Shapfren is no longer running, she has stopped to tie herself by the waist, prepparing herself for the incomming fall of the bridge. If given enough time she will jump on her own in order to better control her own fall.

How much tether is she giving herself?  Remember that she will be falling in an arc downward with a 400 foot radius.  It might hurt a little...

How far away is the water below?

Water?  Who said anything about water?  There are clouds a few hundred feet below you, and that's all you can see from here.  You are thousands of feet up.

I didn't want to come off sounding like adaran of old, but wanted to let you know Borimer did unload the gnomes and move to the end of the bridge. its been cluttered in the thread with questions and things are easily missed :)
This message was last edited by the player at 18:27, Mon 12 May 2014.

Shapfren will attempt to jump in a way to avoid falling in a pendular way (by jumping between the planks), then start climbing down the rope as fast as possible without hurting herself while swinging towards the slope. Basically reducing the impact by getiing closer to the slope. With any luck to reach the slope before the bridge falls.

In reply to Borimer (msg # 78):

I think I missed it because that was when you were unclear on what the situation was and had reposted when i explained that the bridge had not yet been totally cut.  In my mind, though, i had thought Borimer completed that action.  So I guess it all worked out.


To Didit:

By "climbing down the rope," what rope are we talking about?  The rope bridge toward the cliff edge or the one Didit is tying to herself?  If the one she is tying to herself, what is the length of rope?

I'm using the bridge rope, the one the giant just cut...

Okay, I'm a little confused.  Here's the picture of what I envision the rope bridge looks like:



So the giants have cut the right side upper ropes used to hold onto.  Therefore, it went slack, but the interweaving ropes connecting it to the bottom of the bridge (going up and down in the picture) mean that it does not simply fall down.  It's still connected.  It's just laying flat by the wood planks.  And of course, it's still connected at the far end, meaning that it doesn't have much effect for those more than 1/2 of the way across the bridge.

So does this mean Didit is holding onto that rope while crawling military style across the wood planks?

Kahan will attempt to start pulling himself up. If Borimer indeed is going to shoot arrows at the giants, he'll yell for him to help him instead of wasting his time.

Borimer makes haste to his friend and helps him back to the cave-side of the bridge.

Ok, crawling tied to the rope and cutting it from the smaller vines connected to it.

Borimer begins sprinting across...

13 seconds pass while Kahan is trying to pull himself up but failing.

Didit is crawling across.

It takes this full 13 seconds for the giants to chop through the left side handhold ropes.  Each blow sends a shiver across the bridge, jarring Kahan from his grip.

He feels himself ready to fall, and then...[roll missed]...he cannot hold longer and sees his imminent demise.

But Borimer is there just a few seconds after the other handhold ropes are cut, reaching down and grabbing Kahan by the wrist, pulling him up.

Borimer and Kahan are now 100 feet from the ledge.

Didit is crawling along the way, being very careful with the rope.  She does not fall or lose her balance, but the going is slow.  She is now 350 feet from the ledge.

The giants prepare to start hacking at the right side rope that holds the planks up.  Cutting it will be a big blow to your ability to maintain balance.

Tahldar sits and watches and rubs absentmindedly at the contusion on his side.  He can only hope against hope that no more of his group fall and wish he could do more to help.

"Talhdar, cast Feather Fall under our feet on the bridge!" Kahan commands, moving down the bridge towards Didit until he can cast the same spell from his Rod on the bridge under her.

Didit continues crawling forward, and Kahan moves toward her, pulling out the Rod of Absorption.

The giants hack twice, and the right side bottom of the bridge tilts down.  Being more than halfway across, it does not cause any of you to lose your balance, but the bridge sways and creaks.  It is so heavy that you begin to wonder if the last rope will even hold.

Regardless, the giants are moving toward it to cut it.  Once they do, there will be no stopping the bridge from arcing downward and slamming against the mountain wall.

Kahan is within casting distance from Didit already (at 200 feet out, 100 feet from Didit, and it has a 210 foot range).  Borimer is still 100 feet from the edge of the cave.  Didit is now 300 feet from the edge.

Borimer sprints the rest of the way to the end of the bridge and then readies himself to grab ropes to support his friends and the heavy bridge as best he can.

Kahan begins cast the spell on the elf, moving as fast as he can towards the safe end of the bridge. "If you can't hold on, simply let go! The spell should last longer than the fall." the priest states as he moves.

Didit kept on crawling. "Ok I will!" she said while still hanging on for dear life

Tahldar waits anxiously as he watches the dimwitted Giants slowly cut the rope bridge one rope at a time.

PM to Borimer:  Your comment is consistent with my thinking, which is why I was thinking that feather fall will have some effect, even if it can't fully support the weight as the bridge is swinging, since it's not technically supporting the full weight of the bridge, just the amount that is not being supported by the nearer cave where it is tethered--sharing in the load, so to speak.

Didit and Kahan prepare for it, and then the giants do it.  The last strand of rope is cut with one fell swoop of a giant's arm, and the bridge begins to fall.

It is held partially by the side still connected to the cave, but Kahan releases the feather fall spell from his rod of absorption at the place just behind Didit, and this slows the fall of the bridge until it swings beyond about half of the pivot point (45 degrees).  Then the spell cannot hold the increasing weight of the swinging bridge.

Kahan and Didit feel the bridge disappear from under their bodies, with only their arms and the ropes keeping them from falling to certain doom.

But now the bridge is swinging toward the wall.  When they hit, Kahan and Didit both have the wind knocked out of them.  You hear a thousand cracking sounds as the wood planks hit the side of the mountain and shatter, falling to the clouds below.
Didit holds on but Kahan loses his grip and begins falling down -- toward Didit and whatever lies below.  But then Kahan gets a firm grip as he falls, his hand wrapping around ropes.  But the impact against the wall has left its mark...

Didit hits hard against her shoulders and legs.  (13 hp dmg.)  Kahan managed to fare better, perhaps because of rebounding off the wall and falling.  He suffers only minor damage to his back.  (6 hp dmg.)

Didit and Kahan begin climbing, and Borimer pulls up on the rope.  It takes a few minutes, but at last, you are all safely in the mouth of the giant cave.

Nearby, Etag sits wearily, his back against the stone wall.  He is looking more ill than ever, weak and groggy from the disease that plagues these mountains.

Across the chasm, the giants stand dumbfounded, staring across the 1000 foot abyss in disbelief.  You see them arguing, and one of them gets pushed out of the cave, screaming as he falls down, down into the depths below.

Didit was very tense, and started to weep as soon as she was fully safe, the whole experience from the beginning had been too much and she needed a respire. She latched onto Thaldar seeking some kind of relief.

Borimer speaks quietly to Kahan, "We need to find a way to help Etag, or we're going to lose him."

Goals Completed (XP to be divided among survivors):

6 gnomes saved:  6000 XP
Keep Etag alive: 3000 XP
Survive Bridge/Giants: 9000 XP
Other: ???