The group having decided to wait, time passes quickly enough, and Tallis speaks up.
"At their current pace, we have about an hour and a half before they're done sweeping the west end of town. We have to assume they'll be moving out or locking things down for the night after that, so it seems to be now or never."
"On the plus side, they started marching here well before dawn, they have to be quite tired."
When you open the passage again and head out, the shadows are very long. The sun has set, and barely lights the sky above the horizon.
Cratol will step out and indicate for the others to follow him. He heads out towards the buildings that he saw the guards at earlier making sure to move in the shadows as much as possible and as quietly as possible. He will watch for possible patrols so that they remain unseen as much as possible.
Velon stirs, there is a fair amount of pain and a large lump on his head from where those giggling kobolds had taken turns smacking him with clubs. He opens his eyes, but can't see much more than before.
There are manacles on his wrists. Crude iron, but rather effective.
He seems to be in a large building of some kind, and he isn't alone. There are several dozen other prisoners in here, most of whom seem to have given up on protesting.
There is one open door. Its guarded by four heavily armed individuals, and more can be seen outside.
[Velon, You don't have your gear, and will need to make a concentration check to cast spells with somatic components until you get the manacles off. On the plus side, you just effectively took a long rest. Everyone else, new player!]
Edited: daishain on 16th Apr, 2017 - 3:32pm
*Thanks for having me everyone.*
Velon takes a few minutes to shake off the pain in his head a bit and focus his vision. He takes stock of the other prisoners, noting if any stand out as being particularly alert or appearing eager to take action.
In the meantime Velon tries to focus his mind to cast Detect Magic, hoping his Gauntlets will serve as a beacon for finding his gear.
(I assume this is still a Con check even though he isn't taking damage. Also thinking my War Caster con save advantage doesn't apply because that specifically says when I take damage.).
Unfortunately, the heavy bits of metal cause Velon to flub a gesture, and the spell collapses uselessly with a fizzling noise. This gets the attention of some of the guards who approach you, looking for the source, but they don't see anything, and some time later they return to their original position.
Velon picks out the most alert looking prisoner and points a finger at him, otherwise keeping his hands low and out of site. He casts Message, 'speaking' slowly and softly. "Friend, don't be alarmed. We must get out of here. Did you see where they put our armor and weapons? You need only think your reply and I'll hear you."
Rolling persuasion to keep the man calm and influence him to be helpful.
Targul brandishes his great sword and follows Cratol out into the town. He'll keep a close eye on everything going on and try to make sure there's nothing hiding in the shadows.
Out of Character: Welcome, Cinder!
Lia nocks an arrow to her bow and prepares to follow them out into the night. She looks at the bow and thinks of Cahleth. " You will not be forgotten, my friend. " Stepping out languidly she makes sure that everyone else is out and she seals the hidden door. The elf follows behind the others scanning to their flanks and to their rear for any signs of trouble. She murmurs a quiet prayer to Sune.
Out of Character: : Glad to have you Cinder!
Edited: Kyrroeth on 16th Apr, 2017 - 7:22pm