The party leaves Crimea?, heading towards Oleshie?. On the way they investigate an Abandoned Copper Mine. Upon reaching Oleshie, they discover that Danil & Anastas are dead.
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Vasily: cool
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DM of Gaia: .
DM of Gaia: Ok
DM of Gaia: Why are there 2 Vasilys
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root: there we go
Vasily: Different comps.
Vasily: Does it matter?
Vasily: one sec.
DM of Gaia: Nope, just wanted to find out
Vasily: The lower Vasily is the relevant one.
DM of Gaia: Who are we still missing... Sven and Nikolai
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Vasily: There we go.
DM of Gaia: I don't really care :P
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DM of Gaia: Ok
DM of Gaia: This is progress
Vasily: (That's not what your mom said last night <.<)
DM of Gaia: Now we need Sven
Nikolai: indeed
DM of Gaia: Oh, before I forget...
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Graynjahhh: ruh roh, infinite mongols
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Nikolai: ruh roh inmdeed
DM of Gaia: sent
DM of Gaia: Now then
DM of Gaia: Give me like 3 mins...
Nikolai: k
Nikolai: brb
DM of Da: Aaaand ok
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DM of Da: So
DM of Da: I assume all of you remember the events of the last
session
DM of Da: To refresh your memory of the last important thing that
happened
Vasily: We killed the Khan and took his stuff and control of his
empire.
DM of Da: The last audience with the Khan ended like so:
DM of Da: Translator: However...
DM of Da: Translator: There is another matter.
DM of Da: Translator: Enchanted upon this letter is a hidden
message.
DM of Da: Translator: It claims to have knowledge of the kind
that would not be possessed by simple merchants, especially those so
foolish as the text of the letter appears to indicate.
DM of Da: Translator: His Surpassing Supremeness has commanded
that it must be acquired for his possession.
DM of Da: Translator: To that end...
DM of Da: Translator: The Exalted Khan will provide that which
the letter asks for.
DM of Da: Translator: You will carry it back to your
employers.
DM of Da: Nikolai: //sandy
DM of Da: Nikolai: //remind me what it said
DM of Da: Nikolai: //the secret message
DM of Da: DM of Da: //"We can decipher the words of the
demon. Help us, and his power will be yours."
DM of Da: Translator: You will convey to them the Khan's
promise of riches from the treasure the letter mentions, riches a
thousand times greater than the sample you will provide.
DM of Da: Translator: You will give them a letter of response,
which will say that the price for these riches is twofold: That they
return to His Exalted Supremeness one thing that was stolen along with
the gems, and that they come themselves to his court, bringing with them
whatever or whoever is able to provide the knowledge they claimed to
possess.
DM of Da: You passed made your way back across Crimea
uneventfully, parted company with Ling Jian, and the session ended when
you left Crimea and once more found yourselves on the mainland.
DM of Da: You decided, as I recall, to head directly to Oleshie,
to speak with Danil and Anastas.
Sven: that sounds right.
root: sounds right. Unless you guys were going to ask more
pointless military stregnth questions around here
Vasily: Some simple inquisition couldn't hurt.
DM of Da: Well
DM of Da: Let's get some Gather Info checks.
Sven: /try hahahaha
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 0 = 13
DM of Da: And meanwhile I will roll a 1d5 to determine which
Monster Manual to use here.
root: 1.....1....come oooon 1
root: /try -1
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 17 = 17 > + 0 - 1 = 16
DM of Da: Anyone else got Gather Information?
Vasily: grr... sec
Albrecht: /try 2
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 2 = 15
Vasily o/ Lap: /try 8
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily o/ Lap :
*** DM 1d20 < 16 = 16 > + 8 = 24
Nikolai: well
DM of Da: Alright
Nikolai: I could make one untrained
Nikolai: /try 2
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 2 = 15
*** Vasily gathers the khan's mom
DM of Da: She is dead
DM of Da: And thousands of miles away.
DM of Da: But regardless
DM of Da: You discover the following.
root: hah
DM of Da: Though much of the specialized military capacity of the
Mongol Horde was destroyed during the great invasion - spellcasters,
siege machinery, war elephants and other creatures - the Khan does
command over half a million warriors
Nikolai: half a million eh
DM of Da: And it seems the reason that Crimea is so overwhelmingly
free of the vicious and predatory wildlife that used to inhabit it is
that the Khan and his Noyans - princes - send their warriors to hone
their skill against monsters and such
Vasily: Still a potent military force, albiet without it's big
bag o' tricks.
DM of Da: To maintain their combat readiness
Vasily: So they're not just L1 warriors.
DM of Da: Indeed they are not.
Nikolai: they're like L3 or 4
DM of Da: The Mongols have retained some of the civilian
specialists that made their army so adaptable - siege engineers such as
Ling Qi, experts in strategy, etc., but the Khan's forces have not been
tested in any major engagement in at least a decaded.
DM of Da: *decade
Albrecht: (how large a force does Kiev control, btw?)
DM of Da: Less than a tenth of that.
root: ouch
Vasily: ~50 thou.
DM of Da: The Kievan Guard is also not nearly so well trained;
service in it is essentially a day job for the enlisted men, who are
drawn from the ranks of farmers, laborers, etc.
Sven: so they're still beefy over there.
DM of Da: Mmhm
DM of Da: You also discover that the majority of the Mongols'
spellcasting capacity is represented by clerics, acolytes of Tengri, the
Mongol god of the sky.
DM of Da: The relatively few arcane casters (wizards almost
exclusively) that there are, are employed by the Khan in his court
DM of Da: And that's essentially the information you have.
DM of Da: Now then.
DM of Da: With
http://obormot.ath.cx/~obormot/beyond_ragnarok/maps/set_0/MI_RusMap.pdf
to serve you as a reference, I can tell you that the trip to Oleshie
will be about 4 days long, pretty much directly overland
Nikolai: question
DM of Da: Yo
Nikolai: will we get something to let us pass through crimea
unhindered
Nikolai: some Khan note
Nikolai: or something
DM of Da: You still have that letter from the Overseer
DM of Da: It has no expiration date
Nikolai: ok will that still work?
Nikolai: yeah but it says we're going to the khan
Nikolai: rather than away
Nikolai: just wondering
Vasily: We can explain that we saw the Khan.
Vasily: We have a note from him, no?
root: we're off to see the khan, the wonderful khan...of
crimea
DM of Da: The letter is essentially "these people may pass
unhindered, authority of <person>"
Nikolai: k
Nikolai: we'll have to take care of that
DM of Da: Basically it is good until that person or someone of
higher rank annuls that
DM of Da: Like if you piss off a Prince? Totally revoked
DM of Da: But otherwise
DM of Da: Yeah
root: should have had the khan validate it
Vasily: Like a parking ticket?
DM of Da: lol
Vasily: Yup. Seen the Khan.
root: exactly
DM of Da: So
DM of Da: Anything else you guys want to do before leaving Mongol
lands?
Nikolai: Vasily... any scrolls you think we need?
Nikolai: I think we'r egood
Vasily: Yeah.
Vasily: We've finished the scrolls. It's just a matter of
getting the stuff we have so far down.
Nikolai: I mean in additiuon
Nikolai: before we leave
Vasily: Nah, we're good.
*** Sven is fine
DM of Da: Ok.
DM of Da: On May 19th, 1275, you head west, toward Oleshie.
DM of Da: The first day of travel is fairly uneventful... you
occasionally hear a noise in the distance, like a combination of
clicking, popping, and thunder
Vasily: Bamf?
DM of Da: You heard this before, one night while traveling south
DM of Da: But you see nothing
Vasily: Oh, those bug things.
DM of Da: No
DM of Da: Not like that
DM of Da: It's not coming from the ground and there's no vibration
under you
Vasily: No, the flying ones.
DM of Da: Ahh
DM of Da: No those made a buzzing noise
DM of Da: Anyway
DM of Da: You see nothing
DM of Da: Unless Sven wants to succeed at Knowledge: Nature, you
also know nothing
root: what is Boris wants to succees
Sven: /try 13
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 6 = 6 > + 13 = 19
Vasily: Will a See Invis do anything?
root: /try 4
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 9 = 9 > + 4 = 13
*** Sven is still the worst druid ever.
DM of Da: You know nothing and a See Invis does nothing
DM of Da: On the second day
DM of Da: You travel through a stretch of rolling hills
DM of Da: Roll Spot
Sven: /try 11
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 11 = 16
Albrecht: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 9 = 9 > + 0 = 9
*** Sven sucks balls
Nikolai: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 3 = 21
Nikolai: haha, wisdom.
Vasily o/ Lap: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily o/ Lap :
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 1 = 9
root: /try 8
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 8 = 9
root: ouich
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: Nikolai and Sven notice, in the side of one hill, what
appears to be a cave entrance braced with wooden support beams, like a
mine tunnel
DM of Da: There does not seem to be anyone around, and there's no
sound coming from within
Sven: so the question is
Sven: do we care.
DM of Da: Yep that's the question
root: depends on what the sound that sandstorm made is
Albrecht: it's apparently an abandoned mineshaft, at first glance
DM of Da: Doesn't look like a sandstorm anywhere on the horizon.
Nikolai: oh that reminds me
Nikolai: sandy you never sent us our cave loot
Vasily: Psht.
Vasily: What kinds of adventurers are you?
DM of Da: What cave loot
Nikolai: the whatsit
Albrecht: (he didn't put the story XP in an email like he promised
either)
Vasily: There are clearly monsters inside. We should go inside
and kill them and take their stuff.
Albrecht: manticore cave
Nikolai: (he did that)
Nikolai: manticore
Nikolai: that's it
DM of Da: Oh yes the manticore cave loot
Nikolai: you never sent us the mundane loot from that
Sven: Not-A-Manticore
DM of Da: I'll do that later
Nikolai: k
DM of Da: Anyway
DM of Da: Investigate or move on
DM of Da: Anyone?
Sven: well
Vasily: I'm for investigating.
Sven: I'm fine either way
Nikolai: if you guys want to
Albrecht: I think we have a lot of "eh, whichever"
Albrecht: Anyone significantly in favor of exploring this cave?
Albrecht: Anyone strongly opposed?
Sven: which leaves vasily's opinion strongly ahead.
Sven: let's go.
Vasily: Never know what kind of interesting things might be
abandoned inside.
DM of Da: Alright then.
Albrecht: We'll have a quick look
Vasily: And it's not like we're in a rush or anything.
DM of Da: The entrance is 10 feet wide
root: lets go in
DM of Da: Marching order like usual?
root: caves are usually full of XP
Sven: what's our usual?
DM of Da: <--- A N S
Albrecht: me and someone with eyes in front I think
DM of Da: <--- B V
DM of Da: Like that except SOMEONE interrupted my ASCII art with a
line of chat
root: hah
Sven: sucker.
root: yeah, that sounds about right
Albrecht: You call that art?
DM of Da: Shut up
root: yay trap searching
DM of Da: ANyway
DM of Da: Roll Search
Vasily o/ Lap: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily o/ Lap :
*** DM 1d20 < 17 = 17 > + 6 = 23
DM of Da: k
DM of Da: Other rogue?
Nikolai: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 3 = 23
Nikolai: I'm a rogue.
Nikolai: <_<
Sven: rofl.
DM of Da: lols
DM of Da: Anyway
root: /try 10
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 10 = 18
Sven: seems like the rogue got outrogued.
Nikolai: in fact I'm a better rogue than you
root: true
DM of Da: Hm the entrance is actually 15 ft wide but anyway
Vasily: Wait... search is int...
DM of Da: The point is this
Vasily: that's a 24
DM of Da: k
Albrecht: he steals shiny things. you steal divine energy.
DM of Da: You notice two things rather quickly.
DM of Da: Firstly
DM of Da: This was a copper mine
root: // I steal is all for my ancestors in 2000
DM of Da: This is fairly evident from the broken-down,
rotted-through wheelbarrow with chunks of copper ore-bearing rock in it
root: //...decendants
DM of Da: Secondly
DM of Da: It's hot in here.
DM of Da: Not to the point of being stifling or dangerous
DM of Da: But it's definitely above room temperature
Vasily: A pit, eh?
Albrecht: but presumably hotter than it should be, or we wouldn't
be noting it?
DM of Da: Especially for a cave... yes.
DM of Da: Caves tend to be cool.
Vasily: This path goes... STRAIGHT TO HELL!
Vasily: Anyhow, mage armor.
DM of Da: The heat seems to be coming in waves from deeper within
the mine.
root: heh
Vasily: We should investigate.
Vasily: (cautiously)
Nikolai: mage armor indeed
Sven: ruh roh.
*** root uses real armor
DM of Da: A short passage leads to a very long, wide central
cavern, 40 to 60 feet wide, and stretching far beyond what your light
sources reveal
DM of Da: Narrow passageways branch in both directions.
DM of Da: The rock walls appear to be volcanic.
Vasily: ...
root: ruh roh indeed
Vasily: I think some historical or arcane knowledge may be in
order.
Nikolai: or natural
Vasily: Is this area known for volcanic activity?
DM of Da: Knowledge: Nature, Knowledge: History would both apply
Vasily: And failing that, is there anything unnatural that might
cause this?
Nikolai: /try 4;history
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM (history) 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 4 = 8
DM of Da: Knowledge: Arcana as well
Nikolai: k
Sven: /try 13
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 7 = 7 > + 13 = 20
Vasily o/ Lap: /try 8;history 8;arcana
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily o/ Lap :
*** DM (history) 1d20 < 3 = 3 > + 8 = 11
*** DM (arcana) 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 8 = 12
Nikolai: /try 10;arcana
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM (arcana) 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 10 = 28
Nikolai: sucker
DM of Da: Alright
root: /try 4;nature 3;history
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM (nature) 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 4 = 15
*** DM (history) 1d20 < 3 = 3 > + 3 = 6
root: oof
DM of Da: Sven's impression is that this region is not volcanic.
root: /try 3;dungeoneeringJustCause
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM (dungeoneeringJustCause) 1d20 < 10 = 10 > + 3 = 13
Sven: well, this is strange.
*** Vasily prestidigitates up an apple-flavoured popsicle.
Sven: so something is probably living here.
DM of Da: Nikolai, your study of spells of summoning, binding, and
similar applications of magic once referenced something that could be
relevant; elemental beings from the Realm of Fire, creatures essentially
composed of molten or semi-molten rock, can create such effects.
root: well, if it's living here alone, it wont mind if we
borrow a few of its things
Vasily: Hmm...
Vasily: Prep some Resist Energies and come back in the morning?
Sven: certainly a safe option
Sven: or safer, in any event.
Nikolai: So
Nikolai: Either we have some fire elemental somehow stranded in
the material plane
Nikolai: Or a portal to the realm of fire
Nikolai: would planes knowledge tell us more?
root: endure elements might also be useful to some degree in
here....depends on how hot it gets
DM of Da: Roll Planes
Nikolai: /try 10;planes
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM (planes) 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 10 = 24
Albrecht: resist would supercede it for that
DM of Da: Hm
Vasily: Resist doesn't last long enough to supercede it.
DM of Da: Yeah you don't know anything specific that might be
relevant
DM of Da: But I'll take that roll into account a bit later
Albrecht: well the point is that resist will cover the heat
exhaustion and all
Vasily: Endure is damage due to prolonged exposure, while resist
is damage due to bursts of exposure.
DM of Da: Anyway
DM of Da: As you advance forward
Vasily: ...
Vasily: Didn't we say we were going to back up and prep some
resists tomorrow?
DM of Da: Yes yes I was about to type this before
DM of Da: Hang on a sec :P
DM of Da: You discover that the large central cavern is almost 250
feet long
Nikolai: well
Nikolai: I could prep some resists now
Nikolai: since I haven't used my slots in days
Vasily: Hmm...
Nikolai: as could you Vasily
DM of Da: You seem to have come to the end of it
Vasily: True.
Vasily: Let's do so.
Nikolai: ok
Nikolai: 15 minutes later...
Nikolai: poof
DM of Da: Ahead of you is a sheer rock wall; passages branch off
to the left and right
DM of Da: It is considerably hotter at this end
root: any passage noticiably hotter?
Sven: hrm.
DM of Da: The waves of heat seem to be emanating from both
passages.
root: bah
Vasily o/ Lap: /roll 1d2
*** DM rolls dice for Vasily o/ Lap: 1d2 < 1 = 1 > = 1
Vasily o/ Lap: let's go left.
DM of Da: Alright.
Sven: /roll 1d2
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d2 < 2 = 2 > = 2
Sven: you sure>?
Sven: :-P
root: /roll 1d2
*** DM rolls dice for root: 1d2 < 2 = 2 > = 2
Vasily: Fine, right :P
root: wait
Nikolai: is it hot to the point of us losing
DM of Da: No
Nikolai: or just hot
root: the druid's always wrong
Nikolai: ok
DM of Da: Just uncomfortably so
DM of Da: As soon as you turn into the right passageway - it is 5
feet wide - your light sources illuminate a broad, stocky figure about
the size of a human
Sven: that was fast.
DM of Da: Overlapping plates of black metal cover its body, and
the air around it ripples where it radiates heat
DM of Da: You see what appears to be molten rock flowing between
the gaps of its armor
DM of Da: The armored figure stands motionless, its body blocking
the tunnel.
Vasily: Shall we have some resists?
DM of Da: Knowledge: Arcana please.
Nikolai: /try 10;arcana
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM (arcana) 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 10 = 15
Vasily o/ Lap: /try 8
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily o/ Lap :
*** DM 1d20 < 10 = 10 > + 8 = 18
Nikolai: boo
DM of Da: Ok
Nikolai: i want that 24 back
DM of Da: This is a golem, of a design that is unfamiliar to you.
Nikolai: heh, a lava golem
Nikolai: fantastic
Vasily: Some REs might be in order.
root: unbeknownst to these heroes, nut knowenst to others....
Nikolai: Ok so let's think
Nikolai: Someone must have put this here
Sven: forrizzle.
Nikolai: did we stumble onto the lair of some extradimensional
mage
Nikolai: or something
Vasily: Well, some kind of fire critter.
Sven: did we see what's down the left passage?
Vasily: That much seems certain.
Nikolai: right but it has a golem for a pet, it's probably
intelligent
Vasily: Aye.
Vasily: Let's check the left passage.
root: ...quick, someone prep create water
Nikolai: intelligent and able to cast spells
Vasily: The golem isn't responding to our presence, is it?
Vasily: Or at the very least able to dominate fire creatures.
DM of Gaia: The golem is motionless.
DM of Gaia: The left passage
DM of Gaia: Is blocked by an identical golem.
Nikolai: So
Nikolai: do we disturb the inhabitants
Nikolai: or go on our way
root: I want to see what they're gaurding
root: of course, that also means having to get past them
Vasily: Does it look like we could take the golems?
DM of Gaia: How would you know?
DM of Gaia: You've never seen this kind of golem
Sven: /con golem
root: I say douse it in water then start smashing it
root: it's made of lava after all
*** Sven Sven doesn't know shit about druidy things, let alone this
crap
*** Sven also thinks in the 3rd person sometimes
Nikolai: lol
Albrecht: if we don't investigate this, we will mark the location
to come back
Albrecht: because this is interesting
Nikolai: ok
Vasily: Decidedly.
Nikolai: investigate or not
Nikolai: choose
Vasily: It seems like they're protecting something...
Vasily: Ok...
root: would we even be able to smash them...
Nikolai: I vote for investigate
Nikolai: because it sounds like fun
Sven: I wouldn't mind coming back another time.
root: that black metal might be tough
Vasily: We may not be able to figure out how effective they are,
but how ... graceful do they look.
Sven: . . .
root: thought - if we disturb one, the other might wake up to
cut off our escape
Vasily: That is, how fast does it look like they can move.
DM of Da: You don't know :P
DM of Da: They don't LOOK agile
Vasily: simple observation.
DM of Da: They are standing perfectly still
DM of Da: Except for the molten rock flowing within them
Albrecht: well, we seem to have two options.
Vasily: hmm.
DM of Da: Like I said, they are broad and stocky
Albrecht: 1. try to walk up to one of them
Nikolai: yes, two options
Albrecht: 2. just walk away
Vasily: Let's try to beat them up.
Nikolai: enter now or come back later
root: and we don't recognize the black metal making up
their...plating
Nikolai: vote
Nikolai: I vote for enter now
Nikolai: because why not
Albrecht: if we're walking up, I'll be on front I guess
Nikolai: I prepped shit
DM of Da: Actually
Nikolai: and cast mage armor
Nikolai: and such
DM of Da: Roll Arcane again
Nikolai: /try 10;arcane
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM (arcane) 1d20 < 7 = 7 > + 10 = 17
DM of Da: *arcana
Nikolai: sigh
Vasily o/ Lap: /try 8
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily o/ Lap :
*** DM 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 8 = 9
Nikolai: dbl sigh
root: oy
Albrecht: chances are if they're guards we can get away from themm
DM of Da: Ok well
DM of Da: You don't know much about their construction
DM of Da: But they don't look too agile.
Nikolai: and they are probably immune to magic
Albrecht: well, here's my suggestion if we want to investigate now
Albrecht: /try 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 5 = 19
Albrecht: hah I beat you on arcana :P
Nikolai: :P
DM of Da: lols
Albrecht: how far into these passages are the golems?
DM of Da: They are 5 feet in
DM of Da: And the two passage entrances are 40 feet apart from
each other
Albrecht: grr
Albrecht: ok 5 feet in
Albrecht: I suggest the party stays in the middle, and I walk up
to one of them
Albrecht: and see what happens
Nikolai: so we're doing that?
Sven: as you wish.
Nikolai: Ok so
Nikolai: if we're engaging
Nikolai: we should hand out buffs
root: word
DM of Da: btw
DM of Da: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM5_Gallery/106305.jpg
root: bulls str might be in order here
Nikolai: not so much
Nikolai: Resist energy though
Sven: now this looks like an even worse idea :-P
Vasily: Funky.
Nikolai: Vasily how many you got there?
Vasily: 2
Nikolai: I suppose I can manage 3
Vasily: Invis and SR aren't going to be particularly useful
here.
Nikolai: yeah
Nikolai: ok everyone gets some fire resistance
Albrecht: I have a bull's str and a haste potion sitting around
Sven: hooray.
Albrecht: though of course handy dandy spell slots I'll take
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: Are we ready?
Sven: I think so.
Nikolai: yep
root: just go for it!
Nikolai: just try walking past it
Vasily o/ Lap: Might want to grab the haste first.
Nikolai: henshin a go go baby
root: maybe say hello if it stops you
DM of Da: Ok
Vasily o/ Lap: Party's got plenty of haste potions in the pots.
DM of Da: Albrecht
Vasily o/ Lap: *pot
DM of Da: You walk up to the golem?
Albrecht: well walking up to it
DM of Da: The right one, right?
Albrecht: we do?
Sven: we who?
DM of Da: Hello
DM of Da: Someone take an action
DM of Da: Before I lose patience :P
Vasily: Sure, let's go up to the right one.
DM of Da: Thank you.
Nikolai: ok so
root: Albrect is walking up to the right one, possibly past it
Nikolai: Albrect walks up to it
Nikolai: we're hanging back
Nikolai: by like 30 ft
Sven: forrizzle.
Albrecht: gee, it'd be nice if the horrible lag would just delay
things and not also eat them.
root: I shoudl also slip out a dagger before he walks up
DM of Da: As soon as Albrecht walks up to the golem
DM of Da: It animates
DM of Da: The molten rock within the cracks in its faceplate
flares
Albrecht: especially when I have full reception
DM of Da: And the tips of its fingers ooze lava; it aims its hands
at the ground under Albrecht
DM of Da: Roll init.
Sven: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 1 = 16
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root: /try 8
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 8 = 13
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Albrecht: /try 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 9 = 9 > + 5 = 14
Golem Right: /try 2
*** DM rolls attempts for Golem Right :
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 2 = 10
Nikolai: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 1 = 3
DM of Da: Vasily?
Albrecht: just to confirm since that's ANOTHER message eaten by
the internet.
DM of Da: Confirm what
Albrecht: I received no buffs from our casters except for resist
energy (fire)?
Nikolai: yep
DM of Da: Yep
Nikolai: that's all we got
Vasily: err... sorry
Vasily o/ Lap: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily o/ Lap :
*** DM 1d20 < 17 = 17 > + 1 = 18
Vasily o/ Lap: (was looking it up)
DM of Da: Vasily's first
Vasily o/ Lap: Magic Missile time.
Albrecht: in that case I did drink a bull's str before hand
DM of Da: You see the golem fire up, as it were, and aim its hands
downward, at Albrecht's feet, its fingers glowing red with heat
DM of Da: Magic Missile eh
DM of Da: Ok
Vasily o/ Lap: hmm...
Vasily o/ Lap: Yeah.
Vasily o/ Lap: /roll 2d4+2
*** DM rolls dice for Vasily o/ Lap: 2d4 < 4 2 = 6 > + 2 = 8
DM of Da: Not so fast there
DM of Da: The bolts of arcane energy strike the golem's black
armored shell, dissipating harmlessly.
Vasily o/ Lap: boo.
Sven: j-j-j-jawesome.
DM of Da: Sven!
Sven: golem left's passage is where with respect to us?
DM of Da: The passages are 40 feet apart
DM of Da: And each golem is 5 feet into its respective passage
DM of Da: Take your pick of where you are within that distance.
Sven: oh . . . we're not in that 10 ft hall anymore, are we
Sven: there was a big cavern
Sven: ok
DM of Da: Right.
Sven: I get it.
Sven: well
DM of Da: What's the plan here
root: say hello, maybe it will like us
Nikolai: turn into a bear!
Sven: I'm a cat.
Nikolai: pssht
Nikolai: whatever
Sven: a panther identical to my companion, that is
Sven: who is chilling for now.
DM of Gaia: k
DM of Gaia: So matching cats
DM of Gaia: That's cute
Sven: cute, isn't it.
Sven: yeah.
DM of Gaia: Albrecht's next.
root: do you sniff each other or some such?
Sven: my cat can nuzzle me, that's fine.
Albrecht: quick draw the new shamshir.
DM of Gaia: k.
DM of Gaia: And?
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DM of Gaia: lol
DM of Gaia: So
Sven: hotness.
DM of Gaia: Quick draw the shamsir and?
root: hah
Albrecht: Stabbing the internet. Take 56.
DM of Gaia: k
DM of Gaia: So
DM of Gaia: Your actions
Nikolai: he's trying to talk
Albrecht: attack
Nikolai: and can't
Nikolai: due to lag
DM of Gaia: roll
Albrecht: Hey, something got through
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DM of Gaia: Oh god just use your desktop already :P
root: the golem dodges the attack due to lag
Albrecht: /try 11
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 6 = 6 > + 11 = 17
DM of Gaia: There we go
Albrecht: Hop[efully something will get through
DM of Gaia: And if that weren't a miss we'd have some progress
DM of Gaia: But it is.
Albrecht: I typed /try 11 5 times.
DM of Gaia: The golem's black armor is just too strong.
DM of Gaia: Feels like normal steel, though.
DM of Gaia: Anyways.
DM of Gaia: Boris!
root: move in, drawing my regular short sword. stabbity
root: /try 9
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 9 = 20
Albrecht: the problem is that this sort of stupid happens when I
have full reception as well as when reception is bad
DM of Gaia: Ok so here's the problem with that action
DM of Gaia: Well
root: passage size?
DM of Gaia: Yeah
DM of Gaia: Albrecht's blocking your way
root: then I suppose I delay instead
DM of Gaia: Ok.
Nikolai: so wait
Nikolai: it's a 5ft passage?
DM of Gaia: Yes
Nikolai: ok
Nikolai: albrecht needs to move them
Nikolai: then
DM of Gaia: Golem's turn.
Vasily o/ Lap: (do you have tumble?)
Nikolai: couldn't he tumble past them
Nikolai: damnit.
DM of Da: DOes he have tumble
Nikolai: albrecht needs to move either way
DM of Da: Right
DM of Da: Anyway
Nikolai: of course he has tumble.
DM of Da: Then tumble past!
root: i do...
Nikolai: what I meant is he needs to move so sven can get in
there
DM of Da: Yes
DM of Da: He sure does
DM of Da: 25 Tumble at one-half speed through an area occupied
by an enemy (over, under, or around the opponent) as part of normal
movement, provoking no attacks of opportunity while doing so. Failure
means you stop before entering the enemy-occupied area and provoke an
attack of opportunity from that enemy. Check separately for each
opponent. Each additional enemy after the first adds +2 to the Tumble
DC.
DM of Da: So
DM of Da: There you go
DM of Da: Roll your Tumble check
root: who's tumbling? me?
Nikolai: well
DM of Da: If you are so inclined
Nikolai: it's your choice
Nikolai: you could get to the other side of the hting with a
tumble.
Nikolai: it would be DC 25
root: just checking who we were talking about
Nikolai: or you could delay
Nikolai: yes
Nikolai: you
root: 25 is possible. here goes
root: /try 12
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 12 = 23
DM of Da: Oooh fail
root: ah well.
root: just draw it out into the cavern instead.
DM of Da: You still have a standard action
DM of Da: So you may want to move back
root: yeah. take out short sword while I'm at it
DM of Da: k
DM of Da: You don't provoke the aforementioned AoO because luckily
for you the golem's flatfooted
root: I'll duck aroun the passage corner
DM of Da: Anyways
DM of Da: Golems' turn.
DM of Da: k.
Sven: hadoken.
DM of Da: The heat building up in the golem's fingers flares, and
the ground under Albrecht's feet explodes into molten flame.
root: ouch
Albrecht: which means what for me?
DM of Da: That square is now considered difficult terrain (2
squares of movement, can't run or charge), and will deal 1d6 fire damage
to anyone who moves through.
DM of Da: That means you (on your turn).
DM of Da: Furthermore
DM of Da: The golem swings its massive armored fist at you
Golem Right: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Golem Right :
*** DM 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 7 = 9
DM of Da: And completely misses.
DM of Da: The other golem, upon seeing its partner attacked, moves
forward
Albrecht: furthermore, the problem with lag is categorically not
wireless reception.
DM of Da: It strides with a steady, determined step, going
directly for Vasily
root: saw that coming...
Vasily o/ Lap: Ow.
DM of Da: As it approaches, heat flares in its fingers
Albrecht: because traceroute from Theoden experiences a problem
DM of Da: And the ground under Vasily, as well as the ground under
its own feet, flares with molten flame.
*** Golem Left swings at Vasily
Golem Left: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Golem Left :
*** DM 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 7 = 9
DM of Da: Wow.
Nikolai: good job golems
DM of Da: Nikolai!
Sven: seems these bitches couldn't hit the broadside of some
sort of barn.
root: guess they're not agile
Albrecht: in fact, I don't think it's even related to anyone but
cablevision.
Vasily o/ Lap: aye.
Nikolai: I'll delay
DM of Da: Ok.
DM of Da: Vasily?
DM of Da: You take 1d6 fire damage
DM of Da: From the magma that the rock under your feet has turned
into
DM of Da: /roll 1d6
*** DM rolls dice for DM of Da: 1d6 < 4 = 4 > = 4
DM of Da: That much
DM of Da: Except I guess Resist nerfs that
Sven: it's true.
Vasily o/ Lap: down to 0
Albrecht: to nothing, in fact
DM of Da: Anyway it's your turn
Sven: *Resist*
Vasily o/ Lap: I'ma 5 ft back into the group...
DM of Da: k
DM of Da: And?
Vasily o/ Lap: Well, let's try some acid.
DM of Da: Let's.
Vasily o/ Lap: /try 2
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily o/ Lap :
*** DM 1d20 < 6 = 6 > + 2 = 8
root: ...it's a giant thing of moving lava. try ice
Vasily o/ Lap: ...
Vasily o/ Lap: sigh.
DM of Da: What sort of acid is this specifically
DM of Da: Acid Arrow?
Vasily o/ Lap: o.O
DM of Da: Or what?
Sven: bawls/
Sven: ?
Vasily o/ Lap: Acid Splash :(
DM of Da: lols
DM of Da: Well you miss
DM of Da: You splash the rock wall behind the golem with acid
DM of Da: Dissolving some rock
DM of Da: Good work.
Sven: taht rock was totally asking for it.
DM of Da: Sven!
Sven: I believe I am charging.
DM of Da: Alright
Sven: mr. golem left.
DM of Da: Makes sense
Sven: /try 10 5 5 10 10
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 10 = 18
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 5 = 17
*** DM 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 5 = 6
*** DM 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 10 = 15
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 10 = 24
Sven: wow.
DM of Da: That's exactly 1 hit
Sven: yeah.
Sven: /roll 1d3+2
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d3 < 1 = 1 > + 2 = 3
Sven: I'm the fucking man.
DM of Da: You do no damage
DM of Da: Your claws merely scratch the black armor ineffectually.
Sven: my cat follows suit.
DM of Da: k.
Sven: /try 8 3 3 8 8
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 8 = 22
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 3 = 23
*** DM 1d20 < 6 = 6 > + 3 = 9
*** DM 1d20 < 16 = 16 > + 8 = 24
*** DM 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 8 = 13
DM of Da: 3 hits
root: ac is either 22 or 21...
Sven: /roll 1d6+3
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d6 < 5 = 5 > + 3 = 8
Sven: /roll 1d3+1
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d3 < 1 = 1 > + 1 = 2
Nikolai: or 19 or 20.
Sven: /roll 1d3+1
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d3 < 2 = 2 > + 1 = 3
Sven: fantastic.
Nikolai: I hope you prepared Magic Fang?
DM of Da: Your panther's powerful jaws pierce the metal shell,
bending back a small patch of black steel
DM of Da: But its claws fail to do any meaningful damage
root: ...no crits I assume?
DM of Da: It's a construct
DM of Da: It can't be crit.
root: just checking
DM of Da: Albrecht.
DM of Da: You take fire damage except you don't
Albrecht: no we've got 19-22 as a range
Nikolai: indeed
Nikolai: now back out here so you're not trapped in the hallway
Albrecht: indeed
Albrecht: I attack it.
Albrecht: then I 5-ft back
DM of Da: Alright
Albrecht: /try 11
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 3 = 3 > + 11 = 14
Nikolai: :(
Albrecht: also I miss horribly.
DM of Da: That is indeed a horrible failure.
Albrecht: Ideally I am moving back diagonally such that more
people can engage it
DM of Da: Diagonally = Boris
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DM of Da: YOu want to move back straight
<<< PhelanArcetus is now known as Albrecht >>>
Nikolai: just take a move
DM of Da: Now then
Albrecht: ok then
Nikolai: it probably won't hit you with the AoO
root: arent there two diagonals?
DM of Da: Boris.
DM of Da: There are not
Albrecht: 5-ft doesn't give it any AoO
DM of Da: One diagonal is a rock wall
Albrecht: also please note how I experience lag on my goddamn
hardwired desktop.
root: ok
Nikolai: right i was saying take a full move
Albrecht: well, I need to move back enough that I am out of the
passage.
DM of Da: That's a 5-ft
DM of Da: If you want to move back more than that
DM of Da: Say so
Albrecht: no, that is sufficient.
root: shall we draw it out or take turns ducking in to have at
it?
DM of Da: k.
Nikolai: drawing it out for flanking
Albrecht: It's also nice how the two clients receive at notably
different times
Nikolai: seems logical
root: I delay then
Albrecht: Which are inconsistent with each other.
DM of Da: Ok.
DM of Da: Golems' turn.
Nikolai: I'll go
DM of Da: Aha
Nikolai: before the golems
Nikolai: now that albrecht is out of the tunnel
DM of Da: Go for it
Albrecht: In that sometimes the laptop gets stuff first, other
times it doesn't, and there's no excuse for bad wireless right now
Nikolai: I throw an Enlarge Person at him
DM of Da: Alright
Sven: X-Zone the golem
Sven: or that
DM of Da: Albrecht is now Large.
Nikolai: lol
Albrecht: whee
DM of Da: He may or may NOT also be in charge.
DM of Da: That remains to be seen.
Albrecht: 2d8+9 damage, assuming I ever hit.
Nikolai: yes work on that
DM of Da: Golems' turn.
Nikolai: also reach
DM of Da: Golem McRight steps forward, making its way slowly
through the square of magma, and in so doing provoke an AoO from
Albrecht
Albrecht: whee
Nikolai: lol reach ftw
DM of Da: Roll
Albrecht: /try 11
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 11 = 22
DM of Da: A hit!
Nikolai: nice
Sven: a motherfucking hit
Sven: go the fuck figure
Albrecht: /roll 2d8+9
*** DM rolls dice for Albrecht: 2d8 < 5 7 = 12 > + 9 = 21
root: nice
Albrecht: indeed
DM of Da: Your mighty blow cuts a massive furrow in the black
plating; though some of the force of the hit is absorbed, you
nonetheless do meaningful damage, and you can clearly see the golem's
core; it appears to be made entire of molten lava.
DM of Da: The golem swings at you.
Albrecht: aha. traceroute on random URLs is consistently giving a
* * * on hop 7, which appears to be where we get out of the cablevision
network
Golem Right: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Golem Right :
*** DM 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 7 = 18
Albrecht: bah. that is exactly a hit.
Golem Right: /roll 1d8+4
*** DM rolls dice for Golem Right: 1d8 < 8 = 8 > + 4 = 12
DM of Da: Ok.
DM of Da: Vasily!
DM of Da: Oh wait
DM of Da: Golem Left!
Vasily o/ Lap: (that just means that hop is dropping TTL expired
packets)
Vasily o/ Lap: (not anything particularly bad)
DM of Da: Golem Left swings at Sven's panther.
Golem Left: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Golem Left :
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 7 = 27
Golem Left: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Golem Left :
*** DM 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 7 = 15
Sven: bye bye panther.
DM of Da: Crit or non?
Sven: yes
Golem Left: /roll 2d8+8
*** DM rolls dice for Golem Left: 2d8 < 7 6 = 13 > + 8 = 21
Sven: it's down.
root: worst druid ever
DM of Da: The golem's mighty fist strikes the panther's face with
a resounding crack.
DM of Da: Vasily!
Vasily o/ Lap: Ok. My spells and roguish talents are worthless here.
Time for some trickery.
DM of Da: TRICKERY
root: wait up
Vasily o/ Lap: Tanglefoot bag @ Sven's golem.
DM of Da: Is afoot
Vasily o/ Lap: /try 2;touch
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily o/ Lap :
*** DM (touch) 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 2 = 7
Vasily o/ Lap: ...
DM of Da: Wow
root: well, I'll go next. order doesnt matter much
Sven: you have some sort of prejudice against that piece of
rock wall?
DM of Da: Epic fail on Vasily's part
DM of Da: Boris!
Vasily o/ Lap: Yes. Yes I do.
DM of Da: You undelay eh?
root: aye
DM of Da: There's a golem within reach
root: I have agolem in front of me, do I not?
DM of Da: Yep
root: exactly
DM of Da: Sure do
root: time to do 1 damage
root: /try 7 7
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 9 = 9 > + 7 = 16
*** DM 1d20 < 12 = 12 > + 7 = 19
Nikolai: lol
Nikolai: 0 damage
root: sigh
Sven: smells like 0 damage to me.
root: unless the 19 is a hit
Vasily o/ Lap: Who needs to deal damage?
DM of Da: Your swings simply are not hard enough to penetrate the
golem's metal shell.
DM of Da: Sven!
DM of Da: Oh wait
DM of Da: One sec
DM of Da: Before that happens
DM of Da: Boris what are you wielding
root: nothing new - masterwork short sword and dagger.
Nothing from a manticore cave
DM of Da: Ok.
DM of Da: Sven!
root: <_< totally shoul dequip that other sword later....
Sven: looks like I'm attacking my bitch.
DM of Da: k
Sven: /try 8 3 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 8 = 27
*** DM 1d20 < 10 = 10 > + 3 = 13
*** DM 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 3 = 4
Sven: /roll 1d6+5
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d6 < 4 = 4 > + 5 = 9
DM of Da: Looks like bite attacks are clearly the way to go here
DM of Da: You put another small dent in the golem's armor.
Sven: /roll 1d10
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d10 < 7 = 7 > = 7
DM of Da: Wazzat, stabilization check?
Sven: yes
DM of Da: k.
DM of Da: Albrecht!
Albrecht: attacking the same one I attacked before
Albrecht: /try 11
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 11 = 15
Albrecht: damnit
Nikolai: oh
Nikolai: my
Nikolai: god
Nikolai: stop sucking
Albrecht: I'd love to
Albrecht: But apparently I've been taking lessons from Karen
DM of Da: lol
Sven: well played.
Nikolai: srsly
DM of Da: But yeah failure
root: oooof
DM of Da: Nikolai!
root: how is karen doing?
Nikolai: where's that dead panther
DM of Da: She is working
DM of Da: The panther's 10 feet away from you
Nikolai: ok
Nikolai: that's an easy move
Nikolai: and a Cure Light
Nikolai: DRAWING ON STOLEN DIVINITY
DM of Da: omg a wizard casting cure spells
DM of Da: wtf
Sven: bahahaha
Nikolai: i kno riter
Sven: fucking thieves stealing divinity.
root: *blink*
Nikolai: /roll 1d8+3
*** DM rolls dice for Nikolai: 1d8 < 8 = 8 > + 3 = 11
Nikolai: that much
root: nice
DM of Da: Wow that's some good divinity
Nikolai: Yes
DM of Da: Way to steal shit
Nikolai: I'm an expert
Sven: kitty hath awoken.
DM of Da: Golems' turn!
root: uugh....is it caturday yet
DM of Da: Golem McRight swings at Albrecht.
Golem Right: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Golem Right :
*** DM 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 7 = 8
Nikolai: lol.
root: it hits itself in teh face
DM of Da: Golem McLeft swings at Sven.
Golem Left: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Golem Left :
*** DM 1d20 < 17 = 17 > + 7 = 24
Golem Left: /roll 1d8+4
*** DM rolls dice for Golem Left: 1d8 < 3 = 3 > + 4 = 7
DM of Da: You are punched
Sven: well at least one of these golems knows how to swing.
DM of Da: But not very hard.
DM of Da: Alright.
DM of Da: Vasily!
Vasily o/ Lap: Hmm.
DM of Da: HMM
Vasily o/ Lap: Let's try this again.
DM of Da: Let's!
Vasily o/ Lap: @ Albrecht's golem.
DM of Da: k
Vasily o/ Lap: /try 2;touch
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily o/ Lap :
*** DM (touch) 1d20 < 7 = 7 > + 2 = 9
DM of Da: lol
Nikolai: dude
DM of Da: HOW DO YOU KEEP FAILING
Nikolai: prep a true strike
Nikolai: kthx
root: lol
*** Vasily o/ Lappy sighs
DM of Da: These rock walls are getting totally abused
DM of Da: With
DM of Da: What?
DM of Da: Tanglefoot?
Nikolai: goo.
DM of Da: Acid?
Vasily o/ Lap: Goo.
DM of Da: k.
Nikolai: lol
DM of Da: Boris!
root: this appears to be as good a time as any to use that
potion of bulls strength
Vasily o/ Lap: Next chance for some rec we get, I'm making some TS
scrolls.
root: preferably without getting AoOed
DM of Da: Bull's Str eh
DM of Da: 5-ft back and do it imo
root: I do that
DM of Da: k.
DM of Da: You're strong.
DM of Da: er.
DM of Da: Sven!
DM of Da: And Sven's revived panther!
Sven: attacks and such
DM of Da: k
Sven: /try 8 3 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 16 = 16 > + 8 = 24
*** DM 1d20 < 17 = 17 > + 3 = 20
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 3 = 17
Sven: oh ho, information
DM of Da: 2 hits.
root: nice
Sven: /roll 1d6+5
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d6 < 2 = 2 > + 5 = 7
Sven: /roll 1d3+2
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d3 < 3 = 3 > + 2 = 5
Sven: oh ho
DM of Da: 2 damage.
Sven: more information
Sven: ok.
Sven: kitty says
Sven: /try 6
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 10 = 10 > + 6 = 16
Sven: next.
DM of Da: 1 attack?
Sven: the others don't matter.
DM of Da: Ah true
DM of Da: k
DM of Da: Albrecht!
DM of Da: Please don't suck :(
Albrecht: yeah, that'd be nice.
Albrecht: /try 11
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 11 = 25
DM of Da: Wow
Albrecht: /roll 2d8+9
*** DM rolls dice for Albrecht: 2d8 < 5 4 = 9 > + 9 = 18
DM of Da: Alright
DM of Da: Albrecht's strike is so powerful
DM of Da: That it causes the already-rent armor shell of the golem
to shatter
DM of Da: Cracking and falling off the golem's body in piece of
black metal
DM of Da: What you see before you is now the golem's naked core
root: interesting
DM of Da: A vaguely humanoid shape of molten lava
DM of Da: The powerful heat causes the air around it to shimmer
and ripple
DM of Da: Producing an effect like that of a Blur spell
DM of Da: Nikolai.
Nikolai: uh
Nikolai: great
Nikolai: so you say the armor came off?
DM of Da: Yes
DM of Da: I did
Nikolai: experiment time
Nikolai: magic missile
DM of Da: The magic missiles harmlessly splash into the flowing
lava of the golem's body.
Nikolai: k
DM of Da: Golems' turn.
root: splash
Nikolai: I'll also move back a bit
DM of Da: k.
Nikolai: 10 ft
DM of Da: Golem Right extends its hand downward, sending a splash
of lava toward the ground; two of the spaces beneath Albrecht's feet
burst into molten flame
DM of Da: It also swings its burning fist at him
Golem Right: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Golem Right :
*** DM 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 7 = 18
Golem Right: /roll 1d8+4
*** DM rolls dice for Golem Right: 1d8 < 3 = 3 > + 4 = 7
DM of Da: It also deals fire damage, but you are protected.
DM of Da: Golem Left swings at Sven.
Golem Left: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Golem Left :
*** DM 1d20 < 3 = 3 > + 7 = 10
DM of Da: And fails.
DM of Da: Vasily!
Sven: hey look, a motherfucking miss.
DM of Da: Vasily?
root: ray of frost!
Vasily o/ Lap: Hmm...
Vasily o/ Lap: Ok, fuck the blurred one.
DM of Da: I can't imagine that'd be pleasanty
Vasily o/ Lap: /try 2;touchorIfuckingkillyoudiebot
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily o/ Lap :
*** DM (touchorIfuckingkillyoudiebot) 1d20 < 6 = 6 > + 2 = 8
DM of Da: It's MADE OF LAVA
DM of Da: lol
Vasily o/ Lap: Ok... that's it.
*** Vasily o/ Lappy gets on a bus
DM of Da: I think what you need to do is go prepare True Strike
right now
DM of Da: DOn't even wait until this fight to end
root: start now
DM of Da: Boris!
root: hope your spell book doesnt catch fire
DM of Da: There's a golem in front of you, and its black metal
armor has cracked and shattered
Nikolai: hey Albrecht, how's the hit points
root: 5 foot within reach of the golem, and go nuts hoping my
short sword doesnt melt away
DM of Da: k
DM of Da: Roll
Albrecht: 29/41
Nikolai: k
root: /try 9 9
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 9 = 27
*** DM 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 9 = 11
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: Roll 1d100 for miss chance
root: the good one hit at least...
root: /roll 1d100
*** DM rolls dice for root: 1d100 < 45 = 45 > = 45
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: That's a hit
DM of Da: Roll dmg
root: /roll 1d6+3
*** DM rolls dice for root: 1d6 < 3 = 3 > + 3 = 6
DM of Da: Alright
root: told ya I'd do one damage
DM of Da: You do full damage
root: sweetness
DM of Da: The golem's lava core is nowhere near as hard as its
metal shell
DM of Da: Sven!
Sven: hmm
Sven: how far away is the other golem
Vasily o/ Lap: Sven and Albrecht might want to switch places.
DM of Da: It's about 30 feet away from you
Sven: I'm tempted to charge it.
DM of Da: Mmhm
Sven: I think it should be ok . . . right?
DM of Da: Hm
DM of Da: Can you charge through Albrecht
DM of Da: Nope
Sven: is that what I'd have to do?
DM of Da: Yeah.
DM of Da: You could just move
Sven: moving doesn't pounce.
Sven: silly sandy.
DM of Da: Yep
DM of Da: You could also delay and hope Albrecht moves out of your
way
Sven: I could also attack and 5ft back, yes?
DM of Da: You could!
Sven: then that is what I shall do.
Sven: /try 8
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 6 = 6 > + 8 = 14
Sven: my cat is withdrawing 20 ft.
DM of Da: k.
Sven: the end.
DM of Da: Albrecht!
Albrecht: so the consensus seems that I should engage the
still-armored one
Albrecht: and leave the shattered-armor one to the less brawny
Albrecht: I shall do this.
Albrecht: moving will allow an AoO of course
DM of Da: Yes
Golem Right: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Golem Right :
*** DM 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 7 = 20
Golem Right: /roll 1d8+4
*** DM rolls dice for Golem Right: 1d8 < 2 = 2 > + 4 = 6
DM of Da: The engaging is up to you.
Albrecht: /try 11
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 11 = 15
Albrecht: goddamnit
Albrecht: 23/41 btw
DM of Da: Heh
Nikolai: meh
DM of Da: Nikolai!
Nikolai: take the AoO
Nikolai: ok so
Nikolai: gonna move around to albrecht
Nikolai: is that possible?
DM of Da: He is currently next to you
Nikolai: oh
DM of Da: Mmhm
Nikolai: k so
Nikolai: CLW him
Nikolai: in the face
Nikolai: /roll 1d8+3
*** DM rolls dice for Nikolai: 1d8 < 7 = 7 > + 3 = 10
Sven: yeah
Sven: he's a much better healer than I am.
Nikolai: it's true
Nikolai: your mistake was getting your powers legitimately.
Sven: look at those massive rolls.
Sven: I apparently need a refund.
*** Sven is still the worst druid ever
DM of Da: lol
DM of Da: Golems!
DM of Da: Golem Right swings at Boris
Golem Right: /roll 1d8+4
*** DM rolls dice for Golem Right: 1d8 < 6 = 6 > + 4 = 10
Sven: whuff
DM of Da: Whoops
DM of Da: Gotta hit first doesn't he
Golem Right: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Golem Right :
*** DM 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 7 = 26
Sven: that was a little premature.
DM of Da: Fortunately he does.
DM of Da: Golem Left steps forward, provoking an AoO from
ALbrecht...
Sven: tell this bitch to leave me alone.
root: yeah, thats a hit
Albrecht: /try 11
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 11 = 11 > + 11 = 22
DM of Da: A hit!
Albrecht: /roll 2d8+9
*** DM rolls dice for Albrecht: 2d8 < 1 7 = 8 > + 9 = 17
Albrecht: my damage rolls are declining by the round.
root: stupid fatigue dice
Sven: maybe you're getting tired?
root: <_<
DM of Da: Slicing through an undamaged patch of armor, you note
that this golem's metallic shell is almost done for
DM of Da: It is showing signs of cracking
DM of Da: The golem swings at you.
Golem Left: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Golem Left :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 7 = 11
DM of Da: k.
DM of Da: Vasily!
Sven: whoever you is, that was a miss.
Vasily: Let's see..
Vasily: I've not been able to make a single attack roll all
campaign long.
Nikolai: you hit a scorching ray at some point?
Vasily: nope.
Vasily: Everything I've done has been via MM.
DM of Da: Perhaps you should invest in some Dex?
Albrecht: maybe none under your control, at least
Albrecht: dex and/or BAB
DM of Da: Maybe find someone with better stats than you and Magic
Jar possess their body?
Vasily: Sounds like a plan.
DM of Da: I'm just saying
Nikolai: lol
DM of Da: So what's the plan for this round
root: item of permament true strike
DM of Da: Yeah because that exists :P
root: only for him, so he can hit half the time
Vasily: eh, what the hell. 's not like I've got anything
particularly better to do.
Vasily o/ Lap: /try 2
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily o/ Lap :
*** DM 1d20 < 6 = 6 > + 2 = 8
Vasily o/ Lap: ....
Sven: you still have shit to hit the wall with/
root: prep a create water from teh druid
Vasily o/ Lap: How...
Vasily o/ Lap: This defies statistics.
DM of Da: It does not
DM of Da: Now then
DM of Da: Boris!
root: /try 9 9
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 9 = 22
*** DM 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 9 = 11
root: /roll 1d6+3
*** DM rolls dice for root: 1d6 < 3 = 3 > + 3 = 6
DM of Da: One hit there
DM of Da: And full damage.
root: and so I continue trading blows
Albrecht: we'd need a *much* larger sample size for it to be
showing a non-uniform distribution of random numbers
root: /roll 1d100
*** DM rolls dice for root: 1d100 < 49 = 49 > = 49
DM of Da: MMhm
DM of Da: Under your attacks, the golem's molten core has begun to
lose its shape
root: maybe I'll stab the wall next
DM of Da: It is much more vague and less well-defined, looking
more like a vertical pile of lava with arms
root: Vasilly seems to have something against it
Vasily: (how many times have I tried to make an attack roll this
campaign?)
DM of Da: 57 million
DM of Da: All of them were 8
root: I think you hit with a scorching ray once
DM of Da: Now then
DM of Da: Sven!
Sven: cheeeaaaarrrge
Nikolai: he's right, they were all 8.
Albrecht: ah, but all rolls by you is a subset of all rolls made
by the RNG we use
DM of Da: k
Sven: /try 10 5 5 10 10
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 10 = 25
*** DM 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 5 = 10
*** DM 1d20 < 7 = 7 > + 5 = 12
*** DM 1d20 < 16 = 16 > + 10 = 26
*** DM 1d20 < 10 = 10 > + 10 = 20
Vasily: (right... but a random sampling of a randomly generated
set should also be itself a random set)
DM of Da: 3 hits
Sven: /roll 3d100
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 3d100 < 99 48 40 = 187 > = 187
Sven: /roll 1d6+5+2d3+4
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d6 < 5 = 5 > + 5 + 2d3 < 2 2 = 4 > + 4 =
18
DM of Da: Yeah but Oliver, it doesn't have to be as random
DM of Da: The probability of it being less random than the full
set is high if the sample is low
Albrecht: and even all rolls made this campaign is far too small a
number to be a good sample set
DM of Da: Now then
Sven: is he down yet?
DM of Da: Under your relentless blows, the golem begins to
collapse into a pool of lava
DM of Da: But before it loses shape entirely
DM of Da: It releases a blast of fire
Sven: it pulls some bullshit?
Sven: nice.
root: it explodes splashing everyone in the room with lava
root: including the wall
DM of Da: All adjacent squares are now filled with molten lava
Albrecht: poor wall
Sven: the wall was totally asking for it.
DM of Da: But none of you care due to Resist Energy.
Sven: forrizzle.
Nikolai: good for us.
Sven: that's my turn.
DM of Da: Yep
DM of Da: Albrecht!
Albrecht: do i need to move or just swing?
Albrecht: either way, I will attack
Albrecht: /try 11
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 7 = 7 > + 11 = 18
Nikolai: :(
root: dnt you just get one attack anyway?
Albrecht: WTB [Being Effective]
Albrecht: that was an AoO of soem sort
Nikolai: WTB [Rolls above 10]
Albrecht: WTS [Pwnage]
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: Your blow is deflected by its armor
DM of Da: Nikolai!
Nikolai: how are people feeling
DM of Da: I'm feeling just fine, thank you
DM of Da: But your concern is appreciated
Sven: 37/44, 8/19 for kitty
Albrecht: curious as to what this hold music is
DM of Da: Who you gonna call
Nikolai: Albrecht?
Albrecht: 33/41 still
DM of Da: Is it Golembusters
Nikolai: Boris?
Nikolai: Vasily?
Vasily: I'm chill.
Nikolai: ok I'm gonna assume I can chill as well
Nikolai: delay
DM of Da: k
DM of Da: Golems go!
DM of Da: I mean
DM of Da: 1 golem.
<<< Golem Right has left >>>
<<< 10:42:04 PM >>>
*** Golem Left swings at Albrecht
Golem Left: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Golem Left :
*** DM 1d20 < 3 = 3 > + 7 = 10
DM of Da: k.
DM of Da: Vasily!
Albrecht: yeah no joy on that
Vasily: Ok... fuck this.
Vasily: Can I step behind a golem?
Albrecht: except that I am joyful, thus contradicting the saying
DM of Da: Behind a... sure
DM of Da: Why not
Vasily o/ Lap: Hmm... wait... scratch that.
Vasily o/ Lap: /try 2;rangedtouchrayoffrost
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily o/ Lap :
*** DM (rangedtouchrayoffrost) 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 2 = 4
root: lols
Vasily o/ Lap: le sigh.
Nikolai: le sigh indeed
DM of Da: Just how
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: Boris?
DM of Da: There's one golem left and it's 30 ft away
root: chargeable?
DM of Da: No
root: or did someone go and get in the way....bah
DM of Da: Albrecht the Huge is in the way
DM of Da: I mean Large
Nikolai: hey
Nikolai: yeah
Albrecht: come around and flank with me so we can hit the damn
thing.
Nikolai: :P
root: I thought it was large...yeah
Albrecht: because we need the extra +2
Nikolai: it's true
root: I move over there, flanking it if possible.
Nikolai: do that
root: /try 9;withoutFlanking
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM (withoutFlanking) 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 9 = 14
root: oof
Nikolai: that's a failure with or without
root: aye
DM of Da: Yes
DM of Da: Epic fail
DM of Da: But you're flanking now
root: hey
DM of Da: Grats
root: I'm not hitting the wall
DM of Da: Ok ok only rare quality fail
root: nor am I the 2007 mets
DM of Da: Haha
DM of Da: Even I know what you mean by that
Sven: yeha
DM of Da: And that means something.
root: hah
Nikolai: if you were you'd be making more money to fail epically
Sven: that was terribizzle.
root: lol
DM of Da: Anyways
DM of Da: Sven
Vasily o/ Lap: (oh, right...
Sven: I wish to spend my round moving into charging position.
Vasily o/ Lap: (afterspellcasting, I move to flank with Albrecht)
DM of Da: k.
DM of Da: Well
Sven: my cat will follow me.
DM of Da: k.
Vasily o/ Lap: (keeping my caster dagger drawn)
DM of Da: k.
DM of Da: Albrecht?
Albrecht: yay flankage
Albrecht: /try 13
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 13 = 33
DM of Da: Wow
DM of Da: Roll dmg
Albrecht: i assume crit-immune.
Albrecht: /roll 2d8+9
*** DM rolls dice for Albrecht: 2d8 < 2 3 = 5 > + 9 = 14
Albrecht: as soon as I don't need the bonus, i get it.
Albrecht: more declining damage
DM of Da: Alright
DM of Da: Your blow shatters the second golem's armor, which
cracks and falls off, revealing its molten core
Albrecht: monotonically decreasing, even
DM of Da: The golem is now blurry.
DM of Da: Nikolai, taking any actions?
Nikolai: hm
Nikolai: anyone hurt?
Sven: nothing has changed, I think
Nikolai: doesn't seem so
Nikolai: well since I have no combat effectiveness besides spells
Nikolai: I'll chill further
DM of Da: k
DM of Da: Golem swings at Albrecht!
Sven: got a book to read?
Golem Left: /try 7
*** DM rolls attempts for Golem Left :
*** DM 1d20 < 4 = 4 > + 7 = 11
DM of Da: Hm
DM of Da: Vasily?
root: im down 10 HP
Vasily o/ Lap: what the hey... let's try to stab.
root: dont need it yet though
Sven: you should bring a pillow to golem fights to sit on.
Albrecht: sorry, i'm busy killing Cid because good fish refuse to
spawn
Vasily o/ Lap: /try 2;sigh
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily o/ Lap :
*** DM (sigh) 1d20 < 8 = 8 > + 2 = 10
DM of Da: Way to continue failing
DM of Da: You miss.
root: try a melee attack
Nikolai: lol
DM of Da: Boris!
Nikolai: poor Cid
Sven: do a barrel roll?
Vasily o/ Lap: (that was a melee attack)
root: anyone to flank with here?
root: because i'd like to
Sven: aren't you flanking with Sir Albrecht the Ponderous?
DM of Da: Yes
DM of Da: You are
DM of Da: Flanking with said person
root: oh yeah, he's large, 2 can flank with him
Albrecht: watch what you call me, sir.
root: /try 11 11
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 11 = 31
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 11 = 25
root: damn it...I want my crit and sneak attach
root: is this one blurred yet?
DM of Da: Yep
DM of Da: Quite so
DM of Da: Roll your miss chances
root: /roll 2d100
*** DM rolls dice for root: 2d100 < 79 49 = 128 > = 128
DM of Da: Ok
root: whew
DM of Da: Successes
DM of Da: Roll dmg
root: /roll 1d6+3 + 1d4+1
*** DM rolls dice for root: 1d6 < 4 = 4 > + 3 + 1d4 < 2 = 2 > + 1 = 10
DM of Da: You swing your weapons through the golem's molten body,
blurring and distorting its shape
DM of Da: Sven?
Sven: fucking cheeeeaaaarrrge
*** root stabs weapons through
Sven: /try 10 5 5 10 10
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 10 = 24
*** DM 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 5 = 18
*** DM 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 5 = 20
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 10 = 24
*** DM 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 10 = 23
Vasily o/ Lap: Dude's like some sort of Dire Maul bear.
DM of Da: All hits potentially
Vasily o/ Lap: charging all over the place and fucking shit up.
Sven: /roll 5d100
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 5d100 < 69 30 32 16 20 = 167 > = 167
Sven: aww.
DM of Da: 3 hits.
Sven: /roll 1d6+5+2d3+2
*** DM rolls dice for Sven: 1d6 < 2 = 2 > + 5 + 2d3 < 2 3 = 5 > + 2 =
14
DM of Da: And it's down.
DM of Da: The golem collapses into a puddle of lava, exploding
first with a small blast of fire
*** Sven roars like a cat one size category larger
DM of Da: Haha
DM of Da: You're out of initiative
DM of Da: Before you are two passageways
DM of Da: Both flooded slightly with magma
DM of Da: But passable
Sven: kitty could use a wand tap if one is around
DM of Da: Especially with your resist spells
Nikolai: k
Nikolai: tap
Vasily o/ Lap: I'll use my orb thingie to restore my expended MM.
Albrecht: wouldn't mind one either
Sven: merci
root: I could use my 10 HP back now if we have the spells
Nikolai: /roll 1d8+5;kitty
*** DM rolls dice for Nikolai: (kitty) 1d8 < 7 = 7 > + 5 = 12
Nikolai: /roll 1d8+5;albrecht
*** DM rolls dice for Nikolai: (albrecht) 1d8 < 4 = 4 > + 5 = 9
root: 27/37
Nikolai: /roll 1d8+5;boris
*** DM rolls dice for Nikolai: (boris) 1d8 < 8 = 8 > + 5 = 13
DM of Da: Man that stolen divinity is fucking badass
Nikolai: this wand is at 26
root: sweet sweet stolen divine shit
Albrecht: full, beautiful
DM of Da: Alright.
DM of Da: So.
DM of Da: The question is
DM of Da: What now?
root: right
Sven: I take it it's still hot as balls in this cave?
root: as in, --->
Sven: we can go right, sure
DM of Da: There is still heat radiating from the puddles of magma,
yes...
DM of Da: But you can feel it cooling even as you watch.
Nikolai: well we're all fire resistant for a while longer
Nikolai: so let's pick a passage
Nikolai: and explore
DM of Da: Right eh
DM of Da: Ok
Nikolai: in a sensible fashion
Vasily o/ Lap: Right.
DM of Da: It's a 5-foot tunnel
DM of Da: Which, you quickly realize, was excavated to follow a
vein of ore
DM of Da: It turns a couple of times
DM of Da: And after about a hundred feet, emerges into a small
cavern
DM of Da: Littered with mining implements
DM of Da: Which are broken, covered in dust, and rusted
root: ...we should totally take the rusty pick axes
DM of Da: A small tunnel, analogous to the one that led you here,
leads onward
root: for when we run into people we dont like
DM of Da: Now, at this point
Sven: dragons breathing bears appear.
DM of Da: You notice something
Sven: which in turn spit bees
DM of Da: The walls of this cavern
root: // the fuck is dragons breathing bears from?
Nikolai: //where ISN'T it from
Vasily: (do the bees have laser beams shooting from their
stingers?)
Sven: as a matter of fact
DM of Da: Have marks on them... like the marks of powerful claws,
powerful enough to rake through the rock walls like they were nothing
DM of Da: Roll Spot.
Albrecht: /try 0
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 0 = 5
Sven: /try 13
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 13 = 31
Vasily o/ Lap: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily o/ Lap :
*** DM 1d20 < 9 = 9 > + 1 = 10
DM of Da: Sven succeeds maximally
root: /try 8
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 1 = 1 > + 8 = 9
Nikolai: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 18 = 18 > + 3 = 21
root: I once again spot my feet
DM of Da: Examining the gouged walls of the cavern more closely,
you realize that the claw marks essentially trace parts of the exposed
rock that were particularly rich in copper ore
DM of Da: Roll Knowledge: The Planes.
DM of Da: (everyone who has the skill roll)
Sven: wtf are planes
Vasily: Why do I suddenly feel like we're going to get attacked
by some german who killed his pa.
DM of Da: Vasily? Nikolai?
Nikolai: k
Vasily: Nyet.
Nikolai: /try 10
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 10 = 25
Nikolai: bam
DM of Da: Nikolai
DM of Da: You recollect reading about an extraplanar creature, a
being somewhere between organic and elemental in origin, from the Realm
of Earth, called the xorn...
Sven: fucking wizards . . . always reading shit.
root: not this shit again
Nikolai: agree with boris
Nikolai: not this shit again indeed
Sven: you guys clearly remember something I don't.
root: if there are ifrit with magic armor in this cave....
Nikolai: seriously.
DM of Da: Xorns, from what you know of them, are capable of
ripping - and, indeed, passing - through solid rock as if it was soft
butter; and they feed on gems and metals.
Albrecht: a xorn is rather different from an efreeti
root: I know that
Nikolai: no see
root: or at least someone typing for Boris knows that
Nikolai: you are forgetting one of our adventures
DM of Da: Anyway, as I said, there is a narrow tunnel, much like
the one you came from, leading onward, past this cavern
Nikolai: from another time and place and life
Nikolai: involving xorns
root: and portals
Nikolai: and a certain artifact armor
Sven: oh
Sven: I don't remember being around for the first piece.
DM of Da: This was not the first piece
DM of Da: It was the second
root: second
DM of Da: The other glove, as it were
Sven: I don't think I was around for that one eithr
Sven: either, even
DM of Da: Anyway.
DM of Da: What now?
root: that was the part of the campaign where I didnt always
have at least 20 HP worth of subdual damage
Vasily: Press on?
Sven: haha, sho nuff.
Nikolai: heh
Nikolai: is there more to the cave?
Sven: there's another passageway
Sven: that I assume we're talking.
Sven: taking, even
DM of Gaia: DM of Da: Anyway, as I said, there is a narrow
tunnel, much like the one you came from, leading onward, past this
cavern
root: we move along, with someone muttering something about
portals nobody knows about
DM of Da: Alright
<<< Golem Left has left >>>
<<< 11:08:55 PM >>>
DM of Da: This tunnel goes for about 100 feet straight before
reaching a dead end
DM of Da: And a shaft straight down.
root: hit the dead end..........that's not a dead end at all
Nikolai: straight down
Vasily: It is if you step in without a levitate.
Nikolai: this sounds familiar too
root: quick
Vasily: Indeed it does.
root: have the druid turn intoa bear
root: and jump
DM of Da: lol
Sven: I don't suppose this is the same damn place.,
DM of Da: This has nothing to do with any other place ever
DM of Da: Which you wouldn't know anyway
DM of Da: Since you've never been to any places
DM of Da: At all ever
DM of Da: Anyway, shaft straight down
root: siegfried put the armor pieces back where they once were
DM of Da: About 20 feet
DM of Da: Your light sources see a rock floor there
DM of Da: Illuminate, rather
root: any loose rocks?
DM of Da: Plenty
root: drop one
DM of Da: It drops
root: it lands?
DM of Da: It lands
Vasily: Anyone have some rope?
Nikolai: we hear it?
Nikolai: and we're adventurers, we have infinite rope
root: yup
DM of Da: You hear it lands
DM of Da: -s
DM of Da: There's nothing out of the ordinary here
Sven: and I have a climb check :-P
DM of Da: You drop the rock, it lands, it makes a sound, etc.
root: we apply rope to the pit, and climb down
DM of Da: Alright
DM of Da: You find yourself in a small cavern
DM of Da: From which two passageways lead
DM of Da: Let's just say... you explore one or more of them
DM of Da: Someone roll Search
root: /try 10
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 19 = 19 > + 10 = 29
Nikolai: /try 3
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 3 = 16
Sven: sounds good.
root: I find your mother
DM of Da: Ok
Sven: she is dead
Sven: also thousands of miles away
DM of Da: This level, deeper within the ground, consists of a
network of these narrow tunnels
DM of Da: Paths of excavation, apparently
Nikolai: familiar x1000
Nikolai: please no beholders
DM of Da: Scattered throughout the cave system are points where
the tunnels widen into irregularly shaped caverns
DM of Da: Some of which are littered with mining tools
DM of Da: Several of which have skeletons
root: scratched on a wall is "Viktor was here"
DM of Da: The flesh long-decomposed
DM of Da: The clothing turned to dust
Vasily: (brb)
*** root takes a pick axe
DM of Da: Several of the tunnels, taking different paths through
the hillside, lead to a wide cavern
DM of Da: The tunnels end as ledges overlooking a wide chasm
DM of Da: About 50 feet long and 30 feet wide
DM of Da: A rickety rope and wood bridge hangs down the long axis
DM of Da: But the strange thing is this
DM of Da: Rather than being a bottomless drop, this chasm has a
floor
DM of Da: About 30 feet down, the vertical drop - the entire width
of it - stops with a perfectly flat, smooth rock floor
root: try a rock again, make sure the floor is actuallt there
DM of Da: Ok
root: (brb)
DM of Da: There are a number of loose rocks and gravel on it
already, and your rock clatters against the flat rock surface
DM of Da: It does seem to be actually there.
DM of Da: As I said, the chasm's floor is perfectly smooth
DM of Da: No sign of any seams, or other indications that it is a
worked stone surface
DM of Da: Just flat, smooth stone
DM of Da: The same type of rock as the rest of the cave system
Albrecht: and nothing else of any note in this chamber?
DM of Da: No
Vasily: Lava/Water flow.
Albrecht: just a 30 ft deep chasm with a perfectly smooth floor
DM of Da: Yes
Vasily: Does it look moist?
root: probably used to be lava flow
DM of Da: Nope
DM of Da: It does not look moist
DM of Da: Like I said, a number of tunnels lead to this cavern
Albrecht: well, i guess we can:
Albrecht: a) check out the chasm
DM of Da: And a rope bridge stretches between two of them, right
down the long axis
Albrecht: b) get to that rope bridge
Nikolai: let's see if we can.
Nikolai: the rope bridge that ius
DM of Da: Ok
Vasily: B seems to be the more interesting of the two.
DM of Da: You double back, soon finding the tunnel that leads back
to that cavern, and has one end of the rope bridge
DM of Da: Who wants to cross?
DM of Da: It looks rickety at best.
Sven: . . .
Albrecht: then the person most likely to break it should go first
Albrecht: does it seem bad enough that we should give me a rope?
root: couldnt hurt
*** Sven is just an innocent cat
DM of Da: Well
DM of Da: Sure
*** Sven doesn't break ropes
Albrecht: and you know, be ready to drag me back up if I break the
bridge?
DM of Da: But keep in mind that the length of the rope bridge is
greater than the depth to which you'd be falling anyway
Albrecht: yes, I'm aware
DM of Da: Assuming the chasm's floor is indeed real
DM of Da: Alright
DM of Da: You go across?
root: ...is the bridge real?
DM of Da: Feels real
root: k
Nikolai: so we go
Nikolai: carefully
DM of Da: Ok.
Nikolai: rogue first
DM of Da: Roll Balance
*** Sven is concerned that suddenly shit may or may not be real
Albrecht: if the bridge looks like it might break, I would take
this precaution
Sven: one at a time, I presume.
Nikolai: yes
Albrecht: definitely
DM of Da: Albrecht roll
Albrecht: hahaha
DM of Da: Well? :P
Albrecht: please note this is the desktop.
DM of Da: Siiiigh
Albrecht: /try -5
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 0 - 5 = -3
DM of Da: lol
Sven: bahahahahahaha
Albrecht: full plate doesn't make for good balance checks.
Sven: hahahahahaha
Nikolai: heh
Sven: hahaha
Sven: hah
Sven: ha.
Albrecht: nor does no classes that have balance as class.
DM of Da: You don't move so much as 10 feet when one of the planks
collapses beneath your weight
DM of Da: The shifting balance causes the bridge to swing, and you
go tumbling into the chasm
Albrecht: there's a reason for that rope.
Sven: terribizzle.
DM of Da: How much length of rope was free
DM of Da: Was it the length of the rope bridge, i.e. 50 feet
DM of Da: If so
Albrecht: at least
DM of Da: You fall into the chasm, hitting the smooth rock floor
with a clatter
DM of Da: /roll 3d6
*** DM rolls dice for DM of Da: 3d6 < 3 2 2 = 7 > = 7
Sven: clizzang
Albrecht: this also serves the extra purpose of allowing us to
secure more ropes across
DM of Da: And take falling damage.
Albrecht: well, if people fail to catch me...
Albrecht: which they probably do as I'm heavy and all
DM of Da: You are now lying at the bottom of the chasm
Albrecht: the proper method is for someone to play out more free
rope as I move forward
root: true
DM of Da: They fail to catch you so meh
DM of Da: Anyway
Albrecht: yay falling damage
root: you'll take 7 damage and like it
DM of Da: You can now clearly see that the smooth chasm floor
contrasts sharply with the natural rock sides of the chasm
Albrecht: well as long as I'm down here, let's try my lousy spot
and search on this perfectly smooth floor
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: Roll
Albrecht: /try 0;spot 1;search
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM (spot) 1d20 < 7 = 7 > + 0 = 7
*** DM (search) 1d20 < 6 = 6 > + 1 = 7
DM of Da: You see nothing of use
Nikolai: meanwhile
Sven: you find some floor
Nikolai: is there anywhere we can secure a rope to
Albrecht: now I wait for someone useful to cross and secure a rope
at the other end
DM of Da: Sure, the sides of the chasm are rough and full of
potential crags
Nikolai: ok then
Nikolai: boris
Nikolai: go across
Nikolai: don't suck
Nikolai: tie a rope at the other side
Nikolai: the rest of us will then cross
Nikolai: k?
Vasily: Sounds good.
<<< Vasily o/ Lappy is now known as Vasily >>>
DM of Da: k Boris
<<< Vasily has left >>>
<<< 11:31:35 PM >>>
DM of Da: Roll Balance if you're going to do this
root: .
root: k
root: /try 5
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 5 = 18
DM of Da: Success
root: yay tumble bonus
Sven: well done.
DM of Da: You cross the rope bridge and tie a rope to an
outcropping of rock on the other side.
DM of Da: What now?
root: I can secure that shit with a piton too
root: if that makes it...securer
root: anythign on the other side?
DM of Da: The tunnel continues onward
DM of Da: And um
DM of Da: Branches
root: n'shit
DM of Da: Sure
Sven: also trees?
DM of Da: Nah
DM of Da: Roll Knowledge: Arcana everyone
*** Sven chuckles
Vasily: /try 8
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily :
*** DM 1d20 < 20 = 20 > + 8 = 28
root: we win
DM of Da: Sufficient.
DM of Da: Vasily
*** Vasily knows shit about the arcane
Nikolai: yep
DM of Da: As you look down and the chasm and ponder this cavern
Nikolai: /try 10
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 10 = 10 > + 10 = 20
Nikolai: :/
DM of Da: You consider that the way in which the smooth rock floor
melds so thoroughly and sharply with the sides of the chasm
DM of Da: Is quite reminiscent and indeed suggestive of a certain
class of spells
DM of Da: Such as, one might say, Wall of Stone
DM of Da: Or perhaps Stone Shape
Vasily: This sounds familiar.
DM of Da: Anyway, what's the plan now?
root: anyone remember how to beat the boss?
DM of Da: Boris is across, there's a rope bridge, there's a rope
DM of Da: There's an Albrecht at the bottom
DM of Da: There's a tunnel continuing on the other side
Vasily: Might as well keep going
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: Everyone who wants to cross
DM of Da: Roll Balance
Vasily: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily :
*** DM 1d20 < 7 = 7 > + 1 = 8
Vasily: bonus for the rope?
DM of Da: Yes the rope reduces the DC
Sven: /try 11;me 12;pet
*** DM rolls attempts for Sven :
*** DM (me) 1d20 < 5 = 5 > + 11 = 16
*** DM (pet) 1d20 < 2 = 2 > + 12 = 14
DM of Da: You succeed
DM of Da: So does Sven
DM of Da: So does cat
Nikolai: /try 1
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM 1d20 < 7 = 7 > + 1 = 8
Nikolai: lol
DM of Da: Everyone succeeds yay
DM of Da: I guess you guys managed to pull Albrecht up
Nikolai: yes
DM of Da: The tunnel branches
DM of Da: Both tunnels end in one of those small caverns
DM of Da: Which, just like all the other ones, has claw marks on
the walls
DM of Da:
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mapofweek/Chasm_Level_lo.jpg
DM of Da: Here's a map
DM of Da: You've explored this entire deeper level of the cave
system
Nikolai: so
Nikolai: that bridge in the middleish
Nikolai: is where we are now
DM of Da: Yep
root: looks like 3 caves, but oh well
DM of Da: Yeah
DM of Da: 3 caves, 2 caves, doesn't matter much
root: um...decipher script????
DM of Da: What script
root: the markings on teh wall
DM of Da: All I mean is that there are deep gouges in the wall
root: ok
DM of Da: Like someone raked it with claws
DM of Da: So
DM of Da: Anything else you guys want to do here?
Nikolai: well
Nikolai: we've searched everything
Nikolai: let's go back?
Nikolai: or is there something we have not yet searched
Vasily: Well...
DM of Da: There's nothing you have not searched
root: im not sure we've actually "searched" anything
Vasily: we're going to eventually want to stone shape that chasm
open.
Nikolai: yeah, when we have that spell.
Nikolai: which is not now
root: we could put albrect on the rope and have him smash the
cabin open?
Nikolai: eh no
DM of Da: Haha
DM of Da: No
DM of Da: Alright
DM of Da: So you guys are leaving eh
root: metalocolypse is disturbing
Nikolai: that it is
DM of Da: Confirm/deny exit
Albrecht: hah
Nikolai: yep back the way we came
DM of Da: k
Nikolai: and then back to the other side
Sven: bounceunt.
Nikolai: of the thing
Nikolai: the left one
DM of Da: k
DM of Da: The other passageway of the other golem looks like it
just leads to the same first cavern you found
DM of Da: But the tunnel collapsed
DM of Da: In some sort of cave-in
DM of Da: Originally, though, it was fairly clearly an alternate
route to the same place
Sven: umm
Sven: hey guys
root: hey
Sven: before we leave
Sven: I can prep a stone shape tomorrow if you want.
Nikolai: hm
Nikolai: we could try that
root: *shrug* sure
DM of Da: You guys want to do that?
DM of Da: Rest here for a night and Stone Shape in the morning?
Nikolai: sure
Sven: I'm ok with it.
DM of Da: Ok.
DM of Da: The night passes uneventfully
Sven: hooray beer.
DM of Da: In the morning, you go back down into the depths of the
mine
DM of Da: The chasm is still there
root: good to know
Sven: well, I'm glad it didn't run off somewhere.
DM of Da: You do? What?
Sven: show me where to shape stone out of the way and I shall
root: divinations?
DM of Da: You can... kinda fold the stone upward and out?
DM of Da: A whole like 15 cubic feet?
Vasily: The part that I saw was stoneshaped.
DM of Da: Which is not that much.
Sven: but I can do it twice.
DM of Da: Well basically Vasily you concluded that the chasm's
floor is not natural
Sven: so there. :-P
DM of Da: And was put there by magic
DM of Da: Anyway
DM of Da: You want to get some of the rock out of the way, sorta
drill through, am I understanding you right?
Sven: forrizzle, as my understanding of this operation goes
root: hmm
DM of Da: k
root: make a 30 foot deep hole under the bridge
root: with a stone ladder on the side or something
DM of Da: Stone Shape requires touch, so you'll have to go down
into the chasm
Albrecht: that's fine, we got down there before
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: You cast Stone Shape, calling to mind an image of how
you want the result to look
DM of Da: And
DM of Da: Nothing happens.
Nikolai: well then
root: ...nothign happens
DM of Da: The stone does not respond to your spell.
Albrecht: um...
Albrecht: so that's either not actually stone.
Nikolai: looks like we're done here boys
root: maybe its not stone...
Sven: wtfcharles.
root: detect magi?
Nikolai: it could be:
Nikolai: not stone
Nikolai: or
Nikolai: worked stone.
Albrecht: or it's secured in some manner far beyond your powers
Sven: I don't suppose I could roll some shit to figure this
out
Vasily: Sure. Let's do some det magic.
Nikolai: since stone shape does not work on non-worked stone
Nikolai: er
Sven: worked stone doesn't matter
Nikolai: does not
Sven: you're thinking of soften stone
Nikolai: it doesn't?
Nikolai: ok
Nikolai: maybe
Sven: so mr. arbiter of shit I roll
Sven: any shit I can roll?
DM of Da: Not so much
DM of Da: Anyone got Knowledge: Arcana?
DM of Da: er
root: /try 3;KnDungeoneeringMaybe
*** DM rolls attempts for root :
*** DM (KnDungeoneeringMaybe) 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 3 = 18
DM of Da: sorry
DM of Da: Anyone got Detect Magic?
Vasily: /try 8;arcana
*** DM rolls attempts for Vasily :
*** DM (arcana) 1d20 < 13 = 13 > + 8 = 21
Nikolai: /try 10;arcana
*** DM rolls attempts for Nikolai :
*** DM (arcana) 1d20 < 15 = 15 > + 10 = 25
Albrecht: /try 5
*** DM rolls attempts for Albrecht :
*** DM 1d20 < 14 = 14 > + 5 = 19
DM of Da: That's what I MEANT to say
Nikolai: yes
Nikolai: Detect magic up!
DM of Da: Oh god cascade of rolls
DM of Da: k
Nikolai: pew pew
Sven: I can detect poison . . .
Albrecht: in this party, everyone has knowledge (arcana)
root: eh hem
DM of Da: Ok
Sven: I don't.
DM of Da: You detect
DM of Da: Nothing.
Sven: lies and treacherizzle.
Nikolai: k
root: ....vasilly! There's a lava golem on the floor!
DM of Da: That is to say, there are no magic auras here except
those on your persons and itemry
DM of Da: The lava has cooled and solidifed
DM of Da: So it's more like
DM of Da: There's some remains of golems
DM of Da: And some chunks of black steel armor
DM of Da: What now?
root: no, I want him to slowly iunjure the floor
DM of Da: lol
root: The World Series will Rocks your Sox
Nikolai: we're done here
DM of Da: k.
Sven: we out.
DM of Da: Alright.
Sven: like some shit that is out.
Albrecht: we mark the place on a map in case we ever want to come
back
DM of Da: Leaving the abandoned mine, you continue your traveling
Albrecht: I will now add that to my campaign notes
DM of Da: Ok
DM of Da: The rest of the journey to Oleshie is uneventful
DM of Da: You arrive safely on May 23rd
Sven: when we can learn and prepare Big Fucking Drill
DM of Da: //This'll go for another 10-15min if you guys don't mind
DM of Da: //There's plot
Sven: I don't.
root: that spell is named for someone
root: Amir's Big Drill
DM of Da: Hahaha
DM of Da: So
Sven: I think I heard massive subdual damage in the distance
DM of Da: You're in Oleshie.
DM of Da: What now?
root: Amir's Big Fucking Drill does subdual damage actually
root: that's why we want Amir's big drill
Nikolai: rofl.
Nikolai: terrible
DM of Da: Eh? Anyone? What's the plan
Nikolai: Ok so
Nikolai: Plan?
root: I'll be here all week folks
Nikolai: I think we go to Danil and Anastas?
DM of Da: Any more comedy and this will be in your future:
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM5_Gallery/106350.jpg
Nikolai: yes? no?
Nikolai: Vasily delivers the message?
Albrecht: yeah I think danil and anastas are the target
Vasily: Sounds like a plan.
DM of Da: Ok.
Sven: hooray tentacles.
Vasily: Danil, Anastas...
DM of Da: Hold
Vasily: Your money and your women... or your life.
DM of Da: You go to the expensive inn where the two merchants were
staying
DM of Da: And on your approach, see a group of workers -
carpenters, looks like - working on the roof and the second floor
DM of Da: It seems they are conducting some expensive repairs
Sven: err . . .
DM of Da: *extensive
DM of Da: One side of the building seems to have been gutted
DM of Da: One side of the second floor that is
Sven: wtfcharles
DM of Da: They pay you no mind, continuing to hammer and saw and
nail and whatnot.
Nikolai: ask someone what's going on
Sven: sho nuff;
Albrecht: I has a theory.
DM of Da: So
DM of Da: Vasily
Vasily: oh?
DM of Da: You go in and go right for Danil & Anastas? You ask
about the construction work? You get drunk? What
Nikolai: I just said
Nikolai: ask someone what's going on
DM of Da: k
DM of Da: Well
Nikolai: as in
Nikolai: Nikolai does that
DM of Da: Yes I misunderstood
DM of Da: One of the patrons in the common area mumbles something
about a fire about a month ago, and says to go ask the innkeeper
root: we were gone amonth eh
Albrecht: from oleshie? easily
Nikolai: we ask the innkeeper.
<<< Innkeeper has joined >>>
<<< 12:04:44 AM >>>
Innkeeper: Welcome, welcome... say, haven't I seen you folks around
here before? You need a room? I'm afraid we haven't got many of our
better rooms, what with the repairs still going on....
Nikolai: Yeah, I noticed.
Nikolai: WHat happened?
Innkeeper: What happened? Well, surely you must've heard? Or have
you just got in from out of town?
Nikolai: We just got back.
Nikolai: Went on a business trip.
Innkeeper: I see, I see... well, it was about a month ago, by
now...
Innkeeper: Right in the middle of the night. I woke up to a...
this... well, a kind of roar, like a clap of thunder almost, right from
upstairs.
Innkeeper: I run upstairs to figure out what's going on, see the
guards those traders posted in the hall, they're running around, all
panicked...
Innkeeper: And what do I see but my best suite of rooms, looking
like it'd just been torched... no, not even - like a hundred barrels of
oil just went up in there!
Innkeeper: Windows blown out, furniture nothing but smoking frames,
hell, whatever it was went right through some of the interior walls...
Innkeeper: Poor bastards that were staying there... smoking piles
of bones right in the beds they were lying in.
*** Nikolai tries to look shocked
root: ouch
Nikolai: Seriously?
Nikolai: Incredible...
*** Nikolai strokes his beard
Nikolai: Poor bastards indeed...
*** Sven boggles
Albrecht: hmm
Innkeeper: Well, nothin' natural does that, I can tell you that...
if it'd been someone set something on fire, or something, someone
would've yelled
Albrecht: I has a theory.
Nikolai: as do I
*** Nikolai thanks the innkeeper for the news
Albrecht: My theory has a name and a title.
*** Nikolai sits down at a table with the party
Nikolai: let';s hear it
Albrecht: Ambassador Said.
Nikolai: Hm
Nikolai: I was thinking... Demon of Some Sort.
Nikolai: but that seems possible
Albrecht: he seemed very interested in the letter.
Sven: Zmei Somesortovoi?
Vasily: Aye, he did.
Albrecht: and he definitely had access to all of it, the visible
and hidden messages
*** Innkeeper continues talking about all the lost business
*** Innkeeper And the construction costs
Albrecht: Sandy, refresh us on timeframes.
*** Nikolai could care less
Albrecht: We left Oleshie last on date X. We made it to Kiev on
Y. We left Kiev on Z.
DM of Gaia: You left Oleshie a month and a half ago approx.
Albrecht: and we got back around what, May 27?
DM of Gaia: May 23rd
DM of Gaia: You got to Kiev in about a week, since as I recall you
took a boat
DM of Gaia: So
DM of Gaia: About 5 weeks ago was Kiev
DM of Gaia: And about a week after you left Kiev is when this
happened
DM of Gaia: More or less.
Vasily: Enough time for someone from Kiev to show up here.
Nikolai: especially if they are a powerful sorcerer.
DM of Gaia: Anyway
Nikolai: Ok gathering information
DM of Gaia: We're ending here
Nikolai: ok
Nikolai: next time then
DM of Gaia: Yep
Nikolai: or maybe via email
DM of Gaia: I owe you:
DM of Gaia: XP for this session
Nikolai: mundane loot
DM of Gaia: Loot from the manticore cave
Nikolai: yes
DM of Gaia: And that's it, right
Nikolai: yep
Vasily: Will the XP be at least 250?
Nikolai: i think
Nikolai: that's it
root: we need a scroll of Amir's Big Drill
DM of Gaia: Yes at least 250
DM of Gaia: Any questions or comments?