Caveman wrote:

Narrhil turned to his two comrades, "is the portal opening?"

"We best move quick," urges Narrhil, "we on our way," he gave as a final reassurance to Kéet as he moved to the gate of the graveyard. 

"Come, brothers!" Tillak says while looking around for Votin.

eakratz wrote:

"The sound is metallic and rhythmic. A ratcheting clunking!"
[Ah. I was thinking it might be the sound of a crossbow being drawn]

Much deeper and further away now that you are listening more closely.

"Are you not coming Sir Votin?" calls the cryomancer. "It best that we not separate the group!"

The three move to the main doors of the church...

Caveman wrote:

The three move to the main doors of the church...

[By which direction?]

The three head into the  pitch black of the cemetery. Again the soft crunch of snow under their feet as they leave the courtyard and strike out blind into the darkness beyond, arms outstretched and flailing, lest they find a headstone marker at their shins, or worse...

Now unprotected by the walls, the bitter wind again bites at their furs. Narrhil's poor frozen fingers most likely soon unable to perform the delicate dance of arcane cast.

Even the esquimeaux grows weary of this frigid perpetual night and though he hears his companion walking briskly in front of him, his reaching out absently trying to find Narrhil, (perhaps to grab a handhold of the furs to lead him through the darkness )--proves fruitless.

Votin mutters underbreath back there somewhere in the dark, "We could have just dropped down through the burned out roof into the chapel...these magicians like to do things the long way...and under the most danger..."

But the howling wind obscures most of these complaints from the others ears.

Caveman wrote:

[not sure we had extinguished torch we used to get to graveyard, does my hand not generate cold as a weapon? how are they cold?].

[if you didn't it's out by now, did you want to stop and light a new one before running out, would make sense, although the thief may perish during the pause...]

[I know you can make an Icicle every day, and I think you have one or 2 other cold tricks up your sleeve.]

[they are ungloved, and it's freezing out here. warm ring is broken.]

Caveman wrote:

[Travelling around church, talking to witch, exploring belltower was an hour? Tillak had torch.

So, he not protected by the cyan dyed freezing touch effect that on his hands, even though he freezes things he touches, it not protect him. Has it ended? Well we need to see, yes we would light a torch, which allows us to move faster than a slow crawl].

[Way way  back on #7280 there were 3 unburned and 1 half burned torch left. Tillak took one so the 3 could tr to go investigate the creaky noises heard from the belltower. I assumed the half burn. but probably now it had to be one of the unburned. --after this there was 20 mins of spell study while, the other three went out into the chapel but came back fairly quickly , then there was a cast of new spell of Light. then more discussions. then the opening of the pews at door, then some misdirection walking, then trudging through deep snowfield north, then missed saves and magical runnings and holdings and then lost Keet into the woods, next a long magical conversation at the woodedge, then another long trudge back through thick snow field, then 3 separate investigations up and down the rickety belltower. so YES, whatever old torch should have burned out long ago.]

The cyan dye from the ice dart doesn't feel cold, nor does  it  protect from coldness.  Narrhil isn't quite sure what to make of it.  His Warm ring isnt working that's for certain.

Tillak lights a torch and the rescue continues! ]

[Fine, was foolish of me to not add gloves to gear, so much for being a cryomancer! ]

Iron Ranger wrote:

Narrhil begins to sense the presence of magical forces around him and opens his eyes.

Before him on the blanket,
5 rolled parchments shimmerlight.
a bone spoon shimmerlights.
a wand shimmerlights.

his cyan violet stained hands shimmerlight.
a ring beneath the stain shimmerlights (this also say ring still magical).

On Keet's hand, a ring shimmerlights.
There is shimmerlight seeping from within Keet's pack.
There is shimmerlight seeping from within Tillak's pack.
There is shimmerlight seeping from within his own pack.