Council of Thieves [Bastards of Erebus] (IC)

[lostsole31]

With all the effective-ayes in, a seen-as-a-nay (and one abstaining on condition of that nay), the ayes have it.

Janiven, who has training not dissimilar to Kavina's, shakes her head and to the geisha she says, "Being unseen and acting as support for your team members is exactly in the wheelhouse of a proper ninja. Now, if you were a diva - like a bard of some sort - perhaps your ego-driven statement would make sense.

"And no, Aldo, it's not about your confidence; it is about few bodies on the field, and one of them being truly underestimable."

Arael looks to Kavina and nods, "Yes, the plan is .... once the signal is given, go in and wipe out as many of the Bastards as possible."

Any final posturing, or ready to move out? (You can answer in Discord, if you're ready to go.)

[meemaas]

Tia will take some time to shape her Ebon Blaze veil. She also takes some time to go over her maneuvers to best handle one on one combat, and finally she removes her armor and asks another member with a backpack to carry it until the stealth part of the mission is over.

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Adjustments to be made: Ebon Blaze veil to Wrist slot
Ready Bad Karma in place of Woeful Burden
Remove armor. Tia does not yet have a backpack, so she'll need someone else to hold onto it for her. If nobody is going in with a backpack, she'll leave it behind at base and keep back during the actual assault.

When the mission starts, she'll have 2 E invested in her Darkvision, and one in her Ebon Blaze.

[lostsole31]

Someone to chunk around Tia's 25-pound chainmail will not be assumed.

Volunteers?
Tia will leave her armor behind.

[digiman619]

Aldo decides to keep his armor (its superior construction meant that it didn't slow him down at all), though he does make sure to prepare one particular power for the assault. He always did his best to avoid bloodshed wherever possible, and he'd found a power that let him do that, so he made sure it was ready for the attack.

Spoiler: OOC

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Power for the day: Deaden Attack

[SwordChucks]

Ten minutes before the party is set to head out, Rufus excuses himself to another room. Several minutes later the Flycatcher emerges with his bird-themed battle mask on.

"Shall we?"

[Blackhawk101]

Kavina will stick her tongue out at Janiven and then smile a feral grin of bared teeth at Arael’s comment. She will leave the meeting before returning a few minutes later in Kavina form, wearing her black cloak, black leather armor, carrying a black lacquered fan, a bandolier of throwing stars, and a belt pouch.

[pfm1995]

Dusha shrugs. "A lady needs to prepare herself for a night like this, oh yes. Back in an hour we will be, and no peeking! Radigan has a well-developed sense of privacy."

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Taking the time to swap some spells around; Dusha's new first-level spells will be 1x Mage Armor, 1x Shadow Trap, 1x Chill Touch and 1x Ear-Piercing Scream

[lostsole31]

The Children of Westcrown leave en masse, split up into teams of 5-6, and taking different ways to get to the ruined part of the city. All members of the Children of Westcrown .... PCs and flunkies alike, once actually on mission .... will be asked (in a not-asked manner, mind you) to wear the now-trademarked hood-and-sash of the Children of Westcrown.

Finally, the groups all converge in the Rego Crua once out of the last sights of the movements of normal people in the Rego Scripa. As they come together, all of the Children of Westcrown are tasked with putting on hood-and-sash. The small army of Children move to the Rego Cader, and begin to split off as designated.

Finally, it is down to Janiven, Aldo, Dusha (with Radigan), Erasmus, Kavina (note the edit to her outfit, above), Meijen, Rufus, and Tia. Janiven leads the party to the point where the final split is about to occur. Kavina casts light on a copper coin Janiven provides, and the coin is given to Tia to stow away so that there is no light bleed. Kavina concentrates, and she changes into kitsune form (see picture). She then shrinks down, her equipment melding into her form, until she is a Tiny fox with similar dark coloration - gray/black fur with silver tips on ears and rear paws.

The old church is in what used to be a lower-middle-class part of the city. The church served the spiritual needs of the conservative folk who lived in the neighborhood, most of whom lived within a few hundred feet of the church and ran small shops out of the bottom floor of their homes.

The old templer has a small bell tower jutting from the southeast corner -- the large (but very weathered) bow-and-arrow symbol on the bell tower clearly indicates that this used to be a temple of Erastil. There are windows that are 4' off the ground, 2' wide, and 4' tall, but are far too grimy on the inside to look through. The bottom 3' of the walls are mortared stone, the rest is old wood, with a clay tile roof.

Tia, there is a mid-level landing on the belltower 20' off the ground, and then another 20' to the belfry itself.

Tia & Kavina-fox, do you now attempt to move stealthily (and likely separately) to the bell-tower, keeping to every ounce of cover to minimize the risk of being "directly observed" an move to the wall of the old church?

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I am asking you if you commit to action. Be advised, you do not roll your own Stealth checks.

[meemaas]

Tia will start moving with the utmost stealth, relying on her connection to the Plane of Shadow to keep her hidden.

[Blackhawk101]

Kavina will move on her own forward towards the objective, moving in furtive moves from one place of cover to another using the utmost caution/stealth. She will time her arrival at the tower to coincide with Tia.

[lostsole31]

Tia will realize that if the belltower is guarded, then the guard is really good at remaining hidden from her enhanced darkvision. Finally, Tia and Kavina-Fox will rendezvous at the base of the belltower.

Now what?

[lostsole31]

Tia begins her climb up the side of the church. Kavina is in awe of her climbing skill - being able to move twice as fast as a normal climber while still being relatively stealthy. I say relatively, because to Kavina's sharp fox ears, she does hear Tia ascend. Unfortunately, unbeknownst to the two Children, so does somebody else. From the middle landing a head pops out and shoots a bolt at Tia, but missing by a fair margin. In Infernal, the woman at the middle landing with the crossbow hisses up, <"Leopardo, we got a climber! Ring it!">

The bell begins to toll.

Begin Round One ...

R1T23: Kavina, you are pretty sure that you are not discovered. Your small size and fast reflexes are amazing as you are the first to react. What do you do?

[Blackhawk101]

Shocked at the sudden alarm, Kavina curses the bad luck silently. She remains hidden, waiting for the main assault force.

Spoiler: crunch

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continues to hide; readies an action to resume Kavina shape once the others arrive.

[lostsole31]

R1T23: Shocked at the sudden alarm, Kavina curses the bad luck silently. She remains hidden, waiting for the main assault force.

Spoiler: Kavina

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Readied to turn into Kavina-human or Kavina-kitsune?

R1T21: Erasmus takes out a sunrod and strikes it against the side of a building and steps forward 5', creating normal light in a 30-foot radius, with dim light out to 60' (which at 70' total distance to the belltower, doesn't add light for Kavina).

R1T20: Tia, you are 10' up the side of the belltower, and the landing and landing guard is 10' above you. What do you do?

[meemaas]

Tia is struck silent at the fact that she has already been seen. She continues up to get herself on the landing, so that she can try and take down the one who caught her quickly.

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Tia will climb up until she can get herself in a position she can stand. She'll summon her Scythe if she reaches that point. If she can do this in one move action, then she'll also attack the closest target, but I'll leave that roll to you.

[lostsole31]

R1T20: Tia is struck silent at the fact that she has already been seen. She continues up to get herself on the landing, so that she can try and take down the one who caught her quickly. She has to go around a corner and scuttle in from the side, for going directly up she would be blocked by the female tiefling at the mid-point landing. She summons her scythe and cuts into her opponent's left elbow for 10. She screams in shock and pain, falls out of the tower to the ground below, right next to Kavina, taking another 5 for the impact, her crossbow lying next to her unmoving form.

R1T17: Aldo, you are 75' from the belltower. What do you do?

[digiman619]

Aldo swore under his breath. things were starting to fall apart, but he wasn't in a position to run, so he decided the best thing to do was advance, hoping to make as small a target for himself as possible.

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Advance toward the belltower, using Stealth. I'll leave the positioning and skill check to you.

[lostsole31]

R1T17: Aldo swore under his breath. things were starting to fall apart, but he wasn't in a position to run, so he decided the best thing to do was advance, hoping to make as small a target for himself as possible. He moves forward a total of 20' (now 55' from the belltower), and he still can't tell if it was Tia that fell or not.

R1T15: Flycatcher, you are 75' from the belltower, which is well outside any part of what the sunrod can illuminate. You can still see Aldo moving stealthily in the normal light, but that is because you were aware of him and directly observing him. What do you do?

Spoiler: Flycatcher

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Please remember to put an OOC post describing Flycatcher. Please do not be cursory in description.

[SwordChucks]

The Flycatcher stealthily follows after Aldo, drawing a dagger and entering a combat stance as he goes.

Spoiler: Combat

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Swift action: Enter Stance of Piercing Rays.
Move actions: Stealthy double move for a total of 30ft. Stealth bonus before circumstantial modifiers is +15 to save you from having to look that up.
Free action: Draw a dagger.

As a reminder, since it's unusual for a halfling, I have Shadow's Sight.

[lostsole31]

R1T15: The Flycatcher stealthily follows after Aldo, drawing a dagger and entering a combat stance as he goes, catching up to and then keeping pace with Aldo. Both are still in the light of Erasmus' sunrod, however.

R1T11: Janiven likewise tries to move stealthily, covering 35', and just having entered the area of dim light.

R1T10: Dusha, what do you do? Also, where is Radigan? In a pocket?

[pfm1995]

Dusha lets out a soft cackle - as expected, things were already going to pot - and then throws a few mild invectives at Erasmus, for lighting their position, the group, for deciding to attack in the dark, and the gods on general principles. She moves forwards behind the boys with the knives, staying just inside the circle of light so that she can see where she's stepping. Behind her ear she can hear Radigan, resting in her hood, chitter nervously.

[lostsole31]

R1T10: Dusha lets out a soft cackle - as expected, things were already going to pot - and then throws a few mild invectives at Erasmus, for lighting their position, the group, for deciding to attack in the dark, and the gods on general principles. She moves forwards behind the boys with the knives, staying just inside the circle of light so that she can see where she's stepping. Behind her ear she can hear Radigan, resting in her hood, chitter nervously.

R1T6: The belltower guard shouts something loudly in Infernal.

Spoiler: Infernal

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"Raiding party coming. Climber on tower. Others 75' out."

The belltower guard looks over the opening in the stairwell going down, Tia sees him, and he shoots, missing. He reloads.

R1T5: Meijen, what do you do?

[Meengs1024]

Meijin moves the full compliment of his speed to the belltower while flourishing out his blade.

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A double move action and draw as part of the first

[lostsole31]

R1T5: Meijin moves the full complement of his speed towards the belltower while flourishing out his blade. He moves 60' and is now 15' from the belltower.

R1T3: Radigant chitters nervously in Dusha's hood, but is now alert for battle.

End Round One, Begin Round 2 ...

R2T23: Kavina, your readied action did not go off. You see Meijen in dim light, 10' from you. There is a body right next to you, that of a tiefling woman, you think, with a crossbow next to her. What do you do?

Erasmus on deck, Tia in the hole ...

[meemaas]

Tia starts up the stairwell, aiming to catch up to the Belltower guard and take him down.

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Use all necessary actions to close in on the guard. If she still has an action after she reaches him, she'll attack. I'll leave the rolling to you.

[Blackhawk101]

Kavina rises from cover changing into Kavina’s black leather clad human form and moving next Meijin. She gives gives him a wink and a grin.
“Tia’s taking out the guards in the tower. Where are the others? The time for stealth has passed.”

[lostsole31]

R2T23: Kavina rises from cover changing into Kavina’s black leather clad human form and moving next Meijin. She gives gives him a wink and a grin. “Tia’s taking out the guards in the tower. Where are the others? The time for stealth has passed.”

R2T20: Tia starts up the stairwell, aiming to catch up to the Belltower guard and take him down. She takes a double move to get up to the belfry where she now faces a male tiefling with a crossbow in hand.

R2T17: Aldo, you are 55' from the belltower (which is beyond what you can see). What do you do?

Flycatcher on deck, Janiven in the hole ...

[digiman619]

Aldo groans. These people just don't get how espionage works, do they? Your enemy can't go after you if they don't know you're there, so keeping them in the dark is the primary goal. Just because the belltower crew ran into difficulty didn't mean that the ground team had to go in all willy-nilly. But alas, unless he wanted to be left behind, he needed to pick up some speed and eschew stealth for the moment.

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Just run to the tower.

[lostsole31]

R2T17: Aldo groans. These people just don't get how espionage works, do they? Your enemy can't go after you if they don't know you're there, so keeping them in the dark is the primary goal. Just because the belltower crew ran into difficulty didn't mean that the ground team had to go in all willy-nilly. But alas, unless he wanted to be left behind, he needed to pick up some speed and eschew stealth for the moment. He ends his movement 15' from the belltower, alongside Meijen and Kavina.

R2T16: Not that it helps, because now Erasmus double moves, his bright sunrod coming with him, as he closes 60', ending movement with the clump of Meijen, Kavina, and Aldo, and putting them all in the area of normal lighting. The sunrod illuminates the side of the belltower, but not quite the top. The top of the belltower is in dim light, and everyone thinks they see someone up there.

Also, 10' from this clump of people .... at the base of the belltower, a female tiefling lays, unmoving.

R2T15: Flycatcher, Aldo just opened throttle ... as did the source of light. What do you do?

Janiven on deck, Dusha in the hole...

[SwordChucks]

The Flycatcher sighs before moving up to the belltower, drawing his rapier in his free hand as he goes.

Spoiler: Combat

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Move actions: double move to the belltower.
Free action: Draw rapier.