The death of [15 Monk] Ruiya (Human)

in On a Stone Stairway

from the perspective of [15 Monk] Ruiya (Human)

<worn on face>       a leather bag with two little eye holes
<worn about body>    a hard leather cloak
<worn about waist>   a thin leather belt
<worn on belt buckle>a quill
<worn on legs>       some tight silk pants [poor]

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An Immaculate Stone Highway
Obvious exits: -North -East  -South -West 

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An Immaculate Stone Highway
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An Immaculate Stone Highway
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An Immaculate Stone Highway
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An Immaculate Stone Highway
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An Immaculate Stone Highway
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An Immaculate Stone Highway
Obvious exits: -North -East  -South -West 
A highwayman stands here, scanning the roads protected by Tharnadia.

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A highwayman leaves south.

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An Immaculate Stone Highway
Obvious exits: -North -East  -South -West 

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Obvious exits: -North -East  -South -West 

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An Immaculate Stone Highway
Obvious exits: -North -East  -South -West 

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The Forest of Mistywood
Obvious exits: -North -East  -South -West 

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The Forest of Mistywood
Obvious exits: -North -East  -South -West 

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The Forest of Mistywood
Obvious exits: -North -East  -South -West 

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Obvious exits: -North -East  -South -West 

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A Narrow Bridge Over the Kilfray River
Obvious exits: -North -East  -South -West 

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An Immaculate Stone Highway
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An Immaculate Stone Highway
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An Immaculate Stone Highway
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An Immaculate Stone Highway
Obvious exits: -North -East  -South -West 
A human traveller walks through here, making his way across the country.

< 51h/122H 58v/112V Pos: standing >
 
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An Immaculate Stone Highway
Obvious exits: -North -East  -South -West 

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An Immaculate Stone Highway
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An Immaculate Stone Highway
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An Immaculate Stone Highway
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An Immaculate Stone Highway
Obvious exits: -North -East  -South -West 
A small sign is posted here at this roadway intersection.

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An Immaculate Stone Highway
Obvious exits: -North -East  -South -West 

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A Highway Turning Point
Obvious exits: -North -East  -South -West 
A large sign has been posted here at this turning point.

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An Immaculate Stone Highway
Obvious exits: -North -East  -South -West 

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An Immaculate Stone Highway
Obvious exits: -North -East  -South -West 
An elite highwayman stands here, protecting the roads of Tharnadia.

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An Immaculate Stone Highway
Obvious exits: -North -East  -South -West 

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An Immaculate Stone Highway
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An Immaculate Stone Highway
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An Immaculate Stone Highway
Obvious exits: -North -East  -South -West 
An elite Tharnadian warrior stands here, poised and ready for combat.
An elite Tharnadian warrior stands here, poised and ready for combat.

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An Immaculate Stone Highway
Obvious exits: -North -East  -South -West 

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An Immaculate Stone Highway
Obvious exits: -North -East  -South -West 

< 54h/122H 42v/112V Pos: standing >
A Trade Path Heading into a Ravine
Obvious exits: -West  -Up    -Down 
You see the red shape of a small living being here.
You see the red shape of a small living being here.

< 54h/122H 42v/112V Pos: standing >
On a Trade Path in a Narrow Ravine
   It is fortunate that this path is well-kept because it is quite steep here
and a poorly kept path could cause problems for merchant carts and wagons.
Steep rocky hills extend upward to the sides of the path, making it seem quite
cramped and uncomfortable, yet also offering a great deal of protection by
making it impossible for thieves to set up any ambushes here.  The path
continues down toward a deep valley and heads upward toward a small forest
clearing.
Obvious exits: -Up    -Down 

< 55h/122H 43v/112V Pos: standing >
On a Trade Path in a Narrow Ravine
Obvious exits: -Up    -Down 
You see the red shape of a medium living being here.
You see the red shape of a small living being here.
You see the red shape of a large living being here.
You see the red shape of a small living being here.
You see the red shape of a small living being here.
You see the red shape of a small living being here.
You see the red shape of a small living being here.

< 55h/122H 43v/112V Pos: standing >
On a Trade Path in a Narrow Ravine
Obvious exits: -Up    -Down 
You see the red shape of a small living being here.

< 55h/122H 42v/112V Pos: standing >
On a Trade Path in a Narrow Ravine
Obvious exits: -Up    -Down 

< 55h/122H 41v/112V Pos: standing >
On a Trade Path in a Narrow Ravine
   Walls of jagged rock surround this narrow ravine and the trade path that
runs through it.  Merchants doing business with Woodseer must risk traveling
alongside the jungle in the valley below but that part of the journey is kept
relatively safe by the halfling scouts and sentries that have been posted
along the road.  This part of the trip though is somewhat tedious and boring.
Steep rock walls and the surrounding mountains block out the direct sunlight
at all but high noon making the trip gloomy and depressing, however, by the
same token, those same high walls keep the narrow path safe from thieves and
other more dangerous creatures.
Obvious exits: -North -Up   

< 55h/122H 42v/112V Pos: standing >
A Trade Path Cut From the Jungle
   Jungle vegetation of all forms has been cleared away from this point to
create a safer passage into and out of the narrow gorge that rises out of
the valley to the south.  This trade path is well-guarded by halfling scouts
and sentries that do there best to keep it safe.  The halfling city of
Woodseer is dependant upon the trade that this path provides and pay for all
of its upkeep.  The trade path continues to the north along a rock-lined pool
as it heads toward Woodseer, and south where it enters a narrow ravine that
climbs out of the valley.  The jungle can be entered to the east, for those
foolish enough to want that type of adventure.
Obvious exits: -North -East  -South

< 56h/122H 42v/112V Pos: standing >
On a Trade Path in a Narrow Ravine
   Walls of jagged rock surround this narrow ravine and the trade path that
runs through it.  Merchants doing business with Woodseer must risk traveling
alongside the jungle in the valley below but that part of the journey is kept
relatively safe by the halfling scouts and sentries that have been posted
along the road.  This part of the trip though is somewhat tedious and boring.
Steep rock walls and the surrounding mountains block out the direct sunlight
at all but high noon making the trip gloomy and depressing, however, by the
same token, those same high walls keep the narrow path safe from thieves and
other more dangerous creatures.
Obvious exits: -North -Up   

< 56h/122H 42v/112V Pos: standing >
On a Trade Path in a Narrow Ravine
Obvious exits: -Up    -Down 

< 56h/122H 43v/112V Pos: standing >
On a Trade Path in a Narrow Ravine
Obvious exits: -Up    -Down 
You see the red shape of a small living being here.

< 56h/122H 40v/112V Pos: standing >
On a Trade Path in a Narrow Ravine
Obvious exits: -Up    -Down 
You see the red shape of a medium living being here.
You see the red shape of a small living being here.
You see the red shape of a large living being here.
You see the red shape of a small living being here.
You see the red shape of a small living being here.
You see the red shape of a small living being here.
You see the red shape of a small living being here.

< 57h/122H 37v/112V Pos: standing >
On a Trade Path in a Narrow Ravine
   It is fortunate that this path is well-kept because it is quite steep here
and a poorly kept path could cause problems for merchant carts and wagons.
Steep rocky hills extend upward to the sides of the path, making it seem quite
cramped and uncomfortable, yet also offering a great deal of protection by
making it impossible for thieves to set up any ambushes here.  The path
continues down toward a deep valley and heads upward toward a small forest
clearing.
Obvious exits: -Up    -Down 

< 57h/122H 37v/112V Pos: standing >
A Trade Path Heading into a Ravine
Obvious exits: -West  -Up    -Down 
You see the red shape of a small living being here.
You see the red shape of a small living being here.

< 57h/122H 37v/112V Pos: standing >
On a Stone Stairway
   Two people can travel abreast on this narrow stairway.  The stones are well
worn by the passage of many feet and are very sturdy, but there are no
guardrails to prevent someone from falling over the edge.  At this height one
can see down into the lower branches of some of the trees to the east.  Tree
branches throughout the jungle below and to the east are alive with birds and
monkeys as well as other creatures that are not as easy to identify.  The
stairway continues up toward the Woodseer plateau and down to the jungle.
Obvious exits: -Up    -Down 

< 57h/122H 37v/112V Pos: standing >
On a Stone Stairway
   A guardrail would be very nice at this point.  The narrow stairway can only
fit two people abreast and is almost 150 feet above the ground now.  It is easy
to see that this stairway was originally built with security and not safety in
mind.  The only way to attack Woodseer would be to climb the steep rocky
cliff to the north and south or to come up this stairway, either of which are
easy to defend.  Stairs lead up to Woodseer and down toward the jungle below.
Obvious exits: -Up    -Down 

< 58h/122H 38v/112V Pos: standing >
On a Stone Stairway
   There are no guardrails to keep one from falling off these narrow stone
steps and making a gruesome fall to the base of the cliffs over 200 hundred
feet below.  All the same, the agile halflings bounce up and down this stairway
with little worry of falling over the edge.  To the south a thin waterfall can
be seen diving over the edge of the cliff into a small pond by the jungle far
below.  Stone stairs rise up toward Woodseer and head down to meet the valley
below.
Obvious exits: -Up    -Down 

< 58h/122H 38v/112V Pos: standing >
On a Stone Stairway
   It is a good thing that halflings don't have any fear of heights.  This
cracked stone stairway is extremely narrow and there are no guardrails to be
seen.  The drop down to the valley below would be swift, and most likely end in
a quick and painless death.  Stone walls can be seen along the top of the
cliff above and a thin waterfall plummets over the edge of the cliff to the
south.  Cracked stone stairs, in dire need of repair, lead down toward the
jungle valley below and climb up to Woodseer.
Obvious exits: -Up    -Down 
The corpse of a Githzerai is lying here.

< 58h/122H 38v/112V Pos: standing >
You get a quill from the corpse of Ruiya.
You get a leather bag with two little eye holes from the corpse of Ruiya.
You get a thin steel dagger from the corpse of Ruiya.
You get a thin leather belt from the corpse of Ruiya.
You get a hard leather cloak from the corpse of Ruiya.
You get a small round wooden shield from the corpse of Ruiya.
You get a pair of studded leather sleeves from the corpse of Ruiya.
You get a pair of brown leather gloves from the corpse of Ruiya.
You get a pair of garskin boots from the corpse of Ruiya.
You get some tight silk pants [poor] from the corpse of Ruiya.
You get a dark black robe from the corpse of Ruiya.
You can't carry any more.

< 59h/122H 42v/112V Pos: standing >
Militia forces muster to bolster the town's defenses against the invaders!!!

< 59h/122H 43v/112V Pos: standing >
You are carrying: (11/11)
a dark black robe
some tight silk pants [poor]
a pair of garskin boots
a pair of brown leather gloves
a pair of studded leather sleeves
a small round wooden shield
a hard leather cloak
a thin leather belt
a thin steel dagger
a leather bag with two little eye holes
a quill

< 60h/122H 46v/112V Pos: standing >
Alarm bells sound, signalling an invasion!

< 60h/122H 47v/112V Pos: standing >
You can't use a dark black robe.
You slide your legs into some tight silk pants [poor].
You can't use a pair of studded leather sleeves.
You clasp a thin leather belt around your waist.
You pull a pair of brown leather gloves onto your hands.
You place a pair of garskin boots on your feet.
You strap a small round wooden shield to your arm.
You cover your face with a leather bag with two little eye holes.
You wear a hard leather cloak about your body.
You can't use a thin steel dagger.
You can't use a thin steel dagger.
You can't use a thin steel dagger.
You can't use a thin steel dagger.
You attach a quill to your belt.
You can't use a pair of studded leather sleeves.
You can't use a dark black robe.

< 60h/122H 47v/112V Pos: standing >
You get a small pile of coins from the corpse of Ruiya.
There were: 46 gold coins, 57 silver coins, 67 copper coins. 
You get a spellbook from the corpse of Ruiya.
You get a rugged adventurers satchel from the corpse of Ruiya.

< 63h/125H 49v/112V Pos: standing >
A Shadow Beast snaps into visibility.
-=[Out of nowhere, a Shadow Beast stabs you in the back.]=-
YIKES!  Another hit like that, and you've had it!!

< 23h/125H 51v/112V Pos: standing >
< T: Ruiya TP: sta TC:pretty hurt E: A Shadow Beast sta EP: excellent >
 A Shadow Beast's body appears to recover from the affects of the potion.
A Shadow Beast snaps into visibility.
A Shadow Beast tackles you square in the chest knocking the wind out of you!
You suddenly don't have the energy to fight!

< 24h/125H 51v/112V Pos: sitting >
< T: Ruiya TP: sit TC:pretty hurt E: A Shadow Beast sta EP: excellent >
 A Shadow Beast snaps into visibility.
-=[A Shadow Beast's slash hits you.]=-
Your small round wooden shield was completely destroyed by the massive blow!
Your pair of brown leather gloves was completely destroyed by the massive blow!
Your pair of garskin boots was completely destroyed by the massive blow!