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Thanks.

I do wish I had leveled and gotten to use that cool armor. Oh well.

Agreed.

I am very interested in continuing. Heck, I'd enjoy playing out the entire AP.

A good idea. Stanislav says but points at the departing horesemen. Perhaps a bit too late to go and procure something toxic though.

Can we keep up with them without being mounted ourselves? Might be smart NOT to take out the captain first as that might cause enough of a morale hit as to make the others flee?

It will be a challenge to make sure no one rides back to the keep to raise the general alarm. How do we make sure so many horsemen stand and fight and that when they start to loose make sure none break away? stanislav says in a quiet and calculating voice. Troops on foot cannot force mounted men to stand and fight.

Are the horses riding horses, light war or heavy war? Amd do the men carry lances?

I find that sandbox-type games work better face to face. So I am fine with a litte (or even a lot0 more direction. :)

Hey all. We seem to be stuck. How do we unstuck?

Agreed. Lets be very careful but it would help if we could find the departure date and the general direction. Numbers and composition of the group would be good as well.

Then it is agreed. Do we know the timeline and planned rout to be able to plan the ambush?

So we are in the town near the fortress and we have 3 weeks or so to kill before we need to have the place weakened and/or the gate opened. Are we just looking for how to use our time the best? I think at the right time we will try to infiltrate the fortress from the tunnel, assuming we can find it, right?

I'd really like to ambush a patrol or two away from this town. That might gain us more gear and focus attention away from the town proper.

Right. Even if we find a perfect disease I am not sure we have the time to allow proper spread and clerical magic can be used to stop it. Plus the rest of us could catch it if we are not careful. An interesting option but perhaps not the best choice.

I believe our way in is the tunnel we have heard of. Much less of a risk, assuming we can find it. But let us not show our hand too soon. I like the idea of taking out the patrol if we can get out of the city and lay in wait for them.

Guards coming back into the fortress could easily be subjected to Detect Evil. I suspect they have plenty of Paladins.

Stalislav sets up his small warehouse before joining the others. He Stores two coffins inside - one simply hidden under other goods and a second sealed (but not air tight) inside a crate.

Assuming Alex shares what he knows about the dwarves Stanislav ponders Any means of discrediting the dwarves or who they are working for would help. Perhaps we can sabotage their work too. Extra lime in the mortor of the like. It would be nice to slow them so they are not done before the attack but outright attacking them is out I think. I wonder if there are human stonecutters that feel slighted?

Taht is good news R'yzznty. How far away is this town. It would be a shame if the next group that headed that way did not make it...

Yep still here too. Happy to start back up. :)

Spending nearly all his coin on the first part of his mission, Stannis sets off to procure a couple reasonably prices coffins. He also checks into low priced bulky trade goods that can be stored in the warehouse space.

After agreeing to meet up later at an inn Stanislav goes off to conduct his own business.

I am traveling starting tomorrow and will have limited posting time for about 15 days. Next week (visiting family) will not be as limiting as the following week (taking a 6 day class with long hours). Please bot me if you need to.

DireMerc,

I think. we are paused because no one is sure where to go/what to do. This is quite sandboxy with no clear direction I can see. It's too early to head for the tunnel in the inn. I am not even clear why we are here except to gather info in general and get the lay of he land. We don't want to risk being discovered or even gain any notoriety.

I am a fighter with few social skills. I cannot bluff. I have no diplomacy training. I am not good at Sense Motive. Intimidation only gets me so far. lol.

How about we secure a room at cheaper inn and do some light shopping to see what adventurer gear might be for sale here and begin to gather rumors and the like?

Rent an old house, or warehouse space as well. All all of the above. :)

I like it! :)

I have a way to quickly become a full vampire. But if/when I use it I will need a coffin the next day, so better to prepare for that happening here if possible. Ideally Stanislav would have a half dozen options at home, some only accessible if you are gaseous form. But being away from home he either needs to travel with a coffin or prepare in advance for his bed.

Now how can he get a coffin or two hidden around this town...?

I have mastered dwarven and infernal but both would draw undue attention I think. Stanislav notes. I believe I will shop for a quality coffin while in town and maybe a wagon and team to pull it. It seems a dear uncle is quite ill and is not expected to make it another month. Now where would that uncle live...? Anyone have an idea?

Knowledge (local): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (3) + 7 = 10

In at least game time, Stanislav will soon be in need of coffins to sleep in. Ideas on their procurement, placement, and transport?

We are pretending to be adventurers R'yz. Adventurer's drink, or at least hang our in taverns. Have to look the part. Besides I am not sure i have taken a drink in your presence ever. And I vote for fun Cori. But lets all keep in mind we are only here to have a look about and to learn the lay of the town. We've closer to 4 weeks than three before we can make our move.

What day is it in the countdown?

We likely should act our parts and do a little drinking and such as we gather information about what is going on. Look for opportunities to weaken the tower. Eventually we need to make our way to that inn we have heard about. but not too soon.

Would not wish to draw any attention to our tower though. Lets leave that part out.

Stepping off the boat Stanislav's hand goes to a new small leather pouch on a thong about his throat. He tucks it neatly under his clothing and armor to hang just over his heart. Anyone knowing it was there might have noticed the gesture before as it whatever the pouch contains has been on the fighter's mind.

Offering Cori a hand off of the boat Stanislav asks If we are adventurers where have we most recently been? You did a good job with backgrounds Alex, but we need a recent past as well. We should at least agree on the last week, in case people ask questions.

Stanislav had recommended we stop a few miles away a and walk in.

I've seen him there before. There was a panel with him and the guy who plays Harry Dresden in the show. 90% of the people there were teen girls and there to see the TV star. Sad. lol

I also saw him at ChattaCon one time. He was in the dealer's room and all alone. I talked with him for 15 minutes. It's been a few years.

I am headed out to Dragon Con tomorrow afternoon for some much needed down time. Might not be available til next Tuesday but will try to post if needed.

Perhaps the fall of Balentyne will been seen as a good omen by the Count. Let us focus on that pressing goal then. Alexandr, I will trust you with our backstories. I am ready to depart.

I think we go to the town outside of Balentyne and do an initial recon. But we cannot pull up to the docks with 8 undead rowers and announce we are here to look for weaknesses in your castle. No, we will need to have our boat drop us off half a day from the town and we will need a cover for where we have been and why we are traveling. Ideas?

I had asked earlier about any way to contact this other vampire outside of a trek to his castle but did not get a reply.

Your correct, I e are closing in on about a third of the time spent before we have to have the keep down.

“I think we are dealing with the roots before the tree. The present task of Balentyne is both the closest chronologically and possibly the most complicated. We could see if our capable henchmen could help to try and deal with these threats. At the least they could learn of them while we are gone.”

Stanislav reminds The Desna worshiping Boggards are the closest at 5 miles away. We could hit them and be back the same day. This might increase the recruitment of Boggards to our our cause in general. of course it could draw the attention of the Treant or the Azata.

With the ship how long will it take to get to the town of Aldercross? It was 34 miles by land which is multiple days travel based on the 5 miles taking 4 hours to the Bopggards.

I am back and mostly caught up. I actually went back and re-read 8 months of posts to catch up and remember. I feel much better prepared to participate. :)

Stanislav has been standing in a respectful pose as he listens to his master. This last comment gets him to speak. A vampire. How interesting. Is there a way to contact him without directly traveling to him? You should also know that that woods around this tower are troubled by both a Treant of some renound and some type of magical elf warrior. I suspect we will be forced to deal with both before we complete the ritual and it might be better to do so before we efven begin it. I recommend we set a trap and try to deal with each individually but only after we strengthen the defenses of the tower. Do you have specific wishes or recommendations in that regard my master?

Clock is ticking. We had 21 days to open the gates at Balentyne. I believe this is day 4.

Sorry for being absent for a few days. I got behind on a couple things which seemed to snowball some. Should back and caught up by the weekend.

Hmm. I cannot find where we leveled up to 5 in this discussion thread. Looked twice and still did not find it. :(

I did not recall that plan at all.

That is my vote.

Can I get a reading on the items requested from back at the tower?
Do we need to RP searching for those things? Lets get the game rolling again. :)

Can those not here chime in with their lists of what they wanted?

We had a wish list from the people who stayed behind at the tower and have only visited this one merchant. Do you want to RP out visiting other merchants to see what each might have in stock? Also, does Stanmislav feel he has spoken to the merchant most interested in his golden merchandise?

Was always my intent. We do not need to sell the gold items yet.

Will pay 100% with coin.

So is this merchant just reacting badly? Did he actually open with his best offer in a negotiation? Do I recall incorrectly being told that we could expect between 60 an 80% depending on how we negotiate?

What am I missing. I'd personally rather just roll a diplomacy and take a percent yielded by that but understood we had been encouraged to haggle?

Your loss my friend. Since you have given us a decent deal on your merchandice I could go 80%. That leaves you 20% profit. 20 of something is considerably more than 40% of nothing...

Now that the merchant is in a more receptive mood Stanislaw will try to negotiate the price of golden items he carries. Producing the candlestick he counters I would aks more than 60% if the gold was merely mended down slag. But what I offer has an art value as well. Look more closely. for such quality I think 90% is more in order. That leaves you 10% profit for simply holding the items for a short while.

Awesome deal for me. I owe you. :)

Stanislav looks on with interest, glad the man does not seem interested in him.