Arcturian Ruins of Stwairvane

[borninbones]

Big orc: No, they do not give you extra skill points. And I hope you don't mind but I am going to take a few key pieces of loot that Crog picked up that are rather important to the campaign. Crog, before he leaves, gives a book to Aleash.

An Ice Fan: 100 gp per identify. The stone horse is a Destrier Stone Horse, command word is Tabletop. The plate is PART of an ancient artifact, known as the Castle of Wonders. If held in a doorway and the command word is spoken, it will open a portal to that part of the castle of wonders. This particular piece takes you to The Stables.

Ryuuk: The Bejeweled Tea Set of Wee Jas- while extremely valuable (at least as far as tea sets go) you can sell it for 950 gp. It is not magical. If you find a follower of wee jas who has that kind of money, they would most likely pay more.

I have pm'd Katasi and Reptilius to see what they want to do.

[The Big Orc]

ok i guess that I have no ranks in knowledge THE PLANES

[Reptilius]

Uh...I'm home. Sorry about the complete lack of posting. I was a victim of circumstances. I'd love to continue (and post much more punctually).

[borninbones]

Sorry big orc.

WB reptilius. Did you want to change aleash in anyway or entirely before we continue?

EDIT: Well I kind of have the answer to my question at the moment...

Moving on. I will have a post so we can continue tomorrow.

At this time, still no word from Katasi.

[anIceFan]

The only change to Aleash will be leveling up. I will try and get that done by tomorrow.

[Reptilius]

Can I take Leadership?

[borninbones]

I am sorry, but leadership is a no. I have allowed it in the past and as most of this campaign has been underground or crawling over ruins, I am going to have to say no. But perhaps as the campaign progresses, maybe later.

On a side note, since no one asked about prestige classes, I might as well get it out now, ask I and I will tell you if its ok. Most are fine, some are too powerful for any campaign.

[Ryuuk]

Ok, since we're on the subject, I am considering going Slayer (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/psionic/prestigeClasses/slayer.htm). The original plan was to go Elocater, but I made another PC recently that got to play around with it. As such, I'm trying to steer Guicho from movement based (which might not have been the best choice in a dungeon crawl) to a Psi-Gish (gotta find a use for the Longsword after all).

Most of its abilities wouldn't see much play, as the class was originally Illithid Slayer. The SRD version is a bit more flexible, so instead of Favored Enemy: Illithid, he'd take Favored Enemy: Human (Psionic).

In the odd chance it comes up, this would let him use Enemy Sense to find others like him, other humans with PP reserves. I'd originally seen him as having been born a strong psion, but after a nasty incident he got "fixed" (explaining the scar and the strange looks from those that remembered it). He's "remembering" it now and slowly relearning it, so finding others that could help him answer some questions would be a high priority. As would making sure no one gets messing with the wiring anymore (something the Slayer is pretty good at)

Anyway, after looking at the original thread, it looks like we rolled HP. Here are the other two levels:

Psion [roll0] +2
Slayer [roll1] +2

[Reptilius]

I am sorry, but leadership is a no. I have allowed it in the past and as most of this campaign has been underground or crawling over ruins, I am going to have to say no. But perhaps as the campaign progresses, maybe later.

To be honest, I expected that. It never hurts to ask, though.

[borninbones]

A month has passed since you reached the small town. Most of you stayed in town at the explorers guild hall that was built during those thirty days. The living has been nice. You can honestly say you know each other quite well by the end of the thirty days.

You are summoned and brought to where a library is being constructed in the basement. Sitting across a long table is a man. Not just any man, but the current ruler of the mainland. By and large the most important man on the planet. (human male, approximately 40 with red hair and a beard wearing dark clothes).

"Most of this god forsaken continent remains unexplored and unsettled. This is a problem solved only by time and people we call frontiersman. You are well renowned. Yes, your exploits have even reached my ears. While this bit about Him is bothersome, its something I can someone in the church take care of. But these glowing elves, we would like some kind of diplomatic treatise with them. What the good people of Arcturia would like from you is for you to travel back to the ruins. We want you to take a diplomat and a small contingent of priests, 5 in all. Take the priests to this Lantern Archon and take the Diplomat to the elves. Then, if everything goes according to plan, you will return with all 5. If everything does not go according to plan... Well, I am sure you'll think of something. The priests and the diplomat will be here tomorrow. Your reward will be discussed on your return. Any questions?"

[Reptilius]

Shauni

Shauni, never really appreciative of summons, dawdles until the latest possible minute, entering soon enough to catch the gist of the ruler's assignment. She sits on the table.

"Just one question. Can we keep whatever we find? And if we can't, can we charge a finder's fee?"

[The Big Orc]

((assuming my wizzard is there))
Drath, not knowing anyone there except through their fame will stay relitively quiet and use detect thoughts on the guy who is giving our mission while Drath is in the darkest part of the room. (will negates dc 17)

[Ryuuk]

Guicho

Guicho listened to the man's words carefully. His expression became somewhat gloomier as the his current ruler talked. By the time he was done, Guicho's face sported a the sort of grimace one might expect from a sailor as his ship sailed straight into a maelstrom. He knew it quite well, he'd seen quite a few before he stumbled into Sailor's Refuge. Realizing this, he sighed and slowly came to peace with the idea of going back to that spider infested place.

He wasn't entirely happy with it, but he had to admit he was more ready for it now then he had been the first time. He wasn't quite as hopeless with that blade of cold steel as he was when he'd first found it. The same applied to the other tool he'd discovered before hitting land, even if many a question had been left unanswered.

"So we'll just be acting as escorts, alright. Have these guys been into the wilderness before or are they mostly the scholarly type?"

[borninbones]

((your spell failed.))

The priests are well travelled but are a bit on the puritanical side. The diplomat is a simple man who is, how shall we put it, weak? Pathetic? Ah, non-aggresive. Yes, he is non-aggressive. When the priests go their way, you will stay with the diplomat until he is ready to return. His survival is your priority.

As for whatever you have worked out with the explorer's guild, that is between you and them. I don't care.

[The Big Orc]

I'm going to ask for directions. And a 10 million gold pay after words.

diplomacy 1d20+0=2 ((not very charismatic am I :) ))

[borninbones]

"Haha. You're funny. You'll be happy with what you are given. And that depends on the success of your 'mission'. Wait here." He turns and opens up a door behind him. "This is your diplomat. A young half-elf in his twenty's, carrying an armload of books, stumbles through the doorway.

"H-hi!" He says nervously. "I have gone over your reports of this. I have it here." He reaches to pull out a paper from the books and proceeds to drop the books everywhere. "Oops." He quickly gathers them back up.

The leader looks at you. "Good luck." Several priests come in after he slips out the back door. They are wearing the symbology of WeeJas and have on Chainmail armor. Each is armed with a two handed mace. One is older and has a scar running around his face and cutting across a patched eye. His voice is gruf. "My name is Anthony. This is Drak..." He points to a taller dark haired man wearing red. "Vera..." He points to a woman with long redish blonde hair and very stern features. "And Chyron." A young cheery blond kid waves. "Hi." Dark and Vera only nod. The older man continues "This is Micale." He pats the diplomat on the back, who drops his books again. Chyron helps him with the books. "I understand you are to be our guides and his bodyguard. When do we leave?"

[anIceFan]

Aleash

Aleash listens to the account of the situation from the ruler. He is a little disconcerted that their mission is a bit open ended. Because he had no more specific missions form the order, he chooses to accept the proposed mission.

After the diplomat and priests have been introduced, he rises and takes the hand of Anthony.
Well met Anthony. I am Aleash. I believe we can take the rest of today in preparation and leave at first light in the morning. Do all of you have mounts?



I still haven't leveled Aleash up. I will try and get that done ASAP. He is pretty much taking 2 levels of Paladin.

So, who and what do we have left?

[The Big Orc]

"Hey Micale your pretty clumsy. Let me take those books for you. I'll be finished with them by tonight." Drath says as he holds out his hands for the books.

[borninbones]

"Oh, well thanks but I can get them. I'll be fine." He is carrying about 10 rather thick books.

Drath ((You don't recognize them as spellbooks, if thats what you are thinking))

((We have a Drath the Wizard, Aleash, the rogue paladin, Guicho is still joining us as a psychic sailor. And Shauni the spell thief. Seems we have lost Katasi and Sandstrider with him. I won't be adding anyone, unless I get a unanimous vote from the rest of you to do so.

Ryuuk: How I missed your prestige class post, I don't know. But i did. Slayer is fine. I don't like the fact that you can take it at 5th level and most are designed so that you can't take them till 6th. After looking at it however, it seems alright. I really like the fluff part.

Reptilius
in reference to the leadership feat. if you hadnt asked, you would never have known.

an ice fan aleash was given a book by crog before he left. this book translates elven to infernal to undercommon. Speak language is 2 skill points, but only if you speak one of these languages to learn the others.

[The Big Orc]

"But if I can't read those, I will be bored and annoy you all. It would be a good idea to let me read those." Drath says with a soft and fast punch in the arm. "Don't worry, they'll come back in great condition."

[Ryuuk]

Guicho

For a second, Guicho imagined Micale trying to trying to come to terms with the "ghost" elves in the ruins. Sadly, the image didn't seem too promising. He shrugs and gets up As long as he can build up some confidence by the time we get down there.

"No objections here Aleash. Anthony, Micale, everyone, pleasure to meet you all, my name's Guicho." He takes a courteous bow as he says this. "We're a bit larger of a group then the first time. We might wan't to consider some sort of wagon. If need be, I'm sure we can arrange it through the League."

[Reptilius]

Shauni

"Hello, everyone. My name is Shauni, and I'm the leader, in case Guicho forgot. Now, our group is pretty big, so we'll need transportation. A big wagon would be best. Could probably get one off one of the league members."

[borninbones]

"We do have horses."

Micale shakes his head. "No, they are in my charge and I can't let them out of my sight." You notice a bit of unexpected courage and strength behind his voice.

[The Big Orc]

((Crog bought you guys horses and wagons remember? I assumed you guys picked them up when we left the ruins.))

[borninbones]

((Well after a very interesting weekend and almost having a baby, I am back. I recieved word from Katasi, he is still with us, just having isp problems))((You still have the wagons and horses from last time, albeit after the run in with the elemental they are all more wary of storms.))

As you exit the hall, you are now in the booming village. Everywhere, there is commotion, someone hawking wears, 3 blacksmiths all busy. A group of men are looking at an open area with some large plans in their hands. The smell of fresh bread wafts through the air from the new bakery. There is a burst of song from the tavern as everyone bursts out in a well known drinking song. (you all know the song, only Guicho knows the song past verse 1, which the tavern seems to be drunkenly repeating).

It is about 3 pm.

[The Big Orc]

Drath heads to those drinking, gets a pint, starts singing and then jumps up onto a table and starts dancing to the toon.

[Reptilius]

Shauni

"Alright, it's 3 in the afternoon. We could split up and meet back to leave at 5, though we would be traveling into the night. We could leave at dawn tomorrow, too. Make better time."

[Ryuuk]

Guicho

Guicho sings along for a while and considers joining, but decides that the world looks much clearer while sober. It could wait until tonight at least. "Last time we left in the morning and we still had to brave a night outdoors before reaching the site. We leave now and we'll probably have to brave two. I say we take it easy, spend the day gathering supplies, news of the roads, that sort of thing."

He takes a good look at the atmosphere , a wide smile spreading across his face. "Possibly spend the night relaxing before leaving first thing in the morning." his eyes landing on Drath, he chuckles. "He seems to know what I mean, odd, always thought wizards were a bit more bookish."

[anIceFan]

Aleash

I am prepared to leave at any time. If we leave now, we can push to arrive at the cave opening at nightfall. Once we are in the caves, the time of day outside will have no meaning.

Aleash will go along with the groupthink.

[The Big Orc]

Drath is going to try to drag the nearest of his new party and get him up on the table to dance.

strength check: 1d20+2=4

If he doesnt suceed he will keep trying until he gets someone up there.
Then he will go get some drinks and party the rest of the day away.

[borninbones]

Does anyone willingly join the drunken wielder of arcane? cause with that roll, he isn't getting anyone up there.

[anIceFan]

No carousing or dancing on tables for Aleash.

[Katasi]

If it's not to late, I'd still like to play, I'll just say Sandstrider has been keeping silent so far. I've had some internet/locale trouble latetly, but now I'm back for good and can post regularly.

Sandstrider will gain 2 levels of pshycic warrior

[roll0]

He'll gain a + to CON for 4th level

[Reptilius]

Shauni

"Well, to each his own," says Shauni on the subject of Drath, "But if we're staying in town tonight I think I'll join in. You're all dismissed."

Shauni walks into the tavern, and buys the strongest ale she can afford. She climbs on the table with Drath and joins in the raucous song.

[anIceFan]

Aleash

after Shauni wanders of into the bar, Aleash will give Sandstrider a chuck on the arm, and give him a little "where did that come from" smile.
Come on, we might as well relax until tomorrow.

He will then find as quiet a spot as possible and have a glass of wine. Once that is done, he will go to the stables and check on Lucky, to be sure that he is ready to leave in the morning. After that, he will head to his room to sleep for the night. He will be up and ready to go at first light.


I am not sure what borninbones family status is at this time. Probably has his hands full.

My guess is that we are all ready to move out the next morning, although some of us might have hangovers. Yeah, I am looking at Drath and Shauni!

[The Big Orc]

dude i wont be able to move i'll be so drunk. i wont be making fortitude saves to see if im drunk or not, ill be making them to see if i die. lol

[borninbones]

A new day dawns and brings a bright shiny sun that inflicts several penalties on the wizard and the spellthief. +5 hangover of puking and general non-enjoyment.

The party gathers together in the square. The priests say little as they gather their horses and things. They are all riding large clydesdale of the black and warhorse persuastion.

The diplomat is riding a heavy riding horse that has seen many more winters then the rest of the animals.

At this point, what do you do to get ready?

Any last minute shopping?

[Ryuuk]

Guicho (http://pifro.com/pro/view.php?id=576)

"Don't let their size get to you Bones, you could probably runs circles around em." Guicho gives his horse a pat on the back as he double hecks his supplies and equipment. Everything looked to be in order. With a quick motion he mounts and lets his hrse to take a few steps while he gets used to the saddle.

"Ready whenever you are."

Congratulations Bornibones!

[anIceFan]

Aleash

Aleash wakes refreshed to the new day. He is up early and performs some morning exercises. He checks Lucky over thoroughly and takes him for a quick ride before Drath and Shauni awaken. When the rest exit the inn, they find the Paladin ready to depart, and in high spirits.

He will walk over to Shauni, give her a clap on the back and proclaim loudly for all to hear.
I fine day for a ride. This beautiful sun will light our way as we depart on our task.


ooc
ready to go boss. Welcome back and congratulations. Have you gotten any sleep yet?

[The Big Orc]

As Drath wakes up and wanders down the stairs to see everyone packing he says "You didn't seriously meant that we were going today did you? Im so wasted theres no way I can do this!" Once he realises that they were serious, he heads back up to his room, takes out his spell book and starts preparing spells. He then throws his few things into his bag, heads out to town and buys the following: 10 bottles of wine(10g each total 100g), 1 glass (2g), crowbar (2g), 1 tent (10g), 1 portable ram (10g), 50 ft of silk rope (10g), 2 water skins filled with water (1g each total 2g), 1 vial of alchemists fire (20g), 1 thunderstone (30g), 2 sunrods ( 2g each total 4g), 1 tindertwig (1g), 1 wagon (35g), 1 light warhorse (150g), 1 riding saddle (10g), 10 sheets of paper (4s each 4g total), 10 torches (1c each 1s total), 1 sack (1s), 2 vials of ink (8g each 16g total), 1 inkpen (1s) for a total of 406.3g, leaving me with 550.5g after the drinks. He loads everything onto the wagon, hitches the horse to it and heads back to the others. "Fine I'm ready, I'm also still so screwed."

<<BTW I spent 20gold on drinks or until I passed out. Last night, not this morning.>>

[borninbones]

The clear day is perfect for riding. You make very good time and reach the stone at about 3 (instead of 8 like last time). You can continue, but doing so means you will reach the ruins at night. If you wait until the next morning then you will reach the ruins in the day.

[Katasi]

I have a question before we get going- I know leadership is out, but could we use some of the 1.6k we got and hire some mercs?

[The Big Orc]

"So I understand that you guys have all been this way before but I havn't. Are we close? Cause I'm getting tired. Can we go to sleep or kill something. And I'm bored. Anyone got a book I can read? You know, so I don't fall asleep in the saddle." Drath says while reigning in his horse. "This does't look like tooo bad a place to rest."

[borninbones]

((I would appreciate if you did not at this time, I have enough npcs to keep track of. Also, mercs are hard to find at this time due to this continents current economy. Instead, you would be hiring fellow adventurers. This continent just began population, most are treasure hunters or explorers. And besides, you should have no problem with anything I throw at you that a group of mercs would be any help with.))

Anthony"I must say, I am somewhat intrigued to hear that answer. Are we close?"

[Ryuuk]

Guicho

…and here I thought Wizards were usually soft spoken and patient. Guicho rests cross armed against Bones’ head while he looks off into the horizon, towards the ruins. “Don’t worry; we’re making good time, better then the last trip anyway. If we kept going we’d be able to reach them by tonight, but we’d have a full day’s ride behind us. Not the best way one would want to challenge the ruins.”

He gets up, gives his mount a pat on the side and dismounts, stretching his legs once he’s on the ground. “Our other option would be to rest here for a while, we’d lose some time but we’re in no rush. Better to reach the site fresh I’d say.”

[Reptilius]

Shauni

Shauni breaks out of migraine-induced stupor to introduce her opinion.

"Stopping is good. I need to rest before my eyes pop out to relieve the pressure."

"Sweet Sunlord, I knew I should've picked up some Mercy in the town, she mutters as she clutches her temple.

[anIceFan]

Aleash

I agree. As I recall, there is some trickiness about the entrance in the best of situations. We will be better off to tackle that in the daylight. Although I hope to not replay the dreams of our last stay here, I believe we will be best served by stopping here for the night.

[The Big Orc]

Drath gets off his horse, detaches it from the wagon its been pulling and ties it too a tree. He then grooms it. He sets up his tent, throws in his bedroll.

"I'm off to go kill a rabbit or something, anyone wanna come help?" Drath says as he starts walking into the nearest group of trees.

survival check to catch, snare or kill wild game with magic or traps: 1d20+6.5 = 8.5.

[Katasi]

[ok]

Sandstrider looks over the others, then quickly unhooks his donkeys from his wagon and ties them to a tree before giving them some feed.

[borninbones]

Anthony nods his head in agreement.

They rollout their packs.

Drath sets out to catch something but does not succeed.

Chyron and Vera start climbing the big rock. Dark ties up their horses. Anthony pulls out a pouch and hands some jerky to Dark.

He offers it to the party. "So what brought you out here to begin with? The file was rather vague. Refferred to it as a rescue mission but didnt tell the tale of how it got started."

Sandstrider

Dark, tells you "Good horse, treat him well and he will last you a good long while."


((This gives you a chance for interparty relation and rp exp.))

[Katasi]

[horse? Did I miss something?]

[Ryuuk]

Guicho

Guicho gratefully accepts a piece and is caught halfway through a drink from his waterskin when Anthony asked for the tale. He finishes it and secures it, before drying his lips with his sleeve and reminiscing. “I’d have to say it started by chance really.” He sits down on a nearby stone, letting his pack lay by his side. Hunched forward, with his elbows on his knees, he continues. “The ruins had just barely been discovered. A small group of researchers went to check them out, but only one came back. She had pretty much lost her mind though, muttering and screaming like she was possessed or something. Anyway, the father of one of the researchers that had gone missing wasn’t willing to spend the rest of his life wondering what happened to his son. He sought out people willing to travel there and find out.”

“That’s how Sandstrider, Shauni , Aleash and I met actually. There were a few others, but some some of them didn’t show when we set off, others just sort of went missing when we got to the ruins or simply. There was this one in particular, an orc that seemed to be missing a few things in the attic. He was a good man, with us till the end, easily strong enough to give Sandstrider a run for his money in an arm wrestling contest, glad I wasn’t on the other side of his axe when he had an urge to break something. Said he was going to spend the money to look for a friend…” He takes another bit from the jerky, lost in thought. After swallowing, he snaps his fingers; he’d gotten a bit off track.

“Ah, yes, the rescue. Well, at least I wasn’t expecting what we ran into when we got there. When I think ruins, I think old, crumbling, uninhabited buildings. They got the old part down right, except for the traps of course, those were pretty well preserved.” Unconsciously, one of his hands goes to his chest, where underneath his shirt still rested the scar from door to the “greatest treasure in existence”. “There was some crumbling, but even then some of the architecture, the bridge on the entrance in particular, was pretty impressive. It didn’t seem to understand the notion of uninhabited though, there are at the very least to varieties of elves down there, as well as some strange evil that some kind of archon mentioned and at least a bit before our trip there was also a tribe of kobolds and an nest of stupidly large spiders.”

He continues, pausing only to take a keep working on the jerky or to let someone else interject. "Anyway, the elves we ran into were, in the end, pretty reasonable folk. They had Joseph in custody, they said he’d committed a murder, but let him go after we got proof of his innocence. He was alright, if a bit shaken. We never found out what drove the lone survivor crazy, but there’s probably a good chance of it being what you folks are going to be looking into. She did got better after seeing Joseph at least. As long as you’re not claustrophobic, the place is bearable."

[The Big Orc]

When Drath arrives back to hear about an orc looking for a friend he immediatly thinks back to his own past with an orc, an elf and a dwarf. They were the most unlikely of friends but they always stayed together till they got lost in a storm.

Once Guicho finishes his tale, Drath pipes in "Did this orc's name happen to be Crog and was his friend an elf named Slyfin?"

((BTW's crog probably mentioned an elf or slyfin at that wall that made him go crazy))

[Ryuuk]

Guicho

Suprised, it takes Guicho a few seconds to answer. "Yeah... Crog, and I think he woke up screaming out Slyfin's name one night, its an elven name so... Do you know him?"

[The Big Orc]

"That orc owes me 10 000 gold! Not that I care about the money or anything. We were friends of old. We traveled the world with Slyfin and a dwarf named Veit. The closest were Slyfin and Crog and I think that Crog owes Slyfin more than anyone else owes anyone in this world. We stopped counting that debt once it surpased 1 000 000 000 gold. But one night, they had a fight. They both left the camp, and of course no one really worried because they are pretty good at tracking and should easily be able to find there way back. But that night, a storm broke loose unleashing all of hell with it. They never got back to the camp. We waited a few days then figured that they must have been attacked by the group of Gnolls we had been tracking. We thought they were dead and went home, knowing that without them we had no choice but to leave. On our way though, we got hit by another storm and I never found Veit again. I went my own way, asking around taverns if anyone had ever seen them but after a year I decided that they were lost for good. I joined the explorers and rarely thought of them since." Drath looks at the others. "And you have been with him for the past little while. I should never have given up on them. They were the best of friends, I only hope I will see them again. Raging sycopath, short old cleric, our main tracker." Draths eyes seem to loose focus for a while as if staring at some distant point, "Oh well, I'm living in the past." He gets up and says "Goodnight friends, I will see you in the morning." He heads to his already set up tent and goes to sleep.

[Katasi]

Sandstrider replies quietly. "Yes, they both are, although from the way things are sounding it'll take the Platinum Dragon himself to get us through this all alive." He leans against a nearby tree and props his spear up next to him.

[borninbones]

Dark to Sandstrider "Stranger things have happened before."

Anthony listens intently through the story. "Kobolds, spiders and traps. Oh my. That archon you spoke of is why we are here. The elves are his problem." He nods to the clumsy archivist. After Drath leaves, "different duck that one is." he says in reference to the wizard slipping away to sleep.

A whistle comes from up on top of the rock as Chyron points. Anthony nods and the inquisitors all arm themselves. The ground begins to rumble. The rumbling may be enough to wake the wizard. Vera drops the two-handed mace in favor of a shortbow. As the rumbling gets louder from the north; Chyron drops down and switches to a greatsword. "What is it?" Anthony asks. "Dunno, tree cover. We'll know in a minute." Dark remains calm and puts his two handed mace away. At this point the party may realize that the inquisitors are far better armed then it seems at first. The brush gives way to a lone huge triceratops. It is simply walking out. The party has most likely armed themselves by this point.


Current status of all characters
Sandstrider and Dark 30ft from the Triceratops (note that the horses are NOT spooked )
Anthony and Ryuuk 40ft from the Triceratops
Shauni, Chyron, Aleash, the diplomat are 50 ft from the Triceratops
Vera and the Wizard 60 ft

Spot Check

If you do not attack, what do you do?
If you do attack initiative and attack + damage roll

[The Big Orc]

If Drath is wakened up, he will get out of the tent and upon spotting the triceratops fireball it
init 1d20+4=19
fireball dmg 6d6= 27
reflex save DC 18

second round:
Drath will use magic missile on it
magic missile dmg 3d4+3=13

third round:
Drath will scorching ray it
dmg = 4d6 + 4d6(if i get second ray, i dont understand the rule) = 15 + 10

if this does not kill it and the thing is not attacking Drath, Drath will go to sleep

if it does attack Drath, Drath will run to his horse at any point (even those rounds where i said what it did) and escape with it.

If Drath is not awakened, he will continue to snore

[Ryuuk]

Guicho

"Well, there were kobolds, but the spiders got rid of them, then we got rid of the spiders so-" At the sudden disturbance and at the drawing of weapons, Guicho readies himself as well. He wields the longsword and closes his eyes, giving it a few quick swings as a high pitched humming seems to resonate from his position. The same blade that he fumbled with back in the ruins now looks like an extension of his arm.

"Wow, it's pretty big isn't it..."

While everyone's getting ready, Guicho will manifest both Force Screen (+4 Shield bonus) and Offensive Precognition (+1 Insight to attack rolls), both would have a two minute duration. If possible, he'll also get a bit closer to the noise (up to Sandstrider)

Initiative: [roll0]

He'll hold his action until the triceratops acts, he'll wait until it attacks or is provoked before fighting back. His attack would consist of skrimishing against it, running in, attacking and jumping back thanks to spring attack and a quick manifesting of Burst (Immediate Action, +10 ft speed, for 50ft total).

Attack: [roll1]
Damage: [roll2] + [roll3] Cold

Edit: Forgot Spot invisible castle says I got 11 (http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1606926/)though

[anIceFan]

Aleash

Aleash is sitting relaxing when the rest of the camp starts to come to attention. He rises and draws his sword, still not overly alert, he works his way closer to the diplomat.

When the triceratops works it's way into the clearing, He will raise his greatsword and take up a defensive position position in front of the bookworm. If the creature comes to them, he will attack, otherwise he will just maintain a defensive posture.


[roll0]

if needed
[roll1]
[roll2]

[Reptilius]

Shauni

Shauni spent most of her time at the site sitting in the shade and recuperating. She had begun to feel better when suspicious sounds came from the brush. She scuttled over to her pack and fished out her wand and a vial of Magic Weapon oil. She spread it onto the wand as the sound approached. When the triceratops wanders in, she positions herself behind some cover of the rock and attempts to activate her wand.

Spot-[roll0]

Init-[roll1]
UMD-[roll2]
Attack-[roll3]
Damage-[roll4]

AC-16
HP-40/40
Spell slots-2/2

[Katasi]

Sandstrider takes up his spear lazily and keeps an eye on the triceratops. He nods. "Indeed, stranger things have happened."

[borninbones]

Sooo fireball first, questions later...

The triceratops roars in pain and tramples after Drath. Everyone in its path roll reflex dc28 for half or take the damage without making a reflex roll and attack at a -4 penalty.
[roll0]

Characters in the way include Guicho, anthony, Chyron. Everyone else is either hiding or off to the side enough to avoid its charge.

Anthony and Chyron both dive off to the side
[roll1]

Aleash, your turn

[Ryuuk]

Guicho

It even looks somewhat peaceful, probably isn't even carnivorous with that tiny maw... The blast of flames around the beast comes off as a unexpected, this was dwarfed by the surprise that came with the monster looking in his direction and charging. The thing was simply too big and its roars of rage and burnt flesh didn't exactly help matters. He jumps to the side along with Chyron and Anthony, self preservation taking over. He knew he couldn't hope for much though, he simply braced himself.

Reflex [roll0] (come on 20...)

"GAAHHHH!" Lost in the cloud of dust Guicho slowly tries to scrape himself off the ground. It could've been worse, it could have easily crushed his skull underneath its foot afterall. Couching up dirt he tries to ignore the sharp, constant pain that came from his legs.

[Katasi]

[roll0]

Posting movements for next two rounds:

Sandstrider groans and concentrates for a moment, then grows bigger.

[Manifesting Force Screen and augmenting it to last 10 minutes/level.]

After he is done with that he will move until his is within longspear reach of the Triceratops and attack it.

[roll1]
[roll2]

[anIceFan]

Aleash

Aleash will maintain his position between the beast and the pencilneck. He will rotate with the animal as it runs. He will not attack unless it comes within range.


You know I totally can't remember the diplomats name, but that is the guys that Aleash is trying to guard.

Where are we in relation to the rock? Cause if we are unobstructed to it, Aleash will want him to get up next to it where the creature will have a hard time attacking.

anyway, if it comes in range
[roll0]
[roll1]

[Reptilius]

((quick fyi: I won't be around Friday or this weekend. Be back Monday.))

[borninbones]

And so begins the fight with the Evil Triceratops.

Drath Since drath decides to run away, the triceratops gets an attack of opportunity on him.

[roll0]
[roll1]

Drath still makes it to the horse and takes off into the woods. Normally I would need a ride check but a horse requires little in the ways of getting it to run away.

Aleash Even I had to look up Micale's name. The dinosaur does not come within range. Since it would take you through the dinosaur's threat range, I am assuming you stay put.

Shauni the wand activates and the spell tracks and damages the beast but it seems unfased.

It gives chase after the Wizard. Even at this point, it is CLEARLY obvious the wizard will outrun triceratops without a problem.

The Triceratops is now at least 40 feet from all of you. The wizard is at least 70 feet from you. (move action to get on the horse, one move away)

Katasi, do you still charge and attack?

Dark "Bah, the wizard will be back but I no longer think staying put is a good idea, the report about the ruins had nothing about Dinosaurs. We might be safer there..." (have you ever imagined if talking took no time at all in real life?) Dark hops onto his horse, "I will go after the arcane wielder of doom."
He looks at anthony who gives him a nod. Dark is 50 feet away.

in addendum

A friend from rl will be taking over Vera (one of the inquisitors) shortly. I hope that no one minds. This is mostly so that I have one npc less to worry about.

Chyron and Anthony both stand up from their diving away from the Triceratops.

[The Big Orc]

ok, so Drath is going to ride his horse to the point that he can no longer see the dino, and he will go even if the horse dies at full speed. Then he is going to cautiously get back to the camp. The minute he sees a dino though he's driving his horse towards death again.

if the horse does die, he will use the spell "mount" as long as the dino isnt nearby but if it is, he will try to climb a tree ("nearby" is within 50ft)

climb [roll0]

[borninbones]

Have you had a lot of horses die on you? That is hard to do... Either way, if no one pursues the dino... Then the fight is over.

It takes about a minute to get away from the dino (ten rounds of you doing 600 ft per round, dino doing about 240 feet per round)

I need a survival check from drath.

[The Big Orc]

1d20+6.5=15.5

edit: stupid die roller, its not rolling!!! 1d20+6 this is right, right?
decided to use my own dice to avoid further frustration

[Ryuuk]

Guicho

The shock dying down, Guicho stays on the floor as the Triceratops charges after the fireball flinging wizard. "Guess you learn something new everyday. Big beasts don't like being lit on fire. Remind me not to stand between him and the stupidly heavy animal next time." He raises to his feet, wincing as his weight pushes down against his legs. It takes him a few seconds to get moving, his step a bit slower, but in the end he decides to simply call Bones over from wherever it ran off to.

"There was a nasty wind last time, but its the first time I see one of these things really. If you want to just head to the ruins now, we can make it by sundown. As long as we take a rest before going in we should be fine."

It's [-roll-]1d20+6[-/roll-] without the "-", but you can't do it on an edit.

[borninbones]

Drath: You manage not to get lost after the dinosaur has lost its steam. It takes you some time to avoid the large beast. Dire shows up on his horse but just nods to you and travels next to you back to the camp.

As you travel through the rest of the day, nothing happens till you get within a mile of the ruins. The sun has gone down at this point. As you approached the ruins, the sound of the hoofsteps change to that of walking on stone. As you look down at your feet, you are walking on a stone road.

In the light of the twilight, the illusion slowly begins to disapate and buildings start to appear where trees once stood. In the last droplets of sunlight, you come to realize you are standing in what must have been a sprawling metropolis. The buildings are beyond disrepair and are crumbling, not a one could looks like it would withstand a good shove.

You don't know who said it, but someone provides the best description, "wow"

[The Big Orc]

OOC (( wasnt rolling before the edit))

Drath is going to walk into one of the buildings.
The one that looks like its most likely to stand in a gust of wind.

[borninbones]

kno arch and engineer check from anyone who has ranks only.

Drath, the building you enter seems unsafe from step one. It is older then old and in decimated condition, whatever set out to destroy this building certainly has succeeded.

Search Check if you search the building.

Listen check from everyone.

Anyone who has a full bab can make a int.

[Reptilius]

Shauni

Listen [roll0]

[The Big Orc]

search 1d20+6=22
listen 1d20+3=8
((Drath))

[Katasi]

Sandstrider looks around him in slight awe. He quietly concentrates on everything he looks at, looking for evil.

[Using Detect Evil]

[roll0]

He gently lifts his psicrystal from it's place on his belt. "Time to work." He says to it. "I'm ready" it sends back telepathically.

[roll1]

He instructs his crystal to search the buildings and see what it can find.

[roll2]

[Ryuuk]

Guicho

"Ok... this is new." Guicho simply looks around as confused as everyone else around him. He wasn't buying it though, between the dreams and the treasure behind the trapped door, he felt this place liked to mess with people's minds. He splashes his eyes with his waterskin and shakes his head as if trying to wake up. If this was a dream, he was sure he would wake up shortly, he just didn't like the idea of falling asleep on horseback.

Listen [roll0]

[borninbones]

Its not what you hear, its what you don't. Its dead freakin quiet. There is zero noise but you.

Drath you find a scimitar, it is beat up (treat as having 1 hp). If repaired, it would be a very nice scimitar. Reflex save

Sandstrider's crystal finds a small satchel with 8 flasks filled with a green viscous fluid. Reflex Save

Detect evil: Strong aura something is seriously not right here. You are unable to discerns its location as it seems all over.

[The Big Orc]

reflex [roll0]

[Katasi]

[save for Sandstrider or his crystal?]

[anIceFan]

Aleash

Aleash pats Lucky as the horse gets a bit restless. He too feels that there is something wrong with this place.

I suggest that we move out from these ruins and set up camp until morning.


[roll0]

[borninbones]

((wierd, I posted yesterday but it isnt on there today...))

The crystal has to make the save.

Aleash and the Crystal

can hear something akin to chains being dragged along the ground. Chink chink chink.

[Katasi]

Ok, here it is.

[roll0]

[borninbones]

((sorry about the wait, I had to brush up on my psycrystal lore))

Drath dodges a crumbling wall as he searches the ruins. He is unscathed. The psycrystal is not so lucky and takes 2d6 falling damage from the wall falling on it. The chains seem to be getting louder. Aleash and Sandstrider if he is still focusing are the only ones who can act against the Humanoid covered in chains who has stepped from the darkness. Keep in mind you are all still mounted or on the cart.

[Katasi]

Sandstrider draws his sword as he sees the humanoid covered in chains, then leaps gets off his horse and concentrates, becoming larger.

[roll0]

[manifesting expansion for 10 minutes/level]

[anIceFan]

Aleash

Dropping from Lucky, Aleash feels the reassurance of solid stone beneath his feet. He draws his sword and says to the others, beware, there is some kind of ghoul present.

He will put himself between the party and the ghoul. If it comes within his reach, or he can reach it in a couple of steps, he will attack.

[roll0]
[roll1]

[borninbones]

Initiative please and first action. The thing sauntering towards you does not seem very human nor very nice.

Kno: planes (trained only)


The person who will be playing vera will be joining us later. If any of you have a problem with her joining, feel free to ask, I want your opinion, its as much as your game as it is my campaign.

[Ryuuk]

Guicho

Dammit, get with the program, come on! Shaking his head, Guicho takes a few moments to orient himself. He could have he had been on foot just a second ago. He'd thought that when he woke up back on Bones the city would be gone again. Bones was back, but... Focus, you can figure it out later...

He hadn't tried fighting on horseback, but it would probably be best to do so when he had a better grip on the world around him. He dismounts.

Initiative [roll0]

Ride check (fast dismount) [roll1]
-If this beats 20, then he can dismount as a free action and spring attack the chain thing.
-If it doesn't beat 20, then it'll cost him a move action, so he'll just hit it with an Entangling Ectoplasm (no save, entangled (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/conditionSummary.htm#entangled) for 5 rounds)

Attack Roll [roll2] (+8 if spring attacking with the longsword, +10 with a ranged touch attack if entangling ectoplasm is used) 19 on a ranged touch
Damage [roll3] + [roll4] Cold (if the longsword is used only)

[Katasi]

Sandstrider moves toward the newcomer. If he can get to it he attacks with his sword.

[roll0]
[roll1]

[sword is silvered, just in case that comes into play]

[borninbones]

The creature is moving towards the group slowly.

initiative
[roll0]

[The Big Orc]

Drath

initiative [roll0]

Once Drath sees this horrible and disgusting creature, he will cast fireball aiming right at his head

fireball [roll1]

[borninbones]

Aleash - init and action please
Shauni - init and action please
Guicho - sorry about that, I thought everyone was on horseback or on the cart... Also I don't know how psionics and spell resistance work out so if I could get a caster level check until I can find out please.
Sandstrider- CURSES!
Drath - Caster level check

[borninbones]

I have looked into and I do NOT need a powers check from Guicho. Just Drath.

[The Big Orc]

ok i sent you one by message, if you didnt get it i will reroll

[roll0]

[anIceFan]

Aleash

When it becomes obvious that they creature is intent on continuing towards the group. Aleash tightens his grip on his broadsword and steps out to destroy it.


Sorry for the delay, things have been pretty hectic, and I keep forgetting to post to this. It does not by any means mean that I am not interested. I will be here until everyone is gone!

[roll0]
[roll1]
[roll2]

[Katasi]

Aleash - init and action please
Shauni - init and action please
Guicho - sorry about that, I thought everyone was on horseback or on the cart... Also I don't know how psionics and spell resistance work out so if I could get a caster level check until I can find out please.
Sandstrider- CURSES!
Drath - Caster level check

:) hehehehehe

[borninbones]

Ok. So Drath's fireball fizzles and goes out without doing any damage. Guicho's Entangling Ectoplasm has the creature going slowly. Sandstrider's attack misses. Both of Aleash's attacks miss. (sorry everyone the board roller is not being kind). But you are not alone. The archivist and the inquisitors are not unarmed npcs. They draw arms and attack.

The archivist whips out a book and attempts to draw further knowledge of the creature [roll0]

Chyron pulls out a spear and charges! [roll1] [roll2]

The one-eyed warrior pulls out a longsword and attacks with practiced precision. [roll3] [roll4]

Dire withholds action and stays in front of the Mikale, weapons at the ready.

The creature seems unfased and attacks the warrior who reached it first, Aleash. [roll5] [roll6] and the old warrior carrying the smite ability [roll7] [roll8].

Everyone go ahead and post your actions despite initiative order.

The archivist cries out "its a chain devil, aim for the flesh underneath the chains! Silver works best!" (all damage rolls are at +1)

[Katasi]

Sandstrider hears the archivist and nods thoughtfully. He yells loudly. "Bahamut be with me!" as he swings his sword at the beast again.

[roll0]
[roll1]

[using smite evil]

[Katasi]

Wow, a crit AND a good damage roll.

[roll0]

[+4 smite evil damage in damage roll only applies once]

[The Big Orc]

Drath casts Blur on the chain devil

caster check [roll0]

[The Big Orc]

((Blur gives a 20% miss chance, 6 minute duration, will save DC 17 negates, and i read description wrong orriginally so if its ok i cast it on Sandstrider, and its touch range so i had to run up to him, so yeah, and only True Seeing can see through it)) read the mini version of the decription first time which is much less descriptive

[borninbones]

((sorry for the absence, holiday stuff))

Alrighty then, Sandstrider, seeing an opening in the chains exploits it with holy fervor and sends the foul devil back to the Nine Hells of Baator. He will definitely be feeling that in the morning.

Drath
Since the devil went down before you casted the spell, your character would not have casted it in order to defend against nothing.

You are now standing in the middle of the ruins, a suggestion was submitted to pull out and camp for the night OR you can trudge into the depths of the Arcturian Ruins.

[The Big Orc]

"I totaly wanna sleep here tonight dawgs, as long as SOME ONE gives me something to read thats somewhat intellectual." Drath says and starts using mage hand to set up his tent while he brushes and unsadles his horse for the night.

[anIceFan]

Aleash

Aleash is preparing to make another strike at the chain devil, when the foul beat is struck down by Sandstriders blow. Instead he spins to examine the area for any other foes that could threaten the party.
Well struck my friend. That was surely guided by the gods. I would recommend that we pull back out of these ruins for the night to set up camp.

If the others agree he will proceed to whatever site they choose and groom lucky along with his other preperations for the night.

[Katasi]

Sandstrider nods to Aleash. "Yes, Bahamut was with me on that one. I agree, we should probably get out of here before more trouble finds us." He says, sheathing his sword and looking around. " I don't like this place one bit."

[Ryuuk]

Guicho

"Yeah, we just ran into a devil, it might not be the best of ideas to take a nap on their stomping grounds." He takes a moment to check the ground below him with his foot. Once he's sure he's on the ground, he mounts Bones and follows Aleash. "A perfect cut by the way, Sandstrider."

[borninbones]

umm alrighty then... The inquisitors and the archivist whole heartedly agree this is not a good place to camp. So... the entire group minus drath pulls out of the ruins.

:belkar:

[Katasi]

Sandstrider mutters to Aleash about Drath as they set up camp. "Wonder why he wants something intellectual to read, if he's staying in there he must be off in the head." He shakes his head. "Wonder if we are even going to be able to find the body tomorrow"

[anIceFan]

Aleash

Aleash chuckles as Sandstrider comments on Drath.
Yeah, somewhat impulsive that one huh? I imagine he will make his way out here with the rest of us. Who know, sometimes I wonder if mages even live in the same world as us normal folk. I couldn't imagine throwing around fire and the other things they do.

If after a few minutes Drath doesn't follow the rest of the group, Aleash will tell Sandstrider.
I am going to try to convince Drath to join us. I won't be long, hopefully.

He will then go and try to get the absent mage.

[Katasi]

Sandstrider chuckles softly to himself, his psicrystal hoping onto Aleash's shoulder. "Take my crystal with you, if you get into trouble, we'll know about it." He says.

[borninbones]

Assuming Drath has not moved after the party leaves, it gets unusually quiet. If Drath has not gone anywhere, he is still there and intact when Aleash heads back.

[The Big Orc]

is there anyway to set up a spell to work like a trap? If theres like some door or something and I can, I want to have a fireball cast at whoever opens it (from the way we didnt come in) and I can do that to 2 doors if its possible.

[Katasi]

is there anyway to set up a spell to work like a trap? If theres like some door or something and I can, I want to have a fireball cast at whoever opens it (from the way we didnt come in) and I can do that to 2 doors if its possible.

it's possible, but I think it requires a high DC craft (trapsmithing) check.

[The Big Orc]

well, since craft can be done untrained

craft (trapsmithing) [roll0]
craft (trapsmithing) [roll1]

[anIceFan]

Aren't we just in the middle of a dilapidated city? what are you setting fireball traps on?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zng5kRle4FA

[The Big Orc]

ok, im really confused, are we in that city just outside of the ruins or are we inside of the ruins? I thought we were inside the ruins. If we arnt i would have followed them and never set up camp.

[Katasi]

ok, im really confused, are we in that city just outside of the ruins or are we inside of the ruins? I thought we were inside the ruins. If we arnt i would have followed them and never set up camp.

I think it's the ruins, which are a dilapidated city.

[The Big Orc]

borinbones?

[borninbones]

Sorry about the silence. I didn't have time to check the boards over the weekend. You are in the middle of a ruined and dilapidated city. It was mostly destroyed during a cataclysm your characters know nothing about (albeit you didnt have to be there to realize this city was destroyed and not simply taken over by nature).

As for the fireball thing, you don't find any doors that are both recognizable and in one piece. You also don't find any buildings that have a roof.

As you are looking for a door you see aleash walking towards you.

[The Big Orc]

"Sup A-man?" Drath says to aleash as he realises that theres no way of setting up a good camp. "Found anywhere better?"

[anIceFan]

Aleash

On returning to find the mage still in the ruins, Aleash approaches him.

Yes, we have found someplace out of these ruins for now. We will be able to rest up and find the entrance to the caverns in the morning.


Trying to give Drath an out as to why he stayed behind.

great, TBO posted as I was writing this.

[The Big Orc]

Drath will take down his camp and follow aleash and set it up where all the others are.

[anIceFan]

Aleash

On returning to the camp with Drath, Aleash will take Lucky aside, unsaddle him, and rub him down. He will then set him up with a feedbag, and give him a bucket of oats.

Once the horse is prepared for the night, he will find a place to set out his bedroll, and then eat some rations. Finding Sansdstrider, he will engage the half giant in conversation.

These ruins don't look too familiar. Maybe it is just the time of day. I will be happy when then sun rises and we can see that area of darkness.

[Katasi]

Sandstrider thinks about what Aleash said before replying. "I think these ruins can change. he says. I think it might have something to do with the him mentioned by the orb of light that we talked to. He frowns "It worries me."

[anIceFan]

Aleash

Perhaps, That is something I had not considered. I am not sure that I want to. with a chuckle That seems troubling. I suspect the him is not something that we will want to meet. But I feel almost compelled to seek out more. I am afraid before we are don't we will learn more about him then anyone could ever wish.

[Katasi]

Sandstrider nods thoughtfully. "These ruins worry me greatly. Have you noticed how the whole place permeates with evil? He says. "From what I've heard and seen so far I think I might wish to face Tiamat herself before whoever this him is. And I feel like we are missing a few facts." As the talk Sandstrider takes out his whetstone and begins to sharpen his sword.

[borninbones]

Anthony will step into the firelight with a wry smile on his older human features. "Careful what you wish for." Anthony will toss his head back in laughter. "Haha, I am just messin with ya. But still for at least a little while, perhaps it would be best for a little extra protection." He will stand and begin casting protection from evil.

After he has finished the spell, "Lets get some rest."

[The Big Orc]

drath with unsaddle his horse, rub him down give him oats, set up his bed roll 10ft from the fire and go to sleep

[Katasi]

Sandstrider quickly unharnesses the mules and gives them food before grabbing some trail rations from the cart to munch on himself as he sits down near the fire.

[borninbones]

Assuming that the party puts up watches, the night passes slowly. With each watch, the same thing happens.

Strange noises issue from the jungle all through the night. Whoever is awake sees dark things moving through the woods, if someone checks it out you find nothing.

Those that are asleep have rather lucid dreams. You are each walking through the a beautiful elven city with a loved one (if none then the person disturbingly has no face). The whole city is made of gorgeous white marble. With blues, purples and golds accenting the soft curves of the buildings. Arcane magic seems so commonplace that children run by, chasing a ball of raw magic, one of them catches it and absorbs it. After doing so he points skyward and conjurs a beautiful fireworks display. After watching the display, you and the person with you continue on through the city. Someone shouts at random and points skyward. As you follow their pointing, you see a large meteor flying at the city. The dream changes and you are wondering around the city, now bathed in flames, searching for the loved one. You see a body that might be them, as you rush towards them, just before you can tell wether or not it is them, you wake up, bathed in sweat and the morning light.

[borninbones]

Looking around you see that the city has gone back to being a normal forest. Not far away you see a fruit tree that would make a good breakfast.

[anIceFan]

Aleash

Aleash eyes the fruit with interest. Not being a woodsman, he decides to stick with the rations that he das brought himself.

He takes time to thank Heironeous for a wonderful day, then prepares himself and Lucky for the day ahead.

[The Big Orc]

once Draths dream of an unknown woman has awakened him, he takes a few minute to collect himself before going over to the fruit he has spotted and trying to get some
((not sure what you need so if u need more just ask))
climb [roll0]
if he manages to get some he will inspect them to see if they might be poisonous or anything
survival[roll1]
((+0.5 on survival lol))

[Katasi]

Sandstrider is highly suspicious of this change, considering what he saw the previous night. He goes over to the tree and uses his ability to detect evil on the tree and fruit.

[borninbones]

The fruit is peach like. Orange and red in color and soft to the touch. It is a tree that is indigenous to this region and most likely as safe as any other tree. The seed in the center of the fruit is not edible but can be placed boiling water to make a decent tasting tea.

The tree is not evil.

[Katasi]

Sandstrider is still suspicious. He decides to make sure that this tree really is a tree and isn't just fooling him. He pulls out his sword and attacks it.

[roll0]
[roll1]

[Ireillia Briony]

Vera sits on a nearby rock and eats rations. She takes in the change of scenery and then watches Sandstrider examine the tree.


Hi. I'll be playing Vera if it's ok with everyone.

[borninbones]

Alrighty then. You aim for the trunk and the small tree takes the damage. Due to hardness and such, it looks like if you take another hack at it in the same spot, you will cut the tree in half.

[Katasi]

Satisfied that this is a normal tree, Sandstrider grabs a fruit and starts eating.

[anIceFan]

Aleash

Aleash gives a chuckle at the plight of the poor tree. You had better watch out Sandstrider, it looks like it might fight back. he says with a laugh. He considers taking some of the fruit with him when the leave this camp.


Ireillia Briony welcome.

So, Vera is one of the priests right?

[borninbones]

Yes, Vera the Spirit Shaman. Good with bows. Glad you could join us Ireillia Briony

[The Big Orc]

I'm gonna take a few quick bites before preparing my spells

[borninbones]

As you approach the ruins in the light, a feeling of deja vu comes over most of you. There is an orb of darkness hanging around where the stairwell should be. Mikale scratches his head, "What is that?"

[anIceFan]

Aleash

That is exactly what we are looking for. The entrance is in that patch of darkness. We should find a location here to leave the horsesm they won't be any good in there. There are stairs leading down, so I suggest everyone watch their step.

[The Big Orc]

(( 8 hours of sleep restores your lvl *2 health rigt?))

"Before we go in" Drath mutters as he walks towards the fruit tree, "I suggest we take everything from this tree that we can" as he starts to pick the fruits and put as many in his bag as he can.

When they start going in he casts light on the weapon of whoevers in the lead and then goes and stays at the back.

[borninbones]

Its a personal rule that gives way more back then normal but you recover level*con modifier if positive. If it is not positive, then it is level*1.

[Ireillia Briony]

(( 8 hours of sleep restores your lvl *2 health rigt?))

"Before we go in" Drath mutters as he walks towards the fruit tree, "I suggest we take everything from this tree that we can" as he starts to pick the fruits and put as many in his bag as he can.

When they start going in he casts light on the weapon of whoevers in the lead and then goes and stays at the back.

Vera approaches the tree Sounds like a plan and collects some fruit.

[The Big Orc]

(( ok im not gonna be able to post for like a week so please assume that I will use these spells when they are best usefull:
2 light(used one so far)
1 mage hand
1 arcane mark
1 magic missile
3 feather fall
1 shocking grasp
2 scorching ray
1 detect thoughts
1 touch of idiocy
1 blur
2 fireball
1 fly
Dcs are: lvl 0 15, lvl 1 16, lvl 2 17, lvl 3 18))

[borninbones]

If you aren't playing your character then no one is. You go into autofollow and will be with the party but not contributing.

RAILROADING TO FURTHER THE CAMPAIGN

After the fruit is gathered and the horses taken care of, I assume you tackle the door. It takes about 10 minutes for you to stumble around in the darkness, find the door, and move the door. You are greeted by a dark set of stairs going down. Although some time has past, this is all to familiar. As you trek down into the bowels of the earth, past the long bridge to the room with the Door of Ultimate Treasure and the Hall of Blindness. The party is mostly quiet, even the normally chatty ones are quiet till you come to where the hallways split. One leads down to Him and where the spiders were, the other leads down to where you found the elves.

"This is where we part ways." The priests pull off packs and withdraw a multitude of weapons. Anthony pulls Vera aside for a moment. Afterwards, the priests put on pairs of white goggles and extinguish their torches and dissappear into the darkness of the tunnel beyond. Vera stays behind with the group.

[anIceFan]

Aleash

Good luck to you then.

Turning to Vera, I assume that you will be remaining with us?

[Ireillia Briony]

Vera reponds For the time being.

[borninbones]

Sorry for the silence. You continue your way into the room where Joseph was held. Hearing and seeing nothing, you continue into the exit the glowing elves had come through. The tunnel turns (for those of you bothering to keep track you are headed away from town). The tunnel opens up to a similar bridge that you had crossed earlier. The main difference is that on either side of the bridge are two curious looking towers that are hanging down from the ceiling of rock.

Something loud and in a language beyond you is shouted out. You didn't catch what was said but you get the general gist of "stop or I send several pointy objects your way." Several armed guardsman make their way onto the bridge; lead by the cleric you had come across earlier. "Daygood" Is what those who speak elvish hear. (this is not a traditional greeting and is a little strange to hear)

[anIceFan]

Aleash

Hearing the unusual greeting, Aleash Stops and holds up his empty hands.
We come in peace.

In common
Everyone stop and hold up your hands. We must show them that we mean no harm. Drath, no not take any offensive actions, unless we are directly attacked.

[Ryuuk]

Guicho

Answering back in Elven, "Uhh, day good to you to. We don't need any pointy sticks this way, we just hope to, um, exchange some words" Guicho lifts his hands up to his head's level, making it clear that the weapons at his side are going to be staying there.

Eying the cleric, he tries find the elf's name in the dustiest corner of his mind. Dammit, well asking now might not be the best of ideas... maybe something that would jog his memory Speaking towards the elfs again, he steps forward, but stays behind Aleash. "We've been here before, took back a man who came into the ruins alone..."

[Ireillia Briony]

Vera holds up her hands and steps up beside Aleash. She scans the group trying to find any distinguishing symbols/features to try and recognize any of them or determine what race they are and any other useful bits of info.

Vera says a formal greeting in elven.

[borninbones]

((so I hate to ask this but do any of the character speak undercommon?))

((I hate to ask it because I should know that.))

[anIceFan]

No help here.

[Ireillia Briony]

((Vera does.))

[borninbones]

The Cleric turns to the other elves and starts speaking to them.

Undercommon - "These are the ones I told you about. Lets bring them to the High One." He turns and speaking in broken elvish "You go with me, bring to leader."

[borninbones]

What follows is a long and boring drawn out diplomatic process involving Mikale and pretty much Mikale only. Seeing as you are all good roleplayers and really aren't involved in the diplomatic process, I am just going to fast forward, is that ok with everyone?

[anIceFan]

That is fine with me.

[borninbones]

Mikale steps forward and begins speaking to them. They walk away and you follow not knowing at all what is being said. Any questions asked by the party are either dismissed or answered by Mikale in short curt answers, rather rudely. You are taken across the bridge to a short cave that empties into a MUCH MUCH larger cave that the City of Arcturians is built in all its splendid glory. You have seen such a city but instead of beauty it was a nightmare from the night before. The diplomats meet inside the city and you are greeted everywhere you look by glowing elves. They refer to you rakona or rakonas as a group. Mikale explains later that this means "Unlit or Dark Ones." All is going fairly smoothly until not soon after the diplomats have met, a large roar issues from deep within the caverns that you have just come from. A whisper issues forth from the elves, "him." The ground begins to shake like a dog coming in out of the rain.

[Ireillia Briony]

Vera watches to see if anyone reaches to the noise by pulling out a weapon or something. If so, she goes for her bow. If not, she doesn't.

Well, this is certainly fun.

[anIceFan]

Aleash

Aleash falls to his knees as the ground begins to shake.
Him? Does he do this often, how long will it last.

Once he regains his balance, he will reach back for how sword while remaining on on knee.

[Katasi]

Sandstrider gets ready for a fight, dropping his spear and drawing his bow and nocking an arrow into it and preparing an action to shoot anything unusual.

[borninbones]

((I am sorry about my silence. It has not been avoidable. This however is the end of Borninbones for some time. I will miss you all. I have lost access to the internet. It is unlikely that I will even see replies to this message. My life has just been crushed and then put into a +5 Blender of Roleplay Destruction. It has been a fun run and I encourage the group to find someone who can takeover. I am sorry, I really am. Good luck and goodbye.))

[anIceFan]

I am very sorry to hear that you will be leaving us.

All the best.

[Katasi]

Well this sucks. Anyone in the group feel like finding a way to continue the game? We have a pretty good group here.

[anIceFan]

All of my RP has been here online over the past couple of years, and I have never GM's before.

That being said, I might look through some modules and see if I can't GM one for the group. I wouldn't go exactly with what it has, and I would see if I could find a transition from where we are.

Of course a decision would have to be made regarding my character.

[Katasi]

All of my RP has been here online over the past couple of years, and I have never GM's before.

That being said, I might look through some modules and see if I can't GM one for the group. I wouldn't go exactly with what it has, and I would see if I could find a transition from where we are.

Of course a decision would have to be made regarding my character.

I've DMed several online games in the past few years. Unfortunatly the fact that my internet can go down for a month at a time with little or no warning makes it hard, but I can help you out. And as for your character, as far as I see there is no problem with a DMPC, dunno what the others think though. And DMing online like this is easier than regular DMing because you have a few minutes or even hours to think of something when a player pulls something spontaneous on you

[Ireillia Briony]

:smallfrown: Bummer.

I have no problem with someone else DMing. I'm not very good at it myself though. DMPC's are just fine with me if you can handle doing both.

[anIceFan]

The Big Orc, Ryuuk you guys still watching?

Ifno one else has an objection, I will try and find a module that I can work us into. I will see if I can GM and GMPC for a while.

[Ryuuk]

If you are going to try to keep the group together, I'll gladly stick around. How are you planing on doing this, same setting and characters or just a starting from scratch?

[anIceFan]

I am thinking we will try and continue from where we are. Obviously, the story will change. I will go with the fact that we are in a cave with the "dark elves" and move from there. Consider the one a non entity. We might ignore the last rucus that happened. I am not sure yet. Once I find a campaign (next week I hope) I will give a synopsis and we can decide if we wish to change any characters.

[Katasi]

I am thinking we will try and continue from where we are. Obviously, the story will change. I will go with the fact that we are in a cave with the "dark elves" and move from there. Consider the one a non entity. We might ignore the last rucus that happened. I am not sure yet. Once I find a campaign (next week I hope) I will give a synopsis and we can decide if we wish to change any characters.

I'll help you out any way I can. I have a hunch the direction the DM was going with this campaign, but I'm not totally sure.

[anIceFan]

I have found a module that I believe will work. I think it will tie in very well with everything that we have done so far. Give me a day or two to do some tweaking and I will get something real up IC for us to move on.

[Katasi]

Lol, premade modules, the last one of those I played was Tomb of Horrors.

[anIceFan]

Well, I did mention that I was new to this. :smallredface:

It won't be right out of the box. I will be making changes to it to make it flow into where we are a bit better. Plus, I hope to change it enough so that it might not be recognizable for what it is. That probably won't work, but I will give it a try.

[Katasi]

If you choose tomb of horrors just please get rid of the demon mouth.

[anIceFan]

I promise, no Tomb of horrors. And I will try and get rid of anything too cheesy.

[Katasi]

Lol, have fun.

[Ireillia Briony]

Never played Tomb of Horrors I don't think. Demon Mouth. That sounds different. lol

[anIceFan]

Can everyone either re-post your character sheet here, or PM them to me.

I might need to add demon mouth to the campaign.

[Ryuuk]

Alright, here´s Guicho (http://pifro.com/pro/view.php?id=576) again.

[Katasi]

Sandstrider: http://www.coyotecode.net/profiler/view.php?id=1478

[anIceFan]

Starting tomorrow this will return to the IC thread. We can continue other discussions in the original OOC thread. http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59273

I would prefer to keep this one cleaner from here on out.

Of course, if you just have a comment to include with an IC post, you can still put it in spoilers.

Hopefully TBO stops by soon. His last post said he would be away for a week, but that was a few weeks ago.

[anIceFan]

GM

Game on

As the earthquake subsides, most of the elves begin to talk nervously amongst themselves. The ambassador who has been speaking to Mikale quietly in undercommon. Although you can not hear what he is saying, the tension is etched on his face. After a moment Mikale turns to the rest of the group.
Come, we are to be shown in to see their mayor immediately.

The group is ushered with a bit of haste into on of the larger buildings of the underground city, and shown into a darkly beautiful room. The walls appear to be carved from the natural stone. The ebony walls sparkle with thousands of jewels of every color, In the center of the room, a group of 6 older elves are standing around a table all speaking in undercommon heatedly. Their attention is focused on a much younger elf who sits at the head of the table. When the young elf spots the party, he angrily orders the rest out. He then sits down in his chair and visibly unwinds for a moment.

He then speaks to the group in common.
Thank you for coming; I am Asavail, the mayor of the Arcturians. Our city, and indeed the world stand in great peril. Many generations ago, the races of the world banded together to fight a great evil that was known simply as The One. Through our combined might, the evil was sealed in a prison deep within the earth. As a key to the prison, a stone known as the sage stone was infused with the power of 100 mages. This city was built to guard the key, in this task we have failed and if we do not act soon, the evil will once again be released.

Asavail will pause for a moment to let this sink in. In the pause he will summon a servant to bring stone goblets for everyone. The goblets are filled with the clearest cleanest water that anyone has ever drunk.

He continues sadly.
It was during the period of morning my father’s death and my transition to power. A thief was able to make his way into our city and steal the sage stone. I see your arrival at this time as a gift of the gods. We know that the thief was an agent of the necromancer Landryn Teriak who lives to the north in the kingdom of Denagoth. Unfortunately, we are unable to follow the thief. Our time living under the ground has made us un-suitable for a journey overland. I ask that you 5 brave souls venture to recover this lost key. I fear that if you do not, Teriak will be able to use the key to remove the wards on the prison, and The One will once again be set free to ravage the land.



Essentially what they are saying in undercommon.
“You must do something”
“This wouldn’t have happened under your father.
That sort of stuff

I am still hoping that TBO shows up, otherwise I will have to tone down some of the stuff.
Ireillia Briony please don't forget to put your character sheet online

[Katasi]

Ouch, bad timing on starting up again, I have an unexpected trip. I'll be back in about a week.

[Ryuuk]

Guicho

"He...he-he...." The laugh is meek and half hearted, and its obvious from his tone that the mayor's words have sunk in. He seemed to be waiting for someone to laugh, for this to be some kind of joke. It didn't look like it. "We weren't expecting anything so... This "The One", just how..." He takes a step back, but as he begins to motion for the next one, he spots the small badge he's been given back home. A family heirloom, they'd told him. Now he couldn't help but feel it looking at him disdainfully. A gift from the gods huh? He takes his spot again, resolve seemed to have crept up on him.

"How long would it take for this madman to use the key?"

[anIceFan]

GM

Asavail thinks for a moment.
The Sage stone was stolen 3 months ago. Since that time, the rumplings and earthquakes have been growing stronger. I believe that if this is not completed before the first snows fall in the outside world, none of us will be around to see another snowfall.


Lets say it is mid summer there now, around July for us. The first snowfall would be expected in around 4 months or so. Heck, I am in So cal, what do I know about snowfall. :)

[Ireillia Briony]

Vera asks, So it is the actual absence of the stone that will unlock The One? Why didn't the necromancer destroy it?

Vera shifts uneasily, Considering the gravity of this mission, are you sure you want to rest it in our hands? Not to say that it is not a great compliment to bestow such a responsiblity to us....Do you have no contacts at all on the surface who could better complete this? I mean someone who has a more intimate relationship to the stone than us strangers?

[anIceFan]

GM

The danger of the stone is two fold. The first is that it acts as a key to imprison The One. The second is the power that is contained in the stone itself. If Teriak is unable to learn how to use the stone, he will grow in power almost enough to match the One. The one benefit that we have, is that he can not study it for more than a short period of time. If you are in direct contact with the stone for more than 3 hours, your soul will be sucked in along with the rest of the sages.

I have considered alerting your king so that he can assemble great armies to attack Teriak. But this would be futile. As soon as he spotted the armies, he would go into hiding. As long as he stays in his keep in Denagoth we can locate him. Our only hope is a small band to move in swiftly and quietly. Some in this party have proven themselves to be brave and trustworthy to my people. I have great confidence in sending you to perform this task.

Will you accept this charge?

[anIceFan]

Aleash / Sandstrider

Aleash and Sandstrider both fall to a knee to accept the charge.

Sandstrider
By Bahamut we will retrieve this stone.


Aleash
I will do all that is in my power to ensure that this key is put back into it's rightful place.

[Ireillia Briony]

Vera looks at Aleash & Sandstrider and then back to Asavail.

Vera sighs & says, It looks like we accept. and smiles.

[Ryuuk]

Guicho

"Guess so... I'd rather not see what happens when the key breaks."

[anIceFan]

DM

The Mayor continues to look at the rest of the party. After a few moments of continued silence, he assumes their acceptance of the task.

I thank you brave souls for accepting this task. It will not be easy, Teriak is held in high regard in Denagroth. You may avail of our stores to stock your provisions. I would suggest you leave within two days.

Gods speed to you all

It is apparent that the audience is over at this point. Guides escort you out of the room and ask if you will be needing further assistance.

[Ireillia Briony]

Vera looks around "Ok are we all set or does anyone need anything? we might as well stock up."