Okay, not me, but my character.
This is ye olde medieval type castle. My character is not exactly IN a prison cell, but locked away in a VERY guarded room. He is innocent and being sentenced to die.
One of the king's children (an adult male) knows this person is innocent and wants to help. He's not the most assertive prince, but he's super smart and clever.
For some reason, I'm blanking. I keep thinking, "Wow, this is going to suck writing because how would I know how to get a man out of a guarded room?"
So, the basics:
A few ideas:
The prince can bribe some of the guards. But, can he? This prisoner is important. The guards might be super loyal.
The prince drugs the guards with an offering of bread/wine.
The wood mage works some magic spell where wood is concerned. (No idea there)
Fight their way in (not plausible at he's the prince and he won't go so far as to do something THAT obvious)
I don't know. I haven't read a lot of escape scenes. Anyone have any ideas to make it interesting? The drugging thing seemed simple, but so easy.
This is ye olde medieval type castle. My character is not exactly IN a prison cell, but locked away in a VERY guarded room. He is innocent and being sentenced to die.
One of the king's children (an adult male) knows this person is innocent and wants to help. He's not the most assertive prince, but he's super smart and clever.
For some reason, I'm blanking. I keep thinking, "Wow, this is going to suck writing because how would I know how to get a man out of a guarded room?"
So, the basics:
- Warrior guy locked away in castle room (typical structure, stone walls, etc). No windows, no other entry points
- 2 guards outside his door that are probably hand-picked super loyal dudes
- 4 guards guarding all areas where there are stairs leading up and down
- 2 roaming guards
- His smarts
- His wits
- He has access to a lot of coin
- He has the help of a mage (that is an elemental "wood" mage with considerable power)
- The weapons-master is also helping
A few ideas:
The prince can bribe some of the guards. But, can he? This prisoner is important. The guards might be super loyal.
The prince drugs the guards with an offering of bread/wine.
The wood mage works some magic spell where wood is concerned. (No idea there)
Fight their way in (not plausible at he's the prince and he won't go so far as to do something THAT obvious)
I don't know. I haven't read a lot of escape scenes. Anyone have any ideas to make it interesting? The drugging thing seemed simple, but so easy.