Greenlopen-Temple Knights (IC)

[jlousivy]

You are all within the Temple Knight HQ located slightly north of the market place, it is mid-day. There are a few other Temple Knights gathered around. The room is full of chairs facing forward towards the heavy-set second in command named Alfred Woolocks (wool-locks)

Alfred, in an apparent rage screams at you all "There has been FIVE muggings and THREE shops have been stolen from today alone! What do we have to show for it?! NOTHING! Have you just been sitting on your asses or something? You're Temple Knights for Cuthbert's sake! At least act like it. Thankfully SOMEONE has done something productive today. " He recovers his composure and brushes back what little hair he has on his head and continues. I was able to aquire some intel on a plan to highjack the dwarven mithril shipment that is to be coming through on the east side of town just outside the city limits. In five hours. I want you all to prevent this at all costs. Should the enemy prove hostile, you have permission to use deadly force. HOWEVER! I want you to bring back at least one of them, preferably someone other than a plain grunt back alive for questioning. I will not tolerate failure. DISMISSED!

[Sutherlands]

Draga walks out of the office(?) with his fellow knights. He starts in with a language that you would never expect from a half-orc unless you had been around Draga for awhile. "Some intel... it's about time. You'd think that we were the only ones doing anything in this place." Draga thinks for a second, then continues, "The captain said we should leave in 5 hours, but perhaps it would be best if we left now and escorted the caravan into town. If you're going to attack a caravan, why wait until it's almost to town?"

[Kyace]

The elf Arafin, effortlessly keeps up with the other knights. "Why rush for five hours to meet a caravan we don't know how to find when we know where the ambush will be? Lets get us a good meal and hang out just east of the city. We'll be able to catch the caravan there without running two hours out then marching three hours back." Arafin shuffles the bow and the backpack on his back and thinks for a moment. "Besides, if we catch the robbers too far from the city, we might be out of jurisdiction. We might have to rough them up then drag them back into town as it is."

OOC Edit: Do we all already know each other?

[jlousivy]

(you may know each other's names/faces but generally you haven't had time to really know each other)

[Sutherlands]

"Yeah, you're probably right, Arafin. Let's go get some food and watch around the town for a bit. We'll go out there an hour before the ambush and hide off to the side."

[Sutremaine]

Joanna has remained silent ever since entering the office, and the slight twist of her mouth is the only immediate sign of her irritation. "Yes, it would be unwise to allow ourselves to be ambushed when we don't know how strong the enemy is." She glances at Draga. "We should try and prevent the hijacking instead of hiding away until they make the first move. The longer we stay out to the east, the more time we have to investigate the area and perhaps find the criminals before they strike."

OOC:

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How many of us are heading out, and where does our jurisdiction end?

[Aroneth]

Aroneth smiles at the suggestion Joanna makes. "That seems like a good idea, well scouting the area that is. Although one can always go for good food," He grins at Arafin for a moment before putting on a more stern face, "our duty is to the fair people of this city, and to carry on Saint Cuthbert's will."

[Kyace]

Arafin speaks up, "Before we leave town, we might want to pick up some rope or something to tie up who ever we don't kill."

[jlousivy]

(note please have the post format of:
Character Name (as a link)

In character stuff

OOC:
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OOC: Your party is 5 strong, your jurisdiction lasts for 1/2 a mile out of town in all directions

[Sutremaine]

(OOC: as a link to what?)

Joanna:
"I have some rope, but no manacles or chains. What about the rest of you?"

[Sutherlands]

Draga Storg

"The HQ should have some, let's go grab some"

(OOC: The HQ has some, right? Also, to everyone else, this post is how things should be for the format. Character name with link, IC, OOC)

[Sutremaine]

Joanna Cauven

"Some sort of transport would be useful. The best kind of prisoner is an unconscious one, and we can hardly drag them along the road." She smiles thinly.

(OOC: I'd like to buy the following before we leave: sap, dagger, waterskin, backpack. Edit: Are our rooms located within the temple grounds?)

[jlousivy]

OOC: yes you may buy them before you head out.
HQ does have some rope (hemp, 10 foot sections), and three sets of plain mangles with the lowest quality locks
you just need to sign for them and return them within the week

[Sutherlands]

Draga Storg

"If we can walk, they can walk. If you want to get a cart, we can ride it and they can walk behind it." Draga goes into the HQ and gets 5 sections of rope and the manacles. Once he signs for them and finds a backpack to put them in, he returns to the group. "Shall we head for food?"

[Aroneth]

Aroneth Belouve

"I must say, I agree with Joanna. I know that unconscious persons are far more manageable than those who want to struggle. I am not too partial to carrying unconscious people. So I think we should get something to carry them, perhaps a cart?"

[Sutremaine]

Joanna

"Yes, we can go for food," she says in an attempt to bring Draga's mind back to the matter at hand. "And we can sit down and talk instead of loitering here. We know when and where the dwarves will be attacked, but we don't know by who, or how many there will be, or how many we will be bringing back. I can reserve a cart while the rest of you go on ahead." She hopes that the rest of the planning will not be like this -- five hours may seem like a lot now, but the shadows are starting to lengthen.

(OOC: I know that the main road into the city is close to Red Fox territory, but does she? How much do we all know about the two groups and their styles?)

[jlousivy]

(yes, you know the general areas, however you do not know the red path out of the city, nor the blue path to the side. you know the description in the main post)

[Kyace]

Arafin

"These robbers either planned to stop the shipment or be fast enough to catch them. I perfer walking myself, but could a horse drawn cart hold all of us and move fast?"

[Sutremaine]

Joanna

"I was thinking of using the cart as a holding cell. As long as we can take it out of the city and keep it safe, we can load the robbers into it and be able to bring them in without worrying about whether they are going to escape." She furrows her brow and taps her foot lightly on the ground. "Horses, perhaps?"

[jlousivy]

(the temple knights do have a small number of horses on hand, usually for messanger work but are allowed to be used if a job calls for it. count: 3)

[Sutherlands]

"Horses?" Draga replies. "From what I know, I don't think anyone here can ride a horse in battle.* If you'd like to use them to haul any prisoners, be my guest, but don't expect us to catch anyone with them. A cart won't be able to catch up with horses."


(OOC: *Which is odd considering there are Paladins among us)
(OOC: I was looking at the character sheets, and on Arafin I was wondering what book "Skilled City Dweller" is from and where you get the bonuses to jump? Also, it seems like you have too many SP?)

[Sutremaine]

Joanna

"If we don't take any form of transport, we'll be travelling with conscious prisoners the whole way back."

(OOC: Aroneth has ranks in Ride.)

[Sutherlands]

Draga Storg

"I don't care about transporting the prisoners. I'm telling you that we're not going to be able to catch them, so we must keep them from taking anything."

[Kyace]

Arafin

"If they are on foot, I can catch them. On horses, not so much. I might be able to keep from falling off a horse, but anyone with any talent could ride circles around me."

(OOC: I have a higher than normal base speed [I did say I prefer walking :P ] so thats +4 to jump and I have 5 ranks in tumble for a +2 synergy, for a bonus of +6 to jump. For skill points, I have 2 + int bonus + the craft/perform/profession that we all get. I don't know what book "Skilled City Dweller" is from, but jlousivy allowed it in the thread.)

[Sutremaine]

Joanna

"I wasn't suggesting-" Joanna stops and thinks for a second or two. "Hmm, we would have to keep the wagon with us at all times, unless the commander spares some more men to watch it." She sighs and rubs her forehead. "Damn it all! If only we knew more about their plans..."

[Aroneth]

aroneth

"Well it is clear we all have. . . slightly. . . different views on this subject. I think we can agree that we need to protect the goods. If we have a cart or a wagon we can haul whomever we need to after, it is not like it is going to take extra time, we are guarding a wagon. I mean last I checked wagons were not the fastest things in the world, especially when they have a load in them." Aroneth shrugs.

[RationalGoblin]

Luther Averick

Luther listens to the suggestions, and ponders them carefully, then responds.

"Well, all of those arguments are thoughtful, but he said to bring at least one back. We won't need a wagon. All we need are manacles, and we already have those. So might I suggest that we have some food, and wait a while, and decide closer to when we will actually achieve it?"

Luther then rubs his pale, stubby chin thoughtfully.

"Of course, you could go the questionably moral way, and I could break their spirit, but I'm not a fan of the questionably moral way."

[Sutremaine]

Joanna

"Good." She doesn't know whether the pale man is serious or joking, but either way is as bad as the other. "Alright, we'll all get something to eat before we leave."

[Kyace]

Arafin

"Sounds like a plan."

(OCC: I'm about half color blind on this monitor, but if Aroneth would like to use green for his speech, I can change, since I can't tell the colors apart.)

[jlousivy]

(do you guys agree to go eat? maybe down at the Crossbones Tavern on the way out of town?)