The party leaves Kiev, heading for Crimea?. On the way they fight a force of goblin worg riders and bat riders.
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root: .
Nikolai: BACK IN THE NICK OF TIME
root: hah
DM of Da: Blah
DM of Da: I feel like shit
DM of Da: Allergies are the suck
DM of Da: I took a benadryl
Nikolai: :(
DM of Da: You guys will have to give me like 15min
Nikolai: I am full of claritin d
Nikolai: ok
DM of Da: To lie down a bit and then make some tea
Nikolai: if you fall asleep
DM of Da: bbl
DM of Da: I won't
Nikolai: expect wqrath
Nikolai: wrath!
DM of Da: Hopefully
DM of Da: afk
root: you can have 15 minutes...
root: if I can have 15 xp
Nikolai: heh
root: (take your time)
Albrecht: hah
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root: hmmm...I have myself listed at 16 HP for some
reason....we didn't have combat last week, right?
Sven: nope
Nikolai: you probably just didn't receive healing directly after
combat
Nikolai: but you can count yourself as at full since we've had
multiple days worth of downtime
Nikolai: also for those who missed it: Sandy said to give him 15
minutes
Albrecht: that he did
Albrecht: which works well with the fact that I'm actively cooking
now
Nikolai: I am actively eating ice cream
Nikolai: and playing Ouendan 2
Nikolai: and I just beat Samurai Blue on Insane
Nikolai: which is good because I was real close to killing
someone
Nikolai: because this song is constructede primarily from
bullshit
Nikolai: and now it's time for the hardest song in the game
Nikolai: Countdown
Albrecht: also ian, i got the libram
Nikolai: which
Albrecht: yay random people actually lower than me taking towers
root: yeah, multiple days of win
Nikolai: ohh
Nikolai: the badge one
Nikolai: er
Albrecht: yeah
Nikolai: thingy
Nikolai: token
Nikolai: hellfire
Nikolai: yes.
Albrecht: I'm all "I will now hide while I take this tower."
Nikolai: I know which one you're referring to!
Albrecht: "Uh oh, red.
root: send me an IM on AIM when we're starting, I'm probably
either writing thank you notes or watching baseball or something
Nikolai: even though I can't name it
Nikolai: ok
Albrecht: "Hmm, he's 58. Killing time"
Albrecht: Zeal, i think
Albrecht: and i served him and his pally buddy
Nikolai: yeah that one
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Vasily o/ Cou: /plot
Vasily o/ Cou: /disable-diebot
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Vasily o/ Lab: I believe the word is yo.
DM of Da: Ok well
DM of Da: Now that the Benadryl has fully kicked in
DM of Da: I feel better
DM of Da: I'll have to afk for 2min when the water boils
DM of Da: So I can have some wtftea
DM of Da: But I am here
DM of Da: Let's see
root: nice
Nikolai: my cheerleaders are frozen
root: alive with drugs
Nikolai: because the sun went out
DM of Da: k
DM of Da: Let's begin
DM of Da: ROLL CALL
Nikolai: hai
*** root will return after retreiving a drink
Vasily o/ Lab: Dr Evil present and accounted for.
DM of Da: k
DM of Da: 2 more!
Sven: forrizzle.
DM of Da: 1 more.
Nikolai: adam said he was cooking
Nikolai: so he should be back at his desk soonish
Albrecht: yeah I'm here
root: here
Albrecht: well actually I brought the laptop in the kitchen
Nikolai: smart move
Nikolai: *spill*
Nikolai: *explode*
Nikolai: lol.
Vasily o/ Lab: no...
DM of Da: Heh
Vasily o/ Lab: not the magic smoke!
Sven: kablooey 'n shit.
root: oh noes!
Albrecht: nah
Albrecht: it's on the opposite side
Albrecht: it's safe
DM of Da: Given the kitchen layout it'd be more like <laptop falls
down>
DM of Da: Hm what's this
DM of Da: A key is stuck
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: Now then
DM of Da: Does anyone have any QUESTIONS or COMMENTS?
DM of Da: Concerning the last session or something else
game-relevant?
Vasily o/ Lab: What is your favourite colour.
DM of Da: I like red
Vasily o/ Lab: damn, foiled!
DM of Da: Black's good too
Nikolai: cheerleaders frozen again :(
root: Hmm....I forget where exactly the session elft off
DM of Da: Ok
Nikolai: damn you sun
DM of Da: Let's recap
DM of Da: Who'd like to do it?
DM of Da: Ian?
DM of Da: Chris?
Nikolai: /abstain
Albrecht: not it
DM of Da: Perhaps even OliveR?
DM of Da: Yep it'll be Oliver
Vasily o/ Lab: Stuff happened.
Nikolai: yay oliver
Nikolai: lol
DM of Da: Go ahead and give us a good summary
Vasily o/ Lab: Then other stuff happened.
DM of Da: k useless
DM of Da: Anyways
Vasily o/ Lab: I think some rocks might have fallen, but we didn't die.
Nikolai: rofl
DM of Da: The session ended when you went back to Ambassador Said
Nikolai: and proceeded to bluff him thoroughly
DM of Da: Inquiring whether he'd managed to discover the hidden
message of the parchment
DM of Da: er
DM of Da: Letter
DM of Da: To which he said yes, he sure had
DM of Da: Asking first where you'd gotten it
DM of Da: And you replied "we like totally found some caravan all
pwned and stuff and this was there"
root: and he was confuzzled
DM of Da: Said seemed confused at this
DM of Da: But seemed like he bought it
root: as the spell?
DM of Da: And revealed the hidden message
DM of Da: Which was
Sven: confused as the spell . . . sure . . .
DM of Da: "We can decipher the words of the demon. Help us, and
his power will be yours."
Vasily o/ Lab: He doesn't have allies to attack <.<
DM of Da: You took your leave, and that's where we ended.
DM of Da: The question, therefore, becomes
DM of Da: What now?
DM of Da: Answer that while I go attend to my tea.
Vasily o/ Lab: I say we deliver this shite.
root: you know....
root: this letter was coming to Kiev in teh first place, yes?
root: well...the original caravan
Vasily o/ Lab: No, it wasn't.
root: just passing through?
Vasily o/ Lab: This letter was bound for nowhere near Kiev.
Nikolai: this is the letter they gave us to take to the Khan of
Crimea
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root: this letter was for the Khan, yes
Nikolai: what you're thinking of is the original gems
root: but the caravan we actually looted
Nikolai: which we took
Nikolai: it had no letter
root: but it was headed here, right?
Vasily: Right, but he doesn't know about the gems from the first
caravan.
root: right
Vasily: So...
Vasily: Here's a thought.
Nikolai: the original caravan was headed north
Nikolai: i believe
Nikolai: to Isidor
Nikolai: the dude that runs this business
Vasily: Those merchants were...
Vasily: well...
root: Im just speculating - Said is the loosly moraled most
powerful arcane caster in kiev
Vasily: They were very clearly middlemen.
root: if you needed help deciphering shit, and had stuff as a
sample heading to Kiev....
Nikolai: yeah but I don't think he was associated here
Nikolai: right but they didn't
DM of Da: Yes the caravan was headed north, probably by way of
Kiev, but ultimately its cargo was bound for Novgorod, which is where
Isidor is
Vasily: I highly doubt either is in a position to decipher
ancient texts that have eluded a Khan.
Nikolai: I don't believe he's related or we wouldn't be able to
bluff him the way we did
root: ok
Nikolai: or rather his reaction would have been different
root: he might not have known was what I was going for, but
Novgorod is out of the question entirely
Vasily: It did seem like he knew something about what was going
on.
Nikolai: it seems like he knows something peripheral.
Vasily: It may have been in an investigative capacity...
Nikolai: not something specific.
Vasily: but he knows something.
root: Khan -> merchants -> associets -> Said
Nikolai: doubtful
Nikolai: look
Nikolai: all that's going on here
root: agreed now
Vasily: Still, I say we go deliver this letter.
root: lets. I want to see this treasure myself
Nikolai: is that he has some general knowledge of what the letter
is referring to
Vasily: Get some idea of where the huge stash is.
Albrecht: that remains the apparent course of action, yes
Nikolai: and is now intrigued by it
Vasily: Then figure out what this great power is and how it's
translated.
Nikolai: right
Nikolai: well
Nikolai: that will be harder
Nikolai: since we can't directly address that point
Vasily: Right now we know jack about it.
Nikolai: since we don't know about it
Nikolai: we need to go there as messengers
Vasily: My thoughts exactly.
Sven: sounds good to me.
Nikolai: and just keep our eyes and ears open
Albrecht: yes
Albrecht: now... we still have some scribing to do
Albrecht: and we still have some intelligence to gather
Nikolai: what do we have so far
Albrecht: and is there anything else we want to do in kiev?
Nikolai: by way of intelligence for Siran
Vasily: Visit Ma's Cookie shop.
Albrecht: if the party's up for it i'd be good for trying out the
catacombs beneath, carefully
Albrecht: uh... we researched the Kievan Guard and the Church of
Svarog
root: let's give it a look
Albrecht: we still wanted to check the city council, and a couple
other things
root: I could use another level
root: I mean, things to kill
Vasily: Definitely some scribing in order.
Nikolai: well I think it's more important to our overall goals to
get back on the road
Nikolai: to crimea.
Nikolai: because we are late.
Vasily: Oh, also, we sell the things we agreed to sell a while
ago.
root: we did that
Albrecht: well if we're heading to crimea with any speed we need
horses then
Nikolai: yep
DM of Da: k
Vasily: Hmm...
root: or a boat
DM of Da: Now before you guys do anything else
Albrecht: and we lost our horses when we got captured
Nikolai: so
DM of Da: I'd like you to take a look at this map again:
Nikolai: new horses
DM of Da:
http://obormot.ath.cx/~obormot/beyond_ragnarok/maps/set_0/MI_RusMap.pdf
DM of Da: And tell me what route you're taking
DM of Da: What you're looking at is the bottom
DM of Da: Crimea is the peninsula at the bottom with Cherson and
Sugdeya on it
DM of Da: And Nogai Khan himself resides in the stronghold of
Tmutarakan
DM of Da: So as you can see you've got several possible routes
DM of Da: And I'd like to establish how you're going.
Nikolai: Ok...
Nikolai: who thinks going overland is a good idea
Vasily: Seems like the options are by horse directly South or by
boat to Oleshie.
Nikolai: ok priority 1 is avoiding oleshie
Nikolai: we don't want to be anywhere near there
Albrecht: that I have to agree with
Vasily: Then by boat may not be the best idea.
Albrecht: by sea requires we pass by
Nikolai: right
Vasily: Unless we get our own boat.
Nikolai: no
Albrecht: though we could obviously not dock, or at least not go
ashore
Nikolai: that is both out of the question and puts us through
oleshie.
Albrecht: by sea guarantees passing by
Vasily: Either way, bad idea.
Albrecht: which leaves land
Nikolai: so we go overland.
Nikolai: over the connection to the peninsula
Vasily: We could go down the Dnieper down to where it bends west
and then continue south.
Nikolai: right
Nikolai: just like that
Vasily: Do we go by land or by boat though?
Nikolai: Land.
root: wow, I never installed adonbe on this box....
*** Nikolai repeats himself
root: damn your PDFs
Vasily: A boat might require some... explanations.
*** Nikolai Land.
DM of Da: k, I see what you're doing so far
Nikolai: Land land land land.
Nikolai: Not boat
Nikolai: Ok?
DM of Da: What next after you diverge from the Dnieper
Vasily: Yeah, wholehearted agreement there.
Nikolai: South
Vasily: Directly south.
Albrecht: so you want to go to Crimea then across to Tmutakakan?
Albrecht: or around the sea of Azov?
Nikolai: we will go as far east as possible on the peninsula
Nikolai: and then look for passage across that strait it seems
like
DM of Da: Ok
Sven: we should also probably be careful about traversing that
cuman guy's land
Vasily: We're going to Tmutarakan, yes?
DM of Da: Yes
Nikolai: which cuman guy
Albrecht: well, what would be faster, going to the peninsula and
then across the strait, or going around the sea?
Sven: having snuffed his guys.
DM of Da: And there's several Cuman guys
Nikolai: there are at least 57
Nikolai: oh him
Sven: the one who wanted the toll or some shit\
Nikolai: whatever we can snuff more guys, it's cool
root: word
Sven: you said that about the goblins, too.
Nikolai: and that turned out just fine in the end! :P
Sven: and I for one am tired of torture.
Nikolai: pssht
Nikolai: wuss
Vasily: Meh, torture.
*** Vasily prestidigitates up an apple.
root: hey
root: just scribe up some rope trick, we'll be fine for the
Cumans
Nikolai: Sure but that only lasts 4 hours
Nikolai: and our horses would be forfeit
Nikolai: so
root: true
Nikolai: nah
root: damn horses
Nikolai: so
Nikolai: going across the peninsula looks faster on the map
Nikolai: but maybe Sandy should tell us which is faster
Vasily: /poke
DM of Da: Definitely across the peninsula
DM of Da: Really the only issue would be the Mongols resident
there
Albrecht: I was about to say:
DM of Da: You'd have to be careful not to piss them off
Vasily: I'm sorry sandy...
DM of Da: But then
Vasily: did you just say the XP resident there?
Albrecht: "Any known hazards on either route?"
Nikolai: that's what I heard.
DM of Da: Given that you're traveling to the stronghold of their
Khan
DM of Da: You'll have to deal with them eventually anyway
Nikolai: wait
root: well
Nikolai: let's get some things straight here
root: if we kill the other 50 bands
Nikolai: this is the Khan of all the Mongols?
DM of Da: No
root: he'll like us even more
Nikolai: then?
Nikolai: just the ones on this peninsula
Nikolai: ?
DM of Da: Nogai Khan rules the Mongols of Crimea and some
surrounding lands
Nikolai: where's crimea
Vasily: We've got a message for him, we should be good.
DM of Da: That's the peninsula
Nikolai: k
Vasily: it's that giant peninsula south of Oleshie.
Nikolai: where's our final destination
DM of Da: Tmutarakan
Nikolai: ok
DM of Da: To clarify
Nikolai: so if we run into mongols we tell them we have business
with their Khan
Vasily: Sounds like a plan.
Nikolai: involving favorable monetary transactions
Vasily: Let's get us some horses.
Nikolai: which they would be foolish to interrupt
DM of Da: These are the Mongols that invaded shit, got defeated
but not killed, and settled various frontier parts of the Russian lands
Nikolai: also we put the box back together exactly as we found it
DM of Da: Yes
Vasily: Mmhmm...
DM of Da: Now
Vasily: Let's see here.
Nikolai: if we spend one more day in Kiev
Nikolai: we get 2 more spells available
Vasily: Light horses for all == 300g
Nikolai: oliver what's left on the list
Vasily: Rope Trick, Minor Image, Resist Energy, Blur, Bull's
Strength, Fox's Cunning, Bear's Endurance
Albrecht: it pays to get light warhorses.
Albrecht: and don't forget saddles
Nikolai: how much money do we have
root: i think more than 300
Vasily: We've got about 1k
Nikolai: k
Vasily: it'll be 300 for light horses.
Nikolai: let's spend one more day
Vasily: it'll be 600 for light warhorses.
Nikolai: get Rope Trick and Minor Image into our books
Nikolai: then set out tomorrow
DM of Da: Alright.
Vasily: I'll grab Minor Image.
DM of Da: First question.
Nikolai: yep
Vasily: and either way, it'll be another 40 for riding saddles.
Albrecht: so we're not finishing up the scribing?
DM of Da: To put the box back together just as you found it, you
have all the spells to do so, but one thing you need to do is re-attach
the seal on the letter.
Vasily: nyet.
Vasily: Was it magically sealed?
DM of Da: The letter? NO
DM of Da: er
DM of Da: No
DM of Da: Arkadiy was going to have someone do this, but he's
scared to associate with you for a while and said not to contact him
DM of Da: So
Vasily: Ok. A prestidigitation should be enough to melt a bit
of the wax.
DM of Da: Anyone got Forgery?
root: mending?
Nikolai: that and/or sleight of hand
Nikolai: or forgery
Nikolai: mending seems reasonable
root: can you cast mending on a wax seal?
Vasily: Aye, it does.
DM of Da: The seal is not broken, it is detached from one end of
the letter
root: neit on forgery
DM of Da: A Forgery check is necessary to make it look like that
never happened
Vasily: Nope here.
Nikolai: right, and we want to reattach it without disturbing the
impression on the wax
Nikolai: I see
Sven: no forgery here.
Nikolai: Boris, use your Kievan contacts to find us an
apporpriate person
Vasily: Let's try and find someone who knows how.
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: Boris, roll Gather Info
Vasily: (should I also?)
Nikolai: should he not have someone already
Nikolai: or maybe some sort of knowledge (kiev)
DM of Da: Sure, the roll is for checking to see if you can find
that person and contact them
Nikolai: ah
root: /try 3;KnKiev -1;Gather
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM (KnKiev) 1d20 < 17 = 17 > + 3 = 20
*** DM (Gather) 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 0 - 1 = 11
root: .
DM of Da: Ok fair enough
DM of Da: That'll suffice
DM of Da: You find a guy
root: already had the first one typed up
DM of Da: He says it's a delicate job, and it'll cost you 50g for
him to do this, and another 50g for him to keep quiet about it.
Nikolai: fine
Vasily: Let's give him a little extra just to be sure.
*** DM of Da rolls a Forgery check in secret
DM of Da: Ok.
DM of Da: Deduct some cash from your party bank; it is done.
Vasily: 100, or more?
DM of Da: Looks pretty convincing to you; this guy's obviously an
expert
root: whats the opposed check for forgery?
DM of Da: It is...
root: ah, cool
Nikolai: Spot I think
DM of Da: It is its own opposed skill
Nikolai: ah
Nikolai: very good
root: ...it's trained only isnt it
DM of Da: Yes.
DM of Da: Er
DM of Da: No!
DM of Da: Wow
Nikolai: if it were trained only
root: wow, somethign that makes sense
Nikolai: then it would be a little bit BS to make it its own
opposed roll
DM of Da: Yeah that wouldn't make sense really
DM of Da: Right
Nikolai: so
DM of Da: Ok
Nikolai: moving on
Nikolai: we set ou tthe next day
root: as long as the DM says we all think it looks great
Nikolai: with our horses
DM of Da: Now, you intend to ride along the river bank south, yes?
Vasily: Light horses or warhorses?
Nikolai: cost difference?
DM of Da: Good question. Answer?
Albrecht: i vote warhorses unless we can guarantee we'll never
need them in combat
Nikolai: warhorses then
DM of Da: btw this tea is the shit
Vasily: the difference is 75g vs 150g a piece.
DM of Da: Alright.
Sven: oof-desu
Nikolai: double?
Nikolai: jeez
Nikolai: we're poor
DM of Da: You set out, riding down the bank of the Dnieper.
Vasily: We'll make it up.
Nikolai: hope so
DM of Da: You ride past some farmland, soon entering the great
forest to the south of Kiev.
DM of Da: You estimate you've got two and a half weeks of riding
along the Dnieper, and then a little under two weeks more across the
steppes and through Crimea.
DM of Da: It is not long before you encounter a patrol of goblins.
Albrecht: ah, goblins
Nikolai: Siran didn't give us any way to identify ourselves
Sven: of course.
Vasily: Don't think so.
Vasily: Let's kill em.
Nikolai: But I'm going to just say, hey we're your buddies.
Nikolai: if they attack then well fuck
DM of Da: Four goblin warriors and a single cleric emerge from the
tree line, the warriors immediately crouching behind bushes and raising
their crossbows at you.
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Nikolai: Cleric might speak infernal
Nikolai: Albrecht make with the parlay
Albrecht: it's true
DM of Da: The cleric retreats behind a tree, and you hear the
sounds of spellcasting beginning...
DM of Da: Roll Init.
Nikolai: speak faster dummy ;P
Vasily: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily :
*** DM 1d20 < 17 = 17 > + 1 = 18
Albrecht: /try 5;init
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM (init) 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 5 = 6
Nikolai: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 17 = 17 > + 1 = 18
Nikolai: terrible
Goblin Cleric: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Goblin Cleric :
*** DM 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 0 = 18
Albrecht: obviously typing faster wouldn't matter right now
Goblin Warrio: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Goblin Warrio :
*** DM 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 1 = 16
root: /try 8
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 8 = 26
Sven: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 6 = 6 > + 1 = 7
Vasily: Jeez.
DM of Da: Ok.
DM of Da: Boris?
root: I dont suppose I can get to the cleric and make with the
stabity in one round
Nikolai: Waaaaaait.
root: oh fine, I can dealy
DM of Da: Ok.
Nikolai: Everyone hold back
Nikolai: we're going to do this non invasively
DM of Da: Nikolai and/or Vasily?
*** root delays for parlay
Nikolai: Sleep
Nikolai: On the warriors
DM of Da: Ok.
DM of Da: DC?
Nikolai: 14 here
Goblin Warrio: /try -1
*** DM rolls attempts for Goblin Warrio :
*** DM 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 0 - 1 = 18
Nikolai: Vasily?
Vasily: Ok...
Nikolai: same from you
Vasily: I'd like to try a scorching ray here...
Nikolai: no
Nikolai: :P
Vasily: That cleric needs to go now...
Nikolai: No.
Vasily: Does he have cover?
DM of Da: She, and yes, she has full cover behind a tree.
Nikolai: sigh
Nikolai: you guys are trying to fuck this up aren't you
Vasily: Dude...
Nikolai: What?
Vasily: Were you tortured?
Vasily: I don't think so :P
Nikolai: Were you killed?
Vasily: Shadaap.
Nikolai: Sounds to me like someone wants to go back to the
torture room
root: one day I'll need to learn more of this iron triforce
thing
Vasily: Look...
DM of Da: Alright
Vasily: Ian. I'm cool with you making suggestions, but please
don't tell me how to play my character.
Vasily: Anyhow.
DM of Da: Let's discuss later and shoot now
Nikolai: I'm not
DM of Da: Or
DM of Da: You know
DM of Da: Not shoot
DM of Da: But whatever it is
Nikolai: I, Nikolai, am telling you, Vasily, to stand the fuck
down
DM of Da: Let's have it :P
Vasily: Since I can't hit the cleric, let's do a proper sleep
here.
DM of Da: k.
Vasily: DC 15
Vasily: err, 16
Goblin Warrio: /try -1
*** DM rolls attempts for Goblin Warrio :
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 0 - 1 = 7
Nikolai: Because otherwise you're going to fuck up our, the
party's alliance with the goblins
Nikolai: That's all IC
Nikolai: not OOC
Nikolai: So don't tell me I'm not playing MY character
Nikolai: jackass
DM of Da: lol
Vasily: One scouting patrol doesn't return :P
Nikolai: Yeah, I care.
Vasily: I don't think they'll be missed.
DM of Da: The four warriors collapse to the ground.
Nikolai: I do
Vasily: You, Cleric. Stand down or meet the same fate!
Nikolai: Also during my turn
Nikolai: I'll try yelling in Russian
DM of Da: Ok
Nikolai: Stand down, we are allies of Siran
DM of Da: Very well
DM of Da: Your yelling seems to have produced no effect, and the
cleric...
*** Goblin Cleric does something which you cannot see
*** Goblin Cleric due to cover
DM of Da: Sven.
DM of Da: Your turn.
Sven: having heard my companions try to make with the not
killing shit
Sven: I will delay.
DM of Da: Ok.
DM of Da: Sven and Boris delaying.
DM of Da: Albrecht?
Albrecht: move towards the cleric, around the tree so I can see
her
root: I'm starting to think I might need to undelay soon and
at least take cover
DM of Da: Ok.
Albrecht: <Infernal>Stand down. We're allies.</Infernal?
Albrecht: >
Nikolai: mention Siran's name
DM of Da: Albrecht, when you move toward the tree line and around
said tree to get a good look, you discover that the cleric is not there.
DM of Da: She is, in fact, nowhere in sight.
root: ...did anyone roll spellcraft on her words?
DM of Da: What words?
Sven: did anyone hear words?
DM of Da: Nope
DM of Da: Certainly not.
root: mumbling maybe
Nikolai: that would be why
root: just checking
DM of Da: Definitely no mumbling that anyone heard either.
Albrecht: well, the cleric is not in sight, then?
Nikolai: if the DM didn't say we heard anything then we didn't
DM of Da: Not in the slightest sight
root: cool
DM of Da: Boris and Sven, any undelaying?
Nikolai: Albrecht, any more words
Nikolai: from your infernal
Nikolai: is the question that should be asked
root: I believe dismounting and hiding is in order
Nikolai: since there should be more words
DM of Da: Dismounting and hiding eh
DM of Da: k, roll Hide
Albrecht: and those words being "We work for Siran"?
root: /try 9;hide
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM (hide) 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 9 = 29
DM of Da: k.
DM of Da: You're hidden in some river grass.
Nikolai: something like that please.
Sven: err
DM of Da: ?
Albrecht: sure, consider that appended to my words
DM of Da: Alright
Albrecht: stop, we're allies, we work for siran
DM of Da: Boris your turn again
root: see the 29 above
DM of Da: Ok
root: or is it all teh way around
DM of Da: All the way
Sven: alas, I do not have track.
DM of Da: k.
root: ...you know, either way I'm delaying at this point after
hiding until something happens
DM of Da: Ok.
DM of Da: Nikolai?
Nikolai: Gonna find some cover the same as Boris
DM of Da: k
Nikolai: maybe not hiding since I suck at that
DM of Da: k
Nikolai: but some cover nonetheless
DM of Da: Vasily?
Sven: shouldn't we finish these guys?
Nikolai: No
Nikolai: They are dealt with
Vasily: Well, cover may not be a particularly good option, so
I'ma take my dagger and go up to one of the goblins and hold a dagger to
his neck. "Come out cleric, or this one dies." Ready an action to CDG
if the cleric does anything hostile.
Albrecht: Killing them would rather invalidate our attempt to get
through without fighting.
Sven: get through who? I see no one else.
Nikolai: you can't ready a CdG
DM of Da: Well you can't ready an action to CdG as it is an FRA
Nikolai: CdG is a FRA
DM of Da: But I suppose you could ready an action to stab him
Vasily: in that case, I'll delay.
Sven: I shall also go up to a sleeper and redelay.
DM of Da: Ok
Sven: assuming I have the init rounds to do this.
Nikolai: you can't delay if you move
DM of Da: It's true
DM of Da: Vasily clarify what you're doing
DM of Da: You just delay?
Vasily: I'll shout and delay.
DM of Da: Ok.
DM of Da: Cleric's turn.
*** Goblin Cleric
DM of Da: Everyone roll Listen.
Nikolai: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 3 = 3 > + 3 = 6
root: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 7 = 18
Sven: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 3 = 5
Vasily: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily :
*** DM 1d20 < 17 = 17 > + 1 = 18
Albrecht: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 0 = 11
Sven: /try 6;panther
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM (panther) 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 6 = 11
DM of Da: Boris, Vasily, Albrecht, and the panther, you hear
rustling of leaves and loose branches, as well as hastily retreating
footsteps.
DM of Da: They sound like those of a goblin,
Vasily: Letting her escape would not be wise.
Vasily: Undelay.
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: What is your course of action, then
Vasily: Move in her direction, pulling out my scroll of magic
missile as I do so.
DM of Da: Very well
DM of Da: You move into the trees to where the cleric was
DM of Da: You still do not see her anywhere
DM of Da: Roll Spot
Vasily: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily :
*** DM 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 1 = 14
DM of Da: Yep you see nothing
DM of Da: Sven.
DM of Da: Still delaying or?
Sven: I go in the direction of the sound
DM of Da: k
DM of Da: Roll Spot
Sven: /try 10 6;panther
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 10 = 24
*** DM (panther) 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 6 = 19
DM of Da: Ok
root: does the panther have scent?
DM of Da: Does the panther have Scent?
DM of Da: Hehe
Sven: no.
DM of Da: k.
DM of Da: Well the panther sees nothing, but you do see some
branches and such swaying, having clearly just been disturbed
Albrecht: .
DM of Da: You can tell in which direction the cleric went
DM of Da: Though you still don't see her
Sven: I point in that direction
DM of Da: Ok.
DM of Da: She went deeper into the forest.
DM of Da: Albrecht.
Nikolai: uh
Nikolai: what happened to my turn
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DM of Da: Hm
Albrecht: stupid lag.
DM of Da: You were finding cover
DM of Da: The next round has yet to come
Nikolai: k
DM of Da: Albrecht
Albrecht: well, i might as well try my spot
DM of Da: k
Nikolai: which means you're moving
Albrecht: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 0 = 14
DM of Da: You see nothing.
Vasily: (Did Sven mention where he saw branches moving?)
DM of Da: Yes
Sven: I did.
Albrecht: of course
Albrecht: well, I'm not chasing off pell mell
DM of Da: At this point, none of you see the cleric herself; Sven
noticed the direction she was moving in
Vasily: (and Albrecht was nearer than anyone else)
Albrecht: I figure we pretty much have to write the cleric off as
escaped
DM of Da: So let's not do this round by round
Nikolai: k
DM of Da: What's the general plan here
Vasily: Ok.
Nikolai: albrecht, go with the guys and find the cleric
Nikolai: I will stay with the horses and sleeping goblins
Vasily: Find a well balanced rock aka sap and CDG the warriors.
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: The warriors are CdG'd.
DM of Da: Who's going after the cleric?
DM of Da: Albrecht and?
Nikolai: aka K.Oed
Vasily: You want em alive? Fine. But they're staying asleep.
Sven: I am
Albrecht: CdG'd to unconciousness, not death
Nikolai: Yep
root: I have sneak attack and just attack a goblin, then track
I guess?
Nikolai: Totally right course of action
root: /try 4;track
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM (track) 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 4 = 17
Nikolai: when you find the cleric
Sven: can I aid the tracking?
Albrecht: i guess i'll pursue on horseback ideally
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Nikolai: grapple her, see if Albrecht can communicate
DM of Da: You can if you have the feat
Nikolai: if not
Sven: aww.
Albrecht: unless the terrain is too rough for the horses
Nikolai: if not then we will probably just have to kill her
Sven: I would hate to think I should spend a feat on track. :(
Vasily: If she's escaped, that's fine.
Vasily: We just need to be not here.
Nikolai: right
Nikolai: which is what we will do
Sven: not if she tells her superiors they need a larger force
to find us it isn't.
Nikolai: but go find her first
Nikolai: at least try
DM of Da: Alright
Sven: I certainly intend to.
DM of Da: Boris, you find the cleric's footsteps easily
root: she went that-a-way
DM of Da: The underbrush grows too thick for horses very soon
DM of Da: You'll have to pursue on foot
Albrecht: well in that case
Nikolai: you move faster than her!
root: if we could gaurentee not fighting giant undead things
again...I'd say fuck it
Albrecht: can we even outpace a cleric?
Nikolai: yes
Albrecht: I'm in full plate, remember
Nikolai: she is small
Nikolai: 20 speed
Nikolai: you don't have to catch her, boris and sven do
Albrecht: k, my speed matches hers, and she can run
Nikolai: then they can hold her until you catch up
Albrecht: well, they go and I trundle along behindthen
DM of Da: Goblins have 30ft move speed
Nikolai: ...
Nikolai: hax
Vasily: Sounds like she got away.
Sven: is she hindered by the terrain? because I'm not.
Nikolai: then we probably cannot catch her
Nikolai: or that
root: she known the terain
root: and we probably cant track at full speed anyway
Nikolai: doesn't mean she's not hindered by that
Vasily: It's a -10 to the check.
Vasily: I think,.
DM of Da: You can track at full speed with a -5, she IS hindered
by terrain and so is everyone else except Sven
DM of Da: So
DM of Da: You can pursue her at the speed she's going
DM of Da: How long do you wish to do so?
root: /try -1;trackFast
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM (trackFast) 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 0 - 1 = 7
Sven: my main worry is coming across another patrol on the
way.
DM of Da: Well
DM of Da: Seems that Boris lost the tracks.
Sven: let's go back.
Nikolai: ok, let's go
root: damn low wisdom score
DM of Da: Alright.
DM of Da: You keep going?
Nikolai: As we go
Nikolai: We need to have a little chat here
Vasily: We should hustle.
Nikolai: yes we leave quickly
Nikolai: but as we do so
Vasily: Let's spend a day moving at a hasty pace...
Nikolai: Listen, guys
Nikolai: In case anyone has forgotten
Nikolai: Siran is one of the goblin's leaders
Nikolai: And she is very powerful personally in addition to
commanding the goblins
Albrecht: i can try to teach you all a phrase or two to tell them
to leave us alone
Nikolai: I do not want to piss her off
Nikolai: Good plan
Nikolai: But in general our main plan should not be to kill all
the goblins
Sven: mmhmm.
Nikolai: I know about the shit that happened there and I am sorry
Nikolai: But
Vasily: As long as they leave us alone, I'm happy to follow that
plan.
Vasily: Now, they try to attack us...
Nikolai: The only reason you're not all dead is because Albrecht
and I negotiated your release.
Vasily: I WILL defend myself.
Nikolai: Keep that in mind.
Nikolai: Yes we all will, but don't start out trying to kill
them, ok?
Albrecht: if we can avoid fighting our erstwhile allies, we will
Albrecht: if we can't, we'll do what we have to do.
Vasily: Keep in mind that these goblins likely don't know who we
are.
Vasily: I doubt Siren bothered to call a giant assembly and tell
all of them who we are.
DM of Da: //Siran
Vasily: And after all, she seemed like the type who values
strength of arms.
Nikolai: If someone them die in the process, we'll try to explain
it later, but let's not go around making it our job to exterminat ethem
all
Vasily: s/e/a/
Albrecht: but if we can head off a battle with a few well placed
words, that's easier for us
root: tis much easier to stab one of them than it is negotiate
with someone who won't believe us
Nikolai: Easier for us now AND later
Vasily: You'll get no argument from me.
Nikolai: When she shows up
Vasily: Goblins aren't exactly the kind to listen though.
Nikolai: Siran's more likely to listen, but just as likely to
eviscerate you beforee you know what's going on
Nikolai: Keep that in mind
Albrecht: I'm not promising you that we can avoid fights
Albrecht: but if we can, all the better
Vasily: And didn't she try to put you up against one of her
creations?
Nikolai: Yeah, what of it?
Vasily: Have you considered the possibility that she might see
our refusal to fight a sign of weakness?
Nikolai: Not really.
root: Goblins do make good practice
Vasily: If we can disable them with a few well placed spells,
all the better.
Nikolai: Right.
Vasily: I have my doubts that words will work nearly as well.
*** Nikolai rolls his eyes
Nikolai: We shall see
Albrecht: I'll make you a deal
Albrecht: this last group, we didn't have a chance to see
Albrecht: We'll try to head off fighting on the next group
Albrecht: See how that goes
DM of Da: Ok
Vasily: So...
DM of Da: The rest of the day's travels are uneventful
Albrecht: If it's clearly a waste of time, we won't waste the time
any longer.
Vasily: How's this for an SOP for the next fight.
Vasily: First person to go yells out the warning.
Vasily: If it's Nikolai or myself, we ready a sleep if the
gobbos do anything hostile.
Vasily: Anyhow...
Vasily: I suggest we hustle for at least an hour.
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: As I was saying
Sven: very well.
DM of Da: Rest of the day's travels are uneventful
DM of Da: As is that night
Nikolai: That sounds like the plan to me
DM of Da: On the second day, you spot a vessel sailing down the
Dnieper
DM of Da: South
DM of Da: Looks like your average merchant ship
DM of Da: It passes without incident and disappears around a river
bend
Vasily: Hiding might be in order.
DM of Da: You hide from passing ships eh
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: That is sufficiently trivial that I won't make you roll
DM of Da: That night...
root: how are we sleeping?
DM of Da: Who stands watch when you make camp?
Nikolai: soundly.
Nikolai: uh
root: (ba dum, cha)
Nikolai: someone.
DM of Da: Everyone? Or only some people
Sven: I suppose I can
Nikolai: you mean
Nikolai: who stands watch as we sleep?
root: I have one watch, what with ranks of spot
Nikolai: we take turns so we all sleep
Sven: or do you mean as we are setting the bitch up?
DM of Da: Ok
Vasily: sounds good.
Vasily: Hmm...
DM of Da: As you sleep
Sven: ok
Vasily: We should have grabbed a scroll of alarm.
DM of Da: /random 1d5
DM of Da: ...
DM of Da: /roll 1d5
*** DM rolls dice for DM of Da: 1d5 < 3 = 3 > = 3
Vasily: 5?
DM of Da: Ok.
Vasily: err, right, 5
root: there are 5 of us
DM of Da: Boris
Sven: sho nuff
DM of Da: Roll Spot and Listen
root: /try 7;spot 7;listen
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM (spot) 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 7 = 19
*** DM (listen) 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 7 = 22
Vasily: another 170 I forgot to spend.
Sven: hooray for not sucking.
DM of Da: Ok
Vasily: woot.
root: and not that I think its against humans, but yay favored
enemy
DM of Da: Looking up into the cloudless sky, you suddenly spot a
dark, winged shape pass overhead
DM of Da: Then another
DM of Da: Then a third
root: wake people up immidiately
DM of Da: Ok
Sven: again with the goblins.
DM of Da: Three large, flying creatures are passing overhead
Nikolai: Wait wait wait.
DM of Da: Circling
Nikolai: Do I recognize these things.
Nikolai: I know it's dark
DM of Da: Negative
Vasily: Some knowledge checks might be in order.
root: I can help him find them
Nikolai: so negative I can't see them well enough
DM of Da: Roll, if you have it, knowledge...
*** DM of Da checks
Nikolai: or negative I have never actually seen these before
*** Nikolai has all the knowledge ever
DM of Da: You have not seen these before.
DM of Da: Well
DM of Da: Maybe you have
DM of Da: Knowledge: nature
Nikolai: Maybe!
Sven: /try 12
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 10 = 10 > + 12 = 22
Nikolai: haha
root: /try 4
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 4 = 22
Nikolai: I have a driod for that shit
root: bitch
*** Nikolai druid*
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: They look like large bats
DM of Da: One might even say these bats are dire
Vasily: Much like our situation.
Nikolai: no kidding
Nikolai: ba dum tsh
Vasily: Time for some sneak attack.
root: they make Dire Bats these days?
Sven: boy am I glad this isn't "not-a-hydra" syndrome.
root: hide & bow time I guess
DM of Da: They circle overhead for a bit, making no move to
descend, when you hear rustling from the tree line
Vasily: Invis on myself.
DM of Da: Ok
Sven: how dark is it?
Albrecht: hmm, damn, stuck in my chain shirt
DM of Da: It is a moonlit, cloudless night
Sven: ok
Nikolai: are we getting time to act
Nikolai: like Vasily just said he invises himself
DM of Da: Yes
Nikolai: k
Nikolai: Mage Armor
root: /try 9;hide
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM (hide) 1d20 < 7 = 7 > + 9 = 16
DM of Da: k
Sven: err
Vasily: I believe a mage armor won't disrupt my invis as well.
Nikolai: it will not
DM of Da: Out of the trees emerge three goblins riding worgs,
wielding lances, with javelins slung behind them and morningstars at
their belts
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Sven: so moonlit means I'm visible
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Sven: so produce flame
DM of Da: k
root: presumably someone not hiding says we work for Siran
Nikolai: I do
DM of Da: Ok
Nikolai: in both russian and infernal assuming albrecht has
taught me the words
DM of Da: Let's say he has
Nikolai: good
Nikolai: let's
Sven: since he said he would.
Nikolai: he did.
Nikolai: he did indeed.
DM of Da: A fourth goblin comes out onto the shore, also riding a
worg, but with no lance of javelins, and wearing the robes and holy
symbol of a cleric of Volos (as is par for the course for the goblin
clerics you've seen)
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Vasily: Ready to SR the cleric if she takes a hostile action.
Albrecht: so do I if I come up first
Nikolai: as long as they're not attacking us
Nikolai: I say what I said
DM of Da: The worg riders make no move to attack, and the cleric
addresses you in poor but passable Russian.
Nikolai: Ah
Nikolai: Russian ftw
Sven: haha, goblins learning russian
Goblin Cleric: Human! What you do in our lands? If you no answer truth,
fire falls on you from sky and we kill!
*** Goblin Cleric points up at the circling bats overhead
Vasily: ...
*** Nikolai We are allies of one of your leaders, Siran.
Nikolai: er
Nikolai: stupid option
Nikolai: anyway
Nikolai: We are her allies and thus yours.
DM of Da: The goblin's mouth twists into a crooked smile
Nikolai: Let us pass.
Albrecht: // goddamnit Sandy, why did you make goblin batriders?
Nikolai: //rofl
Vasily: // yeah.
DM of Da: //Because lol.
Sven: //my poor buildings
root: //lol
Sven: //I won't be able to repair them
Vasily: // what we need now are some Falcon Riders.
Nikolai: //dragonhawks imo
Vasily: // Or possibly hippogriffs.
Sven: //I can do that.
root: // I need levels of assasing to silently kill the riders
behind the cleric's back
Goblin Cleric: You say Siran name, that is only reason I not kill you
yet!
Nikolai: Well good
Goblin Cleric: But you not my ally.
*** Nikolai sighs
Nikolai: Well then we are her allies
Nikolai: And she will be displeased if you attack us
Goblin Cleric: We of Tarpeian Rock - serve true god. Not like human
girl minions. Our high priest more powerful. If you die and Siran not
happy we laugh!
*** Goblin Cleric laughs
*** Sven sighs
Nikolai: Is that so?
Vasily: (so yeah... about that diplomating)
Goblin Cleric: Yes yes, we kill you, eat you, or take you and burn for
Volos!
Nikolai: Ok boys, get her
*** Nikolai begins casting
root: /try 8;init
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM (init) 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 8 = 10
Nikolai: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 7 = 7 > + 1 = 8
Sven: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 10 = 10 > + 1 = 11
Albrecht: /try 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 5 = 23
Vasily: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily :
*** DM 1d20 < 7 = 7 > + 1 = 8
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Vasily: (did I mention that I'm not standing near anyone?)
DM of Da: (you did now)
Worg Riders: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Worg Riders :
*** DM 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 1 = 20
Bat Riders: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Bat Riders :
*** DM 1d20 < 7 = 7 > + 0 = 7
DM of Da: Whoops that was for cleric
Bat Riders: /try 2
*** DM rolls attempts for Bat Riders :
*** DM 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 2 = 3
Nikolai: riders with lances = :(
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: Albrecht
DM of Da: You're up
Sven: how high up are the bats?
DM of Da: You're on the shore, 30 feet from the tree line, where 3
goblin worg riders and 1 cleric on a worg stand, 10 feet apart
DM of Da: The bats are about 150 feet up.
Albrecht: hmm
Sven: oof.
Albrecht: blast
Albrecht: guess I need to engage the cleric
Nikolai: might help
Albrecht: charging, even
Albrecht: My AC is poor right now I'm afraid
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: Go for it.
Albrecht: chain shirt instead of full plate and all
Albrecht: /try 11
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 11 = 19
DM of Da: That'd be a hit.
Albrecht: /roll 1d10+4
*** DM rolls dice for Albrecht: 1d10 < 4 = 4 > + 4 = 8
root: no power attack?
Albrecht: nope
Nikolai: I think it's probably a good idea he didn't
Nikolai: even if he could
Albrecht: don't actually have it yet also
DM of Da: You cleave the cleric's head open with one swing, and
her holy symbol falls, cracked, to the ground.
DM of Da: Worg riders' turn.
Nikolai: bitch
Sven: wow.
Nikolai: time for me to die
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DM of Da: The three worg riders draw javelins and hurl them at
Vasily, Nikolai, and Sven, respectively.
Nikolai: oh
Nikolai: good
Worg Riders: /try 5 5 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Worg Riders :
*** DM 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 5 = 16
*** DM 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 5 = 20
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 5 = 9
Sven: well you missed me.
Nikolai: :/
DM of Da: Vasily? Hit or miss?
Nikolai: he's invisible.
DM of Da: Oh he is
Nikolai: yes
DM of Da: Never mind
Vasily: Yep.
DM of Da: Albrecht instead then
DM of Da: 16 a hit?
Nikolai: probably
Nikolai: unless he's got dex
DM of Da: Ok let's say it is
Albrecht: hit
Sven: he did charge.
Albrecht: charge, chain shirt :(
Worg Riders: /roll 1d4
*** DM rolls dice for Worg Riders: 1d4 < 1 = 1 > = 1
Nikolai: that too
Worg Riders: /roll 1d4
*** DM rolls dice for Worg Riders: 1d4 < 2 = 2 > = 2
Albrecht: we were sleeping and all
DM of Da: That's Albrecht and Nikolai damage
Nikolai: I take 2?
DM of Da: Aaand
Nikolai: k
DM of Da: Both of you roll Fort.
Albrecht: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 6 = 11
Nikolai: /try 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 5 = 6
Nikolai: :/
root: ouch
Nikolai: baaaah
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: Both fail
Albrecht: rapture.
DM of Da: You feel poison spreading quickly throughout your bodies
from the javelin wounds, and a lethargic feeling overcomes you
DM of Da: You both collapse, unconscious
Sven: oh brother.
Nikolai: le sigh
DM of Da: Boris, you're up.
root: how far away are the riders?
Albrecht: I dream of an encounter in which I have a shot at
succeeding.
Sven: I don't have a turn?
DM of Da: Oh crap
DM of Da: Sorry
DM of Da: Sven had 11
DM of Da: Go for it.
Sven: they are how far away again?
Sven: worg riders, that is
Sven: 30 ft?
DM of Da: Yep
root: I need your panther for extreme flanking action
Sven: I throw flame at one
DM of Da: Ok.
DM of Da: Roll.
Sven: /try 4
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 4 = 12
Sven: that hit touch?
DM of Da: It just does.
Sven: ok
Sven: /roll 1d6+4
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d6 < 6 = 6 > + 4 = 10
DM of Da: Not bad
DM of Da: You inflict a severe burn on one of the riders.
DM of Da: Panther?
Sven: charges it.
DM of Da: k.
Sven: /try 6 6 1 6 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 6 = 19
*** DM 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 6 = 7
*** DM 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 1 = 3
*** DM 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 6 = 24
*** DM 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 6 = 19
DM of Da: :O
DM of Da: Wow
root: pounce
DM of Da: That's 3 hits.
Albrecht: panthers ftw.
Albrecht: pounce and rake
Vasily: Mmmhmm.
Nikolai: lolpounce
Sven: one bite, two rakes, I guess
DM of Da: Looks like.
Sven: /roll 1d6+3+2d3+2
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d6 < 5 = 5 > + 3 + 2d3 < 1 3 = 4 > + 2 =
14
Albrecht: .
DM of Da: The goblin screams as the panther bites into his neck
and rips through his armor; he falls off his worg, dead, blood gushing
from multiple wounds.
DM of Da: The worg growls, and its fur stands on end as it faces
the panther apprehensively.
DM of Da: Boris!
root: the question is - if I charged from being hidden with
swords out, would the riders have a dex bonus to AC
DM of Da: They... would, yes
root: ...are they within 30 feet of my hiding spot?
Sven: brb pepsi float
DM of Da: They are.
root: short bow then
DM of Da: k.
DM of Da: Roll.
Nikolai: why not move and attack?
Nikolai: or does that not work?
DM of Da: He wants SA
Nikolai: right
Nikolai: does moving and attacking not get him SA?
DM of Da: It does not
Nikolai: is my question
Albrecht: and he'll lose it by getting out of hiding
Nikolai: oh
root: aparently
DM of Da: Yep
Nikolai: well he said charge
DM of Da: So go ahead and roll bow attack
Nikolai: and charge is distinct from move and attack
root: /try 8
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 7 = 7 > + 8 = 15
DM of Da: A hit!
root: add any hiding modifiers to that
Albrecht: because they'll have time to react and gain dex to AC
Nikolai: the guy has an AC penalty
root: /roll 1d6+1d6
*** DM rolls dice for root: 1d6 < 6 = 6 > + 1d6 < 2 = 2 > = 8
DM of Da: Yep
DM of Da: Ok
Vasily: Ran2/Rog2?
DM of Da: The arrow pierces the goblin's side, and he yells out in
pain, hurling curses at you in Goblin.
root: I dont suppose I could drop the bow after that and draw
a sword
DM of Da: Do you move anywhere after attacks?
DM of Da: *attacking
root: stay in what cover I have, but get swords out
root: (or sword, whatever, second one comes out next round))
DM of Da: Well, you're no longer hidden, and you can't re-hide
since you don't have Hide in PLain Sight
DM of Da: You were hidden in some river grass
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: Vasiliy!
DM of Da: One worg rider's dead, his worg uninjured and facing a
panther in melee; one rider's injured; the third is unharmed.
root: let me rephrase then...if it was anything that granted
cover, I stay (but not prone). If not, I move into combat
DM of Da: Oh
DM of Da: Ok
root: while drawing as many melee weapons as my move action
allows
DM of Da: You're not in melee with... I assume the rider you
wounded.
DM of Da: That'd be 1
root: thought so
Vasily: Hmm... Out of range of the batriders. I'll blast an out
of combat rider.
DM of Da: Ok.
DM of Da: Roll.
Vasily: /try 2;touch
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily :
*** DM (touch) 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 2 = 7
Vasily: sigh.
DM of Da: Failure.
DM of Da: You miss.
DM of Da: Bat riders go.
Vasily: Move towards a tree.
Vasily: get some cover from the riders.
DM of Da: Ok.
DM of Da: The bats circling overhead swoop sharply down, getting
to within 70 feet of the ground
Sven: oh ho.
DM of Da: From this distance, you can see that each of the three
bats are ridden by two goblins
DM of Da: And the rear one of each pair has some sort of roundish
objects slung on his belt
Sven: //are they shells?
DM of Da: You can't see details
Albrecht: No, it's cheese.
DM of Da: It's dark and 70 feet up
Sven: //are they green shells?
DM of Da: The rear goblins on each bat detach one of those round
objects from their belts and hurl them downwards
DM of Da: Toward Boris, Sven, and Sven's panther.
DM of Da: The following are touch attacks.
Bat Riders: /try -7 -7 -7
*** DM rolls attempts for Bat Riders :
*** DM 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 0 - 7 = -2
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 0 - 7 = 5
*** DM 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 0 - 7 = 8
Nikolai: lol
Sven: all sorts of missing there.
DM of Da: Sorry those were -9s
DM of Da: Not -7s
root: hah
DM of Da: /roll 1d8
*** DM rolls dice for DM of Da: 1d8 < 6 = 6 > = 6
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: As the objects fall toward you, you roll Spot checks
DM of Da: Sven and Boris only please
Sven: /try 10
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 10 = 28
DM of Da: Boris?
root: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 7 = 12
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: Sven, what was hurled at you was a crude ceramic
container, about the size of a goblin's head
Sven: k.
root: hah, throwing pots
DM of Da: Each of the three containers smash against the ground,
breaking open and spewing a viscous liquid, which ignites upon contact
with the air
DM of Da: Some of it splashes on Sven, Boris, and the panther
DM of Da: Damage, respectively:
Bat Riders: /roll 3d4
*** DM rolls dice for Bat Riders: 3d4 < 4 2 4 = 10 > = 10
Sven: what, no ref save?
DM of Da: No
Sven: :/
root: even with a -2?
DM of Da: So Boris, 2 pts fire damage, Sven 4, panther 4
root: that thing missed like crazy
DM of Da: No this is straight-up splash damage from grenadelike
weaponry
DM of Da: No saves here
DM of Da: The ground where the exploding pots hit continues to
burn.
*** Albrecht snores
DM of Da: Sven, you're up.
root: // insert argument about negative attack roles and
splash damage that will never be accepted here, carry on
Nikolai: lols�
Sven: hmm
Sven: two worg riders still up, and my panther is next to a
worg.
Sven: also, flying bitches 70 ft up.
Sven: that about right?
DM of Da: Yep.
Sven: anywhere convenient for me to grab cover?
DM of Da: You could run to the tree line.
DM of Da: Well, move to the tree line anyway.
Sven: which would put me where with respect to the worg
riders?
DM of Da: You'd need like 40 ft of movement to do so without
provoking AoOs from shit
Sven: ok.
DM of Da: Well they are at the tree line themselves, 10 ft apart
from each other
DM of Da: So take your pick
Sven: how about I move 30 ft in a direction along that route
and throw some more flame.
DM of Da: Ok.
DM of Da: Roll.
Sven: /try 4
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 3 = 3 > + 4 = 7
DM of Da: Fail.
Albrecht: blast
DM of Da: You hit some underbrush, incinerating it.
DM of Da: Boris!
DM of Da: You're in melee with a wounded worg rider.
Sven: wait a minute.
DM of Da: Oh wait I skipped the worg riders
DM of Da: And their turn
Sven: thou shalt not skip my panther.
root: wait a mionute indeed
DM of Da: So you wait first :)
Sven: :(
root: I'm in melee and took splash damage?
DM of Da: Yes
root: did the thing I'm in melee with take splash damage?
Nikolai: haHA
DM of Da: No
Nikolai: why not
DM of Da: It landed behind you
Nikolai: LAME
root: i saw no roll for that
DM of Da: I rolled
Vasily: (true dat)
root: boourns
Albrecht: that was the 1d8
Sven: that's what the 1d8 was for.
Albrecht: he used it for all 3
Nikolai: yeah
Nikolai: 1d8
DM of Da: Anyways
root: that was me not paying attention then
DM of Da: The worg that is being stared down by Sven's panther
surges forward and bites.
Bat Riders: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Bat Riders :
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 7 = 27
*** Worg Riders did that
Worg Riders: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Worg Riders :
*** DM 1d20 < 6 = 6 > + 7 = 13
Nikolai: ;/
DM of Da: 13 a hit?
Sven: noncrit
DM of Da: Damn
Worg Riders: /roll 1d6_4
*** DM rolls dice for Worg Riders: 1d64 < 62 = 62 > = 62
Worg Riders: ,,,
Sven: . . .
Worg Riders: /roll 1d6+4
*** DM rolls dice for Worg Riders: 1d6 < 6 = 6 > + 4 = 10
DM of Da: Better.
DM of Da: Your panther takes damage
root: lol, 1d64
DM of Da: Aand...
DM of Da: Roll Dex or Str
Worg Riders: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Worg Riders :
*** DM 1d20 < 3 = 3 > + 3 = 6
Sven: /try 4
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 4 = 19
Albrecht: yay 4 legs to stay up
Sven: make that a 23 then.
DM of Da: The panther's not tripped, but a chunk of fur is missing
and it's bleeding from the wound.
DM of Da: The wounded worg rider commands his worg to attack
DM of Da: Boris, that is.
Worg Riders: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Worg Riders :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 7 = 11
root: miss
DM of Da: The rider stabs with his lance.
Worg Riders: /try 4
*** DM rolls attempts for Worg Riders :
*** DM 1d20 < 10 = 10 > + 4 = 14
root: miss
DM of Da: Sucktastic.
root: indeed
DM of Da: The rider stabs again!
root: boooo
DM of Da: Also that was a 12 and 15
DM of Da: Does a 15 hit
Nikolai: same rider?
root: miss and miss
DM of Da: Yes
Worg Riders: /try 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Worg Riders :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 5 = 9
Nikolai: he has two attacks?
DM of Da: Turns out he does!
Albrecht: with a bonus of only +5
DM of Da: Yep
DM of Da: Third worg rider...
DM of Da: Will charge Sven.
Worg Riders: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Worg Riders :
*** DM 1d20 < 16 = 16 > + 7 = 23
Albrecht: ... hmm, he got two attacks iwth the same bonus
Sven: sounds like a flurry to me.
Sven: that is, of course, a hit.
Worg Riders: /roll 2d6
*** DM rolls dice for Worg Riders: 2d6 < 2 5 = 7 > = 7
root: flury of lance stabs?
DM of Da: Vasily
DM of Da: Roll Spellcraft
DM of Da: Sven too
Sven: /try 8
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 8 = 13
root: opy
Vasily: /try 11
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily :
*** DM 1d20 < 6 = 6 > + 11 = 17
DM of Da: Ok you know nothing
DM of Da: Anyway
DM of Da: The worg riders did that
Vasily: How, socratic.
DM of Da: Sven did what he said he did
root: ?
DM of Da: But what about
Sven: I disagree.
DM of Da: Oh really
DM of Da: Very well.
Sven: what with Sven being in melee now.
DM of Da: Yes
DM of Da: True
Sven: that wouldn't make any sense.
DM of Da: So how do you modify your course of action based on this
new development?
Sven: by not accepting AoOs.
Albrecht: he melee attacks with the touch scimitar thingie
DM of Da: What
DM of Da: You're thinking of Flame Blade
Albrecht: wait, thats flame blade
Vasily: Produce flame can be used as a melee attack iirc.
Sven: so now there's a worg on my panther
DM of Da: Yes
Sven: it can
DM of Da: A worg on your panther
DM of Da: And a word rider on you
Sven: *sigh*
Albrecht: is he riding the Word, or just a word?
DM of Da: lol
DM of Da: worg
Vasily: Praise be to volos!
Sven: so I guess I'm attacking the worg with flame.
Sven: the rider, that is.
DM of Da: Ok.
DM of Da: Roll
Sven: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 9 = 9 > + 6 = 15
Sven: touch.
DM of Da: A it.
DM of Da: hit.
Sven: /roll 1d6+4
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d6 < 1 = 1 > + 4 = 5
Sven: :/
DM of Da: The goblin is slightly burned.
DM of Da: Let's see.
DM of Da: Boris!
Sven: and I guess the panther is attacking the worg
DM of Da: Oh yes
Sven: sandy, you are terrible at this.
DM of Da: I keep forgetting the panther
Sven: what with skipping my shit twice.
DM of Da: gogo
Sven: /try 6 1 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 6 = 8
*** DM 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 1 = 16
*** DM 1d20 < 10 = 10 > + 1 = 11
DM of Da: Miss, hit, miss
Sven: well that's just impressive.
Sven: /roll 1d3+1
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d3 < 2 = 2 > + 1 = 3
root: Hah! I believe drawing a weapon != AoO, so I take out
that fancy dagger we picked up last time
DM of Da: Truth.
root: assuming there's no more resolving of that 3 damage, I
attack witht eh one weapon I'm allowed to this turn
DM of Da: Go for it
root: in fact, I do that before drawing the second weapon to
avoidj -2
DM of Da: Ok
root: /try 8
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 8 = 28
root: /try 8
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 8 = 22
DM of Da: ooh
root: 22 hit?
DM of Da: Yes
Sven: smells like a crizzit.
DM of Da: Sure is.
root: /roll 2d6+2
*** DM rolls dice for root: 2d6 < 4 4 = 8 > + 2 = 10
DM of Da: Ok
root: and I should have mentioned this first, but if possible
afterwards I move to flank with someone
DM of Da: You stab the goblin through the spleen
DM of Da: He doubles over in pain, but is not yet dead
Sven: because spleens are funny.
root: hah, spleen
DM of Da: And there's really nobody to flank with
DM of Da: Well
DM of Da: Sven
DM of Da: or Sven's panther
DM of Da: But you'd provoke 2 AoOs if you move there now
DM of Da: Rider and worg
DM of Da: So are you sure you want to do this?
root: no AoOs
DM of Da: k.
DM of Da: Vasily!
root: but if I can move to flank this one with the panther
root: I will 5 foot in that direction
Vasily: Hmm...
Vasily: let's see.
Vasily: Any particularly wounded gobbos about?
Sven: the one boris stabbed is fairly wounded.
Sven: in the spleen.
Albrecht: finish it!
Vasily: Sounds like a target for a MM.
Vasily: /roll 2d4+2
*** DM rolls dice for Vasily: 2d4 < 3 3 = 6 > + 2 = 8
Nikolai: I BEAT COUNTDOWN ON INSANE
Nikolai: ZOMG
Nikolai: ZOMG
Sven: grats :)
Albrecht: grats
Nikolai: it was a terrible finish but I won
DM of Da: Ok
root: ????
Nikolai: was under the ! mark for half the song
root: I dont understand
DM of Da: The wounded rider chokes and dies as the force missiles
strike him, falling from his mount
DM of Da: The worg growls in anger.
Nikolai: I am unconscious thus playing ouendan 2
Nikolai: on insane mode
Sven: forrizzle.
DM of Da: Bat riders go.
root: how insane
Nikolai: game so very good
Albrecht: i made garlic bread
Albrecht: now I am eating it
Vasily: tasty.
DM of Da: The bats swoop to within 10 feet of the ground, the rear
goblins on each unstrapping another ceramic pot each from their belts
and hurling them at Boris, Sven, and Sven's panther, before swooping
back up
Vasily: (It was so insane, Pinky was made to cower in awe.)
DM of Da: They are now 20 feet above you and hovering
Vasily: (oh... also moving to full cover)
DM of Da: Ok
Worg Riders: /try 5 5 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Worg Riders :
*** DM 1d20 < 10 = 10 > + 5 = 15
*** DM 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 5 = 23
*** DM 1d20 < 16 = 16 > + 5 = 21
DM of Da: Those are all touch
Sven: umm
Sven: wow.
root: i think they all hit
DM of Da: Ok
Sven: clearly I missed something here.
Vasily: (those are the bat riders)
DM of Da: Yep
Worg Riders: /roll 2d6
*** DM rolls dice for Worg Riders: 2d6 < 3 3 = 6 > = 6
Nikolai: range increment of 10ft
Worg Riders: /roll 2d6
*** DM rolls dice for Worg Riders: 2d6 < 1 2 = 3 > = 3
Vasily: (Sandy's mistargetting again)
Sven: I guess the range increment on those grenades is puny
Nikolai: is what you missed
Worg Riders: /roll 2d6
*** DM rolls dice for Worg Riders: 2d6 < 2 4 = 6 > = 6
Albrecht: it is on most grenadelike weapons
Sven: ok.
Nikolai: the range incr on all grenade like weapon sis 10ft.
DM of Da: So that is those amounts of damage
DM of Da: Respectively
root: now, do things in melee with us take splash?
DM of Da: Hang on
DM of Da: These ceramic pots do not explode into fire
Sven: err what.
Nikolai: zomg time for Sekai wa sore wo ai to yobundaze
DM of Da: But instead splash caustic acid when they shatter
Nikolai: best song evar
DM of Da: /roll 1d8
*** DM rolls dice for DM of Da: 1d8 < 1 = 1 > = 1
Sven: I see.
root: ouch
DM of Da: ooh
DM of Da: All worgs and the 1 remaining rider take splash damage
DM of Da: btw increase those damage rolls by 1
DM of Da: I forgot about that
DM of Da: So 7, 4, 7
DM of Da: Anyways
Worg Riders: /roll 1d4+1
*** DM rolls dice for Worg Riders: 1d4 < 4 = 4 > + 1 = 5
Worg Riders: /roll 1d4+1
*** DM rolls dice for Worg Riders: 1d4 < 1 = 1 > + 1 = 2
Worg Riders: /roll 1d4+1
*** DM rolls dice for Worg Riders: 1d4 < 2 = 2 > + 1 = 3
Worg Riders: /roll 1d4+1
*** DM rolls dice for Worg Riders: 1d4 < 3 = 3 > + 1 = 4
Worg Riders: /roll 1d4+1
*** DM rolls dice for Worg Riders: 1d4 < 4 = 4 > + 1 = 5
*** Bat Riders wrong client
*** Bat Riders one too many rolls too
DM of Da: Anyways
Sven: panther is unconscious
DM of Da: The worgs howl as they are splashed with acid
DM of Da: Ok.
Albrecht: // bugger, there goes our best melee
DM of Da: Worg riders' turn.
root: give me a round
DM of Da: Blah
DM of Da: You just had a turn dude
DM of Da: You stabbed shit
DM of Da: This is the beginning of the next round
DM of Da: And the worg riders go first
root: / i was talking about best melee
DM of Da: Oh
DM of Da: Sorry
DM of Da: Anyways
DM of Da: The worg that was in melee with the panther charges
Sven.
Sven: hot.
root: /I will now be critted, and THEN he can say there goes
our best melee
Sven: bye guys.
Worg Riders: /try 9
*** DM rolls attempts for Worg Riders :
*** DM 1d20 < 16 = 16 > + 9 = 25
Worg Riders: /roll 1d6+4
*** DM rolls dice for Worg Riders: 1d6 < 3 = 3 > + 4 = 7
DM of Da: And
DM of Da: ROll Str or Dex
Worg Riders: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Worg Riders :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 3 = 7
Sven: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 3 = 4
root: wow
Sven: and there we go.
DM of Da: The worg tackles you to the ground as he leaps at you;
you are prone.
root: / then again, I saw worse opposed trips in the NFL this
afternoon
DM of Da: The worg rider that was meleeing Sven turns around and
charges Boris
Worg Riders: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Worg Riders :
*** DM 1d20 < 7 = 7 > + 7 = 14
root: miss
DM of Da: Ok
Sven: I guses I don't provoke from prone?
DM of Da: Don't threaten, no
Sven: really? wow.
DM of Da: The riderless worg in melee with Boris bites
Worg Riders: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Worg Riders :
*** DM 1d20 < 3 = 3 > + 7 = 10
DM of Da: And misses.
DM of Da: Sven's turn.
DM of Da: You're prone and a worg is next to you, snarling with
ancitipation of a kill
Sven: can I roll away 5 ft?
DM of Da: Movement provokes AoO when prone
DM of Da: Even 5ft.
Sven: I see.
Albrecht: and so does standing
Sven: I suppose I can't cast defensively either.
DM of Da: You can cast defensively
Sven: well isn't that something.
Sven: CLW.
Sven: /try 8
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 8 = 10
Sven: oh well.
Vasily: ow
root: the dice hate you
DM of Da: You fail to cast!
DM of Da: Boris, you're up
DM of Da: You're being flanked by a worg and a worg rider.
Albrecht: well he still has a move action if he wants to take it
Sven: and die? great.
DM of Da: Didn't figure on it :)
root: if I can 5 foot and flank one of them, that'd be
awesome, but I fear I have nobody to flank with left
DM of Da: Correct, nobody to flank with
Sven: unless pulling a wand out doesn't provoke.
DM of Da: It does not.
root: now...is the lone worg hurt?
Sven: does using it provoke?
DM of Da: It does not.
Sven: I guess I'm just the shit then.
Sven: I pull out a wand.
Albrecht: however you blew the standard action already
DM of Da: And the lone worg is indeed hurt
Sven: yup.
DM of Da: It got splashed with acid
Albrecht: but assuming you live to next round...
DM of Da: Not very hurt, but a bit.
Sven: haha, live.
root: rider's hurt more then I guess
DM of Da: Oh yes.
root: it first
root: and if it dies, its rider with the second. Otherwise,
it again
DM of Da: k.
root: /try 6;ShSwd 6;Dgr
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM (ShSwd) 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 6 = 8
*** DM (Dgr) 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 6 = 18
DM of Da: Ok sorry you're attacking what?
root: the rider
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: One hit.
root: the first attack clearly doesnt kill it, so oh well
root: /roll 1d4
*** DM rolls dice for root: 1d4 < 4 = 4 > = 4
DM of Da: Ok.
DM of Da: Not dead yet.
root: hmm....any trees worth 5 footing towards to get out of
flanking?
DM of Da: You can 5 foot so that you're not flanked anymore, yes
DM of Da: So like
root: actually, 5 foot towards sven
root: do that
DM of Da: wBw can become...
DM of Da: B
DM of Da: w w
DM of Da: Alright
*** Albrecht snores
DM of Da: Vasily!
root: // yay having a spell list and sven having a wand....I
think
Vasily: Hmm...
Vasily: Another magic missile's in order
Vasily: What looks the most wounded?
root: ...take out the one bothering Sven
Vasily: sounds good.
root: so he can stand
Vasily: Bam.
Vasily: /try 2d4+2
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily :
*** DM 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 2d4 < 2 1 = 3 > + 2 = 18
Vasily: err...
Nikolai: lol
DM of Da: So that'd be the worg
Vasily: that's a 5
Nikolai: try againm
DM of Da: That is in melee with Sven
DM of Da: The force missiles strike it, damaging it slightly, but
the creature seems mostly undaunted.
DM of Da: Bat riders go.
Vasily: MA to draw my sleep scroll.
DM of Da: Ok.
Albrecht: // conceptually worth even trying to wake us up?
root: / you're poisoned, so I doubt it
Sven: aren't you poisoned?
Nikolai: how long has it been
Nikolai: since we were poisoned
Nikolai: round count
Vasily: 3-4
root: this is the 4th round
Nikolai: really?
Nikolai: bah
root: no, 3rd
root: bow shot, stabity, two stabs
DM of Da: Continuing to hover 20 feet up, the rear goblins on each
dire bat retrieve what appear to be small flasks from bandoleers swung
across their chests, they throw the flasks at... Sven, Boris, and Boris
again
root: Its nice to be loved
Worg Riders: /try 3 3 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Worg Riders :
*** DM 1d20 < 10 = 10 > + 3 = 13
*** DM 1d20 < 16 = 16 > + 3 = 19
*** DM 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 1 = 16
*** Bat Riders wrong client again
DM of Da: Ok
root: touch?
DM of Da: Yes
root: hits
DM of Da: Sven is struck with a small ceramic flask, which
shatters and splashes viscous liquid all over him, burning him for...
Bat Riders: /roll 1d6+1
*** DM rolls dice for Bat Riders: 1d6 < 3 = 3 > + 1 = 4
DM of Da: And the worg attacking him is splashed in the face for 2
damage
DM of Da: Boris is struck with the same thing
Bat Riders: /roll 2d6+2
*** DM rolls dice for Bat Riders: 2d6 < 6 2 = 8 > + 2 = 10
root: fuckin A
*** root is still up somehow
DM of Da: Wow
Nikolai: fuckers
Nikolai: putting taps on things that are not beats
root: things around me take splashing damage
Nikolai: taps on silence? wtf is that
DM of Da: Yes
DM of Da: Both worgs and the rider take 2 damage each
root: tell me that rider falls on his face with that
DM of Da: Negative.
DM of Da: Worg riders' turn.
DM of Da: The single worg rider still up yells something in Goblin
root: I give him a puzzled look
Albrecht: we should probably invest in learning that
Albrecht: of course then the person who knows it would be
unconscious when something got said
DM of Da: He retrieves what appears to be a small eggshell from a
pouch on his belt and hurls it at the ground
DM of Da: It cracks open and releases a misty vapor
Vasily: I love victory. It makes me feel all misty.
Albrecht: we've got those things
Vasily: (That was an obscure(ing) reference)
DM of Da: Which spreads all around you, creating a cloud of vapor
that obscures all vision beyond 5 feet.
root: no AoO I assume on him throwing it
DM of Da: No
DM of Da: His worg bites you.
Worg Riders: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Worg Riders :
*** DM 1d20 < 3 = 3 > + 7 = 10
root: no he doesnt
DM of Da: THe other worg tries to do the same.
Worg Riders: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Worg Riders :
*** DM 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 7 = 25
DM of Da: Aha
root: ok, he does
Worg Riders: /roll 1d6+4
*** DM rolls dice for Worg Riders: 1d6 < 2 = 2 > + 4 = 6
root: still up, just barely
DM of Da: Ok
Sven: no miss chance?
DM of Da: Hm
DM of Da: Truth!
Worg Riders: /roll 1d100
*** DM rolls dice for Worg Riders: 1d100 < 12 = 12 > = 12
DM of Da: Ooh
DM of Da: The worg misses.
DM of Da: Regardless, it then turns tail and retreats
Vasily: Sounds like a provoke.
root: now that is an AoO
DM of Da: Indeed that is
DM of Da: Roll
root: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 7 = 7 > + 6 = 13
root: boooo
DM of Da: Fail
DM of Da: Due to the mist, you can't see the worg when it moves
away
DM of Da: Now, Sven's worg also retreats
root: aaand....I dont have combat reflexes yet
Nikolai: wouldn't have helped
DM of Da: Given that there's no mist where Sven is, he can see the
worg withdraw into the forest
DM of Da: And out of sight.
DM of Da: Sven goes!
Sven: stand and wand.
DM of Da: Ok.
Sven: /roll 1d8+5
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d8 < 1 = 1 > + 5 = 6
DM of Da: Ok.
Sven: yeah.
DM of Da: Boris!
root: get to the other tree line
Sven: sounds about right.
DM of Da: You're next to a worg rider.
root: still?
DM of Da: Yes
DM of Da: The one that hurled the eggshell
Nikolai: withdrizzle
root: hm....stabbity
root: /try 6 6
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 6 = 10
*** DM 1d20 < 3 = 3 > + 6 = 9
Sven: or that.
root: yeah
DM of Da: Yes.
DM of Da: Or that.
DM of Da: Vasily!
DM of Da: YOu see:
Vasily: Ok...
DM of Da: Sven, who just stood up and wanded himself after the
worg threatening him escaped
DM of Da: And:
DM of Da: A bank of fog.
Vasily: How clustered are the batriders?
DM of Da: They are 30 feet from each other
Vasily: Bah.
DM of Da: In kind of a triangle
DM of Da: Recall, each dire bat has 2 goblins
Vasily: not all sleepable.
Vasily: Ah.
Vasily: Well, that's something.
root: scorching ray?
Vasily: Naptime for goblins in germany.
DM of Da: Ok
Vasily: Let's try to get one bat.
DM of Da: DC?
Vasily: DC 16
DM of Da: Wasn't it 15 just before
Vasily: 15 base.
DM of Da: ??
DM of Da: What spell is this
Vasily: 13+2+L1. I forgot the L1 and mentioned it immediately
afterwards.
DM of Da: Oh
Bat Riders: /try 2
*** DM rolls attempts for Bat Riders :
*** DM 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 2 = 3
DM of Da: Ok
Vasily: not that it matters.
Albrecht: gj
DM of Da: The read rider of the closest bats falls asleep
Vasily: Just one?
DM of Da: The lead rider and the bat itself are unaffected.
root: aw
Sven: wow.
Albrecht: hit dice hit dice hit dice
Vasily: L3? Ow.
root: wouldnt it have to be lv 4?
DM of Da: No
Vasily: could be too.
Sven: 3 would suffice.
Vasily: Minimum L3
DM of Da: Yep
root: I thought it was <= 4, ah well
DM of Da: Bat riders go.
Vasily: 4 HD total.
DM of Da: One bat rider draws another small flask from the
bandoleer across his chest and hurls it at Sven
Albrecht: <=4 for the whole spell, lowest HD first
Bat Riders: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Bat Riders :
*** DM 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 3 = 21
Bat Riders: /roll 1d6+1
*** DM rolls dice for Bat Riders: 1d6 < 3 = 3 > + 1 = 4
root: bah
DM of Da: Sven takes that much acid damage.
Sven: mmhmm.
DM of Da: The rear riders of the other 2 bats unstrap large
ceramic pots from their belts and hurl them into the mist
DM of Da: In Boris' direction
DM of Da: Let's see
Bat Riders: /roll 2d100
*** DM rolls dice for Bat Riders: 2d100 < 80 73 = 153 > = 153
Bat Riders: /try 1 -1
*** DM rolls attempts for Bat Riders :
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 1 = 21
*** DM 1d20 < 16 = 16 > + 0 - 1 = 15
DM of Da: roflwaffles
root: ouch
root: 2 hits for touch
root: im likely unconcious
DM of Da: I don't think grenadelike weaponry can crit
DM of Da: Can it
Albrecht: don't think so... hmm
Bat Riders: /roll 4d6+4
*** DM rolls dice for Bat Riders: 4d6 < 1 6 2 3 = 12 > + 4 = 16
root: yup, unconcious
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: That was acid damage
Albrecht: but not dead, yes?
DM of Da: /roll 1d8
*** DM rolls dice for DM of Da: 1d8 < 7 = 7 > = 7
DM of Da: Aaand...
root: not dead, unless that 7 is more damage
DM of Da: The worg rider and worg are hit
Bat Riders: /roll 2d4+2
*** DM rolls dice for Bat Riders: 2d4 < 1 2 = 3 > + 2 = 5
DM of Da: The rider screams in pain and collapses off his worg
root: hah
DM of Da: The worg howls and runs off into the mist
root: I took him with me
Albrecht: but you're more likely to get stabilized
DM of Da: The bat riders swoop up and away
Sven: o rly.
DM of Da: Yep
root: healplzkthx
Sven: yup.
DM of Da: They take off into the night sky.
Sven: /roll 1d8+5
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d8 < 3 = 3 > + 5 = 8
Sven: that's for boris
DM of Da: Ok.
Sven: next I go to my panther
*** root is concious
Sven: /roll 1d8+5
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d8 < 6 = 6 > + 5 = 11
DM of Da: Meanwhile, Albrecht and Nikolai are still unconscious
Albrecht: vasiliy can try to wake us up if he wants
root: I do that once concious
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: YOu have no trouble awakening them
Sven: and now myself
root: shake em and such, examine the wound with my 0 ranks of
heal
Sven: /roll 1d8+5
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d8 < 3 = 3 > + 5 = 8
Albrecht: then we can botch another save and pass out again
root: baaaah
DM of Da: But soon after they wake up
Nikolai: question
DM of Da: They feel a wave of dizziness again
Nikolai: they woke us up without difficulty?
Vasily: Do you have negate poison?
DM of Da: Roll more Fort saves.
Nikolai: /try 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 5 = 17
Albrecht: standard action to kick us awake type thing
Albrecht: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 6 = 6 > + 6 = 12
Nikolai: yes that is my question adam
DM of Da: Ok
Nikolai: is that what happened?
DM of Da: Yes
Nikolai: guys
Nikolai: next time we fight these types
Albrecht: so we totally could have been woken up during the fight
Nikolai: wake up poisoned people
Nikolai: srsly
DM of Da: Nikolai resists it, but Albrecht passes out again.
Albrecht: sigh
*** Nikolai /kick
Albrecht: beefy fort save of goddamn useless
Sven: /roll 1d8+5
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d8 < 1 = 1 > + 5 = 6
DM of Da: And this time, a swift kick fails to awaken him.
Nikolai: SLEEP IT OFF
DM of Da: /roll 2d4
*** DM rolls dice for DM of Da: 2d4 < 2 3 = 5 > = 5
root: totally didnt expect it to be that easy withthe poison,
needed to conserve actions. Next time we know now
DM of Da: Ok.
DM of Da: The rest of the night passes uneventfully
Albrecht: so 5 minutes, hours, days?
DM of Da: Albrecht is out cold for 5 hours
DM of Da: After which time he awakens with a start, sweating and
with a headache
Nikolai: yes, next time we know
Albrecht: and we ride at speed the next day I think
Albrecht: but first.
Albrecht: /loot
root: healing
root: before we even sleep healin
Nikolai: all of the above
DM of Da: Ok.
Nikolai: I lost few hp
Nikolai: so I am ok
Albrecht: yeah I lost like 1
Nikolai: yep
Albrecht: don't waste healing on us
root: Im a...3?
Albrecht: we'll recover it overnight
root: no, 2
DM of Da: I will send loot in email
Sven: /roll 2d8+10
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 2d8 < 7 8 = 15 > + 10 = 25
Sven: for boris
root: now only missing 2
root: go me
DM of Da: Now
Sven: /roll 1d8+5
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d8 < 8 = 8 > + 5 = 13
root: and with overnight healing (?) healed
Sven: for me.
DM of Da: You continue riding along the river bank the next day
Sven: /roll 1d8+1
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d8 < 6 = 6 > + 1 = 7
Sven: for kitty.
DM of Da: There are no encounters with goblins, though on occasion
you think you hear rustling and see movement in the trees
DM of Da: But nothing ever emerges onto the shore
DM of Da: You expect that in another day's travels, you will reach
the logging village of Krivograd.
Albrecht: no, because they're tracking us and waiting to hit us in
force at night.
root: why wait?
DM of Da: Which stands, as you'll recall, on the western bank of
the Dnieper, down which you are currently riding.
Albrecht: is it possible to cross the river at all?
Sven: I expect that if I live long enough I'm going to take
out their entire fucking city.
DM of Da: Well
DM of Da: You could potentially build a raft
Albrecht: so not easily then
DM of Da: Not so easily, no
DM of Da: The Dnieper is a wide and swift river
Albrecht: it'd potentially be a good way to get away from the
inevitable attack
DM of Da: Potentially.
DM of Da: Take note that the forest across the river belongs not
to Kievan territory, but to the Principality of Chernigov.
Albrecht: but not feasible, ok
DM of Da: Anyways
Albrecht: yeah I don't think that matters especially much to us,
the point is we can't cross right now
DM of Da: That night
DM of Da: /roll 1d5
*** DM rolls dice for DM of Da: 1d5 < 5 = 5 > = 5
DM of Da: During Vasily's watch
root: do we do anythign different tonight?
root: any alarm spells?
DM of Da: Good question!
Sven: I proceed to feel worthless for being too puny.
Albrecht: anything we're in position to do differently?
Sven: just like last tim.
Sven: e
Albrecht: I'd love to in armor, but I'm not sleeping in plate
Albrecht: this reminds me that +1 Called Full Plate is high on my
priority list
DM of Da: Alright
DM of Da: Vasily
root: well...I cant do anything differently, it's a matter of
what can casters manage
DM of Da: During your watch
DM of Da: Roll Spot!
root: .
Nikolai: well
Nikolai: we don't have alarm
Nikolai: so no
DM of Da: Vasily?
<<< Bat Riders has left >>>
<<< 11:26:41 PM >>>
<<< Worg Riders has left >>>
<<< 11:26:41 PM >>>
Vasily: Sorry.
Vasily: Was distracted.
Vasily: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily :
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 1 = 15
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: You see a dark, winged shape pass overhead
DM of Da: Then another, and a third
DM of Da: They begin circling abive
DM of Da: *above
Nikolai: ...
root: I remember this game
Albrecht: this is where you wake us and we get under cover.
Nikolai: let's just do the same encounter every day until they
all die from attrition!
root: or we reach a high enough level that we don't get XP
root: one of those
Vasily: (is this the same night? sorry... I'm being distracted)
root: next night
Albrecht: (tell her to get under the desk and get started)
Vasily: Mage Armor + Invis + scatter.
DM of Da: Ok.
Vasily: I suggest everyone find some cover.
Albrecht: yeah, that's what I'm doing
Sven: yup
Nikolai: I do that
Albrecht: sword out and into the tree line
Nikolai: with the mage armor part
DM of Da: Alright
DM of Da: After you all do this
root: duck and cover
Albrecht: worg riders pwn us
DM of Da: The winged shapes overhead fly off
Albrecht: I say we bring the horses under the trees too
DM of Da: And are gone.
Nikolai: now
Nikolai: question
Nikolai: what did this shape look like
DM of Da: Shapes
DM of Da: 3 of them
DM of Da: They looked like dire bats.
Nikolai: k
DM of Da: The remaining hour or so of nighttime passes uneventfull
DM of Da: y
DM of Da: And you set out again in the morning
DM of Da: By late afternoon, you can make out the lumber mill at
Krivograd ahead of you, down the river.
Nikolai: avoid!
Albrecht: it's true
Nikolai: we avoid all wandering monsters and villages
Albrecht: we do not want to say hi
root: yeah
Nikolai: lol wandering villages
Vasily: Like Howl's moving castle?
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: You go into the forest and go around, eh
DM of Da: Roll Survival
*** Nikolai pokes the survivalists
root: /try 4
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 4 = 23
root: there
DM of Da: Very well
Sven: /TRY 16
Sven: /try 16
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 3 = 3 > + 16 = 19
DM of Da: lol
Nikolai: /YEAH BITCHES, TRY THAT ON
root: hah
*** Sven is too worthless for words.
Nikolai: lol
DM of Da: You have some difficulty moving through the dense
forest, and have to lead your horses through, but you make it
Nikolai: worst druid evar
DM of Da: Once you pass a safe distance from Krivograd, you return
to the river bank.
*** Sven is too busy rolling low to be called a druid
Nikolai: it's funny because my enemies are too busy rolling high
for me to be called a mage
DM of Da: The rest of the day's travels pass uneventfully.
Sven: at least there's no Tom Bombadil.
Vasily: Hi ho merry doll derry dol, bitch.
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: That night
DM of Da: During Albrecht's watch
DM of Da: He rolls Spot.
Albrecht: bugger, we're done
Nikolai: :(
Albrecht: I do, however, wear full armor on my watch
Nikolai: :)
Albrecht: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 0 = 8
Sven: wel
Sven: guess we're dead.
Nikolai: guess so
root: why did I let this happen
Nikolai: i don't know
Nikolai: why
root: well, thisll suck. Carry on
DM of Da: Ok
Sven: I guess my first order of business is a ring of
sustenance
Sven: so I can take all the watches.
Nikolai: yes
Nikolai: good plan
DM of Da: You look around, seeing nothing
DM of Da: And at one point
Sven: //hey guys . . . I think I just failed a spot check
DM of Da: You hear a sound from above
DM of Da: A sort of whooshing sound
Albrecht: and then I die?
DM of Da: And a ceramic pot shatters against the ground next to
you
DM of Da: Two more do the same
DM of Da: Everyone takes splash damage as you are all splashed
with viscous, burning liquid
DM: /roll 3d4+3
*** DM rolls dice for DM: 3d4 < 3 4 1 = 8 > + 3 = 11
DM of Da: That much splash damage.
Nikolai: ow
root: ouch
DM of Da: Roll Init.
Nikolai: my hit points
Albrecht: /try 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 5 = 16
root: /try 8
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 8 = 12
root: damn dice
Nikolai: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 1 = 13
Albrecht: // 30/41
Sven: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 6 = 6 > + 1 = 7
Vasily: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily :
*** DM 1d20 < 9 = 9 > + 1 = 10
DM of Da: Vasily?
Nikolai: wait
Nikolai: what about albrecht
Albrecht: I rolled
DM of Da: What about him
Vasily: same
Nikolai: yeah so did vasily
DM of Da: Oh right
DM: /try 2
*** DM rolls attempts for DM :
*** DM 1d20 < 9 = 9 > + 2 = 11
<<< Bat Riders has joined >>>
<<< 11:41:51 PM >>>
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: You're all awakened by this, of course
DM of Da: But all but Albrecht are prone
DM of Da: Having been sleeping and all
DM of Da: Albrecht
Albrecht: that helps against ranged though
Albrecht: well, since I don't need to yell to wake them up
DM of Da: 50 feet above you is a trio of dire bats
DM of Da: With goblins on them
DM of Da: They just bombed you with alchemist's fire
DM of Da: What are you going to do about this?
Sven: I'm going to kill them and their families too.
Albrecht: I'm taking out my shortbow
Albrecht: and one of the sleep arrows I have from someone
Albrecht: and shooting the rear rider on the closer one
Albrecht: since the party has informed me that that appears to be
the bombadier
DM of Da: Alright
Albrecht: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 6 = 21
DM of Da: A hit!
Albrecht: /roll 1d6
*** DM rolls dice for Albrecht: 1d6 < 1 = 1 > = 1
Albrecht: 1 nonlethal
Albrecht: and DC 11 will please
Bat Riders: /try 2
*** DM rolls attempts for Bat Riders :
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 2 = 10
Albrecht: that one is now asleep
Albrecht: with my move action I get just into the tree line if
possible
DM of Da: It is.
DM of Da: Nikolai!
root: i believe this is teh season finale for deathklok
Nikolai: k
Albrecht: // yeah I don't watch that, on account of it being
stupid and not entertaining
root: // yeah, meant to tell roger
Nikolai: Hm
Albrecht: // i feel like I should have shot a bat instead,
actually
Nikolai: How far away are they?
Albrecht: also it's actually 2 nonlethal
Albrecht: 50 ft up
Nikolai: k
Nikolai: Well then
Nikolai: I get up and find cover
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: Boris!
root: I should do the same as albrect
root: /try 9
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 9 = 24
root: to another goblin bombing us if possible, otherwise some
bat
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: You hit a goblin
root: /roll 1d6+1
*** DM rolls dice for root: 1d6 < 2 = 2 > + 1 = 3
Bat Riders: /try 2
*** DM rolls attempts for Bat Riders :
*** DM 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 2 = 4
root: and will
Albrecht: bombadier I assume, not pilot
DM of Da: He is also asleep.
root: that's nonleathal
DM of Da: Yep.
DM of Da: Bat riders go
root: and also run for cover, just elsewhere
Nikolai: By the way
Albrecht: yeah let's avoid getting splashed
Nikolai: HP machine
Nikolai: I am at next to nothing
root: yeah
DM of Da: The remaining awake rear goblin tosses a bomb
Nikolai: directly adjacent to it
DM of Da: It strikes the ground next to Sven and Vasily, exploding
with acid
DM of Da: THey take splash damage.
Bat Riders: /roll 1d4+1
*** DM rolls dice for Bat Riders: 1d4 < 1 = 1 > + 1 = 2
DM of Da: And the three bats bank and veer off west, flying off
Sven: . . .
Albrecht: next time we target bats.
DM of Da: Ok.
Sven: goblins are really beginning to piss me off.
DM of Da: The rest of the night passes uneventfully.
Sven: totally eradicating all of them in the future.
Vasily: Ow, my face.
Nikolai: yeah I'm at 10%
Sven: /roll 1d8+1
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d8 < 2 = 2 > + 1 = 3
Sven: for the panther
DM of Da: k.
Sven: /roll 1d8+1
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d8 < 2 = 2 > + 1 = 3
Sven: also for the panther
Albrecht: one CLW wouldn't be bad for me, but hit Nikolai first
Sven: /roll 1d8+1
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d8 < 2 = 2 > + 1 = 3
Sven: also for the panther
Vasily: I'm also hurting.
Sven: /roll 1d8+5
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d8 < 3 = 3 > + 5 = 8
Sven: for nikolai
root: heal everyone by class
DM of Da: Alright
Sven: who else?
root: I'm at 2/3
Sven: /roll 1d8+1
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d8 < 7 = 7 > + 1 = 8
Sven: for myself
Vasily: I'm at about 50%
DM of Da: You've got one more day's travel until the river leaves
the forest
Sven: /roll 1d8+1
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d8 < 4 = 4 > + 1 = 5
Sven: for nik
Albrecht: ~75% for me, I can wait til everyone else gets
DM of Da: And emerges into the vast southern steppes
Sven: /roll 1d8+1
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d8 < 1 = 1 > + 1 = 2
Sven: for vasily
Sven: /roll 1d8+1
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d8 < 7 = 7 > + 1 = 8
Sven: also for vasily
Nikolai: wait
Nikolai: is that names before rolls
Nikolai: or vice versa
Sven: names after
Albrecht: after
Nikolai: k
root: +1?
Sven: who else needs what?
Nikolai: so 8 and 5
Sven: also, we have an inert wand now.
Albrecht: ouch
Albrecht: no further wands, right?
Nikolai: I'm at 15/20 now
Sven: I have tons of wands.
Albrecht: oh good
Sven: /roll 1d8+1
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d8 < 3 = 3 > + 1 = 4
Nikolai: k
Sven: that's for nikolai
Sven: /roll 1d8+1
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d8 < 6 = 6 > + 1 = 7
Sven: for boris
Albrecht: give me one tap
Albrecht: rest should make up the rest decently
Sven: /roll 1d8+1
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d8 < 6 = 6 > + 1 = 7
Vasily: I be good.
Sven: for albrecht
Albrecht: yep, perfectly
DM of Da: Alright
root: thanks
DM of Da: Now this morning
Sven: /roll 1d8+1
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d8 < 8 = 8 > + 1 = 9
Sven: for me
DM of Da: No sooner do you spend a half hour riding down the shore
DM of Da: Do you spot something large ahead
Albrecht: than you meet all the goblins ever.
Albrecht: oh, sorry, multiple large undead
Albrecht: with goblins riding them
DM of Da: Fairly quickly it becomes clear that it's a wrecked,
beached ship
Albrecht: oh yes
Albrecht: forgot that
Sven: constructed out of goblins and worgs.
Sven: they all kill me.
root: hah
DM of Da: Do you avoid it, or investigate?
Albrecht: hehe, live game this is where we survived because our
horses were not war-trained, and they fled for us.
Nikolai: hm
root: if it looks abandoned, it might have loot
Albrecht: well I see no cause to actively avoid it
Albrecht: actually entering it, on the other hand...
Sven: not like it's a gazebo or anything.
DM of Da: Ok
Albrecht: let's get some closer and eyeball it better
root: ....
root: dont talk about Gazebos
DM of Da: As you approach, you see that there is no activity in or
around it
DM of Da: Roll... Int checks please
root: /try 2
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 2 = 14
Albrecht: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 1 = 9
Nikolai: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 3 = 23
DM of Da: Ok
Sven: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 3 = 3 > + 1 = 4
Nikolai: that is the highest you will get.
Nikolai: out of this party
*** Sven is not only worthless but also stupid
root: doesnt Vasily have a spell book?
Albrecht: // same root problem. Dice hate you.
DM of Da: Nikolai recognizes the design from descriptions he's
heard; it is a merchant vessel of Byzantine design
Sven: is it the ship that passed us by earlier?
DM of Da: Nah
Vasily: /try
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily :
Vasily: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily :
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 1 = 21
DM of Da: The ship is extensively damaged; most of it appears to
be fire damage.
Vasily: (yes, I have a spell book)
Nikolai: is this the ship the guys were on
DM of Da: You spot a couple of skeletons lying near it, the flesh
picked clean by carrion birds.
Nikolai: the dudes in the torture chambers
Nikolai: how close are we to the forest?
DM of Da: Several more similar corpses litter the beach on the
other side.
Sven: how old is this shit?
DM of Da: Well the tree line begins 40 or so feet from the water
DM of Da: From what you can tell
Vasily: (err, not Init... that would be a 23)
DM of Da: From the state of the bodies
DM of Da: This has been here for several weeks.
Nikolai: ok then
DM of Da: Several of the corpses wear armor that does not look
like Russian design or that of any neighboring nation
DM of Da: Do you wish to do anything here, or move on?
Sven: how undead do you think these guys are?
root: loot anything of value
DM of Da: They appear fairly inert.
root: if you think they're undead, stab them first
Vasily: (it's a trick... get an axe)
DM of Da: Their armor is damaged and scorched. There does not seem
to be anything else of value.
DM of Da: Anyone care to investigate the interior?
root: Im for it if others are
root: / Im also for finding a snapple...
Sven: err
Albrecht: aside from time wastage, any apparent reason not to?
Sven: how large is this ship?
DM of Da: It is a good-sized merchant sailing ship
DM of Da: Seagoing
Sven: so how long would it take to investigate the inside
completely
root: who cares about completely
root: I just want whats in teh cargo hold
DM of Da: Completely? An hour, maybe two
Nikolai: Let's do some scouting.
Nikolai: Someone stay with the horses
Nikolai: and yell if a problem occurs
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: Roll Search.
Vasily: Someone with a good spot check.
Nikolai: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 3 = 15
Vasily: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily :
*** DM 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 6 = 19
DM of Da: Ok
root: anyone have a good spot check besides me?
Sven: I have the best spot check
Nikolai: sven does
Sven: but I also have all the healing.
Nikolai: he has wisdom
Nikolai: you two stay out
Nikolai: me and vasily will search
Sven: ok.
DM of Da: There are a couple more bodies inside, burned and picked
clean by predators
Albrecht: I'm staying outside too
DM of Da: SOme of the ship's interior is damaged by fire
DM of Da: But you manage to get into the cargo hold
DM of Da: There is nothing of value there save basic supplies
DM of Da: Foodstuffs and similar
Nikolai: all unusable I assume
DM of Da: Indeed
DM of Da: Spoiled or burnt
DM of Da: You note that the scorched planks and bulkheads are
covered with a tar-like, viscous goo
DM of Da: Knowledge: arcana please
Vasily: /try 8
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily :
*** DM 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 8 = 23
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: You realize that this damage was done by burning
alchemist's fire
Nikolai: /try 9
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 3 = 3 > + 9 = 12
Nikolai: a durr
Vasily: ALCHEMIST'S FIRE!
DM of Da: Such as that thrown at you by the goblin bat riders
Vasily: ALCHEMIST'S FIRE!
Vasily: Burninating the shipping lanes.
Nikolai: yeah obviously attacked by the bats
Vasily: Burninating the triremes.
Vasily: Burninating all the peoples.
DM of Da: There is nothing else to be discovered here that you can
see.
root: in their....
root: thatched roof sail boats?
Vasily: And their waterlogged baggages!
root: nice
Vasily: WATERLOGGED BAGGAGES!
root: and the direbats come in the
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DM of Da: What now?
Nikolai: we depart
DM of Da: k.
Albrecht: and resume riding
Sven: we avoid Trogdor
Albrecht: and we get the hell out of goblin territory
DM of Da: The rest of the day's travels pass uneventfully
Albrecht: are we out of the forest now?
DM of Da: And by evening, the trees start being sparser
Albrecht: ok not quite then
DM of Da: As nightfall approaches, you leave the forest
DM of Da: And the vast expanse of the southern steppes stretches
out before you
root: yay
Nikolai: how far from the forest are we at the end of the day
DM of Da: The river Dnieper winds its way through them, and your
course is quite clear for many miles.
root: non-flying douchebags
DM of Da: Well
DM of Da: Couple miles
Nikolai: k
Albrecht: could still be attacked by goblins, not that we'd lower
our guard anyway
Nikolai: sounds sufficient
DM of Da: Anyway, we're ending here
Nikolai: they have less surprise attack ability if we're not near
the forest
DM of Da: We'll return to your journey next time.