Dungeon of the Fire Opal, part V

[Murhid]

Murhid stands outside of the 'trap-door room', looking straight ahead towards the witches previous escape route. He then looks down at his palm, fingers turned inwards,*I need a bath* He comments to himself about his dirty finger nails.
"Tell Oneself when you guys are done in there, and Oneself will start checking out the next area"

 

[HeavyG]

"A bracer? So they were archers - or one was, at least."

If Taz allows it, Kytess examines the bracer.

The bracer is a little small for an archery bracer : It's only about an inch wide. It also has faint symbols carved on it : A sun surrounded by three doves on one 'side' and a pair of bound hands on the other. In the carved lines is traces of some ancient residue, probably meant to highlight the symbols but mostly faded away now.

 

[HeavyG]

"Not armor, exactly; archers use it so they don't cut their forearms. I had a pair years ago - though mine were leather."

OOC: Scraping your forearm with a bowstring HURTS bad.

 

[CRGreathouse]

OOC: Scraping your forearm with a bowstring HURTS bad.

OOC: Heh. I'm no archer, but I've experienced that a time or two. I decided to have Kytess point out the typical purpose of bracers because I thought it might help to make it feel realistic (moreso than "Look, more bracers of armor! Just like the monk wears!".

The bracer is a little small for an archery bracer : It's only about an inch wide. It also has faint symbols carved on it : A sun surrounded by three doves on one 'side' and a pair of bound hands on the other. In the carved lines is traces of some ancient residue, probably meant to highlight the symbols but mostly faded away now.

"They're kinda small. I can't really tell much - they're too old. Jalon - any idea what these symbols mean?"

 

[HeavyG]

"They're kinda small. I can't really tell much - they're too old. Jalon - any idea what these symbols mean?"

(OOC ; To Jalon)
The first set, no. The second set of symbols is the symbol of Ilmater, the Crying God. For more info, see that link :
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Keep/7551/Ilmater.html
(/OOC to Jalon)

 

[reapersaurus]

OOC: What, Ubaar's knowledge of religion is chopped liver? If we had more skill points to use, I would have upped it more than the 2 currently (3 total) I've even role-played Ubaar's acquisition of religious knowledge - *pointing finger like a schoolkid at Jalon *- HE just says he knows it all! (Just poking fun, in a silly mood) Yes, getting twanged by bow HURTS baaaad. I'm baffled about that mini-bracer. What's with the residue? Wish we had more skill points to branch out into cool skills like Alchemy (see a pattern here?)

 

[CRGreathouse]

What, Ubaar's knowledge of religion is chopped liver?

I'm not sure if this is (OOC: Heavy G), (OOC: CRGreathouse), or (OOC: venting). Heavy gave Jalon the info because Kytess gave the bracer, not Ubaar. Kytess choose to do so because (1) Jalon's the more "typical" cleric (in fact, Kytess thinks of Ubaar as more of an adept than a cleric), (2) because she acknowledges Jalon as leader, and (3) because I'd like to involve Jalon in the group more.

I *like* the fact that we don't have a terribly high number of skill points (as you well know!) because it makes sense - having experts in Knowledge (religion), Alchemy, etc. (not just people *proficient* in it, but *experts*) seems a little unusual. Just think - a person who is an alchemist by trade (Exp3, perhaps, or a little higher in Faerûn) is only going to have a +5 - +15 modifier, not much better than many PCs. What's more, I could have chosen to have more skill points by putting a better score in Int - even by lowering Dex to 16, I'd get 12 skill points/2 skills. I chose not to, limiting myself to a smaller number of skills, though I'm quite happy with what I have.

 

[Doppleganger]

Ivellios tries to think of something useful to do while the others are checking out the bracers.

His mind is a complete blank.

He takes a deep breath and slowly adjusts the grip on his blades. Nothing to fight in here. Stepping outside the door, he takes up a position near Murhid and stands guard.

 

[Jalon Odessa]

Jalon runs his fingers over the bracer lightly, examining its surface.

'Hmm.. this is obviously a relic of some religious significance. At a glance I don't recognise the first group of icons, but the other symbol is the sacred sign of the martyr god, Ilmater.'

Jalon holds the bracer up to his wrist, comparing it with the size of his gauntlet.

'And strangely, it seems awefully small - possibly it was worn by someone of lesser stature, an elf or halfling, perhaps? Hmm... I won't know more about this until I can return to the tomes in my order's library, but thus far the item has intrigued me. It seems either quite old, or possibly simply treated poorly. It seems certain that the original owner was suffering and oppressed, hence their taking solace in the hands of Imater. I simply hope that he guided them to a brighter fate than at the bottom of a pit...'

Jalon hangs his head for a moment at the thought of the original owner's suffering, before returning to his diatribe that the less-attentive party members have no doubt shown no interest in.

'In any case, I hope you understand I should watch over this artifact until we return to the serface, to return it to a temple of Ilmater, or at least to study its origins a little more thoroughly.'

Assuming no objections, Jalon carefully stows the bracer in his backpack.

 

[CRGreathouse]

'Hmm.. this is obviously a relic of some religious significance. At a glance I don't recognise the first group of icons, but the other symbol is the sacred sign of the martyr god, Ilmater.'

"A god of the dead, or a dead god?" Kytess asks, curiouslessly.*

* What, you don't *like* neologisms? I do.