Dirty Little Meeting
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*Cenpuppie
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"Cora is our contact for them Collectors eh? Good, good. Less go over them three jobs ta remind folks what's up for grabs" He continues munching and when finished reaches for a handful more
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*Felight
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"If we go do the Orc job. I suggest we get an idol of the orc god of thives. If we pull it off without a trace and leave the idol there for throwing them off our trails. Being on the one eye's hit list would be troublesome but clan fights no one would expect us to be the ones."
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*Darkrob
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Nico waited a few more moments before continuing.
“Now onto the topic of the hour… our first real group job.”
She took out a tube and slid some papers out of it. One was a crudely drawn map of a city with a red circle drawn on it
“After conferring with some of the crew” she nodded towards Iptai and Jall “I have decided that we’re going to hit a Drow temple.” She pulled another rough map/picture of a temple out of the tube and laid it out. “This temple is in a big city… usually a bad thing for those who don’t look all dark and drowish but it has a weakness. Inside the temple there’s a portal that leads from the Demon Web pits. If we can get to the pits, we could activate it and gain access to the temple. The portal should be in a quiet place of the temple… not close to the loot… but it’ll get us in.”
She points to a couple places on the temple drawing. “There are Slave holding areas here and here” points. “Should they be released… I’m guessing that’s going to cause a pretty big distraction. The vault for the temple is here” She circled the top of the temple. “The Drow are apparently planning some big incursion to the surface pretty soon that involves the temples Priests and Priestesses. They should be involved in a big ritual to ask for Miss Spider Queen’s blessing so that might make the Vault guards numbers a little thin as they’ll be in the ritual chamber.”
She sat back a bit and looked at the faces of those present
“Not gonna be easy… not gonna be without great risk but it’s a pretty rich place. The houses from the city, mainly the wealthy houses, pay the temple a tithe. There’s gotta be loads of coin sitting in there”
“Now onto the topic of the hour… our first real group job.”
She took out a tube and slid some papers out of it. One was a crudely drawn map of a city with a red circle drawn on it
“After conferring with some of the crew” she nodded towards Iptai and Jall “I have decided that we’re going to hit a Drow temple.” She pulled another rough map/picture of a temple out of the tube and laid it out. “This temple is in a big city… usually a bad thing for those who don’t look all dark and drowish but it has a weakness. Inside the temple there’s a portal that leads from the Demon Web pits. If we can get to the pits, we could activate it and gain access to the temple. The portal should be in a quiet place of the temple… not close to the loot… but it’ll get us in.”
She points to a couple places on the temple drawing. “There are Slave holding areas here and here” points. “Should they be released… I’m guessing that’s going to cause a pretty big distraction. The vault for the temple is here” She circled the top of the temple. “The Drow are apparently planning some big incursion to the surface pretty soon that involves the temples Priests and Priestesses. They should be involved in a big ritual to ask for Miss Spider Queen’s blessing so that might make the Vault guards numbers a little thin as they’ll be in the ritual chamber.”
She sat back a bit and looked at the faces of those present
“Not gonna be easy… not gonna be without great risk but it’s a pretty rich place. The houses from the city, mainly the wealthy houses, pay the temple a tithe. There’s gotta be loads of coin sitting in there”
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*Er_Nano_Infame
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''is not only priests and guards, let's not forget they prolly got mages too, as per usual in drow cities , a role for males, besides i'm wary of air in temples, so to say. i believe we should be warded against scrying , mind blank will do, if anyone can cast it.
freeing the slaves to gain distraction mihgt do. some will die i suppose but they'll die anyway sooner or later. rather i'd make sure to feed the guards a valid reason as to why they fled, instead of simply opening their cages, so they dont get too suspcious.
i suppose pretending the slaves smuggled in some tool to pry the cages open migth suffice. the fact the drow will be preparing for a surface raid might seem enough reason for the slave to try an escape. that is...*pauses* if they arent too scared to even get out of their cages.
as for the demon web pits , being llolth realm i hope her eyes dont see that extensively. where is the portal located there?
about the portal, well, always wary of a portal's other end when opening it and going through, but that i guess is a forced passage. tho' if we manage to sneak in while drows use it it might be all the more smooth.
about the vault, well, magical and physical wards are in order of course, i suppose we can sort them out?
i wonder rather, if they'd place something -inside- the vault to guard it
i'm no expert on drow citiies structure, where would we escape to? back to demon webs, or get a hold of an erratic portal to the staircase, or else?
freeing the slaves to gain distraction mihgt do. some will die i suppose but they'll die anyway sooner or later. rather i'd make sure to feed the guards a valid reason as to why they fled, instead of simply opening their cages, so they dont get too suspcious.
i suppose pretending the slaves smuggled in some tool to pry the cages open migth suffice. the fact the drow will be preparing for a surface raid might seem enough reason for the slave to try an escape. that is...*pauses* if they arent too scared to even get out of their cages.
as for the demon web pits , being llolth realm i hope her eyes dont see that extensively. where is the portal located there?
about the portal, well, always wary of a portal's other end when opening it and going through, but that i guess is a forced passage. tho' if we manage to sneak in while drows use it it might be all the more smooth.
about the vault, well, magical and physical wards are in order of course, i suppose we can sort them out?
i wonder rather, if they'd place something -inside- the vault to guard it
i'm no expert on drow citiies structure, where would we escape to? back to demon webs, or get a hold of an erratic portal to the staircase, or else?
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*Gazoo
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Lady Cora chimes in:
"I'm not familiar with these underground elves. But, I've yet to see anyone who takes unwanted temple guests lightly...
Shouldn't we try to be as quiet as a mouse and leave as little trace of our presence as possible?
That, to me, means nothing left behind: arrows, bullets, magical residue. All bodies left with apparent alternative death explanations. Possible explanations for the missing goodies also.
The elves I do know are not stupid, so why would these be? And they usually are pretty stubborn too..."
"I'm not familiar with these underground elves. But, I've yet to see anyone who takes unwanted temple guests lightly...
Shouldn't we try to be as quiet as a mouse and leave as little trace of our presence as possible?
That, to me, means nothing left behind: arrows, bullets, magical residue. All bodies left with apparent alternative death explanations. Possible explanations for the missing goodies also.
The elves I do know are not stupid, so why would these be? And they usually are pretty stubborn too..."
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*Cenpuppie
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"He's right. Since they be drow, gettin in and out should be what we are doing. Leaving a mark leaves them something to hunt, something to go after."
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*Er_Nano_Infame
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yes, i like to leave the least traces possible if not any. then again, how the missing goodies are going to be explained? i guess placing fake evidences of another kind of robbers going in and out will do , perhaps some underdark races usually hostile to drows?
and are you contrary to use the slaves as distraction?
*jall asked*
and are you contrary to use the slaves as distraction?
*jall asked*
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*Gazoo
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Cora replies:
"I think releasing the slaves has potential and is a wonderful idea. But if we do, we need leave no indication that we, intruders, were involved.
Maybe we can drug or knockout the guards somehow and make it look like they were sloppy. Open the slave doors without being seen. Leave something around the slaves that gets their attention and gets them excited and moving. Leave a trail of candy, so to speak, that moves them in the direction we want them to go for our distraction.
That kind of thing. That's just an example, dear. "
Then she asks with a sudden concern:
"We are not going into this blind, are we? Do we know there are slaves? How many and such? How many guards...."
"I think releasing the slaves has potential and is a wonderful idea. But if we do, we need leave no indication that we, intruders, were involved.
Maybe we can drug or knockout the guards somehow and make it look like they were sloppy. Open the slave doors without being seen. Leave something around the slaves that gets their attention and gets them excited and moving. Leave a trail of candy, so to speak, that moves them in the direction we want them to go for our distraction.
That kind of thing. That's just an example, dear. "
Then she asks with a sudden concern:
"We are not going into this blind, are we? Do we know there are slaves? How many and such? How many guards...."
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*Er_Nano_Infame
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weapons that leave no trace? some kind of poisons, certain materials that decades fast, or using things found on the field? or improvise traps from local furniture and structures?
bullets and spikes made of ice could penetrate exposed flesh and melt away, more so if they enclosed a poison that dissipates once it had its effects, but to carry ice...might need to stuff a bag of holding with the same, if it resists.
just tossing ideas
bullets and spikes made of ice could penetrate exposed flesh and melt away, more so if they enclosed a poison that dissipates once it had its effects, but to carry ice...might need to stuff a bag of holding with the same, if it resists.
just tossing ideas