Session 17

Today we infiltrate the keep in Salshear.

Reaching the Keep
We opt to infiltrate the keep at night. Suleiman stashes his chain mail in the inn, because being loud and clanky is not ideal for stealthy infiltration. Xanie purchases some dark clothing for similar reasons.

We approach shortly before midnight. Suleiman notices that the guards on the wall are clearly checked out, so we move immediately rather than waiting for a shift change.

We make it into the sewer entrance without incident.

Infiltrating the Keep
Almost immediately, we hear our first guard. Obviously bored, yawning. Xanie uses Minor Illusion to distract the guard, and he approaches us. Suleiman manages to grapple him with some effort, then Beans breaks out the claws to intimidate him into submission. Xanie ties him up, and we press on.

Using the guard's keys, we sneak into the kitchen. Suleiman barges into the main store-room with an absolute lack of tact, only to notice some servants flirting with each other. He rapidly (but quietly) closes the door. At this point, Beans becomes a rat and Xanie turns herself and Suleiman invisible.

The party sneaks upstairs and hear voices outside the kitchen. Suleiman throws some onions on the ground to get them to open the doors for us, and the party sneaks out...but not before Suleiman crashes into a pot, causing the chef to notice Beans-the-Rat and chase her out of the kitchen. Xanie and Suleiman make a break for it in the confusion and reach the dining hall without incident.

The hall is empty, but the doors are locked and Knot (deafmute) is unable to unlock the doors. The party sneaks through the courtyard, into a chapel, and finds a door that Knot is able to easily open. Xanie unlocks one of the dining hall doors so that we have an easier escape route and we proceed up to the second floor.

There are two guards outside the Baron's bedroom. We repeat the jedi mind trick Minor Illusion to isolate one, drag him into a side room and beat him unconscious. Xanie then uses Hypnotic Pattern to hypnotize the other guard, and Suleiman grabs him and pulls him to the ground. The party then once again beats the guard unconscious.