The proletariat? Dne thinks bemusedly, but says nothing.

OOC:  Did Aegis work on the trees?  Chopping into them, prepping them to fall?

In reply to Dilandua (msg # 693):

it is established that there is one deadfall ready to go and a 5 yard covered trench

Dilandua takes a small bottle from the potion belt they are wearing and hands it to Reanna, it's labeled in an elven squiggly word, "Coat some of your bolts, and Alice's as well.  We need every shot to drop one since we cannot pen them in."

Dilandua hands an identical bottle to Aegis.

Narrator:

it is established that there is one deadfall ready to go and a 5 yard covered trench

OOC:  Gonna have to make do and try to herd them towards the trench then.  *sigh*  The best laid plans, the least possible execution time...

The bottle handed to Reanna and Aegis is Monster Drool, they can probably coat a bolt or two each...

Monster Drool does an extra 2 toxic injury with a failed HT roll, coated weapon needs to make skin contact.

In reply to Dilandua (msg # 695):

Reanna will offer some to Alice, and ask if she can put the rest in her Cornucopia quiver to automatically coat the bolts that come out, without damaging the quiver.

OOC:  Since you get three hits (actual hits or parries) with a weapon, I expect each bottle can coat at least 3 arrows or bolts.

Dne makes sure that he is well-hidden, but still has a good view of the road.

In reply to Reanna Draegan (msg # 696):

no you cannot put poison inside a cornucopia quiver. you must take a turn after drawing yo coat the blade, and need make a default poisons roll to avoid getting it on you. crit failure means you sre poisoned, failure means you wasted the dose.  yes, three arrows/ bolts worth.

OOC:  Dilandua has the Poison skill if no one feels confident poisoning their own bolts...

Dne waits patiently, knowing that the worms will show themselves eventually.  He licks the inside of his mask in lewd anticipation.
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In reply to Dne Utrotare (msg # 701):
in the distance, you can hear the clopp ik ng of hoofbeats and jingling of spurs.

Dilandua signals Aegis to fell the tree and moves into a hidden position from where they can spring into the center of the road, hopefully onto a wizard and will begin focusing on Flying Leap...




OOC:  Dilandua can leap 50+ feet on a non-failure of Flying leap.  Dilandua is hiding such that the Mahes Guild group will need to bypass Dilandua's position to be in the "ambush area" and Dilandua will be leaping into the group from the "flanks" (at least for the 'center' of the group, if they are 'spread out' this will be moot).

19:36, Today: Dilandua rolled 10, 6 using 3d6, 3d6.  Stealth 20 and Invisibility Art 14.  Stealth 20 (Skill 15 + 4 Silence [Unmoving] + +1 Assassin Craft Talent), Invisibility Art (Skill 13 + 1 Chi Talent).

MoS Stealth +10, Invisibility Art +8

Let me know how long Dilandua has to concentrate on Flying Leap before our quarry prances into the ambush.


For an Ambush it is a Quick Contest of our worst Stealth vs their best Hearing or Vision.  If we win, we get Surprise.  If we lose, no Surprise.

Of course, if we attack before they get close enough to spot us...

Dne crouches down and gets ready for the fight of his life.

In reply to Dne Utrotare (msg # 704):

you have about thirty seconds once everyone is in position...

the bonuses for cover help with stealth rolls...

OOC: as I’m reading the rules, Dne can summon a double strength Sandstorm for 6 points, and make it as big as he wants by concentrating for a number of seconds equal to the radius ( in yards) of the storm at full strength.  Is this correct?
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In reply to Dne Utrotare (msg # 706):

base cost is 3 per yard radius, so a double St sandstorm is 6 Energy per yard radius.

OOC:  To expand on the Boss' explanation above, the cost is 3 per Hex radius you want the storm to cover (doubled cost for increased effects), you must decide this when you start casting as a) it determines the cost of the spell and b) how long it takes to cast, as Casting Time is seconds equal to radius of the storm.

Since the storm has an eye, all 'Storm spells have minimum size of 2yd radius.  The road and embankment is 5 yards wide, so a 3 yd radius 'Storm will cover it completely.  At double cost that's 18 FP.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 705):

Reanna is concerned with poisons, though she has some skill with them. She will allow Dilandua to dip her first bolt if she can, otherwise she will take her time. She hides, and gets ready to aim as earlier discussed.

[Private to GM: She rolled 1 over poisons skill, if she needs it, which would make it if extra time is allowed. She rolled 7 under stealth, without even considering cover...]

In reply to Reanna Draegan (msg # 709):

the extra time covers it.

Ooc: to be clear, the storm would form a rough circle with an eye at the center, right?  And another question: how hard would it be for them to simply leave the road and go around the spell’s area of effect?  Is there enough vegetation near the road to make this difficult?
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OOC:  Probably not as hard as we had hoped (probably stupidly easy).  Remember, we were going to trap both sides of the road, but we didn't have time, so they're moving into our ambush while we're not 'completely' prepared for them.

I'm hoping Reanna, Alice, and Aegis are on the untrapped side of the road, so any fleeing enemy have a chance of stumbling into a trench.

If Dne needs to go radically off-script, as a Player I won't complain, Dilandua might or might not, depends on how well your plan rewrite works.  The idea was for Dne to cut off their retreat back down the road, forcing them to either stay on the road or the guards to enter our traps.  Right now, Dilandua is hoping once in the middle and engaging them, the Wizards can be killed fast enough that none will escape and the guards won't start fleeing before that can happen (I'm suspecting that the guards are on foot, Wizards on horse back).

Ooc: I’ll stick with the plan, but I think I’ll do a normal strength Sandstorm with a bigger radius.  Maybe spend 12 FP to do a 4 yard radius.
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In reply to Dne Utrotare (msg # 713):

four yard radius might cover the roadway, 5 will definitely do it
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Ooc: 5 yard radius sounds good to me.

In reply to Dne Utrotare (msg # 715):

it will also affect anyone in the radius, and will reduce the efficacy of missile weapons.