The Forgotten Forge

[Delemental]

"I'll go next."

Tai puts away her sling, but keeps the bullet out. She casts light on the bullet. "I'm afraid my eyes aren't as good in the dark as Master Sareth's." Clenching the bullet between her teeth, Tai grabs onto the rope and waits for Sareth's signal.

(OOC: Climb -2... looks like I'll have to hope to get lucky here. Taking 10 won't cut it...)

 

[DarkMaster]

Sareth carefully inspects the area before going down. The surface is uneven and could be climb down. As he starts to go down, he doesn't feel as secure as he taught initially, the foot and hand hold always seems to be a few inches too far. Sareth quickly realises that he will have to take a few risks if he wants to continue down.

OOC taking 10 without a rope won't be enough for Sareth here

 

[Verbatim]

As he pondered on taking the risk on the climb, Sareth heard Pohl shout out a warning about the rope coming his way.

~Seems as if the problem will resolve itself...~

Standing at the base of the hole, Sareth will tell the others where to stop, as he does not wish them to fall in, and when Pohl threw the rope down into the shaft, Sareth quickly began climbing down it.l

 

[DEFCON 1]

Pohl feels the weight of Sareth as the gnome grabs onto the rope to assist climbing down. He re-adjusts his weight so as to help with his grip, and his arm muscles strain a bit as the gnome continues down the shaft.

'He should be down momentarily I hope. Tai, you're next... Zane you're after. Then I'll need to find a place to tie this thing off so I can come on down. Wait for me when you get to the bottom.'

 

[DarkMaster]

Sareth continues his descent. The vertical shaft is a mix of crumbling earth and ancient stone, and centipedes and other insects cover the wall like living decorations. The long descent takes him deeper in the bowels of Dorasharn Tower. Soon, the shaft begins to angle and by bracing himself he can actually walk along one of the surface. Farther still, and the shaft becomes a tunnel, and the footing is no longer difficult to maintain or treacherous.

Tai follows closely Sareth, using the rope and proceding carefully, she gets to the bottom without major problems. Zane follow, while the mage seriously lack the required agility, he makes it unharmed by really taking his time. So much time that Pohl arms starts to hurt.

As soon as Pohl doesn't feel the weight of the wizards on the rope he starts searching for a solid object where he could anchor the rope. (search 5+8) He finds a nearby pipe that seems solid enough to hold his weight. Pohl isn't entirely confident that the pipe will be strong enough to hold his weight but it's the best thing he was able to find given the illumination provided by his lantern.

 

[DEFCON 1]

Pohl pulls back on the rope and he can hear the groan of the metal pipe as it strains to remain secure. His eyes narrow as he suspects that this perhaps isn't the best place to tie off the rope.

Don't like the sound of that at all! There's got to be a better place... one that won't come flying part when I'm halfway down.

He turns and shout down the shaft to the others down below.

'Hang on a few more minutes, gang... I need to find a better place to tie this thing off.'

He then unties the rope from the straining pipe, picks up the lantern and begins making a more thorough search of the area for a better pipe... one that hasn't rusted and come loose as he suspects the first one probably had or is about to. (Search Take 20)

 

[DarkMaster]

Pohl spends a few minutes looking around but can't find a better anchor than the one he found initially. (20+8) He sees two small hooks drilled in the wall but the rust has attacked them so badly that they wouldn't hold him. He carefully inspects the other pipes and rejoice himself that his first instinct was the right one. The pipe he notices first is effectively the best choice.

 

[DEFCON 1]

Ick... not the best choice... but the only one I have I guess. Well... here goes nothing.

Pohl ties the rope back off to his original pipe and them begins rapelling down the shaft as gently as possible... hoping against hope he makes it to the bottom without causing any breakage up top. If he's able to make it to the floor below without plummeting, he unties himself from the rope, hitches up his backpack, and ushers the group onward.

'Let's go folks! Time's awasting!'

 

[Delemental]

While waiting for Pohl to descend, Tai gets her bearings and looks around using the sling stone with light cast on it.

"I remember that we were supposed to bring fire," she'll say as she looks around, to no one in particular. "Do you think we should light a torch now, or wait? I'm afraid this light will only be good for a few minutes."

 

[DarkMaster]

As Pohl slowly gets down he can feel the pipes weakening with each steps he takes down. He finally gets to the part where he doesn't need the rope and crawl to where the others are.

Almost no light makes it to where you are. Pohl, Zane and Tai are now having a really hard time to see further down the tunnel, Sareth on the other hand can see clearly up to 60' feet down the tunnel. The tunnel goes at least 60' further down. Sareth doesn't notice anything special.