Against the Storm: Luskan (Summoning shaff)

[Thanee]

I'm all ears, Rahja says.

 

[DM_Matt]

Actually... yes! Unless you have a good reason, besides hating the guy, to put yourself into danger wielding a weapon he and others will reckognize, I would much prefer the rapier to be in safety and outside of their grasp.

"Give it!" Energy arcs from the girl at Rahja, stirking her (10dmg). Jonathan grabs Jaina and tries to force a vial of liquid down her throat "Oh, and another thing about <ZAP..OW> her....she's got the most powerful Spellfire we've ever heard of and she can't control it...it just goes off when she gets emotional enough...I think <ZAP...arggh>..the Gondian experiements.....may have made it easier for her to go rage mage on us. I'm really sorry about this...she isn't usually like this."

Meanwhile, Maggie (For newcomers: an apprentice/prodigy mage/inventor who betrayed the temple of Gond to help the PCs. Girlfriend of Rannos (shaff). Human, age 20, Wiz4) has walked into the room, cradling a big pile of books against her body with one arm and holding a large rolled up map in her other hand (her other arm is in a sling). She dumps the stuff on the table and says "I finished the ma....what the?" She helps Jonathan.

Jonathan finally succeeds and Jaina lays down, smiling and drowsy. Jonathan puts a wans in her hand, and the excess energy in her slowly flows into it.

The map...

 

[Thanee]

Ouch!

Rahja almost acted, when Jonathan intervened. Listening to his words, she just nodded. Rubbing her side, where the bolt struck her, she says:

Well, any more reason to not hand her such a weapon... She is coming with us, right? Well, I really hope she will use her powers in a more controlled manner then!

 

[DM_Matt]

Ouch!

Rahja almost acted, when Jonathan intervened. Listening to his words, she just nodded. Rubbing her side, where the bolt struck her, she says:

Well, any more reason to not hand her such a weapon... She is coming with us, right? Well, I really hope she will use her powers in a more controlled manner then!

Jonathan answers "If her powers are as unstable as they seem now, she would indeed be a liability. On the other hand, under the right conditions, particularly if she learns to control her powers, she can be a great help to us. You see, Spellfire is one of the few weapons that we know can harm Storm. He has other weaknesses --- we are sure of that. But we have yet to discover them. She must be ready to weild her gift when he himself comes...and we have no idea how long we have."

Meanwhile, Maggie explains the map to everyone. "As you can see, there are many enterences to the large building that we believe to house the new fleet...and none of them are easy to access. I am certian that there is a way from inside the temple of Gond, right out the side. I suspect that one exists in the Temple of Umberlee as well. Regardless, there are two overhead tunnels on the fourth floor of th etemples that also provide access. As we have seen, the temples themselves are well-defended in their own right, with the elevator being the only way to move between the relevant floors. Not taht we havent rushed into there sucessfully before, of course.

The river runs right through the building. It is, ostensably, used to power mills and such within the temples. Water comes in through a grating, 100 feet wide before the building, traveling just under the wall. It comes out through another grating just under the bridge, where it goes to the sea. The bridge can divide into two and raise itself. It is a gondian invention. There are platforms underneath, going accorss the bridge to the grating. I am not sure what they are for. Probably the maintainence of the bridge mechanism.

Those guard towers are usually well-equipped and well-staffed, and genrally a small group of guards hides on the roof in various places. There are no arial protections as such, but the Grtak (Storm's "Diplomatic Police Force," a Gestapo-like group that operates in areas taht are allied with Storm but not technically occupied) generally have a small patrol of Wyvragon Riders (Hobgoblins riding half-red dragon wyverns) in the sky at all times, often passing over the dock.

 

[dead_radish]

Elone grimaces. "Solonor's gifts to me do not leave me much use in a tunnel - I would prefer travelling in through the river, if possible - perhaps we could find a way to disable the grates and pass through? Are there known to be creatures in the river?

 

[DM_Matt]

Elone grimaces. "Solonor's gifts to me do not leave me much use in a tunnel - I would prefer travelling in through the river, if possible - perhaps we could find a way to disable the grates and pass through? Are there known to be creatures in the river?

"Not really....pretty much just fish. I suppose that it is possible to get through the grates, altouhgh getting by the mill wheels might be more of a challenge."

 

[dead_radish]

Elone shrugs. "You said that there were walkways? Surely we can make our way to those. I do not harbor illusions that we will enter and leave unseen - that would be foolish, given our record. Finding a safe and less defended location is our best outcome, I would think."

 

[Thanee]

The river would suit me as well, I'm quite a good swimmer since today. Rahja smirks.

 

[DM_Matt]

Elone shrugs. "You said that there were walkways? Surely we can make our way to those. I do not harbor illusions that we will enter and leave unseen - that would be foolish, given our record. Finding a safe and less defended location is our best outcome, I would think."

"Yes, under the bridge, by the grates. They are hard to access, though. There may be direct access to the temples, but I'm not sure. Otherwise, we'd either have to climb down, right in front of a guard tower, or climb up from the for water about 30 feet under the bridge."

 

[reapersaurus]

Ubaar shrugs at all the talk, but liked the firework show.

"Uhh.. you guys keep talking - find us best way to go.
Ubaar trust you to make best decision.
I'm not happy about going stealthy, but if that's the best way to go, than I'll do it."