In reply to Monstrous laborer (msg # 864):

That would explain the dead air and no food not killing them thing...try to sort out the rope.

Virgilio gives the (seemingly) undead siege beasts as wide a berth as possible while approaching the fouled windmill installation.

"Tommy, can you see if this is just hung or if the drive has gotten disconnected?  And if not, we should try to disconnect it, it'll take the tension off the rope.  For that matter..." He turns back toward the group.

"Is anyone here an artificer?  This would be much more in your field than mine, I know only the most basic facts about levers and pulleys."

In reply to Virgilio Hohlfeld (msg # 866):

one of the fans is completely tangled in a rope, and some of the connecting belts look to have slipped off the gears -


IQ-6 to figure how to realign

Dne stays up in the air where he is for now, but if the beasts become threatening, he'll boogey back fast as Anna's Hummingbird.

In reply to Dne Utrotare (msg # 868):

Tommy will explain what he sees, but is unsure how to resolve it.

"Well, let's start with getting this rope out of the spinning part, then worry about the drive belts.  I think that belt will go back on that wheel, and the other one on that other wheel over there.  Might be a little tricky getting the belt in place while they're plodding along, but they do it every day in water mill powered shops."

He gets close enough to touch the rope with his staff, casts with his usual rehearsal, and begins trying to manipulate the rope around the arms and sails to free the fan.

In reply to Virgilio Hohlfeld (msg # 870):

Tommy will also approach to see if he can untangle some rope...being careful not to get caught in it as it is moved by the treadmills.

Virgilio gets the rope disengaged partway, this may take a couple of applications, (as in 2 more) as "Undo" might be a better spell that apportation.  A knot tying roll would give +1 on the rolls.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 872):

Tommy should learn that...still, he is dexterous

In reply to Tommy (msg # 873):

percieving the tangle from a different angle, Tommy is able to give advice to Virgilio that gives a +1 on each of his apportation rolls,

Virgilio continues disentangling with Tommy's input.

The rope, disengaged, cascades onto the floor, all fifty feet of it.
now, to get the belts back on

mechanic defaults to iq-5 or in this case, traps -2

In reply to Narrator (msg # 876):

Tommy is good with traps!

In reply to Tommy (msg # 877):

you are able to loop the belt over a moving gear without catching your hand in it!


the fans start turning!

"Good work, Tommy!  If that breeze is any indication, the air down here will be okay before long without D'ne's help."

In reply to Virgilio Hohlfeld (msg # 879):

Tommy waits to see...checking his candle.

the machine and the fan start increasing the volume in the room.

gradually the air improves...


per checks please

In reply to Narrator (msg # 881):

Tommy is very perceptive...and being watchful.

Virgilio smiles in satisfaction as the air begins to improve.

In reply to Virgilio Hohlfeld (msg # 883):

"Well done!" congatulates Bratu.

While this is going on, Dne keeps a very close eye on the beasts.  He’ll call out a warning if they make any move he perceives as threatening.

With the machinery fixed, Jendrich looks out into the darkness, worried something may have noticed the change.

"I think we may want to keep the brighter lights out while we're in this enormous space -- candles will do more to reveal us than to let us see."

In reply to Virgilio Hohlfeld (msg # 887):

"Perhaps. Or place them at regular intervals...maybe in hard to reach places. Can we fire an arrow into the ceiling with a bright continual light attached, to mark where we need to walk to? Or perhaps our floating mage can cast continual light on stones in the ceiling at various intervals. Bright enough, they should light the way for us nicely."

"I wouldn't worry about someone stealing these lights -- they cost a farthing for the coin, and a small risk to me for each one I make, a risk I'm used to.  I don't know if an arrow would stick in the ceiling here, or just shatter or fall, but we could try that.  I can light the arrow itself, so no need to attach something.

"D'ne casting this spell -- well, I don't know that he knows this one, he seems pretty concentrated in Air and Movement, but also a light this bright is fairly tiring for most mages.  I'm different that way."