OOC: LOL, I pretend to be leader one time and look at the mess I get myself into, but it's always a good idea to get a better consensus and see if the party as a whole will accept or trust her... oh yes, Morguerat is a very trusting soul ;)

<font color=silver>ooc: <font color=turquoise>DMs Note</font> - I'm making the following 2 clerical spells available for use by Anarimma. They are taken and adapted from a 1st edition AD&D website.</font>

<font color=white>Healing Sleep</font>

<font color=darkseagreen>Level: 4
Casting Time: 1 round
Range: 1"
Duration: 8 hours
Area of Effect: 1 creature per level
Components: V,S
Saving Throw: N/A


This spell is cast upon a creature or creatures just before they go to sleep. It encourages and promotes healing during this sleep. If the target creature(s) sleep for an uninterrupted 8 hours then they are healed for a number of hit-points equal to the level of the cleric. Each target creature should be treated separately with regard to the amount of time it has slept, so it is possible that some of them could be woken early and not gain the advantage of this spell, while others from the same group may sleep long enough to receive its full benefit. This spell may only be cast once within a 24 hour period.

<font color=white>Power Sleep</font>

Level: 4
Casting Time: 1 round
Range: 20 ft
Duration: 1 hour
Area of Effect: 1 person/2 levels
Components: V,S,M
Saving Throw: N/A

When the cleric casts this spell, a number of persons can be caused to fall into a deep sleep for one hour. This sleep is so restful that it is equivalent to a full night's rest (i.e., 8 hours). Upon waking, any recipient of the spell who is a spell caster may memorise spells anew. Furthermore, all recipients heal 1 point of previously sustained damage as if they had rested a full night. Note that the cleric must designate the recipients of the spell, which may include him- or herself. Finally, note that the spell may be cast no more than once each 24 hours.</font>

[ 02-20-2003, 11:35 PM: Message edited by: Cyril Darkcloud ]

<font color=skyblue>As the herbs trickle to the ground, smoke arises from their contact with the cold stone and the rune upon her hand......The smoke fills the tunnel, carrying a certain.... smell..... with it. Her eyes turn to silver, cutting through the smoke as she watches the creature. </font>

<font color=lightgreen>Syrathic finally finished his shopping and sat down to relax for a moment near the Smith, where he had told Brendon he would be. Kellor had managed to track down the items that Ruby had requested, and Syrathic used the money from Dankorona's money pouch to pay for those items. No need to waste gems on such mundane items. "Ruby, I have your items," he thought, hoping she'd get the message. Then the Elf sat and waited to see who would show up, hoping to see the cute Elf cleric again.</font>

<font color=lime>For Dantes and Morguerat</font>

<font color=thistle>Although Clanmaster and the others are silent as the Fallen speaks, the expressiveness of their faces says much. The words of the grim man are received with great interest. Surprisingly, it is word of the quarried stone the provokes a verbal reaction as several of the gathered gnomes gasp at this news and the Clanmaster mumbles softly in his own tongue in response. As the Fallen finishes his account and makes his request, the Clanmaster points to one of his advisors and explains that the elderly gnome can arrange for such work do be done although the work itself may well take several days. “We shall do this for you in thanks for the return of our fellows.”

Speaking to his two visitors, the Clanmaster continues, “This Euryale is known to us, although none among us have seen her. She is other than a grimlock but I know little more than that. Her servants have raided these tunnels for some time and it seems that they have acquired the aid of some of those dark things that were not destroyed when the one who called the storms flooded the tunnels near the mountains. Cedrick, of course, had already informed us of ...... Adalon .......” he falls silent.

“Giants,” one of the others says. “It had to be the giants.”
“There are no giants in these caverns,” another interjects.
“The elf, she said it was giants that destroyed the drow,” adds a third.
“What would a surfacer know? ...... er ...... no offense to our visitors of course.”
“She was there!”

The argument continues a few moments until an elderly gnome, obviously blind speaks softly. “Terrakis, it is Terrakis.”

There is silence for a moment, before the argument resumes.

“But Terrakis is a myth, a story we tell to frightened younglings around the hearth.”
“But I have heard other stories ......”
“Yes, I have too.”
“...... stories of a giant stern and mighty even among his own kind who led his fellows into places deep into the earth in search of power .......”
“....... but the stories say the darkness consumed him, destroyed them all.”

“It would seem,” the elderly gnome interjects softly, “that the ancient nightmare has awakened. None but Terrakis could destroy so mighty a champion as Adalon with such ease and none would be so ruthlessly willing to do so simply to possess stone.”

At these words all fall silent.</font>

ruby wakes from the peaceful nap she had been taking. with a lion licking her hair it is hard to sleep. *hunting??? oh right you want a mouse. let me see if ihave one more. syrathic should be done by now but i think i've got one still alive.*

reaching into her bag of holding she pulls out a little square cage. inside are two dead mice and one rat feeding off their bodies. *trust leaving rats and mice together!* she pulls the rat out and sets it on the ground.

it starts to run as wyrd watches it impatiently. when it has gotten so far that ruby cannot see it, wyrd starts off running after it hardly even taking time to stand up before galloping.

laughing ruby decides to enter the town and wander around until she finds syrathic. crossing her fingers that she does not run into too many ppl on her way, she sets off the way she came. leaving her seclusion was a tough decision, but she was sure she did not wish to try syrathics patience with constant mind linking.

<font color=silver>ooc: Morgeruat, take your time. Serious illness is no small thing, especially in the case of an elderly and close family member. Having to deal with it from a distance can't be easy. My prayers will certainly be with you and your grandfather, as well as the rest of your family, over the coming days.</font>

[ 02-24-2003, 02:12 PM: Message edited by: Cyril Darkcloud ]

Dantes: hp 76/76

Dantes looked at the assembled party, and then glanced at Morgeraut a moment before speaking, as always the fallen paladin wore a grim, beleaguered face. Dantes calmly addressed the assembly,
"I thank you for your help as well as you hospitality. Yet the evil we face is great, and our numbers dwindling." Dantes bows low as he continues, "So, I have no choice but to ask for a bit more help," with that he rises from the bow and looks at all the assembly one by oen in the eye as he speaks. "I have heard tales of the power of the gnomes' earthen magic. I have also heard some speak of a magical jewel that could summon an earth elemental to the owner's aid, but is consumed upon the summonsing. IF you posses this magic, I pray you allow us to use it, to the benefit of all creatures of the forum. I would but ask one small thing in addition, that being all the information you have on this Euryale as well as this Terrakis."
Dantes tried to make his need show in his face and his voice as he spoke to the assembly, hoping that they would honor his request.

[ 02-24-2003, 02:36 PM: Message edited by: AzRaeL StoRmBlaDe ]

<font color=indianred>Brendon and <font color=orchid>Anarrima</font>

Brendon and Anarrima passed through the settlement as Anarrima told Brendon about the area and living with the gnomes. Brendon just listened, as he was always fascinated in such things...and ladies with pretty accents in their voices...

Soon after, they came upon Syrathic, who was seemed to be waiting for them.

"Oh...hey! I...I suppose we should go into the building now and be diplomats along side the others? Have they not come out yet?"</font>

<font color=silver>ooc: A quick note -- I'm leaving town tonight for 2 days of heavy meetings and I'm also trying to finish off a large writing project that needs to be in by Saturday. That being the case, my posting rate here will be very slow this week.</font>