Against the Storm: Luskan (Summoning shaff)

[Tanstaafl]

The other elf meanwhile approaches Mecholithi "Your blades are switft and terrible, m'lady. Quite impressive. Its almost like you;ve studied and combined the whole of our people'sknowledge of bladecraft. Where did you learn to fight like that? My name's Thydin, of the Rangers of Evereska (extends hand)"

Mecholithi grasps the extended hand in her own and smiles, slightly flustered by the attention, "Greetings Thydin. I am Mecholithi Tavari and I thank you for your praise, though I do not deserve it. The help that I gave was hardly signifigant to the fight, I am sure that a swordsman of your skill would not have needed my pautlry assistance."

She withdraws her hand from the grip. "What knowledge I do have was given to me by my aunt, Eissabelth, and the Tylendel Mercenary company - which she was an officer of. Perhaps we can show one another a few tricks, if time permits - I am certain that the Rangers of Evereska have a much different training regimine than the one that I've experienced."

 

[shaff]

"I am confused by this... very confused. A master druid of high order came ot me at my home and said i must go on a quest for my god. I gathered my things and then i was teleported to u 2, and that is when we met. I know nothing else but that..."

 

[DM_Matt]

"I am confused by this... very confused. A master druid of high order came ot me at my home and said i must go on a quest for my god. I gathered my things and then i was teleported to u 2, and that is when we met. I know nothing else but that..."

"Kurdin didn't brief you? Oh, well...Ancient quasi-immortal beings who hold nature in the palm of their hand tend to be mysterious and inscrutable like that. As you can see, the human city of Luskan has joined in an allience with Storm's hordes and the dark goddess Shar. With Luskan comes the most powerful fleet that the enemy has to offer. They have been unable to challenge us at sea quite yet, but their powers are gaining. It is our belief that the temples of Umberlee and Gond in this city are working with them to create magics and machines that can aid them both on land and at sea. A group was sent to send a message by destroying the temple of Umberlee (in order to deter other branches of the faith to join with Shar) and steal any useful plans from the temple of Gond. The first team was found, and is hold up on the top level of that inn that you heard about. Other members, as well as a friend of mine's child, are being held in the dungeons under the temple of Gond. We are here to rescue our friends and accomplish those missions. Those elves, well, they brought us supplies, but they have their own, separate agenda..."

 

[DM_Matt]

Mecholithi grasps the extended hand in her own and smiles, slightly flustered by the attention, "Greetings Thydin. I am Mecholithi Tavari and I thank you for your praise, though I do not deserve it. The help that I gave was hardly signifigant to the fight, I am sure that a swordsman of your skill would not have needed my pautlry assistance."

She withdraws her hand from the grip. "What knowledge I do have was given to me by my aunt, Eissabelth, and the Tylendel Mercenary company - which she was an officer of. Perhaps we can show one another a few tricks, if time permits - I am certain that the Rangers of Evereska have a much different training regimine than the one that I've experienced."

"No need for modesty, Mecholithi. While we Rangers have cultivated maneuverability and evasion techniques that you appear not to practice, none of us is a match for your ability to strike true so many blows in so little time, while still managing to block blows incoming. I would indeed be honored to trade technique with you, if we find our way out of this city alive."

 

[DM_Matt]

The other elf shows Ravin the strange tube device.

It is a tube about 3 inches in diameter with a red crystal at one end, and a white crystal on the other end. The white crystal, he notices, turns a dail on that end of the tube labled with the numbers one through six.

The elf says "This wonder here is one of the devices that we, um, liberated, the last time we got into the Luskanite temple of Gond. This device will either bolster or convert magical energy that you channel through it. It has five compartments (he pushes the crystal inwards, turns it to six, and pulls it out again, pulling out a smaller semicircular tube with some gears at each end and rings to hold five wands). You can load wands into it, and you can cast any spell of equal power through it, and it will convert it to the spell in the active wand, without draining charges from the wand. Alternatively, you can add sticks of magical metal to bolseter your spell power, but after three uses, a stick is useless, and to replace it you must reload another one in, requiring several minutes of work.

(OOC: this pretty much either lets you convert a memorized spell into one of a few specific spells, or each metral rod acts like a rod of metamagic, except that it ceases to function after 3 uses rather than per day. You may choose what is initially in it, and you have a limited supply of additional metal sticks)

 

[shaff]

"And you need me to help you rescue this... 'group' of people? And what after that? Help you with the battle?

I am glad to see that the elves who brought supplies are rangers like myself though, that brings ease to my heart to have more rangers on our side. But what might their 'agenda' be?"

 

[DM_Matt]

"And you need me to help you rescue this... 'group' of people? And what after that? Help you with the battle?

I am glad to see that the elves who brought supplies are rangers like myself though, that brings ease to my heart to have more rangers on our side. But what might their 'agenda' be?"

They brought us supplies. We saw them fight the guards. We know what side they are on. Does it really matter?

 

[shaff]

"guess not, dont take it personally, i was just curious."

 

[DM_Matt]

bump

 

[shaff]

"So when are we leaving? Those gaurds will be looking for us if we stay too long. And i live in this area, i dont want to get kicked out and not be able to get food here."