Myrial, City of Rogues (Inactive)

Game Master Rynjin

I think your job as an Underpaid Engineering Intern is draining the last bit of your soul lemmy. On the other hand, we could also disguise us as obsidian guard and harass some merchants

You know, I think I am going to require Rumormonger, just to give Rogue Talents a reason to exist. Come on guys, think of the poor little Roguey Pogeys. *puppy dog eyes*

I'm retraining all my feats as trip/sunder/disarm trips as protest and revenge. Also, I'll retrain my class features to become a full BAB wizard whoa abuses item craft feats. I spend the next few days making undead servants who in combat will read the Explosive Rune spells I put on them beforehand. -.-'.

It is almost as if you can hear Lemmy´s soul craking, quick Rynjin, ask for caustic slur and helpless prisioner to finish the job

Each and every piece of my soul shall forever haunt your dice. You'll never again roll beyond 1. (Unless you play one of those systems where rolling low is good, in which case you'll roll the highest number on the die

Sooooo, near the taverns teat Korak frequents Jo personify a typical commoner and Korak will be the angry OG who respond with violence at hte slightlest provocation...?

I suppose... Although just talking to people might do the trick as well. We don't want to be caught impersonating the OG.

Ok, no RP this time U_U. Jo takes 10 for a 26 in her bluff.

Bluff to do what, exactly? Gimme something concrete, some dialogue of some sort, or some specifics as to what sorts of rumors you want to spread exactly.

To start, since the OG is more active in town the numbers of violent deaths have increased.

"Oh? Really now...I'll be sure to keep that between us. Wouldn't want that getting out now would we?" one of the whores says, with a look of utter insincerity and a twinkle of excitement at having the latest gossip to share.

It will take some time for these rumors to spread, mind you.

I help that friendly lady with a charme person DC 18, using whatever korak is doing as a distraction for the spellcasting.

Why?

Nah, forget it, I was no udersanding what you wrote, I thought the whore was not being helpful

Nah, forget it, I was no udersanding what you wrote, I thought the whore was not being helpful

Too many ranks in Bluff, not enough in Sense Motive. :P

Jo. wrote:

Nah, forget it, I was no udersanding what you wrote, I thought the whore was not being helpful

Too many ranks in Bluff, not enough in Sense Motive. :P

nah, too few in linguistic (english). Well, considering I have not have formal education but self teaching playing videogames and reading physics books, it coudl have been worse.

(...) one of the whores says, with a look of utter insincerity and a twinkle of excitement at having the latest gossip to share.

I swear I first read this as: "...a look of OTTER insincerity..."

Vivian contacts you after about a week has passed.

You have any business/purchases/crafting/whatever to get done within that week, consider it done, and tell me what it is.

"All right gentlemen, you're back on the clock. Our associate, 'Shadowmaster' has contacted us with a new job. Should serve to fix his problems with the Obsidian Guard."

"He's sent a contact who's right outside. Halfling fellow by the name of Chimon Jivuran. He'll fill you in on the details."

When Chimon sees the group leave the building or room, he promptly approaches. He is a tallish halfling, hair already greying despite his unlined face, and wears the unremarkable brown garb of a common merchant. You note the glint of metal underneath his shirt, though, and a crossbow-shaped case at his hip.

He clears his throat, speaking in a quiet but sonorous tone. "Greetings. You are Vivian's protegees, correct? I am Chimon Jivuran, at your service." He inclines his head slightly. "I was asked to deliver the details of your new task."

"The mission is one of extraction, ostensibly. A certain Order has captured a number of my friend's associates, and is holding them for questioning. 'The Shadowmaster,' as you might know him, requires that those associates do not submit any information regarding his activities. Our task is to infiltrate the Order's secure location and silence the associates by whatever means necessary. I would prefer to simply free them, with their promise not to deliver any more information about my friend, but if the mission goes awry we may need a more permanent form of silence." He glances at the tieflings' blades. "I am sure you can think of something."

Very well Mr Jivuran. Do we have more information about where the acptives are?

Rynjin did not specify where it was, exactly. Just a "secure Obsidian Guard held location."

Guess y'all better do some digging! Jo's usually pretty good about ferreting things out.

Holy S!#!! I got time to post! C'mon, c'mon... Gotta post something awesome!!!

"Hello, Chimon."

D'OH! ><'

"Protegés...?" Korak doesn't seem to enjoy the idea of being someone's sidekick. "Not really... We are occasional allies, with a mutually beneficial business relationship."

"My name is Korak, by the way. The mean-looking belle by my side is Jo."

"Apologies for the misapprehension - I suppose Vivian wanted to impress his trust in you." Chimon inclines his head again. "It's a pleasure, I'm sure."

"I have no intelligence on the hideout's whereabouts, though. We must track it down ourselves."

Ghater information: 1d20 + 16 ⇒ (17) + 16 = 33

Jo let Korak the presentation and whatever other minor things, she have more important things to do, like choosing the hairs style for her new disguise.

Jo, after several hours of work asking her contacts, finds the most likely place. It seems one of the known Obsidian Guard safehouses, located at the far end of the Noble Quarter (where many of the privately owned security forces make their barracks) has been locked down recently. Increased security, and nobody gets in or out without a verified ID and the pass code.

It's a well defended townhouse, with fairly large grounds, 3 floors and a basement, and a watch tower at each corner. The layout is superficially similar to Chen's compound, though somewhat smaller and unlikely to be the same inside.

Chimon follows the others around town, intent on them accomplishing the mission as soon as possible. "Perhaps we should find someone who knows the passcode and 'borrow' their ID. Going in without any notice at all, if we can manage it, may also be an option."

Korak scouts over the neighboring roofs to check for guards, traps and possible entrances.

Taking 10 for Acrobatics (22), Stealth (24), Perception (22) and Sense Motive(14).

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Korak spots 3 guards on the roof. Unfortunately, one of them spots him as well.

He crouches on the opposite side of the roof, limbering up and trying to move stealthily towards Korak so as to avoid alerting him.

From the way he moves, and the fact that he carries no weapons nor wears armor, Korak believes he is some kind of martial artist, akin to himself.

The other two guards, lightly armored men carrying rapiers and vials of some kind of chemical, are unaware of you. They're a fair distance away, on separate roofs, so may not be able to hear you if you finish the fight quickly.

You basically have one round (of combat, you have options here to avoid initiating combat for a few rounds, perhaps let him believe you don't notice him) to kill, incapacitate, or otherwise silence the man before he sounds the alarm. Once he realizes you know that he knows you're there, he won't try being sneaky any more.

You=Korak or you= the party?

Man... I really need to boost my Stealth somehow... T.T

Korak waits until the man is no more than 10ft away from him. At this moment he quickly spins around and attacks with his Bardiche, being carreful to let just a little bit of his inner beast come out. (i.e.: I use a round of Rage)

1d20 + 13 ⇒ (20) + 13 = 33 1d10 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20
1d20 + 8 ⇒ (16) + 8 = 24 1d10 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20

Huh... Didn't even notice I got a critical.

1d20 + 13 ⇒ (16) + 13 = 29 1d10 + 10 ⇒ (10) + 10 = 20

Oo

You = Korak. He was the only one scouting.

Korak spins on his heel, whipping his bardiche around. The guard's eyes have barely enough time to widen in surprise before the weapon takes his head.

He falls to the ground with a light *thud*, too soft for the other guards to hear.

3 consecutive max damage rolls... Korak really didn't like that guy.

Korak searches the man's body in the shadows, carefully avoiding getting in sight of the other guards.

Taking 10 on Perception... 22

The man has two things of value, an amulet and a pair of racers. Both items highly resemble similar items you are wearing.

Okay. I grab them and go back to Jo and Chimon... In fact, I think I'll bring the man with me so that we can possibly use his clothes or I.D. (if any) to infiltrate the base.

Korak goes back to his partners and reports what he saw, then shows the magic items to Jo.

"Yo, Tiny! What can you tell me about these? They look like my own gear, but who knows? Maybe they have some significant difference."

Spellcraft: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25

I suppose you had a really good reason to kill a guard...Well, now that a guard is dead we have to move fast before they reinfoce scurity

"He tried sneaking up on me... That's basically the same as asking to have your face cleaved." says Korak, shrugging his shoulders. "It could be worse... I could have fallen asleep and forced my companions to hide me in a dusty closet. Heh. Besides we can always get rid of the body"

Korak proceeds to give a detailed report of what he saw in his scouting endeavor.

"Their security does not sound difficult to bypass, if we are quiet. Does the roof seem like an appropriate entry, to you?"

Dunno... Does it?

Could work, for an initial entry point. You don't know anything about the inside of the house though, and it may be hard to get on the roof without passing through the grounds (the buildings you were hopping between to scout around there aren't in jumping distance of the roof).

Did I spot a least guarded entrance or something like that?

The front and back doors are, as you might expect, the most guarded. There are several windows on each floor of the house, but the shutters are closed, so you can't tell if they are guarded or not. The attic is probably the least likely to be guarded, but also the most unlikely to be reached undetected by the exterior guards (unless you invisibly Fly up or something).

Did Korak see any ground-level entrances on his excursion?

There's a front door, and a rear service entrance. Both have 2 guards standing watch over them (two guards on either side of the door, and 2 guards are patrolling around the house in a circle.

is it nighttime already?

I assumed you wouldn't be running around all sneaky in broad daylight.

And I assumed you assumed that, but better make sure than be swarmed by crossbow bolts, right?

"The door to the attic is likely the least guarded entrance, but getting there might be a problem... However, since there are only 3 of us, if any of you can grant me flight, I could carry us both up there. A spell of darkness could cloak our presence. From that distance, the guards wouldn't be able to see us even if they got sharp eyes like mine... what do you think?

i.e.: Cast Fly and Darkness on Korak. He can carry up to 400lb. (About 180kg) and encumbrance doesn't lower the spell's fly speed (I think). Unless the guards have Darkvision with a range of way-too-many-ft. they won't be able to see us, and the night sky will conceal the blob of darkness caused by the spell, that way we can sneak in! :)

BTW, did Jo successfully identify the gear Korak showed to her?

Considering medium and heavy armor slow you with Fly, I'ma say a medium or heavy load does as well. But Still should last plenty long enough to get where you need to be.

And yes, forgot about that.

It was a +1 Amulet of Mighty Fists, and +2 Bracers of Armor.

@Chimon: In case you're wondering, I don't generally require Spellcraft checks to identify things, just that your character has Detect Magic. For some of the more outlandish stuff, maybe, but not simple items like +1 swords/armor and relatively low cost magic items especially.