Way of the Wicked #2

Game Master Been-jammin

Nuuu! I incorporated it into my speech! I'll just say that uh... she blanked out. One too many blows to the head.

Ok two guards,one of them hangs back.
The first thing that comes to mind is:
We free ourselves ,but pretend that we are still locked, and when they come to restore the order we jump at them.
Someone have more creative thoughts?

Nope. But it would be nice for you to slip me a weapon once free. Should we now wait until the shift change?

If one of them hangs back we wouldn't be able to jump at both of them from within the cell.

Note the guard hanging back was also "gripping something in his hands". Can we get a perception to determine what it is (e.g. bow, deck of cards, a private itch)?

What sort of arms and armor do the guards sport? Clubs. Blackerly had a sword. Anything else?

What is the lighting situation in the cell block?

As an aside, does anyone have detect magic with spellcraft and can use it on the veil to determine its properties? Knowing what's in it might save us from bad guesswork later on. If not, or it can't be determined, we could spend the time until shift change guessing what might be in there.

Of course, also, how do we determine when shift change has occurred, unless they regularly patrol the cell block and we see it's someone different?

Chain shirts with shields. Leather wrapped clubs and a longsword. That's the obvious great on every soldier you've seen. The object, roll a perception to see. Lastly, the lighting is normal.

As an aside, does anyone have detect magic with spellcraft and can use it on the veil to determine its properties? Knowing what's in it might save us from bad guesswork later on.

Unfortunately no, prohibited school divination mean no detect magic until 2nd level. Normally i could just get it on scroll with my starting wealth and learn it ,but not in this AP.

Now about the plan, i think we can deal with the guards but if you feel that its too risky...
How about that,i can try to befriend the ogre next door then convince him to do the distraction.That way we can probably surprise the guards from behind.

I meant how is the lighting made? Everburning torches? Regular torches? Something else? Do they douse them at 'night'?

How about that, I can try to befriend the ogre next door then convince him to do the distraction.That way we can probably surprise the guards from behind.

I like this idea particularly... Let's try and keep him happy and bring him with us... it's always good to have a team pet/mascot.

Ah, got it. Lighting is done by everburning torches. Too risky otherwise.

Risky? they left 5 REALLY dangerous people in a room alone with each other without gags... and they also put an ogre in the cell next to them... an ogre that we will likely want to free so that he could wreck complete and utter havoc on the Mitrans.

Oooooooh I wonder if he will gain class levels with us.

Given the ranger and druid require a sprig of holly or some other sacred plant as a divine focus, presumably a hunter would as well. Alternatively, since Tenoch is a Divine Hunter, a holy symbol of his deity (Baalzebul) could work.

In other words, could one of those things be in the sack too?

Yes. Sorry, I tried looking it up but it didn't seem to say anything about it one way or the other. Do you have a preference?

Let's go with the symbol due to the Divine Hunter aspect. I'll assume it's there then when I post.

Sounds good.

Alright, Zova is going to pull out EVERYTHING from the shroud, since she is tired of guessing.
Can you provide an exact list of everything that came out?

Except the one that looks like a big pile of bricks... since it may just be a big pile of bricks.

And as I think about it, since it has yet to be revealed IC. I may change the god. Rather than Baalzebul, I might go with Graffiacane, one of the Malebranche known as the Swarm Lord. It seems to fit the concept better.

Alright, where are you standing when you pull everything out?

Edit: I see you moved yourself on the map. I'll just do it there.

Hehehe... that's unfortunate. I thought that was a shield.

Lol. Yeah, I think your plans may need to be sped up a little now.

Try not to kill me guys ^_^ please? Magical windows should not look like defensive equipment like shields!

Ardra, I will rule that you had about an hour before Zova got impatient. What did you prepare in that time?

I managed to create one Mulligan extract, which resets time by thirty seconds which I immediately drink...

and one mutagen

Hehehehe ah... Time to free the angry ogre? He could at least provide a meat sheild. I'll stand with him and fight against the Mitrans side by side... unless we want to go out the window. In which case I still suggest the ogre come with us.

Actually, I'm calling 'shenanigans'
It's your call, obviously, and I'll live, maybe, with whatever you decide, but shouldn't Zova pulling everything from the veil be something she posts in the gameplay thread?

This is gouing to be fun... :)

Is it day or night? And did the guards actualy saw us or just the window?

Umm, Zova did what now?

Aside from my agreeing with Ardra in that what is said on the Discussion thread stays in the Discussion thread until it is posted IC, does it take no time to pull things from it? There is some potential that one or more of us may have noticed and say "Please... Stop..."

Okay. You are right. I apologize. I can't delete those posts at this point, but go ahead and ignore them.

Ok no need for clever and desperate plans then.

And for the record i blame this on Tiadora she should have been more specific about the veil it's her fault .( unlike certain wizard without detect magic who is absolutely blameless)
:)

lol, I'm almost disappointed now

Yea would have been epic if we actually survived that.

Sorry guys! I really ought to be more careful with these sort of things. (And this is especially true since I'm in the process of running Tomb of Horrors and White Plume Mountain for another group.)

I personally don't think the others should be punished for what I posted in the discussion forum. I'd be willing to take some penalty or something that doesn't punish the rest of the group for this, but yeah... I was a bonehead for even suggesting this.

Come on ,it was perfectly reasonable to try. It's actually my fault for not been able to identify the thing.
And it would have been hilarious to try and beat the odds if we were playing on table.
Unfortunately Post to Post is to slow for such experiments.

don't beat yourself up over it. honestly it was something your character could do, and had it actually happened in the GP we probably just would have rolled with it (i was just thinking how much fun it might have been, no, that's not me saying to do it) and, had we survived, beaten you to a bloody pulp later

Having read the gameplay thread first, I was at something of a loss to figure out what was going on until I saw the discussion posts.

Still, no big deal. It was rather a funny and different situation. I could just see the dumbfounded look on the guard's faces as they looked through the new window at us.

Andra, was that last roll of yours a stealth/sleight of hand roll to hide things? Please tell me it was XD

yes, it was

GM, are you averse to called shot rules?

No. Not particularly.

may I presume to be done mixing and making?

If that doesn't work ,when everyone is ready lets try the other plan (persuading the ogre to distract the guards) ok?

Yes, you are done mixing.

Remember, the second guard is outside, holding a horn, ready to blow it in case of trouble. I suggest we convince the ogre to cause trouble, pick the lock during that time, and then when all is said and done, target the one with the horn first (I might try and called shot that one in the neck so he can't blow it... but I have to think about if the -10 penalty to hit is worth it, even with the +2 from rage)

If not, we could all rush out and try to take them out before they react...

Or... yeah, that's all I've got.

EDIT: Looking at Coral's spell list, color spray looks like it might be useful if you want to go that route.

Nah i really have to pay more attention.
ok forget the fake coin,

BREAKING NEWS: Apparently putting the word smurf in your post turns your avatar into one!

Even anything that would sound like smerf.

Now that was one extraordinary mix of deleted posts and misunderstandings.
And i am seeing smurfs skulking about on top on that...
:)

I'm going to be away all next week and might not be able to post until the 20th. I'll do my best to keep track of things (and maybe on the rare occasion even post) on my cell/tablet/or whatever I have (assuming I have wifi for the latter).

Smurf on!

Y'know, I don't think our characters have ever introduced themselves by name, which is kind of unsmurfulous.

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awwwww, missed it

You know Zova's name! I introduced her something along the lines of "I Zova Lex! I Hellknight! I hurt Mitrans!"

EDIT: I stand corrected. Apparently I only said:
"I Hellknight! I hurt Mitrans!"

Nope, look again.