Azeem doesn't hit the floor. he gets to the end of his rope, but his feet have not found the floor.
Azeem curses and shimmies up the rope.
"we are going to need a bigger rope..."
Johari pulls up the rope, and adds his to the end
Dont fall
Azeem tries to climb the rope. In the dark, he can't see how to properly grab the rope and slips and falls.
"Not yet." responds. He get's up and dusts himself off, picks up the shining stone and looks around a moment.
"You need to add another length of rope to make it down. The one we have is too short."
Johari will add his length of rope to the other rope.
”Could you help Oursen down?”
"I'll try and bear it." Azeem says dryly.
Rupert calmly walks up to Azeem, does his best to look him in the eyes, and softly kicks him in the shin.
”That’s one.”
And then walks away.
The slayer shakes his head at Azeem's blunder, and climbs down himself.
With a deft hand-over-hand technique, he gets down no problem.
When he's next to Azeem, he mutters I said DON'T fall.
Is taking 10 an option here?
Yes, you can take a 10, but you still have to score high enough to make the climb check with your 10 (which you might).
Doubtful. I have no bonus and I'm wearing medium armour.
"Everyone with strength is now down the hole. But Oursen cannot climb so I'm at a loss of how to get down with him."
Azeem sighs and spends a few moments to remove his armor and climb back up.
"while i'm getting ready, would you put some knots in the rope? it will make this whole thing easier..."
Can we fashion a sling or cradle for the bear, and several of us lower him together?
How well can the bear climb on his own?
"Looks like the only option we have. let's let to it. when we lower him down we will all need to help."
Is tying the bear to the rope and lowering him down an option?
Azeem, ties a rope around the bear and double checks the knots.
"Rupert, talk to your bear while we do this..." he looks at everyone else and motions to the rope."Shall we? he grabs the end.
Johari climbs back up to assist
Azeem tries to lower the bear, and it starts to go down. Very quickly, he realizes that just tying a rope around a bear is NOT a very good idea. It's awkward and unweildy as he starts to lower. He then realizes he's probably not strong enough and the rope begins to fly through his hands and the bear plummets precipitously down.
Please make another strength check to prevent the bear from falling the entire way to the bottom of the shaft.
The slayer makes a grab...
Oh for the love of...I can't BEAR it!!
Azeem digs in and slides on the loose footing.
Krugor tries to make a grab for the rope.
Krugor grabs the rope and stops the bear from falling all the way down in a freefall. The sudden stop with just a rope around it, hurts the bear, however.
However, the bear is not all the way down, and you're unsure how far it has left to go.
"Anyone wanna help me slowly lower the bear down? I'm not sure if you're all aware of this, but bears are apparently quite heavy. I feel like I've been holding this rope for 3 days!"
”I cannot help with this.”
"Well someone's gonna have to! I've been holding this rope for over a week!"
If you want to raise or lower him, you'll need another check, as thus far you've only avoided having him fall to his death.
sonofacrap
You can feel the bear descend, this time in a controlled fashion, but he's still not there yet. One more roll.
3 "18"s in a row. Interesting...
3 "18"s in a row. Interesting...
whereas I'm averaging a 6 (last 5 rolls). awesome.
you think you've finally gotten him down to the bottom of the shaft.
"Finally! That felt like it took weeks!"
[b]"maybe there's another way out?"[/]
Azeem joins the rest down the hole and puts his armor back on. he picks up the glowing rock and prepares to finally start exploring.
Johari lets out a chuff of breath, then zips back down the hole as well.
Mirrored images of a warrior in side profile, facing inward, are carved on an ornate pair of stone doors in the west wall of this square room. The figure is depicted wearing padded armor, with a scarab-shaped shield on the arm facing the viewer, and a raised khopesh held aloft in the other. A crumpled humanoid body lies directly in front of the doors. A hint of decay hangs in the air, and a dried stain mars the stone floor under the body. A square shaft in the ceiling leads straight up into darkness.