I am pretty firm in its usability, even in a tight situation. My describing it as a warhammer was only due to me not knowing the right term. The weapon itself hasn't changed. It has an axe head with a hammer on the reverse, and a spike at the top, However, it could be used perfectly well in one hand as an axe, provided he gripped it near the top. Reason being is that the weight would be pretty much the same as a one-handed axe, since the vast majority of the weight is located in the head. Try just getting a simple hammer and experimenting with the grip. You'll see what I mean. Obviously, the longer haft would make it more cumbersome. There are certain ways he wouldn't be able to move it due to the long haft. And he could not have allies behind him while using it in this manner. Overall, polearms can definitely be used in close quarters with the right grip. It's not preferable over a shorter weapon, obviously, but long weapons don't suddenly become useless if you close in too much.

Of course, Ssarak probably won't be using his poleaxe anyway. It makes much more sense just to pick up the glowy axe and use that.

I cast lightning bolt.

I can also fall back on punching.

You wouldn't have Grey punch an innocent elven girl dancing in a circle would you?

You wouldn't have Grey punch an innocent elven girl dancing in a circle would you?

well, considering I nearly had him strangle a child, yeah. i would.

Ssarak might object to that out of principle, after they are out of danger, of course. Apparently, there is something in this camp that is important for our investigation. Could be anything.

Well, if he objects he can try taking it, but I'm sure he ain't dumb enough to start a fight over such a pointless issue. I mean, would Ssarak leave a potentially magic weapon just lying around? Or worse, give it back?

Grey is joining the other fight. If some ongoing, isolated collab bullshit prevents me from doing that, I'm going to be very angry.

well, considering I nearly had him strangle a child, yeah. i would.

And no, i guess I wouldn't after all. I'm not keeping Athalus over here for no reason while the Pyromancer blasts the others with impunity, it makes no sense.

And no, i guess I wouldn't after all. I'm not keeping Athalus over here for no reason while the Pyromancer blasts the others with impunity, it makes no sense.

The child is still there.

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Well, if he objects he can try taking it, but I'm sure he ain't dumb enough to start a fight over such a pointless issue. I mean, would Ssarak leave a potentially magic weapon just lying around? Or worse, give it back?

Oh, that's not the principle I'm talking about. Ssarak doesn't exactly feel that Alaira deserves any kind of reward after all the trouble she's caused. For the moment, though, Ssarak would want to use the axe for the very practical reason that it would be better in tight quarters than his big, two-handed weapon.

Question, how large is the cave?

As far as size goes, large enough for Ssarak to walk through with a foot or two above his head, but there is not much room to maneuver. Tall but narrow might be a way to describe it.

Big enough for Ssarak to stand but hardly any room to jump. Rough dimension: ten-foot high ceiling, 60x35 feet, however there's a specific internal structure that I won't reveal until you actually go inside. I'll tell you this much: There are "Rooms" inside. To compare the cave is roughly the size of a small house, but underground. use this as a reference.



If you can see it on the image, there is a square grid. Each square is roughly five-feet by five-feet. The cave itself would be what the house in the image is, but without a rear entrance.

Barely big enough to house Ssarak without him squatting. Rough dimension: seven-foot high ceiling, 60x35 feet, however there's a specific internal structure that I won't reveal until you actually go inside. I'll tell you this much: There are "Rooms" inside. To compare the cave is roughly the size of a small house, but underground. use this as a reference.



If you can see it on the image, there is a square grid. Each square is roughly five-feet by five-feet. The cave itself would be what the house in the image is, but without a rear entrance.

That's not actually the description you gave in IC. You said: "While it would be large enough to house Ssarak just fine, the ceiling of the underground cave was just a few feet above his head; there was very little room to maneuver in such tight spaces." A few feet above Ssarak's head would be a 9 or 10 foot ceiling.

Fair enough, still watch your head. Three feet might seem like a lot, but you'd soon realize it's quite small when it feels like the roof is about to collapse on your head.

Grey is joining the other fight. If some ongoing, isolated collab bullshit prevents me from doing that, I'm going to be very angry.

Your decision. >)

I say we set a fire at the entrance and smoke them out. Either they choke to death, or they run out. Either way, Alaira is not going inside, and nothing can force her to.

The only problem with that I see is that we know there is only one exit, but our characters don't. Otherwise, Ssarak would suggest leading them into an ambush. He wouldn't want to smoke them out because, for all they know, there could be captives down there. I'm not sure if there is a slave trade in Djarkel, but I can think of multiple reasons bandits would want to take prisoners.

Consequences of Althalus not fleeing as quickly as possible posted.

Well, fuck. Grey can't beat her, he is extremely weak to vitamancy.

Good news is, she doesn't actually use vitamancy on other people. She just uses it to enhance herself. (Which is why she outstripped Grey so easily.)