Kiss of Darkness: Part 1--A Hint of Shadow

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Nah, not necessary. If you want a 100% chance to Climb the rope while under the distress of making sure you aren't caught breaking in, you'll need to knot it. The building is 40 feet tall, so make sure you buy long enough rope)

 

[unleashed]

OOC: So 60 feet of rope should be enough to knot then? We’ll probably want two 60 foot lengths and two grappling hooks then, just so we don’t have struggle around at the top as we bring the rope in to climb down again.

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: What does knotting the rope do to the length?)

 

[unleashed]

OOC: Well, that depends entirely on how thick the rope is and it’s flexability , but it seems that you lose approximately 9 times the thickness of the rope to every knot tied (yes I had some rope handy to play with) so 39 knots in a 1/2 inch thick piece of rope would use up ~14 2/3 feet of rope. So 60 feet should do it, with some room to spare to tie the grappling hook to.

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Sounds good--have the cash for that, I guess. So that's the plan? Grapple, climb, smash window, feed rope in, climb again?)

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Rhaka adds, "We shall see who is the better climber, then ... because one or both of us will need to exit your tunnel with the bodies. Then we will need to do it over again. And this time I have no problems entering the building. I think it has been shown clear enough that the intent of this building is clearly not that which is good - or even fair."

[Sblock=OOC]Rhaka's Cimb skill: -1

Unless there are story line plots that need to be RPed out or interrupted, I'm okay with the rescue happening without posting each step of the way.[/Sblock]

 

[unleashed]

Baeleth Dawnmist, Male High Elf Swashbuckler

OOC: Yes, Baeleth has the money for that, and that sounds like the plan.

“Well, I’m hoping we’ll only have to go through the whole process once, as the problem I had before was that there was no easy way to lower our companions down the trapdoor or lift them out of the exit I found, by myself, without worsening their injuries. There was also a passage which lead deeper that I didn’t investigate earlier, as I was too preoccupied looking for a way out.”

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Baeleth and Rhaka get the rope, knot it, and try to climb it stealthily without being noticed by the guards. By this time, evening is drawing in, which actually works to their advantage in not being seen, though Rhaka doesn't have the easiest time seeing either. Baeleth has absolutely no problem, of course.*

(OOC: How are you breaking the glass? Any attempts to make it quiet?)

 

[unleashed]

OOC: Try to score the glass with a dagger and break it out a piece at a time...muffling the sound with a sack when breaking it.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Baeleth tries his best to muffle the sound, but there is still a loud crash of glass. Nonetheless, thankfully, none of the guards notices, and he is able to pull away more of the glass to create an opening and pull the rope up and feed it through. It might have been difficult to climb down the stacks, but fortunately, there's a conveniently collapsed stack of crates nearby that he can hop onto and just walk down, albeit balancing a bit.*