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- [7:11 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: So, if anyone wishes to do a recap....
- [7:11 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: :smugpopo:
- [7:12 PM] Faerie: (Hahaha, sasuga)
- [7:13 PM] Runic: (I kind of want to, but I just realized I missing a ton of important details)
- [7:14 PM] Faerie: (I'm working of it, if you'd like.)
- [7:14 PM] Mizuki: (I did last time :sadpopo:)
- [7:14 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Sure, then.)
- [7:14 PM] Mizuki: (lazy)
- [7:14 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (I'll lazy YOU)
- [7:16 PM] Runic: (I don't remember if we were at a tower at the start, left, but not sure why. I remember having to "fight" the chosen one, and got saved by the lich, then we headed to a temple I think and met up with the priest name... which I don't remember her name :sadpopo: )
- [7:17 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ( The devil is in the details, and the devil is elusive. :sadpopo: )
- [7:18 PM] Mizuki: (now we're going to be buddies with the lich)
- [7:18 PM] Runic: (I should really start reading the logs more)
- [7:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Fae's taking too long I think.
- [7:20 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: :sadpopo:
- [7:21 PM] Faerie: (Done, RIP)
- [7:21 PM] Faerie: (Forgot to unmute the server, orz)
- ''Here's the deal: I'll be trying to keep these entries concise, in case they request of me to hand over my notes.
- We're currently at the temple of Mielikki, in top shape courtesy of Arisa: she was kind enough to let us rest for a while, after that atrocious blunder with Mask's lackey. First we spot an actual, bona-fide Lich at the colosseum, then that lunatic starts flying around yelling and taking most of us down on sight, what a day today has been already! Poor Denalthir took the worst of it, probably.
- Oh, and just in case we didn't have enough on our shoulders, we need to start watching out for -him- now. We were lucky to have the snow alert us of his presence, this time, but this need to be brought up with the others: I feel that in time, finding the means to deal with the Chosen of Mask will be a top priority.
- Putting it in perspective, I'd sooner wrestle three minotaurs alone in the dark than having to talk with that person again. How the light shifts around his face, hiding it no matter what you do, that stuff was creepy.
- That's it for now. As for the time - I'm not really sure.''
- [7:22 PM] Faerie: Looks like someone finally started on that dream diary. :sadpopo:
- [7:22 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Muting the server will defeat the purpose of @ calls :sadpopo: )
- [7:22 PM] Faerie: (:firepopo:)
- [7:23 PM] Mizuki: And now, the companions set for the arena, to befriend the lich that saved their lives.
- [7:24 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow and Recelle are preparing for ... What was it again?
- [7:24 PM] Mizuki: (r-right?)
- [7:24 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Exactly the issue - no one of you have voiced your opinion openly yet. What is it that you would like to immediately do, and ask of those around you?
- [7:25 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (We are slow enough that I am watching video and playing FE while GMing :sadpopo: )
- [7:25 PM] Mizuki: (:sadpopo:)
- [7:25 PM] Faerie: ''First of all, sending word of what's been happening to the Complex would be a wise idea. Shadow, you said something about going with Recelle just to be sure?''
- [7:26 PM] Faerie: Razmik wasn't a fan of letting the shard relatively alone with Recelle, but Shadow was worth his trust!
- [7:26 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Well, if it's just words..." Recelle shrugs helplessly. "I thought we meant to do more than that?"
- [7:28 PM] Faerie: ''That could be arranged, no? I doubt we'd need a missive, considering our situation.''
- [7:28 PM] Mizuki: "Yeah." - Said Alicia once again explaining her plan. - "We just can't ignore that lich"
- [7:30 PM] Faerie: ''They saw you with us already; do you remember Sorelis? Ff anything, you could try speaking with her to explain our situation and ask for aid.''
- [7:30 PM] Faerie: Help on exactly what, wasn't exactly decided.
- [7:30 PM] Faerie: (What plan, Mizu?)
- [7:31 PM] Mizuki: "This is a mess, hold on." - She started - "We need to fucking decide what we're going to do exactly before Recelle and Shadow departs"
- [7:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Well, that's not the hard part, the hard part is..." Shadow pets Tot, who seems displeased and grumpy. "Exactly that, Alicia."
- [7:31 PM] Mizuki: "If you guys don't remember my plan, then here goes:"
- [7:32 PM] Faerie: ''Yes, and that bit comes now.''
- [7:33 PM] Faerie: Razmik starts taking slow breaths, bracing himself.
- [7:34 PM] Mizuki: "We can't leave that lich there, he's bound to appear again after we start fighting to complain about the noise." - Alicia explained - "We need to contact him. Also, remember the skeleton minotaur at the market tower? He was turning on the device, and the reason for that, is pretty obvious really. He wanted to turn on the defenses, but against living things. That's perfectly possible."
- [7:34 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Quite an assumption." Recelle nods. "But not an unreasonable one."
- [7:35 PM] Mizuki: "If we go to the last tower and turn on the defenses, it will be dangerous because if there's an inteligent undead inside the keep it might be able to turn on the abjuration spell and banish us all from the city."(edited)
- [7:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Such as a lich?
- [7:36 PM] Faerie: ''Well, the minotaur, I'm not so certain. Something else clearly sent it to the forge. But yes, something like that. Not sure, you tell us later''
- [7:36 PM] Mizuki: "That's why we need to first clear out the keep, guard it, while someone else activates the last tower"
- [7:37 PM] Mizuki: "Recelle, Shadow and the Paladins would be the ones to either clear out the keep or activate the last tower, while we do the other thing. The lich also can't be ignored, we need to contact him and find a way to befriend him, if possible." - She finished explaining with a deep breath
- [7:38 PM] Faerie: ''But really, now-'', Razmik pauses, before resting his arms to his side, ''the noise is an awfully convenient reason to consort with a Lich, don't you think? Just how far do you think it can hear? The arena's a ways to go from the keep...''
- [7:40 PM] Mizuki: "I think we should head to the arena and show him the fight he wants to see." - Suggested Alicia - "Last time, he seemed bored, skeletons aren't that entertaining. So here's the plan: we head there, kick those skeletons' ass and talk to him. Tell him of our plans and invite him to join our cause, so he can fight to his heart's content."
- [7:41 PM] Mizuki: "Obviously, we also tell him we're going to make an exception for him on the abjuration spell."
- [7:41 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Noise aside." Recelle pauses. "If the abjuration isn't strong enough to keep the lich out, or if the lich is upset and breaks it from the outside...."
- [7:42 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "After all, a lich is a very powerful mage to start, from what you told me." Recelle nods, still thinking that liches are some sort of space vampires fallen from stars or something.
- [7:43 PM] Runic: "Not sure how well that plan will work out, but like Recelle said, it seems like we don't really have another choice other to just entertain it" Lexon says still laying down after a quick nap
- [7:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Well, we can... Kill it?"
- [7:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle, underestimating the lich perhaps, suggests.
- [7:44 PM] Faerie: (brb spider)
- [7:45 PM] Mizuki: "We... Can't kill him Recelle. He's waaay stronger than us all. Trust me on this one." - Said Alicia
- [7:45 PM] Runic: "Lich's aren't really something to take likely, Recelle, from all the stories I hear back home. They're pretty hard to kill in the first place"
- [7:46 PM] Faerie: (fucking brown recluses. TELEPORTING brown recluses)(edited)
- [7:46 PM] Mizuki: (:surprisedpopo:)
- [7:46 PM] Mizuki: (those are pretty dangerous)
- [7:47 PM] Runic: (scary!)
- [7:47 PM] Mizuki: (a-also, please give it to me straight. Is evocation shit?)
- [7:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Humph... Fundamentally, anything can be killed." Recelle shrugs. "But I'll trust you lots on that one."
- [7:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Damage is damage, but damage is just damage.)
- [7:48 PM] Mizuki: (:sadpopo:)
- [7:48 PM] Faerie: ''That's the problem, more like. It's already dead.'', Razmik points out.
- [7:49 PM] Faerie: (It got dicked over by the errata, but other than that it seemed alright to me. Mostly.)
- [7:49 PM] Runic: "True, but you'd probably have to shoot that thing maybe 20 times before it dies, or probably loses its physical form and just takes over someone else's body... whatever liches do"
- [7:49 PM] Runic: "But if anyone else has a better plan to deal with the lich, speak now."
- [7:50 PM] Faerie: ''The way liches work, you need to break their phy... phylactery to keep it from 'waking up' again. There's no telling where a crazy, undead wizard would hide something of that importance''
- [7:50 PM] Mizuki: "Well, actually, to completely kill a lich we need to destroy it's phylactery." - Said Alicia - "A physical vessel for it's soul. This one is bold enough to carry it with him."(edited)
- [7:51 PM] Mizuki: "Still, we don't stand a chance."
- [7:51 PM] Faerie: ''Did he, really? That's dumb, why would a Lich do that?''
- [7:52 PM] Mizuki: "He's probably a lich that knows he isn't going to die."
- [7:52 PM] Faerie: Razmik was puzzled. Dumbfounded, even. Why would anyone, in any situation, ever, choose a disgustingly reckless option over something less dangerous?
- Oh, wait. That reminded him of the exact same predicament they were in!
- [7:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Or it's a fake one." Shadow adds, as an expert on the matter of flair and style. "Or something he - she - it wears for style points."
- [7:53 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow pauses. "Or both, althought it looks awfully gaudy."
- [7:53 PM] Mizuki: "Well... that's also a possibility." - Commented Alicia
- [7:53 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "And I am sure you would like a dark, flowing cape instead, eh, fam?" Tot retorts.
- [7:53 PM] Faerie: ''Maybe it realizes people would suspect it's fake, and takes refuge in knowing no one would believe it's the real thing? ...nevermind, that's even dumber.''
- [7:55 PM] Mizuki: "No point in thinking about that, really." - She said. - "So how about this: Recelle and Shadow head to the complex and secure the last tower with the paladins' help. In the meanwhile we go and talk to the Lich."
- [7:56 PM] Faerie: Still, though... Razmik shrugs:
- ''Is there really no way of going on about our business without alerting it? Permission to speak freely, here, but I think we are capable enough of storming that keep on our own, as-is.''
- [7:56 PM] Mizuki: "After that, we head to the keep, secure it, and sent Tot to contact Recelle and Shadow on the tower to turn on the last mechanism"
- [7:57 PM] Mizuki: "I don't think so, Raz. What if he resists the abjuration spell and comes for us?" - She asked
- [7:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I guess the issue is, what happens if we ignore the lich?" Recelle adds.
- [7:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Best case scenario, nothing happens and we go about our merry way."
- [7:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Worst case scenario...." That.
- [7:58 PM] Mizuki: "Well, I don't think we should leave it to mere luck." - She said - "Time is running short guys."
- [7:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: That's interesting enough an idea already, though there might still be other ways.
- [8:00 PM] Mizuki: (when did Alicia's ideas go wrong before?)
- [8:00 PM] Mizuki: (tell me ONE time)
- [8:00 PM] Faerie: ''If you see no other way, I'll leave it to you, then.'' Razmik brings an index to scratch his cheek, concerned.
- [8:00 PM] Mizuki: (:sadpopo:)
- [8:00 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Meanwhile, Arisa's tending to the eggs, a small smothering set of cinder beneath the eggs to keep it warm.
- [8:01 PM] Faerie: ''I apologize profusely. We may be out of our league, but there is simply no way I'll attempt to earn the good graces of something so disgusting.''
- [8:01 PM] Mizuki: "Also, for that plan to work, Tot needs to come with us." - She said - "He's the one that will alert everyone in the tower when the time is right."
- [8:02 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow gives a quick estimate. Given that nothing goes wrong, and the paladins would take some time to mobilize, the tower would be... taken and activated in about 4 to 6 hours or so. Assuming nothing goes horribly wrong.
- [8:02 PM] Faerie: The way the last word came out, it made it sound more like a statement of fact, rather than something like blind hate or fear.
- [8:02 PM] Mizuki: "And you need to see the bigger picture here, Raz. Hating on undead or not, there's no other way, and time is running short."
- [8:02 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Given that something goes horribly wrong, Shadow shrugs.
- [8:03 PM] Mizuki: "You're going to make a deal with one undead, to clear the city from thousands of them. Don't forget that."
- [8:03 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle tits her head and thinks. "Given that, maybe there are better people to talk with the lich. An intermediate diplomat, if you will?"
- [8:03 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I mean, talking with an undead seems a bit... Sketchy?"
- [8:05 PM] Runic: "That's why the proposal of entertaining it was brought up!" Lexon smirks
- [8:05 PM] Runic: "Guess there's always the chance that it'll just make us fight forever until we die" Lexon relizes
- [8:06 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Arisa raises her hand, "U, uh..."
- [8:06 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "..." She shrinks back a little, as if shy.
- [8:06 PM] Mizuki: Alicia turns to Arisa - "What's up?"
- [8:06 PM] Faerie: Razmik's voices start to rise in volume, if ever so slightly. ''You seem to misunderstand what my order is about, Alicia. What we do. It's simply that, undead beings are tainted by essence: it's not the fact of undeath that makes them despicable...''
- [8:06 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "If there's something you wishes to know the result of... I can offer you my service...." Arisa says meekly, not wanting to upset you by reminding you of something she already told you.
- [8:07 PM] Faerie: Razmik concludes on what he knew about Liches, finally. ''It's precisely the other way around.''
- [8:07 PM] Runic: "What do you mean Arisa?"
- [8:07 PM] Faerie: There's some things man is simply not meant to meddle with. Auguries, though? Sounded legit.
- NEW MESSAGES
- [8:08 PM] Mizuki: "..." - Alicia ignores Raz and turns to Arisa - "Did we manage to become allies with the lich? Sorry, I forgot you could do that.
- [8:09 PM] Faerie: (>ignores
- G fucking G, internet argument won)
- [8:09 PM] KogasaGaSagasa:
- [8:09 PM] Mizuki: (>implying)
- [8:09 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: >30 minutes
- [8:10 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: :smugpopo:
- [8:10 PM] Mizuki: (oh, noice :smugpopo:)
- [8:10 PM] Mizuki: (deleted)
- [8:11 PM] Mizuki: (in the meanwhile Alicia casts magic missile against Raz - "Begone you anti-fun paladin!")(edited)
- [8:11 PM] Faerie: ''If it's that way, then please show us the light.''
- [8:11 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I, I mean, if you are debating about something... maybe an outside opinion or a truthly reply from a higher power...."
- [8:11 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Arisa nods! "... What would you have me ask?"
- [8:11 PM] Faerie: (You wanwan go?)
- [8:11 PM] Faerie: ''I think we all can agree what our inquiry should be...''
- [8:12 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Arisa is willing to ask 2 questions via divination at no cost to you - though she can do more if asked.
- [8:12 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "If it would be a good idea to eat cake made of animal butter while things are being reanimated?" Tot offers.
- [8:12 PM] Mizuki: "Will the lich kill any of us on the next 7 days?" - Asked Alicia.
- [8:12 PM] Faerie: ''Trying to reason with this Lich: what do the prospects of success look like, compared to simply letting it be for the time being?''
- [8:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "That's the question?" Arisa seems surprised. "I mean.... What makes you think he wouldn't?"
- [8:13 PM] Faerie: Giving it some thought, Razmik decides Alicia's question would be a waste. ''What does it matter if 'one' of us dies? That's not what we're here for, lady.''
- [8:14 PM] Faerie: Seems like Arisa shared his sentiment! ...For completely unrelated reasons.
- [8:14 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Oh, and the question seems to be problematic." Shadow points out.
- [8:14 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "If we get killed by skeletons under the lich's control, bad luck to you, y'know, fam?"
- [8:14 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Or like, if he kept us for pets instead for next eternity."
- [8:15 PM] Mizuki: "I thought the gods were going to help us, not trick us with dumb flaws on our questions." - Said Alicia. - "Whatever, Raz's question seems good."
- [8:16 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Arisa shrugs. "Like... The gods can't directly intervene..." She's wrong about that, "And they don't necessarily know the situation well enough..." Arisa might be wrong about that, "So if the question isn't right, they might not look at the side effects of things, and merely note that wouldn't die, no..."
- [8:17 PM] Faerie: ''Well, you know what they say about answers fitting the question.'', Razmik is eager to address. Smugly.
- [8:17 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Anyways, the question, then?
- [8:17 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Razmik's line?
- [8:17 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: > ''Trying to reason with this Lich: what do the prospects of success look like, compared to simply letting it be for the time being?''
- [8:18 PM] Mizuki: (will the gods meme on us and find a flaw if we ask that? :sadpopo:)
- [8:18 PM] Faerie: That sounds good to me, natch.
- [8:18 PM] Mizuki: (if not, it does sound good)
- [8:19 PM] Faerie: (It's Mielikki, not just 'the gods'. Also, nah, Mielikki's legit and the spell description reads ''truthful'')
- [8:19 PM] Mizuki: (also, I'll get a glass of water, brb)
- [8:19 PM] Faerie: (Be right back for a few minutes, mom needs help)
- [8:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Arisa closes her eyes, and lights an incense.
- [8:20 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A small prayer, a droplet of water from her Chalice...
- [8:20 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: And she opens her mouth, singing a praise to Mielikki. The words are ... wrong, they come out wrong, yet seemingly divine.
- "To reason with the dead, one should be dead as well.
- The living and the dead are separated by a veil, a mist, a barrier that's broken by taboo.
- To leave the taboo alone is to let the world sink into darkness,
- To reason with the taboo is to become one with the taboo."
- [8:21 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... Arisa then opens her eyes, and frown. "That... wasn't exactly helpful, was it? I am sorry..."
- [8:21 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "To reason with the dead, one should be dead as well...?" Recelle murmurs, wondering about that. "Maybe the shard? Since Alexander's theoretically an undead spirit..."
- [8:21 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The shade vibrates loudly in protest.
- [8:22 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "To reason with the taboo is to become one with the taboo... But..." Shadow rubs in chins, the half-elven unable to sprout any meaningful facial hair as of yet.
- [8:22 PM] Runic: "Shadow's father... really isn't much of a diplomat"
- [8:22 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Well, it's not like we had any peaceful contact with undead before." Shadow shrugs.
- [8:23 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle stares at Shadow for a moment.
- [8:23 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... Wait."
- [8:23 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
- [8:23 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 8, Result: 8
- [8:23 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle frowns, unable to recall what thought struck her. And shrugs helplessly.
- [8:24 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Meanwhile, Tot jumped off Shadow, and goes up to Arisa, nuzzling her. "Hey, hey, nice lady, what if I tell you today, you can employ the service of Tot, the cutest cat demon that you'll find on this side of the multiverse?"
- [8:24 PM] Mizuki: (back)
- [8:25 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Arisa merely looks at Tot with a bit of apologetic gaze. "..." ... Of which Tot ponders for a moment, looks at the holy Chalice, and decides against the idea.
- [8:26 PM] Mizuki: "Actually, we did, Shadow. Remember the monks of Lathander that became ghouls?" - She asked - "I'm not sure if you were traveling with us back then..."(edited)
- [8:27 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow snaps his finger. "Claire?"
- [8:27 PM] Mizuki: (I dunno :sadpopo:)
- [8:28 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "That's the name!" Recelle nods. "It completely slipped my mind... For some reason."
- [8:29 PM] Mizuki: "Anyway, the Shard sure seems like a good idea, according to that prophecy. We could also seek the ghouls." - Suggested Alicia - "But fucking hell, why can't they just give it to us straight? What's the purpose of such an enigmatic answer?"
- [8:29 PM] Faerie: (back, let me catch up)
- [8:29 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Arisa frowns. "Well..."
- [8:30 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... It's not in the god's interest to intervene in your decisions, and... and..." Arisa struggles to find the words. "Like, the decision is in your hands..."
- [8:31 PM] Mizuki: (I'm so tempted to tell Arisa we met Mielikki before :sadpopo:)(edited)
- [8:31 PM] Faerie: (>To leave the taboo alone is to let the world sink into darkness
- Fuck.)
- [8:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow pipes in, "What this little girl is saying is that, while the god can mind control you, it's not in their power to just brainwash everyone into some sort of divine champions of evilslaying-ness."
- [8:32 PM] Mizuki: "I see..." - Said Alicia - "I don't really believe this destiny thing, honestly. Nothing is written on stone."
- [8:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "They probably have some sort of clause for intervention?"
- [8:32 PM] Faerie: (But that wasn't Mielikki, it was an unicorn working under Mielikki)
- [8:32 PM] Mizuki: (o-oh, I thought it was Mielikki)
- [8:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Somewhere in the multiverse, and Overgod sneezes, and wipes the tablet in which it was detailing the laws regarding mortal-immortal interaction clean because le carving memes)
- [8:33 PM] Faerie: (She was called Micky)
- [8:33 PM] Mizuki: (true)
- [8:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (That, and players can always fuck up anyway, so nothing CAN be set in the stone even for divination from gods :smugpopo: )
- [8:34 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Divination: "Sure it seems legit" Players: "Whoops TPK")
- NEW MESSAGES
- [8:34 PM] Runic: (Truely Dicebot is the one who rules and governs everything)
- [8:34 PM] Faerie: (Also, it's just a glimpse into the likely outcome for something. Even the spell says it's not necessarily what's going to happen, since it doesn't account for external factors, whatever those are)
- [8:34 PM] Runic: (That too I guess Koga)
- [8:34 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (RNGesus is my deity of choice, Dicebot her right-hand MAID)(edited)
- [8:36 PM] Faerie: ''So, if undeath is this taboo Arisa speaks of...
- To reason with undeath is to become one with it?'' Seemed like Recelle was on the right track, to Razmik!
- [8:36 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Azura teasingly nibbles Alicia, as if amused by her sentiment regarding the gods and the Bloodaxe incident.
- [8:36 PM] Mizuki: "So, what will it be? Undead monks, or shard?" - Asked Alicia sitting down. - "Reminder that an undead might be activating the last tower right now."
- [8:36 PM] Faerie: Still, he was curious as to what the ''leaving the taboo alone'' bit meant.
- [8:37 PM] Faerie: ''Alexander? Have you seen how he feels on the subject of undead?''
- [8:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The shard pulls itself out from Shadow's pocket (It can do that?!).
- [8:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: With a clink, it vibrates. "Wellll. The lich isn't a cute girllll."
- [8:38 PM] Faerie: Granted, it was before they came to know what the Shard really was, but it was likely to just give the Lich the hero talk then get everyone enslaved.
- [8:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Nothing against people without tits, but... Ayye."
- [8:39 PM] Mizuki: "Come on, Alexander, you used to be a great hero" - Said Alicia trying to inflate the shard's ego. - "You sure should be able to convince a lich or two."(edited)
- [8:39 PM] Faerie: ''Maybe it was? We didn't get close enough to check what sort of skeleton is was, did we?''
- [8:40 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Look, I have zero interest in guys, ok?" The shards says, "And that lich certain was flat enough either way that even if he was a she, it's a he in my book."
- [8:40 PM] Faerie: Razmik retorts, confused:''But heroes destroy Liches, not beg for their mercy!''
- [8:40 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Now, if that lich ... uhehehehahahaha...!"
- [8:40 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Ahem." The shard vibrates a shade of yellow and orange.
- [8:41 PM] Mizuki: "..." - Alicia stops for a moment - "Maybe we should look for those monks."
- [8:41 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Anyways, if that lich is a buxom-y girl, give me 5 minutes and I'll have her wrapped around my..." The shard pauses. "Shard tip places."
- [8:41 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow facepalms.
- [8:41 PM] Faerie: 'Rude', Razmik thought. Heroes do not discriminate people based on their appearance! Undead are a different case, alright?
- [8:42 PM] Faerie: ''Thankfully, it isn't. Anyways...''
- [8:42 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow shamefully pulls the shard back into his pocket. To be able to shame someone such as Shadow, the shard is fearsome, indeed.
- [8:43 PM] Mizuki: "Alexander, if you fuck this up I'm going to banish you to a cursed dimension where only men exist" - Threatened Alicia
- [8:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Arisa uneasily shifts a step away from Shadow's general direction.
- [8:43 PM] Mizuki: (can I roll intimitation?)
- [8:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Sure.)
- [8:43 PM] Mizuki: roll 1d20+3
- [8:43 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+3]: 12, Result: 15
- [8:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The shard has decidedly ignore your threat, gauging that there's something important for both you and him to do still.
- [8:44 PM] Faerie: ''No one's sending anyone to any weird magical realms of any sort, alright? Just...''
- [8:44 PM] Mizuki: (:sadpopo:)
- [8:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (That's someone's fetish.)
- [8:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Just a dimension of lockers and wrestling mats)
- [8:44 PM] Faerie: Seemed it'd have to be Claire and her... undead... gang...
- [8:45 PM] Faerie: (Also, Mizu, your new prof mod is +3. Did you use that?)
- [8:45 PM] Mizuki: (Is it really?)
- [8:45 PM] Faerie: (Yeah, uh. Been there. Fucking lockerrooms...)
- [8:45 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (mizupls)
- [8:45 PM] Mizuki: (I didn't, used +2)
- [8:45 PM] Faerie: (We pretty much did your sheet from the ground up the other day, remember? Before Myth-weavers exploded)
- [8:45 PM] Mizuki: (anyways, +3 then :sadpopo:)
- [8:45 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Alright. So, what will it be? Any more question for Arisa as well?
- [8:45 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: :sadpopo:
- [8:46 PM] Mizuki: (does this +1 do anything:? :sadpopo:)
- [8:46 PM] Mizuki: (also, maybe we should ask Arisa if the lich was a cute girl in life :sadpopo:)(edited)
- [8:46 PM] Faerie: (Question: Does the usual ''2 or more casts there's a cumulative 25% chance of failure'' clause apply here?)(edited)
- [8:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Of course.)
- [8:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (It's why Arisa offers it only twice; any more you'd have to press her and she might refuse base on likely awkward results.)
- [8:48 PM] Faerie: How about ''Question: How would we best mask ourselves against he who is with no face?''? Or some such cryptic-sounding bullshit.
- [8:48 PM] Mizuki: "The fuck does that mean?" - Asked Alicia
- [8:48 PM] Faerie: (Pretty much ''mask guy scary advice pls?'')
- [8:50 PM] Faerie: ''You should read more'', Razmik suggests. ''Like, literature'', he corrects himself. He was sure Alicia read plenty of text and spellbooks already.
- [8:50 PM] Mizuki: "Mielikki is the one making the riddles here, not us." - She said simply
- [8:51 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Is that the question?
- [8:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Arisa shrugs, not fully understanding the meaning of it all, but prepares the small ritual anyway.
- [8:52 PM] Faerie: (Memes aside, we should word it a bit more carefullly. But yes)
- [8:53 PM] Faerie: ''What steps should we take towards protecting ourselves from Mask's finest?'', on the basis that we don't have much business trying to kill the guy. That'd probably be too difficult, anyway.
- [8:53 PM] Mizuki: "That's a wasted question in my opinion." - She said - "How about this one: Will the lich, or anything related to it kill or banish any of us on the next seven days?"(edited)
- [8:53 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ( :sadpopo: I had memes ready for memes, but well, wording things carefully would've helped a lot, yes.)
- [8:54 PM] Mizuki: "That's what we need to know, if the lich is on our side, we don't need to worry about that guy."
- [8:55 PM] Faerie: ''We're asking for guidance, though. How would Mielikki be able to tell us with certainty about something like that?''
- [8:55 PM] Faerie: (R> Casting a vote)
- [8:56 PM] Mizuki: (she answers about events that are going to happen on the next five days, right?)
- [8:56 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Arisa takes her candle and incense, and cheerfully starts the ritual without your consent. :sadpopo:
- [8:56 PM] Faerie: (Not their outcome mind you. Just stuff pertaining to those events or courses of action. That's the Augury spell, which is much more limited in scope.)
- [8:56 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Will the lich, or anything related to the lich, kill or banish any of these adventurers...?"
- [8:56 PM] Mizuki: (that's a question that would clear a lot of our worries)
- [8:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: She closes her eyes, and starts singing, once again. The words are wrong, but seems divine at the same time.
- [8:57 PM] Faerie: (No it fucking isn't. Say she gives us a ''no'', and I go back to the arena yelling and hollering at it to join Razmik's order. Wow, but the augury said?!?!)
- [8:58 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "A word for sword, a blow for a flow,
- To deal with the taboo is to dance with death.
- To dance with the death, is to step
- across the boundary of life and death.
- To die or to live, that is the question
- That you ask yourself today."
- [8:59 PM] Mizuki: (fug u Mielikki :sadpopo:)
- [8:59 PM] Faerie: ''Me, I choose life.''
- Razmik did not understand a single word of that.
- [8:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Arisa opens her eyes, and blinks. There's a bit of redness in her eyes, as if she was crying a little. "Oh, uh...."
- [8:59 PM] Runic: Lexon again only listen in pure confusion
- [8:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... It's a traditional answer, uh." Arisa pauses.
- [8:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "If you taunt death itself, you'll die."
- [9:00 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "if you don't taunt death, you probably won't?"
- [9:00 PM] Faerie: ''Oh. I see. We very much appreciate the effort, Arisa.''
- [9:00 PM] Mizuki: "Thanks Alicia, I'm sure that will be helpful" - Said Alicia with a smile not understanding a single sentence.
- [9:00 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (GM's words: If you decide to go and provoke a CR 18 creature....)
- [9:00 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ( :sadpopo: )
- [9:00 PM] Faerie: Razmik thought Arisa was going to apologize for not beign able to give a clear answer again :sadpopo:
- [9:01 PM] Mizuki: (what's the spell to contact the gm? :sadpopo:)
- [9:01 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "It wasn't that helpful, I am sorry..."
- [9:01 PM] Faerie: (But yeah...)
- [9:01 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Divination. :smugpopo: )
- [9:02 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Well, I would gladly /not/ deal with the lich, thank you very much." Shadow nods.
- [9:02 PM] Faerie: Relieved to not be the only one averse to such dealings, Raz reassures Arisa. ''I think it was, please don't worry. It clears some doubts, and that's always a big help.''
- [9:03 PM] Mizuki: "Azura... Tell me what you think of this." - Asked Alicia telephatically - "I don't see any other way. Is talking to the lich really that bad of an idea? If we don't, he will come for us eventually."(edited)
- [9:03 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Doing anything with anyone with such potential and yet so little fashion sense... Ugh!" Shadow shudders.
- [9:03 PM] Mizuki: (Azura best way to contact the gm)
- [9:03 PM] Faerie: (:sadpopo:)
- [9:04 PM] Faerie: Shadow likes capes, yes? The young'n knew his shit.
- [9:04 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Azura tilts her head, as if thinking. "... Well, reasoning with a lich, especially a crazy one... You'd need something of extreme value. Even one's soul might not be enough a bargaining chip for such a creature, as for it it's merely food."
- [9:04 PM] Mizuki: (inb4: master I trust your judgement)
- [9:04 PM] Faerie: (That said, Master... I trust your judgement)
- [9:04 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Should you be able to offer it a fair trade.... There's nothing stopping it from taking whatever you have with force, anyway, Master."
- [9:06 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Azura's eyes glint dangerously, catching a ray of light. "Arcane power... It's the 'soma' that we sought, the addiction of power. Some falls and gives into the addiction, while others use it to fuel themselves into excellence. What will you do, Master?"
- [9:06 PM] Faerie: (Why wouldn't it get its cake and eat it, provided it can? ''Because it wouldn't be fair or nice'' isn't nearly reason enough for a Lich :sadpopo:)(edited)
- [9:06 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Azura's tail swishes back and forth, as if almost... delighted, in Alicia asking a question that touches upon a difficult field in arcane study.
- [9:07 PM] Mizuki: (is Azura asking me if I want to become a lich?)
- [9:07 PM] Mizuki: (:sadpopo:)
- [9:07 PM] Faerie: (She's likening it to drug addiction. So yes.)
- [9:07 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Addiction that you can't deny, the gateway drug named magic missile)
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- [9:08 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (3d4+3 dose of euphoria right into the enemy's HP)
- [9:08 PM] Mizuki: (man :sadpopo:)
- [9:09 PM] Mizuki: (I... don't know what to do.)
- [9:09 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Azura's point of view: Whatever it is that you do, as long as you came to that conclusion after some thought - hey, good, you are learning!)
- [9:09 PM] Mizuki: (:sadpopo: game's hard)
- [9:09 PM] Faerie: (You can start by apologizing to Razmik!)
- [9:09 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (kek)
- [9:09 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Anyways,"
- [9:09 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow dusts himself.
- [9:10 PM] Faerie: ''Complex it is, it seems. Hm?''
- [9:10 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "The thing that /I/ have to do doesn't change. I go with Recelle, and we go take that tower for you while you lot take the keep, correct?"
- [9:10 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Whatever it is that you do, as long as you don't screw up..." Shadow grins. "We'll be just fine."
- [9:10 PM] Mizuki: "My plan... still stands" - Said Alicia sounding a bit more uncertain... Everyone seems so against it...
- [9:11 PM] Mizuki: (Alicia is now sad, :sadpopo:)
- [9:11 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "..." Recelle pauses. "Claire, if you can contact her somehow, might be somewhat of a better choice than dealing with the lich ourselves."
- [9:11 PM] Faerie: Razmik collects his thoughts, then casts his vote. ''Sounds like the way to go, for me.''
- [9:11 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Nothing in the prophecy speaks of anything about a ghoul changing into a lich, and even if that's the case, being a fervent worshipper of Lathander, it should ... be fine?"
- [9:12 PM] Faerie: ''As for you,'', he turns to face Shadow, then Recelle ''this goes without saying, but we need you two to be careful out there.''(edited)
- [9:12 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Recelle smiles and raises a thumb. "Got it!"
- [9:12 PM] Mizuki: "As an undead who kept her conscience, she's the one with more experience on the matter...." - Said Alicia - "But I don't know if we have time for that."
- [9:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shadow nods, tossing Tot toward Razmik. "Doomwind will protect you whilest I am away."
- [9:13 PM] Faerie: Claire seemed trustworthy enough, Razmik admits!
- [9:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Tot looks dismayed.
- [9:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I know what he said, but fam...." Tot hesitantly looks at the PALADIN's HOLY SYMBOL. "Uh...."
- [9:13 PM] Mizuki: (then wait, what's happening? Where's Recelle and Shadow going?)
- [9:14 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Shadow decide that it doesn't change what his place in the whole plan is, to get the pallies to contest the tower whlie the rest of you go for the keep.)
- [9:14 PM] Mizuki: (recelle and shadow get paladins, secure the tower, we look for claire and talk to the lich? is that it?)
- [9:14 PM] Faerie: Catching the fell-kitten in his arms, Razmik gives it a nod, uncertain. ''Hey, uh. If you ever get hungry, just ask?''
- [9:14 PM] Faerie: How do hellcats work, again?
- [9:14 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: As stated previously, you have roughly 4 - 6 hours to do the whole thing.
- [9:14 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Poorly, Razmik.
- [9:15 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "As long as you feed me something normal and not 'the soul of a thousand youngs boiled in the fetal liquid of their mother', also known as bread dipped in water, and just give me the loaf, I'll be fine, thank you."
- [9:16 PM] Faerie: ''...'kay.''
- Wow, Doomwind said some strange things, for a cat.
- [9:16 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Shadow is strictly not WRONG, bread's made of thousands of wheats, and theoretically water is part of the parent of a bread. :sadpopo: )
- [9:17 PM] Faerie: (I imagined, but... that's a colorful way to put it, aha)
- [9:17 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: With the GMPCs out of the way plan underway, what will you do? Fine Claire first, then lich, then keep? Or perhaps some other sort of route?
- [9:17 PM] Mizuki: "Well, lets get going then. Recelle, Shadow, get some help and secure that tower!" - Said Alicia. Finally time to put things in motion - "Stay safe, you two."
- [9:18 PM] Faerie: ''Any objections, then? We seem to have a clear picture, for the time being.''
- [9:18 PM] Mizuki: "We... Look for Claire then?" - Asked Alicia staring at Raz
- [9:18 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Also http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MotherOfAThousandYoung )
- TV Tropes
- Mother of a Thousand Young - TV Tropes
- Named after H.P. Lovecraft's Shub-Niggurath, the Mother of a Thousand Young is one Older Than Dirt, going all the way back to the Sumerian Tiamat. The trope …
- [9:19 PM] Faerie: (>no bread as picture)
- [9:20 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Arisa seems a bit exhausted after the rituals to conjure answer from the divinity.
- [9:20 PM] Faerie: Truthfully, Razmik was thinking of making their way to the keep first and foremost. But since it would take the Dynamic Due some time to get to the Complex, and then some more for the order within to assemble, it seemed like...
- [9:20 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "For the time being... You can leave the eggs with me, ok?" She smiles at Alicia. "But once they hatch and stuffs, do come back for them. Preferably, after this is all over, and you activate the barriers, mm?"
- [9:21 PM] Faerie: ''Finding Claire should be fair game. Worth a shot, for starters; it'll be a bit before Recelle and Shadow get to the tower.''
- [9:21 PM] Mizuki: "Thanks for putting us on the right track, Arisa" - She said patting her head - "And sure thing, we will be back!"
- [9:22 PM] Mizuki: (then Claire>Lich>tower, lets go!)
- [9:23 PM] Faerie: ''Uh, if anyone wakes up or... you know, wakes up... You know what, don't worry about it. If anyone asks, just send them our way, Arisa.''
- [9:23 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Arisa seems to have enjoyed it, smiling happily.
- [9:23 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Mmhmm!"
- [9:23 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Now, you are on your merry way, off to see the wizard...
- [9:24 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Or rather, the person that'll talk with the wizard. Or rather, a crazy undead with power to destroy mankind if he puts his crazy mind to it.
- [9:24 PM] Mizuki: (wait, how the fug do we find Claire?)
- [9:24 PM] Faerie: Razmik goes back to preparing his gear, before returning to the clergy. ''Seems like we are in your debt again. Thank you for letting us stay, and for everything else!''
- [9:24 PM] Faerie: (I was thinking Claire > Keep, myself. Let's just talk to her about it, and let her do ghoul_things?)
- [9:25 PM] Mizuki: (well, we can decide later, but there's no point of getting claire if we don't talk to the lich)
- [9:25 PM] Faerie: (As Koga says, we aren't really gonna go to the Lich's place with her)
- [9:25 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Claire might be easy to locate as one of the only undeads that's smart enough to roam the rooftop.)
- [9:25 PM] Faerie: (I was thinking of the rooftops, actually~ Since that's where she was last time, it should be easy to spot most things from up there anyway)
- [9:26 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d100
- [9:26 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d100]: 62, Result: 62
- [9:26 PM] Faerie: After that very productive bout of words, words, and more words, Razmik takes his sweet time to stretch, right at the entrance of Mielikki's temple.
- [9:26 PM] Faerie: (How's the snow outside, anyway?)
- [9:26 PM] Mizuki: "Last time she was on the temple district, is that right? We should start here." - Suggested Alicia getting close to Raz and whispering. - "Our argument got a little... heated back there, didn't it?"(edited)
- [9:27 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (>"There")
- [9:27 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (>you are right in the temple district)
- [9:27 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (You mean "here", yes?)
- [9:27 PM] Mizuki: (whoops)
- [9:28 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Azura lazily finds her way to Alicia's shoulder, drooping down while swishing her tail back and forth.
- [9:28 PM] Faerie: ''Well, how would you react if I asked you to burn your spellbook? Even if I said 'please'?''. Razmik shrugs it off.
- [9:29 PM] Faerie: No harm done, he's heard more offensive things!
- [9:29 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The snow is still drifting, seemingly with no end.
- [9:29 PM] Faerie: (Looks like we're gonna go snow-spotting :sadpopo:)
- [9:29 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The cold's starting to settle into the town, and the eerie silence of it all...
- [9:30 PM] Mizuki: "Well... If it were to save an entire world, you bet I would burn that spellbook." - Whispered Alicia back
- [9:30 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The silence, the unbearable silence.
- [9:30 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The rooftop seems alien, in a way, when covered with snow. Fresh footprints, that of Shadow and Recelle, marks the spot where they ascended.
- [9:31 PM] Faerie: Raz minds his step - it'd be bad to fall off, with all the snow there, and all. Anything out of the ordinary around, anyway? Down there, maybe. Or maybe up here.
- [9:31 PM] Faerie: Anything the group should go ''whoa, look at that'' around? :sadpopo:
- [9:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: There's a noticibly lesser amount of zombies in the street, though that's to say - it's still with a good number of zombies.
- [9:32 PM] Mizuki: "Let me know if you spot anything, Azura" - Said Alicia telepathically petting the cat
- [9:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The lack of disturbance makes the snow pristine and fresh, and tracks extremely easy to follow within a short period of time.
- [9:32 PM] Runic: "Not as much undead compared to before, probably from the cold coming from the snow"
- [9:32 PM] Faerie: ''That's the thing, in my eyes - a slight chance at making this slightly easier for us, overall, is not worth the very real possibility of getting all of us damned.''
- [9:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d100
- [9:32 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d100]: 99, Result: 99
- [9:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ...
- [9:33 PM] Faerie: ''I wonder if zombies hibernate?''
- [9:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: And, uh
- [9:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You find that, in the nearby rooftop of an unmarked temple - at least to your eyes - there's a small bunker.
- [9:33 PM] Runic: "Maybe, or perhaps they prefer to stay somewhere warm instead like me, probably inside"(edited)
- [9:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A bunker made of scrap wood and the like, a shelter of some sort, with what appears to be two ghouls standing outside.
- [9:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: :firepopo:
- [9:34 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 7, Result: 7
- [9:34 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
- [9:34 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 8, Result: 8
- [9:34 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The ghouls collectively failed to notice you.
- [9:34 PM] Faerie: Razmik beckons, and points at the roof-trench. ''I wonder if she's with them...''.
- [9:34 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: They seems to be distracted, ... playing some sort of chess against each other.
- [9:34 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: They make for very poor watchman.
- [9:35 PM] Faerie: (Wow. They can do that?)
- [9:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Given a removal of bloodlust and HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPO.)
- [9:35 PM] Mizuki: "I bet she is." - Said Alicia - "Come on, lets head there!"
- [9:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: What's your angle of approach?
- [9:35 PM] Faerie: How close was the group to the two watchghouls?
- [9:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Magic Missile ablazing?
- [9:36 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Withint eyesight range, despite everything... so 180 feet across the street or so.
- [9:36 PM] Faerie: Peaceful, hopefully.
- [9:36 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A good bow shot can hit them, or rifle, obviously.
- [9:36 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: But that's not what you are here to do.
- [9:36 PM] Faerie: That doesn't sound very peaceful.
- [9:36 PM] Mizuki: "Lets approach from the front, we shouldn't startle them."- Suggested Alicia
- [9:37 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Given that line of approach, you... Enter their sight range, and hail them.
- [9:37 PM] Faerie: ''Lexon, can you take point? Your, uh, frame might help you go unnoticed. Plus, you're fast.''
- [9:37 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The ghouls turn to you, startled, with one raising a spear by reflex. Then dropping it because >le ghoul.
- [9:37 PM] Faerie: Well, if Alicia's already walking towards them. :sadpopo:
- [9:37 PM] Runic: "Sure I'll go first"
- [9:37 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The other one halts his companion.
- [9:37 PM] Faerie: I just wanted Lexon to check for symbols.
- [9:37 PM] Mizuki: (too late, Alicia already ruined everything)
- [9:38 PM] Runic: (Local wiznerd ruins everything!)
- [9:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Child of man, friend of our spiritual leader." The other ghoul, dressed in white robe, grins.
- [9:38 PM] Runic: "Nevermind then"
- [9:38 PM] Mizuki: "How you guys doing? Been a while" - Greeted Alicia
- [9:38 PM] Faerie: Razmik salutes like you'd do to a guardman, behind Alicia. Spending time around John made him proficient in such matters.
- [9:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "You approach, yes? Come, come, it must be cold for the living." He waves you closer. "We have no tea, but we've some games and a shelter."
- [9:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: >no tea
- [9:39 PM] Runic: Lexon stays just behind, unfamilier with the ghoul companions his allies have met beforehand
- [9:40 PM] Faerie: ''Well met. We're here to speak with you folks.'', said Razmik coming closer, assuredly calmer than last time.
- [9:40 PM] Faerie: He notes that it wouldn't be needed, but thanks them for the gesture regardless.
- [9:40 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The guardsman ghoul looks at you with a level of suspection.
- [9:40 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The robed ghoul, however, seems friendly.
- [9:41 PM] Mizuki: "Is Claire around?" - Asked Alicia
- [9:41 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The robed ghoul nods. "Yes, actually - you are in luck, she just returned."
- [9:42 PM] Mizuki: "Oh, I'm glad" - She said - "We actually came to discuss some pretty serious matters..."
- [9:42 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Should I call for her?" Noticing a degree of unease from you (Primarily from Lexon), the robed ghoul nods.
- [9:42 PM] Faerie: While waiting around with a vacant smile on his face, Razmik looks over to their game of choice. Did it look like anything he knew about?
- [9:42 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I'll get her for you in a second. Meanwhile - Barry, keep them company."
- [9:42 PM] Mizuki: "Please do"
- [9:42 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Barry, the ghoul guard, looks at Razmik. With a frown.
- [9:43 PM] Faerie: ''Ah, thanks. We'll wait here.''
- [9:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It's a ... form of chess. Dragonchess pieces, actually.
- [9:43 PM] Faerie: Razmik glances over at Barry. Barry the Guard.
- [9:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It's not all just one set - it seems that the red side were missing a few pieces, and a few bronze-colored pieces were used instead as replacement.
- [9:44 PM] Faerie: He keeps smiling before breaking eye contact. Didn't wanna make him uncomfortable.
- [9:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Barry... Kept. Staring. At. You.
- [9:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Unnerving, unending, unwavering, steely gaze of a guardian.
- [9:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ...
- [9:44 PM] Mizuki: "What are you guys playing?" - Asked Alicia
- [9:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Uncomfortable silence settles.
- [9:44 PM] Faerie: Okay, yeah. He totally broke off eye contact because he was feeling uncomfortable.
- [9:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "..." Barry gazes at Alicia.
- [9:45 PM] Faerie: ''I'm behaving...'', Razmik thought.(edited)
- [9:45 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... Dragonchess."
- [9:45 PM] Mizuki: "Never played it before" - Said Alicia - "Been ages since I last played normal chess too, actually..."
- [9:46 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "... This is normal chess." Barry narrows his gaze.
- [9:46 PM] Faerie: cough
- [9:46 PM] Faerie: Oh, man. Awkward...
- [9:46 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Previously, I would question you where you are from and if you had any identifications." Barry states.
- [9:46 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "For now, you are free to... Stay." He pauses, stopping at "go".
- [9:47 PM] Mizuki: "So, the name dragon chess is just because of the design of the pieces?" - She asked
- [9:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The awkwardness in the air is broken, when the ghoul returns - with Claire, who seems surprised at the group's presence.
- [9:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Barry stares at Alicia still, as if questioning the mage's intellect.
- [9:48 PM] Faerie: ''I see. We're here to help, is all... althought there's not much we carry in the way of identification, I apologize.''
- [9:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "It's a pleasant surprise to find you once again in this dark time, brother." Claire speaks, her voice as raspy as you remember it.
- [9:48 PM] Faerie: Well, not much besides his engraved shield, that is...
- [9:49 PM] Mizuki: (>tfw I'll never know what dragonchess is)
- [9:49 PM] Faerie: (Hey, guys
- [9:49 PM] Faerie: Guys)
- [9:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Barry stares steely at the group, acting as a silently, beefy, undead bodyguard.
- [9:50 PM] Faerie: ''Sister. Greetings, the pleasure is two-fold!'', Razmik greets, noticeably less agitated at her presence.
- [9:50 PM] Mizuki: "Good to see you Claire." - Said Alicia simply
- [9:51 PM] Faerie: ''A lot has happened since we last talked, but sadly we come to talk of business this time.''
- [9:52 PM] Mizuki: "We are almost activating the abjuration spell to banish malevolent undead and protect the city." - Started Alicia - "But there's a problem."
- [9:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Claire nods, listening intently.
- [9:52 PM] Faerie: ''That's putting it mildly.''
- [9:53 PM] Mizuki: "First thing, there might be some undead trying to activate it first, and use it to banish the living." - She said. - "An skeleton minotaur activated one of the towers while we were heading there."
- [9:53 PM] Faerie: Razmik listens to Alicia's explanation, and and readies an action to say how much of an awful idea talking to the Lich would be, when that inevitably comes up!
- [9:53 PM] Faerie: (Just kidding.)
- [9:54 PM] Mizuki: "And that... Isn't the worst of it, actually." - She continued - "We plan to secure the last tower, and activate it after the keep, with the final mechanism has been cleared. That plan is already in motion."
- [9:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "The news is delightful." Claire nods, listening still.
- [9:56 PM] Mizuki: "But there's someone that might disrupt our plans. A Lich." - She said - "We met him before, and needless to say, he has enough power to simply destroy our party. That's why, we want to... make a deal with him."(edited)
- [9:57 PM] Faerie: ''I object to that.''
- [9:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "One should not deal with a lich, child." Claire merely states.
- [9:58 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "You don't deal with three things in the multiverse... Dragons, lichs, and demons."
- [9:58 PM] Faerie: ''It's true that if, unchecked, it might jeopardize the integrity of our whole plan, but what we seek is to find some way to make sure he doesn't interfere. That's all.''
- [9:58 PM] Mizuki: "I'm completely aware." - Said Alicia - "But we seeked the advice of Mielikki about this matter."
- [9:59 PM] Faerie: Ignoring the fact that they had already dealt with two of those things, Razmik tries to be honest about the issue with Claire.
- [9:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Claire nods. "That's... Sensible enough."
- [10:00 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "And? Where do I fall in this grand scheme of things?" She grins, toothily.
- [10:00 PM] Mizuki: "According to what she said, if we ignore the taboo it would plunge the world into darkness" - Said Alicia - "And that only the dead, can communicate with the dead."
- [10:00 PM] Faerie: ''We got a tender to one of Mielikki's shrines' help: she was able to consult with us on that matter, and unsurprisingly, to deal with undeath in such a way means to become dead oneself.''
- [10:01 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Alright.
- [10:01 PM] Faerie: Razmik explains their reasoning. ''The advice was... cryptic, should we say. Cryptic enough to interpret it a few different ways, here and there.''
- [10:02 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The ghoul before you frowns a bit. "Well." Claire continues, "So you wish for me to talk with this lich of yours, about ... Not interfering afterward?"
- [10:02 PM] Faerie: ''Do you understand where our doubts come from, sister? I thought it would be pertinent to ask you about this, as someone who has crossed over that line.''
- [10:03 PM] Mizuki: "Yes... Both after, and during the execution of the plan." - Said Alicia - "Needless to say, we will be there with you."
- [10:03 PM] Faerie: About that... ''I find the idea distasteful. We would like to know what you think of the whole issue, first and foremost.''
- [10:03 PM] Mizuki: Alicia doesn't want to look like Claire is the only one putting herself at risk.
- [10:04 PM] Faerie: They had already been over this, right? Razmik said he wouldn't turn up to talk to the Lich on principle, and asking Claire to do it in their stead would be hypocrisy.
- [10:05 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "As you may've come to realize, my primary concern is with the dead. Talking with the dead, changing their ways as to be more of what they were like when they are alive." Claire states, "A lich is someone who've willingly given up their humanity - there's nothing to save, of those lost and forever cursed. The only liberation comes even in form of their soul being forever shattered... I do not think I have the power to merely change the lich's mind."
- [10:05 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Now... As for dealing WITH the lich..."
- [10:06 PM] Mizuki: (oh man, here it comes)
- [10:06 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Claire thinks to herself, "I know of someone, a traveller who's recently in this town. I am able to find and ask her to deal with the lich together, but it won't end in a peaceful confrontation between us and the lich. Would that be acceptable, brother?"
- [10:07 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "She is largely against my nature as one of the dead, but reveres the Morninglord enough to recognize my purpose on this earth still. A hunter of the dead, a vampire slayer..."
- [10:07 PM] Faerie: ''...A traveler? What do you speak of, sister...''
- [10:08 PM] Faerie: Razmik gasps at the realization. Certain things made a bit more sense now!
- [10:08 PM] Faerie: ''If we think of the same hunter, we may have seen their handiwork already...''
- [10:09 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "She shares the name of the dark moon, Shar, yet she is as bright as Selune in her full glory." Claire smiles softly. "Really? It seems that the Morninglord guides our ways still."
- [10:09 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I am able to invite this Shar with me to the hunt of this lich, I believe."
- [10:10 PM] Mizuki: "Claire, I'm sorry but do you think she is up to the task?" - Asked Alicia - "Liches are far stronger than vampires, and I assure you, this one is well equiped."
- [10:12 PM] Faerie: ''That might be an unneeded question, but... I would also like to know what you plan on doing after, sister.''
- [10:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: :thinking:
- [10:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Give me a wisdom check, both of you present.
- [10:13 PM] Faerie: Alicia had the right of it. Coming out of a confrontation with a Lich alive... ''Would she really be willing to throw her life away like that? And what of yours?''
- [10:13 PM] Faerie: roll 1d20+1
- [10:13 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+1]: 20, Result: 21
- [10:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Shar's an unusual name.
- [10:13 PM] Runic: (wew)
- [10:13 PM] Mizuki: roll 1d20+2
- [10:13 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+2]: 9, Result: 11
- [10:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: As a deity's name, it's not one that's commonly used.
- [10:14 PM] Mizuki: (wizard bonus applies here, right? :sadpopo:)
- [10:14 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A voice echoes in your mind, that of a certain Dwarf:
- "There was an adventurer group once. The leader, my sworn brother, I call him Alex, and he called me Old Fart." The Dwarf grins. "There's Alex's wife, Shar. The three of us, we did a lot of silly things, along with some other folks." (Log 14)
- [10:14 PM] Faerie: (PLS)
- [10:15 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Is it merely a coincidence?
- [10:15 PM] Faerie: Razmik's face loses some of its color. He grows silent... Afraid to ask.
- [10:15 PM] Mizuki: (oh man, fucking nice)
- [10:15 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
- [10:15 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 10, Result: 10
- [10:15 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Yes, my brother?" Claire seems a bit confused at Razmik's reaction.
- [10:16 PM] Mizuki: "Everything alright, Raz?
- [10:16 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Afterward? Well, with the undead out of the city, it would best for me to go around and convert them, or destroy them." Claire shrugs.
- [10:16 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "I would have the entire world to work with, once this town is safe."
- [10:17 PM] Faerie: ''What was Alexander's wife called, again? 'Shar' doesn't reeeally strike one as a common name, around these parts...''
- [10:17 PM] Faerie: Razmik thinks that, maybe, they should have brought Shadow along.
- [10:18 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Or perhaps it's for that exact reason I motioned and pushed Shadow off to another path :smugpopo: )
- [10:18 PM] Faerie: ''Is that so? I fear for your safety, still. What do you think is the worst that could happen to someone standing up to a Lich?''
- [10:18 PM] Faerie: (Well, what seemed even stranger was how he took Recelle along with him!)
- [10:18 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Claire grins.
- [10:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "To slay a lich, to destroy one utterly... One should aspire to it, in our order, brother."
- [10:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "No honor can be of any higher."
- [10:20 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A mental image of Claire, with her ghoul claws radiating holy light, smiting the evil out of the lich, suddenly flashes before your eyes.
- [10:20 PM] Faerie: Razmik sighs. There was truth to her words, but... but...
- [10:20 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It's a subtly awkward mental image.(edited)
- [10:20 PM] Faerie: It was pitiable that she should have to carry that burden.(edited)
- [10:20 PM] Mizuki: (brb)
- [10:21 PM] Faerie: ''And honor us all, you do. I understand.''
- [10:22 PM] Faerie: Razmik felt as his connection to the Morninglord strengthened, just by hearing of Claire's deed.
- [10:23 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Claire shrugs. "That, and I've seen Shar worked; She's famous, you realize? A heroic undead slayer. The only reason she disappeared in the adventuring field... People say that she had a chlid, but I, for one, do not understand if anyone can tame Shar enough to have her willing to rear a kid. Liches are considerably more fragile than a few other things. They are famous, not because of strength, but because they represent the darkest side of humanity."
- [10:24 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "And... I may be like this now, but returning the dead to dust has always been our jobs." Claire smiles softly, reaching out with a hand to Razmik's shoulder.
- [10:24 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "And should I expire, I would merely return to our lord's side."
- [10:25 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "That, to shed this accursed form in combat for the glory of the Morninglord... No greater honor can fall to one such as I."
- [10:25 PM] Faerie: Claire's smile was bright in Razmik's eye, indeed. Besides, he had never considered the side of Lichdom that way...
- [10:26 PM] Mizuki: (there's absolutely nothing wrong with lichdom)
- [10:26 PM] Faerie: He had started to feel positively jacked up, all due to her words.(edited)
- [10:26 PM] Faerie: ''And I would know of no greater honor than to have one such as you aid us.''
- [10:27 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "Our order do not have a habit of burning the young shoots in the flame of battle, unlike that of the Tempus or Thor, however." Her voice changes a tone, "So ... I would advice against you to join us, even if you wish to see the fight. Not that you'll be in the way, you understand...."
- [10:27 PM] Faerie: Razmik places his hand on Claire's stretched arm, and squeezes gently, as if to acknowledge.
- [10:28 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: "But it'd take everything we have." She finishes. "So it'd be extremely risky for you to join us. Should you choose to do so, I cannot stop you, as it's your right..."
- [10:28 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (>Optional boss fight.jpg)
- [10:28 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (As per the prophecy, gl hf.)
- [10:29 PM] Runic: "S-should we join in, orrr?" he wispers to his companions
- [10:29 PM] Mizuki: (>21cr)
- [10:29 PM] Faerie: ''My sword arm would not be of much help, I fear... I don't like it, but it's the truth.'', Razmik states.
- [10:30 PM] Faerie: ''It hurts to admit my own weakness, but please be honest with me. Do you think our presence would be better needed elsewhere?''
- [10:30 PM] Faerie: Someone had to deal with the keep, after all...
- [10:30 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (As the matter is settled; there IS a way for the party to take on the lich yourselves, with perhaps stupid high loss. Denalthir has indirectly inherited one of Shar's weapon, which as a finishing blow would disallow any and all resurrecting effects on undeads.)
- [10:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (That, obviously, include a lich's phylactery regeneration.)
- [10:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (That being said, that's a last resort, type of deal.)
- [10:31 PM] Mizuki: (stupid high loss?)
- [10:32 PM] Faerie: (Holy shit.)
- [10:32 PM] Faerie: (Yeah, loss measured in bodies)
- [10:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (If the party made it, you are looking at at least half of the party dead or so,if not more)
- [10:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (But the weapon makes it from 0% to 10% at least.)
- [10:32 PM] Faerie: (Gee, I wonder who the first to go would be ;_;)
- [10:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Protip: Lich's crazy, not stupid.)
- [10:32 PM] Mizuki: (fuck this lich lads, lets go to the keep :sadpopo:)
- [10:33 PM] Faerie: (I just hope Claire doesn't fucking implode into a sunburst)
- [10:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: With everything like detail of timing, when and what to expect etc worked out quickly between Claire and you, the plans are further set in motion...
- [10:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: And, with all the things on the side taken care of, there's just one thing that you need to do, it seems...
- [10:33 PM] Mizuki: (rip claire ;-;7)
- [10:34 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Can you really reasonably ask a ghoul to RIP though :thinking: )
- [10:34 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Isn't that like telling a ghoul to die again :thinking: )
- [10:34 PM] Faerie: (But she said her soul would be free to go afterward!)
- [10:35 PM] Mizuki: "Claire... I'm sure we will see each other again, but our fight is at the keep." - Said Alicia - "Be careful."
- [10:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Undeads don't die when they rest in peace, silly, that's like sleeping!)
- [10:35 PM] Mizuki: (there, I raised the flag)
- [10:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Claire grins toothily at Alicia.
- [10:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Raise your flag.mp4)
- [10:36 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (OOC question: How much time do you lot have still?)
- [10:36 PM] Faerie: (Until I get tired. Whoo!)
- [10:36 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (The keep segment have a few things I have in mind; a part of it might be able to be complete given about an hour or two, like... midboss fights or something?)
- [10:36 PM] Runic: (Probably about annother hour and 30, at best)(edited)
- [10:37 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Might be pushing the boundary a little, so it's up to you folks!)
- [10:37 PM] Mizuki: (maybe we should wait for more players to do this part, it's the climax of this adventure after all)
- [10:37 PM] Mizuki: (but I can keep going)
- [10:37 PM] Faerie: (We can always disregard checking for traps to go fast :smugsatori:)
- [10:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Well, there's more than one climax)
- [10:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ( :smugpopo: )
- [10:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ( One does not simply climax and call it a day, Mizu.)
- [10:38 PM] Faerie: (Oh, I thought the climax was... y'know, the wand. And then the GIANT SPACE LICH OUTTA NOWHERE fight)
- [10:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ( :smugpopo: :smugpopo: :smugpopo: ... :troubledkoga: )
- [10:38 PM] Runic: (Well if that's the case, then might as well keep going)
- [10:38 PM] Faerie: (''Let's BONE this skellefucker'')
- [10:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d100
- [10:38 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d100]: 18, Result: 18
- [10:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The party steels themselves for trails and tribulations to come...
- [10:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The first thing to do, is to get to the keep.
- [10:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Fortunately, it's a big structure that's really obvious, and there are ways to get there.
- [10:39 PM] Mizuki: (man, sometimes I don't know if it's alicia or me speaking :sadpopo: )
- [10:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Unfortunately, the snowstorm seems to get stronger, deeper...
- [10:39 PM] Mizuki: (sorry about my constant OOC in character)
- [10:40 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: An omnious air flows, griping down the atmosphere, showering the world in snow and ice.
- [10:40 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You are able to use the cover of the snowstorm to prevent much of the wild undeads, and arrive at the castle ground without too much ... Issues.
- [10:41 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: But, give me a constitution roll. All of you.
- NEW MESSAGES
- [10:41 PM] Faerie: Sounds like... the black wind howls? :smugsatori:
- [10:41 PM] Mizuki: roll 1d20+2
- [10:41 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+2]: 18, Result: 20
- [10:41 PM] Faerie: Uh, constitution check? Or save?
- [10:41 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: saving throw, rather
- [10:41 PM] Runic: roll 1d20+2
- [10:41 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+2]: 16, Result: 18
- [10:41 PM] Faerie: (I thought there were no... oh, that's skills, nevermind)
- [10:42 PM] Faerie: (>saving throw
- ACTIVATE IT)
- [10:42 PM] Faerie: roll 1d20+5
- [10:42 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+5]: 7, Result: 12
- [10:42 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: wew
- [10:42 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Everyone (Razmik, barely) avoided the side effect of travelling in length in the snowstorm.
- [10:42 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: None of you are exhausted.
- [10:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Arriving at the castle ground, past the unmanned gate,
- [10:43 PM] Mizuki: (we didn't take a long rest, right?)
- [10:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: you see the remain of an ancient battlefield.
- [10:43 PM] Faerie: (Wow, two rolls in and Resilient already paid for itself :sadpopo: :sadpopo: :sadpopo:)
- [10:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (If you did, it might've been gameover already)
- [10:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ( :smugpopo: )
- [10:43 PM] Mizuki: (be warned you guys, Alicia is far from 100% :sadpopo:)
- [10:44 PM] Faerie: (But that's... all the time... Your MPR is off the charts. Yes, that's Missiles per minute)
- [10:44 PM] Mizuki: (ruby ded, wand ded 3 level 1 casts and 1 level 2)
- [10:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Skeletons, broken and shattered pieces scatter in the courtyard.
- [10:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Dead bodies of guards, gnawled, broken.... Gears crushed under foot of unknown beings.
- [10:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: And, as you approach, a strange, mulching sound.
- [10:45 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A wet, slurping sound, from the ground.
- [10:45 PM] Faerie: This place seemed even less pleasant than the arena. At least it was warm in there.
- [10:45 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: What... Will you do?
- [10:46 PM] Faerie: ''That sounds gross. Eyes up, you two'', Razmik says while trying to...
- [10:46 PM] Faerie: Identify the sound? Probably a tall order.
- [10:46 PM] Faerie: What was with the ground?
- [10:46 PM] Runic: Lexon quickly looks around, and try to figure out where that sound is coming from, and what the heck is it
- [10:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Something's very wrong. The ground starts rumbling, just slightly...
- [10:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The slurping sound, and grinding, bones, meat, stone being crushed....
- [10:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It's from the ground.
- [10:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It's underground. Something is underground.
- [10:47 PM] Mizuki: Alicia does the same. She tries to think of any creature that might be causing it.
- [10:47 PM] Mizuki: (arcana?)
- [10:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Give me an Arcana, Alicia.
- [10:47 PM] Faerie: ''Figure we might want to back off a bit?''
- [10:48 PM] Mizuki: roll 1d20+6
- [10:48 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+6]: 18, Result: 24
- [10:48 PM] Faerie: Razmik stands his ground, ready to jump back if that sound gets any closer.
- [10:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Lexon, perception.
- [10:48 PM] Runic: roll 1d20
- [10:48 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 14, Result: 14
- [10:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Tunneling beings... The sound doesn't sound like that of a giant worm, or anything like a Xill or anything else.
- [10:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It sounds... Almost like an Earth Elemental, but something is very wrong with the ... Sound, the sound, the sound,
- [10:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: it sounds strange. The bones, the body, it isn't right for a pure elemental to sound like a cursed, walking graveyard.
- [10:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Lexon, you feel a chill down your spine, as if a sixth sense fired off.
- [10:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You smell something, despite the snow and everything: A scent of undeath, and of grave dirt.
- [10:50 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... You have about 1 combat round to prepare, before we roll initiative.
- [10:51 PM] Faerie: Ground bones... That definitely didn't sound like a living thing.
- [10:51 PM] Mizuki: Alicia looks around. That thing was below the ground. Maybe there were some safer place to stand and avoid instant death.
- [10:51 PM] Faerie: (Alicia's at +5HP)
- [10:51 PM] KogasaGaSagasa:
- [10:51 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A normal Earth Elemental, according to Alicia's knowledge.
- [10:52 PM] Mizuki: (thanks for reminding me, Fae)
- [10:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Stand...
- [10:52 PM] Faerie: (Oh, shit.)
- [10:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: There's a lack of good position. There's the dirt ground covered by snow, and...
- [10:52 PM] Faerie: Razmik is about to upcast the goold 'ol Blessingeridoo. Before he realizes there's no one else around, besides for Lexon, Alicia and him
- [10:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You won't make it to the keep's moat or wall in time - it'll take you hafl a minute to reach there.
- [10:53 PM] Faerie: He fiddles around with his pouch for a second, before settling on using his shield as a focus instead.
- [10:53 PM] Faerie: Bless.
- [10:53 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Razmik: Bless everyone
- Lexon: ?
- Alicia: ?
- [10:53 PM] Faerie: ''Looks like this thing won't let us through, do we have no choice?''
- [10:53 PM] Runic: Lexon takes the time to dawn his shortsword, preparing to fight whatever this creature is
- [10:54 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Razmik: Bless everyone
- Lexon: Ready action to strike with Reaction
- Alicia: ?
- [10:54 PM] Mizuki: (I-I don't know)
- [10:54 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (This is where mages normally cast Mage Armor, but you dont roll that way)
- [10:55 PM] Mizuki: Alicia prepares to attack with a spell
- [10:55 PM] Mizuki: (war caster)
- [10:56 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Ready action to cast which spell on what condition (Likely when the earth elemental? appear, r ight?), Alicia?
- [10:56 PM] Mizuki: (I can use my reaction to attack with a spell, right?)
- [10:56 PM] Faerie: As Razmik's chant takes hold, he feels his focus on the spell unwavering. He then readies himself to see his allies to the other side.
- [10:56 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (You can do that normally; that is for when you take opportunity attack, you have more optoins. Readying gives you the option to already. )
- [10:56 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Almost as if in greeting, a giant, earthen being seemingly sculpted from rock emerge from the ground.
- [10:57 PM] Mizuki: (When a hostile creature’s movement provokes an opportunity attack from you, you can use your reaction to cast a spell at the creature, rather than making an opportunity attack. The spell must have a casting time of 1 action and must target only that creature. )
- [10:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It stinks of a freshly dug grave, a monstrous being of rock, decorated with slabs of tombstones it seems to have mulched up from elsewhere. Pieces of skeletal bones are stuck to it, and its eye sockets glow with an ancient, undead, malevolence.
- [10:58 PM] Faerie: (I thought Wizards usually casted the armor at the beginning of the day, or when first setting foot outside. But it only lasts eight hours, huh.)
- [10:58 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Given an actual look at the being, you recognize it as a "dead" Earth Elemental - a Necromental, a twisted being created by fell magic, trapping the essence of a elemental and killing it, forcibly making something normally impossible.
- [10:58 PM] Faerie: (Okay, is it fucking graveworm)
- [10:59 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ( http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Necromental for you info nerds out there)
- Forgotten Realms Wiki
- Necromental
- Necromentals were undead remnants of elemental creatures. Several varieties were known to exist including earth, water, and a particularly fiendish type called a blood amniote. ↑ Richard Lee Byers (February 2009). Unholy. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 81–87. ISBN 978-0-7869-5021-8.
- [10:59 PM] Faerie: (I'm getting Dune vibes :sadpopo:)
- [10:59 PM] Faerie: (Ooooh, nice.
- Wait, >info nerds
- Hey!)(edited)
- [11:00 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It radiates an aura of deathly curse, and it screams - in a language you don't understand - for blood and vengeance.
- [11:00 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It appeared right next to you - which means you are able to take your Reactions.
- [11:00 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Lexon, Alicia, go for it!
- [11:00 PM] Runic: roll 1d20+3
- [11:00 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+3]: 3, Result: 6
- [11:00 PM] Mizuki: roll 1d20+3
- [11:00 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+3]: 8, Result: 11
- [11:01 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You give a quick slice, but your blade turns!
- [11:01 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Alicia, what are you doing :firepopo:
- [11:01 PM] Mizuki: (my bad)
- [11:01 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The rock-like surface - it's ACTUALLY ROCK.
- [11:01 PM] Mizuki: ... Magic missile
- [11:01 PM] Mizuki: (:sadpopo:)
- [11:01 PM] Runic: (kek)
- [11:01 PM] Faerie: (Runic, shouldn't your attack roll be +6? Since shortsword proficiency)
- [11:01 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ( > Know thunderwave)
- [11:01 PM] Mizuki: roll 4d4+4 (with a level 4 spell slot)
- [11:01 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [4d4+4]: 2,1,2,4, Result: 13
- [11:01 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (> does not use it)
- [11:02 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Level /2/ spell slot thank you very much :firepopo: )
- [11:02 PM] Faerie: (level 4
- It's time to STOP)
- NEW MESSAGES
- [11:02 PM] Mizuki: (meant level 2)
- [11:02 PM] Mizuki: (:firepopo:)
- [11:02 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: That's fine, no worries.
- [11:02 PM] Mizuki: (so many 4s)
- [11:02 PM] Faerie: (I think Alicia might be a real magic addict, guys)
- [11:02 PM] Runic: (Oh yeah, well whatever)
- [11:02 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Magical force sinks into the earth elemental... which seems to shudder just a moment.
- [11:02 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The earth elemental? reels....
- [11:02 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Roll initiative.
- [11:03 PM] Mizuki: (what happens if I thunderwave the shit out of him here?)
- [11:03 PM] Mizuki: (will it attract undead? :sadpopo:)
- [11:03 PM] Runic: roll 1d20+3
- [11:03 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+3]: 20, Result: 23
- [11:03 PM] Faerie: roll 1d20
- [11:03 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 7, Result: 7
- [11:03 PM] Runic: (ayy)
- [11:03 PM] Mizuki: roll 1d20+3 (initiative)
- [11:03 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+3]: 9, Result: 12
- [11:03 PM] Faerie: (Thunderwave makes no audible noise. At least, not like BOOOM audible)
- [11:03 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (I don't know, but it's normally vulnerable to thunder. The snow's killing sound transference, as I"ve noted a few times)
- [11:04 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (It totally does, Fae)
- [11:04 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (300ft actually)
- [11:04 PM] Faerie: (Oh, nevermind, it does. 300. RIP)
- [11:04 PM] Mizuki: (>IMPLYING)
- [11:04 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20-1
- [11:04 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20-1]: 17, Result: 16
- [11:04 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: :sadpopo:
- [11:04 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Lexon, elemental, Alicia, Razmik.
- [11:04 PM] Mizuki: (man, get ready, Alicia is going to style it up now)
- [11:04 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Lexon, your turn.
- [11:05 PM] Faerie: (Lexon>Necromental>Alicia>Razmik, ayup)
- [11:05 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Razmik, your holy symbol burns with a gentle heat. This being before you, while elemental, is clearly a form of undead to you.
- [11:05 PM] Faerie: (But for real, a level 2 slot for 13 damage's a fucking scam)
- [11:05 PM] Runic: Due to the colossal miss just seconds before, he quickly drops the shortsword deciding to deal with the elemental personally
- [11:05 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Automatic, Fae, that's the reason why it's good.)
- [11:05 PM] Runic: He runs up to it punching it in the face!
- [11:06 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (The damage's a shit tbh)
- NEW MESSAGES
- [11:06 PM] Faerie: (JUST FIREBALL IT BRO)
- [11:06 PM] Mizuki: (RUNIC UR GONNA DIE)
- [11:06 PM] Runic: roll 1d20+6 rolling for hit
- [11:06 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+6]: 17, Result: 23
- [11:06 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Solid hit.
- [11:06 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Last I checked, your fist isn't magical, right?
- [11:06 PM] Runic: roll 1d4+3
- [11:06 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d4+3]: 3, Result: 6
- [11:06 PM] Runic: (No)
- [11:06 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You feel like you were punching rock.
- [11:06 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The rock, however, cracks slightly.
- [11:07 PM] Mizuki: (STRONG)
- [11:07 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The knowledge you are able to punch through rock isn't the reason that you SHOULD, but you CAN.
- [11:07 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ... Sneak attack applies.
- [11:07 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You have allies within 5ft of it.
- [11:07 PM] Faerie: (...how...)
- [11:07 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (HAMON- I mean, erm.)
- [11:08 PM] Runic: Using my bonus action, Lexon grabs onto a protruding chunk and flips on top of it and procedes to grapple it from behind and attempts to submit it with a chokehold
- [11:08 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (You should roll sneak attack first.)
- [11:08 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (But sure)
- [11:08 PM] Runic: roll 1d20+12 rolling for grapple!
- [11:08 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+12]: 8, Result: 20
- [11:09 PM] Faerie: (Say, since I think it goes on a by-case basis, can I know if this thing's immute to Fear?)
- [11:09 PM] Runic: Screw the sneak attack, its too late for that!
- [11:09 PM] Mizuki: (>grappling something 10x bigger than you)(edited)
- [11:10 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20+5 opposing
- [11:10 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+5]: 18, Result: 23
- [11:10 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Much like the story of young men against colossus and giants, you fling yourself up precariously, much like parkouring, and pins the giant pile of rock down.
- [11:10 PM] Runic: (DICEBOT)
- [11:10 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Unfortunately, pinning a pile of rock to the ground was proving to be futile of an attempt.
- [11:10 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It shakes and roars, in Terran.
- [11:10 PM] Faerie: (AGRO!)
- [11:11 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (you could've punched for more damage than magic missiles, btw)
- [11:11 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ( :sadpopo: )
- [11:11 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Anything else, Lexon?
- [11:11 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (it's a scary thought, the fact that you can)
- [11:11 PM] Runic: That's the end of his turn
- [11:11 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Also, you have +9 - the only thing that doubles should be your proficiency bonus)
- [11:12 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Assuming expertise)
- [11:12 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (+3 pro x 2 = +6, +3 str = +9 athletics)
- [11:12 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The elemental stirs....
- [11:12 PM] Faerie: (That's still a hell of a modifier)
- [11:12 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: And raises two giant slabs of stone it call arms.
- [11:13 PM] Runic: (Ahh okay, I thought the modifier would be at the end)
- [11:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20+8 Slam against Lexon
- [11:13 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+8]: 9, Result: 17
- [11:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20+8 slam against Razmik
- [11:13 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+8]: 17, Result: 25
- [11:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: 14 damage if you are hit.
- [11:13 PM] Faerie: (>+8
- Oi, what.)
- [11:13 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Welcome to CR 5 and hardmode :smugpopo: )
- [11:14 PM] Faerie: (Hopefully not a hit to Lexon.)
- [11:14 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Alicia, your turn.
- [11:15 PM] Mizuki: "Finally, with this wind howling, I have nothing to worry about" - Said Alicia with a smile taking out her elven pistol and loading it with a magical bullet. - "I've been waiting for this!"
- [11:15 PM] Runic: Lexon takes the hit, recoiling a bit, but not terribly
- [11:15 PM] Mizuki: With a bang (and a boom), the bullet goes flying against the elemental!
- [11:15 PM] Faerie: roll 1d20+5 concentration
- [11:15 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+5]: 20, Result: 25
- [11:15 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Damn, that wasn't the attack roll.
- NEW MESSAGES
- [11:15 PM] Mizuki: roll 1d20+6
- [11:15 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+6]: 18, Result: 24
- [11:16 PM] Mizuki: (YEAH)
- [11:16 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: While not a crit, your firearm strikes the rock solidly.
- [11:16 PM] Mizuki: (it was a TW level 2 bullet)
- [11:16 PM] Faerie: Razmik recoils at the blow. Thinking happy thoughts, he shrugs the pain off.
- [11:16 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The magical bullet not only do full damage...
- [11:16 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It howls, exploding into a wave of sonic explosion.
- [11:16 PM] Faerie: (>and a boom
- AAAAAAAAAAH)
- [11:16 PM] Mizuki: roll 1d10+3 (bullet damage)
- [11:16 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d10+3]: 2, Result: 5
- [11:16 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Roll your firearm damage and roll your thunderwave damage.
- [11:17 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20+5
- [11:17 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+5]: 17, Result: 22
- [11:17 PM] Mizuki: (what's the thunderwave damage again?)
- [11:17 PM] Mizuki: (level 2)
- [11:17 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (2d8+1d8, 3d8)
- [11:17 PM] Mizuki: roll 3d8
- [11:17 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [3d8]: 3,6,7, Result: 16
- [11:17 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (it is resisted due to con save, but you do double due to vulnerability, so...)
- [11:17 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Your bullet blow a chunk off the elemental, which reels back, seemingly in grevious pain.
- [11:18 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Would've done over 40 damage if it didn't make the save.)
- [11:18 PM] Mizuki: Alicia sculpts the spell so it doesn't harm Razmik and Lexon
- [11:18 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Seems good,
- [11:18 PM] Mizuki: "I wish Recelle were here" - Said Alicia laughing
- [11:18 PM] Mizuki: (pass)
- [11:18 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Razmik, your turn.
- [11:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: As a /side effect/, you blow the snow away from the elemental and the ground.
- [11:19 PM] Faerie: (RIPPLE OF MY SO- I mean. Yo, is this this immune to fear? It's undead, but well)
- [11:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A circle of 25-feet radius is cleared of snow, from the elemental, from that tremendous hit.
- [11:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Undead aren't innately immune to fear.)
- [11:19 PM] Faerie: (Oh, it's like making snow angels! With firepower)
- [11:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Elemental aren't innately immune to fear.)
- [11:19 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ( :smugpopo: )
- [11:20 PM] Faerie: (So it depends on their statblock entirely?)
- [11:20 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (ikr?)
- [11:20 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Yeah, entirely. But for some reason, a piece of rock is immune to being petrified)
- [11:20 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ( :thinking: )
- [11:20 PM] Faerie: (Also, I have a question: Smite spells need concentration to keep them up. Is that only if you hold them off and/or miss, or can you cast one of those and discharge immediately?)
- [11:21 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (If you cast, you have to stop concentrating on your other concentrations)
- [11:21 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Unfortunately.)
- [11:21 PM] Faerie: (Aw, lame. Alright.)
- [11:22 PM] Faerie: Razmik lunges at the rock necromental, longsword (yes, against a rock) drawn out for Harambe
- [11:22 PM] Faerie: Needless to say, he tries jamming it where Alicia's bullet previously struck.
- [11:22 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Is it magical, however?
- [11:23 PM] Faerie: roll 1d20+7
- [11:23 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+7]: 3, Result: 10
- [11:23 PM] Faerie: Nope. Also, that's a miss even with Bless
- [11:23 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The earth elemental rumbles, and blocks with a non-cracked side toward the sword.
- [11:24 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (One more.jpg)
- [11:24 PM] Faerie: 'Where the hell are you stabbing', he chastises himself, and with a flourish, attempts the same maneuver.
- [11:24 PM] Faerie: roll 1d20+7
- [11:24 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+7]: 2, Result: 9
- [11:24 PM] Faerie: (I-If it ain't broken...)
- [11:24 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Your sword seems a bit too fragile for striking rock with.
- [11:25 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: That is, the earth elemental seems to be mostly unaffected!
- [11:25 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Is that it, Razmik?
- [11:25 PM] Faerie: Yeah. That's it.
- [11:25 PM] Mizuki: (It's happening again ;-;)
- [11:26 PM] Faerie: Razmik just hopes the sword didn't get chipped. He could always use the warhammer, but it's the only one he had...
- [11:26 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Lexon, your turn.
- [11:26 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Well, it's obviously chipped and even slightly bent against rock - but that's the life of a weapon. A bit of maintenance will help it out. Well, if you live to maintenance it.
- [11:27 PM] Faerie: Razmik will live. He's got a donation to make, you know!
- [11:27 PM] Runic: Lexon quickly recovers from the recoil caused by the elemental slamming into him, he quickly tries to return the favor by shoulder tackling (unarmed strike) at it while its head(?) is lowered
- [11:27 PM] Runic: roll 1d20+6 rolling for hit
- [11:27 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+6]: 7, Result: 13
- [11:27 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The earth elemental is hard... hard, indeed.
- [11:27 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Get your blessing, Roll 1d4
- [11:28 PM] Runic: roll 1d4
- [11:28 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d4]: 3, Result: 3
- [11:28 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: With a strike of divine inspiration from Lathander, your strike lands!
- [11:28 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Sneak attack applies, roll damage.
- [11:28 PM] Runic: roll 1d4+3
- [11:28 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d4+3]: 2, Result: 5
- [11:28 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: As if summoning the power of hamon whatever it is deep within you, your punch rips through rock as if it's merely dirt.
- [11:29 PM] Runic: roll 3d6
- [11:29 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [3d6]: 4,1,3, Result: 8
- [11:29 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The earth elemental crumbled where you punched it, leaving a visible hole.
- [11:29 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Fist > sword today)
- [11:30 PM] Mizuki: (man, this elemental sure is easy mode!)
- [11:30 PM] Runic: Lexon follows up by attemping grab its head and pushing it down to put it into another chokehold attempt
- [11:30 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Mizu... you know the info on the creature)
- [11:30 PM] Runic: roll 1d20+9
- [11:30 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+9]: 17, Result: 26
- [11:30 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Hint: Look at it's hp bar)
- [11:30 PM] Faerie: (SHUT UP HE'S GOING TO DOWN SOMEONE NOW)
- [11:30 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20+5
- [11:30 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+5]: 5, Result: 10
- [11:31 PM] Runic: (heh)
- [11:31 PM] Faerie: (AND HIS NAME IS - LEXON COTTSWELL)
- [11:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Following that momentum, you... Shove the pile of rock right back down where it belongs.
- [11:31 PM] Runic: Lexon's turn ends here btw
- [11:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: IN THE GROUND.
- [11:31 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It is unable to move away, despite its power to tunnel through rock and earth.
- [11:31 PM] Mizuki: (YEAH)
- [11:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It sure did not expect anything like that.
- [11:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It will strike back in anger, toward...
- [11:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Alicia and Lexon, the actual threats.
- [11:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20+8 against Alicia
- [11:32 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+8]: 13, Result: 21
- [11:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20+8 against Lexon
- [11:32 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+8]: 3, Result: 11
- [11:32 PM] Mizuki: (WAIT)
- [11:32 PM] Faerie: (It's just like 14 HP, you baby)
- [11:32 PM] Mizuki: (nvm, I take the hit)
- [11:32 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The flailing does nothing against Lexon, whose dexterious pin gets him out of the harm's way .
- [11:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The flying arm of a rock however, flies into Alicia squarely.
- [11:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: 14 damage.
- [11:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The elemental is grappled!
- [11:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Alicia.
- [11:33 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The earth elemental's flailing hurts, but it's not fatal yet.
- [11:34 PM] Mizuki: Alicia unsheates her shortsword and casts searing smite on it
- [11:34 PM] Mizuki: She charges towards the elemental and slashes
- NEW MESSAGES
- [11:34 PM] Mizuki: roll 1d20+6
- [11:34 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+6]: 15, Result: 21
- [11:35 PM] Mizuki: roll 1d6+3 (slash)
- [11:35 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d6+3]: 4, Result: 7
- [11:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Your sword strike true, and a bout of flame engulfs the creature.
- [11:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Searing flame and smell of burnt earth drifts.
- [11:35 PM] Mizuki: (1d6, right?)
- [11:35 PM] Faerie: (Yeah)
- [11:35 PM] Mizuki: roll 1d6 (fire)
- [11:35 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d6]: 5, Result: 5
- [11:35 PM] Mizuki: (YEAH)
- [11:35 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: As if you've lit the phrospherous elements in the bone, it is lit on fire.
- [11:36 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Furthermore, Lexon is pinning it; it cannot move to put itself out of fire.
- [11:36 PM] Mizuki: (gomen~)
- [11:36 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Your sword was not magical; it did not do as much as you had hoped,
- [11:36 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: But fire is fire.
- [11:36 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Anything else?
- [11:36 PM] Mizuki: (no, done)
- [11:37 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Razmik.
- [11:37 PM] Faerie: Yeah. Too busy trying to stab the giant rock on fire right now, or whatever
- [11:37 PM] Faerie: (Is it prone?)
- [11:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (It's not prone for the purpose of the condition)
- [11:38 PM] Faerie: (Gay.)
- Still, Razmik raises his blade and stabs the ground. The ground is the elemental, in this case.
- NEW MESSAGES
- [11:38 PM] Faerie: roll 1d20+7
- [11:38 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+7]: 12, Result: 19
- [11:38 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Hit,
- [11:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Finally!
- [11:39 PM] Faerie: No blessing needed.
- [11:39 PM] Faerie: (No bully)
- NEW MESSAGES
- [11:39 PM] Faerie: roll 1d20+6 slashing non-magical
- [11:39 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+6]: 18, Result: 24
- [11:39 PM] Faerie: Wait, fuck.
- [11:39 PM] Mizuki: (is Razmik the Lalatina of our party?)
- [11:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: That's the second strike
- [11:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Assuming your Extra Attack?
- [11:39 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Roll your damage.
- [11:40 PM] Faerie: (Oh. Thanks, yeah. I meant to roll damage)
- [11:40 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Both are hits, unless erm.
- [11:40 PM] Faerie: roll 1d8+6 first strike
- [11:40 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d8+6]: 8, Result: 14
- [11:40 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Lalatina (lol))
- [11:40 PM] Mizuki: (fucking nice)
- [11:40 PM] Faerie: roll 1d8+6 to stab wherever the neck would be
- [11:40 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d8+6]: 5, Result: 11
- [11:41 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Splinter of rock and minerals - and a finger from some zombie - flies past you as you shattered rock and the like beneath you.
- [11:41 PM] Faerie: That, with a little aftershock.
- [11:41 PM] Faerie: Get it? It's a rock? Tremors...?
- [11:41 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Without a magical weapon, though, you feel like as if you are digging with a longsword.
- [11:41 PM] Faerie: Divine Smite on second hit
- [11:41 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Go for that.
- [11:41 PM] Faerie: roll 3d8
- [11:41 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [3d8]: 2,7,4, Result: 13
- [11:41 PM] Faerie: (level 1, plus 1d8 from it being undead)
- [11:42 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: A holy light burst and melts away pieces of the gravestone and rock beneath you.
- [11:42 PM] Faerie: That'll be all, pass!
- [11:42 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It seems positively wounded now.
- [11:42 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Lexon.
- [11:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: This elemenetal you are pinning is kinda on fire, but that doesn't matter too much for you.
- [11:43 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You managed to lock down its key joints so that its struggle is "minimal" - still flailing around, but unable to truly escape.
- [11:43 PM] Runic: Lexon tries to shove the elemental further down into a proned submission
- [11:43 PM] Runic: Lexon tries to shove the elemental further down into a proned submission
- [11:43 PM] Mizuki: (fucking Lexon man)
- [11:43 PM] Runic: roll 1d20+9
- [11:43 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+9]: 20, Result: 29
- [11:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20+5 meaninglessly
- [11:44 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+5]: 9, Result: 14
- [11:44 PM] Mizuki: (OH MY FUCK)
- [11:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: with a "SLAM", the creature's driven into the ground.
- [11:44 PM] Faerie: (What the fuck is happening)
- [11:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You feel someting stirring within you, Lexon. HAMON
- [11:44 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Something about to burst forth from you.
- [11:45 PM] Faerie: (Is he fucking pinning it down for real now?)
- [11:45 PM] Runic: (Can I use a bonus action to equip an item?)
- [11:45 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: [Lexon: You gain 1 ki point. You have no way to spend it, but if you ever gain ki points from another source, you add+1 to your ki pool.]
- [11:45 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (You usually don't need to; what is it?)
- [11:46 PM] Runic: (My fire-res gloves!)
- [11:46 PM] Mizuki: "Lexon, how the fuck are you doing this?" - Asked Alicia surprised. That shouldn't be possible!
- [11:46 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (I'll allow it via a bonus action then)
- [11:46 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Since you are thief archetype.)
- [11:46 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (>fast hands)
- [11:46 PM] Faerie: Razmik is utterly confused by the 14 year trying -and succeeding- to keep an undead elemental down by slamming down against it. However, some things you do not question.
- [11:46 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (>this is not how you fast hands, folks)
- NEW MESSAGES
- [11:46 PM] Runic: roll 1d20+6
- [11:46 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+6]: 18, Result: 24
- [11:46 PM] Faerie: ''If it works, it works'', he replies to Alicia.
- [11:47 PM] Mizuki: "I-I guess so" - Replies Alicia
- [11:47 PM] Runic: (Yeah says you can only use objects, not equip them, but just a special occasion I guess)
- [11:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Normally equipping is just as simple as drawing, I'll say it's like Use an Object for putting on gloves though)
- [11:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Anyways, erm
- [11:47 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: anything else?
- [11:48 PM] Runic: End turn
- [11:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You are still pinning it and everything.
- [11:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It's now prone. Of all things.
- [11:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: How is a piece of boulder prone?
- [11:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It struggles, vainly.
- [11:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Lashing out in anger... Against Lexon and Razmik.
- [11:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20+8 Lexon
- [11:48 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+8]: 16, Result: 24
- [11:48 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20+8 razmik
- [11:48 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+8]: 16, Result: 24
- [11:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: 14 damage to both of you!
- [11:49 PM] Faerie: (Loving every +8)
- [11:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20+5
- [11:49 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+5]: 18, Result: 23
- [11:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: it burns,
- [11:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d6
- [11:49 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d6]: 2, Result: 2
- [11:49 PM] Mizuki: (does it take the d6 now or on my turn?)
- [11:49 PM] Runic: (Has to roll with disadvantage Koga)
- [11:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: But the flame slowly dies down.
- [11:49 PM] Mizuki: (cool)
- [11:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (OH SHIT)
- [11:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20+8 confirm on raz
- [11:49 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+8]: 19, Result: 27
- [11:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20+8 confirm lexon
- [11:49 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+8]: 9, Result: 17
- [11:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: only 17 against your AC, Lexon
- [11:49 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Forgot about prone melee attackers
- [11:50 PM] Faerie: (Oh, fuck. Still, hit.)
- [11:50 PM] Faerie: roll 1d20+5
- [11:50 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20+5]: 16, Result: 21
- [11:50 PM] Faerie: (Concentration)
- [11:50 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Your concentration never wavers for even a second.
- [11:51 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Alicia.
- [11:51 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The elemental cracks and crumbles, and seems to get weaker and weaker.
- [11:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (I forgot about Azura since >cat)
- [11:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (But I guess she can assist if needed)
- [11:52 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (brb washroom for 2 secs)
- [11:53 PM] Mizuki: Alicia rushes towards the elemental, to the side of Razmik and Lexon and casts tunderwave! She sculpts the spell, preventing the damage on her companions
- [11:54 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Sure.
- [11:54 PM] Mizuki: roll 2d8
- [11:54 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [2d8]: 3,6, Result: 9
- [11:54 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: roll 1d20
- [11:54 PM] BOTDiceBot: Dice: [1d20]: 6, Result: 6
- [11:54 PM] Faerie: (So, uuh. I'm out of level 1 spells, everyone.)
- [11:54 PM] Mizuki: (one left!)
- [11:54 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: The thunderwave explodes... a wave of sonic energy washes over the elemental, causing visible crackles and ripples.
- [11:54 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It shudders for a moment, crumbling from within.
- [11:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Bones, body parts, gravestones, boulders...
- [11:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: They all return to dust, in the end.
- [11:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: ...
- [11:55 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Combat's over.
- [11:55 PM] Mizuki: (:sunglasses:)
- [11:55 PM] Faerie: No gore explosion? Thank god.
- [11:56 PM] Runic: Lexon climbs over the rubble of once was the elemental
- [11:56 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Wounded, the party has managed to secure a passage into the castle proper.
- [11:56 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: Lexon.
- [11:56 PM] Runic: "Woooh!" Lexon cheers, and starts dancing on the rubble
- [11:56 PM] Faerie: Razmik prods at what's left with the edge of his weapon.
- [11:56 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You are inspired by the fight. The feat of strength from your fist.
- [11:56 PM] KogasaGaSagasa:
- [11:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: You have learned Flurry of Blows, to work with your Ki point.
- [11:57 PM] Mizuki: "Just what the fuck was that, Lexon?" - Asked Alicia laughing
- [11:57 PM] Faerie: 'Is there any possibility of this getting up again after we're gone?'
- That doesn't seem like the kind of thing you'd need to ask yourself, really.
- [11:57 PM] Faerie: (Do I know, or is a roll needed?)
- [11:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: (Sure just give the sneak attacker 2 more attack per turn ok)
- [11:57 PM] Runic: Lexon calms down, and lets the feeling settle down
- [11:57 PM] KogasaGaSagasa: It's hard for the thing to get back up, as it's no more than fine dust in the snowstorm.
- [11:57 PM] Faerie: ((Jesus fucking christ))
- [11:58 PM] Runic: Lexon turns his upper body around still facing away from Alicia "That's how we fight at the tavern" and immedialy gives a thumbs up(edited)
- [11:59 PM] Mizuki: Alicia returns the thumbs up - "You're a fucking monster, lad."
- [11:59 PM] Runic: Lexon drops down from the rubble and retrieves his shortsword, quickly strapping it back on his waist
- [11:59 PM] Faerie: ''I've never heard of taverns like that, before. Is it some sort of fight club tavern?'', Razmik ponders, looking down at the boy, blade resting against his shoulder.
- [11:59 PM] Runic: "So what were we suppose to do again? I forgot after the fight we had"(edited)
- February 11, 2017
- [12:00 AM] Runic: "Also nah, its just that brawls happen all the time"
- NEW MESSAGES
- [12:01 AM] Faerie: ''Sounds like a Dwarven pub, then!''. Sounded good!
- [12:01 AM] Runic: "And the drunken brawls are the more nastier ones... and most common"
- [12:02 AM] Faerie: Huh, fancy that. Come to think of it, Lexon hadn't been drunk in a while... If he had, Razmik hadn't noticed, at least.
- [12:02 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: The gate to the keep is open slightly, as if hiding something within the darkness.
- [12:02 AM] Faerie: ''Anyways, it's straightforward enough. We're here simply to secure this keep.''
- [12:02 AM] Mizuki: "You gotta take me to one of those taverns of yours some time" - Said Alicia opening her bag and taking out the bottle of ale she got on Aleswel. - "Take it."(edited)
- [12:02 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: Waiting for brave souls.
- [12:03 AM] Runic: !!!!
- [12:03 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: (We'll take a break from this point on, and the like. Thanks for coming for today's game.)
- [12:03 AM] Runic: Lexon perks up, and snatches the bottle from Alicia's hand with astonishing speed(edited)
- [12:04 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: 1200 XP for each one of you.
- [12:04 AM] Mizuki: wow!
- [12:05 AM] Runic: "Thanks, maybe one day Alicia!"
- [12:05 AM] KogasaGaSagasa: It's two sets of on-CR encounters, one for elemental, one for... dealing with Lich.
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