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<blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 7188855" data-attributes="member: 6777052"><p><span style="color: blue">Climbing a rocky trail up towards the nearest peak, they reached a place where a sheer cliff overhung the trail rather ominously. Carved into the rock was an inscription that said</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: blue">ATTAN'S PEAK</p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-size: 18px">↑</span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: blue">TWO MILES STRAIGHT UP</p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: blue"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: blue"><em>You have reached a milestone.</em></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: blue"><em>You may take a short rest and level up here before continuing.</em></p><p></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">As they stopped and gathered around to contemplate the significance of the inscription, Tasha offered Claw a ham sandwich. "Have a lunch?" she inquired. But before ClaW could reply, there was a bone-shaking roar from somewhere above.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Backs to the wall!" shouted Albert as an enormous cascade of snow and boulders suddenly crashed down on them and they were plunged into a kind of white darkness.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">Tippy held up his hammer and cast <em>Light</em> on it. "Is everyone alright?" he called and was reassured when everyone replied, albeit rather shakily. "Keep still, don't try to move," he added, "That was an avalanche. We're all trapped in the space under this overhang, just a few feet wide and about fifty feet long as far as I can see. Thank Isis we weren't caught out in the open."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">Albert tried probing the wall of snow with his TotM pole and found it was solid everywhere. "So, how do we get out?" he asked. "Anyone got any useful tunnelling magic?"</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">Inannyunot conjured up some shovels and handed them out. "We need to dig a tunnel big enough for us to pass one at a time and long enough to get along the trail past this fall. No idea how far we will have to dig. We may have to take turns."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Wait a bit, I'll try to reconnoiter," offered Ha! then disappeared for a few minutes before coming back. "Well, there's good news and there's bad news," she reported. "The good news is, you'll only have to dig about ten feet to get out. The bad news is, the trail has been obliterated in both directions and we are surrounded by a sheer drop on all sides."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"No matter," said Inannyunot, "If we can dig our way out, I can get us all safely down the mountainside with a few <em>Feather Fall</em> spells. Some of us could <em>Fly</em> but I don't think I can do that for everyone."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Or, when we get out, I could summon a dragon to carry us," suggested Tasha.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Good," said Tippy, taking command, "Let's start digging."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">Little did they suspect ...</span></p><p></p><p>[HR][/HR]Not far away, Bar-De-Door was bullying an ogre. The ogre was bullying some hobgoblins and the hobgoblins were each bullying a team of orcs. The orcs were grunting and straining to haul huge ballistas into position over the rocky terrain; these would be aimed at the adventurers at the moment they dug their way out of the avalanche. But the ballistas were not loaded with stones; nothing so simple. They were loaded with high-level clerics who had been enslaved and driven mad with illicit substances until the only action they were capable of was to cast <em>Antimagic Field</em> spells. The clerics would be hurled at the adventurers and the antimagic fields would negate the wizard's Feather Fall spells, so that all the adventurers would helplessly plunge thousands of feet down and be dashed to pieces on the rocks below. Bar-De-Door had evilly calculated that their chances of surviving the fall were so low as to be laughable. He thrashed the ogre even harder as he thought about it.</p><p>[HR][/HR]</p><p>Tippy (<span style="color: green">Cleric-6; 51hp;</span> Hammer, Oyster Shell, 17 g.p.) Inspiring Leader.</p><p>Inannyunot (true name ₼₼₼₼₼₼₼₼, aka Goat) (<span style="color: green">Wizard-6 Conjurer; 32hp;</span> 3x/day headbutt attack; books, clay tablet, Oyster Shell)</p><p>Albert (<span style="color: green">Sinister Thief-6; 39hp;</span> 3 daggers, magic club, 26 g.p., TotM pole, funny bone) Dungeon Delver</p><p>Tasha (Half-Orc/Half-Orc <span style="color: green">Fighter-5 Battlemaster; 59hp;</span> Versatile Double Halberd +1 of Dragon Summoning & Sling, 17 g.p.) Heavy Armor Master</p><p>Ha! Fling! (Hobbit of The Planes; three stones, griffon feather hat, 17 g.p.)</p><p>ClaW (Lobster; Tippy's ex-familiar; Boomerang) Magic Initiate</p><p>Micromanage (aka Mike; ClaW's familiar; Miniature Human Wizard-½; Knobbly Staff, Pointy Hat)</p><p>Jones (<span style="color: green">Corporal</span>; from stores and requisitions)</p><p></p><p>After levelling up, Tippy has gained Channel Divinity - Read Thoughts; Inannyunot has gained Benign Transposition; Tasha has gained Extra Attack; Albert has gained Expertise in <em>Sleight of Hand</em> and <em>Performance</em>; and Jones has been promoted to Corporal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BoldItalic, post: 7188855, member: 6777052"] [COLOR=blue]Climbing a rocky trail up towards the nearest peak, they reached a place where a sheer cliff overhung the trail rather ominously. Carved into the rock was an inscription that said [CENTER]ATTAN'S PEAK [SIZE=5]↑[/SIZE] TWO MILES STRAIGHT UP [I]You have reached a milestone. You may take a short rest and level up here before continuing.[/I][/CENTER] As they stopped and gathered around to contemplate the significance of the inscription, Tasha offered Claw a ham sandwich. "Have a lunch?" she inquired. But before ClaW could reply, there was a bone-shaking roar from somewhere above. "Backs to the wall!" shouted Albert as an enormous cascade of snow and boulders suddenly crashed down on them and they were plunged into a kind of white darkness. Tippy held up his hammer and cast [I]Light[/I] on it. "Is everyone alright?" he called and was reassured when everyone replied, albeit rather shakily. "Keep still, don't try to move," he added, "That was an avalanche. We're all trapped in the space under this overhang, just a few feet wide and about fifty feet long as far as I can see. Thank Isis we weren't caught out in the open." Albert tried probing the wall of snow with his TotM pole and found it was solid everywhere. "So, how do we get out?" he asked. "Anyone got any useful tunnelling magic?" Inannyunot conjured up some shovels and handed them out. "We need to dig a tunnel big enough for us to pass one at a time and long enough to get along the trail past this fall. No idea how far we will have to dig. We may have to take turns." "Wait a bit, I'll try to reconnoiter," offered Ha! then disappeared for a few minutes before coming back. "Well, there's good news and there's bad news," she reported. "The good news is, you'll only have to dig about ten feet to get out. The bad news is, the trail has been obliterated in both directions and we are surrounded by a sheer drop on all sides." "No matter," said Inannyunot, "If we can dig our way out, I can get us all safely down the mountainside with a few [I]Feather Fall[/I] spells. Some of us could [I]Fly[/I] but I don't think I can do that for everyone." "Or, when we get out, I could summon a dragon to carry us," suggested Tasha. "Good," said Tippy, taking command, "Let's start digging." Little did they suspect ...[/COLOR] [HR][/HR]Not far away, Bar-De-Door was bullying an ogre. The ogre was bullying some hobgoblins and the hobgoblins were each bullying a team of orcs. The orcs were grunting and straining to haul huge ballistas into position over the rocky terrain; these would be aimed at the adventurers at the moment they dug their way out of the avalanche. But the ballistas were not loaded with stones; nothing so simple. They were loaded with high-level clerics who had been enslaved and driven mad with illicit substances until the only action they were capable of was to cast [I]Antimagic Field[/I] spells. The clerics would be hurled at the adventurers and the antimagic fields would negate the wizard's Feather Fall spells, so that all the adventurers would helplessly plunge thousands of feet down and be dashed to pieces on the rocks below. Bar-De-Door had evilly calculated that their chances of surviving the fall were so low as to be laughable. He thrashed the ogre even harder as he thought about it. [HR][/HR] Tippy ([COLOR=green]Cleric-6; 51hp;[/COLOR] Hammer, Oyster Shell, 17 g.p.) Inspiring Leader. Inannyunot (true name ₼₼₼₼₼₼₼₼, aka Goat) ([COLOR=green]Wizard-6 Conjurer; 32hp;[/COLOR] 3x/day headbutt attack; books, clay tablet, Oyster Shell) Albert ([COLOR=green]Sinister Thief-6; 39hp;[/COLOR] 3 daggers, magic club, 26 g.p., TotM pole, funny bone) Dungeon Delver Tasha (Half-Orc/Half-Orc [COLOR=green]Fighter-5 Battlemaster; 59hp;[/COLOR] Versatile Double Halberd +1 of Dragon Summoning & Sling, 17 g.p.) Heavy Armor Master Ha! Fling! (Hobbit of The Planes; three stones, griffon feather hat, 17 g.p.) ClaW (Lobster; Tippy's ex-familiar; Boomerang) Magic Initiate Micromanage (aka Mike; ClaW's familiar; Miniature Human Wizard-½; Knobbly Staff, Pointy Hat) Jones ([COLOR=green]Corporal[/COLOR]; from stores and requisitions) After levelling up, Tippy has gained Channel Divinity - Read Thoughts; Inannyunot has gained Benign Transposition; Tasha has gained Extra Attack; Albert has gained Expertise in [I]Sleight of Hand[/I] and [I]Performance[/I]; and Jones has been promoted to Corporal. [/QUOTE]
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