The Boar's Head Pub

VampiricDread · #1 June 28th, 2001, 03:42 PM

"Nice," I thought. Instead of two poisoned persons, I now had three in different stages of distress. To monty, I put another leaf in his mouth, and let it restore his tired body from the strain.

I attended the foot of the elf to the best I could, then turned to the dwarf. He would be naturally resistant to my magic, so I had no hopes there.

I had to do something, and fast.

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monty · #2 June 29th, 2001, 05:41 AM

Monty rolled around, trying to shake off the poison. He knew that something had to be done with the dwarf and soon.
Monty stood up, although rather shakily and with the help of Dread. "I'm all right." Monty said. Dread wasn't convinced.
He went over to the dwarf and suggested to dread that together they might be able to heal the dwarf some.

monty · #3 June 29th, 2001, 02:55 PM

Monty asked Dread to get a lot of firewood. "We can burn the poison out of him. Dwarves can take a lot of heat, but I bet the poison can't. It will break down and become inert, hopefully before the dwarf does. We can take turns tending him, watching for signs and ensuring that we don't kill him in the process."

VampiricDread · #4 June 29th, 2001, 03:18 PM

"Won't it scorch his beard?" I said as I wnt out to get the firewood.

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monty · #5 June 29th, 2001, 07:39 PM

Monty giggled weakly. "A hairless chin is the least of his worries."

Drago · #6 June 30th, 2001, 08:37 PM

Drago, Tom and the grounds creature huddled together silently. "Be very, very quiet" Drago whispered. "I have the ability to make myself and those in proximity to me invisible" the grounds creature replied. "Well why don't you go ahead and do that already then" Tom states emphatically.
He removes a few runes ftom a small bag he is carrying and begins chanting. He finishes just before the guard appears. He looks straight at them and sees nothing. Sampers calls out, "No one here captain. All is well."

VampiricDread · #7 July 2nd, 2001, 12:15 AM

I packed the fireplace to the limit, and kept a good amount of logs nearby. Under monty's instructions, I dragged the dwarf near by the scorching heat, after throwing a bucketfull of water on him. I had him placed along the fire, and I kept water by.

"Use the water only when you see him burn, Dread."

"Can I use it on me, as well?", I said as I got drenched in a bucket.

"Why don't you take you cloak, Dread?"

I came to him, staring in the eyes a few inches apart. "You wouldn't want me to take off my cloak, monty. Trust me."

The smell of burning hair got me back to my job in no time. It was like working a furnace: keep the fire hot, and avoiding too much burn on the roasting dwarf.

After some time (it seemed hours), something oily started to drip from the dwarf's fingers. I got a casserole to catch it, but it burned it through, and the stone below.

Before I could get a glass container it had ceased, and the dwarf was giving out life signs again.

"Get him away!", monty shouted.

I picked up a bucket of water, poured it on him, and rolled him away.

Monty got up and looked him over.

"The poison's gone. Good. Dread, can you tend to his burns? I still need to recover."

"Sure thing."

I got a flask of Midael's unguent and started applying to his burns. Midael's unguent is a rather useful thing, when dealing with burns, though it has a drawback: your subject usually wakes up in need of some alcohol, and more often than not, a few pints of strong beer...

That meant sending the 2 back to the pub, which we managed. I asked some forest help to get them closely guarded, and we waited back for our two adventuring scouts...
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