Stealth & Intrigue, The Adventures of Salmiel

[Alexander Rose]

Our heroes, Selash the whisper gnome, Borend the dwarf, Julian Greenbond the grey elf, and Albert Crow, Garret Cross, and Psy Blade the humans, find themselves stuck within the confines of an unknown facility. As they awake, they find themselves shackled to eachother by five feet of chain in a 20'x30' cell.

In the next room, 50'x50', four fully armored men are playing a game at a circular table with about a three foot radius. There is a door in the center of the north wall, directly opposite the cell. Finally, there is a human woman standing five feet beyond the thick steel bars of the cell.

She says, "Welcome, criminals, to Do'Vengr. You have been charged with numerous crimes, and shall be brought to justice very soon." The woman turns away dissapeared into thin air, leaving our heroes alone amongst themselves, completly unarmed save for small weapons hidden in their clothing.

Ooc: Alright, here's to hoping this goes well!:smallbiggrin:
Post your rolls here please.

[Heliomance]

Selash rubbed his head, groaning.

"Ow. What in the nine hells happened? I haven't done any crimes in this city yet, I'm pretty sure."

OOC: I assume we don't have our gear on us at the moment?

[PsyBlade]

Psy sits up. He looks around. After hearing the lady, he turns his head towards the guards. He concentrates and then appears to focus on them.



Psy activates his Sustenance Power. Then follows up with Read Thoughts turned on the guards. He's hoping to find out what they've been accused of. It has a DC 16 Will save to be immune for this manifestation of the power.

[Tichrondrius]

Garret Cross

"What the- by what manner of council?" Garret nearly shouts at the fleeing form of the woman, and then struggles a little against the chains before looking back and forth to the other prisoners. With a sigh he stares at his hand and jiggles the cuff on it. "I knew I should have spent more time with that monk." He mutters forlornly.

[Alexander Rose]

Ooc: Your assumption is correct, Heliomance. You have nothing unless you own a small weapon and you make a succesful sleight of hand check versus a DC 18.

[Heliomance]

Things I own that could conceivably be concealed such:
Two kukri
Two wands
Finger blades (+1 to sleight of hand to pickpocket)
Thieves' tools
Ring of Chameleon Power

I assume they didn't take my shoes off me, they're masterwork tools of move silently, being made of very soft and supple leather.

My sleight of hand bonus: 21

How much of that do I have on me?

[playswithfire]

Borend

Borend awakes, is surprised to find himself looking like himself and with his gear Captured and in my natural state. Unacceptable. Criminals she said. Well, that's true enough by some definitions, but how'd they know it was me? And who are these other folks? More to see what reaction everyone would have then anything else, Borend stands up and shouts at the guards. Oi! If you're locking us up, at least get us some breakfast. It'll give you a chance to make a last meal joke.

OOC: is this cell under an anti-magic field or will Wildshaping be an option?

[Fishy]

Sir Julian Greenbond slowly returns to his senses, shaking the cobwebs out of his head as he wakes up. The grey elf (not human), gives a few quick, hacking coughs, harrumphs, and starts up his feeble protests at the jailer's retreating back.

"I say- There must have been some sort of misunderstanding, yes? If someone would just pop down and have a quick word with the chaps at the embassy, you'll find... Hello?

"Oh... bother."



Taking a moment to gain Psionic Focus, which turns on my Mindsense. Nobody in the room who isn't visible, I presume? Also, I'd like to try and mentally connect to my psicrystal, if it isn't more than 1 mile away, smashed, or in a block of lead. Or... in my pocket.

[Ryuuk]

Albert

Albert shakes his head, slowly at first, but subtly getting faster. "No, no, no, this isn't right." He pulls at the chains binding his hands, somewhat desperate. He felt strangely alone, and a weak voice at the back of his felt like the steel holding him was burning against his skin.

After a somewhat vigorous shake, he stops, calming down. He looks around the cell, trying to find some sort of liquid, hoping the cell had some kind of water source.

If we've been out cold for days then Albert wouldn't have any bound vestiges at the moment. He should still have access to his spell like abilities from Fey Heritage though, unless we're in an antimagic cell.

Would his cloak, veil, amulet and circlet still be in his possession?

[PsyBlade]

With no visible expression on his face, Psy turns his head around to his cellmates.

Fishy:

I want to RP you noticing my character accidentally using Read Thoughts on you. I figure since you're a fellow Psychic you'd notice. And for the record, it was going off as he did so, so Psy got nothing from his cellmates. Doesn't mean you know that though.

[Alexander Rose]

One of the guards yells back at Borend "Ah, shut up, scum. It's to late for yer last meal, anyway..." Another guard, obviously of higher rank, glares at the first, whom quiets quickly.


OOC:
As to the nature of the cell, though I believe you should have tried to figure this out yourselves, it is under an anti magic field.

As to possesions, a seperate slight of hand check must be made for each item. The first items DC is 18, the second's 19, the third's 20 and so on.

Shirts, leggings, and shoes where not taken. Everything else (Save for certain items, check above) was confiscated.

My appologies fishy. I fixed it.

[Heliomance]

Okay, so I have both my wands and both my knives, and my ring, as I can't fail the first five checks.

Thieves' tools, DC 23: [roll0]
Finger blades, DC 24: [roll1]
Gloves of the Balanced Hand, DC 25: [roll2]

I won't bother hiding my lens, it's just a masterwork tool of spot, not vital, and not illegal. They've nicked that.

Selash pats himself down, assuring himself that most of his gear is safely where he stashed it. Standing up, he goes over to the lock and inspects it, attempting to work out how hard it would be to pick. He speaks to the guards. "Nice place you've got here. Very comfy. Shame about the service."

[Tichrondrius]

Garret Cross

Garret Cross sighes, and slinks into the darkness of the cell. He didn't have much in the way of getting out of here- his abilities relied on not getting caught in the first place. Then he heard a familiar squeaking... "Peter, old friend." He whispered to the rodent, which had crawl in to find him. "Would you mind taking a look around for me?"

Can my Urban Companion leave the cell and take a look around outside it?

[playswithfire]

Borend

Hmmph, maybe I'll just eat you, then. Coming to his feat and assuming an odd stance, Borend attempts to Wild Shape into a dire lion, but then finds himself still a dwarf. Well, it figures they'd not be complete idiots. Having nothing better to do, Borend walks towards the gnome near the door. Agreed. Being in prison always makes me hungry and you just can't get good service these days.

[PsyBlade]

In complete monotone: Guards not know anything we need. Psy's face remains unexpressive while speaking.

[Fishy]

Julian looks decidedly ruffled- either at the indignity of his imprisonment, being called 'scum', or the fact that absolutely none of his expanded senses are working. He's certainly not taking his imprisonment as well as the career criminals in the room- though certainly better than Albert is. He moves to the obviously frightened young man, concern on his face.

"I say- are you alright, dear fellow? Chin up, we'll be out of here soon enough, I'm sure of it."

Psy:That would be neat, except we're in an AMF, and Julian doesn't have a single point in Psicraft. I think he'd have to use Sense Motive on you while you're reading minds- which would have to wait until later, anyway.

[Alexander Rose]

The guards ignore the prisoners coments and continue playing their game.


Ooc:
The Lock: The lock is of good quality (DC 30). You also notice that the lock has a touch trigger to a nearby trap.

The rodent: It may leave the cell only if it is Tiny or smaller.

The AMF: Erm, that was my fault. I didn't know about psionics-magic transperancy. I'm going to chalk that one up to a falteration in the magic sustaining the field. Sorry about that.

[Ryuuk]

Albert

"Damnit, damnit..." Albert is once again flustered. Usually when he imagined he was standing somewhere else, it happened, "Damnit!" and if such a trick didn't work, then a binding was right out.

Some of the others seemed to be just as confused as him. He shrugs, and tries to ignore the feeling that the chains are digging into his skin... burning. "Yeah... a meal would be nice. Water too." He drags himself next to to the bars and starts scratching against the ground, drawing strnage symbols with his fingers, first inside the cell then outside.

[Heliomance]

Borend

Hmmph, maybe I'll just eat you, then. Coming to his feat and assuming an odd stance, Borend attempts to Wild Shape into a dire lion, but then finds himself still a dwarf. Well, it figures they'd not be complete idiots. Having nothing better to do, Borend walks towards the gnome near the door. Agreed. Being in prison always makes me hungry and you just can't get good service these days.

Selash turns to the dwarf as he walks up, murmuring in his ear quietly.

"I can get us out of here, but it'll take me a while. I need something doing about these monkeys, or they'll just stop me."

[Tichrondrius]

Garret Cross

"Are you trying to get out of here?" Garret says, moving up quietly next to Selash. "Allow me to provide a little... distraction." He muttered, turning to Peter. "Would you mind helping me out, old friend?"

The rat squeaks in response and runs out of the cell, then proceeds to climb up the pants leg of one of the guards.

[Alexander Rose]

"Oi! Wha' tha..." The guard yells at the rodent. He jumps out of his seat, atracting the attention of the other guards. "What'r ya doin, ya Oaf?" another guard says. "There's a stinkin' RAT in ma PANTS!" He yells, swatting at his chainmail leggings with the broad side of his sword, attempting to hit the rodent.

[Heliomance]

As the guards start hopping about, Selash whispers, "Cover me." He pulls a set of thieves' tools from a hidden pocket, and sets to work on the lock.


Disable Device on the trap: [roll0]
Assuming that gets disabled rather than going off in my face, taking 20 on the open lock check and spending a point of inspiration on Cunning Knowledge for a +3 bonus to the check for a total of 31.
They told me I should be able to hit DC 40 naked in an antimagic field, but I didn't listen. I thought a wand of knock would work fine. Bah.

(If allowed), check to conceal what I'm doing:
Hide: [roll1]

[Tichrondrius]

Garret Cross

"I do hope you hurry, Peter isn't much of a people person." Garret said, wincing as the guard goes after his friend.

Garret Cross stared at the fellow thief work on the lock. "If you don't have any luck with that, let me give it a shot. I was just wary of that dangerous looking trap."

Meanwhile, the rat runs around haphazardly and then freaks out, crawls up the unfortunate man's leg and bites him in the worst of places.

Climb on the leg: [roll0]

And assuming he makes it, full attack against the guards area: [roll1]

[Heliomance]

Selash squinted into the keyhole and picked a new tool.
"I'm better at - traps than locks," he grunted. "Usually use a wand. I hate antimagic fields."

He twisted the pick and something went click. "Pretty sure I can get this, but it'll take me a minute or two. If you can do it faster, go ahead."

[Tichrondrius]

Garret Cross

"I'm better at locks then traps." He responded, and moved into to try his hand at it.

Sorry for the many posts. Assuming Selash got that trap nixed, i'm going to try my hand at the lock.

Open Lock: [roll0]
Hide What Hes doing: [roll1]

[Heliomance]

Selash offered him a pick from his roll, one that he'd been having some luck with. "Try this one."

Aid another on Open Lock: [roll0]

[playswithfire]

Borend

Observing the difficulties the two others seem to be having with the lock and the success of the other rodent, Borend has an idea, nods to his weasel who had been awoken by the commotion and says quietly Halduh, go! Cause trouble! then returns his attention to the lock, frustrated that he can't do anything to help. Come on, fellas; they're dumb guards, but eventually they'll be able to handle our furry friends out there.

[Heliomance]

Selash hissed back, "We're trying! It's a good lock!"

[PsyBlade]

"Let them work"

Psy moves over to the door. He's not close enough to interfere, merely watch.

[Alexander Rose]

The guard yelps in surprise and pain as the rodent's attack hits. He grabs at the rodent, yelling "Filthy vermin!" just as the lock clicks open.


The climb and attack attempts succeed.

Touch attack: [roll0]
grapple check: [roll1]

Please roll move silently (weasel only) and hide checks (weasel and adventurers working/helping on lock.)

[Heliomance]

Selath grins fiercely as the lock opens, and begins pulling out equipment - first a knife, then a ring. The ring goes on his finger, and his free hand dips into his clothes again to pull out a wand.

Hide: [roll0]

He whispers back into the cell, "Lock's open, boys! Let's bust out!"

[playswithfire]

Move Silently (weasel) [roll0]
Hide (weasel) [roll1]
Hide (Borend) [roll2]


Borend
Borend follows the other two out of the cell, staying slightly behind the others as he wants to be sure he has room for when turns into a dire lion once out of the anti-magic field. He answers Selath quietly Remember, we need at least one of them to stay able to talk long enough to tell us where our gear is.

[Heliomance]

Selash nods, his eyes on the guards.

Okay, Selash is going to attempt to activate his Ring of Chameleon Power as a free action as soon as he gets out of the cell, primarily as a test to see if that gets him out of the AMF. If it works, he'll use the wand to cast Blur on himself. If not, he'll move up behind the guard that's fighting Peter, still hiding, and attack, using both the Mosquito's Bite skill trick.

Attack roll: [roll0]
Damage: [roll1]

Thanks to Mosquito's Bite, he doesn't notice taking the damage, assuming he's flatfooted against me.

Course, if he's not flatfooted against me, that attack does sod all squared in a bucket - my weapon does 1 damage, the 4d6+10 is all sneak attack.

[Heliomance]

Ooh, critical threat.
Attack roll to confirm: [roll0]
If successful,he takes another 11 damage, assuming flatfootedness.
If not flatfooted, he takes a grand total of 2 damage.

What are the odds that I got out of the antimagic field and hence used the wand instead of attacking, wasting that lovely crit?

[Tichrondrius]

Garret Cross

Garret sneaks out of the cell and quietly calls Peter back over to him. Once he's out, he points at one of the nearby guards and begins to cast Entangle on him.

Peter Hide: [roll0]
Peter Move Silently: [roll1]
Garret Cross Hide: [roll2]
(Still wearing my boots.)

[Ryuuk]

Albert

A smile spreading across his face, Albert watches the events unfold before his eyes. He can hardly hold himself back as some of the other prisoners sneak out of the cell, but once the last one is out, he bursts through the open cell door with a childlike glee on his face. Once he reaches the point where the other's magic starts working, he points to the "freshest" looking recruit, the one who seems to have less experience. "It's alright, it was an honest mistake, I forgive you"

Albert will use Charm Monster on the newbiest looking guard. He has to make a will save vs DC 17 (19 if they didn't take the Headband, 21 if they didn't take to cloak.) or be charmed.

[Fishy]

Julian sticks his head out of the open cell door, also trying to work out where the edge of the field is.

Soon as he gets clear enough of the AMF for his Telepathy to work, he'll try paging his psicrystal again. Hide:[roll0]

[PsyBlade]

Psy leaves the cell. As he leaves he begins to try activating his defensive powers.

That's: Force Screen [+4 Shield bonus], Inertial Armor [+4 Armor bonus], and Mental Barrier [+4 Deflection bonus], for a total of 23 AC after everything is totaled.

He then tries to 'disappear'.

Hide: [roll0]

[Alexander Rose]

The guards don't notice their prisoners escape, instead worrying over the rodent that had just gotten free and seemed to dissapear. The guards are all so engrossed in their "search", they don't even notice their comrades wound.

All the magic fizzles: You are indeed still in the antimagic field.
(Please roll a Knowledge:Arcana, inteligence, or wisdom check. Whichever is highest.)

[Fishy]

Ooookay, Int check: [roll0]
Probably should have done this earlier, but hey. Using Sense Motive to get a 'hunch' of the general situation. Does anything about the guards' recent behavior suggest anything about why we're here and what they think of us?
Sense Motive, DC 20: [roll1]

[PsyBlade]

[roll0] Int Check

[Tichrondrius]

Garret Cross

Garret wisely decides to move back out of the way and scan the room for any large boxes.

[roll0]

[Heliomance]

Selash grins fiercely as he inflicts a serious wound on the guard, his blade so sharp that the unfortunate man doesn't even notice. He steps forwards again, silently dodging the man's movements, and slices him twice.

Int check: [roll0]

Guard notices his wound at the beginning of my turn. Time to roll for initiative?
Init: [roll1]

Attack 1: [roll2]
Damage 1: [roll3]

Attack 2: [roll4]
Damage 2: [roll5]

[playswithfire]

Borend

Borend charges the nearest guard and attacks (exactly how depends on whether he gets out of the AMF before then).


WIS check [roll0]
Initiative [roll1]
If still a dwarf when attaching the guard:
Unarmed Strike Attack: [roll2] Damage [roll3]
AC:12

If turned into dire lion:
Claw Attack [roll4] Damage [roll5]
Claw Attack [roll6] Damage [roll7]
Bite Attack [roll8] Damage [roll9]
If bite hits, grapple [roll10]
AC:14

Eesh; charging AC with no monk's belt is LOW.

[Heliomance]

Seash grins a predator's grin as the guard finally notices him. "Hi there. Nice day, isn't it?"

[Alexander Rose]

As the remaining guards watch their dead companion fall to the ground, their hands fly to their weapons.


Guard 1 init:
[roll0]
Guard 2 init:
[roll1]
Captain Init:
[roll2]

Adventurers have surprise on their side.

Borend is still a dwarf, so go with those rolls.

Finally, there are no large boxes in this room or any apparent in any adjacent room.

[PsyBlade]

Init:[roll0]
Hide:[roll1]
Move Silently: [roll2]
Concentration: [roll3]
The Concentration is only if it's needed for any reason.

Psy, being more of a "Wait & See" type, continues to hide from the guards, and move stealthily around the room. He waits for a good opportunity to join in, but without the benefits of his psionic defenses prefers to not fight.

[Ryuuk]

Abert

But the magic still wouldn't come... Fine, fine, he'd just have to deal with it. He stands a bit further ahead then the others, unless their weapons were of special iron, they'd have at least 1 unpleasant surprise.

Initiative: [roll0]
Knowledge Arcane: [roll1]
Int Chack: [roll2]

Wait, did we ever get rid of the shackles? For now, he'll go into a full defense.

[Fishy]

Right, then.

With weapons drawn and the opportunity for a peaceful solution far behind us, and without access to his mental powers, Julian decides that discretion is the better part of valor, and makes a quiet attempt to get to the door of the guard room and freedom. Or, at least, the heck out of here.

Initiative: [roll0]
Hide: [roll1]
Move Silently: [roll2]

[playswithfire]

Borend

We need to get out of here fast. There's something ... wrong about this room.

OOC: I'm guessing what I've already posted is Borend's first round, but here's what he does next

If the guard he attacked is the one that fell over dead, Borend checks to see if he that guard was carrying keys. [roll0] [roll1]

If not, he continues attacking the guard in front of him, now trying to knock him out (nonlethal), in case he needs information.
[roll2] [roll3]
[roll4] [roll5]

[Tichrondrius]

Garret Cross

"Mmm..." Garret Cross muses to himself, and begins to try and move out of this room and into the next one.

Hide: [rollv]1d20+16[roll]
Move Silently: [roll0]

[Heliomance]

Selash takes advantage of the momentary respite caused byhis opponent going down to stash his useless wand and draw another knife from the folds of his clothes. He sinks into a fighting stance, and waits for a god opportunity to attack.

[Heliomance]

Well this lasted a nice long time.

[PsyBlade]

ooc: Still here.

[Ryuuk]

Well, antimagic fields hurt when you're a purely supernatural class.