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[Harbingerjm]

I don't really see how a) your island being at sea level rather than sky level is a terrible thing

a) Altitude sickness. This wasn't a slow, gentle rise; this was going from sea level to above Mt. Everest within a few minutes at most.

No, I said "being at sea level rather than sky level", ie when it got lowered. I mean, sure, there would be a fair amount of damage caused by the descent itself, but once you're down and able to survive, the only real difference is easier access to ocean resources.

Hm... Wouldn't they have faced similar deaths from falling to the ocean and stuff? Even if it was a slow fall the sheer amount of oxygen would be lethal right? If their descendents died from too little, surely they died from too much?

Generally, "too much oxygen" tends to be either "oh god I'm on fire" or "we fiddled with the local atmosphere and there's WAY MORE OXYGEN THAN THERE SHOULD BE FOR THIS PRESSURE LEVEL IT'S GOTTEN POISONOUS!" I've never heard of a reverse of altitude sickness, and cursory google searching suggests it doesn't exist (in humans, at least).

[Nerjin]

I had figured they'd adapted to living that high up in the sky that they would be poisoned by the amount of oxygen at sea level. But I'm not a very smart guy so I'll go ahead and say: "Maybe not."

[Dwarmin]

We need some irreverent fluff for Osirio's homeland too.

Spoiler: The Gardens of the Huan, and the Blasted Land (click to show/hide)

Nazeric was once said to be a great continent in the sky, and it's fall was a terrible cataclysm-it has been said the South was once ruled by men and women of dusky countenance, lovers of growing things, fresh water, bright sunlight-these people called themselves the Huan. The Ancient Gardens of Huan are a true legend of beauty and a story of the loss of a long gone golden age...and it was first whispered in their time, then loudly proclaimed that their gardens truly rivaled the Gods own in beauty...and so they proclaimed their doom...

For as the Gods deemed their punishments just, they caused the proud towers of man to bring them back unto the bitter earth they had long flown above-and they blasted the beautiful flowered vales of the Huan into white dust and powdered bone, for aspiring an ideal of beauty far above their station. They thinned the air so the sun would always burn hotter there, and created stinging winds to make sure no plant took root-finally, they made sure the elements of water would always shun the land...

Thus, one finds the Southern vales of endless sand a stark reminder of the downfalls of pride, populated by wandering tribes of barbarian peoples who remember nothing of their storied past.

[GiglameshDespair]

I vote for Chef Bombardment.

[flame99]

I vote for Chef Bombardment.

You guys are terrible. I like it.

[GiglameshDespair]

Bulky man lands on your head? Helmet or not, that's an injury at best, broken neck at worst (for them, of course).

Morale damage, of course, and eliminates the witness.

So if no one protests, Ava's going to make that man fly.

[Dwarmin]

Bulky man lands on your head? Helmet or not, that's an injury at best, broken neck at worst (for them, of course).

Morale damage, of course, and eliminates the witness.

So if no one protests, Ava's going to make that man fly.

I protest!

All he would do would be to smash into the roof of the elevator, I think. And we still need him to help past the other clockwork guards and stuff.

Our best bet is to jam the elevator rope. If the guy is alone, then we can get to him before he joins his guards downstairs. If he's with his guards, Osirio can convince them to surrender him...or we drop the elevator by cutting the rope.

...Someone will have to help me here to figure if this a good idea, tho, my brain is made of jelly right now from a night of poor sleep.

No more pork rinds before bed.

@Flameboy: I assume the elevator is moving down, right?

[GiglameshDespair]

That's if the lift has a (sturdy) roof.

I thought he had got us past the clockwork guards. He hasn't gone past this bit, anyway, so i don't imagine he'd be too much help.

We can still jam the rope and things.

[Dwarmin]

There is bound to be more of them underground, tho.

I mean, there's no reason to toss the chef to his doom right now. I'd rather he go up in flames tripping a trapwire, than splattered into strawberry jelly because Ava was feeling tetchy.

[GiglameshDespair]

What about my action, flameboy?

[flame99]

What about my action, flameboy?

A full update will be coming later; that was just to dispel any confusion.

[Dwarmin]

Lawas has been offline for about three days, can we auto him down the stairs?

Honestly, he's probably taking a forum vacation after our RTD game finally died. The one went almost two years! He needs a break.

[Nerjin]

Oh? Oh right. He sent me a message about that. He'll be gone for a bit.

[flame99]

Sent me one too, I haven't posted an update because my internet went down. I'm back now, though.

*the chef needs a name!

I didn't give him one because I expected it to quickly become chefkebab

[GiglameshDespair]

What to do? We've been pretty much told we can't beat his guards in a fight. If we could snatch the dude and break the bridge, maybe?

Else we can try to lure off a couple, kill them, while NotDrow sneaks after and captures the dude.