Dead knight interrogated 500
3 Nerathi captured, interrogated & released: 2100
Behir defeated 7200
Total 9800/3= 3266
Reach Gate Castle +1000 each
Total: 4266
Hakeem, Barbarian LEVEL 11 XP 4266+93725=97991/100,000
Thuruar, Cleric LEVEL 9>10 XP 4266+62531=66797/64000
Zombie T-Rex HD 13>14 XP 4266+136950=141216/140,000
Rey, Rogue LEVEL 10 XP 64859/85,000
7:00pm 2016-1-17 Smon Has entered the room
Smon: Hi Kjato
Kjato Ragfoot: Hello Simon
7:01pm 2016-1-17 chris107 Has entered the room
chris107: Evening all
Smon: Hi chrus
Smon: chris
Kjato Ragfoot: Hello Chris
chris107: Hakeem is very worried that we were found and that 2 of the buggers escaped
Kjato Ragfoot: Hakeem? Worrierd? That worries me.
chris107: Concerned...
Smon:
chris107: Those guys were tough. An army of them?
Kjato Ragfoot: Well, those were level 8 according to what Simon posted in another thread.
Smon: 9 hit dice veterans, 10 hit dice knight, 'challenge 8' assassin.
Smon: The veterans are CR 3, about equivalent to a third level PC I'd guess, or a bit tougher.
Smon: The assassin was equivalent to an 8th level PC, or a bit worse.
chris107: I guess we best find a new hiding place while we find out where to assault Morthor?
Kjato Ragfoot: Or we put up a sign "Z-Rex left on vacation. Please leave parcels with the city captain in Palen Springs."
Smon: Feani: "It'll be hard to stop them tracking the Z-rex... especially by smell..." she wrinkles her nose.
chris107: haha
Kjato Ragfoot: That is true.
Smon: Map - https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6_iMeif4jGjS0YQq5YieivJH5A2PcdVXzIkHAiNsQBAO4QQiu-T58vXiP3LuooVthYvDRH2IH33MIiIgXbp8N2sy1-oH6govs8hqSDvA-F_QdyhG4QbI9V8LvtsHc5PlxtgeGysL7k4/s1600/Screenshot+2015-12-23+at+17.25.29+-+Edited.png
Smon: You're probably in hex 1706, jungle between Palen Spring & the Greyrush river.
Kjato Ragfoot: ((Where are Graham and OC?))
Smon: (no idea)
Kjato Ragfoot: ((And why did nobody built a city in 1807, at the Greyrush estuary?))
Smon: Maybe go & find out?
7:17pm 2016-1-17 Oculus Orbus Has entered the room
chris107: Good idea
Smon: Hi Z-Rex!
Oculus Orbus: Am I late?
chris107: Here's Z-Rex!
Oculus Orbus: Rarr!
Smon: A few minutes.
Oculus Orbus: mea culpa. the time diff always gets me
Kjato Ragfoot: We can found a city on our way back home, once we closed that door. All of the Wilderlands will get a cold with that airflow!
Oculus Orbus: thought it was an hour from now. good thing I checked in.
Smon: Group are discussing what to do while the two surviving Nerathi have fled into the trees, leaving you in a corpse-scattered clearing on a drowsy late afternoon.
chris107: Let's move out.
Oculus Orbus: Z-Rex has, as always, no opinion on the matter
Kjato Ragfoot: Well, first of all, we could interview the knight. As commanding officer, he might be able to offer some advise.
Kjato Ragfoot: Afterwards, Z-Rex could eat the corpses to prevent them from reanimating.
Smon: Your group: http://smonstats.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/gate-castle-expedition-personnel.html
Smon: Are you casting Speak with Dead?
Kjato Ragfoot: Yes.
chris107: Good idea Kjato
Smon: As you complete the ritual, the dead man sits upright in his shiny plate armour, regarding you balefully. His throat slit by Feani is a nasty gash.
Oculus Orbus: Looks like meat's back on the menu, boys!
Smon: "WHAT?"
Kjato Ragfoot: State rank and position, soldier.
Smon: "KNIGHT FIRST CLASS OF THE ORDER OF SARU, UNDER LORD KAYSTAR SARU."
Kjato Ragfoot: What were your orders in this woods?
Smon: "LOCATE AND DESTROY THE INTRUDERS."
Kjato Ragfoot: What do you know about the intruders?
chris107: Didn't Prince Andrew go out with someone of a similar name?
Smon: Kaystar Saru ought to ring an OOC bell with Chris!
Smon: Think back 6 years...
Oculus Orbus: real years?
Oculus Orbus: or game years?
Smon: 6 real, 13 game.
Oculus Orbus: also, here's a Z-Rex image, if you want it- http://zombieportraits.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/t-rex-zombie-close-up-500x653.jpg
Smon: Several campaigns ago.
Oculus Orbus:
Kjato Ragfoot: ((Great picture))
chris107: Ah yes! Wilderlands!
Oculus Orbus: heh
chris107: Nice pic Occs
Oculus Orbus: (yeah, it's a nasty bastard, ain't it?)
Smon: Nice pic Oc!
Smon: "I... AM UNDER NO COMPULSION TO GIVE YOU THE DETAILS OF OUR INTELLIGENCE."
Kjato Ragfoot: How was a band of ragtag pouchers able to defeat one of Nerath's elite?
Smon: "YOU ARE THE SAME ONES WHO WIPED OUT THE ORC PATROL."
Oculus Orbus: (sorry, but this is funny) http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Zombie_de3e40_1245802.jpg
Smon:
Smon: 1 question left.
Kjato Ragfoot: The undead t-rex gave us away, didn't it?
Smon: "YES."
Smon: The corpse slumps back.
Oculus Orbus: " 💭 "
chris107: hehe
Oculus Orbus:
Smon: Laara comes out from behind her tree.
Smon: Laara: "I can sense the survivors, running through the forest... They're making for their horses..."
Kjato Ragfoot: To Z-Rex: It seems you are drawing Nerathi like flames draw moth. Hakeem and you will make great friends.
chris107: Yay! She lives! The clan would not forgive me if she gets eaten.
chris107: "After them!"
Oculus Orbus: 💭
Oculus Orbus:
Smon: Laara points northwest, in the direction of your own trail.
Oculus Orbus: (we still need to hammer out the particulars of how Z-Rex works)
Smon: "That way, at the edge of the jungle."
Kjato Ragfoot: OK. Let's run.
Smon: (what questions do you have, Oc?)
chris107: H jumps on Z-rex' back and spurs him after the rotters
Smon: Feani sighs as she mounts up: "They're bound to see *that* coming..."
Oculus Orbus: Can I hear? Can I understand Common?
Oculus Orbus: How much flesh do I need to eat per day if any?
Smon: Yes, you can hear, you can understand simple instructions but can't talk.
chris107: WHROORRRR!
Smon: You don't really need to eat, you're sustained by the amulet you ate.
Smon: You have INT 2, animal smart.
Oculus Orbus: mmm tasty amulet
Oculus Orbus: heyyyyy, you said 3!
Oculus Orbus:
Oculus Orbus: (kidding)
Kjato Ragfoot: (Well, your brain is rotting away.)
Kjato Ragfoot: (Should drink more alcohol to conserve it)
Oculus Orbus: exactly
chris107: (Like the rest of you)
Oculus Orbus: oh, you meant Z-Rex
Oculus Orbus: let's see...
Oculus Orbus: I was thinking he doesn't act, only react
Smon: Z-Rex: http://smons.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/pc-zombie-rex-oculus-orbus.html
Oculus Orbus: I was just messin with ya
Smon: As we discussed by PM Oc, a spirit may be growing inside Z-Rex such that his INT may increase over time.
Oculus Orbus: Ladies BEWARE
Smon: GM: Your group mount up and hurry north-west, back along the trail.
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 2,
Oculus Orbus: I ask because my first inclination is to follow the rules of zombism as set out by Dawn of the Dead
Kjato Ragfoot: Try to take some of them alive, it is much easier to interrogate them that way.
Smon: After three miles or so you come out of the trees into scattered bushland that gives way ahead to the coastal plain. Straight ahead you see 9 horses being tended by a single Nerathi veteran, who is sitting on a rock brewing a nice cup of tea on a campfire.
chris107:
Smon: The grizzled soldier looks up, mouth agape, as Hakeem atop Z-Rex and the rest of you on horseback bear down on him.
Smon: /roll 4d6x10
Smon Rolls 4d6x10 and gets:
2, 5, 1, 3 = 11
1, 5, 2, 6 = 14
1, 4, 2, 3 = 10
5, 2, 1, 4 = 12
1, 2, 6, 3 = 12
5, 4, 5, 6 = 20
4, 5, 5, 3 = 17
3, 6, 4, 4 = 17
5, 4, 6, 6 = 21
3, 2, 5, 3 = 13
Oculus Orbus: heh heh
Smon: oops.
Smon: He's 110' away.
chris107: O"KILL!"
Smon: Z-Rex can race forward and closes with him this surprise round.
Smon: Feani raises her bow and takes a shot from horseback:
chris107: YEEEHAY!
Smon: /roll d8+5
Smon rolls 1d8+5 and gets: 8, (+5) = 13
Smon: scratches his armour.
Oculus Orbus: "RrrrrONK!"
Oculus Orbus: I'll charge
Smon: roll for init everyone.
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 16, (+2) = 18
Oculus Orbus rolls 2d1 and gets: 1, 1 = 2
Oculus Orbus: oops
Oculus Orbus rolls 1d20 and gets: 3,
Smon: Z-Rex spends the whole surprise round running forward, so attack is on init in 1st combat round.
Smon: /roll d20+1
Smon rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 14, (+1) = 15
chris107 Rolls 1d20+2x2 and gets:
17 (+2) = 19
9 (+2) = 11
Smon: Hakeem first, then Thuruar.
Smon: The man is getting to his feet, about to make for one of the horses.
chris107 Rolls 1d20+11x2 and gets:
16 (+11) = 27
6 (+11) = 17
Smon: What's Hakeem doing?
Oculus Orbus: high to low on init, yes?
Smon: Yes
Oculus Orbus:
chris107 rolls 2d8+12 and gets: 6, 3, (+12) = 21
chris107: no rage
Oculus Orbus:
Kjato Ragfoot: I would say Hakeem jumps down from the Z-Rex and attacks with his axe.
Kjato Ragfoot: If I interprete the die rolling correctly.
Smon: Hakeem can leap from Z-Rex and attack with his sword, yup.
Smon: Too far up to attack from atop Z-Rex without a lance.
Smon: Gets 1 hit, 12 dmg.
chris107: axe?!
chris107: H has never used any weapon apart from the sword
Smon:
Smon: Hakeem is highly offended.
Kjato Ragfoot: (Oh. Sorry. Mistook you for another barbarian)
Smon: Thuruar's go.
Oculus Orbus: lol
Oculus Orbus: "they all look alike"
Kjato Ragfoot: Hold Person on the Nerathi.
Smon: Will save:
chris107: hehe
Kjato Ragfoot: Please do not kill him and take him alive. I want to speak with him.
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 7,
Smon: He's paralysed.
chris107:
chris107: H stops his vigerous onslaught
Oculus Orbus: well done
Smon: Feani comes riding up, looks around. "The two who attacked us aren't here yet."
Smon: Laara: "We're early."
Kjato Ragfoot: Well. We will await them. Perhaps Z-Rex should hide somewhere in the bushes, not to scare them away?
Smon: The Nerathi's copper kettle begins to whistle merrily.
Oculus Orbus: I could do that
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 6,
Kjato Ragfoot: Thuruar will prepare some tea.
Oculus Orbus: Z wanders into the tallest trees
Kjato Ragfoot: Hakeem, be so kind to bind that fellow tightly.
Smon: Z-Rex can hunker down in a slight depression, shielded by some thorny scrub.
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 15,
Oculus Orbus: slight depression
chris107: H does so
chris107:
Smon: The Nerathi breaks free of the Hold spell.
Smon: /roll 2d6
Smon rolls 2d6 and gets: 3, 5, = 8
Smon: With Hakeem's sword at his throat, he watches you warily.
Kjato Ragfoot: Sit down, sit down.
Oculus Orbus: making a cuppa joe. brb
Smon: Thuruar makes a nice cup of orange blossom tea.
Kjato Ragfoot: I will offer everyone, including the Nerathi, a cup of tea.
chris107: H looks on disgusted
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 2,
Kjato Ragfoot: Now, my dear fellow, you have a choice: You can answer us some questions, and go on your merry way. Or you could die like your comrades.
Smon: No sign of the two you're chasing.
Smon: He looks at you. "You killed them?"
Kjato Ragfoot: Yes.
Smon: Thuruar make a Charisma check (w Prof)
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+6 and gets: 12, (+6) = 18
Smon: He nods.
chris107: H grins bloodthirstily
Smon: He looks a bit nervously at Hakeem.
Kjato Ragfoot: Your assassin was quite a surprise, almost got me. But here I stand, and he lies lifelessly on a clearing in the forest.
Smon: He nods.
Smon: Feani is watching the trees for any sign of more Nerathi.
Kjato Ragfoot: Oh. Do not worry about him (I point at Hakeem). He would love to kill you for all what you did to his tribe, but he promised to let you live if you cooperate.
Kjato Ragfoot: And I would much prefer to solve this problem peacefully, as befits a follower of Erathi (that was the Nerathi name for Athena?)
Smon: Erathis, yup.
Smon: He regards Thuruar.
Smon: "Erathis, yup."
Kjato Ragfoot: Good. What I would like to know, what do you think about the Black Sun?
Kjato Ragfoot: We only know them as murderous necromancers, but there must be something that draws people to it.
Smon: He shrugs. "Ya know, my father was an Antillian sailor... I don't bother much about that kind of thing."
Oculus Orbus: back
Kjato Ragfoot: How did you end up in the Nerathi army, if your father was a sailor?
Smon: "Eh, fifteen years back, they started raising an army... I signed on with the Warbringer Fleet for the Valera campaign."
Smon: "That was, what, '34?"
Kjato Ragfoot: Ah. The promise of good and loot. You are more similar to Hakeem than you might think.
Smon: He looks at Hakeem, shrugs. "I don't bother much about religion, but when your leader is a twelve foot tall living god... and the money was good."
Kjato Ragfoot: Twelve foot tall living god? We have not heard about that before.
chris107: H listens in discreetly
Oculus Orbus: 💭
Smon: He nods. "Ah yeah. They say Morthor Coff brought him from Heaven - the Warbringer, Son of Bane - Ares. Led the fleet through the Clashing Rocks to conquer Valera."
Smon: "They built a big temple for Him in Valera - he's still there, I reckon."
Kjato Ragfoot: Hakeem, it seems we finally found a worthy opponent for you.
Smon: The Nerathi looks dubiously at Hakeem. "Hmm."
Kjato Ragfoot: Well, we are here for a different purpose: Morthor Coff opened a magical gate that grants him enormous power.
Kjato Ragfoot: The gate of the Black Sun.
Smon: "The Black Sun... they say it signifies Eternal Return... the Cycle of Erathis. And Zehir, eating his own tail..."
Smon: "It brings back the dead soldiers to fight again. Dead dragons, too..."
Oculus Orbus: 🌚
Smon: He nods in Z-Rex's direction.
Oculus Orbus: ☀️
Oculus Orbus: (that should be black)
Smon: "Reckon Morthor used the Black Sun to bring the Warbringer, most likely."
Kjato Ragfoot: Indeed, it does. The Black Gate is powerful, but Erathis detests it for the horrible side effects: The balance between life and dead tilted.
chris107: 2 mins chaps brb
Smon: "But he's alive, not a zombie - only got one eye, mind you..."
Smon: He nods to Thuruar. "Yeah, things have been getting strange recently. Saw a dead cat come back to life last week, go wandering off down the street..."
Smon: "Maybe they're drawing too much power out of it?"
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 6,
Smon: "Company!" yells Feani, loosing an arrow.
Smon: /roll d20+5x2
Kjato Ragfoot: No. The gate itself is a work of evil, this effects would occur even if nobody used it at all.
Oculus Orbus: oh no!
Smon: Smon: /roll d6 Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 6, Smon: "Company!" yells Feani, loosing an arrow. Smon:
Kjato Ragfoot: Because its creators want them to happen.
Smon: /roll d20+5x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+5x2 and gets:
15 (+5) = 20
20 (+5) = 25
Smon: Nice shots from Feani :
Smon:
Smon: /roll 3d8+6
Smon rolls 3d8+6 and gets: 7, 4, 4, (+6) = 21
Kjato Ragfoot: Oh. Do me a favour and advise your comrades to surrender. There has been enough death already.
Smon: Looking towards the treeline you see two very tired looking Nerathi veterans, one with two arrows sticking in him.
Oculus Orbus: heh
Smon: Your captive yells over to them: "Better surrender, boys!"
Smon: /roll 2d6
Smon rolls 2d6 and gets: 6, 4, = 10
Smon: What's Z-Rex doing?
Smon: /roll 4d6
Smon rolls 4d6 and gets: 1, 2, 2, 4, = 9
Smon: They're 90' away.
Oculus Orbus: I was down in the shrubs last, correct?
Smon: yup
Smon: In hiding.
Oculus Orbus:
chris107: back
Oculus Orbus: I would imagine he'll just stay put
Smon: ok
chris107: not H's strongest point
chris107: Best Thur talk 'em in.
Smon: Feani stands up, aiming her bow at the uncertain soldiers, while Alicia also emerges, hands raised in an "about to magic missile you" stance.
Kjato Ragfoot: Surrender and you will be treated well. Fight and die.
Smon: The Nerathi look to each other, then throw down their shields and raise their hands.
Kjato Ragfoot: Come over, have a tea.
Smon: Feani gestures with her bow. "Come forward!"
chris107: H looks a bit falorn
Smon: The two men - both a good bit younger than the teamaker - approach cautiously, glancing fearfully at Hakeem. They are covered in sweat, clearly exhausted.
Smon: One nods to the teamaker. "Corporal Hostus."
Kjato Ragfoot: Hakeem, do not be sad. Those are not worthy opponents for you, if they live they can tell us about someone worthy your prowess.
Smon: Hostus nods back. "Sir Ilvarus got the rest of you killed, eh? Taking on undead dragons... heh"
Smon: "Sir Ilvarus is dead, Corp."
Oculus Orbus: Z sniffs the air
Smon: Hostus looks to Thuruar. "Kaystar Saru doesn't like folk killing his knights. If your friend wants a worthy opponent, he's yer man..."
Kjato Ragfoot: Hakeem, see, it already pays off to treat them well!
chris107: AH!
Smon: Hostus: "These boys here are pure-blood Nerathi from down Bisgen way. The Tigerclaws killed their fathers, they're all pumped up to fight and die for Nerath's Glory, eh boys?"
chris107: Kaystar! It comes back to me!
Smon: The two younger captives shrug disconsolately.
Oculus Orbus: Z-Rex: Violence is the first refuge of the incompetent, Hakeem."
Smon: (Kaystar killed a Paladin in one of my first ever sessions)
chris107: Moffet's enemy
Oculus Orbus: (j/k
Smon: March 2009 - http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=34270&start=10
Smon: LOL @Z-Rex
Kjato Ragfoot: (Z-Rex has low INT but high WIS, it seems^^)
chris107: 2009?!wtf
Smon:
Oculus Orbus: lol
Oculus Orbus: he reads a lot of philosophy in his spare time
Smon: (I see Kaystar killed the paladin of Mitra in my first ever play by chat session!)
Smon: I remember he beat up Moffet and escaped with the Ilhiedrin Codex, which contained the secrets of the Black Sun, mastered by the Conclave of Gwalion...
Smon: Took the Necromancers ten years until they were ready...
Oculus Orbus: (Ilheidrin... that's an ancient JG word)
Smon: Yup, that was the first adventure I ran in DF chatroom.
Oculus Orbus: adventure? not a magic item?
Oculus Orbus: (lots about old JG that I don't know)
chris107: Moffet lived to steal the Blue Dragon's treasure and be blessed with +3 Charisma by the moon godess
Smon: The adventure was called The Ilhiedrin Codex. Has a picture of the nude sorceress Alcastra on the cover.
Oculus Orbus: the name rang a bell
Smon: Something wrong w Google, won't accept my search for Ilhiedrin
Oculus Orbus: I KNEW IT!
Smon: Bing no better - clearly a vast conspiracy to keep THE TRUTH concealed!!
Oculus Orbus: Aaaiieeee!
Oculus Orbus: I only got the hits on google and two are from DF
Oculus Orbus: the other is from Acaeum
Oculus Orbus: that's odd
chris107: What font are you using Occs?
Oculus Orbus: courier
Oculus Orbus: I though Z should have his own font
Smon:
Smon: Someone is attempting to remove The Ilhiedrin Book from history!
Oculus Orbus: I'm seeing Ilheidrin Book, though
Smon: It's even vanished from drivethrurpg!
Oculus Orbus: Rupert Murdoch!
chris107: Nice font
chris107: Now lets KILL stuff
Kjato Ragfoot: Well. The friendly Nerathi told us where to find stuff to kill.
Smon: Ah, searching for Ilhedrin found it - http://www.acaeum.com/jg/ModPhotos/IllhedrinBook.html
chris107: Yay
Oculus Orbus: I have a bunch of JG pdfs, but only ever looked at CISO and Forgotten(?) Gods?
Oculus Orbus: lol okay
Smon: Even though it's ILHIEDRIN damnit.
Smon: Ok, back to game...
Oculus Orbus: lol
chris107: ah I'd have guessed (and pronounced) it Ildahrin Book
Smon: It's now evening, the sun setting over the western ocean/
Oculus Orbus: I keep thinking Excedrin
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 3,
Oculus Orbus: Z-Rex finally stands up, just cuz he feels like it
Kjato Ragfoot: See, the Nerathi are abused by the Black Sun. They abuse your rightous outrage from Tigerclaws deed to destroy the world. We want to stop the Black Sun, for the good of both Altanians and Nerathi.
Smon: The Nerathi start.
Smon: Hostus: "Well, it ain't right, the dead getting back up like that..."
Smon: The other two glare at him.
Smon: He shrugs. "Well it ain't."
Oculus Orbus:
Kjato Ragfoot: Erathi weeps for your dead, but she also weeps for the evil the Black Sun brings on the world. And she weeps because the Black Sun tries to turn you all into Tigerclaws.
Smon: Hostus looks to Thuruar. "Don't blame these young 'uns. The Necromancers raised them, after the Battle of Bisgen... filled their heads with nonsense."
Smon: OOC Hakeem you know the Tigerclaw as toughest & bravest of the western Altanian clans.
Kjato Ragfoot: I do not blame them. I want them to be able to find peace in life, and not only after their undead husk has been vanquished.
Smon: Under Varek Tigerclaw they came close to stopping Neo-Nerath at the Battle of Bisgen 12 years ago.
chris107: Bah
Oculus Orbus: Bah
chris107: H remembers the story but will never agree that the TigerClaws are the 'ardest
Smon: Only of the west-of-mountains clans, Hakeem.
chris107:
Smon: After 12 years of war with Nerath they're heavily depleted now, anyway.
chris107: "Then let us find this Morthor Cof and make an end to the Black Sun once and for all!" H is tetchy as he hasn't killed anything in ages
Smon: Hostus looks at Thuruar. "What's your plan?"
Smon: (He killed Nerathi a few hours ago.)
Kjato Ragfoot: We want to close the gate of the Black Sun, to right the balance between life and death again.
Kjato Ragfoot: To allow even hotheaded fellows like those two chaps a perspective in life that goes beyond slaughter and and war.
Smon: Hostus: "Well... Morthor Coff ain't at the Gate Castle, far as I know he's at Palen Spring with Kaystar and the Fleet captains."
Smon: Laara: "Thuruar, we might have a better chance to close the Gate if we don't have to fight Morthor Cof to do it?"
Kjato Ragfoot: Indeed. It seems this is the perfect opportunity to infiltrate the castle and close the gate.
chris107:
Smon: Hostus: "You'd better hurry then, he'll be heading up there soon with the new sacrifices for the Gate."
Oculus Orbus: "hhrunk. kkakkk."
chris107: "Can't we just kill him a bit?"
Oculus Orbus: heh
Kjato Ragfoot: Hakeem, you heard what Hostus said: Morthor Coff will come to Gate Castle.
chris107: Yay
Kjato Ragfoot: You can defeat him once we closed the gate.
chris107: Then what are we waiting for?
Smon: Alicia: "Er, won't closing the Gate make the Undead collapse?"
chris107: H jumps up onto Z-Rex and spurs him on to Gate Castle
Smon: She jerks her head meaningfully at Z-Rex as Hakeem mounts up.
Kjato Ragfoot: We have no idea what will exactly happen if we close the gate, only that it will weaken the Black Sun.
Oculus Orbus: "!!"
Smon: Feani: "What do we do with these prisoners?"
Kjato Ragfoot: We let them go.
Kjato Ragfoot: With the horses, we are faster than them - even if they go directly to Palen Springs, we will be at Gate Castle before reinforcements arrive.
Smon: Feani looks unsure, but nods and begins untying them.
Smon: Hostus rubs his wrists. "We'll be taking it easy - very easy... Why I doubt we'll reach Palen Spring tonight."
Kjato Ragfoot: Go home boys. Enjoy live. And be careful what you tell, would be a pity to survive a fight with Hakeem the Liberator just to be hanged for treason or cowardice.
Smon: GM: You release the prisoners, Feani & Laara scattering the Nerathi horses. The men nod to Thuruar and you ride north...
Oculus Orbus: 💬
chris107: liberator?
Smon: Z-Rex in the lead.
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 1,
chris107: Hakeem must have changed his press agent ;D
Oculus Orbus: goddamn right he is
Oculus Orbus:
chris107: Hakeem spurs the giant beast onwards
Smon: Night falls, it rains but you don't see anyone. You reach the roadway, heading north into unknown territory...
Kjato Ragfoot: Well, Thuruar secretly plans to promote Hakeem as the reborn avatar of Bondorr.
Oculus Orbus: 💬
Smon: You ride north some 20 miles along the road. The rain eases, moonlight breaks through the clouds.
Oculus Orbus: Z-Rex walk to the nearest clearing and stares at the moon
Oculus Orbus: cuz he's an idiot
Smon: Off west of the road you see a concentric fortress of sinister aspect atop a low craggy rise.
Smon: Laara: "The Gate Castle of the Black Sun. It's in there."
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 4,
Smon: Athena seems to be with you - for now...
Smon: (Bondorr would like a fight)
Kjato Ragfoot: (Oh. Does the interrogation count as short rest? So that we can have healed ourselves?)
chris107: Hakeem lets loose a low rumble. Here at last.
chris107: "Bondorr!"
chris107: good idea Kjato
Oculus Orbus: OOC: Is Z-Rex actively rotting while he has the amulet in his guts? And if so, how do he stank?
Smon: He is decaying, though at a reduced rate.
Smon: He smells LOVELY.
Oculus Orbus: And do he stank?
Oculus Orbus: lol
Oculus Orbus: Well, if he has a funk on him...
Oculus Orbus: could bring trouble
Smon: I'll allow the interriogation as short rest, ok.
chris107: I have H at 76/137
Smon: Z-Rex at 125/147.
chris107: so he will use 5 dice
Oculus Orbus: "hrunkk!"
chris107 rolls 5d12+25 and gets: 8, 1, 10, 1, 5, (+25) = 50
chris107: 126/137HP
Smon: Z-Rex spends 2 hd & is back to full hp.
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 4d8+8 and gets: 5, 1, 2, 1, (+8) = 17
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 2d8+4 and gets: 5, 7, (+4) = 16
Oculus Orbus: "aaaahhhhhh!"
Kjato Ragfoot: (6 hit dice spend, 52/66)
Oculus Orbus: pee break brb
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d8+2 and gets: 1, (+2) = 3
Kjato Ragfoot: (55/66 after seven hit dice spent)
Smon: You can see that a narrow track leads up to a gatehouse in the outer wall. Inside the wall looms a high-walled keep.
chris107: How high the walls?
chris107: Z-Rex and a good bound?
Smon: The walls rise 20' or so above the 50' high cliffs of the crag. You're not jumping in.
Oculus Orbus: back
chris107: mmmmmm
Oculus Orbus: Tyrrano's can't climb for shit, either
Smon: The central keep rises another 20' or so above the outer walls, so ca 40' high.
chris107: Can we get Rey to sneak in and open the gate?
Smon: There are towers spaced around the walls.
Oculus Orbus: Z-Rey?
chris107: Then we CHARGE!
Kjato Ragfoot: Well. We can go in, great the castle guard friendly from Knight Ilvar and say we are to deliver a Z-Rex?
Smon: Rey is in Palen Spring & you planned to rendezvous with him ca 10 days from now.
Kjato Ragfoot: And then attack while they are confused and looking for a superior to decide?
chris107: Ah
chris107: okay
chris107: we have the knights stuff yes?
Smon: ok
Oculus Orbus: "KHARGGG!"
chris107: Nice plate
Smon: Pity none of you are proficient in heavy armour.
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 2,
Oculus Orbus: heh heh
Kjato Ragfoot: Thuruar is.
Oculus Orbus: oh, snap!
Kjato Ragfoot: That is one boon of the War Domain.
Smon: ah, ok
Smon:
chris107: Go Thur!
Oculus Orbus: that's the title of Z-Rex's next album- "Boon of the War Domain"
Smon: Cloud passes over the moon. In the distance from the mountains you hear a rumble of thunder.
chris107: nice title
chris107: Bondorr!
Oculus Orbus: nice? NASTY!
chris107: Does the amulet glow?
chris107: (H still has inspiration I think?)
Smon: Make a WIS check Hakeem.
chris107 rolls 1d20-1 and gets: 7, (-1) = 6
Smon: heh
chris107: Yay!
Smon: It seems cool to the touch.
chris107: I think?
Smon: /roll d20+7
Smon rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 19, (+7) = 26
Smon: Everyone make DC 26 Perception checks.
chris107 rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 3, (+3) = 6
Smon: roll d20 Oc
Oculus Orbus rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 16, (+3) = 19
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+9 and gets: 10, (+9) = 19
Smon: /roll d20+4
chris107: Can any of us get to 26?
Smon rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 17, (+4) = 21
Kjato Ragfoot: Theoretically, Thuruar could.
Oculus Orbus: ⚡️
Smon: No, but Feani is the first to spot the great lizard-form approaching you from east of the trail, about 80' away.
chris107: "BONDORR!"
Oculus Orbus: oh, my
Oculus Orbus: what's a bondorr?
chris107: Hakeem is ready
Smon: The gargantuan monster advances on a dozen legs, huge crocodile-like head raised high. It must be 50' long!
chris107: Bondorr is like CROM!
Kjato Ragfoot: A fully grown and developed Hakeem.
chris107: Hakeem's god
Smon: And then it speaks...
Oculus Orbus: hokey smokes, Bullwinkle!
chris107: H spurs Z Rex on!
Smon: "HEAR ME! PUNY MORTALS, YOU HAVE COME FAR! I CONGRATULATE YOU!"
chris107: KILL!KILL!
Smon: Hakeem spurs Z-Rex towards the enormous monster. It laughs happily.
Oculus Orbus: ☁️
Smon: "WELCOME TO YOUR GORY BED, CHAMPION!"
chris107: Hahahahahahahhahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahah!
Smon: The monster's eyes and mouth crackle white with lightning energy...
chris107: Hakeem comends his soul to Bondorrs keeping
chris107: For Glory!
Oculus Orbus: "RRRAAAAAARRONNNNNNK!!"
Smon: You can roll init, Hakeem & Z-Rex start 40' away, others 80'.
chris107: RAGE!
chris107 Rolls 1d20+2x2 and gets:
12 (+2) = 14
16 (+2) = 18
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 10, (+2) = 12
chris107: Rage round 1
chris107: Berserk round 2
Oculus Orbus: does any of this register in Z-rex's rotten brains?
Smon: /roll d20+3
Smon rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 17, (+3) = 20
chris107: oops
Smon: Z-Rex sees a big enemy lizard challenging him.
Oculus Orbus: haha
Oculus Orbus: fair dinkum
Smon: Feani:
Smon: /roll d20+3
Smon rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 11, (+3) = 14
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 17,
Smon: Alicia 18, ok it beats all of you.
chris107: Drat!
Smon: As Hakeem & Z-Rex charge it, it unleashes a blast of lightning at them...
Oculus Orbus: Bah!
Oculus Orbus: sweet!
chris107: Bah!
Smon: /roll 12d10
Smon rolls 12d10 and gets: 3, 3, 3, 5, 10, 4, 8, 9, 10, 5, 2, 4, = 66
Oculus Orbus: Chris, you better not've just fucked me!
chris107: Inspiration?
Kjato Ragfoot: Saving Throw?
Smon: 66 dmg, dex save for 1/2 dc 16, hakeem has advtg on save.
Oculus Orbus: You're inspiriation is me not eating you
Smon: z-rex roll a d20
chris107 Rolls 1d20+6x2 and gets:
19 (+6) = 25
6 (+6) = 12
Smon: Hakeem takes 33 dmg.
Oculus Orbus rolls 1d20 and gets: 2,
Smon: z-rex takes 66 dmg.
Oculus Orbus: ouchie
chris107: 93/137
chris107: Ouchie Z Rex
Smon: Z-rex 81/147
Oculus Orbus: "AAAAIIIRRRRR!"
Smon: Z-Rex & Hakeem reach the Behir...
Smon: You can attack.
Oculus Orbus: a behir! blimey!
chris107: Reckless
Oculus Orbus: Chris, take the first shot
chris107 Rolls 1d20+11x2 and gets:
5 (+11) = 16
10 (+11) = 21
chris107 Rolls 1d20+11x2 and gets:
9 (+11) = 20
18 (+11) = 29
Smon: AC 17
Smon: Hakeem attacks Recklessly from dino-back.
chris107 rolls 2d8+18 and gets: 1, 6, (+18) = 25
Smon: Raging?
chris107: yup, see up screen
Smon: ok
chris107: rage this round, berserk next
Smon: Z-Rex you can bite & claw/stomp
Smon: attck at +11
Oculus Orbus: I shall
Oculus Orbus Rolls 1d20x2 and gets:
17 = 17
7 = 7
chris107: Go Z-Rex!
Oculus Orbus: 28 and 18
Smon: 2 hits
Oculus Orbus: bite/claw
Smon: 4d12+8, 3d8+8
Oculus Orbus rolls 4d12+8 and gets: 12, 2, 2, 11, (+8) = 35
Oculus Orbus rolls 3d8+8 and gets: 6, 2, 4, (+8) = 20
chris107:
Smon: The heroic pair lay into their larger foe...
Smon: Alicia magic missiles it...
Smon: /roll 3d4+3
Smon rolls 3d4+3 and gets: 4, 3, 4, (+3) = 14
Smon: 14 dmg
chris107: Yay
Smon: Feani shoots at it...
Smon: /roll d20+5x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+5x2 and gets:
7 (+5) = 12
11 (+5) = 16
Oculus Orbus: (Z-Rex high fives Hakeem)
Smon: bounces off.
Smon: Thuruar?
chris107: (High claws! )
Kjato Ragfoot: Hold Monster.
Oculus Orbus: nice!
chris107: Thuruar has indeed become most powerful.
Oculus Orbus: high claws
Smon: DC 15?
Kjato Ragfoot: Yes.
Smon: /roll d20+2
Smon rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 2, (+2) = 4
Smon: aww
chris107: Go Thur!
Smon: It freezes in place.
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 6,
Smon: The lightning is building again in its maw, but can't discharge.
chris107: HACKHACKHACK!
Smon: You can attack again with Advantage, every hit is a Crit
chris107: +'s to hit?
chris107 Rolls 1d20+11x2 and gets:
18 (+11) = 29
2 (+11) = 13
chris107 Rolls 1d20+11x2 and gets:
14 (+11) = 25
19 (+11) = 30
chris107 Rolls 1d20+11x2 and gets:
13 (+11) = 24
13 (+11) = 24
Smon: 3 crits
Smon: Oc roll twice per attack, taking best roll.
Oculus Orbus: YOU GO, BOYYYY!
chris107: ?roll9d8+27
chris107 rolls 9d8+27 and gets: 8, 5, 4, 1, 7, 8, 3, 5, 1, (+27) = 69
Oculus Orbus Rolls 1d20x2 and gets:
4 = 4
5 = 5
Oculus Orbus: lol
Smon: Hakeem hacks at its neck, blue blood spurts.
Oculus Orbus Rolls 1d20x2 and gets:
20 = 20
14 = 14
chris107:
Oculus Orbus: YES!
Smon: Z-Rex's bite somehow misses, but he gives it a good kick...
chris107: Yay!
Smon: 6d8+8
Oculus Orbus: I'm trying to rip its guts out
Smon: /roll 6d8+8
Smon rolls 6d8+8 and gets: 4, 5, 8, 3, 2, 8, (+8) = 38
Oculus Orbus rolls 6d8+8 and gets: 7, 8, 1, 1, 3, 4, (+8) = 32
Smon: 32 dmg
Smon: The behir's guts spill out, it topples over.
chris107:
Oculus Orbus: wait, what just happened there?
Oculus Orbus: oh, dayum!
Smon: (I rolled as you were taking so long)
chris107: Hakeem raises a huge war cry!
Smon: As the light fades from its eyes, it speaks a final time:
Oculus Orbus: sorry, I need a new keyboard
chris107: BONDORR!!!!!
Smon: It looks to Hakeem: "WELL DONE... MY SON. GO FORTH AND DESTROY YOUR ENEMIES."
chris107: "Now we come for you Morthor Coff!
Smon: It lies still.
chris107: (Very strange....)
Kjato Ragfoot: Thuruar looks rather suspiciously at Hakeem: You are a half dragon?
Smon: As if on cue, lightning crackles from the clouds, and thunder rolls.
chris107: H shrugs and grins massively
chris107:
Oculus Orbus: Z-Rex continues to mutilate the behir, tearing huge chunks of flesh off its body and consuming them
Smon: Feani comes up, looks down at the corpse. "Strange... a Behir. They lurk in deep caves beneath the mountains... not here."
chris107: H spurs his mughty friend onwards
Smon: Z-Rex eats the tasty tast Behir.
Smon: OK, 9.45, will stop there.
Oculus Orbus: nom nom nom
Kjato Ragfoot: It was looking for Hakeem, it seems.
chris107: Nice one! Cheers guys
Oculus Orbus: 🍗
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