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'MadamePsychosis' connected

GM: Hello Lisa

MadamePsychosis: Hello :)

MadamePsychosis: Hope you had a very merry Christmas

GM: Hope you are relaxing

GM: It was a nice short trip

MadamePsychosis: I'm amazed

MadamePsychosis: Nyrma came back too?

GM: yeap

MadamePsychosis: good

GM: and I know

GM: Do you get a break next week? or still full steam ahead?

MadamePsychosis: I forgot I needed to take my 2 floating holidays before the end of the year

MadamePsychosis: so I took one last week and will take NY

MadamePsychosis: eve off

GM: Nice

GM: I am working most of the week I think, Wed off of course

GM: But it will be very quiet in the office I suspect

MadamePsychosis: I'm actually getting a lot of newspaper work done with no one bothering me every two seconds

GM: LOL

GM: Finished another book while up there, 74 for the year now, and will finish at least one more this weekend

MadamePsychosis: wow

MadamePsychosis: except your books are like 50 pp long

GM: The most recent batch has been Christmas short stories though

GM: grins

MadamePsychosis: yup

GM: There are 24 of them so not going to read them all this season

GM: but reading the one that came out on the 25th currently

GM: The author releases a new one every year

GM: focused on Christmas

GM: then others randomly as she wants

MadamePsychosis: ok

GM: The curerntly one is called Lights! Camera! Mayhem!

GM: About taking a film crew back in time to film the battle of Troy

MadamePsychosis: ok ...

GM: Well "Observing historical events in comtemporary time, it is not time travel"

GM: is the tag line the administrator of the historical society uses.

GM: Who is in charge of the time machines

GM: I did update the Angler Island page on the site

GM: So you know where to go exploring

MadamePsychosis: nice

Image: Map - Angler Island

Image: Map - Angler Island - Source

GM: So you can pick which map you like to look at

Story: 004.009 Halfmoon Bay

GM: On the Map - Angler Island you should see a green pin now for the details on Halfmoon Bay

GM: that allows you to read that story, which is also mostly duplicated on our site

'Shislif' connected

GM: Hello Sharif!

Shislif (MeLange): hi everyone

GM: You missed the big fight last week where the theme was "it is good to breathe"

'springdew' connected

GM: and Hello Spring

MeLange: Yea just read up the recap sounded exciting!

Shislif (MeLange): ooc

Shislif (MeLange): cool background art

MadamePsychosis: Hi Sharif :)

springdew: Hi hi!

Shislif (MeLange): Hey there :)

Shislif (MeLange): hope everone had a happy christmas

GM: It was very nice, thanks

GM: Hope your holiday season is going well

[100 XP] -> Ratbone Carder

[100 XP] -> Inv Zora Polasis

springdew: Peaceful, thanks.

[100 XP] -> MeLange

MadamePsychosis: Hi Spring! :)

springdew: Oh hey, thanks for that too

GM: grins

springdew: HI!

Shislif (MeLange): it was great thanks, did some travelling and got back just in time to avoid all the holiday travel commotion lol

GM: That is a very good thing

springdew: How are you, Lisa?

GM: So do you need any recap Sharif?

Shislif (MeLange): except traffic out of lax was a thorogh pain, otherwise pretty smooth

GM: isn't that normal?

Shislif (MeLange): Well I read up on last weeks game but I'm not quite sure what we're adventuring for at the moment

Shislif (MeLange): true lol, but it was above average bad

Shislif (MeLange): and very foggy

MadamePsychosis: sorry Spring - I'm good. Trying to stop cat from jumping on desk with candle

Shislif (MeLange): that will on make it was it more

Shislif (MeLange): want

GM: Fluffy tails and flames are not a good mix

MadamePsychosis: no

springdew: Silly cat

springdew: They act like they have multiple lives or something

MadamePsychosis: yes - keep saying fire! fire! fire! but he still wants up

MadamePsychosis: LOL

GM: Spring? Lisa? you have a nutshell for Sharif on why you are here on Angler Island, and the after effects of the fight on the docks

GM: He is just trying to put it out for you Lisa

MadamePsychosis: we're here because church said we needed to make apriest delivery - which we did

Shislif (MeLange): such a helpful cat

springdew: Okay I believe we are delivering a priestg to their new posting

MadamePsychosis: technically we could leave right now ...

Shislif (MeLange): Ah ok more church business then

GM: The church buisness is done now

Shislif (MeLange): reall keep us adventurers working

MadamePsychosis: but the potent potentate wants to see us since we helped fight the saughin shark like things

GM: BUT..... there you go Lisa

Shislif (MeLange): that was pretty cool

springdew: but when we got here some four-armed folks came over the sides and tried to catch us with nets and drag us under. plus there was fighting up on the docks, but I didn't catch if it was the same opponents

MadamePsychosis: the sea elf that we helped and died was a messenger

Shislif (MeLange): wow

MadamePsychosis: she overheard the saughins talking about the "Mother" something and the throne of teeth and the stone that abides

GM: In your Images you have maps of the island as well

MadamePsychosis: some weird stuff

springdew: Yeah that part was sad. We were so busy trying not to die, it came as a bit of a shock

MadamePsychosis: will look for exaqct wording - I think it is a clue to what may be next

Shislif (MeLange): why is it sad?

springdew: they were in our care and they died

springdew: the sea elf

Shislif (MeLange): oh the messenger?

Shislif (MeLange): ok

MadamePsychosis: ”The larger creature responded, 'As the Deep Mother commands, The Stone Which Abides shall be returned to the Throne of Teeth.'

MadamePsychosis: game of teeth thrones

Shislif (MeLange): Throne of teeth doesn't sound fun

MadamePsychosis: no

springdew: wanna bet it's walrus tusks?

MadamePsychosis: painful any way you look at it

springdew: yup

GM: So off to see what the Potentate has for you?

Shislif (MeLange): potentially

MadamePsychosis: lol

MadamePsychosis: sure

Shislif (MeLange): i'm good to go :)

Marly Rynnow (Pierwarden): Comes to the Inn to find you in the morning

Marly Rynnow (Pierwarden): (it is the 19th)

springdew (Ratbone Carder): Oho! I found out what the mystery skull was!!!

MadamePsychosis: what?

'seyfert' connected

Shislif (MeLange): is there an image or map we're supposed to have up?

springdew (Ratbone Carder): It was what happens when you minimize your character sheet. It just happened to be over the map at the time.

GM: and Carissa has survived her time warp

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): a skull is kind of forboding

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): they could have picked a nicer image for that :)

GM: The is no map for the group currently, just the island map overall to pick where you want to go

springdew (Ratbone Carder): i concur

Shislif (MeLange): cool

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): only other place currently would be the funeral services but figured no one wants to go to a funeral for people we don't know

GM: Very true

Shislif (MeLange): could be fun

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): Hi Carissa :)

Ratbone Carder: Hi Carissa!

springdew (Ratbone Carder): hahahaha

seyfert: It loaded while I got food. Hello all!

springdew (Ratbone Carder): what's for supper?

Shislif (MeLange): Hi there :)

seyfert: Homemade spaghetti and meatballs because my mom knows it's my favorite :)

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): nice

springdew (Ratbone Carder): mmmmm yay!

springdew (Ratbone Carder): I have "everything" hummus and tortilla chips. I can't identify any of the everythings in the hummus but it's good.

Shislif (MeLange): mystery hummus!

seyfert: lol

GM: So this is our group until the TMOs manage to break free

GM: So heading off with the Pierwarden?

Marly Rynnow (Pierwarden): I hope you had a good evening?

seyfert: (I'm listening to my mom talk so half distracted because good family gossip

Inv Zora Polasis: Yes thank you

Shislif (MeLange): nice multitasking!

Ratbone Carder: rubbing her own head

Inv Zora Polasis: It was nice to be on land and off the ship

Ratbone Carder: I still feel a little strange

Marly Rynnow (Pierwarden): The Potentate would like to see you this morning, she has several funerals to attend to

MeLange: why so many funerals?

Inv Zora Polasis: The people killed by the sahuagin I presume

Marly Rynnow (Pierwarden): For the defenders who died fighting the shark folk

MeLange: Oh right, that makes sense, I thought maybe it was something else...

MeLange: like a plague or something

Inv Zora Polasis: Julia is presiding. She invited us for a service

Vee Barlett: Yar yous was too busy with, er, tummy issues when it happened.

MeLange: my tummy has been an issue

MeLange: trying to get more yogurt in my diet

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): lol

Inv Zora Polasis: I'm sorry for that

MeLange: oh thanks

MeLange smiles

MeLange: beautiful day for a few funerals i say

Inv Zora Polasis: We should probably not keep your mother waiting Marly

MeLange: fair, don't want to be rude

Vee Barlett: Yar lead the way. We got a good sleep.

Marly Rynnow (Pierwarden): Very glad

Ratbone Carder: nodding

Marly Rynnow (Pierwarden): She leads you through town to a large stone building near the center of town

MeLange: follows

GM: The appointment with the Potentate takes place in a large stone building located near the center of Angleburg. The building is decorated with fanciful sculptures of sea nymphs, dolphins, and fish of fantastic size attempting to swallow elaborate galleons of fanciful design. The PCs are led down a long hall, past various town official's offices on either side, to a large conference chamber in the rear of the building. The conference chamber is fairly stark, but elegantly so. A large wooden table holds enough chairs for all the PCs, as well as two additional chairs where two people sit, a boy and a woman. On the wall behind the two, a large map of Angler Island is displayed (as shown on the included Map of Angler Island). The table is bare except for a single small statuette carved of some greenish stone (serpentine). As the PCs enter, the woman, apparently in her forties, stands and introduces herself as Potentate Kara Rynnow. She is dressed in sea-green robes and wears many pieces of tasteful coral and pearl jewelry

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): Hello, Thank you for meeting with me

Vee Barlett: Good to meetcha, er, Pontentate?

Vee Barlett: Love the decorations. Thems pretty.

Glimber Silvernose: bows

Ratbone Carder: bows

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): It if very fortuitous that you arrived as you did

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): My daughter tells me you were very helpful in fending off the most recent attack by the sea devils

Inv Zora Polasis: Glad to have been able to assist

Vee Barlett: Well theys was attacking our ship.

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): We lost 6 men, it would have been worse without you

Vee Barlett: Yer daughter said they only recently been attackin?

MeLange: hmm

MeLange nods

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): 20 percent of our guards gone in one attack, I am not certain how many more we can fend off

"Two months ago the island trembled in the grip of a seaquake born in the depths. A great wave followed, but the cliffs and strait of Halfmoon Bay protected Angleburg from severe inundation. The effects of the quake not only create the great ocean wave but also opened a chasm near the center of the island, at the base of the Near Downs.

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): only have 30 guards for the whole island?

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): I did maths :)

GM: Left

seyfert (Vee Barlett): lol

GM: and nice

Shislif (MeLange): lol

Vee Barlett: What them things want anyways?

MeLange: what inside the chasm?

"A if an omen of trouble to follow, the next week was one of unsurpassed fishing, bringing record catches; never had the waters seemed so generous with marine bounty. With nets bursting, I gave thoughts to the new fissure on the mainland. The salvager Lychelle took my commission to take her team into the chasm; this serpentine figure was brought out right before the sea devils boiled up out of the sea!

"Sahuagin! Long have I feared them, but all my sea surveillance assured me that the nearest habitation of the shark.folk was far, far from here ... but they are here now! Perhaps the recent bounty of fish has drawn the foul devil-men from their normal watery hunting grounds?

Inv Zora Polasis: Can't you give them back the figurine?

"Whatever their origin, this evil tide must end! Half our fishing fleet has been scuttled, and the average fisher avoids putting to sea, fearing a sahuagin attack on the open water-and rightly so. Our supplies dwindle, and the sea-devil incursions grow bolder with each passing tide. Will you help me put an end to these raids?"

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): We cannot reason with them

Vee Barlett: Why?

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): When Lychelle disapeared in the cave in

MeLange: 'plenty of fish in the sea!' ... people say

The chasm collapsed five days ago, and the excavators probably died quickly.

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): lol

'wyjyoon' connected

MeLange: really think all that was over a bunch of fish?

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): Did you manage to reason with them when they attacked your ship?

Vee Barlett: Yar no surprise. Underground be horrid.

Vee Barlett: Well they did stop attackin' when we stabbed them enough.

MeLange: well that's good, they got some sense

Vee Barlett: Every capture one? Maybe get it to talk?

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): All of our able bodied people have been brought here to guard the docks

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): We no not understand their foul language

GM: Hello Wendy!

GM: Glad you made it

Shislif (MeLange): Hi wendy!

Vee Barlett: Well can't get far if'n ya ain't communicatin'

springdew (Ratbone Carder): Hi Wendy!

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): As you said they listen to your swords

Ratbone Carder: How do you know they are swearing?

wyjyoon: hello hello! glad i made it too :) my phone died on the drive back so i couldn't put it in discord that things got pushed a little ahead of schedule

Ratbone Carder: I mean, yes, they are angry, they probably are.

Vee Barlett: Trident.

Inv Zora Polasis: If the attacks began after the scavanger expedition, they probably want their things back

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): If you can investigate the collapsed cavern, my people can guard the docks

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): Hi Wendy :)

wyjyoon: hey lisa :) sorry reading chat rn

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): We do not have any of their things that I know of, except this statuette

wyjyoon: we meeting the important person?

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): yes

Ratbone Carder: gestures OBVIOUSLY

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): impotent person

wyjyoon: lol

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): But I am certain that there is more in the caves that they are looking for

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): Why else would they be attacking us?

wyjyoon: oh god not caves

Inv Zora Polasis: So the plan is to return their things to them to stop the attacks, correct?

Ratbone Carder: 1 revenge for collapsing the caves. 2. anger that you're taking all the fish 3 you've got their jade goddess

Inv Zora Polasis: nods at Ratbone

Vee Barlett: Dunno but I hate caves.

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): I will gladly reward you with 100 choice pearls that have been already harvested

Ratbone Carder: I mean we know you didn't collapse the caves but do they know that

Glimber Silvernose: I like caves!

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): We did not collapse the caves,

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): There are more fish now then before the seaquake

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): They did not attack us then

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): Only a rare encounter

Ratbone Carder: wanna bed the quake broke their fisheries?

Vee Barlett: And just takin' it as a blessin' rather than find out why there be more fish?

Ratbone Carder: *bet

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): Something has awakened them to haunt us

Vee Barlett: Any of yous people captured?

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): None that I know of but Lychelle is missing

Vee Barlett: Who?

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): I have to presume she is dead

Inv Zora Polasis: The scavenger

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): She is the one who intially went to investigate the caves when they opened up

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): I know she had others with her, you should ask her father ulogar

Vee Barlett: Oh. We just noticed them shark guys seemed to be tryin' to capture not kill necesssarily.

Glimber Silvernose: Probably to eat me!

Vee Barlett: Well probably. You is bite sized.

Vee Barlett: Maybe savin' you for dessert.

Glimber Silvernose: frowns

Temperance: The important thing is that they didn't.

Temperance: smiles lightly and pats Glimber on the shoulder.

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): If you agree to go investigate I can give you this statuette if you think it will help you in the caves

Glimber Silvernose: looks up at Tempe and smiles

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): I am more worried about my people than statues

Vee Barlett: Yar but why not just go fer the kill? Why capture?

Vee Barlett: I hate caves.

Vee Barlett: I got seawater in me blood, not dirt.

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): That is why it is a Godsend that you arrived when you did

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): It has been five days already

Vee Barlett: And the gods sent ya someone who hates caves. I ain't sure how this a godsend.

seyfert (Vee Barlett): (how is a campaign based on islands full of so many caves?!?!?!?!)

springdew (Ratbone Carder): ya got me

Glimber Silvernose: thinks if we hadn't gone to Seagate first we would have arrived in the middle of the mess

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): Perhaps you are here to solve our problems quickly so you can return to the sea

wyjyoon (Temperance): tbh after that second cave i thought we collectively agreed no caves for a while....

GM: 5 points to Glimber

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): did Bob agree?

seyfert (Vee Barlett): right this campaign was underwater and I do not remember any mention of caves

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): meant to be Zora but glimber will take it

Vee Barlett: That a threat?

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): A threat? what do you mean?

Vee Barlett: I can just grab me ship and leave now, yeah?

springdew (Ratbone Carder): maybe we respectfully take the statue, hurl it into the sea, and shove off from port?

wyjyoon (Temperance): lol

Inv Zora Polasis: I think she is simply making us an offer Vee

Vee Barlett: Oh. That be weird. It's threats I'm used to...

Inv Zora Polasis: We could help because she needs help

Inv Zora Polasis: Like Hiero ...

Inv Zora Polasis: sighs

Temperance: gives Zora a sympathetic pat.

Vee Barlett: Sure but I like rewards. Gold. Rings so I can breath underwater. Ya know, motivation.

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): I will be glad to offer up 100 pearls if you can at least bring back reliable information about what is in the caves. Perhaps you can find something that will stop this evil tide.

Inv Zora Polasis: We've been offered pearls

Vee Barlett: ESPECIALLY if caves be involved. I'm gonna have to start chargin' for cave divin' 'cause it ain't the kinda divin' I like.

wyjyoon (Temperance): oh it's an underwater cave?

MeLange: ohhh pearls lovely

wyjyoon (Temperance): wendy brain error lol sorry

seyfert (Vee Barlett): (sorry vee is busy eating spaghett in another relam and therefore missed some of the convo like the reward, lol)

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): If you need assistance, I can send Nod (points to the young man in the corner) with you to go to his master's house. Laurish Samprey is a Wizard who lives on the north point of the island

Vee Barlett: What supply you provide us? I ain't usin' me own resources to explore yer caves.

MeLange: whoa the wizard will come with us?

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): I do not have anything to offer other than a reward, all of my resources are being used to protect our island from these attacks

Temperance: raises her brows as she listens.

Inv Zora Polasis: We have supplies

Vee Barlett: pinches her brow

Inv Zora Polasis: This wizard might have items that may help up in the caves?

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): the thorn in Vee's side

Vee Barlett: You give us pearls. You ain't chargin' us for sleepin' or dockin'. We here free, yeah? And maybe we talk more reward when we come back, yeah? 'Cause that a sad reward for a cave dve.

Nod (Human): Softly. He is a powerful wizard, he can do many things. He is old and does not like to leave his tower

Inv Zora Polasis: It would be good to meet him then. He must have much knowledge

MeLange: ah oh well

Inv Zora Polasis: nods at Nod

MeLange dissapointed

Nod (Human): Nods, slight smile

Nod (Human): I can take you there now if you like,

MeLange: yea i'd like that!

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): wish JTom wasn't watching old movies ...

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): Or you could take them to Lychelle's on the way Nod

Vee Barlett: Who got rum? 'Cause I'm gonna need a lot of it.

Inv Zora Polasis: Lychelle's father would be helpful too

MeLange: His name is Nod?

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): nods

Shislif (MeLange): lol

Ratbone Carder: {singing} vee needs rum! in her tummy tum tum. because it's no fun. in the caaaaAAAAAAAaaaves!

Temperance: muffles a laugh.

Looks at Ratbone and gives a brief nod

Ratbone Carder: [signing] we don't wanna die, but we'll give it a try. it's not like we can fly. in the caaaaaAAAAAAAAaaaves!

Vee Barlett: The caves where people disappeared.

Vee Barlett: But sure, let's send them random strangers in there.

Vee Barlett: grumbles

Temperance: jots down a document summarising the exchange.

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): Random heroes who helped defend our town

Vee Barlett: Heroism ain't worth shit. You better hope them pearls are.

Temperance: A journey to the caves.... rewards up to 100 pearls... more to be discussed.....

Temperance: mumbles to herself.

Kara Rynnow (Potentate): If you can help with the caves, I can hold off the attacks. I have not seen them this persistent before but we have weathered them in the past

MeLange: hopefully the pearls are worth more than shit though

Vee Barlett: They will be. I always collect my dues.

MeLange: Do you think any of use should stay back and help them with the attacks?

wyjyoon (Temperance): there are attacks?

Marly Rynnow (Pierwarden): I would appreciate it

Vee Barlett: I need ya in the caves.

wyjyoon (Temperance): like attacks still in progress?

Marly Rynnow (Pierwarden): But I have managed the attacks so far

Marly Rynnow (Pierwarden): The se devils seem to come in on high tides

MeLange: Just checkin', sorry we don't have morre people for ya

Marly Rynnow (Pierwarden): Not every time but often

Vee Barlett: Then we leave the caves before high tide.

Vee Barlett: I ain't got no plan to stay in them long.

Inv Zora Polasis: sighs

Temperance: jots that down too.

Marly Rynnow (Pierwarden): I wish I had gone with Lychelle

Inv Zora Polasis: We shall do our best to help

Temperance: Ideally, leave before high tide...

Vee Barlett: She will. I ain't promisin' nothin'.

MeLange: Lychelle Lychelle... you don't let that one go

Inv Zora Polasis: Oh don't say that. You might not still be here if you had Marly

Marly Rynnow (Pierwarden): Please do what you can to find her

MeLange: Yea I'm sure you made the right decision, nice name is all, poetic in its sound

Inv Zora Polasis: We will

Marly Rynnow (Pierwarden): It has been five days, I know there is little hope, but

MeLange: You never know till you know, you know

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): she gave us the statuette?

GM: Yes

Temperance: hums in agreement with Melange.

GM: and Nod is ready to lead you to where you want to go

Temperance: Never know until you try, I suppose.

Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 12) [SUCCESS by 7] [d20 = 5]

Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Sage Knowledge, Island Kingdoms [MOD:CHA] (vs. Target 10) [SUCCESS by 5] [d20 = 5]

Vee Barlett: looking at the statuette

MeLange: [SKILL] Alertness [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 10) [SUCCESS by 1] [d20 = 9]

Temperance: [CHECK] Intelligence (vs. Target 13) [FAILURE by 2] [d20 = 15]

MeLange: [SKILL] Animal Lore [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [FAILURE by 3] [d20 = 16]

wyjyoon (Temperance): tempe's brain says no

Temperance: [CHECK] Wisdom (vs. Target 16) [SUCCESS by 7] [d20 = 9]

MeLange: [SKILL] Swimming [MOD:STR] (vs. Target 18) [SUCCESS by 3] [d20 = 15]

Inv Zora Polasis: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 14) [FAILURE by 5] [d20 = 19]

GM: The carving is a small humanoid shape, very worn, almost smooth, it must be centuries old

Temperance: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 5] [d20 = 8]

Vee Barlett: wonders how much it would sell for

Temperance: tucks her papers and quill back in her pouch.

GM: would need appraising

Inv Zora Polasis: Vee!

seyfert (Vee Barlett): lol she always wonders that

Vee Barlett: Yar? Just lookin' and thinkin' of them island stories I heard is all.

Vee Barlett: Ain't ringin' bells. Guess we better go see... whoever.

Inv Zora Polasis: It doesn't seem magical does it?

Shislif (MeLange): brb

Vee Barlett: Just old.

User has gone AFK. (Shislif)

Inv Zora Polasis: Maybe Lychelles' father know more about her expedition

Inv Zora Polasis: To help us find her

Vee Barlett: Lead the way, Investigator. 'Cause you partly why we now in this mess.

Inv Zora Polasis: Me?

Inv Zora Polasis: It's not my fault

Temperance: walks behind and shuffles out a snack to eat.

Vee Barlett: Uh huh, sure. Ya all... goody goody and stuff/

Inv Zora Polasis: Oh how could you say no? The island is under attack and we could help

Vee Barlett: Easy. I get on me ship and go. And if'n ya wasn't here no one would say a thing.

Inv Zora Polasis: And a single pearl could be worth hundreds of gold. It is a good reward

Vee Barlett: It better be.

Inv Zora Polasis: 100 pearls

Vee Barlett: grumbles

Temperance: But the important thing is we are now "in this mess". We might as well make the best of it, right?

Inv Zora Polasis: Exactly Temperance!

Temperance: smiles as she swallows her food.

Inv Zora Polasis: smiles

Vee Barlett: It has caves. Why ain't it open sea or somethin' fun? Why do caves be my curse?

Ratbone Carder: strummy strum strumm

Vee Barlett: I ain't Levi, gods damn his soul.

Nod (Human): Quietly, Lychelle's Shop is down in the market, please come with me

Inv Zora Polasis: Yes please

Inv Zora Polasis: follows

Temperance: Who knows, maybe you were destined for caves, Vee.

Temperance: shrugs.

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): lol

wyjyoon (Temperance): :P

Vee Barlett: Well I am gonna ask Pa or Dad if they made some damned deal that cursed me as such.

Inv Zora Polasis: laughs

Nod (Human): Nod takes you back to the town square and past the church where the funerals are happening

Ratbone Carder: picking out a jaunty tune on the lute

Nod (Human): Then down a block to Lychelle's Shop.

wyjyoon (Temperance): did the elf funeral already happen btw

Ratbone Carder: Changing to a somber tune

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): think its a group funeral

wyjyoon (Temperance): ah gotcha

GM: There is an older man sitting dejected on the porch, turning a small shell over and over in his hands

Inv Zora Polasis: Good morning

MeLange: Nice shell!

Temperance: takes out her quill.

Vee Barlett: Ahoy.

Ulogar: Looks up

Ratbone Carder: bows

Ulogar: Hello

Ulogar: Oh hello Nod

Temperance: offers a bow of greeting.

Ulogar: SIGHS

MeLange Nods

Vee Barlett: That be a big sigh.

Ulogar: I have to get ready to go try to find my daughter

"I go up each day and dig as best as I can, but I'm y one old man, and it's cursed slow work. Everyone else around here is so wrapped up in this seadevil business that they've no time to help an old man find out what's become of his poor daughter and her friends! Can you young-uns help me discover Lychelle‘s fate?"

Inv Zora Polasis: We have been given that task as well as to help stop the sahuagin attacks

Ulogar: Thank the Gods

Inv Zora Polasis: What can you tell us about her expedition that might help us find her?

Inv Zora Polasis: How many people were with her?

Ulogar: If you can give me any sort of resolution I will be glad to give you some of the statues she uncovered

Temperance: gets ready to jot some notes on her limited parchment.

Vee Barlett: More statues?

Ratbone Carder: some statues? there were more?

MeLange: How old is your daughter? probably like middle aged right?

"Lychelle was always an overly curious lass, even when just a child. As an adult, she refuses to take up the honorable profession of fishing or sea-trade which supports us on Angler Island; instead she captains a small salvage boat, attempting to make her way by reclaiming treasures seized by the waves. Bad luck, that. I told her a thousand times if I told her once: the sea doesn't like to give up its secrets. When news of that new chasm opening up in the hius reached Lychelle, she immediately gathered her crew - all those impetuous gallivanting friends of hers, don't know what she sees in them-and rushed off to investigate."

Ulogar: She is about your age, maybe just a bit older

"Anyway, she found a bunch of sea caves which apparently run below the island. Many of the caves are drowned in sea water, but some few of them apparently drain with the low tide at midnight, allowin Lychelle to access them safely. Almost immediately, 'chelle discovered strange bunches of little statues carved in green stone half-buried in the walls floors of the caverns. They must have been very, very old to come to be encased in the stone that way. No one around here could even begin to guess at where they came from, or who carved them. Worn as they were, they were like nothing I ever seen before, and I've traveled a fair bit in my time. Lychelle speculated that they might be artifacts of the drowned city of Carsall or even relics of the legendary land of Lunia, said to lie along the coast of the fabled Silver Sea."

Ulogar: Not that I have ever heard of those places

Inv Zora Polasis: Exciting prospects

MeLange: Whoa that sounds amazing!

Inv Zora Polasis: And none of her crew returned either?

Vee Barlett: Drownded cities sounds more fun than caves...

"Excited, Lychelle formed a team of excavators to remove as many of the objects as could be reached above the water line. Then disaster struck, and the opening to the chasm collapsed while 'chelle and a team of excavators were below, in the sea caverns! Soon as I learned the news, I began to assemble a team to dig out the delvers. But as my cursed luck would have it, it was that very day that a band of sahuagin breached the bay and began to scuttle the fishing fleet and slay any citizens of Angleburg whose misfortune it was to be too close to the docks!"

Ulogar: Every day I go up and try to dig but there is only so much I can do

MeLange: Oh that is bad luck

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): now I'm glad we brought a shovel!

Vee Barlett: So the entrance be collapsed? So then how we gettin' in?

seyfert (Vee Barlett): lol

MeLange: so we dig then? right?

MeLange: She could still be alive

Ulogar: I can give you these statues so you can compare them when you are there

Parcel: Statues (One is Eel Key !)

MeLange: Why would we want to compare them?

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): everyone gets a statue! :)

Ulogar: To the ones that are still there, to know you are in the right areas where Lychelle was investigating

MeLange: Oh ok that makes sense

Vee Barlett: I'm a Captain of them Seas not... a statue comparior.

seyfert (Vee Barlett): whoops slow to type that

Vee Barlett: But we gotta dig... what kinda deal is this?

MeLange: Sometimes you gotta row, other times you gotta dig

Vee Barlett: Or there an entrance when them tides right? 'Cause diggin' makin' me really hate goin' into caves.

Nod (Human): Maybe Laurish can help

MeLange Nods

Nod (Human): I can take you by the Chasm on the way to the Last House

Vee Barlett: Yar hope he can help.

Inv Zora Polasis: Thank you

Image: Map - Angler Island

Shislif (MeLange): 'the high road' nice

wyjyoon (Temperance): random question but i'm realizing now that i'm still carrying a shortbow. do i need to store that in the party pack or

GM: Up to you

wyjyoon (Temperance): can i just delete it an add it back

wyjyoon (Temperance): not sure how to move it over

GM: Carissa? How do you want to handle the Party Pack things like that?

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): thought you liked having a bow?

wyjyoon (Temperance): i mean i do

wyjyoon (Temperance): but a bow isn't much use for sea life, as previously discussed

wyjyoon (Temperance): i don't want extra weight

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): sure

wyjyoon (Temperance): not a big deal, just a question. i can keep it on me

GM: empting and refilling then can head on down the road

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): can't you just make it not equipped on your sheet and say it's on the ship?

GM: I am guessing you want to see the Chasm on the way

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): sure

User has gone AFK. (MadamePsychosis)

MeLange: scenic route sounds nice

Shislif (MeLange): ooc

GM: and back

springdew (Ratbone Carder): sorry i abruptly got called away for a tech emergency

GM: Sorry for that

GM: is all solved now?

Shislif (MeLange): all good these things happen

springdew (Ratbone Carder): yeah. i canceled my netflix but my roommate has her own account. the app on the roku was trying to force my login. we have it now

springdew (Ratbone Carder): not really an emergency, but an emergency to her. sigh.

wyjyoon (Temperance): i think i figured it out thanks lisa!

wyjyoon (Temperance): whenever she gets back lol :)

springdew (Ratbone Carder): i only learned about equipped vs carried very recently, as i was carrying a lot of rations hahaha

wyjyoon (Temperance): i'm still trying to figure out the functions on the character sheet, sorry guys

wyjyoon (Temperance): learning as i go

GM: 100% there will always be more to learn and use

Shislif (MeLange): Yea good for you still trying :)

wyjyoon (Temperance): aw thanks! everyday is a learning experience :)

GM: So heading up the road

Shislif (MeLange): I just gave up and figure they'll let me know when I do somthing wrong lol

GM: The chasm opened up at the feet of the Near Downs in the violent shaking caused by the recent seaquake (the seaquake was precipitated by the machinations of the Deep Mother mentioned by Museio; more on this in later adventures!). Direct investigation of the site reveals a depression like a sink-hole some 20 feet wide near the top but narrowing to only a few feet in diameter near the 15-foot-deep floor, which is composed of packed rock and sand. Scattered around the collapsed chasm are various items related to excavation, including shovels, picks, brushes, and drop cloths. There is a large abandoned tent where the excavators apparently rested; it contains nothing other than rather forlorn-looking abandoned personal belongings. It should be abundantly clear to adventurers that Ulogar's efforts have produced very little effect.

Shislif (MeLange): just my way of learning :)

GM: LOL with Sharif

seyfert (Vee Barlett): more on this in later adveutres!

seyfert (Vee Barlett): downside of copy-paste :P

GM: DOH

Shislif (MeLange): Cool cool, kinda thought it would be bigger

wyjyoon (Temperance): lol i copy pasted into a document to read it in bigger size and just saw it

Shislif (MeLange): i mean a bigger chasm

wyjyoon (Temperance): huh

Shislif (MeLange): feel like that's more of a big hole than a chasm

wyjyoon (Temperance): oh lol

springdew (Ratbone Carder): well yeah. it collapsed. it was probably pretty big before

Shislif (MeLange): oh true

Shislif (MeLange): makes more sense

GM: I will give MeLange a Int check

Shislif (MeLange): lol

Glimber Silvernose: [SKILL] Gnome: Determine depth underground [PERCENT:Gnome: Determine depth underground] (vs. Target 60) [FAILURE by 33] [d100 = 93]

MadamePsychosis (Glimber Silvernose): lol

MeLange: [CHECK] Intelligence (vs. Target 13) [FAILURE by 7] [d20 = 20]

wyjyoon (Temperance): whoa he has that skill?

wyjyoon (Temperance): that's so cool

Shislif (MeLange): lol

wyjyoon (Temperance): the determine depth underground one

Glimber Silvernose: [SKILL] Gnome: Detect the existence of unsafe wall, ceiling, floor [PERCENT:Gnome: Detect the existence of unsafe wall, ceiling, floor] (vs. Target 70) [FAILURE by 15] [d100 = 85]

MadamePsychosis (Glimber Silvernose): wow

seyfert (Vee Barlett): what if we toss im down there? :)

MadamePsychosis (Glimber Silvernose): would be better chance of success

seyfert (Vee Barlett): lol

GM: I will give Glimber an Int check also

wyjyoon (Temperance): tie him to a rope mission impossible style

Glimber Silvernose: [CHECK] Intelligence (vs. Target 7) [FAILURE by 4] [d20 = 11]

MadamePsychosis (Glimber Silvernose): yeah ... INT not he strong suit

wyjyoon (Temperance): also lisa i figured out the equipped thing on my character sheet! thank you :)

MadamePsychosis (Glimber Silvernose): good!

Shislif (MeLange): he's pretty so he don't have to be smart

MadamePsychosis (Glimber Silvernose): LOL

Vee Barlett: Whatcha all starin' at? It's just a buncha dirt and rocks. Borin' stuff.

seyfert (Vee Barlett): lol

wyjyoon (Temperance): his silver nose sparkles in the sun like a diamond

MeLange: duhhrrrr ok

seyfert (Vee Barlett): don't tell him! he's apparently self-conscious of it

Glimber Silvernose: There's probably a lot down there. I can't tell from up here

GM: I will give Vee a Navigation check at a minus 4

wyjyoon (Temperance): awww ok

wyjyoon (Temperance): my lips are sealed

Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Navigation [MOD:INT] [-4] (vs. Target 10) [FAILURE by 3] [d20+4 = 13]

Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 12) [FAILURE by 8] [d20 = 20]

wyjyoon (Temperance): oof

GM: Just no one is inspired

seyfert (Vee Barlett): lmao we're all doomed

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): lol

Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Weather Sense [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 13) [FAILURE by 3] [d20 = 16]

Vee Barlett: It feels stuffy out here. Bet it all that dirt.

wyjyoon (Temperance): damn the dice are really not with us today

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): starts raining ovr Vee's head

Vee Barlett: Smelting the dice down, forging new ones, and giving them a test roll! [10d4+10d6+10d8+10d10+10d12+10d20 = 318]

Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Land Scent (Familiar) [PERCENT:Land Scent (Familiar)] (vs. Target 50) [FAILURE by 40] [d100 = 90]

Vee Barlett: takes a bit whiff of dirt and starts coughing wildly.

Vee Barlett: takes a bit whiff of dirt and starts coughing wildly.

Vee Barlett: Smelting the dice down, forging new ones, and giving them a test roll! [10d4+10d6+10d8+10d10+10d12+10d20 = 337]

Temperance: hands her a water jug.

MeLange: whoa vee!

MeLange: pats her on the back

Vee Barlett: Ugh. I hate it here. We done yet? Or any of ya see anythin' ....less borin'?

MeLange: there there

Inv Zora Polasis: Maybe we shouldcome back later

MeLange: wanna make it less borin just imagine everyone naked

Vee Barlett: coughs and nods

Inv Zora Polasis: laughs

MeLange: pats Vee on the back again

Nod (Human): Over at the Lake House they get water from the Crysteal Springs Lake, where the Crystal Falls are. They put it in jugs and sell it in town if you need more water

MeLange: there there

Nod (Human): Are you ready to go see the Last House?

Temperance: I'm sure she'll go for a swim to balance it all out later.

MeLange: is it special water?

MeLange: I mean must be right?

Vee Barlett: Yar if there somewhere to swim I'm game.

MeLange: I could go for a dip

Temperance: So, Last House?

MeLange: very last one

Nod (Human): Crystal Springs Lake is fed from below by a natural spring of the same name. The water is clear, clean, and cold. Much of it pools to form the lake, but the overflow constantly washes over the cliff to the west, forming the magnificent Crystal Falls, visible many miles from the shores of Angler Island. The Lake House next to the lake is where the Water Bearers' Guild jars the water in clay pots, selling them down in the market in large quantities.

Inv Zora Polasis: This is where the mage lives?

Nod (Human): No, Laurish lives at the Last Hosue

MeLange: Wow that sounds delicious!

Nod (Human): Built on the edge of Dolphin's Point, the Last House looks 800 feet down a sheer cliff to the crashing waves of the sea. The Fathomer Laurish Samprey makes the lower levels of this 5-room lighthouse his home (his apprentice Nod also lives here).

MeLange: Boy I hope we get to try some Crystal Springs

MeLange: He made it sound so good

Nod (Human): We can visit there after we see the wizard

Vee Barlett: Yar.

Inv Zora Polasis: Laurish who may help getting us into the chasm

Ratbone Carder: strumming the lute

MeLange: works for me!

MeLange smiles

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): we're off to see the wizard!

wyjyoon (Temperance): the wonderful wizard of...

MeLange: Wizard and a crystal springs in one day

Shislif (MeLange): lol

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): lol

Temperance: A nice schedule, indeed.

The time is 9:28 AM

The date is Fin____tre, 19th Sin (Late Summer), 589 SGR

Young Moon's phase is Waning Gibbous

Old Moon's phase is Evening Crescent

wyjyoon (Temperance): at 9am

GM: You all arrive at the base of the lighthouse

seyfert (Vee Barlett): is it more inspiring?

Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 12) [SUCCESS by 5] [d20 = 7]

wyjyoon (Temperance): apparently

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): yay!

MeLange: [SKILL] Alertness [MOD:WIS] (vs. Target 10) [SUCCESS by 6] [d20 = 4]

Temperance: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 3] [d20 = 10]

seyfert (Vee Barlett): well makes sense for vee at least - she understands and knows why lighthouses matter UNLIKE CAVES

wyjyoon (Temperance): lol

wyjyoon (Temperance): she's sea-geared

Ratbone Carder: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 12] [d20 = 1]

GM: Fathomer cordially invites the party into an eccentrically-decorated room at the base of the lighthouse. Here are sights to warm any sea-lover's heart: oddly-shaped aquariums filled with all manner of sea-life, stuffed swordfish and small sharks, and windows that look just like portholes offering a view over the cliff. They will find Laurish Samprey a grizzled old fellow who smells of salt and dresses more like a sea captain than a wizard; whenever the topic turns to anything sea-related, Samprey waxes poetic with purple prose. They'll also get to meet the wizard's familiar, an energetic sea otter named Scratch.

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): Hello Captain

Ratbone Carder: Oh Bless! Your home is charming!

Vee Barlett: Yar. Like the house.

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): Why thank you young bard, I try to have a hospitiable home for those who need to rest their weary feet on a long journey

Temperance: A lighthouse for the weary seafarer. That's nice.

Ratbone Carder: Closely looking at one of the aquariums

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): What brings you all the way out to the Last House

Vee Barlett: Some quest or another, but kinda just wanna look around now.

Inv Zora Polasis: An important quest

Vee Barlett: ushers for Zora to explain while she looks

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): Be my guest, a Captain always needs to know the swell of the seas around them

Vee Barlett: grins

Vee Barlett: Likin' you already.

Image: 012_Laurish

Vee Barlett: Any chance you speak to yer critters?

wyjyoon (Temperance): his picture looks so cool!

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): Certainly Scratch here is very friendly, we have had hours and hours of conversations about fish, styles, types, tastes, debates on the head or the tail first, de-bone or eat whole, a wide range of topics we cover here in our house.

Inv Zora Polasis: We've been tasked to help stop the attacks of the sahuagin and to locate the missing Lychelle from the chasm

Ratbone Carder: hi scratch!

Inv Zora Polasis: looks at the otter with caution

Vee Barlett: opens her mouth to speak to Scratch then pauses and decides to wait until after "business" discussions.

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): Poor poor Lychelle, such a darling girl, she always was an adventursome type, one to go rushing off at a rumor of treasure

Inv Zora Polasis: Can't imagine that

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): Nod told me she perished in a callapse

Inv Zora Polasis: The potentate thought you might be able to help us in some way

Inv Zora Polasis: We aren't completely sure she has perished

Inv Zora Polasis: But we would like to know to tell her family

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): Of course I will help, if Kara sent you then I need to give you my assistance as you need. She would expect it of me.

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): IF you are going to go into the sea caves then you will need some equipment. I am certain a fine Captain such as you are Vee has many abilities to deal with things underwater

Inv Zora Polasis: Not as many she would like

Vee Barlett: laughs

Inv Zora Polasis: We could use any help you can offer

Vee Barlett: Lots of abilities 'cept the ability to breath water.

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): Well I can assist you with that, one of my specialities is a special version of my own. I have created Potions of Water breathing that can hold 4 doses in 1 vial. They are special crystal that keeps the magic working through both fresh and salt water

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): You all know how to swim of course, so you do not need any help with that

Temperance: raises her brows in intrigue.

Vee Barlett: I suppose that useful. You ain't cracked the code on that bein' more permanent, have ya? Like an enchanted ring or nothin'?

Vee Barlett: Er well, one crew had a hard time swimmin' so without callin' out who, might take help fer them.

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): I have not yet been able to create such powerful permanent magical items of usefullness that we all search for Captain

Glimber Silvernose: looks down at the floor

Vee Barlett: sighs

Vee Barlett: Well one can hope. I'll find it one day.

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): I have a ring that you can borrow that will give the person wearing it the ability to swim like they were born to it

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): I do have almost a full dozen of my potions that I have completed this year

Vee Barlett: Yar that be nice. If'n they don't wanna let ya know it them, I'll hold on to it and pass it to them later.

Vee Barlett: Them potions be good, too. Ain't all of us good at holdin' our breath long.

Vee Barlett: Ain't got somethin' to help see underwater do ya? We lost some of our lights.

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): I will need you to return them if you do not use them, along with the ring

Vee Barlett: nods

Vee Barlett: Captain's honor.

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): and bring me any information you find about the sea devils

Vee Barlett: See? Ya know how to motivate me more. Gotta talk seablood to seablood here!

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): And I would say you should be offering me a portion of any treasure you discover

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): You will have to go find out what is there first though

Vee Barlett: Yar and how much we do or don't have to return to ya of what ya let us borrow.

Vee Barlett: But if I find that ring, I call dibs.

Vee Barlett: grins

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): Laughs heartily

Vee Barlett [Aquatic Creatures]: [Translation] So you talk, Scratch?

So you talk, Scratch?

[understood by: Vee Barlett]

Scatch - Otter, Sea [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] What are you saying?

What are you saying?

[understood by: Temperance]

Temperance: It is asking what you are saying.

Temperance: Sorry. He? She?

Vee Barlett: Like them other otters. Ain't speak the proper language.

Vee Barlett: sighs

Vee Barlett [Aquatic Creatures]: [Translation] Y'all in the tanks speak at all? Anythin' of interest of them sanguarians?

Y'all in the tanks speak at all? Anythin' of interest of them sanguarians?

[understood by: Vee Barlett]

Scatch - Otter, Sea [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] What does she want?

What does she want?

[understood by: Temperance]

seyfert (Vee Barlett): (or however you spell it)

Temperance [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] I... am not quite sure. She speaks the language of the Sea Creatures, so even I am not able to understand.

I... am not quite sure. She speaks the language of the Sea Creatures, so even I am not able to understand.

[understood by: Temperance]

Scatch - Otter, Sea [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] That seems interesting, but fish are food not friends

That seems interesting, but fish are food not friends

[understood by: Temperance]

Temperance: Scratch is asking what you want, Vee.

Temperance: laughs lightly.

Temperance [Speak with Animals]: [Translation] Indeed. That seems to be the general motto around these parts.

Indeed. That seems to be the general motto around these parts.

[understood by: Temperance]

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): everyone speaks otter? :)

GM [Aquatic Creatures]: [Translation] None of the fish in the aquariums know about the sahuagin, (sea devils)

None of the fish in the aquariums know about the sahuagin, (sea devils)

[understood by: Vee Barlett]

wyjyoon (Temperance): oh is the thing translating as we go?

seyfert (Vee Barlett): (no... she has the spell to speak it and so she can read what bob is typing so... guess this means she cast a spell? bob needs to clarify that :P)

seyfert (Vee Barlett): FG issues making things confusing

wyjyoon (Temperance): i can say i cast it, i didn't think about it because it showed up for me

seyfert (Vee Barlett): yup FG issues :)

GM: Actually yes Carissa is correct in that it is automatically appearing for Temp because it is on her sheet as a language because of her spell

Vee Barlett: Well not as an informative bunch as I'd hope but that be fine. They probably kept to themselves.

GM: So technically not able to understand

GM: Without casting

GM: I will say she does NOT cast to keep things simple for later

wyjyoon (Temperance): ok cool

seyfert (Vee Barlett): ....why do we need her to save spells Bob? Huh? Why??

wyjyoon (Temperance): rewind and erase

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): yeah ...

wyjyoon (Temperance): lol i had a feeling we would need to

GM: But also Scratch is not interested in talking with fish, he is much more a fish are food not friends person

seyfert (Vee Barlett): one day vee will prove everyone wrong

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): as well he should be

Shislif (MeLange): fish make for terrible friends

seyfert (Vee Barlett): just got to find the right kind of fish...

Shislif (MeLange): fried fish :)

wyjyoon (Temperance): at least he's more of a friendly otter than the ones we saw last

GM: Vee did well with the dolphins

seyfert (Vee Barlett): exactly! but those aren't fish :P

Shislif (MeLange): oh otters are different they adorable :)

GM: Melange has selective memories of the otters from the river in the mountains

wyjyoon (Temperance): shh let him think that otters are cute

wyjyoon (Temperance): they usually are

springdew (Ratbone Carder): but sea otters and river otters are different

wyjyoon (Temperance): oh that's true

GM: Oh look how cute! as it is hanging off of his arm chewing on his wrist

Shislif (MeLange): lol

Shislif (MeLange): that's how i feel about dolphins :)

GM: grins

Shislif (MeLange): wrist probably had it comin

wyjyoon (Temperance): lol

wyjyoon (Temperance): dolphins are so intelligent they can be salty when they want

wyjyoon (Temperance): that's my take

seyfert (Vee Barlett): and why vee loves them

GM: Spending about a half hour so far relaxing and talking with Laurish,

seyfert (Vee Barlett): she might be a teeny tiny salty herself

wyjyoon (Temperance): *very salty

GM: You never see any slugs near Vee do you?

seyfert (Vee Barlett): exactly

Vee Barlett: quietly slips Glimber the ring when there is a chance

wyjyoon (Temperance): if she gets stabbed salt just spills from her wounds

GM: Laurish sends Nod upstairs to fetchthe potions for you

Shislif (MeLange): i don't mind if dolphins are salty, i just think they're arrogant and condescending :)

seyfert (Vee Barlett): definitely also not why vee and dolphins may get along

Glimber Silvernose: Thank you Vee

Shislif (MeLange): that makes sense :)

Glimber Silvernose: I'll take good care of it while I have it

Vee Barlett: Yar please do or it be my head on the line.

Vee Barlett: grins and winks

Shislif (MeLange): otters may gnaw at your wrist, but they don't think they're better than anybody :)

seyfert (Vee Barlett): lol

Item: Ring of Swimming

Shislif (MeLange): ohh nice ring

wyjyoon (Temperance): very cool indeed

seyfert (Vee Barlett): very nice

Shislif (MeLange): is the air ontop of what the character can already hold his their breath for? Or just replaces it completely?

seyfert (Vee Barlett): and with this, I bestow upon you Glimber... lifeguard duty

wyjyoon (Temperance): brb grabbing some tea

GM: Added that to Glimbers Inventory

Shislif (MeLange): ohhh what kind of tea?

MadamePsychosis (Glimber Silvernose): someone else can use it if we need to send someone on an swiming task - he just needs it so he doesn't drown

Shislif (MeLange): long island?

MadamePsychosis (Glimber Silvernose): lol

GM: add 10 Potions of Water Breathing to Vee's inventory

seyfert (Vee Barlett): uhhh please split that because that'll get heavy

springdew (Ratbone Carder): oooooo

MadamePsychosis (Glimber Silvernose): they are the 4 in 1 size?

Item: Potion, Water Breathing

seyfert (Vee Barlett): everyone should have one

Shislif (MeLange): sweet

GM: I figured you would split them up, but wanted to give Vee the chance to decide who gets to breathe :)

seyfert (Vee Barlett): :P

seyfert (Vee Barlett): everyone easily gets one

User has gone AFK. (Shislif)

GM: Ok so Vee has 3 potions, everyone else has 1

springdew (Ratbone Carder): Thank you!

seyfert (Vee Barlett): give zora another for 2

MadamePsychosis (Glimber Silvernose): you be weighing me down :D

seyfert (Vee Barlett): lol yes but that's the cost of being reliable ;)

seyfert (Vee Barlett): feel free to give it to glimber instead if you need

User has gone AFK. (springdew)

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): thank you

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): no worries - was teasing

seyfert (Vee Barlett): lol all good just letting you know my thoughts on distribution

seyfert (Vee Barlett): so you can move it where you want

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): does the wizard have any advice of opening that chasm?

Vee Barlett: So how we gonna get into the uninspirin' chasm?

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): does Tempe have a bulldozer spell?

Vee Barlett: 'Cause I didn't sign up fer no diggin'

GM: As I finish distrubuting these potions

GM: 2 for Vee 2 for Zora?

seyfert (Vee Barlett): si

GM: Everyone else has one

seyfert (Vee Barlett): and vee has her leftover of the other potion but figure she can dive in to save others if needed

GM: Yes, and you can tell which one is which on her Effects list

seyfert (Vee Barlett): yup

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): Did you explore the hidden cave in the waterfall?

Vee Barlett: Ain't explored nothin' yet. I don't willingly explore caves.

Inv Zora Polasis: What's in the hidden cave?

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): I suspect it leads to the caverns that collapsed

Inv Zora Polasis: Ohh that's helpful

Vee Barlett: If it really do....

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): They get flooded often

wyjyoon (Temperance): back

Shislif (MeLange): i'm also back

Inv Zora Polasis: So our choices are to dig or explore potentially flooded caves

Vee Barlett: At least that be water.

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): The only entrance that I know of is underwater

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): So yes my good Captain, lots of water

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): Both above and below

Inv Zora Polasis: But eventually you get to caves with air, right?

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): I speculate that you do

Inv Zora Polasis: Hmmm

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): I have never gone through them, only into the beginning of the caves

Vee Barlett: Floodin' linked to the tides?

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): But if there was an opening from the seaquake, that would suggest there were already caverns below the chasm

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): That was when I was a much younger man, I cannot tell you what happens now

Laurish Samprey (Wizard): You will need some sort of boat or ship to make your way to where the Crystal Falls meets the Sea

Image: Map - Angler Island

Vee Barlett: Yar easy enough.

GM: The description of the island on the site might give you clues also

GM: and or talking to other people in town, and such places

GM: Letting you decide how to approach this

seyfert (Vee Barlett): yeah my brain is mush from the holidays to think that out right now

springdew (Ratbone Carder): my brain is mush from knee pain. i took something but it hasn't kicked in

Shislif (MeLange): 2nd on mush brain

GM: chuckles

Shislif (MeLange): I mean the wine is pretty good :)

Glimber Silvernose: maybe Marly can lend us a boat to take to the falls so we don't have to leave the ship there unattended

Shislif (MeLange): sorry about the knee pain though!

MadamePsychosis (Glimber Silvernose): sorry Spring :(

Vee Barlett: I got me canoe if we all fit....

Shislif (MeLange): i worry about my knees too

springdew (Ratbone Carder): aw thanks. it's recently been better than usual, but relapse

Shislif (MeLange): hope you get through it ok!

Glimber Silvernose: You have one of those great big canoes?

GM: That is a good idea to talk with her Lisa

Shislif (MeLange): got an error

GM: Error on what?

Shislif (MeLange): I don't know just clicked close

GM: grins

Vee Barlett: I gots me own canoe in the boat.

Vee Barlett: It fits, uh....

Vee Barlett: counts

seyfert (Vee Barlett): (I don't remember)

GM: (LINK)

GM: The ships and Boats you have

Shislif (MeLange): we should probably talk to ppl i'm guessin though

wyjyoon (Temperance): trying to read site to see if it'll help

Vee Barlett: Well... less than we gots so maybe we borrow one.

Shislif (MeLange): kewl

Vee Barlett: Why not. They want us doin' their work they can help us do it

GM: As things slowly grind away in your heads

GM: I can post some other things for you that will be fun

GM: End of Year Awards

GM: We had 54 potential sessions this year. We had 2 bonus games this year. We played 49 times this year. 1,520 total {1 more than last year}

Shislif (MeLange): nice

GM: We had 10 players this year Eric was here 3 times (53 total) Michael was here 14 times (331 total)

GM: Spring was here 16 times (2,000 XP) 364 total Lisa was here 25 times (2,000 XP) 672 total

Shislif (MeLange): Go team!

GM: Sharif was here 30 times (3,000 XP) 88 total Lemon was here 34 times (3,000 XP) 142 total Jtom was here 36 times (3,000 XP) 39 total Wendy was here 49 times (3,000 XP) {Jtom and Wendy are already in the top 30 players for attendance}

GM: Jtom will go up by 1 if he does come in later

Shislif (MeLange): nice round number for me

seyfert (Vee Barlett): .wooo

springdew (Ratbone Carder): whee!

GM: The same for TMO TMO was here 43 times (4,000 XP) 554 total

Shislif (MeLange): I was here less times and go the same amount of xp, how you like them apples :)

GM: and then Carissa was here 48 times (5,000 XP) 406 total

Glimber Silvernose: claps

MadamePsychosis (Glimber Silvernose): congrats to all

MeLange: As always!

seyfert (Vee Barlett): wooooo!

Shislif (MeLange): ooc

Shislif (MeLange): Yay Carissa!

seyfert (Vee Barlett): wait 48 of 49? when did I miss?

seyfert (Vee Barlett): my maths is confused

wyjyoon (Temperance): came back to a celebration! *pops confetti*

Shislif (MeLange): uh oh

GM: chuckles will check but I showed you missing 1 session

Shislif (MeLange): maths implies english person

seyfert (Vee Barlett): let me know because I too am curious

GM: But will verify before posting this to the Roll Call page

MadamePsychosis: is it a big deal?

GM: none of these numbers are off by more than 1

seyfert (Vee Barlett): lol not at all, just a curiosity question

GM: Laughs with Lisa,

Ratbone Carder: Wendy was here 49 times? Could she maybe have 4000 xp?

Shislif (MeLange): one away from a perfect score pretty big deal me thinks

seyfert (Vee Barlett): more of a "what was I doing on a friday if not d&d? I had a life once?"

GM: 39 times for Wendy

springdew (Ratbone Carder): OOC

Shislif (MeLange): just once :)

GM: not 49

MadamePsychosis: typo

springdew (Ratbone Carder): Oh typo, I see

seyfert (Vee Barlett): oh see also my confusion on how wendy was here 49 and that made me 48 lol

seyfert (Vee Barlett): again pure curiosity does not matter

wyjyoon (Temperance): yeah see that was weird for me too

GM: That is a later thing

wyjyoon (Temperance): i was pretty sure i missed more than that lol

Shislif (MeLange): i love later things

MadamePsychosis: lol

seyfert (Vee Barlett): lol

GM: right now is a quiet look over the list of places and decide where to go first, or split up and handle more of them at one

[5000 XP] -> Vee Barlett

Shislif (MeLange): I'm pro chatting up the local townsfolk for data

wyjyoon (Temperance): considering i couldn't figure it out with site, same here

[3000 XP] -> Temperance

seyfert (Vee Barlett): go for it, lead the way!

springdew (Ratbone Carder): yes lets do that

GM: Will fix that too

seyfert (Vee Barlett): go chatt 'em up mel

MadamePsychosis: and I was thinking let's just run under a waterfall and see what happens :D

seyfert (Vee Barlett): me too but apparently we need a boat or something.... so we're forced to chat up at least once person

[3000 XP] -> Lirtimya

Shislif (MeLange): or a ship

MadamePsychosis: we shall follow

wyjyoon (Temperance): we could do both - chat and explore

[4000 XP] -> Rothuss Carder

wyjyoon (Temperance): *chat and barrel through

Shislif (MeLange): chaxplore

wyjyoon (Temperance): lol

wyjyoon (Temperance): chaxplore

[3000 XP] -> MeLange

MadamePsychosis: explat?

[3000 XP] -> Ratbone Carder

Shislif (MeLange): lol

[2000 XP] -> Inv Zora Polasis

wyjyoon (Temperance): sounds like a sound effect for someone getting pancaked

MadamePsychosis: lol

Shislif (MeLange): lol

[2000 XP] -> Ratbone Carder

GM: Ok so I have to take 3,000 off of Rathbone and Temperane

springdew (Ratbone Carder): okie

Shislif (MeLange): harsh

GM: and then everyone is correct on the XP awards

wyjyoon (Temperance): drat, was hoping you wouldn't notice ;)

GM: I double dragged twice

Ratbone Carder: i must be the only player who hates to level up

wyjyoon (Temperance): si, you did

GM: or my finger slipped etc

springdew (Ratbone Carder): dammit

GM: and no worries on that Spring, not applying any XP until you get through this Story Arc

springdew (Ratbone Carder): cool

GM: that was what the Graduation story arc was all about

seyfert (Vee Barlett): ...but but I'm so close to levelinggggg

GM: You can't train to get anything

seyfert (Vee Barlett): hp points, man

GM: Well that is true

seyfert (Vee Barlett): but it's too late I just jinxed it

'Master TMO' connected

GM: Definately not tonight

seyfert (Vee Barlett): I saw those dice earlier and I just know I'm cursed again

GM: and here is TMO just after we all celebrated him

Shislif (MeLange): Hi TMO!

springdew (Ratbone Carder): hi TMO!

wyjyoon (Temperance): he comes when the confetti is popped

wyjyoon (Temperance): hey TMO :)

Shislif (MeLange): hope you n gang had a happy christmas :)

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): Hi TMO :)

wyjyoon (Temperance): belatedly realizing that there's a delay in the icon showing up so he ain't here yet

Master TMO (Rothuss Carder): HELLO FRIENDS!

wyjyoon (Temperance): now he's here

wyjyoon (Temperance): hey TMO! :)

Story: End of Year 2024

Shislif (MeLange): he'll get the gist of it

Master TMO (Rothuss Carder): *I* was here the 2nd most? How is that possible?

Master TMO (Rothuss Carder): I missed *so many* sessions

wyjyoon (Temperance): congratulations on that :)

seyfert (Vee Barlett): dunno lol

GM: grin you have over 33% of all the sessions ever

GM: Wendy will give you a good run for it next year

Master TMO (Rothuss Carder): JTom has other things he's going to do, so just me tonight

GM: It is very good to have so many people in every week to help tell the stories

wyjyoon (Temperance): no promises but i'll try ;)

[-3000 XP] -> Temperance

[-3000 XP] -> Ratbone Carder

GM: and that fixes the XP issues

GM: and tell me who you want to talk to where now

Shislif (MeLange): sorry I haven't been able to be here more, but I always have a blast when I am here :)

GM: We very much appreciate you Sharif

wyjyoon (Temperance): we're always glad to have you when we can! :)

seyfert (Vee Barlett): si

Shislif (MeLange): ditto!

Master TMO (Rothuss Carder): just let us know when you want us to talk to your boss and get you fired so you'll have more time for us.

wyjyoon (Temperance): lol tmo

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): lol

Shislif (MeLange): lol minute you wanna get me a better job I'll be here every week :)

Master TMO (Rothuss Carder): was there anything tonight y'all need Rothuss' input for?

seyfert (Vee Barlett): go talk to people or something

GM: I think Lisa is the only one with non-mush brain to explain what is happening

Shislif (MeLange): we're trying to find a way into the caves down below?

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): we're going into caverns to look for a lost expedition leader named Lychelle and try to stop the saughin attacks

GM: Yes

GM: and yes

Master TMO (Rothuss Carder): WHY MORE CAVES?? HAVE WE NOT CAVED ENOUGH?

Shislif (MeLange): coolio

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): lol

GM: and yes

seyfert (Vee Barlett): EXACTLY THANK YOU

wyjyoon (Temperance): lol my reaction exactly

Shislif (MeLange): lol

MadamePsychosis: we have a bunch of ancient statuettes of humanoids that were found down there

Image: Map - Angler Island

MadamePsychosis: we have a bunch of super sized water breathing potions in case caves flood

Master TMO (Rothuss Carder): Okay, that is good

MadamePsychosis: 4 in one bottle so 4 doses per vial

MadamePsychosis: you are carrying one

wyjyoon (Temperance): how long does one dose last?

MadamePsychosis: have to look it up

GM: You are currently at the Last House with the wizard, about to head down the trail of yellow back down to the Lake House? or the Chasm? or Angleburg? or?

wyjyoon (Temperance): oh ok gotcha

MadamePsychosis: we need to borrow a boat to moor at the waterfall as an entrance to the caverns

seyfert (Vee Barlett): 1 hour plus 1d10 round

springdew (Ratbone Carder): i thought angleburg to chat the locals

MadamePsychosis: thanks

seyfert (Vee Barlett): chasm if we want to see if rothuss has insight?

seyfert (Vee Barlett): then chat people up to find a boat

wyjyoon (Temperance): or we can split and meet up somewhere too

wyjyoon (Temperance): if y'all wanna do that

MadamePsychosis: we saw a spot of ground and said okay

wyjyoon (Temperance): lol lisa

wyjyoon (Temperance): but very true

wyjyoon (Temperance): so chasm then socializing?

seyfert (Vee Barlett): bob gave us so many attempts to roll and... we failed. all of them

wyjyoon (Temperance): or simultaneously?

springdew (Ratbone Carder): glimber detected its depth, but that was meaningless to me

GM: by the way speakign of socializing,.... our next missed game is Feburary 14th

MadamePsychosis: he failed that too :)

seyfert (Vee Barlett): yeah that's fair

springdew (Ratbone Carder): awww!

springdew (Ratbone Carder): v on friday, oh brother

springdew (Ratbone Carder): everybody better make creative non-restaurant plans

MadamePsychosis: yes

MadamePsychosis: or make the reservation tomorrow

seyfert (Vee Barlett): read a book and eat chocolate at home, I'm good to go

GM: Last Christmas I gave you my heart, now bring it back!

seyfert (Vee Barlett): as long as I find a book worth reading

GM: and now back on track

GM: heading down the road

springdew (Ratbone Carder): hee!

seyfert (Vee Barlett): to the chasm!

GM: stopping at the Chasm

Rothuss Carder: Yep. That's a big hole.

MadamePsychosis: ease on down the road from the wiz

Rothuss Carder: Nifty.

Vee Barlett: Look at all that... dirt.

Vee Barlett: [CHECK] Wisdom (vs. Target 14) [FAILURE by 1] [d20 = 15]

Vee Barlett: Yep. That be dirt.

GM: The chasm opened up at the feet of the Near Downs in the violent shaking caused by the recent seaquake. Direct investigation of the site reveals a depression like a sink-hole some 20 feet wide near the top but narrowing to only a few feet in diameter near the 15-foot-deep floor, which is composed of packed rock and sand. Scattered around the collapsed chasm are various items related to excavation, including shovels, picks, brushes, and drop cloths. There is a large abandoned tent where the excavators apparently rested; it contains nothing other than rather forlorn-looking abandoned personal belongings. It should be abundantly clear to adventurers that Ulogar's efforts have produced very little effect.

Temperance: [CHECK] Wisdom (vs. Target 16) [SUCCESS by 15] [d20 = 1]

Rothuss Carder: What'd they say this leader person was looking for again?

GM: Exactly Lisa

wyjyoon (Temperance): dang that was a good wisdom roll for a hole in the dirt

Vee Barlett: Some remains or somethin' of the expedition here before or some way to get inside. Or both.

Vee Barlett: Without diggin'

-> Temperance: Unless the PCs have some engineering or mining skill and take proper precautions (carrying rock and sand removed from the hole a good distance away, shoring up the hole at regular intervals, etc.), the excavation may collapse on them.

Inv Zora Polasis: The sea captain said she was a treasure hunter

Rothuss Carder: Tomb robber, same difference sometimes.

Temperance: It'd be difficult to figure out how to get down there safely. Highly possible that the excavation will collapse without proper engineering or mining skills. With proper precaution.

GM: This is definately one that needs a Story treatment and the special Wendy Summary

Inv Zora Polasis: But he also said the waterfall might give us another entrance

Vee Barlett: At least we on sea to get there, too.

Rothuss Carder: And none of our casters have a flying spell?

wyjyoon (Temperance): dunno how special a wendy summary is but i can make it crazy :)

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): lol

GM: I will give Rothuss an Int check

Rothuss Carder: [CHECK] Intelligence (vs. Target 13) [FAILURE by 3] [d20 = 16]

GM: It must be the area

Master TMO (Rothuss Carder): I SCOFF AT YOUR INT CHECKS

seyfert (Vee Barlett): well I don't like how cursed this arc is feeling....

seyfert (Vee Barlett): this is just bad omen ALLLLLL over it

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): this is a really bad hole in the ground

wyjyoon (Temperance): no to the flying spell

Shislif (MeLange): yea feels like his gonna kill us all off!

Master TMO (Rothuss Carder): I assume Local History won't tell me anything, since I'm not a local?

Vee Barlett: If I toss ya, that might count as flyin'

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): lol

GM: Correct for Local History

Inv Zora Polasis: [TOWER] [SKILL] Find/Remove Traps [PERCENT:Find/Remove Traps] (vs. Target 45) [FAILURE by 55] [d100 = 100]

GM: I will give Glimber one more chance at a Int check

Shislif (MeLange): brb

Inv Zora Polasis: looks for traps

GM: and Zora does not have any inspriation

seyfert (Vee Barlett): good vibes good vibessssss

User has gone AFK. (Shislif)

MadamePsychosis (Glimber Silvernose): glimber has less than half a brain

Master TMO (Rothuss Carder): how wide is the chasm?

Glimber Silvernose: [CHECK] Intelligence (vs. Target 7) [SUCCESS by 5] [d20 = 2]

Glimber Silvernose: [CHECK] Intelligence (vs. Target 7) [SUCCESS by 6] [d20 = 1]

seyfert (Vee Barlett): WOOOOOOO!!!

MadamePsychosis (Glimber Silvernose): omg

springdew (Ratbone Carder): wow!

wyjyoon (Temperance): YAY!

MadamePsychosis (Glimber Silvernose): sorry for rolling twice

wyjyoon (Temperance): *pops confetti*

wyjyoon (Temperance): and you suceeded both so

wyjyoon (Temperance): :)

seyfert (Vee Barlett): but he got amazing roll twice so extra inspiration right? that's how it works? ;)

GM: Glimber looks around, and off to the west, and now knowing about the waterfall and the lake, can tell that there must be at least two levels of caves that woudl connect all that way.

Glimber Silvernose: stares at the chas again

wyjyoon (Temperance): for rothuss: Direct investigation of the site reveals a depression like a sink-hole some 20 feet wide near the top but narrowing to only a few feet in diameter near the 15-foot-deep floor, which is composed of packed rock and sand.

wyjyoon (Temperance): this is all we got

GM: With some of them being with air, but others being full of water

wyjyoon (Temperance): in terms of measurements

Glimber Silvernose: If these caverns go around the island the there has to be two levels of caves

Rothuss Carder: Alright. Well, if someone observant wants to rope up and take a chance, I can give you a ride to the hole to peek in. Don't know what you'll see.

Glimber Silvernose: Some would have air which would be good

Glimber Silvernose: But some will be full of water

Vee Barlett: Why can't it be just one cave? Just a simple cave with one damn room? Why caves? Who cursed me??

Temperance: shrugs and raises hand.

Temperance: Sure, why not.

Rothuss Carder: Vee, you curse enough already.

Vee Barlett: curses at him.

GM: Given Te'smp and Glimber's new info anyone with digging? excavating, or things you think might be relevant want to make a check

Master TMO (Rothuss Carder): just climbing

Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Sea Legs [MOD:DEX] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 10] [d20 = 5]

Vee Barlett: stomps the ground

wyjyoon (Temperance): oh we need climbing lol

Glimber Silvernose: [SKILL] Gnome: Detect the existence of slopes or grades [PERCENT:Gnome: Detect the existence of slopes or grades] (vs. Target 80) [FAILURE by 8] [d100 = 88]

wyjyoon (Temperance): then no

GM: Solid ground

Vee Barlett: Yar just too solid. Ain't happy about that.

MadamePsychosis (Glimber Silvernose): he has good odds and fails repeatedly

Vee Barlett: Hard to stay upright when it don't be movin'

Glimber Silvernose: [SKILL] Gnome: Determine depth underground [PERCENT:Gnome: Determine depth underground] (vs. Target 60) [FAILURE by 14] [d100 = 74]

MadamePsychosis (Glimber Silvernose): wow

seyfert (Vee Barlett): ouch

Rothuss Carder: Someone want to rope up Temperance here, so we can pull her out if it goes pear-shaped?

seyfert (Vee Barlett): he used all his braincells up earlier, sorry glimber

MadamePsychosis (Glimber Silvernose): lol

Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Rope Use [MOD:DEX] (vs. Target 15) [SUCCESS by 9] [d20 = 6]

Vee Barlett: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 12) [SUCCESS by 7] [d20 = 5]

Rothuss Carder: I can lower her on the floating disc, but if it goes over the hole it might fall in.

Temperance: Might as well give it a try.

Glimber Silvernose: Be careful!

GM: There is no hole to fall into

Master TMO (Rothuss Carder): oh, did not realize that.

GM: It is more like a funnel that is blocked at the bottom

seyfert (Vee Barlett): there is no spoon, neo

Master TMO (Rothuss Carder): OH, sorry

wyjyoon (Temperance): oh lol didn't realize that either

Rothuss Carder: Oh, I see, it's not open. Shadow made it look open.

GM: You could go down there and dig

Vee Barlett: But I got the rope all tight an' nice around her.

Rothuss Carder: The disc can carry 600 lbs, I think. Glimber, how dense are you? Think you and Tempe can fit in that?

GM: That is only because Vee likes tying people up

seyfert (Vee Barlett): si

seyfert (Vee Barlett): if she really likes you, she doesn't follow it up with stabbing

Glimber Silvernose: Probably?

Rothuss Carder: You can sit there and observe it without having to touch the ground and risk a cave-in.

Vee Barlett: See if it be worth you lot diggin'

Glimber Silvernose: I can take a shovel

Rothuss Carder: The disc sits 3 feet off the ground. So you're fine, unless the ground disappears from under you.

Temperance: It should be alright.

Glimber Silvernose: grabs a shovel from the excavation supplies lying around

Rothuss Carder: [CAST] Tenser's Floating Disc

Ratbone Carder: picks up shovel

Temperance: takes one just in case.

GM: So the disc floats out over the collapsed hole

Vee Barlett: watches

GM: sinks down

Rothuss Carder: Hold on, before you go, just in case.

wyjyoon (Temperance): (10 str may not help much but will try)

Rothuss Carder: casts Vocalize on Temperance

Rothuss Carder: casts Vocalize on Temperance

Temperance: blinks back in response.

Rothuss Carder: You can cast without speaking now. Just in case

Temperance: Ah, that is very useful! Thank you.

Temperance: smiles lightly.

Master TMO (Rothuss Carder): (you still have to do any movements or material components, just don't have to do verbal

wyjyoon (Temperance): ah gotcha. since most of her spells require verbal, highly appreciated

Rothuss Carder: Alright, climb on you two, and I'll guide the disc from here.

Temperance: climbs on the disc carefully.

Rothuss Carder: it doesn't last long.

Glimber Silvernose: gets on the disc

Rothuss Carder: The disc is for over an hour, vocalize is shorter

Master TMO (Rothuss Carder): (5 rounds)

Temperance: I understand.

GM: The disc stays horizontal as it floats out and down, the two of them sitting looking over the edge

Glimber Silvernose: This is fun!

Temperance: [SKILL] Observation [MOD:INT] (vs. Target 13) [SUCCESS by 9] [d20 = 4]

GM: Temp has a rope on her leading back to Vee

Glimber Silvernose: Better than swimming

Master TMO (Rothuss Carder): I was wondering if anyone was going to think of roping Glimber. :D

Temperance: holds onto Glimber just in case she has to grab him.

wyjyoon (Temperance): does she see anything as she looks down?

GM: As the disc sinks down towards the bottom of the pit

Master TMO (Rothuss Carder): (range of disc is 20 yards, so he should be able to control it the whole way)

MadamePsychosis (Glimber Silvernose): no snakes please

Temperance: takes out her continual light device.

seyfert (Vee Barlett): lol

GM: the disc drops down a total of 12 feet below the surface

Temperance: looks around her.

Rothuss Carder: lays on the edge of the chasm with his head and arms over the edge so he can get the best view of the disc and its occupants.

GM: Glimber can make one more mining type check but at a minus 25 because of the previous failed checks, giving him another try because he is going down close to see things

springdew (Ratbone Carder): [tense music]

Glimber Silvernose: [SKILL] Gnome: Detect the existence of unsafe wall, ceiling, floor [PERCENT:Gnome: Detect the existence of unsafe wall, ceiling, floor] (vs. Target 70) [SUCCESS by 34] [d100 = 36]

wyjyoon (Temperance): nice!

MadamePsychosis (Glimber Silvernose): should have made it

seyfert (Vee Barlett): woo!!

MadamePsychosis (Glimber Silvernose): more maths

GM: yes he did

Master TMO (Rothuss Carder): (Rothuss should *probably* be using his pipe to control the disc, but I haven't figured out how his music and magic interact)

GM: Now try the distance check

Glimber Silvernose: [SKILL] Gnome: Determine depth underground [PERCENT:Gnome: Determine depth underground] (vs. Target 60) [SUCCESS by 57] [d100 = 3]

seyfert (Vee Barlett): niceeeeee!!!

wyjyoon (Temperance): niiicee

MadamePsychosis (Glimber Silvernose): now he's a mining od

MadamePsychosis (Glimber Silvernose): god

seyfert (Vee Barlett): lol

Master TMO (Rothuss Carder): perspective is everthing

GM: So Glimber can report that A - it woudl take your team of people at least 6 hours of digging to get past all the loose rubble, sand, and rocks.

GM: He can also guess that B - Once you do break through that there is an empty hollow underneath, He can guess anywhere from 20 to 50 feet down

wyjyoon (Temperance): 6 hours of digging, oh man

seyfert (Vee Barlett): to the waterfall!!

Glimber Silvernose: This would take an awful lot of work to dig here

Glimber Silvernose: We should go back up and tell them

Temperance: nods lightly.

Temperance: That would be very important for them to know.

GM: and finally Glimber can say that there is a 25% chance of the shaft collapsing as you go along if you do not have proper shoring

GM: So it is a good thing no one tried to walk down into the chasm to explore

GM: With yoru rolls tonight

wyjyoon (Temperance): there's nothing else in the chasm besides the debris, right

GM: Correct

wyjyoon (Temperance): ok whew

Glimber Silvernose: Vee it's gonna take about 6 hours of all of us digging to break through

seyfert (Vee Barlett): not sure we wanted to try that route anyways....

wyjyoon (Temperance): are we back up there

Glimber Silvernose: And the shaft might collapse

Rothuss Carder: You ready to come back up?

Vee Barlett: Yar so ain't doin' that nonsense.

Glimber Silvernose: Yes please!

Temperance: pulls on the rope to signal that they want to come back up.

Rothuss Carder: What's the password?

Glimber Silvernose: Ummm

Vee Barlett: I'll knock yer teeth out.

Glimber Silvernose: Treasure?

Temperance: Just in case?

Rothuss Carder: sighs.

Rothuss Carder: You all are terrible at this game.

Rothuss Carder: Alright, come on back.

Temperance: laughs lightly.

Rothuss Carder: gestures the disc back up to the edge.

Ratbone Carder: laughs

Temperance: I'm sorry if we were too focused on trying to make sure we got what we needed.

Glimber Silvernose: Once we dug through there would probably be a 20-50 foot drop after that

Vee Barlett: So we find a boat and get to the waterfall.

Glimber Silvernose: scratches his head

Glimber Silvernose: Would be faster

Rothuss Carder: helps the two down off his disc and then hops up and sits cross-legged in it while everyone discusses.

Vee Barlett: takes back her rope

Glimber Silvernose: We need to shore this all up if we want to do it this way

Vee Barlett: We ain't 'cause dirt stupid so we go by water.

Rothuss Carder: Do you know how to do this shoring?

GM: yes

Glimber Silvernose: Yes but it takes time to make sure you do it right and not have accidents

Glimber Silvernose: cave ins are bad

Ratbone Carder: if we go the other way, we probably are using caverns that are intact. it just seems more likely to get caved in upon if we go the digging way

Rothuss Carder: So we have the knowledge, and probably tools, but not really the training.

The time is 10:18 AM

Temperance: So... by water then?

Rothuss Carder: shrugs.

GM: You have been out and about from the inn for about 3 hours now

Glimber Silvernose: Think so

Vee Barlett: Ain't sure how many times I gotta repeat that.

Temperance: Alright, then, by water it is.

Temperance: It's best to take the best chance at being safe.

Rothuss Carder: It'd help if that wasn't your answer to everything, Vee. "Where shall we go for lunch?" "TO SEA!"

Vee Barlett: Fish is delicious.

Inv Zora Polasis: laughs

Ratbone Carder: laughs

Temperance: Alright, well, can we go there by the ship we have? Or are we going to need something smaller?

Temperance: Like a canoe? Or... a boat or...

Inv Zora Polasis: Where to next?

Vee Barlett: Let's find us a boat.

Ratbone Carder: we were talking about needing a canoe when this first came up

seyfert (Vee Barlett): (hopefully next week or without me because I am fading)

Rothuss Carder: Raft? Arm floaties?

Temperance: laughs lightly.

Temperance: Arm floaties?

GM: I think securing the boat tonight to wrap things up

GM: Then caves starting next week

Rothuss Carder: Honestly no idea how this disc'd work over water. Definitely need to try that out before it's an emergency.

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): sounds good

Temperance: That would be best, yes.

Shislif (MeLange): i am also fading just fyi

GM: So you go back to town

GM: Also by the way this is the third biggest town you have seen after Seagate and Osterhold

GM: You go back by the docks to ask around

MeLange: Whoa! This place is bronze level big!

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): lol

Shislif (MeLange): hehe

Olmes (Fighter): Hello Captain Barlet

GM: that was intentional

Vee Barlett: Ahoy. We need a boat.

springdew (Ratbone Carder): haha

seyfert (Vee Barlett): (at least you didn't add an extra t :P)

Rothuss Carder: on the way back, Rothuss tests to see if he can guide the disc where he wants *while* he's sitting in it, instead of it following him around.

Olmes (Fighter): Aye, where are you going?

Vee Barlett: Behind them waterfalls by the Crystal Lake.

GM: No to TMO

Olmes (Fighter): Huh, there is something behind there?

Master TMO (Rothuss Carder): drat, but makes sense. No self-mobile sedan chairs.

Olmes (Fighter): You sure?

Vee Barlett: shrugs

Vee Barlett: Old Sea Wizard thinkin' so and he seems to know him tuff.

Olmes (Fighter): I woudl talk to Uther, he is a pearl diver

seyfert (Vee Barlett): *his stuff

Rothuss Carder: dismiessed the disc before we came back to town.

Olmes (Fighter): He would know, and his boat is stuck at the docks

Rothuss Carder: Why's it stuck?

Olmes (Fighter): He is in a bad mood though

Olmes (Fighter): Too dangerous to go out pearling

Vee Barlett: pinches between her brows again

Olmes (Fighter): No pearling no money

Vee Barlett: If I'm goin' on a quest then why ain't they makin' it easier? (grumbling to herself)

Vee Barlett: Well yer Potentante wants us goin' that way so she can pay him for us to use his boat.

Vee Barlett: [CHECK] Charisma (vs. Target 10) [FAILURE by 7] [d20 = 17]

Olmes (Fighter): Aye you should speak with him

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): lol

Vee Barlett: too annoyed to be convincing

Vee Barlett: Fine.

Olmes (Fighter): Points you down to the far dock away from the Lady

Uther Stillblade: Coiling rope, then YANKS it out, then coils it again

Rothuss Carder: Thanks, kindly sir.

Uther Stillblade: Coiling, YANK, coiling

Temperance: This attempt at a voyage certainly has its hurdles... (mumbles quietly)

Uther Stillblade: Looks up as you approach

wyjyoon (Temperance): if it's too dangerous to go pearling then will they have the pearls as compensation

Vee Barlett: Ahoy. Wes told you got a boat fer us to borrow.

Rothuss Carder: whistles a nautical tune as they walk.

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): she's the potentate - sh probbly has a stash

Uther Stillblade: Borrow my boat? Just who are you?

wyjyoon (Temperance): fair, i forgot that she was a very important person

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): not typing well tonight

wyjyoon (Temperance): sorry, very impotent person

Vee Barlett: Hired by the Potentate to solve yer island problems.

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): lol

Uther Stillblade: Oh really?

Uther Stillblade: You are after those sea devils?

Vee Barlett: Killed a few already.

Uther Stillblade: They are stealing our pearls, trying to cave in our hulls

Uther Stillblade: Good on you

Uther Stillblade: Who are you?

Vee Barlett: Captain Barlett.

Uther Stillblade: OH, huh,

Uther Stillblade: The Pierwarden spoke about you this morning when setting up watches

Uther Stillblade: said to pay attention to your ship

Vee Barlett: Yar seemed my name gettin' around.

Inv Zora Polasis: mumbles "the dreaded captain barlett"

seyfert (Vee Barlett): lol

seyfert (Vee Barlett): The Salt of the Sea

wyjyoon (Temperance): lol putting that in summary

Uther Stillblade: Why you need to borrow my boat, the Lady looks to be a fine ship

Vee Barlett: 'Cause I need someone watchin' the Lady and we ain't goin' far, just to them falls around the corner.

Uther Stillblade: You staying? or just looking?

Vee Barlett: Gonna explore the caves back there 'cause it might hold clue to yer sea devil problem.

Grunts

wyjyoon (Temperance): quote of the night: "have we not caved enough?"

seyfert (Vee Barlett): seriouslyyyyyy

Shislif (MeLange): lol

seyfert (Vee Barlett): next time bob needs to tell us if adventures involve caves so we can veto it

seyfert (Vee Barlett): don't hide it behind underwater adventures

Uther Stillblade: Tell ya what, we can take my boat, the Guilded Knife, I can take you to the Crystal Falls, and I can wait there for an hour for you, for a dozen pearls

seyfert (Vee Barlett): someone bargin with him because it is too late at night for me to do this nicely

GM: I promise you will have underwater adventures

Inv Zora Polasis: I'm sorry I don't think you understand

seyfert (Vee Barlett): *please and thank you

wyjyoon (Temperance): whew thanks Zora (glancing at her low charisma stat)

Inv Zora Polasis: We're going to be in the caves for I don't know. A couple days maybe?

Inv Zora Polasis: [CHECK] Charisma (vs. Target 12) [FAILURE by 5] [d20 = 17]

Inv Zora Polasis: [SKILL] Intimidation [MOD:CHA] (vs. Target 12) [FAILURE by 4] [d20 = 16]

Uther Stillblade: Every time we go out pearling off of Rateliff a quarter of our boats get attacked.

MadamePsychosis (Inv Zora Polasis): I suck tonight

wyjyoon (Temperance): oof, this journey is officially cursed

seyfert (Vee Barlett): yep

Uther Stillblade: I am willing to take you out there to your caves, but I am not sticking around for days

seyfert (Vee Barlett): I blame bob for making us play past normal time, he extended this curse

Inv Zora Polasis: You don't have to

Rothuss Carder: Are the caves behind the falls at sea level a boat like the Knife could go into?

Uther Stillblade: I ain't certain there are caves there

Uther Stillblade: I ain't never heard of it

Rothuss Carder: Do you pearl dive near the falls?

Inv Zora Polasis: how many days do we want to allot for this?

Uther Stillblade: nah the falls churn up the waters there, too much fresh water, not good for the oysters

Inv Zora Polasis: Maybe he can leave us and come back for us

Uther Stillblade: I can do that

Rothuss Carder: Hey Vee, any idea if these sea devils are salt water or fresh water critters?

Uther Stillblade: If you are doing this for the Potentate then she has the pearls to make it worth my while

Inv Zora Polasis: And we shall tell Marly of our agreement so if you do not return as scheduled she and her mother will know of it

Vee Barlett: They attacked us in the sea but they didn't start attackin' until that chasm opened. Be why we go there.

Uther Stillblade: I plan on returning

Vee Barlett: Glimbs, how long you think them caves be takin'? A day at most?

Inv Zora Polasis: Good

Rothuss Carder: Ah. I was thinking that if they were salt water, they wouldn't like the water next to the Falls either.

Uther Stillblade: I can get you there, and then I will come back the next day to see if you are still alive

Inv Zora Polasis: But there are two levels of caves that go all around the island

Glimber Silvernose: But there are two levels of caves that go all around the island

MadamePsychosis (Glimber Silvernose): sorry - was him

Glimber Silvernose: It could take a while

Temperance: Last time we engaged with caves, it took a couple days.

Vee Barlett: Any dolphins go near there?

Rothuss Carder: Uther, how about every day at, say, noon, until we meet back up with you or 2 weeks passes?

GM: Guestimating caves could extend as far as two miles based on where the falls are and where the chasm is

seyfert (Vee Barlett): how long was the last cave

wyjyoon (Temperance): i assumed 3 to 4

wyjyoon (Temperance): but maybe i'm wrong

GM: about the same

seyfert (Vee Barlett): we should be masters at this cave time estimate by now

GM: maybe closer to 3

GM: Glimber is :)

wyjyoon (Temperance): i'm so glad i had the tea earlier

Uther Stillblade: There be lots of dolphins all around the seas here

Inv Zora Polasis: Will you come as Rothuss has asked?

Uther Stillblade: I can do that

Inv Zora Polasis: I'm not sure what dolphins have to do with anything

Vee Barlett: Well at worst maybe they give us a ride if'n ya don't show up (to herself)

Uther Stillblade: Every day at Noon until you return, or the Potentate decides to give up

Ratbone Carder: strums an adventure tune

Inv Zora Polasis: Thank you

Temperance: jots it down on parchment.

Temperance: Every day at noon...

Uther Stillblade: If you solve this sea devil problem will be worth twice or three times the cost

Inv Zora Polasis: Yes. This could help you greatly

Uther Stillblade: We can be there in a couple of hours, when do you want to leave?

Rothuss Carder: Vee the Famous Sea Devil Solver, is what you'll be called.

Inv Zora Polasis: looks at Vee

Vee Barlett: Within' an hour.

Inv Zora Polasis: When should we leave? We need to pack rations from the ship

Uther Stillblade: We can leave at Noon then

wyjyoon (Temperance): 12, 12 and 12

wyjyoon (Temperance): leaving at noon, meeting up at noon, for 12 pearls

Glimber Silvernose: We need to bring food

wyjyoon (Temperance): Rations for the journey would help

GM: and that can be sorted out over the week

wyjyoon (Temperance): whoops ic

GM: so no need to plan with your brains now

MadamePsychosis (Glimber Silvernose): lol

seyfert: yes too much travel in a short time, I am beat

MadamePsychosis: so problems solved

GM: Yeap

seyfert: so y'all can talk but goodnight!

MadamePsychosis: we're good

wyjyoon: nah i'm good

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MadamePsychosis: Goodnight

GM: If anyone needs let me know and I can bring up FG for you to check sheets

MadamePsychosis: yes think we're all done for

GM: have a great New Years everyone

springdew (Ratbone Carder): okay

MadamePsychosis: yes!

wyjyoon: have a great night! happy new years!

Master TMO (Rothuss Carder): same to ya!

springdew (Ratbone Carder): Thanks. Goodnight!

Shislif (MeLange): Happy new year everyone!

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