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<blockquote data-quote="Sic_Pixie" data-source="post: 5871207" data-attributes="member: 52403"><p><strong>Rope Bridges are dangerous ... The party runs away ... again ...</strong></p><p></p><p>They rise early having had a good long rest; descending downstairs they see the door has been closed, the remains of the construct have been tided away and the pool of Kat’s blood has been scrubbed clean. They sit in the dining room and have some breakfast of eggs and sausages with some rather pleasant wine; whoever owns this place surely knows a good drink when he drinks it. …</p><p></p><p>They leave the mess of breakfast on the table and walk out; they hear the sounds of tidying going on behind them as they cross the somewhat treacherous narrow bridge to the workshop area which looks like it’s seriously in need of some major reconstruction work. They scout around the room finding only small things of any value; they soon notice a chittering sound coming from the hole in the floor. They are therefore not surprised when the most fearsome monster an adventurer could possibly meet crawls out of the hole. An insect with a long tail sporting a propeller and two feathery antenna crawls out followed by two others; they head towards Kat who has the most of the substance they thrive on. These rust monsters are unfortunately going to be very disappointed as no-one in the party has much in the way of metal on them; Kat is the most heavily armored and she is wearing hide armor. Grembor is wearing studded leather while both Pringle and Sayuri depend upon their spells. Kat however has the most weapons; the party soon demolishes the trio of rust monsters and continues onwards where other parties would be sorrowfully poking through piles of rust while standing there mostly naked. </p><p></p><p>Kat takes the lead and they are met by a dangerously swinging rope bridge; Kat cautiously starts crossing only checking her balance once or twice; however she nearly falls when her foot steps onto one plank and it flares red with many tightly scribed red runes. Her mind races and several swear words race through her mind as a narrow thin red line shoots up to a height of 10ft and twists sideways revealing an opening 10ft wide and ringed in an arch of gore dripping writhing bones from an infinite of poor unfortunate souls. Gracefully stepping through the rent is a beautifully graceful being with dark feathered wings and eyes shining with hatred and cruelty; gripped in her hand is a bow of exquisite workmanship and burning as hot as the fire wreathed plains of hell Kat can see stretching out behind her before the rent snaps shut. Kat responds quicker then anticipated and starts running back towards the party fear evident in her eyes; the Erinyes leaps gracefully into the air drawing back her bow and letting loose arrows at Kat which all strike true apart from one which slips past her and surprises Sayuri as it sinks into her arm. Sayuri with a quick calculation realizes what the creature is and hastily grabs her rope moving out of sight of the gracefully deadly devil and throws her rope up casting a spell to create a hiding place; she promptly crawls in and the whole party swiftly follows. The devil swoops down and is confused when its piercing gaze can’t locate the victims it thought were there just seconds ago; flitting around she passes the invisible doorway and flies onwards. The party doesn’t see her again; they wait for several minutes before dropping out onto the floor once more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sic_Pixie, post: 5871207, member: 52403"] [b]Rope Bridges are dangerous ... The party runs away ... again ...[/b] They rise early having had a good long rest; descending downstairs they see the door has been closed, the remains of the construct have been tided away and the pool of Kat’s blood has been scrubbed clean. They sit in the dining room and have some breakfast of eggs and sausages with some rather pleasant wine; whoever owns this place surely knows a good drink when he drinks it. … They leave the mess of breakfast on the table and walk out; they hear the sounds of tidying going on behind them as they cross the somewhat treacherous narrow bridge to the workshop area which looks like it’s seriously in need of some major reconstruction work. They scout around the room finding only small things of any value; they soon notice a chittering sound coming from the hole in the floor. They are therefore not surprised when the most fearsome monster an adventurer could possibly meet crawls out of the hole. An insect with a long tail sporting a propeller and two feathery antenna crawls out followed by two others; they head towards Kat who has the most of the substance they thrive on. These rust monsters are unfortunately going to be very disappointed as no-one in the party has much in the way of metal on them; Kat is the most heavily armored and she is wearing hide armor. Grembor is wearing studded leather while both Pringle and Sayuri depend upon their spells. Kat however has the most weapons; the party soon demolishes the trio of rust monsters and continues onwards where other parties would be sorrowfully poking through piles of rust while standing there mostly naked. Kat takes the lead and they are met by a dangerously swinging rope bridge; Kat cautiously starts crossing only checking her balance once or twice; however she nearly falls when her foot steps onto one plank and it flares red with many tightly scribed red runes. Her mind races and several swear words race through her mind as a narrow thin red line shoots up to a height of 10ft and twists sideways revealing an opening 10ft wide and ringed in an arch of gore dripping writhing bones from an infinite of poor unfortunate souls. Gracefully stepping through the rent is a beautifully graceful being with dark feathered wings and eyes shining with hatred and cruelty; gripped in her hand is a bow of exquisite workmanship and burning as hot as the fire wreathed plains of hell Kat can see stretching out behind her before the rent snaps shut. Kat responds quicker then anticipated and starts running back towards the party fear evident in her eyes; the Erinyes leaps gracefully into the air drawing back her bow and letting loose arrows at Kat which all strike true apart from one which slips past her and surprises Sayuri as it sinks into her arm. Sayuri with a quick calculation realizes what the creature is and hastily grabs her rope moving out of sight of the gracefully deadly devil and throws her rope up casting a spell to create a hiding place; she promptly crawls in and the whole party swiftly follows. The devil swoops down and is confused when its piercing gaze can’t locate the victims it thought were there just seconds ago; flitting around she passes the invisible doorway and flies onwards. The party doesn’t see her again; they wait for several minutes before dropping out onto the floor once more. [/QUOTE]
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