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Ignoble says...

Mykael becomes more and more stoic as the evening progresses and he prepares for the upcoming battle. What time he isn’t spending with the other planning the assault he is in intensive prayer or rigorous practice with his shield and blade.

As Mykael gathers with the others around a makeshift map of the fort (Perhaps drawn in the dirt if there are no other options), he places small stones or twigs, whatever he can find, to represent the various parties involved and looks it over.

“I’ve spent plenty of time as a guard standing watch over areas within a fort, but I admit that being a lowly guard I didn’t have much to do with the planning of defenses. I did most of my time just maintaining my post and keeping watch. I’ve also never actually been involved in assaulting a fort, but I imagine we aren’t going for a direct assault here anyway.

The main thing we want, it would seem, would be to maintain an element of surprise and find a way inside the walls without being seen. Perhaps our fey friends know of an access point? Perhaps some form of access point at the base of the cliffs, like a sewage drain?

Obviously, we aren’t going to be able to lay siege to this thing, unless maybe Archival can summon up a nice earth elemental to put a hole in walls, but even then we would be at a pretty significant disadvantage in that type of direct attack. Any ideas?”.

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"I think we go with a direct approach to see what happens. We have our friend Arnisa see if she can convince any to leave the fort and come down to the waters edge to see her. If that works We can have Neenah use water to knock them into the River. If they can not swim we will be able to capture them much easier. Those that do not come out we will use Archival to summon a couple earth elementals to assist us in taking down the gates and maybe those who still hold the fort.

"If this all goes well we may have few to fight and be able to take the stag lord into custody. That is best case and I doubt it will be that easy but we can always have hope."

Theaton looks at everyone. "Does anyone else have any other ideas?"

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"The direct approach should be our last option. It is the most likely to result in casualties. Especially if the enemy has any archers. If it does become necessary, we should use some sort of cover to protect us as we rush the gates. Tonight I will cast Invisibility and See Invisibility on Caelum and send him to scout out the grounds surrounding the fort. His ability to see in the dark, combined with his amazing perception, should help him check to see if there are any weaknesses we can exploit. Once we know more we can decide how best to proceed."

Out of Character: It's okay ICon. I had to take some muscle relaxers for my back the past few days. I totally lost track of everything!

Edited: Diarmadhim on 17th May, 2016 - 12:34am

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"Oh I do not plan to attack the gates or anything like that unless they are down or open. That is why we see if they come out willingly to visit with Arnisa."

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The Second says...

Zork speaks up, "There is usually a tunnel near the base for sewerage and waste water, we should try to find that as a way in. If not, we should look at capturing one of their patrols and get them to tell us the way."

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Game Master says...

Kesten adds to Mykael, "Unfortunately my time in the military was similar, but I did get an extensive education in the theory of war. Ideally we would want some siege towers and a battering ram but this is just a small fort. Perhaps ladders would be enough to scale the wall and the elementals to batter the gate. But, as with all attacks, this would be a costly assault and they will be able to fire a few shots upon us, even with the additional haste Archival can grant."

I'll take Caelum's first Perception check as looking at the watchtowers, where he missed what Theaton saw. Zork, from a prone position on the crest of your hill, confirms this, and it's not just the front two, but all three guards in the watchtowers are focused on the north path. Watching them, you can see the a young brown-haired man in the north-eastern tower who, at a later point in the afternoon, tips a few buckets out of his tower and over the wall, splashing waste onto the hillside. In the north-west tower is a man of olive complexion with graying hair and beard, and in the south tower is the silhouette of a very thin man. All three guards hold longbows while on watch.

Out of Character: Just to confirm that we all have the same mental image here, you left the river a few minutes away and everyone went on foot to the fort. It's a lake that's to the south side, not a river.

I will take one more Perception check from Caelum and double check with everybody that they don't wish to do anything else before sundown.

Edited: iCon on 17th May, 2016 - 2:04pm

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Caelum crouches low, and slowly makes his way around the fort once night has fallen, looking for any potential weaknesses to exploit.

Out of Character: I totally forgot about taking a 10 or 20 on these checks. If either are possible, it would give Caelum a 26 or 36 perception check, respectively. If not, here's that other roll you asked for .

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The Second says...

Zork repeats his last statement but when he sees the guard throw waste into the sea with a bucket he looses hope of a was away being present. Still he considers by design that they must have it.

Out of Character: What about a map of what we're looking at now and our location, is that doable?