Garroth simply meditates, speaking to neither of the other two. It is quite obvious he no longer trusts either one, and has little wish to associate with them.
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Garroth frowns at the kobolds words. The 'meeting' is with us; what doesn she expect to do? If she thinks she will betray Jax, Joy, and Haedric to d'Kundarak, she is sadly mistaken.
"All you need to tell this unit is the cell has been destroyed but you have a contact that wish to meet. You can then deliver the message to the mine head in town, his home is not hard to find. He will contact me, arrange the meet and you'll get paid..sound fair?""Sounds simple enough." Lethe responds "Yes, sounds very fair. Too good to be true, in fact. No matter; it's not as if we have much choice. What are the specifics? Where do we meet this unit? Do we give them your name, or simply mention a 'contact'?"
Garroth glowers at the kobold. Now the fool tells my name, as well. She may as well stay in the mines, because her fate will be far worse if we get out of here, Garroth thinks. He turns to d'Kundarak. "It would seem we work for you regardless. Either here or down below. Personally, I believe we will be dead in either case. But so be it. What would you have us tell this military unit?"
"You wish us to make contact with the Cyran military unit, and then we are paid and leave. That simple, eh? You must also take me for a fool. We make contact, tell them whatever it is you wish us to tell them, and come back here to collect our 'pay'. At that point, we will either be killed, or moved to the deeper areas where none return. Perhaps those are the same thing; I do not know. But I most certainly do not believe it is that easy."
add action point total of 22 Garroth scowls at the kobold, and intones, "You will die, scum." He looks at d'Kundarak and the woman. "I am no friend of either these two. I am a Cyran patriot, and I fight for my country, wherever that may take me. Anything else is unimportant." Looking directly at the woman, he adds, "And so help me, if you try any more mind tricks on me, I will kill you where you stand."
will I get an additional +2 if it's an enchantment or similar effect, which this does seem to be "Please! I don't know what you're talking about!"
When the guards come, Garroth flinches away, as if frightened and afraid of being beaten. He keeps his eyes down as he is led through the mines, stumbling once or twice and basically acting tired and weak. When d'Kundarak speaks, Garroth briefly looks up, appraising the man as best he can with a glance. He looks at him, after the other two speak, and pleads, "Please, sir! I know this girl not. Please don't strike me!"
Garroth looks at Synatria with cold eyes. "You know, kobold, I'm starting to think you are far more trouble to us than you are worth." He turns away and finds his own spot to sleep, not wanting the guards to think the three know each other beyond being captured together.
Well, they're going to get sent down. Question is, do I join in and get sent down too, or stay up here? Garroth ponders as he watches the melee progress. Well, maybe I can stop it before it gets too bad ... Garroth lunges at Lethe, attempting to grapple and pin her before this gets much worse. grapple
"And you believe that this existance is better? Bah, I'd rather die than live like this for long. It only takes overpowering one guard to get weapons! Wouldn't you rather die on your feet than live bent over mining?"
"So uh that would be a no to a plan then?" Lethe asks when she recieves no answer.
Garroth looks up for the first time. "And so are all of you weak, or do you have fight left and just hide it?"
Garroth tries his best to appear weak and broken, but will work enough to avoid a beating. He will try to appear as uncoordinated and out-of-shape as he can, trying all the while to get a good count on the guards in this area, and listen to hear if there are any miners interested in maybe getting out of here, or even getting a bit of payback ... perception
Garroth simply nods at the orc. This is going to be ... difficult. I hope we can find some folks down here tired of mining, he thinks.
Garroth remains silent as Lethe and Synatria bicker. Why did I get stuck with these two? he asks himself. He simply continues to make note of guards, positions, and weaponry. perception
perception Garroth inwardly curses as once again, he realizes they really didn't put much of a plan in place. He glances at the others first, to see if anyone makes a move.
Garroth keeps his eyes focused on the ground, not deigning to look the five men in the eyes. He does take note of their number and weapons, however.
Garroth, on the other hand, fully tries to appear beaten down. As Haedric shoves him forward, he'll trip and fall, then slowly pick himself back up, keeping his eyes focused on the ground. Aid Another (bluff)
"No need to fake an injury. The hurt goes away, but bruises last a day or two." At that, Garroth steels himself, and then slams his fist into his own eye. A few more punches and a split lip later, he's a little wobbley, but the damage should subside. "Maybe we should wait til tomorrow midday to actually go ... my eye should blacken nicely by then." And then he plops to the ground to rest.
Garroth suggests, "I should most likely be a prisoner, since I need no weapons. And I speak no elvish, either. So who's playing what, here?"
"I just don't like the infiltration thing. Too many things can go wrong. It's very simple: if the target isn't in the mines, we look elsewhere. Sneaking around can't be much riskier than infiltrating a small town where everyone knows everyone else. But whatever; I just want to get moving. Too many days sitting still."
"I think I prefer Haedric's suggestion. Mine workers would be much easier to pull off than all of us as elves. Another suggestion: is there any way we could stage a distraction? An explosion on the outskirts of town might draw any guards out; or some of them any way. Then we sneak in."
"Sounds like our target should be the mines first. That seems the most likely place where they would be kept. Now, how do we get there from here, without cutting through the town?"
"What about Valenar troops? Any visible? Could you tell if there were any other buildings that might hide a force or group? This would seem like a great place to ambush a following force."
Garroth continues his watch, waiting for the scouts to return.
Garroth sets himself up on watch as Joy and Jax make their way to the town. Perception (take 10) = 10+10 = 20
"What is this plan then?" Lethe asks calming down somewhat knowing that they will be doing something about it. "That's what we need to figure out. My preference is that we send one or two of us, the ones most skilled at remaining unseen, up to the town to scout it out. Observe for a few hours, maybe even a day, then report back and determine the best way to approach."
Garroth also looks at the exchange between Lethe and Joyelle with a frown. "OK, what's the note passing about?" he asks in an irritated voice.
"And yet, for some reason, they decided to destroy our pack animals, yet leave us mostly unharmed. You're probably right; I'd think if they were allied with the elves, they could have easily captured or killed us considering how many of us fell victim to their howls. But they still felt the need to cripple our ability to carry supplies. This makes me uneasy; it is very odd behavior. Unless they're trying to stop both sides from fighting?" Garroth thinks a moment. "Do they have the ability to speak? Or communicate in some manner? Perhaps we should just talk to them, if we can."
Garroth grimly surveys the wreckage. As lethe takes off, a thought occurs to kim. "Hold, Lethe. Wait a moment." Turning to Synatria, he asks, "You mentioned before that the howlers are intelligent. Are they smart enough to form deals or work arrangements? They likely still follow us; is there a chance they work for the Valenar? Could we just be leading them to more of the resistance?"
"We'll need to determine what supplies are absolutely necessary, and pack those first. Each of us should carry as much as possible, without weighing ourselves down so much we can't make the rebel camp by tomorrow. Whatever space is left on the two horses, and us, can be filled with the 'nice-to-haves.' The rest, we leave." Garroth begins sorting through the packed gear, trying to determine what is most important.
AoO w/ kukri
Finally no longer stunned, Garroth exclaims, "Jax, why are you attacking Synatria's allies?!!" as he takes off after the nearest sandhowler ... If I can reach one of the creatures, I'll attack, of course. unarmed strike
"Uuhhhhhhhhh ..." Garroth says, a bit of drool down his lip.
His kukri drawn, Garroth rushes to attack the nearest creature before it attacks ... kukri damage
Even me? Will another +2 vs enchantments and mind-affecting action point
Sorry, Synatria, but I can't wait any longer, Garroth thinks. Spoiler: Drawing his kukri, Garroth rushes to the nearest creature in hopes of surprising them ...
Seeker Spoiler: Garroth continues watching the wolf/jackal things. Do they appear to be making any moves towards attacking, or are they still watching?
Seeker
Spoiler: If there is any kind of light around , Garroth will carefully take out his mirror. He'll wait until the pack is all facing away, then try to reflect some light in the direction of the camp. He'll only do this once or twice, at most, to avoid tipping off the wolf-things. Then, he'll pull out his kukri, and wait to see what happens, trying to creep forward a bit.
Stealth
Garroth isn't far enough away that he couldn't hear the talk; of course, in the night, the others' talking does carry a bit. He'll keep his post, preferably hidden, and hope to be able to at least give a heads up to the rest if anything comes by. He supposes trying a magical way out of fighting would be preferable, so he'll hold his fire to give Synatria the chance to try it her way, first. That was a hard one to figure out, he thought, and I'm not quite sure what it is she has against me.
Garroth will back-track a bit, taking first watch, but will try and find somewhere to hide away from camp. He will try and keep an eye out for the whatever those things were. Take 10 on Perception = 20
"We may have some visitors, tonight. Those wolf-things we've been seeing; I'm sure it's been the same ones. I think they're tailing us. Maybe we could find a campsite 'over a hill' and wait for them to come to us. A few dead carcasses may discourage other predators."Synatria glares. "And what makes you think the's only a 'few' of them? For all we know, there could be twenty, and I'm not too keen on fighting a whole pack." "You could be right. Either way, they're following us, and we have to stop sooner or later. I'd rather find out what they are, and deal with them on our terms, then give them a chance to ambush us."
"We may have some visitors, tonight. Those wolf-things we've been seeing; I'm sure it's been the same ones. I think they're tailing us. Maybe we could find a campsite 'over a hill' and wait for them to come to us. A few dead carcasses may discourage other predators."
Garroth keeps his eyes peeled as the group makes its way to the rebel's base of operations. Perception rolls
"I'll take first watch with you, since when I try and take the second, everyone else decides to chat all night ..." Garroth says sarcastically. perception
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