Brickdoctor Posted June 20, 2012 Author Posted June 20, 2012 "Indeed. Surely the Emperor is aware of the current...arrangement with our knights. We bring urgent news of the activities of several Heroes of Heroica in the realm--news that is for the Emperor's ears only. Do you understand, or will we have to inform the Emperor that you've unnecessarily detained and delayed some of his most vital allies?" "The emperor might be aware of this 'arrangement', but I am not, and I am the one guarding this door, not the emperor. I can send someone to check with the Emperor regarding this 'arrangement', but I will need to know who you are and why you are here." Quote
Flipz Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 "The emperor might be aware of this 'arrangement', but I am not, and I am the one guarding this door, not the emperor. I can send someone to check with the Emperor regarding this 'arrangement', but I will need to know who you are and why you are here." "Oh, I see. You're the stupid one." Arthur rolls his eyes in a most exaggerated manner. "Hasn't the Emperor been secretly funding our movement this whole freaking time?" "Listen, either you tell the Emperor that the people HE hired to do his dirty work are waiting and get us in to see him in TWO minutes or I will PERSONALLY hang your intestines along the walls as interior decoration, you pompous, incompetent moron." Quote
Brickdoctor Posted June 20, 2012 Author Posted June 20, 2012 "Oh, I see. You're the stupid one." Arthur rolls his eyes in a most exaggerated manner. "Hasn't the Emperor been secretly funding our movement this whole freaking time?" "Listen, either you tell the Emperor that the people HE hired to do his dirty work are waiting and get us in to see him in TWO minutes or I will PERSONALLY hang your intestines along the walls as interior decoration, you pompous, incompetent moron." "How am I supposed to tell him who's asking to see him? You haven't even told me who you are, let alone why you want to see the emperor." Quote
Flipz Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 "How am I supposed to tell him who's asking to see him? You haven't even told me who you are, let alone why you want to see the emperor." "We ALREADY told you, we have sensitive information concerning the activities of the Heroes of Heroica, idiot. If you MUST have a name, I'm the Battle Mage Arthur of the Rogue Lions." Quote
Capt.JohnPaul Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 (edited) "We did tell you! Alex, knight of the realm, Arthur, Battle Mage and my lord." "Arthur, obviously this will do no good. Here's a plan. I write a "note" containing our secret message we need to say to Roland. We give it to the guard, which brings it to Roland. Leaving one guard left. We kill the one guard, who can't defend himself alone, I put on his armor, and 'escort' you to Roland and we continue as usual. If Flipz agrees: Alexandre quickly scribbles on a piece of paper and rolls it up. "Here, take this to Roland, don't open it, understand? Also, don't talk to ANYONE on the way. If they even know you are bringing something to the emperor, you'll die. There's traitors among our ranks, and Roland is one of the few we can trust." Alexandre pleads with Diplomacy. Edited June 20, 2012 by Capt.JohnPaul Quote
Flipz Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 "Yes yes, all right Alex. Feh, you always were one to tolerate incompetence in others..." Arthur goes along with Alexandre's plan. Quote
Brickdoctor Posted June 20, 2012 Author Posted June 20, 2012 "Rogue Lions? I wasn't aware of any Rogue Lions fighting with us, but then again, the emperor never really tells us guards things like that. Traitors? I guess that's why you're so paranoid about information. I'll give this to the emperor." You see one of the guards disappear down the corridor, closing the door behind him. Quote
Capt.JohnPaul Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 Alexandre looks into the eyes of the last guard. "Sorry, you were just in the wrong place at the wrong time." Alexandre draws his sword to attack. "Come'n Arthur!" Quote
Flipz Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 (edited) Arthur waits until the guard with the message would be out of earshot, then uses his Scroll of Sleep to put the guard to sleep at the cost of one Ether. He then gently cradles the guard's neck before snapping it in one swift movement. Edited June 20, 2012 by Flipz Quote
Capt.JohnPaul Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 (edited) Arthur waits until the guard with the message would be out of earshot, then uses his Scroll of Sleep to put the guard to sleep at the cost of one Ether. He then turns to Alexandre. "All right, snap his neck or just Confuse him into letting us through?" Seeing Arthur use the simpler method, he re-sheaths his sword. Alexandre switches his armor/clothes with the asleep guard. "I don't want to snap his neck. He's probably innocent of any wrong doing. How about we send him back to Alandri?" Alexandre then is ready to escort Arthur down the hall. EDIT: Saw your edit. Alexandre looks like he's about to puke watching Arthur.... then shakes himself out of it and escorts the rest to Roland. Edited June 20, 2012 by Capt.JohnPaul Quote
Flipz Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 Seeing Arthur use the simpler method, he re-sheaths his sword. Alexandre switches his armor/clothes with the asleep guard. "I don't want to snap his neck. He's probably innocent of any wrong doing. How about we send him back to Alandri?" Alexandre then is ready to escort Arthur down the hall. EDIT: Saw your edit. Alexandre looks like he's about to puke watching Arthur.... then shakes himself out of it and escorts the rest to Roland. "Too late. Hey, you were the one willing to get into a noisy fight with him. This way was quieter. C'mon, let's go through." Quote
Brickdoctor Posted June 20, 2012 Author Posted June 20, 2012 Arthur, you put the guard to sleep and kill him. Alexandre, you don the guard's armor and approach the door. Party: Arthur Justus Regulus VII, Level 12.5 Mage (Flipz) *Party Second-in-Command* Power: 19 Health: 17/17 Ether: 15/16 Defense: 1 Gold: 18 Inventory: Staff of the Cultist Battlemage (WP: 7; 50% chance of Fleeing instead of being KO'd), Standard-Issue Crossbow (WP: 1), Robe of Magi (SP:1), Potion(x2), Bedroll, Healing Staff (WP: 5), Scroll of Sealing, Scroll of Blindness, Scroll of Confusion, Scroll of Sleep, Shovel, Grand Tonic, Opal (Ice), Telescope, Amethyst (Darkness), Zoot's Cookie, Tonic, Mead Luke, Level 18.5 Sage (controlled by Flipz) *Pacifist* Power: 23 Health: 33/33 Ether: 10/25 Defense: 0 Gold: 0 Inventory: Arthur's Staff of Elven Necromancy (WP: 5), Standard-Issue Crossbow (WP: 1), Wooden Staff (WP: 1), Diamond (Light), Tonics (2), Bedroll Alexandre le Chevalier, Level 12.5 Knight (Capt.JohnPaul) Power: 20 Health: 21/21 Defense: 7 Gold: 17 Inventory: Sword of the Elven Blademaster (WP: 8; ignores SP), Standard-Issue Crossbow (WP: 1), Cross Heater Shield (SP: 7), Potions (7), Tonic, Remedy, Smoke Bomb Count Lewis Knyghton, Level 13 Engineer (controlled by Flipz) Power: 14 Health: 20/20 Defense: 0 Gold: 0 Inventory: Spatha (WP: 3), Standard-Issue Crossbow (WP: 1) Quote
Flipz Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 (edited) Arthur and the rest follow Alexandre through the door. Would Roland's information clear anything up, or simply muddy the waters further? "One way or another, things are coming to a head. We must be ready." Edited June 20, 2012 by Flipz Quote
Capt.JohnPaul Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 Alexandre starts to whistle 'escorting' everyone to Roland's place. "Hey Arthur, now that I think about it, we said we were Rogue Lions at the door, and it seemed the first guard didn't care. That's almost proof already that Roland is the bad guy. Also, should we wait for the first guard to comeback, it might be weird for him to find a dead guard and us missing." Quote
Brickdoctor Posted June 20, 2012 Author Posted June 20, 2012 Arthur and the rest follow Alexandre through the door. You find that the door is locked. Quote
Capt.JohnPaul Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 You find that the door is locked. ... Alexandre searches the guard on the floor and on his new clothes for a key. Quote
Brickdoctor Posted June 21, 2012 Author Posted June 21, 2012 Alexandre searches the guard on the floor and on his new clothes for a key. You don't find anything that could be used to open the door. Quote
Capt.JohnPaul Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 You don't find anything that could be used to open the door. I consider if one of my crossbow bolts could be used to pick the lock. Quote
Capt.JohnPaul Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 (edited) You don't find anything that could be used to open the door. EDIT: Weird duplicate post. Edited June 21, 2012 by Capt.JohnPaul Quote
Brickdoctor Posted June 21, 2012 Author Posted June 21, 2012 I consider if one of my crossbow bolts could be used to pick the lock. You can't see any locks on the outside. You realize that the other guard bolted the door from the inside when he left to see Emperor Roland. Quote
Flipz Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 (edited) ... Alexandre searches the guard on the floor and on his new clothes for a key. Arthur casts an Ice spell to freeze the door for 1 Ether, then signals the entire party to strike the door simultaneously to shatter it. Edited June 21, 2012 by Flipz Quote
Capt.JohnPaul Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 (edited) Arthur waits for Alexandre to find a key. He begins charging an Ice spell in the meantime... OOC: If there is no key, Arthur will freeze the door and Knyghton will shatter it. No too much noise! If Alexandre's arrow/boilt can't pick the lock, he tears off one of his chainmail rings to pick the lock. EDIT: Go with Flipz's plan, my refresh is terrible. Edited June 21, 2012 by Capt.JohnPaul Quote
Flipz Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 "I don't feel like waiting." Arthur casts an Ice spell to freeze the door for 1 Ether, then signals the entire party to strike the door simultaneously to shatter it. Quote
Capt.JohnPaul Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 "I don't feel like waiting." Arthur casts an Ice spell to freeze the door for 1 Ether, then signals the entire party to strike the door simultaneously to shatter it. Alexandre strikes the door. "We'll probably need a cover story to explain why the door might be broken if we get through." Quote
Flipz Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 Alexandre strikes the door. "We'll probably need a cover story to explain why the door might be broken if we get through." Arthur raises his staff to strike the door. "I've got one right here. Just keep playing the good cop." Quote
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