Well it seems that the rolls were done before I could, and the only one I can aid on is already a 25 lol
So how do you want to proceed? A couple of lost travelers, with a few of you holding back hiding to see what happens? Maybe try diplomacy?
Rau will hang back in the treeline but hopefully within bow range while Thorek strides in.
BTW I'm out of town this weekend so I'll be on the boards very rarely if at all starting this afternoon and I'm back Sunday night. Bot me if needed.
OOC opinions....Rau stays in the woodline and keeps an eye out for trouble, or approach as a trailing member of the group to get taken to the building and get reunited?
He's currently torn between those two things.
I think things wont improve here if we follow the rules... at least you are discrete enough to hopefully not draw immediate attention.
Sorry for going missing. I picked up a nasty cold from somewhere on Sunday and have been bedridden since then. It might be a day or two more before things get back to normal.
Rau, pros and cons either way. No right or wrong decision for you IMO.
Azorius, interesting observation. I like it. :)
Tomas, no worries, take care and feel better soon.
Rau stays in the woodline and keeps an eye out for trouble. If they only leave one guard on us, we can try to take him out discretely - possibly by saying the word "osteiocene."
Still alive, just not very well. It's keeping me tired and aching, with a nasty cough. Drops away until I get optimistic, then slams me back down again.
I hope to resume posting over the weekend, thanks for your patience. But please bot me as needed.
Alive is good news. Take your time and get rest, don't worry about missing posts. :)
Rau is stuck outside so I can't really do a push post...but is everything ok? It's been a week since any post other than GM
I think we all got bogged down waiting for Azorius to answer.
Sorry busy week
I've been slow too for a couple of weeks. Sorry about that, just been hectic around the house with school coming to an end, work going crazy, etc, etc.
I'll try to be better about hitting the boards and letting you guys know when I'm getting backed up.
Send up a smoke signal!
I return!
Just a heads up...I'm about to head out for a vacation. I'm leaving on Wednesday and coming back on the 22nd. Both of those days I'll be offline, but most of the days between I should be able to get onto the forums about once a day. I'll still be posting just wanted to let you know in case I miss a day or two.
Thanks for the heads up, getting ready to post similar message myself.
We're heading out from Jun 15-23. I don't expect to have much, if any, ability to post while I'm gone. If that changes, I'll post here and let you guys know.
Sorry for my silence, a family matter has had me away from home the last few days. Things are settling and I"ll be back to regular posting tomorrow.
I will be on vacation starting tomorrow through Wednesday. I will have my phone, but time to post may be limited. Please bot me if needed.
Ok the vacation is taking up more time than expected. I've been reading along but hard to get time to post. Will try and get one up tonight.
So other than detecting magic and searching for traps, etc. Anything else specific people want to do while down there? I should be able to update again Wed.
Nothing from me. I'm just guarding the door.
EDIT: Unless Thorek all of a sudden posts "And I'm going in" which would prompt Rau to follow him. Dangers ahead are always more interesting than dangers behind.
And I’m going in
Back home. I need a long nap then I'll be posting regularly again.
Sorry Volkar, tried to correct my post but wifi at the beach wasn't cooperative. Like Rau I'm home now and was going to update, but you beat me to it. :)
It's still up, but it's really hurting (figuratively).
No worries. I just so rarely actually attack with my crossbow, that I didn't want my attack to be missed.
Forgot to mention that all of the captives are alive, and appear to be in good physical condition. None of them seem to be starving, severely injured, etc.
Almost as if they were intentionally being kept alive and healthy...
Don't know if that changes any actions, but wanted to make sure I included the info.
Rau's will stay the same. Better to check for threats and surprises before taking time on the captives, especially if they are alive and healthy.
Doesn't change my actions of figuring out what the heck is going on.
This scene is *really* damn creepy.
Hi all, going to give people a few extra days to post with the 4th. If you're celebrating, hope you have a fun and safe holiday.
Nobody is currently in combat. The drow standing on the wall had a chance to start combat via surprise round (his perception beat your stealth checks, so he could have attacked), but he chose not to do so. Instead of attacking, he signalled his allies that you were there.
If you guys want to attack, then you would go first, after which we would move into standard initiative.
Sorry for the confusion on this. Please keep asking if I'm still being unclear! :)
Rau, I'm fine if you keep those rolls. :)
That makes sense. I'll wait a bit before acting in case someone wants to try and perform some kind of diplomatic tactic. Unless any of them are obviously undead (which they didn't seem from the description) as Rau will usually attack those on sight.
Thorek is moving up on his stubby little legs. When he sees drow he will attack. Unless someone is talking to them...so GM. Give it a bit to see if anyone wants to talk. And if nobody does Thorek will begin combat.
In that case Rau is just sitting there with his bow, arrow nocked, staring at Mr. "I'm a fancy pants who can walk on walls" Drow and will do his readied action "arrow to the face" as soon as anyone starts fighting.
And I have Volkar walking up behind Thorek instead of ahead of him...which means, as the one person likely to try and start a dialogue, I'm not going to beat the dwarf to it.
Tomas has stated that he is going to shoot, so he's initiating combat. Given that he's having trouble with the boards, I'll roll for him tonight if he doesn't get to it first.
Rau, let me know if you want your shot to go off or not.
Yep. IF combat starts, I'm shooting.
Sorry for the lack of updates. Had some stuff come up at work last night and tonight that's kept me from posting. Should be good tomorrow, just wanted to let you all know.
Sorry guys, need another day.
Our company was sold on Tuesday, and due to the nature of the sale (and resulting government involvement) my department has been unexpectedly slammed with requests that are all due on Monday for a big meeting we have with regulators.
Most of my work is done now, so I'm sure I'll have time to post over the weekend. Apologies for the continued delay.
It's all good, I hope you get the time back later or a nice bit of overtime for your trouble!
Hi all, so Monday became Tuesday. But I have turned everything in as of 2pm EST, so hopefully I'll have time to finish the map and get it posted tonight.
This whole past week has been a huge blur. Appreciate everyone's patience.
Sorry, it's been one of those weeks from hell for me. Can't update at the moment, I hope to get some free time tomorrow.
A new map is posted at the "Current Tactical Map" link at the top of the page. I think I got everyone's actions/moves. Let me know if I need to adjust anybody before the bad guys get their turn.
Looks good to me. I did notice that Rau missed his first shot, just wanted to remind that since they haven't gone yet that's vs flatfooted AC so the 15 might have hit :)
Good point about the 15, Rau, I'll look again.
Sorry about map access issues. I thought I set it so anybody with the link could edit. Let me know if anybody is still having problems.
Rau was correct, another drow was knocked down in the surprise round.
Here is a link to the current map on Imgur: LINK (Can't edit, but should be able to see it)
I've also updated the link at the top of the page as well, and I've tried to make sure the file in Google drive is set to allow editing.
Apologies for the trouble with the maps, going to give everyone one more day and I'll update Thursday night.
Thank you. The link is working now, so I was able to see the map.
I can actually move things on the map, so if I see someone posted and didn't move, I'll try and keep the locations updated (I moved Thorek based on his 'charge at drow and smack' post)