ASSAULT ON THE ROSZNARS

[Mick]

In fact, if we can scry an interior portion of the place, we could DD or teleport in with little chance of mishap, unless they are warded against such.

[jmecha]

Known Rosznar Defenses and Tactics

Front Door
The Doors are sealed shut, and the only door to have been opened in sometime is the front door. It is only ever opened for the recieving of a food delivery that arrives every Tenday. When the food arrives it is unloaded in the front yard and a single porter from inside the house steps out to carry the food stuffs inside. The only other time the door has been seen opened in recent days is when a messenger arrives to deliever missives or to carry new missives away, these messages and runners are overseen and handled by Trillien Rosznar himself.

Windows
All if the Villa Windows are shuttered shut and have not been opened in sometime.

Anti-Scrying Measures
Several people have made efforts to use Arcane Eye and various scrying efforts against the Villa, and everytime said efforts have ended abruptly by the Divination Sensor being destroyed. One report said the Guardgoyle inside the front entrance are the sensor as soon as it passed over the threshold, another report claimed a Naga inside the building destroyed their sensor.

Armed Forces
According to the amount of food delievered to the Villa every tenday, they are receiving enough foodstuffs to feed perhaps 30 People. Some of this food maybe used to feed the Naga which might reduce the predicted number of personal, and they maybe teleporting in additional supplies which might raise their potential number of personal.

Sentries and Alarms
In the past Rosznar properties have been guarded by a Guardgoyle who upon sensing the presence of intruders released a loud high pitch siren like noise, and almost seconds afterwards several Cultists were teleported into the location to respond to the trespassers with violence.

Mobility
The Rosznars have in the past displayed the ability to Teleport personal into locations, and we should be prepared for them to teleport reinforcements into the Villa or use Teleport to evacuate those they desire to see escape our assualt.

City Watch and Guard
Attacking a Noble Villa is a crime the Watch and City Guard will move to prevent or put a stop to as immediately as they become aware of it. A distraction will be used to keep the City Forces occupied while we begin the attack, hopefully the high walls, and shuttered windows will give us plenty of time to finish our attack before the guard catches up wind of us. It is advised all involved pack an extra invisablity potion and wear a helm, hood, or mask incase the guard and watch do spot them and escape is required.

Poision and Acid
We know the Cultists prefer using Acid enhanced weapons and poisions, it is heavily advised you prepare to counter such with elemental warnings, means of strengthening your bodily fortitude against such.

[jmecha]

As for Korsan using Dimension Door to enter the Villa, he would say that it would be a futile and likely deadly gesture without first knowing where he may enter without being within sensory range of a Naga or Guardgoyle.

[jmecha]

KORSAN REQUESTs

1) Can someone with working knowledge of Arcana study the Various entrances of the Villa to see if any of them are magically warded or protected?

When the time comes we may need to open a door violently, and it would be embrassing if we discovered they were immune to our efforts.

2) Can someone with some pull, contacts, research prowess, or other means or methods produce a Lay out of the Interior from City Records, the recollections of previous house guests, etc...?

[Mick]

Silence spells could negate the sound alarm, but I’m not sure that really helps since the guardgoyles can communicate telepathically with their owners.

Perhaps those familiar with their construction could research ways they could be disabled?

[Stormbringer]

Kal hears of the plan and laughs. Use his idea after you grumble and grip about it when he brought it up first? Nice way to come up with an original idea.

Which idea?

The whole diversion and sneak in plan. Kal asked Maaril about if he could occupy the watch.

[Stormbringer]

How often does the Courier leave and come back?



Is it the same Courier that enters and leaves?




Also.. why not nab the missives and see what they contain?

[Senor T]

Teleporting in and out would obviously be ideal. K would need to get a good look at the interior, and multiple scries seems like the way to go. Keryn, Luther, and Zylai’a should all attempt a synchronous scrying so she can attempt to study the interior.

Then teleport in, secure the front door, wipe them out, escape without ever even opening the door.

A distraction is a good idea. We know that an attack on their warehouse drew their forces before, so a second attack may be worthwhile. We should stake out any warehouses for activity and if there’s any, make it the location(s) of our distraction(s). I would suggest simply tossing some fire bombs at their doors and bolting and hoping they teleport some forces to those warehouses. Divide and conquer.

I would like to have Maaril with us in case of, you know, dragon.

[Rumple C]

Kal hears of the plan and laughs. Use his idea after you grumble and grip about it when he brought it up first? Nice way to come up with an original idea.

Which idea?

The whole diversion and sneak in plan. Kal asked Maaril about if he could occupy the watch.

The diversion idea is great, and if Kal can bring in his "associates" to help then that is a big help. Sneaking in through the front door is super dangerous. Might have better luck through a back window.

[Stormbringer]

Kal hears of the plan and laughs. Use his idea after you grumble and grip about it when he brought it up first? Nice way to come up with an original idea.

Which idea?

The whole diversion and sneak in plan. Kal asked Maaril about if he could occupy the watch.

The diversion idea is great, and if Kal can bring in his "associates" to help then that is a big help. Sneaking in through the front door is super dangerous. Might have better luck through a back window.

I have my feelers out looking for information.. I will have to wait and see what they gleen.

[Cleasor]

These are all great ideas.

But, what's the objective of the raid? That would drive the tactics. Is it to kill Trillon? Kill everyone inside? If so, why? Capture some and not others? What is the effect on their operations we hope to accomplish by raiding the estate?

[Senor T]

Killing them with the objective of having them all so dead that the cult’s operations within the compound and city in general are reduced in effectiveness.

I’m gonna go with capturing trillien is a bonus. But also cool if he trips into a few too many magic missiles and his head falls off.

[Rumple C]

Killing them with the objective of having them all so dead that the cult’s operations within the compound and city in general are reduced in effectiveness.

I’m gonna go with capturing trillien is a bonus. But also cool if he trips into a few too many magic missiles and his head falls off.

We should take the body as well, so he cannot be rezzed.

[jmecha]

What's the objective of the raid? That would drive the tactics. Is it to kill Trillon? Kill everyone inside? If so, why? Capture some and not others? What is the effect on their operations we hope to accomplish by raiding the estate?

Korsan would take the time to share with Ragnar.....

"Outside the City there is a brood of dangerous and evil Dragons who are working to gain not only access to the City of Splendors here, but also to have their way with her. Thankfully the Dragonwards installed to protect the City by Ahghairon have been able to keep the Dragons from entering the City proper."

"Now then, all that being said the Dragons have been making use of a variety of minions to perform their works within the city walls. Trillon Rosznar, the current head of the Rosznar Family, has been using the Family Villa as a command center from which all the various Cult of the Dragon operations within and around the city are ran from."

"In the pass months several of us have worked to undermine the efforts of the Dragons and their minions. We managed to kill off scores of their Lizard Folk tribal warriors with a large tidal wave, we have intercepted their shipments of poison and other war supplies, we have uncovered their vile recruiting methods and destroyed the cult's indoctrination center, and recently we have even successfully raided one of their fortified encampments south of the City."

"Now, ideally the Rosznars are reeling from the damage we have done to their operations and before they have the opportunity to recover, there are those among us who believe it is time to go cut the head off the proverbial snake. The only real catch is technically the Rosznars are a Noble family and attacking them would be considered legally criminal, and the Snake in this case is likely a very powerful Naga."

"I myself personally am expecting this Villa to be filled with some true believing zeal fulled cultists, the best the cult has to offer to see the Rosznar leadership protected, and to carry out their orders. The goal here is to work towards defeating the alliance of Evil Dragons outside the City, by undermining and destroying their operations inside the City. In this particular case the thing we are looking to bring to ruin is the command center for their City Activities."

"Now if all we do is shatter the Villa's defenses and send all the leadership flereing, we will at a minimal likely denied the Cult the Rosznar Villa and the protection of a Noble name to hide behind. What would be far better though would be if we could manage to not just shatter the defenses and bring the Villa to ruin, but if we can also capture or kill the highest ranking leadership of the Dragons, such as Trillon Rosznar."

[Mick]

Out of curiosity, are we quite certain that Trillen is human and not a dragon in disguise?

Are there any likenesses of him available or does he make public appearances at all? If so, Zylai’a would suggest either getting a look at him with True Seeing or Scrying (per the spell) him with the same in effect.