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Academy of Drell, Part III
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poilbrun
Explorer
Maerath Iliandil
Maerath enters the underground cave after the others. "I do not like to be underground, and as such I have never ventured in caves. I'll follow the lead of anyone who's more experienced than I am." Maerath gets ready to advance further into the cave.
OOC: Sorry, I have not had much time during the last two weeks to come to the boards because I had to wrap up my thesis for school. And as my exams begin on Saturday, I have not much time and will not have until their end, on the 24th...
Maerath enters the underground cave after the others. "I do not like to be underground, and as such I have never ventured in caves. I'll follow the lead of anyone who's more experienced than I am." Maerath gets ready to advance further into the cave.
OOC: Sorry, I have not had much time during the last two weeks to come to the boards because I had to wrap up my thesis for school. And as my exams begin on Saturday, I have not much time and will not have until their end, on the 24th...
Zhure
First Post
a room?
Marching order:
FRONT
..^..
Arana
<-----Charlotte
Keith
<-----Kith
Victor
<-----Maerath
Ellie
<-----Sildarin
Rallyn
Rallyn puts forth the notion that this might be the back of some sort of underground complex. While it sounds like an interesting theory, a few things bely this. The dust on the ground is undisturbed. Even those among the group who've never done any tracking realize that anyone traveling down these halls would leave a lot of obvious footprints. In fact, as the group moves further down the hall, the dust is kicked up in a near-choking cloud; obvious tracks are behind the group, but the fore is undisturbed.
Ellie notes the hallway is carved and not natural formations. In some places it looks like quarried stone has been set to fill in the natural gaps between veins of stone. No mortar is visible; each stone looks like it was expertly hewn to fit nearby stones.
Maerath seems unhappy being this far underground and quietly follows the others' leads.
The corridor continues northward and steadily downward for another few minutes then abruptly levels off and expands into a hexagonal room, some thirty feet across. At the far end, directly across from the group, is another corridor, with a sharply down-sloping passage, about forty-five degrees off of level. About a foot off the ground and a foot thick, is a ring of reddish stone flanking the entire room.
It's ok, I assumed as much. Certain aspects of this part of the adventure could make it really tough to get Maerath hooked up with the rest of the party at a later time, depending on how things go. As such I'll have Maerath do appropriate NPC-type things and reduce the encounter threats a wee bit since you can't interact as much right now. I think it'll turn out fine. This way you'll continue to get XP!
-Greg
Marching order:
FRONT
..^..
Arana
<-----Charlotte
Keith
<-----Kith
Victor
<-----Maerath
Ellie
<-----Sildarin
Rallyn
Rallyn puts forth the notion that this might be the back of some sort of underground complex. While it sounds like an interesting theory, a few things bely this. The dust on the ground is undisturbed. Even those among the group who've never done any tracking realize that anyone traveling down these halls would leave a lot of obvious footprints. In fact, as the group moves further down the hall, the dust is kicked up in a near-choking cloud; obvious tracks are behind the group, but the fore is undisturbed.
Ellie notes the hallway is carved and not natural formations. In some places it looks like quarried stone has been set to fill in the natural gaps between veins of stone. No mortar is visible; each stone looks like it was expertly hewn to fit nearby stones.
Maerath seems unhappy being this far underground and quietly follows the others' leads.
The corridor continues northward and steadily downward for another few minutes then abruptly levels off and expands into a hexagonal room, some thirty feet across. At the far end, directly across from the group, is another corridor, with a sharply down-sloping passage, about forty-five degrees off of level. About a foot off the ground and a foot thick, is a ring of reddish stone flanking the entire room.
poilbrun said:
It's ok, I assumed as much. Certain aspects of this part of the adventure could make it really tough to get Maerath hooked up with the rest of the party at a later time, depending on how things go. As such I'll have Maerath do appropriate NPC-type things and reduce the encounter threats a wee bit since you can't interact as much right now. I think it'll turn out fine. This way you'll continue to get XP!
-Greg
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evileeyore
Mrrrph
"I don't like this. It appears that neither Coles nor Godwyn came this way." Kith observes. "And I doubt either would have crawled down the other corridor. You sure about that Frair up there Ellie? He claimed there were footprints."
Kith looks around the entrance to the room, cautiously examining it for traps. He queitly intones Templa Elear and absentmindedly weaves lhis eft hand in a complex pattern.
casting Detect magic... I am sure its been more than 2 minutes since my last casing... Search 17 (roll 13+4 skill)
"Then agian both Coles and Godwyn have been around awhile. The've got some tricks up their sleeves. It wouldn't surprise me if they covered their tracks. But why would Godwin say he was gonna meet us in the grove... bah, I'm sure they have their reasons." Kith chatters mindlessly whilst running his fingers along crevices, and peering intently at joins in the stone.
Kith looks around the entrance to the room, cautiously examining it for traps. He queitly intones Templa Elear and absentmindedly weaves lhis eft hand in a complex pattern.
casting Detect magic... I am sure its been more than 2 minutes since my last casing... Search 17 (roll 13+4 skill)
"Then agian both Coles and Godwyn have been around awhile. The've got some tricks up their sleeves. It wouldn't surprise me if they covered their tracks. But why would Godwin say he was gonna meet us in the grove... bah, I'm sure they have their reasons." Kith chatters mindlessly whilst running his fingers along crevices, and peering intently at joins in the stone.
perivas
First Post
[color=sky blue]OOC: Let me try and understand the description.... The red stone ring is floating off the ground at about one foot, apparently unattached? Or is it a low stone wall about one foot high? Or is it somehow attached to the walls of the hexagonal room? Is there room to scoot around the ring or is it almost or actual flush with the hexagonal wall?[/color]
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Zhure
First Post
Marching order:
FRONT
..^..
Arana
<-----Charlotte
Keith
<-----Kith
Victor
<-----Maerath
Ellie
<-----Sildarin
Rallyn
Kith notes that it appears as if neither Yodwin nor Coles came this way. Thinking back to the conversation with the cleric outside the grove, the old man had mentioned fresh prints in the room near the cave entrance, but he hadn't explored anywhere else.
Searching about the room, Kith sees nothing out of the ordinary, but his magical senses tell him there's a strong source of transmutation magic coming from the doorway on the opposite side of the room.
Rallyn suggest the group double back and check the other passage.
Sildarin seems to be nervous again and suggest that the group take Rallyn's suggestion and go back.