Q'Barra: Facing Truth Chapter 2

[Rolzup]

"My thanks, Catherine," Darrick says absently, flexing his much-abused arm. "I hate retreating," he says quietly, "Especially with the lives of prisoners in the balance...but I fear we've no real choice. But we should at least give them something to think about, beyond relieving them of their armory....

"Sepoto, Kaelan! Could the two of you, perhaps, quickly rig up some sort of surprise for anyone who comes to investigate?"

 

[Rookseye]

Hearing Darrick's suggestion and seeing Kaelan's crestfallen expression at Catherine's rebuke, Sepoto smiles at his friend, picking up a handful of the shortspears and says,

"Friend-Kaelan, we will need to rest before continuing on, but that does not mean we cannot leave something behind to inconvenience our enemies."

[SBLOCK] Good idea, Rolzup, but unfortunately, none of us have the Craft (Trapmaker) skill. Rigging something with the shortspears, scythe, and alchemist's fire/frost/spark at the door may be something we could improvise, however. That is up to Pebele though. Sepoto will be happy to take "Ilya's" fancy arrows if nobody has an objection, I promise to give them back to him/her soon enough, . [/SBLOCK]

 

[Yeoman]

"I don't like retreating either, but we're no good to those people dead. Your trap idea is sound though. What about rigging some of those alchemist's fire flasks to burn the room to the ground unless you disarm it first? As for the disk, let's load whatever looks valuable and get out."

 

[EvolutionKB]

Kaelan

Kaelan bows his head in ignorance and shame. "Yes captain, I guess you are right, it is time for a hasty retreat. Where do we stay though? There is still the matter of the men in the trees outside. When the leaders find out find out how many men they've lost they will probably kill the prisoners and then come looking for us. If they don't, they will be even more ready to deal with us on our return."

After looking over all that is found in the room Kaelan says, "All the alchemical items and potions, the weapons are armor of these men, the money and gems, all the arrows, and the heavier suits of armor. Does that sound good? I will keep this form for now, if we encounter somebody on the way out, if may throw them off for just a second."

 

[Pebele]

[SBLOCK] Good idea, Rolzup, but unfortunately, none of us have the Craft (Trapmaker) skill. Rigging something with the shortspears, scythe, and alchemist's fire/frost/spark at the door may be something we could improvise, however. That is up to Pebele though. Sepoto will be happy to take "Ilya's" fancy arrows if nobody has an objection, I promise to give them back to him/her soon enough, . [/SBLOCK]

[sblock]I think that the party should be able to rig something up. Let me think on what check they will need to use, however.[/sblock]

 

[BRP2]

Fleeing was a good idea, one coffer full of goods ago. Now, I say we use our resources and finish this fight... we'll need to be smart. We've been lucky none who have fallen have stayed fallen, but it seems we'll be fighting a much harder set of opponents than before.

Of course, if you do want to retreat, I won't fight you over it. I do have a demand though: we bring this coffer with us.

 

[Yeoman]

Catherine looks to Charles. "We are retreating. Load whatever you can that looks useful onto Trebuchet's disk, and rig whatever you can as a trap. Then we're heading out."

Catherine looks between everyone in the room. "Our best bet is to put a bit of distance between ourselves and the temple. Maybe a couple miles away we'll make camp. As for the prisoners, we can drag them with us, or leave them tied up. Sepoto did leave them with food and water after all."

 

[Pebele]

[sblock]Ok, so, the party can just make the trap, however they think it would work to rig it. Let me know. [/sblock]

 

[Shayuri]

(OOC - [sblock=Convoluted and probably impractical idea.]Use some rope to tie a few jars of alchemist's fire together, then hang them over the door. Attach rope to doorknob, so that if it comes free, the jars drop. Cut almost all the way through, and set one of the daggers against it...attach it to the door too. When the door opens, it'll force the dagger against the already almost cut rope...ideally completing the cut. Alchy fire on head.[/sblock])

 

[Pebele]

(OOC - [sblock=Convoluted and probably impractical idea.]Use some rope to tie a few jars of alchemist's fire together, then hang them over the door. Attach rope to doorknob, so that if it comes free, the jars drop. Cut almost all the way through, and set one of the daggers against it...attach it to the door too. When the door opens, it'll force the dagger against the already almost cut rope...ideally completing the cut. Alchy fire on head.[/sblock])

[sblock]This plan sounds fine to me.[/sblock]