*waiting for the spell to take effect before I go in slicing (2-handed sword I used earlier), I'll attempt to dispatch any grimlocks that make their save as well as protecting our sniper (Brendon)*

[ 01-13-2003, 10:11 AM: Message edited by: Morgeruat ]

OOC>>>When given the "go" signal, I will be rushing in ahead of Syrathic and the gnome if they are going together, and will place myself close enough to see the big seven-foot guy, and will attempt to get his attention or bring him down. I will expect the DM to decide how close I have to be to see clearly in the dark...because the DM already knows how far away my arrows can reach. I would like back-up...if my arrows do not bring him down fast enough. My melee combat skills may not be enough to protect myself! Syrathic...after you get the prisoner freed...I'd like you to check in on me, if nobody else has me covered. ;)

<font color=skyblue>She sheathes her sword, and grabs her head, falling against the cold rock wall, as a voice whispers mocking thru her head…. She drops to her knees as the runes on her body begin to glow fiercely in the darkness of the tunnel…..

She tries to speak, but the sound is sucked out of her…. She lifts her head, eyes shining a brilliant purple/silver and tries to scream in outrage…

Recognition sparks in her eyes as she listens, and she tries to scream “NO”…. but no sound comes forth, and she is forced to continue listening to the evil whisper…

Laughter thunders through her being, and she violently shakes her head back and forth, trying to deny what the wind is telling her…. She is outraged as she feels the ley lines being desecrated by this evil thing, and she fights to scream….

Her body spasms, and the wind is gone, leaving her gasping for precious clean air…. She shakes her head in disbelief that the windbringer is the one that brought this evil thing here, and that she fell for this trap. She can still hear the mocking laughter in the back of her mind, and tries to ignore it as she picks up her staff and hurries down the tunnel, all the while trying to think of a way to clean the ley lines, and restore her lost power. As she runs she gains energy by reaching into one of her pouches and popping herbs into her mouth……</font>

OOC: Well Dankorona is a 3/3 theif/illusionist, so I figured he could maybe help with the lock. Brendon is to focus his initial arrows on the big guy, he probably will make the save. Morgy do what you suggested, i think that will work well. Brendon after your first hit focus on taking the big guy down, then focus on killing anyone that comes near those trying to rescue the prisoner. We need him alive. We await Cyril's post on the grimlocks reaction to the spell to let the fun begin. Remember, Dantes was a battle mage in his younger days ;)

EDIT: again my poor spelling

[ 01-13-2003, 12:40 PM: Message edited by: AzRaeL StoRmBlaDe ]

OOC>>>Azrael
1. Thanks for the info...I will plan my strategy by your recommendation.

2. If you are referring to Mistral...she has taken on a new job that has her free time sapped away. Her heart is with us, but unfortunately...she can not be at this time. Cyril and I tried to create a way out for her, or a temporary M.I.A. status in our previous posts. If you were not referring to Mistral...then I dunno wut yer talkin' 'bout.

[ 01-13-2003, 05:07 PM: Message edited by: Larry_OHF ]

OOC: It is definitely understandable though quite lamentable that we have dwindled down to but 5 players. I hope everything goes well for you both, if you stop in here to see this, and there will be a place for you here if you are able to return. maybe we should look to pick up a player or two, but I will leave that up to our DM to decide. and I will delete these posts after a little bit

[ 01-13-2003, 06:25 PM: Message edited by: AzRaeL StoRmBlaDe ]

<font color=silver>ooc: My apologies for the delay in posting. We've been having network trouble out this way and only just seem to have gotten reliable internet access back. I should have a couple posts up tonight between 8 and 9 pm.</font>

ooc: No prob, Cyril. We have problems like that sometimes. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Azrael, if Dankorona is going to come with me, confirm it. It would probably make things more interesting if he came, though. ;)

Larry, I'll check in on you after securing the prisoner.

Dankorona heeded the mages advice. he knew a little of Dantes history, and had much faith that the mage would help them overcome their current situation. He knew his task in the mission. Dankorona pulled out his set of lock picks and blew the dust off of them. He knew he hadn't picked a lock in a long time, but this was something he must do. If there were gnomes captive, he would free them. Dankorona took his place next to the ranger, and prepared to move quickly to procure the safety of the captive.
OOC: Dankorona is the closest thing we have to a theif and he is only level 3, but hopefully he can get the chains off the captive so you can get them back to the safety of the group. we aren't out to really kill, all the grimlocks per say, but more focused on rescuing the captive.

<font color=plum>For Dantes</font>

<font color=thistle>The movement of magic is a curious thing. Eye and ear cannot follow its progress and it has no tangibility to stimulate touch in its passing. Beyond the grasp of the senses it moves and yet its movement touches the things that are the objects of the senses, touches them and changes them. Eyes watching the mage see a rod and a disk brought together only to disappear into a sudden manifestation of smoke. But even as the mage’s presentation of rod and disk and smoke reaches the eyes of his companions, ears and noses and skin elsewhere receive suddenly confused perceptions as if the world itself had overturned and the accustomed markers by which one orients himself have vanished. How and when the magic of this spell arrived into cavern even the eyes of the mage who cast it cannot see, but his eyes and ears can surely see and hear that it has arrived. There is the sound of tool clattering to the floor and the sickening thud of a weapon against flesh. There are the listless sounds of footsteps shuffling without direction and the noise of battle cries. Chaos reigns within the area.

<font color=silver>ooc: At least a dozen, possibly more grimlocks have been affected by the spell. There also seem to be a few that have clearly not been affected. The large grimlock has been affected – the spell seems to have produced a truly murderous rage within him. It is impossible to tell from your present vantage point whether the prisoner[s] and guard[s] have been affected.</font>