Session 29 18-19/1/4446 (late evening to morning) blue lion & demon cysts

6:00pm  2015-5-29 Smon Has entered the room
6:01pm  2015-5-29 chris107 Has entered the room
chris107: Hi Simon
6:02pm  2015-5-29 Kjato Ragfoot Has entered the room
Smon: Hi C, K
6:02pm  2015-5-29 boredom3031 Has entered the room
Kjato Ragfoot: Hello
chris107: Simon: Mark (efnisien) dropped in to play this morning
boredom3031: Hello
Smon: Hectic day for me  Lucky my parents took my boy so I could work... Hi Boredom!
chris107: Hi Zach
boredom3031: Hello all.
Smon: Need to level your PC up Zach
chris107: Nice parents
boredom3031: Which level?
Smon: Level 5 now - http://smons.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/5egh-zach-pc-eardvulf-barbarian-of.html
Smon: It's a big boost, you get 2 attacks/round now.
boredom3031: Damn. Had to get a new computer.
6:06pm  2015-5-29 chris107 Has exited the room
6:06pm  2015-5-29 chris107 Has entered the room
boredom3031: wb chris
chris107: Thanks
chris107: Didn't realize I'd gone for a while there.
boredom3031: Can't wait to smash some skulls with him.
Smon: You also get 40' speed and +1 to all attacks, skills etc.
chris107:
boredom3031: hell yes
Smon: Want to get into the skull-smashing quickly, this may be the only game until next Friday.
6:08pm  2015-5-29 Amalric Has entered the room
Amalric: *LEAP*
chris107: Hi Graham
boredom3031: Woo!
boredom3031: Heya graham.
Amalric: evening gents!
Kjato Ragfoot: If I remember the log correctly, you did not descent further into that dungeon?
Kjato Ragfoot: But went to town instead?
chris107: I think we now need to go down the spiral stairs below the table.
Amalric: that's right
Smon: Hi G! GM: 18/1/4446 BCCC: Leaving the Temple-Tomb of Belaras, Rey Hakeem Malenn & Alli travel all day, reaching Clear Meadows at Nightfall, where Bjornalf and Eardvulf are helping the Elves and the hurriedly-raised local militia defend the place.
Amalric: evening S!
Smon: roll for cult activity...
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 44,
Amalric: oh no, not a 4!
Smon: OK, there have not been any more attacks recently, but with no professional soldiers to defend the town, everyone is nervous.
boredom3031:
chris107: Hopefully our presence will reassure 'em
Smon: The Shark Tooth Inn has been turned into an impromptu militia HQ, innkeeper Ghessorm Hammerhand acting as leader until real soldiers arrive from Ahyf - no sign of any yet.
Amalric: http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j314/Goof112/oots0090.gif
boredom3031: Vulf doesn't like the quietness of nothing happening.
Smon: Ghessorm: "Evening, all! We found the hole under the palisade where they sneaked in and grabbed Father Synjyn's daughter... plugged it up.
boredom3031: (as in a battle)
Kjato Ragfoot: Finally!
boredom3031: Sneaky.
Smon: "No more attacks, but a boy thought he saw some of 'em in the woods just south of the southern farms... the farmers are beggin' fer protection, but we ain't got no men to spare."
boredom3031: "Lets go" Eard says without hesitating.
Amalric: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0090.html
Amalric: "Nice job you have done here, Ghessorm."
chris107: "Let's take the battle to them..."
Smon: It's dusk now - are you heading for the caves right away?
Smon: Glevina: "We're coming too!" Thadeus nods sobrely.
chris107: "Let's rest and leave at dawn."
boredom3031: "Or we could surprise them at night."
chris107: (We've been riding all day?)
Smon: Yes
Amalric: "Now, they won't be expecting visitors."
Kjato Ragfoot: Well, I doubt they have a sun dial in the dungeon.
Kjato Ragfoot: We can as well surprise them at noon.
boredom3031: ( He just likes fighting  )
Amalric: "They think the villagers are cowering in their houses. Which they are, but hey...surprise is always good."
chris107: hakeem shrugs. Kill them now or kill them later. It's all the same.
Smon: Hakeem & co have ridden 40 miles or so back from the Temple of Belaras, you are tired but not Exhausted yet.
chris107: ooc - I would prefer to be fresh.
Amalric: oh will that be an issue?
chris107: H tells of the horrors he and Bjo encountered.
chris107: Trolls, jellies with acidic ooze, cultists with spells etc.
Kjato Ragfoot: (People jumping out of landscape paintings...)
chris107: Demons....
Amalric: Rey makes a point of reacquainting himself with Glevina
chris107: "A good nights rest will serve us well..."
Smon: Glevina: "Hi Rey! I missed you!"
boredom3031: "Damn, lets rest then. I guess we'll need it."
chris107: He looks at Rey "Well maybe not rest...."
Amalric: "We each rest in our own way..."
Smon: Malenn grins.
chris107: "Come then Mrs. Greywolf. Let's go get some ....rest."
Smon: Alli: "Miss Glevina, are you familiar with the massage techniques of Rallu ...?"
boredom3031: "Damn..." Eard says not having some chick greet him.
Amalric: "Oh, you must try this, Glevina! Alli....sorry, LADY Alli :D, is really REALLy good..."
Smon: Melissa the barmaid smiles at Eardvulf...
Kjato Ragfoot: Lady Alli?
Kjato Ragfoot: Did I miss something?
Smon: Ghessorm to Eardvulf: "Melissa would like to make your reacquaintance..." he grins "...only ten gold."
boredom3031: (hahaha) *Eard smiles back to the lady, looking to see if she's busy.*
boredom3031: *Eard hands over the gold and waves Melissa over.*
Amalric: (not really, Kjato. Alli got a temporary promotion when we stayed with the Amazons)
Amalric: (they tend not to look happily at slaves, well certainly not on female slaves)
Smon: Melissa saunters over, smiling and escorts Eardvulf upstairs. Alli giggles: "I was a Lady in Thusia!"
boredom3031: (You can fade out for Eard.)
Kjato Ragfoot: Hmm. Well. Why not.
Amalric: they were happy, she was happy, Rey was happy - in that order
chris107:
Smon: Glevina nods and smiles brightly: "Massage? I'd be delighted!"
Smon: The _actual_ Lady Anna Bronze of Hara smiles at Bjornalf... and fade to black for everyone.
Amalric: "Yes, sure there'll be some of that, too..."
chris107: H & M retire for the night.
Smon: GM: 19/1/4446 - Just before dawn, you are woken by a commotion.
chris107: "Grrrrr!"
chris107: H reaches for Demonslayer
Smon: Only having had a few hours' sleep you are a bit groggy, but you can hear the yelling: "An attack!"
Amalric: Sleep? whats that?
chris107: H races to the defence of the village.
Kjato Ragfoot: Huh. Why don't you repel it then?
boredom3031: Eard sits up quickly in his bed reaching for his equipment. Getting ready as quickly as he can, rushing with the others with axe in hand.
Smon: Ghessorm's deep voice: "Calm down boy! Where?" "Barin's farm! The Cultists!"
Amalric: Rey grabs his armour and weapons and heads downstairs
Kjato Ragfoot: Hmm.
Smon: GM: Most of you hurry down to the Common Room, where Ghessorm and a few other militia members are assembled.
Kjato Ragfoot: Barin was the friendly fellow farmer?
Smon: yes
chris107: (If the threat is not imminent H will go equip properly and see if M want to come play?
Kjato Ragfoot: Bjornalf will also hurry down in that case.
boredom3031: Eard listens to Ghessorm and the other militia members to see what's going on.
Smon: A very agitated youth in peasant garb is talking fast. "The Cultists took Tammy! Most of the family are dead! Barin is sore wounded..."
Smon: Malenn accompanies Hakeem in to the common room.
chris107: "Barin was kind to us. We will avenge him."
boredom3031: "Agreed." Eard says in agreement with H.
Smon: Youth: "Barin was talking, delirious - but he said it was their High Priest! He had a great sword that broke down Barin's door! That's two inches of solid oak!"
Kjato Ragfoot: Tammy was nice. We should rescue her so that she can become a happy woman.
Smon: "The sword..." The boy sobs.
boredom3031: Eard pats the boy on the shoulder, in a reassuring manner.
Smon: The boy calms down at Eardvulf's hand on his shoulder.
chris107: "Let's see if it's a match for Demonslayer."
chris107: "We know the way into their filthy temple. Lets go."
Smon: Glevina comes in behind Rey, dressed only in a blanket wrapped around her slender form. "Cultists? We should go kill them, yup!"
boredom3031: Eard looks at H. "Lets make some heads roll."
chris107:
Amalric: "You are more than welcome, my dear! You might want to wear something more than just that blanket...for protection, if nothing else."
Smon: Thadeus the Elf is already up - or never went to bed - drinking wine in the corner. He sets down the cup and buckles on his deadly blade. "Agreed."
Kjato Ragfoot: Oh. A blanket of protection, I heard of those but never saw one...
Smon: Glevina looks at Rey and giggles. "It's all I need! But I'll rustle something up..."
chris107:
boredom3031: "What are blankets?" Eard says with a smirk.
Smon: GM: A few minutes later Hakeem Eardvulf Malenn Rey Bjornalf Thadeus & Glevina are ready to depart.
chris107: "Maybe we can pick up their tracks at the farm?"
Smon: You can take horses and ride swiftly south through dawn's early light.
Kjato Ragfoot: We know where they are going. Let's head directly to the cave.
chris107: Okay
boredom3031: Eard listens to everyones ideas, ready to go when everyone else are.
Amalric: sure
chris107: just wondered if they would go a more direct rout to the temple?
chris107: but happy to go down through the secret door.
chris107: and via the teleportation circle?
Amalric: which is more direct?
Smon: GM: Heading for the caves you pass close by Barin's Farm - the cultists set it afire, and it's still burning through a crowd of men are trying to douse the flames with buckets of water. A mostly female crowd has gathered round the prostrate form of Farmer Barin, who is being tended to by Sister Amara. Several bodies nearby are covered in blankets.
Smon: (have to go get dinner, be 15 mins)
chris107: We came across a magical teleportation devise (a mind contoling blue lion at the other end) this we believe to be the rout into the temple from the caves.
chris107: I was just wondering if the cultists used a less esoteric entrance.
boredom3031: I have no idea.
Amalric: are they backdoor men?
boredom3031: lol
Kjato Ragfoot: As far as we know, they use such an esoteric entrance to keep people like us out.
Amalric: (back in 10-15 mins myself)
chris107: Then we must beware. Our friend Os was taken easily by the blue lion. It controled his mind.
chris107: The lady Meda told us it can only control one mind at a time. So this should give us a chance.
Kjato Ragfoot: Are you sure it did not simply offer him roast beef or a good wine?
chris107: hehe
boredom3031: Eard doesn't mind, as long as there's a battle.
chris107: Hakeem is also ready for a fight.
boredom3031: getting almost all of my gog.com games back now
boredom3031: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wED_DmGt7Mg
Smon: back
Smon: Riding on, you enter the woods.
chris107: here
Smon: As the sun is rising to the east. you reach the cave entrance...
chris107: Senses on alert for ambush
boredom3031: Eard keeps his eyes and ears open.
Smon: You enter the caves, skirting the pits near the entrance, and head for the hidden trapdoor down to the next level.
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 55,
chris107: (You're slipping Simon  )
Smon: For once you're not attacked by anyone as you reach the great hall and raise the trapdoor to the spiral stairway leading downwards.
chris107: Rey going to check ahead for traps?
chris107: They are likely to be expecting persuit.
boredom3031: Eard keeps his axe in a readied position in his hands.
Smon: Nearly 30' down you reach the landing, Rey checking for traps, and exit via the only door, into the octagonal room bedecked with historical tapestries.
Smon: Water still flows from beneath the southern door, exiting down the north hallway.
Smon: The enchanted tapestry on the south-east wall has changed - it now shows the town at dusk, shaggy demons just beginning to claw their way out of rust red-eggs, chasing screaming maidens through the streets.
chris107: H warns of the magical tapestery
chris107: "Don't touch it!"
boredom3031: Eard glances over at the tapestry.
Amalric: (back)
Smon: There is a big splash of blood-red paint across the front.
chris107: H points the way forward towards the magical circle.
Smon: Hakeem points the way down the east passage, which ends at a hidden door.
boredom3031: *Eard makes his way to where H points.*
chris107: Any sounds beyond?
Smon: you can make a WIS check to listen
Amalric: what does the tapestry do?
chris107 rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 66, (+2) = 8
Smon: You don't hear anything.
chris107: (It takes you into the demon realm Rey
Kjato Ragfoot: It hangs on the wall, showing a picture of evil demons?
chris107: "I fought a demon that came forth from it. A fierce creature of darkness."
boredom3031: "Yeah lets leave it alone." Eard says.
Smon: The picture on the tapestry seems to have shifted subtly - it's darker, most of the demons are out of their eggs. One devours a farmer as a building burns.
chris107: "Beyond this secret door was a terrible jelly creature and spell casting cultists."
7:07pm  2015-5-29 Oculus Orbus Has entered the room
chris107: "And a magical circle that can transport us to the wicked temple. Alas it is guarded by the blue lion that controls minds."
Amalric: "The picture looks a bit ominous..."
Amalric: O_O
chris107: Hi Occles
chris107: Rey want to listen too?
Oculus Orbus: Lads
Smon: hi Oc
Amalric rolls 1d20-1 and gets: 1919, (-1) = 18
chris107:
boredom3031:
chris107: Just the ticket!
Oculus Orbus: who's winning?
Smon: All seems quiet.
Amalric: do I get the proficiency bonus on that roll? if so it's +2, not -1, should be good either way
Smon: 20 then. Very quiet.
chris107: Hakeem opens the secret door. Demonslayer in one hand and ready for action.
boredom3031: hahah
Smon: The door slides open - the chamber beyond is empty, a greenish stain on the flagstones where the jelly died.
chris107: yuk
boredom3031: *Eard follows H, axe in hand ready for anything.*
Smon: The door on the S wall is shut.
chris107: Sword in both hands H explains what happened to Os and points to where the magical circle can be found.
chris107: He goes towards the door warily
Smon: Malenn: "There must be guards, somewhere... Thanks to Os, they know we know about this..."
chris107: H nods agreement.
boredom3031: Eard also nods. Following behind H.
Smon: All seems quiet. The door seems untrapped.
chris107: "Perhaps they have laid traps on the door or the magical circle itself?"
Kjato Ragfoot: Hmpf. Great.
chris107: "Os was overtken by a madness."
Smon:
chris107: H opens the southern door to the circle room
chris107: expecting to get blown up
boredom3031: Eard takes a step or two back from H.
Smon: You see a 30'x30' chamber, no other exits, empty but for the large magic circle & pentagram inscribed in the middle of the floor, baleful mystic sigils glowing faintly.
chris107: H explains how Os threw a mace into the circle and the azure lion appeared.
Smon: Malenn: "The Blue Lion came through that circle after Os threw a weapon into it..."
Amalric: "I'm all out of maces..."
chris107: "Lady Meda told us the foul thing can control only one mind at a time."
Smon: Malenn: "I'm guessing anything that enters it gets transported?"
Kjato Ragfoot: We have no idea.
chris107: H nods agreement.
chris107: So shall we go to it or....
boredom3031: Eard has no idea so he just continues to follow H. Listening to what everyone else has to say.
chris107: Hakeem is eager to take the fight to the temple.
Kjato Ragfoot: Well, we can either charge into the blue circle together and hope for the best or go home, become farmers and hope the demons won't blight our crops.
Smon: Malenn: "I can Bless us?"
chris107: he encourages evry one to step within together.
Amalric: into the circle I guess. and Bless sounds like a plan
Smon: "If we're going through... I picked up some holy water at the Temple of Mitra."
Amalric: "Shall we hold hands?"
chris107: Bless would be good thanks Mrs. Greywolf
chris107: H makes sure Malenn is far away from Rey
boredom3031: Eard nods, waiting for the blessing and to go into the circle.
Smon: GM: Malenn can use up 2 of her Smites to Bless all of you - you add +1d4 or +2 to every attack roll & save for 10 combat rounds.
chris107: On a count of 3?
chris107: Works for me..
Amalric: "Far away from Rey"??? he won't lay hands on your woman!
Amalric: especially when she's up the duff
Smon: GM: "LIght of Mitra be upon you all..." she sprinkles some holy water. You all feel Blessed.
chris107: hehe
chris107: H prepares to center his rage.
chris107: 3-2-1
boredom3031: "Shall we?" Eard asks ready to enter the circle.
Kjato Ragfoot: Hej, you turned my masseuce into a lady - I fully understand H does not trust you with females!
Kjato Ragfoot: But let's go, 3 is as good as any number.
Smon: OOC Sorry I just saw I can only Bless 3 of you, as she has to cast it just once & Concentrate.
Amalric: Rey goes to reply to Bjornalf, decides it can wait
chris107: Sword in both hand H steps into the circle on 3
Smon: It does not affect save DCs, so leave out Bjornalf?
Amalric: Malenn, H, and Eard then?
Kjato Ragfoot: That sounds like a good idea.
chris107:
boredom3031:
Amalric: oh, 3 plus Malenn? okay then
Smon: She'll bless Rey Hakeem & Eard unless Rey declines.
Amalric: Rey will take it
Amalric: (NPCs are cannon fodder - sorry Chris  )
chris107: (None taken Graham  )
Smon: GM: You count to 3, then step into the Circle together. There is a flash of red light.
Smon: The circle remains unchanged, but now you are in a dark rectangular chamber 20' n-s by 60' e-w, towards the west end and directly opposite an open doorway in the south wall.
Amalric: ambulance?
Smon: /roll d4
Smon rolls 1d4 and gets: 33,
chris107: All out together?
Smon: Three iron-masked and robed K'tulu cultists stand guard just outside the door, facing you, while over to the east side the great azure lion stands guard....
Oculus Orbus: (Chris, incoming private chat)
chris107: Hakeem rages and sprints towards the lion.
Amalric: Rey takes on a cultist
Smon: ~INTRUDERS! YOU SHALL PERISH!~ Says a deep rumbling liony voice in your heads. ~Unless you give me a nice gift!~
chris107: (The kind of rage he hopes will stop mind control  )
boredom3031: Eard joins the rush towards the lion axe in hand.
Smon: init, PCs first:
Smon: /roll 1d20x2
Smon Rolls 1d20x2 and gets:
4 = 4
19 = 19
chris107: (Nothing come through OO)
chris107: (Advantage on initiative)
Smon: Roll once H
chris107 rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 22, (+2) = 4
Smon:
chris107: Bugger
boredom3031: Damn
Smon: /roll 1d7
Smon rolls 1d7 and gets: 4
Smon: The Lion's eyes focus on Rey, and become like saucer plates filling the Universe...
Smon: Rey make a Will save, add Prof
Smon: Wisdom
Amalric rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 99, (+2) = 11
Smon: Rey is Dominated.
Amalric: meh
boredom3031: Damn
Amalric: and I had my back to it...
chris107: That's not going to be good
chris107: Reckless attacks for me.
Smon: The 3 cultists block the door, Readying to strike with their maces at anyone coming through the door.
Kjato Ragfoot: What does that lion is made of?
Amalric: its not a female lion, my charms are worthless
Kjato Ragfoot: Glass?
Smon: Rey has the next highest Init...
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 11,
Smon: Rey turns and plunges his blades at Hakeem's back...
chris107:
boredom3031: (oh shit)
Amalric: what did I need for my save btw?
Smon: DC 15
Amalric: damn, only 13 even with the bless
Amalric: want me to do the rolls?
Smon: /roll d20+7+1d4
Smon rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 2020, (+7) = 27
Smon: /Rapier crits...
Unknown Command
Amalric: LOL apparently not!
chris107: (Try not to enjoy it too much Graham!)
Smon: Rapier crits...
chris107: double bugger
boredom3031: LOL
Amalric: (nothing enjoyable about this)
Smon: It was an auto crit anyway
Smon: (due to Assassin ability)
Smon: dagger
Smon: /roll d20+7+d4
Smon Rolls 1d20+7x4 and gets:
11 (+7) = 18
14 (+7) = 21
12 (+7) = 19
11 (+7) = 18
Smon: hits
chris107: ac 16
boredom3031: daaaaaaaamn
Amalric: 4 attacks?!
Smon: /roll 2d8+6d6+4
Smon Rolls 2d8+6x6 and gets:
3, 5 (+6) = 14
8, 3 (+6) = 17
5, 5 (+6) = 16
3, 3 (+6) = 12
8, 1 (+6) = 15
6, 7 (+6) = 19
Smon: sigh
Smon: I'll just do that again
Smon: /roll 2d8
Smon: /roll 6d6
Smon rolls 2d8 and gets: 88, 11, = 9
Smon rolls 6d6 and gets: 33, 11, 22, 66, 11, 44, = 17
Smon: +4 = 30 dmg
Smon: daggger
Smon: /roll d4+1
Smon rolls 1d4+1 and gets: 22, (+1) = 3
chris107: before rage I take it?
Smon: /roll d4
Smon rolls 1d4 and gets: 44,
Smon: ok 37 dmg, before you Raged on your init, yup
boredom3031: daaaaaaamn
chris107: 45/82HP
Smon: The Lion grins.
Smon: ok your goes!
chris107 Rolls 1d20+9x2 and gets:
16 (+9) = 25
12 (+9) = 21
chris107 Rolls 1d20+9x2 and gets:
18 (+9) = 27
1 (+9) = 10
Smon: Lion AC 17
chris107: (Does it count as one of demonslayers enemies?)
boredom3031: +3 for my attack roll?
Smon: yeah, it's actually Fey
chris107 rolls 8d6+12 and gets: 55, 22, 66, 55, 22, 33, 66, 33, (+12) = 44
chris107: + another 2, his strength went up
Smon: The Lion suffers two terrible blows that cut through its iron-hard hide. It looks unhappy.
chris107: 46damage
Smon: ok
Smon: Eardvulf & Bjornalf?
boredom3031: +3 on my attack roll simon?
Kjato Ragfoot: Bjornalf will try to dispel the magic that enthralls Rey.
Smon: +7 & Bless d4 (or +2) for Eardvulf.
boredom3031 Rolls 1d20+7x2 and gets:
19 (+7) = 26
13 (+7) = 20
Smon: 2 hits
Amalric: nice!
chris107: Nice
boredom3031:
Smon: Assuming Eardvulf rahed, each hit is d8+6 w axe
Smon: raged
boredom3031 Rolls 2d8+4x2 and gets:
1, 3 (+4) = 8
8, 7 (+4) = 19
boredom3031: Nope no rage yet.
boredom3031: oops
boredom3031: did that wrong
boredom3031 Rolls 1d8+4x2 and gets:
2 (+4) = 6
3 (+4) = 7
Smon: you can try again
Smon: 13 dmg
boredom3031:
chris107:
Smon: Thadeus sees the Lion is weakening. "Don't worry Bjornalf, I have this..."
boredom3031: Bjorn?
Smon: He moves forward and strikes with his deadly Lytheum blade.
Smon: /roll 1d20+9x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+9x2 and gets:
19 (+9) = 28
14 (+9) = 23
Smon: /roll 5d8+16
Smon rolls 5d8+16 and gets: 88, 77, 88, 11, 88, (+16) = 48
chris107: Yeah!
Amalric: whoa!
boredom3031:
Amalric: only 107hp damage thus far...
chris107: Crit on 19 & 20?
Smon: Thadeus' blade pierces the fell beast's heart. It drops dead... the cloud over Rey's mind starts to fade.
Smon: (+3d8 1/r vs foe w no adjacent allies)
chris107: nice
Amalric: "Hunh? What!? The LION!! WATCH O....Oh. Nicely done, chaps."
Amalric: "I say H, those look like nasty wounds! That Lion rake you, did it?"
Smon: Glevina looks over at the 3 nervous Cultists barring the doorway, maces raised. She smirks "Oh, puh-lease...." and raises a slender hand...
Amalric: "Wait...why are my blades dripping blood?"
boredom3031: "No you stabbed him." Eard says.
Amalric:
chris107:
Amalric: "Nonsense! I would never stab Hakeem..."
boredom3031: "Well, not you you, but possessed you."
Kjato Ragfoot: Oh. You did, you simply could not resist that lion.
Smon: An Ice Storm descends on the unfortunate cultists.
Smon: /roll 2d8
Smon rolls 2d8 and gets: 88, 22, = 10
Smon: /roll 4d6
Smon rolls 4d6 and gets: 44, 33, 11, 66, = 14
Amalric: "Oh...my sincerest apologies, H."
Smon: Cultists scream...
chris107: H prepares to take out his rage on any cultists still standing after G has finished with 'em
Amalric: "Still, I am sure your wife will take great care of those wounds."
Smon: /roll 1d20x3
Smon Rolls 1d20x3 and gets:
11 = 11
13 = 13
7 = 7
boredom3031: Eard will charge in on the cultists along with H after the storm.
Smon: Glevina claps happily as the icy hail pounds the cultists to mulch.
Smon: They all look pretty dead.
chris107: "Ouch!" Says H belatedly. The pain suddenly making it past his rage.
Amalric: "Nice work, Glevina! You are as talented as you are beautiful."
Smon: Glevina cocks her head and smiles. "I know!"
Smon: Malenn rushes over to Hakeem. "You're wounded! Let me..."
boredom3031: Eard stops charging, and turns back to the group.
Smon: She heals Hakeem 30 hp.
chris107: 67/82HP
chris107: "Thank you." He says simply
chris107: "Shall we press on?"
Smon: Thadeus nods.
boredom3031: Eard nods a yes to H, wanting another fight as always.
Smon: He wipes his blade clean of blue blood on the dead beast's hide.
Smon: (7 rounds left of Bless)
chris107: Lets make the most of 'em
Amalric: can we hack the lion to pices?
Amalric: *pieces
Smon: Outside, a dimly lit corridor runs east-west. The floor is wet with melting hailstones.
Amalric: dont want it regenerating
Amalric: and maybe it has a big blue gem for a heart
Amalric: or we can come back later
Kjato Ragfoot: What about the door to the south?
chris107: (Carve away Graham)
Smon: That's what I meant. Past the door, Outside, a dimly lit corridor runs east-west. The floor is wet with melting hailstones.
chris107: That's where the e-w corridor is I think K
boredom3031: "I want one of it's claws when we're done." Eard says planning to make a necklace trophy of it.
Kjato Ragfoot: Ah! I understood there would be two doors, one in the west and one in the south.
chris107: Carful not to slip H checks each way
chris107: (just one in south I think?)
Smon: yup, 1 door, in S wall like I said.
Amalric: Rey checks the door for traps
chris107: Let's hurry and find the poor girl.
chris107: It's open
Smon: You sense you are deep underground now.
Amalric: oh
Amalric: well lead on, McDuff!
chris107: H does so
boredom3031: Lets go. Eard simply says, axe in hand.
Smon: In the dim red light it looks as if the tunnel runs east 50' and west 50' before both ends turn north.
chris107: East?
Kjato Ragfoot: Yes.
chris107: East it is then
boredom3031: Eard walks with H onto the east.
chris107: H sets off at the trot sword in hand
Smon: You head east down the tunnel. After 50' it turns north. In the east wall is set a door marked with a red pentagram, and the tunnel turns east again after 20'.
chris107: Look down the east
chris107: before going and looking at the door with the red pentegram?
Smon: Hakeem moves past the door and looks east down the passage - it contnues east into the gloom.
Kjato Ragfoot: Is the pentagram magical?
chris107: (thanks)
boredom3031: Eard moves along with H. Keeping his eyes and ears open.
Smon: The pentagram does not radiate magic, but Bjornalf detects strong magic from beyond the door.
8:05pm  2015-5-29 Kjato Ragfoot Has exited the room
chris107: Any traps Rey?
8:05pm  2015-5-29 Kjato Ragfoot Has entered the room
Amalric: Rey takes a look
Amalric rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 1818, (+7) = 25
Smon: Seems untrapped, but is locked.
chris107: nice
Amalric rolls 1d20+10 and gets: 1212, (+10) = 22
Smon: Rey jimmies the lock...
chris107: H prepares for trouble..
Amalric: and stands back
Smon: The door swings open, revealing a red-lit chamber with a womb-like feel.
boredom3031: Eard walks into the door, readying his axe.
Smon: 12 of the huge rust-red demon eggs Hakeem & co encountered earlier sit on the floor here, atop each is a fist sized semi translucent gemstone of shifting colours.
chris107: "Grrrrr...."
chris107: "We need to destroy these abominations."
Kjato Ragfoot: You are a master of destruction, as far as I am concerned
chris107: H approaches the nearest and strikes the gem atop it a mighty blow with the demonslayer.
boredom3031: "Agreed." Eard says looking at the demon eggs.
Smon: Your 1 minute Bless would be gone by now.
chris107 rolls 1d20+8 and gets: 1515, (+8) = 23
boredom3031: Eard watches H to see what happens first.
chris107: (without the bless)
Smon: Hakeem strikes the gem - it shatters easily, shards flying across the chamber.
chris107: He hacks at the 'egg' below
Smon: For a moment, nothing happens. Then the demon-egg trembles...
boredom3031: Damn..... Eard says expecting a demon.
Smon: As Hakeem strikes at the egg it is already splitting apart, a great shaggy ape-demon clawing free of the viscous red goop within.
Smon: init, PCs first:
chris107: Rage!
Smon: /roll d20x2
Smon Rolls 1d20x2 and gets:
9 = 9
4 = 4
Smon: Hakeem Rages and strikes first...
chris107: Reckless attacks
chris107 Rolls 1d20+8x2 and gets:
6 (+8) = 14
13 (+8) = 21
chris107 Rolls 1d20+8x2 and gets:
18 (+8) = 26
15 (+8) = 23
boredom3031: Eard rages also if he can.
Smon: ac 15
chris107 rolls 8d6+14 and gets: 22, 55, 33, 55, 55, 33, 11, 66, (+14) = 44
Smon: Up to 4 of you can melee it this round.
Smon: Hakeem strikes it two terrible blows with Demonslayer.
Amalric: I was hoping H would have killed it already!
Smon: It snarls angrily, blood flowing.
Amalric rolls 2d20 and gets: 99, 99, = 18
Amalric: rapier, dagger
Smon: Rey stabs it - advtg in r1
Amalric rolls 1d8+4 and gets: 44, (+4) = 8
Amalric rolls 1d4+1 and gets: 44, (+1) = 5
boredom3031 Rolls 1d20+3x2 and gets:
18 (+3) = 21
4 (+3) = 7
Amalric rolls 3d6 and gets: 22, 55, 11, = 8
Amalric: 21hp damage
Smon: Eardvulf hits the wounded demon...
Smon: d8+4
boredom3031 rolls 1d8+4 and gets: 55, (+4) = 9
boredom3031:
Smon: Eardvulf's axe crunches into its skull as it staggers, splitting it. It goes down, unmoving.
chris107: Filled with hatred for these foul demons H will continue along the line
boredom3031: *Eard kicks it off of the blade of his axe. Looking angrily at the demon.*
Smon: Malenn: "So, um, we wake them all up, then kill them?"
chris107: smashing first gems then any emerging demons. Keeping his rage going
Kjato Ragfoot: (Question: With Thadeus also in the fray, can we simply say that the four fighters simply smash those eggs and the contents without rolling each single attack?)
Kjato Ragfoot: (With each egg taking one round?)
Smon: (if you lose init you'll take dmg)
Amalric: can we step out and just fireball the whole lot?
Kjato Ragfoot: (Then let's simply roll for init, but not the damage - if we win ini, the demon is dead. if we lose ini, it attacks once and is dead afterward)
Smon: Which 4 - Thadeus Hakeem Rey & Eardvulf?
chris107: H starts on 2 to make sure he is still raging
Smon: ok, round 2 Hakeem breaks 2nd gem, round 3 demon emerges...
chris107: (only have 10 rounds of rage guys)
Smon: /roll 1d20x2
Amalric: crash on
Smon Rolls 1d20x2 and gets:
18 = 18
14 = 14
Smon: You kill the 2nd demon.
Smon: r4/5...
boredom3031:
Smon: /roll d20x2
Smon Rolls 1d20x2 and gets:
19 = 19
16 = 16
Smon: You kill the 3rd demon
chris107:
Smon: r6/7...
Smon: (I am being v generous, really Rage supposed to end if you don't attack someone, but I'll say the gems count)
Smon: /roll d20x2
Smon Rolls 1d20x2 and gets:
11 = 11
5 = 5
chris107: (thanks  )
Smon: You kill the 4th demon
Smon: r8/9...
Smon: /roll d20x2
Smon Rolls 1d20x2 and gets:
14 = 14
7 = 7
chris107: Now dripping in demon gore we must be a pretty terrible sight.
Smon: You kill the 5th demon. Clearly Bondorr is with you.
Smon: The 4 warriors are covered in gore now.
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 33,
boredom3031: Just the way eard likes it
Smon: No one seems to have heard you - yet...
chris107: (Reminds me of the part in Stormbringer where Elric and his cousin butcher the demon trees up the steps to the Gian's castle)
Amalric: hopefully the elves and n
Amalric: and malenn are keeping watch behind us
Smon: Malenn watches the corridor, Thadeus is covered in demon gore, Glevina is watching & clapping.
Kjato Ragfoot: Bjornalf smokes a pipe, nodding wisely now and then.
chris107: Hakeem feels his rage depart. Replaced by a cold determination to finish this.
Smon: r10 - Hakeem's rage ends as he smashes the 6th gem.
chris107: (2 rages left, we may need them later)
boredom3031: Eard looks at the others, ready to continue on.
Smon: r11, the 6th demon claws free of its iron egg/ablative re-entry vehicle...
Smon: /roll d20x2
Smon Rolls 1d20x2 and gets:
4 = 4
8 = 8
chris107: Hakeems advantage
chris107 rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 2020, (+2) = 22
Smon: This demon is faster, and strikes right after H
chris107: Reckless still
Smon: H attacks
chris107 Rolls 1d20+8x2 and gets:
17 (+8) = 25
12 (+8) = 20
chris107 Rolls 1d20+8x2 and gets:
4 (+8) = 12
4 (+8) = 12
chris107 rolls 4d6+5 and gets: 55, 33, 55, 11, (+5) = 19
Smon: /roll d2
Smon rolls 1d2 and gets: 1
Smon: The demon goes for Hakeem.
chris107: ac16
Smon: /roll d20+7x3
Smon Rolls 1d20+7x3 and gets:
18 (+7) = 25
13 (+7) = 20
16 (+7) = 23
chris107: ouch
Smon: bite, claw, thump
boredom3031: Damn
Smon: /roll 2d6+4
Smon rolls 2d6+4 and gets: 22, 22, (+4) = 8
Smon: /roll 2d10+8
Smon rolls 2d10+8 and gets: 22, 55, (+8) = 15
Smon: 23 dmg
chris107: 42/82HP
Amalric rolls 2d20 and gets: 22, 88, = 10
Smon: miss
Amalric: rapier misses, dagger hits
Smon: yup
Amalric rolls 1d4+1 and gets: 22, (+1) = 3
Smon: can sneak
Amalric rolls 3d6 and gets: 22, 33, 22, = 7
boredom3031 Rolls 1d20+3x2 and gets:
12 (+3) = 15
14 (+3) = 17
Smon: Thadeus:
Smon: /roll d20+9x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+9x2 and gets:
4 (+9) = 13
7 (+9) = 16
Smon: 1 hit
chris107: yeah go Zach!
boredom3031 rolls 1d8+4 and gets: 33, (+4) = 7
boredom3031:
Smon: /roll 4d8+8
Smon rolls 4d8+8 and gets: 22, 66, 11, 33, (+8) = 20
chris107: 2 hits from Zach, right? ac15
Smon: yup
boredom3031 rolls 1d8+4 and gets: 33, (+4) = 7
boredom3031: Woo.
chris107:
Smon: The Demon is still up....
chris107:
Smon: Glevina sighs: "Boys, boys..."
Smon: She waves her hand, 3 glowing darts shoot out...
Smon: /roll 3d4+3
Smon rolls 3d4+3 and gets: 22, 33, 33, (+3) = 11
Smon: The demon collapses.
Smon: 6 left.
chris107: Cripes
boredom3031: "Huh....hope those are never aimed at me in the future." Eard says.
8:35pm  2015-5-29 vondan Has entered the room
chris107: may need to use a third rage
boredom3031: Eard should use his rage.
Kjato Ragfoot: Why? Glevina and Bjornalf both have cantrips that do damage.
Smon: Glevina smiles at Eard: "Don't worry Eardvulf, I only shoot baddies!" she winks.
vondan: shhhhh i'm not here i'm the disembodied sprit of my Moonraker Marsh Swamp ranger
Kjato Ragfoot: Even without raging, we should easily kill one demon per round.
chris107: Fill your boots Kjato
chris107: Hi Dan
chris107: Okay without rage but with our wizardy chums doing their stuff too.
Smon: (can play to 10pm, then need to stop)
boredom3031: Eard winks back going after another baddie with the group.
Smon: Next one?
boredom3031: *before
boredom3031: gah. lol
chris107: yup
boredom3031: Damn
Amalric: next!
Smon: Hakeem smashes gem number 7; demon number 7 struggles free...
Smon: /roll d20x2
Smon Rolls 1d20x2 and gets:
2 = 2
12 = 12
Amalric: (need to stop at 10pm here, too)
chris107 rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 1414, (+2) = 16
Smon: Hakeem 1st.
chris107 Rolls 1d20+8x2 and gets:
16 (+8) = 24
1 (+8) = 9
chris107 Rolls 1d20+8x2 and gets:
19 (+8) = 27
5 (+8) = 13
boredom3031 Rolls 1d20+3x2 and gets:
11 (+3) = 14
12 (+3) = 15
chris107 rolls 8d6+10 and gets: 55, 66, 11, 44, 55, 22, 33, 11, (+10) = 37
boredom3031: 1 hit for eard?
Smon: (it beat you Eardvulf)
boredom3031: Oh oops.
Smon: Hakeem hits it for 37...
Smon: /roll d2
Smon rolls 1d2 and gets: 2
Smon: The demon laughs, then vanishes!
chris107: "Grrrr!"
Smon: You see bits of egg & gloop scatter as a now-invisible demon clambers out...
boredom3031: Eard replies in the same way as H.
chris107: bugger
Amalric: "Where'd it go?!"
Smon: You can make DC 25 Perception checks...
chris107: "Look for gloopy footprints!"
Smon: DC 21 looking for gloopy footprints
chris107 rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 1717, (+2) = 19
Smon: add prof bonus + wis bonus to d20
chris107: garn
Amalric rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 1010, (+2) = 12
Smon: Thadeus:
Smon: /roll d20+3
Smon rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 1313, (+3) = 16
Smon: Glevina:
Smon: /roll d20+4
Smon rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 1515, (+4) = 19
Smon: Malenn:
Smon: roll d20+4
Smon: /roll d20+4
Smon rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 33, (+4) = 7
boredom3031: ouch
chris107: Looks lkike it's down to Bjo
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20 and gets: 1010,
chris107: To save our bacon.
chris107:
Smon: The red gloop doesn't really show in the red light...
Smon: /roll d20+5
Smon rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 1818, (+5) = 23
Smon: Near the doorway, Malenn frowns. Suddenly the 5 remaining eggs begin to crack open!
chris107: Oh bugger!
boredom3031: Ah damn
Smon: 5 shaggy demons claw their ways out, roaring...
chris107: Time to leg it back to the circle or Rage + berserk?
boredom3031: Eard readies his axe.
Amalric: "Retreat to the door!"
Amalric: better to fight one at a time
chris107: good plan
Amalric: "Glevina! Can you blast these buggers?"
chris107: H will retreat to the door.
Smon: /roll d20x2
chris107: His rage building within.
Smon Rolls 1d20x2 and gets:
2 = 2
12 = 12
chris107: "Malenn you must get to safety if this goes badly!"
boredom3031: Eard will retreat with H.
Smon: Before you can do much, the demons launch themselves at you, tearing and biting - you strike back, defending yourselves - your blades cut through empty air...
Smon: ...The illusion vanishes.
Smon: The 5 remaining eggs sit there, as intact as before.
boredom3031: "huh..."
chris107: Crafty, very crafty
Amalric: "Wizard?"
Smon: Glevina smiles wryly. "That demon was a little smarter than the others..."
chris107: (The invisible demon can cast spells)
chris107: (Can anyone detect invisible?)
Smon: Malenn: "I thought - I felt as if something moved close to me, before the eggs seemed to break - into the corridor?"
Amalric: "Shall we pursue?"
Amalric: "What if it goes and gets help? I think we should deal with it first."
chris107: We best had, otherwise the whole place will be roused.
Smon: You step back into the corridor - there's no sign of the demon.
chris107: Look for gloopy footprints in the corridor
Smon: you can make dc 23 per checks
Smon: thadeus glevina malenn
chris107: see what direction they go.
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20 and gets: 1212,
Smon: /roll 3d20
Smon rolls 3d20 and gets: 55, 1111, 55, = 21
chris107 rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 1616, (+2) = 18
boredom3031 rolls 1d20 and gets: 77,
Smon: Glevina: "Tricky bugger that one!"
Kjato Ragfoot: Indeed.
Smon: Thadeus: "The gems were keeping the demons asleep - as if they were being kept in storage?"
chris107: Well there's a half dozen less to plague the world.
Amalric rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 1313, (+2) = 15
Smon: Glevina: "Yes - if it was being kept stored, it might not be friends with whoever put it there?"
Kjato Ragfoot: Most likely. The cultists probably have not yet brought all demons into our worlds and want to make sure they hatch all at once.
chris107: "Maybe take the gems and let the demons loose on the temple?"
boredom3031: "Sounds like a plan"
chris107: While we use the circle to make ourselves scarse?"
chris107: Rest and heal, give them an hour or two then come mop up what's left?"
Smon: Thadeus nods.
boredom3031: Eard nods to H, quite liking his plan.
chris107: H has had an idea
Smon: Malenn: "We better guard the portal though, in case the demons head for the surface."
chris107: Rey, Bjo?
Amalric: Rey wishes Thadeus thought of that earlier...
Smon: /roll d20+3
chris107: "We can watch it from above. Shut the door and bar it from within?"
Smon rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 1616, (+3) = 19
Smon: Malenn: "...But what if Tammy is still alive down here?"
chris107: "Bugger"
Smon: Glevina: "Oh, don't be a silly-billy spoilsport Malenn! I'm sure she's been horribly murdered already!"
boredom3031: Eard cannot help but laugh. xD
chris107: A bit of a moral dilema...
Kjato Ragfoot: Glevina, I doubt that.
chris107: Not really H's strong point.
Kjato Ragfoot: The cultists use females to breed more demons.
Kjato Ragfoot: Dead females are not very good at breeding.
Smon: GM: ok well you can ponder it, it's 10pm & I'm posting log & xp later.
Amalric: "Let's lock this door, and go look for Tamara."
boredom3031: Thanks for the game simon!
chris107: Nice one. Thanks for the game guys
Smon: cheers
boredom3031:
Amalric: thanks for the game, always a pleasure gents!
chris107: Game next Friday evening?
Smon: I'm super-busy until Friday evening, game as normal then & I'll likely have time the following week, but then am away for 10 days.
boredom3031:  sounds good for me.
Smon: So next is Friday 7pm.
Amalric: next Friday is fine with me
chris107: I'm off from about the 9th too.
Kjato Ragfoot: I do not know yet, my family might come over to visit and I do not know when they plan to leave.
Kjato Ragfoot:

Session 28 16-18/1/4446 Hakeem & Malenn Get Married!

Mrs Hakeem Greywolf

XP 500 to Hakeem & Rey

Hakeem, Barbarian LEVEL 7 XP 500+24967=25467/34000
Rey Rogue LEVEL 6 XP 500+17765=18265/23000

PLAYERS NOT PRESENT
Bjornalf Brighteyes Warlock LEVEL 6 XP 19970/23000

Smon: >>Malenn nods firmly to Hakeem, chest out and hand on sword. Meda: "Oriax's evil seems of a more mundane nature, if not lesser. He is very powerful, but arrogant - none have challenged him for too long. If you defeat him, if his captives cannot be returned home we can find a place for them here, in Thusia."<<
chris107: Throw something in
chris107: Then H can reclessly attack (OOC - He gets advantage on Initiative now) and hopefully kill it.
chris107: Esp with Rey doing his sneak attacks at + loads of dice
Smon: GM: You take awhile. Lady Meda turns to Malenn. "Malenn of Mitra, there are matters I must discuss alone with you. About your past... And your destiny."
chris107: That's as good as it gets I'm afraid. I'm all out of ideas after that.
Amalric: works for me!
Smon: Malenn looks unsure, but nods. "If you will excuse us, I must talk with Malenn in the garden. Damne, please attend to our other guests."
chris107: @ Simon: Cool! talk away to Malenn. A whole dynasty could be at stake here
Smon: Meda leads Malenn out to the Hall's garden courtyard. Damne watches them go.
Smon: Damne: "More wine?"
chris107: Will Damne be smitten with lust for Rey I wonder?
chris107: H never says no to more wine
Smon: Rey has been pretty quiet around Damne.
Amalric: doubt it. and you may never see Malenn again - amazon recruit?
chris107: He settles back to watch R in action...
Smon: Damne pours new wine, a green Viridian vintage.
Amalric: Rey nods for more wine
chris107: (M knows which side her bread is buttered)
Smon: Damne: "Lady Meda has been expecting you for some time.. She has Visions. Like your Altanian Psychic Defenders, but more powerful. She says they come from Mycr."
chris107: H is at a loss. he doesn't really understand magic.
Smon: Damne asks you some questions about the military situation in Clear Meadows, Ahyf, Selatine etc - any threats, Orcs & Goblins etc.
chris107: except the sharp kind that helps you dice your enemies more fiinely.
Smon: It's quite late in the evening when Meda returns, with a pale and shocked Malenn in tow.
chris107: H can only tell her about Oriax and the cultists. He has a small brain and often forgets stuff.
Smon: Meda turns to Malenn: "I know this is a lot to take in... But you did suspect, didn't you? From what Orson the Northron told you?"
Smon: Malenn gulps, looks down, nods. "Aye."
chris107: "Let's go put some colour back in those lovely cheeks Malenn, we're off early in the morning."
Smon: There are tears in her eyes as she turns to Hakeem.
Amalric: Rey will tell about Clear Meadows and Ahyf, but will say Selatine is more powerful than it actually is
Smon: Malenn smiles weakly at Hakeem. "Aye"
chris107: H shows his concern for M
chris107: "What's up my lovely?"
Smon: Malenn: "Thank you, Lady Meda. I needed to know for sure. Hakeem, let's go..."
Smon: Meda: "Then I bid you goodnight."
chris107: H bids them all a good night and leaves.
chris107: Hoping to find out more by listening and a little mild ravishing
Smon: OOC Malenn has a long & twisted history in my Wilderlands games - don't want to make her a GMPC but it's time something got cleared up...
Smon: Alli smiles at Rey and beckons him back to their room.
Smon: Back in Malenn & Hakeem's room, she closes the door and sits on the bed.
Amalric: Rey smiles and bids them goodnight, and goes to his room
Smon: She looks up at him. "Hakeem... I... You know I told you, an evil wizard sent me forward through time?"
Smon: "At Grimalon?"
chris107: (He's forgotten but makes all the right noises)
Smon:
chris107: "Erm, yes of course..."
Smon: "It was ten years ago... I was with Deodanth. Leading the Army of Light against the Red Reavers...."
Amalric: (he's spent too much time in Rey's company!)
chris107: listen to every word you know? etc, etc.
Smon: "Only it was only six months ago..."
chris107: Red Reavers, yes, the very thing..
chris107: Bad sort.
chris107: Six months?
Smon: "The Mage cast a spell on me, and I found myself here, on a beach - where Tsamar found me..."
chris107: Bad business that. Mages, Pirates..
chris107: Harumph
chris107: H can't resist a gentle nibble on her neck to jolly her story along.
Smon: "I thought... I thought I'd been sent through time. But, little things... Orson the Skandik. I knew him in the City State. I met him again last month. When I knew him before he told me of his voyage to Thracia - Thracia in the land of Lenap, thousands of miles from here..."
Smon: "...But now Thracia is here, in Ghinaria. So..."
Smon: Malenn gulps.
chris107: Best, (munch-munch) place for it without a doubt (munch-munch)
Smon: "Hakeem, this isn't my world! On this world the real Malenn died at Grimalon, ten years ago! My world... I must have been plane-shifted here, like all those slave girls of Oriax..."
Smon: "...The Reavers have my head on a stake above their Hall."
chris107: Oriax (Munch) terrible chap. Don't worry I'll chop his.... wait....
Smon: Malenn sighs. "I can't save anyone... I'm already dead."
chris107: So you're dead but not dead? H's tiny brain starts to steam again.
Amalric: (she's doing alright for a dead person)
Smon:
Amalric: (unless she's a ghul?)
Smon: Malenn nods.
chris107: But you're up the duff?
Amalric: (has H never noticed all that paint she puts on in the morning?)
chris107: Erm I mean carrying our child
Smon: "The me that belongs here died at Grimalon. In a different universe, this me was plane-shifted here."
chris107: H is distracted by her jiggling boobies at this point and sets about her with a passion.
Amalric:
Smon: Malenn melts into his arms... fade to black.
chris107: "We can sort all this (munch-munch) in the morning my lovely!"
Smon: 17/1/4446
Smon: Next morning a sober but no longer teary Malenn rises, following a quickie with Hakeem
chris107: H has forgotten all the difficult stuff during the night and is now ready to kill stuff.
Smon: Malenn: "Perhaps the priests of Mitra can help me... I must consult with them."
Smon:
chris107: "A hearty breakfast first my love. Eating for two and all that. Then we'll go chop this evil High Priest into liver."
Amalric: (dead girls cant have children?)
Smon: (Well, you guys may not remember or care but I'm a lot happier now that's officially in game log)
chris107: "Morning Rey."
Smon: Malenn: "Morning Rey, Lady Alli." Alli: "Morning Lady Malenn!" she smiles.
chris107: (H is an earthy soul and does't care to have his mental barriers pushed too far.)
chris107: He sets to the bacon and kidneys...
Smon: (Dunno if you guys ever read any Moorcock/Eternal Champion? Happened to his heroes all the time - plane shifting that is)
Amalric: (I have! loved the Erekose stories)
chris107: "So malenn you are going to stay at the temple while Rey and I go sort out this beastly high priest? We'll be back in a jiffy."
chris107: (Read them decades ago)
Smon: (Corum at the end of his saga gets killed by a brain ball made of his own brain gathered from his own tomb... presumably he was in an alternate world all along)
Amalric: (my brother had the graphic novel/comic, "Swords of Heaven, Flowers of Hell". beautiful. long since thrown away, sadly  )
chris107: (  )
Smon: Bad luck G!
Amalric: (6th book of the Corum tales was my first Moorock book)
Amalric: (had to read 1-5 after that!)
Smon: You ready to depart. "Stay at the Temple? You mean to consult the priests?"
Smon: says Malenn.
Amalric: (I should re-read the Corum stories, really enjoyed them. have all them, Eternal Champion and Elric. no Hawkmoon or anything else)
chris107: "Erm yes my lovely....Or as long as you like."
Smon: The four of you ride out of Thusia on the 20-mile trail to the Tomb-Temple, high in the Ghinarian Hills.
Smon: (Hawkmoon is good too)
chris107: (Yeah I used to like Moorcock, not read anything for ages)
Smon: /roll d20+4
Smon rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 1919, (+4) = 23
Smon: Amazingly, Malenn seems persuaded by Hakeem, and nods.
chris107:
Smon: /roll d6
Amalric: should we leave Alli at the village too?
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 33,
chris107: Good, don't want H jnr. getting hurt
Smon: You ride for most of that day through steep and rocky trails.
Smon: The land here is very wild and rugged.
chris107: (3 healing dice back?)
Smon: (yup) Towards evening you see ahead the great colonnaded Temple-Tomb atop a high promonitory.
Smon: Temple servants are tilling narrow fields around, and there are some pilgrim tents outside the walls.
chris107: H checks to make sure M is smiling and happy to be here.
Smon: At the gates you're met by two heavily armoured Temple guards, big bearded men in Ghinarian plate.
Smon: Through the gates you see the courtyard, and a great statue of the hero Belaras, sword raised.
Smon: Malenn: "I am Malenn, Paladin of Mitra. Trained at Mitra's Shieldhall. I have come to consult with your priests."
Smon: The guards look at each other. "Mitra's Shieldhall is twelve years gone. You must have been trained as a babe in arms!"
Amalric: "Oh, this isn't the place where we've come to kill everyone, then?"
Smon: Malenn glares at the guard, then shakes her head to Rey. "No..."
chris107: "No Rey, that's back there." H cocks a thumb.
Smon: To the guard: "Nevertheless, it is true. We request an audience."
Amalric: "Ah, sorry, my mistake."
Smon: /roll d20+6
Smon rolls 1d20+6 and gets: 1212, (+6) = 18
chris107: "We'll get to the killing soon enough..." H whispers to R
Smon: The guards hesitate, then nod. "Come with me..." says one.
chris107: "Want me to come with you Malenn?"
Smon: You are ushered into the courtyard, your horses taken.
Smon: Malenn: "Hmm... I think this might go better if I went alone?"
chris107: "Okay, perhaps Rey and I can find a drink somewhere?"
chris107: (Riding is very thirsty work after all)
Smon: A guard jerks a thumb at the left-hand building. "The refectory. The serving girls will be serving dinner soon. Have gold ready."
Amalric: Rey's eyes light up
chris107: H's heart sinks at the mention of serving girls.
Smon: Malenn frowns slightly, but nods. "I'll see you three later."
chris107:
chris107: H looks at the 3GP left in his purse...
Amalric: "Drinks on me, H! No need to worry..."
Smon: Malenn is escorted away to hopefully see the priests, Hakeem & co may enter the Refectory where pretty slave-girls in skimpy purple robes are laying tables for the wealthy pilgrims and temple staff.
chris107:
chris107: "Thanks chum."
Smon: A girl shows you to your seats. - https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYECHD03B6BzAajV8FRD3pFASIfmKO1p3_eqgZalRAI2DRSzrNDD2ek4MpKLMbeOPIFWMqONDGjTQQUrcU6iMrlfTdz3PLquEIMj1lWhT_16qhDeY59Uf_XVGqjpRYMhpFUaCkxSjdqaw/s320/Temple+Slave+of+Apollo.jpg
Smon: "Welcome sirs..." she looks at Alli. Alli: "And lady!"
chris107: Clumsy girl has spilled her wine.
Amalric: "Musn't forget the lady! And what a lady..." Rey admires Alli's charms once more
chris107: H smiles at Alli's new found confidence. Freedom works wonders.
Smon:  Girl: "...And lady. I am Ampne, your server for tonight. We have a choice of meadow lamb, roast pork or smoked salmon from the River of Visions..."
Smon: Alli smiles back brightly at Rey.
Amalric: (temporary freedom! she lives to serve)
Smon: LOL
chris107: "Lamband good brown beer please lass."
Smon: Ampne nods. "The inclusive meal is but a 1 gold donation to Mitra's Light."
chris107: H is very hungry and thirsty.
Amalric: "Salmon for me. Who knows what visions will follow...though I see visions of beauty all around me..." Rey smiles at all the ladies, studiously ignoring H
Smon: "If you require rooms later, a double room starts at 5 gold, with serving girls 5 gold each, to your requirements...."
chris107: (Best give 'em two Rey, I'm very hungry and thirsty  )
Amalric: but Rey does pay for the meals
Smon: (Girls are cheaper than the Inn at Clear Meadows!)
chris107: (That's religious folk for you.)
Smon: >>Who knows what visions will follow...though I see visions of beauty all around me..." Rey smiles at all the ladies, studiously ignoring H<< Ampne giggles, and smiles back at Rey,
Smon: You'll need 3gp for food for the 3 of you.
chris107: (One ignores the hamburgers when there's fillet steak at home thinks Hakeem loftily  )
Smon: GM: You dine, a lengthy and quite sumptuous repast.
Smon: /roll d3
Smon rolls 1d3 and gets: 3
chris107: (Even if it's dead..... he shudders and has another drink instead  )
Smon: Eventually you are finishing a fruit & cream desert when Malenn returns, a white-robed priestess accompanying her.
Smon: (3 was a lucky roll I think)
Smon: Malenn: "Mistress Saltyra, this is Hakeem, my love, and my friends Alli and Rey... Lord Reynard."
Smon: Saltyra - http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2013/351/d/e/the_wanderers____priestess_by_misha_dragonov-d6y9go0.jpg
chris107: "Mistress, an honour."
Smon: The masked priestess bows slightly. "Welcome. Lady Malenn has told me much of your deeds."
chris107: (Nice pic)
Smon: Saltyra takes a seat beside you, Malenn following.
Smon: Saltyra: "The situation at Clear Meadows appears grave..."
chris107: H nods sadly but looks fierce.
Smon: "...We will do what we can to assist. As Crusaders of Light, tomorrow at dawn you may each sip from the Cup of Belaras, of which I am Keeper."
Amalric: is that a pun?
Smon: Malenn: "A great honour."
Smon: (not deliberately!)
Amalric: "You are most kind."
chris107: (Graham you are bad  )
chris107: "Why thank you mistress."
chris107: H for once blushes and looks a bit flustered.
Smon: Alli: "I'm not really a Crusader..."
Smon: Saltyra lays a hand on Alli's shoulder. "You also do your part."
chris107: "And may I, with Malenn's blessing ask you to marry us as Mitra's light blesses the day at dawn tomorrow? We are to have a child." He finishes blushing furiously.
Smon: Malenn gasps. Saltyra seems slightly taken aback, but then nods, smiling broadly.
Smon: Alli: "Wow!"
Smon: Malenn: "Hakeem, I..."
Smon: She reddens.
Amalric: "Does she ever!" says Rey, about to slap her behind, but instead just avoids it and claps his hands enthusiastically
chris107: H grins at her
Smon: "I thought..."
Smon: She nods, beaming ecstatically.
chris107: H raises his glass and smiles back
Smon: Malenn leans forward and kisses Hakeem deeply.
chris107: Yeah!
Smon: Saltyra: "Not really normal in the Temple... But acceptable in the circumstances."
chris107: "I take it that's a yes?" He jests.
chris107: "We go into great danger Mistress. So I thank you fot your boon."
Smon: Malenn mock punches H's broad chest, grinning. "You! I thought you were set on some Barbarian ceremony! I'd be cast over your shoulder, wrapped in a wolf pelt..."
chris107: "Rey, as there's no one else I guess you'll have to do. Best man?"
Smon: Alli: "Oh! Can I be Bridesmaid?"
chris107: (That comes later Malenn he whispers)
Smon: Malenn hears the whisper, laughs.
Amalric: "Oh well played, sir! Of course I will!"
chris107: "Best ask Malenn Alli but I'd be delkighted."
chris107: (Rey no naughty stories about chopping things up)
Smon: Saltyra: "I shall see you have guest quarters tonight... Free of charge."
chris107: (Result! Saved us a few bob as well  )
Smon: Malenn nods to Alli. "Happily, Alli."
Amalric: (LOL brilliant, have to remember that one!)
Smon: Saltyra: "Excuse me while I make the arrangements. We can incorporate the Sipping into the Marriage ceremony..."
chris107: Let the boozing commence!
Smon: Mistress Saltyra takes her leave, leaving the four of you to booze it up, watched by bemused pilgrims and temple guards.
Smon: Malenn drinks quite a lot, probably causing Hakeem to put the wine flask out of her reach?
chris107: (H is a happy natured drunk, thank heavens. Just wants to drink, sing then lead malenn off for a last nights ravishing as a single woman  )
chris107: (She won't get time to drink too much Simon  )
Smon:
Smon: Malenn is talky, too. "I loved Hakeem from the first moment I saw him at Aldo's Inn..."
chris107: H blushes again
Smon: Alli listens in fascination.
chris107: "Your turn next Rey!" Joshes Hakeem.
chris107: (Playfully)
Amalric: "That drunk, wild-eyed and drooling look does it for you, eh Malenn?"
chris107: (hehe  )
Amalric: Rey laughs uproariously, as if thats the best joke he's ever heard, and almost falls off his chair
Amalric:
Smon: Malenn goes on, singing Hakeem's praises. "I had forgotten who I was... he brought me back to myself. I owe him everything..." she looks at Rey and grins, wrinkles her nose impishly.
Smon: "...Yes, I love him however he looks - he always looks wonderful to..."
Smon: She trails off, looking a little woozy. "I think I've had enough. I'll see you in the morning, Rey, Alli."
Smon: ~and so to bed~
chris107: H squires her off to bed.
Smon: Saltyra gets Rey & Alli a comfortable but spartan room.
chris107: "See you at dawn's breaking!"
Smon: Hakeem & Malenn get the special suite normally reserved for visiting Lords.
Smon: ~dawn~
chris107: (Hakeem resolves to make malenn a Queen)
Smon: A slightly hungover bridal party assembles in the courtyard to witness the rising sun.
chris107: (OOC Bondorr has no problem with Mitra?)
Smon: (All good war gods together!) Attendants have dressed Malenn in a beautiful white bridal dress, and attempted to dress Hakeem in white robes, too.
chris107: Bah!
chris107: "My clan skins will do good enough."
chris107: (Though a little oil on his thews won't go amiss to glisten in the early morning sun
Smon: Malenn's hair is bedecked with a wreath of flowers, her eyes shine with love as she stands beside Hakeem, Rey & Alli attending behind. Hakeem glistens handsomely.
Smon: Saltyra stands before you at the altar, the sun rising behind her.
chris107:
Smon: A small crowd has gathered to watch.
Smon: Saltyra holds the Chalice. "We stand here at this Sacred place, to witness the sacred union of these two souls in Mitra's Light..."
Smon: "Souls who are fearless warriors against the Darkness. Souls who have lost much, endured much, to stand in these holy rays this blessed morn..."
Amalric: Rey tries not to wince at the rising sun
Smon: "Now to be joined forever in Holy Matrimony."
Smon: (it is quite dazzling to a night owl like Rey)
chris107: H smiles broadly
Amalric: (What a mug, thinks Rey)
Smon: Saltyra: "I bid each of you come forward in turn, to sip from the Sacred Chalice."
Smon: She offers it first to Hakeem.
chris107: (Please let it hold beer thinks the hung over hakeem secretly)
Amalric: Rey gulps, hoping it does smite the blasphemer and hopefully contains alcohol
chris107: H drinks deeply.
Amalric: *doesn't!
Smon: H drinks... something is happening...
Smon:
Smon: He feels different... stronger.
Amalric: polymorph!
chris107: (Bugger I knew I should have gone before...)
Smon: Hakeem +1 STR
chris107:
chris107: Yeah!
Smon: STR 18 now.
chris107: = 18 (+4!)
Smon: Saltyra nods to Malenn next, who steps forward and sips more moderately.
Smon: She seems to be glowing, if anything even more beautiful than before (CHA +1 to 18, gives her an AC bonus)
chris107: "Grrrrrrrrrrrr........."
chris107: H adjusts his loin cloth
Smon:
Smon: Saltyra: "Lord Reynard?"
Amalric: "Oooh yes please!"
Amalric: Rey takes a moderately large glug
chris107: (Lightning strike?)
Amalric: (LOL! has to be a chance!)
Smon: For a long moment nothing happens....
Amalric:
Smon: Alli: "He's sparkling!"
Smon: Rey is also glowing - just a bit.
Smon: +1 CHA to 16.
chris107: (Taken by sharks would be about right  )
Amalric: (Haha!  )
Amalric: Rey beams like a Cheshire cat
chris107: (Tom)
Smon: "Alli"
Smon: Alli gulps, steps forward, sips the last of the water.
Amalric: "Go ahead, my Lady!"
Smon: "Mmmm... I feel... wise?" (+1 WIS)
chris107: (Eww water? And I drank it?  )
Smon:
Amalric: "Wise? Sorry, you've lost me somewhere..."
Amalric:
chris107: (She will know slavery is not for her or anyone then?)
Amalric: "I am sure it'll soon wear off, wisdom never did anyone any good..."
Smon: Saltyra: "Mitra blesses us each in our own way, according to His plan."
chris107: "Praise to Mitra. Praise to Bondorr. Death to EVIL!" He kisses Malenn deeply.
Smon: (Alli knows how to survive in a nasty world, Chris!)
chris107: "I thank you Lady Saltyra and my friends."
Smon: Malenn adjusts her gown after the kiss.  Saltyra waits for your to resume your positions, then continues.
chris107: H settles down - eventually
Smon: "Do you, Hakeem Greywolf, take Malenn of Mitra's Shieldhall to be your Lawful wedded wife, to love and to cherish, forsaking all others, until death do you part?"
chris107: "YUP!"
chris107: (Unless it's already too late?)
Smon: Do you, Malenn of Mitra's Shieldhall, take Hakeem Greywolf, to be your Lawful wedded husband, to love, to cherish and to obey, forsaking all others, until death do you part?"
chris107: (When do we get to the 'you may ravish the bride' bit wonders H)
Smon: Malenn: "I... I do!"
Smon: Saltyra smiles: "I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss the bride."
chris107: he does so, with a passion!
Smon: Smoochy orcs...
chris107:
chris107: Seemed more appropriate than those.
chris107: Now lets go kill loads of evil stuff
Smon: The Temple Girls strew flowers before the happy couple's feet as they return to their bridal suite, although the aids to conception are unnecessary in this case..
chris107:
Smon: (my shoulder is v bad, will need to stop before you kill anything I fear)
chris107: H tries hard regardless. leave her in hat in my day was called a state of swoon.
Smon:
Smon: ~fade to black~
chris107: what
Smon: 24 hours later...
Smon: (my shoulder is hurting from typing)
Amalric: try using your fingers
8:42pm  2015-5-23 Oculus Orbus Has entered the room
chris107: (It's been 3 long sessions in 24 hours?)
chris107: Occles
Amalric: sounds like Rey's kinda fun, Chris
Oculus Orbus: Lads
Amalric: O_O
chris107: You're bad Graham
Smon: 18/1/4446 - Dawn. After a solid day & night of lovemaking with his new bride, Hakeem is readying to depart the Temple.
Smon: Rey too, presumably - with all the price-gouging here his money pouch won't hold out much longer...
chris107: H would really like M to stay here for her 'confinement' but will not push the point. She's a free woman and a paladin of Mitra after all.
Amalric: she's not a free woman - she just married a barbarian!
chris107: (Hey don't they all?  )
Smon: Malenn sits up in bed, brushing back her hair: "I still have much to learn from the priests here, Hakeem. But I said I'd never leave you... I think it best I return to Clear Meadows. We can face the Evil together."
Smon: (I married a Barbarian!)
Smon: (I'm half-civilised...)
chris107:
chris107: Then next we go do war upon the evil K'tulu?
chris107: Hakeem has not done any slaying in an age!
Smon: Malenn nods. "You need me to keep you alive - and vice versa!"
chris107:
Smon: GM: You're going straight to clear meadows, get the Elves and go back in the caves?
chris107: If that wortks for Graham?
Amalric: yep!
Amalric: as the man famously said on his wedding day
Smon: GM: Good luck to the happy couple.
chris107: Cool. We both need lots of pennies now.
Smon: (Dyson's Delve is in the other direction...)
chris107: OOC Are Sword Knights of Bondorr accepted if they are Wed?
Smon: oh yeah
Smon: No celibacy required!
chris107: Cool
chris107: So lots of hacking and slaying next time?
Smon: The main thing about being a Sword Knight is that you are above the Clans and their conflicts, just as within a Clan the Sword Brothers are above the conflicts of the Animal Lodges.
Smon: You need to stand for all Altani.
Smon: Yeah, aim to get straight into the hacking next time.
chris107: Ah okay, got you. Is there any reading to be had on the subject?
Smon: We've had 2 sessions of lovey-dovey
chris107: Would be cool if we could get Bjo back..
Smon: The Player's Guide to the Wilderlands has some stuff.
Amalric: hack hack hackity hack
chris107: Things were getting bloody tough down in the caverns.
chris107: loot, loot, lootity-loot
Smon: https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1CADEAA_enGB631GB631&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=player%27s%20guide%20to%20the%20wilderlands%20pdf
Amalric: the caverns are no problem when you have elves fireballing everything
Smon: I rolled almost worst-possible on the encounter checks - as usual.
chris107: (Thanks Simon  )
chris107: Oriax would have been a pain..
Amalric: (ooh pdfs freely available! nice)
Smon: Like for the guards I rolled "12 - roll again twice & combine the 2 encounters"
Smon: Then I rolled K'tulu Priests + Super Intelligent Telekinetic Green Jelly.
chris107: But Hakeem is, s his character sheet says. Indominatable.
chris107: That Jelly was a bastard!
chris107: Took 70HP of Hakeem in 2 rounds
Smon:
Smon: I'll post log - minus the top bit..
chris107: A nice extra boost to our stats tonight. Can Rey get married next?
Smon:

Session 27 16/1/46 Meeting Lady Meda

XP: 750 Hakeem & Rey

Hakeem, Barbarian LEVEL 7 XP 750+24217=24967/34000
Rey Rogue LEVEL 6 XP 750+17015=17765/23000

PLAYERS NOT PRESENT
Bjornalf Brighteyes Warlock LEVEL 6 XP 19970/23000

Weaponmaster Balthus will take the Ralluan slave Ostis back to Selatine and (hopefully) return with more gold from Eldam Alamsor to buy out Gorok's three. Lord Vilius is hopeful that Ahyf will now commit to the Lord's Alliance and unite against the threat of Yusan - and Nerath. Hakeem Rey Malenn and Alli head into the hills towards the Temple of Belaras. Stopping at Thusia they consult with Lady Meda.

8:42am  2015-5-23 Smon Has entered the room
8:43am  2015-5-23 chris107 Has entered the room
chris107: I'm here
chris107: Had I gone?
Smon: yup
chris107: Oops
8:43am  2015-5-23 Amalric Has entered the room
Smon: Hi G!
chris107: Hi Graham
Amalric: morning S & C
Smon: OK, I screwed up again so only 3 people can fit in this room
Amalric: still half asleep here
Amalric: I noticed
chris107: Happy Aniversery
Smon: We didn't do much last night but the group rescued Sister Tamara & finished off the cultist guards, then went to Ahyf. Did you look at the blog G?
Amalric: thanks Chris!
Amalric: erm, no....I didnt
Amalric: was here at 8:15pm last night and could have played all evening as it turned out!
chris107:
Smon: Vilius: "If I might give my own news? I shall start with the bad news, then the worse news..." chris107: "Please do..." Smon: "Firstly, the Council of Elders has taken all the money Rallu sent to buy their womens' freedom, as compensation for the families of the 'murdered sailors'. At present all five remain in captivity. Smon: "Secondly, we have just heard today from Selatine. Oriax has been there..." chris107: H lets a low growl out under his breath... Smon: "...He threatened to destroy the town. In the end he was satisfied with taking Lord Hytirus Vex's sister Jana for his chariot. But he has declared that henceforth, for any of his Orcs that perish, he will select a Girl from the town for his own." chris107: "Bastard!" Spits Hakeem Smon: Briaron: "It sounds as if they got off lightly." chris107: "We are beset by evil and scum from all sides!" chris107: "I will have his head." Smon: Malenn nods in agreement, lip quivering. "Jana Vex was good to me. We must free her." chris107: "But first we must destroy the evil K'tulu and find the priest's daughter." Smon: Vilius raises a hand. "To face Oriax is suicide...." chris107: "We can do that now. Then we must go free lady Vex and deal with Oriax." Smon: Briaron: "I don't know this K'tulu. Some demon god?" Malenn nods. chris107: Hakeem seethes internaly but is learning the ways of so called civilisation. chris107: He will be crafty, like the wolf. Smon: Vilius: "...Anyway, the good news. The Temple of Thoth is willing to gift their Rallu girl back, as a token of good faith and thanks for your efforts on behalf of Ahyf. You are to call on them at your convenience. And Gorok is willing to sell his three, for the right price."
chris107: G: Currently taking the pregnent Malenn to safety
Smon: Malenn is unaware she's being "taken to safety"
chris107: hehe
chris107: If you want to run the Ayf stuff for Graham for a while now, I'm cool with that. Compiling H's brag list for Mor. Going to need a steady job now M is up the duff
Smon: chris107: "Arrrghhh! Your politics are too much for me. Malenn, come we're to bed. We'll slay these good folks demons on the morrow. We keep our word." Smon: Malenn smiles. "Is that thunder in the distance I hear?" chris107: H understands about sons and does his best to get Malenn up the duff with twins again that night Smon: Vilius: "I bid you good night, Altanian. Lord Reynard, we have much to discuss..."
Smon: At Briaron's Hall Lord Vilius asked Rey to talk with him to discuss plans, while Hakeem took Malenn to bed and got her pregnant.
Smon: We ended the session the next day with Hakeem & Malenn heading for the Temple-Tomb of Belaras up in the hills, but it would be good to rewind a bit to do Rey/Vilius now G once you are enough awake.
Amalric: well I have to take junior to her friend's house for 10am, should only be about 10-15 minutes
Smon: Let's just wait till you get back then.
Amalric: thanks, should certainly be awake by then!
Amalric: and congrats Hakeem
chris107: Thanks G
Smon:
chris107: Simon, while Graham's away can I run H's brag list for his Sword Knight application form past you?
Smon: Sure
chris107: Has slain many of the Orcs of Oriax
chris107: Defeated Sarene in single combat
Amalric: right see you shortly
chris107: Delved into ancient Thracia and recovered the golden statue of Mitra-Apollo
chris107: Single handedly layed low the brute Grastic
Smon: Also the hobgoblin knights in Dyson's Delve.
chris107: Have bonded with the sword Kalthalax, carried by Bondorr the ....
Smon: Ghouls & Zombies
chris107: redeemer?
Smon: Doubt it, Bondorr the Liberator supposedly lived 2000 years ago, Clevenus apparently forged Kalthalax 500 years ago.
chris107: And with it destroyed single handedly a demon from the past.
chris107: (I think he killed thee troll single handd too?)
Smon: Killing demons always good.
Smon: Killing troll good, like Beowulf yup!
chris107: Mmmm I was reading the history section last night and thought I read someting about demonslayer and Bondorr the Liberator. But it was late and I was a bit fresh
Smon: Currently it's a bit marginal, may depend on presentation - you can either roleplay it out (even prepping a pre-typed speech) or rely on CHA check.
chris107: I think I'd rather put my case than risk a Cha check
Smon: Hint: When pressing your case, massive bribes of loot rarely go amiss...
Smon: Beklomda Mor particularly likes massive haunches of well-braised ham.
chris107: H has pissed all his money up agin the wall or given it to Malenn for her war chest
Smon: LOL
Smon: Need to get MOAR!!
Smon: For MOR!!
chris107: Note of ham haunches made
Smon: *chomp* *chomp*
chris107: Not a bad list of stuff I thought though?
chris107: And I think Sarene is pretty respected among the Altanea?
chris107: i
Smon: It's mostly mooks & brutes though - no spitting the Evil High Priest on his own altar, or sacking an enemy village, or saving your Clan from a legendary monster.
chris107: mmmmm
Smon: Sarene is, yup.
chris107: Okay, more work to be done but it's a start
Smon: She could likely put in a good word for you! You'd better make her look good too, though.
chris107: Hehe
Smon: Your facing her with honour definitely would help your case.
chris107: And I think there's a certain Evil High Priest just waiting to be spitted on his alter?
Smon: (Usually players will cheat, friends help them out etc IME)
Smon: EHP - yep!
Smon: I dunno whether you can beat him - with Kalthalax & some luck you might have a shot.
chris107: If we don't get eaten by the blue lion first
Smon: Esp if you can keep Glevina & Thadeus along long enough...
chris107: Have you seen the new emoticon by the way?
Smon: Which one?
chris107:
Smon: LOL
chris107: Yeah made me smile when Reaps showed it to me this morning.
Smon: Generally speaking, the head of a major villain like the High Priest of K'tulu or Oriax would be the thing to seal your knighthood, along with loot.
chris107: Looking forward to seeing how Rey deals with the back-sliders.
Smon: There's also trouble with the Neo-Nerathi looming on the horizon...
chris107: (H opens an account at the Selatine Branch of the bank of Ghineria)
Smon: Once the dry season comes and the Bisituni Pass is clear... *eek*
chris107: Yup, H has got it in for the Nerathi. Necromancers to a man/woman.
chris107: (Mmmmm didn't Bondorr use Ghiner's (?) sword?)
Smon: Also they've practically annihilated some of the Western Altanian clans. And unleashed hordes of undead ghouls on some of the others...
Smon: >>Bondorr use Ghiner's (?) sword?)<< According to legend, yes.
chris107: They're the chaps to chop up then
chris107: I enjoy reading the brief histories
Smon: As you know from meeting Clevenus, legends are not always accurate!  They may have mixed up Clevenus with some of the big lunks he had wielding his Sword for him...
chris107: I should really make notes rather than just leaving it roaming around in my old brain.
chris107: Clevenus was cool.
chris107: Quite the nicest Lich I've ever met
Smon: I like how past PCs influenced the recent history - Varak Tigerclaw especially precipitated the Neo-Nerathi genocidal view of Altanians through the atrocity at Cormarrin Manor.
Smon: 'Executing' the women in view of the children...
chris107: And I see that Captain Lance has a place in the histories too. Hakeem will have to work harder
Smon:
chris107: Who played Varak Tigerclaw?
Smon: Clevenus - proving that not all Orichalans need their heads chopped off!
Smon: Varek - American player called Jasper in my 4e Wilderlands tabletop game.
chris107: Cool!
Smon: He took a 'robust' attitude to the Nerathi... somewhat ignoring there were moderate & extremist elements among them.
Amalric: right i'm back, busy for a couple of mins while every else goes out, but then house to myself!
chris107: H approves of 'robust' attitudes
Smon: Turned out Jasper was Jewish, right wing American Jews tend to take a dim view of villains based on Neo-Nazis I guess...
chris107:
Amalric: let me read back through what was posted here first...
Smon: The campaign theme was based on 1990s South Africa (White Wolves etc) and the 1990s ethnic wars in Yugoslavia. It could have turned out more like SA, instead it went full Bosnia...
Smon: At one point Varek was attacked by a Nerathi Paladin he had rescued from brigands earlier in the campaign. He critted twice in two attacks and killed her outright in 1 round, which is unheard of in 4e.
Smon: (She was angry with him for murdering her friends earlier)
chris107: Sounds like quite a game!
Smon: Yeah, it was pretty awesome. The best bit was when Jasper realised what he'd done, after executing the Nerathi women in the home invasion: "There are no good guys here."
chris107: I do like the factions at play.
chris107: What alignment was he?
chris107: I can see either LG or LE
Smon: It ended with the last stand at Bisgen, the Altanian horde trying to relieve the besieged town had been driven back; Varek was with the last defenders trying to hold the north bridge against a thousand ghouls until the masons behind him could collapse it...
Smon: I think he was officially Unaligned/Neutral - not LG anyway!
chris107: If you're going to go that's the way to do it!
chris107: Note to H - Go out in glory if you want to make the history books. Or live to become King!
Smon: They held off the ghouls until the bridge fell (so most of the civilians were able to flee the town) then Varek fell dying, the last thing he saw was Borritt Crowfinger the Nerathi Arch-Necromancer raising his Death Wand and shooting Varek in the head.
chris107: Prince Hakeem has a certain ring to it...
Smon: So now Varek has a kind of "I Am Legend" status among the Nerathi as this great monster and 'warning from history'.
chris107: Ah yes I remember reading about Crowfinger last night! Great name. He'll go on H's long list.
Smon: Graham you ready?
Amalric: okay, yep
Smon: GM: 15/1/4446, evening, Briaron's Manor. Lord Vilius escorts 'Lord Reynard' to a private hall.
Smon: Vilius; "So, as I was saying, the Temple of Thoth is willing to hand over their Rallu slave Ostis Tilibon, whenever you care to collect her. And Gorok is willing to sell his three - between you and me, I fancy he cares to be flattered that he is receiving such attention from the Lords."
9:29am  2015-5-23 Oculus Orbus Has entered the room
Smon: "Gorok will want a high price though, and the Council of Elders has taken all the money Weaponmaster Balthus brought with him from Selatine."
chris107: (Hi Occles  )
9:30am  2015-5-23 Oculus Orbus Has exited the room
Smon: Hi Oc - how did you penetrate the defence perimeter? I
Smon: Oh, there he goes.
chris107:
Smon: I guess the shields came up...
chris107: hope the phasers were only set to stun.
Amalric: how much cash does Rey carry in his pockets?
Smon: (If you've not been tracking it, only a few gold) Vilius: "But as you heard, Warlord Briaron will not part with his concubine, believing she is destined to bear his son."
Smon: Most of Rey's wealth appears to be held in concubines... Plus his magic dagger.
Amalric: the horror!!
Smon: I think you still have Aeschela's necklace though?
Amalric: "Knew I should have made off with those first two girls when I had the chance..."
chris107:   This is my surprised face.
Amalric: no, we sold that a while back with the matching one. oops
Smon: ok
Amalric: was thinking of getting both back for my next meeting with Aechela
Amalric: *Aeschela
Amalric: will perhaps have to try some good old honest thievery
Smon: Unless you want to give up the +1 dagger I don't think you're buying any girls back right now, then.
Amalric: how many would that get me?
Smon: OOC Another trip to Dyson's Delve might be in order - it seems to have the best loot.
Smon: >>how many would that get me?<< You're asking Vilius?
Amalric: yes, or you!
Smon: This isn't 3e or even 1e, no standard fungibility for items.
Smon: Vilius looks at the dagger: "Well, that's very nice... But I expect Gorok will be looking to charge an inflated price. I would bet on one, if I were you."
Smon: "That sword Hakeem is carrying might be worth more."
Amalric: (its too useful an item)
Amalric: "Alternatively, we could leave them where they are - at least they'll be safe from Oriax's ravages..."
chris107: (Yeah, good luck with that   )
Smon: Vilius raises an eyebrow. "Better to be ravahed on the docks by random sailors every night?"
Smon: (ravaged)
Amalric: "Fair point."
Amalric: "I need to find more gold then..."
Smon: Vilius sighs, spreading his hands. "So, yes... We have re-established good relations with the Council of Elders. They are now well on their way to joining the Alliance. But the situation remains delicate. The best thing would be to return Ostis to Selatine quickly, then get more money from the Ralluans for Gorok's three. I can instruct Weaponmaster Balthus accordingly."
Smon: Vilius: "Do you think the Ralluan Eldam Alamsor will be willing to pay more for the women?"
Amalric: "Oh I would think so. They mean a lot."
Amalric: "Although he might be a bit down, considering Jana Vex is now one of Oriax's chariot girls..."
Amalric: (best use for her, thinks Rey to himself  )
chris107: (meanie)
Smon: Vilius nods. "Eldam was courting Jana? It's fortunate you were not involved with the difficulty concerning Oriax. You will be able to return to Selatine."
Smon: "Your friends, on the other hand, I think had best avoid him."
Amalric: "Indeed, an accident of timing, but a welcome one."
Amalric: "They're best out of the way of any diplomatic relations anyway. "Hakeem Smash!" is about his level..."
Amalric:
chris107:
Smon: Vilius nods. "Then it's agreed, we have a plan. Hopefully Alamsor will send more gold, the remaining three can be purchased from Gorok. With your service at Clear Meadows, and the gold... the Council of Elders here should join our Alliance before the Dry Season. We will be ready for Yusan - and for Nerath."
Smon: Vilius sighs, pouring a drink. "All my life I have sought to defend my people - our people. The coming year will be critical to our survival. If we fail... the light of Ghinarian Civilisation may pass from this world."
Amalric: ("If I had any stomach for sailing, I'd be well shot of this place..." he thinks to himself)
Amalric: "We will do our utmost to make certain that does not happen."
Smon: OOC Hope Rey can work on his stomach, would be a shame to miss out on sea-faring stuff with Bjornalf.
Smon: Vilius nods sombrely, and bids Rey goodnight.
Amalric: Rey goes to find Alli for his night's entertainment
Smon: GM: Next morning Weaponmaster Balthus of Selatine is sent to the Temple of Thoth to collect the Rallu slave girl Ostis, and return to Selatine for more Ralluan gold. After a night of erotic massage with Alli, Rey breakfasts and readies to depart.
Smon: Bjornalf returns to Clear Meadows to reinforce the two Elves' defence of the town, Rey goes with Malenn & Hakeem up to the Temple of Belaras in the hills?
Smon: Alli has now ID'd the Rallu women so Rey could bring her along if he wishes.
Smon: (dunno if you've read the blog entry on Thusia mind you...)
Smon:
chris107:
Amalric: isn't Balthus taking her?
Amalric: or is this another one?
Smon: Balthus is collecting the noble lady/slave Ostis Tilibon from the Temple of Thoth. He doesn't need Alli, who belongs to Bjornalf.
chris107: (I notice we pass close to the Halls of Tizun Thane on our journy
Amalric: (just reading the game thread on DF - there was no chatroom I could see last night, did you just create a small one?)
Amalric: oh in that case yes I'll take her along
Amalric: (misread your sentence)
Smon: (Tizun Thane - yes, Tizun is dead, his brother Diker is lord now)
Smon: (7 years ago in-game)
Smon: Chatroom - it's weird, if you make a SECOND chatroom it appears in the middle of the listings! Easy to miss.
Smon: 16/1/4446 It's a fine sunny day as a slightly late-starting Rey & Alli catch up with Hakeem & Rey on their way up into the hills.
Amalric: oh, I didn't look there, but sure I looked through all the rooms
Amalric: specifically look there, but I always scan the list
Amalric: lots of Reys there, not sure even he gets around that much
Smon: Skirting the village of Sceros at lunchtime, you make good time on horseback and towards sunset you see the small village of Thusia ahead. (yep, meant Malenn o/c)
chris107: Hakeem reminds Rey of the need for discretion regardin Malenn's condition.
Smon: Malenn: "This looks a good place to stop for the night?"
Smon: Demonslayer seems now totally quiescent.
chris107: "Yes, we can head on to the temple in the morning."
Smon: Approaching the village gate, you're greeted by a buxom auburn-haired Amazon with loincloth and sword. "Ho there, friends!" she calls out. "I am Weaponmistress Damne. Who might you be?"
Smon: Damne - https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixBvZr2r3KH0LDHW-FMRZGDzHHi98qERqUuy6OWK31ey387vOBs3zs_nKIKouZsS6pgByV612O1s4NdAlEiR-gfCq-jge3N9SuSE8kVHdRVeiG65ESEd1gwMFKt9glfdftgfn1nJQ32v0/s320/amazon.jpg
chris107: "This is Malenn, paladin of Mitra. This chap is Rey and I am Hakeem."
Smon: Alli: "An Amazon!" she looks, wide-eyed at the statuesque cloaked figure.
Smon: Damne nods. "Welcome." She looks evenly at Alli. "And you ...?"
chris107: "We are travellers on the road to the temple of Beleras.
Smon: Alli: "I am Alli, a..."
chris107: (Oops hadn't noticed we had Ali with us!)
Smon: anyone care to interrupt?
Amalric: "A Lady of Selatine. I am Lord Reynard."
chris107: "Ali is with him......."
Smon: Alli: "....A Lady?"
chris107: (Smooth Graham, very smooth  )
Smon: Damne smiles slightly. "You are welcome. But know that there is no slavery here. Should a slave pass our gates, she - or he - is as Free as the Lady Mega herself."
Amalric: "Of course, I am sure we are all aware of that. Slavery? Perish the thought..."
Smon: Alli nods: "Wow... err, I mean, that's very interesting. But no slaves here!" she smiles brightly at Damne.
chris107: Hakeem smiles braodly. "A fine thing indeed my lady!"
chris107: "Shall we 'lord' Reynard?"
chris107:
Amalric: "Lets, if Lady Malenn and Lady Alli approve..?"
Smon: Damne smiles warmly at Hakeem. "I'm glad you think so. Lady Meda is about to give the evening service on the green. The Sun & Stars Inn is just across the green, that way."
chris107: H is interested i hearing Lady meda speak and will even leave off the grog for a while to listen.
Amalric: Rey and Alli will go see about rooms then...
Smon: GM: Damne stands back and you enter the little village. It seems very green, and arcadian even by the standards of these hills. A crowd of a few dozen is gathering on the green in the sunset light.
Smon: Rey and Alli head for the large Travellers' Inn just off the Green. A stableboy with body covered in odd white paint(?) takes the horses to the stable.
chris107: H asks M to join him is listening..
chris107: in
Smon: Inside the Inn is quite quiet, just a few patrons. No busty barmaids in view for once (for shame!!) but a very fat man behind the bar welcomes them. He wears the same bodypaint as the stablehand.
Smon: On the green, Malenn nods to Hakeem. "It should be interesting..."
Amalric: "Good evening, sir! Some food and drink if you please, and perhaps you have some rooms for the night?"
Smon: There is a smatter of applause as a woman approaches from the Lord's Hall, flanked by two Amazon Guards. She is dressed in fine silks, odd tattoos on her body, her complexion showing the green tint of far Viridistan. There is an aura of peace and tranquility about her.
Smon: The fat innkeeper nods happily to Rey. "Certainly Sir! I am Davos Brightbones. How many rooms?"
Smon: Alli: "*eek!* A skeleton!"
Smon: A bony skeleton has just emerged from the kitchen behind Davos! "Soup's up." it says, in the voice of a middle-aged woman.
Smon: Davos nods. "My thanks, wife." There seems to be something wrong with his eyes, little more than black pits... he turns to Alli. "You've never met Ghuls before?!"
Smon: Davos rubs a little of the white paint off his forearm, revealing nothing beneath!
Amalric: "I'm afraid not, but she will get used to it."
Smon: Davos: "Our flesh is transparent to the bone, see? But we're alive, just like you."
Amalric: says Rey, a little unsure himself
Smon: Alli gulps, taking a half step back, but nods uncertainly.
Smon: On the Green, Lady Meda steps up onto the flat top of a large cut off tree stump, and begins to speak.
Smon: Meda: "Welcome friends, welcome travellers. Blessed be you all in the sight of Mycr..."
Smon: The crowd look up at her, many seeming enraptured.
Smon: "Today I will speak of the Parable of the Five Thousand Fishes, how the Lord brings us Plenty for those who have Faith... But first I must welcome those whose hearts know much pain. Welcome, Malenn."
Smon: Malenn looks surprised. "How... how did?"
chris107:
Smon: Meda smiles back: "Did not Damne hear your name at the Gate?"
Smon: Malenn looks unconvinced.
Smon: Meda: "We will speak later - with you too, Hakeem. Your burden is heavy, also. Now..."
Amalric: (she did)
chris107: Hakeem nods. A bit taken aback.
chris107: "Of course Lady Meda."
Smon: She turns back to the crowd and begins to tell a story of Mycr, of a hungry crowd of followers, of the miraculous provisioning from a few scraps brought with them.
chris107: (Watch out Rey, Lady Meda see's staight into your heart!  )
Smon: Meda: "Was this magic? Did Mycr conjure the loaves and fishes? Perhaps... but because His followers shared their wealth, all had enough to eat that day. So it is... When you have a wealth of joy, or food, or comfort, seek to do good for others. Your own store will not be depleted - rather, you will find yourself richer than before!"
chris107: H enjoys the story but doesn't understand why Mycr didn't just go hunt down more food instead of fiddling with scaps..
Smon: Malenn nods, looking impressed.
Smon: In the Inn, is Rey ordering two rooms with bed & board?
Amalric: yes
Smon: Davos sends the 'skeleton' up to prepare two rooms. "That will be 2 gold, including care of your horses, wine, evening meal and breakfast."
Smon: brb food break
chris107: (H has only 5GP to his name but will settle up with Rey when we get to the inn)
chris107: good idea. Bit peckish here too.
chris107: back
chris107: so G we both need to make some quick $
chris107: We're not far from Thracia and the Delve here (though I don't think H will be welcomed in selatine for a whiule)
chris107: (At least not without Janna Vex and the heads of Oriax and Joseph.)
Smon: back, sorry for delay
Smon: father in law leaving soon
chris107: No problem, all fed up on Chicken soup I made yesterday
Smon: GM: Rey & 'Lady' Alli are dining on Davos' best chicken soup when the sermon finishes & Hakeem and Malenn come in.
Smon: Several other congregants also come in for an evening meal, the place is soon busy.
Smon: Several 'skeletons' move around deftly amidst the crowd with platters of soup and crusty bread, ale and wine.
Smon: Alli eats daintily, watching the Ghuls. "What a very strange place..."
chris107: H pays R for the nights stay. Char sheet should now read 4GP
Smon: Davos comes over to your table, smiling a little unnervingly. "Is everything good? The wine is Tulan! Let me know when you want your baths drawn, it will take ten minutes."
chris107: H gives M a lacivious look at the mention of bath time.
Amalric: "In about twenty minutes, I think, thankyou."
Amalric: (and yes Chris, definitely need the £  )
Smon: Malenn smiles back at Hakeem with equal keenness. Davos nods to Rey: "Excellent! Excellent!" You are finishing your meal when the Amazon weaponmistress Damne comes into the Inn
chris107: H asks her to join us (for drinks not a bath)
Smon: Damne approaches your table, remains standing, speaks to all four. "Lady Meda invites you to meet with her, if you are amenable."
chris107: "By all means."
Smon: Malenn looks slightly uncertain, but nods. Alli looks to Rey. "Shall we?"
chris107: "Perhaps you could give us a few minutes to bath first. Our road has been long..."
Smon: Damne nods. "Then she will see you in one hour."
Smon: Damne turns and leaves without further ado.
chris107: "Landlord! Hurry with that bath!"
Smon: "Coming right up!"
chris107: H leads M off for bath time fun and games, returning ready to meet the mighty lady.
Smon: Ten minutes later, Davos returns. "Your baths are ready..." He escorts you, to your surprise, not upstairs but to a white-panelled lower floor bathchamber, a bath in each corner, two opposite ones now brimful of hot water. Fluffy white towels hang on rails alongside.
Smon: Davos: "Enjoy!"
Smon: Malenn looks at Rey and Alli. "Err..."
chris107: (We'll keep it below the rim to save their blushes!"
chris107: And under lots of bubbles...
Smon: Alli smiles back brightly. "You must be very sore from all your fighting Milady - when you've bathed I can give you a nice massage! You too master Hakeem!"
Smon: Hakeem takes Malenn to one bath, Rey and Alli the other...
chris107: "Erm we have a meeting to get to thanks Ali..."
Smon: Alli nods to Hakeem "As you wish Sir!", Malenn smiling.
Amalric: turn away now...
Smon: An hour's bubble & squeak later...
Smon: Four newly towelled and clean bathers assemble.
chris107: H even brushes his much abused wolfskin cloak.
chris107: And polishes the Demonslayer.
Smon: Damne is waiting at the Inn doors to escort the four of you to Lady Meda's modest though comfortable Hall.
Smon: Inside Meda and her retinue - Amazon, Ghinoran, a few Nerathi and even some Antillian - have just finished their evening meal, and are clearing their own plates, no servants to be seen.
Smon: At the head of the long table, Meda stands to greet you, smiling. "Welcome Hakeem, Malenn, Rey, Alli. Please, come sit with me."
Smon: She gestures to spots by her at the head of the table.
chris107: "A pleasure Lady meda."
Amalric: Rey smiles and nods
Smon: Damne escorts you through the bustle, waits while you sit, then herself pours you all some red wine.
chris107: (Not for Malenn please  )
Smon: Meda: "Thanks, Damne. Please sit and have some wine yourself. It's been a long day for you."
Smon: (LOL)
Amalric: (wow Chris you'll be keeping her off the ciggies next!  )
Smon: (I don't think the US Surgeon General has made it to Ghinaria yet)
chris107: (haha  )
Smon: (my wife had Bill here just before they went from 'drink in moderation' to NO ALCOHOL EVER YOU'LL RUIN THE BABY"
Smon: GM: Is Hakeem stopping Malenn from drinking?
chris107: He would not dare!
Smon: ok, she 'drinks in moderation' then
chris107: H know's nothing of this US Surgeon Soldier. It was just a throw away ooc line
Smon: Damne nods to Lady Meda, pours herself a drink, and sits beside you.
Smon: Meda: "You are travelling to the Tomb of Belaras?" Malenn nods.
Smon: Meda: "I know a little of your quest... Especially you, Malenn. Mycr is watching you."
Smon: Malenn looks uncomfortable.
Smon: Meda sips her wine. "Rey, Hakeem, tell me of Clear Meadows, and your quest."
chris107: H puts a comforting arm around her.
chris107: OOC - you want to Graham?
Amalric: (mouth full of roll!)
chris107: Okay H speaks
Amalric: "Clear Meadows was overrun by Cultists"
chris107: Low and slowly he tells of their travels to Ahyf.
Smon: Lady Meda - https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOvLwrIuMYfc9J8jss4gQlJyPnUEsargovcpMkOMUDkYMtzRALN6Z-eLDRPjofnZ-NZT0aTQv4s7bjbfvZNBWvh8Zd8ONEE2vtWwZafiS7GBDbaAc8QY84rmvjHpKVzs8N8TzmuSgV_ws/s320/return_of_nathan_brazil.jpg
chris107: Ah okay, go ahead G
chris107: (Rey should probably try looking her in the eyes as he speaks for a change  )
Smon:
chris107: H will leave it to the natural orator 'lord' Reynard.
chris107: Only filling in the blanks where the horrid monsters were there.
chris107: and he was 'busy' with Tamara
Smon:
Amalric: "They were kidnapping young women!"
chris107: (ooc pot-kettle)
Amalric: "And taking them to some horrid monster below ground, where...well, let me say they abused them most horribly."
Amalric: (again, pot, kettle  )
chris107:
Smon: Lady Meda nods. "Not all of the Cultists are from our World or Time. The Caves there interlink across many worlds. The creature they worship has many names across many worlds... but all know it as Evil."
Amalric: "My friends and I located their lair, slew the cultists, rescued the maidens. The entire village appears to have been taken in by the cult."
Smon: Meda nods, listening attentively.
Amalric: (is that it? have I missed stuff?)
Smon: "And so now Hakeem bears the Demonslayer. A weapon of Evil, forged to fight Evil."
chris107:
chris107: "Kalthalax hates demons as much as I do m'lady."
Smon: Meda turns to Hakeem. "They say the Demon Cysts were fired from ANU, the Invisible Moon. A place of Evil."
Amalric: "Rey tries not to choke on his wine
Smon: "Clevenus forged the blade of iron from one of the Cysts - Markab iron."
chris107: Hakeem sticks up for Clevenus and Kalthalax. Both of whom have been quite charming an anti-evil. Though inside a doubt gnaws.
Smon: Meda looks at the sword at Hakeem's baldric. "Yes, it is keen to slay demons... But its final nature cannot be denied. If you bear it too long, you will become as the thing you slew in the caves. A feral, snarling, ravenous beast, seeking only to ravage and destroy."
chris107: "I have sworn to return the blade to Clevenus once the K'tulu cult is destroyed and Oriax's head is on a stick. His slave taking evil at an end."
Amalric: "You say that like it'll make a change..."
chris107:
Smon: Meda sips more wine. "The sword's personality is a template overlaid by the Orichalan Archmage Clevenus on the demonic nature within..." She looks to Rey, smiles slightly. "Hakeem strikes me as an honourable man, albeit a fierce Slayer."
chris107:
chris107: (This woman is wise indeed Graham  )
Smon: Meda: "Hakeem, you must do as you have sworn, and all shall be well. But beware the High Priest, Selvah. He has his own blade..."
chris107: (But I wouldn't be surprised if Rey rolled another natural 20 and....)
Amalric: (notice she didn't say, 'honourable man...like yourself:  )
chris107: "Will I find this Selvah through the magical circle?"
chris107: (As I said, she is wise...)
Smon: Meda: "Yes. I believe so. I hope the Demonslayer can protect you."
chris107: He describes the magical teleport circle that the blue lion came through after os threw a mace into it.
chris107: "Can you tell us if our friend Os lives?"
chris107: "And how best to defeat the azure beast?"
Smon: Meda sighs sadly. "The Azure Lion Who Talks Like A Man and Dominates Lesser Minds. I know a little of the horrors that await you. Selvah, who wields the corrupted Holy Avenger of Sir Galilee, last of Irig's knights. And beyond him..."
Amalric: (pile it on, why dont you...)
Smon: "....The wizard Zentar. And most fell of all, the demon lord, Vord... I fear Vord is too strong for any mortal to face. But perhaps defeating Seelah would be enough to save the town, at least for awhile."
chris107: (Yeah sounds plenty enough for us... OOC)
Smon: Damne: "Milady, this place sounds but two steps from Hell!"
chris107: Hakeem's face hardens. he will do his best. It's just in his nature.
Smon: Meda: "I cannot tell if your friend Osgar lives. If he does... it might be better were he dead."
chris107: "M'lady, I have so many promises to keep, so many vows to fulfil. But I am a simple man and know not which to do first for the best. Can I ask your advise?"
Amalric: "Sunny day, wishing my clouds away..." sings Rey, absent-mindedly
Smon: "The Azure Lion - it can Dominate but one mind at a time. Its hide is like steel - but I believe it can be slain."
chris107: (And adds Os' death to his ever lengthening list of things to take vengence for.)
Smon: Meda nods to Hakeem. "I will gladly give such advice as I can."
chris107: (I was waiting for the advise on what to do first?)
chris107: (Were you waiting for me to ask?)
Smon: Malenn: "I... have a question, but not of the Clear Meadows caves. Damne, I see you are a Paladin of Athena, as I serve Mitra." Damne nods. Malenn: "But... Lady Meda, your god says he is the One God?"
Smon: Hakeem sits waiting to be told what to do.
chris107: he's a simple fellow.
chris107: (though I was toying with the idea of asking Meda to bless the child, just didn't know how that would work with Malenns connection with Mitra)
Smon: Meda nods. "Mycr is the One God. The entities you call the gods are either Demons of Chaos, or they are thought-manifestations upon the Crystalline Matrix of the Gaea, the World-Spirit. To the extent they are Good, it is because Mankind is Good, and has infused the Matrix with our own thoughts and belief. In this way Mitra is a Shadow, a Shadow of the Light of Mycr, the True God."
chris107:
Smon: Damne turns to Malenn, smiling. "I have asked the Lady Meda why she is so sure that her own 'God' is not just a 'thought-manifestation upon the Crystalline Matrix of the Gaea', also. She just smiles."
chris107: H's tiny brain struggles after the bit about demons.
Amalric: Rey tries to look interested, or at least not look sceptical
Smon: Meda smiles at Damne.
Smon: Meda turns back to Hakeem. "In what matter do you seek advice?"
chris107: "Erm...who should I chop to bits first?"
Amalric: LOL!
chris107: "I mean which evil is greatest..."
chris107: He finishes lamely
Smon: GM - you told Meda all about the cultists rolling the 'egg' through the tapestry/gate?
chris107: Yup the whole lot.
Smon: Meda: "Five hundred years ago, the first demon-eggs hatched a week after the Starfall... but the last did not hatch until almost a week after the town had fallen. If the Cultists were gathering those eggs from the past, I imagine you may have a little under a week left before they hatch."
Smon: "...However, temporal rifts are not my area of expertise."
chris107: That is good for H. He's not good at long term thinking. But hacking things to bits on a schedule is just his cup of tea. He brightens noticably.
chris107: "Rey we have work to do!"
chris107: "Wicked Demons and Priests to chop into tiny bits!"
Smon: Meda sips more wine, nearly done now. "I imagine Seelah has prepared a ritual to gain control of the Markab demons - otherwise they would tear him limb from limb, just like the people of Verdant Meadows."
Smon: "Prevent the ritual - destroy Seelah - find some way to destroy the Eggs, or bury them where the demons cannot escape..."
chris107: A huge smile fills Hakeems face, he now knows what needs to be done.
chris107: "Malenn we shalll go to Beleras tomorrow to have our child blessed then go put these demons to the sword!"
chris107: "What say you Rey? I know Demons and Monsters hold no fear for you? The thought of a horrid death, your corpse ripped apart by cosmic evil will only stengthen your resolve."
Smon: Malenn nods firmly to Hakeem, chest out and hand on sword. Meda: "Oriax's evil seems of a more mundane nature, if not lesser. He is very powerful, but arrogant - none have challenged him for too long. If you defeat him, if his captives cannot be returned home we can find a place for them here, in Thusia."
Smon: OOC guess I'l need to stop in a moment - do you want to do more tonight?
chris107: I'm game.
Smon: >>The thought of a horrid death, your corpse ripped apart by cosmic evil will only stengthen your resolve."<< LOL
chris107: As I couldn't even get the 100 yards to the pub with my gouty foot
Smon: OK, say after dinner tonight, 7.30pm. I can do a couple hours, not past 10pm - need to prep for tabletop too.
Smon: I'll post log.