[IC1] Pool of Radiance

[Thanee]

As the group decides to slowly seperate themselves from the crowd and head back to where Thunder is still waiting for them, a powerfully-built hobgoblin dressed in well-kept chain armor accompanied by an elder haggard woman heads up onto the podium; apparantly the winner of the auction.

Apart from him there have been four other bidders, which were wealthy enough to keep the price up, one of which was the mage who examined the staff earlier. The remaining three, a gnoll with a human skull for a helmet and wrapped in rich furs, a human woman in comparably modest leather clothing and a wide hooded cloak, and a goblin, who was a bit difficult to see, thanks to his small size, but also looked to be a bit wealthier than the average spectator; he was wearing some kind of bright red cloak, though.

Some of the spectators turn around to move away now, much like the adventurers do, while others still stay around and watch.

In an alleyway out of sight of the Podol Plaza now, Thunder asks about what they learned and gets a quick summary of what was going on there. Then the question comes up, how they want to proceed with their planned rescue of Amber now.

 

[Voadam]

In a low voice Kordunn gets to the point. "We see the castle and its defenses, if the opportunity is ripe we use the invisibility magic to enter and find Amber then fight our way out if needs be. If we don't need to use the invisibility going in we can use it to cover our escape."

 

[Mista Collins]

"Agreed." Selvaggio says with a simple nod.

 

[Thanee]

Taking a route along the edge of the plaza, the group gets into position to watch the castle guards. The gate is open, but still guarded by a large number of humanoids of small to large stature, as usual. The big wall surrounding the castle area is patrolled by a large group of guards, consisting of four humans (two of which could potentially be spellcasters, two are more heavily armed), two bugbears, four duergar and two giants as the adventurers are able to discern from afar. There doesn't seem to be any other patrols on the wall, so it might be possible to sneak past them using the Invisibility scroll.

As they watch the wall, the adventurers here some commotion from Podol Plaza. As they turn around to take a look, there is a large sphere of darkness near the crowd of spectators. Most have turned to look after the person who just came out of the sphere, running towards the south, it seems to be the mage who has earlier been seen on the podium examining the wand. Some of the others charge after him, while most just stand there watching the spectacle or just being unicersally confused about the incident.

 

[Scotley]

Eldwyn

"What the..." Eldwyn is as bemused as most of the crowd.

 

[Voadam]

Determined of purpose Kordunn says "A distraction, good. Lets take advantage of it. Stay within 10 feet of me once the spell is cast and hold off making attacks until needed, they will break the invisibility." If the party is unobserved and there are no objections Kordunn will cast invisibility sphere and then head in with the party.

 

[Scotley]

Eldwyn

"Yes, better to get in while we have some distraction." The halfling checks to make sure his gear is secure and moves within the area of the spell.

 

[Thanee]

Watching the guard patrol for a short while, the adventurers realize, that they only patrol the wall seperating them from the castle's courtyard. For a moment, the thought of going over one of the other walls crosses their mind, but then again, falling into the river would spell certain and furthermore very ugly death, so that thought is quickly pushed aside.

So they wait until the patrol has passed the point, where they have seen some cracks in the wall and where some trash and debris piles could assist them with the climbing, and gather together to let Kordunn read the scroll.

Kylest volunteers to go up first and secure a rope, the dwarven scout is a good climber and thus the most reasonable choice. Of course, the whole group cannot wait long before following him, since the radius of the spell is only so long and they need to keep close together in order for it to keep working.

 

[Scotley]

Eldwyn

"Up and over then."

 

[Bloodweaver1]

Aylor Creegan

Having been trained in being able to fall from high places unscathed, Aylor opts to go over next. Once on the other side she helps the others with getting over the wall.

OOC: Hey Thanee did you ever get the chance to update our character sheets?