[KAUAI]The Rod of Seven Parts: Of Hexes and Gems

[CanadienneBacon]

Plunked on the head by a small rock, Voadam's hands fly up to ward his face. Turning to see his assailant, the green wizard spies Maelicent hiding beside the barrel and frowns. "Pedantic! Come, the crowd's thinning now. Brakkus has engaged the officer in charge down by the gate; perhaps he has bartered a way in for us. In any event, we'll be wanting you along for the journey."

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

Gamad

The dwarf nods to chev, then turns to the priest, Brakkus and Voadam before the green wizard turns to leave and find the goblin.
Let me take a wild guess … the massacre and the people who tore each other … an act of chaos I say … chaos.
He rolls the final word on his tongue.
I have the feeling that we are responsible to the act, we activated the second segment and chaos sprang out from this keep like water from a spring.
He nods to Voadam and makes a silent curse towards the whippersnapper kid.

Gamad lead his donkey toward the gate, then tries to find a isolated spot, he dismounts from Hamor, and takes cover behind him, then, hidden by his only true friend he casts a spell.

*Detect magic.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

Gamad moves up to the gate. At first, the pikemen guarding the portcullis bar his way, but a shout from Commander Burne provides Gamad the access he needs. Protected by Hamor on one side, Gamad casts detect magic and is immediately blown away by an overwhelming magical aura lingering about the gate. Set on edge by the powerful aura and the simultaneous desire to fix the broken portcullis and clean the spilt blood from the byway, Gamad's head spins feverishly. Try and he might, Gamad is overpowered by the very strong aura and is unable to concentrate enough to detect from which school of magic the aura derives.

[sblock=Gamad]One overwhelming aura detected. School of magic unknown. The location of the overwhelming aura is centered directly on the smashed portcullis. The stone lintel above the gate, specifically. There will be other inconsequential auras strewn about the city as well, two on Commander Burne in particular, but nothing else about the gate itself. The segment held by Gamad still does not radiate magic.[/sblock]

 

[SlagMortar]

"Alright. We can manage that. Hmm. Probably not much use inside a dense wood or castle. Is there a stable nearby?"

 

[Mista Collins]

The dwarf nods to Chev, then turns to the priest, Brakkus and Voadam before the green wizard turns to leave and find the goblin.
Let me take a wild guess … the massacre and the people who tore each other … an act of chaos I say … chaos.
He rolls the final word on his tongue.

"Yes, I have a feeling this rod we are searching for is connected to chaos. Though Voadam has already stated so in his many theories, this helps prove it." Chev says in response to Gamad. "But I wouldn't put this completely on our shoulders. Some of this may have had happened without our intervention."

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

Gamad

Waiting for the returning of Voadam and the goblin Gamad shares what he found out.
Despite the mess who need to be cleaned I sensed a powerful magic over the portcullis and the stone lintel above it, and when I say powerful I mean the most powerful magic I ever sensed.
He rubs his temples and continues
My head pumps like a panicked pig's heart.
He lowers his gaze submissively and cleans the dirt stains the pebbles did to his robe.
It behind my powers to determine the nature of the magic but intuition tells me we need to find another way in before we decide to take the chaos route.

 

[Voadam]

"We need to get inside and check for tracks before they are all trampled. I'll provide a cover story and distraction should you be challenged again. Pull up your hood, stick close to me, and let's go. I hope Gamad thinks to check the corpses as well for auras before the black robes cart them off." If Maelicent comes along Voadam will head back to rejoin the others.

 

[Ambrus]

Pedant-what? Maelicent scowls at the giant-kin who feels he has the right to issue the Gudwulf warrior orders. "I aint got no hood and I don't be needin nobody's say so to be enterin my own home." With that, the goblin begins heading back towards the gate, albeit while darting from shadow to cover as he goes.

 

[Voadam]

Voadam heads back, upon coming back upon the group he asks "Any auras upon the gate or corpses? Enchantments would be most likely on the bodies I'd think unless there was possession. A demon in a human body could generate enough strength to rip a man's head off."

 

[Ambrus]

The Gudwulf warrior uses Voadam's return as an opportunity to stealthily make his way around the throng of gawkers, guards and allies clustered near the gate. Darting into a bystander's shadow, Maelicent falls into step with a departing passerby, using the cover provided by his swirling cloak to stay out of sight of the guardsmen. Stopping for a brief respite beneath the belly of a the donkey, the Gudwulf warrior picks his next stop as his allies' deliberations continue to draw attention. Carefully choosing his moment, the goblin takes a few quick steps and nimbly ducts behind the pile of rusted chains next to the gate door. Staying close to the wall, Maelicent tries to take advantage of the helmeted guards' limited peripheral vision to silently sidle up near to them. Picking up a small scrap of metal, Maelicent carefully waits the span of a few breaths and then deftly tosses the piece sideways through the gate but behind the guards to draw their attention directly away from himself. When they look away at the sound of the metal landing behind them, the Gudwulf warrior nimbly dodges through the gateway turning to follow the interior wall back away from the pair; taking refuge in the over-growth. (Hide +11, Move Silently +11, taking 10)