Oct 09 09 - Trade Wars
[BOB] ==== Gaming session started: Fri Oct 09 18:24:58 EDT 2009 ====
[BOB] ordering food, opening wine, making myself comfortable will be back in a bit
[BOB] I am away from the keyboard.
[BOB] I am back at the keyboard.
Playingunderprotest] has joined the game on Fri Oct 09 18:49:02 EDT 2009
Playingunderprotest] is receiving the map Base Map DDD...
Playingunderprotest] has received the map Base Map DDD.
[BOB] good evneing
[BOB] evening
[Playingunderprotest] Hey there,
[Playingunderprotest] how was training?
[BOB] ok
[Playingunderprotest] and you haven't said much about what your new role is
[BOB] today was the last day at the old place
[BOB] new library will be the Margate Branch
[BOB] head of Circ
[Playingunderprotest] Very nice change of pace
[BOB] so checking out books
[Playingunderprotest] will be interesting there
[BOB] way way slower
[Playingunderprotest] yeah
[Playingunderprotest] different crowd completely
[BOB] totally
[BOB] 75,000 items a month at NOR 14,000 on a good month at MG
[BOB] will be so different
[Playingunderprotest] going to be a challenge to keep yourself entertained at times
[Playingunderprotest] or are you planning on trying to introduce programming?
[BOB] not allowed to teach computer classes at all right now
[Playingunderprotest] oh...
[BOB] yeah
[Playingunderprotest] didn't realize
[Playingunderprotest] sorry
[BOB] just sucks
[Playingunderprotest] I'm guessing there is a story there I missed
[BOB] it is part of how they want to make the point of having substantial budget cuts
[BOB] County Commissioners cut the computer classes rather than close the 6 small libraries
[BOB] each had less than 2,000 people a month using them
[BOB] 7,000 people a month taking computer classes
[BOB] no one thinks it makes sense
[Playingunderprotest] so so sad
[BOB] yeah
[BOB] they are realizing now how much they are missing us
[BOB] but trying to stay positive
[BOB] do my things
[BOB] help out as I can
[BOB] Mike is at the gate
[Playingunderprotest] Yeah...
[Playingunderprotest] oh okay
[Playingunderprotest] Margate still in the area though and close to home
[BOB] not sure about John or Fritz
[BOB] nods, .2 miles closer to the house actually wry grin
[BOB] had a funny response on the surveys now that they are closed
[BOB] someone put in that the only way they knew about the surveys was the email list, but they also put down that they check the website once or twice a week
[Playingunderprotest] interesting
[Playingunderprotest] I know it wasn't Mike or me
[Playingunderprotest] Mike and I did them as soon as you announced them
[BOB] I have summaries of 19 of the 20 questions
[BOB] so have the last one plus the Players Survey to put to gether
[Playingunderprotest] gotcha
[BOB] some good things, most of what I expected
[Playingunderprotest] how long did that take?
[BOB] some minor surprises
[Playingunderprotest] minor surprises are always interesting
[BOB] had a total of 20 responses overall
[Playingunderprotest] that's surprising :)
[BOB] combining the three surveys
[Playingunderprotest] ahhhh
[Playingunderprotest] okay
[Playingunderprotest] I was going to say where did you get 20 people to respond
[BOB] some people did not answer some of them
[BOB] but 8, 7 and 5
[BOB] for the three
[BOB] so that is good
Death] has joined the game on Fri Oct 09 19:01:59 EDT 2009
Death] is receiving the map Base Map DDD...
Death] has received the map Base Map DDD.
Kaz] has joined the game on Fri Oct 09 19:02:07 EDT 2009
Kaz] is receiving the map Base Map DDD...
Kaz] has received the map Base Map DDD.
[BOB] I figured 9 regulars so max responses would be 27
[BOB] so realistically was thinking 12 to 15
[BOB] so I am happy with 20
[BOB] and hello Kaz
[Death] ew. it's kaz.
[Kaz] Hey guys
[Death] she has cooties
[Playingunderprotest] Hey Kaz and Mike
[Kaz] and screw you Mike :)
[Playingunderprotest] 20 is a good response rate
[BOB] lol
[Death] wouldn't guy get jealous?
[Playingunderprotest] most survey response rates are around 40$
[Playingunderprotest] errr 40%
[Death] i'd respond for forty dollars
[BOB] hmmm I might get nicer compliments if I paid for responses :)
[Playingunderprotest] My company just did an initiative around surveys.
[BOB] how did it go?
[Death] 2 responces.
[Kaz] Ahh, good old company surveys.
[Death] i never do the school ones
[Kaz] And to answer your question Mike, no.
[Death] unless i'm particularly pissed off and want to vent
[Playingunderprotest] ummm, we were working with corporate survey companies
[Playingunderprotest] since that's part of what we do
[Playingunderprotest] they told us that the average response rate at the high end was 40 but on average 25 - 30 is not awful
[Playingunderprotest] we are are around 75
[Kaz] wow
[Death] but i'm betting my super pessimistic views are just ignored and the happy sunny answers are taken
[Playingunderprotest] depends on what the purpose of the survey is
[Kaz] Where I used to work, we had "completely anonymous" surveys once a year.
[Kaz] They were so anonymous that, if you didn't do yours, you'd get a letter from management telling you to get it done.
[Playingunderprotest] Anyone watch Sanctuary?
[Playingunderprotest] LOL
[BOB] that is amusing
[BOB] and no what is Sanctuary?
[Playingunderprotest] it's a show on SyFy
[Kaz] I haven't seen Sanctuary, but I think it's one of the ones I'd wanted to see
Kaz] is receiving the map Large Passageways...
Kaz] has received the map Large Passageways.
[Playingunderprotest] trying to decide if I watch it ...stars Amanda Tapping from Stargate - SG:1
[Playingunderprotest] How is Guy?
[Kaz] He's okay - working until 7 tonight.
[Kaz] And when he gets home I have to get him to light the heater. Brrrr.
[Playingunderprotest] ugh
[Playingunderprotest] it got up to 68 today...heat wave
[Kaz] Yeah, we sure hit a cold snap. I was hoping to wait until later in the month. :(
[Playingunderprotest] and we have all the BioMechanical Engineers in Pittsburgh this week
[Kaz] Wow, I'm jealous!
[Playingunderprotest] they didn't help
[Kaz] (about the weather, not the Engineers)
[Death] i'm jealous about engineers
[Death] put one of them up for the week at your house, they might give you some upgrades
[BOB] So to give you guys a quick rundown on the surveys
[BOB] The Campaign Series
[Death] and the biomechanical upgrades are super cool
[Death] i'd go with some wired reflexes
[BOB] People are ambivalent about adding an additional hour to the end of the session so will take that on a case by case basis.
[BOB] We will keep Friday as our game night.
[BOB] Deep Dark Dangerous (second trip) was the lowest rated story arc Khamsa's Folly & Trouble with Trillochs both were the highest rated and also had some very low marks
[BOB] I think that was interesting
[BOB] with the two highest rated also getting the lowest marks by others
[Kaz] which one was trouble with trillochs?
[Death] lol
[Death] we know one person who lowballed that one
[BOB] the necromancer one with the mental attacks
[Death] i don't think i was here for that
[BOB] everyone fighting each other
[BOB] Valgar's first appearandce
[Kaz] Oh yeah! duh, I do remember that one.
[BOB] so yes you were here Mike
[Death] oh yeah. that one.
[BOB] so who gave it low marks? wink
[Death] anterias had to keep knocking people out because they kept walking in like sheep.
[Death] baaaaah
[Kaz] Not by name, but I remember the adventure.
[BOB] Players want to play their own henchmen or a main character no matter the level
[BOB] even with a low level adventure
[Death] where does everyone want to go?
[Death] arabia?
[BOB] with creating new characters Overall the group likes the current rules or wants them more restrictive
[BOB] and with a total party kill the group wants to start off at first level with a clean campaign
[BOB] that was a little surprising
[BOB] I would have thought people wanted to have the random levels or a spread of levels
[BOB] the naming ideas were harder to coalate
[Death] nah. it's fun to die by stiff breeze
[BOB] “Starting over with the Classics” will be the next Era name
[BOB] Everyone is evenly divided on having an outside Guest DM appearance will need very careful consideration
[Kaz] Really? Not 'Sweatin' to the Oldies'?
[Death] or in a level one wizard's case, death by direct sunlight exposure
[Kaz] lol Mike
[BOB] After that Era some sort of Epic Story arc which involves all the characters with a traditional fantasy feel
[Death] and then lawrence of arabia?
[BOB] there was no interest in Arabian or Oriental or such
[BOB] only one vote
[Death] it wasn't me...
[Death] i hate arabian adventures
[BOB] and actual votes AGAINST certain things
[Death] screw that
[BOB] but overall people's comments wanted a story arc with something involving all the characters in one big story
[Death] isn't that what we're doing now?
[BOB] so I will be thinking on things
[Death] i want a recount
[BOB] sorry back
[BOB] last comment on that survey is about future story arcs
[BOB] Future story arcs for both Eras will involve dungeon and outdoor adventures with some story arcs that are just kill everything. The locations will center on the main characters lands.
[BOB] people did not want to go too far off the current path with underwater or arial adventures or city things
[Death] wow. bob's paper towels are like fluffy clouds on a cardboard tube
[Kaz] *snerk*
[BOB] so that is the quick summary of the Campaign series
[BOB] for the Klooge Series
[BOB] I need to work on the dice panels apparently
[BOB] to make them less confusing
[BOB] and perhaps we need to have a rule about how long before we wait for a response
[BOB] One thing that I need help from Lorie and Mike on is the WoW thing
[BOB] multiple people wanted to have a WoW guild
[Kaz] what WoW thing?
[Playingunderprotest] huh?
[Death] like, wow, i'm amazing?
[BOB] so I need a link or description of that
[BOB] World of Warcraft Kaz
[Playingunderprotest] umm...that's interesting
[Playingunderprotest] Kaz plays WoW
[Playingunderprotest] Guy plays WoW
[Playingunderprotest] I think you might one of the few BOB that does not
[Kaz] I know what WoW is, just didn't know what WoW thing you were talking about
[Playingunderprotest] but I'm not sure how that translates to D&D
[BOB] it was part of the outside activities
[BOB] like GoodReads or Kiva
[BOB] Facebook, etc
[Death] bob hooked up woth blizzard to program custom instances for him
[BOB] I need to figure out a way to use the Facebook group more
[Death] finglas will be a blood elf hunter/priest
[BOB] and how to add in something about the WoW guild
[Playingunderprotest] I'll AFK in the BG
[Death] anterias a dwarf warrior
[BOB] but as you know I don't about WoW much
[BOB] so need help with that
[Playingunderprotest] Since we are all on several different servers this could be a challenge
[Death] val gets the succubus sprites
[Playingunderprotest] and you can only have a guild on the same realm / server
[Death] and i think he asked for kylia to be a gnome priest/mage?
[BOB] can you transfer from server to server?
[Death] or was it orc?
[Playingunderprotest] if you pay a fee yes
[BOB] I am open for any and all ideas
[BOB] on what or how to do that
[BOB] just a listing of the various groups on the various servers?
[Playingunderprotest] so someone wants to know what server I'm on for example?
[Playingunderprotest] and vice versa
[Playingunderprotest] and how to find me?
[BOB] nods
[Playingunderprotest] or Beth...or Earl
[Playingunderprotest] oh... okay
[Playingunderprotest] hmmmm
[BOB] that is what I am guessing
[BOB] a directory of some sort perhaps
[Death] he paid blizzard to rename the arachnic quarter "spider lady quarter"
[BOB] if not a Dragonslayer guild there
[BOB] lol
[Playingunderprotest] Nice...
[BOB] I doubt I could afford that
[Playingunderprotest] I wish the spiders were nicer in ANB
[Playingunderprotest] and OK
[BOB] how hard is that Lor?
[BOB] is it a changing list?
[BOB] do you need passwords?
[Playingunderprotest] well since we're on several servers I think it might be easier to create a post or an area on the site to list (for example)... Beth is XXXX and she's on Sisters of Elune. Mike is XXXX and he's on Tere... etc.
[Playingunderprotest] so... if I want to try out the server, we could provide that info
[Playingunderprotest] it's 25 dollars to transfer to another server
[Playingunderprotest] so that isn't a snap judgement
[BOB] ok
[Death] now i'm listening to a baritone man sing tony braxton in spanish.
[BOB] il divo
[Playingunderprotest] I would be willing to help compile this information
[Death] no no, unbreak my heart
[Playingunderprotest] if people are willing to provide it
[Kaz] Guy and I will, it's not a huge secret. :-D
[BOB] would anyone want to use the DS shield there? is there a place to put your own icons?
[Playingunderprotest] Hmmm... I will need to figure out an area on FB and on the DS site to store this
[Playingunderprotest] I'll let you know if we need the Shield
[Playingunderprotest] I am guessing we could not create a tabard for it
[Playingunderprotest] since they aren't that customizable
[BOB] if you find a way
[BOB] I will put up the dollars
[BOB] so you can use it if you want
[Playingunderprotest] no no no
[BOB] depending on costs
[Playingunderprotest] not real cash
[Playingunderprotest] you can hustle the Auction HOuse for it LOL
[BOB] chuckles ok
[Playingunderprotest] okay... moving along on that one
[BOB] will trust that you guys know what to do
[BOB] I will rework the "other dragonslayer interests" page on teh website
[BOB] the other thing I have is close to homework
[Playingunderprotest] just put that we never leave the basement and we like cheetos
[Death] i'm fairly disturbed now.
[BOB] there is a minority that wants a game recap each night as a way to catch up outside of Klooge
[Death] i have no chick entertainers on my favorite entertainers list...
[Death] and some of the top men on it are gay.
[BOB] and where is that list?
[Playingunderprotest] where are you looking?
[Death] in my head
[Playingunderprotest] ahhhh
[BOB] but ok, Mike only has guys on his mind
[Playingunderprotest] well on the upside you could look into diversifying
[BOB] so I am leaving that idea of Game Recaps up to the players
[BOB] maybe rotate it on a story arc by story arc basis
[Death] that's true. if i was bi i'd have twice the opportunities to get shot down
[Playingunderprotest] good think you've clubbed a wman over the head finally
[Playingunderprotest] no need to worry about that
[Playingunderprotest] I vote yes to mini summaries
[Death] you know the recaps would end up being two sentences
[BOB] that is up to the group
[Death] ran around XXXX dungeon
[Playingunderprotest] rocks fall we all died
[Death] no one died, no treasure found
[Playingunderprotest] I like it
[BOB] grins
[Playingunderprotest] well that we could copy and paste
[Death] i've been rooting for the rocks fall the whole time we've been down here
[BOB] Kaz you going to go pick up Guy?
[BOB] or making him walk home in the cold?
[Kaz] No, he's got the car
[Kaz] I only drive him when I need the car for something. Every other Friday, it's food shopping.
[BOB] so Finglas and Moirra
[BOB] can speak with dead?
[BOB] Lor can be Vent
[BOB] to give you your answers
[Death] he trained you well. now if only i could train mel to do the food shopping for me
[Playingunderprotest] afk a moment
[Playingunderprotest] need a drink
[Death] a stiff one
[Kaz] I don't food shop for HIM. I do it for US. Silly man, you're approaching the whole thing the wrong way.
[Death] so my ideas were tapped out on the boards
[Playingunderprotest] bak
[BOB] so you have a dead body
[BOB] lots of dead goblins
[Death] whee
[Death] so we're not close enough to remember the way home now?
[BOB] no
[Playingunderprotest] is there any lava around?
Playingunderprotest] is receiving the map Large Passageways...
Playingunderprotest] has received the map Large Passageways.
[BOB] no
[Death] are we completely clueless?
[Death] the map not helping anymore?
[BOB] you know you are two days or less from the surface
[Death] or more now
[BOB] Moirra was learning underdark symbols from Vent
[Kaz] we're not completely clueless. I do know some of the symbols, but not enough of them.
[BOB] but did not finish training in the proficiency yet obviously
[Kaz] Bob, she also learned the basics in the village, too. Don't forget that!
[BOB] if you find a symbol she has a percentage chance of knowing what it is
[BOB] nods but to complete the proficiency it takes X number of weeks, with the X being 19 minus the wisdom of the trainer
[BOB] and Vents wisdom was a 13
[BOB] so 6 weeks
[BOB] and it has less than one
[Kaz] I understand that
[BOB] so you do have some
[Kaz] I just want to make sure you're not going by the little bit Vent would have taught her. She has a little more than just that.
[BOB] nods
[Death] well short of speaking with dead at every intersection i have no more ideas
[BOB] Lor? Kaz?
[Kaz] What do you guys think of a question asking if there is a specific symbol that will always mark the path to the upper (outside) world?
[Playingunderprotest] I am fairly useless in this form... I can check for traps or go into a rage I suppose
[BOB] Lor Vent is dead
[Death] we can try that
[BOB] died under the goblin flood
[Playingunderprotest] hence "in this form"
[Playingunderprotest] ((the next part was all a joke)) :: le sigh ::
[BOB] ahh sorry
[BOB] missed that
[BOB] too literal I guess
[Playingunderprotest] What kind of girl scouts is this group... no one brought a cell phone or a morse code sender
[BOB] you have the party pack, the portable hole
[Death] i brought the next best thing: i can fox a message to someone
[Kaz] lol
[BOB] http://www.dragonslayers-society.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.PartyPack
[Death] okay, guess i'll go go speak with dead
[Death] man, where is death now? he'd be super helpful
[Death] are we at an intersection?
[BOB] sure
[Death] okay.
[BOB] there are 4 ways to go
[Death] ] Finglas casts a spell against : Speak with Dead: I may speak with the recently deceased and ask a few questions.
[Kaz] I do have a couple of divination spells that MIGHT be helpful, but it would involve using a lot of spells
[BOB] talk it out Kaz
[BOB] see what you come up with
[BOB] then we will do the speak with dead
[Death] is there a symbol that will always point the way to the surface?
[BOB] (letting lor be Vent for the speak with Dead parts)
[Kaz] that's a yes/no question, to which I doubt we'll get a yes/no answer, but we can hope. So, if it's a yes, then we need to know what the symbol is.
[Playingunderprotest] Yes
[Death] What is it?
[Kaz] So, that's two questions.
[Kaz] How many do we get?
[Death] a lot
[Death] tons
[Kaz] hehe
[Death] fin is super freak
[Death] i mean priest
[Death] super priest
[Death] super priest
[BOB] LOL
[Death] he's a super priest
[BOB] will check but I think it is like 4
[Playingunderprotest] ... pauses.
[Death] depending on how you count that's lots.
[Death] one, two, many, lots
[Kaz] hahaha
[BOB] so Kaz it is 4
[Playingunderprotest] it is circular... with tentacles
[Kaz] ok
[Death] is it on one of these tunnels here?
[BOB] is that to Vent or to the DM?
[Death] vent
[Kaz] I don't know if we need to ask that, Mike
[Finglas (Death)] "ahem... Is it on one of these tunnels here?"
[Playingunderprotest] :: sigh :: No....
[Finglas (Death)] meh. we've got third level spells to burn
[Kaz] I think it depends on how well it's described, if at all.
[Finglas (Death)] so should we ask which tunnel to go through now?
[Kaz] yes
[Kaz] I guess
[Finglas (Death)] "Which of these tunnels should we go through?"
[Finglas (Death)] i figure at each intersection we get three throwaway questions, then the last can always be which way do we go?
[BOB] you do know that you will have like 100+ intersections
[Playingunderprotest] UP....
[Finglas (Death)] i swear to god i'm going to raise him and kill him again if that's how lorie plays him
Kaz] looks up, reflexively
[Kaz] Mike, you know Speak with Dead produces vague responses.
[Finglas (Death)] just remember lor, i'm perfectly willing to pull a total party kill here and restart the campaign
[Finglas (Death)] okay. who's got a spinner?
[Playingunderprotest] I'm not lying to you Mike
[Finglas (Death)] pick a number one to three.
[Playingunderprotest] I know what is at stake
[Finglas (Death)] let's see where we go
[Finglas (Death)] not to mention, we do have one out: klooge can't play off the cuff.
[Finglas (Death)] bob has the maps/encounters set to get us home
[Finglas (Death)] so that is realistically all he can play
[Finglas (Death)] unless he wants it to go chat only
[Finglas (Death)] every way is the right way with klooge
[BOB] chuckles
[BOB] or to a dead end rocks fall
[BOB] ] Finglas moved 350'10".
[Finglas (Death)] that's an acceptable option.
[Finglas (Death)] okay kaz, your go for bright ideas
[Finglas (Death)] mine went splat
[BOB] ] Moirra moved 193'03".
[Finglas (Death)] i suppose i should have asked "which specific gods be damned tunnel do we go through to get back to the surface"
[Kaz] Bob, Moirra is going to look at all the symbols at the intersection, then, and see if there is something that seems to indicate a staircase, ladder, arrow pointing up (that sort of thing)
[Finglas (Death)] or "since you know i can control your life and death if you don't want to be tortured for endless lifetimes you'll cooperate and show us the way out"
[BOB] ok
[Finglas (Death)] i swear, necromantic priests really just need to do some good ol' tourturing of the eternal soul to get some respect.
[BOB] there is no clear symbol here
[Finglas (Death)] they think that they're safe because they are dead.
[Finglas (Death)] pft. not bloody likely
[BOB] in other spots there were
[BOB] he showed you some main intersections
[BOB] but apparently this is not one of them
[Kaz] are we at an intersection he brought us to?
[Kaz] or did the party go here after he died?
[BOB] no, just a passageway you were traveling when the goblins attacked
[Kaz] so, he was alive at the time
[BOB] there are lots of intersections and ways to go that he never showed you any markings on
[Kaz] he had to be bringing us this way for a reason.
[BOB] only the main intersections did he point out things
[BOB] so you have five ways to go including the way you came into this area
[Kaz] Mike, I have a Divination spell, and an Augury spell. Either or both MIGHT be helpful.
[Finglas (Death)] right.
[Finglas (Death)] maybe he meant up like in the map sense?
[Kaz] possibly.
[Finglas (Death)] i say we go north
[Finglas (Death)] and if we're wrong rocks can fall
[Finglas (Death)] i know nothing of divination or augury
[Finglas (Death)] you're only the second character to have them
[BOB] so which way north?
[BOB] left or right?
[Finglas (Death)] okay, augury is a dm responce
[Finglas (Death)] how likely is it that will be in any way helpful?
[Finglas (Death)] we can try
[Finglas (Death)] but like bob said, we've got 100 intersections
[Finglas (Death)] we need more than an intersection by intersection solution
[Kaz] I know
[Finglas (Death)] we need google underdark is what we need
[Kaz] lol
Death] is receiving the map Large Passageways...
Death] has received the map Large Passageways.
[Finglas (Death)] lets go up on this map
[Finglas (Death)] ] Finglas moved 146'10".
[Kaz] I could also send out another Helping Hand, maybe find another gnome.
[Kaz] ] Moirra moved 142'03".
[Kaz] brb
[Kaz] I am away from the keyboard.
[Finglas (Death)] this is lame
[Finglas (Death)] without a proper guide we're pretty damn screwed
[BOB] ] Moirra and Finglas moved 288'08".
[BOB] so you have a left or right
[BOB] and sorry, not trying ot screw anyone over just keep it consistant
[BOB] you could reincarnate him again?
[Finglas (Death)] that was paul
[BOB] you have the body you did say you are bringing it with you
[BOB] anything in the party pack? any ideas from anyone?
[BOB] did you like Kaz's thought of the Helping Hand?
[Finglas (Death)] moirra has know direction
[Finglas (Death)] that'll tell us which way is north
Guy] has joined the game on Fri Oct 09 20:24:52 EDT 2009
Guy] is receiving the map Base Map DDD...
Guy] has received the map Base Map DDD.
[Playingunderprotest] Evening Guy
[Guy] howdy
[Kaz] I am back at the keyboard.
[Kaz] sorry, back for a moment
[BOB] oh?
[Kaz] so, what are we doing? Did you want me to send a Helping Hand?
[BOB] and hey Guy
[Finglas (Death)] i say we give up and just sit here until we die
[Finglas (Death)] or someone comes for us
[Finglas (Death)] they might
[BOB] how likely is Kylia to go venturing down into the Underdark to go recover the rest of the Dragonslayers?
[Kaz] Bob, have we rested recently or will we be resting soon?
[BOB] you can rest anytime you want
[BOB] and have full spells when you want
[BOB] just let me know when you want to camp and sleep
Guy] is receiving the map Large Passageways...
Guy] has received the map Large Passageways.
[Kaz] If I send a hand, will it find us if we move on?
[BOB] yes
[BOB] it is keyed to you
[Kaz] Okay
[Kaz] So, I am going to send out a Helping Hand, specifically looking for a gnome or a dwarf.
[BOB] ok
[Kaz] ] Moirra casts a spell against : Helping Hand: For (8) 8 hours, a disembodied hand goes off to fetch help.
[Kaz] anything else you want me to do at the moment Mike? Otherwise I have to go for a few minutes again.
[Finglas (Death)] okay
[Finglas (Death)] i'm just gonna sit here and waiste away
[Kaz] I am away from the keyboard.
[Finglas (Death)] turn into a wraithe
[Finglas (Death)] maybe haunt the underdark
[Finglas (Death)] collect some banshees and be their pimp
[Guy] any chance of using tracking and survival to try and find a way out?
[Finglas (Death)] i'd rather pimp slap some banshees around...
[BOB] and survival will help you live
[BOB] and tracking will help you follow
[BOB] but you are not really able to use them to find a new way out
[Finglas (Death)] i'll walk around and you follow behind me
[BOB] ] Wilson, Gretchen, Dwarven Adventurer #3 and Kylia Wolfslayer moved 44'11".
[Finglas (Death)] it'll be great fun
[BOB] as your group of Finglas Liam and Moira (and the one round behind people move along the cooridors)
[Playingunderprotest] :: frowns :: 3 days late... let's not making a 4th. Shall we go?
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: eyes up the group and looks to the guide :: Yes, these are the ones
[Finglas (Death)] did the hand bring her back?
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: frowns ::
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] A hand?
[BOB] Kylia does have a dwarf with her
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] I don't tell time by a hand
[Finglas (Death)] "Kylia. We were looking for a dwarf or a gnome. And we got you. Is there something you're not telling us?"
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] You were late... I tire of these missions to the Underdark... I hate the Underdark
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] I had to bring Wilson... WILSON into the Underdark
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] He'll be praying for days now
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] I brought a dwarf
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] can we go now/
[Guy] ill be glad to see the sun and sky again
[Finglas (Death)] "I suppose so."
[Finglas (Death)] "I will have to tell you of the whole ordeal down here."
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] How many have died?
[Finglas (Death)] "Two, maybe three."
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: sighs ::
[Finglas (Death)] "I will be going to the well to try and bring Anterias back from Lloth's clutches."
[Finglas (Death)] "Paul's body is too badly mangled for a simple raise dead."
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Can't we just go to Thedd or visit the Spider caves when you're feeling the penchant for the underdark...
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Sir Paul ... is... Dead?
[Finglas (Death)] "And Rave is gone now."
[Finglas (Death)] "Twice."
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] You ... let ... him .... perish?
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: seethes ::
[Guy] I am back at the keyboard.
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Rave?
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: sighs ::
[Finglas (Death)] "One hardly tells Paul what to do."
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] ANTERIAS?
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] We didnt let him die
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Good lord...
[Finglas (Death)] "When he wants to walk up to a beholder, he does."
[Finglas (Death)] "Yes. A yochlol took Anterias."
[Finglas (Death)] "I am not happy about that."
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] what have you left of Paul and Anterias and Rave?
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] although he did have help getting to the beholder
[Finglas (Death)] "If I cannot bring him back via the well, I will have to go to war with Lloth and her minnions."
[Finglas (Death)] "Paul's mangled body, Anterias was taken to the Abyss by a yochlol."
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] I hope you have brought a part of them with you
[Finglas (Death)] "Rave..." ::shrugs::
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Let us be gone from here lest you have more business to conduct?
[Finglas (Death)] "One of his stooges may have found the body. I was more concerned with salvaging what I cold of Paul."
[Finglas (Death)] "Not today."
[Finglas (Death)] "Tomorrow... We'll see."
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] This ... this is why the Dragonslayers should not have done this. :: sighs and hangs her head :: We have much to discuss... let us start the journey home. It is 2 days.
[Kaz] I am back at the keyboard.
[Kaz] sorry, I'm back
[Finglas (Death)] "Well, glad you came down for us. Late, are we?"
[Finglas (Death)] "That might have something to do with our guides dying. Repeatedly."
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] I hate the Underdark
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] I despise this place
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] Ive seen all i care for it myself
[Finglas (Death)] "But they did die..." ::spits the word:: "honorably."
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Good things do not come from this place
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Of course...let's see what we can to undo this death... How many days?
[Finglas (Death)] ::sighs:: "Can't have been too long. Less than a week."
[Finglas (Death)] "Time is hard to keep down here."
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] We'll have to hope ...
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Is anyone injured before we continue?
[Finglas (Death)] "Hope you can resurrect him?"
[Finglas (Death)] "His body is beyond raising."
[Finglas (Death)] "No."
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Let's not discuss this now...
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] The Underdark has large ears
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] I was injured by the horde but i can still travel
[Finglas (Death)] "Moirra and I can keep everyone healed up. Who don't die of stupidity, anyway."
[BOB] so you are on the Sauna Bridge
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: looks at Wilson :: heal him
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] This bridge... we must go quickly
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] it disappears if I recall
[BOB] actually no that is the single bridge
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] ((Kylia was here when you crosses this originally way back when ))
[BOB] this is the one that you make a dex check to cross because of sweating in the heat
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] ((Okay... ))
[Kaz] wait
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Wilson --> :: nods and begins healing Liam ::
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] ((ugh not a dex check))
[Finglas (Death)] fin can cast control temp
[Kaz] I have a spell that may help, too. Endure.
[BOB] (oh and don't forget that Kira is a stone bat too)
[Finglas (Death)] "Oh, and we have a new statuary for the garden."
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] ((ooops forgot about that one))
[Finglas (Death)] "One of gypsie design."
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: purses her lips ::
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Since it was her cousin that started this mess, it seems fitting
[Finglas (Death)] "Yes..."
[Finglas (Death)] "That is what comes of gypsies."
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Any other fun that you have not shared?
Kaz] sighs.
[Kaz] I am back at the keyboard.
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] well there was the horde of goblins that Sir Percival and myself scattered to the winds
[Finglas (Death)] "Remember Blue Gill?"
[Moirra (Kaz)] I dont' think there is anything that cannot wait until we are quit of this place, my Lady
[Finglas (Death)] "Yes. At the cost of our guide."
[BOB] (did Kylia know that Moirra is now a gnome?)
[Finglas (Death)] "Anyway, Blue Gill is really Ozzie."
[Moirra (Kaz)] ((I think she did))
[Finglas (Death)] "And he is the one pulling all these strings."
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] ... Ozzie? :: pauses :: You mean...
[Finglas (Death)] "It would appear his old grudges are coming home to roost."
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] ((wasnt she turned into a gnome before we went back into the underdark?
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] GO NOW.
[Moirra (Kaz)] He's rather upset with us as, apparently, we sent Lord Jocquin after one of his treasures.
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: yells :: DO NOT WALK...
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] We must go now... .
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: turns, visibly upset ::
[Finglas (Death)] "Do I want to know?"
[BOB] so how are you getting across
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Roadhaven, NOW
[BOB] dex check?
[Finglas (Death)] fin will control temp down as low as he can go
[BOB] or ?
[Finglas (Death)] then skip gaily across as is fitting for an elf
[Moirra (Kaz)] Moirra can cast Endure on everyone, as well
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] ] Kylia Wolfslayer: BAL check: (d20) [1d20=14] 14 - ROLL FAILED against 11!!
[Finglas (Death)] ] Finglas casts a spell against : Control Temerature 10' radius: Cold? Nah. I'm fine.
[Moirra (Kaz)] Do we need a dex check if we're not bothered by the temperature?
[BOB] no no dex if not sweating
[Finglas (Death)] i suppose that will also cover 4 others
[Finglas (Death)] 2 in front and 2 behind
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Okay... so we're moving and moving and moving
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] we aren't stopping
[BOB] ok
[Moirra (Kaz)] okay, so four with Fin, and I do Endure for everyone else
[BOB] so with Kylia force marching everyone
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Kylia does extra prayer and chanting with Wilson
[Finglas (Death)] he can alter it up to 110 degrees
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Kylia is extremely solemn
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] even for Kylia
[Finglas (Death)] so yay. it's a nice crisp fall day down here in sauna land
[BOB] you can make it to the next encounter fairly easy
[BOB] the piercers
[BOB] will roll a few D20 to check
[BOB] a bunch of piercers fall from the ceiling to attack you and (20d20) [20d20=10,13,8,13,3,18,20,19,5,9,2,9,11,14,20,4,18,19,19,1] 235
[Finglas (Death)] two hit
[BOB] and 4 of them hit you
[BOB] 5
[BOB] the 19 and 20
[BOB] will roll that randomly between the group
[BOB] from high to low on the list on the tree
[BOB] (5d7) [5d7=7,7,4,4,4] 26
[BOB] DOH
Death] has left the game on Fri Oct 09 21:00:57 EDT 2009
[BOB] finglas takes (2d8) [2d8=2,1] 3 points of damage
Death] has joined the game on Fri Oct 09 21:01:23 EDT 2009
Death] is receiving the map Sample Bridge...
Death] has received the map Sample Bridge.
[BOB] and the guide (3d8) [3d8=4,1,7] 12 points of damage to your guide
[Death] our guides have the worst luck
[BOB] who is seriously wounded in the attack
[BOB] but survives to be healed
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] WILSON!
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Wilson --> :: sighs and gets to work when they are out of combat ::
[BOB] the last encounter is the troglodyte camp
[BOB] how do you want to handle that?
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] ((preferably from long distance))
[BOB] lol
[Death] with noses plugged
[BOB] ok
[BOB] so lets say they do a total of 10 points of damage to your side
[BOB] between thrown rocks and spears
[BOB] but none of your guyes are down to 10 or less
[BOB] so we call it a wash
[BOB] and you are back in Morten?
[BOB] OK
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] great
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] ((brb))
[Moirra (Kaz)] woohoo!
[BOB] so BLIP with the gem to Roadhaven
Playingunderprotest] is receiving the map Base Map Trade Wars...
Playingunderprotest] has received the map Base Map Trade Wars.
[Moirra (Kaz)] ((I might have to kiss Kylia's toes
[Death] or her ass
Kaz] is receiving the map Base Map Trade Wars...
Kaz] has received the map Base Map Trade Wars.
[Kaz] I am back at the keyboard.
[Moirra (Kaz)] hehe
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: the party is swarmed by priests for healing ::
[BOB] ] Kira moved 332'10".
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: Kira, Rave and Paul are all taken to separate areas to be treated ::
Moirra (Kaz)] goes to Kylia and asks permission to search for a suitably rocky, shady place to bury Ventolis (on Raodhaven lands)
[Death] "Can I request Rave to be put into my care?"
[BOB] ] Arilyn's Current Hit Points: adjusted to 70 (8) - Unharmed
[BOB] ] Liam Dugan's Current Hit Points: adjusted to 59 (24) - Unharmed
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] ((Wouldn't we have turned him over in MOrten))?
[Death] no, he's not a dwarf
[Death] he's a gnome
[BOB] Ok, so everyone resting at the end of the day fully healed
[Moirra (Kaz)] ((moirra wouldn't have, he's a gnome in dwarf body))
[BOB] he was a gnome they reincarnated into a dwarf
[BOB] Octavia targets Gretchen. Distance: 3'02"
[BOB] Octavia no longer targets Gretchen.
[BOB] ] Octavia moved 71'01".
[BOB] and I will reset the calendar now for everyone just a moment
[BOB] and Finglas Moira and Liam can explain about the converstation you had with Melengar
[BOB] and who is who in this plot
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: Kylia returns to the group with a large journal ::
[Death] blah blah your suitor, blah blah ozzie, blah blah trying to destroy us
[BOB] ] Time of Day: 08:00 AM. Day 16 Mid ___ tre, Sow {Late Spring} 16th, 1260.
[BOB] ] Time of Day: 09:00 AM. Day 16 Mid ___ tre, Sow {Late Spring} 16th, 1260.
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Do ... you ... KNOW who he is?
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Really know who he is?
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] ((BOB, I am trying VERY VERY VERY hard to shield thoughts, but don't have a magical block up yet ))
[Moirra (Kaz)] Who... Ozzie really is?
[BOB] Ok, so the date is correct now on the calendar for you again
[Death] "I've never met the man, no. Couldn't claim him as a close confidant."
[BOB] it is a month after you went down to the Underdark
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Yes... surely Sir Paul told you the story
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] This was an important chapter in Dragonslayer history
[Death] "I know he was at one point the opposite to Hanin's DragonSlayers."
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] I assume Lady that you know him rather well and are concerned about him
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: puts book on the table :: I know him not
[BOB] it has been a total of 5 months now that you have been involved in the Trade Wars Era
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] HOWEVER; I remember the elder Dragonslayers speaking of his gang
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: smacks forehead :: Meleager?
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Oh ... dear... I ... am ... daft
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Okay ...
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Ozymandus is a VERY VERY VERY powerful priest
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] He surrounded himself with other equally power adventurers
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] The Dragonslayers had a run in with this group and the encounter affected the group for YEARS after
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] He worships... :: consults the journal and ponders the accuracy :: Ares...
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] of the Greek panethon
[Death] why isn't fin there then?
[Death] he's obviously not THAT powerful...
[BOB] (not Ares different Greek God)
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] ((I have the notes in a box somewhere...not on this computer)) ... hold one seonc
[BOB] ok
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] ((I need to go grab them ))
[BOB] ok
[BOB] so you all have been in the underdark for just about 2 weeks
[BOB] you are all back up and fully healed
[BOB] and are now discussing things at Roadhaven
[BOB] organizing your thoughts and debating on what to do
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] sorry about that
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] BAK
[BOB] http://www.dragonslayers-society.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.TheMissingIsland
[BOB] has some links to help you start your conversation
[BOB] about who what and why
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] ((well since liam doesnt know very much about the dragonslayers this is all new for him so hes listening more that talking))
[BOB] grins but Liam was there for the actual conversation and Kylia was not
[BOB] of course that was there Moirra lost it and almost punched Melenger in the face
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Zeus... he was a priest of Zeus
[BOB] (I will neither confirm nor deny - but that was the speculation by the group back then)
[Moirra (Kaz)] *angelic smile* who, me?
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] So... in any case.
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] He has an ability to read minds
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] and to your point, yes, Haian and the Dragonslayers of that age, made him VERY angry and he swore vengeance
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] ((everybody break out the tinfoil hats lol))
[Death] "Well they are all dead, no?"
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] He has probably gained enough levels to be... :: calculates mentally and sighs :: Well let's just say he's more powerful than almost every priest we've ever encountered
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] No
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] I am quite confident that while 2 of them are known to be dead... at least 2 are still among the living
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] or have convinced us of that
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] He swore vengeance against the old Dragonslayers yet his vengeance is being reaped upon us?
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: smirks ::
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Such is the way of the Dragonslayer... it is why we are welcomed in some lands... and cursed in others
[Moirra (Kaz)] It is all the name, and not the peole.
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] There was a Dragonslayer I recall, :: flipping pages ::, Electra was her name, she was sent out to find one of his band (though she didn't know it at the time))
[Moirra (Kaz)] People.
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] As you be aware, priests of the Greek panethon have been known to :: spits :: regenerate their health
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] ((you may...))
Moirra (Kaz)] frowns.
[Death] "So they're trolls."
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] the Dragonslayers freed me from a fate worse than death,so if that means my staying here includes me in his vengeance so be it.
[Death] "Don't forget the nifty new sword."
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] Let us make him regret he started this.
Liam Dugan (Guy)] kneels before Kylia
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] Lady Kylia my sword and bow are yours to command.
[Death] shouldn't that be kept to the bedchambers?
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] So... here is the issue.
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] This can't be a sword fight...they won't play fair
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] they seek vengeance
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] how many have died at the hand already
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] on the other side, they relish the anguish of the games they play
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] unaffected by how many die at their hands
[Moirra (Kaz)] My Lady, there is also something interesting.
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: frowns :: I fear we have to travel
[Moirra (Kaz)] Lord Jocquin...
[Moirra (Kaz)] He went to Blue Gill's lair. Not once, but twice.
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] He's no suitor...
[Death] ::smirks::
[Moirra (Kaz)] Is he, perhaps, Ozzy?
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: sighs :: I fear we must travel to Wingstone
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] or worse
[Death] "I'd go there. Show them what a real archer is."
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: whirls :: You'll not be welcomed
[BOB] (Mike you might want to explain that to Guy and Kaz)
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: studies the group carefully ::
[Finglas (Death)] "Yes, yes. But they do let elves in the competition with a handicap. Though not enough of one."
[Finglas (Death)] "Poor humans..."
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: begins to pace :: I need to seek wisdom and guidance
Moirra (Kaz)] exchanges confused shrugs with Liam.
[Finglas (Death)] "And I need to go to the well."
[Moirra (Kaz)] What is Wingstone, what is the competition, and why would Finglas not be welcomed?
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] If we need to go to South, I'll need to make sure we are prepared... or... if I should go alone
[Finglas (Death)] "You have heard the news. I have more pressing matters than some old feud."
[BOB] (Laughs Lorie and Mike are just throwing things ou there and poor Guy and Kaz have no clue)
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: turns and nods :: Take Gretchen Finglas
[Finglas (Death)] "I'll explain it to you if you wish."
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] She'll be of assistance
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] Lady Kylia youre going alone is not an option.
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: turns back to Liam and MOirra ::
[Finglas (Death)] "Yes, Kylia. Thank you. My lovely Gretchen, shal we?"
[Finglas (Death)] ::bows in a courtly manner::
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Wingstone, is a large city that welcomes those strong in the faith of the Greeks
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Gretchen --> :: nods slowly :: Of course Sir Finglas, Anterias must return home
[BOB] (the Earldom of Wingstone is a country in Terraguard)
[Moirra (Kaz)] I see.
Moirra (Kaz)] turns to Finglas before he leaves. "Be of care, my friend."
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] There was a man :: flipping the pages :: The First Earl of Wingstone
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] He rued all that was not human in his Kingdom
[BOB] (Moirra would know of it it is north along the trade route from Colmet)
[BOB] (and it is near Sargil where you had the Father Knows Best story arc)
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] As Finglas has suggested, they were "permitted entrance" but at a price
[Moirra (Kaz)] ((Ohh, okay))
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] As life would go... he died
Moirra (Kaz)] nods, listening.
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] then I fear that they shall be quite upset over my traveling there
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] There is a new Earl as I recall, though I confide it's been several years that I've traveled there
[Finglas (Death)] so i was thinking of using the wording "I wish Anterias was never taken by the yochlol"
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] It's no secret that I'm not the largest fan of the dwarves and gnomes; however, the Dragonslayers have ALWAYS welcomed adventures, so I do not share his hatred
[Finglas (Death)] i think that is easiest. a high level time mage can pull that off with a non wish spell
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] The new Earl, while slightly more tolerant, is not open
[Finglas (Death)] guy and kaz, keep in mind with bob, the simplest wishes are the best wishes
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] ^^
[Finglas (Death)] but i'm open to suggestions on getting ant back whole and hale
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] There is another massive area for the Greeks where they could have sought refuge
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: sighs :: that is run by the High Priest (again, based on our last visit) of Ares
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] It's a long journey there... I hope it is not where we need to be
[Moirra (Kaz)] So, most of us will have issues getting into the city, it seems.
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] we could always invade
[Finglas (Death)] bob says i should give you the hint to ask where we were when we encountered ozzy before
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Oh lord
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: FROWN FROWN FROWN ::
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] I don't want to go there
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] .... WHINE WHINE WHINE
[Finglas (Death)] care to fill us in?
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] That kid is probably the MAYOR
[Finglas (Death)] want some cheese?
[Moirra (Kaz)] ((Ruh Roh))
[Moirra (Kaz)] ((where is it, and what kid?))
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Okay... :: sighs :: I have probably said enough that he knows what the Dragonslayers collective mind knows
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] I must go meditate and commune to perceive where it would make most sense to go
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] I would not think less of anyone who chooses not to go
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] and it is NOT mandatory
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] I go its as simple as that!
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: grabs the journal, nods and takes her leave ::
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: enters her room and sets up a meditation circle in her room to make a God call ::
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] ((Just found the countdown calendar we had BOB when we were building the temple ))
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] ((Let me know what rolls you want to make the call ))
[BOB] grins
[Finglas (Death)] okay, thinking of "I wish Anterias was here safe and sound as he was before he was taken by the yochlol."
[BOB] decide what you want to actually do, and if you are casting anything ahead of time to prepare for it,
[Finglas (Death)] Lorie or kaz, anything to suggest?
[Moirra (Kaz)] ((Mike, wasn't he already affected before he was taken?))
[Moirra (Kaz)] ((He was under some effect, wasn't he? Like, several rounds before he was taken?))
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] ((Woah... way too random with the time period in the word... ANterias could end up anywhere in time))
[BOB] so lets do this one step at a time
[BOB] Anterias
[BOB] the Kylia
[BOB] then Paul/Rave/Kira
[Finglas (Death)] okay, so then i'd go back to never taken by the yochlol
[BOB] you can just talk and then Mike will give me the actual wordign for the wish
[Kaz] okay, so, when was he originally affected with whatever made him go to the Yochlol?
[Finglas (Death)] i dare say that washes away after a bit
[Finglas (Death)] control spells don't last forever
[Finglas (Death)] so if he was never taken, it's several weeks later now
[Kaz] well, you could ask him to be returned, well, whole, alive, and healthy, and unaffected by any adverse spells.
[Finglas (Death)] okay...
[Finglas (Death)] then bob strips away all his items
[Finglas (Death)] and we have a naked dwarf running around
[Finglas (Death)] and no one wants that
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] definetly dont want that
[Kaz] add to the end, with all his belongings intact
[Finglas (Death)] okay.
[Finglas (Death)] i'm willing to bet on that wording
[Finglas (Death)] anyone else weigh in?
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] timing
[Finglas (Death)] i wish for anterias to be returned well, whole, alive, healthy, unaffected by any adverse spells, and with all his belongings intact
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] but when
[Kaz] right now
[Kaz] Mike
[Finglas (Death)] timing?
[Finglas (Death)] okay.
[Kaz] Yes, you wish him to be returned right now
[Finglas (Death)] i wish for anterias to be returned well, whole, alive, healthy, unaffected by any adverse spells, and with all his belongings intact right now
[Kaz] And here, to Roadhaven
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] to present day?
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] or before ?
[Finglas (Death)] i wish for anterias to be returned well, whole, alive, healthy, unaffected by any adverse spells, and with all his belongings intact right now right here
[BOB] is that the final wish?
[Finglas (Death)] oh sure
[Finglas (Death)] at this point it's so nit picky...
[BOB] very well
[Finglas (Death)] i don't want to try and second guess/rules lawyer the night away on this
[Finglas (Death)] bob's typing way too much
[BOB] so Antarias reapears in the Wishing Well Room tied with a red bow that bursts into flames dropping a small metal disc that says - On Loan - then he faints to the floor
[Finglas (Death)] okay...
[Kaz] /facepalm
[Finglas (Death)] well i said no adverse spells
[BOB (to GM only)] ] Antarias moved 239'04".
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] /rofl
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Charm or Gaes?
[Finglas (Death)] grr. this is why i was thinking before he got taken
[Finglas (Death)] that way there was no abyssal shit to deal with afterward
[BOB] In any case
[BOB] that is a future adventure
[BOB] Anterias just has nighmares and cries when you ask him about the disc
[BOB] and what he went through
[BOB] but we can wait to play that out another time
[BOB] lets work on Kylia now
[BOB] by the way I found the date for you Lor, the Shrine in Brandorn
[BOB] the construction started the game night of April 11th 1998
[BOB] grins
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: cringe cringe cringe ::
[BOB] so Kaz what were you doing in April of 98?
[Kaz] ummmm
[Kaz] Probably something theatre related. I was a stage manager for community theatre back then.
[BOB] that was After the first three encounters with Ozimandius
[BOB] http://www.dragonslayers-society.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.Minpc
[BOB] for the list of characters
[Finglas (Death)] i was probably at a high school football game
[BOB] was a Saturday night
[BOB] you were at the movies
[BOB] grins
[BOB] and on May 9th just a couple weeks later..... you got a box from the gnomes
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] #$$%#$^%#&^$#$@%$%^##% Box
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Stuff that miserable Gnome in the box
[BOB] John and Lorie just quietly accepted it
[BOB] but moving on
[BOB] Kylia in the here and now
[BOB] what are you tring to accomplish Lor?
[BOB] and what can Finglas and Moira do to help?
[BOB] for your rolls etc
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] So...I'm making a God call... trying to determine where we would be most likely to find Ozy and co to end this silly vengeance game
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] your rules on these have been varying
[Finglas (Death)] not sure what to do to help
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] So... I'll wait to see what you want to do
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Roll my wisdom... whatever but factor in the character level and the fact that I've only sparingly used this
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] I'll speak to a right-hand...left... someone higher up on the food chain with reasonable guidance
[Kaz] Moirra may not be priestess for the same God, BUT she is still in the celtic pantheon, so may be able to help somehow
[BOB] so Kylia is essentially asking for an audience to get some guidence, wanting to ask questions
[Finglas (Death)] finglas could shoot arrows with messages tied to them up to the gods
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Yes BOB
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] I'll get the support of all the Gob. priests in Roadhaven for chanting, prayer and support
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] This is mission critical
[BOB] checking the spell list
[Finglas (Death)] bob says he will be right back
[Finglas (Death)] come up with any modifiers we have
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] ok
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] well we have prayer, chant, my high wisdom, bless... I think that puts me around +5
[Finglas (Death)] if level is involved wilson could uplift you
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] oooh...uplift from Wilson and the 10 priests of my faith could put me at +6 or 7
[Finglas (Death)] fyi, uploaded some england pics on myspace finally
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] my space?
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] ugh
[Finglas (Death)] heh.
[Finglas (Death)] i personally hate them both
[BOB] ok
[BOB] and Moirra have anythign to add in being of the same religion?
[Kaz] I don't think I can uplift
[BOB] oh and by the way Guy, Liam has not had his wish yet has he? and has Moirra?
[BOB] did you want to do that now?
[Kaz] ooh, I can!!
[Kaz] Will it help if I uplift, too? Or won't make a difference?
[Kaz] And right now I can't think of what I might want to wish for.
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] i have no idea what to wish for
[Finglas (Death)] wish for a sandwich
[BOB] it is ok
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] i think id rather save it for an emergency or until i can think of something really awesome that i want
[Kaz] exactly
[BOB] so you are going to give Kylia a plus 6 total (which is a +30%) to her roll?
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] yes
[BOB] ok so make that roll
[BOB] and depending on what you get
[BOB] higher is better
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] ] Roll #1: (d100) [1d100=77] 77
[Firery Smithy (BOB)] My Child what worries you?
[Firery Smithy (BOB)] (the image of a large man with a hammer working at a smithy)
[Finglas (Death)] whee! isn't that the big cheese himself?
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: nods in greeting :: Thank you for speaking with me ... :: recounts (briefly) the story :: I seek your guidance in this matter on how to guide my group best... I seek no more deaths
[Firery Smithy (BOB)] Those that wish to kill you will only go away if you kill them
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: nods slowly :: I realize this... but the Dragonslayers, they die so quickly, I wish to slow that rate. But where to start the search... and how to defend against the strong mind that invades
[Finglas (Death)] you should pump his bellows lorie
[Finglas (Death)] he'd like that
[Firery Smithy (BOB)] you must find the key that unlocks the gate to find your way inside
[Firery Smithy (BOB)] once you are there this will help
[Firery Smithy (BOB)] and a new spell appears in Kylias mind - Quest Spell of Mindnet able to cast it once does not take up any slots can wait to cast it until she is ready to
[Finglas (Death)] whee quest spell
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: nods :: I am honored that you heard my call.
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] The followers of Roadhaven thank you for the audience
[Firery Smithy (BOB)] stay true and open your heart
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: hesitates at the last comment ::
[Firery Smithy (BOB)] and then a flame extends out to cover Kylia and Moirra and Wilson and the other Celtic Priests
[Firery Smithy (BOB)] as it licks over everyone
[Finglas (Death)] they lose their eyebrows?
[Firery Smithy (BOB)] your wounds are healed
[Firery Smithy (BOB)] and you all gain a streak of red in your hair
[Firery Smithy (BOB)] then as the light in your eyes fades
[Kaz] H((how stylish!!))
[Firery Smithy (BOB)] the room grows dark again
[BOB] and you are all alone in the chapel
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: slowly opens her eyes ::
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] You all have 2 days to prepare for our next journey and set your affairs in order... my next quest will be to see to the currently departed
[Finglas (Death)] "Kylia, may I ask what you plan to do for Paul?"
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: frowns :: I must travel to Gon
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] to Elevenshire
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] and consult with Khan
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] and from there I will determine which is the best course for him
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] I have not yet decided what course... I cannot do it alone
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] He has a will
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] hi....he... His wife will want to know...
Kaz] blinks
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] as will his daughter :: pauses ::
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] I've not seen her in weeks
[Finglas (Death)] "If you need the help let me know."
[Kaz] I am back at the keyboard.
[Moirra (Kaz)] ((that was Moirra blinking, btw))
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] ((I don't think Paul kept it a secret he married))
[Finglas (Death)] and subsequently divorced
[Moirra (Kaz)] If there is anything I can do, please tell me, as well.
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] ((yes, but she'll want to know))
[Moirra (Kaz)] ((I don't think Moirra knew that))
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] If you could see to the mage that does stone to flesh for Kira and perhaps determine what we're going to do about Rave
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] ... does he have next of kin or a will ?
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] I don't know what his wishes were
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] I'd hate to make the wrong decision regarding his wishes
[Moirra (Kaz) (to GM only)] ] Character sheet for Moirra modified: Magical Abilities - CHANGED: 2 -- Current: +5 (+3).
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: ponders :: I think we need to find a mage who can help us with our stone to flesh issue while I'm in Elvenshire
[Finglas (Death)] fin can cast it
[Finglas (Death)] easy peasy
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: nods :: Kira would be grateful I'm sure
[Finglas (Death)] maybe not. i lied
[BOB] (Lor do you have a Tome of Magic for the Quest spell Mindnet? )
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] I shall return ... I leave you to determine the next steps for Rave...
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] (( Let me go check that box ))
[Finglas (Death)] "We should leave his body to his followers and send them back to Rivertown."
[Finglas (Death)] "And I believe we may need more than two days."
[Finglas (Death)] "I would like to go with you to Khan."
[Finglas (Death)] "I brought him back the last time."
[Finglas (Death)] "I feel responcible. Even though he didn't do what I'd have told him to do."
[Finglas (Death)] "Walk up to a beholder... Right in the open..."
[Finglas (Death)] "And what gets him? Falling rocks."
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Found it
[Finglas (Death)] "You'd think he'd learn to put up protection from missiles."
[BOB] Ok
[BOB] so next week?
[BOB] deal with Khan and Paul and Rave
[BOB] and Kira
[BOB] and and and
[Finglas (Death)] i won't be here. i'm never here for the big decisions. damnit
[BOB] no Mike next week
[BOB] but there should be some good dicussions on the site
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] ill be late as usual
[BOB] during the week
[BOB] christy and Hans should be here
[Finglas (Death)] i always get to walk in after the bad decision gets made and save everyone.
[Finglas (Death)] i'm like the round behind saving grace
[BOB] I do not expect you to start next week anyway
[Finglas (Death)] like the barbarian in the gamers
[BOB] I expect a bit of planing and such
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] and of course the friday i have off we arent playing
[BOB] then you can start off on figuring out who what where
[Finglas (Death)] i'd like to research how to make magic arrows
[BOB] sorry for that guy
[Finglas (Death)] i'd think they would help out a lot
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] @#%#@$^%^%&@#$
[BOB] Lorie do you remember where you last encountered Ozy?
[Finglas (Death)] in a big city
[Finglas (Death)] with a boat
[Finglas (Death)] and a dead guy to loot
[BOB] close enough
[BOB] genericly it was in the Island Kingdoms
[Finglas (Death)] then we killed greelaz
[Finglas (Death)] greelax
[BOB] on the Aniversarry game
[BOB] greelox
[Finglas (Death)] and the demon mummy
[Finglas (Death)] and by we i mean bibo
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] it was a long long time ago
[BOB] Greelox was out back of Roadhaven in the Spiderlady Dungeon
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] but yes...
[Finglas (Death)] in a galazy far, far away
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] we were south
[BOB] the encounter with Ozy was in the Island Kingdoms
[Finglas (Death)] i was told he's this big, bad uber guy
[Finglas (Death)] bibo polymorphed him into a fish
[BOB] and the pyramid was in the island kingdoms also
[Finglas (Death)] one round of flopping later, dead
[Finglas (Death)] one of ozy's leutenants pops up, bibo chomatic orbs him, dead
[Moirra (Kaz)] ;p;
[Moirra (Kaz)] lol, when your fingers are on the right keys.
[Finglas (Death)] in the pyramid bibo randomly throws a fireball down a long, dark corridor, fries the demon mummy
[Finglas (Death)] it was a long day of bob cursing at bibo
[Moirra (Kaz)] hehehe
[BOB] several bits of that story can be found on the Characters page for the Missing Island story arc
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] and of course everybody else was cheering him on
[Finglas (Death)] and robert made the best line of the game
[BOB] with all the conversation with Meleager
[Finglas (Death)] we had a lock with four keys
[Finglas (Death)] an enchanted butterfly, a breath of smoke, an eternal snowflake, and heroism's breath or something like that
[Finglas (Death)] robert asks in all earnestness, "would you say this is more a magical lock or a mechanical one?"
[Finglas (Death)] everyone just kind of blinked
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Robert...
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: sighs ::
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] rofl
[Moirra (Kaz)] lol
[BOB] then they all filled in a new quote on their questionaires about the history fo the game
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] You really needed to be there
[Finglas (Death)] well everyone, good night.
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Night all
[Finglas (Death)] good luck next week
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Good job everyone
[Moirra (Kaz)] night Mike
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] Nice team work
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] night mike
[Finglas (Death)] i'll see you all in three
[Moirra (Kaz)] night Lorie
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] thank you for no one else dying
Death] has left the game on Fri Oct 09 23:01:20 EDT 2009
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] i came close lol
[Moirra (Kaz)] It was fun, thank you for not letting us die!
[BOB] next week is planing and roleplaying
[BOB] then a week off
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: waves :: take care all
[BOB] then can start the serious hard work of the adventure
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] night
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] 30th is a maybe due to Halloween
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] :: waves ::
[Kylia Wolfslayer (Playingunderprotest)] take care
[BOB] waves
Playingunderprotest] has left the game on Fri Oct 09 23:02:00 EDT 2009
[Moirra (Kaz)] Bob, I want to see if there's a way for Moirra to learn the rest of that language, but without actually going back to the underdark. *shudder*
[BOB] ok
[BOB] Fin actually has Drow in Greenbourgh
[BOB] grins
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] i want more levels lol
[Moirra (Kaz)] but are they 'friendly' Drow?
[BOB] chuckles
[BOB] When you have the chance to explore the links Guy
[BOB] you and Mike can get the planing started
[Moirra (Kaz)] the shame of it is, I really believe I wasted that proficiency slot.
[BOB] and we can see what else everyone can create
[BOB] how so Kaz?
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] wont be til the 30th then
[Moirra (Kaz)] A largely un-learned language that is only useable in a place no one plans to go back to.
[BOB] you can learn it still
[BOB] and just because no one wants to go back,
[BOB] does not mean that you won't
[BOB] wry grin
[Moirra (Kaz)] well, that's true
[BOB] and the slot is really not used yet
[BOB] so might come up with a ruling if you want
[BOB] about "dropping" that and regaining the slot
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] ooooh next lvl i start getting spells
[BOB] I will work on XP also this week
[BOB] for everyone
[Moirra (Kaz)] well, we'll see. I know I had planned originally what I was going to train in, but I can't remember at the moment.
[Moirra (Kaz)] and I still have to figure Rhys' training
[Moirra (Kaz)] I had both of them figured out, but damned if I know where my notes are.
[Moirra (Kaz)] okay, I'm logging so you can do your stuff.
[Moirra (Kaz)] Good night!
Kaz] has left the game on Fri Oct 09 23:11:09 EDT 2009
[Liam Dugan (Guy)] night bob
Guy] has left the game on Fri Oct 09 23:11:28 EDT 2009
