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Recieved and it looks accurate. Thanks for running this scenario! I was surprised how much of my character's particular psychic discipline came in handy. Overall this was a pretty fun group, and we worked well together!

No day job. Ty for running!

Give a legitimate organization a chance. The Society will bring you opportunity and options, which you can still move on from when you wish, having lost nothing. The Consortium will only bring you bad reputation, and deepening debt against civil society.

Diplomacy, aid: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

He's asking about cooperation that Zhaxia mentioned, so she'll need to elaborate what she had in mind.

Darzus is feeling a little too cautious still to taunt, but he does add

We've freed your unearned free labor, and your guards wisely decided discretion is the better part of valor.

Darius looks at Arioch and scratches his head. He continues forward towards the door but stops to inspect it…

locate traps on door (Perception): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (4) + 7 = 11

If it is safe (including from others that want to check), he will listen at the door for voices.

listen at door (Perception): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (16) + 7 = 23

Darzus presumes that nothing will happen until they enter the room, so he walks to the middle of it to see if their quarry will reveal himself.

Darzus looks up, thinking of what the captured guards might do. He hopes they'll leave the escapees alone.

Exhaling, he remarks Yeah, time to head down and finish this.

Back!

It sounds like we're freeing the captives first. Perhaps if their changes are still usable we can bind the guards we've captured so that they are held fast while we deal with Zamir.

Probably the last post before the trip

Darzus peers into the next room... can it be revealed yet?

DC 16 Fortitude: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (3) + 1 = 4

And begins violently hacking up his lungs. there goes that round

There's a little time before this occurs, but it's a longer time away so I didn't want to spring it at the last moment.

I've got a trip from 7/31 to 8/12, and for much of it I won't have internet access.

(not sure if this game will end before then or not, but in case)

Final reminder. It's a bit of a long one.

Yup, it got late and I nodded off last night before I could return to this

Darzus spends the round putting out the square of fire in front of him to make for safe passage to the back rooms.

DC 15 Fortitude: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (19) + 1 = 20

Darzus got a good breath and held it before entering the smoke...

Darzus rushes in, carefully behind Tempestas.

Darzus glares at the men at the top of the steps and turns to join the party in gathering flammable materials.

Those still inside have to have heard our skirmishes out here by now. There must be a way to "smoke out" the rest of the wasps.

So, what Darzus was trying to figure out before the battle broke out was: standing at the top of the stairs looking down, can one see the floor of the inside or even moreso an initial room expanding from the entrance.

Darzus waits to catch the tiger-masked-man's gaze, at which point he sends in a seed of doubt and confusion...

[Standard] Cast daze (DC14) on BLUE

There's a little time before this occurs, but it's a longer time away so I didn't want to spring it at the last moment.

I've got a trip from 7/31 to 8/12, and for much of it I won't have internet access.

(not sure if this game will end before then or not, but in case)

Reminder

With his team having closed in on the guards, Darzus jogs back to the entrance of the inner courtyard and projects psychic violence to the remaining one.

[move] 30ft
[standard] Cast Mind Thrust I on BLUE
Damage (DC15 will half, spell resistance): 2d6 ⇒ (2, 1) = 3

the dice revolt continues

Darzus sprints back out of the courtyard and returns to the party.

Whoa! We missed two in there! Darzus asserts, pointing back at the courtyard entrance.

Ready yourselves!

[move] 30ft

Darzus walks to the top of the steps, just to peer into the bunker.

Wondering if he can easily see the space they're hiding in without descending the stairs and giving away their approach.

He returns to his captive, asking:

And this is the only way in or out? No underground tunnels out from under this fortress?

Darzus nods vigorously.

Yes yes. A fine idea. Draw them out or close to the entrance and bomb them.

Well, I guess we know where we're headed next.

Darzus eyes another guard's composite crossbow.

I like any way I can keep my distance.

Eegru wrote:

Regret double moves ahead...

Done. Also, autocorrect has done you wrong. Regrettably.

A tell-tale sign of phone-posting :) Verily, auto-correct does not like our arbitrary names.

Darzus stoically instructs his foe (BLUE)

This way please. Down the ladder.

Once on the ground...

Hands please.

Unless there is objection or struggle he binds them, and then uses more length from the same rope to bind this guard at his ankles as well. Darzus leaves him tied up next to the ladder. He won't be going anywhere anytime soon.

Darzus cautiously approaches the surrendering guard, drawing rope from his pack.

[move] 10ft
[move] draw hemp rope (50 ft.)

There's a little time before this occurs, but it's a longer time away so I didn't want to spring it at the last moment.

I've got a trip from 7/31 to 8/12, and for much of it I won't have internet access.

(not sure if this game will end before then or not, but in case)

Ack. Updated status line with damage.

Darzus hollers in surprise as an arrow catches him while he's trying to survey the inner courtyard. He turns to glare at the archer.

Alas, that one is too far away, so he inches closer to the nearby one on the Southeast corner and simply takes a firm stances as he launches his psyche at him.

[move] 10ft
[standard] Cast Mind Thrust I on BLUE
Damage (DC15 will half, spell resistance): 2d6 ⇒ (3, 6) = 9

Darzus approaches the Western ladder and boldly climbs it to meet the guards on their level.

[move] 25ft
[move] climb

Darzus slinks further inside the fort, taking care to stay near the wall.

Applied the rest of his movement on the map.

Darzus slinks to the opening in the wall, and starts to venter into the fort.

[move] 30ft
[move] ??

Does that part of the map open yet? He's got 20ft/4sq of movement left.

Darzus continues to slink towards the wall.

[move] 15ft half speed with no stealth penalty
Stealth: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10

He must have tread on some loose stones on the way. He heard himself and he figures the jig is up.

He looks up the wall and attempts to assault the mind of the archer above him. Part of him circle's their mind, looking for a week spot before diving in and spraying a glut of distracting imagery into their mind.

[standard] Cast Mind Thrust I on YELLOW
Damage to YELLOW (DC15 will half, spell resistance): 2d6 ⇒ (5, 5) = 10

Component is only S, so shouldn't be that visible other than directly observing him.

The sleek, clean elf sees a break in the wall and begins to quietly slink up towards it. He looks back to the rest of the party and nods towards it without saying anything.

[move] 15ft half speed with no stealth penalty
Stealth: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

10ft radius and they are very far apart. So go ahead and target others and I'm deciding that sleep is not worth it since it doesn't give us the group KO that eliminates or greatly reduces the battle (like he could do with the bunched up groups of bandits). I guess lets see how far we can get before being spotted.

Ah thank you. Needed a map ;) Okay, where are the archers on the map? I'm most interested in whether they all fit within the area-of-effect of one casting (and if not, which is best to start with).

Darzus looks up at the hidden archers.

Perhaps I can put them to sleep...

Can Darzus start that, or would it start initiative?

Darzus follows Arioch out of the inn.

We must use utmost stealth, and draw no notice...

That sounds like a hassle :/ Hope you're able to get it dealt with once and for all!

I wonder if he'll wait for night, or try to seize it sooner. We'll need a nearby place to wait inconspicuously.

So... is there such a place? Docs? Tavern?

Presuming we had one with the caravan, we hand it over. Gulp! I can't find mention of it before.

Darzus keeps looks over his shoulder for the bandits that they freed.

Surely they wouldn't try again...

Yes, the sooner we deliver, the better.

More options:
1. just let them go and proceed with the caravan having not been bested by the bandits
2. find a caravan wagon to lock them up in to turn over at our destination
3. turn them over to the merchants in the camp and see how they react (did they know this would occur?

Darzus steps away from the tied-up bandits and discusses options and reasoning with his companions...

Messaging back...

Unfortunately no.

He turns to the previously-influenced bandit.

What was said in Vudrani just then? We will find it out eventually.

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (10) + 7 = 17

Since Darzus failed his rolls, I guess that is about it for the night. He will continue to act civil towards the only one he influenced.

Darzus will do his part on the watch at night, and take a shift.

We could wake up WHITE, and if that goes well lead him away and re-cast sleep on the other two. There are options here. This is probably my last post before being away for the weekend but you can use Darzus' spell slots as you see fit.

Retreating from the minds of the bandits Darzus absent-mindedly straightens out his sleeves and resumes focus on the waking world. He hears Arioch's question.

These two he points to BLUE and GREY could not be influenced.

There is a tinge of disappointment and shame in his voice.

However this one, he points to WHITE I was able to massage.

He kneels down next to that one, ready to offer a sympathetic welcome as he awakes.

When WHITE awakes...

Hello there. We did our best to not harm you in defending ourselves. Are you okay? Can you tell us who sent you here tonight.

Diplomacy, dream leech: 1d20 + 7 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 7 + 4 = 14 noooooo!

I had to try. I don't often get to use these abilities so why leave them off the table.

Darzus is continuing his previously stated actions using the rolls from before.

Darzus is going to stick with what I planned, because I'm not sure he's the most effective in a chase anyway.

Darzus continues concentrating on the sleeping bandings. massaging their minds for a more favorable engagement when they awake.

This is an FYI that I'll be away in nature next weekend, June 8-9. As this is a weekend I expect minimal disruption and i will return to resume posting Sunday evening (US/Pacific time).

The box and the checked box are just ascii characters. You can copy them and do more or less the same thing :)

Lol, Darzus can join after 5 standard actions and 2 swift actions (so 5 rounds, 30s?)