pneumatik's WotBS 1 - The Scouring of Gate Pass

[Thanee]

Lytha

Lytha uses the distraction, at least she thinks it is meant as a distraction, for all she knows, he could very well just be saying what he is thinking right now. Not too far from the truth either way. Anyways, it was a distraction as it certainly made the guards focus on Liiros, and as such, Lytha manifests her charm power on the guard captain.

“I'm focusing on the captain,” the elf whispers to the mage.


OOC: Psionic Charm with 3 PP, DC is 16 (no display).

 

[Rhun]

Hollister mills about unobtrusively, feigning mild interest in the rantings of Liiros, but not doing anything that would arouse suspicion from the watch.

 

[Theroc]

Rae simply blinks at Liiros, the glances to the guards. The rant somewhat spoke for itself, but he hoped it didn't come to violence. It was definitely not his strongsuit.

 

[pneumatik]

The guards at the gate stand dumbfounded as Liiros yells at them. His shouting even pulls the remaining ones out of the guardhouse.

Inside the wagon, Diogenes squirms around to point the wand at each guard in turn and mutter the activation word under his breath. They must be weak willed because only a couple guards require multiple charm attempts.

Unfortunately the sergeant is not so easily enchanted. It's obvious to Thytha that her attempt at charming him fails.


[sblock="OOC"] Lytha has plenty of time to try to charm the sergeant again if she wants. If not, Diogenes will try to get him.[/sblock]

 

[Thanee]

Lytha

Lytha tries again, she knows her chances are a lot better than the wizard's, because he is only using a wand, not his own power. This time, a subtle chime rings once in the minds of those in close vincinity to the wagon.


OOC: Psionic Charm with 1 PP, DC is 15 (with mental display; 15 ft. radius).

 

[pneumatik]

Lytha attempts to charm the sergeant again, but it again he's resistant. This time, he and two other guards near him look around. "You hear that, sarge?" one of them asks.

Lytha quickly tries a third time, and is finally successful. "Yeah, I did," the sergeant says. "What're you guys doing?" Several other guards start to approach the wagon.

Diogenes slips out the back of the wagon as fast as his tubby body will let him. "Guys, guys, guys," he says, "let's calm down here. It's just me, Diogenes." All the guards except the sergeant visibly relax.

 

[Thanee]

Lytha

As Diogenes hops out of the wagon, Lytha also climbs down and moves towards the sergeant, smiling friendly.

“Greetings! We just need to get this wagon out of the gate, that's all. Business as usual. No reason to make a hassle out of it, right?”

 

[Rhun]

Hollister turns his attention back to the wagon and the gate guards, hoping the Diogenes and Lytha successfully charmed all of the men.

 

[Arkhandus]

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just let us get rid of this crap and we'll get out of your hair and you can rejoice that Liiros and his wretched cart are out of your lives forever," the angry elf mutters.

 

[pneumatik]

"Diogenes!" all the guards shout. One of them says, "This guy's alright, Sarge."

"Dioge-who? Oh, hi!" the sergeant says as Lytha slips out from the cart. "I didn't realize you were in there too. Well, it's not standard, but I you'll be right back I figure we could let you out. Make it quick, though. I'm really not supposed to be doing this."

"No problem, Sarge," Diogenes says. "Actually, would you mind if I just waited here while they take the cart outside? You got some pretty cool guys here."

A couple guards open the gate. Liiros and Torrent pull the cart outside with the rest of the party around them. As you leave you hear the guards and Diogenes exchanging filthy jokes.


You made it! At long last you're finally outside Gate Pass. You have the material (well, a copy of the material) that Badgerface stole from Ragesia. You're on your way.

The road, while clear, is rough and rocky. Pulling the cart is a challenge for Liiros and Torrent. Despite the difficulty thanks to the mountainous terrain you're quickly out of sight of the city.

Torrent stops. "Okay, hang on," she says. "It's thirty miles to the Fire Forest of Innenotdar. That's two full days of walking with an empty cart. Thanks for the help, Liiros, but I'm not pulling it thirty more feet, never mind thirty more miles. Unless you want to pull it, I plan on ditching it."

After deciding on the cart, you press on. Technically dawn occurs soon, but it's several more hours before the sun rises high enough to reach into you in the mountain pass.

After a few hours you stop for breakfast (lunch?) and you realize just how tired you are. You figure you have two options. You could take a break now for several hours and nap, then walk until it gets late and camp out. That will probably make the trip to the fire forest take a third day. Or you can try to push on until darkness. That would keep the trip to the fire forest down to two days.