NeMoren's Vault IV: The One Who Crawls!!

[Mialee]

Uh... what in Greyhawk just destroyed the plank? Don't tell me the gobbie in the trench did that. It didn't... ...right?

No one burn the webs yet- we may have another beastie to deal with, and we don't need to be assaulted from two sides. Jozan, Ma', can you jump the gap? You have to get out from under that deadfall!

 

[Hennet]

If it says it has a candygram don't open the door!

Hennet shifts his attention to the Western part of the cavern, trying to track the movements of the subterranean thing by watching and listening

"Mialee, do you have a plan that gets the big nasty to go into the middle of the "C". I'm all for that; I don't think a couple of Magic Missles are going to slow down the whatever it is that's menacing Ma' & Jozan."

"Hopefully Ma' can just jump the chasm. Jozan, what are your chances of crossing? I know you used your Jump potion earlier, I have an Invisibility potion I can toss you if you can't get across but I'm afraid that whatever it is can sense you through the earth."

Fearing that there isn't time for discussion, Hennet moves as close to Jozan and Ma' as he can and lobs his invisibility potion
to Ma', not trusting Jozan's less than nimble fingers to catch it.

"Mialee is right, but if you are stuck over there use this."

 

[Mialee]

Hmm... we can definitely get its attention.

"its"... uh... what if it's a "they"? I'm assuming this is "the one that crawls", but moving through subterrain isn't really crawling, now, is it? What if this is a small army of... things?

At any rate, we need to divert attention from Jozan and Ma'Varkith. Be ready with ranged attacks... if it's one creature, we'll surround it with Attack Pattern X and move in to form the Vise. If it's a lot of creatures, group up, spellcasters and nonfighters in the center!

 

[Ma'varkith]

Ma' reaches to catch the tossed potion, then looks at the gap and then to Jozan.

"The others are right - you might need this. I can clear the gap easily - it's only about ten feet. But so many years on your knees has got to make this kind of jump difficult."

She gives the priest of Pelor a smirk and hands him the bottle. Thinking for a moment, she grabs his arm with her left hand. A tattoo on her right wrist animates and skitters like an arachnid down her hand. She touches him lightly on his wrist and it moves onto his skin, settling back into a fixed shape.

"Concentrate on the image briefly and will it into activation. It should give you enough of a burst of speed to make the jump."

"Now, before the music begins to swell, the audience gets all weepy, and this turns into that final scene between Vasquez and Gorman, I suggest we get on the other side of this chasm!"

(OOC: Ma'varkith gives jozan the Potion of Invisibility and transfers one of her two Tattoos of Burst to him)

(edit: I misread what potion was tossed, and changed my reacion accordingly)

 

[Piratecat]

OOC: Teamwork is COOL!

 

[Kazak]

"Wha...? What in Moradin's name was that thing?"

Kazak reloads his crossbow, taking a glance around the room.

"Hmm, we might want to keep an eye on the passage to the north lads and lasses."

Having reloaded his crossbow, Kazak hefts it, ready to shoot anything that might attack.

 

[Jozan of Pelor]

Thus, there is only Jozan and Ma'Varkith on the western side of the cavern when a monster burrows upwards from the stone at the edge of the plank. You're not sure what it is; all you see is a purplish-brown claw, smallish, breaking the surface of the stone and then disappearing. Unfortunately, its claw shatters the plank's edge, sending it spinning into the dark cleft in the rock. Jozan and Ma'Varkith are trapped on the western side.

Jozan takes a step forward as if to grab the falling plank, then thinks better of it. "By Pelor's Flaming Eyebrows!" He kicks the fish towards the hole where the creature's claw disappeared, hoping to plop some slime onto its head. Then he grips his mace and glances at Ma'.

"The others are right - you might need this. I can clear the gap easily - it's only about ten feet. But so many years on your knees has got to make this kind of jump difficult."

Jozan raises an eyebrow. "It is a good thing you said that to me, my dear, and not to Regdar." He takes the bottle she offers, then smiles a bit when she grabs him. "Now, now, no need to be afraid..."

A tattoo on her right wrist animates and skitters like an arachnid down her hand. She touches him lightly on his wrist and it moves onto his skin, settling back into a fixed shape.[/i][/B]

The Cleric's eyes bug out a bit and he stares nervously at the tattoo. "I, uh, didn't know they could do that. Uhh...it's not permanent, is it? I mean, they look good on you, but..."

He rubs at his arm, then grins weakly. "Yes, I agree totally, my dear, let's get across before the crabby thing comes out to play. Ladies first, of course." He gestures towards her, then backs away from the chasm, preparing to attempt a running jump once Ma' is across safely.

 

[Kerwyn]

How are you going to know? If you want to search, no problem, but it's impossible to predict whether or not something will happen before you finish.

OOC: I don't need to know. Kerwyn will search the southern area. If he is finished there and nothing important did happen meanwhile, he will continue to search the northern area. Although, I feel that this is not really necessary to state, since there WILL be something important happening meanwhile...

While searching the southern walls for secret passages, Kerwyn thinks aloud. “We will have to exit through the tunnel ahead? I seriously hope there will be a way back to the Vault from there, it might be a long way, though. Maybe if we make a quick run through the deadfall area... no, that's too risky... where is that tremor coming from!? Beneath us? The chasm?”

 

[Nebin]

JOZAN !! JOZAN !! HE'S OUR MAN !! IF HE CAN'T JUMP THE CHASM NOBODY CAN !!!!!!! Come on J you can do it !!!

psssssst Krusk 5 sp's says he crashes like a ton of tin cans

ooc Regdar : you had Nebins stats on your Ale and Whore site what's the link ? /ooc

BTW PC have you been watching Tremors again ?

 

[Vadania]

*Not knowing where exactly she fits into Mialee's neatly organized tatics, Vadania leads Perea over to stand by Alhandra.*

"Yes, Perea, I promise, I'll get you a fish after all this mess is through, you deserve it."

"You know, Jozan, if you did not encumber yourself with all of that worked metal, this jump would not be so hard."