"Alright head on in there are plenty of ale and food." says the Watcher. You surmise most of the food and ale probably came from Greenest.
Before you are a sea of tents and huts of varying sizes and there is an air of celebration of good raid. There so many campfires dotting the landscape. Plenty of brigands moving between the tent clusters.
The goal is to head to the south and the east while avoiding as many people as possible WITHOUT it looking like we are avoiding people. We can't exactly stealth through the camp, ducking behind barrels and tents and such, as that would be way too suspicious once noticed so instead it's laughing along with groups of people laughing and then moving along to the next group. Avoiding people by making it appear as if we're just breaking off from one group to move on to another without ever having any real interaction with any of them, if you catch my drift.
Eyes are peeled for any elite or important looking scumbags as we definitely want to steer clear of them but possible overhead what they are talking about if the opportunity allows. But the main goal is to head to where we saw the hostage... Without looking like we are headed anywhere in particular.
krackle would try to stand tall, looking like he owns the place with his chest puffed out in front of him. "that was great how you punched that old lady..." he would say to Zeds while making his way through the camp. Anytime someone would look his way he would casually turn to look towards his companions... "The best tasting ale is stolen ale... am I right???"
The party slowly winds their way through the sea of tents and huts. By the time they get near the largest tent they see the crowd has dispersed for the most part with some throwing stones at the Prisoner.
The guard drakes snap their powerful jaws to keep the stragglers away from the tent.
The man dress in black slowly cuts shallowly into the prisoner eliciting cries of pain and he seems to be enjoying it.
Here is a simple map of the situation. The white circle is the tent. The skull is the prisoner and bearded fellow is the man torturing him. The 4 guard drakes are here as well to keep the people back by 10 ft. So 10ft to the left from the prisoner is a smaller crowd than the one you saw earlier.
While walking with the group Stirling will look around trying to pick up on any clues. He will also attempt to read the lips of anyone he sees talking hut can't hear (observant feat)
Perception nat 1 (Stirling is too focused on the act to really get a good look around)
"Ya ale is good but I bet that church that was sacked had some fine wine. Those religious types always hold the good stuff eh big guy." Stirling remarks to Krackle.
Seeing the monk be tortured up close Stirling is using all his willpower to keep attacking the man in black.
"Yeah! Get him!" Krackle would shout before running away back through the crowd... he would try to make his way towards some farther away tents... he would then casually vast create bonfire inside of some empty tents.. creating the fire from as far away as possible before creating another one in a different tent once he saw that his magical fire has managed to ignite the tent.
slight of hand to cast the spell while acting natural.... 8
The man in black lets out a laugh "This weak half elf killed you father? Don't you worry he will be dead soon enough" the man in black slashes another shallow cut into the bound man's side. The prisoner lets out a muffled scream of pain.
Then someone in the crowd calls "Fire! the tents on fire" The crowd soon scatters trying to smother the fires using shoveled dirt and loose heavy cloth.
"My father was old," Zeds explains, continuing to approach. "Feeble. All I ask is to be allowed to strike the killing blow myself..."
Zeds is just trying to use his talking as a distraction to allow himself to get close enough to the man in black so that once the crowd disperses he can draw and attack...
((Well we decided to try to rescue this schmoo so the decision is kind of already made... Hopefully the fight will be quick and we can run away!))
Zeds steps closer with a grin on his face. Once close enough he draws his weapons and attacks the man in black. Just waiting to roll to see if he gets suprise or we're in initiative or...?
Once close enough to engage, Zeds first feints that he is attacking the tied up hostage but shifts and pivots and instead slashes out at the man in black with his short sword and then follows up with his dagger, poking at his ribs...
Short Sword attack: 14 to hit for 5 damage
Bonus Action Dagger attack: 13 to hit for 2 damage
If either hit (doubtful) then there is also 8 sneak attack damage done.
"Alright head on in there are plenty of ale and food." says the Watcher. You surmise most of the food and ale probably came from Greenest.
Before you are a sea of tents and huts of varying sizes and there is an air of celebration of good raid. There so many campfires dotting the landscape. Plenty of brigands moving between the tent clusters.
The goal is to head to the south and the east while avoiding as many people as possible WITHOUT it looking like we are avoiding people. We can't exactly stealth through the camp, ducking behind barrels and tents and such, as that would be way too suspicious once noticed so instead it's laughing along with groups of people laughing and then moving along to the next group. Avoiding people by making it appear as if we're just breaking off from one group to move on to another without ever having any real interaction with any of them, if you catch my drift.
Eyes are peeled for any elite or important looking scumbags as we definitely want to steer clear of them but possible overhead what they are talking about if the opportunity allows. But the main goal is to head to where we saw the hostage... Without looking like we are headed anywhere in particular.
krackle would try to stand tall, looking like he owns the place with his chest puffed out in front of him. "that was great how you punched that old lady..." he would say to Zeds while making his way through the camp. Anytime someone would look his way he would casually turn to look towards his companions... "The best tasting ale is stolen ale... am I right???"
The party slowly winds their way through the sea of tents and huts. By the time they get near the largest tent they see the crowd has dispersed for the most part with some throwing stones at the Prisoner.
The guard drakes snap their powerful jaws to keep the stragglers away from the tent.
The man dress in black slowly cuts shallowly into the prisoner eliciting cries of pain and he seems to be enjoying it.
Here is a simple map of the situation. The white circle is the tent. The skull is the prisoner and bearded fellow is the man torturing him. The 4 guard drakes are here as well to keep the people back by 10 ft. So 10ft to the left from the prisoner is a smaller crowd than the one you saw earlier.
While walking with the group Stirling will look around trying to pick up on any clues. He will also attempt to read the lips of anyone he sees talking hut can't hear (observant feat)
Perception nat 1 (Stirling is too focused on the act to really get a good look around)
"Ya ale is good but I bet that church that was sacked had some fine wine. Those religious types always hold the good stuff eh big guy." Stirling remarks to Krackle.
Seeing the monk be tortured up close Stirling is using all his willpower to keep attacking the man in black.
Ironthar throws stones at the crucified man but make it so that it just almost grazed the man or just hits the cross.
”Who’s this guy; some sort of Hero?” He laughs.
Zeds advances and calls out for all to hear: "I am Inigo Montoya. This man killed my father. Any who stand between he and I should prepare to die!"
"Yeah! Get him!" Krackle would shout before running away back through the crowd... he would try to make his way towards some farther away tents... he would then casually vast create bonfire inside of some empty tents.. creating the fire from as far away as possible before creating another one in a different tent once he saw that his magical fire has managed to ignite the tent.
slight of hand to cast the spell while acting natural.... 8
stealth to avoid being seen all together 20
The man in black lets out a laugh "This weak half elf killed you father? Don't you worry he will be dead soon enough" the man in black slashes another shallow cut into the bound man's side. The prisoner lets out a muffled scream of pain.
Then someone in the crowd calls "Fire! the tents on fire" The crowd soon scatters trying to smother the fires using shoveled dirt and loose heavy cloth.
The crowd is gone. It just the man in black and the guard drakes.
Krackle has vanished from sight somewhere nearby.
Unable to contain himself. Stirling starts foward trying to get the drinks and the man with in 30 feet.
"Can i cut off a bit of flesh? I got a new dagger during the raid and I've yet to wet it. Think I might name it elf sticker."
"My father was old," Zeds explains, continuing to approach. "Feeble. All I ask is to be allowed to strike the killing blow myself..."
Zeds is just trying to use his talking as a distraction to allow himself to get close enough to the man in black so that once the crowd disperses he can draw and attack...
A warning a battle here and now will get the attention of the one inside the tent.
The man in black seems amused. "Sure, come closer, both of you can take your turn dealing with this weakling."
((Well we decided to try to rescue this schmoo so the decision is kind of already made... Hopefully the fight will be quick and we can run away!))
Zeds steps closer with a grin on his face. Once close enough he draws his weapons and attacks the man in black. Just waiting to roll to see if he gets suprise or we're in initiative or...?
Yes combat
Man in black 10
Party 8
(Your in luck the party goes first)
Round 1
Post when able.
Once close enough to engage, Zeds first feints that he is attacking the tied up hostage but shifts and pivots and instead slashes out at the man in black with his short sword and then follows up with his dagger, poking at his ribs...
Short Sword attack: 14 to hit for 5 damage
Bonus Action Dagger attack: 13 to hit for 2 damage
If either hit (doubtful) then there is also 8 sneak attack damage done.
Both missed