[Master] ==== Gaming session started: Mon Jun 29 19:34:00 EDT 2020 ====

[Master] Gruyere moved 3'05".

[Master] Miss Bianca moved 3'00".

[Master] Horatio moved 2'08".

[Master] be right back up refilling on water

[Master] I am away from the keyboard.

Carissa has joined the game on Wed Jul 01 19:05:39 EDT 2020

Carissa is receiving the map Catacombs section 4...

Carissa has received the map Catacombs section 4.

Lisa has joined the game on Wed Jul 01 19:11:25 EDT 2020

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[Master] I am back at the keyboard.

[Master] Hello

Lisa is receiving the map moat bank...

Lisa has received the map moat bank.

[Lisa] Hello

[Carissa] Hi to you both!

[Master] hope you are doing well

[Master] pouring rain here

[Lisa] wish it was raining

[Carissa] It's been on and off storms here for the past few days here

[Master] Lara posted in the OOC thread

[Carissa] Just read it

[Lisa] yes ...

[Master] is good to get input, though I am not sure I would agree with John on the idea of leaving, sometimes it just is what it is

[Master] you have to deal with it

[Lisa] I kept trying to say that the room opens up

[Lisa] final battle will not be in a corridor

[Carissa] Already gave my thoughts to John and yes to Lisa, but don't think that got across to all :)

[Lisa] unless black cloak turned huge room into a rat maze

[Carissa] Don't give Bob last minute ideas

[Lisa] LOL

[Lisa] and if multiple people are holding basket it means

[Lisa] 1) they are clumped together

[Lisa] 2) they aren't fighting

[Lisa] if we have an item that possibly gives you invisibility to undead I would rather give it to someone that will be taking things out

[Carissa] Depending how it works, clumped may or may not be bad, but yeah, the fighters couldn't use it

[Lisa] he has fireball

[Carissa] Oooh right duh

[Lisa] fireball took out most of the scouting party

[Carissa] I'm telling you, that's the only arc I think I'm actively repressing

[Lisa] when I want to use my fireball I look for clumps

[Lisa] lol

[Carissa] Might be a good thing to remind others

[Carissa] We never saw any other spells from him, right?

[Lisa] I asked a couple times last week if the basket had a handle

[Lisa] Bob never answered me

[Master] sorry yes it is a basket, so yes has a handle, is like an Easter basket

[Master] large silver

[Lisa] so you can pull it down your arm and still have hands free

[Master] yes

[Lisa] that's what I wanted to know - thanks

[Master] would be clumsy to handle that way

[Master] but doable

[Lisa] no Carissa fireball pretty much took them all out

[Carissa] You could be like me as a stupid kid when I'd put it over my head and around my neck like a necklace

[Lisa] then Howard and Johan started casting so he couldn't

[Carissa] Okay

[Carissa] I mean definitely a good reaction but too bad we don't know some of his other potential spells

[Lisa] that is what makes casters so dangerous

[Carissa] Aren't vampires weak to fireball? Does that mean he might not be one if he can cast fire?

[Master] I bet he has dispel magic ;P

[Lisa] you don't know what they have

[Carissa] LOL

[Lisa] yeah yeah

[Carissa] Well we did see it in his study to be fair and if he wants to one-up Branwyn...

[Master] it is a great quirk you developed

[Lisa] vampires are strange in bob's world - don't know all their rules

[Carissa] Might be more philosophical... unless he does end up as a vampire

[Lisa] if he is a vampire he should also be a level drainer

[Carissa] Ahh damn I didn't know/remember that?

[Lisa] we saw Drake polymorph at will

[Carissa] Hopefully touch and not distance

[Carissa] Did we?

[Lisa] but we don't know if he is or not

[Lisa] Bran and Ilero did

[Lisa] he got turned into a vamp, giggled maniacally and then turned into a bat and flew out the window

[Lisa] it was unsettling :)

[Carissa] Ah yeah, I read that chat. I thought you meant our more recent visit. I had thought I at least remembered that one better :)

[Master] Quick catch him before he turns into a snail and gets away!

[Lisa] lol

[Carissa] lol

[Carissa] And my favorite: snails don't bite. Wait, they do??

[Lisa] but the room is going to get large with a big staircase leading into it

[Master] Valerie said she is on her way

[Lisa] we clump we are asking for a fireball

[Carissa] Staircase going down, yes?

[Lisa] yes

[Carissa] Hmm, we don't have any fire resistance anything do we?

[Carissa] Well we do have what's his name's cloak so we could still try subterfuge first

[Lisa] it's not just fireballs - any area of effect spell

[Carissa] (no I cannot type or spell today)

[Lisa] yes could just knock and see if he comes to the door

[Master] Who is it?

[Lisa] Candygram

valma-73412 has joined the game on Wed Jul 01 19:30:12 EDT 2020

valma-73412 is receiving the map Catacombs section 4...

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[Master] it’s the plumber I've come to fix the sink

valma-73412 is receiving the map moat bank...

[Lisa] Hi Valerie!

valma-73412 has received the map moat bank.

[Carissa] Hi Valerie!

[Master] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTEeJE3tzDE

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] Hi

[Master] so Valerie

[Master] questions after last week?

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] How did we get here?

[Master] here on the bank of the moat? you left the Arch Mage and came back here

[Master] It is now afternoon

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (I'm guessing all the fireball talk is for a different game?)

[Carissa] Yes shouldn't be a threat to the mice. I hope...

[Lisa] (yes! For Friday)

[valma-73412] lol

[valma-73412] and where did Sarkle come from?

[Lisa] He is our kingfisher bird friend

[valma-73412] And sniffikins

[Lisa] he stabs birds and eats them

[Master] fish

[valma-73412] lol cannibal bird

[Lisa] that is Spring's character but she is getting ready for a trip

[valma-73412] ah

[Lisa] LOL didn't realize I typed that

[Master] her trip started yesterday

[Lisa] yes fish

[Lisa] wow!

[Master] and it is already an adventure

[Lisa] So Spring is on the road

[valma-73412] cool so if I remember correctly we want the bird to stab the invisible fish when the water moves

[valma-73412] after we put something shiny in the water to attract the invisible fish

[Lisa] that's the plan I think

[Lisa] but we only have a few shiny things not sure how many bad fish we can go through before we get the right one

[Lisa] but I know nothing about fishing

[valma-73412] Maybe a really fast mouse can snatch the shiny thing away from any fish we can see...

[Carissa] I'm still trying to figure out if we need to hold the shiny thing or tie something around it

[valma-73412] we could make a pole with some reeds maybe? Or use a tail, but that seems dangerous

[Master] This is where I tell Valerie, I will neither confirm nor deny how well a potential idea might work

[valma-73412] that's what the dice are for right?

[Master] yes for part of it and part of it is you create your own story, I might have an idea of how things might work out but it is important that the characters/players to know that their actions are what matters in the world

[Lisa] lol and hopefully some divine intervention

[valma-73412] ok I'm ready to try some things. What happens if my character dies?

[Lisa] if we tied a reed to a stick we could make a fishing pole

[Lisa] we bury you

[Lisa] at sea maybe?

[Lisa] then you would have to make a new character

[valma-73412] interesting

[Lisa] people have priests that can raise dead but no mice priests I have seen

[Master] correct to this point some minor magic from chipmunks but other than that no magic

[Master] Also Adventures in the Wastes tend to have a new character for every story arc, to encourage people to throw themselves into creating a character and being different in a short period of time

[Master] on Friday nights characters are played for years and years

[Master] on Wednesday it is anticipated to be months

[Master] but to the point for now

[Master] the three of you are on the inside bank of the moat

[Lisa] my guy can't swim so can help if he doesn't have to go in the water

[valma-73412] Mine can swim, but do you think we can tie the shiny thing to something we can bend over the water and let go of to make the fish jump?

[Lisa] I think that could work. Carissa?

[Lisa] My only thing with this is we have a couple shiny pebbles, 3 glowing seeds and 1 thimble and we need to catch one invisible fish in a moat full of fish

[Master] you have narrowed it down to 20 potential caves

[Master] still is a lot

[Lisa] and the swimmer can always dive for more shiny things

[Lisa] swimmers

[Lisa] think Carissa is afk

[Lisa] we can build a fishing rod in meantime

[Lisa] going IC

[valma-73412] me too

[Master] Fievel moved 18'00".

[Carissa] Ah sorry sorry. Went to grab quick snack then cat derailed that. I'm here now

[Master] Sniffikins Fieldmouse moved 9'11".

Horatio (Lisa) waves at Sarkle

[Horatio (Lisa)] We're back!

[Sarkle (Master)] CLACK CLACK CLACK

[Horatio (Lisa)] We have a new friend. Meet Gruyere!

Gruyere (valma-73412) waves

[Sarkle (Master)] CLACK CLACK

[Horatio (Lisa)] She's going to help us catch the invisible fish

[Carissa] (and yep up for trying that; my ability to plan mid-week isn't great)

[Sarkle (Master)] Where is it?

[Sarkle (Master)] (planning is for Fridays)

[Horatio (Lisa)] Ummm in the circle stream?

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (exactly)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Where the other fish are!

[Sarkle (Master)] Fish are good

[Sarkle (Master)] CLACK

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] But you can't eat the invisible fish until we get the ring back, remember?

[Horatio (Lisa)] Gruyere was thinking maybe if we hung a shiny thing in front of one of the caves a fish would come out and try to get it and then you could see it coming and stab it

[Horatio (Lisa)] If you stab a fish you can see you can eat it

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Yes yes we have many shiny things and many fish caves.

[Sarkle (Master)] CLACK good

[Horatio (Lisa)] And if you stab an invisible fish maybe you can throw it on the bank here for us

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (this cat I swear)

[Carissa] I am away from the keyboard.

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] Sarkle, do you have any shiny things you can bring us?

Horatio (Lisa) looks around on this side of the bank for another stick like the one he lost

[Sarkle (Master)] CLACK CLACK shiny things not good to eat

[Master] there are clumps of reeds and weeds and plants along the edge of the moat

[Master] it is afternoon,

[Master] and as a reminder the rats are expected to be back sometime tomorrow

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] I have three shiny seeds, a shiny pebble, and my shiny thimble.

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (How many caves did we still have left to search?)

[Master] you did three of 20

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (Sigh)

[Horatio (Lisa)] (you can dive for more shiny things)

[Horatio (Lisa)] (if we don't get lucky)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (ah true)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (and if I can roll)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (....and now cat barf)

[Carissa] I am away from the keyboard.

Horatio (Lisa) looks for stick

[Horatio (Lisa)] Horatio: Foraging check: (d20) [1d20=18] 18 - ROLL FAILED against 9!!

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

[Horatio (Lisa)] There aren't as many sticks on this side of the bank

[Horatio (Lisa)] (none of us has rope use anyway - will be a flimsy fishing rod at best in any event)

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (can we weave a rope from reeds?)

[Master] Horatio does see that there are some taller plants near the edge of the moat that look more flexible

[Carissa] I am back at the keyboard.

[Horatio (Lisa)] (we can make it all reeds I guess - sorry again - I am not a fishing person - so run with this to make one! I am just guessing )

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (not a fishing person either so... sounds good to me!)

[Master] tell Valerie what you did with reeds before

[Master] In character

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Well we'll need more reeds to breathe through. I don't know where I put mine.

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (If a mouse can make a nest... can a mouse make a basket?)

[Master] yes

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] We could make a little basket for the shinies and lower that so we don't lose them!

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] maybe we can weave the reeds together to make a rope for the basket too

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] make it stronger

Miss Bianca (Carissa) nods, "Some of those reeds with those tall plants could work."

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Let's go get some!

Gruyere (valma-73412) smiles

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Miss Bianca: Foraging check: (d20) [1d20=10] 10 - ROLL FAILED against 8!!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Miss Bianca: Observation check: (d20) [1d20=18] 18 - ROLL FAILED against 10!!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Um...where did you see them Horatio?

[Horatio (Lisa)] They're close to the water

Horatio (Lisa) points a paw

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (how do I know when to roll?)

[Master] whenever you think you should or I tell you to

[Master] you can always roll to try things

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] Gruyere: Observation check: (d20) [1d20=4] 4 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 10!!

[Master] like Lisa searching for reeds

[Master] there you go

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] Gruyere: Foraging check: (d20) [1d20=11] 11 - ROLL FAILED against 8!!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (at least you both can see, lol)

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] I see them...but I don't think I can get to them

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] Sarkle, can you help us?

[Master] Gruyere sees that there are several tall plants, that are too big to dig up but if maybe there was a weight up high on it it could bend down

[Master] over the water

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (is there a roll for climbing?)

[Master] if no one has a particular skill then it would be a dexterity check or similar type of thing

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] Gruyere: DEX check: (d20) [1d20=14] 14 - ROLL FAILED against 10!!

[Master] Gruyere tries to climb up the plant but slides back down after only half a foot or so

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Oh oh let me try!

[Master] it does sway back and forth

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Miss Bianca: DEX check: (d20) [1d20=18] 18 - ROLL FAILED against 11!!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Eep!

Horatio (Lisa) laughs

[Horatio (Lisa)] That looks fun!

[Master] Bianca gets a bit higher but then WOBBLE and whoosh back down

[Horatio (Lisa)] Horatio: Tumbling check: (d20) [1d20=7] 7 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 11!!

Miss Bianca (Carissa) laughs, "It is fun! You should try Horatio!"

[Horatio (Lisa)] Okay!

Horatio (Lisa) tries to climb the plant

[Horatio (Lisa)] Horatio: DEX check: (d20) [1d20=17] 17 - ROLL FAILED against 11!!

[Master] Horatio makes it up past the halfway mark and it sways back and forth OUT over the water and back

[Horatio (Lisa)] Whee!

[Master] actually a strength check to hold on now

[Master] as it waves around

[Horatio (Lisa)] Horatio: STR check: (d20) [1d20=2] 2 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 11!!

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] that does look fun!

[Master] the plant waves back and forth like a pendulum with Horatio up over three quarters of the way to the top

[Horatio (Lisa)] I went boating today and now I'm flying!

Miss Bianca (Carissa) claps

[Horatio (Lisa)] How is this going to help us?

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] Horatio, do you have a shiny?

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Oh we're going to tied it to the basket we make!

[Horatio (Lisa)] No, I don't have anything

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Ummm we could chew it free at the bottom...

[Horatio (Lisa)] Wait til I come down. I don't want to drop back into the circle stream

Horatio (Lisa) slides down

[Master] Plops down

Miss Bianca (Carissa) waits until Horatio is down before chewing the plant free to make things

[Horatio (Lisa)] That was fun

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (if we can make a basket, can we make a net?)

[Master] you can always try

[Master] refill brb

[Master] I am away from the keyboard.

[valma-73412] so what if we chew many reeds and make a net?

[Horatio (Lisa)] I can help chew off reeds and plants and give them to you

Horatio (Lisa) goes to help Bianca get plants

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] /goes to help too

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (not sure how we'd be able to use a net, but thinking basket to hold things that shine and lower that into the water)

Horatio (Lisa) chew, chew, bite, bite

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (if we were bigger than mice, a net would definitely be better :) )

Horatio (Lisa) starts to make a pile

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (fair point)

[Horatio (Lisa)] And we can't eat any?

Gruyere (valma-73412) adds to pile

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] You can eat one or two! I don't think we need too many.

Miss Bianca (Carissa) tries to make a little basket/nest to just the right size for a peddle/seed

[Master] the afternoon grows late

[Master] but you now have two small baskets that each can hold a pepple or the thimble

[Master] and you have the long part of the flexible plant laying on the ground now

[Master] it is almost two foot long

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] do we want to try fishing now?

[Horatio (Lisa)] Okay

Gruyere (valma-73412) ties long part of the plant to one of the baskets

Miss Bianca (Carissa) decides to try fishing with shiny she took from fish earlier, puts in basket

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] Gruyere: STR check: (d20) [1d20=11] 11 - ROLL FAILED against 10!!

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] This is heavy...

[Master] so explain how you envision what you are doing

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (slipping basket onto end of plant for fishing pole? tied, not just slipped on)

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (we hold the long part of the plant in our paws, teeth, or tail and lower the basket into the water?)

[Master] the pebble will help weight down the basket

[Master] to help it sink

[Horatio (Lisa)] (does Bianca need to be in the water to make sure we are using it in front of the right caves?)

[Master] that would be very helpful

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (ohhh probably)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (does she need tolls again or she good?)

[Master] she is good

Miss Bianca (Carissa) grabs another reed and jumps into the water

[Horatio (Lisa)] (maybe combined strength of horatio and gruyere can lift the plant)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Here! Can you fish here?

[Horatio (Lisa)] I can try to help lift that too

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (do we both roll for strength then?)

[Master] Who has the higher strength?

Horatio (Lisa) pulls the plant to where Bianca is showing us

[Horatio (Lisa)] (both same)

[Master] ok so whoever feels lucky rolls and adds half from the other person/mouse so instead of a 10 would be a 15

[Horatio (Lisa)] (you want to roll?)

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (I thought I already did lol)

[Horatio (Lisa)] (you rolled to do it by yourself

[Horatio (Lisa)] (this would be different)

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] Gruyere: STR check: (d20) [1d20=3] 3 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 10!!

[Horatio (Lisa)] (there we go!)

[Master] and the two of you inspire each other and LIFT up the branch and dangle it out over the water

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] Thanks I think we can do this together!

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] /lowers basket into water

[Horatio (Lisa)] Yes this is heavier than a stick

[Horatio (Lisa)] You ready Sarkle?

[Horatio (Lisa)] Eyes open?

[Sarkle (Master)] CLACK CLACK

Horatio (Lisa) waits

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] Bianca, do you see any fish?

[Horatio (Lisa)] Hope this doesn't take long

Miss Bianca (Carissa) helps guide the basket to the cave

[Master] Bianca is underwater

[Horatio (Lisa)] My nose itches

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Miss Bianca: Observation check: (d20) [1d20=8] 8 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 10!!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Miss Bianca: Alertness check: (d20) [1d20=10] 10 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 11!!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Miss Bianca: Danger Sense - Humanoid races only check: (d20) [1d20=5] 5 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 11!!

Horatio (Lisa) twitches his nose

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (Wow!)

[Master] Miss Bianca moved 3'00".

[Master (to GM only)] Catfish moved 2'08".

[Master (to GM only)] Catfish targets Miss Bianca. Distance: 1'08"

[Master (to GM only)] Catfish targets Sarkle. Distance: 2'04"

Gruyere (valma-73412) holds tail in front of Horatio's nose

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] does that help?

[Master] Bianca found a fish

[Horatio (Lisa)] Ohh thanks!

Miss Bianca (Carissa) carefully tries to fish for said fish

Miss Bianca (Carissa) to lure up to Sarkle

[Master] it is right there nosing towards you

Miss Bianca (Carissa) quickly swims to surface

Miss Bianca (Carissa) yells, "Catfish, Sarkle! You ready!"

[Horatio (Lisa)] (maybe she can't see it/ Maybe it's invisible!)

[Master] Catfish targets Horatio. Distance: 3'04"

[Horatio (Lisa)] (oh well)

[Horatio (Lisa)] (hey! I'm not in the water)

[Master] Sarkle targets Catfish. Distance: 2'03"

[Master] Sarkle: Attack: Beak: (16-(d20+0)) [1d20=9] 7. HITS Catfish (AC FINAL: 10)!!!

[Master] Sarkle: Damage v L: Beak: (1d6) [1d6=4] 4 added to: Catfish

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] yay Sarkle!

[Master] Bianca sees lots of blood in the water

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (man hope there aren't sharks in the moat)

[Horatio (Lisa)] (what I was thinking! lol)

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (maybe the blood shows an invisible fish outline?)

[Master] the catfish reacts and twists around and tries to swim away

[Master] fleeing away from its cave

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (oooh that's a good thought Valerie)

Miss Bianca (Carissa) dives back down to look into the cave

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Miss Bianca: Foraging check: (d20) [1d20=5] 5 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 8!!

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

[Horatio (Lisa)] Ick! What's going on?

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] Should I go help Bianca?

[Horatio (Lisa)] I dunno

[Horatio (Lisa)] Never seen Sarkle not get a fish before

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] I'm going to go see if I can help and maybe get our shiny back

Gruyere (valma-73412) takes reed and dives into water

[Horatio (Lisa)] Okay. Be careful!

[Master] make a swimming check Gruyere

Horatio (Lisa) tries to hold on to plant by himself

[Master] make a strength check Horatio

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

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] Gruyere: Observation check: (d20) [1d20=2] 2 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 10!!

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] Gruyere: Foraging check: (d20) [1d20=16] 16 - ROLL FAILED against 8!!

[Horatio (Lisa)] (swimming)

[Master] and swimming also Valerie

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] Gruyere: Swimming check: (d20) [1d20=11] 11 - ROLL FAILED against 10!!

[Master] OK so

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (I thought I was a good swimmer from the city?)

[Horatio (Lisa)] (everyone can have a bad day :) )

[Master] Gruyere spots another fish swimming this way, which makes her gasp and lose her reed

[Master] So she flounders on the surface

[Master] and now Bianca can make an observation check

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (since I got a good observations score, maybe I saw something outlined in the blood?)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (another?)

[Master] you saw another fish heading towards you so the wounded one and ......

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Miss Bianca: Observation check: (d20) [1d20=12] 12 - ROLL FAILED against 10!!

[Master] So Bianca is investigating the cave that was just abandoned

[Master] and does not see the other fish that is swimming up behind

[Master] but a foraging check inside the cave reveals......

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (she did roll danger sense and alertness successfully)

[Master] that was before Sarkle stabbed the fish

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (le sigh; can she roll those again?)

[Master] not yet

Gruyere (valma-73412) swims back to Horatio

[Master] but you do get another foraging check

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Miss Bianca: Foraging check: (d20) [1d20=4] 4 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 8!!

[Master] So Bianca finds a pebble and a large flat silver disc

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (yay something different!)

[Horatio (Lisa)] Are you okay Gruyere? Sniffikins had a hard time too but she got used to it

[Master] Horatio and Gruyere?

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] I hope Bianca is ok!

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] I lost my reed.

[Horatio (Lisa)] Oh we can find another one

[Horatio (Lisa)] Is the basket still attached to the plant I'm holding?

[Horatio (Lisa)] I didn't want to put it down

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] Yes. Let's pull up our basket and see if we still have our shiny.

[Master] yes

Horatio (Lisa) backs up slowly with the plant

[Master] Horatio moved 6'10".

[Master] Gruyere moved 3'04".

[Master] Miss Bianca moved 3'06".

[Master (to GM only)] Catfish targets Miss Bianca. Distance: 1'03"

Gruyere (valma-73412) backs up with Horatio

[Horatio (Lisa)] So that wasn't a good cave

[Horatio (Lisa)] Miss Bianca! Can you show us another one?

Horatio (Lisa) looks around

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] I've never seen fish so big except in a Giant's plate!

[Master] Bianca can roll now

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Miss Bianca: Danger Sense - Humanoid races only check: (d20) [1d20=9] 9 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 11!!

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

[Master] to see if she notices

[Master] there you go

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (oh man)

[Horatio (Lisa)] Looks like we still have the shiny

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Miss Bianca: Escape check: (d20) [1d20=19] 19 - ROLL FAILED against 11!!

[Horatio (Lisa)] (can we see any of this?)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (aww man)

[Master] So you have a pebble, a large silver disc and your needle

[Master] and none of this is visible on the surface

[Horatio (Lisa)] (a shield!)

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (can you hide?)

[Master] just the reed sticking up

[Horatio (Lisa)] (Bianca is going to have a full set of armor after all this)

[Horatio (Lisa)] (helmet, sword and shield)

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (nice)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (well the pebble seems less important so first let's toss that away and see if that takes the fish's attention elsewhere?)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (lol)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Miss Bianca: STR check: (d20) [1d20=16] 16 - ROLL FAILED against 13!!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Miss Bianca: DEX check: (d20) [1d20=18] 18 - ROLL FAILED against 11!!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (le sigh again)

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (can I try diving again to help?)

[Master] SO you can either abandon all of it or try to hide in the cave but you are not sure how far your reed will stretch

[Master] and yes to Gruyere diving in again but she still does not know what is happening down there

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] Gruyere: Swimming check: (d20) [1d20=6] 6 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 10!!

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] Gruyere: Observation check: (d20) [1d20=18] 18 - ROLL FAILED against 10!!

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] Gruyere: Alertness check: (d20) [1d20=7] 7 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 11!!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (well damn... thinking about hiding because that silver disc seems useful)

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] Gruyere: Danger Sense - Humanoid races only check: (d20) [1d20=20] 20 - ROLL FAILED against 11!!

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (ok so I can swim and I'm alert but can't observe or sense danger...hmm)

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] I'm going to check on Bianca with a new reed!

Gruyere (valma-73412) grabs reed and dives in

[Master] So Gruyere succeeds in diving down (and now you do not need to make more checks) and spots Bianca investigating the mouth of a cave, pulling on a large silver disc (Gruyere knows the Giants use those back and forth with each other) and Bianca at the last moment realizes she has a fish sneaking up on her from behind

[Master] Now the fish is in between Gruyere and Bianca

[Horatio (Lisa)] Look Sarkle, they're fishing without the basket

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (can we hide under the frisbee?)

[Horatio (Lisa)] (think it's a coin)

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (or is it a coin?)

[Master] (actually a Silver coin)

Gruyere (valma-73412) waves at fish to get its attention

[Master] (1d20) [1d20=6] 6

[Master] The fish ignores Gruyere

Horatio (Lisa) drags the plant a few inches to the left to find a new spot

[Master] (1d20) [1d20=9] 9

[Horatio (Lisa)] Horatio moved 1'03".

[Master] The fish ignores the basket bobbing with the pebble in it

[Master] Bianca?

[Horatio (Lisa)] (does Bianca has the glowing seeds in her pocket?

[Master] and also Valerie we are going easy with the rules during these sessions, we would have done something like click off round by round, who goes first, second, etc. but we are trying to keep this light and fun

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (ok)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (does Bianca actually know what a ring looks like to know that the coin isn't one?)

[Horatio (Lisa)] (because blood in the water and near death by fishes is light and fun!)

[Horatio (Lisa)] :D

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (LOL)

[Master] LOL

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (the quote)

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (do I have any seeds?)

[Master] Yes to Carissa on knowing what a ring is and what it looks like, this large flat disc is not a ring

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (then she would stop trying and abandon it)

[Master] I do not know who has the three seeds, if you divided them etc.

[Horatio (Lisa)] (horatio doesn't have a pouch and can't swim so wouldn't have taken any)

[Horatio (Lisa)] (Bianca has the shopping bag)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (Bianca has them)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (If Gruyere asked for one she would have divided them)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (but I was half asleep last week)

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (Gruyere didn't ask)

[Master] We can say yes, one to each person

[Horatio (Lisa)] (was just asking if they could be a distraction)

[Master] so that you have options

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (Can Bianca drop coin and try to swim back to surface? what rolls?)

[Master] She will have to avoid this fish

[Master] that is coming in towards the cave

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (can I eat the shiny seed and swim away glowing?)

[Master] this is a different fish than the one that came out

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

[Master] you do not know if you would glow if you eat the seed

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (the chipmunk said our stomachs would glow)

[Master] and Bianca twists and pushes off the bottom and glides UP and over the fish as it noses into the cave

[Master] leaving the flat silver disc behind

[Master] and she can now see Gruyere swimming there coming for her

[Master] Gruyere has not eaten the seed yet

Miss Bianca (Carissa) gesturing up as she swims up

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (fish behind her or just back in cave?)

Gruyere (valma-73412) follows Bianca

[Master] (1d20) [1d20=7] 7

[Master] Fish ignores Bianca and noses into the cave

[Master] maybe looking to take it over

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (so safely back to the surface?)

[Master] yes

[Master] both of you

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Wow that was a big fish!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] I didn't see any ring though.

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] me neither.

Horatio (Lisa) waves oblivious to fish thing

Miss Bianca (Carissa) waves back

[Horatio (Lisa)] Where shall I move now?

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Let's try that cave over there!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Can you lift that without help?

[Horatio (Lisa)] I'll try

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Maybe Gruyere can help me make sure more fish don't sneak up on me!

Horatio (Lisa) drags plant to where Bianca was pointing and moves forward to the bank to hold it

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] There are a lot of fish down there!

[Horatio (Lisa)] Horatio: STR check: (d20) [1d20=7] 7 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 11!!

[Master] so you have checked out 4 of the 20 so far, we will say 3 on the other side of the moat and 1 on this side

[Master] and evenly distributed

[Horatio (Lisa)] I think that's it!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Ok! Gruyere you watch for fish while I see if there is one in the cave!

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] Ok!

Miss Bianca (Carissa) dives down towards the cave

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

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Miss Bianca: Foraging check: (d20) [1d20=19] 19 - ROLL FAILED against 8!!

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

Gruyere (valma-73412) follows Bianca

[Master] Bianca can make a danger sense roll too

[Horatio (Lisa)] We moved here now Sarkle!

[Horatio (Lisa)] Maybe more fish!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Miss Bianca: Danger Sense - Humanoid races only check: (d20) [1d20=6] 6 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 11!!

[Master] As Bianca goes through the entrance of the cave she can tell it is being used frequently, but she does not spot any fish

[Master] BUT shen she starts to dig looking for shinys she can sense a large creature in the back of the cave that she cannot see

Miss Bianca (Carissa) quickly gestures to Gruyere to keep watching

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (you know, the two fingers eyes then point inside the cave - that's clear, right?)

Miss Bianca (Carissa) carefully keeps digging trying to sense if that thing moves

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (crystal)

[Master] it seems to Bianca that she is being watched

[Master] Stalked

Horatio (Lisa) shakes the plant a little

[Horatio (Lisa)] Why don't fish want the shiny in the basket Sarkle?

[Sarkle (Master)] CLASK CLACK

[Sarkle (Master)] Can they see it?

[Sarkle (Master)] CLACK

[Horatio (Lisa)] We went to a lot of trouble to make it and only one fish came

[Horatio (Lisa)] I pushed it forward so it would be in the water

Horatio (Lisa) moves forward more

[Horatio (Lisa)] Think it needs to be heavier?

[Master] Bianca can sense there is something in the cave

[Master] can feel a flow of water in and out

[Master] but cannot see anything

Miss Bianca (Carissa) waves to Gruyere and heads back to the surface

[Horatio (Lisa)] Are you watching for fish?

[Sarkle (Master)] CLACK CLACK yes

[Horatio (Lisa)] Is the basket working Miss Bianca?

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] There's something back in the cave, but I can't see it! I'm going to use one of the seeds. You going to keep an eye out, Sarkle?

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] It might bring other fish.

[Sarkle (Master)] Clack

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Okay! You wanna come down with me, Gruyere? It seems like something big!

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] I’m ready!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Let's go look!

Miss Bianca (Carissa) dives back down to the cave

Miss Bianca (Carissa) cracks a light seed and puts it in the basket, lowers it closer to the cave entrance

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Miss Bianca: Observation check: (d20) [1d20=2] 2 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 10!!

[Master (to GM only)] Catfish moved 6'05".

[Sarkle (Master)] and Gruyere?

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (hopefully right next to Bianca also looking?)

Gruyere (valma-73412) dives in

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] Gruyere: Observation check: (d20) [1d20=14] 14 - ROLL FAILED against 10!!

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] Gruyere: Foraging check: (d20) [1d20=18] 18 - ROLL FAILED against 8!!

[Master] Gruyere moved 6'08".

[Master] Gruyere targets lurker. Distance: 3'04"

[Master] Miss Bianca moved 2'05".

[Master] Miss Bianca targets lurker. Distance: 1'11"

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (feels useless lol)

[Sarkle (Master)] and Bianca's light

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (What am I looking at? A Mussel?)

[Sarkle (Master)] sparkles on the

[Sarkle (Master)] (grins, what was that about invasive species?)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (freaking zebra mussels??)

[Master] shell of something in the cave

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (shame on Branwyn for not cleaning her boat before putting it back in the water)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (actually sorry it was probably Tiberius

[Horatio (Lisa)] (lol)

[Master] chuckles not zebra but

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (ehh that's the top one on my mind, hmm...)

[Master] but the important part is that Bianca spots a glint of something gold and sparkly inside of the shell,

[Master] as the valves open and close just a bit

[Master] expelling water

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (can Bianca or Gruyere tell if it looks like a ring?)

[Master] too far away still

Miss Bianca (Carissa) swims a little closer trying to see

Miss Bianca (Carissa) still lightly pulling basket with light with her

[Master] cannot get in closer and still keep the reed

Miss Bianca (Carissa) takes deep breath, hands reed to Gruyere to hold, tries to get a closer look

[Master] Bianca goes deeper into the cave

[Master] She can see that there is something inside, it looks gold

[Master] as the two shells grip tighter and then loosen as the water flows through

[Master] Gruyere can make an observation and alertness check

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] Gruyere: Alertness check: (d20) [1d20=12] 12 - ROLL FAILED against 11!!

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] Gruyere: Observation check: (d20) [1d20=11] 11 - ROLL FAILED against 10!!

[Master] Also Horatio can me an observation check

[Horatio (Lisa)] Horatio: Observation check: (d20) [1d20=16] 16 - ROLL FAILED against 11!!

[Master] Bianca is out of air and has to go back

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (well then that's what she'll do)

[Master] Now Bianca can make an observation check

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

[Master] ok

[Master] So swimming up to the surface

[Master] and you both get to breathe easier

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (Gruyere too?)

[Master] nods

[Master] it is getting darker now

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] What did you see Bianca?

[Master] Horatio can hear this too

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] There was a gold shining thing!

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] It was between the shells of a thing.

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] The water went in and out and in and out.

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] But my reed is too short.

Gruyere (valma-73412) gasps

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Are there longer reeds on the shore, Horatio?

Horatio (Lisa) almost drops basket

[Horatio (Lisa)] You found it!

[Horatio (Lisa)] Ummm ...

Horatio (Lisa) looks around for longer reeds

[Horatio (Lisa)] Maybe?

[Master] It is late

[Horatio (Lisa)] Horatio: Observation check: (d20) [1d20=3] 3 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 11!!

[Master] getting dark

[Master] and remember what Flow told you

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (who?)

[Master] The doe that carried you

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (oh... eh well the wolves wouldn't come this far...)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Should we grab it now? It's late. Maybe we should look in the morning? Flow said bad things come out at night.

[Horatio (Lisa)] That sounds like a good idea

[Horatio (Lisa)] Do you think we can sleep in the giant house?

Horatio (Lisa) drags plant back away from the water again

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (we can make a reed nest so we don't lose the cave?)

[Master] You can if you want to camp outside

[Master] or you can figure out a way to mark where you are

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] As long as we stand still in the dark!

[Master] it is up to you how you want to do it

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] Want to camp here?

[Horatio (Lisa)] Should I leave the plant here to mark the spot where you need to dive in the morning?

[Master] Do you have your sound on Valerie?

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (no)

[Master] Owl #1 moved 3'03".

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] Oh! Maybe it we leave it here and cut some grass so we know?

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] But we need to stop moving very soon!

[Horatio (Lisa)] Can't we sleep in the giant house with the arch mage? It was warm in there

[Horatio (Lisa)] Okay

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] ok

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] ok

[Horatio (Lisa)] So the plant goes here

[Master] What does Gruyere think about her home life? would she want to being two country mice home? Or hide somewhere else?

[Master] Feel free to make it up as you wish Val

Horatio (Lisa) chews the grass around it

[Master] you are doing Ok? Want to pause and regroup to solve this next week? think of ways to get in there ?

[Gruyere (valma-73412)] (yes, pause)

[Miss Bianca (Carissa)] (probably not a bad idea)

[Master] OK

[Master] so it is evening you have marked the stick and where the cave is

[Lisa] we will need to figure out where to sleep too :)

[Carissa] yep

[Master] and next week we deal first with where to sleep, then get through the night, then get into the cave to the lurker

[Master] it was productive you are almost there!

[Master] How do you feel about things now Val?

[Lisa] yup

[Carissa] hope so!

[valma-73412] I like that we've made progress

[Lisa] definitely!

[Master] lots of swings in the rolls tonight too

[Master] very good rolls, very bad ones, etc.

[Lisa] as usual

[Carissa] hope for better ones next week

[Master] so you can think about what Gruyere's family life is like

[Master] if she would want to bring strangers home

[Master] etc.

[valma-73412] Gruyere is a loner but would never turn down a warm place to sleep

[Master] OR camping out somewhere else around the keep

[Master] the stables, etc.

[valma-73412] wouldn't they be bringing her home?

[Lisa] no we live very far away

[Master] you could travel with them

[Lisa] you're a local

[valma-73412] ok I had that backwards in my mind, I thought I was the foreigner

[Master] so far I do not think they have planned what to do once they found the ring

[Lisa] the arch mage said to bring it home

[valma-73412] I think Gruyere as a city mouse is mistrustful and doesn't like to share, but likes these new friends

[Lisa] Ok - going to go make dinner

[valma-73412] goodnight

[Lisa] Have a good night everyone!

[Carissa] We have time to figure it out. We still have to find it first.

[Carissa] Night!

Lisa has left the game on Wed Jul 01 22:10:52 EDT 2020

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