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Shackled City, Act I - Life's Bazaar
- Thread starter Krago o'the Mountain
- Start date
Mark Chance
Boingy! Boingy!
"We've got to keep this pit open. Damn my eyes for not having any rope! When the pit snaps back into position, get ready in case William boosts Eliara to climb over me. On your rears! Heels toward the pit!"
Krago o'the Mountain
First Post
Galen barks his instructions to Konstantine and Dowlee, as he desperately does what he can to hold the pit open.
Konstantine continues her efforts to hold on to Galen, so he won't fall into the pit.(Konstantine STR Check, Roll 2+0=2...UH OH!)Unable to hold on any longer, the heavier warmage slips from the bard's weary grasp.
Seeing him slip, Dowlee scrambles to try and hold Galen up (Dowlee STR check, Roll 7+1=8...Nope)Without Kon's help, the halfling can't hold on either, and Galen falls down onto the exposed gears, 30 feet below!(Galen takes falling damage, Roll 3d6: 5,3,1=9 Damage...So lucky!)Galen slams hard onto the gears, and the air rushes from his lungs with the impact. He is lucky to still be conscious. Without Galen's body to block the progress of the pit's lid, it springs closed.
With a thrum, the Pit shifts once more, tilting to its original position again.(William and Eliara must once again make Balance checks...William Roll 4-1=3, Failed. Eliara Roll 12+6=18, Success)William goes tumbling off his feet once more, but Eliara nimbly manages to retain her footing. The battered Galen, meanwhile, is now trapped underneath the wooden bottom of the pit, lying near the gears (Thankfully, the gears didn't do any further harm to him as they turned.) It seems that the party will have to break through the wooden bottom of the pit to free him.
William scrambles doggedly to his feet one more time, as Eliara begins to climb up the side of the pit, using the wooden spikes as a handhold.(Climb Check, Roll 19+4=23, Success)She easily scrambles up over the spikes, halfway to the top. However, the top half of the pit has stone walls, and promises to not be so easy (not to mention the fact that the pit is currently closed.)
The faint hum of the machinery which operated the tilting pit trap has now died out, likely indicating that the trap has run its course. (OOC Translation: Combat time is over, so actions no longer have to be round-by-round.)
What now?
Hp Update: Galen 1/10, William 8/10, Eliara 5/8
Konstantine continues her efforts to hold on to Galen, so he won't fall into the pit.(Konstantine STR Check, Roll 2+0=2...UH OH!)Unable to hold on any longer, the heavier warmage slips from the bard's weary grasp.
Seeing him slip, Dowlee scrambles to try and hold Galen up (Dowlee STR check, Roll 7+1=8...Nope)Without Kon's help, the halfling can't hold on either, and Galen falls down onto the exposed gears, 30 feet below!(Galen takes falling damage, Roll 3d6: 5,3,1=9 Damage...So lucky!)Galen slams hard onto the gears, and the air rushes from his lungs with the impact. He is lucky to still be conscious. Without Galen's body to block the progress of the pit's lid, it springs closed.
With a thrum, the Pit shifts once more, tilting to its original position again.(William and Eliara must once again make Balance checks...William Roll 4-1=3, Failed. Eliara Roll 12+6=18, Success)William goes tumbling off his feet once more, but Eliara nimbly manages to retain her footing. The battered Galen, meanwhile, is now trapped underneath the wooden bottom of the pit, lying near the gears (Thankfully, the gears didn't do any further harm to him as they turned.) It seems that the party will have to break through the wooden bottom of the pit to free him.
William scrambles doggedly to his feet one more time, as Eliara begins to climb up the side of the pit, using the wooden spikes as a handhold.(Climb Check, Roll 19+4=23, Success)She easily scrambles up over the spikes, halfway to the top. However, the top half of the pit has stone walls, and promises to not be so easy (not to mention the fact that the pit is currently closed.)
The faint hum of the machinery which operated the tilting pit trap has now died out, likely indicating that the trap has run its course. (OOC Translation: Combat time is over, so actions no longer have to be round-by-round.)
What now?
Hp Update: Galen 1/10, William 8/10, Eliara 5/8
Mark Chance
Boingy! Boingy!
Galen grits his teeth against the pain.
"Pelor," he hisses, "if you wanted me down here, a slightly more subtle sign would have been appreciated."
A few magic words and gestures are sufficient to light up the space below the tumbling pit. Carefully, so as not to be caught by any grinding gears or crushing beams, the war mage moves as far from the mechanism as he can get so that he can more closely examine the pit's moving parts.
"Pelor," he hisses, "if you wanted me down here, a slightly more subtle sign would have been appreciated."
A few magic words and gestures are sufficient to light up the space below the tumbling pit. Carefully, so as not to be caught by any grinding gears or crushing beams, the war mage moves as far from the mechanism as he can get so that he can more closely examine the pit's moving parts.
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