Notes on the Aether (Rae judging)

[Boddynock]

"Ah, that's kind of you, Keldar. You see - you are growing into that heroic mould!" Tarag chuckles at his own joke.

 

[Trouvere]

"I had a bath at the Red Dragon only four days ago," says Keldar. "If you want mould, look at Galwynn."

 

[Rae ArdGaoth]

12:19 PM

Everybody stands in a ready position, waiting for the elementals to reform.

Aside to everybody: You all remember that Cassandra said, "the automatic summoning device on the first floor... summons a new elemental every twenty minutes." So you may be sitting there for a while. Would you like to wait for a while or change your actions?

[sblock=If you wait... ]You don't have to wait long. As you stand there, looking somewhat silly, the rock on the dais begins to grow more and more rapidly. The embers in the fireplace burn ever hotter, and soon you can see tiny tongues of flame darting among the ashes. One minute passes, and in a burst of flame and ash, a small fire appears in the fireplace, and the growing rock shoots upwards from the dais to form a small, gnome-like figure. But you're ready for it.

OOC: IC isn't working right now, but you guys get a surprise round, so we'll do that first.

Round 1, 12:20:00 PM
Initiative:
Keldar
Rapture
Galwynn (13 HP)
Tommy
Tarag[/sblock]

 

[Solange]

"So, you intend to stand here for up to 20 minutes?" Rapture asks. "Keldar should take one end of the rope, he strikes me as someone who's well practiced in pulling things."

 

[Boddynock]

"Twenty minutes? Bah! Let's get on. I thought you meant that they were going to appear right this instant."

"At the very least, let's explore the rest of this floor - so that we know what is around us."

Matching actions to words, Tarag drops the end of the rope and checks out the cupboard under the stairs.

 

[Trouvere]

"Every time we put together a plan," begins Keldar with asperity, "the rest of you get bored and forget all ab- No, fine, fine. I can see it's impossible to wait to find out what a wizard keeps in his closet. I can hardly take the suspense myself."

OOC: Keldar is staying right where he is, by a fireplace that may or may not be blocked by a couch.

 

[covaithe]

Tommy Worthallingham, Wizard 2 HP 9 AC 12

Seeing the rock growing more slowly than it had seemed at first, Tommy says, "While we're waiting, help me look for the mechanism for this summoning device Cassandra spoke of. If we can disable it, I will breathe much easier."

ooc: From the description, I had thought the earthie was about to pop out any second. Search check for the summoning device mechanism: 1d20-1=13

 

[Trouvere]

"Thyrin seems fond of runes. Can you look for, you know, magical glowiness or something?" says Keldar.

OOC: Search is an Int based skill, so Tommy has managed an 18.

 

[covaithe]

ooc: Doh! Of course you're right, it's an 18.

Tommy nods. "Good idea. Even if runes are not involved in the construction of the device, there should still be some kind of magical aura to detect."

ooc 2: If the search check fails, Tommy will cast Detect Magic and look around.

 

[Trouvere]

"Could someone take a quick peek through those other doors, and see if either room is a bathroom?" Keldar asks, maintaining his fireplace vigil.