Heroes, Inc. Day 3+, Voyage to Sarkon

[frostrune]

OOC: Timrin will hide in a hut near one of the stumps as that will be his best means of remaining undetected. Once the ambush is sprung he will rush (boots of speed) to put himself between the pirates and the slaves. Once in the thick of it, he will use the flat of his blade to beat the pirates into blissful unconciousness (-4 to hit, deal subdual damage).

IC: Timrin scans the clearing to find just the right hut. Seeing it he says, "I'll hide there and wait for one of the rest of you to start the fight. Once the trap is sprung I'll move to put myself between the pirates and any villagers. "

"Take them out as swiftly as possible and remember... we need prisoners," he finishes with a look at Dyria.

 

[Falkus]

Dyria put her hand over her breast, and looked hurt. "You talk like I would enjoy ripping out the throats of these pirates and watching them die in agony," she tilted her head and pursed her lips. "Well, maybe you have a point. Don't worry, I'll restrain myself."

OOC: Dyria will hide in the other hut. When the ambush is sprung, she'll close in on the pirates, and then use her whip dagger and third hand ability to disarm them and acquire their weapons, and then trip them once they're disarmed.

 

[Hypersmurf]

You find what looks to be a pair of damaged huts, surrounded by trees, many of which are fallen and shattered, many of which are not.

"Handy," Fin agrees, giving Murdoch an approving nod. "Shando - shall we see if there's anything in our size?"

OOC: Without being too obvious, in case there are observers about, Fin will head into one of the huts and look for appropriate terrified-islander garb. /OOC

 

[kirinke]

"Don't worry," Alethia says, offering the paladin a brief smile before fading into whichever bushes/tree clumps that seem to offer the most cover.

By the pricking of my thumbs, something evil this way comes. the voice whispered in her mind in an almost sing-song voice.

 

[DM_Matt]

"Handy," Fin agrees, giving Murdoch an approving nod. "Shando - shall we see if there's anything in our size?"

OOC: Without being too obvious, in case there are observers about, Fin will head into one of the huts and look for appropriate terrified-islander garb. /OOC

Fin finds some loose-fitting outfits that he and Shando can quite comfortably fit into.

 

[DM_Matt]

"Don't worry," Alethia says, offering the paladin a brief smile before fading into whichever bushes/tree clumps that seem to offer the most cover.

By the pricking of my thumbs, something evil this way comes. the voice whispered in her mind in an almost sing-song voice.

There are some good perches in the surrounding trees that offer plenty of leaf cover.

 

[kirinke]

Alethia scrambles up a nearby tree, one with a leafy canopy that seems like it would offer good concealment.

Well let's hope we don't turn into some demon's lunch.
she thought wryly.

Not likely. the voice chuckled in amusement.

Bow ready, she drew and arrow and settled down to wait, nearly invisible in the greenery.

 

[DM_Matt]

On one of his scouting runs, Murdoch notices six pirates lying dead in a steep, deebris-filled ditch cutting into a rocky hillside. It is apparent that someone tried to hide the bodies, and they would in fact be difficult to notice except from the air. They are also missing their weapons and anytihng else of value. They were killed with swords. Some very large wounds are clearly form a greatsword, others match the cut patterns of scimitars.

He also notices that there is some activity in the camp. It appears that they are marshalling more groups to go inland. It seems that they are sending out four groups, each with a dozen pirates, one Kyton (chain devil) as a leader, and four local slaves, apparently as guides. Each slave is watched over by an animated chain controlled by the Kyton). This information is reported to the group.

 

[DM_Matt]

Ok, so you are all in position, Fin and Shando have their freaked out natives clothes on, and those four rather alrge search parties are being deployed by th epirayes. Now how do your lure one in?

Also, do you plan on taking the entire search parties alive, or just sparing a few?

 

[frostrune]

"Well done Murdoch," Timrin sincerely states.

"Someone or something is still causing the pirates some mischief on this island. I'm not sure if that works to our advantage or not, but we are apparently not alone."

"If we are to take out one of these hunting parties, the Chain Devil must be destroyed as quickly as possible. They are the leaders and also the biggest threat to the slaves. We should attempt to take the remainder of the pirates alive... if possible."

"Spellcasters and ranged attackers should focus initially on the Kyton. We need to take him out before he can react. I will try to get to him on the ground."

"The majority of our attack should come from the rear and the sides to cut off escape and force the pirates to flee away from their camp, if they get a chance to flee at all."

He looks to Fin and Shando in their peasant garb, "If you're willing I think you'd be excellent bait. Let them catch a glimpse of you on the trail and flee into the ruined village. Maybe they see you 'hide' behind a hut or a copse of trees. Once they enter and start to search, we whack them, hard and fast."

"How does that sound?"