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- <@KrakowSAM> you had just played your part in the Count's plan to break the dwarven siege on Podongorod
- 01[17:20] <@KrakowSAM> prior to that you had managed to reunite the party
- [17:20] <Venzael_8> (Yay!)
- 01[17:20] <@KrakowSAM> when you return to the city there is much rejoicing
- 01[17:21] <@KrakowSAM> by the time you reach the gates all the torches and lamps are being lit again
- [17:21] <Kyro_Argentum> (Brothels, woo)
- [17:22] <Venzael_8> Incidentally, anyone want any loft insulation?
- [17:22] <Kyro_Argentum> Nope
- [17:22] <Venzael_8> Damn.
- 01[17:22] <@KrakowSAM> Ven's non-sequitor hits the fourth wall and bounces off
- 01[17:22] <@KrakowSAM> doesn't even scratch the paint
- 01[17:23] <@KrakowSAM> anyway, as you approach the gate one of the guards recognises Ven
- 01[17:23] <@KrakowSAM> it is the gate guard from when you first came to the city
- 01[17:23] <@KrakowSAM> "I heard you were undertaking a special service to the count. It appears you were successful"
- 01[17:23] <@KrakowSAM> "He has put out word that you are to visit him in his castle for a reward"
- [17:24] <Venzael_8> "Yes, quite. Be a helpful chap and get a runner to tell him we're on our way"
- 01[17:24] <@KrakowSAM> He kicks a small filthy human child, who scampers off bearing the news
- 06[17:25] * Kyro_Argentum nods at guard as he walks through
- 01[17:25] <@KrakowSAM> they are not currently well disposed to dwarfs, but they recognise you are not one of the ones involved in the siege
- 01[17:25] <@KrakowSAM> they just leer at you and spit at their feet and mutter
- 06[17:26] * Kyro_Argentum whispers to Ven, "Big fans, i can tell"
- [17:26] <Venzael_8> To the castle!
- [17:26] <Venzael_8> *Batman swirl-out*
- 01[17:26] <@KrakowSAM> You make your way to the count's mansion, and you are waved in by the various layers of guards
- [17:26] <Kyro_Argentum> lol
- 01[17:26] <@KrakowSAM> he is still in his war room with the drow wizard and female Mandrake
- 01[17:26] <@KrakowSAM> the female mandrake is now accompanied by a male Mandrake who seems to be wounded
- [17:27] <Venzael_8> "Greetings you grace, I trust our service was of satisfaction to you?"
- [17:27] <Venzael_8> (Mark's on the 'phone)
- 01[17:28] <@KrakowSAM> he is wearing an odd assortment of furs and hides, and is leaning on a gnarled staff hung with various bones and teeth
- 01[17:28] <@KrakowSAM> the count smiles as you enter
- 01[17:29] <@KrakowSAM> "Yes indeed, you played your part most adequately. I trust this is your learned associate Argentum?"
- [17:29] <Venzael_8> "Yes!"
- [17:29] <Kyro_Argentum> "Aye, that would be me"
- 01[17:30] <@KrakowSAM> Azakeil is also there but is keeping quiet
- 01[17:30] <@KrakowSAM> possibly because he is wounded >_>
- 01[17:30] <@KrakowSAM> "ah, then perhaps in time we will have work for you also"
- 01[17:30] <@KrakowSAM> "Now to the matter of a reward"
- 01[17:31] <@KrakowSAM> "In addition to passports indicating you to be mercenaries in Imperial employ I am willing to renumerate you materially"
- [17:31] <Venzael_8> "Go on, my lord?"
- [17:31] <Kyro_Argentum> "Mercenaries in Imperial employ?"
- 01[17:31] <@KrakowSAM> "Two thousand gold pieces, or permission will be granted for you to avail yourselves of the fruits of our alchemy"
- 01[17:32] <@KrakowSAM> "Simply the opportunity to legitimately own some of the substances we can produce, you will have to purchase them yourselves"
- 01[17:32] <@KrakowSAM> "But even so, it is a most generous offer"
- [17:32] <Venzael_8> "Your sciences are indeed most impressive, what would that entail? I do not think I could carry one of your 'cannon' by myself..."
- 06[17:33] * Kyro_Argentum chuckle
- 06[17:33] * Kyro_Argentum s
- 01[17:33] <@KrakowSAM> "We have devices smaller than a cannon, potently flammeable liquids, alchemical fireballs and the like"
- 01[17:33] <@KrakowSAM> "You would have to consult with one of the alchemists for an exhaustive list"
- [17:34] <Kyro_Argentum> "Hrm, and we cannot choose both, you say?"
- 01[17:35] <@KrakowSAM> "Indeed"
- [17:35] <Kyro_Argentum> Eh this place can't have that much
- [17:35] <Venzael_8> "Hmm... what say you, Kyro? I think the gold might be useful right now"
- [17:35] <Kyro_Argentum> "I would prefer the gold as well"
- 01[17:36] <@KrakowSAM> "Very good"
- 01[17:36] <@KrakowSAM> he claps his hands and a lacky steps forward with a velvet bag full of coins
- 01[17:37] <@KrakowSAM> "For as long as you are here I will also permit you the use of a house in the trader's district. The key is tied to the moneybag. One of the men will direct you there"
- 01[17:37] <@KrakowSAM> "You may leave when you wish, but I may have a task for you in the next few days"
- [17:37] <Venzael_8> "A thousand blessings upon your house, may your fungus bloom plentifully!"
- [17:38] <Kyro_Argentum> "..." "Thank you my lord."
- 01[17:38] <@KrakowSAM> the manrake with the staff says "Fungus does not bloom" and rolls his eyes
- 01[17:38] <@KrakowSAM> *mandrake
- 06[17:39] * Venzael_8 ignores the mandrake
- [17:39] <Venzael_8> "So Kyro - shall we go explore our new pad?!
- [17:39] <Venzael_8> *"
- 01[17:39] <@KrakowSAM> when you are ready a lackey will direct you to the house
- 01[17:39] <@KrakowSAM> when you arrive you find it is comfortable, but not overly luxurious
- [17:40] <Kyro_Argentum> "Hm, its not home but it'll do, thats for sure."
- 01[17:40] <@KrakowSAM> it is furnished as much as you would need, and the larders are stocked with enough food to last a couple of weeks as long as you don't want a huge amount of variety in your diet
- [17:40] <Venzael_8> "We can bother with decorations later. I always preferred a few spiderwebs myself"
- 01[17:41] <@KrakowSAM> Azakeil excuses himself and goes to his appointed room to lie down
- [17:41] <Venzael_8> "Hmm... what do you think the chances are this place will have a peephole?"
- [17:41] <Kyro_Argentum> "Good. Very good."
- [17:43] <Kyro_Argentum> Hm did i prepare Detect Magic?
- 01[17:44] <@KrakowSAM> I can't remember >_>
- 01[17:44] <@KrakowSAM> lets say you did :P
- [17:44] <Kyro_Argentum> Woot
- [17:44] <Venzael_8> "Well, if they can peep they can listen. I suggest anything personal be kept outside this place.
- [17:44] <Venzael_8> *"
- 01[17:44] <@KrakowSAM> its a fair bet, its one of the most useful spells
- [17:44] <Kyro_Argentum> "In fact, lets see if the count is truly so hospitable"
- [17:44] <Kyro_Argentum> Ok ima cast detect magic
- [17:44] <Kyro_Argentum> hows that work
- 01[17:45] <@KrakowSAM> you cast the spell and I tell you if you detect any magic
- 06[17:45] * Kyro_Argentum casts detect magic
- 01[17:45] <@KrakowSAM> Kyro detects an aura of evocation coming from Ven
- 01[17:45] <@KrakowSAM> more specfically his crossbow
- [17:45] <Venzael_8> What about the red-tinged sword?
- 01[17:46] <@KrakowSAM> there is also a more generic magical aura coming from his new sword which you can't seem to make much out of
- 01[17:46] <@KrakowSAM> you also detect all the magic stuff that you have on you
- 01[17:46] <@KrakowSAM> as for the house, there is a very faint aura of transmutation coming from under the floor in the corner of the kitchen
- [17:47] <Venzael_8> OooooOOOOOooooohhh.
- [17:47] <Kyro_Argentum> "hrm. Over there"
- 06[17:47] * Kyro_Argentum points to corner of kitchen
- 06[17:47] * Venzael_8 moves over to the floor.
- [17:47] <Venzael_8> What's the floor made of?
- 06[17:47] * Kyro_Argentum walks to where the aura was eminating
- 01[17:48] <@KrakowSAM> gnarled wooden planks
- 01[17:48] <@KrakowSAM> probably cut from some of the root-forests nearby
- 01[17:48] <@KrakowSAM> where the roots of trees from the abovebright protrude down into the world
- [17:48] <Venzael_8> In that case...
- 06[17:48] * Venzael_8 tries to pry up a floorboard with the glowing red sword.
- 01[17:49] <@KrakowSAM> Ven does so
- 01[17:49] <@KrakowSAM> under the floorboard is mostly dust and little bits of crumbs and dirt which have dropped down over the years
- 01[17:49] <@KrakowSAM> the source of the aura kyro is sensing is one of the little homonculi Ven and Az encountered during the siege
- 01[17:50] <@KrakowSAM> it seems to be half melted
- 01[17:50] <@KrakowSAM> and isn't moving very much
- [17:50] <Venzael_8> "How... adorable?"
- [17:50] <Kyro_Argentum> I have a bottle
- 01[17:50] <@KrakowSAM> Kyro recognises it as a type of golem sometimes employed by his people for various tasks
- [17:50] <Kyro_Argentum> Will it fit inside it?
- 01[17:50] <@KrakowSAM> you could try and scrape it up, yeah
- [17:50] <Venzael_8> "Do we want a pet?"
- [17:51] <Kyro_Argentum> "Pet or tool, depends on the use I suppose. I most certainly won't be letting it out much."
- 06[17:51] * Kyro_Argentum takes out bottle from bag and scoops up as much as he can amnage into the bottle
- 01[17:51] <@KrakowSAM> this one looks like it was stepped on and crawled down here until its batteries ran down, so to speak
- 01[17:51] <@KrakowSAM> you now have a badly damaged homonculus in a bottle
- [17:51] <Venzael_8> "Keep a close eye on it"
- 01[17:51] <@KrakowSAM> *dadada DAAAA*
- [17:52] <Kyro_Argentum> "These things are common among my people... not as weapons though, odd that they would be employed for such a use"
- 06[17:52] * Venzael_8 puts the floorboard back
- 01[17:52] <@KrakowSAM> otherwise you searches of the house turn up nothing much of interest
- [17:52] <Kyro_Argentum> "Well I suppose the count does indeed trust us."
- 01[17:52] <@KrakowSAM> they are sometimes used as assassins
- 01[17:52] <@KrakowSAM> but you've never heard of them being used en-mass like Ven described
- [17:52] <Venzael_8> "Well, seems we're possibly safe enough, so... what do we do about our associate downstairs?"
- 01[17:53] <@KrakowSAM> assuming Ven described their use en-mass
- [17:53] <Kyro_Argentum> "We should let him rest, he took quite the beating, and that was just with me let alone what you and him went through."
- [17:53] <Venzael_8> "No, I mean... our *friend*, *downstairs*"
- [17:54] <Kyro_Argentum> "Ohhhhhhhh"
- [17:54] <Kyro_Argentum> "The necromancer?"
- 06[17:55] * Kyro_Argentum shrugs "I suppose we did tell him we would return, but... ugh.., such a dark magic..."
- [17:55] <Kyro_Argentum> says the conjurer
- [17:56] <Venzael_8> "Yes. Him. We would likely be rewarded should be inform the authorities of his activities!
- [17:56] <Venzael_8> *"
- 01[17:56] <@KrakowSAM> is there anything either of you would like to do in the days before the count contacts you again?
- [17:57] <Kyro_Argentum> Can i repair the homonculi in the bottle?
- [17:57] <Kyro_Argentum> "I don't like that idea"
- [17:58] <Venzael_8> "Why not?"
- [17:58] <Kyro_Argentum> "We gave him our word, and a necromancer for a foe is well... a terrible terrible idea"
- 01[17:58] <@KrakowSAM> Not at present, Kyro simply doesn;t have the tools or the expertise to undertake something like that yet
- [17:58] <Kyro_Argentum> Ok
- 01[17:58] <@KrakowSAM> however, you do know that it is a partly alchemical construct
- 01[17:58] <@KrakowSAM> the humans are experts in alchemy, though they don't have much knowledge in creating constructs
- 01[17:59] <@KrakowSAM> oh, also, who is carrying the money you were given?
- 01[17:59] <@KrakowSAM> or are you splitting it?
- [17:59] <Kyro_Argentum> Well I'm not too trusting of all the humans here yet so i will hang on to him for now
- 01[17:59] <@KrakowSAM> best to establish these things <_<
- [17:59] <Kyro_Argentum> I thought we split it
- [17:59] <Venzael_8> Sounds fair.
- [17:59] <Kyro_Argentum> I am at least able to keep it alive, yes?
- 01[18:00] <@KrakowSAM> yeah, it will stay alive on its residual magic for a long while
- 01[18:00] <@KrakowSAM> you can feed it on pretty much anything
- 01[18:00] <@KrakowSAM> but alcohol or some other volatile fuel is best
- [18:00] <Kyro_Argentum> "One day were fine, the next were struck with some pestilence with an undead horde at our feet. We should leave him be for now as he has done nothing to put us in harms way. Yet"
- [18:01] <Venzael_8> "Seems a tad dengerous, I think we could slip in on the pretext of aiding him and then slit his throat"
- [18:02] <Venzael_8> "Or inform the count for a nice reward"
- [18:03] <Kyro_Argentum> "You could try to sneak up to him, but I'm doubtless he has numerous protective, and sinister, runes protecting him"
- 01[18:03] <@KrakowSAM> anyway, any specific shopping or research you'd like to undertake
- 01[18:04] <@KrakowSAM> I would advise against rash action regarding the necromancer while two of you are injured, at any rate >_>
- [18:04] <Kyro_Argentum> Do I have the ability to gain any sort of skill or knowledge from the homonculi?
- [18:04] <Venzael_8> I think Ven will rest as he needs to get some HP back.
- [18:05] <Venzael_8> Hmm, how much would it be to hire a servant?
- 01[18:05] <@KrakowSAM> hmmm, roll spellcraft Kyro
- [18:05] <Kyro_Argentum> How do i roll again?
- [18:05] <Kyro_Argentum> &roll 1d20+11
- 01[18:05] <@KrakowSAM> Kyro_Argentum rolled 1d20+11 for a total of 25. 1d20 Rolls: * 14 *
- 01[18:05] <@KrakowSAM> &roll 1d20+1
- 01[18:05] <@KrakowSAM> KrakowSAM rolled 1d20+1 for a total of 14. 1d20 Rolls: * 13 *
- [18:05] <Kyro_Argentum> i got it
- [18:05] <Kyro_Argentum> 25 baby
- [18:05] <Kyro_Argentum> woooo
- 01[18:06] <@KrakowSAM> a servant costs 1 silver piece per day to hire
- 01[18:06] <@KrakowSAM> thats an untrained lackey
- 01[18:06] <@KrakowSAM> studying the little construct for a few days, Kyro is able to determine that a key component in its magical animation is a spell called Unseen Servant
- 01[18:06] <@KrakowSAM> which he can record in his spellbook
- 01[18:06] <@KrakowSAM> if he doesn;t already have it >_>
- [18:07] <Kyro_Argentum> I do
- [18:07] <Kyro_Argentum> Drats
- 01[18:07] <@KrakowSAM> well, then you don't learn anything new for the time being
- [18:08] <Venzael_8> I think I'll hire a servant for the house, one capable of cleaning and cooking.
- 01[18:08] <@KrakowSAM> ok, an untrained servant would be able to take care of that
- 01[18:08] <@KrakowSAM> her cooking isn;t great
- 01[18:08] <@KrakowSAM> but you get what you pay for
- [18:08] <Venzael_8> It's unseemly for people of our station to do these things ourselves.
- 01[18:08] <@KrakowSAM> of course
- [18:09] <Venzael_8> What's her name?
- 01[18:09] <@KrakowSAM> Sveta
- 01[18:09] <@KrakowSAM> anyway, you spend a few days doing whatever
- 01[18:09] <@KrakowSAM> Ven recovers from his wounds
- 01[18:09] <@KrakowSAM> back to fll hitpoints
- 01[18:09] <@KrakowSAM> Azakeil is still unwell and seems to have picked up a mild infection and has spent most of his time in bed
- 01[18:10] <@KrakowSAM> but he insists its nothing to worry about and refuses medical attention from humans
- 01[18:10] <@KrakowSAM> which is probably for the best
- 01[18:10] <@KrakowSAM> at early one day a messenger knocks on your door bearing instructions from the count
- [18:10] <Venzael_8> "Sveta, see the man in"
- 01[18:11] <@KrakowSAM> she curtsies politely and does so
- [18:11] <Kyro_Argentum> (Do i have a new set of spells i get to prepare?
- 01[18:11] <@KrakowSAM> The messenger nods and holds up a receipt for you to sign
- 01[18:11] <@KrakowSAM> yes Kyro
- [18:11] <Kyro_Argentum> OK
- 06[18:11] * Venzael_8 signs receipt.
- 03[18:12] * Venzael_8 is now known as Venzael
- 01[18:12] <@KrakowSAM> the messenger shows himself out
- [18:12] <Venzael> What's the message?
- 01[18:12] <@KrakowSAM> the count's letter informs you that recently there have been reports of outlying human settlements being abandoned en mass
- 01[18:12] <@KrakowSAM> hunters have returned from their business to find the villages ransacked and not a soul remaining
- 01[18:13] <@KrakowSAM> reports are unreliable and news travels slowly
- 01[18:13] <@KrakowSAM> these villages are rather primitive compared to the towns of the empire
- 01[18:14] <@KrakowSAM> and often don;t contain a single literate person
- 01[18:14] <@KrakowSAM> the count would like you to travel to a village called Alt-elft to investigate claims it has befallen a similar fate
- [18:14] <Kyro_Argentum> How far?
- 01[18:15] <@KrakowSAM> several days journey
- 01[18:15] <@KrakowSAM> on foot
- [18:15] <Venzael> "Hmm... could be an eviction by one of the Drow houses looking for new fungus fields"
- 01[18:15] <@KrakowSAM> maybe a couple of days with mounts or a cart
- 01[18:15] <@KrakowSAM> as the name suggests the village lies fairly near to elven territory
- 01[18:16] <@KrakowSAM> but Ven doesn;t think it fits the MO of people like him to evict everyone
- [18:16] <Venzael> What mounts are available?
- 01[18:16] <@KrakowSAM> much easier to just tell them they work for you now
- [18:16] <Venzael> UNDERDARK horses?
- [18:16] <Venzael> UNDERDARK riding dogs?
- [18:17] <Kyro_Argentum> "Or it could be the same dwarfs that attacked here, just doing some raiding."
- [18:17] <Venzael> UNDERDARK gelatinous vubes?
- [18:17] <Venzael> *cubes
- [18:17] <Kyro_Argentum> Spiders?!
- 01[18:17] <@KrakowSAM> you could rent some stout reptillian mount creatures for a few gold pieces
- [18:17] <Kyro_Argentum> GIANT spider mounts?
- 01[18:17] <@KrakowSAM> we'll call them HORSES
- [18:17] <Venzael> Oooh... That is very Drow.
- 01[18:17] <@KrakowSAM> for the sake of convenience
- [18:17] <Venzael> How much to buy one?
- 01[18:17] <@KrakowSAM> a small one would be 30gp
- 01[18:18] <@KrakowSAM> a light one 75
- 01[18:18] <@KrakowSAM> and a heavy one 200
- 01[18:18] <@KrakowSAM> that is without barding and that sort of stuff
- 01[18:18] <@KrakowSAM> which is about 10gp extra
- [18:18] <Kyro_Argentum> "I think we should get some mounts, this town is not close if it lies near the drow border"
- [18:19] <Venzael> Ok, as a ranger I think a light lizard-horse would suffice, plus barding.
- [18:19] <Kyro_Argentum> whats barding?
- [18:19] <Venzael> The reins, etc.
- 01[18:20] <@KrakowSAM> saddlebags, feedbags
- 01[18:20] <@KrakowSAM> blinkers
- [18:20] <Kyro_Argentum> Ok.
- [18:20] <Kyro_Argentum> lol
- [18:20] <Kyro_Argentum> Can a small one hold me comfortably?
- [18:20] <Kyro_Argentum> Eh f- it
- [18:20] <Kyro_Argentum> A light one for me too!
- [18:20] <Kyro_Argentum> w/ barding.
- 01[18:20] <@KrakowSAM> right, you will have to also pay a little extra for a stepladder so you can get on it
- 01[18:20] <@KrakowSAM> but it is so little extra it doesn;t make a difference
- [18:20] <Kyro_Argentum> -_-
- 01[18:20] <@KrakowSAM> so both just subtract 85 gold from your totals
- 01[18:21] <@KrakowSAM> and you now have lizard-horses
- [18:21] <Kyro_Argentum> whats the total? 2000/3 + my leftover gold?
- 01[18:21] <@KrakowSAM> yes
- 01[18:22] <@KrakowSAM> Ven gets a grey-scaled horse and Kyro gets a golden-brown scaled... horse <_<
- [18:22] <Kyro_Argentum> Sry trying to calculate gold haha
- [18:23] <Kyro_Argentum> k
- [18:23] <Kyro_Argentum> "Lets ride!"
- 06[18:23] * Kyro_Argentum barely mounts horse and begins to head towards destination
- 01[18:24] <@KrakowSAM> Ok, the lizard horses are called Zirgs
- 01[18:24] <@KrakowSAM> that is the Zchernan name for them
- 01[18:24] <@KrakowSAM> alright, you set off on the road toward Alt-elft
- 01[18:25] <@KrakowSAM> your maps inform you that around the half way point there is a village called Smolyderev
- [18:25] <Kyro_Argentum> Is there anything of note about the place?
- 01[18:26] <@KrakowSAM> &roll 1d20
- 01[18:26] <@KrakowSAM> KrakowSAM rolled 1d20 for a total of 5. 1d20 Rolls: * 5 *
- [18:26] <Kyro_Argentum> Clearly not that i know of
- 01[18:26] <@KrakowSAM> on the map it is marked with a black smudge
- 01[18:26] <@KrakowSAM> that roll was unrelated <_<
- [18:26] <Kyro_Argentum> o
- [18:27] <Kyro_Argentum> k
- [18:28] <Kyro_Argentum> "Do you want to stop at the upcoming town and perhaps ask around about anything odd they've noticed?"
- 01[18:28] <@KrakowSAM> the road is fairly uneventful
- 01[18:28] <@KrakowSAM> it is laregely human controlled territory
- 01[18:29] <@KrakowSAM> lots of serfs working fields of fungi and plants adapted to lightless conditions
- [18:29] <Venzael> "We could I s'pose"
- 01[18:29] <@KrakowSAM> or tending flocks of things
- 01[18:29] <@KrakowSAM> occasionally you meet a small patrol of masked human soldiers
- 01[18:29] <@KrakowSAM> they stop you but once you show them your papers they leave you be
- [18:30] <Venzael> How is our progress? We'll make it their soon?
- 01[18:30] <@KrakowSAM> roll survival ven
- 01[18:31] <@KrakowSAM> just to see if your rangerly knowledge speeds your progress
- 06[18:32] * Kyro_Argentum coughs
- [18:32] <Venzael> &roll 1D20+5
- 01[18:32] <@KrakowSAM> Venzael rolled 1D20+5 for a total of 19. 1d20 Rolls: * 14 *
- 01[18:32] <@KrakowSAM> Ven knows how hard to push the Zirgs, and successfully leads you on a shortcut through some rugged rock formations, cutting a few hours off your journey
- 01[18:33] <@KrakowSAM> eventually you tired and have to stop for the night
- 01[18:33] <@KrakowSAM> *tire
- 01[18:33] <@KrakowSAM> 'night'
- 01[18:33] <@KrakowSAM> >_>
- [18:33] <Kyro_Argentum> ahaha
- 01[18:33] <@KrakowSAM> unless there's something specific you want to do, your camping goes well and there are no random encounters
- 01[18:34] <@KrakowSAM> mark off a days worth of travel rations eaten <_<
- 01[18:34] <@KrakowSAM> unless ven wants to hunt or forage
- [18:34] <Venzael> Hang on... is Azakeil still at Podonogrod?
- 01[18:34] <@KrakowSAM> yup
- 01[18:34] <@KrakowSAM> he is ill
- [18:34] <Kyro_Argentum> Oh. We have no warrior to take the hits for us
- [18:34] <Kyro_Argentum> We have to actually be careful
- [18:34] <Venzael> Ok, Ven will forage for some bits to supllement his rations.
- [18:34] <Kyro_Argentum> Damn.
- 01[18:35] <@KrakowSAM> you're a conjurer, you could conjure a tank >_>
- [18:35] <Venzael> *supplement
- [18:35] <Venzael> Yeah, we'll be fine!
- [18:35] <Kyro_Argentum> OH yeah! Nice.
- 01[18:35] <@KrakowSAM> roll survival ven
- [18:35] <Venzael> And if in doubt, hope on the Zirgs and FLEE.
- [18:35] <Kyro_Argentum> I suppose i just spend my time messing with my familiar
- [18:36] <Kyro_Argentum> Oh wait
- [18:36] <Kyro_Argentum> no yeah
- [18:36] <Kyro_Argentum> is it always around?
- [18:36] <Kyro_Argentum> or what?
- [18:36] <Venzael> (Mark's pouring sugar)
- [18:36] <Venzael> (It's a hobby of his)
- 01[18:36] <@KrakowSAM> oops, sorry
- [18:36] <Kyro_Argentum> (ha)
- [18:36] <Venzael> (He's going to compete at the nationals this month)
- 01[18:37] <@KrakowSAM> the familiar is always with you, yes
- [18:37] <Kyro_Argentum> kk
- 01[18:37] <@KrakowSAM> since its a snake it probably curls round your arm under your robes or something
- [18:37] <Venzael> Want me to roll foraging?
- [18:37] <Kyro_Argentum> OK
- 01[18:37] <@KrakowSAM> yes, roll survival
- [18:37] <Venzael> &roll 1D20+5
- 01[18:37] <@KrakowSAM> Venzael rolled 1D20+5 for a total of 9. 1d20 Rolls: * 4 *
- [18:37] <Venzael> Damn.
- 01[18:38] <@KrakowSAM> you find some bitter nug-nug roots
- 01[18:38] <@KrakowSAM> they barely provide more calories than it takes to digest them
- [18:38] <Venzael> Hmm... I'll put those in my bag for later.
- 01[18:38] <@KrakowSAM> but some people like the taste
- [18:38] <Venzael> Shoudl we get desperate.
- [18:38] <Venzael> *Should
- [18:38] <Kyro_Argentum> I have rations
- 01[18:38] <@KrakowSAM> alright, you set off on the road again and eventually see the lights of a settlement in the distance
- [18:38] <Kyro_Argentum> do you not?
- 01[18:39] <@KrakowSAM> in addition to a peculiar smell which assails your nostrils
- [18:40] <Venzael> I do, yeah.
- [18:40] <Kyro_Argentum> Do we recognize the scent?
- 01[18:40] <@KrakowSAM> smells a bit alchemical
- 01[18:41] <@KrakowSAM> as you draw nearer you see a torch lit by the side of the road
- 01[18:41] <@KrakowSAM> it is stuck in the ground near what appears to be a petrified tree
- 01[18:41] <@KrakowSAM> there is a human leaning against it, and a cart nearby with a rowboat loaded on it
- 01[18:42] <@KrakowSAM> the human is dressed in rich, but not overly ornamented black clothing
- 01[18:42] <@KrakowSAM> and has a wide brimmed hat pulled low over his face
- [18:42] <Venzael> "Greeting, fellow traveller!"
- 01[18:42] <@KrakowSAM> he raises his hat brim a little and looks at you, smiling widely
- 01[18:42] <@KrakowSAM> his teeth are dazzlingly white
- 01[18:42] <@KrakowSAM> "Greetings friends!"
- 01[18:42] <@KrakowSAM> he has a black goatee beard as well
- [18:43] <Venzael> Are there any markings on him that identify anything about him?
- 01[18:43] <@KrakowSAM> roll spot
- [18:43] <Kyro_Argentum> &roll 1d20+4
- 01[18:43] <@KrakowSAM> Kyro_Argentum rolled 1d20+4 for a total of 16. 1d20 Rolls: * 12 *
- [18:44] <Kyro_Argentum> 16 woo
- [18:44] <Venzael> &roll 1D20+3
- 01[18:44] <@KrakowSAM> Venzael rolled 1D20+3 for a total of 21. 1d20 Rolls: * 18 *
- [18:44] <Kyro_Argentum> -_-
- [18:44] <Venzael> :oD
- 01[18:44] <@KrakowSAM> neither of you notice any kind of heraldry or personal identification on him
- 01[18:44] <@KrakowSAM> he steps out from under the stone tree and starts flipping a silver coin in his hand and catching it
- [18:44] <Kyro_Argentum> "Tell us, are we close to Alt-elft?" "Is that it up ahead?"
- 01[18:45] <@KrakowSAM> "It is indeed. You gentlemen adventurers by chance?"
- 01[18:45] <@KrakowSAM> oops, scratch that
- [18:45] <Kyro_Argentum> I would like to sense motive btw, this guys creepin me out
- 01[18:45] <@KrakowSAM> "Alt-elft? Lord no! This is Smolyderev"
- 01[18:45] <@KrakowSAM> "You gentlemen adventurers by chance?"
- [18:46] <Kyro_Argentum> &roll 1d20
- 01[18:46] <@KrakowSAM> Kyro_Argentum rolled 1d20 for a total of 20. 1d20 Rolls: * 20 *
- 01[18:46] <@KrakowSAM> +?
- [18:46] <Kyro_Argentum> Oh, was doing a sense motive roll
- [18:46] <Kyro_Argentum> HIS TEETH ARE TOO WHITE
- 01[18:46] <@KrakowSAM> yeah, do you have any bonus to sense motive?
- [18:46] <Kyro_Argentum> Nope
- [18:46] <Kyro_Argentum> just straight 20
- [18:47] <Kyro_Argentum> "Indeed, we are adventurers"
- [18:47] <Venzael> Natural 20, woo!
- [18:48] <Venzael> "And who might you be?"
- 01[18:48] <@KrakowSAM> "You can call me Mr Gooseberry."
- 01[18:48] <@KrakowSAM> "You kind sirs wouldn't happen to be interested in a spot of light work would you?"
- [18:48] <Venzael> "It depends what it is"
- 01[18:48] <@KrakowSAM> "For a hansome reward, I need hardly mention"
- 01[18:48] <@KrakowSAM> *handsome
- 06[18:49] * Venzael whispers to Kyro "Do we have 'for hire' printed on our foreheads?"
- 01[18:49] <@KrakowSAM> "Oh, damnably easy really. I just want a stone from yonder village over there"
- 01[18:49] <@KrakowSAM> "You bring me that stone and I'll give you... how's five thousand gold pieces sound?"
- 06[18:49] * Kyro_Argentum shurgs
- [18:50] <Kyro_Argentum> "What?"
- [18:50] <Kyro_Argentum> "5000?"
- [18:50] <Kyro_Argentum> "For a rock?"
- [18:50] <Venzael> "This seems suspect"
- 01[18:50] <@KrakowSAM> "Yyyyup"
- 06[18:50] * Kyro_Argentum looks at Ven, raises eyebrow
- 01[18:50] <@KrakowSAM> "We live in a suspicious world my friends"
- [18:50] <Venzael> "Why do you want the rock? Are you magically inhibited in some way?"
- 01[18:50] <@KrakowSAM> "If a deal didn;t seem suspect, well, that would be suspect itself"
- 01[18:51] <@KrakowSAM> "Oh, the rock's not important to me. But I want it here all the same"
- [18:51] <Kyro_Argentum> "Hrm, well for that price... how could we say no."
- 01[18:51] <@KrakowSAM> "and I couldn;t possibly get it for myself. I'm a gentleman of leisure"
- [18:52] <Venzael> "But why do you want the rock?"
- [18:52] <Kyro_Argentum> "Is there something in the town?"
- 01[18:52] <@KrakowSAM> "Gentlemen, we're losing sight of the important facts here. The more questions you ask the less likely it is the task will continue to hold a five thousand gold piece reward"
- 01[18:53] <@KrakowSAM> he flips his silver coing and keeps smiling
- 01[18:53] <@KrakowSAM> *coin
- 01[18:53] <@KrakowSAM> "And in case you're in any doubt as to my honesty..."
- 01[18:53] <@KrakowSAM> he walks over to his cart and knocks the side of a chest on it
- [18:53] <Kyro_Argentum> "Well I suppose a light detour wouldn't be too much trouble..."
- 01[18:53] <@KrakowSAM> it snaps open and gold coins glitter inside
- [18:54] <Venzael> "If you want the rock, I suggest our valuable services are worth a damn sight more. After all, there's wear and tear, labour costs, danger money..."
- 01[18:54] <@KrakowSAM> roll diplomacy
- [18:54] <Venzael> Can I try to DIPLOMACY him?
- [18:54] <Venzael> &roll 1D20+8
- 01[18:54] <@KrakowSAM> Venzael rolled 1D20+8 for a total of 10. 1d20 Rolls: * 2 *
- [18:54] <Venzael> *RAGE*
- 01[18:54] <@KrakowSAM> "I can't possibly compensate you for wear and tear on your hands for carrying a boring old rock, now can I?"
- 01[18:55] <@KrakowSAM> "But I like your face"
- 01[18:55] <@KrakowSAM> "We'll say 5005"
- [18:55] <Kyro_Argentum> "Haha"
- 01[18:55] <@KrakowSAM> "The stone in question is part of a wall at the east end of the village"
- 01[18:55] <@KrakowSAM> "Its the one shaped like a wishbone"
- [18:56] <Kyro_Argentum> "Aye, alright then. You have a deal stranger. venzael?"
- [18:56] <Venzael> "Yes, I suppose... I think I'm losing my touch..."
- [18:57] <Kyro_Argentum> "You had a touch? Haha"
- 06[18:57] * Kyro_Argentum heads toward town
- 01[18:57] <@KrakowSAM> "Oh, don;t lose faith in yourself my good man!"
- 01[18:57] <@KrakowSAM> Mr Gooseberry waves you goodbye as you head toward the village
- 01[18:57] <@KrakowSAM> as you approach closer you identify the source of the strange smell
- 01[18:58] <@KrakowSAM> there are bubbling tarpits around the village
- 06[18:58] * Kyro_Argentum dismounts
- 01[18:58] <@KrakowSAM> which peasants are pulling tar from with long metal spoons and buckets
- [18:58] <Kyro_Argentum> "I paid good money for this thing I'm not about to lose it in some tar pit."
- 01[18:58] <@KrakowSAM> a building on the edge of the village seems to be some sort of warehouse
- 01[18:58] <@KrakowSAM> the road into the village is clear of tarpits kyro
- [18:59] <Kyro_Argentum> oh
- [18:59] <Kyro_Argentum> ok
- [18:59] <Kyro_Argentum> NVMD
- 01[18:59] <@KrakowSAM> the village is built around and to the west of a large rock pillar formation stretching from the cavern roof to the ground
- 01[18:59] <@KrakowSAM> you can see some bats and flying reptiles roosting in it
- 06[19:00] * Venzael approaches one of the villagers.
- [19:00] <Kyro_Argentum> "Lets find this east-wall wishbone and quickly, this place is just... odd..."
- [19:01] <Venzael> "I agree, but I have some questions first"
- 01[19:01] <@KrakowSAM> a tar-stained old man tries to avert his gaze from you as you approach
- [19:02] <Kyro_Argentum> "Hmph, with the amount of questions you ask, you should have been the wizard..."
- [19:02] <Venzael> "You there, old man!"
- 01[19:02] <@KrakowSAM> "Eyyaaah, we don't want any trouble from the likes of ye, dark one!"
- 01[19:02] <@KrakowSAM> he has a glass eye and very few teeth
- [19:03] <Venzael> "Show some respect to your betters! What is the name of this place?"
- 01[19:04] <@KrakowSAM> "Smolyderev!"
- 01[19:04] <@KrakowSAM> I only said it like three times already, jeese >_>
- 01[19:04] <@KrakowSAM> its written on your map :P
- [19:04] <Kyro_Argentum> lul
- [19:04] <Kyro_Argentum> "WE knew that, Ven..."
- [19:06] <Venzael> "Yes, but you have to set the tone with these people"
- [19:06] <Venzael> "What is there about this place of note?"
- 06[19:06] * Kyro_Argentum sighs. "Tar."
- 01[19:06] <@KrakowSAM> "Tar! See, your dwarf already knows all there is to know"
- 01[19:07] <@KrakowSAM> "We live in Smolyderev and collect tar to sell to the towns"
- 06[19:07] * Kyro_Argentum leers at the old man
- [19:07] <Kyro_Argentum> "Well now you're hiding something..."
- [19:07] <Venzael> "So, there are no interesting myths or folktales concerning anything... interesting?"
- 01[19:08] <@KrakowSAM> &roll 1d20
- 01[19:08] <@KrakowSAM> KrakowSAM rolled 1d20 for a total of 18. 1d20 Rolls: * 18 *
- 01[19:09] <@KrakowSAM> "Only.... the Tar Babies! But they're no myth!"
- 01[19:09] <@KrakowSAM> "I seen em with my own eyes"
- [19:09] <Kyro_Argentum> "The who?"
- 01[19:09] <@KrakowSAM> "Horrible creatures that lurk in the deep tarpits and ensnare the souls of foolish men who wade out too deep"
- 01[19:09] <@KrakowSAM> "With horrible glowing eyes and mucky gummy tar mouths!"
- 01[19:09] <@KrakowSAM> the old man makes a disgusting sucking slurping noise
- [19:10] <Kyro_Argentum> "I would like to get the rock and go now please. I now really dont like this place."
- [19:10] <Venzael> "Hmm... very well"
- 06[19:11] * Venzael dismisses the old man and moves towards where the rock was pointed out.
- 01[19:11] <@KrakowSAM> "Mind a tar baby don;t getcha! EEEEhehehehehe!"
- 01[19:11] <@KrakowSAM> the old man cackles and waves his stick around randomly
- [19:11] <Kyro_Argentum> "You and your damn curiosity...."
- 01[19:11] <@KrakowSAM> you find the wall in question on the east side of town
- 01[19:11] <@KrakowSAM> its pretty narrow
- 01[19:11] <@KrakowSAM> between two houses
- 01[19:11] <@KrakowSAM> right up against the big rock pillar
- [19:11] <Venzael> "Hmm... Kyro... Azakeil doesn't need to know about our soon-to-be-acquired extra funds, does he?"
- [19:12] <Kyro_Argentum> "Of course not."
- [19:12] <Kyro_Argentum> "Why would it come up at all? Haha"
- [19:12] <Kyro_Argentum> Do we see the rock?
- [19:13] <Venzael> "Of course, why would it?"
- [19:13] <Kyro_Argentum> "Exactly"
- 01[19:13] <@KrakowSAM> yeah, you can see a sort of fat wishbone shaped rock
- 01[19:13] <@KrakowSAM> there doesn;t seem to be anyone around
- 01[19:13] <@KrakowSAM> the rock is about the size of a man's head
- 01[19:13] <@KrakowSAM> not too heavy
- [19:13] <Kyro_Argentum> How high up?
- 01[19:13] <@KrakowSAM> about head height for kyro
- [19:14] <Kyro_Argentum> "Alright there it is!"
- [19:14] <Kyro_Argentum> I dismount and head between the houses to retrieve the rock
- 06[19:14] * Venzael draws the red-glowing sword.
- 01[19:14] <@KrakowSAM> ok, roll strength to pull it out
- [19:14] <Kyro_Argentum> &roll 1d20-1
- 01[19:14] <@KrakowSAM> Kyro_Argentum rolled 1d20-1 for a total of 8. 1d20 Rolls: * 9 *
- [19:14] <Venzael> Can I assist with the sword as leverage?
- [19:14] <Kyro_Argentum> ffs
- 01[19:14] <@KrakowSAM> sure, roll too ven
- [19:15] <Venzael> &roll 1D20+0
- 01[19:15] <@KrakowSAM> Venzael rolled 1D20+0 for a total of 3. 1d20 Rolls: * 3 *
- [19:15] <Kyro_Argentum> Wow dude
- 01[19:15] <@KrakowSAM> well, you both do a terrible job of getting the stone out, but its not heavy
- 01[19:15] <@KrakowSAM> and the mortar is damp and crumbly
- 01[19:15] <@KrakowSAM> so after a fashion you extract the stone
- 06[19:16] * Venzael sheathes the sword.
- [19:16] <Venzael> Hmm, just remembered I have those moonstones, should sell those at some point...
- 01[19:16] <@KrakowSAM> indeed you do
- [19:16] <Kyro_Argentum> ha
- [19:16] <Kyro_Argentum> Anyway
- [19:16] <Kyro_Argentum> I want to cast detect magic on the rock
- 01[19:16] <@KrakowSAM> you detect no magical aura on the rock whatsoever
- [19:16] <Venzael> Is there anything different about this rock?
- 01[19:16] <@KrakowSAM> nope, its just a rock
- [19:16] <Kyro_Argentum> NO MAGIC?
- 01[19:17] <@KrakowSAM> nope
- 01[19:17] <@KrakowSAM> none at all
- [19:17] <Kyro_Argentum> "Theres no magic on this rock.
- 01[19:17] <@KrakowSAM> just a regular boring old rock
- [19:17] <Kyro_Argentum> "Venzael, this is just a rock."
- [19:17] <Venzael> "Well, it looks ordinary to me... Maybe the man is some sort of trickster?"
- [19:17] <Kyro_Argentum> "Why are we being paid for a rock? With no magical qualities?"
- [19:17] <Venzael> "Or mad"
- [19:17] <Kyro_Argentum> "Or both."
- 01[19:17] <@KrakowSAM> as you examine it you hear a tap of stone clinking against stone from the wall as the stones settle a little to fill the gap you left
- 06[19:17] * Kyro_Argentum shrugging, and upset he wasted a spell. Kyro mounts his lizar.
- [19:18] <Venzael> Is there anything special about the wall?
- 01[19:18] <@KrakowSAM> not that you can see
- [19:18] <Venzael> Have we just helped demolish something?
- 01[19:18] <@KrakowSAM> its pretty tall
- 01[19:18] <@KrakowSAM> as you ride away, you do indeed see the wall start to collapse
- [19:19] <Kyro_Argentum> Balls i shoulda dont some sort of stone inspection
- [19:19] <Kyro_Argentum> eh
- [19:19] <Kyro_Argentum> not my town
- 01[19:19] <@KrakowSAM> and a rather large quantity of water start pouring out of the hole
- [19:19] <Venzael> "That makes sense"
- [19:19] <Venzael> "Ride!"
- [19:19] <Kyro_Argentum> "Offff course...."
- 06[19:19] * Venzael spurs Cythraul the zirg onwards.
- 01[19:20] <@KrakowSAM> you ride like the wind for the edge of town
- 01[19:20] <@KrakowSAM> where the land slopes upward a bit
- 01[19:20] <@KrakowSAM> from behind you you can hear cries of alarm, rushing water and splintering wood
- 01[19:21] <@KrakowSAM> on the road you can see Gooseberry ambling along, licking his silver coin
- 01[19:21] <@KrakowSAM> his wagon with a rowboat on it is rolling along after him with no visible means of propulsion
- 01[19:21] <@KrakowSAM> *flicking
- 01[19:21] <@KrakowSAM> he is not licking a coin
- 01[19:21] <@KrakowSAM> that would be weird
- [19:21] <Kyro_Argentum> Yeah
- [19:21] <Kyro_Argentum> i read that and was like fuck
- [19:21] <Kyro_Argentum> he's justa loon
- 01[19:22] <@KrakowSAM> "Evening Gents. Job well done."
- 01[19:22] <@KrakowSAM> he stops his cart and lifts the small chest and drops it in front of you
- [19:22] <Kyro_Argentum> "Why did you want the wall collapsed...?"
- [19:22] <Venzael> "Glad to do business with you, wwe should trade again some time"
- 01[19:23] <@KrakowSAM> "Count it if you want, I'll be here for the next couple of days if you have any problems with the payment, which you won't"
- 01[19:23] <@KrakowSAM> he clicks his fingers and the wagon turns in a circle and tips the rowboat out onto the road
- 01[19:24] <@KrakowSAM> he jumps on and it slides down the road and into the small lake which was up until recently the village
- 01[19:24] <@KrakowSAM> the boat propels itself through the water and you can see him talking to various swimming peasants
- 01[19:24] <@KrakowSAM> who are pleading to be rescued
- [19:24] <Venzael> "Friendly guy"
- [19:24] <Kyro_Argentum> "To us, maybe...."
- [19:25] <Venzael> Isn't 5,005gp heavy?
- 01[19:25] <@KrakowSAM> yeah, it is
- 01[19:25] <@KrakowSAM> some of the coins are platinum
- [19:25] <Kyro_Argentum> "He just wanted a lake?"
- 01[19:25] <@KrakowSAM> in fact they seem to be a total mishmash
- 01[19:25] <@KrakowSAM> you hardly recognise any of them
- 01[19:25] <@KrakowSAM> they are in a multitude of designs
- [19:25] <Venzael> "Got to admire his class. If they didn't want their place wet, why did they not have a guard there?"
- [19:26] <Venzael> "I suggest we bury the gold and pick it up later"
- [19:26] <Kyro_Argentum> "Ehhhhhh I think we take the platinum coins first
- [19:27] <Kyro_Argentum> "Then perhaps use these virgs as storage for now?"
- [19:27] <Kyro_Argentum> "Im tentative to bury so much..."
- 01[19:27] <@KrakowSAM> you can take some time to pick out 2000gp of platinum coins
- 01[19:27] <@KrakowSAM> the rest is gold
- [19:28] <Venzael> Split the 2000g between us?
- [19:28] <Venzael> Then we bury the rest?
- [19:28] <Kyro_Argentum> Yep
- 01[19:28] <@KrakowSAM> do you have any shovels or anything?
- 01[19:29] <@KrakowSAM> be tricky to bury anything with nothing to dig with
- [19:29] <Venzael> I'll use the glowing sword.
- [19:30] <Kyro_Argentum> works for me
- 01[19:30] <@KrakowSAM> alright, you debase an expertly crafted magical sword to dig a hole
- 01[19:30] <@KrakowSAM> it is tiring and inefficient
- [19:31] <Kyro_Argentum> not my sword haha
- 01[19:31] <@KrakowSAM> and takes you over an hour to dig enough of a hole to bury your booty
- [19:31] <Venzael> I nicked it.
- [19:31] <Venzael> Ok, then we put the other 3,005 gp in the hole!
- [19:31] <Kyro_Argentum> Im going to use a paper sheet of mine and mark where we left it.
- 01[19:32] <@KrakowSAM> sensible
- 01[19:32] <@KrakowSAM> remember to draw lots of skulls and dragons on your map
- [19:32] <Kyro_Argentum> Of course
- 01[19:32] <@KrakowSAM> otherwise it is a poor treasure map
- [19:32] <Kyro_Argentum> and a loop de loop
- 01[19:32] <@KrakowSAM> alrighty
- 01[19:32] <@KrakowSAM> you can see Gooseberry pulling some of the drowning peasants out onto his boat
- [19:33] <Kyro_Argentum> "5000 gold to turn a village into a lake."
- [19:33] <Kyro_Argentum> "Father would be proud."
- [19:33] <Kyro_Argentum> "You ready to continue?"
- [19:34] <Venzael> "Ah, he was a landscape gardener then? Yes, I think so"
- 06[19:34] * Kyro_Argentum continues towards Alt-elft
- 01[19:36] <@KrakowSAM> you make your way around the flooded village and continue along the road
- 01[19:36] <@KrakowSAM> after another half days journey you sight the village in the distance
- [19:37] <Kyro_Argentum> Smells?
- [19:37] <Venzael> Anything of note?
- 01[19:38] <@KrakowSAM> not many smells out of the ordinary
- 01[19:38] <@KrakowSAM> you see some moving lights
- 01[19:38] <@KrakowSAM> torches
- 01[19:38] <@KrakowSAM> or lamp
- 01[19:38] <@KrakowSAM> s
- [19:38] <Kyro_Argentum> "I thought this town was abandoned.."
- 01[19:38] <@KrakowSAM> your darkvision allows you to see enough by their light to make out that the village is enclosed by a pallisade
- 01[19:38] <@KrakowSAM> there are half a dozen humanoids holding lights working at the front gate
- 01[19:38] <@KrakowSAM> looks like they are trying to bash it down
- 01[19:39] <@KrakowSAM> they have a couple of very large dogs with them
- [19:39] <Kyro_Argentum> "Hrm.. things look hostile up ahead ..."
- [19:41] <Venzael> "I should go take a closer look - stay here with the zirgs"
- [19:41] <Kyro_Argentum> "Aye"
- [19:41] <Venzael> I'd like to move silently up to the gate.
- 01[19:41] <@KrakowSAM> roll move silently
- [19:41] <Venzael> &roll 1D20+8
- 01[19:41] <@KrakowSAM> Venzael rolled 1D20+8 for a total of 11. 1d20 Rolls: * 3 *
- [19:41] <Venzael> Shitcox.
- 01[19:41] <@KrakowSAM> &roll 1d20+1
- 01[19:41] <@KrakowSAM> KrakowSAM rolled 1d20+1 for a total of 3. 1d20 Rolls: * 2 *
- 01[19:41] <@KrakowSAM> you're good
- [19:41] <Kyro_Argentum> lol
- 01[19:42] <@KrakowSAM> the humans, which is what you see they are, are too preoccupied with the gate to listen for you
- 01[19:42] <@KrakowSAM> they are dressed in ragged furs and hides
- 01[19:42] <@KrakowSAM> they aren't from the Empire
- 01[19:42] <@KrakowSAM> barbarians from the fringes of human territory
- 01[19:42] <@KrakowSAM> they survive through cunning and brutality
- [19:42] <Venzael> I head back to report that to Kyro.
- 01[19:43] <@KrakowSAM> you identify one who is probably their leader, he's wearing some sort of reptile skull on his head
- 01[19:43] <@KrakowSAM> you also note the dogs seem unusually excited or agitated
- [19:44] <Kyro_Argentum> "Barbarians eh?"
- [19:44] <Kyro_Argentum> "How many were there?"
- 01[19:44] <@KrakowSAM> five plus the leader man and two dogs
- 01[19:44] <@KrakowSAM> which might as well be wolves
- [19:44] <Venzael> "Think we could take them?"
- [19:44] <Kyro_Argentum> "Doubtful"
- [19:45] <Venzael> "We could probably scare them off..."
- [19:45] <Kyro_Argentum> "If they're supersticious... i may have a spell in mind...
- 01[19:45] <@KrakowSAM> out in the wild superstition is far from a drawback
- 01[19:46] <@KrakowSAM> so they almost certainly are
- [19:46] <Kyro_Argentum> Very well.
- [19:46] <Kyro_Argentum> "You say your bow has some electrical component?"
- [19:47] <Venzael> "Yes"
- [19:47] <Kyro_Argentum> "Very well. I have an idea then."
- [19:47] <Kyro_Argentum> Can Acid Orb, since its touch based as well as ranged, be used on my familiar?
- 01[19:47] <@KrakowSAM> you mean, have the familiar deliver the spell?
- [19:47] <Kyro_Argentum> Yes
- 01[19:48] <@KrakowSAM> I don't see why not
- 01[19:48] <@KrakowSAM> but it would have to actually touch the target
- 01[19:48] <@KrakowSAM> it wouldn't be able to use it as a ranged spell
- [19:48] <Kyro_Argentum> OK
- [19:48] <Kyro_Argentum> First though.
- [19:48] <Venzael> I like where this thread is going.
- [19:49] <Kyro_Argentum> "I will use a spell of mine to conjur lights, when they're distracted, or spooked, use your electric bow to shock one of them, I will also try and get another spell off as well."
- [19:49] <Kyro_Argentum> "Prefereably kill, but a shocking wound will be just as terrifying."
- [19:50] <Kyro_Argentum> Now, i can use Dancing Lights, THEN acid orb, and not have teh lights go away right?
- 01[19:50] <@KrakowSAM> yup
- [19:50] <Kyro_Argentum> And they are less than 130ft away?
- 01[19:50] <@KrakowSAM> yes
- [19:51] <Kyro_Argentum> Ok then
- [19:51] <Kyro_Argentum> I cast Dancing Lights and get the four glowing spheres
- 01[19:51] <@KrakowSAM> ok
- [19:51] <Kyro_Argentum> I then use acid orb on my familiar
- 01[19:51] <@KrakowSAM> right
- [19:52] <Kyro_Argentum> And have my familiar go towards them
- 01[19:52] <@KrakowSAM> where do you start the lights?
- [19:52] <Kyro_Argentum> Above them
- [19:52] <Kyro_Argentum> and have them swirl around them ominously
- 01[19:52] <@KrakowSAM> ok, they look up and you hear a few of them cry out
- [19:52] <Kyro_Argentum> "Shoot one"
- [19:52] <Kyro_Argentum> "...please don't miss..."
- [19:53] <Venzael> I'll shoot twice, as per rapid shot.
- [19:53] <Venzael> &roll 2D20+3
- 01[19:53] <@KrakowSAM> Venzael rolled 2D20+3 for a total of 12. 2d20 Rolls: * 3 ** 6 *
- 01[19:53] <@KrakowSAM> miss miss
- [19:54] <Kyro_Argentum> *facepalm*
- [19:54] <Venzael> SHITE.
- 01[19:54] <@KrakowSAM> lightning bolts streak over their heads
- 01[19:54] <@KrakowSAM> they are scared, but not...
- 01[19:54] <@KrakowSAM> Shocked
- [19:54] <Kyro_Argentum> Thats still scary i suppose
- 01[19:54] <@KrakowSAM> YEAAAAAAAAAAH
- 01[19:54] <@KrakowSAM> BI
- 01[19:54] <@KrakowSAM> &roll 1d20+1
- 01[19:54] <@KrakowSAM> KrakowSAM rolled 1d20+1 for a total of 10. 1d20 Rolls: * 9 *
- [19:54] <Kyro_Argentum> Is my familiar in range?
- 01[19:54] <@KrakowSAM> it will be in a round
- [19:54] <Kyro_Argentum> Ok
- 01[19:54] <@KrakowSAM> but they don't do much except look up for a round
- 01[19:55] <@KrakowSAM> who do you want your snake to attack?
- 01[19:55] <@KrakowSAM> oh, i should have asked you to tell it before it left
- [19:55] <Kyro_Argentum> Oh, the one in the back
- [19:55] <Kyro_Argentum> the leader
- 01[19:55] <@KrakowSAM> you only have an empathic connection with it, you can't give it orders at range <_<
- [19:55] <Kyro_Argentum> Well lets say i told it
- 01[19:55] <@KrakowSAM> roll your snake's touch attack
- [19:55] <Kyro_Argentum> uhm
- [19:55] <Kyro_Argentum> hm
- [19:56] <Kyro_Argentum> Where is it?
- [19:56] <Kyro_Argentum> It says Attack:Bite
- [19:56] <Kyro_Argentum> no die associated
- 01[19:56] <@KrakowSAM> oh, it has its own attack bonus
- 01[19:56] <@KrakowSAM> weird that its not at the bottom of your sheet
- 01[19:57] <@KrakowSAM> hang on
- [19:57] <Kyro_Argentum> http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/snake.htm#viperSnake
- [19:57] <Kyro_Argentum> Tiny Viper
- 01[19:57] <@KrakowSAM> ah, it uses your base attack bonus
- 01[19:57] <@KrakowSAM> +5 for dexterity and size
- [19:58] <Kyro_Argentum> Ok so a 1d20+5?
- 01[19:58] <@KrakowSAM> +6
- 01[19:58] <@KrakowSAM> your base attack bonus is +1
- [19:58] <Kyro_Argentum> &roll 1d20+6
- 01[19:58] <@KrakowSAM> Kyro_Argentum rolled 1d20+6 for a total of 20. 1d20 Rolls: * 14 *
- [19:58] <Kyro_Argentum> ok
- 01[19:58] <@KrakowSAM> it hits
- [19:58] <Venzael> Go snakey, kill!
- 01[19:58] <@KrakowSAM> roll 1d3 damage
- [19:58] <Kyro_Argentum> &roll 1d3
- 01[19:58] <@KrakowSAM> Kyro_Argentum rolled 1d3 for a total of 2. 1d3 Rolls: * 2 *
- [19:58] <Kyro_Argentum> plus the 5?
- [19:58] <Kyro_Argentum> for 'bite' i guess?
- 01[19:58] <@KrakowSAM> not acid splash only does 1d3 damage
- 01[19:59] <@KrakowSAM> a touch attack canlt be delivered as part of an attack
- [19:59] <Kyro_Argentum> ohk
- 01[19:59] <@KrakowSAM> thats the rule >_>
- [19:59] <Kyro_Argentum> cool then
- 01[19:59] <@KrakowSAM> or it gets a bit too powerful
- [19:59] <Kyro_Argentum> yeah thoguht so
- [19:59] <Kyro_Argentum> im cool with a random orb of acid hitting him
- 01[19:59] <@KrakowSAM> anyway, your snake slithers away and returns to you
- 01[19:59] <@KrakowSAM> &roll 1d20
- 01[19:59] <@KrakowSAM> KrakowSAM rolled 1d20 for a total of 2. 1d20 Rolls: * 2 *
- 01[19:59] <@KrakowSAM> the barbarians seem to have had enough of this
- 01[20:00] <@KrakowSAM> the leader barks some orders and they run away
- 01[20:00] <@KrakowSAM> their dogs following
- [20:00] <Kyro_Argentum> Woooooo
- 01[20:00] <@KrakowSAM> clearly this village is a place of ill portent
- [20:00] <Venzael> Go us.
- [20:00] <Venzael> Well... mostly you.
- [20:00] <Kyro_Argentum> "Well now, that worked!"
- [20:00] <Kyro_Argentum> Haha
- 01[20:00] <@KrakowSAM> they crest a hill and are gone
- [20:01] <Venzael> "Well done!"
- 01[20:01] <@KrakowSAM> you got lucky with their will save <_<
- [20:01] <Kyro_Argentum> :D
- [20:01] <Kyro_Argentum> "Thank you. Lets get into this damned village already though."
- [20:01] <Kyro_Argentum> "I'm tired of wilderness
- 01[20:03] <@KrakowSAM> you approach the gate
- 01[20:03] <@KrakowSAM> it is tightly shut
- 06[20:03] * Venzael reloads Gwybed and keeps it out.
- 01[20:03] <@KrakowSAM> the barbarians took their battering ram with them
- 06[20:03] * Kyro_Argentum calls our, "Hello? Anyone around?"
- 01[20:03] <@KrakowSAM> the place is eerily silent
- [20:04] <Venzael> "Hmm... maybe I should climb over and take a look"
- [20:05] <Kyro_Argentum> "Aye."
- [20:06] <Venzael> I make a lasso and throw it over the palisade.
- 01[20:06] <@KrakowSAM> ok, roll rope use
- [20:07] <Venzael> &roll 1D20+2
- 01[20:07] <@KrakowSAM> Venzael rolled 1D20+2 for a total of 17. 1d20 Rolls: * 15 *
- 01[20:08] <@KrakowSAM> ok, the noose is tied well, and the rope easily tightens around one of the logs making up the wall
- 01[20:08] <@KrakowSAM> now roll climb
- 01[20:08] <@KrakowSAM> you only need to beat a DC of 5 :P
- [20:09] <Venzael> &roll 1D20
- 01[20:09] <@KrakowSAM> Venzael rolled 1D20 for a total of 19. 1d20 Rolls: * 19 *
- 01[20:09] <@KrakowSAM> Venzael climbs up lickety split
- [20:09] <Kyro_Argentum> thank god
- 01[20:09] <@KrakowSAM> he strolls up that wall like its nothing
- 01[20:09] <@KrakowSAM> he makes it look damned easy
- 01[20:10] <@KrakowSAM> which it is because there's a rope to climb up
- 01[20:10] <@KrakowSAM> Ven is now atop the wall
- 01[20:10] <@KrakowSAM> perching on some logs which haven't been sharpened to spiked points
- [20:11] <Venzael> What do I see?
- 01[20:12] <@KrakowSAM> the village is small, and poor
- 01[20:12] <@KrakowSAM> tiny wooden huts leaning against each other for support
- 01[20:12] <@KrakowSAM> there are signs of combat and dissarray
- 01[20:12] <@KrakowSAM> there are bloodstains on some of the buildings
- 01[20:12] <@KrakowSAM> the mud is churned up with footprints
- 01[20:13] <@KrakowSAM> the buildings are arranged around a central square which is really just a muddy area around a wooden pole with a flag on it
- 01[20:13] <@KrakowSAM> brb, toilet
- [20:13] <Venzael> "Looks like a normal human cesspit to me"
- [20:13] <Kyro_Argentum> "Any humans?"
- 01[20:14] <@KrakowSAM> you see no signs of life
- 01[20:14] <@KrakowSAM> a clammy breeze makes you both shiver
- 01[20:14] <@KrakowSAM> and in the distance you hear a mournful bird call
- [20:16] <Venzael> "No, apparently not"
- [20:16] <Venzael> Can I open the gate from the inside?
- [20:16] <Kyro_Argentum> "Odd...."
- 01[20:17] <@KrakowSAM> yeah, there's a heavy wooden bar keeping the gate shut on this side
- 06[20:17] * Venzael climbs down and undoes the front gate.
- 01[20:18] <@KrakowSAM> the gate swings open awkwardly, scraping along the muddy ground
- [20:18] <Kyro_Argentum> "Thank you."
- [20:18] <Kyro_Argentum> (Can we end here?)
- [20:18] <Kyro_Argentum> (I gtg
- 01[20:19] <@KrakowSAM> hmm, I suppose so
- 01[20:19] <@KrakowSAM> I'll let venzael look around if he wants
- 01[20:19] <@KrakowSAM> this is pretty much the end anyway
- 01[20:19] <@KrakowSAM> investigating the village
- [20:19] <Kyro_Argentum> Can we do that next week?
- [20:19] <Venzael> Sure!
- 01[20:20] <@KrakowSAM> yeah, ok
- 01[20:20] <@KrakowSAM> I'll deal with xp then
- [20:21] <Kyro_Argentum> ok
- [20:21] <Kyro_Argentum> bet
- [20:21] <Kyro_Argentum> thanks!
- [20:21] <Kyro_Argentum> was fun see ya next week!
- [20:21] <Venzael> TTFN.
- 02[20:21] * Kyro_Argentum (webchat@cloak-C48B6C41.cm.sunflower.com) Quit (Quit: Page closed)
- 02[20:21] * Venzael (Shard@cloak-A24253A3.as13285.net) Quit (Quit: )
- Session Close: Wed Sep 21 23:24:08 2011
- Session Start: Wed Sep 21 23:24:08 2011
- Session Ident: #gsdnd
- 02[23:24] * Disconnected
- Session Close: Wed Sep 21 23:24:08 2011
- Session Start: Mon Oct 10 16:41:55 2011
- Session Ident: #gsdnd
- 03[16:41] * Now talking in #gsdnd
- 01[16:42] <KrakowSAM> yo
- [16:42] <@eropS> hey
- 01[16:43] <KrakowSAM> hopefully brandon turns up this time <_<
- 01[16:43] <KrakowSAM> Not brandon
- 01[16:43] <KrakowSAM> gorman
- 01[16:43] <KrakowSAM> derp
- [16:48] <@eropS> lol
- [16:48] <@eropS> yeah
- 01[16:49] <KrakowSAM> I hope this game doesn;t die because people can't turn up
- 01[16:49] <KrakowSAM> again <_<
- [16:49] <@eropS> aw man
- [16:49] <@eropS> that would suck ...
- 01[16:51] <KrakowSAM> it would indeed D:
- 01[16:51] <KrakowSAM> if gorman misses today's game I'll start looking for other people to join
- [16:51] <@eropS> mmk
- 01[16:55] <KrakowSAM> also, I will put a hit out on Gorman with the Sicillian mob
- [16:55] <@eropS> I mean yeah go for it
- [16:55] <@eropS> lol
- 01[17:04] <KrakowSAM> I'll wait another half hour for gorman
- [17:04] <@eropS> ohk
- 01[17:04] <KrakowSAM> and if he doesn't show then so be it :O
- [17:04] <@eropS> haha alrighty
- 01[17:30] <KrakowSAM> welp, no game today then -_-
- 01[17:30] <KrakowSAM> sorry erops
- 01[17:30] <KrakowSAM> thanks for turning up <_<
- [17:30] <@eropS> ITS OK
- [17:30] <@eropS> its ok
- [17:30] <@eropS> hope we can get someone else soon...
- 01[17:30] <KrakowSAM> I'll start looking for a couple of new players or something
- [17:30] <@eropS> or gorman start showin
- 01[17:31] <KrakowSAM> if you have any friends who might be interested in playing then that would work
- [17:31] <@eropS> I wish....
- [17:31] <@eropS> lol
- [17:31] <@eropS> Well i will be here next week then!
- 01[17:32] <KrakowSAM> ok, cool
- 01[17:32] <KrakowSAM> see you then
- 01[17:32] <KrakowSAM> <_<
- Session Close: Mon Oct 10 17:32:38 2011
- Session Start: Mon Oct 17 16:54:48 2011
- Session Ident: #gsdnd
- 03[16:54] * Now talking in #gsdnd
- 01[17:03] <KrakowSAM> ok, venzael is on his way
- [17:04] <@eropS> ohk
- 03[17:05] * Venzael_Loquist (Mibbit@cloak-80BBC8DF.as13285.net) has joined #gsdnd
- [17:05] <Venzael_Loquist> Greetings, fellow adventurers!
- [17:05] <Venzael_Loquist> Or, y'know, whatever.
- 01[17:05] <KrakowSAM> adventurER
- 01[17:05] <KrakowSAM> since some people SUCK
- [17:06] <Venzael_Loquist> Suck duergar cock, I bet.
- 01[17:07] <KrakowSAM> I won't tolerate that sort of filthy langauge
- [17:07] <@eropS> lol
- 03[17:08] * eropS is now known as Kyro_Argentum
- 01[17:08] <KrakowSAM> ok, when we left our heroes they had just scared off some barbarians who were trying to enter the village they were sent to investigate
- 01[17:08] <KrakowSAM> Venzael has just jumped the gate and opened it from the inside
- 01[17:09] <KrakowSAM> the village is deserted
- 01[17:09] <KrakowSAM> and eerily silent
- [17:09] <@Kyro_Argentum> yes
- [17:10] <Venzael_Loquist> Totes not scared, doubt we'll find a load of corpses in a barn or anything.
- 01[17:10] <KrakowSAM> well, you won't know until you look
- [17:11] <@Kyro_Argentum> What do we see?
- 01[17:11] <KrakowSAM> there seems to be a single communal barn, incidentally
- [17:11] <@Kyro_Argentum> Are they run down? Or just empty?
- 01[17:11] <KrakowSAM> the buildings are flimsy wood and canvas
- 01[17:11] <KrakowSAM> they are scattered haphazardly around a central 'square'
- [17:11] <@Kyro_Argentum> Old or new?
- 01[17:11] <KrakowSAM> which is just a patch of dirt
- 01[17:12] <KrakowSAM> there is a mixture of old and new, its a patchwork
- [17:12] <Venzael_Loquist> "So, Kyro - this place looks deserted, I think we should split up and investigate. Just shout if a monster grabs you so I'll know to run."
- 01[17:12] <KrakowSAM> lots of repairs
- [17:12] <@Kyro_Argentum> "Hm yes splitting up that sounds like a great idea. You go to the barn I will check out the 'square'"
- 06[17:13] * Venzael_Loquist checks the barn, sneaking all sneakily.
- [17:13] <@Kyro_Argentum> Mind if I /search/
- [17:13] <@Kyro_Argentum> ?
- 01[17:13] <KrakowSAM> the barn door is open ajar
- 01[17:13] <KrakowSAM> sure kyro, roll search
- [17:14] <@Kyro_Argentum> ok
- [17:14] <@Kyro_Argentum> uhm
- [17:14] <@Kyro_Argentum> &roll d20+9
- 01[17:14] <KrakowSAM> Kyro_Argentum rolled d20+9 for a total of 24. 1d20 Rolls: * 15 *
- [17:14] <@Kyro_Argentum> 24 woot
- 01[17:16] <KrakowSAM> just a sec
- 01[17:16] <KrakowSAM> the dirt of the square shows a lot of activity
- 01[17:17] <KrakowSAM> lots of churned up footprints and blood spatters
- 01[17:17] <KrakowSAM> the flagpole in the middle has what looks like a clawmark on it
- 01[17:17] <KrakowSAM> and you see something glimmering in the dirt
- [17:17] <@Kyro_Argentum> I go look at that
- 01[17:18] <KrakowSAM> there is a gold tooth in the mud
- [17:18] <@Kyro_Argentum> Human?
- 01[17:18] <KrakowSAM> it is sharp and pointy like an animal tooth
- [17:18] <@Kyro_Argentum> ok
- 01[17:18] <KrakowSAM> it is caked in blood and mud
- [17:19] <@Kyro_Argentum> Hm ok i guess thats something then
- [17:19] <@Kyro_Argentum> I got what I needed I head to find Ven
- 06[17:19] * Venzael_Loquist peeks around the barn door.
- 01[17:19] <KrakowSAM> the barn interior is dank and smelly
- 01[17:19] <KrakowSAM> oh, roll move silently
- [17:20] <Venzael_Loquist> &roll d20+8
- 01[17:20] <KrakowSAM> Venzael_Loquist rolled d20+8 for a total of 16. 1d20 Rolls: * 8 *
- 01[17:20] <KrakowSAM> &roll 1d20+3
- 01[17:20] <KrakowSAM> KrakowSAM rolled 1d20+3 for a total of 18. 1d20 Rolls: * 15 *
- [17:20] <@Kyro_Argentum> cmon dude...
- [17:20] <@Kyro_Argentum> lol
- 01[17:21] <KrakowSAM> a sickly-looking lizard-goat tied to a post in the barn notices Venzael and hissbleats and strains on its leash toward him
- 01[17:21] <KrakowSAM> its food trough is empty and it looks like its been trying to chew through its restraints
- 01[17:21] <KrakowSAM> to little avail
- [17:21] <Venzael_Loquist> "Shut up, stupid animal" Ven whispers.
- 01[17:22] <KrakowSAM> a nest box some distance away has some lizardgoat eggs in them
- 06[17:22] * Venzael_Loquist moves to search the barn.
- 01[17:22] <KrakowSAM> roll search
- [17:23] <Venzael_Loquist> &roll D20+4
- 01[17:23] <KrakowSAM> Venzael_Loquist rolled D20+4 for a total of 10. 1d20 Rolls: * 6 *
- 01[17:24] <KrakowSAM> you find a couple of dead lizardgoats, some rotten reptile eggs and some general farm tools
- [17:24] <@Kyro_Argentum> AM i almost there?
- 01[17:24] <KrakowSAM> you also find Kyro
- 01[17:24] <KrakowSAM> at the barn door
- [17:24] <Venzael_Loquist> Yay!
- [17:24] <@Kyro_Argentum> GOOD FIND!
- [17:25] <@Kyro_Argentum> "Hey you find anything?!"
- [17:25] <@Kyro_Argentum> I yell it
- [17:25] <Venzael_Loquist> "Nothing here, unless you like lizardgoat eggs?"
- [17:25] <@Kyro_Argentum> "Hm
- [17:25] <@Kyro_Argentum> "We could take them I think I might have room in my bag, they heavy?"
- 01[17:26] <KrakowSAM> they're about twice the size of chicken eggs
- 01[17:26] <KrakowSAM> and rotten
- [17:26] <@Kyro_Argentum> Are all of them rotten?
- [17:26] <Venzael_Loquist> "Uh... be my guest, I'll stick with my kit rations"
- 01[17:26] <KrakowSAM> some of them have dead lizard babies inside them
- [17:26] <@Kyro_Argentum> Can I search?
- 01[17:27] <KrakowSAM> sure
- [17:27] <@Kyro_Argentum> is there anything worth a larger roll?
- [17:27] <@Kyro_Argentum> &roll d20+9
- 01[17:27] <KrakowSAM> Kyro_Argentum rolled d20+9 for a total of 13. 1d20 Rolls: * 4 *
- 01[17:27] <KrakowSAM> frankly, no >_>
- [17:27] <@Kyro_Argentum> drats
- [17:27] <@Kyro_Argentum> Ok
- 01[17:27] <KrakowSAM> Kyro finds nothing of interest
- [17:27] <@Kyro_Argentum> Well were takin that lizard goat right?
- [17:27] <@Kyro_Argentum> "Were takin the goat lizard right?"
- 01[17:27] <KrakowSAM> Though you do think that it might be sensible to tell Venzael about the footprints
- 01[17:27] <KrakowSAM> since he is a ranger and all
- [17:27] <@Kyro_Argentum> Hold on im still doin some business here
- [17:28] <@Kyro_Argentum> rangers get that animal soothe thing right?
- [17:28] <@Kyro_Argentum> handle animals?
- 01[17:28] <KrakowSAM> some rangers can indeed handle animals
- [17:28] <@Kyro_Argentum> Can he not?
- [17:28] <@Kyro_Argentum> Is he one of those rangers?
- 01[17:29] <KrakowSAM> he is checking
- [17:29] <@Kyro_Argentum> Ok
- [17:30] <Venzael_Loquist> I can use wild empathy, yeah.
- [17:31] <@Kyro_Argentum> Do you...
- [17:31] <@Kyro_Argentum> do you even want to?
- [17:32] <@Kyro_Argentum> "What do you think of the lizard goat should we take it?"
- [17:32] <@Kyro_Argentum> "It might be sellable, or a good thing to perhaps pull our chest of treasure home?"
- 01[17:32] <KrakowSAM> it looks pretty weak and hungry
- 01[17:32] <KrakowSAM> "Hssssbleeeeh"
- [17:33] <Venzael_Loquist> "Hmm, I will see if I can get it to follow us"
- [17:33] <Venzael_Loquist> &roll D20+11
- 01[17:33] <KrakowSAM> Venzael_Loquist rolled D20+11 for a total of 16. 1d20 Rolls: * 5 *
- [17:34] <Venzael_Loquist> Whoops.
- 01[17:34] <KrakowSAM> wrong modifier
- 01[17:34] <KrakowSAM> roll it again ::)
- [17:34] <Venzael_Loquist> &roll D20+7
- 01[17:34] <KrakowSAM> Venzael_Loquist rolled D20+7 for a total of 22. 1d20 Rolls: * 15 *
- 01[17:35] <KrakowSAM> Venzael slowly approaches the lizard and lets it lick his hand with its slimy forked tongue
- 01[17:35] <KrakowSAM> it seems to warm to him, and strains toward a barrel in a corner of the room
- 01[17:35] <KrakowSAM> in your search you noticed it was full of rootmeal
- [17:35] <Venzael_Loquist> "What's that boy?!"
- [17:35] <Venzael_Loquist> "Is there something in there?"
- 01[17:36] <KrakowSAM> yeah, lizardgoat food
- 06[17:36] * Venzael_Loquist approaches the barrel
- [17:36] <@Kyro_Argentum> "Well it likes you, cut it free and lets go. There is something you should see in the square"
- [17:37] <@Kyro_Argentum> "By cut it free i mean
- [17:37] <Venzael_Loquist> Anything interesting in the barrel?
- [17:37] <@Kyro_Argentum> "Here. Hold on."
- [17:37] <@Kyro_Argentum> I take out 20 feet of chain
- 01[17:37] <KrakowSAM> no, the barrel is just full of goat food
- 01[17:37] <KrakowSAM> like I said three times
- [17:37] <@Kyro_Argentum> "Make some makeshift leash for the beast and THEN lets go"
- [17:37] <@Kyro_Argentum> cmon ven the barrel is nothin lol
- 06[17:38] * Venzael_Loquist feeds the goat some food, then takes it outside to tie to my zirg, Cythraul.
- [17:39] <@Kyro_Argentum> "Aye good then, now come with me to the square. Looks like there was some sort of battle or... something..."
- 01[17:39] <KrakowSAM> the goat chomps heartilly at the food
- 06[17:39] * @Kyro_Argentum leads Ven to the square and points out bloodied foorprints
- [17:40] <Venzael_Loquist> "Hmm, I will see if I can work out how many people fought here"
- [17:40] <Venzael_Loquist> Track?
- 01[17:40] <KrakowSAM> sure
- 01[17:41] <KrakowSAM> roll survival
- [17:41] <Venzael_Loquist> &roll D20+5
- 01[17:41] <KrakowSAM> Venzael_Loquist rolled D20+5 for a total of 11. 1d20 Rolls: * 6 *
- 01[17:41] <KrakowSAM> eh, you can just take ten <_<
- 01[17:41] <KrakowSAM> or twenty, come to think of it
- 01[17:41] <KrakowSAM> since there's no rush
- 01[17:41] <KrakowSAM> you look carefully at the footprints
- 01[17:42] <KrakowSAM> most are obviously human
- 01[17:42] <KrakowSAM> but some are strangely shaped bootprints
- 01[17:42] <KrakowSAM> which are oddly short
- 01[17:42] <KrakowSAM> there are quite a few dog prints as well
- 01[17:42] <KrakowSAM> with something strange about them
- 01[17:43] <KrakowSAM> it appears that the dogs
- 01[17:43] <KrakowSAM> WALKED ON TWO LEGS
- [17:43] <Venzael_Loquist> "AAARRGGHHHHH!!!!"
- [17:43] <Venzael_Loquist> "OH MY GOD!"
- [17:43] <Venzael_Loquist> Good thing this game doesn't have SAN loss.
- [17:43] <@Kyro_Argentum> "What?
- [17:43] <Venzael_Loquist> Or I would have lost it ALL.
- [17:44] <Venzael_Loquist> "They appear to have had dogs that walked on two legs!"
- [17:44] <@Kyro_Argentum> "WHAT?"
- [17:44] <@Kyro_Argentum> "Eh thats odd, do you know how old the tracks are or anything?"
- [17:44] <@Kyro_Argentum> "What way did they go?"
- [17:44] <@Kyro_Argentum> Why are we here again i forgot?
- 01[17:45] <KrakowSAM> you were investigating the dissapearance of everyone in the village
- 01[17:45] <KrakowSAM> on behalf of the count of Podongorod
- [17:45] <@Kyro_Argentum> kk
- [17:45] <Venzael_Loquist> So, where did the dog-people go?
- 01[17:46] <KrakowSAM> none of the tracks leave the village
- [17:46] <@Kyro_Argentum> ..
- [17:46] <@Kyro_Argentum> ...
- [17:46] <@Kyro_Argentum> oh. well shit.
- [17:46] <@Kyro_Argentum> "I also found this"
- 06[17:46] * @Kyro_Argentum shows gold canine tooth (I assume its canine at this point)
- 01[17:47] <KrakowSAM> yes
- 01[17:47] <KrakowSAM> the tracks all end in a seemingly random point in the village square
- [17:47] <Venzael_Loquist> Does it look like, theoretically, the people TURNED INTO DOGS?
- 01[17:47] <KrakowSAM> no, the tracks are all consistant
- 01[17:47] <KrakowSAM> and all end at the same point
- [17:48] <Venzael_Loquist> How high is the cavern ceiling here?
- 01[17:48] <KrakowSAM> pretty high
- 01[17:48] <KrakowSAM> this whole
- 01[17:49] <KrakowSAM> oops
- [17:49] <@Kyro_Argentum> ?
- 01[17:49] <KrakowSAM> this whole region of the underworld has a very high ceiling
- [17:50] <@Kyro_Argentum> Ok well
- [17:50] <@Kyro_Argentum> I dont really want to detect magic.
- [17:50] <Venzael_Loquist> "Looks like they didn't climb upwards then"
- [17:50] <@Kyro_Argentum> "They just vanished?"
- [17:50] <Venzael_Loquist> "Or there's a trapdoor"
- [17:51] <@Kyro_Argentum> Hm. I didn't find one.
- [17:51] <@Kyro_Argentum> "Hm i didnt find one"
- 06[17:51] * Venzael_Loquist stamps on where the footsteps stop.
- 01[17:51] <KrakowSAM> oh, both of you roll uh, say, d20+int bonus
- 01[17:51] <KrakowSAM> it seems to be solid ground
- [17:51] <@Kyro_Argentum> &roll d20+5
- 01[17:51] <KrakowSAM> Kyro_Argentum rolled d20+5 for a total of 11. 1d20 Rolls: * 6 *
- [17:51] <Venzael_Loquist> &roll d20+0
- 01[17:51] <KrakowSAM> Venzael_Loquist rolled d20+0 for a total of 11. 1d20 Rolls: * 11 *
- 01[17:51] <KrakowSAM> you remember nothing pertaining to this situation
- [17:52] <Venzael_Loquist> Damn.
- [17:52] <Venzael_Loquist> "Hmm, maybe try to detect magic?"
- [17:52] <@Kyro_Argentum> I want to use spot
- 01[17:52] <KrakowSAM> what do you want to spot?
- [17:52] <@Kyro_Argentum> &roll d20+4
- 01[17:52] <KrakowSAM> Kyro_Argentum rolled d20+4 for a total of 15. 1d20 Rolls: * 11 *
- [17:53] <@Kyro_Argentum> If there is anyone hiding
- 01[17:53] <KrakowSAM> you do not see any scared adorable annoying little children
- 01[17:53] <KrakowSAM> or shell-shocked rookie soldiers
- 01[17:53] <KrakowSAM> or any other sort of person who might feasibly be hiding and alive
- [17:53] <@Kyro_Argentum> Drats i wanted over 20 so i could 'become aware of an invisible creature near you'
- [17:54] <Venzael_Loquist> Damn. Again.
- [17:54] <@Kyro_Argentum> Ven you still got a roll
- 06[17:55] * @Kyro_Argentum sighs "I guess i can try to detect something"
- [17:55] <@Kyro_Argentum> /cast detect magic
- 01[17:55] <KrakowSAM> you detect no magic in the area
- 06[17:56] * @Kyro_Argentum facepalm
- 01[17:56] <KrakowSAM> and generally get the feeling you have probably found all you can >_>
- [17:56] <@Kyro_Argentum> "Theres nothing here I can find"
- [17:56] <@Kyro_Argentum> "Lets just go this place creeps me out."
- 06[17:57] * @Kyro_Argentum turns to head back to the mounts and goatlizard
- [17:57] <@Kyro_Argentum> Ven?
- 01[17:57] <KrakowSAM> the gizzard is grazing on some lichen near where you left your mounts
- 01[17:58] <KrakowSAM> the colour is returning to its neck frills
- [17:58] <@Kyro_Argentum> sweet
- 01[17:58] <KrakowSAM> and it seems a little happier
- [17:59] <Venzael_Loquist> "Hmm, I suggest we set the place ablaze - if anything's hiding, it'll come into the open. The populace has fled anyway, and it's not like this meagre setup can't be rebuilt easily with some slaves"
- [17:59] <@Kyro_Argentum> O_O
- [17:59] <@Kyro_Argentum> "But to burn it all down? Hrm seems a little bit harsh...."
- [18:00] <@Kyro_Argentum> "We've already destroyed one village though so i mean..
- [18:00] <Venzael_Loquist> "It's investigation by force"
- [18:00] <@Kyro_Argentum> "What's another then."
- [18:00] <@Kyro_Argentum> "You have a flame or anything to burn?
- [18:00] <Venzael_Loquist> "I have my flint and tinder"
- 01[18:00] <KrakowSAM> if you bury one in a landslide and blow one down then you will complete the elemental square
- [18:00] <Venzael_Loquist> I like the sound of this.
- [18:01] <@Kyro_Argentum> haha
- [18:01] <@Kyro_Argentum> "Ok then be my gues and light it up."
- 06[18:02] * Venzael_Loquist sets fire to the barn (after collecting up a sack of goatfeed), and a few houses.
- 01[18:02] <KrakowSAM> the filthy peasant shacks burn merrilly after a little coaxing
- [18:03] <Venzael_Loquist> "This may draw some attention, I suggest we don't stay too long"
- 01[18:03] <KrakowSAM> and you leave the village behind you blazing away
- [18:03] <@Kyro_Argentum> "Aye lets roll out"
- [18:04] <@Kyro_Argentum> "Lets go collect the rest of that loot we left"
- [18:04] <Venzael_Loquist> "Sounds good to me!"
- 01[18:04] <KrakowSAM> you transform and roll out
- [18:04] <@Kyro_Argentum> awesome
- [18:05] <Venzael_Loquist> MOST GOOD.
- [18:05] <@Kyro_Argentum> When do we get back to the newly formed lake?
- 01[18:05] <KrakowSAM> stopping briefly to dig up your ill-gotten gains
- [18:05] <@Kyro_Argentum> wewt
- 01[18:05] <KrakowSAM> the newly formed lake is partially drained away
- 01[18:05] <KrakowSAM> you see some peasants who look oddly unhappy to have survived
- 01[18:06] <KrakowSAM> trying to rebuild the dam
- [18:06] <Venzael_Loquist> I will call my new gizzard 'Cwtsh'
- [18:06] <Venzael_Loquist> Wait... Cwtshau!
- [18:06] <Venzael_Loquist> (It's 'Cuddles' in Welsh)
- [18:07] <@Kyro_Argentum> lol
- 01[18:07] <KrakowSAM> it can be your animal companion when you meet the level requirement
- 01[18:07] <KrakowSAM> which is next level
- 01[18:07] <KrakowSAM> HOW LUCKY
- [18:07] <Venzael_Loquist> Yay!
- 01[18:08] <KrakowSAM> anyway you retrieve your money
- 01[18:08] <KrakowSAM> I hope you remember how much it was
- 01[18:08] <KrakowSAM> because I forgot to write down how much you haggled it up to <_<
- [18:08] <@Kyro_Argentum> Well lets see
- [18:08] <@Kyro_Argentum> we each took 1000 out directly
- [18:09] <@Kyro_Argentum> Sooooooo how much is left..... Ven?
- 01[18:09] <KrakowSAM> it was a bit over 5000 I think
- [18:09] <@Kyro_Argentum> so theres 3k left?
- [18:09] <Venzael_Loquist> That makes sense.
- 01[18:10] <KrakowSAM> yeah, we'll go with that
- 01[18:10] <KrakowSAM> >_>
- [18:10] <@Kyro_Argentum> kk
- 01[18:10] <KrakowSAM> better make a note of who is carrying what
- 01[18:10] <KrakowSAM> well, reasonably the money will be in a chest on the back of a zirg
- [18:10] <@Kyro_Argentum> right
- [18:11] <@Kyro_Argentum> and we each took a grand out so thats how its working i would think
- [18:11] <Venzael_Loquist> Sounds good to me!
- 01[18:11] <KrakowSAM> ok, you return to Podongorod
- 01[18:11] <KrakowSAM> without any bothersome random encounters
- [18:11] <@Kyro_Argentum> woo
- [18:11] <@Kyro_Argentum> Did we buy or rent these mounts?
- [18:11] <@Kyro_Argentum> I forgot that as wekk'
- 01[18:11] <KrakowSAM> when you arrive you find a note from Azakeil, it seems he had to go because his Hive needs him
- [18:11] <@Kyro_Argentum> well
- 01[18:11] <KrakowSAM> you bought them
- [18:12] <@Kyro_Argentum> kk
- [18:12] <Venzael_Loquist> Sveta still there?
- 01[18:12] <KrakowSAM> yes
- [18:12] <Venzael_Loquist> She can take Cwtshau for walks.
- [18:12] <@Kyro_Argentum> Haha
- [18:12] <Venzael_Loquist> Good-o.
- [18:13] <Venzael_Loquist> Well, we have a fair sum of money now...
- [18:13] <@Kyro_Argentum> "Aw our insectoid companion has bailed"
- 01[18:13] <KrakowSAM> you set your servant girl to work walking your pet goat-lizard
- [18:13] <@Kyro_Argentum> glizzard
- 01[18:13] <KrakowSAM> yes
- [18:13] <Venzael_Loquist> "Damn Azakeil, he had a useful talent - getting in the way of people that wanted to kill us"
- [18:14] <@Kyro_Argentum> "Yeah, agreed."
- [18:14] <@Kyro_Argentum> Should we end it soon so we can maybe make room for someone else should they decide to come?
- 01[18:14] <KrakowSAM> after you have loafed around the house a bit a messenger from the count turns up and asks you what you learned
- [18:15] <@Kyro_Argentum> We tell him about the town and the footprints
- [18:15] <@Kyro_Argentum> and how they vanished
- 01[18:15] <KrakowSAM> ok
- 01[18:16] <KrakowSAM> anything else you want to mention or lie about in any way?
- [18:16] <@Kyro_Argentum> We lie about the fact we set it on fire and that instead the barbarians raided it
- 01[18:16] <KrakowSAM> Ven, roll bluff
- [18:16] <Venzael_Loquist> "Those feral savages!"
- [18:17] <Venzael_Loquist> &roll d20+4
- 01[18:17] <KrakowSAM> Venzael_Loquist rolled d20+4 for a total of 14. 1d20 Rolls: * 10 *
- 01[18:17] <KrakowSAM> &roll 1d20-1
- 01[18:17] <KrakowSAM> KrakowSAM rolled 1d20-1 for a total of 14. 1d20 Rolls: * 15 *
- [18:17] <Venzael_Loquist> Balls.
- [18:17] <@Kyro_Argentum> tie goes to us right?
- 01[18:17] <KrakowSAM> Ven has a higher charisma than the guard has wisdom
- 01[18:17] <KrakowSAM> so yes
- [18:17] <Venzael_Loquist> Can I use DIPLOMACY?
- [18:18] <Venzael_Loquist> Oh, I'll go with that.
- [18:18] <@Kyro_Argentum> nah dude were fine
- [18:18] <@Kyro_Argentum> haha
- 01[18:18] <KrakowSAM> no, diplomacy is for getting things you want done
- 01[18:18] <KrakowSAM> not lying
- 01[18:18] <KrakowSAM> "Odd behaviour for barbarians, they must be getting desperate"
- 01[18:18] <KrakowSAM> "Or maybe they're up to something else"
- 06[18:18] * @Kyro_Argentum nods
- [18:18] <Venzael_Loquist> "Possibly"
- 01[18:18] <KrakowSAM> "Anyway, my lord will be pleased with your findings"
- 01[18:19] <KrakowSAM> he hands over a small bag of gems
- 01[18:19] <KrakowSAM> "Accept these with his complements"
- [18:19] <Venzael_Loquist> Oooh, how much?
- 06[18:19] * @Kyro_Argentum takes bag happily "Ah, well thank you."
- 01[18:19] <KrakowSAM> do either of you have appraise?
- [18:20] <@Kyro_Argentum> &roll d20+7
- 01[18:20] <KrakowSAM> Kyro_Argentum rolled d20+7 for a total of 8. 1d20 Rolls: * 1 *
- [18:20] <@Kyro_Argentum> -_-
- 01[18:20] <KrakowSAM> you think they are worth eight hundred gold pieces
- [18:21] <Venzael_Loquist> &roll d20
- 01[18:21] <KrakowSAM> Venzael_Loquist rolled d20 for a total of 3. 1d20 Rolls: * 3 *
- [18:21] <@Kyro_Argentum> LOL
- 01[18:21] <KrakowSAM> you think it is worth 789 gold pieces
- [18:21] <Venzael_Loquist> "We'll go with how much you think they're worth"
- [18:21] <@Kyro_Argentum> "Yeah."
- 01[18:21] <KrakowSAM> any projects you'd like to pursue in your downtime?
- [18:22] <@Kyro_Argentum> Can i do anything
- [18:22] <@Kyro_Argentum> with my Homonculus in a bottle?
- 01[18:22] <KrakowSAM> you can try studying it more, yeah
- 01[18:22] <KrakowSAM> roll spellcraft
- [18:22] <@Kyro_Argentum> &roll d20+11
- 01[18:22] <KrakowSAM> Kyro_Argentum rolled d20+11 for a total of 14. 1d20 Rolls: * 3 *
- [18:23] <@Kyro_Argentum> ffs
- [18:23] <@Kyro_Argentum> Again also: Should we end soon to allow easy transition of new person should we get one?
- [18:23] <Venzael_Loquist> Haha.
- [18:23] <Venzael_Loquist> I'd be OK with that.
- 01[18:24] <KrakowSAM> you don't make a lot of headway but you've identified the specific permutation of the animating spell which was used to make this particular type of homonculus
- [18:24] <@Kyro_Argentum> ok
- 01[18:24] <KrakowSAM> it had a metamagic applied to it which allows a single-target spell to be cast en-mass
- 01[18:24] <KrakowSAM> hmm, I don't mind continuing
- 01[18:24] <KrakowSAM> but if you want to stop now thats fine
- [18:25] <Venzael_Loquist> I don't have anything in particular I want Ven to do.
- [18:25] <@Kyro_Argentum> I do want to stop for right now actually.
- 01[18:25] <KrakowSAM> alrighty then
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