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  1. [9:10 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d1]: 1, Result: 1
  2. [9:10 PM] Bot Fodder: roll 2d1
  3. [9:10 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [2d1]: 1,1, Result: 2
  4. [9:10 PM] Eon: (botpls)
  5. [9:11 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: [9:00 PM] Bot Fodder: @Tenrei The short version: We went underground because the surface is superfucked by magic windstorms. We saved/met some Myconids (mushroom people) who gave us somewhere to rest. A hivemind of Mindflayers stalk the Underdark looking for surface dwellers taking shelter from the Wight Wind, so now we need to move.(edited)
  6. As John mentioned previously, that's where we are.
  7. [9:11 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: As in, you need to move.
  8. [9:11 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The nightmare effect seem to have faded on that of Alicia and Razmik - perhaps something happened in their side of whatwasit, Faerun?
  9. [9:12 PM] Tenrei: Kirie nods. "I understand now, but where do we move to? We're not just going to run until they find us, are we?"
  10. [9:12 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (We'll safely blame Elminster for that one)
  11. [9:12 PM] Eon: "Ugh, already? I was just getting comfortable." Esker grumbles, very slowly, but surely pulling herself from the floor.
  12. [9:12 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle looks around, concerned for a moment, before picking herself up, dusting a bit as she goes.
  13. [9:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow doesn't seem to daunted by the task ahead of the party, readjusting his white cloak.
  14.  
  15. [9:13 PM] Eon: "We're on all board with going to that abandoned city to the north, right?" Esker confirms
  16. [9:13 PM] Bot Fodder: With everything squared away, John doublechecks his equipment one last time and prepares to depart. "If we stay longer, we'll be putting the Myconids in danger. The squid-people will be back here looking for us before long."
  17.  
  18. [9:13 PM] Runic: Lexon gets back up from his napping position and stretches
  19. [9:13 PM] Faerie: (WAIT
  20. [9:14 PM] Faerie: MY PERFECT ATTENDANCE RECORD :FIREPOPO:)
  21. [9:14 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (git gud and go to bed Fae)
  22.  
  23. [9:14 PM] Runic: "Well, I think it's better to be on the move then staying around here much longer, so yeah I'm up for it"
  24.  
  25. [9:14 PM] Runic: ( pets Fae )
  26. [9:15 PM] Bot Fodder: "I think we should look through the city, too. It has to have some clues to what's happening on the surface, right?"(edited)
  27. [9:15 PM] Eon: "As well as information on those mind flayers, and maybe even the aboleth." Esker nods.
  28. [9:15 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The myconids are gathering back in their hive slowly, a few saplings at a time.
  29. [9:16 PM] Tenrei: "I'd almost rather do those mindflayers than drow..." Kirie mumbles
  30. [9:16 PM] Eon: "Oh, the city's empty. Probably."
  31. [9:17 PM] Eon: "You're more likely to meet mind flayers than drow.. Though, that isn't a good thing." Esker recalls Raz's little incident with the mind flayer.
  32. [9:17 PM] Bot Fodder: "Well. It's empty of drow, at any rate..." John shrugs. Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing is...
  33. [9:19 PM] Eon: "Anyway," - Turning to the myconids, "On the behalf on everyone else, I thank you all for your hospitality."
  34. [9:19 PM] Tenrei: "Yeah, I know all about 'abandoned' cities."
  35. [9:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The myconids wave back and forth, acknowledging Esker.
  36. [9:20 PM] Eon: Adorable.
  37. [9:20 PM] Bot Fodder: "Still, we hope to get to the bottom of all this soon enough. Any information you can bring us will be rewar--" John blinks and looks at Kirie awkwardly. No, his job isn't to hire adventurers this time. "Erm, never mind. But let's go, okay?"
  38. [9:20 PM] Tenrei: Kirie gives a rather shallow bow to the Myconids.
  39. [9:21 PM] Bot Fodder: John salutes.
  40. [9:21 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle nods, checking her equipment once more before anything else.
  41. [9:22 PM] Eon: (it's moments like this I wish I took druidcraft for rp ;-;)
  42. [9:22 PM] Runic: Lexon gives his thanks to the myconids as well
  43. [9:22 PM] Faerie: (Please don't forget our cutlery)
  44. [9:22 PM] Tenrei: "Yeah, I'll go." Kirie pounds out her shoulders.
  45. [9:22 PM] Bot Fodder: To reach the city, the group will have to start down the passage facing north, based on the Myconid King's information.(edited)
  46. [9:22 PM] Runic: "Alright, I'm pretty much all ready to go" Lexon says, adjusting his equipment
  47. [9:23 PM] Eon: And whatever opposition they would find.. They would crush them, she was sure of it.
  48. [9:23 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Alright, then. North and then Northeast afterward, looking for the smaller tunnel that leads to the city?
  49. [9:23 PM] Bot Fodder: Yup.
  50. [9:23 PM] Eon: yup.
  51. [9:24 PM] KogasaGaSagasa:
  52.  
  53. [9:24 PM] Eon: (I mean, it's the most direct path ;-;)
  54. [9:24 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The party packs up, says their goodbye to the myconids. The myconid sovereign mention that he'll always welcome the party, although the mind flayers in the area may not.
  55. [9:24 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Going out toward the dark tunnel, the party's mostly blind.
  56. [9:25 PM] Eon: Produce Flame.
  57. [9:25 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The dim light from the tunnel's fungi helps to dispel the total darkness, but the low light only serve to add a degree of paranoia.
  58. [9:25 PM] Eon: (Someone has to have torches, right?)
  59. [9:26 PM] Bot Fodder: (Uh, can't you just use that flame?)
  60. [9:26 PM] Eon: (well yeah, but..)
  61. [9:26 PM] Faerie: (I'm already paranoid. Are there any Underdark creatures drawn to bright light?)
  62. [9:26 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Esker's torch-light-like radiance illuminates the darkness in a claustrophobic way. Despite the light, the tunnel only seems to grow darker - but it does offer immediate relief to your blindness.
  63. [9:26 PM] Eon: (eh, it's not concentration ,whatever.)
  64. [9:27 PM] Bot Fodder: (Honestly? It's the underdark. Any light at all makes you stick out like a sore thumb.)
  65.  
  66. [9:27 PM] Eon: (I'm surprised that there's isn't any angler fish expy down there.)
  67. [9:27 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The journey, by estimate, is supposed to take 2 hours.
  68. [9:27 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d100
  69. [9:27 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d100]: 70, Result: 70
  70. [9:27 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Skulking in the dark, are there anyone going ahead of the party to scout?
  71. [9:27 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Or is everyone alright with travelling as a group?
  72. [9:27 PM] Eon: (stealth, hmm?)
  73. [9:28 PM] Eon: (Esker can do that..? But then, Produce Flame ;-;)
  74. [9:28 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (It's more of - some monsters have darkvision 120, while you have 60 - like the eyewitness's case)
  75. [9:28 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (WIthout scouts, those monsters will 100% see you first)
  76. [9:28 PM] Eon: (:thinking:)
  77. [9:28 PM] Eon: Esker will do it then, the others have torches, right?
  78. [9:28 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (I mean, you are carrying light, so that's happening - it's more of whether you see THEM or not)
  79. [9:28 PM] Faerie: (Can't Tot do it?)
  80. [9:28 PM] Runic: (Lexon doesn't have darkvision so I don't think that's a good idea for him to scout)
  81. [9:29 PM] Bot Fodder: The guard leads the way, lighting a torch of his own to give the group better coverage. One light won't be harder to spot than two.
  82. [9:29 PM] Bot Fodder: He suggests staying together unless someone can see without torchlight to scout discretely.
  83.  
  84. [9:29 PM] Eon: I mean, I can move stealthily and scout, right?
  85. [9:29 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Hm? Well, yeah.
  86. [9:29 PM] Eon: then Esker will do that.
  87. [9:30 PM] Bot Fodder: (Hint: this is what Wildshape is for.)
  88. [9:30 PM] Eon: :thinking:
  89. [9:30 PM] Bot Fodder: (Situations like this.)
  90. [9:30 PM] Eon: (bot, you're smarter than I ever will be)
  91. [9:30 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: So... Esker volunteers to move a bit ahead of the party, and to signal if anything is up.
  92. [9:30 PM] Tenrei: (I mean I feel like scout here is code for "umber hulk appetizer")
  93. [9:30 PM] Eon: I'll transform into.. a bat?
  94. [9:31 PM] Eon: (just to meme people.)
  95. [9:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You are able to transform into flying creatures, correct?
  96. [9:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: In that case, alright.
  97. [9:31 PM] Eon: yup!
  98. [9:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: With nary a sound or movement, Esker disappears into the darkness as a bat, scouting somewhat ahead of the group...
  99. [9:31 PM] Eon: (honestly, owl was smarter.)
  100. [9:31 PM] Bot Fodder: (Umber Hulks are the least of our worries. :smugpopo: )
  101. [9:32 PM] Eon: (owl has darkvision 120 ;-;)
  102. [9:32 PM] Bot Fodder: (Well, this is a bat's natural terrain... so it could be better?)
  103. [9:32 PM] Eon: (I guess I stick out less as a bat)
  104. [9:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... In which case, give me a perception check, Esker. As you have Keen Hearing and you use echolocation, you have advantage on this check.
  105. [9:32 PM] Bot Fodder: (Echolocation would be a lot easier in a cave, if it has that power.)
  106. [9:32 PM] Eon: roll 1d20+8 perc
  107. [9:32 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+8]: 10, Result: 18
  108. [9:33 PM] Eon: roll 1d20+8 perc adv
  109. [9:33 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+8]: 14, Result: 22
  110. [9:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Echolocation in 5e is a drawback, in that it kills your blindsight if you cannot hear, instead of offering any advantage :thinking: )
  111. [9:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Alright, then.
  112. [9:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Fluttering in the tunnel ahead of the party, you come upon...
  113. [9:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: An ambush, it seems.
  114. [9:33 PM] Eon: (ohno.png)
  115. [9:34 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A small clan of... What appears to be stunted, smelly, ugly humanoids, known as troglodyes, has setup ambush, hiding behind rocks and the like. They are partially resting, with a few on the lookout.
  116. [9:34 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: At least one of them noticed you, but chose to ignore you.
  117. [9:34 PM] Eon: How many are there?
  118. [9:34 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: What will you do, Esker? You are roughly ... 180-300ft away from the party or so?
  119. [9:34 PM] Bot Fodder: (Might not have ignored you if you were a bird. :smugpopo: )
  120. [9:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: There's about 30 of them.
  121. [9:35 PM] Eon: (mm mm.)
  122. [9:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You are unsure at the immediate moment.
  123. [9:35 PM] Eon: well then.
  124. [9:35 PM] Faerie: (>30
  125. Hahaha holy shit.)
  126. [9:35 PM] Eon: Hmm. Fly back and report then.
  127. [9:36 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You flew back and...
  128. [9:36 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... And what?
  129. [9:36 PM] Bot Fodder: (Is the party within line of sight to the Troglodytes? We'd be pretty conspicuous due to the light being cast.)
  130. [9:36 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You can't speak, bat.
  131. [9:36 PM] Eon: (Granted, they would probably go down to a good moonbeam)
  132. [9:36 PM] Eon: Transform back ;-;
  133. [9:36 PM] Eon: or play bat charades
  134. [9:36 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (You do have a light source, they may or may have noticed you at this distance)
  135. [9:37 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You aren't sure if the troglodytes noticed you or not; if they did, they aren't moving against you yet.
  136. [9:37 PM] Eon: "So, err, there's about 30 troglodytes ahead. Be sharp."
  137. [9:37 PM] Eon: Does Esker know anything in particular about troglodytes?
  138. [9:37 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Let's see... Hm.
  139. [9:38 PM] Bot Fodder: "Troglodytes?" John has heard of those often, but his post is above ground. He's never seen one.
  140. [9:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: History, DC 10.
  141. [9:38 PM] Eon: roll 1d20+1 history
  142. [9:38 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+1]: 4, Result: 5
  143. [9:38 PM] Eon: (dicebot pls)
  144. [9:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle shrugs helplessly.
  145. [9:38 PM] Bot Fodder: roll 1d20
  146. [9:38 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 9, Result: 9
  147. [9:38 PM] Runic: "Whatever those things are, 30 seems way too many for us to handle"
  148. [9:38 PM] Bot Fodder: (RIP.)
  149. [9:39 PM] Bot Fodder: (Bard, halp.)
  150. [9:39 PM] Eon: "They didn't look particularly threatening, though, maybe a good Moonbeam would.." Esker muses.
  151. [9:39 PM] Tenrei: (?)
  152. [9:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Well, yeah, but..." Shadow eyes you with concern. "How many of those do you have left?"
  153. [9:39 PM] Eon: (were they like, in a straight tunnel?)
  154. [9:39 PM] Tenrei: roll 1d20+3
  155. [9:39 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+3]: 11, Result: 14
  156. [9:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "We might have a need of your service once we are in the city, if anything happens."
  157. [9:40 PM] Eon: "I can do about two or three more." Esker shrugs.
  158. [9:40 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The tunnel's indeed "straight" - not perfectly so, but close enough.
  159. [9:40 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Kirie,
  160. [9:40 PM] Bot Fodder: "Troglodytes aren't much tougher than things like goblins or kobolds, right? I think we should be all right," John says matter-of-factly.
  161. [9:40 PM] Faerie: (I don't even know what troglodytes are or do)
  162. [9:40 PM] Eon: "Besides, it's not like we have the luxury of walking the long way."
  163. [9:40 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Troglodytes are brutes, that live underground, without much ability to plan too far ahead more than a few days.
  164. [9:40 PM] Bot Fodder: John seems to lump small, ugly demihumans together into a group. Which is horrible.
  165. [9:40 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: they dislike sunlight, stinks to the point of causing illness, and can hide like chameleon.
  166. [9:41 PM] Eon: "Mmm. They might not be taken out by a Moonbeam, that could be bad.." Esker continues musing.
  167. [9:42 PM] Eon: "I could wash them all away. Maybe."
  168.  
  169. [9:42 PM] Tenrei: "They're dumb. We can handle them."
  170. [9:42 PM] Eon: (how wide is the tunnel?)
  171. [9:43 PM] Bot Fodder: "If they attack, we'll fight them off," John says. It sounds like neither a boast nor encouragement.
  172. [9:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: They had very, very basic gears, by the way, Esker - most of them are naked, and look somewhat frail for their body size - though it might just be a troglodye trait.
  173. [9:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (The tunnel is about 40ft wide)
  174. [9:44 PM] Eon: (mm. Tactically Memebeam covers more area, Tidal Wave does more damage.)
  175. [9:44 PM] Eon: (wait, memebeam was 10ft rad. right?)
  176. [9:44 PM] Faerie: (They're humanoids? That'd kinda suck if I were there. Slaughter with abandon!)
  177. [9:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Well, you can check :smugpopo: )
  178. [9:44 PM] Eon: (it's 5 ft rad :thinking: )
  179. [9:44 PM] Faerie: (I thought it was 5 feet.)
  180. [9:44 PM] Eon: (alright, give them a bath then.)
  181. [9:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Troglodytes are humanoids, indeed. And speak their own language.
  182. [9:44 PM] Bot Fodder: (Radiant damage would probably terrify them, though.)
  183. [9:45 PM] Eon: (Oh yeah, they hate light.)
  184. [9:45 PM] Eon: (I guess memebeam is better use of resources, don't have to slaughter them all..)
  185. [9:45 PM] Bot Fodder: John pauses. "Can someone hold my torch? If not, it's okay, I've got my other weapon."
  186. [9:45 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow raises his hand, "I can do it, fam."
  187. [9:46 PM] Eon: (this is where tunnel fighter would the maximum meme)
  188. [9:46 PM] Eon: (COME INTO MY RANGE, I DARE YOU)
  189. [9:46 PM] Bot Fodder: John gratefully passes it and readies his pike. He marches forward.
  190. [9:47 PM] Eon: how far is the party from the trogs?
  191. [9:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Well, 180ft to start, and they won't respond until you enter 60ft or unless you use a ranged attack against them. They ARE behind cover, however.
  192. [9:47 PM] Tenrei: Kirie walks slightly behind John.
  193. [9:47 PM] Eon: heh, unless they cover their heads.
  194. [9:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Most benefit from half cover, granting them +2 to AC and Dex saves.
  195. [9:48 PM] Eon: "I'll cast Moonbeam at around.. the 65 ft mark? All alright with that?"
  196.  
  197. [9:48 PM] Tenrei: "Sure."
  198. [9:49 PM] Runic: Lexon shrugs, "I'm fine with that"
  199. [9:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: I suppose you will enter combat, then? You have as much time as you need to prepare, given the distance they are putting between you and them.
  200. [9:49 PM] Bot Fodder: "Cast what? Oh, okay." John just keeps moving forward, leaving magic to the mages. There's no moon down here, though...
  201. [9:49 PM] Eon: (that is surprisingly not a problem for memebeam)
  202. [9:50 PM] Eon: well, unless we suddenly want to befriend the trogs..
  203. [9:50 PM] Bot Fodder: (Yeah, I know, John's just dense when it comes to anything out of the ordinary.)
  204. [9:50 PM] Eon: lets go then.
  205. [9:50 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Let me know when you are ready.
  206. [9:50 PM] Bot Fodder: (Mizu ain't here. Genocide bonus round for all the XP!)
  207. [9:51 PM] Eon: (man, mizu would have a field fucking day.)
  208. [9:51 PM] Bot Fodder: Ready
  209. [9:51 PM] Runic: Ready
  210. [9:51 PM] Tenrei: Ready!
  211. [9:51 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The party readies up for the combat against the ambushers, who seem to be waiting for them. As Esker start casting Moon Beam, however... A surge of eldritch flame erupt, swallowing Esker. Dexterity save.
  212. [9:51 PM] Eon: nani
  213. [9:52 PM] Eon: roll 1d20+3 dex
  214. [9:52 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+3]: 18, Result: 21
  215. [9:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You narrowly side-steps!
  216. [9:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Concentration check DC 10.
  217. [9:52 PM] Eon: roll 1d20+1 con
  218. [9:52 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+1]: 15, Result: 16
  219. [9:52 PM] Faerie: ([Nightmare] incoming)
  220. [9:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The surprise did not faze you, as your moon beam forms, illuminating an area and smiting down on some troglodytes.
  221. [9:53 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  222. [9:53 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 16, Result: 16
  223. [9:53 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Roll your damage, Esker.
  224. [9:53 PM] Eon: roll 2d10
  225. [9:53 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [2d10]: 10,1, Result: 11
  226. [9:53 PM] Eon: (aw, they all saved.)
  227. [9:53 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: By ducking behind their cover, they evaded the worst of it.
  228. [9:53 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Initiative, please.
  229. [9:53 PM] Eon: roll 1d20+3 init
  230. [9:53 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+3]: 7, Result: 10
  231.  
  232. [9:54 PM] Runic: roll 2d20+3 init with advantage
  233. [9:54 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [2d20+3]: 18,10, Result: 31
  234. [9:54 PM] Eon: (.... hol up)
  235. [9:55 PM] Eon: (did you say trogs are humanoid.)
  236. [9:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Hm? Yeah, they are humanoid with troglodyte subrace.
  237. [9:55 PM] Bot Fodder: roll 1d20+1
  238. [9:55 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+1]: 12, Result: 13
  239. [9:55 PM] Eon: (I hate this classification system :sadpopo: )
  240. [9:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  241. [9:55 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 11, Result: 11
  242. [9:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  243. [9:55 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 3, Result: 3
  244. [9:56 PM] Bot Fodder: (If it walks on two limbs and can talk, it's generally Humanoid.)(edited)
  245. [9:56 PM] Tenrei: roll 1d20+4
  246. [9:56 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+4]: 11, Result: 15
  247. [9:56 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Lexon, go ahead first.
  248. [9:56 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A beam of light illuminates a circle softly ahead of you, 60ft or so.
  249. [9:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... Three or four trogs are using covers against the beam, seemingly uncomfortable and ready to back up a bit.
  250. [9:57 PM] Eon: (what do we have in terms of AoE right now, anyway?)
  251. [9:57 PM] Tenrei: (I have Fear and minifireball)
  252. [9:57 PM] Eon: ( :thinking: maybe I should have blew that level 4 spellslot and gibbed them with wall of fire.)
  253. [9:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Ah, the previous flame is easily identificable as Sacred Flame.
  254. [9:58 PM] Bot Fodder: (They'll break if we take down a handful of them, I'm sure.)
  255.  
  256. [9:58 PM] Runic: Lexon moves up 30 ft ahead, he slides a dart out from his dart pouch and flings it towards one of the trogs
  257. [9:58 PM] Runic: roll 1d20+6 hit
  258. [9:58 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+6]: 16, Result: 22
  259. [9:58 PM] Bot Fodder: (How many things can Kirie's spells target at once?)
  260. [9:58 PM] Eon: "Why did that green flame come about, anyway? Are there more enemies hidden?" Suspicious, Esker glances around.
  261. [9:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Disadvantage due to range of 30ft
  262. [9:59 PM] Tenrei: (Fear? Anything in its area)
  263. [9:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Darts are 20/60 :sadpopo:
  264. [9:59 PM] Runic: roll 1d20+6 dis
  265. [9:59 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+6]: 10, Result: 16
  266. [9:59 PM] Bot Fodder: (How big is the area?)
  267. [9:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It struck the target!
  268. [9:59 PM] Tenrei: (30 feet conal)
  269. [9:59 PM] Runic: roll 1d4+3
  270. [9:59 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d4+3]: 2, Result: 5
  271. [9:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The tunnel is 40ft wide or so, and... lengthy.
  272. [9:59 PM] Bot Fodder: (... that's pretty big.)
  273. [10:00 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The target you struck went down.
  274. [10:00 PM] Eon: (it might be nice if we clean killed them all, they might have masters.)
  275. [10:00 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The troglodyte lets out a grunt, signaling the start of the combat.
  276. [10:00 PM] Eon: (tunnels wide enough that can run pass the memebeam :sadpopo: )
  277. [10:00 PM] Bot Fodder: (Now you're thinking like a Neutral!)
  278. [10:00 PM] Faerie: (What language do they speak?)
  279. [10:00 PM] Bot Fodder: ( :smugpopo: )
  280. [10:00 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (They speak Troglodyte.)
  281. [10:01 PM] Bot Fodder: (Is that a dialect of something?)
  282. [10:01 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (No.)
  283. [10:01 PM] Bot Fodder: (Wow. Most useless language.)
  284. [10:01 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Shares script with Dwarven, probably.)
  285. [10:01 PM] Faerie: (If I didn't know the book is really dumb about giving monsters their own languages, I wouldn't believe you)
  286. [10:01 PM] Eon: (not if you want to befriend them!)
  287.  
  288. [10:02 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ...
  289. [10:02 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Lexon, what now?
  290. [10:02 PM] Runic: Lexon quickly digs through his pack and with his Fast Hands he pulls out a driftglobe! Lexon spins object around and tries to find the note attached to it. Finding it, Lexon chants the magical word to activate it, "Shimmer!"
  291. [10:02 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Alright, then.
  292. [10:02 PM] Faerie: (Tongues is a level 3 spell. Someone harass Mizu)
  293. [10:02 PM] Bot Fodder: (What's a driftglobe, again?)
  294. [10:02 PM] Eon: (y-you had to stick a sticky note to remember the command word.,?)
  295. [10:02 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The driftglobe floats... And lets out a bright light, illuminating the tunnel.
  296. [10:02 PM] Eon: (lightball)
  297. [10:02 PM] Faerie: (>note
  298. Hahahahaha, I remember that command word!)
  299. [10:02 PM] Runic: End turn
  300. [10:02 PM] Eon: (hey, why didn't we just use that ;-;)
  301. [10:03 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Kirie, go ahead.
  302. [10:03 PM] Runic: (You were pretty adament about using Produce Flame :SataniaNice: )
  303.  
  304. [10:03 PM] Tenrei: (The tunnel is 40 feet wide? Are the trogs concentrated to the sides or the center?)
  305. [10:04 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The troglodytes are scattered across the tunnel,
  306. [10:04 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: in an area of 40ft by 40ft or so, stretching out into the tunnel.
  307. [10:04 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: They are mostly behind rocks big enough to offer them half covers.
  308. [10:04 PM] Eon: (can I on my turn move the moon beam back and forth to burn them all? :thinking: )
  309. [10:05 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (No.)
  310. [10:05 PM] Eon: (well, just back, no forth)
  311. [10:05 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (They only take damage on start of their turn for a reason)
  312. [10:05 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ( :smugpopo: )
  313. [10:05 PM] Eon: (:sadpopo:)
  314. [10:06 PM] Eon: (but muh kill count)
  315. [10:06 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: But yeah - the troglodytes are numerous, and spreaded out rather evenly across the 40ftx40ft square, between covers.
  316. [10:06 PM] Tenrei: (we're 60 away right)
  317. [10:06 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Yep.
  318. [10:06 PM] Faerie: (Like a fucking directional laser sweep? Sounds strong)
  319.  
  320. [10:07 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ( washroom, brb, I'll read when I am back :sadpopo: )
  321. [10:07 PM] Tenrei: (rip I don't have anything with that sort of range)
  322. [10:07 PM] Eon: (washroom too, though its my turn next ;-;)
  323. [10:08 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Back.)
  324. [10:09 PM] Tenrei: Kirie moves forward and encourages John.
  325. [10:09 PM] Tenrei: (Pass~)
  326. [10:09 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: As in bardic inspiration? Alright.
  327. [10:10 PM] Eon: Mmm.
  328. [10:10 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Speaking of which, John.
  329. [10:10 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Esker's at 10 init right? D:)
  330. [10:10 PM] Bot Fodder: (Speaking of which...?)
  331. [10:10 PM] Eon: (yeah, did I miss john?)
  332. [10:10 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: John, your turn.
  333. [10:10 PM] Bot Fodder: (Oh derp.)
  334.  
  335. [10:11 PM] Eon: (honestly, maybe I should have just entangled them.)
  336. [10:11 PM] Bot Fodder: "There they are. For Armsdale!" John runs ahead toward the nearest illuminated target. He'll prioritize groups, if any are clustered together rather than being spread.
  337. [10:12 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You are able to find groups or 3 or 4 easily.
  338. [10:12 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The troglodytes scream back, readying for combat.
  339.  
  340. [10:12 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You charge forward for your turn?
  341. [10:13 PM] Bot Fodder: Are any within 40 feet?
  342. [10:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: 60ft, unfortunately.
  343. [10:13 PM] Bot Fodder: 50*
  344. [10:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (60ft is a common number, thanks to basic vision ranges)
  345. [10:14 PM] Bot Fodder: (If I don my shield, can I just drop it in lieu of taking an action to doff?)
  346. [10:15 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Uhhhh, you'll need to remove the straps, but you are probably right about the action being too long. Doff can be a bonus action if you drop your shield instead of stowing it.
  347.  
  348. [10:17 PM] Bot Fodder: Hmm... okay then! John briefly considers using his shield and closing in cautiously, but it'd be better to rush into proximity, making himself harder to target amid the troglodytes.
  349. [10:17 PM] Bot Fodder: He ends his turn once two or more are within his melee reach.
  350. [10:18 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You charge into their line, disrupting their defenses.
  351. [10:18 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle takes two quick shots at a target.
  352. [10:18 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 2d20
  353. [10:18 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [2d20]: 8,16, Result: 24
  354. [10:18 PM] Bot Fodder: (I was expecting a CON save for nausea from the smell.)
  355. [10:18 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The troglodyte unfortunate enough to meet the bullet drops.
  356. [10:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Your melee reach is 10ft)
  357. [10:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Stench is 5ft)
  358. [10:19 PM] Bot Fodder: (Aha, I was hoping that was the case. Pikes stronk.)
  359. [10:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow ponders for a moment, looking at his torch for a moment.
  360. [10:19 PM] Eon: (Ohboy.png)
  361. [10:20 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Using it as an impromptu focus, he shouts, "By the torch of lunacy, I call hellfire upon ye!"
  362. [10:20 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... And a flaming sphere erupts within the troglodyte's ranks.
  363. [10:20 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  364. [10:20 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 12, Result: 12
  365. [10:20 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... The nearby troglodytes drop, screaming from the sudden fire and light.
  366. [10:20 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Esker, your turn.
  367. [10:20 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You are maintaining your moon beam still.
  368. [10:21 PM] Eon: Esker will move forward and toss a produce flame at the nearest unfortunate fool
  369. [10:21 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... A troglodyte shouts, pointing at Shadow.
  370. [10:21 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... Nearest unfortunate fool?
  371. [10:21 PM] Bot Fodder: "Ugh..." John detects a rancid odor as he closes in. He guesses sunlight isn't the only rarity in the Underdark. They must not have soap either. He's grateful for the reach of his pike.
  372. [10:21 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... Shadow?
  373. [10:21 PM] Faerie: (>torch of lunacy
  374. Oh you.)
  375. [10:21 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ( :smugpopo: )
  376. [10:22 PM] Eon: Trog.
  377. [10:22 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Alright, then.
  378. [10:22 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Go ahead.
  379. [10:22 PM] Eon: Roll 1d20+8
  380. [10:22 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+8]: 20, Result: 28
  381. [10:22 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ...
  382. [10:22 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Roll for crit.
  383. [10:22 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (RIP trog)
  384. [10:22 PM] Eon: Do I really
  385. [10:22 PM] Eon: Roll 4d8
  386. [10:22 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [4d8]: 6,4,1,5, Result: 16
  387. [10:22 PM] Faerie: (RIP as fuck.)
  388. [10:22 PM] Faerie: (Overkill! Overkill!)
  389. [10:22 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The troglodyte manages a small scream, before the scream itself was burnt away.
  390. [10:23 PM] Eon: Beyond that. Pass
  391. [10:23 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A stinky stain remains on the floor.
  392. [10:23 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A group of troglodytes charge John...
  393. [10:23 PM] Eon: (I assume they arent the meme beams one)
  394.  
  395. [10:24 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Not yet)
  396. [10:24 PM] Bot Fodder: (In hindsight, I guess the Trogs like to use Sacred Flame because they find it to be the most intimidating damage cantrip. Like the reason Shadow thinks spells with Darkness or hellfire are cool.)
  397. [10:24 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (that and clerics don't have a choice)
  398. [10:24 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Did I say clerics I mean warlocks of undying light OBVIOUSLY)
  399. [10:24 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (fuck)
  400.  
  401. [10:25 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Likely, yes - go ahead.
  402. [10:25 PM] Bot Fodder: roll 1d20+9
  403. [10:25 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+9]: 6, Result: 15
  404. [10:25 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: That's a hit, alright.
  405. [10:25 PM] Bot Fodder: roll 1d10+6
  406. [10:25 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d10+6]: 7, Result: 13
  407. [10:25 PM] Bot Fodder: John turns as they approach. He can take a cheap shot at one as they close in.
  408. [10:25 PM] Eon: (The trogs are casting sacred flame? What?)
  409. [10:26 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: As the one you struke - and dropped - falls on the ground, the rest of the descend upon you, John.
  410. [10:26 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: First, Con save.
  411. [10:26 PM] Bot Fodder: roll 1d20+5
  412. [10:26 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+5]: 13, Result: 18
  413. [10:26 PM] Faerie: (These don't seem hardy at all, huh. You seldom see this many monsters at once)
  414. [10:26 PM] Eon: (They are like .25 cr
  415. [10:26 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: While you are perfectly fine, one of them shouts, clawing at you... His claw glows with a golden spark!
  416. [10:27 PM] Bot Fodder: (Goblin mobs, etc. Small evil critters use numbers.)
  417. [10:27 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20+4
  418. [10:27 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+4]: 14, Result: 18
  419. [10:27 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Ahahaa
  420. [10:27 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20+4 claw followup
  421. [10:27 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+4]: 19, Result: 23
  422. [10:28 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d4+2 slashing
  423. [10:28 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d4+2]: 3, Result: 5
  424. [10:28 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 3d6 necrotic smite
  425. [10:28 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [3d6]: 3,6,5, Result: 14
  426. [10:28 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20+4 bite
  427. [10:28 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+4]: 5, Result: 9
  428. [10:28 PM] Eon: (ITS A PALADIN?(
  429. [10:28 PM] Bot Fodder: (Wew, he got me.)
  430. [10:29 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: While the troglodyte's claws and bites were mostly ineffective, one of the manage to strike you - and you feel the sinking pain of your flesh rotting away from the nail!
  431. [10:29 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20 dex saves
  432. [10:29 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 8, Result: 8
  433. [10:29 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: .... The ones in the moon beam drops.
  434. [10:29 PM] Eon: Con save but hey.
  435. [10:29 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... Hm.
  436. [10:29 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Oh, like +1 :sadpopo: )
  437. [10:29 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d100
  438. [10:29 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d100]: 15, Result: 15
  439. [10:29 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The troglodytes look uneasy.
  440. [10:29 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d6+1
  441. [10:29 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d6+1]: 1, Result: 2
  442. [10:30 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: 2 of them, at the backline, flee from combat, dashing away silently.
  443. [10:30 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20+7
  444. [10:30 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+7]: 6, Result: 13
  445. [10:30 PM] Eon: (How many left tho)
  446. [10:30 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... Except one suddenly scream, melting as its head explode.
  447. [10:30 PM] Bot Fodder: (Um.)
  448. [10:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The headless troglodyte sways, for a moment, before slumping down on the floor.
  449. [10:31 PM] Eon: (Err.)
  450. [10:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The uneasy troglodytes reassert their courage - or something - and continues their assault.
  451. [10:31 PM] Eon: (Warning. Warning.)
  452. [10:31 PM] Bot Fodder: (The one that was fleeing exploding, or a different one?)
  453. [10:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (One that was fleeing)
  454. [10:31 PM] Eon: (They are mind flayer goons!)
  455. [10:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... 6 of them ignore evreything, charging at Shadow, surrounding him.
  456. [10:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  457. [10:31 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 10, Result: 10
  458. [10:31 PM] Bot Fodder: (Troglodyte Commissar cast Greater Invisibility!)(edited)
  459. [10:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow turns green for a moment, before retching,
  460. [10:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  461. [10:31 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 15, Result: 15
  462. [10:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20 disad
  463. [10:32 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 9, Result: 9
  464. [10:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... losing control on flaming sphere.
  465. [10:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Lexon, your turn.
  466. [10:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow's being surrounded by a number of trogslodytes (6), 20 ft behind you, and seemingly doing poorly. John's facing against around 10 by himself and doing just fine.
  467. [10:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A few straddlers are considering falling back, looking around nervously.
  468.  
  469. [10:33 PM] Faerie: (G R E A T C L E A V E)
  470. [10:33 PM] Eon: (I guess I should move the memebeam.)
  471. [10:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ( C Y C L O N E )
  472. [10:34 PM] Bot Fodder: John winces as the trogs all claw at his armor like a swarm of rabid rodents. One makes it through the plate at last, and the mere scratch is enough for the magic to deepen the wound it causes. But what's really on John's mind is: "You stink...!"
  473. [10:34 PM] Runic: Out of the two choices, it's pretty simple who he should help out. Lexon turns back and attempts to shake off the Trogs that attacking him
  474. [10:34 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow would offer Lexon a thank, except he's busy being distracted by the stench.
  475. [10:34 PM] Runic: He attmpts to bunt one of the Trogs attacking shadow with a swift kick
  476. [10:34 PM] Runic: roll 1d20+6
  477. [10:34 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+6]: 5, Result: 11
  478. [10:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: That's a hit!
  479. [10:35 PM] Runic: roll 1d4+3
  480. [10:35 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d4+3]: 3, Result: 6
  481. [10:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The troglodyte yelps.
  482. [10:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It strumbles, glaring at Lexon's direction, hissing.
  483. [10:35 PM] Eon: (11 is a hit? Holy no ac)
  484. [10:36 PM] Bot Fodder: (Oh, wait. Uh, Kirie gave John a die of Bardic Inspiration?)
  485. [10:36 PM] Bot Fodder: (What am I allowed to use that for again?)
  486.  
  487. [10:36 PM] Faerie: (Attack rolls, saves and skill checks, as far as I recall)
  488. [10:36 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Yeah, as Kirie's bard type doesn't offer the one that goes into damage)
  489. [10:37 PM] Runic: Since the kick didn't take out the trog right then and there, Lexon attempts to grapple it by picking it up by the throat
  490. [10:37 PM] Runic: roll 1d20+9 grapple
  491. [10:37 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+9]: 14, Result: 23
  492. [10:37 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The troglodyte cleric stares at John squarely. It's clear that the cleric isn't exactly strong.
  493. [10:37 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20+2
  494. [10:37 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+2]: 4, Result: 6
  495. [10:37 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Yeah, there's not much the troglodyte can actually do. It's grappled, struggling to no avail.
  496. [10:37 PM] Runic: End turn
  497.  
  498. [10:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Kirie, your turn.
  499. [10:38 PM] Bot Fodder: (John, or Lexon?)
  500. [10:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (The cleric's next to you, John, and staring at you)
  501. [10:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The situation didn't exactly change - 6 on Shadow, 10 on John, a few strays considering what they can do.
  502. [10:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A dozen or so lie on the floor, dead.
  503. [10:41 PM] Tenrei: Kirie positions herself to hit as many Trogs as she can, and flips open her storybook. "And so the spirit of death, unknown to them, walked behind them and among them. And they saw it, and they were filled with terror. And so they ran, until looking back they saw Death no more." She thrusts an arm out at the assembled group.
  504. [10:41 PM] Tenrei: (Fear! Um, friendly fire is a-ok for Kirie here)
  505. [10:41 PM] Eon: (;-;)
  506. [10:41 PM] Tenrei: (If John is in the way)
  507. [10:41 PM] Bot Fodder: (I thought you could specify your targets?)(edited)
  508. [10:41 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Uh, friendly fire? I mean, you can always do it :smugsatori: , don't need permission from anyone )
  509. [10:42 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Nope, each creature.)
  510. [10:42 PM] Tenrei: (You'd need sorcerous metamagic to pick out creatures usually)
  511. [10:42 PM] Bot Fodder: ('Kay. What kind of save?)
  512. [10:42 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Wisdom.
  513. [10:42 PM] Tenrei: (Wis save vs 15)
  514. [10:42 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  515. [10:43 PM] Bot Fodder: roll 1d20+1
  516. [10:43 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+1]: 12, Result: 13
  517.  
  518. [10:43 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 16, Result: 16
  519. [10:43 PM] Bot Fodder: (What's Kirie's Inspiration die?)
  520. [10:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  521. [10:43 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 20, Result: 20
  522. [10:43 PM] Tenrei: (s-sorry john)
  523. [10:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 2d20 :thinking:
  524. [10:43 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [2d20]: 4,19, Result: 23
  525. [10:43 PM] Tenrei: (PLS)
  526. [10:43 PM] Faerie: (>It only got John)
  527. [10:43 PM] Bot Fodder: (It's okay. This is why you gave me that die, right? Just as planned! :^) )
  528. [10:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: .... 3 of them looks frightened.
  529. [10:43 PM] Eon: So, what is johns greatest fear?
  530. [10:44 PM] Faerie: (This is Fear, not Weird!)
  531. [10:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (You have been dismissed for subpar performance while on duty.)
  532. [10:44 PM] Tenrei: (oh tight inspiration is a d8)
  533. [10:44 PM] Bot Fodder: roll 1d8
  534. [10:44 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d8]: 6, Result: 6
  535. [10:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Nope, you are fine.
  536. [10:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Most of them already look uneasy, anyhow, but there's not much they can do - there's a sense of desperation in their eyes.
  537. [10:45 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The ones not affected fight on, despite their fleeing and dead allies.(edited)
  538. [10:45 PM] Bot Fodder: John is chilled by Kirie's story. Not what she said, but the way she said it... but she wouldn't put that evil on him, right? She was so nice earlier.(edited)
  539. [10:45 PM] Eon: (Tots mindcontrolled)
  540.  
  541. [10:46 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Anything else, Kirie?
  542. [10:46 PM] Eon: (I like how kirie encourages john, then Fears him)
  543. [10:46 PM] Bot Fodder: (100% planned)
  544. [10:47 PM] Tenrei: Kirie cheers Shadow, telling him not to let those dumb trogs get him down.
  545. [10:47 PM] Tenrei: (Pass~)(edited)
  546. [10:47 PM] Bot Fodder: (She is a master tactician.)
  547. [10:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow raises a thumbs up at Kirie.
  548. [10:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: John, your turn.
  549.  
  550. [10:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (you've made stench check, so you are immune to it for 1 hour- so d/w about stench anymore)
  551. [10:49 PM] Bot Fodder: The cleric's beady eyes catch Johns for a moment, and guard puts on a sober expression. He draws his spear back to stab, but then swings it instead.
  552. [10:49 PM] Bot Fodder: roll 1d20+9
  553. [10:49 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+9]: 15, Result: 24
  554. [10:49 PM] Tenrei: (Also K-Kirie is just being practical!)
  555. [10:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: That's a hit.
  556. [10:49 PM] Bot Fodder: roll 1d10+6 Nonlethal
  557. [10:49 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d10+6]: 8, Result: 14
  558. [10:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You drop the cleric on the floor.
  559. [10:49 PM] Bot Fodder: He bonks the cleric on the head.
  560. [10:50 PM] Eon: N-non lethal
  561. [10:50 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The cleric is out cold.
  562. [10:50 PM] Bot Fodder: Any more within reach?
  563. [10:50 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: There's... 9 more.
  564. [10:50 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: They look startled, however.
  565. [10:50 PM] Bot Fodder: Welp.
  566. [10:50 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... 3 of them look scared anyway.(edited)
  567. [10:50 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... Ok, nevermind,
  568. [10:50 PM] Eon: Are we really going to interrogate something we can't speak to?
  569. [10:50 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ALL of them look scared anyway.
  570. [10:50 PM] Bot Fodder: Who said John was gonna interrogate them?
  571. [10:50 PM] Bot Fodder: roll 1d20+9
  572. [10:50 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+9]: 17, Result: 26
  573. [10:50 PM] Bot Fodder: roll 1d10+6
  574. [10:50 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d10+6]: 4, Result: 10
  575. [10:51 PM] Bot Fodder: Nonlethal again.
  576. [10:51 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: AC of 11, so that's a hit.
  577. [10:51 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You, well, drop another on the floor easily.
  578. [10:51 PM] Eon: (Can I make my spells non lethal?)
  579. [10:51 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It's like you are fighting against a bunch of smelly citizens that are too drunk.
  580. [10:51 PM] Bot Fodder: John takes a quick breath in spite of the terrible stench. (Second Wind)
  581. [10:51 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Only melee attacks can be nonlethal in 5e, unless situation permits)
  582. [10:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (A crit on a gout of flame, for example - not too nonlethal)
  583. [10:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Go for the healing.
  584. [10:52 PM] Bot Fodder: roll 1d10+7
  585. [10:52 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d10+7]: 7, Result: 14
  586. [10:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The stench never really bothered you much anyway.
  587. [10:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You've dealt with worse on the job.
  588. [10:53 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: .. Which is to say, Shadow really has a weak stomach.
  589. [10:53 PM] Bot Fodder: John ends his turn, reminiscing about the time a passing adventurer declared himself an Olfactomancer...
  590.  
  591. [10:54 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Noticing the situation, Recelle considers for a moment... And sighs.
  592. [10:54 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle charges one tangling with Shadow, pulling out her dagger.
  593. [10:54 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  594. [10:54 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 5, Result: 5
  595. [10:54 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... And is poisoned, sickened.
  596. [10:54 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 2d20
  597. [10:54 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [2d20]: 10,15, Result: 25
  598. [10:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d4+5
  599. [10:55 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d4+5]: 3, Result: 8
  600. [10:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... Drops the troglodyte anyway.
  601. [10:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow concentrates, reeling.
  602. [10:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  603. [10:55 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 1, Result: 1
  604. [10:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... Continues retching.
  605. [10:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Esker, your turn.
  606. [10:55 PM] Bot Fodder: (>1)
  607. [10:55 PM] Bot Fodder: (Poor thing.)
  608. [10:55 PM] Runic: (Very weak stomach!)
  609. [10:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (there's a phrase for heroines that throw up in japan)
  610. [10:55 PM] Eon: Esker glances back at the.. pitiful condition shadow is in.
  611. [10:55 PM] Bot Fodder: (Those mushrooms must not have agreed with him.)
  612. [10:56 PM] Eon: Sighing, she moves the moonbeam to where shadow is
  613. [10:56 PM] Eon: Hopefully not hitting recelle?
  614. [10:56 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (geroin, gero + heroines, where gero = retch/throwing up)
  615. [10:56 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Uhhh.
  616. [10:56 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You can move it over Recelle, no problem.
  617. [10:57 PM] Bot Fodder: (Even Kirie's Inspiration couldn't have helped that roll. Kek.)
  618. [10:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Nobody can help Shadow)
  619. [10:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Not even Shadow can help Shadow.)
  620. [10:57 PM] Eon: Sure, do that and pass.
  621. [10:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... Meanwhile, Tot's using Shadow as a cover, since Shadow's too busy throwing up.
  622. [10:57 PM] Faerie: (Does that count as illness?)
  623. [10:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The troglodytes around Shadow...
  624. [10:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  625. [10:57 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 18, Result: 18
  626. [10:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: uh. Roll moon beam damage.
  627. [10:57 PM] Eon: Roll 2d10
  628. [10:57 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [2d10]: 5,9, Result: 14
  629. [10:58 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You managed to kill the one dropped by Recelle, and the one that's grappled by Lexon.
  630. [10:58 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Rest of them are reeling, but otherwise fine.
  631. [10:58 PM] Runic: Lexon turns his head and stares at Esker, giving off a disapproving glare
  632. [10:58 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: They dash away, past down the tunnel that you came from, leaving Shadow be.
  633. [10:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The three that was feared by Kirie also flees, but are subject to oppotunity attack from John.
  634. [10:59 PM] Eon: "Hey, theres more of them than one Shadow ;-;" she retorts
  635. [10:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... The remaining six also turns to run, disengaging (meaninglessly) before moving.
  636. [10:59 PM] Runic: Lexon sighs and drops the carcass of a once living trog that was grappled by him
  637. [11:00 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Unless you chase after the troglodytes, the combat's over.
  638. [11:00 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... Barring the popping sound that comes from where the troglodytes ran toward, and their screams.
  639. [11:00 PM] Runic: (Popping sound?)
  640. [11:01 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Like a balloon popping!)
  641. [11:01 PM] Eon: "That popping can't be natural, surely."
  642. [11:01 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (A balloon of meat, bone, and brain matter, but a balloon.)
  643. [11:01 PM] Runic: "Well I guess that's that"
  644.  
  645. [11:01 PM] Runic: Lexon quickly pats Shadow on the back hoping it helps
  646. [11:01 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The unconscious two on John's feet are fine - for the time being.
  647. [11:02 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow recovers slowly, pitifully.
  648. [11:02 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Also, Esker, do you dispel your moon beam or keep it hanging around?
  649. [11:02 PM] Runic: "We should move on, smells pretty bad here now"
  650. [11:02 PM] Bot Fodder: John sighs, planting his spear on the ground again. "Yup." He fishes in his pouch for something.
  651. [11:02 PM] Eon: fry shadow
  652. [11:02 PM] Eon: Dispel
  653. [11:03 PM] Bot Fodder: He drops a bar of soap on the ground beside the unconscious troglodyte and returns to the group.
  654. [11:03 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (>making the troglodyte pick up the soap)
  655. [11:03 PM] Runic: Lexon jumps up, and catches the driftglobe hovering right beside him
  656. [11:03 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ( :troubledkoga: )
  657. [11:03 PM] Runic: "Err, I don't remember how to turn this thing off"
  658. [11:03 PM] Faerie: (I DON'T LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT AT ALL)
  659. [11:03 PM] Bot Fodder: (Wow.)
  660. [11:03 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The driftglobe returns to you.
  661. [11:03 PM] Bot Fodder: (G-get out.)
  662.  
  663. [11:04 PM] Runic: (Kek, just got the joke)
  664. [11:04 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... The cavern return to the normal illumination.
  665. [11:04 PM] Eon: (Was john a prison guard too? :troubledkoga: )
  666. [11:04 PM] Bot Fodder: (It's not like this thing has ever seen the inside of a shower, though.)
  667. [11:04 PM] Eon: Produce Flame
  668. [11:04 PM] Eon: Wait, why are we not just using the droftglobe
  669.  
  670. [11:05 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: I don't know.
  671. [11:05 PM] Runic: ( We can have Lexon use the driftglobe instead if you want)
  672. [11:05 PM] Tenrei: Kirie sighs and lowers her book. "Goodness. Is everyone okay? Shadow?"
  673. [11:05 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: More than one light source doesn't hurt. In fact, Shadow's more than glad to be holding on a torch.
  674. [11:06 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I am pretty alright, y-yeah." Shadow mutters, spitting putrid liquid from his mouth.
  675. [11:06 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "No, sorry, the stench just reminded me of the lab where my uncle's underlings were cooking ic-"
  676. [11:06 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... My uncle's... Business associates... were... cooking."
  677. [11:06 PM] Bot Fodder: "Just a scratch, ma'am," John says to Kirie.
  678.  
  679. [11:07 PM] Runic: Lexon continues to pat Shadow on the back with one hand, cradeling the driftglobe in the other(edited)
  680. [11:07 PM] Eon: "Shadow. Has anyone told you're more transparent than air?"
  681. [11:07 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle wipes Shadow's chin a bit.
  682. [11:07 PM] Faerie: (Momelf)
  683. [11:07 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Yeah, I can literally turn invisible." Shadow says, nodding.
  684. [11:08 PM] Eon: "About as dense as lead too.." she murmurs.
  685. [11:08 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle frowns, pilfering through the dead, examining the dead.
  686. [11:08 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  687. [11:08 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 11, Result: 11
  688. [11:08 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... Hm."
  689. [11:09 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle didn't find anything of note, and wiped her bloodied hands - on the same fabric she used to wipe Shadow with.
  690. [11:09 PM] Eon: Esker would like to check on the not dead trogs
  691. [11:09 PM] Eon: Their eyes, especially
  692. [11:09 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Uh.
  693. [11:09 PM] Bot Fodder: She might've found a bar of soap. But she'd have realized none of the trogs would've been carrying such a thing and left it.(edited)
  694. [11:10 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Their eyes are closed, due to being... Unconscious.
  695. [11:10 PM] Eon: Well, peel them open then
  696. [11:10 PM] Bot Fodder: John stops her.
  697. [11:10 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Ah, Recelle left that alone - she saw John placing it, after all, and she's only examining the dead.
  698. [11:10 PM] Eon: "Mm?"
  699. [11:10 PM] Bot Fodder: "Let's not. I didn't hit them that hard."
  700. [11:11 PM] Eon: "I just want to see whats wrong with them, they clearly were weird"
  701. [11:11 PM] Bot Fodder: "I think I sorta get what happened to these guys anyway."
  702. [11:11 PM] Eon: "Might be mind controlled by the mind flayers, too."
  703. [11:12 PM] Bot Fodder: "Those mushroom folks said everything around here got enslaved by the squids, yup," John says, nodding. "They didn't want to fight, but when they tried to run..." He points over to the headless corpses.
  704. [11:12 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Could be?" Shadow nods, reeling, taking a swig from a waterskin.
  705. [11:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... That's a rather brutal way of controlling people." Recelle frowns.
  706. [11:13 PM] Bot Fodder: "If these woke up, they'd probably have to try and kill us again, or else that happens." John frowns deeply.
  707. [11:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Anyways, let's keep going, unless you have some business with the dead?" Shadow adds.
  708. [11:13 PM] Eon: "Point taken. Lets just move on then, whatever bitter mercy that is."
  709.  
  710. [11:13 PM] Bot Fodder: John shakes his head at Shadow. "No business here. Let's move out."(edited)
  711. [11:14 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The party realign their senses and focus down the tunnel once again.
  712. [11:14 PM] Runic: Lexon gives a thumbs up
  713. [11:14 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Scout?
  714. [11:14 PM] Eon: ... I only get two wildshapes..
  715. [11:14 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  716. [11:14 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 12, Result: 12
  717. [11:14 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Hm, well.
  718. [11:14 PM] Eon: But hey, not like I use it in combat.
  719. [11:14 PM] Eon: FORM OF BAT.
  720. [11:15 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Wait." Shadow halts you, Esker.
  721. [11:15 PM] Eon: "Mm?" Whats with people interupting her today?
  722. [11:15 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Hey, Doomwing, I have a job for you."
  723. "No, it's warm and snuggly in here."
  724. [11:15 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "..."
  725. [11:15 PM] Eon: "Oh. Gee."
  726. [11:16 PM] Bot Fodder: ... Where is Doomwing?
  727. [11:16 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow picks up Tot, equips Tot into throwing hand, and casts "Throw Familiar" down the tunnel.
  728. [11:16 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Within Shadow's cloak, hidden, until this moment.
  729. [11:16 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Cursing, Tot turns invisible.
  730. [11:16 PM] Eon: "... I'm not sure if that was incredibly stupid or genius."
  731. [11:16 PM] Eon: "Well done?" Esker scratches her head.
  732. [11:16 PM] Bot Fodder: John doesn't think Throw Familiar is a spell.
  733. [11:16 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Alright, then." Shadow nods. "If Tot finds a mind flayer and pops from a mind blast, I'll know."
  734. [11:17 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It's a physical spell that anyone can learn!
  735. [11:17 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Component requirement includes 1 (one) familiar, which may or may not be expended upon the casting of the spell.
  736. [11:17 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: That said,
  737. [11:17 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll
  738. [11:17 PM] BOTDiceBot: Syntax: roll XdY+number, can have +'s and -'s after it.
  739. [11:17 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  740. [11:17 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 5, Result: 5
  741. [11:17 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Tot didn't report any useful information.
  742.  
  743. [11:18 PM] Bot Fodder: If that counts as spellcasting, then John might as well be Raistlin Majere.(edited)
  744. [11:18 PM] Eon: "Joy. I guess your familiar isn't very familiar with this place."
  745. [11:18 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Down the tunnel, an hour or so later, you find yourselves arriving at an ancient ruin.
  746. [11:18 PM] Bot Fodder: (I CAST FIST etc.)
  747. [11:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It's a giant cavern, opened by nature and arcane force, with hills and castles upon the small rocky hills.
  748. [11:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A giant pillar supports the ceiling, though a dwarf would likely tell you that it's very unnecessary.
  749. [11:19 PM] Eon: "Hold on. 10 minutes, please."
  750. [11:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Two lights, one violet and one cyan, rotates on the gigantic pillar, crawling upward very, very slowly.
  751. [11:19 PM] Eon: Esker kneels and prepares detect magic
  752. [11:20 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The band of lights seem to flicker as they crawl, an ancient magical force left by the former inhabitants.
  753. [11:20 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Detect magic via spell slot or via ritual?
  754. [11:20 PM] Eon: Ritual
  755.  
  756. [11:20 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It'll take the party 10 minutes for that.
  757. [11:21 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Of course, you have time.
  758. [11:21 PM] Eon: (Hopefully ;-;)
  759. [11:21 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: As you cast your ritual, Recelle and Shadow decides to take a look around - the cavern stretches on for at least a mile or two in radius.
  760. [11:22 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: There are five prominent keeps, as well as smaller houses built with stone scattered around them.
  761. [11:22 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The entire city is quiet. Very quiet.
  762. [11:22 PM] Tenrei: Kirie sits down on anything nearby to watch Esker work.
  763. [11:22 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: They, and Tot, returns with that information - and that the map seems to check out, in that there's a tunnel to the north as well.
  764. [11:23 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Your spell resolves, Esker.
  765. [11:23 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You don't detect any magic within immediate 30ft beyond your party members and their gears.
  766. [11:23 PM] Bot Fodder: (Does that have a set range from when you cast it, or does it persist via concentration?)
  767. [11:23 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Concentration up to 10 minutes)
  768.  
  769. [11:24 PM] Bot Fodder: (Neat.)
  770. [11:24 PM] Eon: "Well, time to walk around then."
  771. [11:24 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "The city looks rather ... Dead." Shadow mentions.
  772. [11:24 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Dead? I wish Razmik's here then." Recelle jokes.
  773. [11:25 PM] Tenrei: "I hope it's just as dead as it looks." Kirie says.
  774. [11:25 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Tot puffs his cheeks, obviously upset, before sneaking back into Shadow's cloak. The demon cat seems to like Shadow's new cloak more than Shadow does - and Shadow treasures it.
  775. [11:25 PM] Bot Fodder: John admires the architecture. The Drow sure do build some funny edifices.
  776. [11:25 PM] Eon: (You can thank Esker for that cloak!)
  777. [11:26 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Anyways - 5 keeps, spreaded out evenly like tips of pentagrams.
  778. [11:26 PM] Bot Fodder: Are there any signs of damage, beyond mundane weathering and such?
  779. [11:26 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: And that central pillar, as well as the smaller buildings.
  780. [11:26 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Hm? Hmm.
  781. [11:26 PM] Eon: (This entire thing is obviously a magic circle)
  782. [11:26 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  783. [11:26 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 8, Result: 8
  784. [11:26 PM] Bot Fodder: (That sounds entirely like something a Drow city planner would do.)
  785. [11:26 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Nope - there are sign of weathering, and some crumbled houses, but it's likely from just... lack of maintenance.
  786. [11:27 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: There are no signs of- Well, there were signs of battle, but nothing in large scale.
  787. [11:28 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... If it's dark elves, it's likely just battle on the level of "normal occurance" rather than "war".
  788. [11:28 PM] Bot Fodder: "It doesn't look like there was a battle here," John comments. "Do you think the mushroom king could have been right?"(edited)
  789.  
  790. [11:28 PM] Eon: "Considering we have seen no life.."
  791. [11:28 PM] Tenrei: "About what?" Kirie asks.
  792. [11:29 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: There's a very distinct lack of life - no even spiders or lizards.
  793. [11:29 PM] Bot Fodder: "He said the Drow all 'vanished'," John says, pantomining a disappearing act.
  794. [11:29 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d100
  795. [11:29 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d100]: 1, Result: 1
  796. [11:29 PM] Bot Fodder: (Ahahaha.... ha...)
  797. [11:29 PM] Eon: Well.
  798. [11:29 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Hm. There's a nearby temple of Lolth.
  799. [11:30 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The emblem of the Spider Queen is displayed prominently in the front.
  800. [11:30 PM] Bot Fodder: (>Open the door >SPIDERS AAAAA)
  801.  
  802. [11:30 PM] Eon: Of course there is, Esker walks up to the entrance. It might be trapped though.
  803. [11:30 PM] Eon: Do her magic eyes see anything?
  804. [11:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The entrance itself is ... Closed gate.
  805. [11:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Two giant metallic gate, enchanted with magic.
  806. [11:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It's abjuration, seemingly to fortify the gates.
  807. [11:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A careful look around the entrance might help, if you are paranoid.
  808.  
  809. [11:32 PM] Bot Fodder: "Phew. Now that's a gate," says the gate guard.
  810. [11:32 PM] Eon: I'll take it
  811. [11:32 PM] Tenrei: Kirie follows, running her fingers across the emblem.
  812. [11:32 PM] Eon: Perception?
  813. [11:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Investigation.
  814. [11:32 PM] Eon: Fug.
  815. [11:32 PM] Eon: Roll 1d20+1
  816. [11:32 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+1]: 7, Result: 8
  817. [11:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Nothing of note.
  818. [11:32 PM] Eon: (;-;)
  819. [11:32 PM] Runic: Lexon attempts to help and takes a look as well
  820. [11:32 PM] Eon: "Abjuration, huh."
  821. [11:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Go ahead, Lexon.
  822. [11:33 PM] Runic: roll 1d20-1
  823. [11:33 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20-1]: 19, Result: 18
  824.  
  825. [11:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Well, the door's enchanted,
  826. [11:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: And you found a strange symbol on the ceiling.
  827. [11:33 PM] Eon: Like, right above the gate?
  828. [11:34 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Yeah - on the aisle's ceiling.
  829. [11:34 PM] Runic: "Hmm, the heck is that thing up on the ceiling of this place?"
  830. [11:34 PM] Eon: "A trap, maybe?"
  831. [11:34 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You point it out to the party,
  832. [11:34 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: And the symbol triggers.
  833. [11:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A magical voice speaks in elven, "Pay your respect to the Spider Queen!"
  834. [11:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Wisdom Save, DC 18, across the entire party.
  835. [11:35 PM] Runic: roll 1d20
  836. [11:35 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 10, Result: 10
  837. [11:35 PM] Eon: roll 1d20+8
  838. [11:35 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+8]: 11, Result: 19
  839. [11:35 PM] Bot Fodder: (I fuggin' HATE trigger-on-reading symbols. :firepopo: )
  840. [11:35 PM] Runic: "The heck did it just say?"
  841. [11:35 PM] Runic: "I don't speak whatever it's speaking"
  842. [11:35 PM] Eon: "Maybe we should bow? Just in case."
  843. [11:35 PM] Bot Fodder: roll 1d20+1
  844. [11:35 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+1]: 20, Result: 21
  845. [11:35 PM] Eon: "Ah, it told to you pay respect to Lolth."
  846. [11:35 PM] Tenrei: roll 1d20+2
  847. [11:35 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+2]: 13, Result: 15
  848. [11:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: 1 minute Stunned on failure.
  849. [11:35 PM] Bot Fodder: (Wew.)
  850. [11:36 PM] Runic: "How do I do th- urk" Lexon goes stiff
  851. [11:36 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: This is normally where the temple guards come down and slay you all,
  852. [11:36 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: But alas, the temple remains silent.
  853. [11:36 PM] Eon: "Well. That's a problem."
  854. [11:36 PM] Tenrei: Kirie is incapacitated by the magic, dropping to a knee.
  855. [11:36 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... A minute pass by without much issue.
  856. [11:36 PM] Eon: "I wonder what the gate is enchanted with?"
  857. [11:37 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... Automated defense is sort of... Dumb, after everyone's gone.
  858.  
  859. [11:37 PM] Eon: "Abjuration is usually defensive, you think we'll blow up or something?"
  860. [11:37 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle frowns, tapping on the door.
  861. [11:37 PM] Eon: "I could always just dispel it.."
  862. [11:37 PM] Runic: "Stupid church" Lexon grumbles
  863. [11:37 PM] Bot Fodder: (Automated defense is FOR when everyone's gone, I'd think. :smugpopo: )
  864. [11:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "You know, I wouldn't just... Like, this is a temple door, right?" Recelle says, pushing it open.
  865. [11:38 PM] Bot Fodder: John offers Kirie a hand once she can move again.
  866. [11:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "So the chance of it being trapped is..."
  867. [11:38 PM] Eon: "I mean, it could be tr-"
  868. [11:38 PM] Tenrei: Kirie shakes herself off and takes John's hand.
  869. [11:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The temple gate swings open.
  870. [11:38 PM] Eon: "Hmm. Paranoia got to me."
  871. [11:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Inside the temple, it's dark.
  872. [11:38 PM] Eon: "Wait." Esker kneels down, again.
  873. [11:38 PM] Eon: Detect Poison and Disease as a ritual
  874. [11:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Wait.
  875. [11:39 PM] Eon: (10 minutes everywhere!)
  876. [11:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... It's dark. Unnaturally so, almost. A statue of Lolth, the Spider Queen, decorated with spider motif, stands proudly.
  877. [11:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: In front of it, there's a ... Blob.
  878. [11:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A blob of yellow wax, flowing and melting, shifting and turning, toward you, with prying eyes.
  879. [11:39 PM] Bot Fodder: "Um. Do we have to wait fifteen minutes every time you--" John double takes and squints through the darkness at the 'blob'.(edited)
  880. [11:39 PM] Eon: (oh god.)
  881. [11:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The blob speaks, slowly, hissing.
  882. [11:40 PM] Eon: (not a y-whateveritsspelled)
  883. [11:40 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: In Elven, it speaks, "... Who are you?"
  884.  
  885. [11:40 PM] Eon: Esker drags Shadow to speak.
  886. [11:40 PM] Eon: He's half drow, so!
  887. [11:40 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow's pushed out to the front. "Uh."
  888. [11:40 PM] Bot Fodder: "E-erm... Hail, friend."
  889. [11:40 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... I AM SHADOW, THE JAGER."
  890. [11:40 PM] Runic: "..." Lexon looks around confused
  891. [11:40 PM] Eon: "Say you're a humble ser-"
  892. [11:40 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "FACE ME, AND KNOW THE-"
  893. [11:41 PM] Eon: "Oh for crying out loud."(edited)
  894. [11:41 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle quickly drags Shadow back.
  895. [11:41 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Never. Never let Shadow introduce us." Recelle warns, to Esker.
  896. [11:41 PM] Eon: "Alright..."
  897. NEW MESSAGES
  898. [11:41 PM] Eon: "We are but humble servants of Lolth." Esker takes a knee.
  899. [11:41 PM] Bot Fodder: It's probably a bad idea to identify oneself as a servant at a Temple of Lolth anyway!
  900.  
  901. [11:41 PM] Eon: (ohboy.png)
  902. [11:41 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The waxen being sneers.
  903. [11:42 PM] Eon: (it's actually smart, isn't it?)
  904. [11:42 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I see. Well, lies... Are part of Lolth's design. Welcome then, 'child'. What business do you have here?"
  905. [11:42 PM] Runic: "Did it just laugh at us?" Lexon whispers to John "Why's Esker kneeling" Lexon whispers, still not sure what's up
  906. [11:42 PM] Tenrei: "What... happened here?" Kirie asks, stepping forward.(edited)
  907. [11:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle fades into the background, acting as Elven->Common translator.
  908. [11:43 PM] Bot Fodder: (Smart if you're that set on learning how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Drow Honeytrap.)
  909. [11:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I am ... The Spider Queen's servant, a divine agent from the Demonweb Pit." It speaks. "You may call me by any name you wish, but I prefer..." The being turns to John, before a sick, wicked grin comes to its face. "Nephelle."
  910. [11:43 PM] Eon: "I was trying to be a sychophant for a bit, oh well." In common.
  911. [11:44 PM] Faerie: (>I AM SHADOW THE JAEGER
  912. He actually got to say it, I'm so glad.)
  913. [11:44 PM] Eon: This has to be a bad joke. Esker grimaces.
  914.  
  915. [11:44 PM] Eon: "We are here to find out what happened to the inhabitants of the city, about the mind flayers and an aboleth to the northeast."
  916. [11:44 PM] Bot Fodder: John tilts his head. "... But Nephelle isn't a slime."
  917. [11:44 PM] Faerie: (Bullshit.)
  918. [11:45 PM] Bot Fodder: A brief silences resounds.
  919. [11:45 PM] Eon: (do you want [Nightmare]? this is how you get [Nighmare].)
  920. [11:45 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle blanks for a moment, repeating the translation faithfully, before raising her own question, "Uh."
  921. [11:45 PM] Bot Fodder: (Sorry, but I had to play in character :^) )
  922. [11:46 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Hmm?" Nephelle, Lolth's Plaything, 'smiles', and transforms into an elven maiden - a dark elf, strikingly familiar.
  923. [11:46 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: She has the unmistakenable look of the drider you've slain at the very start of the chronicle.(edited)
  924. [11:46 PM] Faerie: (Issat the drider?)
  925. [11:46 PM] Eon: (god, did you really plan this for like, 2 segments ago)
  926. [11:46 PM] Faerie: (Well, heh. At least it's not claiming to be OUR Nephelle)
  927.  
  928. [11:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: She flexes for a moment, before reaching out toward the statue, pulling a black sash over her body, covering herself.
  929. [11:47 PM] Bot Fodder: John furrows his brow beneath his helmet. A lightbulb goes on. "Ahh, right, that was how it happened..."
  930. [11:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Now, then, the pretty thing there do not need to translate for us." She says, winking. "And I am sure you are more comfortable this way..."
  931. [11:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle gives a little humph, crossing her arms.
  932. [11:48 PM] Eon: "Hmm. So much for sychophanting."
  933. [11:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Nephelle turns to Esker, smiling. "Information is what you seek?"
  934. [11:49 PM] Bot Fodder: (Short explanation: Nephelle was the name taken FROM an elfloli we rescued in the first segment. The Priestess of Lolth assumed that name because reasons. :rainbowpopo: )
  935. [11:49 PM] Eon: Esker sighs. This whole situation reminded her of her past. Oh well.
  936. [11:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Bring me a sacrifice, then. Anyone will do." She yawns, seemingly bored. "I'll answer whatever question you have, as long as you bring me the life of a living person."
  937. [11:49 PM] Eon: "I don't imagine Lolth would ever be so generous to cough it up without anything in retur-"
  938. [11:50 PM] Eon: "Fuck off."
  939. [11:50 PM] Bot Fodder: (Something something spiders were involved, Drow have fucked up ritual practices for captives and slaves. which is also why-- EON PLS.)
  940. [11:50 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: She turns to Esker, smiling, "Why? It's only fair, no?"
  941.  
  942. [11:51 PM] Eon: "Lives for information.. tch. I had enough of that for a lifetime."
  943. [11:51 PM] Faerie: (Razmik charges with Searing Smite
  944. There's her sacrifice.)
  945. [11:51 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I am... A divine agent, servant of the Spider Queen." She smirks, looking at Esker, "You would do well to keep that in mind, mortal."
  946. [11:51 PM] Bot Fodder: "Wait, what?" John looks at Esker quizzically.
  947. [11:51 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Faepls)
  948. [11:51 PM] Eon: Esker scowls. It, she or whatever it was had a point.
  949. [11:51 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Your hands are stained, too - no amount of water will wash it off, silly plaything."
  950. [11:52 PM] Bot Fodder: John clears his throat. "Anyway, could you answer one for free? What are you doing here all alone?"
  951. [11:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "...." She looks at John, gazing at the town guard.
  952. [11:52 PM] Eon: Esker just grits her teeth and turns away.
  953. [11:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... Do I... Remember you from somewhere...?" She murmurs, finally noticing John. "Hm. No. Must've been my imagination."
  954. [11:53 PM] Faerie: (Hahahaha)
  955. [11:53 PM] Eon: (gosh, john is that wallpolearmmaster-y)(edited)
  956. [11:53 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I am here as part of the contract between Lolth and the inhabitant of this city."
  957. [11:53 PM] Faerie: (Wait, is nobody else from that segment present?)
  958. [11:53 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ( :smugpopo: )
  959. [11:53 PM] Bot Fodder: (Just me. :sadpopo: )
  960.  
  961. [11:53 PM] Faerie: (That... might be for the best, honestly.)
  962. [11:54 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Anyhow, you've woken me from my slumber - that's a sin and half, in my book..." Nephelle laughs, "But I don't like to read, anyway."
  963. [11:54 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I am in a rather jovial mood, so, sure, I'll answer another question of yours for free, toy."
  964. [11:54 PM] Eon: "101 ways to skin a drow male?" Esker mutters to herself.
  965. [11:55 PM] Eon: (not actually a question ;-;)
  966. [11:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20+10
  967. [11:55 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+10]: 8, Result: 18
  968. [11:55 PM] Eon: (YAMERO)(edited)
  969. [11:55 PM] Runic: ( :surprisedpopo: )
  970. [11:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "There's more than 101 ways..." She says, turning to Shadow.
  971. [11:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... Would you like me to... Demonstrate?"
  972. [11:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow steps back and hides behind Recelle, whimpering, his former display of cocksureness gone.
  973. [11:56 PM] Eon: "No.. thank.. you." Esker facepalms.
  974. [11:56 PM] Bot Fodder: "You said inhabitant? Does something else still live here?" John asks.
  975. [11:56 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Nephelle licks her lips. "You've got a cute pet there, woman." She gestures toward Recelle, who keeps her stance, arms cross.
  976. [11:56 PM] Eon: (Can we actually kill this thing? I feel like killing it.)
  977. [11:57 PM] Faerie: (>pet
  978. WORRY)
  979. [11:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "As far as I am concerned, yes." Nephelle looks to a distance away...
  980. [11:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "It slumbers and waits, for the glory of elvenkind."
  981. [11:57 PM] Bot Fodder: (Drow are of the mentality that non-elven races aren't people. And non-Drow elves are... probably half-ish.)
  982. [11:57 PM] Tenrei: (Well all male drow are 'pets')
  983. [11:57 PM] Tenrei: (at best)
  984. [11:57 PM] Eon: "Elvenkind?" That got her attention
  985. [11:58 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Nephelle smiles at Esker. "All of elvenkind, yes..."
  986.  
  987. [11:58 PM] Tenrei: "The elvenkind Lolth cares about," Kirie quips.
  988. [11:59 PM] Bot Fodder: John doesn't like the sound of that, but it's not what they're here for. "So... what happened to everyone else, then?"
  989. [11:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Nephelle laughs. "Well, the Spider Queen doesn't really care - any toy's just as fun, really... They all dance just fine."
  990. [11:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Everyone else?"
  991. [11:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Nephelle looks toward outside. "A lot of things."
  992. May 29, 2017
  993. [12:00 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "The city here - it was the home of thousands of dark elves." Nephelle continues. "Until one day, the world froze."
  994. [12:01 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "But you already know that, no, travellers?" Nephelle smiles, pointing to Shadow's cloak.
  995.  
  996. [12:01 AM] Eon: Despite the mood, Esker couldn't help but feel a pang of pride over skinning those wolves!
  997. [12:01 AM] Eon: ...Did she really give Shadow the best skinned one?
  998. [12:02 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Winter wolf pelt, and it's rather warm down here..." Nephelle smiles, licking her lip. "It's a dead giveaway to what you've been through. I were you, I'd be less conspicuous."
  999. [12:02 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Shadow just look good, fam.)
  1000.  
  1001. [12:03 AM] Eon: "The drow live underground, so what the world froze over? They could have survived, surely."
  1002. [12:03 AM] Eon: Wait. Froze over? This world wasn't always like this?
  1003. [12:03 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Yes, of course - the world above never really bothered the dark elves."
  1004. [12:03 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Nephelle sighs, looking up at the cavern ceiling.
  1005. [12:03 AM] Bot Fodder: "Well, we weren't really expecting that there'd be anyone to fool..." John admits sheepishly.
  1006. [12:04 AM] Tenrei: "Hey I'm just gonna look around." Kirie says, beginning to inspect the area.
  1007. [12:04 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "The aboleth is one thing - the drows fall to its control, bickering and fighting amongst themselves - but that's as always."
  1008. [12:04 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... Uh.
  1009. [12:05 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: You look around the temple, but Nephelle seems to be blocking the door that leads into the back from you.
  1010. [12:05 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: She stopped talking.
  1011. [12:05 AM] Eon: "You're guarding something, still."
  1012. [12:05 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "..."
  1013. [12:05 AM] Tenrei: Kirie stares back. "I guess this is why you're here?"
  1014. [12:06 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: The air grows tense.
  1015. [12:06 AM] Tenrei: Kirie backpedals.
  1016. [12:06 AM] Tenrei: She raises her hands in a conciliatory gesture.
  1017. [12:07 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Ahh, ahh, I've had enough." Nephelle seems rather upset, waving her hand at the party. "Go back to chase your dreams or nightmares, or whatever."
  1018.  
  1019. [12:07 AM] Eon: (stop breaking the metaplot fourth wall you yellow blob)
  1020. [12:08 AM] Eon: (or drider, whatever.)
  1021. [12:08 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: (As previously noted,)
  1022. [12:08 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Extraplanar creatures are not necessarily...)
  1023. [12:08 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Y'know)
  1024. [12:08 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: (And a servant of Lolth, from Demonweb Pit? Definitely an Outsider.)
  1025. [12:08 AM] Eon: (What an arse.)
  1026.  
  1027. [12:09 AM] Bot Fodder: (John might have more questions, but he's not 100% on the outsider thing for this one.)
  1028. [12:09 AM] Eon: "We should leave." Esker still had half a mind to beat its brains in, but she'll control herself for now.
  1029. [12:09 AM] Eon: If it even had brains..
  1030. [12:09 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "..." Shadow peeks out from behind Recelle at the creature.
  1031. [12:09 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... You are not gonna... Chase after us or anything, r-right?"
  1032. [12:09 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Nephelle pause for a second, before burst out laughing.
  1033. [12:10 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "What, is that an invitation, toy? I would not mind catching you later on, should you wish for some company in the night..." She glance at Shadow, grinning.
  1034. [12:10 AM] Bot Fodder: (OK time for meta.)
  1035. [12:10 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "UH. I'LL BE GOING NOW."
  1036. [12:11 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow flees, "I'll just be waiting outside, fam!"
  1037. [12:11 AM] Bot Fodder: "Not every Drow is Shar, you know," John comments offhandedly...
  1038. [12:11 AM] Bot Fodder: (Let's see if she knows the name~)
  1039. [12:11 AM] Eon: (isn't Shar a Solar.)
  1040. [12:11 AM] Bot Fodder: (Yes.)
  1041. [12:11 AM] Eon: (so the dad was drow, right?)
  1042. [12:11 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Of course. Not any Drow is Shar..." Nephelle seems amused.
  1043. [12:12 AM] Bot Fodder: John looks up. "You know Shadow's mo--" Whoops.(edited)
  1044. [12:12 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Polymorph does weird things.)
  1045. [12:12 AM] Bot Fodder: (I apologize for excessive metagaming. :sadpopo: )
  1046. [12:12 AM] Eon: (.. how does being pregnant polymorphed work?)
  1047. [12:12 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Mo..." Nephelle mouths, waiting.
  1048. [12:12 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Roughly on the line of "how much fetish your GM carries")
  1049.  
  1050. [12:12 AM] Eon: "Moon Crashing Kick. It's Shadow new dumb move."
  1051. [12:13 AM] Eon: "Anyway, we shoud leave."
  1052. [12:13 AM] Tenrei: (Dare you enter my magical realm)
  1053. [12:13 AM] Bot Fodder: (Snrk.)
  1054. [12:13 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: ( :smugpopo: )
  1055.  
  1056. [12:13 AM] Eon: Esker had no idea how Shadow actually named his moves. It sounded appropiately absurd.
  1057. [12:13 AM] Bot Fodder: (Hrm, what should I do, then...)
  1058. [12:13 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Crashing the moon? Now THAT's a thought and half..."
  1059. [12:13 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Nephelle laughs, "You'd be right on that..."
  1060. [12:13 AM] Faerie: (Hey, Moon Crashing Kick is a pretty good name.)
  1061. [12:14 AM] Bot Fodder: (Moonsault Slayer~)
  1062.  
  1063. [12:14 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Nephelle looks at the party again, still smiling. Her eyes, however, has faded a degree deeper into red, and her feet taps, as if slowly losing patience at your little game.
  1064. [12:15 AM] Eon: (LETS GET OUT OF THIS DUMP ALREADY ;-;)
  1065. [12:15 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  1066. [12:15 AM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 6, Result: 6
  1067. [12:15 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  1068. [12:15 AM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 5, Result: 5
  1069. [12:15 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 2d20
  1070. [12:15 AM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [2d20]: 14,17, Result: 31
  1071. [12:15 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Alright.
  1072. [12:15 AM] Eon: (uh oh.)
  1073.  
  1074. [12:16 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: You... left the temple of Lolth, feeling slightly disoriented by the whole event.
  1075. [12:16 AM] Eon: "......I really want to kill that thing."
  1076. [12:16 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Best not do that." Shadow suggests.
  1077. [12:16 AM] Tenrei: "It can't hurt anyone down here."
  1078. [12:17 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "That's a Yochlol, a Handmaiden of Lolth." Shadow continues, swallowing a little.
  1079. [12:17 AM] Eon: "Hmmph. Sensible." She'll admit that much.
  1080. [12:17 AM] Tenrei: "Does that make it strong?"
  1081. [12:17 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "If it's JUST a normal Yochlol, we can probably take it, if a few of us are alright with dying." Shadow shrugs.
  1082. [12:17 AM] Eon: "Anyway, there are 5 houses to explore."
  1083. [12:18 AM] Bot Fodder: John folds his arms, thinking. "...So, is she from 'outside' too, then?"
  1084. [12:18 AM] Eon: "Don't even joke about things like that.."
  1085. [12:18 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow nods, "I am not joking either. Or laughing."
  1086. [12:18 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle nods, "More than likely, huh?"
  1087. [12:18 AM] Eon: "Fine, fine. I'll bury my thoughts of murdering yellow pillars of ooze."
  1088. [12:19 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... What now?
  1089.  
  1090. [12:19 AM] Eon: There are 5 keeps to explore, and like that pillar, right?
  1091. [12:19 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Something on those lines.
  1092. [12:19 AM] Bot Fodder: "It's strange... she said there was something 'sleeping' here. Did she mean this city, or...?"
  1093. [12:19 AM] Bot Fodder: John shakes his head. "Well, anyway, back to searching!"
  1094. [12:20 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: You can, of course, explore the city wholly, block by block, if you wish. It'd likely do you little good, but it's something you can do.
  1095. [12:20 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Let's assume you look through the keeps, then.
  1096. [12:20 AM] Eon: Detect magic as ritual then..
  1097. [12:20 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Doing a blanket search on the keeps - your detect magic wearing off and going back online every once in a while...
  1098. [12:21 AM] Bot Fodder: Let's stick to the major places of interest. Which are just the ones that look important, as far as John knows.
  1099. [12:21 AM] Eon: (man if this was real time this would suck.)
  1100. [12:21 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: The "keeps" are five "houses" for drows, gigantic families that rules over the masses.
  1101. [12:21 AM] Bot Fodder: (More metagaming! Take note of where your detect magic spell fades.)
  1102. [12:21 AM] Eon: "And yet they are naught but a memory." Poetic, odd.
  1103. [12:21 AM] Bot Fodder: (If you feel it fade, that means someone put an antimagic ward. And they only use that for guarding or hiding important shit.)
  1104. [12:21 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Each of them have complete functions, from the worship chambers for Lolth (And only Lolth.) to sacrificial chambers to Lolth, to bunkers for lesser (Male) drows.
  1105. [12:22 AM] Eon: (I thought that was it just timing out and me reapplying it)
  1106. [12:22 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... The ruling house, however, has something of a library.
  1107. [12:22 AM] Eon: (if its turning off at specific spots though, thens that investigating.)
  1108. [12:22 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: The library has long since been ransacked, the tomes left torn, decaying.
  1109. [12:22 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  1110. [12:22 AM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 6, Result: 6
  1111. [12:22 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  1112. [12:22 AM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 18, Result: 18
  1113. [12:22 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: A quick investigation suggests Illithid raids.
  1114. [12:23 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: There's no actual signs of fighting, however.
  1115. [12:23 AM] Eon: "Somehow I don't imagine the illithids enjoy reading a lot.."
  1116. [12:23 AM] Bot Fodder: "Must've been looking for something specific...?"
  1117. [12:23 AM] Bot Fodder: (brb restroom.)
  1118. [12:23 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Indeed, normally - Illithids don't write or read.
  1119. [12:23 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: They rarely have the need to record information.
  1120. [12:24 AM] Eon: Maybe they left something by accident? It was the only lead they had, anyway.
  1121. [12:24 AM] KogasaGaSagasa:
  1122.  
  1123. [12:24 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: ...
  1124. [12:25 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: You can, indeed, find some Qualith left, carved on bookshelves unceremonously, without a care.
  1125. [12:25 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: However, you lack the ability to read and comprehend Qualith.
  1126. [12:25 AM] Eon: ... Attempting to read this could have serious consequences.
  1127. [12:25 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Give me Investigation, if you wish to check out the library, Esker.
  1128. [12:25 AM] Eon: roll 1d20+1
  1129. [12:25 AM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+1]: 11, Result: 12
  1130. [12:25 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: There are a lot of fragile material, however, so each person gets 1 check and 1 check only.
  1131. [12:26 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: You found nothing of note, Esker. You ruined some tomes, of which you hope weren't of any importance.
  1132. [12:26 AM] Eon: ( :sadpopo: )(edited)
  1133. [12:26 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Oh, not understanding Elven gives you a disadvantage.
  1134. [12:26 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: But you are an elf, Esker, so you'll be fine.
  1135. [12:26 AM] Runic: (Oh so everyone can roll for an investigation check?)
  1136. [12:27 AM] Tenrei: roll 1d20+1
  1137. [12:27 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Yep.)
  1138. [12:27 AM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+1]: 8, Result: 9
  1139. [12:27 AM] Eon: (Reclle and I can help translate, surely?)
  1140.  
  1141. [12:27 AM] Runic: roll 2d20-1 investigation with disadvantage
  1142. [12:27 AM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [2d20-1]: 16,9, Result: 24
  1143. [12:27 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Yeah - that's why you are allowed to make it with disadvantage :smugpopo: )
  1144. [12:27 AM] Runic: (Awww)
  1145. [12:27 AM] Eon: ( :thinking: logical.)
  1146. [12:27 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Dust to dust, and book to dust, and page to dust, and...
  1147. [12:28 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: And dust to nothing, then nothing was found.
  1148. [12:28 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  1149. [12:28 AM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 13, Result: 13
  1150. [12:28 AM] Tenrei: Kirie, failing to find anything useful, leaves the room sulkily
  1151. [12:28 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  1152. [12:28 AM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 12, Result: 12
  1153. [12:28 AM] Eon: "Does anyone want to try to read Mind Flayer? I'm not particularly enthused.."
  1154. [12:28 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
  1155. [12:28 AM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 8, Result: 8
  1156. [12:28 AM] Runic: Lexon only ends up confused from trying to read elven
  1157. [12:29 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle pauses between translations, looking for signs of interest in the library.
  1158. [12:29 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow comes up with an interesting picture in a tome. While the tome quickly disintegrated in his hand...
  1159. [12:29 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Hey, fam, look at this." He says, casting minor illusion, displaying what he've found.
  1160. [12:29 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: It appears to be a .... Long... Tube, of some sort.
  1161. [12:30 AM] Eon: Like, loooooooong?
  1162. [12:30 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Tiny windows are on the tube, as if it's a tower of some form.
  1163. [12:30 AM] Eon: "Interesting, what did the book talk about?"
  1164. [12:30 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Arcana checks for those who study the illusion.
  1165. [12:30 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Uh, some sort of ... Research."
  1166. [12:30 AM] Bot Fodder: (Back.)
  1167. [12:30 AM] Eon: Esker had no idea what that meant, but hey.
  1168. [12:31 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I am not very well-versed in ... Uh, magic."
  1169. [12:31 AM] Eon: roll 1d20+1 arcana
  1170. [12:31 AM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+1]: 4, Result: 5
  1171. [12:31 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle stares at the tower.
  1172. [12:31 AM] Eon: Esker has really no idea.
  1173. [12:31 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20+9 arcana
  1174. [12:31 AM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+9]: 19, Result: 28
  1175. [12:31 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... That's... A Mother Tree."
  1176. [12:31 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle seems surprised.
  1177. [12:31 AM] Eon: "Next thing you're going to tell me the drow here are also Stellar Elves."
  1178. [12:31 AM] Bot Fodder: "But I thought all elves were--" John bites his tongue. "I-I mean, like, most elves..."
  1179. [12:31 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "That's, uh, in Common... A Seafaring device."
  1180. [12:32 AM] Eon: "Were." She corrects herself.(edited)
  1181. [12:32 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "For Sea of Stars." Recelle turns to Esker. "Maybe? I don't know, it looks... Crude, to our standard, but..."
  1182. [12:32 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... Show me the book, Shadow."
  1183. Shadow blinks, and pass whatever remains to Recelle. Recelle frowns... "... Esker..."
  1184. [12:32 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... Do you know mending...?"
  1185. [12:32 AM] Eon: !
  1186. [12:33 AM] Eon: "Y-yes?"
  1187. [12:33 AM] Eon: (I feel really stupid now.)
  1188. [12:33 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle gives the tome to Esker.
  1189. [12:33 AM] Eon: Mending!
  1190. [12:33 AM] Eon: (I could just mend all the books in here, even.)
  1191. [12:33 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... With one cast, the tome recovers a little. With multiple casts on different parts, the tome's slowly put back together.
  1192. [12:34 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: It's a book of notes on the usage of a device, that the drows call "The Avenger of Moon".
  1193. [12:34 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: They speak of "Sailing to the Moon and destroying it" and "Returning peace to the Matrons"
  1194. [12:34 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: and "Fulfilling the legacy"
  1195. [12:34 AM] Eon: "..Moon." Was that why the Yochlol was so interested in 'Mo..'?(edited)
  1196. [12:34 AM] Faerie: (Just made it back. We SPELLJAMMER now?)
  1197. [12:35 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Yeah, well - the drows were, before they got fucked)
  1198. [12:35 AM] Bot Fodder: (>Crash the Moon)
  1199. [12:35 AM] Bot Fodder: (Ahahaha.)
  1200. [12:35 AM] Eon: (THIS IS TOO CONTRIVED.)
  1201. [12:36 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: There's some notes, "The Avenger of Moon is too large, and had to be built away from the city."
  1202. [12:36 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: John, would you an Investigation as well?
  1203. [12:36 AM] Eon: "A ship to sail the stars..? Absurd.. But if they had to, it had to be above ground right? Maybe that's why.."
  1204. [12:37 AM] Eon: Esker had about zero clue where she was going with this.
  1205.  
  1206. [12:37 AM] Bot Fodder: (Sidenote: The moon is associated with Eilistraee in Drow culture, and by extension, a group of Drow breakaways.)
  1207. [12:37 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Uh." Recelle corrects Esker, "My people used to sail in the stars."
  1208. [12:38 AM] Eon: "What." She hadn't heard about this yet!
  1209. [12:38 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "It's not that hard if you have the arcane know-hows, but uh..." Recelle shrugs, "It's extremely hard without it. You know the whole reason I got out of my home to adventure? To help the elves to go back into the stars once again."
  1210. [12:39 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... That said" Shadow points out, "Why the moon? And why avenger?"
  1211. [12:39 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "And why mind flayers?"
  1212. [12:39 AM] Eon: "Ah. I guess..? Say, what do you think would happen if you crashed a moon of a world? what would happen to that world, Recelle?"
  1213. [12:39 AM] Bot Fodder: "It's not that bad down here..." John huffs.
  1214. [12:39 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I don't know, you wanna go ask that cute drow girl intimately tonight?" Recelle smirks, nudging at Shadow, who blanchs.
  1215. [12:40 AM] Eon: "C-cute.." There were some things that shouldn't be jokes!(edited)
  1216. [12:40 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "That depends - like, this world have 2 moons, last we checked, right? If you crash one, the mana would go out of balance... I think..." Recelle shrugs. "I am not an expert in the arcanist's art."
  1217. [12:40 AM] Bot Fodder: "She seemed to know your mom," John adds. Which might kill any interest Shadow had in the matter.
  1218. [12:40 AM] Eon: "You think that's how the world froze over?" Esker was wildly theorising by now
  1219. [12:41 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Oh hey, yeah, look at the NICE WEATHER WE ARE FUCKING HAVING." Shadow declares, deciding to himself to never, ever talk to any females ever again. Present company excluded.
  1220. [12:41 AM] Eon: "That pile of yellow ooze said the world wasn't always a popsicle."
  1221. [12:41 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle shrugs, not entirely sure.
  1222. [12:42 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Whatever the drow knows, you've only managed bits and pieces. Putting important tomes back together, and reading slowly, it seems that there were some astrological events in the past.
  1223. [12:42 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: It might've been unrelated to who the world froze over, but...
  1224. [12:42 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Once, there were 3 moons.(edited)
  1225. [12:43 AM] Eon: "So, they really crashed the moon..?" Absurdity!
  1226. [12:43 AM] Bot Fodder: "Well, yeah, of course not. This world is probably like the last nightmare," John suggests to Esker. "Just like the world isn't normally more full of undead people than living ones."
  1227. [12:43 AM] Eon: "Well. I guess. Are we supposed to fix that, then?"
  1228. [12:44 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: The three moons were known as sisters in the lore, named Lyra, Merlub, and Lune in Elven.
  1229. [12:44 AM] Bot Fodder: John rubs his chin and turns to Kirie. "Uh, I don't suppose you know any bard stories that might have something to do with all this?"
  1230. [12:44 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: One day, something ate Lune.
  1231. [12:44 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: And that something never went away.
  1232. [12:44 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: The surface elves, who worshipped Lyra and Merlub, were largely unaffected, minus the effect the thiing had on the mind of beings that gazed upon it.
  1233. [12:45 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: However, the drows, who largely gains power from Lune's radiance, lost much power.
  1234. [12:45 AM] Eon: (time to fight the eldritch word eater!)
  1235. [12:45 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Vengeance deep in their blood, a group of drow researchers decide to destroy the two remaining moons.
  1236. [12:46 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: "If we can't have the moon's blessing, nobody can."
  1237. [12:46 AM] Bot Fodder: (Hm... interesting. This doesn't sound like any preestablished lore I know of. GJ~)
  1238. [12:46 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: That was the end of the recounting of the drow's history.
  1239. [12:46 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Homebrew :droolingpopo: )
  1240. [12:46 AM] Eon: (mmmmmmm.)
  1241. [12:46 AM] Bot Fodder: (Yeah, that's why it's impressive~)
  1242.  
  1243. [12:47 AM] Eon: (so. moons, elvenkind, yellow blob said something about the good of all elvenkind, which she is presumably guarding..)
  1244. [12:47 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: The "thing" that ate the moon, by the common tongue, and from what you can tell from everyone else you met and going to meet, is called... Cradle of the End.
  1245. [12:47 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: It's a being from the Far Realms, with unknown agenda,
  1246. [12:47 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: merely gazing at it damages your sanity.
  1247. [12:47 AM] Eon: (is it time to bring in the SAN stat?)
  1248. [12:48 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: To protect the world's inhabitants, the mages of the world cast a veil, an abjuration spell, a mirror that reflects the Cradle's gaze back onto itself.
  1249. [12:48 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: The night sky, when observed, will always have a "hole", where the stars are duplicate of another region's sky.
  1250. [12:48 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: That "hole" in the night sky, is the veil that protects the world.
  1251. [12:49 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: [You have gained a vital piece of information toward this nightmare.]
  1252. [12:49 AM] Eon: (I CAST DISPEL MAGIC.)
  1253. [12:49 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... With that, the session today will end here, since it's almost 1 AM where I am, and this is a good stopping point.
  1254. [12:49 AM] Eon: yup.
  1255. [12:49 AM] Runic: (kk)
  1256. [12:49 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: The combat really, really wasn't worth much exp, however. Sorry :FeelsBadMan:
  1257. [12:49 AM] Eon: thanks for the session!
  1258. [12:50 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: 320 XP between the 5 of you :sadpopo:
  1259. [12:50 AM] Eon: (eh, think of it like a bonus session.)
  1260. [12:50 AM] Eon: b-between?
  1261. [12:50 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: (erm, 4)
  1262. [12:50 AM] Eon: like 80 per?
  1263. [12:50 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: For each, I mean, heh
  1264. [12:50 AM] Bot Fodder: Moon-eating monsters? Mages casting a fake sky? John clicks his tongue. "This all sounds like a load of it..."
  1265. [12:50 AM] Bot Fodder: Oh we stopped, sorry.
  1266.  
  1267. [12:50 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: No no, it's fine.
  1268. [12:50 AM] Tenrei: (What! Those mindflayers had to be worth more than that)
  1269. [12:50 AM] Runic: It was a nice change compared to last session so I'm alright with it
  1270. [12:50 AM] Eon: (mindflayers were last session!)
  1271. [12:51 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: (You are right, they should be worth negative 200 XP!)
  1272. [12:51 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: ( They kill-stealed! :smugpopo: )
  1273. [12:51 AM] Tenrei: (But we didn't get exp from last session)
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