Bold will be narration. Italics will be actions. Normal text is meta-info, and regards skill checks or effects that produce information. Colored text is speech.
Eyre 13th, 998. 72 hours after the collapse.
Skyway's collapse wrought havoc throughout the districts, but the Upper Wards took the hardest blow. Luck, fate, whatever, for one reason or another the five of you had found your way to the center of the Upper Ward just minutes before the Skyway fell. Be it a miracle or death's way of mocking you, the five of you survived the impact and subsequent collapse of the Upper Ward. Now, the entire center of Sharn lies beneath the Cogs, slowly boiling in the molten rock below. What started as a stroll through the Upper Ward for whatever reasons you may have has suddenly become an effort to escape the ruined section alive.
Surrounded by debris, you each slowly regained consciousness within a block of each other. There are signs of people who have been crushed to death all around you, and several possible exits. Heat is slowly beginning to build up, but the remains of the city are providing insulation and protection, though how long it lasts is anyone's guess. A thin veil of fog fills the air, and each time you breath it in it feels like something is stabbing you in the diaphragm. There's something sinister behind this fog...
Major restrictions: Teleportation is hindered. All spells with the Teleport descriptor have their range lowered one stage (Long to Medium, etc). Teleportation spells with no listed range or a range not described as Long, Medium, Short, or a range expressed specifically in 5ft increments (such as Dimension Hop) do not function. Planar Travel is currently being suppressed.
Anyone with one of these spells on their spells known or in their spellbook may exchange such spells at this point for ones of equal level. Once the first encounter begins, the choices are final and cannot be altered.
All effects with a duration not expressed in a value of Days/level or longer have expired. You have had time to prepare new ones, and may take 10 minutes or so to erect new buff effects to replace the old ones. Essentially, it is a new day with no active abilities beyond long-duration effects (such as Contingency).
Players who need to prepare spells or similar abilities are asked to post their list in the OOC thread, not the IC one, to reduce clutter.
Each PC is within line of sight of the other four PCs. Whether you recognize each other or not is up to the group (though doing so makes it easier to RP). The area you are currently standing in is approximately 500ft in diameter, with varying amounts of terrain, several broken buildings, etc. There isn't a ceiling, but the heat from the lava pools will make flying straight up a tad dangerous. There's also no telling what's around you without scouting out the area somehow, so flying may result in encounters.
