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A Wizard's Fate: Turn 27
Friday February 21st, 1997 4:00:40 AM
Nonam looks at Jus, "Can't you wait just a minute?"

Then he disbelieves the spiders since they should have burned. Nonam sees through the simple illusion as it replaced with a scroll written on the hide of some red skinned beast. Written on the wax seal is the single word, 'Knock.'

Jus looks back at Nonam to see if he is coming. Noticing the spiders again, he asks, "That seems a bit unusual, doesn't it? Those spiders have been streaming out of that hole for a while, but there still seems no more than at first. Could the spiders, hole, or even the stone be an illusionist's spell?"

Meanwhile:

Korok gets ready, staring intently at the stone slab.

Gareth says, "Korak! We'll figure it out. Be patient. If we make too much noise we'll attract attention from anything in the area! I'm going to sleep."

He sits down at the bottom of the stairs at a point where he can't be seen from the top and gets comfortable.

Below-The-Line (OOC) Comments
Friday February 21st, 1997 4:30:40 AM

That's it for today.

Jerry

A Wizard's Fate: Turn 28
Monday February 24th, 1997 4:00:40 AM
As Jus notices Nonam's behavior towards the spiders, he mumbles to himself "I guess it is an illusion." He casually walks back to Nonam to see what he has found.

When he is by Nonam once again he states, "I guess this means you don't want to go exploring."

Nonam takes the scroll, and then he looks suspiciously at Jus and speaks in elven since no one else is around, "Yes, it is an illusion, and you seem to know more of magic than most fighters. A little elven training perhaps? Anyway, there's really a scroll there with a spell which would probably move the slab since it is hidden here, but its actually for opening locked doors. Now do you think that I should cast it so that our companions can possibly rejoin us, or do you think we should save it till we might really need it and go on our own? Personally I'd like to save it, but I've never really been known for making wise decisions. It's up to you."

Meanwhile:

Korok shrugs, and leans up against the wall, crossing his arms, and rests his eye, keeping an ear open for any noise.

Gareth watches Korak for a while and after he calms down he listens for noise outside or from the direction of the stone slab.

All of a sudden the stones above collapse and one by one Gareth's pebbles that were placed to announce the presence of an intruder move as the intruder descends the stairs.

Below-The-Line (OOC) Comments
Monday February 24th, 1997 4:30:40 AM

Hmm......this is getting easy: run turn, prepare to kill characters while separated, retire for the evening with the knowledge of a job well done.....Muhahaha!!!!

Second Hmm....JK 100 xp.

Till tomorrow,

Jerry

A Wizard's Fate: Turn 29
Tuesday February 25th, 1997 4:00:40 AM
Gareth jumps to his feet and prepares for battle. He positions himself for a back attack if possible behind the stairs. If not possible he positions himself so that whatever it is must get off the stairs to attack him.

Korok moves between himself and Gareth, drawing his scimitars, ready to meet this intruder whomever it is...

Both warriors hear the telling sound of a spider's hissing and then suddenly Gareth is pushed back as something lands squarely on his chest. The hissing thing passes closely by his neck missing him.

Almost at the same time, the stone slab behind you begins to move.

[Gentlemen, we are now in initiative.]

Meanwhile:

"Thanks!" says Jus excitedly -- in elven. "Old Geezer, one of my father's friends, always said I was pretty smart. He's the one I got all the MU lingo from." Jus looks down at the scroll Nonam is holding to see if he can see anything. "You know, the Geezer once said me and my brothers could cast some scroll spells. Can I try this one? We should probably go on and use it. Gareth seemed to really want me on his side when the stone was closing. I would hate to worry him."

Nonam unrolls the scroll and looks at it, beginning to mumble.

Jus looks confused for a moment and then shrugs his thoughts away. He then leans his back against the door and begins lightly tapping it with his knuckles.

Jus begins telling Nonam, "The old man used to do almost everything he could to act all-powerful. He used some spell he called 'Pass Wall' to walk through walls for what reason we could never fathom. But one day! One day we caught him. One of my sisters and I watched him for several weeks and set a trap above one of his more used entrances."

Jus' tapping grows louder. Nonam's mumbling increases.

Continuing Jus says, "He had half plucked chickens falling on him before he could say a word! You should have seen his face! It was hilarious! Well... until he decided to get back at us. He did all sorts of mean things day after day. The worst was that time with the rope, the cat, and that beautiful redhead... wow, was that embarrassing. Anyway, one of the things he also used to tell us was that an illusionist was the worst sort of man you could mix pranks with. Nothing you heard, and nothing you saw could be trusted. He sure convinced me of that!"

Jus then turns around and starts hitting the door hard. Talking over his shoulder he says, "I don't think this is working." Back to the door: "HELLO! KNOCK, KNOCK!" Back over his shoulder, "This isn't an 'Open Sesame' type of spell is it?" Then he steps back, looks at the door, and yells in his deepest, most authoritative voice, "OPEN SESAME!"

With a flourish of his hand Nonam stops mumbling. The stone begins to move.

After waiting a moment, he turns back to Nonam.

Jus looks questioningly at Nonam, "Could I ask something? You seemed almost upset at me for triggering this stone. I thought you and Gareth seemed a bit silly for searching someone's home for a trap. It never occurred to me that someone would put something like this in their own home. Did you have some 'beginning adventuring' class, or perhaps just a little 'human training'?"

Sounds of combat come from the other side of the door.

[Gentlemen, we are now in initiative.]

Below-The-Line (OOC) Comments
Tuesday February 25th, 1997 4:30:40 AM

JK says: Speed is good. I like it.

John sends the strangest thing: Jus hesitates a moment before handing the note and book over to Nonam. "I'll go look at the cauldron", he says as he turns away.

When he is done examining the cauldron and its surroundings, Jus begins walking towards the remains of the tower base, looking around for anything interesting.

Jerry says: What cauldron? John are you imagining things again?

David says: What!!!! No xp for the rock thing???!!!!???

Jerry says: Sure! One per rock! Great idea Dave, creating a second barrier between the party and freedom. You were so upset that John and JK got a nice rock barrier that you had to have one too!....hehe. JK's was for roleplaying....we'll deal with the strategy stuff later. :) It wouldn't be proper to give XP for strategy until the strategy proves to be a good or bad one.

Jerry says: Be sure that you attempt only one rounds action each round according to the rules. Kill, maim, and have fun!

Jerry says: This Sat. Evening, I will be running an online game at AOL's Americon. TSR's online Gaming Convention. I'm one of the DM's in the RPGA module offering. JK, wanna help? Anthony is gonna help me here at the house, but I could definitely use a partner online. Let me know. It will require you prepping with me and would be nice if you had a macro program and we practiced a bit.

Jerry says: yes I did this in the middle of the night. Dedication. That's me.

Jerry says: Good roleplaying JK and John! Fantastic even. John. 100 xp. See yall later today. :)

A Wizard's Fate: Turn 30
Wednesday February 26th, 1997 4:00:40 AM
After Nonam is done casting the spell he looks at Jus, "Open Sesame? Maybe your not as smart as I thought."

Nonam hears the sounds of the fight.

Quickly he looks around on the ground for any dirt, sand, etc. that he could pick up and through at an invisible opponent. He spots some gravel where the rock slab has pulverized some stone. He picks it up and slings it. It strikes something in front of Gareth, but being gravel, it doesn't stick.

Quickly scanning the situation, Jus looks past the receding block and seeing Nonam's gravel hit the invisible opponent, throws his daggers at it. One flies past and clatters on the stairs. The other bounces off the opponent striking it harmlessly with the hilt.

He is very aware of where the trap floor was located and jumps over it as he approaches the melee.

Korok turns to the spider that is pestering Gareth. He strikes with his Scimitar twice.

A stinger appears to come from the back of the spider, and thrusts into Korok. Venom flows into Korok's flesh. The warrior falls to the ground.

Below-The-Line (OOC) Comments
Thursday February 27th, 1997 4:00:40 AM

Introduction from The Jericho: We experience our first death. The first encounter was the toughest in the module. Sometimes, however, the bear gets you. The module continues to linger on and on and on and on....

A Wizard's Fate: Turn 31
Thursday February 27th, 1997 4:30:40 AM
Jus runs screaming to the side of this 'spider' while drawing his swords. He parries and tumbles flashing back and forth in front of the spider. The spider watches him warily.

Nonam rushes to stand over Korok's prone body. Nonam then crouches down and begins casting.

Gareth attacks at the same moment as Nonam's spell comes off.

Fire shoots forth from Noman's brightly glowing hands just missing the underbelly of the spider.

Nonam's rapidly fading fingerprints glow on the handles as they streak toward the spider.

Gareth swings and the sword bounces off the hide of the spider. The sword vibrates with the blow and flies free of Gareth's grasp landing on the other side of the spider two steps up putting it directly in the path of Nonam's wild spell heating it.

During one of Jus' tumbles, he ends up near the creature. He focuses all his strength into a punch into the creature's side. It doesn't come off clean and grazes off the slick hide of the spider.

The spider turns to Gareth and attacks him with his tail. It misses slamming into the wall just above his head. The spider screeches with frustration.

Below-The-Line (OOC) Comments
Thursday February 27th, 1997 5:00:40 AM

Since most of you in your many "I'll do this ifs" mentioned trying for a specific body part I should tell you about the Called Shot. A Called shot is to a body part such as leg, mouth, chest, etc. which is done at -4 to hit (a greater penalty is possible if required by the DM) which results in an injury that keeps the creature from attacking for 1 round. Disarming may also be accomplished in this manner.

If you roll (or in this case I roll for you) a 20, you get to roll to hit again and if successful do additional damage. A natural 20 is always a hit, no matter what.

If a 1 is rolled on an attack the weapon is dropped, bow pops a string, etc. with the result that the next attack is missed while the attacker recovers. During that time, no dex bonus applies to their AC.

All of this is in found in the Players Handbook, 2nd Edition.

Both David and JK rolled a one this round. I had JK attempt to hit AC 6 for a called shot to the belly....normally Mages have to hit AC10 for a magical attack that does not automatically hit an opponent. The result in JK's case was the the spell was off target missing the spider and luckily Gareth. In Gareth's case, his caused his sword to leave his hand. I rolled a 12 sided die for a scatter chart with 12 being the direction that Gareth was facing. I rolled 11 o'clock which put it on the stairs and in the path of JK's miscued spell. Just explaining things so you don't lynch me.

See ya tomorrow,

Jerry

A Wizard's Fate: Turn 32
Monday March 3rd, 1997 4:00:40 AM
Gareth draws his dagger with his off hand and holds his sword hand awkwardly in pain. He dives under the spider and positions himself by his sword on the stairs, watching as it turns from red back to its normal color. After a few moments he picks it up. It burns, but not too much.

Nonam, having a huge deficiency in the wisdom department, leaps to the spider's back and holds on with one hand while stabbing with the other, missing.

The spider strikes at Nonam, hitting him with the tail full in the chest for 3 points damage. Noman screams and willfully fights off the poison. His cloak is ripped where the stinger penetrated his flesh.

Jus quickly gets back against the wall away from the creature, draws and fires his bow. The first shot misses flying by Noman's head as it bounces off the hide of the spider. The second hits the spider sticking it for 3 points damage.

Below-The-Line (OOC) Comments
Monday March 3rd, 1997 4:30:40 AM

David says: A 1!! 2 ones??!! uh huh ....

Jerry says: Yep, uh huh....

Tom says: We have a rule that says that if a archer wants to avoid taking the chance of hitting a compatriot that is closed with the archer's target, he should announce a called shot to avoid hitting friendly forces. The shot is made at -4, but there is no chance of hitting a friendly party.

Jerry says: So shall it be!

Jerry says: William Shatner is coming to town Sunday to the Wichita Falls 4th Annual Star Trek Festival. David, you're welcome to come use my extra ticket if ya wanna go with me.

See ya'll tomorrow.

Jerry

A Wizard's Fate: Turn 33
Wednesday March 5th, 1997 4:00:40 AM
Nonam screams and leaps off the spider's back. The spider heaves at the same time and Nonam is thrown hard against the stairs taking one point damage. He then groans to his feat and climbs up the stairs a little ways preparing his daggers.

Gareth gets back up and assumes attack position and attacks with his sword his mighty blow slashing thru the creature's hide doing 16 points damage killing the creature.

Jus slowly lowers his bow, looks at Nonam and says, "You were making this a bit difficult!"

The spider collapses into a sticky mess and then a magical sheen surrounds the creature as it transforms before your very eyes into a small impish red creature with pointed tail. A pentagram begins to form in the air around the creature. What appears to be the creatures soul separates from the dead body and screams, "No! NAAHHHH!!! It's not my fault!! Don't!! NoAAUUGH!!!"

The soul is drawn into the pentagram stretching a small cord of flesh between the body and the soul. Eventually it breaks, causing the body to fade away into nothing as the pentagram seems to become more and more distant without leaving the hallway. Eventually with a light pop, it disappears.

Below-The-Line (OOC) Comments
Wednesday March 5th, 1997 4:30:40 AM

Well, that was fun.

Guys, just let me know when you need an extra day and we'll slow down for you. No problem. I understand too that doing a quick turn is almost as easy, though, as dropping a quick note saying you don't have time. So I'll try to use some judgment as well.

See yall tomorrow.

Jerry

A Wizard's Fate: Turn 34
Friday March 7th, 1997 4:00:40 AM
Nonam rushes to Korok's side to see about his condition. While doing this he speaks to Jus, "I was making this difficult?!? You were the one shooting arrows in a cave. Just how small of a fighting space do you need before you use those swords?" Then he looks to Gareth, "On the other hand Gareth proved himself a master of his blade. Those were mighty blows my friend. I foresee that one day you will be a legend."

Jus runs over to see if there is anything he can do to help Korok.

Both realize about the same time that Korok is dead.

Gareth looks around for any other 'things' to fight. He says "Next time leave my sword alone! I kind of like it. How did you guys open the door? What can we do for Korok?" After somebody tries to help him he asks, "What was that thing we just killed?"

Jus asks Nonam, "Would you care to explain what just happened; what that thing was at the end?"

Jus then sees if he can recover for use or repair either of the two arrows he fired. The first is chipped and the shaft if cracked. The second lays against the side of the cave in two pieces.

Below-The-Line (OOC) Comments
Friday March 7th, 1997 4:30:40 AM

David says: I am leaving town today and won't be able to read my mail again until Monday. Gareth fights with standard weapons and is glad to lead if someone wants to roleplay in my absence.

Jerry says: Tom, you listening? If'n you want take over David's turns till Monday. If I don't get a turn from you, no prob. I'll do it. :)

Jerry says: John, what was that executable you sent me? I thought I'd ask before running it. Knowing John, my computer would begin thinking it was the HAL9000 unless I make him a 20th level elven king.

Y'all have a good evening.

Jerry

A Wizard's Fate: Turn 35
Monday March 10th, 1997 4:00:40 AM
Nonam stands up still staring at the lifeless Korok. "I think that it is likely that that creature was something Elzid kept around to protect his tower... probably against the creature's will. But it's really hard to say for sure..." Nonam then looks at Jus and Gareth. He's very pale. "I think we should go out and make camp. I'm in no condition to explore much farther. Plus we should also take a little time to bury our companion."

Jus takes a heavy sigh before speaking to Nonam. "First off, mister throw-myself-under-a-scorpions-tail, do not assume you understand the reasons behind someone's fighting style. First, one of my strengths lies in my agility. I attempted to focus the creature's attacks on me while you others struck. It was quickly obvious that this creature was too intelligent to be easily distracted. Second, after seeing all of our attacks glancing off of the creature, I resorted to the weapon I am highly specialized with -- my bow. It may not do as much damage as my swords, but I can hit very well with it. And finally, I as well thank Gareth for his masterful blow against this creature. And I thank you, as well, for your attempt to hit the creature with your spell and for your attempt to pummel the creature with your dagger. Although I did strike the creature, in the future I will try and hit monsters with more than a single measly arrow. Instead I will be sure and beat the creatures silly with my swords, no matter how ineffectual it seems, while they take their time killing my compatriots one person at a time. Again, for the trivial token of resistance I was able to give, I apologize."

After a moment Jus seems to resign himself to something and turns back to Nonam. "I honestly apologize for however I offended you. I just do not understand your reaction."

"Now," Jus says, "unless you humans have another custom I am unaware of, I suggest we take Korok into the city and try to find his relations."

Gareth picks up the body and says, "Does anyone know where he is from?" I agree that we should bury his body and honor him. They won't accept an orc at the graveyard in town, so I suggest we make our own. Then rest as Nonam suggested.

Below-The-Line (OOC) Comments
Monday March 10th, 1997 4:30:40 AM

JK says: Save vs. Poison or die from an invisible creature?? Ouch. Seems a little harsh for the 1st battle. Hey Tom, if it makes you feel better, I think Jerry is a big old mean person.

Jerry says: I agree. It wasn't intended as a first battle. It just happened that way.

Sorry this is a bit late. I was very tired last night and put it off until this morning. I hope it's early enough to get something back tonight, but no biggie if we wait until tomorrow. [smile]

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