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7:08pm 2013-11-13 Smon Has entered the room
7:10pm 2013-11-13 Goonergeezer Has entered the room
Goonergeezer: heya
Smon: Hi Ken
7:12pm 2013-11-13 chris107 Has entered the room
Smon: Hi chris
chris107: Evening
Goonergeezer: heya chris
chris107: 7:30 start?
Smon: yep
chris107: Grand, I'll just finish eating then
Smon: Just looking over the last week's log now, and I'll put a pizza on in a few mins
Smon: Good news is the wife & kid are out at a Rugby game so I have the house to myself.
Smon: Canada vs England I think.
chris107: Sounds like fun.
Smon: /roll 1d8x3
Smon Rolls 1d8x3 and gets:
3 = 3
1 = 1
4 = 4
Smon: Not great hp rolls for Ellen's brothers
chris107:
Smon: They better stay well back!
chris107: I noticed on the character sheets that we've all got something horrid too.
Smon: Yup
chris107: Well at least we'll look really cool
chris107: With a 7 Charisma it doesn't really matter. But poor Captain Lance!
Goonergeezer: i not checked character sheets, can soimeone link it
Smon: http://smons.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/ghinarian-hills-pcs.html
chris107: Haha you're asking the wrong fella here Ken!
Smon: There's also a permalink on the right of my Wilderlands game blog smons.blogspot.co.uk
chris107: Maybe this 'thing' will mean we can go and work for Oriax? He sounds (and looks) pretty cool
Smon: lol
Smon: Right now it just means your wounds look blackened and don't bleed much. Jana examines them and looks puzzled. "I have not seen this before."
chris107: Dick pokes at them with interest.
Smon: Do you want to start w/out graham or wait?
Goonergeezer: Gaunt curse, well i always thought i could do with losing a few pounds#
Smon: Poking your wound still hurts.
Goonergeezer: yea, but its like a missing tooth isn't it, hurst like buggery but you still got to probe it with your tongue
Smon: LOL
chris107: Yuk!
chris107: (And Dick never mentioned poking at HIS OWN wounds)
chris107: "Look Jana! Captain Lances wounds have gone all black!" poke, poke...
chris107: Dick grins widely
Goonergeezer: "Diick, yer nose if it startz goin blak we gots tu cut it off"
chris107: Dick looks horrified and takes a step back covering his nose with both hands.
Goonergeezer: "if der blak starts spreddin dat iz"
chris107: "It won't Kal, I promise...."
Goonergeezer: "better der nose dan der hol ead"
chris107: He says nervously
chris107: Nods in agreement.
Goonergeezer: "gon loos mi sheld arm
7:36pm 2013-11-13 Amalric Has entered the room
chris107: Hi Graham
Amalric: hello!
chris107: "We've all got the lurgi Captain Lance!"
Goonergeezer: "nobby bloke, gon cut yer arm off if der blak spredz"
Smon: hi g
Amalric: "You do surprise me, Dick."
chris107: "Kal is going to chop your nose off to stop it spreading."
Amalric: "Erm...I'll risk it."
Amalric: "Keeping my nose and the...black..that is."
chris107: Dick looks a little disappointed.
Smon: Ellen's three brothers have been conversing amongst themselves. Now Joran, the eldest, approaches you. "Are you alright to continue?"
chris107: "Gosh yes!"
Goonergeezer: "and on, lets me ged dis oot" Kal open his backpack and removes a large canvas roll, the unrolls it revealing a large selection of sharp knives scalpels and corkscrew type instruments
chris107: "Gulp!"
Smon: The brothers and Jana regard Kal curiously.
Smon: Joran: "What is that for?" Jana shudders!
Goonergeezer: pulling a largescalpel and secatures out "beter keep dese andy, in cas"
chris107: Dick pokes at Lances wounds some more to prove they aren't bleeding...much.
Goonergeezer: "S'fer rem, remov, cutin off der blak bitz if day spred"
Amalric: (ah yes, the dog attacks last time)
chris107: His grubby fingers leaving only a slight residue.
Smon: The brothers nod. Jana winces.
Amalric: Lance shies away from Dick, not wanting to risk infection
Amalric: "It's okay Dick, I'll have Jana take a closer look"
chris107: (Dick says a silent prayer that Lances black bits do spread - just a little bit though)
Smon: You head on a little ways down the glen in the direction the dogs came from - and one fled back. You haven't gone far when you see the ragged remains of a corpse, half eaten, on the sparse grass.
chris107: Dick loads his crossbow.
Goonergeezer: "Eeeeermmm, id dis der bruver?"
Smon: The brothers yell "Harlan!" and rush towards the remains.
Amalric: "Ah, this could be the fellow we seek. What was his name again? Kraken? Kevin?"
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets:
6,Smon: Dick scans the area, but sees no movement.
Amalric: "Harlan! That was it!"
chris107: "Is he all black and crusty too?"
Smon: Heivar, one of the brothers, gasps: "It's Harlan! Our brother!"
Goonergeezer: "Keeps bak, it mite be infect wiv der blak stuf"
Smon: Joran: "The dogs have been at him..."
Smon: /roll 1d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets:
1,Smon: Joran takes a step back from the body. "But... there is a blade wound in his back!"
Smon: (crit WIS check pass for Joran)
chris107: Dick sticks his finger in and wiggles it around.. "Yup, that's a blade wound."
Goonergeezer: "der dogz uses der bladz?"
Smon: It looks to Dick that the blade must have pierced the youth's heart; he was probably dead before the dogs got at him.
chris107: Dick shares this jolly information in the hope that it will cheer the brothers up - a bit.
Smon: Joran nods grimly.
Amalric: "What kind of blade is that, Kal?"
Goonergeezer: "her,her,her,her a sharp won"
chris107: Dick tries not to giggle.
Amalric: "I mean, what length, size, and so on? Does it look like one from the village?"
Smon: Promethus, the youngest brother, pipes up: "There are caves near hear, Joran. You know, with the strange runes? Could these creatures have come from there?" Joran grimaces: "How do you know of the runes?! I told you not to go there!"
Goonergeezer: Kal bends down to examine the wound closer, is it more of a stab or a slash?
chris107: But instead kicks Kal gently "That's your girlfriends brother Kal!"
Smon: It's a deep, broad stab, the kind you might get from a dagger.
chris107: Dick looks interested at the thought of Runes.
chris107: "I bet that Oriax has got loads of runes all over his frock and on rings 'n stuff."
Smon: Joran looks to the west, where the afternoon sun is lowering towards the far-off Castellan mountains. "We should return our brother to the village for burial."
chris107: (Dick pictures himself on a flying rug covered in runes...)
Goonergeezer: "sory, dint meen to jok bout it, s'dager wund, sneeky buuger sneeks up behin im and dus for im in der bak, anewon not lik yoos or der bruvver, wont to stiffs im?"
chris107: "But what about the rune caves?!" Pleads Dick.
chris107: Eager to go collect some.
Smon: Joran shakes his head. "Harlan was well liked in the village. Could have been bandits. Yusan's men perhaps..."
Goonergeezer: "Taks der bruvver bak and sleep der nite den cums bak in der morn fer der rune caves yer?"
Smon: Joran nods. "Aye Kal, that seems safest. We'll tell Swordmaster Ruggio."
chris107: Dick tuts but eventually agrees. Especially as he wants to see how the black stuff has made him look in a mirror.
Goonergeezer: "Jana's kin wont me to stiff der Yusan" he turns to Dick "s'not der old man in der big room wiv her"
chris107: He pulls a zombie face at Kal and sticks out his furry tongue through his big yellow teeth.
Smon: The brothers hauling Harlan's body, you turn and head back towards Bratanis, reaching the village a little before dusk.
chris107: Dick remembers the old man and nods.
Amalric: "Nice stroll in the country today, good work chaps!"
chris107: "Kal, Lance, Jana!"
Amalric: "What is it, Dick?"
chris107: "Bones! We got to remember the bones for Fang!"
Amalric: "Be my guest..."
Smon: The villagers assemble to hear word of what happens, and Joran tells them about the evil hounds and Harlan being stabbed. The body is prepared for cremation by another old man, some kind of local hedge-priest.
chris107: Dick thinks twice about the bones 'cos of the black stuff. Wouldn't want Fang to become unwell.
Amalric: Lance asks the hedge-priest about their wounds
Smon: Jana consults with her cousin Lady Aeschela, and emerges from the longhouse wearing a figure-hugging bronze breastplate in the amazon style, revealing as much as it covers.
chris107: Dick once again tries to stick a finger in the Captains wounds to demonstrate more clearly to the hedge fellow the nature of them.
Amalric: Lance shoves him away, roughly
Amalric: or kicks him, if necessary
chris107: Dick looks slightly hurt.
Smon: The old man inspects Lance's wounds, more gently than Dick. "Why, most odd! I've not seen this in forty years!"
chris107: (How old are Hobbits in basic? Is 40 old for them?)
Amalric: "Why, what is it?"
Smon: "Tis the Gaunt Curse! The bane of ancient Alrya! They say no magic can heal such wounds. Some who suffer them waste away and perish..."
Smon: (I'd think BX hobbits would be like Tolkien hobbits, so 40 is mature adult)
Goonergeezer: "ees not foty yers old, ow can he say he not ceen his arm in forty yeres?"
chris107: "And the others?.."
chris107: (Thanks)
chris107: "What happens to the ones who don't waste away and perish?"
Smon: The old man nods. "I shall prepare a poultice! With the fortune of Zeus Sky-Father smiling upon you, you may yet recover!"
chris107: Asks Dick more urgently.
Smon: He grimaces. "Well, it's said that some who suffer the Curse rise again as undead, doomed to walk the Earth until the day of Judgement!"
Amalric: Lance looks pale, but crosses his fingers
chris107: Dick searches out a mirror to inspect his looks before a poultice can be applied.
Smon: Dick's nose seems unblackened.
chris107: "Oooooooo!"
chris107: "Walk the earth forever?"
Amalric: "But as a mindless, soulless zombie...actually, you should be fine, Dick."
Smon: The old man, who introduces himself as Eberus the Wise, prepares an herbal poultice which he applies to your wounds - it smarts a bit. As darkness falls, the three remaining brothers light Harlan's funeral pyre, and all the village gathers round to bid him farewell.
chris107: Haha!
chris107: Dick all sticky with ointment tries to look sad for Kal's girlfriends sake.
Smon: Kal sees Ellen weeping, she's rusted up a black cowled funeral dress. Meanwhile Jana approaches Lance. Jana: "Lance, my cousin has asked me to investigate the caves, in case evil lurks there. Her advisors fear that Undead may be within. In return she has furnished me with arms, and this old amazon breastplate."
Goonergeezer: Kal makes his way over towards Ellen but stops about 10' away and starts shuffling his feet awkwardly
Smon: Ellen is gazing into the fire, face streaked with tears.
Goonergeezer: "Cough, Cough"
Amalric: Lance gazes admiringly at the breastplate, and all that it holds - well almost
Smon: Jana looks at Lance then down, blushing. "Aeschela is testing me. She knows I am not a warrior. I can barely lift the mace she gave me."
Amalric: "What? Hmm, oh yes, of course. First thing in the morning, eh?"
Smon: Jana nods.
Smon: Ellen looks up tearfully. "Oh... hello Kal. Thank you for finding my brother."
Amalric: "You are not a warrior, that is true, but your heart is strong. That will do you more favours. Leave the fighting to me."
Goonergeezer: "eeeeeerrrrrr Ellen, I's sorry wot apend to bruvver, I's goin t'der caves termoro 'nd finds der fings wot dun im, i brings yoo bak der eads"
chris107: (Most of him anyway)
Smon: Jana nods gratefully.
Amalric: "As long as Mitra walks with you, we will be in need of you if undead truly lurk in those caves"
Smon: Ellen nods to Kal. "Th-thank you. I know you're a great warrior. You'll protect our village. Better than..." she glances over to where Ruggio is standing, beside Lady Aeschela.
Smon: Jana nods to Lance, looking grateful for his words, and moves closer, putting her hand around his waist. "I know while you're with me I will be safe..."
chris107: Dick makes gipping sounds
Goonergeezer: "ees a rong'un, if yoos let me i looks after yoos and der vilage too"
chris107: And wanders off to buy sausage for Fang and a couple of pints for himself.
Smon: Ellen looks big-eyed at Kal. "I would like that very much..."
chris107: "Gip, gip, gip-gip!"
Smon: Dick feeds Fang a large sausage and gets beer (5 cp)
Goonergeezer: "yoo wood?" Kal beamd a big rotten toothed smile
chris107: (Noted)
Smon: Ellen nods. "Yes..."
Amalric: Lance wraps his arm around Jana in return, and smiles
Smon: Kal notices Ellen's brothers looking at himself talking with Ellen. They seem puzzled by her apparent attraction to him.
Goonergeezer: "i nose i's not nise, butt i's alwas nise too yoo's"
Amalric: they're not alone
Smon: Ellen nods. Quickly she leans in and kisses Kal's grimy cheek.
Goonergeezer: Kal blushes and looks to the ground
Smon: Mako the Hobbit saunters over to Dick. He jerks a thumb in Ellen's direction. "My barmaid is a strange one, eh!"
Smon: Jana leans in and whispers in Lance's ear. "Let us retire to our quarters..."
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets:
4,Smon: A gust of wind blows smoke in Mako and Dick's direction, but they are too close to the ground to get much of it.
chris107: "Kal's much nicer than Captain Lance mako, honest. He doesn't kick me or anything. He'll look after her."
Smon: Mako scratches his head, but nods.
Smon: GM: Jana leads Lance off to another night of rumpy-pumpy. Eventually the funeral winds down and you all retire to bed?
Amalric: never one to turn down a promise, Lance nods. "Of course, my dear, as you wish..." and leads her away
Amalric: yup
chris107: Dick makes Lance shaped figures out of the sausage in the fond hope that perhaps fang will bight the Captain for his unkind kick.
Smon: Kal & Dick can bed down in the stable again, or pay for rooms at the Inn?
Goonergeezer: Kal watches the funeral pyre with ellen until it dies down then heads off back to the stable for the night
chris107: Stables fine for Dick, if the horses don't mind the smell.
Smon:
Next morning, Kal & Dick wake up to a knock at the stable door. Ellen comes in, bearing a cup of water and two short sticks with 'feathered' ends. "Good morning..." chris107: Dick looks on in wonder at Ellen's sticks.
Goonergeezer: "Mornin..........Butiful" &*blushes
chris107: "Morning Miss Ellen."
Smon: "Um... these are tooth-brushes. You can chew on them and brush them over your teeth. To keep them clean. They work best with water..." Ellen blushes.
chris107: Dick looks confused.
Amalric:
chris107:
Goonergeezer: Kal grabs hold of one and dips the wrong end in the water and begins to chew on the stick
Smon: "Other end..."
Smon: brb
chris107: "Why does Ellen want us to clean these sticks on our teeth Kal?" He whispers to his pal.
Goonergeezer: "SOry" Kal begins to brush his teeth
Goonergeezer: "Dunt no, but i liks her, so i's is doon wot she wont"
Smon: Ellen smiles. "That's the way!"
chris107: "But I've still got loads of last nights food stuck between mine. I was saving it until later."
Smon: Meanwhile in the longhouse, Lance & Jana are roused from post coital torpor by a servant, who announces that Lady Aeschela summons them for breakfast.
chris107: Dick pretends to suck on the stick for Kal's sake.
chris107: But been unused to water soon spits it out and goes for a pint.
Smon: (pint is 1 cp)
chris107: (-6CP so far tonight)
Amalric: Lance bemaons having just an hour or two's sleep, but smiles as he says it
Amalric: then he waits for the servant to leave and gives Jana another quick go
Amalric:
Amalric: ("I knew I'd get into religion one day", he does NOT say)
Smon: Lance and Jana join Aeschela and her retinue for breakfast. Aeschela: "Thank you for agreeing to assist us, Captain Lance. My men fear the restless dead..." she glances at Ruggio, who shrugs. "I hope that the power of holy Mitra will smite whatever foulness lies within the caves." Jana nods. "Indeed."
Smon: (:D)
Goonergeezer: (the only church i ever want to go into is Charlotte"
chris107:
Amalric: (LOL Ken)
Amalric: "Of course, milady. My men and I shall endeavour to do our best - with Jana and Mitra's aid."
chris107: (OOC I'm at 4/10HP)
chris107: (OOC - Not really up to Zombie hunting)
Smon: Aeschela nods to Lance.: "I hope that news of your valiant deeds here will sway your brother's heart, Jana." Jana looks down, nodding.
Smon: you can roll d3 for hp recovered
chris107 rolls 1d3 and gets: 2
Smon: if you make a poison save
chris107: 6/10HP
Smon: at +4 for the poultice
chris107: Ah...
chris107 rolls 1d20+4 and gets:
19, (+4) = 23 Smon: 2 hp back
chris107: A regenerating Hobbit
Goonergeezer rolls 1d3 and gets: 3
Goonergeezer: 11/18
Smon: make save at +4 ken
Goonergeezer rolls 1d20+4 and gets:
19, (+4) = 23 chris107:
Smon: ok, are you sure you were on 8 hp?
Goonergeezer: (i am copying you chris)
Smon: Lance can save also
Amalric rolls 1d20+4 and gets:
16, (+4) = 20 Smon: saved
chris107:
Amalric rolls 1d3 and gets: 1
Smon: aw
Amalric: meh
Amalric: i was 9/12, so now 10/12 (I think; thats what my sheet says)
Smon: yup
Goonergeezer: was i on 8?? ok 15/18
Smon: I had you on 16/18 Ken
Smon: So +3 would put you on full
Goonergeezer: ok i will not argue with that
Goonergeezer: 18/18 it is
Smon: After breakfast, Jana and Lance go to see Kal and Dick, bringing some leftovers from the sumptuous repast.
chris107: Dick scoffs them greedily "Thanks!"
Smon: Jana: "The priest here told me that Mitra's healing cannot cure your wounds."
Amalric: (brb, kids bedtime)
Smon: She gingerly inspects Dick's crusty scabs. "It will be at least a few days before you are healed."
Goonergeezer: "s'ok, i's stil gots me nives 'nd cuters"
chris107: Mozart Reqium starting on R3 - Sublime
Smon: GM: Do you want to rest in the village until you are all healed up, or go now?
chris107: Dick's brave
chris107: (Like his brother)
Smon: Jana: "If something evil lurks there, we should defeat it before it can take another life..."
chris107: "Yup, and it killed Ellen's brother so lets get this finished."
Smon: Ellen: "My brothers will lead you to the caves, but they are afraid to enter. Joran says they are cursed..."
chris107: "Don't worry about Kal Elle, I'll look after him for you."
Goonergeezer: "s'ok we gos to der cave now and stiffs der fings dat did fer der bruvver"
Smon: Ellen smiles warmly at Dick. "You're so funny!" You assemble on the village green, with Ellen's brothers.
Smon: Joran nods. "Let's go - we can be there by noon."
chris107: Dick wraps any left over bacon up for Fang.
Smon: GM: You head up west into the hills, this time Joran leads you straight towards the caves.
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets:
2,chris107: Dick is wary and has his crossbow to hand.
Smon: Around noon you enter a densely wooded dell. On the south side a large boulder, bigger than a man, conceals a dark cave mouth about 3' behind it.
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets:
2,Smon: You can make out faint tracks going into and out of the cave; both human and four-legged.
Amalric: (back)
chris107: Any movement/smell noticable?
Smon: And something else... bipedal, but not human... clawed toes, and a strange gait, almost... apelike?
chris107: "I'll go take a sneak around if you like?"
Smon: You can hear the faint sound of running water from within the cave. There is no smell.
Smon: It's pitch black.
chris107: (Around the heavily wooded dell I meant
)Amalric: Lance watches Dick go investigate
chris107: (He would
)Smon: Dick searches around the dell...
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets:
5,Smon: There are some dog tracks,and well gnawed bones scattered here and there.
chris107: He heads back and tells the rest
Smon: Joran points out a faint sigil inscribed in the rock above the cave. "There... the Black Sun..."
Amalric: "What does that mean?"
chris107: Dick scrambles to see a black sun.
Smon: The weathered sigil is about 6' across. It looks like this:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Black_Sun.svg/220px-Black_Sun.svg.png
Smon: Jana: "The Black Sun is an ancient Alryan symbol of death and rebirth..."
chris107: Dick was expecting so much more!
Smon: Jana: "Centuries ago the Alryans came to these lands from the north, and founded the Kingdom of Nerra. But it was destroyed in the Gnoll Times, more than two centuries ago. But..."
Smon: She frowns (exposition ahead)
chris107:
Smon: "...In recent years, refugees have come from the West, beyond the Castellan Range. They say that in the West the Empire of Nerra lives again... If 'lives' is the right word. The Neo-Nerathi have turned to the power of Necromancy to restore their land..."
Smon: Jana shudders, making a sign against evil.
chris107: Dick makes a similar sign.
Smon: OOC You might like to check out my 4e Wilderlands blog from a couple years ago
-http://4esouthlands.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/neo-nerath.html 9:01pm 2013-11-13 Amalric Has exited the room
Smon: oops
chris107: Link not working
Smon: http://4esouthlands.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/neo-nerath.html
Smon: DF fora are temperamental
Amalric: hello?
Smon: hello
Smon: The forum says you're not here Graham
Smon: You must be a ghost
Amalric: yeah, i noticed
Amalric: the chatroom crashes every time, but sometimes is carries on. i usually see my name when it does though!
Smon: Ellen's brothers also make signs against evil.
9:03pm 2013-11-13 Amalric Has entered the room
chris107: Looks interesting.
Goonergeezer: Kal picks his nose
Amalric: oh look Amalric is back
Smon: Jana: "Shall I light a torch?" She produces an ember-gourd.
Amalric: "Please do"
chris107:
Amalric: "Lead the way, Dick! We are right behind you!"
chris107: "Captain Lance will no doubt want to lead."
Smon: Jana lights a torch and approaches the cave entrance. It looks as if a small stream crosses the cave about 12' in.
chris107: "As he's SUCH a hero."
Smon: Entering the cave, you see the stream is shallow, about a foot deep, but several feet wide.
chris107: So the stream runs E-W
Smon: Beyond it, several sets of muddy tracks lead deeper into the cave, towards a Y-fork.
Smon: yes
Smon: more like NW to SE
Smon: the cave itself bends W
Smon: then back S to the fork, which is SW and SE
Smon: There are several sets of indistinct tracks, they all follow the SW fork
chris107: Okay got it. Dick gestures Lance forward...
Smon: The SW fork goes as far as the eye can see. The SE fork bends E and also vanishes into darkness
Smon: Jana: "Left or right?"
Smon: Marching order Lance-Jana-Kal-Dick?
Amalric: "Right," says Lance, leading the way, reluctantly
Smon: Lance takes the SW fork, Jana and the others following
chris107: Dick will cover with his crossbow from behind.
Smon: The tunnel slopes down, bending left - S then SE.
chris107: watching and listening for anything that may be following.
Smon: Ahead it opens out into a cave - but not at floor level.
Smon: The tunnel leads out onto a narrow ledge,only 1' wide, that circles the north side of a deep pit.
Smon: From the torchlight it looks as if the pit is maybe 20' deep.
Smon: The ledge circles the pit to another tunnel exit on the east side.
chris107: "Go on Lance, I'll cover you!" Beams Dick
Smon: The sides of the cavern leading down into the natural pit are steep but look rough, climable with care.
chris107:
Amalric: Lance puts one foot on the ledge, testing it
Smon: It looks as if, if you edge around the ledge carefully you could probably cross safely. The ledge seems solid.
Amalric: Lance gives it a try
chris107: Dick covers him from the entrance.
Smon: The ledge supports Lance's weight. With no shield to encumber him he should be able to circumnavigate the pit easily, if desired.
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets:
2,Smon: Jana is looking across the pit to the far exit. She gasps. "There...!" Following her pointing, you see numerous furry, dog-sized, batlike forms hanging from the ceiling above the east tunnel exit.
Amalric: he edges around the...edge
Amalric: Lance stops in his tracks
Amalric: then he edges back to the ledge
chris107: Dick fires
Smon: You can roll INT checks to recognise them
chris107: Ooops
chris107: didn't mean to press send there!
Smon: LOL
Amalric rolls 1d20 and gets:
15,Amalric: fail
Smon: Dick raises his X-bow to fire...
chris107 rolls 1d20 and gets:
10,chris107: fail
chris107: It really was an accident.
Goonergeezer rolls 1d20 and gets:
8,chris107: He'd rather not.
Smon: Dick pauses. Lance & Dick don't recognise them, but Kal has heard tales of these bloodsuckers - stirges!
Goonergeezer: Success from kal
chris107: Aaarrggghhh! More Stirges!
Amalric: (LOL, not after last night!)
chris107: (OOC the boys were gobbed by stirges last night too.)
Smon: Luckily they seem to be asleep, so far...
Smon:
Amalric: "Let's try the other fork," says Lance, whispering
Smon: (you got lucky, surprising them!)
chris107: (Phew)
Goonergeezer: Kal whispers "dems sturgs, day sux der blud from yoos, wot wes gonna do Lanse?"
Smon: Jana nods to Lance.
Amalric: Lance points toward the other tunnel branch
chris107: Dick is very keen not to be sucked on.
Smon: GM: You retreat back up the tunnel to the eastern branch.
chris107: So agrees hastily.
Goonergeezer: can we see how many of them there are?
Smon: Maybe 6?
Goonergeezer: Kal carefully backs aeway with the others
Smon: Taking the eastern tunnel, it runs about 60' the opens out into the SW corner of a good sized caved. The north side of the cave is submerged by a large pool, while a tunnel exit leads out from the far (east) side.
Amalric: anything to see apart from that?
Smon: The water of the pool is murky, but you can see what looks like the calcified remains of a human skeleton under the water, propped up against a rock and gripping the hilt of an ornate blade, itself free of rust or limescale.
chris107: "Oooooo!"
chris107: "Magic!" Gasps Dick
Amalric: how deep is the pool? can we tell?
Smon: Water flows into the pool from an ingress in the west cave wall, possibly the stream you saw earlier.
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets:
4,Smon: The pool looks about 5' deep at its deepest point, shallower in the middle where the skeleton is lying.
chris107: Probably too deep for me thinks Dick unhappily.
Amalric: "Kal, want to try it?"
Smon: There is an orange hint to the calcification around the skeleton's torso, hinting at long-rusted armour.
chris107: Dick's greed gets the better of him
chris107: He rushes to grab the beautiful sword.
Smon: You dive in?
chris107: He will wade in until it's obviously too deep where he will stop looking on longingly.
Amalric: "I guess not." Lance hands his two-hander to Jana and lowers himself in - if Dick doesnt get attacked by anything
chris107: His greedy hands reaching out..
Smon: It looks as if you could swim over to the skeleton, duck under water and try to grab the sword hilt from it?
Goonergeezer: Kalwill wait and see if anything attacks or starts to disolve the body of dick, if not kal goes for the blade]
Smon: Nothing attacks you.
chris107: Wis check - a fail and his greed overcomes his fear of water
chris107 rolls 1d20 and gets:
14,chris107: Fail, in he goes.
Amalric: Lance decides to wait while Dick aand Kal take a long-needed bath
Smon: Dick ducks down and grabs the hilt - it seems stuck fast to the calcified skeleton. Roll a STR check, d20, low good.
chris107 rolls 1d20 and gets:
10,chris107: pass
chris107: 10/14
Smon: The sword breaks free! Dick's hands close around the hilt of the ancient blade - and an eerie blue-white radiance fills the chamber!
Amalric: "You want some soap while you're in there, boys?"
Smon: Suddenly Dick hears a stentorian voice inside his head: "Champion of Nerath! Bear me well!"
chris107: "Oooooo - gurgle, gurgle -ooooo -bubble, bubble"
Smon: No one else hears it.
Smon: Dick breaks the surface of the water, bearing the shining sword.
chris107: "What, gurgle, gurgle, bubble, bubble -me?!"
chris107: "Look kal!"
Amalric: "Okay there Dick?"
Goonergeezer: "dun need sope fer bubbles, wotch"Kal makes bubble rise to the surface
Smon: GM: Dick can wield the sword two-handed.
chris107: "Look at my beautiful new sword Lance!"
Smon: A human could wield it with one hand.
chris107: He kicks and splutters to the side and waves his glowing weapon around proudly!
Smon: It's incredibly light, unblemished by the years, and by the glow, clearly magic,
Goonergeezer: "Dat luks nise, fink yer shud call her Ellen, coz dats a preety name"
Amalric: "well done, Dick! my reward is that the air is already cleaner"
chris107: Dick nods but has a secret name for the WONDERFUL blade.
Smon: There are Nerathi (Alryan) runes along the blade - the language of the CSIO. INT 9+ for Dick or Lance to read them.
Amalric rolls 1d20 and gets:
19,chris107 rolls 1d20 and gets:
8,chris107: 8/9 IQ pass?
Smon: You can both read it - Dick quicker I guess
Smon: The runes say "Ruin to White Ruin - Woe to the Gnolla"
Smon: Dick now holds a Sword +1, +3 vs Gnolls
Amalric: nice!
chris107:
Smon: Sword +1, +3 vs Gnolls (2h ATT +2 1d8+4, vs gnolls ATT +4 1d8+5)
Smon: Oh, and it has a Black Sun sigil scribed on the hilt.
chris107: Dick the Mighty!
Amalric: "Lets move on. Want to lead the way now, Dick? Your sword can show us the path"
Smon: There is one exit, in the east wall.
chris107: "I wouldn't dream of stealing your thunder Captain Lance."
chris107: (Dick tries not to prod CL up the arse with his new sword)
Amalric: "Like you stole that sword? Come on, light the way."
9:43pm 2013-11-13 Oculus Orbus Has entered the room
chris107:
chris107: Hi OO
Oculus Orbus: Hello, young men
Smon: It leads to a narrow passage which snakes through the rock, turning south after a short while and opening out into a network of caves. Huge rats, easily 2' long, skitter away at your approach.
Smon: hi oc
Amalric: O_O
Smon: not so young I fear
Amalric: indeed!
chris107: "Flee rats before my mighty blade!"
chris107: Young here!
Oculus Orbus: Young At Heart™
Oculus Orbus: and him
Smon: There are several caves, containing only rat poo and detritus. A tunnel leads west from the rat caves, but is blocked by a dense net of huge spiderwebs.
chris107: Dick prods Captain lance onwards
Amalric: "Torch please, Jana"
Smon: In the blue-white light from the mystic blade, you can see the swollen forms of immense spiders lurking in the webs, near the ceiling.
Amalric: Lance sets the torch fire to the webs
Smon: Jana nervously hands over the torch.
Goonergeezer: Kal backs away from underneath the webs
Amalric: Lance hands it back when tthe webs are afire
chris107: Dick too
Amalric: and backs away
Smon: The webs burn merrily, causing five giant spiders to scuttle angrily away from the flames.
Smon: /roll 2d6
Smon rolls 2d6 and gets:
2, 5, = 7 chris107: "Run!" Shouts Dick
Smon: Unfortunately they pass their morale check and scuttle towards you...
chris107: (No braver now he has a magical sword)
Smon: roll init
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets:
2,Amalric: Lance grabs Dick by the collar. "Not so fast!"
Goonergeezer: Kal brandishes his sword and holds the line.....
chris107 rolls 1d6+2 and gets:
3, (+2) = 5 Goonergeezer rolls 1d6 and gets:
2,Amalric rolls 1d6+1 and gets:
1, (+1) = 2 Smon: /roll 3d6
Smon rolls 3d6 and gets:
6, 4, 2, = 12 Smon: ok, I guess your swords would get first blow at charging spiders on tied init
Smon: jana init
Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets:
4,chris107: Dick miserably sticks his sword into one as Lance has arrested his flight
Smon: Dick, you first.
chris107 rolls 1d20+2 and gets:
14, (+2) = 16 Smon: A spider scuttles across the wall, you stab it...
Smon: 1d8+3
Smon: /roll 2d8-1d6
chris107 rolls 1d8+3 and gets:
1, (+3) = 4 Smon Rolls 2d8-1x6 and gets:
5, 2 (-1) = 6
2, 6 (-1) = 7
5, 1 (-1) = 5
5, 1 (-1) = 5
1, 4 (-1) = 4
4, 8 (-1) = 11
Smon: sigh
chris107:
Smon: /roll 2d8
Smon rolls 2d8 and gets:
6, 1, = 7 Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets:
1,Smon: It had 6 hp after singing, so 2 left.
Goonergeezer rolls 1d20+4 and gets:
17, (+4) = 21 chris107: "I did my best!" wails Dick
Goonergeezer rolls 1d8+4 and gets:
5, (+4) = 9 Smon: /roll 2d8
Smon rolls 2d8 and gets:
5, 5, = 10 Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets:
1,Smon: Kal slices at one, knocking it out.
Amalric: me?
Smon: Jana falls back in terror. Lance can strike...
Smon: /roll 2d8
Amalric rolls 1d20+2 and gets:
14, (+2) = 16 Smon rolls 2d8 and gets:
1, 6, = 7 Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets:
3,Amalric rolls 1d10+4 and gets:
5, (+4) = 9 Smon: Lance cuts one in two.
Smon: well done, 2 down
chris107: "Yeah!"
Smon: 3 spiders left, one attacks each of you except Jana.
Smon: vs Dick
Smon: /roll 1d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets:
13,Smon: hit ac 5
chris107: A/C 6 I think
chris107: Unless my metal hat changes that?
Smon: You're AC5 so it exactly hit you, bad luck
chris107: I'm A/C 5
Smon: Fangs sink into Dick
Smon: /roll 1d8
Smon rolls 1d8 and gets:
5,Smon: 5 dmg
chris107: 1/10HP
Smon: save vs poison at +2
chris107 rolls 1d20+2 and gets:
6, (+2) = 8 chris107:
Amalric: oh shit
Oculus Orbus:
Smon: 10 to save.
chris107: Is the spider poisoned from biting Dick?
Oculus Orbus:
Amalric: LOL
Smon: The spider injects venom into Dick. It will take effect in some minutes
chris107: "Gulp!"
Smon: Another spider attacks Lance.
chris107: "Jana! Suck it out!"
Smon: /roll 1d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets:
13,Smon: hit ac 5 - miss
Smon: the last attacks Kal
Smon: /roll 1d20
Amalric: AC4
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets:
15,Goonergeezer: AC2
Goonergeezer: a miss
chris107: Phew!
Smon: hit ac 3, lucky!
Smon: You hear a yelp from Jana, about 20' back east down the tunnel. "The rats!"
Amalric: "RUN!!"
Smon: She hurriedly scurries back in your direction.
Smon: roll init
chris107: Dick grabs Lance by the ankle!
chris107: "Whooooaaaa!"
Amalric rolls 1d6+1 and gets:
1, (+1) = 2 chris107 rolls 1d6+2 and gets:
4, (+2) = 6 Smon: /roll 1d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets:
3,Amalric: "Wave your torch at them!"
Amalric: (JEEZ, consecutive 1s!)
Smon: jana:
Smon: /roll 1d6
Goonergeezer rolls 1d6 and gets:
3,Smon rolls 1d6 and gets:
5,chris107: Dick is determined to stab the rotten spider who bit him.
Smon: dick first
chris107 rolls 1d20+2 and gets:
17, (+2) = 19 chris107: "Haha! Got you you bastard!"
Smon: (family back now)
chris107 rolls 1d8+3 and gets:
7, (+3) = 10 Amalric: (where were they?)
Smon: The ancient Nerathi blade slays the arachnid, green ichor spurts.
Amalric: "Good shot, Dick!"
chris107: (Not the spiders families I hope!)
Smon: (England vs Canada Rugby)
Amalric: (nice)
Smon: The spiders make a morale check
Smon: /roll 2d6
Smon rolls 2d6 and gets:
6, 4, = 10 Smon: The spiders' morale fails and they scuttle up the ceiling and away (no free attack as they didn't attack you)
Amalric: "Ha! RUN, you hairy bastards!"
chris107: Dick tries to suck the poison out!
Goonergeezer: Kal turns around to face the oncoming rats
Amalric: (did any loot fall down when the webs burned?
)Amalric: as does Lance
Goonergeezer: "Jana, suck dicks poison"
Amalric: assuming Jana is back with us
chris107: Dick nods while spitting.
Amalric: "Leave him be, you might catch something. Erm...like poison, I mean."
Smon: Jana is back with you. No sign of treasure among the charred spiders and webs.
chris107:
Smon: Jana: "The wound is deep. We can only make him comfortable, and wait..."
Smon: She shows no sign of being willing to suck Dick.
chris107:
Oculus Orbus: oh, dear
Oculus Orbus: I guess it had to happen eventually
Oculus Orbus:
chris107: Dick starts to compose his last words...
Smon: The poison starts to take effect
chris107: He looks on sadly at his shiny new sword.
Smon: /roll 2d6
Smon rolls 2d6 and gets:
5, 5, = 10 Smon: ouch.
chris107: -9/10HP?
Smon: Dick passes out at -9 hp, dead at -10
Smon: You get one WIS check to try to save him
Goonergeezer: "Wiggle fingers Jana Hees my frend"
Smon: Jana INT check:
Smon: /roll 1d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets:
8,Smon: passes INT check
Amalric: (can we kill him now?)
Smon: Jana: "The Gaunt Curse - healing magic won't work...We must just keep him warm and wait..."
Smon: Who has the highest WIS? Jana's is 9.
Amalric: not much for a priestess! mine is 10
Amalric: mind you, she's good for one thing. two if you include CLW
Goonergeezer: 9
Smon: My PC in tabletop Labyrinth Lord game is a Cleric, she has WIS 9 too. That's 3d6 in order for ya!
Amalric rolls 1d20 and gets:
13,chris107:
Amalric: so long, Dick!
Amalric:
chris107: Dicks last words....
Smon: Dick shudders, then goes still. Sic transit gloria Dick
chris107: "Give the sword to my brother....Croak!"
Amalric: "Dick! DICK! Can you hear me, Dick!?"
Smon: Chris you have an amazing ability to lose PCs.
Amalric: "What did he say there? Sounded like, 'Please take my sword, Lance'?"
Oculus Orbus:
Smon: (sorry)
chris107: Dick survived really well considering
Oculus Orbus: Memento Mori
chris107: His highest score was 14, he had 6HP and he was a smelly hobbit
Smon: Jana weeps. "I could not save him..."
Smon:
Amalric: "Oh Dick, my old friend. What times we shared! What adventures we had! Oh, the larks...!"
Amalric: "I knew him about a week."
chris107: Dick enjoyed himself.
chris107: Carry on boys...
Amalric: Lance lays an arm around Jana's shoulders
Goonergeezer: "Dick, get up, Dick,Dick get up!!, Jana wies Dick not gettin up? do yers wiggle fingers on him, hes jus sleepin"
Smon: I guess the mistake was (a) Lance lighting the webs and (b) Dick not running when he had the chance.
chris107: I'll go for a pee and top up my wine
Amalric: Looks like Lance did him in both ways
Smon: Beyond the webs the tunnel widens temporarily into a cave, continuing west into the darkness.
Amalric: "Kal, do you want to take his sword?"
Smon: I think maybe stop here and chris can do stat rolls for next time?
Amalric: sure
Smon: Kal already has a +1 sword remember
Goonergeezer: yea
Smon: I suppose he could carry two
Amalric: he does?
Amalric: I didn;t know that!
Amalric: oh well, looks like Lance gets the spoils
Smon: Yeah, he took one from dead Thracian
chris107: back
Goonergeezer: "Yoo's takes Dicks weapon wile hes sleepins, but yoos givs it baks to him wens he wakes up"
Amalric: "I shall wield this blade in memory of Dick. He would have wanted it that way."
Smon: want to do new stat rolls chris?
chris107: Dick had his glowing stick and metal hat too.
chris107: Sure
chris107: I'm kind of getting used to it
Smon: Yeah, Dick has a continual light hooded rock on a stick
chris107 rolls 4d6 and gets:
4, 2, 3, 2, = 11 Amalric: what was the helmet again?
Smon: just a bronze cap
chris107 rolls 4d6 and gets:
4, 2, 3, 6, = 15 Goonergeezer: will dicks helmet fit kal?
chris107 rolls 4d6 and gets:
1, 3, 5, 4, = 13 chris107 rolls 4d6 and gets:
4, 5, 6, 2, = 17 Smon: It's a bit snug - since Kal already has plate it won't add to his AC
chris107 rolls 4d6 and gets:
4, 5, 2, 4, = 15 Smon: Dick only had leather so I gave +1 AC for bronze helm
Goonergeezer: k
chris107 rolls 4d6 and gets:
2, 3, 3, 6, = 14 chris107: 9 - 13 - 12 - 15 -13 - 12
Smon: 9 13 12 15 13 12 yup
Amalric: 14 for the 5th stat Chris
Amalric: sorry 13, can't count!
chris107: 15
Amalric: Dick's brother?
Smon: Happy with that? Or you can take 16 14 13 12 10 9
chris107: I'll have a think
Smon: ok, roll 3d6 for cash
chris107: I'll take what I rolled thanks Simon
Smon: Thought so
chris107 rolls 3d6 and gets:
5, 5, 2, = 12 Smon: 120gp
chris107: 1/2 Dicks XP?
chris107: Or back to )
chris107: 0
Smon: Equipment list is here: http://smons.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/the-ghinarian-hills.html
Smon: 0 XP of course.
chris107: Poor old Dick - I liked him
Smon: Some bad luck there.
Smon: I'm using the Mentzer optional rule for venom damage
Amalric: I liked him too, great character
chris107: At 1 HP it was likely to mean death.
Smon: 1d6 per hd, so you were unlucky to take 10 dmg and die anyway
Smon: But those are the breaks.
chris107: Hey he had his magical stick and shiny sword.
Amalric: who's taking the stick?
chris107: He was happy.
Oculus Orbus: ha
Smon: Maybe you should bury Dick with his stick.
Smon: I'll post the log now
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