[Master] ==== Gaming session started: Tue May 05 19:50:56 EDT 2020 ====

Spring has joined the game on Wed May 06 18:59:53 EDT 2020

Spring is receiving the map Base Map...

Spring has received the map Base Map.

[Master] Hey there

[Spring] oh hai

[Master] how are you feeling?

[Spring] I don't remember what time I’m supposed to be here so if I’m early, that's why

[Master] you re on time

[Spring] pretty well at the moment, how are you feeling?

[Master] 7 to 11 is the time that I am committed to be here for working on the game

[Master] if people show up to play we play if not I continue to work on the game stuff

[Master] and life is good

[Spring] :-)

[Master] I feel like I accomplished a good amount today

[Master] all the laundry and dishes done,

[Master] got my steps in

[Master] had two meetings

[Spring] woo hoo!

[Spring] accomplishment is one of my favorite feelings

[Master] yeah is a soft warm comfortable

[Master] then work Thurs and Friday and I get to have two more days off

[Master] so overall could be much much worse

[Spring] sounds like a really good day

[Master] a couple of things I wanted to do, drop off dry cleaning etc. but cannot get everything done

[Spring] nah that's true

[Master] how is the power level tracking going?

[Spring] there's always something

[Spring] oh I finished my tests. I do have enough power capability to work off grid as long as I don't have two rainy days in a row

[Spring] probably will want one more power pack before I get on the road

[Master] is there a generator that will charge as you drive?

[Spring] yes

[Master] that is good

[Spring] each of the powerpacks can be charged with a cigarette lighter

[Spring] and my truck has 3 cigarette lighters

[Master] excellent

[Spring] I had thought I would go ahead and go full solar now, but I remembered that these batteries still have a finite number of charges

[Master] this is true, do they list it?

[Spring] so I probably should wait until AC is no longer available

[Spring] they do not

[Spring] I think that kind of thing varies a lot

[Master] true

[Spring] I’ve heard that batteries that remain between 40 to 80% constantly have more recharges in them than those that deplete and fully charge

[Master] my car has a 10 year warranty for the battery

[Master] it depends on the type of battery

[Spring] for sure, and I do not want to be fooling with lead acid batteries

[Master] I wonder if it stresses out your vehicle to have the two of them charging while you drive

[Spring] I wonder how much surplus charge a normal alternator/generator produces

[Spring] I always thought charging things was recapturing the waste

[Master] nods

[Master] like my regenerative brakes

[Master] I can just take my foot off the accelerator and it recharges

[Spring] that's way nice

[Master] so I can extend my max distance by over 30 miles with careful driving

Lisa has joined the game on Wed May 06 19:14:03 EDT 2020

Lisa is receiving the map Base Map...

Lisa has received the map Base Map.

Lisa is receiving the map forest stream edge...

Lisa has received the map forest stream edge.

[Spring] hi Lisa!

[Lisa] Hi Spring! :)

[Spring] this wind is super annoying and it's coming out of the north, which is exactly wrong for the season

[Spring] trying not to get crabby about it, since we had such a nice cool walk

[Master] I did text Carissa

[Master] not sure of her plans tonight

[Lisa] she has her cooking class

[Master] ahhh

[Lisa] won't be in until after

[Lisa] whenever that is

[Master] thank you

[Master] I di talk with Lara today

[Master] the person who logged in two weeks ago on Friday

[Master] she loved the session

[Master] had a lot of fun

[Master] I had to laugh when she said, What was up with the wolf thing? Just move on,

[Spring] hehehe

[Lisa] yeah well ...

[Lisa] it's a chair

[Master] she wants to come back depends on her life

[Master] she had a hard tragedy with someone in the family being killed

[Spring] :-(

[Lisa] hope things will calm down enough for her that this would be a welcome distraction from real life

[Master] so when she is back to more normal she will look in on us

[Master] yeah

[Master] but Lisa did you go check the church map to see how the balcony is laid out?

[Lisa] no

[Lisa] ohh I can level Howard

[Master] a large U

[Master] yes

[Master] and also you have a skill point here to add?

Lisa is receiving the map Church Ground Floor...

Lisa has received the map Church Ground Floor.

[Master] and Spring last week there was no activity on this story time line

[Master] it was only Lisa and Carissa and they had other things also pressing

Lisa is receiving the map Church First Level...

Lisa has received the map Church First Level.

Spring is receiving the map forest stream edge...

Spring has received the map forest stream edge.

[Master] so you are at the same point, the other mice ran away after Horatio's feat of combat

[Master] leaving you alone

[Spring] alright

[Lisa] no I can't get that map but it's ok

[Master] I can

[Lisa] I just needed to know if 10 ghouls were on the left balcony and we were going to have to do glyph stairs again

[Lisa] did check the other chat log

[Lisa] the sequence was supposed to be Lanek does Obs and checks the altar for traps

[Lisa] made successful rolls and then ghouls

[Lisa] so ghouls interrupted that process and would have to be re-done?

[Master] yes

[Lisa] ok

[Master] and to Spring Lanek did not make it up onto the platform where the altar is

[Spring] oh well ok then

[Master] just to the steps and as he started up them

[Master] but I had ruled that because you were checking for traps you were not surprised

[Spring] thanks :-)

[Lisa (to GM only)] Character sheet for Howard Plum modified: Personal Information - Next Level:: CHANGED: 90000 (60000). Class Levels - Character Level: (L) : CHANGED: 7 (6). Wizard: (WL) : CHANGED: 7 (6). Combat - Melee THAC0: (THAC0) : CHANGED: 18 (19).

[Lisa (to GM only)] Character sheet for Howard Plum modified: Magical Abilities - CHANGED: Second Level -- Maximum: 3 (2),

[Lisa] Roll #1: (d4) [1d4=3] 3

[Lisa] yay

[Master] yes Howard gets the extra spells without training

[Lisa] 21 hps!

[Master] but new spell levels need the training but that is next level right?

[Lisa] yes he will need 4th level training after this

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] LOL my new work phone number has a 666 in it

[Lisa] think he will sit out for a while and desperately try to learn some

[Master] Branwyn can train him?

[Lisa] ooohhhh Spring!

[Master] LOL at Spring

[Lisa] yes she can

[Lisa] but he is now 7th level and knows almost nothing because he keeps failing to learn

[Lisa] oh Howard is Lawful good

[Lisa] forgot that

[Lisa] he'll need a rope to help him up to balcony

[Master] grins

[Lisa (to GM only)] Character sheet for Howard Plum modified: Combat - Current Hit Points:: CHANGED: 21 (18). Max Hit Points:: CHANGED: 21 (18).

[Lisa] so that is done

[Lisa] added the spell numbers but haven't filled those slots or anything

[Lisa] so after this is all settled Branwyn and Howard will take a break

[Master] cannot memorize new spells till morning

[Master] but yes

[Lisa] Indigo and Johan can run around

[Lisa] I know - that's what I was saying

[Lisa] trying to anyway

[Master] grins

[Master] I understood you

[Master] Spring did you have questions and or comments for either story line?

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] nope, I think I’m good

[Lisa] oh man! reading esp potion - tin foil hats negate the effects :)

[Master] LOL

[Lisa] I find that amusing

[Master] yes lots of inside jokes in a lot of the spell descriptions

[Lisa] my chaos spell doesn't say it doesn't work on undead

[Lisa] not that I need to do anything with undead now except take a nap

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] :-)

[Lisa] If fritz doesn't come back before this arc ends - can we have the undead control ring back then?

[Lisa] I would like to destroy it

[Master] I would have to think long and hard on that but I understand what you are thinking

[Lisa] I would like to destroy all our evil items

[Lisa] it just sucks

[Lisa] 2nd time this has happened

[Master] yes

[Lisa] he has 6 of our potions too

[Master] Spring you understand?

[Lisa] I get not just handing them back now

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] that it's an evil ring tempting people to do big evil?

[Lisa] no Fritz

[Master] meaning One Round Behind

[Lisa] he is holding a chunk of party pack stuff then left

[Spring] losing the field mouse

[Spring] I understand generally how one round behind works, but not what happens if someone totally leaves while in that state

[Master] To this point they have remained One Round Behind indefinitely

[Lisa] If the arc ends in July and we are all home and done

[Lisa] I want everyone's unused potions back in the pack when we're done even if the players are here

[Lisa] because sometimes Indigo goes, sometimes Branwyn, etc.

[Lisa] Not fair for ones staying home to be holding things the group travelling into danger could need

[Lisa] IMO

[Master] I agree with that Lisa

[Spring] yes

[Master] the problem is the One Round Behind,

[Master] historically John had a character who used Imbue with Spell Ability on a character

[Master] that player was at the table for a few sessions then left

[Master] and he lost that spell slot because it was never used

[Spring] :-(

[Master] for Months of real time a long time in game time

[Master] until he was knocked unconscious

[Master] and so lost all spells

[Master] so I ruled when he came to he regained all his spells

[Lisa] I could have helped with that

[Master] grins

[Master] and also as Lisa pointed out

[Lisa] That's an easy fix

[Master] Fritz before

[Master] was in had a character was playing was given party magic items

[Master] then he stopped playing

[Master] and those items went away

[Lisa] he took weapons and magic item, etc.

[Lisa] we'll live if they don't come back just makes me sad

[Lisa] and wary if he does come back

[Lisa] you can come back but you can't have any stuff!!

[Lisa] :D

[Master] chuckles

[Master] Fritz has been in since about August

[Spring] heh

[Master] which for him is a long time

[Spring] how is it that they don't bring the stuff back?

[Spring] if it can go away with them it should be able to come back with them

[Lisa] oh yes

[Lisa] If he comes back at some point he would have them

[Lisa] but if he doesn't come back it's lost

[Lisa] AND he would have to come back with those characters

[Lisa] so next year if he wanted to and doesn't want those 3 then items still lost

[Spring] that's probably the key right there. when someone returns, do they realize they left with stuff and should come back as the same character to bring it back

[Lisa] dunno

[Spring] I don't even remember who I was playing when I left

[Spring] never mind what they might have had on them

[Master] warm smile

[Spring] the mongrel man probably?

[Lisa] so an extra appendage?

[Master] but that is the idea, One Round Behind means your character is safe so you can know if you miss a week or three, like Ryan with Skarp, all your stuff will be there, your character will be safe and playable

[Lisa] yes

[Spring] talk about a pain in the ass character to play. a move of something like 3 and couldn't even use a roller skate

[Lisa] Not saying I want to loot Skarp

[Lisa] :)

[Master] chuckles but you did a lot of fun things with that mongrel man Spring

[Lisa] LOL Spring!

[Master] they have not encounter them yet here in the swamps

[Lisa] we did

[Lisa] intro to Hoffman

[Lisa] Mongrel man was the witch's sidekick

[Spring] interesting

[Lisa] the one that kept whacking Branwyn in the head so she couldn't cast

[Master] Ahhh yes that one

[Spring] annoying

[Lisa] She thought so

[Lisa] but does one round behind extend past the end of a story arc

[Lisa] that is my question

[Master] so far it has

[Master] but you have a valid idea

[Lisa] k

[Lisa] I did want to taste that mage smelling one simply because I think it was one of the fakes

[Lisa] meaning it does something else

[Master] chuckles

[Lisa] Fritz was going to pour it down the wolf's throat

[Lisa] which would have been interesting

[Master] Carissa said her cookbook class just finished

[Lisa] I was just thinking of making dinner

[Lisa] it can wait

[Master] if you want to go and come back?

[Master] OR?

[Master] is up to you

[Master] zero pressure

[Master] we are just hanging out

[Lisa] yeah was just going to make something somewhat quick

[Lisa] 20 minutes?

[Master] go

Carissa has joined the game on Wed May 06 20:06:51 EDT 2020

Carissa is receiving the map Base Map...

Carissa has received the map Base Map.

[Carissa] Go make food. I need to grab a snack anyways.

[Carissa] Also hello!

[Spring] hi Carissa!

[Spring] I need to get food too

[Spring] think a peanut butter pickle burrito

[Carissa] That sound both questionable and delicious?

[Spring] wrap is a better noun

[Spring] since there are no burrito type flavorings

[Carissa] In a tortilla? Just PB and pickles?

[Spring] yup, whole wheat tortilla

[Master] That is an unusual idea

[Carissa] Hmm, I need to try that.

[Carissa] I feel like I've heard of the combo before but I've never tried it

[Master] How was the cooking class Carissa?

[Master] OH and also you two do not know

[Master] mixitwithmario.com

[Master] is Mario's Sunday evening cooking class

[Master] if you want to come hang out and cook

[Carissa] Sorry was reading chat

[Master] Argentinian Empanadas is the class this week

[Carissa] It was good! Cookbook Club moved virtual since library is still closed and let's face it, no one wants to be in an enclosed space with people right now. We have the next one two Wednesdays from now. Today was talking about our favorite cookbooks, next one is substitutes, and they're talking about maybe using Flipster or finding a Hoopla cookbook for us to cook from home recipes to talk about.

[Spring] oooooooo

[Carissa] He has a cooking class??

[Spring] yea I’ve seen mentions on Facebook

[Spring] but I haven't slowed down enough to take a look

[Spring] I just am interested in way more stuff than I have time for lately

[Master] I know that feeling Spring

[Spring] I can feel the time until my house needs to be ready just sliding away

[Spring] and days when the weather won't let me work piss me off badly

[Master] nods

[Carissa] We might have snow on Friday. I am pissed. This past weekend it was 78!

[Master] that totally sucks

[Master] Mario's thing is through Doxy so no download or anything is just a weblink

[Master] Doxy is a HIPPA compliant service that Jo-Ann uses for her clients

[Master] just not on Sunday nights, grins

[Carissa] Fancy

[Spring] hehehehe

[Spring] snow right now would piss me right off too

[Master] also he is running trivia for us on Monday nights

[Master] if you wanted to join in there

[Spring] I would love to do all of the things

[Master] I know

[Master] I have segregated out time for various things

[Spring] oh bless. Sophie is so happy, I let her lick the peanut butter jar, since that was the last of it

[Master] Tuesday and Thursday is couch and TV

[Spring] :-)

[Spring] gotta make time to recharge

[Carissa] Mine varies per work day. Today was do everything day since I had to go out anyways. But that changes and is sometimes unplanned.

[Spring] I tend to forget and then my body makes me

[Carissa] Only guarantees are Wednesday nights, Fridays, and lately Saturday family night

[Master] those are good tent poles to work around Carissa grins

[Carissa] Figured you'd approve ;P

[Carissa] I mean you gotta compete now every other Wednesday, but it's not the whole night

[Master] I can take that challenge

[Carissa] By combining Cookbook Club and DnD? I feel like I saw that Kickstarter somewhere before...

[Master] yes there is a D&D cookbook out there somewhere

[Spring] I gotta go take my tent down before the wind tears it apart

[Master] go

[Carissa] I mean yes I need that but I think there was some Kickstarter where the adventure is making recipes or something because it intrigued me...

[Master] I have not seen that

[Carissa] Well now I need to see if I can find it again...

[Carissa] Well that was easy: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/losttomes/recipeforadventure

[Carissa] I should just get them... I'd love to run a game like that. Bet my sister would actually play

[Master] nice

[Lisa] back

[Carissa] Hi Lisa! Spring has since disappeared.

[Lisa] Hi Carissa

[Lisa] Did you say snow?

[Master] She will be back soonish

[Carissa] Sadly :(

[Lisa] It was 99 degrees today

[Lisa] Trade you!

[Carissa] May even be measurable amounts. Last time was apparently 2002 so yes, definitely will trade you!!

[Carissa] If I'm lucky the mountains will trap it all, but they can't guarantee it...

[Master] Carissa if it comes up in your story about centaurs coming to the swamps

[Master] point out how well horses have done

[Master] grins

[Carissa] Haha good point

[Carissa] Not sure if it will, just going with the flow, but if they express interest, definitely worth point out ;)

[Master] four legged creatures just do not do well in the swamps

[Master] except for alligators

[Lisa] love headlines - why are Russian doctors falling out of windows?

[Carissa] Far as I know the Wolves are okay....

[Lisa] sound slike the start of a joke

[Master] the line I used from that story

[Master] "it is normally unusual for doctors to fall out of windows"

[Carissa] Like a chicken crossing a road except not at all that

[Carissa] lol

[Carissa] and sad

[Master] I am sure it is just coincidence that they all complained about the lack of PPE

[Master] and the wolves are better off because they are lighter and can fit in a skiff if needed

[Master] but horses are too large

[Carissa] In Russia PPE complains about you

[Master] groan

[Carissa] :)

[Carissa] Haha true and they can swim which is a plus

[Master] did you two add your story points from the last session?

[Master] was not remembering if you added at the end of the session or on Friday

[Lisa] I did

[Carissa] Oh no.... that means deciding what to add... hmmm

[Carissa] Remind me what I can add it to? HP, 5% for saves, anything else?

[Master] to skills

[Master] thac0

[Master] just about anything

[Carissa (to GM only)] Character sheet for Thistle modified: Personal Information - Alignment:: CHANGED: Chaotic Neutral (null).

[Master] wrong character, grins

[Lisa] so you could add it to str or something?

[Master] yes

[Lisa] did not know that

[Carissa] No, I need to add her alignment while thinking about it :P

[Carissa] Ahh I thought you mentioned that earlier which is why I asked

[Master] you can change Lisa if you want

[Carissa] Double hmm....

[Lisa] no it's fine

[Master] brb more water

[Master] I am away from the keyboard.

[Carissa (to GM only)] Character sheet for Miss Bianca modified: Ability Scores - DEX: (D) : CHANGED: 11 (10). AIM: (AI) : CHANGED: 11 (10). Balance: (BA) : CHANGED: 11 (10).

[Spring] I hate living here very much

[Lisa] I'm sorry

[Spring] now it's trying to destroy the outhouse tent and I’m about ready to let it

[Carissa] :(

Lisa is receiving the map Forest clearing...

Lisa has received the map Forest clearing.

[Spring] my work tent was full of things so it was necessary to move the things, sorry that took so long

[Master] I am back at the keyboard.

[Master] that is perfectly fine Spring

[Master] and I am sorry for the problems

[Master] is there a frame attached to the house for it?

[Master] or is it free standing?

[Spring] free standing. it's a 10x10 canopy with a special tent that fits inside. I only got the tent because sidewalls were all sold out

[Spring] *canopy

[Spring] I’ve been mitigating all day. unzipping the windows, untying ties

[Spring] but the wind's been getting worse and worse

[Spring] the things I was working on are damaged again. for the second time

[Spring] I am dispirited

[Master] UFFF

[Master] any anticipation on the wind dying down?

Lisa is receiving the map forest stream edge...

Lisa has received the map forest stream edge.

[Spring] beats me

[Master] Carissa is almost ready with character updates

[Master] hint hint

[Master] and you are here at the streams edge

[Carissa] Uhhh I finished.... was I supposed to say that? Sorry.

Carissa is receiving the map forest stream edge...

Carissa has received the map forest stream edge.

[Master] and you are right after the other mice ran away from your defense

[Master] I am happy to roleplay out for another hour or two

[Master] as you move forward

[Master] questions and or ideas

[Lisa] jump in rat boat and take a sea voyage?

[Lisa] not sure how we steer

[Carissa] You got a good tail...

[Lisa] and the mice floated down the river and ended up in Rivers Bend

[Master] chuckles

[Lisa] we could try

[Lisa] we really don't have a lot of options

[Spring] 5 AM

[Carissa] Not sure it'd be a great rudder, but it's a start

[Lisa] unless we ask the mice who tried to kidnap us if one of them has a boating nwp

[Master] they had implied they are watching the boat for the rats

[Master] that it is the rat's boat

[Lisa] yes

[Carissa] Well rats.

[Lisa] :)

[Lisa] But if a bunch of rats can do it so can we!

[Lisa] Maybe

[Carissa] If we just think positive!

[Carissa] Maybe

[Lisa] are there oars in the boat

[Horatio (Lisa)] Horatio: Observation check: (d20) [1d20=8] 8 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 10!!

[Carissa] (Sorry kitty yelling at me and distracting me. Again)

[Master] so you venture over to the bank of the stream

[Master] to investigate

[Master] along the weeds and reeds that are on the edge of the stream that flows out of the Wood and heads towards the Stone Mountain

[Master] there is a semi crafted boat

[Master] a chunk of wood that has been gnawed and partially hollowed out

[Master] like a squarish canoe

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (so not carpenters)

[Master] looks to be about a foot or so long and maybe half that wide

[Horatio (Lisa)] (oars?)

[Master] so for you is huge

[Master] there are no oars

[Master] but there are two sticks that seem worked

Horatio (Lisa) pokes at it with a paw

[Master] longer and straight

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Maybe they pushed themselves along?

[Horatio (Lisa)] (is it tied to something?

[Horatio (Lisa)] (and sticks inside boat?)

Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring) sniffs

[Master] yes it has a string wrapped around a notch in the side of the wood that is looped around a branch

[Master] yes to sticks being inside

Horatio (Lisa) tries to jump in the boat

[Horatio (Lisa)] (does he roll for that?)

[Master] not yet

[Master] it rocks a bit

[Master] but you are much lighter than a rat

[Horatio (Lisa)] Whee!

[Horatio (Lisa)] It's floating!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Oh! That looks fun! You go next Sniffikins!

Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring) puts a paw on

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] I dunno

[Master] rocks back and forth

Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring) leaps

[Horatio (Lisa)] Eek!

[Horatio (Lisa)] We're moving!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] If you fall in, I can rescue you!

Horatio (Lisa) tries to grip the bottom with his claws

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] My turn!

Miss Bianca (Carissa) jumps in

[Horatio (Lisa)] This is fun!

Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring) also tries to grip with claws

[Master] the boat rocks back and forth and then steadies after a moment

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] It is!

[Horatio (Lisa)] (we have never seen a boat before?)

[Master] never

[Master] you are from the Woods

[Horatio (Lisa)] They left their weapons in the boat

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Oo! What are they?

Horatio (Lisa) tries to pick up one of the sticks

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] That doesn't look as pointy as their other sword

[Master] it is about 8 inches long so about 4 times as long as you are

[Horatio (Lisa)] (check?)

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] watch out!

[Horatio (Lisa)] Whoa!

[Master] strength

Horatio (Lisa) teeters

[Horatio (Lisa)] Horatio: STR check: (d20) [1d20=5] 5 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 11!!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Wow!

[Master] swaying but balanced

[Horatio (Lisa)] This is really big

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] It seems unwieldy...

[Horatio (Lisa)] Think maybe it pushes the boat?

[Horatio (Lisa)] (take that back if an unreasonable assumption for him to make)

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] maybe it does if the water is shallow enough

[Master] you can guess that

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Maybe you use it to poke things really far away.

Horatio (Lisa) points stick off to the side "Take that evil rats!"

Horatio (Lisa) turns it so it goes into the water

[Master] PUSH

[Master] make a strength check

[Horatio (Lisa)] AHHH

[Horatio (Lisa)] Horatio: STR check: (d20) [1d20=9] 9 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 11!!

[Master] close but not enough

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Oh! Do you need help?

[Master] you PUSH into the water and the boat shifts and starts

[Horatio (Lisa)] Maybe we should untie ourselves

[Horatio (Lisa)] If we want to go

[Master] then it YANKS to a halt as the string goes taut

[Horatio (Lisa)] Maybe chew the rope?

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] I will do it

[Horatio (Lisa)] Thanks!

Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring) trying to chew through the string

[Master] Sniffikins can make an intelligence check

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] Sniffikins Fieldmouse: INT check: (d20) [1d20=19] 19 - ROLL FAILED against 10!!

[Master] Ok

[Master] so you gnaw through the string

[Master] and the boat starts to drift along with the stream

[Horatio (Lisa)] Uh oh!

Horatio (Lisa) tries to put stick back in water

Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring) squeaks

Miss Bianca (Carissa) goes to grab the other stick to try to help

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Miss Bianca: STR check: (d20) [1d20=5] 5 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 12!!

[Horatio (Lisa)] (nice!

[Master] and PUSH out into the stream

[Master] you start to spin

[Horatio (Lisa)] How do we make it go to the side?

[Master] slowly

[Master] spiral

[Master] around

[Master] as you move down stream

[Horatio (Lisa)] (Deja vu Indigo)

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] oh oh oh oh!

[Master] grins

Horatio (Lisa) tries to push stick the other way

[Master] you can each make a Con check

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Miss Bianca: CON check: (d20) [1d20=5] 5 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 10!!

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] Sniffikins Fieldmouse: CON check: (d20) [1d20=9] 9 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 10!!

[Horatio (Lisa)] Horatio: CON check: (d20) [1d20=1] 1 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 10!!

[Master] excellent so none of you are seasick

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] (small miracles)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (Woo)

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] (maybe a little dizzy tho)

[Master] Horatio pushes his stick deeper into the water

[Master] and the boat PUSHES forward a bit

[Horatio (Lisa)] That way! That way!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Oh! Okay!

Horatio (Lisa) tries to will the boat to the other shore

Miss Bianca (Carissa) tries to mimic Horatio's stick movements

[Horatio (Lisa)] (wasn’t supposed to be orders - he has no clue)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (neither does she, lol)

[Master] so you push and push

[Horatio (Lisa)] Horatio: Observation check: (d20) [1d20=14] 14 - ROLL FAILED against 10!!

[Master] suddenly the stick does not hit anything

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Miss Bianca: Observation check: (d20) [1d20=9] 9 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 10!!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Miss Bianca: Alertness check: (d20) [1d20=5] 5 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 11!!

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] don't fall out!

[Horatio (Lisa)] We're sailing!

[Master] you are over deeper water now

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] This water is getting deep...

[Horatio (Lisa)] Ohhhh ...

[Horatio (Lisa)] Are we going the right way?

[Horatio (Lisa)] Horatio: Tracking check: (d20) [1d20=4] 4 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 10!!

[Horatio (Lisa)] (lol)

[Master] you can see that you are moving downstream

[Horatio (Lisa)] Everything looks far away

[Master] that the other bank is about as close as the one you left

[Horatio (Lisa)] (so going in the right direction?)

[Master] yes

[Horatio (Lisa)] (yay!)

Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring) looking and sniffling

[Master] the boat has stopped spinning

[Master] is just bobbing along in the light current

[Master] and then the air over you opens up

[Master] no trees overhead

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Eek!

Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring) gasps

[Master] much brighter than you are used to

[Master] open air

[Horatio (Lisa)] What?

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] It's bright and things can see us!

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] we don't have our leaf hats!

[Horatio (Lisa)] Huh?

Horatio (Lisa) looks up

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] There's no trees!

[Horatio (Lisa)] Wow!

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] that we were hiding under to cross open land

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] now it is open water and we are just as exposed!

Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring) tries to be as small as possible

[Horatio (Lisa)] But there's nothing here. Guess no one wants to be where there aren't trees

Miss Bianca (Carissa) cautiously readjusts thimble

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Hmmm....maybe you're right....

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Miss Bianca: Danger Sense - Humanoid races only check: (d20) [1d20=11] 11 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 11!!

[Master] Yes

[Master] Bianca looks around warily

[Master] something

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Eek!

[Horatio (Lisa)] Should we maybe go faster?

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] how?

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Can we go faster? There's.... something!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Miss Bianca: Observation check: (d20) [1d20=16] 16 - ROLL FAILED against 10!!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Miss Bianca: Alertness check: (d20) [1d20=4] 4 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 11!!

Horatio (Lisa) starts moving stick around in the water

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] CLACK CLACK CLACK

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] EEEK!

[Horatio (Lisa)] Ohhh it's prettier that the sparrows

Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring) screams

[Master] Kingfisher #1 moved 9'10".

[Master] Kingfisher #1 targets Miss Bianca. Distance: 1'09"

[Master] Kingfisher #1 targets Sniffikins Fieldmouse. Distance: 2'10"

[Master] Kingfisher #1 targets Capt. Jack Sparrow. Distance: 2'00"

[Master] Kingfisher #1 targets Horatio. Distance: 0'03"

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] in flight suddenly

Horatio (Lisa) waves stick at it

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] We're not delicious! Go away!

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] and STABS down into the water

[Horatio (Lisa)] Go away!

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] where's the other stick? do we still have the other stick?

[Horatio (Lisa)] watches

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (Bianca is using it)

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] POPPING up from the water with a fish in its beak

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (To try to help move the boat)

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] and lands on your boat

Miss Bianca (Carissa) gasps

[Horatio (Lisa)] EEK!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] You caught a fish!

Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring) squeaks

[Horatio (Lisa)] Hi Ms. Pretty Bird ...

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] We are not fish.

Kingfisher #1 (Master) flipping the fish around in its beak then SWALLOW

Miss Bianca (Carissa) gasps

[Horatio (Lisa)] Have you seen an invisible fish lately?

[Horatio (Lisa)] (and yes I know how that sounds)

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] CLACK CLACK CLACK

Kingfisher #1 (Master) swallowing

[Horatio (Lisa)] Look! If you aren't going to talk to us, you need to leave. We're sailing!

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] Who are you to be out on the water?

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] we are traveling

[Horatio (Lisa)] Sailing!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] We're brave sailors!... Sailing!

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] Where is your sail?

[Horatio (Lisa)] Ummm

[Horatio (Lisa)] Nowhere

[Horatio (Lisa)] but isn't sailing what you do on a boat?

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] uhm, finding out is why we sail ....?

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Ummm.... we're boating!

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] I see lots of boats on the streams

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] (oh where IS our sail, nvm)

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] the Big People sometimes too

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] where are you going to?

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] To find the invisible fish!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] By the Stone Mountain!

Kingfisher #1 (Master) quirks his head as you

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] an invisible fish?

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Yeah!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] It probably ate an invisible ring.

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] Where is this fish?

[Horatio (Lisa)] We think by the Stone Mountain

[Horatio (Lisa)] There is a river there

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] In the circle stream?

[Horatio (Lisa)] What's that?

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] there is a stream that goes in a circle

[Horatio (Lisa)] Ohhh when you sail in circles? We did that!

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] instead of winding like here

Kingfisher #1 (Master) flutters his wings rocking the boat a bit

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Eep!

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] eeek!

Horatio (Lisa) tries to balance with stick

[Horatio (Lisa)] It would be easier to go in circles in a circle stream and we wouldn’t even get lost

[Horatio (Lisa)] Is it nice over there?

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] But if the stream is a circle how do we get there from this not circle stream?

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] There are fish that get through the gates

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] maybe you can

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] I can fit through things!

Kingfisher #1 (Master) flaps his wings to dry them making the boat shift again

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Eep!!

[Horatio (Lisa)] Careful please!

[Horatio (Lisa)] Do we have to go much farther to get there?

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] It is a quick flight

[Horatio (Lisa)] (wait is Dandelion in the boat?)

[Horatio (Lisa)] (did we ditch him?)

[Horatio (Lisa)] (can't believe I am just thinking of him now)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (Whoops forgot about him)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (Not just you)

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] (uh oh me too)

[Horatio (Lisa)] (poor Dandelion)

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] (no Dandelion is not in the boat, you left him while he was browsing and eating on the bank)

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] (he was safe)

[Horatio (Lisa)] (we are bad friends)

[Horatio (Lisa)] (we didn't even say goodbye)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (oops....)

Horatio (Lisa) thinks "So quick flight means long boat ride"

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] :-(

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Quick flight which way?

Horatio (Lisa) starts to try and paddle some more

Kingfisher #1 (Master) this way

Kingfisher #1 (Master) pushes off the side of the boat rocking it

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] and circles over head

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] then off down the stream

Miss Bianca (Carissa) tries to keep an eye on him

Kingfisher #1 (Master) goes down several yards, then circles back again to land on the boat

[Horatio (Lisa)] Maybe that's not so far

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] If you go along the stream here you will come to the wall

[Horatio (Lisa)] Another wall?

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] the water goes through to the circle stream

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Maybe it

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] s shorter

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] there is another one on the other side of the circle stream

[Horatio (Lisa)] How dangerous is it there?

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] where?

Kingfisher #1 (Master) JUMPS off the boat

[Horatio (Lisa)] At the circle stream

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] STABS down into the water

[Horatio (Lisa)] EEK!

Kingfisher #1 (Master) comes back up with a fish

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] CLACK CLACK CLACK

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Wow you're good!

Kingfisher #1 (Master) flips the fish around

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] and swallows

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] wow I have to forage like 12 times before I find a seed

Miss Bianca (Carissa) claps

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] and you are two for two

[Horatio (Lisa)] Do you think you could catch an invisible fish?

[Horatio (Lisa)] Or do you have to see them?

Kingfisher #1 (Master) preens his feathers

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] I have never seen an invisible fish

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] I do not know

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] What's your name?

[Kingfisher #1 (Master)] Sarkle

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] You won't know until you try.

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Like we didn't know we could sail until we tried!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Hi Sarkle! I'm Miss Bianca.

[Horatio (Lisa)] But you couldn't eat the invisible fish if you caught it

[Horatio (Lisa)] Otherwise the ring would be in a fish that was in a bird

[Sarkle (Master)] That is what fish are for

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Well you could eat it after we got the ring out

[Sarkle (Master)] to eat

[Horatio (Lisa)] We have to return the ring to the Arch Mage

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] But if Sarkle caught the fish, and was fished out the ring, Sarkle could then eat the fish, right?

[Horatio (Lisa)] Right!

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] but if sarkle ate the invisible fish, wouldn't sarkel go invisible too?

[Horatio (Lisa)] Hmmm ... thinking

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] But Sarkle has to caught it first and not eat it right away.

[Sarkle (Master)] Fish are food

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] you could be invisible until you pooped

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] But invisible fish aren't food until they're visible again.

[Horatio (Lisa)] Yes!

[Master] floating down stream

[Master] the sun beats down

[Horatio (Lisa)] (through the Mist)

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] (hahaha, light mist)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (or is this pre-Mist timeline?? Centuries ago?)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (Wait can't be because of Acorn.... all but a dream)

[Horatio (Lisa)] (no Bran's house is there)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (Duh and that, lol)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (Or Bob's telling the future and we remove the Mist from here eventually...)

[Horatio (Lisa)] (but hotter than the forest)

[Master] also remember you are used to scurrying along under the bushes and trees during dawn and twilight

[Master] now you are out in the open

[Master] it seems much brighter

[Master] as you drift downstream

[Horatio (Lisa)] I hope there are bushes by the circle stream

[Master] you see a dark wall coming up

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Or a tree.

[Master] it looks like trees rising up from the bottom of the stream

Horatio (Lisa) gasps

[Master] all lined up

[Horatio (Lisa)] Look at that!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Trees!!

[Master] stretching across the stream

[Horatio (Lisa)] In the water?

[Master] clean straight wood

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Those are weird trees...

[Master] yes in the middle of the water

[Master] stretching to either bank

[Horatio (Lisa)] They don't have any leaves

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Are they just... trs then?

[Horatio (Lisa)] Think we can fit between them?

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] are we gonna be able to go between?

[Master] the boat will not

[Horatio (Lisa)] I dunno

[Master] most likely

[Master] it would be a tight squeeze

[Horatio (Lisa)] If we can't fit, which side should we aim for?

[Master] you’re heading towards the wall

[Horatio (Lisa)] Which is the best side Sarkle?

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] whichever one we are closest to I bet

Horatio (Lisa) nods

[Master] the left bank is where you came from the right bank is the far side of the stream

[Sarkle (Master)] This is the beginning of the circle stream

[Horatio (Lisa)] We should try to get to that right edge in case we can't fit

[Horatio (Lisa)] I don't know how to swim!

[Master] make your strength checks

[Horatio (Lisa)] Horatio: STR check: (d20) [1d20=1] 1 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 11!!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (very nice!)

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] Sniffikins Fieldmouse: STR check: (d20) [1d20=7] 7 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 10!!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Miss Bianca: STR check: (d20) [1d20=2] 2 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 12!!

[Horatio (Lisa)] (Mighty mice!)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (Woo!)

[Master] So you combine to force your boat over to the far side of the stream

[Master] and into the bank before you get too close to the wall of trees

[Master] across the stream

[Horatio (Lisa)] We should pull the boat in if we can so we can get back and it doesn't sail away

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] yes, let's

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Ok!

Horatio (Lisa) tries to pull the boat

[Horatio (Lisa)] Horatio: STR check: (d20) [1d20=8] 8 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 11!!

[Master] it is too heavy for you to get up onto the bank

[Master] you do manage to get it into the weeds along the bank

[Master] pushing with the poles

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] If only we had a rope...

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] sorry

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] It's okay! You chewed it good! We didn't know we'd need it.

[Horatio (Lisa)] Wasn't your fault. Other way you would have been outside the boat when it went spinning!

[Horatio (Lisa)] It's not moving now

[Horatio (Lisa)] Maybe it will stay here

[Horatio (Lisa)] Let me see

[Horatio (Lisa)] Horatio: Foraging check: (d20) [1d20=6] 6 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 8!!

Horatio (Lisa) looks for things to use to tie

[Master] Yes there are some long grasses there that you can use

[Horatio (Lisa)] Maybe this?

Horatio (Lisa) points a paw at the grass

Horatio (Lisa) starts to gnaw some off

Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring) gnawing some too

Miss Bianca (Carissa) goes to help

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] You're really good at finding things, Horatio.

Horatio (Lisa) smiles

[Horatio (Lisa)] Lucky I guess. I hope we find seeds after this

[Horatio (Lisa)] Sailing makes you hungry

[Horatio (Lisa)] And watching birds eat

Miss Bianca (Carissa) looks to see where Sarkle went

[Master] perched on the end of the boat

[Master] scanning the water

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] I think Sarkle is going to eat again...

[Horatio (Lisa)] How much do birds eat?

Horatio (Lisa) does his best to use the grass to moor the boat

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] I dunno

[Horatio (Lisa)] Hope this works

[Master] anyone have rope use or anything you think would help?

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Miss Bianca: Observation check: (d20) [1d20=20] 20 - ROLL FAILED against 10!!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] ..

[Horatio (Lisa)] (nope - I took tracking)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (....nope)

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] Sniffikins Fieldmouse: Tumbling check: (d20) [1d20=19] 19 - ROLL FAILED against 10!!

[Master] OK

[Master] so you tie off the boat the best you can

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] (oh hey but I have swimming)

[Master] and hope for the best

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (Same!)

Horatio (Lisa) backs away and then rolls over on the ground

[Horatio (Lisa)] I'm tired

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] We did a lot of sailing

[Horatio (Lisa)] It was hot!

[Horatio (Lisa)] Glad to put that big stick down

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] glad to be off the boat

[Horatio (Lisa)] So I guess we have to get past the wall?

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Another wall..

[Horatio (Lisa)] We can climb trees and these are just water trees, right?

[Horatio (Lisa)] Should we go look at it?

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] sure

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Ok!

[Horatio (Lisa)] calls back "Thank you Mr. Sarkle!"

[Sarkle (Master)] CLACK CLACK

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] If you catch the invisible fish let us know!

[Master] you approach the straight wood trees

[Sarkle (Master)] Where is this invisible fish?

Sarkle (Master) FLIGHT and lands on top of the wall

[Horatio (Lisa)] Think it's in there

Horatio (Lisa) points paw

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Somewhere in the circle stream.

[Horatio (Lisa)] We didn't even know it was in a fish until a little bit ago

[Master] you get close to the wall

[Master] Do you all understand what you are looking at ?

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] (I’m assuming it's like a cortcullis)

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] (portcullis, only for water)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (Nope it's past being able to understand things hour)

[Master] Spring has it

Horatio (Lisa) claps

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (She types words I do not understand, but okay)

[Master] you see that drawing on the map?

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] (it would help if I didn't typo all the time)

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] (like the door of a jail cell, all vertical bars)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (Yes I understood the layout, just not the technicalities of the tree spikes things :) )

[Master] there are two sluice gates along the sides of the moat, one where the stream enters and one where is leaves

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (Sluice gate is a word I understand)

[Master] so the gate is a set of bars, wood in this case

[Master] that lets the water flow in

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] (sluice gate, much better)

[Master] and you can use the far one to close off the water flow to make the moat level rise in times of need

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] (if you put a sluice gate in the mouth of a castle, you've got a portcullis)

[Master] and the one on this side prevents debris from filling up the moat

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] (slides up and down) [Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (yep got it)

[Master] and so you are here at the entrance to the circle stream

[Master] This seems a good place to pause

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] (I hope we've got bushes and things)

[Master] so you can gather your thoughts

[Master] on how to handle this

[Sniffikins Fieldmouse (Spring)] (oh good, because that was my last amount of brain, and I’m not even drinking)

[Master] grins

[Horatio (Lisa)] lol

[Master] I think you all did great tonight

[Lisa] we did not drown or shipwreck

[Master] you stole the rat's boat, you got to the moat

[Spring] I wanna take a shower to wash all the dust off me, but dust will get on me again when I come back

[Carissa] So not watership down

[Carissa] Based on title alone

[Spring] hehehe rhyme time

[Master] chuckles

[Carissa] Feel bad about Dandelion, but at least we have a new friend

[Spring] we managed to float

[Master] there is your quote

[Master] grins

[Carissa] thanks makes it easier to find

[Lisa] now all we have to do is pass a huge wall and find an invisible fish

[Carissa] especially if I'm too lazy to decide on a quote

[Master] piece of cake

[Carissa] ahh small stuff we got this

[Master] have a great night everyone

[Master] see you on Friday I do hope

[Lisa] you too!

[Carissa] Night all!

[Lisa] Goodnight!!

Carissa has left the game on Wed May 06 22:41:26 EDT 2020

Lisa has left the game on Wed May 06 22:41:31 EDT 2020

[Spring] gnite!!!

Spring has left the game on Wed May 06 22:41:37 EDT 2020

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