Darressa crosses her arms and states, "They are certainly not ours, what are you up to?" Protanther steps up, "They are not ours either, this is most likely the cult's doing. Unnirth, Zeirvis, go."
Within moments, the two named men are running down the beach, growing in size and changing shape. Soon a pair of dragons are winging their way towards the group in red robes. one Copper scaled and the other silver.
Castle Skyreach sheds its camouflage as it maneuvers towards the apparent threat. Ballista bolts are already being fired, though it is unlikely that they're able to hit anything specifically aimed at at this distance.
A few moments later, another report comes in from Poppo, "They have some kind of barrier up, our bolts are not getting through. I doubt it can stop boulders, so we're going to get on top of them and start dropping." Over the link you can hear Maccath shouting in the background, "That's a teleportation circle, the biggest I've ever seen! They could bring in an army with that! We have to stop them now!"
At the meeting, the two groups have weapons drawn, but they're eyeing each other almost as much as looking towards where the mages are. A group of fake villagers are approaching the pavilion as well.
Protanther looks towards the delegates, "We're going to have to speed this up from the sound of it, sign the contract and get it over with now. I swear on my honor that there are no deviations in it from what was discussed." The Harper delegate nods, but Darressa shakes her head, "I will not be rushed, and this smells of trickery. We are leaving, we can make the exchange at a later date."
The elder dragon growls, "Don't be a fool, they are here to take your prize and give nothing in return. Sign the contract or risk losing everything!"
I would appreciate a Sense Motive check from anyone at the meeting
Poljen says over the link, {Move the castle fast and drop those stones. And keep up the ballista! Their army will have to step outside the barrier.} He watches the meeting participants, trying to gauge if any of them are in on this play.
Lia bites her lip in frustration. She speaks through the link.. " This doesn't sound like fun. We don't have the numbere here to fight a huge battle. We can't afford to lose the mask though. Who knows if we can ever set up another meeting. Besides...what would keep this from happening again? Guess this is Protanther and the others call . "
Mari paces back and forth. " Maybe we should head on out. We aren''t doing any good in here. We need to get all together before this new threat arrives and set up some sort of defense or be ready to assist in getting the mask.. "
Velon replies to Poppo "well done, keep it up and please don't hit the copper and silver dragons."
Via the link Velon requests "Lawrance, bring the platform here, quickly."
Velon calls to Protanther and Darressa "wait!" "You can hold your meeting on the castle and take as much time as you need." "None of you are my enemies, and I have no reason to want anything but this deal to go through smoothly. I do not even know what promises these contracts make to the Zhentarim, nor do I care. My job here is your security and to ensure that the deal is completed."
“Let’s get out there! The platform is slow, so if you want to arrive sooner, run!”Lawrance says as he exits the blind and hops on the flying cargo disk. Waiting for the rest of the riders, he then launches it and activates the illusion masking, heading towards the meeting place.
%Gamliel, meet me there! Hopefully it doesn’t come to a conflict among all parties. That would be a problem beyond measure. %
#Theres not much we could do, if it does. There is a lot of power gathered in that little area. #
“Can you tell me the difference between a witch and a wizard?" "Sure, a wizard is what they call you when they want to hire you, and a witch is what they call you when they're getting ready to run you out of town.” SunWolf replied ― Barbara Hambly, The Witches of Wenshar
Mari nods grimly and checks her belongings once more. " I will see you there. " She makes sure to have no weapons drawn and bursts from their hillside bunker. She races quickly towards her friends. When she gets closer she slows to a trot. Mari doesn't wish to do anything to appear threatening. Sighting the Zhent symbol on the sail causes her to stumble and fear takes her for a moment.
Pushing through this she arrives at the meeting place. Concentrating again she reinforces her appearance as a short, voluptous redhead. Seeing the Zhent delegation she studies them curiously to see if she recognizes any of them. While doing this she joins the others. " What is the plan? We don't have long until we have some serious problems. "
I rolled an insight check before you asked for it. In case i rolled it too soon here is another one.
As the delegates continue to bicker, the trio of fake villagers arrive at the scene. A few of the harpers go to meet them, apparently curious as to what they're doing. Suddenly the harpers are being shoved aside, and the trio are flinging small objects towards the meeting-place and the delegates. All three of the first vials thrown are flung at the rug with summoning circle. The contract devil catches one with an amused expression, bouncing the vial up and down in his hand before opening the stopper and drinking it, but the other pair shatter on impact, the liquid within igniting on contact with air, catching the rug on fire.
Honestly I'm rather surprised no one managed that SM check, ah well, things are all the more interesting because of it.
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Lia scowls as the carpet catches on fire. Hesitating as she thinks of what to do she hears Lawrance and then Poljen. She calls out to Sune and a wave of invigorating energy hits Poljen and Velon while bringing peace to herself. She unslings her bow looking at the three newcomers and at the sky.
Mari's Sword of Warning vibrates slightly as it warns her of the attack. Drawing both blades out she advances rapidly towards the three newcomers. The yuan ti poison gleams dully on her blades. " She grins fiercely. " That was an incredibly stupid thing to do. Death has come for you today. " Noticing Cratol running towards them as well she laughs. " Save me some Cratol. "
Lia will move along behind Poljen and the rug. Her eyes will scan from the newcomers and up above looking for any incoming threats. She cast bless on Velon, Poljen and herself. +D4 per attack roll or saving throw for the next minute.
Lia initiative 17
Mari w/Adv: 25
Mari damage: 5
Sneak attack damage: 21
Plus unknown damage from yuan-ti poison.
Mari shortsword attack with adv: 26
Mari will use her bonus action in order to be able to draw both blades so only one attack but with advantage due to flanking with Cratol.. Her blades are both coated with yuan-ti poison.
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Velon immediately begins to move forward as these unknown figures toss fire at the meeting sight. "Take them out, but just them!" Trusting in Poljen, Cratol, Lia and the rapidly approaching Mari to dispatch the fake villagers, Velon decided to try to hold the meeting together and jumps in front of Darressa. "Please, we can protect you, and you and I both want the results of this exchange as originally planned. You are welcome on our castle, if you choose. Unless you prove hostile, I swear to protect you."
When he has a moment he also asks "Poppo, how do the dragons fair?"
Lawrance impatiently guides the platform in, getting updates from Velon and group as events unfold. Passing the situation report onto the rest of the militia that ride with him, he worries that they are facing too many foes in too many directions. Seeing the flames flickering on the portal cloth, Lawrance calls out loudly through the link %The portal is the method that the Archons and the Devil are held here! If it is destroyed, they go back home! Put out the flames if you can!%
“Can you tell me the difference between a witch and a wizard?" "Sure, a wizard is what they call you when they want to hire you, and a witch is what they call you when they're getting ready to run you out of town.” SunWolf replied ― Barbara Hambly, The Witches of Wenshar
Poljen feels his Battle Madness overtake him, but he still realizes the three who threw their fire bombs deliberately targeted the carpet. They must have a reason to want it destroyed. Therefore he has a reason to see it NOT destroyed. At least by fire. Instead of running at the three interlopers, he charges towards the carpet and grabs one end of the heavy fabric. "Someone help me, by the gods!" he cries as he rolls it up and then heads directly for the waterline...
Things are happening so fast now that Velon is a step or three behind Poljen both in thought and positioning, but quickly decides the best way to aid the mighty warrior is to bolster his speed and agility further. Velon quickly casts one of his favorite abilities not on himself for once but on Poljen.
Cratol and Mari move to engage the threats before they can burn anything else. Mari stabs her target, causing him to crumple over. Cratol brings the second one down with a rapid series of strikes from his staff. There is a sickening splurching noise as the staff connects with the man's head, and a thick dark green goo starts oozing out of it as the man keels over.
The third man just stops as Protanther casts a spell, held in place and immobile.
A pair of harpers help Poljen quickly roll up the carpet, then fall back, badly burned. Elia moves to them, already casting a spell of healing.
Meanwhile, Darressa keeps backing up towards her boat, clearly wanting to get away from this new chaos. Her men have their weapons drawn, threatening anyone that gets close.
Poor buggers rolled horribly for initiative. Poljen takes 20 Fire damage Medicine check to figure out what in the hells is going on with the gooey fake villager.
"I think their brains are gone, replaced with that...green stuff! Mari, Cratol, take that one alive if you can!" Velon watches Poljen dash with enhanced speed to toss the carpet in the water, and glances over his should to see if the platform is approaching.
Over the link Velon says "Perry, can you and Shadowsnack see what's happening on the beach?"
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Poljen grins at the men who help, impressed by their bravery, but then rushes towards the water as fast as he can. This is his first experience with the magic speed Velon has given him, and shakes his head in wonder as he easily reaches the water and does his best to douse the fire.
Hearing some of Velon difficulties with the negotiations, Lawrance calls through the link %Use the Archons and Devil to confirm you are telling the truth! That’s what they are there for, and it might sway them better than just your say so. % as he rides the dramatically slow cloud platform to the meeting place.
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“Can you tell me the difference between a witch and a wizard?" "Sure, a wizard is what they call you when they want to hire you, and a witch is what they call you when they're getting ready to run you out of town.” SunWolf replied ― Barbara Hambly, The Witches of Wenshar
Hearing Lawrance, Velon gets up close to the contract devil and points at Darressa. "Can you tell that I am not lying? Can you tell her that I have no knowledge of any ambush here and only wish to protect all parties who are not hostile and wish to complete the deal? I do not know who has sabotaged this meeting, but will oppose them regardless of which group it is."
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Darressa crosses her arms and states, "They are certainly not ours, what are you up to?" Protanther steps up, "They are not ours either, this is most likely the cult's doing. Unnirth, Zeirvis, go."
Within moments, the two named men are running down the beach, growing in size and changing shape. Soon a pair of dragons are winging their way towards the group in red robes. one Copper scaled and the other silver.
Castle Skyreach sheds its camouflage as it maneuvers towards the apparent threat. Ballista bolts are already being fired, though it is unlikely that they're able to hit anything specifically aimed at at this distance.
A few moments later, another report comes in from Poppo, "They have some kind of barrier up, our bolts are not getting through. I doubt it can stop boulders, so we're going to get on top of them and start dropping." Over the link you can hear Maccath shouting in the background, "That's a teleportation circle, the biggest I've ever seen! They could bring in an army with that! We have to stop them now!"
At the meeting, the two groups have weapons drawn, but they're eyeing each other almost as much as looking towards where the mages are. A group of fake villagers are approaching the pavilion as well.
Protanther looks towards the delegates, "We're going to have to speed this up from the sound of it, sign the contract and get it over with now. I swear on my honor that there are no deviations in it from what was discussed." The Harper delegate nods, but Darressa shakes her head, "I will not be rushed, and this smells of trickery. We are leaving, we can make the exchange at a later date."
The elder dragon growls, "Don't be a fool, they are here to take your prize and give nothing in return. Sign the contract or risk losing everything!"
I would appreciate a Sense Motive check from anyone at the meeting
Poljen says over the link, {Move the castle fast and drop those stones. And keep up the ballista! Their army will have to step outside the barrier.} He watches the meeting participants, trying to gauge if any of them are in on this play.
Insight 15
Lia bites her lip in frustration. She speaks through the link.. " This doesn't sound like fun. We don't have the numbere here to fight a huge battle. We can't afford to lose the mask though. Who knows if we can ever set up another meeting. Besides...what would keep this from happening again? Guess this is Protanther and the others call . "
Mari paces back and forth. " Maybe we should head on out. We aren''t doing any good in here. We need to get all together before this new threat arrives and set up some sort of defense or be ready to assist in getting the mask.. "
Insight 8
Velon replies to Poppo "well done, keep it up and please don't hit the copper and silver dragons."
Via the link Velon requests "Lawrance, bring the platform here, quickly."
Velon calls to Protanther and Darressa "wait!" "You can hold your meeting on the castle and take as much time as you need." "None of you are my enemies, and I have no reason to want anything but this deal to go through smoothly. I do not even know what promises these contracts make to the Zhentarim, nor do I care. My job here is your security and to ensure that the deal is completed."
“Let’s get out there! The platform is slow, so if you want to arrive sooner, run!” Lawrance says as he exits the blind and hops on the flying cargo disk. Waiting for the rest of the riders, he then launches it and activates the illusion masking, heading towards the meeting place.
%Gamliel, meet me there! Hopefully it doesn’t come to a conflict among all parties. That would be a problem beyond measure. %
#Theres not much we could do, if it does. There is a lot of power gathered in that little area. #
“Can you tell me the difference between a witch and a wizard?"
"Sure, a wizard is what they call you when they want to hire you, and a witch is what they call you when they're getting ready to run you out of town.” SunWolf replied
― Barbara Hambly, The Witches of Wenshar
Mari nods grimly and checks her belongings once more. " I will see you there. " She makes sure to have no weapons drawn and bursts from their hillside bunker. She races quickly towards her friends. When she gets closer she slows to a trot. Mari doesn't wish to do anything to appear threatening. Sighting the Zhent symbol on the sail causes her to stumble and fear takes her for a moment.
Pushing through this she arrives at the meeting place. Concentrating again she reinforces her appearance as a short, voluptous redhead. Seeing the Zhent delegation she studies them curiously to see if she recognizes any of them. While doing this she joins the others. " What is the plan? We don't have long until we have some serious problems. "
I rolled an insight check before you asked for it. In case i rolled it too soon here is another one.
Insight 15
As the delegates continue to bicker, the trio of fake villagers arrive at the scene. A few of the harpers go to meet them, apparently curious as to what they're doing. Suddenly the harpers are being shoved aside, and the trio are flinging small objects towards the meeting-place and the delegates. All three of the first vials thrown are flung at the rug with summoning circle. The contract devil catches one with an amused expression, bouncing the vial up and down in his hand before opening the stopper and drinking it, but the other pair shatter on impact, the liquid within igniting on contact with air, catching the rug on fire.
Honestly I'm rather surprised no one managed that SM check, ah well, things are all the more interesting because of it.
Poljen growls and says aloud, "Finally!" He glances at Velon and says, "Permission to slaughter, sir?"
Initiative w/Adv 17 13
Lia scowls as the carpet catches on fire. Hesitating as she thinks of what to do she hears Lawrance and then Poljen. She calls out to Sune and a wave of invigorating energy hits Poljen and Velon while bringing peace to herself. She unslings her bow looking at the three newcomers and at the sky.
Mari's Sword of Warning vibrates slightly as it warns her of the attack. Drawing both blades out she advances rapidly towards the three newcomers. The yuan ti poison gleams dully on her blades. " She grins fiercely. " That was an incredibly stupid thing to do. Death has come for you today. " Noticing Cratol running towards them as well she laughs. " Save me some Cratol. "
Lia will move along behind Poljen and the rug. Her eyes will scan from the newcomers and up above looking for any incoming threats. She cast bless on Velon, Poljen and herself. +D4 per attack roll or saving throw for the next minute.
Lia initiative 17
Mari w/Adv: 25
Mari damage: 5
Sneak attack damage: 21
Plus unknown damage from yuan-ti poison.
Mari shortsword attack with adv: 26
Mari will use her bonus action in order to be able to draw both blades so only one attack but with advantage due to flanking with Cratol.. Her blades are both coated with yuan-ti poison.
Cratol looks at the new comers and moves towards them as they toss the bottles He knows they are a threat to the exchange.
Insight : 11
Velon immediately begins to move forward as these unknown figures toss fire at the meeting sight. "Take them out, but just them!" Trusting in Poljen, Cratol, Lia and the rapidly approaching Mari to dispatch the fake villagers, Velon decided to try to hold the meeting together and jumps in front of Darressa. "Please, we can protect you, and you and I both want the results of this exchange as originally planned. You are welcome on our castle, if you choose. Unless you prove hostile, I swear to protect you."
When he has a moment he also asks "Poppo, how do the dragons fair?"
Initiative: 8
Cratol moves with the speed of the wind attacking the closest of the three.
Initiative: 9
Attacks: 28, 14, 22 and 28
Damage: 13, 8, 12, 9
Lawrance impatiently guides the platform in, getting updates from Velon and group as events unfold. Passing the situation report onto the rest of the militia that ride with him, he worries that they are facing too many foes in too many directions. Seeing the flames flickering on the portal cloth, Lawrance calls out loudly through the link %The portal is the method that the Archons and the Devil are held here! If it is destroyed, they go back home! Put out the flames if you can!%
“Can you tell me the difference between a witch and a wizard?"
"Sure, a wizard is what they call you when they want to hire you, and a witch is what they call you when they're getting ready to run you out of town.” SunWolf replied
― Barbara Hambly, The Witches of Wenshar
Poljen feels his Battle Madness overtake him, but he still realizes the three who threw their fire bombs deliberately targeted the carpet. They must have a reason to want it destroyed. Therefore he has a reason to see it NOT destroyed. At least by fire. Instead of running at the three interlopers, he charges towards the carpet and grabs one end of the heavy fabric. "Someone help me, by the gods!" he cries as he rolls it up and then heads directly for the waterline...
Things are happening so fast now that Velon is a step or three behind Poljen both in thought and positioning, but quickly decides the best way to aid the mighty warrior is to bolster his speed and agility further. Velon quickly casts one of his favorite abilities not on himself for once but on Poljen.
Haste
Cratol and Mari move to engage the threats before they can burn anything else. Mari stabs her target, causing him to crumple over. Cratol brings the second one down with a rapid series of strikes from his staff. There is a sickening splurching noise as the staff connects with the man's head, and a thick dark green goo starts oozing out of it as the man keels over.
The third man just stops as Protanther casts a spell, held in place and immobile.
A pair of harpers help Poljen quickly roll up the carpet, then fall back, badly burned. Elia moves to them, already casting a spell of healing.
Meanwhile, Darressa keeps backing up towards her boat, clearly wanting to get away from this new chaos. Her men have their weapons drawn, threatening anyone that gets close.
Poor buggers rolled horribly for initiative.
Poljen takes 20 Fire damage
Medicine check to figure out what in the hells is going on with the gooey fake villager.
"I think their brains are gone, replaced with that...green stuff! Mari, Cratol, take that one alive if you can!" Velon watches Poljen dash with enhanced speed to toss the carpet in the water, and glances over his should to see if the platform is approaching.
Over the link Velon says "Perry, can you and Shadowsnack see what's happening on the beach?"
OOC Undecided on actual action thus far.
Poljen grins at the men who help, impressed by their bravery, but then rushes towards the water as fast as he can. This is his first experience with the magic speed Velon has given him, and shakes his head in wonder as he easily reaches the water and does his best to douse the fire.
Athletics w/Adv 23 22
Hearing some of Velon difficulties with the negotiations, Lawrance calls through the link %Use the Archons and Devil to confirm you are telling the truth! That’s what they are there for, and it might sway them better than just your say so. % as he rides the dramatically slow cloud platform to the meeting place.
“Can you tell me the difference between a witch and a wizard?"
"Sure, a wizard is what they call you when they want to hire you, and a witch is what they call you when they're getting ready to run you out of town.” SunWolf replied
― Barbara Hambly, The Witches of Wenshar
"Oh, right!"
Hearing Lawrance, Velon gets up close to the contract devil and points at Darressa. "Can you tell that I am not lying? Can you tell her that I have no knowledge of any ambush here and only wish to protect all parties who are not hostile and wish to complete the deal? I do not know who has sabotaged this meeting, but will oppose them regardless of which group it is."