Snarf Zagyg
Notorious Liquefactionist
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(IC) Against the Giants PBP Group 2
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FitzTheRuke
Legend
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Steve Gorak
Adventurer
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Gimlak smiles as Larry disappears. He telepathically instructs the aberration to silently go down the non-smoking chimney, scout, and describe what he sees, and to head back after about 4 minutes. To make sure, he asks that someone count to make sure the telepathic link doesn't expire As Larry describes what he sees, Gimlak verbalises everything to his companions.
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FitzTheRuke
Legend
With their hiding spot seeming secure, the group discussed not "wasting" their time with Gimlak's summoned aberration. This came with a quiet discussion of the wizard's magic, and led to Duvrael offering to turn the beholder-kin invisible to scout while they waited.
With that, the hour passed as the invisible Larry would periodically leave and return (surprising everyone with a slightly-too-loud "Gbrabgh!" as he announced his return. During the scouting, the dwarf and the aberration would telepathically argue for a while, as Gimlak tried to get more precise details off the lazy and rude beholder-kin.
Eventually, the group were able to put together some (hopefully accurate) details:
Larry stubbornly refused to give exact numbers, but he reported that there was a large party of giants in the Great Hall (a large room in the middle). The "king" was entertaining guests there, probably not more than a dozen, all giants. (Larry was unclear on the type). He revealed that there were actually more than one (Gimlak narrowed it down to three) giants in the watchtower (Kahru had only seen one) and guards (probably ogres) in the gatehouse.
Larry had gone down the two smoke-free chimneys. The one in the outbuilding, Larry reported "sleeping ogres", while the one at the south-west corner, he reported "one giant" but had no idea what the giant was doing, other than being "awake in the room". By his reluctant description, Gimlak thought that the giant was likely a Stone Giant.
It was fully dark by the time Larry disappeared, but the kitchen fires burned for another hour. A light rain began, washing away the mists that had rolled down out of the hills, but making any chance of a roof fire unlikely. They were cold, damp and cramped from sitting on the wet thatch roof, but the various noises from around the steading had died down and so had the smoke from most of the fires, with one exception: The fire from the chimney that they had initially climbed to get on the roof increased, and the one further south from that one stayed steady.
The bonfire in the great hall still burned, but the smoke from the giant smoke-hole calmed, indicating that it was burning low. Things would likely have changed somewhat, since Larry's reports.
With that, the hour passed as the invisible Larry would periodically leave and return (surprising everyone with a slightly-too-loud "Gbrabgh!" as he announced his return. During the scouting, the dwarf and the aberration would telepathically argue for a while, as Gimlak tried to get more precise details off the lazy and rude beholder-kin.
Eventually, the group were able to put together some (hopefully accurate) details:
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Larry stubbornly refused to give exact numbers, but he reported that there was a large party of giants in the Great Hall (a large room in the middle). The "king" was entertaining guests there, probably not more than a dozen, all giants. (Larry was unclear on the type). He revealed that there were actually more than one (Gimlak narrowed it down to three) giants in the watchtower (Kahru had only seen one) and guards (probably ogres) in the gatehouse.
Larry had gone down the two smoke-free chimneys. The one in the outbuilding, Larry reported "sleeping ogres", while the one at the south-west corner, he reported "one giant" but had no idea what the giant was doing, other than being "awake in the room". By his reluctant description, Gimlak thought that the giant was likely a Stone Giant.
It was fully dark by the time Larry disappeared, but the kitchen fires burned for another hour. A light rain began, washing away the mists that had rolled down out of the hills, but making any chance of a roof fire unlikely. They were cold, damp and cramped from sitting on the wet thatch roof, but the various noises from around the steading had died down and so had the smoke from most of the fires, with one exception: The fire from the chimney that they had initially climbed to get on the roof increased, and the one further south from that one stayed steady.
The bonfire in the great hall still burned, but the smoke from the giant smoke-hole calmed, indicating that it was burning low. Things would likely have changed somewhat, since Larry's reports.
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Snarf Zagyg
Notorious Liquefactionist
Reckon we should take care of the guards, first.
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FitzTheRuke
Legend
There was a noise from below and a hill giant came out from a door not far beneath them. He crossed the courtyard, and the dire wolves barely took notice of him. (they had moved to comfortable grass and were now curled up, fat on scraps and dozing). The giant began to slowly circle the courtyard, on guard duty.
Tonguez
A suffusion of yellow
“ Kitchens mean fire, knives and scrounging guards” the Barbarian opined before looking back to the guard tower.
“Kill the guards then down the smokeless chimney is my plan” Kahru announced his intention. The gunman made him uneasy but Kahru had to agree about taking out the guards and was already moving that direction, pausing at the apex to see if at least one other would back him up …
“Kill the guards then down the smokeless chimney is my plan” Kahru announced his intention. The gunman made him uneasy but Kahru had to agree about taking out the guards and was already moving that direction, pausing at the apex to see if at least one other would back him up …
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JustinCase
the magical equivalent to the number zero
Duvrael offers no explanation as he softly starts casting another spell. Producing a small piece of cured leather from a pouch on his bandoleer, he touches it to his other hand while intoning a few eldritch phrases and making complicated gestures. A greenish sheen of scales appears on his skin briefly before fading.
"I can make one of the guards attack the others," Avrael offers matter-of-factly as he puts the spell component back, confident in his magical prowess.
The wizard seems a bit distracted, as if making plans and calculations in his head rather than listening to the input of the others.
"However, violence will likely attract more attention than we want. We could draw out most of the giants with a distraction, but they will return faster than we can escape. I've only got one or two invisibility spells left, but that will not fool the wolves. One of us could go down there and tie up a few sleeping giants, slowing them down when they wake up."
He seems to be thinking out loud rather than coming to any conclusion.
"I can make one of the guards attack the others," Avrael offers matter-of-factly as he puts the spell component back, confident in his magical prowess.
The wizard seems a bit distracted, as if making plans and calculations in his head rather than listening to the input of the others.
"However, violence will likely attract more attention than we want. We could draw out most of the giants with a distraction, but they will return faster than we can escape. I've only got one or two invisibility spells left, but that will not fool the wolves. One of us could go down there and tie up a few sleeping giants, slowing them down when they wake up."
He seems to be thinking out loud rather than coming to any conclusion.
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