abyssbound: (wargod)
Asura ([personal profile] abyssbound) wrote in [community profile] songerein2021-09-18 06:55 pm

Redcap Raid!

Who: Anyone who wants in on the raid
Which: Open mingle log
Where: One of the redcap-infested ruined castles in the wildlands. More information in This OOC post!
What: An assault on one of those troublesome iron-thieving Redcap hives
Warnings: Violence. So much violence.


[As noted on the Dream Board, Redcaps have become a serious problem of late, filching all the iron they can find and creating a severe shortage of the critical material. Asura has spent the last few days recruiting people to launch an assault on the largest hive in the arean; a large ruined castle in the wildlands where much of the stolen iron has been stashed.

Today is the day of the raid, and Asura gathers the recruits in a clearing in the dense forests of the wildlands to brief them. He looks at each of the gathered recruits in turn before beginning his explanation on the plan...



Group 1

The scouting party will travel in pairs to survey the exterior castle grounds. This group should avoid detection if at all possible, but if spotted, then they should immediately neutralize any redcaps who find them to prevent them from alerting the others. If you find any traps that can be quietly dismantled, then do so, and mark the locations of those that can't be destroyed in your journals to let everyone else know where they are. Also note any entrances and exits you find, as this intel is crucial to the second phase.

After the scouting party is done with their survey, phase 2 involves setting up gunpowder charges around each of the discovered entrances, with the exception of a single doorway through which Group 2 will launch their assault. After setting a charge, note it in your journal, and once all charges are set, ignite them and retreat.

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Group 2

With the fires started, the redcaps trapped inside the ruins are sent into a state of panic and confusion. This is the signal for Groups 2 to begin the attack, rushing into the ruins through the single remaining entrance.

Once inside, you should be wary of any traps the redcaps have set. Falling rocks, log traps, and pit traps are all things to look out for, as well as magic--if it's in an Indiana Jones movie, it's probably here. Combatants will need to contend with these hazards as they clash with the redcaps themselves. As per Asura's order; show no mercy and leave none of them alive. The goal here is to completely purge the hive.

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Group 3

As with any battle, there are bound to be injuries and casualties. Group 3 has set up a camp a short distance from the ruins with medical tents to tend to the wounded. There will need to be a few combat-capable people in this group as well to both guard it from attack from any redcaps who happened to be outside of the ruins, and also to run into the ruins themselves to look for any wounded who can't make it out on their own two feet.

Additionally, there will also need to be supply runners going to and from Reverein to transport food, water, and medical supplies--anything that the camp might need.

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Once the raid is complete and the last of the redcaps slain, a large stash of iron ingots and tools will be found in an underground store room, along with several casks of wine.]
lonelysmiles: (Come On. You Know Why.)

[personal profile] lonelysmiles 2021-09-20 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ah, so another connoisseur! Interesting! This place truly did pull in all types!]

[He catches up with a few long-legged strides, his shoes leaving prints that look like deer tracks in the blood. He pockets his handkerchief as he falls into step, staying just out of arm's reach. Partially due to wariness from not knowing what the other might do. Mostly because the blood on the other made him smell
good and Alastor wasn't in the mood to take on another demon.]

Don't tell me you're planning to fatten me up for a feast of your own! I'm afraid you'd never manage it!
lonelysmiles: (Hello!)

[personal profile] lonelysmiles 2021-09-21 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Rather than be offended, Alastor laughs.]

Given I've been dead for about ninety years, that's a fair guess! However, I find my fellow demons quite tasty. Venison is superior to that though!

[He is keeping an eye on the stranger but he doesn't want to give the other a reason to feel threatened and strike first.]
lonelysmiles: (If You Wish...)

[personal profile] lonelysmiles 2021-09-21 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
Oh undoubtedly.

[Alastor walks up to stand beside Asura, peeking into the next room.]

It positively stinks of old death, doesn't it? Would you like me to have a go at these things?
lonelysmiles: (Seriously Though...)

[personal profile] lonelysmiles 2021-09-21 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Alastor watches, folding his hands behind his back. Honestly he's feeling rather jealous. His own flame conjuration is currently not working properly and he's had yet to summon one of his own tentacles. The only shadow he can control is his own, and he can't even conjure items.]

[Ah well. Not much to do about it. He keeps that jealousy hidden behind his perpetual smile.]

[Meanwhile his shadow rises from the ground to occupy three-dimensional space.]


I doubt he missed anything, but best to double-check.

[With that, the shadow starts zipping about the room, searching for anything that might go off.]
lonelysmiles: (Let's Go!)

[personal profile] lonelysmiles 2021-09-21 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
I might have found where some of the iron went! Unsurprisingly, some of it went into their traps.

[He grins excitedly.]

Let's take a look, shall we?

[And with that, he teleports to his shadow's location. Sadly, he has to be able to see his shadow to get the trick to work at the moment, but hopefully he'll have his normal range and connection in time.]

[He leans over the trigger to one of the traps.]


Pressure trigger for a spring trap. Like a bear trap. Crude but effective!
Edited 2021-09-26 22:51 (UTC)
lonelysmiles: (Afterall...)

[personal profile] lonelysmiles 2021-09-27 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Just as Alastor predicted, the trap snaps shut on the tentacle. Had that been someone's leg, it probably would've broken the bones and likely poisoned them given all the rust and dried blood on the "teeth".]

As I said before, "crude but effective"!
lonelysmiles: (Sadistic Pleasure)

[personal profile] lonelysmiles 2021-09-27 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
Just a smell. [He swipes his tongue over his fangs both in anticipation and at the divine smell marinating future prey.] Fear.

[The redcaps were learning, it seemed. Too little too late.]
lonelysmiles: (Polite Chuckling)

[personal profile] lonelysmiles 2021-09-29 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Alastor awkwardly chuckles.]

Not a bloodhound. Honestly, any hellhound could beat my nose, but I'm amazed you can't smell all that fear yourself.