L5 13/6/47 In the Contested Corridors - The Sword of Omens (450+50=500 XP)

L5 PCs 450+50 mapping + 9105=9605/14000

Smon: GM: Last session - http://smons.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/l5-12-1364447-mushroom-garden-orcs-of.html
chris107: I got a pencil map started of our immediate surroundings
Smon: You three & Rosa are in a Dilapidated Hall: Cracked ceiling; crumbling masonry.
Smon: There is a smashed door before doorway to east, slightly ajar door to west, and tunnels run e & w from the s end of the hall.
Smon: The broken door lies in several pieces, as if smashed with terrible force.
chris107: Yup, that’s the bit I copied from the map
Smon: The orcs fled n through the way you entered.
Sandor Sunneson: OOC- Simon, the Wilderland group on FB, are those the players who with Bill conquered Mystara ??
Smon: no, no overlap
chris107: Did we se which way the Orcs entered?
Smon: The FB players are my Sunday group I ran a published campaign with using 5e D&D - Runelords of the Shattered Star
Smon: orcs were already there as you entered, but must have come from e or w tunnel
chris107: Seem like a nice crowd.
Sandor Sunneson: ok,
Sandor Sunneson: I like it who Bill just does what he wants
Prince Skylio: "I vote East. Someone obviously wanted something in there badly by the looks of it"
chris107: Mordred agrees with his brutish friend
Sandor Sunneson: East we go
Sandor Sunneson: for Eastern Promise, on the search for some Turkish Delight

chris107: May 30th first adventure with this party
chris107: 6 months just flown by
Smon: wow!
Sandor Sunneson: Jeez, no time at all
Smon: GM: You head over to the broken door, through the doorway you see...
Smon: Ancient Storeroom: Spongy wooden shelves; rotting detritus; harmless bugs. Giant Toads (2) eating bugs.
Smon: The giant toads look up, blinking in the light.
Smon: /roll 2d6
Smon rolls 2d6 and gets: 2, 5, = 7
Prince Skylio: "Dare one of you to lick one"
chris107: You didn’t tell me you had family here, Zagaar?
Smon: They don't attack, but seem wary.
Smon: "*RIBBIT*"
Prince Skylio: Zagaar sticks his tongue out in an attempt to communicate
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 5,
chris107: Shall we back away quietly and leave Zagaar’s sisters alone?
Smon: The amphibians regard Zagaar with equanimity. The one on the left does look a bit like Berta.
Sandor Sunneson: Sandro agrees
chris107: They seem to have plenty of swill to eat.
Prince Skylio: 
chris107:
chris107: Door to the west?
Smon: A toad decides you are harmless, and grabs some kind of scurrying milipede in its huge maw.
Sandor Sunneson: lol
Prince Skylio: Zagaar wipes away a tear as he sees the flicker of Berta's smile upon the slime-covered amphibians face
Prince Skylio: "West"
Prince Skylio: "Farewell toads"
chris107: Farewell Berta.
chris107: The western door is closed?
Smon: The debris & fungus filled chamber is about 20x20, no other exits, arched ceiling 15' above.
Smon: West door is a fraction ajar.
chris107: Mordred tried to listen beyond the door
chris107 rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 20, (+3) = 23
Smon: Mordred hears nothing from beyond the door, it seems dank and mildewed.
Sandor Sunneson: Setting the tonight big time Chris
chris107: Makes a change
chris107: He pushes the door open and points his illuminated sword within
Sandor Sunneson: You can have your title back, the Viscount of Setting
Smon: Then from the north you hear the sound of drums, sounds like two big ones, and distant orcish chanting: "Oi! Oi! Oi!" - ancient orc battle hymn.
chris107:
Sandor Sunneson: Is it the Orcish equvalent to Jerusalem?
chris107: We need to get a good defensive line
Smon: Mordred's light falls on Mildew on walls; musty stench in the air; broken furniture sprouting sickly mushrooms. The dank room looks empty.
chris107: Block the northern corridor
Prince Skylio: "Or keep moving? Quickly?"
chris107: Or one of the southern ones and hope the toads hate Orcs?
Smon: They are a good way off & don't seem to be getting closer right now.
Sandor Sunneson: Keep on moving then?
Smon: room is also 20x20, matching the east room.
chris107: South end has exits east and west
Sandor Sunneson: east?
Prince Skylio: "West again?"
Prince Skylio: "Yeah east it is then"
chris107: One’s as good as the other
Smon: From the main hall, you see that the e and w corridors both run about 25' to rusty portcullises.
Sandor Sunneson: Is the chanting coming from what direction?
chris107: East it is
Smon: chant fr north
Sandor Sunneson: let keep away from it
chris107: Zagaar go bend the bars of that portcullis
Smon: You head the short distance east to the portcullis. Through it you see a hexagonal chamber with tunnels off to n e and s (4 exits)
Prince Skylio: Zagaar will attempt to hammer a hole through
Smon: You see through the 'cullis Flaking murals of trees & forest glens. Pile of dirt and wood by southeast wall.
Prince Skylio: To the east
Smon: OK roll to hit AC 17
Prince Skylio rolls 1d20+8 and gets: 10, (+8) = 18
Smon: Iron bars bend... roll dmg
Prince Skylio rolls 3d6+5 and gets: 2, 3, 1, (+5) = 11
Smon: The mid bar bends to the left, leaving space to squeeze through.
Prince Skylio: "Lets press on"
chris107: Well done!
Smon: Suddenly you see a mysterious grey robed hooded figure standing in the room beyond!
Smon: He beckons to you with a gnarled hand...
Prince Skylio: OOC can Z bend the bar back after so it appears unbroken to the orcs
Smon: Then turns and heads towards the south exit from the hex chamber
Prince Skylio: "I don't want your candy old man"
chris107: Mordred goes through
Sandor Sunneson: Sandro follows
chris107: And follows the stranger
Smon: Mordred slips through into the Chamber of the Woods and follows the stranger south down the tunnel towards a second similar one 30' beyond...
Smon: The floor opens up under Mordred!
Smon: DC 15 DEX save Mordred
chris107: Arrgghh!
Sandor Sunneson:
chris107 rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 12, (+3) = 15
chris107: Phew!
Smon: Mordred leaps back as the revolving flagstone of the pit trap re-rotates back into place.
Prince Skylio: "This is what happens when we naively follow mysterious strangers in to their potential rape dungeon. Let's assume the worst here."
chris107: You bastard! He shouts at the grey robes figure
Smon: Zagaar is busy bending the iron bar back - roll STR+Prof Zagaar
Prince Skylio: "Careful on your feet"
Prince Skylio rolls 1d20+8 and gets: 16, (+8) = 24
Smon: The figure ignores him and heads out of sight past a plinth with only the feet and ankles of a broken statue atop it in the southern hex chamber.
chris107: (Assuming I can still see him?)
Smon: Zagaar easily bends it back.
Smon: The rusty old bar is close to breaking, though.
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 6,
chris107: Are the Orc drums louder to the north Here?
Sandor Sunneson: Hopefully no stone golems
Smon: Yes, and then you hear the sound of orcs in the hall where you killed 2 of them.
Smon: (to your nw)
Smon: "Dey ain't ere, boss!" "Well search, dummies!"
Smon: You are in the Chamber of the Woods, Mordred about 10' down the s tunnel.
Smon: The e tunnel is blocked by a second portcullis, this one pre-bent central bars so you could likely slip through though.
Smon: The n tunnel runs 40' then turns e.
chris107: Mordred quietly returns to the chamber and gestures east
Sandor Sunneson: From the sounds, is it possible to estimate their approx number?
Smon: Dozen maybe?
Smon: Could be 16 or 18.
Smon: Not hundreds.
chris107: Or do we stand and fight at the bars?
Prince Skylio: "I vote east"
chris107: Sandro?
Smon: Sounds like the orcs are searching the decreipt hall & its ajoining chambers.
Smon: You hear outraged croaking from the toads.
chris107: Let’s use that to cover our escape!
chris107: East lads!
Smon: GM: Mordred & Sandro squeeze through the east bars.
Sandor Sunneson: east we go
Smon: Zagaar roll a DC 8 DEX+Prof
Prince Skylio rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 2, (+4) = 6
Smon: Zagaar gets stuck...
Prince Skylio: Ugh
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 4,
chris107: Mordred groans and goes back to help his chum
Smon: (I think you're +2 not +4 there anyway)
Prince Skylio: "Too many sheep"
Smon: +3 prof -1 DEX - oh I guess you add +2 for Athlete
Prince Skylio: Isn't it the athlete thing +2
Prince Skylio: Ye
chris107: Pushing and pulling on the bars to squeeze him through
Smon: ok dc 12 str+prof for mordred to free him
chris107: Sandro, help us.
Smon: otherwise you'll need to grease him up...
Sandor Sunneson: Sandr will help too
chris107 rolls 1d20+6 and gets: 18, (+6) = 24
Sandor Sunneson: add some extra newtons to the pull
Smon: You lever Zagaar free!
Prince Skylio: Zagaar spits on himself to lubricate
chris107:
chris107: Phew!
chris107: Let’s leg it to the east
Prince Skylio: Let's go
Sandor Sunneson: east!
Sandor Sunneson: going to check phone, hopefully more than 0%??
Smon: You head east....
chris107: We do
Smon: (just checked phone, Bill arrangements sorted, all good)
Prince Skylio: Ysy
Smon: "Thanks for your patience & flexibility" Ingrid said, don't get that too often!
Prince Skylio: Yay*
chris107:  Result!
Smon: After 30' there is a side passage to south
Smon: Looks like it has a door to w 25' down.
chris107: Continues east as well?
chris107: M - let’s pop down here a little way and wait shall we?
chris107: He dims the light on his sword down low
chris107: Watch where you tread incase there are more pits.
Smon: Past the s tunnel the corridor continues east 50', ending at a large archway.
Smon: With a chamber beyond, looks like
chris107: Got it. (I’ll post my map on the FB page)
Smon: This tunnel looks well trodden
chris107: Zagaar says the archway. Sandor?
chris107: Sandro, sorry
Smon: many footsteps in the dirt, debris to sides
Smon: Passive PER 15+?
Sandor Sunneson: still with group
chris107: Okay through the arch to the east
Sandor Sunneson: (phone still at 0, unplug and it swtiches itself off)
chris107: (  )
Smon: anyone wis+prof + 10 = 15+?
chris107: Not here I’m afraid. 13
chris107: Sandro should have?
Smon: Ok you reach the archway, it has writing above it.
Sandor Sunneson: 16
Sandor Sunneson: 16 even
chris107: Orcish again?
Smon: Common, scratchy script - "Dis Way 2 Da Markit!"
Sandor Sunneson: sorry, 15 +3+2
Smon: You see a white arrow on the archway wall pointing east
Sandor Sunneson: he'll point that out to others
chris107: M - to the market then?
Smon: Sandro hears what sounds like faint sounds of revelry from the east, quite muffled.
Sandor Sunneson: He'll inform the group
Prince Skylio: "I doubt we will be welcome but hey ho"
Smon: Beyond the arch is a 30x30 chamber, NW and SW walls angled in (n to e and s to w)
chris107: Dimensions of the chamber through the arch?
chris107:
Smon: There is a second archway in the east wall, more arrows pointing.
Smon: Definitely signs of regular e-w traffic here.
Smon: Suddenly a Kobold appears at the eastern arch!
chris107: Any other exits?
Smon: (no) It regards you, hefting a teeny spear.
Smon: "Finished collectin' your red stuff then?"
Prince Skylio: "I like you lizard people but if you don't stop waving that spear at us I will crush your skull friend"
chris107: OOC - I’m running short of mapping paper to the east, maybe 30’ more)
Smon: It looks at Zagaar. "That's as may be, but if you want in the market you'll just have to hand over that skullcrusher."
Smon: He lowers the spear.
chris107: Mordred looks momentarily confuddled but then looks down at his little bucket.
Smon: "All visitor weapons larger than daggers remain here for the visit."
Prince Skylio: "Not happening. Sorry"
Smon: You sense there are more kobolds out of sight behind him.
chris107: M - then back and south?
Sandor Sunneson: Ok, south we go,
Prince Skylio: South it is
Smon: "If you change your mind, you are welcome in the Market long as you ain't killed any kobolds ...and pay your licenses."
Smon: The kobold waves you a cheery goodbye.
Smon: /roll d20+5
Smon rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 12, (+5) = 17
chris107: M (following) - Watch out for more of those pits!
Prince Skylio: "Bye"
Sandor Sunneson: Ciao
chris107: Bye! He waves over his shoulder. M’s Light once more blazes Firth.
Sandor Sunneson: Maybe we could get the kobolds to kill the orcs?
Sandor Sunneson: or help us?
Sandor Sunneson: have a mass battle between the two sets of beasts?
Smon: You head back to the intersection w the s tunnel.
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 1,
chris107: Maybe, but right now I think we are heading south?
Smon: Sounds of orcs but very distant to the west, looks like they may have gone to check out the mushroom forest.
chris107: Good
Smon: You head south, reaching the door in w wall after 25'.
Smon: You see another door in e wall 20' further s.
Smon: Actually the second one is just a dark doorway, door long gone.
chris107: Corridor continues S?
Smon: yes
Smon: out of sight in the gloom
chris107: Thanks
chris107: Stepping carfuly and checking the floor in front M goes and shines his light through the doorway to the east
Smon: Mordred passes the door to the w and reaches the e doorway.
Smon: He shines light into a cavernous room, likely once a dining hall.
Smon: Smashed tables & benches; humanoid bones; broken weapons; signs of a fierce battle.
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 6,
Smon:
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 10,
Smon: /roll d8
Smon rolls 1d8 and gets: 7,
Sandor Sunneson:
chris107:
Smon: 7 of the 8 brigands you met earlier are searching through the debris.
Sandor Sunneson: 7 stone golems?
Smon: They have pinprick lanterns.
Smon: They look up at Mordred, the fat leader leering.
chris107: Mordred takes what partial cover the doorway allows
Smon: "Hello there pretty boy..."
chris107: M - piss off, fatty!
Smon: /roll 2d6
Smon rolls 2d6 and gets: 3, 5, = 8
Smon: "Naw, you piss off! We wuz ere first!"
8:35pm  2017-12-07 Prince Skylio Has exited the room
Sandor Sunneson: what you found?
chris107: M - fine, fine just be aware there are a lot of Orcs around and they are on the warpath.
Smon: Mordred make an Insight check wis+prof
chris107: M to party - those horrid brigands are poking about in what looks like a dining room.
8:37pm  2017-12-07 Prince Skylio Has entered the room
Sandor Sunneson: The Orcish drums and war anthems are getting louder
chris107 rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 16, (+4) = 20
Smon:
Smon: Mordred you got the impression the bandits were searching specifically the flagstones, looking under the decaying tables.
Smon: Looking for something specific, it seemed like.
Prince Skylio: "What are you pussies up to"
chris107: 19 actually, sorry
Smon: Zagaar appears in the doorway.
Smon: The brigands eye him.
chris107: M - shall we ?
Smon: "Searchin' around. Go search somewhere else..." He looks a bit nervous at the sight of the massive hammer.
Prince Skylio: Zagaar drops his pants & proceeds to spin his penis in a windmill like fashion to serve as a distraction while Mordred attacks.
chris107: M - these fellows did murder Mr. Goodkind after all
Sandor Sunneson: OOC- we need a charge code, e.g. 99 means charge
chris107: Mordred (shocked) let’s loose a fire Bolt at the boss
Prince Skylio: Zagaar pulls his pants up & charges.
Smon: they are ready for your attack, roll init
Smon: /roll d20+1
Smon rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 16, (+1) = 17
Prince Skylio rolls 1d6+1 and gets: 4, (+1) = 5
chris107 rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 18, (+3) = 21
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 11,
Sandor Sunneson: +3=14
Prince Skylio rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 16, (+1) = 17
chris107 rolls 1d20+6 and gets: 6, (+6) = 12
Smon: ok Mordred first
chris107: Firebolt goes wide I guess?
Smon: His bolt sizzles on the fat one's heavy chain.
Smon: As Zagaar charges in the bandits surround him, attacking from all sides!
chris107: Then uses his move to get beside Z
Smon: ok 5 on zag 2 on mor
Prince Skylio: Ac16
Sandor Sunneson: Sandro will attack one of them attackin from behind
chris107: AC19
Smon: 2 weak ones on Mordred first:
Smon: /roll d8+3x2
Smon Rolls 1d8+3x2 and gets:
7 (+3) = 10
4 (+3) = 7
Smon: 2 veterans on Zagaar
Smon: /roll d20+4x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+4x2 and gets:
18 (+4) = 22
12 (+4) = 16
chris107: D8 to hit?
Smon: I thought Zagaar got hobgoblin cmdr plate armour?
Smon: AC 18?
chris107: True dat
Smon: update pc sheet!
8:48pm  2017-12-07 Prince Skylio Has exited the room
Smon: 1 hit
chris107: I got it
Smon: /roll d10+4
Smon rolls 1d10+4 and gets: 6, (+4) = 10
8:48pm  2017-12-07 Prince Skylio Has entered the room
chris107: Service dropped to Kyle’s phone
Smon: 10 dmg to Zagaar fr 2-handed sword slash
Prince Skylio: When we're back home I'm printing it out
Smon: 3 elites on Zagaar
Prince Skylio: 34/44
Smon: /roll d20+5x3
Smon Rolls 1d20+5x3 and gets:
1 (+5) = 6
12 (+5) = 17
2 (+5) = 7
Smon: Zagaar's fine armour protects him from 2 good strikes!
Smon: Zagaar's go
chris107:
Smon: ooc these guys were easy when you had Drakonok...
Prince Skylio: Attack on leader action surge
Smon: ac 16
Smon: he's not too tough btw
Prince Skylio Rolls 1d20+8x4 and gets:
9 (+8) = 17
19 (+8) = 27
12 (+8) = 20
12 (+8) = 20
Smon: lol
Smon: suggest roll dmg 1 at a time
Prince Skylio rolls 3d6+5 and gets: 2, 6, 1, (+5) = 14
Smon: still up
Smon: He staggers from the powerful blow
Prince Skylio rolls 7d6+5 and gets: 5, 4, 1, 6, 4, 3, 1, (+5) = 29
Smon: Then his head goes flying from a crit.
Prince Skylio rolls 3d6+5 and gets: 3, 4, 3, (+5) = 15
Smon: wound a 2nd man
Prince Skylio rolls 3d6+5 and gets: 5, 5, 3, (+5) = 18
Smon: then kill him
Smon: 2 elites dead
Smon: Sandro you can make stealth check to attack unseen
Smon: dex+prof
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 16,
Sandor Sunneson: +6=22
Smon: there is 1 tough looking brigand left, 2 moderate & 2 wimpy
Smon: ok you sneak up, have Advtg
chris107: Noice work guys
Sandor Sunneson: I'll take on tough lady
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 10,
Smon: ok, AC 16 advtg
Sandor Sunneson: +5=15
Smon: advtg = 2 rolls...
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 2,
Smon: 1st miss!
Smon: unarmed bonus attack?
Smon: Rem can spend Ki...
chris107:
Sandor Sunneson: yes, go for it
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 18,
Sandor Sunneson: +5=23
Smon: so 1 pt ki gives 2 bonus atts instead of 1.
Smon: hit
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 12,
Smon: d6+3 I think, unarmed
Sandor Sunneson: +5=17
Smon: hit
Smon: ok 2d6+6 dmg
Sandor Sunneson: a flurry of blows......
Sandor Sunneson: yes
Sandor Sunneson rolls 2d6 and gets: 4, 4, = 8
Sandor Sunneson: +6=14
Smon: badly wounded as you kick him in the head
Smon: R2
Smon: #21 - Mordred
chris107: At the puny ones
chris107 Rolls 1d20+6x2 and gets:
13 (+6) = 19
15 (+6) = 21
Smon: they have leather, AC 12
Smon: stabbing them?
chris107 rolls 1d8+5 and gets: 5, (+5) = 10
chris107 rolls 1d8+5 and gets: 7, (+5) = 12
Smon: 1 hp left, then dead
chris107: Yes
Smon: #17 A wimpy highwayman waves his teeny shortsword at Mordred...
Smon: /roll d20+3
Smon rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 12, (+3) = 15
Smon: M parries
Smon: The last tough guy swings a maul at Zagaar
Smon: /roll d20+5
Smon rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 2, (+5) = 7
Smon: no where near
Smon: The other 2 turn on Sandro...
Smon: /roll d20+4x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+4x2 and gets:
12 (+4) = 16
2 (+4) = 6
Smon: 16 hits?
Smon: slashes w longsword 2-handed
Sandor Sunneson: yes AC=15
Smon: /roll d10+4
Smon rolls 1d10+4 and gets: 3, (+4) = 7
Smon: 7 dmg Sandro
Smon: Zagaar then Sandro
Prince Skylio: Second wind as bonus action
Smon: ok
Prince Skylio rolls 1d10+5 and gets: 2, (+5) = 7
Sandor Sunneson: 36/43
Prince Skylio: 41/44
Prince Skylio Rolls 1d20+8x2 and gets:
2 (+8) = 10
19 (+8) = 27
Prince Skylio rolls 7d6+5 and gets: 3, 2, 3, 5, 2, 5, 4, (+5) = 29
Smon: Zagaar crushes the ribcage of the last tough brigand.
Smon: Sandro
Prince Skylio: The Verminator takes no prisoners
Sandor Sunneson Rolls 1d20x2 and gets:
9 = 9
14 = 14
chris107:
Smon: 2 swarthy varlets assail Sandro
Smon: Ki again?
Sandor Sunneson: 14 and 19
Smon: AC 16 in chain
Sandor Sunneson: , no will keep Ki for future
Smon: ok
Sandor Sunneson: got 14 Ki left
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d6 and gets: 5,
Sandor Sunneson: +3=8
Smon: He grunts
Smon: R3 - Mordred your go
chris107: He strikes again
Smon: ac 12
chris107 Rolls 1d20+6x2 and gets:
10 (+6) = 16
10 (+6) = 16
Smon: then ac 16
chris107: G’dsh!
chris107 rolls 2d8+10 and gets: 7, 1, (+10) = 18
chris107: 12 and 6
Smon: Mordred runs the wretch facing him through, then wheels and dispatches the one Sandro just knocked back!
9:05pm  2017-12-07 Prince Skylio Has exited the room
chris107:
Smon: The last brigand sees his comrades slaughtered.
9:05pm  2017-12-07 Prince Skylio Has entered the room
Smon: He throws down his longsword, raising his hands in surrender.
chris107: M - wise
chris107: M - very wise. Now what were you searching for?
Prince Skylio: "Tell is what you were looking for" states Z, hands still gripped on the bloodied Verminator
Smon: "Don't kill me, please..." he eyes your bloody weapons.
Smon: "The goblin sed there wuz treasure here!"
Sandor Sunneson: well get looking then!!!
chris107: M - then get searching lads!
Smon: "Some dumb gobbo buried a fortune here, before the orcs came... silver, gold, and..."
Sandor Sunneson: and what.???
Smon: "...The Sword of Omens!"
chris107: And....
chris107: (Arcana check for Mordred?)
Smon: "Zorel said it's a magic sword, from the time of old Nerath..."
Sandor Sunneson: he'll roll a 1 now lol
Smon: History, INT+Prof DC 16
chris107 rolls 1d20+6 and gets: 20, (+6) = 26
Smon: LOL
chris107: Get in there!
Smon: Mordred can recount the entire history of this noble Nerathi blade
Sandor Sunneson: Still setting the way Christopher, I apologise
chris107: No need my friend. It makes a nice change
Smon: A true knightly weapon, wielded by many heroes of Old Nerath in their shining armour as they set out to woo maidens, fight dragons, right wrongs etc
Sandor Sunneson: Sandro starts to yawn, so starts searching for the treasure to stop himself from falling asleep
chris107:
Smon: It was said to have been wielded by Parsifal the Pure at the Battle of Gedden against the Horde of White Ruin, and to have been lost there in the death of Nerath 250 years ago.
chris107: Mordred searches even more keenly
Prince Skylio: "The hammer of Vermin will go down in the history books one day"
Smon: Sandro can roll WIS+Prof
Smon: also Mordred
Smon: & Zagaar if searching
chris107 rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 19, (+3) = 22
Smon: !
chris107: It’s M’s night tonight
Smon: Inspired by the tale, Mordred finds a loose flagstone under one table...
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 14,
Prince Skylio: Z will ensure the brigand doesn't run away
Sandor Sunneson: +5=19
Smon: ok
Sandor Sunneson: there's loads of loose flagstones around!!!
Smon: Sandro finds the leverage point & together they can heave up the heavy stone...
Smon: A cavity under one the flagstone covered by a table contains...
Smon: 400 sp, 20 gp &...
chris107: ...
Smon: A shining longsword inlaid with filigree that proclaims it The Sword of OMENS!!
Smon: Italics in the original
chris107: Yay!
Sandor Sunneson: He picks up the sheath
Smon: A faint unearthly glimmer runs along the naked blade (no sheath)
Sandor Sunneson: (he won't be able to use it so will enjoy it whilst he can  )
chris107: (  )
Sandor Sunneson: (I'll stop being poetic)
Smon: Brigand: "See, I said so..."
Prince Skylio: "Not bad"
chris107: M - The blade of Sir Parcifel . Amazing.
Prince Skylio: "Test it out on this guy maybe"
chris107: M - nay Zagaar. He has been as good as his word
Smon: In tiny print under THE SWORD OF OMENS!! is written "To be wielded only by the Righteous and Pure of Heart"
chris107: M - how many of you fellows are left?
chris107: He asks the survivor
Smon: The bandido regards Zagaar nervously.
Prince Skylio: "Okay take it Mordred the sword states it is to be wielded by homosexuals"
Smon: "Er... just me and Panek I reckon. He's back at the Market, keeping an eye on the Gobbo."
chris107: (Well M is Lawful Good and a Knight. He’s very much like to give it a try?)
chris107: M gives Z a hard stare
chris107: OOC - you guys okay with Mordred trying the sword out?
Prince Skylio: Yes
Smon: Bandit: "Personally I never wanted to join Yusan's army... I was a weaver back in Carchimish before all this..."
Sandor Sunneson: sure
Smon: "...Fell in with a bad crowd. You know how it is."
chris107: M - then go back to your home and weave away.
Prince Skylio: "You tried to murder us about & minutes ago."
Sandor Sunneson: Sandro will see how much coin there is
Prince Skylio: 8*
chris107: M grasps the hilt of the enchanted blade and hopes for the best.
Prince Skylio: "But alas we shall allow you to leave with your life"
Smon: He nods. "Er... I'll just go back to the Market for now. Not sure about the way out..."
Sandor Sunneson: just those sp and gp?
chris107: 400 SP 20 GP
Smon: Mordred grasps the hilt of the enchanted blade...
Prince Skylio: "Watch out for toads"
Smon: White light blazes forth!
chris107: Wise words
Smon: "Toads, right, I'll watch out... Oh! Seein' as yer lettin me go, I kin do you a favour!"
Smon: From the sword comes ethereal music.
chris107: Noice, we like favours
Smon: An angelic feminine voice proclaims: "Might Warrior! I proclaim Thee WORTHY! Wield this blade in the cause of JUSTICE and HONOUR and it shall ne'er forsake thee!"
chris107: M concentrates, using his ritual magic to identify and try to communicate with the magical blade
Sandor Sunneson: Sandro will share the coin with Zagaar as they got nowt else
Smon: Bandit: "Nice sword.... Oh yeah! Fatty there got a big fat opal down his boot."
Prince Skylio: Yay
chris107: He drops to one knee. And bows to do just that
Sandor Sunneson: Sandro will check fatty for the opal
chris107: The opal too
Smon: Mordred feels a sense of Righteousness as he attunes to the Sword of Omens.
chris107: I won’t be claiming anything else for a while
Smon: Sandro digs the 100gp opal from the dead brigand's boot.
Smon: GM: The Sword of Omens is currently a +1 sword for Mordred.
chris107: Cool
Prince Skylio: "you keep the opal sandro"
Smon: The bandit ducks out the archway.
Sandor Sunneson: was going to give you 50gp but thank you
chris107: M - where to now chaps?
Smon: There is a second archway also in the w wall, they are 20' and 40' down the 50' long wall.
Smon: The room is 50' n-s by 30' e-w.
Smon: Back in the n-s corridor west of the dining hall, you see a tunnel runs west from a point midway between those two archways.
chris107: So all the arch’s lead back into the n-s corridor?
Sandor Sunneson: going to make a brew, brb
Sandor Sunneson: and check phone
Smon: (yes) Meanwhile the main tunnel continues s, passing a door in w wall 20' past the southern archway.
chris107: Coffee break then?
9:29pm  2017-12-07 Prince Skylio Has exited the room
Sandor Sunneson: That ok?
Smon: I'm on beer tonight
Sandor Sunneson: cool, back in ten?
Smon: ok
Smon: 9.40 restart
9:29pm  2017-12-07 Prince Skylio Has entered the room
chris107: Cool
Smon: Then play to 10.30/10.40 ok?
chris107: Perfect for me
9:32pm  2017-12-07 Prince Skylio Has exited the room
9:32pm  2017-12-07 chris107 Has exited the room
9:33pm  2017-12-07 chris107 Has entered the room
chris107: An interesting sword. Does the angelic voice remain chatty?
9:34pm  2017-12-07 Prince Skylio Has entered the room
Prince Skylio: Mordreds friendship circle has expanded to an owl and a piece of metal that whispers to him. Zagaar is doubtful
9:37pm  2017-12-07 Prince Skylio Has exited the room
9:38pm  2017-12-07 chris107 Has exited the room
9:38pm  2017-12-07 chris107 Has entered the room
9:38pm  2017-12-07 Prince Skylio Has entered the room
chris107:
Smon: No, no more angelic voice.
chris107: You forgot a dumb Orc and a ninja monk.
Prince Skylio: 
Smon: LOL
Prince Skylio: Zagaar has never been considered a friend before & is pleased
chris107:
chris107: M - Yes, we’ll. hurumph. Let’s get on.
Sandor Sunneson: an arrow catcher
Sandor Sunneson: lets go on
Smon: It looks that the west tunnel goes to a portcullis and beyond it a hexagon chamber withChipped mosaics of rugged mountain crags; plinth with only the feet and ankles of a broken statue atop it - you saw it before, from the n.
chris107: West passage, west door or south passage
Smon: The south tunnel continues south, as I said there is door in w wall
Smon: It looks fairly dry/good condition
chris107: That makes my map just about 10’ out. Not bad
Smon: yaay
chris107: We have 2 doors in the west wall now
Smon: Have 50 mapping XP
chris107: North end and south end
Smon: no just one
Smon: oh yes
Smon: the one you ignored
Smon: 60' between them
chris107: I’ll post the map at the end of the session
chris107: To the top then and the first western door
Smon: ok you head n up the passage
chris107: First listening for pesky Orcs
chris107: At the junction
Sandor Sunneson: Sandro is curious to see this blade in action
Smon: No sound at junction or beyond door.
chris107: (Can Mordred, in the time he was attuning ‘bond’ with this sword?)
Smon: (yes)
chris107:
Smon: Mordred can now cause the sword to shed white light 30' radius.
chris107: M looks at Z - Want to bash this door in? You’re very good at bashing stuff in.
chris107: This pleases him
Prince Skylio: "It is one of my more notable qualities"
Prince Skylio: Z bashes the door
Smon: The door flies open at the impact, into a large 30x30 dormitory chamber.
Smon: Rotted bunks and furniture; moth-eaten rush mats on floor; rancid straw.
chris107: M - want to look around or press on?
Prince Skylio: "Press on."
Smon: OOC Rosa has been very quiet tonight
chris107: She has
Smon: Rosa wanders up.
chris107: Next door down in the west wall please.
Smon: "Wow, stinky! I saw a sphinx statue earlier... "
Sandor Sunneson: Sandro will ask if she is ok?
chris107: M - Hello Dr. P.
Prince Skylio: "Yo"
Smon: "Couldn't get the portcullis open to get at it though."
chris107: M - Zagaar is very good at bending the bars of these portcullises
Smon: Rosa explains that when you left the orc hall she went w instead of e and got a bit turned around, hence only just catching up w you.
Sandor Sunneson: A bit turned around?
Smon: You head down to the next door.
Prince Skylio: "Lead the way"
Sandor Sunneson: Not turned on then?
Sandor Sunneson: Shall we go and check out the dog statue?
Smon: "Well there was this fascinating looking sphinx statue on the other side of... oh!" she blushes at Sandro's innuendo.
Sandor Sunneson: Sandro happy to plod on......
chris107: M - let’s look in here then maybe go see Rosa’s Sphinx?
Prince Skylio: Sounds good
Smon: "It looked Egyptian - Altanian, I mean... "
Smon: /roll d20+4
Smon rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 9, (+4) = 13
Sandor Sunneson: Lets see if we can all be turned on by this statue!
Smon: You hear nothing from behind the southern door.
Prince Skylio: Zagaar does his stuff
Smon: Rosa tries the handle, it seems stuck. She stands back as Zagaar wacks the door.
Smon: roll an attack
chris107: Mordred makes sure he’s in front of Dr. P.
Prince Skylio rolls 1d20+8 and gets: 15, (+8) = 23
Smon: The wooden bar behind the door shatters as it blasts open!
Smon: You see the remains of a large kitchen. Rusted cooking tools; casks of rank liquids; scarred chopping block.
Smon: As the shining light of THE SWORD OF OMENS falls on the chamber, it falls on the 5 Goblins hiding within.
Smon: They gibber in terror.
Smon: "Eeeak!"
Prince Skylio: "Hello"
Smon: "Orcses! Orcs is ere!"
Prince Skylio: "Half orc actually. And friendly. Ish"
Smon: The goblins grip their little goblin knives, prepared for an heroic last stand against the orc hordes... they blink.
Smon: "Fr-friendly?"
Prince Skylio: "Sorry for breaking your door. We are merely exploring & thought this room world be deserted"
Smon: The goblins look up at Zagaar with big crimson eyes in their green goblin faces.
Smon: "You not Orc? You not kill us?"
Prince Skylio: "Half orc. Not kill. Me nice"
Sandor Sunneson: You should bow to him in thanks that he will preserve you
Sandor Sunneson: And worship the great Zagaar
Sandor Sunneson: Eater of sheep brains
Prince Skylio: Haha
Smon: Sandro make CHA+Prof roll
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 3,
Sandor Sunneson: +4=7
Sandor Sunneson: lol
chris107: Oops
Smon: The goblins lower their knives, but shake their heads.
Sandor Sunneson: CHR 13
Smon: One steps forward and puffs out his chest before speaking.
Smon: "There iz only One God..."
chris107: Are Goblins known to be an evil race?
Smon: "And His Name iz..."
Smon: "...Bravery."
Smon: (mostly evil, yes)
Smon: (same as kobolds, orcs, hobgoblins, lizardmen etc etc)
chris107: M - these are wicked creatures. We should have no truck with them.
Prince Skylio: "I respect that. We shall be on our way"
Smon: "We not Evil! We Good!"
Prince Skylio: "You're so judgemental since you got the sword of a thousand angel farts"
Smon: The goblins glare angrily at Mordred, gravely offended.
Prince Skylio: "Ignore him"
chris107: Mordred blushes
Smon: "Do YOU worship Bravery? No? Maybe YOU Evil!" (to Mordred)
chris107: M - Soz
Smon: Looking around you notice some familiar grafitti on the walls.
Prince Skylio: "Can we help you with anything? The orcs attacked us too. I killed 2 of them."
chris107: M - an easy mistake to make. You know, green skin, Scarlett eyes, sharp teeth... he trails off looking at Zagaar sideways.
Smon: You saw similar weeks ago, in caves in Stonehell canyon - an heroic human figure defeating cartoon hobgoblins, liberating goblins from bondage.
chris107: Ah! Yes....
Smon: The devout Goblin points at the representation.
Smon: "Bravery! He conqered Fear!"
Smon: "He conquered Hate!"
Smon: "He turned Bad stuff into Good stuff!"
chris107: M - sounds like a stout fellow.
Smon: He pats the representation - it looks like a goblin's version of a large human knight in plate armour.
Sandor Sunneson: I thought only the leg-end known as Hakeem did that?
Smon: "Since we wentz thru Portal, Bravery iz far away - but we haz Faith! We knowz one day he comes and brimgs us Home!"
Smon: The Goblin wipes a tear from his eye.
chris107: M - well we are all for this liberation stuff. Perhaps between us we can defeat these wretched Orcs? Do you have any chums?
Smon: "We nut know Hakeem. We iz fer BRAVERY!!"
Smon: The goblins nod at Mordred, seeming mollified.
chris107: M - which Portal was this? Is it close by?
Sandor Sunneson: What world did you come from?
Smon: "Yez, more of us still alive. Some fled up above - dunno if they ded."
Smon: "World?! ....Oh yeah! Ome world iz MYSTARA. Wise Goblin sez we in dif'rent world now."
Smon: The goblins look at Mordred, shake heads sadly. "Portal closed."
chris107: M - well then. Why don’t we go gather up your friends then we’ll give these Orcs what for?
Smon: The goblins look uncertain. "Orcs is big. Orcs kill Goblins."
chris107: M points to Zagaar
chris107: M - we will all help
Smon: "Mmm... well, we can try find others, over on West side. If not dead yet. We take you past the traps!"
chris107: Yay!
chris107: M - do you know a fellow around here, dresses in grey robes?
Smon: The goblins nod and start to head out into the tunnel.
chris107: The N-S one
chris107: ?
Smon: "Grey Robes? Hmm... prob'ly Doomlure. It not spek?"
Smon: yes
Smon: You hear sounds of battle from the south!
Prince Skylio: "No speak"
chris107: M - just gestures
chris107: M - shall we investigate these sounds of battle?
Smon: 25' to the s it looks like the tunnel opens out into a very large vaulted chamber, from which comes angry kobold yips and screams.
Sandor Sunneson: yes, lets nosey
Smon: also a sort of hissing roar as of some large beast.
Prince Skylio: "I hope that's not one of their dragons..."
Smon: Heading south, you come into a large Hall, 3 tunnels out - 2 to w, 1 to e.
chris107: Let’s go get ‘em!
Sandor Sunneson: wait to see what;s hissing first and who is fighting who
Smon: Sounds of battle; chittering; squeaks; empty fire pit; rubble & debris scattered on floor. Kobolds (6) fighting a Giant Shrew (1).
Sandor Sunneson: ???
Sandor Sunneson: we must partake in taming of the shrew
Prince Skylio: "Oh. It's a mouse thingy."
chris107:
Smon: Looking down the north western passage you see a portcullis, several orcs beyond it, laughing and jeering as they watch the kobold vs shrew battle!
Sandor Sunneson: who is winning fight?
Smon: shrew seems to be winning.
Smon: As you watch, it chomps a kobold.
chris107: M firebolts an Orc
Smon: The orcs snarl, 3 raising bows... they have cover from the portcullis. roll init
chris107 rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 8, (+3) = 11
Prince Skylio rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 13, (+1) = 14
Sandor Sunneson: does the firebolt hit?
Smon: orcs
Smon: /roll d20+1
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 5, (+3) = 8
Smon rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 8, (+1) = 9
Sandor Sunneson: Sandro will get ready to catch and return arrow
Smon: mordred can have advtg on init but he already won
Prince Skylio: (Is Z in charge/attack range)
Smon: ok Mordred & Zagaar first
chris107 rolls 1d20+6 and gets: 19, (+6) = 25
Prince Skylio: (Well charge/hammer portcullis in range"
Smon: yes it's only 15' down corridor to portcullis, Zagaar charges it and attacks it
Prince Skylio: OOC is it 1d20 x2 still if I am hitting the portcullis
chris107: (Firebolt d10?)
Smon: Reaching the 'cullis Zagaar sees a third hexagonal chamber, this one hasFlaking frescoes of pastoral plains & halfling homes.
Smon: Mordred zaps an Orc
Smon: 2d10 now?
Smon: yes just roll 1 att Zagaar
chris107: Ah yes!
chris107 rolls 2d10 and gets: 7, 7, = 14
Prince Skylio Rolls 1d20x2 and gets:
11 = 11
6 = 6
Prince Skylio: +8 oops
Smon: AC 17 so hit
Smon: roll dmg
Prince Skylio rolls 3d6+5 and gets: 5, 4, 5, (+5) = 19
Prince Skylio: Gdsh
Smon: Zagaar kills the portcullis!
chris107:
Smon: The bars shatter, leaving a 5' gap.
Smon: On the backswing he hits an orc... roll dmg
Prince Skylio rolls 3d6+5 and gets: 5, 4, 6, (+5) = 20
Smon: Kills it stone dead
chris107: Yay!
Smon: Orcs press forward swinging great axes at Zagaar as the archers fall back
Smon: /roll d20+5x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+5x2 and gets:
14 (+5) = 19
11 (+5) = 16
Smon: 1 hit
Smon: /roll d12+3
Smon rolls 1d12+3 and gets: 2, (+3) = 5
Smon: 5 dmg
Prince Skylio: 36/44
Smon: The orc axemen bar the breach
Smon: Behind them you hear an orc boss yelling orders.
Smon: Sandro can join Zagaar at the breach & attack?
Sandor Sunneson: ok, if archers ain't firing
Smon: They Disengaged, no shots this round.
Sandor Sunneson: are the kobolds and stoat still fighting each other?
Smon: yes
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 4,
Sandor Sunneson: cool
Smon: another kobold down
Smon: /roll 2d6
Smon rolls 2d6 and gets: 4, 5, = 9
Smon: The surviving 4 kobolds flee down the east tunnel.
Smon: /roll 2d6
Smon rolls 2d6 and gets: 4, 5, = 9
Smon: The shrew munches placidly on dead kobold, eyeing the goblins across the chamber.
Smon: sandro if attacking roll now
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 11,
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d20 and gets: 7,
Sandor Sunneson: 16 and 12
Smon: ac 14 chain
Sandor Sunneson rolls 1d6+3 and gets: 2, (+3) = 5
Smon: Sandor gently pokes an orc.
Smon: OOC I am flagging a bit, think better stop then resume fight next sesh?
Sandor Sunneson: sure, that's fine by me