Sep 21 07 - My Shoes!!!
[DM] ==== Gaming session started: Sun Sep 16 23:03:54 EDT 2007 ====
[DM] Time of Day: 06:41 AM. Day 7 Mid ___ de, Ohm {Early Winter} 15th, 1259.
[DM] ==== Gaming session started: Sun Sep 16 23:17:32 EDT 2007 ====
[DM] ==== Gaming session started: Fri Sep 21 18:41:54 EDT 2007 ====
[DM] I am away from the keyboard.
[DM] I am back at the keyboard.
Beth has joined the game on Fri Sep 21 19:21:07 EDT 2007
[DM] welcome
[DM] grins
[Beth] hiya
[Beth] lol, I"m the only one here?
[DM] so far
[DM] is ok
[Beth] I had to go pick up Cyrene from school
[DM] we will see what happens with Lorie, Kaz and John
[DM] give them time,
[DM] I am just continueing to plug away on the website
[Beth] and take her home... ended up cuddling 3 yr old and almost fell asleep lol
Lorie has joined the game on Fri Sep 21 19:22:33 EDT 2007
[DM] see
[DM] ask and you shall receive
[DM] hello Lor
[Lorie] Hi
[Beth] Hey, Lorie :)
[Lorie] So what's going on?
[Lorie] and where is everyone on the map?
[Beth] I just got here
Beth is receiving the map castle upperlevel and overview...
Beth has received the map castle upperlevel and overview.
[DM] they are on the map where you ended last week
[Lorie] I don't see Kylia
[Lorie] where is she?
[DM] the view of the castle at the end of the valley
[Lorie] she's not on my tree
[Beth] or mine
[Beth] and I don't see her on the map either
Lorie is receiving the map castle upperlevel and overview...
Lorie has received the map castle upperlevel and overview.
[DM] Kylia Wolfslayer moved 71'10".
[DM] Kylia Wolfslayer moved 163'05".
[Lorie] thanks
[Lorie] okay... what's the deal here?
[DM] well
[DM] at the moment you see that in front of you
[DM] I have the top down view there becasue I had thought you were having someone flying there
[Lorie] yes
[Lorie] I think it was John
[DM] nods
[DM] so that is what you have so far
[DM] smoke from the chimines
[DM] looks like people are home
[DM] the drawbridge is down
[DM] the gate is down also
[Lorie] are there guards at the gates?
[DM] it is too far away to tell
[DM] if there are people maning the walls
[DM] or insdie
[DM] but none on the outside
[Lorie] Hmmmmmmmm
[Lorie] how far away am I from the gate?
[Beth] so we're not within hailing distance either then...
[DM] you stopped just the other side of the poppy feild
[DM] field
[DM] so still a few hundred yards away
[DM] you can see there is the earthen ramp that leads up to the gate
[Beth] and no one has a spy glass lol
[Lorie] :: nods :: okay...I can make my way up the hill then to the road?
[DM] yes you can
[DM] the three of you?
[DM] or is gretchen staying back?
[Lorie] Gretchen will go
[DM] ok
[DM] Kira visible or invis?
[Beth] Shall I go invisible, or open?
[Beth] lol,
[DM] grins
[DM] you two can plan this
[DM] figure out what you can do
[Beth] Lor? what do you think?
[DM] no rush
[Lorie] I vote invisible... if things go well, we can tell them you are there ... you can back up and appear
[Lorie] if it goes poorly, you can escape quickly
[Beth] nods
[Beth] okie doke, invis it is
[Beth] at the least I can run for help, but I might get in a good shot :D
[DM] smile
[DM] ok, so just the two of you, with the invis thief behind, walking up the hill towards the ramp
[Lorie] No no... if I'm attacked, you go get help
[Lorie] Do not try and help me
[Beth] I won't count on it tho not the way I roll lol
[Beth] will do
[Lorie] :: nods :: My sword is sheathed...as are Gretchen's
[Beth] or won't lol
[Lorie] I remind Bob of my girdle...and my keen sense of danger avoidance ;O)
[Beth] I will follow a short way behind the two of you
[Lorie] Seriously...if I'm attacked and I go down...I go back to Roadhaven
[Beth] right
[Lorie] You don't have that luxury...but there are 6 other people who can help you back there
[Lorie] Bob...Gretchen assumes swan form
[DM] ok
[Lorie] so I'm walking on the road with my swan ;O)
[Beth] ::grins:: I'm a rogue and a thief :D I'm not a hero
[DM] it is the enchanted forest afterall
[DM] so making your way up
[DM] you get to the foot of the ramp
[Lorie] I'm walking... not looking shady, but scanning the area of course
[DM] and you see spikes set in the path
[DM] to prevent seige engines from coming up apparently
[Lorie] LOL...
[Beth] I am back at the keyboard.
[Lorie] I stop and ponder these
[Kira (Beth)] a logical precaution
[Lorie] is there a way I can make a path
[DM] you can walk through and around them
[Lorie] ((Clear path if necessary))
[DM] at walking speed
[Lorie] Okies...I'll walk carefully and I stop to ensure Kira is aware
[Lorie] I'm not trying to go that fast
[DM] they are designed to slow people, not to cause damage to normal people
[Lorie] I'm more concerned with being aware of the surroundings
[Kira (Beth)] I'm aware
[Lorie] I'm looking for other people...
[DM] anything extra you have goign on Kylia?
[Kira (Beth)] as am I
[Lorie] No...because I don't want to draw anymore attention that I probably already am
[DM] ok
[Lorie] My sword glows...I'm walking with a swan in broad daylight
[Lorie] I'm not wearing any armor
Vicki has joined the game on Fri Sep 21 19:40:24 EDT 2007
[Lorie] people are going to be puzzled
[DM] grins
[DM] so moving along
[DM] you reach about the half way mark
[Kira (Beth)] lol, it IS an enchanted forest
Vicki is receiving the map castle upperlevel and overview...
Vicki has received the map castle upperlevel and overview.
[DM] and you see there is a large section of the ramp that is made of wood
[Kira (Beth)] I am scanning the area as I carefully move behind Kylia and her swan
[DM] like a bride
[DM] bridge
[Lorie] ((Evening Vicki ))
[Vicki] hi lorie
[DM] and yes to Kira, it screams out trap
[Lorie] :: nods :: I stop and look around the bridge... is there a "moat" under?
[Kira (Beth)] I whisper to Kylia to stop
[DM] yes
[Lorie] :: nods :: You can check for traps...but I'm thinking this is a bridge... with a moat for a reason
[Kira (Beth)] what do I see?
[Lorie] :: stops and ponders while Kira is checking for traps ::
[DM] the roadway is about 6 people marching wide, just room for one cart really
[Kira (Beth)] and do I need to do a trap check?
[DM] do a check to see how good you figure it out
[Kira (Beth)] Kira: Find/Remove Traps check:(d100) [48] 48 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 95!!
[DM] ok
[DM] so you can tell that this sectoin of roadway is designed to colapse under
[DM] either too much weight
[DM] or by pulling out the supports
[Kira (Beth)] ok... the supports are in place at this time?
[DM] would leave a 50 foot gap in the roadway
[DM] and yes the supports are there
[Kira (Beth)] I let Kylia know this
[Lorie] :: nods :: I thank Kira and then I will slowly begin across the bridge.
[DM] no problems
[DM] slight echo as you walk
[DM] but striding across
[Kira (Beth)] my guess is that it is another siege trap
[Lorie] I continue along... humming a hymnal tune as I go
[DM] then you come closer and you can see the end of the drawbridge up ahead
[DM] about 150 feet now
[DM] still no signs of movement
[Lorie] :: nods :: I continue along...
[DM] you can now see that there are some sort of statues at the entrance way
[DM] just inside the lowered gate
[Kira (Beth)] more golems?
[Lorie] I stop about 20 feet from them
[DM] actually more like 50 feet
[Lorie] and I ponder...what do they look like, what are they holding... etc.
[DM] so you are not standing directly on the drawbridge
[DM] it extends out just about 50 feet
[DM] they look like two stone statues of guards
[DM] nude male humans about 6 foot tall
[DM] each holding a sword
[Lorie] I speak... "Hello there..."
[DM] no answer
[Lorie] :: nods ::
[Lorie] :: whispers :: Okay...I have to go closer... stay back... this could get ugly
[Lorie] :: motions for Gretchen to stay back a bit as well ::
[Lorie] I continue along
[Kira (Beth)] ::whispers back:: right
[DM] kira make a check traps check
[Kira (Beth)] Kira: Find/Remove Traps check:(d100) [88] 88 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 95!!
[DM] ok
[DM] you see the obvious that the drawbridge goes up
[Kira (Beth)] and?
[DM] but nothing other than that you see
[DM] Kira moved 97'00".
[DM] Gretchen moved 198'05".
[DM] Kylia Wolfslayer moved 247'05".
[Kira (Beth)] I don't like it
[Kira (Beth)] ::whispers:: be careful. I don't like this
[Lorie] :: nods :: Me either...but we have to play the game
[Lorie] :: continues along :: slowly
[DM] so you hear a creak when you get about halfway across the drawbridge
[Kira (Beth)] ::nods, belatedly realizing Kylia can't see her nod::
[Kira (Beth)] ::holds breath::
[DM] you have observation Kylia?
[DM] and or?
[Lorie] Alertness
[DM] make that check
[Lorie] Kylia Wolfslayer: Alertness check: (d20) [7] 7 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 18!!
[DM] ok
[Kira (Beth)] ((YAY))
[DM] ponders how that will help
[DM] how about a dex check now please
[Lorie] Kylia Wolfslayer: DEX check: (d20) [12] 12 - ROLL SUCCEEDED against 13!!
[DM] ok
[DM] so
[DM] you step forward
[DM] you get to the halfway part
[DM] then as you step forward again
[DM] you feel the bridge shift under you
[Kira (Beth)] ::cringes inwardly::
[DM] and you scramble backwards
[DM] before it can become unbalanced and dump you in
[DM] or down into that gap
[Lorie] okies
[DM] so you are standing about 25 feet away from the gate that is down right now
[Kira (Beth)] ::breathes silent sigh of relief::
[Lorie] :: ponders ::
[Kira (Beth)] ::thinks to self:: 'these are NOT very welcoming people by all evidence so far'
[Lorie] How far across the moat to the other side that I could scramble up to the gate?
[DM] none
[DM] in this spot
[DM] is about 40 foot across spanned by a 50 foot pnak bridge esentially
[DM] plank
[Kira (Beth)] so, she has 20' to go to be on land again
[Lorie] Sorry...I need you to clarify BOB. You're saying that I can cross
[Lorie] or you're saying I can't?
[DM] can not
[DM] at least is seems you can not
[DM] if you walk past the midway point
[DM] it seems to be on a balance
[DM] that tips
[DM] and dumps you down into the moat area
[DM] no water, just a drop of about 60 feet or so
[Kira (Beth)] what if Gretchen flew over and counter-balanced?
[DM] like a teeter tauter
[Lorie] I can cast Air Walk no and make it to the other side then and carry Gretchen and Kira?
[DM] grins, yes you can
[Kira (Beth)] Kira can change to bat if necessary,
[DM] but on the other side there is no where to stand if the bridge does go down
[Kira (Beth)] but, can I stay invis in bat form?
[DM] no
[DM] inivs or bat or cat
[Kira (Beth)] nods
[Kira (Beth)] I thought as much
[DM] take your time to brainstorm
[Kira (Beth)] as bat, I could hide in Kylia's hair ::grins::
[DM] lots of possibiliteis
[Lorie] So I'm standing on this side of the teeter totter...:: ponders:: are there boulders, rocks, etc. around?
[DM] none
[Lorie] odd
[Kira (Beth)] no ammo for a siege engine
Darkla has joined the game on Fri Sep 21 20:03:42 EDT 2007
[Lorie] okay...gretchen is going to do recon
[Lorie] I'll wait here
[DM] ok
[DM] she flys up and above?
[Kira (Beth)] I stay where I am at the end of the bridge waiting for further orders
[Darkla] (higuys) -1
[Kira (Beth)] still invis
[Lorie] Yes
[Kira (Beth)] Hi, Darkla! :)
[Lorie] ((Hi))
Darkla is receiving the map castle upperlevel and overview...
Darkla has received the map castle upperlevel and overview.
[DM] ok she flys up and around
[DM] and comes back
[DM] is she goign to change back to talk to you? or ? you ask and she nods or shakes her head?
[Lorie] She's going to come back and change a bit farther back
[DM] ok
[DM] and then walk up the ramp?
[Lorie] well she's going to tell me what she sees and then we'll have her change back and walk back up to where we were
[DM] you mean change from swan to human here next to you? then walk away? or change swan to human away from here and walk up to report to you?
[Lorie] I'm going to back up first
[DM] ok
[Lorie] She's going to meet me back there...change
[Lorie] report out
[DM] gotcha
[Lorie] change back and
[Lorie] I walk back up
[DM] so all of you are back at the end, near the poppy fields
[DM] so you all meet back there?
[DM] Percival, Pepe, Mal and Moirra moved 141'11".
[DM] Percival, Paul Elvenstire and Pepe moved 92'09".
[DM] Gretchen, Kira and Kylia Wolfslayer moved 238'03".
[Lorie] yes
[DM] ok
[DM] and she turns to human,
[DM] lucky Kira, she has never done this in front of anyone else
[Gretchen] I did not see anyone moving around inside
[Kira (Beth)] I am awed
[Gretchen] it is very very quiet, I did nto hear any voices, laughter, or other sounds of community
[Kira (Beth)] and honored
[Lorie] Very strange...do you feel it's dead?
[Gretchen] it is very still
[Gretchen] not alive
[Gretchen] but it does not seem deserted
[Kira (Beth)] a fortress full of golems? like what we've encountered thus far?
[Gretchen] it could be
[Gretchen] but there are none moving about
[Gretchen] no guards, or patrols
[Kira (Beth)] ::nods::
[Gretchen] there are no animals around here either
[Kira (Beth)] perhaps they are detect magically and only come 'alive' if they are needed
[Gretchen] that may be bcause of the poppies
[Gretchen] but no birds, or squirrels or the normal small creatures
[Kira (Beth)] ::shakes head:: this has not been a normal venture from the beginning
[Kira (Beth)] even by OUR standards
[Gretchen] chuckles
[Kira (Beth)] ::grins::
[Kira (Beth)] little girls stealing magic shoes and wreaking havoc through an enchanted forest is decidedly one of the oddest
[Kira (Beth)] ::sighs:: but, anyway... what do you recommend?
[Gretchen] I do not see anyway in other than that gatehouse
[Gretchen] there are no doors in the court yard from the gatehouse
[Gretchen] there much be passages in teh walls or underground
[Gretchen] to the keep on the other side
[Kira (Beth)] ::nods::
[Gretchen] (by the way I put more chat files on the site, Jul 21 06.... the first night that Kira joined the party
[Kira (Beth)] ((::chuckles:: oh, gods... that outta be interesting))
[Gretchen] brb getting something to eat
[Gretchen] I am away from the keyboard.
[Kira (Beth)] ((it took me forever to even be able to talk to anyone. I thought for sure I was going to have a heart attack lol))
[Vicki] lol
[Lorie] afk -- baby needs help
[Vicki] for some reason you don't strike me as shy
[Gretchen] I am back at the keyboard.
[Kira (Beth)] heh... Ask Bob...
[DM] if you look at the mindflayer invasion story
[DM] you will see how they did
[Kira (Beth)] He walked and prodded me through a lot to get me where I am now lol
[DM] if you look back on it now is interesting
[Kira (Beth)] ::chuckles:: and mostly prodded
[Vicki] lol
[Kira (Beth)] I've not read all of that one
[DM] 40 weeks of sessions on that story arc
[Kira (Beth)] yeah, that was a LONG one
[Kira (Beth)] I didn't realize it was almost a year tho
[Kira (Beth)] 9 months to birth that one lol
[DM] and almost 6 months of game time
[Kira (Beth)] damn
[Vicki] i guess it takes an outgoing person to get a shy one to speak
[Vicki] lol
[Vicki] sorry that came in late... hubby was distracting me
[DM] in comparison the last 3 adventures have taken like 2 weeks of game time
[Kira (Beth)] lol, outgoing and more stubborn than I was :D
[Kira (Beth)] yeah, that was definitely a very long campaign
[DM] did you look at the Team Building Story Arc section Beth?
[DM] go take a peek
[DM] of course everyone can
[Kira (Beth)] ok
[Kira (Beth)] which section is that in?
[DM] if you go to adventures
[Kira (Beth)] don't see one called Team Building
[DM] you see the dragonslayer eras
[Kira (Beth)] oh
[DM] that is the overall history
[DM] obviously the one at the bottom is the most recent
[Kira (Beth)] ok, found it
Darkla has left the game on Fri Sep 21 20:40:50 EDT 2007
[Lorie] I need to run.
[DM] sorry
[Lorie] Alyssa is having a bad night BOB
[DM] go
[Lorie] sorry
[DM] we will finish up here and be ready for next week
[Lorie] I'll be on IM but probably won't be there
[Kira (Beth)] night lor
[DM] no worries
[Lorie] sorry Beth
Lorie has left the game on Fri Sep 21 20:47:35 EDT 2007
[DM] relax
[DM] you want to close this Beth?
[Kira (Beth)] no worries, Lor
[DM] pick up at this point next week?
[Kira (Beth)] you gotta take care of the babies :)
[Kira (Beth)] sure
[DM] at least you did good recon for them
[Kira (Beth)] :D
Beth has left the game on Fri Sep 21 20:49:17 EDT 2007
Vicki has left the game on Fri Sep 21 20:49:21 EDT 2007
