Oct 24 2003
Session Start (anstettjr:anstettjr Chat233): Fri Oct 24 18:45:19 2003
- Sean has been invited to the group chat.
- iranon73 has been invited to the group chat.
- iranon73 has joined the chat.
- Sean has been invited to the group chat.
- Sean has joined the chat.
- grolduck has been invited to the group chat.
- Fritz has been invited to the group chat.
- Fritz has joined the chat.
Fritz: what r we doing tonight?
anstettjr: playing soon
Fritz: ps hello all
anstettjr: I have most of the castle stuff ready
anstettjr: we are waiting for Mike and Marco to get here and log on then we can get started
Sean: Greetings and Salutations
iranon73: hey all
Sean: they're too busy stuffing their faces
Fritz: I just finished stuffing mine
iranon73: i havn't yet
iranon73: i will during play
- Mike has been invited to the group chat.
Fritz: What's up dude?
- Mike has joined the chat.
Mike: heyyo!!!
iranon73: hey
Fritz: we doing teamspeak for the sound?
anstettjr: By the way Fritz I am using a new client tongiht
anstettjr: Triallian
Fritz: never heard of it.... what does it do?
anstettjr: combines all of your IM programs into one
anstettjr: I log on with Trillian
anstettjr: and it logs into AIM, MSN, ICQ, Yahoo, etc,
Fritz: wow cool
Sean: Wasn't Trillian also the girlfriend of Zaphod Beeblebrox?
Fritz: /rofl yes
iranon73: yup
anstettjr: it is nice because it also keeps a log of all my messages automaticaly
anstettjr: including chat rooms
Fritz: cool
anstettjr: so I will have full archives from now on
Sean: Bob's beeing a weenie, since he's refusing to invite Marco to the chat room here
Sean: of course, Marco has yet to *turn on* his computer ... Fritz: Connecting to 66.25.2.22:59116 Connected to server TeamSpeak Server.You switched to channel Dragonslayers Fritz: bobisabutt
Fritz: Any camera's?
iranon73: i've got one.. but i'm not interesting to look at
Fritz: can you guys hear me speaking?
iranon73: i can't
Sean: you're speaking?
anstettjr: no
anstettjr: not logging in to teamspeak yet
anstettjr: just a min on that
iranon73: i'm logged on teamspeak, buti can't hear ya
Fritz: yea i figured that. something is wrong. Are you trying to talk?
iranon73: nope.. dont have a mic
iranon73: i just listen
iranon73: the blind voyeur
- Marco has joined the chat.
Marco: heeeeeyy
iranon73: eww
Sean: Greetings and Salutations oh he who is shunned by Bob
iranon73: BIBO!!!!
Marco: that would be mike then, lover or yankees
Marco: er, of
Marco: LIOR!!!
Sean: NORM!
Marco: he's banned
iranon73: hey... the marlins only have to win one more game, and for the rest of the year, bob's gonna be happy
Marco: or grumpy
iranon73: so that means no more death traps... at least not ones as big
Marco: if they lose, we get death wish traps
Marco: with 6 skull grimtooth traps mixed in for flavor
iranon73: i dont know if he'll even bother with the traps
iranon73: i think we'll just get death
Marco: first he'd destroy all our magic items and set us to level 1 I think
Marco: oh, and he'd make us all paladins
iranon73: or level 0
Sean: Oh, what's the fun in that? Ithink he'd be more devious than that ...
iranon73: make us normal people
Marco: no, you can't be a level 0 paladin
iranon73: he'd make us level 0 and expect us to do stuff
Sean: I personally think he'd drop us in the middle of an Illithid city
iranon73: well.. the paladin title would be stripped
Marco: he's gotta give it before we have it stripped
iranon73: who's being a paladin?
Marco: we all are, because bob's gonna make us such
iranon73: oh didn't read that
iranon73: hey bob, are you trying to say anything through teamspeak?
anstettjr: Fritz are you there?
Fritz: I am trying to get my teamspeak to work
anstettjr: gotcha Fritz: Connecting to 12.229.47.185:8767 try this one istead
iranon73: what's the name of that server?
iranon73: cuz i'm not finding it
Fritz: Connecting to 12.229.47.185:8767 knights of everquest 2
iranon73: there it is
Fritz: I can hear you but can you hear me? Everyone sounds like munchkins
iranon73: i hear noises
iranon73: yeah, they do
Sean: that's because Marco is a munchkin
Sean: oh wait! He's playing a cartoon of a munchkin
Fritz: Cut that shit off please
iranon73: umm.. where'd the sound go?
Fritz: Let me go and change batteries
iranon73: hey bob, was last week the week when no one showed up?
iranon73: i have no track of time
Sean: yup, that was last week
Mike: sorry, we were in orlando
iranon73: ok.. so we decided we're taking the halfling girl?
iranon73: yeah.. its nice when you tell people these things
Marco: what happened last week anyway?
iranon73: some person, i dont remember if its a guy or a girl, asked us to take a mission for it
Marco: said mission being?
iranon73: they're gonna walk down with us to some city where we have to pick up a halfling girl, and take her back up to wolfspack
iranon73: we have to take the girl to wolfspack
iranon73: the person is gonna head further south from then on
iranon73: am i getting this right, bob?
Sean: now that you mention it, it sounds right
iranon73: said person needs to get some sort of water from somewhere
Marco: is it special water?
iranon73: its from a specific place
Sean: I remember something about a medallion
Marco: right, and the girl.... we're stuck with her now?
iranon73: i dont remember a medallion
iranon73: we havn't left yet
anstettjr: ok,
iranon73: all we did last time was decide to go
anstettjr: to wrap up from last week
iranon73: i just wraped up
anstettjr: basicly I took it to be that you decided to do it
iranon73: yeah, we did
iranon73: quite clearly
anstettjr: and then Lorie does the pool trick to finish it in a matter of minutes instead of days
Marco: sure why not
Marco: she isn't here to argue
anstettjr: and so it is done
iranon73: sounds good to me
Sean: heh
iranon73: is teamspeak working?
anstettjr: I am up on teamspeak,
iranon73: i know
iranon73: i dont hear anything
Fritz: Can you hear me?
anstettjr: no
Sean: Bob's getting a flashing yellow on his team speak
Sean: and everybody is making animal noises here
Fritz: talk bob so I can see if I can hear you
Sean: this is sean talking ...
Sean: I guess you can't hear menow
iranon73: nope
Mike: this is sean talking on drugs.
iranon73: not a note
Sean: meow
Sean: me now
Mike: any questions
iranon73: thank you sinead oconner
Sean: yea ... where did ya get that frying pan?
iranon73: ugh... its too quiet in my room
iranon73: we have to get this thing working
Marco: so scream a little
Marco: or a lot
iranon73: i have music to scream for me
iranon73: :-)
Marco: then quitcher bitchin
Sean: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
iranon73: well.. i shut it off cuz i thought teamspeak would be working by now
Marco: scream loudly and I'm sure you'll start a conversation
Marco: if that didn't work, scream louder
iranon73: if i scream, i'll get a headache
iranon73: i havn't eaten
anstettjr: so get some food lior
iranon73: can't
iranon73: not till 8
Marco: why not?
iranon73: i forgot to eat cuz i was watching ninja scroll, so dinner is over now
iranon73: and i have to wait for late night to open up
iranon73: that's basically a fast food service they take over the cafeteria for that stays open till late
iranon73: you have to pay for it though...
iranon73: meal plan doesn't work with it
Sean: ###-###-####
Marco: ###-###-####
iranon73: 'course... i didn't even get to finish ninja scroll cuz my mom decided to go online and talk to me
iranon73: what's with the numbers
Marco: it's fritz's number, feel free to call
Mike: well, our school stops feeding at six
iranon73: why would i call fritz?
Marco: why not?
Marco: besides your irrational fear of phones
Sean: what would you call fritz?
Mike: so i'm glad i'm not stuck living there
iranon73: i dont really have anything to say to him thatwould necessitate a phone conversation
Mike: i'd call him doc. but that's just me.
Sean: okay, just you
Marco: eeeeeeh, what's up doc?
iranon73: i think i heard you fritz
iranon73: ok i didn't
anstettjr: I am going to go for a couple more minutes with the sound stuff then we can just get started here
Fritz: Can you hear me?
iranon73: try again...
iranon73: nope
Fritz: can you hear me....damn
iranon73: i can see the green light coming on taht you're saying stuff
iranon73: but no sound
iranon73: and bob's green light isn't going on at all
- Fritz has left the chat.
anstettjr: ok
anstettjr: so
Sean: here we are ...
Sean: sitting around a table
anstettjr: Fritz is trying to restart everything
iranon73: we're the princes of the univers
iranon73: e
anstettjr: so we are all back at the castle
Sean: ah
iranon73: what castle now?
Marco: the one we're tryin to find
Marco: for the titan
Sean: the Crystal castle in the sky that we're supposed to bring to someone
iranon73: the crystal one?
Sean: yea, the titan
Marco: yep
iranon73: we're at it?
anstettjr: no to a cloud giant
iranon73: how'd we get to it?
Marco: sure, why not
anstettjr: on the ground near it
Marco: shh
Marco: we're there
anstettjr: luck
Sean: it wasn't our incredible skill that got us there?
anstettjr: and an overly kind GM
iranon73: are we by the anchor?
Marco: who fears the wrath of bored players
- Fritz has been invited to the group chat.
Mike: so... we're there.
- Fritz has joined the chat.
iranon73: :-)
Fritz: try and talk
Sean: Greetings and Salutations
anstettjr: oh, right, like that's likely to happen
anstettjr: ok
Fritz: greetings
anstettjr: I still have the teamspeak up
anstettjr: shows Fritz and lior on
Mike: don't make us go pirate on you, bob.
anstettjr: but no sound from either of you
iranon73: well i can't make a sound
Fritz: or yuo
iranon73: well.. at least not transmit it over the internet
anstettjr: I say we just move on
anstettjr: for now
- Fritz has left the chat.
iranon73: persistent bugger, eh
- Fritz has been invited to the group chat.
- Fritz has joined the chat.
anstettjr: ok
Sean: Greetings and Salutations
anstettjr: so we are moving on
anstettjr: starting at the town
Marco: whatever you do, don't push escape
Marco: l
Fritz: Greetings I will try and stay awayke
anstettjr: a floating
iranon73: i thought we were at the castle
anstettjr: castle
anstettjr: is out side the village
iranon73: ok.. you guys have fun for a bit.. i'll be back in about 15 minutes
anstettjr: will do
Fritz: me too. Let me go and change clothes from work
anstettjr: will be patient
- Fritz has left the chat.
iranon73: see.. i'm not gonna leave the room
anstettjr: good for you
iranon73: that way i can read what you're doing
iranon73: when i get back
anstettjr: he is having major problems with his system I think
iranon73: ahh
iranon73: ok
Sean: gotta love them computers
Mike: well, he's definately having problems
iranon73: back in more than a flash
Mike: he's flashing us now?
Marco: so, we see a castle, being held up by magic, I cast dispell magic and rolled a 20
iranon73: back
Marco: front
iranon73: rear
Sean: Amazing how much damage a falling castle can do
Marco: not goin there
iranon73: :-)
iranon73: so what you guys do?
Marco: nothin
Sean: dispel the magic on the castle that keeps it flying ..
Sean: shards everywhere!
iranon73: oh that was smart
Marco: yep, but the castle is down
Marco: no need to fly anymore
iranon73: dont we want the castle in one piece so that we can give it to the guy?
iranon73: i'm sure he would have wanted it still flying
Marco: no one said one piece
Sean: once piece, a thousand pices ... he still gets the castle
Marco: yep
iranon73: you have to infer some things
Marco: and if he can't deal with assemblin his own castle well he's just gonna hafta be a little less picky
anstettjr: okay now let's get started
anstettjr: so will not do send for me in this program are left to train
iranon73: i think i speak for everyone when i say.. what?
Marco: bob's using voice recognition
Marco: sort of
iranon73: i figured
Sean: Bob was trying to dictate again
anstettjr: ok
anstettjr: so here we go
anstettjr: I am going to read out loud here, the three of them will translate for you Lior
anstettjr: until we get into the castle
anstettjr: I have a lot of those descriptions set up already
iranon73: k
Marco: castle, in sky, made of crystals, thousands of colors, something small and sparky is falling
Marco: it's the size of a dagger
Marco: we now own it
Marco: what are we gonna do?
Mike: the pixie jumps forward to grab it
Marco: I nuke the now floating dagger sized rainbow crystal
iranon73: what happened to the pixie?
iranon73: and why are you nuking it?
Marco: just because
iranon73: no bibo
iranon73: that's probably the anchor
Marco: fine, I cast grease on it
iranon73: i think, if anything, we should try and catch it
iranon73: which is why i asked what happened to the pixie
Marco: um... nothing yet
iranon73: we may be able to just drag the castle along, like a kite
iranon73: wouldn't that be fun?
Mike: so the pixie flies over to the group with it and turns visible
Mike: 'lookie what i got! isn't it pretty?
Sean: Quite pretty ..
iranon73: or maybe the titan will be able to get the castle himself if we just give him the crystal
Sean: not enough blue in it though
iranon73: or giant or whatever he is
Sean: May I read what's on it?
Mike: act looks at el fudge
Marco: lol
iranon73: who's act?
Marco: he's been playin ul too much ;)
iranon73: :-P
Mike: you gonna give it back?
Sean: Yes.
Sean: (So these would be moose ears then?)
Sean: Yes, I'll give it back to you
Mike: (the hell you talking about????)
Mike: um... ok...
Sean: (moose ears?)
Mike: *gives the crystal to fudge
iranon73: so bob... any comment on the kite idea?
anstettjr: wow
anstettjr: fudge rolls an 8 on his read languages
Marco: (on a d100)
iranon73: is that a good thing?
Sean: woot!
Sean: I'm the man! I'm the man!
iranon73: i'll take that as a yes
Sean: oh wait ...
Marco: yes, woot indeed
iranon73: woot!
Sean: I'm the elf! I'm the elf!
anstettjr: Crystal key and bridge of light, return me to my castle bright
anstettjr: and it is written in the language of magic, normally only a magic user could read it
Marco: say it out loud ::pokes fudge::
Sean: Ahem ... "Crystal key and bridge of light, return me to my castle bright."
Mike: ::flutters up to look over fudge's shoulder::
Marco: bravo bravo, encore
iranon73: ok, so lets give that to the giant..he should be able to get to the castle with that
Sean: um ... don't look down
Sean: ("Don't look at it Marion! Don't look!")
Mike: (a rainbow takes us to the castle...)
iranon73: neat
Mike: (very fast)
Sean: (the rainbow connection!)
Sean: (lots of sharp edges on the castle)
iranon73: crystals do that
Sean: (we're headed straight for a crystal gate)
Marco: red, orange, blue and green towers
Sean: ROY G BIV
Sean: Red,Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
Marco: missing a few
Marco: we are on a platform at the castle
Sean: we're on a smokey crystal platform
Mike: the pixie gives out a oooh of appreciation and says "lets go there" and points to the blue tower
Sean: (of course)
anstettjr: The castle's main gate rises before you. The doors are delicate curtains of clear crystal 20' high, flanked by cascading sheets of dark, glittering glass. To your left and right, the yellow and green spires flank the gate. You can see no handles, hinges, or seams in the crystal gates, only a shining rune in the form of a sunburst.
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Sean: let's go through the gate
Marco: ::points at the blue tower:: it's yours, go get it
Mike: elandar shrugs and says "sure." anstettjr: The castle's main gate rises before you. The doors are delicate curtains of clear crystal 20' high, flanked by cascading sheets of dark, glittering glass. anstettjr: To your left and right, the yellow and green spires flank the gate. You can see no handles, hinges, or seams in the crystal gates, only a shining rune in the form of a sunburst.
Sean: 123456789012345678901234567890
iranon73: hey.. i remember bob talking about this chain that we had.. made up of interlocking gems, with no break in the gems... i wonder if a guy like the one in this castle would know anything about it
Marco: no clue
Mike: hey fudge? what's that rune for?
Marco: shoot light at it silly
Sean: What rune?
iranon73: you know what i'm talking about bob?
Sean: o, that rune ..
Marco: ::points at the sunburst::
iranon73: i can cast light at it
Marco: sean's checkin for traps, do that when he's done
iranon73: k
anstettjr: ok
Marco: cast light, through the crystal at the sunburst
anstettjr: I am going to take the actions from this window
iranon73: is the sun out?
Marco: at least, that's what I say we should do
Marco: sean gets 50 xp for re reading the crystal
anstettjr: Shining bridge and bright rainbow, take me to the ground below
anstettjr: the writing on the crystal now
Marco: don't say that
Sean: well, the gate is kinda trapped ... we need a key or a password
anstettjr: it is daylight
anstettjr: but the sun is behind a cloud
iranon73: thats ok
anstettjr: it is overcast winter day
iranon73: i dont need it to be
iranon73: just need daytime
iranon73: and sunlight
anstettjr: that it is
iranon73: is it overcast while we're on the clouds as well?
Mike: so this mage guy can't get into his own house without the sun out?
Marco: yeah, apparently
iranon73: i cast light at the sunburst
anstettjr: yes
Sean: no no no no!
iranon73: what?
anstettjr: as the halfling casts light
Marco: through the crystal
Sean: wasn't he supposed to cast light *through* the crystal at the sun burst?
iranon73: i can do that
anstettjr: make a to hit roll to hit the rune on the castle door
Sean: (bend over and kiss yourself good bye ...)
iranon73: yay!
anstettjr: (someone might want to explain how the light spell works)
iranon73: ::getting his dice out::
iranon73: its on an object
iranon73: i don thtink i can cast it through something
Marco: um... light doesn't have a to hit
Marco: bob is on bunk
Sean: save, yes, to hit, no.
Marco: if you cast it at a creature the creature has a save, otherwise it's automatic
anstettjr: want to see how close the halfing comes to hitting what he aimed at
anstettjr: so Lior what is that roll
Marco: 20
Marco: good job lior
iranon73: close bibo
iranon73: 19
anstettjr: ok
anstettjr: so the spell hits the door
Mike: roll d20
iranon73: :-)
anstettjr: the door radiates the light,
anstettjr: but nothing else happens
iranon73: hold the crystal up to the door.. see if it does anything
Marco: anyone got a shiney dagger I can borrow?
Marco: or a mirror?
Mike: elyssa: i got one.
Marco: lemme hold it
Mike: *pulls out a mirror pole
Mike: *a pixie sized one
Marco: ::holds the stick with a mirror on it and reflects the light shining from the door into the crystal towards the rune::
anstettjr: damn
anstettjr: pretty damn inventive
anstettjr: very cool
anstettjr: no effect
iranon73: great job bibo... you do nothing
Marco: ::hands back the stick::
iranon73: hmm.. .maybe we need to shine sunlight through the crystal directly at the door
iranon73: so we need non overcastedness
anstettjr: gate is closed
iranon73: though i still dont see if its overcast if we're on the clouds
Marco: me neither, magic I guess
Mike: the pixie jumps up and flys over the wall
anstettjr: the castle is not on top of the clouds
iranon73: can we magic the clouds away?
anstettjr: in the clouds
iranon73: ahh
iranon73: that presents a problem
iranon73: and the falsification of my hypothesis
Sean: thems might high flalooting words for a halfling
Sean: uh oh ... Mike's gonna take the deal!
Marco: mike is going in the other room to plot with bob
iranon73: great
iranon73: its gonna be something like.. mike your pixie died.. here's a tissue
iranon73: try not to get snot on thepool table
Sean: no, you weren't here for the doppleganger situation
iranon73: i know all about it
Marco: the pixie leans over the wall and says the top is covered and there's 2 statues inside, then she flies off
Sean: (I'm a lizard man ... )
iranon73: hey bob.. did lorie say she wasn't coming?
iranon73: i say we go back earthwards and give the crystal to the giant
iranon73: that's all he needs really, i'm sure he'll be able to make his way inside
anstettjr: ok, so anything?
anstettjr: the pixie is away
anstettjr: we will get back to her in a few
Sean: I like Lior's idea ...
Marco: sounds like a plan, where's the cloud giant?
anstettjr: you don't know
Marco: of course
anstettjr: you didn't find that out yet
Marco: right
anstettjr: you decided to go looking for the castle first
Sean: we put out an APB for all cloud giants
iranon73: ok, so lets go find the cloud giant
Marco: of course, cuz titan would never bother tell us which cloud giant to go to
anstettjr: ok, so you guys recite the lines, and leave the castle behind?
iranon73: wait for the pixie
Sean: okay, waiting for the pixie
Sean: I go up to the door, tap on the door with the crystal, and the door opens
Sean: of course
anstettjr: hurray!
anstettjr: A breathtaking ceiling of clear, arching glass sparkles in the sunlight overhead. The walls are made of smoky gray quartz and are tastefully adorned with golden tapestries, small statues and busts, and perfectly preserved paintings anstettjr: of different subjects. Several gilded doors lead out of this room, including a magnificent set of double doors, apparently made out of glass, in the opposite wall.
anstettjr: Two suits of very unusual armor flank the double doors.
suddenly, one of the armored forms speaks, its voice booming through the hall! "Who dares intrude in the keep of Irinia, Queen of Beauty and Mistress of the sorcerous arts?"
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anstettjr: Two suits of very unusual armor flank the double doors.
suddenly, one of the armored forms speaks, its voice booming through the hal
anstettjr: "Who dares intrude in the keep of Irinia, Queen of Beauty and Mistress of the sorcerous arts?"
anstettjr: ok, so......
Marco: wait... mistress?
Marco: of course cuz wizard isn't male
Sean: (the pixie! It's her fault!)
anstettjr: ok, so round one, what do you do?
Mike: (shove's sean into the room "he does.")
Mike: draw my swords
anstettjr: just want to be clear on who is doing what and when
iranon73: can't we negotiate?
Marco: I say, greetings? care for some tea?
Sean: I say, "I, E. L. Fudge have come here to talk to Irinia."
Marco: "we were sort of in the area and thought you'd like to chat"
Sean: (and all my worldly possessions are to be distributed as needed among the surviving members)
iranon73: (you can throw my things away)
iranon73: (unless you want magical halfling armor and a magical short sword)
anstettjr: ok,
Marco: and the +5 shield
anstettjr: just to set the room up for you now that you have had a sec to look around
iranon73: (getting buried with that one)
Mike: (i want my stuff to get cremated and scattered out over lorie's head)
Marco: hehe
anstettjr: the opposite wall has the set of double doors
anstettjr: on the right wall are three door, on the left are two doors
anstettjr: there are small tables scattered around the room,
anstettjr: chairs
iranon73: i say we make a run for the double doors
anstettjr: light sitting around the edges
anstettjr: seating
Sean: I'll let you make for the double doors.
anstettjr: some of the things in the room, are
Sean: I'll see if I can retrieve your dead carcass later
anstettjr: two matching tapestries of a battle
anstettjr: bronze bust of a male
Sean: lots of blood on the tapestry?
anstettjr: marble statuette of a dancing nymph
anstettjr: a heraldric coat of arms
Sean: is there a base on the statuette of the dancing nymph
anstettjr: yes
anstettjr: small on a table
Sean: oh good
anstettjr: a tall portait of a young, beautiful woman with a face of cold perfection
Sean: okay ...
anstettjr: ok then
anstettjr: so there is your room, read it over, and we will begin with your actions on round two
Mike: i, elandar silverleaf wish to speak with the master of this castle
Sean: (and I, ELFudge wish that all this trouble is worth it to the fighters)
iranon73: (i am with ya on that one)
Mike: (i point at fritz for insisting that we are looking for grand mastery for some crazy reason)
Sean: who says that Irinia is still alive?
Sean: Or even in control of this castle?
iranon73: we know the wizard is a guy
Sean: (Mike, can you have your pixie poke Fritz into the room?)
Sean: Irinia could be the guys wife or lover or something ...
Marco: right, I say "I, Shade of Colder Climes am here with my companions. We represent an adventuring party by the name of the Dragonslayers and seek an audience with you."
Sean: (ooooooh)
anstettjr: anyone else?
iranon73: i say someting along similar lines, including my name and that i seek an audience
iranon73: and that we intend no harm
iranon73: you can fill in the cordialities
anstettjr: ok so on round two that is what happend
anstettjr: next
Marco: ::waits for the bolt of lightning to strike::
anstettjr: haaaa
anstettjr: haaaa
Sean: if they aren't attacking? Why aren't we in rounds?
anstettjr: whaaaahaaahaaaa
Sean: why are we in rounds?
Marco: we are ALWAYS in rounds, MWUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Marco: well we have to keep track of rounds to see where we are when the pixie comes back
iranon73: we are ALWAYS in rounds, MWUAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!
Sean: we are ALWAYS in rounds, MWUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
iranon73: ALWAYS in rounds, MWUAHAHAHAH!!!
Marco: chee
Mike: always in rounds, mwuahahahahahaha!!!!!
Sean: okay, so what are metal dudes doing?
Marco: so, no effect?
Mike: YAR!!!!!
Sean: Jenkies!
anstettjr: it has been three rounds sense the pixie left at this point
anstettjr: sence
Sean: since
anstettjr: yeah yeah
Sean: it seems that bob can't spell
anstettjr: and I have a spell checker built in here now
Marco: not without voice recognition
Sean: sense is what we are sorely lacking
Marco: and with it his grammar goes down the toilet
Marco: so it's a trade off
Sean: so what's up with the metal dudes?
anstettjr: nothing with the suits of armor
Sean: is your pixie in one of those suits of armor?
Mike: shrugs at fudge
Sean: okay, you can go over to those double doors then
Sean: muahahahaha!
Mike: i'm not going in there.
Marco: I'll go
iranon73: i will
Marco: ::marches up to the double doors and checks for traps:::
anstettjr: double doors ahead?
Mike: (no! not the cook!!)
iranon73: yup
anstettjr: no traps
Sean: well, if Marco and Lior are still walking, I cross the room to meet them
anstettjr: The center of the castle is a great courtyard of gray misty glass.
anstettjr: Beneath your feet, the cloud supporting the keep things to the point of transparency.
anstettjr: You can see the fields and forests covered in snow drifting slowly by as if you are standing on thin air. It is a somewhat unnerving experience.
iranon73: neat
anstettjr: The court is octagonal and appears to be about 100 feet across. Several doors lead into the cast sole from the central area. In a middle of the court is a small octagonal depression about 70 ft. across.
iranon73: we should drop cats over it
anstettjr: The crystal floor is a little darker in the depression. The purpose of the sunken area be lead you, but there is a small pedestal of some kind and its exact center.
anstettjr: A few comfortable benches flowering plants and large urns and pieces of statuary are scattered around the perimeter of this courtyard but none within the sunken area.
Mike: follows them in
Sean: grammar there not
Sean: (might as well type this) Are there any distinguishing marks on any of the doors?
Marco: ::cantrips a rock::
Marco: ::chucks the rock in the depression::
anstettjr: the depression is only a couple of feet down h
anstettjr: the pedestal in the center of it is about 4 feet high
iranon73: heh
iranon73: taller than me
Mike: gimme the crystal
Sean: I hand Mike the crystal ...
Mike: i walk up to the pedastal cautiously
Mike: creeping
Mike: crawling inch by inch checking for traps
Marco: ::bam::
Sean: okay, who has the most hit points?
Mike: probably me
anstettjr: ok then
anstettjr: someone roll a die 10
Marco: 7
anstettjr: nothing happens
Marco: good
Mike: ok...
anstettjr: you move cautiously forward
Marco: ::watches her rock::
anstettjr: you approach the pedestal
Mike: i place the crystal on the pedistal when i get there
anstettjr: when you get there
Sean: we all die a horrible death
anstettjr: it appears that there used to be something there
iranon73: yay!
anstettjr: there are spots were you could insert something on the pedestal
Mike: spots plural?
anstettjr: but your crystal does not fit in any of them
anstettjr: six spots in particular
iranon73: are they in any recognizeable shape?
Sean: great! a have to find the key to time!
Sean: sheesh!
anstettjr: no, no shape
Mike: it doesn't look like this will fit guys. blah
anstettjr: maybe what was here was ripped out,
anstettjr: but hard to tell
iranon73: they're in no shape at all?
anstettjr: no obvious damage
Sean: either that, or this used to be a teleporter for a bunch of gnomes
iranon73: hey
iranon73: watch it
iranon73: what's the pedestal made out of?
anstettjr: the closest thing I would compare it to is the fortress of solitude, crystals everywhere
anstettjr: slots in between them
iranon73: any color?
iranon73: or is it fortress of solitude white?
iranon73: or clear or whatever
anstettjr: hexagonal column of white alabaster, about 4 foot high, the upper surface of the pedestal is an indented hexagon
Sean: what exactly *is* alabaster?
iranon73: a rock
iranon73: or a mineral would probably be a better term
iranon73: its a beigeish color
iranon73: sometimes with reddish markings
iranon73: am i right?
anstettjr: oh oh, Marco has an idea
Mike: i say we go two fifteen oclock
Sean: I say we wait for Marco
Sean: who is looking something up
Mike: we walked in at six, there are doors at two fifteen, three and nine oclock
iranon73: two fifteen?
iranon73: that makes no sense
iranon73: unless you mean its between two and three
Mike: yup.
Marco: ::makes an arcanology check:: everything in this castle has to do with combinations of light
Sean: okay, do we have objects that are red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple?
Sean: six depressions, right?
Marco: so I guess we need to find 6 colored things
iranon73: hold on a sec.. why are we even messing with this thing?
Sean: or see if we have six colored objects on us ...
Marco: no indigo because bob doesn't believe in it
iranon73: just cuz its a puzzle doesnt mean we have to solve it
anstettjr: bob can't see it, so it doesn't exist
iranon73: i'm kind of in the mindset of just getting this mission over with
Mike: yes it does
Mike: havn't you ever played a final fantasy game?
Sean: well, we could go back to the ground, but we have to figure out which cloud giant to give the crystal to
Mike: we must get everything!
anstettjr: well the castle is moving right now
Mike: kill mosters for xp
Mike: it is?
Mike: crap
Sean: whoa!
Marco: fine, where's the fenix down?
Sean: it's *moving*?
iranon73: i say we find the cloud giant
iranon73: i dont see why we need to be inside the castle at all
anstettjr: you notice the landscape underneath your feet sliding by
Marco: is the pixie back yet?
iranon73: i stumble
Mike: i thought we had the controller...
Sean: I click my heels three times and say, "There's no place like home"
iranon73: i get really ansty and double check each movement i make
iranon73: cuz i'm kinda freakd out by the moving ground
Mike: pixie appears
Mike: where'd you guys come from?
Marco: ::points at the double doors::
Mike: shrug
Mike: 'you know, there's other shapes moving around in the castle. i can see em when i fly above it
Sean: so what do we want to do?
Marco: oh goodie
Mike: i'll go see if i can find one to help!
Sean: leave this place? put colored objects in the depressions?
Marco: um... no
Mike: pixie blinks out of existence again
Marco: how about you just stay invisible and backstab them all?
anstettjr: well, it has been a couple of rounds,
anstettjr: someone roll a die 10
Marco: 8
anstettjr: ok, nothing happens
anstettjr: ok so what is the rest of the group doing?
anstettjr: doors?
Mike: two fifteen door
Mike: i turn the knob
Mike: door opens
Mike: outwards
anstettjr: door opens outward toward you
Mike: and we see a room full of naked smiling madens lounging around a hotmub!
anstettjr: ok, so
iranon73: this is not love hina
Mike: damn
Marco: nope, it's ninja scroll
iranon73: :-)
Marco: that means I kin kill with a kiss I guess
Mike: how about a room full of treasure, already packed in easy to carry boxes?
Mike: and i have a string tied to my swords
Marco: which actually, technically I can
Mike: sword chucks!
Marco: no sword chucks for the fighter
- cocoqueenofcali has been invited to the group chat.
Marco: (urge to stab rising)
- Lex on AIM has been invited to the group chat.
Sean: how much sword can a sword chuck chuck of a sword chuck could chuck swords?
iranon73: i put all my stats into intelligence to solve every riddle
anstettjr: be right back
Mike: lots. i love my shineys
Marco: wisdom, would do that
Mike: um, is the dm suposed to do that...?
iranon73: yes, thats the funny part
Marco: you know, lorie is so white mage
Sean: heh
- Lex on AIM has joined the chat.
Marco: we just need to give her a big mallet
anstettjr: welcome Lex,
Mike: hammer space
anstettjr: someone try to explain what is happening to Lex please as I set up the room
Mike: hi lex. welcome here
Marco: she knows as much as we do
Mike: we're in a flying crystal castle
Mike: trying to find the mage who owns it
Marco: though why, we keep forgetting
Mike: so we (me and someone else who's not here) can take it to a frost giant to get him to train us in mastery for our swords
Mike: we also have a pixie around, but she's being distracted by the blue crystal towers
Mike: so we're in a central courtyard, about to enter a pretty random door
Sean: it's not a random door ... we picked it
Marco: randomly
Mike: you let me pick it, thats pretty much random
Sean: but the door itself isn't random
Mike: so, the door opens outward towards us
Mike: bob?
anstettjr: ok
Sean: and it's filled with hotmubs
anstettjr: yes,
Mike: and easy to carry boxes
anstettjr: You find yourself in a large open antechamber with a number of doorways leading to other rooms. The floor is polished marble, and elegant tapestries hang from the walls. Sunlight streams in through the transparent crystal ceiling.
anstettjr: Two suits of armor with battle axes in their mailed fists stand beside large, impressive double doors to the north.
anstettjr: ok so this is what you see
Mike: el: great... more suits
iranon73: deija vu?
Sean: do the hunks of metal say anything?
Mike: with weapons this time
Sean: um bob?
Sean: bob?
Sean: Yo! Bob!
anstettjr: someone roll a die 4
anstettjr: yeah, what sean
Marco: 3
Sean: do the hunks of metal say anything?
Mike: lets go to that door ::points to the next one around in a clockwise direction::
anstettjr: ok,
anstettjr: doors in this room
anstettjr: double doors on your left
anstettjr: then a set of double doors
anstettjr: then a single door
anstettjr: then on your far right another single door
Mike: double doors to left
anstettjr: so that would be the one going clockwise around the courtyard
Mike: what i said.
anstettjr: lior you still there?
iranon73: yup
iranon73: just kinda waiting for something to happen
Mike: through the double doors to the left
Sean: just figuring out what clockwise means here
anstettjr: I will have them explain things better for a minute
Sean: what's to explain? Bob doesn't know which way is clockwise
Mike: basically, we're following the central courtyard wall back toward twelve oclock
iranon73: yeah, i got all that
anstettjr: ok, so you go through the set of double doors and
Mike: aparently, bob didn't.
Mike: we see the hotmub?
anstettjr: A beautiful mural runs along the walls of this chamber. The ceiling is of yellow jacinth crystal and fills this hallway with a warm golden glow. The mural depicts the career of a powerful mage, anstettjr: from his first days as a young apprentice through many adventures against orc, dragons, and worse, and on into the twilight of his life where a snowy-beared old man stands beside a throne.
Marco: we freaked out bob by actually going through doors
Marco: he expected us to only go through like one room by now
Marco: so now he's scrambling for what to do next
Marco: yeay us :)
Sean: and we bested his bandits! And bypassed his traps!
Mike: we broke the dm! woot!
Marco: quick! before he can catch his place! next door!
Mike: we go throught the next door to the left before bob can catch up
Mike: hey thief, there's a secret door to the right
Mike: other right
Sean: Now Bob can't tell his left and right
Mike: ::glares at the dm::
anstettjr: ok
anstettjr: things are happening now
anstettjr: everyone ready?
Sean: that's not good
Sean: no
anstettjr: mike in the restroom
anstettjr: lior?
Marco: run from the mob of hotmubs!!!
iranon73: yup
Sean: I steal his pants!
anstettjr: ok then
Marco: okay, roll it, at -8
anstettjr: ok, tell me where everyone is
iranon73: boston
anstettjr: someone had to open the double doors
anstettjr: throws a dice at Lior
iranon73: :-)
iranon73: i was assuming mike was opening doors
iranon73: and i figured i was close behind him
iranon73: as we're the two fighters
Marco: thief, elandar, me, lior I assume
iranon73: or that
iranon73: theif fighter black mage and red mage
Marco: right
Mike: we're all just inside the doorway
Mike: and thief and fighter are looking at dor
Mike: black mage and rm are hiding behind fighter
anstettjr: ok then
anstettjr: Fudge make a save versus magic
Marco: yep yep, and I'm getting my knife in case I hear about sword chucks again
iranon73: i yell to the fighter "what did you say about sword chucks?"
Sean: I saved
Mike: its a store room
Marco: I loaded
Mike: with like, travel supplies
iranon73: like food?
Mike: and there was a fear spell, but thief resisted
Sean: there was some form of fear spell on the secret door
Mike: no, like backpacks
Mike: and sticks
Mike: and cloaks
iranon73: neat
iranon73: someone do detect magic on all the items
iranon73: maybe we can grab some loot
anstettjr: ok
anstettjr: so the pixie flys down into the courtyard
anstettjr: and she sees two chicken like things
Mike: whee!
Mike: mmmm.... dinner
- Lex on AIM has left the chat.
Mike: bibo, stop scaring the straights
Mike: i failed my save...
Sean: I made mine
Sean: great ... Mike is now chicken food
anstettjr: ok
Mike: so i'm all scared now
anstettjr: so
anstettjr: lior, you going anywhere near that doorway?
Marco: ::taps lior:: psst, remove fear
iranon73: can i know what just happened?
Mike: read
Sean: Mike just failed his save vs. fear
anstettjr: fudge opened the secret door
Marco: the secret door, when you walk through it you have to make a save vs fear
Mike: i see secret door
anstettjr: a fear spell is guardingit
Mike: thief opens it
anstettjr: it
iranon73: where did the secret door come from?
Mike: he saves, i don't
Mike: i'm scared
anstettjr: the witch and fudge make their saves as they enter
iranon73: i thought we went to the double doors on the left
Mike: from the wall.
Mike: we did
Sean: we did, it was just past the double door on the left
Marco: the one that it mattered what order we were in
anstettjr: mike does not make his save
Mike: and i say look secret door
iranon73: this is the room with the travel stuff?
Marco: yep
Mike: y
Marco: so
Marco: psst, remove fear
Mike: i'm gonna go run now
Marco: well, no, you might just curl into a comatose ball of fear
iranon73: hold on
iranon73: dont run yet
Sean: (I punch him in the face!)
iranon73: ok, start running
anstettjr: mike roll a die 10
iranon73: i dont have remove fear
iranon73: is there a door out of the room with the travel stuff?
iranon73: other than the one we're walking through?
iranon73: say nothing if everything mike suddenly has fear removed, and there is something really obviously valuable in this room
iranon73: great
Marco: still figerin out where he's runnin
iranon73: so now that that problem is dealth with
Marco: he's goin through a door forward
iranon73: well.. its nice to tell me these things
anstettjr: ok
Marco: we just figgered it out
anstettjr: so there is a problem
Marco: we were arguing it
Marco: every decision takes 10 minutes for us ;)
iranon73: well... you didn't even state that there was a decision being made though
iranon73: its good to clue me in on these things
anstettjr: ok, so Mike runs to the east door, opens it and runs out side of the castle
Mike: there wasnt
Mike: i got feared. i didn't get a decision
Marco: well it was more of a me arguing what the dm said than a decision
anstettjr: the door to the west is where the pixie is comoing through
anstettjr: with the chickens next to her
anstettjr: they can see invis
anstettjr: we will get to that next
iranon73: i was just using the same language as bibo when i said decision
Marco: of course
Mike: popps in:: hey guys! look what i found!
iranon73: i was hoping the point would still get across
Marco: there isn't a monster in the entire world that can't
Marco: at least there isn't one I've ever seen
anstettjr: so they are going to attack the pixie
anstettjr: the elf is running,
Mike: ::hides behind thief, flying above head level::
anstettjr: stops, because his way is blocked
Marco: hope you have stone to flesh lior, we may need it
anstettjr: by a large panther like think with tentecles coming out of its back
iranon73: nope
Marco: oh good
iranon73: when will you realize my spells are useless?
anstettjr: the secret room is still there
Marco: cockatrices and displacer beasts, what a beautiful day
Mike: are you a cleric, or a cook???
iranon73: a cook
iranon73: that fights really well
anstettjr: I am explaining this to everyone
Marco: dude, what the hell cleric spells do you have?
iranon73: and heals
anstettjr: so that next week we pick up right here with combat beginning
anstettjr: I will have a map for everyoine
iranon73: mostly defense protection stuff
Marco: last I checked, stone to flesh is pretty healy
iranon73: nothing that would help here though
anstettjr: there is also a door at the other end of the hall you opened
anstettjr: that is opening up
anstettjr: ok?
iranon73: sure
Marco: ::polishes up her death finger::
anstettjr: ok
anstettjr: so we have 5 doors open
anstettjr: cocatrices on one side
anstettjr: displacer beast on the other
anstettjr: another door way opening up at the far end
Mike: and all thanks to me
anstettjr: have fun storming the castle
Marco: and there's probably a mimic in the secret room just for shits and giggles
iranon73: can we get something out on the mailing list this week detailing some well.. details on these creatures?
Marco: well, displacer beasts are hard to hit, and pretty evil
anstettjr: well, not really
iranon73: their powers, abilities, how not to attack them
Marco: cockatrices turn you to stone, and are also evil
Marco: what else do you want to know?
Mike: we're not supposed to know that kind of stuff
iranon73: yeah, but not for in character knowledge
iranon73: really...
Mike: suuure...
iranon73: we're allowed to look stuff up outside of the game
Marco: sure, but that's more or less all I know w/o lookin it up
iranon73: and i'm sure we've seen cockatrices before that would give us some knowledge, havn't we?
anstettjr: some
Marco: um... actually I don't think we have
Marco: at least I haven't
Marco: we've seen tons of basilisks
iranon73: i think i remember some cockatrices
iranon73: yeah, that's true
anstettjr: you can talk online, I just don't want to see direct quotes from books
iranon73: we've never seen displacer beasts?
iranon73: i was talking paraphrasing
Marco: right, cuz we know bob ignores the rules in the books
Marco: of we have
Marco: I know we have
Marco: in fact, my first night here involved displacer beasts
Marco: back when I was a npc merchant
iranon73: so we should know stuff about them as well
Mike: yeah, but do any of our characters know?
Marco: yep, they're hard to hit
iranon73: well.. this kind of knowledge is handed down
Marco: cuz they make an illusion of themselves like 5 feet away from them
iranon73: from dragonslayer to dragonslayer
anstettjr: it is,
Marco: so first swing misses, then they're a bitch to hit after that
anstettjr: you can share what you know
iranon73: oh, i disbelieve the illusion
iranon73: well bob, its just that, i know in the past, when we've encountered monsters we've already seen, that anyone you may at times point to someone and ask them if they remember anything specific about the monsters, as they've been faced
iranon73: before
iranon73: i'm talking about that sort of knowledge
anstettjr: yes lior
iranon73: maybe we can do a wisdom check or something of the line
anstettjr: you guys can talk about his
Marco: what I've said is about all we know
anstettjr: this
anstettjr: ok everyone
iranon73: have a good week everyone
iranon73: next week is halloween, we playing?
- Mike has left the chat.
iranon73: maybe we find that the mosters are actually little kids in costumes
iranon73: then we kill them
anstettjr: yeah, that's the ticket
- Sean has left the chat.
iranon73: g'night all
- iranon73 has left the chat.
- Marco has left the chat.
anstettjr: to be continued
Session Close (anstettjr Chat233): Fri Oct 24 22:54:11 2003
