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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 3290422" data-attributes="member: 7006">As Jango places his foot onto a small rock outcropping, he slowly lowers his weight onto it.  Suddenly, the outcropping snaps off from underneath him and he loses his grip!  Griot immediately senses Jango's panic as his begins slipping down the shaft and the eagle squawks and flaps it's wings.  Jango uses everything he can to find a grip and thankfully he is able to slam his back to the other side of the shaft and regain control with his legs.  [Climb check: TN 15 / 14-1=13+5AP=18 *success*]His breathing is hard, and he takes several minutes to steady himself.  The drop would have been a good thirty feet or so as he looks down... and Jango thanks his lucky stars the shaft was narrow enough that he could brace his back against one side and his feet against the other.  He thinks back to the pirate who dropped down this shaft after getting hit with an arrow, and he remembers the sickening crunch as the body landed.  If he were to fall, there's no telling how bad his injury might be.After calming himself down, he begins slowly inching his way down the shaft again.  This time he spends a bit more effort to make sure his feet and hands are secure, and he is able to get much further down the shaft.  However... the loose quality of the rocks make their presence known again, and once more he loses his grip.  This time however, he is unable to stop himself and he drops down the remaining feet and lands hard on the stone floor.  [Climb check: TN 15 / 7-1=6 *failure* / damage 3 HP]  He feels a sharp pain in his ankle, but doesn't believe it's very bad.When Griot flies down and lands on his shoulder, Jango looks down the long tunnel.  He has fifteen minutes of walking at least before he re-reaches the maze... and then he has to get back into the temple proper.  The voice had told him the first time he heard it that it would give Jango the knowledge to get back in... and Jango hoped that it was right.He begins the long walk into the darkness.</blockquote>

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