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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xaltar" data-source="post: 6144" data-attributes="member: 480">-------------------------------------------Session 4, Part 1: Playing the part...-------------------------------------------As Drexel looked down at the potentially leprous kobold he said, “YEAH!  You’re going home!”“But you’re my only friend!”“That spell wore off!” Drexel retorted, shaking his head. “But you’re my only friend!”Finally Drexel got the hint across with, “Get Lost”, and Leper ran off towards the direction of Galath’s Roost, heartbroken.Annoyed by the distraction, especially since time was quickly running out, the party discussed their next course of action.  They had spent a full day planning their last battle, but never thought about how they were going to get into or through the Zhent outpost on the other side of the portal.Roughner, who had been quiet for a while peered through the portal and turned back with a worried look on his face, “Now what?”Ziona recommended that they just wait the ten-day and come back when they can reopen the portal.  Several of the other party members thought that waiting might not be a bad idea.  That was until Grack spoke up, “Uh, well, their going to be upset if the raiding party doesn’t show back up on time.”Suddenly a plan clicked, with less then five more minutes to prepare, they quickly began to disguise themselves in the clothes of the fallen raiding party.  Borghin used his swift skill with rope to create makeshift bonds that could be easily freed.  He gave a set to Ziona, Hunter, and Spiderfang while he put another over his own wrists.  Drexel donned the robe of the mage, and Holden wore those vestments of the fallen cleric.  Roughner was told that he was their ‘new mercenary’, replacing the cowardly half-orcs.As the others rode through the portal, Holden delayed a moment.  After the others had passed, he took out his great sword and chopped the hand off of cleric’s corpse lying at the base of the portal.  Thinking that this may be his only way home, he justified his own actions, and placed the severed hand in his bag.  Jumping on his horse, he followed the others to their fate at the Zhent outpost.With less then a minute to spare the party arrived at the Zhent outpost.  They appeared on a rocky path that leads to the entrance of the citadel.  Above it was evident that there were at least two arrow slits that could be used against them.  They were going to have to bluff their way in, but nobody said anything.“Hail,” came a booming voice that knocked the group back into the reality of the situation.Drexel replied in a gruff voice, “Please, we have no time for your useless banter!  Let us in this instant or I’ll bring down Bane’s might.”With some audible grumbling coming from within the guard tower, they began to extend the mechanized bridge that covered the ten-foot wide chasm protecting the front gate.  Drexel turned back to the others and smiled, “Just need to know how to talk to these evil people.  Now we need to get in there and take them down as fast as possible”Grack looked back towards Drexel and asked, “What exactly are we doing anyway?”Realizing that maybe he had said more then he should have, “Yeah, well you see…we’re just going to take over the keep and become more powerful, you want to become more powerful right?”Grack suddenly looked a little paranoid.  “Uh Yeah, I want to be powerful.”“Good, then you lead.”As the bridge clicked into place, Grack nervously urged his horse forward across the bridge.  When they all got to the other side, two guards standing behind a porculous stopped them.  They quickly looked over the party, and eyed the prisoners.“You took an awful lot of casualties for having so many prisoners,” one of the guards bluntly stated.Drexel quick to keep their cover, “Well, we captured these then were ambushed and the half-orc cowards ran!  Although we’ve got this new guy in the back though, now he is a good mercenary.”“Ahh, don’t lie, we kicked yer arse!” Shouted Borghin.The guard was appalled, “Gag that prisoner!”“Yeah, please do,” added Hunter, who was also supposed to be a prisoner.  Roughner trying to save the situation jumped down and ‘roughed’ them up a bit.  Content but still reluctant, the guards agree to let the raiding party in, but eyed them all of the way down the main hall.-------------------------------------------Still more to come...-------------------------------------------</blockquote>

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