The Lamentation of Lolth - Chapter VI

[kirinke]

Teleri smiled grimly back at him. "Perhaps she did not intend to use this stuff, has that occured to you? She was obviously strong enough to nearly wipe the floor with us, why would she need these?" she asked coolly, waving to the loot.

"Use your brain my friend. Otherwise something may take it off at an unopportune time." she said with that same, cool smile. "There will always be something stronger and meaner than you and you should never, ever take things at face value."

 

[DarkMaster]

Sarlis focused on the gnome, filtering out the perpetual negative comment that comes out from the young priestress.

"She reminds me my mom, put your coat on you are going to get cold, don't climb that tree it's dangerous, don't try this, don't try that you gonna get yourself hurt. Negativism, negativism all the time, If I would have listen to all she said I would be a poor unskilled men, living at home with her and scared of everything in the world."

Not even looking at her, keeping his focus on the old gnome, in a powerful, clear and calm voice he adds. "The greater the risk, the greater the reward".

 

[kirinke]

Teleri smiled. "True," she grinned again. "But then again, you must weigh the risk verses the reward." she chuckled. "Oft-times that which is cloaked in pleasant colours hides a hidden poison. The trick is learning to detect such traps before they can strike at you."

She looked at Sarlis. "A cautious fighter lives to retirement. A brave and cautious fighter has enough assets to enjoy said retirement." she said with a cheeky smile. "At least, that's what my father always said. "But then, he also said that he never met an ale he didn't like." she shrugged.

That one's going to get himself in trouble if he doesn't watch it. Though I suspect the first near death injury will help wipe that 'nothing can hurt me' attitude right out. she told StormArmour with an inward grin. At least, that's what happened to me the first time something stuck an arrow in me. He probably thinks that just because he's a priest, people will automatically listen to him. Not always the case. But then, what he says does have some merit.

 

[hippocrachus]

Calenthang clasps the bridge of his nose in annoyance at Teleri's continual delusions of being a wise fighter.
The pointy end goes in first, hur hur, he thinks to himself bemusedly, walking out of earshot of the priestess; which is far, being an elf.

 

[DarkMaster]

"The wise knows when to shut up. Now is not the time to argue and have a philosophical discussion, now is the time to fight, take descision and act. Obviously her obstination in having the last word seems her only way to boost her meager self esteem. So if that can help her and save our ears, I will shut up"

Sarlis doesn't answer a word this time. Keeping his attention on the portal's surrounding.

[sblock]Ready action to shoot anything threathening the gnome. Spot/listen +10[/sblock]

 

[kirinke]

Well, that certainly went well. She thought. Not. she added to the tagline and grinned to herself as Calenthang moved away, obviously trying to get away from her chatter.

I think I'm going to get him a pair of earplugs, to use whenever me, Ayden and now Sarlis get involved in a discussion. Philophosy probably doesn't agree with him too much. I'll sneak them into his backpack when he's sleeping. she thought with an inward chuckle. I haven't pulled a joke on somebody in ages. It twill be fun.

[sblock]Teleri is also ready to defend Broddy with StormArmour. I figure that bows probably aren't going to be much good. She's also going to be ready to drag him out of the way once he closes the portal, if it is in truth a way to close it. +4 Spot/Listen. Not that great, but she's still game.[/sblock]

 

[Majin]

Broddy steps up to the portal and goes through the motions emblazoned in his mind as if having practiced them for years. Magical energy begins to coalesce around the portal, enveloping it. After a few moments the portal is gone, but so is any knowledge Broddy had of knowing the spell. Confused by this the gnome opens the book and and flips the pages madly until he comes to the point where the book had opened up. Runes indecipherable are rest on the page now, runes and magical symbols alien to him. He knows the spell he just cast is written out on the pages before him, as well as many other strange spells, but for the life of him, he just cannot decode the script. Perhaps further study would help. a voice speaks in his mind. Startled he looks around, trying to find the source, but just as fast the presence is gone.

 

[hippocrachus]

Seeing the gnome's success, Calenthang rejoins the group, offering Broddy praise for his efforts.

 

[Dhes]

Dunstand stops holding his breath as he sees the portal close. Putting a hand on Broddy’s shoulder, “You are really full of surprises master gnome.”
Letting the readied dagger slide back up his sleeve. “She won’t be bothering anyone’s dreams any time soon.” “Kind of a shame really” he adds quietly to himself, flashing an amused grin.

Tugging the sword from behind his belt he hands it back to Calenthang, “Thank you for lending me your sword, sorry I didn’t ask before taking it but all things considered, I didn’t think you would mind.”

ooc:
Updated the loot list.
- subtracted 3 charges from the wand it now has 29 left.
- Added 33 pp, 620 gp and 120 sp
- Large pearl (magical, unidentified)
- Finely crafted box
- Broddy’s Book’o’Magic
- One potion (magical, unidentified)
- One scroll (magical, unidentified)
- Heavy steel shield (magical, unidentified)
- Scimitar (magical, unidentified)
- Amulet (magical, unidentified)

I don’t know if we opted to loot the Grimlock Tempe guards, if so then.
- 6 Scale mail armor’s
- 6 Large steel shields
- 6 MW Battleaxe’s

I placed everything not in the bag but have it on the side under “Last encounter”. I’ll organize it into everyone’s inventory / bag when we have identified and divided everything.

 

[kirinke]

"Nice work Broddy," Teleri says, relieved that the portal is closed and sheathes StormArmour, now that the immediate threat is gone.

"Are you alright?" she asked again in concern. "I do not know much about portal closing, but that spell you cast had to be very powerful indeed to close such a gate." she smiled at her old friend. "I'm impressed," she told him.