The Emperor of Solmaria

[silentspace]

OoC: True, but how many of the characters have taken rudimentary physics, or even played with boyancy and it's limitations before?

The orc, still smiling at the elf answers his concerns. "Well, I'll leave now, and bring the others back. The main issue for us was the grate, not the guards outside. Besides, it'll take me a good 8 hours round trip, not including preparation time, to get back here. You go, and I'll be worryen about me and mine."

OOC: True enough.

Kinden nods at Crodatch and bids him farewell. "I guess that settles it then. I'm ready to go when the rest of you are. One last thing though, should we try to check what's above and behind us on top of the cliff? Lenya, maybe Midnight can take a look?"

 

[hippocrachus]

Xanthas, more than willing to take on the role of decoy yet again, takes an end of Dar's rope and ties it around his waist, also making sure Dar's end is secure.
"If I'm not across in..." he stops himself. "Just hold the rope. Farwell, milady," he adds to Lenya with a wink.
With that, he starts to descend down the wall with his back to the guards.

 

[Mithreander]

OOC: Not only that, but the displacement of one gallon of air is not much and that's assuming that you were able to fill the waterskins completely, which you were not. One gallon of water = about 10 pounds of displacement. With the displacement of a normal person, who's 90% water, the actual weight left after displacement is only about 1-5% of the original weight of the person (depending on his mass-displacement ratio). Metel and other more dense items displace less water to thier weight, only having about 50% of their weight lessened by displacement, so infact, the 10 pounds gained by the gallon of displaced water would trully be close, and may not be enough, for some of the characters.

 

[deadestdai]

(OOC: But will be just fine for our kindof intrepid bard! *grin*)

Dylan seeing the brave warrior's offer, decides he'll wait to watch whether the fool will sink before he go's in after him.

 

[Lichtenhart]

The dwarf ties the rope to what's left of the grate's hinges, but doesn't let it go, should Xanthas need to get back up quickly.
He's eager to see how the human will fare once he reaches the river.

 

[Li Shenron]

Aramil helps the others climbing the rope down and waits until he is the last to descend.

 

[Lichtenhart]

Aramil helps the others climbing the rope down and waits until he is the last to descend.

"No, please, let me be the last one. If I can't stay afloat, I'll need to climb back here, and find another way."

 

[Li Shenron]

"No, please, let me be the last one. If I can't stay afloat, I'll need to climb back here, and find another way."

I won't argue this matter, if you want to climb down last, I'll be second-last.

 

[Thanee]

Lenya will send Midnight on another scouting mission, as suggested by Kinden, and climb down the rope carefully, once a few of her companions have taken the lead.

 

[Majin]

Shadowleaf will follow suit, trusting that no matter what happens, Shar will protect him.