[sblock]
Thanee: Fair enough. Until you receive 1 hour of uninterrupted rest, you will be
exhausted (half movement, -6 to Str & Dex). After said hour, you will be
fatigued (no run, no charge, -1 Str & Dex). Eight hours of rest will remove that condition. You are currently
exhausted. Unfortunately, your studying last night
was for naught. As for the river's width -- you could jump it at a narrow spot, but at the ford, it's forty feet wide.
Assumption: It appears that your wilderness rogue, Ghur, is taking the lead, followed by Herev, then the casters & canines (it could be a band!), followed by Cole.[/sblock]
Ghur: You slowly begin to cross the river, only to be
knocked off your feet by the current. As you struggle to stand up in the icy cold waters, you find yourself
swept away by the current, ending up some 20 feet down river in a far deeper spot...
Everyone: You see Ghur get swept away downstream, and, just as the dwarf begins to go under, the dark, brackish waters swirl around him, rising into the shape of a young woman with coal black hair and green scales. Her clawed hands cradle the dwarf, stroking his beard.
"You're in my river, my kaunis." She turns to the group.
"Pay me with blood, or this one will never reach the other side." She pats his head covetously, but makes no more threatening move than that.