GM Dak - Hell's Rebels

Game Master Dakcenturi

Hehe I'll leave it up to you for how you want to try and obtain them but it could be anything from wooing a guard to pretending your a journalist to whatever else you might come up with. Surexeria tried, but she just wasn't quite charming enough :P

Shocker. We'll let someone with real charm give it a shot, Savvy?

When the others return to discover the mission to find out the numbers failed, Horillo offers up, "I could spend some time to ask Erastil to provide me with some magics to help, trouble is if I fail to penetrate the mind of a guard, then they might turn nasty. They would know I tried to charm them with magic. My magic isn't that strong, but as a last resort, it could work." He smiles half heartedly in apology to his friends that he is unable to bring the powerful magic to bear.

Cassie nods "Why don't we use that as a last resort? Maybe I can sweet talk one of them into giving me the information? If that fails, you could swoop in and be my savior?" she bats her eyes a few times to sell the effect.

Mawl pipes in...."I'll be there to, in case it gets rough"

Cassie puts her hand on Mawl's forearm again and winks "Aww, aren't you sweet. Don't think I can take care of myself?"

Cassie shows signs of relief and tries to figure out how to best broach the subject.

Just to be clear before I continue, we are intending to ask her to forge the prisoner transfer documents, correct? There was some discussion about us doing it ourselves if we had the tools, but I want to be clear before making a guess at our intent.

I haven't read through everything I missed past this (yet) but my intent was to purchase from her a masterwork tool (linguistics) and forge it ourselves.

EDIT: Looks like the deal was made for her to do it. I'd still like to purchase the aforementioned masterwork tool for future use.

Surexeria leans against a wall as they reconvene.

”Gonna be tricky gettin’ the numbers. They are only letting one guard off at a time to tend to personal affairs. The other eight and the warden are posted up inside. They rotate the whole lot of ‘em every week. Finding just the right target to milk the information out of?” she muses with a shrug ”...maybe we find one with a family. Put the squeeze on ‘em where it hurts...”

"We want to be careful of our selection then. If we are going to pressure the person about his family, I'm okay with that, but we might also considering finding a family that is known in the resistance, who has a guard that is already swayed our way. We want to be sure not to find one whose family hates them and they hate the family because of Thrune. In the end, because it helps us get what we need to help the greater good, we do what we need." Mawl, babbles on.

Cassie argues "It doesn't have to be that way, that intimidation tactic. Maybe I can sweet talk one of them to giving up the information voluntarily?"

"No, we can't go threatening families to get our way, there must be other ways around it. Perhaps if we can use a bit of deception and sweet talking to get one of the guards to talk. Could we give them some gifts, a cask of ale, get talking to one and then give them an incentive to come outside, if you know what I mean! There we can perhaps loosen his tongue in a friendly way and get the information. Or in the giving, discover the prisoner numbers, they might be written up on a board." Horillo quickly speaks, his words tumbling over themselves as he attempts to divert the path from threatening a family. "Do you think something like that might work, if we still had our old friendly imp, now left us, he could have gone in and pinched a document with the prisoner numbers on. "

Cassie smiles when Horillo expands upon what she just said. She leans against the wall and nods, "I do think something like that would work, but I don't know what imp you are talking about."

"Vendalfek is a Faerie Dragon. He and I are buddies now but there was some bad stuff going down at Clenchjaw's above our hideout. We were worried and Sorix discovered this dragon was invisible and messing with Clenchjaw's head. So we worked it out with him. He runs some errands and keeps watch on the nest. We were having an issue with what we thought was sabotage in the nest. Having an invisible friend is a really good thing. Hmm, I know how that must sound but it is true. I apologize for not introducing you to him earlier." I don't know that he left, I think he is still there. You see he is invisible alot."

I don't recall that he took off.

I think Horrilo was actually referring to the imp who has been sabotaging the place, which is in fact gone. Though you could always try and convince Vendalfek to try and help out. :D

"Oh. I see. Well if you want to take the lead, I will surely follow and back you up where I can, Mawl."

I did mean Vendalfek, just couldn;t find the details, so five stars to Mawl for helping me out.

A big smile comes over Horillo's face "Yes, that's his name, I mean he loves to play tricks. So if we asked him to go into the office and shift papers around, maybe he can find the prisoner numbers. He could do things like move signs and turn them backwards and upside down. He could have a bit of fun in there, just tell him to be careful though. There are a lot of guards to sneak around." Horillo gives Mawl a friendly clap on the back. "Thanks Mawl."

So sounds like the plan is to talk to Vendalfek about helping?

Mawl catches up with Vendalfek and after some pleasantries he mentions that he has something. "...this is right up your alley Ven, and you could have alot of fun. It is really important to us and a great way for you to sew some mischief. When they aren't looking you can re-arrange stuff on their desks, maybe 'misplace' a bunch of items for them, if you could get ahold of the prisoner numbers, we can join you later in confusing them. I want you to be very careful though. This is very important, but not worth risking them catching you. I don't think they care for trespassers. What do you say? You up for having some fun? "

Vendalfek is more than happy to help and actually excited by the prospect of being asked to do a bit of trickery. However he does have some questions. After you describe the place and the layout, as far as you know from the outside he crinckles his brow "How is Vendalfek supposed to get in unnoticed? If the door just opens and I go in invisible won't they think something is off?"

"Wow, good question Vandy, let's get with Surexeria and Horillo, they were watching they may know the changing of the guard schedule, the door may be open long enough at that time to get in and out, or if there are any windows in the office area."

After talking it out the group has Vendalfek wait until a shift change and sneak into the building. They wait nearby where they can keep an eye on things in case there is trouble. One guard shift goes by, then a second and a third and still no sign of Vendalfek, but on the up side there aren't any apparent signs of a problem either. Though it would be hard to tell without actually going inside.

Continue waiting on the faerie dragon or do something else?

"So we've not heard from Vendy, I think we might have to go in and see what is happening. Who is gonna be best for talking their way through it. Thing is, what reason can we give to enter?" Horillo says quietly, worry lines across his face. "Perhaps we could provide them with a fresh cask of ale as a gift."

"I imagine he is having a good time with this and probably hasn't been able to get the numbers we need yet. Let's give him another two shifts, then we will need to do something. Delivering a cask of ale as a gift would probably be a great idea."

"Mawl, three shifts is long enough, we must prepare to go inside, perhaps we can find the names of the guards, especially the shift leaders and those in charge. We have disguises for acolytes of Asmodeus, their unholy symbols. We can give them a barrel of ale as a blessing for all the good work they have done in the Holding House. Maybe even ask for a tour of the prisoners to see their suffering." Horillo asks. "The names Of the guards, perhaps Cassie or Surexeria can find them out."

Surexeria sighs at the lack of options they presently have. She holds her hand out for the god awful looking priest garb and says "Give me the damned thing. Gods this crap looks hideous."

"Well okay, I hope Vendy is alright. Not sure we can get one of those to fit me, plus if I look like an acolyte, as soon as I say something, I think that will blow my cover. It is difficult for someone as large as I am to go undercover. But we have to have a plan once you are in there if I need to come in and start smashing stuff, you have to have a way to let me know."

"You're right Mawl, but we will need someone to carry the ale. Come as you are, you'll be our slave." Says Horillo looking at the giant of a man as he looks at the cloaks. He smiles as he understands Mawl's ever willingness to help, giving a comforting arm around his shoulders.

"Before you dress up Surexeria, do you think we might find the names of some of the guards first. It will be more convincing if we go in knowing who the rewards are for. Perhaps Sorix can forge some sort of letter of congratulation from the House of Thrune or Asmodeus." te cleric scratches his brow, as the plan increases in complexity. "What do you think?"

Still waiting on you all for a definite plan.

”How about you let Little Miss Sunshine over there work on that. I’ll go press some old contacts of mine to get us some things to shore up the disguises,” Surexeria says as she heads out without another word.

After a little bit of time out and about, Surexeria returns with five boxes stowed away inside a sack. She begins setting them out and says ”Maybe this will help patch up whatever second guesses these guards may give us on the robes...”

Just need Cass's action and I can move us on.

"Little Miss Sunshine? Is your way of passively being aggressive to me? It sounds like you are just jealous that I have a way with men while you get the cold shoulder." She puts her thumbs her on her cheeks and spreads her fingers wide, doing her best to mimic sunshine. "But I'll just shine on while your little raincloud follows you around, savvy?"

Turning away from her, she asks "Okay, I'll take a drink to Vendy. But perhaps this is a good time to tell me who the hell Vendy is and what exactly is our relationship and what's going to happen when he sees me and doesn't know me? What's my goal here?"

Mawl laughs, "Vendy is a Faerie Dragon that we turned into our ally, he can be invisible which is why we sent him in there. You probably won't run into him, which is why I think we are all going with you, or most of us in the guise that we are bringing them rewards, just so we can get inside and see what may have happened to him."

I think I got that right, is that the plan?

Holding the Asmodean garb out in front of her, by Sorix’s expression you might think she was actually holding a dirty diaper. She then sighs and dons the disguise. ”I can magically disguise myself as well—I was thinking if I were a little uglier and looked like I had a stick up my butt I’d look even more like a real Asmodean.” Sorix holds out a scroll and says, ”If any of you know how to activate this you can use it. It only works on the person casting it though." (disguise self is on the Bard list or if anyone has a decent UMD (DC 21 and you need at least an 11 INT, or emulate the INT score which is a separate DC 26 check—you can try it).

Horillo returns from a shopping trip, five disguise kits in hand. "These might help, the odd bit of hair here, the patch over the eye, might work along with the Asmodean garb." Horillo sees Sorix's pain at wearing the enemies, but is very surprised by the change in her visage as she seems to develop warts on her chin and hands. "Very nice Sorix, you eeer, look very ... nice."

"Cassie before we go into the prison, any chance you can find out the names of the guard leader,, surely someone must know in the locale, in the ale house?"

Give me a Diplo for Gather Info

"If you need advice on stick up their butts, I think Surexeria is their leader." Cassie whispers to Sorix behind a hand that is over her mouth.

"I'm on it, I'll be back in a bit." she says to Horillo, heading out the door to gather the information that they need. She heads to the tavern that she has heard that several guards frequent in their downtime and before long she has them jabbering about all sorts of things.

Gather Info: 1d20 + 13 ⇒ (18) + 13 = 31

Cass takes awhile inside the tavern.

Cassie returns back to the group as they are dressing up and getting ready. She leans against the wall, the tongue stuck in the side of her cheek. "Where y'all going with all of that on? I mean, you could continue down that route orrrrr" she taps the side of her head "you could just use all the information I just picked up from my new friend Magnus. Sweet man really. It's a shame his oldest daughter is ill with that disease and his brother was cheating on his woman thought."

"Brilliant Cassie! Now we have the names and numbers we need, but I think we should hurry, get these documents forged so we can find out what happened to Vendy!"

As Cassie heads back she sees the guard she was talking to head back toward the holding house and a few moments later another one leaves. After a few seconds you here a voice somewhere above you let out a laugh and say "That was fun indeed! Yes, yes it was. Vendelfek got what you need though! Was having a good time, sorry it took awhile."

"Vendy, wow, I was so worried about you. I'm glad you are safe. let me see the information you got. I am really glad you had a good time."

To the rest of the party "Well it seems we got everything we need, let's run over the plan one more time, then take care of it."

”We have the woman write up some transfer papers. Get some orders to reassign those guards in case they get pushy and demand to accompany us. Then we get them out to somewhere we can sneak them out of the city and rally up with their boss man,” Surexeria replies.

Sorix snorts at Cass's whispered remark then tries to cover it up with a fake clearing of her throat. She whispers back as quietly as she can, "Look at me, I'm insecure about something so I cover it up by acting like I'm the Hurricane Queen of the Shackles."

"If it's all the same to you all, I would like to try writing up the transfer papers and reassignment orders. I could take Ruba's work and use it as a first draft, then see if I can't refine it and make it that much more convincing?"

Mechanically, use the stuff we paid Ruba to do as a Masterwork Tool for Linguistics, and use my own Linguistics bonus (12) for the check, if that would work?

Thanks Surexeria
"Okay that's right transfer papers for the correct prisoners that we want, then we 'transfer' them to the place of our choosing. I am all set to play my part."

Cassie nods to Sorix and says "If you think you can pull it off, go for it. This is sort of life and death though, we need to make sure you've got your best work here. What do you need from us?"

"Agreed. I feel confident I can do it though. Maybe just look it over once I am done and see if you spot anything I overlooked or could be better?"

Maybe anyone who's trained in Linguistics roll for an aid (that's what I meant by 'look it over')? And IIRC my Linguistics bonus is better than Ruba's so it would make sense mechanically. It's still a secret check so we won't know until we try and we better be ready if the forgery is spotted.

Cassie laughs "Okay, but I doubt I can do better than you, Sorix. Give it a shot, I have faith in you."

Cassie will inspire competence for Sorix's check for +2.

"I can't help you there, I have enough trouble with everyday Common" Not trained in Linguistics and only a 10 Int. probably speak more crudely than I do.

"There is little I can do to help you Sorix, but there are arcane powers that can aid the makers. It is something that I heard, when crafting difficult objects, a mage is often called to enhance the craft work. Do you know of such a spell, Sorix?"

The group heads back to meet Ruba at the appointed time and retrieve the documents providing the agreed upon payment. (Someone be sure to account for the gold you are paying her.)

With the documents in hand you head back tot he Wasp's Nest to let Sorix work on the papers some while Cass helps to review her work, getting ready to attempt your ruse in the morning.

Go ahead and give me your Linguistics Check. Let me know how you plan to approach the Holding House to request the transfer and who all is going.