[Moonhaven] The main lair

[Ogremind]

What about the big set of doors in the south?
If we are going single file, Doran should probably be in front, so that he can take advantage of that first round combat advantage. Follow that with our dwarven fighter, and put the wizard and cleric in the back. I'm not sure what to do with our Warlord, Warlock, and Palidin, though. In the middle in that order?

[elricz]

May 6, 2009 8:49:10 GMT -5 Ogremind said:

What about the big set of doors in the south?
If we are going single file, Doran should probably be in front, so that he can take advantage of that first round combat advantage. Follow that with our dwarven fighter, and put the wizard and cleric in the back. I'm not sure what to do with our Warlord, Warlock, and Palidin, though. In the middle in that order?

Are you sure that you want to be in front? You can be one step below and either Harknail or myself will provide you cover, with just one square more to move on the first turn.

[Ogremind]

May 6, 2009 9:44:13 GMT -5 elricz said:

May 6, 2009 8:49:10 GMT -5 Ogremind said:

What about the big set of doors in the south?
If we are going single file, Doran should probably be in front, so that he can take advantage of that first round combat advantage. Follow that with our dwarven fighter, and put the wizard and cleric in the back. I'm not sure what to do with our Warlord, Warlock, and Palidin, though. In the middle in that order?

Are you sure that you want to be in front? You can be one step below and either Harknail or myself will provide you cover, with just one square more to move on the first turn.

That could also work, though I think Doran is more suited to deal with surprises, like traps. Rogues are set up to use their surprise actions to attack, while Fighters are more set up to use them to move into position. Doran can still move two squares and attack, so he should start less than that far away from a good firing position.

[elricz]

May 6, 2009 10:39:46 GMT -5 Ogremind said:

May 6, 2009 9:44:13 GMT -5 elricz said:

Are you sure that you want to be in front? You can be one step below and either Harknail or myself will provide you cover, with just one square more to move on the first turn.

That could also work, though I think Doran is more suited to deal with surprises, like traps. Rogues are set up to use their surprise actions to attack, while Fighters are more set up to use them to move into position. Doran can still move two squares and attack, so he should start less than that far away from a good firing position.

If it sound good for you, I will be up front. Probably Gabe can organize the middle part of the line, as our warlord

[cyco]

OOC: Looks like I've been volunteered. Oh well as long as no one thinks I'm being pushy here is a pair of marching orders. Speak up if you have any objections to either order. Standard disclaimer applies to Doran's position. He can move forward past the front line when need arrives or to scout and then return to behind the front line at other times.

Marching Order - Wide

Thursagan	Harknail
Gabe	Doran
Laira	Bharash
	Howahkan

Marching Order - Narrow

Thursagan

Doran

Harknail

Gabe

Bharash

Laira

Howahkan

[harknail]

After proceeding for a while, the group reaches a door at the end of the corridor. Doran moves to the front with Thursagan right behind for support in case of unpleasant surprises. Doran carefully and quietly inspects the door. After a minute he determines that the door is barred on the other side. While old this door is still sturdy and in good shape. It's not possible to look under the door and the door will be harder to break.

What do you do?

Harknail watches quietly and stoically until called upon to help.

[crysun]

Forgive me if I missed this but did we let the goblin go?

[harknail]

May 6, 2009 19:39:08 GMT -5 crysun said:

Forgive me if I missed this but did we let the goblin go?

As far as I know she was left behind with her hands tied behind her back. Of course, even if she got loose, there isn't much she could do other than run away. Any goblins she could warn are already dead.

[Michael]

"Thursagan do you want to borrow my axe?" Laira quietly asks, indicating her halberd, and then gesturing towards the door.

[Ogremind]

Doran has an Idea: "What if I go back to the goblin girl and ask her the name of a few of the goblins? Then I we might be able to talk them into opening the door. You know 'Hey boss, we captured a human that was following you. Want to come out and take a look?' Can someone do a better goblin impersonation than me? I'm probably not that convincing."

[elricz]

May 6, 2009 23:23:28 GMT -5 Michael said:

"Thursagan do you want to borrow my axe?" Laira quietly asks, indicating her halberd, and then gesturing towards the door.

"Thanks, Laira, but a hammer can do its job the same. It may still be helpful, though". I would like him to evaluate the best way to break the door as quick as possible, and how many of us could help each other on the task. Dungeoneer?

SPOILER: Click to show

[dice=20]

+5=20

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[crysun]

May 7, 2009 8:10:39 GMT -5 Ogremind said:

Doran has an Idea: "What if I go back to the goblin girl and ask her the name of a few of the goblins? Then I we might be able to talk them into opening the door. You know 'Hey boss, we captured a human that was following you. Want to come out and take a look?' Can someone do a better goblin impersonation than me? I'm probably not that convincing."

"Why don't we ask the goblin how she would get into the door? There maybe a certain knock or a password." Howy suggests.

[harknail]

Two good ideas.

Doran is right, Gabe would make a more convincing goblin than Doran (he has a higher Bluff check). This would be a Bluff vs. Insight check (passive or active depending on suspicion or plausibity, Doran did come up with a plausible story).

Thursagan determines that an Axe could chop though the door (though a Glaive wouldn't work well for this due to it size). A Hammer is more likely to break the lock, or in this case the bar behind the door. Either way he has a good idea how much damage he'll need to do (about 20 HP). The door is easy to hit (AC 5, Reflex 5, Fortitude 10). The quickest way though the door would be to have someone behind Thursagan also attacking it with the glaive.

Which method does the group want to try first?

P.S. Still working on Map, some work issues came up Tuesday night and last night was family.

[Ogremind]

Well, the bluff rout would have Gabe necessarily in the front when the door is opened, but the breaking down the door would mean that we would probably not have surprise, and our guys in front would have used their actions. I'm inclined to go with the first option, with Doran behind Gabe. to take advantage of the door being opened.

[elricz]

Thursagan communicates his evaluation to the team ("we can break this in a couple of good blows, here and here"), and offers himself to make the hammering if this action path is chosen. He doesn't like the idea of trusting a goblin, even if he sees the benefit of not alerting the occupants of the room.

[harknail]

Thursagan can preempt any attempt at bluffing their way in by just starting to bash at the door, though he seems like more of a team player than that. Likewise Doran could start back to ask questions (and hope that everyone waits for him). Or more characters can weigh in with their opinions.

If asked what He thinks, Harknail ponders and decides that he prefers the direct approach of trying to break through the door.

OOC: Note that Harknail's opinion is not the same as the GM's. Harknail is a Paladin with very little real life experience. Of course he's going to avoid subterfuge. As GM, I thought it was a clever idea with a good chance of working (but then so would bashing open the door) :-)

[Ogremind]

Doran isn't likely to push his idea (he's the muscle, not the brains). He'll go along with whoever seems most in charge (probably Gabe).

[elricz]

May 8, 2009 0:58:10 GMT -5 harknail said:

Thursagan can preempt any attempt at bluffing their way in by just starting to bash at the door, though he seems like more of a team player than that.

You got him right. He voiced his concern, but he knows that they must approach this as a group.

[crysun]

Looking at the fighter and Paladin, Howy can tell they are just itching to break another door "Oh what the heck, go ahead and break it down. Have your fun."

[elricz]

Ok, we have to coordinate the blows, so we clear our way on the first try. One...Two...Strike!

SPOILER: Click to show

Attack:

[dice=20]

+7=13 vs. AC

Damage:

[dice=10]

+6=12

One more blow for 8 HP would do it, right?[rand=260828252881765370572342080995440588574457634240397477468624711037]