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[tehstefan]

Hrrm. Depends, the farms may have all withered and died by now.

Though I doubt it'd take more than two turns to get out of the fortress and find some water. And assuming that you don't die in one day from starvation, I'm not so worried about food. Water's the pressing concern.

[Dwarmin]

The farms would of probably overgrown with shrooms, if they relied on seasonal floods-if they had a floodgate system, though, they would be either underwater or dead.

[Paulus Fahlstrom]

Day 5, Turn 3: Order: Ajax (4!), Dwareet'ik (5!), Dragnar (3!), Reece (6!); New order: Reece, Dwareet'ik, Ajax, Dragnar

Reece-

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You walk around the room grumbling about them leaving you in the dark until it occurs to you... they have no problem seeing in this infernal black. It occurs to you that you do have a lantern that you could light and decide to do so. (Find Light source:5!) You begin searching around for something that you could use to help provide light with. Though it's essentially black like the ash you do find several bars of otherwise fairly useless charcoal in the bins that Dwareet'ik had overlooked as useless. In a pinch when your oil runs out you could break off pieces and burn it in your torch. It won't provide great light (10') (Compared to 30' with a lantern or torch) but if each bar lasts roughly 8 hours (broken in small pieces) and since there are two full bins worth of it (roughly 20 bars) you can make do with it. For now, you've got your lantern though. (Let me know if you want to take a bar or two with you at a time. 2 bars will last an entire day)

You request a sword off of Dragnar when he gets a chance but otherwise sit around doing very little. Perhaps you should take some initiative. Then a little voice in your head chips in... perhaps that same initiative would just get you killed.

(+2 Observation exp., found charcoal)

Dwareet'ik-

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You eagerly go to the smelters and begin chipping at the the melted together scraps with some of the metal tools you find lying around, even though they have no handle. Before you begin you request Dragnar make you some light armor, a metal cap and perhaps some chain leggings. It takes you a while to pry the silver and copper scraps out and considerably more time breaking them in pieces but you eventually manage to do so. You now have three fairly equal chunks of both silver and copper. You're not quite sure what good they'll do but it's mintable metal and so must be valuable in it's own right. You then proceed to divide them up as evenly as possible. You had almost wished that you'd have seen something more valuable, but alas, there is nothing like that to be had here.

Ajax-

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(Observation check:6!,5!) You warily examine the area around the doors and find it quite easy to read the tracks left in the dirt. It seems there has been some activity through here recently. Several human sized footprints, perhaps from as many as three or four people have come through here, and what looks to be one dwarf. The last  set was considerably harder to see but you're pretty sure they're the markings of a kobold. If they've come through here then it seems likely that the gate is safe, or safe enough and you enter, looking again for the markings that indicate which way to safely go. You easily find them now that you know what you're looking for and soon have made it into the inside of the walls. Some of the tracks move off from here. One of the humans headed north, but most headed east from here, towards what you can see is the largish domed like building off in the distance. Some of them went near the wall on the north side as if looking at something and you notice that there is a cleverly hidden door there, though you're not completely sure how to open it. You're sure if you spent some time looking you could find the mechanism though.

(+2 Observation exp., +1 bonus to uncover secret door mechanism)

Dragnar-

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(Appraise bar:1!) Seeing the lustrous brownish metal you try and trigger a memory of what it may be. You're pretty sure it's some sort of special alloy, but in all the excitement can't seem to recall which one it was.

(Examine engravings:1!,4!,1!) The engravings seem pretty dull to you. The first depicts a scene of a dwarf holding a scepter, likely some masterwork item created in the fortress. The human fighting the winged human you find much more interesting and are able to make out the specifics. (Can't seem to access the data atm. Will get it up later)

Mostly seems to be historical tidbits about the early years of the fortress, though, according to your reckonings it was nearly 1400 years ago now.

[dragnar]

Aww, I was hoping to find out more about Dwarmin's scepter.

I'll use the strange metal to reforge my sword, and then get to work on the other's requests if I have time.

[Anti-Paragon]

Ooh, a secret door! I'm totally trying to open that baby.

[tehstefan]

Take two bars of charcoal, it couldn't ever hurt to have a light source on me for the time being. Also, check if theirs anything good around I could put my hands too, without endangering myself. Or maybe help Dragnar, if I can.

[Dwarmin]

Actions
Since we seem to be in a lull...I'll try my hands at glass working. Make some simple glass beads to start-mostly worthless, but I could fool something dumb into thinking they have value. I want to eventually string them into a necklace.

Drag or Tehs, you guys want me to try to make anything for you out of glass?

[Paulus Fahlstrom]

Day 5, Turn 4: Order:Reece (1!), Dwareet'ik (5!,6!), Ajax (5!,1!), Dragnar (2!); New order: Dwareet'ik, Ajax, Dragnar, Reece

Dwareet'ik-

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You head on over to the southern part of the room filled with Magma glass forges made of pretty stones. There is even a nice magma kiln over here and after some cleaning and breaking the top crust of the magma you think you're ready to begin. There are bags of sand lying on the ground behind you covered in soot and ash. (Glasscrafting:1!-1) You try picking one up but as soon as you touch it the bag disintegrates, leaving a pile of sand. Still you do your best to get it to the forge and heating and soon have a lump of softly glowing glass to work with in the small melting crucible. There's a plethora of tubes and moulds and frames and such, so that you're not quite sure where to begin. Instead you decide to clean up the workshop a little better and examine things in more detail.

Recovery roll:(since I missed a few) 2!,2!,(6!,1!) After a while your leg begins to feel better.

Ajax-

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(Observation check:1!+1(bonus)+1active search) You know it's here somewhere and pore over every inch of the wall within reach with excrutiating detail. It's a good thing you're a hunter and used to mind-numbingly dull waits with endless patience. After a half hour you're tired, sore and starting to go cross-eyed. But you persist with uncanny stubbornness. Eventually you find a depressible piece of stone and with a soft click the stone door pops open and you can quietly enter should you choose to. It's dark and you have no light source lit at the moment. You do have a flint and steel, though.

(Gained entrance to inner west-wall)

You are Thirsty

Dragnar and Reece-

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Reece pockets two bricks of charcoal into his damaged bag for future use before turning to help Dragnar at the forges. (+1 bonus to roll, forging exp if successful)

You head over to one of the forges. The nice orthoclase blocks of the structure are darkened by soot and heat but are still sturdy enough. You send Reece working frantically getting the place cleaned up while you do what you can to get ready with the mold and pull your smithing tools from your pack. (Forge (lustrous coppery) Bastard sword:4!+1 (apprentice bonus)) The coppery metal bar melts easily in the crucible, though at a higher temperature than you would have expected from it and you pour it into the mold. While it's cooling you get the anvil set up again and get Reece working the bellows and such. Then the forging process begins in earnest. It's time consuming work but with the two of you, you have it banged out in record time, despite having to clean and set up the forge. (Quality:48!(d100)) The Bastard sword  is cooling now and should you want to do runework on it, now's the time, though the spell is time consuming and tiring.

(+2 Weaponsmith exp for Dragnar, +1 Weaponsmith exp for Reece)

Dragnar you are hungry.
Recovery rolls(Dragnar):(6!,1!),4!,4! Your chest feels much better and even your arm and leg seem to be a little better.
Recovery rolls(Reece):(6!,3!),2!,(6!,4!)Your arm continues to recover and you think you can even flex your hand again, though your arm is immobilized.

[tehstefan]

Whee! We managed to get a new sword. Now, let see if we can't get one more. Then some armor, kobold first. I'll keep helping, considering I'm sure I won't mind some experience.

[dragnar]

I'll cast my rune of strengthen metal on the newly forged sword, then reforge my rusted sword.(no need to start from scratch if I don't need to)

Can I try to identify the strange metal again?

[Dwarmin]

I will not be deterred!

Actions
Study the glass forge in detail this time, before I re-attempt last turns actions.

[Anti-Paragon]

Hmm. Search the courtyard for anything that would make a fair torch, and also some freshwater, despite me having a waterskin.

Actually, I better 'go hunting' for a good while because I'm (as in me, not the character) not going to be around from this Sunday (the 20th) to January 8th.

[Paulus Fahlstrom]

Day 5, Turn 5: Order:Dwareet'ik (1!), Ajax (5!,1!,6!,3!), Dragnar (5!,1!,6!,6!), Reece (2!); New order: Dragnar, Ajax, Reece, Dwareet'ik

Dragnar and Reece-

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(Dragnar, Strengthen metal:2!) You begin the intricate series of symbols needed to strengthen the metal of your newly forged sword but accidentally mispronounce one of them over halfway through and the energy that was building up dissipates through you. (Luck:2!) You feel thirsty and realize how dry your throat is. You also notice that you're quite hungry and magic isn't something best performed casually. You get to work reforging your old rusted sword, melting it down and adding some of the iron scraps from the old smelter to make up for the lost material. Reece is able to help you in the process. (Forge longsword:5!+1,6!) (Quality:24!,94!) You make a very nice sword out of it and even Reece eyes it approvingly. Forged +Iron longsword+. Once it's cooled you give it to Reece, so he can have a *Real* weapon, not one of those pansy elven swords.

(And you can try to recall your metallurgy in this case since it's not an actual appraise check.)

(Dragnar gains +2 weaponsmithing exp., Reece gains +1 exp)

Ajax-

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(Observation check:3!+1) You manage to find spot some small lakes a little distance away and make your way there, drinking deeply and topping off your waterskin. You also find several reasonably dry looking faggots that would burn. (20' light for 2 turns each, found 3!)

(I'll have you take up hunting until you get back.)

Dwareet'ik-

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You take some time to familiarize yourself with the forge before beginning. (Action:4!) (Negate unskilled penalty) You think you have a good idea what to do for beads and you get to work. (Create glass beads:3!) You begin melting the sand and carefully pour them into what you presume to be the proper mold. You might have removed it a little too eary and some of them disfigured slightly. (Gained 1 handful of green glass beads)

Well, this is the last official post of the year. I'll be out of town for a while myself and will probably resume posting next year. Have a good Christmas!

[dragnar]

The armor might need to wait, looks like I need to go forage for food/booze. Are those goblins gone yet, or should we try to fight them? Would peace be possible? We are all doing the same thing: looting an abandoned fortress.

[tehstefan]

I agree, we need to find water now. I equip my iron sword, and thank him profusely for it.