[IC] The Protectors of Greensfen (Part II)

[nerdytenor]

Map of immiedaite area

OOC: Green blobs are trees. Karis and Rellek, you are undetected at the moment. It's getting dark - there are no torches outside, and anything more than 5 squares from anything else gains concealment.

• R = Reginald
• h1-h6 = misc hooded figures
• G = guards
• P = patrols, also hooded

Main party and stealth party, let me know what you want to do. Main party has not yet entered the building, but your escort is waiting for you to enter.

 

[covaithe]

ooc: Basic outline of a plan: Circle around to the south and sneak up on the patrol there. Subdue them with nonlethal damage -- hopefully they'll be minions and fall down easily -- and take their cloaks. Then approach the building where our group is and try to bluff our way inside. Still thinking about bluffing strategies -- depends on what happens in the meantime. Of course, with my luck recently I'll roll a bunch of 1s and it won't matter.

 

[pathfinderq1]

Once Kraegyn had drawn his sword, he never actually bothered to resheath it- he made the journey with the hilt grasped in one hand, and the flat of the blade propped on his shoulder. Once they arrived in the encampment, he took a single careful look around, attempting to get some sense of how active and how populated the area was.

Then he stepped forward, towards the cabin door. He motioned for Joshua and Blay to stay back. "Wait a moment. I'll go in first, see how things look. I'll be right back." And with that, he headed in through the doorway...

OOC: Going in first. If things seem safe, poke back out long enough to say so. If it is a trap, well, that is what meat shields are for. Plus anything that delays matters gives Rellek and Karis more scouting time- Kraegyn assumes they are following along, but has no idea how closely.

 

[nerdytenor]

Reginald appears mildly irritated that Kraegyn is calling the shots, but he shrugs his shoulders, unable to come up with a reason why the party can't do this one at a time.

"Very well, you may come first," he says. Reginald walks to the entrance of the building, opens the door, and motions Kraegyn inside.

[sblock=Kraegyn]

You enter the building, and see a long desk on the inside. Seated behind the desk is a rather thin, tall, older fellow with a pale beard, along with the high-pitched man who recognized you from the fight in the bar. On the desk are a few stacks of parchment, a quill with a bottle of ink, several small stones, and other miscellany. On either side of the desk are two more guards, outfitted similarly to those outside.

The high pitched man bends over to whisper to the bearded man whom you take to be some kind of bureaucrat. He nods in response, and turns to you.

"Well, this shouldn't take long. If you'll just place your hand on the desk for a moment, I can verify that you are free of any magical taint and you will be on your way." The bureaucrat grabs one of the small, unremarkable stones from the desk and motions you over. "Have no fear, it is entirely painless and routine."

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[sblock=Joshua and Blay]
The hooded figures around you fidget uncomforatbly, waiting for their next order.

"Waste of time, this is," manages one of them under his breath.
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[sblock=Karis and Rellek]
OOC: If you would like to try and take out one of the patrols, both of you make an attack roll - if both hit, you can take them both out with nonlethal force. I will allow an additional stealth check DC 16 for K+R to have the takeout be totally silent.
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[Arbanax]

Rellek moved with Karis allowing his friend to take the lead...having carefully put away his weapons he sought to try and get to one of the guards...

But whilst busying himself with his weapons he inadvertently stepped on a dry twig. Holding position he had to wonder if he'd given the game away.

Stealth roll v DC16 got 11

assuming I still need an attack roll it was 15

If Dragonborn scales could blush, Rellek's would have lit up the dim night.

 

[covaithe]

Karis, usually silent and deadly in the forest, is distracted at Rellek's noisy tread. She stumbles herself, and her blow is not quite on target.

ooc: stealth 14, attack 15. Ugh! Looking at IC, my last 9 d20 rolls made for PCs have been 3, 15, 9, 2, 4, 1, 2, 4, 3. The 9 was on the 9th of June. Which means that, unless something changes before tomorrow, I will have gone a month without rolling higher than 4 on a d20.

edit: the attack roll included CA as well, not that it helped.

 

[pathfinderq1]

GM: [sblock] Kraegyn took a quick look around the room. It didn't seem like a trap, at least not an obvious one. He raised one massive black-scaled hand (the one not holding the sword) in a 'wait' gesture, then poked his head back out the door. "Not a trap," he rumbled to Blay and Joshua. "You can come in now." Then he leaned back into the room and stepped over to the desk- with a big toothy smile, he put his empty hand down where the man had indicated... [/sblock]

 

[nerdytenor]

[sblock=Kraegyn]
The guards and two others with you inside the barracks are clearly surprised and slightly irritated with you - it seems they are used to a bit more deference in their dealings with the townspeople. After you shout out to your colleagues outside and place your hand on the table, the bureaucrat relaxes a bit.

Grasping one of the stones on the table in his right hand, he waves it in a circle three times over yours. Nothing happens. The bureaucrat doesn't seem surprised.

Leaning over again, the high pitched man whispers in the bureaucrat's ear.

"Yes yes, I know," the bureaucrat answers. "But this is the procedure we have to follow."

Turning to you, he says "You are free to go."

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[sblock=Joshua and Blay]

Kraegyn pokes his head out the door.

"Not a trap," he rumbles. "You can come in now." And he re-enters the barracks

OOC: Assuming you are going inside now, yes?
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[sblock=Karis and Rellek]

OOC: Slight time distortion - waiting for Joshua and Blay before resolving your actions.

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[The Digger]

Reassured by Kraegyn's call Joshua steps lightly inside just as the Dragonborn is tested by the man inside. However, he is not so happy with what he sees.

"Before I submit to this ignominious treatment may I be allowed to know the reason for it," he asked, with the tone of a condemned man asking for a decent meal before the hanging.



[sblock=OOC] Sorry for delay. Very sick mother who seems, hopefully, to be coming out of things. However no sooner do I get home than I discover a close friend, great role-player and fantastic figure painter has suddenly died at abouyt 41 years old![/sblock]

 

[Arbanax]

[sblock=OOC] Sorry for delay. Very sick mother who seems, hopefully, to be coming out of things. However no sooner do I get home than I discover a close friend, great role-player and fantastic figure painter has suddenly died at abouyt 41 years old![/sblock]

[sblock=OOC] Man so sorry to hear that piece of news I'm 42 so when I hear stuff like this its always such a shock. Although its heartening to hear your mums doing better (been there with my dad surviving cancer twice) I'm really sorry to hear about your friend. Ab [/sblock]