Some Useful Information about the world you live on:
The planet is an earth-like version of Saturn, or maybe a Saturn-like version of Earth (either way, imagine a world complete with rings and moons). It is a planet home to all manner of creature and race, dragons, goblins, undead, and even worse things that "go bump in the night". The world is divided into three regions: Siberys (known as "The Dragon Above", it is the sky above and all the celestial bodies), Eberron ("The Dragon Between", it is the land you live on and the creatures of it), and Khyber ("The Dragon Below", the underdark, the deep realm, the ancient view of Hades and the Underworld). Siberys contains twelve visible moons and a glowing golden ring that circles the planet and provides faint light most nights. Khyber is the underdark realm, the root of nightmares and most evil things that crawl up from the ground. Eberron is the material realm...
The continent you are on is called Khorvaire. It is a land of magic, with floating cities, trains that ride on lightning, and airships that are powered by great elements... it is also a land that was recently torn apart by a 100 year war. You are currently located in the castle fortress of Fort Bones. A small holding in the Kingdom of Karrnath. Located on its southwestern edge, near the halfling's Talenta Plains and the now magical wasteland known as the Mournland. There are no major roads that lead here, it's not attached to the lightning rail. It is as far from the center of Karrnath as you can get... The keep itself is very rough, its owner and workers even more so... and the prison cell you find yourselfs in is worse yet. ().
A little bit of general knowledge about Karrnath:
It is a fiercely proud land, it has a strong military tradition (all citizens must serve at least 2 years), it is one of the oldest human kingdoms in Khorvaire. Towns tend to be a bit on the dark and somber side, built for military purposes; tombs and war statuary are common. Magic is strong in Karranth, it has one of Khorvaire's most premier Arcane Institutes. And Undead are EVERYWHERE -- Karrnathi use undead as soldiers, guards, and laborers... but not all Kharrnathi undead are good!
You are in deep in the castle's prison, most of you have been transferred here from larger cities and larger prisons. You don't know why you have been moved... but here you rot, waiting these last few days for whatever the authorities have in mind for you.
Click on your name to read more information about events that surround you being here:
Your journey ended in Karrnath, where the Church had sent you to the City of Rekkenmark to punish General Tharrikis. The Church told you he was stealing corpses from neighboring Aundair and your home of Thrane to build a new form of undead warrior. Tharrikis, was desecrating honorable people's graves and fouling their remains with evil necromancy. He and his opperation had to be stopped. You and 3 squires were sent to one of his "factories" to destory the undead creation forge and return with whatever evidence you could find. You performed your mission as best as possible, one of your squires (Zakkary) died in the fight, a second (Natale) was sent running to escape with the evidence, while you and your third squire (Anderson) held off the guards. You lasted an hour, piling corpses on top of corpses as more and more undead guards came for you... ()... eventually you blacked out from exertion. You awoke in Rekkenmark Prison, chained to the wall with several other prisoners (mostly military prisoners -- those that tried to go AWOL, those that assulted superior officers, and the like).
Looking back on it now, it was a fool's mission. You realize now that you were probably set-up to fail. Had the Church grown tired of your rage? Maybe someone high up felt threatened by your new abilities (hate makes you stronger and all that good Dark Side stuff, lol)? Maybe it was just a test and you have failed it and your God...
You don't know what happened to Anderson, and you can only hope that Natale made it out with the evidence needed to stop Tharrikis.
You spent several weeks in Rekkenmark prison, you believe that you would either be beheaded for your crimes or left to die a slow and painful death. Here is where you met Thringorn, he was here when you awoke. The two of you sat in chains near enough each other that you could converse without letting others hear... 2 months ago you, Thringorn, and 6 other imprisoned soldiers were shipped out. You were sent on a long journey from jail cell to jail cell, along the way you picked up several new prisoners, including Gith Zvia, and eventually ended up in the dungeon of Castle Bones. The Eladrin Orla and the Genasi Savi-Kai have been here for about a week. You have just arrived.
You had been wandering the Talenta Plains, a nice place to get lost in -- easy to hide among the tribes of nomadic halflings that call the steppes home. You had finally decided to leave exile and your first stop was the City of Vedykar, in Karrnath. You were in town less than a day when you were taken by the local military police. They had evidence of your killing (and it seems a few other crimes were attached to your name). The magistrate seemed honest when he read the charges, but as the list continued to grow, you realized someone has set you up to take a very big fall. You rotted in a prison cell in Vedykar for years it seemed. Savi-Kai was addded to the cell and not long after, orders came for the two of you and one other (a male halfelf named Nirifanya) to be transfered. A few days journey over land (no real roads to speak of) and you find yourself in the remote keep of Bones. You have been here less than a week. Two warriors (Thringorn and Alaster) and the archer Zvia have just arrived, along with a caravan load of prisoners.
You tracked Marn D'Vedys (the minor noble you believe caused your families death) to Vedykar a fairly nice city in the heart of Karrnath. You seemed to do everything wrong the day you found him. You approached him too soon (without a real plan), you gave too much information about yourself and your family, letting on too easily all that you suppected him of, and you let yourself get too worked up when he turned his charisma against you... Marn easily manipulated you into raging out at him in public. You attacked him and his guards. It took a full force of city Guard to restrain and detain you. You landed in Vedykar's prison (a relatively nice place as far as prisons go, it's where you met Orla). Your crime (assulting a noble, his guards, and the City Guard) is one punishable by death... for whatever reason, the sentence was not carried out immediately. Not long after, they had you and Orla and one other (a halfelf named Nirifanya) transfered to a new prison. You traveled a few days over land (no real roads to speak of) and you find yourself in the remote keep of Bones. You have been here less than a week. Two warriors (Thringorn and Alaster) and the archer Zvia have just arrived, along with a caravan load of prisoners.
You are from the City of Rekkenmark. It is the premiere training ground for Karrnath's military... perhaps you learned your fighter moves from an ex-soldier? maybe you were enlisted (all Karrnathi citizens must serve 2 years)? maybe you just watched the training grounds and picked up your skill by studying them...
Rekkenmark is a stern city, once a jewel of Karrnath and the Bridge to Aundair, it is now more military installation than city. Easy enough of a place to find questionable mercenary work, like the job of killing a murderous thief. When you were offered the job of killing Keborath, you were down on your luck and needed the work, perhaps that's why you didn't look too hard at the specifics. You took the payment and finished the job easy enough. But the military guards were laying in wait, someone had tipped them off -- maybe it was your employer, you never did get his name (but you know he had a dragonmark, the Mark of Shadow ).
You landed in Rekkenmark prison. You should have been beheaded immediately for your crime, but you've been left to rot for whatever reason. You've spent the better part of a year, chained to a wall in a large prison cell, most other prisoners are chained to the far way away from you, they include standard military prisoners (AWOL, striking a superior, dereliction of duty...). A few months ago Alaster was brought in and chained to the wall near you, near enough each other that you could converse without letting others hear... 2 months ago you, Alaster, and 6 other imprisoned soldiers were shipped out. You were sent on a long journey from jail cell to jail cell, along the way you picked up several new prisoners, including the Gith Zvia, and eventually ended up in the dungeon of Castle Bones. The Eladrin Orla and the Genasi Savi-Kai have been here for about a week. You have just arrived.
As a gith, you live a monastic lifestyle, being a Seeker and tied to the primal energies of land, I imagine you have done some traveling (think: wandering Jedi). There is a post for you in the discussion board if you missed it (<< go here >>). We never established what crime Zvia would have committed to land her in prison with murderers and such. Perhaps it was a mistake of human custum that landed you in jail and maybe you still don't understand what landed you here?... Karrnath is highly militaristic, perhaps something clicked and made you think too much of the warlike Githyanki (you have a racial disdain of your cousins and their beliefs), and maybe you just snapped and lashed out at the wrong person at the wrong time??... Perhaps as an outsider you were an easy mark for someone shaddy (), and you were tricked into a crime???...
Whatever it was that landed you in prison, you found yourself in the Capitol of the Kingdom of Karrnath. It's prison was vast, you spent several weeks locked up, and then last month a prison transport arrived. Thringorn and Alaster and several other prisoners were already in towe. You joined the armed transport and a week or more later found yourself in the dungeon of Castle Bones. The Eladrin Orla and the Genasi Savi-Kai have been here for about a week. You have just arrived.
<< A map of Khorvaire >>
(Karrnath is in the upper Northeast part of the continent)
<< A map of .... >>
(A close-up view of where you are currently located)
Daily "life" in Bones Prison:
There isn't one. You rot in the cell, some of you have been here for a bit, others have just recently arrived. Castle Bones is remote (again: There are no major roads that lead here, it's not attached to the lightning rail, and it is as far from the center of Karrnath as you can get... ) -- It is odd that you would be sent here of all places. Not counting the five of you, there are about 12 other prisoners. You all share one large dungeon cell. Your hands and feet are kept manacled, but you are not bound to the walls or kept in separate cages. Undead guards (mostly skeleton, one of the reasons the Castle earned its name) come to feed you occasionally. The food's not great, but it will do (Thringorn's probably had worse; and Orla finds this standard prison food, she's gotten used to it -- but the rest of you have to try and slog it down as best you can). You have yet to see another living creature (execpt your fellow inmates, and the prison transport guards that brought you in).
Orla is six foot tall and thin, with silver hair tied up in a bun and very fair (but definitely flesh-toned) skin. Her purple eyes have no whites, and she is quite beautiful in an exotic way. Her traveller's robe is simple but elegant, and well-used. She is maintaining her dignity and poise here.
If other prisoners need healing / first aid, she would attempt to provide it.
Endurance:
Streetwise: -- trying to get a feel for the pecking order here, and a notion of the nature of the other prisoners.
History: -- trying to remember anything handy about this prison or similar ones.
Given that she's been in prison a while (was it literally years?), she would have tried to escape, I think. Obviously she failed, but she might have learned something useful in the process.
Does Orla have any idea if she knows something which is the reason for her being shanghai'd this way, as we discussed earlier? No problem if the answer is no! Being charged with crimes she didn't commit changes everything, as far as she's concerned.
As for reaction to the others, what does she think of Nirifanya? Insight
And does she have any clue if her bardic powers (I'm particularly thinking Vicious Mockery) have any effect on skeletons?
Are the skeletons armed?
Possible character intercations
Alester has been in worse prisons!!!
Alester's anger presevents him from understanding too much of his fellow prisoners intentions
I am not as tall as the elves but tall for a human woman. I have piercing green eyes that seem to shine more when I am angry. My skin is the color of ground cinnamon. I have honey-gold hair that seems to curl and uncurl slightly as if the tendrils are dancing flames. Anyone who has been close to me will have seen three tattoos of names on my right shoulder that have all been crossed out with lines that look like lightning bolts. I am pretty grimy, finding that the guards pay less attention when you are unappealing...the easier to study them.
Endurance Check
History Check for anything I might remember about this place
Dungeoneering Check for "chinks" in the walls or doors
I am just over six feet tall, thin but wiry-thin, not lithe like an elf. I've been traveling for awhile and am now far from the rest of my people. I have yellow-green skin and hair wound into a complicated series of buns and knots over my head. My face is tattooed in places, but the pattern of tattoos is clearly not complete.
Endurance:
Perception:
Insight:
It doesn't hurt to have a look around this new place.
Alester, Thringorn, and Zvia would have just arrived in Castle Bones. Zvia was picked up along the way, when Alester and Thringorn's "caravan" passed by the capitol, Korth. This group will have had the longest times together, almost a month of travel. Thrin and Al would have had several weeks more than that in their previous prison...
Savi and Orla have now spent several weeks together too. The full group has just met today ().
To answer questions:
Yes, the skeletons are armed (and armored). They look like <<this>>
Yes, yes... Talenta Plains would have just been the latest stop... Or, I think we talked about the Eldeen Reaches? That'd be good too (both work)
Has Orla learned anything useful about her prison or her imprisonment?
I'll let you know in a bit, you made two good skill checks, that will help.
As for Nirifanya: It's tough to get a read on Nirifanya (), you know he is a half-elf, has some sort of primal powers (Druidy/Shammany type powers). The only thing he's mentioned over the past few weeks is something about a family curse and making his name proud again... beyond that he swears he's innocent and shouldn't be in the dungeon.
Do powers work on Skeleton's?
Normally yes. I would have assumed in your previous breakout attempts that you would have tried it several times. In your last prison, in Vedykar, runes along the prison doors prevented any magical effect on the guards. But you're fairly confident, if you could get out of the dungeon, your spells should work on the skeletons.
Make a Religion Check to learn more.
Would you know a githzerai? Good question. You're certainly intelligent enough, make a knowledge History or Streetwise or Religion. I think you might know her as a Gith. But whether you know a githzerai from a githyanki or that there is even a difference depends on your roll.
Thringorn is a little over 6 feet tall looking to weigh around 200 pounds; he has long scraggly dark brown hair and a long scraggly beard. He appears that he has either been in prison for a long time or had lived a hard life before he was put in prison; possibly both. He looks relatively young for a human but he has obviously been in many battles as he has a number of scars covering his body. He has multiple tatoos showing through the rags of clothes he is currently wearing. Amdist all this he has crystal green piercing eyes which seem out of place for his general bum like appearance.
Endurance
Perception (to read the surrounding area, are there any weaknesses in the chains or cell)
Streetwise (reading the guards, habits, routines, when is the right time to try and break free)
Orla continues to calmly assess the situation.
Religion: -- Orla will try to remember what she knows about how these skeletons work, which attacks work against them, and which they can ignore.
Arcana: -- Try to analyze what sort of magical defenses are obviously in place, or likely to be present.
The reason for your Endurance Checks:
Based on being imprisoned for so long (the dank conditions, poor food, lack of sunshine and exercise...) your personal endurance was put to the test(). To no surprise, the warriors have the esiest time fighting off the horrid conditions, and Orla's constant exposure () is the only thing that keeps her from suffering terribly:
Endurance Check Results:
Alester (20) no ill effects
Orla (10) -2 to all skill checks and lose 1 Healing Surge
Savi-Kai (17) lose 1 Healing Surge
Thringorn (22) no ill effects (I think he actually likes prison)
Zvia (10) -2 to all skill checks and lose 1 Healing Surge
*These effects last till you reach 2 milestones (a milestone is completing two consecutive encounters without resting for the night). This means if you normally have 10 healing surges, you would only have 9 at the start of each day until you reach 2 milestones.
Alester, your anger keeps you warm and healthy during the long days in prison, but that is all you can focus on. You've learned nothing about your surroundings ().
Orla and Savi-Kai, the two of you have long times to talk and must've exchanged knowledge about the history of Castle Bones (). Filling in each other's gaps in knowledge, here's what you remember about the fort:
Orla, while trying to keep down your prison food you are able to talk with the new prisoners. You obviously note the new arrivals of Alester, Thringorn, and Zvia, but with them comes about a dozen human and half-elven imprisoned Karrnathi soldiers in here for various reasons. It's tough to get much from this group of prisoners, but you gather the following (): most are good warriors, they don't talk much about why they were imprisoned, but do seem to find it just as odd as you that they were transferred. They have two clear leaders in their group (perhaps higher ranking soldiers, or just naturally charismatic) - a human Rallnik, and a half-elf Thanis.
1) Rallnik killed his superior officer with his bare hands
2) Thanis was experimented on, but when they tried to perform the same tests on his men he rebelled
3) Two of the soldiers picked up along the way came from the capitol Korth and are Emerald Claw
Savi, you are doing everything you can to keep the prison food down and stay warm in this new cold and wet dungeon. You're bearly able to keep your endurance up and firery blood warm, but that leaves you unable to learn much about the dungeon cell and its weaknesses ().
Thringorn, your human senses don't do very well in this dim cell. Karrnath always seems cloudy and dim and this winter has made it worse... the little light that falls on Castle Bones bearly reaches your cell. You can't see much (). However, you are able to gather a bit of information about the guards on your travel here to Castle Bones. The humans tasked with transporting you here were well paid guards from House Deneith (not Karrnathi soldiers, but hired mercenaries and soldiers of fortune). They seemed a bit uneasy at times, but you never learned why (). You can learn nothing from the Undead Guards ()
Zvia, your natural senses are always open (). You may not being feeling particularly well from the dungeon conditions, but you are able to decern the following. These cells are different from the ones in the capitol. The shape of the rooms is odd (). The rooms are warded (to prevent spells and powers), but it appears less than other prisons, yet somehow you still don't have access to your inner energy. As for construction, the room seems solid -- a quick check of your perimeter tells you there doesn't look to be a sneaky way out. As for your insights, everyone seems very disoriented by the journey and they don't have the slightest clue why they are here, but most seem to be "fighters", not willing to give up.
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Any other checks folks want to make? Other information you need? Clarifications?
If not, rumblings start within in the cell. There's about 20 of you crammed in this dungeon block. Your group appears to be the only ones down here. The skeleton guards come by twice a day with sludge and gruel. Orla can point out that the guards seem to be of two types. She has studied them the longest, and notes that some apear to be Karrnathi Soldier Skeletons () and then a servent-styled skeleton that serves as prison keepers ()... this second type is the kind that tends to bring your food.
Religion: (27) Orla will try to remember what she knows about how these skeletons work, which attacks work against them, and which they can ignore.
Arcana: (21) Try to analyze what sort of magical defenses are obviously in place, or likely to be present.
Skeletons: Most skeletons are immune to Disease and Poison, most have a resistence to Necrotic Energy, and most take extra damage from Radiant Energy.
Karrnathi Soldier Skeletons have all of the above effects plus often have some other energy resistence (resistence to cold or fire is common), they're intelligent, stronger, and trained for battle (will use good tactics).
In the press of all these people, I seek out a corner with Orla to talk while watching the new folks "settle in".
Silence me? Hmmm. Possibly, but it isn't like anyone was listening to me before. Do you find this strange? It seems like there are more than enough cells to handle this group and yet they dump everyone together. That seems to be asking for trouble. Maybe that is not such a bad thing? Start a little argument which turns into a fight. A couple of guards to unlock the door and our sheer numbers would overwhelm them shackles or no...especially if we convince a couple of those fellas that it might be in their best interest to participate?
I point at a couple of the brawnier types like Alestar and Thringorn.
What do you think?
Current Stats - HP: 37/37, Surges: 10/11(-1), AP: 1/1
Savi, the cell you're in is probably 20 x 25 at its largest points, but because it isn't square and has lots of bends and alcoves, the squarefootage is tough to guess. You're not cramped as far as cells go. You would think there are other rooms in this dungeon that could hold prisoners, but as far as you can tell all prisoners at Fort Bones are held in this one room.
"Silence me? Hmmm. Possibly, but it isn't like anyone was listening to me before."
"It's just that this prison completely cuts us off from communication with the outside world. Unless you know a way to bribe a skeleton to carry a message for you?"
"Do you find this strange? It seems like there are more than enough cells to handle this group and yet they dump everyone together. That seems to be asking for trouble."
Orla nods. "It does seem they are accumulating a critical mass of warriors in this cell. How odd."
"Maybe that is not such a bad thing? Start a little argument which turns into a fight. A couple of guards to unlock the door and our sheer numbers would overwhelm them shackles or no...especially if we convince a couple of those fellas that it might be in their best interest to participate?"
I point at a couple of the brawnier types like Alestar and Thringorn.
"And the Githzerai, too -- she has the look of someone with some experience, and surely we can trust a seeker after wisdom."
Perception (find an object)
Athletics (to break the monacles/lock)
Strength (to break the monacles/lock)
A few things that come up over the course of day as people investigate.
- The cells is bound in magic that protects the guard from harm ().
- The bonds of your manacles impart the weakened state (
- There's not much in the way of improvised weapons (no loose stones that would work, no stools or cots, there are some old food buckets, but that won't do much as a weapon... your chains might work if you could break free of them).
- Normally there are three skeletal guards that deliver your food, two are armed and never approach the door, the third opens a small hatch, collects old food buckets, and pushes several full buckets in. You *think* maybe you could pull that skeleton through the hole...
Thringorn waits patiently till after the latest "meal" is delivered and then begins working at his bonds. In a blind rage of strength he is able to pry one of the links open and break free the chain that holds his manacles together (). The cuffs still bind his wrists, and Thrin still feels his power leached from him, but his arms and legs are free to move about, making life a little easier ().
Once everyone sees Thrin bust his chains, they know it's possible to actually break free.
I forgot that if you have just small piece of your bonded weapon, you can reforge it -- I would assume that you would have snapped off a piece of your weapon before being taken captive (a quillion, a pommel jewel, something...)
If you wish to remake your weapon:
- You must wait till you are outside of the protection magic of the cell, and then it will take 1 hour.
- You must try to beat the protection of the cell with an Arcana Check, DC: 20 -- for every point you miss by it takes 2 extra hours, if you miss by more than 7 points (fail to hit a DC13) you cannot perform the ritual and will have to wait to leave the cell. If you hit/beat the DC20, it will take 1 hour.
If it works, you have your sword (add one to your character sheet, as long as it is lvl 3 magic item or lower, ie less than 700g)
I see Thringorn snap his chains, the loose ends dangling at his wrists, and I walk over to him
So, friend, it appears as though you also find this place less than tolerable. Do you have a plan? Might I suggest that we (I indicate Orla and myself) work together? I believe that it will take a concerted effort on all our parts to be successful. I noticed that your arrival also saw the addition of several other...(I pat one of his arm muscles)...people. Do you know any others that might be willing to work together?
We need some time to prepare...
I think a group effort is our best chance. I suppose you can offer some assistance if you managed to get locked up here. I will help you where I can but I'm not going to have anyone slow me down. Alester is trustworthy, I have gotten to know him a bit. If we can get him free he would be of great assistance. Perhaps you slender folk can slip out of your bindings? We need to lay low until there are enough ready to front a resistance.
Let me help you, I think the time is upon us to act.
Strength (to assist Alester in breaking his chains)
Orla whispers to Savi-Kai, "I think he has the right idea. Let me give you assistance."
Thievery
"let me out!!! I will crush the bones of our captors!"
Orla and I struggle with the mechanism to try and pull my hands free. I look to Thringorn skeptically but ask anyway, thinking that if he pulls while we twist that it may be enough.
Will you help me to try and break out of mine? (I show my manacles.) If I can get free I can work on something that may help us some while you find others to free.
Dex check
Alester summons his anger eeasily and the chains shatter. Savi tries to squeeze her way from her cuffs and nearly succeeds...
(Make a Streetwise or History Check to learn more)
::Current Conditions::
Alester: Chains broken, still manacled
Orla:
Savi-Kai: 1 failed Dex
Thringorn: Chains bronken, still manacled
Zvia:
*Savi-kai*
*Orla*
*Zvia*
Thringorn's help gets a heartfelt "Thank you" from Orla.
Thievery:
Orla slips her hands out of the manacles. (SeanDM: What about our feet? Is the weakened state coming only from the cuffs around our wrists, or are the cuffs around our feet also part of the problem?)
Okay, checking for nearby House Ghallanda inns:
Streetwise:
The group makes short work of their bindings (for the most part).
Thringorn, you know the name of three other prisoners: Nirifanya, Rallnik, and Thanis. There are 4 other soldier-prisoners that made the journey from Rekkenmark to here, and 4 more that you picked up along the way. Grand total, including you-all, 16 prisoners.
Orla, you twist your thumbs around a bit, but eventually wiggle free of the wrist cuffs. You immediately feel the magical weekness end. Your ankles are still cuffed, but the magic that held you back must have been confined to the wrists.
::Current Conditions::
Alester: Chains broken, still manacled (weakened)
Orla: completely free!!
Savi-Kai: 1 failed Dex, and her chains seem unbreakable, (weakened)
Thringorn: Chains broken, still manacled (weakened)
Zvia: Chains broken, still manacled (weakened)
*Nirifanya*
*Rallnik*
*Thanis*
Thanis, assist the others any way you can.
I grit my teeth and try twice more to pull the manacles off, watching as others seemingly break free after an attempt or two.
Dex checks
There must be a reason why I am being held by something stronger than the rest of the group. (I ignore that Nirifanya and Rallnik are still both in unbroken chains.)
Orla, I think that we need to have a solid plan in place before a general riot breaks out in here...unless that is the plan...
After speaking to Orla, I find one of the quieter "corners" to sit against a wall and concentrate.
Arcana check for Swordbond
Orla, I think that we need to have a solid plan in place before a general riot breaks out in here...unless that is the plan...
Orla looks thoughtfully out at the room. "I think our best chance is to get off this floor -- the magic here will make it quite difficult to harm the skeletons. So it seems like a mad rush with everyone to overwhelm them and just get out of here is our best bet. Once we've made it out of that magic we'll be able to put up a much better fight.
"I was thinking after that we might make for the Ghallanda inn west of here. It's a hefty walk, but once we're there their hospitality should allow us to get back up to full strength. If we can convince Rallnik and Thanis to lead their crew in a different direction, that should split any pursuit."
I see two potential ways out and I'd like your thoughts. I don't know if our captors have any interest in our well being, but perhaps you and I could could pick a fight with each other and give them a good show while the others work up a ruckus. If the guards were to open the cell we could turn on them and overpower them.
Another idea is that it appears the slot they send the food through is big enough to pull the guard in. They wouldn't expect our hands to be free to do so and the guard may have a cell key or they may come inside after him. What are your thoughts?
Kneeling on the floor, I lick my finger and draw a circle and several symbols in the air before me. I begin to recite what sounds like nonsense poetry, interlacing and interlocking my hands in several repetitive gestures. When I sit back on my heels there is a small metallic loop/ring hanging in the air in front of me. Pausing, I look up at Orla.
We need keys. Have we seen any specific skeletons with keys that you can recall? How did they let the new folks in?
Alester screams loudly "Thringorn!!! What did you say about my Mother???" Alester prepares to start "pretend" fighting.
Kneeling on the floor, I lick my finger and draw a circle and several symbols in the air before me. I begin to recite what sounds like nonsense poetry, interlacing and interlocking my hands in several repetitive gestures. When I sit back on my heels there is a small metallic loop/ring hanging in the air in front of me. Pausing, I look up at Orla.
We need keys. Have we seen any specific skeletons with keys that you can recall? How did they let the new folks in?
Perception:
It's not what I said about your Mother, it's what the orcs who have their way with her say about her!!!!!
Thringorn is able to free Thanis who then goes about trying to help "his men" get free. Nirifanya is able to slip the cuffs and offers to help everyone try to get out ().
Savi begins a strange ritual. It appears more like a mad trance with odd hand gestures, but the spellcasters in the room (Orla, Zvia, Nirifanya, and 2 other soldiers) feel a tug of power, as if she is gathering tendrils of magic about her and creating something.
Answers to specifics:
@Orla: it's tough to tell about the keys. You do not believe the skeleton bringing food has keys, but as for which one actually locked you in... they all look alike: skeletal. Though, you kow that most of you were manacled before being brought in (by human guards), you would hope that the current jailers have some means of freeing them from your wrists (if only to reuse them after your dead).
@Thrin and Alest: I need Bluff rolls from the two of you. If you are trained in Intimidate, you can add +2 to your Bluff Check.
::Current Conditions::
Alester: Chains broken, still manacled (weakened)
Orla: completely free!!
Savi-Kai: 1 failed Dex, and her chains seem unbreakable, (weakened)
Thringorn: Chains broken, still manacled (weakened)
Zvia: Chains broken, still manacled (weakened)
Kneeling on the floor, I lick my finger and draw a circle and several symbols in the air before me. I begin to recite what sounds like nonsense poetry, interlacing and interlocking my hands in several repetitive gestures. When I sit back on my heels there is a small metallic loop/ring hanging in the air in front of me. Pausing, I look up at Orla.
We need keys. Have we seen any specific skeletons with keys that you can recall? How did they let the new folks in?
Orla thinks hard. "Nooo.... Humans brought in the new prisoners, maybe?"
She looks over to Zvia speculatively, then walks over to her. "You have the look of one who observes a lot but doesn't say much. I think Savi-kai's spell might benefit greatly from your observations."
Orla suddenly notices Alester and Thringorn's fight. Eyes wide with concern, she runs to a position behind and a bit to the right of Thringorn. "You mustn't fight each other!"
Bluff:
Staying out of the "fight" as best as she can, Orla stays nearby and feigns a great deal of concern over it, hopefully helping to sell it to any onlookers.
(Thringorn whispers to Alester) We should take this fight to the ground into a wrestling match so they won't notice our chains are broken....
Bluff
Back off woman! Don't even think about trying to stop us, I will strangle this oaf until he learns some respect; I have no qualms about strangling you next!
HP: 42/42 Temp HP: 0/0 Surges: 12/12 AP: 1/1