LOST TRAILS OOC

[ewancummins]

Can I postpone casting shield of faith until after the ten minute casting time of clairvoyance?

Yes.

[ewancummins]

Once we get into 'combat time', after init is rolled, I'll be more rigid about actions. But given the nature of PbP, I remain flexible in non-action scenes.

[ewancummins]

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/claira ... oyance.htm

As this area is not familiar to Klokulf, he must pick a point in plain sight.

He could creep closer till he sees the house and then place his point of magical observation in the open doorway of the ruin or just above the building (the roof seems fallen in), but not inside, because he's never been inside and cannot see what's hidden by the walls using plain sight.

He could also just position his point as an 'eye in the sky' to the SW of the sunken lane, and thus get a wide view of the whole area. The higher he goes, the more he can see at once, but the less detail/chance of spotting covered (from above, as by a tree) stuff he'll get.

[Wolfglide of the Fraternity]

As I read the spell, I can place the sensor in an "obvious place," which I interpret to be a place I know must exist, but cannot necessarily see, like the other side of a door. That is moot, however---if the roof is caved in, I think I will just float the sensor above it where I can get a close look at the inside of the house and scan the surrounding area a little.

Klokulf will creep forward just enough to see where the house is.
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[ewancummins]

spot enemy

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[ewancummins]

spot check for Klokulf

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[ewancummins]

Very good.

He sees through the broken roof (it's over 80% fallen in\gone)

a woman and a child seated in the middle of the ruin. Possibly bound. They're moving some, so they must be alive yet...

Nine shaggy beastmen, big ugly things, crouched inside the house. One has just gotten up and moved toward the doorway. It's now looking in the general direction of Klokulf and the other spies...

Just outside the house , on the far side from the trail, a half-dozen malformed wolf-like critters loll in the shade of the wall, scratching their bodies and playing with what look like gnawed bones.

More beastmen lurk in the trees and shrubs, but it's hard to get a clear count. At least three in plain sight, but shadows under the trees suggest more moving out of his view...

And there's a pair of big, bare, green feet sticking out from under the boughs of largest oak in the area, close to the house on the north side. It seems like some quite large person/thing is sitting or lying under the tree's shade.

[Wolfglide of the Fraternity]

Klokulf will cast ghost sound to make an eagle screech off in a direction away from the spies, then attempt to slink off to the main group to report if the gnoll looks away.

[ewancummins]

It sounds real enough, but does it distract the watcher now that he's seen suspect movement?

I'll treat this as Bluff.

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[ewancummins]

Nope.


Second spot check, watchers (plural not an accident)


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[Wolfglide of the Fraternity]

Once I am back to the main host, do I see the gnolls stirring from the house through the sensor? Did I use up all five minutes of observation I could get already?

[ewancummins]

Once I am back to the main host, do I see the gnolls stirring from the house through the sensor? Did I use up all five minutes of observation I could get already?

You have a minute left.

You see the gnolls stirring about within the house, but not yet coming outside. They gesture at one another and wag their jaws, but of course you have no way of hearing their speech.
Prisoners haven't moved.

[kintire]

I will be on holiday for the next fortnight. internet connection should be solid for the second week, but this coming week is.... doubtful. If I don't post, kat will aid any rescue by scouting, and will seek to flank in cobat. She wants to rescue these people but she is not a martyr: if she get into a position where the next blow like the last one would put her down she will bail

[alhoon]

I always fail to prepare sleep when it counts...

[ewancummins]

Good times.

Okay, so invisibility obviates the need for hide rolls.

Move silently

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