Roll Call: Celen, report!

Prince Toad · #21

You head north and stealthily approach east. There's no real cover, the grass isn't even tall enough to hide in, and it's broad daylight, so you stop about half a mile away. You're not sure how much closer you could get without being seen.

Alucard · #22

from the looks of the clouds, I will wait till the next storm comes.

Prince Toad · #23

You wait around for a while. Soon after sunset, the storm breaks. Rain pours down from the sky, and you hear thunder crashing in the distance. While you were waiting, the squire continued down the road and out of sight, and the rider went into the keep and stabled his horse. The spearmen were replaced by two others. It's very dark out, although you can see dim lights coming from a few windows in the keep. Do what?

Alucard · #24

Time to move in.

Prince Toad · #25

Alright. You approach the main entrance unseen. The guards are huddling just inside the doorway, where torches cast some illumination into the darkness beyond. You stop about a hundred yards away-- you're well out of the light, but approaching head on any closer might risk detection. Do what?

Alucard · #26

I am going to head off to the side of the doorway..

Prince Toad · #27

Alright. You keep out of the torchlight and circle around north. You reach the keep's wall undetected. There's a window a floor above you that you could easily reach with the rope and grappling hook. No light is coming from it. There's another perhaps three or four stories above you that has light coming from it. It'd be tougher to reach with the rope and hook, but it might be possible. You're guessing that the prisoners are being kept below the first floor in a dungeon or some kind of holding cell, but you aren't positive. Do what?

Alucard · #28

Use the rope and grappling hook to get to the second story window.

Prince Toad · #29

You affix the grappling hook to the end of the rope and swing it a few times, then hurl it up. It takes a couple tries, but you get it to latch on. You climb up the rope and enter the room, which is only dimly lit. There are doors leading to other rooms to the east and south, and a door to the central stairwell to your southeast. As far as you can tell, the room is vacant, but you hear some voices upstairs, downstairs, and in the room to the south. Do what?

Alucard · #30

I'll head into the room to the east.

Prince Toad · #31

You walk in through the open doorway. Nobody's in here just now. This seems to be a storage room for extra supplies-- clothes, polish, whetstones, spare cutlery, etc. The only way out is the way you came. Do what?

Alucard · #32

Time for me to "Borrow" some clothes and blend in.

Prince Toad · #33

(You'd think I was thinking that when I made the room, but... I wasn't.)

You rummage about and find a set of clothes that looks okay and fits. You quickly change and shove your old clothes into your pack. Now what?

Alucard · #34

Head back into the other room, the one that I entered from.

Prince Toad · #35

Looks about the same as before. Someone walks up the stairs and goes to the floor above you. He doesn't take any special notice of you. Do what?

Alucard · #36

head downstairs

Prince Toad · #37

You enter the stairwell and head downstairs. There are openings to the northwest and southwest, or you can keep going. There are people in both the northwest and southwest rooms.

Alucard · #38

I'll keep heading down.

Prince Toad · #39

You head down the stairs. You reach the bottom floor, presumably the dungeon. The only way out of the stairwell is a doorway to the north. You hear someone whistling idly to the west, and some low talking from the southeast. You aren't sure how the builders worked out the layout of the dungeon, since the tower is round and you're already in the central stairwell. Do what?

Alucard · #40

Head to the north.