Heroica RPG - Quest#154: Confidence Game

[Flipz]

Grumbling at the unfairness of the universe, Zanna stays put and awaits rescue.

[Waterbrick Down]

Boris glances around looking to see if there were any pillars to hide behind, "Perhaps if we can fool them into checking up on us, we can ambush them. Shouldn't be too difficult considering how much it sounds like they've been drinking."

[Mencot]

13 hours ago, Waterbrick Down said:

Boris glances around looking to see if there were any pillars to hide behind, "Perhaps if we can fool them into checking up on us, we can ambush them. Shouldn't be too difficult considering how much it sounds like they've been drinking."

There where no pillars to hide behind but there was a groove with a water pit.

[Mencot]

What does the heroes wanna do?

Hide and try to ambush?

[Waterbrick Down]

"Addok, if you sneak to that groove and hide in the alcove, I can call out to the guards. Once they're past you we'll ambush them. We'll need to do it quickly, can't risk them yelling for help."

[Yzalirk]

"Alright.  Let's do it."  Addok-Zo gets into position.

[Waterbrick Down]

Boris positions himself back by the prison cell winking at Blaine and making sure to stay out of sight before calling out. "Guards, help! This other prisoner is a madman, he's breaking out of his chains! I think he's going to kill us all!"

[Mencot]

23 hours ago, Goliath said:

"Alright.  Let's do it."  Addok-Zo gets into position.

 

23 hours ago, Waterbrick Down said:

Boris positions himself back by the prison cell winking at Blaine and making sure to stay out of sight before calling out.

The two guards have started to throw some dice for gold as long as they are waiting.

"Hahhaa seven again, hand over th' coins."

"Crap... here you are. Lets play again, I will win everythin' back."

"Hehehhe you can always wish... here goes."

23 hours ago, Waterbrick Down said:

"Guards, help! This other prisoner is a madman, he's breaking out of his chains! I think he's going to kill us all!"

"Okay roll.. what is that. Who is going to kill us all... what did boss say about the prisoner killing eachother?"

"I don´t think it matters, because we are leaving them here." The guard shouts back, "Hey, shut it up back there... we don´t care."

And then he throws the dice.

"Okay here goes..."

But the cry for help just continues from the cell, "HEELP, HEELP.. he is looose. Please."

"Oh for crying out loud, I can´t concentrate if that shouting continues... I will go over and shut them down."

"Yea, put one o' those special knockout arrows into them...Hehheheehe I don´t think da boss will mind."

The other guard gets up and starts walking towards the cell. While concentrating on loading his crossbow with one of the "special arrows", he just walks by the groove not noticing that Addok-zo is hiding there... What will he do?

Edited December 20, 2016 by Mencot

[Yzalirk]

Addok-Zo swings the sword at the back of the guards' neck, decapitating him.

[Mencot]

6 minutes ago, Goliath said:

Addok-Zo swings the sword at the back of the guards' neck, decapitating him.

Addok sneaks out of his hiding place and but as a ranger with not too much knowledge of using a sword he swings it without discretion, the guard goes down with a bang and without his head, the head rolls down the stairs. The noice alerts the other guard.

"Huh, what was th't..." He gets up from the chair and looks behind him and sees Addok and his friend laying on the ground "hey what th' hell is going on here?"

What will Addok-zo do now?

 

[Yzalirk]

Addok-Zo quickly drops the sword and picks up the dead guards' crossbow and shoots the other guard.

[Waterbrick Down]

Boris eyes widen as Addok removes the head of Guard. "You didn't have to kill him." Letting Addok take care of the other guard, Boris glances at the blood pooling on the floor before shaking his head and checking the headless guard for keys.

[Mencot]

UThe crossbow was a more fitted weapon for Addok-zo because the ranger takes out the other guard with precision, hitting him in the head.

The guard falls down. Great job, both guards have been taken care off.

What will Addok-zo do now?

 

Boris sneaks up the stairs and then searchs the dead guard, he finds a keychain with two keys and 10 gold on the him.

What will Boris do?

 

Edited December 21, 2016 by Mencot
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[Waterbrick Down]

OoC: No issue, I think we get the idea of the layout of the room. 

"That's better. See if that door has a bolt on it, we don't want any more guards storming in here till we're ready for them." Boris snatches up the keys and the pail of water before booking it back to the cell. Using the keys the cleric swiftly attempts to open the cell and release Blaine from his chains, offering the elderly man a much needed drink of water.

[Mencot]

7 hours ago, Waterbrick Down said:

Boris snatches up the keys and the pail of water before booking it back to the cell. Using the keys the cleric swiftly attempts to open the cell and release Blaine from his chains, offering the elderly man a much needed drink of water.

One of the keys open the chains and Blaine falls down from the chains, exhausted from hanging there. He drinks from the water bucket Boris offers him. After a while he feels a bit better and he rises himself up, leaning against the wall.

"Th-ank you... I though I would be hanging there until my doom. Who are you again and what was that about Samantha, is she alright?"

[Waterbrick Down]

1 hour ago, Mencot said:

"Th-ank you... I though I would be hanging there until my doom. Who are you again and what was that about Samantha, is she alright?"

"Heroes from Heroica. We were traveling with Samantha and her father's caravan when we were ambushed by your captors. Seems like they're out to put Mr. Tweed out of business for some reason or another. As for Samantha, the guards mentioned torture, so I've got to believe the bandits have her locked up somewhere down here. I can offer you a little more healing if you feel you're up to it." Boris extends his hands waiting for Blaine's consent.

[Mencot]

14 hours ago, Waterbrick Down said:

"Heroes from Heroica. We were traveling with Samantha and her father's caravan when we were ambushed by your captors. Seems like they're out to put Mr. Tweed out of business for some reason or another. As for Samantha, the guards mentioned torture, so I've got to believe the bandits have her locked up somewhere down here. I can offer you a little more healing if you feel you're up to it." Boris extends his hands waiting for Blaine's consent.

"Samantha was with you... how could that be? Max would never have allow her on this kinds of a dangerous mission?"

To the healing, Blaine nods his head and says "You a healer, cleric... don´t get me wrong but unusual profession for your kind?"

 

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Heroparty:

Addok-Zo Obbex (Goliath)
135 year old Male Wakorian Ranger  
Level 5
Power: 5 (5 + 3 + 2)
Defense: 0
Health: 9/9
Gold: 100
Equipment: Bandits crossbow (WP.5, Crossbow)

Jury-Rigged Long Hand Cannon (WP:3), Pugilist’s Gloves (Power +2, protects from weakened-effect; handwear.)
Inventory: 4 Potion, 1 Smoke Bomb, 2 Venom,  1 Fire Bomb, Mead, 2 lightningbombs, 1 Phoenix Essence, 1 Carrion beetle horn (The horn can be attached to any blunt weapon to permanently deal Bleeding 2 effect) (but also including spears, polearms, handcannons etc. Only swordlike weapons are excluded)


Boris Bruhalv (Waterbrick Down)
38 year old male vampire Cleric *Immune to Stunned and Poisoned*
Level 11
Power: 11 (11 + 10)
Defense: 2 (2)
Health: 16/19 (19)
Ether: 13/15 (13)
Gold:  98
Equipment: 

Honeydrop Staff (WP:10, 1/3 to cause slowed; staff), Rusty Chainmail (SP: 2, Immune to Stunned and Poison)

Inventory: Bone, Keychain (With 2 keys, Quest item)

2 Potions, 5 Remedies, 1 Phoenix Essence, 7 Tonics, Scroll of Sleep (Enables casting the asleep-effect to the target, forcing them to miss its turn for three rounds or until woken up by an attack. Each casting has a 50/50 chance of success and costs 1 ether.), 1 stunbomb, 1 Icebomb, 1 Sleep Bomb, 3x Blind Bomb, Military Grade Fire Bomb (Deals 10 Fire damage to all opponents when used), Military Grade Holy Bomb (Deals 10 Holy damage to all opponents when used), Military Grade Lightning Bomb (Deals 10 Lightning damage to all opponents when used), Floral Bomb, Defender's Ring (Accessory, Rolls of "Heal Less" become "Heal"), Bone, Grating Stone, Sword of the Vampir (WP:17, user is Jinxed; longsword), Simple Mace (WP: 3, mace),  Staff of Ennon - (WP: 5, staff, Restores 2 ether on a roll of 2, 3, or 4)Banana, 1 Ruby

 

On 18.12.2016 at 4:51 AM, Flipz said:

Grumbling at the unfairness of the universe, Zanna stays put and awaits rescue.

As Zanna notices that the guards have been taken out she gets out of the cell, runs up the stairs and says to Addok-zo,

"Now is our chance, lets get out here."

And when she says that she carefuly opens the door looks out and disappears.

 

Zannaqim (Filpz) leaves the quest.

Quest abandoned for Zanna.

Final stats:

Zannaqim (Flipz)
77 years old Female Selkreeth Rogue 
Level 6
Power: 11 (Level 6 + WP:14 + 5 (Anniversary Medal))
Power Bonus: +5 (Anniversary Medal)
Defense: 5 (Anniversary Medal)
Health: 18/18 (Basic health: 7 + level bonus: 6 + class bonus: 0 + artifact bonus: 5 (Anniversary Medal))
Gold: 100
Equipment: Sven's Dagger (WP: 14, Fire- and Earth+Sealed Elemental), Anniversary Medal (Power +5, SP +5, Max. Health +5, Max. Ether +5. The values will increase by 1 with each passing year; accessory.)
Inventory: Sir Roderick's Sword (WP:12, Longsword), Selkreeth Shuriken (WP:3, throwing weapon), White Ninja Cowl (The wearer can choose to hide for up to three rounds, avoiding Free Hits; the effect ends if the user targets an enemy; suitable to rogues, beast warriors, chi monks and infiltrators; headwear), Bedroll, Shovel, Pickaxe, Magnifying Glass, Telescope, Magic Compass, Of Power and Mortals (+1 power each successful quest), 1 x Tonic, 5 x Potion, 1x Venom, First Aid Kit (Completely restores health and removes all negative effects for the entire party once.), 1 Big Apple, 1 stunbomb.

 

Edited December 21, 2016 by Mencot

[Waterbrick Down]

32 minutes ago, Mencot said:

"Samantha was with you... how could that be? Max would never have allow her on this kinds of a dangerous mission?"

To the healing, Blaine nods his head and says "You a healer, cleric... don´t get me wrong but unusual profession for your kind?".

Boris watches as Zanna makes her escape. "Sod, it." The cleric turns back to Blaine, "Aye, old habits are hard to break, for the time being I'd rather keep the blood in you rather than take it out though." Boris smirks at the man, before healing him and handing him the sword Addok had dropped. "Think you can use this? Samantha was foolhardy enough to join on this mission looking for you against her father's wishes, but don't worry we'll find her."

[Yzalirk]

Addok-Zo shrugs his shoulders at Boris.  "Would have been us."

He begins to look around for anything valuable, even the food.

[Waterbrick Down]

"'He who lives by the blade shall perish by it.' We should put the knocked out one in the cell and probably change into their clothes so we'll go unnoticed."

[Yzalirk]

"Good plan... except there are only two disguises.  How will we smuggle Blaine out?"

[Mencot]

8 hours ago, Waterbrick Down said:

Boris watches as Zanna makes her escape. "Sod, it." The cleric turns back to Blaine, "Aye, old habits are hard to break, for the time being I'd rather keep the blood in you rather than take it out though." Boris smirks at the man, before healing him and handing him the sword Addok had dropped. "Think you can use this? Samantha was foolhardy enough to join on this mission looking for you against her father's wishes, but don't worry we'll find her."

"Thank you..." He looks at the shortsword and says, "Ofcourse, altough my swordhand is in pretty bad condition, I think it is broken but I can use my other hand."

He takes the sword

"Doesn´t shock me though that she would had done such a thing, she is pretty stubborn... as is her father." He says with a smile and walks up the stairs and sitds down by the table.

6 hours ago, Goliath said:

Addok-Zo shrugs his shoulders at Boris.  "Would have been us."

He begins to look around for anything valuable, even the food.

 

6 hours ago, Waterbrick Down said:

"'He who lives by the blade shall perish by it.' We should put the knocked out one in the cell and probably change into their clothes so we'll go unnoticed."

 

3 hours ago, Goliath said:

"Good plan... except there are only two disguises.  How will we smuggle Blaine out?"

The heroes remove the clothes and then drag the the two guards down to the cell and probably fits the door back also.

Addok-zo search the place and sees on one table a Moldy sausage (same effects but also poisoned) and a Moldy pretzel (same effect but also poidoned) probably not eatable but there is 1 Mead and 1 Mulled wine on the table.

Also there are a few gold coins after the dice game.

Addok-zo sees a Cupboard in the wall.

"Heroes of Heroica... hmm your organization has builded up quite the reputation. It has probably many enemies!"

 

Edited December 22, 2016 by Mencot

[Waterbrick Down]

4 hours ago, Goliath said:

"Good plan... except there are only two disguises.  How will we smuggle Blaine out?"

"We pull the ol' guards escorting the Pogcanae prisoner trick. We tell any folks we run across that the boss wanted to have one last sneer at Blaine before they packed up and if not... well we jump 'em."

1 hour ago, Mencot said:

"Heroes of Heroica... hmm your organization has built up quite the reputation. It has probably many enemies!"

"I'm sure it does, hence why we're supposed to be keeping the whole Heroica thing on the down low. Any idea of who would be hitting Mr. Tweed's caravans?" Boris glances at the loot before commenting, "Addok, if you want to check that cupboard feel free, then we should head out."

[Mencot]

9 hours ago, Waterbrick Down said:

"I'm sure it does, hence why we're supposed to be keeping the whole Heroica thing on the down low. Any idea of who would be hitting Mr. Tweed's caravans?" Boris glances at the loot before commenting, "Addok, if you want to check that cupboard feel free, then we should head out."

Blaine looks at one of the cups with wine on the table picks it up and tastes it and then drinks it.

"Don´t think you have to play it discrete anymore about being heroes because it seems like they know who you are. And while you three were knocked out and brought to the cell, many of the guards seem to express their dismay with your organization. Some of them are old wolfgang members, I have seen them before."

He drinks some more of the wine and rubs his back head, Boris could see a ugly looking bruise there,

"Huh had better but feels good going down... I don´t know who is behind this... I remembered once, someone in Tweed´s household." He keeps rubbing his back head

"They did something to me, made me forget." He looks up at Boris "But this I know, what I have heard, that there is three men, the one they call the boss, dangerous man but some what reasonable and seems to be intelligent. He seems to be the leader of the bandits and behind the attacks at some level. He seems to be in it for the money.l Then I have heard them talk about his broder but haven´t seen that one ever.

Then the one they call the Doctor, a Dastan magi... he is the dangerous because he is a really mad man. Don´t know what he is doing and why he is here but it includes all kinds of experiments on the prisoners and worshipping..." He goes silent and then talks again " Zoot"  "None of the prisoners seems to come back alive or if they do they die after a while... like Trent did... he is the one in the cell."

"If Samantha is in the torture chamber, we need to hurry... because I have heard that is the place where the Dastan mad man has his place!"

[Yzalirk]

Addok-Zo takes the moldy food anyway along with the mead and mulled wine.  Then he searches the cupboard.