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All your gear was ready and you</div> <div> Missiledine: have two boats</div> <div> Missiledine: who is in what boat?</div> <div> FinLongham: I want the towns foke to look after my house while I am gone.</div> <div> Missiledine: what?</div> <div> Docportal: I am in one boat of the boats.</div> <div> FinLongham: My horse and wagon. Sorry.</div> <div> Missiledine: uh huh...</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren and Rolb in their boat.</div> <div> Dukejr01: <its a mobile home></div> <div> Missiledine: ok, the boats will easily handle three</div> <div> Docportal: We have two boats I will take the boat in the back.</div> <div> Missiledine: Fin, you have boating Skill</div> <div> Dawn12: i will go wiyh fred</div> <div> FinLongham: I will take lead with my boat.</div> <div> Docportal: <I></div> <div> Missiledine: Ok, Long Fellow, Fred and Dawn in one... Corren, Rolb and extra gear in the other</div> <div> Dukejr01: Right</div> <div> Docportal: That works.</div> <div> FinLongham: ok</div> <div> Dawn12: ok</div> <div> FinLongham: Fred no turtling.</div> <div> Missiledine: <LOL></div> <div> Docportal: Aye captain</div> <div> Dukejr01: leave the coolhari along too</div> <div> Docportal: Yes shipmate.</div> <div> Dukejr01: alone</div> <div> Dawn12: i start to hum</div> <div> Missiledine: ok, Fred, Dawn and Longfellow, in Longfelllow's boat, is in the lead? With Fred in the bow?</div> <div> Missiledine: Dawn in midships and Longfellow at the stern?</div> <div> FinLongham: No fred is in back of the boat. I am at the bow. And the one to row frist.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: We want to sneak up on them, so don't fireball the first thing you see.</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren, bow?</div> <div> Dukejr01: sure</div> <div> Missiledine: ok... I think I have it straight</div> <div> Docportal: I am not a mage right now so no big deal.</div> <div> Missiledine: You will need to head east for a few miles before you reach the stream into the Palood that Rhone</div> <div> Missiledine: described as the way to Sharkey's base</div> <div> Dukejr01: right.</div> <div> FinLongham: Ok I am rowing.</div> <div> Missiledine: It is only a mile or two past where Dawn spent the night on the river bank</div> <div> Dukejr01: ah... memories.</div> <div> Docportal: Dont remind me of that. I have nightmares of trutles now.</div> <div> FinLongham: <lol></div> <div> Missiledine: You row until you see the huge old Oak that Rhone described as the main landmark... At least you </div> <div> Missiledine: think its the right tree, its hard to tell in winter</div> <div> Missiledine: But there is a channel near where he said it would be, so this must be it</div> <div> Dukejr01: of course!</div> <div> FinLongham: I row for the channel</div> <div> Missiledine: you turn your boats down the waterway... Even in winter the stream is thick with dead reeds and the </div> <div> Dukejr01: in we go! the Palood.</div> <div> Missiledine: trees close into a tight, tho leafless canopy overhead</div> <div> Dukejr01: "tree snakes should be hibrnating, but keep and eye out anyway."</div> <div> Missiledine: The embankments are low to the water, the ground is more mud then dirt and thickly covered witj</div> <div> Docportal: I will watch for them I have the best eyes I think.</div> <div> Missiledine: rotting vegetation</div> <div> Missiledine: (Oh?)</div> <div> Docportal: <14 Vision></div> <div> FinLongham: <he got me beat 10 Vision></div> <div> Missiledine: The center of the channel seems fairly deep, it would easily accomadate a boat with more draft then </div> <div> Missiledine: the row boats... You guess it to be at least 6' maybe 8' deep</div> <div> Dukejr01: makes sense. they would want to ship goods in bigger boats.</div> <div> Missiledine: For the most part the Palood is quiet... There are birds about, but not in the numbers seen in the </div> <div> Missiledine: summer and there are almost no insects at all</div> <div> Dukejr01: good!</div> <div> Missiledine: The few you do see are water bugs. You will notice that the swamp water is warmer then would seem </div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren wasn't looking forward to thebugs again.</div> <div> Missiledine: normal for the time of year, and there is a thin layer 1' to 2' of mist over much of the water surfac</div> <div> Missiledine: where the cold air meets the warmer water</div> <div> Dukejr01: cool.</div> <div> FinLongham: Row row your boat gently down the stream...</div> <div> Missiledine: From the description Rhone gave, Sharkey's island is anywhere between 10 to 15 miles into the Palood</div> <div> Docportal: <Fin Shut up way don't you. Before you get us all killed.></div> <div> Missiledine: <Where did the color go?></div> <div> Dukejr01: "Hmmmm.... the mist would be good cover. Think Sharkey will hide a few undead just under the water?"</div> <div> Missiledine: <Ok></div> <div> Dukejr01: corren mutters to Rolb</div> <div> Missiledine: "I would."</div> <div> FinLongham: Heads up on boat.</div> <div> FinLongham: <Sorry forgot ""></div> <div> Dukejr01: "Devious aren't you?" Corren returns.</div> <div> Missiledine: The hours pass slowly, then in the early afternoon you come to a major divide in the channel... There</div> <div> Docportal: I ready my spear for action.</div> <div> Missiledine: have been a number of small ones to this point, but they were all obviously too small to be of use</div> <div> Dawn12: i have my sowerd it my hand</div> <div> Missiledine: But now it divides into three channels all of which look useable</div> <div> FinLongham: I stop rowomg</div> <div> Missiledine: Rhone didn't say anything about this</div> <div> FinLongham: Let the current take ust the right way? Unless it go back the way we came.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren shrugs. "Right?</div> <div> Missiledine: your against the current here</div> <div> FinLongham: Never mind then. I am out of ideas.</div> <div> Missiledine: Fred, you notice that there is a tree on the left channel with an old blaze cut in the trunk</div> <div> Dukejr01: left then</div> <div> Missiledine: <Left?></div> <div> Docportal: I try to get a closer look with out getting out of the boat.</div> <div> FinLongham: i row closer to the tree.</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Left works. Of course it could be a trick."</div> <div> Missiledine: Somebody cut a blaze into the trunk of the tree</div> <div> FinLongham: Who else has a Grapnel Rope? Other than me. get it out and read to be used</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Aye. I do. Why don't we just go left?"</div> <div> Missiledine: <Fred's grapnel is hooked on a big turtle somewhere></div> <div> Dukejr01: a blaze is a slach or cut in the tree to indicate direction.</div> <div> FinLongham: "We will go left but if it is a trap we might need the Grapnel Rope to get our selfs out of it."</div> <div> Dukejr01: <slash></div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb looks around morosely, "I hate this bloody mud hole."</div> <div> Docportal: <I know I have remove it from gear list></div> <div> Dukejr01: "At least there aren't bugs like last time."</div> <div> Missiledine: "Aye, there is that."</div> <div> Missiledine: You head down the left channel</div> <div> FinLongham: I start to row forwards but slowly.</div> <div> Dukejr01: can we muffle our oars?</div> <div> Missiledine: row, row, row, row, row......</div> <div> Missiledine: Yes, you can do that</div> <div> FinLongham: Ok what do we do to muffle our oars?</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Lets muffle the oars." Corren pulls his in and starts tying some cloth around it.</div> <div> Missiledine: You wrap the oar locks in cloth</div> <div> Dukejr01: right.</div> <div> FinLongham: "I pull my oars in but I don't think I have any cloth around to use?"</div> <div> Docportal: "Dawn do you have your old cloak?"</div> <div> Missiledine: as you work you notice another tree on the bank, this one has three parallel slashes cut in the trunk</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren looks around and up.</div> <div> Missiledine: again it looks like an old mark</div> <div> Dukejr01: did we pass a 2?</div> <div> Missiledine: not that you saw</div> <div> Docportal: I do the same?</div> <div> Missiledine: nothing seems amiss</div> <div> Dukejr01: "hmmmmm...."</div> <div> Docportal: Are the birds singing?</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. with oars muffled. we continue.</div> <div> Missiledine: you finish wrapping the oarlocks </div> <div> Missiledine: there aren't many birds singing in the winter, most of what you see is waterfowl</div> <div> Missiledine: But they are acting normally</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. keep an eye on them.</div> <div> Missiledine: you continue on...</div> <div> FinLongham: ok</div> <div> Missiledine: Fred, Dawn, Longfellow... You suddenl feel your boat beginning to keel over to your left. The right </div> <div> Missiledine: side is rising sharply</div> <div> FinLongham: I row backwards fast as I can</div> <div> Dukejr01: Correnlets go of the oars and draws his sword.</div> <div> Docportal: I ready my spear. I start to pray.</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren... You see a number of boney arms and hands pushing up on the right side and dragging down on </div> <div> Missiledine: on the left</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren says in a tight low voice. "Undead."</div> <div> Missiledine: Rowing is doing no good, the boat is shipping water now and you are all going over</div> <div> Dukejr01: lets move to the right and corren will attack them.</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb starts bak peddling</div> <div> FinLongham: I drop the oars and pull my sword to start hitting the hands I see.</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren they are all in the water</div> <div> Dukejr01: we can;'t atack their arms?</div> <div> Missiledine: Fred, Dawn, Long: You feel grips of iron grabbing at you from under neath, dragging you down</div> <div> Docportal: I try to stap at them with my spare</div> <div> Dukejr01: oh. the party member are in the water?</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren: What with?</div> <div> Missiledine: yes</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. I am not getting the tactical situation here. </div> <div> Missiledine: something is dragging at your boat now Corren</div> <div> Dawn12: i try to get them with my sword</div> <div> Docportal: I attack using my spaer.</div> <div> Dukejr01: allright. now. they were dumped into the water so quickly that we couldn't react or fight back?</div> <div> Missiledine: The boat in the lead was capsized by skeletons in the water</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren will attack the arms on the right side with his sword.</div> <div> Missiledine: They grabbed it on one side to pull down and pushed up on the other</div> <div> FinLongham: Attack with my sword.</div> <div> Missiledine: Ok... Thioose of you in the water may attcak, stabbing down at the things holding you... The water </div> <div> Docportal: <what we need is a trutle now.></div> <div> Missiledine: here is about 8' deep, you cannot see your enemy but you can feel them</div> <div> Docportal: I try to stab at what is holding me.</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren, you and Rolb are now in shallow enough water that you can see your two opponents</div> <div> Dukejr01: must be tall skeletons.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren all out attacks. two attacks</div> <div> Missiledine: start with the three in the water first</div> <div> FinLongham: I follow suit with Fred</div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> Dawn12: Itry to get what ever it is</div> <div> Missiledine: Dawn, you manage a solid hit, stabbing down wards, the sword slips into the bones easily and as you </div> <div> Missiledine: twist it free you can feel the bones snapping and breaking</div> <div> Docportal: <Good hit Dawn></div> <div> Missiledine: Fred, you manage to push the thing off you using the spear, again the body of the thing seems very </div> <div> Missiledine: brittle and easily broken</div> <div> Missiledine: Long, your having a bit more trouble with yours... Your attack didn't lodge anywhere crusial</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren, the two rotting, slime covered skeletons that are trying to drag the boat over are easy </div> <div> Missiledine: targets... You smash them with surprising ease, apparantly all the time immersed has weaken their </div> <div> Missiledine: bones</div> <div> Missiledine: both creatures fall away from the boat, but you can see them trying to thrash their way back</div> <div> Missiledine: Dawn, the thing has released you for the moment, but you can feel clawed fingers scrabbling at your</div> <div> Missiledine: armor under water again</div> <div> Missiledine: Fred, you are free for this round</div> <div> Docportal: Am I free? If so I try to make it to the bank.</div> <div> Missiledine: Longfellow, you are being dragged underwater, what are you gouing to do?</div> <div> FinLongham: Attack again</div> <div> Missiledine: sword?</div> <div> FinLongham: yes</div> <div> Missiledine: This time you find some purchase with your blade and mange to drive it off you long enough to surface</div> <div> Missiledine: for air</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb is out of the boat and dragging it back onto the muddy embankment</div> <div> Missiledine: "Keep em from rollin this one!"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren continues to all out attack.</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren, you have a moment to do...?</div> <div> Missiledine: Ok</div> <div> Dawn12: i try to get free</div> <div> Dukejr01: thre were two on their boat or four?</div> <div> Missiledine: The skeletons are dragging themselves towards you Corren. to all out attack you need to get out of </div> <div> Missiledine: your boat</div> <div> Missiledine: There were at least 6 on their boat</div> <div> Dukejr01: gotcha</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren jumps out of his boat onto the bank</div> <div> Missiledine: The skeletons are not following you out of the water</div> <div> Dukejr01: can Corren attack them from the chore?</div> <div> Missiledine: Dawn, you are being grabbed again from underneath</div> <div> Dawn12: i try again to get the thing</div> <div> Missiledine: Fred, you feel something groping at you, but it misses its gip</div> <div> Docportal: Can I get to the bank?</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren: You will need to wade in at least knee deep</div> <div> Dukejr01: if thre are only two skeletons on us and they are not following, Corren will take off his Cloak </div> <div> Missiledine: Longfellow, you are still held</div> <div> Dukejr01: and wade in to get them.</div> <div> FinLongham: Attack with sword</div> <div> Missiledine: Fred, you can swim, slowly with your armor and gear, for the bank</div> <div> Dawn12: i try to get it with my sword</div> <div> Docportal: I am doing so then.</div> <div> Missiledine: Dawn, you attack blindly trhrusting down, you feel the blade scrape across bone, but there is no </div> <div> Missiledine: effect, it is still hanging on to you</div> <div> Dawn12: i still try to hit it with my sword</div> <div> Missiledine: Long: You stab downwards, connecting again, this time forcing it to break its hold</div> <div> FinLongham: Can I kick the head of the thing?</div> <div> Missiledine: You can't see the head, but you can kick it</div> <div> Missiledine: Dawn, you are being dragged under</div> <div> FinLongham: I try to kick the head.</div> <div> Dawn12: i try even hard to hit it with my sword </div> <div> Missiledine: Corren, You see Fred making his way ashore, Long pops up, struggling annd splashing, and Dawn goes </div> <div> Missiledine: under while struggliong and splashing</div> <div> Docportal: How close am I to Long?</div> <div> Missiledine: <My typos are terrible!></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren will wade in to help her. he all out attacks any skeleton he encounters.</div> <div> Missiledine: Ok Corren, how are you attacking?</div> <div> Missiledine: Dawn, you keep stabbing at the grip, but it's not letting go.</div> <div> Dawn12: i still try to hit the thiing with my sword</div> <div> Missiledine: Fred, you are about 15 feet from Long</div> <div> Dukejr01: he will thrust with the sword for greater control.</div> <div> Dukejr01: all out two attacks.</div> <div> Docportal: From dawn?</div> <div> Missiledine: <That's what I wanted to know!></div> <div> Missiledine: Where you last saw her, maybe 10'</div> <div> Docportal: From the bank?</div> <div> Missiledine: your maybe 8' from there, the water is shallow enough to stand up now</div> <div> Dawn12: i still keep trying to hit it with my sword</div> <div> Missiledine: Dawn, you thrust again, and you feel something give and you are free to surface</div> <div> Docportal: I stand up and try to get to the top of the bank. To lose any gear other than my armor.</div> <div> Dawn12: i swim as fast as i can to shore</div> <div> Docportal: <1 hex a turn></div> <div> Missiledine: Long, you kick out hard, feeling bones break and you are now completely free</div> <div> Missiledine: for the moment</div> <div> FinLongham: I will kick the hell out of anything that tough me.</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren: You attack, hitting both skeletons with solid hits, driving one back into deeper water</div> <div> Missiledine: the other is still before you</div> <div> Dawn12: i try to kick the head of the ting as i go</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren methodically attacks it again, two attacks, all out.</div> <div> Missiledine: It is trying to grab onto you but it is very slow, seemingly weighed down with mud, weeds etc</div> <div> Missiledine: Long, Dawn: You are both free for the moment, but your armor is slowing down your movement. It's hard</div> <div> Missiledine: to even stay afloat</div> <div> Dawn12: kick anything that comes near me</div> <div> Missiledine: you can't see anything under you</div> <div> Docportal: How am I doind?</div> <div> Missiledine: you have stripped off your gear</div> <div> Docportal: Ok I take my spear and get back in to the water to help.</div> <div> Docportal: Jumping as far in as I can.</div> <div> Missiledine: Dawn, the water is now shallow enough to stand up</div> <div> Dawn12: i stand up and run for shore</div> <div> Missiledine: Long, you are still in deep water</div> <div> FinLongham: I will stay there. I should be over the boat.</div> <div> Missiledine: Doc, you are now waist deep</div> <div> Missiledine: The boat is capsized but still floating</div> <div> Docportal: <Fred> I swim out to the were the boat is and get any gear that was on it.</div> <div> Missiledine: Long, something grabs you again </div> <div> FinLongham: kick the hell out of it</div> <div> Missiledine: It is pulling you under again</div> <div> Dawn12: im still runing</div> <div> Missiledine: Doc, you feel arms grabbing onto you as you start into the deep water</div> <div> Missiledine: Dawn, you are out of the water</div> <div> Docportal: I will try to kick what ever it is.</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren, the skeleton you are facing is backing down into the water as you hit it two more times</div> <div> Dawn12: i take my gear off and go back in to help fred</div> <div> Missiledine: Large chunks of its rib cage and shoulders disintigrate under your attacks</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren will move on to help the others. </div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb yells, "Get the bloody hell out of the wayter ye fools!"</div> <div> Missiledine: Fred, your kicking is ineffective and you find yourself going under as a second set of hands latch on</div> <div> Dukejr01: Can Corren get to Long?</div> <div> Docportal: Ok I will attack them with my spear.</div> <div> Missiledine: Long: There is a skeleton trying to wrap its arms around you from behind</div> <div> Missiledine: You cannot use the spear now, they are too close+</div> <div> FinLongham: I try to turnaround and hit it with my sword.</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren: You will have to practicly dive in to where the bubbles are</div> <div> Missiledine: It is very difficult to weild a swod well underwater, thrusting is about the most effective attack </div> <div> Dukejr01: sheathes his sword and goes in after Long with his knife.</div> <div> Missiledine: and the skeleton is grabbed onto you from behind</div> <div> Dukejr01: a skeleton has grabbed corren?</div> <div> Missiledine: Not yet</div> <div> Dawn12: but i might hit fred</div> <div> Missiledine: Fred, what are you doing?</div> <div> Docportal: Trying to kick them off of me.</div> <div> Dukejr01: don't you guys have knives? use them instead of kicking. </div> <div> Missiledine: Your kicking has dislodged one, but the other still has you</div> <div> Docportal: I let go of my spear and pull my knife.</div> <div> Missiledine: Ok, Long.. Your feet are on the bottom now and the water all about is black and murky. The skeleton i</div> <div> Docportal: <I wish someone would fish for skeletons right about now></div> <div> Missiledine: is holding on tight</div> <div> Docportal: Try to hit it with my elbow.</div> <div> Missiledine: Fred, you are also being dragged down and you can feel the second one trying to catch your flailing </div> <div> Missiledine: legs again</div> <div> FinLongham: I try to hit the Skeleton with my Elbow.</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Toss me a rope, Rolb. I will have to go after them.</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren: You plunge into the dark water where Long went down</div> <div> Dukejr01: just use your knife,.</div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> Docportal: <I have one on my back I thoght?></div> <div> Dawn12: i can t do nothing</div> <div> Dukejr01: unarmed attacks do about 4 points less damage than a large knife attack.</div> <div> Missiledine: You can't see a thing but you dive right into a bony frame coming upwards toward you</div> <div> FinLongham: <Don't have a knife.></div> <div> Dukejr01: All out attack. 2 attacks.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: can corren slash effectively?</div> <div> Missiledine: Doc, you stab blindly at the one pulling you down, hitting it hard</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren: A slash is restricted by the water, its better with a knife then a sword, but a stab is </div> <div> Missiledine: stronger</div> <div> Dukejr01: stab then.</div> <div> Missiledine: As you stab you can feel its bones breaking from the blows.</div> <div> Dawn12: i try to grt thr rope and graple from rolb and throw it in to see if fred can get it</div> <div> Missiledine: Long, you elbow the body of the skeleton holding you, and you feel bones give, but it doesn't let go</div> <div> FinLongham: I do an all out attack hitting it with both elbows.</div> <div> Missiledine: Dawn: Ok, you fling the hook out to where you saw FRed go under</div> <div> Dawn12: ok</div> <div> Missiledine: Fred, your feet are on the bottom now</div> <div> Docportal: <where are they?></div> <div> Docportal: <On my back in front of me were?></div> <div> Missiledine: you have one on your front, wrapped around you at waist level, there is another one trying to claw at</div> <div> Missiledine: your head and shoulders</div> <div> Missiledine: Long has one on his back which he pummels with his elbows, but still can't shake it</div> <div> Docportal: I all out attack stabing at the one at waist.</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren, the one you stabbed, drops away beneath you, but it feels as tho it is still flailing about</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren goes after the drowning guy</div> <div> FinLongham: I also do an all out attack at the on my back with both elbows.</div> <div> Missiledine: Fred... You continue trying to shake it off... you feel another one descending on you</div> <div> Missiledine: Your stabbing has weakened it, on your waist, but it hasn't let go</div> <div> Docportal: I am sure it is another one?</div> <div> Missiledine: Long... Another skeleton comes at you from above as you feel yourself going over backwards on top of</div> <div> Missiledine: the one holding you</div> <div> Missiledine: Doc: You can't see a thing, but something is above you</div> <div> FinLongham: I try to get the one off my back by trying to pull its arms off.</div> <div> Docportal: I all out attack the one at my waist again.</div> <div> Missiledine: You grab onto it's arms that are wrapped around your body and apply your strength to try breaking the</div> <div> Missiledine: them</div> <div> Dukejr01: <don';t you havea knife?></div> <div> FinLongham: <No I did not buy one. Shot me later.></div> <div> Dukejr01: <k></div> <div> Missiledine: Doc: You stab again, hitting twice, and feel its grip loosen just as you are grappled from above by </div> <div> Missiledine: another</div> <div> Docportal: I will all attack the one on top of me now.</div> <div> FinLongham: <Anybody have a count on how many dead and a live?></div> <div> Missiledine: Corren: you have reached the bottom where you saw Long go under, at the moment nothing is attacking </div> <div> FinLongham: <other than GM></div> <div> Missiledine: you but there is no sign of the elf</div> <div> Missiledine: <You have no idea how many there were to start with!></div> <div> Missiledine: Fred, You stab at the one on top of you... All out?</div> <div> Docportal: Yes.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren searches around with hisarms. he will attack anything boney</div> <div> Missiledine: Long, With tremedous effort you manage to break the bones of one arm and you partially free yourself</div> <div> Docportal: Swim for the top</div> <div> Missiledine: your lungs feel like they are bursting, but it still has a grip on you</div> <div> FinLongham: Can I try around now?</div> <div> Missiledine: Fred: You aren't clear to swim, you are held</div> <div> Docportal: <That was ment to be in <>></div> <div> FinLongham: Turn*</div> <div> Missiledine: Long: You can rtwist around to get a better leverage ato attack</div> <div> FinLongham: I do so</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren, something is moving ahead of you, kicking up even more muck then is normal</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren oges that way feeling with his arms.</div> <div> Missiledine: Long: Something grabs you fom your right side, the skeleton is now on your left</div> <div> Dawn12: i pull the rope in and trow it back in to try again</div> <div> FinLongham: <Don't stab untill you see the bones of the skeleton.></div> <div> Missiledine: Doc: You stab again and again, the thing has pressed you backwards so that you are on your back in </div> <div> Missiledine: the muck</div> <div> FinLongham: I try to brake free and stab the one that was on my back</div> <div> Missiledine: Long, you are down on your knees, if you don't get free soon you'll be blacking out</div> <div> Docportal: I try to stab it again. All out</div> <div> Missiledine: Long: Suddenly you are free of its grip! Nothing is holding you</div> <div> FinLongham: I swim to the top.</div> <div> FinLongham: for air</div> <div> Missiledine: Dawn, you happen to glance down, there is a the fleskless remains of a human forarm gripping the </div> <div> Missiledine: edge of your armor</div> <div> Dawn12: i try to stabe him with my knife </div> <div> Missiledine: Corren: THe muck cloud in front of you explodes upward, something brushes past you going up... </div> <div> Missiledine: Something else grabs your left leg</div> <div> FinLongham: <Hip hip hurry you found me></div> <div> Missiledine: Dawn: It's just the arm of one of the ones you fought off</div> <div> Missiledine: Long: You surface</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren pulls his leg toward his chest and feels for what has grabbed him.</div> <div> FinLongham: I Stay there for a few minutes. Then will go back down.</div> <div> Missiledine: Doc: You keep slamming at the one on you, it suddenly goes inert and falls away... you are beginning </div> <div> Missiledine: to black out</div> <div> FinLongham: I try to fight the black out.</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren: A bony hand, then another, clawing its way up your leg</div> <div> Docportal: Yeah I will try to fight the black out.</div> <div> Missiledine: Long: Once you get air you are ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren grabs the arm and attacks all out. for two attacks.</div> <div> Missiledine: Doc: You shove the remains off you and start to rise</div> <div> Docportal: I swim upwards as fast as I can.</div> <div> Missiledine: Dawn: You see first Long, then a few seconds later Fred, surface</div> <div> Dawn12: i go to them </div> <div> Dukejr01: < I suggest that you guys go for shore></div> <div> Missiledine: Long takes a couple breathes, then goes back down</div> <div> Dawn12: and try to bring them to shor</div> <div> Missiledine: ok, going in the water?</div> <div> Dawn12: but long is gone</div> <div> Docportal: "Yes throw me the rope."</div> <div> Dawn12: i trow the rope to fred</div> <div> FinLongham: I will try to find the one that had me at the buttom.</div> <div> Missiledine: Ok, you throw it. The grappling hook is still on it</div> <div> Dukejr01: <may I suggest going for shore?></div> <div> Missiledine: Corren: You stab at the murky form, feeling one blow hit, the other missed. It's still there</div> <div> Dukejr01: does it still have me?</div> <div> Missiledine: still gripping your leg</div> <div> FinLongham: Did make it back down yet?</div> <div> Missiledine: you are back at the mud on the bottom</div> <div> Dukejr01: Okay. All out attack it again. twice.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Docportal: I grab the rope and swim for the shore.</div> <div> FinLongham: I try to find bone that is alive still. And attack it.</div> <div> Missiledine: Long: Something boney and hard blunders into you, grabbing and wrapping its arms in an attempt to </div> <div> FinLongham: All out attack</div> <div> Missiledine: hold you down again</div> <div> Missiledine: Fred, you are back in the shallows</div> <div> Docportal: I get up on top where dawn is taking the rope and graple from her.</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren, you again score a solid hit, followed by what was little mopre then a glancing blow but it</div> <div> Missiledine: lets go</div> <div> Missiledine: you are free for the moment</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren goes for air.</div> <div> Docportal: And throw it at the boat trying to pull it back twards us on shore.</div> <div> Missiledine: Long: you punch the creature on you, hitting it twice, but it is pushing you backwards and down into </div> <div> Docportal: <Was there gear stored in our boat?></div> <div> Missiledine: the mud again</div> <div> Missiledine: <Some, but the bulk was in the other></div> <div> Docportal: <great></div> <div> Missiledine: Fred, you start trying to hook the boat</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren: you surface for air. You see Fred on the bank. No sign of Long</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren strokes toward shore and asks" "Where is Long?"</div> <div> Docportal: Long is still under water.</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb points a thumb down</div> <div> Docportal: <Forgot the ""></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren looks for roiled water</div> <div> Missiledine: don't see any</div> <div> FinLongham: I all out attack again.</div> <div> Missiledine: you are punching, and you can feel ribs crunch and crack, but you still can't shake it off</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren Curses and goes down after Long.</div> <div> Docportal: How is the boat coming?</div> <div> FinLongham: I attack again trying to hit it in the head.</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren: You plunge back under searching for the elf</div> <div> Missiledine: Still haven't hooked it yet</div> <div> Docportal: I keep trying then.</div> <div> Missiledine: Long: You continue trying to force the skeleton off you</div> <div> FinLongham: Can I grab it head?</div> <div> Missiledine: Yes, you can get a grip on it</div> <div> FinLongham: I try to twist it off then</div> <div> Dukejr01: <hmmmm... possible with str 15, maybe. got that?></div> <div> Missiledine: ok, you are trying</div> <div> Missiledine: The skeleton has you down in the mud, it's weight is holding you down while you try and twist its </div> <div> Missiledine: head off. Again your lungs are starting to burn, if you don't get it off you soon you will black out</div> <div> FinLongham: I try with all my might.</div> <div> FinLongham: To twist the head off.</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren: You can't see a thing under water</div> <div> Dukejr01: can he locate by movement?</div> <div> Missiledine: The third time down you feel something beneath you</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren feels with his left and prepares to strike with his right.</div> <div> Missiledine: You feel a skeleton beneath you, it is moving slightly</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren nails it. two attacks.</div> <div> FinLongham: If twisting the head off dose not seam to work I will try hitting it in the head.</div> <div> Missiledine: stabbing downwards, The first attack shatters ribs, the second one punches through and the skeleton </div> <div> Missiledine: goes still</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren grabs at anything below it.</div> <div> Missiledine: Long, you loose consciousness</div> <div> FinLongham: Great to hear.</div> <div> Missiledine: The skelton comes away easily, and you feel wet leather and a body under it</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren puts his knife handle in his teeth and grabs with both hands.</div> <div> Missiledine: Fortunately the body isn't too big and you drag it out of the mud and start up</div> <div> Docportal: I am guess I have not hooked the boat yet.</div> <div> Missiledine: When you break the surface you see that it is the elf, who doesn't look too good at the moment</div> <div> Missiledine: <No, not yet></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren goes for shore.</div> <div> Missiledine: As you drag Long Fellow up the muddy bank, Fred manages, at last, to hook the capsized boat and </div> <div> Missiledine: starts drawing it in</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren applies First aid to the elf</div> <div> Missiledine: other then bruises, there isn't much to see in the way of marks</div> <div> Dukejr01: is he breathing?</div> <div> Missiledine: He is alive though barely</div> <div> Missiledine: yes</div> <div> Docportal: List of stuff lost? That needs to be gotten.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren rolls his eyes at Rolb as he puts the elf down someplace reasonably dry.</div> <div> Missiledine: he will recover when he gets some air</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren then helps get he boat ashore, emptied and retrieves the stuff. </div> <div> Docportal: My spear, Long's Sword, don't know what was in the boat.</div> <div> Missiledine: the three of you would have had your personal gear in your packs. You can find the packs</div> <div> Dukejr01: the boats okay?</div> <div> Missiledine: The food was mostly in the other boat, so very little was lost, maybe 20%</div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> Missiledine: The boat is undamaged except for some scratches to the paint. But the oars have floated off and are </div> <div> Docportal: That will work.</div> <div> Missiledine: not visible at the moment</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren goes looking for them before he dries off</div> <div> Missiledine: Longfellow's sword is on the bottom somewhere, no sigh of the spear</div> <div> Docportal: I take my knigfe and return to the water to find the spear and sword.</div> <div> Missiledine: you follow the current back the way you came and will find the oars along the channel</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb says, "Don't be bloody stupid! No one is coming in to help ya if ya dunno come up."</div> <div> Dukejr01: k. recoverthem then corren strips his clothes off, uses his towel to dry off. and changes.</div> <div> Docportal: Ok then tie me to the end of the rope.</div> <div> Missiledine: All the clothes in the packs are wet</div> <div> Dukejr01: the oars are in the middle of the water requiring a swim?</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb shrugs and sits on the gunnel and lights his pipe</div> <div> Dukejr01: do they require a swim????</div> <div> Missiledine: no, they were caught in the reeds, wade in only</div> <div> Dukejr01: if so, corren is not dumb enough to go in after them.</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. corren will use his boar spear and try to hook them.</div> <div> Docportal: How much rope do we have?</div> <div> Missiledine: A fifty foot length</div> <div> Missiledine: "Long enough ta hang yerself with." Rolb growls</div> <div> Docportal: I tre one end to a tree and the other end to me. That way if I am under to long you all can pull me</div> <div> Docportal: out."</div> <div> FinLongham: <How am I doing></div> <div> Missiledine: 'Aye, fer sure."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I am not going in after you again."</div> <div> Missiledine: You are still out, will be at least a half hour coming around\</div> <div> Missiledine: The rope is in place</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren is drying off. he looks thru his pack for his dry underwear. </div> <div> Docportal: I understand that but I need that spear and Fin needs his only weapon.</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I have a spare spear."</div> <div> Missiledine: "Make yerself a bloody club."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I suggest you two dry yourselves off before you catch a cold or worse."</div> <div> Missiledine: <The Elf too></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren pulls on his dry trousers.</div> <div> Missiledine: "We canna risk a fire." Rolb says</div> <div> Dukejr01: once he is decent., he goes to help the elf</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: "aye."</div> <div> Docportal: Ok I take the rope off. Then dry off. then I go look for a good pice of wood.</div> <div> Missiledine: "Hang yer wet things ta dry em a wee bit."</div> <div> Docportal: <I not getten anything from dawn. I think she is out cold or somthing></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren strips and dries the elf. covers him with his blanket. he helps the others hang thier clothes </div> <div> Dukejr01: to dry</div> <div> Missiledine: It will take you a good twenty minutes mucking about in the bogs to find a suitable branch</div> <div> Dukejr01: "WEll, we know what the three blazes are for now."</div> <div> Missiledine: by the time you get back with a club, the elf is coming too</div> <div> Docportal: "Yes, But I don't think we are going the right way. This seams more like a trap then anything else."</div> <div> Missiledine: "First line of defence." Rolb suggests</div> <div> Docportal: <Good then I can test out my new club on the elfs head.></div> <div> FinLongham: "So how did we come out?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren eats something.</div> <div> Dukejr01: "You are not dead. You can return the favor sometime"</div> <div> Missiledine: "Ye looked like a bit of bait."</div> <div> Missiledine: "When Corren dragged ye out of yon mud hole."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "What weapons do you use?"</div> <div> FinLongham: "Were is my sword? Thanks Corren I am sure I can repay you some how in the near future."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Your sword is somewhere in there." Corren gestures at the water. "I have a couple spears and an axe </div> <div> Dukejr01: that I can loan"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren is digging in his pack. he comes out with a Katallah style large knife in a sheath and hands </div> <div> Dukejr01: it to Long"</div> <div> FinLongham: I use a Crossbow, Two-Handed Sword, Singing, Shortsword, Knife, and my Broadsword both hands.</div> <div> Missiledine: <singing?></div> <div> Dukejr01: <must be bad></div> <div> FinLongham: <yep></div> <div> Missiledine: <I shudder at such a weapon!></div> <div> Dukejr01: "what do you use, Fred?'</div> <div> FinLongham: I take the knife form Corren and put it in my blet.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Docportal: "I know how to use a Spear and a Knife"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren offers his spears. Both are the same legth but one is a boar spear with but cap.</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Chose one. ye can't throw the boar spear, but it'll keep a critter from running up the shaft"</div> <div> Docportal: "I have my knife on me. I will take the boar spear."</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> FinLongham: "Fred will you help me get my $1200 out of the water?"</div> <div> FinLongham: <oppss, Sword*</div> <div> Docportal: "I don't know Corren and Rolb think it is a bad Idea. Tho that sword cost a lot of money."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "you go back in, I am not going in after you if you run into trouble, which you will."</div> <div> FinLongham: "Yes but there will be two of use right there together."</div> <div> Missiledine: "You could be hours searchin in that muck." Rolb says "It'll be dark soon enough."</div> <div> Docportal: "I think we should take a look. The others can stay up here. Skinny dipping time."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "We should camp away from their main channel."</div> <div> Missiledine: <Its winter people!></div> <div> FinLongham: <Yes. but we need our clothes to be dry when we come up.></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren looks around for a way to pull the boats away from the main channel and perhaps some dry</div> <div> Dukejr01: ground.></div> <div> Dukejr01: <translation: you will get sick or get hypothermia.></div> <div> Missiledine: Not much in the way of dry ground, but there are smaller channels running into the big one</div> <div> Docportal: I take the rope that is still tied to the tree and tied it aournd both of us. With as little clothes </div> <div> Missiledine: you could pull the boats up one of those and sleep in the boats</div> <div> Docportal: as we can live with out.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren scouts a little, looking for a good campsite.</div> <div> Missiledine: tie it around both of you?</div> <div> Dukejr01: good idea. any tall trees that corren can use his hammock with?</div> <div> Docportal: "Yes, I tie it around fin then take another loop and tie that around me."</div> <div> Missiledine: lot of trees around, mostly boggy bottom between them tho</div> <div> Missiledine: how much rope between the two of you</div> <div> Docportal: About 4 ft.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Missiledine: your ready... Long, you doing this?</div> <div> FinLongham: Yes I am doing it.</div> <div> Docportal: Yes ready.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Missiledine: you wade back into the water again, where do you look first?</div> <div> Dukejr01: <Guys, this is not worth it. you are going to ewaste time and get your charactors killed.></div> <div> Docportal: We will try were we were last.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Missiledine: you are in deep water, in the area you think you last remember having the sword</div> <div> Docportal: Ok down we go.</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb calls, "If the skeletons found it they'll be shovin it down yer gullet!"</div> <div> FinLongham: under I go following Fred.</div> <div> Missiledine: You dive down to the bottom and start feeling around in the frigid muck... The bottom has a thick </div> <div> Missiledine: layer of decaying vegetation on it</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren scouts for a campsite.</div> <div> Docportal: We both feel around to see if we can come up with anything.</div> <div> Dukejr01: <well, we are officially on the mission now, we will have to split the reward with the dead's kin></div> <div> FinLongham: <I did not know that.></div> <div> Dukejr01: <sorry,. forgot to mention in charactor. the rewrd money for the bandits we kill will be split </div> <div> Dukejr01: equally,. the dead's kin get his></div> <div> Missiledine: Ok, you grope around through the muck, working more or less side by side. </div> <div> FinLongham: <oh well I when I come up I will pay you.></div> <div> Missiledine: With the four feet between you, you must both come up more or less together to breath</div> <div> Dukejr01: <for what? we haven't collected the reward yet></div> <div> Missiledine: On your third dive, Doc is grabbed by something hard and bony reaching up from the muck... Long, </div> <div> FinLongham: <To get you to help me more.></div> <div> Missiledine: you feel the rope go tight between you</div> <div> FinLongham: I swim towards Fred to help. with my knife ready.</div> <div> Missiledine: Fred, you are dragged face down to the murky bottom</div> <div> Docportal: I attack what every with my knife.</div> <div> Missiledine: Long, in the muddy water you can't see Fred</div> <div> FinLongham: I follow the rope.</div> <div> Dukejr01: <actually, you COULD do that. Corren is a Katalla mercenary. "Help me and I will give you $1000!"></div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: <of course Corren would haul you out and put you on shore and expect payment></div> <div> FinLongham: <I have 1400 on me now></div> <div> Missiledine: <You are underwater, no negotiating></div> <div> FinLongham: <Tho I would want you to help me find my sword that cost me an arm and lag></div> <div> Dukejr01: < if you make it back to the surface, you can save yourself some cash by getting out of the water></div> <div> Dukejr01: <lol></div> <div> FinLongham: I follow the rope to help fred.</div> <div> Docportal: Would you two stop that for now. We will have the skeletons taking care of soon.</div> <div> Dawn12: i start to humm</div> <div> Dukejr01: <lol!></div> <div> Missiledine: ok Doc, you stab at it, but it still has you</div> <div> Missiledine: <Are you humming a dirge?></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren loans Dawn his fur cloak. while her clothes dry.</div> <div> Docportal: <I said to stop that type of take.></div> <div> Missiledine: Long, you run into a struggling form in the murk</div> <div> Dawn12: "thank you corren"</div> <div> FinLongham: Have I gotten up to were Fred is yet?</div> <div> Docportal: I attack it again all out attack with my knife.</div> <div> Dukejr01: "You're welcome." Corren goes off to scout.</div> <div> Docportal: Stabing at it.</div> <div> Missiledine: Fred, you stab again, hitting but it still clings to you</div> <div> FinLongham: I try to swim faster.</div> <div> Missiledine: Long, your not sure. you have contacted something in the water, you think its Fred</div> <div> FinLongham: I grab on to it and pull my self tow it and whatevery else is there</div> <div> Missiledine: Fred, you stab again the blade glances off the bones</div> <div> Missiledine: Fred, something grabs you from behind and is pulling you backwards</div> <div> Docportal: Well that good I think.</div> <div> Docportal: These it fell bony?</div> <div> Missiledine: Long, something lands heavily on your back, driving you into Fred and sending you downwards</div> <div> Missiledine: No, it feels solid</div> <div> Docportal: I use my free hand to reach down to help whatever it may be.</div> <div> Missiledine: Help what?</div> <div> Docportal has left the room.</div> <div> Missiledine: It is on top of you, you are on top of a skeleton</div> <div> Missiledine: Long, you are on top of Fred, a skeleton is on top of you, presumably there is a skeleton under Fred</div> <div> FinLongham: <Ok hold the game Doc is gone></div> <div> Missiledine: All four of you are thrashing about like mad and the rope is getting tangled around all of you</div> <div> Docportal has entered the room.</div> <div> FinLongham: Can I hangon to fred attack the skeleton on me?</div> <div> Docportal: I will attack the skeleton below me.</div> <div> Missiledine: <Doc, what did you get last?></div> <div> Docportal: I use my free hand to reach down and help whatever it is that on me.</div> <div> Missiledine: Doc, you stab again, the blade again scrapes off bone</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. does corren come back from his circumnavigation of the little mud island we are on?</div> <div> Missiledine: Dawn, Corren: You see the rope has gone taut and is thrumming a bit</div> <div> FinLongham: I try to attack the one above me. All out.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren looks are the others. sighs. "Pull them in?"</div> <div> Missiledine: Long: He is on your back, you will need to twist arounf tio get to him</div> <div> Dawn12: ok here we go</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren finds himslf a good spot to pull from and starts pulling the rope.</div> <div> FinLongham: Can I attack the one under fred?</div> <div> Dawn12: i do also</div> <div> Missiledine: It feels like a ton of weight on the other end</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb gets up, lays aside his pipe and joins Corren</div> <div> Missiledine: You can try Long</div> <div> Dukejr01: "one three. heave!"</div> <div> Dukejr01: <pardon, "one two three heave!></div> <div> Missiledine: You heave, nothing seems to kappen, but there is definately activity under the surface</div> <div> FinLongham: I try to twist around and attack the one above me.</div> <div> Missiledine: Ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: all threee of us couldn't budge it?</div> <div> Missiledine: Doc, you stab again, this time getting a good hit</div> <div> Missiledine: Trying again?</div> <div> Dukejr01: keep pulling</div> <div> Dawn12: ok here we go again</div> <div> Docportal: Good. I then try to twist around and hit the one above Fin.</div> <div> Missiledine: It will slooooowwllyyy begin to move</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. we keep pulling.</div> <div> FinLongham: I to also attack up wards</div> <div> Missiledine: It's still holding you down Fred, you didn't finish it</div> <div> FinLongham: ok</div> <div> FinLongham: I try to hit it with my elbow.</div> <div> Missiledine: Long, you manage to rtwist around to stab at the one on you,, but the blow is ineffective</div> <div> Docportal: Can I get close enought to try to hit it?</div> <div> FinLongham: I will try again.</div> <div> Missiledine: Between your twisting around and the skeletons efforts, the rope is now tangled completely around you</div> <div> Dukejr01: <gurgle gurgle></div> <div> Missiledine: You suddenly feel the rope tighten massivelyu, cutting into both of you, and presumably your attacker</div> <div> FinLongham: I try to attack the one above me agian.</div> <div> Missiledine: Doc You are face to face with the one under you, you are almost too close!</div> <div> Docportal: I will try to hit. All out attack stab</div> <div> Missiledine: In the constriction of close combat, witrh the rope wrapped around you, it is almost impossible to </div> <div> Missiledine: get decent leverage. This is All Out Attack</div> <div> Docportal: I will try to stab the thing in the head.</div> <div> Missiledine: even when you attack and hit, your blows are robbed of strength.... Your lungs feel like they are </div> <div> FinLongham: I attack the thing above me.</div> <div> Missiledine: going to burst... You realize that you are moving, very slowly, through the muck</div> <div> Docportal: Can I stab the back of the head on the skeleton. If so I try.</div> <div> Missiledine: The skeletons are not clawing or biting, just clinging to you like great leeches</div> <div> Missiledine: You stab at the head .. the blade glances off</div> <div> Docportal: Stab it harder then.</div> <div> FinLongham: Attack attack.</div> <div> Missiledine: Dawn, Corren: You are slowly, foot by foot dragging them in. They have been under a very long time no</div> <div> Missiledine: now</div> <div> Missiledine: Long You feel Fred go limp under you... Fred, you black out</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren will go get them when they get to wading distance</div> <div> Missiledine: You can start to see something under the surface</div> <div> FinLongham: I will try to attack skeleton again.</div> <div> Missiledine: Long, you stab again and again, the knife isn't getting enough leverage to do any real damage</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren wades out not going more than thigh deep. </div> <div> Missiledine: Long: You are barely hanging on to consciousness now</div> <div> FinLongham: I fight as long as I can.</div> <div> Missiledine: About six feet ahead of you, you see a bundle of bodies and bones all wrapped up in rope</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren grabs them and pulls them in.</div> <div> Missiledine: The bundle isn't moving anymore</div> <div> Missiledine: The skeletons start moving again when you touch them!</div> <div> Missiledine: They are lashed to the two bodies and can't get free, but they are trying</div> <div> Dukejr01: correns tries to get them to shore quickly</div> <div> FinLongham: I try to force my head above water.</div> <div> Dawn12 has left the room.</div> <div> Missiledine: you are unconscious</div> <div> Missiledine: again</div> <div> FinLongham: oh ok</div> <div> Docportal: Are we on shore?</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren: You drag them back into the shallows, the undead are clawing at the inert forms, trying to </div> <div> Missiledine: get free</div> <div> Docportal: <Ok now what?></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren drags the lot as far as he can. he clears their mouths and then cuts the joints of the arms</div> <div> Dukejr01: of the sketons.</div> <div> Dukejr01: then we cut them free.</div> <div> Missiledine: Ok, you drag the bundle into water only a few inches deep and Rolb helps you dismember the Skeletons</div> <div> Missiledine: and cut the rope. You drag the two up onto the bank </div> <div> Dukejr01: try to get them to breathe</div> <div> Docportal: Ok how about we call it here? You two save us next week?</div> <div> Missiledine: It's not easy, it takes efforts by both you and Rolb to get them breathing again</div> <div> Missiledine: but you finally manage</div> <div> Dukejr01: good.</div> <div> Missiledine: <Ok by me></div> <div> Dukejr01: calling it here is fine.</div> <div> Docportal: Then you all can read us the riot act to us.</div> <div> Missiledine: lol</div> <div> Dukejr01: didn't earn any CPs tonight.</div> <div> Missiledine: <Everyone is alive!></div> <div> Docportal: That is the good thing.</div> <div> Dukejr01: <not for lack of trying!></div> <div> Docportal: We good night to you both. Sorry i start to much trouble.</div> <div> FinLongham: Good night</div> <div> Missiledine: good night</div> <div> Dukejr01: night</div> <div> FinLongham has left the room.</div> <div> Dukejr01 has left the room.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>