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Sniktch's Story Hour Prelude - From the Beginning (UPDATED 04/22)
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<blockquote data-quote="Sniktch" data-source="post: 423099" data-attributes="member: 7704"><p><strong>Aftermath</strong></p><p></p><p>After the combat ended, Jack tended to the wounded half-elf while the others searched the bodies and explored the area. The Crow was severely injured, several of his ribs laid bare by the vicious blow he’d received. Jack wished he had a healing prayer available, but his magic was exhausted until tomorrow morning. It was going to take all of his skill to keep the stricken warrior alive until then.</p><p></p><p>Ike knelt by the corpse of Aldin Trember, rummaging through his belongings. He traded his own poorly made weapon for the master crafted mace the fallen cleric had wielded. A couple of practice swipes later he was convinced that this was a far superior weapon, weighted and balanced perfectly. He also retrieved Aldin’s coin purse and deposited it in his own pockets, and found a roll of parchment covered with strange symbols and runes.</p><p></p><p>“Hey, Eli! What do you make of this?” Ike called the wizard over to examine his find.</p><p></p><p>Eli accepted the scrap of paper and murmured a spell before examining it. “Yes, it is magical, Ike, but I cannot read it,” he explained. “See? These runes place it as a work of divine magic, so it is not something I would be able to comprehend or make use of. Take it to Jack.”</p><p></p><p>Ike took the scroll and brought it over to the dwarf. Jack glanced at briefly before becoming excited and tearing it from the half-orc’s hands. “Aha, look at this! In defeat our enemies give us the means to care fer our own. Thank you fer this good fortune, Clangeddin.”</p><p></p><p>He held the scroll in one hand, reciting the words as he placed the other hand over Royston’s wounded chest. The parchment crumbled to dust as Jack unlocked the spell, and his other hand grew warm with positive energy. Within moments the Crow was sitting up, blinking and looking around, the wound in his chest reduced to a simple scratch.</p><p></p><p>Welby returned from the hallway, where he had been scouting ahead. “No more exits. Big room, lots of boxes, no more orcs. Odd carving in floor.” He led the way down the short passage, passing a couple of collapsed side tunnels choked with rubble before entering a grand hall. More boxes and crates of supplies stood stacked by the door, many containing religious implements. An abandoned shovel lay on the ground beside a pile of debris that had yet to be cleared from the room.</p><p></p><p>Jack stopped them on the threshold of the chamber, pointing out a series of ruins carefully engraved into the arch. “It’s in the dwarven alphabet,” he stated, then read aloud: “The dwarven spirit is filled with secrets."</p><p></p><p>As Welby had warned, the floor of the room held a puzzle. In the middle of the chamber a circular indentation was carved into the rock. Placed equidistant around the circle, six grooves formed channels leading up to and continuing under the walls. Jack nodded, “This must be what the inscription’s referrin to.”</p><p></p><p>Ike agreed, “I think you’re right, but I also think this puzzle is beyond us right now. Since we’re pretty sure we killed all the occupants of this cave, my vote is to go back to town, rest and resupply, and come back in a day or two. I doubt anyone else is gonna find this place while we’re gone.”</p><p></p><p>Jack and Eli wanted to remain at the cave, but Welby and the Crow clearly sided with Ike. In the end, Jack and Eli opted to remain behind and guard the cave until the others got back. Welby, Ike, and the Crow bid them farewell, promised to return quickly, and departed for Travensburg.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sniktch, post: 423099, member: 7704"] [b]Aftermath[/b] After the combat ended, Jack tended to the wounded half-elf while the others searched the bodies and explored the area. The Crow was severely injured, several of his ribs laid bare by the vicious blow he’d received. Jack wished he had a healing prayer available, but his magic was exhausted until tomorrow morning. It was going to take all of his skill to keep the stricken warrior alive until then. Ike knelt by the corpse of Aldin Trember, rummaging through his belongings. He traded his own poorly made weapon for the master crafted mace the fallen cleric had wielded. A couple of practice swipes later he was convinced that this was a far superior weapon, weighted and balanced perfectly. He also retrieved Aldin’s coin purse and deposited it in his own pockets, and found a roll of parchment covered with strange symbols and runes. “Hey, Eli! What do you make of this?” Ike called the wizard over to examine his find. Eli accepted the scrap of paper and murmured a spell before examining it. “Yes, it is magical, Ike, but I cannot read it,” he explained. “See? These runes place it as a work of divine magic, so it is not something I would be able to comprehend or make use of. Take it to Jack.” Ike took the scroll and brought it over to the dwarf. Jack glanced at briefly before becoming excited and tearing it from the half-orc’s hands. “Aha, look at this! In defeat our enemies give us the means to care fer our own. Thank you fer this good fortune, Clangeddin.” He held the scroll in one hand, reciting the words as he placed the other hand over Royston’s wounded chest. The parchment crumbled to dust as Jack unlocked the spell, and his other hand grew warm with positive energy. Within moments the Crow was sitting up, blinking and looking around, the wound in his chest reduced to a simple scratch. Welby returned from the hallway, where he had been scouting ahead. “No more exits. Big room, lots of boxes, no more orcs. Odd carving in floor.” He led the way down the short passage, passing a couple of collapsed side tunnels choked with rubble before entering a grand hall. More boxes and crates of supplies stood stacked by the door, many containing religious implements. An abandoned shovel lay on the ground beside a pile of debris that had yet to be cleared from the room. Jack stopped them on the threshold of the chamber, pointing out a series of ruins carefully engraved into the arch. “It’s in the dwarven alphabet,” he stated, then read aloud: “The dwarven spirit is filled with secrets." As Welby had warned, the floor of the room held a puzzle. In the middle of the chamber a circular indentation was carved into the rock. Placed equidistant around the circle, six grooves formed channels leading up to and continuing under the walls. Jack nodded, “This must be what the inscription’s referrin to.” Ike agreed, “I think you’re right, but I also think this puzzle is beyond us right now. Since we’re pretty sure we killed all the occupants of this cave, my vote is to go back to town, rest and resupply, and come back in a day or two. I doubt anyone else is gonna find this place while we’re gone.” Jack and Eli wanted to remain at the cave, but Welby and the Crow clearly sided with Ike. In the end, Jack and Eli opted to remain behind and guard the cave until the others got back. Welby, Ike, and the Crow bid them farewell, promised to return quickly, and departed for Travensburg. [/QUOTE]
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