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| - Narrator: The delvers are 10 days out from Polisberg, encamped as Beltarne and Shelley attempt to exorcise a demon. Narrator: They have been attacked by some kind of Elder Thing, and are defending themselves desparately. GM: And it is the Elder Spawnlets turns. Elder Thing: Spawnlet 10 steps into Wolfgang's wingspace and stabs him from the shield flank [3d6.skill(16,-2)] => [2,6,3] = 11 vs (14) or less Success! by 3 DA-2/-1 Elder Thing: Elder Spawnlet 9 floats into Ghazeb's shield flank and stabs him [3d6.skill(16,-2)] => [4,1,4] = 9 vs (14) or less Success! by 5 DA-2/-1 Wolfgang: Block (13) [3d6.skill(13,-2-1+3)] => [3,5,6] = 14 vs (13) or less Failure! by 1 Elder Thing: Elder Spawnlet 7 floats into Ghazeb and Wolfgang's off-shield flank and stabs Ghaeb [3d6.skill(16,-2)] => [4,1,4] = 9 vs (14) or less Success! by 5 DA-2/-1 Ghazeb: I have no idea how many defenses I used since my last turn.... Elder Thing: Elder Spawnlet 8 floats in front of Ghazeb and stabs him [3d6.skill(16,-2)] => [1,2,5] = 8 vs (14) or less Success! by 6 DA-2/-1 GM: You blocked the Elder Spawn before it exploded. Elder Thing: Elder Spawnlet 2 floats in front of Ghazeb and stabs him [3d6.skill(16,-2)] => [1,3,5] = 9 vs (14) or less Success! by 5 DA-2/-1 Marik: Yeah, Ghazeb's used one Block. Ghazeb: OK Elder Thing: Elder Spawnlet 5 floats behind the Vineman and impales his head! [3d6.skill(16,4+2-10)] => [1,5,4] = 10 vs (12) or less Success! by 2 in a weak spot, commited determined Ghazeb: So 4 attacks against me? 2 parryable? Ghazeb: Parry: [3d6.skill(15,+2-1)] => [2,5,5] = 12 vs (16) or less Success! by 4 GM: 4 attacks against you, 2 parryable, 1 parryable at -2, one blockable at -2 (with -5 repeated shield block penlaty) Ghazeb: Parry: [3d6.skill(15,+2-1-2)] => [6,2,3] = 11 vs (14) or less Success! by 3 Elder Thing: Damage to the vine automata is impaling [1d6+2] => [5,2] = (7) with DR halved. Ghazeb: Block: [3d6.skill(12,+2-2)] => [3,1,5] = 9 vs (12) or less Success! by 3 Elder Thing: to the skull, for what that's worth. Ghazeb: Dodge: [3d6.skill(11,-1)] => [5,1,2] = 8 vs (10) or less Success! by 2 ** Wolfgang waits for his damage ** Elder Thing: Ghazeb is stabbed for [1d6+2] => [3,2] = (5) impaling damage when he fails to block. Elder Thing: Wolfgang is stabbed for [1d6+2] => [3,2] = (5) impaling damage when he fails to block. Ghazeb: 3DR=4 damage GM: When did Ghazeb get DR3? Wolfgang takes no damage. I have no idea what happens to the vineman. Ghazeb: oops righto...6 then Shelley: Arg, missed the vineman in there Shelley: Um, it's from behind, so no defenses, he's homogenous and I'm pretty sure he doesn't have a brain. Shelley: So if it's imp, the wounding modifier is 0.5 GM: It's definitely impaling. GM: So... 1 damage? Shelley: DR [(7-(9/2))/2] => 1 Shelley: yep Shelley: 29/34 HP on the vineman Shelley: Not enough for a shock penalty but I'm pretty sure it has HPT Shelley: Being a zombie GM: Okay. Elder Thing: Spawnlet 6, lost and alone, floats over to menace Marik and Shelley. Ghazeb: Attack spawnlet 8...-6 due to shock and -1 for size. GM: Max shock penalty is -4. Ghazeb: right...never remember cause i always have HPT on other characters Shelley: It's convenient :D Ghazeb: Broadsword Attack (Scimitar): [3d6.attack(22,-1-4+0)] => [6,2,4] = 12 vs (17) or less Success! by 5 , Broadsword Attack (Scimitar): [3d6.attack(22,0+0)] => [5,3,5] = 13 vs (16) or less Success! by 3 (Auto DA for -6/-3) Ghazeb: only one ther sorry GM: okay. Ghazeb: take the first obviously Elder Thing: Spawnlet 8 parries and retreats [3d6.skill(11,1)] => [1,6,4] = 11 vs (12) or less Success! by 1 Ghazeb: follow and rotate to the ones behind GM: Ohh! GM: Better plan. Marik: I drew a healing gem last round according to the logs. GM: Yes, yes you did. Marik: Crush the gem! Heal 8 HP. Marik: Remind myself to buy fast-draw (rock). Marik: ### GM: Weee! Shelley: Epsilion steps up to the spawnlet behind Ghazeb and whacks him! Shelley: Beta charges spawnlet 10 with an axe swing! Shelley: Alpha rounds on spawnlet six and goes at it, swinging wildly! Shelley: And gamma guards the horses. Shelley: Bravely. Shelley: Epsilion vs #8! Shelley: Axe [3d6.skill(14,0)] => [2,3,1] = 6 vs (14) or less Success! by 8 Elder Thing: Dodge! [3d6.skill(9)] => [1,3,4] = 8 vs (9) or less Success! by 1 Shelley: Beta charging, wild swing, vs #10! Axe [3d6.attack(9,0)] => [2,6,6] = 14 vs (9) or less Failure! by 5 Shelley: Alpha charging, wild swing, vs #6! Axe [3d6.attack(9,0)] => [2,3,4] = 9 vs (9) or less Success! by 0 Elder Thing: Spawnlet 6 Parry [3d6.skill(11)] => [2,1,2] = 5 vs (11) or less Success! by 6 Shelley: That's everybody. *** Elder Thing: Commited long strong attack, float 4 hexes and stab Ghazeb a bunch [3d6.skill(18,-2-2)] => [4,3,2] = 9 vs (14) or less Success! by 5 DA-2/-1 and [3d6.skill(18,-2-2)] => [5,6,3] = 14 vs (14) or less Success! by 0 DA-2/-1 Ghazeb: Parry: [3d6.skill(15,+2-1)] => [5,1,2] = 8 vs (16) or less Success! by 8 Ghazeb: Parry: [3d6.skill(15,+2-1-2)] => [6,3,3] = 12 vs (14) or less Success! by 2 Wolfgang: step and rapid strike 2 and 9 ** Ghazeb says, "What, is it pick on the cat day?" ** Wolfgang: "Yes, it is" Marik: "Maybe where they come from it's normal to try to mate with catboys." Wolfgang: no mods, right? GM: You'll need to make an Aerobatics roll at some big penalty for having floating elder spawnlet in your wingspace. Uhm, -2. GM: Then the attack is at -1 for them being SM-1. Wolfgang: can I land? Wolfgang: not sure how this slow thing works GM: Uhm... Aerobatics roll at +3 to land without losing control. Wolfgang: Aerobatics (12) [3d6.skill(12,+3)] => [1,3,3] = 7 vs (15) or less Success! by 8 GM: The slow thing isn't making a lot of sense to anyone because it is violating the laws of physics. =/ Wolfgang: Rapid Strike (hatchet) [3d6.attack(18,-1-3)] => [3,1,3] = 7 vs (14) or less Success! by 7 [3d6.attack(18,-1-3)] => [4,1,1] = 6 vs (14) or less Success! by 8 Wolfgang: darn things from beyond space and time making my brain hurt Elder Thing: Spawnlet 2 dodges and retreats [3d6.skill(9,3)] => [6,6,2] = 14 vs (12) or less Failure! by 2 Spawnlet 9 dodges and retreats [3d6.skill(9,3)] => [2,3,3] = 8 vs (12) or less Success! by 4 Wolfgang: Hatchet [3d6-1] => [4,4,2,-1] = (9) cut Elder Thing: Spawnlet #2 shatters. Shelley: Can it change facing when slowed like that? GM: Only 1 hex side. GM: And it rolls HT-4 to recover this round. GM: Err, at the end of this round. Shelley: Vineman rotates one face, wild swing to the side because it's in a side hex! vs #5! Axe [3d6.attack(9,0)] => [3,5,3] = 11 vs (9) or less Failure! by 2 Shelley: And HT -4! Shelley: HT: [3d6.skill(12,-4)] => [6,2,3] = 11 vs (8) or less Failure! by 3 Shelley: Braaains Marik: "I don't think these things have brains. Please stop standing so close to me." Shelley: Stand guard over Marik, Ready to strike out at the Spawnlet if it gets too close. GM: Okay. Shelley: Wait triggers! Elder Thing: Spawnlet #6 steps forward and stabs Shelley [3d6.skill(16,-2)] => [2,3,3] = 8 vs (14) or less Success! by 6 DA-2/-1 Shelley: SM -1, or SM 0? Shelley: SM 0 right. Shelley: Rod * broadsword swing [3d6.attack(15,Shelley Roller::Rolls::Modifiers)] => 3d6.attack(15,Shelley Roller::Rolls::Modifiers) Shelley: er. GM: No, SM-1. Shelley: [3d6.attack(15,0)] => [2,5,2] = 9 vs (15) or less Success! by 6 Elder Thing: Parry! [3d6.skill(11)] => [1,2,3] = 6 vs (11) or less Success! by 5 Shelley: Success by 5 and it gets +1 to hit me Elder Thing: Whatever. Shelley: Rod * broadsword swing parry [3d6.skill(10,0+2)] => [1,6,3] = 10 vs (12) or less Success! by 2 Elder Thing: Spawnlets 7-9 float and attack Ghazeb [3d6.skill(16,1-2)] => [6,2,4] = 12 vs (15) or less Success! by 3 and [3d6.skill(16,1-2)] => [3,4,6] = 13 vs (15) or less Success! by 2 and [3d6.skill(16,1-2)] => [5,4,6] = 15 vs (15) or less Success! by 0 Ghazeb: Dodge: [3d6.skill(11,+2)] => [3,3,3] = 9 vs (13) or less Success! by 4 Elder Thing: Spawnlet 10 floats forward (commited determined long) and stabs Marik [3d6.skill(16,1-2)] => [2,1,1] = 4 vs (15) or less Critical Success! by 11 [B556] DA-2/-1 Ghazeb: Dodge: [3d6.skill(11,+0)] => [5,1,5] = 11 vs (11) or less Success! by 0 Ghazeb: Dodge: [3d6.skill(11,+0)] => [4,1,6] = 11 vs (11) or less Success! by 0 Marik: Luck the crit. Elder Thing: Spawnlet 10 floats forward (commited determined long) and stabs Marik [3d6.skill(16,1-2)] => [3,2,5] = 10 vs (15) or less Success! by 5 DA-2/-1 Elder Thing: Spawnlet 10 floats forward (commited determined long) and stabs Marik [3d6.skill(16,1-2)] => [5,2,6] = 13 vs (15) or less Success! by 2 DA-2/-1 Marik: Acrobatics is impossible while on the ground, I assume, as is retreating. GM: You can retreat while rolling. I'll put a -4 posture penalty on Acrobatics. Marik: Acrobatics: [3d6.skill(14,-4)] => [4,4,6] = 14 vs (10) or less Failure! by 4 Marik: Feverish Retreating Dodge: [3d6.skill(10,+2-1-3-2+3)] => [5,1,4] = 10 vs (9) or less Failure! by 1 Marik: Booo. Marik: Deceptive Attack pays off. Elder Thing: Spawnlet 5 floats forward (commited determined long) and stabs Ghazeb [3d6.skill(16,1-2)] => [4,5,4] = 13 vs (15) or less Success! by 2 DA-2/-1 Elder Thing: Err, Wolfgang. Elder Thing: 5 stabs Wolfgang. Elder Thing: Why, I'm not sure. Shelley: Because he's there. Elder Thing: So Marik gets hit once for [1d6+2] => [5,2] = (7) and Ghazeb gets hit twice for [1d6+2] => [1,2] = (3) and [1d6+2] => [4,2] = (6) each time, all attacks impaling. Wolfgang: Block (13) [3d6.skill(13,-1+3)] => [2,3,2] = 7 vs (15) or less Success! by 8 GM: Ghazeb needs to roll HT to resist the Major Wound. Marik needs to roll HT to resist the major wound. Ghazeb: HT: [3d6.skill(13)] => [1,4,5] = 10 vs (13) or less Success! by 3 Marik: Marik is at -4 HP! Major Wound: [3d6.skill(14,+1)] => [2,5,1] = 8 vs (15) or less Success! by 7 Marik: Test. GM: Hang on, Ghazeb made 3 Dodge rolls without indicating against whom. Big success was against guy in front, guy on right flank, guy on left flank [1d3] => [2] = (2) Shelley: I see ya GM: Only 1 of them hit! Ghazeb only takes 2 damage. Good for him, I guess. Ghazeb: right Ghazeb: hard to deal with the attacks whern they all come at once :) Ghazeb: So only at 6 instead of -1 hooray. Ghazeb: err -3 GM: Big improvement! GM: Nah, Ghazeb has 15 HP. Ghazeb: OK...Rapid strike against #9 Ghazeb: Broadsword Attack (Scimitar): [3d6.attack(22,-3-1-1+0)] => [6,5,4] = 15 vs (17) or less Success! by 2 , Broadsword Attack (Scimitar): [3d6.attack(22,-3-1-1+0)] => [6,5,5] = 16 vs (17) or less Success! by 1 Ghazeb: Broadsword Attack (Scimitar): [3d6.attack(22,0+0)] => [2,1,2] = 5 vs (16) or less Critical Success! by 11 [B556] (Auto DA for -6/-3) [4,6,4] = 14 If any damage penetrates DR, treat as major wound. See [B420] for major wounds. [B556], Broadsword Attack (Scimitar): [3d6.attack(22,0+0)] => [3,4,2] = 9 vs (16) or less Success! by 7 (Auto DA for -6/-3) Ghazeb: oops sorry again Ghazeb: blah Ghazeb: so 2 barely hits GM: want to use your luck? =) Ghazeb: nah...will probably need it later im sure Elder Thing: Spawnlet 9 dodges and retreats [3d6.skill(9,3)] => [6,2,1] = 9 vs (12) or less Success! by 3 and [3d6.skill(9,3)] => [4,2,3] = 9 vs (12) or less Success! by 3 Ghazeb: follow and rotate to face the bigger one Ghazeb: ### Marik: ((I need to be kicked from Maptools)) Marik: Am I conscious? [3d6.skill(14,+1)] => [6,1,5] = 12 vs (15) or less Success! by 3 Shelley: (( I've been D/C'd too )) GM: I can't kick you from MapTools, you're both disconnected. Shelley: (( re-entering )) Marik: Draw an arrow, nock it, and put it into the spawnlet in front of me. Because OW. Marik: -1 size, no penalty for posture, no penalty for range, -4 for shock, no acc (I'm prone), any other mods? GM: Nope. Marik: Bow: DA -2/1 [3d6.skill(20,-1-4-2)] => [3,5,3] = 11 vs (13) or less Success! by 2 Elder Thing: Spawnlet parries [3d6.skill(11,-2)] => [3,5,4] = 12 vs (9) or less Failure! by 3 Marik: He's not in CC and can't. Marik: But I'll take a failure nonetheless. GM: I thought you could if you're adjacent. Does it matter? His Dodge is worse. Marik: Damage: [1d6+3] => [4,3] = (7) impaling Elder Thing: Takes the arrow, collapses like a leaking balloon despite the fact that it has a rigid shell. Shelley: Alpha steps "Behind" #6, not like it has a behind or a front, and takes a whack at it!Beta steps "behind" #5, same comment, and takes a whack at it!Epsilion steps nowhere, and takes a whack at #8! Gamma goes "Durrr, horsies" Shelley: Alpha Axe [3d6.attack(15,0)] => [5,3,1] = 9 vs (15) or less Success! by 6 Shelley: Beta Axe [3d6.attack(15,0)] => [3,6,6] = 15 vs (15) or less Success! by 0 Shelley: Epsilion Axe [3d6.attack(15,0)] => [6,1,6] = 13 vs (15) or less Success! by 2 Elder Thing: Spawnlet 6 retreats and dodges [3d6.skill(9,3)] => [6,2,5] = 13 vs (12) or less Failure! by 1 Elder Thing: Spawnlet 5 retreats and dodges [3d6.skill(9,3)] => [3,5,1] = 9 vs (12) or less Success! by 3 Elder Thing: Spawnlet 8 sidesteps and dodges [3d6.skill(9,2)] => [2,3,3] = 8 vs (11) or less Success! by 3 Shelley: Axe [2d6+2] => [6,1,2] = (9) cut Elder Thing: Spawnlet 6 shatters! Shelley: (( afk, grabbing food )) Elder Thing: Elder spawnlet 5 curses the fact that he retreated to the right, instead of into Ghazeb's blindspot. Elder Thing: Spawn 2 floats to the side and stabs Ghazeb twice! [3d6.skill(18,-4)] => [6,4,2] = 12 vs (14) or less Success! by 2 and [3d6.skill(18,-4)] => [5,2,6] = 13 vs (14) or less Success! by 1 DA-4/-2 Ghazeb: Parry: [3d6.skill(15,+2-2)] => [3,3,1] = 7 vs (15) or less Success! by 8 Ghazeb: Parry: [3d6.skill(15,+2-2-2)] => [1,3,6] = 10 vs (13) or less Success! by 3 Wolfgang: hmm, am I still at one space of turn per round? Shelley: (( back )) GM: Yes, the effects won't fully wear off for several minutes. Wolfgang: hmm, can't find if my tail is C or C,1 GM: C,1 makes sense. GM: Actually, it's C as you didn't buy it Long. GM: B88. Wolfgang: ok, move and SA on 9 Wolfgang: Signature Attack (hatchet) feint [3d6.skill(18,0-2)] => [6,4,6] = 16 vs (16) or less Success! by 0 attack [3d6.attack(18,-1-2)] => [5,6,2] = 13 vs (15) or less Success! by 2 Wolfgang: :( Elder Thing: Resist feint [3d6.skill(16)] => [2,1,4] = 7 vs (16) or less Success! by 9 and dodge and retreat [3d6.skill(9,3)] => [6,6,1] = 13 vs (12) or less Failure! by 1 Wolfgang: Hatchet [3d6-1] => [5,3,6,-1] = (13) cut Elder Thing: Explodes! Ghazeb: it already retreated...not like it matters Elder Thing: a fitting fate for a cheater, then! Wolfgang: ### Shelley: Turn one hex face, All Out Attack Long axe swing on Elder Spawn #2, who is SM 0. [3d6.attack(15,0)] => [1,1,1] = 3 vs (15) or less Critical Success! by 12 [B556] [1,2,5] = 8 Damage penetrating DR does double shock (-8 max) AND if it hits the victim's limb, it's crippled for 16-HT seconds (unless wound is enough to cripple permanently!). [B556] Shelley: Oh. Shelley: That's sort of redundant. [5d6+5] => [2,2,1,3,5,5] = (18) cut. Elder Thing: [1.5*(18-5)] => 19.5 Elder Thing: Staggers, irritably, but doesn't die. Shelley: Turns on Marik imean turns to Marik, crouches down, and draws a healing potion (ready action). Shelley: ** Elder Thing: Spawnlet 5 steps and grapples at Ghazeb, off-shield flank [3d6.skill(16,1-2)] => [2,2,3] = 7 vs (15) or less Success! by 8 DA-2/-1 Ghazeb: Retreat! GM: Retreat is AWAY from your foe, not towards him. Ghazeb: To the hex he came from and dodge. GM: You can't evade on a retreat. Ghazeb: Well slip then? GM: You can't evade on a slip, either. Ghazeb: ok Ghazeb: Dodge: [3d6.skill(11,-2)] => [2,1,6] = 9 vs (9) or less Success! by 0 GM: Fails, he has DA-1. Ghazeb: missed that :( GM: Well, now you're grappled. Ghazeb: try luck on the retreat Ghazeb: i mean dodge GM: Right. Ghazeb: Dodge: [3d6.skill(11,-2-1)] => [5,1,2] = 8 vs (8) or less Success! by 0 Ghazeb: Dodge: [3d6.skill(11,-2-1)] => [2,1,4] = 7 vs (8) or less Success! by 1 GM: Now you are not grappled. Ghazeb: can i retreat into its hex now against the other attacks im sure are coming? Ghazeb: well one of them at least Elder Thing: Spawnlet 8 floats to the side and stabs Ghazeb, as does #7 [3d6.skill(16,1-2-2)] => [1,4,5] = 10 vs (13) or less Success! by 3 and [3d6.skill(16,1-2-2)] => [2,1,3] = 6 vs (13) or less Success! by 7 GM: Yes, but the only legal direction is NW. Ghazeb: OK...staying put then. Any penalties? GM: Sorry, no, you still can't evade on a retreat. GM: No penalties, except you can't parry. Ghazeb: Acrobatics: [3d6.skill(16)] => [4,1,4] = 9 vs (16) or less Success! by 7 Ghazeb: Dodge: [3d6.skill(11,+2)] => [3,3,2] = 8 vs (13) or less Success! by 5 Ghazeb: Dodge: [3d6.skill(11,+0)] => [5,1,5] = 11 vs (11) or less Success! by 0 GM: Okay. Ghazeb: Attempt to step south. GM: While in close combat, you are at -4 to attack with your sword. Ghazeb: DX roll? or am I ok GM: No, it will block you. Quick context of DX, you're at -5. GM: see p 368 on Evading. Elder Thing: Block Ghazeb! [3d6.skill(12)] => [2,2,1] = 5 vs (12) or less Success! by 7 Ghazeb: Will trying eat my turn or just my move? GM: Just your move. Ghazeb: DX: [3d6.skill(15,-5)] => [1,3,3] = 7 vs (10) or less Success! by 3 GM: It blocks you. Ghazeb: oh well GM: Also, your DX is 16 by my notes. Ghazeb: Attempt to kill #5 for bieng rude! GM: You're at -4 for using your sword in close combat, -2 for your shield. Ghazeb: why yes it is! Ghazeb: Rapid strike any way for a total of -10 i believe! GM: right. Ghazeb: Broadsword Attack (Scimitar): [3d6.attack(22,-10+0)] => [2,4,1] = 7 vs (12) or less Success! by 5 , Broadsword Attack (Scimitar): [3d6.attack(22,-10+0)] => [2,1,2] = 5 vs (12) or less Success! by 7 GM: Swashbucklers. Elder Thing: Retreat and dodge! [3d6.skill(9,3)] => [1,1,2] = 4 vs (12) or less Critical Success! by 8 [B556] and [3d6.skill(9,3)] => [6,6,4] = 16 vs (12) or less Failure! by 4 Marik: That's 10 points of penalties he's not using to DA? Ghazeb: Ooooh...not good Elder Thing: Ghazeb's sword takes a critical failure! [3d6.crit_miss()] => 3d6.crit_miss() Elder Thing: Ghazeb's sword takes a critical failure! [3d6.crit_fail()] => [1,5,1] = 7 You lose your balance & can do nothing else (not even free actions) until next turn; all defenses -2 until next turn. [B556] Ghazeb: Fun times Shelley: (( adds another alias to the list of aliases for crit_fail )) Marik: Did we resolve Ghazeb's hit? Marik: He had one attack that wasn't dodged. GM: He missed, because the critical defense canceled the rest of his attack. Marik: In that case, draw an arrow and put it into the critter that Ghazeb just failed to kill. No bonus for Acc (prone), no penalties for posture, range is 5 for -2, size is -1, and -3 for fast-load. Marik: Anything else? GM: Don't miss? Nope. Marik: Miss? Inconceivable. Marik: Bow: DA -2/1 [3d6.skill(20,-2-2-1-3)] => [6,3,5] = 14 vs (12) or less Failure! by 2 Marik: Luck! Marik: Bow: DA -2/1 [3d6.skill(20,-2-2-1-3)] => [1,3,2] = 6 vs (12) or less Success! by 6 Marik: Bow: DA -2/1 [3d6.skill(20,-2-2-1-3)] => [2,4,4] = 10 vs (12) or less Success! by 2 Marik: There we go. Shelley: That was directly caused by bragging. Shelley: You know that. GM: can't use luck, you used it 50 minutes ago. Marik: Crap, I just noticed that. Marik: I miss! GM: Hits Ghazeb with an arrow? [3d6.skill(9)] => [4,1,6] = 11 vs (9) or less Failure! by 2 Marik: Ghazeb and the really big spawn thing are in the line of fire. GM: Hits the Elder Spawn with an arrow [3d6.skill(9)] => [1,5,3] = 9 vs (9) or less Success! by 0 Marik: See? Marik: I don't miss. Elder Thing: Elder Spawn Dodges! [3d6.skill(5)] => [2,2,6] = 10 vs (5) or less Failure! by 5 Marik: Damage is [1d6+3] => [3,3] = (6) impaling ** Ghazeb tries to chuckle...then realizes he can't do free actions. ** Elder Thing: HT check! [3d6.skill(12)] => [4,1,3] = 8 vs (12) or less Success! by 4 Marik: Marik: Conscious? [3d6.skill(14,+1)] => [1,6,2] = 9 vs (15) or less Success! by 6 Marik: ### Narrator: The Elder Spawn begins to shake and rattle alarmingly. Marik: If it starts to roll. Marik: Or hip thrust. Marik: I'm outta here. Shelley: Alpha moves up to stand next to Marik. Shelley: Beta takes a step and swings at #5! Shelley: Epsilion takes a swing at #7! Shelley: Gamma dreams of owning a pony. Shelley: It has no hips. Shelley: Beta Axe [3d6.attack(15,0)] => [2,4,4] = 10 vs (15) or less Success! by 5 Shelley: Epsilion Axe [3d6.attack(15,-1)] => [5,1,4] = 10 vs (14) or less Success! by 4 I remembered SM this time Elder Thing: Spawnlet 7 parries! [3d6.skill(11)] => [4,6,2] = 12 vs (11) or less Failure! by 1 as does spawnlet 5 [3d6.skill(11)] => [2,5,1] = 8 vs (11) or less Success! by 3 Shelley: Axe [2d6+2] => [6,6,2] = (14) cut Elder Thing: Spawnlet 7 shatters into fragments of orange paper. Ghazeb: ((Wheee...confetti)) Elder Thing: Spawn 2 turns around, floats up to the Vinething, stabs it precisely in the eyes twice [3d6.skill(18,4-9)] => [1,5,5] = 11 vs (13) or less Success! by 2 and [3d6.skill(18,4-9)] => [5,6,3] = 14 vs (13) or less Failure! by 1 and floats away. Shelley: It all out attacked! It takes its medicine uncomplainingly! Elder Thing: oh, wait, it is slow, it does not float away. Shelley: HA! Elder Thing: Damage to the eye is [2d6+1] => [5,5,1] = (11) impaling. Damage to the face is [2d6+1] => [5,3,1] = (9) impaling. Shelley: [11/2] => 5 after wound modifier, and 0 damage after DR respectively GM: When did that thing get a helmet? Shelley: 24/34 on the Vine Horror of Augh GM: Or at least, a DR6 helmet? It should have done 1 damage to it by my count. Face, not skull. Shelley: The dangers of a simplified stat card. Shelley: 1 damage then! 23/34! GM: Great. Shelley: I'll fix it later with bits of ghazeb, assuming I don't melt into a puddle. Shelley: Of gore. Marik: ...You mean Thasos, right? Shelley: ... possibly. Shelley: Depends how many bits get severed? GM: Resist knockdown at -5 for a crippling eye hit. Shelley: HT: [3d6.skill(12,+3-5)] => [1,5,2] = 8 vs (10) or less Success! by 2 Shelley: HPT GM: Heh. Wolfgang: rapid strike on 5! Wolfgang: Rapid Strike (hatchet) [3d6.attack(18,-1-3)] => [4,5,3] = 12 vs (14) or less Success! by 2 [3d6.attack(18,-1-3)] => [5,6,5] = 16 vs (14) or less Failure! by 2 Elder Thing: Dodge! [3d6.skill(9)] => [5,6,6] = 17 vs (9) or less Critical Failure! by 8 [B556] Wolfgang: Hatchet [3d6-1] => [6,4,2,-1] = (11) cut Elder Thing: Driven into the ground, disintegrates. Wolfgang: step, done Shelley: Whackety Whackety! -1 for blind in an eye! Axe [3d6.attack(15,-1)] => [3,4,3] = 10 vs (14) or less Success! by 4 Elder Thing: Parry [3d6.skill(12)] => [5,4,1] = 10 vs (12) or less Success! by 2 Shelley: "Drink this, and get up." Apply potion to Marik. Shelley: Minor healing! Marik: [1d6+2] => [3,2] = (5) HP healed. Elder Thing: Spawnlet 8 moves to flank Ghazeb and gets with the stabbing [3d6.skill(16,1-2)] => [3,6,4] = 13 vs (15) or less Success! by 2 DA-2/-1 Wolfgang: shield wall! Wolfgang: Block (13) [3d6.skill(13,-1+3)] => [3,3,3] = 9 vs (15) or less Success! by 6 Ghazeb: Turn to face #8 and RS feint and attack. Ghazeb: Broadsword Feint (Scimitar): [3d6.skill(22,-3-1+0)] => [2,5,4] = 11 vs (18) or less Success! by 7 , Broadsword Attack (Scimitar): [3d6.attack(22,-3-1+0)] => [5,3,3] = 11 vs (16) or less Success! by 5 (Auto DA for -2/-1) Elder Thing: Resist feint [3d6.skill(16)] => [6,2,1] = 9 vs (16) or less Success! by 7 and parry [3d6.skill(11,-1)] => [5,6,1] = 12 vs (10) or less Failure! by 2 Elder Thing: well. Ghazeb: Scimitar Damage: [2d6+2] => [3,5,2] = (10) cut Marik: "Ghazeb, get DOWN!" Elder Thing: distintegrates into pulp. Ghazeb: And crouch. Ghazeb: ((Waits for the arrow to the back of the head....)) Marik: Draw, nock, fire. Range is 8 for -4, no acc, no position, no size, -3 fast-load? GM: Looks like. Marik: Last bodkin arrow! Bow: [3d6.skill(20,-4-3)] => [6,4,6] = 16 vs (13) or less Failure! by 3 Marik: Wow. Marik: Luck that. Marik: Last bodkin arrow! Bow: [3d6.skill(20,-4-3)] => [1,3,5] = 9 vs (13) or less Success! by 4 Marik: Last bodkin arrow! Bow: [3d6.skill(20,-4-3)] => [4,1,3] = 8 vs (13) or less Success! by 5 Marik: There we go. Elder Thing: Dodge! [3d6.skill(5)] => [1,1,6] = 8 vs (5) or less Failure! by 3 Marik: Damage is [1d6+3] => [4,3] = (7) pi(2) Elder Thing: Explodes! Ghazeb: ((She's (he/it/they) gonna blow!!)) Elder Thing: [1d4] => [4] = (4) and [1d6] => [2] = (2) Shelley: Into 5 fresh spawnlings! Elder Thing: [1d4] => [4] = (4) and [1d6] => [2] = (2) Shelley: I predict. Shelley: Or two. Shelley: Two is fine. Elder Thing: [1d4] => [1] = (1) and [1d6] => [5] = (5) Shelley: Six, not so much. Elder Thing: [1d4] => [1] = (1) and [1d6] => [2] = (2) Elder Thing: [1d4] => [2] = (2) and [1d6] => [1] = (1) Shelley: Stop that. Ghazeb: ((Its a chaos beast...I wouldn't be surprised if it exploded into 10 *bigger* versions)) Narrator: The spawn explodes, chunks of its body blowing into new spawnlets. Shelley: Big one can go from the map, right? GM: Details, details. Shelley: Epsilion run-and-hits #15! Beta moves up to stand in line with Ghazeb! Alpha Steps forward and stands guard with the ritualists and wounded archer! Shelley: New plan. Beta stands back to back with Ghazeb. Shelley: Should be a step and Wait to Whack. GM: okay. Shelley: Epsilion Axe [3d6.attack(15,-1)] => [4,3,1] = 8 vs (14) or less Success! by 6 Shelley: And Gamma wants a pony with wings. Elder Thing: Spawnlet 15 dodges and retreats [3d6.skill(9,3)] => [6,1,5] = 12 vs (12) or less Success! by 0 Wolfgang: turn and wait to attack the first the comes in range with SA Wolfgang: done Shelley: Target Rich Environment! Shelley: Step, all out attack, dual! Shelley: Vs 14 [3d6.attack(15,-1-1)] => [2,6,1] = 9 vs (13) or less Success! by 4 and vs 15 [3d6.attack(15,-1-1)] => [1,5,4] = 10 vs (13) or less Success! by 3 Elder Thing: Spawnlet 15 parries! [3d6.skill(11)] => [2,1,5] = 8 vs (11) or less Success! by 3 Spawnlet 14 dodges and retreats [3d6.skill(9,3)] => [6,6,3] = 15 vs (12) or less Failure! by 3 Shelley: [5d6+5] => [1,2,1,2,3,5] = (14) cut Shelley: Boo low. Elder Thing: Explodes anyway. Shelley: stands, and steps back to give the cranky archer some room. Shelley: *** Elder Thing: Spawnlet 12 zigs and zags as it floats toward Marik. Marik: ((Was that just 'avoiding potential opportunity attacks', or some kind of AoD(Dodge)?)) Elder Thing: The other Spawnlets converge on the vine automata and stab out his eyes [3d6.skill(16,1+4-9)] => [4,4,4] = 12 vs (12) or less Success! by 0 [3d6.skill(16,1+4-9)] => [1,1,6] = 8 vs (12) or less Success! by 4 [3d6.skill(16,1+4-9)] => [3,6,5] = 14 vs (12) or less Failure! by 2 Elder Thing: Avoiding potential attacks. Elder Thing: Damage to the big guy is [1d6+2] => [1,2] = (3) and [1d6+2] => [5,2] = (7) impaling to the eye things. Shelley: takes a lot of damage to cripple an eye when your base is 34 Shelley: and when it's halved for impaling and low rolls? Shelley: Yeah. Elder Thing: .... it's more than 1/10th, isn't it? Shelley: 7 rounds down or up to 3 or 4? Marik: Down to 3. Elder Thing: Sigh. Shelley: Nope, not more than 1/10th Shelley: They got small little poky things. Shelley: All out Attack Strong :D Ghazeb: Wwll...move up to #11 and wild swing. Ghazeb: *well* Ghazeb: Broadsword Attack (Scimitar): [3d6.attack(9,0+0)] => [2,3,2] = 7 vs (9) or less Success! by 2 Elder Thing: Dodge! [3d6.skill(9,-2)] => [3,4,5] = 12 vs (7) or less Failure! by 5 Ghazeb: Scimitar Damage: [2d6+2] => [4,1,2] = (7) cut Elder Thing: Expires. Ghazeb: and no longer crouching...i assume i could move from a crouch GM: Yes. Marik: Well, I was totally going to do an All-out Stand this turn, on the assumption that the little things were going to try to eat Ghazeb. Since there's one RIGHT HERE, however, I will happily fill it full of hot lead. -1 size, no penalty for range, no acc, no posture penalty, -3 for fast-load? GM: Yep. Marik: Bow: DA -4/2 [3d6.skill(20,-3-1-4)] => [2,3,3] = 8 vs (12) or less Success! by 4 Elder Thing: Dodge! [3d6.skill(9) Elder Thing: Dodge! [3d6.skill(9)] => [2,6,5] = 13 vs (9) or less Failure! by 4 Marik: Damage is [1d6+3] => [5,3] = (8) impaling Elder Thing: explodes. Marik: ### Shelley: While Mark is AFKPhoning... Shelley: Alpha Waits for another spawnlet to get close and not survive the Angry Marik. Shelley: Beta scoots around and tries to get a spot next to ghazeb. Shelley: Epsilion totters forward and takes a swing at #7! Shelley: Gamma dreams of owning a pony with wings, to take him flying to the stars! Shelley: And spawnlet #12 can probably go off- yeah. Like that. Shelley: Epsilion Axe Wild Swing at #15! [3d6.attack(9)] => [6,3,5] = 14 vs (9) or less Failure! by 5 Shelley: *** Wolfgang: can I fly up so Ghazeb is not in the way for throwing at 15? Wolfgang: or beta if I move north one GM: They don't block if you're adjacent to them. Shelley: Arm releases over their shoulder. Shelley: Pretty easy to arrange. Wolfgang: meh, full move and throw when I'm above Ghazeb so it's flank Shelley: Or you could remove all blocking people, sure. GM: Aren't you still slowed? Wolfgang: -4 move Wolfgang: with a flying move of 10 GM: That's base Move, so before Flying doubles it. Wolfgang: ok Wolfgang: so I can only get babove him, 2 up, two move GM: Right. Shelley: (( FLying is based on basic speed, not basic move )) Shelley: Basic Speed x2 GM: oh? Then he's fine. Wolfgang: 6-4 = 2 * 2 = 4? GM: Go for it. Wolfgang: oh, well Wolfgang: anyhow, throwing from here Marik: ((Amusingly, a basic speed of 6.5 gives a flight move of 13.)) Wolfgang: Hatchet [3d6.attack(16,-1)] => [5,4,6] = 15 vs (15) or less Success! by 0 Shelley: (( yep, fractional speed is good for stuff! )) Wolfgang: I have extra air move 1 to further complicate it! Elder Thing: Spawnlet 15 parries [3d6.skill(11,-1)] => [2,5,6] = 13 vs (10) or less Failure! by 3 Wolfgang: oops, miss, bulk Wolfgang: well, I will luck to hit Wolfgang: Hatchet [3d6.attack(16,-1-2)] => [4,6,6] = 16 vs (13) or less Failure! by 3 Wolfgang: Hatchet [3d6.attack(16,-1-2)] => [2,5,2] = 9 vs (13) or less Success! by 4 Wolfgang: Hatchet [3d6-1] => [5,3,3,-1] = (10) cut Elder Thing: explodes! Wolfgang: continue up! Wolfgang: done Shelley: Awwww. Only one target. Shelley: Attack! Shelley: Axe: [3d6.skill(15,-1)] => [5,3,4] = 12 vs (14) or less Success! by 2 , dealing [5d6+5] => [4,6,4,1,1,5] = (21) cut Shelley: er, nother -1. Shelley: But anyways. Defend! Shelley: Or die. Die is good too. Elder Thing: Dodge! [3d6.skill(9,-2)] => [2,6,5] = 13 vs (7) or less Failure! by 6 Shelley: Die! Shelley: I approve! Elder Thing: Oh, sees the damage roll, dies. GM: Combat appears to be over. ** Marik staggers to his feet and begins working his muscles until the feeling of trying to walk through jell-o goes away. ** Wolfgang: Hazzah! ** Shelley ignores him and goes back to the exorcism! ** ** Wolfgang retreives hatchets ** Beltarne: Lets Shelley back into the chant as lead chanteuse. ** Ghazeb returns to the campfire and begins licking at his wounds. ** Beltarne: "Nae healing spells for abit, I'm afraid, laddies. We'll git yon demon expelled and then ye should be fine." Beltarne: "Well, 'cept for ye, Shelley. I dunnae abut ye." Wolfgang: "Alright, you two have any potions or do I need to give you some?" ** Shelley produced one during the fight. ** Marik: "I'm fine." ** Marik swigs a pair of healing potions that he retrieves from his pack. ** Marik: [1d6+2] => [5,2] = (7) [1d6+2] => [3,2] = (5) Ghazeb: Ghgazeb will be fine as well. GM: Wolfgang needs to roll the best of Survival (Woods) at -3, Diagnosis, or Esoteric Medicine. Narrator: After the weirdness of the mid-day, the rest of the afternoon passes uneventfully. Shelley and Beltarne continue the exorcism, and the other delvers lounge about camp and hunt some. GM: After the weirdness of the mid-day, the rest of the afternoon passes uneventfully. Shelley and Beltarne continue the exorcism, and the other delvers lounge about camp and hunt some. GM: Wolfgang needs to roll the best of Survival (Woods) at -3, Diagnosis, or Esoteric Medicine. Marik: Hunting! Did I roll that already, or is this a new roll? Wolfgang: looking for defaults GM: (Esoteric Medicine is rolled at +2). Shelley: (( It has a default? )) GM: Marik didn't hunt in Log 2-16 that I can tell. Wolfgang: Per (10) [3d6.skill(10,-6)] => [2,1,4] = 7 vs (4) or less Failure! by 3 Wolfgang: what and I rolling for anyhow? Wolfgang: am GM: You drink some water. Then you don't feel so good. Roll HT-2, + Resistance to Disease. Wolfgang: HT (14) [3d6.skill(14,+1-2)] => [4,3,2] = 9 vs (13) or less Success! by 4 Marik: Survival (Woods!): [3d6.skill(20,0)] => [1,5,5] = 11 vs (20) or less Success! by 9 GM: You get some minor cramps in your stomach, but they pass. Marik: Woot, feeding three people for a day! Marik: I should also forage for Clive. Marik: Unless he's got enough food to get him through tomorrow. GM: Probably. Shelley: Getting sick from monster injuries apparently. Shelley: Or something. GM: While you are out foraging, you come across a tiny campsite, well-laid out, but scaled for pixies. It has been clearly abandoned. Marik: About how long? GM: 3 or 4 days. GM: You're really looking at the remains of a tiny campsite - they packed their tents and such, but the ground is torn up and there are tiny campfire rings. Marik: Briefly consider trying to track them, remember that pixies FLY, and while I'm good I'm not THAT good, and head back to our camp. GM: Going back out? Marik: Coinflip! Go back out on heads, which is 1. [1d2] => [2] = (2) Marik: Nope! Wolfgang: are they done yet? (with the banish) GM: Okay. GM: Shelley needs to roll a contest of Excorcism (at +1 for Beltarne's assistance, + however many bottles of holy water you're dumping out here) vs the demon's Will. Shelley: Which is penalized IIRC because we dragged this dog and pony show on the road. Marik: I think there was some bonus for taking extra time? Shelley: Or at least less bonused. GM: No penalty for location, +2 for extra time. Shelley: How much Holy Water did Beltarne have? Shelley: And yes, that. Shelley: Shelley has two bottles. Shelley: Not sure how much Beltarne is contributing. GM: My notes imply 0, but I'm going with 2 himself. Wolfgang: can he make holy water? Shelley: That explains how he pulled 2 out of his beard then :D Shelley: Exorcism (14) [3d6.skill(14,+1+2+2+2)] => [3,6,5] = 14 vs (21) or less Success! by 7 GM: Let me check some more. GM: He has 1 bottle. my bad. Shelley: So vs 20 for success by 6. Shelley: We get a bonus of the victims ST or HT or something IIRC. Desire Demon: Resist Exorcism! [3d6.skill(18)] => [1,5,1] = 7 vs (18) or less Success! by 11 GM: I'm ignoring that since Davin isn't co-operating and is hard to intimidate. Marik: ((Am disconnected from Maptools. Says name already in use when I reconnect.)) Marik: ((There we go.)) GM: CP to reroll? Shelley: Whos, his or my roll? Marik: Can *I* give them a CP to reroll? Marik: This is really pretty critical for the party. :P GM: Nope, only Beltarne or Shelley, Shelley's roll. GM: Actually... Wolfgang: true Beltarne: [3d6.skill(14,2)] => [2,1,2] = 5 vs (16) or less Critical Success! by 11 [B556] Beltarne: Well. Beltarne: You're back to a success by 7 for some inspired chanting. Shelley: Nice ass-pull there, beardy-mc-proxy ** Shelley cheers. ** Beltarne: Tyr loves me! Marik: Doesn't that still leave us failing the contest by 4? GM: Well, yes. Shelley: No success on the quick contest Shelley: oh. Shelley: I'm confused. GM: You're leading. I gave you a blanket +1 for Beltarne's assistance, but then decided to roll, succeeded critically, giving you a +2 instead. Shelley: Ah! Shelley: But this doesn't help at all either way. Marik: Not that it matters, since we needed success by 11. Wolfgang: are they doing this ceremonial style? Marik: However, it does make spending 1CP to roll again more useful. Shelley: So Cp time then. GM: Wolfgang: huh? You can't help if you don't have a relevant skill. Shelley: Beltarne doesn' thave luck I assume? GM: Nope. Wolfgang: I'll take that as a no Shelley: [3d6.skill(14,+2+2+2+1)] => [5,2,5] = 12 vs (21) or less Success! by 9 Shelley: :P Marik: So we have an obsessed PC that we may or may not be able to beat in a straight-up fight insisting that we can't leave until we finish the exorcism, and no way to actually finish the exorcism. Narrator: As Beltarne and Shelley chant, a cold voice whispers through the air. "No. This one is mine. The bargain was struck; the deal was honored. You will not take him." GM: Try again in a week! whispering to Ghazeb, You can kill Davin with the dagger. Davin Sorn: "Well, I guess the gods don't want this to happen. I must be fated to be some hero someplace else. So why don't you just let me go and I'll go find that place, right?" Wolfgang: what weapon did the paladin have? ** Ghazeb pulls out the dagger and and looks around at the other adventurers.... ** Ghazeb: "Should we use this?" Shelley: "You do that and you ruin everything." Marik: "Sorn. From what I understand, you can't actually die until you're exorcised, or until we use that dagger on you PUT IT AWAY GHAZEB WHY HASN'T SOMEONE TAKEN THAT AWAY FROM HIM YET and I think that it would be best if you considered just what the implications of your immortal condition are." Davin Sorn: "Don't use that! That's a bad idea! Keep that away from me!" Marik: "Because I don't like you." Davin Sorn: "Err, what?" ** Marik rolls his eyes. "Shut your idiot monkey mouth or your life will become much more unpleasant." ** ** Marik begins packing his things. ** ** Wolfgang tries stabbing him with the holy weapon ** Davin Sorn: "Oh, well, I see." GM: What holy weapon? Ghazeb: "Luckily Ghazeb does not trust the dagger's intentions." Wolfgang: Wasn't there a sword or something of the paladin? GM: Yes, there is that. GM: Sorry, had to check the notes. Wolfgang: yah, I will apply it to him for fun and profit GM: It doesn't appear holy to you - it's just a good quality broadsword, turned slightly cheap after a few decades in the rain. Wolfgang: oh Wolfgang: well GM: Of course, Beltarne's boots are holy, and they don't appear holy to you either. Wolfgang: "I guess we have to drag him to a temple" Marik: "Yup." Wolfgang: "This sword holy? Maybe it'd do for him?" Marik: "Nope." Shelley: "Temple's a good idea. High priests got a lot of wholla behind them." Shelley: "It's going to take a damned long time, and I'm going to be very very hungry." Beltarne: "It is blessed, o' some kind. Murdering Davin will take Sir Ewan's soul t' hell, too." Marik: "Tie the traitor to the skeletal horse. It can drag him if he doesn't want to cooperate. Let's get moving." Beltarne: "I dunnae if the sword can kill Davin, though. Maybe." Wolfgang: "What? It's an execution of a traitor, not a murder." Wolfgang: "Well, if you say so" Marik: "If he dies before he's exorcised, Sir Ewan goes to hell." Wolfgang: "Lets go" Beltarne: "Neither ye nor I am a judge, lad." Marik: "On the bright side, we don't need to feed him, the horse can lead him, and if we need to we can gag him." Beltarne: "And none of us be impartial, to hold a trial." Wolfgang: "Eh, they do things differently in the army." GM: Well, it's about 5 pm. GM: Sitting around isn't too tiring, so you can march a full 8 hours if you want. Marik: March four hours. Camp. Sleep 8 hours and leave in the morning. GM: Everyone has at least Night Vision 3, right? Wolfgang: I think so Marik: 4 here. Shelley: Only 2 here. Ghazeb: 5 for Ghazeb Wolfgang: 5 here GM: Good enough. GM: Where are you going? Marik: The goal is Polisberg. Shelley: Unless anyone can think of a closer temple. Shelley: Evil pits of basalt don't count. Shelley: Mark. Marik: We're what, about a day's travel north of the haunted town? Marik: Y'know. Marik: Pixies are fae. Marik: Fae know magic. Marik: I head for the pixie woods. GM: No, you're like a mile west of the haunted town. Marik: Okay. GM: Well, that you can do - it's right there in front of you. Marik: I still head for the pixie woods. GM: Getting to the pixie town might be harder. Marik: Maybe we can talk them into somehow teleporting us back to Polisberg. GM: Okay. Marik: Or providing a nicer map. Marik: ...Except that I don't think we have anyone in the party who's even remotely socially acceptable anymore. Shelley: You have +4 with fae. Shelley: If you have Forest Elf talent of talentyness Shelley: whatever level that talent is at anyways. Marik: Wow, that mostly makes up for being a complete asshole. GM: You enter into the central woods. GM: What's Marik's Navigation again? Marik: 16. Marik: Whup, 15. Narrator: Marik leads the delvers on an odd path, frequently closing his eyes and spinning around, backtracking across the same roads repeatedly. But after a surprisingly short walk, the delvers find themselves back at the pixie village. Wren Seaspray Belladonna: "Oh, wow! You really didn't eat enough at all! Actually, you look really really bad. Are you some kind of vampire? We don't let vampires into my town." She whistles sharply, and pixies begin snatching up bows and fading into the underbrush. "Is this an invasion?" ** Marik holds up a hand. "It's no invasion. We're just looking for some more information." ** Shelley: "I need to die, and I can't until that... that fetter gets fixed." ** Shelley glares at the fetter in question. ** Shelley: (( Marik lost maptools again )) Wren Seaspray Belladonna: "Oh, who is he? We're not really craftsman, especially on a giant scale. You'd really need to go back where you came from. Or to the grave. You definitely can't stay here." ** Marik sounds tired. "Shelley, take the zombies and the skeleton and the traitor and go wait out of town, please." ** Shelley: "Talk fast." ** Shelley drags his nibs out of town. ** Marik: ((If anyone else wants to interject, feel free.)) Wren Seaspray Belladonna: "I don't know if that's good enough. I don't like having things like that in the woods. The Elder Spawn are active enough - we don't need hordes of undead around here. We're not really good at fighting them - arrows and poisons aren't really useful against skeletons. I suppose I shouldn't have told you that, but I bet you knew that already." Wren Seaspray Belladonna: "Though it try anything against us, we will defend ourselves and we do have some powerful wizards." Marik: "I have some familiarity with the idea, yes. It's your wizards I came to talk about. We need to get back to Polisberg, and quickly. If you have maps, or better yet some way to make a magical gate...?" Wolfgang: "We're trying to get OUT of the woods, don't worry." Wren Seaspray Belladonna: She looks at you, confused. "If our wizards could teleport to Polisberg, do you really think we'd be asking you to bring us wine at your scandalous shipping charges? I could buy a lot more wine if I didn't have pay you so much." Wren Seaspray Belladonna: "And if you want to get out of the woods, just start walking. The misdirection spells will get out. They shouldn't have let you in." She turns toward a distant pixie. "Moonglow, why did the misdirection spells let them in?" Marik: "Probably because I wasn't listening to them. We don't need to just get out of the woods - there's a large part of the terrain between here and Polisberg that we didn't quite walk through. Have you got maps, at least?" Wren Seaspray Belladonna: "Maps? No, we don't get places around here very much. Those wretched antmen and the harpies and the Redmud Moors... we don't like any of that." Pixie: One of the pixies steps forward. "There is an old road, though. Leads north into the Moors." Marik: "North? North is good. If you can point us to that road, we'll be out of your woods soonest." Pixie: He looks a little confused. "It's just east of here. Runs through that wretched human city ruin and into the old stream. Goes north to the moors. I don't know how you'd miss it with those big eyeballs of yours." Shelley: (( we came down the road :D )) Shelley: (( that's the "not a path honest" )) Marik: ((Oh, balls.)) Wolfgang: ((Does it come out of the stream tho?)) GM: You came across a road south of the stream. The town is north of the river. GM: The road could continue on past the north bank of the river, though. Marik: "I had to keep them closed most of the way here to avoid the misdirection spells. We'll try to make it out of your borders by the time we camp for the night." He shoulders his pack and bows. "Thank you for your help - when we pass back this way, you can be assured I'll bring gifts." Pixie: "Bring dwarven plate! In my size!" Wren Seaspray Belladonna: "And wine! And houses! And chairs! And don't bring that undead thing, we don't want it!" Wolfgang: "They make it in your size?" Pixie: "Yes!" ** Wolfgang notes to pick up some wine and doll houses ** GM: So what's the plan now? Marik: East to the road. Then follow it north. Shelley: Hopefully it includes "Pick up the zombie and the posessed on the way out" Shelley: Also "Hunt a dear for the zombie to eat" Marik: Yes, mum. Shelley: And would it kill you to wash your hair once in a while? GM: You find the road about 1/4 mile east of the edge of the forest, where it curves from heading west to north around the edge of the eastern woods. Marik: It's about what time now? GM: 7 pm. Sun is just going down. GM: The road is hard to follow, meandering off to the NNE. Marik: Camp here. Hunt down a deer, or other large creature. GM: You guys can all see in the dark. Marik: Yes, but messing with the day/night cycle of marching is just bad mojo. Shelley: Makes hunting easier doesn't it? Salley will be nagging people to keep moving. Marik: ...Unless there's some distinct advantage to traveling at night. Shelley: We get there sooner. Shelley: Means we get this guy purged sooner. Shelley: Means Salley stops staring at you. Marik: Right, then. Push on. Wolfgang: yay! GM: Usually you have to stop walking because Wolfgang is tired, but he's still fresh after idling all day. GM: Most of the day. Marik: Speed is more important than stealth. Marik stops scouting. GM: Also, at some point Beltarne healed people. GM: Okay. Marik: So yeah. Keep following the road, for as far as it goes. Not that it's much of a road. GM: Everyone make Vision checks, at -5 darkness penalty. Shelley: Vision (12) [3d6.skill(12,-5+2)] => [3,5,4] = 12 vs (9) or less Failure! by 3 Marik: Vision: [3d6.skill(16,+2-1)] => [3,2,1] = 6 vs (17) or less Critical Success! by 11 [B556] Wolfgang: Vision (13) [3d6.skill(13,0)] => [2,2,1] = 5 vs (13) or less Success! by 8 Skeleton: Vision (8) [3d6.skill(8,0)] => [5,1,4] = 10 vs (8) or less Failure! by 2 Skeleton: (+4 if it's alive!) Ghazeb: Vision: [3d6.skill(13)] => [5,2,6] = 13 vs (13) or less Success! by 0 Vine Horror: Just checking advantages for the vine horror Vine Horror: Nothing applicable unless it's an invisible spirit! Vine Horror: Perception: [3d6.skill(10,-5)] => [2,5,3] = 10 vs (5) or less Failure! by 5 Narrator: The delvers follow the road north as it runs along the edge of the forest. Towards the end of the first hour, they start slogging through thick, heavy mud. Another hour of hard travel brings through a featureless bog of red mud, but in the distance, Marik can make out the remains of an old road surface, slightly harder and partially gravelled, running from the east to west at a slight angle. A half mile beyond is a lake, and a familiar looking island. GM: I've totally forgotten, does Shelley freeze mud or just solid water? Shelley: "Only over water" says the accessability. GM: okay, the mud partially freezes but it just makes it slippery and not in a good skating way. Shelley: Frozen mud is funny. :D Marik: "Well, at least I've connected our two maps." Marik: "Let's head for the lakeshore; Shelley, can you get us across?" GM: The road curves to the north if you head east. Marik: So around the lake? Shelley: "Straight across. It's faster." GM: No, from experience you know that it ends SE of the harpy island. There used to be bridge. Marik: "Right. Straight across it is." GM: You took the road down to the harpy island at one point, I think. GM: Are you guys continuing on through the night? Marik: Until Wolfgang gets cranky. GM: Okay. Wolfgang: we've been going 2 hours so far? Wolfgang: sure Marik: 4 hours, I think. Marik: But we're making good time. GM: About 4 hours since you left the campsite, including the bits where you talked to pixies. Marik: Something something good weather and not constantly doubling back on my own trail something. GM: Okay. GM: Pick it up next week, then.
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