OOC: Raid on the Thieves' Guild

[Admiral_Kelly]

I have plans to launch an attack by the Royal Navy on the Thieves' Guild. I'm not giving away the details of the raid but it will be big. When is undetermined at this point since LordVader and Bookboy both need to be online at the very least and both have been out-of-town for quite some time.

Anyway, dose anyone have any comments, objections, or suggestions to this?

[Artemis97]

I'd say schedule it so that most of us are on when the assault starts. I know the guild is more than Bookboy and LordVader. you've got me, Osnagard, Metakirb, and probably a few others who's names I can't remember. It'll probably take some time to get started anyways. I remember Bookboy saying he'd be gone for two weeks when he last signed in. As for Lord Vader, I have no idea when he'll be coming back.

[blackout]

Ah just wait a few more days. He's on vacation.

[Admiral_Kelly]

I agree, Artemis. So before I pick a date, what time and day of the week is best for everyone? And when will Bookboy be back?

[Admiral_Kelly]

Dose the 29th of this month seem like a good time? Vader and Bookboy should both be on (unless they get sucked into a vortex again) and I know its good with Artemis and it's a Sunday so everyone else should be able to make it as well.

[blackout]

:smallconfused: Wait, does that include me?

[Admiral_Kelly]

Dunno; where do you fit in the plot?

[blackout]

Well, Raril's in the thieves guild, and he works for Nukular as a commando. If something goes wrong, then Nukular might want to get involved.

[Artemis97]

And Lillith will likely get involved some how, and where she goes Moose follows :smalltongue:

[Admiral_Kelly]

Okay, if you want to be involved you can. In fact, anyone can so long as they have relevant charachters.

[blackout]

:smalltongue: Yakkity yak, that's what I see.

Anyways, yeah, relevant characters, got it.

[Nightwing]

Ferin is a member of the the thieves guild. That means I'm involved!

[Draken]

That is a great shame :smalltongue:

Three words: psychotic metalic blot.

[Artemis97]

Since when was Ferin part of the guild? I'm gonna have to have Bookboy weigh in on that one.

[Vhaidara]

Artemis is considering giving her Venom's spot. Also, I said one week. Also, I thought Raril was kicked out of the BR, and therefore, no longer works for Nukular.

[Draken]

Nukular draged him.

[Artemis97]

He is now part of a one drow draft, so he works for him again, a little begrudgedly. He's on the bottom rung of the military this time, though. Oh, and welcome back, enjoy the vacation?

[Vhaidara]

No, it was Boy Scout summer camp, and it rained half the time. And also, Raril is doing this why?

[Artemis97]

Punishment for trying to assassinate the general, basically his job is to attract bullets.

[Nightwing]

Oh, and you lost a member Because Lillth stabbed Pwenet.

[Vhaidara]

@ Artemis97: No, no, no, that's not what I meant. I meant why is he going along with it?

@ Nightwing: Again? Who's next, the mailman?

[Artemis97]

Nightwing: Lillith never stabbed Pwenet, therrin did, but he survived, then got himself blown up by the same guy who 'killed' Raril.

Bookboy: He's up there because I want him to be, simple as that. Playing scout for a special ops team is right up his alley.

[Draken]

Therrin stabed Pwenet.

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And raril is doing that on the risk of being throw out of an airlock.

[Nightwing]

((Sorry, spaced out and wrought the wrong name))

I was actually going for the ice cream guy.....

Any way, he was rude to Therrin once and she never forgets. a few nights latter he gets drunk in Trogs, and she stabs him through the heart and throws him into a portal.

[Emperor Ing]

Alon's armies of titans, chaos hydras, and everything else that I cant think of will be happy to eat your royal navy :smallamused:

[Admiral_Kelly]

And Alon is... ?

[Emperor Ing]

LordVader's 3rd char, and Thieves Guild Member, who currently runs the fortress in the swamp that is CLEARLY not the thieves guild HQ!

[Admiral_Kelly]

I thought he only had lizardmen and wyverns... no matter. I have a few tricks up my sleeves :smallwink:.

[blackout]

:smallannoyed: Might want to hold off on the thieves' guild raid for a little while. Magtok's pulling a fast one.

[Emperor Ing]

Im unfamiliar with this game of reference, but he told me about like titans, gorgons, dragons, yes wyverns, hydras, etc. Its either HOMM, or fortress
edit: or was the game just called heroes? :smallconfused:

[Narmoth]

Is there still a thieves guild that works more or less like the classical medieval thieves guild in D&D?

[Vhaidara]

Medeival defined as? I'm the one to ask, being the player for the guildmaster.

[Narmoth]

You know, medieval like in a thieves guild that organize thieves to steal things and such, and not just getting paid for protection from the thieves guilds zombiedroids with flamers

[Artemis97]

Guildmembers pay a percentage of anything they steal and gain benefits from being in the guild. As far as I know, we haven't organized any sort of heists, so long as dues are paid.

[blackout]

Yeah, I always thought that was kinda wierd. :smallconfused: I mean, you guys are thieves, right? You should be doing small heists by day, major heists by night.

[Artemis97]

Yeah...I know, I've been meaning to talk to Bookboy about that.

[Lord Magtok]

Or at the very least, pickpocketing some NPCs.

[blackout]

Exactly. Yet, I don't see much thieving. I'm considering making a thief character who joins the guild, strictly for the purpose of questioning the guild authorities about why they haven't done a heist yet.

[Lord Magtok]

I'm considering making an NPC pop up and do that. Saves me the trouble of creating a personality, and the guy can fade into nonexistence when I'm done.

[blackout]

Touche, Magtok.

[Artemis97]

I've been meaning to have Raril say something for a while now, but first he had to play dead, then got drafted, and then Bookboy went on his little trip, so I never got the chance.

[LordVader]

Well, I have to be present for the defense, because I am in direct command of a large number of the defenses. And the game of reference is Heroes of Might and Magic 3, specifically the Fortress Swamp Town. See the link in the first post of the Swamp Castle Thread.
And I'm back.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Buiya! Maybe I can schedule the raid sooner; but what about Osnagard and Metakirb? Will they sit this one out or will they have a role in this event? The more the merrier.

[LordVader]

Also, apparently, I missed a whole crapload of stuff when I was gone.:smallannoyed: Oh well.

[blackout]

Now you know how I felt when I went on vacation and came back.:smallannoyed:

[LordVader]

"Oh, hi! Welcome back! By the way, the police station is gone! And Space Nazis are now running the Town! But other then that, nothing new!":smallbiggrin:

[blackout]

Only in your case it's 'Hi, the TDI is disbanded and has become the new police force and blackout's characters have no reason to exist now. :smallfurious: ' It's driving me insane.

[LordVader]

The Arbites can handle the police force part. Let the soldiers worry about cracking heads. Specifically, AMEN heads.:smalltongue:

[blackout]

:smallannoyed: Yeah, but that's not good enough for some people. Either way, this is not the rant thread. Back on topic.

[Artemis97]

To answer AK's earlier question, we should wait for Osnagard and Metakirb to weigh in on this too.

[Osnagard]

I'm personally cool with the raid taking place whenever, can't promice I will or won't be involved, but if I'm around when it takes place I'll find a way to be there.

Basically sounds like fun, but don't wait up for me if I'm not on :P

[fatninjacow]

I hate theives! im attacking too maybe with mal'kamar and his mercenary team

[LordVader]

The swamp will suck you so deep, you'll never get out. Bring it on.:smallamused:

[Draken]

Sliver is going to rip the intestines of the invaders out of their living guts :smallbiggrin:

[fatninjacow]

ok the merc's (Mal's meatshield...)... Guess,plus he can teleport into your castle!

[LordVader]

Uh-uh. Only Thieves' Guild members can use any sort of supernatural travel to get into the casle. You have to slog through half a mile of swamp.:smallamused:

[Osnagard]

Not to mention all the monsters there-in, then breaching the castle itself, then fighting LV's Lizard men, then fighting my skells, then my Golems, THEN finally the PCs

haha, that or it could be a complete sneak attack with a dagger in the dark and my not being present.

Either'd work.

[Vhaidara]

You see, most places in the Town have a ton of safeguards. The bank had given me a target, then Kelly set up all those defences. It's hard to find a good target.

[Artemis97]

I'm working on that, Bookboy. Do you like to gamble?

[Vhaidara]

Depends. Who's the dealer? Artemis prefers to be the house, so that he gets some no matter what.

[Artemis97]

*smirks* I'm working on building a Casino. I thought it would add some fun to the Town and give the guild something to do. What's more classic than a Casino heist?:smallbiggrin:

[Vhaidara]

Bank robbery? Fort Knox? Heck, there's an idea...

[blackout]

Robbing the personal bank account belonging to the BR? :smallconfused:

[fatninjacow]

oh,that sound's hard... i change my mind theive's are great!!!:smallbiggrin:

[Draken]

Well, at least there is still the Admiral to have his intestines riped out of his living guts.

[fatninjacow]

hey that sound's fun need an elf swordmas... wait never mind mal' just got his soul destroyed by the police

[Admiral_Kelly]

We need a map of the swamp and surrounding areas. We know that the Swamp is somewhere near the Town, the castle is in the center, and the secret harbor is less than a days march to the swamp. Also notable is a large crater that was formed when AK's original base camp was destroyed; roughly 500 yards from the castle. Any other noteworthy places?

[Vhaidara]

E's about to give Alex a second opinion. And by that, I mean change Alex's own opinion. Check the thread.

[Admiral_Kelly]

I think that Friday the 27th at 8pm eastern time would be the best to have this event and we can continue on the following two evenings. Once I have everyone's word on it, I'll set it to that time if there are no objections.

[Vhaidara]

That's good with me.

[Artemis97]

Looks fine to me, especially now that I've finally got Raril back on the ground.

[Draken]

Use the time of the board, I just have no way to know what time you are refering to...

[Admiral_Kelly]

I am not exactly sure, but eastern time is 7-8 minutes ahead of forum time.

[Draken]

So it will be 10:00 to 11:00 pm in my timezone, not bad.

[LordVader]

I'll try to keep the police out of it as best I can. But if they would have found about it IC, they'll intervene.

[Artemis97]

Hmm, that means Lillith will have to stay out of this. Oh dear, her relationship with Raril just got a lot more complicated.

[LordVader]

I meant that I would try to avoid having my characters find out about it IC. If they do, though, they'll go to break it up.

[Artemis97]

I understand, and I'll have to do the same thing.

[metakirb]

Hmm... to bring in just waddle dee... or all the waddle dees...

[Admiral_Kelly]

Bring 'em all in. I may be one PC but I have an army backing me (approximately 9,000 soldiers).

As for the police; why would they need to intervene? The swamp is outside the town and this is a war between two highly questionable factions.

[metakirb]

i don't know how many dee's there are... i think ill go with a random 3 digit number... lets see...

*closes eyes and hits three random numbers*

758

758 waddle dees all armed with mechs led by waddle dee...

[LordVader]

Exactly. A war. And the police won't let that happen. Also, if I may point out, the Police have many more soldiers then that if necessary, courtesy of the Imperial Guard!:smallbiggrin: And our technology is certainly better.

[metakirb]

hey, don't underestimate waddle dees random technology aqquired form several races... he has a machine that can change the size of something... why he never uses it on himself though i don't know...

[LordVader]

Metakirb, please keep it at one Waddle Dee, or you minimalize all of our PCs. Alon's army can handle the Royal Navy soldiers.

[Artemis97]

Do we really want this to turn into a massive war?

[LordVader]

((Nice avi.))
It won't. It should just be the Thieves' Guild PCs,(no 758 Waddle Dees, please) and Alon's creatures versus AK and his soldiers.

[Admiral_Kelly]

I agree; no major war. I plan on this whole thing determined in one battle. Also, the police as of yet have no knowledge of this and I really wish they didn't get involved; best explanation being that they remain unaware.

[metakirb]

technically... aww to heck... i'm to hungry to argue... maybe after i've eaten

[LordVader]

I agree; no major war. I plan on this whole thing determined in one battle. Also, the police as of yet have no knowledge of this and I really wish they didn't get involved; best explanation being that they remain unaware.

I've stated that I will try as hard as possible to keep them from finding out, but if they do find out about it IC, they will have to get involved.

[Vhaidara]

We only need one battle. We have an assasain that AK (IC) would trust with his life. E expects several thank you's.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Okay, it's time; but BB's not on so the raid will be delayed until he is here. Metakrib said he would participate later on.