You kneel down and begin to pray.
>
A ruffian enters with a bow and a flourish, saying, "Shall we dance?"
pray
>You begin to pray, kneeling before the empty altar. A sense of peace and tranquility fills you as you murmur softly.
>
A ruffian turns to face you.
* A ruffian fires a crossbow bolt at you. You fail to evade. The bolt lands a very heavy hit that tears a small piece of skin from the left calf.
The crossbow bolt lodges itself shallowly into you!
[You're beat up, badly balanced with opponent in very strong position.]
>dance
Your wounds are making leaping to your feet more difficult.
You leap to your feet!
>adv ruf
par
You begin to advance on a ruffian.
Manae blinks.
You move into a position to parry.
Roundtime: 4 sec.
>get cin
You get a flat black cinquedea from inside your blued-steel harness.
>
As you advance, a ruffian successfully moves away!
>'out of this holy place
You say, "out of this holy place"
>
A ruffian leaps from hiding and ambushes you!
* A ruffian fires a crossbow bolt at you. You attempt to dodge. The bolt lands a heavy strike that scratches the left elbow.
The crossbow bolt lodges itself shallowly into you!
[You're badly hurt, somewhat off balance with opponent in good position.]
>prep halt 30
You feel as if that will disrupt about half your current attunement.
You begin chanting a prayer to invoke the Halt spell.
>parr
You are already in a position to parry.
>l
[Theren Keep, Chapel]
Sunlight is welcomed into the Chapel of Chadatru by the rainbow colors of a stained glass window set in the eastern wall. A richly embroidered tapestry serves as a backdrop to a polished ash altar carved with the image of a golden lion upon its surface. Simple oak benches have been placed here so the devout can come and observe the first rays of dawn blaze into existence across the face of the window, casting its fiery light across the altar of the god of justice. You also see a ruffian, a fragile-looking book on a small stand, a blue silk curtain, and a marble archway.
Also in the room: Supplicant Manae.
Obvious exits: west.
>
As you advance, a ruffian successfully moves away!
trace ward ruf
>You trace the Glyph of Warding around a ruffian, but it fades as soon as it appears.
>

The sense of peace and tranquility you felt when praying a short time ago slowly diminishes, leaving you oddly unfulfilled.
>dod
You move into a position to dodge.
Roundtime: 3 sec.
>
Manae appears downtrodden.
As you advance, a ruffian successfully moves away!
>
You feel better balanced.
* A ruffian fires a crossbow bolt at you. You attempt to evade. The bolt lands a strong hit that lightly bruises your side with an attack which fails to pierce the skin, lightly stunning you.
The crossbow bolt lodges itself shallowly into you!
[You're terribly wounded, very badly balanced with opponent in excellent position.]
>cast ruf
You are still stunned.
You have lost the spell you were preparing.
>
You feel a sharp pain in your nerves, as if someone were stabbing you with hot needles.
>turn cloak
You turn your poloh'izh hide cloak.
You fade from vision.
>
A ruffian turns to face Manae.
A ruffian fires a crossbow bolt at Manae. The bolt lands an extremely heavy hit that drives the kneecap clean off the left knee and savages the surrounding ligaments, lightly stunning her!
The crossbow bolt lodges itself deeply into Manae!
>prep halt 40
You begin chanting a prayer to invoke the Halt spell.
>adv ruff
parr
Advancing while unseen is dishonorable!
You begin to stealthily advance on a ruffian.
The ruffian discovers you, ruining your hiding place!
>You move into a position to parry.
Roundtime: 3 sec.
>
A sudden wave of dizzyness overtakes you and you topple helpless to the ground.
You are stunned!
turn cloak

A ruffian fires a crossbow bolt at Manae. The bolt lands an extremely heavy hit that rips the entire left arm from its socket, knocking her completely senseless!
That would have stuck if there was anything left to stick to!
The crossbow bolt falls to the ground!
Manae appears downtrodden.
>
>
* Manae was just struck down!
>
You have lost the spell you were preparing.

You feel like you're dying!

The world around you spins as dark patches form in the corner of your vision.
A ruffian fires a crossbow bolt at Manae. The bolt lands an apocalyptic strike (So that's what it felt like when Grazhir shattered!) that pierces clean through the abdomen and out the back (Shiskabob!)!

The ruffian tips his hat to and says, "Been a pleasure."
The crossbow bolt lodges itself savagely into Manae!

* Manae is slain before your eyes!
>
You feel a sharp pain in your nerves, as if someone were stabbing you with hot needles.
>l
You are not sure, but it looks like the blackness you get when you are unconscious.
>
A sudden wave of dizzyness overtakes you.
You are stunned!
>
* Laythor was just struck down!
>
You feel a slight pain from the crossbow bolt lodged in your left leg.
The crossbow bolt dislodges and falls to the ground.
* A ruffian fires a crossbow bolt at you. You attempt to dodge. The bolt lands an apocalyptic strike (So that's what it felt like when Grazhir shattered!) that shoves the bolt clean through the mouth and out the back of the head (Say 'ah'!).
The crossbow bolt lodges itself savagely into you!
Your flat black cinquedea falls to the ground.


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It wont heal if you dont stop picking at it.

>>Ouchie.

Ditto! What was that ruffian doing there in the first place?

Ryeka who thinks it's about time to pay a visit to the ruffians to preach to them properly!


Sometimes the key to happiness is not assuming it is locked in the first place- Ziggy

A journey of a thousand SMILES begins with a single step- Ziggy

it was just not a good day
1. lost the spell i'm prepping just cause i'm dying? come on <grin>
2. damaged my helmet from the new food hole he gave me
3. my cleric wife gets killed while stuck in RT from reading the book of chad to me
4. he waited around in hiding for a bit at the bottom of the stairs
5. nothing makes ya more humble then getting b-slapped like that


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It wont heal if you dont stop picking at it.