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Not a problem, that's more important. Hope she's ok.

Stigmar agrees. "Information for freedom seems like a good deal for them. We should also see if they know what the giants and orcs are up to."

Knowledge arcana: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (17) + 14 = 31

Stigmar looks over the creatures in the cage. "Wings are clipped, could be the giants don't want them flying away." he murmurs to his companions.

"Let's keep going to the middle of the keep." Stigmar suggests, indicating the western doors.

ranged touch attack, in combat, inspired courage, giant hunter: 1d20 + 6 - 4 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (1) + 6 - 4 + 3 + 1 = 7
Acid splash: 1d3 ⇒ 1

Stigmar fires off one more acid splash at the giant, but he overcompensates while trying to avoid all his fellows, and the blob splatters harmlessly on the ceiling.

ranged touch attack, in combat, inspired courage, giant hunter: 1d20 + 6 - 4 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (15) + 6 - 4 + 3 + 1 = 21
Acid splash: 1d3 ⇒ 2

Acid arrow (round 2/3): 2d4 ⇒ (3, 3) = 6

As the acid burns into the one giant, Stigamr turns to the female and launches a quick blob of acid at her.

He moves further into the room, watching both giants carefully.

ranged touch attack, in combat, inspired courage, giant hunter: 1d20 + 6 - 4 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (16) + 6 - 4 + 3 + 1 = 22
Acid arrow (round 1/3): 2d4 ⇒ (4, 2) = 6

Stigmar moves in and sizes up the situation. He fires off an acid arrow into the male giant.

"Let's take them down quickly." he murmurs to the others in dwarven. "We don't want them escaping out the doorway behind them."

Stigmar quickly relays what he hears.

"Sounds like there's two of them, ready to burst in and take them?"

He gets ready to throw open the doors.

Stigmar follows cautiously. "Let me see if I can get a look before we go in." he says quietly.

He checks the doors for any keyhole or gap he can use Send Senses through.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

report what I see, enter if no obvious threats

"We still have the element of surprise, it's held up so far, but we should use it against the giants while we still have it."

Survival: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (4) + 2 = 6

Stigmar pauses to examine the tracks, unsuccessfully "Can anyone else make sense of these?"

Turning to the doors. "Shall we head into the keep?" he asks. "More secure, so I'd think it could be prisoners, valuables or someone important enough to not sleep in a tent."

cross the courtyard (as long as the dwarf fighting the bear is still ok)

"Nice work." Stigmar tells the others. "All clear on the other rampart. If we can clear out this level, we won't have to worry about fire from above when we are down below - as long as our brother down below is ok."

He peers over the side to check on the fight below.

Stigmar stays watchful, peering along the ramparts and down into the camp to make sure the team are still not arousing any suspicion.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (11) + 9 = 20

assume you guys don't need my 1d3 :P
If the other rampart (to K26) is higher up than we are, I'll use a Send Senses up high to see what's up there.

Ranged touch, inspire courage, giant hunter: 1d20 + 6 + 3 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 6 + 3 + 1 = 12
acid splash: 1d3 ⇒ 2

Stigmar peers around from behind his companions and lobs a quick splash of acid at one of the ogrekin.

Stigmar peeks down to check that the orcs down below are still unaware, then creeps across to join the others.

Once he safely joins them, he'll examine the slime to try and work out its effects.

Stealth: 1d20 + 18 ⇒ (11) + 18 = 29

knowledge arcana: 1d20 + 14 ⇒ (20) + 14 = 34
knowledge nature: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (10) + 9 = 19

Ranged touch: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (11) + 6 = 17
Acid arrow: 2d4 ⇒ (2, 3) = 5 (1/3 rounds)

As he sees the others prepare to strike, Stigmar casts a spell and fires off an acid arrow into one of the ogrekin. (yellow)

Stigmar casts See Invisibility, watching as the others get into position.

note I want to try and use mage hand stealthily, so that it's conceivable that things fell or got bumped by accident

"Our fellow down below is holding his own, but he's still getting hit." Stigmar whispers to the others. "We could shoot the bear from here, but that would draw attention. I do have Mage Hand prepared, let me see if I find some other way to help, or to distract the orcs further." He peers out the window, looking for any small unattended items; a weapon or shield to knock down into the pit, or a flagon of ale that could be "accidentally" spilled onto a nearby orc.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (5) + 9 = 14

Ranged touch, in combat: 1d20 + 6 - 4 ⇒ (6) + 6 - 4 = 8
acid splash: 1d3 ⇒ 1

Noticing a gap, Stigmar pings off another quick blob of acid, but his attack goes wide.

He advances forward a few steps, whilst leaving space for Udruk to move in.

I'm going to be away this coming week, and may have difficulty posting. This battle I'll use Aid Another while fighting defensively, will try to get into flanking positions if feasible. If I can't get into melee I'll pop off an acid splash on a convenient enemy.

what's the light brown wall thing around the edge of the room, is it a ledge / can we stand on it?

Stigmar, seeing his companions have the battle in hand, whispers an incantation and places a sensor out through the window that the orcs were looking through. His eyes shimmer as he gazes through the sensor to check that the other members of the camp have not noticed the combat.

send senses

yeah I figured, but not much else I want to do at this point, want to save my remaining spells for more important enemies

Stigmar murmurs a brief cantrip and fires a glob of acid at the closest orc.

Ranged touch, in combat: 1d20 + 6 - 4 ⇒ (19) + 6 - 4 = 21

Acid Splash: 1d3 ⇒ 1

Is there a map link somewhere? I can't find it

Stigmar suddenly looks up as he senses the upcoming fight. "Time to move" he says and steps forward, stopping behind Moira."

The 3 half-ogres are on the roof of the gatehouse, the 6 orcs are in the barbican, we should be able to deal with each of them separately, and separately from everyone else. (hopefully)

The orcs around the pit are drinking and presumably not armed. If we can cut them off from their weapons it'll make it easier.

We could try to help the dwarf by shooting the bear or something, that'll cause confusion. Or chucking a better weapon down? Which'll mean he'll be more help later. If we can make them think it was another orc that did it, that'll keep the element of surprise.

There also should be another dwarf somewhere who we can maybe rescue. If there's no obvious leader around the pit, then they are probably in one of the tents.

if there's no-one near the guardhouse to hear combat or alarm, we should take them out asap.

Wait for a sign before charging in. I probably would have cast See Invisibility before arriving, if you'll allow that GM.

Ah, I see - I thought the palisade was on the inside edgeof the trench. That does make it trickier. We could try distracting them out? Or just charge in seeing as we're pretty close. Anyone have any thoughts?

I meant to flank the orcs on the bridge - can we do this without entering the fort itself?

Stigmar creeps down, watching carefully as he gets into position.

Stealth, hilly/rocky area: 1d20 + 18 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 18 + 1 = 36 (or I had 30 from above, either should be enough vs distracted orcs (I hope!))

so similar plan to the parallel dimension? Moira and I stealth in from the side, Rhen and Uldruk approach from the front; We can catch the bridge guards by surprise, at least from one direction, and hopefully cut them off if they retreat to warn the rest of the fort.

"I used my fireball on the scouting party earlier today, but I'll be able to hit them with acid. Haste will only last about half a minute, I was going to wait until we were inside to use it, but we can use it now if we want to keep the element of surprise."

Hi! We did start with two wands of CLW, which should go to Uldruk. We were also each given a handful of potions. Should be in the first or second GM post.

I'm interested in continuing.

No buffs from me at this point. Barad and Rhen can attract their attention from one side, I'll surprise them from the other.

IIRC, the other group were part of the general task force we're on, so that would make sense.

"Go fetch the others, I'll move into position at the bridge. When you attack from the front, I can blast them from the side."

Stealth, hilly/rocky area: 1d20 + 18 + 1 ⇒ (11) + 18 + 1 = 30

Offense-wise, I've got burning hands, 3 acid arrows & Haste. Haste I'll save for inside because we won't need it for the guards, plus if we're lucky I might be able to give it to our kinfolk.

"What are they doing to our kinfolk?!" Stigmar whispers in shock. "Making them fight for entertainment? We have to save them!"

go fetch Barad and Kaz, then charge the gate? "entertainment" might at least distract anyone from noticing an attack

Stigmar nods. "Very well, let's move down tonight."

Assuming no objections and nothing out of the ordinary happens during the day, Stigmar will sneak down with Rhen during the night.

Stealth, hilly/rocky area: 1d20 + 18 + 1 ⇒ (12) + 18 + 1 = 31

"Rhen's stealthy too. We could both sneak down to get a closer look - I don't need to be too close to scry over the wall. I might be able to get
a sensor through the arrowslits of the towers too. If we do get spotted, I still have a haste spell which will let us outrun them, and we can lead them into an ambush of Barad and Kazidorr."

"We could do this now or wait until tomorrow if we want to be more cautious."

Stigmar nods. "Aye, I'd need a rest to regain my spells. We may be able to catch another patrol as they leave, although that's probably a bad idea - some nearly got away last time."

"I could also try to get closer and scry. I do have a spell to turn invisible for half a minute that should let me get away if I get in any trouble."

How wide is the trench? I've got a +18 to stealth, (actually +19 due to rocky terrain) so should be able to get reasonably close without getting spotted. Range on send senses is 160ft

What side of the fort is the bridge?

"I see six orcs near the bridge, two giants in the bell tower." Stigmar notes. "I reckon we could take them, but they could easily raise an alarm and we don't know how many others there would be. We might be able to sneak up away from the bridge and bell-tower, as long as there's nobody in the guard towers. Or we could make some sort of distraction?" he ponders.

"Nice shot, Kazidorr" Stigmar remarks with a nod. "They still won't be expecting us. Let's move the bodies off the path, then keep going."

Stigmar fires off another set of missiles at the remaining orc

Magic Missile: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (3, 4, 2) + 3 = 12

I can bump up our speed to 40ft with Haste if we think it's worth it. (if someone tells me I will do it) They're still in range of Magic Missile this round, and I have some acid arrows which are long range but could miss.

Stigmar stays back and mutters an incantation, launching a trio of magic missiles into the orc at the rear. green

Magic Missile: 3d4 + 3 ⇒ (2, 2, 2) + 3 = 9

Stigmar pulls a pinch of gunk from his spell pouch, murmurs a spell and launches it over the orcs. It sparks into flame as it flies through the air, then bursts into a large explosion behind the patrol.

Fireball: 6d6 ⇒ (5, 1, 5, 2, 2, 6) = 21
DC 18 Reflex save for half damage, centering a space or two behind green should catch all of them but not us.

Stealth: 1d20 + 15 ⇒ (15) + 15 = 30

Stigmar will stealth even if others don't.

Stigmar moves to the side of the path and positions himself behind a rock that matches the shade his cloak. With one hand on his spell-pouch, he scans the path ahead as he awaits the foes.