“I can help us sneak to the door. I can cloak us in a dim shadow, which to outside eyes will appear as a shadow from a passing cloud. The magic makes it hard for any outside of the shadow to detect what’s going on inside.”
Dancing Shadows
BoET, pg. 43
As a bonus action, you can expend a Bardic Inspiration to create a 20 ft. radius sphere that moves with you, spreads around corners, and lasts for 1 minute or until you are incapacitated or die.
Allied creatures (including you) standing in the sphere have half cover, and creatures outside the sphere have disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks made to perceive anything inside the sphere. Darkvision does not nullify this effect. Creatures that don’t rely on eyesight are immune to this effect.
If any of this effect’s area overlaps with an area of light created by a spell of 2nd level or lower, the spell that created the light is dispelled.
Dancing Shadows: 1 Bonus Action
Mana looks skyward for any prevailing cloud movement or wavering banners or awnings nearby to strategize a path through the lawn that would not draw suspicion.
With all your planning, I will give advantage to stealth checks to get inside (along with the disadvantage to perception from Mana). Sterling are you joining? And if so, what are you doing to lose the crowd (or use the crowd. I'm sure you have a plan).
(The manor is effectively a 'dungeon' to end chapter 3. There is a map but as I'm almost exclusively mobile until December, you will not get very regular map updates. I will see what I can do though)
(( OOC: Hmm. I had planned on just keeping the crowd (and possibly guards) occupied to let everyone else go in, but if it's more a "dungeon" than a quick in-and-out, yeah, I'll definitely want Sterling to join. In which case:
* If there's no communication from the others, he'll simply keep an eye on the grounds (I presume he's noticed the guard,) and when clear, will send the crowd away, dismissing himself in an illusory puff of smoke. The smoke will just be a screen for him to transform into the guard, at which point he'll appear from behind whatever he's standing near and grumble, "show's over, get a move on," then sneak inside to hopefully meet everyone else.
* If the others at least let him know when they plan on moving in, he'll let the crowd know his pitch is done, and will walk off to find some discrete back alley to, again, transform into a different visage (probably an average-looking citizen.) At that point he'll circle back and try to sneak in at the same time as the others; if delayed, he'll try to sneak in on his own.
In either case, Sterling has been adding extra, unnecessary flourishes and hand movements to his spells, in the hopes that trying to sneak in a spell or two unnoticed (a distant scream, a quick "false wall" on a building side, etc.) might actually succeed. ))
(( Sterling's Performance Check: 16 ))
Sterling - V. Human Bard 3 (College of Art) - [Pic] - [Traits] - in Bards: Dragon Heist (w/ Mansion) - Jasper's [Pic] - Sterling's [Sigil]
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>> New FOW threat & treasure tables: fow-advanced-threat-tables.pdf fow-advanced-treasure-table.pdf
A modest crowd. About 7 people actively right with you, with others definitely paying attention as they continue on their path
After joining more my signature got out of hand so I am now a proud member of the extended signature club!! :)
“I can help us sneak to the door. I can cloak us in a dim shadow, which to outside eyes will appear as a shadow from a passing cloud. The magic makes it hard for any outside of the shadow to detect what’s going on inside.”
BoET, pg. 43
As a bonus action, you can expend a Bardic Inspiration to create a 20 ft. radius sphere that moves with you, spreads around corners, and lasts for 1 minute or until you are incapacitated or die.
Allied creatures (including you) standing in the sphere have half cover, and creatures outside the sphere have disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks made to perceive anything inside the sphere. Darkvision does not nullify this effect. Creatures that don’t rely on eyesight are immune to this effect.
If any of this effect’s area overlaps with an area of light created by a spell of 2nd level or lower, the spell that created the light is dispelled.
Mana looks skyward for any prevailing cloud movement or wavering banners or awnings nearby to strategize a path through the lawn that would not draw suspicion.
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With all your planning, I will give advantage to stealth checks to get inside (along with the disadvantage to perception from Mana). Sterling are you joining? And if so, what are you doing to lose the crowd (or use the crowd. I'm sure you have a plan).
(The manor is effectively a 'dungeon' to end chapter 3. There is a map but as I'm almost exclusively mobile until December, you will not get very regular map updates. I will see what I can do though)
After joining more my signature got out of hand so I am now a proud member of the extended signature club!! :)
(( OOC: Hmm. I had planned on just keeping the crowd (and possibly guards) occupied to let everyone else go in, but if it's more a "dungeon" than a quick in-and-out, yeah, I'll definitely want Sterling to join. In which case:
* If there's no communication from the others, he'll simply keep an eye on the grounds (I presume he's noticed the guard,) and when clear, will send the crowd away, dismissing himself in an illusory puff of smoke. The smoke will just be a screen for him to transform into the guard, at which point he'll appear from behind whatever he's standing near and grumble, "show's over, get a move on," then sneak inside to hopefully meet everyone else.
* If the others at least let him know when they plan on moving in, he'll let the crowd know his pitch is done, and will walk off to find some discrete back alley to, again, transform into a different visage (probably an average-looking citizen.) At that point he'll circle back and try to sneak in at the same time as the others; if delayed, he'll try to sneak in on his own.
In either case, Sterling has been adding extra, unnecessary flourishes and hand movements to his spells, in the hopes that trying to sneak in a spell or two unnoticed (a distant scream, a quick "false wall" on a building side, etc.) might actually succeed. ))
Sterling - V. Human Bard 3 (College of Art) - [Pic] - [Traits] - in Bards: Dragon Heist (w/ Mansion) - Jasper's [Pic] - Sterling's [Sigil]
Tooltips Post (2024 PHB updates) - incl. General Rules
>> New FOW threat & treasure tables: fow-advanced-threat-tables.pdf fow-advanced-treasure-table.pdf