Ghosts and Slime...

Chat History with how are you? (#zemeister/$grremily;65e0cc1c37273d57)

Created on 2007-10-25 20:56:40.

God: 18:11:52

who wants to review the events of last session?

TW: 18:12:10

sure that's easy

God: 18:12:27

[WITHOUT complaints about how boring it was...]

TW: 18:12:30

walked around, saved some prisoners, Lotho was a hero (again), found lots of treasure

God: 18:12:46

well, that's an adequate summary I think...

God: 18:12:50

anyone dispute any of the details?

TW: 18:13:02

sweet someone else has to do it next week!

Lotho: 18:13:53

hi

God: 18:14:01

ah, Lotho has returned!

Ember: 18:14:02

All I remember is that the weight of the treasure was heavier than an elephant's scrotum, and I might need to see a tailor soon ...

Ryu: 18:14:02

it's Lotho

God: 18:14:05

bearing beer and food no doubt

Ryu: 18:14:06

!

TW: 18:14:07

ya-llo

Lotho: 18:14:09

i wasn't in the chat

God: 18:14:10

why a Tailor?

Ember: 18:14:29

my pockets are feeling the strain

God: 18:14:33

ah

Ember: 18:14:35

need resewn

Ember: 18:14:42

What a bottomer!

God: 18:14:43

I believe Ryu had a floating disc for carrying some of the treasure

Ryu: 18:14:48

no

God: 18:14:48

didn't your cohorts lug it upstairs?

Ryu: 18:15:00

I didn't have enough pp to use it

God: 18:15:07

ah

TW: 18:15:10

cohorts = slave...?

God: 18:15:15

which brings us to our first major topic of the day...

Ryu: 18:15:18

i haven't even learnt it yet

Ember: 18:15:22

Well, my memory is slightly fuzzy, but there's an enormous bulge in my pocket, and it ain't a pencil.

God: 18:15:33

and since you're an elf, it can't be a pistol...

God: 18:15:36

right

God: 18:15:47

so I have decided to change the rule for power poitns slightly

God: 18:15:53

so you are all going to have to recalculate your power points

God: 18:15:56

It works like this:

God: 18:16:04

power points will be calculated the same way as hit points

God: 18:16:07

So

God: 18:16:24

every time you gain a level, you roll a die to calculate how many power points you have

God: 18:16:29

for clerics, it's 1d8

God: 18:16:32

for wizards, 1d10

God: 18:16:35

for bards, 1d6

TW: 18:16:41

damn!

God: 18:16:46

you add on a bonus for your abilities:

God: 18:16:53

Clerics add wisdom modifier

TW: 18:16:53

yay!

God: 18:16:59

wizards add intelligence modifier

God: 18:17:03

bards add charisma modifier

God: 18:17:10

So

Ryu: 18:17:19

So for the purposes of this exercise, I would be a wiz?

God: 18:17:29

if you are a 6th level cleric, you roll 6d8 + 6*(wisdom modifier)

God: 18:17:42

Ryu: you are a 3rd level wizard, so you roll 3d10+ 3*(int modifier)

TW: 18:17:55

ryu - you're always a wizared, do you forget sometimes?

God: 18:18:04

Because bards are crap at everything, they don't get to roll power points for the first level

Lotho: 18:18:06

so you want us to do this now?

Ryu: 18:18:11

I'm better with bare knuckle fighting

God: 18:18:19

so a 9th level bard rolls 8d6+9*(charisma modifier)

God: 18:18:22

Lotho: yes

God: 18:18:24

BUT

TW: 18:18:25

What!!!! God's biased!

God: 18:18:28

here is the tricky bit

God: 18:18:57

if the amount you roll is MORE than the power points you had under the old rule, I want you to add hte difference to your CURRENt power points as well

Ember: 18:18:59

Bloody deities.

God: 18:19:07

if it is LESS: your current pps stay the same

Ember: 18:19:18

Oh NO, maths! 

God: 18:19:19

Ember's opinion ot hte contrary, I am a generous and just Deity

Ember: 18:19:24

runs and hides

God: 18:19:25

So

God: 18:19:30

before you run and hide

God: 18:19:33

or calculate

God: 18:19:35

please tell me

God: 18:19:38

1) your level and class

TW: 18:19:44

a just deity or just a deity?

God: 18:19:47

2) your appropriate modifier

God: 18:19:57

TW: you are treading a thin line

TW: 18:20:25

God: Bards a proffesional crappiers

Lotho: 18:20:50

cleric 5, wis mod 2

Ember: 18:20:57

wiz 6, int 3

God: 18:21:00

okay

TW: 18:21:03

Tint - Bard 9

TW: 18:21:15

Cha = 3

God: 18:21:23

Lotho: roll 5d8+5*(wis mod)=5d8+5*3=5d8+15

Ryu: 18:21:32

lvl 3 wiz/ lv 6 monk, int mod = 3

God: 18:21:40

Ember: 6d8+6*(int mod)=6d8+18

God: 18:21:46

sorry Lotho: 5d8+10

God: 18:21:56

sorry Ember: 6d10+18

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 18:22:11

god's been into the cellar too early this evening

God: 18:22:23

Ryu: 3d10+3*(int mod)=3d10+3*3=3d10+9

God: 18:22:42

TW: 8d6+27

Ryu: 18:22:42

24, in my case.

Lotho: 18:22:53

but my wis mod is 2

God: 18:23:27

yeah sorry lotho: 5d8+5*(wis mod)=5d8+5*2=5d8+10

God: 18:24:27

Ryu: your power points under the old rules would have been 15, so write 24 in the section called "power points", and add 24-15=9 to your current power points

Lotho: 18:24:40

so we can have any additional pps now?

God: 18:24:49

Lotho: yes

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 18:24:50

4, 3, 4, 10, 10, 8 ... +18 = *57*

God: 18:25:18

Ory: write the 57 in your "power points" box, and then the difference between 57 and the old power points figure gets added to your current pps

Ryu: 18:25:43

So that means I'm running on 9 pp at the moment

Ryu: 18:26:05

TW: Professional's spelt wrong.

God: 18:26:25

Ryu: yes

God: 18:26:33

Lotho: what was your total

God: 18:26:34

?

Bard = Proffesional Crapper: 18:26:36

 crap at everything including spelling - sniff, sniff

God: 18:26:38

TW: have you rolled?

Bard = Proffesional Crapper: 18:26:51

6,3,6,2,5,2,3,4,+27 = 58

Ryu: 18:26:53

bard: Um. There there. There there.

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 18:27:14

Ooooo, Ryu's on SpellWatch tonight. Typos beware! :o 

God: 18:27:24

TW: your new pp total is 58, add the difference between this and the old total to your current pps

Bard = Proffesional Crapper: 18:27:58

old total = 27, old current pps = 8

Ryu: 18:28:01

Ory: I've got an enlightened fist after all. Or I will have.

God: 18:28:10

so now you have 39 pps

Ryu: 18:28:17

My powers of web ejaculation has been restored somewhat.

God: 18:28:32

Ryu, I think that shold be "have been restored somewhat"

Bard = Proffesional Crapper: 18:28:44

Ryu: (rofl)

God: 18:28:50

the auxiliary verb takes the same declension as the subject's case

Ryu: 18:29:06

(punch)

God: 18:29:17

LOTHO!!!!!

God: 18:29:20

are you there?

Lotho: 18:29:39

mm

God: 18:29:42

mm?

Ryu: 18:29:43

away in kitchen... sudden craving for baked goods

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 18:29:53

Surely he's just fiddling with his auxiliaries.

God: 18:30:09

Ory: he's a monk, gave up his auxiliaries to join the order

Lotho: 18:30:12

35

God: 18:30:21

so Lotho, what was your old total pps?

Lotho: 18:30:25

35

God: 18:30:43

it couldn't have been, surely?

Ryu: 18:30:47

Well, mine is a rather progressive order

Lotho: 18:30:57

huh?

Whistling Tinterly: 18:31:02

progressing where?

Lotho: 18:31:17

5d8 +10

Ryu: 18:31:23

there

God: 18:31:28

your old total pps should be level * max spell level + wis mod= 5*3+2=17

God: 18:31:33

or something similar

Lotho: 18:32:04

i tought we just increased them..

God: 18:32:06

sings the birthday song for Eden

God: 18:32:22

Lotho: what were your total PPs under the old rule?

Ryu: 18:32:23

yay me. thanks

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 18:32:26

(party) For he's a jolly good mo-oo-oonk! (party)

Lotho: 18:32:46

it was 19, now is 35. right?

God: 18:32:48

(party) For he's a jolly good mo-oo-oonk! (party)

God: 18:32:51

Right

God: 18:33:02

so your new total is 35, adn your new Current pps is the old current pps +16

Ryu: 18:33:10

(beer) for everybody

Whistling Tinterly: 18:33:15

Karoke - happy b'day?

God: 18:33:24

happy b'day Mr. Eden!

Lotho: 18:33:30

i've added the extra 6

God: 18:33:33

Are you old enough to drink now?

Ryu: 18:33:36

thank you for the card by the way...

God: 18:33:41

Lotho: 35 - 19 is 16

Ryu: 18:33:53

god: old enough, and making up for lost time.

God: 18:33:59

good work

Lotho: 18:34:01

um. oh. k

God: 18:34:01

NOW

Lotho: 18:34:09

okay, so now i have 22

God: 18:34:12

Yes

God: 18:34:20

also Lotho you have a pearl of power which adds 1 pp to your total

God: 18:34:32

so you should add that on to your total pps too (so they become 36)

God: 18:34:34

NOW

God: 18:34:44

there is one noticeable effect of this change in rules which you should remember

God: 18:34:49

this noticeable effect is:

God: 18:35:02

every time you gain a level you gain your ability modifier added on to your pps

God: 18:35:04

so

God: 18:35:20

if your ability modifier should increase, it gets added retrospecitvely across all the levls you have

God: 18:35:29

so if you are a wizard, and your intelligence increases by 4

God: 18:35:37

your intelligence modifier will increase by 2

God: 18:35:45

so then you gain an extra 2pps PER LEVEL YOU POSSESS

Ryu: 18:35:52

cool

God: 18:35:53

e.g. Ory would gain an extra 10pps

God: 18:36:03

It just so happens that there are spells which have this effect

Whistling Tinterly: 18:36:11

How does temporary skill increases affect pps? i.e. cast a spell to gain pps to cast lots more spells.

God: 18:36:12

e.g. fox's cunning increases intelligence by 4

Ryu: 18:36:13

that nucking futs. Wow.

God: 18:36:32

TW: there is no spell to icnrease pps

God: 18:36:33

BUT NOTE

God: 18:36:48

the spell expires after a certain period of time

Whistling Tinterly: 18:36:50

fox's cunning would increase pps for a wiz!

God: 18:36:55

at which point you have to lose the pps you gained

God: 18:37:12

if you don't have enough pps the sudden loss in pps will cause you to go into negative pps

God: 18:37:14

this isn't possible

God: 18:37:22

so you lose hps instead - at a rate of 2 for 1

Whistling Tinterly: 18:37:37

aaahhh... the hidden catch.

God: 18:37:39

For example, before a big battle Ryu casts fox's cunning on himself

God: 18:37:54

he gains 6 pps (3 levels of wizard * 2 for the increase in intelligence)

God: 18:38:00

he uses all his pps in the battle

God: 18:38:04

then he has 0 pps

God: 18:38:07

after a few hours the spell wears off

God: 18:38:15

and suddenly he loses 6pps

God: 18:38:21

because you can't have negative pps

God: 18:38:25

he loses 12hps instead

God: 18:38:34

do we all understand this?

Ryu: 18:38:41

(puke)

Lotho: 18:38:44

yes

Ryu: 18:38:47

yes

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 18:38:47

yikes!

Whistling Tinterly: 18:38:47

yup

God: 18:38:53

right

God: 18:38:56

good-o

God: 18:39:07

I shall go toilet and then we can start!

God: 18:39:25

while I am off wrestling with my incorporeal functions, please open the map of the area we toured last session...

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 18:41:54

*oops* I have mislaid said trusty parchment.

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 18:42:03

Please resend God, by express pigeon

God: 18:43:44

righty ho

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 18:43:50

Arigaato, god (bow) 

God: 18:43:51

does everyone have their map open?

Ryu: 18:44:05

open and waiting

Whistling Tinterly: 18:44:12

yup(py)

Whistling Tinterly: 18:44:46

God: Do I have any experience with this area?

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 18:44:59

Cor, like the Northern Bird in the top corner. 

Whistling Tinterly: 18:45:20

Ory: ???

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 18:45:23

(Are we looking at the Orc Caverns map?)

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 18:45:36

(In his delerium, God has sent me the wrong map)

Ryu: 18:46:10

northern bird in the top corner?

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 18:46:56

(a pretty woman depicts the north-pointing compass, but I don't think tis on yer map Ryu, different map)

Lotho: 18:47:04

dungeons or hill giant?

Ryu: 18:47:11

I've got dungeons open

God: 18:47:12

Lotho: dungeons

God: 18:47:27

everyone should have a map fo the dungeons open, labelled "Hill Giant stronghold" at the bottom

Ryu: 18:47:28

Hey TW: Check out Basilisk anime

God: 18:47:39

you have explored all the grey area

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 18:47:54

Onward to slime!

God: 18:47:57

that is, the regular, stone-worked areas carved by Giants

Whistling Tinterly: 18:48:00

R: Okay - thanks - just finished FM Alchemist

Ryu: 18:48:22

tw: FM Alchemist rocks out with its cock out, does it not?

God: 18:48:23

the tunnel at the bottom near the rightt, which opens into rooms 20 and 19, is the only part left unexplored

God: 18:48:38

I agree with TW and Ryu

God: 18:48:46

I keep trying to get ory to watch it but he refuses

Ryu: 18:48:55

hat?? why??

Ryu: 18:49:03

what?? why??

God: 18:49:17

hat?? why not?

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 18:49:37

I wondered about the hat. Well, because there's other things to watch, like Heroes and... stuff.

God: 18:49:46

(we have much stuff to watch)

God: 18:49:56

(we blew a few weeks on the Tripods - that was good!)

God: 18:49:58

ANYWAY

Whistling Tinterly: 18:50:06

ha ha ha...

God: 18:50:07

shall we return to the task at hand?

Ryu: 18:50:16

heh

God: 18:50:46

you have explored the whole of the grey area, icluding looting the treasure chamber at room 12

Whistling Tinterly: 18:50:55

Yay Lotho!

God: 18:51:02

the goodies having been incorporated into your character sheets

Lotho: 18:51:15

huh tw?

God: 18:51:27

your task is to find hte remainder of the slaves, and the Orc leader, so you can free them and question him

God: 18:51:37

where do you wish to go in order to do this?

Lotho: 18:51:46

what happened to the slaves we had last time?

Whistling Tinterly: 18:51:48

L: you did some specy trap removal at the treasure room

Ryu: 18:51:55

Where are we now?

Ryu: 18:52:04

room 12 did you say?

God: 18:52:13

Room 1

God: 18:52:37

you have looted and searched the whole area, and your cohorts have met you at room 1 (remember htey were escorting some freed slaves to the ship)

God: 18:52:54

your only remaining areas are 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

God: 18:52:59

i.e. the natural caverns to the east

God: 18:53:14

these can only be reached through the tunnel which crosses from west t oeast below room 1

Whistling Tinterly: 18:53:24

Tint scratches his head and tries to remember if he came down here before joining the group.

God: 18:53:35

TW: you sneaked through here

God: 18:53:50

you couldn't easily find treasure so you went up a level

Whistling Tinterly: 18:53:58

with my eyes closed or open?

God: 18:54:05

you remember there was something scary in the natural caverns, but you ran through too fast to see what

Whistling Tinterly: 18:54:28

aaha... running away. I'm good at that!

God: 18:54:41

so

Ryu: 18:54:46

Well, that's ominous.

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 18:54:52

Seconded.

God: 18:54:55

do you want to go back and investigate from ... behind ... the cover of your new friends?

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 18:55:18

an investigation from behind sounds fun! :P

Whistling Tinterly: 18:55:26

heros leading from behind - like all good generals

God: 18:55:28

not with a mere pencil it ain't...

Whistling Tinterly: 18:55:57

send in the ferret(s)

Ryu: 18:56:02

a behind investigation, penetrating deep into the unknown and virgin territory

Whistling Tinterly: 18:56:07

or was that marines?

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 18:56:13

If we go to the Caves, I bet god's planning some Descent-style scariness

God: 18:56:15

flanking the enemy with a penetrating move...

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 18:56:22

Woof!

God: 18:56:29

Ory, you are too wussy by half

Ryu: 18:56:31

Descent. That is one fucking scary film.

Lotho: 18:56:38

i'm sure there will be monsters galore

Whistling Tinterly: 18:56:39

run tint run

God: 18:56:41

Ryu: it certainly was

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 18:56:46

Indeed. God had to sleep with the light on afterwards.

God: 18:57:00

but still the grey men came for me..

God: 18:57:04

anyway

God: 18:57:14

can you guys make a decision or something ...?

Ryu: 18:57:20

Well, maybe we should explore by numbers. How about 19?

Whistling Tinterly: 18:57:26

greay men with blue hands? - two by two, hand of blue.

Ryu: 18:57:39

haahaa!

God: 18:57:40

scarier, much scarier, TW

Whistling Tinterly: 18:58:00

19 sounds like a lucky number to me

God: 18:58:05

Lotho?

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 18:58:25

19 sounds logical.

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 18:58:36

Then up, up and away!

God: 18:58:41

okay

Lotho: 18:58:45

what?

Whistling Tinterly: 18:58:50

bah logic is for stuffy wizards... hmm....

God: 18:59:14

you walk down the tunnels heading south and then turning East, until you come to the point where the tunnel splits into 3

God: 18:59:28

the floor here is scattered with rubble, as if the ceiling has been a little unstable of late

God: 18:59:38

surely this has no relationship to anything which might happen ahead...

Ryu: 19:00:04

Is the path to 17 blocked?

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:00:07

Bloody cave-in's all we need.

God: 19:00:08

you head down the right-hand side tunnel, which heads down a little until it opens, after maybe 60', into a large, dark cavern

Whistling Tinterly: 19:00:08

do we get scary background music?

God: 19:00:22

no, the path to 17 is not blocked

God: 19:00:40

you have already explored it though - it leads to a kind of meeting area

Ryu: 19:00:50

oh yes

God: 19:00:53

the tunnel which heads to this stronghold from the south was once unblocked

God: 19:01:09

room 17a was a place for people to meet and exchange goods, like a kidn of market place

God: 19:01:12

it is long disused

God: 19:01:14

so

Whistling Tinterly: 19:01:17

is it recently blocked?

God: 19:01:24

TW: no

God: 19:01:27

a very old rockfall

God: 19:01:36

so you enter room 19

God: 19:01:41

it is quite wide and dark

God: 19:01:45

the ceilings are high

God: 19:02:07

there are many outcroppings of rock from the walls and ceilings, which cast thick shadows around the cavern from your lanterns

God: 19:02:22

even with teh lanterns on here it is very difficult to see clearly to any distance

Whistling Tinterly: 19:02:23

what's our plan of investigation? Do we have a standard scouting routine?

God: 19:02:30

water drips from the ceilings and runs down the wall

God: 19:02:39

in the distance you can hear the sound of water running

God: 19:02:48

do you want to separate to search the area?

Lotho: 19:02:51

is there any light?

God: 19:03:13

Lotho: you cna cast a light spell, or a more powerful light spell (e.g. daylight, if you are able to)

God: 19:03:21

I am assuming oneof you has alight spell on at all times

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:03:22

Can I see at all well with my elfin viz?

God: 19:03:26

and maybe someone is carrying a torch

God: 19:03:42

Ory: you can see a bit further, but it is still confusing because of all the rocky protrusions and the shadows flickering

Lotho: 19:03:54

mm, not sure we want to attract the attention, guess we have to though

God: 19:03:56

do you split up to search, or stay together?

Ryu: 19:04:02

liste check?

God: 19:04:08

everyone make a listen check

Whistling Tinterly: 19:04:09

I'd like to cast detect thoughts

God: 19:04:17

actually: spot check

God: 19:04:19

TW: cast it

Ryu: 19:04:28

18

Whistling Tinterly: 19:04:48

spellcraft 28

Lotho: 19:05:55

spot 22

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:06:24

spot 19

Whistling Tinterly: 19:06:34

detecting thoughts |-(

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:06:38

listen 12

God: 19:06:44

TW: with this group? Nothing registers

Ryu: 19:06:46

hee

Ryu: 19:06:56

uh-duuuuh

Whistling Tinterly: 19:06:58

typical

God: 19:07:03

you can't sense any thoughts within the vicinity

God: 19:07:12

none of you can hear anything

Ryu: 19:07:15

undead don't have thoughts do they?

God: 19:07:16

or see anything

God: 19:07:21

Ryu: no

Ryu: 19:07:24

hmm

Whistling Tinterly: 19:07:50

big empty spaces also don't have thoughts either... just being optimistic

God: 19:08:03

none of you can hear anything

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:08:04

oops, spot 23; listen 22. My brain is fizzling.

God: 19:08:06

or see anything

God: 19:08:36

so when the three thin, wispy, completely silent creatures drift out of hte darkness and attack Ory, Lotho and Ryu, you are all completely unready

God: 19:08:54

these creatures are like thin, wispy illusions

Ryu: 19:09:03

oh my fucking god

God: 19:09:13

the only part of them which shows even the faintest hint of radiance is their eyes

God: 19:09:23

which glow with a cold, limpid blue light that is not very comforting

God: 19:09:34

they reach for you with incorporeal hands

God: 19:09:44

you can see through their forms to the rocks behind

God: 19:10:03

Ryu, Ory, Lotho: tell me your armour class WITHOUT any armour, or dexterity bonus

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:10:44

15

God: 19:10:50

Ory: one touches you

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:10:50

(in combat and saves)

Lotho: 19:11:04

10?

God: 19:11:08

you take 4hps damage

God: 19:11:15

Lotho: that would be about right

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:11:16

eep!

Ryu: 19:11:24

17 (unarmoured, without dex but with everything else)

God: 19:11:25

Ory: make a fortitude saving throw, please

Ryu: 19:11:28

base 10

God: 19:11:53

Lotho, you also cannot include your wisdom bonus or your special monk bonusses

God: 19:12:01

you are surprised, so you can't dodge

God: 19:12:17

Lotho: one creature touches you, doing 1 hps damage

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:12:18

21

God: 19:12:21

make a fortitude saving throw

God: 19:12:33

Ory: the touch is cold, and you can feel its magical power, but it does no more harm

God: 19:12:39

Ryu: what is your AC?

Ryu: 19:12:47

17

Ryu: 19:12:56

no no

Ryu: 19:12:58

sorry, 11

Ryu: 19:13:10

that's unarmoured surprised right?

God: 19:13:11

that's right, 11

God: 19:13:13

you get hit too

God: 19:13:22

2 hps damage, make a fortitude saving throw

Ryu: 19:13:42

19

God: 19:13:44

Anyone watching this little affair can make a Knowledge(arcana) or Knowledge(religion) check to work out what these creatures are

God: 19:13:54

Ryu: you too are unaffected by their nasty magical touch

God: 19:13:58

so just take the damage

God: 19:14:00

Lotho?

God: 19:14:07

what is your fortitude saving throw?

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:14:17

making arcana check

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:14:35

22 arcana check

God: 19:14:42

Ory: these are wraiths

God: 19:14:44

undead

Whistling Tinterly: 19:14:47

Arcana = 26 (natural 19 - damn)

God: 19:14:50

evil nasty undead

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:14:53

bollocks!

God: 19:14:54

who you hate

God: 19:14:59

your favoured enemy

Lotho: 19:14:59

dunno, where is it/

Lotho: 19:15:01

?

God: 19:15:03

who you get damage bonusses against

God: 19:15:17

Lotho, it should be in the "skills and abilities" sheet, between armour class and skills

Lotho: 19:15:42

total? 11

God: 19:15:59

okay

Ryu: 19:16:06

"How does one fight against air?"

God: 19:16:14

so roll 2d10 and add that total to do a fortitude saving throw

Lotho: 19:16:46

25

God: 19:16:51

okay

God: 19:16:57

you don't feel any special effects from the touch either

Whistling Tinterly: 19:17:00

clerics are generally pretty good against undead, also fire

God: 19:17:01

now you guys can act

God: 19:17:05

everyone roll initiative

Ryu: 19:17:13

8

Whistling Tinterly: 19:17:29

16

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:17:29

3

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:17:32

poxy!

God: 19:18:09

Lotho, your initiative?

God: 19:18:17

should be just below your skills and abilities

Lotho: 19:18:18

um, 10

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:18:20

oops, 7, still poxy!

Lotho: 19:18:22

oh

Lotho: 19:18:24

huh?

God: 19:18:38

Lotho: roll 2d10 and add "initiative"

Lotho: 19:18:44

14

God: 19:18:57

right

God: 19:18:59

they go first

God: 19:19:15

'cause you guys are slow

God: 19:19:24

they attack again, pale blue eyes sparkling in the dim light

God: 19:19:56

their chill touch slides easily through Ryu and Ory's thin clothing, but Lotho manages to avoid another touch

God: 19:20:06

Ryu: 2hps damage, make a fortitude save

God: 19:20:12

Ory: 1 hps damage, make a fortitude save

God: 19:20:17

what is everyone going to do?

Ryu: 19:20:19

11

God: 19:20:26

(Lotho, remember, you can TURN undead)

Ryu: 19:20:37

cast protection from evil

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:20:42

20

God: 19:20:47

Ryu: a terrible chill seeps through your bones, and you lose 3 points of constitution

God: 19:20:59

Tint, you act next, what do you do?

Whistling Tinterly: 19:21:21

inspire courage +2 attacks +2 damage for everyone.

God: 19:21:22

Ryu: losing 3 points of constitution puts you on 8

God: 19:21:31

that means that you lose 9 hit points

God: 19:21:41

and your fortitude saving throw is reduced by 1

Ryu: 19:21:45

on top of two?

God: 19:21:52

it is best not to right this down but to remember it

God: 19:21:54

Ryu: yes

God: 19:22:07

losing constitution causes hit points to decrease

God: 19:22:09

Okay

Lotho: 19:22:10

um, how do i turn undead?

God: 19:22:14

Tint starts singing his song

God: 19:22:23

Lotho: you roll 2d10 and add your charisma modifier

God: 19:22:25

(first)

God: 19:22:32

then you roll 2d6+ level + cha mod

Ryu: 19:22:38

collapses to one knee, breathing heavily, his eyes sunken

God: 19:22:41

make those 2 rolls, and i will tell you what happens

Whistling Tinterly: 19:22:51

(music)

God: 19:22:56

(these creatures are like weak versions of the ring wraiths)

Lotho: 19:23:29

15, 16

God: 19:24:21

Lotho steps forward and does some kind of religious declaration: "by the power of greyskull!" or "may the fates drive you forth"

God: 19:24:39

moments later, 2 of the 3 wraiths drift off into the darkness, hissing and wailing

God: 19:24:42

only 1 remains

God: 19:24:59

Lotho, those 2 wraiths will flee as far as they can for the next few minutes

God: 19:25:11

you can try again next round on the remaining wraith

Ryu: 19:25:11

they'll be back no doubt

God: 19:25:24

Next is Ryu: what do you do?

Ryu: 19:25:38

tumble out of the bloody way if possible

God: 19:25:46

Ryu: why do that?

God: 19:25:50

someone has to hit this fucker

God: 19:25:54

if not you, then who?

Lotho: 19:25:57

then they come back for more?

God: 19:26:08

the one who remained behind is already here

Lotho: 19:26:10

can they be killed?

God: 19:26:11

demanding more

God: 19:26:14

Lotho: yes

Ryu: 19:26:19

Only ghost-touch weapons can hurt them righ?

Lotho: 19:26:19

fire?

Ryu: 19:26:20

t?

God: 19:26:23

Ryu, no

God: 19:26:29

your fists act as magic weapons

God: 19:26:32

you can hit htis thing

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:26:37

is itching to cast Magic Circle against Evil

Ryu: 19:26:39

okay then, flurry of blows

God: 19:26:48

Ory casts Magic Circle against Evil

God: 19:26:52

Ryu, roll your attacks

Ryu: 19:27:22

21 23 15

Ryu: 19:27:30

oh wait, without TW's bonus?

God: 19:27:44

with TW's bonus

Ryu: 19:27:49

then the numbers stand

Whistling Tinterly: 19:27:53

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

God: 19:28:19

okay you hit 3 times

God: 19:28:25

a powerful kick, and then a flurry of punches

God: 19:28:31

roll the damage (with +2)

Ryu: 19:28:47

13,

Ryu: 19:28:57

9

Ryu: 19:29:04

11

Lotho: 19:29:05

can i hit with morningstar? or is some firey touch better?

God: 19:29:12

Lotho: morningstar would be fine

God: 19:29:22

but it doesn't matter, because Ryu's punches just disembodied it

God: 19:29:36

the last punch tears the wraith in half, and it dissipates into the darkness, dead and gone

God: 19:29:43

do you want to go hunt down the remaining 2?

Ryu: 19:29:45

so much for believing what I read on the internet...

God: 19:30:01

Lotho: you have a spell called minor restoration which can restore lost ability points

God: 19:30:13

you can cast that on Ryu now to give him back his constitution loss

Ryu: 19:30:44

yes please

God: 19:31:21

TW has used a song, so it is probably good to make the most of this chance and chase down the other 2

Whistling Tinterly: 19:31:29

Are the suckers very far away?

God: 19:31:37

as far away as they can go

God: 19:31:44

but probably still in this cavern

Whistling Tinterly: 19:31:48

Which way?

God: 19:31:58

it would have ot be north, into room 21

God: 19:32:02

that is the furthest they can go

God: 19:32:13

Lotho, are you there?

Lotho: 19:32:19

whos points i wanna restore?

God: 19:32:27

Ryu lost 3 constitution points to the Wraith

God: 19:32:32

Minor restoration will restore them

Ryu: 19:32:57

If you could thanks...

Lotho: 19:33:08

looks for it

Lotho: 19:33:30

lesser restoration? lv 2?

Lotho: 19:33:44

i guess i need to roll something?

God: 19:34:27

1d4 to see how many points of constitution he gets back

God: 19:34:40

you can keep casting it till he gets them all back

God: 19:34:42

2pps per casting

Lotho: 19:34:45

4

Ryu: 19:34:59

I think I'm fully restored

God: 19:35:01

okay Ryu your constitution goes back to its starting value

God: 19:35:04

you regain 9hps

Ryu: 19:35:10

yay

God: 19:35:19

so do you guys set off to find the remainign 2?

Ryu: 19:35:27

Thanks Lotho!

Ryu: 19:35:36

If we can find them...

Ryu: 19:35:39

hard to spot

Whistling Tinterly: 19:35:39

let's get 'em

God: 19:36:12

okay, so you head towards room 21

God: 19:36:30

you have to pass through a large, empty cavern with many stony protrusions and stalctites

God: 19:36:32

water drips around you

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:36:37

I unsheath my magic silver sword in readiness

God: 19:36:54

in hte North Eastern corner, a small stream enters and then leaves the cavern

God: 19:37:04

after a short but careful walk you reach room 21

God: 19:37:12

it is pitch black inside, and the entrance is narrow

God: 19:37:16

who goes first?

Whistling Tinterly: 19:37:40

always a hard question, that one

Ryu: 19:37:54

The ferret!

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:37:55

puts up hand.

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:38:19

I hate undead, and want to lop their zombie heads off!

God: 19:38:28

Ory surges forward

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:38:34

Grrrrrrrr (devil) 

God: 19:38:35

and enters the room, casting a light spell as he goes

God: 19:38:42

inside, the two undead are cowering against the far wall

Whistling Tinterly: 19:38:45

ooo I want to see this -- lopping off of headless heads

God: 19:38:52

seeing themselves trapped and unable to flee they attack

Lotho: 19:38:55

follows close behind

God: 19:39:05

roll initiative, everyone

Ryu: 19:39:16

HAH - 2.

Whistling Tinterly: 19:39:17

20

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:39:37

18

Lotho: 19:39:51

10

God: 19:39:52

Ryu you can't get 2

God: 19:39:59

roll 2d10 and add your initiative bonus

God: 19:40:02

yours has to be at least 2

Ryu: 19:40:27

right you are. 24

God: 19:40:28

TW you go first, but you are singing, right?

God: 19:40:37

Ryu, how can you go from 2 to 24?

Ryu: 19:40:50

2d10 equals a d20?

Ryu: 19:40:58

I only noticed it tonight

God: 19:41:02

Ryu, 2d10 means "2 ten sided dice"

God: 19:41:06

so roll 2d10

God: 19:41:09

add your initiative

Ryu: 19:41:15

17 then

Whistling Tinterly: 19:41:23

I'll shoot one of them with my trusty crossbow.

God: 19:41:41

TW: is your crossbow magical?

Lotho: 19:41:43

it's not the same, cause with 2d10 you can't get 1, so it's better

Whistling Tinterly: 19:41:47

yup +1

God: 19:41:53

okay roll your attacks

Ryu: 19:42:27

Lotho: ooh. good point.

Whistling Tinterly: 19:42:29

couple of questions - I should get 2 per round, but is that correct with the crossbow?

God: 19:42:50

TW: I think you get 1

God: 19:42:52

roll it

Whistling Tinterly: 19:42:52

Also do I add by strength bonus (cough cough - negative 2)

God: 19:42:56

no

Whistling Tinterly: 19:43:29

5 + 10 (ability + magic) + 2 (song) = 17

God: 19:43:31

Ryu: also due to the Central Limit Theorem, you are more likely to roll average numbers than with a d20, which has an equal chance of every number between 1 and 20

God: 19:43:37

TW: you hit, roll damage

Whistling Tinterly: 19:43:55

6

God: 19:44:02

the Wraiths attack Ory, 1 hits for 1 hp, it's cold fingers sinking through the mage armour to touch Ory's leg

God: 19:44:07

Ory: roll fortitude save (+2)

God: 19:44:29

then roll your attacks

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:44:33

11 fort

God: 19:44:41

somewhere in the darkness, TW's crossbow bolt shatters on a wall

Ryu: 19:44:42

Hmm. Undead molestation.

God: 19:44:52

Ory: the chill soaks through your bones

God: 19:44:58

take 5 constitution points away

Whistling Tinterly: 19:45:07

ooo... nasty...

Ryu: 19:45:33

Bloody wraiths

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:45:45

my constitution withers to a mere 5

God: 19:45:53

you lose 27 hps

God: 19:46:04

no make that 30hps

Lotho: 19:46:23

bejesus

Lotho: 19:46:28

how do we kill them?

Ryu: 19:46:40

Magical items

God: 19:46:44

Ory sinks to the ground, unconscious

Ryu: 19:46:44

weapons I mean

God: 19:46:53

Ryu, you are next in the line of fire

God: 19:46:55

what do you do?

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:46:55

Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrkk! -7 hit points ;( 

Ryu: 19:47:01

flurry of blows

God: 19:47:07

roll 'em Ryu

Whistling Tinterly: 19:47:08

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

God: 19:47:21

Lotho, you can get Ory back to consciousness quickly by casting Lesser Restoration

God: 19:47:29

you are not in combat so it should be easy to cast

Lotho: 19:47:30

what level spells can i do again?

Lotho: 19:47:33

3rd?

God: 19:47:34

Lotho, up to 3

God: 19:47:35

yes

Ryu: 19:47:42

19, 25, 20

Lotho: 19:47:48

lesser is only up to 4

God: 19:47:56

Ryu, all 3 attacks hit, roll damage

Lotho: 19:47:57

don't i want to cure his hit points?

Lotho: 19:48:04

more than constitution?

Ryu: 19:48:10

7, 10, 14

God: 19:48:13

Lotho: restoring his constitution restores the hit points he lost due to losing the constitution

God: 19:48:32

Ryu charges forward and pummels one of the Wraiths, so that it is broken apart into insubstantial wisps

God: 19:48:37

it disappears in the darkness

God: 19:48:41

Your go Lotho, what do you do?

Lotho: 19:49:19

2

Lotho: 19:49:24

lesser restoration

God: 19:49:25

okay

God: 19:49:42

Lotho casts lesser restoration on Ory, bringin his Constitution up to 7

God: 19:49:57

Ory regains 10hps

God: 19:50:03

and surges back to his feet!

God: 19:50:14

TW, it's your go, what do you do

God: 19:50:15

?

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:50:19

]:) I'm back!

Ryu: 19:50:34

(clap)

Lotho: 19:50:34

ory: i could try it again, but i have a feeling this is just the beginning..

Whistling Tinterly: 19:50:37

ptwang - into the eye socket

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:50:40

T'anks, Loth :)

God: 19:50:49

TW: roll

God: 19:50:55

Lotho: Ory only has 3hps

Whistling Tinterly: 19:51:01

21

God: 19:51:04

casting another restoration will probably get him back up to 23

God: 19:51:07

TW: you hit

Lotho: 19:51:11

so i should do it again?

God: 19:51:11

roll damage

Lotho: 19:51:13

k

Whistling Tinterly: 19:51:14

7

God: 19:51:21

the quarrel strikes through the eye and disappears into darkness

God: 19:51:25

the wraith attacks Ryu

Lotho: 19:51:27

lesserrest: 4

God: 19:51:29

and hits

God: 19:51:41

2hps damage Ryu

God: 19:51:46

and make a fortitude saving throw

Ryu: 19:51:54

18

God: 19:51:59

next is Ory's action, what do you do?

God: 19:52:05

Ryu: the chill is merely bone-numbing, no extra damage

Whistling Tinterly: 19:52:06

head lopping

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:52:10

Go postal with my magic sword.

Whistling Tinterly: 19:52:13

go ory

God: 19:52:13

roll 'em Ory

God: 19:52:27

remember to include the +2 for TW and the +2 for the magic circle against evil

Whistling Tinterly: 19:52:53

magic circle for attack as well as defense?

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:53:04

26, 17

God: 19:53:13

Ory, 2 hits, roll for damage

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:53:43

oops, 30 and 21

God: 19:53:51

2 hits, roll for damage

Whistling Tinterly: 19:54:12

damn I thought that was damage 30 + 21

Ryu: 19:54:34

hehe - if only

God: 19:54:57

indeed

God: 19:55:00

but almost the same...

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:55:03

15, 16

God: 19:55:05

okay

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:55:05

soz guys

God: 19:55:14

Ory slides in from where he was crawling back to his feet

God: 19:55:28

stabs his holy silver sword through the wraiths belly, and then cuts off its head

God: 19:55:34

which drifts away in insubstantial nothingness

God: 19:55:38

all enemies dead

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:55:40

Mwa-ha-ha!

God: 19:55:50

at the end of the round, Lotho restores Ory to full Constitution, so Ory you are back to 23 hps

God: 19:55:53

well done team

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:55:59

Huzzah!

God: 19:56:05

500xps each

Ryu: 19:56:08

alright

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:56:25

t'anks god!

God: 19:56:31

you have cleared out rooms 19-21.

God: 19:56:47

Now the only 2 exits from this area are through the river

God: 19:56:52

in the North East corner

God: 19:57:04

You can see that in both directions there is a little pathway along the sideof the river

Lotho: 19:57:19

oo

God: 19:57:21

the Northernmost tunnel has a sign, carved in bone, hanging from a stalactite just in front of the cavemouth

God: 19:57:30

it says "Prisoner Disposal Only" in black speech

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:57:35

noice.

Lotho: 19:57:49

the other way isn't signposted?

God: 19:57:53

No

Ryu: 19:58:14

Hmm. Prisoner disposal?

Ryu: 19:58:22

Feed area?

Lotho: 19:58:24

why not.

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 19:58:48

will they already be dead?

Whistling Tinterly: 19:58:49

Weren't the prisoners supposed to be turned into undead? Zombies? or something

Ryu: 19:59:03

Still bad news either way

God: 19:59:20

TW: sent away elsewhere to be turned into undead. Prisoners retained here are used as spider food

Ryu: 19:59:47

We must have cleared all spiders... or have we?

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:00:06

so we could rescue some slaves ...  and squish more arachnids.

God: 20:00:09

TW: you didn't go into that cave, you ran through this area

God: 20:00:15

you came through the other tunnel mouth

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:00:18

Bet Shelob is lurking somewhere down here ...

God: 20:00:21

which leads to teh Orc chieftain and his remaining soldiers

God: 20:00:30

you don't know what is in "prisoner disposal"

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:00:39

shall we sniff it out, lads?

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:00:52

Or ferretty can at least have first sniff.

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:00:57

But this could be bad for ferreties.

Ryu: 20:01:16

let's check it out

Whistling Tinterly: 20:01:24

listen check anyone?

Ryu: 20:01:29

yep

Ryu: 20:01:44

17

Lotho: 20:01:55

listen 23

God: 20:01:58

Ryu: can't hear anything

God: 20:02:00

no-one can

God: 20:02:04

do you enter the tunnel

Whistling Tinterly: 20:02:04

listen = 14

God: 20:02:05

?

Whistling Tinterly: 20:02:21

sure

God: 20:02:28

do you send the ferret ahead?

Whistling Tinterly: 20:02:45

ory it's your ferret - what do you say?

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:02:52

Only if he sneaks gingerly and comes back at any sign of trouble *worried*

God: 20:03:10

Ory: make a move silently check for your ferret

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:03:19

k

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:03:41

28

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:04:17

eeep ... god's taking ages to type...  must be bad !

God: 20:04:24

your ferret stalks into the tunnel, creeping along the narrow pathway in the darkness. The tunnel curves around, and has a slight breeze flowing down it above the water. The ferret can smell a rank and acrid stench on the breeze, like the smell of dissolving bodies

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:04:36

can it see owt?

Whistling Tinterly: 20:04:43

ooo... smelly

God: 20:05:16

Ory: nothing

God: 20:05:18

it can see nothing

God: 20:05:33

after a short distance it reaches the tunnel exit, which opens into a much larger cave

God: 20:05:38

it cannot see into this cave

God: 20:05:42

but the stench is strong

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:05:55

I call ferretty back\

Ryu: 20:05:55

the stench is strong with this one.

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:06:00

as he can't see much

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:06:03

and it's stinky

God: 20:06:13

okay

God: 20:06:18

he retreats, and returns to your side

God: 20:06:27

do you guys go in where ferrets fear to tread?

Whistling Tinterly: 20:06:33

Do we need to?

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:06:52

I don't think anything of value will be hidden there

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:06:59

the smell says it all

Whistling Tinterly: 20:07:05

The pub is just upstairs

Ryu: 20:07:07

I cleave to the will of the group

Whistling Tinterly: 20:07:21

I will to the cleave(age) of the group

God: 20:07:22

(Ryu will cleave to anything with a big enough pencil...)

God: 20:07:27

so you retreat from the tunnel?

Ryu: 20:08:02

we stil have to find the slaves, I can go in

Lotho: 20:08:05

ummm

Whistling Tinterly: 20:08:08

Could we send down a fireball to ignite the methane and see what runs out

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:08:10

By the way, I'm on 23 hit points (full is 27)

Lotho: 20:08:12

i'll go too

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:08:16

can anyone heal me the rest of the way?

Ryu: 20:08:33

I've got a few heal potions

Ryu: 20:08:41

how badly are you hurt?

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:08:54

Oo, 4 hit points worth.

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:09:00

Of pain.

Ryu: 20:09:04

Is that it?

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:09:09

Aye.

Whistling Tinterly: 20:09:14

Ory Prince of Pain

Lotho: 20:09:18

i have a scroll of cure moderate

Ryu: 20:09:21

Very emo

God: 20:09:30

cure moderate: 2d8+2 hps

Ryu: 20:09:35

I've got light

God: 20:09:39

maybe a little wasted in Ory's current conditions

Lotho: 20:09:44

it's not worth it

God: 20:09:47

light is better, why don't you use that?

Lotho: 20:09:49

wait till you're more hurt ory

Whistling Tinterly: 20:09:58

okay ory first

God: 20:10:11

Lotho: cure light wounds is 1pp, and does 1d8+your level healing

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:10:15

light, please

Whistling Tinterly: 20:10:25

<tint last ... checking over his shoulder>

Lotho: 20:10:34

well, since my level is 5, it cures him completely

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:10:35

if you're willing for a shilling, that is.

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:10:41

or we can just move along ...

Lotho: 20:10:45

i think you should wait till you need it more

Ryu: 20:10:48

move along...

God: 20:10:55

... nothing to heal here...

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:10:58

k

God: 20:11:04

alright, so you all enter the tunnel

God: 20:11:05

who is first?

God: 20:11:09

second, etc.?

Whistling Tinterly: 20:11:10

anyone interested in that fireball idea?

Lotho: 20:11:17

mm, i'm happy to go first

Ryu: 20:11:23

wait wai

Ryu: 20:11:23

t

Ryu: 20:11:26

fireball

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:11:34

I can do fireball

Lotho: 20:11:34

and kill whatever is still alive in there?

God: 20:11:42

could be slaves...

Lotho: 20:11:43

isn't the idea to save people?

Ryu: 20:11:43

lotho has a point

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:11:47

cd it bring the roof down too?

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:11:52

and crush us?

Whistling Tinterly: 20:12:02

This is slave disposal - how likely will there be live slaves left?

God: 20:12:03

Ory: not likely

God: 20:12:08

this area is too secure fo rthat

God: 20:12:19

well, if you want to do it...

Whistling Tinterly: 20:12:32

bah... lets head in, fireballs can wait

Ryu: 20:12:47

ok

Whistling Tinterly: 20:12:53

I could send in an illusion of a fireball to see what runs out

God: 20:13:07

TW: that's an interesting idea

God: 20:13:11

could work...

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:13:19

most curious ...

Whistling Tinterly: 20:13:57

illusion of the gases catching fire, a series of small explosions, to encourage anyone to make a quick exit (possibly into the river).

God: 20:14:06

okay, roll spellcraft

Whistling Tinterly: 20:14:23

30

God: 20:14:49

you send in your illusion, which explodes spectacularly, showering sparks and fire and all manner of nastiness around the room

God: 20:14:53

you wait a few moments

God: 20:14:55

maybe 2 or 3 rounds

God: 20:14:57

nothing comes out

Whistling Tinterly: 20:15:04

sigh

Ryu: 20:15:15

nice idea though

Whistling Tinterly: 20:15:23

shall we enter?

Ryu: 20:15:45

ok

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:15:46

hai!

God: 20:15:53

please tell me your order of entry

Lotho: 20:16:14

looks around..

Lotho: 20:16:19

k, m first

Lotho: 20:16:27

e

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:16:28

I'll cover loth

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:16:32

2nd.

Whistling Tinterly: 20:16:43

tint 4th

God: 20:16:48

Ryu 3rd?

Whistling Tinterly: 20:16:51

(sun)

Ryu: 20:16:56

ok

God: 20:17:10

alright

Lotho: 20:17:25

move silently 22

God: 20:17:35

Lotho and Ory lead the way down the tunnel, till you come to the cavern opening

God: 20:17:43

your dim light reveals a large cavern with a stream running through it

Lotho: 20:17:56

and the smell

Lotho: 20:17:57

?

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:18:10

*sniff*

God: 20:18:11

what little of it you can see appears to be completely empty, no sign or sound of prisoners, no sign of bodies or any objects loose on the floor

God: 20:18:25

it has high ceilings which disappear into the gloom

Whistling Tinterly: 20:18:27

???

God: 20:18:31

you can't see them

God: 20:18:34

there is a bad smell though

God: 20:18:37

do you enter?

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:18:38

(spiders?)

Whistling Tinterly: 20:18:58

Looking up the walls

Lotho: 20:19:10

can we shine a light upwardS?

God: 20:19:12

everyone make a spot check

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:19:13

casts Magic Circle Against Evil in readiness for baddies

Lotho: 20:19:25

27

Whistling Tinterly: 20:19:28

Ory - spiders aren't evil

God: 20:19:42

TW: Shelob is

Whistling Tinterly: 20:19:42

unless you're a tasty fly

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:19:44

15

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:20:00

(I cast it against general evil)

Whistling Tinterly: 20:20:05

spot = 8

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:20:06

(assuming there's more undead and the like)

God: 20:20:15

Okay Lotho and Ory there is nothing to be seen near the entrance. Do you enter to examine further?

Lotho: 20:20:22

ok

Whistling Tinterly: 20:20:23

ooo undead spiders - don't give god any ideas

God: 20:20:34

can you both please tell me your armour class when surprised?

Ryu: 20:20:36

undead spider wraiths

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:21:06

19

Lotho: 20:21:14

same

God: 20:21:19

okay

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:21:26

snap!

God: 20:22:25

you both feel the gust of air pushing down on you, and smell the stench, and maybe hear a faint slapping sound, and jump back into the tunnel just in time. In front of you - right where you were standing - a massive block of gelatinous slop hits the ground. It is maybe a 20' cube of solid, ugly gelatinous nastiness, with a slowly decaying corpse still trapped inside

God: 20:22:42

picture here: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM35_gallery/MM35_PG201.jpg

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:22:44

corpse jelly!

God: 20:22:54

it just missed you!

God: 20:23:01

what do you do?

Whistling Tinterly: 20:23:09

fireball anyone?

God: 20:23:15

(the website is dodgy, so sorry if it doesn't load)

Ryu: 20:23:17

I think we're behindf it

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:23:24

Like, ew. Halloween jellies, anyone?

Ryu: 20:23:44

death flavour

Lotho: 20:23:47

ummm

God: 20:23:48

what do you all do? It is oozing slowly towards you

Ryu: 20:23:50

you've got to be kidding me

God: 20:23:52

very slowly, mind

Lotho: 20:24:00

ah.. it's going to decay us isn't it?

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:24:03

I have a fireball.

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:24:05

Shall I ball?

God: 20:24:08

Lotho: that's the plan

Whistling Tinterly: 20:24:12

pin cushion time

Lotho: 20:24:15

but then it'll platter over us ory

Ryu: 20:24:29

what's it called?

Lotho: 20:24:34

we need a vaccum

Lotho: 20:24:44

vaccume?

Lotho: 20:24:45

bleh

God: 20:24:51

Ory: if you want to fireball it you need to get them off soon

God: 20:24:59

no need for initiative - it is too slow to act first

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:25:02

casts a fireball at wandering jelly

God: 20:25:06

Ryu: gelatinous cube

God: 20:25:16

Ory: roll 6d6 damage

God: 20:25:48

Tint: roll your crossbow

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:25:51

22

God: 20:25:56

anyone else want to do anything?

Ryu: 20:26:10

scorching ray I suppose

Whistling Tinterly: 20:26:14

27

God: 20:26:15

Ory sends a streak of fire off into the corner, and it explodes, eviscerating a large chunk of the beast's side

God: 20:26:18

TW: you hit

God: 20:26:27

the crossbow splats on the surface and is absorbed

God: 20:26:33

Ryu, roll damage: 4d6

Whistling Tinterly: 20:26:41

bugger

God: 20:26:42

(you can't miss, it's like hitting a barn)

God: 20:26:45

Lotho?

God: 20:26:50

TW: roll damage (you still did damage)

Ryu: 20:26:52

16

Lotho: 20:26:53

i could build up the wall

Lotho: 20:26:57

umm

God: 20:27:04

REMEMBER TO KEEP TRACK OF PPS

Lotho: 20:27:06

internet just dropped out

Lotho: 20:27:09

this could be a problem.

God: 20:27:09

Lotho, what do you do?

Lotho: 20:27:17

build a wall?

God: 20:27:24

Lotho, if you have a wall power, build a wall

God: 20:27:29

do you mean wall of firre?

Lotho: 20:27:34

no

God: 20:27:40

stone?

Whistling Tinterly: 20:27:46

bicks and morter

Lotho: 20:27:51

stone shape?

Whistling Tinterly: 20:27:53

+ 3 weeks of work

Lotho: 20:27:54

whats the floor?

God: 20:28:00

Lotho, floor is stone, so that will work

God: 20:28:09

you can shape the tunnel closed, adn it shouldn't be able to get through

Lotho: 20:28:09

can i wall in the thing then?

God: 20:28:13

yes

Lotho: 20:28:21

but will that stop us from getting in?

God: 20:28:23

yes

God: 20:28:33

any gap and it will squeeze through like only ooze can

Lotho: 20:28:34

um, do i want to do that folks?

Whistling Tinterly: 20:28:35

leave a little hole to shoot fire balls though

Lotho: 20:28:47

but can't i raise the floor up in a cube around the goo?

Lotho: 20:28:56

what do fire balls do?

God: 20:29:02

It'll ooze over it - it was on the ceiling

God: 20:29:05

fireballs damage it

Lotho: 20:29:05

i missed a bit remember

Ryu: 20:29:28

Is the cube yelling "Cube!!"?

Whistling Tinterly: 20:29:32

ory can you cast flame arrows on my crossbow bolts?

God: 20:29:40

Ryu: more "slurprrrrslurpsplodge"

Lotho: 20:29:41

um

Lotho: 20:29:45

i have wall of fire

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:29:56

aye tint

God: 20:30:08

Lotho: it moves slowly, by the time it crosses a wall of fire it could be in a world of pain

Whistling Tinterly: 20:30:37

cubic pain - piccaso anyone?

Lotho: 20:30:53

but if it's that big, we're really not going to kill it (?) befor eit reaches us are we?

God: 20:31:03

only one way to find out...

Whistling Tinterly: 20:31:21

we can keep backing away and feeding it with fire

Lotho: 20:31:22

so it's alive?

Lotho: 20:31:27

wall of fire then

God: 20:31:27

yes

Lotho: 20:31:30

odd

God: 20:31:46

okay, Lotho conjures up a wall of fire over the tunnel entrance, which the cube promptly slimes into

God: 20:31:53

em: roll 2d8 damage

God: 20:32:02

Ory, do you cast flame arrow on TW's bolts?

Whistling Tinterly: 20:32:04

think of it as a big slime mold - smelling us and thinking what yummy dinner has just walked in.

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:32:06

aye

Lotho: 20:32:11

heh, 8

God: 20:32:15

TW: you have fire arrows now

Lotho: 20:32:24

wall of fire seems pretty pissweak

God: 20:32:28

the ooze slimes away from the fire wall, back into the cavern

Whistling Tinterly: 20:32:30

exploding pin cushion time

God: 20:32:37

it is scared to go through, given its speed

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:32:41

Let's go explodey!

God: 20:32:45

there is a wall of flames between you and it

God: 20:32:47

TW, roll

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:32:47

:@ 

Lotho: 20:32:50

aw, the wall can't move?

God: 20:33:01

Lotho, don't think so

Whistling Tinterly: 20:33:05

16

Lotho: 20:33:07

tw, maybe your arrows cna be lit as they go throug the wall

God: 20:33:18

you hit

God: 20:33:22

roll damage

Whistling Tinterly: 20:33:27

how much?

God: 20:33:51

usual +1d6

Whistling Tinterly: 20:33:52

ory you want to join me, you're the archery expert

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:34:06

I can't yet, cos I've just cast.

God: 20:34:09

roll it tint

Ryu: 20:34:14

I have shurikens... will they light on fire if I chuck 'em through the wall?

God: 20:34:18

the ooze is sliming away from the wall

God: 20:34:20

Ryu: no

God: 20:34:24

but throw 'em if you want

Whistling Tinterly: 20:34:30

Well I did 9 last time, and 6+3 this time

God: 20:34:36

okay

God: 20:34:53

your crossbow bolt zips through the wall, explodes on the surface of the ooze, and slides partially inside

God: 20:35:11

the ooze stops moving, and begins to slowly fall apart, like a jelly melting in the sun

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:35:19

oo!

God: 20:35:22

as it does so, the smell it releases is truly disgusting

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:35:32

Wanna buy some pegs?

God: 20:35:37

occasional tendrils of a particularly foul gas explode when they touch teh wall

Whistling Tinterly: 20:35:41

do the gases explode on the fire wall?

Ryu: 20:35:44

Dave?

Whistling Tinterly: 20:35:53

hee hee

Whistling Tinterly: 20:36:04

dave??

Ryu: 20:36:06

like something crawled up its arse and died. repeatedly.

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:36:17

Like someone edened.

Ryu: 20:36:20

You wanna buy some pegs Dave?

Whistling Tinterly: 20:36:33

dave?

God: 20:36:34

okay everyone

Lotho: 20:36:35

hey dave

Ryu: 20:36:36

ory: yea like someone ede- hey!

God: 20:36:45

you wait for the wall to burn out, by which time the cube is just a big oozing mass.

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:36:47

hee hee hee

God: 20:36:51

Do you want to go in and explore?

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:37:07

Don't touch the mucusy stuff!

Whistling Tinterly: 20:37:13

rescue the slaves... yuck

Ryu: 20:37:26

might as well

God: 20:37:29

okay

God: 20:37:32

you enter the cave

Ryu: 20:37:36

so how many exp points do we get>

God: 20:37:45

you wander around a bit but it is pretty clear - this room has been scoured clean by that cube

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:37:54

Greedy Ryu!

God: 20:38:01

you get 80 xps each for killing it, btw

Whistling Tinterly: 20:38:04

anything interesting in the cube?

Ryu: 20:38:09

there you go

God: 20:38:14

presumably when they throw prisoners in here those prisoners don't escape

God: 20:38:31

you can't see anything intresting in the cube, but you can scrabble through it if you are desperate...

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:38:54

Pass.

Lotho: 20:38:57

no thanks

Whistling Tinterly: 20:39:02

likewise

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:39:05

Don't want to get my mink wet, thanks.

Ryu: 20:39:10

what he said

God: 20:39:19

okay

God: 20:39:26

so you all retreat back to the main cavern

God: 20:39:32

there is only one pathway left - the other stream

God: 20:39:38

it too has a narrow path, heading East

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:40:17

Heigh-ho, heigh-ho (music) 

Ryu: 20:40:19

if we must

God: 20:40:27

okay

God: 20:40:39

what order do you enter in?

Whistling Tinterly: 20:40:42

Did I come from there? Racking memory

Ryu: 20:41:01

I'll go in first

God: 20:41:06

TW: yes, the orc leader and the remains of his tribe are down the other end

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:41:30

I cover R's a$$.

Whistling Tinterly: 20:41:33

Hmm... we could do the disguise trick again.

Whistling Tinterly: 20:41:45

But this time Lotho could check to see if there are any alarms on the way.

God: 20:41:48

explain your plan Tint

Whistling Tinterly: 20:42:20

Cast disguise on the 4 of us - look like the captain + some orks, or perhaps the minotour

Lotho: 20:42:23

hi again

God: 20:42:40

Lotho doesn't trust the disguise trick anymore?

Ryu: 20:42:41

Lotho - dropped out?

Ryu: 20:42:55

toilet break

Whistling Tinterly: 20:43:14

G/L: why not?

Lotho: 20:43:19

mm

Lotho: 20:43:40

i can disguise?

God: 20:43:45

TW can

God: 20:43:54

you would have ot pretend to be a prisoner, like last time

Whistling Tinterly: 20:44:23

Or I can cast illusions on everyone to look like orcs

Lotho: 20:44:41

goddamn

God: 20:44:47

well kids, do you want to try the illusion - an orc band coming from above?

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:45:23

Sounds spiff to me, boys!

Ryu: 20:45:46

Ok. I can cast disguise on myself too by the way

God: 20:46:03

Lotho dropping out again?

Lotho: 20:46:04

my internet connection is being a bastard

God: 20:46:07

weird

Whistling Tinterly: 20:46:14

Or we could do the fire ball trick which is shorter and a lot more painful

God: 20:46:30

TW: by "trick" do you mean walk in and let off fireballs?

Lotho: 20:46:42

maybe you can pretend i have come down with narcoplexy (sp?)

Ryu: 20:46:52

narcolepsy

God: 20:46:58

thank you ryu...

Whistling Tinterly: 20:47:12

yup - diguise as orcs with nice fireball tricks

God: 20:47:18

okay

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:47:19

I could get my balls out. I have 35 power points, which beats last session (muscle) 

God: 20:47:31

TW: you wanna roll spellcraft for the illusion then?

God: 20:47:40

Then you can just waltz on down there and start killin' shit

Whistling Tinterly: 20:48:33

Alter self for myself + illusions on Ory & Loth (these will just be visual, you wont smell like an orc).

God: 20:48:44

good thing too...

Whistling Tinterly: 20:48:51

Ryu looks after himself

God: 20:48:58

roll your spellcraft checks for alter self and illusion

God: 20:49:05

Ryu, roll a spellcraft check for disguise self

Ryu: 20:49:37

14

God: 20:49:39

TW: does your illusion cover the cohorts as well?

Whistling Tinterly: 20:50:00

25, 20

God: 20:50:01

Lotho, do you want to cast any protection or enhancement spells on yourself while they put up their illusions?

God: 20:50:46

Lotho, you dropping again?

Whistling Tinterly: 20:50:48

The illusions are big areas (lots of levels now), but perhaps it is best to cast one per person - I have lots of points and they are 1st level

God: 20:51:05

okay here is what we will do then

God: 20:51:15

since it is nearly 9pm and Lotho is droppingn out almost continuously

God: 20:51:19

we will stop for tonight

God: 20:51:24

and restart next session

Whistling Tinterly: 20:51:29

k

God: 20:51:36

remember this tactic kids, and next session we'll restart where we left  off

Ryu: 20:51:45

alright

God: 20:51:46

otherwise Lotho will miss the whol ebattle and/or we'll be here late

God: 20:51:58

so

God: 20:52:02

that's it for tonight

God: 20:52:07

well done all

Lotho: 20:52:13

bak

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:52:13

But before we go, birthday cake for Eden! (^)  (party)  (^)  (party)  (^) 

God: 20:52:16

yay!!!

Whistling Tinterly: 20:52:16

lunch time... nighty night everyone

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:52:28

Nighty night!! (*) 

Ryu: 20:52:30

bye TW

Lotho: 20:52:32

oh

Whistling Tinterly: 20:52:33

(^) - burn those b'day cakes

God: 20:52:34

happy birthday to you... happy birthday to you... happy lunchtime to Andrew!

Lotho: 20:52:36

bye

Lotho: 20:52:40

then

Whistling Tinterly: 20:52:47

bye

Ryu: 20:52:53

heh

God: 20:52:53

Em: we're going to stop for tonight due to the lateness and the dropping out ness

God: 20:52:56

See you Andrew!

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:52:57

... and he smells like a poo! (music)

God: 20:53:19

(^)

Ryu: 20:53:19

hey Emma

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:53:24

hey ryu

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:53:25

eden

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:53:28

nanni?

Ryu: 20:53:34

What size do you wear in t-shirts?

Lotho: 20:53:37

ah :/

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:53:41

*blushes*

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:53:46

prolly M

Ryu: 20:53:49

ok

Lotho: 20:53:51

dunno whats up with it :/ was doing it all yesterday and paul rebooted the modem an hr ago

Ryu: 20:53:56

fanks

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:54:04

skype has been having lotsa probs methinks

God: 20:54:19

there are 9 million people on

Ryu: 20:54:19

Skype has expanded their services

God: 20:54:28

maybe it is having problems handling an extra 1/2 a person

God: 20:55:00

okay we are going to sign off

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:55:05

I'm a sicky with lots of snot.

God: 20:55:07

so we cna go watch the chaser and be boring

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:55:11

Must watch Chaser then bed :)

God: 20:55:15

Emma is pouring snot all over the joint

Ryu: 20:55:16

heh

Lotho: 20:55:19

ew

God: 20:55:20

like a gelatinous cube

Lotho: 20:55:21

have fun

Ryu: 20:55:22

I might watch Dexter

Ryu: 20:55:26

bye guys

God: 20:55:31

Ah, Dexter.. we have that to watch too.

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:55:31

cubist snot. high art.

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:55:34

nighty!

Ryu: 20:55:42

Dexter - fun!

Lotho: 20:55:44

i've been watching Entourage

God: 20:55:45

good night all! See you in 2 weeks?

Lotho: 20:55:48

night

God: 20:55:52

Lotho, what is Entourage?

Lotho: 20:56:01

tv show. american.

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:56:02

besides the facebook version ...

God: 20:56:16

right.

God: 20:56:22

well, I shall investigate.

God: 20:56:24

see you all soon!

Lotho: 20:56:27

mmm

Ory the Poncy Elf Bloke: 20:56:28

byiiiee! (hi)