The denouement

Chat History with denouement (#zemeister/$embersnade;91d7dec93de375b8)

Created on 2007-12-05 21:07:28.

2007-12-05

God: 18:46:48

so who wants to remind us all of last week's events...?

Tint Whistler: 18:46:53

I've writen a phonetic summary from last week.

God: 18:47:02

phonetic?!

Tint Whistler: 18:47:06

Well not really phonetic

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 18:47:06

Well, none of my arrows or spells seemed to work.

Tint Whistler: 18:47:13

“Ha Ha Ha”. First panic. Run? Fight? Fight!


Splat, grunt, slice, disease. More grunting, some splat.

Oh no there’s two of them. More fighting.

Oh no there’s 10 of them – panic. Run. No escape. Fight…

Many bruises later – victory! 

Tint Whistler: 18:47:26

:-)

Lotho: 18:47:32

haha

God: 18:47:34

I think that's "stream of consciousness"

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 18:47:36

Hee hee :)

God: 18:47:46

(or unconsciousness in some peoples' case)

Tint Whistler: 18:48:00

So summary done, what's next?

God: 18:48:01

So from memory you have slain all the orcs in the immediate vicinity

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 18:48:12

I remember the beastie duplicated itself.

God: 18:48:14

then moved on and slain the big fat demon which came out of the next cavern

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 18:48:20

Some demonic birdie beastie.

God: 18:48:32

It was a "Vrock" and its details are on the blog...

Lotho: 18:48:52

wern't there at least 2?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 18:48:56

Vrock sounds like a new style of music  (music) or some such

God: 18:49:04

Lotho: The Vrock summoned a mate

God: 18:49:17

then cast mirror image on itself so it looked like it had 10 mates

Tint Whistler: 18:49:23

Why don't they keep summoning indefinitely - have lots here

God: 18:49:34

sent file Orc caverns 1.jpg to members of this chat

God: 18:49:43

Tint: they can

God: 18:50:03

but every time a Demon summons another Demon it owes someone a favour

God: 18:50:07

so they avoid it when they can

Tint Whistler: 18:50:19

Ahh...

Lotho: 18:50:27

hrm. we're still at power/hit points same as before?

God: 18:50:34

I just sent you all a file that contains the map of the caverns

God: 18:50:38

Lotho: yes

God: 18:50:46

no regaining anything till you either heal or rest

Tint Whistler: 18:50:48

I'm on 6hp, 3pps and 0 songs

God: 18:50:56

Good work there tint

Tint Whistler: 18:50:59

Complete exhaustion

Lotho: 18:51:00

well, i'm on nil pps

God: 18:51:16

so all it needs is one more Demon...

Tint Whistler: 18:51:25

Ha ha

Tint Whistler: 18:51:45

How about checking out the next cavern and heading back to the boat?

Tint Whistler: 18:52:02

Oo... and checking for treasure

God: 18:52:03

perhaps a good idea

God: 18:52:06

all around

God: 18:52:22

so what is first?

God: 18:52:26

next cavern or treasure?

Tint Whistler: 18:52:46

Which doors have been opened?

Lotho: 18:52:57

so we came in the west entrance right?

God: 18:53:12

yes you came in the Northwest entrance (with the stairs and the door)

God: 18:53:22

the Northern doors have been opened - teh chieftain and his mates swarmed out of there

God: 18:53:33

the centre of the cavern is thick with dead, mostly smoking orcs

God: 18:53:45

the Eastern door is the door through which the Vrock came

God: 18:53:54

you have yet to investigate the Southern or Western doors

God: 18:54:25

(also ignore the cave with no doors - fuck only knows what that is)

Lotho: 18:54:29

well, do we wanna check out the dead first? specially the chieftain and his friends?

Tint Whistler: 18:54:39

Yup

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 18:54:46

aye, a bit of corpse fossicking

Tint Whistler: 18:54:54

Also the chieftains' quarters

God: 18:55:05

okay you fossick the corpses

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 18:55:15

*fossick*fossick*ewwwww

God: 18:55:18

the important guys are in a big pile near the western end of the room

God: 18:55:20

where you slew them

God: 18:55:29

except the witchdoctor, who is at the entry to the Eastern cavern

God: 18:55:42

you search the Orc chieftain and find:

Lotho: 18:55:57

ory tallying this stuff still?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 18:56:08

I suppose.

God: 18:56:13

armour and a longsword

Tint Whistler: 18:56:35

I have detect magic = 0pps

God: 18:56:46

the lieutenants also have armour, weapons adn a bottle of something each

Tint Whistler: 18:56:48

Concentrating very hard (whew)

God: 18:57:16

Tint casts detect magic on the items and finds that the chieftain's longsword, breastplate and light steel shield are all magical

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 18:57:35

Hurrah!

God: 18:57:38

The bottles of something are probably a potion of some sort but what it is you don't know...

God: 18:57:42

needs identify or a taste test

God: 18:58:11

the remainder of the Orcs have nothing interesting

Tint Whistler: 18:58:11

Does one identify do everything or do we need to cast one spell each?

God: 18:58:24

One spell for each object Tint

Tint Whistler: 18:58:43

Bugger

Lotho: 18:58:58

i have 0-level detect poison

Tint Whistler: 18:59:02

I have 3pps and Identify = 1pps - I suggest we wait until topside

Lotho: 18:59:02

is it poison?

God: 18:59:12

Lotho, the potion is not poison

Lotho: 18:59:16

mm

Lotho: 18:59:20

yeah, we wait

God: 18:59:24

but note detect poison cannot tell you if a potion is cursed, only if it is poison

God: 18:59:26

so

Tint Whistler: 18:59:35

Lets check out their rooms

God: 18:59:42

the witchdoctor is over at the cavern's Eastern entrance

God: 18:59:47

you check the rooms first?

Tint Whistler: 18:59:50

And the demon + witchdoctor

Lotho: 18:59:51

how would a potion be cursed/

Lotho: 18:59:52

?

God: 19:00:07

Lotho, how would a potion heal 3-18 hit points?

Tint Whistler: 19:00:08

I gets drunk - curse of a potion

Lotho: 19:00:10

yeah, rooms on the way to the witchdoctor

God: 19:00:14

okay

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:00:18

Aye the witchdoctor should have some magic nuggest on his person

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:00:25

nuggets, that is

Lotho: 19:00:32

um

Tint Whistler: 19:00:33

How about the demon?

God: 19:00:52

The Demons are both in this room it's true, but a bit of fossicking on them reveals nothing in their possession

God: 19:01:01

You go to the rooms?

Tint Whistler: 19:01:04

Rooms?

Tint Whistler: 19:01:09

rooms!

God: 19:01:14

okay

God: 19:02:07

the right-hand room is obviously the room of the lieutenants and the witchdoctor - the right hand half of the room is messy and stuffed full of weapons and cut, rotting meat, with 2 bedrolls; the left hand half is messy and stuffed full of strange objects and cut, rotting meat

God: 19:02:26

there is a small chest in the witchdoctor's side of the room

Tint Whistler: 19:02:40

traps lotho?

Lotho: 19:03:30

what i use for that?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:03:46

... strange objects ... ?

Tint Whistler: 19:03:51

hey god's gone to sleep!

God: 19:03:55

Lotho: use "search"

God: 19:04:15

opens a second beer and frowns all-knowingly

Lotho: 19:04:33

19

Lotho: 19:05:01

that was pissy

Lotho: 19:05:07

i'm gonna get blown up

God: 19:05:14

Ory: the strange objects are typical magiciany paraphernalia and spell components - a bag of sand, some rat bones, a few dried herbs, a lttle pile of silver dust, etc.

God: 19:05:17

Lotho: no traps

Lotho: 19:05:28

k, i'll open it.

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:05:30

Damn! I was hoping it would be something fun, like chocolate chastity belts ...

Lotho: 19:05:33

you guys wanna stand back?

God: 19:05:40

Lotho, it's locked

Tint Whistler: 19:05:40

backing up

God: 19:05:42

gonna pick it?

God: 19:05:55

(the lock that is, not your warty hobbity nose)

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:05:59

Get out your hairpin, Loth!

Lotho: 19:06:10

don't spose disable device works?

God: 19:06:27

Lotho: find a device you can disable it

God: 19:06:30

until then you use pick locks

Lotho: 19:06:30

oh, i have open lock too

Lotho: 19:06:49

19 again

God: 19:06:58

Lotho fails to open the lock

God: 19:07:04

I wonder if there's a key anywhere...

Lotho: 19:07:11

heh, lets go check the witchdoctor

God: 19:07:24

gonna look in the other room first?

Lotho: 19:07:29

ok

God: 19:07:35

everyone..?

Tint Whistler: 19:07:36

I'll 'check' this room again

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:07:41

aye

God: 19:07:47

Ory: do you wanna search through the magic paraphernalia for interesting things?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:07:54

aye!

God: 19:07:58

make a search check...

Tint Whistler: 19:08:06

We both have detect magic for 0pps

Tint Whistler: 19:08:09

I'll help.

God: 19:08:20

Tint: nothing magical in the pile

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:08:25

21

Tint Whistler: 19:08:29

Do I find a 'key'

Lotho: 19:08:45

brb

God: 19:08:46

Ory doesn't find much, but he does find a little key ring with 3 strange crystal chits on it

Tint Whistler: 19:08:55

Hey hey!

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:08:59

chits? sounds a bit rude.

God: 19:09:03

little discs with the Black Speech rune for "travel" engraved on them

Tint Whistler: 19:09:07

What's a chit?

Tint Whistler: 19:09:19

ah...

God: 19:09:21

Tint: it's like a shit, but when it takes so long to squeeze out it solidifies

Tint Whistler: 19:09:32

a ha..

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:09:38

That's a bit gross, god.

God: 19:09:42

a little disc, like a doggy tag

Tint Whistler: 19:09:56

Open it up Ory

God: 19:09:57

has ominiscient bowels

God: 19:10:08

Tint: can't open a chit

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:10:13

Open it? But the doggy who owns it might come running along ...

God: 19:10:24

it's just a disc, made of crystal, with the Black speech rune for Travel engraved on it

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:10:29

... a big arse three-headed kind, like in Harry Potter ...

God: 19:10:43

... ooh that's a god idea!

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:10:46

Can I check it somehow? Can it teleport me?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:10:55

"travel" and all that

Tint Whistler: 19:10:58

Does the size of the lock seem similar to that key I picked up a while a go?

God: 19:11:02

Ory: Tint did a detect magic check and it didn't reveal any magic on it

God: 19:11:04

so it must be normal

God: 19:11:09

Tint: no

Tint Whistler: 19:11:15

k

God: 19:11:21

so do you all go look in the other room?

God: 19:11:28

(And Ory: do you take the strange chit?)

Tint Whistler: 19:11:28

Can we take the box with us?

God: 19:11:35

That's some weird looking chit man...

God: 19:11:36

Tint: yes

Tint Whistler: 19:11:40

Done

God: 19:11:41

it isn't held down by anything

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:12:00

Well, if the chit ain't dangerous, I'll take it.

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:12:20

It

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:12:23

s

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:12:24

 pretty

God: 19:12:28

s

God: 19:12:29

l

God: 19:12:30

o

God: 19:12:31

w

God: 19:12:31

l

God: 19:12:32

y

God: 19:12:34

there...

God: 19:12:35

Ory

Tint Whistler: 19:12:48

Hmm... can someone cast protection from scrying? It'd be a shame if someone wanted to look for it and found us later.

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:12:51

gives god the finger

God: 19:12:57

Tint: good idea

God: 19:13:00

maybe Lotho can?

Tint Whistler: 19:13:03

Life sucks - blame God

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:13:10

heh

Tint Whistler: 19:13:29

Lotho - any anti-scrying spells in one of your many lists.

God: 19:13:32

Protection from scrying won't last forever either...

God: 19:13:46

(Lotho: remember the link I sent you, it has a better list of spells)

Tint Whistler: 19:14:41

But since L has no pps we might as well search the next room

God: 19:14:56

Obscure Object: 3rd level Cleric, 2nd level Wizard

God: 19:15:02

protects an object from scrying for 8 hours

God: 19:15:07

Right

God: 19:15:27

so since Lotho has no pps and Ory doesn't have that spell, will you take the chit and the chest and go to the next room?

Tint Whistler: 19:15:39

Yup.

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:15:44

Aye

Lotho: 19:15:45

.

Tint Whistler: 19:15:48

L - you still with us?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:15:51

(.)

Tint Whistler: 19:16:06

My Skype keeps indicating that people aren't there

God: 19:16:10

really...?

Tint Whistler: 19:16:16

except Ryu - ha ha ha

God: 19:16:19

Lotho, are you lagging?

Lotho: 19:16:26

whats skrying?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:16:35

Ryu seems to be cooking a three course meal + knickerbocker glory

Lotho: 19:16:37

back

God: 19:16:40

Lotho: scrying is looking at objects magically over a great distance

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:16:57

Maybe Skype should change its name to Scrype

God: 19:17:03

so  you can see people without being there, through a mirror or just in your mind, or from the next room (depending on teh spell)

God: 19:17:32

You ahve a 3rd level spell, Obscure Object, which protects a single object from being seen or located using spells like Scry or Locate Object

God: 19:17:42

It can be useful when you pick up mysterious chit that looks interesting

Lotho: 19:17:50

oh, didn'tknow that, but i have no pps

God: 19:17:55

well, there you go

God: 19:18:00

scry away, bad guys!

Tint Whistler: 19:18:03

"Mirror mirror on the wall, who has the biggest chit on their shoulders?"

God: 19:18:04

into the next room?

God: 19:18:27

THe hunchback of Chitre Dame, I would presume...

God: 19:18:44

anyway, is anyone going to make a decision...?

Tint Whistler: 19:18:52

Room it is!

God: 19:18:57

anyone else disagree?

God: 19:18:59

anyone...

God: 19:19:00

anyone...

God: 19:19:03

bueller...?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:19:03

*still seeking decisive hat*

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:19:08

let's go!

God: 19:19:08

right, into the next room it is...

Lotho: 19:19:17

k

Tint Whistler: 19:19:25

Room is the dutch word for cream

God: 19:19:29

shifts nervously on ory's hat

God: 19:19:36

really?

God: 19:19:43

that's a strange coincidence

Tint Whistler: 19:19:46

Pronounced differently but still

God: 19:19:48

so you wlak out of this cream and into the next one

Tint Whistler: 19:19:58

Lets get creamed

God: 19:20:02

which is clearly the Chieftain's cream

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:20:02

hee!

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:20:07

Cream, get on top...

God: 19:20:22

It has a big rug on the floor, which appears to be made of some kind of bearskin

God: 19:20:36

on one wall is a large piece of abstract art made from the bones of children

God: 19:20:48

and on the other side is the ultimate sign of a sophisticated orc

Tint Whistler: 19:20:52

orc children of course

God: 19:20:58

a low slab of stone held off the ground by other bits of stone

God: 19:21:06

and a kind of low-backed chair for squatting on

Tint Whistler: 19:21:06

ooo a table

God: 19:21:14

made netirely out of the bones of other orcs

Tint Whistler: 19:21:16

damn and I thought he was a reader

God: 19:21:36

on the table is a collection of items, none of which can be used to read or write with

God: 19:21:46

a small cloth bag

God: 19:22:11

a sword scabbard made of silver-plate and gold

God: 19:22:19

a crystal decanter with a gold stopper

Tint Whistler: 19:22:34

L - want to check for traps again? Feeling nervy with so few hp

God: 19:22:36

and, stuffed down the corner of the table, some kidn of tapestry which might actually be worth money

God: 19:23:12

Does Lotho want to search for traps...?

God: 19:24:12

alright, so Lotho isn't here

God: 19:24:25

do you want to search the tabel in his absence?

God: 19:24:32

maybe he's outside picking his nose or something...

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:24:54

Ok, let's have a squiz.

Tint Whistler: 19:24:55

sure - but I suck at searching

God: 19:25:06

there's not much on teh table to sort through..

Tint Whistler: 19:25:12

Cool

Tint Whistler: 19:25:20

do we roll?

God: 19:25:21

do a search check

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:25:33

15 poo

God: 19:25:41

Oryndiel only finds the objects I described

Tint Whistler: 19:25:46

hmmm 5

Lotho: 19:25:53

search

God: 19:25:54

Tint can't even find them...

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:25:55

bloody hell.

Lotho: 19:26:02

22

God: 19:26:02

Lotho, are you lagging a lot tonight?

Tint Whistler: 19:26:03

Oh I should open my eyes from time to time

God: 19:26:06

or are you off doing other things?

Lotho: 19:26:11

other things

God: 19:26:15

Lotho doesn't find anything either

God: 19:26:22

so it's just what I described

Tint Whistler: 19:26:27

detect magic

God: 19:26:37

everyone roll an appraise check to see what those objects are worth

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:26:56

14

Tint Whistler: 19:26:58

11

Lotho: 19:27:08

9

Tint Whistler: 19:27:12

anything magical?

God: 19:27:12

wow

God: 19:27:16

Tint, nothing magical

Tint Whistler: 19:27:25

jammer!

God: 19:27:32

The longsword scabbard is worth 700gps

God: 19:27:45

the tapestry is worth 170 gps

God: 19:27:50

the decanter is worth 800 gps

God: 19:28:00

do you want to open the little bag?

Tint Whistler: 19:28:09

sure

God: 19:28:14

inside is 70 pps

God: 19:28:18

and a diamond bracelet

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:28:22

oo!

Tint Whistler: 19:28:23

We just got screwed

God: 19:28:29

?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:28:38

shall we divvy up the loot now then?

Tint Whistler: 19:28:40

I assume low appraise means bad value

God: 19:28:47

Everyone can do an appraise check on the bracelet...

Tint Whistler: 19:29:00

15

Lotho: 19:29:04

doesn't bother

Tint Whistler: 19:29:12

L - ha ha

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:29:24

14

God: 19:29:26

(btw: every item has a difficulty for the appraise check to know its true value. every point below the difficulty that your appraise roll is, I knock 5% off its value)

God: 19:29:37

so for example the difficulty of identifying his bracelet is greater than 25

God: 19:29:46

so I will knock at least 50% off its value when I tell you what it is worth

God: 19:29:52

and that is what you get when you eventually sell it on

God: 19:30:09

anyway the bracelet is worth 800gps

God: 19:30:27

so do you record those objects together?

God: 19:30:33

on your group treasure?

God: 19:30:36

or divvy them up?

Tint Whistler: 19:30:37

Sure

Tint Whistler: 19:31:00

Hmm... we have lots to divvy up already - lets add these to them

Tint Whistler: 19:31:13

Do it all at one go later

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:31:13

ok.

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:31:19

will add to "to divvy" list.

Tint Whistler: 19:31:21

L?

Lotho: 19:31:41

?

Tint Whistler: 19:31:50

do you agree?

Lotho: 19:31:55

yuo

Tint Whistler: 19:31:55

disagree?

Lotho: 19:31:56

p

God: 19:32:05

Lotho yuops

God: 19:32:10

I take that as agreement

God: 19:32:24

in between "yes" and "you need an operation for those fudubaduhs"

God: 19:32:28

right

God: 19:32:29

so

God: 19:32:32

there is no key in here

Lotho: 19:32:33

ryu must be cooking up a banquet

God: 19:32:45

indeed he must...

God: 19:32:47

so

Tint Whistler: 19:32:50

Let's check the witchdoctor's body for the key

God: 19:32:58

do you wander over to the witchdoctor and the next cavern

God: 19:32:59

?

Lotho: 19:33:20

ya

God: 19:33:34

right

God: 19:33:41

off you walk, across the cavern to the Eastern door

God: 19:33:57

the door opens into a big, dark cavern that you can only see very dimly from the light of the cavern you are in

God: 19:34:05

it seems to be full of boxes and the like but you can't tell for sure

God: 19:34:17

the Witchdoctor is smoking (in the intransitive sense) in the doorway

God: 19:34:24

you rifle through his steaming corpse and find

God: 19:34:39

a key

God: 19:34:43

a small bottle of something

God: 19:34:47

some jewellery

God: 19:34:52

and a scroll in a scroll cas

God: 19:34:53

e

Lotho: 19:35:30

so, back to the lock?

Tint Whistler: 19:35:37

Nope I have the box here.

Ryu: 19:35:45

God: 19:35:47

the key appears to fit the lock of hte box that Tint is carrying

Ryu: 19:35:50

sorry guys.

Ryu: 19:35:52

Continue

God: 19:35:56

oh!

God: 19:36:01

the recalcitrant!

Tint Whistler: 19:36:03

Hey ryu - morning dude

God: 19:36:04

has arrived!

God: 19:36:18

(now that labour is back in power we can use the r-word with impunity)

God: 19:36:28

anyhoo

Ryu: 19:36:28

i'm eating now, continueplease

God: 19:36:34

Tint, do you open the lock?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:36:44

Pandora's Box!

Lotho: 19:36:46

would you like me to?

Lotho: 19:36:48

i ahve more hps

Tint Whistler: 19:36:54

Yup - many thanks

Tint Whistler: 19:37:00

I'll just back away a little.

Lotho: 19:37:01

opens

God: 19:37:03

Lotho opens the box...

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:37:08

*reversing*

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:37:20

Lotho opens? that's a bit rude

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:37:33

(giggle) 

God: 19:37:35

revealing a fairly largish bag of coins, and a book made of human skin

Ryu: 19:37:56

hi tint

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:37:59

Oo. Can we check the book?

Tint Whistler: 19:38:05

Sure it's human skin, could be halfling or elvish. Perhaps dwarvish?

God: 19:38:08

you can... who wants to use read magic?

God: 19:38:24

good point Tint. Perhaps I should have said Humanoid. Or just "icky"

Lotho: 19:38:32

detect magic?

God: 19:38:34

ponders the limits of this mortal thing, "language"

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:38:47

Does anyone have tweezers with which to turn the pages?

God: 19:38:49

Lotho: detect magic will tell you if it is magic, but you can't use it

God: 19:38:55

you have 0 pps, so you can't use spells

Lotho: 19:39:00

0 level

Tint Whistler: 19:39:05

De-fur-ed cat skin

God: 19:39:08

0pps=0 spells

God: 19:39:22

Tint: cat skin has many blotches all over it, this is clean skin

Lotho: 19:39:31

even 0-level spells?

Tint Whistler: 19:39:33

I'll cast read and detect magic on the other stuff

God: 19:39:33

even

Lotho: 19:39:44

how come tint can?

God: 19:39:49

everyone can

Tint Whistler: 19:39:51

3pps

God: 19:39:54

they're 0 level spells

Lotho: 19:40:04

hrm.

God: 19:40:05

anyone with Pps can cast them...

God: 19:40:11

right

God: 19:40:12

so

Lotho: 19:40:13

poohbum

God: 19:40:32

one of the witchdoctor's rings, the book, the scroll and the potion are all magic

God: 19:40:38

who wants to use read magic on the book?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:40:51

*puts hand up*

God: 19:40:52

(Read Magic enables you to determine the contents of hte book)

God: 19:41:00

Ory: if it is cursed, you get the curse

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:41:08

Oh ...

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:41:15

can't we check for damned curses?

God: 19:41:19

no

Tint Whistler: 19:41:24

Yup once we rest - Lotho would have the spell

God: 19:41:28

wouldn't be a very effective curse would it?

God: 19:41:36

but once Lotho rests he can remove curses

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:41:38

I really don't fancy getting warts, or my willy falling off

God: 19:41:39

mostly

God: 19:41:50

(Ory's willy being hte only wart he has...)

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:41:56

Oi!

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:41:59

*sigh*

God: 19:42:08

returns his superpowerful microscope to its case

God: 19:42:17

so you wanna read the book?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:42:17

Well, I suppose I should read it then ...

God: 19:42:23

rubs his hands together in glee...

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:42:32

Fcuk.

God: 19:42:39

It's the witchdoctor's spellbook

God: 19:42:40

contains:

God: 19:42:53

magic missile, ray of enfeeblement, protection from good, true strike, shocking grasp; protection from arrows, resist energy, spectral hand; lightning bolt, heroism

God: 19:43:02

all spells you can learn and use

Lotho: 19:43:04

magic missile!

God: 19:43:19

I should note that heroism + stoneskin on a ranger will be quite an effective combination

Lotho: 19:43:25

recalls Dr Demento

Tint Whistler: 19:43:31

If only that ranger had some hp

God: 19:43:37

indeed...

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:43:52

Hee hee - ray of enfeeblement sounds so ... pathetic.

God: 19:43:59

disappears momentarily, for even immortals must occasionally ... wee

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:44:04

Like if you use it, the demon will turn into a dweeb.

Lotho: 19:44:07

... feeble even?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:44:10

Ray of endweeblement.

Lotho: 19:44:20

haha, thats cool

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:44:47

And magic missile recalls to  mind King Missile and that godawful song ..

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:44:51

(music) 

God: 19:45:17

hrmph

God: 19:45:23

Ray of Enfeeblement is pretty crap

God: 19:45:26

but magic missile has many advantages

God: 19:45:29

it never misses

God: 19:45:35

and almost no creature has resistance to it

God: 19:45:41

(except spell resistance of course)

Tint Whistler: 19:45:44

Enfeeblement is good against fighters

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:45:44

Hurrah!

God: 19:45:48

this is true

God: 19:45:55

lightning bolt is also damn fine

God: 19:46:23

so is Oryndiel going to take the spell book and learn the spells therein, thus becoming a throbbngly powerful (though sadly wartily endowed) elf?

Tint Whistler: 19:46:47

Why don't we wait to see what the other goodies are?

God: 19:46:56

you mean rest here...?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:47:10

Yes, I want throbbing power!

God: 19:47:11

only one other person (Ryu) can use this spellbook to learn spells

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:47:11

Woof!

Tint Whistler: 19:47:19

No I mean we check out the next room then head back to the boat.

God: 19:47:29

there are 3 rooms still to check Tint...

God: 19:47:37

teh Eastern cavern is right here though...

Tint Whistler: 19:47:37

Oh.

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:47:42

... and I bet something is lurking in one of 'em ...

God: 19:47:52

but before we go on, does Ory get the spell book?

Lotho: 19:47:54

the bird thing came from this door

Lotho: 19:48:10

what if it's owner is here?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:48:14

*rubs hands* I want it!

Lotho: 19:48:14

we're done for

God: 19:48:20

very true...

God: 19:48:25

does everyone agree to Ory taking the book?

Lotho: 19:48:30

sure

Ryu: 19:48:31

yep

Tint Whistler: 19:48:31

God: Which one of these entrences did I come though before I met the group?

Tint Whistler: 19:48:36

k

God: 19:48:47

Tint: you don't know, you were hidden in a box

Tint Whistler: 19:48:52

Ahh...

God: 19:49:02

(which is hwy you couldn't warn everyone about the Vrock)

God: 19:49:06

do you go into the room...?

Tint Whistler: 19:49:15

Perhaps someone could go invisible or sneak in – a quick peek.

God: 19:49:26

hmm, well, the best sneakers are Ory and Lotho...

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:50:04

i have a scroll of invis that i cd use

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:50:19

so I'm willing for a shilling

Tint Whistler: 19:50:28

Perhaps save it, just sneak in.

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:50:36

k

Tint Whistler: 19:50:39

Save it for when you really need to get away

God: 19:50:40

Tint, that seems overly cautious to me

God: 19:50:43

with the scroll I mean

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:50:59

or I cd send in ferretty

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:51:06

he hasn't had a work out in a while

Lotho: 19:51:07

don't i have some kinda cloak/ring?

Lotho: 19:51:13

i'm happy to sneak

God: 19:51:16

hastily scrabbles through his monster manual, looking for a ferrett-eating demon

God: 19:51:25

Lotho I think you do - cloak of elvenkind...?

God: 19:51:31

makes you super good at sneaking?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:51:42

maybe the cloaks better than risking ferret

God: 19:52:09

yells "Ah yes, the Greater Spotted Weasel-Munching Balrog-Killing Demon!"

Lotho: 19:52:20

yeah, i have that cloak

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:52:21

Ok, let's cloak.

God: 19:52:27

Lotho, make a move silently check

God: 19:52:39

do you have the effect of the cloak added to your move silently skill?

Tint Whistler: 19:52:40

was that the Balrog-Munching Deamon-Killing weasel?

Lotho: 19:52:53

24

Lotho: 19:53:09

no

Lotho: 19:53:13

how would i add that?

God: 19:53:20

Lotho sneaks into the room, which is maybe 30m in diameter

God: 19:53:38

(Lotho: it only affects your hide skill, write "5" in the magic column of your hide skill)

God: 19:53:46

The room is dark but Lotho's eyes soon adjust

God: 19:53:54

there are many boxes and crates around the sides of the room

God: 19:54:08

at the far end of the room from the entry is a huge system of pulleys and levers

God: 19:54:14

ponders the plural of pulley

God: 19:54:33

you move over to investigate, and see that it is a lift , like might be found in a mine shaft

God: 19:54:40

clearly of Goblin design

Lotho: 19:54:42

are there any doors/corridors off this room?

God: 19:54:48

there is no-one living (or undead) in this room

God: 19:54:50

and no other exits

Lotho: 19:55:01

doesthe lift go up or down, or both?

God: 19:55:04

the lift is like a platform that can be raised or lowered

God: 19:55:09

from here it only goes down

God: 19:55:23

by the lenght of the chain, you would judge it goes 100'

Lotho: 19:55:23

ug

God: 19:55:24

or so

God: 19:55:32

Lotho: make a search check

God: 19:55:35

sorry a spot check

Lotho: 19:55:58

24

God: 19:56:07

don't see anything of interest

God: 19:56:10

wanna search teh crates?

Lotho: 19:56:19

yeah, sure, shall i go get the others?

God: 19:56:26

as you like...

Lotho: 19:56:37

tells em its safe in here

God: 19:56:49

does everyone enter?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:56:56

puts his search mittens on

God: 19:56:58

okay

Tint Whistler: 19:57:08

sure

God: 19:57:12

you spend maybe 30 minutes searching the crates but there is nothing interesting

Lotho: 19:57:13

hrm, given god's reaction, maybe you all shouldnt

God: 19:57:16

supplies for a large orc tribe

God: 19:57:17

food

God: 19:57:25

weapons

God: 19:57:26

bedding

God: 19:57:29

that sort of thing

Lotho: 19:57:32

so the qn, do we wanna go down?

Tint Whistler: 19:57:34

I follow ryu in

God: 19:57:43

you also find the Vrocks nest, hidden in a nook above the lift

Tint Whistler: 19:57:50

Can we lock the shaft, so that nothing comes up?

God: 19:57:54

it contains 130pps and a small bag with 8 gems in it

God: 19:58:01

Tint: yes

God: 19:58:10

anyone wanna do an appraise check on the gems?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:58:20

k

Lotho: 19:58:26

15

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:58:33

18

Tint Whistler: 19:58:38

22 - natural 20!

God: 19:58:41

(btw guys your poor appraise skills have probably cost you close to 5000gps so far this campaign)

God: 19:58:48

Tint: each gem is worth 90gps

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:58:51

shite.

Tint Whistler: 19:58:52

damn

God: 19:59:25

anyway

God: 19:59:44

so Ory, record another 130 pps and 8 amethysts, 90gps each

God: 19:59:47

there is nowt else in here

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 19:59:51

aye

God: 19:59:53

Tint: wanna lock the lift shut?

Tint Whistler: 20:00:05

What does everyone else think?

Lotho: 20:00:12

sure

God: 20:00:19

btw everyone this is how Tint got in here

Tint Whistler: 20:00:44

i.e. this is the entrance to the shade-reefs

God: 20:00:44

Tint knows where this lift comes from: 100' down is an unloading bay, connected to a nearby railway station

Lotho: 20:00:46

.. from somewhere further underground?

God: 20:01:02

the railway station is used by a goblin underground steam train network, by which Tint came here

Tint Whistler: 20:01:04

Steam trains going around left and right underground!

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:01:18

Better than the Tube

Tint Whistler: 20:01:20

Hitched a ride - via the cooks

God: 20:01:34

one option is to go down there and explore that network, but obviously you need to finish up here first

God: 20:01:42

particulalry, there is the small mater of those slaves...

Lotho: 20:01:56

and health and restoration

Tint Whistler: 20:01:57

Haven't we found them already?

God: 20:02:12

tint: there are more down here somewhere (this is why you came this far without resting)

Tint Whistler: 20:02:12

We saved some slaves a few sessions ago.

Tint Whistler: 20:02:19

k

God: 20:02:49

so what do you all do?

God: 20:02:57

lock the lift shut? (You can unlock it later)

Tint Whistler: 20:03:16

Hey guys I have a map of the rail network - or part of it.

Tint Whistler: 20:03:32

God - do I have any idea how often they come past here?

Lotho: 20:03:36

yeah, lock it. next cave/corridor

God: 20:03:39

not often, Tin

God: 20:03:40

t

Tint Whistler: 20:03:48

Cool. Lets lock it.

God: 20:03:52

you recall that the train network isn't exactly for mass transit

God: 20:03:58

one needs to specially charter trains

Tint Whistler: 20:03:59

sent file "Tintmap.jpg" to members of this chat

God: 20:04:01

they don't come often

Tint Whistler: 20:04:34

I lock the shaft and follow lotho towards the next caverns

God: 20:04:35

so if you wait a day or two it is unlikely that you will be distrubed by a new trainload of ... whatever

God: 20:04:37

okay

God: 20:04:43

so you all go back into the main cavern?

Lotho: 20:05:01

new slaves?

Lotho: 20:05:05

yup

God: 20:05:08

okay

God: 20:05:12

so you are back in the main cavern

God: 20:05:16

there are 2 remaining exits

God: 20:05:19

the south exit

God: 20:05:21

or the West

God: 20:05:28

where do you go?

Lotho: 20:05:28

do we have to check them?

God: 20:05:39

Lotho: you can leave the slaves to die

Tint Whistler: 20:05:45

Do they look well used exits - i.e. worn floors etc.

Lotho: 20:05:45

heh

God: 20:05:46

but they are either in those caverns or down that lift

God: 20:05:51

tint: yes

Tint Whistler: 20:06:03

Are either of the doors locked from this side?

Lotho: 20:06:05

lets go the closest one then, south

Tint Whistler: 20:06:08

k

God: 20:06:14

Ory, disagree?agree?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:06:17

k

God: 20:06:22

you head to teh south door

God: 20:06:24

it is locked

God: 20:06:30

with a simple bar over this side

God: 20:06:37

you lift the bar?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:06:45

trap check

God: 20:06:49

Lotho, roll it

Tint Whistler: 20:06:51

good idea

Lotho: 20:07:12

um, search?

God: 20:07:20

aye

Lotho: 20:07:21

22

God: 20:07:24

No traps

God: 20:07:30

lift the bar

God: 20:07:31

?

Lotho: 20:07:36

yeah

God: 20:07:53

you unlock the door and open it, revealing a short hallway lit by torches in sconces

God: 20:07:58

at the far end is another door

Lotho: 20:08:06

listen

God: 20:08:12

roll...

Lotho: 20:08:23

23

God: 20:08:33

you hear the sound of slaves talking quietly to one another in Dunlending

Lotho: 20:08:56

guess theres not likely to be orcs if they're talking

Lotho: 20:08:57

..

God: 20:09:10

do you go down?

God: 20:09:12

to the door?

Lotho: 20:09:15

yeah

God: 20:09:18

alright

Tint Whistler: 20:09:21

check for traps!

Lotho: 20:09:27

searching

God: 20:09:38

you head down towards the next door, and as you descend you smell the stench of lots of people kept in a confined space

Lotho: 20:09:39

24 all the way

Lotho: 20:09:46

ew

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:09:53

what a whiff

God: 20:09:55

there are no traps in teh hallway, and the door at the end is barred in the same way as the first one

Tint Whistler: 20:09:59

humans are so smelly!

God: 20:10:02

as you apprach they go quiet

God: 20:10:13

Lotho, do you open the next door?

Lotho: 20:10:13

how do they know?

Lotho: 20:10:18

yeah

God: 20:10:33

the door opens into a small room, maybe 30m diameter

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:10:34

they think we are orcies

Lotho: 20:10:44

we're not that noisy

God: 20:10:45

it contains 14 men, 19women, 8 children

God: 20:10:49

they are all clustered around the walls

Tint Whistler: 20:10:53

Except for the height, smell, weapons.

God: 20:11:08

all of them are obviously starved, weak from hunger and thirst

God: 20:11:16

they shrink back away from the door and the light when you open it

God: 20:11:20

(the door that is)

Lotho: 20:11:26

it's okay, wer're gonna get you out of here

Tint Whistler: 20:11:31

Who speaks Dunedling?

God: 20:11:54

One of them speaks up in common, asking who you are

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:12:25

(no dunlending for me)

God: 20:12:32

common = westron

God: 20:12:35

btw

God: 20:12:44

Lotho, you can speak Westron, so can you Tint

God: 20:12:48

you two are the charismatic ones...

Tint Whistler: 20:12:52

L - tell em we be heros!

God: 20:13:03

not that it takes much charisma to convince anyone of much in these circumstances...

Lotho: 20:13:06

we've come to help you get out of here

God: 20:13:24

They come to believe Lotho quickly, and come shambling forward to leave the room

God: 20:13:28

you lead them up to the cavern?

Tint Whistler: 20:13:46

Sure

Lotho: 20:13:48

hrm, "do you know if there is anyone else down here"?

God: 20:14:24

the young woman who spoke westron tells you (after a suitable expression of shock at the sight of their captors all dead on teh floor) that as far as they know this is the furthest extent of the Orc caverns

Lotho: 20:14:28

can we give them some of the orc food? is it edible?

God: 20:14:38

the Westernmost door leads to the cavern where htey store the undead

God: 20:14:46

sometimes slaves were taken there as food, or to be used as undead

God: 20:14:53

they were taunted wtih this knowledge

Lotho: 20:14:54

eep, well we definately don't wanna go there there

Tint Whistler: 20:14:54

L - orc food is dead humans

Lotho: 20:15:07

haha, mmk

God: 20:15:08

what Tint said

Lotho: 20:15:09

lets go then

God: 20:15:19

two of the slaves need to be healed before htey can be moved

Tint Whistler: 20:15:20

What about the undead?

Lotho: 20:15:24

we have lots of slaves to feed

Lotho: 20:15:28

can anyone else heal?

Tint Whistler: 20:15:34

nope

Ryu: 20:15:39

II have potions

God: 20:15:40

potions anyone...?

Tint Whistler: 20:15:46

I'm out

Ryu: 20:15:47

do we still have cohorts?

Ryu: 20:15:50

I have potions

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:15:50

potion light and serious wounds

God: 20:15:53

Ryu: yes

God: 20:15:58

a light will do the job

Lotho: 20:15:59

i have 1 potion of healing

Ryu: 20:16:12

cohorts lead slaves out?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:16:17

I give 'em my light wounds potion

God: 20:16:22

Ryu: that can be arranged

Lotho: 20:16:22

mmk

Tint Whistler: 20:16:31

My cohort will lead them out

Ryu: 20:16:34

I have 7 potions of light healing

God: 20:16:39

Oryndiel gives the potion of cure light wounds to the 2 dying slaves, keeping them at deaths door

Lotho: 20:16:42

we dont wanna do anything else down here do we?

God: 20:16:53

Ryu, feel free ot give some of those potiosn to the dying slaves..

God: 20:16:55

.

Tint Whistler: 20:17:03

How about clearing out the undead!

God: 20:17:09

Lotho: besides the lift there is only one other exit, the door to teh Undead

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:17:20

I hate undead! Grrrr!

Ryu: 20:17:22

As a monk, I give as many as necessary of my light potions to bring back the near-dead slaves to health

Lotho: 20:17:23

i have 1 potion and 2 cure moderate

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:17:28

(they are my favoured enemy)

God: 20:17:32

Ryu: 2 will do

Ryu: 20:17:38

two then

God: 20:17:40

knock off the potions you used, kiddies

Tint Whistler: 20:17:41

Can we rest first?

Ryu: 20:17:56

that would be good

God: 20:18:00

where?

Tint Whistler: 20:18:01

I'm kinda exhausted

God: 20:18:02

in this room?

Lotho: 20:18:06

heh

Lotho: 20:18:13

we either deal with them now or leave them

Lotho: 20:18:21

i'm not hanging around down here for longer than i have to

Ryu: 20:18:30

the undead?

God: 20:18:32

Lotho: remember you have the power to destroy, rebuke or control undead

Lotho: 20:18:33

yes

God: 20:18:37

it is independent of your pps

Tint Whistler: 20:18:41

okay

Tint Whistler: 20:18:54

how are Ryu and Ory?

Lotho: 20:18:59

god: yeah, chances are it will only affect 1 or 2 of many

Ryu: 20:19:04

I'm fine. Just low on power points

Tint Whistler: 20:19:10

Ory?

Ryu: 20:19:51

Too bad we can't fireball the undead. I'm assuming we're not high on pps here.

Lotho: 20:19:53

i have 5 turn undeads

Tint Whistler: 20:19:54

Ryu could I use one or two of your healing potions? I'm on 6ph

Tint Whistler: 20:19:57

6hp

Ryu: 20:20:06

You can even use the heavy wounds one if you want

Tint Whistler: 20:20:09

Thanks

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:20:15

soz. I'm low on hit points

Tint Whistler: 20:20:18

Lotho has a staff with fireballs

Lotho: 20:20:24

can i use that?

God: 20:20:24

Ryu: by heavy do you mean "serious", "moderate" or "critical"

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:20:25

so am taking a serioous wounds potion

Lotho: 20:20:32

gives ory a cure moderate wounds

Ryu: 20:20:36

Sorry , cure serious wounds

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:20:36

pp17

God: 20:20:41

right

Ryu: 20:20:42

3d8+5

Ryu: 20:20:46

would that do you Tint?

Lotho: 20:20:52

retracts that

Tint Whistler: 20:20:58

yup - 15 hp

Ryu: 20:21:03

cool

Tint Whistler: 20:21:18

I'm on 21 now (somewhat less than max, but okay)

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:21:19

(rolled 17 for serious wounds)

God: 20:21:41

okay

God: 20:21:46

so you open the western door?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:22:11

(i'm on full hps and ready to stomp some undead arse!)

Ryu: 20:22:20

Ready.

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:22:20

check for traps

God: 20:22:28

Lotho, roll for trap checking...

God: 20:22:31

(search)

Tint Whistler: 20:22:43

I have a scroll of rage - I could use it on Ryu

Tint Whistler: 20:22:51

Ryu - would that interest you?

Ryu: 20:22:57

Cool

Ryu: 20:23:06

berserk me

Lotho: 20:23:11

ug, 18

Tint Whistler: 20:23:13

God - how does rage work?

God: 20:23:21

Tint: will check ina mo

God: 20:23:28

I would wait till you see the whites fo tehir innards

God: 20:23:32

Rage never lasts long

God: 20:23:34

Lotho: no traps

God: 20:23:45

open teh door?

Lotho: 20:23:45

do undead make noise?

God: 20:23:50

not usually

Ryu: 20:23:52

Would does it take to turn undead into a walking torch with a fire shuriken, or doesn't it work that way?

God: 20:23:54

except when bits fall off them

Lotho: 20:23:55

k, opening

Tint Whistler: 20:24:00

rattling chains

God: 20:24:04

Ryu: mummies it works on

God: 20:24:11

Lotho opens the door, which is, mysteriously, unlocked

Ryu: 20:24:12

Hmm.

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:24:17

mmmm

Lotho: 20:24:24

why is that mysterious?

God: 20:24:24

beyond is a 5m wide tunnel leading off into darkness

God: 20:24:26

you follow?

Lotho: 20:24:32

ummm

Ryu: 20:24:42

How does an unlocked door keep in undead?

God: 20:24:48

(Lotho: if you were in a cavern, adn the next room contained, say, let's guess, 50 mummies - wouldn't you lock the door?)

Lotho: 20:24:49

can anyone detect undead?

Lotho: 20:24:50

ory?

God: 20:24:55

Lotho might be able to...

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:25:02

checking

Lotho: 20:25:15

without pps?

Ryu: 20:25:25

Do my holy fists have extra damage against undead?

Tint Whistler: 20:25:32

I have a 0pps light spell

God: 20:25:43

Ryu: not anymore

God: 20:25:53

Lotho, no that's right, you are down to the seat of your pants here

Tint Whistler: 20:25:55

Dancing lights & Light can I send that down the corridor?

God: 20:25:57

do you go donw the tunnel?

God: 20:26:05

Tint: you can send dancing lights ahead

God: 20:26:07

if you like

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:26:09

nowt against undead except for a Hide from Undead Potion

Lotho: 20:26:16

heh

Tint Whistler: 20:26:24

Guys what do you think? If we see something L can fireball their asses

Lotho: 20:26:33

lights, or a sunrod or something please?

Lotho: 20:26:45

i dont think i can

Ryu: 20:26:48

I have sunrods

Tint Whistler: 20:26:49

I send the dancing lights down the corridor.

Lotho: 20:26:53

i cant use my staff can i god?

God: 20:27:08

Lotho, you can use your staff becausei t is an item

Ryu: 20:27:08

Just 1 sunrod left.

Lotho: 20:27:14

umk

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:27:21

casts circle against evil

God: 20:27:22

also Ory can still cast fireball

Lotho: 20:27:24

so, can we see anythhing?

God: 20:28:03

once the sunrods are lit and the dancing lights go dancing down teh hallway, you can see that it goes for about 100m ahead

God: 20:28:07

there is no sign of undead

God: 20:28:10

do you go down the hallway?

Lotho: 20:28:14

door at the end?

God: 20:28:18

nah

God: 20:28:24

it turns right after 100m

Lotho: 20:28:27

gah, i smell a trap

Lotho: 20:28:30

but okay, lets go

Ryu: 20:28:36

I also smell rotting flesh

God: 20:28:36

no, you smell rotten corpses

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:28:36

damned blind corner!

God: 20:28:39

but same same, really

God: 20:28:45

you walk to the corner...

Lotho: 20:28:50

k

Tint Whistler: 20:28:51

me last

Tint Whistler: 20:29:01

crossbow at the ready

God: 20:29:04

the corridor doesn't turn suddenly, instead curving slowly around before heading north

Tint Whistler: 20:29:17

O - can you cast fire arrows on my bolts?

God: 20:29:18

after 30m or so it widens into a big cavern

Lotho: 20:29:21

still no undead, or anything else?

God: 20:29:27

Lotho, no undead yet

God: 20:29:33

do you enter the cavern

Ryu: 20:29:34

curious

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:29:39

aye tint

Lotho: 20:29:42

no door?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:29:48

done

God: 20:29:51

no doo

God: 20:29:52

r

Lotho: 20:29:57

k, lets go

God: 20:29:58

do you go in?

God: 20:30:03

order of entry please!

Tint Whistler: 20:30:08

Can we see the roof?

God: 20:30:12

(you can go in 2 abreast)

Lotho: 20:30:19

ryu and i?

Ryu: 20:30:28

Who's got the fireyballs?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:30:35

I have a fiery ball

Lotho: 20:30:36

i can fire balls

God: 20:30:42

right

God: 20:30:44

who is in first?

Lotho: 20:30:46

has staff in hand

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:30:48

balls ahoy

God: 20:30:52

2x2 they entered the ark...

Ryu: 20:30:53

I'll walk in with Loth

God: 20:31:03

so Ryu and Lotho followed by Ory and Tint?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:31:08

yup

Tint Whistler: 20:31:12

k

Ryu: 20:31:12

ya

God: 20:31:12

(recall Ory will be itching to get in there...)

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:31:23

*grrrr*

Lotho: 20:31:24

ory can go first if he prefers ...

God: 20:31:30

As you enter the cavern, I want everyone to make a spot check

Lotho: 20:31:44

spot 23

Ryu: 20:31:49

23

Ryu: 20:31:53

sorry 25

Tint Whistler: 20:31:57

11

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:32:07

21

Tint Whistler: 20:32:27

I really need to learn to open my eyes when spotting

Lotho: 20:32:32

haha

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:32:34

hee

God: 20:32:40

as you enter the cavern Ryu sees a pair of Runes - in the shape of the 2 tears of black and red you have seen on holy symbols earlier - one each side of the tunnel

God: 20:32:49

they are aligned with each other

Lotho: 20:32:53

trap

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:32:54

oo

Tint Whistler: 20:32:57

trap

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:32:59

door?

God: 20:33:05

anyoen wanna check for traps...?

Lotho: 20:33:12

ah huh

Tint Whistler: 20:33:15

detect magic

Lotho: 20:33:22

search 31

Tint Whistler: 20:33:35

L checking for traps = 8-|

God: 20:33:39

no traps lotho, those sigils are some kind of barrier, as Ory suggested

God: 20:33:52

so, do you continue?

Lotho: 20:33:59

um

Ryu: 20:34:02

Barrier?

God: 20:34:07

The tunnel widens before opening into a large cavern, which is poorly lit by multiple torches in sconces at random points around the walls. The tunnel of the cavern is only 10' high, but there is little smoke from the torches. Somewhere in the northern side of the cavern you can dimly see a bonfire smouldering, it's light glittering on a large pool of water. This pool has been created by damming a stream, and from the end of the pool nearest to you a smaller, faster-flowing stream runs out of the Eastern wall of the cavern. In the middle of the cavern is a huge column of rough rock, from which more rooms have been hewn. The whole cavern stinks of rotting flesh, and in the distance you can see the slow movement of animated corpses. As you enter the cavern they all turn to look at you, their eyes glittering in the gloom; and then they begin to shuffle towards you.

Lotho: 20:34:07

barrier to keep the undead in

Ryu: 20:34:09

So that's how they keep the undead in here

Ryu: 20:34:32

How many?

Ryu: 20:34:43

And can tanglefoot bags work in here?

Tint Whistler: 20:34:47

fire those balls

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:34:53

I'm ready!

Lotho: 20:35:03

puts a firewall up first

Lotho: 20:35:10

can the firewalls move?

God: 20:35:18

well, there is a room just ahead of you, and off to the right in that pillar of rock are a couple more doors

Ryu: 20:35:18

pee break for me

God: 20:35:31

emerging from them are, in total, 8 skeletons and 6 zombies

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:35:45

crucial moment, Ryu needs to urinate! 

Tint Whistler: 20:36:03

cast rage on Ryu as he tries to pee

God: 20:36:04

typical...

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:36:10

prepares arrows with fiery heads

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:36:20

That'll be the angriest wee he's ever done.

God: 20:36:23

Lotho, the firewall can't move but any creature approaching it takes 2d4 damage, any creature passing through it takes 2d6, and Undead take double

God: 20:36:34

It lasts as long as ou concentrate + 1 round

Lotho: 20:36:41

cool, firewall then i guess

God: 20:36:43

so knock off the pps and prepare to watch the candles

Tint Whistler: 20:36:48

good call +  we can shoot them from this side.

God: 20:36:55

the zombies and skeletons approach

Ryu: 20:37:07

I pee angrily

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:37:15

:@ not pretty

God: 20:37:20

After 2 rounds they reach teh wall - this is maybe 20 seconds of waiting - during which Ory and Tint can shoot at them if they like

Ryu: 20:37:23

hahaha

Tint Whistler: 20:37:28

Can I shoot them as they approach

God: 20:37:32

yes

Ryu: 20:37:33

I have shurikens

God: 20:37:36

pick a target and roll

Ryu: 20:37:37

I'll use mine

God: 20:37:44

there are 8 skeletons, 6 zombies

Tint Whistler: 20:37:58

A zombie - how many shots?

God: 20:38:21

dunno - 1 I think

God: 20:38:27

should be on your character sheet

Lotho: 20:38:31

oo, i can use shortbow?

God: 20:38:32

but one per round, so 2

God: 20:38:34

Lotho, yes

Ryu: 20:38:41

To chuck a tanglefoot bag, it'll haveta go through the firewall, doesn't it.

God: 20:38:42

you get 2 attacks a round

Lotho: 20:38:44

i'm just gonna assume i have arrows for it

God: 20:38:46

Ryu: don't bother

God: 20:38:50

good assumption Lotho

God: 20:38:57

roll 'em kids

Tint Whistler: 20:38:57

20, 17

God: 20:39:14

Tint hits a zombie twice - roll damage Tint (+1d6 per arrow for fire)

Lotho: 20:39:30

what do you roll to attack again?

God: 20:39:33

Oh actually Lotho you can't use your bow - you have to concentrate on the wall

Ryu: 20:39:39

17, 13 for shuriken

Lotho: 20:39:43

oh. k.

Tint Whistler: 20:39:47

13 normal 9 fire damage

God: 20:40:24

Tint mows down one zombie

God: 20:40:32

hits it twice and watches it drop flaming to the ground

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:40:35

23, 18, 16 rapid shot longbow

Lotho: 20:40:37

not a bad fighter tint!

Ryu: 20:40:43

yay

Tint Whistler: 20:40:51

O - you get double for 2 rounds

God: 20:40:58

Ory hits another zombie with 3 flame arrows - roll damage Ory (1d8+1d6+ your bonus)

Tint Whistler: 20:41:05

L - first time in my life!

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:42:11

11, 11, 14

God: 20:42:22

Ory roll your next round attacks

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:42:33

18, 26, 10

God: 20:42:40

Ory fires 3 flaming arrows into 1 zombie, turning it into a complete flaming wreck, then smacks the second one to within an inch of its life

Ryu: 20:42:43

28, 23

God: 20:42:50

then he hits the second one again, and a third

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:43:23

17, 11, 18

God: 20:43:38

the second one dies, and then the third one almost dies

God: 20:43:49

Ryu, you hit that one twice and it dies

God: 20:43:56

then the rest reach teh wall

God: 20:44:07

Lotho, roll the damage for the wall: 2d4+ 2d6, all x2

Lotho: 20:44:47

28

God: 20:45:12

the remainign zombies and skeletons burst into flames as they approach teh wall and fall through it as a pile of incandescent corpses

Lotho: 20:45:21

huzzah!

God: 20:45:24

Beyond, you can see 8 more zombies and 4 more skeletons approaching

Ryu: 20:45:25

Heh

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:45:27

yay!

Lotho: 20:45:29

(ninja)

Lotho: 20:45:42

aww

God: 20:45:46

now as a little tip here I shouldmention it is unlikely that any zombie or skeleton can make it through the wall

Tint Whistler: 20:45:49

hee

Tint Whistler: 20:46:04

But I'm hitting things for the first time in my little life

God: 20:46:04

so let's just roll the damage for the wall shall we, and if anyone survives we can backtrack to calculate their remainign damage?

Tint Whistler: 20:46:12

bah

God: 20:46:14

that's because htey're zombies

Lotho: 20:46:22

eep, 16

God: 20:46:30

Lotho: roll damage for the wall on the next set, which are coming from further away

God: 20:46:35

they all die as they shamble into the wall

Lotho: 20:46:35

just did

God: 20:46:48

now you cannot see any more evidence of undead

God: 20:46:58

do you want to drop the wall and enter the cavern to hunt down any remaining beasties?

Lotho: 20:47:00

i like hte way you phrase that

Lotho: 20:47:17

guess we do

Lotho: 20:47:25

unless more come if we wait?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:47:28

Grrrr, undead, grrrr.

God: 20:47:30

you can wait...

God: 20:47:34

you wait...

God: 20:47:37

you wait a bit more...

God: 20:47:38

none come...

Tint Whistler: 20:47:41

Can I send dancing lights int there

Lotho: 20:47:41

ok kill the wall

God: 20:47:42

gonna go in?

God: 20:47:47

Tint, yes

Ryu: 20:47:49

So. I guess we go in then.

Tint Whistler: 20:47:50

lights away

God: 20:47:56

tint sends dancing lights in before Lotho kills teh wall

God: 20:48:19

Tint you can send them straight ahead twoards the lake, or left between teh wall and the cetnral rock pillar

God: 20:48:20

which way?

Tint Whistler: 20:48:30

from left to right

God: 20:48:43

do you send them in and then bring them back, like a lure?

Tint Whistler: 20:48:51

sure

God: 20:48:55

left first?

Tint Whistler: 20:48:59

sure

God: 20:49:22

you send the lights dancing off into the darkness, between teh pillar of rock in teh centre and the southern wall

Tint Whistler: 20:49:25

I could also send in an illusion of us.

God: 20:49:40

after a round or two, your lights come dancing back under your command, followed by another 4 zombies and 4 skeletons

Tint Whistler: 20:49:48

sweet!

God: 20:49:51

shambling along in their somniferous way

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:49:56

hee

God: 20:49:57

Lotho, roll for wall damage...

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:50:09

somniferous is a big word for a Wednesday night ...

Lotho: 20:50:11

34

Lotho: 20:50:23

i think they die

Ryu: 20:50:27

big word for any night

God: 20:50:30

those Undead burst into flame as they approach the wall, and disappear in a flaming mess in front of it

God: 20:51:05

Tint sends his lights dancing out again towards the pond, and draws theem back after a few more moments, followed this time by 4 skeletons, and 4 fast-moving corpses with limpid, glowing eyes

God: 20:51:19

these corpses move fast, hugging the shadows, and have long, wickd claws and nasty teeth

God: 20:51:25

still, they hit the wall...

God: 20:51:28

Lotho, roll

Lotho: 20:51:36

28

Lotho: 20:51:38

dead dead

God: 20:51:48

the fast-moving corpses pile throught he wall, but they die

Lotho: 20:51:50

or not?

God: 20:51:53

the skeletons burn up on approach

Lotho: 20:52:10

ew

Lotho: 20:52:13

what were they?

God: 20:52:22

lacedons - ghouls that live in water

God: 20:52:24

nothing serious

Lotho: 20:52:27

ah

Lotho: 20:52:32

so we done here then?

Tint Whistler: 20:52:43

to the right still

God: 20:52:44

after a few minutes more dangling about of lights, no more undead approach

God: 20:52:59

Tint - the right is empty

Lotho: 20:53:03

don't spose theres any reason to search this place is there?

God: 20:53:04

I will send you a map of the cavern

Tint Whistler: 20:53:04

sweet

God: 20:53:14

sent file Undead Storage.jpg to members of this chat

God: 20:53:31

Lotho: you should probably look around...

Lotho: 20:53:39

thats a big pic

Ryu: 20:53:47

Undead storage. By tupperware? keeps them nice and fresh-y

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:54:08

sealed.

God: 20:54:16

sorry Lotho, didn't plan them to be used by you guys...

God: 20:54:27

so, you search the rooms but you don't find anything interesting

Lotho: 20:54:37

well, that was useful!

Lotho: 20:54:39

:P

God: 20:54:42

obviously they were once some kind of religious place, or dwelling place, but they have long since fallen into ruin

God: 20:54:55

there is a large plinth on the north west side, which is reached by stairs from teh floor

God: 20:55:09

on the plinth are the corpses of some dunlendings who must have been fed to the demons

God: 20:55:19

there are also chains of some sort, and perhaps a place for performing incantations

God: 20:55:39

probably they occasionally replenish tehir personal undead supply using the bodies of the Dunlendings who are killed here

God: 20:55:55

Ory is familiar with this sort of thing - keep some undead, feed them people, then turn the people into undead once they are dead

God: 20:56:01

nice self-replenishing supply

God: 20:56:03

of soldiers

God: 20:56:15

anyway, there is nothing else in the room

God: 20:56:21

You have completed the entire Orc nest!

Lotho: 20:56:26

hooray

God: 20:56:29

for which you get a bonus 5000xps each

Tint Whistler: 20:56:31

whoo hoo

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 20:56:39

Huzzah with knobs on! (party) 

God: 20:56:43

Now you have a decision to make!

Lotho: 20:56:51

i get to go up a level!

God: 20:56:52

you have determined the following things:

God: 20:57:00

1. this is just an outpost

Lotho: 20:57:22

what do our cohorts get?

God: 20:57:27

2. it is connected to the other outposts and whatever is at the centre of this network of outposts by a goblin transport system

God: 20:57:32

(Lotho: 2500)

God: 20:57:43

3. given Tint came here on a goblin train, it is likely they are the same thing

God: 20:57:54

4. undead are sent to and from these outposts by this system

God: 20:58:05

5. all the outposts are connected under some grand scheme

God: 20:58:31

6. the grand scheme is being centrally planned, and instructions are sent by these shamen and witchdoctors from the "broken teeth" tribe

God: 20:58:42

7. "Broken Teeth" is also the name of their central leader

Lotho: 20:58:43

but for now we want to go back to our ship, feed ourselves and the released slaves, rest and talk

God: 20:58:55

8. there is a new and previously unheard of religion involved

Lotho: 20:58:59

can't you tell us this next time, we wont' remember it!

God: 20:59:02

9. Tint has a map of the goblin tunnels

God: 20:59:11

so you need to decide:

God: 20:59:28

do you go back to teh ship and return to civilisation to replenish, sell things, buy things,etc.?

God: 20:59:34

or do you go straight down to the goblin tunnels?

God: 20:59:51

or do you rest on teh ship long enough to leanr new spells, identify magic items, regain pps, then head down?

Tint Whistler: 20:59:57

Where are the stone giants on the map?

Lotho: 21:00:01

um, are you serious?

God: 21:00:05

Tint: they aren't?

God: 21:00:11

sorry, they aren't.

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 21:00:15

Yeah - I want new spells! I have stacks to learn, so spending time on learning them would be cool.

God: 21:00:15

Lotho, not right now obviously.

Tint Whistler: 21:00:17

Do we know where the stone giants are?

God: 21:00:21

Tint: yes

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 21:00:27

Especially if we're going to meet the Big Bad soon.

God: 21:00:36

and you may be able to lay a trap for some orcs with their help

Lotho: 21:00:37

's vote is for resting and learning first

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 21:00:50

seconded

Ryu: 21:00:54

By the way, what's the next level of experience for our cohorts. Mine's still got 6000 recorded, and my cohort now has 8950.

God: 21:01:17

if you rest and learn back at your home base, this nest will be repopulated and you will lose the chance to go down thet tunnels without redoing today's adventure

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 21:01:38

bottom!

God: 21:01:39

Ryu: 10,000 is required

Lotho: 21:01:41

fuck. can we decide next time?

Ryu: 21:01:46

ok

God: 21:01:51

yes you can

Tint Whistler: 21:01:54

How about the slaves? Could we send them back with Drake and the boat?

God: 21:01:59

Tint: yes

Tint Whistler: 21:02:11

How close are the stone giants?

God: 21:02:17

you could camp on the boat for a day or two, leaving your cohorts here to keep the doors closed, then come back down

God: 21:02:28

the stone giants are not close enough to do that side adventure and maintain access to this lift

Lotho: 21:02:29

that sounds like the best option

Lotho: 21:02:35

can i run away now?

God: 21:02:36

but you could send them a message...

God: 21:02:39

Lotho, yes you can go

God: 21:02:46

we are not playing again till next year most likely

Lotho: 21:02:49

thanks dad!

Lotho: 21:02:54

oh really?

God: 21:02:59

hey you're the grump, not me

Lotho: 21:03:04

heh

Lotho: 21:03:07

it's 11pm here

Tint Whistler: 21:03:19

We need some anti-scrying protection

God: 21:03:21

who said dad again...?

God: 21:03:23

so

Lotho: 21:03:23

i didn't even get around to caling my parents today

God: 21:03:44

next session can't be in a fortnight, because Andrew is here

God: 21:03:50

then we have xmas/new year

Tint Whistler: 21:03:51

yay!

God: 21:03:59

so I think the next sesssion is around about 15th Januar

God: 21:04:00

y

Lotho: 21:04:01

ah, can't play with andrew there?

Lotho: 21:04:09

or over xmas/new year?

God: 21:04:17

Lotho, we probably could but Beata would probably think that was pretty crappy...

Lotho: 21:04:22

who really does stuff then anyway?

Lotho: 21:04:22

haha

God: 21:04:24

let me check my calendar

Lotho: 21:04:28

nm

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 21:04:39

the uni is closed for 2 weeks over xmas so stu and i have time

Tint Whistler: 21:04:46

Beata doesn't mind if it's only 3hrs or so

Lotho: 21:04:49

k, i'm going, lemme know. and i'll need to sort out level rising

God: 21:04:53

the first week of new year is the 2nd (Wednesday the 2nd)

God: 21:05:01

so we might be able to do it then, or in that week

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 21:05:04

byiiiieee rems

God: 21:05:06

We might be returning from Nagoya

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 21:05:06

grems

Lotho: 21:05:10

later :)

God: 21:05:14

so maybe in the follwoing few days

Tint Whistler: 21:05:15

bye

God: 21:05:18

shall I send everyone an email?

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 21:05:23

aye, aye

Tint Whistler: 21:05:23

cool

Ryu: 21:05:30

bye emily

Tint Whistler: 21:05:32

Stu anything about our trip?

Ryu: 21:05:34

yep

God: 21:05:35

okay, I wll send an email in case we can play sooner

God: 21:05:38

See you Emily!

God: 21:05:51

Andrew: I will pay tomorrow for your tickets, don't have much else to reprot

Lotho: 21:05:52

bye all :)

Tint Whistler: 21:06:05

L - bye

God: 21:06:14

My supervisor was pretty grumpy wiht me today so I didn't ask him about getting the afternoon of Wednesday teh 19th off. He may refuse, not sure.

Ryu: 21:06:15

righto, night then all

God: 21:06:21

bye Lotho! talk soon!

Tint Whistler: 21:06:26

Happy New Year Ryu and L

Ryu: 21:06:32

Same to you

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 21:06:37

Bye Ryu!

God: 21:06:40

bye Ryu, chat sooN!

Ryu: 21:06:43

nite nite

Tint Whistler: 21:06:48

sleep tite

God: 21:07:02

night all!

Oryndiel Ponceboots: 21:07:11

nighty night (*)