<div class="floatright">(http://th01.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2011/335/8/3/836beb1d2ad773e54dc4023d4eb68b07-d4hqbzk.jpg)</div><strong>Sabisstra Melafin</strong>(http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=927855)<br/><br/>The drow frowned at the large noise the brutish device caused. No doubt it has been heard throughout the dungeon! Not that she had much choice anyway! She'd have to get out of here. Parley might have been an option, but if these beasts were followers of Erythnul, there was a good chance they wouldn't care about what she had to say anyway, and while normally she could handle a group of gnolls or maybe take down a giant, Sabisstra would have been utterly overwhelmed if the giant called for reinforcements. She had nowhere to run to or hide at, and she had room to move while the large creature was guarding the door - the only exit from this part of the dungeon.<br/><br/>She had to think quickly. If she tried to lure him away, it was very likely the giant would have alerted his allies to the intruder... and bluffing her way out was a long shot now, since the locals likely knew about the gate's release mechanism.<br/>Her only means of escape remained the gem that brought her here in the first place...<br/>Moving behind the stone giant's desk, she pulled the tome off the table and sat on the ground behind the desk, using it as cover to stay out of sight should the creature turn around.<br/>She didn't have much time, but she had to risk activating the gem... if it would take her back to the room she started in or the brothel didn't matter, as long as she wasn't cornered here alone, with guards possibly coming to investigate the release lever.<br/><br/>Taking the emerald from her pocket she tried to concentrate on it, remember what she felt when it first transported her. She recalled those feelings and attempted to will the gem to use the same power it had back then, to teleport her from here.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Stealth: 9+16=25 to stay hidden. Taking the tome because it's really too good to leave here :P<br/>Attempting blind activation of the transport gem with UMD: 3+14=17<br/>Well crap, at least that's not a mishap. If there's enough time, going to make another try with it: 2+14...<br/>So much for my luck, here goes the 'never roll double digits for the rest of the day' streak.</div></div><br/>