Can Nic and Corros make out if anyone else is in the room with the emissary they can see?  Or maybe with a raven or two?

No, but a raven could take a look for them.

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Internet's back up, so fire away.

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I know that we're occupying different time zones and quite busy with all that RL cares to throw at us but the game is moving towards a very probable combat encounter, and the post-rate tends to pick up when the fighting starts. As GM, I shouldn't be telling you what to do, but I hope that you will indulge me in considering this suggestion. I don't want Dave/Jenna to be sidelined if Nic and Corros get themselves into a scrap with the envoy's bodyguards.

Teg and Keys, would you consider summoning Jenna to the AO, either by raven courier or Corros' Send spell? That way, Dave can join in on the action. Jenna's errand to the temple is completed so the timing/continuity shouldn't be a problem. Gronk can be summoned as well, but he's an NPC so I'll still be plenty busy if he's not around. There's also the matter of evening the odds. Two against four is doable, but Zardis probably didn't entrust guarding a VIP to recruits, so you're likely up against three vets; the VIP's personal bodyguard is an X-factor but you can imagine. So, there're a few things to consider before we proceed any further IC.

FYI, the ambush is going to occur on the Neck, in the Gate Ward, not very far from the safe-house.

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This message was last edited by the GM at 01:14, Thu 22 Sept 2016.

I'm cool with that.  If Teg wants to post something, I'll adjust as necessary.

Jenna yes.

Nic's first planned action is to wreck the coach by using his ring to make the horses turn on the bodyguards.

I was wondering if you might try something like that. Nice. That could go some way towards evening the odds (I'll have to look into how to deal, rules-wise, with a carriage crash).

In which case, it makes sense to have a cleric at the scene in case the envoy is injured in the wreck.

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Hey guys, I known that the past couple of weeks have been pretty rough. I hope that things brighten up and settle down soon. If at all possible, I'd really like to pick up the pace a bit. If you aren't able or willing, then I can live with languid, but if we could get back up to one or two turns per week, that'd be great.



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This message was last edited by the GM at 16:42, Sun 25 Sept 2016.

I'm around, just didn't have anything for the last turn beyond what I already posted. As for the current turn, I had presumed that Corros and Nic would be initiating the ambush so I was waiting until Tegs and Keys posted.

P.S. I have no idea who that dude is.

Okay,
I edited my last post to have Corros as Nic about sending the birds for Jenna.

@spartan:  Thanks for the fire station pic!  It's always cool to see how the rest of the world does it.  We met a Polish firefighter a few years ago at a street fair here in Evanston and he was in awe of our rigs and equipment.  I think he was jealous with all of our toys.  We all agreed that he was probably tougher than us by a factor of at least three.

@dave: That's Bill Lumberg, the shitty mid level manager of Peter, the hero of Office Space, probably the most true movie I've ever seen when it comes to work.  It was required weekly viewing when I was in the military.  Maybe I'm over fond of it, but it's a Mike Judge movie (from Beavis and Butt-Head fame) and it has some of my all time favorite movie lines.  "It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care!"

Breacher up!

Here's what I'm thinking: Jenna gets the carriage open (she definitely has the highest STR of the three of us and can enhance her melee attacks with spells if needed), Corros grabs the package, Nic and ravens provide cover.  That work for everyone?

In reply to Nicolai Romanelli (msg # 133):

I can dig it!

In reply to Nicolai Romanelli (msg # 133):

I'm fine with that OOC.

IC with no posts covering her being summoned from the Temple I'm really not clear what she actually knows about what's going on so I think someone needs to tell her what they need her to do, either vocally or telepathically, before she can act.

Per Rae's request, I did edit my previous IC to include a ravengram.  :)

OK, I never noticed that. I seem to remember this happened before when Rae edited a turn post with some extra info and everyone missed it so probably an idea that if anyone is making a major edit some time after their original post that they mention it in the ooc at the time of the edit.

Yeah, that was my fail.  :/

So, with the guards stunned, y'all essentially have two full turns before they get their first. Corros' last IC post is one turn's worth of actions. If you want to double-up actions in one post OR post one turn's worth now and then another after I roll and post resolutions on the first, that's fine. Not everyone has to do it the same way either.

Remember that the envoy has a bodyguard in the cab with him. The driver is not a combatant; we'll say he's unconscious at present.

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I briefly misread this:



... as Corros using his own crossbow as a spell focus for Eldritch Bolt, which would look awesome on film.

Oh, also, whilst stunned, targets grant advantage on all attacks.

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If I change my last post, can Corros get close enough to polymorph the emissary?

Yes, he'll have to move about 25' and climb atop the carriage, leaving him just enough of a turn to cast polymorph. That's all he'll be able to do, though, before the bad guys get their turns.

BTW, what would you like to turn the emissary into?

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This message was last edited by the GM at 00:13, Wed 05 Oct 2016.

In reply to Raellus (msg # 143):

A turtle.  Something smallish, easily portable, and very slow moving should it get loose.

Consider it done.

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Also not easily squished by misadventure!

Should Corros pull Jenna with him to disengage or will Nic need help?