Mirela steps out trying to draw all eyes to her.
why do that be? It’s do be a perfectly good shelter and you All patrol here more often so it should be safer!
Not sure if you want me to roll something to distract so others can do what the want unnoticed… I’ll guess bluff to aid another on stealth? Bluff (aid another)to distract:1d20 ⇒ 11
The guard looks confused. "Well, yeah, but we can't let people squat here. You don't know who might be out to get the Emperor. You're, uh..." he looks back at the rest of his patrol. "Just get out of here before the next patrol comes through. If we see you again we'll give you a beating and run out out of here."
M Half-Elf Cavalier (Constable) 2 / Investigator (Spiritualist) 6 | AC 25 (T12, FF24, CMD22) | HP 62/62 | F +9 R +8 W +10 | Mv 20' | Init +1 | Per +20/+23 | Insp 6/6 | Spirits 9/9 | Active: None
Did the Arcane Eye see any creatures or is that entire large building to the SW just as empty as the map shows?
Is Pilt still hanging around overlooking the Blood Pig field, with 9 guards and the executioner near him?
Sorry, had a response ready but then the board wasn't working then I forgot. Yes, there are people present in all the adjacent buildings. If it's late at night Pilt is behind a closed door so you don't know where he is.
Also if it's late at night the patrols are getting kind of sloppy and are only walking around every half hour or so.
M Half-Elf Cavalier (Constable) 2 / Investigator (Spiritualist) 6 | AC 25 (T12, FF24, CMD22) | HP 62/62 | F +9 R +8 W +10 | Mv 20' | Init +1 | Per +20/+23 | Insp 6/6 | Spirits 9/9 | Active: None
karlprosek wrote:
Sorry, had a response ready but then the board wasn't working then I forgot. Yes, there are people present in all the adjacent buildings. If it's late at night Pilt is behind a closed door so you don't know where he is.
Also if it's late at night the patrols are getting kind of sloppy and are only walking around every half hour or so.
It shouldn't be late at night. It was early in the day when we left the Arkona palace (we spent the night there and had a morning meeting with Lord Arkona). Then maybe an hour to get to Pilt's neighborhood being reasonably stealthy, and an hour observing. Maybe noon now?
Sorry my mistake. Pilt's in the throne room in that case. Also in that case, there are guards/members of the mob everywhere and patrols are very regular. It's not possible to plan out a stealthy way in for the whole group during the day, there are too many people moving around doing things.
M Half-Elf Cavalier (Constable) 2 / Investigator (Spiritualist) 6 | AC 25 (T12, FF24, CMD22) | HP 62/62 | F +9 R +8 W +10 | Mv 20' | Init +1 | Per +20/+23 | Insp 6/6 | Spirits 9/9 | Active: None
Cynara wrote:
The arcane eye can fit through small openings, so unless the doors are sealed tightly Cynara may still be able to find Pilt.
Yes. We know where Pilt is. As the GM wrote just above:
karlprosek wrote:
Sorry my mistake. Pilt's in the throne room in that case. Also in that case, there are guards/members of the mob everywhere and patrols are very regular. It's not possible to plan out a stealthy way in for the whole group during the day, there are too many people moving around doing things.
The throne room is open to the air and therefore open to the Arcane Eye. We were there over a year ago IRL, before you joined. It is described here.
karlprosek wrote:
This open-air balcony is shielded from rain and sun by a brightly colored canvas roof that extends up over the area like a half-dome, held in place by a wooden framework. The inside of the canvas has been decorated with scenes of gruesome debauchery; battlefields, executions, torture chambers, and human-eating monsters all vie for space. The balcony contains two major features of note. The first is a high-backed throne that looks like a poor man’s version of the Crimson Throne, a thing of blood-red cushions and silks and spikes. Directly west of the throne stands an intimidating device: a tall guillotine of carved wood and bone, its base depicting grasping demonic feet and the housing of its glittering blade a leering demonic face.
We might try to go through the SW corner of the large building, depending on what guards/creatures the Arcane Eye saw in there. It looks like from the room we would enter there is a corridor that leads to the throne room. This would be my first choice.
We could try disguises or trickery, but Pilt's guards know us.
Or, we could try to come from the air. We can't make everyone fly, but Cynara and Mirela could maybe handle this. If they could fly into a position with line of sight to the balcony (like in the air over the Blood Pig field, or directly above if we take down the awning), they could probably take down Pilt and many of his guards with spells and arrows. It's not very sporting, and it would leave Nargun and Artegall with little to do, but if the guards don't have bows then it's probably the safest plan (and even if they do have bows, they would be unable to use them once grappled by Black Tentacles).
Or we could ask Pilt to fake his death somehow, since I know Mirela doesn't like the idea of killing him. Artegall however is pretty poor at Bluff, so I don't know how we would convince the Arkonas that we truly believe Pilt is dead.
Or we could wait for night, when Pilt would be in his bedroom instead of the throne room.
If we come in from the air, we would need to be able to keep Pilt in place so he doesn’t run under cover.
It also would be nice to have some sort of disguise so everyone doesn’t know it’s us doing it. They may not know Cynata, but given how we played blood pig yesterday (in game) they would know it was Mirela.
Other option. We do have all the blackjack items. That could make one of us really sneaky.
