Lereth(IC thread)

[Proud Tortoise]

Alamix explains that it is not Tribbles. "But, er, Mr. Dread? Has the rat told you where Tribbles is?"

[Zefir]

Xidor

Xidor walks around watching the prople running and selling their stuff. Then he notice the stand with the maps and journals. He heads straith for it and observes the dokuments. Assuming he can only throw a short look over them he tries to find out what kind of culture lays behind these plans.

[shugyosha]

Olomara

She looks at Slip, "We need Lorenzo or that Ogre we met earlier. Go and get them."

[Togath]

Olomara, Slip:
"we got him fer a collecter, Bloody 'Ands said the bugger would sell good if'n we found a buyer 'ere. Thought we'd 'ad it sealed up good in a box below deck" as Bubs in finishing speaking the jiang-shi starts to hop slowly towards Olomara and Bubs, though it's still about 30 feet away.
-Olomara;

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you are able to confirm that the jiang-shi is undead

Alamix, Angharad, Snarin:
"Tribbles has runs here below, unless Tribbles is out again, down the other way he's went" "The other Tribbles-kin did die to quick, as I forgot to not dead them" says the dreadguard

Xidor:
The bulk of the maps appear to come from a region in southern Raseri, and a quick glance at the journals speak of ruins like those found when New Oland was first being settled, though larger

[Fibinachi]

Slip

"Miss, not sure I want to leave you with a maybe deadly thingamabob. You absolutely sure you want me to high tail it out of here?"

Whatever it was it was hopping closer. Not exactly in a predatory way, no, but it had purpose in that curious jittery stride.

"Let's just back up, fellas. Back up. We'll shout for help if we need it, ye? Bubs, can it speak?"

Slip slid backwards a few feet while actively taking the time to root for a bolt.

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In round terms: 5 ft step backwards and reload crossbow as a move action - assuming that's possible.

[Chained Birds]

Snarin

"What?"

Snarin states with a rather confused expression.

[Zefir]

Xidor

The maps are intressting, but the Journal is even more.

"What do you want for it?"

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Knoweledge History: (1d20+9)[23]
To see what he knows about these ruins, like what kind of race could have build them etc.

[shugyosha]

Olomara

"You think we can handle this?"" she looks at Slip. "I'll try to slow it down." Her fingers and hands make an arcane gesture she calls upon the element of wood.

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Casting Entangle.

[Togath]

Olomara, Slip:
"I don' know if it can talk, caught the bugger durin' a rainstorm, so it was dormant at tha time" says Bubs, after Olomara's spell catches hold he draws out a small dagger.

Olomara and Slip roll for initiative.
Bubs;(1d20+6)[18]
Jiangshi;(1d20+10)[15]


Alamix, Angharad, Snarin:
"Tribbles is below as we is. Must gone that other way"

Xidor:
"one hundred gold pieces" says the stallkeeper, an odd man wearing thick furs, with his hair covering your veiw of his face.
-Knowledge check result;

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some of notes have a few sketches of writing found near the ruins, which resembles the Yamato tongue, but appears to use the syntax of Old Trollish, the ruins seems to be about human sized, though on the large end, from what you can tell from the diagrams anyway.
~Yamato tongue: a language native to Yamato, mostly spoken by fairies and the humans of Yamato.
~Old Trollish: an ancient language, used by trolls and goblins long ago.

[Fibinachi]

Slip

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Slip's initiative: 5

"I wonder. And doubt we...--"

Slip barely managed to finish before something happened and the lurching, hopping creature found itself veritably entangled by obstructive wood, planks and ropes. It was delayed, at least momentarily. Olomara could clearly take care of herself.

"... --Although that improves our odds. Significantly. Right. I'll duck left, Bubs - go right. Spread out, flank it. It can't hit all of us.""

Slip took a step to the left, planted his feet and raised his crossbow. Dormant meant animal of some kind, and if awake, then dangerous. Although a hopping vampire was sort of a strange thing, it was exactly that particular breed of between curious and weird he expected to find in Stormport these days. How did it go again, with vampires? The heart or the head? Maybe just do it the simple way and rip its arm off, beat it to re-death with it and call it a night. No. No, focus. Breathe, aim, let go.

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Speech: Free action.
5ft foot step to the left
Fire crossbow, standard action, assumed clear line of fire
(d20+2)[19](21)
dmg if hit:

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(d8)[2]
Add: 19 is crit threat: 2 x 2 = 4
If crit vulnerable. Dm should roll crit confirmation to avoid my doubleposting too much

then drop the crossbow once fired, another free action

[Togath]

Slip's bolt hits and sticks in the jiangshi's side, it hisses slightly at being shot.
Unless Olomara's roll beats Bubs' Bubs is next.

[Proud Tortoise]

Alamix leads the way in the direction the Dread Guard indicates.

[galenbd]

Angharad follows along, abet more slowly. Uncertain they are going the correct direction, she takes time to track, allowing the rest of the group to get ahead of her.

[Togath]

Olomara, Slip:
"good show wit that spell lass, it aint going anywhere from tha looks o' it" says Bubs, before throwing his dagger at the jiang shi.

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(1d20+4)[11](1d4+1)[5]

which proceeds to missed it by about a foot "err...I'll hit it next time, sur' o' it"
Olomara is next.
edit: nvm, misread the 7 as 17, I'll get a post for the jiangshi, and then she really will be next.

Alamix, Anghard, Snarin:
heading down the second tunnel(the one in which you saw a large number of rodent tracks in), you pass by several empty alcoves carved into the soil, lined with soot on the upper portions.
after a few minutes walking you come across a patch of the tunnel which is crossed by several small streams(about 1/2 of an inch to 3 inches deep, depending on the place in it and which one), which go on for about 50 feet along the tunnel from here.

[Togath]

Olomara, Slip(part 2, because I messed up when reading initiative):
seemingly unfazed by Olomara's spell--despite still being stuck to the dock--the jiang shi begins to make odd signs with it's hands, and a glow can be seen from a small scroll on it's forehead, as a spiraling blast of water suddenly manifests, and flies towards Slip, hitting him with a strong impact.

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Bull Rush from spell-like ability:(1d20+9)[22]

Pushing him back 10 feet diagonaly, putting him right at the edge of the dock.

[Togath]

Alamix, Anghard, Snarin(Angharad's tracking result):
you notice that the rodent's footprints seem to zigzag along the corridor, staying mostly to the shallowest areas of the streams.

[Chained Birds]

Snarin

As his group follows the man,

"So, we are looking for someone. Seen him?"

[Zefir]

Xidor

"One hundred? That's a damn high price. And I don't even know if this thing is worth anything."

He remembers how many gold he has himself. Taking a look at his money bag. Not enougth it seems.
He tries to think about the price.

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Not sure what roll you would like:##Knowledge, just to see if the Yamato are known for expensive suff:
(1d20+9)[21]
Appraise for the price:
(1d20+4)[20]
And Diplomancy for.. you know what.^^
(1d20)[3]

[Togath]

Alamix, Angharad, Snarin:
"Maker shown me picture, Tribbles' got beady eyes, big mustache, and lanky long arms, like orangutan" says the dreadguard, in it's odd syntax.

Xidor:
-Knowledge/appraise results;

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Yamato: Yamato is most famous for it's finely crafted swords, less famously outside of it is a type of finely detailed armour, called O-Yoroi, and it's skill at architecture.
The Journal: the journal is likely low value, as it's not only a copy of the original, but a relatively recently made one, and at least one of the others the merchant is selling is identical.

"So what ya think?" says the shopkeeper.

[Chained Birds]

Snarin

"So... He's this way?"

[galenbd]

Angharad's ears perk up when she hears about the Maker. Curious and worried, she asks, "What does this maker do and how do you know him?"

[Togath]

Alamix, Angharad, Snarin:
"Maker makes me, about five hundred me so far, maker is me as well, but smart and made of wood"

[Chained Birds]

Snarin

"Isn't wood more flammable?"

Snarin ponders a leader made of planks of wood with a sign for a head saying: "Burn Me Up Fast!"

[Togath]

Alamix, Angharad, Snarin:
"maker is burnable, but if he burning he can always think the fire gone. He is good at thinking things"

[Chained Birds]

Snarin

Snarin is shocked as he stares at his gloved hands,

"I must learn his power!"

Snarin then grabs the Dreadguard and shouts,

"Tell me where this man lives!"

[Zefir]

Xidor

Xidor holds the book inhand turning it around.

"I think you should go down with your price a bit, since it seems this is only a copy of the original one. How does 10 Gold sound?"

Hoping ten is just enougth for material and time.

[Proud Tortoise]

Alamix groans in exasperation. "All right, children, it's time for a grammar lesson. Today we're going to learn about pronouns and the complete sentence."

[shugyosha]

Olomara

"That was one of my best spells," she says with exasperation. "Let's get out of here and get help."

She casts another spell to slow it down, then moves away from it, back towards the bazaar.

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Cast Grease
30ft move back.

[Fibinachi]

Slip

It was like bolt slamming into his chest. Kicking and struggling against the water, Slip felt himself being pushed backwards. He came to scrabbling, desperate stop as he teetered near the edge. Disoriented thoughts. Dripping. The water below looked like an inviting escape route if nothing else. Neither Olomara nor Bubs had apparently done much damage while he had been distracted by the watery attack and, yep, as he collected his scattered focus Olomara came running past him at a fairly deft speed. Slip took a careful step away from the edge.

The vampire-thing was still hopping closer slowly and his crossbow was now well out of reach. He could shift. Let go for a bit and let the other him take care of this little issue... But. No. Olomara was being clever. Had to create a distraction first. Digging deep in his wet pockets, Slip pried out a dripping flask.

"It sniffed the air. It moves slowly. Can't talk. Dormant in rain. Doubt there's much brain left. Not reacting to bolt. I've got an idea"

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Retrieving an item from a pocket pouch. Move action.
(Flask, Tangefoot)

Moving 5 ft away from the edge and 10 ft forward, to previous position.. Move action.

[galenbd]

Angharad glances over at Alamix in dismay at Snarin outburst and lunatic assault. Not the first in the time that she had known him.

"I wonder if he will get himself killed?", She says to no one in particular.