Chat Log List - 2024 02 17 - Mushroom Man - Formatted - Story
After a harrowing encounter with the Pod Chamber of Death, the party is left to pick up any stray marbles and pieces of sanity to screw back into their skulls. With their goal being, ahem, “Getting the Flippity-Jibbits Out” of here, they’re still required to conquer numerous waterslides while finding the correct ones to climb back up to the exit. Inconveniently, a couple of them have dropped their rations in favor of lightening their load in battle, so now they must claim the extra weight or pick and choose.
Vee Barlett: grabs her rations
Vee Barlett: Someone take some of these rations off me? Makes it harder to hit things.
Vee Barlett: Why they so heavy? Dried things ain't supposed to be so heavy.
Rothuss Carder: How many?
Vee Barlett: Hmm, how many can ya carry? Like 5?
Vee Barlett: Here. Someone takes these three from me.
Vee Barlett: holds out 3 rations
Rothuss Carder: I can take 3
Vee Barlett: Thanks. Guess I gotta make sure ya don't die then.
Rothuss Carder: Oh, of *course*, Cap'n. Can't have the pack mule die on you.
Vee Barlett: grins
Vee Barlett: Suppose I appreciate you killing the weird pod thing, too. Now let's get outta here, ya?
The southern passageway from this cut-stone chamber descends and turns in a very steep slope.
In this room, the river runs down through a massive grate in the floor, disappearing from sight in a splashing torrent.
Vee Barlett: Lemme see if I can go up this way first. Like a slippery ship deck...
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 12) [FAILURE by 1] [d20 = 13]
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Ranger Tracking [2] [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [FAILURE by 1] [d20 = 16]
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Sea Legs [MOD:DEX] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 4] [d20 = 11]
Vee Barlett: [CHECK] Dexterity (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 3] [d20 = 12]
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Alertness [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 1] [d20 = 14]
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Rope Use [MOD:DEX] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 9] [d20 = 6]
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Direction Sense [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [FAILURE by 3] [d20 = 18]
MeLange: [SKILL] Alertness [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 10) [FAILURE by 6] [d20 = 16]
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Distance Sense [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 14) [SUCCESS by 3] [d20 = 11]
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Ranger Tracking [2] [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 5] [d20 = 10]
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Spelunking [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 7) [SUCCESS by 4] [d20 = 3]
Jericho: [SKILL] Healing [2] [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 17) [FAILURE by 2] [d20 = 19]
Jericho: [SKILL] Diagnostics [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 18) [SUCCESS by 1] [d20 = 17]
Levi Reed: [CHECK] Wisdom (vs. Target 14) [SUCCESS by 8] [d20 = 6]
Levi Reed: [CHECK] Intelligence (vs. Target 9) [SUCCESS by 1] [d20 = 8]
Jericho: Good god
Jericho: We'll get you all patched up
Jericho: Just hold on
A wooden divider splits the river into channels here.
Rothuss Carder: is watching the door, in case any podcakes try to open it again.
Vee Barlett: makes her way up, finds a place to tie off the rope, and lets it trail down to the others.
Vee Barlett: Just like a ship in a storm. Come on up, y'all.
Levi Reed: climbs up
Jericho: Tests the rope
Jericho: Please don't let me slip
Jericho: Mutters
MeLange: Follows Levi
Jericho: [CHECK] Dexterity (vs. Target 7) [SUCCESS by 3] [d20 = 4]
Jericho: Thank you!
Jericho: Whispers to Vee
Jericho: That rope is the only reason I'm not swimming
Vee Barlett: Melange, ya good to take point again? That buckler is VERY nice against these things.
MeLange: sure lets do it!
MeLange: climbs the rope
Jericho: Rothuss! Come on man!
Rothuss Carder: Alright! Alright! I'm coming
Rothuss Carder: grumbles, not looking forward to doing this with what feels like a cracked rib.
Jericho: By the way, you look like Shit, don't put pressure on your left side. I'll get it patched up soon
Jericho: Winces
Jericho: MeLange....we owe you many drinks. And a bath
Jericho: Grins
MeLange: Hey you got me out the roots
Levi Reed: I can help with the bath
Jericho: I didn't do shit Melange
Jericho: I just do the patches and rock throwing
Jericho: Smiles
Jericho: Let's get the fuck out of here
MeLange: lets get out of here first
By some miracle, they all still have the strength left to conquer the waterfall without slipping and misaligning any bones. Which they already do have, by the way, as Jericho deduces with his diagnostics— their fleet-footed, blade-wielding, swashbuckler of a bard seems to have suffered a blow to a left rib. Ignoring the pod juice and slime slowly drying on their skin, they joke about the comforts of civilization to lighten their spirits, but their Captain’s more business than usual and tells them to hush it.
Vee Barlett: Talk later. Let's get out. We're going with the footprints 'cause they likely know how to get out.
Jericho: Vee?
Jericho: Right!
Vee Barlett: points to the left passage
Jericho: Nods
MeLange: this path on the left then?
Vee Barlett: Melange and Levi, up front. I'll help with them hurt ones.
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Ranger Tracking [2] [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [FAILURE by 2] [d20 = 17]
As always, they slowly filter into order under Vee’s management. Melange with his buckler and Levi with his gut instincts for directions lead the way, the priests hover around their most injured in preparation to heal, and said Captain takes the rear to make sure no sneaky entity attempts to ambush the vulnerable squishies sandwiched in between.
Jericho: At first reasonable moment Vee, we can orison them
MeLange: takes the lead, buckler in arm
Jericho: Just need some relative safety and a wee bit of time
Jericho: I don't want to move Rothuss and Lirt too far
Vee Barlett: Then do it now.
Jericho: Patting himself down
Jericho: murmuring
Jericho: God Rothuss
Jericho: Just one sec
Rothuss Carder: Ahhh... ow ow ow... I could have gone a lot longer without knowing how it feels to have a rib move back into place at high speed... Thanks buddy. MUCH better now.
Rothuss Carder: Let me take a look at those things while Jericho here is working over the others.
Vee Barlett: gathers up her rope while everyone figures things out.
They pause as Levi mentions the equipment they managed to retrieve from their previous battle with murderous cave mosquitoes and squishy mushroom pods. He takes the potion from Temperance and takes an adventurous swig, which gives him a tingly-zappy sensation that causes him to bounce around. Through her observations, Temperance concludes that it is a powerful healing potion that can ACTUALLY BE DIVIDED, THANK THE GODS. Whilst that’s taking place, Vee and Rothuss take a venture with the Fungal Staff. The latter decides it to be quite a nice poking device to irritate the Captain with, which results her spewing some vulgar variants of the word ‘mule’. Quite fortunate that Rothuss is the one holding her rations.
Levi Reed: Hey, who's got that potion we found? I'm feeling adventurous, let me try it. Maybe it murders all sentient fungus in a cave or something
Temperance: rummages in her pouch for said potion
Rothuss Carder: Who's got the staff and things? While I'm sitting here, let me take a look at them. Maybe I've heard something about them.
Jericho: Feeling a bit better Rothuss?
Jericho: I'd say you look better, but uh, you really don't
Vee Barlett: Er, well too late with the potion but I gave Brains the staff.
Temperance: hands off the staff to Rothuss
Rothuss Carder: Yeah, thanks again, buddy. That's twice now I owe you for.
Jericho: You don't owe me jack shit. I wasn' thte one getting slashed by over enthusiastic plant life
Rothuss Carder: holds the staff up and peers at it closely.
Rothuss Carder: [SKILL] Identify Item (general 5%/lvl) [PERCENT:Identify Item (general 5%/lvl)] (vs. Target 15) [FAILURE by 74] [d100 = 89]
Rothuss Carder: Nope, just a hunk of wood. Sorry.
Rothuss Carder: Wait.. Here, Vee. Look closely, right here at the tip of it. That look like a maker's mark to you?
Vee Barlett: What about that fancy arrow?
Vee Barlett: Huh?
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 12) [SUCCESS by 11] [d20 = 1]
Vee Barlett: looks at the mark
Rothuss Carder: pokes Vee in the forehead with the staff when she gets in close to it.
Rothuss Carder: Nope, my mistake. here you go.
Rothuss Carder: hands Vee the staff.
Vee Barlett: [CHECK] Dexterity (vs. Target 15) [FAILURE by 3] [d20 = 18]
Temperance: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 12] [d20 = 1]
Temperance: [CHECK] Wisdom (vs. Target 16) [SUCCESS by 14] [d20 = 2]
Vee Barlett: Fuck you. I'd punch you if you weren't a pack mule.
Rothuss Carder: laughs.
Vee Barlett: grabs the staff.
Rothuss Carder: Ow... rib's still tender.
Vee Barlett: The staff make you feel better, Brains? 'Cause more reason for me to keep this away from the jackass.
Rothuss Carder: Mule!
Rothuss Carder: Anything else I can look at?
Rothuss Carder: [CHECK] Wisdom (vs. Target 9) [FAILURE by 5] [d20 = 14]
Vee Barlett: [CHECK] Wisdom (vs. Target 14) [SUCCESS by 4] [d20 = 10]
Rothuss Carder: Ladies? Got anything I can check out for you?
BOB Rods and Staffs are priest or mage items, wands are mage items
Levi Reed: takes potion from Temperance, dips a finger in, and sticks said finger in his mouth
BOB so Levi feels slightly bouncier, happier, healthier
Vee Barlett: Was it really good rum?
Levi Reed: bounces
Levi Reed: Hey, this is great!
Levi Reed: Doesn't taste like booze but still makes me feel good!
Temperance: nods, mentally recording the effects of the potion
Vee Barlett: Hmm, then might be good to keep when things get tough. Or now. Depends if ya think ya can keep going.
BOB Temperance can make an Inteligence check
Temperance: [CHECK] Intelligence (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 11] [d20 = 2]
BOB She is certain that it is a healing potion
BOB similar to a Cure Light wounds, but three times as powerful
Levi Reed: Nah, I'm pretty ok right now
Levi Reed: Just a flesh wound
Temperance: It's certainly a healing potion. I believe it's similar to a priest's "Cure Light Wounds", but almost 3 times as powerful.
Levi Reed: Wow! Yeah, I definitely don't need that right now!
Levi Reed: But someone might...
Levi Reed: looks over at the bedraggled party
Vee Barlett: Hold on to it. You and Baby might need it.
Temperance: Perhaps we should prioritize some of our more wounded members.
Vee snatches the staff away from Rothuss and hands it to Temperance instead because she needs someone else who won’t use it as a tool to push her buttons. Said priestess feels power radiating from the staff when she holds it, so they agree to let her test it out. Who will be the guinea pig? Bouncy Levi or Vee’s newly-designated mule Rothuss? Neither, because no one’s sure their two priests are high level enough for proper resurrections, and they’ve dealt with enough pods. So Temperance takes a soft swing at the wall instead. There’s a resounding THUMP, but nothing happens. Perhaps a bigger swing? No, the staff must be magical in nature, and they’d rather not break it. The priestess is resolutely disappointed, but the mention of pod corpses being her test subjects lift her spirits.
Vee Barlett: And the staff? Any insight?
Vee Barlett: hands it back to Temperance
Temperance: holds it and attempts to rummage through her thoughts
Levi Reed: Temperance, hit me with the staff! Lightly
Temperance: furrows her eyebrows and tilts her head
Vee Barlett: Er, why not a wall instead?
Levi Reed: Oh
Vee Barlett: I'm hopin' it grows fungus.
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Botany [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 13) [FAILURE by 5] [d20 = 18]
Temperance: If I kill you, it'd be a pain to try and resurrect. And I'd rather it not turn you into a pod
Levi Reed: Maybe a wall first, I guess
Temperance: [SKILL] Botany [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [FAILURE by 4] [d20 = 17]
BOB Temperance feels uncomfortable with the staff as she is not used to using that as a weapon, but it does feel powerful in her hands
Temperance: looks at the staff up and down
Temperance: I do feel some power radiating as I hold it
Vee Barlett: Yeah, so maybe don't hit Levi first. I mean, he deserves it, but not until we're outta the cave.
Levi Reed: Ok, now hit the wall with it. Gently.
Levi Reed: And if that doesn't do anything, then me
Levi Reed: God, Vee, why are you such a fun killer
Rothuss Carder: Big swing!
Vee Barlett: I'd vote Rothuss, actually, but whatever.
The time is 12:21 PM
Vee Barlett: Or we wait until we find a corpse to smack it with?
Temperance: takes a breath, pulls her arms back and takes a gentle swing towards the wall with the staff.
BOB Thunk
Vee Barlett: I gave ya two hours of fun in this cave, Levi. That's more than enough.
Temperance: Bigger swing?
Temperance: looks a bit hesitant
Levi Reed: Nah, we don't want to break it
BOB Yes if they are like a wand, no if they are like a weapon
Vee Barlett: Nah. We'll go find a corpse for you to poke it with. Let's just get going if y'all good to go.
Levi Reed: If it's going to do something magical, it doesn't matter how hard you hit
MeLange: I'm good to go!
Levi Reed: If you wanna bludgeon something with it, different story
MeLange raises hand
Vee Barlett: Lead the way, Babe.
Temperance: brightens at the thought of experimenting the effects of said staff on a corpse
Levi Reed: Back off, Vee, or I'll hit on your dads again
Vee Barlett: Nah, don't mean it as hittin' on him. Thought that was his new nickname.
MeLange: moves further north up following the stream
Vee Barlett: Or is there like...? Huh, we gonna need ta gossip once we get out.
Vee Barlett: I'll cover yer backs.
Vee Barlett: ushers squishes to go next
Temperance: attempts to follow Melange
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Alertness [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 7] [d20 = 8]
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Direction Sense [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 6] [d20 = 9]
MeLange: [SKILL] Alertness [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 10) [FAILURE by 7] [d20 = 17]
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Distance Sense [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 14) [SUCCESS by 13] [d20 = 1]
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Spelunking [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 7) [SUCCESS by 2] [d20 = 5]
Temperance: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [FAILURE by 2] [d20 = 15]
Temperance: [SKILL] Botany [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 5] [d20 = 8]
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Ranger Tracking [2] [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [FAILURE by 3] [d20 = 18]
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Ranger Tracking [2] [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 11] [d20 = 4]
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 12) [SUCCESS by 10] [d20 = 2]
After spending some time bantering and experimenting with the new items, the crew is off in their line. Levi’s hearing some rustling ahead, which flinches everyone back into combat mode. Guess what the tracks lead them into? Some cat-sized pods, at least 100 pod juniors not yet hatched, and one ogre pod with its bodyguard. What is this, a pod mafia? Levi instinctively nopes the heck out before he’s detected.
-> Levi Reed: hears rustling up ahead
MeLange: right behind ya Babe!
Levi Reed: Hey anyone hear that?
Levi Reed: Some kind of rustling noise?
Temperance: frowns and holds the staff tighter
Vee Barlett: listens with her successful obs roll
BOB Vee does not hear anything over Rothuss and Jericho's loud breathing
MeLange: like trees?
MeLange: like outside?
Vee Barlett: annoyingly mutters "Mouthbreathers."
Vee Barlett: Can't hear anything back here, but we know there were footprints up this way so just keep an eye out.
Levi Reed: mutters "dead ends or dead friends" and keeps going
Temperance: mumbles a prayer, even though it hasn't gotten her too far yet
Lirtimya: So we don't follow the tracks, and we meet a whole group of them, I wonder what we'll find here
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Alertness [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 14] [d20 = 1]
Temperance: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [FAILURE by 3] [d20 = 16]
There are over 100 pods in this large hall.
Vee Barlett: The track probably lead us out, but keep close.
Levi Reed: Backs up and hopes he wasn't seen
BOB growing over a hundred very young pods in this chamber. Although the pods are full sized, most of the unformed pod-men within are no larger than a house cat, and their contents are not remotely formed into a humanoid shape. All the pods contain a foul glop that smells of fish
BOB pod men are tending the cavern, and they are supervised by one very large pod man the size of an ogre.
Levi Reed: There's at least one large pod in there
Levi Reed: But like... a LOT man
MeLange: ugh
Temperance: So one large pod... with a lot of other pods?
Levi Reed: Smells like fish and... I don't know, I think it's a breeding groud or something
Temperance: attempts to clarify information
MeLange: So I guess we're not getting out that way
MeLange says in a low voice
Levi Reed: There's some regular pod men in there... at least one huge pod guy... and a bunch of... goopy babies, I don't know
Rothuss Carder: how long is the hallway?
Vee Barlett: How many regular ones?
MeLange: like they're raising an army or something
Vee Barlett: So we should stomp out the army before they actually become fighters.
MeLange: be a lot of stomping
Levi Reed: I saw two but... looks like a big cavern, there could be more, I don't know
Vee Barlett: Agree but... ain't sure how we're gonna get out the other way with them piranhas and waterslide and waterfall.
Levi Reed: One is really huge though guys
Rothuss Carder: sighs.
Levi Reed: The biggest one yet
Vee Barlett: So we know at least two of 'em can fight, yeah?
Rothuss Carder: Well... I got 1 spell. Makes me run *really* fast for a bit. I could use it, run all the way thru yelling blue murder.
Rothuss Carder: They chase after me, you all break the pods.
Vee Barlett: Hmm....
Vee Barlett: I'm thinkin' if Levi is all sneaky sneaky, maybe he can get a better look?
Rothuss Carder: And then I hide somewhere, or keep running.
Vee Barlett: And maybe instead of running, ya hype us up a bit first?
MeLange: as long as I don't get ensnared again, I could fight
BOB Or just maybe valuable intel to take back to the church of the mists if you can sneak/fight your way past
Rothuss Carder: looks closely at Vee...
Vee Barlett: Yer stories. They make me wanna, like, REALLY kill things.
Rothuss Carder: Vee... do you *really* need my help getting hyped up to gut all those pods?
Rothuss Carder: Inspiration
Rothuss Carder: You know that's your dream job.
Vee Barlett: Guttin' pods in a cave? Yer an idiot. I ever tell ya that?
Rothuss Carder: Please. Instant violence and pure satisfaction. You know you want to do it.
Temperance: contemplates whether she can smash said pods with the staff
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to Vee Barlett] [by Rothuss Carder]
Vee Barlett: Well, yeah, that. It ain't my full dream job, but I do enjoy it.
Vee Barlett: I'd prefer doin' it on an open ocean.
Rothuss Carder: Those are keeping you from the ocean.
Vee Barlett: Or underwater, some slimy nursey or somethin'
Vee Barlett: Hmm, sometimes you make good points.
Vee Barlett: And they ARE taintin' the water down here, and I ain't about water pollution.
MeLange: So this stream is basically just a toilet?
Temperance: Water pollution is merely great for breeding diseases and sickness
Rothuss Carder: Levi, MeL, Temperance, Lirt... You saw what we just went through over just a dozen of those things. In there's a HUNDRED of them. Think of what they could do on the surface.
Vee Barlett: Toilet for them slimy pod things so we gotta kill 'em.
Vee Barlett: They cut yer love short, Melange. Can't let that happen.
Temperance: grimaces at the thought of pods on land
MeLange: alright, well it ain't over till it's over then
Rothuss Carder: We're here, we're what's available, and they'll never be more vulnerable than they are now.
Vee Barlett: We got healin' shots now, too. We can do this.
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to Lirtimya] [by Rothuss Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to Temperance] [by Rothuss Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to Levi Reed] [by Rothuss Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to MeLange] [by Rothuss Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to Ratbone Carder] [by Rothuss Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to Jericho] [by Rothuss Carder]
Temperance: takes a deep breath and nods
Vee Barlett: Lirt, you keep close, ya here? I ain't havin' ya fall on me.
Rothuss Carder: Anybody got any better ideas than using me as bait and distraction?
MeLange: I say we start a big fire n run like hell
Rothuss Carder: Vee, if you put Lirt right next to you, you can use your spear to hold off one or two while she uses her Burning Hands on them once, while you protect her.
Lirtimya: I'lll stay safe, if they get too close I'll burn 'em
Vee Barlett: nods
Temperance: If we can avoid any slippery oil, I suppose...
Vee Barlett: That's the plan. SHE'S worth my protection.
Temperance: Lirt can take a sip of the potion?
Lirtimya's health adjusted by +8
BOB You have two shots left of the potion
Rothuss Carder: Okay, look. I run in there, super fast speed, yelling, hooting, whatever. I stay out of their reach. They all focus on me and chase me. You all quietly come in once they're away and smash pods without anyone to block ya.
Rothuss Carder: And then we wing it from there, if I hide, or lead them back to you, or you start picking them off from the rear. Whatever works.
Levi Reed: Sounds risky. I'm in
Vee Barlett: Yer hide. Ya want to take a healin' shot?
Rothuss Carder: Love to!
Vee Barlett: nods to whoever has the potion to hand it to him
MeLange: ok let's get ready to smash
Rothuss Carder: If there's one thing I know how to do, it's distract.
Rothuss Carder's health adjusted by +2
Rothuss Carder: I've got 5 or 6 minutes of super speed.
The time is 12:31 PM
Though Levi’s reports have them weary and exhausted (ANOTHER POD CHAMBER? ANOTHER ONE?), they decide that Pod Mafia’s gotta go if they’re gonna get out of here like they planned. Lirtimya and Rothuss each take a sip of the healing potion, and in return the latter decides to show the rest of the party how fast his zoomies are. Combined with his voice throwing, it’ll distract the pods enough to where everyone else can stab shank slice smush no problem.
BOB It will be round one when you start
BOB and everyone should reroll Init
Rothuss Carder: [INIT] [d10 = 2]
Levi Reed: [INIT] [d10 = 5]
Temperance: [INIT] [d10 = 4]
MeLange: [INIT] [d10 = 9]
Lirtimya: [INIT] [d10 = 1]
Vee Barlett: [INIT] [d10 = 8]
Jericho: [INIT] [d10 = 6]
Rothuss Carder: peeks around the corner
Temperance: grips her staff tight and hopes for the best
Rothuss Carder: tries to throw his voice to the northern passage he can just see. "Woah! Big Podman around the corner! Back up! Back up!"
Vee Barlett: moves up closer to the entrance ready to smash but not visible.
Rothuss Carder: [SKILL] Ventriloquism [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 11) [SUCCESS by 7] [d20 = 4]
Temperance: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 8] [d20 = 5]
Temperance: [SKILL] Botany [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [FAILURE by 3] [d20 = 16]
Rothuss Carder: sets the potion bottle on the ground because he forgot about it
Vee Barlett: grabs the potion bottle and pockets it.
Rothuss Carder: Hmm, maybe they're deaf
Rothuss Carder: Expeditious Retreat
Rothuss Carder: runs through, whooping and laughing at the podmen
[TURN] Rothuss Carder
MeLange: god bless that man
Vee Barlett: Not sure why I surround myself with idiots, but if it works...
-> Rothuss Carder: The stone walls bulge and warp into melted-wax like shapes, a phantasmagorical nightmare of bulbous growths and abstract traceries. The river winds its way through a cut-stone channel in the floor and empties through a grate in the floor, crashing noisily against rocks below. A round desk carved in the same bizarre patterns as the walls stands near the floor grate, covered with papers and scrolls. The desk chair is a massive piece of carved wood, obviously not intended for a human. A scroll cabinet stands near the desk, and there is a bookcase with smoked-glass doors standing against the wall.
Temperance: blinks at the echoing laugh before it fades away
[TURN] Temperance - [Bardic Inspiration; ATK: 1; SAVE: 1; MORALE: 2; [D: 3]]
Temperance has delayed their turn until the end of round.
[TURN] Levi Reed - [Punching; BSTR: 0 | Bardic Inspiration; ATK: 1; SAVE: 1; MORALE: 2; [D: 3]]
Levi Reed has delayed their turn until the end of round.
[TURN] Pod man Bodyguard
BOB Moves around looking for where that body went
[TURN] Pod man 1
[TURN] Jericho - [Bardic Inspiration; ATK: 1; SAVE: 1; MORALE: 2; [D: 3]]
Jericho: Guys, I don't mind fighting...oddly...this adventure is making me rethink a lot of things, but these are just...pustules
Jericho: Do we have to kill them?
Vee Barlett: They baby pod things so yeah?
Jericho: Er
Levi Reed: I mean... YOU don't have to, but I'm going to
Jericho: Sigh
Temperance: They may develop into more threatening creatures later on
Vee Barlett: points to Levi
Jericho: I'll throw a rock. I may need help overcoming my thing with actual violence
Vee Barlett: You can make sure Rothuss don't die if ya don't wanna pop pimples.
MeLange: We can take out the big ones first, then worry about the babies
Jericho: Sighs in obvious relief
Jericho: Yes I'll do that
Jericho: And I'll throw rocks at the big ones first
Levi Reed: We tried talking to them before. All they do is murder
Jericho: Don't let me die please
Vee Barlett: Pop the pimples first.
Vee Barlett: Don't toss anything yet so they move.
MeLange: Don't throw rocks before Levi n Me get a chance
Jericho: So just stay here?
[TURN] Pod man, Large
[TURN] Vee Barlett - [Bardic Inspiration; ATK: 1; SAVE: 1; MORALE: 2; [D: 3]]
Vee Barlett: prepares to parry as her action.
[TURN] MeLange - [Bardic Inspiration; ATK: 1; SAVE: 1; MORALE: 2; [D: 3]]
MeLange: moves just close enough to peek into the big room, without being seen
[TURN] Pod man 2
[TURN] Temperance - [Bardic Inspiration; ATK: 1; SAVE: 1; MORALE: 2; [D: 3]]
BOB They were distracted, they moved around looking for where that warm thing came from where did it go
BOB But it disapeared so fast they could not find it
Temperance: moves behind Levi (and saves "action", if possible)
BOB No more movement this round
Turns out, Rothuss’ zoomies are amazing. So amazing, in fact, that the slow-witted pod men are questioning their nonexistent brains whether it was a warm body or just a hallucination. Fudge Biscuits. How can a plan work so well it doesn’t work? The rest of the crew bide their time with attacking, unwilling to jump in too hastily. Jericho questions whether squishing baby pods to death is a war crime; the others point out that they’re squishing heirs to the future Pod Mafia and shouldn’t think too deeply about it.
[TURN] Levi Reed - [Punching; BSTR: 0 | Bardic Inspiration; ATK: 1; SAVE: 1; MORALE: 2; [D: 3]]
Levi Reed: [ATTACK (R)] [THACO(18)] [EFFECTS +1] [d20+1 = 8]
Attack [8] ->[ATTACK (R)] (Shortbow) [at Pod man 2] [Hit-AC: 10 vs. 9 ] [AC: 10 ] [MISS]
Levi Reed: [ATTACK (R)] [THACO(18)] [EFFECTS +1] [d20+1 = 19]
Attack [19] ->[ATTACK (R)] (Shortbow) [at Pod man 2] [Hit-AC: -1 vs. 9 ] [AC: -1 ] [HIT]
Levi Reed: [DAMAGE (M)] Flight Arrow [TYPE: untyped (1d6=1)] [d6 = 1]
[1] -> [to Pod man 2] [STATUS: Light]
[TURN] Pod man, Large
Pod man, Large: POINTS to Bodyguard, then points to the group
Levi’s nervous energy wins out. He nocks an arrow through his shortbow before he takes a breath and… SWEET RELEASE! It flies out like a shooting star and slices through Pod 2 as a flesh wound, causing it to squeak and look around in confusion. Godfather Pod gestures out what looks to be orders, and its Underling approaches.
[ROUND 2]
Levi Reed: [INIT] [d10 = 10]
Temperance: [INIT] [d10 = 3]
BOB So Lirt is up round two
[TURN] Lirtimya - [Bardic Inspiration; ATK: 1; SAVE: 1; MORALE: 2; [D: 2]]
Vee Barlett: Matey, I can't keep ya safe if I can't see ya.
Lirtimya: Don't worry, I'll keep up.
Vee Barlett: Better.
[TURN] Rothuss Carder
BOB Yes to tumbling, it would give a plus 4 to AC agaisnt the attack of opportunity if it swipes at you
BOB So run tumble run and maybe a hit
Rothuss Carder: [SKILL] Tumbling [MOD:DEX] (vs. Target 14) [FAILURE by 5] [d20 = 19]
Rothuss Carder: gets running too fast and clips the edge of the wall when he tries to tumble by, but recovers his feet and slashes at the podman's neck.
Rothuss Carder: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(19)] [d20 = 4]
Attack [4] ->[ATTACK (M)] (Sabre) [at Pod man 1] [Hit-AC: 15 vs. 9 ] [AC: 15 ] [MISS]
[TURN] Ratbone Carder - [Bardic Inspiration; ATK: 1; SAVE: 1; MORALE: 2; [D: 2]]
[TURN] Temperance - [Bardic Inspiration; ATK: 1; SAVE: 1; MORALE: 2; [D: 2]]
Temperance has delayed their turn until the end of round.
[TURN] Pod man Bodyguard
Pod man Bodyguard: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(18)] [d20 = 9]
Attack [9] ->[ATTACK (M)] [at Levi Reed] [Hit-AC: 9 vs. 7 ] [AC: 9 ] [MISS]
Pod man Bodyguard: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(18)] [d20 = 1]
Attack [1] ->[ATTACK (M)] [at Levi Reed] [Hit-AC: 17 vs. 7 ] [AC: 17 ] [MISS-AUTOMATIC]
[TURN] Pod man 1
Pod man 1: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(19)] [d20 = 4]
Attack [4] ->[ATTACK (M)] [at Rothuss Carder] [Hit-AC: 15 vs. 8 ] [AC: 15 ] [MISS]
Pod man 1: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(19)] [d20 = 13]
Attack [13] ->[ATTACK (M)] [at Rothuss Carder] [Hit-AC: 6 vs. 8 ] [AC: 6 ] [HIT]
Pod man 1: [DAMAGE (M)] Claw #1 [TYPE: Pummeling (1d6=4)] [d6 = 4]
[4] -> [to Rothuss Carder] [STATUS: Heavy]
As Lirtimya and Temperance take on better positions, Rothuss nurses his wounded pride. How dare these dim-witted pods not appreciate his shenanigans? No matter. He takes a deep breath and CARTWHEELS his way into the limelight, but the walls of the narrow hall leading into the chamber scratch the back of his calf, causing him to stumble on landing and miss skewering a pod with his sabre. Pod 1 is impressed that its meal can also entertain, and SLAMS him into the adjacent wall as a way to stake its claim. OOMPH. Underling attempts to go on the offensive with Levi, but its movements are sluggishly clumsy. It trips, causing it to flounder into thin air.
[TURN] Jericho - [Bardic Inspiration; ATK: 1; SAVE: 1; MORALE: 2; [D: 2]]
Jericho: [ATTACK (R)] [THACO(20)] [EFFECTS +1] [-4] [d20-3 = 16]
Attack [16] ->[ATTACK (R)] (Unskilled Pascificsm Missle) [at Pod man Bodyguard] [Hit-AC: 4 vs. 9 ] [AC: 4 ] [HIT]
Jericho: [d2 = 2]
Pod man Bodyguard's health adjusted by -2
[TURN] Vee Barlett - [Bardic Inspiration; ATK: 1; SAVE: 1; MORALE: 2; [D: 2]]
BOB You can hear Rothuss grunt as it SLAMS into him
Vee Barlett: Levi, you make sure nothin' hurts Lirt, yeah? I got a bad feelin' about the bard.
Levi Reed: Don't worry, anything that wants to get through here is going to have to do it over my dead body
Levi Reed: Literally
Carissa (Vee Barlett): so it's an open room and if she zig zags she can get there at 180 without getting caught?
BOB She would need a dex check to avoid sliding in the water, then yes she gets a to hit on the podman, but if she does not hit is prone in front of it
Vee Barlett: [CHECK] Dexterity (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 14] [d20 = 1]
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Sea Legs [MOD:DEX] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 12] [d20 = 3]
Vee Barlett: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(18)] [EFFECTS +1] [d20+3 = 13]
Attack [13] ->[ATTACK (M)] (Trident) [at Pod man 2] [Hit-AC: 5 vs. 9 ] [AC: 5 ] [HIT]
Vee Barlett: [DAMAGE (M)] Trident [TYPE: piercing (1d6+2=6)] [d6+2 = 6]
[6] -> [to Pod man 2] [STATUS: Heavy]
BOB so 12
Carissa (Vee Barlett): because she SUPER shanked him at running speed?
Pod man 1's health adjusted by -12
BOB less than 1/3 HP left
BOB Rothuss did get punched by a podman and Vee FLIES out of nowhere to SLAM her trident into it
With a stone clenched in his palms, Jericho narrows his eyes at Pod Underling and throws it AS PUNISHMENT IN THE NAME OF PEACE™. It knocks into the clumsy underling and gives him a solid bruise, throwing him off his focus. Vee readies herself to go help her precious mule because SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS, she trusted him with her rations. She expertly zig-zags through the cavern like the TRACK STAR SHE IS, leaps a few feet into the air, and buries her Trident into Pod 1. The pod shrieks and nearly shrivels up at the sheer power. Ladies and Gentlemen, you have just witnessed the Supershank™
[TURN] MeLange - [Bardic Inspiration; ATK: 1; SAVE: 1; MORALE: 2; [D: 2]]
MeLange: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(18)] [EFFECTS +1] [d20+2 = 11]
Attack [11] ->[ATTACK (M)] (Battle Axe) [at Pod man Bodyguard] [Hit-AC: 7 vs. 9 ] [AC: 7 ] [HIT]
MeLange: [DAMAGE (M)] Battle axe [TYPE: slashing (1d8+3=6)] [d8+3 = 6]
[6] -> [to Pod man Bodyguard] [STATUS: Moderate]
MeLange: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(18)] [EFFECTS +1] [d20+2 = 18]
Attack [18] ->[ATTACK (M)] (Battle Axe) [at Pod man Bodyguard] [Hit-AC: 0 vs. 9 ] [AC: 0 ] [HIT]
MeLange: [DAMAGE (M)] Battle axe [TYPE: slashing (1d8+3=11)] [d8+3 = 11]
[11] -> [to Pod man Bodyguard] [DAMAGE EXCEEDS HIT POINTS BY 2] [STATUS: Dying (0)]
[TURN] Pod man 2
Pod man 2: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(19)] [d20 = 1]
Attack [1] ->[ATTACK (M)] [at MeLange] [Hit-AC: 18 vs. 1 ] [AC: 18 ] [MISS-AUTOMATIC]
Pod man 2: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(19)] [d20 = 4]
Attack [4] ->[ATTACK (M)] [at MeLange] [Hit-AC: 15 vs. 1 ] [AC: 15 ] [MISS]
[TURN] Levi Reed - [Punching; BSTR: 0 | Bardic Inspiration; ATK: 1; SAVE: 1; MORALE: 2; [D: 2]]
Levi Reed: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(18)] [EFFECTS +1] [d20+1 = 16]
Attack [16] ->[ATTACK (M)] (Machete) [at Pod man 2] [Hit-AC: 2 vs. 9 ] [AC: 2 ] [HIT]
Levi Reed: [DAMAGE (M)] Machete [TYPE: slashing (1d8=2)] [d8 = 2]
[2] -> [to Pod man 2] [STATUS: Light]
Levi Reed: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(18)] [EFFECTS +1] [d20+1 = 3]
Attack [3] ->[ATTACK (M)] (Machete) [at Pod man 2] [Hit-AC: 15 vs. 9 ] [AC: 15 ] [MISS]
[TURN] Pod man, Large
Pod man, Large: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(19)] [d20 = 3]
Attack [3] ->[ATTACK (M)] [at MeLange] [Hit-AC: 16 vs. 1 ] [AC: 16 ] [MISS]
Pod man, Large: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(19)] [d20 = 19]
Attack [19] ->[ATTACK (M)] [at MeLange] [Hit-AC: 0 vs. 1 ] [AC: 0 ] [HIT]
BOB It picks up Melange and THROWS him into a wall
GM: [3d6 = 12]
MeLange's health adjusted by -12
MeLange: oooof
BOB IF you were to heal him this round not going to be walking wounded,
BOB Not dead just at zero
So far, things are going… not smoothly, but better than the crew anticipates. The Underling pod meets a tragic end as it projectiles off and SPLATTERS against the cavern wall, staining it with pod goop. You can say Melange and his Axe were NOT PLEASED that the Underling had dared to even LOOK at Levi sideways. BUT MEL WATCH OUT— too late. Dealing with that smaller, more immediate threat leaves him open and vulnerable to the LOOMING OGRE OF A POD behind him, who shows the rest of the party what’s going to happen if they kill off any more of its underlings. The party freezes as Melange becomes forcibly airborne until— OOMPH! With a sickening snap-crackle, poor Mel falls like a rag doll to the floor of the cavern on the other side.
[TURN] Temperance - [Bardic Inspiration; ATK: 1; SAVE: 1; MORALE: 2; [D: 2]]
BOB Temperance is behind the curve still hearing the battle and Levi's cry when he sees Melange hit the wall
The priestess attempts to keep her brains screwed in and speed-run through her options. Dash towards Melange and use a healing spell? Nope, he’s all the way across the cavern, and she’s not even close enough to see the battle. Move up and use arrows? Maybe, but the Ogre Pod’s not going to go down easy— WAIT! The fungal staff is still pulsating, albeit a bit too intensely for her liking, so she takes the risk and points it towards the cavern.
Temperance: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(20)] [EFFECTS +1] [AC: 17 ] [d20-2 = 3]
Temperance: Halt movement, all thee Podmen!
[ROUND 3]
BOB Now starting round 3, you will need to get to Mel before his turn to stop him from being walking wounded. You can get there and bind wounds, shove a potion down his throat, etc.
[TURN] Lirtimya - [Bardic Inspiration; ATK: 1; SAVE: 1; MORALE: 2; [D: 1]]
Vee Barlett: Rothuss, Melange got thrown against a wall near us. Can ya reach him or you got this pod thing and I'll grab him?
Rothuss Carder: Yeah, I got him.
Vee Barlett: Don't let the this dude catch you. I'll finish it off.
Rothuss Carder: grins
Rothuss Carder: Right now, no one can catch me.
Lirtimya has delayed their turn until the end of round.
[TURN] Rothuss Carder
Rothuss Carder: ducks past Vee and the trident, leaps the stream, and streaks over to Melange's side to bind his wounds.
[TURN] Ratbone Carder - [Bardic Inspiration; ATK: 1; SAVE: 1; MORALE: 2; [D: 1]]
Vee Barlett: I got the potion if ya can get over here.
[TURN] Pod man Bodyguard
[TURN] Pod man 1
Pod man 1: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(19)] [d20 = 13]
Attack [13] ->[ATTACK (M)] [at Vee Barlett] [Hit-AC: 6 vs. 6 ] [AC: 6 ] [HIT]
Pod man 1: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(19)] [d20 = 5]
Attack [5] ->[ATTACK (M)] [at Vee Barlett] [Hit-AC: 14 vs. 6 ] [AC: 14 ] [MISS]
Pod man 1: [DAMAGE (M)] Claw #1 [TYPE: Pummeling (1d6=5)] [d6 = 5]
[5] -> [to Vee Barlett] [STATUS: Heavy]
Vee Barlett: Oof, you bastard. Didn't skewer you enough?
While Temperance takes her chances with the staff, Rothuss shoots across the cavern like a silver bullet to bind Melange. He probably would have said EAT MY DUST, PODCAKES if one of their frontliners weren’t unconscious. While Vee is talking to Rothuss— OOF! The pod she Supershanked™ throws a tantrum and leaves claw marks and blood on her precious garments. Vee retaliates to teach this pod needs to learn some manners but her wounds HURT like HECK and the Trident swishes around it.
[TURN] Jericho - [Bardic Inspiration; ATK: 1; SAVE: 1; MORALE: 2; [D: 1]]
Jericho: [ATTACK (R)] [THACO(20)] [EFFECTS +1] [d20+1 = 12]
Attack [12] ->[ATTACK (R)] (Unskilled Pascificsm Missle) [at Pod man, Large] [Hit-AC: 8 vs. 9 ] [AC: 8 ] [HIT]
Jericho: [d2 = 1]
Pod man, Large's health adjusted by -1
[TURN] Vee Barlett - [Bardic Inspiration; ATK: 1; SAVE: 1; MORALE: 2; [D: 1]]
Vee Barlett: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(18)] [EFFECTS +1] [d20+3 = 8]
Attack [8] ->[ATTACK (M)] (Trident) [at Pod man Bodyguard] [Hit-AC: 10 vs. 9 ] [AC: 10 ] [MISS]
Vee Barlett: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(18)] [EFFECTS +1] [d20+3 = 7]
Attack [7] ->[ATTACK (M)] (Trident) [at Pod man 1] [Hit-AC: 11 vs. 9 ] [AC: 11 ] [MISS]
[TURN] MeLange - [Bardic Inspiration; ATK: 1; SAVE: 1; MORALE: 2; [D: 1]]
BOB and Mel lays tehre
MeLange: arghhghgh
BOB breathing and not dead
Vee Barlett: Y'all might need to help me with this one or I ain't getting that potion to ya.
[TURN] Pod man 2
[TURN] Levi Reed - [Punching; BSTR: 0 | Bardic Inspiration; ATK: 1; SAVE: 1; MORALE: 2; [D: 1]]
Levi Reed: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(18)] [EFFECTS +1] [d20+1 = 16]
Attack [16] ->[ATTACK (M)] (Machete) [at Pod man, Large] [Hit-AC: 2 vs. 9 ] [AC: 2 ] [HIT]
Levi Reed: [DAMAGE (M)] Machete [TYPE: slashing (1d8=3)] [d8 = 3]
[3] -> [to Pod man, Large]
Across the cavern, Jericho and Levi are doing double-duty to bring Godfather Pod’s ego down a notch. Jericho flings more Punishments in the Name of Peace™, which lands a solid blow to the giant thing with a gloop. With its attention diverted to Jericho’s rock, Levi grips his machetes as tightly as he can and HACKS AWAY at the Pod’s gloopy skin. It roars with irritation as fishy liquid oozes from its wounds.
[TURN] Pod man, Large
[TURN] Temperance - [Bardic Inspiration; ATK: 1; SAVE: 1; MORALE: 2; [D: 1]]
BOB has to cross the water at come point to be able to see Vee
Temperance: [CHECK] Dexterity (vs. Target 11) [SUCCESS by 1] [d20 = 10]
Temperance: Holds up staff and commands
[TURN] Lirtimya - [Bardic Inspiration; ATK: 1; SAVE: 1; MORALE: 2; [D: 1]]
-> Lirtimya: Lirt knows that magic takes concentration, she would not be sure if Temperance knows that
Lirtimya: Temperance, you have to concentrate to do it properly, don't try anything else when you use it, just focus on using it's powers if you think something's there
Temperance: Alright, thank you, I'll make sure to keep your words in mind, Lirtimya!
Temperance: nods with a serious face
Temperance: and grips staff tightly
Lirtimya: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(20)] [EFFECTS +1] [d20+1 = 3]
Attack [3] ->[ATTACK (M)] (Dagger) [at Pod man 2] [Hit-AC: 17 vs. 9 ] [AC: 17 ] [MISS]
Noticing that the pods closest to her have been influenced by her command, Temperance impulsively races to the middle of the cavern, avoiding the water cutting through. As per Lirtimya’s advice, she roots herself and the staff upright and repeats her command. The rest of the party watches with bated breath and hopes she’s not the next pod...
[ROUND 4]
Temperance: [INIT] [d10 = 6]
Lirtimya: [INIT] [d10 = 8]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Ratbone Carder]
[TURN] Rothuss Carder
Rothuss Carder: pats MeLange on the cheek.
Rothuss Carder: That's going to be one heck of a hangover, big guy.
Rothuss Carder: runs back to Vee's side, leaping over the stream, and tries to double-stab the podman
BOB Minus four to Rothuss attack because of Vee, plus four to the attack because it is effectively held
Rothuss Carder: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(19)] [-2] [d20-2 = 3]
Attack [3] ->[ATTACK (M)] (Sabre) [at Pod man 1] [Hit-AC: 16 vs. 9 ] [AC: 16 ] [MISS]
Rothuss Carder: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(19)] [-4] [d20-4 = 8]
Attack [8] ->[ATTACK (M)] (Main-Gauche) [at Pod man 1] [Hit-AC: 11 vs. 9 ] [AC: 11 ] [MISS]
[TURN] Ratbone Carder
[TURN] Pod man Bodyguard
[TURN] Pod man 1
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Temperance]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Jericho]
...And BOOM! The pods explode. Just kidding. The pods are effectively immobile until they’re commanded otherwise. Holy smoked salmon. Temperance breathes out a sigh of relief, closes her eyes, and eases herself into a meditative state to drown out the pandemonium about to take place in the cavern. Rothuss streaks back, exchanges a high-five with Vee to switch places, and takes over in disciplining the pod that dared to disrespect her. He’s too careful with his blade and misses. Punishment in the Name of Peace™ goes SWOOSH past the frozen Godfather Pod, whilst Vee nonchalantly ambles over to an unconscious Melange and shoves the last of the healing potion down his throat. Whew! Sleeping Beauty’s awake.
[TURN] Temperance
Temperance: closes her eyes and concentrates on the command cast
[TURN] Jericho
Jericho: [ATTACK (R)] [THACO(20)] [d20 = 6]
Attack [6] ->[ATTACK (R)] (Unskilled Pascificsm Missle) [at Pod man, Large] [Hit-AC: 14 vs. 9 ] [AC: 14 ] [MISS]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Vee Barlett]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Lirtimya]
[TURN] Vee Barlett
Vee Barlett: walks over to Melange and shoved the rest of the potion down his throat.
GM: [+1] [d8+1 = 3]
MeLange's health adjusted by +3
Vee Barlett: There ya go, buddy. Ready to cut down some trees?
MeLange: ughhh
Vee Barlett: Yer "baby" needs ya.
MeLange: that wasn't fun
Vee Barlett: Nah, didn't look it, but if that spell holds long enough, you can take yer revenge on 'em.
[TURN] Lirtimya
Lirtimya: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(20)] [d20 = 2]
Attack [2] ->[ATTACK (M)] (Dagger) [at Pod man 2] [Hit-AC: 18 vs. 9 ] [AC: 18 ] [MISS]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on MeLange]
[TURN] MeLange
Vee Barlett: Up and at 'em.
Temperance: breathes deeply and concentrates and keeping the podmen halted in their spots, ignoring the background noise
BOB So for Mel make a dex check to cross the stream
Temperance: feels someone's presence dash by her, but is too concentrated to notice
MeLange: [CHECK] Dexterity (vs. Target 12) [SUCCESS by 0] [d20 = 12]
MeLange: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(18)] [d20+1 = 8]
Attack [8] ->[ATTACK (M)] (Battle Axe) [at Pod man, Large] [Hit-AC: 10 vs. 9 ] [AC: 10 ] [MISS]
BOB down below click the +4
BOB that is a hit
MeLange: [DAMAGE (M)] Battle axe [TYPE: slashing (1d8+3=7)] [d8+3 = 7]
[7] -> [to Pod man, Large] [STATUS: Heavy]
MeLange: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(18)] [+4] [d20+5 = 17]
Attack [17] ->[ATTACK (M)] (Battle Axe) [at Pod man, Large] [Hit-AC: 1 vs. 9 ] [AC: 1 ] [HIT]
MeLange: [DAMAGE (M)] Battle axe [TYPE: slashing (1d8+3=5)] [d8+3 = 5]
[5] -> [to Pod man, Large] [STATUS: Critical]
[TURN] Pod man 2
BOB That was only a round for Melange, he got SLAMMED on round 3, bleeding stopped, healed and sent back to the front lines all in one round
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Levi Reed]
[TURN] Levi Reed - [Punching; BSTR: 0]
Levi Reed: NOBODY THROWS BABY IN THE CORNER
Levi Reed: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(18)] [d20 = 2]
Attack [2] ->[ATTACK (M)] (Machete) [at Pod man, Large] [Hit-AC: 16 vs. 9 ] [AC: 16 ] [MISS]
Levi Reed: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(18)] [d20 = 12]
Attack [12] ->[ATTACK (M)] (Machete) [at Pod man, Large] [Hit-AC: 6 vs. 9 ] [AC: 6 ] [HIT]
Levi Reed: [DAMAGE (M)] Machete [TYPE: slashing (1d8=7)] [d8 = 7]
[7] -> [to Pod man, Large] [DAMAGE EXCEEDS HIT POINTS BY 4] [STATUS: Dying (0)]
[TURN] Pod man, Large
Effectively kissed awake by a sip of that Good Stuff, Melange and his Axe go back for blood as if neither of them weren’t out of commission just minutes before. A large gash appears on the back of the Godfather Pod, and Melange lands gracefully before getting showered in Pod Juice. Welcome back, buddy boy. Levi’s still on a rampage because of what happened to Baby; he brandishes his machetes and jumps into the air. By the time he lands, said pod WHUMPS to the floor as chunks of pod flesh rain down separately. That, Ladies and Gentlemen, is how the two Davids defeated the Goliath.
[ROUND 5]
[TURN] Rothuss Carder
Temperance: hears something about babies in the background but ignores in favor of concentrating
Rothuss Carder: pulls back his sabre, picks out a point under the chin of the slimy pod thingy, and pushes his sabre point up through it.
Rothuss Carder: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(19)] [d20 = 11]
Attack [11] ->[ATTACK (M)] (Sabre) [at Pod man 1] [Hit-AC: 8 vs. 9 ] [AC: 8 ] [HIT]
Rothuss Carder: [DAMAGE (M)] Sabre [TYPE: slashing (1d6+1=6)] [d6+1 = 6]
[6] -> [to Pod man 1] [DAMAGE EXCEEDS HIT POINTS] [STATUS: Dying (0)]
[TURN] Ratbone Carder
[TURN] Pod man Bodyguard
[TURN] Pod man 1
[TURN] Temperance
Temperance: continues concentrating, gripping the staff tightly as she stands upright
[TURN] Jericho
Temperance: hears some movement and footsteps behind her, but continues to concentrate
Jericho: [ATTACK (R)] [THACO(20)] [-4] [d20-4 = -1]
Attack [-1] ->[ATTACK (R)] (Unskilled Pascificsm Missle) [at Pod man 2] [Hit-AC: 21 vs. 9 ] [AC: 21 ] [MISS]
[TURN] Vee Barlett
Vee Barlett: starts going around and smashing babies
[TURN] Lirtimya
Lirtimya: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(20)] [d20 = 17]
Attack [17] ->[ATTACK (M)] (Dagger) [at Pod man 2] [Hit-AC: 3 vs. 9 ] [AC: 3 ] [HIT]
Lirtimya: [DAMAGE (M)] Dagger [TYPE: piercing (1d4=3)] [d4 = 3]
Pod man 2's health adjusted by -3
[TURN] MeLange
MeLange: [ATTACK (M)] [THACO(18)] [d20+1 = 6]
Attack [6] ->[ATTACK (M)] (Battle Axe) [at Pod man 2] [Hit-AC: 12 vs. 9 ] [AC: 12 ] [MISS]
BOB is a hit
MeLange: [DAMAGE (M)] Battle axe [TYPE: slashing (1d8+3=6)] [d8+3 = 6]
[6] -> [to Pod man 2] [DAMAGE EXCEEDS HIT POINTS BY 1] [STATUS: Dying (0)]
MeLange: boy I'm tired
BOB Ok pause for a moment so I can make sure everyone understands
BOB You are in a very large room with a hundred or more pod things being grown, it will take many rounds if you want to try to clear out this room by hand.
BOB Also you have what Rothuss saw around the corner
The stone walls bulge and warp into melted-wax like shapes, a phantasmagorical nightmare of bulbous growths and abstract traceries. The river winds its way through a cut-stone channel in the floor and empties through a grate in the floor, crashing noisily against rocks below. A round desk carved in the same bizarre patterns as the walls stands near the floor grate, covered with papers and scrolls. The desk chair is a massive piece of carved wood, obviously not intended for a human. A scroll cabinet stands near the desk, and there is a bookcase with smoked-glass doors standing against the wall.
Rothuss Carder: he hadn't had time to tell anyone, but now is as good a time as any
BOB and so you can decide if you want to spend many rounds here in this cave
BOB OR go through the library
BOB You can spend the time here but just pointing out more civilized things around the corner so that would maybe lead to.....
Rothuss Carder: So, one thing I noticed is these things appear to be deaf
BOB Stream cuts through the library
BOB down stream into that grate
The stone walls bulge and warp into melted-wax like shapes, a phantasmagorical nightmare of bulbous growths and abstract traceries. The river winds its way through a cut-stone channel in the floor and empties through a grate in the floor, crashing noisily against rocks below. A round desk carved in the same bizarre patterns as the walls stands near the floor grate, covered with papers and scrolls. The desk chair is a massive piece of carved wood, obviously not intended for a human. A scroll cabinet stands near the desk, and there is a bookcase with smoked-glass doors standing against the wall.
BOB and also Yes to Levi getting new checks for this room
It becomes evident to the crew that it’s more efficient to cross out the cavern than stay and fight. They do away with one more grown pod and smash a bunch of juveniles before nudging Temperance out of her meditative state as they usher out.
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Alertness [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 10] [d20 = 5]
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Direction Sense [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 7] [d20 = 8]
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Distance Sense [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 14) [FAILURE by 1] [d20 = 15]
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Ranger Tracking [2] [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 13] [d20 = 2]
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Spelunking [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 7) [SUCCESS by 0] [d20 = 7]
BOB Levi knows that A - you have explored all the areas from the slide into piranas so far other than the other side of that door in the library
BOB B - that with this being at least a second or third grate that means there must be a level below this too
BOB and one last point.... the floor of the library is sloped slightly to send the water into that grate, so what ever is on the other side of that door should be higher ground
BOB From here out it is try to make quick decisions, move from room to room to get back upstream
Temperance: [INIT] [MOD:Orison] [d10+4 = 7]
Vee Barlett's health adjusted by +4
BOB When you are ready I will repost the descriptions
Jericho: [CHECK] Wisdom (vs. Target 19) [SUCCESS by 4] [d20 = 15]
Jericho: [CHECK] Intelligence (vs. Target 14) [SUCCESS by 10] [d20 = 4]
Temperance: [CHECK] Intelligence (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 8] [d20 = 5]
Temperance: [CHECK] Wisdom (vs. Target 16) [SUCCESS by 15] [d20 = 1]
Jericho: [SKILL] Reading/Writing [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 11] [d20 = 4]
Jericho: [SKILL] Investigation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 12) [FAILURE by 5] [d20 = 17]
Temperance: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 2] [d20 = 11]
Ratbone Carder: [CHECK] Intelligence (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 10] [d20 = 3]
Ratbone Carder: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [FAILURE by 4] [d20 = 17]
Temperance: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 8] [d20 = 5]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to Rothuss Carder] [by Ratbone Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to Jericho] [by Ratbone Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to Temperance] [by Ratbone Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to Vee Barlett] [by Ratbone Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to MeLange] [by Ratbone Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to Lirtimya] [by Ratbone Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to Levi Reed] [by Ratbone Carder]
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 12) [SUCCESS by 2] [d20 = 10]
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Ranger Tracking [2] [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 1] [d20 = 14]
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Sage Knowledge, Island Kingdoms [MOD:CHA] (vs. Target 10) [SUCCESS by 1] [d20 = 9]
Ratbone Carder: singing
Ratbone Carder: This is a song about how awesome we are!
Ratbone Carder: We've been through so much crap, we have come so far!
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Land Scent [PERCENT:Land Scent] (vs. Target 20) [FAILURE by 70] [d100 = 90]
Vee Barlett: tries to smell fresh air but it's too humid
Ratbone Carder: Several times, just this week, we have nearly died
The stone walls bulge and warp into melted-wax like shapes, a phantasmagorical nightmare of bulbous growths and abstract traceries. The river winds its way through a cut-stone channel in the floor and empties through a grate in the floor, crashing noisily against rocks below. A round desk carved in the same bizarre patterns as the walls stands near the floor grate, covered with papers and scrolls. The desk chair is a massive piece of carved wood, obviously not intended for a human. A scroll cabinet stands near the desk, and there is a bookcase with smoked-glass doors standing against the wall.
Ratbone Carder: Here we are, kicking ass, and we haven't fried!
Ratbone Carder: WE ARE THE BEST! Now let's loot the room!
Ratbone Carder: WE ARE THE BEST! We have no time for gloom!
BOB There is a desk, there is a scroll cabinet, there is a bookshelf
Ratbone Carder: You can say we're on the way to a horrific end
BOB What is Jericho looking at and which roll applies
Michael (Jericho): Jericho examines the Desk. Wisdome, Inteligence, Reading/Writing
Ratbone Carder: BUT WE ARE THE BEST! And only better with our friends!
The documents on the desk are written in a spidery script. Most of them are long and involved mathematical calculations involved in cultivating pod-men; nutrient requirements, growth- cycles, and the like.
BOB Jericho does not understand the writing
Rothuss Carder: pokes around at random.
Ratbone Carder: singing
Ratbone Carder: Did you know? Did you know I dropped my rations
Ratbone Carder: Did you know? I'll sing it from the bastions
Temperance: grips the staff, observing the room in case something unexpected takes place
Ratbone Carder: I really loved the oatmeal bars, I'll miss pemmican
Amid the sheaves of parchment there is one containing the single word "Fahoorth."
BOB There is the door to the south
Ratbone Carder: The raisins and the nuts were great to eat, who knows when I can again!
Ratbone Carder: How I love and miss my rations!
Ratbone Carder: strummy strum strum
Ratbone Carder: And yet, and yet, and yetty yet yet! WE ARE THE BEST!
BOB and you are at the door having spent three rounds in the room so far
BOB He can open the cabinet if he wants
Rothuss Carder: Wonder what's in here?
The cabinet contains 3 scrolls.
Rothuss Carder: Oo.. paper. Fun.
Rothuss Carder: Sure, why not?
Rothuss Carder: rolls them into his pack.
Parcel [002.012 Room 29 Treasure in cabinet] -> [Rothuss Carder]
BOB No letter opener in the desk
Vee Barlett: Y'all good?
Rothuss Carder: looks behind the cabinet and under the shelves for hidden compartments.
Ratbone Carder: Ya did good, brother, let's split
BOB Ok so who is going through the door?
Rothuss Carder: Sure, I've always wanted to loot a fancy office. Let's go.
BOB Or are you opening the bookcase
BOB So move to the door and
Vee Barlett: peeks through the door carefully
Temperance: grips staff tightly in preparation
This room contains three forty-gallon vats standing on low stone tripods. A slow fire burns beneath one of the great cauldrons, which is giving off wisps of greenish steam from the liquid within. Near the vats, a single six-foot pod hangs from the ceiling; unlike all the other pods found in the cavern complex, this one is a fleshy reddish pink, and has pulsing green veins running across its surface. The room also contains a long worktable, its surface covered with untidy piles of parchment notes.
The pod contains a human who is being converted into a pod man by the Shroom.
The worktable is covered in sheaves of parchment written in a strange, spidery hand.
Rothuss Carder: D'you think we can set it free? Or is it too late?
Vee Barlett: You can try to stab it and kill it. Quickly.
Vee Barlett: Mercy death.
Rothuss Carder: What if we cut it open?
Ratbone Carder: you people are crazy
Jericho: Wait!
Jericho: let me look
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 12) [FAILURE by 5] [d20 = 17]
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Ranger Tracking [2] [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 0] [d20 = 15]
Temperance: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [FAILURE by 5] [d20 = 18]
Jericho: Temperence! Snag those documents
Jericho: I need to examine the pod
Jericho: Please
Temperance: goes over to the documents and snatches them as told
Jericho: Examines the Pod to see how far gone
Ratbone Carder: i truly suggest we GTFO
Jericho: [SKILL] Healing [2] [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 17) [FAILURE by 2] [d20 = 19]
Jericho: [SKILL] Diagnostics [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 18) [SUCCESS by 8] [d20 = 10]
Parcel [002.013 Room 30 Treasure Scrolls] -> [Jericho]
Jericho: mutters
Jericho: can he be saved
Jericho: whispers
Jericho: examining the unfamillair pod
Temperance: quietly puts the documents in her bag
Parcel [002.013 Room 30 Treasure Scrolls] -> [Temperance]
Jericho: frantically pounding through medical knowledge and diasnoticss
Jericho: Vee! Cut the sack
Temperance: [SKILL] Botany [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 5] [d20 = 8]
Jericho: please?
Vee Barlett: Not unless you can save him.
Vee Barlett: Can you?
Jericho: I dont' know!
Jericho: I need to see the body
Vee Barlett: Because if not, I'm going to kill it while it's tied up and can't fight back.
Jericho: that's fine
Jericho: better a quick death then
Jericho: trails off
Jericho: please?
Vee Barlett: walks over and pokes it with her trident as far from it as she can
Jericho: flapping his hands as he tries to examine the body
Jericho: attempting to not vomit at Vee's slicing
Temperance: re-grips her staff tightly, looking around said room
BOB It screams in pain as you poke it
Jericho: Wimpers
Jericho: a tear sheds
Jericho: oh my god
Jericho: Can you hear me?
Jericho: Tentatively
BOB vague nodding
Vee Barlett: Damn it.
Temperance: reaches over and gives Jericho what is hopefully a sympathetic pat on the shoulder
Jericho: Do you know who you are?
Vee Barlett: pokes the pod top to try to cut him free
Jericho: almost hyperventiliating
Jericho: Can you come with us?
BOB barely nodding
Jericho: Vee?
Jericho: Hesitantly
Jericho: Please?
Jericho: I know it's dumb
BOB and Vee's slice opens it up and it falls out
Jericho: I'll try and help him along?
Vee Barlett: You drag him. I need my hands free then.
Jericho: Vomits to the side
BOB free
Vee Barlett: I either kill it or you drag it along.
Jericho: Carefully approaches
Jericho: wary
Vee Barlett: See if it can point to a way out.
Jericho: Tries to gently lift it up
BOB He/it seems focused on Jericho following like a puppy
Rothuss Carder: I think it likes you.
Jericho: Come on
Jericho: Can you point a way out?
Jericho: Gently supporting
BOB Does not seem to be able to understand meaning just intent
BOB You freed, must be friend
Jericho: Out?
Jericho: Yes Friend, but out?
Vee Barlett: Well I see another grate with water so we go upstream.
Ratbone Carder: I don't think he knows anything
Jericho: Nods
Vee Barlett: Let's go.
The solution in this vat is a pale green in color, with the consistency of milk.
BOB That is the vat over the fire
This vat contains a blue fluid.
The stuff in this vat is extremely gummy and sticky, like an adhesive stew. It tastes bad.
Jericho: Passes a water skin hestitantly to see if it has a concept of water
BOB and Vee needs an observation
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 12) [FAILURE by 1] [d20 = 13]
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Ranger Tracking [2] [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 4] [d20 = 11]
Vee Barlett: [CHECK] Wisdom (vs. Target 14) [SUCCESS by 3] [d20 = 11]
Ratbone Carder: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 1] [d20 = 12]
Temperance: [SKILL] Botany [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 10] [d20 = 3]
BOB Every skill check just means stopping and waiting
The tunnel passage continues east or south. The river splits and also goes both ways.
BOB water flows from the north
Jericho: Which way is UP Vee?
Jericho: Up is out right?
Vee Barlett: Water flows from the north so we go against the water.
Jericho: Gotcha
Jericho: Thank you
Jericho: Let's go
Temperance: nods and follows in said direction
BOB Who is leading?
BOB Ratbone bringing up the rear?
BOB Rothuss is there with you
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 12) [SUCCESS by 11] [d20 = 1]
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Ranger Tracking [2] [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 1] [d20 = 14]
Temperance: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [FAILURE by 7] [d20 = 20]
Vee Barlett: ignoring everyone and still focused on getting out
Temperance: too enthused by research material to observe
BOB and another observation check
BOB water is flowing from the north
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 12) [SUCCESS by 0] [d20 = 12]
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Ranger Tracking [2] [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [FAILURE by 5] [d20 = 20]
BOB Vee can spot footprints coming from the west towards where you are but the water flows down from the north
BOB Vee can also hear a swishing almost grinding noise to the west
Vee Barlett: keeps heading north.
Vee Barlett: Something grindin' that way...
Vee Barlett: quietly and points to the west
Vee Barlett: But water flows down so... goin' this way.
Plant man: whining
Plant man: jerking towards the opening
Vee Barlett: sighs
Jericho: Vee
Vee Barlett: What?
Temperance: grips the staff and readies herself for unexpected run-ins
BOB Anyone can make an observation check
Jericho: I think it's pointing Out?
Jericho: Or danger?
Temperance: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 2] [d20 = 11]
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 12) [SUCCESS by 10] [d20 = 2]
BOB Temperance hears a low groaning sound
Temperance: grimaces
Temperance: I hear... some low groaning sounds
Lirtimya: [SKILL] Navigation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 14) [FAILURE by 6] [d20 = 20]
Lirtimya: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 16) [SUCCESS by 5] [d20 = 11]
Vee Barlett: [CHECK] Wisdom (vs. Target 14) [FAILURE by 1] [d20 = 15]
Temperance: [CHECK] Wisdom (vs. Target 16) [SUCCESS by 7] [d20 = 9]
BOB They sound human, not like the plantish growls you heard before
BOB from the west
Vee Barlett: Ah damn, more of 'em?
Temperance: It's coming from the west
Ratbone Carder: aw, man
Vee Barlett: Fine let's check west, but we'll be quick.
Jericho: Nods thankfully
Vee Barlett: Go with yer friend.
Ratbone Carder: we have to go rescue somebody, don't we?
Vee Barlett: More somethings, probably, yes.
Ratbone Carder: heavy sigh
Rothuss Carder: shrugs.
Vee Barlett: mutters something about not being paid enough
The tunnel opens up into a large cavern with strange contents. Four cages of a strange, fleshy substance seem to grown from the stone floor along the southern wall, and roughly in the center of the room stands a large wooden box with a funnel on top and a spout at the bottom. The box is connected to a small water wheel that turns with the river's flow.
Inside this cage is female human dressed in ragged clothes.
Inside this cage is a grumpy looking dwarf.
This cage appearst to be empty.
This cage contains a human male.
Vee Barlett: Well damn all the things. Y'all alive?
Merithina: WHAT
Merithina: how
Merithina: who
Vee Barlett: Uh, I'm askin' the who.
BOB Only Vee is there in the entrance
Vee Barlett: Y'all we got humans and... is that? Damn, dwarf? I think? Huh. Wow.
Vee Barlett: Let's get them all down. Need yer extra hands, y'all.
Vee Barlett: And while we do that, you all (points to the prisoners) tell us what happened.
Temperance: takes a deep breath and prepares to follow Vee
Jericho: Holy shit
Jericho: [SKILL] Diagnostics [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 18) [SUCCESS by 17] [d20 = 1]
Jericho: [SKILL] Healing [2] [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 17) [SUCCESS by 6] [d20 = 11]
Temperance: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 9] [d20 = 4]
Ratbone Carder: what the hell kind of cages are these?
Jericho: quick overview on all. Can they move without too much drag or pain?
Vee Barlett: starts poking at the fleshy prisons to try to open them
Merithina: My name is Merinthina
Rothuss Carder: helps unlock and free people.
BOB No visible locks
Merithina: I was captured with my entire caravan
Vee Barlett: Caravan?
Jericho: Do you know how these cages open Merithina?
Jericho: We need to move quickly
BOB This looks like the ladder you encountered back at the entrance
Merithina: They used some word
Jericho: Can any of you remember it?
Vee Barlett: Oh, like a code word.
Jericho: Thinks back to the desk
Merithina: AAAAHHHh she shrieks, and then cuts it off
Vee Barlett: It start with an f?
Merithina: Is that Thuskar?
Vee Barlett: Fa...Fahoorth?
Merithina: OH MY GODS
Merithina: blinking
Vee Barlett: Yeah, but hush. We need to get out first before ya freak out.
BOB and with that word the cage opens up
Ratbone Carder: whoa
Jericho: I KNEW IT
Ratbone Carder: looking at Vee in amazement
Jericho: Let's get out of here
Jericho: Talk later
Jericho: Escape now
Merithina: Are there more?
Vee Barlett: Any chance y'all saw how they brought yo in so we can get out?
Vee Barlett: Dunno.
Vee Barlett: Or any chance any ya are healers?
BOB All the cages open
BOB They are all worn out and mostly collapse
Merithina: Ulster
Vee Barlett: Who?
Ratbone Carder: that where you're from?
Vee Barlett: Only one we found is this... one.
Jericho: I'm sorry. I think she means our friend
Jericho: I'm sorry. We did everythign we could
Ratbone Carder: Oh! Triffid is Ulster
Jericho: I can look him over later
Vee Barlett: No I thought he was Thuskar
Jericho: HE is ULSTER
Jericho: He HAS a NAME
Ulster: Who
Ulster: where did you come from?
Jericho: Winces
Ratbone Carder: Oh Ulster is the other, gotcha
Vee Barlett: From outside and we really don't wanna be inside here anymore.
Jericho: Nods
Vee Barlett: We ain't got time to waste. Do whatcha need and let's go.
Ratbone Carder: Yeah let's go everybody. who needs help moving?
Merithina: Can you get us out of here?
Jericho: We can Try
BOB The dwarf has vanished
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Ranger Tracking [2] [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 0] [d20 = 15]
Vee Barlett: looking for dwarf tracks
Vee Barlett: Damnit. Dwarves know caves. Where'd he go?
BOB There is a faint set of footprints that head upstream
Vee Barlett: Alright y'all. Back upstream.
Ratbone Carder: plainly the dwarf knows how to take care of himself, no need for us to worry
Temperance: nods in assent
Vee Barlett: If he don't wanna stick around, he can trip any traps then.
Jericho: Come on, let's get you out of here
Jericho: Helps up the battered civilians
Jericho: Puts arm over his shoulder for the most battered
Vee Barlett: You two, stay close and quiet. And don't think too hard about yer pal yet. Panic is for later.
BOB Thuskar still following worshiping Jericho
Vee Barlett: leads the way back out
Jericho: Follows, trying to be gently with his charges
This tunnel continues upward at a fairly steep slope. Stalagmites rise from the tunnel's uneven floor, and the party will often need to duck beneath stalactite growths. In some places it is necessary to squeeze past areas where the stalagmites and stalactites have grown together into pillars.
Vee Barlett: carefully makes her way up through the pokey cave bits.
Ratbone Carder: well this is fun
Jericho: I'm sorry what?
Jericho: Define fun?
Jericho: chuckles darkly
Ratbone Carder: it's sarcasm, weener
Jericho: snickers
Jericho: sorry
Ratbone Carder: squeezes
Jericho: too many near death expereicnes
Jericho: Grins
Temperance: attempts to find her way around the uneven cave floor
This tunnel continues downward at a fairly steep slope. Stalagmites rise from the tunnel's uneven floor, and the party will often need to duck beneath stalactite growths. In some places it is necessary to squeeze past areas where the stalagmites and stalactites have grown together into pillars.
Jericho: Easy does it
Temperance: gets a solid grip on the staff as she traverses
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Vee Barlett]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on MeLange]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Levi Reed]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Rothuss Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Jericho]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Temperance]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Lirtimya]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Ratbone Carder]
The time is 12:41 PM
BOB Vee pauses here
BOB Water is flowing towards you from both directions
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to Rothuss Carder] [by Ratbone Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to Ratbone Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to Jericho] [by Ratbone Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to Temperance] [by Ratbone Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to Vee Barlett] [by Ratbone Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to MeLange] [by Ratbone Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to Lirtimya] [by Ratbone Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to Levi Reed] [by Ratbone Carder]
Temperance: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [FAILURE by 6] [d20 = 19]
Ratbone Carder: singing
Ratbone Carder: We're so awesome, we made new friends
Temperance: still preoccupied by odd cave fungal research and the staff to observe
Ratbone Carder: To come on the journey, where the tunnel wends
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 12) [SUCCESS by 0] [d20 = 12]
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Ranger Tracking [2] [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 9] [d20 = 6]
BOB Yes to something different to the east
BOB Best guess is the footprints went into the stream
BOB and stayed there
Ratbone Carder: We are brave, we are true, we have COME to help YOU!
Ratbone Carder: We're so awesome! And you're lucky that we came this way!
Vee Barlett: cautiously scoots a little closer to the east to see if she can see what it is
Vee Barlett: Easty is beasty....
This chamber is lit by glowing moss that hangs from the ceiling in long, frilled strands. Nine trees are growing here, their roots constrained in large earthenware pots. Each tree stands about nine feet tall, and the pots are arranged in three neat rows of three. The floor is grooved, causing channels of water to flow beneath each tree pot, obviously an irrigation system. A low, angry muttering sound fills the room.
Vee Barlett: nods to herself and backtracks to go north.
At this point the river's flow turns a small wooden waterwheel. The wheel is attached by a couple of direction-changing gears to a large wooden box at the river's edge. At the top of the box, there is a funnel, and at the bottom there is a spout positioned to allow a container to be placed underneath. A clicking and creaking noise comes from inside the box.
Ratbone Carder: And you, and you, you can do anything! You are dtermined and headstrong
Ratbone Carder: And you, you arent deterred by anything!
Ratbone Carder: With friends like you, we never will go wrong!
Ratbone Carder: strummy strum strum
Ratbone Carder: The light, light, light at the end of the tunnel!
Ratbone Carder: This box, box, box, equipped with a funnel!
Ratbone Carder: continues singing
BOB The water is flowing towards you
BOB There is no water fall here, just a chamber
Ratbone Carder: But where's the waterfaull! It was there for us all. In the before! It was like a door!
Ratbone Carder: I believe, I believe, we can do this. I believe, I believe we will think this through!
BOB I will give you an intelligence check
Jericho: [CHECK] Intelligence (vs. Target 14) [SUCCESS by 11] [d20 = 3]
Vee Barlett: [CHECK] Intelligence (vs. Target 12) [SUCCESS by 0] [d20 = 12]
Temperance: [CHECK] Intelligence (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 11] [d20 = 2]
BOB There have been LOTS of ladders around here
BOB The place with the ladder and up the waterfall was in a four way intersection
Ratbone Carder: I believe, I believe, we can do this. I know, the ANSWER is INSIDE YOU!!!
BOB This place is vaguely familier but it is not....
Ratbone Carder: So there should beeeeeeee a place to put a keeeyyyyyyy?!?!
Ratbone Carder: Because maybeeeeeee ??? Some other way to get free??!
Ropy pillars of fungus grow from ceiling to floor here, ranging from one to four feet in diameter.
Ratbone Carder: dun dun DUN!!!!
Temperance: glances at the spot and shakes her head, grimacing at the deja vu
There is a four-way intersection here. In the middle of the intersection a large growth of wood, apparently of natural origin, divides the flow of the river into three parts, diverting it so that a channel of water runs down the center of the other tunnels, all of which slope gradually downward from this point.
Vee Barlett: keeps heading north
Concealed by the waterfall's flow, there is a wooden-runged ladder, apparently formed by natural growth of roots, leading down the cliff face where the waterfall normally flows. It is easy to descend this ladder.
Temperance: continues to follow
There is another small keyhole at the bottom of the waterfall.
Vee Barlett: Brains, you got the key still?
Temperance: Yes, I believe I do!
Temperance: rumamges for the key in her bag
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Vee Barlett]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on MeLange]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Levi Reed]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Rothuss Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Jericho]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Temperance]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Lirtimya]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Ratbone Carder]
The time is 1:11 PM
Temperance: hands it to Vee
Vee Barlett: inserts key and turns it
Ratbone Carder: Hee!
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to Rothuss Carder] [by Ratbone Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to Ratbone Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to Jericho] [by Ratbone Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to Temperance] [by Ratbone Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to Vee Barlett] [by Ratbone Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to MeLange] [by Ratbone Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to Lirtimya] [by Ratbone Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [to Levi Reed] [by Ratbone Carder]
Ratbone Carder: singing
Ratbone Carder: He-ROES! let me sing to you about heroes!
Vee Barlett: goes to reset the waterfall
Ratbone Carder: And we are mighty too! Mighty me and mighty you!
The tunnel down into the caverns winds along a narrow and uneven path, following the river's natural course. Stalactites hang low from the ceiling, and the rock floor is treacherously slippery from the splashing water. The subterranean air has a placid, piercing chill, all too familiar to veteran adventurers. Suddenly, the river-carven tunnel slopes abruptly downward, and just ahead there is the unmistakable sound of a waterfall dashing down to rocks below.
Ratbone Carder: Together we can vanquich most anything! (that is sufficiently low level)
BOB Yes the rope is here
Vee Barlett: climbs the rope back up
Ratbone Carder: We are mighty! And our smiles are brighty!
Vee Barlett: Can y'all climb a rope?
Rothuss Carder: chuckles.
Jericho: Worries
Temperance: fixes the staff onto her belt and shrugs
Vee Barlett: Merithina? Ulster? T?
Ratbone Carder: We outshine the sun! This time we don't have to run. Credit where it's due! To mighty me and you!'
Ratbone Carder: Rejoice! Rejoice! we are out out of the cave!
Ratbone Carder: Rejoice! Rejoice! All of us were so brave!
Vee Barlett: breathes a sigh of relief but doesn't relax.
Lirtimya: Long overdue, I was missing fresh air and sunlight
Rothuss Carder: stretches
Vee Barlett: We still need to get to the Church.
Ratbone Carder: Rothuss, don't mess with that pimple!
Vee Barlett: Maybe we can walk around the landslide?
Rothuss Carder: Wait, what?
Jericho: Vee
Ratbone Carder: whispers, I had to rhyme with temple
Jericho: Fuck the Temple
Rothuss Carder: Ahh
Vee Barlett: These three need the church to help them.
Jericho: Sigh
Ratbone Carder: Plus you shouldn't pop zits, you'll get an infection
Vee Barlett: And they need to know what's below them.
Jericho: If we could have gotten around, why did we go through the Caves?
BOB You find Parry with three dead goblins at his feet
Jericho: Parry
Jericho: Sighs in relief
Ratbone Carder: And SOME of my WORDS they need an inFLECTION!
Vee Barlett: We can't extort the church if we don't visit them.
Jericho: Snorts
Ratbone Carder: oh hey! it's the one donkey in the world who can't swim!
Temperance: Should we try looting the goblins while we wait?
Temperance: glances at the three corpses
Jericho: Vee, as always, I'd follow you to the depths of the ocean, but I need help understanding how we get there
Vee Barlett: We went into the cave to see if it led inside. It didn't but we mighta found the owners of the cloak we saw earlier. They ain't in good shape. We gotta get them to the church.
Jericho: Nods
Jericho: So...suggestions?
Jericho: We can't climb over. Not with the injured
Vee Barlett: The problem is ya let Levi have his cavin' fun and I had the stomach bouts so I couldn't tell him to stop bein' stupid.
Jericho: Can someone scout a goat path or something?
Jericho: Smiles. We all get em' Vee. We need to get you back to Sea is all
Jericho: You'll be alright in a Jiffy
Vee Barlett: We go around. Landslide is on a single side, but that don't mean there ain't a path elsewhere.
Jericho: Nods
Jericho: Can someone scout? We don't know if our charges can make it aimlessly wandering
Vee Barlett: Too bad Levi is off doin' whatever with Melange. He's better at this jungle stuff.
Jericho: Either way, I do admit I want to be far away from this cavern before our ahem liberations are discovered
Vee Barlett: That means we got until evenin'
Vee Barlett: And judgin' by the sun, we got a few hours until then.
Temperance: stretches a bit and checks herself for any minor scratches or injury
BOB In order Cathedral (Osterhold and others) then Temple (orange sunset is where you have worked out of) then Church (Church of the Mists like where you are going) then Shrines (like the one in your town)
BOB So You are on a mission from your Temple that Jericho owes a favor to, to go to the Church of the Mists
BOB Next is where you are now
BOB you are on the path to the Church of the Mists, (you are going there because of Jericho and he will fill you in on what he was supposed to be doing)
BOB The group was walking up the path towards the Church of the Mists when you encountered a landslide. Rothuss went to explore the landslide and found that a cave had been opened up and there was some scraps of clothing that looked like clothing from a priest. You went in to explore and see what you could find.
BOB You explored some got beaten up badly and retreated to fishing hut for the day and night to recover. Then you came back to the caves to explore some more. Leading to the going much much deeper into the caves, etc. and you finally almost 7 hours hours later you make it up out of the caves again.
BOB You still have your original mission of go to the Church of the Mists and find out why the supplies have not arrived at the Temple
BOB This is the third day so you still have plenty of time
Vee Barlett: Merithina? Are you from these parts? We're tryin' to get up to that church but there's a landslide.
Vee Barlett: You all need a healer and we're all tapped out.
Merithina: I was traveling from the Church of the Mists south to sell our goods
Merithina: We came down from the mountains, I think it was ... days? a week? how long were we down there?
Vee Barlett: Dunno as we've only been up this way for maybe three?
Vee Barlett: Temple sent us to see what happened.
Ratbone Carder: Now we know!
Merithina: Our caravan was waylaid by goblins and while we were fighting them these creatures threw bags of gas at us
Merithina: and I woke up in that cage
Ratbone Carder: Ew!
Vee Barlett: takes a mental note about "bags of gas".
Merithina: I watched them take off three of our guards,
Vee Barlett: Was it near evenin'?
Merithina: Thuskar was not in the group, I had thought he escaped
Vee Barlett: grimances but says nothing
Merithina: Looks sadly at him as he curls up at Jericho's feet
Merithina: It was in the morning
Merithina: We wanted an early start
Vee Barlett: Before daybreak?
Merithina: Try to make it to the south hills by nightfall
Merithina: Just about day break
Vee Barlett: We got warnin' to not be here in the evenin' so trying to see how long we got before we gotta skeddadle.
Merithina: we were only a mile or two from the Church
Merithina: Who warned you?
Vee Barlett: Some old man? Er, what was his name...
Vee Barlett: He was pickin' mushrooms near here...
Merithina: I have not heard of such a thing
Merithina: My family is from the eastern district of Osterhold
Merithina: I was making the mountain circle
Vee Barlett: Oh! What's yer last name?
Merithina: Klopnorn
Vee Barlett: [CHECK] Wisdom (vs. Target 14) [SUCCESS by 1] [d20 = 13]
Temperance: I believe his name might've been akin to Orris or something with an O, but I don't quite recall...
Vee Barlett: tries to think if she knows her family
Vee Barlett: Hmm, not sure yer name is ringin' a bell but it's a big city.
Temperance: The old man picking mushrooms that we spoke to, I mean.
BOB No she does not recognize it, but would be unlikely. Osterhold is the center part, you are in the Western district, she said she is from the eastern district
Vee Barlett: Well that's all good an' interesting, don't mind hearin' more, but we still gotta get up to the church. You know any back paths that way?
Merithina: I have only ever traveled up and down the roads, this road was never like this before
Ratbone Carder: frowns
Lirtimya: Well, if think of one, please, say something
Merithina: If we go north over this path
Vee Barlett: Gets us to the church?
Vee Barlett: Okay then. Let's not waste daylight. Let's try north.
Temperance: nods in assent.
Temperance: It wouldn't hurt to try.
Lirtimya: Have you ever seen a map of this area?
BOB And we get back to the start of the argument
BOB The landslide is blocking the road
BOB She was on this path farther north when she was captured
BOB but there was no landslide she was aware of
BOB and she is unsure what day it is so cannot tell you when it happened
Vee Barlett: How big is this mountain? You think we can go around the back?
Merithina: I have only travelled the road ways
Merithina: I imagine there are other paths
Vee Barlett: And it was only ever one road in?
Merithina: There are other roads, I travel them regularly
Vee Barlett: Any chance ya got a map or somethin'? My matey here is good with maps to find another way in.
Merithina: I don't have anything left, I lost everything
Vee Barlett: But ya seen one? She's smart, she might be able to work with yer knowledge.
Vee Barlett: Right, Lirt?
Merithina: all of my friends, my entire caravan except for Ulster an Thuskar
Merithina: starts crying
Ratbone Carder: sympathy face
Vee Barlett: Merithina, I know it ain't easy, but ya gotta not think about that yet. We ain't outta trouble.
Lirtimya: If I drew a basic map of where we are, do you think you would be able to extend it off of memory? It doesn't have to be good, but it would be nice to have something basic, even if only straight lines, than nothing
Merithina: I can try
Lirtimya: will attempt to draw a basic map of our current area
Lirtimya: [SKILL] Cartography [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 14) [FAILURE by 6] [d20 = 20]
Vee Barlett: nods to Ratbone to do any comforting things
Temperance: offers Merithina a stray piece of cloth that may serve as a kerchief
Merithina: This does not look like anything I recognize
Vee Barlett: Er, yer sure that's right Lirt? It has been a long day.
Ratbone Carder: all this stuff in my backpack and i have neither a blanket nor a cloak. that's some BS, i need to repack
Lirtimya: I have no idea, I'm tired and this isn't my strongest point, sorry Vee, maybe after I rest I can get a better map drawn
Vee Barlett: It's all good, matey. Worth a try.
Ratbone Carder: Or
Ratbone Carder: Well, you know this road that we are on, right? Could you guide us to another path to the Church?
Ratbone Carder: And we'll escort and guard you all the way there
Merithina: It was Penmanse (24 - 12 - 586) when we were taken
BOB you can explore and try to go over the landslide
BOB Or you can try to go around but there are no paths in this area that you know of, and the roadways she is talking about will take you a week or two
BOB any climbling skills, etc to help
Vee Barlett: [CHECK] Dexterity (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 13] [d20 = 2]
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Sea Legs [MOD:DEX] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 7] [d20 = 8]
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Rope Use [MOD:DEX] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 2] [d20 = 13]
Temperance: [CHECK] Dexterity (vs. Target 11) [SUCCESS by 8] [d20 = 3]
Ratbone Carder: [SKILL] Climb Walls [PERCENT:Climb Walls] (vs. Target 55) [FAILURE by 45] [d100 = 100]
BOB Are you all just going forward? or are some going first to scout a path?
Vee Barlett: tries to forage a path and help set ropes for others to grab
Lirtimya: Will try to help Vee
Ratbone Carder: [SKILL] Rope Use [MOD:DEX] (vs. Target 13) [FAILURE by 1] [d20 = 14]
Lirtimya: [SKILL] Rope Use [MOD:DEX] (vs. Target 10) [SUCCESS by 9] [d20 = 1]
Temperance: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 5] [d20 = 8]
BOB so far so good with the three of you
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 12) [SUCCESS by 2] [d20 = 10]
Levi Reed: [CHECK] Dexterity (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 14] [d20 = 1]
Lirtimya: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 16) [SUCCESS by 5] [d20 = 11]
BOB Is Levi leaving Ratbone alone with the new people?
BOB I am just pointing out you have three people there who you met a hour or so ago who are tramatised,
BOB and you want to leave them with Ratbone while you go off to explore
Levi Reed: Well, I'll stay here and keep our new friends company
Levi Reed: Hello new friends!
Ulster: Grunts
Levi Reed: offers Ulster some rations
Ulster: Takes them cautiously, sniffs them
Levi Reed: I'm Levi, what's your name?
BOB So Vee and Lirt and Temperance go head up over the rocks
BOB After about 40 minutes you make it to the top
BOB Temp is off to the eastern flank looking
BOB you all three make it up and spot the roadway heading upwards into the hills
BOB and just about out of eyesight is what looks to be a pile of wagons
BOB You do not know a path yet to get Parry or anyone not able to climb easily up and over yet
BOB but you know you four can make it, and you are pretty sure most of your group can too
BOB You can spend some more time scouting for a better path for the mule and the recovered prisoners
BOB and while that happens Rathbone and Levi can talk with them to learn more
Temperance: looking around the eastern flank to see if there are any viable paths
Levi Reed: offers the other human some rations
BOB Levi watches Ulster sniffing the rations suspiciously
Levi Reed: You guys feeling ok?
Levi Reed: Anything we can do to help?
Levi Reed: Ratbone here sings really nicely
Levi Reed: What are your names?
Ratbone Carder: strummy strum strum
Ulster: Takes a small bite
HMMMM
GREEEEwwnnn
Ulster: Growling and eating quickly
Ratbone Carder: (signing) Ulster here, he's a friend. He's a name we know
Merithina: Takes food from Levi
Merithina: Thank you
Merithina: shivering
Levi Reed: cautiously offers food to plant man
Levi Reed: Not sure if this will still taste good to you but...
Ratbone Carder: And here is Merithina, i hope our friendship grows
Levi Reed: Are you cold, Merithina?
Merithina: I am
Merithina: shaking
Merithina: I am not cold I think
Ratbone Carder: Thuskar is the person who was being turned into a plant.
Merithina: I just
Merithina: Taking deep breaths
Levi Reed: takes a blanket from Parry's pack and offers to Merithina
Ratbone Carder: Levi here is one of us, I can't think of a rhyme for plant
Merithina: Clutches it and grabs Levi's hand
Merithina: Thank you
Levi Reed: Ant?
Levi Reed: Anything else I can do to make you guys more comfortable, for now?
Ratbone Carder: I didn't see how to fit Ant, Grant, Slant, or Scant into the song
Levi Reed: offers them all his water thing
Merithina: I am worried about Thuskar
Merithina: Will he recover?
Merithina: Do you think the priests can heal him?
Levi Reed: I don't know. Hopefully the church will be able to help
Ratbone Carder: Oh woe woe, we don't know, we don't know
Levi Reed: looks at Thuskar
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Botany [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 9] [d20 = 4]
BOB Thuskar looks like he was being consumed by some fungus to be changed transformed into something else
Ratbone Carder: But he seems happy?
Ratbone Carder: I mean, it's a thankfully thing he's not in terrible pain or something
Ratbone Carder: But Levi is right, we will have to consult some experts
Levi Reed: I wish I could offer you more comfort, but I don't want to give false hope. I honestly don't know
Temperance: continues looking around for pathways
Ratbone Carder: So, about Ulster - is the not talking thing new? Or usual?
Merithina: I think he is just in shock
Ratbone Carder: nods
Merithina: That .... thing...... told us he was next
Ratbone Carder: Hard not to be, after such an ordeal
Levi Reed: It spoke to you?
Merithina: It hissed, pointed and used some gutteral language
Levi Reed: Ahhh
Levi Reed: Creepy
Merithina: It was like a barking sound
Ratbone Carder: Nods
Levi Reed: I'm so sorry you had to go through that
Levi Reed: What led you down into the caves, if you don't mind my asking?
Merithina: We were taking my caravan down from the mountains, we stopped at the Church of the Mists for a couple of days
Ratbone Carder: No, she told us they were grabbed
Merithina: then we were heading south as fast as we could and we were attacked in the early morning
Merithina: after we left there
Levi Reed: Shhh, let her talk. My stomach was upset
Ratbone Carder: Fair
Merithina: I think it has been a while
BOB The date she gave you earlier was about a month ago
Levi Reed: Yeah some guy told us that creepy plant men come out at night here. Guessing they found you just as it was time for bed. I'm so sorry, how awful
BOB Ok jumping to the mountaineers before JTom leaves
BOB Lirt and Vee scout around and find a hollow of rocks
BOB They think if you fill that in it might make it easier to get down
BOB Temp on the outer edge finds a higher cleaner path but narrow and will be hard for weaker or less dexterious people
BOB Overall that took about another half hour to quickly scout it out
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Vee Barlett]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on MeLange]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Levi Reed]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Rothuss Carder]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Temperance]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Jericho]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Lirtimya]
Effect ['Bardic Inspiration;ATK: 1;SAVE: 1;MORALE: 2'] -> [EXPIRED] [on Ratbone Carder]
The time is 1:41 PM
BOB It will take you another half hour to get back down to your campsite
Temperance: mentally notes the state of the found path
BOB hard to tell, Levi would know best but you think you can manage it in a couple of hours
BOB Yes to getting everyone up and around by one of the two paths
BOB getting to the church you are unsure
BOB You think you are an hour or so from the church of the mists
BOB Temp can see Vee and Lirt they are farther to her west, down slope
BOB Temp is higher up on the mountain side
Temperance: makes her way down to Vee and Lirt, carefully and slowly
Temperance: How is it looking over here?
Vee Barlett: Well, if we fill this in here, it'll make the path easier. You find anything?
Temperance: I found a cleaner path from the looks of it, but it looks rather narrow and uneven. It may be tricky for people to navigate through
Temperance: I don't mind helping you to fill that path as much as I can.
Temperance: Perhaps it will be safer to traverse than the other path I encountered.
Vee Barlett: Hmm, then yeah, you and Lirt fill this in and I'll go get the others up here. Thinkin' we got about another hour walk from here and wanna try to do it while the sun is up.
Vee Barlett: Y'all good with that?
Temperance: nods in assent
Lirtimya: Sounds good to me
Vee Barlett: Be back soon. Hopefully Melange is back from his cat nap to help hoist people up this way.
Vee Barlett: heads on back down to fill everyone in.
Temperance: attempts to get started on filling the path
Lirtimya: Starts to fill the path
Temperance: gathers up the rocks she can carry and begins filling the path
BOB Levi can make a check
BOB whichever checks you think would help Levi figure out what is best
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Direction Sense [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [FAILURE by 5] [d20 = 20]
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Distance Sense [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 14) [SUCCESS by 12] [d20 = 2]
Levi Reed: [CHECK] Dexterity (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 12] [d20 = 3]
Temperance: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [FAILURE by 3] [d20 = 16]
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Alertness [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 2] [d20 = 13]
BOB a strength check for moving rocks would be good JTom
Lirtimya: [CHECK] Strength (vs. Target 9) [SUCCESS by 2] [d20 = 7]
Temperance: [CHECK] Strength (vs. Target 10) [FAILURE by 8] [d20 = 18]
Temperance: gathers rocks a little bit at a time since the long cave journey made her feel a little lightheaded
BOB so I will say that you can accomplish fixing a very rough path
BOB and with ropes and belaying people, and Parry being sturdy and calm
GM: [3d20 = 32]
BOB It takes you about 2 and a half hours total to get up to the top
The time is 3:41 PM
The time is 4:11 PM
Vee Barlett: Alright, gang. Almost there. Just gotta reach the church.
BOB Now is when people need to make dex checks to get back down safely
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Rope Use [MOD:DEX] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 4] [d20 = 11]
Vee Barlett: [CHECK] Dexterity (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 7] [d20 = 8]
Levi Reed: [CHECK] Dexterity (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 0] [d20 = 15]
Temperance: [CHECK] Dexterity (vs. Target 11) [FAILURE by 7] [d20 = 18]
Ratbone Carder: [CHECK] Dexterity (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 3] [d20 = 10]
BOB and everyone with rope use can ehlp
Vee Barlett: tries to help with rope to catch anyone
BOB Climb walls can help too
Ratbone Carder: [SKILL] Rope Use [MOD:DEX] (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 10] [d20 = 3]
Ratbone Carder: [SKILL] Climb Walls [PERCENT:Climb Walls] (vs. Target 55) [SUCCESS by 13] [d100 = 42]
Rothuss Carder: [SKILL] Climb Walls [PERCENT:Climb Walls] (vs. Target 50) [FAILURE by 13] [d100 = 63]
Ulster: [CHECK] Dexterity (vs. Target 14) [FAILURE by 2] [d20 = 16]
Merithina: [CHECK] Dexterity (vs. Target 12) [SUCCESS by 10] [d20 = 2]
Rothuss Carder: [CHECK] Dexterity (vs. Target 14) [SUCCESS by 3] [d20 = 11]
Plant man: [CHECK] Dexterity (vs. Target 13) [FAILURE by 1] [d20 = 14]
Parry the Mule: [CHECK] Dexterity (vs. Target 10) [SUCCESS by 3] [d20 = 7]
Temperance: all the cave adventuring and road-building took most of her energy and now she's having a hard time climbing down
Levi Reed: attempts to catch Ulster and Plantman
Rothuss Carder: Remember, if you fall, land on your feet and roll with it, not on your head!
Vee Barlett: tries to help the less dexterious
Vee Barlett: Learn that the hard way? It'd explain a lot.
Ratbone Carder: also tries to help
Temperance: keeps Rothuss' advice in mind
Rothuss Carder: I take it back!
Rothuss Carder: Land on Vee's head!
BOB So Vee can try to grab Temp before she falls down the slope
Vee Barlett: attempst to grab Temp before giving Rothuss the finger
Rothuss Carder: It's soft, and will cushion your fall!
BOB She is the only one who failed by more than the ropes help
BOB Rope use again to try to snag her
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Rope Use [MOD:DEX] (vs. Target 15) [FAILURE by 4] [d20 = 19]
Ratbone Carder: [SKILL] Rope Use [MOD:DEX] (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 3] [d20 = 10]
Vee Barlett: [CHECK] Dexterity (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 1] [d20 = 14]
Ratbone Carder: I got her!
BOB That will work
Ratbone Carder: Hold on!
Ratbone Carder: come help me get her down here
Temperance: rights herself with Ratbone and other people's help (since there was a lot of rolling)
Rothuss Carder: moves to help his sister help Temperence
Ratbone Carder: back over, under around wherever works
Vee Barlett: Church ain't far so yeah, please don't let her break her leg before we reach it.
The time is 4:16 PM
The time is 5:16 PM
BOB and everyone is safe on flat ground again
Vee Barlett: sighs and marches onwards
Levi Reed: follows Vee
Vee Barlett: Gods, I need a drink...
Levi Reed: I need about four, minimum
Ratbone Carder: samesies!
Rothuss Carder: Oh... just get me to the church on time!
Ratbone Carder: hahaha
Temperance: Unfortunately the only thing we have remotely close to a drink is water
Ratbone Carder: they'll have ale or wine or something at the church i'm sure
BOB Heading north
BOB you follow the road as it swings back towards the river
BOB and then uphill again
BOB a set of long easy switch backs
BOB as you go up the mountain side
Ratbone Carder: turns to the former prisoners
Ratbone Carder: how are you all feeling?
Ulster: Grunts, Better thank you
Levi Reed: Getting a little tired, but otherwise doing good
Levi Reed: Oh, you didn't mean me
Rothuss Carder: Everybody breatihing alright? Altitude can mess with you sometimes.
Merithina: It is good to see
Merithina: OH
Merithina: OH
Merithina: They did
Ratbone Carder: who did what?
BOB As she points to a spot on the roadway behind you down a switchback
BOB there is a pile of wagons
Ratbone Carder: concernface
Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 12) [FAILURE by 6] [d20 = 18]
Vee Barlett: squints at more wagons and is confused
Ratbone Carder: oh yes i heard about the pile of wagons
Temperance: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 12] [d20 = 1]
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Alertness [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 10] [d20 = 5]
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Ranger Tracking [2] [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 7] [d20 = 8]
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Direction Sense [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 1] [d20 = 14]
Levi Reed: [SKILL] Distance Sense [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 14) [SUCCESS by 11] [d20 = 3]
MeLange: [SKILL] Alertness [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 10) [FAILURE by 4] [d20 = 14]
MeLange: [SKILL] Animal Lore [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [FAILURE by 3] [d20 = 16]
Temperance: takes a look at the wagons as well
BOB At least a dozen wagons, it looks like they were toppled from the roadway down the mountainside
BOB into a crevase
Levi Reed: Anything salvagable?
Levi Reed: If not, let's keep going before it gets dark
BOB You would have to climb down
Rothuss Carder: looks for any bodies.
Temperance: It looks like there's at least a dozen...
Vee Barlett: We can look later.
Levi Reed: Yeah
Vee Barlett: Saw them earlier, but our goal is safety.
Vee Barlett: And that's at the church.
Temperance: Getting to somewhere safer before nightfall would be nice, yes
Levi Reed: Anything important in your wagons, new friends? We can maybe try to take a look tomorrow
Merithina: All of our trade goods
Levi Reed: What were you transporting?
Vee Barlett: Any chance some of it was a shipment to the Temple of Orange Sunsets?
Levi Reed: talking and walking at the same time
Merithina: We had starfish and pearls, and glass bottles, silks and some wooden furniture
Rothuss Carder: walking along and looking for suspicious mushrooms.
Merithina: I left before that shipment was ready
Levi Reed: Sounds nice... but not much of that was likely to make it in that fall...
Vee Barlett: Well that's a later problem, then.
Merithina: They were getting bales of flowers together to ship down the mountain
Vee Barlett: Bales of flowers...?
Merithina: Are we going to make it?
Rothuss Carder: Flowers? *Bales*?
Merithina: Are we really going to be safe?
Vee Barlett: If we keep walkin' a good pace, yeah. We'll get to the church.
The time is 6:16 PM
Vee Barlett: Long as they still standin'.... and if no, as long as we can find a room to barracade then yeah.
Merithina: Do you think something happened to the church!
Levi Reed: We will do everything we can to make sure you are safe
Levi Reed: Gods, I hope not
Vee Barlett: I would hope not or we wouldn't be goin' that way.
Temperance: frowns in concern at the thought
Vee Barlett: Ain't the Mists about fortune tellin' or something? They'd know if they were in trouble. I'd hope...
Levi Reed: Anyway, we're about to find out
The time is 7:09 PM
Allynna Starnar: THUNK THUNK THUNK
Allynna Starnar: Three arrows stab into the ground in front of you
Allynna Starnar: Halt who goes there
Levi Reed: Excuse you, we're here to help and be helped!
Ratbone Carder: halts
Vee Barlett: Emassaries from the Temple of Orange Sunsets.
Temperance: pauses momentarily
Vee Barlett: Or... messengers? I ain't sure anymore. Tired travellers from the temple?
Rothuss Carder: Aren't you supposed to warn before shooting? What if you'd missed?
Allynna Starnar: How do I know you are from the Temple?
Allynna Starnar: If I missed you would not be talking
Rothuss Carder: No, I'd be yelling in pain.
SNORTS
Allynna Starnar: I will give you that one
Rothuss Carder: We have a priest who canNOT tell a lie, right here!
Vee Barlett: Well the priest over there with his, er, buddy musta have his symbol on him.
Rothuss Carder: pushes Jericho forward.
BOB Temperance is a priestess too
Vee Barlett: Hilde sent us. And Pescal. He wants his supplies 'case he ain't got it yet.
Rothuss Carder: Yeah, but she knows how to lie.
Vee Barlett: Temperance here is a church-type too, although I ain't sure the Temple is her home church.
Rothuss Carder: Jericho has absolutely zero poker face
Levi Reed: Knows how, but she doesn't seem to do it much
Levi Reed: Or maybe she's just REALLY good at it
Vee Barlett: Y'all hush.
Temperance: raises an eyebrow and shrugs
Allynna Starnar: Walk forward and let me see you do something
Vee Barlett: is too tired to deal with all this
Allynna Starnar: We have had a lot of strange things happening
Temperance: [SKILL] Bureaucracy (2) [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [FAILURE by 6] [d20 = 19]
Levi Reed: Something like what?
Vee Barlett: Yeah. Ya got monsters livin' in them caves.
Levi Reed: MeL here is good at looking sexy wihtout his shirt
Vee Barlett: These three behind us were in there, we escaped with them.
Levi Reed: We can have him do an entertaining dance for ya
Ratbone Carder: That's my deparment!
Ratbone Carder: I am the entertaining dancer!
Vee Barlett: [CHECK] Charisma (vs. Target 10) [SUCCESS by 5] [d20 = 5]
MeLange: Hey I'm not just a peice of meat ya know
MeLange: I have... feelings
Levi Reed: [CHECK] Charisma (vs. Target 12) [SUCCESS by 4] [d20 = 8]
Vee Barlett: does her best to look like the innocent, worn travellers they are.
Rothuss Carder: Meat with feelings?
Levi Reed: I know, baby
Allynna Starnar: One of you come forward
Allynna Starnar: No weapons
Vee Barlett: Fine.
Rothuss Carder: I'll go if you want. She sounds fun
Vee Barlett: steps forward before glaring at Rothuss
Ratbone Carder: Do we not have a letter or something about our mission?
Allynna Starnar: Watching
Vee Barlett: grumbles and carefully sets her weapons down.
Levi Reed: ALL OF THEM, Vee
Vee Barlett: pulls out her dagger, a knife, another knife, another knife, another knife....
Vee Barlett: Damn, maybe one of y'all should have done this.
Rothuss Carder: Can't say we didn't offer.
Temperance: I don't remember them giving me anything. Jericho might have a letter?
Vee Barlett: You offered to flirt.
Rothuss Carder: sits on a rock outcropping.
Vee Barlett: Ain't the same.
Vee Barlett: sets final weapon on the ground and takes a single step foward.
Allynna Starnar: Points at the trident
Levi Reed: Temperance is a priest, wouldn't it make more sense for her to go?
Vee Barlett: rolls eyes and sets it down
Vee Barlett: grumbles more
Vee Barlett: I ain't stoppin' any of ya from comin' up here.
Vee Barlett: Yer all just thinkin' too hard and not doin' it
Allynna Starnar: I am
Levi Reed: The one in the boot too, Vee
Rothuss Carder: I'm all comfy now. I couldn't possibly deprive you.
Vee Barlett: Gave that one to Lirt.
Allynna Starnar: Walks up to Vee and places a hand on her forehead
Ratbone Carder: the heck?!
Vee Barlett: stabbing hand twitches but otherwise doesn't react
Allynna Starnar: Fair enough
Levi Reed: Don't worry, normal priest stuff
Ratbone Carder: oh well then
Rothuss Carder: Yep, good idea to take all the weapons. She'd have shanked you for sure for just walking up and touching her.
Allynna Starnar: Not sure who you are, but you are not any shape changer
Vee Barlett: Can I put my weapon back on? I feel naked.
Allynna Starnar: Nods, you may
Rothuss Carder: That's because your clothes are falling off without all those weapons to hold them up.
Allynna Starnar: Chupacabra has been haunting the hills
Ratbone Carder: do you gotta feel all our heads?
Levi Reed: Did you keep your daggers on when you were with Ruffus?
Vee Barlett: And darn, was hoping you would tell me I'm really part mermaid or something but guess it's better not to be surprised.
Allynna Starnar: Cannot be to careful
Rothuss Carder: Disagree.
Vee Barlett: OH! We ran into that thing's goblins earlier. Killed them, but didn't find the Chupacabra.
Levi Reed: Oh man, Chupacabra!
Vee Barlett: starts putting her weapons back in place
Temperance: furrows her eyebrows in concern
Rothuss Carder: [TOWER] [SKILL] Local History [MOD:CHA] (vs. Target 16) [FAILURE by 2] [d20 = 18]
BOB Rothuss does not remember anything new
Levi Reed: Hey, you guys got a problem worse than chupacabras
Levi Reed: You going to let us in so we can talk or what?
Allynna Starnar: Where are your wagons? your goods?
Vee Barlett: Only got the mule.
Vee Barlett: You know there's a landslide on the road?
Levi Reed: Our friends here had a wagon but it got smashed
Ratbone Carder: These folks had wagons and goods but they were ambushed and kidnapped
Allynna Starnar: Yes we found that yesterday
Allynna Starnar: along with three deer with their heads cut off
Rothuss Carder: So who set the landslide, if it wasn't you?
Vee Barlett: What's yer name anyways? Since we're on friendlier terms now?
Allynna Starnar: I am Allynna, I am the assistant guardian of the Church
Vee Barlett: Could be goblins, could be the weird mushroom man thing, who knows.
Vee Barlett: nods
Allynna Starnar: Mushroom thing?
Vee Barlett: Nice meeting ya if it means a place to rest. I'm Vee.
Rothuss Carder: There was a cloak piece caught in it, remember?
Vee Barlett: Yeah, we can talk about that. Kinda why we came up here 'cause y'all need to know what's goin' down.
Ratbone Carder: Yeah there's a mushroom man turning people into mushroom people and it's gross
Allynna Starnar: I think you should all come into the courtyard
Levi Reed: Yeah, a traveler told us a tale about some fungus people, and we have living proof with us here for you... this one is friendly, but they're building an army down there
Temperance: nods as she recalls the cloak piece
Vee Barlett: Lead the way.
Temperance: The traveler's name I believe is Orrian Terrawater
BOB She brings the group inside the gatehouse
BOB you are surprised you have not seen a gatehouse before at a church
Vee Barlett: And, er, we might need some, uh, healers for these three with us. Especially, er, T.
Levi Reed: Yeah, he was human until he got snatched by the monsters...
Levi Reed: We're hoping you might have something to help
Rothuss Carder: a Fort-church? Fortchurch? Furtch?
Temperance: Not many churches have these gathouses...
MeLange: hey nice gatehouse
Temperance: mumbles to herself
Vee Barlett: Levi don't jump to the story twist until we get inside and start at the beginnin'
BOB Then when you enter you see a large open courtyard where there are at least a dozen wagons parked, with two small fires for people who are on watch duty
BOB and then on the other side of the courtyard is a tall three story church
BOB Looking out into the growing darkness there you can see the bottom floor is open with water rushing over it
Levi Reed: Ok, but this guy needs help if they have it
Levi Reed: Then we can tell the story
Vee Barlett: Agree and warnin' them about his apperance but we can tell the healers what happened to him.
MeLange: wow three stories, this church must have a lot of attendees
Vee Barlett: Maybe I don't need a drink. Maybe I need to just soak in the water for a few years.
Aien Mountainbane: Hello travellers
MeLange: Hello
MeLange waves
Aien Mountainbane: I am Aien Mountainbane, 3rd circle, depths of the mountain trout
Temperance: nods in silent greeting
Vee Barlett: Vee.
Levi Reed: Levi
MeLange: hey good for you
Aien Mountainbane: I have heard you have had troubles on the road
MeLange: Oh I'm MeLange
Aien Mountainbane: You came from the south?
Rothuss Carder: 1 or 2. ... Dozen.
Levi Reed: That's an understatement
Vee Barlett: That's an understatement. Any chance y'all drink up here? We need to sit down for this story.
MeLange: I almost died
Aien Mountainbane: The common room on the second floor will be good
Ratbone Carder: Ratbone
Aien Mountainbane: we can speak there
Ratbone Carder: That's my brother Rothuss
Vee Barlett: We'll need healers, too. And these three...
Levi Reed: First things first... any chance you can help these prisoners we found? We can wait, them, I'm not sure about
Vee Barlett: waves to the former prisoners
Vee Barlett: Will need, er, extra healin' from their troubles.
Aien Mountainbane: Who needs healing immediately?
Vee Barlett: points to T
Levi Reed: Mostly this one, I think...
Vee Barlett: Will need, er, extra healin' from their troubles.
Vee Barlett: I ain't sure you can reverse what was done to him, but he seems most in need.
Levi Reed: also points to T
Aien Mountainbane: Whistles three short blasts
Levi Reed: Ulster, Merithina, you guys ok for now?
Merithina: I can come with you and Ulster can go help with Thuskar
Vee Barlett: nods
BOB Three young priests come to the front of the church
BOB and lead Thuskar and Ulster off to a side door
Temperance: contemplates whether the documents they found in the cave will be useful
Vee Barlett: Got a drink before we talk, Aien?
Vee Barlett: 'Cause it's been a long three days.
Aien Mountainbane: yes we can
Aien Mountainbane: Three days?
Ratbone Carder: heck yes it has
Aien Mountainbane: Where did you come from?
Ratbone Carder: Orange Sunset
Vee Barlett: Temple of Orange Sunsets. They wanna know where their supplies is.
Vee Barlett: Then we found a cave and all the nasties in it and that's why we're here to warn ya.
Aien Mountainbane: At the bottom of the mountain
Vee Barlett: Landslide slowed us down, too.
Aien Mountainbane: Tell me why you came here from the Temple of Orange Sunsets?
Vee Barlett: 'Cause they want their supplies as I said. They ain't get it yet.
Aien Mountainbane: But why you? You are a pirate
Rothuss Carder: He's perceptive
Levi Reed: Nah, her family business is EXTREMELY upstanding
Temperance: She was accompanying us on our journey
Vee Barlett: First off, rude. You don't accuse people of things.
Ratbone Carder: blink blink
Vee Barlett: And second off, no. They asked Jericho.
Vee Barlett: And he is, well, squishy, so he asked his friends to help.
Temperance: To help with any challenges that might be in the way
Aien Mountainbane: So they did not get any of our messages
Vee Barlett: Not unless they arrived in our three days of travel.
Levi Reed: If they did, they didn't tell us that
Aien Mountainbane: Very well
Aien Mountainbane: Tell me the most interesting thing that happened to you on your trip here, points to Levi
Rothuss Carder: I'm sure they wouldn't have not told us everything we needed to know.
Vee Barlett: kicks back her feet and looks for her drink to take a swig
Levi Reed: Um... we found an army of mushroom people being grown
Aien Mountainbane: frowns, Point to Rothuss, What was the hardest thing you fought?
Rothuss Carder: Hmmm...
Rothuss Carder: The goblins out here weren't too tough, really. Just numbers of them. Probably the Pod man mushroom guy who broke a couple of my ribs and rearranged a few of my internal organs. Temporarily, I hope. It still hurts.
Aien Mountainbane: Hmmmm
Aien Mountainbane: Looks at Melange, Why would you stay with these people?
Rothuss Carder: There was the Pod Man the size of an ogre, but I didn't actually fight him.
MeLange: Hmmm? Why not?
Rothuss Carder: What was it, 12 foot tall or so?
MeLange: Big, that's for sure
Ratbone Carder: at least
Rothuss Carder: I mean, big enough to throw MeL here across the cavern.
MeLange: What else is there for me to do?
Aien Mountainbane: frowns, So why would you travel with a pirate? looking at Lirt
Vee Barlett: Again with them accusations and no proof.
MeLange: that wasn't fun
MeLange: Don't care if she's a pirate, care if she's got my back in battle, and she does
Lirtimya: Because Cap'n here is my friend, and I wouldn't exactly call us pirates, we're returning supplies, not stealing them aren't we?
Vee Barlett: drinks her drink and says nothing
Aien Mountainbane: Nods
Rothuss Carder: So you're saying you're just bad at piracy?
Aien Mountainbane: Looking at Ratbone, who would you save out of this lot?
Ratbone Carder: That's not helping!
Ratbone Carder: jabs him with her elbow
Rothuss Carder: OW!
Lirtimya: Are you saying you're bad at piracy too?
Rothuss Carder: grimaces away the bruised ribs
Ratbone Carder: Can't people from pirate families be uninterested in piracy?
Ratbone Carder: And do something else instead?
Ratbone Carder: Like help their churchy friends?
Aien Mountainbane: waiting for Ratbone's answer to his question
Ratbone Carder: Oh that was for me?!
Ratbone Carder: My brother of course, duh!
Ratbone Carder: But I'd save every single one if I could
Levi Reed: Wow, ouch
Levi Reed: That guy?
Vee Barlett: Think he's beyond savin' but blood matters, I get it.
Temperance: doesn't look particularly surprised by the answer
Rothuss Carder: Love you too, buddy.
Ratbone Carder: You got something to say about my brother?!?!
Ratbone Carder: Threatening look at Levi
Rothuss Carder: chuckles.
Aien Mountainbane: Looks over Temperance, How is the church served by these people?
Temperance: thinks carefully over the question
Levi Reed: Nah, I'm just joking
Levi Reed: Reluctantly
Temperance: Are you asking how non-priests serve the church? And if so, which church?
Aien Mountainbane: He is quiet and takes a drink from his goblet, waiting to hear her answer
Rothuss Carder: sips at his drink and watches Alen.
Ratbone Carder: Isn't it everyone's duty to serve the gods? And therefore by proxy serve the church sometimes?
Ratbone Carder: We are good friends, and we serve each other
Ratbone Carder: so it's only right to help our friends who serve the church professionally yes?
Temperance: Without any specificities it would be difficult to answer properly. But I do know the Captain and the rest of us went through a cave full of fungal podmen at the Temple's request
MeLange: Like we're friends, but there are also benefits
Vee Barlett: drinks and waits and listens
Ratbone Carder: giggles
Ratbone Carder: not this time, MeLange!
Rothuss Carder: starts to say something, then glances at Ratbone and shuffles away, protecting his ribs.
Aien Mountainbane: The church asked you to go into caves full of ..... fungal podmen.... ?
Vee Barlett: Nah, they only asked us to come here. But as I said, it's been a long three days. Give her a break, she's still learnin'
Ratbone Carder: I don't think the church knows about the fungal podmen. They were a hazard on the way
Levi Reed: We were hoping there was a way around the landslide through there. But there... wasn't
Ratbone Carder: points at Levi
Ratbone Carder: what he said
Aien Mountainbane: Listening
Rothuss Carder: So, how long have people been disappearing and getting kidnapped around here, anyways?
Aien Mountainbane: Ahhh
Levi Reed: And what are you going to do about the fungal army?
Ratbone Carder: Pointing at brother
Aien Mountainbane: So you can think
Vee Barlett: snorts
Rothuss Carder: Don't tell Vee that.
Levi Reed: And maybe you can give us some kind of documentation to take back to Orange Sunsets so they know we did their bidding
Vee Barlett: After some rest.
Ratbone Carder: You got your abductions. You got your landslides. You got your pile o wagons
Vee Barlett: Ain't safe on these roads at night if ya don't know that by now.
Rothuss Carder: And checking up on our friends we rescued. Make sure they're doing alrigth.
Ratbone Carder: and you got your cavern system full of ugly mushrooms. AND you got your goblins too
Rothuss Carder: I'm sure they'd appreciate it.
Aien Mountainbane: Ever since the Full Moons something different has been stalking the forests
Levi Reed: Goblins are a natural hazard. This fungal stuff... something creepy
Vee Barlett: It's a mushroom man. He's growin' an army from kidnappin's
Aien Mountainbane: We have lost 17 priests from the Church
Ratbone Carder: holy moly
Temperance: Seventeen priests... quite a number, then
Ratbone Carder: whoa. i mean whoa
Levi Reed: 17 and you didn't send for help?
Aien Mountainbane: Well members of the Church not all of them were a member of a circle
Rothuss Carder: Takes a sip.
Aien Mountainbane: That is why we did not send anyone south
Aien Mountainbane: Minor raids to start
Vee Barlett: How'd you send your messages then?
Aien Mountainbane: then a landslide
Ratbone Carder: but you did send messages somehow
Rothuss Carder: Ever think to check to see if someone in the Church was working with them? Right under a church is a strange place to try and build an army.
Ratbone Carder: semaphore? blinky lights?
Rothuss Carder: But it makes a great story.
Aien Mountainbane: and we sent out a group of 6 who disappeared entirely
Levi Reed: Hate to break it to you, but they're probably mushrooms by now
Levi Reed: Or dead. We killed a lot of mushrooms
Ratbone Carder: makes a mind blown gesture at Rothuss
Aien Mountainbane: Then we sent 2 more higher level priests with guards to head south and we never heard back
Levi Reed: In our defense, we tried to talk to them, but they just started in on the murderin
MeLange: can't decide if it all makes me want to eat mushrooms more... or less
Vee Barlett: It's a mad alchemist lab in those caves, and we only seen parts of it. Whatever that thing is, we hobbled it, but ain't sure for how long.
Vee Barlett: We only came to talk to y'all about the shipment. We didn't come to clear caves so we did what we could before we had to get out.
Vee Barlett: So. You're welcome.
MeLange: threw me clear across the room
Aien Mountainbane: I will want to get better full reports from all of you about this
Levi Reed: I'd suggest you set us up to get back to our temple so they can send help... but... they're pretty selfish, honestly, not sure they'll send help.
Vee Barlett: Full reports in return for us gettin' healed and sleep, yeah?
Ratbone Carder: and foods?
Aien Mountainbane: Eventually we will need to clear away that landslide
MeLange: maybe you'll have to make it about them then
MeLange: don't forget food Vee
Aien Mountainbane: a place to stay, a few good warm meals as you stay with us
Vee Barlett: holds up her drink
MeLange: maybe a massage would be nice too
Aien Mountainbane: and you should be back to normal soon,
Aien Mountainbane: well
Vee Barlett: That sounds good. Guess I need food, too.
Aien Mountainbane: maybe not all of you, glances over at Merithina
Rothuss Carder: I'm a bad influence on you, Mel.
Vee Barlett: She gonna be okay?
MeLange: I think massages are good influence hehe
Aien Mountainbane: Raises an eyebrow looking at Vee
Vee Barlett: She was in there for awhile in some weird... pod thing. Ain't sure if it affected her physically. Definitely mentally, I'm sure.
Aien Mountainbane: Ahh
Aien Mountainbane: we will take care of everyone that we can
Ratbone Carder: It's her companion
Levi Reed: And what will you do with the ones that you can't take care of?
Ratbone Carder: She's really been upset over Thuskar
Aien Mountainbane: None of you leave without asking me first
Vee Barlett: raises brow
Vee Barlett: Ain't prisoners, are we?
MeLange Looks at Aien
Aien Mountainbane: Guests who have a lot to report on
Aien Mountainbane: Unless you can write?
Rothuss Carder: oof. that sounds boring.
Levi Reed: I can do it, I like talking
Ratbone Carder: We perform
Vee Barlett: Fine. If ya feed me and give me a place to sleep, I'll stay for a bit. But when I want out, I'm gettin' out.
MeLange: All of us? Surely Jeri can just summarize for us all
Temperance: I can write if necessary
Ratbone Carder: Rothuss, you can be a mushroom guy and I'll be a goblin
Vee Barlett: And some of them really like talkin'
Aien Mountainbane: I need written reports, not an intrepretive dance
Vee Barlett: covers a laugh
Levi Reed: You interpret the dance into words for your report
Ratbone Carder: but but I'm really good at the dance part
Levi Reed: I don't know how to write or I'd do it for ya
Levi Reed: It'd be a really good report, I promise
Aien Mountainbane: pushes back from the table
Rothuss Carder: I think written reports would probably be greatly improved if accompanied with an interpretive dance.
Levi Reed: Very entertaining
Vee Barlett: Well Aien, guess yer gonna have to be smart about who you ask first.
Aien Mountainbane: In the morning we will talk again
Vee Barlett: holds up her goblet in reply and finishes her drink
Aien Mountainbane: For now welcome to the Church of the Mists
Aien Mountainbane: You are our guests
MeLange: Thank you
Levi Reed: guests, not prisoners
Rothuss Carder: We are your guests, and you are our Host. Thank you.
Ratbone Carder: Rothuss i'm gonna write it but use the manuscript as a prop
MeLange: It does seem quite misty in here
Rothuss Carder: toasts Alen
Ratbone Carder: like when we got to that room
Ratbone Carder: oh wait, maybe not that part
MeLange: Hands the buckler over Vee
Vee Barlett: looks at the buckler, then Rothuss, then tucks it away.
Rothuss Carder: chuckles.
BOB This concludes the Mushroom Man Story arc
