NARRATOR: *wulf takes the head of the other*
CIMORENE: *she pulls it closer for one moment* Where would you take a dangerous prisoner who can control magic? Which dungeon?
NARRATOR: orc:furthest from here! by the cold one.......*the thought kills him now*
CIMORENE: *she stands, with the aid of her staff* Looks like if we find the cold one.... we find our friend.
NARRATOR: Pallando:yes...
CIMORENE: Pallando...... is it what I fear it is?
CIMORENE: (lore check)
CIMORENE: (and you said it was history of the elves)
NARRATOR: (ya)
CIMORENE: (14 on history)
NARRATOR: (you're trying to figure out what, now?)
CIMORENE: (If I know what the thing that is cold is)
NARRATOR: (k)
CIMORENE: (*holds her stomach suddenly* brb)
NARRATOR: *you recall that you had heard some of the high elves talk of demons of cold that their great enemy used against them in the eldar days*
NARRATOR: (you needed alot more to really know, sorry)
NARRATOR: (k)
CIMORENE: (Sorry bout that.... major yuckage in the tummy)
NARRATOR: (oh okay)
NARRATOR: (any better?)
CIMORENE: *she almost growls in frustration* Have you heard of anything like this, Pallando?
CIMORENE: (I hope so)
NARRATOR: Pallando:*calm still*I have only heard the local legends.
CIMORENE: *she nods, then stands as quickly as she can* Well... all roads lead to it.... so should we just keep going?
NARRATOR: Pallando:*somewhat uneasy*We have no idea what lies between us and it the whole way, any way we go. I am not certain
NARRATOR: Wulf:*angry*We cannot leave him to die
CIMORENE: (Is he talking about Melendar?)
NARRATOR: (ya)
CIMORENE: *she fixes Wulf with a steady gaze* I am not even thinking of leaving him to die. Let's go.... *continues through the room and into the hallway beyond, carefully*
NARRATOR: *you are back to the hall you were in before, right is the way you came, left the way you have not gone*
NARRATOR: *a cover of ice all over the eerily lit caverns*
CIMORENE: *she points left, then puts a finger to her lips before creeping forward*
NARRATOR: (you're leading then?)
CIMORENE: (indeed)
CIMORENE: (sense power)
CIMORENE: (14)
NARRATOR: (looking up...)
NARRATOR: (range?)
CIMORENE: (its 120 ft)
NARRATOR: *you sense no real power at all*
CIMORENE: *she keeps moving down the tunnel, leaning on her staff*
NARRATOR: *you three go on for about 12 minutes on a slightly downward slope*
NARRATOR: *the cavern has closed in some*
NARRATOR: *still enough room for 2 abreast but not very comfortably*
NARRATOR: *observe*
CIMORENE: (15)
NARRATOR: *you hear a great murmur to the left*
NARRATOR: Pallando:*whispers right in your ear*I think we've found a real hornets nest this time....
CIMORENE: *freezes, listening harder*
CIMORENE: (Another observe?)
NARRATOR: (give me a check, ya)
CIMORENE: (wow.... 18)
NARRATOR: (ya)
NARRATOR: *you hear both trolls and orcs (plural of both). there sounds like a large mass in the next room*
CIMORENE: (Any way around the room?)
NARRATOR: *it is a "T" junction again. the hall goes straight but there is a room off to your left you hear this from*
CIMORENE: *she motions them back to about twnety feet, and whispers* I think we can make it across if we run..... but we'd have to be absolutely silent
NARRATOR: Pallando:*looks at your leg*Can you?
NARRATOR: Wulf:*nods*I can be silent and swift as the grave
CIMORENE: *she glances at her leg* I don't know..... but I think I can make it that far
NARRATOR: *pallando doesn't stop you but looks uncertain*
NARRATOR: Pallando:You realize I do not plan on dying here correct?
CIMORENE: *she growls in frustration* Or we could try another tunnel
CIMORENE: I don't want to die either
NARRATOR: Wulf:*frustrated as well*If we go back we lose much time, what is the decision Cimorene?
CIMORENE: (dear gods...)
NARRATOR: (tough stuff, ya)
CIMORENE: I suppose carrying is out of the question...
NARRATOR: (how much you weigh? in character?)
CIMORENE: (97)
NARRATOR: (wow that's way light)
NARRATOR: Pallando:Carrying you with my other burdens on this ground could be risky
NARRATOR: Wulf:I am willing to try
CIMORENE: Wulf.... you are the swiftest. If you can make it across, then we will follow. Don't worry.... I will not fail you
NARRATOR: *wulf nods and goes up to the mouth of the entrance, he does not even look inside but prepares himself for a swift and silent dash*
NARRATOR: (wow)
CIMORENE: (if you rolled snake eyes, I'll kill you)
NARRATOR: *the ice on the ground must have tripped him up. Wulf slips and falls on the ground*
NARRATOR: *he briefly looks back to you and mouths out "run"*
NARRATOR: *his eyes fix on what he sees in the room resigned to death*
NARRATOR: *he gets up and draws his blade*
NARRATOR: Pallando:*grabbing your shoulder*Shall we honor his wishes?
CIMORENE: *she seems torn* We can't leave him here
NARRATOR: *wulf is drawing his 2 battle axes of fury*
NARRATOR: Pallando:It appears staying is death.
NARRATOR: Pallando:*breaths a heavy fast sigh*Though we are now known to the enemy, going further may be our doom...
NARRATOR: Pallando:Yet leaving may mean we have no more chances like this... What do you wish Cimorene?
CIMORENE: *she makes up her mind* Run.... but past Wulf if we can
CIMORENE: (*pause. Save Game* I wish)
NARRATOR: (done here?)
NARRATOR: (oh, hehe, i get it)
NARRATOR: (ya this is... big)
CIMORENE: I dont suppose you know any Invisibility spells?
NARRATOR: Pallando:*smiles*The concept is foreign to me but....*starts chanting*
NARRATOR: *meanwhile wulf looks at you two like his life is now being thrown away but all the same he is ready to die. He walks into the room like he is 50ft tall*
NARRATOR: *pallando finishes his spell and you feel like you blend into everything a bit more now*
CIMORENE: *she nods at him* Let's go...
NARRATOR: *he nods*
NARRATOR: Pallando:I follow your lead... Go and swiftly
CIMORENE: *begins to move as fast as she can towards the opening. She of course, looks into the room*
NARRATOR: (no check needed)
NARRATOR: *you see wulf battling 2 trolls and more orcs than you can count*
CIMORENE: (Oh my gods)
NARRATOR: *run check*
NARRATOR: *stealth check*
CIMORENE: (10 run, and 13 stealth)
NARRATOR: *you feel confident as you dart by*
NARRATOR: *pallando moves like a flash behind you*
CIMORENE: *dashes past the entry way, and down the hall, trying not to use her staff for fear of noise*
NARRATOR: *after 4 minutes of sprinting you see a small room to the left*
NARRATOR: *a small room with stairs*
CIMORENE: *veers to the left, and up the stairs*
NARRATOR: (it's to the right...)
NARRATOR: (i assume you go right?)
CIMORENE: (you said left)
NARRATOR: (a thousand apologies)
NARRATOR: (right)
CIMORENE: (understood. Yes, we go that way!)
NARRATOR: (K)
NARRATOR: *you two go upstairs...*
CIMORENE: (and???!!)
NARRATOR: *the hall goes left and right again*
NARRATOR: *smaller path now*
NARRATOR: *same type, though*
CIMORENE: *keeps running*
CIMORENE: (sense power)
CIMORENE: (15)
NARRATOR: (which way laura?)
NARRATOR: *you sense no power*
CIMORENE: (ohh..... we go right)
NARRATOR: (k)
NARRATOR: *still sense no power*
NARRATOR: *stamina check*
CIMORENE: (15)
CIMORENE: (damn.... pretty good for still -3)
NARRATOR: *you're fine*
NARRATOR: *stamina check*
CIMORENE: (another one?)
NARRATOR: (yes)
CIMORENE: (15 again)
NARRATOR: *you run for nearly a half hour*
NARRATOR: *run check*
NARRATOR: *just pass the stamina*
CIMORENE: (6 on the run.... and 14 on stamina)
NARRATOR: (no i meant you just barely passed the stamina)
NARRATOR: *you two make the distance*
CIMORENE: (oh)
NARRATOR: (Observe)
CIMORENE: (13)
NARRATOR: *you see the orc first*
NARRATOR: *initiative*
CIMORENE: (15)
NARRATOR: (you're up slugger;-))
CIMORENE: (just one orc?)
NARRATOR: (correct)
NARRATOR: (can't he take a walk himself? hehe)
CIMORENE: *whips out with her staff to catch him twice*
NARRATOR: (roll on)
CIMORENE: (shiiiitt.... boxcars..... and 22)
NARRATOR: (wow, roll damage)
CIMORENE: (17 and 19)
NARRATOR: (k)
NARRATOR: *he dies from being crushed under the power of your staff*
NARRATOR: (wow)
CIMORENE: (heeheehee)
NARRATOR: Pallando:*somewhat impressed*What to do with the body?
CIMORENE: (well, the boxcars with the 19 helped)
NARRATOR: (sure did)
CIMORENE: *looks for an alcove*
NARRATOR: *observe*
CIMORENE: (14)
NARRATOR: *you cannot seem to find one*
CIMORENE: *she growls shoves it up against a wall, propping it up like it's sleeping*
NARRATOR: *conceal check is optional here*
CIMORENE: (not hiding him.... just making him look like he's sleeping)
NARRATOR: (concealing that he's dead)
CIMORENE: (ah... okies. 9)
NARRATOR: *k*
NARRATOR: *pallando urges you on*
CIMORENE: *she nods and continues down the hallway*
CIMORENE: (sense power)
CIMORENE: (16)
CIMORENE: (heh.... forgot to roll)
NARRATOR: (hehe ya you do have to roll;-))
NARRATOR: *you sense nothing*
CIMORENE: *then she runs on, hoping to hear something from Melendar*
NARRATOR: *the path turns in a long leftward arc and then goes straight again. 14 minutes*
NARRATOR: *there is a patht hat goes right*
CIMORENE: (any other paths?)
NARRATOR: *straight, right, and backwards are all the choices*
CIMORENE: *she stops and leans against the wall a moment, casting Far Speaking*
NARRATOR: *pallando watches the paths...*
CIMORENE: ((sweet.... cast with a 9)
NARRATOR: *cast on*
CIMORENE: "Melendar?"
NARRATOR: *a minute goes by with no response*
NARRATOR: (and none pending, it seems)
CIMORENE: "Melendar, please...."
NARRATOR: *a few minutes go by*
NARRATOR: *your staff speaks in moans of pain*
NARRATOR: *for about 20 seconds*
NARRATOR: *then stops*
CIMORENE: (sense power)
CIMORENE: (oh hell yes..... 17)
NARRATOR: *you sense a very very very faint prescence of power in the hall to your right at almost the edge of your range*
CIMORENE: *runs right*
NARRATOR: *you turn the corner and start down the hall. it goes on for 30 or so feet before it turns circular*
NARRATOR: *the circle has a path that exits at the opposite end but in the circle are 10 orcs, 7 in beds*
NARRATOR: (10 total but 3 are awake)
CIMORENE: *skids to a stop, staring*
NARRATOR: *the three yell very loud and draw weapons*
NARRATOR: *the others stir awake*
NARRATOR: *initiative*
CIMORENE: (13)
NARRATOR: *two are generic orcs, the third has a staff/spear in his claws*
NARRATOR: *pallando goes first by cutting a leg off one of the normal orcs and dashing to the ones just getting up to get them before they are ready*
NARRATOR: *you're up*
CIMORENE: *she rushes for the armed orc and attempts to whack him soundly*
NARRATOR: (there are 2 armed orcs on their feet, btw)
NARRATOR: (you mean the intimidating one?)
CIMORENE: (yup)
NARRATOR: (k go)
CIMORENE: (18 and 20)
NARRATOR: *2 hits*
CIMORENE: (17 and 10)
NARRATOR: *he looks hurt but he's still up*
NARRATOR: *he strikes at you*
NARRATOR: *swings thrice, hits twice*
CIMORENE: (yikes)
NARRATOR: *13 and 14*
NARRATOR: *the other orc also goes after you*
CIMORENE: (damn)
NARRATOR: *swings twice hits once*
NARRATOR: *16*
NARRATOR: (remember armor absorbtion)
CIMORENE: (wounded)
CIMORENE: (I know)
NARRATOR: (k)
NARRATOR: *the leg-less one is bleeding to death*
NARRATOR: *pallando goes to work slitting the throats of 2 helpless orcs*
NARRATOR: *you're up*
CIMORENE: *slams the nearest orc with one hit (the badly damaged one) and then turns to hit the other*
NARRATOR: (hit on)
CIMORENE: (wounded one gets 22 and the other is 18)
NARRATOR: *the wounded one dies*
NARRATOR: *the other is hurt but up*
CIMORENE: (But.... I didn't roll damage)
NARRATOR: (oh that was to hit)
NARRATOR: (roll on...)
CIMORENE: (12 and 19)
NARRATOR: *they both look like they're in bad condition, very bad*
NARRATOR: *the toughy misses thrice*
NARRATOR: *the smaller one misses once but hits*
NARRATOR: *17 damage*
CIMORENE: (dear gods)
CIMORENE: (one point outta incapacitated)
NARRATOR: (ya when they hit, it's good. these are the tough orcs...)
NARRATOR: (mountain orcs)
NARRATOR: *the remaing 5 orcs are up and scrambling for weapons/armor*
NARRATOR: *pallando takes down another instantly and then is tied up with another*
NARRATOR: *you'r up*
CIMORENE: *whacks them again*
NARRATOR: (you can, for 1 action, do a sweep attack to hit both)
NARRATOR: (fyi)
CIMORENE: (how?)
NARRATOR: (-2 for first, -4 for second, (if 3rd)-6)
CIMORENE: (sounds good)
NARRATOR: *sweep on*
NARRATOR: (missing first one results in the end of the action)
CIMORENE: (20, 19)
NARRATOR: *2 hits*
CIMORENE: (how does damage work for this?)
NARRATOR: (same)
NARRATOR: (no change, roll individual damage)
CIMORENE: (14 and 17)
NARRATOR: *they both die*
CIMORENE: (cooloio)
NARRATOR: *pallando fights 1 orc and it is joined by 2 more*
NARRATOR: *1 orc attacks you*
NARRATOR: *1 hit doing 14*
NARRATOR: (wait)
NARRATOR: (you have 1 action left)
CIMORENE: (I was gonna ask about that)
NARRATOR: (uh.... parry?)
CIMORENE: (yup)
NARRATOR: (roll)
CIMORENE: (ummmm?)
NARRATOR: (standard attack roll)
NARRATOR: (if you beat his, you block the attack with said weapon)
CIMORENE: (with the minuses?)
NARRATOR: (yes)
CIMORENE: ((16)
NARRATOR: *attack parried by Cimorene*
CIMORENE: (woohoo)
NARRATOR: *pallando fights on his 3 orcs...*
NARRATOR: *you're up*
CIMORENE: *lightening bolts one of Pallando's orcs*
NARRATOR: *btw 1 of his orcs go down*
CIMORENE: (it is SO cast)
NARRATOR: (remember 1 is in front of you?)
CIMORENE: (I still have one?)
NARRATOR: (ya you parried him but he's still trying to kill you)
CIMORENE: (lovely)
CIMORENE: (lightening, and extra action parry)
NARRATOR: (so you're holding 1 action and assuming you will parry, correct?)
NARRATOR: (isn't lightning 2 actions?)
CIMORENE: (yes. I'm taking an extra action for the parry. Or can't I do that?)
NARRATOR: (oh!)
NARRATOR: (ya extra, cool)
CIMORENE: (ok)
NARRATOR: (take 2 extras if you like)
NARRATOR: (-5 cumulative of course)
CIMORENE: (21 damage to the orc fighting Pallando)
NARRATOR: *it seems really really hurt*
NARRATOR: *badly*
NARRATOR: *orc attacks you*
NARRATOR: (fyi, parries are declared as the opponent rolls)
CIMORENE: (oh! Delcared parry!)
CIMORENE: (sorry..... winding down quickly here)
NARRATOR: (watcha go?)
NARRATOR: (hehe, lets finish the fight)
NARRATOR: (what's your roll?)
CIMORENE: (14)
NARRATOR: (dead tie)
NARRATOR: *parried*
NARRATOR: *the other attack amazingly misses*(no joke)
CIMORENE: (whew)
NARRATOR: *pallando kills your orc and brutally harms his last*
NARRATOR: (your as in the lightning one)
NARRATOR: *he is a machine of death, it seems*
NARRATOR: *you're up pretty elf*
CIMORENE: *whack whack*
CIMORENE: (wow.... double 15s)
NARRATOR: *he's hanging on by a thread, a narrow one*
NARRATOR: *both attacks miss*
NARRATOR: (no i'm screwing up bad here)
NARRATOR: *both your attacks hit*
CIMORENE: (lol)
CIMORENE: (tired too?)
NARRATOR: (I just think ahead damage everytime)
NARRATOR: (jeese)
NARRATOR: *roll damage*
CIMORENE: (yeah....)
CIMORENE: (I thought they missed?)
NARRATOR: (nope 2 hits)
NARRATOR: (barely, but they did)
CIMORENE: (17 and 13)
NARRATOR: *k he REALLY is hanging on by a thread now*
NARRATOR: *he misses both his atttacks*
CIMORENE: (beautiful)
NARRATOR: *pallando kills his orc*
NARRATOR: *you're up*
CIMORENE: *same attack8
NARRATOR: (hard not to kill him)
NARRATOR: (lets see)
CIMORENE: (subdual?)
NARRATOR: (can go for a stun attack)
CIMORENE: (how?)
NARRATOR: (looks to be a standard attack action...)
CIMORENE: (18 and 14)
NARRATOR: *seems to struggle to remain concious, the other hit takes him out*
NARRATOR: *when you hit him bluntly with the staff*
NARRATOR: *he's unconcious on the ground*
NARRATOR: Pallando:*breathing heavily*Bind him
CIMORENE: *grabs sheets and blankets, binding his arms and legs tightly*
NARRATOR: (nimblness check)
CIMORENE: (4)
NARRATOR: (just made it)
NARRATOR: *he's bound*
NARRATOR: (wanna stop?)
CIMORENE: (pwetty pwease?)
NARRATOR: END