Session 78 11/10/4446 To Ractuan

XP
Hakeem, Barbarian LEVEL 15 XP 4600+189263=193863/195,000
Thuruar, Cleric LEVEL 14 XP 4600+145186=149786/165,000
Shieldbiter, Dragonborn Barbarian LEVEL 13 XP 4600+122158=126758/140,000

Party: Hakeem, Thuruar, Shieldbiter + Royal Wyvern, Laurana + Goldmane the Griffon 

   
Megaera Lorvas exiled to the Styx
Travel to Ractuan, attacked by Vrock - 3 killed, 9 flee. Thuruar raises Goldmane, Laurana's Griffon.

6:25pm  2016-8-31 Smon Has entered the room
6:26pm  2016-8-31 chris107 Has entered the room
chris107: Evening Simon
Smon: Hi Chris
chris107: Kjato is in the lounge.
chris107: Dropped a heavy hint to Graham last night.
chris107: Will DESTROYERBILL be joining us?
Smon: Yeah when 'adventuring' starts he said.
chris107: cool
Smon: Making crumpets for him right now.
chris107: Nice.
chris107: Shall I give Kjato a call? he was in the lounge.
chris107: Also had forgoten that Hakeem needs to learn how to smith
chris107: 2 mins phone
Smon: Yeah, will be a few mins though
6:34pm  2016-8-31 chris107 Has exited the room
6:35pm  2016-8-31 chris107 Has entered the room
chris107: Bad connection tonight
6:37pm  2016-8-31 Kjato Ragfoot Has entered the room
chris107: Hi Kjato
chris107: What are your plans for this evening?
Kjato Ragfoot: Mainly establishing Oriax Tower as my new home base.
Smon: Hi all
chris107: cool, lets concentrate on that then rather than splitting our efforts?
chris107: Hi again Simon
Kjato Ragfoot: I would not mind.
Kjato Ragfoot: But then, the contacting parts involve your highlordship as wlel.
chris107: works for me
Smon: helllllllllllllo
chris107: Hi Bill
Smon: how did you know ?
chris107: I recognized you
Smon: how?
chris107: Your llllllllls
chris107:
chris107: Have you had a good Summer break so far?
Smon: yes
chris107: I'm glad to hear it. Will Shieldbiter be joining us?
Smon: wen ther is acton drama or romance
chris107: hehe
Smon: heeeeeee
Kjato Ragfoot: Let's do Action-Romance-Drama!
chris107: Yay!
Smon: ok dinner finished, books out...
Smon: >>Smon: wen ther is acton drama or romance<< that was Bill of course
chris107: Like father ;ike son!
Smon:
Smon: I'm glad he likes more than just action!
chris107: (And thanks for letting me sit in on your game the other week)
Smon: You're welcome, it was fun having you there & wondering if you remembered any of the Orik Vankaskerkin saga.
chris107: Orik rings a bell
Smon: GM: Suggest we skip forward a few days after the birth of Hakeem's son.
chris107: cool with me
Kjato Ragfoot: Allright.
Smon: Remind me the name of Hakeem's son?
chris107: Hassan
Smon: cheers
chris107: Hassan Hakeemson
Smon: Last session was the birth of Hakeem's son Hassan on a stormy night, and emissary Ana Bronze brings word from Lord Bronze of Hara offering allegiance to Hakeem along with a prisoner, Black Sun priestess Megaera Lorvas.
Smon: A few days later Malenn is recovering well from the delivery and you have been able to interrogate the prisoner further if desired.
chris107: I think Thur had some cunning plan?
Smon: Ana told you the Nerathi were planning to send an undead worm to attack the Ractuan dwarves, and you are planning to secure the Tower of Oriax?
Kjato Ragfoot: Oh. Right. We need to figure out about the worm.
chris107: Ah yes, the undead worm...
Kjato Ragfoot: Yes. The idea was to send the prisoner to an isle in the midst of Hades, and recall her a little later if she was willing to give pennance.
chris107: Did we send a worning to the Dwarves (Gnomes?)
Smon: (Oh yeah, and you bargained with Charon!)
chris107: Ah yes!
chris107: It's coming back to me now. Been a long few weeks since last game.
Smon: The amazon queen Artemisia dispatches a griffon-rider to bring word to the gnomes.
Kjato Ragfoot: So. Thuruar would have tried to interrogate the prisoner again, but this time had cast Eagle's Splendour first (advantage on Charisma rolls).
Kjato Ragfoot: And then give it a second try with banishing her.
chris107:
Smon: GM: Well ok you will eventually manage to send her to the Styx; how did you plan to get her back?
Kjato Ragfoot: I did not.
Smon: "recall her a little later if she was willing to give pennance."
Smon: ?
Kjato Ragfoot: Yes. I somehow forgot how to call her back.
Kjato Ragfoot: Eh. To plan how to call her back.
Smon: Megaera doesn't seem too disturbed as you eventually banish her: "Erathis has spoken to me in the Darkness... You will see me again." Then she shimmers out of view.
chris107: "BLAST!"
Kjato Ragfoot: Well. If Erathis spoke to her, everything will be fine.
chris107:
chris107: Hakeem likes to leave his enemies a little more dead
Kjato Ragfoot: At least, she is out of our hairs for the time being.
chris107: yup
Kjato Ragfoot: Now, lets figure out to find this worm. I have a "Locate Creature" spell, but then only works within 1 km or so.
chris107: "We should have at least removed her eyes."
Kjato Ragfoot: There is not a whole lot to see within the Styx.
Kjato Ragfoot: Also, most people who end up there lose their memories anyway.
chris107: "Then we should head to help the Gnomes straight away? You will be able to give some advanced warning and we can be there to chop it into pieces when it arrives."
Kjato Ragfoot: Yes, that sounds like a good idea.
chris107: Perhaps the Griffons?
chris107: Or if the Wyverns are still with us?
Smon: Yes, Thusia resembles an armed camp with several amazon griffon riders & dragonborn wyvern riders in attendance.
Kjato Ragfoot: Griffons would be excellent. We could be mounted airborne infantry.
chris107: "We must make haste then!" Hakeem hurries off to find a much underused of late Bloodletter
chris107:
chris107: "Let's off and kill this worm then!"
Smon: GM: Shieldbiter the Dragonborn & a familiar dark haired amazon Griffon Rider offer you a l
chris107: There are Gnomes here, yes?
chris107: Perhaps we should brief and take one of them with us?
Smon: lift. Laurana the amazon smiles coolly at Hakeem from astride her mount, the one that killed Yusan: "Hop on, Brother."
chris107: Their owm ambassador is likely to believed more than an armed hoste of monster mounted adventurers.
Smon: (The gnomes left a few days ago & should have already reached Ractuan)
chris107: He hops up happily. "Thanks sis." He grins happily
chris107: (Thanks)
Smon: GM: You secure yourselves on your leonine & draconic mounts then take to the air, the aerial creatures slowed only a little by the extra weight.
chris107: (Is it possible that Hakeem can slip a dirk or short sword into his belt before we leave?)
Smon: You fly west, a little over a hundred miles - below the rugged Ghinarian Hills give way to the lush valley of the Cedarwade, now under the glorious rule of King Reynard Mercellin, then follow a western tributary up towards the Castellan Mountain peaks and the pass of Ractuan.
Smon: (fine)
chris107: (I have visions of having to cut our way out of a giant undead worm at some point)
Smon: Carved for miles along the lower elevations of the pass is one of this world's strange wonders, an enormous effigy of a sleeping giant, unimaginably huge, the landscape itself incorporated into the form that slumbers through Eternity.
chris107: Excellent
Smon: Ahead the highest peaks of the mountains are snow-capped and bright, in contrast to the oft sweltering lands below.
Smon: The glittering torrent of the Ractuan stream winds up into the pass, seeming to outline the giant's outstretched arm.
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 6,
Smon: Never fails!
chris107:
Smon: & down from the peaks swarm the true lords of the Castellan Peaks, a host of Vrock vulture demons intent on your blood...
chris107: Oh well I'm sure Thur can send them back to the Abyss
Smon: Coming out of the evening sun it is a moment before you glimpse the black-winged forms, closing fast as they swoop down towards you...
Smon: /roll 3d6
Smon rolls 3d6 and gets: 5, 3, 4, = 12
Smon: Only 12.
chris107: SHIT!
7:25pm  2016-8-31 DESTROYERBILL Has entered the room
chris107: Your forte here Kjato
Smon: /roll 4d6
Smon rolls 4d6 and gets: 4, 1, 3, 5, = 13
Kjato Ragfoot: Puh.
DESTROYERBILL: ?
DESTROYERBILL:            
Kjato Ragfoot: 12 demons attack us.
Smon: Currently 130' off and closing fast as Laurana wheels round her griffon, cursing: "We're too heavy laden - we'll never outrun them!"
DESTROYERBILL:                    
Smon: A sleepy Shieldbiter looks up, along with Thuruar, from the back of his Royal Wyvern.
DESTROYERBILL: whate is happning
Smon: Ahead the griffon ridden by Hakeem & his (possible) half sister Laurana is wheeling away from the pack of vulture demons descending from the heights.
Smon: Below in the mountain valley the Ractuan Stream winds up the mountain pass towards the faint smokes of Ractuan town, still several miles distant.
chris107: Hakeem draws Bloodletter
Kjato Ragfoot: Do the vrocks stick close together?
Smon: Not really, they seem intent on spreading out to cut you off.
chris107: Guiding his (possible) sister as to where the fould demons are.
DESTROYERBILL:       :
Smon: /roll d12
Smon rolls 1d12 and gets: 3,
DESTROYERBILL: brb
Kjato Ragfoot: Damn it. Lets get to the ground so that we can fight back to back.
chris107: Sound dvice
chris107: can we lure them down?
DESTROYERBILL: hn = hear now
Smon: Laurana nods and sets the griffon into a dive, Shieldbiter too, initially outpacing the vrocks which didn't expect this.
DESTROYERBILL: hn
chris107: We're going to need Shieldbiter
DESTROYERBILL: dive wiven
Smon: Laurana spots a good landing point by the river, a large flat bluff of grey stone emerging some 15' from the water, and sets the griffon down there.
Smon: The wyvern lands a little slower under Shieldbiter's direction, and you have time to dismount and ready arms in a tight cluster as the vrocks come swooping in...
DESTROYERBILL:            
Smon: roll init
chris107 Rolls 1d20+2x2 and gets:
6 (+2) = 8
3 (+2) = 5
chris107:
chris107: Rage asap
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 12, (+2) = 14
DESTROYERBILL:                                                                
DESTROYERBILL: orkss
DESTROYERBILL: rage
DESTROYERBILL Rolls 1d20+1x2 and gets:
2 (+1) = 3
5 (+1) = 6
DESTROYERBILL: nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
DESTROYERBILL:
Smon: griffon:
Smon: /roll d20+2
Smon rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 12, (+2) = 14
Smon: wyvern:
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 8,
DESTROYERBILL:        
Smon: Laurana:
DESTROYERBILL: dragons and the destroyer of worlds
Smon: /roll d20+4
Smon rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 19, (+4) = 23
Smon: vrocks:
DESTROYERBILL:                       :(:)
Smon: /roll d20+2
Smon rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 4, (+2) = 6
chris107: Yay!
chris107:
Smon: Shieldbiter roll off (roll d20)
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 14,
DESTROYERBILL Rolls 1d20+1x2 and gets:
15 (+1) = 16
1 (+1) = 2
chris107: yay!
DESTROYERBILL:
Smon: OK I'll count that as a 15.
Smon: Laurana readies an attack.
Smon: Thuruar - your go. The Vrocks are 60' away, swooping in to attack as your group forms a defensive circle.
DESTROYERBILL:        
DESTROYERBILL: im boread
Kjato Ragfoot: Could I cast "Blade Barrier" above the party?
Kjato Ragfoot: So that it creates a ceiling?
Kjato Ragfoot: Or does it need to be grounded?
DESTROYERBILL: ????????????????????
Smon: Has to be Vertical it says.
DESTROYERBILL: kjhgfdunjjhyy77777777777esdfghjghfd
Smon: Does not need to be grounded but can't be horizontal.
Kjato Ragfoot: OK. In that case, I would try to aim it directly in front of the approaching vrocks, so that "plummet" in it during their charge.
chris107: nice idea
Smon: If you Ready to cast it when they get closer and have it come up in the 60' ring above you, that should catch most of them.
Smon: The Griffon readies an attack.
Kjato Ragfoot: All right, I will do that then.
DESTROYERBILL:                  
Smon: Hakeem, are you readying to to hit on your turn?
Smon: Or throw/shoor
Smon: shoot?
chris107: yes, any that pass through
DESTROYERBILL:    
Smon: Wyvern does same.
chris107: rage
Smon: Shieldbiter, you have a powerful bow & could use it on the Vrocks swooping down towards you, but then would not have shield ready.
Smon: Or you could ready axe & shield?
Smon: Can you Rage now & not lose it?
chris107: only ends early if I choose?
chris107: Not sure how that works
Smon: Level 15 ability, I see it thx
DESTROYERBILL: axe and sheiold when they pass fire breath them
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 14,
Smon: The Vrocks are demons & likely resistant to fire.
DESTROYERBILL:
DESTROYERBILL: why?
Smon: Can ready an axe strike?
Smon: Demons mostly are fire resistant.
DESTROYERBILL: sure
Kjato Ragfoot: Because demons live in hell, where it is very hot.
DESTROYERBILL: why?
Smon: You can breathe but will do less damage.
DESTROYERBILL: na
Smon: GM: As the demon host swoops down, a spinning circle of blades appears in the air above you, directly in their path.
Smon: Half the demons fly into it; the other six had deviated to fly a little higher.
DESTROYERBILL: deppressd from scholl starting soon
DESTROYERBILL:
chris107:
Smon: Vrocks have advtg on saves vs magic...
DESTROYERBILL: scholl sucks
Smon: /roll 2d20x6
Smon Rolls 2d20x6 and gets:
8, 12 = 20
14, 1 = 15
11, 19 = 30
15, 17 = 32
13, 2 = 15
11, 12 = 23
DESTROYERBILL: and vroks to
chris107: hehe
Smon: What's the DC Thuruar?
DESTROYERBILL: but mostly school
DESTROYERBILL: sucks
DESTROYERBILL:                        
DESTROYERBILL: i despise school
Kjato Ragfoot: DC 18
DESTROYERBILL: its so boringgggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
Kjato Ragfoot: Dexterity
Smon: ok 16 to save, 2 save 4 fail. Roll the dmg please.
chris107: good luck
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 6d10 and gets: 2, 6, 1, 2, 8, 10, = 29
Smon: 6 bloodied Vrocks pass through the blade barrier...
DESTROYERBILL Rolls 10d100x10 and gets:
84, 39, 40, 100, 50, 7, 48, 22, 37, 40 = 467
94, 35, 35, 17, 72, 64, 57, 76, 92, 34 = 576
97, 75, 68, 65, 95, 47, 84, 29, 12, 62 = 634
28, 95, 1, 68, 95, 51, 75, 42, 72, 11 = 538
81, 66, 45, 16, 82, 17, 80, 38, 93, 71 = 589
71, 89, 45, 39, 53, 40, 85, 36, 69, 97 = 624
98, 96, 91, 99, 63, 85, 49, 38, 27, 20 = 666
48, 8, 85, 93, 24, 67, 9, 3, 5, 1 = 343
73, 76, 90, 18, 15, 42, 58, 100, 78, 26 = 576
96, 75, 22, 87, 74, 85, 71, 22, 22, 98 = 652
Smon: As they enter melee with you, above them three Vrocks emit stunning screeches while three more release clouds of poison spores on you...
chris107: Hmmm that's filled my screen
DESTROYERBILL: sorry
DESTROYERBILL: im boread
chris107:
DESTROYERBILL:
chris107: Shieldbiter is about to kill stuff
Smon: Stunning Screech - everyone make a DC 14 CON save or Stunned.
chris107 rolls 1d20+10 and gets: 17, (+10) = 27
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20 and gets: 15,
Smon: Shieldbiter roll d20+7, need 14
Smon: ok you're ok
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 9, (+2) = 11
DESTROYERBILL: i didnt put plus 7
Smon: Thuruar is stunned!
Smon: 15+7=22, fine
Smon: Shieldbiter resists the foul screech.
chris107: thur gets his prof bonus too?
Smon: Spores descend onto you - DC 14 CON save or Poisoned.
Smon: Oh yeah I give everyone Prof bonus
DESTROYERBILL: oh no thuuruar is stunnd sarcastickly out of game
Smon: 11+4=15, Thuruar is ok!
Smon: Now roll again vs the spores...
chris107: con again?
Smon: yes
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 1, (+7) = 8
chris107 rolls 1d20+10 and gets: 9, (+10) = 19
DESTROYERBILL: im poisen
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 8, (+7) = 15
DESTROYERBILL:
chris107: Poor shieldbiter!
DESTROYERBILL: iv benn
Smon: Poisoned - disadvantage on rolls until you save
Smon: (also dmg each round until save)
Smon: Griffon:
Smon: /roll d20+3x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+3x2 and gets:
6 (+3) = 9
13 (+3) = 16
Smon: Griffon is stunned.
Smon: Wyvern:
Smon: /roll d20+3
Smon rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 12, (+3) = 15
DESTROYERBILL:              
Smon: /roll d20+3
Smon rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 19, (+3) = 22
Smon: Wyvern fine
Smon: Laurana:
Smon: /roll d20+6x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+6x2 and gets:
10 (+6) = 16
15 (+6) = 21
Smon: she's fine
DESTROYERBILL:  
Smon: The bloodied Vrocks reach you, Shieldbiter first to strike w Readied attack
DESTROYERBILL:
DESTROYERBILL:
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+10 and gets: 2, (+10) = 12
Smon: Shieldbiter misses, Vrock:
Smon: /roll d20+6x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+6x2 and gets:
4 (+6) = 10
18 (+6) = 24
Smon: hits w talon for 14 dmg, raking his scaly hide.
Smon: Next one reaches Hakeem, who gets a Readied attack.
chris107 rolls 1d20+12 and gets: 7, (+12) = 19
Smon: hit
chris107 rolls 1d8+10 and gets: 8, (+10) = 18
Smon: Hakeem strikes the foul demon a solid blow as it lunges at him...
Smon: biting & raking...
chris107: AC20
Smon: /roll d20+6x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+6x2 and gets:
1 (+6) = 7
19 (+6) = 25
DESTROYERBILL: brb in 15 min
Smon: talon hits for 14/2=7
Smon: 3rd on Thuruar:
Smon: /roll d20+6x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+6x2 and gets:
9 (+6) = 15
15 (+6) = 21
chris107: 178/185HP
Smon: AC 21, Thuruar hit for 14
Smon: Laurana strikes at #4...
Smon: /roll d20+7
Smon rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 18, (+7) = 25
Smon: hits for 11 dmg
Smon: Vrock:
Smon: /roll d20+6x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+6x2 and gets:
5 (+6) = 11
14 (+6) = 20
Smon: hits for 14
Smon: #5 vs Griffon:
Smon: Griffon rears & slashes:
Smon: /roll d20+6
Smon rolls 1d20+6 and gets: 12, (+6) = 18
Smon: hit! 11 dmg
Smon: Vrock:
Smon: /roll d20+6x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+6x2 and gets:
19 (+6) = 25
12 (+6) = 18
Smon: Rakes griffon for 24 dmg
Smon: Wyvern vs #6:
chris107: ouch
Smon: stinger attack:
Smon: /roll d20+7
Smon rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 14, (+7) = 21
Smon: hit
Smon: Sadly vrock are immune to poison, it grunts at the stinger plunges into its chest (11 dmg)
Smon: Vrock attacks:
Smon: /roll d20+6x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+6x2 and gets:
10 (+6) = 16
10 (+6) = 16
Smon: 24 dmg to the royal wyvern.
Smon: Round 2 - only the griffon looks badly wounded.
chris107: ouch
Smon: The remaining vrocks above you circle to land - 2 more attacking wyvern, 2 more on the griffon, 1 each Hakeem & Shieldbiter assuming they are shielding Thuruar & Laurana.
Smon: Laurana grins icily, slender blade darting - 3 attacks...
Smon: /roll d20+7x3
Smon Rolls 1d20+7x3 and gets:
16 (+7) = 23
14 (+7) = 21
18 (+7) = 25
chris107: nice!
Smon: 33 dmg.
Smon: Her vrock is badly wounded now.
chris107: Berserk
Smon: Thuruar your go; you are between Hakeem & Laurana, a vrock is trying to eat you.
Smon: Griffon attacks w beak & claws:
Smon: /roll d20+6x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+6x2 and gets:
17 (+6) = 23
13 (+6) = 19
Smon: 19 dmg
Kjato Ragfoot: I will cast Spirit Guardians.
DESTROYERBILL: hn
Smon: OK the Guardians swirl around you...
Kjato Ragfoot: All vrocks within 15 feet have to make Wis saves (DC 18)
Smon: On their turn, not now
DESTROYERBILL:    
DESTROYERBILL: ?????
Smon: Hakeem your go
Kjato Ragfoot: No, that is right.
chris107 Rolls 1d20+12x3 and gets:
4 (+12) = 16
1 (+12) = 13
11 (+12) = 23
DESTROYERBILL: hello
Smon: A bevy of Angelic beauties wielding spears swirl around your band, stabbing down at the vile vrocks.
DESTROYERBILL: hello
Smon: Bill you can roll for Wyvern, bite + claw, 2 attacks at d20+7
DESTROYERBILL: im back whate can i do
Smon: Hakeem got 2 hits (AC 15)
DESTROYERBILL: really
chris107 rolls 2d8+20 and gets: 1, 6, (+20) = 27
DESTROYERBILL: ?????????????
Smon: Hakeem slashes and cuts at his foe.
DESTROYERBILL Rolls 10d10x10 and gets:
5, 7, 7, 4, 2, 1, 6, 1, 4, 1 = 38
2, 7, 8, 9, 2, 4, 5, 4, 1, 10 = 52
1, 3, 7, 5, 6, 5, 1, 10, 3, 3 = 44
2, 7, 9, 8, 1, 1, 9, 7, 1, 3 = 48
8, 3, 10, 5, 2, 1, 8, 6, 5, 9 = 57
5, 5, 2, 2, 10, 7, 6, 1, 6, 9 = 53
3, 7, 6, 2, 5, 7, 2, 4, 3, 3 = 42
6, 10, 5, 5, 4, 7, 6, 2, 2, 10 = 57
1, 6, 5, 2, 7, 4, 9, 3, 4, 4 = 45
2, 6, 1, 7, 8, 5, 3, 9, 9, 6 = 56
DESTROYERBILL: sorry im just boread
Smon: bad Bill. I told you what to do!
DESTROYERBILL Rolls 1d20+8x2 and gets:
1 (+8) = 9
12 (+8) = 20
Smon: Claws hit, 14 dmg
Smon: Shieldbiter's go, he takes 5 poison damage.
DESTROYERBILL Rolls 1d20+1x2 and gets:
14 (+1) = 15
5 (+1) = 6
Smon: At 123/142
Smon: 1st attack misses (disad from poison)
Smon: 2nd attack misses too.
Smon: Vrock's go...
Smon: 2 lunge at Shieldbiter:
Smon: /roll d20+6x4
Smon Rolls 1d20+6x4 and gets:
6 (+6) = 12
13 (+6) = 19
16 (+6) = 22
4 (+6) = 10
DESTROYERBILL: rage quit
Smon: 24 dmg/2 raging = 12
8:31pm  2016-8-31 DESTROYERBILL Has exited the room
Smon: 2 vs Hakeem:
chris107: ac20
Smon: /roll d20+6x4
Smon Rolls 1d20+6x4 and gets:
6 (+6) = 12
9 (+6) = 15
9 (+6) = 15
2 (+6) = 8
chris107:
Smon: no hits
Smon: 1 vs Thuruar:
Smon: /roll d20+6x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+6x2 and gets:
17 (+6) = 23
4 (+6) = 10
Smon: bite hits for 10 dmg to Thuruar.
Smon: 1 vs Laurana:
Kjato Ragfoot: Stop! That one has to roll a saving throw first.
Smon: They all do actually.
Smon: roll the dmg please for the Guardians
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 3d8 and gets: 5, 4, 4, = 13
Smon: /roll d20x12
Smon Rolls 1d20x10 and gets:
10 = 10
4 = 4
1 = 1
13 = 13
14 = 14
1 = 1
2 = 2
15 = 15
11 = 11
20 = 20
Smon: dc 18?
Smon: /roll d20x2
Smon Rolls 1d20x2 and gets:
5 = 5
4 = 4
Kjato Ragfoot: YEs
Smon: wis+2 so 16 to save.
Smon: #10 is the only one saves.
Smon: Hakeem & Shieldbiter's look badly wounded.
Smon: None fall, though.
Smon: 1 vs Laurana:
Smon: /roll d20+6x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+6x2 and gets:
6 (+6) = 12
11 (+6) = 17
Smon: she parries it with her stout shield.
chris107:
Smon: 3 attack the Griffon:
Smon: /roll d20+6x6
Smon Rolls 1d20+6x6 and gets:
9 (+6) = 15
14 (+6) = 20
7 (+6) = 13
19 (+6) = 25
14 (+6) = 20
9 (+6) = 15
Smon: The Griffon is ripped apart in a miasma of blood, the Vrocks caw happily, Laurana shrieks in anguish: "NOOOO!"
Smon: 3 attack wyvern:
chris107: RAGE!
Smon: /roll /roll d20+6x6
Smon Rolls 1d20+6x6 and gets:
11 (+6) = 17
17 (+6) = 23
3 (+6) = 9
7 (+6) = 13
8 (+6) = 14
19 (+6) = 25
Smon: 62 dmg
Smon: Wyvern is bloodied but still fighting.
chris107: Cripes!
Smon: Wyvern at 50/136
Smon: The Vrocks press in, giggling evilly.
Smon: Laurana slashes & stabs furiously:
Smon: /roll d20+7x3
Smon Rolls 1d20+7x3 and gets:
19 (+7) = 26
8 (+7) = 15
15 (+7) = 22
chris107: good girl!
Smon: 33 dmg, vrock badly wounded.
Smon: Thuruar your go.
Smon: then Hakeem
Smon: Wyvern attacks:
Smon: /roll d20+8x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+8x2 and gets:
7 (+8) = 15
8 (+8) = 16
chris107 Rolls 1d20+12x3 and gets:
2 (+12) = 14
5 (+12) = 17
7 (+12) = 19
Kjato Ragfoot: Chech whether I can keep Spirit Guardians:
Smon: wyvern hits for 26
chris107 rolls 2d8+20 and gets: 7, 6, (+20) = 33
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 15, (+7) = 22
Kjato Ragfoot: Yep. I do.
Kjato Ragfoot: I will attack the vrock that attacks me.
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+9 and gets: 18, (+9) = 27
Smon: Hakeem's first blow slays a vrock, he pivots and strikes one attacking Shieldbiter.
chris107:
Smon: Thuruar hits
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d6 and gets: 6,
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d8+4 and gets: 2, (+4) = 6
Smon: The Vrocks chatter in confusion, surprised to see one of their number slain.
Kjato Ragfoot: 12 damage
Smon: /roll d20+7
Smon rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 5, (+7) = 12
chris107: Covered in demon gore, Hakeem is very happy. He roars a challange at the foolish creatures.
Smon: Shieldbiter is still poisoned
Smon: 5 dmg
Smon: He hacks with axe, disad
chris107:
Smon: /roll d20+10x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+10x2 and gets:
5 (+10) = 15
7 (+10) = 17
Smon: /roll d20+10x2
chris107: Yay!
Smon Rolls 1d20+10x2 and gets:
12 (+10) = 22
7 (+10) = 17
Smon: 2 hits!
Smon: /roll d12+9
Smon rolls 1d12+9 and gets: 4, (+9) = 13
Smon: Shieldbiter slays the Vrock Hakeem just wounded with one blow, then strikes at one fighting Laurana...
Smon: /roll d12+9
Smon rolls 1d12+9 and gets: 4, (+9) = 13
Smon: Nearly decapitating it, it staggers with blood gushing from a massive throat wound.
chris107: hehe
Smon: Thuruar roll spirit guardian dmg
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 3d8 and gets: 8, 7, 5, = 20
chris107: nice
chris107: we have them on the back foot now
Smon: The near-headless one staggers and falls as radiant spirit lances pierce it.
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 8,
Smon: The other 9 realise the battle is turning against them; flinching from the jabbing shafts of the Spirit Guardians they flap back and Withdraw, tearing chunks from the still-warm Griffon as they turn and flap away.
Smon: You have won, leaving three Vrock dead by the body of Laurana's Griffon.
Smon: Laurana snarls angrily after the Vrocks, then turns to the dead beast, weeping.
chris107: Hakeem is cross at the Griffon's fate
Smon: "Ah, Goldmane, I knew you as a comrade and friend, from the egg..."
Smon: Tears in her eyes she turns to Thuruar, slim sword encrusted with demon ichor raised in her hand.
Smon: "Holy Man! Can you bring him back?"
chris107: "I shall drive these foul Vrok from our lands sister. Goldmane will be revenged."
Kjato Ragfoot: Indeed, I can.
Kjato Ragfoot: Revivify on the griffon. (Good I kept those diamonds)
Smon: "Then do it, I beg you! Anything - anything in my gift."
chris107:
Kjato Ragfoot: Thuruar casts "Revivify" on the griffon, unless Lauranas laments took more than 1 minute.
Smon: 300gp of diamond are consumed in golden light as Goldmane's mortal wounds mend, and his amber eyes blink open. He looks up at Thuruar. "Meep?"
chris107: "HURAH!"
Smon: Laurana's face fills with joy, and she hugs the great beast.
Smon: "I... I will not forget this, Priest Thuruar. Thank you."
Smon: OOC 10pm, better stop there.
Kjato Ragfoot: You are welcome.

Session 77 7/10/4446 A child is born

XP
Hakeem, Barbarian LEVEL 15 XP 1000+188,263=189263/195,000
Thuruar, Cleric LEVEL 14 XP 1000+144,186=145186/165,000
Shieldbiter, Dragonborn Barbarian LEVEL 13 XP 122158/140,000

Birth of Hakeem's son Hassan
Ana Bronze brings word from Lord Bronze of Hara & prisoner, Black Sun priestess Megaera Lorvas

5:51pm  2016-8-03 Smon Has entered the room
5:55pm  2016-8-03 chris107 Has entered the room
chris107: Hiya Simon
Smon: Hi Chris!
chris107: How was your break?
Smon: Busy!
chris107: Arrgghh! No rest for the wicked
Smon: Being Programme Leader is a bit stressful & it never seems to stop... need to relax a bit the next few weeks.
chris107: A few weeks left I guess?
Smon: Had a great day hiking Richmond Park w Bill, we've only been back 20 minutes.
Smon: My vacation officially starts Friday & runs to 24th August.
chris107: Gosh! It is a lovely park.
Smon: Working tomorrow then off.
chris107: Oh nice one. Time to relax.
Smon: (except 1 day in mid August for emergency meetings...)
chris107: Is the DESTROYER joining us this evening?
Smon: Need to finish game tonight just after 9pm so I can get to pool before it shuts, hope Kjato is here soon.
Smon: Bill will log in if there's fighting afoot
chris107: I spoke with him yesterday, he said he was looking forward to the game.
Smon: He's watching Youtube currently,
chris107: hehe
Smon: ok I'll tell him you're here.
chris107: We'll try and kill something soon then.
Smon: He says he'll wait for fighting.
6:03pm  2016-8-03 Kjato Ragfoot Has entered the room
Kjato Ragfoot: Hello!
Smon: Hi Kjato!
Smon: GM: 7/10/4446 It is start of the Rainy Season, and lightning storms rage around the village of Thusia as Malene of Mitra labours to deliver her child.
chris107: (Hakeem prepares to name the child)
Smon: GM: In Lady Meda's Hall, Thuruar is aiding Meda with the delivery. In Altanian custom Hakeem would be kept well away from the birth-room, but Malenn has requested him present, gripping his strong hand as her labour enters its second day.
chris107: ewwwwww
chris107: Mighty Hakeem's legs go to jelly
chris107: But he breaths deeply and thinks of the child and his beloved Malenn.
Smon:  Perhaps Hakeem's greatest test... And perhaps it is a relief when Weaponmaster Damne enters the birthing room. Damne bows to Hakeem: "My Lord, an emissary has arrived from the north - from Hara. She seeks an audience."
chris107: "Bondorr, Mitra, Athena. Keep this child safe. Take me first."
chris107: "Oh drat! Sorry Maleen I have to go. Push-push..." Hakeem gratefully slips out
chris107: (Perhaps Thur had better join me. Hakeem isn't much of a diplomat)
Smon: Malenn smiles and nods, releasing Hakeem's hand.
Smon: Meda nods to Thuruar. "Go with Hakeem."
Kjato Ragfoot: Thuruar will leave with Hakeem.
Smon: Damne escorts you out into the main Hall, where two of Damne's amazon guards flank a curvaceous blonde noblewoman clad in silk and gems. She looks familiar to Hakeem.
Smon: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhInvctvMjACKSmf_GKba4NtzeM77bDaxAKdr4osRwuI74DcDEL7-kTGWhEiz6wCVruQm_grJJ7MA7OVobMRw_rJUz5yRTauQBsAdy7e_bBYvb812Dnfz24GeEOHx2X7YaLpfTDoYDwhjM/s200/Lady+Anna+Bronze.jpg
chris107: Lady Brass?
Smon: The blonde falls to her knee before Hakeem, eyes downcast. "My Lord."
chris107: She had a fling with one of the other Barbarians
chris107: Lady Bronze!
Smon: She looks to Thuruar. "I am the Lady Anna Bronze of Hara. I knew Bjornalf, companion to Lord Hakeem..."
chris107: "My Lady. How fairs life in the North?"
Kjato Ragfoot: Nice to meet you.
Smon: Lady Bronze rises. "I am sent as Emissary by my brother, the Lord Namelin, master of Hara. He wishes to pledge his allegiance. Our allegiance."
Smon: Anna looks nervous. "He sends gifts as tokens of his loyalty - gold..."
Smon: One of the Amazons produces a sizable bag of coin.
chris107: (Hehe Thur you want to deal with this? H is too generous and we need all the pennies we can get!)
Smon: "...And a Red Priestess of the Black Sun, to do with as you will."
chris107: (Deffinatly Thuruars department)
Smon: Damne nods, and two Amazons drag in a heavily trussed and chained female figure.
Kjato Ragfoot: (Hakeem, you are a lord now and accepting gifts is part of your duties. You have to learn that. I will gladly advise you, though)
Smon: http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2014/102/c/1/the_red_priestess_by_megaween-d7e3w88.jpg
Smon: Anna: "Her name is Megaera Lorvas, sister to the Necromancer Tal Lorvas who you slew. My brother warns that she has sinister magics, but knows much of the Black Sun."
chris107: "I thank you for your kind gifts. They will help the war effort against the Nerathi greatly as will your closer friendship and support."
Smon: The gagged and chained priestess glares at Lady Bronze.
Kjato Ragfoot: Thuruar stubs Hakeem.
Kjato Ragfoot: We fight against the Black Sun, not against the Nerathi.
Kjato Ragfoot: Any Nerathi who is willing to aid is against the Black Sun, is a welcome ally, of course.
chris107: H stutters slightly.
Smon: Anna nods to Thuruar. "I understand."
chris107: "Forgive me my lady. I am but an uncouth Barbarian. As his hiliness, lord Thuruar points out. It is the Black Sun, not the Nerathi people who are our enemies."
Smon: Anna: "My brother wishes to make it clear that not all Nerathi serve Neo-Nerath and the Black Sun. That Altani and Nerathi can live in peace, as in the olden times. I am gladdened by your words."
Kjato Ragfoot: But, that was enough talk. You must be tired from your journey. Let the servants show you your quarters, so that you can prepare for the feast later the evening. I am rather sure that there will be a big one today.
Smon: Anna nods. "Thank you...." Damne: "What do we do with the prisoner? She is dangerous..."
chris107: "Lady Meda will know what to do. with her."
chris107: (Well it looks like the united tribes haven't sacked Hara in our absense)
Kjato Ragfoot: I would suggest we burn her on a pyre, right away.
chris107: hehe
Smon: Damne nods to the guards: "For now put her in the gaol. Ensure she remains bound and cannot speak." At this moment from the birth-room there comes the sound of a child's cry!
chris107: Kjato?! The summer break has made you blood thirsty!
chris107:
Kjato Ragfoot: Oh. And blindfold her for good measure.
Smon: (You slit the throat of the last Red Priestess)
chris107: Hakeem pales visibly and runs towards the birth room.
chris107: "Malenn! I'm coming!"
Smon: As the guards usher out Anna & the priestess to their respective destinations, Hakeem bursts into the birth room to see a very tired Malenn cradle the newborn babe - he quietens at the breast.
Kjato Ragfoot: Oh. And strip her naked and remove any amulets. I trust those red priestesses about as far as I can throw a barn against a storm.
Smon: A big fellow by the look of him. Malenn looks up, utterly exhausted but happy: "Hakeem! Our son."
chris107: Hakeem's grin is even wider than usual as he goes to wrap both in his huge arms.
Smon: Damne nods to Thuruar: "As you command."
chris107: Tears streaming down his rough cheeks.
chris107: "I name him Hassan. Hassan Greywolf. Hassan Hakeemson!"
chris107: "Bondor, Mitra and Athena bless you!"
Smon: Meda: "The child is tired, but seems healthy. Lady Malenn you should rest now." Malenn smiles down at little Hassan.
Kjato Ragfoot: Once the red priestess is taken care of, Thuruar will hurry after Hakeem.
chris107: "Now we must take him to the Midnight Godess Hills and leave him there for seven days...." He trails off seeing the look in Malenn's eye no doubt
Kjato Ragfoot: Congratulations on your firstborn, Hakeem and Malenn! My Athena bless him!
Smon: Meda smiles slightly at Hakeem's benison. "And may the One God bless you, my child."
Kjato Ragfoot: May
chris107: "My lady Meda! Of course, how rude. I hope that you and Thuruar will act as the childs God Parents?"
Smon: Malenn looks up at Hakeem, glares, then suspects he might not be entirely serious and smiles.
Smon: Meda nods to Hakeem, smiling. "I would be honoured."
chris107: (Hakeem soundly kisses his lovely wife and is already thinking about the next things he can kill)
Kjato Ragfoot: Of course Hakeem, gladly.
Kjato Ragfoot: But for now, we should send some soup and water for Malenn and let her and the boy rest.
Smon: Hakeem enjoys a kiss with the mother of his child, then Meda ushers the menfolk out so Malenn can rest and nurse, attended by a maid.
chris107: He is visibly moved by the whole thing and delighted that Lady Meda and Lord Thuruar will be god parents
chris107: (That is one safe child!)
6:37pm  2016-8-03 DESTROYERBILL Has entered the room
DESTROYERBILL: hay
chris107: Hey DESTROYERBILL!
Smon: A little time later, the Hall is readied for the evening meal. Hakeem Thuruar & Meda sit at the top table, along with the greatest of the war-captains in attendance, including SHIELDBITER the mighty Dragonborn and Artemisia the amazon queen.
chris107: Long time no see. How are you keeping?
DESTROYERBILL: nice to hear from you
DESTROYERBILL: cris
Kjato Ragfoot: (And our guest of honour, Lady Bronze9
chris107: Hakeem is in very jolly spirits. Even though he hasn't killed anything in an age.
Kjato Ragfoot: Hello Bill!
chris107: Nice to hear from you again Bill too.
DESTROYERBILL: hello
DESTROYERBILL: shildbiter is bored
Smon: Lady Bronze enters the Hall, accompanied by a pair of nervous looking Nerathi warriors, her escort from Hara. Her men go to the lower tables while Ana is escorted to the top table.
chris107: Hakeem raises to his feet and greets them all warmly.
DESTROYERBILL: hello
chris107: Warriors included.
Smon: The blonde noblewoman Lady Ana Bronze looks resplendent in a dress of white silk. She nods to Artemisia, Shieldbiter and the other captains.
chris107: "Soon we shall be brothers in arms! We shall defeat the Black Sun together!"
Smon: There is a great cheer as Hakeem addresses the Hall. "Hakeem! Hakeem! Hakeem!"
Smon: Altanians and Amazons raise swords, pounding the floor.
chris107: Hakeem raises the hands off all those who made the victory possible.
DESTROYERBILL: Sun of hakeem has a noble blood
chris107: Hakeem raises the hands off all those who made the victory possible.
DESTROYERBILL: Sun of hakeem has a noble blood
chris107: Hakeem raises the hands off all those who made the victory possible.
DESTROYERBILL: Sun of hakeem has a noble blood
chris107: Hakeem raises the hands off all those who made the victory possible.
DESTROYERBILL: Sun of hakeem has a noble blood
DESTROYERBILL: victory was sweet
chris107: He praises equally the Amazons, Lady Meda, Lord Thuruar, Shieldbiter and his brave family...
chris107: He makes a roll call of honour and one of sadness for all those lost.
chris107: "This is only the beginning." (here he draws and raises the massive Sword of Bondorr high above his head
Smon: The cheers reach a thunderous crescendo.
chris107: "Now the real war to destroy the evil that is the Black Sun begins. Now with the aid of Hera and the Castle Wode, with the Gnomes and the Warforged. Now we take the battle to them!"
Smon: The small group of Gnomes and Warforged cheer, the Warforged quaff back tankards of black oil.
chris107: (hehe now we need to go kill something :D)
DESTROYERBILL: tell me when thers fighting im a young mind so i eas ly git bored and pilitcol stuff is boring
chris107: Oh that's cool! *)
chris107: Will do DESTROYERBILL. Good to have you back.
DESTROYERBILL: tanks dood
6:47pm  2016-8-03 DESTROYERBILL Has exited the room
Kjato Ragfoot: Do not worry, I am sure we will find something to fight soon.
chris107: OOC - Kjato can you do the zone of truth thing and maybe question this Lorvas woman?
6:47pm  2016-8-03 DESTROYERBILL Has exited the room
Kjato Ragfoot: Do not worry, I am sure we will find something to fight soon.
chris107: OOC - Kjato can you do the zone of truth thing and maybe question this Lorvas woman?
6:47pm  2016-8-03 DESTROYERBILL Has exited the room
Kjato Ragfoot: Do not worry, I am sure we will find something to fight soon.
chris107: OOC - Kjato can you do the zone of truth thing and maybe question this Lorvas woman?
6:47pm  2016-8-03 DESTROYERBILL Has exited the room
Kjato Ragfoot: Do not worry, I am sure we will find something to fight soon.
chris107: OOC - Kjato can you do the zone of truth thing and maybe question this Lorvas woman?
chris107: Over the evening and no doubt clumsily Hakeem will seek news on Minars Rapak and the combined tribes..
Kjato Ragfoot: OOC We could hold a formal pledge of allegiance that includes a Zone of Truth.
Kjato Ragfoot: Then we would know whether her pledge is sincere.
chris107: Is that how the spell works? Happy to follow your lead Kjato.
Smon: Servants bring great roasts of mutton, boar and beef, you tuck in, celebrating the new birth.
Smon: Much ale is drunk.
Smon: Lady Bronze eats and drinks moderately.
chris107: Munch-munch, slurp-slurp.
Smon: "My Lord, if you seek monsters to slay, I am aware of a rumour..."
Kjato Ragfoot: Thuruar also eats and drinks moderately. It does not befit a cleric to stuff himself.
chris107: hehe
chris107: Hakeem's ears prick up at the word Monster..
Smon: Anna Souvari (Thuruar's girl) has recently returned from the North, she has word that the Altanian tribes under Minars Rapak have been persuaded not to attack Hara (for now), busying themselves hunting wandering war-dead and a few other monsters released by the Black Sun in the region of Nera.
Kjato Ragfoot: That is good to hear.
chris107: "Perhaps we could help before we go South to secure your new abode Lord Thuruar? "
Smon: Ana Bronze: "The Black Sun have animated a Worm - not a dragon, a limbless thing that crawls in the darkness... They plan to send it to destroy the gnome burrows of Ractuan that have defied them so long."
chris107: Asks Hakeem hopefully
Kjato Ragfoot: Well, first we need to listen to Lady Bronze's rumour before we can decide.
chris107: "We must stand by our allies Thur..."
chris107: "We can not see the Gnomes attacked by this foul creature." He raises a tankard to the Gnomes
Kjato Ragfoot: No, definitely not.
Smon: The Gnomes look up somewhat anxious from the lower table.
chris107: "We protect and stand by our friends."
Kjato Ragfoot: We will go and defeat this worm, to protect the gnomes.
Kjato Ragfoot: First, we will need to find it though.
chris107: Hakeem is eager to whoosh around the Sword of Bondorr but doesn't want to decapitate anyone on the top table.
Smon: Ana: "It is a burrower, I fear it could strike at any time. They have probablt already released it to burrow through the mountains..."
chris107: "Can your mighty magic discover this fiend Lord Thuruar?"
Kjato Ragfoot: I can try to, but with this little to go on, I am not certain.
chris107: "Ana, where was this rumour first heard? Do you have anything we can go on?"
Smon: (OOC need to stop at 9pm, so got 1 hr)
chris107: (No probs)
Kjato Ragfoot: I will attempt to SCRY the worm once this meal is over.
chris107: Hakeem will be all 'new father' and good friend to all for the rest of the meal but is eager to go strike another blow.
chris107: (He needs to learn the enigma of steel too)
Smon: Ana: "Before the Princess Fion Cormarrin left Hara to return west to Neo-Nerath, a maid overheard her discussing the Worm with the priestess Megaera Lorvas. That was two weeks ago."
chris107: "Then we have a good place to start.!"
Kjato Ragfoot: So, perhaps Lorvas can tell us something about the worm.
Smon: "She said the Arch-Necromancer Borritt Crowfinger had Animated the husk. That is all I know."
chris107: (And that truth ceremony sounds like a cracking idea)
Smon: GM: The meal winds down late into the evening. Lady Meda lets Hakeem pay a brief visit to Malenn & baby Hassan, then Damne escorts you to the newly constructed prison cells beneath the hall.
Smon: Damne: "We had little need for cells before the war." She doesn't sound unhappy.
Smon: You find Megaera Lorvas tied in her cell, naked but for loincloth, gag, hood and chains.
Smon: Damne opens the door, hauls the priestess to her feet, unhoods & ungags her.
Smon: The priestess glares defiantly. Damne glares back.
chris107: "Let's get this over with."
Kjato Ragfoot: Lady Lorvas. We are impressed. It seems you managed to conjure one of the ancient worms of destruction.
Smon: Megaera's icy gaze settles on Hakeem. "You. You are the one."
chris107: "The Husk Worm. Where is it/"
chris107: H makes the sign to ward off evil.
Smon: Megaera just glares at Hakeem in response to his words.
Smon: Damne suddenly knees her in the stomach, causing her to gasp, double over in pain. Damne: "Answer Lord Hakeem."
chris107: "Thur? "
Kjato Ragfoot: Still. You conjured it so that it can slay Hakeem. That won't work unless you tell us where to find the worm.
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 11,
Smon: Damne hauls Megaera upright. She glares back, still defiant. "I am not afraid to die. I shall live again in the Endless Cycle of Return."
Kjato Ragfoot: We have means to prevent that.
chris107:
Smon: Thuruar you can make a Bluff/Persuasion roll (d20+CHA+Prof)
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+8 and gets: 17, (+8) = 25
Smon: Nice
Smon: Megaera blanches.
chris107: yay!
Smon: Megaera: "You are a Priest of Erathis-Athena, sworn to serve Civilisation! To drive back the Screaming Hordes of Chaos... Yet you serve... Him." She indicates Hakeem.
Kjato Ragfoot: Your soul will linger forever in the most forsaken depth of the abyss. If you answer our questions, I will offer you atonement and an afterlife in the halls of Athena.
Kjato Ragfoot: Right. I am to server civilization.
chris107: "Thuruar serves none but Athena."
Kjato Ragfoot: The Black Sun, it stands for everything that destroys civilization.
Kjato Ragfoot: It is the corruption that eats away at justice.
Kjato Ragfoot: It is the hate that eats away justice.
Kjato Ragfoot: And thus, I stand with the least likely ally to defend all of creation against the Black Sun.
Smon: Megaera: "Erathis was my Goddess too, but She is but one Aspect of the Eternal Whole... With Zehir in the Endless Ouroboros, with the power of Ares-Bane... Your words are false."
Smon: Make another persuasion check Thuruar
Kjato Ragfoot: Very well. I will call upon Athena herself and ask her whether that is true.
chris107: (Hakeem isn't bright enough to get that one  )
Smon: Make another persuasion check Thuruar
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+8 and gets: 9, (+8) = 17
Smon: She seems frightened, but not shaken in her beliefs.
Smon: "Call upon Erathis then, she will tell you the Truth."
Kjato Ragfoot: Hmm. If I commune with Athena, nobody except for me can hear what she answers?
Smon: yup
chris107: "Just another Lorvas to break from the Endless Circle Lord Thuruar."
chris107: "Be done with it and I shall go kill this pathetic worm of theirs without her help."
Kjato Ragfoot: Well Megaera, ask me a question that only Athena herself could answer with yes or no.
Kjato Ragfoot: Then, I will ask her that question and yours.
chris107: okay
Smon: Megaera glares at Hakeem. "One day we shall have our revenge. For my brother. For all of us."
Kjato Ragfoot: Very well.
Smon: Megaera looks to Thuruar. "Your words have no meaning. Kill me as your master commands."
Kjato Ragfoot: I will planeshift her on an isle in the middle of the river Styx.
chris107: Thur is powerful indeed.
Kjato Ragfoot: Oh. I won't kill you. Do not worry. You will have a very long time to think about your decision.
chris107: (Won't she be able to plane shift back?)
Smon: OOC Nice but you can only Planeshift to planes you have attuned tuning forks for, getting any such in this campaign is a major undertaking)
Kjato Ragfoot: (I doubt she is powerful enought to planeshift. Also, she needs several components she won't have))
Smon: Right now the only planes you might have been able to acquire resonance frequencies for are the ones used by Oriax's mirror, which are mostly fairly pleasant.
Smon: You have to get the frequency then craft the 250gp tuning fork for it.
Kjato Ragfoot: Ah. I assumed I can simply conjure a demon from the Styx and ask it to hum the frequency for me.
Smon: Not exactly, but you might be able to extract the frequency from a planar native, so a demon might hold the frequency to its home plane.
Smon: Blood or similar might be useable but many demons etc deliquesce on death.
Kjato Ragfoot: Hmm. Well I considered conjuring Charon and ask him for the frequency.
Smon: With what spell?
Kjato Ragfoot: Planar Ally
chris107:
chris107: Hakeem is a bit lost.
Smon: Sounds doable - ok we can say a couple weeks ago you cast the Planar Ally ritual by the banks of the Cedarwade river, summoning Charon from the mists.
Smon: (flashback)
chris107: (Ah thanks)
Smon: The cloaked figure polls the skiff to shore. "WHY HAVE YOU SUMMONED ME? IT IS NOT YET YOUR TIME TO PASS INTO THE UNDERWORLD."
Kjato Ragfoot: Lord Charon, I summoned you because I need your help to keep the dead within the realm of the dead.
Smon: "THAT IS NOT MY CONCERN."
Kjato Ragfoot: And, as only you know how to cross the realms, I hoped for you to teach me the frequency of the Styx, so that I can send them directly to your barque.
Smon: Charon nods, eyes glowing eerily beneath the cowl.
Kjato Ragfoot: There is a sect of magicians about, that try to overcome death itself. They almost annihilated life in the process. I am sure that is not in your interest, as without life, there are no dead to ferry across.
Kjato Ragfoot: So, I beseech you to name your price for teaching me the frequency of the Styx.
Smon: "YOU WILL PAY - ONE MAGIC ITEM, TO MY SATISFACTION."
Kjato Ragfoot: What kind of magic item do you have in mind? I have several.
Smon: "CHOOSE FROM YOUR ARMOUR, YOUR HELM, YOUR GAUNTLETS, YOUR SWORD."
Smon: "CHOOSE WISELY."
chris107: ouch, tough choice
Kjato Ragfoot: I will give you the helm then.
Smon: Charon smiles, not pleasantly.
Smon: "YOU WOULD GIVE UP THE HELM THAT REVEALS THE SECRETS OF YOUR ENEMIES?"
Kjato Ragfoot: Yes, I would. I will find other ways to determine the truth, if needs be.
Smon: "NOT THE GAUNTLETS THAT MAKE A WEAKLING STRONG? THE SWORD THAT SMITES THE UNDEAD? THE ARMOUR THAT PROTECTS YOUR SOFT FLESH?"
Smon: Charon holds out a bony hand for the tribute.
Kjato Ragfoot: Thuruar will give him the helmet.
Kjato Ragfoot: (A secret revealing helmet for a secret sounds like a fair exchange.)
Smon: Charon takes the helm, it disappears into the folds of his robes. He produces a sharp two-pronged fork, then pricks his thumb with it. A single bead of blood runs down the tine.
Smon: "THIS."
chris107: (What was the helm Kjato?)
Smon: Charon offers the tuning fork.
Kjato Ragfoot: (helmet of comprehend languages)
Kjato Ragfoot: Thuruar will take it.
Kjato Ragfoot: Be thanked Lord Charon for your generosity.
Smon: Charon nods impassively. "WE WILL MEET AGAIN. DO NOT SEEK TO TRAVEL THE RIVER BEFORE YOUR TIME. THAT WAY LIES ONLY DARKNESS."
chris107: (Cool you met a God!  )
Smon: He turns away, polling the skiff away from the riverbank. Swiftly it disappears into the mists.
Kjato Ragfoot: Thuruar makes a warding sign of good luck, now this is done.
Smon: GM: As far as Thuruar can ascertain, the fork is attuned to the Styx, the river that leads from the world of the living to the halls of Hades.
Smon: Two weeks later, Thuruar confronts Megaera Lorvas...
Smon: As he produces the tuning fork, her eyes widen in sudden fear. "No!"
Kjato Ragfoot: I offered you redemption.
Kjato Ragfoot: You chose oblivion.
Smon: Make a Persuasion check.
Smon: (if you want)
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+8 and gets: 5, (+8) = 13
Smon: Megaera grits her teeth.
Kjato Ragfoot: (of course I want. My goal is to redeem the Nerathi, not to annihilate them)
Smon: She recovers: "Then do it. You know I will Return."
Kjato Ragfoot: No. You will not. You will be forgotten.
Kjato Ragfoot: With that, she can make a CHA save to withstand my attempt of banishment.
chris107: Good luck!
Smon: /roll d20+4
Smon rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 18, (+4) = 22
Kjato Ragfoot: Yep. That is a success. She only glimpses the Styx, but is not banished.
Smon: Megaera's eyes close, then blink open. She laughs. "The Goddess protects me."
Smon: "Would you care to try again?"
Kjato Ragfoot: Or, perhaps, offers you another chance at redemption.
Kjato Ragfoot: We will meet again tomorrow.
Smon: GM: You leave?
chris107: Rebind and gag her.
Kjato Ragfoot: After having bound and gagged her again. yes.
chris107: And blindfold.
Smon: Damne: "There are other, more traditional methods of persuasion we could employ..." She rebinds & gags the priestess.
Smon: GM: Hakeem returns to his family, Thuruar to his thoughts and prayers.
Kjato Ragfoot: Eh. She is a fanatic. She would rather go to hell than to spill her secrets.
Smon: Damne shrugs: "But I would enjoy trying." OOC: Better stop there.
Smon: OOC Sorry for short ep, can do full 3 hrs next time I reckon.