HYPERBOREA » The Scorched Sanctuary

Iron Ranger · 10/23/2019 12:10 am

Kondor and Sol spilt XP.

1000 for the wizards lantern
And
4500 for the book of fine fettle

fireinthedust · 10/23/2019 8:47 am

Book of fine fettle? Are those the leather socks?

Iron Ranger · 10/23/2019 9:30 am

fireinthedust wrote:
Book of fine fettle? Are those the leather socks?

Sol has the book Instructions for Fine Fettle. (See post#1937)

The leather socks were set upon the floor.

fireinthedust · 10/24/2019 9:53 am

Iron Ranger wrote:
fireinthedust wrote:
Book of fine fettle? Are those the leather socks?
Sol has the book Instructions for Fine Fettle. (See post#1937)

The leather socks were set upon the floor.

Oh yeah!

Kondor looks at the leather socks. He tries them on, in case they are some useful wilderness gear.

Iron Ranger · 10/24/2019 9:14 pm

Kondor peels his thrashed hard leather winter boots from his thick and calloused feet, their skin cracked from years of harsh winter. He unfolds the supple leather socklettes and weighs the size. It might work, he thinks and slips them on. The leather caresses his feet, grabbing hold as only perfectly worn leather can. He admires them- A bit dainty for Barbarian work but gets to his feet nonetheless to try them out across the room...

Each step grips the hard stone as if glue were dabbled across the sole.

fireinthedust · 10/24/2019 9:49 pm

Kondor frowns. “A bit too loud for hunting if they have glue on them. I’m certain they’re magic, but why would anyone want sticky feet... oh, wait, magicians are cheaters, and this is a cheat. Emral once told me that I climbed like a spider up walls. I wonder if some magician wanted to climb like a spider, to be some kind of spider-man, to be a kimmerian but without any of the exercise! Let’s find out!”

Kondor moves to the wall and puts his foot on it, to see if the glue will hold his weight. If so, then he mockingly climbs up like a cheating magician, pretending to be a spider, instead of how a real barbarian climbs with strength and skill.

Iron Ranger · 10/24/2019 9:57 pm

It is exactly so.
Sol stands slack jawed as the mighty barbarian harnesses an ancient eldritch power and walks straight up the wall!

fireinthedust · 10/25/2019 9:07 am

Iron Ranger wrote:
It is exactly so.
Sol stands slack jawed as the mighty barbarian harnesses an ancient eldritch power and walks straight up the wall!

Kondor hops off and peels the slippers off with a note of disgust. He puts his own boots back on, then pushes the spider-climbing leather slippers over to Sol.

“There for your civilized sorcerer! All that magic to do something that they could have done if they never touched the stuff. I don’t need foulcraft to climb up a wall, no! See?”

He leaps up like a salmon and grabs the rope and pulls himself up. Then he calls down.

“Meaning no disrespect for you or my sword brother Emral, friend. He would find the slippers fascinating, I’m sure. But things like that make it too easy, until they stop being a help and you wake up withered and can’t do without.”

He looks around the roof.

Ooc: at last! Plus if we had sol the first time, or a full party, we’d be here already. Glad you came, btw. Kondor is just being a Howard style barbarian.

Emral would have loved the boots, of course.

Iron Ranger · 10/27/2019 10:22 am

XP for the Slippers of Spider Climbing is 900 so 450 a piece!

Iron Ranger · 10/27/2019 10:27 am

I show

KONDOR 16/23 HP. 7612 XP.

Level 3. roll a HD+CON bonus.

Iron Ranger · 10/27/2019 10:44 am

The frigid wind bellows outside. And the tiny fire of hymnal pages flickers, dangerously close to extinguishing...

Sol still looks over his fine fettle book, torn between its enticing knowledge and the new spells swimming suddenly around in his head that he knows he should quickly etch onto some paper....

And Kondor hoists himself higher on the frozen rope leading to the roof.

When the sounds of soft footfalls on wood drift through the flapping tarp nailed across the doorway.

fireinthedust · 10/27/2019 4:21 pm

Iron Ranger wrote:
The frigid wind bellows outside. And the tiny fire of hymnal pages flickers, dangerously close to extinguishing...

Sol still looks over his fine fettle book, torn between its enticing knowledge and the new spells swimming suddenly around in his head that he knows he should quickly etch onto some paper....

And Kondor hoists himself higher on the frozen rope leading to the roof.

When the sounds of soft footfalls on wood drift through the flapping tarp nailed across the doorway.

Is Kondor not on the roof yet, or just hoisting himself up the rope now?

Iron Ranger · 10/27/2019 4:25 pm

He is still on the rope at the opening when they hear the footfalls.

fireinthedust · 10/28/2019 8:45 am

ooc: I'm never going to see what's on the top of that roof...

IC: Kondor slips down and draws his sword. "Who goes there?" He calls as he moves to the curtain, peeking out.

Iron Ranger · 10/28/2019 10:50 pm

Kondor's cackles go up as he senses movement in the corner of eye up on the bell tower.

fireinthedust · 10/30/2019 4:50 pm

Iron Ranger wrote:
Kondor's cackles go up as he senses movement in the corner of eye up on the bell tower.

“I’m going up the rope, to see if I can get a better view,” Kondor said after describing the movement.

“Keep an eye from down here? Or join me up top?”

With that he climbs the rope.

Iron Ranger · 10/30/2019 5:00 pm

Sheathing his sword, Kondor doesn't wait for an answer and hoists himself up past the 2 frozen bodies. With practiced ease he pulls himself up into the frigid darkness.

Snow covers the roof. He can just make out a large dark shape near the west edge which overlooks the cemetery. There is a small dark figure climbing the last of the stairs in the belfry. The winds pick up and blow the long hairs of the black furs it wears.

fireinthedust · 10/30/2019 10:14 pm

Iron Ranger wrote:
Sheathing his sword, Kondor doesn't wait for an answer and hoists himself up past the 2 frozen bodies. With practiced ease he pulls himself up into the frigid darkness.

Snow covers the roof. He can just make out a large dark shape near the west edge which overlooks the cemetery. There is a small dark figure climbing the last of the stairs in the belfry. The winds pick up and blow the long hairs of the black furs it wears.

Kondor tries to make out the figure with his keen eyesight. He ducks behind the shape on the west edge of the roof, so his presence doesn’t spook the figure climbing the tower.

He thinks about who it might be. Has Malak returned to the ruins?

He watches. If the dark shape is a frozen body (which would not surprise him, given the rope and the hanging Picts) he will search carefully while monitoring the bell tower.

Iron Ranger · 10/30/2019 11:24 pm

Condor uses his barbaric instincts to move swiftly and unseen to the west edge in order to crouch behind what is a large sack, filled with, deduced by the slightest touch, metal of various makes.

The dark creature climbs to the topmost landing of the belfry and raises arms up to the bell. The wind whips into Kondor's eyes, tears running freely, blurring his vision. He swears he hears a tiny voice sporadic on the wind. Clear as glass, and fine as a silver thread.

The bell seems to brighten to a dull deep crimson. The voice again on the wind.

fireinthedust · 10/31/2019 7:16 am

Kondor would use his dagger to open the sack while searching it, if needed.

When the barbarian sees the bell start to glow, he slips back into the room and then out the door. He will move quickly to the tower, stalking up the stairs with his sword drawn. He wants to get a better look at this new figure.