Phaedra comes rushing downstairs, her hair still a mess.
"What, what's happened. The who? Ohh by Mystra why do so many people live in this city and they all seem to have a connection to crime! Eltural this is not!"
The priestess folds her arms and listens to what is being said.
"Why you are right Bason. We could take the devise to the Urstal Estate and use it to see if it gets a reading of the Nimblewright. If it picks up something then we know for sure that the Urstal's are involved in some way."
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Kestrell sips his coffee. "Yes, let's do that. But even if the device doesn't pick up any Nimwits, we still need to get in there and ask this Yourstool fellow a few questions. Of the pertinent variety."
Thinking to herself, *was Kestrell raised in the wilds, nowhere near any kind of school? He can never pronounce anything right. Or does he do it just to annoy me like Vassa... I just don't know sometime.*
"Ohh yes... but remember last time we had a simple plan to just have a chat and then we broke and entered the establishment?"
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Renaer continues pacing in thought while the others are talking. "This is tough. I want to save the city which means retrieving and returning the gold before any of the other factions can find it. It appears the Gralhunds have cast their lot with the Zhents, for what reason I do not know. But we have lack any direct evidence that they're involved in yesterday's incident. The evidence we do have we should be able to get the city watch to follow up on this. But who knows if it'll be in time and if they'll find out the truth. The Watch uses a very light touch when it comes to nobles."
"You all bring up good points about the need to be stealthy if you decide to infiltrate the Gralhund Estate. The streets around it are busy pretty much all the time. Additionally, if they've really thrown their lot in with the Black Network, there could be mercenaries on the other side as well as the Gralhunds own guard. However, if even one of you could get over the wall without being seen then you could simply open a gate for the others and no one would be suspect anything."
"But if they're hiding Zhents and going after the Stone of Golorr, something must be done. I'll leave it for you all to decide the best course of action. Either way you'll have my full support."
"If the Black Network is involved should we not allow Elon to see if he can find out anything. For instance which group of Zhents are involved in all of this."
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Yevna Galanodel - Wood Elf | Level 8 | Druid/Circle of Spores 6 - Ranger 2 - Ravnica Nyx - Satyr | Level 9 | Rouge/Swashbuckler 5 - Bard/Collage of Lore 4 - Lost Mine of Phandelver/Storm King's Thunder
"If the Black Network is involved should we not allow Elon to see if he can find out anything. For instance which group of Zhents are involved in all of this."
" Good point.", Selinae looked across at Elon doing her best to settle her face into a relaxed smile.
"Give me a few hours, I will see what I can find out. In the mean time, why don't some of you stake out the place. Get whatever info you can and if you see anyone from my organization around. We can meet back here"
If there are no objections then Elon will head out the door.
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Tomac- goliath barbarian- Yet Another Storm Kings Thunder
"Give me a few hours, I will see what I can find out. In the mean time, why don't some of you stake out the place. Get whatever info you can and if you see anyone from my organization around. We can meet back here"
If there are no objections then Elon will head out the door.
"Alright, you don't need to tell me twice. Sam, let's go for a stroll." Kestrell motions to Selinae and walks out the door. At the door he turns around, "Anyone else want to sight-see around the Grayhound Estate?"
As they walk towards the Gralhund's, Kestrell plans: "So, we're just a group of friends out for a walk. We'll walk by the estate a few times and see what we can see."
"I might check with my contacts to see if they know anything about the activities of the Gralhunds. I am terrible at sneaking around and even worse at staying unnoticed. Guess its the blond hair", she adds with a little impressed with herself smile.
Waving goodbye to the group, Phaedra heads off towards Ulbrinter Villa.
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"Alright, you don't need to tell me twice. Sam, let's go for a stroll." Kestrell motions to Selinae and walks out the door. At the door he turns around, "Anyone else want to sight-see around the Grayhound Estate?"
As they walk towards the Gralhund's, Kestrell plans: "So, we're just a group of friends out for a walk. We'll walk by the estate a few times and see what we can see."
Renaer heads to the door, "Hey Kestrell, their villa is just down the street. Take a right on Saerdoun Street and follow it around. Gralhund Villa will be on your left just past Pony Way."
Coming down later than the rest of his companions, Vassa seems to have a bit of skip in his step. Helping himself to his now customary cup of morning coffee, the bard listens to everyone's ideas and nods in agreement as Elon heads out to touch base with his Zhent contacts. About to agree to accompany Kestrell and Selinae on their stake out, Vassa changes his mind when Phaedra mentions heading off the visit her contacts.
"Hey, Phae. Mind if I tag along? I had a couple of questions for you about your contacts?"
Assuming the priestess doesn't object to his company, Vassa saunters along beside her, smiling at passersby, before asking casually,
"Soo... the Harpers... What drew you to them, Phae? If you don't mind me asking, that is. I've heard stories about them, of course, stories of adventure and legendary deeds. And being a musician of some bearing and good conscience, I've often considered finding out more. But I never thought that I'd be co-owners of a tavern with a member... and a priestess of Mystra at that."
D&D is a game, but it's not just a game. It's the ultimate storyboard, a campfire to share with friends, an imaginary call to imaginary arms and a ship to sail to horizons yet undreamt of...
"I might check with my contacts to see if they know anything about the activities of the Gralhunds. I am terrible at sneaking around and even worse at staying unnoticed. Guess its the blond hair", she adds with a little impressed with herself smile.
Waving goodbye to the group, Phaedra heads off towards Ulbrinter Villa.
When you arrive at Ulbrinter's home your knock is answered by the same droll sounding butler as last time. "How can I help you, Lady Harpshadow?"
"Thanks Renaer!" Kestrell mumbles to himself "Right on Sourdough, go past Pony Way then Grayhound's on the left."
As they approach, Kestrell plans to walk by the part that faces the street, taking a look at what he can see from the street:
Perception: 23 And advantage if anyone is helping, if not, disregard: 16
As you walk past the property you see that the villa appears to be a two story stone building. The are several windows in the front but no door. Then there's a stone wall running from the villa to the stables. The stables aren't too fancy, but they are stone as well. They run until the next intersection. You notice the stables have a sliding door on the side facing Saerdoun Street.
If you take the next left just past the stables you see the stone wall picks back up where the stables leave off and runs to the next intersection. Another left and you see the wall continues but you notice a door set into it about about 3/4 of the way down the block. As you're walking toward the door you notice trees on the other side of the wall, some easily 20 to 25 feet tall. The leaves are full of bright autumn colors. About ten feet after the door the wall connects to the villa again. The next left and you see the villa continues back to Saerdoun Street.
The stone wall appears to be 12 feet tall all the way around. The stables looks to be a couple of feet shorter, but are located at a busy intersection. The villa itself is just over 40 feet tall.
Selinae regards the wall, trees and manor as she walks with Kestrell, " That looks pretty easy....its not like its pitching and yawing and being hit by 15m waves while I'm climbing it like masts usually are."
" But I guess I'd best wait til dark cos someone would totally see me jump from the wall to the trees to the manor...."
" But I guess I'd best wait til dark cos someone would totally see me jump from the wall to the trees to the manor...."
"Well, I don't think we need to do any breaking and entering as Phaedra would say, quite yet. We know now that there is a good way to get in, if we have to."
"Let's wander around the street for an hour and see if anyone comes and goes, and then go back to the manor and have a pow-wow."
Bason quickly jumps to his feet and runs to the basement. He spends 10 minutes putting on his armor. He rushes upstairs. "Okay, I'm ready, where are we...."
He looks around and sees only Renaer and Silver still there. "Oh, they already left. Umm, I guess we are waiting here......So, how are you guys doing?"
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Phaedra comes rushing downstairs, her hair still a mess.
"What, what's happened. The who? Ohh by Mystra why do so many people live in this city and they all seem to have a connection to crime! Eltural this is not!"
The priestess folds her arms and listens to what is being said.
"Why you are right Bason. We could take the devise to the Urstal Estate and use it to see if it gets a reading of the Nimblewright. If it picks up something then we know for sure that the Urstal's are involved in some way."
Yevna Galanodel - Wood Elf | Level 8 | Druid/Circle of Spores 6 - Ranger 2 - Ravnica
Nyx - Satyr | Level 9 | Rouge/Swashbuckler 5 - Bard/Collage of Lore 4 - Lost Mine of Phandelver/Storm King's Thunder
Kestrell sips his coffee. "Yes, let's do that. But even if the device doesn't pick up any Nimwits, we still need to get in there and ask this Yourstool fellow a few questions. Of the pertinent variety."
Thinking to herself, *was Kestrell raised in the wilds, nowhere near any kind of school? He can never pronounce anything right. Or does he do it just to annoy me like Vassa... I just don't know sometime.*
"Ohh yes... but remember last time we had a simple plan to just have a chat and then we broke and entered the establishment?"
Yevna Galanodel - Wood Elf | Level 8 | Druid/Circle of Spores 6 - Ranger 2 - Ravnica
Nyx - Satyr | Level 9 | Rouge/Swashbuckler 5 - Bard/Collage of Lore 4 - Lost Mine of Phandelver/Storm King's Thunder
Renaer continues pacing in thought while the others are talking. "This is tough. I want to save the city which means retrieving and returning the gold before any of the other factions can find it. It appears the Gralhunds have cast their lot with the Zhents, for what reason I do not know. But we have lack any direct evidence that they're involved in yesterday's incident. The evidence we do have we should be able to get the city watch to follow up on this. But who knows if it'll be in time and if they'll find out the truth. The Watch uses a very light touch when it comes to nobles."
"You all bring up good points about the need to be stealthy if you decide to infiltrate the Gralhund Estate. The streets around it are busy pretty much all the time. Additionally, if they've really thrown their lot in with the Black Network, there could be mercenaries on the other side as well as the Gralhunds own guard. However, if even one of you could get over the wall without being seen then you could simply open a gate for the others and no one would be suspect anything."
"But if they're hiding Zhents and going after the Stone of Golorr, something must be done. I'll leave it for you all to decide the best course of action. Either way you'll have my full support."
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"Let's just walk in, kick some ass, and take some names. Hey diddle-diddle, straight up the middle."
" So whose the nominated sneak?"
"If the Black Network is involved should we not allow Elon to see if he can find out anything. For instance which group of Zhents are involved in all of this."
Yevna Galanodel - Wood Elf | Level 8 | Druid/Circle of Spores 6 - Ranger 2 - Ravnica
Nyx - Satyr | Level 9 | Rouge/Swashbuckler 5 - Bard/Collage of Lore 4 - Lost Mine of Phandelver/Storm King's Thunder
" Good point.", Selinae looked across at Elon doing her best to settle her face into a relaxed smile.
"Give me a few hours, I will see what I can find out. In the mean time, why don't some of you stake out the place. Get whatever info you can and if you see anyone from my organization around. We can meet back here"
If there are no objections then Elon will head out the door.
Elon Andrael- High Elf sorcerer- Waterdeep Dragon Heist
Tomac- goliath barbarian- Yet Another Storm Kings Thunder
"Alright, you don't need to tell me twice. Sam, let's go for a stroll." Kestrell motions to Selinae and walks out the door. At the door he turns around, "Anyone else want to sight-see around the Grayhound Estate?"
As they walk towards the Gralhund's, Kestrell plans: "So, we're just a group of friends out for a walk. We'll walk by the estate a few times and see what we can see."
"I might check with my contacts to see if they know anything about the activities of the Gralhunds. I am terrible at sneaking around and even worse at staying unnoticed. Guess its the blond hair", she adds with a little impressed with herself smile.
Waving goodbye to the group, Phaedra heads off towards Ulbrinter Villa.
Yevna Galanodel - Wood Elf | Level 8 | Druid/Circle of Spores 6 - Ranger 2 - Ravnica
Nyx - Satyr | Level 9 | Rouge/Swashbuckler 5 - Bard/Collage of Lore 4 - Lost Mine of Phandelver/Storm King's Thunder
Renaer heads to the door, "Hey Kestrell, their villa is just down the street. Take a right on Saerdoun Street and follow it around. Gralhund Villa will be on your left just past Pony Way."
Campaigns:
DM - Waterdeep Dragon Heist PbP
"Thanks Renaer!" Kestrell mumbles to himself "Right on Sourdough, go past Pony Way then Grayhound's on the left."
As they approach, Kestrell plans to walk by the part that faces the street, taking a look at what he can see from the street:
Perception: 16
And advantage if anyone is helping, if not, disregard: 9
Selinae hesitated for a moment, " Kestrell? What? Oh.....I'm Sam? Ok.....um, I'm just going to grab my stuff. I'll meet you just past Pony Way."
She snatched up her gear, buckled it on or slung it over her shoulder and headed out after Kestrell still looking somewhat bewildered.
Coming down later than the rest of his companions, Vassa seems to have a bit of skip in his step. Helping himself to his now customary cup of morning coffee, the bard listens to everyone's ideas and nods in agreement as Elon heads out to touch base with his Zhent contacts. About to agree to accompany Kestrell and Selinae on their stake out, Vassa changes his mind when Phaedra mentions heading off the visit her contacts.
"Hey, Phae. Mind if I tag along? I had a couple of questions for you about your contacts?"
Assuming the priestess doesn't object to his company, Vassa saunters along beside her, smiling at passersby, before asking casually,
"Soo... the Harpers... What drew you to them, Phae? If you don't mind me asking, that is. I've heard stories about them, of course, stories of adventure and legendary deeds. And being a musician of some bearing and good conscience, I've often considered finding out more. But I never thought that I'd be co-owners of a tavern with a member... and a priestess of Mystra at that."
D&D is a game, but it's not just a game. It's the ultimate storyboard, a campfire to share with friends, an imaginary call to imaginary arms and a ship to sail to horizons yet undreamt of...
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When you arrive at Ulbrinter's home your knock is answered by the same droll sounding butler as last time. "How can I help you, Lady Harpshadow?"
As you walk past the property you see that the villa appears to be a two story stone building. The are several windows in the front but no door. Then there's a stone wall running from the villa to the stables. The stables aren't too fancy, but they are stone as well. They run until the next intersection. You notice the stables have a sliding door on the side facing Saerdoun Street.
If you take the next left just past the stables you see the stone wall picks back up where the stables leave off and runs to the next intersection. Another left and you see the wall continues but you notice a door set into it about about 3/4 of the way down the block. As you're walking toward the door you notice trees on the other side of the wall, some easily 20 to 25 feet tall. The leaves are full of bright autumn colors. About ten feet after the door the wall connects to the villa again. The next left and you see the villa continues back to Saerdoun Street.
The stone wall appears to be 12 feet tall all the way around. The stables looks to be a couple of feet shorter, but are located at a busy intersection. The villa itself is just over 40 feet tall.
Campaigns:
DM - Waterdeep Dragon Heist PbP
Selinae regards the wall, trees and manor as she walks with Kestrell, " That looks pretty easy....its not like its pitching and yawing and being hit by 15m waves while I'm climbing it like masts usually are."
" But I guess I'd best wait til dark cos someone would totally see me jump from the wall to the trees to the manor...."
(Did anyone stay behind at Trollskull?)
After a few hours of gathering intel Elon makes his way back to the taproom waiting on news from the others and drinking a few ales.
Elon Andrael- High Elf sorcerer- Waterdeep Dragon Heist
Tomac- goliath barbarian- Yet Another Storm Kings Thunder
"Well, I don't think we need to do any breaking and entering as Phaedra would say, quite yet. We know now that there is a good way to get in, if we have to."
"Let's wander around the street for an hour and see if anyone comes and goes, and then go back to the manor and have a pow-wow."
Bason quickly jumps to his feet and runs to the basement. He spends 10 minutes putting on his armor. He rushes upstairs. "Okay, I'm ready, where are we...."
He looks around and sees only Renaer and Silver still there. "Oh, they already left. Umm, I guess we are waiting here......So, how are you guys doing?"