[LPF] Distant Relations

[deisenhut]

Yoshiki Akita (Human Monk 4)

With the announcement of the assignments, Yoshiki glances at Elenka and raises an eyebrow. Though this goes basically unnoticed with the mask covering his face.

Assuming the four of us get a chance to talk in private before taking our posts, "Maybe this will be easier than we thought. Though now if any of us are missing from our posts, it will create suspicion. If Elenka and I are inside by ourselves, we should be able to search the place unnoticed. But we need a signal if someone is coming up the stairs so we can get back to our posts just inside the door quickly. Any ideas?"

[sblock=Ministats]Initiative: +4
AC: 19 Touch 19 Flatfooted 14
HP: 28/28
CMB: +8 CMD: 23 Fort: +4 Reflex: +8 Will: +7 (+2 vs. Enchantment)
Defensive Abilities: Evasion, Deflect Arrows
Speed: 40 ft

Conditions in Effect: None
Elemental Fist: 4/4 remaining
Ki Pool: 5/5 remaining
Expenditures: 50 gp
Additional Equipment: 2 flasks alchemist's fire
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[Qik]

[sblock=Questions]Could I see a map, please? I know we had them early on, but IIRC, they weren't labeled; it'd be helpful to see where the worship chamber, stairs, and corridor are in relation to each other.

Related-ly, do we know if the patrol in the lower corridor will pass by the two of us positioned at the bottom of the stairs?

Another question: would I be able to create a small object using prestidigitation, give it to Elenka and Yoshiki, and be able to end the spell (causing the object to vanish) as a signal that something is up? I've little experience with the wiles of prestidigitation, so I wasn't sure if I'd be able to, say, cancel it at any distance.[/sblock]

 

[jkason]

[sblock=answers]To answer the implied question in deisenhunt's post: In the general hubbub of folks moving to their assignments, it wouldn't be difficult to manage to 'lag behind' for a brief confab. You wouldn't have long, though, before you'd be expected to be in position.

Re-attached the map of what you've explored / seen so far in the temple. Obviously, anything you haven't explored isn't showing, because I like to be helpful, but not that helpful . Elenka and Yoshiki are to be stationed to the right of the doors in T6; Audra and Quioan to the large stairway in that same room. Thon and his partner are assigned to the doors on the end of T3 furthest from you.

The patrol is actually set to look after the Basement. You're unaware of a patrol assignment on the First Floor, presumably because there are guards stationed at key areas throughout that floor.

While it seems logical to me that you can dismiss objects you create with prestidigitation, the 10 ft. range leads me to say you can't do it at any appreciable distance.


T1: Courtyard
T2: Door
T3: Front Hallway
T4: Meeting Room
T5: Armory
T6: Worship Hall


T7: Hallway
T8: Barracks
T9: Dining Hall
T10: Kitchen
T11: Hallway
T12: Cells
T13: Storage Room[/sblock]

 

[deisenhut]

Yoshiki Akita (Human Monk 4)

The map helps. I was thinking we were going to be inside the area we were trying to sneak into.

[sblock=Ministats]Initiative: +4
AC: 19 Touch 19 Flatfooted 14
HP: 28/28
CMB: +8 CMD: 23 Fort: +4 Reflex: +8 Will: +7 (+2 vs. Enchantment)
Defensive Abilities: Evasion, Deflect Arrows
Speed: 40 ft

Conditions in Effect: None
Elemental Fist: 4/4 remaining
Ki Pool: 5/5 remaining
Expenditures: 50 gp
Additional Equipment: 2 flasks alchemist's fire
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[Artur Hawkwing]

OOC: Message could work, though you'd have to whisper it and have a chance of having it heard by anyone close enough. The spell says you have to point a whomever you wish to whisper to, but doesn't specify if you can do that during the initial set up and then send the message later. It's also only a 10 minute per level spell, so not sure that'd be good, depending on how long we're expected to be on guard here. Also, we will, I assume, still be in robes and masks, will be also have weapons we're expected to keep with us as guards? Something like a short sword or club or some such, or do we rely on our own weaponry? Guards usually have some kind of weapon displayed as a 'Dont mess wid me' sort of message. Note that the door the other two are guarding will be blind to the two of us guarding the stairs. So anything line of sight isn't useable. Also, what about arcane mark? I'm not sure if he could mark, say, the inside of the door or something that the two on guard at the door could see and he could trigger the rune to appear if danger was approaching?

 

[jkason]

GM: Wow. I had no idea I'd make you guys squirm this much by being nice. I should probably do it more often.

 

[Qik]

[sblock=OOC]Hope you're enjoying yourself, jk.

The best idea I have of sending a warning is if someone were to cast light on something, then give it to the person/group sneaking upstairs. If a warning needed to be made, the caster could cast the spell on something else, which would cancel out the first light, sending a sign that something was up. Make sense?

The issue with that method is that Quioan is the only one capable of casting light. So either Quioan stays put and only Audra goes upstairs (at least initially), Quioan switches with either Yoshiki or Elenka (doable given our anonymity in our masks) so that one of them can accompany Audra upstairs, or we just forgo setting up a warning system and Quioan and Audra go upstairs.

Of course, more of us could go upstairs, but the more of us out of position, the bigger the risk we run at getting noticed. I personally vote for keeping two of us stationed at T6 (as per the orders), so that only one group is out of position initially (although I'm open to objections). Beyond that, I'm open to any of the permutations listed above, or another option altogether.

Item of note: Quioan and Yoshiki are the resident stealth studs, so it might be worth it to have Audra and Yo switch so that Q and Yo can sneak upstairs (if we're not sending the whole group upstairs). Stealth may not in fact be useful during the recon mission (something tells me the sh*t is going to hit the fan sooner rather than later), but it seems the prudent course of action to moi.[/sblock]

 

[deisenhut]

Yoshiki Akita (Human Monk 4)

[sblock=OOC]That works for me. We should probably still color our robes Gray when we head up just in case there is someone still up there. That can be easily dismissed as well if we need to retreat. I'd hate to use that as the alert message in case someone is up there. A light might be difficult to as we'd be carrying this bright light (though might be useful if it is dark up there). The message spell may be better if jkason rules that it can be cast initially but the message not send until later within the 40 minutes it is active (which I think is the intent of the 10min/lvl duration). 40 minutes should be a good amount of time. We should at least report back in within 40 minutes, and repeat if we need more time.

I wouldn't call it squirming. This is a stressful situation for our characters. We're just acting the part. [/sblock]
[sblock=Ministats]Initiative: +4
AC: 19 Touch 19 Flatfooted 14
HP: 28/28
CMB: +8 CMD: 23 Fort: +4 Reflex: +8 Will: +7 (+2 vs. Enchantment)
Defensive Abilities: Evasion, Deflect Arrows
Speed: 40 ft

Conditions in Effect: None
Elemental Fist: 4/4 remaining
Ki Pool: 5/5 remaining
Expenditures: 50 gp
Additional Equipment: 2 flasks alchemist's fire
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[GlassEye]

Elenka smiles at Thon as he wishes them luck though since he probably can't see it behind her mask she also gives his forearm a friendly squeeze.

"Luck to you, too. Maybe we'll get paired up for guard duty tomorrow."

Once Thon wanders off Elenka lingers a bit in order to move along to their assignments in a small group and with hurried discussion of a plan of action. She has little input to Quioan or Yoshiki's suggestions, just a nagging suspicion. She shakes her head and mutters her worries aloud.

"All four of us on duty exactly where we need to be to make our foray? It's too convenient and it feels like a trap to me. But I don't see any other way to do this. Once everyone clears out I'll summon Drevezh'korol and he can stand partway between us and relay messages or warnings if needed."



[sblock=Actions/OOC]
Move --
Standard --[/sblock][sblock=MiniStats][size=+1]Elenka[/size] Human Summoner 3
Initiative: +2 Perception: +5

AC: 15 (12 touch; 13 flat-footed)
HP: 23 Current: 23
CMB: +3 CMD: 15 Fort: +1 Ref: +3 Will: +5

In Hand:
Spells:
1st level: 4/4 remaining.
Special: Summon Monster 2 6/6

[size=+1]Drevezh'Korol[/size] Eidolon
Initiative: +1 Perception: +0; Darkvision 60 ft.

AC: 15 (11 touch; 14 flat-footed)
HP: 29 Current: 28
CMB: +7 CMD: 18 Fort: +4 Ref: +2 Will: +3

In Hand:
Conditions: In the Other World[/sblock]

 

[jkason]

Thon seems to relax a bit at Elenka's friendly gesture. She thinks she catches a bit of a smile through the 'frown' of his cult mask. Then he rushes off, and the party quickly tries to formulate their plan.

GM: I'll give you guys until tomorrow, then declare your 'brief time alone without rousing suspicion' at an end. As it stands now, it sounds like you guys are all talking about splitting up, leaving two alone at the worship hall doors, sending two alone in to the upper level, and are trying to decide on a means of communicating? Should have caught this before, and I apologize for it: Quioan didn't prepare Message this morning, and it doesn't appear to be on Elenka's spells known, so discussions on that score are, unfortunately, moot.