Chat Log - 2022 06 03 - Searching for Alexandria - Formatted - Chat
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The group finds 3,000 GP and 1 scroll of protection from magic from searching the dead trolls
Indigo: gets back in the wagon to go
Bixi Fizzlebang: follows Indigo
Raelynn: Um, Bixi. Before we go, do you need healing or do you want to do that for yourself?
Raelynn: You look a little... rough. Not in a good way.
Bixi Fizzlebang: Um...
Bixi Fizzlebang and Licornah perform some healing on Bixi’s wounds.
Bixi Fizzlebang: I'll never say no to some help. My priesting skills are... um... not my best talent
Raelynn: Well that's because you're a badass illusionist! It's okay!
Indigo: I thought she was a botanist
Raelynn: Oh! That, too!
Bixi Fizzlebang: Ghost hunter, first and foremost
Bixi Fizzlebang: But the other stuff too
Indigo: Ohhhh
Bixi Fizzlebang: Botany is more of an obsessive hobby... ghost hunting is a lifestyle
Raelynn performs some healing on Indigo’s wounds.
you are moving through the snow
on the Moss Road, that has fallen into a bit of disrepair
Raelynn: Who's supposed to maintain this road...?
Youtargim: Who lives here?
Raelynn: shrugs
Youtargim: Is this Branwyn's Estate?
Raelynn: That's why I'm asking.
Indigo: No
Indigo: Maybe because we fixed our roads all the bad guys went to the roads not in Dragon Fen
Raelynn: Hmm, is this the cost of being independent? Or does whoever live here just... not have the money to maintain it? It can't be good for business.
Indigo: We can ask Miller
Indigo: I hope Miller is still there
Indigo: And not another Miller
Youtargim: How many millers are there?
Raelynn: Are there other Millers?
Youtargim: Do they do a lot of grain ?
Indigo: He's not the original Old Man Miller
Youtargim: There are copies?
Indigo: When he bought the place he changed his name to Old Man Miller to match the inn
Raelynn: There's other Old Man Millers? Do they actually go by Old Man Miller?
Youtargim: OH
Indigo: So if someone bought it from him they could change their name too
Youtargim: So he lied about it,...... glances over at Rae
Raelynn: But why would anyone willing change their name to Old anything?
Indigo: Well if it's on the sign ...
Indigo: And we just call him Miller
Youtargim: Well if it is written down it must be true
Raelynn: Apparently he did, but why would I care if he did? He's not traveling with me.
Indigo: Not like we walk in we call out Hello Old Man!
Youtargim: What do you call out?
Thistle: Speak for yourself....
Indigo: Miller?
Indigo: laughs at Thistle
Youtargim: Looks at Thistle, you call him something else?
Thistle: Old Man!
Thistle: Sometimes I add Miller. It depends on my mood.
Youtargim: laughs
Youtargim: So how many old man millers have you seen Thistle?
Thistle: I dunno. I don't come this way often. And I don't ask everyone their names so many many. Maybe only this one. It's anyone's guess.
Youtargim: Umm they all look alike?
Indigo: Dunno. Never saw the Miller before this Miller
Thistle: Probably not if you look hard enough.
Bixi Fizzlebang: Is he as nice as Gerry?
Thistle: Ehhhh don't believe everything he tells you.
Thistle: He likes to be influential so sometimes he makes up stupid stuff.
Bixi Fizzlebang: Is his inn haunted?
Thistle: Probably.
Bixi Fizzlebang: grins
The date is Trall____se, 20th Kye (Late Winter), 357 SKR
Young Moon's phase is Last Quarter
Old Moon's phase is Evening Crescent
The time is 2:00 PM
Weather Report; Location: Forest, Mid Winter; Day 11, Afternoon; Precipitation: Heavy Rain; Wind: Low Winds; Temperature: Cold 44F / 7C
Bixi Fizzlebang: I hope there are lots of warm drinks at this inn
Raelynn: Mmhmm.
Indigo: Everything is pretty warm there
Indigo: He doesn't have a way to keep a lot of stuff cold
Raelynn: That'll be a relief.
Zayden: We sure been travelling a while!
Indigo: So are you excited Talwin?
Indigo: Going to be a sword master
Talwin: Warm Smile.
Indigo: When Hoffman went for his mastery, his master made us get him a tulip
Zayden: Mastery huh? I thought about it previously, decided it was too much work and not enough fun
Talwin: Not to put such a fine finger on it, but I already am a swords master. That being said, there’s always someone more talented than you, some Mercenary who has just enough skill to beat you. That's why you can't get cocky.....That being said, I'm still considered a sword master.
Talwin: Blinks
Talwin:...A Tulip?
Bixi Fizzlebang: Didn't Namsut also want a tulip?
Indigo: Then why are we travelling all the way to Dryads Lair then if you're already a swords master?
Zayden: Relevant question!
Indigo: And why would anyone train someone who is already a swords master
Talwin: Because I want to be there very best, that no one ever was......
Raelynn: Tulips are nice and all, but there are some other really beautiful flowers out there.
Indigo: laughs
Zayden: chuckles
Bixi Fizzlebang: nods at Rae
Bixi Fizzlebang: I don't understand why everyone is so interested in tulips
Indigo: I guess you can do weird things with tulips
Talwin: Yes, it is rather odd. What's so great about tulips?
Talwin: Genuine Confusion
Indigo: The one we got was some Mist Moon tulip thing
Bixi Fizzlebang: They're fine but there's also herbs that cure allergies and sentient yellow molds... and so many more interesting things than tulips
Zayden: Tulips are better than one
Zayden smiles
Indigo: laughs
Talwin: Pained Expression
Bixi Fizzlebang: visibly winces
Talwin: What about this Mist Tulip?
Talwin: I've been in this land for awhile and don't seem to remember us dealing with one of those.
Bixi Fizzlebang: What do you mean by weird things? Or is it something I would rather not know?
Talwin: Whoa whoa whoa. I was eaten by a house. There is no stranger thing Bixi
Talwin: Laughs
Zayden eyes widen
Talwin: And then I made it poisonous
Bixi Fizzlebang: Poisonous or venomous?
Talwin: Whatever
Zayden: You made a house poisonous?
Talwin: Grunt
Raelynn: You ate the house?
Bixi Fizzlebang: Or if you eat the house, you get poisoned?
Talwin: It was a mimic that got some weird strain of Big Effing Monster. Then it ate me. Then to kill it I dumped what I thought was poison. Instead, it turned it venomous.
Zayden: I assumed if you enter the house you get poisoned
Talwin: Now I don't like to play with Potions
Bixi Fizzlebang: I've heard children's stories of houses made of sweets, was it like that?
Zayden: who would eat a house?
Talwin: I DID NOT EAT THE HOUSE
Talwin: Although Jilly makes wonderful gingerbread houses
Indigo: laughs so hard he almost falls off his seat
Talwin: I would eat those houses
Zayden chuckles
Bixi Fizzlebang: Mmmm that sounds delicious
Thistle: Oh yeah. That was one of the houses that hurricane uproot and destroyed.
Bixi Fizzlebang: What happened to all the venom inside it?
Thistle: If it don't kill ya, it fades.
Talwin: I can't quite recall. I was being dissolved rather painfully at the moment
Talwin: Dryly
Bixi Fizzlebang: You were being dissolved in the hurricane?
Talwin: Hm. I have an idea. Lets' play the quiet game
Bixi Fizzlebang: Talwin, you seem to get into a lot of unfortunate situations
Thistle: You mean be quiet so trolls try to sneak up on us again game?
Talwin: Pff. Not the only one
Talwin: Mutters
Talwin: Grumbles under breath
Zayden: Note to self, stay away from Talwin during times of crisis
Reven / Lipthink (giant sword) to Talwin: The little one talks too much
Zayden: Note
Talwin: don't get me started
Talwin: Whispers at Sword
Reven / Lipthink (giant sword) to Talwin: although perhaps she will attract something evil with her noise and we will get to make the world a better place
Talwin: Hey Bixi, my sword thinks you’re useful!
Bixi Fizzlebang: grins
Bixi Fizzlebang: I am useful!
Bixi Fizzlebang: If it weren't for me, you'd all have joined a cult led by a yellow mold!
Talwin: I fully agree with your assessment
Talwin: Whispers at Sword
Zayden: I do prefer yellow mold, as far as molds go
Raelynn: Um, wouldn’t it have killed us?
Bixi Fizzlebang: This one was bad
Raelynn: Or is dying a cult?
Bixi Fizzlebang: Well yes, if you got too close to it. But it was sentient so... who knows
Bixi Fizzlebang: I mean potentially sentient
Talwin: Well which is it?
Bixi Fizzlebang: We killed it with fire too quickly to know for sure
Raelynn: Do molds normally form cults...?
Bixi Fizzlebang: I mean, I don't have any proof, just suspicions
Raelynn: Oh. Okay. Well you are good at botany so I'm sure that you know what you're talking about!
Bixi Fizzlebang: Look, there's a lot of things I don't know, but I DO have a lot of IDEAS about things
Zayden: Ideas are a funny thing
Bixi Fizzlebang: I at least don't pretend to be useful when I'm not...
Zayden: I always pretend to be useful, how I've stayed alive this long
Bixi Fizzlebang: Zayden, entertainment and music and stories are always useful
Raelynn: Everyone is useful in their own way.
the group hears yelling from the Wood to your north (right side of the wagon)
Zayden: is that yelling!?
Bixi Fizzlebang: [SKILL] Alertness [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 14) [FAILURE by 6] [d20 = 20]
Talwin: Stiffens at the noise. Ready
Talwin: Sounds like it!
Zayden: What do we do?
Talwin: Hm
Indigo: stops the wagon
Indigo: HELLO!!!
Talwin: Indigo? Think a trap?
Licornah: [SKILL] Observation (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 3] [d20 = 12]
Talwin: Should we investigate?
Zayden: how are we on time? Is that something we need to worry about?
Talwin: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 10] [d20 = 3]
Bixi Fizzlebang: Why would anyone set a trap way out here?
Thistle: [SKILL] Detect Noise [PERCENT:Detect Noise] (vs. Target 35) [SUCCESS by 30] [d100 = 5]
Indigo: To ambush travelers
Talwin: Nods
Zayden: We suppose it may be a trap?
Talwin: I suppose that
Indigo: I'll stay with the wagon and guard it so you guys can look
Talwin: Nods
Zayden: I could try my sneak and awareness skills, see what we can gather, but if it's a trap they may be prepared for that
Bixi Fizzlebang: Is it wise to leave only one person here?
Indigo: Or if you're scared it's a trap then you can stay with the wagon and I'll go
Talwin: Rolls eyes
Talwin: I'm not scared of the trap, I'm scared of losing the Wagon
Indigo: Better move or yelling person will be dead or gone
Talwin: Sigh
Raelynn: And I'm scared of losing Bixi! The troll almost kidnapped her and ate her!
Raelynn: Who's next??
Indigo: sighs
Talwin: I'll shout if I need backup. Anyone who wants, come with me
Howard Plum: I'll go
Zayden: I can move silently!
Howard Plum: goes with Talwin to follow the sounds
you see two groups of Hobgoblins running out of the Woods
Zayden: I think our not being seen first may be to our advantage should the need arise
Raelynn: Be careful, Howard! I hope you've learned to be more careful the past six years!
Zayden: oh dang
Howard Plum: Hobgoblins!
Talwin: Grins
Zayden: Kill them?
Talwin: Lovely day isn't it guys! Oh how I've missed the simple pleasures in life
Talwin: Let's go!
Howard Plum: There he is!
Hobgoblin 11 : [Translation] GET THEM!!!!! They are weak, meat for days
Bixi Fizzlebang: Yout, can you understand them?
You see one of them rushing your wagon
and two other groups of them one front one back
Raelynn: Ummm, Bixi. Weren't you able to scare a bunch away once?
Zayden: I don't care for any of this
Bixi Fizzlebang: Um, I don't think those ones were real
Howard Plum: They're ambushing us
Zayden: these seem very real!
Indigo: sighs and gets back down off the wagon
Talwin: Relax. We got this
Raelynn: Maybe they speak Common?
Indigo: goes to the back of the wagon again
Indigo: They're like regular goblins. They want our stuff
Indigo: No point in talking
Raelynn: No no. I mean if they do I have more options...
Zayden: that is a lot of hobos
Indigo: waits for them to get closer
Hobgoblin 11 runs up to attack Howard and misses
Raelynn: Oh! You did get better with six years!
All of the Hobgoblins have moved forward
they are still more than 120 feet away from the wagon except that one
Bixi Fizzlebang casts a phantasmal force spell to create an illusion of a manticore to swoop around and attempt to chase off this first one, and then maybe more so that to the one closest to us, it looks like it flew out from behind the wagon. Thus more believable
Thistle: [SKILL] Animal Noise [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 11) [SUCCESS by 3] [d20 = 8]
Thistle uses her skill to mimic the sound of her wolves
Youtargim: Who needs help? Indigo do you want me back there?
Shislif (Zayden): tries to hide in the shadows in the wagon so I can jump out and surprise attack them when they get here
Indigo: Sure Youtargim!
Zayden: [TOWER] [SKILL] Hide In Shadows [PERCENT:Hide In Shadows] (vs. Target 30) [FAILURE by 64] [d100 = 94]
Youtargim SPRINTS over to Indigo
Howard Plum tries to stab Hobgoblin 11 with his dagger but misses.
Indigo: Indigo moves ahead about 90 feet
Raelynn tries to hit Hobgoblin 11 with her Quarterstaff but misses.
Hobgoblin 11 hits Raelynn in the thigh, lightly wounding her.
Raelynn: Ow! Play nice!
Bixi Fizzlebang sends the manticore illusion swooping toward Hobgoblin 11 looking really ferocious with it's mouth open so it looks like it might try to eat him
Howard Plum tries to stab Hobgoblin 11 with his dagger but misses.
Reven / Lipthink (giant sword) to Talwin: let us not waste this opportunity to rid the world of these vile creatures
Talwin hits Hobgoblin 11 in the lower back with his Giant-kin, 2-handed sword, killing him.
Raelynn: Howard, are you good?
Reven / Lipthink (giant sword) to Talwin: yessssss
Reven / Lipthink (giant sword) to Talwin: Not quite as tasty as giants, but it will do
Howard Plum: Oh yes Miss Raelynn. Thank you
Raelynn: Okay good! I'm going to check on Indigo before he's swarmed!
Indigo: charges the hobgoblins
Indigo attacks Hobgoblin 18, Hobgoblin 12, Hobgoblin 9 and Hobgoblin 3 with his short swords, killing them.
Hobgoblin 8 : [Translation] Come on! The wolves are coming to help us! We will eat well tonight!
The Manticore swoops over Rae's head
Raelynn: knows it's an illusion but still feels uneasy
Zayden shivers
Hobgoblin (Superficial stride) hits Indigo on the top of the shoulder, moderately wounding him.
Hobgoblin (Miniscule knee) hits Indigo in the chest, wounding him.
Hobgoblin 10 and Hobgoblin 4 try to hit Indigo but miss.
Hobgoblin 15 tries to hit Youtargim but misses.
Youtargim tries to hit Hobgoblin 15 with his scimitar but misses.
Shislif (Zayden): from the shadows I will move silently and approach the closest hobgoblin near Youtargim
Zayden: [TOWER] [SKILL] Move Silently [PERCENT:Move Silently] (vs. Target 55) [SUCCESS by 35] [d100 = 20]
Howard Plum: moves closer to where he thinks the hobgoblins will be coming
Indigo attacks Hobgoblin 10, Hobgoblin 4 and Hobgoblin (Superficial stride) with his short swords, killing them.
Lemon (Bixi Fizzlebang): Sends the manticore illusion swooping towards the group in front
Hobgoblin (Fetid locks) hits Raelynn on her lower side, wounding her.
Hobgoblin (Miniscule knee) hits Indigo on the top of his shoulder and chest, heavily wounding him.
Youtargim hits Hobgoblin 15 on the top of the shoulder as it runs to attack Raelynn, heavily wounding him.
Thistle stabs Hobgoblin 15 with her dagger, killing him.
Talwin moves to the hobgoblin pack in front of the wagon.
Hobgoblin 8 tries to hit Talwin but misses.
Hobgoblin (Colorful chaps) hits Talwin’s forearm, lightly wounding him.
Indigo attacks Hobgoblin (Dirty blond khaki moustache ends) and Hobgoblin (Miniscule knee) with his short swords, killing them.
the hobgoblins are running past Talwin to get to the Elf
Talwin tries to hit Hobgoblin 1 with his Giant-kin, 2-handed sword but misses.
Hobgoblin 8 hits Howard Plum in the side of the head, lightly wounding him.
Hobgoblin 1 hits Licornah in the thigh and side of the head, lightly wounding her.
Hobgoblin 8 hits Licornah in the side, moderately wounding her.
Bixi Fizzlebang: Sends the manticore illusion swooping towards the hobos up north again
Howard Plum tries to stab Hobgoblin (Pleasantly sleek) with his dagger but misses.
Talwin attacks Hobgoblin (Colorful chaps) with his Giant-kin, 2-handed sword, killing him.
Licornah tries to hit Hobgoblin (Fetid locks) with her lance but misses.
Indigo: runs back to the wagon
Hobgoblin 8 hits Licornah on the top of her shoulder, wounding her.
Hobgoblin (Swollen right arm) tries to hit Licornah but misses.
Hobgoblin (Pleasantly sleek) hits Howard plum in the buttocks, wounding him.
Hobgoblin 1 hits Licornah in the hamstring and upper arm, heavily wounding her.
Hobgoblin (Fetid locks) tries to hit Licornah but misses.
Shislif (Zayden): move closer to the wagon
just moving
Raelynn tries to hit Hobgoblin (Swollen right arm) with her Quarterstaff but misses.
Howard Plum stabs Hobgoblin (Pleasantly sleek) in the forearm with his dagger, lightly wounding him.
Talwin attacks Hobgoblin 8 and Hobgoblin 1 with his Giant-kin, 2-handed sword, killing them.
Licornah tries to hit Hobgoblin (Fetid locks) with her lance but misses.
Indigo: keeps moving back towards the wagon
Hobgoblin (Swollen right arm) hits Licornah on the top of the shoulder, wounding her.
Hobgoblin (Pleasantly sleek) hits Howard Plum on the top of the shoulder, wounding him.
Hobgoblin (Fetid locks) hits Licornah on the shoulder, wounding her.
Thistle stabs Hobgoblin (Pleasantly sleek) with her dagger, critically wounding him.
Zayden plays theme music
Raelynn tries to hit Hobgoblin (Swollen right arm) with her Quarterstaff but misses.
Howard Plum tries to stab Hobgoblin (Pleasantly sleek) with his dagger but misses.
Talwin attacks Hobgoblin (Swollen right arm) with his Giant-kin, 2-handed sword, killing him.
Licornah tries to hit Hobgoblin (Fetid locks) with her lance but misses.
Indigo: moves back up to the wagon
Hobgoblin (Pleasantly sleek): Attempts to run away,
Howard Plum tries to stab Hobgoblin (Pleasantly sleek) as he starts to flee but misses.
Hobgoblin (Fetid locks): WHISTLES three times quick sharp tweets
Trying to run away
Thistle stabs Hobgoblin (Pleasantly sleek) as he starts to flee, killing him.
Talwin attacks Hobgoblin (Fetid locks) as he starts to flee, killing him.
Thistle: Too little, too late, hobols.
Ok so you loot the bodies
216 CP and 90 GP total were found on the hobgoblins
and continue along the road
It is 8 PM when you arrive at the Inn, hearing a happy crowd celebrating something
