<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/dZrNWou.jpg?1)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Calliope Dwahvel<br/><strong>Status:</strong><em>mage armor</em>, +4 AC, AC 15<br/><strong>HP</strong>17<br/><hr/><br/>"Well, I may be a mage, but I'm nowhere near powerful enough to cast a planeshifting spell or to open a portal myself. And if we're in Hell, that means almost any spellcaster with the mojo to get us off this plane is going to be aligned with the devils... At least, unless we can offer them something they want. ... Eeeeeexcept even<em>if </em>we had anything they'd want, if they're powerful enough to planeshift and we aren't, they're probably powerful enough to wipe the floor with us and take it from us."<br/><br/>Calliope groans. This is looks pretty bleak, she has to admit rubbing her face. "Ribcage may be heavily guarded, but I think it may be our best bet. I mean, unless anyone else here has any better ideas?"<br/><br/>Turning back to the kobold, she points her shillelagh at him, poking him in the stomach with its tip. "One more question - at least from me. You said you're just about to get relieved. How soon are we talking?"<br/><br/>They might be able to afford to explore and see if the treasure might give them an edge - or even a way out of this hellscape - but while gambling a few coins or a few kisses over a game of cards or dice is all good fun and games, she hasn't survived by gambling her life and the lives of others.<br/><br/>Once the kobold's answered, she turns to the others. "Last call for questions before I knock this one out cold!" she calls out, before taking a batter's stance with the shillelagh and lining up her shot at his skull. "Don't want him listening in so he can blab." The symbols are curious - maybe the key to their situation, and she won't be surprised if both she and the minotaur have one, too, but she doesn't want to talk about them yet - not until the kobold is unconscious.<br/><br/>Honestly, a part of her really wants to go out and try to get the drop on the hunters and free the gnomes... but she'll have to talk with the others about that. She isn't strong enough to do that on her own, and as much as it pains her conscience, if she can't save them, that's something she'll have to live with. She can't help anyone if she ends up dead getting in over her pretty little head.