Door of Plot/Dungeon of Barinca [Semi-Plot]

[PirateMonk]

There is a door in Trog's Tavern, with a sign near it reading "Caution: Plot". Opening the door reveals a well-lit stretch of corridor leading to a room with cushioned benches and a door on the far side. At this point, anyone may enter, though the door will try to eat those it feels will mess with the plot. Recruiting is now closed, as is the door. It is impossible to open the door from the outside, and anyone who is too persistent in trying will be eaten.

As Therarde and Carl enter the room, the door speaks to them. "Your party currently contains two members. Would you like to proceed or wait for others?"

[blademaster42]

Carl observes the door for a moment, and takes out his Player's Handbook. Let's wait a few minutes. I like to have at least three to a party. He flips through the Handbook, even though he practically knows it by heart.

[Therarde]

Therarde walks up and looks over at Carl. Player's Handbook?

[blademaster42]

Carl looks up. Yeah. It's for a game where you get to be someone else, and you do all sorts of stuff. Was a bit of a hobby of mine before I came here.

[Therarde]

So, why are you looking at it now?

[blademaster42]

It's something to do. Besides, it's strangely relevant. This place is kind of like a seting I would play the game in. It's different though...

[Therarde]

Therarde raises an eyebrow. Odd...

[blademaster42]

You're telling me. You want to take a look? He holds out the PHB.

[Therarde]

Therarde looks at it. What the...

[blademaster42]

Weird, huh? I figure I'm a bard, and some levels in fighter. He twiddles his thumbs.

[Therarde]

Therarde flips through the pages. From the looks of things, I'm a....ranger. I suppose I can understand that.

[blademaster42]

Neat, isn't it? ((Short deadtime, I gotta get cooking))

[Therarde]

He shrugs. I suppose. You know, I get the strangest feeling that there is something exciting going on somewhere.

[blademaster42]

Bet it's behind that door. You tired of waiting?

[Therarde]

Yeah, sort of. I'm not particularly afraid of anything behind there. Shouldn't be too tough. [/totally overestimating level]

[blademaster42]

Me neither. Hey door! We would like to proceed!

[PirateMonk]

"My colleague has located two other entities willing to participate. They should arrive shortly. Please wait."

[blademaster42]

Well, okay. I'll wait.

[PirateMonk]

The door to the tavern is opened by Magtok.

[Therarde]

I see. I suppose I'll wait as well.

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok enters the hallway.

Odd. I have a feeling I've been to a place like this once.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy walks in, either following or being followed by Magtok.

[PirateMonk]

"You may now proceed."

[blademaster42]

Does this mean we can get going?

[Therarde]

Well. Therarde tries the door.

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok pulls a revolver out before they continue, taking out a few ordinary bullets, and putting in some with odd red markings. He does the same thing with another revolver.

[PirateMonk]

It opens. Ahead is a tunnel, lit by phosphorescent moss.

[blademaster42]

Carl starts walking down the tunnel. By the way, who's leader?

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy enters the second plane to keep herself safe.

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok raises his hand.

I nominate myself. I've been to a place like this before, and I have experience with leading stuff in battles.

[Therarde]

Therarde shrugs. Might as well. I just hope you're half as good as you say you are.

[blademaster42]

I nominate myself. I've led entire wars.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy reappears into the first plane "Magtok's got my vote!"

[blademaster42]

Okay, you win. Can we get names down real quick? I'm Carl Righteous.

[Therarde]

Name's Therarde.

[PirateMonk]

As PirateMonk the player has to take a shower, the group will continue bantering and walking down the tunnel for a while.

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok. That's the short version. The longer version includes a huge string of titles, ranging from former conqueror of the Town, lord of cybernetics, and second in command of the Association of the Malicious, Evil, and Nefarious, but I'm sure you don't care about that stuff.

[Admiral_Kelly]

"Stacy. I'm an imp. Um, I hope nobody has a problem with that..."

[blademaster42]

What is an imp? I can't say I actually know.

[Therarde]

Well, this is bound to get interesting.

[Admiral_Kelly]

"You guys never heard of an imp before? Um, okay then. We're good." A nervous grin can be seen on her face.

[blademaster42]

:smallannoyed: Well, if you don't want to tell us, fine. Anybody know what we're actually supposed to do?

[Therarde]

Therarde looks around. Keep going down this hall, presumably.

[blademaster42]

I meant after that.

[Lord Magtok]

Just keep moving until some hideous monster attacks, and then pray that one of us has some sort of spell or ability that can handle it before we all die horribly.

Magtok smiles as he says this, knowing that he will just reappear in a cloning lab.

[PirateMonk]

Just as Magtok says this, the group comes to a hulking, heavily armored ogre with a great axe and a tag reading "Random Encounter".

[blademaster42]

Works for me. I just wish I had some magic instead of just my short sword. He draws it and holds it at his side as he walks.

Carl looks at the sign. unbe-freakin-lievable. Then he looks at Magtok. You jinxed us pal. He draws his shortsword and chargges it, going for the stomach.

[Therarde]

Therarde looks at the ogre. Well. He draws his sword.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy shifts into the safety of the second plane and attempts to run behind the ogre.

[PirateMonk]

The ogre swings its axe at Carl as he charges. If he gets past this, he manages to jab the blade in between two plates of armor, doing considerable damage.

The ogre is too busy with Carl to notice Stacy. She succeeds.

[Lord Magtok]

Nah, this kinda thing always happens on quests like these. Haven't you ever heard of a Random Encounter?

Magtok calmly pulls out a revolver, carefully takes aim with one metal claw, and fires a single round at the ogre's forehead.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy then attempts to climb up the ogre's leg while still in the second plane.

[blademaster42]

Carl sidesteps, as though it is second nature. He looks vaguely surprised as he manages to plant his blade into the ogre.

[Therarde]

Therarde charges at the ogre's leg, while the eagle on his shoulder flies off and towards the ogre's face.

[PirateMonk]

Magtok hits, but due to its helmet and amazingly thick skull, it just looks kind of stunned.

It screams with rage as Carl stabs it. It tries bring its axe down on him.

As it has other concerns, Stacy continues to be ignored.

When Therarde slashes at the leg (presumably the one that Stacy isn't climbing) it mostly clangs off the armor, though the ogre stumbles a bit.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy continues climbing the ogre attempting to reach the top.

[blademaster42]

Carl dodges the axe again. He starts looking for chinks in the armor around the neck, and immediately wonders why. In his first dimension, he would've died a while ago...

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok reloads the gun, despite the fact that it still has five more bullets. He takes aim at where the ogre's heart should be, and fires another bullet.

[Therarde]

Therarde looks for chinks in the armor, and aims for them. In the meantime, the eagle should have reached it's head by now and starts clawing at the ogre's eyes.

[PirateMonk]

Stacy reaches the top.

The axe slams into the stone floor with great force, quite possibly showering Carl and Therarde with sharp fragments of rock. The ogre struggles to extract its weapon.

The shot manages to penetrate the the armor and partially embeds itself in the ogre. It takes heavy damage and staggers more.

Therarde has trouble hitting it, but gets a hit in between the plates. The eagle successfully blinds the ogre, who screams in pain.

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok takes a few steps back, and allows the others to finsih the job while he reloads his gun.

[blademaster42]

A few chips of stone hit Carl's cape, but he doesn't take any damage. He aims a stab as close to the neck as possible with the armor.

[Therarde]

Therarde is hit by some rock, but is protected by most of it by his armor. The eagle continues clawing at the ogres face.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy attempts to enter the first plane and pull the demons helmet off. She's a bit strong for her size and stature.

((And cue deadtime.))

[PirateMonk]

Carl stabs its neck. It staggers back, bleeding profusely. It releases its axe.

The eagle inflicts more damage on its eyes, and claws off its nose when Stacy removes its helmet.

The ogre collapses, dead. XP for all! It then turns in to a poorly locked treasure chest.

[blademaster42]

Carl looks at it for a moment, stunned, then pulls out his guitar and plays the Final Fantasy Victory theme. When he finishes, he starts trying to pick the lock.

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok points at Therade.

You, open the chest, but do it carefully. It might have a trap or something.

[PirateMonk]

The chest opens easily. It's filled with silver and gold, but also has four semi-precious stones (jade, topaz, amethyst, and pearl) of approximately the same value and four magic items: a ring, a shortsword, some revolver ammo, and an amulet.

[blademaster42]

Dibs on the ring! I did open the chest after all. He starts separating the money into equal piles, with the other magic items and the gems separate. ((methinks we pick this up tomorrow, okay?)) deadtime!

[Therarde]

((Sounds good.)) Therarde deadtimes as well.

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok points at the ammo.

I get these things. Nobody else here has a use for them.

He then immediately deadtimes, since everyone else is doing it and he wants to be like the cool kids.

[PirateMonk]

As everyone else is deadtimed, Magtok may take his share of the loot, but may not steal from the others or proceed until they awaken.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy examines the amulate closely without touching it.

[PirateMonk]

It's a magical amulet that is not dangerous in any way.

[blademaster42]

Carl examines his new ring closely, trying to discern it's magical properties without actually testing it. He also pockets one of the four stacks of loot.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy decides to take the amulate. It looks prettier the the shortsword, and it would probably be to clumsy for her to use considering her size.

[PirateMonk]

The ring can make magical shields around people, cast weak healing spells, and informs the wearer of the properties of any magic items the hand wearing the ring is in contact with.

[blademaster42]

He puts the ring on, and starts trying to touch the sword, ammo, and amulet

[PirateMonk]

Sword: Passes through armor as if it were incorporeal and is more likely to hit vitals.

Amulet: Allows the wearer to shoot deadly rays of powerful magical energy.

Ammo: Casts a random but hostile spell on anything it hits. Some bullets allow the gunman to choose a spell.

[blademaster42]

Hey, Stacy, good news, your amulet shoots deathrays!

[Admiral_Kelly]

"Really?" Stacy picks up the amulate and points it at a rat which is shortly killed by a magical beam. "Cool! Maybe we'll find another mean ogre to test it on."

[PirateMonk]

Nah, just one random encounter per plot. (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0145.html) It's unclear where this voice is coming from.

[blademaster42]

Wait, hold up, what is the plot? Are we gonna save a princess, or destroy a bandit camp or what?

[PirateMonk]

Just the standard "save the world from the evil wizard." Just wait for Therarde and Magtok to undeadime, then proceed. After that, we can get some exposition.

[blademaster42]

That works for me. He takes out his PHB and starts reading again.

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok comes out of deadtime, and loads his gun with the new bullets.

So how long until we do something exciting?

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy looks at the gems next, trying to decide which one would look best on her. "Whenever Therarde undeadtimes. Of course, we could always sit around and talk about stuff." Stacy sees another rat pass by, and quickly death-blasts it with the amulate, giggling.

[blademaster42]

That about covers it. Oh, and those bullets release random magical effects. Just thought you'd want to know.

[Therarde]

Therarde undeadtimes, but for how long I can't say. He looks at the loot. He picks up the sword. I suppose I'm left with this. He swings it around a bit. Interesting. He takes his share of the loot and puts it in a bag.

[blademaster42]

The sword goes through armor. We ready to go?

[Lord Magtok]

I think so.

Magtok puts his gun back in his robes, and continues along the path until something happens.

[Therarde]

As far as I'm concerned. He walks along, following Magtok.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy attempts to take all the gems and hide them in the second plane along with her share of the treasure.

[blademaster42]

Carl stands up and follows Magtok and Therarde. But first he notices Stacy. Lemme have the jade and the rest is yours.

[Therarde]

Imp, you'd better leave out at least a couple of those gems. He says this without turning towards Stacy.

[Admiral_Kelly]

"Uh... I was just keeping them safe." She says giving another nervous grin.

[PirateMonk]

The group comes to a cavern. It's filled with a combination of lesser undead and humans with black leather armor. On the far side, a black robed man is giving his BBEG speech.

"...And so, with the Forgotten Phylactery of Storms now in our possession, we can unleash the mighty Barinca upon the world! None shall be spared!"

[blademaster42]

Carl runs up to the nearest skeleton (or failing that, zombie) and tries to kick it in the head with enough force to remove said head. Hyah!

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stay looks at the situation and thinks before randomly firing off deathrays.

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok yawns, and then leans his back against the wall as he watches Carl charge into battle. If anything comes near him he'll try to shoot it. If not, he'll simply stay where he is and mutter rude remarks about the BBEG being an amatuer.

[Therarde]

Therarde sighs and charges a random human, dual wielding his new sword with his old one. And yes, his old one is a two-handed sword.

[PirateMonk]

The skeleton's head gets smashed. Another skeleton and a human nearby swing their broadswords at Carl.

A zombie and a human get vaporized with two rays each.

Nothing tries to kill Magtok.

The human blocks the old sword with his shield, but the magical one punctures his lung. He tries to stab Therarde with his spear, then collapses.

The BBEG, enraged, raises his hands and begins chanting. They glow with powerful magic. Meanwhile, more minions swarm towards Therarde and Carl.

[blademaster42]

Carl dodges the swordstrikes. He continues to go for the minions, and readies his ring for a shieldy thing.

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok gets bored, and decides to fire a magic bullet at the dark wizard guy's elbow to mess up his concentration.

[Therarde]

Therarde blocks the spear rather easily with his sword(s) and starts hacking at various minions. And deadtimes. ((Sorry, have to go.))

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy attempts to use the amulate on the minions surrounding Therrade and Carl.

[PirateMonk]

The human falls quickly, but the skeleton is more resilient. Its bones seem stronger than normal. Three zombies lumber over and swing at Carl, one with a mace, one with an axe, and one unarmed.

Magtok hits. Two Magic Missiles apparently left the gun as the bullet did, and strike the mage in the chest. The spell fizzles. The villain curses. His hands glow with magic again and he speaks a few words of power. A beam of dark energy flies towards Magtok, and will damage and possibly stun or even paralyze him if it hits.

The minions see that Therarde is deadtimed and ignore him.

Several enemies are eliminated by Stacy. The survivors who were attacking Therarde rush toward her.

Enemy Summary:

Humans: Five heading toward Carl, two heading toward Stacy.

Zombies: Three attacking Carl, one attacking Stacy, two guarding the BBEG.

Skeletons: Two heading toward Stacy, three guarding the BBEG, six heading toward Carl.

[blademaster42]

Carl tries to charge through the skeletons at the BBEG, and throw his sword at him.

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok drops the gun and holds out his metal hand to absorb most of the impact of the spell. He hopes that it will consider his human half as a completely separate target, and only slightly damage his robotics.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy eyes widen as she gives off an "Eeep!" She attempts to hit the zombie attacking her with another death ray.

[PirateMonk]

Carl can push through, but this leaves him very exposed to attacks. His enemies take advantage of this. As he reaches the mage, the villain begins chanting again. Right as Carl is almost to the BBEG, a wall of darkness springs up between them.

The beam explodes on contact with nonliving solids. This is mostly for dramatic effect if it misses, but...

The zombie is thrown into a wall and stops moving. The humans and skeletons continue charging.

[blademaster42]

Carl takes a few hits, but they aren't serious. With the wall of darkness their, he can't stop the BBEG, so he goes back to zombie killing.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy attempts to hide into the safety of the second plane. If successful, she will run past her attackers and attempt to jump on the nearest one from behind.

[Lord Magtok]

After the explosion fades, Magtok takes a look at his arm. Where he once had a metal claw, he now has only a stump with sparks and wires sticking out. Magtok gets his back off the wall, and glares at the enemies.

Time to die, you little maggots.

At a speed impossible to normal humans, he uses his other hand to fire all six bullets of his left gun, empties the right of all its ammo, and then begins reloading both of them. The bullets fly accurately towards any minions who aren't already too close to one of the others.

[PirateMonk]

Within a minute, Carl has disposed of all three zombies trying to engage with him. By that point, five humans and six skeletons are clustered around him and attacking with swords and spears, however.

Stacy gets behind them and jumps on a skeleton. It tries to shake her off. The others notice and go towards her.

Magtok picks off all but one of the humans clustered around Carl and wounds both of the ones near Stacy.

Enemy summary:

Humans: One attacking Carl, two attacking Stacy.

Zombies: Two guarding the BBEG.

Skeletons: Six attacking Carl, two attacking Stacy, three guarding the BBEG.

[blademaster42]

Carl starts attacking the skeletons bare handed. (not taking the damge penalty for edged weapons now!)

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy decides to use the amulate, shooting at her enemies one by one starting with whomever is closest.

[PirateMonk]

((Magtok appears to be offline.))

Carl successfully deanimates three skeletons. The skeletons and human continue attacking throughout.

The skeleton's skull is vaporized. It crumples to the ground. A humans charges her, but has his heart impaled by a beam. He collapses as well. The remaining soldier is more cautious, and tries to dodge while using his shield for cover. It explodes violently and leaves him with a deep gash on his arm, but he survives, and swings at Stacy before she can fire off another beam. The skeleton she jumped on continues trying to shake her off.

"Fight harder, my minions!" The vile mage aids them with a powerful spell. He begins chanting, and a cloud of darkness speings up between his outstretched hands. As he completes the spell, each of his minions are surrounded by a similar cloud which fades quickly but leaves them stronger.

[blademaster42]

Carl, being vaguely chivalrous, pulls out his sword and trys to kill the soldier before he can hurt Stacy.

[Admiral_Kelly]

In case Carl's attempt fails, Stacy jumps out of the way of the strike and attempts to enter the second plane.

[PirateMonk]

Carl will have trouble getting anywhere near the minions, due to the fact that he is still surrounded by enemies.

Stacy goes to the Second Plane. It's not like anyone can stop her.

Oh, and the wall has been dismissed.

[blademaster42]

Carl tries to take out the remaining zombies. Then he will rush the BBEG!

[Admiral_Kelly]

While in the second plane, Stacy runs up to a wall and starts to climb it. Her claws are very useful for this task.

[PirateMonk]

((I assume that by zombies you mean the enemies around him?))

[blademaster42]

((What, I ran out of zombies?))

[PirateMonk]

Within a minute, Carl has disposed of all three zombies trying to engage with him.

((Looks like.))

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok comes out of deatime, and heads away from the group. Reloading two guns when you only have one hand is fairly difficult. By the next two posts he should be able to fight again.

[blademaster42]

((So I couldn't get past three skeletons and a human? Ah well.)) Carl resumes punching skeleton skull.

[PirateMonk]

He deanimates them all.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy falls from the ceiling, attempting to drop-kick the human that last attacked her.

[blademaster42]

Carl draws his shortsword, and rushes the BBEG. when he gets to ten feet, he jumps the rest of the way, and attempts to stab him in the eye.

[PirateMonk]

The man falls to ground, unconscious. The skeleton swings at her clumsily.

As Carl charges, the mage mutters a few words and makes a quick gesture. The wall reappears.

[blademaster42]

Unfortuanetly for Carl, he's built up a lot of momentum. What happens when he runs into it?

[PirateMonk]

It will slow him down and drain him, damaging and possibly stunning or paralyzing him.

[blademaster42]

If it will slow him down, that means he can still come through, correct?

[PirateMonk]

Unless he tried to slow down when it appeared.

[blademaster42]

He didn't have much time. His health is drained somewhat, but it isn't too serious, and he bursts through the wall on the other side. He takes a moment to collect himself, and renews his charge.

[PirateMonk]

While Carl is recovering, the BBEG summons a sword of darkness. A zombie intercepts the charge.

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok comes back, and fires a few magical rounds with his first gun, and then lets loose six of his special hemotoxin rounds with the other.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy is hit by the skeleton and falls over. She quickly gets up and attempts to blast the skeleton with a death ray.

[blademaster42]

Carl is getting slightly POed now, and does his best to make short work of the zombie.

[PirateMonk]

((Sorry about the delay, dinner.))

Magtok doesn't have enough targets left for that. He kills off the remaining human, but all other enemies are obscured by the wall of darkness.

Stacy vaporizes the spine. It collapses.

Carl succeeds. As he throws the deanimated corpse aside, the BBEG tries to stab him with the sword.

[Lord Magtok]

Without anything left to target, Magtok tries to crawl around and find some remnant of his right hand. If he can't find anything, e'll just sit down and wait for the others to finish off the sorceror of darkness.

[blademaster42]

Carl moves to the side to avoid the swordstrike, and points his sword at the BBEG. Surrender, or face my axe of power!

[Therarde]

Therarde comes out of deadtime, takes a quick look to evaluate the battle, and then runs over and starts slashing at the wall of darkness.

[PirateMonk]

Magtok finds a few bits, but nothing reparable.

The BBEG responds with a quick spell. If it works, Carl will be overwhelmed by terrifying mental images.

Therarde finds that the wall slows down his attacks, but they don't seem to be having any effect.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy wanders around looking for any interesting or pretty loot lying about.

[Therarde]

Therarde decides to take a chance and runs through the wall.

[blademaster42]

The spell works, however... That won't stop me, I've been to the Belkar romantic interest thread! He resumes his attacks.

[PirateMonk]

Stacy doesn't notice anything.

It's a thick wall and slows him down considerably, but...

"This is going nowhere." The mage, after evading the attacks with ease, dismisses the wall. A Fist of Darkness appears near Carl's stomach and punches him, likely hard enough to send him flying.

[blademaster42]

Carl slams into a wall. Oww. Now you're gonna get it! He starts playing a heavy metal song on the guitar. it has the same effect as fear. Urgh, deadtime.

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok comes out of deadtime, and pulls a small rusty old knife out of his robes. Not wanting to use any more bullets, he tosses the thing as hard as his robotic arm will allow towards the dark mage's kneecap.

[PirateMonk]

The mage sidesteps the knife, and will make his big speech once everyone comes out of deadtime.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy undeadtimes. She takes some knives from the men they killed and starts juggling them. If they don't actually have knives, they will disappear when PM brings that up.

[Therarde]

Therarde is in a semi-deadtime state. Not wanting to disturb anything, but ready to jump into action as soon as it starts. Just so you know.

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok is out of deadtime and ready for the speech.

[PirateMonk]

((Meh, blademaster can just read it over.))

"My minions may fall, but you shall never defeat me! By the time you make it through my one-floor, five-room dungeon, it will already be too late! Have a taste of the phylactery's power."

The room is flooded with fog. Anyone in it should be hit repeatedly with lightning. By the time the fog clears, the BBEG and his surviving underling are gone, and everyone suddenly notices that there are two treasure chests in the room. Stacy must have somehow overlooked them.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy is hit by a lightning bolt and falls unconscious, knives falling around her. When the fog clears she wakes up and discovers the chests. "Oooh! Treasure!"

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok is hit, and with his exposed stump, he's zapped pretty badly. He tries to crawl away, and manages to get just enough of himself out of the room to avoid being killed. He moans for a while, and then drops into unconciousness, clutching his stump.

[PirateMonk]

The plot deadtimes.

[blademaster42]

Being deadtimed athe time, Carl suffered no ill effects from the lightning. He goes to pick the locks of the chests, or open them if they have no locks.

[PirateMonk]

One chest contains gold and silver, the other contains gems and magic items.

[blademaster42]

Carl separates the gold and silver into piles, and inspects the magic items.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy walks over to the unconscious Magtok and pokes him. "Are you okay?"

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok doesn't move. He doesn't have a pulse either, not that he mormally would. He does breathe, though.

[PirateMonk]

((Sorry for the long delay.))

The magic items are a good deal stranger this time. There's written permission from the plot runner to godmod once during the plot as long as the action is within the abilities of the character, a can of Fourth Wall B-Gone, a plot-crafting kit, and one of those plot devices that contains the essence of a deity that will be consumed at the end of the plot, and yet can't be used to blow away individual enemies throughout the course of it.

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok would probably request the godmod permission if he was awake. Instead, all he does is lie on the ground.

[blademaster42]

Carl grabs the can of fourth wall be gone, and puts it in his pocket

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy takes the plot-crafting kit.

[blademaster42]

Carl walks over to Magtok. Oooh, that doesn't look good...

[Lord Magtok]

After a while, Magtok finally manages to get back on his feet. He grabs the godmod note, and then sits down with his back against a wall.

After a few minutes of staring vacantly at a wall, he raises his left hand and points at Therade.

Want to just leave him here, or wait for him to come out of deadtime? And don't worry about my hand. I'll get a new one when we get out of here.

[blademaster42]

We could be here a long time if we wait. You're the leader.

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok turns to the imp, wanting to get her opinion before making his decision on what to do.

Stacy, what do you say? Do we drag his body along, leave him here, or sit around and wait for him to wake up?

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy thinks for a moment. "Um... I say we should keep going, and leave a note saying which way we went. Or I might be able to create a side-quest for him with this so he can catch up quicker, but I have... plans for it once we complete the quest we're on." She holds up the plot-crafting kit for the others to see.

[Therarde]

Therarde stumbles out of deadtime. Sorry about that. He walks over to the chests.

[blademaster42]

Wicked, we're ready to rock!

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok climbs back to his feet, and sticks a small knife in the stump where his hand used to be.

[PirateMonk]

Therarde gets the plot device. It's a cube, apparently made of emerald, that has a strange inner glow.

There's no visible doors out.

[blademaster42]

Carl starts looking for secret doors.

[Therarde]

Therarde holds the cube up to the light. If nothing special happens, he puts it away and starts looking for a door.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy wanders the room looking for cracks or holes in the walls that may lead to a secret passage. The Burning Legion trained her as a spy to look for these kind of things. She also checks the seven overlapping planes for any hidden door or whatnot.

[PirateMonk]

Moving the chest with the magic items in it will reveal a trapdoor.

[blademaster42]

Good. Now, Onward, brave comrades! Carl charges down the stairs.

[PirateMonk]

No stairs. Ladder.

[blademaster42]

Oh. Then he fell.

[fatninjacow]

Nas knock's on the door to the plot place
((can i join?))

[PirateMonk]

The door tries to eat him.
((No.))

[fatninjacow]

He backs of then throw's an NPC at it.
((why?))

[Therarde]

Therarde looks in the hole. You alright?

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok attempts to follow Carl, using the ladder if it wasn't knocked down already.

[PirateMonk]

The door eats the NPC.
((It would be too disruptive at this point in time.))

The ladder is firmly attached to a wall.

[blademaster42]

((I'll assume he's okay.))Owww. Yeah, I'm good. just bruised my hip. and pride. he uses his ring. That's a bit better. I can't see much down here, but that might be the concussion talking....

[fatninjacow]

((contact me if or when i can))

[Therarde]

Well. He begins climbing down. Neither him nor his eagle seem to be too happy about going down any farther.

[Admiral_Kelly]

"Oooh! I have darkvision. Let me down so I can see what's down their." She starts climbing down the stairs.

[PirateMonk]

The floor is about ten feet below the trapdoor.

[blademaster42]

He expends a few more charges. Wish we had a torch...

[PirateMonk]

Fortunately, illumination is one of the only things the plot device is useful for.

[Therarde]

Convenient. He begins waving the object around, trying to get a good look at the place.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy makes it down. She calls up to her cyborg friend. "Magtok, you okay up there? I think you should be in the front since ya'know your the leader."

[PirateMonk]

The corridor leads off in one direction about six paces before turning.

[Therarde]

Huh. Anybody want to volunteer to stand in front?

[blademaster42]

Carl walks the six paces and puts his head around the corner.

[Lord Magtok]

((Magtok is already down there. He took the ladder.))

I'm not standing in the front. Thats's where the melee-based people stand, so that the magic and ranged people are somewhat protected.

[PirateMonk]

Carl sees nothing, because he has no source of illumination.

[Therarde]

And since I of course have both the armor and the light... He moves to the corner and looks around it.

[blademaster42]

Psst! I need the light, I can't see a thing!

[PirateMonk]

Therarde and Carl see the corridor end in a room, only about two paces away. They can't see how big the room is, however, because their view is obscured by a wall of spider webs, which is never a good sign.

[blademaster42]

Carl backs up against the wall. Well, have fun.

[Therarde]

Therarde turns back to the others. Yeah, we might want to be a bit careful proceeding. If you guys would follow me and kill everything that moves, present company excluded, we should make it out alive. Sound good?

[blademaster42]

I think I'll wait for you to kill everything that moves, and then I'll come with. He looks terrified.

[PirateMonk]

The web moves, and suddenly dozens of foot-long spiders are crawling on the walls and floor towards the party.

[blademaster42]

GEE-ZUS! Carl makes a mad dash for the ladder, and climbs up it twice as fast as he ought to be able to.

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok moans, and begins backing away.

Spiders...why did it have to be spiders?

He pulls out his gun, and does what he can to stop the swarm. Since the gun only has six rouds in it at a time, and since he's using his off-hand, that may not be much.

[Therarde]

Therarde jumps. Yeah, I think I'm going to need a little backup. RIGHT NOW.

[PirateMonk]

Magtok gets lucky with a Fireball bullet. The spiders get roasted.

[blademaster42]

I heard the boom. Are they gone?

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok puts the gun back in his holster, and backs away.

I dunno. Someone pass me the light, and I'll check.

[blademaster42]

Carl comes down the ladder. Sorry about that. Spiders freak me out.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy checks for any surviving spiders via darkvision. She also readies her amulate in case any more show up.

[Therarde]

Therarde, who is still up at the turn, looks around. They seem to be gone.

[PirateMonk]

The fireball seems to have disposed of several layers of web wall, clearing the way for five spiders the size of large dogs.

[Lord Magtok]

Alright, then let's continue on. And let's hope that this thing has some kind of divine spell or something when we catch up to that BBEG.

Wait...nervermind. More spiders.

[Therarde]

I stand corrected. He switches the light to his off hand and pulls his longsword out.

[blademaster42]

Carl goes back up the ladder. Lemme know when you're done! ...and deadtime.

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok backs away, and fires a single bullet, waiting to see what it does before he decides whether he should fire another.

[PirateMonk]

Hold Monster. A spider is now suffering from a bullet wound and paralysis. The others attack, two biting at Therarde with their fangs while the others try to go around him, partially climbing on the walls.

[Therarde]

Therarde does his best to block the bites. He tries shining the light in their faces. Meanwhile, the eagle flies around and starts clawing at a spider.

[PirateMonk]

The spiders don't react to the light and keep attacking.

((Which spider?))

[Therarde]

((One of the ones on the wall, I suppose.))

He tosses the light on the ground and attempts to hold them off with his sword while he draws his other one.

[PirateMonk]

The spider dodges the eagle's attack. Both spiders, presumably being past Therarde at this point, rush Magtok and try to bite him.

The spiders continue biting, one getting a nasty slash from the shortsword. They seem almost mystically able to dodge attacks.

[Therarde]

With both swords out, Therarde goes into "Super Berserk Spider Killing Mode". Yes, I know I just made that up, but still. He begins hacking at the spiders, not really noticing if he gets hit.

[PirateMonk]

The spiders take several hits, but Therarde probably takes some himself. They start throwing webs at him.

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok attempts to fire a bullet at each spider. Failing this, he'll just try to back away until the spiders have him cornered.

[Therarde]

Therarde attempts to cut away the webs being thrown at him.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy undeadtimes and automatically attempts to use the amulate against the nearest spider.

[PirateMonk]

One of the bullets grazes a spider. It carries Bestow Curse (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/bestowCurse.htm). Magtok may choose the curse. The spiders keep advancing, however.

The web is hard to cut, as it is strong and just gets pushed away when one tries to cut it.

The spider that got Cursed gets grazed by the beam, but it has minimal effect.

[Lord Magtok]

((Hmm...the thing says you can make up your own curse.))

Magtok tries to use the curse to make the spider tap-dance. After that, he tries to back over to where Stacy is, in the hopes that the two of them can repel any incoming spider together.

[Admiral_Kelly]

"Gotch your back, Magtok." She says to the cyborg as he come near, and fires off another death beam at the same time attempting to whack another spider.

[Therarde]

Therarde continues hacking at both the web, and, if possible, and spiders that come too close.

[PirateMonk]

The spider tries to tap-dance over to Magtok and bite him.

It is then fried by Stacy's ray. She misses the other spider, and it tries to bite her.

The two spider can likely throw out webs faster than he can cut them. This should make him unable to attack them effectively. They begin trying to bite him between web throwing. If they hit, he should start feeling exhausted from the poison.

The spider comes unheld and tries to slip around Therarde and attack Magtok.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy is bitten and she screams. "Ahhh! Let's see how YOU like it!" She attempts to bit the spider with her somewhat sharp teeth on the head.

[Lord Magtok]

Aim for those guys going after the guy with two swords when you get the chance. I think he needs help.

Magtok switches to his other gun, not remembering how many bullets he still has in the first, but not wanting to run out right now. He shoots carefully at anything that approaches himself or Stacy.

[Therarde]

Therarde, pretty effectively tied up, begins struggling around feebly. The eagle, noticing his distress, flies over and divebombs one of the spiders attacking him.

[PirateMonk]

Magtok and Stacy kill off both the ones attacking them, though each one tries to bite its victim before this happens.

Another spider dies horribly. The other tries to scurry around Therarde and bite him one more time, then charges Magtok. It takes a nonmagical bullet, but keeps going.

[Admiral_Kelly]

Stacy shifts aside before the spider can bite her. She then turns and points her amulate at a spider attacking Therarde firing off another death ray.

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok gets bit by the first spider, and then tries to kick the one that chrages toward him in the head.

[PirateMonk]

The plot deadtimes. :smallfrown:

The plot undeadtimes. :smallsmile:

The spider is grazed by the beam, and begins oozing dark liquid. It keeps going toward Magtok.

Magtok hits it lightly. It's stunned for a moment, but tries to bite Magtok.

[Lord Magtok]

Magtok tries to shoot the biting spider in the face, and aims another bullet at the thorax of the spider with the oozing liquid.

I think they're going after me because they know I'm wounded. They can probably smell the blood.

...Free Therade, tell Carl to come down here and stop being a coward, and then go on without me.

[Therarde]

Therarde continues to try and escape the web.