The party departs Oleshie? en route to Kiev, intending to check in with Arkadiy Norkin and examine the message intended for the Crimean Khan. Encounters with Cumans? and gnolls, and a storm, leads them to take shelter in a cave inhabited by a blue dragon.
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MrCab: 7th try is the charm
Albrecht: now we wait to find out about when chris and ian make it back
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Boris: also, I just finished Harry Potter
Albrecht: hah, so you're safe
Boris: yup
Boris: read it, and you too, can find out about hte hot hot increadible sex
Albrecht: oh?
Albrecht: maybe I should steal karen's copy then
Boris: im just spouting nonsense
Boris: ....I think
Albrecht: you don't know?
Boris: wouldnt you like to know
Boris: so you say we go by land?
DM: This is probably cancelled
DM of Gaia: Chris called and said they'd be at least 1.5 hours late
Boris: that's so much slower and involves much less killing than getting on a ship going south and then threatening the crew
Albrecht: wow
DM of Gaia: Which leaves us with really not enough time to do much of anything
Boris: where are they?
DM of Gaia: They got delayed
Boris: from?
Albrecht: coming back from Otakon
Boris: ah
Boris: those people need to call me up or something when they're there
Boris: I'd run up and meet them for dinner or something
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Vasily: I take it life is for naught.
DM of Gaia: Yeah, it's unlikely this is happening
DM of Gaia: However, we'll wait until 9:30
Vasily: k. If I'm nonresponsive, I should be answering my cell.
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DM of Gaia: Well
Nikolai: hi.
DM of Gaia: I can't help but notice you're a little late :P
Nikolai: LOl.
DM of Gaia: I heard there were train delays or something?
Nikolai: Well no hoenstly I just thought it was going to take less time than it would.,
DM of Gaia: I see
DM of Gaia: You know if Chris is back yet?
Nikolai: no clue
Nikolai: I'd say he'll take about 15m more than me
DM of Gaia: Did he have less travel time to his house? Ah
Nikolai: no because I took a cab for part of my trip
DM of Gaia: Yeah I don't really have a clear picture of what the path would be
DM of Gaia: I see
Nikolai: sorry about this
DM of Gaia: Alright, well, IF he signs on in the next 15-20 mins, I'll see if I can get everyone else here and accomplish something
Nikolai: cool
DM of Gaia: How was Otakon
Nikolai: Well
Nikolai: Otakon is always good because I see people
Nikolai: but Otakon itself had some disappointment'
DM of Gaia: Oh?
Nikolai: I didn't see many cosplayers that were that good
Nikolai: we got a picture of one perfect Mia Fey
Nikolai: that was great
Nikolai: aaaand... the AMV contest was disappointing
Nikolai: but it gave me a lot of insight into what the judges look at
DM of Gaia: Which is what
Nikolai: so we'll see how next year turns out
Nikolai: well
Nikolai: there's a certain technical element I think they look for
Nikolai: which my video did not have
DM of Gaia: Like, more polish?
DM of Gaia: Or something?
DM of Gaia: A professional look?
Nikolai: well no
Nikolai: I mean yes to an extent
Nikolai: let me put it this way
Nikolai: there is a time and place for cross fades and color fades
Nikolai: and I didn't feel it appropriate in any place in the video I submitted because it was doing something very specific
Nikolai: which I guess the judges didn't care about
Nikolai: so
Nikolai: more cross fades!
DM of Gaia: LOL.
Nikolai: more contrast transitions to white
Nikolai: etc.
Albrecht: well, i know at least some contests require that certain things be done in each submission
Nikolai: they don't make artistic requirements
Nikolai: that would be dumb imo
Nikolai: the requirements for the AMV contest are more like
Albrecht: but then, any such requirements need to be stated
Nikolai: must be encoded in such and such
Nikolai: must contain anime
Nikolai: etc.
Albrecht: right
Nikolai: my video just got scored poorly
Nikolai: and also disqualified for something that was stated in the rules
Albrecht: they could have requirements like "must have at least 1 crossfade, at least one color fade, at least 3 exposed boobs"
Nikolai: but I couldn't edit out
Nikolai: if they did
Nikolai: I wouldn't be submitting a video there
Nikolai: :P
DM of Gaia: Disqualified for what?
Nikolai: so
Nikolai: having credits/subs/stuff in your video is a disqual
Nikolai: there was one piece of footage I could not get creditless
Nikolai: by the deadline
DM of Gaia: Hm
Nikolai: the dvd is out like this month in fact
Albrecht: so for next year you'll use that footage?
Nikolai: no no
Nikolai: the video's already been entered
Nikolai: it can't be entered again
Nikolai: also it needs to have been completed within 2 years of the contest
Nikolai: which is up for my vid as of this october
Nikolai: no I'm working on a new one
Albrecht: ah
Nikolai: ok brb
Albrecht: so you couldn't have waited to get the creditless footage and submit next year
DM of Gaia: Alright looks like Chris is still not home
DM of Gaia: This is not happening
DM of Gaia: Next week, then
Vasily: d'oh.
Vasily: Btw, I won't be around the week after next... and possibly the week after that.
Albrecht: in that case, i may or may not make it back onto wow tonight
DM of Gaia: Why, Oliver
Vasily: Poland.
DM of Gaia: Oh that's cool
Vasily: I'd put my char in Ian's care...
Vasily: But...
Vasily: I like Vasily.
DM of Gaia: LOL
DM of Gaia: Give it to someone else then
Nikolai: ...
Nikolai: Oh come ON.
Nikolai: :P
Vasily: /mutter missingareflexsaveonarogue...
Nikolai: How about if I let Sandy roll all the dice.
Albrecht: anyone can roll a 1
DM of Gaia: What? I'm not doing extra rolling
DM of Gaia: You can pretend to be me and roll the dice yourself
DM of Gaia: Anyway, I'm bored and I am going to go read Harry Potter or something
Vasily: I should buy a copy.
Vasily: Borrowing my sister's might be difficult this time.
Albrecht: I will continue watching John MacClane is awesome
Vasily: I need to watch that at some point.
Nikolai: me too
Nikolai: hopefully in a theater
Vasily: hmm...
Vasily: holy shit...
Vasily: I remembered my MYSQL password!
Albrecht: that's an accomplishment?
Vasily: Haven't touched my DB in nearly a month.
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Albrecht: this movie requires a very large supensio of disbelief
DM of Gaia: They're attacking our webs!
DM of Gaia: Which ones?!
DM of Gaia: ALL OF THEM!
Albrecht: the truck
DM of Gaia: What about it
Albrecht: the stuff the truck did required large suspension of disbelief
DM of Gaia: What do you refer to
DM of Gaia: And what truck
Albrecht: the really big truck with the fighter jet
DM of Gaia: Oh
DM of Gaia: What did it do that was so unusual
Albrecht: the highway itself more than the truck i think
Albrecht: ok, that was good stuff
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Albrecht: .
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Boris: yo
Albrecht: yo
Boris: :)
Boris: firefox/seamonkey & Ad Block Plus == awesome
Boris: and now I have to see f any bug sprung up on the project thats supposed to launch Thursday morning
Boris: I should totaly draft you guys to do Mac testing later =P
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Boris: yo
DM of Gaia: Well, this is canceled
DM of Gaia: Again
DM of Gaia: Since we have two people who are unable to make it
Boris: fun
Nikolai: wait
Nikolai: Is Oliver actually gone
DM of Gaia: He is doing something
Nikolai: or what
Nikolai: I know
Nikolai: I read
DM of Gaia: Coding something or other
Boris: anyone care to look at spdev.siteworx.com in safari and find out just how fucked it is?
Nikolai: but he said he MAY be
DM of Gaia: I just asked
Albrecht: feh
Nikolai: and he hasn't said anything since
Nikolai: ok
DM of Gaia: He said no
Nikolai: sigh
DM of Gaia: afk
Nikolai: what did chris say out of curiousity
Albrecht: something about jersey, I think
Boris: oi
Boris: ok
Boris: you stil here Sandy?
Boris: there's a reasonably good chance I'll be late next week
Boris: flying back from Boston. Scheduled to arive back here at 5:30 or so, but you know airlines
Nikolai: lol.
Boris: heh
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Albrecht: well
Albrecht: i guess this gives me the chance to go get my laundry
Albrecht: also endorses that i should go to bed early
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Albrecht: excellent
Sven: ta da.
DM of Gaia: Aaaand I'm back
DM of Gaia: So
DM of Gaia: I see we have no Jay
DM of Gaia: Because he is...
DM of Gaia: Installing Ubuntu...
DM of Gaia: But he said he'd be on soon
DM of Gaia: So
DM of Gaia: Everyone else here?
Nikolai: Here
DM of Gaia: That's 1
DM of Gaia: Where's 2 more
Albrecht: Albrecht! With the power of German Efficiency!
DM of Gaia: Come on guys, there's no reason to be going AFK when the game is scheduled to start
Albrecht: hmm, I can do better than that
Albrecht: With the power to have my father hate everything German!
Sven: yup
Nikolai: Where's oliver?
DM of Da: In Poland
DM of Da: You're NPCing him
DM of Da: Got his sheet?
Sven: it's funny because poland isn't even a euphemism
DM of Da: Yep
DM of Da: It is in fact reality
DM of Da: While Ian looks for that
DM of Da: Chris or Adam want to summarize real quick?
DM of Da: Where we were up to?
Albrecht: hmm
Albrecht: ok
Sven: I'm looking through my e-mail to recap, as a matter of fact :-P
Albrecht: oh, you do it.
Albrecht: I'll eat stew
Nikolai: Ok hold on
Nikolai: Wait
Nikolai: Am I supposed to have his sheet?
Nikolai: I don't remember getting it from him
DM of Da: Yep
Albrecht: the last I recall was "I'd give it to Ian, but I like Vasily"
Sven: well, I never got one
DM of Da: All I have is his L1 sheet
Albrecht: yeah I got nothing
Nikolai: Well
DM of Da: Wow
Nikolai: Great
Albrecht: except Amazon giving up on a book for me
DM of Da: Oliver fails
Sven: I don't suppose he has internet in poland.
DM of Da: Haha.
DM of Da: Ian, just improvise
Nikolai: great
DM of Da: He's what? Rog1/Wiz3?
Albrecht: think so
DM of Da: Assume some reasonable spell preparation and go with it
Nikolai: This will be hilarious.
DM of Da: Yeah.
Albrecht: does oliver even have phone?
DM of Da: Well, whatever.
Sven: rog 1/wiz 2, if anything
DM of Da: His fault
DM of Da: Wiz2?
Sven: unless we got xp that I missed out on.
Nikolai: is he L4?
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DM of Da: Are you guys L4?
jflynn: no
Albrecht: i'm not
DM of Da: Ok
Albrecht: but then, I was behind
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Sven: not to my knowledge.
DM of Da: Rog1/Wiz2 then
Nikolai: Yeah
DM of Da: Improvise and whatnot.
Nikolai: we're ALMOST L4
Nikolai: ok well
DM of Da: Log on a client for him and we'll start
Sven: very close.
Nikolai: this will be easy to do for class makeup
Nikolai: since I Know what spells he has
Nikolai: but
Nikolai: he also had the loot sheet.
Nikolai: epic fail imo
Sven: even better.
Boris: Oliver's out again?
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DM of Da: Jesus H Christ
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DM of Da: Epic fail indeed
Sven: he went to McPoland.
Sven: also, at some point I may have to go downstairs to collect pizza.
Albrecht: 2 weeks?
DM of Da: 2 weeks
Nikolai: Ok let's get this travesty over with
DM of Da: So
DM of Da: Someone summarize
Albrecht: Manny wants my dinner.
DM of Da: Where we were.
DM of Da: I nominate Chris.
Nikolai: We just received a box from the merchants
Nikolai: fine
DM of Da: Or sure.
Nikolai: no
Sven: let Ian do it
Sven: it's fine.
Nikolai: chris can do it
DM of Da: lol
Albrecht: and we're headed to Kiev.
DM of Da: /roll 1d2
*** DM rolls dice for DM of Da: 1d2 < 2 = 2 > = 2
DM of Da: It's Ian.
DM of Da: Go.
Sven: rofl.
Nikolai: we has a box
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: Now
Nikolai: it has teh gold and teh letterz
DM of Da: You had decided to go overland, right?
Nikolai: yes
DM of Da: k.
DM of Da: And you have horses?
DM of Da: Right?
Nikolai: Well we don't
Nikolai: We'd have to purchase them
DM of Da: Oh you don't, eh
DM of Da: Well
Albrecht: we need to pop that 500 they gave Vasily on horses
DM of Da: Do you wish to do so?
Nikolai: yes
Boris: how much ar ehorses
Nikolai: Also
Nikolai: Hm
DM of Da: Also?
Nikolai: This might be tough to find out but I'd like to see what kind of ship traffic we have down the DNieper for the next week
DM of Da: How do you mean
Nikolai: ok let's get some stuff out of the way
Nikolai: how long would it take to get to kiev via horse
Nikolai: how long would it take to get to kiev via ship
DM of Da: 8 days total along the road, which is the fastest way
Albrecht: say 85g per horse for light horse + riding saddle
Nikolai: where in the path is the logging camp where we were previously
Nikolai: in terms of days, both riding and shippin
Nikolai: g
DM of Da: 8 days also along the river
Nikolai: really?
DM of Da: Yeah
Nikolai: same time?
Nikolai: k fuck it
DM of Da: Yeah
Nikolai: we're riding
DM of Da: Ships go faster, though it's a longer distance along the river (it curves, the road is relatively straight)
Sven: a ha.
Albrecht: need to blow what, 425 gold on the horses then?
DM of Da: The logging town of Krivograd is on the western shore of the river, a day's travel south of Kiev
DM of Da: Quite a distance from the road (through lots of forest)
DM of Da: Any other questions?
Albrecht: we may have to blow a day heading south to see if we're being followed or not
DM of Da: There is no south
Nikolai: fine
DM of Da: South is the Black Sea
Nikolai: no no
Nikolai: he means east
Sven: 425g on horses? really?
Nikolai: and how much will horses cost? is adam's quote correct?
DM of Da: 85x5 is in fact not 425
Albrecht: 75 for a light horse
Albrecht: 10 for a riding saddle
Sven: wow.
Sven: 85x5 is 425
DM of Da: Hm
DM of Da: Ok nm
DM of Da: So
Nikolai: haha
DM of Da: Whoops :P
Albrecht: I may be insane, but I can do math.
DM of Da: Alright
DM of Da: So
DM of Da: You head east eh
Albrecht: it's an idea... up to the rest of you though
DM of Da: What say the rest of you
Sven: I'm sorry, my sense of direction is terrible
Sven: didn't we need to go north?
DM of Da:
http://obormot.ath.cx/~obormot/beyond_ragnarok/maps/set_0/MI_RusMap.pdf
DM of Da: Yes
DM of Da: Basically what he's saying is
Sven: or did you just want east for a day
DM of Da: Head in the wrong direction for a day to detect pursuit
Sven: to see if we were being followed
Sven: ok
Sven: I'm ok with that.
Boris: The guy with alevel of Ranger sets the party off in the
right direction
Albrecht: head in the "right" direction to detect pursuit
Vasilol: Yes, we're doing that
DM of Da: Though I'm not 100% on how heading in the wrong
direction will detect pursuit any better than the right one
Vasilol: well
DM of Da: Someone explain your logic to me in detail
Vasilol: if we go in the wrong direction
Albrecht: we start going as though we're headed to Crimea
overland.
Vasilol: we may just get reported upon directly
Vasilol: whereas if we go in the right direction
Vasilol: there's nothing to report
Vasilol: giving us time to make spot checks.
Vasilol: also
Sven: if we start int he wrong direction
Vasilol: there's the matter of which direction we set out from
the city
Albrecht: we do this far enough that if someone is just watching
from the walls, they say "yep, going to Crimea". If they're actually
following us across the steppes/plains, we can notice and potentially
kill them.
Sven: we could lose them in the right direction
Vasilol: right
DM of Da: I see.
DM of Da: Very well.
Sven: instead of them just anticipating whjere we're going.
Sven: my typing is terribizzle tonight.
DM of Da: You set off.
DM of Da: It is the morning of March 28th, 1275
DM of Da: Now
DM of Da: Before you do
DM of Da: Someone roll Gather Info
Albrecht: /try 2;GI
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM (GI) 1d20 < 17 = 17 > + 2 = 19
Vasilol: haha no idea what oliver's skill checks are.
Sven: ta da.
Albrecht: Oliver probably has ranks, though
Nikolai: WHO KNOWS
Nikolai: NOT ME
DM of Da: Anyone else?
Sven: he's our "waddle waddle waddle *face*" isn't he.
Vasilol: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasilol :
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 7 = 15
Vasilol: that was a guess
Albrecht: i'm the evil side fo the face.
Albrecht: you want Intimidate, you come here
DM of Da: /try 7;something
*** DM rolls attempts for DM of Da :
*** DM (something) 1d20 < 7 = 7 > + 7 = 14
Boris: /try -1
*** DM rolls attempts for Boris :
*** DM 1d20 < 10 = 10 > + 0 - 1 = 9
DM of Da: Ok.
Nikolai: did oliver seriously not leave you with a char sheet
sandy?
Boris: nm me, Im being dragged into wedding bull shit with
parents
DM of Da: I can't find any evidence of it
Nikolai: no recent emails from him?
DM of Da: THere's no email from him with a sheet since... ever
DM of Da: That is, since December
Sven: quelle boutroscopy.
DM of Da: Alright then
DM of Da: When you're buying horses
DM of Da: The horse breeder, making conversation, says
DM of Da: "Heading out across the steppes, eh? Well, I'd be
careful if I were you. Damn Cumans getting uppity these days... I tell
you, I think we should pledge our loyalty to Kiev, if you ask me. We
could use the protection. Don't know what the governor's thinking,
myself..."
DM of Da: Of course you, being the reckless adventurers you are,
head out anyway
Albrecht: // now to kill our trackers and make it look like Cumans
did it...
Boris: hah
Sven: roflchopper
DM of Da: /try 18;somethingelse
*** DM rolls attempts for DM of Da :
*** DM (somethingelse) 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 18 = 30
DM of Da: Alright.
Sven: haha 18.
DM of Da: You head east, more or less along the river bank
DM of Da: When afternoon comes, and the sun starts to lower in the
sky, you all notice several figures on the horizon
Nikolai: we didn't see anyone following us yet
Nikolai: right?
DM of Da: Nope not yet
DM of Da: Six riders, coming from the northwest, heading in your
direction unhurriedly
Boris: I suppose we set up camp in a reasonably hidden place
DM of Da: They have clearly spotted you, and will intercept your
path soon
Albrecht: well either they saw us and they're after us, or they
happen to be going the same way
DM of Da: They ride in a light trot, not seeming hostile in intent
DM of Da: But they will be overtaking you
DM of Da: Do you take any actions or just keep going?
Nikolai: we'll let them pass us
DM of Da: Ok
Boris: anyplace nearby where we could conceivably ambush them?
DM of Da: It's an open plain here
DM of Da: Some sparse grasses
Boris: bah
DM of Da: But not much else
Boris: Im not high enough level to hide in grass
Sven: hehe.
Nikolai: furthermore
Nikolai: they've already seen us
Nikolai: and no matter how high level you may get, the rest of us
aren't hiding anywhere ;P
DM of Da: When they approach within about a hundred feet's
distance, you see that they are wearing leather armor and elaborate
pointed hats, and at their saddles are halfspears, curved cavalry
swords, and small shields
DM of Da: Shortbows and quivers of arrows hang on their backs
Boris: (was stilla thought)
Albrecht: i will make sure my weapon is easily at hand... but
that's all
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DM of Da: One of the six calls out in thickly accented Russian...
Warriors: Halt!
Nikolai: (oh god)
Nikolai: (it's happening again!)
Boris: (?)
Sven: //what is?
Albrecht: // it's totally the descendants fo Makhno coming for us.
Sven: // what.
DM of Gaia: //Haha, those two weren't around for that
DM of Gaia: So, what do you do?
Nikolai: //yeah it occurs to me the only people around for this
were me and adam
*** Sven halts
Nikolai: //and oliver of course but he's not here IS HE
Nikolai: let's talk to them
Nikolai: see what they want
Albrecht: // Also we have no wagon for your bleeding unconcsious
form
Sven: he's here in spirit . . . but not in body, or character
sheet, or anything like that.
Nikolai: //rofl
Boris: :)
Nikolai: //anyone want to try calling him
Nikolai: //it MIGHT work.
DM of Gaia: //Nah
DM of Gaia: //He left
Sven: //. . . in Poland?
Nikolai: //yeah
Nikolai: //whatever, nm
Nikolai: //they should have cell phones in poland
DM of Gaia: As you stop, the warrior that called out nods
confidently and motions to his comrades
DM of Gaia: Who split up and slowly spread out to surround you
Nikolai: oh man
Sven: //sigh.
Nikolai: deja fucking vu.
Boris: joy
Boris: we should lik
Boris: eprevent them from surrounding us
Nikolai: //no seriously, this is the EXACT SAME ENCOUNTER so far
*** Nikolai looks around
Nikolai: And what business do you have delaying us like this?
Warriors: Welcome! You know this land belongs to Cuman warriors of
Ataman Murat?
Boris: (why didnt we plan for this exact encounter!)
Nikolai: //ahahahahhaha
Nikolai: //oh lord
Nikolai: //I can't stop laughing
Sven: //this must really be nostalgic.
Albrecht: // yeah, it is
Warriors: You pass through Ataman's land - you pay for passage.
Warriors: Such is rule.
Albrecht: // I want to know if Murat is related to Makhno.
Albrecht: // ok, who takes point?
Sven: // *kssht* You take the point.
Warriors: Ten gold pieces, each person. Twenty, and we come with
you. Protect you.
Warriors: Many dangers.
Nikolai: // guys, what's the plan
Albrecht: // all I'm qualified for is telling them we'll kill them
and take their money.
Sven: //also, have we heard of this ataman thingy before?
DM of Gaia: Someone roll Knowledge: Kiev
DM of Gaia: If you have it.
Albrecht: // this Ataman, no. In this campaign, no
Nikolai: Boris does
Albrecht: // brb a sec
DM of Gaia: Hey Boris
Boris: ooo
Boris: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Boris :
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 3 = 11
Boris: Boris knows shit
DM of Gaia: You don't know crap... except that Cumans are nomadic
warriors who've long been a thorn in Kiev's side
DM of Gaia: They occupy the southern steppes
DM of Gaia: That's the extent of your knowledge
Nikolai: uhm
Nikolai: I think my Finder is dying.
Boris: I'm all for plan "how about we give you 0 and pass
through for free"
Nikolai: That's not good.
DM of Gaia: Option-right-click and relaunch
DM of Gaia: So
Nikolai: Yeah...
DM of Gaia: What do you all do
Nikolai: now the Dock's not responding.
Sven: // what kind of money does we have?
Nikolai: this is bad
Albrecht: // Nobody knows, because Oliver has the loot sheet.
Nikolai: I know we have enough to cover this cost
Boris: (I think we need Oliver's loot sheet)
Nikolai: if we choose
Albrecht: // yeah that's just 50, we have that left over from the
500 after horses
*** Warriors nods to his comrades, who all place a hand on the hilts of
their swords
Sven: //well, they are surrounding us and on horses.
*** Warriors folds his hands across his chest
Albrecht: // we're also on horses.
Nikolai: //yes but we don't know how to use them
Boris: //they likely have mounted feats
Sven: // there are more of them better placed.
Albrecht: // also we're totally going north and leaving their
territory soon... and we're not nice people
DM of Gaia: Also you guys have non-warhorses
Warriors: Ataman Murat says you pay. You do not think cross his
land for free, eh?
Sven: //we're not stupid people either :-P
Boris: hmm..illusions wouldnt work well on a warhorse
*** Warriors look at each other and chuckle
Boris: hey, dont we have tanglefoot bags?
Nikolai: yes
Nikolai: we do
DM of Gaia: //Come on guys, someone react, less thinking more doing
:P
DM of Gaia: //This isn't all that hard
Albrecht: // not that i know their capability, but i'd be willing
to tell them to shove off
Boris: //me too
Nikolai: //ok 2 for shove off
Nikolai: //chris?
Boris: //who has tanglefoot bags? start throwing them
Sven: //we have better things to do.
Nikolai: //than fight or than pay?
Sven: //than fight.
Nikolai: //2 for shove off, 1 for not fight
Boris: //we're evil, pay then backstab?
Sven: //fighting is awfully conspicuous as well.
Sven: //that I'm ok with.
Sven: //but right now we're surrounded.
Nikolai: //ok
Nikolai: //sounds like a plan to me
Nikolai: //adam?
Nikolai: //sound good?
Boris: \//Im still not sure why we let them suround us
Nikolai: //me neither
Boris: // pay, follow, slay
Sven: We'll pay.
Albrecht: // guess it won't hurt
Warriors: Of course!
Boris: //though they probaby have a camp of many of them that
they're going back to
*** Warriors approaches Sven
*** Vasilol digs out money
*** Vasilol 50gp
*** Warriors holds out his hand
*** Vasilol offers the money
*** Warriors takes
*** Warriors hefts the gold in his hand
Vasilol: //after they ride off we can like, entangle them or
something
Vasilol: and then explode their faces
Warriors: Safe passage through Ataman's land to you!
Vasilol: if we want
Boris: //I'm for it
*** Warriors laughs uproariously
*** Warriors motions to his comrades, who follow him
Albrecht: // yeah, entangle as soon as they're a short distance
away, then serve them
*** Warriors start riding off
*** Sven thanks them for their well-wishing
Boris: // how many tanglefoot bags do we have?
Vasilol: //sven can cast the spell
*** Sven entangles
DM of Gaia: Alright
DM of Gaia: Init!
Vasilol: //which is superior I think
Vasilol: great
Albrecht: // I have none
Sven: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 1 = 9
Boris: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Boris :
*** DM 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 7 = 18
Vasilol: sandy want to make a guess
Albrecht: /try 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 5 = 24
Boris: brb, getting a PHB
Vasilol: you said you have a L1 char sheet for him
Vasilol: right?
DM of Da: Guess at what
Vasilol: vasily
Sven: vasily's init
Vasilol: L1 is better than nothing
Vasilol: let me at least get that
Albrecht: +2 probably
DM of Da: Says +2 here
Boris: k
Vasilol: fair enough
Vasilol: /try 2
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasilol :
*** DM 1d20 < 7 = 7 > + 2 = 9
Nikolai: so uh
Nikolai: Dock and Finder still dead
DM of Da: Nikolai?
Nikolai: give me like 3 minutes
Nikolai: actually
Warriors: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Warriors :
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 0 = 12
Nikolai: hold on
Boris: quick, install limux
Boris: also, we get surprise
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DM of Da: That you do
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Nikolai: ok
Nikolai: here's my laptop
DM of Da: Alright
DM of Da: So
Nikolai: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 9 = 9 > + 1 = 10
Nikolai: I believe that's my init
DM of Da: What's the save on that Entangle
Nikolai: I could be off by 1
Nikolai: meanwhile
Sven: 14
Sven: reflex
Warriors: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Warriors :
*** DM 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 0 = 19
Boris: horses?
DM of Da: Yes
DM of Da: Horses probably have a higher Dex
DM of Da: But
DM of Da: That clearly makes it.
DM of Da: Anyone else wish to act in the surprise round?
Nikolai: are you kidding.
Boris: hmm...I'm at least drawing something
Nikolai: ok Sven how far away did you let them get
Boris: also, as a point of order
Nikolai: before entangling
Boris: how far away are they? i would assume if they werent
looking
Nikolai: yes
Boris: we could all have wea[pons drawn without them noticing
DM of Da: What's the range on Entangle?
Sven: long
Nikolai: the question is not the range
Nikolai: but how far Sven let them go
DM of Da: Sven?
Sven: so I'd say 60 ft is reasonable, since the radius is 40
DM of Da: 60ft then
DM of Da: So
Nikolai: ok time to restart zidane
DM of Da: Who does what in surprise round
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Nikolai: Both Vasily and Nikolai cast Sleep
DM of Da: Ok
Boris: can we have weapons out in the surprise round? If so, I
shoot an arrow. If not, I draw a sword
Nikolai: there are... 5 or 6?
DM of Da: 6
Nikolai: ok so
DM of Da: You can't have weapons out
Nikolai: each of us grabs 6 of them
DM of Da: You draw a sword
Nikolai: er
Nikolai: 3
DM of Da: Ok
Albrecht: eh, i'll draw my falchion despite quick draw
Warriors: /try 0;vasily
*** DM rolls attempts for Warriors :
*** DM (vasily) 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 0 = 8
Nikolai: targetting the bubble above their horses
Warriors: /try 0;nikolai
*** DM rolls attempts for Warriors :
*** DM (nikolai) 1d20 < 16 = 16 > + 0 = 16
Nikolai: well those guys make
DM of Da: The left 3 fall asleep
DM of Da: The right 3 do not.
DM of Da: And!
DM of Da: Albrecht's turn.
Albrecht: charge the leftmost of the awake ones.
DM of Da: k
DM of Da: Roll Ref
DM of Da: For entangle
Albrecht: positioning myself between them and the sleepers
Albrecht: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 3 = 17
DM of Da: Good
DM of Da: Roll attack
Albrecht: /try 10
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 10 = 11
Albrecht: ba
Sven: how.
Albrecht: /try 1;ref
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM (ref) 1d20 < 16 = 16 > + 1 = 17
DM of Da: Roll Reflex
DM of Da: So
DM of Da: Though your swing is terrible
DM of Da: You still hit
DM of Da: Roll damage
Boris: ...I should totally have charged
Albrecht: /roll 1d10+4
*** DM rolls dice for Albrecht: 1d10 < 10 = 10 > + 4 = 14
Sven: hah.
Boris: thought I didnt have the actions
Sven: at least he rolls something right.
Nikolai: partial charge ftw
Nikolai: BAB of +1 can draw while moving
Albrecht: also I have quick draw
DM of Da: With an extremely clumsy but powerful sweep of your
falchion, you cleave the warrior neatly in half
Nikolai: that too
DM of Da: He is dead
DM of Da: Boris!
DM of Da: Your turn.
Boris: non-surprise round I assume
Boris: I charge
DM of Da: Indeed.
DM of Da: Roll Ref
DM of Da: For entangle
Boris: one that's been hit if possible
Boris: /try 9
*** DM rolls attempts for Boris :
*** DM 1d20 < 7 = 7 > + 9 = 16
Sven: the one that's been hit is snuffed.
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: Roll attack
Boris: stabbity!
Boris: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Boris :
*** DM 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 6 = 8
Boris: uuuuugh
DM of Da: Failure!
DM of Da: Warriors' turn!
Boris: ...technically a 10 from charging, but whatever
Albrecht: // I feel like we could have just killed them now
DM of Da: The warrior next to the dead one flinches from the
explosion of blood and gore that resulted from Albrecht's attack
Sven: the warriors need to make more reflex saves.
Boris: ah well, I'm screwed
Sven: on my turn, I guess
Sven: never mind.
Warriors: /try 4
*** DM rolls attempts for Warriors :
*** DM 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 4 = 23
DM of Da: He and the other one, with fear in their eyes, spur
their horses and gallop away at full speed
DM of Da: One of them provokes an AoO from Boris
DM of Da: Roll
Boris: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Boris :
*** DM 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 6 = 19
Nikolai: hey sandy
DM of Da: That's a hit
Nikolai: which one had our money
DM of Da: /roll 1d6
*** DM rolls dice for DM of Da: 1d6 < 1 = 1 > = 1
DM of Da: One of the slept ones
Nikolai: k
Boris: /roll 1d6+3
*** DM rolls dice for Boris: 1d6 < 1 = 1 > + 3 = 4
Boris: oy
DM of Da: You wound him as he moves out of reach, but not mortally
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DM of Da: The two remaining warriors are now 280 feet away
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DM of Da: Nikolai's turn
Nikolai: 280 feet?
DM of Da: Yep
Nikolai: give me a second to recover from this restart
DM of Da: Also, they scream at you in Cuman while they retreat
Nikolai: question
Nikolai: 280 feet
Nikolai: is something x4
Nikolai: but
Boris: tha's true....
Albrecht: 70
Nikolai: aren't they restricted to half move
DM of Da: Quad move with light warhorse + Ride check to spur horse
(+10ft move speed)
Nikolai: in the entangled zone
DM of Da: Are they?
*** DM of Da looks
Nikolai: lemme look
Boris: ehere's entangle?
DM of Da: Ah, you are correct
Boris: bah, kept missing it
DM of Da: So, that means 80 feet of that is moving at half
DM of Da: That means they are 200 feet away.
Sven: brb pizza
Nikolai: yes
DM of Da: It's still your turn, though.
Nikolai: i understand that :P
Nikolai: Light horse is 80, right?
Warriors: 60
DM of Gaia: er
Nikolai: hmph
DM of Gaia: 60.
Nikolai: can I have my horse move and then I cast a spell at the
end of that
DM of Da: Yep
Nikolai: double move?
DM of Da: There'd be a Concentration check
Nikolai: what sort of dc
DM of Da: 10
Nikolai: k
Nikolai: the one boris injured
Nikolai: I ride around the entangled area
DM of Da: Ok
Nikolai: and give him a magic missile in the back
DM of Da: Roll Concentration
Albrecht: DC 15 for a galloping horse.
Nikolai: /try 8
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 8 = 20
DM of Da: It's not galloping though
Albrecht: but 10 for a running horse
DM of Da: Yep
Nikolai: so
DM of Da: He screams and falls to the ground
Albrecht: either way, that succeeds
Nikolai: /roll 2d4+2
*** DM rolls dice for Nikolai: 2d4 < 2 1 = 3 > + 2 = 5
Boris: 5 HP?
DM of Da: He was very wounded
DM of Da: Next up
DM of Da: Vasily
Nikolai: ah good
Vasilol: ok
Vasilol: Vasily does the same thing
Vasilol: but with sleep instead of MM
DM of Da: Very well
DM of Da: Concentration
Vasilol: lol
Vasilol: what's his con
DM of Da: WHO KNOWS
Vasilol: you
Vasilol: since you have his L1 sheet
DM of Da: OH YEAH
Vasilol: and his con can't have changed since then
DM of Da: It's 14
Vasilol: just send me the damn thing
Vasilol: ok
Vasilol: /try 8
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasilol :
*** DM 1d20 < 16 = 16 > + 8 = 24
Vasilol: there
Warriors: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Warriors :
*** DM 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 0 = 5
Boris: thats more like it
DM of Da: The warrior falls asleep, letting go of his horse's
reins...
Vasilol: slepts.
DM of Da: /roll 1d6
*** DM rolls dice for DM of Da: 1d6 < 6 = 6 > = 6
Sven: dinner is wtfserved.
DM of Da: Falls out of the saddle, and breaks his neck.
Vasilol: there's only one?
Albrecht: hah
Albrecht: yep, that's them all
DM of Da: Yep
Vasilol: k
Albrecht: recover the running horses, finish the 3 sleepers, and
loot
Vasilol: we clean up the mess
DM of Da: Now you have 3 slept warriors
Vasilol: CdG
DM of Da: Do you kill them
DM of Da: k.
Boris: yeah, we slughter them
Vasilol: of course we do
DM of Da: You have 4 horses
Boris: question
Vasilol: good
Boris: exactly
DM of Da: The other 2 run away
Boris: wait
DM of Da: What
Boris: did the second horse make a save against sleep?
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DM of Da: Um
Nikolai: no
DM of Da: /try 0
Nikolai: I didn't target the horse.
DM of Da: shit
Boris: its targetted?
Nikolai: No
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Nikolai: It's area
Nikolai: I put it above the horse
DM of Da: Anyways
Albrecht: it goes for lowest HD first
Nikolai: (s)
DM of Da: 2 horses run away
Nikolai: oh really?
DM of Da: You have 4
DM of Da: Yes really
DM of Da: Lowest HD first
DM of Da: Anyway
DM of Da: I suppose 4 of you take a light warhorse each
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Nikolai: well then I guess the horse needs to make a save
Albrecht: we could try to catch the other 2
Boris: ah well
Boris: ping...
Nikolai: pong
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Boris: k
DM of Da: .
Boris: .
Boris: I see you
DM of Da: Horse makes a save eh
Sven: ok, somehow you need to stop disconnecting me so much
:-P
DM of Da: /roll 0
*** DM rolls dice for DM of Da: 0 = 0
DM of Da: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for DM of Da :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 0 = 4
DM of Da: Ok it fails
DM of Da: You have 5 horses
Boris: we have 5 horses
DM of Da: I suppose you switch
DM of Da: And leave the others?
Nikolai: hm
Albrecht: nah we take them
Boris: I donno, they might be trained or something
Nikolai: they are warhorses
Albrecht: regardless we can totally sell some horses
Boris: yeah
DM of Da: Very well
Nikolai: but they can't be specifically trained to thwart us.
DM of Da: It's true
DM of Da: They can't.
DM of Da: So.
Boris: we have war horses
Boris: I take a female and name it Natasha
DM of Da: The warriors have some cash of their own on them
Nikolai: except by like
Nikolai: a druid
Nikolai: or ranger
DM of Da: About 10gp apiece
Boris: //has a level of Ranger
*** Sven plots
DM of Da: And their weapons and armor
Nikolai: I guess I'll record the loot
DM of Da: Which I'll email later if you choose to take it
Nikolai: we take everything
Nikolai: naked corpses
DM of Da: The rest of the day's travels go uneventfully
Nikolai: which we then bury
Nikolai: or burn
Boris: any of their weapons better than our own?
Nikolai: probably bury
DM of Da: (no)
Boris: nay chain mail?
DM of Da: Nope
Boris: k
DM of Da: You find a good spot in a small grove of trees near the
shore to camp for the night
DM of Da: Everyone roll some Spot checks
Albrecht: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 0 = 4
Nikolai: Sandy
DM of Da: What's up
Sven: /try 9
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 9 = 24
Boris: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Boris :
*** DM 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 6 = 19
Nikolai: Can you please send me that L1 char sheet
Boris: +2 against humans
Nikolai: of Vasily's
Nikolai: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 3 = 18
DM of Da: Ok.
DM of Da: The night passes uneventfully as well, apart from being
pretty chilly - seems nights out in the steppes get very cold
Vasilol: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasilol :
*** DM 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 1 = 3
Vasilol: lol.
DM of Da: There has not been any sign of pursuit so far
DM of Da: Morning of the 29th comes
DM of Da: Do you now start going north?
DM of Da: Or rather, it'd be northwest, if you want to get back to
the road
Nikolai: can we like, circumvent the road near oleshie
Boris: I suppose we clean up the camp site, maybe I do that
during my watch if possible or something, then head north
DM of Da: Absolutely
Albrecht: I think we're good to head to Kiev now, as long as we
stay out of sight of Oleshie
DM of Da: You don't have to go anywhere near it
DM of Da: Alright.
Boris: question friends
Boris: are we about to lead 10 horses through the forest?
Sven: ehat up son
Nikolai: why not?
Albrecht: yep
Boris: the goblins might make that difficult
Albrecht: the goblins might be full of tasty tasty XP
DM of Da: The day passes fairly uneventfully as well... a couple
times you spot evidence of temporary habitation... abandoned camps and
such... and once or twice pass by small herds of goats
Nikolai: how will the goblins change anything
Albrecht: also loot.
DM of Da: All traces of a nomadic culture are present in this
region
Boris: they may scare off the hoses or somehting, that's really
all
Nikolai: oh noes
Nikolai: they may also kill some horses
DM of Da: You do not happen upon any more Cuman riders
Nikolai: like ones we're riding
Nikolai: and we may need replacements
Boris: yeah
DM of Da: And no trace of pursuit still
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DM of Da: /try 7;something
*** DM rolls attempts for DM of Da :
*** DM (something) 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 7 = 19
DM of Da: /try 18;somethingelse
Boris: just throwing the thought out there really, I can't
think of anythign we can do about it
*** DM rolls attempts for DM of Da :
*** DM (somethingelse) 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 18 = 36
Sven: wtfcharles.
Albrecht: well with any luck the stuff we killed makes back the
money we spent on these horses
Nikolai: I really don't see it as a problem
DM of Da: The night of the 29th passes uneventfully as well.
DM of Da: The morning of the 30th, you hear a strange, low buzzing
sound soon after you set out
Boris: unnatural?
DM of Da: You soon spot, off in the distance, what appears to be a
roiling, dull orange cloud
DM of Da: Roll Spot
Sven: /try 9
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 9 = 29
Boris: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Boris :
*** DM 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 6 = 24
DM of Da: It is a swarm of creatures called stirges
Boris: boourns
Albrecht: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 0 = 1
Nikolai: haha
DM of Da: They're somewhat of a cross between bats and bugs
Sven: what do I know?
DM of Da: They suck blood
Boris: wtf, said Flynn the player
Nikolai: is it an actual swarm
Nikolai: as per the type
DM of Da: No
Nikolai: good
DM of Da: Just a lot of them
DM of Da: Dozens if not more
Nikolai: we hope they don't notice us.
DM of Da: They're not particularly aggressive, preferring to feed
on cattle and other easy prey, but they will defend themselves if
attacked
Sven: I'm fine leaving them be.
Boris: do any of us know abou thtem?
DM of Da: Sven knows
Boris: we probably avoid any buzzing orange clouds of insects
anyway
DM of Da: I don't even have to have him roll Knowledge: nature
DM of Da: It's pretty basic.
DM of Da: They ignore you.
Nikolai: yes, we avoid them
Sven: ta da.
Albrecht: yeah that'll do
DM of Da: At this point in the journey, the road enters a more
hilly region
Boris: unless someone has Globe of Vaccuum available
DM of Da: The terrain slopes up, and you find yourselves riding
toward what appears to be a pass through a low ridge
Boris: any way to take the high road?
DM of Da: You could... it would add a good bit of time to your
journey
DM of Da: And you'd have to make Survival checks to find a path
Boris: fun...low road it is
Sven: I could probably find a path if you want to spend the
extra time.
Boris: I could help, though not much
DM of Da: Well, the road is relatively "high" as is
Boris: do we think we'd actually get ambushed here?
Nikolai: oh man
DM of Da: You're going over a ridge of hills
Nikolai: I just found in my D&D folder
DM of Da: Just there's a path across it
Nikolai: the original encounter with Makhno's warriors.
DM of Da: Yes
Sven: ok
Sven: keep going then, I suppose
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: As you climb to the high point of the ridge, you look
down
Nikolai: one sec
Nikolai: DM: Another of the men yells to you in
Russian...
Nikolai: Ne: that we know
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Nikolai: Warriors: Do you speak Russian?
Nikolai: Ne: Da
Nikolai: *** Petr turns around
Nikolai: Petr: da
Nikolai: Warriors: Then halt in the name of Makhno!
Nikolai: Viktor: da, mi govoryim
Nikolai: *** Petr continues riding
Nikolai: Petr: (slowly)
Nikolai: *** Viktor stops
Nikolai: DM: The six warriors all draw their curved
swords and ride forward.
Nikolai: DM: Soon they've surrounded you.
Nikolai: *** Siegfried halts
Nikolai: *** Siegfried looks around at them
Nikolai:
Boris: hah
Nikolai: DEJA VU
DM of Da: Anyway
Nikolai: rofl
DM of Da: You look down
DM of Da: And see, spread before you, a broad valley between two
ridges of hills
Sven: rofl.
DM of Da: Two shallow rivers wind their way around the edges of
the valley
DM of Da: The road dips down and follows the east one of the
rivers
Boris: follow the river
DM of Da: And you also see that the valley is filled with what
appears to be a massive settlement
Boris: of
DM of Da: It is an immense number of conical tents of various
size, made of animal hides and such
DM of Da: Herds of horses
Albrecht: looks like we found the Cuman encampment
DM of Da: It appears to house thousands of people
DM of Da: But you're too far away to see for sure
Boris: you know what we shouldnt do?
Boris: do anywhere near there
Nikolai: Wait
Nikolai: Why would we have found the Cuman encampment
DM of Da: As you are surveying this sight, you spot three warriors
coming up a path from the settlement
DM of Da: Their attire is similar to the ones you fought a couple
days ago
Albrecht: the riders had come from the northwest
Albrecht: then we headed northwest after the end of that day
Boris: kill htem now or later?
DM of Da: Well, 2 days' travel is a lot
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Sven: what, again?
DM of Gaia: The lead warrior of the three calls out to you, in
accented though fluent Russian...
Albrecht: // yes, we paid before
Warriors: I greet you, travelers! Welcome to Ain Jalut.
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DM of Gaia: (Master chat buffer bug)
Nikolai: (well we're spotted)
Nikolai: (sandy where are we)
DM of Da: In terms of? Tactical? Overland? Geography?
Boris: (I believe we're at the top of a hill overlooking the
city)
Nikolai: overland/geography
Nikolai: on our trip to kiev
DM of Da: Ok take a look
DM of Da:
http://obormot.ath.cx/~obormot/beyond_ragnarok/maps/set_0/MI_RusMap.pdf
DM of Da: Look at Oleshie
DM of Da: And look due north
DM of Da: See the sources of two rivers near each other?
DM of Da: One running N/S, one running E/W
Nikolai: so
Nikolai: I see the Dnieper running E/W at Oleshie
DM of Da: Yep
Nikolai: and then something running into that
Nikolai: N/S
DM of Da: That's not it
DM of Da: Look further northwest
Nikolai: where it says Southern Bug?
DM of Da: Look at the Southern Bug river, what I'm referring two
are two tributaries of that
Nikolai: ok
DM of Da: The ones whose sources are due north of Oleshie
DM of Da: You're there
Nikolai: ok
DM of Da: Overlooking a valley between two ridges of low hills
DM of Da: The rivers wind their way around the edge of the valley
Nikolai: well
Nikolai: this is bad then
DM of Da: And the valley is filled with a huge settlement
Nikolai: and the road goes through this settlement??
DM of Da: Not a city, really, there are no permanent structures
DM of Da: Just a whole lot of tents
DM of Da: It goes around the edge, along one of the rivers
DM of Da: And leaves the valley through another pass at the other
side
Boris: suppose we head back over the ridge out of site of the
city, off them, and run? Or is it too lat ein the day for that
DM of Da: In any case, the warriors have spotted you
DM of Da: And said
Warriors: I greet you, travelers! Welcome to Ain Jalut.
Nikolai: //killing them would likely draw suspicion
Boris: //of course
Nikolai: //I'm sure we've been spotted by more than just them at
this point
Boris: // of course
Albrecht: // yeah we just have to prevent them realizing we're on
horses we took from dead friends of theirs and all
Nikolai: //you assume they were their friends.
Nikolai: Greetings.
Nikolai: //let's just talk to them normally
Nikolai: We just wish to pass by on the road.
Warriors: Of course. But if you wish to stay, you are welcome. Ain
Jalut is open to all.
Nikolai: Well thank you then.
Nikolai: If you'll excuse us...
*** Nikolai nods
*** Nikolai prepares to pass
*** Warriors move off to allow you to pass by
Warriors: Wait!
Warriors: If you travel north, be warned.
Vasilol: Warned?
Sven: Oh?
Boris: orly?
Vasilol: yarly
Warriors: In another day's travel from here, you will pass into
treacherous lands.
Warriors: Not all our people are as gracious as Ataman Koray.
Nikolai: //well you were right
Albrecht: // ah, we do have multiple atamans
Nikolai: //go figure
Nikolai: I see.
Sven: //how strange
Sven: //silly nomads.
Nikolai: Thank you for the warning.
Warriors: And foul creatures live there, dog-men who prey on
travelers along the road.
Nikolai: Ah.
Nikolai: Well we will take our chances.
Warriors: Good luck.
Nikolai: Thank you.
<<< Warriors has left >>>
<<< 09:43:38 PM >>>
*** Nikolai nods graciously
*** Vasilol does the same
*** Nikolai gtfos
DM of Da: Alright
Nikolai: we are leaving an mfing trail
Boris: yeah :(
Boris: do we need psudonyms?
Nikolai: only one of us does
DM of Da: You pass along the road uneventfully, catching the
curious gazes of a number of the Cuman settlers residing near this side
of the valley.
Vasilol: Vasily will now answer to the name "Petr"
*** Vasilol summons cart
Sven: hah.
Sven: does god heal those who heal themselves?
DM of Da: However, it seems they are used to travelers through
their land, as they look you up and down carefully, then pay you no more
mind.
Vasilol: Petr: Our journey has been long, and frought
with peril
Vasilol: *** Warriors scowl
Vasilol: Petr: we have been delayed
Vasilol: Petr: attacked
Vasilol: Siegfried: My priest friend speaks the truth.
Vasilol: Siegfried: We would like nothing more than to rest
and recuperate.
Vasilol: Siegfried: But we cannot spare the time
Vasilol: Petr: we must be in Oleshie in five days
Vasilol: *** Warriors put their spears away
Vasilol: Warriors: Then you must pay a fee to travel
through Makhno's lands.
Vasilol: Petr: and we will be there in five days, one
way or another
Vasilol: Warriors: Five gold pieces a person.
Vasilol: Petr: This is a mission of the church
Vasilol: *** Siegfried looks in his gold pouch
Vasilol: Petr: we owe no taxes to this Ataman
Vasilol: Warriors: The church has no authority here,
priest!
Vasilol: *** Siegfried whispers to Petr such that only Warriors
with reeally good listen checks can hear
Vasilol: Warriors: This is the land of Ataman Makhno!
Vasilol: Siegfried: :P
Vasilol: Petr: God's authority is everywhere
Vasilol:
DM of Da: Anyhow
Sven: hahaha
DM of Da: Another day's travels passes uneventfully
DM of Da: /try 7;something
*** DM rolls attempts for DM of Da :
*** DM (something) 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 7 = 19
DM of Da: /try 18;somethingelse
*** DM rolls attempts for DM of Da :
*** DM (somethingelse) 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 18 = 30
Vasilol: my favorite part of that
Vasilol: ...
Vasilol: STOP ROLLING 7 AND 18
Vasilol: srsly
DM of Da: lol
Vasilol: it's too damn obvious
DM of Da: Whatever are you talking about
Vasilol: the guy following us
DM of Da: What guy
Vasilol: with a 7 hide and an 18 move silently
Vasilol: or something
Sven: who takes a 7 hide and 18 move silently.
DM of Da: Anyways
Vasilol: probably the other way around.
DM of Da: The 31st passes
DM of Da: And the 1st of April comes
Boris: we should trick somone
Vasilol: oh man
Vasilol: this is one of the better moments
Vasilol: Petr: How long has this Ataman ruled here, and
from whence does he derive his power?
Vasilol: Warriors: If you do not immediately pay us 10 gold
pieces a person, then we'll take it in the name of Makhno!
Vasilol: Ne: (we have no healer)
Vasilol: Ne: (arrgH)
Vasilol: Warriors: He derives his power from his own
strength.
Vasilol: *** Warriors gesture around them
Vasilol: Warriors: Do you see any other authority?
Vasilol: Siegfried: (guys, let's just smite them)
Vasilol: Warriors: Perhaps your church?
Vasilol: *** Warriors laugh
Vasilol: *** Petr looks upward
Vasilol: Petr: I see god
Vasilol: *** Siegfried rolls his eyes
Vasilol:
DM of Da: This is your last day of traveling across the steppes
Vasilol: also
DM of Da: By nightfall today, you should reach the forest's edge
Vasilol: *** Siegfried takes out 20 gold
Vasilol: Siegfried: Here.
Vasilol: Ne: (no shit :P)
Vasilol: Siegfried: (i misreads)
Vasilol: *** Siegfried hands over the gold.
Vasilol: Warriors: That's only half of what you owe.
Vasilol: Petr: This is all you will get
Vasilol: *** Siegfried retracts his hand.
Vasilol: Petr: and know that your imputance in the face
of the clergy will not go unchecked
Vasilol: Siegfried: Fine, allow me to get more gold...
Vasilol: Ne: (oh boy here we go)
Vasilol: *** Siegfried quickdraws his greatsword, 5foots and
attacks the closest one
Vasilol: Warriors: Alright.
Vasilol: Ne: (well we're fucked)
Vasilol:
DM of Da: Now then
Sven: rofl.
DM of Da: By midmorning
Sven: that's awesome.
DM of Da: The road ahead dips into a ravine
Vasilol: rofls
Nikolai: good times
DM of Da: Roll Listen and Spot please
Nikolai: /try 3;listen 3;spot
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM (listen) 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 3 = 11
*** DM (spot) 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 3 = 16
Boris: //try 6;spot 6;listen
Albrecht: /try 0;listen 0;spot
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM (listen) 1d20 < 9 = 9 > + 0 = 9
*** DM (spot) 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 0 = 1
Boris: /try 6;spot 6;listen
*** DM rolls attempts for Boris :
*** DM (spot) 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 6 = 24
*** DM (listen) 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 6 = 17
Sven: /try 9;spot 3;listen
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM (spot) 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 9 = 13
*** DM (listen) 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 3 = 8
Boris: +2 for humans
Vasilol: /try 1;spot 1;listen
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasilol :
*** DM (spot) 1d20 < 10 = 10 > + 1 = 11
*** DM (listen) 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 1 = 12
DM of Da: Ok
Boris: so possible 26/19
Vasilol: if vs humans
Boris: indeed
DM of Da: Boris spots movement above you, up the slope
Nikolai: favored enemy ftw
*** Boris points
DM of Da: There are some sort of figures moving
*** Boris says at much
DM of Da: Roll Knowledge: Nature if you have it
Sven: /try 11
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 7 = 7 > + 11 = 18
Boris: ......can I have the XP from earlier first dso I can
have it?
DM of Da: Go away, no :P
Sven: oh, just him
Sven: never mind :-P
Boris: boooo
Nikolai: haha
DM of Da: No, I meant anyone who has it
DM of Da: An 18 succeeds
Nikolai: at?
DM of Da: Sven, you note that the loose rocks and rubble littering
the the ravine's slopes around your position are unstable
DM of Da: This place is ripe for a rockslide.
DM of Da: Meanwhile
Sven: greeat.
DM of Da: Four vaguely humanoid figures pop out from their poorly
concealed hiding places above you
DM of Da: They are larger than humans, having canine heads and fur
DM of Da: They growl and look menacing
Boris: I shake my fist and look menacing
Sven: *menace menace menace*
DM of Da: And also push carefully positioned loose rocks at the
top of either slope
DM of Da: Roll Initiative.
Sven: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 1 = 15
Boris: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Boris :
*** DM 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 7 = 8
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Boris: fucking
Nikolai: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 1 = 19
Vasilol: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasilol :
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 1 = 21
Vasilol: nice.
DM of Da: Albrecht?
Gnolls: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Gnolls :
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 0 = 14
Albrecht: /try 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 16 = 16 > + 5 = 21
DM of Da: Albrecht
DM of Da: Your turn
Sven: so have we actually gone into the ravine or are we yet
to enter it and there are gnolls with big rocks?
DM of Da: You've gone into the ravine
DM of Da: 50 feet above you, to either side of the road, are four
gnolls
DM of Da: 2 on each side
Sven: how far apart are the gnolls?
DM of Da: The ones on each side are 10ft apart
Albrecht: draw bow, take a shot
DM of Da: And I suppose the ravine is about 60 feet wide at the
their height
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: Right or left?
Albrecht: right
Albrecht: /try 4
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 4 = 24
Albrecht: /try 4
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 4 = 23
DM of Da: A crit!
Albrecht: /roll 3d6
*** DM rolls dice for Albrecht: 3d6 < 3 3 6 = 12 > = 12
Sven: mcsnuffed.
Boris: McSnuffed?
Nikolai: SnuffMced?
Sven: kinda like Ronald McSnuffulupagus.
DM of Da: You land an arrow in a gnoll's throat, and he collapses
with a dog-like squeal, tumbling down the slope
DM of Da: Vasily!
Vasilol: SLEEP
DM of Da: Right or left?
Vasilol: left
Vasilol: the one with 2 alive
Gnolls: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Gnolls :
*** DM 1d20 < 10 = 10 > + 0 = 10
Vasilol: fail
DM of Da: The left 2 gnolls collapse, fast asleep
DM of Da: Nikolai!
Nikolai: Magic Missile
DM of Da: Roll
Nikolai: on the one still standing
Nikolai: /roll 2d4+2
*** DM rolls dice for Nikolai: 2d4 < 1 4 = 5 > + 2 = 7
DM of Da: Clearly
DM of Da: k
DM of Da: He is injured, but not dead
DM of Da: Sven?
Nikolai: finish him!
Sven: uhh.
Sven: flaming sphere, I guess.
Gnolls: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Gnolls :
*** DM 1d20 < 7 = 7 > + 0 = 7
Sven: failure.
Sven: /roll 2d6
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 2d6 < 6 3 = 9 > = 9
DM of Da: The gnoll is burnt.
Sven: to a crisp?
DM of Da: Yep.
Sven: good.
Sven: sounds like the end of the battle to me.
DM of Da: However, the collapsing gnoll that Albrecht killed
dislodged some carefully positioned rocks...
Sven: . . .
Boris: figures
DM of Da: And the that triggers a rockslide; the loose rubble and
gravel on the slope comes tumbling down
DM of Da: Everyone roll a Ref save
DM of Da: Even Sven's wolf
Albrecht: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 1 = 15
DM of Da: And the horses
Nikolai: /try 2
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 2 = 3
Nikolai: lol.
DM of Da: k
Sven: /try 2 7;wolf
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 2 = 20
*** DM (wolf) 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 7 = 8
Vasilol: /try 4
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasilol :
*** DM 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 4 = 9
Sven: now that was unexpected.
DM of Da: Albrecht?
DM of Da: Boris?
Albrecht: /try 4;horse
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM (horse) 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 4 = 22
Boris: /try 9
*** DM rolls attempts for Boris :
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 9 = 23
DM of Da: k
Albrecht: I had to look up the horse's ref save
DM of Da: Nikolai and Sven's wolf...
DM of Da: /roll 3d6
*** DM rolls dice for DM of Da: 3d6 < 5 2 3 = 10 > = 10
DM of Da: Take 10 points of damage
DM of Da: The rest of you manage to evade it
DM of Da: Not a very expertly prepared rockslide, it seems
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Sven: not so much, no.
DM of Da: However, in the meantime, you hear yelling from the
east, above you
Sven: may as well heal nikolai before we proceed.
Sven: or that.
Boris: I take out my bow
Boris: on my turn that we didn't get to
DM of Da: (k)
DM of Da: And five warriors on horseback appear at the top of the
ravine
Vasilol: oh em eff gee
DM of Da: They have the standard attire and gear of Cuman riders
Nikolai: :(
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Sven: what is this crap.
Sven: fucking cumans need to stop breeding.
Nikolai: i kno rite
Boris: you know
Boris: too much Cuman ruins many things
Boris: rice
Boris: sausage
Nikolai: rofl
Boris: pizza
Sven: . . .
Nikolai: cuman, cumin, whatever
Nikolai: :P
DM of Gaia: Their bows are drawn
Boris: close enough
DM of Gaia: But as they survey the scene
DM of Gaia: They lower them
DM of Gaia: And yell down to you
Warriors: Travelers! You are injured?
Nikolai: ow
Vasilol: We're fine, thanks!
DM of Da: Meanwhile, roll some Sense Motive
Boris: they look human....
*** Sven can't sense shit.
Boris: /try 2
*** DM rolls attempts for Boris :
*** DM 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 2 = 21
Vasilol: /try 9
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasilol :
*** DM 1d20 < 10 = 10 > + 9 = 19
Nikolai: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 3 = 15
Sven: or can I do this untrained?
Nikolai: yes
DM of Da: You could
Sven: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 3 = 8
Nikolai: of course
Warriors: These creatures... ambush people here often. We heard
sounds of battle, were passing by... came to help.
Warriors: But I see you are fine.
DM of Da: And Boris and Vasily detect a note of disappointment in
his voice as he says this
Warriors: Would you like an escort?
Boris: dissapointed "Oh man I wanted to kill a gnoll", or "WTF
these chumps are still alive"
Warriors: We can come with you, until the forest. Protect you. Who
knows when these...
Nikolai: We need no escort, friend.
Nikolai: However...
*** Warriors indicates the gnolls
Warriors: Will strike again...
*** Nikolai gestures at the two sleeping gnolls
Nikolai: If you'd be so kind as to finish the job there for us.
Nikolai: They will wake up in about 2 miutes.
*** Warriors raises an eyebrow, looking interested
Warriors: Ah, they are not dead?
Nikolai: Merely asleep by the powers arcane.
Warriors: Perhaps we will take them. Ataman Ozgur will reward us
for ...
Nikolai: //how many fucking atamans are there
Sven: 37.
DM of Da: //Clearly at least 3!
*** Nikolai rubs his temples
DM of Gaia: But as he says this, one of his comrades yells out and
points west
DM of Da: Interrupting him mid-sentence
Albrecht: // part of me suspects there's just one and he has his
warriors give different names to confuse people
Nikolai: //rofl
Warriors: Ah, perhaps not. Good luck to you!
*** Warriors take another glance west and ride off
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Sven: what . . .
Sven: right
Sven: /roll 1d8+5
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d8 < 7 = 7 > + 5 = 12
DM of Da: Now of course
Sven: that's for nikolai
DM of Da: You can't see what they were pointing and looking a
DM of Da: t
DM of Da: Being in a ravine and all
DM of Da: But you do feel the wind picking up
DM of Da: Starting to blow the dust around you
Nikolai: uhm
DM of Da: Do you do anything else? Or just keep going
Boris: how far is it to being nt in the ravine?
Nikolai: can I has CLW
DM of Da: He CLW'd you already
DM of Da: For 12
Nikolai: k
Sven: you just got it.
Nikolai: Oh
Nikolai: I see
DM of Da: A couple dozen feet, Boris
Nikolai: i r teh blind
DM of Da: Maybe 50
DM of Da: So
Boris: its windy aparently
Boris: could be a twister...rock slides, or whatever we just
passed through
Boris: in event of a twister
Nikolai: it could be... an air elemental!
Nikolai: duh duh dummmmm
DM of Da: It could be all of those things, yep
DM of Da: You won't know unless you keep riding
DM of Da: And leave this ravine
Albrecht: any reason to stay put?
DM of Da: Not that I can see
Nikolai: let's do that
DM of Da: Ok
Nikolai: can we get up to the top
DM of Da: You ride up
Nikolai: and off the gnolls
DM of Da: You could do that
DM of Da: But as you leave the ravine
Nikolai: we do so
DM of Da: And the road flattens out
DM of Da: You look west
DM of Da: And see, covering almost the entire horizon, a massive,
dark cloud moving along the ground from some distance
Sven: we probably need to bounce.
DM of Da: It is a sandstorm, one of vast proportions; you've been
warned about them
Nikolai: let's do that then
DM of Da: They happen occasionally on the steppes
DM of Da: Sweeping across large areas
Albrecht: taking shelter in the ravine might actually be wise
DM of Da: You probably won't be able to get out of its area in
time
DM of Da: And the ravine will not shelter you
DM of Da: Not enough, anyway
Sven: /try 15;survival
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM (survival) 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 15 = 27
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: You spot some low hills to the southwest; there could be
caves or overhangs there, but that will take you closer to the storm
Boris: /try 3;survival
*** DM rolls attempts for Boris :
*** DM (survival) 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 3 = 18
DM of Da: If you're wrong, you'll be somewhat fucked
DM of Da: But it's the only thing you see
DM of Da: Additionally you notice
DM of Da: That as the sandstorm approaches
DM of Da: The wind is getting warm
Boris: and we're not high enough level to create a wall of
force to hide behind...
DM of Da: Hot, even
DM of Da: It's true
Sven: sirocco?
Sven: well guys?
Nikolai: Let's go for it.
DM of Da: Alright
Sven: I agree.
DM of Da: You ride off toward the hills Sven spotted
DM of Da: Looking around for a cavern entrance or some other form
of shelter
Nikolai: brb
DM of Da: Sven, you think you see something that could work...
DM of Da: When a rider comes out from behind a hill
DM of Da: He does not look Cuman; he wears traveling attire in the
Russian style and a chainmail shirt
DM of Da: A pair of axes are at his belt; a heavy battleaxe and a
smaller forester's axe
DM of Da: The most striking thing, though, is the large, beautiful
eagle perched on the man's shoulder
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DM of Da: He calls out in perfect Russian
Rider: Here! In here! Quickly!
Rider: Storm's about to hit, come on!
Sven: do I see where "here" is?
*** Rider motions to what appears to be a large rock at the side of the
hill... though now that he has pointed it out, you can see clearly that
it obscures some sort of cave entrance
Sven: cool
Sven: let's go.
Albrecht: we take the shelter.
Sven: stop me if you guys object . . . but we're in a bit of a
hurry.
DM of Da: The man jumps off his horse, and his bird takes off,
screeching
Albrecht: If necessary, we murder and such, but we take the
shelter
Rider: Help me move this.
*** Rider starts pushing the rock to the side
*** Sven helps
*** Boris will help with his pidly str score if needed
DM of Gaia: Alright
DM of Gaia: Between the several of you
DM of Gaia: You push the rock to the side
DM of Gaia: Revealing a fairly narrow cave passage
DM of Gaia: It looks to be a natural cavern, with walls of brown
sandstone
Albrecht: // who's wondering when we'll find cause to go to the
old Cave?
Nikolai: heh
DM of Gaia: The man leads you through to a moderately sized cavern
DM of Gaia: It's dark in here
DM of Gaia: But you see that there will be enough room to squeeze in
five horses
DM of Gaia: Even 6
DM of Gaia: But not the other 5
DM of Da:
http://obormot.ath.cx/~obormot/beyond_ragnarok/maps/set_2/cave_1.jpg
Albrecht: keep the warhorses, leave the ordinary horses, pull all
the gear/loot in
DM of Gaia: Alright
Nikolai: yep
Albrecht: the horses may survive, if they do and remain nearby we
can recover them
Rider: Quickly, let's move this rock back; otherwise the storm
will get us even in here.
Nikolai: any deception from him?
DM of Da: You can't really tell
Boris: not like we have much choice
Rider: starts rolling the rock to cover the entrance somewhat
Boris: I'll light a torch while you move the rock back
*** Rider
Rider: Alright; that should do it.
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Nikolai: don't bother with the torch
*** Nikolai casts Light
*** Rider squints at the sudden light
Rider: Good thing I saw the lot of you. Them sandstorms on
these steppes can be damn sudden.
Boris: actually, fuck that
Boris: we have ion stones of continual flame
Rider: Name's Taras, by the way.
<<< Rider is now known as Taras >>>
*** Boris gets out that ion stone
*** Nikolai nods
Taras: It'll be a few hours. We'll be able to wait it out in
here.
Nikolai: Sounds like a plan.
DM of Da: Meanwhile, his eagle has found a high perch on a rock
shelf near the cavern's ceiling
DM of Da: Has everyone gotten a look at the map?
Nikolai: yes
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: A square is 10 feet on it
Nikolai: ah
DM of Da: Where it cuts off at the bottom, the cave narrows into
darkness
DM of Da: You're all in the right area there
Sven: ok
DM of Da: The horses are along the passage from the entrance to
there
DM of Da: They're cramped and uncomfortable and scared, but
they'll live
DM of Da: Taras takes out an axe and starts sharpening it
DM of Da: He seems not to be paying much attention to you
DM of Da: Meanwhile
DM of Da: ROll... Listen
Sven: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 3 = 8
Boris: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Boris :
*** DM 1d20 < 16 = 16 > + 6 = 22
Nikolai: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 3 = 11
Vasilol: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasilol :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 3 = 7
Vasilol: uh
Vasilol: that'smore like 1
Albrecht: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 0 = 20
DM of Da: Alright
DM of Da: All of you realize that you're feeling a strangle
tingling
DM of Da: Like something is prickling your skin very lightly
Boris: ftom a listen check?
Vasilol: is it a negative energy machine
Boris: rofl
Nikolai: because if so I quit
DM of Da: And the air smells slightly of ozone
DM of Da: Like after a thunderstorm
DM of Da: Albrecht and Boris hear a sound
DM of Da: Like clicking, or chirping
DM of Da: And crackling
DM of Da: It is coming from the passage to the south
Nikolai: I go look
Nikolai: with my Light
Nikolai: Albrecht can go first
Boris: anyone with an ion stone from earluier should have light
Nikolai: Continual Flame != Light iirc
Albrecht: suppose we should say something
DM of Da: So
DM of Da: Albrecht and Nikolai go look?
Albrecht: well I figure we should tell people where we're going
Albrecht: but then I'll take my falchion out and take point
DM of Da: Very well
Boris: continual flame == torch light
Sven: should we ask taras?
Nikolai: Mage Armor
Nikolai: yeah you're right
Nikolai: it's the same
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: The passage widens somewhat, then narrows again,
becoming a fairly cramped 5-foot wide tunnel that forces you to crouch
slightly
DM of Da: And after about 60 feet, branches west and continues
south
Albrecht: everyone with us or what?
DM of Da: The southern branch curves slightly, and you can't see
around the bend, but the western branch is where the sound is coming
from
DM of Da: Nope just you two so far
Sven: I'll go too.
DM of Da: Ok
Sven: since I have one of those ioun stones and all.
Boris: I suppose we all go with weapons out
DM of Da: The tingling sensation and the smell are stronger here
Albrecht: if there's even one person not coming with us, I take
out a piece of chalk and mark the direction we go
Boris: and tell whats his name as much
DM of Da: Taras, eh
Nikolai: so like
Albrecht: because I have chalk.
Nikolai: we could have brought more horses in here
Nikolai: had we taken the time to investigate
DM of Da: Potentially.
DM of Da: So the order is what
DM of Da: Albrecht
DM of Da: Nikolai
DM of Da: Sven?
DM of Da: Vasily?
DM of Da: Boris?
Sven: that's ok with me.
DM of Da: Very well
Nikolai: sure
Boris: sure, not likely to encounter traps here
DM of Da: As I was saying, the passageway branches west, and that
is where the sound is coming from
DM of Da: In 10 feet, you see that it branches again
DM of Da: And the right (NW) branch is the source
Albrecht: eh, mark the path no matter what
DM of Da: Do you keep going to wherever this is coming from?
Nikolai: Yes
DM of Da: Ok
Nikolai: Unequivocally
Albrecht: yeah
DM of Da: In another 10 feet, that branch of the tunnel opens
west, into an irregular cavern about 40 feet long (N/S) and 25 feet wide
DM of Da: And in it you see the following.
DM of Da: There are three bluish-black, reptilian creatures about
the size of small dogs, in the middle of the cavern
DM of Da: They look like so:
DM of Gaia:
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM35_gallery/MM35_PG224.jpg
Albrecht: sadly, i know what that is from the picture.
DM of Da: Their small horns and the spikes on the ends of their
tails crackle with electricity
DM of Da: It is this crackling that makes the chirping sound you
heard
Boris: oh joy
DM of Da: They are jumping excitedly
Sven: well, as long as these aren't Rabbits of Fire and Storm
DM of Da: Looking up
Boris: nope
Boris: jus tstorm
DM of Da: At something else that is flying around the room
Albrecht: nah, they're in the MM onpage 224
Albrecht: as the link shows
Sven: true.
DM of Da: Which is a small, winged, reptilian creature
DM of Da: Covered in blue scales
DM of Da: With a small, stubby horn protruding from its head
Sven: small blue dragon?
DM of Da: Indeed.
Sven: do we have issues?
Sven: we might have issues.
DM of Da: Roll Knowledge: Arcana
DM of Da: Whoever has it
DM of Da: And
DM of Da: Anyone speak Draconic?
Albrecht: /try 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 5 = 25
Boris: what's draconic
Sven: do I look like some sort of wizard to you
DM of Da: The small creatures are shocker lizards, small predators
that use electrical discharges to hunt prey and defend themselves
Nikolai: uh
Nikolai: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 7 = 25
Nikolai: haha
Nikolai: take that
Sven: good jyorghb.
Vasilol: /try 8
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasilol :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 8 = 12
Vasilol: :(
DM of Da: When they spot Albrecht, their chirping increases in
volume and pitch, and they retreat to the south corner of the cavern,
looking alarmed
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Nikolai: we should be calling for help
DM of Da: The dragon, on the other hand, does not
DM of Da: He looks excited
DM of Da: And yells something out in Draconic
Sven: oh jesus christ.
Albrecht: yeah, I don't speak that
Boris: we should totally flip him off
Albrecht: Vasily had better...
DM of Da: He hovers near the ceiling and opens his mouth
Sven: why is there a dragon.
DM of Da: You can see electrical sparks begin to crackle around
his teeth.
Boris: so we can make a dragonskin shield
DM of Da: Roll initiative.
Sven: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 1 = 6
Boris: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Boris :
*** DM 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 7 = 12
Albrecht: /try 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 5 = 7
Dragon: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Dragon :
*** DM 1d20 < 3 = 3 > + 0 = 3
Boris: if this dragon rolla 19 i demand a redo
Boris: oh good
DM of Da: Nikolai? Vasily?
Nikolai: What?
Nikolai: oh
DM of Da: Init!
Nikolai: init
Nikolai: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 9 = 9 > + 1 = 10
Vasilol: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasilol :
*** DM 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 1 = 14
Nikolai: How big is it
DM of Da: Small.
Nikolai: Small eh
DM of Da: Small eh.
DM of Da: Vasily is first.
DM of Da: Now of course
DM of Da: Vasily can't see shit
DM of Da: btw
Boris: hm?
DM of Da:
http://obormot.ath.cx/~obormot/beyond_ragnarok/maps/set_2/cave_2.jpg
Vasilol: hay guyz what iz goin on heer
DM of Da: That's a map
DM of Da: See the big cavern at the south west?
DM of Da: Albrecht is standing at the entrance
DM of Da: Vasily isn't even in line of sight of the door
DM of Da: So he can't see shit
DM of Da: What does he do
DM of Da: Ohh Vasily
Albrecht: delay
Albrecht: or buff someone
DM of Da: Well he seems to be... afk?
DM of Da: What's going on
Vasilol: Sorry
Vasilol: I am distracted.
Vasilol: Vasily will delay
Vasilol: Since he has no meaningful buffs
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: Boris!
DM of Da: You're all the way at the rear
DM of Da: I assume delay also?
DM of Da: Guys stop being distracted
Vasilol: Well I'm fine now
Vasilol: I dunno about Flynn
DM of Da: I'll assume he delays.
DM of Da: Nikolai!
DM of Da: You can see into the cavern
Boris: heh, yeah.
DM of Da: Since you're right behind Albrecht
Boris: delay
Boris: I cant hep it if the Mets are being televised in DC
tonight
Albrecht: you could tell people what's in there
Vasilol: Ok
Nikolai: First of all
Boris: if someone tells me it's a flyer, I'll get out the bow
Nikolai: I yell for help
DM of Da: Alright
Nikolai: Secondly
Boris: otherwise I'm told Im stuk n the back
Nikolai: Glitterdust
DM of Da: Effect/save/DC?
Nikolai: blindness/will/14
Boris: effect is also faire fire
Nikolai: yep
Dragon: /try 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Dragon :
*** DM 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 5 = 23
Boris: i think
Nikolai: fair enough
Boris: I think the will is only against blindness
DM of Da: Albrecht
Albrecht: pretty sure it is
Boris: it very much remains visible/outlined
Nikolai: It's true.
Boris: the question is, does the outline also negate (natural)
darness in the area?
Nikolai: DOn't expect it to matter
Albrecht: alright, how high up is the dragon?
DM of Da: 20 ft.
Nikolai: no
Nikolai: it doesn't
Albrecht: alright, i'm going to step in... hmm how far
Albrecht: let's say the bottom left corner of that square at the
entrance
DM of Da: Very well
Albrecht: actually, no
Albrecht: i'll step up to one of the lizards
Albrecht: because I can
Albrecht: 't reach mr. Dragon
DM of Da: k
DM of Da: Anything other than movement?
Albrecht: I should take one out, i guess
Albrecht: /try 8
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 8 = 10
Nikolai: good work
Albrecht: I need to work on rolling
DM of Da: Alright
Nikolai: Oh btw Sandy
Nikolai: Vasily does speak Draconic.
Nikolai: Did he hear what the dragon yelled
Lizards: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Lizards :
*** DM 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 6 = 8
DM of Da: Ok so
DM of Da: First of all
Sven: yay for someone speaking draconic.
DM of Da: The dragon yelled out
Dragon: Humans! Humans! MOM!
Sven: that's what I feared.
Boris: fuck
Sven: we need to bounce.
Nikolai: Also now that I look
Nikolai: So does Nikolai
Sven: good job :-P
Nikolai: yeah stfu :P
Taras: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Taras :
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 1 = 15
DM of Da: Second of all
DM of Da: The lizards
Albrecht: hang on...
DM of Da: Ok
Albrecht: now, Vasily heard and understood that
Albrecht: before my action
DM of Da: As did Nikolai
Sven: and so did our erstwhile distracted friend here.
Nikolai: :P
Albrecht: the point there being that I might not have taken those
actions if Vasily had yelled that
Albrecht: but ah well
DM of Da: In any case
DM of Da: The lizards
DM of Da: Who until then had been cowering in the corner
DM of Da: Raise their tails
DM of Da: In unison
Boris: combine their powers?
Nikolai: uh oh
Nikolai: I smell a voltron
DM of Da: And electricity begins to spark between all 3 of them
Sven: I swear to god if captain planet kicks our asses I will
be very upset with you, adam.
Albrecht: not enough lizards
DM of Da: A massive discharge of lightning explodes from the
lizard you swung at
DM of Da: Crackling in a 20-foot radius
DM of Da: Albrecht, roll a Reflex save
Boris: lol
Boris: it's okay
Albrecht: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 1 = 13
Boris: one of the lizards only has HEART
Albrecht: 15 if that counts as spell-like
DM of Da: You just make it
Albrecht: but it's probably Su
DM of Da: It does not count as spell-like
DM of Da: /roll 3d8
*** DM rolls dice for DM of Da: 3d8 < 3 3 8 = 14 > = 14
DM of Da: You take that much electricity damage
DM of Da: Meanwhile
DM of Da: Sven's turn.
Albrecht: ouch
DM of Da: You are behind Nikolai
Albrecht: // for reference, that puts me at 16
Sven: well, we need to bounce.
DM of Da: And can't see into the room
Albrecht: // and yes, my next move is to run for my life
Sven: so I would like to bounce as best I can.
Sven: but I imagine since I'm in the middle of the line up I
will need to delay.
DM of Da: Ok.
DM of Da: Well it'll be the dragon's turn next
Sven: who was behind me again?
DM of Da: Unless someone undelays
DM of Da: Behind you is Vasily
Boris: Im somewhere in the back
DM of Da: And behind him is Boris
Boris: all I know is I should run in and start stabbing or
shooting things
DM of Da: So
DM of Da: Nikolai? Vasily? Boris? Someone? Undelaying?
Sven: neither of them is going? :'(
DM of Da: At any point?
Boris: is there room to run in there?
Sven: there's room to run out
Nikolai: Uh
Nikolai: Nikolai didn't delay
Nikolai: Vasily isn't undelaying
Sven: k.
Boris: if people are saying to run, I can run, otherwise I just
heard a large electric crackle
Nikolai: Nikolai took his turn to try and sway the fight
Nikolai: And failed
Boris: so I guess I'll delay to stay in the back
DM of Gaia: Ok
DM of Gaia: Well
DM of Gaia: What about Vasily
DM of Gaia: Or Boris
Nikolai: What about him?
DM of Gaia: Undelaying?
DM of Gaia: Or waiting for the dragon to go
Nikolai: No
DM of Gaia: k.
Sven: :(
DM of Gaia: The dragon goes.
Nikolai: Well look
Nikolai: Sven you could have just run
Nikolai: You can move through friendly space just fine
Sven: is there room to get by you folks?
Nikolai: Why not
Sven: I thought we were in some sort of cramped tunnel
Nikolai: Is there less than 5ft in this corridor?
DM of Gaia: Not less, no
Nikolai: right
Nikolai: you're fine
Sven: well I suppose I should ask if anyone relayed a
translation then.
Nikolai: Hm
Nikolai: Vasily and NIkolai both did as SOP
DM of Gaia: Alright then
Sven: then again, am I able to see into the room?
Nikolai: no
DM of Gaia: Nope
Sven: k.
Sven: the delay remains.
DM of Gaia: Well then
DM of Gaia: The dragon goes
DM of Gaia: He dives for the northern wall of the cavern
DM of Gaia: And burrows into it quickly
DM of Gaia: And out of sight
DM of Gaia: That's his turn
DM of Gaia: Anyone undelaying now?
*** Sven shrug
Nikolai: Can I just have my turn
Nikolai: Please
Boris: not sure what the fuck we'll do abou tthis large blue
mother dragon that's on the way now
DM of Gaia: Well I suppose this round passes with everyone who
delayed doing nothing
DM of Gaia: The next round comes
Nikolai: NIKOLAI DIDN'T DELAY.
Sven: well, it's probably Taras, to be fair.
DM of Gaia: Ok so
Nikolai: Just sayin
DM of Gaia: You took an action already
DM of Gaia: In this round
Nikolai: right, so when's the next
DM of Gaia: I know you didn't delay
DM of Gaia: Yes the next round comes
DM of Gaia: Taras goes
DM of Gaia: Hearing the yelling, he comes down the tunnel
DM of Gaia: And reaches you in this round... turning the first bend,
he yells...
Taras: Redbeak, attack!
Sven: //I choose you
DM of Gaia: And strikes at Boris with his axe.
Boris: joy
Nikolai: ugh
Boris: i suspect he'll hit easily
Albrecht: // damnit
DM of Gaia: His eagle dives at Boris.
Boris: oy
Nikolai: I suggest you take your turn now Boris
Taras: /try 3;eagle
*** DM rolls attempts for Taras :
*** DM (eagle) 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 3 = 23
Sven: rofl.
Taras: /try 3;crit
*** DM rolls attempts for Taras :
*** DM (crit) 1d20 < 16 = 16 > + 3 = 19
Nikolai: oh my god
Boris: botyh hit
Sven: alas, we knew ye well.
Boris: thats just an eagle
Taras: /roll 3d4
*** DM rolls dice for Taras: 3d4 < 2 2 4 = 8 > = 8
DM of Gaia: It claws at you with its talons
Boris: NOW I get to die
DM of Gaia: Digging into your FACE.
Nikolai: 8 damage? it could be worse.
DM of Gaia: Taras attacks, swinging his battleaxe
Albrecht: now we all get to die.
Sven: poor Boris and his FACE.
Taras: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Taras :
*** DM 1d20 < 6 = 6 > + 3 = 9
*** Taras misses
Boris: failure
DM of Gaia: Er
Boris: I stab him
DM of Gaia: That was a +5
Boris: failure
DM of Gaia: Does an 11 miss
DM of Gaia: k.
Boris: I stab him
Boris: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Boris :
*** DM 1d20 < 9 = 9 > + 6 = 15
Boris: 17 if he's ctually human UI suppose
Boris: no wait, that damage
DM of Gaia: Yep
Boris: well?
DM of Gaia: That hits
Boris: /roll 1d6+1+2
*** DM rolls dice for Boris: 1d6 < 4 = 4 > + 1 + 2 = 7
DM of Gaia: Is that with the FE bonus
Boris: that's the extra +2
DM of Gaia: k
Boris: figured I shoudl split it out for ya
DM of Gaia: Ok.
DM of Gaia: It's a hit, but he is not seriously injured yet.
DM of Gaia: Vasily's turn.
Boris: hmm
Vasilol: Ok
Boris: whats the tumble check
DM of Da: To do what
Sven: .
Vasilol: ooh
Sven: .
<<< Sven has left >>>
<<< 11:30:20 PM >>>
<<< Sven has joined >>>
<<< 11:30:20 PM >>>
Sven: again with the disconnecting me.
Boris: to move past a person?
Boris: okay, 25....screw that
Boris: poke
Boris: me too
Vasilol: I didn't get disconnected
Vasilol: I just got lag
Boris: I should move back though
Boris: and let someone else hit him
Boris: unless it's all mages behind me
Vasilol: well
Vasilol: Vasily could use some sort of area in which to attack
Vasilol: That doesn
Vasilol: t include you
Boris: I'll step away then
Boris: to the first unoccupied space we have
Vasilol: what's the combat map look like
Sven: I imagine that puts him either at the entrance to the
room or 5 ft down that north-going corridor next to it.
DM of Da:
http://obormot.ath.cx/~obormot/beyond_ragnarok/maps/set_2/cave_2.jpg
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: See the long passageway going north/south
DM of Da: That you came down
DM of Da: Taras is right at the intersection
DM of Da: Of the first branch left
DM of Da: Boris is directly west of him
DM of Da: Next to him is Vasily
DM of Da: Sven is at the fork
DM of Da: And Nikolai is right northwest of Sven
Vasilol: k
DM of Da: The only unoccupied space is down the fork to the
southwest
Vasilol: So Boris should move bakc and to the south
Vasilol: right
DM of Da: Which I suppose is where Boris goes
Vasilol: he does
DM of Da: That provokes an AoO, of course
DM of Gaia: Two of them, even
Taras: /try 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Taras :
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 5 = 25
Vasilol: the bird is in his space?
Sven: that is what I like to call "asking for it"
DM of Da: The bird is 1 space north
DM of Da: Attacking diagonally
Vasilol: so what, it's attacking around a corner?
Boris: I can tumble away
Vasilol: partial cover anyone?
Boris: /try 9;tumble
*** DM rolls attempts for Boris :
*** DM (tumble) 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 9 = 23
DM of Da: Yeah that makes sense
DM of Da: Tumble DC to move without AoOs is...
DM of Da: 25?
Sven: a 20 and a 19 are still compelling arguments.
Boris: 15
DM of Da: 15
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: So no AoOs
DM of Da: Good work
Boris: way too low if you ask me, but thems the rules
Nikolai: heh
DM of Da: Now then
DM of Da: Vasily
DM of Da: Does what
DM of Da: He is staring at Taras, who is 10 ft. away
Vasilol: He Color Sprays the jerks
DM of Da: Very well.
Vasilol: and then moves behind Boris
DM of Da: Save? DC?
Vasilol: And says "What the hell, man?"
Vasilol: DC 14, Will
Taras: /try 1 2;eagle
*** DM rolls attempts for Taras :
*** DM 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 1 = 12
*** DM (eagle) 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 2 = 21
DM of Da: What's the effect?
Vasilol: k
Vasilol: depends on HD
DM of Da: List them
Vasilol: hold on!
DM of Da: nm
DM of Da: I got d20srd
Vasilol: 3-4: blinded and stunned for 1d4
Vasilol: and then stunned for 1
Vasilol: 5+ stunned for 1
DM of Da: Very well
DM of Da: Taras looks to be stunned
DM of Da: Also blinded.
Vasilol: sounds good
Vasilol: gonna roll that here
Vasilol: or in private
DM of Da: /roll 1d4
*** DM rolls dice for DM of Da: 1d4 < 1 = 1 > = 1
DM of Da: Bam
Vasilol: fair enough
DM of Da: Nikolai's turn.
Nikolai: ok
Nikolai: Hm
Nikolai: Can I see around the corner
Nikolai: or not
DM of Da: Not
Nikolai: ok well
Nikolai: I'm going to move back to the square where vasily was
Nikolai: see the bird
Nikolai: and Scorching Ray it
Nikolai: hm
Nikolai: no fuck that
DM of Da: Very well
Nikolai: I color spray
Nikolai: DC 13
Taras: /try 2;eagle
*** DM rolls attempts for Taras :
*** DM (eagle) 1d20 < 10 = 10 > + 2 = 12
Sven: boooo.
Sven: yay...
Boris: haha
Nikolai: I want to see another save for Taras
Nikolai: since he's in the blast
DM of Da: It falls to the ground, unconscious
Taras: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Taras :
*** DM 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 1 = 19
Nikolai: k
DM of Da: lol, irony.
*** Nikolai shrugs
Nikolai: sucks for him!
DM of Da: Sure does.
DM of Da: Guess who goes next
Nikolai: dunno
Boris: the eagle
DM of Da: If you said "not the shocker lizards" you were wrong
Boris: lol
Albrecht: ...
Albrecht: wait
Nikolai: hey sven
Nikolai: how about that turn
*** DM of Da waits
Nikolai: that you can take any time
Albrecht: they go twice between my turns?
Nikolai: also that
Boris: that too
Nikolai: also Nikolai says:
Sven: what happened to albrecht's turn is what I wonder.
DM of Da: k
DM of Da: I suppose
Nikolai: Albrecht is all pwned in there
Nikolai: better help him out
DM of Da: If you said "not the shocker lizards" you were right!
Albrecht: Yeah that hurt a lot
Nikolai: I got this
DM of Da: It's Sven! Or Albrecht
DM of Da: I dunno
Nikolai: the DM has no idea what's going on
DM of Da: Sven?
DM of Da: Well it's up to him
Sven: albrecht should probably come out so we don't both get
served.
DM of Da: Either he takes his turn
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: Albrecht?
Albrecht: ok
Albrecht: I will in fact be withdrawing
DM of Da: Ok
Sven: my turn.
Albrecht: back to the entrance of that cavern
DM of Da: k.
Sven: /roll 1d8+5
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d8 < 6 = 6 > + 5 = 11
Sven: ta da.
Albrecht: ah that feels much better
Sven: having moved back to hit him with it, of course.
Sven: but not in that big room.
DM of Da: Of course
DM of Da: The lizards do not pursue
Albrecht: no, i'm kinda blocking the entrance to said room
DM of Da: Instead continuing to crackle angrily
Boris: I'm also missing 8 HP, just so y'all know
DM of Da: The dragon goes again.
DM of Da: You hear a grinding, rumbling sound, and chunks of the
sandstone wall fly off as the dragon pokes his head out of it
DM of Da: From his current position he can see Albrecht, Sven, and
Nikolai, but not Boris or Vasily
DM of Da: The dragon opens his mouth, and his teeth crackle with
electricity
DM of Da: He breathes, sending a discharge of lightning down the
tunnel
DM of Da: Which his A+B+S
DM of Da: *Hits
DM of Da: Roll Reflex saves.
Albrecht: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 1 = 15
Nikolai: wait what
Albrecht: as before I assume it's not Sp
DM of Da: What what
Nikolai: A+B+S?
DM of Da: er
Boris: /try 9
*** DM rolls attempts for Boris :
*** DM 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 9 = 11
Sven: albrecht boris sven
DM of Da: A+N+S
Boris: fuck
DM of Da: Is what I meant
Sven: oh.
Nikolai: right
DM of Da: Boris ignore that
Sven: that's different.
DM of Da: Sven you still have to roll
Sven: yeah
DM of Da: And no it's not Sp
Sven: it just occurred to me that I forgot about my wolf.
Nikolai: /try 2
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 10 = 10 > + 2 = 12
Boris: what am I ignoring?
Sven: /try 2 7;wolf
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 7 = 7 > + 2 = 9
*** DM (wolf) 1d20 < 16 = 16 > + 7 = 23
DM of Da: Yep you sure did
Nikolai: *poof*
DM of Da: Boris you ignore the save
DM of Da: The lightning didn't strike you
DM of Da: Anyhow
Boris: cool
DM of Da: Sven and Nikolai fail.
DM of Da: /roll 2d8
*** DM rolls dice for DM of Da: 2d8 < 3 3 = 6 > = 6
Sven: :(
DM of Da: They take that much electricity damage
Nikolai: k
DM of Da: The wolf and Albrecht take half
DM of Da: However
DM of Da: Lightning discharges cling to your bodies, crackling
over your skin
Sven: . . . what.
Nikolai: srsly
Nikolai: what
Sven: what does that even mean.
DM of Da: It means you'll take damage again next round!
Albrecht: joy
Sven: wtf is that.
Albrecht: he's using Draconomicon
Nikolai: you sir, are a cock
Nikolai: and a half
DM of Da: Anyway
DM of Da: Vasily's turn
Vasilol: well
Sven: a wyrmling bluw dragon has metabreath feats? yopu make
me sad.
Vasilol: there's certainly many things I could do
Vasilol: right now
Vasilol: things like
Vasilol: uhm
Vasilol: aha
Vasilol: no
Vasilol: he's like
Vasilol: poking out of the wall
Vasilol: right?
Vasilol: of that little outcropping
DM of Da: Yep
DM of Da: That's exactly it
Vasilol: in the third intersection
DM of Da: That's the one
Vasilol: so he's adjacent to albrecht
Boris: //stoneshape a guiatine
DM of Da: Correct again
Vasilol: well fuck
Vasilol: ok then
Vasilol: I'm gonna squeeze up to where nikolai is
DM of Da: Very well
Vasilol: and cast sleep
Vasilol: on the dragonling
DM of Da: Alright
Vasilol: DC 14
Dragon: /try immune;immune
*** DM rolls attempts for Dragon :
*** DM (immune) 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 0 = 13
DM of Da: Turns out he's immune.
Vasilol: oh
Sven: rofl.
Vasilol: I probably should have consulted my KNOWLEDGE SKILLS
Vasilol: before doing that :P
DM of Da: Probably
DM of Da: But you didn't
Vasilol: yeah see
Vasilol: no
Vasilol: that's totally your job
Vasilol: to give me the chance to do so
DM of Da: OR IS IT
Vasilol: yes
Vasilol: it is
DM of Da: Fine roll Knowledge
DM of Da: Arcana
Vasilol: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasilol :
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 7 = 19
DM of Da: Turns out dragons are immune to sleep.
Vasilol: k
DM of Da: Also paralysis.
DM of Da: In case you were wondering.
Vasilol: I was actually
Vasilol: but stunning is not paralysis
DM of Da: Well now you know.
DM of Da: No it's not.
DM of Da: It's stunning.
Vasilol: too bad I can't get to position to color spray him
DM of Da: Too bad!
Vasilol: I'll delay
DM of Da: Nikolai!
Vasilol: Socrhing Ray!
Vasilol: er
Nikolai: Scorching Ray!
DM of Da: Roll atk
Nikolai: /try 2
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 2 = 14
DM of Da: That's a hit
Nikolai: /roll 4d6
*** DM rolls dice for Nikolai: 4d6 < 2 3 6 1 = 12 > = 12
Nikolai: strictly average.
DM of Da: The dragon is slightly scorched.
Nikolai: also then I'll move to behind Vasily
DM of Da: Boris?
DM of Da: k.
Nikolai: what happened to sven
Nikolai: are you going to do anything useful
Sven: sven undelayed before the dragon.
Nikolai: oh
DM of Da: So
Nikolai: I missed it I guess
DM of Da: Boris
Albrecht: he healed my face back on.
Boris: question - what does the eagle do?
Sven: the eagle sleeps tonight.
DM of Da: Correct.
DM of Da: It is unconscious
DM of Da: On the floor
Boris: does it take falling damage?
Albrecht: in the cavern, the sandstone cavern, the eagle sleeps
tonight...
Nikolai: I inform the crew that Taras is going to come out of his
stupor soonish
DM of Da: It does not.
Albrecht: Somebody come over and punch me.
Boris: ah well. harmless bugger on teh ground
DM of Da: Yep.
DM of Da: You do, however, hear sounds that sound suspiciously
like a dragon coming from around the corner
DM of Da: Where all your friends are
Nikolai: hahahaha
Nikolai: Also
Boris: stab whats his face then after moving up to him. Dont
suppose I can move behind him while he's stunned or whatever
Nikolai: You are informed that Taras is denied his dex bonus
Sven: rofl.
Nikolai: and should be taken care of
DM of Da: Yep
DM of Da: His Dex bonus is indeed mysteriously absent
Boris: too bad he's not helpless
DM of Da: nope
DM of Da: He's not
DM of Da: But you do get SA damage
DM of Da: So stab away
Boris: I move behind him if he's stunned, might as well set up
flanking
Boris: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Boris :
*** DM 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 6 = 24
DM of Da: There is no behind
Boris: booo
DM of Da: Behind him is a tunnel wall
DM of Da: But that's a hit obviously
DM of Da: Roll dmg
DM of Da: +SA
Boris: /roll 2d6+1+2
*** DM rolls dice for Boris: 2d6 < 5 4 = 9 > + 1 + 2 = 12
Nikolai: his AC is two lower
Nikolai: just sayin
Nikolai: also -dex
DM of Da: He's dead.
Nikolai: kthx
DM of Da: Now
Boris: if only I have cleave
Nikolai: why did he attack us anyway
Sven: how long have we been in here?
DM of Da: Actually he's not dead
Boris: we may never know
DM of Da: He's just unconscious
DM of Da: And bleeding to death
Nikolai: ok good
Nikolai: maybe we can question him
DM of Da: Maybe
Boris: oh fuck him
DM of Da: But that will have to be next time
DM of Da: Since this is 12:00
Nikolai: oh god
DM of Da: RECORD YOUR CURRENT STATUS
Nikolai: ending a session in the middle of combat
Boris: joy
DM of Da: The battle with the dragon will continue
Boris: that will be funny
Boris: we may level mid combat
Nikolai: hah
Nikolai: no
Boris: it'd be from the Gnolls and Cumans
DM of Da: On the next episode of "Electrifying Cave Adventures"!
Nikolai: yeah but sandy wouldn't let us do it
Sven: :(
Boris: booo
DM of Gaia: So
DM of Gaia: Let's recap
DM of Gaia: You went into the cave
DM of Gaia: Felt, smelled, and heard strange things
DM of Gaia: Went to investigate
Nikolai: and realized it were teh trap.
DM of Gaia: Found some shocker lizards and a blue dragon wyrmling
Nikolai: or something
DM of Gaia: The wyrmling attacked you
DM of Gaia: You also attacked the lizards, who defended themselves
DM of Gaia: Taras came and attacked you also
DM of Gaia: Now he's dying on the floor
DM of Gaia: And you're still fighting a dragon
DM of Gaia: Who called for its mommy at the start of the fight
DM of Gaia: To no effect as yet.
Nikolai: so guys
Nikolai: who sees a geas in our future
Nikolai: I do
Sven: how long have we been in the cave?
DM of Gaia: Not long... several minutes
DM of Gaia: Maybe 10 minutes
Boris: yeah
DM of Gaia: The sandstorm has just hit
Sven: ok.
Boris: /roll 1d8
*** DM rolls dice for Boris: 1d8 < 3 = 3 > = 3
DM of Gaia: And will continue to rage outside for some time
DM of Gaia: So, you see a geas in your future eh
DM of Gaia: Explain your reasoning
Nikolai: mother dragon shows up
Nikolai: makes it obvious we can't defeat her
Nikolai: decides not to kill us and instead gives us some sort of
task
Sven: or we might just get ate.
Nikolai: sure
Sven: what with the hositility to her child.
Nikolai: but that wouldn't fit in with the whole "PCs just
getting outright pwned" theory
Sven: it would fit in with the "do dumb shit and face the
consequences" theory though
Nikolai: we didn't do anything dumb.
Nikolai: so we're fine.
Sven: we probably didn't have to explore anything deeper into
this cave :-P
Sven: but I suppose we'll see next time.
Nikolai: that doesn't mean it was dumb to do so
Nikolai: anyway brb
Albrecht: well nothing we can do now but see how it turns out
Albrecht: and time for me to go get soem sleep
Sven: probably
Sven: bye for now folks
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Albrecht: I like men.
Albrecht: ?""""""
Albrecht: damnit Karen.
Albrecht: also damnit kittie.
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