High Level Stealth Campaign

[bchilders]

Over mind link: I'm for outside of the city...feels more on my terms.

[Psionic Dog]

Aggerd stands up and shakes his head. Aloud he simply mutters: "Strange man, he is." Mentally, however, he adds: "Fine, I won't insist on an investigation. Since it sounds like were starting today, lets start now before we lose daylight. I'm ready to leave. How can you travel?"

[Tar Palantir]

Tel Kar leans back in his seat, his right hand fingering the handle of the Stiehl in his pocket. He says, mentally, "On foot. Immediately. Waste no time in town, give no one a chance to pursue us. Be ready the first night or two for an ambush. Trust me, when they hire someone like me, you know it's going to be hell. If no one has any objections, we leave now. If anyone has any objections, we leave now anyway, and they get left behind. Let's go." Without another thought, he stands up and leaves the bar, watching carefully for anyone paying too much attention to him.

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Spot check to see if anyone is watching.
Spot - (1d20+18)[35]

[SenbonKageYoshi]

Tel Kar, you notice that every one in the inn is watching you and the table you just left. Not that there are very meny people in the inn, and they all seem to be commoners. Now that might mean that they are just suspicious of the magic displayed by the mage, or that they have very good disgiuses...

[Psionic Dog]

"Heh, if you bring adventure this trip will be much sweater. Oh, the mental bond will disintegrate in an hour or so. I say we split up, exit the city, and regroup before it ends. There's no point in making this easy for any of the ruffians you claim are cueing up to follow or assault us."

With a belch and a grunt, the 'gnome' leaves his empty mug on the table and exits the inn. Once out, he wanders 'aimlessly' looking for an unvisited spot to change disguises.

[bchilders]

Mantis looking for some excersize and knowing he can cover more distance than most heads off in the opposite direction out of the city. He makes a wide looping path before starting to converge where the others might be.

[Tar Palantir]

Tel Kar makes his way stealthily through the back alleysof the city, doubling back and laying false trails to throw off any pursuit, and using his magical talents to further prevent tracking. He eventually arrives in a small clearing outside of the city. Using the mental link, he directs the others to this location and begins to set up a small camp, keeping his dagger in the palm of his hand at all times.

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Use pass without trace and lead any pursuers on a merry chase for about three quarters of an hour, then head to the clearing and signal the others before the mind link ends.

[kentma57]

I sneak around following the party (at a distance), move silently (1d20+27)[28]. Over the mind link he converses with the team, "So why are you all here?"

EDIT: Shh, don't notice my natural 1.

[Tar Palantir]

Tel Kar answers over the mental link, "To kill people. It's what I do, and I do it quite well."

[Psionic Dog]

Once he finds an unvisited spot behind a building, Aggerds walks up a wall to the roof where he unpacks his weapons and shield and assumes the image of a young, fit, halfling woodsman/ranger/hunter. He then quietly exits the town along a road or trail like any other traveler heading west (or east) Once out of sight of the city he hustles north at a speed normal halflings could only make at a full run.

In response to the invisible one's question he replies over the link: "Adventure and excitement of course. ... Wait, you mean why I was hired? Probably deception. Speaking of which, I got tired of being a potbellied middle aged gnome. I'm now a halfling hunter at life's prime."

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New Disguise - (1d20+22)[32]
Move Silently - (1d20+16)[32] (make no noise on roof)
Hide - (1d20+29)[47] (get off roof and back onto street without being noticed)

[Tar Palantir]

Tel Kar nodded to himself, sending back over the link, "Shapechanger. Interesting. Anyone else have any surprises they'd like to reveal?"

[kentma57]

Over mind link "I can juggle."

[bchilders]

Over mind link: You probably wouldn't want to get hit with my fist

Mantis thinks about sharing more but decides that it would be beneficial to keep some of his own surprises.

[Psionic Dog]

Aggerd makes his way north to meet up again with the others, mentally continuing the conversation.

"Shapechanger? Well, I suppose I am, but it is better to say that disguises are my forte.

Now, please tell me I'm not the only competent one here. Thuggery has it's uses and juggling is entertaining, but that will be of limited use to us.

What else can you do? Can anyone thwart traps, open locks, use magic, or have any other useful skill?"

[Tar Palantir]

Tel Kar replies, "I have a fair amount of magic, including the ability to magically unlock doors. I won't touch traps, though. Too many bad memories. As for other skills, no magic or weapon can stand against my blade. No hide can turn it, no armor stay it. Even magical barriers cannot stand against it. I have trained all my life in wielding its power, and united no mortal or demon can stop us. It is called the Stiehl. Does that count?"

[bchilders]

Over mind link - I don't like to reveal my cards before it is time to play...especially to those I just met. No offense

[Tar Palantir]

Tel Kar replies, "I feel it doesn't matter if you have the only hand worth holding."

[kentma57]

Tel Kar replies, "I feel it doesn't matter if you have the only hand worth holding."

Over mind link "It dosen't matter because, I stacked the deck"

[Psionic Dog]

Over mind link: "Well.... I can't blame you for holding back, but for your own sake you had better not be bluffing."


((OOC: Anyone heard from SKY?))

[kentma57]

I start humming over the mind link...

[SenbonKageYoshi]

first, I am sorry I haven't been on lately, I am in the middle of my summatives and wont be done till next mid-way through next week, so my posting will be erratic untill then.
But enough of that, You all make your way safely to the rendezvous point and none of you notice anybody following them.

[Psionic Dog]

"I suppose we should wait here for the others" Aggerd says over the mind link to announce himself as he enters the small clearing almost immediately after Tel Kar.

The 'halfing bowman' also tries to sneak up behind the man and tap him on the shoulder with a 5ft branch.

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Move Silently - (1d20+16)[31]
Hide - (1d20+29)[30]

[SenbonKageYoshi]

Tel Kar, you see and hear the hafling who is trying to sneek up on you. He apears to want to poke you with a stick. This leads you to believe that he is either your shapeshifting companion or no real threat.

[Psionic Dog]

Aggerd grins uncertainly when the man turns and waves his stick.

"Well we meet again. Now that we've stopped there is one little thing I wanted to do..."

With that the 'halfing' pulls out a black handkerchief which he unfolds on the ground. He then toss the gloves he was wearing in and pulls out a new pair before folding his 'handkerchief' back up.

Agerd then uses his gloves of object reading to investigate the history of the summoning orb he has given.

"By the way, I go by Aggerd. What should I call you?"

Over the mindlink: "Knife and I are out, where is invisible juggler and big fist?"

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For reference: Object Reading

[Tar Palantir]

Tel Kar stares at the 'halfling' and twirls the Stiehl with his right hand, the silver blade flashing through the air. He says, "My name is Tel Kar. If I hadn't heard you first, you would be dead. Don't do that." He tosses the Stiehl into the air before deftly catching it in the same hand, sheathing it in his pocket sheath.

[SenbonKageYoshi]

Aggerd, you sense that some force is partialy blocking your divination spell, but you are able to determin that the previous owner of this gem was a dragon. You don't know what type/color the dragon is, but you are shure that it is a dragon.

[kentma57]

I sneak up behind the two already asembled, Move Silently (1d20+27)[34], and over the mind link: I'm here.

ps: I am 20 or 30ft behind them.

[bchilders]

Mantis strolls in after his long jog to take him out of the way, announcing his arrival over the mind link first.

[Psionic Dog]

For several minutes the halfling scowls at his summoning orb. With a low chuckle he puts the stone away and greets the arrivals:

"Quite an unusually employer we have. My scrying suggests he is a dragon, if you can believe that.

Anyway, glad to see you two are here. I was getting a bit worried: the mind-link had almost expired. So Tel, Fist, Invisy, do you feel up to putting a bit more distance behind us today?"

He also pulls out the map and tries the same object scrying trick on it.

[SenbonKageYoshi]

Aggerd, your scrying detects no previous owner to the map, suggesting that your employer has either increased the strength of his wards or that he realy did create the map on the spot.
Thurfir, at that distance no one hears your sneaking.