Slug Central (CoDM David) Monday April 13th, 2015 4:17:19 AM
Late morning arrives at the place known as Slug Central and so does the party. Evaris stops the group before they arrive and they all come up with a working plan. Less than 10 minutes after this the swamp lays before you. Before you lays a swamp full of lush vegetation and rotting debris. In places you see the remains of animals that clearly wandered to what they thought was water, only to find out that it was quicksand where they became mired, died and were consumed by the other main feature of this area. Slugs. At least 20 of the giant slugs mindlessly roam the area, sliding along on slime trails, eating or just sitting still. Any of these 20 slugs would make a fine guardian for the Hive. The question is, how will you manage to lure one away without alerting the others?
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 temp AC 29 Touch 22 cmd 28 Monday April 13th, 2015 4:48:36 AM
Ooc I guess magic is the key here? Can't we use Emrys idea to talk to the slugs. Ooc had another idea. Ooc can't open the file on android, any ideas? Lanliss looks at the Slugs whispering to the group, unless we have a magical way to lure one of those,I guess we can use a bait to lure all of them and then ambush the last(slowest) slug and lure him to the opposite direction.
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Monday April 13th, 2015 10:10:16 AM
Ariach is sad about the disappearing of Yeshua and Truman. He wants both to stay with the Vanguards and smash the evil of the wold. But he says nothing because he knows no words will change Yeshua´s decision. "Good bye my friends. Never forget that you are part of the Vanguards no matter where you are - act in a proper way."
Later Ariach agrees with the plans of Emrys and Lanliss. If not necessary a fight should be avoided.
Slug Central (CoDM David) Monday April 13th, 2015 7:30:02 PM
OOC The map Cayzle linked is essentially the same, except that Yeshua and Truman are on it. They are not there 8(. My next post will be similarly early, before I go to work on Tuesday Morning.
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] Monday April 13th, 2015 10:09:07 PM
Evaris looks around. "Let's try for that big fellow over there," he whispers, pointing to Slug 17. "Emrys, can your magic work from this distance, or do we need to get closer?"
Emrys ac10, hp40/42, Spectral Hand d4=2 ; Monday April 13th, 2015 10:53:59 PM
(ooc: I don't see a link to any map. The only link I see is one for the "fragile condition". I scrolled all the way back to before the fight with momma bear. No link to be seen.)
Emrys calls forth his spectral hand and it floats silently next to him. He shivers briefly and turns slightly pale. It's obvious a little of his own life-force went into its conjuring. "Evaris, how far away would you say that slug would be ... I have an excellent reach," he says with a smile. He then turns to the others and says, "from this moment on, my friends, we should mind what we speak ... that mindless slug over there will be gifted with our Common tongue and the ability to understand ... to a point, of course. The poor slug does have its limits, bless its many tubular hearts!"
When everyone is ready... and if they are within range (i don't have the benefit of a map), Emrys will cast his second spell on the slug.
(If there are any buff requests, lets have them before we start this.)
Slug Central (CoDM David) Tuesday April 14th, 2015 3:22:51 AM
OOC 170' is well within range. The links are in your email. The slug in question is a mere 60' from your current location. IC A plan is established and the Vanguard moves to complete it. Emrys creates a spectral hand from his own essence and prepares to deliver the communication spell to the nearby slug. As a group they decide that the less combat required to bring one of these slimy guardians to the Hive the better. Now all that remains to be seen is if they can convince a mindless creature of the advantages of being a kept slug.
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 temp AC 29 Touch 22 cmd 28 Tuesday April 14th, 2015 7:12:19 AM
It was sent in the mail
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Tuesday April 14th, 2015 5:18:44 PM
Ariach is very sceptical about Emrys´s attention to use magic to negotiate with the slugs. But it will not hurt to try it before they club down the slug.
Emrys ac10, hp40/42, Spectral Hand, Message d20+7=18 ; d100=88 ; d20+19=39 ; Tuesday April 14th, 2015 10:06:51 PM
(I will have to take your word for it. I don't see any emails either. Last email about this game was three days ago. If I was left out, here is my email: getevenstephen@gmail.com)
Everyones silence seems to speak loud and clear. Everyone is ready. "Alright then ... here goes something!" He begins to quietly sing a deep tone. It starts out low and then begins to grow.
(Casting Share Language. With the help of Spectral Hand, the spell is now a ranged touch spell. If a ranged touch attack is required, Emrys hits Touch AC: 18. Slug needs to make a Will Save: 19. If he fails, it gains the ability to understand (and read) the Common language for 24 hours.)
Not wanting to shout out across the bog and draw the attention of the other slugs, Emrys casts a follow up spell.
(Leyline: 88. Casting Message. Directed at the same giant slug. Duration: 70 minutes)
In a soft, comforting voice, Emrys then begins to speak to the slug. "Dearest Slug, we come to you as friends, we mean you no harm. We bring great and wonderful news. You have been chosen to receive a wonderful gift. A life without want, free from other slugs who want to eat your food ... free from those who wish you harm. All you need to do is follow us and we will take you there. Do you understand? Shake your head up and down if you understand."
Emrys then casts a third spell (Silent Image). Suddenly a small, gentle, bobbing orb of light appears next to the giant slug. He then tells the slug, "Simply follow the light and it will lead you to a group of friends that will show you the way." Then the orb begins to move back in the direction of the waiting Vangardians.
(Diplomacy: 39, natural 20)
Slug Central (CoDM David) d20+4=8 ; d20=19 ; d20=13 ; d20=4 ; d20=5 ; d20=18 ; d20=10 ; d20=19 ; d20=6 ; d20=16 ; d20=8 ; d20=20 ; d20=9 ; d20=13 ; d20=19 ; d20=20 ; d20=12 ; d20=11 ; d20=10 ; d20=17 ; Wednesday April 15th, 2015 10:55:03 AM
OOC Do I have kooties or something? Where is everyone? I swear whatever it is I have is either a cold or allergies, I'm not even sure which it is. It is safe to post.
IC Ariach ponders debating using magic on the slug to get it to come along quietly, but in the end decides that no fight is far better than being maunched on again by a giant slug. Even after being healed he is still sore and can remember the strange rasping motion of it's mouth parts on his skin. Thus he remains silent.
Taking silence for affirmation Emrys plunges on. With no buff requests forthcoming, he sends the first bit of bardic magic on it's way to the slug. dumber than a bag of hammers the slug does not even flinch when contacted by the spell. Emrys smells success. pressing on and trying to remain silent, he casts another spell this time from his witch repertoire, allowing the slug, some 60 feet away to hear his whispered words. Again the slug shows no reaction, calmly maunching on some kind of food. When Emrys whispers the request to the slug, it raises it's head and starts looking around.
( I assume you continue the soft reassuring message until the slug either ignores you, nods it's assent or finds you and starts attacking you, allowing enough time to influence the slug)
Tense moments pass as the slug swivels it's eyestalks around, looking for the source of the sound. Finally a small glimmer of understanding enters it's eyes. Another moment passes and the giant head bobs up and down, accepting the offer from Emrys. Then Emrys casts the glowing ball, and the slug gravitates toward it, you assume at top slug speed. If that is the best speed they can make, this could be a long walk back to the Hive.
None of the other slug seem to even notice the glowing ball. Either they are too far away to see it or they are too interested in whatever disgusting fare they are eating to care about it.
Congratulations, you have a giant slug coming to you in the brush you are hiding in apparently willing to take the job guarding the Hive. Please keep in mind that it has no proper mouth with which to speak, and no mind, so think of it as the biggest dumb puppy you have ever had follow you home. Please plan accordingly.
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 temp AC 29 Touch 22 cmd 28 Wednesday April 15th, 2015 11:48:49 AM
Lanliss is in awe that a giant slug is following them obediently and he says,we need to keep eye on him it will be a shame if we lost this one. He thinks for a moment and then asks Can we get another slug to follow us ?
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] Wednesday April 15th, 2015 12:36:08 PM
"I think one is enough to deal with," Evaris says. "Perhaps somebody could scout ahead? Look for trouble? And maybe somebody could bring up the rear, and make sure nothing is following us? I don't think we're going to be moving any too fast, so we need to be aware of anything showing an interest in us."
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 temp AC 29 Touch 22 cmd 28 d20+14=18 ; d20+16=22 ; Wednesday April 15th, 2015 2:49:40 PM
Lanliss volunteer himself to the front to scout ahead trying to be quite and nimble while paying attention to any unwelcome surprises Rolled perception 18 Stealth 22
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Wednesday April 15th, 2015 6:29:00 PM
Ariach brings up the rear where no stealth is needed. Surprised that everything of Emrys´s plan has worked out, he follows the group very satisfied.
Emrys ac10, hp40/42, Spectral Hand, Message, silent image Wednesday April 15th, 2015 11:26:37 PM
Very pleased with himself, Emrys walks alongside the giant slug offering up very, very simple, yet encouraging words. He hopes the trip back goes smoothly ... as smooth and slippery as the slug's own slime trail. He wishes that he could remember that spell, the one that concealed their tracks. A spell he hasn't used since the most recent shift in the Woldian paradigm. 'Wait a second,' he thinks, 'i should have no memory of that ... oh well!'
As they make their way, he considers other ways to help protect their most highly esteemed travel companion.
Slug Central (CoDM David) Thursday April 16th, 2015 11:49:12 AM
The trip proceeds, slowly. The tree cover is thick and many of the other monsters in the preserve give the huge slug a wide berth since it is bigger and more resilient than they are. The slug does not rush, pulling up vegetation and maunching on it as it slides toward it's new home.
You trek all day and it is about one hour before dusk when you realize you will not reach the Hive by nightfall. Do you choose to continue on into the night, for maybe another 6 hours to reach the hive tonight or will you make camp and risk the wrath of some of the other denizens of the preserve?
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Thursday April 16th, 2015 6:39:28 PM
"I don´t like the imagine to be at night in the preserve" says Ariach. "Let´s continue our march until we are out of this wilderness."
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, Silent image d20+16=20 ; Thursday April 16th, 2015 11:21:39 PM
"Agreed Ariach. We should continue on our way and get our dear friend, the slug here, to his new home. There will be plenty of time for rest afterwards and it will be much deserved, gentlemen."
(Perception: 20)
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] Thursday April 16th, 2015 11:29:21 PM
"I do not want to try to explain to this creature what 'making camp' is," Evaris agrees. "Although if it tires, we should allow it to rest."
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 d20+14=32 ; d20+16=27 ; Friday April 17th, 2015 4:06:38 AM
Lanliss scouts ahead trying to find any surprises while trying not being discovered. Wanting the party to succeed delivering the slug without a fight as they already fought too much.
Rolled once again, hope it's ok to roll again Rolled perception 32 Stealth 27
Slug Central (CoDM David) d20+4=6 ; d20+4=14 ; d20+4=15 ; d20+4=6 ; d20+4=10 ; d20+4=19 ; d20+4=8 ; d6=3 ; d6=4 ; d6=3 ; d6=3 ; d6=3 ; Friday April 17th, 2015 1:06:45 PM
Having marched well beyond the normal 8 hours of the day, even at sch a slow pace, the Vanguard starts to feel the effects of fatigue. The slug feels it as well. It does not slow down when the Vanguard decides to continue through the night, but it stops eating and seems like it may be in pain.
Continuing on means a forced march. You walked all day, well beyond the normal 8 hours but it was slow so I extended the time limit. If you continue through the night you will each need to make Constitution check for each hour. The first check is at DC 12, next is DC 14, the next is at DC 16, Then DC 18, then DC 20. Each missed check causes 1d6 nonlethal damage and any nonlethal damage received causes you to become fatigued. Healing the damage removes the fatigue.
Six hours of travel through the night brings you to the Hive.
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 d20+2=8 ; d20+2=16 ; d20+2=10 ; d20+2=5 ; d20+2=20 ; d6=2 ; d6=3 ; d6=2 ; Friday April 17th, 2015 6:42:36 PM
If we don't allow a forced march in the woods, then Lanliss asks if it is okay to rest there without worrying about the slug sleep snailing (sleep walking)
If we allow a forced march in the woods: Lanliss walks feeling fatigue creeping to him and feeling his legs getting pumped by blood following a feeling of needles in his legs,the long march does take a toll on Lanliss
Damage 2+2+3=10 rolls first fail dc 12 roll 8 second success dc 14 roll 16 third fail dc 16 roll 10 fourth fail dc 19 roll 5 fifth success dc 20 roll 20
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, Silent image Friday April 17th, 2015 11:35:27 PM
Emrys notices that the trip is beginning to its toll on the slug and everyone else. He encourages moments of rest. He asks the slug if he is thirsty. If that is the case, he will sacrifice 10 pieces of gold and summon a medium-sized cauldron. He thens asks Evaris for help to fill it with clean water (via his Create Water spell). He will also use this water to moisten its skin if the slug is becoming too dry.
(leyline: 80, free cast. Casting Witches Tool, summons medium cauldron.)
He will also help out, if needed, and cast cure spells to rejuvenate his friends and slug. He wants to ensure the slug is healthy and happy when they arrive.
(ooc: I had made all my rolls before I started typing my post. At some point during my post, all my rolls disappeared from the Die Rolls line. I don't remember what they were exactly. I know Emrys succeeded at the first three Fort Saves. He failed saves 4 and 5. I don't remember the outcome for Fort Save #6. If the DMs have the ability to check my rolls, please let me know.)
Slug Central (CoDM David) Saturday April 18th, 2015 12:16:14 AM
OOC I don't have the ability to do that, that I know of, but I believe you. These are con checks not fort saves though. Big difference at your guys level. 8)
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP (nonlethal 74)89/89 d20+3=22 ; d20+3=7 ; d20+3=9 ; d20+3=7 ; d20+3=9 ; 4d6=15 ; Saturday April 18th, 2015 4:58:13 AM
Although Ariach is a well trained warrior he begins to feel tired. The longer the march lasts, the more he feels fatigued. After a couple hours marching he drags his shield behind himself huffing and puffing. His boots nearly bogs down completely. It is obviously for everyone that the warrior has a hard time even if he says nothing.
(made just the first save, altogether 15 points nonlethal damage)
(Con checks: 7, 6, 5, 5, 16, 1. Failed them all. Nonlethal damage: 22.)
Emrys is leaning heavily upon his walking stick. He makes sure everyone stays well hydrated, including the slug. Along the way, if he is able to spot berries or plums, Emrys will gather a handful and bewitch them into what he calls goodberries.
(Leyline: 43 and 94, 2nd one is a free cast. Casting Goodberry x2. Created 10 Goodberries. Each transmuted berry provides nourishment as if it were a normal meal for a Medium creature. The berry also cures 1 point of damage when eaten.)
Emrys will give two or three berries to the slug and offers the rest to his friends. "This should take care of any hunger pangs. I guarantee the feast upon arriving home will be vastly more abundant."
Evaris[AC 20; HP 65/74] d20+2=20 ; d20+2=17 ; d20+2=3 ; d20+2=3 ; d20+2=18 ; d20+2=15 ; 4d6=15 ; d8=5 ; d8=5 ; Saturday April 18th, 2015 4:04:47 PM
"I truly think that a forced march will do us less harm than creatures who may attack us if we stop," Evaris says. He is in favor of pressing on.
[Made the first two checks, failed the next 4. 15 nonlethal damage.]
After Hour 4, Evaris uses a Channel Energy to restore the group, including the slug. Everyone heals 10 damage after their 4th Con check. Depending on how the group looks, he may do that again.
The Return to the Hive (CoDM David) Monday April 20th, 2015 7:01:28 AM
The Vanguard slogs on through te Monster Preserve for most of the night. Evaris and Emrys see to the well being of their companions with some good berries and some channeled healing. Everyone is still tired but not fatigued when they reach the gate to the Hive, where they fought the original Giant Slug. Standing vigil in the opening is the orc you spoke to earlier and two more orcs. All wear the odd buglike headgear and robes. At the very edge of your vision the orc you spoke with earlier raises a hand in greeting, and beckons you forward to the hive.
Once you reach the opening, he runs his hands over the new slug, admiring it's condition and size. He waves at the other two orcs and they retire back into the hive. For a few moments he leans his head in near the slug's head and apparently SPEAKS to it in a series of burbling clicks and buzzes. He then looks back at the Vanguard.
" Amazing. He zayz you walked into zee heart of zeee swamp, hiz home, and zpoke to him. We are aztounded by ziz. He zayz zat he waz promized food and a zafe place to live all for following you here. Zis iz of courze what we dizcuzzed and you are to be commended for zuch a fine zpecimin in zuch good condition. It iz late and you muzt all be tired. We invite you to come back into zee hive where we can thank you and where you can rest zee remainder of zee night in comfort and zafety. Pleeze follow uz."
He turns away and leads you back into the hive, where you spoke before
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP (nonlethal 74)89/89 Monday April 20th, 2015 9:10:09 AM
Unsure what to do Ariach finally follows the orc. He doesn´t want to offend common decency again when dealing with an agent of the hive.
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 d20+14=21 ; Monday April 20th, 2015 12:40:07 PM
Lanliss follows the orc too, thanking him for his hospitality. Lanliss however tired is still alert when he return into the HIve, Trying to find something a miss in the Hive thinking for himself and murmuring in halfling: not good,not good. He then immediately makes a fast gesture at the group (Ariach,Emrys and Evaris) pointing at his eyes and then the surroundings, trying to convey the group to not let guard just yet. rolled perception 21
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 Monday April 20th, 2015 12:43:28 PM
OOC: We are 4 now ? how come ? What happened to Seth (Jon) ? Did he leave too ?
Evaris[AC 20; HP 65/74] Monday April 20th, 2015 5:25:35 PM
"We accept your kind offer," Evaris says, "and thank you for it. It has been a long and trying day."
He goes inside with his companions and tries to rest.
Seth HP53 AC 18(23) /10 CMD 6 Raksha HP 50 AC 22 CMD 15 Monday April 20th, 2015 9:17:46 PM
Occ Sorry all about non posting I was unable to as our internet was offline and at this time I am jobless so I did not have any way to post
Seth HP53 AC 18(23) /10 CMD 6 Raksha HP 50 AC 22 CMD 15 Monday April 20th, 2015 9:26:25 PM
Seth wonders out of the preserve in a daze seemingly lost in through with Raksha in tow happily.
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, nonlethal22, Silent image Monday April 20th, 2015 10:47:56 PM
Although being very tired and travel weary, Emrys greets the orcs with his trademark smile. "Thank you, thank you, we do our best. Our slug friend here was an excellent travel companion. Truly, the finest slug for sure."
Emrys hears a rustling back in the brush and bramble and he turns to see Seth and his tiger friend emerge from the darkness. "Ahh, just in time! We were wondering when you'd turn up.
Turning back to the orc, he replies, "We are most grateful for your hospitality, thank you." He too will follow the orc back into the hedge.
The Return to the Hive (CoDM David) Tuesday April 21st, 2015 8:01:03 AM
Seth emerges from the trees and the Vanguard are reunited. Ariach is wary of the orc, but follows along out of common decency, still keeping aware. Lanliss is also respectful, but having been a prisoner before he keeps his eyes peeled and silently urges the others to do so as well. Evaris follows along, comfortable in the fact that they have fulfilled their word and are guests. Emrys thanks the orc for it's hospitality and makes the most of their snail companion. For it's part, the snail is now home. There is a pile of lovely rotting vegetation next to the opening in the hedge and the snail slides on over to it and begins enjoying the food at it's new digs.
Down you go, into the Hive once again. The room you negotiated in before is changed from how it was just a few short days ago. A rough wooden table has been set up in the room and a large pile of freshly cut leaves sits to one side, clearly meant as a bed for you to take advantage of as you rest the night. On the table are a few decanters, filled with water, fruit juice and a weak, but flavorful wine. There are wooden cups for you all to use to drink whatever you desire. There are also platters of some kind of roasted meat, from the look and smell it is a roasted pig. A whole chicken dominates another platter as well as some cooked root vegetables and some stewed greens. There are bowls of fruit as well. Berries, apples and a few pears fill these. There is a basket of bread and a rather curious bowl. At first glance it is empty, but then you notice a tool commonly used to spread honey standing straight up in the bowl. The orc sees your curious looks and explains.
" Zee beez. Zee honey zey make , it too iz invizible. It iz quite tazty though, you should definitely have zome. All zis we have prepared for your return. Wee knew from zpeaking to you we were dealing with honorable peoplez. We offer zis room to you until you wake. Pleeze have zome food and take your rezt. You have remedied the hurt you cauzed when you did not have to. We conzider you friendz. If you need anyzing pleeze just call uz. Zee bell on the table will zummon uz when you ring it. Eat, rezt and enjoy zee bountiez of zee Hive."
The orc lingers a moment to see if you have any questions. If there are none he backs out of the room and moves deeper into the Hive, leaving you to eat, drink and sleep. Or not. This all seems so strange when just a few days ago, you negotiated as enemies in this very room.
Any magical or mundane examination of the foods shows they are all fresh and in no way poisoned. The honey is, as claimed sweet and luxurious. The bed of leaves seems to be the most comfortable bed you have ever slept in, especially after the grueling walk of the past night. If you choose to eat, drink and sleep you feel certain that any ill effects of the forced march will be removed.
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 d20+22=31 ; Tuesday April 21st, 2015 4:09:24 PM
Lanliss sits on the bed of leaves eating a little bit of everything (some fruit with berries,cooked vegetables with meat dipped with nvisible honey . He then procceds to drink some wine before laying on the bed. Lanliss looks at himself,thinking when he will have a decent shower. He begin to drift away feeling a strong need to sleep. I think I am going to sleep, he says, and suddenly rises from the bed knowing that he lost his chance to follow the orc. If anyone has an idea how to make an alarming trap, this is the time. He then goes to make what is in the parentheses (if possible ) and then goes to sleep. Rolled 31 (If there is a door then I try to use disable device to make sure that the door will cause a sound upon opening , and make it a little bit jammed so it will take a few moments to open the door)
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP (nonlethal 74)89/89 Tuesday April 21st, 2015 5:35:06 PM
"I propose to keep watch. I don´t think they will betray us but just in case we should be prepared." Ariach tries to suppress a yawn but it doesn´t succeed. "I keep the first watch." After the warrior has eaten from the outstanding food he feels even more tired. Again and again yawning, he stands up and starts to walk around to prevent falling asleep. But every time he passes one of the comfortable beds he wishes nothing more than to get between the blankets.
The Return to the Hive (CoDM David) Tuesday April 21st, 2015 6:06:18 PM
Supplemental post There is no door to try to make an alarm, just a tunnel leading out of the chamber and deeper into the hive. The tunnel turns several times, within a few feet to make the exit a natural choke point.
Evaris[AC 20; HP 65/74] Tuesday April 21st, 2015 9:37:45 PM
Bone-tired, Evaris manages only to drink a little water before crawling onto the leaves and falling asleep.
In the morning, he can heal his companions of any lingering hurts.
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, nonlethal22, Silent image Tuesday April 21st, 2015 11:41:29 PM
Emrys again gives thanks to their host for the accommodations. He partakes of the food, wine and honey. He thoroughly enjoys the sweet and savory flavors. Succumbing to the warm, soothing affects of the wine, Emrys reclines on one of the beds of leaves. He takes his lute and plucks out a beautifully gentle and relaxing melody. Between the cords, he casts an illusion of a tiny, translucent ballerina dancing on the table, no more than twelve inches tall. The miniature dancer looks appears to be formed of a faint, blue light. She silently dances in step with Emrys' music. She fades as soon as the music dies, for Emrys has fallen asleep.
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 Wednesday April 22nd, 2015 1:48:05 AM
Ooc it looks like Lanliss won't sleep fully
Lanliss looks at Ariach, trying to guard the party. You can go to sleep, I will guard second watch he says
The Return to the Hive (CoDM David) Wednesday April 22nd, 2015 12:34:12 PM
The Night passes into morning, then mid morning. The Vanguard partakes of some of the food and then sleeps, in shifts, so that they can keep watch.
At mid morning the Orcs return. The speaker clears a space on the table and the other two place a large tray, almost a stretcher. in the cleared space. The speaker urges you to wake up and prepare for the day. Basins of water and towels are provided so that you may wash away the road dirt. Not top star hotel service, but a welcome change to being dirty and tired from the road. The good night's sleep has worked out the fatigue from last night. Your muscles are still a bit sore, but all of the temporary damage has been healed.
Once you have had a chance to refresh yourselves, and perhaps eat something the orc speaker returns.He gestures for all of you to make yourselves comfortable and then he moves to the table, and the covered tray. Once you have all settled down and relaxed he will proceed.
Any other actions for the morning preparations? Do you all go along with the orc?
The Return to the Hive (CoDM David) Wednesday April 22nd, 2015 3:35:23 PM
OOC Taking a step back here to the night before. Things have developed and Jon Eber has decided that he will go walkabout. He cited an inability to both look for a jb and post regularly here as reasons he was leaving and wished you all the best. You are now at 4 players. It would be a good idea for you all to shake the bushes and begin recruiting friends, neighbors and random geeks like us, to try and raise the number of players in the game. IC Seth emerges from the woods with the Vanguard and stands to as they deliver the slug to it's new home. When the orc mentions that they are welcome to stay the night in safety and comfort the druid shudders and steps back. " I have experienced your hospitality already thank you and I think I will decline." " Friends, you got me out of a terrible spot in there and accepted me as a new member to your team. I regret that I can not continue with that path at this time. Mine and my companion's path lies elsewhere in the Wold. Maybe someday I will be able to return, but not now." "Good bye" With that Seth and Rakshasa turn and melt into the night.
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP (nonlethal 74)89/89 Wednesday April 22nd, 2015 5:10:32 PM
Ariach feels a deep sadness when he sees Seth and Rakshasa leaving. Once again the Vanguards lose a just won member. "Good bye" he says in a low voice and waves them goodbye.
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, nonlethal22, Silent image Wednesday April 22nd, 2015 11:16:08 PM
"Good morning, everyone," he says to everyone as soon as he wakes. He greets the orc with a smile and a thank you for the water. He cleans up a little more than he did the night before. His normal morning regiment of grooming rituals will have to wait, they don't have the time for that.
Emrys is very curious as to what the orc is about to reveal to them on the covered tray. He moves to the table and makes himself comfortable.
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] Wednesday April 22nd, 2015 11:21:56 PM
The first thing Evaris does on awakening is heal his companions.
Then he eats a nice big breakfast, to make up for the supper he skipped the night before.
He then moves to the table and sits down, looking curiously at the covered tray.
The Return to the Hive (CoDM David) Thursday April 23rd, 2015 9:30:35 AM
OOC Sorry guys, the DM post will be delayed until I get home from work tonight.
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 Thursday April 23rd, 2015 9:31:22 AM
Lanliss is curious too. Ooc Good bye Jon/Seth. Good luck at finding a job hope you will find one pretty soon
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Thursday April 23rd, 2015 6:41:31 PM
Ariach thanks Evaris for his healing
The Return to the Hive (CoDM David) Thursday April 23rd, 2015 8:00:59 PM
The Orc favors you each with a smile. " You came in force yet were willing to hear our zide before deztroying the hive we call home. You went at peril to yourzelvez and not only got uz a new guardian for our gate, but got uz a willing guardian for our gate, without bloodshed. You have taken uz at our word that we will zeal off the hive from the outzide world and not allow other monzterz to ezcape the prezerve and threaten the zity. All zeese thingz you hav done for uz, now we reward you with zeese things for your truzt."
He removes the covering from the tray and you see on it a staff made of twisted darkwood covered with knots and nodules resembling crawling insects, which occasionally seem to move. A wand made from what looks to be locust wood with a large bud at the end of it. It appears that the bud pulses and grows, before shrinking back to it's original size. there are also two helmets that are identical to the one that the Orc wears. Finally there is a pile of gems in the middle of the platter.
" The wand, it makez verminz grow in size and iz fully charged. The staff can summon forth either a zimple zwarm of inzectz or an entire plague of inzectz. The gems are sufficient to be uzed az currency in the zity. the lazt two itemz, they are a mazterpize for the Lady Bug. Zey are a living helmet of our own dezign. The eyez of the helmet rezt over zee eyez of the wearer. Zis means the weaer cannot zee. But Zee helmet grantz the wearer blindzenze and Tremorzenze to compenzate. It iz a ztreange feeling, but onze you become attuned to it, the zenzation is marveouz. The helmz eat good berriez. You know how to make good berriez, correct?" "Pleeze take theze rewardz with our blezzing and thankz."
OOC Translation, the helms deprive the wearer of normal sight but grant tremor sense and blind sight ( it is not clear how far, I will need to beat the author mercilessly for his lacking description of the helms) They eat only goodberries ( again no mention is made of how many or how often, so I will double the beating and get these facts for you). The staff is a staff of swarming insects and the wand is a wand of giant vermin, both fully charged. The gems total 10000 gp. For the plucking of the slug from the swamp without bloodshed I think you deserve more than the module lists since it automatically assumes you will fight, so I will get back to you with that xp as well.
OOC: The beatings continued until morale improved! Then the author declared: 60 ft range on blindsight and tremorsense. One goodberry per day keeps a helm happy.
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] Thursday April 23rd, 2015 11:34:30 PM
It is difficult to bow while seated, but Evaris makes a valliant effort. "Thank you, good sir, and thank Lady Bug as well. With luck, the gems should be sufficient to pay any outstanding fines owed to Plateau City for Lady Bug's earlier actions."
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, nonlethal22, Silent image Thursday April 23rd, 2015 11:39:00 PM
Emrys' eyes go wide with what they are presented. An expression of shock upon his face. After a moment of bewilderment, all he could say, "Oh my ... Lady Bug ... you are most gracious!" After another brief pause, he continues, "you have done what most others could not ... you've rendered me speechless! There are not enough words to express our gratitude." He looks over each of these incredibly unusual items. Emrys then adds, "Yes, I can make goodberries and well fed they shall be."
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, nonlethal22, Silent image d20+19=21 ; Thursday April 23rd, 2015 11:42:51 PM
(ooc: I forgot to roll a Diplomacy check: 21)
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 d20+11=25 ; Friday April 24th, 2015 10:51:21 AM
Well that is a nice set of gifts to give us, thank you dear friend. I am sorry for not trusting the hive.
Lanliss then bows a royal bow to the orc and continues. Please do tell Lady Bug that we appreciate the gifts and that all will come to peace now that the hive have a new guardian. Lanliss then thinks about what he did to the bear and begins to appreciate the power of diplomacy.
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Friday April 24th, 2015 6:37:53 PM
Ariach acknowlegdes to himself that Lady Bug and her minions maybe aren´t that bad. He also honors Lady Bug´s generostiy although he has no need of any of these strange magical items. He wonders who wants to wear voluntary a helmet you have to feed?
The Return to the Hive (CoDM David) Saturday April 25th, 2015 7:32:10 AM
The orc smiles and spreads his hands. " Pleeze let the mayor and any otherz know that we wish only to live in harmony with zee prezerve and will let no more monzterz out through zee hive. Zis waz all a mizunderztanding." If there is nothing else, the Orc will lead the Vanguard to the surface and wish them a safe trip out of the preserve.
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 Saturday April 25th, 2015 7:56:53 AM
Lanliss says, so we can go to the mayor and tell him everything is all right now as there will be no troubles from now on. Lanliss thinks for himself, I can finally rest now.
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] Sunday April 26th, 2015 9:13:35 PM
"Thank you again for your hospitality," Evaris says. He helps his companions gather their loot, and departs the hive with them.
"We need to let the rangers know what happened," he says, "and then we can return to Platueau City and speak with the Lord Mayor. I hope everyone will continue to be reasonable."
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, nonlethal22, Silent image Sunday April 26th, 2015 11:51:11 PM
Emrys thanks the orc (Lady Bug) one last time and they gather their things and leave.
"Yes, I agree, Evaris. However, I sensed something as we were leaving ... a vision or sorts. We've veered off the normal course. Our actions here changed our path away from the most probable future. Oh, if only we shared the same sight our Fates enjoy. We've changed the Wold and change will soon happen to us as well!"
The Return to the Hive (CoDM David) Monday April 27th, 2015 5:18:04 AM
The Vanguard departs the Hive and travels to the Ranger station in the Preserve. The Rangers receive them warmly and offer them a meal and a cot so that they may journey to the city in the morning. (remember, it was noon when you left the Hive). They listen to the report of how the slug was gained for the Hive and are willing to stay out of the Hive's territory so long as no more monsters are allowed to leave the preserve.
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 Monday April 27th, 2015 4:33:54 PM
Lanliss thanks them for their hospitality and adds Please do send my regards to miss Drakeguard from the Yoke of Cluver if you ever send someone or a message there, she is a ranger, tell her that Lanliss is all right. Lanliss goes to sleepi, finally being able to completely relax. He shuts his and after some moment sleeps.
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Monday April 27th, 2015 6:30:32 PM
Ariach takes the meal from the rangers and feels a lot more comfortable now when he finally has left the preserve. He agrees with the rangers when they tell the Vanguards that they stay out of the Hive´s territory so long as no monster leaves the preserve. "I don´t know if we can trust them. But at least we should give them a chance to proof it."
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] Monday April 27th, 2015 9:47:03 PM
Evaris is happy to accept the rangers' hospitality for the night, and relieved that everyone is being so reasonable. So far.
"One more hurdle," he murmurs, "and then we are finished with this. I hope the Lord Mayor will be as reasonable as everyone else."
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Tuesday April 28th, 2015 3:49:52 PM
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The Return to the Hive (CoDM David) Tuesday April 28th, 2015 7:00:57 PM
OOC Whoops, sorry guys. I didn't get a chance to post before work and then forgot all about it. DM Cayzle will be taking over tomorrow to handle meeting the mayor and reporting.
IC The Vanguard settles in and gets a good night's sleep at the ranger station. Lanliss finally feels safe and is able to fall asleep, which he does directly. The others talk over what they will tell th mayor and his staff and whether or not they expect a response that is as 'live and let live' as the Rangers.
Dawn breaks and the Vanguard awakens and and prepares to go meet the mayor. They are faced with their final preparations about what to say and how to present their findings to the mayor.
Please make any last minute preparations you need to to present your findings to the mayor. DM Cayzle will take over tomorrow for the mayoral meeting.
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] Tuesday April 28th, 2015 10:06:42 PM
"We should clean up before we meet with the Lord Mayor," Evaris says. "And, should we try to arrange an appointment? Or just show up over there?"
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, nonlethal22, Silent image Tuesday April 28th, 2015 11:53:24 PM
Emrys most certainly cleans up and goes through his full regiment of grooming rituals involving lotions, creams, moisturizers, powders and perfumes, not to mention a careful hair brushing and styling (using his #10, #7 and #4 brushes ... maybe the #2 comb in certain places).
Before they leave the forest, he will look for wild berries along their path. Enough for a good batch of tasty goodberries.
Home Sweet Home (DM Cayzle) Wednesday April 29th, 2015 6:55:08 AM
OOC: Friends, with my new job, I anticipate only posting once per day, likely in the morning. This is my Wed DM post.]
As the party returns to Plateau City, it may occur to you that it has been an odd adventure. You met new people, one of whom joined the group. Others have left, as adventurers tend to do. And you gained some odd rewards, that's for sure ... two of these ...
Bramble Jump Amulet: Activated as part of a move action, you can travel short distances between brambles, shrubs, or thickets as if via dimension door. You must begin and end this movement while in an area of at least light undergrowth. You can travel in this manner up to 60 feet per day. This movement must be used in 10-foot increments and does not provoke attacks of opportunity. The amulet works only on yourself. This is a fate item that cannot be sold in the Catacombs.
two of these ...
Helm of Bugsense: This helm covers the wearer's eyes, so that normal vision is not possible. However, the helmet grants tremorsense 60 ft and blindsight 60 ft. (click on those links for more info). The helmets are living things that require one goodberry per day to remain alive. Without goodberries, they cease to function for one week, after which they die. This is a fate item that cannot be sold in the Catacombs.
The party has also gained a staff of swarming insects and a wand is a wand of giant vermin, both fully charged. And gems worth 10000 gp.
Passing through Clangden's Gate, the Memorial Quarter, and then through the Water Gate, you arrive home in Plateau City. The gate guards are very polite and greet you my name. Likely they will alert the authorities that you have returned.
Where to first? Home to relax? The Catacombs or magical markets to sell loot? Straight to the Mayor's office?
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Wednesday April 29th, 2015 1:55:35 PM
"Let us report to the Mayor´s office first. Afterwards we go home where we discuss our next moves" proposes Ariach.
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 Wednesday April 29th, 2015 2:24:39 PM
Lanliss looks at the familiar place, finally he says. He looks at the gates feeling home. Yes I agree Ariach, Lanliss responds, we better report to the mayor. Actually I never met him he says to himself as he follows Ariach.
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] Wednesday April 29th, 2015 10:17:19 PM
"Home to clean up first," Evaris reminds them with a smile, "and then to the mayor. Our errand is not so urgent that we have to arrive fresh from the field."
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, nonlethal22, Silent image Wednesday April 29th, 2015 10:40:51 PM
(ooc: I thought we had already made it home to clean up. Emrys doesn't carry all his vast amount of grooming supplies everywhere he goes. His brush and comb collection alone would fill a handy haversack.)
"Oh yes, lets look our best before seeing the High Lord Mayor. I didn't want to say it out loud in front of the others, but you all are quite, how do you say ... odoriferous! Ariach, I do have a fine polish that will clean that grime off your armor. We don't want it to rust, do we?"
Home Sweet Home (DM Cayzle) Thursday April 30th, 2015 7:05:16 AM
Captain Meline is pleased to receive the returning party, now shiny and nice-smelling. The Plateau City bureaucrat ushers them into a meeting room, makes a polite excuse, leaves, and returns shortly with a thick parchments-box of documents.
Meline joins you at the meeting table and motions to the tea, wine, and other refreshments to one side.
"Please have something to drink. We are proud of our adventurers here in Plateau City, and we want you to feel comfy."
The captain takes a sip of tea. "Ah, well, good to see you all again. I'm sure that means you have met with success. Please, tell me all about it."
Meline continues. "Yes, of course, the insect and vermin wizard. Your mission was to ... " there is some shuffling of papers ... reading from notes ... "Your mission's primary task was to destroy the gateway tree on the border. Yes. Your secondary task was to capture or kill the verminologer."
"No reports of a prisoner, so the enemy of Plateau City is dead, then?"
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 Thursday April 30th, 2015 2:06:24 PM
Lanliss looks down at the floor letting the group speak as he does not know what was the agreement between the group and the mayor, and he doesn't wish to make things worse. Ooc: I don't what was before I joined so I am letting the rest speak.
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] d20+20=33 ; Thursday April 30th, 2015 6:36:40 PM
Evaris smiles. "The enemy of Plateau City turns out not to be an enemy after all," he explains. "We were able to resolve the situation peacefully, without bloodshed."
And, skilled speaker though he is, he knows that Emrys is better still. So he contents himself with that introduction and allows Emrys to pick up the tale from there.
"Yes, good sir. The primary objective to the mission was successful. The gateway is sealed. The information you gave us was invaluable. However, not all the details turned out to be accurate ... I'm certain it was to no fault of your own. After we made a rather bold entrance of the hedge, we entered the underground tunnels that led to the verminologist named Lady Bug. There we met Lady Bug's emissary, with whom she spoke through. We chose a diplomatic approach, instead of bloodshed, and entered into a parley. We questioned her about her relationship with Draco and the attacks on Plateau City. She explained how she had no part in the attacks, that she was merely merchant and Draco her customer. She claimed that she was completely ignorant to Draco's motives and plans with her creations. I believe her."
He then clears his throat and a sly but warm and reassuring smile forms across his face. "I employed a very special divination (like calls to like) before entering parley. Knowing her to be a recluse, this divination allowed me greater understanding of her mind and motives. I knew that very instant that she had an irrational fear of the 'contamination' from the outside world. She would've fought to the death before leaving her hedge. I was so mindful of her thoughts and motives that there was no possibility of her passing a lie to me . And she was forthright and honest ... that I am most certain of. By the end of the parley, she agreed to never have dealings with Draco again. The gateway was permanently sealed. The hostages were set free and placed into our care. After we returned them to the ranger's station, we set off and replaced her pet giant slug that we had killed upon first entering her hedge and we parted as friends."
Emrys then presents the gems that Lady Bug had given. He looks to Evaris and gives a slight nod. "Even though she didn't set her creatures upon Plateau City, she admits to having poor judgement doing business with Draco. If there are any damages that need to be paid, I'm sure these fine gems can make things right."
Emrys pauses to let Meline look over the gems. He then continues, "Another thing that we learned is that she is capable of creating strange and wondrous items. Things so extraordinary that there's nothing else like them, even in the Catacombs. She would make an excellent ally of Plateau City." Emrys removes one of the helmets from a bag and sets it on the table. "Have you ever seen anything like it before. It's a living helmet." He takes a goodberry (that he made before leaving the Preserve) and feeds it to the helmet. Emrys then explains what it does and how it works. "Who knows what else she can make ... for fair and reasonable price, of course."
Home Sweet Home (DM Cayzle) Friday May 1st, 2015 7:34:05 AM
Captain Meline starts scribbling furiously with what turns out to be a magical quill that does not need an inkpot. There are a lot of notes to take as the party explains things.
"Well, sometimes our initial intelligence does prove faulty," the captain says. "So you reached an acceptible resolution? And this Lady Bug would be willing to receive visitors, and perhaps trade? Excellent."
"There will be no need of these gems. The City paws its adventurers, not the other way around. In fact, based on what you have said, I expect a courier will be paying you a visit tomorrow as well."
"In the meantime, congratulations on a job quite well done."
The Plateau City adventurer liaison looks over the helm and tries it on. "Wow!"
"Are you offering one of these to the City? How much would you want for it? Or do you intend to keep them for yourselves?"
[OOC: Friends, please add 21,000 xp to your character sheets. Also, please respond to Jerry's email about whether you prefer to continue this game or move on to other games with your characters. I wish I had more time to recruit for more players, but I'm starting a new job, so I am very *very* short of time. If you want to continue, we'll need to do some major recruiting.]
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 Friday May 1st, 2015 1:52:52 PM
Lanliss yet again looks at the group as he was rescued by the group, so they have the final word.
ooc: will add xp later on.
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] Sunday May 3rd, 2015 9:27:58 PM
"For myself," Evaris says, "I do not want one of the helmets. I'm afraid that the....disconcerting appearance will do me more harm than the extra senses will do me good. Although my companions may want to keep them."
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, nonlethal22, Silent image Sunday May 3rd, 2015 11:09:38 PM
"That is fine if you wish not to wear them in public, but in a dungeon setting, I doubt the creatures lurking about would mind. We still need to feed them everyday, which I'm willing to do. I couldn't just let them starve in good conscious."
Home Sweet Home (DM Cayzle) Monday May 4th, 2015 1:19:22 PM
Captain Meline looks from Evaris to Emrys. The two seem to be deciding whether to keep the two helms or not. She steps out and returns with a wizard, who looks the helms over, then consults quietly.
Meline says, "If it will help you decide, the City will give you 30,000 gold for a single helm."
The wizard's eyes widen, and his fingers twitch.
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] Monday May 4th, 2015 9:29:27 PM
"Well," Evaris says, "Ariach or Lanliss may want one. If they don't, then we would be happy to sell you one."
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, nonlethal22, Silent image Monday May 4th, 2015 10:54:07 PM
"Yes, that price does seem fair. I believe Ariach has already expressed a dislike for the helmet, due to its 'verminous peculiarity'. However, I think it's quite beautiful .... umm, in its own way."
Home Sweet Home (DM Cayzle) Tuesday May 5th, 2015 8:21:22 AM
Meline looks at Lanliss and Ariach.
"Do either of you want a helm? Or would you rather sell one to the city?"
"Emrys, do you seek to place a claim on one?"
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Tuesday May 5th, 2015 4:41:22 PM
"I decline with thanks but i don´t want a living thing on my head. Either you sell it or one of you guys take it."
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 Tuesday May 5th, 2015 5:59:57 PM
Lanliss looks at Emrys, waiting for an answer to be given to Meline.
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] Tuesday May 5th, 2015 10:04:45 PM
"I would like one of the amulets," Evaris says. "If that's all right. Anything that will help me get to a wounded comrade would be most welcome."
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, nonlethal22, Silent image Tuesday May 5th, 2015 11:40:44 PM
"Cover up my glorious locks ... hide my stunning eyes ... I think not! They're my bread and butter. I would only use the helmet when I needed it ... whenever my eyes fail me or I require its special brand of sight, whatever the situation would be. I'm more than willing to feed it each day. It's a marvel to behold. (could we get a visual description of this unique piece of headwear?)
He then smiles at Evaris for his comment. "I just knew it." He reaches into his haversack and gives the cleric the second wooden medallion.
Home Sweet Home (DM Cayzle) Wednesday May 6th, 2015 5:16:37 AM
Captain Meline nods to the wizard assistant, who grins and leaves the chamber.
Evaris, Ariach, and Emrys decline to use a Bug Helm Of Tremorsense and Blindsight. Though chitinous and shiny, looking for all the world like a greathelm with a visor that looks just like the two compound eyes of an insect, none of the three party vets seem eager to wear one.
Maybe Lanliss would like a Bug Helm? But he seems to feel a bit shy, not having been present when the party last met Captain Meline.
The Plateau City bureaucrat is perceptive enough to recognize Lanliss's hesitancy. "Let me explain to you, good Lanliss, the relationship between the government of New Elenna and Plateau City, its capitol, and the adventuring groups on which it relies."
"You see, some nations have small, professional standing armies for defense. Others depend on levies of citizens who form large amateur armies in times of war. But New Elenna uses neither of these. instead, we support our adventuring groups, and we call on them to defend the nation from threats both large and small. Your group --" Meline shuffles some papers, looks at them, and then smiles -- "-- The Vanguard, yes, of course ... is one such registered adventurer group. The Mayor of Plateau City, who is also the chief executive of New Elenna, calls on groups such as yours in times of need."
"Most recently, a monstrologer known as Draco has threatened the city. He caused a plague of monsters to be released from the Monster Preserve and then to threaten the citizenry. Your new group helped capture the monsters and return them to the Preserve. Then Draco threatened New Elenna with a dragon-like monster, and again your group helped to turn this threat away. Most recently, your group was sent to fix the hole in the Preserve, opened by this "Lady Bug" person, and you have just returned with the good news that the problem is solved."
"So you see, my noble Lanliss, you have joined a respected group that the Mayor depends on to protect the nation."
At this point, the wizard assistant returns with a small box and hands it to Meline.
"And so, in addition to buying from you one or both of these lovely Bug Helms, we also enjoy the privilege of rewarding our heroes when they succeed at great tasks, and in supporting them in times of need. With that in mind, I'd like to give each of you this medal."
The Plateau City official stands and opens the box. With a bow, Captain Meline puts around each of your necks an electrum medallion on a silk ribbon. One side of the medallion is embossed with the Seal of Plateau City, which is a representation of the three plateaus of New Elenna (looking a little bit like an off-center wedding cake with three tiers). On the other side it is engraved: "To Name Here of The Vanguard, in recognition and thanks for brave service defending Plateau City from monsters and their masters."
Of course, each medal is personalized -- the "Name Here" part is engraved with your names.
[OOC: So, sell both helms to Plateau City for 30,000 gp each?]
The Return to the Hive (CoDM David) Wednesday May 6th, 2015 6:31:24 AM
OOC SO THAT's what electrum is for. I knew it had some use.
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 Wednesday May 6th, 2015 4:39:52 PM
Ooc I really don't know....I think having at least one of this can help the group as a whole. What do you think ? (Group ?)
Lanliss is flattered for the medal he got, and he his proud to belong to the vanguard.
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Wednesday May 6th, 2015 5:20:03 PM
If Lanliss wants one of the helmets he can have one. Beside that Ariach listens carefully to Captain Meline and is also proud receiving the medallion.
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] Wednesday May 6th, 2015 10:34:21 PM
[OOC: if you want it, take it; it's yours. If you don't particularly want it, then the group is probably just fine with the cash. :) ]
Evaris accepts his medalion with a smile and a little bow. "Thank you, Captain," he says. "I shall treasure it."
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, nonlethal22, Silent image Thursday May 7th, 2015 12:23:16 AM
(ooc: sorry for the late post. Severe thunderstorms and tornado warnings prevented me.)
"I was thinking that our new friend here would make excellent use of the helmet. Just imagine being able to sense presence and number of people inside a room or hallway through a closed door or a solid wall (tremorsense)! Not to mention being able to see in total and magical darkness, invisibility and creatures attempting to hide from view (blindsight). What do you say, Lanliss? Would this form of sight compliment your various skills and talents?"
Home Sweet Home (DM Cayzle) Thursday May 7th, 2015 8:24:14 AM
The group offers one helm to the city and one to Lanliss. Evaris gets a bramble-jumping amulet -- what will you do with the other?
A messenger comes in and offers a slip of paper to Captain Meline, who reads it and then turns to the group. "It seems there's an undead disturbance in your neighborhood. Likely an overenthusiastic necromancer. Will you once again step up to defend your city?"
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, nonlethal22, Silent image Thursday May 7th, 2015 1:38:25 PM
(ooc: Emrys is wearing the other bramble amulet for similar reasons.)
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Thursday May 7th, 2015 3:53:46 PM
"Of course we will" Ariach responds without waiting of any reaction of his comrades. It is obviously that he is eager to proof the Vanguards´ worth to the city one more time.
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] Thursday May 7th, 2015 10:45:41 PM
"Friend Ariach speaks for us all, I think," Evaris says with a smile. "That is, if we're finished here...?"
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 Friday May 8th, 2015 9:57:32 AM
yep we are finished here let's go, Lanliss say
ooc: thanks for the helm, if anyone needs it you can use it too.
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Friday May 8th, 2015 5:28:35 PM
Ariach waits for the Captain to continue.
Home Sweet Home (DM Cayzle) Friday May 8th, 2015 6:36:38 PM
Meline gives you the location of a well-known "necromancer" in Nightmare Quarter, your home neighborhood. You know the place ... a tower that looks gloomy and scary. People can enter a small shop to buy "charms" and "hexes." For a larger fee you can go inside and actually meet some undead!
Evidently the propieter has gone missing, and maybe worse. There are reports of undead with bat wings flying around. One person was attacked but ran off.
When do you go? Any special preparations?
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 Saturday May 9th, 2015 7:39:49 PM
Lanliss think about the bats....I do not have a crossbow on me Lanliss says and looks at his dagger, but I assure you that bats won't be a problem, he plays with the dagger he has, throwing it in the air.. I don't know a bat that can survive this , Lanliss catchs the dagger and proceeds to move towards the exit. Thank you captain Meline .
And folks I am proud to be a Vanguard he says to Ariach,Emrys and Evaris
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] Sunday May 10th, 2015 10:06:54 PM
"And we are proud to have you," Evaris replies. He adds, "Friends, if we are going to face off with undead, it might be a good idea to acquire some holy water. Perhaps Roel could be persuaded to make some for us."
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Monday May 11th, 2015 8:30:45 AM
Ariach agrees with Evaris. "Take as many holy water vials as you can get. And maybe we should ask for further advise and talk to a priest about this topic."
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, nonlethal22, Silent image Monday May 11th, 2015 1:58:50 PM
(ooc: sorry for not posting past couple of nights. The storms had knocked out my internets Thursday night. I was also away for most of the weekend. )
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 Monday May 11th, 2015 2:32:06 PM
Lanliss agrees with the group idea of buying holy water vials and even getting some important advice from the priest/cleric.
The Nercomancy Shop (DM Cayzle) Monday May 11th, 2015 8:24:35 PM
You acquire the holy water you need, by purchase or creation, at standard prices.
You investigate a little. Common knowledge reveals that the shop is called "The Tower Of The Necromancer," and a discreet sign affixed to the outside the structure announces, "Hex lifting, dead consulting, and wonders of the macabre." This is par for the course, as you know very well, for in the Nightmare Quarter these dark things are a part of the tourist trade.
However, the tower is on the side of Ripper Street that abutts the Scar, a ruined waste that is not exactly a joke.
The proprieter of the shop, Master Mortic (likely a stage name), has gone missing.
The Temple of Gargul is in the area. Maybe the priests there have some info.
[OOC: To learn more, how about some knowledge local checks or gather info or spells or other clever plans?]
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] Monday May 11th, 2015 10:19:02 PM
Evaris smiles a little at Ariach's suggestion. "I assume you mean, talk to a priest other than me," he says. "A sound suggestion. I think I'll go to the Royal Library and see what I can find on the history of this tower."
If possible, Evaris would like to do a little research. Or preferably, charm somebody into doing it for him. :) Let me know what I need to roll.
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, deathwatch d100=44 ; d20+16=21 ; Monday May 11th, 2015 10:32:23 PM
"Who knows what the true culprits are up to," Emrys states frankly. "This reeks less of the undead and more of tourist pandering. Tis is the season, you know ... and if I sensed any extra necromantic energies wafting about our own neighborhood, I think I would know about it." The look of haughty derision is etched into his face as they make their way to the tower. He casts his own necromantic spell to prove his point.
(Leyline: 44. Casting Deathwatch to instantly notice any undead mixed into the crowd or flying about, within 30'.)
(Perception: 21)
The Nercomancy Shop (DM Cayzle) Tuesday May 12th, 2015 8:14:10 AM
Evaris, roll Know Religion and Know Local, please. That goes for the lot of youse!
Emrys, you sense no undead within 30 ft. :-)
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 d20+5=13 ; Tuesday May 12th, 2015 10:08:49 AM
Ariach smiles embarrassed when he figures out he has forgotten Evaris. "I am very sorry, Evaris. I am sure your advice will help us as well. I just have thought priests of Gargul are more familar with such a topic."
If Evaris agrees Ariach visits the temple of Gargul and asks for more informations about undeads of all sorts. (local knowledge=13)
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] d20+7=13 ; d20+7=23 ; Tuesday May 12th, 2015 4:33:41 PM
Evaris does some research, and also reviews what he knows about local history and the undead.
[Knowledge Religion 13; Knowledge Local 23]
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 d20+6=15 ; Tuesday May 12th, 2015 5:46:46 PM
Lanliss tries find some information in the temple of Gargul although he is not a man of faith himself.
ooc: sorry for not posting, changed my skill rank (forgot to add +3 to the rank because of class skill) ooc: Do I change my gp value and inventory if I decided to buy water vials ?
The Nercomancy Shop (DM Cayzle) Tuesday May 12th, 2015 9:43:36 PM
At the Temple of Gargul (a building shaped like a skull, harkening back to the more deathlike aspect of Gargul), you are given an interview with the high priest who is designated as the contact with adventurers. At least, adventurers worth their salt.
You are led through a few doors, hallways and stairs, until you arrive at an upper floor room. Stepping through a wall of black (a permanent illusion?), you find yourselves in a large room which appears to be a combination study and meeting room. It has a large window looking out through one of the eye sockets of the temple's skull facade.
An older bald priest is waiting their for you. "Greetings! I am Morttish," he says.
You explain your reason for coming and ask his advice. He calmly suggests that the situation is well within your capability. "Were a major infestation of undead manifesting in our City, the Great One would have given a sign. Odds are this is merely a vampire, possibly a spectre, nothing a stout party of heroes such as yourselves cannot handle."
"This information about bats lends credence to the vampire theory," he adds. "Although there are some rare undead that scholars have linked to bats. The berbalang, an undead shapeshifter, has bat wings in its native form; you will know it by its long tongue. The vargouille is an undead head with bat wings."
"In any case, you are doing Lord Gargul's work, so go with His blessing."
He says a prayer over you all, and for the next 24 hours you gain a +1 sacred bonus to hit and damage undead with weapons.
Evaris also sounds out the locals. One fellow remarks that he is a friend of the Necromancer, who he says is really a fellow named Sheorge Fellies. He says Sheorge always had ambitions that outstripped his capabilities. Likely he tried to make a deal with someone he oughtn't had, got in over his head, and there you go.
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, deathwatch d20+16=32 ; d20+10=23 ; d20+12=24 ; d20+10=25 ; d20+19=31 ; d20+14=31 ; Tuesday May 12th, 2015 11:08:35 PM
Trying a different tactic than the others, Emrys strolls through the streets of the Nightmare Quarter watching and listening to what he can. He draws upon his bardic knowledge to focus in on the tales and gossip he hears on the street. He watches the crowds around the Necromancer's tower. He listens to the stories being told by drunken bar patrons and street peddlers with their trinkets and snake oil cures. (Perception: 32)
He uses his cunning and the street smarts, not to mention all the lore and legends from the vast library of his expansive mind. (Knowledge [Local]: 23, Knowledge [Religion]: 24, Knowledge [History]: 25)
He employs the full force of presence, charm and beguiling ways that can both be savior faire and intimidating. (Diplomacy: 31, Intimidate: 31)
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Wednesday May 13th, 2015 4:42:43 AM
Ariach isn´t frightened by the news the priest of Gargul has revealed but he is alarmed. Right after the meeting he goes to the market and asks for tools or weapons which will help destroying a vampire, a spectre or a vargouille.
The Nercomancy Shop (DM Cayzle) Wednesday May 13th, 2015 6:36:07 AM
OOC to Ariach: Sure, you can go shopping locally in Plateau City, and buy garlic, holy water, wooden stakes, or magic items, perhaps at a mark-up. But you might be better served by a quick trip to the Catacombs (click here for link), where you can ask the clerk for help and advice. You can also ask for advice OOC on the Rules Board.
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LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 Wednesday May 13th, 2015 4:15:15 PM
I have read it, will send an email tomorrow with some questions I have in mind.
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] Wednesday May 13th, 2015 10:23:26 PM
"Well, whatever we do, let's do it quickly," Evaris tells his companions. "Apparently this fellow has a history of getting in over his head; he's probably in real trouble."
Evaris acquires a few vials of holy water and is ready to go.
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, deathwatch Wednesday May 13th, 2015 11:37:28 PM
Emrys seemingly isn't able to hear anything useful from the chatter on the streets. He finds this extremely troubling. "This isn't right at all ... this is quite perplexing? There is something rotten in Platea....," but he is unable to say the name of his city. "Platea... no!" It's not until that moment when he realizes the chatter of the street sounds like a distant echo. The clear day suddenly cloaked in fog. Yet above in the sky, he can see the stars in the light of day. At first they seem strangely familiar but different. The sensations are quite disorienting and disturbing to his senses. He clasps his hands over his face, covering his eyes, in an attempt to clear his mind of the chaos.
As moments pass and the calm returns, He removes his hands from his face. Emrys finds himself on the shore of a great lake. The lights of a great city can be seen in the hazy distance. There with him are his most trusted friends, but something still doesn't feel right. "Edson ... Barratore! There is something rotten in the ... Crying Woods!" Emrys turns to see Brom's reaction ... but instead finds himself at the entrance of The Crypt Tavern on Roulette Street. The sounds of the Nightmare Quarter return to their normal volume and Emrys just stands there more baffled and bewildered than he has ever been.
"Peas and carrots!" The vision he just experienced quickly fades from his mind, leaving only traces ... like waking from dream too swiftly. "What, pray tell, is a Brom?!" he asks himself. "I knew it ... a new verse! The rhythm has been off ever since we let the Lady Bug live. The Wold is changing ... I just knew it!" He heads off to the Temple of Gargul to see what Evaris, Ariach and Lanliss have learned.
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Thursday May 14th, 2015 1:36:43 PM
Ariach buys everything the merchants on the market recommand him. He knows that many things won´t help him but at least he will be a little bit prepared when the Vanguards meet their foes.
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 Thursday May 14th, 2015 4:33:38 PM
Lanliss imagines dozens of undead skeletons and zombies waiting in an underground dungeon for them.
I am going to buy something he says and he goes to the nearest shop he can find. as he buys the holy water flasks (4) he needed, he notice a nice looking flask. What's in there he asks the shopkeeper, upon a brief discussion and some creative thinking Lanliss also buys 2 Alchemist's fire flask and 2 acids in a flask. Lanliss thinks for himself that if the Holy water won't stop dead then a nice mix of some fire and acid will do the trick.
[I]ooc:I am confused about what happend to Emrys[I]
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, deathwatch Thursday May 14th, 2015 5:43:40 PM
(ooc: Emrys had a vision ... which he barely remembers. An omen of things to come. :)
The Nercomancy Shop (DM Cayzle) Thursday May 14th, 2015 10:09:00 PM
[OOC: Friends, per the ongoing email conversation, we will be merging with the Rum game in June. Until then, I was hoping we could hav a fun undead-theme mini-module. If you agree ... we go on!]
Emrys gets a few more details in his investigation: The proprieter was commonly known as "Master Necromancer," and evidently he was the real deal, at least to some degree, since he was known to keep skeletons in the back room and to charge tourists a gp to see them (more to touch them, etc). Sometimes he would dress his skellies in fancy clothes and make them act out tableau for the tourists.
"Master Necromancer" to the marks, or "Sheorge Fellies" to the local showmen, or "Fell" to his friends ... either way, the middle-aged human was a local businessman of sorts, but his place has been shut down for a week. A couple folks broke in and looked around, but they could not get past the first room. Then the bat-things came after them and they ran. That's it for the word on the street, according to Emrys.
A merchant offers Ariach an amulet to keep undead away for 5,000 gp and an undead bane warhammer for 10,000 gp.
Lanliss focuses on more practical supplies, holy water and flaming oil!
Evaris urges the group to speed, if there is any chance of saving this fellow.
You are standing in front of "The Tower Of The Necromancer," on Ripper Street in the Nightmare Quarter. The door is ajar. A few curious onlookers are watching you from the far side of the street.
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, deathwatch, see invisibility d100=52 ; d100=88 ; Thursday May 14th, 2015 11:34:44 PM
As soon as the Vanguard converge on the scene, Emrys tells all he had learned. The vision he had quickly becomes a fleeting thought. However a stray memory of those now nameless friends at the edge of a sorrowful wood seems to linger. The current threat of necromancy gone wild now dominates his mind. He recasts his Deathwatch spell and an added See Invisibility spell to notice those undead that go unseen in the night. "Very curious," he says, "The leylines are strong here!"
(Leyline: 52 and 88. Casting Deathwatch and See Invisibility (free cast).)
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] Friday May 15th, 2015 12:33:08 AM
"I look forward to discussing your vision in greater detail later, Friend Emrys," Evaris says. "But for now, let's see what can be done here."
Evaris steps up to the door. "Hello?" he calls. "Master Fellies? Are you all right?"
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 Friday May 15th, 2015 12:10:52 PM
Lanliss put a hand on Evaris,signaling him to take a step back and reminds him to be alert Me and Ariach will go first Lanliss says signaling Ariach to come with him first as who knows what might be hiding there.
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, deathwatch, see invisibility Saturday May 16th, 2015 12:00:39 AM
"The shop has been closed for a week. I did hear word of a break in by a small rabble of miscreants. However they were immediately chased off by said bat creatures. Be mindful and expect a similar rebuke."
Emrys agrees with Lanliss' tactics and allows the pair to stick their heads in for a peek.
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The Nercomancy Shop (DM Cayzle) Sunday May 17th, 2015 11:57:17 AM
The group enters the shop. Inside, all is as it was when the shop was operating. There are tapestries on the walls showing different kinds of undead, some real, some fanciful. Or at least they seem fanciful to you ... is there really such an undead thing as a zombie bear with a jack o'lantern head?
There is no merchandise for sale here, but that's usual for this day and age. Mostly merchants keep their stock on shelves behind a counter, or in a back room, and they fetch what shoppers want. There is a sign offering "Necromantic Lectures - 2 sp." There is a counter here, with a high chair behind it. There are several books on a shelf under the counter. There are stools and benches where customers can sit and hear lectures from the necromancer.
There is a tapestry behind the counter, and a door behind the tapestry, but there are no hinges, lock, or doorknob. No obvious way to open it. no one in the shop could see you pass through the door because the tapestry would block line of sight. There is a carving in the wall next to the door, of a skull-face.
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Sunday May 17th, 2015 2:52:26 PM
Ariach is startled about the strange door. If you can be startled about anything which has to do with a person who has chosen to become a necromancer. When he notices the carving he investigates the skull thoroughly.
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 d20+14=26 ; Sunday May 17th, 2015 6:05:22 PM
Lanliss enters the room with a little itch in his heart that he is going to see some undead. Lanliss looks at the door and then punchs it lightly to see if it badges, and then if nothing happens proceeds to look at the carving at the wall
perception 26
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] d20+7=8 ; d20+5=11 ; Sunday May 17th, 2015 9:28:20 PM
Evaris studies the decor with raised eyebrows. Is there such a thing as a zombie bear with a jack-o-lantern head? [Knowledge: Religion 8]
He looks at the door, peering over Ariach and Lanliss at the skull. "Do you think the mechanism is in the skull somwhere?" he asks. [Perception 11]
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, deathwatch, see invisibility d100=31 ; d20+16=30 ; d20+15=30 ; Monday May 18th, 2015 2:40:46 AM
"Hmmm, I guess one could animate a deceased bear into a zombie bear using the appropriate dark magic. Now placing a carved pumpkin over its head ... well, that would be a simple matter of taste ... or distaste, depending on your predilection."
As for the strange door and the skull carving, Emrys casts a divination to see if it's magical.
(Leyline: 31. Casting Detect Magic. If there is an aura, he will try and determine the school of magic, Knowledge [Arcana]: 30. If magical, he will also attempt to identify the spell or magical properties, Spellcraft: 30.)
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Monday May 18th, 2015 5:12:20 PM
"The skull and the carving are placed to prominent. Either it is the trigger of the door, or it is the trigger of a trap" Ariach says with a crooked smile.
The Nercomancy Shop (DM Cayzle) Monday May 18th, 2015 6:18:25 PM
The skull is too obvious, and experienced Ariach just knows that it is key.
Lanliss sees that the eyes of the skull are covered in clear thick glass. Behind the glass, there are pebbles in the eye sockets (one pebble in each).
Emrys detects that the pebbles have been enchanted with Magic Mouth spells. His keen acumen suggests that one is activated when a person nearby rubs his nose and then sticks out his tongue, while the other is activated by patting one's own butt and then tapping the wall three times. However, if the mouths are activated, it may be hard to hear them behind the thick glass.
Meanshile, the image of the zombie o'bear still dances in Evaris's head!
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] Monday May 18th, 2015 9:33:38 PM
"How very odd," Evaris says, looking at the skull. "Should we remove the glass from the eyes, do you think?"
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, deathwatch, see invisibility Monday May 18th, 2015 11:14:40 PM
"Yes ... if you wish to hear what it has to say. I detect two different Magic Mouth spells on the pebbles within the eye sockets." After a brief examination, he says, "Theon's curly beard! ... that is just plain silly. A trait most Necromancers do not have!" He then tells everyone what one must do to activate the spells. Once the glass is lifted, Emrys will suffer the indignity of triggering the spells if the others agree to.
The Nercomancy Shop (DM Cayzle) Tuesday May 19th, 2015 6:36:58 AM
post incoming ...
The Nercomancy Shop (DM Cayzle) Tuesday May 19th, 2015 6:39:12 AM
Who will break the glass over the skull's eyes? And in which order will you trigger the magic mouths?
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Tuesday May 19th, 2015 6:16:11 PM
"If you guys wish i will trigger the magic mouths. I will follow Emrys´s proper instructions step by step." If nobody obtrudes himself, Ariach looks at Emrys and does exactly what the bard wants him to do.
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] Tuesday May 19th, 2015 11:02:50 PM
"Well, I do have a hammer," Evaris says.
Taking his light hammer, he offers a little prayer to Pantheon, then attempts to break the glass in the skull's eyes.
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, deathwatch, see invisibility d20+16=34 ; Wednesday May 20th, 2015 12:01:13 AM
"Alright Ariach. This is what you do." Emrys explains both triggers in detail. "I have no clue which 'eye' to choose. They both appear the same to me. However, the trigger where you pat your posterior and knock on the wall three times suggests that your requesting entrance to something. While the other seems rather offensive ... suggesting mockery. I propose the knocking trigger."
(Perception: 34)
The Nercomancy Shop (DM Cayzle) Wednesday May 20th, 2015 8:42:25 AM
Evaris breaks the glass in the skull's eyes.
Ariach rubs his butt and taps three times.
The magic mouth on the pebble in the right eye socket says "TOGGLE."
The door opens smoothly, sliding to the left as if on wheels. There is a short hallway leading into a larger room.
Perception check DC15: Highlight to display spoiler: {There are arrow slits on both sides of the hallway.}
Perception check DC25: Highlight to display spoiler: {You notice skeletal fingerbones reaching down from behind the skull (on the other side of the wall) to pluck out the right pebble and replace it with an another one.}
he continues but now whispers, I need you all to keep watch on what you see and if someone sees what might look like a trigger or a device then tell me I want to know if we have a deal with the living dead (ambush) or a trap of some sort.
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 d20+9=14 ; Wednesday May 20th, 2015 6:17:34 PM
Ariach hasn´t seen any arrow slits but takes Lanliss warning seriously. Then he enters the room.
(perception= 14)
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] d20+5=8 ; Wednesday May 20th, 2015 10:37:00 PM
"I imagine the other eye says something else," Evaris muses, completely oblivious to anything else. "I wonder if the door would work if somebody else said the word. Hmm? Arrow slits?"
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, deathwatch, see invisibility d20+16=24 ; Wednesday May 20th, 2015 11:42:06 PM
(perception: 24 ... Darn!)
"Good eye, Lanliss ! I see them too. Curious that this local necro yokel would have such an elaborate labyrinth." If the arrow slits aren't aimed close to ground, Emrys will propose to shrink everyone down to the size of gnomes for the passage through the hall.
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 d20+9=14 ; Thursday May 21st, 2015 3:13:51 PM
As Emrys talks about the arrow slits too, Ariach investigates the walls one more time and finally sees them. When he moves on he tries to avoid being directly in front of the slits.
(perception=14)
The Nercomancy Shop (DM Cayzle) Thursday May 21st, 2015 8:25:27 PM
After a ten ft stroll carefully past arrow slits, the room beyond fills most of the rest of the ground floor. It is set up with benches and chairs, and there is a small stage. Standing on either side of the archway from which the hall empties into the room are two skeletons dressed in armor and carrying swords. On the stage are another three skeletons, dressed up in costumes. These skeletons are animated mindless undead, and since they currently have no order to fulfil, they stand still. You could destroy them easily, unless they have orders to defend if attacked.
There are a couple doors on the same wall as the archway entrance, on either side.
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, deathwatch, see invisibility d100=67 ; d4=1 ; Thursday May 21st, 2015 11:29:56 PM
Emrys casts a spell and a ghostly hand appears floating beside him. "Do you all wish to dispatch these poor unfortunate piles of bones?"
(Leyline: 67. Casting Spectral Hand. Temp hit point damage: 1 point.
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] Friday May 22nd, 2015 12:13:18 AM
"They may be servants or...or pets of some kind," Evaris says, looking at the skeletons. "Let's not destroy them unless we have to."
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 d20+18=19 ; Friday May 22nd, 2015 3:58:48 PM
Lanliss searches for traps on the doors disbelieving there is no catch(trap) in this room too.
ooc: I got 1 so I automatically fail right ? perception is 14 but I get to add 4 to the end result because of the trapfinding feature of the rogue
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Sunday May 24th, 2015 3:45:05 PM
"Let´s not destroy them?" Ariach asks bewildered. "These are undead creatures. And even if it is no crime to animate dead corpses it is morally reprehensible. No one has earned to be a servant of a necromancer after life."
The Nercomancy Shop (DM Cayzle) Monday May 25th, 2015 10:13:49 AM
Emrys poses the question of what to do with these skeletons. Evaris is not in favor of destroying "peaceful" undead that are not attacking. Ariach sees them as an abomination regardless.
Lanliss looks around for traps but finds none. [OOC: for skill checks, there is no auto fail on a 1 nor auto success on a 20.] He does find a frame on a wall next to a door behind a tapestry. In the frame is an official Plateau City license to maintain up to 12 orc and hobgoblin skeletons confined to this place of business, signed by Yrlo Maglare, Adminisrator of the Nightmare Quarter.
Knowledge Local DC10 Highlight to display spoiler: {You have heard of Yrlo before, and he is the head Plateau City official here in the Nightmare Quarter. Each quarter has one such administrator.}
Since the doors are not trapped, you open them.
Inside one, there is a storeroom and spiral stairs up. This is where the shop's stock of merchandise is kept.
In the other there is a skeleton standing next to a winch and another standing next to a small table On the table is a bowl of pebbles. On the wall nearby is the other side of the skull with the (broken) glass eyes.
These skeletons are not attacking you either.
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] d20+7=23 ; Monday May 25th, 2015 2:10:09 PM
Evaris glances at the license. "That does seem to be legitimate," he says. "The things they'll give licenses for!"
He looks around the room. "Hmmm. Up the stairs, do you think? Or do we want to mess about with the skull some more?"
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 d20+6=13 ; Monday May 25th, 2015 5:24:24 PM
I think we better the take stairs now, I don't like skeletons especially when they are undead Lanliss says. Even if they are "legitimate" he adds after a moment.
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Monday May 25th, 2015 7:24:01 PM
Ariach takes the way his friends propose. He goes up the stairs.
The Nercomancy Shop (DM Cayzle) Tuesday May 26th, 2015 7:53:36 AM
Upstairs, Ariach finds a necromantic laboratory of some sort. There is a central table, with a corpse on it. On the sides are console tables covered in musty tomes, canopic jars, unspeakable instruments of unknown anatomical purpose -- although by the stains, they have been well used. Continual flames dance in lanterns suspended from the ceiling.
Ariach is at the top of the stairs, and his friends are on the stairs below. No one has entered the room.
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 Tuesday May 26th, 2015 2:29:05 PM
ooc: didn't know what console table means until today (:
Do you see anything suspicious Ariach ! ? , Lanliss asks firmly, his legs ready to move forward.
Ariach AC 34(29)/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 89/89 Tuesday May 26th, 2015 5:26:08 PM
"If i see anything suspicious?" repeats Ariach while he turns around to Lanliss. "Yes, i do. There is a table with a corpse on it. And there are tools - for which purpose i don´t know and i don´t want to imagine."
Then Ariach moves forward and scrutinizes the room.
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] Tuesday May 26th, 2015 6:58:51 PM
"Well," Evaris says, "If something untoward has happened to the necromancer, perhaps we can arrange a decent burial for the corpse. In the meantime, let's keep looking around."
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, deathwatch, see invisibility d20+10=11 ; d20+16=27 ; Tuesday May 26th, 2015 11:33:10 PM
(Knowledge [local]: 11, wow! just enough)
"Yes, Yrlo Maglare is very indulgent for such things like this. Not the least bit respectful in my opinion." Emrys has to admit, "This is quite perplexing. It's very difficult to spot evidence of foul play amongst all this foulness. One must find separation between the pertinent gore from the irrelevant."
Looking at the corpse, Emrys tries to determine the 'freshness' of the corpse. Is it intact? Has it been embalmed, etc? (Perception: 27)
"Maybe we should ask the corpse if he knew the Necromancer. Maybe find out who he was in life ... that might provide a lead." If the rest agree, he will prepare to cast Speak with the Dead.
The Nercomancer - Round 0 (DM Cayzle) 5d4+5=18 ; Wednesday May 27th, 2015 8:25:06 AM
Lanliss calls up, "Do you see anything suspicious?"
Evaris looks around, and maybe something suspicious does come to the cleric's mind: Know Religion check DC25 Highlight to display spoiler: {You suspect that the equipment in the room is designed for the creation of a mummy.}
Emrys thinks about speaking with the corpse, but before he can cast Speak with Dead, the dead speak!
As Ariach walks into the room, the corpse rises from the table. The partially disembowled figure moans in pain and hatred. Its crazed eyes blaze with power.
Move action: get up from prone.
Swift action: Spellcraft DC 20 Highlight to display spoiler: {Quickened Magic Missile}: Ariach takes 18 damage from some bright fast ranged attack.
Standard action: Spellcraft DC 21 Highlight to display spoiler: {Globe of Invulnerability}: A shimmering barrier rises around the area of the corpse.
Evaris[AC 20; HP 74/74] d20+7=8 ; d20+8=20 ; d20+8=15 ; d20+9=16 ; d20+9=22 ; Wednesday May 27th, 2015 1:33:30 PM
Evaris looks around, and it is safe to say that he sees nothing suspicious. Or at all. [Nat 1 on the Knowledge roll!]
But then the dead thing starts moving around, and Evaris at least is aware that that ain't natural. He's not sure what kind of barrier that is [Spellcraft 15], but he's pretty sure they don't want it there. So he tries to get rid of it.
[Cast Dispel Magic. The spell description says I can target a spell, but I "must name the specific spell effect to be targeted in this way." I'm not sure whether that means I have to specifically know what the spell is, or if I can just say "that barrier thingie, whatever it is." Anyway, my caster level check was 22, because I used a Hero Point to re-roll the 16.]
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 Wednesday May 27th, 2015 4:40:48 PM
Surround him Lanliss Shouts, Lanliss then moves towards the undead to try and flank him,while his hand in his backpack searching for the holy water he bought earlier.
ooc1: I take move action to stand if I need to ( from the prone position), ooc2: I guess I can't sneak attack the undead right ? ooc3: sorry to ask but what do I need to roll to throw some good flask of holy water on that unholy undead ?
Ariach AC 29/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 71/89 d20+5=15 ; d20+14=30 ; d6+5=10 ; d20+9=13 ; d6+5=7 ; Wednesday May 27th, 2015 6:19:33 PM
Ariach groans with pain as he is struck by the attack. But now he has the proof that the undeads must be destroyed. With his mace he tries to hit the corpse which wants to get up or destroy the magical barrier.
(hits AC 30 for 10 damage , hits AC13 for 7 damage)
The Nercomancer - Round 0 (DM Cayzle) Wednesday May 27th, 2015 9:29:25 PM
OOC: Evaris, I asked your question on the Rules Board.
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, deathwatch, see invisibility d20+15=32 ; d20+15=28 ; d20+15=27 ; d100=85 ; Wednesday May 27th, 2015 9:51:52 PM
(Spellcraft: 32 and 28)
"That which lies is a liar," says Emrys with a look of haughty derision! With a quick glance, he looks to see if the Necromancer is truly undead (Deathwatch). "It has cast a globe of invulnerability ... he must be removed from its protection!" He notices Evaris cast his spell (Spellcraft: 27) and he hopes his Dispel will work.
Emrys begins to cast his own spell. He has a good idea what this is and it must be dealt with quickly.
(Leyline: 85, free cast. Casting Baleful Polymorph. Fort Save: 21. Will Save: 21. If the Necromancer fails the Fort save, it turns into a tiny tree sloth ... if he is truly undead from the Deathwatch ... then it's a undead tree sloth.)
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 d20+12=17 ; 2d4=7 ; Thursday May 28th, 2015 1:43:17 PM
Lanliss feels inspiration from Ariach, finds the holy water flask and throws it at the direction of the undead hoping that the blessing from earlier (temple) will do some good.
Attack roll is 17 Damage is 7
OOC ! : didn't get an answer to my question so I do my best at under standing the rules
DONT FORGET to add the +1 to hit and +1 to Damage against undead we got from the cleric/priest in the temple
Ariach AC 29/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 71/89 Thursday May 28th, 2015 5:16:21 PM
OOC: Thanks for reminding us of the priest´s blessing.
adjusted attack (Ariach hits AC 31 for 11 damage , hits AC14 for 8 damage)
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 Thursday May 28th, 2015 6:37:40 PM
forgot to add +1 to damage so damage is 8
Evaris tries to dispel the magical barrier. The undead is a 12th level caster, so the DC to dispel is 11+12=23. Evaris's hero-point-enhanced 22 is, alas, just one shy of sufficient.
Ariach moves forward to attack. The undead is AC20, so Ariach hits for a punishing 8 damage. The second blow goes wide.
Lanliss moves around to flank. The trouble is that there is a table on the other side of the undead. You can attack normally next to Ariach, or you can spend a round maneuvering around out of reach to get on the table and attack next round. You CAN sneak attack, by the way, if you are flanking or any of the other usual things. I'll either apply your 8 hp holy water damage this round, or you can do no damage and just maneuver. Your call.
The undead casts again on the defensive. His check to do so is base 15 +10 = 25. His concentration check is 1d20 +12 +6 +4 = 1d20+22. he gets a 25. No need for a spellcraft check -- he casts Cone of Cold, affecting Ariach, Evaris, and Emrys. The spell inflicts 55 damage (reflex save for half is vs DC21).
Then the monster casts a quickened Scorching Ray, focussing all three rays at whoever failed theor cone save, or else vs Ariach if all three save. The touch attacks hit touch AC at +12 hit touch ACs 32 for 10 damage and AC21 for 12 damage (the third ray misses with a nat 1). There is no save.
(no map needed for this combat.)
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, deathwatch, see invisibility Thursday May 28th, 2015 10:23:40 PM
(ooc: the effect of polymorph is harmless, and the spell specifies what is and isn't immune.)
Emrys ac10, hp42/42, deathwatch, see invisibility Thursday May 28th, 2015 10:26:23 PM
(ooc: I hit my button too soon. I also wanted to say that the spell causes no hotpoint loss, ability damage or penalties of any kind. It's is a harmless effect ... they merely change form.)
Emrys ac10, hp15/42, deathwatch, see invisibility, spectral hand d20+7=23 ; d100=16 ; d100=64 ; d20+7=14 ; Thursday May 28th, 2015 11:09:58 PM
(Reflex save: 23, against Cone of Cold, half damage: 27 points.)
Emrys is thrown back against the wall by the blast of ice. He shrieks in pain as he pulls himself free, being partially frozen to the wall.
He then attempts to dispel the magical globe, but the spell fizzles as it turns in on itself (leyline: 16, I'd reroll if I had a hero point, but its been close to a year since hero points were awarded.)
Using the quickening rod, Emrys tries to cast it again (leyline: 64. Casting Dispel Magic. Caster Level check: 14.) But much like his first attempt, the effect was lack luster.
Evaris[AC 20; HP -3/74] d20+6=15 ; Friday May 29th, 2015 12:02:17 AM
Evaris isn't nearly nimble enough to avoid the full blast of the Cone of Cold, and the follow-up Scorching Rays drop him unconscious.
The Nercomancer - Round 1 (DM Cayzle) Friday May 29th, 2015 6:23:06 AM
OOC: Emrys, if you can find one other person on the Rules Board to agree that Baleful Polymorph counts as "harmless," I'll allow it. Just one other person!
Emrys ac10, hp15/42, deathwatch, see invisibility, spectral hand Friday May 29th, 2015 8:02:12 AM
(ooc: I doubt I could convince anyone that Detect Magic is a harmless spell.)
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 Friday May 29th, 2015 12:14:12 PM
I am going for the maneuver
The Nercomancer - Round 1 (DM Cayzle) Saturday May 30th, 2015 8:05:17 PM
STILL ROUND ONE!
Lanliss, you maneuvered in Round One instead of splashing holy water. You can totally make your flanking attacks now, for Round Two. Go For It!
Ariach, I need a save vs Cone of Cold. If you fail, you will be the target of the scorching rays.
Evaris, please post your actions in case you are not knocked unconscious.
Emrys, you gain a consolation hero point for your poor poor ley checks and for kvetching.
Thanks!
Ariach AC 29/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 44/89 d20+5=21 ; d20+15=24 ; d6+6=8 ; d20+10=20 ; d6+6=12 ; Sunday May 31st, 2015 5:33:10 PM
Ariach manages to avoid to be fully affected by the cone of cold. (reflex save=21)
OOC: I wanted to use my interpose feature to help Evaris, but i have found out that i have to declare before who i am protecting ;(
"No!" screams a shocked Ariach when he sees Evaris dropping to the floor. In anger he fights his heart out and attacks the necromancer again. (hits AC 24 for 8 damage and hits AC 20 for 12 damage)
Evaris[AC 20; HP -3/74] d6=3 ; d6=4 ; Sunday May 31st, 2015 11:03:46 PM
If by some chance Evaris is not knocked unconscious, he channels positive energy for 7 points of healing to all living creatures within 30 feet.
Emrys ac10, hp15/42, deathwatch, see invisibility, spectral hand d100=27 ; d20+7=13 ; Sunday May 31st, 2015 11:23:22 PM
(I'm complaining about you using of the word, kvetching!)
Now that his first two attempts at dispelling the foul globe have failed miserably, he is filled with even greater dread now that Evaris has fallen. He prepares to cast a curative spell as soon as he gets the chance (next round). His spectral hand eagerly descends upon the fallen cleric.
Ariach AC 29/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 44/89 Monday June 1st, 2015 3:18:19 PM
check
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 d20+12=21 ; d20+7=17 ; d6+2=8 ; d6+2=8 ; Monday June 1st, 2015 3:34:39 PM
Lanliss draws his short sword and begins to attack the Undead
Hit #1: 21 DMG#1: 8 Hit #2: 17 DMG#2: 8
Evaris[AC 20; HP -3/74] Monday June 1st, 2015 10:10:04 PM
[Okay, I don't know if I owe a post or not, but here is one. :) ]
Emrys ac10, hp15/42, deathwatch, see invisibility, spectral hand Monday June 1st, 2015 11:37:08 PM
Emrys' spectral hand hovers precariously over Evaris. The bony fingers coming ever so close!
The Nercomancer - Round 2 (DM Cayzle) 4d6=20 ; 4d6=10 ; d20+22=42 ; d20+12=20 ; d20+12=17 ; d20+12=18 ; 12d6=36 ; Tuesday June 2nd, 2015 8:32:51 AM
[OOC: Friends, I apologize for missing a DM Post yesterday. Real life got the better of me. Thanks for your patience with me.]
Setting the scene ...
The heroes have walked up spiral stairs to the upper floor of a necromancer's tower. It is a "workroom" of sorts, although the work involved is less than savory. You have found a corpse on a table, partially disemboweled. It stood up from the table to attack when you entered, and it seems to be a caster of some power!
Ariach advanced and attacked. Lanliss maneuvered around to get behind it. Evaris and Emrys cast spells, to no effect. Then the undead caster hit the group with a cone of cold and scorching rays that brought Evaris to the negatives (and somewhat froze Ariach and Emrys). That brings us to ...
ROUND TWO
(The undead is AC20, touch AC10.)
Ariach attacks again and hits, again. Total damage so far to the undead is 28, all from Ariach's attacks.
But Lanliss has something to say about that! he has mounted the table behind the undead and is attacking from above, and flanking. That gives a net +3 to his attacks -- and he hits AC24 and AC20. His base damage is 8 and 8 from those attacks, but since he is flanking, he can make sneak attacks, aiming for the thing's joints and neck. The kindly DM rolls your 4d6 sneak attack damage x2 ... 20 and 10. Lanliss inflicts 46 damage to the thing, 74 total.
Emrys does his best to take down the undead's protective barrier, but to no avail. Such is the life of a witch, sometimes.
Evaris, alas, remains unconscious. Is he stable? Did he lose a hp last round?
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The undead looks upset, given that its ribs are staved in and one elbow almost severed. He casts defensively.
To ID his spell, make a Spellcraft check vs DC20: Highlight to display spoiler: {Hold Monster}.
Lanliss, please make a will save vs DC21. If you fail it, then please read and obey this: Highlight to display spoiler: {You stand very very still and quiet, doing nothing, taking only mental actions (if you have any, like casting still silent spells)}.
Then the undead casts another quickened scorching ray, on Ariach. His touch attacks hit touch AC20, 17, and 18. [OOC: Ariach's touch AC is 16, so far as I can tell from your sheet.] All three rays hit, inflicting 4d6 each, or 36 fire damage total to Ariach.
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 d20+3=12 ; Tuesday June 2nd, 2015 2:10:58 PM
Lanliss stands still and does nothing at all, trying to remember how to cast a dancing lights spells.
ooc:thank you for including the sneak attack damage I forgot it, sorry. ooc2 for DM : can I cast a dancing lights as a spell like ability ?
Cayzle Comments: Why, yes, you can use any spell-like ability. A spell-like ability requires no somatic nor verbal components, so you are good to use it!
Evaris[AC 20; HP -3/74] d20-1=11 ; Tuesday June 2nd, 2015 6:09:18 PM
Evaris stabilizes.
Emrys ac10, hp15/42, deathwatch, see invisibility, spectral hand d100=1 ; d8=2 ; d8=7 ; d8=6 ; Tuesday June 2nd, 2015 8:01:25 PM
Emrys takes his cure wand and sends a healing charge though his spectral hand that then touches Evaris.
(Casting Cure Serious Wounds on Evaris. 3d8+5=20 points of healing to Evaris.)
He then takes his Quicken Rod and attempts to send a second Cure Moderate Wounds to Ariach, but the Leylines appear to completely retreat from him. Never before has the Wold's Blood forsaken him so completely! (Leyline Roll: 1, a natural 1.)
"Wake up, Evaris! I know you're alive ... I can see your lifeforce!!"
Evaris[AC 20; HP 17/74] d20+7=23 ; 9d6=34 ; d8=8 d8=3 d8=8 d8=8 Tuesday June 2nd, 2015 10:14:09 PM
Healed somewhat, Evaris scrambles to his feat and unleashes a Searing Light on the undead, because it seems the time for that kind of thing.
[Hit Touch AC 23 for 34 damage, unless this is an "undead creature particularly vulnerable to light."]
Edited to add: Then Evaris would like to spend an action point to cast Cure Critical Wounds on Ariach. Ariach heals 36 damage.
The Nercomancer - Round 2 (DM Cayzle) Wednesday June 3rd, 2015 6:05:58 AM
Holding off for Ariach to post ...
Ariach AC 29/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 8/89 d20+5=25 ; d20+15=32 ; d6+6=11 ; d20+10=19 ; d6+6=12 ; Wednesday June 3rd, 2015 8:52:42 AM
Ariach screams in pain when he gets hit from the rays one more time. He knows that this lifeforce fades but he has no choice. He has to play for time to give his companions a chance to rescue Evaris, if he´s still alive.
Knowing that his shield cannot protect him from the nefarious necromantic spells he attacks again.
(spellcraft check=25, hits AC 32 for 11, hits AC 19 for 12)
The Nercomancer - Round 3 (DM Cayzle) 9d8=38 ; Wednesday June 3rd, 2015 4:09:24 PM
Lanliss stands perfectly still.
Lanliss, Please Highlight to display spoiler: {Note that you think you created the dancing lights, but they failed to appear. Perhaps it is because you are within the undead's magical barrier. (see below). However, and more importantly! Note that if you take a full round action vs Hold you can make a new will save vs DC21. You probably want to do that as your post this round.}
Ariach is blasted by ice last round and fire this round. But he stands and delivers one blow to the enemy for 11 damage. [OOC: Are you including the +1 to hit and damage bonus the cleric gave you? That would be enough to hit the second time. Alas, Lanliss is no longer giving you a flanking bonus.]
Emrys cures Evaris, thank goodness!
Evaris stands up, casts Searing Light at the undead.
The creature is indeed sensitive to light! If only it were covered head to toe in some kind of cloth wrappings to keep the horrible light at bay! Oh look, there are some wrappings that would have worked great over there on a side table.
Evaris rolled 34 damage on 9d6. Your kindly DM will roll 9d8 for the improved damage, and will use the higher result because he is kind. He rolls a 38, so the damage is a bit higher.
But wait! Oh lack a day and woe and tribulation! The searing light hits the magical barrier around the undead and stops! The holy purifying light does not reach the undead thing. And you see that the magical barrier is a sphere that extends 10 ft out from the undead. Funny, Lanliss and Ariach were able to walk right into it and attack with no problem. But the Searing Light was stopped completely.
A Knowledge Arcana check vs DC25 will reveal the truth: Highlight to display spoiler: {The undead is protected by a Globe of Invulnerability.}
Evaris had thought to step forward and, with a heroic effort, cure Ariach. But if he does so, he will be reaching into the barrier sphere. Will he still do that? Or will he urge Ariach to take a five ft step back out of the sphere, so that then he can be cured? Or will Evaris stay his hand and wait to act when he knows more?
The DM here pauses the game to find out from Ariach and Evaris just what they intend to do.
Evaris[AC 20; HP 17/74] Wednesday June 3rd, 2015 4:12:35 PM
Alas, Evaris's player was not paying attention. Emrys has already said what the magical barrier is, so Evaris really should have known better than to try that Searing Light. But, onward and upward.
Evaris knows better than to run headlong into the barrier, so he casts the spell and hopes Ariach steps back. Or, if Ariach falls unconsious, that he falls this way!
Emrys ac10, hp15/42, deathwatch, see invisibility, spectral hand d100=63 ; d100=9 ; Wednesday June 3rd, 2015 11:12:45 PM
Emrys reaches down deep and sends a powerful protective spell to Ariach. "Oh Theon*, please! Guard our guardian ... one defender to another!" Fearful that his spectral hand wouldn't be able to pass through the barrier, a terrified and shaking Emrys approaches Ariach, hopefully out of reach of the Necromancer, and delivers a touch in person. Emrys fears this is his last moment in the Living Wold. He wonders if there is an afterlife for a creature such as he ... the boy that shouldn't been born.
(Leyline check: 63. Casting Protection from Energy on Ariach. A [b]4th level Spell! 84 points of FIRE IMMUNITY to Ariach.)
If he is still alive, he will take his Quicken Rod and attempt one last time to Dispel the globe around the Necromancer, but it fizzles into nonexistence.
(Leyline: 9, I CAN NOT CATCH A FREAKIN BREAK!!!! I think the dice are rigged. I mean, how hard is it to roll a d100>20?)
(* Emrys' Patrons are the Old Gods of Yore that make up Pantheon: Theon, Pan, Eon, Anthe and Heo [pronounced Hue].)
CDM Jerry Thursday June 4th, 2015 10:03:17 AM
There has been a vote on the merging game email thread about the name of the new game. I will call the vote and the name will be "Tales From The Float" tomorrow evening unless the majority decides otherwise. Feel free to go vote.
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 d20+3=18 ; Thursday June 4th, 2015 4:26:43 PM
Lanliss tries to move but he can't, he seems to see blurry lights. It's probably the dancing lights, he thinks for himself.
(Lanliss think he cast the dancing light but he didn't)
OOC: Stephen...You really had a bud luck with the Leyline, lol I think there is a conspiracy going on.
The Nercomancer - Round 3 (DM Cayzle) d20+22=34 ; d20+12=27 ; 5d4+5=16 ; Thursday June 4th, 2015 9:29:13 PM
[OOC: Ima assue that Ariach takes that five ft step back. If he does not like it, he can take a free five ft of move next round.]
Round Three recap:
Ariach hits for 11 damage and backs up a step out of the magic barrier.
Emrys cures Evaris.
Evaris stands up, casts Searing Light at the undead, with no effect. Then he cures Ariach36 hp, bringing the warrior up to 44.
Lanliss struggles to produce a dancing lights, but fails since he is in the magical barrier.
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Bottom of Round Three: The undead thing acts!
It casts defensively again ... getting a 34 on the check, no problem. It casts a Hold Monster on Emrys -- will save vs DC21. If you fail it, then you are held as still as Lanliss, and can make only still silent mental actions.
Did it recognize the spell Emrys cast? Sure, with a Spellcraft check of 27. So it does not waste rays on Ariach.
Instead, it casts a quickened magic missile on Ariach. That's 16 damage!
Emrys ac10, hp15/42, deathwatch, see invisibility, spectral hand d20+13=15 ; Friday June 5th, 2015 12:06:01 AM
Even though Emrys is a mental giant, one with muscles of immeasurable girth. Even with his indomitable will, he knew from the pure fact that the Fates hate him and regard him with incalculable hostility. He knew he was doomed to failure. This simple, dainty mental slap would normally be laughed at. This nonsensical attack on his mind would wash off hm like water on a duck's back. However, like I said, the Fates have it in for him. He knew he would fail upon rolling the dice, and fail he did. His magic fails him, why wouldn't everything else.
(I did know I was going to fail this roll. I knew before I ever clicked the button.)
Emrys goes still.
Emrys ac10, hp15/42, deathwatch, see invisibility, spectral hand, remote viewing d20+16=36 ; d20+12=28 ; Friday June 5th, 2015 12:31:05 AM
Emrys' only spell-like ability that he can employ without verbal, somatic or material components is a domain ability called Remote Viewing (clairvoyance/clairaudience). He creates an invisible sensor above the combatants and uses this improved vantage point to spot and look upon everything in the room, or on the Necromancer's person, that could be used against their foe.
(Perception: 36, natural 20. Knowledge [Religion]: 28, to notice any special items undead use, such as a phylactery or other items of power.)
Evaris[AC 20; HP 17/74] 9d6=37 ; Friday June 5th, 2015 12:46:59 AM Flamestrike.
[Yes, I know the official name of the spell is two words. And I don't even care. "Flamestrike" is way cooler than "Flame Strike."]
Necromancer dude takes 37 points of damage, divided evenly between fire and holy damage. Reflex save DC 20 for half.
Hero Point. Remove Paralysis on Emrys and Lanliss. If the DM judges that Hold Monster is an "effect of temporary paralysis or related magic," then each gets a new save with a +4 bonus. If not, the spell is wasted, but hey, I tried.
Ariach AC 29/15 touch/19 AC, CMD23; HP 28/89 d20+15=25 ; d6+6=8 ; d20+10=24 ; d6+6=10 ; Friday June 5th, 2015 1:36:22 AM
Ariach feels the healing energy of Evaris and is relieved to see the priest on his feet again. The young warrior dearly misses his friend Grell on his side. Grell could destroy the bony body of the necromancer with a single blow. But now Ariach is facing the necromancer and Ariach knows that his offensive abilities aren´t from the best sort. Still the has to attract the necromancer´s attention. Again he steps forward and swings his flail. (hits AC 25 for 8 damage, hits AC 24 for 10 damage)
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 d20+7=26 ; Friday June 5th, 2015 5:34:26 AM
Lanliss tries to move once more telling himself that he can do it. and success ?
OOC: Thanks Kathy
The Nercomancer - Round 3 (DM Cayzle) Friday June 5th, 2015 6:24:07 AM
Lanliss's new save works and he can act this round.
Emrys can make a new save too.
Emrys ac10, hp15/42, deathwatch, see invisibility, spectral hand, remote viewing d20+13=16 ; Friday June 5th, 2015 8:42:10 AM
(Will Save: d20+13=16)
Doomed to fail.
Emrys ac10, hp15/42, deathwatch, see invisibility, spectral hand, remote viewing Friday June 5th, 2015 8:44:43 AM
(Oh, I forgot to add +4 to my roll. Will Save: d20+13+4=20.)
Even with a +17 modifier .... Doomed to fail.
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 d20+12=18 ; d20+7=24 ; d6+2=3 ; d6+2=8 ; 4d6=14 ; 4d6=16 ; Friday June 5th, 2015 5:01:20 PM
Lanliss resumes his attack on the undead with his shortsword
Hit AC 18 (+3=21 if still flanking) Dmg 3
HIt AC 24 (+3=27 if still flanking) Dmg 8
Sneak attack (if still flanking)
sneak attack # 1 14 sneak attack # 1 16
ooc: question: do I add the sacred damage bonus to sneak attack damage ?
Emrys ac10, hp31/42, deathwatch, see invisibility, spectral hand d8=7 ; d8=2 ; d8=2 ; Friday June 5th, 2015 7:43:54 PM
(ooc: Ok...I think I have actually beat this really, really, simple easy Will save. Emrys has Elven Immunities: immune to magic sleep effects and gain a +2 racial saving throw bonus against enchantment spells and effects. Hold Monster is an Enchantment. Therefore he gets an additional +2 bonus to his save. He beats it by 1 on a d20 roll of 3. I knew my pointy ears were good for something!)
Feeling not as doomed as he was before, Emrys takes his cure wand and taps himself as he backs away from Ariach. (Casting Cure Critical Wounds. 3d8+5=16.) Self preservation wins out this round, instead of heroism.
(Did he spot anything important during that round he Remote Viewed the room and rolled a natural 20 on his Perception roll?)
The Nercomancer - Round 4 (DM Cayzle) d20+6=20 ; d20=16 ; Friday June 5th, 2015 9:36:34 PM
Flanked by Ariach and Lanliss, it is hard for the DM to imagine how the flamestrike, a 40-foot diameter of flame and divine power, can possibly affect only the undead. Considering Ariach's weakened state, the kindly DM assumes that Evaris positions it to come down square on Lanliss and the undead thing.
If Lanliss can make that DC20 saving throw, he takes no damage with Evasion. But even if he does take damage, it will bring him from 63 down to 26, so Evaris eviently thinks it is worth it!
Lanliss, please make that DC20 save and we'll see.
The undead makes his save exactly! It takes half damage ... 18 hp. 85+18 = 103.
Emrys resists the Hold at the last moment and cures Ariach.
Ariach steps forward and hits for 18 more, 121 total.
Then Lanliss sneak attacks twice, for 41 more, 162 total!
It had 128 hit points total! But now it is no more!
The partially, incompletely made mummy, for that is what it was -- as Emrys deduced with his divination and perception -- has a strange connection to Koshe Marr, the nightmare realm, where Gargul has no sway, and undead kings rule. The misshappen thing, tied to that evil demiplane, is unstable, and a wash of negative energy splashes over the entire chamber as it meets its end.
With this new information, the divined scene he took in becomes clear to Emrys. The necromancer was seeking to become a mummy. But he botched the job -- he was a nercomancer indeed, not a necromancer after all. And then he had become the thing you all put down. It has all failed for him.
Indeed, the chamber, and all its contents, living and dead, are imploded and carried off through inter-dimensional space. The trip is short but memorable. The canopic jars fall over, and they thunk like solid gold when they are tossed about. The floor shakes, gravity fails and restarts in another orientation, then fails again. You are all tossed about, taking 16 damage (reflex save 16 for half).
When the world halts, you are SOMEWHERE ELSE.
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My friends, this is the end of your adventures in Plateau City. Where exactly you have landed, and what has happened to you, you will find out on Monday with your new DMs.
You are all now 10th level, and you all have +1 hero points or Three, whichever is the higher number.
The canopic jars are solid gold, and when melted down, will bring you to your gold total as your DMs will advise you shortly. I imagine you will have have xp and gold just enough for 10th level.
It has been a true pleasure, and I look forward to reading about your continuing adventures, my friends! Have fun and good luck! (especially Emrys!)
LanlissHP 63/63 AC:26 touch:19 flat:18 cmd:25 d20+11=30 ; d20+11=29 ; Sunday June 7th, 2015 5:03:30 PM
wwwooooowwwwwww Lanliss says as they are transported to another place.
reflex save #1 30 reflex save #2 29
CDM Jerry Saturday June 13th, 2015 2:40:50 PM
The word is given to begin posting on the Tales From the Float board and I've sent an email to you as well. Feel free to begin posting out of character while some finish their character sheets. Here is the email I sent:
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Hey folks!
You may begin posting out of character [OOC] on the Tales from The Float board at will. YOur DMs will let you know when in character posting begins.
Remember that ALL players are starting at the start of 10th level.
Rum players will be losing a bit of xp, going back to the start of 10th level.
Legacy of Heroes players will be leveling up to 10th level.
Also remember that since the game is 10th level, it is now considered a Veteran Game and may not recruit new players. Luckily you are full at the moment. :)
The icon is not up, but the game is and you may hit the link. Headed there now to invite you in.
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