Taking stock of the situation, Igoroskandrallanotly says, "Aggghhhh, Kahmunash, please assist Dahlia, Eat-in-Shadows, and Mei in dealing with the archers on that side of the wall. Richter, Fiaincosranboladhrianoir, please assist me in finishing off these two. Once we've done so, we'll join the others."
He waits until Richter and Fiain have moved into combat, then goes along himself, moving into a flank with one of them to strike at one of the guards.
The Captain pushes up, willing to follow Igor's instructions for now, and takes a swing at one of the guards, imbuing his blade with necromantic energy.
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Reginald will move up the ladder and move close to the door so he is able to see the archers Mei fled from. He glances to the shield in his hand and takes a risk. He utters another arcane phrase.
Vehafor dier Greiss
The Hound growls in assent, and moves as the Doppelganger has directed, Charging at the soldiers.
Agghh squeezes through the door to help Mei
Kahmunash will move to the North Door and try to daze any of the archers up there if I can see them and they move in range.
Dahlia fires a covering shot as Mei retreats into the wall-tower the others have secured.
Igor decides to take charge of the chaos and directs the other monsters into a battle plan. He goes with Richter and Fiain and circles around the archers. Richter and Fiain inflict wounds on both guards, Richter's attack seems to have taken a great deal of energy from his target momentarily. Both men don't flinch much and drop their bows to draw longswords and retaliate. One hits Fiain and the other hits Richter.
Reginald casts a grease spell under 2 of the guards but they keep their balance and one moves out of the slippery area while the other is dazed by Kahmunash and stays put but still manages to remain standing. The third guard charges at Aggghhh who has come outside to help Mei, and the other 2 move up to Aggghhh and Eat-in-Shadow who is just finished fixing the rope.
Eat-in-Shadow steps over the downed guard and cheerfully claws at the nearby archer.
"Stepping forward, stepping back
Paint the ground in red and black
There's a human, now he's dead
Paint the ground in black and red"
Igoroskandrallanotly steps into a flank with Fiain, then uses both claws on the guard before him.
Auggh whacks at a puny human as it enters his blade range
Augh then hacks again, hacking at the same target if he does not fall or switching targets to his left
Befoulment. Reginald curses as both the armored guards manage to keep their feet.
Reginald shakes his head.
If my inquiry from before still holds weight, I do not believe so.
He states showing the wound from the arrow. Before bringing his shield down in a defensive stance.
The Captain ducks and weaves, enjoying the thrill of combat. "Hah! This gets the blood flowing... Or at least it would!!!! HAHAHAHA!" He swings at the guard in front of him once more, his sword still wreathed in dark magics.
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Dahlia moves up and fires off another wild shot.
Kahmunash will attempt to daze another one of the guards to the North
Aggghhh's attack on the foolishly charging guard slices through armour and chest bone. The man barely stands until an arrow from Dahlia finishes him off. Without a pause Aggghhh turns and swings again, chopping into the shoulder of the other guard attacking him. He drops instantly and Kahmunash finds he has no more targets to daze here. Through the other door 1 more target remains that can be dazed and he falls to the spell, exhausted, dazed and heavily wounded.
The previously dazed guard snaps out of it and finds himself still standing in Reginald's grease spell. He fails to leave it standing and slips over.
Igoroskandrallanotly calmly takes a step over to flank with Richter, then slashes with both claws at the back of the stunned and dazed guard.
Augh move sup and hacks at the annoying archer.
"Two little guardsmen, we've already won
one got its throat ripped and then there was just one."
Eat-in-Shadow charges at the guard, claws dripping blood, shadows enveloping him.
The Hound smiles as the guards' fear and pain begins to suffuse his muscles with power. Figuring Igorosk and Kreuger have one guard well in hand, The Hound dashes to the opposite end of the wall and takes a shot at the last guard, muscling past his allies and any obstacles to reach him.
Dahlia calmly stows her bow and readies her shield again.
Kahmunash will stay inside the tower, as we can no longer affect the only two guards left alive in range.
Igor and Richter kill the final guard on their section of the wall and he falls in his own blood.
Aggghhh, Mei, Eat-in-Shadow and Fiain surround the last living guard here and attack him while he is down, ripping him to pieces.
This side of the wall is clear, and the tower is yours. Sounds of battle you heard before from the opposite wall are gone. You cannot tell if the guards or your monster allies were victorious or if they eliminated each other.
Along the wall to the south there is another wall tower like this one before you get to the Warden's tower. To the north another wall tower guards the north-east corner of the wall before turning east to join the gatehouse and the quickest way out of here.
South to kill the warden?
"Yes, lets."
"Let's see...we finished off all 20 of the off-duty guardsmen, and I believe we're at 16 of the 40 on-duty dead so far - possibly more, depending on how successful they were over on the other wall. The Warden shouldn't have that much support, but we must remember he is a wizard - his magic might give him an advantage. Let's move to the next tower, and evaluate from there.
"It may also be advantageous to leave him alive - given the evidence we have delivered against him."
Just eat him and leave his bones out as an example Augghh grumbles inwardly.
"His corpse will send a message as good as any. Let's not leave vengeful enemies."
"As eager as I would be to watch his head roll, I don't know how well we would fare in our current condition. If we can find some healing potions to keep us going that would be ideal, but otherwise I recommend we prioritize getting out alive"
"I do not fear the mortal's weapons," the Hound utters as he contemptuously snaps off two arrows that barely penetrated his hide. "But their spells could do damage to me in my weakened state I can't repair."
Augier pokes around in the guard's possessions to see what they have.
Among the guards there are 8 sets of armour, longswords, bows, quivers(15-20 arrows), leather clubs and personal keys. Standard guard equipment. You also find potions
You remember something from the documents on the desk about alchemical items ordered for the warden's personal laboratory.
Perhaps more potions at the warden's office that can help.
Igoroskandrallanotly hands one potion to Mei, then another to Reginald. They look at Richter a moment, then say, "I suppose if I gave you one of these, it would do you more harm than good?"
Dahlia smirks. Content to let the others heal up, she listens carefully to see if she can tell anything about the battle around the other side of the keep.
"You are perceptive, shapeshifter."
Well let's stop whining about our boo-boos and get back to killing. Augh is more than ready to find more guards
Reginald takes the potion in his still rather meaty hands and quaffs it like a shot.
Ah, Many thanks good sir. This was quite a jolly good find. Let us be on our way! There is work yet to be done, and plenty of hands here to do something about it haha!
"Eat-in-Shadow needs nothing but freedom and darkness. Lead the way, companions."
"Ah yes, those will greatly empower our endeavors. Onwards then?"
You decide to attack the Warden in the hopes of finding something to help get past the Gatehouse. Along this side of the wall you find no more guards and make it the the next wall tower with no trouble. Further along the wall is the warden's tower but there is no way to enter it from the wall. It will require climbing down the stairs of the tower you are in and running across open ground to get to the door to the warden's tower.
If the monsters were successful on the other side of the wall you should have no trouble, but you can't be sure. There is about 200 feet of open ground to cover.
Another option is climbing up to the top level where there is a window directly above the wall
Augier looks at Mei to see if she will climb
Igoroskandrallanotly looks up at the window, then at Eat-in-Shadows and Mei. "Do either of you think you could stealthily climb up to the window and see if the Warden is in the room it connects to. If he isn't, you could tie off the rope and the rest of us could climb up without having to cross the open ground, in case the monsters on the other side of the wall were unsuccessful. If not, that's fine, we'll take a risk, but I'd rather avoid doing so if we can."
I can climb if needed.
"My form makes climbing difficult. It's worth the attempt, however."
Mei climbs up and peers through the window.
Inside the window you see 2 guards on either side of the window facing away, guarding a hallway with a spiral staircase at the end leading down. There are 2 closed doors, one on either side of the hall and a torch in a wall sconce.
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