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You open the door and all walk into an outer chamber that clearly is intended to contain the contraband seized from prisoners inside the hospital ward. There are four large containers each connected to the piping you also noticed in the previous room -- which is clearly pumping disinfectant through each container.
Unlike the previous room which had smallish windows that looked out onto the corridor, the entire far wall of this room is a large window.
DM Stuff
3
3
There is a fair amount of traffic in the corridor at the moment, though no one seems particularly interested in you. There are two guards who seem to be leading a prisoner in your direction, but they are still about 30 - 40 feet away and the prisoner is struggling and loudly protesting so its slow going. You are confident you have at least a little time.
(One of you can roll me an Investigation Roll with advantage to find your stuff, since I assume all of you will be looking for it so you're all helping -- if someone else is feeling lucky, they can look for other notable items; I have a table if you roll well enough ;) )
As you watch out for your comrades, Thalion, you do notice that the person being forcibly dragged towards the quarantine ward looks to be a young Dwarf woman. Everything else seems business as usual in the corridor, with people coming and going pretty quickly -- it seems that no one willingly lingers too long in this area.
The elevator is outside this door to your left, while straight ahead and to the right are long corridors that lead elsewhere in the prison.
Alden, knowing the standard procedures that take place in the Valance Gaol as you do, you are readily able to find all the gear for yourself, Yoric and Thalion in rather short order and distribute to your fellows. The whole process takes no more than 2 minutes so you feel confident that no one has really seen what you were doing.
DM Stuff
25
Meanwhile, Yoric, you go snooping through the rest of the contraband, and in the brief time you have before Alden pulls out out your gear, you do manage to find some goodies.
*A thin rod made out of some old charred black wood
*A modern (though clearly black-market) four-shot pistol.
(I'll drop the pistol inventory in your inventory, but you'll have to Identify the rod).
Thalion turns and gratefully accepts his own gear, donning it and slinging bow and pack across his back. He doesn't bother mentioning the dwarf being dragged along, not finding it particularly notable at the moment. He was rather focused on getting out of this hellish place as soon as possible.
Keeping up the watchman role he steps out into the corridor and gestures the others toward the elevator. "I'll get on last - just hold the door for me, please," he says, nodding toward the door of the elevator.
As you file onto the elevator and press the button to return to the surface level, the wait seems almost agonizing.
DM Screen
5
3
As the numbers tick upwards, the elevator lurches to a halt two floors below the surface level and three additional guards step in. The guards do not seem to notice you after the cursory nods they offer so you breathe a little bit easier -- until the elevator doors open. You step out and notice that in front of you, with their backs to you, is a line of dignitaries and guards who seem to be waiting for something or someone.
Nevlav -- at the front of the procession is a gnome woman whom you clearly recognize as the warden of Valance Gaol. There is no way to exit the jail without first passing in front of them.
Nevlav leans in close to the others, "That's the warden, she knows me so we may have some problems getting out, unless we can make up an emergency elsewhere."
Alden will walk with the group trying to look official.
Alden will use his invisible mage hand to tug on the wardens leg, hopefully causing her to stumble. If she does he will says "Go now" to the group. While passing he will use his mage hand to cause someone close to her to stumble as well, pulling on a leg to the opposite direction. Alden is hoping this causes enough of a ruckus for the party to get past quickly.
If this succeeds, as Alden passes he will say "Wonder who mopped this floor?"
(OCC: sorry for the non response lately, been sick for a few days)
Thalion is woefully ill-equipped to provide a distraction, magical or otherwise, and merely waits as his more... creative friends do their thing. However, when he realizes just what their "thing" is he lets out a groan and starts looking for exit points.
There was one way he could perhaps magically aid the group. He takes a moment to cast the goodberry spell, filling his palm with magical healing berries. He rolls them along the ground as the guards are distracted by the mage hand spell from Alden, pointing at them and shouting, "Look! Magical berries! They bring eternal luck to whoever eats them!"
(I've also been pretty preoccupied with work and IRL stuff, so, naturally, I want to do something absolutely ridiculous.)
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(Oh jeez -- let's see what happens, I love it :-) )
Yoric Perception - 8
Thalion Perception - 23
Directly in front of you is the large reception desk where Nevlav had his encounter with the Nevlav had his encounter with the inappropriately minded guard. Beyond that is the main gate and exit. Down the hallway towards your left looks to be administrative offices including the Warden's office, and the other hallway to the right leads to the prison courtyard and other facilities for uninfected prisoners -- ie cafeteria, workroom, etc.
Thalion, you do see a door in the administrative office area that has a small plaque next to it that has the words "Employee Entrance" carved into it -- that looks like your best bet.
DM Screen
Athletics Roll for Warden to avoid leg sweep: 9
Athletics Roll for Rudolf - 10
Guard WIS Save: 12
Thalion Deception - 11
Alden -- incredibly your gambit seems to work - first the Warden goes down after a deft tug on the part of Alden's mage hand, then Rudolf, the blading human Nevlav met before joins her on the floor.
Yoric, your part goes well too. The burly dwarven guard you find gets a strange gleam in his eyes as you cast Suggestion and he bobs his head vigorously. "Oh aye! It would not do for a member of the Committee to see the Warden on her arse." He rushes over and starts to try to help the Warden up as other guards doing the same creating a crowd around her and making enough space for you to get past the crowd.
It is this point that Thalion, inside a jail in a country that has all but outlawed magic, loudly announces that he sees magical berries. There is a long pause where the silence among the guards is almost deafening. Everyone looks at the berries, and then you. As if on cue, the Warden pushes away the the guards trying to help her up. Her eyes fall on Nevlav and she groans. "It's THEM." She hisses. "The ones that Commissioner Capet wants. GET THEM NOW, before Capet gets here."
(Given all the confusion you caused, I'll give you guys a surprise round where you can prepare -- or run for it. There are five guards and the Warden herself -- they are currently about 35 - 40 feet in front of you.)
"Dammit Thalion!"Alden yells, "Are you trying to get us killed?"
"Run!" Alden exclaims as he tries to make a mad dash for the nearest exit (hopefully the employee exit). If someone tries to get in his way he will bull rush them into their group.
Alden will go through the door, hold it open to get the others in then close it behind him taking a quick glance at the door to see if there is a locking mechanism on his side.
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Alden, as you reach the door and swing it open, you see there is a bolt lock on the inside (your side) of the door that can only be locked from the inside.
DM Screen
91
Four of the five guards are currently chasing you -- a human, two gnomes, and a dwarf.
Thalion throws his hands up in the air and exclaims, "So I'm not great at skulduggery and deception, fine! Let's just do what we should have done in the first place and-"
The elf's indignant tirade is cut off by Alden yelling "Run!" and he does just that, going through the door.
You open the door and all walk into an outer chamber that clearly is intended to contain the contraband seized from prisoners inside the hospital ward. There are four large containers each connected to the piping you also noticed in the previous room -- which is clearly pumping disinfectant through each container.
Unlike the previous room which had smallish windows that looked out onto the corridor, the entire far wall of this room is a large window.
DM Stuff
3
3
There is a fair amount of traffic in the corridor at the moment, though no one seems particularly interested in you. There are two guards who seem to be leading a prisoner in your direction, but they are still about 30 - 40 feet away and the prisoner is struggling and loudly protesting so its slow going. You are confident you have at least a little time.
(One of you can roll me an Investigation Roll with advantage to find your stuff, since I assume all of you will be looking for it so you're all helping -- if someone else is feeling lucky, they can look for other notable items; I have a table if you roll well enough ;) )
Alden
Investigation: 17
Yoric is feeling lucky, looking for other notables. After all, might be some good stuff coming from a political prisoner’s pockets.
investigation 16
Paladin - warforged - orange
Thalion decides the others can handle finding their gear and takes up watch at the door, peering out with as much subtlety as he can.
Thalion Perception: 10
As you watch out for your comrades, Thalion, you do notice that the person being forcibly dragged towards the quarantine ward looks to be a young Dwarf woman. Everything else seems business as usual in the corridor, with people coming and going pretty quickly -- it seems that no one willingly lingers too long in this area.
The elevator is outside this door to your left, while straight ahead and to the right are long corridors that lead elsewhere in the prison.
Alden, knowing the standard procedures that take place in the Valance Gaol as you do, you are readily able to find all the gear for yourself, Yoric and Thalion in rather short order and distribute to your fellows. The whole process takes no more than 2 minutes so you feel confident that no one has really seen what you were doing.
DM Stuff
Meanwhile, Yoric, you go snooping through the rest of the contraband, and in the brief time you have before Alden pulls out out your gear, you do manage to find some goodies.
*A thin rod made out of some old charred black wood
*A modern (though clearly black-market) four-shot pistol.
(I'll drop the pistol inventory in your inventory, but you'll have to Identify the rod).
Alden
"Great job everybody." Alden says "Now lets get out of here before trouble finds us again."
Alden turns but waits till everyone is ready to go.
Yoric slings his pack.
”Time to leave.”
Paladin - warforged - orange
Thalion turns and gratefully accepts his own gear, donning it and slinging bow and pack across his back. He doesn't bother mentioning the dwarf being dragged along, not finding it particularly notable at the moment. He was rather focused on getting out of this hellish place as soon as possible.
Keeping up the watchman role he steps out into the corridor and gestures the others toward the elevator. "I'll get on last - just hold the door for me, please," he says, nodding toward the door of the elevator.
As you file onto the elevator and press the button to return to the surface level, the wait seems almost agonizing.
DM Screen
5
3
As the numbers tick upwards, the elevator lurches to a halt two floors below the surface level and three additional guards step in. The guards do not seem to notice you after the cursory nods they offer so you breathe a little bit easier -- until the elevator doors open. You step out and notice that in front of you, with their backs to you, is a line of dignitaries and guards who seem to be waiting for something or someone.
Nevlav -- at the front of the procession is a gnome woman whom you clearly recognize as the warden of Valance Gaol. There is no way to exit the jail without first passing in front of them.
What’s the rest of the room look like?
Paladin - warforged - orange
Nevlav leans in close to the others, "That's the warden, she knows me so we may have some problems getting out, unless we can make up an emergency elsewhere."
Alden
Alden will walk with the group trying to look official.
Alden will use his invisible mage hand to tug on the wardens leg, hopefully causing her to stumble. If she does he will says "Go now" to the group. While passing he will use his mage hand to cause someone close to her to stumble as well, pulling on a leg to the opposite direction. Alden is hoping this causes enough of a ruckus for the party to get past quickly.
If this succeeds, as Alden passes he will say "Wonder who mopped this floor?"
(OCC: sorry for the non response lately, been sick for a few days)
(Oh wtf Alden 😂 )
Yoric will tap on someone’s shoulder. “Shouldn’t you be helping her, and freaking out about this more?” And cast suggestion DC 14 on the guard.
If there’s another door out, I’d much prefer that.
Paladin - warforged - orange
Thalion is woefully ill-equipped to provide a distraction, magical or otherwise, and merely waits as his more... creative friends do their thing. However, when he realizes just what their "thing" is he lets out a groan and starts looking for exit points.
There was one way he could perhaps magically aid the group. He takes a moment to cast the goodberry spell, filling his palm with magical healing berries. He rolls them along the ground as the guards are distracted by the mage hand spell from Alden, pointing at them and shouting, "Look! Magical berries! They bring eternal luck to whoever eats them!"
(I've also been pretty preoccupied with work and IRL stuff, so, naturally, I want to do something absolutely ridiculous.)
(Oh jeez -- let's see what happens, I love it :-) )
Yoric Perception - 8
Thalion Perception - 23
Directly in front of you is the large reception desk where Nevlav had his encounter with the Nevlav had his encounter with the inappropriately minded guard. Beyond that is the main gate and exit. Down the hallway towards your left looks to be administrative offices including the Warden's office, and the other hallway to the right leads to the prison courtyard and other facilities for uninfected prisoners -- ie cafeteria, workroom, etc.
Thalion, you do see a door in the administrative office area that has a small plaque next to it that has the words "Employee Entrance" carved into it -- that looks like your best bet.
DM Screen
Athletics Roll for Warden to avoid leg sweep: 9
Athletics Roll for Rudolf - 10
Guard WIS Save: 12
Thalion Deception - 11
Alden -- incredibly your gambit seems to work - first the Warden goes down after a deft tug on the part of Alden's mage hand, then Rudolf, the blading human Nevlav met before joins her on the floor.
Yoric, your part goes well too. The burly dwarven guard you find gets a strange gleam in his eyes as you cast Suggestion and he bobs his head vigorously. "Oh aye! It would not do for a member of the Committee to see the Warden on her arse." He rushes over and starts to try to help the Warden up as other guards doing the same creating a crowd around her and making enough space for you to get past the crowd.
It is this point that Thalion, inside a jail in a country that has all but outlawed magic, loudly announces that he sees magical berries. There is a long pause where the silence among the guards is almost deafening. Everyone looks at the berries, and then you. As if on cue, the Warden pushes away the the guards trying to help her up. Her eyes fall on Nevlav and she groans. "It's THEM." She hisses. "The ones that Commissioner Capet wants. GET THEM NOW, before Capet gets here."
(Given all the confusion you caused, I'll give you guys a surprise round where you can prepare -- or run for it. There are five guards and the Warden herself -- they are currently about 35 - 40 feet in front of you.)
Alden
"Dammit Thalion!" Alden yells, "Are you trying to get us killed?"
"Run!" Alden exclaims as he tries to make a mad dash for the nearest exit (hopefully the employee exit). If someone tries to get in his way he will bull rush them into their group.
Alden will go through the door, hold it open to get the others in then close it behind him taking a quick glance at the door to see if there is a locking mechanism on his side.
Perception: 19
Alden, as you reach the door and swing it open, you see there is a bolt lock on the inside (your side) of the door that can only be locked from the inside.
DM Screen
91
Four of the five guards are currently chasing you -- a human, two gnomes, and a dwarf.
Thalion throws his hands up in the air and exclaims, "So I'm not great at skulduggery and deception, fine! Let's just do what we should have done in the first place and-"
The elf's indignant tirade is cut off by Alden yelling "Run!" and he does just that, going through the door.
Yoric runs for the door and keeps running. Double dash!
(Nevlav and I are short, this might be difficult)
Paladin - warforged - orange
(ODD: for clarity-if I go inside and close the door, will the latch be on my side?)