Smon: short last session http://smonscurseofthecrimsonthrone.blogspot.com/2019/03/ep-72-25-2644719-going-home-1000-xp.html
Smon: Claw has a girlfriend. Karzoug has apparently nicked Chellan Sword of Greed from Clank.
Keelia: just before we begin, I may not be around next weekend - I might be flying to Germany to start a new job.
Smon: GM: How are you spending the Long Rest week?
sandor sunneson: Anyway Sandor could reduce his AC?? Any items around?
Keelia: making potions and keoghasb's ointment
DESTROYERBILL: take his armor off
JamesDevil: resting, attuning to stuff and passing unattuned gear to Sanor/Jorian/Quillax
Keelia: we gave him that ring?
sandor sunneson: yes, noted that :), thank you
Smon: You can buy some uncommon items in Magnimar for 1000gp.
JamesDevil: see the list i posted in messager
Keelia: that will give you another point to AC
Smon: Tell me your AC Fergus & how it's calculated.
sandor sunneson: cool, what's at the bazaar? Sandor will pop down to the market for a mooch
sandor sunneson: -22
Smon: Bracers of defence, +1 shield...
Smon: You can roll INT (Investigation) Sandor
JamesDevil: just sent both Jorian and Sandor the attunment gear i have
sandor sunneson: AC 22 (15 half plate breast plate, +2 DEX, +3 shield +1) now wearing half plate breast plate +1 ring
sandor sunneson rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 10, (+5) = 15
joriandrake: continuing to improve spoken Thassilonian knowledge, mainly
sandor sunneson: he's feeling a bit bright and quirky this morning lol
Smon: What is Sandor's CON?
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sandor sunneson: 18
Smon: Sandor finds a lovely blue Cloak of Protection on sale, (+1 AC & saves, needs Attunement) a snip at 2500gp.
sandor sunneson: Thanks James, I'll copy and paste that and look at that in a bit more detail
joriandrake: Drakhaien will look for enchanted armor as well
JamesDevil: yea, soz for the formatting
Smon: Also he can get +1 half plate armour for 5000gp (no attunement, AC 16)
sandor sunneson: the headband of wisdom, that's useful
Smon: Drakhaien roll Investigate pls
sandor sunneson: cool, I'll take those and 7500 from his wealth fund
JamesDevil: 1 of the items have is a +1 breastplate
JamesDevil: 17 AC
joriandrake: Passive Investigation: 29 and can't have worse than 24 on Inv roll
Smon: OK Drakhaien the Golemworks have a suit of +2 studded leather for 25,000gp.
Smon: /roll d6+1
Smon rolls 1d6+1 and gets: 3, (+1) = 4
joriandrake: I would like that but I doN't know what the loot partitioning was until now for Drak
Smon: Cloak of Protection 4,000gp, Ring of Protection 5,000gp.
JamesDevil: I have one spare ring of prot
sandor sunneson: I've got the headband of wisdom from the Dragonborne that is +1 to WIS, so will swap that for James's headband which gives WIS 20
sandor sunneson: both attuned
Smon: >>James's headband which gives WIS 20<< seems unlikely. WIS 19 maybe!
JamesDevil: *sets it to 20, not +20
sandor sunneson: ah, it's the same thing lol
sandor sunneson:
sandor sunneson: a pair ha ha,
JamesDevil: +20 would let you see through time o.o
Smon: Sandor's one was +2 WIS not +1 btw
Smon: GM: While you are spending the week in Magnimar (deduct 20gp for accommodation expenses) Sheila Heidmarch invites you all to the Pathfinder Lodge, Heidmarch Manor.
sandor sunneson: I've got a few attuned items to pick from and would chop and change depending on situation
joriandrake: so I know what the remaining starting gold amount of mine is, but not what the loot from the last sessions was for us, or at least what the share for Drak was
JamesDevil: Quillax would you like the belt of incredible dexterity? set dex to 19
Keelia: check the log
joriandrake: I tried to look it up in Simon's log, but he uses some weird scrolling log now, and it is bugged and I can't scroll it
Smon: I don't recall you getting any loot last session. Previous session you distributed loot from the giant chief.
Keelia: Tempting James but she's got all her slots full.
JamesDevil: k, anyone else?
Keelia: 1163 GP
Keelia: from the previous one
Smon: GM: Sandor and Shieldbiter phase in and out a bit. Drakhaien works on his contacts.
Keelia: Q brews up some potions
Keelia: and does some research
Smon: Shieldbiter asks Claw if he can borrow the belt of incredible dexterity as a model for his Archmage buddy Dyson Logos to make a new one.
sandor sunneson: GM, +1 breastplate does not need attunement, correct>
JamesDevil: ...
joriandrake: This is how the logs look for me, I am unable to drag and scroll as the buttons get clicked instead https://i.imgur.com/6axJX7s.png
JamesDevil: hmm, ok, but return it the next time you come back
Smon: (yes fergus) Quillax has a sacred druids' grove at Wolf's Ear that can empower enchantment, letting her craft at x10 speed - 250gp/day.
sandor sunneson: (Ta)(
DESTROYERBILL: i will dont worry
Keelia: whoo! love sacred groves
Smon: (Jorian I can go back to plain text log posting as your browser is crap)
joriandrake: > Keelia: 1163 GP > thanks, that's not enough for even a plus 1 studded leather I think
joriandrake: I use firefox, I use Firefox over a decade now
Keelia: ::shrugs:: it was the even split - if you want more, you'll have to wait until we take on the rune lord of greed. He's got to have good treasure.
JamesDevil: egh, Firefox is fail
JamesDevil: use Chrome
joriandrake: I spoke that a player
joriandrake: obviously ingame I don't speak of game logs, or post links
Smon: GM: Shieldbiter comes back after 4 days with a new Belt of Dexterity & returns Claw's one.
JamesDevil: thank you
joriandrake: I guess I'll keep using the corrent non-magical studed leather for Drak
JamesDevil: do you have a +1 longbow or better?
JamesDevil: theres still one in my bag
JamesDevil: this is whats happens in long term adventures -.-
joriandrake: I have magical +1 weapons, those were a lot cheaper plus I got also the returning dagger since Drak joined
JamesDevil: k, cool
Smon: 3/5/4719 you are all at an expensive Inn in Magnimar after some buying, crafting etc when a messenger delivers Sheila's invitation to dinner at Heidmarch Manor. Are you going?
JamesDevil: I think so yes
Keelia: Quillax sends her acceptance and goes to have a bath and change
JamesDevil: any objections?
sandor sunneson: sure
JamesDevil: Claw cannonballs into the nearest river to clean himself
Keelia: Quillax eventually finds him and helps dry him out using flaming hands
sandor sunneson: AC 24 now, maybe 25 if I juggle round attuned items and put on cloak
JamesDevil: @Simon btw for the sword of Wrath should we just say that an even day is +1 fire and an odd day is +1 cold?
JamesDevil: eh? how did you manage that?
Smon: GM: You all clean up & dress in your nicest gear for dinner. Sheila greets you https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirH8iHf_pZGuRmjqeBAS_gCRnqj_u5LWh3wkQXrbmNCdxcGGuoLpI_kLN2s6GWtxWPrJ284xJG9hfW3OWobcI8mfkmzGgx636ElQLb-omOeWoJZoBOmAJR9otaIl4S9L990-Izqurovqz/s400/c918156791c54e6345ec2fd0ad24b56f.png
Smon: >>@Simon btw for the sword of Wrath should we just say that an even day is +1 fire and an odd day is +1 cold?<< GM: You can use the Shard of Wrath to empower the Sword of Wrath using the stats I gave you. This means the shard is dormant so no effects.
JamesDevil: ah, k, cool
Smon: Sheila treats you all to a very nice dinner, also present are Seoni & Valeros, a couple experienced adventurers, and some Pathfinders including Koriah Azmeren.
Smon: Sheila: "We have been receiving reports from eastern and northern Varisia, and as far afield as the Hold of Belkzen, that the agents of various Runelords are becoming active again..."
sandor sunneson: Sandor looks at her in a lustful and sinful way
joriandrake: Drakhaien went to negotiate with Shieldbiter
Smon: >>looks at her<< Sheila? She's a married woman! :-O
JamesDevil: Claw smacks Sandor over the back of his head
sandor sunneson: Sandor snaps out of it
joriandrake: Shows up for adventure later in a nice new studded leather armor
DESTROYERBILL: +2
joriandrake: (THanks Bill, this means AC 18 for me now!)
DESTROYERBILL: turns out only 25000 gp not 100000
DESTROYERBILL: im glad i could help free of charge
Smon: Seoni is cute & single though https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF43bVWDkePQ22isPpVmRcqKKdIK2Yg9mJW_n4v2o32vBA6NvfmJUj7ZK_nysPGQ9vZIabQ4LHjFX3_s9-OcsB9mltXQDDWl_a6DrTKdAgRYrt9v7C3lcrmF5TOkqqpNs1D6Q0dkYRjOfC/s400/Seoni-2.jpg
Keelia: Quillax pats Claw's arm in thanks for smacking Sandor out of his lustful haze
Smon: Sheila's husband Sir Canayven Heidmarch looks disapprovingly at Sandor.
Smon: Seoni: "My companions have been operating in Belkzen recently - it seems the forces of the Runelord of Gluttony are on the march..."
sandor sunneson: Sandor focuses on the lovely cuisine
sandor sunneson: and listens
Keelia: Quillax frowns. "Gluttony? How so?"
DESTROYERBILL: hmm im getting a bit low on funds im going to need to go lengendary item hunting again people pay good money for those
Smon: Sheila: "And we have reports of a Lissala cult near Kaer Maga, dedicated to the Lord of Sloth, Krune, preparing the way for his return..."
DESTROYERBILL: city of brass is the perfect place to sell stuff
joriandrake: (I tried control + mouse scroll to change sizes on the blog, but even if smaller or larger the overlap of images and log remained the same, so where the side bar overlaps with the log I can't move the log from first page away)
JamesDevil: "interesting, considering we already took glttuonies their sword and shard I suppose i'm surprised that they haven't displanded"
DESTROYERBILL: we can only deal with one rune lord at a time well we better slaughter them
Smon: Seoni: "Xutha, last Runelord of Gluttony - the Whispering Tyrant studied his magic and created the School of Necromancy."
Keelia: "How did i know it was going to be undead," Quillax mutters to herself. "I hate undead. Ever since that lich house..."
JamesDevil: Claw holds out the sword and shard of Gullony
Keelia: "The shard and sword are not the power sources of the rune lord, but rather were created by them an imbued with their power."
Smon: Sheila: "I feel that things are moving towards a climax. It is important you quickly recover the last Shard, so that we may reforge the Sihedron and use its power against these Returned Runelords."
JamesDevil: "if this is what they are after then we should take them head and and ram it down their throats!"
Keelia: she tells Claw gently. "We do not weaken the rune lord but by having them we keep them from having powerful weapons."
JamesDevil: hmm, so sloth it is then.....
DESTROYERBILL: hey drakhien i have a spear ring of protection if you want it to get your ac up unless all your slots are full
JamesDevil: "please give me a moment..."
sandor sunneson: Lets do it then, we set off tomorrow morning?
JamesDevil: Claw leaves the room
Smon: Sheila nods at Quillax. "You speak wisely, as always."
Keelia: Q nods at Claw. "We'll have to move fast. Sheila, can you send warning to our companions who hold the other shards and weapons. they must be on their guard."
sandor sunneson: I have never encountered this Lord by name before, he sounds rather grim and nasty
Keelia: "We've had one sword already taken from my guardian mech."
Smon: Sheila nods again. "I'll have the Temple of Abadar Send to Sephiria Kaddren, and will contact Neril myself."
joriandrake: Drakhaien proposes to hide the Gluttony sword with Nondetection "It might be easily traceable by the runelord otherwise" one spell works for 8 hours
Keelia: "My thanks. As Sandor suggests, we must leave upon the morrow. We have no time to waste."
Smon: Sheila nods to Drakhaien. "That sounds good, if you can. We don't know if the Lord of Gluttony is fully returned, or merely stirring in his - slumber?"
Keelia: "A non-detection spell may not work against a rune lord. We will need to be vigilant. However, it may become useful as we approach them."
Smon: Sheila: "You know the location of the final Shard?"
JamesDevil: Claw finds a small opening in the woods, he sits crosslegged and lays the sword of Wrath accross his lap. *Casting Spirit walker as a ritual* "Oh might bear of my tribe, I am far from home, my kin have fallen to a great evil, my compainions and I are close to its defeat, but we need guidiance to the the final part of our victory, why can we find the Shard of Sloth?"
joriandrake: "It is rather short, so 8 hours would mean us to cast it near the location anyway, but better than nothing I guess"
JamesDevil: ooc as you can see Claw was already working on it
Smon: GM: Claw gets the strong sense that the path to the Shard of Sloth lies deep under Guiltspur, but its exact location is clouded, as if it is warded somehow.
JamesDevil: "Guilt spire...."#
JamesDevil: Claw returns inside
Smon: GM: There were a couple exits from the chamber under Guiltspur so that's likely a good start.
JamesDevil: "We have to return to Guiltspire, its somewhere below it"
Smon: (chamber where you fought Chief Jubbek)
joriandrake: "We go after the sloth shard first?"
Smon: Claw comes in from the garden
DESTROYERBILL: whats somewhere below it
JamesDevil: ooc the hsard of the Sloth,. try to keep up Bill
Keelia: "Yes, we will go after that Shard."
Smon: Pathfinder Koriah Azmeren speaks up: "We have everything ready for the ritual to reforge the Sihedron, soon as you bring us the Shards."
JamesDevil: "We have to hurry, we have no time to waste"
DESTROYERBILL: no it was your charecter just said its somewhere below it i was role playing becouse claw never said
JamesDevil: "we leave tonight"
DESTROYERBILL: it was shard of sloth
Smon: The Sage Brodert Quink nods: "Good fortune go with you. Once the Sihedron is reforged, it will need a mighty band of heroes to draw upon its full power."
Smon: Sheila: "Up to 7, or perhaps 8, we think, can draw upon the Sihedron - Emperor Xin's symbol of Unity in Diversity..."
Smon: Sheila: "I suggest you get a night's rest, then leave at dawn."
JamesDevil: ooc we need to take the boat up part way to guilt spire right?
Keelia: "You can call upon my people if they can be of help. I will write to them and tell them to assist if they can."
Smon: Sheila: "Thank you."
JamesDevil: I have a number of warrior under my command as well, message them if you require assistence
DESTROYERBILL: i have a small brigade of loyal soilders pulled from the ranks of dragonborn and lizard men
Smon: Sheila nods: "I am no military commander, but I think it important your men hold the Storrval Steps, Lord Claw."
GM: You have a final night in Magnimar. Quillax could Transport via Plants back to about 3 miles from Guiltspur if you wish.
JamesDevil: whatever is required to get us theree the fastest
Keelia: Q will be happy to do that.
DESTROYERBILL: my soilders are on another plane so thats a problem but can anyone cast gate
DESTROYERBILL: if not ill need an atuning rod to this the unverse to use a dimensinal mirror taken from an evil arch mages tower after my bravest warriour defeated him
joriandrake: Drak will juggle a couple of colorful balls while on the journey
JamesDevil: Claw remains tense with the shard and sword of Wrath always at the back of his mind
Keelia: Once everyone is rested and prepared, she gathers them all together and Transports via plants them all to outside of guiiltspur as planned
Smon: GM: OK, next day at dawn Quillax uses a level 6 slot to create a gate in a tree in Heidmarch Manor grounds. You all step through and find yourselves at another tree on a rugged slope 3 miles from the Guiltspur. A cold wind is blowing down from the Kodar Mtns.
sandor sunneson: Thank you Quillax, beats walking
DESTROYERBILL: thanks
Smon: Hiking to Guiltspur you arrive just after 6am, the early morning sun struggling through the clouds.
Keelia: she nods
Smon: You see hill giant guards at the gate towers warding the valley - Stom's giants?
Keelia: Quillax keeps her eyes and ears open
JamesDevil: Claw leads the group remaining silent
Smon: As you approach with Claw in the lead, a horn blows, then the gates swing open.
joriandrake: Drak stops juggling balls, puts them away, then hides
Smon: Drak ducks behind a rock.
sandor sunneson: Sandor is alert and ready to rage
JamesDevil: Claw will head up to the fort
Smon: No one comes out the gates but you see a single fire giant soldier waiting.
Keelia: Quillax stays close at his shoulder.
joriandrake: "Pst, they might not be enemies, but better careful than dead"
JamesDevil: to the fire giant*
Smon: The giant nods to Claw. "I am to escort you and your band to the General."
JamesDevil: Claw nods "very well"
Keelia: "Need to remember to have you teach me giantish properly at some point," she murmurs to Claw
Smon: GM: Is everyone going up to the fort with Claw?
Smon: inc Drakhaien?
DESTROYERBILL: yes
Keelia: yes
joriandrake: "Oh, this seems fine." he dusts himself off as he stands up and walks to the other, then takes the balls out to juggle again
joriandrake: others*
sandor sunneson: ja
Smon: GM: Heading up to the fort you pass the newly repaired ballistae, Drakhaien juggling his balls.
Smon: Inside the fort General Stom is waiting with her entourage, about a dozen giants, 3 fire & 9 hill.
Smon: Stom grins at Claw: "Welcome, little one! What brings you back?"
JamesDevil: "Stom! Good to see you again!"
Smon: She kneels down and shakes Claw's hand/arm.
sandor sunneson: Sandor smiles, taking in the ambience
Keelia: Quillax hides her smile at how dwarfed Claw is
Smon: The male fire giants roll their eyes, but don't dare snigger at Stom.
Smon: Sandor takes in the corpses and pelts on the walls, the fug of the fire smoke, the mammoth tusk decor...
JamesDevil: "well, it turns out that there is more evil under guilt spire than we first realised, would you mind awfully allowing us to go down and clear it out for good?"
Smon: Stom nods. "Like I promised, there is peace between us... If you find any more giants down there, please send them up to me. And tidy up any disorderliness - all must be ready for Lord Karzoug's glorious return!"
Smon: Stom: "You may have some trouble with those weird Leng creatures - don't worry about killing them."
JamesDevil: "We'll send up the willing and persuade those that resist"
JamesDevil: "ah, I see, thank you for the warning"
joriandrake: Drakhaien adds Prestidigitation to juggling with 5 balls, the balls blink up in different colors while thrown he looks interested and raises an eyebrow (while continuing to juggle) at the mention of Leng creatures though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN11vV957mQ
Smon: Stom nods. "But do not slay any peaceful emissaries of Leng - Karzoug wishes to re-establish the Old Alliance."
Keelia: "What does a Leng look like?"
Keelia: "So we know who to extend your offer to?"
Smon: The hill giants look agape at Drak's juggling, the fire giants feign indifference. Stom laughs at Quillax's naivete. "Leng is a place, not a race, foolish girl!"
joriandrake: (Leng might be worth a History roll?)
Smon: "The Emissaries - they should look more like you - two arms, two legs, like teeny little giants. But wrapped in robes. And their mouths are very big."
joriandrake: (or its creatures?)
Smon: OK Drak can roll history
joriandrake rolls 1d20+9 and gets: 7, (+9) = 16
joriandrake: 19
Keelia: "Ah, thank you. I have never met anyone from Leng. I wanted to be sure we were not attacking those you want for allies."
JamesDevil: "very well, we will avoid attacking any of the Leng denizens"
Keelia: "Unless they are not peaceful," Q nudges him.
JamesDevil: "thank you once again for you help in this matter"
Keelia: "Indeed, Lady Stom, our thanks."
Smon: Guiltspur is said to be cursed—a site
avoided even by the giants that call the
Storval Plateau home. The site is little more
than a strange green pinnacle of stone
protruding from the ground, but even this
is enough to send chills down the spines of
those who believe in the area’s curse.
Guiltspur is in fact a Thassilonian ruin, a
building buried under a massive lava flow
that blanketed much of the northeastern
Storval Plateau during the fall of Thassilon.
The building itself is said to have been a
combination laboratory and embassy for
strange, otherworldly allies of Karzoug,
the Runelord of Greed.
Smon: That's all Drak knows on a 19.
Keelia: (I note the use of otherworldly.)
joriandrake: ok, so nothing about Leng
Keelia: (They could be from another plane, demons perhaps)
sandor sunneson: phone brb
Smon: You also know this stuff http://smonscurseofthecrimsonthrone.blogspot.com/2019/02/notes-from-therassic-library-karzoug.html
Smon: Stom: "There is an entry to the under-tunnels beneath this fort, or you can go via the Guiltspur excavation, where you killed Jubbek last week."
Smon: (Quillax & Claw could roll History too)
Keelia rolls 1d20+10 and gets: 10, (+10) = 20
Keelia: only 20
JamesDevil rolls 1d20-1 and gets: 3, (-1) = 2
Keelia: "I would be interested in seeing more of the fort if you would not be averse to us using the entrance below here?"
Keelia: "It is interesting architecture."
Smon: On a 20, Quillax knows:
The place (Guiltspur) was little more than rumor
until recent years, when stories began
to emerge of an immense excavation led
by the blue dragon Cadrilkasta. These
stories tell of entire tribes of hill and fire
giants, enslaved by the dragon and forced
to painstakingly dig out the chambers of
buildings buried in the ground below the
great green spur.
Keelia: (Claw is busy making eyes at Stom )
Smon:
joriandrake: "Well, the place is just a boring remnant of transdimensional embassies and laboratories from Leng buried under lava, originally the palce was Karzoug's. It's from the Thassilonian Era."
JamesDevil: "by the way, you are looking especially attractive today, did you do something with your flames?" Claw winks
Smon: Ruk will be jealous!
joriandrake: place*
Smon: Stom titters, twiddling a flaming hair-braid. "Oh, you noticed!"
JamesDevil: ooc She isn't here plus its not like relationship could workout
Keelia:
sandor sunneson: back
joriandrake: "Considering it is trans-dimensional the place is likely tied to other plane or planes at the embassy or labs, and I assume Leng might also be located on a different one than ours"
Smon: Stom escorts you through the south door of the fort's great hall, across a passage, through another door into an empty guardroom. Stone stairs lead down into the basalt rock.
joriandrake: Drak continues to juggle as he speaks
Smon: "She gestures you to follow her down the stairs.
joriandrake: Drak juggles after her
sandor sunneson: Sandor follows
Smon: At bottom of steps:
This thirty-foot-wide chamber appears to have been widened
with picks and chisels. More natural-looking tunnels—
ten-foot-wide circular lava tubes—extend from this larger
chamber to the north, south, and east, while to the west, a
roughly caved flight of stairs sized for giants leads upward.
Three fire giants stand guard here, and salute Stom as she enters.
"HAIL STOM!"
JamesDevil: Claw follow as well
DESTROYERBILL: i follow
Keelia: Q keeps up (with effort having shorter legs)
Smon: Stom: "Hail... These are the little ones you are to permit to pass through, and return."
The three guards nod, eyeing your group.
joriandrake: "Left, right, left right" Drakhaien says as he takes the steps below while juggling
Keelia: "Our thanks again, Lady Stom."
JamesDevil: "Stom turns to Stom, we'll send any giants we find back this way, any that resist we will *deal* with"
JamesDevil: Claw turns*
joriandrake: Drakhaien stops juggling, he opens his backpack and lets the 5 balls drop into it as they fall down from the last juggling throw, then closes the backpack again
sandor sunneson: good plan,
Smon: Stom nods. "The quickest way on is to the north. We have blocked the tunnel to stop the Leng-things coming up from below, but little ones like you will be able to clear a path."
joriandrake: "The Leng-things still being around might suggest a portal to the other planes at the embassies is still open"
Smon: "East leads to the Warning Pillar and the Butchers' Highway. South are just excavations."
joriandrake: He readies his bow, placing a black feathered arrow on it
Smon: Stom bids Claw a warm farewell and heads back upstairs.
Smon: The sentries eye you. As mentioned there are 3 tunnels out from the east end of this guard cavern, to N E and W.
JamesDevil: "right, lets go north, we have little time for diversions"
joriandrake: Drakhaien goes into stealth mode a little ahead of the others
JamesDevil: Claw will lead on
Keelia: Quillax ushers the others down and ensures she is out of hearing of any giants before she speaks. "We cannot let any allies of Karzoug live unless we have no choice. That means no Leng can be allowed to live OR escape if we are in a battle."
joriandrake: Drak signals Claw to let him walk ahead and observe the surroundings for secret passages and traps
Smon: GM: Heading north the 10'-15' wide tunnel runs about 70' then splits - 50' to the west it comes to a dead end, while 20' to north it has clearly been deliberately blocked with mounds of rubble, loose enough a Tiny creature could easily wiggle through.
joriandrake: "Drak nods at Quillax's words "They were all hostile anyway, so we just had to defeat them" and winks
JamesDevil: "we can cause more collapses on purpose if we need to" he says to Qullax
Keelia: Quillax looks to the stronger members of the team, "Can you shift this enough for us to get through?"
DESTROYERBILL: should i start digging now
sandor sunneson: Agress with Quillax, they were Drak
JamesDevil: "hmm"
Smon: The rubble would take hours to clear for normal Men - SB starts lifting and moving gigantic rocks.
joriandrake: "preferably not have the ceiling drop on us, please"
JamesDevil: Quillax do you think you can widen that collaspse?
JamesDevil: nvm
JamesDevil: hopefully it won't colapse
Smon: A few minutes later he has cleared a path - this was not a collapse, the tunnel is solid.
JamesDevil: Claw joins in
Keelia: "I can use stone shape if need be, but I would rather save the spells if muscle will work just as well."
Smon: Claw helps him finish off moving the smaller 1-ton rocks
JamesDevil: fair enough
joriandrake: ('smnaller 1 ton rocks')
Keelia: Quillax stands back so she doesn't get crushed
JamesDevil: Claw proceeds forward
sandor sunneson: Sandor remains on alert and follows Claw
joriandrake: So does Drak, being ahead of Claw a bit to check for traps, creatures, hidden paths
Smon: You move through the gap, SB & Claw squeezing, and come out in an area where a greenish metal spire breaks through the lava floor, a 10' wide excavated area around each side.
Keelia: Quillax stays at Claw's shoulder.
joriandrake: (Passives are fine enough for anything required)
Keelia: Quillax pauses to examine the greenish metal spire. "Such an unusual thing."
Smon: The spire goes up into the ceiling out of sight. It seems to be of the same metal as the main Guiltspur. Beyond it a tunnel continues NW 20' then turns east, ending swiftly at...
joriandrake: "Well, the whole place was flooded by lava, this might be the top of the main building"
Smon: Darkened Shaft
A circular chamber with no floor fills this area. Above, the
smooth conical walls extend upward twenty-five feet before
tapering to a point, while below, a churning cloud of blue-green
fog obscures the shaft-like interior after a drop of twenty feet.
joriandrake: sneaky sneaky peeky out
JamesDevil: "remember not to attack any giants down here, I'll try to convince them to go back up first"
sandor sunneson: Tough buggers to fight anyway, so last resort
joriandrake: afk a bit
Smon: You are on the west ledge and can see another ledge 40' away on the east side of the shaft. The roiling fog churns 20' below where you stand.
JamesDevil: long jump is you str score right?
Keelia: Does that fog look like it's a poisonous gas? or magical fog?
DESTROYERBILL: athletic
Smon: Beyond the east ledge you see a short tunnel ends at a heavy door. To reach it you'd need to jump or fly. The mist below you is clearly unearthly.
DESTROYERBILL: s
sandor sunneson: does it smell?
DESTROYERBILL: yeah str
Smon: No smell.
Keelia: (Long Jump. When you make a long jump, you cover a number of feet up to your Strength score if you move at least 10 feet on foot immediately before the jump.)
JamesDevil: hmm, my str is 24
Smon: If you have the Totem Barb jump/fly power could get across, otherwise too far to jump.
DESTROYERBILL: i can probably carry quilax across flying
Smon: Isn't Claw's STR 20?
Keelia: Thanks! will happily take the lift
JamesDevil: yep, plus the Giant belt
JamesDevil: its a 40' gap isn't it?
Smon: ok can attune to the +4 STR belt instead of DEX 19 belt.
Smon: 40' yup
DESTROYERBILL: cool i can fly you over come back grab drakhien and fly him over
JamesDevil: o, i already unattund that and put on the giant one, forgot to mention that
JamesDevil: go for it bill
Smon: ok
DESTROYERBILL: i can do an auto 28
DESTROYERBILL: i fly them across
JamesDevil: its a 40' gap thoughs...
DESTROYERBILL: i can also probably pick up sandor
joriandrake: back
DESTROYERBILL: and carry him across
Smon: GM: Landing on the east side SB & Quillax see the east door is made of battered iron.
sandor sunneson: that would be appreciated
Smon: SB goes back & returns w Drak then Sand.
joriandrake: this place is quite dark yes?
Keelia: Q will go investigate the door while the SB is ferrying the others across
joriandrake: Drak flies over
Smon: GM: Claw has the jump/fly eagle power right?
JamesDevil: eh? what door?
joriandrake: East door
JamesDevil: yea sure, i'll use that
Smon: Smon: Beyond the east ledge you see a short tunnel ends at a heavy door. To reach it you'd need to jump or fly. The mist below you is clearly unearthly.
sandor sunneson: Sandor waits for other and looks to see if anything is different about this door compared to other ieron foors
Smon: Claw leaps over the mist & joins the others.
sandor sunneson: doors
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 16,
JamesDevil: one rage spent P
Smon: The door shows signs of having been attacked from your side.
Smon: Great gouges in the iron, as from terrible claws.
Keelia: Q glances behind her at the fog.
Smon: Suddenly you hear deep fire giant voices from beyond the door. (in giant): "Hear that! Ware! Here they come again!"
Keelia: Then looks for any traps
Keelia: "Claw, come speak to these guys."
joriandrake: same
Smon: The door looks to open away from you and has no lock on your side.
joriandrake: also hiding while looking for traps
JamesDevil: Claw says in giant "We come in peace, Commander Stom has sent us!"
Smon: Claw roll Persuasion
Keelia: guidane
Keelia: *guidance
sandor sunneson: set the tone James
JamesDevil rolls 1d20-1 and gets: 4, (-1) = 3
sandor sunneson: lol
sandor sunneson: doh
JamesDevil: I have an inspiration from a few weeks back
Keelia: well, a d4 isn't going to help that much.
Keelia: use the guidance too
Smon: if you/anyone have Inspiration would be worth using
JamesDevil: can i use that Simon? i even got it from Stom
Smon: yup
Smon: to reroll
JamesDevil rolls 1d20-1 and gets: 4, (-1) = 3
JamesDevil: ffs
Smon: he
joriandrake: "Aww, too 'bad', we might have to kill these too, such a 'shame', really." (I doN't mind killing a couple of them, Stom doesn't seem like a perfect ally and it is best if we don't bolster her forces)
sandor sunneson: hey ho, get ready to rumble
DESTROYERBILL:
JamesDevil: sigh
Smon: "Lying Leng filth! We'll not fall for your wiles! Back to the pit with you!"
JamesDevil: well my luck had to break eventually
joriandrake: Drak goes behind the others and sneaky sneaky
Keelia: "Not Leng," Quillax calls out. "Despite my companion's lack of charm, we are sent my Lady Stom."
Smon: You can hear what sounds like several giants moving around behind the door.
Keelia: *by
DESTROYERBILL: i say words in drakonic to them and then say in common does this sound like leng to you
sandor sunneson: Why would we lie to you? You are all in danger
JamesDevil: "do Leng speak giant?"
Smon: Quillax speaks giant?
JamesDevil: "I doubt itQ"
JamesDevil: !
Keelia: (probably knowing our luck )
JamesDevil: in giant "look, if the Leng are your enemy then we have a common foe"
Keelia: "I am Lady Quillax, Lady Stom sent us to rid this area of evil and from these claw marks, I would say you have need of our help."
DESTROYERBILL: i try to say calm down in drakonic
DESTROYERBILL: they might understand serving under a dragon after all
Smon: If Q speaking in giant can roll Persuasion DC 20. SB in Draconic needs 25
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+6 and gets: 6, (+6) = 12
Smon: The giants ignore SB.
JamesDevil: no dragon talk from them
Keelia: She doesn't speak Giantish, she's calling out in common.
Smon: OK DC 28 Quillax
Keelia: I can't actually reach that
Smon:
Keelia: best I could possibly get is 23 if I crit
Keelia rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 12, (+3) = 15
joriandrake: While hidden Drakhaien casts Mage Hand, the invisible kind, he floats it to the door for opening it from afar
Smon: The massive iron door stands there.
DESTROYERBILL: should i rip it off its hinges
Smon: Claw you hold the (dormant) shard of wrath right?
JamesDevil: are the door open enough to slide something between them?
Keelia: Quillax considers for a moment, then motions for everyone to be quite. She reaches up and knocks on the door politely.
JamesDevil: se Bill
Keelia: *quiet
Smon: The door is tight closed, no hinges visible.
JamesDevil: yep Simon
joriandrake: Drak uses thieves’ tools to pick locks and disarm traps at range.
DESTROYERBILL: ill charge it
DESTROYERBILL: oops i ment back space
Smon: Claw can sense that the way on likely leads via the glowing fog pit/shaft.
JamesDevil: Bill....
Smon: There is nothing to pick or disarm.
DESTROYERBILL: computers are annoying
joriandrake rolls 1d20+15 and gets: 10, (+15) = 25
DESTROYERBILL: should i charge it
joriandrake: for opening the door, or disabling traps if there were any
JamesDevil: "I sense that this only leads to the pit with the fog..."
Keelia: Let's not escalate to violence quite yet
Smon: The massive door is tight shut with no hinges or lock visible.
Keelia: Quillax knocks politely again.
Smon: You hear grunting and sounds of fire giants ready for battle.
Keelia: *is it set into stone?
Smon: yes
joriandrake: its a door, it must be possible to open it
JamesDevil: "Quillax can you dtonr dhspr the door off its hinges?"
Keelia: "Yes."
JamesDevil: stone shape*
Keelia: She reaches out with stone shape and shapes the stone away from the metal door
Smon: "dtonr dhspr" - Goliath for "Stone Shape"
sandor sunneson: or any warp metal spell the barb with limited MU knowledge wuill say
sandor sunneson: lol
sandor sunneson: well played GM
Keelia: Quillax is fluent is Claw speak
JamesDevil: does the door fall off its hinges with the stone shape
Smon: Quillax stone shapes around the right hand side of the door, opening up a gap about 5'x5', the spell's limit.
Smon: The door still stands but through the gap you see fire giants; and the edge of a massive boulder they had propped up against the east side of the iron door.
Smon: roll init
DESTROYERBILL: okay
Keelia rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 9, (+3) = 12
Keelia: Quillax grins and waves
Smon: 9,000 lb boulder it says here
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 17, (+2) = 19
sandor sunneson rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 18, (+3) = 21
DESTROYERBILL Rolls 1d20+4x2 and gets:
17 (+4) = 21
18 (+4) = 22
joriandrake: "Oh, for all that's fun or holy! You giants can jsut go up and ask your lady boss to hear if what they said is true or not, just open the damn doors, go and ask Stom herself!"
sandor sunneson rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 9, (+3) = 12
DESTROYERBILL: barbs get adv on inititive rember
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 14,
sandor sunneson: how many fire giants?
joriandrake: (speaking in common, annoyedly)
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 2, (+2) = 4
Smon: only 2
Smon: they were making lots of noise to sound more intimidating
sandor sunneson: come on James :), stop rolling for the number of fire giants we see
JamesDevil: i'll keep my 17 roll methinks
sandor sunneson: Sandor will rage when attacking
Smon: #22 SB
joriandrake: "We were so nice to make an alliance with her, she'll get pissed if we have to kill you because you aren't following orders!"
Smon: Drak talking in common?
DESTROYERBILL: i rage and charge at the door
joriandrake: Drak tries to persuade them, thus is dead last in initiative
DESTROYERBILL Rolls 1d20+15x2 and gets:
13 (+15) = 28
9 (+15) = 24
joriandrake: yes, common
Smon: GM: SB slams into the door (DC 28 Athletics) - the boulder goes rolling back.
Smon: The giants ignore Drak.
Smon: SB bursts into guard chamber,
joriandrake: Sb had 28
joriandrake: yay
joriandrake: damn I think I have lag
Smon: 40' n-s 20' e-w, tunnel out to e.
DESTROYERBILL: i say could a leng do that
Smon: SB has 1 attack
10:37am 2019-3-09 joriandrake Has exited the room
10:37am 2019-3-09 joriandrake Has entered the room
Smon: But instead yells, unfurling massive wings.
Smon: DC 15 Intimidate
joriandrake: chat/browser crash
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+6 and gets: 19, (+6) = 25
DESTROYERBILL: 25 eat that
Smon: The giants blanche and look uncertain (intimidated).
JamesDevil: they are fire giants Bill...
JamesDevil: nvm
Smon: Giant, in rough draconic: "No... who ARE you?"
joriandrake: "Nice, tell them to open the door and nicely walk up to their Lady General to get spanked"
DESTROYERBILL: i am shield biter me and my party have been sent to rescue you and kill leng
Smon: The giants nod.
DESTROYERBILL: i say in drakonic
Smon: "You don't serve the blue dragon?"
DESTROYERBILL: head back up to stom
DESTROYERBILL: no but we are allies of stom
Smon: "Very well... we will go to Stom." They start to back away towards the east exit.
DESTROYERBILL: and thats how you help stop a fight between you and fire giants
Keelia: "Wait, did a dragon do this?" she calls out after them, waving to the door's damage
Smon: The giants halt. "No. The dragon went down the pit months ago, and has not returned. Then the Skull-Rippers came."
Keelia: "What's a skull-ripper look like?"
sandor sunneson: Who are the skull rippers??
Smon: "Scorpion construct, made of bone."
sandor sunneson: They beast like or humans?
Smon: "The Cloakers were easy to kill, but the Skull-Rippers... *brrr*"
Keelia: "What's a Cloaker look like?"
Smon: "Big cloak."
joriandrake: What language do they speak in now?
Keelia: "Thanks."
Smon: "With fangs and eyes." They speak in rough draconic then common.
joriandrake: Ah good, then Drak actually understands a part of it
JamesDevil: "lets search the room then proceed"
joriandrake: "It's the giant's room yes? Let's just ask them if they have hidden anything"
Smon: The two giants head out the east exit from the guard room, apparently heading up to join Stom on the surface.
Smon: They don't give Drak any treasure.
Smon: The guard chamber is bare and smells pretty foul from giants having camped here for months.
JamesDevil: Claw will search the room while SB stands guard
joriandrake: Watching them leave drak nods "Ok, we allowed two of them to go back, now we can kill any other ones we find" Drakhaien then does and inspects the room for anything hidden himself
JamesDevil: nvm then, "time to move on"
joriandrake: goes
joriandrake: "The place could use a builot-in shower, and some soaps"
Smon: You search some dirty furs and sniff a foul latrine pit, no treasure.
joriandrake: Drakhaien wil lgo back into stealth then ahead a bit as scout again
sandor sunneson: lets move on
JamesDevil: anyother exit?
Smon: The giants left via the east tunnel. To the west the burst open door leads to the pit shaft with glowing fog.
Keelia: tunnel out east, wasn't it?
joriandrake: west
Keelia: "Right. Anyone have anything to throw in the fog that can check if it's harmful or a transport spell?"
JamesDevil: Claw heads to the west tunnel and stops at the fog
JamesDevil: Claw picks up a stone and throws it in
joriandrake: Drakhaien could peek inside
Smon: Darkened Shaft
A circular chamber with no floor fills this area. Above, the
smooth conical walls extend upward twenty-five feet before
tapering to a point, while below, a churning cloud of blue-green
fog obscures the shaft-like interior after a drop of twenty feet.
joriandrake: "Blue-green fogs aren't natural"
Smon: Claw throws a stone into the fog. After a wait he hears the muffled sound of the stone hitting stone, must be over 100' below.
JamesDevil: "hmm, no floor..."
JamesDevil: "and a LONG way down"
sandor sunneson: With his eagle eyes, can Sandor see anything of interest if he peers into the depth below?
joriandrake: "There IS a lfoor, we just can't see it"
Smon: Sandor sees the roiling fog.
JamesDevil: "Qullax can you try pushing the fog away to see how deep it is? if it passes after a certain point we might be able to get past it"
Keelia: "I have nothing with wind. I could try to dispel magic. One moment."
Keelia: She gestures towards the fog and casts dispel magic
joriandrake: "If that doesn't work I could try tying a rope on my waist and fly into and beneath it"
JamesDevil: thats what I was thinking
Smon: GM: The fog curls back and vanishes! Quillax senses it won't be gone too long though... Below you see now the shaft runs 60' down before opening into the top of a vast cavernous cathedral-like chamber, the floor another 60' below (120' total).
joriandrake: "It isn't a foolproof plan but I have somne resistance against dangerous fogs"
joriandrake: some
JamesDevil: "lets go!"
Keelia: (Q has feather fall but if the fog is dangerous... she could take a wind elemental form and try to blow it away, I suppose)
joriandrake: "Nice!" Drak tries to see if anything worthwhile down there
JamesDevil: Claw starts climbing down
Smon: If you have 120' darkvision or 60' darkvision + light source you could make out details in the chamber below
Keelia: Q jumps
sandor sunneson: Sandor starts climbign downb tioo
DESTROYERBILL: i fly down
Keelia: Her feather fall lets her descend safely.
joriandrake: Drakhaien slowly flies down and observes the area while descending
Smon: GM You all start climbing/flying down the shaft - it is fairly rough walls, DC 15 Athletics to not fall.
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+13 and gets: 15, (+13) = 28
Smon: As you descend the shaft you get a better look at the vast circular chamber below...
sandor sunneson rolls 1d20+9 and gets: 13, (+9) = 22
joriandrake: flying speed in dim light 40
Smon: This vast circular chamber rises up to a height of sixty feet, a
dome-like room with walls that may have once been smooth
but are now riddled with cracks and fissures. Twenty-foot-high
curving stone shelves fill the room, leaving a circular area open
in the center. Iron double doors lead out of the room in the
four cardinal directions. Splashes and splatters of blood mar
the floor here and there, and two huge leathery mounds lie
heaped in the middle of the room, pretty much direct below you.
Smon: You can all reach the bottom of the shaft/ceiling of the room.
Smon: Cllimbing across the ceiling to reach the floor would be very hard, DC 25 Athletics.
joriandrake: leathery mounds worry me a bit
DESTROYERBILL: okay ill do that oh look i auto pas 28
JamesDevil: can I keep my 28 from before
Keelia: leathery mounds also worry me since apparently a dragon came down a while before and didn't come back.
Keelia: Are those leather mounds blue?
joriandrake: Drak flies there and inspects the door (after at least one other person goes to check/lure for dangers)
Smon: No, you can roll dc 20 nature to id them
Keelia rolls 1d20+10 and gets: 19, (+10) = 29
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+13 and gets: 14, (+13) = 27
Keelia: 29
DESTROYERBILL: how does drak have the power to fly
JamesDevil: I made the climing climb
Smon: There are 4 doors out of the ancient library to N E W S.
sandor sunneson rolls 1d20+9 and gets: 11, (+9) = 20
joriandrake: Cloak of the Bat Bill, my best magic item
DESTROYERBILL: ok cool
joriandrake: I look like a bragain bin vampire when flying
DESTROYERBILL: how many slots hae you used for magic items
joriandrake: bargain bin
JamesDevil: on the News today, man fkilled while riding a dragon, next, weather
DESTROYERBILL: ha ha ha
sandor sunneson:
Smon: OK Claw climbs across the ceiling and drop down from a safe height near the east wall. Sandor falls 60' looks like onto a stone floor, taking 60 dmg.
DESTROYERBILL: ha ha ha
sandor sunneson: ouch
joriandrake: (all 3, I got the cloak, necklace of adaptation, and luckstone attuned)
DESTROYERBILL: ok cool
joriandrake: 60 damage o _O
Keelia: Quillax hands him over some potions and keoghan's oointment
JamesDevil: hows you hp?
Smon: >>Keelia rolls 1d20+10 and gets: 19, (+10) = 29 << Quillax IDs the leathery mounds as two gigantic Cloakers hacked up by fire giants at least a year ago.
sandor sunneson: 131
Smon: Is Quillax descending with the others?
joriandrake: "those look a bit like my cloak"
Keelia: Keoghan's is 2d8+2
Keelia: she jumped with feather fall
sandor sunneson: thank you
sandor sunneson rolls 2d8+2 and gets: 2, 3, (+2) = 7
Keelia: Keelia: Q jumps
sandor sunneson: 138/191
Smon: OK as you all assemble towards the middle of the ancient Thassilonian library, the shelves now mostly just full of dust, your vision shifts...
joriandrake: "hmm...."
Keelia: (Ferg, you have 4 more keoghan's)
joriandrake: (use them all)
Keelia: (or you can have potions)
sandor sunneson rolls 6d8+6 and gets: 6, 7, 2, 5, 7, 1, (+6) = 34
sandor sunneson: 172/191, will keep one, thank you
Smon: You see the library as it was during
Thassilon’s height—a vast repository of knowledge
stretching from floor to ceiling, its shelves holding
thousands of books, scrolls, maps, and grimoires. Eager Thassilonian students and wizards mill about the floor below or float up to replace or retrieve books, when suddenly, the dozens of men and women stop and turn
to stare hatefully at YOU —and the closest face is your own! The books in the room suddenly writhe and fly off the shelves, opening up and spilling forth foul
black mists and coils of corrupt secrets that should never
be known. The mist and coils engulf the wizards and
students and crush them to pulp. An instant later, the
vision passes and the room appears as it was before.
sandor sunneson: or you can take it back
Smon: Everyone roll a DC 12 WIS save or be Frightened!!
Keelia: "Keep it, I have more" Quillax says
JamesDevil: "gods I hate books"
DESTROYERBILL: my time has come fear i hate it
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 16, (+1) = 17
Keelia rolls 1d20+14 and gets: 2, (+14) = 16
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 12, (+1) = 13
joriandrake rolls 1d20+6 and gets: 12, (+6) = 18
joriandrake: "oooh, Thassilonian murder books! I want to read those!"
sandor sunneson rolls 1d20+9 and gets: 14, (+9) = 23
Smon: As the vision fades you hear a clicking sound and then you see the Skull Rippers approaching you through the shelving tunnels...
Keelia: "Right," Quillax says into the silence. "That happened. Don't touch the books, Drak," she warns
sandor sunneson: (with the new wisdom thing)
Keelia: "On your guard, my friends."
joriandrake: Drak nods and quickly hides behind a shelf
JamesDevil: "ok, so North first? it doesn't seem like much difference which way go anyway"
Smon: 2 of the bone constructs, much like the one Quillax & Claw fought so many years before at the Storval dam...
Smon: roll init pls
JamesDevil: Oh these bastards again....
joriandrake: Drak stares at Claw as the ceatures get closer
sandor sunneson rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 6, (+3) = 9
JamesDevil Rolls 1d20+2x2 and gets:
19 (+2) = 21
6 (+2) = 8
DESTROYERBILL Rolls 1d20+4x2 and gets:
17 (+4) = 21
6 (+4) = 10
joriandrake rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 19, (+5) = 24
sandor sunneson rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 6, (+3) = 9
Keelia: "I remember these bastards," she mutters. "Everyone mind your heads."
Keelia rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 7, (+3) = 10
DESTROYERBILL: james we need to roll off to see who goes first between us
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 9, (+2) = 11
joriandrake: (bill has higher modifier bonus though)
Keelia: "They do like to try to pin and then decapitate."
Smon: https://www.pngkey.com/maxpic/u2q8q8o0u2u2q8i1/
DESTROYERBILL: there is no modifier to the rolloff
JamesDevil: no diff to me either way
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20 and gets: 7,
DESTROYERBILL: you can go first
JamesDevil:
sandor sunneson: I'm being picked up in 15 minutes, so will sign out at 1120
Smon: /roll d20+3
Smon rolls 1d20+3 and gets: 12, (+3) = 15
Smon: rippers get 15
joriandrake: lets kill these in 12 then end
Smon: better pic https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHaNIBW18q2Rsfv3jUVzQAMiDxZEG9iNLnytb_E2LOzgvBX4T1yHpv7E7Pu5G-EG9O_C43dSDYQLBau33z0FCrJ9YnFYg9HvBQrSm1d0qYtga5bnDjXe4xBmG-P_9GKXHEL0Us1Z1n6kE/s1600/Skull+Ripper+2.jpg
JamesDevil: gogo
Smon: 1 from north, 1 from south, currently about 20' away from you.
Smon: #24 Drakhaien
joriandrake: Not sure if Drak can do anything against them but worth a try, sneak shot from behind a shelf then hide back after it again
Smon: You'll need to use your bonus action to hide first then shoot then move
Smon: if you want advtg + SA
joriandrake: Drakhaien hid before you asked for initiatives
Smon: >>Drakhaien hid before you asked for initiatives<< I have already told you not to do that. If you do it again I will have to penalise you or boot you from the game. It is not acceptable.
joriandrake: this is why I asked last session about hiding before initiative, you told that it possible
DESTROYERBILL: just roll hide okay
joriandrake: I can roll but it will always be at least 25
Smon: OK Drak hides then moves out to shoot
Keelia: only if no baddies are in sight, I think was what Simon meant. If Simon says there are bad guys, from that point you need to wait for init
Smon: You landed, were hit by vision, scorps attack. No time to hide
joriandrake: the problem with this is, I spend the bonus action to hide now, which means Drak can move behind a shelf at end but won't be able to Stealth at end of t urn
joriandrake: ok I attack
Smon: yup
Smon: roll stealth
joriandrake rolls 1d20+15 and gets: 19, (+15) = 34
joriandrake: this was stealth
joriandrake Rolls 1d20+10x3 and gets:
5 (+10) = 15
14 (+10) = 24
10 (+10) = 20
DESTROYERBILL: see now youre invisible baisacally
joriandrake: shot with advantage and elven accuracy
joriandrake: 24
Smon: Passive Per 21 - Drak ducks west putting him temp out of sight pf the rippers round a curved shelf, then pops out and shoots the one to north
joriandrake: and due to shot he's spotted right away
Smon: hits (AC 17)
joriandrake rolls 1d8+5 and gets: 4, (+5) = 9
joriandrake: can t his creature be sneak attacked?
Smon: yup
joriandrake: yay
joriandrake rolls 9d6 and gets: 1, 3, 4, 2, 4, 3, 1, 4, 2, = 24
Smon: however it takes 1/2 dmg unless you have adamantine weapon or a golembane amulet
joriandrake: 33 hp, hiding back, end turn
Smon: 33/2 = 16 dmg
joriandrake: its just magical o _O
sandor sunneson: sorry folks, got to go, have a good weekend
JamesDevil: cya mate
joriandrake: shalll we stop?
11:21am 2019-3-09 sandor sunneson Has exited the room
Smon: #21 Claw
Smon: GM: You need to engage both rippers or one can reach Drak & attack him
JamesDevil: Claw rages and attacks the northen one
JamesDevil: ok, the southern one then
Smon: OK Claw goes for the one w an arrow in it - it turns on him, clicking
Smon: roll to hit
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+16 and gets: 2, (+16) = 18
Smon: AC 17, hit
JamesDevil: it's 2d6slashing and 2d6 of extra fire right?
Smon: 5d6 fire
JamesDevil: first time using the Wrath sword
JamesDevil: oo, nice
Smon: DEX save
Smon: /roll d20+7
Smon rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 7, (+7) = 14
Smon: fail, DC 15
JamesDevil rolls 2d6+14 and gets: 1, 5, (+14) = 20
JamesDevil: thats slash
Smon: takes half dmg from weapon 20 > 10
JamesDevil rolls 5d6 and gets: 1, 6, 2, 4, 4, = 17
Smon: full from fire > 17
JamesDevil: sec attack
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+16 and gets: 19, (+16) = 35
JamesDevil:
Smon: hit
Smon: DEX save
Smon: /roll d20+7
Smon rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 1, (+7) = 8
Smon: fail again!
Smon: full fire dmg
JamesDevil rolls 2d6+14 and gets: 1, 4, (+14) = 19
Smon: 19/2 = 9
JamesDevil rolls 5d6 and gets: 5, 4, 1, 6, 2, = 18
Smon: 18 fire
Smon: it's under 100 hp!
JamesDevil: I like this sword ^^
DESTROYERBILL: i attack the unounded one
Smon: Rem on a crit it explodes
DESTROYERBILL: i rage
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+17 and gets: 11, (+17) = 28
JamesDevil: I know ^^
Smon: SB heads to engage the unwounded (southern) one
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+15 and gets: 2, (+15) = 17
JamesDevil: I'm looking foward to it
DESTROYERBILL rolls 2d6 and gets: 1, 3, = 4
Smon: AC 17, 2 hits
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+17 and gets: 12, (+17) = 29
Smon: 17/2 = 8 + 4 fire
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+15 and gets: 7, (+15) = 22
DESTROYERBILL rolls 2d6 and gets: 2, 6, = 8
Smon: 22/2 = 11 + 8 = 19
Smon: SB hacks at the south Ripper.
Smon: #15 Rippers
Smon: vs Claw
Smon: /roll d20+9x3
Smon Rolls 1d20+9x3 and gets:
11 (+9) = 20
17 (+9) = 26
13 (+9) = 22
Smon: Claw AC?
JamesDevil: all hits
Smon: ouch. Claw is grabbed by both claws and hit by the stinger.
Smon: /roll 6d6+10
Smon rolls 6d6+10 and gets: 1, 6, 1, 6, 6, 1, (+10) = 31
Smon: 31 slash > 15
Smon: /roll 2d10+5
Smon rolls 2d10+5 and gets: 1, 1, (+5) = 7
Smon: 7 piercing from stinger > 3
Smon: Roll DC 14 CON save vs poison
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+11 and gets: 6, (+11) = 17
Smon: OK Claw saves so 35/2 = 17 poison, /2 for Bear Totem = 8 dmg
Smon: The Skull Ripper has grabbed Claw, next round if he doesn't break grab it can attempt a decapitation
Smon: (which is fatal)
JamesDevil: old memories
DESTROYERBILL: well thats a doozy
JamesDevil: these things are op
JamesDevil: shouldn't it have been a contest grab?
joriandrake: more than op
JamesDevil: or it auto on attack?
Smon: It has Grabbed but it still needs to win an Athletics check next round to force a save vs decapitation
Keelia: You want me to attack it or try to break it's grip? I can go fire or earth elemental.
JamesDevil: ah, k
Keelia: (we were, what, level 14 or 15 last time we fought one of these?)
Smon: 2nd one on SB
JamesDevil: if you can go fire if you like
Smon: /roll d20+9x3
Smon Rolls 1d20+9x3 and gets:
19 (+9) = 28
11 (+9) = 20
17 (+9) = 26
Smon: one claw & stinger hit
DESTROYERBILL: 2hit
Smon: /roll 3d6+5
Smon rolls 3d6+5 and gets: 5, 4, 2, (+5) = 16
Smon: claw 8 dmg
Smon: /roll 2d10+5
Smon rolls 2d10+5 and gets: 4, 7, (+5) = 16
Smon: pincer 8
Smon: CON save DC 14
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+13 and gets: 11, (+13) = 24
Smon: 35/2/2 = 8 dmg
Smon: poison
Smon: SB is grabbed by 1 claw
Smon: Claw is grabbed by 2 claws
Smon: #10 Quillax
DESTROYERBILL: oh no his clones are grabbing him
JamesDevil: Oh the irony
Smon: (Sandor fades out)
DESTROYERBILL: bedc
DESTROYERBILL: oops
DESTROYERBILL: become a fire elemental its their only weekness
Keelia: Quillax runs up to Claw and slaps him with a guidance, murmuring words of encouragement. She then moves away from him and jumps at the ripper, using her bonus action to shift into a fire elemental and she wraps herself around it and thinks hot
Keelia: It takes 1d10 from her touching it (entering its space) and the same on each turn.
Keelia rolls 1d10 and gets: 2,
Smon: ok
Smon: Round 2
Keelia: she's immune to grapple and restrained and poisoned and resistant to lots of other stuff, plus she counts as magical in overcoming resistance and immunity
Smon:
Smon: #24 Drakhaien your turn
Smon: The Rippers are intent on adding Claw & SB's heads to their carapaces, so Drak can auto hide in the shelves then SA w advtg
joriandrake: Is the Ripper showing enough sentience to be possible to affek it with ...fun?
joriandrake: efect
Smon: It seems to be a kind of construct
joriandrake: ok, then no better idea than to do the shooting hiding routine
Smon: You can hide (bonus action) then shoot
Smon: AC 17
joriandrake: sigh, that is what I do then, I could use fire bolt, but I think normal bow stil lcauses more damage with sneak attack even if halved
joriandrake Rolls 1d20+10x3 and gets:
16 (+10) = 26
17 (+10) = 27
14 (+10) = 24
joriandrake: 27
Smon: You can sneak w fire bolt Drak!
Smon:
joriandrake rolls 1d8+5 and gets: 4, (+5) = 9
joriandrake rolls 9d6 and gets: 1, 6, 6, 3, 5, 4, 6, 6, 1, = 38
joriandrake: I can? I thought for sneak attacks it has to be a versatile or ranger weapon
joriandrake: if I can use spells too then I do that next turn
joriandrake: for now it is 47 / 2 I guess
joriandrake: turn end
Smon: hm, yeah it says ranged weapon not ranged attack
Smon: I feel like house ruling that though
Smon: 23 dmg
Smon: to the north one again
Smon: GM: OK I'm going to house rule Arcane Trickster can SA w fire bolt
Smon: #21 Claw
joriandrake: that is nice, I've checked before and seen no way to make it work
Smon: You have 2 claws grabbing you
JamesDevil: right, do i have to save against both?
Smon: need to use both attacks to break free of both
Smon: Athletics (STR) checks
Keelia: (don't forget you have guidance)
Smon: Otherwise there is a smallish chance of a head snip
JamesDevil: ok, which i have advantage on beacse of rage?
Smon: yup
Smon: and minimum 24
JamesDevil: and guidence for the first one?
Smon: w belt giving STR 24
Smon: yup
JamesDevil: just want to be clear
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+13 and gets: 18, (+13) = 31
Smon: If you win by 10 I'll say you break free of both on 1 check
Smon: /roll d20+9
Smon rolls 1d20+9 and gets: 12, (+9) = 21
joriandrake: heh
Smon: OK you exactly break free of both claws & can make an attack
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+16 and gets: 18, (+16) = 34
Smon: hit
Smon: DEX save vs fire
JamesDevil rolls 2d6+14 and gets: 4, 1, (+14) = 19
Smon: /roll d20+7
Smon rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 1, (+7) = 8
Smon: LOl, 3rd fail in a row!
JamesDevil rolls 5d6 and gets: 2, 2, 2, 1, 3, = 10
JamesDevil:
Smon: 9+10 dmg
JamesDevil: man my fire rolls suck tho
JamesDevil: end turn
Smon: it's looking ropey now, taken 114 dmg
Smon: #21 SB
DESTROYERBILL: i use my breath attack
DESTROYERBILL rolls 5d6 and gets: 3, 6, 1, 5, 3, = 18
DESTROYERBILL: dc 21
Smon: /roll d20+7
Smon rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 19, (+7) = 26
joriandrake: (I can do one more round then have to quit as well)
Smon: ducks, 9 fire dmg
Smon: (bonus action used)
DESTROYERBILL: i opose athletics
Smon: /roll d20+9
Smon rolls 1d20+9 and gets: 16, (+9) = 25
DESTROYERBILL Rolls 1d20+15x2 and gets:
16 (+15) = 31
13 (+15) = 28
JamesDevil: nice
Smon: SB breaks free & 1 attack
DESTROYERBILL: thanks
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+17 and gets: 7, (+17) = 24
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+15 and gets: 19, (+15) = 34
Smon: 17 dmg
DESTROYERBILL rolls 2d6 and gets: 6, 1, = 7
Smon: SB whacks his one w flaming sword
Smon: #15 Rippers
Smon: vs Claw - takes dmg from Quillax (roll pls)
Smon: attacks Claw
Smon: /roll d20+9x3
Smon Rolls 1d20+9x3 and gets:
10 (+9) = 19
15 (+9) = 24
14 (+9) = 23
Keelia rolls 1d10 and gets: 1,
JamesDevil: all hits
Smon: /roll 6d6+10
Smon rolls 6d6+10 and gets: 6, 1, 3, 3, 6, 3, (+10) = 32
Smon: claws 32 > 16 dmg
Smon: stinger
Smon: /roll 2d10+5
Smon rolls 2d10+5 and gets: 4, 10, (+5) = 19
Smon: 19 > 9
Smon: CON save DC 14
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+11 and gets: 5, (+11) = 16
Smon: 35 > 8 poison
Smon: south one vs SB
Smon: /roll d20+9x3
Smon Rolls 1d20+9x3 and gets:
12 (+9) = 21
4 (+9) = 13
19 (+9) = 28
Smon: stinger hits
Smon: /roll 2d10+5
Smon rolls 2d10+5 and gets: 6, 9, (+5) = 20
Smon: 20 > 10
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+13 and gets: 17, (+13) = 30
Smon: 8 poison
Smon: #10 Quillax - elemental
Keelia: Q will multiattack
Smon: ac 17
Keelia rolls 1d20+6 and gets: 17, (+6) = 23
Keelia rolls 1d20+6 and gets: 11, (+6) = 17
Smon: 2 hits
Keelia rolls 2d6+3 and gets: 3, 2, (+3) = 8
Keelia rolls 2d6+3 and gets: 2, 6, (+3) = 11
Smon: 19 fire dmg
Keelia: 19 total
Keelia: she'll stay right beside it
Smon: It's badly charred & very stinky now
Smon: R3
Keelia: brb some weird noise i need to investigate
Smon: Drakhaien your go
Smon: #24
joriandrake: ok, first attempt at using magical sneak attacking
Smon: Drak has an epiphany & understands how to sneak att w fire bolt
Smon: AC 17, advtg
Smon: or could shoot w/out hiding, no advtg
Smon: then hide after
joriandrake Rolls 1d20+8x3 and gets:
1 (+8) = 9
19 (+8) = 27
8 (+8) = 16
joriandrake: 27
Smon: hit
joriandrake: no hide, as this is now the way it happened since 1st turn
Smon: fine
Smon: roll dmg
joriandrake rolls 4d10 and gets: 2, 2, 3, 1, = 8
joriandrake: normal firebolt
joriandrake rolls 9d6 and gets: 5, 4, 3, 2, 4, 4, 2, 3, 4, = 31
joriandrake: and sneak attack fire
joriandrake: 39 hp, back behind shelves turn end
Smon: 39 dmg, it had 34 left and explodes in a shower of fiery burning filth.
JamesDevil: hurray!
Keelia: yay
DESTROYERBILL: yay
Smon: #21 Claw you brush off the twitching claws and are free - but dirty
Smon: Drak have 9000 xp
JamesDevil: awesome
joriandrake: ok, thanks for the game
joriandrake: bye everyone
Smon: bye J
JamesDevil: Claw charges the next on and attackes twice
JamesDevil: Cya mate
DESTROYERBILL: bye
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+16 and gets: 13, (+16) = 29
Smon: Claw races south to SB's side
Keelia: bye J
Smon: /roll d20+7
JamesDevil rolls 2d6 and gets: 2, 6, = 8
Smon rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 18, (+7) = 25
Smon: passes save
JamesDevil rolls 5d6 and gets: 2, 5, 1, 5, 6, = 19
12:10pm 2019-3-09 joriandrake Has exited the room
JamesDevil: can i throw while in melee?
Smon: throw in melee has disad
JamesDevil: k, i throw my sword at disadvantage
Smon: What is your dmg bonus?
Smon: Why?
JamesDevil: sword wrath bonus action throw sword
Smon: It's an attack not a bonus action?
Smon: You can actually stand back & throw sword & it returns after each attack
JamesDevil: ah, k, i must have misread, my mistake
Smon: anyway tell me the dmg from your first attack then roll 2nd attack
JamesDevil: 34 from first attack
Smon: bill says 18/2 slash + 19/2 fire = 18 total
JamesDevil: (slazshing halready halved
JamesDevil: 8 slashing +19 fire
Smon: it saved
JamesDevil: these thing don't resist fire
JamesDevil: ah, k
JamesDevil: k, second attack
JamesDevil rolls 1d20+16 and gets: 19, (+16) = 35
Smon: what is your dmg bonus? +10?
JamesDevil: yep
JamesDevil: gah, gtetting hungry
Smon: Raging +7 STR +4 Rage +3 magic = +14 not +10?
JamesDevil: gah, i forgot to count the +3
JamesDevil rolls 2d6+14 and gets: 4, 6, (+14) = 24
Smon: /roll d20+7
JamesDevil rolls 5d6 and gets: 1, 4, 3, 1, 4, = 13
Smon rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 4, (+7) = 11
Smon: fails save, takes 13 fire + 12 slash
JamesDevil: end turn
Smon: looking crispy now
DESTROYERBILL: i attack at the beast
Smon: #21 SB
DESTROYERBILL Rolls 1d20+17x2 and gets:
17 (+17) = 34
20 (+17) = 37
Smon: crit!!!!!
Keelia: yay crit!
JamesDevil: very nice
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+15 and gets: 14, (+15) = 29
DESTROYERBILL rolls 2d6 and gets: 1, 1, = 2
DESTROYERBILL rolls 5d20+15 and gets: 14, 8, 5, 18, 8, (+15) = 68
Smon: on 41
JamesDevil: snake eyes
Smon: 41 - 34 = 7
JamesDevil: boom!
DESTROYERBILL rolls 4d6 and gets: 2, 1, 3, 2, = 8
Smon: 8 fire - it disintegrates in burning flames
JamesDevil: cool
Smon: You have beaten the foul Thassilonian constructs at last.
DESTROYERBILL: that extra little bit of fire damage goes a long way
Smon: Have 9000 XP each.
Keelia: excellent
Keelia: yay, levelled
Smon: Druid-19 ?
JamesDevil: good those thinngs are horrible
Keelia: yes
Keelia: after a rest, of course
JamesDevil: so whats the total this session?
Smon: 9000 total this session
DESTROYERBILL: what is your xp keelia
Smon: (was 6000 for the Rippers, 2000 for the giants, 1000 the start RP)
DESTROYERBILL: keelia how much xp in total does quilax have
JamesDevil: cool
JamesDevil: gogo RP!
Keelia: Just a second, Bill. I had to total it up.
DESTROYERBILL: okay
Keelia: 272138
Keelia: I was only about 2000 off the last session.
DESTROYERBILL: okay cool
DESTROYERBILL: its 305000 for 19
JamesDevil: I'm inching close to lv now
JamesDevil: 328388
Keelia: I have a little bit to go to 19
Smon: I think you guys have missed chunks of XP, you were 18 at end of previous campaign.
Smon: Claw & Quillax should be on roughly same XP
Keelia: I think we started at 17 at the start of this.
Smon: Quillax just say you have 328388
DESTROYERBILL: keelia with that xp you were just 7000xp from start of 18
Keelia: OK.
DESTROYERBILL: okay so level yourself up to 19
DESTROYERBILL: your about 25000 from level 20 yay
Keelia: whoo
Smon: (You told me 17 but then James found a bunch of missing XP, and I definitely had you both at 18 end of last campaign)
JamesDevil: yep, should be capped by the end of this campaign
JamesDevil: my app kept the xp saved
Keelia: whereas I had lost my sheets
DESTROYERBILL: end of campaingn more like end of half of book 5
Smon: A few objects of value remain on the shelves
of this room—they aren’t hidden, but some sit on higher
shelves than can be easily reached from the ground.
These include four thin silvery metal plates.
JamesDevil: its probably only 4-5 sessions to the cap at least
DESTROYERBILL: im already at cap
Smon: Are you looting the library?
DESTROYERBILL: i will fly up grab them put them in the interdimentinal hankerchief
Keelia: yes.
DESTROYERBILL: yes i loot
JamesDevil: yep
Keelia: anything of value, including rare looking books
Keelia: all to be split evenly between group
Smon: A few objects of value remain on the shelves
of this room—they aren’t hidden, but some sit on higher
shelves than can be easily reached from the ground.
These include four thin silvery metal plates that contain
magical writings—these are sturdy cold siccatite plates
that function as spell scrolls—a scroll of ice storm, a scroll
of wall of ice, a scroll of cone of cold, and a scroll of polar ray.
Once used, the “scrolls” become nonmagical but are still
worth 25 gp apiece. Another shelf holds a series of metal
tablets edged with silver clasps that contain etchings
of the internal organs of a whale of prodigious size
(measuring nearly 500 feet from head to tail); the tablets
are worth 250 gp in all. Three round jars sealed with
silver contain baby aboleths preserved in embalming
f luid (each jar is worth 50 gp), while fragments of a
chuul’s shell sit on another shelf. A successful DC 18
Perception check made while examining this skeleton
reveals a pearl of power (5th level) embedded in one of
the shell’s claws; the pearl can be pried out with ease.
Finally, one shelf near the center of the room contains
29 enormous bone scroll rollers, some of which are 6
feet long. The contents of these scroll rollers have long
since turned to dust, but f ive of the smaller ones are
bound in silver and gold and worth 400 gp each.
JamesDevil: Claw loots everything. Including Qillax
DESTROYERBILL: well sandor diddnt do any fighting so
Keelia: That doesn't matter Bill. He's part of the group. Equal split
Smon: Do you have a portable hole?
JamesDevil: you want to keep track of that Keelia or should I?
Keelia: You grab this set please James
JamesDevil: nah, i have a bag of holding
Smon: The bone scroll rollers are too big to take w/out a portable hole I'd think
Keelia: So does Q
DESTROYERBILL: yes i have a portable hole
DESTROYERBILL: i take out the pearl of power
DESTROYERBILL: i search the room
Smon: Q spots the pearl first Bill w Passive Per
DESTROYERBILL: ah well to the seerer goes the spoils
Smon: OK you can divvy up the bulky items into your portable holes
Keelia: Considering she uses spells, it would be more useful to her
DESTROYERBILL: yeah true
Smon: LOL
JamesDevil: right i have the list noted down are we ending here?
DESTROYERBILL: i search for any chests or anything secret just in case there is somthing worth a lot
Keelia: Right, thanks for the game gentlemen! Assume I can't attend next weekend. If that changes, I'll let you know
Keelia: otherwise, I'll see you the following weekend!
Keelia: have a good day!
DESTROYERBILL: bye
Keelia: bye
JamesDevil: see you x
DESTROYERBILL: you to
Smon: GM: OK you Short Rest while looting the library, takes about an hour. As you are doing this you occasionally get an eerie feeling you are being watched, and occasionally seem to glimpse a figure from the corner of your eye, but when you turn it (he?) has vanished.
12:34pm 2019-3-09 Keelia Has exited the room
Smon: I had not actually finished *sigh*
12:34pm 2019-3-09 DESTROYERBILL Has exited the room
Smon: Posting log, bye James!
she'd like him to take her hand. 
