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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 3041650" data-attributes="member: 7006">Skarghash holds his crossbow at attention as the sounds of ladder climbing gets louder.  Khalia, Ari and Taviss all shuffle towards the door of the tent, and suddenly a head breaks the plane of the hole and pops out.  Skarghash immediately jumps up and yells "Freeze!  Don't move!"The pirate (indeed as you all can see, the same pirate who you saw an hour ago working the fire tower) stops short at the top of the ladder so that only his torso is showing.  His head whips around and when he sees the half-orc, his eyes go wide.  "Oh bleeding hell!" he exclaims.Without missing a beat, the pirate stretches his arm out and grabs the handle on the end of the rope that goes into the hole, pulling down on it hard.  A *clang* *clang* *clang* is immediately heard from down below, and Skarghash wastes no time in firing his crossbow at him, catching him in square in the shoulder.  [Hand crossbow attack: AC 10 / 13+3=16 *hit* / dam 2]  The shock and pain causes the pirate to let go with that arm that was holding him to the ladder, and you watch as he screams and drops out of sight back down the hole.  A second later you hear a thud as he presumably hits the floor of the shaft.However, the echoes of the warning bell is still ringing in your ears.</blockquote>