Remember: Dozens of soldiers about to swarm on you.
Direction: You said you are moving, moving where? :D
Away
Up then
@Rose wants to keep disguised, and try to pass for the lord.
@Hound is big-bigger and no way disguised.
@Mysty wants to do bad things and take the lord head, as souvenir.
@Nahia and Seren did not manifested yet.
What will you guys do?
Well I sure hope we don't bicker until the soldiers come to kill us. But it would be kinda appropriate with Evil fighting amongst itself while Good rallies and triumphs.
I think if we try to storm the keep overtly we will get swarmed. That being said, so far all our attempts at stealth this mission have been abysmal failures.
A guns-blazing approach with the captain and the priest's undead bodies carrying the lord's severed head would probably do a lot to break their morale. It also paints a giant target on us, and we're out of healing.
How much of a risk do we feel like taking?
Let us go straight for the wizard and finish the mission, we could use the skellies+head to draw off the soldiers while we use the chaos to kill the wizard.
We still have a wand of CLW with over a dozen charges, so we're not completely tapped.
We need to get over to find the Magister (once Rose has healed up a bit) or leave. We don't want him getting to drop on us.
Why don't we check out the courtyard from the arrow slits in the tower? We could maybe even grab some bows and arrows and just start picking off guards until they come to us, and then we can use an enlarged Hound and high ground to kill them as they come. The Magister will come eventually, but at least we know from which direction he will come.
Im in favour of nahia's approach. Seems our best bet. I would hate to die from arrow volley crossing the courtyard.
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If we wait for the wizard, we'll get fireballed as he stays well back.
Where is he going to stay well back in the tower? I guess he could try to fireball us through the arrow-slits, but that hardly seems seems like it would be effective.
Improved Cover: In some cases, such as attacking a target hiding behind an arrowslit, cover may provide a greater bonus to AC and Reflex saves. In such situations, the normal cover bonuses to AC and Reflex saves can be doubled (to +8 and +4, respectively). A creature with this improved cover effectively gains improved evasion against any attack to which the Reflex save bonus applies. Furthermore, improved cover provides a +10 bonus on Stealth checks.
Improved cover is amazing.
Nahia, that sounds like a great idea. Let's get moving.
If you've already successfully used Stealth at least 10 feet from your target, you can make one ranged attack and then immediately use Stealth again. You take a –20 penalty on your Stealth check to maintain your obscured location.
This rule will come in handy. With the bonus from improved cover and the bonuses from distance and darkness we might be able to keep them from figuring out where they are being shot from for a while.
I wouldn't expect that to last too long, since they have a good idea where we are right now, but it could definitely sow some general panic for a bit.
Can someone sum up what you want to do?
Head up and find the wizard, open the gates and get the bugbears in.
I say we have a very strong case for doing the endgame. We took out the rookery, the head priest and a captain and the lord commander. We are also going to kill an important wizard that that will pretty much cut the head off of the leadership. So let us then open the gates.
Some more questions:
How do you plan going after the wizard?
Hole up, in the tower and wait until he comes to you?
Walk up the yard, Paladin's head as you standard?
Walk up the yard as soldiers, disguised?
Realize please, that I need more than intentions to move the game; I need to know where you want to go, and what you want to do.
Disguise as guards(Make Hound small again) bluff someone and ask 'Where is the wizard? We need to speak with him now!"
I really doubt we could pull that off. Deception has not worked too well so far, and the soldiers know that both the Lord and the enemies are supposed to be in there.
So are we not doing the whole "take up defense in the arrow slit room of the tower and get the wizard to come to us" thing? Cause that's what I thought we were doing.
^ that
Lead on then.
What makes you think he isn't already buffed? The golem did the warning gong earlier. Even the Lord suited up to come attack us. And if we head to the keep it gives him a definite element of surprise because we have no idea where he might be or where he might come from.
Also, that may mean needing to offensively wade through as many as 40+ guards to get to him. At least in the tower we can make a good defensive stand.
Anyway, times up, decision was made already.
Don't worry Mysty
Hoping you get better.
Didn't Nahia mention she was using the wand on my again? Is my current HP on your chart accurate?
I did. I'm not sure what your total started at, but I've tapped you twice (given the time) since the Lord fell.
I'm not sure what I was at either. Once Aku started tracking it I stopped updating my stat bar as often.
I actually kinda like it that way. It feels more immersive. I know I'm hurt, and roughly how bad, but I don't know exactly how much more it would take to drop me. Certainly ups the tension in a tough fight.
@Rose
I'm not sure I understood correctly your intentions.
Can you point out the room numbers that you want to move and such?
Makes it easier for me to understand your plans.
Room 2. Back where we started. Only two ways in and they're right next to each other.
Ok Rose, using Hound's enlarge person duration as a guide, I should have been able to tap you with the wand twice (for 5 charges left). You'd be 8 rounds into the second charge, giving you 18 more HP.
The map says (as of me posting this) that you were at 14, so that should bring you to 32 and two more rounds of healing left.
I'm going to update the battle map with that.
Those soldiers were a whole lot faster and closer than I thought they were. I think before we make plans in the future for fights we know are coming we should always ask about how many rounds it will take for the enemy to get to us. Now we're basically stuck in this room. It's not a bad position to hold, but it isn't ideal.
As for the HP, what was on the map and what was on the list at the top of the thread were different. I'm not sure which one Aku was tracking toward the end.
Your call.
I'd prefer to have done it before combat. That should mean that as I come down the stairs the archer's nest is pretty well on fire.
@All
Sorry, I messed up with the initiative order, and the guards acted out of their turn, I'll consider the same rolls, but with them drawing swords, since Mysty went and tumbled outside.
Also, I'll update in a couple of hours.
Mysty tumbled outside? As in 'out the door into the courtyard?'
So it seems from her description.
The pathological antipaladin should not feel like the sane one in the party.
(that's not an insult. you guys are all nuts and I love it)
*Blush*
DM Aku, Is the position of the group of soldiers in the courtyard accurate? Or do you just have them there as a reminder that soldiers are coming?
About what Rose is trying, I'll not interfere in the scene.
Mysty should tell what her reaction is.
Second time Rose is toting Mysty around. :)
If she doesn't want to let me I'm not going to try to grab her anyway. I'm just trying to help her get back inside before the mob shows up and the magister starts lobbing spells at those of us who aren't safely out of line of sight.
@Rose
Rolls in combat are always open.
You can do it yourself, or if you do not, I'll roll for you. (in open, during combat :D)
I have a feeling that they aren't going to walk into our cunning trap. So it is perhaps best to send out the skeletons(carrying the commander's head) to hopefully scatter them and follow behind.