[Conan/Call of Cthulhu d20]Shadow over Stygia Recruiting

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 7:54 am

I actually have a contingency plan for this. I'm really glad it's a tattoo, because it means there's more reason to actually do it.

You all occupy the guards, I remove the skin from her back.

Korgan0 · Post by **Korgan0** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 8:16 am

Karlus might have a problem with that.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 8:37 am

He's welcome to try to carry her...

Korgan0 · Post by **Korgan0** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 9:15 am

I didn't say how large of a problem.

OgreBattle · Post by **OgreBattle** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 9:15 am

or killer her raise dead and she walks her way out. skinning her means a fight either way.

though id prefer a method where women arent killed, such as using the hanging silk to drag her out, maybe the stables have a carriage or.....

maybe we set the fucking place on fire so they have to be evacuated. silk burns.

that woman is also a giant at 7ft tall and 400+lbs, they might throttle you if you use violence. also beware of hanging around strange harem scents too long or you end up sex drugged or something.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 9:22 am

Would you guys feel better if Kamoses said he was sacrificing her to Set first?

Nebuchadnezzar · Post by **Nebuchadnezzar** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 11:13 am

I was considering how, if it came to it, Kamoses' Defensive Blast would be useful, as it's basically our strongest attack and wouldn't necessarily damage the map, but I like the imagery of him raising her corpse and walking it out, perhaps taking 2 slots as palanquin bearers. That said, I'd love to avoid a fight here, and figure we're close to a "meanwhile, Taotie and Velasco...".

Kurama314 · Post by **Kurama314** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 5:26 pm

If we take care of all the guards on this floor quietly (or just quickly enough) we could buy ourselves a few more hours of time to copy the map. It may not be enough though.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 8:32 pm

Kamoses is up for any plan, really. If you asked him, he wouldn't see much practical difference between the contingency i proposed and zombifying the girl, save for an additional body for combat.

Korgan0 · Post by **Korgan0** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:17 pm

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW SHIT

Whipstitch · Post by **Whipstitch** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 10:30 pm

snakes in a harem

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 10:33 pm

I like big scales and I cannot lie/you other serpent-fuckers can't deny...

Nebuchadnezzar · Post by **Nebuchadnezzar** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 12:00 am

Now look, maybe my dude really likes snakes, and hopes to one day turn into a snake as precursor to a drug-fueled eldritch summoning orgy that exceeds both propriety and legality in most lands of the Hyborian Age. I just have two words in response: Two. Hemipenes.

OgreBattle · Post by **OgreBattle** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 2:27 am

Perhaps everyone can make a run for the trap door and the stygian can explode.

Whipstitch · Post by **Whipstitch** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 1:35 am

The enormity of what we're dealing with in this harem has really been throwing me for a loop. Beholders or thor shots? I can handle that. But the drugged Fat Princess gambit? How do we get her down the rope? I mean, if she falls and breaks her neck that might actually be the most manageable thing because we could zombify or flay her, as terrible and hilariously inept as that may be. But if she goes down first and the rope breaks? Then we're stuck up here. But if she goes down last and falls she might land on somebody...

OgreBattle · Post by **OgreBattle** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:02 am

Yeah. Maybe she can just bolt out the main door, or we go for the stables. Or we zombify a snake woman to carry her because those things are really strong (but thankfully drugged up)

Nebuchadnezzar · Post by **Nebuchadnezzar** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:04 am

Well, we could consider attacking, since we have have some animals, equipment, and 4 or so slaves we'd otherwise lose. Neb has a Defensive Blast that only targets enemies, which would likely (+16 to attack) hit most of them and force a Fort save (DC=magic attack roll) or stun and poison, which would give Kam. a chance to bust out his Chill of the Grave, triggering an on average 24DC massive damage check. The weak part of that is definitely the first fort save, though.

Plus, I'm betting there's serpent woman skin under all the rugs, and another copy of the map there.

Whipstitch · Post by **Whipstitch** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:08 am

I'm open to going on the offensive although it'd obviously pay to know how many people we are currently dealing with.

Korgan0 · Post by **Korgan0** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 6:47 am

[This might be venturing too far into something that should be done IC, but we do have the lord's favourite concubine, someone very precious to him, right next to several sharp blades. If we threaten to kill her, we might be able to leverage something out of this.]

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 6:51 am

I'm tempted to rush them and use Chill of the Grave, but I'm down to 14 hp, and I don't expect that to work out too well.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:30 am

Spot Check: Kamose, Neb, and Isandro notice that the trap door in the corner that Velaso and Taotieh came through has locks on the outside (i.e. it locks from the stairwell).

OgreBattle · Post by **OgreBattle** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:21 am

through the trap door it is!

OgreBattle · Post by **OgreBattle** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 10:37 am

The more agile folks can shimmy over the wall, but there's stuff of ours in the courtyard right? Do we need to jump down there and clobber the guards?

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri Jul 26, 2013 12:36 pm

Sorry about the delay, OgreBattle appears to be hung up a bit. We'll give him a little more time.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 12:01 pm

Okay, I'm going to give OB another 24 hours, then if he still hasn't posted we'll continue with his character as a temporary NPC.