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Locating server at 127.0.0.1:6774...
Game connected!
(1) GM (enter): 09:43
Server Administrator-> You have connected to an OpenRPG server, version '1.6.1'.
Welcome to Jack Simth's temporary server!
I put this up just for a short gaming session on Saturday, and stop it after.
Session is schedualed for 10 AM Pacific Standard Time.

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(2) Kibin (enter): 09:43
(1) Jack Simth: Greetings.
(2) Kibin: You're 9 minutes late. :P
(1) Jack Simth: Nah, sesion doesn't start until 10; it's only 9:38.
(2) Kibin: Okay, 8 minutes late for being early.
(2) Kibin: I guess I'll be a spectator for the first hour or two again.
(1) Jack Simth: Oh? Ah, right.....
** (2) Kibin kicks back and sips heavenly lemonade. **
(1) Jack Simth: [100d20] -> [9,6,16,3,9,9,6,17,16,1,12,17,9,19,9,2,4,1,20,10,17,17,17,8,18,8,16,18,12,14,9,9,7,1,10,12,20,2,17,20,5,11,11,2,13,17,20,5,20,13,3,19,7,5,20,10,11,10,17,2,17,11,8,9,12,8,13,19,1,10,6,15,10,5,15,6,15,6,19,2,2,5,16,12,3,11,10,11,5,16,12,16,2,13,14,5,5,6,6,18] = (1063)
(2) Kibin: Ooo, me around to see the daily number.
(3) Rilyrr (enter): 09:49
(2) Kibin: YOu just missed the daily random number.
(1) Jack Simth: Greetings.
(3) Rilyrr: good morning
(1) Jack Simth: Beautiful day today, isn't it?
(2) Kibin: Yup.
(2) Kibin: Especially up here with lemonade and all.
** (2) Kibin wonders if he gets pay-per-view up here. **
whispering to Kibin, Unfortunatly, you couldn't bring all your cash with you....
(2) Kibin (whispering): Haha.
(2) Kibin (whispering): *considers getting frequent flier miles for coming up here all the time*
whispering to Kibin, Ah, you just have a few minor difficulties making the occasional save.....
(2) Kibin (whispering): Know why I want to move to the 3d6 system?
(2) Kibin (whispering): Lot more predictable if we die or not...
(2) Kibin (whispering): It favors strategy than randomness.
(2) Kibin (whispering): And modifiers mean a lot more.
whispering to Kibin, Also does funny things to CR; that beasty you used to be able to hit 35% of the time (14 or better), you now only hit 16.2% of the time... which reduces average damage - a lot.
(2) Kibin (whispering): True. So you have to adjust CR's a little.
whispering to Kibin, It gets even better - that beasty you could only hit 15% of the time (18 or better), you now onlly hit 0.46% of the time (1 in 216)
(2) Kibin (whispering): Because I don't have 7 extra hitdie. :P
(2) Kibin (whispering): Or rather. 6 extra.
(1) Jack Simth: Hmm... 3 after, and only two players present. Hmm.....
whispering to Kibin, Then on the flip side, that fluff critter that could only hit you 15% of the time can now only hit you 0.46% of the time - making CR based much more on single, large, difficult critters, and eliminating the fluff segments.
(4) Elorin (enter): 10:10
(2) Kibin (whispering): Basically. CRs for groups are supposed to be reduced in the system.
(2) Kibin (whispering): I mostly want it for saves. :P
(1) Jack Simth: Greetings. Well, 3/4.
whispering to Kibin, Which also gets rid of those nifty tools I use to calculate XP. So much harder by hand.
(2) Kibin (whispering): No, it's a lot simpler.
(2) Kibin (whispering): If you encounter monsters in a group of 4 or more, reduce their CR by 1.
(2) Kibin (whispering): So four trolls would be 4 instead of 6.
whispering to Kibin, vs. enter # of party, enter level of that number (once for each segment of level) + enter # of critters, enter CR of critters, hit Calculate?
(2) Kibin (whispering): I mean 5.
(2) Kibin (whispering): So if we meet 4 CR 10 monsters, you would put the monsters into the calculator as CR 9.
(2) Kibin (whispering): Simple.
(1) Jack Simth: Hmm... still missin Kaylin/Violist and Narf/Eldon. 3/5, not 3/4. Grr......
(2) Kibin: Yup...
(3) Rilyrr: Kaylin isnt coming
(1) Jack Simth: Ah, right; ah well. Hmm.... Still missing Eldon, though.
(1) Jack Simth: Hmmm... well, 15 after.
Moving to room 'D and D'..
(1) Jack Simth (enter): 10:20
Server Administrator->
Welcome to Jack Simth's temporary server!
I put this up just for a short gaming session on Saturday, and stop it after.
Session is schedualed for 10 AM Pacific Standard Time.

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(2) Kibin (enter): 10:20
(2) Kibin: (*watches the action from afar some more*)
(4) Elorin (enter): 10:20
(3) Rilyrr (enter): 10:21
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: Well. That was.... fun. I suppose he did warn me....
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin rubs her forehead.
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: It is gone, right?
(4) Elorin: Yes, it is.
(4) Elorin: Though the charm effect is only suppressed at the moment.
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: It's an enchantment effect......
(4) Elorin: (unless Break Enchantment took care of that simultaneously)
(1) Jack Simth: (needs a different caster level check)
(4) Elorin: (same casting, or do I have to cast it again?)
(4) Elorin: [1d20+15] -> [13,15] = (28)
(1) Jack Simth: (Same casting works - and that did)
(4) Elorin: Well, Eldon's still charmed anyway, or will be once the suppression wears off.
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: So.... what could we have done better? I probably ought to try for a Moment of Prescience....
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: As he didn't seem swayed by my words, such as they were....
** (4) Elorin walks over to Eldon **
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Break Enchantment ( level 5, "Frees subjects from enchantments, alterations, curses, and petrification" )
(4) Elorin: %s Tried to cast %s but has used all of them for today,Please rest so I can cast more. % ( charNameL, name )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 6 Spell ( level 6, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(4) Elorin: [1d20+15] -> [11,15] = (26)
(1) Jack Simth: Eldon: Was that supposed to do something?
(4) Elorin: (hmm, out of 5th level spell slots, make that a Greater Dispel instead and raise the bonus by 2
(1) Jack Simth: Eldon: I mean, really, we probably shouldn't be snatching people up out of their homes.
(1) Jack Simth: Eldon: Although I do suppose that's easy to miss, what with the immediacy of Kibin being dead. Didn't you say we had a scroll that might help?
(4) Elorin: Yes, but there's no telling what he'd come back as.
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: If we try that again, we might join him.....
(4) Elorin: The scroll would reincarnate him, not resurrect.
(2) Kibin: (Hey, everything's blue now.)
(2) Kibin: (Okay, blue is gone.)
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: What do you think, Rilyrr?
(1) Jack Simth: Whatever do you mean?
(2) Kibin: (The background went the same blue as the map.)
(3) Rilyrr: It would be against the laws of nature to bring back a decesed soul
(1) Jack Simth: Umm, it's supposed to be green.
(2) Kibin: (Huh.)
(2) Kibin: (Whatever.)
(2) Kibin: (It green now.)
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: Is that why you're fully capable of casting a lesser version of the spell we found?
(3) Rilyrr: I am capable of casting it, but I have not
(4) Elorin: And why Ehlonna (who is a nature deity IIRC) granted me the ability to do just that?
(3) Rilyrr: I do not claim to know the will of the dieties
(1) Jack Simth: Jason wanders in.
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: You do know there is such a thing as a soul returning naturally, right? A subject near to my .... well, not my heart, what's left of it is a bit of a distance from here, but I'm sure you get the idea.
(3) Rilyrr: So let him return naturally
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: And what better way to have him return naturally than by use of a Druid's spell! So it's decided, then; you'll use the scroll?
** (3) Rilyrr sighs heavily **
(3) Rilyrr: hand me the scroll
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin hands over the scroll.
(3) Rilyrr: Rilyrr casts Read Magic ( level 0, "Read scrolls and giftbooks." )
(3) Rilyrr: Spellcraft Skill Check: [1d20+20] -> [9,20] = (29)
whispering to Rilyrr, True Reincarnation - and you don't need the Spellcraft check when using Read Magic (that's only when you don't have it available). A little over what you can handle reliably, but you should be able to make it work.
(2) Kibin: (Ah. Background gets messed up whenever my screensaver goes on.)
whispering to Rilyrr, And no, it's not a standard spell.
** (2) Kibin found the F5 macro key **
** (2) Kibin found the F5 macro key **
(3) Rilyrr: [1d20+15] -> [16,15] = (31)
whispering to Kibin, A Lawful-neutral spellcaster is calling you back. Come?
(3) Rilyrr: Wis check: [1d20+9] -> [18,9] = (27)
(2) Kibin (whispering): Sure. And hope I get lucky.
(1) Jack Simth: [1d100] -> [83] = (83)
(3) Rilyrr: (1st caster level check, 2nd in case 1st failed, do I succeed?)
(1) Jack Simth: After a drawn-out ten minute ritual, the body of Kibin's dragon changes.... into that of a human.
(4) Elorin: (so, what happens to his dragon HD?)
(1) Jack Simth: Oddly, it has a few draconic traits....
(4) Elorin: (and does he get a bonus feat now?)
(3) Rilyrr: (afk for a bit)
(2) Kibin: (According to the rules, no.)
(1) Jack Simth: (New Racial Adjustments: +4 Str, +1 Natural Armor, Resistence to Cold 10)
(1) Jack Simth: (Ad-hock Quarter dragon race....)
(1) Jack Simth: (Also, you have a Bite attack, base 1d6, but no claw attacks)
(2) Kibin: I guess I died again?
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: Yeah. Fortunately, there was a friendly druid handy this time.
(4) Elorin: Yep. You need to work on your trap disabling skills a little.
(2) Kibin: Not that stupid reincarnation spell again...
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: That's okay. You're looking almost human, now.....
(1) Jack Simth: (I usually consider Feats to be a mental trait.... although he will get the extra +1 skill point/level for as long as he remains human)
(3) Rilyrr: hopefully youve learned your lesson about greed now.
(2) Kibin: Greed? Did we at least find that dragon horde?
(4) Elorin: Yes, right on the other side of the trapped door that killed you.
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: Yes, we have been able to redistribute the recources the dragon was keeping locked up for itself.
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: After all, we can't really let anything go to waste.
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: It's true, almost nothing is wasted in nature....
(2) Kibin: Uh, do any of you have some clothes I can borrow?
(4) Elorin: (not-so-subtle DM hint: drop the righteous sermon act before it gets too incredibly annoying. You almost certainly either already have reasons why this sort of thing is natural or are a hypocrite)
(4) Elorin: Hmm, I do have a spare set of clothes that might fit you.
** (4) Elorin digs out his cold weather outfit that he's never used. **
(4) Elorin: It probably won't fit very well, though.
(2) Kibin: Seems a little warm, but it should do...
** (2) Kibin goes quickly to change, taking the clothes. **
(4) Elorin: (brb)
** (2) Kibin comes back out. **
(1) Jack Simth: (More like Jason being in character - he likes to give people the chance to come back in a less... hurtful manner than he did.....)
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: You know, one of the higher regular polymorphs would probably last quite a while, if you wanted to be a dragon again, Kibin.
(2) Kibin: Oddly it still doesn't seem cold outside for me...
(4) Elorin: (back)
(4) Elorin: (constantly being lectured about greed still gets real old real fast, especially given how often it would likely come up if we make any effort to keep up with the wealth by level table)
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: Sorry about railroading you a little there, Rilyrr, but, well.... I come back naturally. It's not fun. I much prefer to give my friends a much kinder path than the one I was made to take.
(2) Kibin: Can't you manage somehow to do that great warping thingie again? Just need to get some diamonds somewhere, and borrow that giant diamond...
(4) Elorin: Or he could be a test subject for demonstrating to the ghost (what was his name again?) that your spell really does do what he's trying to accomplish.
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: Kibin, I don't think your spririt is yet recovered from the injury that spell inflicts.
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: Perhaps eventually, but not now.
(1) Jack Simth: (In mechanical terms, how much XP do you have to spare before dropping below 16th?)
(2) Kibin: How long is eventually?)
(2) Kibin: (Let's see. What's the borderline for 16th?)
(3) Rilyrr: (120000)
(1) Jack Simth: [1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11+12+13+14+15] -> 120 thousand XP.
(4) Elorin: (the xp cost is 2000 IIRC)
(2) Kibin: (7,195 XP above 16th level.)
(2) Kibin: (Or rather, 15th level.)
(1) Jack Simth: (True Reincarnation, from a scroll..)
(2) Kibin: (What about it?)
(4) Elorin: (above 15 level, he said)
(4) Elorin: (same as almost halfway through 16th)
(1) Jack Simth: (Ah, so 127,195 xp?)
(2) Kibin: (Yup.)
(2) Kibin: (Enough for three great warpings...)
(1) Jack Simth: Well, perhaps, when Kaylin is around to do the spell....
(2) Kibin: How long is eventually?
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: We'll see. It's also exhausting to cast, and we don't have much time left before that ghost gets back to his old tricks.
(2) Kibin: No...
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: Speking of which, it's been a few days - any idea where he went, Elorin?
(4) Elorin: Hold on a bit, and I'll see if he's back yet.
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Discern Location ( level 8, "Reveals exact location of creature or object." )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 8 Spell ( level 8, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(2) Kibin: (What about my magic items?)
whispering to Elorin, Prime Material, North Sea, Atlan - the spell cuts off with a snap.
(4) Elorin: He's back
(4) Elorin: He renewed his protection against divination right in the middle of my spell.
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: In the middle? Did you get anything?
(2) Kibin: (Do they adjust to fit, like most magic items?)
(1) Jack Simth: (Other than armor and weapons, yes)
(2) Kibin: (Had no armor. :P)
(1) Jack Simth: (Oh, and with the Reincarnate, you get to use your old base stats....)
(4) Elorin: North Sea, some place that starts with "Atlan".
(2) Kibin: (Old base stats?)
(1) Jack Simth: (From way back when you were a Kobold.)
(2) Kibin: (Ah. 7, 22, 10 stats?)
(1) Jack Simth: (You do have to remove Kobold racial modifiers, first, but basically.)
(2) Kibin: (Which are... -2, +4, -2?)
(1) Jack Simth: Str-4, Dex+2, Con-2
(2) Kibin: (Hmmm. -4, +2, -2...)
(2) Kibin: (So my strength is now 15...)
(2) Kibin: (Constitution 12, dexteirity 20.)
(1) Jack Simth: Knowledge: Geography Skill Check: [1d20+13] -> [10,13] = (23)
(1) Jack Simth: Knowledge: History Skill Check: [1d20+13] -> [12,13] = (25)
(1) Jack Simth: Knowledge: Arcana Skill Check: [1d20+24] -> [14,24] = (38)
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: The north sea? There aren't any islands in the north sea. Well, unless you believe in Atlantis.....
** (2) Kibin takes out his portable hole and tosses his old claw sheaths in there. **
(4) Elorin: Atlantis, eh?
(4) Elorin: Well, you never know, the legends might have some basis to them.
(4) Elorin: Even if they don't, he can just float around and go somewhere else.
(4) Elorin: Or maybe experiment on the fish or something.
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: Well, if there aren't any islands, he's almost certainly underwater. Everyone still have their Necklaces of Adaptation?
(4) Elorin: And the part of the location name I got before it cut off would fit with Atlantis...
(4) Elorin: I do
(4) Elorin: (brb)
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: I don't have a problem with water, although Winddancer does; do you have a way to keep breathing under the ocean, Rilyrr?
(3) Rilyrr: not currently
(1) Jack Simth: Spellcraft check?
(3) Rilyrr: Spellcraft Skill Check: [1d20+20] -> [7,20] = (27)
(3) Rilyrr: give me a night to prepare and I can get some water breathing spelln
(3) Rilyrr: (*spells)
whispering to Rilyrr, Sure you do - althougn not necassarily prepared today; Water Breathing Spell, for one; Wildshape could also accomplish the task.
(4) Elorin: We'll need one for Eldon, too.
(4) Elorin: He wasn't with us when we got these.
** (3) Rilyrr begins meditating **
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: Well, looks like I'll have to leave Winddancer behind. Pity. I'm sure she can fend for herself for a few days.
(4) Elorin: No, before we go, what's our plan? I'd rather not have anything like a repeat of that, um, incident a little while back.
(4) Elorin: (*now, not no)
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: Oh, perhaps show up on the outskirts of town, assuming we can find the place....
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: Oh, I know where legend puts it....
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: And walk into the city. Knock on the door, so to speak, and inquire about local laws.
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: Then maybe let them know the what and why of our visit.
(1) Jack Simth: Eldon: That sounds agreeable.
(2) Kibin: (Sorry, had to go AFK for a little while.)
(2) Kibin: What necklaces of adaptation? I thought we sold them.
(4) Elorin: The ones from the Adamine. I, at least, kept it in case of circumstances where it would come in handy.
(4) Elorin: Like this one
(4) Elorin: I was thinking more about how we confront the ghost.
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: Well, unless he's got some fairly strong protections from such, I'm sure I can hold a little gnome for a time.
(4) Elorin: Hmm, I guess we can just wait until we can talk to him to start planning our proof of accomplishment for the spell he's trying to research.
(4) Elorin: (so, rest, prepare spells, and go?)
(2) Kibin: Are you sure the spell will be permanent on me again? If you're planning on using me as proof of accomplishment...
(4) Elorin: We can ask him what proof will satisfy him then.
(4) Elorin: Kaylin?
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: Ugh. How much would he need? Well, I suppose if need be, as a Sorceror, he could maybe use a scroll... but... ugh. That would be a painful one to write....
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: Oh, Rilyrr - can you handle multiple poeple with your spell? This would probably be a lot simpler if we didn't need to pass too many items around.
(2) Kibin: Ah yes, the necklace of adaptation would interfere with my current amulet...
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: Pretty much. But then, some Polymorph spells might also do the job.
(3) Rilyrr: I can cast it on however many people we need
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: Splendid! How long can you maintain it?
(3) Rilyrr: a day or so
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: After which, you can renew it?
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: Or will we be needing to make it a very short visit?
(3) Rilyrr: or less depending on how many people I need to cast it on
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: Let's see... youself, Eldon, perhaps Kibin....
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: If we can avoid it, I'd rather not have to remove my current amulet...
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: Winddancer isn't currently wearing an amulet, so can use my necklace, as I don't need it....
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: Anyone I'm missing? Elorin, maybe?
(4) Elorin: I can do without my amulet of natural armor (+2) for a while.
(3) Rilyrr: with 2 spells I can maintain that for 15 hours or so
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: As there's four people. Hmm..... well, hope we don't need to sleep down there .... or have any spells removed....
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: Oh, and if you have the option, would you mind making a backup or two? One never knows what might happen, and it's always useful to have a backup.
(2) Kibin: I'll keep the necklace of adaptation in my pocket.
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: So you did keep yours?
(2) Kibin: I think it's with Kaylin in her bag of holding.
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: Wait... didn't you say something about having sold yours?
(2) Kibin: I think I just misplaced it.
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: Ah. well, it probably is a good idea to have it handy when underwater.
(2) Kibin: (Or didn't remember we got those necklaces, and didn't list it on the sheet...)
(1) Jack Simth: (But you were the one that got most the data for figuirng out what they were....)
(2) Kibin: (I didn't remember we got to keep one.)
(1) Jack Simth: (there was a whole warehouse full of them...)
(2) Kibin: (I didn't remember we got to keep one...)
(4) Elorin: (I asked, and the miners let us take one for each of us)
(1) Jack Simth: Anyway... now that we have something of a plan... sleep, teleport?
(4) Elorin: (that's what I'm planning)
(2) Kibin: So how exactly are we going to make that ghost go away?
(4) Elorin: Weren't you paying attention when we discussed the whole thing with the Old Man before going to the other cave?
(4) Elorin: He's trying to find a spell that does essentially what Kaylin's Great Warping already does, so we're just going to inform him of that and then see what proof he demands and try to satisfy him.
(2) Kibin: But Kaylin's Great Warping is dispellable by a powerful enough spell.
(2) Kibin: And it's still fairly similar to a regular polymorph effect that's hard to dispel. The old man still bleeds red blood, for example.
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: Well, you can deal with what you wish; I'm heading off to rest.
(1) Jack Simth: Jason wanders into his Rope Trick with his familiar, and pulls the rope in after him.
(1) Jack Simth: Effectively vanishing.
(2) Kibin: (Elorin?)
(1) Jack Simth: Continuing to plan, or goig to bed?
(4) Elorin: (Kaylin's the expert on this spell, I'd expect her to answer Kibin's concerns)
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: Yes, it can be dispelled, well, for most people.... but at the same time, it's quite permanent. We shall see, I suppose.
(2) Kibin: I guess we sleep, now...
** (3) Rilyrr falls asleep **
(2) Kibin: Too bad my sword is a bit small for me to use effectively...
** (4) Elorin meditates in a deep elven trance **
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: Oh, I suppose we can maybe find a shop somewhere.... get you something at least... or you could perhaps talk to Elorin about borrowing his.
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin retires regally to the carriage.
** (2) Kibin goes to sleep, too. A bit uncomfortable, but falls asleep anyway. **
** (2) Kibin keeps his shortsword next to him. A weapon that's too small for him is still a weapon. **
(1) Jack Simth: Anyone keeping watch?
(2) Kibin: (And as always, GM's law of random encounters while sleeping continues.)
(4) Elorin: (even without my ring working, I still only need 4 hours of meditation)
(3) Rilyrr: (we still get listen checks, just at -10)
(4) Elorin: (so, pick a time. if it's after I've had 4 hours, I'm on watch)
(1) Jack Simth: [1d8] -> [8] = (8)
(1) Jack Simth: Almost morning.....
(1) Jack Simth: Elorin, Listen and Spot checks.
(4) Elorin: Listen Skill Check: [1d20+10] -> [2,10] = (12)
(4) Elorin: Spot Skill Check: [1d20+10] -> [6,10] = (16)
(1) Jack Simth: [1d20-3] -> [6,-3] = (3), [1d20-3] -> [12,-3] = (9)
(4) Elorin: (we really should have Kaylin cast Alarm before we rest for the night)
(4) Elorin: (-3? wow, that's a really pathetic modifier)
(2) Kibin: [1d20+8] -> [13,8] = (21)
(2) Kibin: (My listen check with sleeping penalty.)
(2) Kibin: (In case it matters.)
(1) Jack Simth: At a range of 20 feet, you spot a white, large man, carrying an axe, coming towards you.....
(1) Jack Simth: With light blue hair under a feathered helmet, and full plate that fits him quite well.
** (4) Elorin gets his bow ready **
(4) Elorin: Who are you? What do you want?
(1) Jack Simth: Giant: Oh, just looking around, for now, there was always lots of nice junk in the Guild....
(3) Rilyrr: [1d20+17] -> [15,17] = (32)
(2) Kibin: (So can I wake up now?)
(1) Jack Simth: Giant: Hmm.... you look like you have some nice junk yourself....
(1) Jack Simth: (Yes, you can wake up now - a very booming voice)
(4) Elorin: I'd suggest you not try taking it.
** (2) Kibin wakes up groggily. **
(4) Elorin: The attempt could be rather hazardous for you.
(1) Jack Simth: Giant: Ah, the little guy has delusions of grandure?
(4) Elorin: You know the white dragon that lived in the cave a little south of here?
(1) Jack Simth: Giant: Yeah, one of my drinking buddies. Why?
(2) Kibin: Little guy?
(4) Elorin: We killed it yesterday.
(1) Jack Simth: Giant: What! I liked him!
(3) Rilyrr: Knowledge: Nature Skill Check: [1d20+22] -> [14,22] = (36)
(1) Jack Simth: The giant starts to swing his axe....
(1) Jack Simth: Roll vs. Initiative....
(4) Elorin: So unless you think you're really that much more powerful than it was...
(4) Elorin: Dex check: [1d20+6] -> [20,6] = (26)
(2) Kibin: [1d20+5] -> [17,5] = (22)
(3) Rilyrr: [1d20+6] -> [20,6] = (26)
whispering to Rilyrr, Frost Giant - Evil, vulnerable to Fire.
(2) Kibin: That dragon? It attacked us first...
(1) Jack Simth: [1d20+5] -> [15,5] = (20)
(4) Elorin: (wow, not a single init under 20)
(1) Jack Simth: Dex check: [1d20+2] -> [16,2] = (18)
(1) Jack Simth: Dex check: [1d20+4] -> [2,4] = (6)
(4) Elorin: (I spoke too soon :P)
(1) Jack Simth: [1d20+6] -> [7,6] = (13)
(1) Jack Simth: Elorin, Rilyrr - re-roll.
(4) Elorin: Dex check: [1d20+6] -> [6,6] = (12)
(3) Rilyrr: [1d20+6[
(3) Rilyrr: [1d20+6] -> [13,6] = (19)
(1) Jack Simth: Rilyrr, Elorin, Kibin, Giant, Kaylin, Eldon, Jason
(1) Jack Simth: (Although Jason's not on the same plane at the moment.... he has a window to watch through)
(3) Rilyrr: (how far away is he from me?)
(1) Jack Simth: 20 feet.
(3) Rilyrr: Rilyrr casts Flame Blade ( level 2, "creates an immaterial scimitar." )
(1) Jack Simth: Moving?
(3) Rilyrr: (no)
(1) Jack Simth: Elorin?
(4) Elorin: (activate boots and open fire)
(4) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (Point Blank) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+32] -> [11,32] = (43)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+17+0] -> [1,5,1,17,0] = (24)
(4) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (Point Blank) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+32] -> [6,32] = (38)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+17+0] -> [5,5,5,17,0] = (32)
(4) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (Point Blank) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+32] -> [17,32] = (49)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+17+0] -> [2,1,3,17,0] = (23)
(4) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (Point Blank) (attack 3) Attack Roll: [1d20+27] -> [17,27] = (44)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+17+0] -> [8,6,6,17,0] = (37)
(4) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (Point Blank) (attack 4) Attack Roll: [1d20+22] -> [12,22] = (34)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+17+0] -> [6,5,5,17,0] = (33)
(2) Kibin: (What are the penalties for attacking someone that's armed while being unarmed yourself?)
(4) Elorin: (no penalty, but he gets an AoO)
(1) Jack Simth: AC 28, five hits [24+32+23+37+33] -> 149
(2) Kibin: (For each attack?)
(1) Jack Simth: (And you do have a bite attack as a natural weapon)
(1) Jack Simth: Kibin?
(2) Kibin: (Yes, but that can't do non-lethal damage very well.)
(4) Elorin: (yes, for each attack, but only if he has Combat Reflexes to be able to make multiple AoO's per round)
** (2) Kibin goes over to where the giant is at, on the other side of him, and procedes to try and punch the living daylights out of him. **
(4) Elorin: (I think you only take something like a -2 penalty for wielding a sword too small for you)
(2) Kibin: (-4.)
(1) Jack Simth: Attack rolls?
(2) Kibin: [1d20+17] -> [5,17] = (22)
(1) Jack Simth: Although you only get the one punch, as you had to move....
(3) Rilyrr: (brb)
(2) Kibin: (Dang it. :P)
(1) Jack Simth: And your pathetic little fist simply bounces off his plate.
(1) Jack Simth: Giant's turn......
(2) Kibin: (And giant is dodge target.)
(1) Jack Simth: Giant: Die Bane of Evil!
(4) Elorin: (AC 36 if he's going for me)
(2) Kibin: Evil?
(4) Elorin: (my Holy bow?)
** (2) Kibin oooohs silently. BANE of evil. **
(1) Jack Simth: The giant walks past Kibin (take an AoO, if you like) and stands right next to the archer.....
(2) Kibin: [1d20+17] -> [3,17] = (20)
(4) Elorin: (unfortunately, you can't just pick an alignment for Bane. I could get Evil Outsider Bane, but not simple Evil Bane.)
(1) Jack Simth: [1d20+30] -> [3,30] = (33) for [3d6+16+18+1d6] -> [4,2,1,16,18,3] = (44)
(1) Jack Simth: Kibin - your puny attack bounces off his armor. Elorin - AC?
(4) Elorin: (the giant's axe bounces off my armor)
(4) Elorin: (36)
(1) Jack Simth: Hm. Shouldn't have Power Attacked for quite so much. Ah well, that's what happens on a 3.
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin's turn.....
(2) Kibin: I think this may be the ghost again...
(4) Elorin: (ack, that attack bonus was after a Power Attack reduction?)
(1) Jack Simth: Knowledge: Nature Skill Check: [1d20+13] -> [9,13] = (22)
** (2) Kibin thinks it's the ghost. Hmmm. **
(1) Jack Simth: (8 points worth, which, as a Greataxe is two-handed, adds 16 to damage. Yes.)
Kaylin casts Disintegrate ( level 6, "Makes one creature or object vanish." )
Kaylin can cast Disintegrate 0 more times
(4) Elorin: (no, a giant controlled by the ghost would not be this good at fighting)
(1) Jack Simth: [1d20+2+7] -> [11,2,7] = (20)
(1) Jack Simth: A black ray springs from Kaylin's hand and hits the giant.....
(2) Kibin: (You could say that ICly, you know. OOC conversations does nothing.)
(4) Elorin: (he'd have the ghost's BAB and feats)
(1) Jack Simth: [1d20+25] -> [16,25] = (41)
(1) Jack Simth: Giant makes it's save [3d6] -> [1,3,2] = (6)
(1) Jack Simth: And laughs it off.
(1) Jack Simth: Eldon....
(1) Jack Simth: Goes in with his rapier.
(1) Jack Simth: [1d20+18] -> [7,18] = (25) for [1d4+10] -> [1,10] = (11)
(1) Jack Simth: And bounces off armor.
(1) Jack Simth: Jason finally slips down out of his resting spot....
(1) Jack Simth: Upside down, but he doesn't really care...
(3) Rilyrr: (back)
(1) Jack Simth: Evervation, Level 4: 1d4 neagative levels, close ranged touch attack, no save, SR. nagative levels: [1d4] -> [2] = (2)
(1) Jack Simth: Touch Attack, for use with spells (base): [1d20+5] -> [13,5] = (18) ===> Damage: [Bad dice format] - [0d0+0]
(1) Jack Simth: And deals two negative levels to the Giant.
(1) Jack Simth: And it's Rilyrr's turn again.
(3) Rilyrr: (how far away now?)
(4) Elorin: (it's right next to me)
(1) Jack Simth: From you? There's about five feet of space between you and him. He looks like he could hit you with his axe from where he stands.
(3) Rilyrr: (activate boots, 5ft step full attack)
(4) Elorin: (Eldon's probably on the other side to provide flanking)
(1) Jack Simth: Yep. Attack rolls?
(3) Rilyrr: Flame Blade Scimitar (base): [1d20+14] -> [6,14] = (20) ===> Damage: [1d8+7] -> [1,7] = (8)
(3) Rilyrr: Flame Blade Scimitar (second): [1d20+9] -> [12,9] = (21) ===> Damage: [1d8+7] -> [6,7] = (13)
(3) Rilyrr: Flame Blade Scimitar (third): [1d20+4] -> [4,4] = (8) ===> Damage: [1d8+7] -> [5,7] = (12)
(3) Rilyrr: (and its touch to hit + fire damage)
(2) Kibin: (Wow, your rolls suck more than me.)
(4) Elorin: (your boots are of Speed, right? you get another attack at full bonus)
(1) Jack Simth: [8*1.5+13*1.5-20] -> 11.5
(3) Rilyrr: [1d20+14] -> [19,14] = (33)
(3) Rilyrr: crit confirm [1d20+14] -> [11,14] = (25)
(1) Jack Simth: Which confirms. Roll for damage, twice.
(3) Rilyrr: [2d8+14] -> [4,8,14] = (26)
(1) Jack Simth: Four hits, one successful critical; [26*1.5+12*1.5+13*1.5+8*1.5-40] -> 48.5
(1) Jack Simth: you leave some nasty scorch marks on his leg.
(1) Jack Simth: Elorin?
** (4) Elorin steps back to get a little distance, not that he really expects it to do much, and continues shooting **
(4) Elorin: (yes, provoking an AoO)
(1) Jack Simth: AoO....
(4) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (Point Blank) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+32] -> [5,32] = (37)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+17+0] -> [4,5,4,17,0] = (30)
(4) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (Point Blank) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+32] -> [15,32] = (47)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+17+0] -> [4,2,3,17,0] = (26)
(4) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (Point Blank) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+32] -> [8,32] = (40)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+17+0] -> [4,5,3,17,0] = (29)
(4) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (Point Blank) (attack 3) Attack Roll: [1d20+27] -> [2,27] = (29)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+17+0] -> [2,5,1,17,0] = (25)
(4) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (Point Blank) (attack 4) Attack Roll: [1d20+22] -> [19,22] = (41)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+17+0] -> [8,6,4,17,0] = (35)
(1) Jack Simth: Die Gooddoer! [1d20+30] -> [12,30] = (42) for [3d6+16+18+1d6] -> [1,3,3,16,18,4] = (45)
(2) Kibin: (Sweeeeeeeeeeeet. :P)
(2) Kibin: (Ow............)
** (4) Elorin is hurt, but still in fairly good shape **
(1) Jack Simth: That's a Hit on Elorin, and a drop on the giant. Hmm... [1d4] -> [2] = (2)
(2) Kibin: (I feel weak again. :P)
(1) Jack Simth: And the giant crumples to the ground, dead.
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: So.... what was all the shouting about? I mean, obviously something was going down.....
(2) Kibin: Apparently the white dragon was his drinking buddy, or something.
(4) Elorin: Oh, this giant was looking for loot and decided our stuff looked good.
(4) Elorin: And then it took exception to our killing his buddy of a white dragon when I tried to explain why attacking us might not be a good idea.
(2) Kibin: Elorin, you will note that he didn't attack until you told him we killed that white dragon...
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: Wait ... did he tell you about the drinking buddy part before or after you mentioned you killed the dragon?
(4) Elorin: After
** (3) Rilyrr falls back asleep **
(2) Kibin: No, before.
(4) Elorin: No, I'm pretty sure he just said something like "yeah, what about it?" before.
(4) Elorin: (my memory could be off, though, and it's gone off the top of my chat window)
(2) Kibin: I heard him say, "Yeah, he's one of my drinking buddies."
(2) Kibin: Jason, why do you ask?
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: Oh, no reason. Just curious, mostly. There seems to be a lot of blood shed in this area.
(1) Jack Simth: And incidentally, I have the log on hand:
(1) Jack Simth: Text: [Bad dice format] - [Sat Jan 28 12:25:41 2006] : (1) Jack Simth: Giant: Ah, the little guy has delusions of grandure?
[Bad dice format] - [Sat Jan 28 12:25:59 2006] : (4) Elorin: You know the white dragon that lived in the cave a little south of here?
[Bad dice format] - [Sat Jan 28 12:26:14 2006] : (1) Jack Simth: Giant: Yeah, one of my drinking buddies. Why?
[Bad dice format] - [Sat Jan 28 12:26:17 2006] : (2) Kibin: Little guy?
[Bad dice format] - [Sat Jan 28 12:26:19 2006] : (4) Elorin: We killed it yesterday.
[Bad dice format] - [Sat Jan 28 12:26:31 2006] : (1) Jack Simth: Giant: What! I liked him!
(4) Elorin: (oops)
(4) Elorin: (chalk it up to having no ranks in diplomacy :P)
(2) Kibin: Why is it we get in a fight whereever we go..
(1) Jack Simth: Failed Intimidate check? Unfriendly -> Hostile.....
(4) Elorin: (that too)
(2) Kibin: (I happily have ranks in both.)
(1) Jack Simth: Granted, with a 20 second delay between asking and the saying he killed him, there could be vagrancies in packet arrival order....
(1) Jack Simth: Ah well, no matter.....
(2) Kibin: You know, if you didn't tell him about the dragon slaying, he would have probally went on his way...
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: So, shall we see what he's gathered so far?
(4) Elorin: (I think I was almost finished typing that "killed him" line when the "drinking buddy" line appeared and didn't really read it and think any before hitting enter)
(4) Elorin: Might as well add it to the pile from the dragon and his guards.
(2) Kibin: Sure.
(4) Elorin: But first...
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Cure Critical Wounds ( level 4, "Cures 4d8 damage +1/level (max +20)" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 4 Spell ( level 4, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(2) Kibin: Why did the guards have treasure?
(4) Elorin: [4d8+17] -> [1,2,3,4,17] = (27)
** (2) Kibin tries to comprehend the logic of the dragon giving his/her guards treasure, when there was a nasty trap on the door beyond... **
** (4) Elorin looks for magic loot on the body **
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Detect Magic ( level 0, "Detects spells and magic items within 60 ft." )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 0 Spell ( level 0, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: Perhaps the dragon didn't particularly feel like his guards would be effective if all he paid them with was threats?
(1) Jack Simth: You find naught but 964 platinum coins, the giant's armor and axe.
(2) Kibin: Why not send the guards to get the treasure, and stay at your own horde to protect it?
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: Even a dragon needs to hunt sometime.....
(2) Kibin: Maybe...
(4) Elorin: He probably arrogantly believed he'd never meet anything that could kill him while hunting, and it's much more fun to go looting on your own than to just send underlings to do it.
(2) Kibin: Maybe.
(2) Kibin: So what's the status on what the giant had on him?
(4) Elorin: This bag of platinum pieces, his axe, and his armor looks like everything.
(7) Lae'nial (enter): 13:16
(1) Jack Simth: Greetings.
(4) Elorin: (Jack, are the armor and axe magical? you haven't told me yet and I did cast Detect Magic)
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: (Sorry I'm late; I slept in)
whispering to Elorin, Sorry, missed the casting - yep, magic. Moderate aura, even.
(2) Kibin: (Actually, logs show you didn't.)
(2) Kibin: (Oh wait, elorin did. :P)
(4) Elorin: (look just a few lines up, under "Elorin looks for magic loot on the body")
(2) Kibin: (Neeeeeevermind.)
(2) Kibin: (Serves me right for reconizing people by their style of writing.)
(4) Elorin: We'll have to get Kaylin to check the armor and axe for what enchantments they have.
Kaylin casts Analyze Dweomer ( level 6, "Reveals magical aspects of subject." )
Kaylin can cast Analyze Dweomer 0 more times
(2) Kibin: I guess no point in me going back to sleep for the last few hours...
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin looks at them for about twelve seconds.
(4) Elorin: In addition to everything from the dragon treasure
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: Oh, nothing much.... just some minor enhancements.
(1) Jack Simth: (+2 to both)
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: And a little frost on the axe. Not that it matters much, in this weather.
(4) Elorin: (there's also the figurine and rod from the Ice Devils and the potion from the dragon hoard)
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: And while I'm at it... the potion is a simple Cat's Grace spell, the rod is just the immovable variety; try the button on the end sometime; and the figurine's just a horse.
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: Well, it is when you use it, anyway... a stone horse....
(2) Kibin: Cool.
(2) Kibin: Now I suppose you'd want to finish your rest, Kaylin...
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: Yep. Another few hours.....
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin goes back to bed for three hours, and spends another prepping spells.....
** (2) Kibin tries to find an interesting book to read while Kaylin sleeps. **
whispering to Kibin, The odd intricacies of the Druid's Reincarnation spell, and implications to society at large
(2) Kibin (whispering): Ooo this is interesting. I read it then.
whispering to Kibin, most of it is somewhat dry, but there's a brief note that someone who is reincarnated every so often could, in theory, live pretty much forever.... if they didn't mind dying every couple of decades.
(2) Kibin (whispering): That's kind of obvious. :P
whispering to Kibin, Although there is always the risk of coming back as something that can't do much of anything... like a squirrel (it also goes over the life of Ted, the Squirll, previously Ted, the Squire. And how short his life was, as squirrels don't live that long.
(2) Kibin (whispering): Hehehe. :P
(1) Jack Simth: After a while....
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: Well, I'm about ready to go.
** (2) Kibin chuckles at something in the book. **
(1) Jack Simth: Jason puts the rope away in the wagon, and steps into Winddancer.
(2) Kibin: I'm ready to go too.
(2) Kibin: Shouldn't we tell the old man we're leaving?
(4) Elorin: (when everyone gets up, I serve breakfast with Heroes' Feast as usual)
(1) Jack Simth: Which takes a little over an hour.... so about mid-morning.....
(4) Elorin: (Rilyrr, modify your stats as follows: immune to poison, immune to fear, +1 morale on attack rolls, +1 morale on will saves, +1d8+10 temporary hp (will be rolled at first combat of the day))
(1) Jack Simth: Winddancer is conspicuously wearing a necklace today.
(2) Kibin (whispering): Anything else that's interesting?
whispering to Kibin, A note that, while someone who comes back as a bugbear makes a great adventurer, it tends to ruin any social lives they may have had.
(2) Kibin (whispering): Hmmmm. Good thing I have kaylin with great warping...
(2) Kibin: Rilyrr, about that spell?
** (4) Elorin switches amulets/necklaces) **
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: Yes, it would be a good idea to cast it before we go, as there's no land to land on.
** (7) Eldon Quickfoot invents binary **
(3) Rilyrr: who needs it?
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: I'd much prefer a copy... although if need be, I can do without; I do have one of the miner's necklaces.
(4) Elorin: (oh yeah, quick recap for Eldon: Kibin's back as a human thanks to the scroll of True Reincarnate, a Frost Giant looking for loot came in during the night and got killed, and now we're about to teleport to Atlantis in the North Sea, where the ghost is)
(2) Kibin: I'd prefer the spell too. So my skin wouldn't be as soft.
(1) Jack Simth: (Or at least, was yesterday.....)
(4) Elorin: (true, he could have teleported)
(4) Elorin: (but it's his last known location)
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: (Ok, thanks)
(3) Rilyrr: Anyone else need water breathing?
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: (Eldon)
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: I do
(3) Rilyrr: Rilyrr casts Water Breathing ( level 3, "Subjects can breathe underwater." )
(1) Jack Simth: On?
(3) Rilyrr: (Kibin and Kaylin)
(3) Rilyrr: Rilyrr casts Water Breathing ( level 3, "Subjects can breathe underwater." )
(1) Jack Simth: 15 hours apiece....
(3) Rilyrr: (myself and Eldon)
(2) Kibin: I sure hope you prepared extra....
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: Let's be off....
Kaylin casts Greater Teleport ( level 7, "Teleports without error." )
Kaylin can cast Greater Teleport 0 more times
(1) Jack Simth: After gathering around, you all teleport.... and splash down in some warm seawater.
(1) Jack Simth: Jason steps out of winddancer.
(1) Jack Simth: Jason: Well. We seem to be here. Down, I imagine?
** (7) Eldon Quickfoot starts breathing water. **
** (7) Eldon Quickfoot analyses the sensation of breathing water. **
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: Well, if you believe the legends, this is where Atlantis was.
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: That would make sense.
(2) Kibin: Sure, why not.
whispering to Eldon Quickfoot, Thanks to the spell, it feels no different than breathing air.
** (4) Elorin starts sinking and looking around for the remains of Atlantis, breathing from the thin shell of air surrounding him. **
** (2) Kibin dives down too, muttering something about his lack of alternate form. **
** (7) Eldon Quickfoot dives, dives, dives **
(1) Jack Simth: About a hundred feet down, you can't see much anymore, as the light is all absorbed by various sstuffs in the water. In fact, it's really hard to see more than about fifty feet....
(2) Kibin: (Do I get darkvision?)
(1) Jack Simth: (Nope. Nor blindsense, nor Blindsight)
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: (I was under the impression that blindsight is not affected by darkness)
** (2) Kibin sighs. "Anyone have a light? Human eyes aren't too good at seeing in the dark..." **
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Daylight ( level 3, "60-ft. radius of bright light" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 3 Spell ( level 3, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(1) Jack Simth: (It's not; he doesn't have it anymore.)
(4) Elorin: Now I do.
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: (Oh, thanks)
(2) Kibin: Thank you...
(1) Jack Simth: When you finally reach the bottom, after an unknown descent (hard to track time), you find the wall of a city. That looks like it's been rebuilt.
(1) Jack Simth: It's even guarded.
(2) Kibin: So the legend was true.
(1) Jack Simth: What languages does everyone speak?
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: (Uh...And I didn't even know I forgot something)
(2) Kibin: (Draconic, undercommon, common, and a little bit of the elvish language.)
(4) Elorin: (common and elven, but that changes to "everything" when necessary)
(3) Rilyrr: (common, druidic, elven, sylvin)
(1) Jack Simth: Unfortunately, nobody understands the shouted words of the guard. He seems to expect something, though.
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Tongues ( level 4, "Speak any language" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 4 Spell ( level 4, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(4) Elorin: I'm sorry, could you repeat that?
(1) Jack Simth: What language are you choosing to speak in?
(2) Kibin: (Next time the GM asks what languages we know, I'm going to leave off a language.)
(2) Kibin: (And see if they talk in that language.)
(1) Jack Simth: Elorin? Spell doesn't have a sample of his speech, and can't choose for you....
(4) Elorin: (" This spell grants the creature touched the ability to speak and understand the language of any intelligent creature")
(4) Elorin: (I think that means I can just choose who I want to understand and it picks the right language automatically)
(1) Jack Simth: "The subject can speak only one language at a time, although it may be able to understand several languages"
(1) Jack Simth: Knowledge: Nature Skill Check: [1d20+13] -> [5,13] = (18)
(1) Jack Simth: Kaylin: As we're underwater, you might try Auquan.
(4) Elorin: (ok, aquan)
(1) Jack Simth: The guard says something.....
(2) Kibin: You know, a magic item that would allow you to speak in all languages, and understand all languages, would be very convienent.
whispering to Elorin, Halt! Who goes there?
(8) Rilyrr (enter): 13:51
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: (Just a minute...)
(4) Elorin (whispering): A band of adventurers, chasing after a ghost who is conducting rather unethical research. His last known location was here.
(1) Jack Simth: Elorin says something that nobody in the party can understand, and the guard responds....
whispering to Elorin, Name thyselves.
(3) Rilyrr (exit): 13:53
(2) Kibin: (Elorin?)
(4) Elorin: (is Jason in evidence?)
(1) Jack Simth: (Yes, yes he is....)
(2) Kibin: (In evidence?
(1) Jack Simth: (Multiple meanings of the word - visible would be a synonym for one meaning)
(4) Elorin (whispering): I am Elorin, a follower of Ehlonna. My companions are Kaylin, a might wizard, Rilyrr, a druid, and Kibin and Eldon, skilled warriors, and Jason, a friendly ghost with a much better reason for not moving on than the one we're chasing.
(1) Jack Simth: Elorin says something that nobody in the party can understand, and the guard responds....
(2) Kibin: Whoever invents a magic item that can act as a universal translator, would be rich.
(2) Kibin: Hmmmm...
** (2) Kibin has another reason for learning how to use magic. **
whispering to Elorin, So be it. Hold to the laws of the Seadom, and you may pass in safety. Break the laws of the Seadom, and you will be dealt with harshly.
(1) Jack Simth: The guard gestures, and the gates slowly and ponderously open. You aren't sure why, as it becomes quite apparent that the natives always just swim over....
(1) Jack Simth: ... and, as the gates jam halfway, it becomes obvious that they haven't been opened in a long time....
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: (Back)
(4) Elorin: Seems they don't much care as long as we don't break the laws of the Seadom, whatever those are.
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: It may be prudent to find out.
(2) Kibin: Could you ASK what the laws of Seadom is?
(2) Kibin: I don't like dying as much as the next guy.
(1) Jason: It's hardly fun for me, either.
(4) Elorin (whispering): As we are new visitors here, we are not familiar with your laws. Could you give us a brief summation, please?
(1) GM: Elorin says something nobody in the party can understand, and the guard responds...
(2) Kibin: At least you have your assurances that your death isn't permanent.
whispering to Elorin, We haven't had visitors in a long while; most the ones that apply to landwalkers will need to be looked up. Mostly, though, just don't do anything particularly stupid or evil. Like most towns in the Seadom.
(1) Jason: Like any of your deaths have been?
(2) Kibin: No, the means for my return has just been unlucky for me..
(4) Elorin: Seems they'll have to look up any specifics for "landwalkers", but it mostly amounts to not doing anything stupid or evil.
(1) GM: Jason: Well, shall we go?
** (4) Elorin heads for the gate **
** (7) Eldon Quickfoot heads for under the gate **
(1) GM: Who's going through first?
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: (Him!)
** (2) Kibin bracely walks through the gate with Eldon. **
(2) Kibin: (Bravely)
(1) GM: Who steps through the gate first?
** (8) Rilyrr walks through oblivous to his surroundings **
(8) Rilyrr: (i will)
(2) Kibin: (Eldon, since he's probally quicker.)
(1) GM: As Rilyrr steps through the gate, an odd sigil glows... and a strange symbol appears on Rilyrr's forehead.
(2) Kibin: (And why does it matter? x.x)
(8) Rilyrr: Hmmm, thats odd....
(4) Elorin: Spellcraft Skill Check: [1d20+19] -> [3,19] = (22)
(8) Rilyrr: Spellcraft Skill Check: [1d20+20] -> [17,20] = (37)
(2) Kibin: Elorin or Kaylin, if you could tell me what that is..
whispering to Elorin, You don't know what it is.
** (2) Kibin wonders why he can't just swim over it. **
whispering to Rilyrr, A simple variant on a Greater Glyph of Warding, seems to be putting a Mark of Justice of some stripe on everyone who steps through.
(1) GM: Spellcraft Skill Check: [1d20+31] -> [7,31] = (38)
(1) GM: Kaylin: Hmm. Seems there's more to the gate than meets the eye.... probably just something to help enforce local laws.
(1) GM: Spellcraft Skill Check: [1d20+19] -> [16,19] = (35)
(4) Elorin: That's what I'd guess, too, but I can't tell anything about it for certain.
** (4) Elorin walks through. **
(1) GM: And gets the same odd symbol on his forehead.
** (7) Eldon Quickfoot walks through. **
(1) GM: And gets the same odd symbol on his forehead.
** (2) Kibin tries just swimming over the walls... **
(4) Elorin: (heh, everyone's going to see me coming from a looooooong way away with Daylight glowing centered on me)
(1) GM: The guard at the gate shouts something....
whispering to Elorin, Stop him! All newcomers must go through the gate! That much I do remember!
(8) Rilyrr: that probably violates thier laws....
(1) GM: A few of the merfolk, armed and armored, start swimming very quickly towards Kibin.....
** (2) Kibin goes back down and goes through the gate like a good little person. **
(1) GM: The guards leave off chasing Kibin... and he gets the Mark, too.
(1) GM: Kaylin walks on through, confident of something, and Jason looks quite surprised when the same mark shows up on his forehead (and his familiar's), as well as Kaylin's.
(8) Rilyrr: Rilyrr casts Read Magic ( level 0, "Read scrolls and giftbooks." )
(8) Rilyrr: Spellcraft Skill Check: [1d20+20] -> [4,20] = (24)
(1) GM: Reading what?
(8) Rilyrr: (the glyph)
(8) Rilyrr: (should tell me basics about it)
whispering to Rilyrr, seems to be a double glyph; those going through into the city get a Mark of Justice, that basically tries to enfore the law of the land. Those going out into the greater ocean get the mark removed.
(1) GM: Inside the wall, the city is alive, but seems a little sparse for people, But then again, that could just be due to the three dimensional nature of everything; buildings tend to have doors on the second or third floor.....
(2) Kibin: Interesting.
(8) Rilyrr: So how are we going to find this ghost friend of yours?
(2) Kibin: Now can we please go find that ghost?
(1) GM: And nobody is limited to the same small street space, instead going here and there through the water. There is, however, the occasional large box hauled by rope and a spectacularly large sea snail, just crawling along slowly.
(1) GM: Trying a Gather Information check?
(4) Elorin: I don't think we have a very good chance of finding him. It'll probably be easier to get him to come to us.
(1) GM: Jason: I suppose we will kind of stand out around here....
(8) Rilyrr: what would get his attention?
(4) Elorin: Besides the great big glowing light in a city of darkness?
(4) Elorin: Maybe some notices posted around town specifically addressed to him.
(2) Kibin: How about saying, "Yoohoo, ghost, come over here! We have something to tell you!"
(1) GM: You note that most people carry a torch that somehow burns underwater... heatlessly.
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: Ah, continual flame.
(4) Elorin: (ok, so everyone has everburning torches, I still glow a lot brighter than they do)
(1) GM: Eldon, Spellcraft check?
(1) GM: Not useable untrained, incidentally.
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: (I think at level 16 he could recognize a common level 1 spell)
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: (Skill checks are for 'Heroic' actions)
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: (Says so in the rulebook)
(1) GM: (Actually, heroic is a difficulty class - DC 30)
(1) GM: (They include DC 0 for noting a large object in plain sight....)
** (2) Kibin tries to redirect the giant cow in the sky towards the GM...() **
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: (Skill checks are not needed for common, everyday actions - Like a level 16 recognizing a common level 1 spell that he's probably seen dozens of times)
(1) GM: (Oh all right.....)
(4) Elorin: (no, Kibin, the giant cow only comes when I try to summon Pun-Pun with a 0-level spell :P)
(2) Kibin: (Admit it, you just like us to roll dice.)
** (2) Kibin hugs pun-pun, his brother.() **
(4) Elorin: (it's so tempting to actually put that on my spells known list as a joke)
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: (Thanks)
(1) GM: (Well, yes..... but even recognizing a spell that's already in place and in effect is DC 20 + spell level; a Cure Minor Wounds is DC 20; Continual Flame is 22)
(2) Kibin: Hmmmmph. We've spend all this time trying not to get attacked by the ghost, and now we want him to find us.
(1) GM: (It's a level 2 spell)
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: (...That doesn't make any sense at all. If you've seen an object glow with heatless flame dozens of time...Oh well. He guesses it's continual flame. That good enough?)
(2) Kibin: (Can you stop rollplaying and start roleplaying?)
(1) GM: Even with an INT modifier of +8, taking 10, that's only 18. No retry, so no taking 20.
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: (I am role-playing. Not rollplaying)
(1) GM: (Good enough....)
(1) GM: Jason: Amusing, isn't it?
(1) GM: Jason: So.... anyone know a good inn around here?
(1) GM: (Knoweledge(Local))
(1) GM: Knowledge: Local Skill Check: Untrained
(1) GM: Knowledge: Local Skill Check: [1d20+13] -> [2,13] = (15)
(8) Rilyrr: Knowledge: Local Skill Check: Untrained
(1) GM: Kaylin: Oh, there should be one just around the corner....
(1) GM: Kaylin: Although I'm not sure I could call it a good inn.....
(8) Rilyrr: Interesting, first youi tell us Atlantis is a legand, now you know where the inns are
(1) GM: Kaylin: Assuming those old maps are actually correct, anyway....
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: ...I think I'll pass it up.
(1) GM: Jason: Well, if anyone brought a rope.....
(1) GM: Jason: Speaking of which.... Eldon, I'm afraid I haven't been fair to you.
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: Ah?...
(1) GM: Jason: Back in your hometown, when the guards were after us, I didn't take any time to explain why I thought we had to leave now, and forced the issue. I shouldn't have. I was worried you might get killed by a young guard, chasing someone he thought an assasin, who shot first.
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: I have no fear of death.
(1) GM: Jason: I didn't give thought to the fact that you are skilled at getting people to talk first and shoot later, or that you might prefer to take the harshest consequences of our collective actions.
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: Pain however...
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: Well said.
(1) GM: Jason: So, you know, when it came down to judgement time, I covered it, and stood with you under sentence.
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: And that was well done.
(2) Kibin: I wonder if the inns here have any accomadations for non-water breathers.
(1) GM: Jason: Even if I did take a short stop at the bank first... inflexible ruler.....
(1) GM: Jason: That is a good question. We don't know how long we'll be down here.... Rilyrr, how often can you renew that spell?
(1) GM: Ping?
(2) Kibin: (BOOP)
(1) GM: Okay... so my connection's working... is everyone away at lunch or something?
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: (Pong)
(1) GM: Rilyrr?
(2) Kibin: (Pizza....)
(8) Rilyrr: (im here)
(1) GM: Jason: That is a good question. We don't know how long we'll be down here.... Rilyrr, how often can you renew that spell?
(8) Rilyrr: I have 2 more castings before I need to rest again
(2) Kibin: How about we hope we find the ghost soon.
(1) GM: Jason: And, as a student of the Divine, you can only get more spells every 24 hours.... and the current castings will be gone in, what, thirteen more hours or so?
(8) Rilyrr: Around that
(1) GM: Jason: Well, I guess we'll just have to avoid anyone that can dispel things....
(2) Kibin: That's a bit dangerous.
(8) Rilyrr: Ill try to locate the ghost
(8) Rilyrr: Rilyrr casts Commune With Nature ( level 5, "Learn up to 3 things about area in 15 mile radius" )
(1) GM: "The spell does not function where nature has been replaced by construction or settlement, such as in dungeons and towns."
(8) Rilyrr: (so I fail)
(1) GM: Right.
(4) Elorin: (brb)
(2) Kibin: How are you going to locate the ghost?
(1) GM: Jason: Well, I can hardly ask around at the moment....
(8) Rilyrr: Hmmm, forgot about some aspects of that spell
(1) GM: Hmm... need Elorin to cast Tognues a lot..... let everyone make Gather Information checks....
(1) GM: (Don't feel too bad - it would have failed anyway)
(4) Elorin: Trying to locate him magically just doesn't work.
(1) GM: Kaylin: If you'd be so kind, do you think you could teach us all the local lingo?
(4) Elorin: The only reason we knew to come here was lucky timing - he hadn't quite put his protection back up after reviving.
(2) Kibin: Nope.
(2) Kibin: Does he have a permanent mind blank?
(1) GM: Jason: Doubtful. But then, it lasts 24 hours, so he'd just have to cast it every day....
(4) Elorin: (let's see, Rilyrr, Eldon, Kaylin, and Kibin makes 4. I can't touch Jason to deliver the spell)
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Tongues ( level 4, "Speak any language" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Tongues ( level 4, "Speak any language" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Tongues ( level 4, "Speak any language" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Tongues ( level 4, "Speak any language" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 4 Spell ( level 4, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 4 Spell ( level 4, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 4 Spell ( level 4, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 5 Spell ( level 5, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(1) GM: (So Jason won't gbe doing any information gathering. No biggie.)
(1) GM: Let's see... and at 10 minutes/level, caster level 17, that's about three hours each, correct?
(2) Kibin: (*wonders if he would have more fun playing Battlefront II...)
(4) Elorin: (yes)
** (2) Kibin goes along with Eldon to help him.] **
(4) Elorin: (though I might as well extend the one that took a 5th level spell slot)
(4) Elorin: (so somebody has it for almost 6 hours)
(1) GM: Anyone care to try their luck?
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: (Hmm...Kibin could use Gather Information, Eldon could use Diplomacy)
(2) Kibin: (Eldon, gather information is untrained for me.)
(4) Elorin: (who's got the best bonuses for this?)
(1) GM: Charisma based.
(4) Elorin: (+4 untrained for me)
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: Gather Information Skill Check: [1d20+0] -> [7,0] = (7)
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: (Well, so much for that)
(1) GM: Gather Information Skill Check: [1d20+8] -> [4,8] = (12)
(1) GM: That was Kaylin's roll... anyone else trying?
(8) Rilyrr: Gather Information Skill Check: [1d20+0] -> [17,0] = (17)
(2) Kibin: [1d20
(2) Kibin: [1d20+1] -> [11,1] = (12)
(4) Elorin: (ok, Kaylin got the extended one)
(2) Kibin: (Aid Another on Eldon.)
(4) Elorin: Gather Information Skill Check: [1d20+4] -> [12,4] = (16)
whispering to Elorin, You don't hear much of interest.
whispering to Eldon Quickfoot, You find this great lead on an untaimed aquatic avian
(7) Eldon Quickfoot (whispering): Well, that could provide a feather in his cap.
(8) Rilyrr: Perhaps if we were to spread rumors of a new polymorph spell
whispering to Rilyrr, You find some specularion on why a local furniture merchant picked today to start a new line.
whispering to Rilyrr, Merchant by the name of Rasparta, female, not too terribly far from the gate.
(8) Rilyrr: Though we might find out more if we were to visit a furniture merchant over by the gate
(2) Kibin: By any chance, is this furniture merchant selling pillows?
whispering to Rilyrr, what the line was, you didn't hear.
(8) Rilyrr: We could go and see.
(4) Elorin: Special pillows, that is.
(2) Kibin: Sure...
(1) GM: Kaylin: Oooh... furniture... that was one of his previous covers.
(1) GM: Heading off?
(2) Kibin: Yes. Now lets go...
(1) GM: Well, three yes's in there....
(4) Elorin: (yes)
** (7) Eldon Quickfoot heads off **
(1) GM: The shop is about thirty feet off the ground, and there's some currents in the area, seems to mostly be used to speed travelers.
(2) Kibin: Interesting.
(8) Rilyrr: (how many hours were the gather info checks?)
(1) GM: Oh, right: [4d4] -> [1,2,4,2] = (9)
(1) GM: Longest was five hours, shortest was 2.
(8) Rilyrr: (could we not do them concurrently?)
(1) GM: Fortunately, it was Kaylin that took five hours. They were done concurrently. 5 hours passed.
(4) Elorin: (so we all meet back at the inn after 5 hours, then head off)
(4) Elorin: (and everyone needs a new casting of Tongues)
(1) GM: Oh, Kaylin could go another forty minutes....
(1) GM: Jason: I feel so out of the loop....
(4) Elorin: Do we want to just have one or two people speak for everyone, or am I casting Tongues five more times?
(2) Kibin: One or two more people is good.
(2) Kibin: I'd like to understand them, if you don't mind.
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: I have some skill in conversation.
whispering to GM, note to self; 6.5 hours, roughly, spent so far underwater.....
(4) Elorin: (grr, why couldn't they make Comprehend Languages touch range so I wouldn't have to use such a high level spell slot just for the understanding aspect)
** (4) Elorin casts Extended Tongues 5 more times. **
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 5 Spell ( level 5, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 5 Spell ( level 5, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 5 Spell ( level 5, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 5 Spell ( level 5, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 6 Spell ( level 6, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(4) Elorin: Now let's go.
(1) GM: Well, even if they did, it would probably make most people nervous to have three or four people touching them at once.....
(1) GM: Armed people.... in armor.... who he doesn't know...
(4) Elorin: (I meant for who I could cast it on, not who they'd understand)
(1) GM: (Yes, but even as written, in order to understand someone while using Comprehend languages, you must touch the person.....)
(1) GM: (One person is one thing, five is another ball of wax entirely)
(4) Elorin: (oh, hadn't noticed that part)
(2) Kibin: Yes, let's go.
(1) GM: Anyway... anyone trying to make it to the shop?
(1) GM: Once at street level?
** (8) Rilyrr becomes a merfolk **
** (8) Rilyrr swims off toward the shop **
(1) GM: Swim check?
(4) Elorin: (merfolk get a swim speed, I think)
(2) Kibin: (It's a type of movement, not needed.)
(4) Elorin: (no need for a check)
** (2) Kibin tries to swim over to the shop too. **
(1) GM: (Is for rough waters, just as it would be Balance for unsteady terrain; why do you think that little note is included in most aquatic critters that they can always take 10 on swim checks?)
** (4) Elorin tries swimming up **
(4) Elorin: Swim Skill Check: [1d20+2] -> [11,2] = (13)
(1) GM: Elorin gets swept off to the side.
(2) Kibin: [1d20+2] -> [14,2] = (16)
** (4) Elorin swims back down and walks back **
(1) GM: Kibin makes it without much of an issue.
(1) GM: Still need checks form Rilyrr, Eldon, and Kaylin.
(1) GM: Swim Skill Check: [1d20-1] -> [2,-1] = (1)
(7) Eldon Quickfoot: Swim Skill Check: [1d20+2] -> [13,2] = (15)
(4) Elorin: Could you take a rope up for the rest of us to hold on to?
(1) GM: Eldon makes it... barely. meanwhile, Kaylin gets swept way far away.
(8) Rilyrr: 21
(1) GM: ?
(4) Elorin: (his result from taking 10, I think)
(8) Rilyrr: (take 10 + 8 racial + 3 str)
(1) GM: Rilyrr makes it with no problem.
(2) Kibin: Be lucky you can still shapeshift like that...
(1) GM: Jason, not on the prime material, isn't affected at all... and goes to hunt down Kaylin.
(2) Kibin: (Happy*)
(4) Elorin: Rilyrr, could you take one end of this rope up there so we can hang on to it when Kaylin and I try again?
** (8) Rilyrr grabs one end of the rope **
(1) GM: Kaylin is out of sight at the moment.
** (4) Elorin waits for Kaylin **
(11) Eldon Quickfoot (enter): 15:19
(7) Eldon Quickfoot (exit): 15:20
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (2) Kibin: Be lucky you can still shapeshift like that...

(2) Kibin: (Ping.)
(1) GM: Jason, not on the prime material, isn't affected at all... and goes to hunt down Kaylin.
(1) GM: Kibin corrected "Lucky" to "happy"
(1) GM: Elorin asked abouta rope, Rilyrr grabbed it, Elorin waited for Kaylin.
(2) Kibin: We probally need Kaylin.
(1) GM: Who eventually comes back, carefully shephereded by Jason.
(1) GM: Kaylin: Stupid currents.....
(8) Rilyrr: Shall we go? grab onto the rope if you need help.
(1) GM: Kaylin does so....
(1) GM: Swim Skill Check: [1d20-1] -> [9,-1] = (8)
(1) GM: And can't quite hold on.
(2) Kibin: (Now she makes a 'climb robe' check at the same bonuses! :D)
(1) GM: (+5 bonus still doesn't make the DC 15)
(1) GM: But she remains close enough that trying again isn't too much of an issue.
(1) GM: Swim Skill Check: [1d20-1] -> [7,-1] = (6)
(1) GM: Swim Skill Check: [1d20-1] -> [2,-1] = (1)
(1) GM: Swim Skill Check: [1d20-1] -> [7,-1] = (6)
(1) GM: Swim Skill Check: [1d20-1] -> [11,-1] = (10)
(1) GM: After trying for quite a while, she eventually makes it up.
(4) Elorin: (wow, she's a horrible swimmer :P)
(2) Kibin: Took you long enough.
** (4) Elorin comes up **
(4) Elorin: Swim Skill Check: [1d20+2] -> [10,2] = (12)
(2) Kibin: (*wonders what his human self looks like*)
(4) Elorin: (using the rope, of course)
(1) GM: Up at the shop, you are greeted by a young man.
** (8) Rilyrr swims off towards the shop **
** (2) Kibin looks at the furniture. **
(1) GM: Well, a young Merman, anyway.
(1) GM: Young Merman: Looking for anything in particular? The new line is in very high demand, and we don't have any on display just yet.
(2) Kibin: What new line?
(1) GM: The furniture is mostly a matter of bed pads and cushioning for the occasional chariot.
(1) GM: Young merman: Well, I'm not sure how she does it, but Rasparta has come up with some amazing new fabric that stays warm, even in the rare event that it gets cold, and heals minor cuts and abrasions.
(4) Elorin: Ah.
(2) Kibin: Can we meet this Rasparta?
(4) Elorin: We need to speak with Rasparta
(1) GM: Young merman: She hasn't been talking much lately; seems rather engrossed in her work.
(4) Elorin: I think she'll be interested in what we have to say.
(2) Kibin: Can we meet with her?
(1) GM: Young Merman: I'm afraid I'm not permitted to bring people into the back, where she's working, but if you like, I can take an order for her to fill.
(2) Kibin: We're here with some news for her that she requested.
(2) Kibin: (Bluff check.)
(2) Kibin: [1d20+19] -> [20,19] = (39)
(2) Kibin: (Yay!)
(4) Elorin: (nice)
(1) GM: [1d20-1] -> [14,-1] = (13)
(1) GM: Young Merman: Ah, well then, follow me.
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (I think he is well and truely bamboozled)
** (11) Eldon Quickfoot follows **
** (2) Kibin follows the young merman. Wow, it actually worked. **
(4) Elorin: (if Kibin were the type to do it, I imagine he could swindle this guy quite easily)
(1) GM: The young merman leads you to the back, and parts a heavy chain-link curtain.
(1) GM: Young Merman: Rasparta, the messengers you requested are here.
(1) GM: The slightly older merwoman looks up briefly, waves everyone away, and goes back to carefully carving a mold out of some sandstone.
** (2) Kibin looks quickly over to Kaylin, the wizard... **
(1) GM: Young Merman: As I said, she seems a bit engrossed in her work, and hasn't been talking much of late. If you'd care to write it down, I can leave it for her to read later.
** (2) Kibin says to Rasparta, "We have a message from the archmages that we need to give you." **
(4) Elorin: We have some information you might be interested in... Sawunn.
(2) Kibin: (Bluff check to send a secret message, so that the ghost knows who we are... Or, we could go with Elorin's blunt method.)
(1) GM: The slightly older merwoman starts, turns around, and pushes the young merman out the door.
(1) GM: Then speaks, in common: Oh?
** (2) Kibin hmmmphs. What's the point in being subtle if everyone else ruins it for you? **
(4) Elorin: We've been told you're trying to find a way to transform someone into a new form permanently, with no possibility of dispelling and with the subject gaining all abilities of the new form. We have a spell we believe fits the bill.
(1) GM: Merwoman: Did you bring it?
(1) GM: Jason: Ah, you speak common.... unusual, around here....
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (BRB - Food)
** (2) Kibin wonders where the heck Jason has been... **
(1) GM: Merwoman: Everyone speaks common, it's just that most choose not to. As a merchant, I can hardly afford not to speak the language of my customers.
(1) GM: (Following, and not being particularly talkative)
(1) GM: Anyone answering her question?
(2) Kibin: I believe Kaylin has the spell with her.
(1) GM: Merwoman: And which of you is Kaylin?
(1) GM: Anyone care to try for a Sense Motive?
(4) Elorin: Sense Motive Skill Check: [1d20+8] -> [8,8] = (16)
(2) Kibin: [1d20+11] -> [14,11] = (25)
(8) Rilyrr: Sense Motive Skill Check: [1d20+9] -> [4,9] = (13)
(2) Kibin: (Me happy that I take skills that most people don't take.)
(4) Elorin: (that's the whole point of being a rogue, having tons and tons of skill points)
(2) Kibin: (Yup.)
(4) Elorin: (that and sneak attack)
whispering to GM, Bluff, [1d20+31] -> [16,31] = (47)
(8) Rilyrr: Oh, the one over there is Kaylin
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (Back)
** (8) Rilyrr points at Kaylin **
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: Sense Motive Skill Check: [1d20+19] -> [17,19] = (36)
(2) Kibin: (So do I sense anything... odd?)
(1) GM: She seems to be honestly curious, and just wondering.
(2) Kibin: (Suuuuure...)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (What about Eldon?)
(1) GM: The same.
(2) Kibin: (Note that the GM didn't bother to roll a bluff check...)
(2) Kibin: (Unless he found out that he can whisper rolls to himself.)
(1) GM: Rasparta: Well, Kaylin, may I see it?
(1) GM: Kaylin: Well, I suppose.....
(1) GM: Kaylin digs out her spellbook, and starts to open it for the merwoman....
(1) GM: Merwoman: Bah! Stupid wizards.....
(1) GM: and she gets a surprise round. Kaylin, make a Fort save.
(2) Kibin: (Grrrr...)
(1) GM: Fortitude save: [1d20+11] -> [20,11] = (31)
(4) Elorin: Spellcraft Skill Check: [1d20+19] -> [7,19] = (26)
(2) Kibin: (Why do we even bother. It's not like the integerity of the world is at stake.)
(8) Rilyrr: Spellcraft Skill Check: [1d20+20] -> [11,20] = (31)
whispering to Elorin, Flesh to Stone. Of course.
whispering to Rilyrr, Flesh to Stone.
(1) GM: Roll for initiative.
(8) Rilyrr: [1d20+6] -> [2,6] = (8)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: [1d20+6] -> [19,6] = (25)
(2) Kibin: [1d20+5] -> [10,5] = (15)
(4) Elorin: Dex check: [1d20+6] -> [18,6] = (24)
(1) GM: [1d20] -> [3] = (3)
(1) GM: Dex check: [1d20+2] -> [1,2] = (3)
(1) GM: Dex check: [1d20+4] -> [18,4] = (22)
(1) GM: [1d20] -> [15] = (15)
(1) GM: Dex check: [1d20+2] -> [20,2] = (22)
(8) Rilyrr: (low inits...)
(2) Kibin: (all the better...)
(1) GM: Eldon, Elorin, Jason, Kibin, Rilyrr, Kaylin, Rasparta
(4) Elorin: (hehe, I think the order is a little stacked against the ghost :P)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (Diplomacy check)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: Hey, we're trying to help.
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: Diplomacy Skill Check: [1d20+18] -> [2,18] = (20)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (...)
(2) Kibin: (Let's see, it's a heroic skill check to go from hostile to friendly...)
(1) GM: With the rush penalty, that's a 10. Not suitable for helping in this particular situation.
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (...I'm beginning to think Diplomacy is useless)
(4) Elorin: (now if we stack 5 Aid Anothers on top of that, we might change him to unfriendly, if Jack allows that and they all succeed)
(2) Kibin: (-10 from rushed...)
(2) Kibin: (No, it's not useless. It's simply useless in combat.)
(2) Kibin: (We'd all have to get natural 20s...)
(4) Elorin: (no, Aid Another is DC 10 and I don't think any circumstance modifiers apply)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (Which makes it useless for most D&D checks)
(4) Elorin: (the circumstances are already accounted for in the DC of the combined check)
(1) GM: (Well now, if you'd rolled a 12, rather than a 2, that would have made for a 20, rather than a 10; Hostile -> Unfriendly; as nobody has moved to attack her yet, that might have worked)
(2) Kibin: (D&D is not about combat.)
(2) Kibin: (I got us through the front door, didn't I?)
(1) GM: Elorin?
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (D&D characters gain experience solely from combat. Any other bonus is entirely up to the GM. Next)
(2) Kibin: (No, you also get experience from good roleplaying, such as AVOIDING COMBAT!)
(2) Kibin: (XP for encounters is based on surviving the encounter. Not raining stabbity doom on your encounter.)
(4) Elorin: It might be a tad difficult to get the required focus for this spell without our cooperation, so attacking us is rather counterproductive.
(1) GM: (Traps have CR's, and it's about overcoming the encounter, regardless of how the encounter is set up; turning everyone invisible and walking past is overcoming a set of guards, for example.)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (Oh, right. Still, surviving generally means fighting. It's still mostly about combat)
(2) Kibin: (No, it's not.)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (Nearly every single D&D session has at least one fight)
(2) Kibin: (You get the same XP for defeating guards if I bluff my way past, than if we take an hour and alert the entire camp to our presense, making our lives generally harder.)
(2) Kibin: (Ever noticed I try to avoid every combat I come across? :P)
(1) GM: (Well, yes..... but that's mostly because it's written and played primarily by guys.)
(1) GM: Elorin - is that an attempt at an Aid another check?
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (Hey, I never said D&D being about combat was bad)
(4) Elorin: (I guess, though I don't think it really makes much sense to rigidly adhere to the diplomacy rules in a situation like this)
(4) Elorin: Diplomacy Skill Check: [1d20+4] -> [10,4] = (14)
(4) Elorin: (heck, in general diplomacy as written doesn't make a whole lot of sense. It's either useless or ridiculously godly powerful, and it's far too easy for a powergamer to reach the bonus required for the latter situation)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (Might I request that our next adventure be something simple? Say, taking on a band of bandits?)
(1) GM: It's already been determined that the ghost is not rational; note that there was no note of recognition, even though you've banished him before; the attack was made after it was determined someone had something the ghost wanted, at the person who had it...
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (So throw the spellbook at the ghost)
(2) Kibin: (Kaylin would never throw her spellbook like that.)
(1) GM: Kaylin, throwing her spellbook? Talk about out of character.....
(2) Kibin: (Copy it, yes. Give it? Nope._
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (Throw, toss, gently hand...Whatever)
(4) Elorin: (ok, now I'm thinking maybe we should use Magic Circle Against Evil to neutralize him for the moment, convince Rasparta to go along with us, and let him resume control alone in a room with a scroll of Kaylin's Great Warping)
(1) GM: (Request noted)
(1) GM: Aid another successful - diplomacy check up to 12.
(1) GM: And it's Jason's turn.....
(1) GM: [1d100] -> [58] = (58)
(1) GM: Diplomacy Skill Check: [1d20+10] -> [15,10] = (25)
(1) GM: Jason: They aren't joking; really, the diamond needed for that spell is just insanely difficult to find.
(1) GM: 14...
(1) GM: Kibin?
** (2) Kibin adds, "And we know the person who has the diamond." **
(2) Kibin: [1d20+15] -> [2,15] = (17)
(2) Kibin: (And.... It succeedes too!
(1) GM: You have ranks in diplomacy?
(2) Kibin: (All thats needed is for the last two people to succeed...)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (Can our Diplomacy rolls aid Jasons' roll, too?)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (...Instead?)
(1) GM: Jason was trying for an Aid another....
(2) Kibin: (Yes, I have ranks in diplomacy.)
(2) Kibin: (Why wouldn't I?)
(1) GM: (Just caught me by surprise, is all....)
(1) GM: 16.....
(1) GM: Rilyrr?
(2) Kibin: (I'm a rogue. It's a class skill...)
(4) Elorin: (I don't think you've ever used it before, at least not that I remember)
(2) Kibin: (Nope. :P)
(4) Elorin: (you've been using bluff instead)
(1) GM: (Which I just checked; it's also on my most recent copy of your character sheet.)
** (8) Rilyrr waits to see the ghosts reaction **
(2) Kibin: (Hehehe. :P)
(1) GM: Delaying?
(8) Rilyrr: (yes{
(8) Rilyrr: (yes}
(1) GM: Kaylin: Really! We have such a spell. I researched it myself, and you know how good Wizards are at research.....
(2) Kibin: (x.x)
(1) GM: Diplomacy Skill Check: [1d20+4] -> [5,4] = (9)
(2) Kibin: (There goes any chance of us succeeding on the check...)
(1) GM: Well, unless Rilyrr acts now, It's the Mer's turn....
(8) Rilyrr: (go ahead}
(4) Elorin: (circumstance bonus for being honest about it and him really wanting the spell?)
(1) GM: Kibin, make a Fort save.
(2) Kibin: [1d20+12] -> [16,12] = (28)
(1) GM: Also, she swims back to the end of the room, at a distance of 20 feet.
(2) Kibin: (Circumstance is good.)
(1) GM: And you make it. Exactly.
(1) GM: Eldon?
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: Diplomacy Skill Check: [1d20+18] -> [10,18] = (28)
(1) GM: Rasparta: Oh, all right... let me see it....
(1) GM: The merwoman stands down.
(1) GM: Anyone going to make a move?
(2) Kibin: (No. :P)
(2) Kibin: A simple request... can you stop trying to turn me to stone? We really are trying to help you...
(1) GM: Rasparta: Well you're hardly a statue. *grumble*
(1) GM: Rasparta: Stupid spells... not working....
(1) GM: Kaylin quietly walks over to the merwoman with the spellbook.
(2) Kibin: (*laughs at the thought that the BBEG has never managed to kill him*)
(2) Kibin: (It's always a side quest that kills me... :D)
(1) GM: (This BBEG doesn't go for kills, at least not at first.....)
(2) Kibin: (Exactly. People on side quests are a lot better at combat than the BBEG.)
** (8) Rilyrr falls asleep **
(1) GM: [1d20+20+3] -> [3,20,3] = (26)
(2) Kibin: Don't mind our druid, I think he has a disease or something where he randomly falls asleep...
(1) GM: Rasparta: Bah! This spell could almost never be cast.
(2) Kibin: What do you mean, almost never be cast? Kaylin has cast it on me before.
(2) Kibin: Of course, I had to die, and reincarnation puts me in a different body...
** (2) Kibin grumbles. **
(1) GM: (Actually, pretty much every time you've died, it's been due to a save-or-die effect where you failed your save....)
(2) Kibin: (Yes.)
(1) GM: Rasparta: Prove it. Bring me a scroll. Not these crazy formulas that are well-neigh impossible to follow.
(2) Kibin: (In fact. EVERY TIME ONE OF US HAS DIED(except jason, the lucky person...) has been due to a save-or-die effect.)
(2) Kibin: Well, Kaylin could cast it on me.
(1) GM: Rasparta: But I want to cast it.
(1) GM: Rasparta: I MUST HAVE THE POWER!
(2) Kibin: Hmmmph.
(2) Kibin: Okay, okay, calm down.
(1) GM: Rasparta: Now go! Until you have the scroll. I have research to finish.....
(2) Kibin: Can you hold off the pillow making for now?
(1) GM: Rasparta: Fine, no pillows.
(1) GM: Anyone care to make a sense motive?
(4) Elorin: Sense Motive Skill Check: [1d20+8] -> [11,8] = (19)
(2) Kibin: [1d20+11] -> [19,11] = (30)
whispering to GM, bluff: [1d20+11+20] -> [18,11,20] = (49)
(2) Kibin: (Yay.)
whispering to Elorin, you're quite sure "she" means what she says.
whispering to Kibin, you're quite sure "she" means what she says.
(2) Kibin (whispering): Why is she in quotes?
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: Sense Motive Skill Check: [1d20+19] -> [13,19] = (32)
whispering to Eldon Quickfoot, you're quite sure "she" means what she says.
whispering to Kibin, male ghost in female host.
(2) Kibin (whispering): Bah. You've fooled me like that so many times....
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: Well, we'll be back with the scroll, then.
** (11) Eldon Quickfoot turns and leaves. **
(2) Kibin: Do you have a crafting portal for us to use?
(1) GM: Rasparta: Bah! I hardly bother with such wizard's work.
(1) GM: She pronounces wizard like it's a slur.....
(2) Kibin: You and Jason would probally get along, you both are sorcerers...
(1) GM: She growls.
(4) Elorin: No matter. We can use another crafting portal.
(1) GM: Jason walks out the door... into the main portion of the shop.
** (2) Kibin follows Jason. **
** (4) Elorin leaves. **
(1) GM: Jason: So. What now?
(2) Kibin: We find a crafting portal.
(4) Elorin: So, teleport back to the Archmage tower, borrow the diamond, Wind Walk to the Archmage portal, make the scroll, and teleport back.
(4) Elorin: That should do it.
(2) Kibin: Hmmmm.
(2) Kibin: Anyone know where the handy haversack is at?
(1) GM: Jason: Ummm... don't scrolls have a nasty habit of getting wet?
(2) Kibin: Okay. Let's go back and ask her to come with us.
(4) Elorin: Um, leave it behind, tell her the water would destroy it, and ask her to come with us?
(2) Kibin: With she believing that we'd lead her into a trap?
(1) GM: Jason smiles: Or have me carry it.... I can just hand it over....
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: Is there not a spell you could use to protect it.
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (?)
(2) Kibin: Or that works.
(4) Elorin: Can she suppress her obsession long enough to even consider that?
(2) Kibin: Probally not.
(2) Kibin: If we bring her along, we can be sure she won't do any more pillow experiments.
(2) Kibin: Why is it pillows, anyway? What type of abilities do pillows have?
(1) GM: Jason
(4) Elorin: Yeah, he's got the undispellability down pat, why isn't he trying for stuff with interesting abilities now?
(1) GM: Jason: He seems to have forgotten our first encounter. Hmm... a repeat of the village... next would be people and mergings, I suppose....
(1) GM: Jason: Possibly starting over from scratch after having been slain again?
(4) Elorin: Possibly.
(2) Kibin: Why do I get the feeling killing her is worse than letting her live?
(2) Kibin: Well. Dispelling her at least.
(2) Kibin: Or him, rather.
(2) Kibin: Why doesn't he just use the same subject over and over?
(1) GM: Jason: Really, what are we going to do? Kill the person he's controlling? That's not exactly fair... but then, it is a bit of an unfair situation.
(4) Elorin: Do you think it would be worth trying to get him/her to come with us now and wait while we go to the crafting portal?
(2) Kibin: Possibly.
(1) GM: Jason: Well, we know most of it can be reveresed... and he didn't exactly seem to happy with us. But then, are we sure we can afford to let him run around loose?
(4) Elorin: He'd be likely to get rather impatient, though.
(2) Kibin: Let him wait five minutes, then.
(4) Elorin: Hmm, I could suppress his control for a few hours so we could explain it to someone who's actually rational and only dismiss it when we're ready.
(2) Kibin: But with someone as unstable as him...]
(4) Elorin: Then again, how long is this actually going to take with a crafting portal available?
(2) Kibin: He'd end up attacking us, and teleporting back.
(2) Kibin: Not very long, is what I'm trying to get at...
(1) GM: Jason: You do realize the dead are great at listening, right?
(2) Kibin: Then he'd know we're trying to help him.
whispering to GM, [1d20+6+8] -> [16,6,8] = (30)
(1) GM: Jason: And Elorin's suggestion.
** (2) Kibin sighs. **
(4) Elorin: (er, common sense, by "leave" we'd actually be leaving the whole shop and going to the street, I'd think)
(2) Kibin: (Nope. I would still be in the shop.)
(2) Kibin: (I'm trying to do something good for the poor ghost. Not trying to force anyone to do anything... just trying to let the ghost move beyond.)
(4) Elorin: (of course, we could all be talking in a very obscure language, but there's no guarantee the ghost doesn't have Tongues active too)
(2) Kibin: (Of course, we all know that the ghost knows all the languages we know, aquan, and then some...)
(8) Rilyrr: (talking in an obscure language would be a bad idea....)
(1) GM: (Do you?)
(2) Kibin: (Yes we know.)
(1) GM: (The whole "why are they speaking in a language I don't know?" issue?)
(4) Elorin: (hmm, how about a wisdom check)
(4) Elorin: Wis check: [1d20+8] -> [20,8] = (28)
(2) Kibin: (Hmmmm?)
(4) Elorin: (ok, with that roll, I think I would have started shepherding everyone out before the discussion got to anything possibly incriminating)
(2) Kibin: (Bah, let's just get on with this already! We waste so much time talking OOCly!)
(2) Kibin: (IC wisdom doesn't make up for the wisdom of the characters playing them. :P)
(1) GM: You realized that you could probably be overheard, and ushered everyone into a crowded tavern well away from the shop.....
(1) GM: Although there was the note that he said he would have gone fully outside.....
(2) Kibin: (Or we could do that.)
(1) GM: On the way out, the young merman asks if it went well.....
(4) Elorin: (well, somewhere else anyway)
(2) Kibin: Okay then. We make spell, etheral jaunt over to Jason, jason hands over the spell...
(4) Elorin: Well enough. We expect to be back to finish our business pretty soon.
(1) GM: Jason: Directly to Him, on the etherial plane, so we know he isn't possessing anyone at the time.
(2) Kibin: I wonder if the ghost would be willing to use the great warping on me...
(2) Kibin: So I could be a dragon again...
(4) Elorin: He does need a willing subject for it to work.
(2) Kibin: That's odd. I never heard anything from Kaylin about a willing subject.
(2) Kibin: (And the wording of the spell makes it able to be used on unwilling subjects...)
(1) GM: Jason: Then again, we have no idea what he'd turn you into.....
(4) Elorin: (I looked up where she typed it up, and it says "Target: Willing subject")
(1) GM: (not that it's easy to get an unwilling subject to hold still for two days.....)
(1) GM: Jason: So, shall we be off?
(4) Elorin: Yes.
(4) Elorin: Kaylin?
(1) GM: Jason walks into his familiar....
(2) Kibin: Sure.
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: Yes
(1) GM: And after everyone holds hands...
Kaylin casts Teleport ( level 5, "Instantly transports you anywhere." )
Kaylin can cast Teleport 1 more time
(1) GM: [1d100] -> [98] = (98)
(4) Elorin: (what, no Greater Teleport left?)
(1) GM: (Yep; needed one to get to there, as she hasn't seen it, and only prepared the one)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (BRB)
(1) GM: You find yourselves on a cold, snowy peak, dripping wet, with no Tower in sight.
(4) Elorin: Uh, I think we landed off target.
(1) GM: Fort saves, everyone (except Kibin)
(4) Elorin: Do you have another one prepared?
(4) Elorin: Fortitude save: [1d20+18] -> [2,18] = (20)
(8) Rilyrr: Fortitude save: [1d20+12] -> [3,12] = (15)
(1) GM: One's needed for Jason's familiar.
(1) GM: [1d20+3] -> [8,3] = (11)
(1) GM: Jason's familiar collapses in the cold....
(1) GM: Elorin: take [2d6] -> [1,3] = (4) nonlethal.
(4) Elorin: (cold damage? I resist it)
(1) GM: Rilyrr: sorry, you collapse from the cold.
(1) GM: Fortitude save: [1d20+11] -> [4,11] = (15)
(1) GM: As does Kaylin.
(2) Kibin: Hmmmph. I don't think it's that cold.
(1) GM: Jason steps out of his bird....
(1) GM: Heat.... need heat...... poor bird.....
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (Back)
(1) GM: Fort save?
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: Fortitude save: [1d20+13] -> [16,13] = (29)
(1) GM: take [2d6] -> [5,3] = (8) nonlethal cold damage.
(1) GM: Shadow Evocation, 5th: Mimics evocation below 5th level, but only 20% real.
(1) GM: Jason conjoures up an opaque globe of force... anyone want to make a Will save?
** (4) Elorin was about to ask Jason to do that **
(2) Kibin: [1d20+12] -> [6,12] = (18)
(2) Kibin: (I'm anti-warm. :P)
(1) GM: Not that it matters; DC 25
** (4) Elorin tries to wake up Kaylin. **
(1) GM: She's well gone into hypothermia.
(4) Elorin: (what would be best for this, Resist Energy, a cure spell, or what?)
(1) GM: (VERY cold, just coming out of water..... ouch.)
(1) GM: Cure would get her up, Resist Energy would keep it from geting any worse.
(2) Kibin: (What is the globe of force around?)
(4) Elorin: (let's see, familiar, Rilyrr, and Kaylin)
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Resist Energy ( level 2, "Ignores 10 (or more) points of damage/attack from specified energy type" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 2 Spell ( level 2, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Resist Energy ( level 2, "Ignores 10 (or more) points of damage/attack from specified energy type" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 2 Spell ( level 2, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Resist Energy ( level 2, "Ignores 10 (or more) points of damage/attack from specified energy type" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 2 Spell ( level 2, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Cure Light Wounds ( level 1, "Cures 1d8 damage +1/level (max +5)" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 1 Spell ( level 1, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Cure Light Wounds ( level 1, "Cures 1d8 damage +1/level (max +5)" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 1 Spell ( level 1, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Cure Light Wounds ( level 1, "Cures 1d8 damage +1/level (max +5)" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 1 Spell ( level 1, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(8) Rilyrr: (in some of the cold dangers it mentions a bonus for survival, does that apply?}
(1) GM: Everyone except Kibin. But we can fix that.....
(1) GM: Not to sudden transition shock.
(1) GM: Kaylin gets back up....
(8) Rilyrr: (ah}
(4) Elorin: I think we're a bit off target. Do you have another Teleport ready?
(1) GM: Kaylin: So cold.... yes...
(1) GM: Jason gets his familiar up on Kaylin's shoulder, and walks into it.
(2) Kibin: Happy to see I'm still immune to the chill.
(1) GM: Kaylin: Kibin, you coming?
(2) Kibin: Oh, sure.
Kaylin casts Teleport ( level 5, "Instantly transports you anywhere." )
Kaylin can cast Teleport 0 more times
(1) GM: [1d100] -> [91] = (91)
(2) Kibin: (I swear you're weighting the rolls.)
(1) GM: (Not this time round, no.....)
(1) GM: (nor the first Teleport; can't weight them without selecting them.....)
(4) Elorin: (so, "seen casually" or "studied carefully"?)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (So you've done it before?)
(1) GM: With a couple of bad guy saves, yes.
(2) Kibin: (That's scary.)
(1) GM: [1d20] -> [1] = (1)
(2) Kibin: (But at the same time, comforting.)
(1) GM: [1d20] -> [2] = (2)
(1) GM: [1d20] -> [3] = (3)
(1) GM: [1d20] -> [4] = (4)
(1) GM: [1d20] -> [5] = (5)
(1) GM: [1d20] -> [6] = (6)
(1) GM: [1d20] -> [7] = (7)
(1) GM: [1d20] -> [8] = (8)
(1) GM: [1d20] -> [9] = (9)
(1) GM: [1d20] -> [10] = (10)
(1) GM: [1d20] -> [11] = (11)
(2) Kibin: (Eeeep.)
(1) GM: [1d20] -> [12] = (12)
(4) Elorin: (we get the point)
(2) Kibin: (Can you control our rolls?)
(1) GM: [1d20] -> [13] = (13)
(1) GM: Nope.
(2) Kibin: (Oh.)
(4) Elorin: (I assume this is a GM only ability?)
(1) GM: Just the ones I make. Even then, It's not actually rolling at all - it's using HTML to fake it.
(1) GM: Sort of. Here.....
(2) Kibin: **Fudged Roll**[1d20**Fudged Roll**] -> [1] = (1)
(2) Kibin: (Sweet!)
(1) GM: Now, each of you use the node I just sent to roll a 20, and then look at your wown roll and everyone else's.
(2) Kibin: (I can disguise my rolls and noone will know! Muuwaahaahaa...)
(4) Elorin: **Fudged Roll**[1d20**Fudged Roll**] -> [5] = (5)
(2) Kibin: **Fudged Roll**[1d20**Fudged Roll**] -> [20] = (20)
(8) Rilyrr: **Fudged Roll**[1d20**Fudged Roll**] -> [20] = (20)
(2) Kibin: (Aw.)
(1) GM: Now tell me; why did yours work, but nobody else's?
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: **Fudged Roll**[1d20**Fudged Roll**] -> [20] = (20)
(4) Elorin: (mine looks normal to me, but everyone else has **Fudged Roll** in there twice)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: Because I'm not a GM?
(2) Kibin: (Because OpenRPG is smart and doesn't want us to cheat. :(
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: ()
(2) Kibin: (Anyway... where'd we pop up at?)
(1) GM: (It does, however, have a specific exception for anyone registered as a GM)
(8) Rilyrr: (gtg}
(8) Rilyrr: Disconnecting from server...
(8) Rilyrr (exit): 17:02
(1) GM: You pop up in the correct spot ... but I have to go; dinner. Back at, oh, 6:00 pacific, unless I post otherwise.
(1) GM: (in an hour)
(2) Kibin: (Can we stop here?)
(4) Elorin: (why?)
(2) Kibin: (Because... it's a good stopping point?)
(1) GM: Sure... let Kaylin make the scroll herself... and be there for the actual banishment....
(2) Kibin: (Rilyrr left...)
(4) Elorin: (true)
(2) Kibin: (We still have time for other stuff to do in the day.)
(4) Elorin: (it's a bit shorter than our usual session length, but I can wait)
(2) Kibin: (I'm kind of tired roleplaying all day, too.)
(2) Kibin: (Also tired of OOC comments and slow posting times slowing everything down. :P)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (Playing all day does get tiring)
(4) Elorin: (if you really want to speed things up, we should all get microphones and a program to use them to talk to each other)
(4) Elorin: (we'd only need text chat for the rolls)
(2) Kibin: (Well, it takes about half a minute for you to reply back to anything involving you...)
(4) Elorin: (but some of us may not have money for that)
(2) Kibin: (Most of our time is used with OOC chat.)
(2) Kibin: (If we try to stop the OOC chat, we'd get a lot more done.)
(2) Kibin: (Also, taking half an hour to an hour deciding what to do...)
(2) Kibin: (And arguing with the GM. Never a good idea.)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (The D&D rules are really silly sometimes)
(2) Kibin: (And that is why our glorious GM thinks outside the box.)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (And not in a good way)
(2) Kibin: (What's that supposed to mean? :P)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (Well, take the diplomacy rules. Given Eldons' rolls, he could walk up to the average guy on the street and be invited ot their house within 30 minutes)
(2) Kibin: (Yes. And?)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (While a practiced con man can do this, part of the reason is that they know how to pick their targets. People have opinions; the diplomacy rules seem to totally ignore this)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (A person can be secretive without being hostile)
(4) Elorin: (take someone who really concentrated on diplomacy and has +50 or so, which is quite possible at this level)
(2) Kibin: (Then it's flying cow time.)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (Of course, D&D is all about low-level superheroes, but still...)
(4) Elorin: (you can do a full round action to change hostile (attacking you) to helpful about 50% of the time and guaranteed at least friendly)
(2) Kibin: (Or time for you to do some grade A roleplaying.)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (How could a 16-level character not know about Continual Flame? IMO?)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (And why should I have to be able to do something my character can? I have no idea how to use a rapier)
(2) Kibin: (Skill rolls should not be a substitute for good roleplaying.)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (No; but roleplaying should not be nessasary to use skill rolls)
(2) Kibin: (Yes it should.)
(4) Elorin: (the thing is, it is trivial to build a character who is much MUCH better than you are in social situations)
(2) Kibin: (Yes.)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (Correction: If I can't roleplay something well, I shouldn't have to to use a skill)
(4) Elorin: (why should you he be limited to your social ability when the same thing done with combat abilities is perfectly acceptable?)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (Or the listen rules...)
(2) Kibin: (Okay. Is it that hard to make a plasuable reason for a good diplomacy roll?)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (A reason is not roleplaying)
(2) Kibin: (Okay. Lets say your diplomacy roll.)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (Saying 'I try to convince the ogre that we are banites' is not the same as 'Ho there, brute! Hail to bane!')
(2) Kibin: (No, it's not.)
(2) Kibin: (But the second thing is a lot better.)
(2) Kibin: (Telling HOW you bluff someone is good.)
(2) Kibin: (If I didn't need a reason to use my bluff, I'd just bluff people to walk off cliffs and stuff.)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (Yes - But if I was too socially awkward to even know what to say, a few mumbled words should be enough)
(2) Kibin: (No, it shouldn't.)
(2) Kibin: (Even a half-baked attempt is better than nothing.)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (And a few mumbled words is a good attempt for some people)
(2) Kibin: (But isn't reasonable enough.)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (Ok, then. Get up and swing a sword)
(2) Kibin: (Or you could take your sword out of the holster, and slash across your enemies stomach. :)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (No. I mean it. You get up and swing a sword)
(4) Elorin: (you, not your character)
(2) Kibin: (I would have no clue whatsoever how to use the sword effectively.)
(2) Kibin: (No arm strength...)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (And some people have no social skills)
(2) Kibin: (...)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (Neither should be penalized)
(4) Elorin: (and this has no effect whatsoever on your character's ability to fight. Why should social interactions be different?)
(2) Kibin: (Skills should not be a substitute for good roleplaying.)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (So get up and swing a sword)
(2) Kibin: (Because noone is going to describe how they swing a sword. :P)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (Well, maybe we should)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (But not all of us are good at that, either)
(2) Kibin: (Yes, All you have to do is take it out of your holster, and slash your opponent...)
(4) Elorin: (IMO, the player should make his best attempt, and then have a skill check determine if it works. The player's attempt may make it so that only one result of the skill check has any sense at all, in which case the skill check should be skipped.)
(4) Elorin: (particularly good roleplaying may be awarded by xp, but should not be required for the skill check to work)
(2) Kibin: (If you're a brutish orge with a good diplomacy check, and say to someone, "Invite me to your house. Now." Are they going to listen? That would be intimidation, now diplomacy...)
(2) Kibin: (Hmmmm maybe not a good example.)
(4) Elorin: (For something like that, I'd rule the player is actually trying to use intimidate and use that skill. If the player insists he's doing diplomacy, then just ignore the spoken line, rule that the ogre actually said something else, and roll the dice)
(4) Elorin: (and definitely don't award bonus xp)
(2) Kibin: (Do we have rewards for good roleplaying anyway? :P)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (Yes...The vote)
(4) Elorin: (the weekly vote)
(2) Kibin: (Which noone ever uses.)
(2) Kibin: (I mean the GM giving us XP.)
(1) GM: Well, back a little bit earlier than expected....
(2) Kibin: (Just discussing on roleplaying against rollplaying. :)
(2) Kibin: (Eh, I have nothing else to do. I can stay. :P)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (Kibin insists that people have to know how to do what their characters' skills are)
(2) Kibin: (No.)
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (I want him to start swinging a sword)
(1) GM: Oh, and as to the issues of Diplomacy... it's only broken if the DM let's it be; friendly does not mean someone isn't going to still try to achienve their goles.
(4) Elorin: (so, anyway, waiting for next week so Kaylin can play for making the scroll and getting Sawunn to use it, or are we continuing now without her?)
(1) GM: Oh... Next week, I image.
(2) Kibin: (Yeah, it just means that they're willing to help you with your goals.)
(4) Elorin: (oh, just wait till you see some of the (non-epic) builds that can reach the "epic" DC for changing Hostile to Fanatical :P)
(2) Kibin: (If your goals they think are suitable for them giving help.)
(1) GM: Consider the case of trying to get past a guard. Sure, he COULD let you past.... but tell me, how many guards let even a friend pass IRL? Sure, they might stop and chat, but for the guy who knows he's going to lose his job if anything happens, that friend isn't gettin gby.
(2) Kibin: (Which is where us rogues come in. :)
(1) GM: For the guard at the BBEG's fortress, who doesn't expect he'll lose his job, but his life.......
(4) Elorin: (ah, but Fanatical says "Will give life to serve you")
(2) Kibin: (Ah, but that's an epic level skillcheck!)
(4) Elorin: (and the DC is only 150 from starting Hostile)
(1) GM: On the other hand, the inspector at the city gate might be persuaded that it's not worth bothering a firend, or the guy with orders to shoot anyone who apporaches, might be persuaded that you hid better than you did ....
(1) GM: ... but the guard still isn't going to let you go through the door.
(2) Kibin: (Hehe.)
(2) Kibin: (Yeah.)
(2) Kibin: (I'm sure the GM can think of something to prevent Kaylin from the scroll...)
(2) Kibin: (I want to be a dragon again. Human is so boring. :(
(1) GM: The starving bandit will still need something to eat, and will still want your money towards that end, after all, friends are supposed to share, right?
(2) Kibin: (Hehe. :P)
(2) Kibin: (While the rogue will go...)
(4) Elorin: (point is, it is possible pre-epic to reach a diplomacy bonus that hits the Hostile->Fanatical DC with a full-round action without fail, and RAW says anyone you do that with will do pretty much anything you ask regardless of other factors)
(2) Kibin: ("Sorry, I don't have any money. I'll come back when I do."
(2) Kibin: (Elorin, that's possible.)
(2) Kibin: (Impossible.)
(2) Kibin: (And if it were, you'd be hit by a cow from the sky.)
(4) Elorin: (I can't remember the details of such a build off the top of my head, but I know I've read one and couldn't find any hole in the rules that disallowed it)
(2) Kibin: (It's POSSIBLE to have a kobold with 130,000+ strength...)
(1) GM: Diplomacy can, however, end a fight, and even get you past that nasty monster.... so you get XP... but not treasure.
(4) Elorin: (ignoring the pun-pun build and any other infinite loops)
(1) GM: Besides - even with a fanatic, there are countermeasures: "reat the fanatic attitude as a mind-affecting enchantment effect for purposes of immunity, save bonuses, or being detected by the Sense Motive skill. Since it is nonmagical, it can’t be dispelled; however, any effect that suppresses or counters mind-affecting effects will affect it normally. A fanatic NPC’s attitude can’t be further adjusted by the use of skills."
(1) GM: Your DC 150 Diplomacy check is bested by a second level spell.
(11) Eldon Quickfoot: (BBS)
(2) Kibin: (Hehe. :P)
(2) Kibin: (Yeah...)
(4) Elorin: (the subject would still be helpful, though)
(2) Kibin: (And how the heck do you get a 150 diplomacy check, anyway.)
** (2) Kibin found the F11 macro key **
(2) Kibin: (Yay, I wondered where that was.)
(4) Elorin: (search the WotC Character Optimization boards, it's somewhere on there, I think)
(4) Elorin: (as are quite a number of other insanely broken builds that don't technically violate the rules)
(2) Kibin: (Does it involve anything other than the stuff from the SRD? :)
(2) Kibin: (If so, then I don't care about it. :P)
(1) GM: Ah, the Omniscimancer - +infinity to all skill checks, doable by level 3.
(4) Elorin: (lol)
(1) GM: Yeah - requires some non-core stuff. DM discrecion.
(4) Elorin: (that even beats Pun-pun's level 5 starting point)
(1) GM: Of course, it's done by taking infinite damage.......
(4) Elorin: (ah, but there's a combination of spells that make you immune to death from damage :P)
(2) Kibin: (I think the swashbuckler is overpowered. Rogueskills with the skill of a fighter. :P)
(4) Elorin: (I can't remember what they are, but they're part of the Twice-Betrayer of Shar build)
(1) GM: Masocism, eight copies of Shield other (I think), + Delay death, and a bit of damage to start the infinite loop.
(2) Kibin: (And favored soul. Insane to-hit rolls...)
(4) Elorin: (I could get my to-hit just as high with a cleric)
(4) Elorin: (I'd miss out on 2 damage, though, but that's not all that big a chunk of it)
(1) GM: The trick is in surviving after the Delay Death wears off.... that quirk of the drowning rules would never, ever fly with me.
(2) Kibin: (Bah.)
(1) GM: Well, closing server, I guess.....
(2) Kibin: (Nooooooooo! :(
Server Administrator-> Closing Server.......
(4) Elorin: (see you next week)
(4) Elorin: Disconnecting from server...
(4) Elorin (exit): 17:48
Game disconnected!