The Old School: AD&D 1e

[Scott DeWar]

Austin adds his strength to the pulling of the rope to move a bit faster. He does not look the least bit reassured by his cousin's words."Just because she is paranoid, that does not mean it can't happen."

 

[InVinoVeritas]

Austin, Amirad, and Zhantain share very cramped quarters, bound by the confines of the iron cage as they rise up the shaft. The cage sways, and the chains groan against the pulleys and bang against the outside of the cage, but the entire structure remains intact.

The three find a platform leading out from the shaft about 20' up. This area is also braced like the mine below, and the telltale wagon track makes a loop in front of the shaft. There is ample space to disembark here, and the platform and track turn off to the left soon after the platform.

It also looks like the cage can rise even further up the shaft.

 

[Scott DeWar]

after the three disembar, austin calls down and says ," We are here."

 

[Deuce Traveler]

"I say! Then let's lower this contraption so the two of us may join you, sah!" The Sarge yells from below and prepares to enter the 'elevator'.

 

[Scott DeWar]

Austin lowers the new fangled and tangled wraught angled bird cage down.

 

[ghostcat]

Lidia decides not to respond to Amirad comment but knows that caves are inherently unsafe and are always collapsing. She waits until the cage is back ground and climbs in. Once Stubbs is also aboard she starts to pull on the rope which raises the cage.

 

[InVinoVeritas]

Lidia and Stubbs safely rejoin Austin, Amirad, and Zhantain.

 

[Scott DeWar]

"Well, so far the mines are proving safe."

 

[ghostcat]

Lidia gets out of the cage and joins the others. naturally the first thing she does is check the roof for falling rocks and monsters.

 

[InVinoVeritas]

The platform is sturdy and braced. Here, Sarge and Lidia note that the earth removed here is a bit less solidly packed, as it would be for being higher up. Lidia, in her searches for cave-ins, notes the presence of earthworms along the ceiling.

The platform and track extend around the corner to the left, heading south.