Looting the lower levels...

Chat History with It has many admirers as well as detractors (#grremily/$andrewdvincent;f3283703d33704da)

Created on 2007-10-11 21:04:29.

2007-10-11

God: 18:02:31

would anyone like to apprise Lotho of the events of the previous session?

Ryu: 18:02:42

we kicked butt. That is all.

Lotho: 18:02:46

appraise me!

Tint Whistler: 18:02:48

Webby butt

God: 18:02:50

Fuck

Lotho: 18:02:51

still on the same map?

Ember: 18:02:56

Ryu had a sticky moment.

Tint Whistler: 18:02:58

all praise lotho the new god

God: 18:03:08

I could go through all the sessions so far and i would always get teh same opening sentence at this part of the night:

God: 18:03:12

"We killed shit"

Ryu: 18:03:18

yes, I ejaculated my sticky web to entrap the naughties.

Ember: 18:03:20

Biff. Boff.

Ember: 18:03:22

Zap.

Ember: 18:03:36

Like, ew.

Tint Whistler: 18:03:41

well not much else happened

God: 18:03:48

Is this all code for "We're so addled by booze and high on our own power that we forget the events of 2 weeks ago"?

Ryu: 18:03:51

TW: Came up with a brilliant plan.

Tint Whistler: 18:04:11

Which back fired due to the absense of said thief

God: 18:04:24

well it didn't back fire

Ryu: 18:04:27

We killed the orcs.

God: 18:04:31

just didn't work as well as it should have

Tint Whistler: 18:04:31

said thief (read L) didn't help us when we walked into the traps

Ryu: 18:04:51

We used the demon-summoning candle on the werewolves and left them to play nicely.

Lotho: 18:04:53

catches up... like, ew

God: 18:05:16

my god this is like reading teh minutes of a meeting of the Hippy Society's annual acid trip

Lotho: 18:05:17

how'd you do that?

Lotho: 18:05:23

ie.e. control who the demon attacked

God: 18:05:25

can somebody please start at the beginnning?

God: 18:05:28

And go to the end?

Tint Whistler: 18:06:03

We found a demon summoning candle

Tint Whistler: 18:06:16

We used it on a werewolf + friends

Tint Whistler: 18:06:28

We walked down some stairs, set off some alarms, walked into a room full of badies waiting for us.

Lotho: 18:06:41

... as you do

Tint Whistler: 18:06:41

Ryu splatted them with some webby stuff

Tint Whistler: 18:06:49

And we kicked butt

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:07:20

Arrows flamed, swashes were buckled, bottoms were roundly caned.

Ryu: 18:07:24

and then... I tried to kill Leon.

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:07:32

Oh yeah! the shapeshifter

Tint Whistler: 18:07:38

Hmm... I think you did kill Leon

Tint Whistler: 18:07:50

shh... don't ruin the surprise

Tint Whistler: 18:08:23

So Lotho are you sufficiently praised?

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:08:42

(god is chopping pumpkin btw)

Tint Whistler: 18:08:59

Cool... I need to grab some more lunch - back in 2min

Lotho: 18:09:05

yeah

Lotho: 18:09:06

sounds good

Lotho: 18:09:15

where did ryu get the webby stuff though?

Ryu: 18:09:17

well, I only meant to knock Leon out for questioning... not kill him. Which I did apaprently.

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:09:22

is yer pedestal comfy, o hobbity one?

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:09:32

but wasn't it not really drake?

Ryu: 18:09:38

I had Web Lvl 2 spell

Lotho: 18:09:40

pedestal? huh?

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:09:50

didn't we think it was a shapeshiftier thingo?

God: 18:09:50

huh?

God: 18:10:08

Ory: yes, it was a shapeshifter, a Doppelganger to be precise

Ryu: 18:10:09

yea, a doppelganger

God: 18:10:28

Whcih means probably that you have killed the messenger who was fleeing to the next level to alert the remainder of the tribe.

Tint Whistler: 18:10:42

there's more?

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:10:43

what about drake though?

Ryu: 18:10:51

up on the boat...

God: 18:10:57

TW: evil empire, always there will be more...

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:11:08

so dopplegangers don't harm those they are copying  then ...

Ryu: 18:11:22

usually they kill the original don't they?

Ryu: 18:11:33

it makes their illusion more foolproof

Ryu: 18:11:43

it's what I'd do anyway

God: 18:11:58

sent file Hill Giant Dungeons Map 1.jpg to members of this chat

God: 18:12:15

Ryu: they do that if the person they are copying is around to create confusion

God: 18:12:17

in this case not

God: 18:12:27

clever attempt to escape detection, but it didn't fool you

TW: 18:12:32

And if he had Drake's sword we would have been well confused

Ryu: 18:13:02

apparently my actions weren't exactly that of a lawful good monk... flurry of fists first, questions later.

Ryu: 18:13:12

So says my office's roleplayer.

God: 18:13:14

I just sent you all a map of the underground level you are now in, which TW previously had a rough idea of the layout of

TW: 18:13:20

The strong arm of the Law! (flex)

God: 18:13:23

Ryu: these guys are chaotic evil

God: 18:13:26

so no probs

Ryu: 18:13:30

yay.

God: 18:13:33

Now

God: 18:13:39

I seem to recall someone gained a level...?

Ryu: 18:13:45

my internet is fucked up tonight. slow file download.

God: 18:14:04

Everyone, tonight Emma is testing Character Sheet version 2,

TW: 18:14:07

G: That would be me

God: 18:14:09

which includes automatic dice rolling

God: 18:14:15

she may be slowed down or confused by this

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:14:24

OI!

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:14:30

*waggles finger at god*

God: 18:14:34

TW: have you done your level?

God: 18:14:44

waggles my enormous hammer at Ory

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:14:54

*meepness*

TW: 18:15:02

No, I couldn't make up my mind...

God: 18:15:06

...?

God: 18:15:08

about what?

Ryu: 18:15:09

the hammer of the god, tis a scary thing. Yea verily I have witnessed it.

TW: 18:15:32

Going for Trickster

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:15:36

Ooo, the map has slimey green water!

God: 18:15:37

Ah,...

God: 18:15:50

It's an Orc lair now Ory, so there will be some slime

God: 18:16:01

TW: perhaps you should explain your dilemma to the party and ask for advice?

TW: 18:16:06

But decided to stay Bard - will figure it out next time.

God: 18:16:18

okay

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:16:31

What is the dilemma? Rusty whistle?

God: 18:16:32

can you maybe improve the essentials - that is, hps and base attack - now?

TW: 18:16:42

Sure

TW: 18:16:56

Base attack doesn't change, spells don't change.

TW: 18:17:03

Ppts might - you tell me.

God: 18:17:05

Are you level 9?

TW: 18:17:10

Yup

TW: 18:17:15

8 -> 9

God: 18:17:17

24 Pps + your charisma

God: 18:17:25

you gain the power "Inspire greatness"

God: 18:17:33

and your fortitude save goes up by 1

TW: 18:17:41

Yup - seems a bit of dud power.

God: 18:18:13

2 extra d10 of hps is not dud if you have as few as Ory

God: 18:18:25

Anyway, we will cross that brdige when we come to it

God: 18:18:33

shall we commence our wanderings about this underground lair?

TW: 18:18:33

sure

Ryu: 18:19:01

I have a question

God: 18:19:06

Yeeeeeees Ryu

God: 18:19:11

frowns impressively

Lotho: 18:19:19

we in the dungeon now then?

God: 18:19:23

yes Lotho

Ryu: 18:19:24

our HP and magic points....

God: 18:19:29

yes Ryu...?

TW: 18:19:30

God has infite patience...

Ryu: 18:19:32

can we bring them up to full first?

God: 18:19:36

No RYu

God: 18:19:44

you can choose to heal yourself or others if you ahve the power

Ryu: 18:19:46

I have no magic points now

God: 18:19:54

but the only way you can get your Power points back is to sleep for a full 8 hours

God: 18:20:00

should you choose to do that

Ryu: 18:20:03

maha ree shee butthole

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:20:04

Grrrr. Me too. We have withered away to mere ghosties of our former selves.

God: 18:20:08

I am pretty sure the Orcs will get reinforcements

God: 18:20:15

and come for your boat

Lotho: 18:20:20

have i recovered ?

God: 18:20:22

and your balls

Lotho: 18:20:26

(not beig here last time)

God: 18:20:27

Lotho, recovered what?

Ryu: 18:20:27

ok - I have heal potions - can I use this first before we continue?

Lotho: 18:20:33

ppts

God: 18:20:37

Ryu - you can

God: 18:20:41

Lotho - you haven't

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:20:46

will check my stocks too

God: 18:20:59

Anyone who is injured might like to make use of healing potions, magic etc. now

Lotho: 18:21:19

i have no power points either

Ryu: 18:21:26

how much points do light, mod and serious potions cure?

Ryu: 18:21:35

or is it in the book you sent us?

God: 18:21:46

light:1d8+1

God: 18:21:53

moderate: 2d8;2

God: 18:21:58

serious: 3d8+3

Ryu: 18:22:27

ok. I'll use a mod - gimme sec. Anyone else need healing?

Ryu: 18:22:41

wait I mean light

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:22:49

i'm down four points. Can yer heal me?

Ryu: 18:23:01

sure. I have serious wounds potion.

Ryu: 18:23:14

I'll let you roll how many points you can recover.

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:23:15

nay, it's not worth it for four.

Ryu: 18:23:31

I thought you were down to four points. :)

God: 18:23:37

right

God: 18:23:38

so

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:23:39

gomen ne

TW: 18:23:40

God, do clerics have a 0ppt 0-level healing spell?

God: 18:23:57

heal yourselves, remember to knock off the potions from your equipment, and write the hps you regain here

God: 18:24:00

TW: no

TW: 18:24:07

pity

God: 18:24:18

because the 0-level healing spells would require 0 pps

God: 18:24:25

and would therefore be able to be used to completely regenerate

God: 18:24:27

so no

God: 18:24:40

contemplates his own bastardliness

Ryu: 18:24:51

ory: still need healing?

TW: 18:25:07

I'm down 12 - a light would be nice

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:25:07

i'm ok

Ryu: 18:25:11

what potion restores magic points?

God: 18:25:18

Ryu: a very very rare potion

Ryu: 18:25:20

TW: ok, I'll let you roll it.

TW: 18:25:22

potion of sleep

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:25:22

got cure light wounds so have restored my hit points to full :)

God: 18:25:22

of Mana

God: 18:25:28

which is very rare

God: 18:25:38

are we all ready?

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:25:47

aye-ness

Ryu: 18:25:50

yep

TW: 18:26:04

does anyone ahve a cure light potion for me?

Ryu: 18:26:08

I do.

TW: 18:26:14

many thank

TW: 18:26:17

s

Ryu: 18:26:19

np

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:26:42

where is lotho?

TW: 18:26:56

sleeping to get his pps back - maybe

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:27:05

fallen down the lav? (doh) 

God: 18:27:06

No, Lotho has wandered down to join you after the battle

God: 18:27:42

He has news - a Demon rampaged around the top level for a bit, carrying severed parts of a werewolf, but couldn't get down the stairwell and eventually retired to its own plane, carrying the remains of the werewolf with it

God: 18:27:48

So Lotho has joined you

God: 18:27:52

Shall we view the map?

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:27:54

hee hee

Ryu: 18:27:58

oh dear.

Lotho: 18:28:02

mm

Ryu: 18:28:13

My map refuses to download. So I leave it to you guys to decide.

God: 18:28:23

Okay I shall give a brief description

TW: 18:28:27

I like maps with secret doors

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:28:39

Love the warg rug decor of room 2.

God: 18:28:43

Trying again Ryu

God: 18:28:45

so

God: 18:28:59

You are in a large squarish room, room 1 on the map

TW: 18:28:59

double bed even

God: 18:29:09

it is about 70' square

God: 18:29:19

with an exit in every corner and every wall

God: 18:29:26

the room is brightly lit but smoky due to many lanterns and torches

God: 18:29:34

there are long benches on the North and West walls

God: 18:29:49

and a huge pile of gnolls and hobgoblins against the East wall

God: 18:29:57

pools of blood are congealing in much of the room

God: 18:30:07

and blood is spattered halfway up the (20' high) walls

God: 18:30:11

there are also scorch marks

God: 18:30:25

A large tunnel leadingn from the southern wall has no door

God: 18:30:42

and a dead minotaur lying in the middle of it

God: 18:31:01

the next door in the southern wall, on the Eastern corner, is open and inside is a series of rooms

God: 18:31:10

these are lit by lanterns and are empty of foes except one dead doppelganger

God: 18:31:24

on the eastern wall is a door which is open, revealing the room from which some of the gnolls emergd

God: 18:31:31

this room is empty but for splatterings of blood adn gore

God: 18:31:39

a tunnel leads out of the room to the east from here

Ryu: 18:31:44

my, we were busy.

God: 18:31:48

in the northern corner of hte eastern wall is a closed door

God: 18:31:54

and next to it on the north wall another tunnel

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:31:55

Like Pro Hart!

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:32:07

Oh Mr Hart, whaat a mess!

God: 18:32:09

Lotho, make a spot check please

Lotho: 18:33:10

23

God: 18:33:24

There is a secret door on the Northern corner of the room, on the WEstern wall

God: 18:33:34

It is just next to the stairs entering the room from above

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:33:38

OOooooOOOoo....

TW: 18:34:01

E: you trying out for Ghost school?

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:34:23

Well, Halloween's coming up and all that...

TW: 18:34:24

With all these dead bodies you'll have some competition

Lotho: 18:34:27

is that the one to rm 2?

God: 18:34:38

No: the S on the wall of the map

God: 18:34:43

on the Western wall in the North corner

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:34:47

Secret doors have their allure. there's a few on the map.

God: 18:34:51

It leads to a little room, #32

Lotho: 18:34:56

ahk

God: 18:35:01

would you like to open it?

Lotho: 18:35:23

sure :)

Lotho: 18:35:25

trapcheck?

God: 18:35:29

roll it...

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:35:37

go the loth

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:35:44

rhymes with  moth

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:35:46

bogong.

Lotho: 18:35:48

search?

God: 18:35:52

aye

Lotho: 18:36:00

oops, 18

God: 18:36:06

no traps, safe as houses

God: 18:36:10

gonna open it?

Lotho: 18:36:11

ah huh

Lotho: 18:36:17

guess so...

Ryu: 18:36:19

dear Lord Ory, you is unpossible.

Lotho: 18:36:31

you guys wanna stand back? ;)

God: 18:36:33

You open the door, which is really just a wooden door with a brick veneer cover on it

TW: 18:36:48

G:Any chance to pocket any shiny items while L’s busy?

God: 18:36:48

As the door swings open it reveals a 30' long, 10' wide passageway, extremely dark

God: 18:37:21

you peer in, and a pendulum - about 3' in diameter, and ringed with spikes around a blade, swings out

God: 18:37:25

fortunately for you

God: 18:37:29

it is set to hit a human in the face

God: 18:37:32

and passes over your head

TW: 18:37:45

Yay for short peoples

Lotho: 18:37:51

woot!

Ryu: 18:37:56

ooooo

TW: 18:37:59

Halflings and Gnomes unite

God: 18:38:03

Do you go down the hall?

Ryu: 18:38:11

"the penitent man kneels before God"

God: 18:38:23

TW: I had better provide a list of shiny items, eh?

Lotho: 18:38:24

umm. can we throw a light in?

God: 18:38:29

I think you guys searched last week?

TW: 18:38:33

G: wink wink

Lotho: 18:38:39

or or shine one?

God: 18:38:39

Lotho: light is a 0-level spell for the wizards

Lotho: 18:38:45

wizards?

Ryu: 18:38:48

Leon

Ryu: 18:38:51

or Drake

Lotho: 18:38:53

and ember?

Lotho: 18:39:02

or ory

Ryu: 18:39:16

otherwise I have a sunrod, but only 1 left.

Lotho: 18:39:40

i have sunrods, lets see if emma can help first though

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:40:08

i can do a basic light spell

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:40:13

apparently

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:40:25

(sorry for delay - choking on hot roast spud)

God: 18:40:31

TW: searching the bodies, you discover nothing of interest except two wizard spell books

God: 18:40:33

which you can't use

TW: 18:40:59

Perhaps Ory or Ryu are interested.

Lotho: 18:41:03

are they potentially valuable?

TW: 18:41:07

Yup

God: 18:41:14

Lotho: they have value immediately for the wizards

God: 18:41:23

the wizards can take the spells from the books and learn them into their own

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:41:33

ooo, i want to upskill to wizardly things.

God: 18:41:37

Ory do you cast light?

Ryu: 18:41:41

The books are probably of more value to Drake, if he ever returns.

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:41:48

aye, castin

God: 18:41:57

Ryu: Drake is a druid, you are a wizard. Wizard spellbooks are of more use to you

God: 18:42:06

Ory casts light

God: 18:42:09

the corridor lights up

God: 18:42:12

revealing a corridor

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:42:13

wanna share?

God: 18:42:15

that ends in a blank wall

God: 18:42:28

do you want to investigate, Lotho?

Ryu: 18:42:29

ok, I'll take a gander at the books then.

Lotho: 18:42:29

interesting!

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:42:37

another secret door?

God: 18:42:39

Ryu adn Ory, do you want to take a book each?

TW: 18:42:40

G: Where do Bards get their spells?

Lotho: 18:42:40

why would an empty corridor be booby trapped though?

God: 18:42:51

TW: I am thinking

Lotho: 18:42:52

heads carefully down the corridor

TW: 18:42:52

Good thinking

God: 18:43:03

In theory from bard spellbooks

Ryu: 18:43:03

probably boobytrapped floors.

God: 18:43:08

but what is the chance of finding them?

God: 18:43:15

Lotho: make a search check

TW: 18:43:28

G: Could be from singing - i.e. intuitive

God: 18:43:38

Ryu and Ory, do you want to take a spell book each?

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:43:38

karaoke?

God: 18:43:45

(Please answer my questions!!!)

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:43:48

aye

God: 18:43:55

TW: I'm thinking a new spell at each level, or some such

Ryu: 18:44:03

Yes I'l take a book

God: 18:44:05

Ory: ah, spellbook 1 or spellbook 2?

God: 18:44:17

Lotho: search check please!!

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:44:18

If 1's beginner's level, I'll take that

God: 18:44:50

Ory: choose a number, then you can find out whats inside and Ryu can take the other

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:44:56

1

God: 18:44:59

One spellbook consists of a ring of carved human teeth

God: 18:45:02

this is spellbook 1

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:45:07

Noice!

Ryu: 18:45:14

so what do I get?

God: 18:45:15

Spellbook 2 is a pouch, with all the spells written in crabbed hadn writing on animal scrota

God: 18:45:25

Ryu: you get spellbook 2

Lotho: 18:45:26

25

Ryu: 18:45:31

hmm. nutsack magic

TW: 18:45:31

<Ember can you change your title to Ory - it's confusing for simple me?

God: 18:45:42

Spellbook 1: Magic Missile, enlarge person, true strike, alarm, jump; invisibility, protection from arrows, levitate

God: 18:46:01

Spell book 2: Magic Missile, alarm, detect undead, Identify, reduce person, Tenser's floating disc;detect thoughts, false life, melf's acid arrow.

God: 18:46:31

Lotho: have you done that search check yet?

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:46:32

(I changed it earlier but sometimes it doesn't work or there's a lag ... same for me,  I can't see "Lotho", just "Emily")

Lotho: 18:46:42

25

Ryu: 18:46:43

right. I'll write all that down.

God: 18:46:56

Lotho: there is a secret door in the wall at the end of the corridor

God: 18:47:00

RYu and Ory!!

God: 18:47:12

If you want to learn any of these spells to your spellbooks, you need to tell me

God: 18:47:19

you also need to take some time, about 10mins per spell

God: 18:47:40

Until you make a decision about which spells to learn, you cannot use the spellbooks and can only carry them around

Ryu: 18:48:00

Should we do this now or later?

God: 18:48:23

So compare them with your spellbook, work out how many you will be learning, and ask hte otehrs if they are willing to pause for the required time for you to learn them.

God: 18:48:35

Meantime, Lotho, do you open that secret door? It is the saem crappy style as the last one

TW: 18:48:51

Should we listen at the door first

TW: 18:48:51

?

Lotho: 18:48:56

yup,

God: 18:49:01

okay

God: 18:49:08

Lotho, do you listen first?

Lotho: 18:49:17

haha, um, okay

God: 18:49:20

roll it...

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:49:29

Well, I fancy magic missile, protection from arrows and levitate. What is MM and what weights can I levitate?

Lotho: 18:49:43

ug. 14

God: 18:49:52

Ory: MM sends out one missile per 2 levels, to hit one or more targets. They neve rmiss but don't do much damage

God: 18:49:59

Levitate: at least your own body weight

God: 18:50:03

Lotho: it's all quiet

God: 18:50:06

gonna go in?

Lotho: 18:50:20

carefuly, yeah

TW: 18:50:22

detect traps?

God: 18:50:41

Lotho: you open the door

God: 18:50:49

It, thankfully, has no traps

God: 18:51:51

It opens into a big rectangular room - 80' by 50'

God: 18:51:54

the room is very dark

God: 18:52:09

your light spell illuminates the first part of the room - maybe a 10' radius circle

God: 18:52:14

it is festooned with huge, thick webs

God: 18:52:19

spider webs

Lotho: 18:52:41

eep

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:52:43

(where's the Mortein?)

God: 18:52:52

What do you do Lotho? You are at the front

Lotho: 18:52:55

doesn't wanna run into a giant spider

Lotho: 18:53:02

light?

God: 18:53:08

Somewhere in the distance, very quietly, you can hear someone talking

Lotho: 18:53:16

listens

God: 18:53:23

Lotho, you can cast another light spell or better still throw out a sunrod, anytime you want

Lotho: 18:53:25

28

God: 18:53:28

You can't make out the voices

God: 18:53:38

but they are speaking Dunlending, you think

Lotho: 18:53:48

problem with throwing a sunrod is theres no reversing it

Lotho: 18:53:58

wizard light?

God: 18:53:58

a long way away from where you are, the voices are curiously deadened, as if they were passing through a lot of... webbing...

God: 18:54:07

wizard light it is then

God: 18:54:33

you light up another 20' diameter area, revealing that the centre of the room is thick with webs hanging from the ceiling, trailing across the floors and from the walls

God: 18:54:37

they are thick webs

God: 18:54:45

do you enter the room properly?

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:54:48

(there in the ceiling, man!)

God: 18:55:03

hates to rain on your parade, man, but...

God: 18:55:20

Do you enter properly?

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:55:26

(wrong way, go back)

Lotho: 18:56:14

anyone else?

Lotho: 18:56:23

are there any huge spiders waiting to pounce?

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:56:31

(god wants us to go that way)

God: 18:56:33

guys - two sessions ago you killed 8 spiders without blinking

Ryu: 18:56:37

I think we killed them all

God: 18:56:37

why are you fussed?

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:56:41

(even though my bowls say otherwise..)

TW: 18:56:44

6 spiders - drake ahs 2

Lotho: 18:56:45

okay,

Lotho: 18:56:49

steps into the room

God: 18:57:03

Lotho, you explore the room for a few seconds, using hwat little light there is

Lotho: 18:57:16

and keeping an ear on those muffled voices...

God: 18:57:25

there are no spiders at all in this room, though there are two cocooned and dessicated dunlending corpses hanging from the ceiling

God: 18:57:37

there is an exit in the Eastern wall, in the Northeast corner

God: 18:57:53

and in teh Southern wall a large, 20' wide archway barred by a portcullis

God: 18:58:05

on the other side is another room with webs in, and it is from there that the voices are coming

Ryu: 18:58:38

Let's have a listen.

God: 18:58:49

Anyone speak Dunlending....?

TW: 18:59:00

you haven

God: 18:59:09

?

TW: 18:59:12

't given me any languages. I'm a mute bard

God: 18:59:16

heh

God: 18:59:22

you don't speak Dunlending...

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:59:25

Not I

Ryu: 18:59:33

darn

God: 18:59:33

just Black speech, elvish, gnomis, common, dwarvish

Lotho: 18:59:35

havn't we spoken to dunlendings?

God: 18:59:36

so

God: 18:59:41

Lotho: in common

Ory the Ponciferous: 18:59:43

hand gestures?

Ryu: 18:59:45

probably common speech

TW: 18:59:46

I can cast toungues and find out, or ask our cohorts

God: 18:59:57

you can't yet see the people talking

Ryu: 19:00:18

what do the voices sound like? Suffering? Conspiring? Bored?

God: 19:00:24

Ryu: all 3

TW: 19:00:29

I have two spells - comprehend languages and tounges

God: 19:00:33

TW: wann ask a cohort?

TW: 19:00:41

Cohort is a quick option

Lotho: 19:00:44

yeh, ask the cohorts

God: 19:00:51

cohort says: they are slaves, discussing spiders

TW: 19:00:58

Saying what?

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:01:01

(hey tint - is my poncy name showing yet?)

Ryu: 19:01:02

God: :P

God: 19:01:14

they think someone has come to feed them to the spiders

God: 19:01:19

they are scared

TW: 19:01:24

O: Yup - I double clicked on your icon and it changed.

Ryu: 19:01:35

lets free 'em

TW: 19:01:46

Let's be heros

God: 19:01:48

you gonna open the portcullis then?

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:01:58

(did the same with Emily but it didn't work :(  )

Ryu: 19:02:01

trap check someone?

Lotho: 19:02:23

huh?

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:02:27

the loth (pronounced "loaf")

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:02:32

shd check traps

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:02:40

with his nifty trap checking skills.

TW: 19:02:47

Check the traps by setting them off

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:02:57

Fun With Traps :P

God: 19:03:09

lotho?

Lotho: 19:03:13

search 28

TW: 19:03:17

The ABC of decapitation

God: 19:03:19

no traps

God: 19:03:28

levers next to the portcullis on your side open and close it

God: 19:03:30

wanna open it?

Ryu: 19:03:35

yes

God: 19:03:39

you open it

Lotho: 19:03:43

okay

God: 19:03:49

the next room, 50' x 40', is similar to the one you were just in

God: 19:03:52

it has less webs though

God: 19:04:12

when you walk in you see a small - maybe 3' wide - archway in the southeastern corner, which leads into a room with no webbing in it.

God: 19:04:43

Inside this room are 5 Dunlending slaves, cowering in the corner

God: 19:04:49

one is holding a bowl as if to strike you with it

God: 19:04:54

there are 3 men and 2 women

God: 19:04:57

all are clothed in rags

God: 19:05:01

they look weak

God: 19:05:12

the room stinks, as a prison cell of this sort should

God: 19:05:27

it obviously doesn't get cleaned much, adn tehre is not even a bucket to use as a toilet

Lotho: 19:05:33

have no fear, we're not here to hurt you

God: 19:05:35

the only object in here is the bowl

Ryu: 19:05:45

they speak Common?

God: 19:05:48

They do

TW: 19:05:48

hdkpk ahfid paddf - foreign language

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:06:01

Not the time for "o-genki?"

Lotho: 19:06:02

looks decidedly non-agressi ve

God: 19:06:09

because you are not Orcish, and do not immediately approach them with spears to toss them into the room, they quickly come to believe you.

God: 19:06:13

Do you lead them out?

God: 19:06:18

Back to room 1?

TW: 19:06:32

We could let our cohorts lead them out

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:06:46

shd we ask them what's been going down?

God: 19:06:49

TW: you want to take them to the ship?

Ryu: 19:06:59

we shoudl ask them for intel first

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:07:06

maybe they know movements of guards, beasties etc

TW: 19:07:13

We should take them back to their homes... if we're going to be heros

God: 19:07:17

Maybe they need a drink of water and some food first?

God: 19:07:29

They tell you they have been trapped in here for between a week and a day

God: 19:07:34

with barely any water and no food

TW: 19:07:40

knights in blood splattered armour

God: 19:07:46

Every 3 days someone is taken out and fed to the spiders

God: 19:08:10

who poison them and roll them in webbing in the room outside their little doorway, then drag them into the main room

TW: 19:08:19

Have we spare food?

God: 19:08:25

while a couple of orc guards use clubs to prevent them sneaking back into their shelter

God: 19:08:28

and jeer and laugh at them

God: 19:08:33

TW: yes

Lotho: 19:08:36

ow, lets feed n make em comfortable

Lotho: 19:08:42

whether that be here or elsewhere

God: 19:08:43

Lotho: in here or in room 1?

TW: 19:08:54

Let's get them out of here.

God: 19:09:11

TW: to room 1? Or out to the boat?

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:09:21

I have some lambas bread here somewhere...

TW: 19:09:43

We have to go via room 1 to get to the boat. I assume

TW: 19:09:44

.

God: 19:09:46

Yep

TW: 19:09:51

Let's head that way

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:09:59

I give them bread to nibble on the way

God: 19:10:04

okay

God: 19:10:10

you return to room 1, which is still empty

TW: 19:10:16

Shall we send a scout ahead to ensure ... enough said

God: 19:10:24

here you give them some water and a bit of bread

God: 19:10:36

do you want to escort htem to the boat yourselves or send your cohorts?

TW: 19:10:55

The cohorts should be enough - Lotho said the first level was empty... right?

Ryu: 19:11:02

yes, cohorts can go.

God: 19:11:08

That's what Lotho said...

God: 19:11:17

It will take the cohorts about an hour to take the Slaves there and back

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:11:27

then they can report on drake ...

God: 19:11:29

You can wait here for them, or continue exploring

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:11:42

If we wait, I can learn those four spells

TW: 19:11:42

Hmm.... I hope drake keeps those 2 spiders well hidden.

God: 19:11:48

heh

God: 19:12:18

Guys, if you wait in this room for the cohrots to return, Ory and Ryu can learn 3 or 4 spells in the meantime

God: 19:12:21

would you like to do that?

Lotho: 19:12:45

is tere anything else in the room?

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:12:46

It will take 40 mins in MT - Middleearth Time to learn my spellses

TW: 19:12:48

We should keep moving while we have surprise

Lotho: 19:12:57

if not, i'd rather go with the cohorts

God: 19:13:10

So, TW suggests not learnign the spells now, and continuing to explore the level while they are away

God: 19:13:12

Lotho concurs

TW: 19:13:20

The rest of the baddies are going to come looking for their captains and sharmans soon.

God: 19:13:22

Ryu and Ory, you happy to keep exploring for now and learn the spells later?

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:13:26

fine by me

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:13:44

ikimasho, ryu?

God: 19:13:50

well it's 3 to

God: 19:13:52

1

God: 19:13:55

so you continue exploring

God: 19:13:59

Whcih way?

God: 19:14:10

South along the big tunnel, or North, or East?

TW: 19:14:35

where was the drake-double heading to?

God: 19:14:42

south

TW: 19:15:05

Most likely for back up - do we want to continue this rampage of blood and guts?

Ryu: 19:15:21

sorry, someone at the door.

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:15:32

I'm up for a rampage!

God: 19:15:36

takes a toilet break

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:15:38

though i have no magic points

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:16:03

which way kids?

TW: 19:16:04

We've probably knocked over the worst of them anyway.

Ryu: 19:16:07

yes, it wouldn't help to learn now as I have no magic points. Won't come in handy.

Ryu: 19:16:21

How will the cohorts reach us anyway?

Ryu: 19:16:32

I'll go with majority decision

TW: 19:16:48

We could send L and TW south to scout, while the other two learn spells.

Lotho: 19:16:50

*shrugs* east?

God: 19:17:10

TW: that's boring

God: 19:17:23

Ryu and Ory: these spells aren't that powerful, and you have no pps, so no worries

God: 19:17:26

choose a direction kids

God: 19:17:31

North, South, East?

TW: 19:17:34

South

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:17:37

shall we swash some buckle?

Ryu: 19:17:43

south

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:17:54

North.

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:17:57

(Being difficult)

Lotho: 19:18:01

haha

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:18:03

south's fine :P

Lotho: 19:18:08

two for south, fine

TW: 19:18:10

(flex)

God: 19:18:12

okay

God: 19:18:28

via room 4 (where hte Doppelganger died) or the main big corridor (where the Minotaur died)

God: 19:18:29

?

TW: 19:18:29

decisions, decisions...

Lotho: 19:18:43

corridor

TW: 19:18:47

done

Ryu: 19:18:51

yes

God: 19:18:54

okay

God: 19:19:03

you head down teh corridor while your cohorts return the slaves to the ship?

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:19:17

okey-doke

TW: 19:19:26

Can I continue my disguise as the Sharman leader dude

God: 19:19:34

TW: it's worn off by now

Ryu: 19:19:38

mmm. I don't know how the cohorts will find us but ok.

God: 19:19:40

no actually it hasn't

God: 19:19:42

so yes ou can

God: 19:19:59

Ryu: Ory could send his ferret back to the door at regular intervals

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:20:00

I can send whispering wind to the cohorts to advise location

God: 19:20:04

(i.e. back to room 1)

Ryu: 19:20:10

ok

God: 19:20:12

Ory: Pps are at a premium, I wouldn't do that

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:20:21

OK.


Ferrety Watch.

God: 19:20:24

OK

God: 19:20:25

so

God: 19:20:28

cohorts depart?

Ryu: 19:20:38

make it so.

God: 19:20:49

for the next little while, none of you have any cohorts to help you

God: 19:20:50

however

TW: 19:20:50

South-paw

God: 19:20:58

you get 1000xps each for saving the slaves

God: 19:21:01

and 500xps for your slaves

God: 19:21:07

sorry 500xps for your cohorts

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:21:17

yah!

TW: 19:21:21

we've got experienced slaves - slave level 2

God: 19:21:39

giving them "obsequious" skill 4 ranks

God: 19:21:49

so everyone add 1000xps to yourselves, and 500 to yoru cohorts

God: 19:21:52

then we shall continue

Ryu: 19:22:09

wee

TW: 19:22:23

onwards my friends... hiho hiho(music)(music)

God: 19:22:37

has anyone gained a level?

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:22:44

me!

Ryu: 19:22:45

no

Lotho: 19:22:46

done

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:22:52

wizardie level ahoy!

God: 19:22:56

Lotho: was that a yes?

God: 19:23:13

Ory: for now, add your hit points and power points and saves and base attack bonus

Lotho: 19:23:15

no

God: 19:23:17

we'll do skills later

God: 19:23:21

what level are you?

Lotho: 19:23:22

is far from a new level

Lotho: 19:23:42

5/5

God: 19:24:06

okay

God: 19:24:11

then you need to add a d4 to hit points

God: 19:24:26

and add 3 to your pps

Lotho: 19:24:52

me?

God: 19:25:25

Lotho: no

God: 19:25:32

okay

TW: 19:25:34

God's gift to halfling kind

Lotho: 19:25:34

didn'tt hink so

God: 19:25:35

you all head south

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:25:52

Oooo, I have 3 power points now! Surely now I can wreak havoc with my wand  :D 

God: 19:25:52

the corridor heads south for 80' before it reaches a t-junction

God: 19:26:07

as you can see from your maps, there are 3 rooms in the corridor which you come to

God: 19:26:19

you can head left or right (West or East) from the end of the corridor

God: 19:26:22

which way do you go?

TW: 19:26:47

can I hear anything each way?

God: 19:26:52

roll a listen check...

TW: 19:27:03

24

God: 19:27:06

(anyone can do this)

God: 19:27:09

TW: nothing

God: 19:27:24

which way?

TW: 19:27:28

does the ferret smell anything interesting?

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:27:33

*sniff*

God: 19:27:35

No

God: 19:27:40

everything stinks of Orc

God: 19:27:55

which way?

TW: 19:27:55

Lotho which way?

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:27:58

Can't follow our noses then.

TW: 19:28:09

O: have to walk backwards

God: 19:28:10

choices: go west

God: 19:28:11

go east

God: 19:28:21

check the doors at the junction (those to rooms 9,10,11)

Lotho: 19:28:23

i duncare

TW: 19:28:23

go west has a nice sound to it

Lotho: 19:28:24

east

Ryu: 19:28:26

west

Lotho: 19:28:31

pft, fine.

Ryu: 19:28:33

I have to go pee

God: 19:28:39

so you head west?

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:28:43

Go West life is peaceful there (music) 

God: 19:28:52

bypassing the doors at the t-junction?

TW: 19:28:56

(music)(music)

TW: 19:29:14

listen again - Ory shh...

God: 19:29:29

you can't listen again TW, your previous attempt failed

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:29:38

I'll flap my elven lugs about then

TW: 19:29:39

sigh

God: 19:29:45

roll it Ory

God: 19:29:47

listen...

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:30:18

26

God: 19:30:37

there is nothing to hear Ory, except the occasional drip, drip of blood from the corpses you have left behind

God: 19:30:40

all is still

Lotho: 19:31:02

heads west

Ryu: 19:31:08

heads west

God: 19:31:16

okay

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:31:22

skulks along behind

God: 19:31:32

after 10' the corrdior branches, heading diagonally off to the south or straight on

God: 19:31:35

your choice?

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:31:43

straight

TW: 19:31:50

sure

Ryu: 19:31:51

queer

God: 19:31:53

okay

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:31:58

we ... must ... keep ... moving

God: 19:32:08

after another 20' the corridor branches again - straight on to the west or North?

God: 19:32:26

i.e. room 5, or the little cluster of 4 rooms to the north?

Lotho: 19:32:34

5

God: 19:32:35

(rooms 12 13 14 and their common entry)

God: 19:32:36

okay

Ryu: 19:32:39

5

TW: 19:32:41

with all these choices we'll need a string to find our way back

God: 19:32:47

you walk another 20' and come to an open archway

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:32:56

I can drop crumbs of lambas bread along the way!

Lotho: 19:32:57

although thats 15

God: 19:33:28

beyond is room 15 (sorry, my mistake). It is a circular room, with a huge firepit in the middle. One wall is painted in blood with the teardrop symbol of Grurrak, and a bowl on the altar contains 3 Dunlending body parts (two hands and a tongue).

God: 19:33:44

It is like an improvised devotional room, similar to the shrine upstairs but less sophisticated

Ryu: 19:33:50

No candles?

God: 19:33:51

there is nothing obvious in here to kill, loot or eat

God: 19:33:55

and no candles!

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:34:00

*sigh of relief*

God: 19:34:14

where next?

Ryu: 19:34:14

No secret doors?

Lotho: 19:34:19

search 30

God: 19:34:27

Lotho: nothing in here of any significance

God: 19:34:31

no secret doors, no traps, nothing

Lotho: 19:34:36

damn. k

Ryu: 19:34:46

good roll though

God: 19:34:56

where now?

Ryu: 19:34:57

let's go to the rooms to the north

Lotho: 19:35:03

k

Ryu: 19:35:04

(it's thundery here)

TW: 19:35:06

kk

TW: 19:35:13

you fart again?

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:35:21

Windy Ryu.

God: 19:35:22

you head back to the junction and turn north, reaching the small antechamber

Ryu: 19:35:24

What is it with you guys and my farting?

TW: 19:35:37

smells bad, even here

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:35:41

*recalls* "doing an Eden"

God: 19:35:45

there are three hallways leading off the antechamber, which is itself completely empty

TW: 19:35:51

hmm... can you fart a tune?

Ryu: 19:35:55

oh go to hell, the lot of you. *mumble mumble*

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:35:59

He's good at Kylie.

God: 19:36:08

TW: only if the tune goes like this: pffffffffffffffffffffttttt splat

God: 19:36:21

which room?

TW: 19:36:33

room A

God: 19:36:49

um

God: 19:36:52

there is no room A

TW: 19:36:52

specimen B

Lotho: 19:36:57

14

Lotho: 19:36:59

clpsest

Lotho: 19:37:02

o

God: 19:37:02

okay

God: 19:37:06

you walk down to that room

God: 19:37:12

along the little diagonal hallway

God: 19:37:16

and come to a half-open door

Ryu: 19:37:17

14

God: 19:37:18

do you enter?

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:37:26

checkety check

Lotho: 19:37:33

listen/spot?

TW: 19:37:34

I shall guard your rear ends

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:37:45

be careful of Ryu's.

Lotho: 19:37:51

30 agin for search/spot

Lotho: 19:38:00

28 listen

TW: 19:38:01

yup Ryu's is valuable, wont get lost

Ryu: 19:38:03

I fart in the general direction of your aunties.

God: 19:38:07

Lotho: there is noone in teh room and no traps

God: 19:38:09

do you enter?

Lotho: 19:38:15

heh. k

God: 19:38:39

The room is a filthy little den, with a bed of rugs in one corner, a small bookshel of battered stone on one wall, and in the middle a large wooden table

God: 19:38:57

the table is covered with rubbish: rotting meat, dirty dishes, and a vial of some kind of potion

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:39:10

Oo, potion!

God: 19:39:18

the ceiling is hung with many different disturbing things - animal parts, bones, eyeballs, malodourous herbs, etc.

TW: 19:39:21

potion of mana = beer = sleeping off hangover

God: 19:39:32

the whole thing looks like a bad witchdoctors room

God: 19:39:36

there are 3 scrolls on the bookcase

God: 19:39:41

who does what?

Ryu: 19:39:47

check potion

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:39:48

Oo, scrolls!

God: 19:39:56

Ryu: how?

TW: 19:39:57

guarding rear

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:40:02

can I id scrolls?

God: 19:40:05

will you drink it, or use Identify?

God: 19:40:12

Ory: you can open them and read them

Ryu: 19:40:13

fuck. I have no mp to identify.

TW: 19:40:26

I do

God: 19:40:26

Ryu: doe the spellbook you got contain the identify spell?

God: 19:40:36

if so you can use it as if it were a scroll to identify the potion

Ryu: 19:40:48

God: why yes it does. Right, I'll do that then.

God: 19:40:56

okay

God: 19:41:05

the potion is a potion of minor power point restoration

God: 19:41:10

who wants it?

Ryu: 19:41:13

AUIEE!

Lotho: 19:41:28

haha

God: 19:41:37

who wants it?

God: 19:41:41

only one of you can drink it...

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:41:42

we share?

God: 19:41:45

NO

Ryu: 19:41:53

Who's the most powerful magic user here?

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:41:58

ryu ain't it?

TW: 19:42:00

me

God: 19:42:05

Ory: no

God: 19:42:19

TW is a 9th level bard

God: 19:42:23

Ryu a 3rd level wizard

God: 19:42:29

Ory a 5th level wizard

God: 19:42:34

Lotho a 5th level cleric

God: 19:42:38

who wants it?

Ryu: 19:42:45

give it to the strong magic user then. I mostly use me fists.

TW: 19:42:47

I have enough pps, so I'm happy

Lotho: 19:42:48

tw i guess

Lotho: 19:42:59

oh

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:42:59

I bagsy it then as I have 3 pp

God: 19:43:04

Lotho has?

TW: 19:43:05

sure

God: 19:43:06

how many pps?

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:43:10

or actually what about loth?

Lotho: 19:43:11

0

TW: 19:43:19

ahh...

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:43:21

lotho should get it then

TW: 19:43:25

yup

God: 19:43:27

Ryu...?

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:43:29

(bow) 

Ryu: 19:43:29

ok

Lotho: 19:43:32

same as ryu though right?

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:43:44

rock-paper-scissors?

God: 19:43:46

Em: roll 2d6+2

Ryu: 19:43:48

I use my fists for fighting, so it's ok.

TW: 19:43:51

but you have more useful spells, being higher level

God: 19:43:57

he's not

TW: 19:43:58

that was to L

God: 19:43:59

and Em has healing spells

Lotho: 19:44:03

9

God: 19:44:13

add 'em on, Lotho

God: 19:44:16

now you have 99pps

God: 19:44:19

Ory: do you read the scroll?

God: 19:44:21

s?

TW: 19:44:24

cool

TW: 19:44:26

99

Lotho: 19:44:28

99?!

Ryu: 19:44:30

hahaahahahha

TW: 19:44:39

omnipotent god

Ryu: 19:44:41

well, that's close to infinite for this session.

TW: 19:44:49

very potent god

TW: 19:45:20

suddenly quiet god

God: 19:45:20

contemplates destroying annoying short people

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:45:21

detect magic on the scrolls

God: 19:45:24

Ory: not magic

God: 19:45:27

do you read them?

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:45:29

aye

God: 19:45:49

The scroll is a long list of information in double-accoutning ledger style

God: 19:45:53

written in a shaky Orcish hand

God: 19:46:09

and the first page of the 3 scrolls is entitled "cotnributions to the Broken Teeth Clan"

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:46:18

not a spell then, most curious!

God: 19:46:20

the next contribution is due for a week from now and is:

God: 19:46:21

2000gps

God: 19:46:37

mace of icy burst

TW: 19:46:39

does that mean that there is 2000gps hanging around somewhere?

God: 19:46:41

tome of leadership and influence

God: 19:46:46

all the scrolls

TW: 19:47:08

It doesn't say where these things are... treasure room perhaps?

Ryu: 19:47:35

mace of icy burst? Hate to get one of those sprayed in one's face.

God: 19:47:52

there is nothing else in this room

TW: 19:47:55

tortology

Ryu: 19:47:57

maybe it's got some sort of minty ingredient.

TW: 19:47:59

mace = icy burst

God: 19:48:11

do you leave?

God: 19:48:15

with the scrolls?

Ryu: 19:48:15

brrrracing!

TW: 19:48:19

The location so said mace?

God: 19:48:25

not written, sir

God: 19:48:28

have to find it yoursel

God: 19:48:29

f

God: 19:48:37

and I would think you'd be mroe interested in that Tome...

Lotho: 19:48:39

no secret drawers?

God: 19:48:46

Lotho: search check was 30

Lotho: 19:48:50

mmk

God: 19:48:52

nothing is hidden in this room

Lotho: 19:48:55

next rm

Ryu: 19:48:57

let's check out the other room.

TW: 19:48:58

Translation: mmk?

God: 19:49:05

TW: okay

TW: 19:49:14

sure next room

God: 19:49:16

the other room, as in room 13?

TW: 19:49:24

exhibit C

Lotho: 19:49:28

y

Ryu: 19:49:32

y

TW: 19:49:35

y

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:49:36

x

God: 19:49:40

You leave this room and go up the other hallway to room 13

Ryu: 19:49:42

z

God: 19:49:45

The door is closed

God: 19:50:05

anyone want to open it?

Lotho: 19:50:06

listen 16

Ryu: 19:50:09

I roll a 20

God: 19:50:13

Lotho: you won't hear anything with that

God: 19:50:19

Ryu: the room is unoccupied

TW: 19:50:20

I guard rear ends

God: 19:50:27

Lotho do you open the door?

Lotho: 19:50:31

carefully

God: 19:50:33

okay

Ryu: 19:50:33

check traps?

Ryu: 19:50:37

whoops

God: 19:50:41

inside is another room just like the other one

God: 19:50:47

It also has a vial on the table...

Lotho: 19:50:48

isn't that what ryu did?

Lotho: 19:50:49

nm

God: 19:50:52

and some scrolls on a bookcase

God: 19:50:56

Lotho: no

TW: 19:51:05

Ah ha... location of mace!

God: 19:51:05

the only person here who can find traps is you, I think

Lotho: 19:51:06

search 23

God: 19:51:15

and that was too late

God: 19:51:19

but it's okay, no traps

God: 19:51:22

and nothing hidden here

Ryu: 19:51:24

anyone want to identify the vial?

God: 19:51:26

who wants to check the potion?

God: 19:51:32

and who wants to read the scrolls?

TW: 19:51:36

sure

God: 19:51:42

TW: sure what?

Ryu: 19:51:43

I'll read the scrolls.

TW: 19:51:47

cast identify

God: 19:51:51

Ryu: do you want to check for magic first?

God: 19:51:54

TW: on the potion?

Ryu: 19:52:15

Check for magic?

TW: 19:52:17

aye aye - detect magic first

God: 19:52:24

TW: on the potion?

TW: 19:52:35

G - every where - 0 level spell

God: 19:52:41

okay

God: 19:52:53

the scrolls are not magic

God: 19:52:54

the potion is

God: 19:52:59

nothing else is magic

God: 19:53:03

what do you do?

TW: 19:53:05

identify potion

Ryu: 19:53:11

read the scrolls

God: 19:53:12

TW: knock of a pp

TW: 19:53:15

done

God: 19:53:17

it is a potion of minor pp restoration

Ryu: 19:53:25

AUIEE!

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:53:26

memememememe

God: 19:53:27

Ryu: "A record of acquisitions"

TW: 19:53:28

damn I thought it would be poison

God: 19:53:38

Lists recent looting, including slaves, ,over hte last 3 months

God: 19:53:44

most recent looting was 5000gps

Ryu: 19:53:46

oh my gods.

God: 19:53:59

there have been maybe 120 slaves pass this way in the last 3 months

TW: 19:54:00

damn big treasure room somewhere!

God: 19:54:03

who drinks the potion?

TW: 19:54:12

ory

Ryu: 19:54:13

I'll pass on the potion.

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:54:33

(coffee) gluglglugglug

God: 19:54:40

Ory: roll 2d6+2

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:55:00

8

God: 19:55:03

you regain 8pps

TW: 19:55:10

or was that 88?

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:55:10

tar

God: 19:55:12

there is nothing else of interest in the room

God: 19:55:14

hrmph, TW

God: 19:55:16

do you leave?

TW: 19:55:19

sure

God: 19:55:24

where next?

Ryu: 19:55:24

Could be 888.

Lotho: 19:55:26

on to 12!

Ryu: 19:55:34

kucky last

TW: 19:55:35

12121212

God: 19:55:40

You walk on to the next room then

God: 19:55:52

it is a little back from teh antechamber, with a 10' corridor leading up to it

Lotho: 19:55:54

oo, search = 20 roll

God: 19:55:57

the door to this room is empty

Lotho: 19:56:04

moos

TW: 19:56:07

empty doors are tricky

Lotho: 19:56:13

can i save that one for next search?

God: 19:56:17

Lotho: the door is trapped with a pit trap

Ryu: 19:56:19

they are so insubstantial.

Lotho: 19:56:23

oh

Ryu: 19:56:25

oooh

TW: 19:56:29

aaahh

Lotho: 19:56:33

can i get around it?

Lotho: 19:56:37

deactivate it?

God: 19:56:38

anyone who opens the door will fall downa huge pit, total damage 8d6

TW: 19:56:39

disarm it

God: 19:56:40

good roll

God: 19:56:44

gonna disable it?

Lotho: 19:56:47

yus\

God: 19:56:51

roll disable device

TW: 19:56:56

big trap = treasure room?

Ryu: 19:56:56

good roll, with bacon in it.

Ryu: 19:57:08

it sure looks big enoug from the map.

Lotho: 19:57:21

20, total

TW: 19:57:21

Tint rubs hands gleefully

God: 19:57:26

Lotho: you disable it

God: 19:57:35

so you can open the door safely

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:57:38

bacon?

God: 19:57:41

do you go in?

Ryu: 19:57:48

you know, a bacon roll sandwich.

Ryu: 19:57:55

let's go in

God: 19:58:03

also lotho: 450xp to you for finding and disabling the trap

Lotho: 19:58:12

yup

God: 19:58:15

who goes in first?

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:58:26

yah for the loth :)

TW: 19:58:27

always a difficult choice

Lotho: 19:58:28

me i guess...

God: 19:58:34

Lotho walks in...

TW: 19:58:42

.... aaaahhhh - spat

TW: 19:58:56

sorry - bad joke

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:58:58

splat! splick! splock!

God: 19:58:58

... to a large (60' x 20') room

Ryu: 19:59:00

pheeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww -toooosh

God: 19:59:09

inside is a largish pile of coins and stuff, and 3 large chests

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:59:11

poing poing!

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:59:20

oo!

God: 19:59:21

also on one side of the room, near the door, recessed into the wall, is a cage

Lotho: 19:59:27

ug

God: 19:59:28

inside the cage is s ome kind of beast made of stone

TW: 19:59:34

uh o

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:59:34

yikes ahoy

Lotho: 19:59:37

odesnt like the lok of that

God: 19:59:39

teh cage is obviously meant to open when the pit trap is triggered

Ory the Ponciferous: 19:59:39

checky-check

Ryu: 19:59:45

oooooh

God: 19:59:48

the beast inside is currently unable to escape

Lotho: 19:59:51

so do we need to check?

TW: 19:59:54

yay Loth

God: 20:00:03

It is a little nuggety creature, maybe 4' tall, made all of stone and mud

Ryu: 20:00:04

yay for the halflinger

God: 20:00:11

It is grunting and staring balefully at you

TW: 20:00:19

blow it kisses

God: 20:00:20

you can kill it at your leisure in the cage

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:00:23

narsty parstie

God: 20:00:23

or leave it alone

Lotho: 20:00:26

oo, it's a golem?

Ryu: 20:00:30

pee on it until it dissolves.

God: 20:00:35

Lotho: a mephit

God: 20:00:40

more demon than golem

Lotho: 20:00:43

hrm, no chance we could make it our friend right?

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:00:46

Maybe you should employ your fart power, ryu.

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:01:03

But it could become enraged if you do.

Ryu: 20:01:04

nah, that'll completely obliterate it.

TW: 20:01:05

demons generally aren't the best friends

God: 20:01:12

57600 sps


7900 gps

Potion

Tome

silk robe

God: 20:01:19

is what is lying on the floor of this room

TW: 20:01:19

mace?

God: 20:01:24

not on the floor

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:01:24

wow!

TW: 20:01:31

detect magic

God: 20:01:33

do you want to search the room or kill the beast?

Ryu: 20:01:33

TW: detect magic?

God: 20:01:47

The potion and tome are magic

TW: 20:01:49

kill beasty demon

God: 20:01:55

okay you kill the beasty demon

Lotho: 20:01:57

search room

God: 20:02:04

it can't escape - it's like pounding rocks in a barrel

Lotho: 20:02:05

29

God: 20:02:10

Lotho: there are 3 chests, and that is all

Lotho: 20:02:17

trapped?

TW: 20:02:26

spiky thingies

God: 20:02:28

All three are trapped with a glyph of warding

God: 20:02:35

you can't open them without triggering it

God: 20:02:41

unless you can disable the trap: wanna try?

TW: 20:03:02

I can inspire Lotho's skills - (music)

God: 20:03:07

TW: good idea

Lotho: 20:03:08

ummmm, whats the glyph or warding do?

TW: 20:03:09

+2 to skill checks

Lotho: 20:03:19

"of"

God: 20:03:22

Lotho: explodes, doing some kidn of nasty damage on anyone within 10'

Lotho: 20:03:28

ah, mmk.

God: 20:03:34

each chest is trapped

God: 20:03:40

you need to roll for each one

Ryu: 20:03:48

I think I'll just stand on this side of the room then shall I?

Lotho: 20:03:51

you guys wanna step out? can i put on barkskin?

Lotho: 20:03:58

doesn't cost spells does it?

God: 20:04:00

Lotho: glyph of warding uses energy

Ryu: 20:04:01

I'll step out the door

God: 20:04:04

so barkskin won't help

God: 20:04:09

you will need resist energy of some sort

Lotho: 20:04:11

oh, will anything?

God: 20:04:18

but you don't know what energy to resist

Lotho: 20:04:21

ah, bugger it, i'll try one first

TW: 20:04:27

Oo I can use my new song to give you extra hit points

God: 20:04:28

you can use knowledge(arcana) to work out whcih energy tpe

Lotho: 20:04:50

24

God: 20:04:58

don't know which energy type

Lotho: 20:04:58

inclding tw's +2

God: 20:05:04

so ...

God: 20:05:13

you're going to have to do it without protection

God: 20:05:17

as the priest said to the choirboy

Lotho: 20:05:20

... that wasn't to check, that was to open

Lotho: 20:05:24

disable/whatever

God: 20:05:26

oh

God: 20:05:28

okay

God: 20:05:31

you can't disable the first one

God: 20:05:33

next...

Lotho: 20:05:40

i have like, 0 arcane skills

God: 20:05:48

ah...

Lotho: 20:05:49

does it explode in my face?

God: 20:06:00

no but it will when you open it... unavoidable

Lotho: 20:06:07

ahhh

God: 20:06:17

gonna open it, or try and disable the next 2?

Lotho: 20:06:21

25?

Ryu: 20:06:21

hope you've healed up nice and good

TW: 20:06:28

Can we try to go through the bottom of the chest - like we did with the wall?

God: 20:06:34

TW: no

TW: 20:06:38

(music)

God: 20:06:40

it'll go off if you move the chest

God: 20:06:49

and it affects a radius

Lotho: 20:06:52

god: would 25 get me anywhere?

TW: 20:06:53

dispell magic?

God: 20:07:00

also the lid is too heavy for Ory's little levitation spell

God: 20:07:17

Lotho: was that a roll?

TW: 20:07:19

I have an open/close spell - 30 pds

Lotho: 20:07:21

yes

God: 20:07:33

can't disable the second one...

Lotho: 20:07:42

mmk, i failed all 3

TW: 20:07:58

<what does mmk mean?>

God: 20:08:08

TW: it means okay

God: 20:08:20

TW: dispel magic can be used to disable a glyph of warding

TW: 20:08:39

How about using a 11 foot pole or an arrow to set off the trap.

God: 20:08:56

TW: you don't have an 11' pole

TW: 20:08:59

Does anyone have a dispel magic spell?

God: 20:09:04

Lotho does

Lotho: 20:09:09

i do?

God: 20:09:28

yes

God: 20:09:33

3rd level cleric spell

Lotho: 20:09:42

oh. lv3

Lotho: 20:09:43

k

Lotho: 20:09:47

do i need to roll?

Lotho: 20:09:50

(its been a while)

God: 20:09:56

yes

Lotho: 20:09:58

can 1 do the whole lot of em?

God: 20:10:06

you need to roll 2d10+ our caster level

God: 20:10:30

i.e. 2d10+5 (you're a 5th level cleric right)

Lotho: 20:10:31

13 + 5?

God: 20:10:33

yes

TW: 20:10:40

If I inspire him to higher HD will that increase his caster level?

God: 20:10:46

TW: yes

Lotho: 20:10:50

so 20

God: 20:10:52

but he's already rolled it, so too late

Lotho: 20:10:57

moo

God: 20:10:59

so 18

TW: 20:11:00

Next one

God: 20:11:07

If someone wants to be boosted, they have to ask first!

Lotho: 20:11:22

um, did it work?

God: 20:11:24

It only takes one roll - you cast it on teh area, and it will affect all 3 chests or not at all

God: 20:11:26

It worked

God: 20:11:29

all 3 traps are disarmed

TW: 20:11:40

yay Lotho!!!! Cleric Thief extrodinare

Ryu: 20:11:41

wooty dooty

God: 20:11:46

that's good - they held a total of 21d8 of damage

God: 20:11:52

so

God: 20:11:59

you gonna look inside each chest?

Ryu: 20:12:15

Yairs.

Lotho: 20:12:19

bejesus

Lotho: 20:12:21

yeah

Lotho: 20:12:27

sticks his nose in

TW: 20:12:30

:)

God: 20:12:57

Chest 1


400 gp

3 azurite gems

1 Bloodstone gem

1 engraved jade cup

1 electrum crown

2 scrolls

1 mace

1 wand

Lotho: 20:13:11

is someone taking all these down still?

Ryu: 20:13:20

I haven't been

TW: 20:13:21

Yup - cut and paste into word

TW: 20:13:29

I've got it

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:13:31

I'm recording dosh and gems./

TW: 20:13:36

sweet

Lotho: 20:13:41

:0 ory

Lotho: 20:13:43

:)

TW: 20:13:55

chest 2&3?

God: 20:14:08

Chest 2:


50 pp

scroll

Amulet

gold jewellery box containing:

emerald necklace

tortoiseshell/silver comb

1 Emerald


1 Pearl

1 Ring of jumping

God: 20:14:21

Chest 3:

some silk robes

Lotho: 20:14:23

ring of jumping?

God: 20:14:35

how did that happen...?

TW: 20:14:43

I got a weird squares in Chest 2

God: 20:14:52

it's a ring... you'll soon find it's a ring of jumping

God: 20:14:54

weird!

TW: 20:14:58

did you cut and paste a list from somewhere else?

Lotho: 20:14:59

so, what do we have that's not just valuable in a monetary way?

God: 20:15:04

TW: yes

God: 20:15:15

maybe the squares were paragraph indents?

TW: 20:15:18

The indent becomes a square

TW: 20:15:28

cut and paste in reverse gives indents

God: 20:16:02

So, total money is:


57600 sps

8300 gps

50 pps

TW: 20:16:10

funny ring keeps jumping all over the place. Reason it's kept in the jewellery box

God: 20:16:12

which in total is worth 14500gps

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:16:18

have recorded dosh and gemstones, so I guess we'll have to divvy up hte rest

TW: 20:16:27

kinda heavy

Ryu: 20:16:35

I have tenser's disc

God: 20:16:37

you need to make appraise checks to work out the value of the jewellery

TW: 20:16:38

Ory aint going to be moving very fast

Ryu: 20:16:43

anyway, can we detect magic?

Ryu: 20:16:48

never mind

TW: 20:16:51

detecting ...

God: 20:16:53

and you need to use identify on the magic items

TW: 20:17:12

detecting first

God: 20:17:41

Magic items:

God: 20:18:04

potion


tome

scrolls (3)

mace

wand

amulet

ring

God: 20:18:09

none of the robes or the jewellery

God: 20:18:19

the scrolls can be read

Lotho: 20:18:31

whats the mace?

God: 20:18:33

everything else is 1 identify spell (and therefore 1pp) per item

God: 20:18:39

Lotho: you guess it's the mace of icy burst

God: 20:18:46

you can't use it till you identify it though...

God: 20:19:01

actually there are 4 scrolls, sorry

God: 20:19:04

so

God: 20:19:06

what's the plan?

TW: 20:19:09

I have 11 pps - could spend 2 or 3.

TW: 20:19:13

on identify

Lotho: 20:19:14

i can't identify

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:19:24

i can\

TW: 20:19:38

There are 6 items - 3 each?

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:19:46

ok

Ryu: 20:19:52

PLus I think Ory's got identify in his spellbook?

TW: 20:20:02

one less for ory

TW: 20:20:36

id - tome

TW: 20:20:44

id - amulet

TW: 20:20:46

id - ring

God: 20:20:57

okay, and Ory identifies the rest

God: 20:20:59

so here we go:

God: 20:21:08

Potion of blur


Tome of Leadership and Influence +2

God: 20:21:18

Divine scroll: 3rd level caster, cure moderate wounds, desecrate, lesser restoration

Arcane scroll (Wizard): 3rd level caster, blur, levitate, arcane lock

+2 light mace of icy burst (1d6 frost damage, + 1d10 on a critical hit); small size (Dwarf, gnome, halfling)

God: 20:21:28

Wand of cure light wounds (30 charges)

God: 20:21:36

cure serious wounds (bard)

God: 20:21:54

scroll of magic circle against evil, daylight (wizard lvl 3); stoneskin (wizard lvl 4)

God: 20:22:04

Amulet of mighty fists +2

God: 20:22:09

Ring of jumping (+5 to jump checks)

God: 20:22:23

the Tome adds 2 to charisma, permanently, once read

God: 20:22:36

the mace of icy burst is sized for a goblin; therefore for a gnome or halfling

God: 20:22:48

the amulet of mighty fists adds 2 to a monks attack and damage rolls

Lotho: 20:22:52

ryu uses his fist right?

God: 20:22:56

yep

Ryu: 20:22:57

mostly.

Lotho: 20:23:00

who would need to jump?

Lotho: 20:23:09

all the scrolls are for ory and tw?

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:23:10

a short person?

Ryu: 20:23:11

Kriss Kross

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:23:16

I have a jumpy thing already

God: 20:23:19

Lotho: one scroll is Divien magic, i.e. for you

God: 20:23:26

one scroll is bard magic, i.e. for TW

Ryu: 20:23:35

Wizardy scrolls ould be me.

God: 20:23:56

the other two are for wizards, but one contains level 3 and 4 spells which are better suited to Ory (who canuse level 3 now and will be able to use level 4 once his wizard gains one mroe level)

God: 20:24:03

Ory: stoneskin is the most useful spell in history

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:24:15

sounds interesting ...

Ryu: 20:24:22

bah

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:24:40

ok, I'll bagsy the 3/4th lev. spells

God: 20:25:32

the other scroll contains 2nd level wizard spells, but Ryu already has blur... so maybe they are better for Ory?

God: 20:25:39

Obviously the Tome is suited to TW

God: 20:25:44

and the Amulet to Ryu

God: 20:25:49

and hte mace to Lotho...

God: 20:25:51

so...

God: 20:26:03

now

TW: 20:26:32

was there a potion?

God: 20:26:34

who wants to do an appraise check for the jewellery and gems, to see what htey're worth?

God: 20:26:36

TW: blur

God: 20:26:49

and a ring of jumping

God: 20:27:19

TW: since you have gained a level, you can choose to improve your appraise skill before making the skill check

TW: 20:27:27

my appraise skill sucks

TW: 20:27:36

Lotho would probably be better

God: 20:27:41

the better your roll, the more money you can make from the objects

TW: 20:27:58

my skill is +2

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:28:04

my appraise is a measly 3

Lotho: 20:28:25

mines 3

TW: 20:28:26

And my song will give +2

Ryu: 20:28:30

mine's 3

God: 20:28:34

Ory, you too have gained a level so you can increase your skill if you want

TW: 20:28:36

(music)

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:28:49

k

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:29:22

... maybe not.

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:29:32

i'll roll on wot i've got methinks

TW: 20:29:38

(music)+2 (music)+2 (music)

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:29:45

11

God: 20:29:52

anyone else want to better that...?

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:29:59

go, kids, go!

Lotho: 20:30:01

15

TW: 20:30:06

17

God: 20:30:12

Ryu?

TW: 20:30:19

- oops 15 - +2 isn't for me

Lotho: 20:30:27

oh, 17

Ryu: 20:30:29

21

God: 20:30:32

okay

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:30:32

We want (cash), please please please! 

God: 20:30:34

so:

God: 20:30:41

robe: 80gps

God: 20:30:48

azurite gems: 8,10,13 gps

God: 20:30:59

bloodstone: 140 gps

God: 20:31:04

jade cup: 550 gps

God: 20:31:16

electrum crown: 1200 gps

God: 20:31:34

gold jewellery box: 1600 gps

TW: 20:31:40

I wonder who's crown it was?

God: 20:31:42

emerald necklace: 1400 gps

God: 20:31:55

tortoiseshell/silver comb: 500 gps

God: 20:32:01

Emerald: 1000 gps

God: 20:32:06

Pearl: 390 gps

God: 20:32:24

Ory, you gonna write all that down?

God: 20:32:56

so

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:33:06

done

God: 20:33:11

Lotho: add the mace to your magic tiems and weapon section

TW: 20:33:15

Ory is struggling under the weight of 1000kgs

God: 20:33:16

it is +2 like your current weapon

God: 20:33:34

but your new damage roll is increased by another 1d6 (for the cold), and 1d10 on a critical

God: 20:33:50

Ryu: your amulet of might fists is +2

God: 20:34:01

so in your weapons sections, all your attacks and damage increase by 1

Lotho: 20:34:12

mm

God: 20:34:16

and you should write it in your magic items section

Ryu: 20:34:16

yay

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:34:17

*uff!*wheeze!* I've been seized with a cramp ;( 

Lotho: 20:34:28

increased?

Lotho: 20:34:37

i either use the mace or the mornigstar right?

God: 20:34:46

Ory: you need to record the scrolls in your magic items section, to learn them later

TW: 20:34:47

:@

God: 20:34:50

Lotho: you can use either?

God: 20:34:58

sorry, you can use either

TW: 20:35:00

orry trying to carry stuff :@

God: 20:35:13

this mace does more damage (double!) than your current mornign star

God: 20:35:16

so you should use it!

God: 20:35:25

it does 1d6 damage + 1d6 cold + 2

God: 20:36:03

Lotho: you need to record the scroll of divine spells

God: 20:36:21

I will repaste the scrolls

God: 20:36:33

1, Divine (Lotho): cure moderate wounds, desecrate, lesser restoration

God: 20:36:49

2, arcane (Ory): blur, levitate, arcane lock

God: 20:37:06

3, bard (TW): cure serious wounds

God: 20:37:24

4, arcane (Ory): magic circle against evil, daylight (wizard lvl 3); stoneskin (wizard lvl 4)

God: 20:37:30

this leaves: ring of jumping

God: 20:37:35

wand of cure light wounds

God: 20:37:39

potion of blur

God: 20:37:52

and I presume you are all happy for TW to take the Tome of Leadership and Influence?

TW: 20:38:08

:D

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:38:22

(envy) 

TW: 20:38:40

(rofl)

Ryu: 20:38:44

(y)

God: 20:38:54

Okay

God: 20:38:57

that's this room looted

God: 20:39:00

you are now filthy rich

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:39:08

and catflap

Ryu: 20:39:12

Instead of just filthy

God: 20:39:15

and stacked to the eyeballs with monster-slaughterin' goodness

God: 20:39:18

where do you go next?

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:39:37

I wanna slaughter something!

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:39:42

(muscle) 

Ryu: 20:39:45

Have we checked the southern room?

God: 20:39:45

btw from the scrolls you picked up earlier, you can ascertain that what is in here is 80% of all that has been looted so far this year

TW: 20:39:56

Who gets the wand, ring, potion?

God: 20:40:00

Ryu: no you haven't

God: 20:40:20

My recommendation: ring to Ryu, potion to Ryu, wand to someone who doesn't have much healing magic (Ryu or Ory).

God: 20:40:27

the ring and potion are for fightin'

TW: 20:40:33

cool!

God: 20:40:52

Ryu: write these magic items in

Ryu: 20:40:55

hell, I'll take 'em  all.

God: 20:41:10

you need to write "5" in the "magic" column of your skills, in the row for "jump"

God: 20:41:18

so

God: 20:41:29

should ory take the wand of curelight wounds?

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:41:37

k

God: 20:41:58

there is a room to the south you didn't explore - room 16

God: 20:42:01

do you go there?

TW: 20:42:05

sure

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:42:22

spiff-o-rama

God: 20:42:36

okay

God: 20:42:44

you walk down teh diagonal hallway into increasing gloom

God: 20:43:05

the hallway opens through an arch into the little room, which is long and narrow, and seems to contain nothing but a stinking pile of rubbish

God: 20:43:10

beyond is complete darkness

God: 20:43:13

that also stinks

God: 20:43:18

do you enter?

Lotho: 20:43:28

stinks o what?

God: 20:43:33

animal

Ryu: 20:43:38

um

TW: 20:43:45

minotour's lair maybe

Ryu: 20:43:56

listen check?

God: 20:44:01

roll it

Ryu: 20:44:10

crap. 14

TW: 20:44:13

14

God: 20:44:17

can't hear anything

God: 20:44:19

oh

God: 20:44:25

the room also stinks of a dead body

God: 20:44:27

rotting

Ryu: 20:44:35

well, that's wonderful.

TW: 20:44:41

more than ryu's fart?

Lotho: 20:44:46

17

God: 20:44:47

TW: a bit, yes

TW: 20:44:50

wow

God: 20:44:55

Lotho: can't hear anything

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:44:59

19 listen

God: 20:45:02

Ory: nowt

God: 20:45:06

who goes in?

Ryu: 20:45:10

TW

TW: 20:45:14

ha ha

Ryu: 20:45:23

:) (devil)

TW: 20:45:27

TW casts light into gloom

Lotho: 20:45:40

steps up

God: 20:45:47

the light illuminates a messy room strewn with rugs and straw, too big to see the edges clearly

God: 20:45:56

Lotho, walking in with a lantern as well, is able to illuminate more of the room

God: 20:46:39

It is an L-shape, mostly empty. One end of hte L has some rubble strewn about, and the other end  A huge bed of stinking rugs and furs. In the middle of the L is a disused fountain shaped in a dragon's head. Tied to the statue with her body thrown into its empty pool is a half-eaten, cooked corpse of a Dunlending woman. She has clearly been roasted whole, head and all, and already stinks mightily.

TW: 20:46:46

TW siddles along keeping close to Lotho's big strong back

Ryu: 20:47:18

by all that is holy.

God: 20:47:19

This room is otherwise empty. Scattered in a pile near hte bed is:

God: 20:47:22

2900 sps

God: 20:47:31

a decanter of some kind of enchanted oil

Ryu: 20:47:40

mutters a brief prayer for the dead woman's soul

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:47:43

this sesh is a lootfest!

TW: 20:47:47

Ory - pack mule to the rescue

God: 20:47:59

Ory: that's because in last session you guys killed all the occupants of this level

God: 20:48:05

in 10 minutes of web-infested fury

God: 20:48:11

so all that is left to do is loot their rotting corpses

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:48:23

Someone will have to help me with those silver ps. Let's stash 'em under Ryu's robes.

TW: 20:48:38

silvery monk

God: 20:48:39

your cohorts rejoin you at this point, btw

Ryu: 20:48:44

monk with bling bling

TW: 20:48:46

aahh... more pack mules

God: 20:48:51

and can carry some treasure back up, on Ryu's floating disc

TW: 20:49:03

detect magic

Ryu: 20:49:12

I'd like to learn that tenser's dic spell. would come in handy.

God: 20:49:15

TW: the oil is magical

Ryu: 20:49:15

Disc.

TW: 20:49:46

anyone got a spare identify?

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:49:48

Yeah, sure you meant disc. Pffft!

God: 20:49:48

Does anyone mind waiting 10 mins while Ryu learns Tenser's floating dick? Once he knows its ins and outs he can use it better I'm sure

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:49:57

heh

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:50:00

I have id

TW: 20:50:06

better with 0 pps

God: 20:50:10

(For those who are unsure: the floating disc carries a shitload of treasure)

TW: 20:50:32

mage's accountant + bank

Ryu: 20:50:35

Even though I have no magic points?

God: 20:50:43

Ah, you can't use it then can you?

God: 20:50:53

oh well, your cohorts will just have to haul arse upstairs

Ryu: 20:51:02

would using it from the spell book dissipate the spell forever?

God: 20:51:11

Ryu: yes

God: 20:51:17

Okay kids

God: 20:51:33

This exploration is getting boring, so I will give you the short story of the remainder of this level, now that you have found the key things

TW: 20:51:46

Yay

God: 20:51:51

The remainder of this southern area is:

God: 20:52:15

rooms 9,10,11, just south of hte t-junciton

God: 20:52:26

these are the goblin shamans' rooms, currently empty

God: 20:52:43

They contain teh fllowing treasure:

God: 20:52:50

2600 gps

God: 20:52:53

8000 sps

God: 20:52:58

2 x 60gps agates

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:52:59

FOOK.

God: 20:53:05

a potion of antitoxin (2 doses)

God: 20:53:11

a Cloak of Elvenkind

God: 20:53:31

obviously the Cloak of Elvenkind is for Lotho or Ory to use - it improves your hiding skills

Lotho: 20:53:50

i'm okya at hiding as it is

TW: 20:54:04

but you do more of it than Ory

God: 20:54:04

The rooms further south of the shamans rooms (17 and 18) appear to be soem kind of meeting area for visitors

God: 20:54:19

room 18 is like a disused tunnel which once led somewhere, but is now cut off by a huge pile of falling rocks

Lotho: 20:54:23

mm *shrugs* i'd be happy to take it if its the consensus

God: 20:54:46

the rooms just north of the shamen's rooms are a series of goblin entertainment areas, containing nothing of value and no information - just booze and dirty dishes

God: 20:55:27

The rooms north of the entry room - rooms 26, 27 and 28 - are the home of some gnoll guards (who you killed in room1 , of course), some training areas for the guards (with archery ranges, etc.) There is no treasure there

God: 20:55:57

Room 24, 22, 25 are just storage rooms and some clean water in a well

Lotho: 20:55:59

so am i taking the cloak or is ory?

God: 20:56:01

that's all that is there

TW: 20:56:04

what about the swiming pool

God: 20:56:10

so who takes the cloak? Ory or Lotho?

TW: 20:56:11

near 24

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:56:24

lotho can have the lcoak

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:56:26

cloak

God: 20:56:27

TW: that is a big pool of drinking water, empty of interesting features

God: 20:56:29

Lotho: take the cloak

TW: 20:56:53

G: you mentioned an enchanted oil at some stage

God: 20:57:02

add 5 to your hide skill (write it in the "magic" column)

TW: 20:57:12

Can we identify it?

God: 20:57:18

TW: oil of bless weapon, when put on a normal melee weapon it increases the attack bonus by 1

God: 20:57:24

give it to a cohort, I would suggest

God: 20:57:27

or sell it

God: 20:57:33

So

God: 20:57:51

all that remains is to explore the natural caverns to the East, rooms 19, 20, 21 and 23

God: 20:58:01

Which, since it is 8:57, we should probably do next session...?

TW: 20:58:16

sure

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:58:21

aye aye

God: 20:58:25

TW knows that there is something nasty in room 20, and the tunnel to the remainder of the slaves and the Orc chieftain lies beyond it

Ryu: 20:58:25

yep

God: 20:58:34

In the meantime, you are armed up and fantastically rich

Lotho: 20:58:45

and ready for bed!

Ryu: 20:58:46

Would be a shame to die now.

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:58:56

The kitty is stuffed and overflowing!

TW: 20:58:58

Should we take time to rest back in the boat?

TW: 20:59:09

Get full pps read books etc

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:59:17

A sleepy-bye-byes would be super.

Ryu: 20:59:21

yes

Ory the Ponciferous: 20:59:51

dons Wee Willy Winkie hat with bobble  (*)

God: 20:59:56

TW: yes, you can do that, but the Orcs may receive reinforcements in teh meantime, and will repopulate this level and get teh help of hte remainign warg riders up above.

TW: 21:00:14

Hmm... may not be such a good idea

God: 21:00:17

You are better off pushing on with what little you have - they are only Orcs, after all, and you guys have a lto of new magic items

God: 21:00:32

How many can be left after all the slaughter you have done?

TW: 21:00:51

Can I use the tome now, or does that also have to wait?

God: 21:00:58

It needs time to read, a week I think

TW: 21:01:08

Sure

God: 21:01:09

so after you have stormed the lower levels, you can learn all the spells and use the tome

God: 21:01:32

The lesson of this situation is to be mroe frugal with power points earlier in the adventure!

TW: 21:01:44

does anyone mind if I take the potion of antitoxin?

God: 21:01:46

But next session we can hopefully finish off this dungeon and get on with the story

God: 21:02:01

The antitoxin gives you a bonus on saves vs. poison. Useful, methinks

Ory the Ponciferous: 21:02:02

Right on, God. (y) 

Ryu: 21:02:21

go ahead TW

God: 21:02:23

So, shall we leave it at that, and meet again for further shenanigans in 2 weeks' time?

Lotho: 21:02:30

yup

God: 21:02:42

Sorry tonight was slightly boring, but these things happen.

TW: 21:02:56

Nighty night

God: 21:03:03

Can you all please email me your character sheets? I shall update them with the new information and check your magic items, etc.

Ryu: 21:03:07

good nighty

God: 21:03:12

good night kids

Ory the Ponciferous: 21:03:22

Nighty Night kidlets!

Ryu: 21:03:29

nooooight

Ory the Ponciferous: 21:03:38

boi!

God: 21:03:42

Good night!!!