Revenge is Best Served Cold

(We're expecting the place to be inhabited, but we don't expect to be expected. We may want to try the front entry if we have approached from cover. But if we've been out in the open we may have been spotted and a courtyard surrounded by arrow slits sounds like a terrible place to meet an ambush.)

(Is the castle on a hill, cliff, island, or anything? Will finding a back or service entrance be difficult?)

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(We're expecting the place to be inhabited, but we don't expect to be expected. We may want to try the front entry if we have approached from cover. But if we've been out in the open we may have been spotted and a courtyard surrounded by arrow slits sounds like a terrible place to meet an ambush.)

(Is the castle on a hill, cliff, island, or anything? Will finding a back or service entrance be difficult?

It's on a rise in a thick forest that has grown up around the castle since it was abandoned. By the look of it quite a long time ago. If you scout the outside of the castle the only other possible way in is a postern gate on the south side. The front door looks like

If there are people standing watch here it would be through the arrow slits. Grond has a suggestion "If our sneakiest person drank the Potion of Invisibility they could check the arrow slits and the entrance hall."

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Igneous would like to look for traps, 

Investigation:13

"I could believe I'm the one best at stealth"

OOC:I've got +3 stealth does anyone have a higher stealth  

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"I could believe I'm the one best at stealth"

OOC:I've got +3 stealth does anyone have a higher stealth  

   "Could we use the trees to get onto the walls?" wonders Gijigume.

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   "Could we use the trees to get onto the walls?" wonders Gijigume.

(I'm shocked that the more dexterous characters aren't proficient in stealth.)

Fah'lin agrees to take the potion and slip in to scout things out. (Stealth: 5, Perception: 18)

(I don't hear them, they don't hear me.)

(The heavy armor characters always stomp around and blow the stealth for the whole party. I took medium armor and stealth proficiency so the monk could sneak around better...)

Lmao

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(I'm shocked that the more dexterous characters aren't proficient in stealth.)

Fah'lin agrees to take the potion and slip in to scout things out. (Stealth: 21, Perception: 9)

(I don't hear them, they don't hear me.)

(The heavy armor characters always stomp around and blow the stealth for the whole party. I took medium armor and stealth proficiency so the monk could sneak around better...)

(Can I get through here?)

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(I'm shocked that the more dexterous characters aren't proficient in stealth.)

Fah'lin agrees to take the potion and slip in to scout things out. (Stealth: 21, Perception: 9)

(I don't hear them, they don't hear me.)

(The heavy armor characters always stomp around and blow the stealth for the whole party. I took medium armor and stealth proficiency so the monk could sneak around better...)

 You don't need a perception roll to see that behind each arrow slit is a room and in each room is an orc 'guarding' the approaches to the front door. As happens with chaotic creatures they got bored and aren't really paying attention.

Igneous suddenly has any idea, "Fal, how big the arrow slit, let's say,big enough for some are spells or explosive 

(You've got a Molotov cocktail? Don't shout...)

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(Can I get through here?)

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Igneous suddenly has any idea, "Fal, how big the arrow slit, let's say,big enough for some are spells or explosive 

Fah'lin won't be slipping in and tying anyone's shoe laces together. He'll return to the party and relay the information. If anyone wants to Molotov one of these rooms we can. But here's Fah'lin's plan: "These potions only last about an hour. I'll go inside and knock on both doors. When I signal the party rushes in the unguarded gate. To get the drop on a bewildered pair of orcs. Meanwhile, I'll head a little deeper to get some more Intel." The signal will be a local song bird's call on his flute.

"If at all possible maybe someone could be out here and shot through the slit during the battle just peaking it so they themselves would avoid getting shot"

Grond looks at the arrow slits "If we wait just to the west of the steps I don't think anyone could see us through those slits."

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Fah'lin won't be slipping in and tying anyone's shoe laces together. He'll return to the party and relay the information. If anyone wants to Molotov one of these rooms we can. But here's Fah'lin's plan: "These potions only last about an hour. I'll go inside and knock on both doors. When I signal the party rushes in the unguarded gate. To get the drop on a bewildered pair of orcs. Meanwhile, I'll head a little deeper to get some more Intel." The signal will be a local song bird's call on his flute.