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Corren asks Rolb</div> <div> Missiledine: from the water?</div> <div> Docportal: From in side the boat. namily the one in the wounds</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb shrugs, "Camp, aye. But lug that bugger abot.. Nah, not me."</div> <div> Dawn12: i cast shield spell on me</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I mean camp near thishere."</div> <div> Docportal: and on the out side of the boat also.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok, you can recover four intact</div> <div> Missiledine: ok Dawn</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren looks about for a campsite.</div> <div> FinLongham: How are the wouned holding up?</div> <div> Missiledine: Dawn, how much PD are you casting for and how long will you keep the spell going? (Do you have that info?)</div> <div> Missiledine: you bind their wounds </div> <div> Dukejr01: any good cover for a campsite?</div> <div> Missiledine: the area around the arrow machine is fairly dry.. There is also the log jam at the far end of the channel, it has some embankment along</div> <div> one side</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren resets the trap and puts the four arows back into it. largely so the rope is not sticking out of the water. then lets head over there</div> <div> FinLongham: <I forgot were I got hit. Can I row?></div> <div> Dukejr01: corren tries to cobver up any evidence that the trap was sprung.</div> <div> Missiledine: yes, you can row</div> <div> Missiledine: ok Corren</div> <div> FinLongham: I row the boat over to were Corren is pointing</div> <div> Missiledine: You tie up along side the log jam and have a few feet of sand bar around it to camp on. It may be dry but it is still cold and damp</div> <div> Dukejr01: we make camp, Corren suggest Rolb see to fin and Dawn's wounds since he is skilled at that. Corren sets up his hammock. </div> <div> Dukejr01: tie off the boats. use moss and branches to camo the campsite</div> <div> Docportal: As soon as Fin get the boat over to the bank then I will hop out and take the fishing net with me and set up a hammock for Dawn and</div> <div> my self.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren breaks out food and water, he offers some whiskey to the wounded.</div> <div> Dukejr01: if Corren can use the hanging mos to break up the outlines of the boats he will</div> <div> Dukejr01: moss</div> <div> Missiledine: Ok, Rolb will take a look. </div> <div> Missiledine: right... You set up camp, cold?</div> <div> Missiledine: Watches?</div> <div> Dukejr01: yes. cold camp.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Long will be down at least 5 points after first aid? </div> <div> Missiledine: it is getting dark and gloomy.. Though it is winter there is still a lot of wildlife active in the swamp'</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren will take middle. Rolb first?</div> <div> Docportal: I and maybe dawn will take last</div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> Missiledine: Long, you will get back 1 point</div> <div> FinLongham: k</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren takes out a clay pipe nd stuffs it with a dose of healing grass. "Elf, do you smoke?" he offers it to Long</div> <div> Missiledine: Dawn 2 points</div> <div> Dawn12: "last works for me"</div> <div> FinLongham: "No, but I will start if it will help"</div> <div> Dukejr01: "You do now. Healin grass, take it"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren eats quickly wraps himself up in his fur cloak and goes to sleep in his hammock.</div> <div> Docportal: How did my try to make a hammock out of fishnet work?</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb takes first... It is getting foggy... The sky is overcast, it will be a very dark night</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren tries to cammo his hammock too.</div> <div> Dukejr01: is it possible to have a torch ready to light? can we get some coals hot so that in case of night attack....</div> <div> Dukejr01: the torch can be lit quickly?</div> <div> Missiledine: well, you got it strung up... Gopnna climb in?</div> <div> Missiledine: sure, you can light a fire, let it burn down to coals and bank them</div> <div> Missiledine: <My color!></div> <div> Dukejr01: "what do you think, Rolb? is the precaution a good idea?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: how much smoke will that make?</div> <div> Missiledine: "Canna one of these mages light a wee torch?"</div> <div> Docportal: "Dawn do you want to climb in frist or should I?"</div> <div> Dawn12: "i'll go 1st"</div> <div> Docportal: "Yes I can light a fire."</div> <div> Missiledine: <my, you are brave!></div> <div> Dukejr01: "Good point. you have fire spells, mage?"</div> <div> Missiledine: "Then I dunno see a neeed ta go on with all that."</div> <div> Docportal: "Ex fire ball if nothing else works."</div> <div> Dukejr01: <ignite fire is a prerequisite spell. just use that.></div> <div> Dawn12: i have create fire spell</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren hands him a torch. and Dawn</div> <div> Missiledine: "Dunno use that to lit a torch that I be holdin!"</div> <div> FinLongham: "I think I will sleep in one of the boats."</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: <use Ignite Fire. first. that is appropriate. seciond,. an ex fireball will give us away.></div> <div> Dukejr01: <ignite fire isthe first spell in the Fire college. you two have to have it.></div> <div> Docportal: "Ok I will go the nice way about it. Blowing things away also."</div> <div> Docportal: <Yes, both of us have it></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren just shakes his head and pulls up his fur hood.</div> <div> Docportal: "is fun." I climb in after dawn.</div> <div> FinLongham: I try to get as warm as I can with my blanket and the boat.</div> <div> Missiledine: <GM rolls to see if the improvised hammock collapses them into the muck below....></div> <div> Docportal: <now, now, God be nice to us.></div> <div> Missiledine: <What a shame! The hammock holds! For now....></div> <div> Dukejr01: <buy a hammock></div> <div> Docportal: <plan to></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren has his tricked out with moss.</div> <div> Missiledine: <Wonder what's living in that?></div> <div> Dukejr01: <the GM is going to roll everytime someone gets in or out of that thing.></div> <div> Missiledine: :-D</div> <div> Dukejr01: <good point. Corren examines it first.></div> <div> Docportal: <=-O></div> <div> Dukejr01: <gonna need camo netting next time.></div> <div> Missiledine: Okay.... Everyone settles in... It is dark, damp and cold.. The night is filled with all sorts of strange sounds</div> <div> Missiledine: several hours pass and in the distance you hear a strange noise... it sounds like....</div> <div> Missiledine: a gong</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren wakes up. he peeks out and tries to locate the sound.</div> <div> Missiledine: The deep tone rings once, twice, three times. Then falls silent</div> <div> Missiledine: You would guess that it is from the South East, approximately. Roughly in the direction you think Sharkey's lair is</div> <div> Dukejr01: is it correns watch?</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb's</div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> Missiledine: You hear him mutter, "Supper bell for summat."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren goes back to sleep</div> <div> Missiledine: The rest of the night will pass quietly</div> <div> Missiledine: The sky brightens some in the morning, but it is a foggy, overcast day with no sign of any change ahead</div> <div> Dukejr01: Cold breakfast. Corren takes down camp.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren tries to wash a bit and looks for bugs.</div> <div> Missiledine: Gathering your gear, you load the boats. You have camped on the right side of the log jam, the left end has a clear, but narrow channel</div> <div> around it. That is the way you have to go</div> <div> Docportal: I wake Dawn and we try to get out of bed together</div> <div> Missiledine: <That's easy... You fall.></div> <div> Docportal: <Take the trap down.></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren climbs over the logjam and checks it for traps</div> <div> Missiledine: you can't see anything odd</div> <div> Docportal: Ok I get up and help dawn up and go clean up.</div> <div> Dukejr01: k, we continue. corren keeps his eyes peeled for sentries </div> <div> Dawn12: i get out and start to wake up as i wake alitttle</div> <div> Missiledine: once you have all eaten and packed up you work your way around the log jam and continue on</div> <div> Missiledine: There is a layer of fog at water level, it is perhaps 2 feet thick... just enough to obscure your vision</div> <div> FinLongham: I will row slowly</div> <div> Dukejr01: we proceed a lottle slower, keep th boats in sight of eachother. actually, this might help us sneak closer more easily</div> <div> Missiledine: the channel meanders for several miles, then, as you round a bend, you see ahead of you a wall or pallisade of logs that extends two</div> <div> thirds of the way across the stream</div> <div> Docportal: <or stop us in our tracks></div> <div> Dukejr01: stops and quietly backpaddle</div> <div> FinLongham: Backpaddling.</div> <div> Docportal: I jump down and try to help fin paddle.</div> <div> Missiledine: The pallisade is about twelve feet high. It is built of heavy logs set closely together. Judging from the growth of vines it has been</div> <div> there for some time</div> <div> Dukejr01: is there any land that we can stand on or use to stealth closer?</div> <div> Missiledine: Jump down Doc? Your in a row boat?</div> <div> Docportal: Grab paddle and start to row.</div> <div> Missiledine: The banks are little better then foliage covered mud</div> <div> Dukejr01: row where? we are stopped</div> <div> Docportal: <I don't know to the nut house.></div> <div> Dukejr01: <i guess></div> <div> Dukejr01: Okay. corren looks for a tree he can climb to overlook the pallisade</div> <div> Missiledine: The wall starts on the right bank, up in the heavy growth, and extends to just short of the left bank</div> <div> Docportal: <I wish someone had walk though wood></div> <div> Missiledine: There is a channel break that will allow the boats through between the wall and the mud</div> <div> Dukejr01: k.</div> <div> Missiledine: There are several overhanging branches that you could stand up and climb into</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren takes off his cloak and climbs the tree. he tries to get a good vantage point on the pallisade</div> <div> Docportal: Ok we will let Corren and Rolb take the lead on this one.</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren, you can climb high enough to see over it... Beyond the wall, you would guess twenty feet or so, there is a second wall of</div> <div> similar construction. It starts on the left bank and extends part way to the right. Beyond that is </div> <div> Missiledine: a third wall that starts on the right and extends left</div> <div> Dukejr01: are they manned?</div> <div> Missiledine: not that you can see</div> <div> Dukejr01: is it possible to climb onto another tree?</div> <div> Docportal: Do I see any marking for underwater skeletons?</div> <div> Missiledine: they appear to be a simple curtain wall of logs set in the channel bottom</div> <div> Missiledine: no, you don't see anything like the blazes</div> <div> Missiledine: Clambering from tree to tree will be tricky</div> <div> Dukejr01: k. got that. defensive works. well done, they could hold of quite a force here.</div> <div> Docportal: "Well we have one thing on our side there are no blazes anywhere I can see."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren climbs down, he draws oput what he saw for Rolb and talks in a low voice.</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb says, "Ya dunno need to see blazes ta recognise a trap."</div> <div> Dawn12 has left the room.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren checks on both sides of the channel. would it be possible to bypass the defensive works?</div> <div> Missiledine: "A hal penny to a farthing there's bloody undead in there."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren nods</div> <div> Dawn12 has entered the room.</div> <div> Missiledine: you might be able to blunder waist deep through the mud, but not with the boats. They sited this carefully</div> <div> Dukejr01: how about teh trees? are they like othe swamp trees with a root sytem around the base? jump from tree base to tree base.</div> <div> Missiledine: yes, they have large root systems</div> <div> Missiledine: in some places that might offer footing. in some places not.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren will get out of the boat onto one and try to find a way around the flank, if we can take the defensive works from the flankm it will be easier to roll</div> <div> up the undead guards</div> <div> Missiledine: Won't really be able to tell without jumping onto it</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb frowns. "Watch yersel laddie, that area won't be empty."</div> <div> FinLongham: <That is 5 row to see if it is going to brake under one of us.></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren will go first, he will have his shield slung, his sword on his back and a spear in hand. cna use that for walking/probing</div> <div> Dukejr01: "aye"</div> <div> FinLongham: <*roll></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren carefully prods with his spear first</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb says, "Lad, just what are ye plannin ere? The ghoulies will be under water."</div> <div> Dawn12 has left the room.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren pauses. "Got any other ideas?</div> <div> Missiledine: "An we still hafta draw the boats through yon channel</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Aye. was thinking we could clear the undead assuming there are any before moving the boats."</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb says, "How about ye mages, any ideas of yers?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren looks up into the trees, sees if he can spot any routes using ropes/climbing/acrobatics/</div> <div> Missiledine: "But I dunno think they'll come out for ye, they be a waiten fer the boats to come on by."</div> <div> Docportal: "I have no ideas."</div> <div> Docportal: "Nothing that I know will work under water."</div> <div> Missiledine: "Yer the one who was keen on makin waves. Can ye make one big enough to knock these bits of drift over?"</div> <div> Dawn12 has entered the room.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren tries climbing a different tree to see if he can spot any undead</div> <div> Missiledine: "Collapse em on top of the undead?"</div> <div> Missiledine: You are too far away to see directly down into it, but what you can see looks clear</div> <div> Docportal: "Yes I be keen on makin waves but I am not up to full power yet. So that is out of the question for now."</div> <div> Dukejr01: hmmm...... are the palisades climable?</div> <div> Missiledine: probably</div> <div> Docportal: Are swamp gases?</div> <div> Missiledine: eh?</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay, what kind of distance are we talking about? can Corren throw a grapple and climb into a neighboring tree and make his way to the palisade that</div> <div> way?</div> <div> Docportal: Are there swamp gasses in this area?</div> <div> Missiledine: you don't know</div> <div> Dukejr01: <well, we ate cold beans last night></div> <div> Missiledine: you don't even know what swamp gases are</div> <div> Docportal: "Can someone tell me if there is any gases in this area?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: <line from Labrynth: "Smells BAD!"</div> <div> Docportal: <OK forget it then></div> <div> Missiledine: you have no knowledge of geology or even what methane is</div> <div> Dukejr01: about how far is the palisade?</div> <div> Missiledine: at present you are about 100 feet</div> <div> Dukejr01: hmmm.....can we use a grapple and haul a boat off channel around hte pallisade?</div> <div> FinLongham: "Are you nuts?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: water is, what, five feet there?</div> <div> Missiledine: you mean drag it across the mud while your in it?</div> <div> Dukejr01: improbable. I know</div> <div> Missiledine: where? In the channel?</div> <div> Dukejr01: yes</div> <div> FinLongham: <Sorry not you corren. I ment doc.Swamp gas with fire I am guess you will kill all of us.></div> <div> Dukejr01: <k></div> <div> Missiledine: the channel is probably deeper then that, you cant touch bottom with an oar without submerging an arm</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I am thinking that any undead guards are not going to react effectively if at all to something unexpected"</div> <div> Missiledine: "Aye, but what? If it's too far off their orders they shan't react at all."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Aye. I was hoping to do that by going off the course."</div> <div> Missiledine: "But we still hafta get the boats through their."</div> <div> Missiledine: There</div> <div> Dukejr01: "if we had time we could chop down trees and make a path."</div> <div> Dukejr01: how hard would it be toi drage unloaded boats thru the mud?"</div> <div> Missiledine: Just walking will be a job</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I am thinking that we could try to find a way behind the palisade, then roll up the undead and once they are clear, then retrieve the boats.</div> <div> Missiledine: It's possible I suppose, but you will be hours at it</div> <div> Missiledine: "I dunno think they'll come outta water fer ye lad."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "you mean if a couple of us are on the palisade, the undead will just stay down?"</div> <div> Missiledine: "Mebbe some will come out. But I think their job is to stop any boats from passin by."</div> <div> Missiledine: "There is sure to be wagon load of en in there."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Okay. that makes sense. then it will make it easier for us to dstroy them. two or three of us go around. once there, we destroy any undead we find..."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "then we draw out some of the rest by having a boat approach and retreat. repeat until we get them all</div> <div> Dukejr01: <test></div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb shrugs, "Good as any plan I ken"</div> <div> Missiledine: "I wonder though..."</div> <div> Missiledine: He looks at the wall for awhile</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren pauses</div> <div> Missiledine: "Those vines, they mek me think that the bloody sticks ave been there a few years. I wonder how sturdy they really be?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren considers.....</div> <div> Dukejr01: "knock em down on the undead? Axe work"</div> <div> Missiledine: "If we could knock em over.... They'd trap the little bastards underneath."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Explosive fireball would do that...."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren looks at the mage...... </div> <div> Docportal: "I think I could do that."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "there are three of them."</div> <div> Docportal: 2 level 3 ex fire ball each should do it.</div> <div> Missiledine: "Aye, but they aren't as tall as their spacing."</div> <div> Missiledine: "That will make a wee bit of a noise, won't it?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: how much noise does a ex fb make?</div> <div> Docportal: "That is the only thing I see wrong with this plan. They would know about them."</div> <div> Dukejr01: maybe a few regular fireballs instead</div> <div> Missiledine: A BIG one? A lot... Much more then a gunshot</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren grunts "we need surprise."</div> <div> Docportal: "They would see the smuok from the fire."</div> <div> Dukejr01: <regular fireballs?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: or should Corren just sneak up there and use his axe?</div> <div> Dukejr01: I would rahter keep surprise.</div> <div> Dukejr01: any fireball we use would give us away?</div> <div> Missiledine: from here you can't tell just how the pallisade is assembled</div> <div> Docportal: "Yes any we use will give us away."</div> <div> Dukejr01: <sigh> "Back to plan A?"</div> <div> Missiledine: It could be each log set individually and close packed. They could be lashed together</div> <div> Dukejr01: Plan A</div> <div> Missiledine: "One last thought..."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren pauses again</div> <div> Docportal: "I don't think plan A will work."</div> <div> Docportal: "How about we just climb the walls and attack?"</div> <div> Missiledine: "If we take out two or three logs, just enough to squeeze the boat through down near the mid walls opening..."</div> <div> Missiledine: "Climb the walls and attack what? The water?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren is obviously anxious to press on.....</div> <div> Docportal: "Climb the walls and attack whatevery is on the far side of number 3."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Undead ae probably in the water waiting.</div> <div> Missiledine: "There is a water filled channel behind each wall"</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Okay. so we take out the middle wall's center logs. then what? rush thru?</div> <div> Missiledine: hang on guys, brb</div> <div> Docportal: Yes so you climb 1 then walk on the bank that should be there and climb on to the next wall</div> <div> Docportal: <Umm I think we have losted Fin. He is idle for almost 30 minutes</div> <div> Docportal: ></div> <div> Missiledine: back</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb was thinking of taking out logs in the first wall opposite the existing gap in the second. Then you have passed two of the three</div> <div> walls</div> <div> Docportal: <Ok I think we need to call it here soon. I am falling asleep here and I think fin is gone.></div> <div> Dukejr01: sounds good. same plan?</div> <div> Missiledine: <Ok Doc></div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb says, "THe last channel will be the sticky one."</div> <div> Docportal: "Ok then pull the logs and lets get this under way."</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay, lets get moving.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren will make shure his axe is sharp. it is, of course, but he double checks.</div> <div> Missiledine: let me make sure we are clear on this. Cut out say three logs in the first wall. Push the boats through and through the existing gap on</div> <div> the second...Right?</div> <div> Docportal: "Yes"</div> <div> Dukejr01: that is the plan,. though I am thinking that is where the undead will be.</div> <div> Missiledine: Then run down the remaining channel infront of the third wall?</div> <div> Docportal: "yep"</div> <div> Missiledine: "Cuttin the logs may bring em out fer ye."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren on point.</div> <div> Dukejr01: is there any cover for a acruballista trap like before?</div> <div> Missiledine: ok... you row on down the channel till you are close to the wall.... None on this side of the first wall. Beyond that... who knows</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren hews at the logs</div> <div> Missiledine: you move to the extreme right end and start cutting</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren puts his back into it</div> <div> Dukejr01: are they lashed together or simply close?</div> <div> Missiledine: the logs, tho massive, have been there for a long time and the wood is soft.. They are just close</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren chops them in turn and then pushes on them</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren starts hacking away... Rolb gets out a camp axe and starts to</div> <div> Missiledine: "Keep watchin the water while we chop!" He growls</div> <div> Docportal: I watch the water.</div> <div> Dawn12: i have my sword ready in my hand</div> <div> Missiledine: Your hacking is making the logs thrumm from the blows and wood chips are flying everywhere</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren, you have the bigger axe and make quicker work of your post</div> <div> FinLongham: I ready my weapons. after trieing them to me with some of the rope. about a foot of rope for each.</div> <div> Missiledine: YOu push and it begins to lean in under your weight</div> <div> Docportal: I will follow what Fin has done. with the rope.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren doesn't pause, he keeps hewing</div> <div> Docportal: I thinke make sure that every thing in the bat is in the fishnet and tied down.</div> <div> Docportal: *then</div> <div> Missiledine: Ok, yopu chop some more and push again, the log leans further out</div> <div> FinLongham: I get ready to row for all I am worth when they open the door.</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb's log begins to lean in as well</div> <div> Missiledine: You see the water on the other side seems to be churning under the surface</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren says "Looks like company on the other side"</div> <div> Missiledine: With a muffled 'crack' Corren's log falls free and splashes down on the other side</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren starts on another. we need tree out?</div> <div> Dukejr01: three</div> <div> Missiledine: The log is damp and somewhat water logged and goes under... The churning stops</div> <div> Missiledine: yes, three</div> <div> Dukejr01: cool 8-)</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren hacks another</div> <div> Missiledine: You start in on the third while Rolb finishes the second</div> <div> Missiledine: You notice that bits and pieces of wood are surfacing where the log went under... </div> <div> Docportal: I watch the water more in all areas.</div> <div> Dawn12: i do also</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Do you see that Rolb?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Something chopping up the log?"</div> <div> Missiledine: As Rolb's log starts leaning past the point of no return the first log comes slowly to the surface... Its entire length is badly hacked and</div> <div> scored</div> <div> Missiledine: "Aye, that changes the game a wee bit."</div> <div> Missiledine: "They'll be after the boat itself."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Can we chop the palisade down on top of them?</div> <div> Docportal: "I think I can get us by these, whateverys, with my wave spell. Do you want to try? I most like will be no good at the other end."</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb's log splashes down, going under like the first. More bits and pieces come to the surface</div> <div> Missiledine: "We'll be cuttin it don one log at a time, it canna take out that many."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Chop the whole wall and them psuh them down at once?"</div> <div> Missiledine: "If ye think it'll work... What do ye plan?" Rolb says to Fred</div> <div> Dukejr01: <remember we have 2 boats></div> <div> Docportal: "I think we tie your boat behide us and I make the boat I am move as fast as I can."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren stops from the last stroke on his log. </div> <div> FinLongham: "I will row also to try to help with the speed."</div> <div> Missiledine: Since the logs aren't lashed together, just minimally so from the vines, its not likely you could push them all down at once</div> <div> Missiledine: "Can ye navigate the two turns?" Rolb asks</div> <div> Missiledine: "It dunno do us any good to crush the bows against yon far wall."</div> <div> Docportal: "I think so, I have not try to do this in a small area like this but we are pressed for time."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren looks in on the third wall. Can he Climb a tree and get to it via rope? cut a channel to we have a straigh shot?</div> <div> Missiledine: You will need to cross twenty feet and make a hard left, 90 degree turn. Then proceed 40 some feet and make a hard right, another</div> <div> 90 degree turn</div> <div> Missiledine: possibly</div> <div> Dukejr01: id we have a straigh shot and we cut a couple logs down to keep them busy we might make it thru</div> <div> FinLongham: "That is the only way I see to do it also"</div> <div> Missiledine: "Aye... That might do it, especially if yon wizard can get us some speed."</div> <div> Docportal: "Ok now how do you two get over to that wall?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren suits words to action, he slings his axe and climbs up a tree. uses a rope to swing over to the third wall.</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I will go."</div> <div> Missiledine: <Ok jungle boy... lets see how you do...></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren has climbing harness.</div> <div> Dukejr01: he takes two ropes and some pitons.</div> <div> Missiledine: you climb up easily enough and manage to work your way across the forty feet between the outer walls</div> <div> Missiledine: You lower yourself to a few feet above the water... It will be impossible to cut without getting wet</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren will sit astride the third wall. lean over and chop a couple feet off teh top of a log, use that as a seat and repeat</div> <div> Missiledine: ok... I got it</div> <div> Dukejr01: a bit more work but safer and sure</div> <div> Missiledine: It takes longer that way, but it keeps you out of the water</div> <div> Dukejr01: right</div> <div> Missiledine: While Corren does that, Rolb will take out a fourth log, not letting it fall but having it ready to go</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren will drop the logs off either side to see what happens.</div> <div> Missiledine: "Gettin the boats over the broken stumps may take a bit of exercise." Rolb calls</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Want me to climb back to help?"</div> <div> Missiledine: On the outer side the logs submerge then immediately surface and float away. On the inner side they stay underwater only to surface</div> <div> all chopped up</div> <div> Missiledine: "We'll need you over there as well."</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. corren will only send on that way. he makes amental note to retrieve it so that it doesn't go floating past sharkey' camp and alert them</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Good point. I will make ready to haul you across. No undead under the water on the far side"</div> <div> Missiledine: Finally, after much back breaking work, you have cleared two gaps, four logs wide on the up end, three on the down. </div> <div> Dukejr01: "maybe you should all be in the first boat so the towed boat is lighter and can bump over by itself"</div> <div> Missiledine: There is still a lip of logs at the water level that you must get the boats over</div> <div> FinLongham: "Yes, but we should be able to clear that if all us are in the back of the boat."</div> <div> Dukejr01: do the logs move at all? can they be pushed over?</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb will be ready to knock the fourth log down when all is set</div> <div> Missiledine: the stumps? No they are pretty sturdy</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren will chop a fourth log as well to keep the buggers busy underwater</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: "ready"</div> <div> Missiledine: Ok Doc, exactly what are you doing?</div> <div> Docportal: Ok I casted shape water make 3 hills, one on the left, right and back side of the first boat. then move forwards as fast as I can go.</div> <div> Dukejr01: <warn us first</div> <div> Missiledine: everyone in the first boat?</div> <div> Docportal: It should pick the boat up a little.</div> <div> Dukejr01: actually, a shaped water thing like that might clear the boats over the lip</div> <div> Docportal: "Get ready"</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren chops his log and puts hand on it so he can shove</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb pushes his over</div> <div> Dukejr01: as soon as corren seees them move he pushes his over</div> <div> Dukejr01: or clear the first gap</div> <div> Docportal: "Casting now"</div> <div> FinLongham: I ask "Will rowing help any or just get in your way? Fred."</div> <div> Missiledine: the boat surges up and forwards, clearing the lip of logs.... It moves across the gap at about six miles per hour... You see several</div> <div> skeletal arms and hands clawing at the hull, but the swell of water pushes them away</div> <div> Missiledine: You clear the second log lip and 'Splash' down on the otherside</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Wooohoo!"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren lowers himself into the second boat</div> <div> Missiledine: However, the second boat, which is tied to the first, has not fared as well. It cleared the first lip on the end of your swell, but it was</div> <div> grabbed and is being held by several arms....</div> <div> Dukejr01: crap</div> <div> Missiledine: <No you don't></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren will grap the roape that hold it to the second and pulls</div> <div> Missiledine: The rope is stretched taut</div> <div> FinLongham: I row as try to pull it over the lip.</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren quick chops anotehr log to distract them</div> <div> Missiledine: A skeletal hand grabs onto the rope... it is trying to drag the rope under</div> <div> Missiledine: The boat is shuddering and shaking from blows from underwater</div> <div> Dawn12: i use my sword to get them away</div> <div> Missiledine: It is also being capsized slowly</div> <div> Missiledine: No one is within weapon range unless you go back over the wall</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren is on the wall. can he hit it or how long will it be befoer the next log splashes down?</div> <div> Docportal: I will try to suge a little wave to get the boat over the lip.</div> <div> Dukejr01: good idea</div> <div> Missiledine: The boat is taking water along a gunwale.... You can see the bottom as it tips over... there are a number of holes hacked in it... small</div> <div> at the moment</div> <div> Dukejr01: use the spell the firs boat is already over.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Missiledine: you lift it up and carry it across the wall... Several skeletons are coming with it!</div> <div> Dukejr01: Coren will attack thos as they pass</div> <div> Missiledine: they are armed with what appears to be wide bladed bronze daggers and are stabbing and digging at the wood</div> <div> Missiledine: You slash at one with your axe... hitting it and knocking it loose</div> <div> FinLongham: I will row the boat to the bank. and try to get both on shore.</div> <div> Missiledine: Two others are still attached tho</div> <div> Dukejr01: hold it here a sec</div> <div> Missiledine: You beach your boat prow first in the mud... Rolb is pulling hard to bring the second boat close enough to hit the undead</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. corren will climb over to help thou it will robably be all over by the time he gets there.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Missiledine: when the second boat comes along side Rolb and Dawn are in posistion to attack the two remaining skeletons</div> <div> Docportal: I cast a ice sphere, 3pts, at one of the skeletons.</div> <div> Missiledine: The spell works, but you miss</div> <div> Dawn12: i attack </div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> FinLongham: I will move to attack</div> <div> Missiledine: Dawn, you hit...taking the arm off the skeleton and causing it to fall away</div> <div> Missiledine: Fin, you move sternwrd, dropping the oars. When you do you overblance the stern and starboard side where Rolb and Dawn are</div> <div> already fighting, causing the starboard gunwale to ship water and Rolb and Dawn to loose their balance</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb goes overboard with a roar... Dawn keeps her footing, just</div> <div> Dawn12: i try to help rolb</div> <div> Docportal: <We are beached></div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb and the remaining intact skeleton disappear into a froth of flailing water... The other skeleton, the one you hit, is trying to climb</div> <div> into your boat</div> <div> Missiledine: the prow is, not the whole boat</div> <div> Dukejr01: how close is corren?</div> <div> Missiledine: Are you diving into the water?</div> <div> Missiledine: Who posted?</div> <div> Dukejr01: Rolb is likely to attack corren as the skeleton. not yet</div> <div> FinLongham: <not me></div> <div> Dukejr01: <not I></div> <div> Missiledine: <I heard audible but see no text between my question and Corren</div> <div> Docportal: <Not I and I am hearing it also></div> <div> Missiledine: Bloody AIM</div> <div> Dukejr01: <I don't see anything either></div> <div> Missiledine: ok then.. I heard it twice</div> <div> Missiledine: Dawn... What do you do?</div> <div> Missiledine: the skeleton is coming aboard in front of you</div> <div> Dawn12: tryt o get the skeleton in the boatout</div> <div> Missiledine: how?</div> <div> Dawn12: with my sword</div> <div> Missiledine: he is basicly at your feet... ok</div> <div> Docportal: I cast another ice sphere, 3pts, and try to hit hte one coming on borad.</div> <div> FinLongham: If close enought I will attack it also</div> <div> Dukejr01: <there are only two left. let the fighters take them.></div> <div> Missiledine: Dawn... You hit it, chopping straight to the shoulder area, tearing a large portion off, but it keeps coming</div> <div> Dawn12: i keep try with my sword</div> <div> Docportal: <I am siting in a boat with a skeleton. WHAT would you do?></div> <div> Missiledine: Doc...you hit it and it goes limp and slides back into the water</div> <div> Dukejr01: <I would let the fighters take it></div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb comes rearing up out of the water with a skull and part of a spinal cod... but the rest is gone.</div> <div> Missiledine: "Bloody buggers!"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren is relieved to see him.</div> <div> Dukejr01: He finishes climbing over</div> <div> Docportal: Ok that one is dead. I get out of the boat and find a dry spot to sit and rest.</div> <div> Missiledine: He is in water up past his waist.</div> <div> Missiledine: There is no dry spot...You get out of the boat and sink past your knees in muck</div> <div> Docportal: ok I get back in the boat. and then rest.</div> <div> Dawn12: "do you want back in?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: <calling it here?></div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb ducks back under the water... obviously looking for something</div> <div> Missiledine: <Yes></div> <div> Missiledine: <Good place to stop></div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. night,. thanks for running us</div> <div> Missiledine: your welcome</div> <div> Dawn12: ok goodnight all</div> <div> Dawn12 has left the room.</div> <div> Docportal: Ok thanks good night all</div> <div> Missiledine: good night all!</div> <div> Docportal has left the room.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>