'The Perilous (Chapter I, II, III, IV)

[Elocin]

Liliana Fighter/Warmage

"As I would love to be able to help you out Belok but that particular spell is beyond me, unless you meant the version of Dispel Magic that actually destroys the door itself. Otherwise I am unable to help at all with the door." Turning away again looking somewhat sheepishly at not being a little more helpful outside of combat.

 

[drdevoid]

(OOC: What time of day is it? Delmar prepares at dusk.)

Well I can grant you some temporary assitance (ooc: Guidance) or I can Dispel it later on tonight if you can wait until after vespers. Otherwise we best look for another way in.

Seeing as there are traps around, are you all sure you don't want some healing?

[I'll use my domain CLW, then I'll sub "shield of faith", "remove fear", "magic weapon" and "prot from evil" in that order. Each CLW is 1d8+7 (w/ Augmented Healing.) I'll roll anyway, if you don't want it just make a note and I'll retain the spell]

Phelen gets back 9, Thane's Horse gets 13, Belok gets 15, Thane gets 9, Delmar gets 15

 

[UniversalMonster]

OOC: It is now midday. Just a few hours until dusk, though.

 

[Scotley]

Belok Half-Giant Rogue/Wizard

Belok strokes his beard and looks at the tower, "Well, I can try and make one of the windows."

OOC: Do they look big enough to accomdate Belok's size.

OOC to Elocin: Now we are even for my failed spelling--you got Belok confused with Phelan. I'll try and be more careful in future.

 

[Lobo Lurker]

Thane, Rogue/Fighter

Thane eyes the door thoughtfully. "Are you sure we should be breaking in? What reason do we have for doing so? This is surely against the law..."

 

[Elocin]

Liliana Fighter/Mage

"I am not so sure if we are breaking the law Thane. I see it this way; we were hired by our employer to find his missing rugs. They were supposed to be delivered to him a little while ago and they never were. The person who was working on them has since disappeared and as far as we know this is his last known location. So we are here to investigate the whereabouts of said rugs and Shabu. Plus I am not so sure there are any laws out here in the deserts. Also, I believe the highest ranking member of town hired us for this job as well so we are covered. There is the possibility that Shabu is in his tower and needs our help but is unable to communicate it so we might also be on a rescue mission here.

I do understand your dilemma though and if you do not feel comfortable with this I would completely understand if you wanted to stay outside. Our animals and gear do need guarding and you never know if there are any more of those beasts out here so we could use a rear guard. Though I would feel safer if you were with us as you were a great help in defeating the last beast and we do not know what is behind these walls waiting for us. I will leave the decision up to you, sir."

Turning to the rest of the group, "I would suggest we wait until Delmar has time to pray to his god for the spell and then we can enter the tower shortly after dusk. We could possibly climb the walls but we are in no great danger at the moment that we know of, so waiting a few more hours is of no concern. I would suggest that we do not needlessly put Belok in harms way by attempting the lock as again we are not in that much of a hurry that a few hours will mean that much of a difference. Now if we here fighting inside or screams of help then that is another matter, and if say a few of the lizard beasts come over the dunes, but if that happens we can make some other arrangements."

"What say you all?"

 

[Gideon]

Phelen, Halfling Wilder

"That works for me. Does anyone else think calling out might work? Like a greeting style. Possibly a password, He seems kinda full of himself." gives a little shrug of his small frame. Phelen taps his chin with his finger thinking out loud in a quite voice that carries a little bit "This guy has to get into his tower somehow. Maybe the construct can help us somehow...as a BATTERING RAM! heheh." At the shouted 'battering ram' everyone looks over at him as Phelen looks slightly sheepish for his outbreak. "Sorry about that." He quickly flashes a smile and gets back to thinking.

ooc: I took the healing, thanks ole buddy boy

 

[Tonguez]

Having checked to see if he could recover his misfired bolt Sher eventually joins the others in contemplation at the door of Shabus Tower.

"Good team, good team" he nods happily at the ability of this motley crew to work together even as the enscorcled door ensures that no unwelcomed attaention is payed to it.

"Perhaps we could ask for entry" he suggests "we know the door is magicked and we have Shabu's puppet with us, apparently trying to lead us here. I agree with Phelen perhaps we should but ask for entry cliaming we are invited by Shabu or atleast by his mannikin"

 

[Lobo Lurker]

Thane, Rogue/Fighter

"No, I'd better come with you. Belok's good with his polearm, but it doesn't look like anyone else here is skilled at close quarters fighting. Besides... I've got some heavy armor I can use. While it won't protect me against magic or treachery, it'll help against more mundane threats."

"If we're going to wait, I'm going to get some rest." Thane unrolls his pack next to the wagon and after seeing that his horse has food and water, he sits down to rest for a bit. His warhammer is nearby so that he can pick it up at a moment's notice. He unpacks his heavy armor and begins to clean & polish it.

"You know, now that I think about it. We've got two large lizards here, and my horse... if we could manage to hook the door somehow, we might be able to use them to pull it off of it's hinges."

 

[UniversalMonster]

The windows would be big enough to crawl through, but the lowest one is 30' up. That's not too high.

However, if you wish to take the opportunity to rest, replenish spells and the like, you are in no immediate danger.

Unless there is any objection, assume a 3-4 hour rest. Dusk falls. Delmar replensihes his spells after healing the group.