Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (7'4" or 10'5" as needed) (Kim) AC 19 Touch 13 FF17 HP 69/69 Sunday August 21st, 2022 1:09:07 PM
"Very well, Honor. If you will not rest, I think I shall do so for a while. Feel free to awaken me at will, but no more than three or four hours from now, if you would be so kind. We have been through much, and having slept, may do better on the morrow. It seems the inquisitors will not begin their work until after they have breakfast, if I read them rightly."
She lays out some canvas, and atop it her blankets, and goes quickly to sleep.
. If you will not rest, I think I shall do so for a while. - DM Hugh | Asimov and Irony Monday August 22nd, 2022 1:41:08 AM
Asimov is happy to sleep in the Inn with the Twins and Elron, though unlike Elron he adopts a more normal bed.
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Mundhi takes Irony and rejoins Honor
The Twins have no desire to sleep anywhere but the Inn and go about doing so
Honor continues her scan. She says she's sure the inquisitors are fine but fears a misunderstanding. She affirms she is there to protect the family.
Zeoll and Bill bed down on the lawn near Mundhi and Honor
Elron joins The Twins at the inn.
Mundhi lets Honor have first watch.
Asimov, The Twins and Elron are all sleeping at the inn.
Mundhi, Zeoll and Bill are sleeping near Nin Gikuga's hut
Honor and Irony are standing watch.
Honor please roll a DC 19 Fort Save nbj If you pass Highlight to display spoiler: {the next save you need to roll incurs a -2 circumstance penalty}
If you fail Highlight to display spoiler: {you start to fall asleep}
Everyone who is Asleep Highlight to display spoiler: {In your next post please describe your character's most wonderful dreams.}
Honor if you are still not asleep please roll vs DC 20 Fort Save
success Highlight to display spoiler: {You incur another cumulative -2 penalty so that the next save is at a -4 penaltyHighlight to display spoiler: {}
failure Highlight to display spoiler: {}You fall asleep, please describe your character's most wonderful dreams in your next post}
Zeoll (AC20) | Bill the Camel (AC20) | Cayzle Monday August 22nd, 2022 12:20:36 PM
Zeoll dreams that he is deep in the wilds of Liontaur Isle, fighting hell hounds and defending the flocks.
Honor Bright (Kathy) [AC 20; HP 31/50] d20+10=16 ; d20+10=22 ; Monday August 22nd, 2022 2:24:38 PM
Honor yawns. [First save 16, fail] It's been a long day. She tries to keep concentrating on her Detect Evil.
She yawns some more. [Second save 22, success] She is sleepy, but still on her feet. The inquisitors don't seem likely to come to this house anytime soon.
"I'm off to the inn," she says, wondering if Irony understands. Or cares.
She heads for the inn to arrange for a room.
SteveM - Elron | AC 23 (21 if raging), HP 64(24)/64, DR 2/-- Monday August 22nd, 2022 6:18:45 PM
Elron dreams. He's working for the king of Herringbone (or some such), guarding a harem of beautiful birds that lay golden eggs. Everyone recognizes him as a hero, and he can eat fancy desserts with every dinner. Sometimes it's difficult to fend off the dogs, but his mithral-inlaid ironwood whappin' stick is up to the job.
Hugh - Asimov and Irony Tuesday August 23rd, 2022 2:23:45 AM
Asimov dreams that he has somehow found his way home from this strange world of magic, giants and animal men.
Of course back home in Halcyon things weren't exactly a picnic. You had things to worry about like getting eaten by the local fauna or being murdered by marauders but if one was handy with a gun those concerns could be overcome.
In this dream Asimov was very handy with a gun. He had a custom built and modified sniper rifle that shot plasma rounds and with it he was really cleaning things up on the planet he found himself on. The Board presence on this world happened to have a very generous bounty system setup for Maruader thumbs and creature parts and boy did Asimov collect.
He had soon amassed a considerable amount of bits and was trying to decide between getting out now and booking passage to Byzantium or to keep going until he had enough bits to buy his own ship thus being able to fly anywhere he wanted whenever he wanted.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (7'4" or 10'5" as needed) (Kim) AC 19 Touch 13 FF17 HP 69/69 Tuesday August 23rd, 2022 3:18:37 AM
The hill is covered in amber and rose spring flowers that popped up in the past few days after the rains, and two days of sunshine and warm updrafts. She climbs with her older brother. He picks a handful of the growing flowers, and presents them in a playfully serious manner. "To reflect the color of the mop on your head, short girl." It's true, she was less than six feet tall, but only yet 12 years old. Her brother stood over seven feet, but had half a decade on her. She replied, "Why thank you, noble dwarf," and giggled, then filled her face with the scent of the bouquet.
She catches back up to him as his long legs carry him up the slope. "We made it late in the fall, before the heavy snows fell. It should still be good," he tells her. Soon they crest the hill, and walk a pathway framed by poplars. A mountain rises ahead.
"Here, to the right," says the brother. Into a darkened cleft they walk, and pick their way through fallen stones. Faint sounds of laughter, squeals. Ahead the path lightens. There. "The big ones carried it up for us," he explains. A large tree lies above the pathway ahead, a stout braided rope with a shorter lead rope descends to a broad ledge. A boy a few years her senior grasps hold of the knotted end, and he leaps off the ledge, swinging down until he skims just above the frigid waters of a broad mountain stream. He barely makes it to the other side, trying to stand on the opposite ledge, but cannot quite gain upright purchase.
He swings back across toward them, then yells with - is it delight, or terror? as he lets go, and splashes down into the cold current. It is not very deep - about six feet in the center. He surfaces with a whoop, whipping water off his shoulder-length hair. Children and youths clap and scream with delight.
Her brother looks back at her. "Your turn, Hildy." She can barely swim... Will she remember how? She'll not show her fear among her friends. There is a waterfall not too far off, if she recalls correctly...
Mitch - The Twins HP 55/65 (11 nonlethal) AC 29/15/27 Tuesday August 23rd, 2022 7:31:56 AM
The Twin's dreams are completely nonsensical. One dreams that they are a fish person who lives in a cave and accidentally breaks their best friend who is a rock, but then the rock hatches into their mother and asks them how school is going because they are suddenly back home and a teenager. The Twin responds that they broke up with their boyfriend who was a clock, to which mom replies by opening her face and sticking out her tongue so the bird on it can chirp twelve times like a grandfather clock. After thanking their mom for telling them the time they finish eating the plate they had for breakfast and go swimming through the air.
The other Twin's dream is even stranger and cannot be properly described.
Zeoll (AC20) | Bill the Camel (AC20) | Cayzle Tuesday August 23rd, 2022 8:06:40 PM
Zazu defeats several hell hounds and guides his goats back to the safety of the pride. His mentor tells him that he has done well.
Your turn, Hildy. - DM Hugh | Asimov and Irony Tuesday August 23rd, 2022 11:26:18 PM
Asimov dreams that he comes back from a day bounty hunting with a fresh batch of maruader thumbs, mantisaur and primal parts.
He receives another hefty sum of bits for her efforts and goes to the local saloon to order Violet Spectrum Vodka to celebrate.
He decides the ship is the better play and resolves to hunt enough to be able to purchase one.
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Zeoll dreams that he is deep in the wilds of Liontaur Isle, fighting hell hounds and defending the flocks. He defeats several hell hounds and guides his goats back to the safety of the pride. His mentor tells him that he has done well.
Honor realizes how tired she is and heads off to the inn. (OOC: In your next post please describe your character's most wonderful dreams)
Elron dreams he's working for the king of Herringbone, guarding a harem of beautiful birds that lay golden eggs. Everyone recognizes him as a hero, and he can eat fancy desserts with every dinner. Sometimes it's difficult to fend off the dogs, but his mithral-inlaid ironwood whappin' stick is up to the job.
Mundhi dreams that she is 12 years old again and climbing and swinging with her brother in a makeshift swinging rope over a cold mountain stream.
Asimov dreams he is back home. He hunts marauders and terrifying fauna for a small fortune in bits. He celebrates at the local watering hole and resolves to buy a spaceship.
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Asimov counts his fortune again and realizes he had more bits than he thought he did so he goes to the ship broker and purchases one. "It doesn't look like much, but it has got it where it counts kid." The ship broker says to him. The AI onboard the ship is ready to take Asimov anywhere he wants to go. All he has to do is punch in a course.
Zeoll's mentor counts the goats and realizes that one goat is missing. However the goat that is missing isn't just any goat but a goat that produces the best goat milk and cheese their tribe ever knew. He stresses it is imperitive for Zeoll to go back out there and rescue the goat so Zeoll does what is asked. He does range farther than he ever has and finally he sees the goat but he also sees something else. Something that doesn't look like a hellhound. It is a large monstrous insectlike creature and it hasn't yet noticed the goat but he knows that if it does, the goat is a goner. He also notices in the distance a large metal structure and a man on said structure but he'll have to worry about that later the insect creature is of higher importance
Zeoll (Perception DC 20) Highlight to display spoiler: {Is that Asimov on the strange metallic structure reminescent of Irony}
Asimov is about to board the ship when he sees a lion man chasing after a goat near a Mantisaur that hasn't yet noticed the goat. Asimov's hunter's instincts kick in and in a short period of time he has his sniper rifle at the ready and his sights zeroed in on the Mantisaur. He takes the shot.
The Mantisaur threatening the goat no longer has a head and thus is no longer a threat to the goat.
What do Asimov and Zeoll do now?
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Mundhi goes to follow her elder brother's instructions and grabs onto the rope and swings into the water. She swings out and in but the rope is slippery and she finds herself falling into the ice cold water.
She finds she is able to swim however something is wrong. That 6 foot water hole isn't just a 6 foot water hole anymore and is instead part of a stream with a really strong current. The current pulls her away from her brother rapidly. The stream rapidly expands into a river.
She looks behind her and she sees her brother running after her. He is making good time. She looks in front of her and suddenly she is tossed among a group of strange bathing small bird ladies. They start freaking out at the presence of a giant girl suddenly in their midst.
King Herringbone's harem decides it wants to swim in the local river and they want Elron their gaurd to accompany them. Everything seems like a normal day at the river when suddenly Elron hears screaming.
A giant girl that looks familiar to Elron suddenly appears in the midst of the bathers. They cry out in horror as their bath time is suddenly interrupted by the unexpected appearance.
Elron - Perception DC 18 Highlight to display spoiler: {Is that a young Mundhi?}
Mundhi and Elron what do you do next?
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The first twin is swimming through the air when it comes to the entrance of a cave halfway up the side of a large mountain. It follows the passage into the mountain and is reunited with the second twin whose undescriable dream ended with the second twin being in a cave. Both twins sense that something is missing and begin to search the cave.
The Twins what do you do next?
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (7'4" or 10'5" as needed) (Kim) AC 19 Touch 13 FF17 HP 69/69 Wednesday August 24th, 2022 4:45:16 AM
"Sorry, so sorry to startle you, birdies," Mundhildur apologizes. She begins to climb out of the river. She looks back to see her brother running along the river. "Give me your hand!" she asks him as he draws near.
Mitch - The Twins HP 55/65 (11 nonlethal) AC 29/15/27 Wednesday August 24th, 2022 8:19:52 AM
The Twins search the caves and idly chat about what it is they could have lost. Several possibilities are suggested, none of which make any sense because they're still operating on dream logic. They eventually agree it was probably their friend the rock whom was dropped earlier.
Honor Bright (Kathy) [AC 20; HP 31/50] d20+8=13 ; Wednesday August 24th, 2022 3:57:08 PM
Honor gets to the inn and asks for a room. Once those arrangements have been made, she heads for the room and starts removing her armor.
[OOC: Honor has not succumbed to the magical sleep yet. She made her most recent Fort save. I'll make another one here at -2. That's a 13, which I assume fails.]
She gets most of her armor off, then sits down on the bed to remove her greaves and boots. She's so tired. She lays back...just for a minute....
In her dream, she is a child again, and Sir William--she still calls him Uncle William at this point--is teaching her swordplay. "Balance is important," he says over the clack-clack of the practice swords. "Mind your feet." Honor lunges. He parries, but she dodges his return blow without stumbling. "Better," he says. "Keep your guard up."
SteveM - Elron | AC 23 (21 if raging), HP 64(24)/64, DR 2/-- d20+16=30 ; Wednesday August 24th, 2022 7:08:41 PM
(Perception = 30)
Elron sees a young version of his friend in the river with the ladies he's guarding. Her sudden appearance has caused quite a commotion. He goes over, both to greet Mundhildur and to calm the ladies. "Mundhi, you should've told me you was comin' to Herringbone (or some such)!"
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (7'4" or 10'5" as needed) (Kim) AC 19 Touch 13 FF17 HP 69/69 Wednesday August 24th, 2022 9:12:42 PM
"Elron?" Mundhi suddenly finds herself her current height and age, growing about 2 feet taller than she was a moment ago. How did her brother change into Elron? She manages to step out of the water, instantly dry. She turns to the fluttering birds in the water behind her. "As you were, ladies, as you were."
Zeoll (AC20) | Bill the Camel (AC20) | Cayzle d20+11=16 ; Wednesday August 24th, 2022 10:03:18 PM
Perception 16
Zeoll rushes in to grab the goat, picking it up and backing away. He calls out, "Thank you, mighty hunter!"
"Mundhi, you should've told me you was comin' to Herringbone - DM Hugh | Asimov and Irony Thursday August 25th, 2022 12:56:27 AM
Asimov turns his rifle's sights on the person thanking him just to see who it is and notices...Zeoll
He runs down the ramp of his spaceship and towards Zeoll
He calls out, "Zeoll! What are you doing in Halcyon? Come with me in my ship, it isn't safe here!"
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Mundhi apologizes for startling the birdies and then asks her brother for his hand only to see it is Elron who helps her out.
Elron notices a younger version of Mundhi causing quite the commotion and tells her she should of told him she was coming to Herringbone
The Twins search the cave they find themselves in and start discussing what is lost coming to the conclusion it must be their friend Rock who dropped earlier.
Honor goes to the inn, takes her armor off, goes to bed and starts dreaming herself. She dreams of Sir William who she calls Uncle William teaching a younger self Swordplay
Zeoll rushes to grab the goat telling the mighty hunter thanks
Asimov notices it is Zeoll through the lens of his sniper rifle and runs down after his friend telling him it isn't safe and for Zeoll to get aboard the spaceship so Asimov can take the Lionman somewhere else
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Elron helps Mundhi out of the water and she is transformed into her adult self when she does. After some settling down the ladies of the Harem are placated.
Just then the sky darkens and the clouds start to rain marinara sauce, noodles and balls made of meat.
There appears to be a cave and a bamboo thicket nearby you could potentially shelter in
What do Elron and Mundhi do next?
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Honor and Sir "Uncle" William spar as she learns swordplay. One of the things one learns with respect to swordplay and Honor and William move quite a distance in the room in the castle they find themselves in, in fact they've moved such a long distance that Honor realizes that the stonework of the castle looks less and less like brickwork and more like the rough stone of a cave.
She's just about to follow William's latest instruction when she looks up and sees that William is nowhere to be found. She looks down and sees that she is no longer a little girl either.
The Twins round the corner of the cave and see someone in armor holding a sword from the back. Could it be...Honor? Could she be the friend that turned into a rock that dropped earlier?
A line of geysers inside the cave erupt only instead of water they appear to be filled with a clear pale liquid and the sweet scent of fermented grapes fill the air.
Honor and the Twins what do you do?
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Asimov runs toward Zeoll and suddenly he is right near his friend and his goat only the scenary is off, where he finds himself is nothing like any part of the Halcyon colonies he's ever seen and more in line with the Fauna of where he was with Zeoll.
He looks back and sees that his ship is no longer in the background and the Mantisaur he slew is now a hellhound.
He looks down and sees his sniper rifle is actually his repeating crossbow and he checks his pack and finds his tidy pile of bits has been replaced with a smaller pile of gold
Zeoll sees Asimov cover the distance to him in an incredibly short period of time then realizes where the goat got himself is just a distant part of Liontaur island and what appeared to be an insect monster is actually just an ugly looking Hellhound that is still dead.
Suddenly a rather large boulder starts to roll down that nearby hill heading right towards the place where Zeoll and Asimov reunited.
Mitch - The Twins HP 55/65 (11 nonlethal) AC 29/15/27 Thursday August 25th, 2022 7:51:50 AM "Oh hello Honor." "Rather interesting dream where having." "Have you seen our friend the rock?" The Twins ask, still looking at any and all loose rocks or pebbles they can find to figure out if it's their friend or not.
Honor Bright (Kathy) [AC 20; HP 31/50] Thursday August 25th, 2022 2:27:36 PM
Honor looks around, confused. Then she looks down at herself, still confused. She was a child, now she is an adult. She was wearing an old tunic and riding britches, now she is in armor. She'd been holding a practice sword, now she is holding Virtue.
The lingering effects of the dream give her a twinge of panic at that point, because child-Honor was not allowed to handle Virtue, and was certainly not allowed to take it out of her mother's chambers. Then she remembers she's an adult, and Virtue is hers and she (probably) won't get in trouble for having it.
She turns and sees the Twins. "Your--your friend is a rock?" she asks.
She steps back a little from the geysers. "Is that white wine?"
SteveM - Elron | AC 23 (21 if raging), HP 64(24)/64, DR 2/-- Thursday August 25th, 2022 8:38:02 PM
Elron helps the ladies get to the cave uninjured by running around and batting away meatballs. He thinks the bamboo would still let the marina stain their feathers. He helps Mundhildur's legs, too, if she stays with the group. The rest of her is a bit high up.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (7'4" or 10'5" as needed) (Kim) AC 19 Touch 13 FF17 HP 69/69 Thursday August 25th, 2022 9:10:16 PM
Mundhildur joins in with Elron in finding a way to escape full meal coverage. If the water birds want to come along, they are welcome. She snaps off two bamboo plants at their bottom joints, and brings those along with her. When she has a chance, she snaps off the thinner top part of each as well, leaving bamboo poles six to seven feet long. "Chopsticks for the noodles!" she tells Elron.
Zeoll (AC20) | Bill the Camel (AC20) | Cayzle Thursday August 25th, 2022 11:11:25 PM
Zeoll shouts, "Watch out forr that stone!" and if need be shoves his friend out of the path of the rolling rock.
Chopsticks for the noodles!- DM Hugh | Asimov and Irony Thursday August 25th, 2022 11:22:24 PM The Twins say hi to Honor and reflect on what an interesting dream they are having. They ask if she’s seen their rock friends. Honor is a little confused by her sudden transformation and then asks the twins that their friend is a rock and if the geysers are white wine Elron shepherds the harem to the cave as the bamboo would probably still allow for the red sauce to stain feathers. Mundhi joins in with Elron in finding a way to escape full meal coverage. She also makes some bamboo chopsticks for the noodles as they escape the food/weather. Asimov asks Zeoll where they are and then notices the boulder and starts running Zeoll shouts watch out for the stone and is prepared to shove his friend out of the way
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Asimov takes off running from the giant boulder heading their way. Zeoll was ready to shove Asimov out of the way the problem is if he would have done that then the Taur would have likely been smooshed too.
So the pair take off running from the boulder goat in hand. However the terrain is rough and Asimov trips only to fall down a hole and end up in a puddle of liquid in a cave.
Zeoll keeps his feet and the goat and keeps running from the boulder. He thinks he sees the entrance to a cave that is too narrow for the boulder a ways away if he could just reach it.
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The twins poke around with rocks and pebbles in the cave while Honor correctly observes the white wine geysers. The geysers begin gushing even more than they were before and it isn’t long before a puddle of white wine starts to form. The puddle starts to turn into a small pond and unless something is done soon with the rate the geysers are going you’ll likely start drowning in it before long
Someone drops into the cave from up above and lands with a splash in the pond of white wine. That person breaks the surface and you see it is Asimov.
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Elron and Mundhi with the harem of herringbone take shelter in the cave as the pasta, sauce and meatballs fall from the sky. Mundhi fashions a pair of chopsticks and finds the weather to be quite tasty. However the sky gradually gets darker and darker and you see and funnel cloud start to form in the sky.
SteveM - Elron | AC 23 (21 if raging), HP 64(24)/64, DR 2/-- d20+16=22 ; Friday August 26th, 2022 12:45:46 AM "Ladies, looks like we may be here a while," Elron says, noting the weather. "Let's get a safe distance from th' storm." He begins to explore the cave, looking for a spot higher than the entrance and making sure there are no beasties in there.
(Perception = 22)
Mitch - The Twins HP 55/65 (11 nonlethal) AC 29/15/27 Friday August 26th, 2022 7:29:18 AM "Yes but I dropped him earlier and he hatched into my mom." The Twin responds. The other Twin considers this before commenting, "It makes about as much since as being drowned in wine. I guess we better try to reach higher ground." they test to see if they can still swim through the air or not. If not then they'll join Elron in looking for higher ground or an escape route.
Honor Bright (Kathy) [AC 20; HP 31/50] d20+3=7 ; Friday August 26th, 2022 4:25:57 PM
"Well, maybe we should just get out of this cave," Honor says. Strange things are happening in the cave, so if they're not in the cave, maybe the strange things will stop. Honor starts looking for an exit. [Perception 7]
Zeoll (AC20) | Bill the Camel (AC20) | Cayzle Friday August 26th, 2022 10:54:07 PM
Zeoll sprints for the cave that would be a haven. If he has to let go of the goat to do it, well, it is just a goat. Hopefully he evades the rock, and then can double back to help Asimov.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (7'4" or 10'5" as needed) (Kim) AC 19 Touch 13 FF17 HP 69/69 Saturday August 27th, 2022 1:57:40 PM
"Yes, let us explore further, Elron, and our birdy friends," Mundhildur says, and begins to go deeper into the cave.
It makes about as much since as being drowned in wine. I guess we better try to reach higher ground - DM Hugh | Asimov and Irony d20+16=21 ; Sunday August 28th, 2022 8:58:47 PM Elron tells the harem they may be there for a while and suggests they get a safe distance from the storm. He looks for a high point and makes sure there are no beasties.
Mundhi agrees with Elron about exploring the cave further
Zeoll sprints for the cave that would be a haven. He does not need to sacrifice the goat to do so. When he gets inside he finds it is occupied by Elron, Mundhi and a small cadre of beastfolk avian women.
The Twins explain further about their rock friend that hatched into their mom and say that makes about as much sense as drowning in wine and suggest they find the high ground.
Honor suggests maybe exiting the cave.
Asimov remarks that the vintage is the sweetest he’s ever tasted but he’d prefer not to drown it so they should try to find a way out of the room.
(OOC: Honor, Asimov and The Twins are in one stretch of cave; Elron, Mundhi and Zeoll another)
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The twins find that they can swim through the air again and that there is a hole towards the top of the chamber that is filling with wine from the geysers they could fly out of. The room also has plenty of rope lying around for some reason.
Asimov manages to get himself out of the wine pool and finds that his devices still works and he uses his jet pack to follow after the twins
Honor is left in the room slowly filling with wine. She could probably try to climb the walls
Asimov and The Twins are in a chamber that is dry and full of rope and decent side boulders that could probably plug up the hole to the wine geyser chamber below. Honor is in the wine geyser chamber considering a climb.
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Elron has figured out that there are no beasties in the cave well aside from the goat that Zeoll brought with him but a goat is hardly a threat to the harem he’s guarding.
Mundhi joins Elron in exploration. Zeoll could try to go back for Asimov but the funnel cloud is now bearing down outside the entrance of the cave and would likely prove dangerous to interact with.
The cave slopes upward and to the north. Elron, Zeoll, Mundhi, the harem and the goat are a decent distance from the entrance of the cave now so as not to be endangered by any happenings with the storm.
Mitch - The Twins HP 55/65 (11 nonlethal) AC 29/15/27 Sunday August 28th, 2022 9:08:40 PM
The Twins float gracefully through the air. "Come on, fly with us." It's fun." the Twins tell the others. They'll swim up to the exit. If the others cannot swim through the air like the Twins then the Twins will take one of the ropes and fly it up to the hole so they can hold it or tie it off while the others climb out.
Honor Bright (Kathy) [AC 20; HP 31/50] Monday August 29th, 2022 5:12:22 PM
Honor's sleeping form is not wearing armor. Well, apart from the greaves.
Dream Honor is wearing armor, but Honor's player is not sure about the armor check penalty for dream armor.
All in all, Honor's best bet is to wait for a rope to be lowered. She calls up to the twins, "Um, yes, I could use a rope!"
SteveM - Elron | AC 23 (21 if raging), HP 64(24)/64, DR 2/-- Monday August 29th, 2022 8:13:01 PM "Well, ladies, do you prefer to wait the storm out here or to look at what's further in?" He is surprised to find the cave so well lit, as if maybe it were faintly glowing, but glad that there are no obstacles to exploring if that's what the ladies want to do. Why, they might even make some sort of royal picnic out of it.
"Zeoll, when did Bill become a goat?" he wonders.
Zeoll (AC20) | Bill the Camel (AC20) | Cayzle Monday August 29th, 2022 11:42:13 PM
"Bill is not in this dream!" Zeoll laughs. "I did not have a companion when I was a goatherd in my long-ago youth."
Zeoll, when did Bill become a goat? - DM Hugh | Asimov and Irony Monday August 29th, 2022 11:58:49 PM
Asimov helps the Twins pull Honor up into the room the three of them merely flew into. After that is done he will go about plugging the hole in the floor with one of the boulders as he has a couple devices that could help them move it where it needs to go.
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Honor waits for a rope to be lowered down to her.
The Twins work at getting her a rope lowered down
Asimov helps them in this endeavor and it isn't long before their paladin friend is with the higher chamber with them.
Elron asks if the ladies prefer to wait out the storm where they are or explore further into the cave. He also asks Zeoll when did Bill become a goat.
Zeoll replies that Bill is not in this dream as he didn't have a companion when he was a goat heard
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Asimov, Honor and The Twins are in a room filled with rope and boulders. They have plugged the hole in the floor with a boulder so they are no longer in danger of drowning.
Suddenly they hear the peeling of a bell in the distance. It tolls rythmically like a heartbeat.
Perception DC 12 Highlight to display spoiler: {It appears to be coming from a passage that is leading upward}
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Elron, Mundhi, Zeoll, a goat, and a harem are taking shelter from the storm. The question is do they stay where they are or do they move further into the cave. Just then they hear the peeling of a bell in the distance. It tolls rythmically like a heartbeat. It is coming from the passageway that leads up and deeper into the cave.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (7'4" or 10'5" as needed) (Kim) AC 19 Touch 13 FF17 HP 69/69 Tuesday August 30th, 2022 3:16:12 AM
"Oooh - I like bells, Elron. Do you like them, Zeoll?" Mundhildur asks. "Let's continue upwards! You, too, birdies, and goat. Let's stick together like, um folks who stick together."
Was that a mirror they just passed as they ascended? She decides not to back to check.
Mitch - The Twins HP 55/65 (11 nonlethal) AC 29/15/27 Tuesday August 30th, 2022 7:55:32 AM
The Twins swim along through the air around the others as they travel just generally having a good time. They are happy to go find the bell.
SteveM - Elron | AC 23 (21 if raging), HP 64(24)/64, DR 2/-- Tuesday August 30th, 2022 9:47:20 PM "You know, I like, I say, I like a bell that peals and doesn't toll." Elron heads toward the sound with the others, pausing now and then to make sure that his charges have good footing and aren't getting too tired.
Zeoll (AC20) | Bill the Camel (AC20) | Cayzle d20+11=23 ; Tuesday August 30th, 2022 10:25:24 PM
"Come, frriends, the bells call us onwarrd."
Zeoll tries to keep alert. Perception 23
"Come, frriends, the bells call us onwarrd." - DM Hugh | Asimov and Irony d20+11=18 ; Wednesday August 31st, 2022 12:18:42 AM
(Perception: 18)
Asimov says, "Let's follow the sounds of the bell down this passageway!"
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Mundhi suggests they follow the bell deeper into the cave and stick together like people who stick together.
Elron says he likes a bell that peels and doesn't toll so he moves onward as well making sure his charges don't lose their footing.
Zeoll encourages the others to move forward while keeping alert himself.
The party continues to follow the cave upward and deeper eventually the corridor they were following merges with another corridor to form a wider passageway.
You continue following the wider passageway when you hear something behind you that is less loud than the rhythm of the bell in front of you
Perception DC 12 Highlight to display spoiler: {It appears to be Asimov, Honor and The Twins, though the Twins are swim flying through the cave}
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Asimov, The Twins and Honor also follow the bell they hear upward and deeper into the cave. Eventually the narrow-ish corridor they were following merges with another passage and becomes even more roomier.
Shortly after the merge you think you see something in front of you.
Perception DC 15 Highlight to display spoiler: { Is that Zeoll, Elron, Mundhi, a Goat, and a bunch of avian beastfolk? }
Mitch - The Twins HP 55/65 (11 nonlethal) AC 29/15/27 d20=4 ; Wednesday August 31st, 2022 9:56:51 AM
The Twins don’t make out what’s before them so swim forward carelessly unafraid while in dreamland to check it out.
SteveM - Elron | AC 23 (21 if raging), HP 64(24)/64, DR 2/-- d20+16=19 ; Wednesday August 31st, 2022 6:22:23 PM (perception = 19)
Elron sees more of his friends up ahead and is preparing to introduce folks to the newcomers when he realizes something. "Hey, you don't have feathers and you don't have wings! You're not s'posed to fly!" Under his breath he mentions to the ladies, "These are more friends of mine, but they're not usually so uncouth.".
Honor Bright (Kathy) [AC 20; HP 31/50] d20+3=12 ; Wednesday August 31st, 2022 7:44:21 PM
Honor peers at the approaching figures, but can't make them out. "Um. hello?" she calls. "Do you know a way out of this cave?"
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant (7'4" or 10'5" as needed) (Kim) AC 19 Touch 13 FF17 HP 69/69 d20+7=23 ; Wednesday August 31st, 2022 9:08:29 PM
"Honor! Brother-Sister! Asimov! There you are!" Mundhildur calls out. "Are we all dreaming together? Or did my dream just make you all up?"
Zeoll (AC20) | Bill the Camel (AC20) | Cayzle d20+11=16 ; Wednesday August 31st, 2022 11:44:26 PM
Perception 16
Zeoll laughs and welcomes his friends.
"Trruly this is a pleasant drream. I just hope that back in the waking WOld, we arre not being slaughterred!"
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