Brian:

want last transcript? a summary?

Jannik:

I believe it was some politics stuff with Sir Eryson or someone else in the castle, can't remember the specifics

Jannik:

so summary will do

Brian:

You three (mostly Cerim and Eryson) conspired after you took a B-line out of Gorewood. They decided Artyom was too dangerous, and needed to be seperated form Eldati in order to keep her from controlling him, and if needed killed. The plan is to kidnap his sister and take her to the edge of Gorwood, so that Artyom needs to leave the south where he is and follow you two (or more, or maybe just Cerim, not clear on that).

Jannik:

ahh, I remember

Brian:

Do you have anything unrelated to this scheme you want to do, or anything to add to it besides what Boretos said?

Jannik:

I think he (?) has a good plan for this, can't really add anything

Brian:

Cool. Do you want to play out getting the poison?

Jannik:

not really? idk, you decide

Jannik:

don't think it's THAT important

Boretos:

brb

Brian:

I'd kind of like to. I think it will be pretty short.

Jannik:

okay

Brian:

The training grounds are not the place you would suspect for undercover dealings, but the place tends to have much more commotion and crowds, and there are benches out of the way for sitting where people chat all the time and nobody makes anything of it.

Brian:

It is also the place you were directed by a hand-maiden to go to get the poison from Eryson, whom you find sitting and resting from after a spar.

Jannik:

do I know who to look out for?

Brian:

you do not

Brian:

Eldati is weeks away, but who knows who works for her...

Jannik:

how well-known am I`?

Brian:

a little. Most folks have heard of the crazy guy with the swords who came in and had urgent buisness. Those in-the-know have an idea what that buisness is...

Jannik:

would I know anyone else here?

Brian:

At the training grounds, not too well. Now that I think about it, this may have been a stupid place for you to meet up...

Jannik:

am I looking for poison that knocks people out or that kills?

Brian:

this poison is very much fatal

Jannik:

alright

Jannik:

so I'll look out for the second most shady looking guy and ask him, if he knows someone who has "the means to knock out a bull"

Brian:

He starts to respond, when Eryson calls out to you.

Sir Eryson:

Aaron! Glad to see you are doing well.

Aaron:

*still turned towards the guy* Give me a minute, please.

Aaron:

*turns to Eryson and walks over* Hello, friend.

Sir Eryson:

Take a seat, please *pats bench*

Brian:

as you sit, you feel a bump in one of the rags that you assume are used to wipe knight sweat. It feels like... a glass vial.

Jannik:

I'll take it out from under the rags, put it in my bag (or whatever else I'm carrying) and ask Eryson:

Aaron:

*whispering* Is that the poison you wanted me to get?

Sir Eryson:

*nods* I'm afraid so. I don't think we ever WILL hear word either.

Sir Eryson:

*in a quieter voice* You sure you want to go through with this?

Aaron:

If it needs to be done, I'll do it. And it certainly seems like it.

Sir Eryson:

That's good to hear. Because when you came here, you seemed determined. And I liked that.

Sir Eryson:

But sometimes I feel like you're more unsure, and that can be bad for all of us, you know what I mean?

Aaron:

I know what you mean, but I can assure you that I'll carry out the task.

Sir Eryson:

Very good. These are tricky times. I can't risk people changing their minds.

Sir Eryson:

It would be a shame if your family lost two brothers, but that kind of thing can happen when you lose focus.

Brian:

He stands up, takes his sword, and goes to spar with one of the knights

Jannik:

I'll sit for a while longer, to not arouse too much suspicion, cheering for Eryson, and then bid farewell and leave.

Brian:

Cool.

Brian:

If you want to RP getting thugs, I'm game, but otherwise I want to at least know what you tell them.

Jannik:

hmm, what would I tell them? wait for nighttime, then sneak into the palace, kill/knock out the knights protecting Emita (?) and retrieve her for me?

Boretos:

The plan is to wait at the river

Jannik:

ohhh, I didn't get that

Brian:

Eryson was going to find a reason to send Emita and the knight she is romancing on a busy-work quest to leave them open.

Brian:

Totes forgot ot mention that

Jannik:

she has a knight she's in love with? didn't get that either

Jannik:

would Aaron know?

Jannik:

doesn't really matter either way

Brian:

He may or may not. I don't think they brought it up

Jannik:

alright

Brian:

But you do tell them the full plan, and who the target is?

Jannik:

if you ask like that, I won't :P I'll just tell them to sneak around the river, wait for a woman and a knight to appear, knock the knight out / kill him and bind up the girl

Jannik:

or wait, is Emita on our side?

Brian:

Cerim said she wouldn't want to betray her brother

Jannik:

okay, yeah, then probably would need to restrict her with rope or something

Boretos:

#manacles

Brian:

alright, so is the battle plan to wait in ambush positions? You guys mentioned horses, where are those going?

Boretos:

I need a horse so I can flee with Emita.

Boretos:

They can stay out of sight as well

Boretos:

it, rather

Brian:

ok, so it's hide in the bushes, jump out, then put Emita on a horse and run?

Boretos:

no, it's jump out, kill Ephnyr, restrain Emita, put her on a horse, and run

Brian:

Ok, I guess I just kind of skipped over the combat

Boretos:

It's an important part

Jannik:

Ephnyr? the cool guy who almost brought Garen into this? That's a shame

Boretos:

...

Brian:

Yeah, but the shame is that Garen died!

Boretos:

Must be a different Ephnyr

Boretos:

this one's a tool;

Jannik:

I had a feeling that Brian was suspiciously nice with him :p

Brian:

you will both get a chance to read the full story once the campaign ends.

Brian:

So many secrets that nobody revealed...

Boretos:

I feel like I've been rather forthright with my intel

Brian:

alright, so the green blobs are bushes that allow hiding and are 1/2 movement. The trees are trees. You know how water works

Brian:

Adam I know you got a horse token

Jannik:

and where's the bridge?

Brian:

There is no bridge in this area. Did I mention a bridge?

Jannik:

I thought I read about a bridge, but maybe I'm just tired

Brian:

If you want a bridge, there's a bridge.

Jannik:

nonono, do it how you planned, don't mind me

Brian:

Alright then, you know that they will be coming either from the north or south along the Gray river. Stratigize away...

Jannik:

3 thugs?

Jannik:

is Sir Eryson also here or should that be me?

Brian:

That's the amount of Thugs you know who won't stab you in the back. You can hire more at a risk.

Brian:

aww crao

Brian:

hold on...

Jannik:

so my plan would be to have them make a circle and wait for the two to be inbetween them and then jump out and surprise attack them

Boretos:

We should all be wearing bandanas

Jannik:

what do you think about that, Boretos?

Jannik:

Aaron is a hood kinda guy

Jannik:

oh wait

Jannik:

yeah, bandanas are fine

Jannik:

I somehow thought of headbands

Boretos:

I think we should wait for them to let their guard down. If we wait for the right time, we'll be able to catch them with their pants down.

Boretos:

literally.

Brian:

literally on both accounts. Well played good sir

Brian:

also, planning music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9bOsdHckhg

Jannik:

my mom told me to never click links on the internet

Boretos:

awwww yeah

Jannik:

jk my mom is an internet n00b

Jannik:

also, good song

Jannik:

so are you fine with how I placed the people?

Jannik:

and @Brian, can the right guy have a bow?

Boretos:

They're really far away

Brian:

nope. Thugs always use axes. Thug law.

Brian:

In general, you can't hand-pick criminal types.

Jannik:

okay

Boretos:

leather armor?

Brian:

also, is there only one horse?

Brian:

yup

Jannik:

can we hid ethe horse under one of the trees?

Boretos:

Is Aaron coming with me when we run?

Jannik:

ehhh

Jannik:

I assume he'd care for the corpse and the thugs?

Jannik:

btw, are you playing Cerim now or ... ?

Boretos:

I've always been Cerim

Jannik:

ehhhhhh

Jannik:

I'm slightly confused

Brian:

who did you think he was playing?

Jannik:

so you're Adam

Jannik:

?

Boretos:

yeah

Jannik:

I thought Jaden0 was Adam

Jannik:

I'm so confused

Boretos:

Jaden0 is Jaden

Boretos:

who is Artyom

Jannik:

okayyy

Jannik:

gotta remember stuff like that

Brian:

also, both of you roll wisdom checks for a free DM hint about your plan.

Brian:

DC 15

* Boretos rolls: 1d20 => 18

Brian:

If you kill Ephnyr, how does Artyom ever find out what happened?

* Jannik würfelt: 1d20+2 => 20 + 2 = 22

* Jannik würfelt: 1d6-1 => 1 - 1 = 0

Brian:

Aaron realizes the same thing, but moreso

Jannik:

bam

Boretos:

I was planning on sending a letter

Boretos:

but I have a better idea now

Boretos:

Cut off his hands

Jannik:

man I wouldn't wanna be your enemy

Boretos:

Well, we can't leave him whole lest he come after us

Boretos:

we just want Artyom to give chase alone

Boretos:

Also this guy sucks

Jannik:

Aaron doesn't know him much, so he wouldn't know

Brian:

Just let me know if you're finished planning or if I need to play another B.A. song

Boretos:

We need a location name to drop when retreating so Ephnyr knows where we're going

Brian:

You happen to know of Eastmark offhand...

Boretos:

Excellent

Boretos:

So we'll run there

Boretos:

How much did you tell these thugs?

Brian:

They currently were told to wait until Emita shows up (Aaron did mention her by name), kill any guards she has, and tie her up.

Boretos:

Hm. Do they know who we are?

Brian:

They know Aaron. You are a mystery unless you chose to be otherwise

Boretos:

Mystery sounds good

Jannik:

did i?

Jannik:

I said a woman and a knight

Brian:

It's not too late to correct if you want to.

Jannik:

as far as i remember

Jannik:

"I'll just tell them to sneak around the river, wait for a woman and a knight to appear, knock the knight out / kill him and bind up the girl"

Brian:

ohh, nvm

Brian:

also, you never answered the one horse question

Jannik:

I think I did

Boretos:

there

Jannik:

or whazever

Brian:

ok, so you brought two horses?

Jannik:

how would the thugs get back?

Boretos:

We shouldn't have a problem with slinging Emita over the rump of a horse, right

Boretos:

The thugs have to pay for their own transportation

Boretos:

like they do their own weapons and shiz

Boretos:

they're going to go home after this anyway

Jannik:

fair enough

Brian:

Alright , give the thugs two more horses collectively.

Boretos:

tada

Brian:

Cool. Need more planning time?

Boretos:

to recap

Boretos:

step 1) wait for the couple to get jiggy

Boretos:

step 2) approach the couple menacingly

Boretos:

step 3) incapacitate them

Boretos:

step 4) cut off Ephnyr's hands

Boretos:

step 5) "accidentally" let slip that we're going to Eastmark

Boretos:

step 6) ride off with Emita

Boretos:

step 7) wait for Artyom

Boretos:

step 8) sup with Artyom

Boretos:

step 9) poison his butt

Boretos:

step 10) profit

Boretos:

any questions?

Jannik:

how are we getting Artyom to eat with us after napping his sister and chopping off his sister's lover's/guard's hands?

Boretos:

old fashioned villanous charisma

Jannik:

I feel like we should have more solid means than charisma, if we want to make this plan work

Boretos:

He'll be so full of himself that he won't think twice about it

Boretos:

If you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them

Jannik:

I'd rather fortify myself somewhere and poison arrowheads and stuff

Jannik:

I really don't think he will just eat wiht us, but I might be wrong

Brian:

the poison you have right now is ingested only, just a heads-up

Boretos:

We won't be able to best him in combat

Jannik:

I feel like this'll fail terribly, but let's try anyway

Boretos:

Is there enough poison to pull a Princess Bride?

Boretos:

cuz that's the script I'm pulling from

Brian:

There sure isn't enough time to develop a poison immunity.

Boretos:

I know

Brian:

I'll say there is.

Boretos:

sweet

Boretos:

nothing like a good bit of MAD

Brian:

In more ways than one...