Thu 4th Aug 2022 07:43

Entry #8: Jailbreak attempt

by Aleksey Dotsk the seer

The protest continues, a cart gets overturned, more guards come out, Draxon goes beserk, I continue to throw molotov cocktails at the guards, and then one manages to drag me off the rock and knocks me unconscious.
 
Next thing I know I wake up in a jail cell, gagged, with my hands tied behind me, without any of my possessions. Next to me I see Jean-Marie. Guards came in, along with a larger half-orc cleric of Bane, and tried to get us to talk. Jean-Marie refused, but I had a few comments with the guards, and it's clear that they believed we were sent from the rulers of Damara, as a part of the Damaran court. I sensed they were hesitant to put us to death because of this, so I decided to go with this and start this as a ruse. However, we still refused to give our names, and so the Half -Orc threatened to take us to the rack. That didn't intimidate us, so we were eventually dragged to the torture chamber, despite our resistance. Once in the room, a scribe of some sort joined us, along with other guards. All but the half-orc, scibe and another guard or two stayed. At this time I had remarks with our friend the half-orc, trying to taunt him to make a mistake. He cast command on both of us, presumably to get us ready to put on the rack. Jean marie resisted, but pretended not to have, and he then attacked. We both took out one guard and proceeded to attack the half-orc, who, miraculously, kept missing with his attacks (or we resisted). I used my final prayer slot to cast a most powerful spell, which would have killed a typical guard for sure, but all we did is give this half-orc a bloody nose! Sensing we could barely damage him, and would eventually be killed, we decided to parlay again. Jean Marie convinced him to allow us to be taken to a separate room and be tried with the church! This at least buys us time so we went with it. Unfortunately they confiscated all of our gold. The price of future freedom, I suppose. I just hope our new friends can some how break us free.

Continue reading...

  1. Entry #1: Our journey further into The Cave of the Foulwater Goblin Tribe
  2. Entry #2: In and out of the lair...
  3. Entry #3: Out of fire and to the Inn - blasted guards
  4. Entry #4: Respite in Phlan
  5. Entry #5: Jean-marie the dead-riser
  6. Entry #6 - a riot begins
  7. Entry 0.5 - the party forms then splits
  8. The battle of Phlan continues
  9. Entry #7: the riot escalates
  10. Entry #8: Jailbreak attempt
  11. Entry #9: confined to a nice jail cell - jailbreak#2?
  12. Entry #10: Down the well - ruins in labyrinth
  13. Entry #11 - out of the tunnels - finally rest!
  14. Entry #12 - finding the Harper agent
  15. Entry #13 - Evening entertainment (i.e. barfight)
  16. Entry #14 - to the lighthouse
  17. Entry #15 - exploring the island
  18. Entry #16: into the depths of the island
  19. Entry #17 -Down into the dark bowels of Toril
  20. Entry #18 Battle at jade totem
  21. Entry #19: Solving Igon's murder
  22. Entry #20 - Grim's guilt assured - attack from the sea!
  23. Entry #21: the relentless attack from the sea
  24. Entry #22: escape from Sokol Keep
  25. Entry #23 - Escape to Melvaunt
  26. Entry #24 - the trade bazaar
  27. Entry #25 - Trade bazaar continued...
  28. Entry #26 - Regrouping at the Inn, then going separate ways
  29. Entry #27 - 1st attempt at securing the purse
  30. Entry #28 - Next morning, next pursuit for the purse
  31. Quest list
  32. Entry #29 - Jean Marie's gold is recovered (partially)
  33. Entry #30 - To the pub, an orb breaks
  34. Entry #31 - Lightning!
  35. Entry #33 - What to do with Tret
  36. Items for "sale" from Church of Gond
  37. Entry #34 - Illusndra & the church of Ghond
  38. Entry #35 - search for the cult
  39. Entry 36 - Battle with the Leucrotta
  40. Entry 37 - Decent into the Sunless Citadel the sunken tower
  41. Entry #38 - further into the Citadel
  42. Entry #39 - Fel's luck, discovery of ancient chamber
  43. Entry #40: The Chamber of Secrets and Perils
  44. Entry #41 (session L) - Retreating from the Kobolds
  45. Entry #42 (Session LI) - Negotiations with the Goblin Chiefton
  46. Entry #43 (session LII) - planning for battle
  47. Entry #44 (Session LIII) - Battle with the Kobolds
  48. Entry 45 - 2.7 Session LV - Discussion with Goblin Chief
  49. Entry 46 - Diplomacy with Goblin Shaman (session LVI)
  50. Entry 47: Liberation of the Kobolds (session LVII)
  51. Entry #48 - Descending into the mines - the hunt for Belak
  52. Entry #49 - The Haze and the Goblins’ Secrets (Session LVIII)
  53. The Journal Entry’s title
  54. Entry #50 - The Tendrils of Fate (Session LIX)
  55. Entry #51 – Ashardalon’s Whisper (Session LX)
  56. Chapter 52: Shadows Beneath the Grove (Session LXI)
  57. Chapter 53: The Withering Blight Tree (Session LXII)
  58. Entry 54: The Fall of Durnn and the Liberation of the Kobolds (Session LXIII)
  59. Entry 55: Oaths in the Ruins, and a Kobold’s New Road (Session LXV)