Turn 71 - Priest WranglingPhiali attempts to waive God's sacred decree on the abolition of marriage.
"It hasn't come up. I suppose it would depend on the situation. Around here, I suppose there's not much to worry about with that sort of stuff, so a law like that could be safely ignored."He tries to determine whether this is actually true. He isn't sure, really, but he supposes it is.
"Ah... good. How very... nice," Azha observes. Phiali's real glad she's happy. Maybe she can
convert already and allow him to perform
sweet miracles!* * * * *
Gronok, under the impression that this must be some kind of fiendish mechanical gate that only the smartest people can open, looks for pulleys and ropes. When he comes to the conclusion that the gate doesn't seem to have any obvious ones, knocks on the great metal portal. He is about to yell, but he hears someone approach.
"Who was yelling back there?" comes a voice. Moments later, the gate is pulled open by a man in the clothes of a guard, very distinctly unshaven and shabby-looking.
"What do you want? Is your heart giving out, old man?"* * * * *
Shashari decides to respect the dead from a distance and walks back along the tunnel, then turns... left. She supposes that's east-ish. On one hand, it's dark. On the other, it is also relatively dry, doesn't smell of burnt corpses and seems mostly innocuous, not to mention Shashari's relative certainty that the end of the hallway is rather illuminated.
That is, until she stops at another tripwire. She carefully steps over it, then proceeds along until a room is reached. It looks like the hallway was meant to go two ways from here, but the southern path is covered by rubble while the northern isn't. That said, she heads to the northern part.
Now, she's not really the expert on this, but she guesses this might be some kind of library, judging by the shelves filled with damaged literature and a rather quaint table with two chairs placed at it. A rather notable beam of light from above shines on the table, she guesses this is either from a deliberately made hole in the ceiling or due to a rather strange coincidence. On the table lie several scraps of... leather, she guesses?
* * * * *
Lars, not entirely certain he is competent enough at stabbing people to best someone whose favorite pastime is probably the maiming of whoever he perceives to be unpleasant, enacts two plans at once. First, he grabs a sword that one of the priests dropped. Secondly, he gambles.
"Heretic! You cannot stand against the might of the One True God! If you three are truly faithful, show it by subduing this liar and heretic!"The three priests immediately perk up and run at the head priest!
[Grapple: Priest 1 vs. Head Priest: 4+
1 vs. 5-
1]
[Grapple: Priest 2 vs. Head Priest: 6+1 vs. 5-
1]
[Grapple: Priest 3 vs. Head Priest: 6+1 vs. 3-
1]
One of the priests awkwardly grabs the guy by the non-sword arm, causing him to look slightly uncomfortable from the hot metal plates pressing up against his robe. Another one then immediately puts his other arm in a hammer lock, while the last one lifts the poor head priest up by the legs, totally robbing him of any reasonable method of movement.
Exactly as planned, Lars thinks. He walks over to the immobilized priest and attempts to run him through.
[Lars attack roll: 3-
1+
1]
He nonlethally pokes the head priest in the side with the sword, drawing blood noticeably. The head priest struggles against the painful grasp of his former compatriots, screaming praises to Kezilam in a maddening fashion.
[Grapple: Head Priest vs. Priest 2: 4-
2 vs. 5+1]
He tries to get his sword arm out from the priest's grasp, but the intimidated clergyman refuses to submit, instead only tightening his grip on the man painfully!
* * * * *
Elizas approaches the jolly band of idlers and begins a song of joyful recruitment!
[Vocal performance roll: 3+1]
It's the same one he played yesterday for them, the Ballad of the River, and they all seem to like it quite a bit, joining in on the singing immediately. The effect isn't quite the same this time, probably because they aren't drunk and in the mood for a great change of their worldview, but still, it is Elizas' greatest hit, and it's still very good.
Hey, at least he now has a choir.
Phiali: 1 MP
Gronok: 3 MP
Shashari: 5 MP
Lars: 2 MP
Elizas: 3 MP
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