Farron's Plan
Subject: Re: The Mountain; Up yer shaft
OOC: Slash, did the opening we saw stretch across the whole side of the wall? I'm thinking of hammering pitons in one corner of the shaft, then climbing up them like a ladder, but if the opening isn't near one of the corners, I don't know that this would work. . .
Mission only has ten pitons, and the opening is 80 feet up. If he fully extends his arms and hammers a piton in, how high would that place the piton, Slash? Does Mission think that he could pull himself up the wall this way?
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Mission sees the opening, 80 feet above them, and the metal ring adacent to it. He feels a shiver of hope.
"Garyth, we'll need to tie our ropes together."
How to get up there? Mission considers as he unpacks his pitons and rope.
Mission will re-inspect his rope. How confident is he that it will hold at least Rennick's weight?
From: Ty
Subject: Re: The Mountain; Up yer shaft
Yes, the hallways have all been ten feet wide, so it does stretch the whole width of the shaft. Mission has a reach of over 8 feet, but standing on a piton while hammering another would be extremely problematic. Especially considering the fact that the walls are all cut granite, making driving a piton into them hard work, though not impossible.
From: Karl
Subject: Re: The Mountain; Up yer shaft
"I've been wanting to save my spells battle," Farron interjects quietly, though is voice sounds louder than he intended in the quiet of the tunnel. "But if there is no other way, I can conjure a beast with flight to carry a rope up and hopefully through the pully. Or it might be possible to have it carry one of us up to tie a rope off."
(OOC - Ty, could my hippogriff fly up the shaft? Is there room? If so how many trips could it make up and back before the spell is spent? Farron also could use a dire bat or owl to carry the rope. Could an elemental carry a person? Could it tie off a rope if there were a convenient place found/ooc))
From: Ty
Subject: Re: The Mountain; Up yer shaft
A Hippogriff would have a very hard time flying in this shaft. However, one of the smaller creatures such as an owl or dire bat wouldn't have as much trouble. They couldn't tie the rope, but they could drop it into the ring if it was weighted on one end.
From: Karl
Subject: Re: The Mountain; Up yer shaft
OOC - Could an air elemental tie it off? Could an air elemental carry rennik or anyone else? Could an earth elemental conjured from the granite pull a knotted end of the rope into the granite itself at the top of the shaft to secure it? If he conjured a huge dire centipede would it be able to stretch the entire length of the shaft and still leave room for mission (or someone) to scurry up its back? Farron is pondering all the possibilities.
Farron would be worried about wasting a spell. He'd hate to have an owl drop the rope through the ring only to have the ring crumble under someone's weight. Is there a ring at the bottom they can compare to guess the likely strength of the one at the top? /ooc
From: Ty
Subject: Re: The Mountain; Up yer shaft
Yes, and earth elemental could glide through the granite up to the top of the shaft, and either tie the rope to the ring, or pull one end of the rope into the earth itself. It could even hold the rope for you.
Which is actually a fairly brilliant solution to this problem. :)
From: Karl
Subject: Re: The Mountain; Up yer shaft
After some more thought, Farron's face suddenly looks brighter than it has in days. "An elemental creature conjured from the granite itself could carry one end of the rope to the top of the tunnel. I could command it to pull a knotted end into the granite itself and hold it there while we climb. You may have to cut the rope free, though, if the spell ends before I command it to release the rope. What do you think?" Farron reaches into an inner pocket of his robes and pulls out a tiny bag and a small stub of candle. "I'm ready, if this is what we decide is best."
From: Scott
Subject: Re: The Mountain; Up yer shaft
Mission looks startled for a moment to hear the mage speak. He nods at Farron, swallowing his distaste for magery.
Promise was so close. . . The faster that they got to him, the better.
From: Mike
Subject: Re: The Mountain; Up yer shaft
Garyth nods at Farron's suggestion. "Thank you," he says, putting a hand on the mage's shoulder. He unslings his pack, digs out his rope, and sets about joining it with Mission's rope.
From: Matt
Subject: Re: The Mountain; Up yer shaft
Rennik is suspicious and uneasy, but nods consent to that course of action.