Ordeal in Ordon, Session 3

<DM> *Last time! You all found out that one guard dude that wasn't suspicious has a name - Tros. Hopefully, we don't run into the name curse from the Corruption quest.
<DM> *Anyhow, you met with Fado, the goat herder, big beefy dude that has a really loud voice. He's got suspicions with Milo, the new mayor, along with his guards. Just as he's about to tell you something, one of the suspicious guards interrupts you. Flareclaw, in a fit of "screw you", burns him, but before it escalates further, Fado decides to go with the guard.*
<DM> *You then checked out the West Guardhouse to find Tros there. Inside, you investigated and found a hidden trapdoor underneath a bunch of seemingly unorganized tools. After blowing it open, you found a dark chamber where you fought two weird guards, that turned out to be..... well.... not human for sure.*
<DM> *You defeated them, and then just when you tasted victory, you got pwned by a loading screen.*
<DM> -=QUEST CONTINUE, PART 3!=-
* Lunaria attempts to get the cells open
<DM> *After Flareclaw disintegrated that last Acheman, it lit the fire in the torch back, so now you guys can see once again, instead of just Lunaria.*
<DM> *The rest of you folks finally see there's a wall of prison bars, behind which you can see some very pale-looking villagers and are all nearly collapsed.*
<Nimono> ah, finally...light
<DM> *Lunaria, roll Power vs..... 15 successes.
<Nimono> wh...what's going on here?!
<Lunaria> uh
* Flareclaw walks up to the prison bars, and gets a closer look at the poor folk on the other side.
<Lunaria> wait, there isn't a door or anything to the cells?
<Lunaria> $10d10
<Navi> Lunaria: You rolled 10 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 1, 8, 4, 4, 4, 8, 4, 9, 8 and 4. Total: 54. Successes: 4.
<Lunaria> :<
<DM> *Nope, literally just a wall of bars. You folks likely can't squeeze through it either.
<DM> *Lunaria, you try to pry the bars open.... you don't even feel them budge.
<Lunaria> If I wasn't worried about a cave-in, I'd just blow this up with bombs
<DM> *Perhaps you could melt the bars down?
* Flareclaw tries Psi Flare.
<Flareclaw> $19d10
<Navi> Flareclaw: You rolled 19 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 2, 2, 10, 5, 3, 6, 1, 8, 6, 7, 10, 5, 5, 3, 1, 2, 6, 1 and 9. Total: 92. Successes: 13.
<Flareclaw> 7h, 5m.
<DM> *Your PSI Flare impacts the bars, melting one of them to nothingness. It's a bit of a tight fit, but you should be able to get through now.
<DM> *One of the villagers inside is collapsed on the floor, a female wearing light armor. She attempts to speak.*
<DM> ..... okay, I can't call one "Villager" by name
<DM> otherwise, I think smash 4 *COUGH*
<Nimono> ((just name it OrdonVillager))
* Lunaria tries to help her up
<OrdonVillager> Are you.. *cough* here to help-
<DM> *And that answers that question.
<OrdonVillager> Thank.. you.
* OrdonVillager passes back out.
<DM> *Whelp, so much for that.
* Flareclaw points at Nimono, then OrdonVillager, as if he's signaling something.
<Nimono> ?!
<Nimono> Gimme a moment, Flareclaw..
* Nimono drinks a Magic Jar to recover 6m (7m), then casts Heal Beam, alpha (5m) on OrdonVillager
<DM> *The heal beam causes her to glow for a moment, returning the color to her skin. She awakens a bit later.*
<OrdonVillager> Ah.. what happened?
<Lunaria> you passed out just moments prior
<OrdonVillager> Oh... it's those darn bat people...
<Nimono> bat people?
<OrdonVillager> They've been draining our lives every day since Milo took over. I don't know how long it's been...
<OrdonVillager> Yes, those "people" are actually Achemen, these horrifying beings that can transform to look exactly like us.
<OrdonVillager> Ugh, if I'd known that, I would've beaten the first slimy one that got its hands on me into a pulp!
<Nimono> Ever since Milo took over...? Is he behind this...?
<OrdonVillager> Yeah, definitely. Mayor Bo suddenly got ill one day, and then Milo suddenly appeared in town and just kerblam, took things over!
<OrdonVillager> Must've been while Fado was out, or else he would've punched Milo's crummy little face in, like KERBLAM!
* OrdonVillager makes a motion with her hands to signify the KERBLAM part.
<Lunaria> Well
<Lunaria> We killed two... do you know how many there are?
<OrdonVillager> Umm.. I don't know for sure. There's at least 5.
<OrdonVillager> Milo included. I'm pretty sure he's one of 'em.
* Lunaria makes a clicking noise
<Nimono> yeah, that wouldn't surprise me...
<Lunaria> well we better get everyone out here then before the others show up...
* Lunaria checks on the other people
<OrdonVillager> Yeah. If I may know, who are you folks?
<DM> *The rest of the folks are conscious but can barely move or even mutter anything.
* Flareclaw looks around for an alternate route to take.
<DM> *You'll probably have to carry 'em outta here. Don't worry, you don't need to Power stat it to pick 'em up.
<Nimono> we're travellers who came here at the request of the mayor, actually, to help stop the moblin invasions...then we found this
<Lunaria> and my the mayor we mean milo
<Lunaria> by*
<OrdonVillager> I see.
<OrdonVillager> My name's Kite, I normally train people here and adventurers how to use swords.... though I'm still kind of weak. I don't think I can help you folks directly just yet.
* Flareclaw flies a random Kite in the cell...
<Nimono> That's ok, just worry about recovering right now
<DM> touche
<DM> *Flareclaw, in looking for an alternate route, you find there's a crack at back wall of the prison side.
<DM> *at the back wall
<Kite> Alright, thank you all. Where are we, anyways?
<Kite> Is this still in Ordon?
<Nimono> yeah, we're apparently under the west guardhouse...I think...
<Nimono> i don't know how long the tunnels were...
* Flareclaw points to Lunaria, then motions to the crack in the wall.
<Kite> Under? I didn't know there were tunnels under Ordon...
* Lunaria heads over and prepares a bomb
* Kite helps to get everyone away from that wall.
* Flareclaw gathers a villager and retreats to the other side of the wall.
<Lunaria> wait
<Lunaria> hangon
<Lunaria> won't this cause a cave in?
<Flareclaw> *room
<Lunaria> we should get the people topside first
<Nimono> good point...
<Kite> Yeah, let's do so.
* DM puts away the party-wipe plans.
<Nimono> (LOL)
<DM> (darn, almost got away with it too)
<Lunaria> (rocks falls, everyone dies.)
<Nimono> well at least we have a torch so we can see our way back
<Lunaria> (classic)
* Nimono attempts to carry a villager
* Flareclaw makes his way back into the hallway with a villager.
* Tyria_Lazzen travels to the hallway, reluctant of the hallway
<Nimono> sooo...which way did we come from?
<DM> *There were no other routes, so I assume you guys just get back to the ladder.
<DM> *Save for well.. that one crack in the wall.
<DM> *You hear... footsteps from above... lots of footsteps.
<DM> *I don't think Tros can make all of them, either...
<Kite> Oh great, there must be a bunch of 'em up there.
<Nimono> ...something tells me tros wasn't able to keep the explosion a secret...
<Kite> Tros?
<Kite> Wait, he's still here?
<Nimono> Yeah, we saved him when we first got her
<Nimono> *here
<Lunaria> from a moblin attack
<Nimono> he let us look around the west guardhouse, where we found a hidden trapdoor that led us to you
<Kite> Whew, we got a chance then. Maybe he knows how many enemies we're up against...
<DM> *Suddenly, one of the set of footsteps approaches where the top of the ladder leads to.
<DM> *You hear a conversation:
<DM> [Voice1]: No, I'm saying we should feed off the prisoners again.
<DM> [Voice2]: But the Moblins are attacking in only a few minutes, there's no time!
<DM> [Voice1]: Fine then, we'll feed afterwards! Soon, the feeding will be complete... grargh, I can't wait!
<DM> *You hear more footsteps, heading away... and eventually, nothing.
<Nimono> ...oh boy...
<Kite> ... I think it might be clear now.
<Nimono> yeah, let's head up now
<Nimono> hopefully tros is still here...
* Nimono climbs up the ladder
<DM> *Nimono, you climb the ladder, annnnd it appears to be clear.
<Nimono> coast is clear, everyone!
* Flareclaw follows Nimono.
* Kite follows up.
* Tyria_Lazzen stays down, still cautisuewifoewfwekkl
<DM> *Through shenanigans, you get the weakened villagers up the ladder. Screw the logistics of that.*
<Lunaria> :>
<DM> *Tyria apparently wanted to see a cave-in actually happen close-up.
* Tyria_Lazzen goes upstairs the ladder... Wait, what?
<DM> *Fascinating.
<DM> *The west guardhouse is clear... until the door suddenly opens.*
<Nimono> ?!
* Tros pokes his head in, noticing you all.
<Nimono> hey, it's tros! we need help!
<Tros> Oh, whew, you're all safe!
* Tros enters and shuts the door behind him.
<Tros> I see you got- oh hey, Kite, you're still alive! What happened?!
<Kite> Imprisoned by those darn bat things, that's what happened. They're Achemen, Tros.
<Tros> Huh, where have I heard of... oooooh, I remember hearing something like them taking over Saria Town! Oh no, what're they up to now?
* Tros looks Nimono.
<Tros> What can we do to help you?
<Lunaria> Take care of all the villagers
<Lunaria> they are in a bad state
* Tyria_Lazzen yawns
<Nimono> Yeah, we need somewhere safe they can rest and recover
<Nimono> but right now, knowing there's Achemen around, I don't quite trust the inn...
<Tros> Hmm... all of them can use swords, so with some rest, we could set up a trap in the prison cell.
<Kite> All thanks to me! *smirks*
<Nimono> also, we just heard two of the achemen talking about how they're planning to "feed" on them again soon, if not for the moblin attacks...
<Lunaria> wait
<Lunaria> how do you know about the prison cell tros?
* Flareclaw face-claws.
<DM> cause Kite said they were imprisoned
<Nimono> um, isn't it logical to assume there's one given one was just told a person was "imprisoned"?
<Nimono> prisons have cells...
<Lunaria> I guess
<Tros> I mean, if that prison cell is still good...
* Lunaria shrug
<Nimono> and if you're imprisoned, you're in a prison...
<Nimono> well...we had to melt one of the beams to get the villagers out of it
<Lunaria> we still need to get down there and bomb the wall though
<Tros> Bomb the wall? Why?
<Nimono> oh yeah, there was a cracked wall in the back of the cell
<Nimono> we were afraid of a cave-in, though
* Flareclaw has an epiphany, as a literal light-bulb flashes above his head.
<DM> *Uh oh, we're about to experience heavy sign language.
* Tyria_Lazzen pokes the light bulb
<Nimono> somehow I get the feeling Flareclaw has the same idea I do
* Flareclaw puts 2 and 2 together; we could set up a trap. ... For the achemen. ... involving a cave-in. ...
<Nimono> Flareclaw?
<Flareclaw> Nimono??
<DM> (YAY FOR SCRIPTS!)
<Nimono> (did I seriously just trigger his script?! XD)
<DM> *For the first time ever, you hear Flareclaw speak. The only reaction is utter silence.
<DM> (yes)
<Nimono> flareclaw, what's your idea?
<Nimono> (i say we ignore the script lol)
<Lunaria> (but it's in the script!)
<Nimono> (...you will pay for that pun. 100 rupees for every one!)
<DM> *He does various handmotions, but for the most part, you can somehow understand him. Trap. Cave. Bomb. Ackbar. It's all making sense now...
<Kite> Hey Tros, how many of those guards are there?
<Tros> At least 10.
<Nimono> blow up the wall to get rid of the achemen...? haha, I was thinking the same thing, flareclaw! great idea!
<Tros> Only three of them frequent this guardhouse. We can probably get them.
<Lunaria> I guess...
<Tros> Though the rest will notice tomorrow for sure...
* Lunaria heads down to start filling the cell room up with bombs
<Nimono> ah...be careful, lunaria...
<Lunaria> I'll be fine~
<Kite> Wait... who's going to be the bait to get 'em to trigger it?
<Kite> It's gotta be someone fast...
<DM> (Aka, high courage stat
* Flareclaw 's courage is 9.
<DM> *Or you could just revive whoever dies down there via Seed of Life.
* Nimono 's is 5.
* Lunaria 's 10
* Tyria_Lazzen has a total of three
<DM> *Whelp, Lunaria is the unlucky one. She who sets the bombs lights the bombs!
<Lunaria> :<
<Kite> I'd go, but I'm still feeling weak and wouldn't be able to go fast enough.
* Lunaria places bombs everywhere and waits in the dark cell block, I guess?
<Nimono> stay safe, lunaria...
<Tros> Let's hide in the barracks rooms, it shouldn't be hard to break the doors down before they get back. Umm...
<Tros> Whoever's leading them down there will need to be up here to lead them down there...
<Nimono> true, true
<Lunaria> (oh)
* Lunaria gets back up
* Flareclaw hides in one of the barracks rooms..
<DM> *Kay, the villagers and Kite hide in the barracks rooms after Tros bashes the doors down.
* Tyria_Lazzen would try to turn invisible, but no skills to do so... So, hiding in the barracks, I guess?
* Nimono follows suit and hides in the barracks
<DM> *And so begins the wait...
<Lunaria> (actually why would I have to be up there, they already mentioned that they were planning on feeding?)
<DM> (true)
<DM> (but you don't want them to check the barracks first, do you?
<DM> -=WAITING NO JUTSU!=-
<Lunaria> (I suppose)
<DM> -=AN HOUR LATER=-
<DM> *The door to the guardhouse opens, and three guards enter, one of which is pretty heavily wounded, with blue blood pouring out.
<DM> [Guard1]: Auggghhhhh, why can't our feeding process be for healin' these wounds?!
<DM> [Guard2]: No matter, time to-
<Lunaria> hi~
* Lunaria waves
* Lunaria dashes over and jumps down the hatch
<DM> *The three of them just stare at you for moment, frozen in "what the ffff"*
<DM> [Guard1]: WOT, GET BACK HERE!
<DM> [Guard3]: BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GODS, SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!
<DM> (wait, jumps down the hatch? whelp, repeat of what happened to Flareclaw. Lunaria, roll Courage vs. 10 successes!
<Lunaria> oh
<Lunaria> $10d10
<Navi> Lunaria: You rolled 10 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 3, 10, 10, 9, 9, 10, 8, 5, 7 and 1. Total: 72. Successes: 11.
<DM> (and this is why you take ladders, folks)
<Lunaria> (NOPE!)
<DM> (or not)
<Nimono> (but ladders are slow)
<DM> *You nimbly jump down effortlessly, not experiencing Flareclaw's previous fall damage.
<DM> and.... oh this'll be funny
<DM> *A bit later, the three guards jump down! First one's at 5h, Guard2 is at 8h, and Guard3 is at 10h. Three fall damage rolls, GO!
<DM> $10d10
<Navi> DM: You rolled 10 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 6, 5, 8, 5, 2, 7, 9, 9, 2 and 3. Total: 56. Successes: 7.
<DM> $10d10
<Navi> DM: You rolled 10 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 3, 9, 1, 2, 4, 3, 4, 2, 4 and 4. Total: 36. Successes: 1.
<DM> $10d10
<Navi> DM: You rolled 10 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 7, 7, 1, 9, 6, 4, 6, 3, 9 and 1. Total: 53. Successes: 6.
* Lunaria dashes onwards to the cells
<DM> *The first guard drops down and takes 3 fall damage, living with a limp, but still good.
<DM> *The second one, eager to feed, apparently dives headfirst down the hatch and experiences a floor to the head, breaking his neck on impact. CONGRATS, YOU LURED AN ENEMY TO KILL ITSELF BY FALL DAMAGE!*
<DM> *And the third one lives, taking some damage, but still good.
<Lunaria> (do I get EXP for ladder kill?)
<DM> (yep, I'll give it later after the encounter ends)
<Lunaria> (yay)
<DM> *You reach the cell with the bombs first.
<DM> *A minute passes before the two following you catch up, both limping, but both very capable of still hurting things very badly.
* Lunaria hides around the corner and starts liting a decently long fuse
<DM> [Guard1]: This is the end of the line for you, wimp!
<DM> [Guard3]: There's nowhere to run or hide!
<DM> *Guard3 then notices the bombs lighting up.
<Nimono> (ladder kill?! HAHAHAHA)
<DM> [Guard3]: ....... oh.
<DM> *THERE'S NOWHERE TO RUN OR HIDE, FOLKS!
<DM> *Lunaria, would you like to try and run past these two or hide in the corner?
<Lunaria> sec
<DM> *Actually, it's still dark in here for the most part, should you wanna try an alternate route.
<Lunaria> that was the idea
<Lunaria> but shadow dive only works on creatures, right?
<DM> yeah, though you could probably use it to get behind these fools and then run away
<Lunaria> I shadow dive into the shadow of the one closest to the exit and then run for it.
<Tyria_Lazzen> 3h, 13m
<DM> *Kay, roll Courage vs..... 8 successes.
<Nimono> (inb4 3)
<Lunaria> $10d10
<Navi> Lunaria: You rolled 10 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 3, 1, 10, 6, 3, 10, 9, 2, 9 and 5. Total: 58. Successes: 8.
<Lunaria> is that a success or a fail?
<DM> uh oh, not the rolloff chain.... hopefully this doesn't result in Nexas shenanigans
<DM> ROLLOFF, so roll again
<Nimono> (nexas shenanigans?)
<Lunaria> $10d10
<Navi> Lunaria: You rolled 10 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 8, 9, 6, 2, 8, 4, 6, 3, 5 and 7. Total: 58. Successes: 7.
<DM> (I'll link it later)
<Lunaria> :I
<DM> *Okay, you shadow dive behind the guy, and start running...
<Lunaria> (I thought I failed?)
<DM> *Just then, the bombs go off, making Michael Bay proud and engulfing the guards in explosions. If that didn't finish them, some conveniently placed structural damage falls on them, finishing them off. As you run away and get up the ladder, the end-tail of the explosion catches you, flinging you out of the hatch and causing you to take 5 damage.
<Lunaria> 1/6hp 3/7mp
<Lunaria> (morphball, malfunction)
<Lunaria> (varia suit, malfunction)
<Lunaria> (etc)
<Nimono> (lol)
<DM> *Tyria_Lazzen, the barracks room you hid in has the floor suddenly sink. You might wanna get outta there before it collapses completely.*
<AbsentThirdEye> ((Wat))
<DM> (hahahahahah)
<Lunaria> (metroid prime reference )
<DM> (excellent)
* Tyria_Lazzen tries to get out
* Flareclaw hears explosions, and makes for the exit.
<Nimono> i hear booms
<DM> *You get out of there. For some reason, you were the only one in that particular barracks room with the floor sinking. You loner.*
<Lunaria> owwwww
<Tyria_Lazzen> T_T
<DM> *The floor collapses, revealing a passage way into the area you just caused a cave-in to.
* Lunaria limps over to Nimono
<Lunaria> ;v;
<Nimono> wh-what happened?! are you okay?!
<Lunaria> Was too close to the explosion
<DM> *Okay, it was all your guys' plan, so all of you get 20 EXP and $20d8 Rupees. Lunaria, you get a bonus 10 EXP and $10d8 Rupees, cause lol ladder kill.
<Nimono> (20d8?!)
<DM> (yup)
<Lunaria> $30d8
<Navi> Lunaria: You rolled 30 Dice with 8 Sides. Result: 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 6, 1, 2, 3, 5, 5, 6, 5, 1, 6, 3, 8, 8, 7, 5, 8, 3, 8, 4, 7, 8, 5, 6, 6 and 7. Total: 141.
<Lunaria> monies
<Flareclaw> $20d8
<Navi> Flareclaw: You rolled 20 Dice with 8 Sides. Result: 1, 6, 3, 4, 8, 5, 3, 4, 6, 7, 1, 8, 1, 1, 6, 6, 8, 7, 7 and 4. Total: 96.
<Nimono> (also wow, lunaria leveled up!)
<Nimono> $20d8
<Navi> Nimono: You rolled 20 Dice with 8 Sides. Result: 6, 5, 2, 1, 2, 5, 4, 7, 5, 2, 6, 1, 7, 1, 3, 8, 7, 3, 1 and 1. Total: 77.
<Tyria_Lazzen> $20d8
<Navi> Tyria_Lazzen: You rolled 20 Dice with 8 Sides. Result: 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 7, 2, 6, 6, 3, 8, 8, 3, 1, 8, 8, 7, 7, 5 and 1. Total: 92.
<Nimono> at least it wasn't 69 again
<Kite> You get those darn bloodsuckers good?
<DM> *They're not vampires, Kite.
<Nimono> looks like it!
<Kite> Who said that?!
* Kite suddenly looks towards the direction of the fourth wall. DM is nowhere to be seen.
<Kite> Awesome! So that's three down, only 7 to go, plus Milo! If we can get these people back in shape, we can definitely take 'em all down!
<Tros> We can probably stay the night safely in the west guardhouse, but after that, we're either going to need another place or have to act ASAP>
<Nimono> yeah...
<Tyria_Lazzen> Someone will need to wake me up earlier, I can barely move physically
<DM> *So, now that the passage is opened up via the floor of one of the barracks' rooms falling, anyone wanna check it out?
* Flareclaw looks for a safe way into the passage.
* Lunaria is still on the verge of death
* Tyria_Lazzen is feeling sleepy
<Nimono> lunaria, need healing?
<Lunaria> yes~
<DM> *You can climb down it safely, you just need to be a little cautious.
* Nimono casts Heal Beam, alpha on Lunaria to recover 7 hearts
* Flareclaw climbs down cautiously.
<Nimono> 6h 3m
<Tyria_Lazzen> 3h, 13m
<DM> *Flareclaw, you climb down, and eventually, you find another chamber, with a rotten smell coming from it.
<Flareclaw> 7h, 5m
<Lunaria> 8/8hp 3/7mp
<Tros> I'll be on watch again and make sure no one comes near here.
* Tros steps out of the guardhouse.
<DM> *In the chamber, there's a treasure chest to one side. On the other side, it looks like the rotting corpse of a Moblin, still holding its spear, which is also rotting from the Moblin itself rotting.
* Flareclaw cautiously approaches the treasure chest..
<DM> *The chest stares blankly at your approach.
<DM> *The closer you get, the more reluctant the plot gets.
* Flareclaw hopes the chest isn't booby-trapped as he goes to open it.
<DM> *You open it... annnnd suddenly..... NOTHING HAPPENS!
* Lunaria follows after flare
* Tyria_Lazzen follows the follow
<DM> *Inside, there is.... 5 Endowered Affinity Scrolls, 2 Heart Containers, and 2 Magic Containers.*
<DM> god dangit
<Lunaria> (hangon)
<DM> *Endowed
<DM> http://zurpg.sephiroth.ws/thread-867.html - yoink it 'ere
<Lunaria> (I thought HCs and MCs were handed out evenly to party members...)
<DM> (it depends)
<Nimono> (not from chests)
* Kite follows you folks down as well.
<Nimono> hey, wait for me!
* Nimono follows down
<DM> (If you took down a boss, then yeah, I'd probably just run even distribution)
* Tyria_Lazzen takes one of the endowing scrolls of endowed endowering
<DM> touche
<Lunaria> I'd like a HC and MC
* Flareclaw wants 1 of the MCs, but takes an endowed empowered scroll.
<Nimono> can I have some of the scrolls? o:
<DM> probably
<Nimono> hmm, how many to take~
<Nimono> clearly one :V
* Flareclaw grabs a MC, then backs away from the chest so the others can get their share.
<Nimono> or two
* Kite investigates the rotting Moblin.
<Kite> That's what that smell was... why is there a Moblin rotting here?
* Nimono yoinks two endowed affinity scrolls to promptly use
* Lunaria takes a HC and MC
<Lunaria> 2 items for everyone and then 1 item left over
<Lunaria> hurm
* Tyria_Lazzen only took a scroll, no containers
* Flareclaw watches as the room lights up in rainbows.
<Nimono> why don't we draw sticks, so to speak? (roll a d4 to see who gets the last item)
<DM> *The rainbows illuminate the Moblin's corpse, which stops rotting and turns to dust.
<DM> *That's.... magical.
<Nimono> i figure that's the best way to decide!
<Lunaria> currently there is, 1HC left and 1 scroll
<Lunaria> pick one Tyria, the other one we roll for
* Tyria_Lazzen will take another scroll
<Lunaria> roll for HC, highest wins. 1d10?
<Lunaria> $1d10
<Navi> Lunaria: You rolled 1 Die with 10 Sides. Result: 8. Total: 8. Successes: 1.
<Flareclaw> $1d10
<Navi> Flareclaw: You rolled 1 Die with 10 Sides. Result: 7. Total: 7. Successes: 1.
<Tyria_Lazzen> $1d10
<Navi> Tyria_Lazzen: You rolled 1 Die with 10 Sides. Result: 7. Total: 7. Successes: 1.
<DM> *Nimono waits for dramaticism apparently.
<Nimono> $1d10
<Navi> Nimono: You rolled 1 Die with 10 Sides. Result: 8. Total: 8. Successes: 1.
<Lunaria> (are you feeling lucky, punk?)
<Nimono> lul
<Lunaria> roll off!
<DM> ROLLOFF between Lunaria and Nimono!
<Lunaria> $1d10
<Navi> Lunaria: You rolled 1 Die with 10 Sides. Result: 9. Total: 9. Successes: 1.
<Nimono> welp
<DM> ooooooh
<Nimono> congratulations lunaria XD
<Nimono> $1d10
<Navi> Nimono: You rolled 1 Die with 10 Sides. Result: 3. Total: 3. Successes: 0.
<Lunaria> :D
<AbsentThirdEye> ((Lmao))
* Lunaria grabs the HC
<DM> nice
* Kite picks up the remains of the Moblin's spear as you all revel in your findings, looking at it closely.
<Nimono> i think I'll save my second scroll for now~
<Nimono> (I can use the scrolls right now, right?)
<DM> yep
<Nimono> i'm using one to get Enchant Totem~
<Kite> Huh... looks like there's something engraved in here.... it saaaays.... "Mut Gos"
<Kite> ... is that a name?
<Lunaria> (so... language skills...?)
<Nimono> i have no idea...
<Kite> Hmm... sounds familiar...
<Kite> Lemme go ask Tros, he knows more about Moblins than I do.
* Kite climbs back up.
* Tyria_Lazzen moves the up out the way
<DM> *There does not appear to be anything else in the chamber.
<DM> *A few minutes later, Kite returns.
<Nimono> what'd you find out?
* Flareclaw uses one of his two Fire Scrolls to learn Fireball, and watches as his scroll sets itself on fire.
<Kite> Gos. Grit Gos.
<Nimono> Eh?
<Kite> It's the name of the leader of the Moblins that keeps attacking us.
<Nimono> .......... .....................................................no wonder they attack every day
<Lunaria> :v
<Lunaria> what now?
<Kite> According to Tros, Grit Gos' group usually doesn't attack unless provoked.
<Nimono> so is he the one that we found dead, or...?
<Kite> I don't think so. From what I've heard about Grit Gos, he's waaaaaay bigger.
<Kite> Never actually seen 'im though...
<Kite> I wonder why he doesn't lead the attacks...
<Lunaria> they are probably related though
<Lunaria> seeing the name
* Flareclaw climbs back up
<Kite> Yeah.
<Nimono> yeah
<Nimono> maybe his child?
* Lunaria shrug
<Kite> I hope not.
<Nimono> i wonder if it was the achemen that did this...
<Kite> Well, if they built this prison cell area, then yeah, it'd have to be.
<Tyria_Lazzen> Likely brothers
<Lunaria> none the less, milo is clearly behind it. Normally I'd suggest waiting untill night and assinate him, but seeing as these creatures see well in the dark... *looks the other over* ...we'd be the ones at an disadvantage
<Nimono> woah tyria woke up
<DM> *Tyria can actually speak, unlike Flareclaw.
<DM> *.. she just kinda doesn't usually, it seems.
<Nimono> why do you think they might be brothers?
<Kite> Maybe we should check out the Moblin forest while it's dark then?
<Lunaria> Why? They are not our enemies. I think we need to deal with the issues here in town first before we try and resolve the conflict
<Nimono> but what if they may be able to help us?
* Lunaria looks Nimono over
<Nimono> ...ah, but we'd need proof of what's going on first...
<Lunaria> we killed tree of them
<Nimono> ...that too
<Lunaria> three*
<Lunaria> thre
<Lunaria> safhakofgawe
<Kite> Hmm... from what I know of Moblins, all we need is a show of power.
<Kite> Anyone here capable of doing that?
<Nimono> Aha... Flareclaw can help with that
<DM> *You all suddenly get flashbacks of the Moblin that tried worshipping Flareclaw earlier.
<Kite> And maybe this spear here.
<AbsentThirdEye> ((The flashback becomes null and void as Nimono spoke before DM))
<DM> (science, folks)
<Nimono> i'm not sure if the spear would help
<Kite> Well, if you're really gonna make friends with them, it wouldn't hurt to try...
<Nimono> true
* Flareclaw grabs the spear from Kite and exits the guardhouse.
* Flareclaw begins walking toward Moblin Forest.
<Nimono> woah woah, wait up, flareclaw! D:
<Nimono> waaaaaait!
* Nimono runs after Flareclaw
* Tyria_Lazzen tails after Flareclaw
* Lunaria runs after them while telling kite
<Lunaria> hold down the fort till we get back, kay?
<DM> *You guys hurriedly follow Flareclaw the Reluctant Plot Follower out of the guardhouse as he heads straight over to the Moblin Forest.
<Kite> Twill do!
* Kite waves after ya.
<DM> *Somehow, no one catches you despite you guys going straight towards the Moblin Forest out the east exit of Ordon Village. Or rather, no one's stopping you for whatever reason...
<DM> *I guess dark vision doesn't exactly mean being able to spot you guys sneakin' away into the night...
<Tyria_Lazzen> 3h, 13m
<DM> *You reach the edge of the forest, where the moonlight stops giving you faint vsion. Ahead is a veil of sheer darkness. Anyone wanna light a torch, or let Lunaria lead the way?
<Lunaria> 10/10hp 4/8mp
<Nimono> we do still have the torch, right...?
* Flareclaw attempts to pull out a torch if he still has it.
<DM> *You indeed still do have it.
* Flareclaw snaps his claw and lights it.
<Lunaria> We should maybe have taken some supplies before heading out
<Lunaria> I'm sure kite wouldn't have minded, given the cause
<DM> *The torch lights up, and now you're ready to begin the descent into the dungeon of Torchligh- I mean uhhh
<DM> *You can see a little bit ahead of you now. The path is clear.
* Flareclaw heads into the forest.
* Nimono follows behind
* Tyria_Lazzen levitates from behind, following
<DM> *You head into the forest, with your torch lighting the way. A few minutes in.... the path you're following halts, leaving you with nothing left to follow... except the corpse of a dead Acheman laying next to a tree, with three arrows impaled in it.
* Lunaria looks for footprints
<Lunaria> (since I should be able to see, even in the dark~)
<AbsentThirdEye> ((Can we snag the arrows))
<DM> (sure, there's Metal-Tipped and Impact Arrows)
<DM> (snag 'em from the Moblin Archer - http://zurpg.sephiroth.ws/thread-867.html
* Tyria_Lazzen takes an Impact Arrow
<DM> *You look into the darkness, and you see footprints surrounding this position. Seems like the Acheman got swarmed from all sides.
<DM> *They all head away towards... ehh, let's say North.
<DM> *Not that you guys can really tell direction in this darkness....
* Lunaria already has metal tipped since before...
<Lunaria> (I think?) or did I grab the wrong one
<Lunaria> hang
<Lunaria> on
<Lunaria> I need to look that up now
* Lunaria grabs the metal-tipped arrows
<Lunaria> They seem to have come from this direction
<DM> *All of you hear rustling. It's faint, but the rustling sound is circling you.
* Lunaria points at prints
<DM> *There's another rustling sound circling you along with the first sound. And then a third one.
* Flareclaw looks at where Lunaria points.
<DM> *You point the torch in that direction and see a Moblin pointing an arrow directly at you, though not firing.
<Nimono> eep!
<DM> [MoblinArcher]: Grumble, grunt grunt!
* Tyria_Lazzen yawns
<Lunaria> (anyone got any bait?)
<Nimono> (sadly no)
* Flareclaw face-claws.
<DM> *THUMP.... THUMP
<DM> *The ground is rumbling every few seconds, like something is hitting it... and getting closer.
<DM> *Every time it rumbles, the shaking causes all of you to bounce just slightly off the ground.
<DM> *There's a booming voice:
* Nimono shakes in fear
* Flareclaw looks towards the booming voice.
<DM> (oh god, this is gonna be hard to type this one out...
<DM> [Voice]: WHO DARES ENT MY FREST?
* Tyria_Lazzen still yawns
<Lunaria> (shit, we don't have a party name.)
<AbsentThirdEye> ((Let's call ourselves the nightseekers))
<AbsentThirdEye> ((Because lul))
<Nimono> (but only lunaria can see in the dark...)
<DM> *After one last stomp, multiple torches light up around you. You're surrounded by 3 Moblin Archers, 5 Moblins with spears.... and one massive Moblin that's 6 meters tall, carrying a massive club and wearing armor that only he could possibly wear.
<Lunaria> We come to return something that we believe is yours!
<AbsentThirdEye> ((Exactly))
* Lunaria points at the spear flareclaw is holding
<DM> [Voice]: TURN WHAT?
<DM> [Voice]: GRIT GOS TURNS DEATH OTH WIZE!
<Lunaria> ...give?
<GritGos> GIVE?
* Lunaria whispters to Nimono [I have no idea what he's saying]
<DM> *So, for clarification..... GritGos only speaks in one syllable words. If the word wasn't one syllable before, now it is.
* Lunaria points to the spear flare is holding again.
<GritGos> SMALL THING IS SMALL. GIVE ME SO I CAN SEE!
<DM> *Well, that one came out fine.
* Flareclaw reluctantly hands over the spear.
* GritGos snatches it from Flareclaw and looks at. After a bit, he suddenly roars.
<GritGos> GRAAAAARRRR! YOU KILL MUT! YOU MUST DIE!
<Lunaria> (welp)
<DM> *All of the Moblins advance a step towards you.
<Nimono> (I told you guys...)
<Lunaria> (I knew we should have dealt with the mayor first)
<DM> *Well, you guys did have a plan B for this, right?
<DM> *Something about a "show of power"
<Lunaria> (how does that even work again?)
<Lunaria> (I only glanced at the rules a week ago)
<DM> (with praying you don't die)
* Flareclaw begins readying a new spell; target: GritGos.
<Tyria_Lazzen> I'll be asleep if anyone needs me
* Tyria_Lazzen falls asleep
<Lunaria> are you serious!?
* Lunaria glares at Tyria
<DM> (fyi, GritGos has Nature 3)
<Tyria_Lazzen> Don't worry, I can still hear somehow
* Flareclaw fires off a Fireball, Alpha at GritGos, ($16d10 v. Wisdom) | Damage: +2; +EFFECT; Successes: (+5; Fire 2 v. Nature 3)
<Flareclaw> $16d10
<Navi> Flareclaw: You rolled 16 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 8, 5, 1, 6, 4, 8, 3, 6, 3, 2, 1, 2, 4, 6, 3 and 10. Total: 72. Successes: 8.
<DM> (by the way, this is how strong Grit Gos is - http://zurpg.sephiroth.ws/thread-867.html
* Flareclaw opts to reroll that roll.
<Flareclaw> $16d10
<Navi> Flareclaw: You rolled 16 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 6, 3, 4, 4, 6, 2, 7, 4, 5, 7, 10, 7, 9, 4, 4 and 9. Total: 91. Successes: 10.
<GritGos> $8d10
<Navi> GritGos: You rolled 8 Dice with 10 Sides. Result: 2, 2, 4, 7, 2, 7, 3 and 2. Total: 29. Successes: 2.
* GritGos is HIT!
<Flareclaw> EFFECT: Afterwards (successful or not), the fireball explodes in a rain of sparks that hit all enemies at the same success rate.
<Flareclaw> Targets roll Wisdom to defend.
<Flareclaw> Damage: 4
<GritGos> 15 - 2 = 13 + 2 = 15 - 7 = 8 damage
* GritGos is actually knocked back a little bit as the rain of sparks hits all the moblins in the area.
<DM> (I'm not gonna bother rolling them to defend cause too many rolls)
* Lunaria sigh
<Lunaria> init time?
<DM> *The Moblins with spears hardly notice the sparks, but the MoblinArcher feel a bit of the singe and recoil.
<DM> *MoblinArchers
* GritGos steps towards Flareclaw till he's right up to him.
<GritGos> Ha... GRAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAH!
<GritGos> STRONG YOU ARE. NOT LIKE BAT MEN!
<Flareclaw> 7h, 2m.
<DM> *I think GritGos is a DC comics hater.
<Tyria_Lazzen> 3h, 13m
<GritGos> WHAT IS IT YOU WANT?
* Flareclaw allows Nimono and/or Lunaria to speak.
<Lunaria> The bat men killed your kin and then infested the human village, will you join us in killing them?
<GritGos> KILL BAT MEN? HMMMMM......
<GritGos> YES! KILL BAT MEN! .....
* GritGos stops yellling finally.
<GritGos> But first...
<GritGos> Bat men need turn Mobs!
<DM> *He says, "Bat men need to return the Moblins they stole from us."*
<DM> god dangit, I'm C3P-O
<Tyria_Lazzen> Understood
<GritGos> Gone Mobs not in vil! Not know where they are!
* Lunaria is confused
<Nimono> we shall look for clues to help save them
<DM> *The Moblins are supposedly not in Ordon Village, as far as they can tell. They can't find where they are.
<GritGos> When Mobs all back, charge them we shall!
<Tyria_Lazzen> Either they are hidden underground, or hidden in a secret area in a building
* GritGos suddenly channeled Yoda there...
* Flareclaw wonders; then makes motions towards what he thinks would be the Eastern Guardhouse.
<DM> *I don't know how you'd motion Eastern Guardhouse, but somehow, Flareclaw does, and you all magically understand it. What.
* Lunaria gives a courtly bow to GritGos befor moving back towards the village
<GritGos> Will hold out gainst bat men tacks till then!
<Nimono> (it's simple: he'd make motions back towards the village, then guarding motions, then when we ask if he means the one we were just at, he'd say "no")
<Nimono> thank you very much. we will do what we can to save your people!
<DM> *He says they'll continue to hold out against the Achemen attacks until then. ....... well, that explains that.
<GritGos> GRAAAAHAR!
<DM> *Well, these Moblins are surprisingly simple to deal with.
* Flareclaw bows to GritGos before heading back towards the village.
* Nimono follows flareclaw
<DM> *Alllllright, you all make your way back to the village.
<DM> *Do you guys go ahead and check out the guardhouse or poke around elsewhere? Or just hit the sack?
<Lunaria> what time is it?
<Nimono> (ADVENTURE TIME)
* Lunaria grabs Nimono
<DM> *Close to midnight, according to the position of the crescent moon in the sky.
<Nimono> aaa
<DM> *All lights are out in the village.
<Lunaria> (wow, did the shenanigans at the guardhouse take, the entire day and well into the evening?)
<DM> (I blame how fast time flies in Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask
* DM ruuuuuuuns.
<DM> (song of reverse time, anyone?
<AbsentThirdEye> ((Which guardhouse should we not hit the sleep button))
<Nimono> (i have no idea)
* Flareclaw heads back towards the western guardhouse, in hopes he can get some rest.
<Nimono> ahhh...
* Tyria_Lazzen tries to find a tree to sleep in/on
* Nimono follows flareclaw, unsure what else to do...
<DM> *Tyria sleeps next to a nearby tree. Totally safe, but then again, the Achemen aren't aware of you guys yet, and the Moblins shouldn't attack you, so I guess you're fine after all.
<DM> *The rest of you folks head back to the western guardhouse. Everyone else there is already asleep.
<DM> *It seems they're hard at work trying to fight the loading screens in their dreams..
* Lunaria baricades the door before looking for a place to rest
<DM> *You barricade the door with... hmm, only thing you can, the Armory rack, whoo!
<DM> *As you all pass out from the events of the day, you realize the fate of fighting a loading screen is inevitable... it can only end in science.
<DM> -=QUEST PAUSE=-