"This place gives me the creeps, we should go."
If this is the last hex for us to explore, then yes.
Thoroughly confused by the dead unicorn and not fully understanding the implications, Eadric follows Torod's lead and leaves the area. He is saddened at the loss of such a magnificent creature however.
Eadrics turns his horse northward to Oleg's along with the others.
Ellaria looks puzzled as Torod and Eadric leave the unicorn, but shrugs and follows them back to Oleg's.
Torod goes off by himself for a time. He keeps Oleg's in sight, but stays away from the others unless they come to him.
"Did you say you were going to get help and pack tha horses to battle the Staglord?"
"Do you have a plan?'
I think we need to take stock of our current assets and think about adding some other items to help us in our assault of the fort.
Some curative potions and a means to magically disguise ourselves would be at the top of the list I would suspect.
Some additional firepower would also be prudent... some scrolls or mage touched weapons if we can afford them.
What say the rest of you?
"Garric and I thought we might be able to take supplies ahead and set a camp back a bit from any trouble, that would let you come back and be healed through a hex if need be."
"It has been assumed by several that I can not participate in an actual assault or mission, so I am stuck with the chuck wagon."
"Where is Torod?"
After a time of meditation, Torod returns to the trading post.
"Imiria, you have grown quite a bit sense we were last together. What happened?" Torod seems happy and curious about her growth spurt.
Other than a frontal assault or claiming to have goods for sale, I have no ideas. Don't we have a prisoner? Can we ask him what sort of stuff the Stag Lord is looking to trade for?
"From tha tales ye told tha staglord weakness is drink an we still have tha herbal whiskey o whatever it is yah gots from tha bandit's camp."
"I suppose we could pose as merchants. That might get us inside the fort. Once inside, our chances of winning improve dramatically."
"Did any o tha bandits here ever say iffen tha has a password o some thing o tha nature tha might gets yah in?"
I am unclear, are we doing the game?
"We could scout the area, and try to look for another way into the fort - sewers, water aquaduct, a secret sidedoor or anything similar. If we can't find any, I think that posing as merchants would be our best option. Best scouting could be done with an invisibility scroll or spell".
Is Imiria coming with us? I had commented on her growth spurt, but she did not respond.
“It is hard keeping track of who’s part of this bandit brigade so we use a master phrase as a sort of password to get in to the fort on the northeast shore of the Tuskwater. Unless it’s been changed recently, the current phrase is, ‘By the
Bloody Bones of St. Gilmorg, who wants to know?’ And no, I have no idea who ‘St. Gilmorg’ is.”
We got this password, along with the fact that the Stag Lord was a drunk, at the bandit camp. Maybe we can disguise ourselves as bandits and take in the bottles and some trinkets as loot. That would not only get us in, but allow us some ability to move about while inside and become more familiar with the place before launching our attack. We could even wait until everyone is sleep and take a few out before the alarm is sounded.
Obi?
"I could.. set it on fire, I guess. That might help. I.. I'd rather they not come after us at Oleg's."
"Those are great ideas, Obi though might not pass for a bandit!"
She looks up at him and smiles,
"Won't be long till you are looking up at me."
She then looks at Eadric
"I know, I know wait here, in this spot and don't move even if you crawl your bloody carcass to within one foot of me and beg for a bit of healing!"
"Those are great ideas, Obi though might not pass for a bandit!"
She looks up at him and smiles,
"Won't be long till you are looking up at me."
She then looks at Eadric
"I know, I know wait here, in this spot and don't move even if you crawl your bloody carcass to within one foot of me and beg for a bit of healing!"
"Height doesn't make a bandit..."
"I'm more worried about Eadric's ability to operate clandestinely than I am Obi's. My plan will require lying at the least and maybe other less than honorable tactics."
"That plan could work", Ellaria adds, "but I'm not sure I will pass as a bandit. I don't remember seeing any bandit women, except for that one leader we fought right after we arrived here. Even if there are some, they are probably known among other bandits. I propose another plan - we can try to infiltrate the fort at night, especially if we can get an invisibility scroll or potion".
Magical disguise would go a long ways to help... and I do not have an issue lying to those that do not have honor themselves.
"Sounds like you're the only dissenting voice, Ellaria, and you're the only one that can really make this work. I had you figured for our leader."
"I bet Bokken an I could brew up some potions of some sort. we might need money for materials (or authrization to use Oleg credit) so what should we brew up?"
"Could you provide us with invisibility potion(s)?"
I'm not sure even invisibility is going to help me enter the fort undetected. Perhaps we can combine the two plans? Some of us enter in the guise of bandits, while other enter through stealth. Maybe even smuggling those who are invisible within the cargo of a wagon?
Can we procure scrolls of magical disguise as well? Will the length of the magic be suitable for such a plan?
"Potions would since yah don't needs tah drink em till it is time, arrivin late, once tha magic ends yah gots darkness."
"I will have to go back to Oleg's, so yall will be here a few days."
As you stake out the area 2 miles away you encounter what appears to be a group of bandits heading towards the fort...they are walking their horses along the road.....
"I'm thinking ambush."
Eadric glances in Torod's direction. Indeed. The question is... who is going to be ambushed? Them? Or us?
Eadric grabs his lance as he vaults into his saddle. Any ideas? What is the plan?
"One of us could walk down the path toward them. If they attack, then we have witnessed banditry and may act as per the Charter." Obi suggests as he tightens his scarf.
"The charter? Right. I'll go. The rest of you stay hidden until they attack me and ambush them. See if we can capture one alive to question him about the fort."
"An Torod is the one always telling me not to do risky things."
Haven't you heard the expression "Do as you are told, not as I do?" Imiria? Eadric smiles.
I'm sure Ellaria can accommodate the prisoner bit, Eadric says with a nod at the wizard. Right then, off you go Torod. We'll be right behind you!
Sense Motive
"I am no mere traveler, but I am definitely not your brother. I bring the fury of the storm to cleanse this land of banditry and lawlessness." Torod waits for them to make a hostile action then targets the lead one with a Stormburst.
Stormburst: RTouch
to hit damage + -2 pen to hit for 1 rd
Seeing the men attempting to harm Torod, Eadric spurs his horse forward in a furious charge. He thunders in upon the bandits and attempts to drive his lance into the leader...
Imiria casts a slumber hex at another bandit....
The hex fails!