Sorry to hear, but understandable. Good luck, all.
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Understandable. No hard feelings from me about real life intruding. Any thoughts about how to go forward? Should we bring someone in to replace Richard in a "I've been here all along" fashion like how Morgana came in? I don't think this would be as seamless because Richard's family added to the story. Or we could find someone new and pair their backstory up with our objectives. Maybe we could have someone come in and take over Traeve as a PC, since he's apparently mythic.
Bummer, but I understand how it goes. Good luck, Richard.
Ty nods at the others, opens the doors, and moves towards the voices.
Ty silently pulls the door to and quickly relates that he hears voices talking strategy about the conflict outside in the next room over. "If we're here to kill these missionaries, do we want to assume that these are three of them or at least their allies? We're going to get discovered sooner or later, but we can take on this first room now with the element of surprise."
With everyone inside, Ty pads to the end of the hall and gently pushes one of the doors open and peaks into the next room.
Ty cracks the service door back open to see if the guard on the wall will move away so that he can have the others follow.
Mentally cursing himself for not thinking of this earlier to time with the falling lantern, Ty tosses a smoke pellet to land on top of the broken lantern.
He makes his way to the door to make sure it's unlocked. If it is, he'll wait for an appropriate time to wave the others over before opening it and going inside.
If Ty can use his mage hand to lift the lantern off it's hook and drop it to the ground, he'll do so.
Ty huffs in exasperation. "Well, we picked the wrong section of the wall to cross over. We're not going to get in without taking out another guard or at least alerting them that we're here. "The two best options that I can think of are to draw that guard," Ty points to the guard along the wall to the east, "closer and take him out. Otherwise, we can douse that lantern and just rush in, and then hope to get as far as we can in the confusion."
Realizing that traipsing through the light isn't the smartest idea, even if the guard is supposed to be facing the other way, Ty hangs out in the shadows with the others. He focuses on the door since it's the closest entrance to the mansion. He tries to tap into his own burgeoning magic reserves and will the door's handle or knob to turn so that he can see if the door is unlocked.
Ty tries the door to see if it's locked. If it's unlocked, he'll open it, if it's locked he'll attempt to unlock it...
...and then he'll wave the others forward.
Ty waves the others forward and moves ahead himself. He'll listen for any activity, and motion the others through the closest doorway if he hears anyone approaching. He'll also be listening for anything to indicate where the missionaries might be.
Ty gets as close as he can to the back door while staying in shadow and listens for activity.
Hey gang. We've lost momentum. Is everyone still on board? Our goal right now is to get over the wall, get inside, and kill some racist missionaries!
Ty slips up the wall like a wall-climbing ghost (the most dangerous kind) As he climbs the wall, Ty's head turns around 180 degrees so that he can smile at his companions.
Ty asks the others to drag the man somewhere out of sight, and then climbs back up the wall and affixes his rope, allowing the others to climb up. When everyone is over, and assuming they haven't been detected, he'll remove the rope and jump back down.
Getting a running start, Ty runs towards the wall and uses his momentum to run up it.
When he reaches the top, he grabs hold of the man and flings himself and the man backwards, attempting to pull him off the wall to land in view of the others with their attacks ready.
If you’re asking me if that’s a possible action, absolutely. Sorry, I was asking the party if we could cast that spell. We were mapping out the sightlines, and that was basically Morgana's suggestion. Apologies here, also. Work has been kicking my ass this week, and it's hard to devote the brain power needed to be slightly irreverential yet also still useful. PLAN:
Can we get a silent image spell on top of the wall? Since we're not making headway on a plan, let's wait until dark, cast a silent image of a guard on one of the back corners coincided with an attack of the actual guard on the same corner. Ty can run up the wall at full speed, and maybe that combined with some range attacks can take down the guard before anyone notices. The illusory guard will stick around for a bit, long enough for Ty to drop down a rope and for us to make our way inside.
"If we can't get in without being seen, the front gate may be our best option, since that's where they'll likely try and flee from," Ty murmurs. "I hate the idea of killing those guards just to get at the Masoumites, though. It's not like they're Hellknights; they're just doing their job."
Sorry for my slow pace. Work is busy, we have Covid case in the househould, and the kids are out of school until Wednesday. I'm mentally exhausted. I will try and catch up by mid-week.
Ty would have opted to leave the girl at the hideout, with the promise to return when they could, but instructions to take care of herself if she doesn't hear from them after a certain amount of time.
"I don't have an issue with you, Edward. Far from it. "Sorry."
Ty shrugs. "If the acolyte is captured, I'd consider that 'dealt with.' "But look, if we're confronted by the Asmodeans, Traeve can try to clear us. If we're confronted by Masoumites, Edward can do the flame thing with his hands. "I'm open to other ideas, though."
Ty stares at Edward. His face is blank, but that's only because he's fighting the urge to roll his eyes. "Saying 'We don't have a plan,' and nothing other than 'But we will get it done!' puts a lot of pressure on those who have to come up with the plan." Ty turns to the halfling girl and speaks gently. "But they're right. If we don't take care of some bad people here in the city, they'll be even worse than him." Ty hooks his thumb at Traeve. Or maybe just at Traeve's holy symbol. "If we leave the city to get you home now, then we won't be able to get back in before more people get hurt. "Is there somewhere inside the city that we can take you to? Either someone who can help you get home or at least watch you until we do what we have to, first?" Turning back to the others, Ty muses out loud. "If the Asmodeans are going to round up any strangers in the city, then we might just want to wait for the Masoumites to start getting riled up, first. We can use the chaos as cover as we make our way to this mansion."
I'll be taking my family on a roadtrip over the next couple days. I'll be back on Wednesday. Feel free to bot me. Ty is for investigating and taking action against Lady Carus, but he's more concerned with delivering the halfling kid home, first. If leaving the city to reach the halfling farm and then getting back in seems to be an impediment to anything they need to do involving Lady Carus, he can be talked into delaying the trip to the farm.
Ty winces when he realizes that the girl is still awake. "Hey. You were supposed to be asleep," he chides gently. "But what do you mean? Who did they love?"
Ty stares at Morgana for a long time as he absorbs what she's told him. Eventually he huffs and looks down for another long time. When he looks up, he addresses Morgana again. "Are you okay?"
Ty collapses somewhere moderately comfortable. He'll briefly assure the halfling girl that they will get her to her farm after a bit of time has passed. He encourages her to get some rest. Morgana says, "Well, that was... exciting. Though I'm more than a little spent now." Assuming the halfling girl is asleep, he turns his gaze towards his friend. He's equal parts confused and angry. "What happened, Morgana? With those other children?"
Ty gives the arrow slit a go, but can't fit his big head through the narrow window. Spying the halfling girl in Richard's arms, he does his best to convince her to go in and open the door. He speaks to her in a friendly, yet urgent voice. "Sweetie? We really want to get you out of here and back to your home, but they've locked us in. They've closed the big heavy gate. But you're small enough to squeeze through this window and open the door, and then we can use the winch to open the gate. Can you try for us, sweetie? We need you to do this quickly before more of the soldiers come. Just go in, and open the door. We'll do the rest."
"Aw dang, I forgot about the gate."
"You could cast it on something I could carry so that I can make a distraction for the rest of you. I could drop whatever your spell is cast on once I'm over the wall, and then we can meet up somewhere."
Ty tests the windows to see if they open very slightly, but then returns to the others. "We can figure out what we want to do about Lady Carus after we get out of here. They've got lookouts posted around the building. I don't think we'd all get down a rope before they called the crossbowmen around the corner. "However, I could get out that way and make a distraction so the rest of you can get this young lady out, and then we can meet up somewhere. If we can conjure another fog, that can only help us, too. Other ideas? We need distractions and/or things that will help us withstand a barrage of crossbow fire."
"I'll be right back," Ty says to the little halfling girl. "Stay close to him. He'll keep you safe." He points at Richard. Ty quickly but cautiously heads upstairs and looks out the windows for the sides and rear of the building, looking to see if the soldiers are also poised on those sides, and if not, if they could conceivable get out of the building that way. If things seem clear, he'll see if a likely window opens.
Ty asks the girl if the kids were brought in through the front door of if there was a back door or other passage they entered the building by.
Ty thanks Richard again before sheathing one of his daggers and then picking up the halfling girl. "Lead us out of here while you're still on a hot streak, Edward." He does his best to avoid making eye contact with Morgana.
"Thanks, Richard!"
The halfling girl doesn’t look up, but whispers back in halfling, ”Can you take me back to the farm?” "If you can guide us there, yes. If you can't, we can still try. "Are you... okay?"
Nice! And we're still going strong!
"Information about what? We don't have any secret plots we're trying to figure out. We've already reasoned that if she dies, the people here aren't likely to try and sacrifice children again. "The longer she stays alive, the higher the chance something is going to stop us from finishing her off." Ty picks up any daggers or picks that were dropped and stows them on his person. Next, he quickly searches the cleric for anything useful. Finally, he kneels down next to the halfling girl and starts speaking to her in the halfling language. "Hey, you okay? We're going to try and take you home. Are you up for that?"
Ty opens his eyes and looks around, his confusion only lasting a second before he gets up to speed. Spying his dropped dagger, he grabs it and starts to belly-crawl out from under Edward's heavy boots and into the cage where the interrupted ceremony was taking place.
If he makes it, he stands up.
"I need you guys to get up here!" Ty yells as he moves towards the final door. He puts his dagger between his clenched teeth to be able to use both hands to manipulate his lockpicks on the door's lock.
Just a quick note that I'm taking my family camping Sunday through Tuesday, and I won't be checking in. Feel free to bot me.
Ty tries to squeeze past Edward, the enemy Edward is attacking, and Morgana's elemental. Once he's rounded the corner, he starts using the opposing walls and bars of the hallway to launch himself above the next two Hellknights, ping-ponging back and forth across the walls and even the shaken/blinded/stunned Hellknights to gain height and momentum until he's past them.
Wall Run (Ex):
When you move, you can travel across vertical surfaces as if they were floors. If your movement doesn’t end on a horizontal surface, you fall at the end of your move unless you are able to remain in place using another ability (such as using the Climb skill to cling to a handhold). The vertical surface must be capable of supporting your weight—for example, you couldn’t move across a windowpane or curtain.
Landing at the other end of the hallway, Ty turns and shoves his dagger into the nearly incapacitated Hellknight behind him.
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