Belkar's Crypt - 001

[spiral]

Gerdie patiently answers your questions.

What can you tell us of the crypt itself?

"It is small, I believe. Belkar was given a great warrior's burial. What treasures he was awarded for his services in life were buried with him, but they were not of sufficient worth to warrant any secrecy with the design of his resting place. Nor were those who laid him to rest of a mind to waste time on spiteful contraptions and the like."

What creatures did you face when you last battled there?

"I have not battled, in the crypt. I have never set foot in Belkar's Crypt, I have never needed to. When Belkar was felled once more, having been raised to serve Nectos in his unholy war, he was once more returned to his Crypt. No doubt some of Nectos' evil followed him there, perhaps even those who carried him down that second time remained there with him."

To Shay's frustration at Gerdie not hinting about the Shard's usefulness to Old Cud, Gerdie merely shrugs.

"Perhaps one of you could find the time to take a detour, and join the others at the Crypt later? He may have to wait the rest of his life for a cure if you don't help him now." {Anybody low on XP?}

{Are you ready to leave? Any specific instructions for the journey? Travel by day/night? Camp? Watches etc.? Is somebody running to Old Cud with the Shard of Healing? I assume you don't think you have time for you all to go back to Shel's Head..

Oh, and Dragon Mountain was written long before OOTS so the name Belkar apparently belongs to TSR.}

[TheZebraShakes™]

"Perhaps one of you could find the time to take a detour, and join the others at the Crypt later? He may have to wait the rest of his life for a cure if you don't help him now."

"Well, I wasn't really planning on dying anytime soon," Shay explains to the witch with a wink at her daughter, "but it would be a good thing to rid Ol' Cud of his craziness. I know if Crom went insane, I'd try to help him out. Plus, keeping the shard things separate might keep the dragon off our backs for a bit longer."

"The crypt sounds like a piece of cake. I could go back to the old man's shop, and I'm sure that you all can handle things until I catch up. Sound like a plan?"

At present, Shay was trying to impress the witch's daughter Linelle. He knows that women are suckers for sweet guys, so he was trying to be at his most altruistic.

[at]

Oct 1, 2008 17:01:42 GMT -5 TheZebraShakes™ said:

"Plus, keeping the shard things separate might keep the dragon off our backs for a bit longer."

"Or it might draw the beasts to the village." rumbled Crom, ignoring the little man's taunts. "I will return with you."

The barbarian turns to leave. His punishing speed across country is well know, and it would surprise no-one if he reaches the crypt first with a ragged Shay in tow.

[TheUdjat]

Dalien was planning to suggest someone go with Shay, anyway--though not himself, given the notion that both fragile elves in one place would be a bad idea, and one of them should be on hand to negotiate the crypt, and any traps it might present. "Works for me," he says mildly, and prepares to head off with the others for the hills. Between the dwarf, the wizard, the cleric, and himself, he felt they had bases reasonably covered. Even without Crom's titanic force.

[Wicksy]

Seeing that another trip might be on the cards for some of the party Matrox decides that it would be a good time to work on a new spell while the others were helping old Cud.

"Lord Crom, are we all to proceed or will only some be travelling?"

[at]

"Continue after the shard, we should not delay in our search for the mountain".

[Wicksy]

"As you wish...we shall meet you at the crypt after your errand with old cud"

[TheZebraShakes™]

"Alright, I'll meet you outside, Crom," Shay calls as Crom heads out. He was always in such a hurry to leave from places, maybe that's why the witch never got the chance to mention the shard curing thing. Shey wouldn't be uninformed this time though, for if he returned after traveling all of those miles back to shell's head just to ask the witch instructions that he forgot to ask in the first place, Dalien would never let him live it down.

"So Gerdie, before we go back to the shop, how exactly are we supposed to get this shard thing to work, just hold it up against his head or something? Or do we have to do one of those big ceremonial type things. Maybe Linelle should come in that case."

"Oh yeah, and could someone give us the shard before we go."

Shay will make certain that the correct shard is in his possession before he leaves.

[prime9]

"use it well, I think we'll be needing that later!" *passes the appropriate shard to Shay*

(elthar's taking the time to change spells as he goes to the crypt, I'll update the list this lunchtime)