Girvan Adventure IX

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="12a8dfc3.jpg"> <div> <B> </B></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="12b8dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#336666" FACE="Arial" ><B>Missiledine's Archives</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Missiledines Archives"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id142.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Girvan Adventure I"><U>Girvan Adventure I</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id143.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Girvan Adventure II"><U>Girvan Adventure II</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id145.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Girvan Adventure III"><U>Girvan Adventure III</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id166.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Girvan Adventure IV"><U>Girvan Adventure IV</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id174.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Girvan Adventure V"><U>Girvan Adventure V</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id177.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Girvan Adventure VI"><U>Girvan Adventure VI</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id184.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Girvan Adventure VII"><U>Girvan Adventure VII</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id196.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Girvan Adventure IIX"><U>Girvan Adventure IIX</U></A>   |   <B>Girvan Adventure IX</B>   |   <A HREF="id203.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Girvan Adventure X"><U>Girvan Adventure X</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id206.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Girvan Adventure XI"><U>Girvan Adventure XI</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id208.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Girvan Adventure XII"><U>Girvan Adventure XII</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id210.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Girvan Adventure Epilouge"><U>Girvan Adventure Epilouge</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Missiledines Archives"><U><B>Archive Directory</B></U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="12b8dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I>Girvan Adventure IX</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> You have just entered room "Missiledine Chat23."</div> <div> ElwingFD has entered the room.</div> <div> Dukejr01 has entered the room.</div> <div> Dukejr01: hey</div> <div> Missiledine: yo</div> <div> ElwingFD: hi ho</div> <div> Missiledine: Ty has had a schedule change at work</div> <div> Dukejr01: I am glad this works, I installed a new firewall program.</div> <div> Dukejr01: ah? new time for play?</div> <div> ElwingFD: I can't start earlier cause of Brendan</div> <div> Missiledine: that is a problem</div> <div> Missiledine: 7am is damn early!</div> <div> ElwingFD: I can't really play past 10:30 now since my hours are now 7am-3:30pm</div> <div> Missiledine: is that permenant</div> <div> Missiledine: ?</div> <div> ElwingFD: yes</div> <div> Missiledine: well, it gives you afternoons to work on your new house</div> <div> ElwingFD: actually it was by mutual agreement, my job moved to Horsham and I needed to avoid the traffic, so...</div> <div> ElwingFD: they told me to start early</div> <div> Missiledine: Horsham?</div> <div> ElwingFD: Willow Grove</div> <div> Missiledine: that is a bitch of a drive</div> <div> Missiledine: all right, lets play now, figure it out later</div> <div> ElwingFD: yep, another reason to avoid rush hour....they needed another early bird so, here I am</div> <div> Missiledine: We'll figure something out... maybe change days</div> <div> Dukejr01: <the red text of death!></div> <div> Missiledine: ok, when last we left, you were all at the bottom of a middens</div> <div> Missiledine: seemingly appropriate....</div> <div> Dukejr01: well, Corren volunteers to go first up the shaft.</div> <div> ElwingFD: I could levitate you up if youre that interested</div> <div> Dukejr01: he will remove his pack and leave it with rolb. we can pull the packs up with a rope once someone is </div> <div> Dukejr01: at the top</div> <div> Missiledine: be a bear to climb</div> <div> ElwingFD: will be a bear to fly through also</div> <div> Missiledine: true</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Okay. One second" Corren closes his eyes for a second and turns off his mana dampening. "Good to go"</div> <div> Missiledine: Ferric, you casting?</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren wraps cloth around his gauntleted hands and plan to take the ascent very slooooowly</div> <div> ElwingFD: I'll cast levitation and try to guide him straight</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren will use his hand on the spikes in front to guide him up. resting them on top nd not gripping </div> <div> Missiledine: ok... the spell works and Corren begins to rise slowly upwards...</div> <div> Dukejr01: too tightly</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren has a rope.</div> <div> Missiledine: Ferric is sending you straight up, there are no currents or breezes to make you drift, so you ascend </div> <div> Missiledine: pretty much up the center</div> <div> Dukejr01: Does the caster control the spell or the subject?</div> <div> Missiledine: caster</div> <div> Dukejr01: interesting. house rule? noted.</div> <div> Missiledine: no, book rule</div> <div> Missiledine: second sentence of spell descrip</div> <div> Dukejr01: sure 'nough</div> <div> ElwingFD: never question Jim on rules....I could bet you that he could tell you the amount of hit dice a dnd.. </div> <div> ElwingFD: bugbear has</div> <div> Dukejr01: 3d+1</div> <div> Missiledine: 4</div> <div> Dukejr01: damn. close</div> <div> Dukejr01: 1st or 2nd ed?</div> <div> ElwingFD: 1st blastphemer</div> <div> ElwingFD: :-)</div> <div> Dukejr01: nevermiond do we make it?</div> <div> Dukejr01: I never played anything but 1st.</div> <div> Missiledine: yes, you arrive at the wooden lid</div> <div> ElwingFD: I was well out of playing dnd when 2nd came out</div> <div> ElwingFD: don't flush!!!</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren puts his hand on the lid and pushes up slightly and looks/listens.</div> <div> Missiledine: <knock, knock... Tidy Bowl Man...></div> <div> Missiledine: there is darkness beyond and silence</div> <div> Dukejr01: <be a rude surprise to get a spear up your ass when you are only trying to take a dump></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren goes up.</div> <div> Dukejr01: what does he see?</div> <div> Missiledine: You are in a small, dark room</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren looks with his candle</div> <div> Missiledine: you are in a small, illuminated room\</div> <div> Dukejr01: one door? corren listens at it. </div> <div> ElwingFD: with a cresent moon on it </div> <div> Missiledine: you would guess it is maybe 6'x8' and has a candle, unlit, on a ledge next to you. A plain wood door </div> <div> Dukejr01: if he hears nothing . he snakes the rope down so he can pull up the packs.</div> <div> Missiledine: is in front of you</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren lights the candle.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok, all is quiet</div> <div> Missiledine: the rope is down, Rolb ties the gear. He looks at Ferric. "Climb or fly?"</div> <div> ElwingFD: up to you</div> <div> ElwingFD: probably be safer if I flew you up, but youre not in control</div> <div> Missiledine: "Always willin ta try summat new... I'll fly iffin ya dunno mind."</div> <div> Dukejr01: got he packs up?</div> <div> Missiledine: yep</div> <div> ElwingFD: ok, sprinkle some pixie dust</div> <div> Dukejr01: k. Corren guards the door</div> <div> Missiledine: ok, Rolb closes his eyes, mutters something under his breath and goes up</div> <div> Missiledine: a minute later Rolb is squeezing through the hole, grumbling something about, "...turds...."</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren takes the time to wipe the poop from his boots so he doesn't leave footprints.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren chuckles.</div> <div> Missiledine: <wouldn't want to mess the nice carpets!></div> <div> Missiledine: you going up Ferric?</div> <div> ElwingFD: absolutely</div> <div> Dukejr01: <nah. Ferric jsut wanted to muck about in a midden then go home emptyhanded></div> <div> Missiledine: spell works fine,,, a few minutes later you are all crowded into the upper chamber</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren listens and then cracks the door for a peek.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren. shield/spear.</div> <div> Missiledine: not sure a med shield will fit through the hole. gave you guys the benefit of the doubt, but a shield</div> <div> Missiledine: ?</div> <div> ElwingFD: people may have to take shield-sized dumps :-)</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. shields. yes/no?</div> <div> Missiledine: Outside the door is a large circular chamber, the bottom floor of the tower</div> <div> Missiledine: no</div> <div> Missiledine: not without prying up some wood</div> <div> Dukejr01: we had to leave behind our shields. what is the seat of the crapper mad of? can it be removed?</div> <div> Missiledine: not hard to do, but might make noise</div> <div> Missiledine: wood</div> <div> Dukejr01: a plank should do, Corren uses his knife.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: turn the shields sideways to get it through.</div> <div> Missiledine: it will take a minute or two... While you work Rolb will watch out the crack in the door</div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> Missiledine: right... you can recover them after prying up one board</div> <div> Dukejr01: k.</div> <div> Dukejr01: id no one comes and the coast is clear. we ope nteh door and take a good look around.</div> <div> Missiledine: as you turn to pass Rolb his shield, he holds up a cautionary hand</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren stops</div> <div> Dukejr01: he readies his spear.</div> <div> Missiledine: he then holds up two fingers and the motion of men walking</div> <div> Missiledine: You hear voices now... One says, "If this works we have to get the hell out of Ferramentium for....</div> <div> Missiledine: awhile. Place will be hot as hell."</div> <div> Missiledine: The second voice says, "Yeah, we'll cross the river after dark and head towards Neuss."</div> <div> Missiledine: The voices fade away</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren waits for the all claear</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb nods and opens the door</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. look out. </div> <div> Missiledine: the room beyond is about twenty feet in diam. There are stacks of crates, barrels etc in here. There</div> <div> Missiledine: is a flight of steps up and another door directly opposite where you are. That is where the men went</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren silently moves toward the door.</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb will point to the door as he slips out of the midden room</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren nods.</div> <div> Missiledine: Looking up the steps, you see another door. Closed</div> <div> ElwingFD: following up the rear</div> <div> Missiledine: Going to the door, which is closed, you cannot hear anything beyond</div> <div> Dukejr01: hnges metal or leather?</div> <div> Missiledine: metal</div> <div> Dukejr01: oiled or rusty?</div> <div> Missiledine: rusty</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren will get out some sharpening oil and oil them quickly</div> <div> Missiledine: ok.... </div> <div> Dukejr01: then we listen again and crack the door.</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb watches what your doing and shrugs... Still no sounds</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay crack the door</div> <div> Missiledine: despite the oil, the hinges still creak.. tho not terribly loudly...</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren shrugs</div> <div> Missiledine: Beyond is a long narrow room, that judging from the racks and frames, was a pantry/root cellar/wine </div> <div> Missiledine: cellar at one time...</div> <div> Missiledine: atbout twenty feet away is another door, partly open, from which voices are heard</div> <div> Dukejr01: snuff our candles</div> <div> Missiledine: "Your father is in the forest and has the money. Our man has gone to arrange the terms of the....</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren moves in quietly. we will want to close the door behind us to muffle sounds.</div> <div> Dukejr01: any place to set up an ambush when they return this way?</div> <div> Missiledine: exchange. By dawn you will be in safe with your father and his troops."</div> <div> Missiledine: the circular room is full of boxes and crates, etc....</div> <div> Missiledine: the narrow room is less cluttered</div> <div> Missiledine: no real hiding places here</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren jerks his thumb back where they came</div> <div> Dukejr01: he whispers "ambush them" to rolb.</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb nods and fades back behind a barrel</div> <div> Dukejr01: close the door so everything will be like it was before. Corren hides himself</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Missiledine: Ferric?</div> <div> ElwingFD: I'm hiding too</div> <div> Missiledine: A few minutes pass, then you hear the door being opend. Voices again, "So what are we going to do....</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren waits for the moment.....</div> <div> Missiledine: with all this stuff." A tall man says. He is in the lead. Behind him is a short, thick man with a </div> <div> Missiledine: humped back. The tall man is in reinforced leather with a broadsword. The humpback has on scale and..</div> <div> Dukejr01: can we get a flank or back attack?</div> <div> Missiledine: carries an axe</div> <div> Missiledine: flank, easily</div> <div> ElwingFD: where am I in relation to them?</div> <div> Missiledine: baclk will be harder</div> <div> Dukejr01: are they stil lmoving?</div> <div> Missiledine: ok... door is at 12 oclock, steps are at 7... Rolb is at 10. Corren at 4 Ferric 2</div> <div> ElwingFD: are there just 2 of them?</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb won't move till they are past him... yes, just 2</div> <div> Dukejr01: crap. I am in the worst jump point/ Corren will wait til the others move.</div> <div> ElwingFD: as soon as humpback gets to me, I lash out with my staff and cast burning death</div> <div> Missiledine: <roll of the dice... someone has to be in front!></div> <div> Dukejr01: <understand. np></div> <div> Missiledine: <You Pyro!></div> <div> ElwingFD: :-D</div> <div> Dukejr01: <lol></div> <div> Dukejr01: <corren has his mana dampning back on, btw></div> <div> Missiledine: the hump back is on the left side, closet to Ferric and Rolb. Ferric, he is passing you... now</div> <div> ElwingFD: touch and cast</div> <div> Missiledine: you touch him... He whips around with a cry of surprise, immediately grabbing his side where you...</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren moves. he attacks the tall man with his spear. All out attacking for two attacks.</div> <div> Missiledine: touched him. His surprise turns to pain and he screams out a name, "Roclar!" The other man is.. </div> <div> Missiledine: looking at the hunchback with surprise....</div> <div> ElwingFD: if I can reach the other with my staff, I'll do the same thing</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren...you hit the first attack but miss the second</div> <div> Missiledine: The hunchback is between you and him</div> <div> Dukejr01: he is? I thought he was closest to me</div> <div> Missiledine: The tall man arches forward with a scream as he ius also stabbed from behind</div> <div> Missiledine: (no, between Ferric and the tallman</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay</div> <div> Missiledine: The humpback screams again, but is raising his axe as though to strike at you Ferric... He seems to</div> <div> Missiledine: be in agony, but he is pretty tough</div> <div> Missiledine: the tallman is collapsing, even as he manages to get his sword clear of the scabbard... </div> <div> Missiledine: Next round...</div> <div> ElwingFD: I'll defend</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren will attack/block.</div> <div> Missiledine: he raises the axe, but he is too distracted to actually attack with it...</div> <div> Missiledine: The hunchback is just standing there, swaying a bit. Not doing anything</div> <div> ElwingFD: well I attack then, with my staff</div> <div> Missiledine: Just as you hit him, he makes no attempt to defend, Rolb reaches out from behind and takes the axe...</div> <div> Missiledine: from his hand</div> <div> Missiledine: the hunchback goes down...</div> <div> ElwingFD: finish him, Rolb</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb swings and buries the axe in a post.. "That wasn't to bad."</div> <div> Dukejr01: both dead?</div> <div> Missiledine: Tall man is either dead or unconscious... The Hunchback is clearly breathing, both eyes are open, but</div> <div> Missiledine: he is unresponsive. Rolb shakes his head, "Let im be a bit."</div> <div> ElwingFD: "No, we should finish them off"</div> <div> Dukejr01: "For all we know hs is summoning a demonic servitor. Kill them"</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb shrugs and steps back, "Go ahead."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren thrusts his spear home in the tall man first then the hunchback.</div> <div> ElwingFD: saves me some umana :-)</div> <div> Missiledine: The tallman doesn't react.. The hunchback gurgles and goes still</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren wipes his blade and goes to the door to listen.</div> <div> ElwingFD: "Rolb, check the door where they were heading for", I;m going to check where they came from</div> <div> Dukejr01: <I was a little suspicious of the hunchback just standing there></div> <div> Missiledine: Up the stairs the door opens, "What the Hell!?" </div> <div> ElwingFD: how many???</div> <div> Dukejr01: how far.</div> <div> Missiledine: There is a man there, he immediately slams the door and starts yelling for help.</div> <div> Dukejr01: ?</div> <div> ElwingFD: is that the door we entered here from?</div> <div> Missiledine: no, top of steps</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren was already on his way how far away was he when he stopped. exclaimed and slammed the effing d</div> <div> Dukejr01: door?</div> <div> ElwingFD: Corren, go to the other door and see if the brat is there, I'll keep an eye on things here</div> <div> Missiledine: you were at the bottom of the steps, maybe 15 feet</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I think we should push on before they arm themselves.</div> <div> Missiledine: the pantry area was a door on this level, opposite the midden. The guard appeared at the top of the </div> <div> Dukejr01: COrren tests the door</div> <div> Missiledine: steps</div> <div> Missiledine: at the top of the stairs?</div> <div> Dukejr01: yes</div> <div> Missiledine: ok.. There is someone on the othersde leaning against it... you can haer mumbled cursing and a </div> <div> Missiledine: scrabbling sound of metal on wood</div> <div> Dukejr01: Slam into it. hared</div> <div> Dukejr01: HARD</div> <div> ElwingFD: "Rolb, go see on the kid, I'll cover Corren (if I can0</div> <div> ElwingFD: )</div> <div> Missiledine: The door bucks inwards, then slams closed again. you hear "SHIT!"</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb leaves</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren grunts with effort.</div> <div> Dukejr01: <THAT was stupid. in my opinion></div> <div> ElwingFD: "Rolb, get him out here, and be careful, I'm not sure about all this"</div> <div> Dukejr01: <and go where? he is in a cell, obviously></div> <div> ElwingFD: we don't know that, may be a locked room just beyond</div> <div> Missiledine: from the pantry area you hear a clash of steel...</div> <div> ElwingFD: I check the bodies for keys</div> <div> Missiledine: there sounds like a sword fight going on in the other room</div> <div> ElwingFD: pantry, is that were we think the kid is or where we came from?</div> <div> Missiledine: the kid</div> <div> Dukejr01: the cell guard</div> <div> Missiledine: you hear a cry and then silence</div> <div> ElwingFD: great....I head for the room..."Corren yell if they start coming through</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren is pushing the door trying to prevent our getting locked in the celler</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren.. You hear the man on the otherside yelling... "We've been doublecrossed! The old man is in...</div> <div> Missiledine: the cellar rescuing the kid!"</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay.</div> <div> ElwingFD: um, isn't there the door we came through</div> <div> Missiledine: You are holding the door taut enough to keep the bolt from being shot...</div> <div> Missiledine: to the midden chamber</div> <div> ElwingFD: right</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren puts one boot wedged against the door.</div> <div> Missiledine: Ferric.. The pantry is empty, but you see a man lyting face down in the doorway at the other end</div> <div> Missiledine: you can hear Rolb saying, "Come on Lad! We dunno have allday."</div> <div> ElwingFD: I assume he's talking to the kid..."Hurry Rolb!"</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren.. Someone asks the man on the otherside, "How many are there?"</div> <div> Missiledine: He answers, "Six or seven I think."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren stops leaning so hard so he won't be surprised and fall in.</div> <div> Dukejr01: he prepares to all out defend</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb emeges, dragging a young, bemused looking buy, behind hi,m.</div> <div> ElwingFD: how old is this kid anyway?</div> <div> Missiledine: A new voice is heard... one of authority. "All right, calm down."</div> <div> Missiledine: <!4 to 16 you would guess.></div> <div> ElwingFD: are we back in the room we fought in yet?</div> <div> Missiledine: Yes</div> <div> ElwingFD: ok boys, do we sneak back through the midden or blast our way back out?</div> <div> Missiledine: The voice calls out, "Sharkey? Are you alive?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: . I am holding it"ome</div> <div> Dukejr01: ahem</div> <div> ElwingFD: no you arn't, that's a different door</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren is at the top of the steps</div> <div> Dukejr01: what is going on?</div> <div> Missiledine: there is silence on the otherside while they wait for an answer</div> <div> Dukejr01: I am having problems, text is disappearing as I type</div> <div> Missiledine: <That sucks></div> <div> ElwingFD: I've asked twice now, both times I got a response that it's a different door</div> <div> Dukejr01: There is NO choice. we go forward.</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. how about the mage chuck a fireball on the other side of this door? is that possible?</div> <div> Missiledine: There are three doors from the round room you fought in. 1 the midden</div> <div> Missiledine: 2 the pantry way to the cell</div> <div> Dukejr01: this is really simple. we only have one way out. thru the door with the men behind it.</div> <div> Missiledine: 3 the steps</div> <div> ElwingFD: ok then, lets go to 1, the midden, like I've been saying</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren is at the door at the steps</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb says, "Do you think we can get down and out before they catch us?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: do you REALLY think we will be able to crawl our way out of here with men trying to find and kill us</div> <div> Dukejr01: as we CRAWL outr way out?</div> <div> ElwingFD: well, they don't know how we got here...but I'm willing to blast them</div> <div> Dukejr01: Blast away. please</div> <div> ElwingFD: how many can you hear on the other side of the door</div> <div> Missiledine: It sounds like four</div> <div> Dukejr01: two or more. they are holding he door shut</div> <div> Dukejr01: I am preventing them from shooting hte bolt home and trapping our asses in here.</div> <div> ElwingFD: well, if we're all in agreement...rubs hands together....Rolb?</div> <div> Missiledine: you hear a sound like furniture being moved</div> <div> Missiledine: then silence</div> <div> Dukejr01: Get on with it!</div> <div> ElwingFD: wait! if they are moving furniture, maybe they are trying to keep us locked in, then we could try to</div> <div> ElwingFD: go the same way we came in</div> <div> ElwingFD: I can't with you in the way!</div> <div> Dukejr01: What do you want corren to do?</div> <div> Missiledine: you smell smoke</div> <div> ElwingFD: head for the midden</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren, the door feels warm</div> <div> Dukejr01: As you procrastinate our tactical position deteriorates</div> <div> ElwingFD: um...I would be more than happy to fireball the door...the unfortunate side effect would be you...</div> <div> ElwingFD: getting killed</div> <div> Dukejr01: Tyler what the hell do you want Corren to do? do you want corren to move away from the door?</div> <div> Dukejr01: IO am not a telepath</div> <div> Dukejr01: I cannot read your mind and act accordingly</div> <div> ElwingFD: you really need to reread your posts...you've been asking me to blast the door for the past 5 minutes</div> <div> ElwingFD: and ive been telling you that your ass is in the way</div> <div> Dukejr01: no, you haven't</div> <div> ElwingFD: also ive been telling you for 15 minutes that there is another door out of here, now I cant read </div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren moves away from the door. now that the mage has finally asked him to move</div> <div> ElwingFD: minds but you dont read!!!@!!!@@!@!!~!!~!!!</div> <div> Missiledine: <okay guys... calm down></div> <div> Missiledine: ok, the top of the steps are clear</div> <div> Missiledine: What is everyone going to do?</div> <div> Dukejr01: I am waiting for the door to be cleared.</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren has shield and spear, he prepares to charge through.</div> <div> Missiledine: the door is closed, but you can see that there is smoke filtering through around the edges and....</div> <div> Missiledine: underneath</div> <div> ElwingFD: I'm heading for the midden like my previous two posts said I was going to do and what I said to the</div> <div> ElwingFD: others</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren shakes his head and follows</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren: Rolb looks at you."What do you think? Fancy a bit of a crawl?"</div> <div> Missiledine: He pulls the boy along. "Where are we going?" The boy asks</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I think this is a mistake. the enemy knows where we are and will follow. they will outnumber us </div> <div> Missiledine: You hear Rolb say, "Och, you're gonna love this!"</div> <div> Dukejr01: and will have tactical advantage"</div> <div> Missiledine: How are you going down?</div> <div> ElwingFD: Ferric stops. "Rolb, what's your opinion?"</div> <div> Missiledine: "I think they're tryin to kill us by burnin the place down.So I dunno think they're in the other room</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Can you extinguish fire?"</div> <div> Missiledine: "But they will be waitin outside to keep us from leavin"</div> <div> ElwingFD: my thoughts exactly...my thoughts are they also don't know how we got down here</div> <div> ElwingFD: so we leave by the front gates as they expect...or we leave through the trap....which would you prefe</div> <div> ElwingFD: prefer Rolb?</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb shrugs, "They probably know where the midden comes out."</div> <div> ElwingFD: as well as all the other places I'm sure...but the front will probably have the most concentration of</div> <div> ElwingFD: men</div> <div> ElwingFD: now, I personally don't have any problems with going out the front with missile shield and fly, but </div> <div> ElwingFD: others may be at a disadvantage</div> <div> ElwingFD: I also think if they are trying to burn us out, the fire plus my fireball will create quite an infern</div> <div> ElwingFD: o, that will make it difficult to get up the steps and out the door, you think?</div> <div> Missiledine: "They said that my father is in the forest. "The boy offers. "If he sees the smoke he'll come with...</div> <div> Missiledine: his troops."</div> <div> ElwingFD: who's first down?</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren will take point as always</div> <div> Missiledine: how are you going down? spell or rope?</div> <div> ElwingFD: which is faster?</div> <div> Missiledine: probably about the same</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren uses rope</div> <div> ElwingFD: lets do rope then since I can save my strength</div> <div> Dukejr01: drop packs to him</div> <div> Dukejr01: use levitate on the kid</div> <div> Missiledine: going down is safer then climbing up.. the points are down</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. corren moves</div> <div> Missiledine: There are a few hairy moments when you swing into the walls, but you get down inscathed</div> <div> Dukejr01: drop the packs to corren. he then crawls toward the exit.</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb will follow. Do you levitate the boy?</div> <div> ElwingFD: yes, and myself down</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren stops to listen at the midden turnoff</div> <div> Missiledine: ok... all of you are down. You hear the kid whining about the smell</div> <div> Missiledine: silence</div> <div> ElwingFD: lets move</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren crawls toward the exit.</div> <div> Missiledine: "Which one?</div> <div> Dukejr01: Snakes</div> <div> Missiledine: lovely</div> <div> Dukejr01: its less likely to be guarded</div> <div> Missiledine: you move along the tunnel until you hear the boy say. "Whoa! I'm not crawling through snakes! Shit, o</div> <div> Missiledine: ok, but not snakes!"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren swears.</div> <div> ElwingFD: "it's ok, they're hibernating"</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb snarls, "Shut up an crawl or I'll stab ye in the arse."</div> <div> ElwingFD: or that works too</div> <div> Missiledine: there is some scffling, then the kid yelps and starts crawling</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren grins</div> <div> Missiledine: Getting out seems to take longer then coming in, but at last you see the candle you left, still burni</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. good. corren doesn;t stop til get sees daylight. then he stops to listen</div> <div> Missiledine: burning.</div> <div> Missiledine: in the distance you hear shouts and the sound of weapons clashing... there is a horn blowing</div> <div> Dukejr01: Good</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren crawls out</div> <div> Dukejr01: He looks around</div> <div> Missiledine: you see smoke rising from the tower and a lot of mounted men milling about it</div> <div> Missiledine: a few minutes later and everyone is out...</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren keeps in cover and squints. he tries to spy the merchant</div> <div> Missiledine: no, don't see him</div> <div> Missiledine: these look like soldiers</div> <div> Dukejr01: Does Corren recognize any of the men-at-arms fro mthe tavern?</div> <div> ElwingFD: any identifing marks?</div> <div> Missiledine: these are Royal troops</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren looks at his companions. "shall we introduce ourselves?"</div> <div> ElwingFD: hmmm, why are they here I wonder?</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb says, "Let everyone calm down a wee bit. Lest they take us fer them."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren nods. "MAybe we should return to camp"</div> <div> Missiledine: "Aye, good idea."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Crawl to camp</div> <div> ElwingFD: Im thinking maybe of returning to the village may be in order</div> <div> Missiledine: the boy says, "Why are we doing this?" Rolb says, "Shut yer cake ole."</div> <div> Dukejr01: that is a good idea too, lets see how the sitrep stands when we get back to the camp</div> <div> ElwingFD: sounds good</div> <div> Missiledine: you make it back to camp unnoticed.. all is in order</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren cleans off a bit and keeps an eye on the tower</div> <div> Dukejr01: after cleaning. he climbs a tree to get a better view</div> <div> ElwingFD: now why would the royal guards be here?</div> <div> Missiledine: you can only see the upper levels and smoke from here</div> <div> Missiledine: "Well, the forest belongs to the king." Rolb says</div> <div> ElwingFD: right, but why would they just happen to be here now of all times?</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I was kinda hoping to loot the tower. no such luck, I expect."</div> <div> Dukejr01: What does corren see from the tree</div> <div> Missiledine: the troops have rounded up some prisoners and seem to be waiting for the fire to die</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren informs the others</div> <div> ElwingFD: I don't think they were on the search...and it's a bit coincidental that they happen to raid the pira</div> <div> ElwingFD: pirates</div> <div> Missiledine: You have enough day light left to make Girvan before it is too late</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Well, that went better than I thought. Good thing the Royal troops showed up. I think"</div> <div> Dukejr01: I say lets go"</div> <div> ElwingFD: is Girvan the town where we met the merchant></div> <div> Dukejr01: yep</div> <div> Missiledine: yes</div> <div> ElwingFD: lets go...and avoid any complications that may be present here</div> <div> Dukejr01: good idea</div> <div> Missiledine: ok.</div> <div> Missiledine: lets wrap it here</div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> ElwingFD: thats a bad sign...means there's more to this</div> <div> Missiledine: always more.....:-D</div> <div> ElwingFD: that's what worries me</div> <div> Missiledine: lol</div> <div> Missiledine: ok, good night</div> <div> ElwingFD: ok then, way past my bed time, night</div> <div> Dukejr01: night</div> <div> ElwingFD has left the room.</div> <div> Dukejr01 has left the room.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>