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I think a double move would get you out the back door, round and ready for a Burning Hands next round.

Put Colvare in H3 then...

Sorry, it seems I did Colvares turn a little early last time....
Initiative order:
Shagraat – 18
Benedetto – 17
Colvare - 15
Urthona – 11
Mirra – 10
Rayne – 7
Wands – 5

Cursing the fact that everyone is now around the door, Colvare looks about for another exit, and seeing no windows goes for the Back door.

The plan is to get into a position where Burning Hands will be actually useful....

Put Colvare at D10

Colvare finnishes the spell with the violent fist motion the others are coming to recognise. For the first time though, it is not just one small ball of fire that appears from the fist, but two, both flying unerringly at the man stood visible through the door.

Magic Missile (1d4+1=4, 1d4+1=5)

As the plotters sit in the late-night, virtually deserted tavern, throwing ideas around, there is a sudden crash and the door flies open. Outside is a group of Wands, who glower menacingly.

"That's them," says the voice of the ostler from earlier in the night. The Wands draw weapons and move in.

1d20 2=15

Colvare jumps up and back, his stool flying away with a crash, as he begins to mutter the phrases needed to cast a spell.

"I don't think just talking to them will distract them enough. I can also disguise myself to go with Rayne but I think a good mock fight between the rest might be enough to get them to move away for a bit." Mirra stops and stares off in the distance. "We still have the problem of their uniforms. Unless we actually subdue two of them I don't thing we can manage the clothes and unless we plan to do it now I don't think we can make two guards disappear. Two people going missing will make our job impossible."

Hnece make it look like one is wandering off, for Rayne to impersonate, and "will be back soon".....Would be tricky, but I think I could pull it off....

"Can you just put a couple to sleep and then we hogtie them while they snooze?"

"Kinki"

Rayne nods. "I can try to get a look on the inside. We'll need to drop one of the guards so I can impersonate them. Wouldn't hurt if I could at least find out their name to keep up appearances."

"Can can help there, something simple, strike up conversation with a young looking guard, get him to move away a little bit you give him a good crack, and I'll see to keeping him out the way while you have a wander. Ok?"

"So where do we go for the scrolls then?"

OK - so do we have a plan? Buy some scrolls and (maybe) potions, climb up the tower stealthily and try and get in at the top, and check out the tethered earthmote? When are you planning on doing this? And any other preparations you want to make before we launch into the attempt?

Yes.

Colvare looks like he is going to say something else, then realises he is vastly outnumbered in wanting to go for the softly softly, rather than be caught 300ft up...So he stays quiet, and saves his "told you so"s for later.

"So, what're we all fixin' t' do? We could just sneak in and try to find the professor, and bust 'er out. We could charge in, an' try to find the professor, and bust 'er out. Those plans have the benefit of bein' short on plannin'. We could do that right now.

"We could ask around for some information, and and use it t' make a better plan, but we mihgt end up askin' someobdy who'd maybe alert folks or all that askin' might give 'em time to kill 'er.

"We could buy Adiber's freedom from 'em. Or try to compel 'em through political pressure.

"Anybody see an idea I missed?"

"Nope, and I vote for Plan A"

"Does Stormreach have a Thieves' Guild? Could we take a day to find 'em? I wouldn't mind payin' for their experience, in tellin' us what they've sussed out 'bout the Tower's defenses. I'm sure wwe're not the first to try an' break in, an' I'd reckon they have a list of 'things not to try again.' I'd rather we make newer, better mistakes."

"Could be good, but what if our hunting comes to the Ward's attention and Alidaber is moved, or killed?"

"Well I could try to put some of the guards to sleep and go with the whole we got some prisoners let us in ploy. Rayne and I could change our appearance to look like guards and take everyone else in as prisoners."

"That could be risky if some fall and some don't. Maybe we try the ploy and save the spells for inside?"

It worked for Luke and Han right.... sort of....

Bagsey not being the one in the beast infested oubliette, but stop giving Aubrey ideas!

I guess it's safe to assume that the floating, only one entrance way, and that's right through the entire structure, tower would be the prison? Nice.

Mirra fumes as her obvious blunder cost them so much gold. She leans over to Colvare and whispers "I could have just charmed the drunk, it would have been cheaper. Maybe I will anyway and have him give us back our gold."

"No, give the man his choice. It may make our task more difficult, but I will not coerce a man only to put him in danger."

"And if you an' yer kin want to be hid out fer a spell, we've got ourselves a nice room-and-board set up which we never use."

Give us more than a single day in town Ben....

You've lost the carter's cooperation unless you make massive Diplomacy or Intimidate checks (the latter being potentially hazardous if he decides to take revenge, unless you are really intimidating) or give him a big bribe (i.e. more than a gold piece).

"I am sorry my friend, we wouldn't want any harm to come to you, or yours. Is there anything you could tell us though of the place that may make our task a little less on the suicidal side? A rough layout of the insides, or as my friend said, any necessary passwords?"

Diplomacy (1d20 6=16)

QUICK! Someone make with the bribe"!!

Rayne looks the man up and down with a discerning eye, grins, and nods to Colvare. "I'm sure I can accomodate."

"fantastic lets see if there is a nice little side entrance and then get you inside."

Mirra blew it a bit.

The man blinks drunkenly at the gyrating coin, then pulls away. "Mess with the Wands? You've gotta be joking! I've got a family. If the Wands have your friend, they are keeping 'em."

Colvare winces as he watched Mirra completely lose her composure. "Rayne, about that sneaking in plan?", he winks.

The guy frowns. "The Old Tower. You can't miss it. Looks like a sort of big lump of rock - that's an old giant ruin - with a newer sort of tower on top."

I recognition of the good roll:

An ostler, seemingly in his cups and smelling fainly of manure, overhears and leans over, joining in the conversation. "Yeah, I go there a bit - weird looking place inside. Absolutely huge rooms with giant statues in. I haul in the food for the Wands. They've been checking everyone coming in and out, lately, though I'm alright, been going there for years. Anyway, supposedly it's so old it links through to all the old giant stuff, even the catacombs underground, the sewers and the like."

As we move away from the helpful people, Colvare speaks up. "Looks like we are going to have to go in after her, and looks like that won't be easy. Rayne, Reccon you could get past their searchers and open some side door, assuming we can find one? I doubt we will get help from those knights for this, so a subtle approach may be best."

"Stop glowerin' at 'em. That don't help."

Colvare glowers at Ben, and farts loudly just as Mirra asks an important looking person a discrete question.

Gather Info Assist (1d20 3=5)

"Nope, I think that's our best plan right now. Let Mirra and Rayne do some discreet investigation while the rest of us watch for the inevitable trouble that will come of it."

Colvare laughs, "I love your optimism."

Benedetto chews his food thoughfully. "So. We's got ourselves a plan?"

I think we got ourselves a "Mirra, can you do some digging and we'll act as backup" plan, same as most of our other plans thus far.....Unless anyone else has a better idea?

"The whole of Whitewash is their territory, but they have a headquarters there called the Old Tower, which is sort of their barracks, and there is a couple of taverns round there which are popular with the Wands. They've got quite close links with House Cannith here too, since the Wands buy a lot of gear from them, and a lot of their more mundane supplies come from the food-sellers in Whitewash, particularly an old miser called Forl who runs a trading house there. We haven't had a chance to see who the Aundairean merchant is, but they might have more information at Lyrandar Tower."

"Ok, I think we've rung about as much out of you as we can. We shall finnish our meal here, and make up some plans, and get back to you as soon as we find anything." You are dismissed thinks Colvare, he doesn't want to go into any detail until they have left, so will keep quiet now while anyone else asks any final questions.

“We don’t have a great deal of extra information – Alidaber went out to investigate and she didn’t come back. But we can show you where the places in town are, and you can maybe make your own enquiries. Certainly a party like that would have created a few waves so there should be some information going round the markets and taverns.”

"Ok, that will have to do."

Valen fixes Benedetto with a look. "She wasn't planning on assaulting the place by herself, just going to gather some intelligence. And my people are watchmen, not inquisitives."

"Do you have any more detailed information? We will need to spend some time to plan this amongst ourselves, and all the help you can give would be good. Also, some way to easily contact you would be most useful.

"Thank you, too, you have just saved us a lot of time, and hopefully, Alidaber's life."

"Not if we did it, but...accidents do happen. The bandits could get lucky. Manage to descend upon the caravan at just the right time to catch it unaware. It would most...tragic if such a coincidence were to occur would it not?"

"If, Vecarlo's rumours are true. No, it wouldn't be that tragic, but I would not like to guess what would happen if you walked away from those bandits and the Maidens didn't.

"Anyway, nothing of the sort should happen, I simply want you to investigate, you will be detailed as guards, and given appropriate attire and equipment, if you need it, and I would like you to see what you see.

"Can I count on you to do that?"

I think the rule is quite concise.

And therein lies the problem.

It can be too concise. From past experience, the rules work as written, and are quite clear, but they are also spread out over a range of places.

An entry of "retry?" on the skills trable would be a god send. No retry, no take 10/20.

"Forgive us if we press you for details," says the dwarf, eyes hooded. "We are checking up your story to see if it matches. We last saw Alidaber a couple of days ago - but more on that later."

"Our whole story would take days, but the short of it is this. At our arranged meeting we were attacked by Drow, who seemed to have killed a professor and friend of Alidaber's. At Alidaber's prompting we went to the professors house to see if we could locate some notes of interest, and instead found we were too late, and the man I mentioned earlier had taken thm. Since then we have been framed and interrogated by the police, and made our way here...Still attempting to track Veren. Alidaber dispeared whilst we were detained, and so we have had a two pronged search. Neither being overly fruitful."

"So, do you know of Alidaber's current whereabouts?"

Please edit for accurecy!

"I understand you are friends of Alidaber, who is also a friend of ours. Forgive my prying, but I was wondering if you could explain how you met her, and what you are doing here in Stormwind?"

"Well, I first met her when my father took me to trade with her father's Church. But I will assume you mean how we found ourselves in our current situation?

"Alidaber called us together, some of us with cash, and others, with a cry for help. Shortly after, we were violently separated, and she disappeared. Our only lead, has led us here, and to you.

"May I ask when last you saw her?"

"Oh come now bending necks can come in handle I am sure."

"It isn't bendy enough for that....Yet" Colvare laughs, picturing Mirra carrying ben round by his neck....

The man gets up and leaves. Valen nods to the maitre d' who opens the door to a side room. The Knight of Thrane stands and waves in it's direction. "If you would be so kind."

"Of course" Colvare nods. And moves to follow.

Knowledge (Religion), DC 10:

** spoiler omitted **

Know Relig (1d20=16)

Oh, hehe

"So anyway, back to business," he says, turning to Colvare. "Who is this friend you are here to see? I have lot's of friends - maybe I know them?"

Throwing caution to the wind, and arrogantly figuring we can take these fops if we need to, and that the restaurant needs redecorating anyway.....Colvare replies "Her name is Alidaber ir’Krone, and we are not sure if she came here of her own accord, or was brought here by force. Either way, we have unfinished business with her, on behalf of the church of the Silver Flame.

"There is also a man named Varren involved, a dealer of antiquities, who will have arrived here much before us. If nothing else, he will lead us to ir’Krone.

Now, can you help us? Or can we get on with our rather expensive, and rapidly cooling meal?"

"Please forgive my friends" Colvare's saying that a lot recently...."we have had a testing time just getting to this city, and we are all a little on edge.

"I am Colvare, and we are in the city looking for a friend, and this is just the sort of place she would frequent."

Diplomcy (1d20 6=12)

Rayne does her level best to distract the men, smiling coyly and leaning forward. "Yes, please, have a seat gentlemen. Are ya'll locals or just looking for a good time here in Xen'drik?" She winks suggestively at the last statement.

Colvare will subtly kick ben under the table. "Excuse my fiend, he is a little touchy today. Also, please excuse my blutness, weeks on a ship will do that for you. You look like you are set for business, armour and swords, in this class of establishment? What about us has been brought to your atention? or in other words, How can we help?"

Benedetto rolls his eyes and looks at Mirra in exasperation. He refrains from reminding her about the rooms they were just in, but it's obvious that he really wants to grow some telepathic lobes.

Through gritted teeth, he'll order the house special.

Colvare will also order the house special, once the waiter has gone he also will whisper quietly to the rest "May want to eat up quick, looks like someone just recognised Ben here and wandered off out back..."

Ha, harder to track by sight too, saving on ships is suicidal!

"Table for five?" He looks slightly strangely at Benedetto.

Colvare steps forwards, and speaks in a lauder than necessary voice, "For five indeed my good man. Your best table, we have little time in your fair city and would spend it well."

Colvare also risks a glance at the other clientèle, anyone interesting or that he recognises? Search: (1d20 1=12)

Benedetto shows Colvare to the perfectly good rooms he rented as well, for just such reasons.

"You really do think of everything don't you? Thanks."

Benedetto sighs dramatically and follows the rest of the group out of the perfectly good pub that they've already paid to another restaurant.

"Cheer up Benny, this next one sounds like it should be even more decadent and expensive. Right up your street no?" Colvare grins.

He also makes sure to find somewhere to have a wash and brush up before leaving, since he no doubt stinks after weeks on a boat, and a day wandering through the scummyness of the town.

Mirra points out a possible lead she has: that the main place in town for Thranes with intrigue on their mind is the Candlelight, a restaurant in the Embers district of Oldgate. It is likely that Alidaber might have gone there to pick up rumours and meet contacts.

"Well, I could do with a nice meal, what about everyone else? Find somewhere to clean up, and book a table?"

Harbor group** spoiler omitted **

Next Gather info 16+12 = 28

Gather info (1d20+3=21)

Possibly - it depends what she gets. There is a DC which needs to be reached.

Cool, I'll post them then, just making sure that it wouldn't interfer e with her special abilities....

K:Hist; K:Geog k:Religion (1d20=1, 1d20=12, 1d20=15)

Aubrey, is there any point rolling Gather Information checks to assist Mirra?

Colvare wrote:

The rest of your plan sounds good to me though, I think while you do that, I will put a quiet word out for our missing friend. Mirra, care to join me?"

Being glad to be back on land Mirra nods, "Now that I am on land I am up for anything. Lead the way."

Colvare leads Mirra (hopefully Shagraat) and anyone else who cares to follow, off in a slightly different direction to Benedetto, hoping to find a similar level of establishment to the ones Alideber frequented in Sharn....

Sorry, missed that we haddn't hit shore yet....

Colvare stands braced against the gunwle, a small smile appearing as he watches the men leave. He nods almost imperceptibly, and Lenore flaps off to follow the men a ways, and make sure they don't come back.

"First things first. We need t' keep our bein' here as quiet as we can. Soon as Tamas ir'Jorel realizes we're fool enough to follow all the way to Xendrik, that's when we ought t' start runnin' fer our lives.

"That's going to be a mite harder with all them sailors talkin' t' one 'nother. We might be able to convince 'em that some seriously powerful men will rip the Morgata to splinters looking for clues about us if they find out we was on board. Which is likely true.

"Second, we need to find ir Krone. if she runs true t' form, she'll spend some time hirin' disposable guardsmen, like she did with us. I can check in at House Thrask. (An' probably update my papers, so's the description matches my new skin color.)

"Sound reasonable?

"I doubt we will get these sailors to stay quiet past their second strong drink, no matter what we do. One of us is marked, and that will be well known soon enough. The rest of your plan sounds good to me though, I think while you do that, I will put a quiet word out for our missing friend. Mirra, care to join me?"

The boatmen look askance at Benedetto, though not especially impressed at his implied threat.

"If you don't pay the fee we'll take you in and through you in jail! You can balk the Stormlords!" yells the leader, and the others vaguely wave their weapons.

Colvare hefts his pack, and stepping off the boat, speaks his first words since the battle. "Just try."

With that, and Elenore taking flight from his shoulder, he pushes past the men.

Intimidate (1d20+5=20)

Aubrey the Malformed wrote:

Fine with me.

Awesome. He's done now (falling short of bumping his skills from lvl 2 to lvl 3).

And on that note, I must rest I'll post in the morning, probably.

Thanks for letting me in again, btw.

YAY! Good to see you back!

Colvare is well leveled, and I'm happy with him now.

Major new features include Magic Weapon, and Spell penetration. Colvare still has bad memories of not penetrating the Drow SR (or rather seeing his spells bounce off them) and so is concentrating all his energies on ways around that....

600xp. If that isn't enoug to get you 3rd level, give yourself enough to get there.

Yay!

Colvare walks slowly to the edge of the boat, and empties his stomach into the sea. As he breaths deeply, Lenore comes down to land on his shoulder, watching in case anyone comes too close.

Shagraat kicks the nearest sea devil behind the knee, hard. It hisses in pain but fights on.

Colvare.

Seeing his last target taken down by the combined actions of more magic, and a salor's sword, he moves to the next in line, a small ball of fire flying unerringly to the next fiend (In A6)

Magic Missile (A6) (1d4 1=2)

Turning and scanning the deck, Colvare looks for the most vulnerably crew member, and trows a ball of fire at the nearest enemy to him.

Magic Missile Damgae to the enemy in cell A5 (1d4+1=5) YAY!

Colvare wrote:

Ahem!

Ah, did I miss you out again? By the time of your second attack, there are no sahuagin in immediate range, and since we know that Andrei deals with it, you might want to delay too.

Actually, I'll take the chance to use the wand on the captain, as Mirra cast on herself, and he is the only other friendly up here...