Guldun and Telly rip into the bound creature, destroying it. The blue creature limps away, though its chilled limbs move very slowly.
~+~Round 2~+~
Uhtred
Vetch
BGG
Guldun
--Telly
Blue (-23, -10 speed)
Red
Guldun will step into the yard, reload and take a shot at blue
hoping to take him down before anymore noise is made
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That will do it for Blue. No alarm seems to have been raised, yet.
Vetch points towards the orc hunt they entered briefly before and starts moving that way.
Guldun will double move to join her companions and motion Telly after her
Vetch will pause long enough for Uhtred and the others to take the lead into the building, watching over his shoulder for that archer to appear at the top of the tower.
With a wary eye on the tower, you slip into the hut from which the orcs emerged.
In the center of this wooden hut is a massive stone throne. Crudely carved with howling orc faces, the chair is clearly intended to intimidate. Flanking it on the walls of the hut are two massive leather canvases featuring simplistic paintings. On the left is an image of a mountain peak with an orc head howling up at it from a great cavern at the mountain’s heart. On the right is the image of a tall, slender woman with black hair. Her ears suggest she is elven or half-elven. In one hand, she holds a large beaker overflowing with green liquid; in the other, she holds naked fire. At the back wall, you can make out a curtain partly concealing an opening into the cliff face.
Vetch makes eye contact with Uhtred, points to curtains, and makes a shrug.
Guldun reloads her crossbow and follows to back up Uhtred. She has Telly drag the dead goblin inside in case anyone glances outside.
Telly drags the body out of the courtyard, and everyone ducks inside the hut.
Uhtred, you don't hear anything beyond the curtain.
You folks do spot a secret compartment in the throne itself. Inside the
compartment is a bag containing 28 gp in silver and copper pieces, a flawed sapphire worth 20 gp, a scroll of heal (2nd level), a scroll of sound burst, and a scroll of restoration.
In the back room, the cave opening reveals a connected pair of cramped
chambers that stink of sweat and campfire smoke and death. The floor is covered in debris and piles of filth. Almost a dozen sleeping mats are nestled in nooks and built into the walls throughout this space. A dead orc is on each cot.
Scattered among the nooks is 37 sp, 52 cp, and a lot of damaged or shoddy common items.
Beneath a loose flagstone you also spot a vial labeled invisibility potion and a silver key.
The leader of the orcs lies alone in an alcove, his +1 greatclub by his side.
The orcs have the tell-tale signs of being killed by adventurers within the last 24 hours.
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“That orc archer must have tried to honor them a bit, or at least get them out of the yard. It’s going to start to smell pretty bad in here before long. I mean even worse than it does now.”
Vetch will take the scrolls and wedge them in his belt.
“Uncle Good Good, isn’t it true that best servants are unseen?, Vetch quips and he tosses him the invisibility potion, and hands him the silver key as well.
“Seems we’ve done our work here, let’s get inside the main building. I don’t want to linger in the courtyard if we can avoid it.”
"I say we take the stairs, so we cant get flanked on our way in"
You make your way up the stairs to the top of tower. As you near the top, you hear movement, and as you top the steps, you see a female orc climbing out of a hole in the roof and readying a bow.
~+~Round 1~+~
Vetch
BGG
Uhtred
Guldun
--Telly
Red
Ugh! Not you again! and he wreathes her in her own personal lightning storm.
vs. basic DC 19 Reflex save.
Guldun runs in and looks over the orc.
Then she will direct Telly to bite at the scorch wound on the orc's side that Vetch inflicted
for and
The orc dodges the worst of Vetch's storm, and manages to evade attacks and attempts to grab her.
Seeing that her longbow will be of little use here, she drops it to the tower roof and pulls her shortsword, which she uses to attack Uhtred.
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~+~Round 1~+~
Vetch
BGG
Uhtred
Guldun
--Telly
Red (-9)
Vetch moves fully onto the platform and launches a ray of frost at the orc.
and –10-foot status penalty to its Speeds for 1 round if a crit.
"Don't end up like your 'friends' - surrender and you can go!"
Guldun will instruct Telly to keep attacking while she reloads her crossbow and fires
for and
for and
"It's four on one, you're best surrendering while you have the chance" She adds to Vetch's comment
Grabbed by the barbarian, savaged by Gulden and Tully, and chilled by magic, the orc drops her sword.
"Do with me as you wish, invaders. I know I'm the last of my tribe."
Beyond her short sword and bow, the orc hands over a large iron key.
"Do you work for Vilree? Why did your tribe align with her?"
Guldun will step into the building, reload, and keep an eye out for anyone who might want to interrupt the conversation
"Vilree has been in charge of our warband for several years. She is a powerful leader. We once roamed the wilderness near here, but Vilree confronted our old chief and demanded that he swear fealty to her."
The orc's eyes grow a bit far away as she recalls the event. "The previous chief was asked if he would submit and, when he refused, Vilree burned him alive using her powerful alchemy. When the question was posed again, this time to Nar, he readily agreed. We have served her ever since."
"You may have defeated us, but Vilree's creations will destroy you, and she will not rest until her plans are carried through. She is relentless."
Vetch, failing to have the right herbs available, resorts to more powerful healing.
In response to the orc: "I am indeed sorry to have killed so many of your kin. Go now, and perhaps choose a more peaceful path.I hear the Pathfinders are recruiting all types down in Absalom."
Surprised by your mercy, the orc gathers her few belongings and heads down the tower's exterior stairs.
Down the trapdoor, you find that the tower's interior is a storeroom filled with mundane items.
Conituning down from the tower, you emerge in a small reception hall. A worn carpet stretches from the doors to another double door across the way. To the right is a curved wall with a map of the nearby area painted on it. Spite’s Cradle is in the center, with lines drawn to all of the nearby major settlements and noting travel times by horse. Where Etran’s Folly should be, there is only a simple legend that reads “Ruins of Plaguestone.”
Large double doors exit the room on the southwest, leading back outside. A smaller set of doors leads to the east.
We approach the doors to east and listen!
It is quiet beyond the door. Opening it, you see a chamber that obviously serves as a small study. To the north, a staircase ascends to a double door; to the south, a stone door is set into the curved wall of the fortresses’ structure. Opposite the entrance is a bookshelf filled with books and notebooks of alchemical lore.
The doors to the north open on a larger room. Standing at one end of this long chamber is a marble statue of an elven woman holding a flask. She is dressed in a flowing gown, and liquid tears streak down her cheeks into a small pool surrounding the statue’s base. Other than the faint burbling of water, this chamber is peaceful and still.
Double doors exit this room to the north and a single door leads to the east.
"This door to the south looks to go into another tower, let's check there first."