ADVENTURE Ch. 39 - We Follow the Footprints

Ark ---------- Raynar Danakar ------ http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=399678
CommodoreJim - Drominus Hellcleave - http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=381991
Eltrotraw ---- Tombs the Gunman ---- http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=376543
Deathfish64 -- Pikkupstix ---------- http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=376612
Moonside ----- Charlotte Tesser ---- http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=377170
Skeleton ----- Freddie ------------- http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=381882





<~flibbyjibbits> outside seems like the middle of the day, but cloudy, and very very windy
<CommodoreJim> "Hey maybe we should all just go back and give up adventuring after this!"
<~flibbyjibbits> the trees sway eerily, long, clawlike braches seemingly grasping towards you
<Eltrotraw> if we hold out a sail can we fly
<~flibbyjibbits> oh and the bodies
<~flibbyjibbits> there werent any wen you got here but there are now
<CommodoreJim> "..."
<Moonside> "I'm actually considering that, Dr- uh."
<Eltrotraw> how are the bodies laid out
<Skeleton> "Wh"
<CommodoreJim> the bodies are layed out in the shape of a penis
<Moonside> "Those... weren't here when we came in, right?"
<CommodoreJim> "Definitely not."
<CommodoreJim> "...future Freddie did you kill all these people"
<Skeleton> "Uhhh... No."
<Eltrotraw> !roll 1 20 +8 perception anything around, or anything odd about the bodies?
<bitdroid> [Eltrotraw - 1d20(+8)] <10> <2> <Total: 10>
<~flibbyjibbits> theyre pretty much scattered all over the little clearing and stone padio.  Some of them seem to be wearing clothing that resembles those mages that followed idrian around
<Eltrotraw> is the cause of death obvious?
<Skeleton> DRAGON ATTACK.
<~flibbyjibbits> theres patches of ground and walls with big splotches of those bone chips from back in town
<~flibbyjibbits> others are clawed in half
<~flibbyjibbits> theres also a little pool of water, with some melting snow in the middle, near a clump of the bodies
<CommodoreJim> Yetis?
<Eltrotraw> it was
<Eltrotraw> RED HERRING
<~flibbyjibbits> very faintly in the distince, some string instrument plays quiet music
<~flibbyjibbits> so probably a good time to roll a will save
<Moonside> !roll 1 20 +3
<bitdroid> [Moonside - 1d20(+3)] <22> <19> <Total: 22>
<CommodoreJim> !roll 1 20 +2
<bitdroid> [CommodoreJim - 1d20(+2)] <3> <1> <Total: 3>
<Eltrotraw> !roll 1 20 +1 if my hearing sucks does this have to happen
<Moonside> Eight.
<CommodoreJim> I am so boned.
<bitdroid> [Eltrotraw - 1d20(+1)] <11> <10> <Total: 11>
<Arkay> !roll 20 +4
<bitdroid> [Arkay - 20d+4] <2 2 3 1 2 1 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 2 2 2 1 2 4 1> <Total: 50>
<Arkay> wow whoops
<CommodoreJim> WOW RAYNAR IS VERY IMMUNE
<Arkay> !roll 1 20 +4
<bitdroid> [Arkay - 1d20(+4)] <24> <20> <Total: 24>
<Skeleton> !roll 1 20 +6
<bitdroid> [Skeleton - 1d20(+6)] <13> <7> <Total: 13>
<Arkay> woo, a 20
<Moonside> Look at that! One 20!
<Moonside> Raynar dispels the magic forever.
<CommodoreJim> That's balanced out by my one
<Eltrotraw> you resist it so hard the music instrument breaks
<Arkay> aw yeah
<~flibbyjibbits> ow ow shit my wrist got worse from clicking and typing so much
<~flibbyjibbits> anyways
<~flibbyjibbits> guess im down my right hand for now
<Eltrotraw> who uses their right hand to fap anyway
<CommodoreJim> "What the....where'd the sun...oh my god. What's wrong with the moon?"
<Skeleton> "Holy crap!"
<Moonside> Seeing that the two are out of it, I look at the direction the music's coming from.
<CommodoreJim> I look over at Freddie, since he seems to see it too, but flinch. "Good god!"
<~flibbyjibbits> tomb's secret tattoo starts glowing through his clothes
<Skeleton> "Did I smoke so much I don't remember getting high??"
<Eltrotraw> "Were we in there for that long? Why's it dark out?"
<~flibbyjibbits> also for those who failed the save the music is louder
<Moonside> I also throw a thunderstone on the ground.
<CommodoreJim> "Shit shit shit, what's happening...what happened to all of you..."
<Moonside> Anyway, can I see the source of the music?
<Eltrotraw> "This blasted music, where's it comin' from?"
<~flibbyjibbits> well if theres a thunderstone then thats a fortsave too
<~flibbyjibbits> its some distance away
<Moonside> !roll 1 20 +3
<bitdroid> [Moonside - 1d20(+3)] <9> <6> <Total: 9>
<Eltrotraw> tombs also chooses to evolve into jolteon
<~flibbyjibbits> but theres two sets of footprints leading away from the mess
<Arkay> !roll 1 20 3
<bitdroid> [Arkay - 1d20(3)] <18> <18> <Total: 21>
<Skeleton> !roll 1 20 +4
<bitdroid> [Skeleton - 1d20(+4)] <8> <4> <Total: 8>
<CommodoreJim> !roll 1 20 +4
<bitdroid> [CommodoreJim - 1d20(+4)] <18> <14> <Total: 18>
<Eltrotraw> !roll 1 20 +7 for save?
<bitdroid> [Eltrotraw - 1d20(+7)] <10> <3> <Total: 10>
<~flibbyjibbits> one is slightly smaller than human size and the other is pretty obviously a dragon
<~flibbyjibbits> i think thinderstones are dc 12
<Eltrotraw> here's my guess; dragon died
<CommodoreJim> Drom continues to freak the fuck out
<Eltrotraw> person playing music killed him
<CommodoreJim> well, a new dragon will just come out somewhere right :Y
<Skeleton> does the deafness stop the hallucinations or whatever you'd call them
<~flibbyjibbits> tombs and freddie are now deaf for 1d4 hours
<~flibbyjibbits> no man you already got the curse on you
<Skeleton> Oh no.
<Moonside> Oh.
<Moonside> Whoops.
<Arkay> oh
<~flibbyjibbits> wont get worse without a full-on curseblast at least
<Skeleton> "Krrrrrrr!!!"
<~flibbyjibbits> poor drom got stage 2 moonstorm on him
<Moonside> I tell the non-crazy people that we should follow the footsteps.
<Arkay> might as well follow those footprints
<Eltrotraw> "Always trouble 'round these parts..."
<~flibbyjibbits> !roll 1 4
<bitdroid> [flibbyjibbits - 1d4] <1> <Total: 1>
<~flibbyjibbits> only 1 hour
<Moonside> We follow the footprint brick road.
<Skeleton> !roll 1 4
<bitdroid> [Skeleton - 1d4] <4> <Total: 4>
<CommodoreJim> Drom I guess just sits down and huddles up a bit since he's freaking out
<Eltrotraw> !roll 1 4 oh yeah i should have rolled deafness
<bitdroid> [Eltrotraw - 1d4(oh)] <4> <4> <Total: 4>
<Skeleton> The one time I don't want to roll a 1 :)        )
<CommodoreJim> He's tripping too many balls
<Skeleton> err
<Skeleton> *do
<~flibbyjibbits> you guys roll awful
<Skeleton> It's incredible
<Moonside> We follow the footprints.
<Moonside> Except Drom who's staying behind or something.
<~flibbyjibbits> oh
<Moonside> Yeah, I've said that three times now.
<~flibbyjibbits> also i guess did any of you want to intentionally fail the ssave vs thunderstone to avoid more cursage
<Moonside> I'll do that.
<CommodoreJim> Can I even get any more cursed
<~flibbyjibbits> yes
<CommodoreJim> Well then I guess I'll let Drom get deafened
<Arkay> do i want to risk the cursage
<Eltrotraw> oh yeah i failed it
<Eltrotraw> for FOUR HOURS
<Eltrotraw> SEVEN ASSES
<Moonside> So, everyone's deaf, and we follow the footprints.
<~flibbyjibbits> well the footprints go on a windy path with the trees getting really close and maybe every now and then one looks kinda grabby with dead branches
<~flibbyjibbits> eventually you come to a small clearing, where the person set goes p to a strong pedastal in the middle and the dragon set stands off to the side, then meets up again as the small set leaves it and heads off to the east
<~flibbyjibbits> on the pedstal is a bad thing
<CommodoreJim> bad problems
<Moonside> How bad?
<~flibbyjibbits> its a lot of bones, maybe two peoples worth, and some thin skin and basic tendons sewn on to them, contorted into basically a tripod with two arms that are playing the violin-like isntrument
<Moonside> I cringe upon seeing the... thing.
<Arkay> well that's not very pleasant
<CommodoreJim> gross
<Skeleton> "Yup, I'm high. Gotta be. But enough that I think I'm with my old friends. That's nice"
<Moonside> I motion that we should destroy all of that utterly.
<CommodoreJim> you smoked ALL OF IT, DIDN'T YOU
<Arkay> That motion gets a thumbs up from Raynar
<Moonside> Just in case it attacks us, I move behind it before attacking it.
<Skeleton> Freddie mutters something like "Surethingyeah, Dreamlot" but no one knows
<Eltrotraw> oh
<Eltrotraw> it's made by that same asshole that lured us here to begin with
<Eltrotraw> isn't it
<~flibbyjibbits> it does not seem to react to you
<Moonside> !roll 2 20 +6/+6 attack?
<bitdroid> [Moonside - 2d20(+6/+6)] <19 26> <13 20> <Total: 45>
<Moonside> Oh.
<~flibbyjibbits> the playing might get a bit quicker as you get closer but it doesn't seem to have any tendons in its legs
<Moonside> !roll 9 6
<bitdroid> [Moonside - 9d6] <6 2 3 2 1 5 1 1 1> <Total: 22>
<Moonside> Oh look, more 1s.
<Moonside> That's 12 total now.
<~flibbyjibbits> well it dies since it was just slapped together from spare parts from the battle
<Moonside> What a waste.
<Skeleton> "Oh yeah! Oh yeah yeah!"
<Eltrotraw> TOO BAD WE CAN'T HEAR
<Skeleton> I know that's the funny
<~flibbyjibbits> theres a little puff of glowy smoke as the sewn skin ruptures and the instrument is laying there on the heap
<Moonside> I destroy the instrument.
<Skeleton> What with, your BURNING HANDS?
<~flibbyjibbits> it appears to resist your efforts
<Eltrotraw> is the instrument sentient?
<Arkay> is the tripod thing undead
<~flibbyjibbits> the tripod thing didnt have stats because it was incapable of doing anything other than playing the music
<Moonside> What a waste.
<Eltrotraw> food
<Moonside> !roll 1 20 +12 perception on the instrument.
<Skeleton> :[
<bitdroid> [Moonside - 1d20(+12)] <15> <3> <Total: 15>
<Moonside> ...
<Skeleton> Okay, who slept with bitdroid's mother
<~flibbyjibbits> the instrument does not have any moving parts so its not easy to tell if its sentient but it is obviously magical and it is difficult to tell what it is even made of
<~flibbyjibbits> its not wood, its not metal, stone, or bone
<Skeleton> Detect Magic
<~flibbyjibbits> obviously
<CommodoreJim> It's OBVIOUSLY MAGICAL
<Skeleton> Wait that won't...
<CommodoreJim> dumbass
<Skeleton> Hahaha
<CommodoreJim> GUYS I THINK IT'S MAGIC
<Skeleton> IT MIGHT JUST BE MAGIC!
<Moonside> Well, we'll have to keep it until we have enough money to buy a Bag of Holding and a Portable Hole, then.
<~flibbyjibbits> well whos holding it
<Moonside> Me.
<~flibbyjibbits> ok will save
<Moonside> I expected that.
<Moonside> !roll 1 20 +3
<bitdroid> [Moonside - 1d20(+3)] <20> <17> <Total: 20>
<~flibbyjibbits> nothing happens but maybe some ominous feeling
<Skeleton> Use it as a weapon :o
<Skeleton> Like, smack monsters with it
<Moonside> Does anyone have a spare cloth or something?
<CommodoreJim> Freddie removes his shirt to show off how many abs he gained in 15 y ears
<CommodoreJim> (none)
<Skeleton> Life was easy and boring!
<Moonside> If not, I'll take my vest off, and wrap it around the thing before putting it inside my backpack.
<Skeleton> Of course. Can't have it getting cold
<Moonside> How much does it weight?
<~flibbyjibbits> i have no idea how much a musical instrument weights
<Moonside> Then let's say it weights nothing, like the armor from before.
<Skeleton> !roll 1 50 pounds
<bitdroid> [Skeleton - 1d50(pounds)] <3> <3> <Total: 3>
<Skeleton> :UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
<Moonside> I'll call it the Evil Violin.
<Moonside> Now that that's done, let's keep following the footsteps.
<Skeleton> That's unbelievably close to what a violin probably weighs, for such a roll
<~flibbyjibbits> well the srd says instruments are 3 poiunds anyways
<CommodoreJim> Drom is just having the shittiest time
<Skeleton> Holy fuck!
<~flibbyjibbits> the armor peice is about 5, whoever was holding it
<Moonside> Drom can be doing that since he has the highest STR>
<~flibbyjibbits> droms just walking around with his hands on the side of his face and his mouth open, staring at everything in horrow
<Moonside> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f4/The_Scream.jpg
<~flibbyjibbits> yes exactly
<Moonside> We follow the footsteps.
<CommodoreJim> Pretty much
<CommodoreJim> Drom is just flipping the fuck out
<~flibbyjibbits> the footsteps got for quite a while
<~flibbyjibbits> the sky doesn't change from whatever each of you sees it as, but the passage of time is at least a day
<~flibbyjibbits> if you keep walking that is
<Moonside> We might want to stop and camp for a bit.
<Skeleton> "Hmmmm... well at least we ain't gonna die in three days, eh!"
<Skeleton> "Maybe."
<Moonside> I also want another save against that negative level.
<~flibbyjibbits> yeah thats fort
<Moonside> !roll 1 20 +3
<bitdroid> [Moonside - 1d20(+3)] <21> <18> <Total: 21>
<~flibbyjibbits> pass
<Moonside> Yay.
<Moonside> I'm actually getting some really nice saves here,.
<Moonside> Also, I'm out of trail rations now.
<CommodoreJim> Everything is Awful, starring Drominus Hellcleave
<CommodoreJim> He refuses to look at anybody's face
<Moonside> Next day, let's continue.
<Skeleton> Okay!
<Moonside> The night was rather depressing, considering that it didn't look like a night at all and that Drom was going crazy. I hate this place.
<CommodoreJim> Drom hates existing right now
<Skeleton> "Bad morning, Drom!"
<Skeleton> "Ha! Ha! I say that because of the creepy red moon. Damn, what a creepy red moon!"
<Moonside> Drom is in Saya no Uta right now.
<~flibbyjibbits> in case you were wondering no this didnt happen last time freddie was here
<Moonside> In any case, we follow the footprints.
<CommodoreJim> The Urobutcher caught up to Drom
<Moonside> "Come on guys, let's go. The sooner we're done with this, the better."
<Moonside> I wonder if he'd see Shoggoths as little girls?
<~flibbyjibbits> they keep going in a bit of winding path.  a few hours in, the dragon set is noticably got blood and shed scales in it
<Moonside> "...what the hell is going on here?"
<~flibbyjibbits> probably can stop around now
<Moonside> Aww, I actually wanted to know!
<CommodoreJim> When will Drom get to stop living in a hellish nightmare world
<Moonside> Anyway, we didn't level up yet, did we?
<~flibbyjibbits> i guess next time you are in a safe place can call that a level up
<Moonside> Hmm.
<Moonside> Also, you said some time ago that this would be the opportunity for that level of Witch.
<~flibbyjibbits> if you headed back to the connection place that could work, but might lose the trail
<~flibbyjibbits> all the weird magic around here
<~flibbyjibbits> can say it had part of an effect on her
<Moonside> That's a pretty shitty explanation.
<Moonside> But I guess I can work something out.
<~flibbyjibbits> fail a couple will saves on the way back
<Moonside> Ok.
<~flibbyjibbits> hit stage 3 or 4 on it
<~flibbyjibbits> drom is in stage2 and he is very unhappy
<Moonside> Wait, I thought the curse was because of the music.
<~flibbyjibbits> its still there, just farther away
<Moonside> Damn.
<~flibbyjibbits> theres music everywhere in the stormy woods
<Skeleton> !
<Moonside> It's like the Lost Woods.
<Moonside> Anyway, ok, guess we can stop now.
<Skeleton> How many years is this taking off our life expectancies!
<Moonside> Also, people READ THE RULES.
<Skeleton> Which rules
<Moonside> At least the ones for combat.
<Moonside> Really, I don't want to stop it to explain how flanking works or whatever.
<Skeleton> That's easy! Big bad guys try kill us! Freddie burn them! Freddie get yelled at!
<Moonside> Also read your class' page, to remember all of the stuff it can do.
<CommodoreJim> To be fair, I have read the rules and class page, I just have terrible information retention
<Moonside> Keep the SRD open, then, and use the search bar to search for whatever comes up that you don't know about.
<~flibbyjibbits> also in case anyone was wondering yes the scales and flesh bits that have been falling in the footprints do sort of resemble the one who was going to help you
<Moonside> That's what I do when I don't know what a certain spell does or something.
<Skeleton> I've been doing that
<Skeleton> A lot of spells are just in my browser history so I can refer to 'em easily enough
<~flibbyjibbits> anwyas gotta go now
<Moonside> ...another thing. I was thinking that Drom might have been better as a Paladin.
<CommodoreJim> Probably, but Lawful Good is so boring
<Moonside> It doesn't have to be!
<CommodoreJim> Well back in CC I was going mostly off of the SRD, which has the Paladin alignment as Lawful Good
<Moonside> The thing about Paladins is that people usually seem to confuse "I'm Lawful Good because I do lawful and good things" with "I'm Lawful Good, so everything I do is also lawful and good".
<CommodoreJim> Err, back in character creation
<CommodoreJim> And also yeah, admittedly, Lawful Good in my mind is cemented as "I'm a boy scout!"
<Moonside> Yeah, they have to be LG, but what I mean is that LG is not inherently evil (lol) or anything.
<CommodoreJim> "I'm so good!"
<~flibbyjibbits> paladins are religiously devoted, cavaliers are devoted to an order of law
<Moonside> I might write an essay about this someday, since alignment is something that I'm especially picky about.
<Moonside> Just, if anything, the second of the two examples I put up there would be obviously Evil for everyone except themselves.