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Locating server at 127.0.0.1:6774...
Game connected!
(2) GM (enter): 09:38
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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(1) Kibin (enter): 09:38
(1) Kibin: You 5 minutes late!
(2) GM: Sorry; taking care of a few things for someone who isn't hear today.
(2) GM: "here" grr - stupid keyboard....
(3) Kelensiya (enter): 09:43
(2) Jack Simth: Morning.
(3) Kaylin: mornin'
** (1) Kibin wonders if Kibin can use spell trigger items, since dragon hitdie could be considered a class that gives spellcasting ability eventually.... **
(2) Jack Simth: That's what Use Magic Device is for.
(1) Kibin: Meh. But I need to use those skill points to disarm all the nasty traps you throw at us.
(1) Kibin: Kaylin, I thought you had to leave or something?
(2) Jack Simth: "I will only be able to join in for a few hours tomorrow"
(3) Kaylin: Yeah... probably three to four hours today.
(1) Kibin: Ah.
(1) Kibin: D&D online is fun. :)
(1) Kibin: Oh yeah, XP from last time.
(1) Kibin: How much XP for the 19th level?
(2) Jack Simth: [1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11+12+13
(2) Jack Simth: [1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11+12+13+14+15+16+17+18] -> 171,000
(1) Kibin: So about 6,000 more XP....
(2) Jack Simth: 5,028 for Jason.
(1) Kibin: O.o
(1) Kibin: Wonder when we'll get into epic levels.
(1) Kibin: Hmmmm.
(1) Kibin: I wonder if we'll get to explore all these different planes. :)
(1) Kibin: That might be neat.
(4) Elorin (enter): 10:03
(2) Jack Simth: Morning.
** (1) Kibin snipes Elorin. **
(4) Elorin: Afternoon
(2) Jack Simth: Umm... sniping involves one shot per round (standard to attack, move to re-hide) and Elorin has a fair amount of HP and a lot of healing capacity.....
(1) Kibin: O.o
(1) Kibin: Not if I snipe with... paralyzing breath weapon1
(3) Kaylin: Which has a low DC fort save
(4) Elorin: What's the DC on that?
(1) Kibin: Meh, only 20.
(3) Kaylin: 19? 20?
(2) Jack Simth: ... and a ring of Freedom of Movement, if I recall.
(4) Elorin: Fortitude save: [1d20+19] -> [6,19] = (25)
(3) Kaylin: Wow
(3) Kaylin: you'd have to roll a 1 to fail that? O.o
(4) Elorin: Right, so I fail only on a nat 1 even if I'm not wearing that ring
(1) Kibin: Basically.
(1) Kibin: Of course, on any low fortitude people, a paralyzing breath weapon is very handy. :)
(1) Kibin: Mobs shall plague me no more!
(3) Kaylin: Did they plague you before?
(1) Kibin: Hmmm.
(1) Kibin: Probally now.
(1) Kibin: And I think Jack Smith is doing a statistical analysis or something.
(1) Kibin: Simth. Stupid almost-typos.
(2) Jack Simth: Oh sure they will. They'll just do the "hail of arrows" thing from maximium range - let's see...... Human Fighter 1's with Far shot and Composite Longbows have 110*1.5=165 foot range increments, 10 range increments max, 1,650 foot range; grab four hundred of them, and you get hit with 20 per round, one of which crits (on average)
(1) Kibin: See, this is where I rely on their horrible spot and sense motive checks.
(2) Jack Simth: But that's what things like Hide are for, yep.
(4) Elorin: Or damage reduction
(5) Armus (enter): 10:09
(2) Jack Simth: Morning.
(5) Armus: howdy
(1) Kibin: Yes. But unless Jack Simth makes a ring that's SUPPOSED to kill mortals when they put it on, but just ages them a few hundred years, I'm not getting damage reduction anytime soon.
(5) Armus: Disconnecting from server...
(5) Armus (exit): 10:09
(4) Elorin: There's an epic feat for it.
(4) Elorin: And a few spells
(4) Elorin: some items, too
(1) Kibin: Meh. :P
(4) Elorin: Wind Walk gives DR 10/magic
(2) Jack Simth: Hmm.... Kibin in Adamantium Fullplate.....
(1) Kibin: O.o
(1) Kibin: Not going to happen...
(4) Elorin: For me, Righteous Might gives DR 9/evil
(4) Elorin: DR 10/cold iron at level 20 as a class feature
(1) Kibin: Maybe I'll advance an age catergory sometime around level 40.
(2) Jack Simth: Stoneskin gives DR 10/adamantine for a little while.
(1) Kibin: Of course, DR 10/magic isn't really very useful it seems/
(4) Elorin: Favored Soul is one of the few classes that actually has decently strong incentives to not go into PrC's
(2) Jack Simth: Statue can give hardness 8.
(1) Kibin: What, rogues don't? :P
(4) Elorin: Normally, no, but the gnome mechwarriors don't have magic weapons
(1) Kibin: Maybe.
(1) Kibin: I still say that force effects should protect against the bullets. :P
(4) Elorin: Rogues have some good high-level stuff.
(4) Elorin: But fighters?
(4) Elorin: Sorcs?
(4) Elorin: Clerics in many cases?
(4) Elorin: Wizards only have a few bonus feats
(1) Kibin: A cleric/favored soul might be near.
(1) Kibin: neat*
(2) Jack Simth: Spellcasting wouldn't stack.
(1) Kibin: Maybe...
(4) Elorin: Cleric/Favored Soul would have tons and tons of low-level spells per day and none high-level
(1) Kibin: Oh, I found a level 20 character that can do about three hundred billion damage on average each attack.
(4) Elorin: I think I've got enough endurance single-classed, and the high-level spells are much more important anyway
(2) Jack Simth: Would that be the "nova" build?
(4) Elorin: Are you talking about the Hulking Hurler?
(1) Kibin: No.
(6) Lae'nial (enter): 10:14
(2) Jack Simth: Morning.
(1) Kibin: Basically it involves throwing giant moon-sized balls of iridum at your enemies.
(6) Lae'nial: (More or less)
(4) Elorin: Yeah, that's the Hulking Hurler
(4) Elorin: It only works because the damage is based on carrying capacity, which grows exponentially with strength
(1) Kibin: Yup.
(1) Kibin: So?
(4) Elorin: It also has a max range of 50 feet IIRC
(2) Jack Simth: Well, ready for the characters to take their next action?
(1) Kibin: No, I don't think it does.
(4) Elorin: Improvised weapon
(4) Elorin: 10 ft range increment
(4) Elorin: max 5 range increments
(1) Kibin: The listed range increment is more like 60 feet or so.
(1) Kibin: And with an epic feat for no range penalties... :)
(2) Jack Simth: Seeing as how we have pretty much everyone present.
(1) Kibin: Not the druid.
(3) Kaylin (exit): 10:17
Moving to room 'D and D'..
(2) Jack Simth (enter): 10:17
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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(3) Kaylin (enter): 10:17
(1) Kibin (enter): 10:17
(4) Elorin (enter): 10:17
(4) Elorin: (Of course, there's still the problem of how that much weight doesn't make you sink 100 feet through the ground)
(6) Eldon Quickfoot (enter): 10:18
(1) Kibin: Maybe I'll watch the matrix again. Hmmmm.()
(1) Kibin: (Or stack dice. :D)
(1) Kibin: (Now, where were we...)
(4) Elorin: (Yay, 29 touch AC now :D)
(4) Elorin: (they actually need decent rolls to hit)
(1) Kibin: (Lucky, I only have 24.)
(2) Jack Simth: When we last left our heroes, they were in the Hall of the Valiant, having just picked up some new nifties.
(1) Kibin: (Which COULD be increased to 28 if I was a kobold instead of a dragon... but kobolds can't fly.)
(2) Jack Simth: Phone - back in a bit.
(4) Elorin: (how much do you really need flying anyway? Kaylin casting Fly is probably enough for when you really need it)
(1) Kibin: (Also, my total AC goes down 1.)
(2) Jack Simth: back.
(1) Kibin: (6 natural armor is nice. :)
(4) Elorin: (plus, your dragon form is easily recognizable and has those special orders for firing priority...)
(4) Elorin: (natural armor doesn't count towards touch AC)
(1) Kibin: (Yes... but 6 natural armor is still nice.)
(2) Jack Simth: How much one needs flying depends on the terrain, and the opponent. Good/Perfect fly + Wind wall + SR = NEED FLYING
(1) Kibin: (Plus, antimagic fields are becoming more common.)
(1) Kibin: (Pit with an antimagic field over it. ;)
(4) Elorin: (bah, I just need an enchantment on my bow that makes my arrows be considered "exceptional projectiles" just like giant boulders :P)
(2) Jack Simth: The hall is empty, save for the children cleaning up after everyone, yourselves, and the winged lady attending you. The sounds of combat rage outside.
** (1) Kibin wonders what we do now. **
(1) Kibin: (The standard 5 minutes of scratching our heads wondering what we do now...)
(4) Elorin: Well, time to start planning our trip in a little more detail
(6) Eldon Quickfoot: (og)
(1) Kibin: Uh... maybe bring people outside, ready to go in if we don't come back in a day or so?
(2) GM: Winged Lady: They're training up for the Final Battle. It's only here that they get to practice as much as they like without concequence. Mind you, they're destined to lose anyway.....
(4) Elorin: We'll probably be wanting to ask our prisoner a few things...
(1) Kibin: What do you mean, destined to lose?
(4) Elorin: (Norse mythology about Ragnarok)
(1) Kibin: And what's this final battle?
(1) Kibin: (*stuffs a sock in Elorin's mouth* Shhh!)
(2) GM: Winged Lady: Oh, not for a while yet. This is hardly the end of time coming up. These are a strange people. They know they can't win. Every prophecy of theirs says they can't win. And yet....... still they continue.
(2) GM: Winged Lady: Of course, they could maybe win if they could only ever get orginized. Never seen such an unruly mob outside of a tavern...... then again, maybe this IS a tavern, in a way.
(6) Eldon Quickfoot: "A brave people."
(4) Elorin: (heh, reminds me of David Drake's Northworld)
(1) Kibin: Not usually worth battling if you know you're not going to win...
(2) GM: Winged Lady: Part of it comes from getting all the generals that died on the field of battle. What they need are the ones who died of old age in their sleep fifty years after finishing successful campaings....
(4) Elorin: Yeah, getting the people that die in battle generally does favor the less skilled
** (1) Kibin wonders if any dragons disguised themselves as generals and lead military campaigns. **
(1) Kibin: So people have to die in battle to end up here?
(1) Kibin: Or access to powerful magic...
(2) GM: Winged Lady: Not entirely. See the kids? They didn't exactly die in battle.
(1) Kibin: Ah. How did they get here?
(2) GM: Winged Lady: They're the innocent victims of war. Better than their other cultural alternative; dreary place, that. Much more pleasant here.
(1) Kibin: Things would be a lot simpler if there was just ONE afterlife, instead of a few hundred of them...
(2) GM: Archmage's Old Flame: You going to try telling the gods what to do?
(1) Kibin: Well, I don't think I've ever met a god, so I don't think I've even gotten a chance to do something like that yet.
(3) Kaylin: I wouldn't put it past him
(2) GM: Winged Lady: Ah. Well, just don't tell the wrong one off if it ever comes up. You do want to end up where you're supposed to go.
(2) GM: Angel: Well, most people do, anyway....
(1) Kibin: No clue where I'm supposed to end up when I die, either.
(2) GM: Archmage's Old Flame: Back to the matter at hand - would you prefer to rest here the night, or are you ready to go now?
(4) Elorin: You've been there twice already, haven't you?
(1) Kibin: I think so.
(4) Elorin: I think it would be best to rest and plan before going.
(3) Kaylin: Do you have any other information for us?
(3) Kaylin: For example, what sorts of people might be hostile to us?
(2) GM: Winged Lady: Here? Not too many. The party is liable to be starting back up in about six hours or so, when most of them have gone down and the rest declare victory. At which point, this place will get kinda noisy again.
** (1) Kibin thinks that if he ever meets a god of nature, he's going to ask him why there's a reincarnation spell in the first place. **
(4) Elorin: (I suppose I could petition Ehlonna to meet you, but I can't guarantee how she'd respond...)
(1) Kibin: (Haha.)
(4) Elorin: (but I'm pretty sure there would be a response of some sort, given that I'd be using Miracle to present it :P)
(2) GM: Winged Lady: Well, if you need your sleep, just drink yourself into a stuper. The kids will drag you off somewhere quiet.
(1) Kibin: That might take a while...
(4) Elorin: Oh, I could dispel the Heroes' Feast if you really want to get drunk...
(2) GM: Winged Lady: You could also try a different plane, I suppose, but this one doesn't get quiet for long. It's okay for the locals, but for anyone who needs their rest, well.....
(1) Kibin: Are there clouds on this plane?
(4) Elorin: Hmm, Kaylin, do you have a Plane Shift and Teleport prepared?
(2) GM: Archmage's Old Flame: Some. They tend not to last too terribly long, though; no farming here, and the soldiers like sunny days.
(1) Kibin: Ah.
(1) Kibin: Probally shouldn't try sleeping on one, then.
(4) Elorin: (and does my sudden insight last session about needing the mech empty to take it through the Gate mean Plane Shift etc. would work if no one's in it?)
(1) Kibin: (Try it?)
whispering to Elorin, Yep.
whispering to Elorin, Course, then it's an object, not a creature.....
(3) Kaylin: Today, Elorin? I do...
** (1) Kibin yawns. **
(4) Elorin: Hmm, now how to carry something that heavy...
(4) Elorin: I was thinking we might go back to the portal on the Twin Paradises of Bytopia to rest and plan.
(1) Kibin: That sounds good, assuming the gate is still up.
(4) Elorin: And, if I'm right about why Eldon had to get out of that machine before it could go through the Gate, Plane Shift and Teleport should be able to move it around just fine - provided that someone is carrying it.
(2) GM: (reffering to Kaylin's Gate? Duration Concentration, up to 1 round/level..... it's gone.)
(1) Kibin: Too heavy for me...
(4) Elorin: Let's see, how much heavy lifting can I summon something to do...
(1) Kibin: Don't you have to be able to teleport the thing that's carrying it?
(4) Elorin: (I've got Summon Monster VIII, that can probably get something with really high carrying capacity)
(4) Elorin: Yes, but I'm pretty sure summoned monsters can be teleported just like anyone else.
(1) Kibin: (zzzz)\
(6) Eldon Quickfoot: (Yep)
(4) Elorin: (ah, there we go, a Greater Earth Elemental can do it)
(4) Elorin: (or a merely Huge one, too)
** (1) Kibin waits patiently while everyone else is figuring out how to get that fairly useless chunk of metal to another plane... **
(3) Kaylin: Would it be possible to leave the mech here? I'm fairly confident that nobody will work out how to use it by the time we return.
(4) Elorin: Ok, we've got a way to take that thing back with us if we want to. Should we do it, or leave it here for someone to study?
(6) Eldon Quickfoot: "If we take it with us, they are likely to want it back."
(1) Kibin: [1d3] -> [1] = (1)
(1) Kibin: (Just rolling starting age for Kibin, based on the table in Races of the Dragon.)
(2) GM: (Don't you remember? We hatched him...... known age.)
(1) Kibin: (:P)\
(1) Kibin: (Talking about as a kobold.)
(1) Kibin: (For a rogue, it's 6+1d3)
(4) Elorin: (so you were a high level rogue at age 7 when you got rescued from that demon's sack?)
(1) Kibin: (Uh, bump that up a few years then?)
(1) Kibin: I vote for leaving the machine thingie behind.
(1) Kibin: (And technically, I rescued myself.)
(3) Kaylin: (to Archmage's old flame) Is it possible to have someone reliable guard it?
(4) Elorin: (with help)
(1) Kibin: (Did I see any of you opening the sack?)
(4) Elorin: I don't know, I was thinking proving that we can use it might help impress them.
(2) GM: Old Flame: Well, we could have the kids drop it in one of the storage rooms.
(1) Kibin: Wow, those kids must be really strong.
(3) Kaylin: That'd be nice. We could go to a quieter plane to get some rest then.
(2) GM: Angel: Nah, there's just a lot of them......
(2) GM: Angel: Kids?
(1) Kibin: Oh.
(2) GM: Obviously, they were listening, as the thing is soon swarmed by hundres of little hands, lifted entire, and carted off out of the room.
(3) Kaylin: That was impressive.
(1) Kibin: (*wonders how they all fit into twelve 5 foot by 5 foot squares*)
(4) Elorin: You weren't wanting to study it for weaknesses or something?
(3) Kaylin: (they're kids... small and flexible)
(6) Eldon Quickfoot: (How large is that thing, anyway?)
(2) GM: Large; 12 feet tall, 5,000 lbs.
(6) Eldon Quickfoot: (Ah, thanks.)
(1) Kibin: (Did you know that a web enhancment gives kobolds a few nifty abilities? Like small build, which lets kobolds use the next smaller size to determine modifiers for opposed checks.)
(4) Elorin: (uh, that doesn't sound like it would be useful very often. Unlike Powerful Build)
(1) Kibin: (Their size, or the size smaller than them, whichever is favorable.)
(2) GM: (Hide Vs. Spot?)
(1) Kibin: (They can also fit into spaces sized for a creature one size smaller than them.)
(6) Eldon Quickfoot: (Oops)
whispering to Jack Simth, Test
(1) Kibin: (No AC benifits, however.)
(1) Kibin: (Slight build, to be exact.)
(4) Elorin: (Anyway, go to portal with prisoner, make plans, and camp?)
(2) GM: You hear a boom, the building vibrates slightly, and a little dust falls from the cieling.
(2) GM: The angel you were speaking to rolls her eyes.
(1) Kibin: (See?)
** (1) Kibin looks around. "What was that?" **
(2) GM: Angel: Oh, probably a small boulder from a catapult.
(1) Kibin: Uh... what?
(2) GM: Archmage's old Flame: Occasionally, they play around with seige weaponry.
(1) Kibin: Ah.
(2) GM: Winged Lady: Don't worry about it too much; this place is pretty solid.
(1) Kibin: So, can we go now?
(4) Elorin: But first, Kibin, you have your notes on how to navigate that place?
(4) Elorin: We should probably leave a copy
(1) Kibin: Uh, yeah?
(1) Kibin: Well, if they can read draconic...
(2) GM: Angel: Can arrange to, readily enough. Language isn't much of a barrier for my kind.
(1) Kibin: (What was the coordinates of the twin paradises of bytopia or whatever?)
(2) GM: (6,10,5,6)
(1) Kibin: Isn't much use unless we can find a portal here...
(1) Kibin: And then find the coordinates of this plane.
(2) GM: Angel: Oh, it's in the middle of one of the normal battlefields. They've been having much fun with that. You know those things do, eventually, run out of pellets? Takes an age or two......
(4) Elorin: (As I recall, Center was RUU from Home, and my notes have Bytopia being D from Home, so it should be RUUU, I think)
(4) Elorin: (which would make the coordinates 6, 9, 5, 6)
(1) Kibin: (Go through a U, you get back to home.)
(1) Kibin: (And center is UUUR)
(1) Kibin: (From home, that is. UUUUR from Bytopia.)
(4) Elorin: (oh)
(1) Kibin: (Don't you just love fourth dimensional geometry? :)
(2) GM: Archmage's old Flame: But around here, everyone they kill just pops back up the next morning, and there's enough of them that they can just keep getting hit and falling. Again, and again, and again....... I'm surprised they haven't given up on this plane yet.
(1) Kibin: Heh. They think magic doesn't exist.
(2) GM: Winged Lady: Doesn't work so hot when they chase them back through, but hey.....
(6) Eldon Quickfoot: "Why not? Seeing as if they win, they can return and if they die in battle, well..."
(4) Elorin: Actually, they don't even know what magic is.
(1) Kibin: True.
(2) GM: Winged Lady: Well.... that's half true. Once here, they could be killed for good, if it weren't for this planes properties, which work on everyone equally. The locals die elsewhere, they stay that way, at least until someone springs for a True Ressurection.
(1) Kibin: So.... Jason, can you scout out the portal, seeing as how it's a lot harder for you to get hurt?
(1) Kibin: (If Jason is here, that is.)
(2) GM: Jason: Sure.....
(4) Elorin: Why would we go through this plane's portal when there's another much less guarded that we already know the coordinates of?
(2) GM: Winged lady: There's an active battle raging there, you realize?
(1) Kibin: Yes.
(2) GM: Angel: Well, just so you know. Care to follow me?
(1) Kibin: But Jason is a lot harder to kill than you or me.
(1) Kibin: Most weapons just go right through him..
(2) GM: Archmage's Old Flame: There are ways to keep even one such as him down.
(4) Elorin: Actually, he's pretty much impossible for them to even hurt with anything we've seen.
(6) Eldon Quickfoot: "Is there a plane for warriors who die of old age?"
(2) GM: Angel: There's quite a few planes; most people go where they think they will, provided the local dieties approve. The ones that would have ended up here, having died in battle, but die of old age instead? Not such a pretty place. Rather harsh.
(6) Eldon Quickfoot: "Why?"
(4) Elorin: What, actually being good enough to survive all your battles is a bad thing?
(3) Kaylin: Different culture, different ideals.
(2) GM: Angel: Not my diety.
(1) Kibin: (Why don't you use the alias dropdown menu?)
(1) Kibin (whispering): (Testing something...)
(1) Kibin: (Seems like it would be handy when you're NPCing someone.)
(4) Elorin: Anyway, Kibin, could you explain why you seem to want to use this plane's portal instead of the one on Bytopia? Or do you just want Jason to find its coordinates all alone and them come back?
(1) Kibin: If Jason could find the coodinates, then I could give instructions on how to reach the center.
(1) Kibin: As well as the material plane, and that Bytopia place.
** (1) Kibin hmmmms. "If a warrior dies while fighting and ends up here, wouldn't that mean if they die again when fighting, they'd just pop back here?" **
(6) Eldon Quickfoot: (Already asked that.)
(1) Kibin: (Meh. I don't listen.)
(6) Eldon Quickfoot: (We know that... :D )
(1) Kibin: (Hey! :(
(2) Angel: Angel: No. Most get to die once. After that? Well, unless you're Ressurected, Reincarnated, or some such, you're using your soul as your body. If that gets killed.......
(2) GM: She shudders.
(1) Kibin: Ah.
(3) Kaylin: (brb, making tea/breakfast)
(1) Kibin: Wouldn't a true ressurection possibly be able to bring them back?
(6) Eldon Quickfoot: (What, you were here? :D )
(1) Kibin: Their soul, at least, not their body.
(1) Kibin: (No clue where I was at the other two times I've died...)
(1) Kibin: (And no clue where I'll go if I die.)
(2) Angel: Yes; it's one of the few effects that can. But it can't be used too terribly often, as for the most part, there's only so many diamonds. This plane brings people back... but only if they died here, in a particular type of manner.
(1) Kibin: Which would be in combat.
(2) Angel: Yes, provided it's here and not elsewhere.
(2) Angel: If they follow into the breach, well......
(4) Elorin: (gimme 5 levels and that diamond problem will be gone for good, at least as far as I'm concerned :P)
(6) Eldon Quickfoot: "What you need...Is a plane that produces diamonds."
(1) Kibin: Or a wish type spell.
(1) Kibin: Anyway, about finding the coordinates of this plane...
(2) Jason: Right. Care to show me the portal?
(2) Angel: But of course.
** (1) Kibin says, "If it's all the same to you, I'll stay in the nice, safe, building." **
(2) GM: The angel and Jason start heading outside.
(2) GM: The angel opens the door, and the din of battle grows a lot louder.
(2) GM: They then close the door and fly off, mostly out of range of those on the ground.
(3) Kaylin: (Yeah, I was here vaguely... :P)
(2) GM: Int check: [1d20+2] -> [16,2] = (18)
(1) Kibin: (Yay, good roll!)
whispering to Jack Simth, [4d11] -> [6,6,9,3] = (24)
(2) GM: After a good long while, they return.
(2) GM: Jason: We're looking at about 6, 6, 9, 3, for here.
** (1) Kibin takes the sheet of parchment, and scribbles stuff down. **
** (1) Kibin hmmms. "What's the name of this plane again?" **
(3) Kaylin: Knowledge: The Planes Skill Check: [1d20+18] -> [7,18] = (25)
(1) Kibin: (They've said it before, I just forgot. :P)
(3) Kaylin: (oops, this plane)
(2) Jason: Angel: Heroic Domains of Ysgard, Alfheim
(1) Kibin: Alfheim?
(2) Angel: Yeah; it's the region, but it's not exactly simple to go from one to the other without planar travel, so....
** (1) Kibin scribbles some more stuff down in Draconic, then thinks. "DDDLLLLBBB for the material plane..." **
(1) Kibin: LLLBBB for the center...
(1) Kibin: And something like that for the bytopia place.
(1) Kibin has sent you a tree node...
** (1) Kibin hands the paper back to Kaylin. **
(1) Kibin: Okay then. Now what?
(1) Kibin: Poof back to Bytopia?
(3) Kaylin: Sounds good.
(3) Kaylin: Except for your... unique... thaumaturgical terminology...
(1) Kibin: Huh?
(4) Elorin: Don't forget to fetch our prisoner first. I expect we'll want to question him while making our plans.
(3) Kaylin: 'poof' is a rather unusual word for interplanar movement.
(1) Kibin: Well, we're in one plane, then POOF! In another plane.
(2) Jason: Speaking of which, how many can you handle at a time?
(4) Elorin: (brb)
(2) Jason: (ah, 8 - not much of a problem.)
** (3) Kaylin goes to fetch the prisoner **
(4) Elorin: (back)
** (1) Kibin waits some more. Ladadedade. **
(2) Jason: And the prisoner hasn't gone anywhere.
(3) Kaylin: All right, everyone ready?
(1) Kibin: Yeah.
(4) Elorin: Yes
(2) Jason: So, who am I riding with? Left Winddancer on the prime material.
(6) Eldon Quickfoot (exit): 12:03
(8) Eldon Quickfoot (enter): 12:03
(3) Kaylin: Should we go pick up winddancer then?
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Last I saw: (4) Elorin: (back)
)
(1) Kibin: Jason COULD just ride with one of us...
(2) Jason: And the prisoner hasn't gone anywhere.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Where has the bird been, anyway?)
(2) Jason: Kaylin: All right, everyone ready?
(2) Jason: Kibin: Yeah
(2) Jason: Elorin: Yes
(2) Jason: So, who am I riding with? Left Winddancer on the prime material.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "Yes."
(2) Jason: Kaylin: Should we go pick up Winddancer then?
(1) Kibin: (And I suggested that Jason could just ride with one of us.)
** (1) Kibin waits for something else to happen now. **
(2) Jason: So, you volunteering? Or should I just ride with whatever Elorin brings up?
(1) Kibin: Meh, I guess I'll volunteer.
(2) Jason: Okay.
(2) Jason: Jason walks up to Kibin.
(2) Jason: Ghost Malevolence: Will Save DC 26 (15 + Ghost's Cha modifier) or possess subject
(4) Elorin: (should I learn Summon Monster I sometime just to call things up for Jason to ride in? :P)
(1) Kibin: (And I purposely fail the save, to hopefully slip out of control one round later when Kaylin should have teleported already. :)
(2) Jason: (technicall, Jason can do that too with Shadow Conjouration - but that adds yet another critter to move around - Let's see; when adventuring with the wagons, there's: Wagon, Carriage, Rylrr, Kibin, Eldon, Elorin, Kaylin, and possibly a prisoner or two.....)
(1) Kibin: (So if there's a prisoner, Jason can't ride along without being with us.)
(1) Kibin: (Of course, people COULD just ride on the wagon and carriage...)
(2) Jason: (But they still qualify as people to be moved)
(1) Kibin: (Not if the wagon and carriage are CARRYING them.)
(3) Kaylin: (I don't think it's so much moving physical volume as it is entities)
(2) Jason: (Still aren't equipment)
(1) Kibin: (Bah, let's stop this. :P)
(1) Kibin: (TELEPORATION! Woooo.)
(3) Kaylin: Kaylin casts Plane Shift ( level 7, "Up to eight subjects travel to another plane." )
(3) Kaylin: (back to the happy planes of Byzantium or whatever it was)
(1) Kibin: (Lol...)
(2) Jason: [5d100] -> [44,89,31,2,65] = (231)
(2) Jason: And your prisoner stays behind.
(3) Kaylin: (eck.)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Eh. The winged lady can watch him.)
(2) Jason: "Target: Creature touched, or up to eight willing creatures joining hands"
(1) Kibin: (Next time we'll just knock him unconscious. :P)
(4) Elorin: (maybe we should have had Jason ride in the prisoner)
(1) Kibin: (Ooo, is it a round after now? :)
(3) Kaylin: That's strange. Guess the prisoner figured it was more fun to stay on an endless battlefield than to go with us.
(1) Kibin: (*wants to try out slippery mind again.*)
(2) Jason: (Doesn't apply - "enchantment spell or effect" Magic Jar is Necromancy.)
(4) Elorin: (I imagine targets that don't know what's going to happen probably aren't willing)
(4) Elorin: (we didn't explain it to him, so he was unwilling by default)
(1) Kibin: (You know, I believe that willing is anyone who is incapable of resisting.)
(2) Jason: Jason steps out of Kibin.
(1) Kibin: (Or doesn't want to resist.)
(1) Kibin: (Meh.)
(1) Kibin: (You're no fun. :P)
** (1) Kibin looks around. "Where's the prisoner?" **
(2) Jason: Probably back at the Hall of the Valient. Where's he going to go, really?
(2) Jason: You find yourselves in a wild and untamed place, full of vegitation, and flowers in all sorts of colors.
(4) Elorin: (would Miracle be able to bring him here without someone having to go back and pick him up?)
(1) Kibin: (Yup.)
(4) Elorin: (and without requiring the xp cost?)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Most likely nope.)
(1) Kibin: (Uh... that I don't know.)
(4) Elorin: (I can't think of a lower level spell that can do it for Miracle to emulate)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Then do that as an effect.)
(1) Kibin: (It says "or of a power level equivalent to this")
(4) Elorin: (which is DM judgement)
(4) Elorin: (which is why I'm asking)
(1) Kibin: (*pokes GM*)
(1) Kibin: (I think our GM died.)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (*Runs a wabbit accross the screen*)
(2) Jason: Not dead, just looking up different spells.... Let's see... Plane Shift is Cleric-5; Teleport is Sor/Wiz 5; Greater Teleport is Sor/Wiz 7, so Greater Plane Shift should be about Cleric-7, power wise......
(2) Jason: So yeah, that works.
(4) Elorin: (without having to go back and pick him up and without massive error in arrival location?)
(2) Jason: That not so much; Teleport Object is one of the few spells that will bring something to you; and it only affects prepared objects. He'll need to be fetched.
(2) Jason: Oh, wait - something like it is already listed under miracle: "Moving you and your allies, with all your and their gear, from one plane to another through planar barriers to a specific locale with no chance of error." under the "more powerful" segment.....
(4) Elorin: (I'm not paying 5000 xp for this)
** (1) Kibin goes fly above the vegetation, and look around. **
(2) Jason: Well, then it's basically a matter of Plane Shift/Teleport Greater/Plane Shift/Teleport Greater game of fetch......
(2) Jason: Unless Kaylin has another Gate ready; Open gate, walk through, grab gnome, walk back - in the space of maybe two minutes.....
(2) GM: Keep forgetting to switch between names....
(3) Kaylin: We'll need to rest before retreiving the prisoner, I think.
(1) Kibin (whispering): Poke?
(4) Elorin: (Hmm, if you allow something from Spell Compendium, Greater Plane Shift is Cleric 7 and arrives precisely on target if I've been there before)
whispering to Kibin, Any particular reason? Or are you using the tabbed whispers and stuck on the whisper screen? Been talking.
whispering to Kibin, Ah, I see..... you find yourself on a rather..... wild land. Lots of mountains, random jungle, and riotous untamed plants. There's a storm coming.
** (1) Kibin comes back down. "Looks like a storm is coming..." **
whispering to Kibin, The tame plane was well above you.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "Do we need the prisoner?"
(1) Kibin (whispering): Wait, aren't we supposed to be on that place where there's solid ground both above and down?
(4) Elorin: Unless we want to plan our expedition with no information about where we're going, yes.
(2) GM: (Don't have the Spell Compendium - although I might be picking it up at some point; for now, though, you're looking at multiple castings to get there and back)
(1) Kibin (whispering): (Two castings of miracle isn't bad.)
(1) Kibin: (Gah. Two castings of miracle isn't bad.)
(1) Kibin: (If there's no XP cost.)
whispering to Kibin, We are. Tame, ordered, farmed land way above you. Riotous jungle on the side you're on.
(4) Elorin: (I'd still have to emulate Greater Plane Shift twice, once for each way)
(4) Elorin: (It's the four castings I'm trying to avoid)
(2) GM: Oh, I suppose; roughly that line of power.
(4) Elorin: (which is how it stands with Plane Shift)
** (1) Kibin says, "You know, we should PROBALLY do something about the storm coming?" **
(4) Elorin: (hmm, I'd have to do three castings to avoid the "willing only" restriction)
(4) Elorin: Kaylin, how about you teleport us to near the portal, and I'll go get the prisoner then.
(1) Kibin: (Just knock him unconscious!)
(1) Kibin: (Unconscious targets are automatically willing!)
(2) GM: Jason: Ah, well, I suppose I need anothe ride.....
(1) Kibin: Me again, I suppose?
(3) Kaylin: Rides all sorted out, everyone ready?
(4) Elorin: (or, take Jason there along with his ride, then have him ride back in the Prisoner)
(1) Kibin: (Let's just go already.)
(2) GM: Jason: Oh, I suppose I can go with you, Elorin; first, though.....
(2) GM: Shadow Conjouration, Level 4: Mimics conjuration below 4th level, but only 20% real
(2) GM: Summon Monster III - Celestial hippogryph
(2) GM: Jason sees about possessing the summon....
(2) GM: Ghost Malevolence: Will Save DC 26 (15 + Ghost's Cha modifier) or possess subject
(2) GM: [1d20+2] -> [10,2] = (12)
(2) GM: And Jason vanishes into his summon.
(2) GM: Hippogryph: Ready?
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (A talking hippogryph!)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (What is a hippogryph, anyway?)
(2) GM: Celestial -> Int of at least 3.
(1) Kibin: (Heh. Don't forget the talking 12-headed hydra! :D)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "Ready."
(2) GM: Link to the picture.
(4) Elorin: You three go ahead to the portal area, I'll go straight there on the way back.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Ah, thanks.)
(2) GM: Hippogryph: Don't have too terribly long; you ready?
(1) Kibin: Okay then.
(4) Elorin: Yes
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Miracle ( level 9, "Requests a deity's intercession" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 9 Spell ( level 9, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Ah...XP cost?)
(2) GM: Nah. Power's roughly in line.
(4) Elorin: (emulating Greater Plane Shift, one of the lesser uses of Miracle with no XP cost)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Oh. I thought the XP cost always applied.)
(2) GM: Once there, Jason lets go of the Hyppogriph.
(2) GM: That was for wish.
(4) Elorin: (no, that's Wish)
(1) Kibin: (That's only for Wish.)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Oh...So you're saying it's for wish? Just want to make sure I understand that right.)
(3) Kaylin: (Wish has an XP cost always, Miracle only sometimes)
(1) Kibin: (Miracle doesn't have XP cost for some of it's usages, but the diety, AKA the game master, can choose to reject the request.)
(1) Kibin: (deity*)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Oh, thanks for telling me.)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (By the way...I'm making fun of you parrots. :D )
(4) Elorin: (If I'm willing to pay the XP cost, Miracle can do Mass True Resurrection, or at least that is one reasonable interpretation)
(1) Kibin: (Yup. :D)
(4) Elorin: (With XP cost, Miracle is basically "God shows up and does stuff himself" if the deity is willing)
(1) Kibin: (Hehe, yeah.)
(4) Elorin: (without, it's "God grants minor custom request")
(1) Kibin: (It's the Deus Ex Machina spell.)
(2) GM: And has the hyppogriph see about putting the Gnome to sleep..... [1d20+6-4] -> [10,6,-4] = (12), [1d20+6-4] -> [18,6,-4] = (20) for [1d4+4] -> [4,4] = (8), [1d4+4] -> [2,4] = (6) and bite [1d20+1-4] -> [20,1,-4] = (17) for [1d8+2] -> [3,2] = (5)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Thanks.)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Uh...We need him alive.)
(4) Elorin: (I thought Jason was going to just use Malevolence?)
(2) GM: Jason: Oh, right - stop that....
(2) GM: (-4 to deal nonleathal damage)
(2) GM: Ghost Malevolence: Will Save DC 26 (15 + Ghost's Cha modifier) or possess subject
(2) GM: [1d20] -> [9] = (9)
(2) GM: And Jason vanishes into the gnome with the rapidly fading bruises.
(4) Elorin: (knocking him unconscious when it's not really necessary is also not likely to dispose him towards cooperating with us)
(2) GM: Gnome: Well, you planning on picking me up to carry me, or what?
(2) GM: (Yes, because he's been so incredibly willing before......)
(4) Elorin: No need to carry you.
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Miracle ( level 9, "Requests a deity's intercession" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 9 Spell ( level 9, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(4) Elorin: (and we appear beneath the portal on Bytopia)
(1) Kibin: (Uh.)
(2) GM: And apparently alone, as Kaylin doesn't seem to have cast her spell yet.
** (1) Kibin pokes Kaylin. **
** (8) Eldon Quickfoot pokes Kaylin **
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (It's Parrot Time!)
(3) Kaylin: (Ack, sorry)
(3) Kaylin: (erm. Wasn't paying attention... what do I need to be doing? Thought this was Elorin's show...)
(4) Elorin: (teleport the rest of you to the portal)
** (1) Kibin says to Kaylin, "The teleport?" **
(2) GM: Teleport the rest of the party to the portal. Elorin's just running of to grab the gnome with Jason.
(4) Elorin: (though I suppose I could have just brought everyone along on the trip back and forth)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (I'm not sure...I'm kinda asleep.)
(3) Kaylin: (yeah, warm day and it's sunny... sleep-inducing drug)
(3) Kaylin: Kaylin casts Greater Teleport ( level 7, "Teleports without error." )
(2) GM: And everyone else arrives.
(3) Kaylin: (whooshy sounds...)
** (1) Kibin looks around. **
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (I want a Spaceship!)
(2) GM: At the big glowy portal in the sky.......
(2) GM: There's lots of nice and orderly plants. Lots of farmland nearby.
(2) GM: It's a nice bright day; no sun, so it's hard to say where it's coming from, but it's a clear day.
(1) Kibin: (I hope she was smart enough to teleport to the GROUND, and not somewhere in the sky where the portal is.)
(2) GM: (She's got a pretty high Int score - that one would be DC 5; and she's got a +8 modifier)
(2) GM: (If I were mean, you'd all make reflex saves to land on your feet, rather than your heads...... but I'm not, at the moment)
(3) Kaylin: (besides that we've always teleported to ground anyways... force of habit might do that too)
(2) GM: Jason: So, who all needs a lift?
(1) Kibin: (Heh. Can we do that? :)
(4) Elorin: I thought we were going to rest and go tomorrow
(3) Kaylin: I like that plan
(2) GM: Jason: Ah, right; keep getting ahead of myself.....
(2) GM: Jason sinks down into the ground.
(4) Elorin: And go with a plan already made up, with input from what our prisoner knows.
(2) GM: (after releasin the gnome, of course)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Food...)
(2) GM: (no thanks, already ate)
(2) GM: (Water, though... back in a moment.)
(1) Kibin: (Hehe. Wonder if I'll find compressed air. :D)
(2) GM: Back.
(2) GM: So, who's doing what?
** (1) Kibin says, "We probally need to find shelter, just in case a storm comes." **
(1) Kibin: (*pokes the people again. STOP DYING ON ME*)
(2) GM: (Not dead....)
(2) GM: (last time I checked, anyway)
(1) Kibin: (Me poke other people. :P)
** (4) Elorin looks around for some shelter **
(4) Elorin: Probably easiest to set up a Tiny Hut or similar.
(2) GM: There's a farmer's cottage a few miles away.
(1) Kibin: Maybe we could find an INN in the TOWN?
(4) Elorin: (that would be too easy :P)
(2) GM: You can see a town well off in the distance.
(4) Elorin: (and people might ask awkward questions about why we have someone tied up)
(1) Kibin: Like, the one where we found the library at?
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Back)
(1) Kibin: (Shhhh, be quiet?)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "I would perfer to not risk a confrontation over the prisoner."
(1) Kibin: (Talk ICly about that stuff. :P)
(1) Kibin: We have him tied up so he won't pose a danger to us. How about that?
** (8) Eldon Quickfoot looks at the unarmed and ragged gnome. **
(3) Kaylin: Perhaps they won't like the idea of us bringing dangerous people in town?
** (8) Eldon Quickfoot looks at Kibin the dragon. **
(3) Kaylin: And he's not a particularly intimidating character.
** (8) Eldon Quickfoot looks back. **
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "Right..."
(1) Kibin: Uh...
(1) Kibin: This is so he won't run off?
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "And then they'd ask why."
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "Best just to avoid the questions."
(1) Kibin: We could just toss him in my portable hole with a necklace of adaptation.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (If I recall correctly, we didn't bring the prisoner into town in bytopia, either.)
** (8) Eldon Quickfoot looks questioningly at the magic experts. **
(3) Kaylin: Well... I suppose... although it'd be easiest just to create a Tiny Hut
(1) Kibin: Wouldn't that be a bit too tiny for all of us to stay in for the night?
(2) GM: Spellcraft check?
(3) Kaylin: Spellcraft Skill Check: [1d20+33] -> [5,33] = (38)
(4) Elorin: (20 ft radius sphere, I think it can hold us all)
whispering to Kaylin, Tiny hut: "As many as nine other Medium creatures can fit into the field with you" - ten total critters
(1) Kibin: (Hey, Kibin is clueless about magic. It's a 'tiny hut', it should be 'tiny'.)
(3) Kaylin: It might be a little cramped but we can fit.
(3) Kaylin: it's tiny next to a Mage's Mansion
(1) Kibin: Okay...
(1) Kibin: That sounds good, I guess.
(2) GM: Jason pokes his head up out of the ground: So, which of you is casting it?
** (1) Kibin draws a stick villiage in the dirt with his claws while he waits for one of them to make that tiny hut. **
(3) Kaylin: Could you use a shadow evocation on it?
(2) GM: Jason: Sure.....
(2) GM: Shadow Evocation, 5th: Mimics evocation below 5th level, but only 20% real.
(2) GM: Jason: Well, we resting up, then?
** (3) Kaylin goes inside and finds a corner to be wizardly in **
(3) Kaylin: (I have to leave in about 20 minutes. if I'm lucky, I may even return in time for the end of the session)
(4) Elorin: Kaylin, I'd suggest preparing lots of Protection from Arrows spells, assuming that's in your spellbook.
** (8) Eldon Quickfoot enters and finds a place to sleep. **
(2) GM: By the way - anyone making a Will save?
(1) Kibin: (For the hut? No.)
(3) Kaylin: (nope. Will PoA work on the bullets?)
(4) Elorin: (they're ranged weapons and nonmagical, that's all that's required)
(2) GM: Yeah, would; for as long as it held out.
(4) Elorin: (10 hits of DR 10)
(3) Kaylin: (grr. Don't have that in book)
** (1) Kibin goes count how much gold and platnium pieces he has left before sleeping. **
(4) Elorin: (oops, oh well)
(2) GM: [1d100] -> [60] = (60)
(2) GM: Next morning?
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Yep.)
(1) Kibin: (Yup.)
(1) Kibin: (Yay, 10,000 gold pieces!)
(4) Elorin: (why have my many repeated suggestions of coming up with a plan been completely ignored?)
(2) GM: The night passes without incident.
(2) GM: (Got one?)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (I dunno - I'm not up for planning, really.)
(4) Elorin: (well, it all starts with asking the gnome for advice, and deliberately not letting him know there might not be an army ready to invade if we fail)
(4) Elorin: (at a minimum, having directions and maybe even descriptions sufficient for teleportation would be nice)
** (1) Kibin snoozes while Kaylin is preparing spells. **
(2) GM: Well, next morning.....
(2) GM: Oh, by the way - who tied up the gnome?
(4) Elorin: (that was me, as I recall)
(2) GM: Use Rope check?
(4) Elorin: (somewhere in the logs, but if you want a new one...)
(4) Elorin: Use Rope Skill Check: [1d20+6] -> [11,6] = (17)
(2) GM: Aand.... what kind of rope did you use?
(4) Elorin: (+2 for silk, +10 vs opposed escape artist)
(2) GM: And the next morning, the Gnome is still there. Pouting.
(1) Kibin: You know, I think he's getting bored.
(3) Kaylin: I wonder if he's ticklish...
(1) Kibin: Uh...
(1) Kibin: Why do you wonder that?
(3) Kaylin: Prisoner abuse. What else?
(4) Elorin: So, Tongues on him, on one of us, or on the whole party?
(1) Kibin: Whole party would be nice.
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Tongues ( level 4, "Speak any language" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 5 Spell ( level 5, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Tongues ( level 4, "Speak any language" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 5 Spell ( level 5, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Tongues ( level 4, "Speak any language" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 5 Spell ( level 5, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Tongues ( level 4, "Speak any language" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 5 Spell ( level 5, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(4) Elorin: (extended)
(2) GM: Jason: I really ought to learn that one at some point.....
** (1) Kibin waits to listen to random muttering by prisoner. **
(2) GM: Gnome: Took me out of the (untranslatable), tied me up, and still haven't fed me....... it's been two days.....
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (We havn't fed the gnome? I was sorta assuming that was automatic...)
(1) Kibin: Uh, Elorin, maybe you could fix one of those hero feasts, and let him eat?
(4) Elorin: (er, I wouldn't have been that cruel, especially when I have plenty of extra capacity on Heroes' Feast)
(4) Elorin: (feeding is just one of those basic things that I just assume gets taken care of unless the DM specifically demands tracking it in D&D)
(2) GM: Gnome: .... just as well they can't understand me... although sometimes they can.... I don't get that.....
(4) Elorin: (so, how about saying we fed him at the Heroes' Feast each morning since capture?)
(2) GM: (Okay)
** (1) Kibin says in the Gnome's language, "It's called magic." **
(4) Elorin: (That would still leave about a dozen people's worth of capacity)
(2) GM: Gnome: .. Only one meal a day.... Ah. Right. You keep using that word.....
(4) Elorin: One extremely good and filling meal, though.
(2) GM: Gnome: Well, yeah..... still... I'm used to three....
(4) Elorin: It's what we use for things like how I make that feast appear out of thin air.
(2) GM: Gnome: Ah, yes, and like how that shelter appeared out of nowhere, and how that one ... thing ... goes through walls. Right. More likely just some regular old stuff that I'm not quite up on yet.
(1) Kibin: Actually, he's a ghost, that's why he can go through walls.
(3) Kaylin: We're just a lot more advanced than your people, I'm afraid.
(3) Kaylin: (in common) No need to scare the guy just yet.
(1) Kibin: (Common)Aw, scaring people is fun.
(1) Kibin: (common)Besides, he's immune to fear now...
(3) Kaylin: (Common) Yes, but we won't get anything out of him that way...
(3) Kaylin: Immune to overwhelming fear... I'm sure some amount of survival instinct remains even so.
(4) Elorin: So, anyway, we were planning on investigating that treaty possibility you mentioned earlier, and we'd rather not go in blind. We may have a full-scale invasion ready as a backup plan, but we'd prefer not to have to do that.
(2) GM: Gnome: Ah, right; yes, an invasion. Of course. "Magic", invading armies that just... don't show. Right. Of course you do.
(3) Kaylin: Jason, please, show him something to worry about...
(3) Kaylin: Take over his body or something.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Done that.)
(2) GM: Jason: Oh, he's seen that before..... maybe....
(2) GM: Ghost Telekenesis: Lift Opponent: Standard Action, Concentration: Off Ground 12 rounds (if under 300 lbs, Will save DC 26), Wait: [1d4] -> [1] = (1)
(2) GM: [1d20] -> [18] = (18)
(3) Kaylin: Perhaps he needs a bit of refreshing.
(2) GM: Jason starts lifting the Gnome off the ground.
(2) GM: Jason: So, how much of a fall can you take?
(2) GM: Jason: Not that you can understand a word I'm saying.... as far as you know, I'm just babbling incoherently in some arcane language.... hmm.....
(2) GM: Gnome: Hah! You might kill me, but my death will be avenged!
(2) GM: Gnome: Man, I'm not afraid of anything today....
** (4) Elorin mutters **
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Dispel Magic ( level 3, "Cancels spells and magical effects" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 3 Spell ( level 3, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(2) GM: Gnome: Ah! What's with the .... and the .... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
(1) Kibin: (common)Okay. How about we keep the prisoner away from any magical effects, before he becomes high off of them again.
(3) Kaylin: (awh, I have to go now)
(2) GM: Well, have fun. Make sure to give your grandfarther a hug.
(3) Kaylin: (all right :) see 'ya)
** (1) Kibin starts laughing at the gnome. Magic is funny. **
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Bye)
(4) Elorin: You remember that big lady that picked you up disdainfully in the giant hall we visited? She's a part of that army. You've seen how just the few of us took down two of your soldier machines without much difficult; well, she's about as powerful as we are, and there are a lot more like her.
(2) GM: Gnome: Wait... I'm not falling..... hmm....... well.... I don't know much anyway; never been to the capital.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Sense Motive [1d20+19] -> [4,19] = (23)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Ouchies)
(1) Kibin: Sense Motive Skill Check: [1d20+16] -> [15,16] = (31)
whispering to Eldon Quickfoot, Kibin, He hasn't.
(4) Elorin: Sense Motive Skill Check: [1d20+8] -> [11,8] = (19)
(1) Kibin: (I pwn all your motives.)
(4) Elorin: (indeed)
(2) GM: Gnome: It's quite a ways from the Center, just in case anything went wrong.
(4) Elorin: (brb)
** (1) Kibin asks the gnome, "Is there any way for us to talk with their leaders without getting attacked or killed?" **
(2) GM: Gnome: Wait..... you're ready to take on the whole place, but you're worried about getting shot at? Huh?
(2) GM: Gnome: Doesn't matter, I suppose.... you'd need to attract their attention.
** (1) Kibin says to the gnome, "I don't suppose figuring out how to find the center counts..." **
(2) GM: Gnome: Oh, we've had enough wander in; hundred million monkeys hypothesis, you know.
(1) Kibin: Oookay.
(1) Kibin: What do monkeys have to do with people wandering in?
(4) Elorin: (back)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "Statistical probability."
(2) GM: Gnome: Ah, yes, savages..... if you have lots of people wandering through somewhere completely at random, eventully, some of them are going to find the goal, no?
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "Applies to you."
(1) Kibin: Oh, that's what you mean.
(4) Elorin: Oh, we're not too worried about fighting a few of you at a time, but groups of dozens might be a bit annoying.
(1) Kibin: Don't suppose there's a way to just go to the leaders in some sort of invincible sphere...
(2) GM: Kaylin: Yes and no. I've got one, but it doesn't travel quickly, so....
(1) Kibin: Ah.
(4) Elorin: (and only lasts 1 minute/level)
(1) Kibin: (Will you stop that already! I can read the SRD already!)
(1) Kibin: Well, wouldn't it last long enough to be able to talk to someone?
(2) GM: Kaylin: And it stops speach.
(1) Kibin: Oh.
(1) Kibin: I don't suppose we can just speak in their language, saying something like, "Take us to your leader!"
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (BRB)
(4) Elorin: We've tried that. Several times.
(1) Kibin: Oh yeah. Thought they couldn't understand us that time. Hmmm.
(1) Kibin: How about we send the gnome in as a diplomat?
(1) Kibin: Of course, there's no reason for him to stay trustworthy. hmmmm.
(2) GM: Gnome: I'd have trouble getting in, without my (untranslatable - seems to reffer to the metal beast; sounds like "mech").
(2) GM: Gnome: They're rather paranoid about security.
(4) Elorin: How would they react to someone coming through in a damaged mech, escorting us?
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Back)
(1) Kibin: Seeing how they shoot people on sight, and don't know how to take prisoners?
(2) GM: Gnome: ... I don't know. It's never happend; we're not supposed to take prisoners except under orders....
(1) Kibin: I don't suppose you could get orders to take us 'prisoner'...
(4) Elorin: Actually, I was thinking of having Eldon in it.
(4) Elorin: (is it possible to take 10 on the control checks, and would his +8 and Comprehend Languages be enough with that?)
(2) GM: (Until he gets into a pressure situation)
(1) Kibin: (Or unless he takes his 18th class level with a feat.)
** (1) Kibin draws a stick village in the dirt again. Weeee, bored. **
(2) GM: Gnome: Uh huh. That... might work....
(1) Kibin: What might work?
(2) GM: Gnome: You'd have to talk pretty fast....
(1) Kibin: Oh, that.
(1) Kibin: Not too sure how good Eldon is at bluffing...
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (BRB)
** (1) Kibin continues his masterwork of stick people in a stick village. **
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Back.)
(2) GM: Silent Image, 1: Creates minor illusion of your design (will save)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "Oh, absolutly horrible."
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: [1d20+19] -> [4,19] = (23)
(2) GM: Jason concentrates for a moment, and animates them.....
(1) Kibin: Sense Motive Skill Check: [1d20+16] -> [18,16] = (34)
(1) Kibin: (Wait...)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Good.)
(1) Kibin: (I'm confused now.)
whispering to Kibin, He thinks he's good at it.
(1) Kibin: Okay, he THINKS he's good at it. But that's not a sign that he's good at it.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Ah....Trying to pass a message here.)
(1) Kibin: Will save: [1d20+16] -> [3,16] = (19)
(1) Kibin: (And an idle will save for the silent image.)
(2) GM: And you don't beat the DC.
** (1) Kibin makes a stick dragon in the sky above. **
(2) GM: As far as you know, you're stick figures just start moving around, doing things.
(2) GM: Which starts attacking the stick people with stick flames.
(2) GM: And then eating them.
** (1) Kibin wishes he could make magical illusions already... **
(2) GM: The gnome blinks.
** (1) Kibin lets the stick dragon have revenge on the animated stick people. **
(2) GM: The stick figure dragon finishes eating the village people, then gets up, and expands into a full grown red dragon, and looks, silently, at the gnome.
(4) Elorin: (lol, how's THAT for intimidation? :P)
(2) GM: Intimidate Skill Check: [1d20+11] -> [19,11] = (30)
(2) GM: Aand a slight bonus for the dragon... and what's the opposed roll...
(4) Elorin: (wouldn't this get a circumstance bonus? :P)
** (1) Kibin says to Jason in common, attempting the best he can to bluff him, "You might want to stop before the illusion gets out of your control and starts terrorizing towns..." **
(1) Kibin: Bluff Skill Check: [1d20+19] -> [16,19] = (35)
(2) GM: Opposed: [1d20+3+1] -> [2,3,1] = (6)
(1) Kibin: (Hehe.)
(2) GM: The gnome is frightened out of his wits.
(2) GM: Sense Motive Skill Check: [1d20+5] -> [5,5] = (10)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (BRB)
(2) GM: Jason: My illusion, vanishes when I stop concentrating.
(1) Kibin: (Meh. :P)
(2) GM: Jason: Meanwhile, seemed useful.
(1) Kibin: (And I even rolled +20 if it was way out there.)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Back)
(2) GM: Jason: Now, if I wanted to terrorize a town, I'd bring up something that could.
(4) Elorin: Right, so, if you don't want the dragon to eat you... What stands the best chance of convincing them to let us talk with someone in authority?
** (1) Kibin says to Elorin, in common, "You know, it would probally be better if we didn't scare him out of his wits... not very helpful once he no longer feels threatened." **
(2) GM: Gnome: It's never happened .... but if you were to confuse them for a bit, maybe make them think you're one of us, and somehow get to the Throne of the Heavens five hundred miles straight east.....
(4) Elorin: (what, do they have a king that rules by divine mandate?)
(2) GM: Gnome: Break into the Throne, talk to the Enlightened One.....
(2) GM: (what, nobody ever had a fanciful name for something perfectly mundane?)
(1) Kibin: You mean the person who sits on a throne eating grapes all day while other people does his job for him?
(4) Elorin: (true, but the "Heavens" bit has a religious connotation to it)
(1) Kibin: (One of these days, I'm going to hide inside of Jason. :D)
(2) GM: Gnome: Oh, he does a might more than that. He orders the armies, says what research to focus on, is the ultimate judge.......
(4) Elorin: Ok, so we have someone to talk to and an estimate of where to go. I don't suppose you've ever been near there?
(2) GM: Gnome: Closest I've ever been was the Acadamey, fifty miles south of the Throne.
(4) Elorin: 50 miles is still a good bit closer than 500. How good of a description can you give us?
(2) GM: Gnome: Of the acadamey? Pretty good, it's been a few years......
(1) Kibin: Question. Would we rather travel 500 miles with less of a chance of us being shot at, or travel 50 miles with pretty much a 100% chance of being shot at?
(2) GM: Gnome: Huh?
(1) Kibin: Well, if we don't use the portal, won't they suspect something?
(2) GM: Gnome: Either way, you have to go through the portal and just kinda walk, fly, ride, or whatever there.
(4) Elorin: Why would starting from this Academy be so certain to get us shot at?
(2) GM: Gnome: Oh, right - "magic"
(4) Elorin: Unless you really think we can convince them to just take us there straight from Center
(1) Kibin: Our friend could....
(2) GM: Gnome: Buy why a description of the Acadamy?
(2) GM: Grr.... Why, not Buy....
** (1) Kibin lays down on the ground and listens, while the plan is formulated. **
(2) GM: Sorry, "Buy why a description"....
(1) Kibin: (Mmm, supper. Time to fix me a sandwich!)
(4) Elorin: Given a good enough description of a place, we can get there pretty much instantly
(2) GM: Gnome: Just a description? Shucks, everyone's seen a picture of the Throne.... if that's where you're heading.
(4) Elorin: It is, if what you've told us is accurate
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "And no doubt we would be killed instantly if we went there?"
(4) Elorin: I can't imagine such a place would be without defenses, so what would we have to worry about after just appearing out of nowhere there?
(2) GM: Gnome: Don't know what kind of security they have..... never been there... but the pictures are just lovely; Gold trimmed throne, velvet cusions, paltinum insets, red carpet....
(1) Kibin: Ooo...
(2) GM: Gnome: Although I imagine the toughest of the security would be on the outside; can't just pop into the middle of the throne room, eh?
(4) Elorin: Wait, the picture is of the actual seat of rulership on the inside?
(4) Elorin: That could be useful...
(4) Elorin: And it would make sense that they don't have precautions against teleportation
(2) GM: Gnome: Some of 'em. There's a really nice mosaic of jewels just above the throne....
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: [1d20+19] -> [19,19] = (38)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Sense motive on no defenses)
(4) Elorin: Sense Motive Skill Check: [1d20+8] -> [18,8] = (26)
(4) Elorin: (darn measly 2 skill points per level :( I could have +29 on that with max ranks)
whispering to Eldon Quickfoot, Elorin, He's making a guess based off of what he does know.
(2) GM: (That's one of the many things a good Int score is for.....)
(4) Elorin: (too many important ability scores)
(1) Kibin: Sense Motive Skill Check: [1d20+16] -> [8,16] = (24)
(2) GM: (Ah, yes, Favored Souls do have a slight case of MAD)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "I'm not sure I want to risk my life on a guess that there's little defence inside."
(1) Kibin: (I join in the gratious sense motives on no defenses.)
whispering to Kibin, He's making a guess based off of what he does know.
(4) Elorin: Even if there are heavy defenses there, how quickly are they going to react to something that's never happened before with no warning?
(1) Kibin: Within a few seconds.
(1) Kibin: Assuming defenses are those giant mech thingies.
(2) GM: Kaylin: Well, I could prepare a Sphere or two, maybe three, to put up after we arrive; take maybe one volley, then wait until they get bored.
(1) Kibin: Heh, or till they run out of pellets?
(4) Elorin: Presumably we wouldn't have to move it, so it could be the easier version too.
(2) GM: Kaylin: That could well work.
(2) GM: Kaylin: Except it's not one of the ones in my book.....
(1) Kibin: Hehe, and I'll resist moving out of the sphere before it forms.
(4) Elorin: Of course, this all assumes that we arrive when this Enlightened One is actually there.
(2) GM: Gnome: Oh, I don't know .... a sudden, non-violent invasion in the middle of his throne room? Who wouldn't come?
(4) Elorin: Everyone is almost certain to assume it's an assassination attempt
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "That's generally a matter of timing. A few hours after noon should do."
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "Even indolent rulers are generally up by then."
(1) Kibin: (We do know about time zones, right?)
(2) GM: Gnome: Of course, that would require you don't fight back..... even then, he probably wouldn't come in person....
(2) GM: (Do you know how big the target plane is?)
(4) Elorin: (we've certainly travelled widely enough to encounter the phenomenon)
(1) Kibin: (Talking about on the material plane.)
(2) GM: (Yes.... but it's the time on the target plane that matters.....)
(1) Kibin: (I know. But I'm saying why his idea wouldn't work.)
(4) Elorin: (hmm, I could try scrying on him. +5 on the save for having only secondhand knowledge, and we have no idea what level he is and how high his will save is, but it might still work.)
(1) Kibin: (You go suggest that.)
(4) Elorin: (another +5 for cross-planar if we try it now)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Uh - We just check the time when we're there.)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Or scry)
(1) Kibin: Okay, how hard is it to convince them that we're at least as intelligent as them?
(1) Kibin: (*POKES IC!*)
(2) GM: Gnome: That.... I have no idea.
(2) GM: Gnome: You've convinced me. Really. Call off the big flying lizard.... please?
(2) GM: The dragon smiles, and thin wisps of smoke come out of it's nostrils.....
(4) Elorin: The ability to just appear out of nowhere and then put up an impenetrable barrier might go a fair ways towards that...
(2) GM: [1d20] -> [16] = (16)
** (1) Kibin sighs, and waves his arm through the dragon. "It's fake. An illusion. See?" **
(4) Elorin: (why would you point that out?)
(2) GM: Gnome: Oh, a (untranslatable). Figures..... so convincing, though.....
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (/me whaps Kibin muchly.)
(1) Kibin: (Hehe. I don't like intimidation?)
(1) Kibin: (Never mind that I have skill points in intimidation...)
(4) Elorin: Especially if we manage to pinpoint their ruler and appear right there.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Better than torture...And we do happen to be at war.)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (That's Eldons' opinion, anyway.)
(1) Kibin: (And I also have skill points in diplomacy. :)
(4) Elorin: I might be able to take a look at him regardless of where he is so we can teleport directly there.
(4) Elorin: Not certain to work, though.
(2) GM: Gnome: Man the espionage department would love to be able to do that.....
(1) Kibin: I would too...
(4) Elorin: Anyway, is there some time of day he's always on the throne doing his rulership duties?
(1) Kibin: Aside from time being different where he's at...
(4) Elorin: (in a world with no magic, high-level spellcasters are incredible at certain tasks)
(2) GM: Gnome: Varies, depends on who he's seeing that day, what he's up to, and whether or not he feels like a round of target practice. Others take care of the more routine things.
(4) Elorin: (spy on the enemy ruler 24/7, teleport in an assassination team at any time, etc.)
(1) Kibin: Let's try scrying.
(4) Elorin: (in common) It's less likely to work from a plane other than the one he's on.
(1) Kibin: (common)Well, does it hurt to try?
(4) Elorin: (common) can't try again for 24 hours. Still, we've waited this long, one more day isn't likely to make a difference if we have to wait.
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Greater Scrying ( level 7, "As scrying, but faster and longer." )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 7 Spell ( level 7, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(2) GM: Caster level check?
(4) Elorin: [1d20+19] -> [1,19] = (20)
(4) Elorin: (he has SR?)
(2) GM: You don't get anything.
(1) Kibin: You know, I was kind of expecting a giant picture to appear in front of you.
(4) Elorin: (how does a guy on a plane where magic is unknown have SR?)
(4) Elorin: I told you, it doesn't always work. It didn't, this time.
(4) Elorin: Kaylin could try too, if she has it prepared (or prepares it now, since I think this is happening before she prepares spells for the day)
(1) Kibin: (Maybe, just maybe, the plane has a limited magic field?)
(2) GM: Gnome: You're talking in that odd funny voice again; better watch that on the other side; it's one of the things we're supposed to twatch out for.
(1) Kibin: (correction, impeded magic.)
(1) Kibin: (Or possibly wild magic.)
** (1) Kibin comments in Draconic, "This probally seems even odder to you..." **
(4) Elorin: (in gnome's tongue) Why bother saying that in a language he can't understand?
(2) GM: Gnome: That one's not so bad, though; it's a different odd funny voice we watch for. A particular concentration, some hand movements....
** (1) Kibin says to the gnome, "You mean spellcasting?" **
(2) GM: Gnome: Sorry, come again? You keep using these meaningless words.....
** (1) Kibin says, "You mean spellcasting?" **
(4) Elorin: (hmm, " If the save succeeds, you cant attempt to scry on that subject again for at least 24 hours.")
(4) Elorin: (does that mean failure due to other reasons doesn't limit retries?)
** (1) Kibin hmmmms. "Apparently, certain worlds are untranslatable in both directions..." **
(2) GM: Yeah, you could try again.....
** (1) Kibin says to the gnome, "It's how we use magic." **
** (4) Elorin hmms **
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Greater Scrying ( level 7, "As scrying, but faster and longer." )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 7 Spell ( level 7, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(4) Elorin: [1d20+19] -> [18,19] = (37)
(2) GM: Gnome: Okay, you used the same meaningless word...... then that odd one you throw around a lot....
(4) Elorin: (if that doesn't work...)
whispering to Jack Simth, Will save: [1d20+11+10] -> [17,11,10] = (38)
(4) Elorin: (save DC 25, with +10 for cross-planar and only secondhand knowledge)
(2) GM: You don't get anything.
(4) Elorin: (I was afraid of that. Effective DC 15 isn't very hard for anyone)
** (1) Kibin sighs, and takes out a coin. "See this coin?" **
(4) Elorin: (are you trying to pass off sleight-of-hand as magic?)
(2) GM: Gnome: Yeah. Oh, hey - real gold!
(1) Kibin: (Maaaaaaaaybe.)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Don't.)
(1) Kibin: Pick Pocket Skill Check: [1d20+13] -> [5,13] = (18)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (If it backfires...)
** (1) Kibin then makes the coin disappear. "Now do you see it?" **
(1) Kibin: (And it's DC 10 to do that, by the way.)
(2) GM: [1d20] -> [11] = (11) "When you use this skill under close observation, your skill check is opposed by the observer’s Spot check. The observer’s success doesn’t prevent you from performing the action, just from doing it unnoticed."
(1) Kibin: (And that.)
(2) GM: Not that he saw, mind.
(4) Elorin: Kibin, stop trying to pass off simple tricks as real magic.
(1) Kibin: (But, he failed it...)
(1) Kibin: (Grrrr, did Elorin say that so he could hear?)
(2) GM: Gnome: No... but there are a lot of people who do that. Most also steal people's money.
(4) Elorin: (yes, I did say that so the gnome could hear)
** (1) Kibin mehs, and doesn't remember what he was trying to demonsrate in the first place. **
(2) GM: Gnome: It's a simple trick with how you move your hand and distract the eyes. Never been able to pull it off, myself.....
(4) Elorin: Anyway, back to planning how to talk with the Enlightened One...
(1) Kibin: Well, magic is kind of like that, except it doesn't always have to follow the rules of physics...
** (8) Eldon Quickfoot rolls his eyes. **
(1) Kibin: Meh. Why can't you just have a word for magic, like all normal languages do.
(2) GM: Gnome: Bah! You'd be amazed what our (untranslatable) can make happen. Sure, it looks unbelieveable.
(2) GM: Gnome: But it still follows the natural laws of the multiverse.
(1) Kibin: Of course... (untranslatable) might be similar to magic...
(2) GM: Gnome: Although there is always the possiblity that we don't know the full set of them.....
(4) Elorin: And so does magic, it just uses some different rules.
(1) Kibin: And magic might could still follow the rules of magi... uh, physics.
(4) Elorin: (in any universe where magic works, the "rules of physics" must include rules that govern how magic works)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Unless 'magic' is defined as 'breaking the rules'.)
(1) Kibin: Of course, most of what I know about magic is it's the reason why I'm not dead twice already...
(4) Elorin: ("magic" is defined in our universe as "breaking the rules" because it doesn't actually work. Where it does work, it's because the rules allow it)
(1) Kibin: (Any technology sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from magic.)
(2) GM: (Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced)
(1) Kibin: So... maybe we could just teleport in to the throne room, hope we came at the right time, and use that sphere thingie if anyone tries shooting at us?
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (True.)
(2) GM: Kaylin: Sounds like a plan.
(4) Elorin: Since it seems no one has any better ideas...
(2) GM: Jason: Oh, I suppose I could step outside the Sphere.....
(4) Elorin: Though we should probably try scrying at least one more time after we get on the right plane. Kaylin will have to be the one to do it, though, unless we wait another day.
(4) Elorin: Before it's cast? Better hurry.
(1) Kibin: (Wall of force?)
(1) Kibin: (How are you going to step through a wall of force?)
(2) GM: Jason: Shouldn't matter too much. I can get past walls of force, just takes a little longer.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Ah, there it is: 'Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from a rigged demonstration.')
(1) Kibin: Can we get over with this already?
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Supper)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Eldon can look menacing and make threats.)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (And sense motive checks and other Eldon-type stuff.)
(2) GM: Enjoy.
(4) Elorin: (so, let's see, Kaylin's spells prepared should include: two Greater Scryings, two or three Telekinetic Spheres, two Greater Teleports, a Plane Shift or two... anything else we can think of?)
(4) Elorin: (I can do almost any of them with Miracle, but I've only got three of those)
(1) Kibin: (Expeditous retreat?)
(4) Elorin: (if we're running on foot, we're in big trouble)
(2) GM: Do you prefer Gate, Wish, Shapechange, or Wierd in the 9th level slot?
(1) Kibin: (Hehe, wonder what a dragon's breath would do. :)
(4) Elorin: (Shapechange, I guess)
(4) Elorin: (though I'd hope we don't have to use it)
(1) Kibin: (You know, if the intelligence circlet thingie was made out of jade, wouldn't that count as the focus?)
(4) Elorin: (any way to communicate through the Sphere?)
(2) GM: Scrying and Message?
(2) GM: Sending?
(4) Elorin: (heh, I wonder what a deity thinks when someone casts Miracle to emulate a cantrip? :P)
(1) Kibin: (Lol...)
(1) Kibin: ("Get your stupid wizard to do it, I'm busy")
** (1) Kibin yawns. **
(4) Elorin: Anyway, if we're going to teleport into the throne room, we need that description...
(2) GM: Clairaudience could work, to a degree.
(1) Kibin: Didn't he already give that?
(2) GM: The gnome gives a description as best he can manage.
(4) Elorin: (Clairaudience is only one-way, though)
(2) GM: Two castings - one for each person trying to communicate. Moot point, though, not in Kaylin's spellbook.
(2) GM: Bluff could potentially do it (pantomime)
(4) Elorin: (guess we better put a few Messages in Kaylin's spells prepared)
(4) Elorin: (I don't really like being limited to whispering, though)
(1) Kibin: (Let's stop talking about the rules now?)
(2) GM: Whispering with everyone included in the casting; at her caster level, that's basically everyone you'll care about.
(2) GM: Jason: So, do we have this all planned out?
(4) Elorin: (is it possible to use Scrying on a location instead of a person?)
(2) GM: Nope.
(4) Elorin: (seems kinda silly to me)
(1) Kibin: (Yes, I believe it's possible.)
(2) GM: Can't have you scrying on the probable ground beneath someone to get them into the picture while bypassing their will save.
(1) Kibin: (Or maybe it doesn't.)
(2) GM: Now, if you plant a known entity next to someone, then you can use their will save....
(2) GM: But then you already have a friendly plant right next to the target, so.....
(4) Elorin: (Even with that "ground beneath target" thing, that's limited by not following anyone)
(1) Kibin: (Ooo, trained scrying fleas.)
(4) Elorin: (and I was specifically thinking of avoiding the annoyance of scrying on someone to let Message through the sphere and having that person walk off)
(2) GM: And then you'll be scrying someone's diary, or another's spellbook, or..... no.
(2) GM: However, message has no saving throw, Jason can bypass walls, and can know in advance that he'll by scried on.
(2) GM: And he's kinda hard for bullets to hurt.
** (1) Kibin says, "Yeah, I think we have it planned out." **
(4) Elorin: (Clairaudience/Clairvoyance already does locations with no save, and it's a lot lower level than Scrying. The only real problem as I see it is scrying on objects, and that can be fixed either by forbidding it or giving attended objects the owner's saving throw, maybe even if they pick it up after the scrying started)
** (1) Kibin asks, "Can we go now?" **
(2) GM: They also have limited range. Scrying doesn't.
(4) Elorin: (but yeah, Jason works)
(4) Elorin: One more thing before we go, should we have Kibin use some other form? One that doesn't have shoot-first-on-sight orders for their entire military?
(1) Kibin: Uh, wouldn't they shoot at us anyway?
(2) GM: Jason: Ah, so you like the concept of concentrated fire, then?
(1) Kibin: Hmmm, true. Just a second...
(4) Elorin: Probably. But they'd concentrate on you, and we might avoid their "get a group of several" orders if you don't match what they've got on record.
** (1) Kibin walks off for a while out of sight, then comes back a kobold. **
(2) GM: Kaylin: Well, are we ready?
(2) GM: Jason: Are we fetching the beast?
** (1) Kibin asks Elorin, "Could you at least use that magic weapon spell on the adamantine shortsword?" **
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Greater Magic Weapon ( level 4, "+1 bonus/four levels (max +5)" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 4 Spell ( level 4, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(4) Elorin: The mech might confuse them in Center for a moment, but it would make it much harder to teleport everyone around.
(13) Kibin (enter): 16:09
(13) Kibin: (Comcast demon is back....
(1) Kibin (exit): 16:09
(13) Kibin: (Last I heard was Jason asking if we're fetching the beast.)
(2) GM: Elorin spelled up your sword.
(4) Elorin: (I cast GMW on your sword)
(4) Elorin: The mech might confuse them in Center for a moment, but it would make it much harder to teleport everyone around.
(13) Kibin: (Ah, okay.)
(4) Elorin: (+4 bonus)
(13) Kibin: Yeah, let's leave the mech behind.
(13) Kibin: (Only +4? :P)
(2) GM: You didn't catch him during his standard morning preparations.
(4) Elorin: (need another level before I can do +5 without the Bead of Karma)
(13) Kibin: (Ah.)
(4) Elorin: Hmm, try the white clouds trick again?
(2) GM: Kaylin: Can't cast a thing like that, and we're liable to need to.
(4) Elorin: Just for getting there, then teleport the instant I dismiss it.
(4) Elorin: Then again, we could just teleport the instant we jump through, too.
(2) GM: Kaylin: Could work.
(13) Kibin: So...
(13) Kibin: Wait, nevermind, wouldn't work.
(4) Elorin: What wouldn't work?
(2) GM: Jason: We taking the gnome?
(2) GM: Jason: Ah, I'll need a ride for the cloud and teleport portions.....
(2) GM: Ghost Malevolence: Will Save DC 26 (15 + Ghost's Cha modifier) or possess subject
(13) Kibin: (For who?)
(2) GM: [1d20+1] -> [20,1] = (21)
(13) Kibin: (Ehehehehehehee.)
(2) GM: The gnome. Who throws Jason out.
(4) Elorin: (...and the gnome shakes it off)
(13) Kibin: Hehe.
(2) GM: Jason: Oookay. That doesn't look like it's going to work today......
(13) Kibin: I could always volunteer again...
(2) GM: Well be doing this a little long for a summon, so..... yeah, that'd be good.
(13) Kibin: Wait, how long is this going to be? I thought we were just going to planeshift over there, then teleport to whereever this enlightened one is.
(4) Elorin: I'm pretty sure we don't have the component necessary for a plane shift to that plane.
(13) Kibin: Oh.
(13) Kibin: Then what were we planning?
(4) Elorin: Jump through the Center portal and teleport.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Back)
(13) Kibin: Oh.
(4) Elorin: Try to scry first if we can.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Havn't even left yet?!)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (*Suprise*)
(2) GM: Jason: So, we ready?
(13) Kibin: Yeah.
(2) GM: Jason: Who all needs a lift?
(2) GM: Jason: To the portal.
(13) Kibin: Uh...
** (4) Elorin flaps his wings **
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (So...What're we doing?)
(13) Kibin: Can't we jsut WINDWALK through the portal?
(2) GM: Jason: Yeah, that would probably be for the best.... you ready?
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Wind Walk ( level 6, "You and your allies turn vaporous and travel fast" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 6 Spell ( level 6, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(13) Kibin: Do you know how to get to the center from here?
(13) Kibin: Four U's and one R...
(2) GM: Jason: Well, I'll meet you over there; keep the possesion as short as possible....
(2) GM: Jason runs through the portal.
(4) Elorin: Oh yeah, take the gnome with us, untie him and leave him here, or what?
(13) Kibin: Meh. And I was hoping to have a memory lapse during the boringness of going over there.
(4) Elorin: It seems a bit mean to just leave him tied up here dependent on someone finding him or us returning.
(2) GM: Kaylin: We are expecting to return, aren't we?
(13) Kibin: Just untie him already, how far can he run...
(4) Elorin: Well, yes, but we can hardly guarantee success at this.
(4) Elorin: True, and I should be able to track him down pretty easily.
** (4) Elorin unties the gnome and puts the rope away **
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "And leave him to spy?"
(4) Elorin: Without his mech, I believe standing orders would be to shoot him on sight
(4) Elorin: Kinda hard to spy when you'd be killed when you try to report
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "That does give assurance."
(4) Elorin: (to gnome) If all goes well, we'll be back to take you home
(2) GM: Gnome: Good to hear.
** (4) Elorin flies off through the portal **
** (13) Kibin zooms around in a circle at about 60 miles an hour, then flies through the portal. **
(2) GM: Kaylin of course follows.
** (8) Eldon Quickfoot flies through the portal. **
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Uh...What about the armor?"
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: * )
(2) GM: Currently in storeage at the Hall of the Valiant.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Oh yeah.)
(2) GM: It's kinda tricky to move across the planes.....
(2) GM: let's see.... you haven't been in there for a while... [5d100] -> [85,90,40,45,20] = (280)
(4) Elorin: (current plans involve teleporting, which is kinda difficult with that)
(2) GM: And when you arrive at the center, you see another of those metal beasts, carrying something that shoots a great many very small lights through Jason ... one of which Jason's "body" stops.
(2) GM: [3d6] -> [6,6,1] = (13)
(13) Kibin: (Great. We had to meet the person with the freaking chaingun.)
(2) GM: Seems to leave a scorch mark.....
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Laser?)
(4) Elorin: (Great, they've developed something that incorporeality doesn't ignore)
(13) Kibin: (Great. Freaking chaingun lasers.)
(2) GM: Roll vs. Initiative.
(2) GM: Dex check: [1d20+5] -> [4,5] = (9)
(13) Kibin: Oookay, I think we have a SMALL problem.
(2) GM: [1d20+3] -> [20,3] = (23)
(4) Elorin: Dex check: [1d20+6] -> [4,6] = (10)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: [1d20+6] -> [8,6] = (14)
(13) Kibin: Dex check: [1d20+6] -> [13,6] = (19)
(4) Elorin: (I'd assume we all solidified before walking around in here)
(2) GM: Dex check: [1d20+2] -> [11,2] = (13)
(4) Elorin: (or at least before walking into the center room)
(2) GM: So... Metal beast, Kibin, Eldon, Kaylin, Elorin, Jason.
(2) GM: The metal beast jumps through the floor portal to the center.
(13) Kibin: (No, windwalk was for speedy transport...)
(2) GM: Kibin?
** (13) Kibin goes to the side of the portal, and says, "Let's use one of those telekinetic sphere thingies now? Go in there, scry, then teleport..." **
(4) Elorin: Uh, we might need a Sphere just to get the chance to teleport
(13) Kibin: Dispel windwalk, sphere, then we're safe for a while...
(2) GM: Kaylin: I can't make them small enough to push them through the floor portals......
(13) Kibin: Phooey.
(4) Elorin: Cast the instant we're through?
(2) GM: Kaylin: We can try......
(4) Elorin: (readied action)
** (13) Kibin readies to move through with Kaylin and Elorin. **
(2) GM: Jason looks a little concerned at the burn on his chest. They did say the learn......
(2) GM: Kaylin jumps through......
(13) Kibin: (*readies for pain*)
(2) GM: Jason quickly follows.....
** (8) Eldon Quickfoot moves through. **
** (4) Elorin jumps through **
(13) Kibin: (And I automatically go through with Kaylin. Let the matrixy dodge fest start!)
(2) GM: Inside, there's a few waiting - although they seem to be more interested in covering a retreat.....
(2) GM: Kaylin attempts her casting....
** (13) Kibin thinks, "Retreat? What the heck?" **
(4) Elorin: (a retreat? O_o)
(4) Elorin: (they're that scared of us?)
(13) Kibin: (*stabs Elorin for more OOCness*)
Kaylin casts Telekinetic Sphere ( level 8, "Creates a force barrier and makes contents weigh less." )
Kaylin can cast Telekinetic Sphere 2 more times
(2) GM: [1d20+18] -> [1,18] = (19)
(2) GM: And the spell fails.
(13) Kibin: (Not good not good not good.)
(13) Kibin: Wha?
(2) GM: Let's see... roll for initiative.
(13) Kibin: Dex check: [1d20+6] -> [9,6] = (15)
(4) Elorin: (looks like you were right about impeded magic, Kibin)
(13) Kibin: (YAY ME SMART! :)
(4) Elorin: Dex check: [1d20+6] -> [3,6] = (9)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: [1d20+6] -> [18,6] = (24)
(2) GM: You see three of the beasts; one is holding the strange object, and running towards a door; the other two are guarding the door.
(2) GM: [1d20+3] -> [10,3] = (13), [1d20+3] -> [12,3] = (15), [1d20+3] -> [18,3] = (21)
(13) Kibin: (Woooo, matrixy dodge time!)
(2) GM: The place is huge. Mostly empty, there are some odd blue-white lights hanging from the cieling; much to steady to be any flame you know of. The cieling seems to be made out of an irregular silvery metal, as are the walls.
(4) Elorin: (can't be too careful about the prototype weapon, eh?)
(13) Kibin: (Yup.)
(2) GM: Dex check: [1d20+2] -> [12,2] = (14)
(13) Kibin: (I want their technology...)
(2) GM: Dex check: [1d20+5] -> [9,5] = (14)
(13) Kibin: (Maybe just some power armor, I'm not picky.)
(2) GM: Kibin - re-roll;
(2) GM: Dex check: [1d20+2] -> [8,2] = (10)
(13) Kibin: Dex check: [1d20+6] -> [3,6] = (9)
(13) Kibin: (Figures.)
(2) GM: [1d20+3] -> [14,3] = (17)
(13) Kibin: (Ah well, they're always flatfooted anyway. :D)
(2) GM: Dex check: [1d20+2] -> [17,2] = (19)
(4) Elorin: (huh, looks like a special house-ruled kind of magic impediment)
(4) Elorin: (the SRD Impeded Magic requires a spellcraft check rather than caster level)
(13) Kibin: (Yeah...)
(2) GM: Eldon, Beast 3 (guarding), Beast 2 (Guarding), Kibin, Kaylin, Jason, Beast 1 (running), Elorin
** (4) Elorin sits back and waits **
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Ok, Is anything else attacking?)
(13) Kibin: (Considering that noone else has gone yet...)
(2) GM: Yeah, but that's hardly challenging at any DC for Kaylin, while being possible for Eloroin, Jason, and the like.
(2) GM: Eldon?
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Or are they running from us?)
(13) Kibin: (x.x)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Attack Beast 3, assuming there's nothing else.)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: Rapier: [1d20+26] -> [12,26] = (38), [1d20+21] -> [3,21] = (24), [1d20+16] -> [12,16] = (28), [1d20+11] -> [11,11] = (22), Damage: [1d4+2d6+2d6+2+8+5] -> [1,3,5,2,3,2,8,5] = (29), [1d4+2d6+2d6+2+8+5] -> [2,5,3,4,5,2,8,5] = (34), [1d4+2d6+2d6+2+8+5] -> [3,6,4,1,2,2,8,5] = (31), [1d4+2d6+2d6+2+8+5] -> [4,3,6,1,2,2,8,5] = (31)
(2) GM: It's obviously daylight outside.
(4) Elorin: (I doubt they're that close)
(2) GM: They're about a hundred feet away.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Ah. Can I reach them on a charge?)
(13) Kibin: (You know, I think that it's really stupid that you have to attack for the AC bonus from combat expertise to work...)
(13) Kibin: (A charge is only 40 feet...0
(4) Elorin: (attack the ground :P)
(2) GM: What's your current move?
(13) Kibin: (Yes, but that just seems stupid. Why would attacking the ground do anything?)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (30 feet)
(13) Kibin: (Where'd you get the extra 10 feet?)
(2) GM: Boots, probably. So a full charge would only get you 60 feet.
(4) Elorin: (Boots of Striding and Springing0
(13) Kibin: (Oh.)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Boots of Striding and Springing, 5,500gp.)
(2) GM: You need a hundred to reach them.
(13) Kibin: (Meh, who needs shoes.)
(2) GM: So, running up to be in range, or staying with the group?
(4) Elorin: (I remember when they doubled your speed instead of adding a mere 10... Ah, the good old days... :P)
(4) Elorin: (I think they were also only 2500 or so back in 3.0)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Is the group going to be running?)
(13) Kibin: (How the heck would you know?)
(4) Elorin: (according to plan, the group is going to be trying to teleport away)
(13) Kibin: (Yeah, according to the plan.)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Ah. Staying with the group, then.)
(2) GM: One of them is actively in the process of running as fast as it can; and it's holding the odd device. The other two are, at the moment, just standing on either side fo the only door. The place has obviously been stripped of anything particularly useful.
(2) GM: Okay.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (One dodge bonus per guard)
(13) Kibin: (I wonder if I can just use a standard action for an 'attack')
(2) GM: Beast 3 shoots at...... Kibin, Eldon, Elorin, Kaylin: [1d4] -> [3] = (3)
(13) Kibin: (Yay! Shoot at healing tank!)
(13) Kibin: (With the best touch AC of the group! :D)
(2) GM: Two very loud bangs echo through the chamber..... [1d20+15] -> [19,15] = (34) for [10d6] -> [2,5,4,2,2,5,3,3,1,2] = (29), [1d20+15] -> [18,15] = (33) for [10d6] -> [3,3,4,2,5,1,4,1,3,4] = (30)
(4) Elorin: (only 23 since I'm flat-footed)
(13) Kibin: (Oh yeah, nonrogue. Bah.)
(4) Elorin: Heroes' Feast: [1d8+10] -> [6,10] = (16)
(2) GM: So that's two hits for 59 damage.
(13) Kibin: (And how do you get a touch AC of 23 when flat-footed? O.o)
(2) GM: Monk's belt, ring of deflection......
(4) Elorin: (Monk's bonus still applies)
(2) GM: The other eyes the group warily, pointing it's hand at you.
(2) GM: Kibin?
(13) Kibin: (Oh yeah.)
(13) Kibin: (At who?)
(4) Elorin: (spellcasters)
(2) GM: The group; kinda hard to tell exactly.....
(4) Elorin: (readied action to disrupt, I expect)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Can I step in front of Kaylin?)
(2) GM: Sure, if you like.
** (13) Kibin says, in the gnome's language, "We're not the enemy, something is messed up on your end." Attempting to buy the group a little time if possible... **
(13) Kibin: (Bluffs are fun. :)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Ok, I do that.)
(2) GM: Grant her a small cover bonus.....
(13) Kibin: (If it works. :P)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (*Eldon whaps the GM*)
(2) GM: Bluff check?
(13) Kibin: Bluff Skill Check: [1d20+19] -> [10,19] = (29)
(2) GM: [1d20+10] -> [6,10] = (16)
(13) Kibin: (Meh, semi-decent check...)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Since Kaylin has greater teleport.)
(13) Kibin: (Hopefully that MAY confuse them for a time...)
(2) GM: Kaylin's turn again - she delays.
(2) GM: Jason attempts to step into Kibin, and then to touch Kaylin....
(2) GM: Ghost Malevolence: Will Save DC 26 (15 + Ghost's Cha modifier) or possess subject
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Ah...Isn't she supposed to cast greater teleport?)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Or did I miss something somewhere?)
(13) Kibin: (Choose to fail.)
(2) GM: Needs everyone in contact, needs Jason to be at the target location for communication purposes.
(2) GM: The beast with the odd device runs out of the building.
(2) GM: Elorin?
** (4) Elorin attempts to heal himself and touches Kaylin **
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Cure Serious Wounds ( level 3, "Cures 3d8 damage +1/level (max +15)" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 3 Spell ( level 3, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(2) GM: [1d100] -> [34] = (34)
(2) GM: And the beast takes it's action... [1d20+15] -> [19,15] = (34) for [10d6] -> [1,6,3,5,3,2,2,3,6,1] = (32)
(2) GM: I'm guessing that's a hit; touch AC and concentration check?
(4) Elorin: (of all the luck...)
(4) Elorin: (they finally need good rolls, and they get them)
(4) Elorin: (I can't make a check that high)
(4) Elorin: Concentration Skill Check: [1d20+24] -> [5,24] = (29)
(13) Kibin: (Yeah, readied actions pretty much means no heals for us...)
(2) GM: Ah, so you lose the spell, and take another 32 points of damage. Still standing?
(4) Elorin: (55 hp left)
(13) Kibin: (Remind me to somehow get a constitution benefit.)
(13) Kibin: (I feel lonely in my land of 88 HP.)
(2) GM: And everyone's touching Kaylin, so she takes her delayed action....
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Only 100HP)
(2) GM: [1d20+18] -> [18,18] = (36)
(2) GM: And that will pass.
Kaylin casts Greater Teleport ( level 7, "Teleports without error." )
Kaylin can cast Greater Teleport 1 more time
(13) Kibin (whispering): Huh, though you would force that roll.
(4) Elorin: (and that's a major part of why I tried healing)
(4) Elorin: (use up the readied action)
(13) Kibin (whispering): (Huh, never thought of that.)
(13) Kibin (whispering): Gah.
(13) Kibin: (Huh, never thought of that.)
(2) GM: Yep. Saw it. Tactics!
(2) GM: And you find yourselves.... in a large, dark area.
(2) GM: Jason steps out of Kibin.
(13) Kibin: (Hey, I don't do tactics. I mostly do disabling stuff, figuring things out, and stabbing people in painful places.)
(13) Kibin: Are we dead yet?
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (BRB)
(4) Elorin: So, I'm guessing it's night around here.
(2) GM: Jason: Yep.
(2) GM: Jason: Well, okay, you aren't.....
(13) Kibin: Ah. Good.
** (4) Elorin has darkvision **
(2) GM: It's extremely dark. Not even starlight.
** (13) Kibin had darkvision better than all of you, so neener. **
(2) GM: Let's see... who all has what kinds of vision?
(13) Kibin: (120 foot darkvision, yay. :)
(4) Elorin: (darkvision 60)
(2) GM: Eldon's not in at the moment, but I think he had the same, as does Jason. Poor Kaylin.
(4) Elorin: (didn't she cast Permanency on Darkvision?)
(13) Kibin: (But a simple spell should be able to give her darkvision. :)
(13) Kibin: (And yeah, I think she did.)
** (13) Kibin looks around. **
(2) GM: Well, you find yourselves in a very large room; most of it is beyond your vision range, but you can make out a very opulent throne, with a thick strand of five foot wide carpeting leading directly to the throne, Pity it's not in color.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Back)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Darkvision 60 feet)
(13) Kibin (whispering): Does my 120 foot darkvision reveal anything more?
(2) GM: Seems to be mostly metal, with rich furnishings and gemstones set every here and there. There's also some kind of tile in gemstones behind it, but you can't make it out, due to the limits of darkvision not seeing color.
whispering to Kibin, Yeah. About a hundred feet away, you see a railing, with a few rows of benches behind.
(13) Kibin (whispering): Ah, okay.
whispering to Kibin, and your blindsense tells you there's a big sheet of something solid just this side of the railing.
(13) Kibin (whispering): My blindsense is only 60 feet...
(4) Elorin: Throne room not in use, hmm? Do we wait here or try to seek him out?
whispering to Kibin, Oh. Nevermind, then.
whispering to Kibin, You still can't see the walls on either side, though.....
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "I imagine if we wait here long enough, someone will come."
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (BRB - Again.)
(2) GM: After a few minutes, the cieling opens up, revealing full daylight.
(13) Kibin (whispering): And as for the keen senses ability of dragons, shadowy illumination is the same as normal illumination for what you can and cannot see, since dragon's have low light vision... So the only way that it would make sense is ability to see four times as further as normal as a human in shadowy illumination, and two times further in normal like, like daylight...
** (4) Elorin heals himself in the meantime **
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Cure Serious Wounds ( level 3, "Cures 3d8 damage +1/level (max +15)" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 3 Spell ( level 3, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(4) Elorin: [1d20+19] -> [19,19] = (38)
(4) Elorin: [3d8+15] -> [1,1,5,15] = (22)
(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" )
(4) Elorin: [1d20+19] -> [19,19] = (38)
(2) GM: That passes.
(4) Elorin: [4d8+19] -> [3,4,6,1,19] = (33)
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Cure Moderate Wounds ( level 2, "Cures 2d8 damage +1/level (max +10)" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 2 Spell ( level 2, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(4) Elorin: [1d20+19] -> [7,19] = (26)
(4) Elorin: [2d8+10] -> [3,1,10] = (14)
(13) Kibin: I suppose the best way of talking to the leader guy here would be wait for him to come...
(4) Elorin: (and that?)
(2) GM: The place is beautiful... and huge. The throne is right next to a wall, but otherwise seems to be in the center of the place..... the side walls are five hundered feet in either direction, and the back wall over a thousand away. No support pillars.
(2) GM: That didn't.
(13) Kibin: And not attacking anyone or anything.
(2) GM: DC 30.
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Cure Moderate Wounds ( level 2, "Cures 2d8 damage +1/level (max +10)" )
(4) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 2 Spell ( level 2, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(4) Elorin: [1d20+19] -> [18,19] = (37)
(4) Elorin: [2d8+10] -> [8,1,10] = (19)
** (4) Elorin now has a very minor scratch **
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (BRB)
(4) Elorin: (1 point of damage left)
(2) GM: There's a railing about a hundred feet from the throne, that makes a half-circle to the wall. Behind it are rows and rows and rows of benches, slowing increasing in height so all can see the throne. The place is utterly empty at the moment.
(13) Kibin: (We're behind the throne?)
(4) Elorin: (that certainly explains why no one ever learned magic here)
(4) Elorin: (had to get to 10th level just to have a 1/20 chance of getting a spell off)
(13) Kibin: (Oh, wait, nevermind.)
(2) GM: No, just in front of the throne.
(2) GM: The walls are mostly a wood paneling... but it's the same wood grain, over and over and over, in about 5x10 foot sections.
** (13) Kibin hmmms, looking around. **
(2) GM: The mosaic behind the throne is beautiful. With diamonds, Rubies, sand black pearls is an image of a black X in a white circle with a red background. Black bars come off the ends of the X, at right angles.
(4) Elorin: Kaylin, how about trying to scry just to see what happens?
Kaylin casts Scrying, Greater ( level 7, "Scrying lasts longer, casts quicker, no focus." )
Kaylin can cast Scrying, Greater 0 more times
(2) GM: [1d20+18] -> [19,18] = (37)
(2) GM: [1d20+11] -> [1,11] = (12)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Gee...Familiar?)
(2) GM: No, your character has never seen that.
(4) Elorin: (looks like a successful check and critically failed save to me)
(4) Elorin: (huh? Oh, the swastika)
(13) Kibin: (HOLY NAZIS! O.o)
(2) GM: You get an image of a gnome eating breakfast in a small room. He looks plainly dressed, but well, in a black suit, white shirt, and red tie.
(2) GM: Seems to be eating oatmeal, with peach slices and raisins.
** (13) Kibin looks for any guards... **
(4) Elorin: Huh, not exactly the ostentatious food I'd usually expect from a powerful ruler.
(13) Kibin: Hey, what would happen if there was a telekinetic sphere with HIM inside...
(2) GM: The table is a nice solid oak, and extends out of range. The chair looks quite comfortable.
(13) Kibin: And us, of course.
(4) Elorin: (so, kidnap the guy and hold him for ransom? :P)
(13) Kibin: (x.x)
(2) GM: You don't spy any guards, although he does appear to be talking with someone.
(13) Kibin: Him, and us, inside an invincible sphere...
(13) Kibin: For a few minutes, anyway.
(4) Elorin: (what's he saying?)
(4) Elorin: (Scrying gets sound too)
(2) GM: Seems to be talking about mundane things; debating the pros and cons of.... something; it doesn't translate well. You get the impression of some kind of building project.
** (13) Kibin says, "Probally talking about construction on another plane." **
(2) GM: They mostly seem concerned with weather or not it will harves enough recources to be worth the effort.
(2) GM: From offscreen, you hear a voice.
(4) Elorin: Hmm, that might be about their invasion efforts. Maybe.
(13) Kibin: So.... teleport in there and talk with him?
(2) GM: "Sir; there's someone in the throne room.
(2) GM: Gnome: Isn't it supposed to be sealed off at the moment?
** (13) Kibin looks around for any place they could be watching us. **
(2) GM: Voice: Yes sir, but we always have survalience on it. Just opened the roof to clear them out.
(4) Elorin: I think we'd better go.
(4) Elorin: Now
(2) GM: Gnome: So?
(13) Kibin: Let's see what they say about us first...
(2) GM: Voice: They're vermin, sir, and they didn't walk in.
(2) GM: There's a bit of a pause, and the gnome stops eating his meal.
(2) GM: Gnome: Well. We did know something like this was going to happen eventually.
** (13) Kibin sighs, and hoping they have some way to listen to us, says in the gnome's language, "Can we just talk with you?" **
(2) GM: Voice: A moment......
(2) GM: Voice: Would seem they are interested in a conversation. Here.....
(2) GM: You see something get tossed to the gnome, who catches it. Seems to be some kind of headband. The gnome puts it on.
(2) GM: Kaylin: Well, we can work with this....
(2) GM: [1d20+18] -> [11,18] = (29)
(2) GM: [1d20+18] -> [4,18] = (22)
Kaylin casts Message ( level 0, "Whispered conversation at distance." )
Kaylin can cast Message 1 more time
Kaylin casts Message ( level 0, "Whispered conversation at distance." )
Kaylin can cast Message 0 more times
(2) GM: Kaylin: Okay, this place is starting to get on my nerves......
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (What's the DC for a spell?)
(4) Elorin: (30)
(2) GM: Gnome: I see. Do you have a feed into the throne room?
(4) Elorin: (missed by 1)
(13) Kibin: I assume he does, since he spotted us here...
(2) GM: Kaylin needs a 12 or better; 45% chance per spell.
(13) Kibin: (Wait, I think the caster check is calculated wrong.)
(2) GM: Voice: Yeah, we can, although we don't have a direct voice line to them.
(13) Kibin: (Hmmm, that's only on caster level checks to overcome spell resistance...)
(2) GM: Oh? Kaylin just got to 17th level, and has an Ioun stone, doesn't she?
(13) Kibin: (Talking about robe of the archmagi. :P)
(4) Elorin: (I'm not sure about the Ioun Stone, but she is 17th level)
(2) GM: Doesn't apply.
(2) GM: Well, I'm assuming she has an Ioun stone for now.
(4) Elorin: (don't know what Archmage ability she picked, though, so it could be Spell Power for all I know)
(2) GM: Maybe look it up later.
(2) GM: Anyway.....
** (13) Kibin taps his foot on the ground while waiting to talk... **
** (13) Kibin looks to see if the doors are large enough for one of those mechs to walk through. If there's a door. **
(2) GM: Gnome: Well, ask them if they'll surrender, if so, confine and interrogate them; if not, kill them. Shouldn't be too hard.
(4) Elorin: Well, you can apparently hear us, since you picked up on Kibin wanting to talk. We've already taken care of the other direction, so we could start the conversation right now.
(2) GM: No the doors aren't big enough to pass one of the metal beasts. The gaping roof, on the other hand......
(13) Kibin: Joy...
(2) GM: Gnome: Well..... that's new.
(2) GM: Gnome: Hold up; seems they can hear me. So, you care to surrender now, or get squished?
(4) Elorin: (which gnome is this?)
(13) Kibin: How about negotiating for peace?
(2) GM: The only one in view, via the Greater Scrying.
(4) Elorin: (So it's the Enlightened One asking if we want to surrender?)
(13) Kibin: We've told a few of our allies about you, and how to get to this plane. We also know a few weaknesses of your metal beasts, and they'll probally contact more planes.
(2) GM: Yep.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Hmm...Teleport Fireball?)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (8th level spell?)
(13) Kibin: (Nope, Eldon isn't lawful good.)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Why?)
(2) GM: Assasination isn't a particularly lawful activity.
(4) Elorin: (plus, it would probably just spark a crusade or something)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (But...The're the bad guys. Their laws don't matter.)
(13) Kibin: (...)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Now there's an objection.)
(2) GM: No. I would Permit Scry/Gate/Fireball, though.
(13) Kibin: (Lawful does NOT mean blindly following rules.)
(13) Kibin: (Or laws, rather.)
(4) Elorin: I don't particularly fancy being confined and interrogated.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (9th-level spell? And the caster is visible to the targets?)
(13) Kibin: Seeing as how we can see you, haven't tried teleporting to you, and killing you, isn't it reasonable to assume that we don't want to kill you outright?
(4) Elorin: As for getting squished, we got here easily enough, we can leave the same way.
(13) Kibin: And hear you.
(2) GM: Gnome: I see..... well, we do learn. Just figured out how to deal with that odd apparition recently, for instance. Any weaknesses you've discovered can be covered.
(4) Elorin: (how big is the opening in the roof?)
(2) GM: It's the ENTIRE roof.
(4) Elorin: (oh)
(13) Kibin: And about your weakness of trying to take on over 14,000 resisting planes at the same time...
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "Works both ways."
(2) GM: Gnome: Oh, push come to shove we can just put the seal back in place, regroup here, rebuild our forces, and try again. Perhaps seal off the ones we aren't actively working on. You do raise a good point, though.
(13) Kibin: And one of your resisters just figured out how to navigate that interdimensional maze, communicating that knowledge to more people...
(2) GM: Jason: So....... how's it going?
(13) Kibin: (Common)Oh, just more of the same as most of the other gnomes, it seems so far. Too arrogant in their technology to care...
(4) Elorin: (worst case scenario, find a certain Pit Fiend, get him his sword, and tell him how to get here. let Hell conquer the whole place :P)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (There's gotta be innocents somewhere...)
(4) Elorin: (Demons and Devils probably don't worry as much about keeping their plane protected while they go off invading)
(13) Kibin: (And there's the issue of innocents...)
(4) Elorin: (which is why it's worst case only, and I probably wouldn't do it even then, unless I was really planning to shift alignment to evil)
(4) Elorin: (which I'm not)
(13) Kibin: We probally have means to remove that seal...
(2) GM: Gnome: We learn. For example, you're jumping around gives some additional credence to some old manuscripts ... the same ones that pointed to how to open and close the seal, incedentally. Now that we have two known good data points, and no contradictions, well..... it would indicate your escape probably isn't as secure as you claim.
(13) Kibin: (Actually, it would be neutral, not good, using evil means to accomplish a good goal.)
(4) Elorin: And, now that we've been here once, we don't need that portal to come back.
(2) GM: The gnome laughs.
(2) GM: Gnome: Have you tried leaving other than the way you came in?
(13) Kibin: Hmmm.
(4) Elorin: Not yet, and I suppose it's possible this plane has some property preventing it, but I imagine we'll find a way.
(13) Kibin: (Common)Did anyone think to check the portals for signs of magic...
(4) Elorin: (why? It's ridiculously obvious they're magical)
(2) GM: Gnome: Our (untranslatable - sages?) figured out how to traverse the multiverse a long time ago .... but they kept running into some kind of wall.
(13) Kibin: (Elorin, I asked ICly... And I thought it was made by technology first.)
(13) Kibin: (Common)I suppose that's a no on checking for magic.
(4) Elorin: Interesting.
(2) GM: Gnome: They eventually worked it out; this universe is surrounded. In four dimensions, sealing everything off. But the wall is hollow.
(2) GM: Gnome: Confusing as all get out, but hollow. And the hole that led into our section was walled up......
(2) GM: Gnome: Had a devil of a time getting that thing open......
(2) GM: Dinner; back in about half an hour or so.
** (13) Kibin says to the gnome, "Well, that would explain why none of you have ever discovered magic, and why magic doesn't work well here..." **
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (We should have taken an army.)
(13) Kibin: (Well, at least we're getting somewhere.)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Yes...Giving them information.)
(4) Elorin: (yeah, really, why tell them "magic doesn't work well here"?)
(4) Elorin: (they might suspect, but why confirm it?)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Negotiation with hostile powers is supposed to be one thing for something else...Perferably, garbage for gold.)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: Anyway...
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: *()
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: ([3d4] -> [4,1,2] = (7).takehighest)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: ([3d4] -> [2,1,3] = (6).takehighest)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: ([3d4] -> [2,2,3] = (7).takehighest)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: ([3d4] -> [1,3,3] = (7).takehighest)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Oops)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: ([4d6] -> [4,4,3,2] = (13).takehighest)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: ([4d6] -> [1,5,4,4] = (14).takehighest)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: ([4d6] -> [1,2,1,5] = (9).takehighest)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: ([4d6] -> [6,4,4,4] = (18).takehighest)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: ([4d6] -> [1,6,6,4] = (17).takehighest)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: ([4d6] -> [5,1,2,2] = (10).takehighest)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Wizard)
(13) Kibin: (Man you're bored. :P)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Just antsy)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Reese - It's not just chocolate and peanut butter, it's chocolate and peanut butter with a [Bad dice format] - [i]logo![Bad dice format] - [/i])
(4) Elorin: (you need to put the .takeHighest inside the brackets)
(4) Elorin: (and capitalize the H)
(4) Elorin: [4d6.takeHighest] ->
(4) Elorin: [4d6.takeHighest(3)] -> [6,5,2] = (13)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Oops)
(13) Kibin: (Just wait...)
(4) Elorin: (and specify how many of the highest to take)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: ([4d6.takeHighest(3)] -> [6,6,2] = (14))
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: ([4d6.takeHighest(3)] -> [5,2,1] = (8))
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: ([4d6.takeHighest(3)] -> [6,6,5] = (17))
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: ([4d6.takeHighest(3)] -> [6,6,5] = (17))
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: ([4d6.takeHighest(3)] -> [6,6,4] = (16))
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: ([4d6.takeHighest(3)] -> [6,3,2] = (11))
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Wizard or clumsy but smart barbarian.)
(4) Elorin: (well now, that could be a pretty good character in several classes)
(13) Kibin: (I'm bored.)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Yeah...Cleric, too.)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Loook....Spaaarkly diiice...)
(13) Kibin: (Bah. They're not made out of platnium, they're made out of 0's and 1's.)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Spaaakly biiits...)
(13) Kibin: (*tosses the dice as a ranged non-lethal sneak attack against Eldon*)
(13) Kibin: (Mmm, popcorn and drinks.)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (*Tumbles through the shiney horde like a Neo*)
(4) Elorin: second strip on the page
(13) Kibin: (*tosses more dice at Neldon*)
(13) Kibin: (Take that, Mr. Quickfoot!)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (/me watches Neldon beat Kibin into a pulp)
(13) Kibin: (/me steps off the subway train afterward.)
(2) GM: back; who all's online?
(13) Kibin: (Me, kindof.)
(4) Elorin: (me)
(13) Kibin: (We all here. Let's parteh!)
(2) GM: Well, let's continue, then...

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** (13) Kibin goes to one of the doors to see if he can go inside it. **
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Back)
(2) GM: It's got a rather bizzare bar across the side you're facing. Int check?
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Or online or something)
(13) Kibin: Int check: [1d20+2] -> [15,2] = (17)
(2) GM: Yeah, it's open; you just have to push on the bar to open the latch.
** (13) Kibin pushes on the bar, and walks through, then. **
(2) GM: On the other side is a hallway. The hallway is a little cramped ... or would be, were you not about the size of a gnome. As it is, there's room for two of you to readily walk side by side. If it weren't for the fact that the hallway was occupied by gnomes with odd looking sticks held strangely. Roll for intitiative.
(2) GM: You see four of them facing you.
(3) Kaylin: (back)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: [1d20+6] -> [16,6] = (22)
(13) Kibin: Dex check: [1d20+6] -> [16,6] = (22)
(2) GM: [1d20+4] -> [11,4] = (15), [1d20+4] -> [20,4] = (24), [1d20+4] -> [13,4] = (17)
(4) Elorin: Dex check: [1d20+6] -> [2,6] = (8)
(13) Kibin: (*oopsies*)
(3) Kaylin: Dex check: [1d20+2] -> [1,2] = (3)
(2) GM: [1d20+4] -> [13,4] = (17)
(13) Kibin: (Add one to that initiative check.)
(2) GM: [1d20+4] -> [18,4] = (22)
(2) GM: [1d20+4] -> [15,4] = (19)
(2) GM: Dex check: [1d20+5] -> [14,5] = (19)
(2) GM: [1d20+3] -> [18,3] = (21), [1d20+3] -> [17,3] = (20)
(13) Kibin: (Gah.)
(13) Kibin: (You alive?)
(2) GM: Gnome 2, Kibin, Eldon, Unseen 1, Unseen 2, Jason, Gnome 3, Gnome 4, Gnome 1, Elorin, Kaylin
(13) Kibin: (Just checking.)(
(13) Kibin: (Wait, who went before me?)
(4) Elorin: (the guy with 24 init)
(13) Kibin: (Oh, him.)
(2) GM: Gnome that rolled a nat-20 with a +4 modifier.
(13) Kibin: (Oookay then. I don't suppose they have white coats?)
(4) Elorin: (what about red shirts?)
(4) Elorin: (:P)
(3) Kaylin: (hehe... red shirts...)
(2) GM: Nope. Blue uniforms, and odd looking sticks. Who shoot at you; touch attacks, again..... [1d20+7] -> [20,7] = (27) for [1d6*1d6] -> 2; gnome 2, so he's in the front...... no cover bonus, sorry. He's only about five feet away, though.
(13) Kibin: (Oh, hey, when'd Kaylin get back.)
(3) Kaylin: (just a few moments ago)
(2) GM: Oh, critical threat.... [1d20+7] -> [13,7] = (20) for [1d6*1d6] -> 25
(4) Elorin: (that's a rather odd damage amount)
(4) Elorin: (multiplying dice?)
(2) GM: Touch AC?
(3) Kaylin: (what's he shooting with, a BB gun?)
(13) Kibin: (Oh, these are guys with guns.)
(3) Kaylin: (Nat 20 on the attack roll)
(13) Kibin: (Glorious 24! Which would be 28 with dex bonus, so yeah. 28.)
(13) Kibin: (I AM TEH UNTOUCHABLE!)
(3) Kaylin: (how do you get a touch AC that high?)
(2) GM: Good thing the crit didn't confirm.......
(13) Kibin: (So I take my 2 damage with glee over high touch AC. :)
(13) Kibin: (1 in 400 chance for a critical hit.)
(2) GM: Small +1, Dex + a bunch, Deflection +3, I think.......
(4) Elorin: (for me, +6 dex, +9 Monk's Belt, +3 deflection, +1 insight, 10 base = 29 touch AC)
(2) GM: And he takes his second attack, too.
(2) GM: [1d20+2] -> [11,2] = (13) for [1d6*1d6] -> 12
(2) GM: Which is a miss. Very loud miss.
(2) GM: Kibin?
(4) Elorin: (as long as nothing else shows up, I don't think we have to worry much)
(13) Kibin: (How far away?)
(2) GM: They were five feet from the door; you were right at the door.
(13) Kibin: (Oh, sweet.)
(4) Elorin: (try not to kill anyone, ok?)
(2) GM: They are in a nice, tight formation.
** (13) Kibin goes punch at the guys that haven't reacting to him opening the door yet, with sneak attacks! Yay! **
(4) Elorin: (it's bad for negotiating)
(13) Kibin: (And, uh, roll to hit?)
(13) Kibin: (No AoO since I'm not attacking guy 2...)
(4) Elorin: (they can't take AoO's with ranged weapons anyway)
(13) Kibin: (And he doesn't threaten with a melee weapon anyway...)
(13) Kibin: (Yeah, I just realized that. :P)
(13) Kibin: (FISTS OF FURY! :D)
(2) GM: Punching -> unarmed strike -> nonlethal damage. Let's see, you're small, so +1 size, + your sterength bonus,
(13) Kibin: (Correction, dexterity. Unarmed attacks count as light weapons.)
(2) GM: Base damage....1d2+strength
(2) GM: But it's not the base you're concerned about.....
(13) Kibin: (Which is negative 2 at the moment. O.o)
(2) GM: So 1 + sneak attack.
(13) Kibin: (Yup.)
(2) GM: Well, 1d2-2+sneak attack....
(4) Elorin: (BAB+dex+size+Heroes' Feast)
(13) Kibin: (But I can feint, so it should be a good, all out, melee brawl. :D)
(2) GM: Well, roll your attack....
(4) Elorin: (and you can full attack)
(4) Elorin: (this time)
(13) Kibin: (Yeah, Let me calculate attack bonuses.)
(13) Kibin: [1d20+23] -> [13,23] = (36)
(13) Kibin: [1d20+18
(13) Kibin: [1d20+18] -> [18,18] = (36)
(13) Kibin: [1d20+13] -> [20,13] = (33)
(13) Kibin: Crit Confirm: [1d20+13] -> [10,13] = (23)
(13) Kibin: (So, their AC is?)
(2) GM: 11.
(13) Kibin: (Ooo....)
(13) Kibin: (I focus my fire on one target till they go down, by the way.
(2) GM: Shouldn't take long.
(13) Kibin: (Oh, wait, unarmed attack does damage for a level 5 monk...)
(2) GM: Oh, right - Belt....
(13) Kibin: (So 1d6 damage to be exact.)
(13) Kibin: [1d6-2+8d6] -> [5,-2,2,1,2,6,3,6,1,2] = (26)
(13) Kibin: [1d6-2+8d6] -> [4,-2,3,5,5,4,2,4,3,1] = (29)
(13) Kibin: [1d6-2] -> [1,-2] = (-1)
(13) Kibin: [1d6-2] -> [6,-2] = (4)
(13) Kibin: [8d6] -> [2,2,5,5,6,3,4,5] = (32)
(13) Kibin: (Add the last three together...)
(2) GM: You one-shot the one whom sneak attack applies (gnome 1)
(13) Kibin: (It applies to gnome 1, 3, and 4, doesn't it?)
(2) GM: They aren't ALL in easy range.....
(13) Kibin: (Oh.)
(2) GM: Just the first two, one of which has already gone.
(13) Kibin: (Phooey. Can I use a regular attack then, and feint guy 2 with my remaining attack?)
(13) Kibin: (I mean move action.)
(2) GM: Yep.
(2) GM: Sense Motinve: [1d20+6] -> [13,6] = (19)
** (13) Kibin downs the first gnome in one hit, then fakes a kick to the head to catch him off guard. **
(13) Kibin: Bluff Skill Check: [1d20+19] -> [14,19] = (33)
(2) GM: Yep, he's bluffed.
(2) GM: Mooks are fun, aren't they?
** (13) Kibin asks everyone else, "Mind if I just take all of them all myself?" **
(2) GM: Eldon?
(13) Kibin: (Yes they are. :D)
(4) Elorin: (are these their elite guards, or something?)
(4) Elorin: (:P)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "Not at all?"
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: * .
(2) GM: Delaying, or something else?
(13) Kibin: Bluff Skill Check: [1d20+19] -> [12,19] = (31)
(13) Kibin: (That's odd.)
(13) Kibin: (Wrong button I think. O.o)
(2) GM: Eldon? Delaying, or something else?
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Just letting Kibin fight)
(2) GM: Okay. A big metal beast pops over the side of the roof, holding something odd.... and targets Jason.
(2) GM: [1d20+20] -> [18,20] = (38) for [10d6] -> [6,1,6,2,3,5,1,2,1,1] = (28)
(13) Kibin: Jason, a suggestion... Go completely ethereal?
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (delay)
(2) GM: And a big beam of white light hits Jason squarely on the chest, leaving quite the burn mark.
(3) Kaylin: (this thing look like another mech?)
(2) GM: Yep. Another mech, holding something. A second pops up on the other side of the roof and fires at Jason as well.
(2) GM: [1d20+20] -> [6,20] = (26) for [10d6] -> [6,5,3,4,5,3,2,6,5,6] = (45)
(13) Kibin: (I'm happy Jason has d12s.)
(4) Elorin: (how far away are they?)
(2) GM: And leaves a layer of molten rock where the floor next to Jason used to be.
(13) Kibin: (Oookay.)
(2) GM: They're at the top, opposite walls. Net 600 feet away each.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Can I turn on the flame on my weapons?)
(3) Kaylin: (I dunno about you, but I like the idea of getting out of here)
(2) GM: Yep.
(3) Kaylin: (uh... is there something special about this gnome place that I should know about?)
(4) Elorin: (that, or put up the sphere of "combat is over now")
(2) GM: Jason: Umm.... can't. This place is cramped.
(3) Kaylin: (problem is, with the horrible Init I rolled...)
(4) Elorin: (oh yeah, DC 30 caster level check to cast anything)
(13) Kibin: (Aside from a DC 30 caster level check to cast anything?)
(3) Kaylin: (That's nice to know...)
(13) Kibin: (Only a 45% check for any spell to work. :D0
(4) Elorin: (50% for me)
(2) GM: Well, let's see.... DC 30 caster level check to cast anything, you've been told that the plane is sealed somehow, and now Jason's reporting that he can't un-manifest at the moment......
(3) Kaylin: (40% for me)
(3) Kaylin: (er, 35%...)
(13) Kibin: (You're 17th level, aren't you?)
(2) GM: Ah, so you don't have a +1 caster level ioun stone, then. No matter. Nothing was close enough for it to matter.
(3) Kaylin: (GM, you're eeeeevil)
(13) Kibin: (Heh.)
(2) GM: Oh, and I ought to send you your spells prepared; had a lot of specialty stuff, much of which has been exhausted....
(3) Kaylin: (ah, we rested?)
(13) Kibin: (Gives me a chance to do cool kung fu moves on some 'mooks'.)
(2) GM: Yep.
(2) GM: And Gnome-3's turn. With Gnome-1 down, he has a clear line of sight to Kibin - so he steps back, and fires twice.
(18) Kibin (enter): 18:59
(19) Elorin (enter): 18:59
(2) GM: [1d20+7] -> [18,7] = (25), [1d20+2] -> [17,2] = (19) for [1d6*1d6] -> 10 and [1d6*1d6] -> 18
(18) Kibin: (Whoa. O.o)
(19) Elorin: (last I saw was Kibin's comment about kung fu moves on mooks)
(18) Kibin: (Last I say was Kaylin asking if we rested)
(2) GM: Yep.
(2) GM: And Gnome-3's turn. With Gnome-1 down, he has a clear line of sight to Kibin - so he steps back, and fires twice.
(4) Elorin (exit): 19:00
(13) Kibin (exit): 19:00
(2) GM: Then the attack and damage rolls - Kibin, your touch ac was 28, right? Both miss.
(18) Kibin: (Which I move skillfully out of the way. :D)
(2) GM: Gnome 1's down.....
(2) GM: Elorin's turn.
(19) Elorin: (how far is Kibin from the rest of us?)
(2) GM: Oh, about 20 feet or so; he grabbed the nearest door, which was just a short distance from the throne. You don't have a clear line of sight into the hallway at the moment, though.
(2) GM: You can see only one of the gnomes (#2) and that by looking past Kibin.
(18) Kibin: (Oookay, I need to turn off the monitor for a while when I go to bed. The OpenRPG screen is starting to burn in.
(2) GM: Try de-guassing the screen.
(3) Kaylin: (you could try closing the window)
(18) Kibin: (I'm using a LCD screen...)
(2) GM: Oh. Well, those don't de-guass.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Shrink openRPG every so often?)
(18) Kibin: (More kung fu stuff! :P)
(18) Kibin: (Comeon, I'm in mid fake kick to a mook.)
(2) GM: Elorin? Your turn.
(19) Elorin: (which I think you'd better cut short)
(19) Elorin: (range to the mechs is 600 feet?)
(2) GM: 500 feet across, about 150 up; yeah, about 600 feet.
(2) GM: Quite the range penalty, but as far as you're concerned, they have a rather low AC.
(2) GM: [500*500+150*150] -> 272500
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: ([Bad dice format] - [[500.0^2+150.0^2]^0.5])
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: ((500.0^2+150.0^2)^0.5)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: [Bad dice format] - [(500.0^2+150.0^2)^0.5]
(2) GM: Well, okay, closer to 525.
(18) Kibin: (Just shoot someone already.)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Maybe it doesn't know how to do powers?)
(19) Elorin: (hmm, fighting back and winning might impress them, but we might not win...)
(19) Elorin: (try ** for exponents)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Ah, thanks)
(18) Kibin: (Which is why I was going for the constricted hallways.)
(18) Kibin: (Comeooooooooon.)
(18) Kibin: (I have to go in 25 minutes. :(
(2) GM: And you want to knock out all the mooks.
(18) Kibin: (Yup. :)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Everybody was kung-fu fighting...)
** (19) Elorin decides we probably have one round of leeway, at least, to see if fighting is likely to work **
(19) Elorin: (haste activated)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+32] -> [20,32] = (52)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+16+0] -> [2,3,2,16,0] = (23)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+32] -> [3,32] = (35)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+16+0] -> [8,1,5,16,0] = (30)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+32] -> [20,32] = (52)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+16+0] -> [8,5,3,16,0] = (32)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (attack 3) Attack Roll: [1d20+27] -> [17,27] = (44)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+16+0] -> [4,1,1,16,0] = (22)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (attack 4) Attack Roll: [1d20+22] -> [20,22] = (42)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+16+0] -> [4,4,6,16,0] = (30)
(19) Elorin: (wow, three crit threats)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+32] -> [17,32] = (49)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+16+0] -> [7,1,5,16,0] = (29)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+32] -> [19,32] = (51)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+16+0] -> [5,5,1,16,0] = (27)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (attack 4) Attack Roll: [1d20+22] -> [8,22] = (30)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+16+0] -> [2,1,3,16,0] = (22)
(18) Kibin: (Sweetness. O.o)
(2) GM: AC 30; did that include range penalties? You've got a composite longbow, so..... you're working at four range increments, so -8....
(19) Elorin: (let's see, +1 for Haste, -2 for not having by Belt of Giant Strength on, -8 for range)
(18) Kibin: (There's an automatic three hits right there.)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Elorin - Healer, cleric...AA Battery)
(19) Elorin: (-2 damage for not having the belt)
(19) Elorin: (everything but the second attack and last crit confirmation hits)
(18) Kibin: (What about me, the kung fu guy? :D)
(2) GM: [18+24+20+20] -> 82
(19) Elorin: (oh yeah, bows are x3)
(19) Elorin: (so damage for the two crits)
(18) Kibin: (O.o)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+32] -> [19,32] = (51)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+16+0] -> [2,5,6,16,0] = (29)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+32] -> [2,32] = (34)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+16+0] -> [6,5,2,16,0] = (29)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Oh yeah. I just figured our who Kibin is...)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Jackie Chan! :D )
(2) GM: And four arrows slam into the beast, carving off a surprising amount of it's armor plating.
(18) Kibin: (Lol.)
(2) GM: Kaylin?
(3) Kaylin: (they're going to think you're an anti-tank gun)
(3) Kaylin: (I think I'm going to retreat into the building... how far back is it?)
(2) GM: Twenty feet or so to the door Kibin opened.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (We are inside a building...The roof just rolled back.)
(2) GM: And you're inside the building - a very big building - but the roofs open.
(3) Kaylin: (ohh...)
(18) Kibin: (Hurry up for the kung fu ness of me...)
(18) Kibin: (Don't leave me balanced on one leg in mid fake kick all week...)
** (19) Elorin wonders how many damage alarms are going off in that mech :P **
(3) Kaylin: (did we come through a hallway? Somewhere we could retreat to avoid laser fire?)
(2) GM: Teleported in.
(2) GM: You could try the hallway Kibin's in.
(19) Elorin: (kinda crowded with gnomes, though)
(18) Kibin: (Aside from the two people with fully loaded guns...)
(18) Kibin: (Make that three.)
(18) Kibin: (Ooo, and gun ready for the taking! :D)
(3) Kaylin: (1d6*1d6 is safer than 10d6)
(18) Kibin: (*wonders where he can get a black cape*)
** (3) Kaylin runs towards the gnome guards **
(2) GM: I left your 6th and lower spells - except for cantrips - pretty much alone.
(18) Kibin: (When is it my turn.)
(18) Kibin: (Oh yeah, I also asked to take care of these gnomes alone. :)
(2) GM: They are in range of a single move action; taking a standard?
(3) Kaylin: (I never responded and I prioritize getting out of laser fire above letting you play alone with the gnomes, sorry...)
(3) Kaylin: Kaylin casts Stoneskin ( level 4, "Ignore 10 points of damage per attack." )
(2) GM: When you enter the hallway, you see three gnomes standing, one on the ground.
(3) Kaylin: Caster level check: [1d20 + 17] -> [4,17] = (21)
(18) Kibin: (I mean kick their butt alone. PLus we don't want to kill too many people.)
(2) GM: You lose the spell, but burn the component anyway.
(2) GM: Gnome 2 steps back into the position vacated a moment before, and shoots twice at Kibin.
(18) Kibin: (Plus, Kaylin won't have too much of a problem with that. Heh.)
(2) GM: [1d20+7] -> [13,7] = (20), [1d20+2] -> [16,2] = (18), for [1d6*1d6] -> 4 and [1d6*1d6] -> 20
** (18) Kibin easily dodges those two shots. **
(2) GM: And hits the wall very effectively.
(2) GM: Kibin?
(18) Kibin: (What do you mean, steps back into the position vacated a moment before?)
(2) GM: One of the previous gnomes stepped back to fire - so no there aren't any gnomes right next to you. There's two just a five-foot step away, though.....
(18) Kibin: (Ooo. Two gnomies.)
(2) GM: And one five foot further back than that, plus one on the floor.
** (18) Kibin steps towards Gnome 2 who he just feinted, following up with a punch to the stomach, then feints the other gnome within melee distance with a fake punch to the stomach if Gnome 2 goes down. **
(18) Kibin: [1d20+23] -> [7,23] = (30)
(2) GM: Sense Motive: [1d20+7] -> [20,7] = (27)
(18) Kibin: [1d6-2+8d6] -> [5,-2,1,1,6,6,3,4,3,2] = (29)
(2) GM: But yeah, he goes down.
(18) Kibin: Bluff Skill Check: [1d20+19] -> [17,19] = (36)
(2) GM: By the way - are you striking for leathal or non-lethal?
(18) Kibin: (Wooo!)
(2) GM: And he's bluffed.
(18) Kibin: (Non-lethal.)
(19) Elorin: (sadly for the gnome, skill checks don't have automatic successes)
(18) Kibin: (I could break all their necks, but meh. Nonlethal is better.)
(2) GM: Eldon?
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Start both rapier and shortbow flaming.)
(19) Elorin: (not killing when we can avoid it helps establish our peaceful aims)
(18) Kibin: (Besides, I can take all these guys easily. Mooks are fun like that.)
(2) GM: And the two metal beasts turns......
(18) Kibin: (I want to battle an angry mob now.)
(2) GM: Stragnely, still targetting Jason....
(2) GM: [1d20+20] -> [7,20] = (27) for [10d6] -> [4,2,2,4,3,3,4,1,5,6] = (34)
(2) GM: [1d20+20] -> [13,20] = (33) for [10d6] -> [1,6,4,2,2,6,2,1,6,2] = (32)
(18) Kibin: (Jason hasn't moved out the freaking way yet?)
(18) Kibin: (Or went underground.)
(19) Elorin: (I wonder what they'll do when he comes back, assuming they manage to finish him off)
(2) GM: Leaving another bubbling pool of rock on the ground as one misses, and another scorch on Jason's chest.
(2) GM: And Jason ducks underground.
(19) Elorin: (just curious, what's Jason's touch AC?)
(2) GM: 30.
(18) Kibin: (Sweetness. O.o)
(19) Elorin: (same as mine when I'm hasted)
(2) GM: And the two gnomes facing off against Kibin step back and fire.....
(2) GM: [1d20+7] -> [13,7] = (20) for [1d6*1d6] -> 5 and [1d20+2] -> [9,2] = (11) for [1d6*1d6] -> 15
(2) GM: [1d20+7] -> [2,7] = (9) for [1d6*1d6] -> 12 and [1d20+2] -> [3,2] = (5) for [1d6*1d6] -> 6
(2) GM: And leave four little holes in the walls.
** (18) Kibin dodges four shots with ease. This is kind of fun! **
(2) GM: Elorin?
(18) Kibin: (So they're both within 5 feet of me now?)
(18) Kibin: (I mean 10 feet. x.x)
(2) GM: Five foot step to reach them.
(18) Kibin: (Yay! :)
(2) GM: Oh, yeah - sorry, 10 feet.
** (19) Elorin tries to finish taking down the one he shot at last round **
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+32] -> [11,32] = (43)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+16+0] -> [4,3,2,16,0] = (25)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+32] -> [6,32] = (38)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+16+0] -> [8,5,1,16,0] = (30)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+32] -> [19,32] = (51)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+16+0] -> [5,2,3,16,0] = (26)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (attack 3) Attack Roll: [1d20+27] -> [11,27] = (38)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+16+0] -> [7,4,3,16,0] = (30)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (attack 4) Attack Roll: [1d20+22] -> [3,22] = (25)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+16+0] -> [1,6,5,16,0] = (28)
(18) Kibin: (Shiney ownage.)
(19) Elorin: (if same range, that means attacks 1 and 3 hit)
(19) Elorin: (2 and 4 miss by 1 :( )
(18) Kibin: (Unless you're forgetting the +1 to attack rolls from hero's feast.)
(2) GM: [25+26-5-5] -> 41
(2) GM: And as two more arrows slam into the beast, and it starts to smoke... but keeps moving, all the same.
(2) GM: Kaylin?
(18) Kibin: (Dang it, have to go now. :(
(18) Kibin: (Can you NPC me for the rest of the fight? Pretty much punch someone's lights out, then feint the next person in line...)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Bye)
(18) Kibin: (Then dodge bullets. Rinse, repeat.)
(3) Kaylin: (bye bye)
(2) GM: Have fun.
(18) Kibin has sent you a tree node...
(18) Kibin: (Got it?)
(2) GM: Yep.
** (3) Kaylin goes Total Defense and kinda stalls until everyone else is disengaged **
(18) Kibin: (Heh, I was doing the stalling. :D)
(18) Kibin: (Wooo. Maybe we'll fight about 20 of those guys with guns next. O.o)
(2) GM: so Kibin ....
** (18) Kibin found the F4 macro key **
(18) Kibin: Ooo, shiney button...
(18) Kibin (exit): 19:36
(2) GM: Walks over and smashes Gnome 3.
(2) GM: [1d20+23] -> [3,23] = (26) for [1d6-2+8d6] -> [3,-2,5,6,1,1,2,2,5,6] = (29)
(2) GM: And another one bites the dust.
(2) GM: Eldon?
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Hmm...AA battery versus one of the flying ones, methinks.)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: Shortbow: [1d20+26] -> [16,26] = (42), [1d20+21] -> [9,21] = (30), [1d20+16] -> [18,16] = (34), [1d20+11] -> [11,11] = (22), Damage: [1d4+2d6+2+5] -> [3,2,4,2,5] = (16), [1d4+2d6+2+5] -> [3,4,2,2,5] = (16), [1d4+2d6+2+5] -> [3,5,1,2,5] = (16), [1d4+2d6+2+5] -> [3,2,5,2,5] = (17)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (What's the AC?)
(19) Elorin: (30, but several range increments away)
(2) GM: 30; range increment 60 feet, 525 feet, so you're at a big minus..... eight range increments, so -16 to hit....
(19) Elorin: (ouch, need a nat 20)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Yeah...Need a range increment increase.)
(19) Elorin: (get a longbow)
(2) GM: Sorry. No hits.
(2) GM: Eldon's arrows go wide as a faint breeze throws them off course.
(2) GM: The two mechs, no longer having Jason to fire at, turn on Elorin, viewed as the biggest threat.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Or a magical item?)
(19) Elorin: (touch AC 30)
(2) GM: [1d20+20] -> [3,20] = (23) for [20d6] -> [5,4,3,4,4,1,3,1,6,4,6,1,6,4,6,1,4,5,6,3] = (77)
(2) GM: And the white beam sears the floor at your feet.
(19) Elorin: (it's 20d6 now?)
(19) Elorin: (incorporeal cuts it in half?)
(3) Kaylin: (Supercharge attack?)
(19) Elorin: (ouch)
(2) GM: The other.... [1d20+20] -> [1,20] = (21) for [20d6] -> [5,1,3,5,3,6,2,3,5,3,4,6,3,4,1,5,3,2,4,3] = (71)
(3) Kaylin: (Say, how about we get the *beep* outta here?)
** (19) Elorin dodges easily **
(2) GM: Also leaves quite the bubbling puddle on the ground.
** (19) Elorin watches as the beam goes wide by a mile or so :P **
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (How about we drug/beat up/bribe the GM? :D )
(3) Kaylin: (The server is listed as being in Oregon... I'm in OR too....)
(3) Kaylin: (I like the drugging idea)
(2) GM: They went from two 10d6 attacks to 1 20d6 attack. Better attack bonus, but you've also been handed equipment to increase your touch AC.....
(3) Kaylin: ("Hey man, trippy! Look at the numbers on the loot generator go up and up!")
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Or bad trippy..."Look at the numbers on the damage dice go up and up!"
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: * )
(2) GM: And Jason shows up in the hallway, out from under cover.
(2) GM: Behind the gnome.
(2) GM: Jason: I'm really annoyed with you people...... do you have any idea how long these things take to heal?
(2) GM: Intimidate Skill Check: [1d20+11] -> [4,11] = (15)
(2) GM: [1d20+6+2] -> [19,6,2] = (27)
(2) GM: And the gnome doesn't care.
(19) Elorin: (hey, I've got Harm if he can figure a way to deliver it)
(2) GM: Elorin?
** (19) Elorin tries to finish off the smoking mech and steps towards the door **
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+32] -> [7,32] = (39)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+16+0] -> [4,4,1,16,0] = (25)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+32] -> [1,32] = (33)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+16+0] -> [7,1,3,16,0] = (27)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+32] -> [19,32] = (51)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+16+0] -> [6,2,2,16,0] = (26)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (attack 3) Attack Roll: [1d20+27] -> [10,27] = (37)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+16+0] -> [3,5,5,16,0] = (29)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (attack 4) Attack Roll: [1d20+22] -> [20,22] = (42)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+16+0] -> [7,1,2,16,0] = (26)
(19) Elorin: (ooh, crit threat on last)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (attack 4) Attack Roll: [1d20+22] -> [1,22] = (23)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+16+0] -> [2,6,4,16,0] = (28)
(19) Elorin: (no confirm)
(19) Elorin: (1, 3, and 5 hit)
(19) Elorin: (switch to other when it goes down)
(2) GM: [25+26+26-5-4-3] -> 65
(2) GM: And it's still standing.... barely.
(19) Elorin: ???
(19) Elorin: (how many hit points to these things have?)
(2) GM: Lots.
(2) GM: Kaylin?
(3) Kaylin: (I'm guessing these things are dragons immune to magic...)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Uh...No? Mechs?)
(3) Kaylin: (Technological dragons.)
(19) Elorin: (if you can find something that doesn't require line of effect, that should work)
(3) Kaylin: (Have we managed to take down all the guards?)
(2) GM: One still on his feet.
(3) Kaylin: (hmmm.)
(2) GM: Jason behind him.
(2) GM: Taking an action? The guards in the hallway don't have armor on - you can see their skin quite clearly. The hallways a little short for you, though; you're hunched over.
(3) Kaylin: (I'm going to advance down the hallway, see if there's anything there... Kibin can handle the last guard)
(2) GM: So you run past the guard?
(3) Kaylin: (Oh, he's in the way...)
(3) Kaylin: (start fighting the guard... Kibin can yell at me later, then.)
(2) GM: The hallway is 10 feet wide, and about four tall. You can go past him quite easily.
(3) Kaylin: (I don't fancy getting shot at, better clear a route anyways...)
(3) Kaylin: Unarmed Hit (Monk's Belt) Attack Roll: [1d20+7] -> [6,7] = (13) ===> Damage: [1d8-1] -> [5,-1] = (4)
(3) Kaylin: Unarmed Hit (Monk's Belt) Attack Roll: [1d20+1] -> [8,1] = (9) ===> Damage: [1d8-1] -> [1,-1] = (0)
(3) Kaylin: (heh, for all the good...)
(2) GM: One hit, four damage.
(2) GM: And Kibin steps up, bluffs, and strikes....
(2) GM: Bluff Skill Check: [1d20+19] -> [8,19] = (27)
(2) GM: [1d20+23] -> [18,23] = (41) for [1d6-2+8d6] -> [4,-2,2,1,3,2,1,2,2,4] = (19)
(2) GM: And for once, the mook remains standing.
(2) GM: Barely.
(2) GM: Eldon?
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Hmm...)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Head for the hallway.)
(2) GM: And you reach the hallway. About 20 feet down the hall, Kibin's got the last standing gnome reeling.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Running, of course.)
** (8) Eldon Quickfoot resists the temptation to stab the gnome. **
(19) Elorin: (bonk him on the head)
(2) GM: And the two mechs continue to blast away... at the only viable target......
(2) GM: [1d20+20] -> [8,20] = (28) for [20d6] -> [2,4,6,5,1,1,4,3,2,6,6,2,1,1,3,5,3,6,1,1] = (63)
(2) GM: [1d20+20] -> [1,20] = (21) for [20d6] -> [1,6,5,4,2,1,3,4,6,5,6,4,2,2,5,6,3,5,1,3] = (74)
(3) Kaylin: (that was lucky)
** (19) Elorin whistles at the large scorch marks all around him **
(2) GM: And continue to be completely unable to tag him.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Not much unarmed damage)
(2) GM: Elorin - you are now surrounded by bubbling rock on all sides.
(2) GM: Jason takes a swing at the Gnome with his staff.
(2) GM: Quarterstaff (base): [1d20+7] -> [20,7] = (27) ===> Damage: [1d6+1] -> [4,1] = (5)
(2) GM: Critical hit? [1d20+7] -> [10,7] = (17) ===> Damage: [2d6+2] -> [4,1,2] = (7)
(2) GM: Quarterstaff (second): [1d20+2] -> [2,2] = (4) ===> Damage: [1d6+1] -> [5,1] = (6)
(2) GM: And crits, knocking the poor gnome flat.
(2) GM: Elorin?
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Fly, you fool!)
** (19) Elorin takes a final shot at the almost downed mech and joins the rest in the hallway, flying over the bubbling rock **
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Sorry)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (attack 1) Attack Roll: [1d20+34] -> [12,34] = (46)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+16+0] -> [6,2,6,16,0] = (30)
(19) Elorin: (that's a hit)
(2) GM: And that hits. The beast stumbles, falls, and hits the ground, bursting into flames.
(3) Kaylin: Nice shot, Elorin!
(2) GM: The thing it was shooting with bounces, and slides along the ground.
(19) Elorin: Thank you.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "...That could be usefull."
(19) Elorin: Jason, think you could fetch that?
(3) Kaylin: (tell me it's not a nuclear powered...)
(2) GM: Jason: Yeah.......
(2) GM: Ghost Telekenesis: Violent Thrust: Standard Action: Attack rolls (one per creature or object thrown) to hit target with loose items. Wait: [1d4] -> [1] = (1) rounds; attack roll: [1d20+16] -> [12,16] = (28)
(19) Elorin: (did he just fling it at me?)
(2) GM: Nope, himself. Gets it 130 feet closer in one round. Leaving it 250 feet away.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Hey...If it is, think Eldon could re-wire it into a bomb? Bomb...Teleport...Bomb...Teleport...Not seeing a downside here. :D )
(2) GM: You hear the sounds you've come to associate with the beasts moving.....
(3) Kaylin: (Hmmmm... that'd teach them to mess with the magic users)
(2) GM: Anyone taking any actions?
(19) Elorin: (any clue where it's moving?)
(19) Elorin: Listen Skill Check: [1d20+10] -> [20,10] = (30)
(2) GM: From the still-running Scrying, you hear "Dang it! Don't scorch the floor again!
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: [1d20] -> [17] = (17)
(2) GM: Down to the ground, so it can get a clear shot into the hallway.....
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Listen)
(2) GM: But it's not there yet.
(19) Elorin: (how straight is this hallway?)
(2) GM: Rather. Although there are side exits, they start about fifty feet back from where you are.... and it's cramped conditions for the medium people in the party; half move.
(2) GM: Jason: You mind taking a few swipes at me with something to fix me up?
(19) Elorin: With what?
(2) GM: Jason: Negative energy should bypass my particular difficulties in getting touched......
(3) Kaylin: How about an Enervation?
(19) Elorin: Only spell I've got requires touching you, which is kinda difficult last I heard
(2) GM: Jason: Difficult yes, impossible, no; a Shocking Grasp wouldn't do well, but an Inflict? That could work.
(2) GM: And you hear more sounds of the beast moving......
(2) GM: Jason: Specially here.... dang the Ethereal's thin.....
** (19) Elorin wonders if that order to not scorch the floor again will change the mech's tactics :P **
(19) Elorin: Elorin casts Harm ( level 6, "Deals 10 points/level damage to target" )
(19) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 6 Spell ( level 6, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(19) Elorin: [1d20+19] -> [15,19] = (34)
(2) GM: (Soldiers know better than to follow stupid orders in the middle of combat)
(2) GM: And that's a pass. Jason's scorch marks vanish.
(2) GM: And Jason yanks at the gun again....
(2) GM: Ghost Telekenesis: Violent Thrust: Standard Action: Attack rolls (one per creature or object thrown) to hit target with loose items. Wait: [1d4] -> [4] = (4) rounds; attack roll: [1d20+16] -> [16,16] = (32)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (People who give stupid orders too many times have been known to be shot in the back while bravely charging the enemy.)
(2) GM: And th gun flies another 130 feet, putting it at a mere 120 away......
(2) GM: The thing is as long as Elorin is tall.....
(19) Elorin: (ok, I don't think we'll be wielding that)
(2) GM: And the beast lands at the enterance to the hallway, leaving surprisingly minor scorch marks on the floor.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (I've got a mech, we've got a couple big people...)
(2) GM: Jason grins and charges the beast.....
(2) GM: [3d6] -> [4,3,4] = (11)
(19) Elorin: (actually at the entrance, not some distance away aiming down it?)
(2) GM: And yells in surprise as he jumps back - with a scorched hand.
(19) Elorin: (ah, so they've found a way to block him as well as hurt him)
(2) GM: Jason: Ookay... these learn way too fast......
(2) GM: Elorin?
(2) GM: Beast is only about 25 feet from you.
(19) Elorin: (what penalties do the cramped conditions impose?)
(2) GM: Cramped quarters make your bow slightly awkward, -2 to hit. Not that that will matter much.
(19) Elorin: (ah)
(19) Elorin: (i'll have a much easier time hitting, then)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (Point Blank) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+33] -> [15,33] = (48)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+17+0] -> [1,6,2,17,0] = (26)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (Point Blank) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+33] -> [20,33] = (53)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+17+0] -> [1,2,6,17,0] = (26)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (Point Blank) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+33] -> [1,33] = (34)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+17+0] -> [5,5,2,17,0] = (29)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (Point Blank) (attack 3) Attack Roll: [1d20+28] -> [16,28] = (44)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+17+0] -> [3,5,1,17,0] = (26)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (Point Blank) (attack 4) Attack Roll: [1d20+23] -> [12,23] = (35)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+17+0] -> [7,2,4,17,0] = (30)
(2) GM: What's liable to bite is the penalty to your AC due to a lack of room to move around......
(19) Elorin: (net -3, which means 33 and up hits)
(19) Elorin: (crit threat on 2nd)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (Point Blank) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+33] -> [6,33] = (39)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+17+0] -> [2,2,3,17,0] = (24)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (Point Blank) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+33] -> [20,33] = (53)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+17+0] -> [8,3,5,17,0] = (33)
(3) Kaylin: If need be I can try for a wall of force...
(2) GM: [26+26+26+30-8-8-6-6] -> 80
(2) GM: 19+33-8
(2) GM: [19+33-8] -> 44
(2) GM: Kaylin? Your turn.
** (3) Kaylin continues going down the hallway to see if there's a good escape route **
(2) GM: And a ways down, the hall turns. Place seems oddly empty.....
(3) Kaylin: (spot checks?)
(2) GM: Sure.....
(3) Kaylin: Spot Skill Check: [1d20+4] -> [18,4] = (22)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: [1d20] -> [5] = (5)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "Somebody should look behind a door."
(2) GM: Other than a few odd switches on the wall, you don't see anything any more out of the ordinary that what you expect.
(2) GM: And Kibin grins and rushes the beast, Charging it.
(2) GM: [1d20+23] -> [17,23] = (40) for [1d6-2+8d6] -> [3,-2,6,6,2,6,5,4,4,2] = (36)
(2) GM: He doesn't appear to scracth the thing.......
(2) GM: But he seems happy, for some reason.
(2) GM: Eldon?
(19) Elorin: (charge it and give Kibin an AoO)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Charge)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: Rapier: [1d20+26] -> [11,26] = (37), [1d20+21] -> [4,21] = (25), [1d20+16] -> [6,16] = (22), [1d20+11] -> [20,11] = (31), Damage: [1d4+2d6+2d6+2+8+5] -> [4,5,4,1,4,2,8,5] = (33), [1d4+2d6+2d6+2+8+5] -> [3,1,3,2,3,2,8,5] = (27), [1d4+2d6+2d6+2+8+5] -> [4,5,3,6,2,2,8,5] = (35), [1d4+2d6+2d6+2+8+5] -> [2,1,4,2,4,2,8,5] = (28)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Only the first one.)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Whoops, sorry)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: Rapier, Flaming, one attack: [1d20+26] -> [9,26] = (35), Damage: [1d4+2d6+2d6+1d6+2+8+5] -> [4,3,6,5,6,4,2,8,5] = (43)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (+2 for charge)
(2) GM: Which is a hit. And... what's your Rapier made of?
whispering to Eldon Quickfoot, You feel your sword catch on something in the beast....
(2) GM: Eldon? Rapier material?
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Oh...Not quite sure)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Didn't we get it covered in adamantium?)
(2) GM: Not that I'm aware of..... presume steel, for the moment. 11 points of visible damage.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Seem to remember something like that...I dunno.)
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (I know I've done more than that previously)
(2) GM: And Jason seems rather annoyed... but ignores the beast, runs around it, and gets halfway to the gun.
(19) Elorin: (Kibin's opportunist strike?)
(2) GM: Right.... [1d20+23] -> [11,23] = (34) for [1d6-2+8d6] -> [5,-2,2,4,2,5,3,1,1,3] = (24)
(19) Elorin: (and his sword is adamantium)
(2) GM: He leaves a few minor scratches on the beast, but somehow seems more pleased than appearences would indicate.....
(2) GM: Elorin?
** (19) Elorin pummels it a bit more and hopes we don't have to do too much more of this **
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (Point Blank) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+33] -> [14,33] = (47)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+17+0] -> [3,6,2,17,0] = (28)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (Point Blank) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+33] -> [3,33] = (36)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+17+0] -> [8,6,4,17,0] = (35)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (Point Blank) (attack 1+2) Attack Roll: [1d20+33] -> [10,33] = (43)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+17+0] -> [5,1,1,17,0] = (24)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (Point Blank) (attack 3) Attack Roll: [1d20+28] -> [3,28] = (31)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+17+0] -> [6,2,2,17,0] = (27)
(19) Elorin: +1 Holy Composite Longbow (+2 Str) (Rapid Shot) (Point Blank) (attack 4) Attack Roll: [1d20+23] -> [3,23] = (26)===> DMG: [1d8+2d6+17+0] -> [2,5,6,17,0] = (30)
(19) Elorin: (first 3 hit)
(2) GM: [28+35+24-8-10-2] -> 67
(2) GM: And it goes down. And starts leaking some odd substance on the floor.
(2) GM: You hear a pounding from the inside......
(2) GM: Jason runs up to the gun, and tries to pick it up with his staff....
(2) GM: And manages to lever it up.
(19) Elorin: (how do you pick something that big up with a staff?)
(2) GM: Slip it through the handholds, and lift the staff. Jason actually has a strength score of 10; it just never comes up. He can't get it over his head, though; he's just kinda staggering around with it.
(2) GM: Well, combat time over.... anyone doing anything?
** (3) Kaylin pokes her head around to watch what's going on **
(2) GM: Gnome: Ah well, I suppose that's what happens when we're rushed. Still, the new weapons were effective........
(3) Kaylin: I found a room, looks pretty empty.
** (8) Eldon Quickfoot opens a door. **
(2) GM: Looks like storeage of some kind, with some odd looking metal counters with strange circular bumps and mysterious dials.
(2) GM: Tile floor.
(3) Kaylin: (Tell me we're not in a bathroom...)
(2) GM: Mostly empty; the walls are lined with cabinets.
(2) GM: (Your not)
(3) Kaylin: What's this? We should get the pilot out and interrogate him.
(2) GM: The cabinets are closed.
(19) Elorin: (directed at the gnome we're scrying on) Can you still here us in here?
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: [1d20+8] -> [4,8] = (12)
(2) GM: Gnome: Yeah, the whole place is bugged.
(19) Elorin: (it's getting pretty late, this seems like a good place to stop for now)
(2) GM: Gnome: Well, the ones that weren't going to damage the place too much didn't work out, so I guess it's time to lose the showpiece. See you next time. Fredrick? Push the button.
(2) GM: Voice: As you command.
(19) Elorin: (in common) uh, that doesn't sound good. Teleport now?
(2) GM: Gnome: Pity it works both ways.....
(19) Elorin: What, you'd kill yourself just to finish us off?
(2) GM: The whole place summarily explodes. You feel a burning, scorching death.... and an unknown amount of time later, in the hollow barrier, next to a glowing portal.
(3) Kaylin: (. . . )
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: ( ! ! ! )
(19) Elorin: (huh?)
(2) GM: A very familar area. With lots of letters over doors in hallways.....
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (We're dead, Jim!)
(3) Kaylin: Please tell me this isn't our afterlife.
** (8) Eldon Quickfoot examines himself. **
(2) GM: You're fine, as is your equipment.
** (3) Kaylin looks around for her spellbook **
** (3) Kaylin hugs the spellbook **
(2) GM: Everything you were carrying is on you.
(2) GM: You're not sure where, exactly, you are, but you seem to be in that four dimensional maze, again.
(19) Elorin: What just happened?
** (8) Eldon Quickfoot checks for a death wound. **
(3) Kaylin: I was just about to ask.
(2) GM: You are completely uninjured.
(19) Elorin: (I don't suppose the scrying is still working)
(2) GM: No, it's worn off.
(19) Elorin: (17 hour duration)
(2) GM: It wore off.
(2) GM: As though the duration expired.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "Maybe those who are killed on another plane after traveling through here return to here?"
(19) Elorin: Hmm, I wonder... Maybe that safeguard that keeps their invaders from dying is a property of this place that works on anyone passing through?
(19) Elorin: That's probably what that "works both ways" comment was about.
(3) Kaylin: Regardless, I think our first step should be to get out of here to someplace where we may observe to see what effects that might have.
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "Then why would they blow themselves up if they knew it wouldn't work?"
** (19) Elorin gets a nasty idea about running repeated suicide attacks against them :P **
(3) Kaylin: Jason, what is through this portal?
(2) GM: Jason's missing.
(3) Kaylin: ... Jason? Where'd he go?
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "Uh-oh..."
(3) Kaylin: Elorin, can you determine his location?
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "Kibin, can you check the door numbers?"
(19) Elorin: Their final tactic probably hadn't been specially designed to work on him
(19) Elorin: Elorin casts Discern Location ( level 8, "Reveals exact location of creature or object." )
(19) Elorin: Elorin casts Level 8 Spell ( level 8, "Spell slot tracking device" )
(3) Kaylin: He may have done the normal thing for a ghost.
(19) Elorin: (10 minutes later)
whispering to Jack Simth, [1d100] -> [65] = (65)
** (3) Kaylin passes the time checking the pages of her spellbook **
(2) GM: And I need a caster level check.
(19) Elorin: [1d20+19] -> [17,19] = (36)
whispering to Elorin, Ruins of the Throne of Heavens, Sealed Gnomish Plane
(19) Elorin: Ruins of the Throne of Heavens, Sealed Gnomish Plane
(19) Elorin: He's still there.
(3) Kaylin: That doesn't sound good.
(19) Elorin: Wait, does that "Sealed" mean the portal's closed?
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "Perhaps it was a trap...For him..."
(3) Kaylin: We should see if we can get back on that plane.
(3) Kaylin: Where are we at the moment?
(19) Elorin: I'll check what's through this portal
** (19) Elorin pokes his head through **
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Can we break here?)
whispering to Elorin, It's dark; the air is choked up with smoke, and underground. Familiar mines, these.........
(2) GM: Sure.
(19) Elorin: We're back at the first portal we entered, in the mines
(19) Elorin: The dwarves are apparently back at work with the smoke
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: "Determined folk, dwarves."
(8) Eldon Quickfoot: (Bye, then. I really need to BRB...)
(2) GM: Stop here?
(19) Elorin: (I'm moving tomorrow morning)
(19) Elorin: (so yeah, stop)
(3) Kaylin: (Whoa. Good luck with the move)
(2) GM: Okay.

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(3) Kaylin: (g'nigh')
(19) Elorin: (just moving from one dorm to another)
(19) Elorin: (new semester)