ADVENTURE Ch. 62 - Paper Mario

Ark ---------- Leinster Lyons ------ http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=531173
CommodoreJim - Drominus Hellcleave - http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=381991
CommodoreJim - Melange ------------- http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=463188
Eltrotraw ---- Tombs the Gunman ---- http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=376543
Deathfish64 -- Vellamo ------------- http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=421842
Moonside ----- Elsa ---------------- http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=471952
Skeleton ----- Freddie ------------- http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=381882
Skeleton ----- Warty Morty --------- http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=438457





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<Fishfosh> so...
<Moonside> Hi.
<flibbyjibbits> my dad fell asleep watching the onion news empire pilot :<
<flibbyjibbits> right before one of the best parts
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<flibbyjibbits> im gonna beat you with a picture of an ugly mans family
<Fishfosh> gee
<Fishfosh> How do you fall asleep watching that?
<flibbyjibbits> he fell asleep watching transformers
<Fishfosh> hmm
<Fishfosh> Oh well, it is kinda late
<flibbyjibbits> he has a disease that makes him tired
<Moonside> My mom fell asleep watching Avengers
<Skeleton> Eltro can't be away he just spoke two minutes ago
<Chef> what is this place
<flibbyjibbits> secrets and lie
<Fishfosh> Yeah, and I just reminded Eltro that this is tonight like 20 minutes ago
<Moonside> Tonight is the night
<Fishfosh> and he was like "oh shit, that's tonight"
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<Fishfosh> then didn't do anything
<Skeleton> Where we play Pathfinder. Not for civilians
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<Moonside> http://combatmanager.com/ Also, I had found this
<CommodoreJim> Get out this is private
<Moonside> Not sure if it'll be useful but well
<Chef> i can't watch? :<
<~flibbyjibbits> press quietly for talking press harder for shouting
<~flibbyjibbits> the pugna toy is going to be the new game objective
<Fishfosh> oh
<Skeleton> Are we gonna use Roll20?
<Fishfosh> In the alternate timeline, the orbs are replaced with action figures of dota heroes
<~flibbyjibbits> probably not
<Skeleton> Okay
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<Skeleton> El Trole
<Skeleton> Master Eltrole 2013
<~flibbyjibbits> im gonna go get a cup of shredded meat
<Eltrotraw> shredder
<Skeleton> Okay so to recap where we left off last time... uhm
<Skeleton> No logs
<Moonside> http://pastebin.com/mgV4bzLp
<Skeleton> oh coo'
<Moonside> both sessions are under ch. 61
<Skeleton> Aha
<Moonside> since you can't separate them in roll20
<Fishfosh> We talked to the rebellious elves, and they said we would have to destroy the bonesmith's workshop (or the smith itself) in order to earn their trust
<Fishfosh> which means going to another timeline
<Skeleton> Right we're on out war into another reality where we don't exist
<Skeleton> *way
<Fishfosh> yeah
<Fishfosh> So we're going to DIFFERENT LAND
<Eltrotraw> these elves are assholes
<Eltrotraw> are we getting on roll20?
<Skeleton> All the grass will be red and all the water will be GOLDEN PISSY
<Eltrotraw> or am I late there too
<Fishfosh> Seems like not tonight, eltro
<Skeleton> I just asked that, Flib said probably not. Maybe a good thing, I dunno if my internet will like it even if I only stream incoming audio
<Moonside> speaking of weapons I want money for a sunblade
<Moonside> it does double damage against undead. like wow imagine that
<Fishfosh> Like you don't smite undead hard enough already?
<Chef> what's roll20?
<Moonside> I'll smite them so hard they'll never have existed
<Fishfosh> a utility for playing tabletop games online
<Moonside> Anyway, I'm thinking of making some other characters, that I might use or not
<Chef> o
<Moonside> notably an Inquisitor
<Moonside> Also remaking that Tetori
<Chef> i've never played a tabletop game before
<Chef> but i've been really into the idea lately
<Moonside> We'll probably go for DtD once this campaign is over though right
<~flibbyjibbits> alright i got my cup of shredded dead animal
<Fishfosh> Or if something else happens that opens a timeslot, sure, Moon
<Eltrotraw> are we approaching the end of this?
<CommodoreJim> Okay back, had to bring in groceries
<Moonside> Probably not yet
<~flibbyjibbits> iduno
<Fishfosh> Doesn't feel like we are
<Moonside> we still need to get the dragon balls
<~flibbyjibbits> over the summer id like to either start earlier or end earlir since ill be working fulltime 8-5
<Fishfosh> That would be nice
<Chef> i wanna join the next campaign. D:
<~flibbyjibbits> too bad
<~flibbyjibbits> anyways
<Fishfosh> I don't know what my work schedule is going to be like, but since the pool obviously never stays open later than 8 PM I should be able to work something out
<Skeleton> I can pretty much work when I want, usually
<~flibbyjibbits> getting up early enough to get dressed nice and drive and get to a place at a specific time and then stay there all day will be a change even though i guess its technically the normal thing
<Chef> i don't have a job
<Skeleton> So no problems here. Probably.
<Chef> but i'm pretty sure i will once i move
<Chef> but i won't move until after graduation
<Arkay> I actually still have my dtd werebear sheet lying around
<Skeleton> Murdulon
<Fishfosh> I don't foresee that starting anytime soon
<Eltrotraw> so where are we heading out to?
<Fishfosh> But hang on to it I guess, or not, to your liking
<Moonside> STRAIGHT TO HELL
<~flibbyjibbits> basically
<Arkay> through the doomed timeline door or smth right
<Fishfosh> To a doomed timeline in which our characters and everyone they ever knew never existed
<Skeleton> "So uhh... which doors are open to all of us? How about that one?" Freddie points to a door. "That one's open for me..."
<Fishfosh> Pretty sure we picked a door last time
<Moonside> the smith showed us one
<Fishfosh> The Smith helped
<Skeleton> Oh
<Skeleton> Never mind then
<Skeleton> "What if we go in there"
<Skeleton> "And one of our pairs of parents who just hasn't born their kid starts getting busy"
<Skeleton> "Do we get kicked out?"
<~flibbyjibbits> "I forgot what won last cycle.  Think it was chaos, since evil usually doesn't stay open."
<Skeleton> Hmm how long does elf conception take
<~flibbyjibbits> "Anyways none of the nations youve ever heard of formed and most likely 700 years of geneology is different or never happened, so no risk of running into family.  Simply put, it is as far as possible a timeline that thiss acessible, but it is poised to fail soon."
<~flibbyjibbits> no idea
<Skeleton> If childhood is 100 years and their lifespan is 1000 I imagine it's longer than nine months
<~flibbyjibbits> hmm
<Skeleton> Cans of worms
<~flibbyjibbits> know what
<Moonside> 20 years maybe
<~flibbyjibbits> im gonna go grab my draconomicon
<Moonside> wait no
<~flibbyjibbits> and see what it says about long lived species gestation times
<Moonside> more like 2 or 3
<Fishfosh> "So it will be a completely different world to us... Well, that's fine, as long as we can accomplish what we need."
<Moonside> "It should be interesting."
<~flibbyjibbits> also hey guys wanna fight a prestige class from the draconomicon while i have it with me :}
<Arkay> "Well let's head on in. I'm excited."
<Arkay> sure
<CommodoreJim> nooo
<Skeleton> "That's good to know."
<Moonside> will we die terribly
<Fishfosh> uh
<Fishfosh> Well, that's up to you
<Fishfosh> to put it in the game, at least
<~flibbyjibbits> the weakest dragon prestige class is still stronger than pretty much any other thing
<Fishfosh> I don't care unless the encounter feels forced or something
<CommodoreJim> 'Press this button that says "Summon Terrible Thing" '
<Skeleton> You rang?
<Moonside> anyway, let's og through the door
<Fishfosh> "Let's get going, then. Unless anyone had something left to do before we go."
<Skeleton> "Warty Morty do you need to take a leak?"
<~flibbyjibbits> sorry i went and got the book since im curious now on the precedent for gestation times
<Fishfosh> Take your last breath of not-yet-doomed air
<Skeleton> Freddie's toad does not respond.
<~flibbyjibbits> alright so lets see
<~flibbyjibbits> the shortest lived dragon is the white, at only 2100 years
<Moonside> only
<Arkay> precious babbu?
<~flibbyjibbits> hey silvers can push 4500
<~flibbyjibbits> anyways
<~flibbyjibbits> 4 months after conception they lay the eggs, which then hatch after  14 months
<Skeleton> Really.
<Fishfosh> cool
<~flibbyjibbits> so 16 months total isnt that much more for something thats over a dozen times more than human lifespan
<Fishfosh> 18
<~flibbyjibbits> oh
<~flibbyjibbits> gold dragons take 6 months to lay and then the eggs take
<~flibbyjibbits> 9 years to hatch
<~flibbyjibbits> damn
<Fishfosh> gee
<~flibbyjibbits> they die if at any point they are not kept at over 140 degrees F
<Skeleton> gee
<Skeleton> Just over that? No upper limit?
<~flibbyjibbits> yes
<~flibbyjibbits> alternatively, any open flame
<~flibbyjibbits> reds can be over 150F, preferably partially submerged in a magma flow
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<~flibbyjibbits> anyways
<~flibbyjibbits> based on that we can guess that elfs only take 10-14 months
<~flibbyjibbits> unless they somehow require more devleopment than godam dragons
<CommodoreJim> elf ears are surprisingly hard to develop
<Fishfosh> Anyway, doors
<Skeleton> Orcs are pregnant for two minuts
<Skeleton> minutes
<Fishfosh> Boldly we step out into a whole new world
<Skeleton> What is this world like Flibbit
<~flibbyjibbits> its a long hallway thats somehow fairly the same
<Skeleton> Is it like Doctor Seuss land
<~flibbyjibbits> at the end of the hallway, the temple is apprently standardized across all universes
<~flibbyjibbits> however, instead of being in a swamp between a mountain crescent, its on top of a hill overlooking a dead forest
<Fishfosh> Yeah, well, I wasn't expecting the temple to be different really
<~flibbyjibbits> the sky is clear, little bit windy, sort of cold. in the distance there are mountains
<Skeleton> The temple is literally the same place just in multiple realities
<~flibbyjibbits> yes it is
<~flibbyjibbits> theres a town, a little ways off, little bit of smoke coming from it
<Skeleton> "Mmm. I like the weather in this universe, I should vacation here"
<Moonside> Smoke as in, the town is on fire?
<~flibbyjibbits> hard to tell
<CommodoreJim> Smoke as in, 420?
<~flibbyjibbits> maybe though
<Skeleton> Smoke as in SALMON
<Skeleton> :d
<Moonside> Well, let's go there
<Eltrotraw> Smoke as in let's smoke em out
<~flibbyjibbits> certainly seems like some of the trees were burnt
<Fishfosh> "Either the entire landscape is different in this world, or the temple was built in another location. Hmm."
<Eltrotraw> want to shoot their legs off?
<CommodoreJim> tombs no
<~flibbyjibbits> the landscape is different because the cycle winner gets to reshape geography
<Fishfosh> Is it more than the usual amount of smoke one would expect from fireplaces and such?
<Skeleton> So it's like
<Skeleton> In Smash Bros. winner chooses a counterpick stage
<~flibbyjibbits> this may be known in legend as the great dwarf picking up all the islands (the previous cycle was an archipelago) and lumping them together
<Fishfosh> hmm
<CommodoreJim> more like the GAY dwarf
<CommodoreJim> #woah
<CommodoreJim> #damn
<CommodoreJim> #fuckyoreligion
<~flibbyjibbits> its a little bit more smoke than one might expect normally, but it does sort of seem to be winter time
<~flibbyjibbits> well i mean it was winter back "home" too
<~flibbyjibbits> but it also seemed to have snowed here lately
<Skeleton> Did we miss Christmas
<~flibbyjibbits> well there arent any seasons in farim but back in nethu and rakor
<Fishfosh> "Should we investigate that town over there?"
<Moonside> "Sure. It might be useful to gather information on this setting."
<~flibbyjibbits> oh also the normal stream of water running from underneath the temple steps is frozen and stuff but the river does head towards the town
<~flibbyjibbits> since it would make sense to found a town on a river and whatnot
<~flibbyjibbits> given the option of having one nearby
<~flibbyjibbits> takes about a day and a half to get there
<~flibbyjibbits> the forest was noticably depleted of wildlife
<~flibbyjibbits> there were a few birds, but not much else
<CommodoreJim> Hmm
<CommodoreJim> Ominous
<Fishfosh> meh, it's winter.  and also doomed
<~flibbyjibbits> there are burnt areas, where the trees are cleared and the snow is melted
<~flibbyjibbits> !roll 1 20
<MODOK> [flibbyjibbits - 1d20] <15> <Total: 15>
<Skeleton> They're all christmas shopping
<~flibbyjibbits> \one of these such clearings seems to have a charred skeleton in it
<CommodoreJim> hey sam
<Skeleton> 'Hello. I'm playing this game.'
<CommodoreJim> nasty sunburn you got there
<Skeleton> 'I look like this because of the SICK BURNS'
<~flibbyjibbits> assuming you camp at night
<~flibbyjibbits> its really quiet
<Chef> (I'm assuming flibby is the DM)
<~flibbyjibbits> i mean the woods arent normally exactly loud, but theres normally SOMe noise
<Skeleton> Better than the curse music
<~flibbyjibbits> just nothing
<CommodoreJim> 2spooky
<Skeleton> "Ah the outdoors."
<Moonside> Elsa doesn't really say nothing during all this time
<Skeleton> "You guys don't mind if I talk loudly and break the silence, do you?"
<CommodoreJim> Also I'm just assuming we brought Mellange and that she doesn't already exist in this timeline
<~flibbyjibbits> yes
<CommodoreJim> smith guy shouldn't have cared, I'm sure stranger shit's walked through his temple
<~flibbyjibbits> he didnt care at all
<Fishfosh> "I would try not to attract attention, in case there is something dangerous in the area."
<Arkay> melange may as well be tucked away in a bag
<Skeleton> 'well that's what YOU would do'
<CommodoreJim> I hide Melange in my helmet
<CommodoreJim> I fire her out my eyeslit
<Skeleton> Freddie has made a fire
<Fishfosh> keep her in a Portable Hole
<~flibbyjibbits> !roll 1 20
<MODOK> [flibbyjibbits - 1d20] <15> <Total: 15>
<~flibbyjibbits> !roll 1 20
<MODOK> [flibbyjibbits - 1d20] <19> <Total: 19>
<~flibbyjibbits> !roll 1 8
<MODOK> [flibbyjibbits - 1d8] <3> <Total: 3>
<Skeleton> uh-oh
<Fishfosh> 2spooky4me
<Moonside> mysterious gm rolls
<Fishfosh> I'm worried about that d8
<~flibbyjibbits> in about 3 hours someone hears footstep on the snow
<Fishfosh> Someone?
<~flibbyjibbits> idc who
<Skeleton> Tombs
<~flibbyjibbits> whoevers awake then
<CommodoreJim> Melange
<Moonside> !roll 1 20
<MODOK> [Moonside - 1d20] <20> <Total: 20>
<Moonside> +9 perception to see who is it
<CommodoreJim> Critical perception
<Skeleton> B-BOW
<CommodoreJim> You become instantly aware of all living things
<CommodoreJim> The knowledge is too much
<CommodoreJim> Your head asplode
<Skeleton> Shit
<Skeleton> Now we have to have Warty Morty fill in
<Fishfosh> Guess it's elsa then
<~flibbyjibbits> someone a little ways away crouched in the snow with a bow
<Moonside> Are they aiming at us?
<Skeleton> With a deathwish
<~flibbyjibbits> not aimed just watching
<Fishfosh> Is it a pretty bow?
<Eltrotraw> i'm going to wavedash forward and gesture rudely
<Eltrotraw> i have no idae
<~flibbyjibbits> just a normal hunting bow
<Fishfosh> No ribbons then
<~flibbyjibbits> got a typical ranger getup
<Moonside> I get up, and ask them "who are you?"
<Arkay> maybe it's graves the bowman
<Skeleton> Telmar the lonely homeless lunatic
<CommodoreJim> it's masoleums the shootguy
<Fishfosh> Drow Ranger the Drow Ranger
<Skeleton> Crypts The Archer
<Eltrotraw> "Whatd'ya want?"
<Fishfosh> Anyway, I get up in response to the activity
<Skeleton> "Muh?"
<~flibbyjibbits> the person stands up, startled, and runs away back in the direction of the town
<Moonside> "...hm. Oh well.
<Moonside> "
<CommodoreJim> GOOD JOB.
<Fishfosh> don't shoot his legs off
<Skeleton> "Maybe that's how you say 'hello' in this world"
<Fishfosh> "They probably did not have kind intentions, if they're so quick to run off like that. We'll need to keep vigilant."
<Arkay> "I wanna see where he's heading."
<Moonside> Elsa sits down again and goes back to being silent
<Skeleton> "Maybe the common language is completely different here and Elsa told him to go bury himself alive"
<Eltrotraw> can we track them?
<Moonside> She does snicker at what Freddie said, though.
<Skeleton> !
<CommodoreJim> !!!
<Fishfosh> !?
<Skeleton> I got a laugh out of Madame Stoneface
<Arkay> "She laughs?"
<Chef> (I know a girl with a stone face)
<Moonside> "Hm? Oh, er... do I always seem so serious?"
<Arkay> "Er, just a touch."
<CommodoreJim> He says as he tenderly touches Elsa's face
<~flibbyjibbits> dont think anyone has tracking
<Fishfosh> nope
<Eltrotraw> well can we follow them?
<Moonside> "...I see. I apologize. I suppose that recent events have gotten me quite distressed."
<Moonside> you mean survival
<Moonside> But yeah, nope. They went to the town, though, right? We can just go there once the day comes
<Fishfosh> They went in that direction, at least
<Fishfosh> Though, tracks in the snow should be pretty easy to follow even without skill...
<~flibbyjibbits> i guess so
* Skeleton plays the Sun's Song
<Fishfosh> Well, whatever, it's not like he did anything to us
<Fishfosh> We can wait until morning
<Arkay> alright then
<Skeleton> He saw us that means we have to kill him
<~flibbyjibbits> i guess how pf does it is you can only untrained track under dc10, otherwise need skill ranks
<~flibbyjibbits> or just wait until morning why not
<~flibbyjibbits> nothing else happens at night
<Chef> (I don't know what "DC" stands for)
<Moonside> difficulty check
<Arkay> dicks cocks
<Chef> thanks
<Chef> Dick Check
<Chef> sorry I'm just hanging back here getting a feel for how the whole RPGing thing works
<Moonside> http://www.d20pfsrd.com/ All of the rules for PF are here, you can read them if you want
<~flibbyjibbits> alright so morning heading towards the town still right
<Moonside> Yeah.
<CommodoreJim> Yes
<Chef> (I already looked. There's a lot of rules)
<Arkay> yes town
<Fishfosh> Basically dc10 means that you would have to roll a 20-sided die, plus any applicable modifiers, and if your total roll is higher than 10 you succeed at whatever the action was
<Skeleton> No, the bottom of the ocean.
<Fishfosh> equal to or higher, I should say
<~flibbyjibbits> the majority of the fires have been put out, some larger wrecks are still smoldering a bit, but some more smoke is from people staying warm
<Moonside> So the town was on fire?
<~flibbyjibbits> lot of people sitting around not really sure what to do since their house was destroyed theres no crops in the winter and theres nothing to hunt in the woods
<~flibbyjibbits> some people are tending to injuries
<~flibbyjibbits> mostly burns
<Skeleton> Aw, that's so sad.
<Eltrotraw> can we perception
<CommodoreJim> let's put them out of their misery then
<~flibbyjibbits> some people got broken up real bad
<Fishfosh> :(
<Moonside> I wonder if we're likely to fight something today
<Skeleton> I wanna ask someone what happened
<Eltrotraw> !roll 1 20 +11 perception bby
<~flibbyjibbits> some people are packing up what they have left and leaving
<MODOK> [Eltrotraw - 1d20(+11)] <21> <10> <Total: 21>
<Moonside> How man injured are there?
<~flibbyjibbits> couple dozen
<Skeleton> I approach a person who doesn't look to be in too bad of shape to talk to
<Skeleton> Which could be anything. Freddie's not a doctor. Missing legs and bleeding out is okay, right?
<~flibbyjibbits> yeah its k
<Moonside> I'll use my lay on hands to heal some of the people
<Fishfosh> Less than 10 ml of blood?  I'm sure he'll live
<Eltrotraw> i can cauterize wounds with my gun
<Eltrotraw> or at least stop bleeding
<Skeleton> "Hey there"
<~flibbyjibbits> the one cleric in town is putting some peices back into a guy who seemed to have lost his lower half
<Eltrotraw> it's an actual grit ability
<CommodoreJim> is the cleric nigel
<~flibbyjibbits> sure
<CommodoreJim> from that game
<~flibbyjibbits> yes
<~flibbyjibbits> he is on a considerable amount of drugs
<Arkay> oh boy cleric simulator 2013
<Skeleton> "We just blew in from... out of town... can I ask, do you know how this fire started up?"
<~flibbyjibbits> hes making use of the surgical axe and fire extinguisher
<Fishfosh> 'This man need a double kidney transplant immediately!'  'But Nigel, the only thing wrong is his legs are burnt a bit.'
<Moonside> I guess I'll use like 5 of my uses on the people who look like they're the worst
<Arkay> 'quick, give me the wonder scalpel'
<~flibbyjibbits> the guy you ask looks at you like youre stupid
<Skeleton> Nothing out of the ordinary
<~flibbyjibbits> "howd the fire start? How did all these fires happen, how did this guy get partially eaten and these other seven guys broken in half?"
<~flibbyjibbits> hes acting all super sarcastic and exasperated and stuff
<Skeleton> "I was asking you"
<~flibbyjibbits> "Yeah I get that."
<Moonside> "We are not from this land, and just arrived yesterday. There is no need to act like an idiot."
<Skeleton> He pretty much confirmed what I wanted to know though
<Skeleton> "Sorry..."
<Moonside> (I was talking to the dudue)
<Skeleton> I know
<Moonside> k
<~flibbyjibbits> "Oh, now I'M the idiot, when you're the ones who willingly came here"
<CommodoreJim> :u
<~flibbyjibbits> he finishes tieing a broken plank to some guys leg like a splint and then leans on the guys leg with his elbow
<CommodoreJim> is it dragons
<CommodoreJim> it's dragons
<Skeleton> "We've got a job to do. We're adventuring heroes!"
<Fishfosh> here there be dragons
<Moonside> "Freddie..."
<Eltrotraw> can we do a knowledge roll
<Skeleton> "Was that a secret?"
<Fishfosh> Speaking of, I should totally put point into more knowledge skills
<Fishfosh> points*
<Skeleton> Too bad Pikkup isn't here
<Fishfosh> Meh, I'm sure he's finding something exciting to do
<CommodoreJim> like a monster girl
<CommodoreJim> WOAH
<Skeleton> As exciting as being in DRAGON WORLD?
<Fishfosh> dohoho
<CommodoreJim> he found a slime girl
<Skeleton> wrrrrhhh
<CommodoreJim> he keeps her in a jar
<~flibbyjibbits> i still cant not think of pikkup like that one guy from dragon age who was all about enchanting
<CommodoreJim> ENCHANTMENT?
<CommodoreJim> ENCHANTMENT!!!!!
<Moonside> Anyway, Elsa stop paying attention to the guy, and just goes back to stabilizing people.
<Arkay> "Doc, you seem a bit tense," Leinster says sarcastically
<CommodoreJim> while tenderly stroking the cleric's face
<Arkay> why is leinster stroking everyone's face
<Fishfosh> he asked, while tenderly stroking his computer monitor
<Moonside> maybe he's gay. gay for you
<~flibbyjibbits> maybe this guy in just unhelpful
<~flibbyjibbits> idunno
<Skeleton> "Well, okay then. The mystery stands."
<Moonside> Anyway, we don't really have anything to do besides wait, so what do now
<~flibbyjibbits> could ask someone else or keep asking this guy stuff
<Arkay> he's crazy
<Moonside> I'll ask some injured person that I just healed, I guess
<Arkay> let's find someone not crazy
<CommodoreJim> https://soundcloud.com/astrio/astrio-legalize-crystal-weed
<CommodoreJim> whoops
<~flibbyjibbits> thats probly a good idea asking a huy stabilized
<Moonside> "How are you feeling now? Could you tell us what happened here?"
<~flibbyjibbits> "You can probably guess"
<Skeleton> "Is this some kind of conspiracy"
<Moonside> "A dragon?"
<~flibbyjibbits> he taps her on the nose with his hand where the fingers werent fused together from heat
<Fishfosh> oh my
<Moonside> wat
<CommodoreJim> :u
<Moonside> "...?" Elsa looks a bit confused from that
<~flibbyjibbits> "Means you guessed right.  "
<Skeleton> This reality is strange.
<Fishfosh> Maybe what this town needs is the power of music~
<~flibbyjibbits> is that mannerism not common where you all are
<Moonside> No, not really
<Skeleton> Never seen that before nope
<~flibbyjibbits> well its not common here but i mean often enough that its obvious the meaning
<Fishfosh> I should put on a street performance with a rousing song about how the legendary King Rakor killed every dragon OH WAIT
<Moonside> "Oh, er, I see." She turns to the rest of the party. "Well, this should be interesting. And troublesome. I have never seen a dragon before..."
<Skeleton> "Drom, Tombs and I have, once... he was visiting"
<Skeleton> He was real nice, as a matter of fact
<~flibbyjibbits> "
<Skeleton> Er
<Skeleton> Put quotes around that.
<Fishfosh> "There are no dragons left naturally in our home timeline... I hadn't considered this possibility before coming here."
<~flibbyjibbits> "He started showing up a while ago, first just picking off livestock, maybe grabbing a hunter or two, then got braver and started making demands on the town. Food, money, amusement"
<Eltrotraw> ("Didn't he die?")
<CommodoreJim> hot dragon ladies
<CommodoreJim> but we didn't have any of those
<CommodoreJim> so he BURNED US
<Skeleton> ("Yeahp.")
<Fishfosh> er, I didn't make the timeline comments loud enough for anyone but the party to hear
<Moonside> "...do you know its name?"
<Fishfosh> probably shouldn't make ourselves look insane
<Skeleton> Hey is technology any different here
<Skeleton> Or prevalence of magic
<Skeleton> Or whatever
<~flibbyjibbits> little bit but not too different
<Skeleton> *prominence
<~flibbyjibbits> theres some magic but its more uneven
<Fishfosh> forks have a different number of tines
<~flibbyjibbits> since the tower never assembled, arcane magic is basically dead, but clerics and oracles can still do stuff
<Fishfosh> lame
<Skeleton> Does that have any effect on us magic users
<Fishfosh> Will our arcane magic still work?
<~flibbyjibbits> arcane magic is learned own talent
<~flibbyjibbits> so yes
<~flibbyjibbits> its just that everyone who knew how to do it died so nobody was able to teach it or learn it
<Fishfosh> k, cool
<Fishfosh> So we can impress everyone here with mysterious arcane powers!
<~flibbyjibbits> "I never got his name, some other people might have heard it.  He liked to be called by big elaborate egotistic titles.  You probably understand already what happened when we didn't make the demands"
<Moonside> "I see. Thank you for your help."
<~flibbyjibbits> "Last time he was really mad.  The motherlands sent us a champion to oppose him, which made him mad.  He went to a far away place and came back with big shiny magic armor, and killed the champions wife"
<Moonside> "What happened to the champion?"
<Moonside> also oops
<Moonside> I think I know where this is going
<Eltrotraw> let me guess
<Eltrotraw> it's
<Eltrotraw> Rakor
<Fishfosh> ooooh
<Fishfosh> So THIS is where the lightningman is from
<Arkay> :OOO
<Skeleton> wut
<~flibbyjibbits> "He goes and goes crazy, and he goes and takes the stormspear from the burial grounds and goes runs away "
<Fishfosh> His hometown got burnt up because our alternate selves got the armor for the dragon, right?
<Moonside> "..." Elsa turns to the party again. "Are you thinking the same as me?"
<Fishfosh> I suppose it could be yet another timeline, but still
<Skeleton> "How should I know what you're thinking?"
<Fishfosh> oh, I was right
<Fishfosh> whee
<Fishfosh> "I think I follow you."
<Moonside> "How peculiar that we would be sent here..."
<~flibbyjibbits> "Did the capital send you?"
<Skeleton> "Stranger things have happened."
<Fishfosh> "We are from a... far away land. You wouldn't know of it."
<Moonside> "...not exactly. We are passing by on our way to someplace else, but..."
<Moonside> I turn to the party again. "What do you think? Should we attempt to kill it?"
<Skeleton> "Well... uhhhhh..."
<Arkay> "Uh, well I like living and all."
<Fishfosh> "Frankly, I don't think we can."
<Skeleton> "But... if we don't, who will?"
<Moonside> "That is not what I meant, but you have a good point."
<Skeleton> "We do have the immortal and totally famous DROMINUS HELLCLEAVE with us..."
<~flibbyjibbits> woulod he be famous in a world his family never existed in
<Skeleton> No of course not.
<Skeleton> Well maybe as a mythical figure but
<Fishfosh> It's also a world where the fountain that made him famous doesn't exist, right?
<Skeleton> The Legend Of Drominus Hellcleave Who Gets It Done, Eventually
<~flibbyjibbits> anyways that guy starts limping off to fimd a wagon leaving town that he can sit in
<Skeleton> "Godspeed, guy"
<Fishfosh> "If anything, it may be possible to help appease the dragon temporarily, but even that sounds dangerous."
<Fishfosh> "As much as I would like to help, we should prioritize our own safety in order to carry out our mission."
<Skeleton> "Maybe we can offer he move to our world! There'd be no other dragon competition, that'd make him happy"
<Skeleton> "Er no even I just realized that's a terrible idea."
<Moonside> "Yes... yes, you are right. We should focus on our current goal." Elsa doesn't seem too pleased with this, but it'll have to do
<~flibbyjibbits> their goal is to wait for or encourage this world to get doomed :<
<Skeleton> Oh yeah!
<Arkay> :c
<~flibbyjibbits> so they can into mr bones lair
<Arkay> right so sucks for these guys anyway
<Skeleton> Then, let's get this dragon to eat more folks
<~flibbyjibbits> since he only really exists in failed timelines
<Skeleton> So he's literally a demon from Hell
<Fishfosh> Yeah, but that means we can't save this timeline anyway
<Fishfosh> If we somehow did we would need to pick another one and try to resist saving that
<Skeleton> Ow, my alignment aches
<~flibbyjibbits> unless the dragon is unrelated to the doomed status
<Moonside> what a shitty grey option
<Fishfosh> yeah, but we don't really know
<~flibbyjibbits> dont, no
<Fishfosh> (and probably can't kill it anyway)
<CommodoreJim> We have to be bad
<Arkay> :O
<~flibbyjibbits> i dont expect the party to actively work towards ruining people
<Fishfosh> I think I would safely consider this within neutral
<Skeleton> How long is this world's destruction gonna take?
<~flibbyjibbits> it is currently stable
<CommodoreJim> Can we just
<Moonside> We should just go back to the temple and wait at the door until it happens
<Arkay> i don't wanna just wait around; I want to find some way to doom this timeline
<CommodoreJim> Set up lawn chairs and wait for destruction
<CommodoreJim> Sip little fruity drinks
<Fishfosh> some men just wanna watch the world burn
<Skeleton> I'm NG, this is gonna be hard
<~flibbyjibbits> if nothing interferes, those able to abandon the village will, and the others will probably die in a few days or a week
<~flibbyjibbits> maybe a few will try to find some secret in the place underneath to ry to fight with
<Fishfosh> ...well, we can probably try to help people evacuate
<~flibbyjibbits> the burial grounds, underworld, etc
<Arkay> 'hey everyone, this timeline is doomed, so why not  evacuate and head on over to the party dimension instead?'
<Fishfosh> I mean evacuate this village
<Fishfosh> not the entire timeline
<~flibbyjibbits> everyone out of the universe *nibbler eats himself*
<Arkay> yeah, that's possible
<~flibbyjibbits> !roll 1 20
<MODOK> [flibbyjibbits - 1d20] <12> <Total: 12>
<~flibbyjibbits> !roll 1 20
<MODOK> [flibbyjibbits - 1d20] <7> <Total: 7>
<~flibbyjibbits> nvm
<Fishfosh> ...
<Fishfosh> So, what's the main thing stopping some people from leaving?
<~flibbyjibbits> some people still have stuff not ruined, some people are held back by other people, some people just plain dont want to leave
<Fishfosh> uh, hmm, that's probably too personal for us to really help with
<Moonside> I'd say to go back, then
<CommodoreJim> let's kill them all, free them from this mortal coil
<Eltrotraw> can we track down the guy who ruined this timeline
<Eltrotraw> or thing(s)?
<Eltrotraw> oh i got it
<Eltrotraw> let's just kill lavos
<Fishfosh> Go back where?
<Moonside> To the temple, and wait there
<~flibbyjibbits> might ask around any relevant information, maybe someone more important in town might now something better than a random dude bleeding in a gutter
<Fishfosh> That's not really any different, morally, from waiting around here
<Moonside> But it's more convenient
<Skeleton> One of the doors leads to the Comfort Inn Dimension
<Skeleton> Another t the Seven Eleven Dimension
<Skeleton> We'd be set
<Arkay> I'd rather explore  this dimension and see if we can find some way to speed up the doomage
<Fishfosh> I'd rather see more of this world before it goes to hell
<Moonside> I'd lose my Paladinhood, probably
<~flibbyjibbits> not nessesarily
<~flibbyjibbits> you might try to help and make things worse by accident
<Fishfosh> You're already aware of this happening.  Being farther away doesn't change that you know this world is doomed and don't stop it
<Fishfosh> And hey, you also must know that there are countless doomed timelines, and that you cannot save them
<Skeleton> I thought he meant to try and help the world be destroyed
<Moonside> Ok then, it'd be out of character
<Fishfosh> oh, or that
<Skeleton> Would break the paladinhood
<Fishfosh> Yeah, that probably would
<Moonside> Yeah.
<Fishfosh> okay nvm
<Fishfosh> But still, maybe we should go see this capital
<Skeleton> Freddie and Drom aren't neutral either so this
<Skeleton> wouldn't really be comfortable for them
<CommodoreJim> my goodness hurts
<Fishfosh> Watching a world be doomed isn't exactly comfortable even from a position of not being committed to good
<Skeleton> Nah, and especially not contributing to it even if it furtners your goals
<Skeleton> *furthers
<Arkay> well what do we do then
<~flibbyjibbits> in a situation where you cant solve the problem its still good to ease the pain id say
<~flibbyjibbits> overall
<~flibbyjibbits> iduno about this situation
<Fishfosh> yeah
<Moonside> Ok, sure
<~flibbyjibbits> i can think of several ways to go about this situation
<Skeleton> Summon Hitler and attempt to befriend him
<Skeleton> But he starts a genocide whoops
<Fishfosh> "Perhaps we should find someone in charge around here and ask if there's anything within our power that we can do for these people."
<Moonside> "That sounds like a good idea."
<Fishfosh> Alright, I'll go ask somebody where to find the local mayor or lord or whoever is in charge
<CommodoreJim> how do i address the mayor
<CommodoreJim> am i even allowed to talk to him???
<Skeleton> Good Day, Drominus. Lovely weather we're having, don't you agree?
<CommodoreJim> YOU BET, DAD
<~flibbyjibbits> the apparent mayor or whatever they call him here lives in a big house that was relatively unscathed in the attack
<CommodoreJim> the correct term is "townemaster"
<Fishfosh> Gee, you think dragons would burninate the big fancy houses first
<Fishfosh> and take the treasure
<Fishfosh> rather than burninating all the thatched roof cottaged
<Fishfosh> cottages*
<~flibbyjibbits> maybe he wanted to keep it for himself
<Fishfosh> Let's knock on the door
<~flibbyjibbits> he opens the door
<Skeleton> Okay, I cast oh
<~flibbyjibbits> "Who are you?"
<Skeleton> Never mind
<Fishfosh> I call this the Bard's knock spell.  Just knocking on the door, I mean.
<Skeleton> "Greetings... your majesty. We're travelers from an unbelievably far away place that you shouldn't worry about.
<Skeleton> "
<Fishfosh> "We are a group of travelers, and we were wondering if we could talk to you about the town's current situation."
<~flibbyjibbits> "whats there to talk about?"
<Chef> the suspense kills me
<Moonside> "Are you not the least worried about your people?"
<~flibbyjibbits> "I don't know if I can call it worry anymore.  Resigned maybe."
<Fishfosh> "Well, we don't know many specific details about what's going on, and we were wondering if there is anything within our power that we can help with."
<~flibbyjibbits> "Most are leaving, some want to stay, or fight.  It;ll be back in a few days, most likely.  None of us can make any use of whats below.:
<Skeleton> "What's below?"
<~flibbyjibbits> "Old stories and things from them.  Some people went down looking for things that could fight a dragon with, but most couldn't make use of it.  We have no magic beyond the priest, and he can't understand the language."
<Skeleton> "No magic?? Like, none of this?" Freddie makes little Dancing Lights as sparklers from his fingertips
<~flibbyjibbits> he looks surprised, "How do you do that?"
<Skeleton> "Magic!"
<Chef> the plot thickens!
<~flibbyjibbits> "I don't know of any greater spirite that gives such a blessing, but worth a try.  One of our hunters will show you the path, if you want"
<Fishfosh> "Okay."
<Skeleton> "W-wait I thought we agreed we weren't gonna fight the dragon..."
<Fishfosh> "I still don't think we can, but maybe we'll find something that can help ease the villagers' suffering."
<~flibbyjibbits> a few hunters, icnluding that guy who you say in the woods alst nihgt go to lead you a little ways away from the village, to a little hut in the woods where theres a staircase down into some buried ruins
<Arkay> "Or maybe we can get the dragon to doom everything," Leinster mutters to himself.
<Skeleton> Coinstar you are the worst
<~flibbyjibbits> it seems to be the ruins of an older village, that over time some stone roof formed over the top of it
<~flibbyjibbits> "some people said we should just move into here, but on the whole it was determined to be a better idea to just leave, let the old stories here rest"
<Skeleton> "Old stories?"
<CommodoreJim> metal gear?
<Skeleton> dragons?
<~flibbyjibbits> "This old town is before the last cycle, supposedly one of the champions of the cycle lived here, then shortly after it ended some rebels of the new reign hid here"
<~flibbyjibbits> "The spear our defender took was from here, as well as the cloak, ane some other things.  Most everything that could be used without magic, but humanity lost that capability long ago"
<Skeleton> "That's a shame. It's the best."
<~flibbyjibbits> "There are some scrolls, but none of us know the language."
<Moonside> "Well, let us see them."
<Skeleton> "Yeah lemme scope some of them scrolls"
<~flibbyjibbits> the scrolls are mostly elven, some in draconic
<~flibbyjibbits> some are just personal letters, diaries, theories
<~flibbyjibbits> the most important was a tablet that was lowered into the old well
<Skeleton> Freddie looks up from an elven one. "No one in this... err... realm speaks elven? What happened to all the elves?"
<~flibbyjibbits> "They live elsewhere.  More in the capital.  none would be so desperate as to come out here to the frontier."
<~flibbyjibbits> many of the scrolls are theories or intelligence gathered trying to determine a weakness of dragons
<Moonside> "What are they talking about, Freddie?"
<Eltrotraw> can we dive into the well
<~flibbyjibbits> "We founded this city in the hopes there'd be value down here, but there wasn't much.  for a while we survived hunting and farming, but those both ran out"
<Eltrotraw> do we need the lens of truth
<Skeleton> "Trying to deduce how to kill dragons on these ones here"
<~flibbyjibbits> ok i read that was seduce
<Fishfosh> roll to seduce the dragon
<Skeleton> !roll 1 20 hey dragon baby
<MODOK> [Skeleton - 1d20(hey)] <1> <1> <Total: 1>
<Skeleton> not tonight
<Fishfosh> perfect
<Moonside> fair enough
<~flibbyjibbits> !roll 1 20
<MODOK> [flibbyjibbits - 1d20] <14> <Total: 14>
<~flibbyjibbits> much better attempt
<Skeleton> Oh baby oh baby oh baby.
<~flibbyjibbits> for some reason the draconomicon doesnt have the DCs listed for that though
<Moonside> I wonder why.
<~flibbyjibbits> seems like itd be a priority normally
<Skeleton> Yeah I'm sure elf players try to serenade dragons all the time
<Eltrotraw> !roll 1 20 seduce dragon with gunfire
<MODOK> [Eltrotraw - 1d20(seduce)] <2> <2> <Total: 2>
<~flibbyjibbits> its the most logical thing to do
<Eltrotraw> gg
<Moonside> Anyway, anything good in these scrolls?
<~flibbyjibbits> "they hid this tablet in the well" he brings up the bucket with the winch "So I assume it had the most important knowledge on it"
<Fishfosh> it's totally a shopping list
<Skeleton> I'll hide my secrets where you would go to get water. No one would think to do that.
<Skeleton> brb thirsty
<~flibbyjibbits> they were hiding it from an angry dargon
<Skeleton> Ah, not a thirsty one. Gotcha
<~flibbyjibbits> not worth the effort when theres a river not too far away
<~flibbyjibbits> since they wouldnt have to worry about any riverborne diseases or parasites
<~flibbyjibbits> alternative explanation
<~flibbyjibbits> the hands-pringles can dillemma
<Skeleton> Say no more
<Fishfosh> So, what's on the tablet
<Skeleton> What's the language on the tablet
<~flibbyjibbits> does that even make sense what i said damn
<Moonside> Ah, the problem that has plagued humanity since the dawn of time
<Skeleton> Yes.
<~flibbyjibbits> maybe im just tired
<Skeleton> I have large hands. It is hard living in this world of tall coffee mugs and canned potato chips
<~flibbyjibbits> !roll 1 20
<MODOK> [flibbyjibbits - 1d20] <8> <Total: 8>
<Skeleton> Freddie knows both Elven and Draconic
<~flibbyjibbits> ok how many people can read elf or aquan
<Fishfosh> I can read both
<Skeleton> wonderful
<~flibbyjibbits> roll an int check for every way you can red it
<Fishfosh> er, okay
<Fishfosh> !roll 1 20 +2
<MODOK> [Fishfosh - 1d20(+2)] <20> <18> <Total: 20>
<Skeleton> !roll 1 20 +4
<~flibbyjibbits> since its very metaphorical
<MODOK> [Skeleton - 1d20(+4)] <18> <14> <Total: 18>
<Skeleton> Thank you MODOK
<~flibbyjibbits> and maybe shes better at picking up the implications in one language than the other
<Skeleton> Reading both would be good in that case too
<Skeleton> Two riddles with the same answer would be easier to solve than one
<~flibbyjibbits> the basic jist of what it says is to partially bury it in snow or ice and then cast read magic to get the real secret
<~flibbyjibbits> since theres hard packed snow on the ground thats easy to do
<Skeleton> kay-O
<~flibbyjibbits> what it says there is that theres a secret reason some creatures are so powerful
<Fishfosh> okay
<Skeleton> It's The Secret
<~flibbyjibbits> they arent that way naturally, one hatched and bred in captivity didnt develop beyond a relatively less dangerous drake
<Skeleton> Right Chuck
<CommodoreJim> oh god.
<~flibbyjibbits> it turns out that they all have a sort of pact with some unknown force
<~flibbyjibbits> they get the strength but then gain a weakness that can strip them of it
<Skeleton> IT's like electricity. I don't know how it works, you don't know how it works, but it can cook a man's dinner and it can cook the man
<Moonside> Kryptonite!
<~flibbyjibbits> every dragon has a particular series of sounds, like a certain song that makes it vulnerable and weak
<Eltrotraw> so basically every dragon is weak to certain music
<Fishfosh> oh boy, music
<Moonside> Oh, we just need to equip that badge from Paper Mario TTYD then
<Fishfosh> yes
<Skeleton> Starts with CR and ends with ICKET
<~flibbyjibbits> i came up with this idea one night i was dreaming i was one and then when i heard my alarm clock i was like "huh from the perspective of the imaginary people from that dream, hearing that sound killed me"
<Arkay> crjdnfjidsfjbfghsficket
<Chef> Pen-and-Paper Mario
<Skeleton> Whoa flib
<Skeleton> Whoaaaaa.
<Skeleton> My dreams never make any fucking sense, so they wouldn't be bothered by that
<Fishfosh> "So, according to this tablet, every dragon is weak to a particular series of sounds.  Interesting."
<Moonside> "How peculiar."
<Skeleton> "Hey, SOUNDS good to me! Heh!"
<Chef> better find a white mouse with red glasses
<Arkay> "So I guess we just gotta find the right sounds, right?"
<Eltrotraw> "Mebbe there's one weak to gunfire"
<Skeleton> "Get it Vell? Because you sing?"
<~flibbyjibbits> "Thats excellent news" says the king of town, "I wonder what the music is"
<Skeleton> booty booty booty booty rockin errywhere
<Moonside> crystal fucking weed
<Eltrotraw> nail scratching on boards
<Fishfosh> "Well, it does sound like something right up my alley."
<~flibbyjibbits> brb
<Arkay> so is the sound weakness relevant only to dragons in this timeline
<Chef> King of Town?
<Chef> doo hoo hoo hoo
<Moonside> I don't think it matters if the weakness is only in this timeline or not
<Moonside> Since there aren't any dragons in ours
<Fishfosh> The ones that do come to ours are from other timelines, including possibly this one
<Moonside> Hmm, I guess
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<~flibbyjibbits> "well if we are to have a chance we should try to find out what song it might be. I wonder if the lyrics amtter, or is it just the notes?"
<Skeleton> "Maybe just a genre it really hates. I gotta be honest, I hate the triangle."
<Eltrotraw> "Are we really gonna carry a musical band just to take out some dragons?"
<Arkay> "I play a wicked air guitar."
<Skeleton> "I can whistle"
<Fishfosh> "I think it's just the notes, though I'm not 100% certain."
<Skeleton> I presume that's what we'll find buried in the snow?
<Moonside> "Are there any other tablets?"
<Skeleton> 'Yes check out my new iPad'
<~flibbyjibbits> "not that I'm certain of, but maybe"
<Moonside> Well, I dunno now.
<Skeleton> Detect Tablets
<Skeleton> Oh lawdy where are da tablets
<Fishfosh> Does the tablet have anything on it that would help us look for the right song?
<Fishfosh> We can't exactly just find the dragon and start guessing note combinations
<~flibbyjibbits> this main one just seems to have the general knowledge on it
<~flibbyjibbits> !roll 1 20
<MODOK> [flibbyjibbits - 1d20] <9> <Total: 9>
<Moonside> We're probably not going to go anywhere like this
<~flibbyjibbits> !roll 1 20
<MODOK> [flibbyjibbits - 1d20] <8> <Total: 8>
<Fishfosh> rolling around at the speed of sound
<~flibbyjibbits> !roll 1 20
<MODOK> [flibbyjibbits - 1d20] <3> <Total: 3>
<Moonside> shitty rolls
<~flibbyjibbits> these are all terrible
<Moonside> can't we just take 20
<Skeleton> !roll 1 2000
<MODOK> [Skeleton - 1d2000] <1262> <Total: 1262>
<Skeleton> whoops!
<Skeleton> Oh well! Gotta take it!
<~flibbyjibbits> guess so
<~flibbyjibbits> !roll 1 4
<MODOK> [flibbyjibbits - 1d4] <2> <Total: 2>
<~flibbyjibbits> you find two scrolls that seem to be musical
<Arkay> did they just fall from the sky
<Skeleton> "Well goodness what language could this be..."
<Skeleton> "Where's Lotte when you need her most?"
<Moonside> "It's music. Here, Vell."
<~flibbyjibbits> i assumed rummaging about in the old place
<Arkay> oh okay
<Fishfosh> I take the musical scrolls. "Thanks"
<Fishfosh> brb
<Fishfosh> k
<Arkay> so do the scrolls say anything that we can decipher or do we just know that they seem musical?
<Fishfosh> So, what kinda music are we talkin'?
<Arkay> death metal
<~flibbyjibbits> hm u
<~flibbyjibbits> h
<Skeleton> I assume the bard can read sheet music
<~flibbyjibbits> hold on a second
<Skeleton> Sheet! Music!
<CommodoreJim> aw sheety
<Fishfosh> It's not like there is a skill for reading music, but I would assume it'd fall under any musical perform (which is not problem)
<Skeleton> I don't think it's anything you'd have to roll for, it's not like every time we go to a bar we have to roll to read the menus
<Moonside> This reminds me of that game where you had to roll for everything
<Moonside> Roll to climb the stairs
<Skeleton> WHOOPS WHAT DOES 'BEER' MEAN
<Skeleton> !roll 1 20 piss
<MODOK> [Skeleton - 1d20(piss)] <1> <1> <Total: 1>
<Skeleton> DAMMIT
<Moonside> haha
<Skeleton> Somebody get me a towel!
<~flibbyjibbits> theres a slow, sad song about planetary domination, and a fast paced but long song about a kid growing up to be a knight and stuff and getting all kinds of honors and ideals and then dieing in his first battle
<Skeleton> Oh god it's everywhere
<Fishfosh> gee
<Arkay> skeleton ew
<Skeleton> Blame MODOK!
<Fishfosh> Any notes in the margins about dragons?
<~flibbyjibbits> then on the back of each scroll theres a second song. one is a funeral dirge for those cursed and put down, and an opera about the best archer in the world
<Moonside> where do we learn dragonrend
<~flibbyjibbits> the main tablet seems to imply that only the refrain or bridge or breakdown is needed
<Fishfosh> alright, cool
<Fishfosh> But we've got 4 and presumably at most 1 of them can be right
<Moonside> Trying them all would probably not be a smart option since 4 rounds is a lot
<~flibbyjibbits> the first attempt he might be amused but then if you tried a different song after one line he might realize what youre trying to do
<Moonside> Do any of the songs have any references to dragons in the lyrics?
<Fishfosh> If we set it up as being entertainment and finish each song one at a time, then it might work
<~flibbyjibbits> the song about the knight mentioned that the kid imagined fighting them
<Moonside> Hmm
<Moonside> I dunno if that's enough, but that sounds like a good plan
<Skeleton> So we are going to fight the dragon then
<Skeleton> And un-doom the timeline we need to have doomed so we can fight Mr. Bones?
<~flibbyjibbits> "If you want to try it, we can lead you to where he rests between raids on villages."
<Fishfosh> We don't know if the dragon is related to the dooming of the timeline
<Skeleton> He's certainly not its hero
<~flibbyjibbits> its really late but i want to get to the good stopping point
<~flibbyjibbits> so lets try to move quickly
<~flibbyjibbits> i just gotta get my drink
<Fishfosh> "I suppose it's worth trying... It actually feels like there is hope now."
<~flibbyjibbits> about two days to the north theres a mountain with a cave about halfway up
<~flibbyjibbits> the governer heads in to announce that they brought entertainers and the remainder of whats left of value from the town
<Moonside> http://thebest404pageever.com/swf/gnomeparty.swf
<~flibbyjibbits> as youve likely figured out by now it seems to be the same dragon as you met that one time, but apparently larger, and also redscaled instead of blue/silver like before, guess maybe he knows illusion magic or something
<Fishfosh> He's secretly HALF-OCTOPUS
<~flibbyjibbits> hes sitting there, staring at you all, tail flicking about
<~flibbyjibbits> guess nows as good a time as ever to try
<Fishfosh> I guess so!
<Fishfosh> Let's start with the song about planetary domination
<Fishfosh> !roll 1 20 +15 perform
<MODOK> [Fishfosh - 1d20(+15)] <18> <3> <Total: 18>
<Fishfosh> shit
<~flibbyjibbits> he seems to think its about him
<~flibbyjibbits> which is good ego feeding
<Moonside> what an asshole
<Moonside> let's end with the knight one then
<Skeleton> Nimhais?
<~flibbyjibbits> yes
<Skeleton> He didn't seem evil :<
<~flibbyjibbits> you wouldnt have helped him if he did
<Fishfosh> Well, when that's finished I'll move on to the song about the world's greatest archer.
<Fishfosh> !roll 1 20 +15
<MODOK> [Fishfosh - 1d20(+15)] <28> <13> <Total: 28>
<Moonside> Oh, while Vell is performing, I use Detect Evil
<Eltrotraw> didn't he die
<Skeleton> Wait maybe he knows this timeline is doomed and MUST commit atrocities and so does them here to spare the other realities
<~flibbyjibbits> he quite disliked the subject matter and seems to be getting suspicious but did like the performance
<Fishfosh> We're in a different timeline, eltro
<Eltrotraw> oh, right
<~flibbyjibbits> !roll 1 20
<MODOK> [flibbyjibbits - 1d20] <9> <Total: 9>
<~flibbyjibbits> nvm
<~flibbyjibbits> anyways which next
<Fishfosh> hmm
<Moonside> Detect Evil, flib?
<Fishfosh> I feel like singing a funeral dirge as entertainment would be weird
<~flibbyjibbits> he is yes
<Moonside> Ok, cool.
<Fishfosh> Maybe he'll think the song about the knight who dies is amusing at least
<Fishfosh> So, going with that next
<Fishfosh> !roll 1 20 +15
<MODOK> [Fishfosh - 1d20(+15)] <23> <8> <Total: 23>
<~flibbyjibbits> near the end of the song there was a progression that was similar to the dirge, but in a different key, he looked sort of like he was gritting his teeth as that part came up, but nothing happened
<Moonside> welp
<~flibbyjibbits> like he was tensing or flinching in anticipation
<Fishfosh> of course it would be the last thing we try
<~flibbyjibbits> not because it was the last just because it was that one
<Fishfosh> yeah, I know
<~flibbyjibbits> at this point he stands up and bares teeth
<Skeleton> We gon die
<Fishfosh> ohshit
<Skeleton> Oh fuck
<Skeleton> "ehp"
<Fishfosh> Quick, start singing that funeral dirge
<Fishfosh> !roll 1 20 +15
<MODOK> [Fishfosh - 1d20(+15)] <35> <20> <Total: 35>
<Fishfosh> YEAH
<Arkay> oh shit that's perfect
<Skeleton> !roll 1 20 don't piss
<MODOK> [Skeleton - 1d20(don't)] <10> <10> <Total: 10>
<~flibbyjibbits> the hunters and mayor run away
<Arkay> !roll 1 20 dodge piss
<MODOK> [Arkay - 1d20(dodge)] <10> <10> <Total: 10>
<Moonside> Holy shit
<Arkay> shit
<~flibbyjibbits> he leaps at you and starts the flare but then loses all muscle control in midair and crashes into the cave wall, screaming in pain
<Fishfosh> whoa
<CommodoreJim> dang
<Eltrotraw> so uh
<~flibbyjibbits> !roll 1 4
<MODOK> [flibbyjibbits - 1d4] <4> <Total: 4>
<Arkay> "Nice pipes, Vell."
<Eltrotraw> shoot now ask questions later?
<~flibbyjibbits> !roll 1 20
<MODOK> [flibbyjibbits - 1d20] <7> <Total: 7>
<Moonside> Oh, uh, would I be able to use my powers in this universe, since they're divine
<~flibbyjibbits> he claws his ears off
<Skeleton> oh my god
<Fishfosh> geeze
<Eltrotraw> does that mean we won or lost
<Skeleton> Freddie is silently crying in shock and horror
<~flibbyjibbits> he manages to get back up on 4 legs, shakily, and stares at the party, blood dripping from eyes and running like a stream from his mouth and nose
<CommodoreJim> you
<~flibbyjibbits> breathily heavily and all twitchy like
<CommodoreJim> you're-a gonna die in three days
<Eltrotraw> "So does music still work on 'em when they can't hear?"
<~flibbyjibbits> ok gotta go
<Eltrotraw> o
<Arkay> omg
<Arkay> g'night flib
<Fishfosh> So we're stopping here?
<Moonside> Well, I can set up a really strong first attack when the battle starts
<Moonside> I'll just need Freddie to use True Strike to make sure I actually hit
<Skeleton> True Strike?
<Moonside> I think it's a first-level spell for Wizards
<Moonside> http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/t/true-strike
<Moonside> oh wait it's personal
<Moonside> nevermind
<Skeleton> I don't have it anyway
<Fishfosh> It could be made into a potion, but obviously we don't have that kind of time
<Skeleton> Probably because lol me using not magic
<Moonside> If everything goes as planned, my first attack would be (1d8+28+2d6)x2
* ~flibbyjibbits ([email protected]) Quit (Ping timeout)
<Moonside> which is a lot
<Fishfosh> it is
<Chef> i hope he logged all that
<Eltrotraw> if all goes as planned my first attack still does damage
<Moonside> Anyway, those were some really lucky rolls today
<Fishfosh> I can give someone haste, too
<Arkay> I guess I can drop a fireball :u
<Eltrotraw> suddenly the dragon gets +20 dex
<Skeleton> If all goes as planned... LIGHTNING BOLT LIGHTNING BOLT LIGHTNING BOLT LIGHTNING BOLT
<Moonside> the 20 perception, 1 for piss holding, 20 for the last perform
<Fishfosh> But ark, it's a firebreathing dragon
<Arkay> oh
<Arkay> well
<Moonside> Also Freddie could probably start some buffing/debuffing
<Arkay> I guess I can use the travel domain for once
<Arkay> and run away
<Skeleton> Or that
<Arkay> but really I haven't used that domain at all
<Skeleton> I don't have any debuffs that'd do anything
<Skeleton> Buffs always yeah
<Fishfosh> I'm very willing to bet that even a weakened dragon can beat the fort saves for my debuffs, like everything else we have fought so far
<Moonside> lol paladin vs. evil dragon
<Fishfosh> So I'll stick to buffing this fight
<Moonside> any spells that don't give saves or need touch attacks?
<Moonside> or both
<Fishfosh> no
<Moonside> k
<Chef> i'm curious to see what happens next
<Chef> man watching people role-play is pretty fun in its own right. :P
<Fishfosh> Well, I'm off to bed too
<Arkay> night
<Fishfosh> goodnight folks
<Moonside> Bye
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