Discussion for a Kingdom of ashes OOC II

[Laurel]

Plan so far?:
a) use teleport, tumble, sphere of invis. to roof of Duke's old observatory
b) interrogate/kill as we go-need answer to:Who is mistress? and What is being done to elves?
c) get to bottom of palace leave /or/ once we have info, we go back to roof and scale down
d) go towards docks
e) use folding boat to get away

As with the last planning stuff, just trying to lay it out... I am not saying this is finalized or what is actually happening, but going through the posts what I found.

 

[The_Universe]

Well, one way is better then having to do it twice, plus going down is much faster then climbing up- right? Rules again, but would going down be a use rope or climb check? It is hand positioning and wrapping it correctly around your leg, but you still have to hold on?...

It seems we are head to docks for exit route (I am taking this from posts by Jeramiah and Liz) We could always do an early changing of the guards to gain access to a ship.

Going down can be slightly faster than going up. Up, you're limited to 1/3 your movement. Going down will be as fast as you want to let gravity take you. However, you still have to get up on top of the wall to get down off of it... so either way there's going to be some up and down.

As Jeremiah already said, if you're going to use the docks to escape, you need to try something very different than what you did before. They'd have to be total morons to leave the same vulnerabilities in the system that cost them a ship, before. Furthermore, even if you managed to get the change the watch thing to work, you still don't have nearly enough people to get it to work...

 

[Xath]

A scroll of teleport is 1125gp. 1 scroll made by randall would get everyone but 1 person out. As a 5th level spell, it would take a UMD check of DC25 to use the scroll. So, we could use 2 scrolls. That would get everyone out. Both Xath and Archonis have Use Magic Device.

 

[Laurel]

To group/duke: So watch tower C gives us close proximity to the palace, and a straight shot to the ground outside the palace? Are the dragons sitting on the four watch towers? The observatory is the top/top level of windows I am assuming?

Last game there was mention of Wyverns coming and going from on top of the palace....?...

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

I agree that this is possible. Liz's comments re: the contact solution are also salient. However, despite the fact that the falling bottle was loud to us, I doubt the people in the apartment below even heard us. Tumble DC 15 lets you treat any fall as if it were 10 feet shorter, so that's (generally) what you're shooting for when you make tumble checks as you hit the roof. They'll have a chance to listen if you miss it, but unless they have their ears to the roof, you'll at least have some time to move away from the landing spot before they can investigate. In all--there are risks, but none that are so large so as to make this part a no-go, at least from my perspective.

Moving on...

How many ranks does everyone have in tumble?

I have 4... but, that negated by my armor. As such, I need to roll a 15.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

I believe Archon has 1 rank in Use Magic Device. Unless he rolls a 20, he can't get a 25.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Yes, I know... just being full of myself after the weekend's success...

Folding boat is the only safe option... as safe as it's going to get, anyway.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

A scroll of teleport is 1125gp. 1 scroll made by randall would get everyone but 1 person out. As a 5th level spell, it would take a UMD check of DC25 to use the scroll. So, we could use 2 scrolls. That would get everyone out. Both Xath and Archonis have Use Magic Device.

How many ranks do you have, Xath?

 

[The_Universe]

To group/duke: So watch tower C gives us close proximity to the palace, and a straight shot to the ground outside the palace? Are the dragons sitting on the four watch towers? The observatory is the top/top level of windows I am assuming?

Last game there was mention of Wyverns coming and going from on top of the palace....?...

Wyverns cross paths in the air over the place nearly constantly. There are at least 500 in the city, and at any given time, at least 200 are in flight. While they may not be perched on the palace, they're flying over it, frequently.

You have no idea where the Dragons are perched, since you can't scry the palace, and you can't get close enough on airborne mounts without attracting the attention of the aforementioned wyverns.

The red roof that sticks up in the center of the palace is the obervatory--it's small. The top set of windows is the third floor of the palace...the Duke's personal chambers.

None of the tertiary watch towers are that close to the palace--the side view is very deceptive. Look at the top view for reference.

 

[Laurel]

I believe Archon has 1 rank in Use Magic Device. Unless he rolls a 20, he can't get a 25.

I know it is not much, but he also would get to add his cha. modifier -if we end up trying this...