DM Hugh - A ledge - 1 Monday August 5th, 2024 7:52:06 PM Zeoll suggests they say something out of respect. And when no one objects offers a short prayer. Elron points out the corpses can move but it has to be dark and suggests Cyrion is their defense. The Twins are ready to move on as is Cyrion and Asimov
The party is on a ledge, 10 ft x 20 ft. The room is big – 100 ft x 100 ft. The ceiling and the floor are not visible. There is an archway on the ledge which is blocked by a lattice. The arch is not attached to anything but the floor. There is a keyhole in the lattice.
On the other side of the room is another ledge and a window. On that ledge is Femmu and the eleven dwarves that got past you and into the tower when you were all outside it. They are looking out through the window, trying to convince Femmu to honor Boydos and help wake him up. All the dwarfs (but not Femmu) have strands (cords or strings or cables) rising from their heads up into the void.
What do you do?
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Tuesday August 6th, 2024 8:54:03 AM "Well we could attack from here." "Get the drop on them." "but there still might be a chance to resolve this peaceably if we talk." "Maybe."
Elron -- SteveM -- HP: 113/113 | AC: 26 | DR: 3/-- + 5/magic | SR: 17 | Move: 60' Tuesday August 6th, 2024 6:49:41 PM
Elron thinks it should be easy to climb a lattice.
With the dwarves looking out the window, Elron waves excitedly whenever Lady Femmu looks in their direction.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Tuesday August 6th, 2024 9:26:26 PM
Cyrion looks on with concern. "I don't know that we want to attack anyone yet. I'd like to try pouring some of the oil on or in the keyhole to see if that opens the door."
Asimov - HP 85/96 AC 19/14/17 CMD 24 & Irony HP 53/53 AC 31/13/28 Hardness 6 CMD 23 -- Hugh Tuesday August 6th, 2024 10:28:51 PM
Asimov says, "Why not use the flower, mushroom and skeleton key on the keyhole in the lattice instead? I believe those items were the key as the oil was only meant for preserving the mushroom and flower keys. If we open a door with the key maybe we could grab Lady Femmu before the Dwarves know what is happening and be out of here with our captured healer once and for all?"
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Tuesday August 6th, 2024 10:35:22 PM
Zeoll starts singing to inspire Courage.
"Who has the skeleton key?" he asks. "Orr if that fails, who can knock or pick a lock?"
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 Wednesday August 7th, 2024 9:43:17 PM
"I do not have a skeleton key. Here is the oil." She offers the jar of oil to Cyrion.
DM Hugh - A ledge 2 Wednesday August 7th, 2024 11:56:07 PM The Twins suggest they could attack from the ledge and get the drop on the Mindoses however they bring up a diplomatic option. Elron thinks climbing the lattice should be easy and tries to get Lady Femmu’s attention. Cyrion says he thinks they should wait on attacking to see if the oil opens the keyhole. Asimov suggests using the different pieces of the key (skeleton key, mushroom and flower to open the key hole on the lattice and also points out if they are sneaky enough maybe they could leave with Lady Femmu before the Dwarves are any wiser. Zeoll starts singing to inspire courage and asks who has the skeleton key. Mundhi says she does not have the key but offers the oil. Int 10 or Cyrion Highlight to display spoiler: {Cyrion has the skeleton key} The Mindoses still don’t seem to notice the party, nor has Lady Femmu but their ignorance can’t last for too much longer. What can you do?
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 d20=11 ; Thursday August 8th, 2024 1:36:34 AM
"Wait, Cyrion, you have the skeleton key. Do what Asimov said," Mundhildur tells him. "We rescue the Lady Femmu, yes. We try not to kill the dwarfs. Right?" she asks if her companions agree to this. "Unless they try to kill us. I think they are annoying, and silly, but not evil."
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Thursday August 8th, 2024 6:48:50 AM "Well whatever we're doing lets do it." the Twins say, drawing their bow.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Thursday August 8th, 2024 7:13:24 PM
Cyrion will pull the key from his pouch, shrug his shoulders, put the key in the keyhole, and while turning it, "Please no more psychedelic tunnels or lights."
Elron -- SteveM -- HP: 113/113 | AC: 26 | DR: 3/-- + 5/magic | SR: 17 | Move: 60' Thursday August 8th, 2024 7:57:35 PM
Elron starts climbing the lattice, but doesn't go through with it down when Cyrion pulls out the key. He wonders about the ropes on the dwarves, aware that he doesn't really carry anything that would cut through a rope, He wonders about pecking through a rope, which doesn't sound like fun.
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Thursday August 8th, 2024 9:53:38 PM
Zeoll is ready to move through the gate once it is open and move close enough to cast a spell.
DM Hugh - A ledge 3 d8=7 ; d8=8 ; d8=2 ; d8=8 ; d8=3 ; d8=6 ; d8=8 ; d8=1 ; d8=7 ; d8=2 ; d20+7=14 ; d20+7=12 ; d20+7=10 ; d20+7=19 ; d20+7=19 ; d20+7=11 ; d20+7=12 ; d20+7=16 ; d20+7=22 ; d20+7=9 ; d20+7=18 ; d8+2=9 ; Thursday August 8th, 2024 10:30:22 PM Mundhi points out that Cyrion has the skeleton key and suggests rescuing Femmu without killing the silly annoying dwarves unless they try to kill the party. The Twins draw their bow and suggest they get on with it Cyrion pulls the key from his pouch and shrugs his shoulders hoping there is no more psychedelic tunnels or lights. Elron starts climbing the lattice but decides against it when Cyrion pulls out the key. He wonders about the ropes on the dwarves aware that he doesn’t really carry any cutting tools. He wonders about picking through a rope which doesn’t sound like fun. Zeoll is ready to move through the gate once it is open and moves close enough to cast a spell. Asimov adds his flower and mushroom to the skelton key and together the 3 items that make up the key work on the key hole. When they touch the keyhole in the lattice with the key the lattice disappears it fades away, leaving an open arch and the key is combined into a single object which is an amalgamation of the bonekey, the force flower and the mushroom. A wind whistles through the void the lattice left and the Mindoses turn around seeing the party.
The leader dwarf seems to recoil at the sight of the key held in Cyrion and Asimov’s hand but the other 10 dwarves snap into action and move across the void and through the arch landing on the ledge with the party. 2 of the Dwarves attack Mundhi with unarmed strikes and both miss. 1 of the Dwarves attacks the Twins and miss as well 1 attacks Cyrion and hits with a punch (19vs AC; 9 damage) 2 Dwarves attack Zeoll and miss 2 Dwarves attack Irony and miss 2 Dwarves attack Asimov and miss
As the party goes to take the initiative the cords on the heads of the Mindoses snap back and they are propelled backwards through the arch to their respective ledge with Lady Femmu.
What do you do?
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 d20+26=44 ; d6=5 ; d6=3 ; Friday August 9th, 2024 8:29:29 AM
The Twins raise an eyebrow at the fairly ineffective attack. They position themselves between the Dwarves and the arch so the others can put the key in and ready an attack against any dwarves that try to stop them. 44 to hit, 21 damage.
Elron -- SteveM -- HP: 113/113 | AC: 26 | DR: 3/-- + 5/magic | SR: 17 | Move: 60' d20+9=18 ; Friday August 9th, 2024 3:54:51 PM
Elron prepares to grab one of the dwarves if they attack again. He's not planning on doing damage with this attack, but rather hitching a ride over to their ledge.
Attack = 18 vs their CMD
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Friday August 9th, 2024 6:22:44 PM
Cyrion looks down at where the dwarf hit him, "Great, another dent I'll need to fix at some point." Looking up and around he'll ask, "Who yanked their chains, I mean ropes back." He'll look at the dwarven leader, "Do these items scare you dwarf?"
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) d20+12=14 ; Sunday August 11th, 2024 12:03:10 AM
Seeing as how the dwarves bounced back, that means they are primely positioned for a Confusion spell.
Range 220 ft. Will save DC 23 or be confused.
If they have SR, Zeoll rolls to penetrate: 14
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 d20+12=19 ; d20+12=15 ; 6d6+8=33 ; 6d6+8=22 ; Sunday August 11th, 2024 6:29:56 AM
If they head back over to try to punch them, as they launch, Mundhi tosses a couple of rocks. AC 19 for 33 hp damage AC 15 for 22 hp damage
The rope they have been using she will use to snag one of them if they flit back in her direction, then hang on to ride back while levitating.
Irony flies over the chasm ready to intercept the next Dwarf that launches itself over. (ready slam 31 vs AC; 14 damage)
DM Hugh - A ledge 4 d20+10=22 ; d20+10=21 ; d20+10=20 ; d20+10=27 ; d20+10=25 ; d20+10=21 ; d20+10=16 ; d20+10=18 ; d20+10=22 ; d20+10=25 ; d20+10=21 ; d20+9=26 ; d20+9=28 ; d20+9=29 ; d20+9=15 ; d20+9=10 ; d20+9=24 ; d20+9=22 ; d20+9=17 ; d20+9=13 ; d20+9=26 ; d20+9=16 ; d100=93 ; d100=75 ; d100=97 ; d100=20 ; d100=28 ; d100=78 ; d100=15 ; d100=22 ; d20+7=16 ; d8+3=11 ; d20+7=25 ; d6+3=7 ; d20+7=13 ; d20+7=16 ; d20+7=24 ; d6+2=4 ; d8=7 ; d8=4 ; d20+7=8 ; d20+7=12 ; Monday August 12th, 2024 1:23:50 AM The Twins ready and attack against the Mindoses and kill it Elron prepares to grab one of the dwarves if they attack again planning to hitch a ride over to the Dwave’s ledge but fails to grab onto one. Cyrion looks down at where the Dwarf hit him and reflects on how he has another dent to be fixed. He then asks who yanked the Dwarves back and then brandishes the key at the lead dwarf Zeoll hits the Mindoses with a confusion spell confusing 8 of the 11 dwarves Mundhi hits one of the Mindoses with a rock for 33 damage (OOC: to use the rope in that way make a CMB roll) Asimov sees the dwarves lined up and hits them with an electromagnetic charge emitter 5 fail their saves, 6 make them. Irony slams one of the Dwarves as they make their way over. As Irony crosses the archway a cord appears on the constructs head The lead dwarf attacks the 2nd dwarf and misses. The second dwarf hurts itself in its confusion The 3rd dwarf also attacks the 2nd dwarf The 4th dwarf was knocked out by Mundhildur’s rock and the lightning The 5th dwarf was knocked out by Irony’s slam and Asimov’s electricity The 6th dwarf travels across on the cord and attacks Elron missing. Elron also misses his attempt to grab onto the 6th dwaf The 7th dwarf babbles incoherently The 8th dwarf attacks 7 for 4 damage The 9th dwarf attacks Zeoll and misses The 10th dwarf is dead The 11th dwarf attacks Bill Eagle and misses
At the start of the next round Irony is pulled back to your side by the thread that appeared when he left the arch, The 3 dwarves that attacked you last round are also snapped b ack
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 d20+15=19 ; d20+15=18 ; Monday August 12th, 2024 1:52:49 AM
"Lady Femmu - are you able to effect the healing that they want you to do?" Mundhildur calls forth. "If so, ask the dwarfs if they want to stop fighting, and let you try it. Afterwards, we can leave together. I don't want death to multiply, but I'll take action if they keep attacking."
As they all look rather befuddled at the moment, and at least three are down, the giantess does not attack this round - although, if one jumps across to attack her again, she will see about grabbing hold and riding back on an attacking dwarf. CMB: 19
If that works, on the far side she will drive a spike into the ground with a hammer (Attack 18) in lieu of attacking a dwarf, and hang on to the spike to keep from getting dragged back to her starting point.
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 d20+28=40 ; d6=5 ; d6=1 ; Monday August 12th, 2024 8:12:12 AM
The Twins are incredulous. "No, we should not free" "Whatever mad god is imprisoned here!" "They attacked us" "The time for diplomacy is ended."
Seeing as the dwarves keep charging them they decide against the bow and prepare another attack as soon as the enemy enters range of their sword. 38 to hit, 19 damage.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Attacking a flying dwarf should it come to it: d20+10=24 ; d20+14=24 ; Damage if hits would be: 2d6+7=12 ; Monday August 12th, 2024 1:59:29 PM
OOC: Cyrion has to options for this turn
A) Cyrion will ask the Twins, "Is your sword keen?" If the answer is no, then he'll touch it and use his Sharpened Edge to make their sword Keen for 120 minutes
If their sword is keen then he'll draw his blade and prepare to protect himself should any of the dwarf's try to attack him
(Messed up on first to hit roll, but it looks like it didn't matter)
Elron -- SteveM -- HP: 113/113 | AC: 26 | DR: 3/-- + 5/magic | SR: 17 | Move: 60' d20+11=16 ; d6=6 ; d4=3 ; Monday August 12th, 2024 7:49:00 PM "I agree that healin' a mad god don't sound no good to nobody," Elron agrees with the Twins. However, he does not want a rope in his head, so he stays on their side for now. And since he doesn't remember them actually opening the door that might stop the rope from doing so, he preps to properly whap the next dwarf that swings over.
Hits AC 16 for 10 damage (6+3+1).
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Tuesday August 13th, 2024 7:57:47 AM "No, it is not keen."
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Tuesday August 13th, 2024 12:47:59 PM
Cyrion grins, concentrates and then flicks the sword, while it sings he says, "It is now. Don't try shaving with it, you might lose a body part. That'll last a while." (It lasts 2 hours)
Asimov and Irony fly over to the ledge where the Dwarves and Lady Femmu are.
They try to grab lady Femmu
CMB - Asimov - 12 = nat 1 = miss CMB - Irony = 25
DM Hugh - A ledge 5 d100=9 ; d100=45 ; d100=25 ; d100=38 ; d100=61 ; d100=19 ; d100=25 ; d100=81 ; d20+8=19 ; d20+8=28 ; d20-3=17 ; d20-6=13 ; d8+2=5 ; d8=6 ; d20+8=9 ; d8=2 ; d20+8=19 ; d2=2 ; d20+8=18 ; Tuesday August 13th, 2024 11:01:46 PM Mundhi prepares to grab the next Dwarf to attack her as she proposes Laddy Femmu just agree to the Mindoses request The Twins are adamantly opposed to waking a mad god and reasons since the Dwarves attacked first the time of diplomacy is over. Cyrion asks The Twins if their blade is keen and prepares to enchant it Elron concurs with the Twins’ assessment on the mad god and prepares to whap the next dwarf that makes its way across. The Twins respond that their blade isn’t keep so Cyrion psychically enchants it Asimov and Irony fly for the ledge with Lady Femmu and the Dwarves. As they step / fly out the cords reappear above both their heads and both swing over. Asimov is unable to get a good grip on Lady Femmu but Irony the Mechanical Minion grabs on The lead dwarf tries to break Irony’s hold on Lady Femmu (19 vs Irony’s CMD = fail) The second dwarf babbles incoherently The third dwarf also tries to break up Irony and Femmu and succeeds (28 vs Irony’s CMD = success) The fourth dwarf stabilizes The fifth dwarf also stabilizes The sixth dwarf babbles incoherently The seventh dwarf hurt itself in its confusion The eighth dwarf attacks Irony and misses with a natural 1 The ninth dwarf launches itself across the chasm and attacks the twins only to miss against the heavily armored warriors The tenth dwarf is pining for the fjords The eleventh dwarf attacks Irony and misses
As the turn passes Dwarf 9 and Asimov and Irony are pulled back to their respective ledges. Asimov and Irony are empty handed having been denied Lady Femmu by the Dwarves DL - 15 - confused - D2 -33 confused - D3 - 31 - confused D4 - 45 - knocked out, stable D5 - 48 - knocked out, stable D6 - 15 = confused D7 - 24- confused D8 -31 - confused D9 - 31 - confused D10 - dead D11 - 31 confused
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 d20+15=27 ; Wednesday August 14th, 2024 2:05:09 AM
Mundhildur at maximum height, she decides to head across and try to rescue Lady Femmu. She runs and leaps, levitation active just as she pushes off with maximum forward thrust, and yodeling as she approaches. Upon arrival, looped rope in hand, she wraps rope and arm about the healer, then heads back across with her in tow.
CMB: 27
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 d20+24=33 ; d20+24=29 ; d20+24=39 ; d20+14=22 ; d8=7 ; d8=5 ; d8=8 ; d8=7 ; Wednesday August 14th, 2024 8:24:54 AM
The Twins will swap to their bow and prepare an action to shoot any dwarf who tries to stop Mundhilder from getting Lady Femmu. 33, 29, 34, and 2933 to hit for 17, 18, 15, and 17 damage
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Wednesday August 14th, 2024 4:36:34 PM
OOC: Ok, I think i missed this, but how far away are these dwarves from us?
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 Wednesday August 14th, 2024 7:56:33 PM
JonS -- about 80 feet. Wall to Wall, 100 feet, edge of ledge to edge of ledge, 80 feet.
Elron -- SteveM -- HP: 113/113 | AC: 26 | DR: 3/-- + 5/magic | SR: 17 | Move: 60' d20+11=29 ; d6=5 ; d4=2 ; Wednesday August 14th, 2024 9:32:19 PM
Elron doesn't want to try a ginormous leap to another platform, so he once again prepares for an attacker to come to them. He moves to intercept a dwarf if need be.
Readied attack hits AC 29 for 8 damage (5+2+1).
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Thursday August 15th, 2024 5:44:47 AM
Zeoll is still singing, so + 2 damage and attacks!
The liontaur himself reads a scroll of haste to speed all his friends.
Buffs: inspire courage, haste!
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Thursday August 15th, 2024 7:50:50 AM
(the dwarves keep running across the void so either they have some sort of fly or you can just walk across)
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus 3rd Eye Blast: d20+11=20 ; If that hits the dwarf takes: 5d6=20 points of force damage Thursday August 15th, 2024 12:55:55 PM
Cyrion will move up 30', and prepare to blast any dwarf that gets close to him
Irony: readied Slam 19 vs AC; 24 damage if that hits Asimov readied wrist rockets: 21 damage
DM Hugh - A ledge 6 d100=99 ; d100=47 ; d100=82 ; d100=4 ; d100=10 ; d100=63 ; d100=82 ; d100=65 ; d20+8=12 ; d20+8=28 ; d20+8=19 ; d8+3=10 ; d8+3=11 ; d8+3=6 ; d20+8=26 ; d8+3=10 ; d8+3=6 ; Thursday August 15th, 2024 10:59:32 PM
(OOC: The next post everyone needs to roll DC 18 Will Saves to find out if you suffer any more effects )
Mundhi extends to max height and heads across the chasm to rescue Lady Femmu.She wraps arms and rope around their healer friend and starts to head back with her in tow. The Twins swap out their bow and ready to shoot at any Dwarf who tries to stop Mundhi from bringing Femmu. Elron doesn’t want to try a ginormous leap to another platform so he prepares for an attacker to come to them and intercept it Zeoll hastes his friends Cyrion moves up and prepares to psychically blast the next dwarf to move towards him Asimov and Irony move with Mundhi to the other side trying to interfere with any Dwarves that would try to break Mundhi’s grip on Femmu
The lead dwarf attacks dwarf 2 but misses. The second dwarf does nothing but babble incoherently The third dwarf also attacks the second dwarf and critically hits for 21 damage, slaying the second dwarf The fourth dwarf is unconscious The fifth dwarf is unconscious The sixth dwarf goes to break up Mundhi and Femmu but gets hit with the twins arrow and Irony’s slam slaying it. The seventh dwarf also tries to interfere with Mundhi but gets hit with Asimov’s wrist rockets and gets knocked out The eighth dwarf hurts itself in its confusion The ninth dwarf attacks the 8th dwarf and knocks it out The tenth dwarf is pining for the fjords The eleventh dwarf hurts itself in its confusion
Mundhi, Asimov, Irony, Cyrion are all propelled back to their ledge by the cords that formed between their heads and the arch when they crossed it.
The party is now on the ledge with Lady Femmu. All the dwarves are still on their ledge. The lattice has dissolved when you used the key leaving an open window effectively to the tower outside, the only problem is you are so high up. Is it time for a leap of faith?
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 Friday August 16th, 2024 1:40:21 AM
"Lady Femmu, shall we leave this place? I can take us out the window and down to the ground safely. May I bring you?" If she agrees, Mundhildur takes a quick look down, leaves most of her ropes for the rest of the party to use if they need to. "We're heading down unless someone quickly objects."
If Femmu does not agree, then Mundhi asks what she prefers.
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Friday August 16th, 2024 8:10:05 AM
The Twins shrug. "Lets go then."
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus WILL save: d20+6=9 ; Friday August 16th, 2024 6:28:07 PM
Cyrion is a little bummed that he didn't get attacked, but now that Lady Femmu is on "his" side of the ledge, he's happy to high tail it out of here
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 Friday August 16th, 2024 10:25:30 PM
Oh, and how far down is 'down'?
Elron -- SteveM -- HP: 113/113 | AC: 26 | DR: 3/-- + 5/magic | SR: 17 | Move: 60' Friday August 16th, 2024 11:21:17 PM
Elron is happy to provide a rearguard, letting the others down first. He's sure Mundhildur will have no problem and may be able to help others.
Embarassingly, Elron is flightless. He plans to use the rope when the time comes.
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 d20+4=11 ; Saturday August 17th, 2024 6:56:58 AM
The twins fail the will save.
Elron -- SteveM -- HP: 113/113 | AC: 26 | DR: 3/-- + 5/magic | SR: 17 | Move: 60' d20+13=26 ; Saturday August 17th, 2024 10:06:36 AM
will save = 26 for what Elron should have checked Thursday
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) d20+13=17 ; Sunday August 18th, 2024 1:39:35 PM
Zeoll's Will Save: 17! SOMETHING happens!
If he can, Zeoll urges the group to flee. If that means jumping, he counts on his ring of Feather fall to save himself. He offers Femmu a ride!
DM Hugh - A Ledge 7 Monday August 19th, 2024 11:50:33 PM I stil need a will save vs DC 18 from Mundi to figure out effect
Mundhi suggests they leave this place now that Lady Femmu has been returned to their side. She offers to bring Lady Femmu before taking a quick look down and leaves ropes for the rest of the party to use if they need to telling the others they are headed down. The Twins shrug and say lets go then Cyrion is a little bummed he didn’t get attacked but is ready to high tail it out of there Elron provides rear guard cover for the rest of the group Zeoll urges the group to flee and offers Femmu a ride Asimov and Irony fail their saves and then agree to flee out the window
The party escapes through the open window. Whether they have rings of feather fall or not the party gradually floats down safely to the ground. You arrive safe and sound in one piece outside the Tower of Boydos still taking the tree form you saw it in.
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Tuesday August 20th, 2024 8:25:31 AM
Huh. That went well.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 Tuesday August 20th, 2024 3:44:52 PM
Mundhildur's left knee and right foot touch down to the ground, with Lady Femmu cradled in her right arm, and her left arm gracefully spread to the left. "That last step was a pleasant part of the journey," she remarks as she sets the healer's feet gently to the ground.
"Let's go!" She strides forward, pauses, glances over her shoulder to ensure the rest share her notion that leaving without delay is a worthwhile idea, then continues walking back the way they came.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Tuesday August 20th, 2024 4:35:37 PM
Cyrion watches with interest as the groud slowly moves towards him, rather than he slamming into it as he is quite heavy. "So, that was fun. Now what?"
Elron -- SteveM -- HP: 113/113 | AC: 26 | DR: 3/-- + 5/magic | SR: 17 | Move: 60' Tuesday August 20th, 2024 7:36:09 PM
Elron lands softly on the ground, eyes wide and a grin spreading across his face. His heart races with exhilaration as he looks up at the tower, then down at his feet, and then back up again. He can hardly contain himself, bouncing on his toes as he throws his arms wide.
"I did it! I flew! Did you see that? I flew!" he shouts, practically bursting with excitement. He starts hopping around in a circle, still caught up in the euphoria of the moment. "Not jes' floated—no, no, I soared like a bird! Which I am! Jes' like I always knew I should! Ha! Who knew I had it in me? Maybe next time I'll go e'en higher, maybe all the way t' th' clouds!"
He turns to his companions, eyes gleaming with excitement, and exclaims, "Did you see? Did you see? I flew, I really flew! You think I could be a wizard now? Or maybe a dragon! I think I'd make a fine dragon!"
Asimov says, " Everyone okay? If so we should probably put some distance between us and The Tower of Boydos. "
DM Hugh - Outside The Tower Tuesday August 20th, 2024 10:50:18 PM
(OOC: Still missing a DC 18 will save from Mundhildur)
The Twins are surprised by how well things worked
Mundhi touches down and then remarks about the pleasant journey and puts their healer friend down before urging the others to go
Cyrion watches as he floats down unimpacted by his weight as the ground slowly moves to reach him. He asks now what.
Elron lands softly on the ground excited that he seemingly flew and points this out to his companions suggesting he could be a wizard or a dragon and that he'd make a fine dragon.
Asimov suggests they should put distance between themselves and the Tower if everyone is ok
The party and Femmu find themselves at the base of the Tower of Boydos with Mundhi and Asimov advocating for the party to put distance between themselves and the tower.
What do you do?
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Tuesday August 20th, 2024 11:37:19 PM "We should leave." "Quickly, before we get attacked again."
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 d20+10=12 ; Wednesday August 21st, 2024 10:47:01 AM
Mundhi's D18 will save is a... 12.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Wednesday August 21st, 2024 7:47:56 PM "I agree. I don't need anymore psychodelic bunny tunnel trips."
Elron -- SteveM -- HP: 113/113 | AC: 26 | DR: 3/-- + 5/magic | SR: 17 | Move: 60' Wednesday August 21st, 2024 8:44:58 PM
Elron is practically floating as they walk away -- he flew! The euphoria is enough that he hasn't yet started asking Lady Femmu about Danielle.
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Wednesday August 21st, 2024 9:03:44 PM
"Holy crrap!" shouts Zeoll, as he fall sover and lies on the ground, gasping. After Femmu dismounts!
DM Hugh - Send me on my way Thursday August 22nd, 2024 3:59:40 AM
Failed save consequences: Cyrion - alignment flips along law/chaos axis The twins - hair grows another inch longer Mundhi = becomes greedy Zeoll - glows bright pink Asimov - becomes female Irony - must make a DC 10 will save each day or lose 1 pt of Strength
Commulative Effects of failed saves per character from Tower Zeoll - cursed with tattoo and glowing bright pink (roll 1 DC 14 will save for each; total 2 success effect ends; failure effect is permanent as curse) The Twins - cursed with Dwarf race change, must make a DC 10 fort save or take 1 dex damage each day, must make a DC 10 will save each day or take 1 point of int damage, and hair has grown 1 inch longer (roll 1 dc 14 will save for each; total 4 success effect ends; failure effect is permanent as curse) Irony - air temperature around Irony is 10 degrees colder than normal, must make a DC 10 will save each day or take 1 cha damage, Must hop when talking or make a DC 10 will save, must make a DC 10 fort save each day or take 1 str damage (roll 1 dc 14 will save for each; total 4; success effect ends; failure effect is permanent as curse) Mundhi - you get 1 negative caster level when casting arcane spells, must make a DC 10 will save each day or take 1 wisdom damage, your hair grows and inch thick, and you are now greedy. (DC 14 will save for each; total 4; success effect ends; failure effect is permanent as curse) Cyrion - you have grown small delicate horns that cannot be used for an attack, your race changed to dwarf, your alignment flipped along the law / chaos access (DC 14 will save for each; total 3, success effect ends; failure effect becomes permanent as curse) Asimov - You must make a DC 10 Will Save each day or take 1 cha damage; Asimov you are now Lady AsimovDC 14 will save for each; total 2; success effect ends; failure effect is permanent as curse)
The Twins opine they should all leave Mundhi finally has that failed will save catch up with her Cyrion agrees as he doesn’t need any more psychedelic bunny tunnel trips Elron is practically floating as they walk away considering he flew. Zeoll falls over gasping after Femmu dismounts Asimov yells they should hoof it in a suprisingly high pitch tone
The party makes haste to put as much distance as themselves and the Tower as they can. When you get beyond the mists where the Mindoses ran threw the party and sang their song you notice that it is about mid morning. You can probably get several miles away from the tower before night time.
(OOC: I really need a new module as we ended the old one with the battle)
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Thursday August 22nd, 2024 8:14:13 AM
(Maybe we call a break until we have a new module and/or new DM?)
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Horns: d20+6=24 ; Dwarf: d20+6=8 ; Lawful Good: d20+6=13 ; Thursday August 22nd, 2024 7:53:39 PM
So, WILL saves vs Horns, being a Dwarf, and going from Chaotic Good to Lawful Good
So he's now a Lawful Good Dwarven Psychic Warrior, interesting
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Thursday August 22nd, 2024 9:39:03 PM
Tattooed and Pink, Zeoll is glad to have rescued the healer -- and is glad to beat paws away!
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 d20+10=23 ; d20+10=20 ; d20+10=22 ; d20+10=28 ; Thursday August 22nd, 2024 10:49:16 PM
Mundhildur makes 4 DC14 will saves in a row. 23 vs -1 arcane penalty; 20 vs 1 wisdom damage; 22 vs thick hair; 28 vs greedy. Whew!
But I am not sure about the earlier failed save. Was that the 'greedy' one?
Asimov - HP 85/96 AC 19/14/17 CMD 24 & Irony HP 53/53 AC 31/13/28 Hardness 6 CMD 23 -- Hugh d20+8=17 ; d20+8=9 ; d20+2=18 ; d20+2=21 ; d20+2=8 ; d20+2=14 ; d20+2=21 ; Friday August 23rd, 2024 3:20:37 AM
Asimov Saves: vs Will save or take 1 cha damage = pass; vs feminization = fail Irony Saves: vs temperature change: pass; vs save or take cha damage = pass; vs hop when talking if fail save = fail; vs save or take 1 str damage = pass
Asimov and Irony are mostly free of their curses. Though one lingered on each of them.
Irony makes his save to resist needing to hop when talking as he says to his mistress, "You've changed."
Asimov feels his or rather her chest and how he or rather she has become rather buxomy then loosens her belt so she can take a quick glance down at her private bits without exposing herself to everyone before tightening the belt again and says to Lady Femmu, "Something isn't right. I'm not a man anymore. You have to cure me as you are a healer."
DM Hugh - The adventure continues Friday August 23rd, 2024 3:33:57 AM The Twins advocate for taking a break (OOC: I'll wing it as Cayzle suggests; next post please roll your DC 14 saves to see what is still happening to the twins)
Cyrion loses his horns but remains a Lawful Dwarf for now
Zeoll being tattooed and pink is glad they rescued a healer and also wants to continue beating paws away. (OOC: you can roll DC 14 will saves to see if you are no longer pink or tattooed)
Mundhi loses all her cursed conditions (OOC: yes the last failure of the tower turned you greedy but you stopped as soon as you saved to resist it becoming permanent)
Asimov comes to grips with her sudden gender change and freaks out asking Lady Femmu to cure her.
Femmu says to Asimov, "I'll see what I can do for you later, but right now you aren't injured just more in touch with your feminine side. Which if you'd ask Mundhi or me is nothing to panic about. We aren't that far from the tower and I'd rather not be re-kidnapped again so can we continue to put distance between ourselves and the Mindoses please"
(OOC: who ran the previous module? The module I have lists Femmu as an NPC but does not have her stat block and I'd like to know if break enchantment or remove curse are on her spell list)
You continue traveling for several hours until you can tell it is getting near dark. Do you press on in the growing darkness or opt to setup camp for the night?
Elron -- SteveM -- HP: 113/113 | AC: 26 | DR: 3/-- + 5/magic | SR: 17 | Move: 60' Friday August 23rd, 2024 12:40:48 PM
Elron isn't keen on pressing on in the continuing darkness, as it were. He suggests setting up for the night. Of course, his idea of setting up is a bit spartan.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Friday August 23rd, 2024 12:59:20 PM
Cyrion stretches and looks around, "Campsite would be good. I need to think about what happened to me."
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 d20+4=12 ; d20+4=14 ; d20+4=12 ; d20+4=9 ; d20+4=11 ; Friday August 23rd, 2024 7:40:11 PM
Now out of the tower the Twins take stock. They're now dwarfier then before, but otherwise fine. That is until they go to bed, waking up not only still dwarves but with a terrible headache. (only saved vs the con daily damage.)
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 Friday August 23rd, 2024 11:05:56 PM
"Elron, you were amazing," Mundhildur tells him. "When I looked up, at first you flapped your wings with great vigor. After a moment or so, you seemed to relax, and really flow so well through the air. Well done, sir, well done!"
Later: "Yes, let's camp. I can cook." She gathers wood, sets a tripod, builds a fire, fills a pot with vegetables, spices, and good-tasting and filling food. There is even a bit of bread to go with it.
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Friday August 23rd, 2024 11:14:43 PM
Zeoll accepts the magic (deliberately failing saves vs permanent pink tattoos!)
Asimov tries to find a decent place for the party to spend the night and succeeds decently enough.
She says, "Irony can stand guard all night but we could still have watches if need be."
To Femmu she says, "Now that we are stopped for the night is there something you can do about my condition?"
DM Hugh - My old campsite on the trail d20+28=43 ; Monday August 26th, 2024 10:39:44 PM
(OOC: Zeoll has 2 curses, the first being the plant tattoo that came to being when he failed the first save and the second being that Zeoll himself glows pink not the tattoo. Sorry if that was confusing. Knowing that you chose to keep the tat but roll against the glow stick effect)
Elron isn't keen on continuing on in the darkness
Cyrion says a campfire would be good so he can think about what happened to them
The twins emerge from the tower Dwarfier and needing to save each day or take con damage. (OOC: you are getting too far ahead) Mundhi tells Elron that he was amazing and congratulates him on his flying. She suggests they camp and she cooks creating a nice little meal for the party. Zeoll decides to accept the tattoo. Asimov tries to find a decent place for the party to spend the night. She says that Irony can stand guard all night but they can still have watches if need be. She then asks Lady Femmu if there is anything she can do now.
Femmu says to Asimov, “I did not prepare Break Enchantment or Remove Curse but tomorrow I can pray for up to 5 remove curses and 4 break enchantments if need be but for now I have the ability to draw your curse out of you and potentially in to me unless I am skillful in my attempt or resist the effect.
Femmu touches Asimov, takes a deep breath and then concentrates on her healing ability (Heal: 43 >= 24 + 10 = no risk of Femmu being effected by the curse) The curse on Asimov breaks and he is back to his old self. His chest flattens and things go to the way they were before the tower. A pleasant meal is had by all and Femmu agrees to prepare remove curse / break enchantments for those that need them besides Asimov who is now free from the curse the technomancer carried out of the tower.
(OOC: Is anyone else besides Irony taking watch this night?)
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Monday August 26th, 2024 11:03:35 PM
Zeoll takes watch and tests his new feeling of "being in the pink." He tries to sneak around, both mundanely and invisibly. Does the so-called curse impose a penalty on the skill? Can he be invisible? What about in dim light or darkness?
"I like it because it makes me feel young," the liontaur says. "But sometimes one needs to be sneaky."
The Liontaur takes a watch in the dark of the night. Does he shed enough light to see by? Like a torch? a candle? or not at all?
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 d20+10=13 ; Tuesday August 27th, 2024 5:07:32 AM
The giant lady takes one of the middle watches.
Perception: 13...
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Tuesday August 27th, 2024 8:22:07 AM
The Twins take the night to appreciate their dwarfy selves before going back in the morning. They'll take first watch.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Tuesday August 27th, 2024 3:10:57 PM
Cyrion is lost in thought ... the horns he can accept, adds to the mystique that has when meeting new people. That he's a dwarf is a bit disconcerting. That he has to remember to breathe, and eat, and sleep .. he'll as Mistress Femmu in the morning if she can turn him back into his old self.
Elron -- SteveM -- HP: 113/113 | AC: 26 | DR: 3/-- + 5/magic | SR: 17 | Move: 60' Tuesday August 27th, 2024 8:31:16 PM
Elton is happy to take a watch, although probably not a middle one since he has no darkvision. He starts preparing questions to ask Lady Femmu in the morning. He might even remember a fraction of what he comes up with by then.
Elron -- SteveM -- HP: 113/113 | AC: 26 | DR: 3/-- + 5/magic | SR: 17 | Move: 60' Tuesday August 27th, 2024 8:31:42 PM
Elton is happy to take a watch, although probably not a middle one since he has no darkvision. He starts preparing questions to ask Lady Femmu in the morning. He might even remember a fraction of what he comes up with by then.
Irony takes watch the whole night. (Perception: 12)
DM Hugh - My old campsite on the trail d100=56 ; d100=22 ; d100=56 ; d100=65 ; Tuesday August 27th, 2024 9:23:31 PM Zeoll takes watch and tests his new feeling of being in the pink. He tries to sneak around both mundanely and invisibly and notes that while he can turn invisible when he isn’t invisible he doesn’t feel as sneaky as he did before he turned pink. He explains he likes it because it makes him feel young but sometimes he needs to be sneaky. His pink light sheds light like a torch. Mundhi takes one of the middle watches The Twins take the night to appreciate their dwarfy selves before asking Lady Femmu to turn them back in the morning and agrees to take first watch Cyrion is lost in thought as the horns he can accept but being a dwarf who needs to breathe, eat and sleep is disconcerting. He’ll ask Lady Femmu in the morning to turn him back. Elron volunteers to take a watch though not the middle one since he doesn’t have darkvision. He starts preparing questions to ask Lady Femmu in the morning as he might even remember a fraction of what he comes up with by then Asimov plans to get a good night sleep as he’s back to his old self and Irony takes watch the whole night (Perception: 12) The night passes uneventfully. The next morning Lady Femmu says to the party, “I’m about to pray for spells. How many Break Enchantments and/or Rmove Curses do I need to prepare?”
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Tuesday August 27th, 2024 9:31:38 PM
Zeoll sighs, keeps the tattoos, and asks Lady Femmu to remove the pink glow.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 Wednesday August 28th, 2024 2:35:07 AM
"You have done so much for me already, dear Lady Femmu. You restored my life, including my mind. Whatever my friends need, we appreciate the skills you have honed to make us whole," Mundhildur says over breakfast. "And I really look forward to seeing how you might help our sweet little friend, Danielle."
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Wednesday August 28th, 2024 8:07:01 AM
The Twins will want all curses removed and resisted 1 so 3 total.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Wednesday August 28th, 2024 1:12:39 PM
Cyrion is interested in the morning to hear of Lady Femmu's tales. "Lady Femmu, how did the dwarves come to have you in their tower?"
Elron -- SteveM -- HP: 113/113 | AC: 26 | DR: 3/-- + 5/magic | SR: 17 | Move: 60' Wednesday August 28th, 2024 6:18:15 PM
Elton doesn’t wait for the preparing of spells, but dives right in. ”Lady Femmu, do you think Dani will be okay? Is there anything we need to get on th’ way t’ see her? What’s wrong with her, anyway? We went on this quest to get th’ ingredients for a remedy, but it didn’t work — why is that? . . . ”
Elron -- SteveM -- HP: 113/113 | AC: 26 | DR: 3/-- + 5/magic | SR: 17 | Move: 60' Wednesday August 28th, 2024 9:10:06 PM
Elton doesn’t wait for the preparing of spells, but dives right in. ”Lady Femmu, do you think Dani will be okay? Is there anything we need to get on th’ way t’ see her? What’s wrong with her, anyway? We went on this quest to get th’ ingredients for a remedy, but it didn’t work — why is that? . . . ”
DM Hugh - On The Road Again d100=29 ; d100=54 ; d100=14 ; d100=12 ; d100=40 ; Thursday August 29th, 2024 2:30:56 AM Zeoll sighs, keeps the tatt but has the glow removed Mundhi tells Lady Femmu that the healer has done so much for her already and she appreciates the efforts to make her friends whole she’s really looking forward to seeing how she might help sweet little Danielle. The Twins want all curses removed Cyrion is interested in hearing Lady Femmu’s tales Elron doesn’t wait for the preparing of spells but asks Lady Femmu a series of questions regarding Dani’s treatment Asimov asks Lady Femmu to remove the curse from Irony
Statements are made, questions are asked and curses are lifted. The party has a quick breakfast and breaks camp efficiently.
To Mundhi Femmu says, “It is a healer’s duty to first do no harm, then heal as consent allows.”
To Cyrion Femmu says, “If you remember I was rescued from the prison colony by your party after defeating the underground creatures. On our way back to your Dani a Dwarf and a Tiger staged a combat against each other in order to ambush you and steal you away. They succeeded but you tracked them down and rescued me in the Tower and now we are here.
To Elron Femmu says, “I’d have to examine the child but her condition sounds similar to a patient’s that I’ve helped in the past. I wouldn’t know what special items we may need or what her diagnosis is without first examining the girl. What was the remedy’s recipe? Give me that and once I have a diagnosis I could probably tell you.”
The party travel another day without incident. You find a nice clearing to camp the night in. What do you do?
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 Thursday August 29th, 2024 5:01:43 AM
Mundhildur says, "Asimov, you cook tonight," and hands him the cooking pot, tripod, flint and steel.
She sets up a security perimeter with ropes.
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Thursday August 29th, 2024 7:58:24 AM
The Twins consult whatever map the party has and try to figure out how long it'll take until they're back.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Thursday August 29th, 2024 6:52:53 PM
Cyrion will help with prepping the camp site, and help with dinner if need be
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Thursday August 29th, 2024 8:31:53 PM
Zeoll sends Bill the Eagle ranging up high to better see enemies approaching.
Elron -- SteveM -- HP: 113/113 | AC: 26 | DR: 3/-- + 5/magic | SR: 17 | Move: 60' Thursday August 29th, 2024 9:36:57 PM
Elron explains to Femmu that the remedy had some sort of berries in it. And moss. And other stuff.
He plans to get a good night's sleep for his device preparing tomorrow and for his Mechanical Minion to stand watch again (Perception: 12)
DM Hugh - On The Road Again d100=25 ; d100=9 ; d100=6 ; d100=42 ; d100=78 ; d100=6 ; d6=5 ; Friday August 30th, 2024 12:47:08 AM Mundhi sets up a security perimeter and gives the cooking gear to Asimov The Twins consult whatever map the party has and try to figure out how long it’ll take till they are back. Cyrion helps prepping the camp site Zeoll sends Bill the eagle scouting to get a better glimpse of potential enemies Elron explains to Femmu what he remembers of the remedy’s recipe Asimov prepares a passable meal thanks to his Survival knowledge and settles in for a night’s rest while Irony stands guard as usual.
Mundhi’s security perimiter will impose a penalty on stealth should anything show up tonight The Twins realize the detour to the Towwr of Boydos was rather out of their way and it will be at least several days if not weeks till they are back to their patron Femmu says to Elron, “Do you know the specific types of berries or moss or what this other stuff was? Your description of the concoction is rather vague”
Bill doesn’t find anything in the waning daylight hours
The sun is slowly setting. The campfire has a pleasant glow. What do you do going into this over night period?
(OOC: I need watchorder for 4 watches and perception rolls)
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 d20=17 ; Friday August 30th, 2024 8:04:16 AM
The Twins will take first watch again.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Perc Check: d20+13=26 ; Friday August 30th, 2024 4:26:45 PM
Cyrion will take 2nd
Elron explains to Lady Femmu that they had to fight gremlins to get the moss, and the berries only grew one place, and there was other stuff too -- every detail he can remeber, basically, in whatever order they come up.
At night, he will take whichever watch he's asked to, with or without someone else considering there's enough for more than one per watch. (Perhaps 4th if on his own or 3rd with another.)
Zeoll shares his recollections of both the child's illness and the efforts made to mitigate its effects.
He takes second watch, and has a Perception check of 42.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 d20+13=33 ; Sunday September 1st, 2024 3:28:35 AM
Mundhildur decides to join the twins on first watch. Perception: 33
She has a good supple of rocks, and good night vision.
DM Hugh - Who Goes There Sunday September 1st, 2024 11:57:38 PM The Twins take the first watch Cyrion takes the second Elron volunteers to join the 4th watch and tells Femmu all the details of the items they collected that he can remember Zeoll joins Elron in telling more of Dani’s history and what efforts were made to treat her so far then joins Cyrion on second watch Mundhi joins the Twins on First Watch Asimov asks Irony to wake him up if anything interesting happens
Nothing happens the first watch but on the second watch the group is approached by 5 armored centaurs with matching heraldry on their shield that looks like an armored fist.
Profession[soldier] or know[local] 12 - Highlight to display spoiler: {Looks like the Centaurs are members of the Mailed Fist}
The lead centaur hails those on watch making no effort to be stealthy, saying, "We saw your campfire and were hoping to share it. We have some rations and news to share if you are interested."
What do you do?
Irony, Zeoll and Cyrion are awake Everyone else is sleeping
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 d20+10=19 ; d20+13=19 ; Monday September 2nd, 2024 2:01:47 AM
With the clomping of hooves, I think that Mundhi is waking up. She leans on her elbow to see how those on watch respond to the friendly overture.
Survival: 19 Perception: 19
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Monday September 2nd, 2024 10:47:39 AM
*snooooore. Snooooore. Snoooooooooooooore*
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) d20+8=13 ; Tuesday September 3rd, 2024 8:12:48 PM
Zeoll makes sure everyone wakes as the centaurs approach.
Know Local: 13
"Welcome, fellow Taurrs," Zeoll says to the centaurs in both common and the Tauric language. "Please join us forr news and comity."
Asimov says to the newcomers, "Welcome. Please make yourselves comfortable."
If there is any leftovers from the meal he prepared he shares them with their guests and asks "What news do you bring?"
DM Hugh - A Fistful of Centaurs Tuesday September 3rd, 2024 11:41:00 PM Mundhi is woken up by the newcomer's clomping and leans on her elbow to see how those on watch respond to the friendly overture
The Twins snore
Irony wakes Asimov as instructed. Asimov greets the Taurs and prepares to share any leftovers with the newcomers. He also asks of what news the Taurs bring.
Zeoll wakes everyone else up and also greets the Taurs
The Taurs introduce themselves as Acteos (male) - Thumb, Panenos (male), Elinos (male), Egile (female) and Adeira (female)
Acteos says, "Many thanks for sharing your campsite and fire. We had only recently been dispatched to this region at the local Lord's request. You see these roads have become unsafe for travelers of late and we've been asked to investigate the increased monster activity. Have you encountered any monsters in your travels through these lands?"
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Wednesday September 4th, 2024 8:01:59 AM
The Twins are annoyed at being woken. After being informed why they grumpily say wake them up if a fight starts and try to go back to sleep.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Know-Local: d20+3=23 ; Know-Nobility: d20+11=17 ; Wednesday September 4th, 2024 3:45:05 PM
Cyrion hears and then watches the group as they approach. He tries to determine what heraldry they are wearing ... Once they are in camp he'll smile, but keep wary, as he and his friends haven't had much look with strangers lately
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 Thursday September 5th, 2024 2:22:41 AM
The very tall lass stands up, her good-sized wool blanket over her shoulders and held closed by her hands to the front. "Well, we have encountered a lion, a duplicitous dwarf, then several more annoying dwarfs who kidnapped one of us. We came across very strange plants, and glowing things, and cliffs, and other oddities. However, I think that most potential opponents have given us a wide berth, so I don't know that as of yet we can present ourselves as having a great deal of expertise in the area of local fauna, or of others who might oppose us to a greater degree. We could tell you many stories of encounters in other areas, but are, frankly, fairly new around here.
"How about you?" she asks. "Would anyone like some carrots, apples, cheese, bread, or some good water? It being the middle of the night, we do not have anything in the way of warm drinks. And you can tell us more about yourselves." She looks at a few cranky friends. The giantess turns back to the centaurs. "Sorry for a semi-rude welcome. We have gone through a few rough days. My name is Mundhildur." She takes out of her bag the food items she mentioned, and adds in some in addition, offering a bunch of grapes, and some celery.
"Oh, and you mentioned news?"
DM Hugh - A Fistful of Centaurs - 2 Thursday September 5th, 2024 4:03:32 AM The twins are annoyed at being woken and grumpily request to be woken up if a fight starts
Cyrion hears and watches the group as they approach determining their heraldry is that of The Mailed Fist, a mercenary adventuring organization
Zeoll chats up the guests while keeping alert while talking about the monsters one might expect
Asimov having plaed host goes back to bed instructing Irony to wake him in case of fight
Mundhi explains what they encountered and offers some further refreshment before introducing herself properly and asking of the news.
The Taurs had previous introduced themselves as Acteos (male) - Thumb, Panenos (male), Elinos (male), Egile (female) and Adeira (female)
Acteos further explains they are with the Mailed Fist and their contract is to hunt monsters and investigate and hopefully curtail the increased monster activity in the area.
The news is rather mundane. Local weddings of lords and ladies, upcoming festivities that kind of thing.
It is just after midnight. What do you do now?
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Thursday September 5th, 2024 8:15:06 AM
The Twins have a dream where they get back only to find the sick girl has turned into a dragon who demands cheese from the town. The party nearly gets killed by a stampede of cows being brought in to provide additional production, one of which introduces itself as a long lost relative. They have hamburgers together.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Thursday September 5th, 2024 5:36:19 PM
Cyrion will stir the fire and make some hot tea ... "What sort of monsters hunt in these parts. Just in case we run into something that goes bump in the night, or morning, or lunchtime."
Zeoll is outwardly nice -- Diplomacy 31 -- but he does not trust these people. So he chooses to stay up all night, with Bill the Eagle for most of that time too. He does not make a big deal out of his staying awake on watch. If questioned, he says he has a ring that lets him get away with less sleep, so he's fine.
DM Hugh - A fistful of Centaurs - 3 Friday September 6th, 2024 1:11:23 AM The Twins have a dream where they get back to find the sick girl had turned into a dragon who demands cheese from the town. The party nearly get stampeded by cows and find a relative to share a hamburger with. Cyrion stirs the fire and makes some hot tea and asks about what kind of monsters hunt these parts so they can be prepared Zeoll is outwardly nice but he does not trust these people so he chooses to stay up all night with Bill the eagle for most of the time. He does not make a big deal out of his staying awake or on watch. Asimov sleeps while Irony stands guard being stonily silence
The night passes uneventfully with a bat swarm passing by around 2am but the large presence of creatures around the campfire keep them at bay.
The monster attacks in the area that increase haven’t been limited to a single race but various kinds. Some folks reported lycanthropes, others plant monsters, other lizard folks and others goblin kin.
Day dawns and the 5 Mailed Fist centaurs prepare to head on their separate way.
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Friday September 6th, 2024 4:07:20 AM
Having gotten their sleep the Twins are up early. They introduce themselves to the centaurs and have a pleasant conversation over breakfast before the group leaves.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Friday September 6th, 2024 10:28:37 PM
In the morning, Cyrion is ready to move along with his friends
Paranoid Zeoll does whatever he can to check that there have no shenanigans. No unusual magic detected, no pockets picked, no odd tracks around, no odd "hunches.". He uses a message cantrip to ask his friends to be alert.
Sense Motive: 46 Perception: 32
[OOC: Do we want to go on hiatus to await Steve's return?]
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 Monday September 9th, 2024 3:25:51 AM
[I keep on managing to accidentally delete my posts before cementing them for Mundhildur. Let's try again.]
The Jotunar remained awake following the arrival of the five centaur members of the Mailed Fist. She attends closely to the stories and news they have to offer, asking clarifying questions, or requesting additional background from time to time. She shares in the tea that Cyrion prepares. After 60-90 minutes of conversation, she stifles a yawn, apologizes, then suggest that all get some rest.
In the morning she expresses gratitude to Asimov for having prepared the evening meal the day before. She cooks breakfast for the gathered crew, adding whatever the centaurs may have offered to include in the meal as well. She thanks Acteos, Panenos, Elinos, Egile, and Adeira for letting them know some of what has been going on lately in the area, and tells them again that she wished she and her friends had more to share with them news-wise. She does add, "Oh, and I forgot to mentioned we visited the Tree of Boydos, back that direction," and she points back along the path they took. "Beware of the dwarfs. Pesky ones, I declare."
Once the Mailed Fist equine troop leave, she gathers up materials designed to increase security around their encampment, stowing most of them in her bag. "Which way now?" she asks the party. "What is the fastest way for us to get back to Dani?"
[Regarding Cayzle's notion of going on hiatus until Elron can again contribute to the party, I'd be fine with that. What do others think?]
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Monday September 9th, 2024 3:45:35 PM
OOC: I'm ok with that too ...
DM Hugh - OOC Tuesday September 10th, 2024 12:20:23 AM
(OOC: Please see the email regarding the Mithril Tap Hiatus and reply with any concerns or comments there.)
Asimov - HP 85/96 AC 19/14/17 CMD 24 & Irony HP 53/53 AC 31/13/28 Hardness 6 CMD 23 -- Hugh Wednesday October 2nd, 2024 12:52:23 AM
Asimov says, "I imagine the fastest way is going back the way we came and then heading towards our patron's lands once we get to the point where Lady Femmu was kidnapped by that Dwarf. We were on the way back home but we took detours through the Anchorite Lands and then the Tower of Boydos."
DM Hugh - Water Hazard Wednesday October 2nd, 2024 4:03:57 AM The Twins have gotten their sleep and are up early. They introduce themselves to the centaurs and have a polite conversation over breakfast until the other group leaves.
Cyrion is ready to move along with his friends
Zeoll does what he can to insure there are no shenanigans and messages his friends to be alert Mundhi remains awake and pays attention to what the Fist has to say engaging in conversation and having some of Cyrion’s tea. Eventually she stifles a yawn and suggest they get some rest. In the morn she thanks Asimov for previously cooking and makes breakfast. After the mercs move on she collects her security items and talks travel plans. Asimov explains his understanding of the situation
The party breaks camp and moves on eventually the trail they are on is broken by a river which looks like they must cross to move on….
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Wednesday October 2nd, 2024 8:16:58 AM
The Twins look to the others for suggestions. Normally they'd just find a ford and wade across but perhaps they have faster options.
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) d20+8=16 ; d20+13=23 ; Wednesday October 2nd, 2024 10:16:25 PM
Zeoll thinks finding a ford is a swell idea. He tries to help find one ...
Know Geography 16 Know Nature 23
He asks Lady Femmu to ride on his back.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 d20+10=30 ; Thursday October 3rd, 2024 2:43:46 AM
Mundhildur takes stock of the situation.
What is the width of the river? What is the apparent depth of the river? Is there a breeze? If so, what is the wind's directionality relative to the river, and approximate speed? How swift is the flow of the water? Along the far side, are there trees, or large rocks? What is the landscape like?
She can levitate. If she can cross the river, and place some ropes, she can ferry people back and forth. ========= Survival: 30 (nat 20)
DM Hugh - The Roadside Inn Thursday October 3rd, 2024 4:24:37 AM The Twins defer to some of the other party members as their might be faster ways across than merely fording the river
Zeoll thinks finding a ford is a swell idea and tries to help find one. He even offers Lady Femmu a ride on his back when he does.
Mundhi takes stock of the situation. The river is fairly wide at this crossing maybe 40 feet across. The river appears to be at least 10 feet deep if not more once away from the shallows, you'd have to do some kind of sounding to get a better idea. There currently is not a breeze. The river's flow is fairly steady a strong swimmer might be able to stand up to it but an amateur would probably get swept away. Along the far side there are some trees. The landscape is kind of forested. There is brush and underbrush and trees and grass and fungi and leaves and fallen logs. She offers to some how get a rope to the other side then ferry people across using levitate
Asimov offers Irony, jetpacks and portal guns
Between the parties unique skills they are able to make their way across the river without needing to find a different point to cross and without even getting wet. Asimov and Irony are able to set up a rope that the levitating giantess can easily get the others across with.
The party continues on their journey. As the sun is dipping in the sky they approach a roadside inn. smoke extends from the chimney and the smell of baked bread, cooked meat and vegetables and even something sweeter wafts from the establishment.
The sign on the Inn shows a goose resting on a block of stone
What do you do?
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Thursday October 3rd, 2024 5:12:28 AM
Well they might as well stop. The Twins try to remember if they passed this way on the way out. On the one hand they are heading back, on the other they diverted to the tower and may not have linked up with their original route yet.
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Thursday October 3rd, 2024 3:39:13 PM
Zeoll is wary and asks Lady Femmu to stay close.
"Come frriends, let us enterr and rreconoiterr."
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Perception: d20+13=31 ; Thursday October 3rd, 2024 6:57:40 PM
Cyrion, making sure he is dry after the river adventure, smells the food, and looks around. He knows he's never been here before, so he looks around for anything out of place, or odd, other than he and his friends
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 Friday October 4th, 2024 3:13:19 AM
As the inn comes to sight, the giantess shrinks to her tallish medium height (7'4"). "Ah, a goose, an inn. Is anyone else hungry?" Mundhi asks. "Shall we enter and see what fare they offer, Lady Femmu?"
DM Hugh - At the sign of the Goose and Granite Friday October 4th, 2024 5:09:58 AM The Twins figure they might have well stop and try to remember if they passed this way on the way out or if they haven’t linked up with their original route yet Zeoll is wary and asks Lady Femmu to stay close before suggesting they enter and take a look around. Cyrion making sure he is dry after the river adventure smells the food and looks around. He knows he’s never been here before and looks around for anything out of place or odd Mundhi shrinks to her tallish medium height as she spies the inn and asks if they should enter and see what fare they offer. Asimov thinks a night at the inn sounds lovely
As the party gets closer to the inn they can see it isn’t alone. There is a stable connected to the inn but larger than a modest inn would need. However connected to the stable on the other side is a fortified looking building, perhaps some sort of barracks and next to that is a sort of watchtower.
The party enters the inn. The boniface (another word for innkeep - yay Jeopardy) greats you warmly. He’s a portly balding man with a bushy black mustache. “Welcome to the Goose and Granite, probably the safest, most secure inn in these parts. Well probably the only inn in these parts” he says with a laugh.
“People thought I was daft building out here but I knew adventurers would come to pass and when there are no adventurers, the militia still need to eat. In fact I only had to modestly contribute to the construction of the stables considering the militia has their own mounts so I get a few stalls in case I have guests with mounts and the militia gets the rest.”
“What can I get you to drink? Ale? Hard Cider? Wine? Something stronger perhaps? And to eat why we have Shepards Pie, Bangers and Mash, Haggis, Beef Stew, Soda bread, and for dessert we have chocolate cake and blueberry pie.”
The common room glows warmly with the fire from the hearth. Besides the Inn Keep there is a bar maid cleaning glasses at the bar. In a table in the corner a few men in armor sit playing some card game and drinking their drinks (the militia perhaps)
Aside from that the place is mostly empty and there are plenty of tables to choose from.
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Friday October 4th, 2024 8:17:53 AM
The Twins order Bangers and Mash with some Cider and choose a seat basically at random.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Friday October 4th, 2024 6:06:28 PM
While he doesn't need to eat or drink, he'll go out on a limb, "Never heard of haggis did you say. I'll try some of that with a hard cider please."
OOC: Haggis is something I want to try, should I ever make it over the pond to the UK ... although there is supposed to be a "good" haggis in a can available somewhere here in the States ...
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 d20+13=17 ; d20+12=19 ; Saturday October 5th, 2024 1:43:45 AM
"You have made some good business decisions, then, innkeep. I like a man who is decisive, and willing to venture. Well done. So, I'd like Shepherd's pie, hard cider, soda bread, beef stew, and clean water for me," says Mundhildur. "Speaking of cider - do you offer scrumpy?" "And you, good lady," she asks the cleric, Femmu, "what would you care to eat?"
======= Perception: 17 - to keep an eye on what's going on in the inn Sense Motive: 19 - Get a feel for the innkeep's response to her compliment.
DM Hugh - At the sign of the goose and granite part 2 Monday October 7th, 2024 1:42:00 AM The Twins order bangers and mash with some cider and take a seat at random
Cyrion also orders hard cider but asks for some Haggis
Mundhi gives the innkeeper a compliment and places her order and further inquires as to if the innkeep has scrumpy.
Asimov takes the inn keep on the offer of something stronger and sees about a whiskey on the rocks with beef stew and soda bread
The inn keep takes Mundhi's compliment in stride, "I take it you are no stranger to venturing yourself, fair lady. As for Scrumpy or Rough Cider, aye, I have some but surely someone with refined tastes as yours would prefer a vintage made with apples selected for their sweetness"
It would appear the inn keep responded favorably to Mundhi's complement and is now complementing her in kind.
The party takes seats and it isn't long before the drink and food orders are served. The miliitia members continue to play their card game ordering more drinks as time goes on.
After filling the drink orders and delivering them to the party the bar maid goes back to cleaning glasses.
As time draws on a few more militia members enter the dining room and order food, drink or food and drink.
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Monday October 7th, 2024 8:32:15 AM
Yummy food. Munch munch. Very tasty. Munch Munch.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Sense Motive: d20+10=29 ; Perception: d20+13=29 ; Monday October 7th, 2024 9:28:19 PM
Cyrion keeps an eye on the militia members, that they're drinking, and he and his friends are strangers, might not be a good mix. He does enjoy the haggis, and even better the hard cider
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 Tuesday October 8th, 2024 6:48:21 PM
"I like sweet, and I like tart. Let me try 'em both!"
She looks around the inn. "I'll cover the bill for what the folks are ordering." She pauses, "Within reason. Just tell them their tab was paid."
DM Hugh - At the sign of the goose and granite part 3 Wednesday October 9th, 2024 4:03:57 AM The Twins eat their yummy food.
Cyrion keeps an eye on the militia members but enjoys the haggis and cider
Mundhi tries both ciders then offers to cover the bill of folks within reason
Asimov sees about getting the party some rooms
There is a general toast to Mundhi when she pays for the food.
The innkeep seems rather happy to have the party head upstairs to their room shortly after that as Mundhi's offer seems to make the militia more lively than usual
Lady Femmu and Mundhi can share a room, Asimov and Irony can share a room, The twins can share a room, Zeoll and Cyrion can share a room.
Do you do anything further before going to bed?
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Wednesday October 9th, 2024 8:23:09 AM
The Twins take off their armor and clean all of their gear before bed. It's been a while so it takes some time.
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Wednesday October 9th, 2024 10:20:29 PM
Zeoll proposes that we set watches. "We did not come this farr just to lose ourr healerr again!" He takes first watch and patrols the hall, asking that everyone leave their door a smidge ajar for safety.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Wednesday October 9th, 2024 11:04:35 PM
Cyrion doesn't need to sleep ... he can stay downstairs on guard duty ...
Asimov - HP 85/96 AC 19/14/17 CMD 24 & Irony HP 53/53 AC 31/13/28 Hardness 6 CMD 23 -- Hugh Thursday October 10th, 2024 5:09:32 AM
Asimov offers the others Irony's services on guard duty the whole night as Irony has the stand guard ability and does not revert to an inert state when Asimov rests however Asimov himself wants to rest so he can prepare devices in the morn.
He tells his minion to listen to Zeoll and Cyrion about where he should be stationed
DM Hugh - At the sign of the goose and granite part 4 Thursday October 10th, 2024 5:25:43 AM The twins take off their armor, clean it and then go to bed
Zeoll suggests they set watches and takes the first shift patrolling the hall also suggesting folks leave their doors ajar lest they come this far to lose the healer again
Cyrion doesn't need sleep so he takes a position downstairs
Asimov offers Irony's services as a guard and defers to Zeoll and Cyrion as to his minion's placement. The stand guard abilty allows Irony to act and not go inert when Asimov is resting. As the tinkerer needs understurbed rest to prepare devices he isn't one for watch but Irony can go all night being a construct.
The party sets a watch. Some are in their beds. Zeoll is patrolling upstairs, Cyrion and Irony are downstairs. It is maybe 15 minutes before closing time. The bar has thinned out of most of the militia save for a pair sitting at the bar drinking ale from tankards and the four guys in the corner playing cards who were originally in the bar. The barmaid has been dismissed and the innkeep stands behind the bar this time cleaning glasses
Cyrion and Irony: Highlight to display spoiler: { The door opens and 5 pale figures enter the bar. 4 of them appear to be gruff men while the 5th and last to enter is a beautfiul raven haired woman that the 4 men seem to defer to.
She speaks and says, "Normally we wouldn't be able to enter an establishment such as this but your mat said welcome to all. My boys and I are thirsty and have stopped in for a drink."
The barkeep replies, "All are welcome ma'am. What can I get you? ale? wine? cider? mebbe something stronger? Though you must be quick in placing your order fer its almsot closing time."
She says, "Actually we prefer blood."
The innkeep then says in a voice that seems kind of devoid of emotion, "Right away mistress"
The militia members turn around to face the newcomers. They all go to reach for their weapons but 4 of them immediately drop them. The two at the bar and 2 of the card players.
}
What do Irony and Cyrion do?
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Thursday October 10th, 2024 8:27:21 AM
The Twins have a very strange dream again, but don't remember it on waking.
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Thursday October 10th, 2024 3:03:16 PM
Zeoll paces back and forth, just in case.
"I've got a bad feeling about this," he mutters.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Thursday October 10th, 2024 7:57:22 PM
Cyrion rips Slicer from its sheath while bellowing, "TO ARMS, TO ARMS, VAMPIRES ARE HERE!"
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 Friday October 11th, 2024 2:26:13 AM
"Lady, good Lady, Cyrion has sounded the alarm - Vampires are here to cause us harm - let us descend, and turn them to dust!" says the giantess as she gently shakes the foot where it has pushed up the covers to get her attention. She tosses her bag over her shoulder, and leads the way once Femmu arises. From her bag she pulls out a good-sized stone or two.
Asimov gets out of bed and moves into the hallway. He says to Zeoll, "Vampires? Here? Do you have a suggestion as how to fight them?"
DM Hugh - At the sign of the goose and granite part 5 - vampire fight d20+4=12 ; d20+4=12 ; Friday October 11th, 2024 5:15:59 AM Cyrion calls to arms
The Twins have a strange dream on waking
Zeoll says he has a bad feeling
Mundhi gets some stones from her bag and tells Femmu they are being attacked by vampires and they should descend and turn them to dust
Irony slams into the nearest vampire this being the man. It seems like Irony does less damage than he should have
Asimov gets out of bed and moves into the Hallway asking Zeoll what he knows about vampires as he does.
Two of the vampires dominate the other 2 militia members so all the militia members and the barkeep are dominated.
The one that Irony attacked seems to heal slightly as he attempts to slam back at the minion only to miss.
The raven haired beauty turns invisible.
The other vampire attempts to grapple Irony but fails to do so
Vamp Woman - unharmed / invisible Vamp Man 1 - 11 damage Vamp Man 2 - unharmed Vamp Man 3 - unharmed Vamp Man 4 - unharmed
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Friday October 11th, 2024 8:04:34 AM
The Twins wake to the alert and are on the move quickly. They'll try to take the quickest route to the front - maybe that's going out their door and to the common room from inside, maybe that's going out their window to the front, will let DM decide.
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Friday October 11th, 2024 9:47:17 PM
One floor up, Zeoll shudders. Vampires! Undead! All his best spells are useless!
He can't see them from the upstairs hallway, but even if he could see them, there's not much he could do. He starts casting Summon Nature's Ally IV. The animal summoned will appear next round.
Irony continues to slam the vampire man he slammed before. (16 vs AC; 19 damage)
DM Hugh - At the sign of the goose and granite part 6 - vampire fight d3=1 ; d20+8=14 ; d20+8=16 ; 4d6=15 ; 4d6=10 ; Tuesday October 15th, 2024 2:04:24 AM The Twins climb out the window and down to the ground floor
Zeoll starts casting summon nature's ally
Mundhi throws stones at 2 of the strange men
Asimov hits another with wrist rockets from the top of the stairs while Irony makes another slam
None of the damage the vamp men sustain are enough to incapacitate them and aside from Asimov's wrist rockets it looks like they shrugged off a little of the attacks made by stone and slam
The vampires direct the soldiers and barkeep to act as human shields from future range attacks using their dominate ability
From seemingly out of nowhere 2 fiery rays strike Irony for 15 and 10 damage
The vampire are taking cover behind the barkeep and soldiers they have commanded to become human shields. Any ranged attack aside those that hit unerringly (like magic missile) have a chance to hit the militia or the barkeep. Irony is in melee range of the vamp men.
The twins are outside the inn. Zeoll and Femmu are upstairs. Asimov is on the staircase. Mundhi and Cyrion are in the common room.
Vamp Woman - unharmed / invisible Vamp Man 1 - 23 damage Vamp Man 2 - 11 damage Vamp Man 3 - 22 damage Vamp Man 4 - 19 damage
Mitch - The Twins HP 141/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 d20+24=30 ; d20+24=36 ; d20+19=27 ; d20+14=33 ; d8=2 ; d8=7 ; d8=3 ; d8=3 ; Tuesday October 15th, 2024 8:13:23 AM
The Twins move around to the door. With the mind controlled blocking ranged attacks from the stairs they hopefully have a clear shot from behind. If so, they'll open fire on 1 (30, 36, 27, 33 to hit, 12, 17, 13, 13 damage). If they don't have a clear shot then they'll move back behind the wall and hope they weren't noticed while they come up with a plan.
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) d20+11=27 ; d6=4 ; d20+17=24 ; Tuesday October 15th, 2024 10:06:47 PM
Zeoll summons his nature's ally ... it is a grizzly bear. He places it at the foot of the stairs.
Then Zeoll moves halfway down the stairs so he can see what is going on.
Then he starts singing to inspire courage in his allies.
Everybody gets +2 to attacks, damage, and save vs charm and fear.
Then the bear charges the mearest foe! He reaches out with a claw and hits AC27 for 9 damage. More importantly, he gets a free grapple, and he rolls with success against a CMD 24. If that works, the enemyt is grappled!
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus 1st Strike: d20+14=30 ; Damage: 2d6+7=16 ; 2nd Strike: d20+9=17 ; if that hit, Damage: 2d6+7=17 ; Tuesday October 15th, 2024 11:12:38 PM
Cyrion will engage with the vampire nearest to him
OOC: Thanks to Zeoll, Cyrion actually rolled a 32 and 19 to attack said vampires
Irony slams a different vampire man (29 vs AC; 16 damage)
DM Hugh - At the sign of the goose and granite part 7 - vampire fight d2=2 ; d20+4=17 ; d6=1 ; d20+8=20 ; d20+8=13 ; 4d6=16 ; Thursday October 17th, 2024 5:00:13 AM The twins move around the inn and fire at the vamps from behind the open door hitting the first vampire with all 4 arrows which don't seem to sink in as far as they should but still damage it enough to incapacitate
This causes 2 of the militia members to break free from their confusion and they flee the inn presumably headed for the barracks as the vampires were too much for them.
Zeoll unleashes his grizzly bear into the fray and then moves to the stair and starts singing to inspire his allies
The grizzly bear hits the second vampire man with a claw and immediately gets into a grapple situation
Cyrion engages vamp man 3 and hits him twice, although his sword doesn't do as much damage as expected it is still enough to incapacitate him, breaking another militia member out of the domination and causing him to flee out the door
Asimov and Irony target vamp man 4 and incapacitate him which frees another militia member who also retreats
Vamp Man 2 attempts to turn the grapple around on the grizzly bear but fails (17 vs CMD)
From seemingly out of nowhere again 2 red rays shoot forth and this time target the twins (20 vs touch; 13 vs touch) 1 ray flies wide but the other ray hits dealing 16 fire damage
Vamp Woman - unharmed / invisible Vamp Man 1 - 56 damage / incapacitated Vamp Man 2 - 13 damage / grappled with grizzly bear Vamp Man 3 - 43 damage / incapacitated Vamp Man 4 - 46 damage / incapacitated 4/7 - dominated hostages freed
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) d20+17=25 ; d6+9=13 ; Thursday October 17th, 2024 6:01:47 AM
Zeoll pulls out a scroll (move action) and reads a spell of Good Hope (standard action). He continues singing (free action).
The Good Hope affects the Twins, Mundhi, Cyrion, Asimov, and the Bear.
With Inspire Courage, that means +4 to hit and damage, +2 on all saves, skill checks, and ability checks.
(Sorry Irony, you are immune to morale bonuses, right? But you and Zeoll still get the +2 on attacks and damage from Inspire Courage. That's a competence bonus.)
G-Bear continues to maul his foe. If I am reading the Grab Monster Ability Rules correctly, he can make a grapple check to pin, and if he succeeds, also automatically inflicts paw damage.
G-Bear's grapple check (at +4 with Zeoll's buffs) is a +13+4 = +17, and he rolls a 25. That should beat the vamp's CMD, since a 24 worked last round. That pins the vamp and inflicts 13 hp damage.
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 d20+28=40 ; d20+28=31 ; d20+23=43 ; d20+18=25 ; d20+23=28 ; d8+14=20 ; d8+14=16 ; d8+14=18 ; d8+14=21 ; Thursday October 17th, 2024 8:22:58 AM
The Twins take the hit and are spectacularly unimpressed. They fire a second volley, and with the inspire courage bonus almost certainly take down another vampire. "You are outmatched. Leave or die."
40, 31, 43 (crit threat, if not immune to crits 28 to confirm), and 25 to hit. 20, 16, 18, 21 damage.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus 1st Strike: d20+20=39 ; Critical Check: d20+20=21 ; Damage: 2d6+7=12 +6 = 18 (if a crit then 36) ; Strike 2: d20+15=31 ; Damage: 2d6+7=16 ; Friday October 18th, 2024 11:22:46 PM
Cyrion is still on the offensive
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 d20+15=27 ; d20+15=17 ; d20+15=35 ; d20+15=17 ; d20+15=32 ; Monday October 21st, 2024 2:57:41 AM
Mundhildur thinks there is someone she cannot see in the fight. She noticed a couple of red rays shooting at or just past the Twins. She follows the line of the rays. Reaching into her bag, she pulls out a jar of flour. Following along the pathway indicated by the rays that flashed by, she begins quickly and aggressively casting large handfuls of white flour into the air, left, right, and straight ahead, trying to see whether some of the white powder lands upon whoever, in an invisible state, is shooting magical rays at her friends.
Perception: 27 Ranged touch attacks: 17, 35, 17. For the second one, 35, nat 20, she confirms with 32. No damage, just powdery coverage. Or maybe some flour got in her eyes.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Monday October 21st, 2024 2:52:42 PM
OOC: That's an awesome trick, I used to add pepper to mine, or cinnamon. There aren't really rules for it anymore, but back in the old days, it'd mess up spellcasters lol
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Monday October 21st, 2024 10:05:20 PM
Zeoll encourages his friends to do their best!
DM Hugh - At the sign of the goose and granite part 8 - vampire fight d20+32=36 ; Tuesday October 22nd, 2024 5:05:53 AM Zeoll uses a scroll while his bear pins the vamp it was wrestling The Twins shoot arrows into the pinned vamp and tells the vamps to leave or die Mundhi starts throwing flour but although her clumps of flour hit the squares she was aiming at she wasn't quite able to pinpoint the invisible vamp's position Asimov had his wrist rockets ready he couldn't find anything to shoot at Cyrion attacks the vamp the twins and the bear were fighting for
The invisible vamp calls out, "My children are incapable of leaving on their own at the moment thanks to you. Will you permit me to summon wolves to collect them and leave or do we keep fighting?"
She moves while invisible. You could try to find her square with a perception check
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 d20=20 ; Tuesday October 22nd, 2024 8:56:16 AM
(I somehow didn't notice we had taken them all out when I made my last post. Oops!)
The Twins snort. "Of course not." "You came in here and assaulted people with mind control magic." "Your fallen will face justice, any still standing may flee and learn to never do such things again." "You'd better do so now though, cause when we find you." "We will be taking you out."
The Twins start a counter-clockwise circuit of the room - perhaps they'll get lucky and bump into the vampire. Perception 20
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus d20+15=34 ; Tuesday October 22nd, 2024 3:28:32 PM
Cyrion triggers his headband and surveys the room, trying to think of a way of detecting an invisible foe
Zeoll shouts, "If you surrrender and prromise to do no morre evil, and if yourr spawn do the same, and you rrelease all hostages, we will let you all go. You can live on the blood of animals in peace."
Diplomacy 40!
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Wednesday October 23rd, 2024 10:12:50 PM
OOC: Holy Crap that's some diplomacy going on right there
DM Hugh - At the sign of the goose and granite part 9 Thursday October 24th, 2024 12:23:10 AM The Twins reject the offer and start a counter-clockwise circuit of the room
Cyrion triggers his headband and starts trying to think of how to detect the hidden vampire
Zeoll lays out terms for the surrender of the vampires diplomatically
Asimov waits to hear how the vampire responds
The invisible voice calls out as the spell is dismissed revealing the Raven Haired Beauty clinging upside down on the ceiling, "I guess you got the better of us. Lucky for the residents here you happened to be passing through when you did or else this would have gone very differently. Still then a promise is a promise." She drops from the ceiling affected by feather fall and says, "I guess my children and I are on a strictly animal diet now."
She snaps her fingers and the 3 remaining dominated hostages are released.
"It will take about a minute for my less wounded children to revive and then between the two of them and some wolves I'd like to summon I think I can get my two more wounded children on the road and out of your business. Is this acceptable? We will no longer attack noble and ignoble races for sustenance and go in peace as agreed?"
(OOC : Zeoll gets a hero point)
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Thursday October 24th, 2024 12:28:59 AM
"If everryone agrrees, it is a deal! Let me offerr you good luck in finding a new life. Maybe one in which vampirres do not have to be outcasts."
He offers a few ideas of encouragement as she waits for her friends to regenerate.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Thursday October 24th, 2024 11:52:55 PM
Cyrion lowers his blade, "Sounds like a plan to me."
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Friday October 25th, 2024 9:12:30 AM
The Twins aren't sure about this, not trusting vampires to keep their word, but they won't gainsay the rest of the party.
DM Hugh - At the sign of the goose and granite part 10 Monday October 28th, 2024 5:00:22 AM Zeoll says if everyone else agrees it is a deal and he wishes them luck
Cyrion lowers his blade in agreement
The Twins are unsure but won't go against the rest of the party
Asimov and Irony agree
Within a little time two of the Vampire Spawn have regenerated enough to stand and a small wolf pack arrives. The two more heavily injured spawn are put on makeshift stretchers using fallen tree limbs, bedrolls and rope and between the wolves and the other spawn coordination made to carry them.
The parade of vampires and wolves disappears into the night.
The innkeep says, "She was right in her observation if you weren't here when you were that would have gone a lot differently. I need to change doormats I think. Considering the vampires took the saying on it to be an invitation."
Together the innkeep and militia men ask, "How can we ever repay you?"
It is just after what would normally be closing time. The encounter with the vampire sobered up the remaining two militia men and they recover their weapons as well as the weapons dropped by the other militia men that fled to the safety of the barracks when released from the mind control.
What do you do now?
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Monday October 28th, 2024 8:52:36 AM "A big party." "First thing in the morning." The twins suggest. Hey, maybe they can get cake.
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Monday October 28th, 2024 7:44:29 PM
Zeoll just grins and tells the fellow that it is all in a day's work for an honest adventurer. No other thanks needed, except maybe a drink after that battle!
"Honestly, it wasn't even rreally that bad a fight. I'm glad she agreed to rreforrm."
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Monday October 28th, 2024 11:05:34 PM
Cyrion looks at his sword ... then at his friends, "I like the diplomatic approach, but the fighting was fun. My sword here didn't seem to do much damage, maybe I need to get it checked out."
The technomancer sets about fixing Irony while he waits.
DM Hugh - At the sign of the goose and granite part 11 Tuesday October 29th, 2024 1:34:48 AM The Twins think they should have a big party first thing in the morning
Zeoll tells the barkeep it is all in the day's work for an honest adventurer with no other thanks needed except maybe a drink after that battle
Cyrion says that he likes the diplomatic approach but the fighting was fun however his sword wasn't as effective as he thought it would be and suggests he get it checked out
Asimov agrees on the drink and repairs the damage Irony suffered from the vampire's magic
The barkeep digs underneath the bar and comes up with a bottle filled with an amber liquid that appears to be woven from glass grass.
He says, "I've been saving this for a special occasion. The trader said it was Pomfrai from the Southern Continent."
He sets about putting down shot glasses for the party and himself and fills each one to the brim.
"Bottoms up" he says and downs his own shot
As you follow suit you realize the shot is very smooth and very tasty and that it would be nice to have more but then you realize despite only having a shot that your cheeks are numb as if you had been drinking for a while.
The barman says, "Pomfrai is very potent. I was told not to drink more than a shot from the merchant lest those that drank it run the risk of dancing naked."
"If there isn't anything else I will be seeing you fine folk in the morning. I don't know about a party but I can certainly cook a hearty breakfast that includes griddle cakes if you can wait a tad for me to cook it before moving on."
The rest of the night passes uneventfully and with the pomfrai to help you along you have no trouble falling asleep.
You wake to a symphony of delicious aromas.
True to his word the innkeep prepared a hearty breakfast with sausages, bacon, home fried taters, griddle cakes, maple syrup, biscuits, butter, jam, coffee, hot chocolate, orange juice, apple juice, milk, cider and even mulled wine.
He says, "Eat up my heroes." beckoning to the spread
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Tuesday October 29th, 2024 6:41:08 AM
Hey no cake but they'll take it. The Twins eat heartily.
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Tuesday October 29th, 2024 10:13:08 AM
Zeoll gladly enjoys the breakfast, with many kudos to the chef.
He checks in on the healer. "How arre you today, Lady Femu?"
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Wednesday October 30th, 2024 9:21:46 PM
Though he doesn't need to eat, Cyrion will try several items, the bacon, griddle cakes, and fried taters. He'll look over to the barkeep, "You may have missed your calling my good man, this is a veritable feast you've set out for us."
DM Hugh - At the sign of the goose and granite part 13 Thursday October 31st, 2024 1:25:18 AM The Twins eat heartily despite there being no cake
Zeoll gladly enjoys the breakfast and checks in on Femmu
Cyrion doesn't need to eat but tries several items anyway and suggests the inn keep may have missed his calling
Asimov enjoys the breakfast and is ready to be off
Femmu comes down with the rest of you and partakes of the feast too. When Zeoll questions her she says, "Do you think those vampires were the kind of monsters those Mailed Fist Centaurs were warning us about?"
The innkeep responds to Cyrion's compliment and says, "Thank you but as an Inn Keeper you have to be skilled in several areas of the hospitality industry."
With that the time has finally come to be away from the Goose and Granite and back on the road. You have another day's travel ahead of you but despite it being fall with the leaves turning orange and red and yellow and starting to fall it is an unseasonably warm day and a good one for traveling.
The road goes ever on and on. (OOC: either roll survival to determine north or tell me what other way you have)
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 d20+10=20 ; Thursday October 31st, 2024 3:43:05 AM
"That way is north, just as it was yesterday as we traveled this way," says Mundhildur.
[Sorry I've been absent, friends. Way overworked & underslept at the moment.]
Survival: 20 - determine direction
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Thursday October 31st, 2024 3:19:56 PM
The Twins know which way is north. It's the way Mundhildur pointed.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Which way is north: Survival: d20+11=16 ; Thursday October 31st, 2024 9:37:19 PM
Cyrion looks up at the sun, then around him, then lick a finger and stick it in the air
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) d20+12=30 ; Friday November 1st, 2024 8:30:43 PM
Zeoll has a skillful, intuitive grasp of true north:
Survival 30
"Come this way, everrybody!"
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 Saturday November 2nd, 2024 12:35:58 AM
Mundhildur says, "Right, Zeoll, as I said." She bears a winsome smile.
DM Hugh - Traveling Through Swampland Monday November 4th, 2024 4:39:30 AM
Mundhi suggests a direction is North The Twins agree Cyrion looks up at the sun then around then sticks a finger in the air Zeoll has a slightly different bearing Mundhi then agrees with Zeoll Asimov defers to his friends
And so the party sets off once more for another day of traveling guided by Zeoll’s bearings. The first half of the day is uneventful and you break at midday to partake of some provisions the innkeeper packed for you. The second half of the day however is different. The terrain starts to become more difficult to traverse. While there is still a trail the forest is gradually turning into a swamp and the land on either side of the trail is often mud or water or muddy water.
As it gets later in the day you see a small building in the distance with a sign that reads “Flat Bottom Boat Rentals”
What do you do?
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Monday November 4th, 2024 8:29:17 AM
Might as well rent something. It'll probably cost a pittance to adventurers.
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Monday November 4th, 2024 9:56:46 PM
Zeoll is willing to take to water if the boat is big enough for large folk!
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 Tuesday November 5th, 2024 2:20:20 AM
"Let's go ask about the rentals," Mundhildur agrees with her companions.
Once able to speak with someone about the arrangements, she asks a series of questions: "How far in might we travel by flat-bottomed boat before we can again continue walking? Also, are there known hazards in this swamp? Is there anything special we might want to do to prepare? Will someone accompany the boat with us?
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Tuesday November 5th, 2024 10:14:30 PM
At the prospect of getting onto a boat, Cyrion will look himself up and down, and then look at Mun, "Hey fellas, how much weight will these boats handle? I'm not looking forward to a swamp bath tonight, or tomorrow, or ever."
DM Hugh - Xurgaf's Boat Rentals Thursday November 7th, 2024 12:22:38 AM
The Twins figure they might as well rent something since it will cost a pittance to them as adventurers Zeoll is willing to take to the water if the boat is big enough for large folk Mundhi suggests they ask about the rentals and then peppers the person manning the shack with questions Cyrion looks at himself and Mundhi and then asks how much weight a boat could handle Asimov agrees with the other about inquiring about the boat
The party approaches the shack. An adolescent half-orc is fiddling with a banjo and looks up as you approach.
He calls out to someone further back, “Hey pa we got potential customers!”
The half-orc puts down the banjo and says, “Welcome to Xugarf’s boat rentals. How may I help you”
Mundhi asks her questions followed by Cyrion
Q: How far might we travel by flat bottomed boat before you can continue walking
The half-orc says, “You don’t necessarily need to rent a boat as the trail more or less continues through the swamp, course at points the trail actually goes into the swamp so you might want the boat. With that being said it is a 3 days journey from this end of the swamp to the other. We have another boat rental shack on the other side so you could rent boats here, traverse the swamp and drop your boats off at the other shack when done.
Q: Are there any known hazards in the swamp? The half-orc says, “Well there have been reports of strangely acting gators and possibly even some sort of half-man half-gator creatures but surely that must be swamp gas causing delusions no?
Q: Is there anything special we might want to do to prepare? The half-orc asks “Do you want to set out now when it will be dark soon or would you rather make camp and leave in the morning?” if you want to set out now do you have light or some means to see if you want to travel at night? Regardless of when you setout do you have netting or some means to repel insects if you make camp in the swamp?
Q: Will someone accompany the boat with us? The half-orc says, “For an additional fee either myself or my Pa will accompany you”
Q: how much weight will these boats handle? The half-orc gauges the party and says, “between the metal men, the giantess and the liontaur you guys are probably going to need multiple boats.”
“The Taur could probably take a boat with a single person”
“One metal man could share a boat with a single person”
“The other metal man could share a boat with a single person”
“I suppose the fourth boat could take the remaining two people or one of us and two of yours if you opt in to pay for a guide”
The half-orc looks expectantly at you all. He seems to be expecting a big sale(from his perspective) from the party, How do you want to proceed?
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Thursday November 7th, 2024 7:46:23 AM
The Twins are fine with hiring a guide. They came the opposite way and from a different direction on their way last time.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 Thursday November 7th, 2024 12:45:52 PM
"What would you charge us for these, what, three boats, plus one of you coming along?" Mundhi asks. She is at her medium size - 7'4", 370 lbs.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Thursday November 7th, 2024 11:09:18 PM
Cyrion stands back and lets his friends do the haggling, there's always haggling, he just isn't used to it.
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Friday November 8th, 2024 10:02:09 AM
Zeoll does not stoop to haggling. He's ready to pay for all the boats. Like four? With both people as guides? He has almost 600 gp cash if needed.
"We'rre on a one-way trrip, so you both should come along to brring the boats back afterr we get to the otherr side of the swamp."
"If we meet any gatorrs, I'll charrm them. It would be neat to meet some gatorr-taurrs. Always glad to meet potential cousins."
"I have a flaming skull forr light," the liontaur says, holding up a skull into which a Continual Flame has been cast. "But I got nothing to stop bugs."
Xurgaf's Boat Rentals - part 2 Sunday November 10th, 2024 1:12:02 AM
The half-orc starts doing some figuring He says “first off it is a 25 gold refundable deposit per boat so with 4 boats that would be 100 gold, which we would return to you upon reaching of the other end of the swamp minus any deduction for damage incurred during the trip” He then says “second passage is 10 gold 8 silver pieces each for the Liontaur, and the two metal men. For the rest of you it is 5 gold 4 silver pieces” He then says “third for the services of 2 trained guides for 3 days of work is 1 gold 8 silvers” He totals that up and says “175 gold, 8 silvers with 100 gold being potentially refundable depending on the shape of the boats on the other side.” He says, “We also sell mesh netting for 5 silvers per square foot now I don’t know about the metal men being impacted by the bugs but I’d say a 10 foot square of mesh would work for the liontaur and giantess with the non-metal men medium folk of your party getting away with 7 foot squares just to be safe. He does some more figuring and says, “So that is 175 gold, 8 silvers for the boats with guides with 100 of those gold pieces potentially being refundable depending on the shape of the boats on the other side and 20 gold and 5 silvers for the mesh netting assuming you want the mesh netting. Do we have a deal?”
Assuming Zeoll agrees considering the total came in under what he had to spend the half-orc calls out "Pa, we need to ready 4 boats. Also they want us both to come with them so we need to close the shop."
He says, "Do you want to set out now or wait till the morning?"
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Sunday November 10th, 2024 11:38:03 PM
Zeoll is content to wait for morning. He has no desire to be on the marshes at night. But he defers to the group's wishes.
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Monday November 11th, 2024 9:02:34 AM
Hrm, must be latter then the Twins thought, they were under the impression that had daylight to spare. Stupid daylight savings time.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Monday November 11th, 2024 7:49:06 PM
Cyrion is fine either way, he just needs a few hours to recharge himself, kind of like an Elf's Reverie
Xurgaf's Boat Rentals - part 3 Tuesday November 12th, 2024 9:51:40 PM Zeoll opts to wait until morning
The Twins realize it was later than they thought
Cyrion is fine either way just needing a few hours to recharge
Asimov defers to the group
The adolescent half-orc says, "Pa, wait a tick. We need the boats for tommorow not now. Bring out the mesh netting though as they'll probably need it for tonight."
The adolescent shows the party to a clearing near the shack where the party can camp for the night
With the mesh netting in place the party sleeps soundly and at first light Xurgaf and Son have your boats ready to go.
The boat loadouts are:
Asimov and Irony
Zeoll and Femmu
Cyrion and Mundhildur
Xurgaf, son and the Twins
Xurgaf and Son do a quick demo of how to use the pole to navigate the swamp. 1 person from each boat has to use either knowledge[nature], survival or profession[sailor] to navigate the swamp using the boat.
How do you proceed?
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 d20+10=11 ; d20+3=5 ; d20+9=12 ; Wednesday November 13th, 2024 3:51:11 AM
For starters, Mundhildur's normally decent survival skills are at a low ebb, with Survival: 11 Knowledge, nature is even worse: 5 Well, at least she's a decent swimmer. Huh, just barely: 12 [So I rolled 1, 2, 3]
She just tries to get by.
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Wednesday November 13th, 2024 9:54:26 AM
Well the Twins will likely be in the lead given that they are in the boat with the guides. They'll let the pair do their job and enjoy a nice boat ride.
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) d20+13=26 ; Wednesday November 13th, 2024 3:07:02 PM
Zeoll ponders the poling lesson.
[OOC: His highest is knowledge[nature] at +13, so he'll roll that.]
Roll: 26
Zeoll polls as if it were second nature.
"Just sit back, Lady," he says to Femmu. "I got this."
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Wednesday November 13th, 2024 10:47:41 PM
Cyrion, for all his bravado, sits very still in the boat, making the most minimal of movements. It's not that he can't swim, he just sinks like a rock fairly quick. He'll watch how to pole the boats as well ... on the off chance that he needs to
However he did build a flying minion so he sends Irony flying slightly ahead of their little flotilla of flat bottomed gondolas
Irony - Perception 14
DM Hugh - Traversing the swamp d20+11=17 ; Thursday November 14th, 2024 2:49:42 AM Mundhi has a bit of a rough start but manages to get her and Cyrion's boat moving albeit slower than others
The Twins let their guides manage boat operations
Zeoll ponders the lesson and polls like second nature telling Femmu to sit back
Cyrion sits still in the boat after paying attention to the pollng lesson just in case
Asimov polls decently and sends Irony on aerial reconnaissance
Zeoll polls best and his and Femmu's boat end up taking the lead slightly behind Irony (26)
Asimov's suddenly lightened boat is just behind Zeoll's (21)
Xurgarf polls his boat decently enough (17) and is slightly behind Zeoll and Asimov not getting quite the initial performance Zeoll had and carrying much more weight than Asimov as Irony is flying
Mundhi's and Cyrion's boat is a little behind the others (11)
Xurgaf calls back to Mundhi and Cyrion, "There's a second poll in each boat; you both could work together on polling if it would help"
(OOC: please continue to have at least one person in each boat make Know[Nature], Survival or Profession[sailor]; a second person can roll vs DC 10 to aid another and provide bonuses to primary roll)
Despite the uneven speed of the flotilla you start out at first light at a more or less steady pace.
This part of the swamp doesn't seem to be too difficult to navigate and there are few hazards
What do you do as you continue to poll through the swamp?
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 d20+10=18 ; Thursday November 14th, 2024 3:37:39 AM
Mundhildur sees Cyrion nearly frozen in place on the boat. "Here, let's make this easier for you. I'm tieing two ropes to you so that you can go to either edge of the boat, but without enough slack to go overboard. Also, each rope has a quick-release knot to free yourself from the restraint should you need to. You stand on the left and push against the bottom with the pole to help us move forward, and I will do likewise on the right. We're getting too far behind the others, and the monster that grabs laggards may eat us if you don't help us catch up."
Survival: 18. It took her a bit, but she is getting this thing figured out.
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 d20=6 ; Thursday November 14th, 2024 10:49:54 AM
The Twins aren't much help with the boat, but that's why they're in the boat with the experts (6 to aid another)
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) d20+13=30 ; d20+23=32 ; Thursday November 14th, 2024 8:45:14 PM
Still Polling: 30
Zeoll keeps alert and looks around.
Perception 32
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Row Row Row your boat, Survival check: d20+11=21 ; Thursday November 14th, 2024 11:30:21 PM
Once Mund has Cyrion tied down, well to a point, he'll assist with the polling so they don't end up getting too far behind
While Irony flies ahead (Perception:12) and continues to scout
Traversing the Swamp - 2 d20+11=30 ; d20+5=14 ; Friday November 15th, 2024 4:00:54 AM Mundhi helps Cyrion by tying him to the boat but setting up some quick releases in case of need and then asks him to help poll
The Twins aren't much help with the boat
Zeoll keeps polling too while also keeping his eyes out
Cyrion helps poll having been tied to the boat
Asimov continues to Poll while Irony Scouts
Xurgaf's son takes the second poll from the twins when it became apparent they were of little help and aids his father in getting ahead of Zeoll's boat
Zeoll is able to keep his boat moving smoothly just getting passed by Xurgaf and son
Asimov keeps pace slightly behind Zeoll
Mundhi and Cyrion working together are able to gain ground on the rest of the boats
30 - Zeoll 20 - Mundhi Asimov - 24 Xugarf - 32
The boats continue like this for much of the morning. Once the party cleared the immediate area of the boat rental shack the water got deeper compared to the draft of the flat bottomed boats and the passage was fairly wide all things considered. With deep enough water, a lack of hazards and everyone polling fairly well you move relatively quickly as early morning turns to mid-morning and beyond.
It is between midmorning and noon when Xugarf calls back to the party, "This next bit of swamp up ahead is shallower and has some rocks and other hazards that could potentially damage boats if we aren't careful. We've been making good time so far but I'd recommend we slow a little and then when we are through there is an island nearby we could stop for a lunch break at if you want."
(OOC: please continue to have at least one person in each boat make Know[Nature], Survival or Profession[sailor]; a second person can roll vs DC 10 to aid another and provide bonuses to primary roll; if you cut speed add +2 circumstance bonus to your roll and indicate you are doing so; if you don't take a -2 penalty on the roll and indicate you are doing so)
What do you do now?
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Friday November 15th, 2024 8:40:00 AM
The Twins ask their guides about any good boat songs they know while they travel. They'll try to learn the words and sing along. The lunch plan sounds great.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 d20+10=19 ; Friday November 15th, 2024 11:41:02 AM
Mundhildur would love to learn songs about boating.
"Thanks for joining in, Cyrion!"
Mundi, Survival: 19 - to help in poling (one L, not 2 - 'polling' means asking questions, or tallying - 'to pole' - use a pole to push a boat along, is 'poling')
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Survival check: d20+11=14 ; Friday November 15th, 2024 10:37:32 PM
Cyrion tries to keep an eye out for stuff, but he's too worried about flipping the boat over and possibly drowning Mund .. as he doesn't breathe
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) d20+15=35 ; Sunday November 17th, 2024 11:14:41 AM
Zeoll cuts speed and rolls a nat 20.
Traversing the Swamp - 3 d20+13=17 ; d20+7=19 ; d20+11=28 ; Monday November 18th, 2024 1:44:51 AM The Twins ask their guides about boating songs
Mundhi would also like to learn songs about boating and thanks Cyrion for helping
Cyrion tries to keep an eye out for stuff but he's too worried about flipping the boat
Zeoll cuts speed and continues to exhibit expert boating skills
Asimov also cuts speed and does a decent job as Irony continues to play eye in the sky
Xurgaf and Son cut speed together and actually start to fall a little behind the rest of the boats
Although speed is reduced Zeoll is proving he really is good at this and has no trouble avoiding the obstacles while adroitly maneuvering the boat. (35)
Asimov is behind Zeoll and Femu (26)
Mundhi and Cyrion behind them (21)
Xurgaf, Son and the twins are in the rear (19)
As you move through the narrow rocky part of swamp you first start to notice an abundance of logs in the water, first in front, then beside, then behind.
Upon further examination (Perception DC 28) Highlight to display spoiler: {those aren't logs those are...Alligators }
Nothing seems to change for now but you can feel a palpable tension in the air as if something is out there waiting for something.
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 d20=8 ; Monday November 18th, 2024 6:24:35 AM
Row, Row, Row your boat, gently down the stream. Merrily merrily merrily merrily life is but a dream.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 d20+13=29 ; d20+12=22 ; Monday November 18th, 2024 11:04:15 AM
"Look, alligators that look like logs!" Mundhildur calls out to those ahead of her and Cyrion.
She slows, and suggests likewise to her flatboat mate, to take greater care in navigating both the waters, and the 'gators.
Perception: 29 Survival: 22 (includes +2 from taking greater care) for poling through this part of the swamp.
Zeoll the Green Singer starts singing to the greenies. He uses his special Beast Soother ability:
Beast-Soother: You can improve the attitude of one animal or magical beast per character level by making a Perform (Sing) check as a Diplomacy check.
That's 12 alligtors with Diplomacy 27.
After that, he uses his speak to animals ability to talk with them.
"Hello Alligators. We are not food or threats. We are floating by in peace."
[No accent speaking Alligator!]
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Perception: d20+13=14 ; Survival for Poling: d20+11=25 ; Monday November 18th, 2024 8:47:47 PM
Cyrion looks at Mund, then around the area, "All I see are water-heavy logs."
Cyrion has no clue what an alligator is, but all he's sees are logs, oh well, he's so much odd stuff lately that nothing seems to faze him. He keeps a steady hand on the boat pole though
Asimov says, "I see them too. Good Call Zeoll using music to soothe these beasts."
Traversing the Swamp - 4 d20+11=15 ; d20+5=6 ; d20+13=20 ; Tuesday November 19th, 2024 1:28:55 AM The Twins start singing a song they are familiar with Mundhi points out the gators that look like logs while suggesting even more caution is needed Zeoll starts singing to soothe the alligators. There are actually about 18 in total but the 12 closest are moved by his ability. He calls out that they are not food or threats but floating by in peace Cyrion says all he sees are logs Asimov says he sees the gators too and think Zeoll uses the right move
Asimov's boat starts to take the lead (Survival 31; forgot the +2) Mundhi and Cyrion working together move into the second position (Survival 24 or 25) Although Zeoll was preoccupied Femmu grabs a pole and pitches in while Zeoll sings and talks with the gators (22; forgot the +2) Xurgaf and son and the twins are still in the rear (17; forgot the plus 2)
The 6 gators outside of the range of Zeoll's song hang back from the 12 were influenced by Zeoll's singing.
One of the 12 nearest gators replies to Zeoll, "That isn't what we were told. Some of us who can become like some of you told us we could get food if we waited here for the moving floating things with beings in them. However, you all seem really nice so maybe it was different moving floating things we can get food from?" it asks
The 12 gators Zeoll "soothed" are now visible as gators not logs since they seem actively interested in following the boat and learning more about this friendly singing felline-man creature and companions
What do you do now?
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Tuesday November 19th, 2024 9:40:12 AM
The Twins sail along with the experts and will react as they react. If the experts seem unconcerned by the crocs they will presume attacks on boats are rare and relax. If the experts look worried they will draw their bow and be ready to fight if it seems like an attack is coming.
Zeoll casts two Goodberry spells (getting 13 berries) and tosses berries down the gullets of the alligators.
He asks for more details about the were-alligators. Names? What they look like?Any info he could use to cast legend lore, maybe?
He compliments Lady Femmu on her boating.
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) d20+26=43 ; Tuesday November 19th, 2024 4:20:18 PM
Extra Diplomacy check if that would be helpful: 43
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Tuesday November 19th, 2024 11:33:10 PM
Cyrion will watch the display of Zeoll feeding what are apparently "NOT LOGS" his berries, and sighs in relief when he realizes he isn't going to become a chew toy for whatever these beasties are
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 d20+8=26 ; d20+10=14 ; Wednesday November 20th, 2024 9:11:21 AM
Mundhildur joins in, singing harmony to Zeoll's tune, adding +2 to his overall effects (Perform, singing: 26)
She has two goodberries from the liontaur bard, and recalls he has given out goodberries to the rest of the party. She sings a message to her friends, mixed into her harmonies. "You each have goodberries, one or two, so feed unfed gators if they draw near to you."
Survival: 14+2=16
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Survival for poling: d20+11=25 ; Perception: d20+13=16 ; Wednesday November 20th, 2024 11:42:59 PM
Cyrion watches in amazement as his friends sing and feed what he thought were logs, which are apparently some kind of swamp creatures ... this world never ceases to amaze him
Traversing the Swamp - 4 d20+11=13 ; d20+5=15 ; d20+13=29 ; Thursday November 21st, 2024 12:11:03 AM The Twins sail along with the experts and plan to take queues from them. While the father and son pair look a little nervous as Zeoll and Mundhi sing to the gators and feed them berries they gradually relax
Zeoll feeds the gators good berries and asks for more details on the were-gators while complementing Femmu on her boating
Cyrion watches Zeoll feed the “not logs” and sighs in relief when he isn’t going to become their chew toy.
Mundhi sings two part harmony with Zeoll and gives her own good berries to the gators
Cyrion watches as his friends sing at what he thought were logs and were actually some kind of swamp creatures and revels as the world never ceases to amaze him
Asimov tosses his own berries to the gators while poling and Irony scouting
Femmu starts efficiently poling the boat while Zeoll deals with the gators and is soon the lead boat again (Nature: 31 forgot the +2)
Asimov remains in second position (Survival 23; also forgot the plus 2)
Xurgaf and Son and The Twins gain ground on Mundhi and Cyrion (Survival 19)
Mundhi and Cyrion are roughly tied with Xurgaf and Sons (16) considering the gained ground
The gators respond to Zeoll's questioning
"Well the ones like us that can be like you come and go as they please. They are lead by the one known as Swamp-Maw. Some of Swamp Maw's followers were with us when your floating things started to drift by and they were the ones that told us we could find food with you but they broke off when the rest of us started to follow you with the singing. Swamp-Maw is big when in gator form larger than the rest of us and has a distinctive scar over his right eye at least when in gator form and in half and half form. We don't really see them when they look completely like you. They seem to be able to control what they look like and often times choose to leave the swamp looking like you but then when they come back they are either looking like us or half and half. They often rope us in to their plans especially when it comes to things in the swamp."
Xurgaf calls to the other boats, "Considering we picked up some company perhaps we skip the island lucnh and just eat under way. We are almost at the island and things will get less crowded after that so we'll be able to move at full speed again. However, if you want we can still stop at the island providing you can assure us it is safe to do so as you seem to have things well in hand with our fellow travelers as it were"
What do you do?
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 d20+10=15 ; Thursday November 21st, 2024 12:42:16 AM
"Yes, travel on!" agrees Mundhildur. She does not ken what they say to Zeoll, but perceives it as friendly conversation.
Taking care as they travel along, trying not to run over any of their new ... friends?
Poling: 15 - not bad, but, a bit 'meh' - maybe Cyrion can help augment their travel a little.
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Thursday November 21st, 2024 8:36:21 AM
The Twins will follow the advice of the experts, besides they're not comfortable stopping and getting out of boats with all these gators around that may change their mind on how tasty they are if they get out.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Survival Poling: d20+11=27 ; Thursday November 21st, 2024 11:17:16 PM "A luncheon on the water sounds acceptable," Cyrion will turn to Mund, "I'll pole so you can eat."
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 Friday November 22nd, 2024 3:47:23 AM
"Thanks, Cyrion!" Mundhildur pulls an apple out of her bag, and begins to eat it. When she gets down to the core, she tosses it over to a gator farther away than the rest.
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) d20+26=36 ; d20+32=34 ; Friday November 22nd, 2024 4:48:55 PM
Zeoll explains to everybody via message cantrip what the alligators said. There are were-alligators who know about us and who are enemies. The leader is named Swamp-Maw, who is big and has a distinctive scar over his right eye.
"We cannot ignorre this thrreat and just paddle on!" the liontaur protests. "As forr me, I'm calling in rreinforrcements!"
Zeoll asks the largest alligator to stay around for a short time and asks the other alligators to go about their business and hunt elsewhere. Diplomacy 36
If that works, he casts Charm Monster on the big one he asked to stay behind. The will save DC is 23. If that works, great. If not, Zeoll asks him to leave.
Then Zeoll uses his Fey Friend ability:
Fey Friend: As a spell-like ability, you use Planar Ally spells to call fey folk and magical beasts. This SLA takes one full round of singing to activate; there is no gold cost; and the duration is one minute per character level. The creature only appears if it likes your song: make a Perform (Sing) check vs DC20 + HD called. At level 5, use as Lesser Planar Ally, 1/day; at level 10, up to Planar Ally, 2/day; at level 15, up to Greater Planar Ally, 3/day.
He calls for a fey friend and hopes he'll get someone useful. The duration is just ten minutes, but he will use that time to ask for advice, and scout around and report back in case the fey learns anything. Perform check 34 = up to 14 hit dice called.
Finally, he has Bill the eagle go aloft and keep watch for alligators, humanoiods, and anything in-between.
Traversing the Swamp - 5 d20+8=25 ; d4=2 ; d20+11=26 ; d20+5=13 ; d20+13=28 ; Saturday November 23rd, 2024 1:30:55 PM Mundhi agrees they should travel on while trying to avoid running over their new friends although she does not know what Zeoll and they are talking about The Twins will follow the advice of the experts besides they are not comfortable making landfall with all the gators Cyrion is fine with lunch on the water and offers to help pole Mundhi thanks Cyrion and starts eating an apple. She tosses the core to the gators Zeoll explains over message that there are were-alligators stalking the party and their leader is named Swamp Maw who is big and has a distinctive scar over his right eye The liontaur reasons they cannot ignore the threat and paddle on and so he calls in reinforcements. He has no trouble directing most of the gators to go about their business and hunt elsewhere nor convincing the largest gator to stick around When he goes to cast Charm Monster The largest gator makes the save (25 vs 23) so he too goes on his way shortly after that
Zeoll uses his fey friend ability and ends up summoning a small fey that appears to have the chest and head of a halfling and the legs, tail and feet of a rabbit.
The Lemkin introduces it self as Rem and sets out to investigate the nearby area after giving Zeoll this advice
“If I want to deal with someone who is harming the local plants and animals I typically , send an endless stream of notes to that person carried by every kind of animal from mice to great brown bears. The notes will contain anything from poetry to silly insults to misleading directions. Once that person is thoroughly confused, I use ghost sound and ventriloquism to get them running in a random direction. Finally, I use hallucinary terrain to make sure that person is completely lost.
Although people were poling Zeoll's suggestion they do something about Swamp-maw sort of led to the boats stopping near a sand bar
Zeoll's Boat, poled by Femmu(28) followed by Xurgaf, Son and Twins (also 28) followed by Cyrion and Mundi(27) with Asimov last (16)
You have some time while Rem, Bill and Irony are scouting about, what do you do?
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 d20+5=14 ; d20+13=33 ; Sunday November 24th, 2024 10:31:50 PM
Mundhildur figures it's a good time to eat a bit more. She passes around two loaves of bread and a couple pounds of cheese. Carrots. Apples. Turnips. "We need more meat."
If she can understand the advice Zeoll receives, she laughs. "No doubt that would do it for Swamp Maw."
She practices throwing stones up into the air and catching them. She starts two-stone juggling. She does okay, but occasionally misses one (Acrobatics 14 - don't know if that is the right skill to use for juggling, but it can't be too far off).
Taking the description of Swamp Maw, she looks around at times to see if anyone or anything resembles the fellow. Perception: 33
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Monday November 25th, 2024 8:52:25 AM
The Twins enjoy lunch, not bothered by the relatively light fare.
Whle the party waits, Zeoll pulls the boat well onto the sand bar and then paces.
He keeps alert: Perception 24.
He wants to cast Legend Lore on Swamp-Maw, but the group does not have the luxury of 1-10 days.
So he casts Legend Lore on this very place, this patch of swamp, this sandbar, on the off chance that something of significance has happened here. That only takes 10-40 minutes.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Monday November 25th, 2024 11:27:35 PM
Cyrion just sits and waits for something exciting to happen. He doesn't have a 'ranged' weapon so to speak, other than the gemstone embedded in his head
Traversing the Swamp - 6 or the origins of Swamp-maw Tuesday November 26th, 2024 1:20:08 AM Mundhi figures it is a good time to eat a bit more and starts passing out provisions. She realizes the Lemkin told Zeoll's its modus operandi being somewhat of a fey protector of plants and animals. She then practices juggling and keeps an eye out for Swamp maw
The twins enjoy lunch
Zeoll pulls the boat well onto the sand bar and paces. He wants to cast legend lore on swamp-maw but he doesn't have the time so instead he gambles and he casts legend lore on the sandbar.
Cyrion sits and waits for something exciting to happen
Asimov eats and watches what Zeoll is up to
Sometimes the universe smiles on the long odds bet
This is one of those times...
Zeoll Highlight to display spoiler: { Apparently were-gators breed like gators and not like a noble race. Female Swamp Gators lay large clutches of eggs on land often land that is muddy or has vegetation nearby that can be built up several feet around the egg clutch. It just so happens that this very sand bar was where Swamp-Maw was born a score or so of years ago.
Swamp-Maw earned his scar over his eye at a young age as an older actual gator attacked him hoping to make a meal of the young were-gator. The young were-gator knew he couldn't fight the actual gator as the actual gator was larger, faster and stronger but even from a young age Swamp-Maw was a cunning survivor. The larger gator charged swamp maw and even managed to take a chunk of swamp maw's hide giving Swamp Maw his distinctive eye scar but Swamp Maw won the war because there was a sharpened treebranch extending out of a log that Swamp Maw was aware of and when the real gator charged him, swamp maw turned the branch so that the actual gator impaled itself on branch and died.
Young Swamp-Maw the survivor decided after that that he needed to leave the swamp and learn how to use all his forms to his advantage. Swamp-Maw adopted his hybrid form for the first time in his life and used it to traverse the swamp and ultimately leave.
Things are a little unclear after that as Swamp-Maw had left the sandbar and the swamp but then one day more recently Swamp-Maw returns. He had maybe 2 or 3 other were-gators with him at this time. Together the 3 were gators assembled the gators and were-gators of the swamp around the sandbar that Swamp-Maw had been born at
Swamp-Maw addressed the were-gators and gators of the swamp and suggested life had been unfair to the gators and were-gators of the swamp as they were locked in a constant kill or be struggle between themselves and the other animals of the swamp.
Swamp-Maw said he had been to a city and learned things in the city, things about strategy and magics and skills needed for robbery and banditry, stealth, misdirection, ambush tactics, etc.
This swamp is near a major trade route and sometimes people take detours through the swamp to save time or go an unexpected way to throw off enemies or competitors.
Swamp-Maw figures life could be so much better for the were-gators and gators of the swamp if they banded together to raid wealthy traders traveling on or near the swamp.
In the swamps the gators and were-gators have strong advantages in their gator and hybrid forms but outside the swamp the were-gators could take their noble race form and attack the merchants moving on the nearby trade routes.
The gators and were-gators seemed 100% on board with Swamp-Maws idea to be a bandit king of the swamp and surrounding areas.
Zeoll gets one more vision of the sand bar and this too involves Swamp-Maw and it seems his were-gator lieutenants.
They were meeting on this very sand bar. Swamp-Maw in hybrid form, "It is obvious that someone has been talking to the local militia or the mailed fist. That last trade caravan was ready for us and we lost some good men for nothing."
"Or so it seems. However, their deaths will not have been in vain because only one of you knew of my plan to ambush that particular caravan. I knew we had a traitor in our midst and I decided to compartmentalize the information of our upcoming plans. I'd tell different lieutenants different details and when I found the caravan that had been forewarned of the plans that is when I knew I'd find the mole"
"Hard-scale how could you? You were my own son and yet you sold us out to these lesser beings who only have one form."
The identified "traitor" responds, "Maybe we don't have to be bandits? Maybe we don't have to live in the samp? We can control our forms, why not leave the swamp and have a normal life? Or if that isn't suitable take our gifts and become adventurers, you know helping people instead of hurting them."
Swamp-Maw says, "I thought I tought you better than this. The wold turned its back on this forsaken swamp. We were intended to fight amongst ourselves for scraps of food while others prospered. Even wnen I left the swamp and journeyed to the city I arrived essentially an orphan beggar
"I lucked out thoguh as the thieve's guild was interested in orphan beggars and so I augmented my natural gifts with the skills of a rogue, wizard and arcane trickster but it was really hard going for me, however I resolved to one day come back from where I hailed and improve things for those I felt a kinship with, the were-gators and gators of the swamp."
I'm sorry it has come to this HardScale but I can't let you live. Bring out the impaling Log!
Swamp-maw impaled his own son to death on the log on this hear sand bar for betraying the group's competence }
It only took 10 minutes for Zeoll to receive his legendary visions and so Rem, Bill and Irony returned and reported what they had found
Aside from some of the gators Zeoll had charmed (whose teeth were stained with the good berry juices) there weren't any gators in the immediate vicintiy. It is as the charmed gators had said, the gators either were-gators or otherwise in-line with Swamp-Maw's plan had decided to give the party and their boats a wide-berth when it became known the group was adventurers and could do what Zeoll did.
If the party is going to want to go hunting for Swamp-Maw they are probably going to have to detour from their path to the other side of the swamp to go deeper in in search of swam-maw. Xurgaf and son's might not be on board for the detour considering it is more danger than they signed up for.
What do you do now?
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Tuesday November 26th, 2024 10:33:46 AM
Zeoll sits, stunned for a moment, as the visions come hard and fast!
Then the older liontaur speaks. "Wowsy, turrns out this verry sandbarr is wherre Swamp-Maw was hached -- and has since then had meetings herre!
“When he was little, he fought an alligatorr herre and got his scarr.
“Then he went to a town orr city and learrned wizarrdrry, thiefing, and became an arrcane trricksterr!
“He came back to set up a bandit kingdom, turrning the alligatorrs and werre-alligatorrs into allies.
“He knows about tactics and rrobbing folks and so forrth. He plans to ambush the merrchants that come by. He is not stupid, so I expect he will rrob rratherr than kill, because he wants to leech off trrade, not destrroy the trrade rroute.
“His son wanted to learrn to live in peace herre orr maybe in the widerr worrld, and he betrrayed Swamp-Maw, and then Swamp-Maw executed him, rright therre!”
Zeoll points to the spot.
[OOC: Zeoll is telling all he learned, so there arre no secrets in the spoiler text. So go ahead and read it, as it would be a shame that only I get to read the story. Great post, Mitch!]
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Tuesday November 26th, 2024 2:39:18 PM
I think you meant Hugh.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Tuesday November 26th, 2024 11:05:00 PM
Cyrion listens to what Zeoll is sharing ... it's a good thing his face doesn't show much expressions, as first he would have been incredulous, towards the end, he was concerned that their enemy might be as wily as he and his friends
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 Wednesday November 27th, 2024 2:50:01 AM
"What a story!" Then Mundhi says, "So, do we go find Swamp-Maw? Or do we head back for our little friend? Or, if we fight the people-gator, do we find something that will help Daniella?"
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Wednesday November 27th, 2024 8:52:24 AM "While this is a situation that has to be dealt with..." "Daniella's health was failing when we left." "If we do not hurry back our entire quest" "would prove pointless." The Twins point out.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Wednesday November 27th, 2024 10:50:15 PM
Cyrion looks at his friends, "Swamp-maw will know we are here already. If he wants to mess with us, he'll come ahunting us, so lets save Daniella, and worry about the crocodile man when he shows up."
Asimov - HP 85/96 AC 19/14/17 CMD 24 & Irony HP 53/53 AC 31/13/28 Hardness 6 CMD 23 -- Hugh Wednesday November 27th, 2024 11:02:51 PM
Asimov says, "Or he doesn't want to mess with us when he saw what just Zeoll could do. He obviously planned to ambush us with all those gators at the choke point but what he didn't know was that Zeoll could charm animals and that ruined his plan. I guess the question is does he think what we are carrying is worth a confrontation when he knows Zeoll can spoil one of his big advantages he usually enjoys? He might be happy to see us go on our way and thus return the swamp to its status quo where the gators are all fundamentally under his control or he might figure we are adventurers and decide to attack us in a different way as adventurers tend to be wealthier than the average person. If he doesn't attack us I say we mark this swamp and come back here after we save Daniella and if he does attack us then we try to end his threat once and for all"
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 Wednesday November 27th, 2024 11:52:28 PM
Listening with care to each person - to the Twins, and Cyrion, and then Asimov, she considers. "Asimov. I like the way you think." She turns to the liontaur bard. "How do you lean on the question, Zeoll?"
Traversing the Swamp - 7 Thursday November 28th, 2024 12:41:48 AM Zeoll shares what he's learned from the legend lore
Cyrion listens to Zeoll's tale without an expression on his face. He figures Swamp-maw might be as wily as their group.
Mundhi asks if they go after Swamp-Maw or return to Daniella
The Twins reason that since Daniella's health was failing when they left they need to hurry back lest their quest prove pointless
Cyrion points out that Swamp-Maw will be there regardless so they should save Daniella and deal with Swamp-Maw if he shows up
Asimov reasons Swamp-Maw might not show up or at least not in the swamp considering Zeoll's ability foils much of his swamp advantage and that either he gives them a wide berth or attacks them a different way
Things kind of pause for a moment and it is Xurgaf who breaks the silence
"So then I take it we should get underway again yes?" I think we can make good time to a relatively dry island area where we can camp the night at. I mean it is only midday but with the distance we need to travel, typically we camp on that island the first night and we can still make it there with time to spare."
The party heads out and sure enough as the sun starts to set the boats approach the promised island
What do you do?
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Thursday November 28th, 2024 7:01:58 AM
"My frriends, I agrree that afterr all this time and much efforrt, we need to brring Lady Femu back home as ourr top prriority. I fearr becoming entangled, though. Can we do anything to stay hid or at least prrotected durring the night?"
"I can coverr the island in Spike Stones, myself."
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Thursday November 28th, 2024 7:05:13 AM
(it's not nighttime at the moment)
"Lets move as quickly as we can." "Maybe we can get out of his territory before he attacks." the Twins suggest.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 Friday November 29th, 2024 3:52:05 AM
"Spike stones - a good idea. Leave a path for us to get out, though, lest we rip up our feet. Yes, let us sleep on the island. Did anyone besides me bring food? I know Zeoll can do the goodberry thing."
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Friday November 29th, 2024 1:44:36 PM
Cyrion agrees, "Continuing sounds good."
(OOC: Functions as Tiny Hut and since I'm the DM when it says it can be any color you choose I choose the color night colored camo and the hut takes on a pallet of dark slate grey, fern green, green brown and charcoal)
"I can't leave the shelter once I create it but it would last for 24 hours if I didn't leave it but I figure we need less than that. I figure Femmu should shelter in the hut all night too since she is the person we have to get to Daniella, Xurgaf and Son as well as they are noncombatants so that leaves 6 spots in the hut with Mundhi, The Twins, Cyrion, Irony, Zeoll and Bill considered which puts us at 8 so that is 2 over. Irony can stay outside the Hut all night and stand watch so that puts us at 7 out of 6 so I guess some of you need to rotate in and out on watch with Irony. The hut will kind of blend in and some of it extends underground so I think between the spell and the spiked stones we will be pretty protected from Swamp-Maw should he come around now."
Asimov creates his hut kind of off the center of the island in a mostly clear area that can support the 20 foot radius hut. Sure enough the hut takes on a kind of camoflage for night coloration.
Traversing the Swamp - 8 Friday November 29th, 2024 10:46:56 PM Zeoll agrees seeing Femmu to Daniela is their top priority and offers to use spike stones to help protect the island
The Twins argue they should press on and try to get out of Swamp-Maw's territory
Mundhi agrees they should stop on the island for the night and with using the spiked stones but leaving a trail the party could traverse to leave. She asks if anyone else brought food
Cyrion agrees with the Twins
Asimov agrees with Zeoll and Mundhi about the island and even offers to provide shelter using his shelter capture which he does set up. He stipulates though that there isn't enough room for everyone and he has to be inside or else the effect ends, Femmu as the VIP and Xurgaf and Son as non-combatants should also be inside so that leaves 7 people to go in 6 spots so that will need some kind of nightly rotation.
Xurgaf explains to the Twins and Cyrion that one can't simply poll one's was out of Swamp-Maw's territory as Swamp-Maw sees the entire swamp as his territory so the best they can do is do everything in their power to see the trip takes the 3 days esitmated. The first day of travel has been completed and you reached the island which is the first waypoint the boat rentals typically recommend stopping at for the first day of travel. There is another island similar in nature to this one roughly a day's travel through the swamp and if they do it right the end of the 3rd day would see them reach the Xurgaf's boat rental shack on the other side of the swamp.
What do you do? Also I would appreciate information on watch swappage / order
As of now:
In Hut: Asimov, Xurgaf, Son, Femmu On Watch All Night: Irony Potentially in Hut or On Watch: Zeoll, Bill, The Twins, Mundhi, Cyrion (OOC to reiterate the hut only has room for 6 more people and all of you make 7)
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 Saturday November 30th, 2024 12:25:06 AM
"I can both sleep and watch outside," offers Mundhildur. "I am rather larger than all except Zeoll."
"And, no, I am not up for heading out to travel by night. I suggest we heed the recommendations of those who ply these waters."
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 d20=17 ; Monday December 2nd, 2024 8:57:07 AM
The Twins could have sworn it was lunch time not the afternoon, but it's not like they could look at the sun or anything. It's a swamp, there are trees, and they aren't trained in survival :P
They'll take first watch. 17 perception
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) d20+23=27 ; Monday December 2nd, 2024 1:41:23 PM
As I recall, you can see and hear through the hut from the inside? So Zeoll and Bill will be on watch from inside on their watch. Call it first watch.
Also Zeoll will use Spike Stones to cover the area outside the hut except where Mundhi wants to be.
Perception: 27
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Monday December 2nd, 2024 10:26:11 PM
Cyrion pipes up, "I only need four hours of sleep to regain my strength, and as I'm meditating, I can still hear things coming, so I can step out with Irony if needed."
Irony stays on watch outside the hut and keeps an eye out: Irony - Perception: 11
Traversing the Swamp - 9 d20+13=21 ; Tuesday December 3rd, 2024 1:06:37 AM Mundhi offers to sleep and watch outside
The Twins volunteer for first watch
Zeoll and Bill also volunteer for first watch reasoning they can do so from within the comfort of the hut
Cyrion explains he only needs 4 hours so he can step out with Irony if needed
Asimov goes to sleep once everyone is settled in the hut
Irony is on watch outside
Things are quiet for the first hour of the night but on the second hour that is where things become interesting.
Anyone on 1st Watch (Zeoll, The Twins, Irony, anyone else?) Perception 21: Highlight to display spoiler: { You see a number of gators swimming towards the island }
What do you do?
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 Tuesday December 3rd, 2024 2:51:05 AM
Mind I figured there were enough people on first watch, so she offered to take second or third.
If someone wakes her up, she has a good supply of throwing stones next to her and more in her bag.
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 d20=13 ; Tuesday December 3rd, 2024 9:03:38 AM
The Twins spend their watch calmly waiting with their sword on one lap and the bow on the other. (hit the button then remembered I rolled 17 perception last post.)
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Tuesday December 3rd, 2024 10:09:47 PM
Seeing that his friends had 1st watch covered, Cyrion meditated so he would be fresh for his middle of the night shift
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) d20+13=21 ; d20+26=28 ; Tuesday December 3rd, 2024 10:11:19 PM
Zeoll uses his nature lore to make sure these are true gators, or if they are were-gators.
Know Nature: 21
Either way, he wakes his friends fast.
If he thinks these are true gators, or if he is not sure, he casts Speak with Animals and hails them, expressing friendship.
Diplomacy 28
If he is sure these are were-gators, then he casts Confusion. DC21 Will save.
Irony is Flying while looking around 14 Perception oblivious to the gators
Traversing the Swamp - 10 Wednesday December 4th, 2024 4:57:34 AM Mundhi had offered to take 2nd or 3rd watch so she's asleep with plenty of throwing stones The Twins keep watch with their weapons Cyrion meditates Zeoll uses his nature sense to determine that these are a pack of true gators once again and then uses speaks w/ animals and diplomacy to hail them Asimov sleeps while Irony Patrols
The Alligator Congregation Halts before setting foot on the island being hailed diplomatically by someone who speaks their language
They say, "We were told someone was in our territory unwelcome by one we trust. He suggested we go to where the trespassers were and force them from the island they were occupying yet here you are being polite? Were we mislead?"
Zeoll gets the sense that the gators are no longer on the warpath and are instead friendly towards him
Apparently Swamp-Maw is still keeping himself and his were-gators away from the party for now. Perhaps he's experimenting to see how the party reacts with more normal gators in a different scenario?
What do you do now?
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Wednesday December 4th, 2024 9:45:40 AM
The Twins relax and let the man work his magic. It worked out before and they trust it will again.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 d20+13=21 ; Wednesday December 4th, 2024 3:42:51 PM
I figure that if she gets over 15 on Perception, Mundhildur awakens. She stands up the better to see and hear, but as Zeoll is talking, and a gator is talking back, she is taking no further action.
The older liontaur has an idea, and gets his friends on board ...
If no one objects, Zeoll offers goodberries all around, and then offers employment. More food for those gators who want to stay with us and protect us as we move through the swamp.
Diplomacy 30
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Wednesday December 4th, 2024 11:58:54 PM
Cyrion hears people talking, but not the sounds of combat, so he keeps his meditation going until his four hours have passed
Traversing the Swamp - 11 d20=1 ; d12=5 ; d10=2 ; d8=8 ; Thursday December 5th, 2024 5:22:06 AM The Twins relax and let Zeoll work his magic
Mundhi stands hearing Zeoll speak gator but takes no further action.
Zeoll offers goodberries all around and offers food for gator protection
Cyrion keeps meditating
Asimov keeps sleeping and Irony patrolling
Xurgaf, son and Femmu also rest
10 Gators express interest in Zeoll's offer
The rest of the night passes uneventfully
In the morning Xurgaf sees the gators and voices his concern, "Is Swamp-Maw sending more gators our way? I worry about the rest of the journey he confides"
What do you do?
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Thursday December 5th, 2024 8:30:47 AM "I think we're hiring some" "To guard us against the rest." " or at least, provide escort that might cause Swamp Maw or his animal minions to hesitate in attacking us." The Twins explain to their guides. They eat a fast breakfast so they can get moving quickly.
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Thursday December 5th, 2024 8:46:30 PM
Zeoll reassures the man. "Well, now we have ten gatorr guarrds."
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 Friday December 6th, 2024 11:48:33 AM
"Zeoll, I love you - you are so clever! Don't worry, this is not a proposal of marriage," the Jotunar tells the liontaur. In the morning, she prepares to head out. She asks Zeoll if he can teach her how to say something like, "Let's be friends," in the gator language. As well as "Don't bite me."
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Friday December 6th, 2024 11:35:08 PM
Zeoll confides that all he can do is use magic to speak with the gators. He does not actually know how to enunciate sounds they would comprehend.
"I suspect theirr actual communication with each otherr is as much thrrough sight, smell, and especially body language."
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 Tuesday December 10th, 2024 2:26:09 AM
"So, let us be off, with our local escorts!" encourages Mundhildur.
Traversing the Swamp - 12 Tuesday December 10th, 2024 4:08:06 AM The Twins explain they think they are hiring some gators themselves to guard against the rest or at least provide escort
Zeoll says they now have 10 gator guards
Mundhi praises Zeoll for being clever and asks him to teach her how to say things in gator
Zeoll confides he can only speak to them using magic and suggests they communicate with eachother more through sight smell and body language
Mundhi then says, "Let's Be Off"
Asimov agrees
And so the party sets out again. Same boating arrangement this time only with 2 or 3 gators keeping pace with each boat.
The weather is overcast and the insects are out in force. Once you get away from the island where you spent the night the water opens up a bit and obstacles become few and far between.
Xurgaf suggests you all poll again to speed things along.
What do you do?
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 d20+10=22 ; Tuesday December 10th, 2024 4:42:52 AM
Mundhildur takes up a pole, and sets off at a good pace, presumably with Cyrion on her raft.
Survival for poling: 22
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 d20=20 ; Tuesday December 10th, 2024 8:18:15 AM
Apparently the Twins have been paying attention because they're much more helpful to their guides today, assisting in moving the boat along as fast as possible (28 survival, I forgot they actually had ranks in that skill)
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) d20+23=29 ; d20+12=29 ; d20+13=15 ; Tuesday December 10th, 2024 3:34:30 PM
Zeoll picks up the pole again! While also staying alert.
DM Hugh - Traversing the swamp 13 d20+11=24 ; d20+5=18 ; d20+13=20 ; Thursday December 12th, 2024 4:55:41 AM Mundhi takes her pole and strikes a decent pace for her and Cyrion
The Twins realize they hadn't been paying attention previously and actually are fairly proficient with the pole so they power their boat strongly
Zeoll is currently the strongest poler while staying alert
Xurgaf and son produce a 3rd foldable pole and between the two of them and the Twins their boat takes the lead (32)
Femmu grabs her pole and helps Zeoll putting the two of them on the heels of Xurgaf, Son and the twins (31)
Asimov's lighter boat with a single passenger (22) is slightly ahead of Mundhi and Cyrion (22) but both trail the two lead boats by a bit
You end up in a situation where 5 of the gators are with Zeoll, Femmu, Xurgaf, Son and The Twins and 5 gators are with Asimov, Mundhi and Cyrion. Irony is kind of flying ahead of Xurgaf, Son, Twins, Zeoll and Mundhi
The good news is the bugs have cleared up a bit. The bad news is it is starting to rain. What do you do now?
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Thursday December 12th, 2024 8:35:07 AM
Nothing to do but just keep rowing. At least they probably don't have to worry about waves or rapids in a swamp.
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Thursday December 12th, 2024 10:47:31 PM
Zeoll agrees with the Twins. "We need to advance as quickly as we can, I deem."
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Friday December 13th, 2024 12:06:50 AM
Cyrion begins to sing, "Row row row your boats..."
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 d20+10=29 ; Friday December 13th, 2024 7:46:29 AM
"Good song, Cyrion. Feel free to also pick up a pole and help us along. Two are better than one, right?" Mundhildur encourages the funny man.
Survival: 29 - pretty good poling at the moment. [Folks, it's NOT polling. It's poling. We're not asking people questions or voting - we are using poles to push against the bottom of the swamp. One 'L'.]
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Friday December 13th, 2024 8:01:59 AM
The Twins continue their in depth interview of the local fish on their voting habits.
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 Friday December 13th, 2024 6:36:58 PM
[Mitch - LOL! - Kim]
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Survival: d20+11=21 ; Friday December 13th, 2024 11:52:40 PM
Cyrion laughs with Mund and gives her a short bow, "Yes Madame, your wish is my command." Still singing he picks up a pole and tries to not topple the boat over into the water
Asimov continues to move the boat along (Survival:21 ) while Irony keeps a look out (perception: 20)
DM Hugh - Traversing the swamp 14 d20+11=27 ; d20+5=9 ; d20+13=32 ; d20=3 ; Sunday December 15th, 2024 9:31:18 AM The Twins figure there is nothing to do but keep rowing
Zeoll agrees with the need for haste
Cyrion starts singing
Mundhi compliments Cyrion on his song and invites him to help
Cyrion does as requested
Asimov continues his work as does Irony
Zeoll and Femmu maintain their lead (32) Mundi and Cyrion gain ground and end up close second (31) Xurgaf, Sons and Twins fall into third (27) Asimov alone is by himself in the rearguard (21)
The party hears a whisper quiet message carried by the wind, "This is Swamp Maw, Surrender your gators and magic items and you can leave, fail to comply and there will be consequences; you've been warned"
Shortly after you heard the message on the wind you start to enter a fog bank and find your progress is starting to slow as you move deeper into the fog...
What do you do?
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Sunday December 15th, 2024 12:04:43 PM
The Twins draw their weapons, then wait calmly. "We will stay between you and the enemy." "We will not let them harm you." they tell the civilians.
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Monday December 16th, 2024 9:37:50 PM
Zeoll sings a brave song to inspire courage in everybody (+2 on attacks and some saves).
"Be rready, frriends," he urges.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Monday December 16th, 2024 10:04:22 PM
Seeing the fog, Cyrion touches the rough cut crystal he wears on a leather cord
[Gains Low-light vision, +2 to Perception checks, and notices secret doors - for an hour]
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 d20+13=15 ; Tuesday December 17th, 2024 2:54:46 AM
"Swamp Maw, there will be consequences," Mundhildur answers. She shifts to near the center of the raft, and grows to large size, taking care to maintain balance. "You will suffer defeat, for we have fought and bested greater than you. Back off, let us pass through, and perhaps you may see another day, and those with you can also live."
She ties one end of a rope onto something solid on the raft, something safe, able to hold a good amount of weight. The other end she loops around her waist.
She pulls out of her bag two throwing rocks, and has one in each hand.
The Jotunar is ready to levitate, and gives Irony warning. "Before I levitate, I will give you a very short warning - a fast count of one-two-three. In that time, you should try to get near the center of the raft."
He calls out to the others, "I have the ability to give us all the ability to breathe water if we need it."
DM Hugh - Traversing the swamp 14 Tuesday December 17th, 2024 6:24:53 AM The Twins draw their weapons and tell Xurgaf and Son they'll be protected
Zeoll starts singing a song to inspire courage
Cyrion touches a crystal and empowers some abilities
Mudhi answers a challenge of her own to the message carried on the wind
She prepares to levitate, tying a rope to part of the gondola and warns Cyrion to get to the center of the raft
Asimov offers that he has the ability to give everyone water breathing if they need it and tries to get Irony to land on board
All the boats are obscured by the fog cloud and none of the occupants can see beyond 5 feet
Zeoll and Femmu's boat slowly bump up against something solid blocking the way and Xurgaf, Son and Twins bump up against Zeoll and Femmu's boat.
Though Mundi's and Asimov's boats are in the fog cloud they were behind the other 2 boats going into the fog and since the fog cloud slowed the boats down they aren't yet where Zeoll and Femmu's boats are
What do you do now?
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 Tuesday December 17th, 2024 7:36:35 AM
"Yes, Asimov, that ability would be most convenient under the circumstances!" says Mundhi.
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Tuesday December 17th, 2024 8:32:28 AM "Can someone blow away this fog?" the Twins request.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Tuesday December 17th, 2024 10:33:22 PM
Cyrion remarks, "I don't breathe, so I'm ok." He does however concentrate for a moment, and run his sword through his hand, making the edge glitter in the darkness
[for 2 hours, his sword's crit range is now 17+ x2]
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) d20+26=44 ; d20+2=6 ; Wednesday December 18th, 2024 12:28:57 AM
Zeoll maintains his song and also casts Glibness on himself.
He shouts, "Swamp-Maw, do you rrememberr when that gatorr took a chunk out of yourr hide nearr yourr eye? And you beat that gatorr by impaling it on a trree brranch?"
"And do you rrememberr when you left the swamp and went to the city and learrned strrategy and magic and skills? You learrned that life could be much betterr if you and yourr frriends banded togetherr?"
"And do you rrememberr when yourr own son told you that banding togetherr was good, and even betterr would be to choose to be adventurrerrs, not bandits, helping people instead of hurrting them?"
The liontaur adds details based on his Legend Lore.
"Swamp-Maw, I spoke to the spirrit of Harrd-Scale. I learrned all these things and morre! I am herre to tell you that yourr son was rright! He forrgives you! He wants you to be trrue to his vision! He wants you to turrn away frrom rrobberry and killing innocent crreaturres!"
"I worrship and serrve Queen Maab, who loves all naturral creatures! She loves these gatorrs! She loves you and yourr people!"
"I am herre to tell you, Swamp-Maw, that it is not too late! You can talk with us! You can find a betterr way to prrosperr and live!"
Diplomacy 44 Bluff 56 (mod is +52, but the roller only goes to +50!)
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 d20+10=12 ; Wednesday December 18th, 2024 4:18:56 AM
Rather focusing now more on what might soon be happening - and positioning herself closer to the center of the raft, Mundhildur almost gives up on poling (survival: 12), making very slow progress indeed through the fog.
DM Hugh - Traversing the swamp 15 Wednesday December 18th, 2024 9:04:28 AM Mundhi agrees on the water breathing The Twins ask for someone to blow the fog away Cyrion makes his sword glow Zeoll makes an appeal to Swamp Maw using the information gleaned from the Legend Lore and combined with his glibness claims he spoke with Hardscale's spirit and that Swamp Maw is forgiven and it isn't too late to choose another way besides banditry Mundhi focuses on poling much admiring Zeoll's persuasiveness Asimov has irony assume an armor form around him
Sometimes miracles can happen and this time is one of them. The fog clears and you can see that the boats were up against an ice wall.
In the sky a giant gator says, "This is only an illusion. I Swamp Maw have been moved by your words and wish to parlay. I have removed the fog and have stopped what I was up to with the wall of ice and cloud kill. Where shall we meet to have this talk you suggested?"
Mitch - The Twins HP 125/141 AC 35/18/30 CMD 37 Wednesday December 18th, 2024 9:25:00 AM "The place Hard-Scale fell?" The twins suggest. It seems fitting for the conversation, and further bolsters their claim since they know the spot.
Diplomatic Zeoll (AC26, HP107) Wednesday December 18th, 2024 11:35:41 AM
"Yes, that is perrfect, my identical frriends!"
Zeoll calls out his thanks and shouts the location, noting its significance.
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Survival: d20+11=14 ; Wednesday December 18th, 2024 10:11:17 PM
Cyrion again shakes his head at the oddness he keeps encountering ... he does try to keep their boat afloat, and has stopped singing
DM Hugh - Traversing the swamp 16 Thursday December 19th, 2024 10:04:18 AM The Twins suggest the place where Hardscale fell
Zeoll agrees with the Twins and shouts the location
Cyrion shakes his head at the oddness he keeps encountering while trying to keep the boat afloat and stops singing
Asimov says as long as the guides are okay backtracking
The giant floating Illusionary Gator says, "I will wait for you there." before disappearing
Xurgaf says, "Well it will probably make things take maybe an extra day to day and a half but one way or another you folks are good for our wages so let's go"
The party finds itself moving in the opposite direction charted on a course past the island you rested on towards the prophetic sandbar you dined on.
What do you do now?
Mundhildur Karadottir, Jotun singing giant Lvl 11 (7'4"/16'6") (Kim) AC 22 Touch 16 FF20 HP 131/131 d20+10=15 ; Thursday December 19th, 2024 12:07:56 PM
The tall woman shrinks back down to 7'4", and poles (15).
Oh, and he casts Speak to Animals to tell the friendly gators what to do -- follow and protect, as we go to the sandbar.
And since the Glibness is still going, he tells the Lady Femmu and the gators that they are the most beautiful and lovely examples of their kinds he has ever seen! As stunning as Queen Maab herself!
JonS Cyrion the Black HP 74/91 AC 19 or 23 CMD: 20 | DR: 4/ while has focus Thursday December 19th, 2024 11:01:21 PM
Cyrion is looking forward to seeing what comes from the talking alligator in the sky and the meeting on the sandbar
DM Hugh - Parlay at the sand bar Friday December 20th, 2024 6:32:22 PM Mundhi shrinks and poles
Zeoll grins and poles back to the sandbar. He instructs the gators what to do and shamelessly compliments Femmu and the gators
Cyrion is looking forward to the meeting
Asimov poles back with the others
When the party reaches the sandbar they find a secure shelter has been cast upon it. A tall man wearing a fine cloak and ivory half mask stands outside.
He says, "Welcome to the sandbar. I took the liberty of preparing a place for our parlay as well as refreshment. There is charcuterie and fresh water. Please help yourself and we can have our conversation after."
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