Izayah waited for the right moment, rapiers held in his hands as he hung upside down with his new footwear. Once the hobgoblin came in to range, he didn't make a battlecry but instead just quietly started stabbing at them.
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- rolled 12 using 1d20+3.    Initiative

07:23, Today: Elisar Moonraven rolled 10 using 1d20+2.  Initiative .

With a barely audible twang, Verbannt's bow fires death itself at the unwary hobgoblin.

OOC: Need a new stealth check from Verbannt. Every further action this round can be canceled, and the rest of you can keep your current stealth checks. If you wish to ready an action to take in case of any other enemies showing up, you may do so.
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Santio waited patiently, and silently, in the shadows until a threat appeared that needed his attention ... or his allies were ready to leave as a group.

READY my action

OOC: Just so you know, when you ready an action, you have to specify what action you will take, and what will trigger the action.

Example: Santio readies an action to fire his Longbow at the next enemy he sees.

Hmmm that might not be optimal.
Maybe I should not Ready anything: I’d like to retain control rather than be reactionary and regret it.

On massive paws, Verbannt slunk over to the fallen Hobgoblin, his lupine eyes searching about for more prey.

With the hobgoblin dispatched by a very vicious bugbear-wolf, Nutcracker resumed watching out for any goblinoids that might peer their way and pick them off before an alarm could be raised.

OOC: Bow attack readied for any goblinoids that might raise an alarm.

Izayah slowly began to look around, to make sure that the short violent interaction hadn't been noticed by anyone else. Meanwhile, he motioned for the rest to join him in the tower so they could plan their next move out of sight.

He looked to where the gate was especially, along with any other guards.

Elisar quickly moved to the fallen hobgoblin and began to search the body, looking for keys or anything else of interest. He also checked the two dead goblins as well.

Santio kept an eye out, as the squad began to stealthy move into the tower, and the goblin's there were checked over.

- rolled 10 using 1d20+4.  Wisdom/Perception.

In his Dire Wolf form, Lukas takes up much of the room in the tower. For those of you that go after him, there is just enough room to enter the tower. Another archway leads to the wall over the gate, upon which you could walk to the other tower. Spiral staircases lead up and down. (Lukas, because of his size, will have to take the stairs at half speed. According to the plan, the gate and drawbridge controls are below you. You hear movement below, as well.
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Izayah thought it might be about time. He quietly spoke, "Bout time t'get the gate open, I reckon."

He nodded down. "Hear noises below as well so we'll need t'be quick. I can make us more stealthy, but if we're gonna start a fight, it won't much matter. We took down the hobgob quick but we don't know how many there are below."

He raised an eyebrow. "Or we can just try t'be a bit stealthy until we can't."

"Perhaps a combination:   some of us let you boost our stealth, while others create a secondary diversion", Santio suggested in a loud whisper.

He had images of the Direful Wolf leaping from the parapet just outside here, into the midst of the goblins below ... while other less bulky and intimidating members used that to get to the gate mechanisms.

Silent as the last feather falling from a dead tree, Verbannt crept down towards the noise.

19:49, Today: Lukas Verbannt rolled 25 using 1d20+8.  Direwolf Stealth

Did I find anything on the bodies?

Between the two goblins and the hobgoblin you found 2 scimitars, 2 shortbows, 2 sets of small leather armor, a set of medium chainmail, 1 longsword, 1 longbow, 4 shields emblazoned with the Redfoot insignia, and 3 quivers of arrows. They carried no coin.

Finding nothing of interest, Elisar left the assorted weaponry where he found it. Listening to the conversation he chimed in with his own thoughts. “If we’re planning to sneak down further then perhaps I should go first. I have a trick that means I cannot be seen by normal eyes, and with my special boots I won’t be heard either. Should be good for sneaking about, I think.’

He glanced over at Isayah and grinned. “And I agree, sneak until sneaking is not an option, then it’s going to get messy.”

Izayah concentrates a moment and then quietly casts a spell. A veil of shadows and silence radiates from him, masking him and his companions from detection. He let out a breath and quietly said, "This'll help while you're within thirty feet or so of me."

Then he headed downstairs quietly.

OOC: Cast spell "Pass Without A Trace", then stealthing downstairs (wow, not amazing rolls so without the spell he wouldn't have done very well, lol).

PASS WITHOUT A TRACE: For 1 hour, each creature you choose within 30 feet of you (including you) has a +10 bonus to Dexterity (Stealth) checks and can't be tracked except by magical means. A creature that receives this bonus leaves behind no tracks or other traces of its passage.

23:08, Today: Izayah Hamadrell rolled 22 using 1d20+16.  Stealth.
23:09, Today: Izayah Hamadrell rolled 25 using 1d20+16.  Stealth (forgot advantage from cloak).

Elisar nodded. Forgoing his own magicks for now he pulled his hood up and held his cloak around him. With rapier in hand he progressed cautiously after Izayah and headed down the stairs. As he went his eyes and ears strained for any sight or sound that might indicate that their presence had been noticed, but the general sounds of battle masked any real indication he might get.

10:58, Today: Elisar Moonraven rolled 25 using 2d20+14, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 11,11.  Stealth (Adv from boots/cloak, plus Luckstone & Izayah's spell).

11:02, Today: Elisar Moonraven rolled 5 using 1d20+1.  Perception (with Luckstone).

Verbannt kept prowling in the direction of the noise, looking for prey.

HA!  08:56, Today: Lukas Verbannt rolled 6 using 2d20+4, dropping the lowest dice only ((2,1)).

Santio joined the shadowy decent down the tower towards the ground level below.


- rolled 13 using 1d20+4.    Wisdom/Perception.
- rolled 25 using 1d20+15.  Stealth; with Pass without Trace.

With the rest of the party agreeing to sneak deeper in with the help of magic, Nuts followed behind with bow still held. As he passed by the fallen enemies he grabbed up one of the fuller quivers. Enemy arrows might prove handy later on. Satisfied with his pick, the ranger continued bringing up the rear of the party.

OOC: Adding one quiver of arrows (hobgoblin) to inventory
lol Of COURSE it wants to roll a 1 when I have super bonus going on.
14:52, Today: Nutcracker rolled 16 using 1d20+15.  Stealth with Pw/oT.

Round 6

At the bottom of the stairs, you see three hobgoblins standing next to a mechanism. The largest of the three wears half-plate armor with the redfoot insignia on his surcoat, and is watching the doorway with a greatsword in his hands. The other has the same weapon and armor as the one upstairs, and has a drawn bow pointed at the door. They haven't seen you yet, but they're expecting you.

Roll initiative, and if you beat the enemies' 12, post your actions! The stairs you come in from are one space above C1. You each used 20' of movement to make it down the stairs (I'm compressing space a bit, so squad 1 doesn't have even more rounds of nothing to do.)

Initiative

12 Enemies


E1= Bigger Hobgoblin
E2= Standard Hobgoblin
*= Gate Control Mechanism