Last Stand of the Dorinthians (Chapter 2 - Illusions)

[Land Outcast]

"Rix and I should move first in case any guard stays in spite of the fire, we'd bring him down, and then the rest of you get up there so that we continue into the building" Alexander shifts his weight from one foot to another and reluctantly adds "a neat plan indeed Rix"

"We must find somewhere to remain until darkness falls..."Alexander starst scanning the terrain, searching for any covered place before the barren land besides the goblin fortress. And he adds a thought that had been floationg on his mind "...depending on the numbers of guards we observe in the meantime, the plans might change, we might have better luck waiting for someone to enter he stronghold, or, however unprobable, the shaman to come out of it."

 

[Deuce Traveler]

OOC: How far away from the stockade will you start the fire, and how will you start it? How will you travel back when you try to reach the side opposite the fire?

 

[GlassEye]

Silas nods. "A fair plan, indeed. Though my vision at night is highly impaired I think I can manage. Now about this fire. Are we setting it away from the stockade with the hopes they will send someone out to investigate? Or are we attempting to set the stockade itself afire?"

 

[Ferrix]

OOC: My plan of action was actually to watch for a while to see how the goblins moved around, anyone came and went, etc. Not start a fire right off the bat.

"It will be difficult to set the wall on fire, perhaps if we can observe a while longer we may notice a weakness we have not yet. Alexander, perhaps we should scout around to view it from different angles, it may reveal something we've missed."

 

[Deuce Traveler]

You spend the rest of the day observing, and into an uneventful night. (Take off 1 ration). You aren't impressed by the goblins' sense of watch duty. They switch guards on the ramparts every four hours, but the guards on the wall tend to relieve themselves when they feel like, not always waiting for their replacements. During the late afternoon a contingent of six goblins went out on a feeble patrol and came back an hour later. There didn't seem to be a password to enter, and the double doors were opened when they were sighted returning. Overall, it seems they have less of a sense of the military than what their well-designed fort would indicate.

 

[D20Dazza]

"Well that tells a story eh? But can we use any of the story to our advantage?" Kel muses as the evening darkens "Discouting their ability to see in the dark is there any reason why we shouldn't move out tonight? If we're going to use fire as our cover could Rix perhaps sneak around to the other side of the fort, light something on fire and distract them while the rest of us get over the wall?"

OOC: How much of the inside of the fort can we see? Enough to setup a meeting place with Rix if he was to clamber over the wall other than where we do?

 

[Deuce Traveler]

OOC: The stockade is roughly circular, and nearly 250 feet in diameter. The goblins use a minimum amount of torch light inside the fort and along the top of the outer wall.

 

[Land Outcast]

Alexander nods at Kel's words "We could move in tonight, but where should we create the distraction?" Alexander lets his words hang on the air a pair of seconds and adds: "Rix is right, scouting the walls is necessary before we do anything. Aside from finding possible weaknessess on the walls we coud eliminate some guards without rising the alarm with a fire, and therefore not have all the fortress awake."

 

[Ferrix]

"Do any of you have oil? That would be the easiest way to secure a fire, otherwise we would need torches and something easily flammable, dry brush for instance." Rix nods towards the half-orc, "why don't the three of you scrounge up some dry brush that we can move easily, tie it together if you have to. So we can set the fire up swiftly, a few lit torches into dry brush placed near that section," gesturing towards the eastern side of the stockade, "should stir up enough of a fire to give us a chance to climb the western side. For now, that's the idea, although Alexander and I will scout out the surroundings and see if there's a better location."

OOC: I don't want to start the fire near the entrance or areas of concentrated guards.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

OOC: During scouting, Rix and Alexander discover that there are several spots, from all directions of the fort, where they could light a fire and it would be somewhat contained. Anywhere outside these spots would likely start a fire that would burn through the rest of the surrounding forest. The closest area of concealment is on the western side of the stockade, where shrubs and trees are only 30 feet away. The doors to the stockade are on the northern side.