The supplies provided by Father Gallup include three bottles each of "holy water", "healing potion", "antidote potion" and "disguise potion", two topographic maps of Bear Valley, and finally a scroll of "Item Location Technique".
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Level 2 "Object Location Spell (Prophecy)": The spell effect lasts for 10 minutes/level. During this period, the caster can specify an item that he has seen or heard about its general appearance. When the target item appears within a radius of 400 feet
Within an area of 40 feet/level, the caster can determine its specific location.
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"After you arrive at Bear Valley, you can use this scroll to lock the rapier carried by William James, thereby determining William's location and providing navigation for the rescue operation."
The priest introduced the use of "object locating technique" to the young people.
"Even if the rapier is taken away by the gangsters midway, at least it is still in the gangster's lair. As long as this sword is found, the cage where William is imprisoned will not be far away."
After listening to the priest's instructions, Jiang Feng and Gao Fei started discussing in the Astrolabe private chat channel.
Judging from the description of "Item Locating Technique", the higher the casting level, the larger the search radius.
Counting the enhancement of "skilled spellcaster", both Gao Fei and Jiang Feng have 9 spellcasting levels.
Use the scroll to cast the "Object Location Spell", and the scanning radius will be 760 feet (approximately 253 meters), covering an area equivalent to 28 football fields. The spell will last for 90 minutes.
In other words, the person responsible for rescuing William must find him within 90 minutes.
So the next question is, who should take on the mission of searching and rescuing William James?
"Let me do it!" Gao Fei said, "I have the 'invisibility' and 'silence' skills, which make me more suitable for sneaking into the bandit's lair!"
Jiang Feng and Martin thought it made sense and accepted his proposed division of labor.
Jiang Feng's role in the game has two identities.
On the surface, she is a noble lady, but privately, she is the thieves "Masked Catwoman".
Both of these identities are not suitable for negotiating with the kidnappers on behalf of the Gordons. So he took a bottle of "disguise potion" and turned into the hero, and walked with Martin without arousing the suspicion of the kidnappers.
Before departure, Gao Fei handed the "greasy wand" to Jiang Feng.
He has a more powerful "fuel spell" and doesn't need this wand anymore.
Jiang Feng's "Spider Silk Ring" can only be used 5 times a day, and it lacks more field control spells than him.
Bear Valley, located at the foot of the mountain in the northern suburbs of Binhai City, is one of the many strongholds of the Blood Anchor Gang.
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There are no bears in Bear Valley, only bugbears.
These humanoid monsters covered with black fur are the strongest and most ferocious among the goblin families.
The average adult bugbear is two meters tall and weighs no less than two hundred kilograms.
The total number of bugbears entrenched in the Bear Valley is no less than forty or fifty, and their leader is a bugbear chief named "Chichitak", who is also one of the four leaders of the Blood Anchor Gang.
Bosses ranked higher than Chichituck include "Hawkeye" Hawke, "Blackhand" Cody, and a Cyclops named Barry.
Above these four leaders is the godfather of the Blood Anchor Gang, a mysterious "boss" who never shows his true face.
Jiang Feng spent a beam of astrolabe energy to quickly skip the journey.
As soon as the game screen changed, the stage came to a valley far away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
There is only one way into the valley.
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A gurgling stream meanders out from the depths of the valley.
The banks on both sides of the creek are covered with weeds and shrubs.
The cliffs on both sides of the valley are hundreds of meters steep. Occasionally, there are a few pines and cypresses leaning out from the cliffs. From time to time, birds of prey spread their wings and fly from the bird's nests in the tree crowns.
This is Bear Valley, the place designated by the Blood Anchor Gang to pay the ransom.
The dense woods, rugged terrain, and large groups of bugbears entrenched in the valley make this place one of the most suitable places for illegal transactions, such as smuggling, kidnapping and extortion.
The Binhai City police had long known that Bear Valley was an important stronghold of the Blood Anchor Gang, but they did not dare to mobilize police forces to raid it.
Goofy unfolds the topographical map of Bear Valley provided by Father Gallup.
A secret path is drawn with red lines on it, which can bypass the surveillance of the gangsters and sneak into the heart of the valley from the rear, which is the lair of the bugbears.
William James was imprisoned in a cave deep in the Bugbear Lair.
Gao Fei and his two partners said to each other to take care, then applied the "invisibility spell" on himself and climbed up the steep cliff.
Climbing a cliff requires a DC12 Dexterity check.
Before setting off to climb the mountain, Gao Fei blessed himself with "Cat Elegance", raising his agility attribute to 22 points and modifying it to 6.
Counting the proficiency modifier of 3, as long as the check roll is no less than 3, you can safely pass the test.
To be on the safe side, Gao Fei also used climbing tools, which would give him an advantage in the check.
Overall, it was a near miss.
If Jiang Feng were to perform the infiltration mission, since her "Raiders of the Temple" came with "flying over walls" and a "spider silk ring" that provided a safety rope, there would be no need to make a test at all, and the climb would automatically be regarded as successful.
Five minutes later, Gao Fei successfully climbed over the hill and took a shortcut to the bugbear camp according to the map provided by the priest.
Under the cover of dense grass, Gao Fei successfully reached the outskirts of the camp without alerting the bandits in the valley.
Hiding in the bushes, flying high to peer down.
Eight tall and strong men wearing animal skin armor and holding heavy maces were patrolling near the entrance of the camp.
These monsters really look a bit like black bears standing upright, with a pair of fangs protruding from the corners of their mouths and a fierce look on their faces.
These eight bugbears have an average HP of 35, strength 18, agility 14, constitution 15, intelligence 7, perception 14, and charisma 9.
Bugbears also master four feats: "Strongness", "Improved Initiative", "Powerful Attack" and "Brutal Strike".
It is not easy to kill all eight Bugbear Sentinels with Goofy's strength alone.
What's more, once a battle breaks out, the sentries will sound the alarm and call for more bugbears to join the siege. The guards in the lair will also be on heightened alert, making it even more difficult to sneak in to rescue people.
A wiser approach is to avoid conflict with patrols and sneak into the lair quietly without alerting them.
To achieve this goal, one must take advantage of the brief gap when the patrol's back is turned to the bushes and run from behind them as quickly as possible.
At the same time, no sound could be made from the feet.
You know, bugbears have very good ears!
All the above stealth elements can be simplified into a DC14 "Stealth" check.
The difficulty of this test cannot be said to be high or low.
If Jiang Feng were here, the chance of passing the concealment test would be about 80%. Once the test fails and the patrol team is alerted, the rescue operation may completely fail.
