The Misadventures of the Missed Adventurers

[Jack Simth]

"Sorry about the name confusion, D. Well, at least the cave is uphill from here. The riverbed dried up; it didn't dissapear, which means there is a good chance it was blocked upstream."
Taking the point, Jack heads towards the cave. True to his word, the clearing in the fog stays centered on Jack.
As the group approaches the cave enterance, a heavy wooden door covering can be seen, with a large silver knocker in the shape of a lion's head in the center.
"That's odd. Normally forming regions only produce natural formations. This door was fashioned."
"Détectez la magie"
As Jack's spell takes effect, very fine glowing red tendrils can be seen covering the door and especially the knocker, as well as blue tendrils on D's staff (and any other magic items D has exposed (other colors if D didn't make them, none if they have enchantment-hiding enchantments)), and green tendrils on Jack's rings and Jack's cot. After a brief moment, the glowing tendrils fade.
"Well, someone has definitely been by this area. Should we knock, or figure out what that enchantment does first?"

[Katchoo]

As the trio of humans approach the cave entrance, a lone wolf watches on from behind some tall grass.

Despite the changing of the world around, the scent of man remains. The wolf, with it's soft grey coat and odd ocean blue eyes, had watched the group come together at the patch of land near the water.

At first the wolf was going to sneak in and snatch a piece of meat from Narp's pack, but the arrival of the other 2 humans had forced a change of thought. The wolf was fully aware of the opinon of man towards animals and did not want to provoke a confrontation. Stealth was an animals greatest ally and key to endurance out among the trees.

So now the wolf lay still, watching these 3 and listening to their words. Quite often the wolf would wonder how the human world would react if they realized many of the animals out among the trees could comprehend their language. Fear would be the likely response, and the reason almost all of the animals capable of comprehending the complex human language kept this ability to themselves.

Silent. The wolf would remain silent. And watch. And understand.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

"personally, i don't like blundering into things, espiacally ones i don't understand. and unless we get some reason to hurry, i would perfer to understand at least wether or not we're facing a trap."
narp subconsiously scans the clearing in a motion even he doesn't really notice.

ooc:[after all the nasty wolf packs he's run into, even a curious wolf raises a few hairs on the back of his neck. but unless mr. k'wolf does something unstealthy, he's not going to get noticed. it's only hungry or angry wolves he's very good at noticing. anyone got any ideas for a name for this roleplay? no hurry.]

[ June 07, 2003, 03:17: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

[Jack Simth]

"Analysez le charme sur la porte"
Red glowing tendrils show up on the door, but these are exceptionally fine, and appear to be in a very small cursive script. Jack looks at the tendrils closely.
"I recognize most of these runes. It appears there are actually several distinct enchanments here. This one"
Jack indicates a particular loop of light red, almost pink, runes that encompass the door
"seems designed to prevent rot; I can't find any connections to the other enchantments. This one,"
Jack points out a small cluster of dark red runes
"Releases a lot of energy in a short time; I'm not familiar with its exact form. It may be a weapon of some kind. It seems to be triggered by"
Jack traces a finger along a glowing strand of runes, and continues when he reaches what looks like a spiderweb covering the door in a slightly lighter shade of red than most
"A break in this web of runes. Best not to try knocking the door down. This one"
Jack points at a cluster of runes surronding the knocker
"makes a noise when the knocker is knocked. I can't be sure exactly what noise, however. It could be an alarm, it could be a doorbell. It could even be a noise designed to trigger sound-sensitive runes deeper in the cave. My Master often does things like that. It was fun getting into his tower to get his apprenticeship sigil."

"D, do you have any thoughts on these?"
Note: The runes are still glowing in various shades of red.

[ June 07, 2003, 04:57: Message edited by: Jack Simth ]

[narf poit chez BOOM]

ooc:[jack seems to be a very niave 400 year old]

[Jack Simth]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
ooc:[jack seems to be a very niave 400 year old]

ooc:[Part of the character concept - he's a savant with magic, and savants tend to come with odd quirks; he can turn a blind eye to his master wanting to kill him, as his master hasn't figured out how to make it happen yet - I already have many things worked out, including the results of the next time something tries to kill him, how apprenticeships work where he comes from, the style of the Journyman entry exam, and what happens when he sleeps (although I have had him hint at some of it). Also, I don't think I mentioned his age - just that he has been apprenticed for three hundred years so far, and doesn't even blink at another 400 to 6700 years on his apprenticeship. I'm curious where you picked 400 up from.]

[ June 07, 2003, 09:39: Message edited by: Jack Simth ]

[David E. Gervais]

"Jack, take a closer look at the spiderweb rune, that's not a break, it's a dead end. The web is designed like a maze, I have heard of wizardlocks like that before. I believe all that is required is for one of us to trace the proper route through the maze."



Give it a try,..