Academy of Drell, Part IV

[Dalamar]

I told you he wasn't such a tough guy.
Shut up! I'm trying to think.
I'll do that for you: The crossbow seems like a trap of sorts, and it may have a self-reloading mechanism. Since one bolt took down our dwarven friend, we need to assume it is either very powerful or has some form of 'add-on'damage. I would bet on poison.
I thought about that already.
Oh, you did? Then we did I have to tell it to you again?
You didn't, you wanted.
Same thing, different package.

Sildarin is slightly surprised by the light emited by the blade he's holding, but then pushes the thought aside to focus on the dwarf.

"Do you think... he's going to... die."
In his concern for the dwarf, Sildarin forgets that there are other people around him and doesn't stammer nearly as much as usual.

 

[Lichtenhart]

"Oh my god! Sh'ar!"
Victor stops singing, trows away his crossbow and runs to the wounded dwarf. He takes a deep breath, than begin to whistle a motif that makes Sildarin and Arana think of a quiet place after a storm; he carefully extracts the bolt, and tries to stop the blood with his hands and his magic.
(Cure Light Wounds: 6+4= 10HP Armor check: 69)
Now, back in draconic
"Sh'ar? Sh'ar, please answer me"

OOC: If it isn't enough, I'll cast another one. If I am correct, Inspire courage should last five rounds more. The thing is getting interesting. Everyone but the four of us is on vacation?

 

[GnomeWorks]

Still here, just been busy lately... my schedule at work is hell... also, this isn't really my char's area, I don't speak Draconic so I can't follow what's going on IC - in her personality to ignore what's going on if it doesn't interest her. Besides, I think that Charlotte has taken up a lot of the spotlight already, don't you agree?

Charlotte snaps out of a long moment of deep and drawn-out thought.

Damn! Have to stop doing that... pay attention, Charlotte, keep focused... even if it isn't really of interest to you, it might be important later...

Seeing, or rather - hearing, a few others heading down the corridor, she rushes after the sounds, stumbling upon the sight that the others have already found.

That's not good! That... wierd arbalest over there seems to have taken the dwarf out.

"Victor, is he going to be alright?"

Don't worry about him! The singer will take care of the dwarf, maybe we should take a look at the arbalest... I'm feeling a little more courageous than usual... maybe this sort of thing is just what I needed...

Emboldened by the bard's song, Charlotte will begin inching towards the arbalest, very slowly and very cautiously, staying out of the way of its business end, and attempt to get near enough to it to take a good look at it and try to figure out what is different about it from a normal arbalest.

 

[Jeremy]

Edit: Oops. Somehow missed the last three posts. Just ignore this if it doesn't make sense in the continuity.

Rallyn dashes around the corner ducking low and upon seeing the dwarf and the crossbow, skids to a halt.

Reaching out with his mind he tries to turn the crossbow so it is pointing away from them, just in case.

Rallyn manifests Far Hand.

 

[Zhure]

Sildarin seems nonplused by the glowing blade of Serbanas. As Sildarin approaches within a few feet of Sh'ar, the blade's light is suddenly extinguised.

Similarly, Victor's hastily cast spell fails to have any effect, visible or non-visible on Sh'ar, although his mundane attempts to remove the quarrel and seem to help Sh'ar's condition somewhat.

Charlotte creeps toward the arbalest on the tripod trying to avoid the belly-side of the bow. As she moves closer, the three legs skuttle about like some sort of lop-sided spider and the arbalest moves a few feet further away, trying to keep itself oriented toward the closest group member (in this case, Charlotte). As she advances, the arbalest cranks itself back and a bolt appears with a distinctive familiar clank.

Rallyn tries to use his psionic powers to control the orientation of the arbalest, but after a moment of straining, he finds out that his power won't manifest.

 

[Jeremy]

Rallyn whispers to Victor, "I don't know if Sh'ar is powered telekinetically, but there seems to be some kind of dampening field in here. Help me drag him back down the hall a little..."

Rallyn keeps a wary eye on the tripod mounted crossbow just in case as he moves forward and grabs hold of the man-sized dwarf.

 

[Dalamar]

Sildarin notes that he has succeeded in going unnoticed by the people around himself, even without really trying.

You don't even notice when you do it anymore!
So it seems... I'm so used to living a solitary life.
I sure hope that wasn't an insult.
It's not that, it's just... you're not a real person, one I can touch or smell or hear.
I think I fit to two of those things, and the third is just one garbage bin away.
It still wouldn't be the same as having another person, perhaps even an elf, with me. One who wouldn't share my thoughts in my head but in our conversations.
What's the difference?
You wouldn't understand, not truely...

Sildarin starts moving towards the arbalest, trying to stay as far from Charlotte at the same time as possible. He keeps his blade drawn even as it seems to have somehow diminished in power.

 

[novyet]

"Well at least I understand what everyone is saying again. Did that crossbow just move on it's own? What is going on down here? Maybe we can disable that big crossbow, before it shoots one of us, but how should we try it?"

Ellie will continue to advance trying to stay towards the rear of the group.

 

[GnomeWorks]

Oh, this was a wonderful plan...

"This thing... it's sensing me somehow." Charlotte calls back to those behind her, without turning to face them. "It seems like it can only face one way, though... maybe if someone comes up along the other side of the tunnel, one of us might be able to disable it."

And the other one would be skewered by that thing when it comes out of that arbalest like a bat out of hell.

"It automatically loaded, too. It's got a bolt in it. So anybody coming up, be careful - I'm not sure what its reaction will be if someone else tries to come up beside it from another angle."

 

[Lichtenhart]

"Yes, Rallyn, we have to move him away from this field, or I could not stop the bleeding. Sildarin, can you help us please?"

We try to move Sh'ar back in the tunnel. Victor every five yards checks if his still active prestidigitation works. When it works, he tries again to use his healing magic.

OOC: CLW 1+4=5 hp Armor check: 74 Question: Should the first CLW be working when we leave the antimagic field? Description says it doesn't dispel it. If that's the case, I don't cast the second one.