"Ghost Sahudese, most likely, if haunted place across street from Silver Jade Palace. Chye not afraid, but we make sure we have a means to deal with spirit first, Chye help. A raid is a raid though. We use ghost to add insult to injury, after we have taken away our spoils. We use your smoke to clear people out and to aid in our escape, and illusions are also just what we need!" Chye looks at the two spell-casters, making enthusiastic flourishes with his hands, as he speaks.

"I would need to get into the kitchens to make smoke emanate from there -- at least within whip length of an open door or window.  Also, if I am to use smoke to clear the house, I will need time to visit the Guild before we return to the Silver Jade Palace.

"Of course, it also occurs to me that we might be recognized on our return, and challenged by the guards in the restaurant before we can enter far enough to start anything.  Jin is somewhat distinctive due to his size, and I am unique, as far as I know, with an easily remembered appearance.  Even Isuel is not quite the ordinary Sahudese, at least as found in Northport.

"We should have a plan for the possibility of being challenged at the entrance."

In reply to Chou-Zhen Mou (msg # 910):

<Orange>"That brings us back to my origina plan-trounce the weak guards he has. I can do that without being armed, but if we are entering to eal with these dragonmen, it might be good to have our weans, even disguised.

"One advantage of your plan, Jin, is that I would not tire myself before we even begin to fight.  My weapons are easily concealed, as well -- the ones I use most are not even material, and my whip can easily be coiled around an arm or wrapped around my waist like a belt.  The disadvantage as I see it is that we will alert the guards in the casino well before we can reach it.  If we could remove the guards on the main floor quietly enough not to spread alarm, we would gain advantage."

She looks at Chou-Zhen "I could get into the kitchen and place the smoke bombs."

"Una incursió!" No offense, Chye.. but, we'll likely have to deal with those dragon-headed pair,  I saw earlier. They seem to be an elite guard... We can make our lives easier if we take precaution against these foes...with a little dragon slayer alchemy bomb. Do we have such resources at our disposal?"
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"Airis, if we have nageteppo available, that might be a good idea.  I was suggesting a spell of smoke, for which I'd have to be at least within a whip's length of where I want the smoke to appear.

"Iskander, I have no alchemical preparations at hand.  Although I have studied alchemy, I have no equipment or materials, either; nor do I recall a formula specific to slaying dragons (and if I did, it would likely be hazardous to Isuel here, as well)."

"When is anything to hard to find for guild members? I'm sure we could procure some pastille, or a potion-bomb that would enable us to get them both in the same room. Chye can stay out of harms way, the rest of us will be unaffected."
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"Good contingency plan... But maybe Chye talk to Dragon-Men..first. They no talking mood, then Chye run, we use your alchemy."

Ales sat back and smiled.  "Why are we beating our own heads against the walls for?"

He started to pace as he explained what he was thinking.  "Why do we need to hunt down a ghost when we have one right here", he said as he pointed to himself.  "I can use my magic to put on an illusion of a ghost and go in there and terrorize the citizenry out of there.  Then we can go in and make a beeline for the den."

"And if we need smoke, I have a few leftover nagapetos from our last adventure with the ninjas."

"Aha...but what of the Dragon-Men? They're a pair, and they looked quite fearsome. I can imagine they are less for show, and their prowess will no doubt back this up."

"Chye talk to them, maybe get them to change sides.." (diplomacy, plus a hefty reaction bonus stack are favorable in this)

"We could let Chye and Jin deal with them, in that order... you know carrot and stick them."

"We should find out who they are...and why they are here, it would give an angle in the parley.." Iskander interjected.

Chye plants his fist into his palm. "Osu!"
"Dragon kin, magic. They suss your illusion out, Ales-san. But the common people won't, it might work for a start, like you say."
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"For the dragon-men, if I can have but two or three heartbeats for each and be within a dozen yards or so, and not already too fatigued, I can be confident of frying them with lightning.

"Not my lightning whip, which I use so much because it doesn't tire me, but an actual bolt capable of felling a man with a single strike.  I need one heartbeat to cast and one to aim; a second heartbeat in the casting will allow me to double the power of the bolt, and with a third, if I can spare the power and time, I might triple it.

"Such a bolt is very tiring indeed, but few creatures will survive it."

"Perhaps, you can requisition some paut, for this tactic."

"I might have found a few nageteppo's along our travels" she says with a smile.

"Now we are making progress.  Nageteppo in the kitchen and stairwell, then, along with shouts of a fire, to clear out noncombatants.  If someone were on the roof to plug the flues from the cooking fires, so much the better; that smoke will add to what we introduce and help spread it through the dining room and upper floors.  Jin, Ales, Isuel and I remove the guards in the dining room, then down the stairs to the casino, meeting up with Airis and Iskander for the assault on the dragon men and the coin room.

"Once we have broken the coin room, we all take what coin we can carry before leaving the Silver Jade Palace.  Should we take extra sacks, or would so much heavy coin burden us too much?"

In reply to Chou-Zhen Mou (msg # 927):

"Did not Iskander say the coin room was emptied into some type of iron chest, and dragged past the dragon men?"

"Indeed. They are the head guardians there, would be my guess. I'm telling you, them being inside a closed room like that, would make them helpless against a dragonslayer alchemy bomb, I could probably get up on the roof and drop it right down the chimney...."
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"Ho!ho!ho!....wait. Only dragon's own fire-breath can ignite pastille, so can't do it that way, you'd need to coat a shield with it, and then brave a flame-gout. Not practical. Conventional way, best way."
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"Lightning should be very effective!"

Airis just listened at this point

In reply to Iskander (msg # 929):

"Dropping an explosive down the chimney is a good way to set avblock of wooden buildings ablaze. This is not our aim. Can either Ales or Chou-zen order up some magixal concealment for our weapins?"