Fentrith had long since fallen asleep, softly snoring from underneath his jolly roger blanket. The quiet commotion of his companions awakens him, and he stirs, mumbling something, then grabs his sword quickly.
"Do they have missile weapons?" he hisses up towards Villard, a plan forming in his mind.
Fentrith had long since fallen asleep, softly snoring from underneath his jolly roger blanket. The quiet commotion of his companions awakens him, and he stirs, mumbling something, then grabs his sword quickly.
"Do they have missile weapons?" he hisses up towards Villard, a plan forming in his mind.
[OCC - ok I will assume that Villard and Fentrith are up in the toward]
In the bell tower
Villard and Fentrith are crouched down low, peeking over the rampart and down at the beach and the back of the Hermitage, observing the creatures below… Villard Spot roll 3 +10 =13; Fentrith Spot roll 14 +3 =17
…except for spears most don’t seem to have any kind of weapon at all; BUT they both observe that there are 5 or six of the creatures milling about at the back down have weird poles that have javelins are something attached to them. They also wear little bandoliers that have 8 or 9 additional javelins attached to their backs.
{spoiler for Villard
you do see the creature down at the beach a little clearer now, they moon or something seems to be giving you a little better view down there. It seems that the smaller ones look more “humanoid” that the others. They are the ones drawing in the sand right now and chattering among themselves. You can’t make out the words but you can see them better.
}
Suddenly there is a strange moan come from the group by the beach, and one of the smaller creature takes a dagger and slits the throat of one of the bigger creatures (who does not resist by the way) and it falls onto the drawing the creatures where making. A slickly grey, grease smoke seems to rise from the body, while the creatures still standing around start to sway back and forth… (note the group on the beach is about 60 feet away from the bell tower).
Inside the Hermitage
The group remains waiting quietly, the first creature looks at the floor and seems to crouch down for a second {spoiler for Kitsch
with your dark vision you notice the lead creature is licking the floor, right where the creature that chock Fentrith died
}. After a second or two it lifts it head and hisses more deep down in its throat… and start to slowly advance on the barricade by the stairs. As it moves in two others advance into the room, one following the first towards the stairs the other moving along the wall toward the north (passing the door into the Library). Torren can see this one (just barely in the dark), Zoraster, Kitsch, and Black Jack (who I assume is at the top of the stairs looking down from hiding; correct me if I am wrong) can see all three… Listen checks Torren 8 +1 =9; Zoraster 7 +1 =8, Black Jack 11 +4 =15; Kitsch 16 +3 =19
Black Jack and Kitsch hear the very soft clicking of something hard (claws maybe) on the wood from hallway where the first three creatures came though, sounds like more in the hallway moving up quietly.
[Action now? At present you all still have surprise. Only three of the creature moved into the room this round. Next round the first creature through the door will make it to the barricade]
Fentrith pauses for a moment, eyeing the scene unfolding below. "My religious education and magical training suggest that this is some form of dark ritual," he opines. "We shouldn't let them finish." Gritting his teeth and squinting due to the poor light, Fentrith begins counting his enemy: One, two, three, four, ten, a lot. Wish I had that Sound Burst right about now.
Fentrith pauses for a moment, eyeing the scene unfolding below. "My religious education and magical training suggest that this is some form of dark ritual," he opines. "We shouldn't let them finish." Gritting his teeth and squinting due to the poor light, Fentrith begins counting his enemy: One, two, three, four, ten, a lot. Wish I had that Sound Burst right about now.
"Don't know, might be, By any chance would you have any clue I assume cleric have some basic knowledge of religion and cults practices" I tell Fenrith about the spoiler so that he can read it. [OCC I ask for Fenrith if he has any knowledge of what we see]
Fentrith pauses for a moment, eyeing the scene unfolding below. "My religious education and magical training suggest that this is some form of dark ritual," he opines. "We shouldn't let them finish." Gritting his teeth and squinting due to the poor light, Fentrith begins counting his enemy: One, two, three, four, ten, a lot. Wish I had that Sound Burst right about now.
Fentrith thinks for a second... Spellcraft roll 13 +10 =23
...and is pretty sure that they are performing somekind of Ritual that has Divination and Necromancy parts to it. He figures that while the ritual has started they have not yet completed it... he is not 100% sure how long that will be, but at least a minute, maybe ten.
Quickly signing, ~hold till they almost reach the first barrier~
OOC:
i was hoping we had set up at least two barriers, one to slow the enemy (i.e. they need to climb over it) and another for the ranged fighters to fire from behind a bit farther back. I'd imagine Zoraster would be up closer to the first barrier and Kitsch and Black Jack would be farther back to keep out of range. If that's not the case and there's only the one barrier at stairs, Kitsch would probably be concealed in the rafters above the hallway to the bell tower, since he's not so great in melee combat.
[OOC: If I'm thinking of the layout correctly, we have a barrier at the top of the stairs, and one at the bottom. Zoraster is behind the one at the bottom, Black Jack is behind the one at the top, and Torren and Kitsch are on the balcony above. Is that all correct?]
Zoraster will stay in hiding behind his barrier until one of the fishmen finds him or someone else starts the fighting, at which point he'll uncover the sunrod and stab any monsters within reach.
