[LPF] Ryall's Estate

[InVinoVeritas]

"Let me say a prayer to Peletanga for us before we go in. Oh! And load my crossbow, too. We can converge on the house quickly."

Kazanto looks out at the house. "Sure doesn't look like a shell. Maybe it's not a hermit crab after all."

OOC: Load crossbow and cast Bless before we start.

 

[jbear]

Relic nods agreement.

"The plan sounds fine. I would rather wait with using my sleep spell and catch as many of the hounds as possible. If this man is a skilled archer, I very much doubt he will want to move from such an easily defensible position that has windows on all sides to shoot from. But let us see if the Wind favours us."

Relic casts Mage Armour on himself and as they walk towards the hut.

[sblock=Relic] Lvl 1 Human Wizard
HP: 11/11
AC: 16 Touch 12 FlatFooted 14
Status: Mage Amour; Bless
Fort: +1 Ref: +2 Will: +3
Spells: lvl 0: Ray of Frost, Read Magic, Daze
Lvl 1: Mage Armour: USED; Shocking Grasp; Sleep
Bonded Ring: Unused
Lightning Flash 7/7
[/sblock]

 

[jkason]

GM: If it matters, these are Wolfhounds, a domestic dog breed, not Wolves, their wild cousins. So, it sounds like you're all good with the split plan. Since it seems cruel to trash a nat 20, I'll give Quioan an auto-succeed on his sneaking around to the northeast corner to set himself. I need Stealth checks from the other 3, though, to help determine surprise. Might as well roll some initiative for the first round while you're at it, since the plan appears to be attacking without warning, yes?

 

[Systole]

OOC: Daylily's mind is made up, yes. As far as he's concerned, this is akin to putting down a dangerous predator. You try to catch it sleeping, ambush it, and kill it quickly. Trying to take this guy into custody or offering a chance for surrender wouldn't occur to him. If anyone wants to have a talk with Daylily about taking Caan alive or something, feel free. Did one of the wolfhounds make the print on the wagon, or was it definitely a wolf footprint that we saw? I'm not sure whether that's a Knowledge:Nature or Survival, but they're both +4, so I'll roll once and let you figure out which it is.

 

[Qik]

OOC: That's very sweet about the stealth roll, jk. Q'll take position at A32. Once he gets there, he'll cast Gravity Bow (although if the verbal component'll mess with my stealth, let me know, and I'll decide to either forgo that or make it my first round action). I had considered casting Enlarge Person on Daylily before he snuck off, but I'm guessing it'll take us more than a minute to get into position, which would make that pointless. If I happen to be wrong about that, then consider it cast. Initiative: 1d20+5=10 Thanks for the wolfhound info, too; I had initially confused the two, and was a bit worried about 4 wolves+ranger/druid/whathaveyou.

 

[jkason]

[sblock=Daylily]The prints were definitely wolves, not wolfhounds.[/sblock]

GM: Qik, from there Quioan is definitely too close to cast verbal components without the closest dog (at least) hearing him, so you'll have to make it your first un-stealthed action, I'm afraid, since you're right and you'd burn most of the spell duration if you cast it far enough away and then had to sneak (at half speed) into position. Assuming you guys go undetected, I'll also let you have a pre-arranged signal for starting attacks if you like, so you can all 'un-stealth' at the same time. If the dogs hear one of you, of course ...

 

[Systole]

OOC: I believe the prearranged signal is Daylily charging out of the woods screaming like a wildman. When Daylily sees the wolfhounds, he will whisper to the Relic and Kaz that these were not the beasts from the wagon.

 

[Qik]

OOC: That's what I figured, on both jk's rulings and Daylily's charge being the signal. Can I at least delay my casting to see if the dog closest to me is lured by Daylily's charge?

 

[jkason]

OOC: That's what I figured, on both jk's rulings and Daylily's charge being the signal. Can I at least delay my casting to see if the dog closest to me is lured by Daylily's charge?

GM: You can always hold an action. Actually, depending on their initiative rolls, Kazanto and Relic may be holding actions if you're all waiting on Daylilly's charge.

 

[jbear]

Relic tries his best to sneak up but it's just so hard with creaky bones!