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<blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 7168476" data-attributes="member: 6777052"><p><span style="color: #008000">And thus was he saved when......</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">... his mind went into overdrive and he remembered the rule about Charm ending if you do anything harmful to the target. He reckoned that being induced to fall repeatedly off a mountain counted as sufficiently harmful, didn't it? Well, didn't it? Yes it did.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">This left the problem of his companions, who were still rushing towards their possible doom. They were too far away, now, for any of his spells to reach them and they weren't going to listen if he just shouted at them to come back. This called for something clever. He summoned Claude, who still had the boomerang, and explained what he wanted Claude to do. "No problem-o, skipper," said the lobster.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">With Claude riding the boomerang like a surfer on a surfboard, Tippy threw it somewhere vaguely upwards. I didn't matter where. Once airborne, Claude steered the boomerang in great swooping circles, buoyed up by thermals generated by the violent volcanic activity inside the mountain, until it reached the very top. By now, Claude was out of range of Tippy's mind but he knew what he had to do. Not being humanoid, he was unaffected by the singing and this was his chance to make a difference. He felt proud to help his master. Also, Wheee!</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">Kate faltered for a moment in her singing because a lobster on a surfboard has just flown past her nose. She stared open-mouthed, wide-eyed and raised-eyebrowed. This wasn't in the script. Also not in the script was a lobster that circled round, grabbed her ululating tongue and nipped very hard with its massive claw before sailing past and out of an open window.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">The singing interrupted, the charm broken, the team arrived and immediately attacked. Something busy happened involving a magic halberd going swishee-swishee-chop, a thief who seemed to get eight backstabs per round, and a wizard who threw every spell in the book at the near-speechless Kate[sup]1[/sup]. She escaped through a secret door, crying "oo'l ay or iss!" and <em>barred the door</em> behind her[sup]2[/sup].</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">Meanwhile, Xabatha ...</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">[HR][/HR][sup]1[/sup] He threw the <u>book</u>.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">[sup]2[/sup] Uh-oh ...</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><u>At the bottom of the mountain</u></p><p>Tippy (Theodore Ignatius Phillpot Price; Cleric-2; Hammer) - 1 h.p.</p><p>-- Claude (Lobster; Tippy's familiar; Boomerang)</p><p></p><p><u>At the top of the mountain</u></p><p>Ikidunot (aka Toothpaste) (Wizard-2; books)</p><p>Alber't'ickle (Octo-Thief-2; Dagger, a few coins and plenty of ink)</p><p>Tasha (Half-Orc/Half-Orc Fighter-2; Versatile Halberd +1 of Dragon Summoning & Sling)</p><p>Ha! Fling! (Hobbit of The Planes; a stone)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BoldItalic, post: 7168476, member: 6777052"] [COLOR=#008000]And thus was he saved when......[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue] ... his mind went into overdrive and he remembered the rule about Charm ending if you do anything harmful to the target. He reckoned that being induced to fall repeatedly off a mountain counted as sufficiently harmful, didn't it? Well, didn't it? Yes it did. This left the problem of his companions, who were still rushing towards their possible doom. They were too far away, now, for any of his spells to reach them and they weren't going to listen if he just shouted at them to come back. This called for something clever. He summoned Claude, who still had the boomerang, and explained what he wanted Claude to do. "No problem-o, skipper," said the lobster. With Claude riding the boomerang like a surfer on a surfboard, Tippy threw it somewhere vaguely upwards. I didn't matter where. Once airborne, Claude steered the boomerang in great swooping circles, buoyed up by thermals generated by the violent volcanic activity inside the mountain, until it reached the very top. By now, Claude was out of range of Tippy's mind but he knew what he had to do. Not being humanoid, he was unaffected by the singing and this was his chance to make a difference. He felt proud to help his master. Also, Wheee! Kate faltered for a moment in her singing because a lobster on a surfboard has just flown past her nose. She stared open-mouthed, wide-eyed and raised-eyebrowed. This wasn't in the script. Also not in the script was a lobster that circled round, grabbed her ululating tongue and nipped very hard with its massive claw before sailing past and out of an open window. The singing interrupted, the charm broken, the team arrived and immediately attacked. Something busy happened involving a magic halberd going swishee-swishee-chop, a thief who seemed to get eight backstabs per round, and a wizard who threw every spell in the book at the near-speechless Kate[sup]1[/sup]. She escaped through a secret door, crying "oo'l ay or iss!" and [I]barred the door[/I] behind her[sup]2[/sup]. Meanwhile, Xabatha ... [HR][/HR][sup]1[/sup] He threw the [U]book[/U]. [sup]2[/sup] Uh-oh ... [/COLOR] [u]At the bottom of the mountain[/u] Tippy (Theodore Ignatius Phillpot Price; Cleric-2; Hammer) - 1 h.p. -- Claude (Lobster; Tippy's familiar; Boomerang) [u]At the top of the mountain[/u] Ikidunot (aka Toothpaste) (Wizard-2; books) Alber't'ickle (Octo-Thief-2; Dagger, a few coins and plenty of ink) Tasha (Half-Orc/Half-Orc Fighter-2; Versatile Halberd +1 of Dragon Summoning & Sling) Ha! Fling! (Hobbit of The Planes; a stone) [/QUOTE]
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