"That works for me," Pelleas says, straightening his jacket. "I'm not sure what else I'd be contributing, since I can't exactly wander about with those two. Although, unless we're going to be causing a ruckus I'm not sure what good I'd be there, either. Ah well; if all else fails, I can cover our tracks," Pelleas says, his fingers twitching towards concoctions at his belt. "A few explosions ought to cover any trace of us being here, wouldn't you think?"
the Tannery
Cimri nods at the suggestions, "Let's give time for Ali to scout the interior, go ahead in with him Castiel. Vadim, Argog, Alex, Robert, and Pelleas will come by five minutes after the two of you enter. Darkin and I will hang back in case someone comes or goes".
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Without missing a step, Castiel draws his bow. He pauses, draws a breath, and steadies his aim. Then, after another calming breath, he fires at the dog.
Alicarus darts forward at the dog, moving low on the ground, his chain trailing behind him. He brings his hands up in a quick swipe, slashing the dog with his long, hard, sharp nails.
"Alright, since I am the ranking member of the Church of Asmodeus, allow me to do the talking and avoid any laughter. Just appear all serious and menacing and allow me to spin our cover story. Of course, do not hesitate to murder them if they try to attack us first before we get a chance to talk. Is the plan understood and acceptable?"
"Lie first, kill second. Easy enough." Vadim shoulders his scythe. "Shall we?"
Alexander nods in agreement, and follows along.
the Tannery
The dog's bite is as bad as its bark as it nips some flesh from Alicarus' hand and pulls him to the ground!
As you head towards the gates you hear the sound of a growl and then a bark coming from within the compound! It seems the stealthy group was not as stealthy as they believed they would be!
"We need to get their attention."
Robert shouts for the benefit of those inside the Tannery. "Open up in the name of the Church!"
the Tannery
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Castiel moves to the side so the Ripper isn't in view, and the looses another arrow.
ya no
Robert raps loudly at the gate of the Tannery with his mace, hoping that the sound masks the stealth team's approach. "Open up I say!!!"
Alic grunts as the dog tears into his arm and he falls to the ground, trying to keep it from biting something more vital. If Castiel's second arrow doesn't bring it down, he slashes again with his nails, desperately trying to fend off the animal.
Noticing that Robert is trying to hide his face, Alexander tries to do the same by trying to make the collar of his robe stand up. He grumbles while doing so. "Tsk... What in Nethys's scorched rear is going on in there..."
"Clearly something's gone wrong. Well then, no reason to stand around out here."
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Darkin walks up to the anti-palidan, seeing that he is the one lest likely to ruin Darwin's garb. His bare chest is covered in black swirling tattoos, and the armored sash around his belly is a little loose. Darkin is in no way trying to hide himself. If there is something wrong, i advise we do something to fix it he then draws his greatsword, the heavy blade still not quite familiar in his hands.
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Shrugging in his armor, he walks over to the gate, and does checks it with his Fachaurd, making sure to bellow louding, In the Name of Asmodius wake thy selves and come speak to the clergy
[ooc]Checking the gate as in hockey check, not exactly sure how to say it without using the word hockey to describe what he is doing [/b]
"By Asmodeus, everyone rap the gates."
the Tannery - the Ripper and Vasago
Vasago's second arrow silence the dog. They can hear their comrades at the front gates screaming and demanding entry!
At that moment the door opens and another dog bounds out, standing inside is a man holding a crossbow! He sees the dog on the ground, "By the Gods you'll pay for that!"
the Tannery - the Distraction Group
Your distraction was not sufficient it seems to overcome the sounds of the guard dog being slain by your "stealthy" team mates!
You hear a man cry out, "By the Gods you'll pay for that!"
"Up those gates!!!"
Robert moves to assist the ones going up.
Alic pops up from his prone position and glances over to the new arrivals. Twisting his spiked chain from about his body , he murmurs a prayer to Zon-Kuthon. "Oh, Dark Lord, grant your servant healing, that may suffer more in your name before coming to slumber at last. There is yet work to be done."
the Tannery - the Distraction Group
Your distraction was not sufficient it seems to overcome the sounds of the guard dog being slain by your "stealthy" team mates!
You hear a man cry out, "By the Gods you'll pay for that!"
With a surprising amount of grace, Pelleas scampers up onto the wall with no trouble at all. Once there, he wraps his thick tail about one of the supports and offers a hand to Vadim, before pulling backwards to haul the armored man over the wall. "Come on then, let's get you over the wall," he says, nearly falling over the other side from the weight of the antipaladin's armor. "Here, give me your hand and I'll pull you up," Pelleas says to Darkin, his feet perched like a goat's.
the Tannery - the Distraction Group
Your distraction was not sufficient it seems to overcome the sounds of the guard dog being slain by your "stealthy" team mates!
You hear a man cry out, "By the Gods you'll pay for that!"
Castiel sighs and fires his bow again. I hoped to avoid this.
Vadim smiles, though how anyone can tell that when he's wearing a full helmet is anyone's guess, and steps in to Pelleas's hand, jumping up and grabbing the top of the gate before using his impressive strength to haul himself over. "My thanks my friend! Praise be to the goddess who brought us together."
Alexander lets out a loud 'tsk' when the commotion starts. "Damn it. So much for going in quietly." He runs to the gate and tries his luck in climbing it as well.
And doesn't have any luck in finding purchase for his hands. Grumbling he will attempt again as soon as he can.
the Tannery - the Ripper and Vasago
Alicarus draws his weapon and gets to his feet in time to see Castiel hit the door frame instead of the man holding the crossbow within the building.
The dog charges at Castiel while the man with the crossbow fires it at Alicarus.
Jabral . Damage .
The dog overshoots the mark as does the man with the crossbow.
Alicarus sees what the man and dog do not, half of the rest of the group climbing the fence!
Vadim takes one look at the situation and laughs. "Wonderful! Blood to shed and enemies to slay." He draws his scythe and moves forward slowly, spinning his weapon and making a display of his blade. "Come at me you mongrel! I'll gut you like a pig!"
Castiel sighed, and kept his bow at the ready. Alicarus, have you heard the story of the Sir Aglrmore and the Dragon? he grins wolffish and spins a bawdy tale about a knight wandering the woods looking for a dragon and ends up sticking his lance into his own foot.
he kind of looked like that guy with the dogs!
Alexander grumbles as he tries to scurry over the walls of the fort. "Damn it all!"
Even if with assistance, Alexander can't even find a handhold to lift himself off the ground. He looks back and forth along the wall then sighs as he realizes something. "Hey... Why don't one of you just... Open the gate!?"
HP 11/11(NL0)
AC 15, touch 11, flat-footed 14
Fort +1, Ref +1, Will +1
CMB: +1, CMD: 12
Cantrips: dancing lights, detect magic, ray of frost
1st: cause fear (DC 16)[], magic missile (2)[][], shield[]
Bolster (+1, 1 round, 8/day) (Sp) - 0/8
Command Undead (8/day, DC 11) - 0/8
Arcane Bond: 0/1
Current Effects: Mage Armor +4 to AC
"A delightful tale." Alic grins and flits forward a couple quick steps, whipping his chain about him with vicious speed, and sending it tearing toward the dog's throat. He clicks his tongue as it misses, however, and wraps it back up his arm, drawing fresh rivulets of blood. "Sir Aglrmore just needed more faith in the benefits of such suffering."
"Open the gates!!!!" Robert reminds those who manage to get to the other side.
"Open the... yes, the gates!" Pelleas says, dropping nimbly from atop the wall. While not a strong man, Pelleas does his best to aid his companions in opening the gate so the others might enter. "We'll be there shortly!" Pelleas calls, his voice sounding more like he was calling to his companions about a luncheon than a battle. "We just have to pry open this damned gate!"
the Tannery - the Ripper and Vasago
Alicarus' chain just misses the dog's neck despite Castiel's rousing performance.
"Come at me you mongrel! I'll gut you like a pig!" screams Vadim, the man holding the crossbow is obviously intimidated by the powerful and frighteningly clad evil Paladin.
Alexander simply cannot get over the gate as it has so few footholds to assist in the climbing.
Darkin casts a spell to protect himself from missile weapons if an attack comes at him from the perimeter of the walls.
Jabral reloads!
The dog switches his attack to the more aggressive of the two men, his bits snags Ali's leg.
Castiel and Vadim see Alicarus go right down as the accumulation of dog bites he has suffered have overtaken him.
The man in the building reloads his crossbow though Vadim can see quite clearly that his hands are shaking.
"Hmm? Wait a moment, it seems there's some sort of lever..." Pelleas says, moving to inspect it. "Give me a moment, I'll have it open! I just need to get into this box." Giving it a once over, Pelleas attempts to open the box to get to the lever, so that he can pull it to open the gate.
After inspecting the box for a moment, Pelleas grins wickedly as he figures out its mechanisms. "Ah, now I've got it! We just need to slide this piece down, so we can turn the gears that release this..." he mumbles, working all the while. If he successfully releases the lever, Pelleas's grin spreads wider as he grabs hold of it with both hands and pulls it forward with all his might.
The clever Alchemist picks the lock on the box and engages the lever opening the floodgates of Hell's Minions!
Argog will move towards the entrance to the building, closing in on the poor fool who dares defy the wrath of... this group!
The Tannery
As Robert calls out, the man calls back though his voice is shaking abit, "What Church is it that would invade my business in the middle of the night!"
Alic gasps from the pain and falls to the ground, a smile coming to his lips as he drops. It seems the Kuthite continues to take pleasure in the pain even to his own demise.... unless he somehow knows he will live through this danger.