The Mayor's house, at the Eel
Subject The second floor
Ok here is the second floor map. Let me know if you have any questions.
The third floor is attic space and where the live in help lives. The Mockers feel that it is very unlikely that the party will need to go to the third floor.
The two stairs near the back of the building on either side also go down to the basements.
Please let me know if there are any questions. And let me know what plan the party is going to come up with.
I will write more this afternoon.
From: Randy
Subject The Mayor's house
So when Ranthir, Harp, and Ally approached the house where did they approach? I assume the Main Entrance. If I understand right they were then led around the house to the rear entrance near the kitchen. Is this correct?
Also, is the courtyard just completely open access to the street or is there a wall protecting it? When Ranthir and Harp were asked to return the next day were they to report directly to the courtyard or were they to report to the house first?
From: Mark
Subject The Mayor's house
There is a fence around all of the grounds of the Mayors house. The front of the house, which is the wide portion with the large doors, faces the main gate. There is a driveway of sorts that creates a large loop right in front of the main door. There are also paths that head towards the back. Ran et al were taken in the door on the back left hand side, where the kitchen is. They were then led upstairs.
The courtyard is at the back of the house. It was not visible from the street. It is open to the grounds behind it. There are other buildings on the grounds such as a stable, barn, smokehouse, blacksmith, etc. Think of a typical English estate from the early 1800's or so. You know those houses you see on PBS or the BBC when they do Great Performances?
From: Kevin
Subject The Mayor's house
OOC: Do Harp, Ran, or Allistair notice if what they saw of the layout is substantially different from what they see on the Mockers map?
From: Kevin
Subject Stairs
OOC: Mark, also, were the stairs that were used set up the way we are familiar with - i.e. a stair down on the other side of the stair up?
From: Mark
Subject Stairs
No. Harp and Ran have only seen the kitchen, the one hallway, the stairs, the upstairs hallway and the Butlers office. Ally was in one of the other offices close to the butlers office. However nothing they have seen looks any different than the map.
From: Mark
Subject At the Eel
The party sits around a large table in a private room. They had spent some gold to get the privacy, but felt it was well worth it. The Screeching Eel was sure step up from the last two places they had stayed, but the overall sense of corruption still prevailed. The whores were a bit cleaner and the drugs were used in private rooms, but every thing was still for sale. Surin had reported on his meeting with the Mocker's and had shown the others the map of the Mayor's house. Ally and Harp and Ran confirmed that the map was accurate, at least for the little bit of the house they had seen. "We need to get into the cellars "Salix says "and soon. I feel that if any of the druids are still alive, that is where they are being kept."
Harp talks quietly. "Salix, my friend, I know you wish this to be done and sooner rather than later, but I think we still need more time to gather more information. We have done well for only being in town for a few days. I understand that there is risk in waiting too long, but there is also risk in moving too quickly. Let Allistair and Ran and me go back tomorrow and see if they hire us. That will give us a chance to do some up close inspections and see if these maps are still accurate. Give us one or two more days." Salix sighs, knowing in his mind that Harp is right but feeling in his heart that they need to move soon.
"Surin" Salix continues "tomorrow, go find your contact and agree to the fee for the distraction. See if you can find out how large it will be and where it will be. Also see if they have any suggestions as to where we should enter the house? Front door, back doors, etc? I would hope they might just tell us this but if they ask for payment, do it unless it is really out of line." The druid turns to Harp and Ran and Ally. "Tomorrow, you three go back and see if they have accepted you for work. If so, you know what to do. If not, come back here and we will figure something out. Mund, Ragnar and Kal you three spend the day wondering around the town, especially around the streets and ally around the Mayor's house. I want all of you to be as familiar with those streets as if you were born here. When we go in we may be moving fast on the way out and I don't want us running into any dead ends."
He looks around the table. "Any thing else before we turn in for the night?"
OODM: Here is the time to make any other suggestions.
From: Porter
Subject At the Eel
Mund pipes up. "The Upright Man said said we'd be needin' more muscle to go into the Mayor's house. If we go in there, I think we ought to do it together. Ain't no use trying to do everything at once if we get ourselfs killed."
From: Mark
Subject At the Eel
OK. Let me make sure I'm on the right page.
We have a map for the Mayor's *house* in town, which is where Allistair, Hack, and Ran went.
Salix and his companions went to the Mayor's *estate* out in the country, where we're guessing they're building an army.
Right?
From: Porter
Subject At the Eel
Mund looks sideways to the elf Kal, and opens his mouth as though to speak, but then changes his mind.
When he opens his mouth again, he just says "I wish there were something more we could *do* in the meantime besides walking around, but it could help out. Sure thing."
From: Kevin
Subject At the Eel
Harp speaks up. "You know, one of the guards was saying that the seargant does not really like half orcs like me. He may offer a job to Ren and not me, but Ran could try and make it a package deal. We could offer to take a night shift when we both would be able to see better than a normal human. It would also allow us a better chance to look around without getting people suspicious. There are probably less folks in there at night any way. We might be able to help sneak Surin in so he can look around. It might be even easier if Allistair turned him invisible."