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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aust Thale" data-source="post: 7153148" data-attributes="member: 6804768">Respen Continues and Vale Eases Up On the OrcRESPEN:~ Vale and Dewydd seem to have the orc tongue; perhaps they can make heads or tails of this fellow.  ~Respen collects the wand and ring in the sack as previously stated, and he picks up a short bow and two quivers of arrows.  He is a decent bow-smith, but it indeed has been a long time since he has held a bow in his hands.  The staff he carries has precluded carrying a bow at the same time, something that has frustrated Respen; it's a small, but strangely abiding comfort adding these mundane items to his gear, even if it's for a short term.  He then examines the runes on the nearest totem, standing away from it so as to not set off any magical alarm or trap.  His examination confirm they are a magical perimeter, but he doesn't completely understand them.  VALE:~ Snarky attitude notwithstanding, the orc may indeed be earnest. ~Vale sees Respen looking at a totem.  Vale can tell straight away what they are, as well as what they mean.  [OOC]  Rolls made on Rolz and results reflected in post [/OOC]Directed to Respen across the way, but acknowledging the orc in front of him, "It's a cage.  Whoever did these runes on these totems were not simply alarming the place; it's a pen, and the demon-bitch and these blokes were the animals.  Guard dogs."  Vale addresses orc more directly now, with mild antipathy, but with considerably more respect, "Your kind isn't easily waylaid.  What on earth happened?  Did ashes over there get to you, or was there more at play? This place is supposed to be teeming with undead, a giant spider, the clay giant down there, and a host of other nasties. "  RESPEN:  ~ Vale, be QUIET! ~Respen does not care for Vale's conversation with the orc.  Given the seven (7) or eight (8) he has encountered have all been combatants and nasty creatures anyway, Respen doesn't care for them. He'd be more inclined to show the orc the business end of the well.  But he holds his tongue, contemplating Vale's explanation of the totems.  Wizards, at least those he had encountered or learned about from reading, frequently alarmed areas.  It replaced the need for guards, and if done properly, it could be relied on as a first line of defense.  In this case, the revelation that it was as much to keep these orcs and succubus in as others out was significant. [gm]DM HINT / CLARIFICATION: The totems are separate from the trees which bear the alarm runes; the alarm runes are to alert the absentee wizard of anyone coming INTO the area. The totems are to prevent the demoness (and ONLY her) from LEAVING the area. She was clearly gated here, rather than summoned, thus there was a need to have these totems in place, to prevent the demoness from simply leaving.[/gm]"What is down that hole?"  He walks again toward it.  "I'd really like to find out.  Do you all think we are in a position to do that? Unless the big one comes again, or we have tipped off the absentee wizard who created this cage, we appear to have a couple of hours before we should contemplate checking out of here. "</blockquote>

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