AvB - Niezck

[planswalker]

"Yes here, discreetly if you can. Try to keep them as clean as possible. How you do that is up to you. Any race will work. If the race has more than one liver, you still get paid only 500 gold. I need them to me within 24 hours of them being killed. I'll charge you 50 gold in preparation fees if I have to remove the livers from the corpses myself and 100 gold if I have to dispose of the bodies."

[Niezck]

"Any problems with toxins being in their bloodstream?"

[planswalker]

"So long as their livers are still intact, toxins are fine. Anything else?"

[Niezck]

"Just one last thing."

He takes the paper out of his cloak with Mr Schmidt's details on it.

"I'd like to burn this."

Valore waits to see the parchment burnt then turns and walks out of the door, looking around at the street outside for any immediate signs of guard - you never know how lucky you might be.

[planswalker]

There are a pair of them patrolling a block away.

[Niezck]

Spotting the guards, he attempts to casually walk toward them, except picking up the pace as he goes. Once he's about 60ft behind them he'll slow down and try to act innocent, trailing them as long as he can.

[planswalker]

They ignore him, for now.

[Niezck]

Valore keeps trailing them and maintains an eye out for any guards that may be patrolling on their own.

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What time of day is it?

[planswalker]

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early afternoon

Not that you can tell.

[Niezck]

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Is this like last time where it's assumed we have "free" lodgings in the city?

Valore continues to follow them, noting what they're wearing, equipped with and their general level of awareness. Should they come to an entirely secluded area, he'll take action.

[planswalker]

They come to one about 5 minutes later.

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yes, but the free stuff is things like squatting or such. Encounters may happen if you do.

[Niezck]

Running forwards, Valore draws his bow and nocks two sleeping arrows. Maintaining his distance at 30ft, he releases the arrows at the guards - one each.

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Screw it, let's try the upfront approach

Full-Attacking if possible, a sleep arrow each.

(d20+13)[30] Attack 1
(d20+13)[15] Crit 1
(d20+8)[13] Attack 2
(d20+8)[24] Crit 2
(1d8+2)[8] Damage 1
(2d8+4)[12] Crit 1
(1d8+2)[4] Damage 2
(2d8+4)[14] Crit 2

DC 11 will save or sleep for both of them if the arrows hit.

[planswalker]

The arrow hits the first guard, and he's unconscious. The second guard is saved by his armor.

[Niezck]

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Just re-read it, turns out they don't actually deal damage anyway, so ignore that.

Initiative? (d20+4)[8]

Valore nocks another three arrows and prepares himself.

[planswalker]

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Luckily, you beat the guard's initiative. You go first.

[Niezck]

The elf releases a volley of shots toward the guard, truly pushing his speed to the limit.

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Using Rapid Shot to get 3 attacks.

(d20+11)[24] Attack 1
(d20+11)[31] Crit 1
(1d8+2)[6] Damage 1
(2d8+4)[11] Crit Damage 1

(d20+11)[20] Attack 2
(d20+11)[29] Crit 2
(1d8+2)[9] Damage 2
(2d8+4)[10] Crit Damage 2

(d20+6)[23] Attack 3
(d20+6)[24] Crit 3
(1d8+2)[8] Damage 3
(2d8+4)[16] Crit Damage 3

Using non-sleep arrows, tipped with Black Adder Venom (provided you're allowing me to have pre-prepared them). If so, it's DC 11 fort for 1d6 con then a further 1d6 a minute later.

[planswalker]

Two of your arrows hit. He looks injured, but is still moving.

He whips out his longsword expertly and calls out "Desist this attack at once!" as he charges you.

His attack lands for (1d8+4)[12]

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luckily, he didn't confirm that crit.

[Niezck]

Valore remains silent, knowing that should this go wrong and he have to flee, his voice would be yet another factor to identify him by.

He drops his bow to the ground and pulls out his swords, lunging wildly at the guard.

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(d20+9)[16] Rapier 1
(d20+9)[22] Rapier Crit 1
(1d6+2)[4] Rapier Damage 1
(2d6+4)[12] Rapier Crit Damage 1

(d20+4)[22] Rapier 2
(d20+4)[6] Rapier Crit 2
(1d6+2)[7] Rapier Damage 2
(2d6+4)[7] Rapier Crit Damage 2

(d20+9)[23] Shortsword
(d20+9)[19] Shortsword Crit
(1d6+1)[2] Shortsword Damage
(2d6+2)[8] Shortsword Crit Damage

Let's hope this drops him, or immah have to run ...

[planswalker]

You successfully manage drop him. He's still alive, but bleeding out.

[Niezck]

Picking his bow back up, Valore stands above the body and fires a single arrow into the guard's neck. He then takes to the sleeping guard and does the same before searching them both and attempting to dismember them as fast as possible - always aware that anybody could appear and sabotage him.

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Coup-De-Grace on both guardsmen.

Then gonna search the bodies/strip them of any valuable and attempt to cut out the liver with my rapier. Or at least cut a big enough hole in them to access their internal organs, then try to cut it out with the shorter, more handy shortsword or even an arrow head if it's easier.

Also, I'll try to retreive any arrows I can, especially the sleep arrow. (50% chance I think?)

And finally, gonna trip a potion of cure light wounds to heal - (1d8+1)[8] HP.

[planswalker]

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50% chance with any arrow that missed. Roll the percentile separately.

that's a dc 10 heal check to take out their livers without severing them. possible to take 10 on this check when not rushed as you currently are.

(d%)[24]

whether the extraction is successful or not, no one notices you immediately in the time it takes to try for both men.

[Niezck]

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Is it possible to simply take a "chunk" of their organs out all together and put them in my bag, then have the guy extract the liver later? Less money is better than nom oney.

If that isn't possible:

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(d20)[2] Check 1
(d20)[14] Check 2

Also, for the arrows - (2d100)[39][28](67) - first is the sleep, second is the regular.

And finally, what equipment and stuff do I get from ransacking the guards?

[planswalker]

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it is, no heal check needed.

You cut off chunks of their torsos, taking a 50 gold hit.

Their armor had to be ripped off hastily to get to the organs in a timely manner, but was only non-masterwork armor. The two materwork short swords and masterwork heavy steel shields are recoverable though. They had a total of (2d45+10)[19] gold on their persons.

[Niezck]

Valore stuffs it all into his bag - all but the armour - and proceeds to take his rapier to the faces of the two guards, hopefully making them visually unrecognizable.

With this done he puts his swords, bow and haversack back and flees as fast as he can back toward Mr Schmidt's house.

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Were those arrows recovered btw, I wasn't sure if it was 1-50 or 51-100 for the recovery?

Also, do I get any XP for that or is it done on a mission-type basis or something?

[planswalker]

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you get 250 xp and the arrows wre recovered

luckily for you, no one notices you.

[Niezck]

The armoured elf walks casually to the door of the house and knocks three times.

[planswalker]

You arrive, and are ushered inside. "Run into problems already?"

[Niezck]

"Delivery time."

Valore takes the two chunks of organs and flesh out of his pack and slaps them down on the nearest surface.

"I figure less money is better than no money, so you can cut them out."

[planswalker]

"Two so fast? I guess I'll put up with speed over quality. Have Gerard here count out your gold."

Gerard is an old dwarf butler who appeared seemingly out of nowhere and took you to the money table where your pay was counted out.

[Niezck]

Valore takes his money and deposits it in his coinpurse in his bag. Returning to the front room, he smiles at Mr Schmidt.

"Do you know of anywhere I can acquire some magic items, Mr Schmidt?"