LPDnD: Life in a Northern Town

[Blackferne]

Who is going to get to the fort first does it look like?

Them.

@Stavis

Vlad answers "Difficult to say for sure, but it isn't one of the Duke's ships. Might be a fishing boat though."

[Whiteness]

"Will they be able to identify us as one of the Duke's ships?"

[Blackferne]

"If we keep this distance not likely. If we get closer we could be identified." Viggo says.

Vlad says "Should I pull down the sail? Or would that arouse suspicions?"

[Whiteness]

"Maybe we should skip this fort and come back later, how many forts do we have left?"

[Blackferne]

"There are about 7 sea forts. The plan was to see three today and four tomorrow." Viggo says.

[Whiteness]

"About 7? I thought you were a professional, Viggo!" Syric chides him jokingly. "What do you think would be best if we did skip this one, come back to it next or can we hit one of the others before it gets too late?" Syric looks to the others with a grin, "What do you think, should we just roll on in and see what happens?"

[Furiel]

"If we keep this distance not likely. If we get closer we could be identified." Viggo says.

Vlad says "Should I pull down the sail? Or would that arouse suspicions?"

"How suspicious would it be if we keep our distance and sail casually though as well?

Is there anywhere nearby we could go ashore and approach by land?"

[Blackferne]

"Sailing by casually is fine, but these are all small islands that don't have much besides the fort. Sneaking on by land is rather difficult."

[Staris]

"We could keep this distance and at least look like we are sailing by and see if they react."

[Blackferne]

Viggo keeps the distance and starts the course to the next island.

The ships go to the island with sails down and you see men get off and head inside the fort.

"so what's the call gents, are we staying or going?" Vlad asks.

[Furiel]

"Staying. We're here to gather intelligence and we aren't going to get it if we stay out here and avoid contact with any other individuals we encounter. If they are fisherman they may have seen something. If they are raiders then we defeat them and in so doing we capture and interrogate them."

[Blackferne]

"Okay so that island is a rock about a mile long, no real rocky coves to hide into. The fort is on one side by the dock. Not essential we dock to land, but making a quick escape if necessary is only added by a dock. It looks to be mid afternoon. We see two boats docked at the moment, we don't know if any more are on their way. What is the plan?" Vlad asks.

[Blackferne]

map of the island. blue is water, brown is dock, grey is building, yellowish is ground, green is docked boats.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4WEg8 ... sp=sharing

greater area map.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4WEg8 ... sp=sharing

Green is mainland, yellow is islands to socut out. red is current position.

[Dood]

"I advise caution, my friends. Already once have we paid the ultimate price for an overabundance of bravado."

[Whiteness]

"How many people can they fit on those boats? I don't want to be foolhardy, but if we can take them we should go in. If the numbers are against us we can come back to this island later and see what clues they may have left behind."

[Blackferne]

"Those boats are probably dozen men each I'd guess." Vlad says.

[Staris]

"Unless additional boats are tieing directly to boats already tied to the dock they have room for 1 more boat at best as the dock seems to be rather small.

Though I am for caution as well we have the issue of if they don't ever leave coming back will put us back the same situation with the potential less favorable conditions of seeing additional ships in the area."

[Maizan]

"now or later, it does not matter. Lets get this fort over with. We will prep for cover fire as we approach. Can we sail right up to the dock, or should we row in?"

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[Staris]

should we row in we should be able to have 1 or 2 people ready for discouraging attacks directed towards us while we are still a ways out.

[Dood]

[ooc]
So, last time we had a fort issue, we went a head against staggeringly bad odds.

Now we have another chance, and we're trying to prove we deserve another chance, so we're doing the same. damn. thing.

Am I summarizing this correctly?
[/ooc]

[Jimer Lins]

I agree with dood; gathering intel is one thing and knowing they are here should mean something. Two dozen warriors is not something we could easily handle.

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[Furiel]

[ooc]Then I guess for the rest of the campaign we should run the second we see someone who might oppose us...that'll be a lot of fun...

But hey, if you roaches all want to go scurrying for cover the second the lights go on then by all means, mine is but one voice in the collective.[/ooc]

[Blackferne]

"We could stay at range and do a night time approach on the side of the rock away from the dock. Do some sneaky recon?" Victae says to no one in particular.

[Whiteness]

"Ok, so best case scenario is we're getting worried about some fisherman. Worst case scenario is 24 trained mercenaries just docked at a manned outpost with an undetermined amount of warriors already there waiting..."

[Maizan]

[ooc]Last time was a dismal failure because half the party split off and committed suicide. PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE THE PARTY!

Shall we dock and at least start talking. Who knows, maybe this kingdom can get some tax revenue from these folks says Spintik