Guards Above, Guards Below
Subject: Re: The underground trail; sneaking and scouting
Mission makes his way back through the zombies. The eyes of the dead creeping over him-- he's reminded again of the trial of Vicar Hope. In Shadow and Sand.
And so was he.
He touches Rennick on the arm, and they head back to the group.
"The zombies watched me all the while, but made no move toward me. The tunnel opens out into the air, into a ruined building with no ceiling. Beyond the building I saw the entrance to the mountain-- it's heavily guarded. Mostly zombies, but some halflings and humans as well.
"In front of the entrance to the mountain, there is another building-- I'd wager that's where the ladder leads out. That building is also guarded, but not as heavily as the entrance to the mountain."
From: Ty
Subject: Re: The underground trail; sneaking and scouting
I am waiting for everyone to check in with responses to Mission before I write anything.
From: Scott
Subject: Re: The underground trail; sneaking and scouting
Forgot to ask-- what time of day is it?
From: Ty
Subject: Re: The underground trail; sneaking and scouting
Getting on toward evening, but there is still some light out. Tomorrow is the big day.
From: Mike
Subject: Re: The underground trail; sneaking and scouting
It would have been too much to hope that there would be an easy way in. So now they have to choose between a well-defended position in the open or a well-defended position in close quarters. Garyth's mind races as he tries to remember anything from his training that would help them here. But to no avail; six men and a wolf had no hope of overcoming a horde of men, halflings and zombies alone. Unless...
"Sa'id, back at the inn, you turned one of the skeletons against its comrades. Could you do that again, but on a larger scale? If we're to gain entrance to the mountain, we need to clear the way, or if not, at least to create a diversion."
From: Matt
Subject: Re: The underground trail; sneaking and scouting
Rennik shifts his weight uneasily thinking about the fight at the inn, and he rubs his chest with his left thumb remembering the goring wound he received. There was another wereboar out there, he reminded himself, and bigger. Whatever else awaited them, that threat could be their undoing.
Still, Garyth's plan seemed a good one. Whatever the deathmage did to control the skeletons might be used to their advantage, if only to allow the group to slip by unnoticed.
"I will go above ground to scout the area some. It is evening, and the light is beginning to fail - it would be good to get the lay of the land before we launch an attack. With a better idea of the landscape, we might be able to plan our attack better. Also, we know that the zombies won't attack Mission... it will be a test to see if the ability to pass is not unique to monks."
He would take Tichenor with him. The wolf's nose might save him if his own ears and eyes did not, and any extra help would be needed if he suffered another surprise attack. While above ground he would also see about finding some wolfsbane, as the supplies the group is carrying have wilted and lost their usefulness in the days since the herb was picked. One of them is bound to need it before two days time.