Daimon remains quiet. He gets a serious look and nods, not wanting to make any sound to give away their position. He didn't get any fighting in the previous ambush and is itching for a fight ready to unleash some vengeance.
Yep as soon as I know the order at the door, who is where. I'll assume Grumblejack is at the back, but what order will you be as you open the door.
Aevry takes up position near the door as quietly as he can.
Map above is updated. Make sure that is the position you want. Door is in front of you to the north
Quietly: If there is a guard, I can attempt to fascinate him for a moment.
Be ready Daimon whispers and moves to open the door, alert for what might be on the other side.
Aevry nods and takes a fighting stance.
Daimon opens the door.
Daimon opens the door to a 20' wide grand hallway that is 80' long ending in the north with a pair of reinforced double doors. It is lit by two sconces holding torches, one near the north side on the east wall, and one nearer you on the west side. There is a regular door on the east and west ends of the hallway about 30' to the north of you, and another door on the west side near the reinforced double doors.
A guard stands at just to the north of the east door. When the door opens he turns to look at you and says, "Holy *#!%"
- Grumblejack, Daimon, Guards, Tearyn, Avery, Rytara, Daimon
AC 17 T 11 FF 16
Not being able to reach the guard in time to hit him with the sword, Grumblejack goes to surround him. Daimon is up before the guard!
Daimon two-hands his longsword and charges the guard.
"Is that a friend of yours Grumblejack?" Daimon says sarcasticly with a wicked smile on his face. He's ready to get a taste of some vengeance.
well that guard won't be alerting anyone. combat over
Standing over the body that he felled with one blow Daimon gives a small smirck and radiates an aura of confidence. What are the rest of you standing around for? One down, many more to go.
Aevry smiles as one more guard drops.He whispers to Daimon: Well done, quick and quiet.
The monk slips over to the western door (K-L) and presses his ear to it.
So far all too easy, but we musn't give the mayflies time to swarm.
Rytara smiles and quietly says to the others: The door on the right should lead to the guards barracks. We take them out to make sure we have no guards behind us.
With that, Rytara goes to the door on the right and listens for any voices behind.
Perception:
Stealth:
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This one is bloodthirsty, that bears watching../
Tearyn raises an eyebrow at Rytara and whispers, "As much as I'd like to kill all of these fools who imprisoned and branded us, I think stealth is the better option. We have been lucky to silence people quickly thus far, but we shouldn't assume we will always be so lucky. Escape, not carnage is our need... let us not be distracted."
Aevry moves over to the western door on the left and listens and hear nothing on the other side. The same is for the door on the eastern door on the right.
Rytara looks back at Tearyn: Do you wish to have these guards behind us? Stealth does not help if one of the hounds smells us. If it starts barking, then we have guards in the gatehouse before us and guards in the prison barracks behind us. I personally do not wish to be caught in a killing zone.
If I knew the area better, then I would agree with you one hundred percent. But, since I do not and I know that there are likely guards within who, if sleeping, are likely to not be intoxicated.
With that Rytara points to what she believes in the guard's door.
Lets check in here first. Perhaps we will also gain better equipment that that which we have at present.
If nobody objects further, Rytara will quietly open the door and see what is within.
You peer into the door to the east and see it is a larger room 40' East to west by 50' north to south filled with tables. Its clear that it is the mess hall for the guards. There is a door to the north and to the south.
Rytara looks back at the others and puts her finger to her lips.
Quietly she says: Mess hall. Two doors off, one north, one south. Probably a kitchen to the south. Barracks to the north?
Rytara will quietly proceed across the room toward the north door and listen there for any sounds.
Stealth:
Perception:
I can see the logic of not wanting to get sandwiched between two groups. It's risky, but so is leaving our back exposed.
One thing to keep in mind is that time is not on our side - it's only a matter of time until an alarm is sounded. We can't be overly cautious or we will lose our window of opportunity. I think in this case we will be better off taking care of the sleeping guards but we must limit our side trips.
Rytara nods at Daimon's comment.
As she listens to the snoring behind the door she smiles. Tuning to the others.
Quietly: I hear nothing but snoring. We should be able to eliminate those within with little trouble. A quick sword thrust to the heart or neck should keep them from coming at us from behind.
Not trapped and seems well maintained
Rytara nods to the other stealthy woman. She then moves in behind Tearyn and scans the room for anything dangerous.
Aevry carefully tries the door next to him and peeks through if it is unlocked.
Inside you see it is an office. It is plain with a single cluttered desk full of papers and a couple of chairs. There is a door to the west and north.
There are three sleeping guards in the room. Besides the guards, this simple room has a few cots and a dozen locked chests.
He curses softly to himself as he bumps into a chair, making a clatter. He pauses by the west door, heart starting to race. The others are close by though, besides one or two humans should be no threat.
Daimon whispers "Avery what are you doing? Wait a moment!"
Despite having a hard time moving through the cluttered office without bumping into something, you listen to both doors and hear nothing, neither does anyone come out. You do notice that the door to the north is locked.
Rytara looks over at Tearyn and then raises her hand to her throat and makes the universal sign to eliminate them.
While Tearyn is CDGing the sleeping guards, Rytara waits quietly watching to make sure than none awake.
Readied action: Use Venomous Stare.
If/when the guards are no longer likely to wake up, Rytara quickly searches the room for anything of value, and more importantly, of use in aiding their escape - rope, uniforms, weapons, armor, money, food.
Perception:
Daimon will move slowly toward the guards room, keeping back but trying to get and maintain line of sight on the sleeping guards in case one of them wakes.
Ready action: Cast Daze if a guard seems to be alerted.
The guards are dealt with quietly and without resistance. The two guards above talked about their keys opening chests down here, plus the one outside the door had one and these three as well have one each. You could check keys to various chests if you would like and be able to open half of the dozen without having to pick the locks
The guards had their chain shirts, padded clubs, longswords, longbow, arrows, and shields sitting to the side of their beds.
Rytara takes the keys and begins to open the chests pointing Tearyn to those that the keys do no t fit.
Search quickly! No more than a few minutes. Put on the uniforms, they will make for good disguises.
After putting on the uniform. Daimon will dump the contents of the chests on the bed, trying to be quiet but hasty. Naturally there is no need to be neat about it. He will use the keys on the chests if he can do so without wasting too much time.
Avery! Daimon calls out quietly. Get over here and help search!
Daimon will grab a longbow and a quiver of arrows. He also will change out longswords, taking one without any blood on it. Hopefully with the guards tunic and long sword he will pass for one of the guards quite well.
The six chests with keys:
Chest 1: A collection of cheap, tawdry, crudely printed books (the so-called “penny dreadfuls”) about dashing heroes, daring do and amply bosomed damsels prone to fainting and outdoor bathing .
Chest 2: A masterwork lute (worth 100 gp)
Chest 3: Empty
Chest 4: A surprisingly well written love letter ending in a proposal of marriage to someone named ‘Mi-chelle’ and a sapphire engagement ring worth 100 gp.
Chest 5: Hidden under peasant garb are two decks of cards (one regular, one marked) and bag of 12 gp worth of mixed coinage.
Chest 6: A set of peasant clothes and a short sword.