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Moving out on this plan, then?

As they meet for the last time outside the walls, Kaida calls upon her mother's legacy, blowing a mist from the palm of her hand into the face of each of her companions.
I'll cast Fire Eyes for all three. It then lasts for one hour.
Fire Eyes (BCS 11) [1d20]=8 [1d20]=8 [1d20]=9 [1d20]=16 [1d20]=11 [1d20]=2

... 19 / 25 spell points remaining.

Dressed in gakusha guise, she then takes an inconspicuous place to pray along the street on the east side until she hears the signal to cause the distraction.

In darkness the ninja enacted the plan. With magic night sight, Jinsei moved with Fuma and Minoru to the north wall. The 10’ roofed wall was not tall. Jinsei motioned for the ninja to help each other negotiate the low wall if necessary.

Channeling a snail, Jinsei slowly and extra carefully climbed up. He peeked over the top to make sure no person or dog was on the other side, before completing the climb over.

What do I need to roll for climbing and stealth? Is there a bonus for help, moving extra carefully and low wall?

Fuma

Fuma will follow Jinsei over the wall.

Is there a tree that would serve well as a lookout point, or do I need to find a roof? Perching atop the wall seems too visible.

Jinsei carefully and silently climbed the outer wall, peeking over the ledge to confirm no one was there before sliding down to the other side. What is terrain between outer wall and house north wall? Is there light from the house paper panel wall, or dark? What degree of moonlight is there tonight?

Climbing 15 [1d20]=16 With the +2 he just made it.

Ninjutsu 10/47 [1d20]=10, [1d100]=36

Grognardsw wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:05 pm What is terrain between outer wall and house north wall? Is there light from the house paper panel wall, or dark? What degree of moonlight is there tonight?

Casts were successful. All three of you can see in darkness 30 yards fpr one hour.

Marullus wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:52 pm

Grognardsw wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:05 pm What is terrain between outer wall and house north wall? Is there light from the house paper panel wall, or dark? What degree of moonlight is there tonight?

Casts were successful. All three of you can see in darkness 30 yards fpr one hour.

Thanks, I was wondering what guards and dog may be able to see with moonlight if any.

The Moon rises in a mostly clear sky. It's waxing, and tomorrow it will be at half moon.

It does my heart good to hear that Kaida remembered the too cheap for many candles detail.

From under the house, Jinsei waited for the dog to appear while Minoru and Fuma took their positions.

The Sun has set, leaving only the light of the Moon behind clouds to illuminate the damp pathways and grounds of Kofu. The members of the Nakama return to a spot beside the merchant's house scouted and observed the day before. The alley between the roofed eastern wall of the merchant's grounds compound, and the similarly roofed wall of the neighbor's. Fuma's, Jinsei's and Minoru's always mystifying, but always beloved, cousin Kaida murmurs under her breath about "eyes" and "fire," taking her attention to another place. The "Hiding World"-- the kakuriyoh. The three shinobi feel a wave of otherwordly nature all around, and then they notice details of the walls, floor and roofs of the narrow nighttime alleyway. They can only compare the experience being like a cat. Able to see in the dimmest of light. While bumbling dogs, humans and mice cannot do the same.

The shinobi move between the walls to the north, and pause. They turn left around the corner and move to the west along the northern all. Jinsei stops and signals a stop and hush. Then, after some tense seconds of catching footholds on smooth limewashed clay walls, silently crawls along its roof, and drops over to the other side. Fuma and Minoru silently observe and listen. Nothing. Silence and success, shugenja Kaida is in place. The lights inside the merchant's mansion glow dimly, through the paper windows of the great mansion' outer walls. Jinsei is in. Fuma and Minoru are to follow. Minoru, to quickly take a high place and observe.

The dog inside the grounds makes unpleasant sounds of grooming itself, standing and shaking its rough hide, and standing under the Moon to appraise this spot in this night and its territory. It starts to look toward Jinsei's area, ears slightly up, listening and curious.

Next actions?

Fuma

Fuma freezes on the dogs movement and he waits for Jinsei to strike.

I had assumed Fuma and Minoru followed Jinsei up and over, though the delay in their rolls I suppose puts Jinsei under the house when the dog is spotted. Perhaps Fuma is at the top of the wall when the dog is seen?

Jinsei motioned in the ninja sign-language for Fuma to stop, lest the dog possibly see him come down the wall. He signed for Fuma to ready his blowgun.

The ninja judged the distance to the dog to ascertain if it was in range of his blowgun, or needed to be closer.

Fuma

Fuma doesn't have any poison, unless we are retconing that we gave him some.