Corren & Rowan IIIX

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Can you give the dimension of the hole and how deep it is before it turns?</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Should we take off the ther domes?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: there are no turns</div> <div> ElwingFD: dont think we could get the others off</div> <div> Missiledine: no, it just opens into the space where the rods are</div> <div> Missiledine: they did not sound hollolw</div> <div> Dukejr01: we haven'ttried to get the others off.</div> <div> ElwingFD: right...hmmmm</div> <div> Dukejr01: isthre any pattern to the placement?</div> <div> Missiledine: not that you can discern, except for the two holes close together</div> <div> Dukejr01: there is just no way of knowing which is/are the right ones.</div> <div> Missiledine: none of the domes or holes are closer to the floor than about 18" none are closer to the ceiling than about the same</div> <div> Dukejr01: perhaps we should do the pair that are close together. turn them at the same time. one person on each. we should practice doing it at the same time.</div> <div> ElwingFD: I'm picturing giant gumball machines...put in a quarter, pull the rod and a giant gumball comes out and bops us</div> <div> Missiledine: Talbon says "Wait, I want to go look at something." Ho goes back up the steps</div> <div> Missiledine: lol</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren follows</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren goest o look at the pictograms above the door</div> <div> Missiledine: Talbon climbs out onto the makeshift bridge and twists his head around the patially opened door to look at the carvings on the outside</div> <div> Dukejr01: can corren pull himself on top of hte door?</div> <div> Dukejr01: he has those ropes there</div> <div> Missiledine: yes</div> <div> Dukejr01: k. he does so if he is not in Talbon's way</div> <div> Dukejr01: he wants to look at that sun symbol</div> <div> Missiledine: Talbon calls out, in voice for all to hear, "The Sun carving has all its rays done in equal sized and spaced rays, except for the three</div> <div> largest...</div> <div> Missiledine: These have two matching large ones and the third, the one on the right, is cut short</div> <div> Missiledine: (Picture an upside down Y)</div> <div> Missiledine: (kind of)</div> <div> Dukejr01: with a short down stroke?</div> <div> Missiledine: (Gotta work on the graphics with this system of play)</div> <div> ElwingFD: it would help in this particular case</div> <div> Missiledine: right, the right hand down stroke is cut short</div> <div> Missiledine: (true)</div> <div> Dukejr01: does that correspond with the placement of the tubes?</div> <div> Missiledine: yes</div> <div> ElwingFD: ok, don't need to type that, since you did :-)</div> <div> Missiledine: eh?</div> <div> ElwingFD: I was typing the same thing Dave was</div> <div> Dukejr01: hmmm.. it strikes me that the cut short one is bad</div> <div> Missiledine: ah!</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. so which two do the long strokes correspond to?</div> <div> Missiledine: It looks to you, like the two closely set holes, could be it.... Then again...</div> <div> Dukejr01: do we have any parchement and charcoal? Corren wants to take a rubbing</div> <div> Missiledine: Talbon says, "I don't think its an exact map. But a representation of two to one"</div> <div> ElwingFD: did we figure out if the rods push/pull or rotate as well?</div> <div> Missiledine: Yes</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren takesa rubbing.</div> <div> Missiledine: Go test them</div> <div> ElwingFD: ha</div> <div> Missiledine: :-D</div> <div> ElwingFD: what about the distance from the edge of the hole to the rods, are they the same length showing?</div> <div> Missiledine: It looks like it</div> <div> ElwingFD: so they have room to push in, if indeed they move that way</div> <div> Missiledine: yep</div> <div> Dukejr01: hmmm... so the question is. what does that mean? is the short one singled out and THAT is the correct one? or are the other two correct and the short</div> <div> one the trap? what are teh other symbols?</div> <div> Missiledine: To work the two rods simultaneously, a man will have to put both arms in and have his chest against the wall</div> <div> ElwingFD: or all three need to be push/pulled at the same time to get that Y shape</div> <div> Dukejr01: were the jhensari noticable shorter? would their arms be long enough?</div> <div> Missiledine: Most of the other symbols are either incomprehensible hieroglyphics, or part of a series of images showing Jhensari going about</div> <div> daily tasks under the sun</div> <div> Missiledine: Not that much shorter than Velitar, their arms would be long enough... The pictures show normal proportions of arms. Those that</div> <div> have them</div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> Dukejr01: hmmmph</div> <div> Dukejr01: well, Corren takes the rubbing down and compares</div> <div> ElwingFD: you said that the two closest to each other seem to represent the top of the Y?</div> <div> Missiledine: ok, what part of the stone did you take the rubbing of</div> <div> Dukejr01: the sun symbol</div> <div> Missiledine: Turn the Y upside down, The two closest seem to be, the left down stroke and the up stroke... Talbon doesn't think its a map of</div> <div> posistion, but rather shows the combination</div> <div> Missiledine: of course, he could be wrong</div> <div> Dukejr01: short then long. do the short stroke position first, then the two long simultaniously</div> <div> Dukejr01: that makes sense to Corren</div> <div> Missiledine: OR, do the two long and don't do the short at all</div> <div> ElwingFD: no, if it's a combination then they should all three be done..</div> <div> Dukejr01: good point</div> <div> Missiledine: Or, it could be the `correct' combination.... use two, not three</div> <div> ElwingFD: looks to me like pull one and three, and push two...if I'm picturing your graphics right :-)</div> <div> Dukejr01: hmmm... I think we are overanalizing. combination locks area TL#+ invention. sequential combinations are not likeyl in this case.</div> <div> Missiledine: Think of it as a clock face, 12, 4 and 8... 12 and 8 are long. 4 is shortened</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. well, there is nothing for it. we have to pick one and try it.</div> <div> Missiledine: Talbon is still studying the door</div> <div> ElwingFD: ok, now i'm a bit confused...I thought the short one was at the 12?</div> <div> Dukejr01: nope. downward right stroke was short</div> <div> Missiledine: no, lower right... 4 o'clock</div> <div> Dukejr01: arethe other figures in any pattern? big/small. what is happening at the "12" and "8" positions aroundthe door?</div> <div> ElwingFD: so the rods are in a circle too?</div> <div> Missiledine: just underneath the sun is the line of figures working out side</div> <div> Missiledine: not a perfect circle</div> <div> Dukejr01: describe those figures</div> <div> ElwingFD: ok, so the trick is making sure we have which rod corresponds to the drawing </div> <div> Missiledine: you could put your arms into hole A and B but not into A and C or B and C</div> <div> Missiledine: there are twelve figures that are in a line. they are working out side,doing day to day tasks... hunting, fising, gathering... </div> <div> Missiledine: fishing</div> <div> Dukejr01: do they seem to be in pairs?</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren rubs them as well</div> <div> Missiledine: no.... but the last three in the line. the ones on the right, are a little different then the first six</div> <div> Dukejr01: do tell</div> <div> Missiledine: the first six all show people going about their tasks using both hands... the last three, each figure has only one visible arm</div> <div> ElwingFD: it was chopped off by the rod</div> <div> Dukejr01: lol</div> <div> Missiledine: well, the figures do seem to have stumps</div> <div> Dukejr01: great</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Cheery thought"</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren ppoints at them</div> <div> Dukejr01: "one arm"</div> <div> Missiledine: "Uh, huh"</div> <div> Dukejr01: what about figures 7-9?</div> <div> Missiledine: sorry, mis counted, last four, 8 - 12 have one hand visible</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay,. what about #7 then?</div> <div> Missiledine: The last 4! I can't even count tonight!</div> <div> Missiledine: Shouldn't even be on a computer! Can't even count marks on a paper.....</div> <div> ElwingFD: do you mean not visible as in a one eyed jack has one eye showing but we know the other is there, or were you serious about them having stumps?</div> <div> Missiledine: stumps</div> <div> ElwingFD: well at least the last 4 are still alive...not too bad for a Jim campaign</div> <div> Missiledine: he, he, he</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. let me get this straight. 1-6 have two hands, 7 and 8 are undescribed. 9-12 have stumps</div> <div> Missiledine: Don't make me count again!</div> <div> Missiledine: 1, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 have two hands showing....9, 10, 11,12 have one hand and a stump.... There! I did it!</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay.</div> <div> Missiledine: thanks</div> <div> Dukejr01: well, the stump is a bad thing</div> <div> Missiledine: "Hmmm," Says Talbon... "THe Jhensari are, and where, a simple people... The Sun is very important to them... 'A Good Thing' A</div> <div> truncated ray would mean no light... no sun.. definately a bad thing... Hmmm" He is lost in thought</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren thinks we should go for the two that are cloe together</div> <div> Missiledine: "The two rays.... two holes... might mean letting light in... therefore opening the door..."</div> <div> Dukejr01: but he will not say anything until the Lord is done thinking</div> <div> Missiledine: "Or.... It could mean something entirely different... Like the one ray, one hole, is the path to the darkness...""</div> <div> Missiledine: "But if that were the case, why bother with....Hmmm" He trails off thinking again</div> <div> Dukejr01: <good thing he is the big brain></div> <div> ElwingFD: I like the first theory best, open up the two to the light</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren slides down.</div> <div> Dukejr01: he goes to his pack. gets out his precious and fast declining beer and takesa looong pull</div> <div> Missiledine: Talbon nods, "I do too.... But I could be wrong.... Want to toss a coin?"</div> <div> ElwingFD: nope, prefer instinct</div> <div> Missiledine: "And yours says?"</div> <div> ElwingFD: the first theory</div> <div> Missiledine: "It's just a theory."</div> <div> ElwingFD: yep, but so far it makes the most sense...now if we could figure out how the people fit into it</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren wipe his mouth.... "Who does it?"</div> <div> Missiledine: "I think the people are a warning, or a reminder of what might happen if you use the wrong hole... If my theory is correct." Talbon adds</div> <div> ElwingFD: ok, but there are 12 people, and 4 are missing arms...why that ratio?</div> <div> Dukejr01: 1/3</div> <div> Dukejr01: i thought that obvious.</div> <div> Missiledine: (Now we get to the good part! Who is going to spend the rest of their days known as "One Armed______"</div> <div> ElwingFD: ok, never mind...I got confused when you switched from 3 to 4 stumps</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren rolls his eyes. "Fine. I should get hazard pay. I will do it"</div> <div> Missiledine: sorry</div> <div> Missiledine: (One Armed Corren.... Kinda catchy)</div> <div> Missiledine: Talbon nods, "Okay. You open it and I'll give you an extra $500."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Cool. Corren goes down to the tubes</div> <div> Missiledine: (That ought to pay for the hook)</div> <div> ElwingFD: a couple of hooks</div> <div> Dukejr01: anda lot of beer</div> <div> Missiledine: Talbon has confidence in you... he'll even come part way down the steps</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren reaches into the two tubes that are close together.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: he takes hold of the upright bars....</div> <div> Missiledine: and....</div> <div> Dukejr01: and at the same time.....</div> <div> Missiledine: yes...</div> <div> Dukejr01: he first tries pulling.</div> <div> Missiledine: nothing</div> <div> Dukejr01: push?</div> <div> Missiledine: ah!</div> <div> Dukejr01: <the suspense is killing me you.... sadist</div> <div> Missiledine: Hold it! Where are you Rowan?</div> <div> Dukejr01: <arrg!></div> <div> ElwingFD: up by the symbols</div> <div> Missiledine: That's me</div> <div> Missiledine: uhmmm</div> <div> Missiledine: When you push, and push hard... There is a grating sound followed by a heavy 'bang' Immediately, before you can let go, the wall you</div> <div> are belly up against, swings inward like a door in the breeze, there is no floor beneath your feet!</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Shiiiiiiiit!"</div> <div> Missiledine: There is darkness below you and vaugely you hear, from below, another grating sound, like stone sliding on stone</div> <div> Dukejr01: how far does the door go?</div> <div> Dukejr01: 90 degrees? 180?</div> <div> Missiledine: Talbon says, "Don't let go...." He doesn't sound too concerned. He's standing looking over the edge into the dark.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren tries to hold his voice steady as he says "Aye... Lord"</div> <div> Missiledine: It is swinging past the 90 degree mark when Talbon grabs onto your clothing and pulls you back</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay,. can Corren get his feet on the floor?</div> <div> Missiledine: With a bit of effort, yes</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. corren doesn't let go, however</div> <div> Missiledine: "Don't let that close!" Talbon warns as he goes to call up the steps. "We need rope!"</div> <div> ElwingFD: Rowan brings rope</div> <div> Missiledine: "Looks like twenty, maybe thirty feet to the bottom." Talbon says</div> <div> Dukejr01: <whistle></div> <div> Missiledine: He brings some rope and some spikes to the door and gives Cooren some rope. "Tie it to one of your rods, so it doesn't swing to far"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren holds on....</div> <div> Missiledine: He then puts a couple spikes in to keep it from closing</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren does</div> <div> Missiledine: Once the door is tied you can let go</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren breathes a sigh of relief.</div> <div> ElwingFD: Let's get some light down there</div> <div> Dukejr01: he looks around. "shall we lowera lamp?"</div> <div> ElwingFD: I get a lantern</div> <div> Missiledine: Talbon, who is spiking the hinge, nods</div> <div> Dukejr01: we lower a lamp to see what is down there</div> <div> Missiledine: Ok, the light shows a circular shaft that goes down about fifteen feet, then opens into a larger area. The lamp settles on a stone floor</div> <div> Dukejr01: hmmm... anything else besides the shaft? no furthur tunnel?</div> <div> Missiledine: The shaft is maybe 10' across... It also goe up, out of sight above you</div> <div> Missiledine: no more tunnel... up or down now</div> <div> Dukejr01: Look above. any ladder or other means of climbing?</div> <div> Missiledine: nope</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. corren will go down. anchor a rope and tie the other end around his waist.</div> <div> Dukejr01: wear gloves. feet against wall,</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: look at the wall as he goes down. use light to see if there is anything on the wall that may be a trigger or trap</div> <div> ElwingFD: I'll keep his line taught</div> <div> Missiledine: Okay, you work your way down, seeing no sign of any 'triggers' on the wall. At 15' (give or take) the shaft opens into the room</div> <div> below... no more wall to bounce off.</div> <div> Dukejr01: when he gets down to the bottom, he stops, hitches the ropa and "spins" himself to see what is what.</div> <div> Dukejr01: ..</div> <div> Missiledine: The light is not adequate to illuminate the entire chamber perfectly... But you can see that it is circular, perhaps 70' feet in diameter.</div> <div> The roof slopes from a high of maybe 15' where you are, down to maybe 7' along the outer edges. The perimiter of the room has, what look to be</div> <div> raised platforms, 12 of them, each maybe 4 feet high, seven feet long, and 3' wide</div> <div> Missiledine: Between you and the platforms are statues, life size, maybe twenty in the whole room</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Dome shaped room. 5 yards or so high in the center where I am, slopes to 7 feet or so. circular. 12 raised platforms. about 4 feet high, 7 long and 3</div> <div> wide. there are.... maybe 20 statues inthe room.</div> <div> Missiledine: (You know... the way your hanging there makes me think of a cat toy...)</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren rights himself and lowers himself to the floor.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren is likely to start pracicing this kind of stuff.</div> <div> Missiledine: (lots of places around town to practice this shit)</div> <div> Missiledine: You are now on the floor</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren does a 360. looks at the statues suspiciously.</div> <div> Missiledine: Talbon yells, "Anything happen?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: he picks up the lamp</div> <div> Dukejr01: "not yet"</div> <div> Missiledine: nothing is happening</div> <div> Dukejr01: he shines light on the statues.</div> <div> Missiledine: "Okay, I'm coming down." He lloks around.. "Rowan?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I could use my shield and axe."</div> <div> ElwingFD: right behind you</div> <div> Missiledine: Talbon will bring them</div> <div> ElwingFD: what are the other two doing?</div> <div> Missiledine: Talbon clambers down the rope</div> <div> Missiledine: Holding the rope for you</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb will come after you</div> <div> Dukejr01: is there a gap in the ring of statues?</div> <div> Dukejr01: or a pattern on the floor? Corren starts another torch</div> <div> Missiledine: The statues are apparantly of somekind of terracotta... They are human shaped but very roughly and crudely made so that features</div> <div> are indeterminate. There is no visible pattern to the statues, but they are all spread out so that there is no cap of more than maybe 5 - 8' between</div> <div> any of them</div> <div> Dukejr01: righto.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren nods thanks to talbon for his shield and axe. he loops his axe and readies shield.</div> <div> Missiledine: There floor appears to be a central solid stone about 10' in diam, that you are standing on, after that they are triangular stones about</div> <div> 2' per side, inter locked together</div> <div> Missiledine: Rowan is down</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb is coming down</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I suppose those statues are magic bastards"</div> <div> Missiledine: Talbon says, "I'm in no rush to find out just yet."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren crouches and looks at the tiles</div> <div> ElwingFD: I'm going to take a close look at the statues without touching</div> <div> Missiledine: Talbon looks around and says, "Those platforms are sarcophigi.... "</div> <div> Missiledine: How close do you get?</div> <div> Dukejr01: he move tot he end of the circular area.</div> <div> Dukejr01: edge</div> <div> Dukejr01: he leans to look.</div> <div> ElwingFD: hmmm...how far away am I from the closest?</div> <div> Missiledine: 10 maybe 12 feet</div> <div> Missiledine: from the edge where Corren is standing</div> <div> ElwingFD: well, as long as I stay on the central stone, I will go no closer than 3 feet </div> <div> Missiledine: can't do both</div> <div> Dukejr01: moot point then. </div> <div> Missiledine: edge of stone is 10 to 12 feet from nearest statue</div> <div> ElwingFD: ah, well never mind then</div> <div> Dukejr01: Wait until rolb is down.</div> <div> Missiledine: I assumed you were at the edge when I described</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb is down</div> <div> Dukejr01: anything unusual about the tiles?</div> <div> Dukejr01: symbols, marks color?</div> <div> Missiledine: same stone as the rest of the place</div> <div> Missiledine: nope</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren looks at Talbon.</div> <div> Missiledine: the ones against the circular stone are cut to fit it... only diff from the rest</div> <div> Missiledine: "Well, we came here for treasure... The treasure will be in the sarcophigi... So."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren looks at Rolb. "Those statues start moving. We go There" gesturing to a random point inthe wall " so we can get out backs up against a wall.</div> <div> hey?"</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb nods</div> <div> Dukejr01: they are only clay, how tough can they be?" Corren grins</div> <div> Missiledine: draws his sword... "Where do ya want to start?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren shrugs. we should all stay together."</div> <div> Dukejr01: any marks on the sarcophagi?</div> <div> Missiledine: "Not too close tho... Spread out some."</div> <div> Missiledine: Not that you can see from here</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren shrugs. he steps off the circle. ready to jump back</div> <div> Missiledine: Nothing happens</div> <div> Dukejr01: he takes another step</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb advances out of the circle</div> <div> Missiledine: Nothing</div> <div> Dukejr01: keep moving.</div> <div> Missiledine: Talbon points at one scarcophogus... "Try that one first."</div> <div> Dukejr01: get to within touching distane of the S</div> <div> Missiledine: Statue?</div> <div> Dukejr01: "should we smash the statues as a precaution?</div> <div> Missiledine: Talbon shrugs</div> <div> Dukejr01: Sarcophagus</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren goes over to the nearest one.</div> <div> Dukejr01: is it armed?</div> <div> Missiledine: No, can't even see its hands</div> <div> Missiledine: Rowan, what are you doing?</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Eh?" corren moves closer keeping his shield up.</div> <div> ElwingFD: I'm still trying to figure out if there is a trap</div> <div> Missiledine: oh</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren is looking atthe statue closely.</div> <div> ElwingFD: and rereading past descriptions</div> <div> Missiledine: How close are you?</div> <div> Dukejr01: he gets to within melee range.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: anything covering it?</div> <div> Missiledine: Covering it?</div> <div> Missiledine: hang on guys, brb</div> <div> Dukejr01: covering it like slime or paste or a chocolate coating....</div> <div> Dukejr01: It wouldn't surprsise me if these terracotta statues contained slime like in that first trap. if they are golems, they may not fight well, but if broken, trouble.</div> <div> we should have enough ropes available so we can all climb out at the same time.</div> <div> ElwingFD: I'm thinking they're giant chia-pets with bad things waiting to set them off</div> <div> Dukejr01: Ch-ch-ch-chia!</div> <div> Missiledine: sorry</div> <div> Missiledine: bad Ty... very bad</div> <div> Missiledine: no, nothing covering them.. except a little dust</div> <div> Dukejr01: When Chia go bad...</div> <div> Dukejr01: <I was a chia pet for the FBI"</div> <div> Missiledine: right</div> <div> ElwingFD: chia-warrior</div> <div> Missiledine: What is Corren going to do?</div> <div> Dukejr01: right. enough of thsi, its silly</div> <div> ElwingFD: and comming soon...chia-cleric</div> <div> Dukejr01: he is looking over the statues, are the warrior images? any weapons? legs?</div> <div> Missiledine: no, their form is very blurred and indistinct... no hands, no faces, no feet, no legs, no weapons</div> <div> Dukejr01: just big... blobs</div> <div> Missiledine: yeah</div> <div> Dukejr01: look behind it</div> <div> Missiledine: its, three dimensional.. nothing hiding behind it</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Huh. think these are the actual 'coffins'?"</div> <div> Missiledine: As you move into the circle, to look behind it, you hear the sound of something shatter... like some one dropped a dish on the floor</div> <div> Dukejr01: uh oh. corren has his mouth covered</div> <div> Dukejr01: hold breath</div> <div> Dukejr01: look at sound</div> <div> Missiledine: To your right you see out of the corner of youe eye, a piece of one of the statues fall off and shatter... Another piece and another</div> <div> Dukejr01: get back to wall</div> <div> Missiledine: All over the room the statues are falling apart</div> <div> Dukejr01: and underneath is.....</div> <div> Missiledine: You can see that they are hollow inside...</div> <div> Missiledine: Suddenly a bony, dessicated arm thrusts througfh one, shattering the clay</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren attacks the closest one with his attack, two attacks all out, before it can ready itself.</div> <div> Missiledine: Another cracks apart in all directions, revealing an almost fleshless figure wrapped in rags</div> <div> Dukejr01: with his axe. pardon</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> ElwingFD: how many of the statues produce these things</div> <div> Dukejr01: err.. about20</div> <div> Dukejr01: i would expect</div> <div> Missiledine: Both blows hit, the first one shatters some clay as well, before hacking into the thing underneath.. Two blows and it is lying in two</div> <div> pieces, unmoving</div> <div> Missiledine: At the moment about half are breaking apart</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren ttakes the initiative and attacks the next one ASAP. all out</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb leaps between two statues and strikes, once to each, taking one to the ground in two pieces</div> <div> ElwingFD: well, it looks like his plan is working so I will do the same using my staff</div> <div> ElwingFD: since I'm behind everyone, I will take the ones opposite</div> <div> Missiledine: You score two hits TYler, taking another one to the ground. Talbon is also flailing away with his staff</div> <div> Missiledine: But now the free attacks are about over</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren, as you smash another to the ground, one will attack you from the side, and you catch a glimpse of one coming from behind</div> <div> Missiledine: Rowan, two are advancing omn you</div> <div> Missiledine: They seem slow at first, but they are picking up speed</div> <div> ElwingFD: what are they using as weapons?</div> <div> Missiledine: Talbon yells, "Careful... If they are wights their touch is very, very bad!"</div> <div> Missiledine: hands</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren turns to the one on the side. he attacks that one but defendsthis time</div> <div> Missiledine: Other than dodge, and a slow one at that, they have no other defense</div> <div> Dukejr01: understood,.</div> <div> Dukejr01: <we should have stayed together :-\></div> <div> Missiledine: Okay, Corren.. One hits you, clawing at your armor.. It doesn't get through tho</div> <div> ElwingFD: I'm using the staff to strike...I'm keeping at least 2 hex distance between me and it, backing up</div> <div> Dukejr01: Kill!</div> <div> Dukejr01: I like chainmail.</div> <div> Missiledine: Rowan, there are two coming at you, but one is slightly ahead and will attack this round</div> <div> ElwingFD: ok, I thought two were on me and now was only one?</div> <div> Missiledine: He strikes, but you dodge... TWO are coming at you, but only ONE attacks this round</div> <div> ElwingFD: remember I have a 2 hex weapon, he's using a 1 hex arm...I'm staying clear</div> <div> Missiledine: These things have no fear of being injured by the weapons, so unless you keep moving back, they will advance inwards to grab you</div> <div> ElwingFD: I am moving backward....are we all backing towards the center of the room or somewhere else?</div> <div> Missiledine: Talbon and Rolb have moved to be back to back... Talbon with his staff, Rolb with his sword.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren attacks</div> <div> Missiledine: You are backing to the center.. </div> <div> Missiledine: Corren hits, but the blow isn't enough to take it out..</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay.</div> <div> ElwingFD: I'm attacking as they get close enough to my staff</div> <div> Missiledine: It strikes back... again your armor stops the blow (damn)</div> <div> Dukejr01: next round he is all out attacking for two attacks. one on each.</div> <div> Dukejr01: what about last round?</div> <div> Missiledine: Ok, you will all have first attacks because of their speed</div> <div> Dukejr01: <i think I missed a ound of attack></div> <div> Dukejr01: r</div> <div> Missiledine: Reviewing.,.. </div> <div> Missiledine: yes, I did miss, sorry</div> <div> Missiledine: You missed too</div> <div> Dukejr01: :-)</div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> Dukejr01: as long as I am trying</div> <div> Missiledine: Rowan</div> <div> ElwingFD: yep</div> <div> Dukejr01: Die fighting, that is my motto! 8-)</div> <div> Missiledine: You hit again, but didn't finish it</div> <div> Dukejr01: ... that or die in the arms of a beautiful babe at 86 years....</div> <div> Missiledine: It is swinging wildly, trying to drag you to it by your staff</div> <div> ElwingFD: keep on trying</div> <div> ElwingFD: 86??? 106 with 2 babes</div> <div> Missiledine: the second one will attack from your left... and just miss as you twist away</div> <div> Dukejr01: 106 it is, one babe will do</div> <div> Missiledine: <You guys think small.... 500 with a harem!></div> <div> Dukejr01: lets not get greedy</div> <div> Missiledine: ok, next round</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren, you are all out?</div> <div> Dukejr01: what teh hell</div> <div> Dukejr01: yes</div> <div> Missiledine: Rowan? regular?</div> <div> Dukejr01: two attacks</div> <div> ElwingFD: yeah, but I'm keeping an eye out to see if any other of these things are coming towards me</div> <div> Missiledine: ok, first attack scores and finishes your last target off</div> <div> Dukejr01: gobaby gobaby gobaby Go!</div> <div> Dukejr01: triple ones.....</div> <div> Missiledine: Rowan, you hit and also finish one off</div> <div> ElwingFD: anything else heading my way?</div> <div> ElwingFD: besides the other one on me?</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren, the second Wight attacks and hits... it gets through your armor... you feel pain, then your left arm goes numb</div> <div> Dukejr01: what about my second attack?</div> <div> Missiledine: Rowan... only one left on you</div> <div> Missiledine: you can still make it...</div> <div> Missiledine: weapon arm is ok, one sec</div> <div> Missiledine: Rowan, you will hit with your staff again, driving the creature back but doing no appreciable damage</div> <div> Dukejr01: rowen is all out atatacking too?</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren, your sec attack glances off the creature, doing slight damage</div> <div> Missiledine: No, that was Rowans only attack in this rd</div> <div> Dukejr01: oops. nevermind, i thought he attacked already</div> <div> ElwingFD: nope, just keep going the way Im going</div> <div> Missiledine: <Straight to He...></div> <div> Missiledine: need to do a body count</div> <div> ElwingFD: ahhh hopefully not</div> <div> Missiledine: A quick glance around reveals that all twenty srtaues are now broken open... The good news is that the four of you have taken out</div> <div> ten so far...</div> <div> Missiledine: next round</div> <div> Dukejr01: I wonder if the Big Guy is coming down to help</div> <div> Missiledine: There is a flash of flame from Talbon, and one creature collapses in a burnbing pile</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren puts his back to a wall</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: all outattack again</div> <div> Missiledine: Your shiled arm is useless to blck, but you still get the PD of the shield</div> <div> Dukejr01: oh allright,. he attacks. dodges</div> <div> Missiledine: Rowan first this time</div> <div> ElwingFD: normal attack</div> <div> Missiledine: Rowan, you have one opponent at the moment, you have backed across the space and are now brushing past the dangling rope....</div> <div> You het, but again fail to take it out... It attacks, but doesn't connect</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren, normal attcak then?</div> <div> Dukejr01: ja.</div> <div> Missiledine: You miss... so does the thing tho</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb and Talbon have five attacking, they are trying to sidestep away to put themselves between two sarcophigi</div> <div> Missiledine: Next rd... Regular or all outs?</div> <div> ElwingFD: regular, still only one on me?</div> <div> Dukejr01: reg</div> <div> Missiledine: one on Rowan, one on Corren 5 on Rolb and Talbon</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren... hit... cut him in half!</div> <div> Dukejr01: yay:-)</div> <div> Missiledine: Rowan... hit .. another max damage (damn!)... crushed its skull</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb has dispatched one and Talbon flames another</div> <div> Missiledine: three left, one on Talbon, two on Rolb</div> <div> ElwingFD: very cool....now I'd like to go towards one that's not seeing me coming :-)</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren rushes to help rolb. he all outs from behind</div> <div> Missiledine: (Time to change dice:-\)</div> <div> Missiledine: ok, You can both advance unnoticed... The things seem obsessed with what ever they are doing and attack with single minded</div> <div> purpose with no regard to things behind them etc</div> <div> Missiledine: Rowan, you can strike, sweeping the legs out from under one and taking it to the floor (one of the 2 on Talbon)</div> <div> ElwingFD: did it look like it did damage?</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren, you attack twice... the first blow... hits and takes off an arm</div> <div> Missiledine: Some, but it is trying to get up</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Payback"</div> <div> Missiledine: Second attack... also hits and finishes it</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb splits one from neck to crotch and fends off the other with his shield</div> <div> Missiledine: Talbon flame jets the one still on him and it stumbles aside and collapses.</div> <div> Missiledine: Rowan, yours will get back up next rd and come after you... unless you finish him now</div> <div> ElwingFD: finish him</div> <div> Missiledine: You smash him over the head and he goes back down, skull hopelessly cracked, but the damn thing is still scrabbling around.</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb shield slams the one still on him, driving it backwards and knocking it to the ground near Corren</div> <div> Dukejr01: all out his ass</div> <div> Missiledine: Okay, )Should be last rd)</div> <div> Missiledine: Rowan hits it again across the skull and shoulders... it stops moving at last...</div> <div> ElwingFD: is that all of them?</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren...(Crit miss) Your miss, your axe careens off the stone floor and skitters from your hands (bad luck!)</div> <div> Dukejr01: stomp him head</div> <div> Dukejr01: boot his skull.</div> <div> Missiledine: The thing wil come crawling, swiping at you... Kicking eh?</div> <div> Dukejr01: Kick him in the head!</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren growls.</div> <div> Missiledine: (Just made it) You kick it hard, but it seems to have little effect and it claws at your ankle... Again you feel pain, then your leg goes</div> <div> numb and you can no longer stand</div> <div> Dukejr01: shit</div> <div> Dukejr01: go for knife.</div> <div> ElwingFD: how far away is everyone else?</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb will finish it with a blow of his sword as it crawls towards you</div> <div> Dukejr01: any more?</div> <div> Missiledine: nope, that was it</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren checks his wounds</div> <div> Missiledine: When you look you see, to your horror, that the flesh seems to be withering on your limbs. They are cold, shrunken and useless. The</div> <div> actual wounds seem minimal</div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> Missiledine: Talbon will examine your limbs while Rolb bandages the wound.</div> <div> Missiledine: "Hmm, I've seen worse. It can be healed tho not here. You will need a Priest or A Druid." He looks up at Rowan</div> <div> Missiledine: "Well, lad, it could be worse then." Rolb says as brightly as possible</div> <div> ElwingFD: he needs a healer-type druid...I'm not</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. Corren sits</div> <div> Dukejr01: Lets get on with it.</div> <div> Missiledine: Talbon straightens up and begins walking from one sarcophogus to the next, till he stops at one. He concentrates for a bit.... "What I</div> <div> want is in here"</div> <div> Dukejr01: What is int he Sarcophagi?</div> <div> ElwingFD: it's a big mac with fries</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb goes to where Talbon is and together they push the stone slab on top until at last it crashes to the floor with a resounding</div> <div> 'BOOM'</div> <div> Missiledine: They both jump smartly back and wait to see, with weapons ready, what happens</div> <div> Missiledine: After a few seconds, Talbon lowers his staff and looks in. "Good"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren splints his leg so he can use it asa peg</div> <div> Missiledine: He opens his pack, takes out a plain wooden case, about 1' x 1' by 18" and takes the lid off</div> <div> Missiledine: From the tomb he removes, carefully, a fleshless skull and sets it very carefully into the box</div> <div> Missiledine: He closes the box and puts it in his pack. Then he looks around in the rest of the tomb</div> <div> Missiledine: "Go ahead and check the others" He says</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren will sit</div> <div> ElwingFD: how many others are there?</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb will say, "Rowan, give me ahand with the lids"</div> <div> Dukejr01: can corren help any with a peg leg?</div> <div> Missiledine: There are twelve total, 11 more to open</div> <div> ElwingFD: ok, let's start</div> <div> Missiledine: Once the lids are off probably</div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> Missiledine: You have a bad arm too</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren starts rummaging</div> <div> Missiledine: In the sarc. you will find that each has a corpse (of course) that is little more than bones now. In each you will find grave goods...</div> <div> jewelry, weapons, etc</div> <div> Dukejr01: cover mouth with cloth.</div> <div> Dukejr01: see if the lids have compartments.</div> <div> Dukejr01: also chech underthe corpses</div> <div> Missiledine: The Jhensari did not use steel, so the weapons are of bronze. The daggars and axe heads (the hafts are dust) are inlaid with gold or</div> <div> silver chasing</div> <div> Missiledine: The lids are solid stone slabs, most of which shatter when pushed off the tomb</div> <div> Dukejr01: k.</div> <div> ElwingFD: we need to wind this up...bed is calling :-)</div> <div> Missiledine: You will find that the bones are so decayed that you can see under the corpse, but you will need to 'stir' through the remains to get</div> <div> everything</div> <div> Missiledine: Almost done</div> <div> Dukejr01: stir with dagggar</div> <div> ElwingFD: and Dave's typing is sluring ;-)</div> <div> Missiledine: You will garner a collection of jewelry, rough cut gems and the weapons... that seems to be it. Rolb collects it all in a sack</div> <div> Missiledine: lol</div> <div> Dukejr01: I am always making typos</div> <div> Missiledine: Finally you are done</div> <div> Dukejr01: what about under the sarcophagi?</div> <div> Missiledine: Talbon says, "We got all there is to get. Lets go."</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay,.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren is ready to go</div> <div> Missiledine: "You want yo move them? They must weigh a half ton each"</div> <div> ElwingFD: let's blow this popsicle stand</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb will stay with Corren, tying the rope and letting them pull you up. Rowan and Talbon go up first then Corren then Rolb</div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren tries to move himselfas best he can</div> <div> Missiledine: Getting Corren across the bridge is tricky, but it gets done</div> <div> Dukejr01: we stay on the island tonight?</div> <div> Missiledine: Finally you are all out in the sun... It is getting on to late afternoon</div> <div> Dukejr01: Spend the rest of the day cleaning up and sharpening weapons.</div> <div> Missiledine: Talbon says, "You can ifd you want. Yossarian and I will leave shortly. You can keep the other boat as a bonus." He spreads a blanket</div> <div> and dumps the sack of loot on it. </div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren looks at Rolb.</div> <div> Missiledine: "We will divide this and I will pay the difference in gold, then we go."</div> <div> Missiledine: "Your contracts are filled once you are paid."</div> <div> ElwingFD: are you going to tell us now what the skull is for?</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren shrugs</div> <div> Missiledine: "No"</div> <div> Missiledine: (I will email you the division so Ty does't have to wait)</div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> Dukejr01: lets head back to civilization. </div> <div> Dukejr01: <Talbon has the map></div> <div> Missiledine: Once you all have your share, Talbon and Rolb get in their boat. "Don't follow us." He warns</div> <div> Dukejr01: you mean Yossarin?</div> <div> Missiledine: "Surely you can find your way out?"</div> <div> Missiledine: Yep</div> <div> Missiledine: Yossarrian</div> <div> Dukejr01: k. its pretty much downstream, yes?</div> <div> Missiledine: "That's right. Once you hit the river you can go east back to town or west to Drunmore</div> <div> Dukejr01: What does Rolb want to do?</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren doesn't care</div> <div> Missiledine: Talbon pushes off, waves, and they paddle out of sight</div> <div> Missiledine: "Drunmore is a better place to get ya patched up."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Want to push off now?"</div> <div> ElwingFD: lets off to Drunmore</div> <div> Missiledine: "How about you, Rowan? Are you with us, or shall we drop ya somewhere?"</div> <div> Missiledine: "Drunmore it is then... No time like the present, eh lad?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I say, Lets go to Drunmore and IF I can be healed, I will treat you to a bender. Otherwise, I am going to need my bonus to find other work"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Lets go!</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren will steer</div> <div> Missiledine: One handed? You are cargo</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay fine</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb will make you a sling to go with your splint</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I am a regular useless sack</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren keeps an eye out for snakes</div> <div> Missiledine: You load up and push off... sack of....</div> <div> Missiledine: Ok gents, end of adventure.... roll credits</div> <div> ElwingFD: ok, well no long acceptance speeches, I need to go to bed</div> <div> Missiledine: Good night</div> <div> Dukejr01: night</div> <div> ElwingFD: goodnight all...talk to you soon</div> <div> ElwingFD has left the room.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>