<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">[Vesper]<br>"I will need to summon something to help heal him, but for now I will perform some minor magics to help stabilize him." Vesper casts heal wounds on the young d bee.<br>I need to get him someplace safe for more to be done."<br><br>Vesper looked to Alex, "We will get out of this."<br>Turning back to his patient, "And you will live." <br>Vesper waits for them to pry the boards free to the other building.<br>[/Vesper]<br><div><span><br></span></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On
Saturday, April 19, 2014 10:45 PM, Aaron Clausen <mightymartianca@gmail.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container">OOC: Sorry about the screwed up double post there. Hit Send to soon.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">>> [Keldon]<br clear="none">>> "Yes, yes, of course." he says, clearly frightened out of his mind.<br clear="none">>> "Lads, open the trap door, and be quick."<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> As his sons work, Keldon tries to explain, "This building was built on<br clear="none">>> top of the ruins of some old store, and there were storage rooms<br clear="none">>> underneath. There was a tunnel linking it to where the brothel is, but<br clear="none">>> I cannot say if it's still intact."<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Moments later the two sons announce "It's open father!", pointing to<br clear="none">>> where a bookshelf
had been just a moment before. There, in the floor,<br clear="none">>> is a trapdoor.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> At that moment, there is a loud bang, followed by another one. The<br clear="none">>> front door shivers, but does not yield. "Quick now! That door will<br clear="none">>> withstand some Kydian boots, but not Kydian energy weapons."<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> As everyone moves forward, there's the sound of a energy weapon (or<br clear="none">>> rather several energy weapons) opening fire. The door shivers, starts<br clear="none">>> to glow, and then explodes, molten bits of metal and other substances<br clear="none">>> scattering over the front of the store. Some land on scrolls and begin<br clear="none">>> to smolder. Through the smoke and wreckage of the door, plasma and<br clear="none">>> laser beams shoot into the store.<br
clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> The Archbishop runs towards the trapdoor, pushing one of Keldon's<br clear="none">>> sons, who is shoved into an energy beam that cuts deep into his body.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> "Nooooo!" Keldon cries.<br clear="none">>> [/Keldon]<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> [Vesper]<br clear="none">> Vesper casts energy field to fill the doorway and buy them all a tiny<br clear="none">> bit more time ushering people down through the passageway. When he<br clear="none">> see's Keldons son killed he closes his eyes briefly. "Bastards."<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Only after Alex is safely down does he follow below.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Noticing Alex look over Keldon's son, "Bring him with us I might be<br clear="none">> able to do something !"<br clear="none">> [/Vesper]<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> [Oz]<br
clear="none">> "That's enough of that." Oz aims and fires one of his pistols at the<br clear="none">> archbishop.<br clear="none">> [/Oz]<br clear="none"><br clear="none">[GM]<br clear="none">Half of the Archbishop's chest turns to red paste, and he's dead before <br clear="none">he hits the ground.<br clear="none">[/GM]<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> [Alex]<br clear="none">> The coalition ranger does not like that one bit but something that needs<br clear="none">> to be dealt with later, if they survive.<br clear="none">> [/Alex]<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> [Vesper]<br clear="none">> Vesper will help carry Keldon's son if someone indicates he is still alive.<br clear="none">> Heading down into the tunnel trying to carry the D Bee gently.<br clear="none">> [/Vesper]<br clear="none"><br clear="none">[Keldon]<br clear="none">Keldon and his other son do their best to help Vesper. Keldon is <br
clear="none">wailing. "Live, boy, live!"<br clear="none">[/Keldon]<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> [Alex]<br clear="none">> "Lets bring him down," she states. She has an idea where she wants to go<br clear="none">> last.<br clear="none">> As soon as everybody is clear, she will fire a pair of concussion<br clear="none">> grenades at the incoming troops. [Strike: Natural 20 and 8]<br clear="none">> [/Alex]<br clear="none"><br clear="none">[GM]<br clear="none">One of the grenades hits dead center between two Kydians and knocks them <br clear="none">flying back through the door, while the other temporarily disables <br clear="none">another. Alex's shots have bought some time.<br clear="none">[/GM]<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> [Alex]<br clear="none">> "Move, everybody move."<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> While going down, she asks Oz, "Any explosives?"<br clear="none">> [/Alex]<br clear="none"><br
clear="none">> [Oz]<br clear="none">> Oz drops his pistols into their holsters and pulls the shotgun off his<br clear="none">> back. "I can do explosives." He starts fishing explosive shells out of<br clear="none">> the ammo loops in his belt. "What are we blowing up?"<br clear="none">> [/Oz]<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> [Alex]<br clear="none">> "Tunnel so they do not follow us," Alex responds.<br clear="none">> [/Alex]<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> [Oz]<br clear="none">> The German knight nods. "Go on ahead. I'll give you a minute then blow<br clear="none">> the tunnel and catch up." He looks at Ithdalkal. "Stay with Alex and<br clear="none">> Vesper, make sure they return to the ship safely. Your secondary<br clear="none">> orders are to find the ship captain and get him back to the ship."<br clear="none">> [/Oz]<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> [Alex]<br clear="none">> Alex really wishes
that they had a real demolitions expert. Still, she<br clear="none">> hopes the suitable application of high explosives will help.<br clear="none">> "Alright."<br clear="none">> [/Alex]<br clear="none"><br clear="none">[GM]<br clear="none">Everyone else gets into the tunnel, Oz waits for them to get through. <br clear="none">It's a reasonably well built tunnel; boarded walls, a couple of concrete <br clear="none">piers holding up. It opens up into a storage room where Keldon has <br clear="none">thrown some supplies; nothing magical, but rather food, liquor and other <br clear="none">sundries. Whether any of it is edible to humans is hard to say.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">At one end of the room is a door that has been boarded up; the door <br clear="none">handle removed. It will take prying off the boards to get at it.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Once everyone is inside, Oz aims a few shots at what he judges the the <br
clear="none">weakest part of the wall to be [Skill Check Demolitions: 36%]. He fires <br clear="none">into the spot [Strike: 14]. The shell hits [Damage: 8MD], and as Oz <br clear="none">predicted the whole tunnel collapses. The room fills with wood splinters <br clear="none">and dust, making it hard to breathe for anyone without environmental <br clear="none">body armor.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">A few moments later they here a distant gunfire, it sounds like heavy <br clear="none">weapons, and then a loud explosion nearby that shakes the walls of the <br clear="none">underground hideout. Shouts can be heard above.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">There are seven people in this little underground room; Vesper, Oz, <br clear="none">Alex, Ithdalkal, Keldon and his two sons, one of which, if not dead, is <br clear="none">close to it.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">"We must save my son," Keldon says, "we must go now. Get the boards off <br
clear="none">that door, and someone help my son."<br clear="none">[/GM]<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none">Aaron Clausen<div class="yqt0922697759" id="yqtfd40059"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Taocowpbem mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Taocowpbem@zork.net" href="mailto:Taocowpbem@zork.net">Taocowpbem@zork.net</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://zork.net/mailman/listinfo/taocowpbem" target="_blank">http://zork.net/mailman/listinfo/taocowpbem</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>