "I propose two options as course of actions. The first is we camp here with guards, get a goodnight's rest than proceed into the crypt after breakfast......The second is we camp here, but set up a decoy in the old mausoleum. Make appear like we are camping there and to have our guards down there. This option will result in a night of not much rest....what say you all?"
Donedal heads back to the campsite. He quietly has everyone gather around and reports his findings. "(see post above)....what has me worried is the tracks that where disguised. If those are Drow we may not be able to ambush them because to hide their tracks shows they are a cautous and experienced group. I do not think we have much to worry about from the people who have camped here before."
Looking around into everyone's eyes, Donedal continues, "I propose two options as course of actions. The first is we camp here with guards, get a goodnight's rest than proceed into the crypt after breakfast......The second is we camp here, but set up a decoy in the old mausoleum. Make appear like we are camping there and to have our guards down there. This option will result in a night of not much rest....what say you all?"
wgreen
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Kemble shrugs. "If we wait out here, we've got to be alert for drow raiders, so I doubt we'd get much beauty sleep either way." He jerks a thumb toward the mausoleum. "Any of you guys know anything about traps? Normally, I wouldn't worry about a dusty old crypt like that, but if drow are holing up in there, I'd be surprised if they didn't leave us a few nasty surprises..."
