Last Stand of the Dorinthians (Final Chapter)

[Deuce Traveler]

OOC: Sorry, let me be more inquisitive. Will you stay in one tight group or send one or two of you to scout ahead? Do you intend to use any kind of camouflage or stick to any sort of terrain, and if so what? How will you communicate? What kind of spells, skills, or other preparations do you plan to employ?

 

[Fenris]

OOC: Sorry, let me be more inquisitive. Will you stay in one tight group or send one or two of you to scout ahead? Do you intend to use any kind of camouflage or stick to any sort of terrain, and if so what? How will you communicate? What kind of spells, skills, or other preparations do you plan to employ?

OOC: Come on man, I'm just the fighter!
DT a family emergency has come up and I will be out of town until late Saturday, feel free to NPC Dartis. I vote that we stick together, but stay off the trails and use any ridges to conceal us. Dartis wil also enlist the aid of Sanmar and Eroll to conceal them as well. Scouts will be shot on sight. Glass?

 

[Deuce Traveler]

OOC: Come on man, I'm just the fighter!
DT a family emergency has come up and I will be out of town until late Saturday, feel free to NPC Dartis. I vote that we stick together, but stay off the trails and use any ridges to conceal us. Dartis wil also enlist the aid of Sanmar and Eroll to conceal them as well. Scouts will be shot on sight. Glass?

OOC: Sorry... sorry... I'm spoiled by Roy from OOTS. I'll give GlassEye a chance to post, but will update by early tomorrow.

 

[Fenris]

OOC: Sorry... sorry... I'm spoiled by Roy from OOTS. I'll give GlassEye a chance to post, but will update by early tomorrow.

OOC: It's OK, I'm ribbing you, I just don;t have a chance to work it up before i leave. I 'll try when we get back.

 

[GlassEye]

OOC: [Sigh] Silas is more of a charge-through-the-underbrush-and-whack-it-with-his-staff kind of guy. This sneaky stuff is a little outside his purview. And his original plan strongly revolved around Silas Generwine. Since he didn't drag the elf along and SG didn't feel compelled to follow when we left precipitously, we'll make do without him.

Silas doesn't like Ulavree or Sanmar, isn't too sure about Eroll, and would prefer if it were just Dartis, Caramip, and himself. However, he won't object to the other three (yet) because he knows they have unknown powers that may be the difference between success and failure. If it looks like they are more likely to be a liability then Silas will urge Dartis to ditch them and continue without them.

Not trusting his ability to move unnoticed through the underbrush Silas will recommend sticking to back paths and trails at the very least. If they can get close enough to the tower, Silas has three hours of Alter Self memorized. He could take on the appearance of an elf but since there are so many of us it won't be convincing to say he's captured outsiders. That's all I've got at the moment. If I haven't posted anything else by this evening then I guess we just advance with these rather sparse preparations.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

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OOC: <grumble> I swear this website... kicked me off when I made a long post and lost all my work... shorter version...
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Sanmar takes the flank as you travel for most of the day, grumbling all the while about how no one except the gnome knows how to keep quiet through the forest. Erroll takes the lead and scouts ahead, but stops as he tries to skirt around a clearing. The group of you slowly catch up and get behind him to glance at what he is looking at in the growing dusk.

"We're being watched," he declares as he scans the trees ahead.

"I count three elves with bows though there are likely more," Caramip says as she looks up at some trees and sees several shapes wearing green and brown clothes jumping from branch to branch. The trees are 70 feet ahead and the shapes at around 10 feet off the ground.

A voice yells out, "Turn around humans! We of Saleentra are not feeling very hospitable with our recent internal strife. If you keep approaching our city we'll have to slay you where you stand. 'Twould be best if you just turn around now and forget we even saw one another."

 

[GlassEye]

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Silas will as quickly as possible cast Extended Mage Armor upon himself and then Protection from Arrows upon himself Dartis. "I hope I'm not filled with arrows before I finish," he mumbles.

If his casting goes smoothly and no one else speaks up Silas will straighten up, peer about in the underbrush for the elves, and take a few steps forward into the clearing. "Saleentra has always welcomed allies. It is a sad day when allies become enemies. And indeed, we have come to parlay with your Speaker in hopes that further deaths can be avoided. Do you propose to claim the right of your Speaker to reject envoys? If not, I suggest you lead us to Speaker Varrel."

 

[Fenris]

Roy, er I mean Dartis unslings his shield. He pauses to gaze upon the noble face on the shield, he straps the shield on. and "Silas or Caramip, can one of you put them to sleep or otherwise stop them from alerting other, I can buy us as much time from theri arrows as we need, just stay in the forest." Dartis then, with the shield forward, steps fully into the clearing.

"You would slay us without knowing who we were? You would slay one of Saleentra's allies, who has aid her in times of need and fought beside council members? We have come to help in another time of need, a time of crisis, we know of your recent strife and bring councel from the wisdom of the ancients."

 

[GlassEye]

"I'm not sure I have anything that will work," murmurs Silas. "I need to see my targets..." He squints into the trees surrounding the clearing looking for elves as Dartis speaks.
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[Fenris]

OOC: Glass, The Shield of Heroes is a shield of arrow catching, which I just realized I need to activate, which I am. But all the arrows will divert to me, so if need be step up beside Dartis and you'll be safe from any arrows.