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<blockquote data-quote="Trouvere" data-source="post: 3598794" data-attributes="member: 37250"><p><strong>Conuld, human transmuter 1 (AC 12, HP 6/6)</strong></p><p></p><p>"I think I recall that a high priest, as a favour from his god, may on occasion visit other planes of existence, but I do not see how that helps us," says Conuld. "Who would want to travel to the Plane of Shadow? That was just a flight of fancy of mine. Excuse me. Well. I do not think when I agreed to come on this journey that I realised just how far it was to Sairundan. But I will not back out now."</p><p>He starts to do rapid calculations in his head. "We can resupply ourselves until we reach the desert lands," he says. "Then another fifteen hundred miles, at least a month of travel, with no guarantee of resupply. Each horse would need... my word... 300 pounds of feed. We would require a mere 30 pounds, with no margin for delays. Then there is water. Three gallons a day for us, at least, much more for the horses. That is... 750 pounds for us alone. No, no, it is impossible. Horses cannot even carry enough water for us, let alone their own needs. We cannot take horses into the desert, unless there are oases within a day's travel all along our route. Or... but, no, that would be cruel, and expensive on horses, and we would leave a trail of corpses that would... Excuse me. Forget I said that."</p><p>Conuld scowls. "So, we have to support ourselves. Oh! I am an idiot. My friend Tommy Worthallingham, a promising young mage - more talent than myself, I think - I wish he were coming along - knows of a spell that makes harsh conditions bearable for an entire day. I considered copying it from his spellbook, but in the end, I copied the magic missile. Iconic, perhaps, but not very useful currently. Well... no doubt I can find a scroll of the former spell, and learn it. That will use up a fair proportion of my travelling allowance, though. And I can cast it, if I prepare it as many times as I can, twice in a day, perhaps three times, if I can get my head together. I think I could almost manage to keep another spell matrix in my head soon. As it is, I could protect two of us from heat, and I would have one spell left over - from a limited selection of those transmutations I know. I find those easier to memorise than others. Those protected would need no more water in the desert than we need here - a gallon a day, if we are active."</p><p>He approaches the tall half-orc Kurgahz with a nervous air. "Conuld," he says, "pleased to meet you. I hear you are our connection to the divine on our trip. I... I reverence Russna, though I would not say I am particularly devout. Who is your patron?"</p><p></p><p>OOC - shifting IC from now on, I think. We are rather going in circles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trouvere, post: 3598794, member: 37250"] [b]Conuld, human transmuter 1 (AC 12, HP 6/6)[/b] "I think I recall that a high priest, as a favour from his god, may on occasion visit other planes of existence, but I do not see how that helps us," says Conuld. "Who would want to travel to the Plane of Shadow? That was just a flight of fancy of mine. Excuse me. Well. I do not think when I agreed to come on this journey that I realised just how far it was to Sairundan. But I will not back out now." He starts to do rapid calculations in his head. "We can resupply ourselves until we reach the desert lands," he says. "Then another fifteen hundred miles, at least a month of travel, with no guarantee of resupply. Each horse would need... my word... 300 pounds of feed. We would require a mere 30 pounds, with no margin for delays. Then there is water. Three gallons a day for us, at least, much more for the horses. That is... 750 pounds for us alone. No, no, it is impossible. Horses cannot even carry enough water for us, let alone their own needs. We cannot take horses into the desert, unless there are oases within a day's travel all along our route. Or... but, no, that would be cruel, and expensive on horses, and we would leave a trail of corpses that would... Excuse me. Forget I said that." Conuld scowls. "So, we have to support ourselves. Oh! I am an idiot. My friend Tommy Worthallingham, a promising young mage - more talent than myself, I think - I wish he were coming along - knows of a spell that makes harsh conditions bearable for an entire day. I considered copying it from his spellbook, but in the end, I copied the magic missile. Iconic, perhaps, but not very useful currently. Well... no doubt I can find a scroll of the former spell, and learn it. That will use up a fair proportion of my travelling allowance, though. And I can cast it, if I prepare it as many times as I can, twice in a day, perhaps three times, if I can get my head together. I think I could almost manage to keep another spell matrix in my head soon. As it is, I could protect two of us from heat, and I would have one spell left over - from a limited selection of those transmutations I know. I find those easier to memorise than others. Those protected would need no more water in the desert than we need here - a gallon a day, if we are active." He approaches the tall half-orc Kurgahz with a nervous air. "Conuld," he says, "pleased to meet you. I hear you are our connection to the divine on our trip. I... I reverence Russna, though I would not say I am particularly devout. Who is your patron?" OOC - shifting IC from now on, I think. We are rather going in circles. [/QUOTE]
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