The Scouring Of Gate Pass

[The Bushranger]

((I was hoping somebody else would post first... >_>))

Rommie sighs, gives the archon a scowl, then looks over at Torrent.
So...now what do we do?

[harmonictempest]

((It, uh, wasn't my turn...I was waiting for Zosimus. Weren't we still in initiative?))

Norven waves Sul to follow the gnome, then turns to the group. If we want to follow that elvish trickster, we'll have to move fast.

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Sul has Spot/Listen at +16/+14 and a fly speed of 40 ft, in case you need to know for any reason.

[Duke of URL]

((It, uh, wasn't my turn...I was waiting for Zosimus. Weren't we still in initiative?))

(( Actually, I was waiting for Norven, but frankly, after two days of no one posting, I just decided to move it along. Two things to note -- 1) do not wait to post in initiative order, things slow down way too much in PbP when you do that; post your actions and let me resolve them in the most sensible way... I will ask for clarification/offer options if things change mid-round. 2) don't worry too much in this case, nothing happened here that breaks the story or makes things significantly harder; in fact, I read it as the "intended" result of the encounter, though the module does provide options should you actually have "won".

Sul is capable of keeping up, if you're willing to let him go that far from you. ))

[harmonictempest]

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Yeah, Sul's taking off after him (and no big deal at all, but for future reference it's a she :P).

Norven

Without waiting too long to see if the rest are following him, Norven takes off down the stairs and out of the tower, heading toward where the gnome jumped the wall and trusting his link with Sul to guide him in case the spy had changed direction.

[Duke of URL]

Norven runs smack into a patrol of guards coming up the tower from the direction of the gate. "Halt! What's all the racket in here? Where's the patrol?"

[harmonictempest]

Norven

Aren't you guys the patrol? Something came after us when my friend went to open her vault. I was just trying to get away, Norven says, clearly not interested in stopping to chat as he tries to continue around the patrol.

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How many are there?

[Duke of URL]

(( There are four of them, and they have no intention on letting you get past. ))

[harmonictempest]

Norven

Chastened and unwilling to take on an entire patrol, Norven leads them back to his group.

[Duke of URL]

"Right. What's been going on in here, and where did the interior patrol get to? No one is leaving until we search this entire place."

[The Bushranger]

Rommie

Rommie stays quiet, letting the others speak. She doesn't like dealing with cops.

[Duke of URL]

The guards are looking suspiciously at the vaults, to make sure they haven't been tampered with. Torrent joins Rommie in just staying quiet and hoping this all blows over.

[Duke of URL]

The guards treat everyone suspiciously as they herd you up the tower, checking the vaults along the way to make sure they haven't been tampered with. At the top (the fourth level), they stop when they see a group of people tied and gagged -- a couple of guards and a gnome, who looks exactly like the "Rivereye" who just fled from you.

Nearby, there is one guard, a half-orc, dead on the floor. The watchmen turn to you, weapons drawn.

[The Bushranger]

Rommie holds up her hands. We didn't make it this far up. There was another gnome who was impersonating him, he wasn't perfect so we called his bluff, and he fled...