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Locating server at 127.0.0.1:6774...
Game connected!
(1) GM (enter): 09:42
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.
(2) Kibin (enter): 09:42
(2) Kibin: Greetings.
(1) GM: Morning
(2) Kibin: After this session, Kibin will probably reach level 21. :)
(2) Kibin: And I shall get a new feat, the lingering damage feat.
(1) GM: Hmm.
(1) GM: Well, I'll go grab a bite Ican eat at my desk.
(2) Kibin: Violist said he'd probably be late. Narf is probably going to be late too, he usually is.
(1) GM: Yep.
(2) Kibin: Elorin maybe here, depends on what he meant by he'll be back in january.
(3) Kaylin (enter): 10:22
(1) GM: Morning.
(3) Kaylin: good morning
(2) Kibin: Yay person!
** (3) Kaylin goes to fix breakfast, back soon **
(4) Katsuro (enter): 10:33
(4) Katsuro: Hello
(5) Cindy (enter): 10:33
(1) GM: Morning. Anyone we know?
(2) Kibin: Hello Katsuro.
(5) Cindy: Hi GM
(5) Cindy: Disconnecting from server...
(5) Cindy (exit): 10:35
(2) Kibin: *pokes Kaylin*
(3) Kaylin: Ja?
(2) Kibin: I think we have everyone here that's going to be here.
(1) GM: Okay.
Moving to room 'D and D'..
(1) GM (enter): 10:40
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.
(2) Kibin (enter): 10:41
(4) Katsuro (enter): 10:41
(4) Katsuro (exit): 10:41
(4) Katsuro (enter): 10:41
(3) Kaylin (enter): 10:42
(2) Kibin: (I believe we just got diamonds from the king last, as a reward...)
(1) GM: Yep. Just enough for a True Res.
(1) GM: Well, and a free bucket for Kaylin.
(4) Katsuro: (I thought True Res was 10,000?)
(2) Kibin: (Free bucket?)
(1) GM: You're thinkging Ressurection.
(4) Katsuro: (Ah, thanks.)
(1) GM: (Until after the Res, Kaylin sploshes)
(3) Kaylin: (That was quite a fall...)
(2) Kibin: (Ah yes. That free bucket.)
(1) GM: Anyway, the guards escort you out, and one True Ressurection later....
(2) Kibin: (Kaylin was already true ressurected?)
(3) Kaylin: (Eh, summary, no big deal)
(1) GM: Ah, right. Sorry, a little light-headed today.
(1) GM: And you're outside the rather paranoid fortress.
(3) Kaylin: "I for one will be glad to see the last of those security measures."
(2) Kibin: Me too...
(1) GM: And a black blotch passes along the ground in front of the party....
(1) GM: Oh, Kaylin? True Ress comes with full HP.
(2) Kibin: That black blob looks familiar...
(3) Kaylin: (oops, thanks)
(1) GM: Spot check?
(2) Kibin: Spot Skill Check: [1d20+18] -> [19,18] = (37)
(3) Kaylin: Spot Skill Check: [1d20+4] -> [3,4] = (7)
(1) GM: It doesn't appear to affect anything, more a shadow along the ground.
(4) Katsuro: Spot Skill Check: [1d20+2] -> [5,2] = (7)
whispering to Kibin, Caused by a passing cloud.
(2) Kibin: Oh, passing cloud.
(4) Katsuro: ("Look! Ants!")
(1) GM: (Have you seen the hide modifier on an Ant? Size bonuses alone....)
(2) Kibin: (You forgot they count as a swarm.)
(1) GM: (not individually)
(2) Kibin: (True.)
(2) Kibin: (Though technically, it would have to be actively hiding, since there are no penalties or modifiers to a normal spot check.)
(1) GM: (true)
(4) Katsuro: (Of course, if it's in a grassy area, it probably gets cover.)
(2) Kibin: (A colossal dragon is probably easier to see when hiding. :D)
(1) GM: Anyway, the town seems rather happy. Most businesses cheerily continue, there are vendors selling fruit on the street, construction blithly continuing on the aqueducts, despite the fact that the new pumps won't be delivererd, and there won't be enough water for the extra capacity.....
(1) GM: One shop is closed, though, although activity appears to go on inside apace.
(1) GM: Seems the curator's not in today....
** (3) Kaylin looks around admiring the city. **
(1) GM: You see one person selling oddly colored candles.
(2) Kibin: My family is probably wondering where I've been all this time...
(3) Kaylin: "Amazing, I'd never consciously realised you had family before."
(4) Katsuro: "...I send letters home."
(1) GM: Jason: What, you think he was spawned from the rocks themselves? It's not like he's an elemental.
(4) Katsuro: "In which case, he'd have rocks for a family."
(3) Kaylin: "I haven't been gone from my usual lair long enough for anyone to worry."
(3) Kaylin: "Well, anyone have any suggestions on what to do now? If not, I can always spend some time refreshing my knowledge of local history."
(2) Kibin: Nothing at the moment we really need to do...
(4) Katsuro: "I need to find a new quest."
(1) GM: Jason: Hmm... yes, everone does need a purpose in life.
(2) Kibin: (Wouldn't a pledge to assist us be okay enough?)
(1) GM: (Has to be highly specific)
(4) Katsuro: (Yeah. Something like that could get him thrown out.)
(3) Kaylin: "Purpose can be good, yes. Weighs more heavily on some than others."
(2) Kibin: (An ideal or princible that you uphold is perfectly okay.)
(2) Kibin: (Principle*)
(1) GM: (For a Cleric - Katsuro needs a specific quest, on the other hand - slay a particular ruler or Demon Lord, works, Fight Evil doesn't.)
(2) Kibin: ("Typical oaths include swearing service to a powerful lord of the kensai's alignment, to an organization with the same alignment and goals of the kensai, to the kensai's deity, or even to an ideal or principle the kensai upholds.")
(1) GM: (Ah.)
(2) Kibin: (Fight evil doesn't work, because it's too broad, falls under the broad oaths or ones deliberatly easy to fulfill.)
(1) GM: Anyway....
(4) Katsuro: (What sort of ideal or principle would be specific enough? *Scratches head*)
(2) Kibin: (But there's still 9 weeks left or so.)
(1) GM: Back after breakfast
(2) Kibin: (Depends. What do you want Katsuro to do?)
(4) Katsuro: (...Fight evil...)
(2) Kibin: (You could have your principle be the definition of exalted. Means never justify the ends, never associate willingly with evil, protect innocents always at all costs...)
(2) Kibin: (I'm happy being regular lawful good with no oaths or restrictions, heh.)
(2) Kibin: (Maybe something related to the reason you became a kensai in the first place...)
(2) Kibin: (Support religious freedom, and oppose those who pose a threat to organized religion for true dieties?)
(4) Katsuro: (Has to be an oath that keeps him with the party.)
(2) Kibin: (Borrow the paladins code?)
(2) Kibin: (Or possibly find a lawful good lord to pledge loyalty to... though don't know which one that would be. Paranoid king here probably wouldn't be a good idea.)
(2) Kibin: (You could pledge loyalty to a diety.)
(4) Katsuro: (...Hmm, wonder if Batman would qualify as a Kensai...)
(2) Kibin: (Doesn't meet the lawful requirement.)
(4) Katsuro: (Oath of service, rather strong, favoured weapon...)
(2) Kibin: (He's more of a paladin of freedom/shadowbane inqusitor.)
(4) Katsuro: (Or a variant Kensai.)
(2) Kibin: (True.)
(2) Kibin: (Robin Hood would be another example... huh.)
(4) Katsuro: (Since he's rebelling against an usurper, he doesn't break the lawfull requirement...Depending on the legend.)
(2) Kibin: (Hmmmm...)
(2) Kibin: (Yeah, but that's still disregard for lawfulness.)
(4) Katsuro: (No - A Lawfull Good character can fight an unlawfull ruler.)
(4) Katsuro: (Either because he's evil or because his rule breaks the law.)
(2) Kibin: (What if he's a lawful evil ruler?)
(4) Katsuro: (Depends. If he doesn't break the law and isn't masecaring people, then not with violence.)
(4) Katsuro: (Spelling error, I know.)
(1) GM: Anyway... what's everyone doing?
** (2) Kibin goes look at the oddly colored candles. **
(1) GM: Candle Maker: Ah, I see you're looking at my wares. You have a sense of magic, I can tell.
(4) Katsuro: (Sukabait!)
(2) Kibin: Hmmmm?
** (3) Kaylin eyes Kibin looking over candles **
(4) Katsuro: (Pronounce it phonetically...)
(1) GM: Candle Maker: Why, my candles are magical! This clearish one will make the lighter invisible for about half a minute, unless someone blows it out.
(2) Kibin: (That was IC. :P)
(1) GM: Candle Maker: This brownish one will make the lighter more dextrous for a time.
(1) GM: Candle Maker: I have quite a few. Is there any effect in particular you're interested in?
(2) Kibin: Not really, just looking around.
(1) GM: Candle Maker: Nobody ever buys my magical candles....
(1) GM: The candle maker pulls out a clearish one, lights it, and vanishes from view when the flam starts melting the wax.....
(1) GM: You then watch as the candles are picked up, one by one, and dropped into an invisible sack, vanishing from view.
(1) GM: The table folds up and follows.
** (2) Kibin hmmms, never saw a walking table before... **
(1) GM: Just the one candle is left, burning for about five minutes before it runs out of wax.
(1) GM: When it does, no trace of the candle maker is found. Other than the burned-out stub of the candle he left running.
(3) Kaylin: "Impressive. What did you say to him?"
** (2) Kibin walks back to the group, saying, "Just that I was just looking at the candles..." **
whispering to Kibin, You did, however, "see" him walk away invisibly with your Blindsense
(3) Kaylin: "Strange."
(4) Katsuro: "Hmm, yes, but probably not something we need to worry about."
(3) Kaylin: "Not unless you want to embark upon a quest to defend the honor and sales of candlemakers."
(1) GM: The sun starts to set.
(4) Katsuro: "I do not think I am particularly suited for that role. For one thing, I'm not a member of any candlemakers' guild."
(1) GM: Many people head off to what appears to be a local tavern.
(3) Kaylin: "Perhaps we should secure lodging and think about what to do tomorrow?"
(2) Kibin: Sure...
(2) Kibin: (*probably should actually write a backstory now*)
(4) Katsuro: "Certainly. There's probably vagrancy laws."
(4) Katsuro: (Heh...I didn't have one for whatsisname, either. The paladin I played...)
(3) Kaylin: (Derrel?)
(4) Katsuro: (Right, thanks. Bad memory.)
** (4) Katsuro heads off towards any nearby inn that looks clean and not full. **
(3) Kaylin: (Backstory would be good, yes...)
** (3) Kaylin follows Katsuro, trusting his guidance to clean inns. **
** (2) Kibin follows, as to not be attacked randomly by demons like last time. **
(1) GM: The inside of the inn is a bit smoky from lamp oil. The place is clean, with fresh thresh on the floor. A fire burns cheerily in an upraised stone firepit, in the middle of the room, with an iron funnel overhead channeling most the smoke out.
(2) Kibin: (Pounddale is a good name for a town...)
(1) GM: The inkeeper is a jolly fat little gnome, walking around on a raised platform behind the bar.
(1) GM: The inn is sized for medium critters, although there are tall stools at the bar with ladders on the side for ease of climbing.
(1) GM: A half-orc tends the fire.
(1) GM: There's a few reasonably solid wooden doors in the back.
(1) GM: The inkeeper greets you warmly from his perch.
(2) Kibin: Inn seems a little large for a gnome to be owning it...
(1) GM: Inkeeper: Welcome! Care to buy a drink?
(3) Kaylin: "I'm just looking for lodging. Do you have a room large enough for us open?"
(1) GM: Inkeeper: Yep. Most my patrons are your size.
(4) Katsuro: "Do you have anything that's served hot?"
(2) Kibin: Don't you mean the rest of my party's size?
(1) GM: The inkeeper grins: Quite a few. Do you preferred mulled cider, stew, or something more substantial?
(4) Katsuro: "Mulled cider and stew sounds about perfect right now."
(1) GM: Gnome: Well, yes. But even young dragons like yourself have a lot of stature.
(3) Kaylin: "Stew sounds excellent right now, you're right. I'd like a bowl too."
(1) GM: The Gnome bows, and taps a series of bells under the bar; it makes quite the musical tune.
** (4) Katsuro bows appropriatly back **
(1) GM: A few moments later, a fair-skinned, clear-complexioned human woman with a little gray around her temples walks in with a large pot floating behind her, carrying a few cups, bowls, and a pitcher that steams.
(2) Kibin: Interesting way of communicating...
whispering to Kaylin, Seems to be resting on a Floating Disk
(1) GM: Woman: So, how many bowls of stew and cider was that? I can never quite keep those notes straight.....
(3) Kaylin: "One stew for me, and I think Katsuro there would like a stew and a mulled cider."
(4) Katsuro: "One of each for me, thanks."
(1) GM: Meanwhile, the woman sets out a few bowls and mugs, looking ready to ladel out what's needed.
(1) GM: Woman: All right, that will be three silvers, four coppers from the hunk, three silvers from the competition.
** (3) Kaylin laughs, "I'm no competition." **
** (3) Kaylin digs out three silvers and hands them over before getting started on the stew. **
** (4) Katsuro laughs and pays. **
(1) GM: The lady smiles, dishes out the food and drink, and heads back into the kitchen.
** (4) Katsuro eats, alternating stew and cider. **
** (2) Kibin isn't that hungry and waits for the rest of the party to finish eating. **
(1) GM: The stew is quite good consisting, mostly of potatoes, carrots, and peas, with some meat for flavor.
(1) GM: The cider is apple, and only slightly alchoholic.
(4) Katsuro: (I might occasionally be occupied; I entered a character arena game on a forum yesterday.)
(4) Katsuro: (The sort of thing Katsuro gew up on...)
** (3) Kaylin finishes. "Good stew, thank you. Now, about that room...?" **
(1) GM: After a while, you finish your meal. There are a couple other patrons, and one man in full plate (minus the helm and gauntlets), who eats his fill but isn't charged. Mostly, though, the place seems a bit empty.
(4) Katsuro: (My Worldwalker (original concept, original universe) is fighting a weakened Fenris.)
(2) Kibin: (I need a random halfling name.)
** (4) Katsuro finishes eating and walks up to the innkeeper. **
(4) Katsuro: (Burris Farmfoot)
(4) Katsuro: "How much for a room for all of us?"
(1) GM: Gnome: Ah yes, I will let the lovely lady know you enjoy her stock. It's 2 gold crowns to rent a room for the night. Five silvers for a cot by the fire, two silvers for a blanket by the fire.
(1) GM: Gnome: Avoiding the vagrancy laws is included, of course.
(1) GM: Gnome: I can bring extra beds into the same room, if you like, at a silver per.
(4) Katsuro: "Hmm, yes, by the way people moved off the street, I thought there was something like that."
(4) Katsuro: "How many rooms do you have open?"
(4) Katsuro: (I presume the sun has set?)
(1) GM: Yes, it was in process when you came inside, and had a decent meal.
(1) GM: Gnome: Three private rooms available. For some odd reason, many people don't take me seriously.
(1) GM: You notice there's only four doors in the back of the inn - one of which is the one the cook used.
(2) Kibin: Uh. Where do you live?
(4) Katsuro: "Hmm...Well, that divides nicely into one each."
(3) Kaylin: "What about Elorin?"
** (2) Kibin nudges Katsuro, and points to Elorin. **
(1) GM: Gnome: Me? Oh, I have a cot under the bar. I'd sleep in my room off the kitchen, but not everything the lady of the establishment cooks up is fit for mortals like myself.
(4) Katsuro: "Oh, right. He was so quiet I forgot he was there. Sorry, Elorin."
(1) GM: Elorin: Nothing to be loud about yet.
(1) GM: Gnome: The thug tending the fire doesn't seem to mind the occasional smell, though, so....
(1) GM: The gnome shrugs.
(2) Kibin: I don't need a room to sleep in if all of you want a room by yourself...
(1) GM: The half-orc growls briefly, then gets up, grabs his axe, and steps out through the kitchen.
(1) GM: You hear a few short whaps, and a moment later, the half-orc comes back in, carrying quite the stack of freshly-split wood.
** (3) Kaylin steps back a bit but otherwise quietly watches **
whispering to Katsuro, You notice that it's a very masterfully crafted greataxe he's using for chopping wood.... and it bears the marks of heavy use and good care.
(3) Kaylin: "So, any consensus on room count?"
(1) GM: The Gnome starts absent-mindedly playing on his bells.
(4) Katsuro: "I would be willing to either take a room or sleep by the fire, depending."
(1) GM: Will saves, everyone.
(1) GM: [1d20+30] -> [17,30] = (47)
(3) Kaylin: Will save: [1d20+22] -> [17,22] = (39)
(1) GM: Kibin?
(2) Kibin: Will save: [1d20+18] -> [13,18] = (31)
(1) GM: Katsuro?
(3) Kaylin: (brb)
(1) GM: Will save: [1d20+28] -> [18,28] = (46)
(4) Katsuro: Will save: [1d20+9] -> [16,9] = (25)
(4) Katsuro: (Where do you guys get those saves? :P)
(1) GM: You can't help but watch as the Gnome plays on his bells.
(2) Kibin: (Cloak of Resistance +5, Perpiat of Wisdom +6, Amulet of Health +6, Gloves of Dexterity +6...)
(1) GM: Second round of Will saves?
(2) Kibin: Will save: [1d20+18] -> [14,18] = (32)
(1) GM: Will save: [1d20+28] -> [3,28] = (31)
(4) Katsuro: Will save: [1d20+9] -> [19,9] = (28)
(1) GM: Will save: [1d20+21] -> [16,21] = (37)
(1) GM: You all feel a slight buzzing in the back of your heads as the bard suggests renting all three of his rooms, but shake it off easily enough. You still spend well over an hour watching him play, though.
** (2) Kibin thinks he knows why people don't tend to come to his tavern often... **
(4) Katsuro: (Er, do we know someone messed with our minds?)
(1) GM: The man in armor just looks askance at the Gnome with one eye while sipping his cider the entire time.
whispering to Katsuro, You know you shook off something attempting to influence your thoughts, yes.
(1) GM: Oh, and Kaylin - Spellcraft check?
(3) Kaylin: "Excellent performance, that was quite captivating."
(3) Kaylin: Spellcraft Skill Check: [1d20+38] -> [16,38] = (54)
whispering to Kaylin, You recognized the Bardic Mass Suggestion when you shook it off.
** (2) Kibin blinks, confused as to why he spent an hour listening. **
** (3) Kaylin murmurs, "Truly captivating..." **
whispering to Kaylin, You were too Fascinated to do anything about it at the time, though....
(3) Kaylin: "It's getting late, and I for one will need rest. Two rooms should take care of our needs, right?"
(1) GM: Elorin: One for the lady, one for the menfolk?
(4) Katsuro: "Would work."
(1) GM: The Gnome looks mildly disapointed.
(1) GM: Gnome: Well, that's four golds. Would you like some extra beds?
(3) Kaylin: "I'll be fine without."
** (3) Kaylin hands the gnome 2 gold crowns. **
(2) Kibin: (This now has backstory, yay!)
(2) Kibin: Me too...
(1) GM: The gnome hand Kaylin a key.
(4) Katsuro: "It's more comfortable than sleeping on the floor."
(1) GM: Gnome: Sleep well.
** (4) Katsuro pays for the other room and any nessasary bed additions. **
** (3) Kaylin locks the door behind her and begins her daily meditation. **
(1) GM: The gnome takes the money, hands Katsuro a key, and directs the Half-orc to fetch an extra bed (for Elorin).
(2) Kibin: Perhaps, but I don't want to be replacing a bed if I have any bad dreams.
(1) GM: Jason just stays our of sight.
(1) GM: The night passes uneventfully.
(1) GM: The next morning, Elorin prepares his normal Feast.
(1) GM: Curiously, the Gnome, half-orc, cook, and the armored man don't join in. They look like they've already eaten equally well.
** (3) Kaylin asks the gnome, "Already ate?" **
(1) GM: Gnome: Yep. Had a similar Feast myself not too long ago.
(1) GM: Gnome: Habit from my youth.
(3) Kaylin: "Ah, I see."
(2) Kibin: (Kibin hnow has a backstory before he joined the party, yay.)
** (2) Kibin leaves the inn, seeing as there's no more reason to stay in there. **
(1) GM: Outside, it's morning. The sun is just beginning to rise, and long shadows leave the street itself covered in shade.
** (3) Kaylin finishes, bids the innkeeper goodbye, and also walks outside. **
(1) GM: There's hardly a cloud in the sky; it looks to be a beautiful day. Many people are busily setting up shops.
** (4) Katsuro thanks the innkeeper for his hospitality and leaves. **
(1) GM: You don't see the candle maker again today.
(3) Kaylin: "So... back to debating what to do next?"
(1) GM: You hear noises from the pump crafting place.
(1) GM: Oddly, it's open.
** (2) Kibin glances over to the pump crafting place, suggesting, "See what's going on over there again?" **
(3) Kaylin: "Might as well."
** (3) Kaylin wanders over to take a peek at the action **
** (2) Kibin follows. **
** (4) Katsuro wanders over to take a look. **
(1) GM: The place has a sign that says "under new management" and there's someone else directing all the work.
(1) GM: Same crew, though, going through the same motions.....
** (3) Kaylin sighs. **
(4) Katsuro: (/me takes that exercise wheel for a spin...)
(4) Katsuro: "More zombie dogs?"
(2) Kibin: Could be that the illusion was programmed to continue... if that is an illusion.
(4) Katsuro: "...More clones?..."
** (3) Kaylin walks over to one of the workers that was illusionary yesterday, "Any chance of talking to the new manager?" **
(1) GM: The man glances at you briefly, grunts, and points towards the office. The same one with the paper floor, earlier, then quickly gets back to work.
(3) Kaylin: "well, nothing for it..."
(2) Kibin: They're illusions, what do you expect. An intelligent conversation?
** (3) Kaylin walks over to the door, opens it, and pokes the floor with her staff. **
(1) GM: The floor is solid this time.
** (3) Kaylin pokes a little harder, to be more sure. **
(1) GM: It shifts only very slightly.
** (2) Kibin walks forward on the floor, throwing caution to the wind. **
(1) GM: And the floor supports the small dragon's weight.
(1) GM: Inside the office, you see a young, freshly shaven man sitting behind the desk.
(1) GM: He's blond.
** (4) Katsuro follows. **
(1) GM: Blonde Man: Ah, welcome! Here to rent a motor?
(3) Kaylin: "Actually, I was curious what happened to the old management."
(1) GM: Blonde Man: That's a private matter.
** (2) Kibin looks around, for signs of hidden doors or things that are going to explode or anything like that... **
(2) Kibin: Search Skill Check: [1d20+23] -> [9,23] = (32)
(3) Kaylin: "Oh. All right."
whispering to Kibin, You're pretty sure there's a lever under the desk that could make the floor fall out from under you. The chair the young man is sitting in seems attached to the wall....
(4) Katsuro: "Well, mostly we're wondering if you're using zombie dogs like the old management."
(1) GM: Blonde Fellow: I'm a respectable businessman. I'd never, ever stoop to making Zombie dogs. That's just disgusting.
(1) GM: Blonde Fellow: I do not appricate the accusation. I run a clean shop.
(4) Katsuro: "Thanks, we were a bit worried."
(4) Katsuro: "Sorry."
** (3) Kaylin wanders outside and waits by the entrance to the store. **
(1) GM: Many people pass by. Two men in business suits enter the store.
(1) GM: The blonde looks nervous, and says "I'm afraid I have another appointment. If you'll kindly leave me the use of my office?"
** (3) Kaylin eyes the suits suspiciously. **
(4) Katsuro: "Certainly. Again, I apologize for the accusation."
** (2) Kibin follows Kaylin outside... **
** (4) Katsuro leaves **
(4) Katsuro: (Either bankers or mob, is my guess.)
(4) Katsuro: (But, Katsuro wouldn't know that.)
(1) GM: The two suits enter the office, and shut the door behind them. One pulls out a device, which instantly fills the room with fog.
(3) Kaylin: "I wonder if that's something we should be concerned about..."
(2) Kibin: I could find out...
(1) GM: A few minutes later, the fog vanishes, and the two suits walk out with a briefcase they didn't come in with.
** (3) Kaylin quickly goes to look inside the office **
(1) GM: The blonde looks a little pale, and is rubbing his left hand.
(1) GM: He is, however, trying to hide a smile.
(3) Kaylin: (a concussed smile or otherwise?)
(1) GM: Sense Motive?
(3) Kaylin: Sense Motive Skill Check: [1d20+2] -> [18,2] = (20)
(2) Kibin: Sense Motive Skill Check: [1d20+16] -> [17,16] = (33)
whispering to Kibin, It's an "I won, but you haven't quite figured that out just yet" smile, directed at the suits.
whispering to Kaylin, Not a concussion. He's a bit pleased about something, you can't tell what, though.
** (3) Kaylin scuttles out again. "I think I'll follow those suits... something very strange just happened." **
(3) Kaylin: "Coming?"
** (4) Katsuro shrugs and follows **
** (2) Kibin follows Kaylin, replying, "Whatever it is, it seems like that blond guy came out ahead." **
** (3) Kaylin starts trying to follow the suits. **
(3) Kaylin: "Thats what I'm suspicious of."
(3) Kaylin: "How would he gain if they gained a suitcase in a fog cloud from his office?"
(1) GM: How closely do you try to follow, and are you trying to remain unseen about it?
(2) Kibin: It was that "I won but you don't know it yet" smile. Like he knew something that the suits didn't.
(3) Kaylin: (however unseen a group like ours could be, and maybe 30 foot distance)
(3) Kaylin: "Kibin, you're probably better at this than I am... you should lead."
(1) GM: Okay. Hide and Spot checks?
(1) GM: From everyone involved in the tail.
** (4) Katsuro is followed Kibin at a distance, then. **
(3) Kaylin: Hide Skill Check: [1d20+2] -> [4,2] = (6)
** (2) Kibin leads on, then. **
(3) Kaylin: Spot Skill Check: [1d20+4] -> [14,4] = (18)
(4) Katsuro: Hide Skill Check: [1d20+5] -> [6,5] = (11)
(2) Kibin: Hide Skill Check: [1d20+22] -> [1,22] = (23)
(4) Katsuro: Spot Skill Check: [1d20+2] -> [20,2] = (22)
(2) Kibin: Spot Skill Check: [1d20+18] -> [2,18] = (20)
(3) Kaylin: (Hmm, I'm about as stealthy as a big neon sign)
(2) Kibin: (Like this one?)
(1) GM: Yes. Kaylin, trying to watch your step, you focus too much on your feet and crash into a cart hauling chickens in cages. Katsuro's sword clanks as he walks along.
(3) Kaylin: (Kibin, exactly what I was thinking of :)
(1) GM: Kibin, however, isn't seen by the majority of passerby.
(4) Katsuro: (...Sword?)
(1) GM: Bow. Whatever.
** (4) Katsuro is following Kibin, anyway. **
** (3) Kaylin apologies and helps tidy up the mess before trying to get back to following Kibin. **
(1) GM: Katsuro - you can't see Kibin.
(1) GM: The suits notice the commotion, and manage to duck into the crowd; you lose them shortly thereafter.
** (2) Kibin sighs, commenting to Kaylin, "Nice way for you to stay stealthy, huh?" **
(3) Kaylin: "Stealth was never a great skill of mine, no..."
(4) Katsuro: "Maybe next time we just let Kibin follow..."
(1) GM: Jason: You still got that mirror?
(3) Kaylin: "Mirror?"
(2) Kibin: Maybe next time I just go by myself, without you running into a cart of chickens?
(3) Kaylin: "Any chance you could still catch up to them?"
(4) Katsuro: (Food...)
(2) Kibin: Lost them...
(1) GM: Jason: For Scrying. You have seen them, after all, haven't you?
(3) Kaylin: "A Greater Scrying would be significantly simpler than casting Scrying."
(2) Kibin: Isn't there that version that doesn't need a mirror?
(1) GM: Jason: True.
** (3) Kaylin looks around for a place that'd be sheltered enough to not get in the way of traffic. **
(1) GM: There's a nearby dark alley.
(1) GM: Nobody seems to go into it.
** (2) Kibin points to the dark alley, and goes into it. **
** (3) Kaylin follows Kibin but stays near the exit. **
(1) GM: Spot checks?
(3) Kaylin: Spot Skill Check: [1d20+4] -> [14,4] = (18)
(2) Kibin: Spellcraft Skill Check: [1d20+2] -> [16,2] = (18)
(2) Kibin: Spot Skill Check: [1d20+18] -> [17,18] = (35)
(2) Kibin: (Wrong check, heh. :P)
whispering to Kibin, You nitice a halfling successfully snatch Kaylin's coinpurse.
** (4) Katsuro does not go into the dark alley. **
whispering to Kibin, He then vanishes down a drainpipe.
(4) Katsuro: (Reasoning that ordinary people have more common sense than adventurers...)
(2) Kibin: Um... Kaylin, you might want to check your coinpurse.
** (3) Kaylin does so, suspiciously. **
whispering to Kaylin, It's missing.
(3) Kaylin: "Hmm, track down petty thieves or strange businessmen..."
(2) Kibin: Well, if you want to track down the thief, you might want to do so now, I saw him slip down a drainpipe...
(3) Kaylin: (how much was in my coinpurse, anyways? I've got a bit too much to be carrying around outside of the Haversack...)
** (2) Kibin fingers the leather pocket around his neck, to make sure that it's still there. **
(1) GM: Oh, I figure about a pound of gold. 50 coins.
(3) Kaylin: (*shrug* Well, probably keep 50 gp or something as spending moneyeasily accessible)
(3) Kaylin: (makes sense.)
(2) Kibin: You can scry on the buisnessmen anytime...
(3) Kaylin: "That's true. Which drainpipe?"
** (2) Kibin points to the one. **
(3) Kaylin: "Katsuro! We're going to hunt down a petty pickpocket..."
** (3) Kaylin goes over to said pipe and looks down. **
(1) GM: The thing is rather mucky. It also seems a bit small, about the width of a slender halfling's shoulders.
(1) GM: There's markings in the muck on either side that make it look like something squeezed through just recently.
(3) Kaylin: "I wonder if this is really worth the effort... Kibin, are you coming along?
** (2) Kibin jumps in, following the markings through where the halfling went. **
(1) GM: Escape Artist check?
(2) Kibin: Escape Artist Skill Check: [1d20+21] -> [9,21] = (30)
(1) GM: Kibin Wiggles through the pipe easily enough, and vanishes into the darkness below.
(4) Katsuro: "Well, I can't fit in there..."
(3) Kaylin: "Oh, right... shouldn't be long..."
** (4) Katsuro goes off to wander the city...And maybe pick up a sword. A nice adamantium sword, perhaps. **
** (3) Kaylin activates her Shapechange ability and goes Wraithy **
whispering to Kibin, After a short distance, it opens up into a wider sewer. The place smells atrocious, and there's two different ways the halfling could have gone. The markings vanish into the flow of rather dirty water.
whispering to Kaylin, After a short distance, it opens up into a wider sewer. The place smells atrocious, and there's two different ways the halfling could have gone. The markings vanish into the flow of rather dirty water.
(3) Kaylin: Kaylin casts Shapechange (sp) ( level 9, "Spell-Like Ability: Shapechange 2/day (Free action polymorph for 10 min/level" )
(2) Kibin (whispering): If Kaylin is behind me, I point her over to the right tunnel, then I go to the left.
(3) Kaylin: "Which way?"
whispering to Unknown!, You see Kibin point to the right, while he heads off to the left.
Unknown!
whispering to Kaylin, You see Kibin point to the right, while he heads off to the left.
** (2) Kibin points Kaylin to the right, then goes left himself. **
** (3) Kaylin heads off to the right **
(1) GM: But yeah, Kaylin is close neough to see with her Undead Darkvision.
(1) GM: [1d2] -> [2] = (2)
** (3) Kaylin makes sure to stay inside the walls as much as possible while still seeing. **
(2) Kibin: (Wraiths can't go through walls I thought, they're incorporeal not etheral?)
whispering to Kaylin, After a ways, you come across a door in the side of the tunnel. It doesn't look like original construction. There's some drips on the side of the tunnel that look like from wet clothes.
(3) Kaylin: (incorporeal can skim walls and the like)
(1) GM: The can go into them, but must remain adjacent to the exterior.
(1) GM: So a medium incorporeal can go through a five-foot wall, but is stymied by a 10 foot wall. A Large incorporeal can handle a 10 foot wall, but not a fifteen, and so forth.
(3) Kaylin (whispering): Follow the drips if possible, then.
whispering to Kaylin, You go through the door.... and run into what looks like an underground church. The priests notice you. Roll for initiative.
(1) GM: [1d20+6] -> [16,6] = (22)
(3) Kaylin (whispering): [1d20+13] -> [13,13] = (26) (dread wraith init)
whispering to Kaylin, You go first.
(3) Kaylin: (How many priests?)
whispering to Kibin, You walk through quite a lot of tunnels, but don't see any evidence of anything much.
whispering to Kaylin, Just two. Plus what looks like a dirty, wet, halfling.
(2) Kibin (whispering): I go back and take the route Kaylin took, then...
(3) Kaylin (whispering): Well, step outside of the wall and return to normal form. "Sorry I had to follow you, but you took something of mine and I'd like to know why."
(3) Kaylin (whispering): Take a move action back, in other words.
(4) Katsuro: (Why must they remain adjacent to the exterior?)
(1) GM: (It's in the rules for them)
(4) Katsuro: (...Er, yeah, but in-game explanation?)
whispering to Kaylin, On their turn, the Clerics cast spells. The first is a Greater Dispel Magic, Targetted. What all do you have active?
(3) Kaylin (whispering): Shapechange should be the only one
(2) Kibin: (Not fully in the etheral plane, and thus material objects 'push' against them the further they go into an object?)
(1) GM: (They need a refference point to move, perhaps)
whispering to Kaylin, [1d20+18] -> [6,18] = (24)
whispering to Kaylin, Also, Hero's Feast [1d20+18] -> [2,18] = (20)
(4) Katsuro: (Those are options, but I was wondering if there was an official explanation.)
whispering to Kaylin, The second casts Destruction. Make a Fort save.
(3) Kaylin (whispering): [1d20+17] -> [17,17] = (34)
whispering to Kaylin, Success; take [10d6] -> [6,1,1,6,1,4,6,3,1,5] = (34) damage. He ten walks up and casts a Quickened Slay Living. Touch attack: [1d20+18] -> [20,18] = (38)
whispering to Kaylin, Ooh, critical hit on a Slay Living! Make a Fort save.
whispering to Kaylin, Well, critical threat, anyway. Not that it matters.
(3) Kaylin (whispering): Ouch. This is going to hurt... [1d20+17] -> [10,17] = (27)
(2) Kibin: (Don't think so, same reason there's no official explaination to why animate dead is evil...)
whispering to Kaylin, Also a success. Take [3d6+18] -> [1,4,6,18] = (29) damage.
whispering to Kaylin, And the Rogue moves around to flank. Take an AoO, if you like, as he moves through one of your threatened squares.
(3) Kaylin (whispering): Unarmed hit [1d20+9] -> [16,9] = (25)
(4) Katsuro: (Ok, thanks.)
whispering to Kaylin, Actually, it does matter that it was a critical threat, now that it's doing damage.... [1d20+18] -> [11,18] = (29)
whispering to Kaylin, What's your touch AC?
(3) Kaylin (whispering): 20
whispering to Kaylin, So a confirm, even; another [3d6+18] -> [6,6,4,18] = (34) damage
whispering to Kaylin, Which takes your combat total up to [34+29+34] -> 97
(1) GM: And your blow misses the manueverable halfling. That is now in a flanking position.
(1) GM: Oops.
whispering to Kaylin, And the halfling attacks: [1d20+25] -> [16,25] = (41) for [1d4-3+8d6] -> [3,-3,5,3,6,4,2,1,6,6] = (33)
whispering to Kaylin, What's your AC?
(3) Kaylin (whispering): 30... awwh, damn :| Bloody thieves.
whispering to Kaylin, Which brings your 1 round total damage up to [97+33] -> 130
(1) GM: You hear a death scream from down the tunnel, muffled as though there were a wall in the way.
(3) Kaylin (whispering): haha... yeah, time to raise chickens on Bytopia...
(2) Kibin (whispering): Okay... I hurry down the tunnel that Kaylin went down...
whispering to Kibin, Spot check?
(2) Kibin: Swim Skill Check: [1d20+1] -> [7,1] = (8)
(2) Kibin: Spot Skill Check: [1d20+18] -> [14,18] = (32)
whispering to Kibin, You notice a conceald door has some blood seeping out from under it....
(4) Katsuro: (...Plus one adamantine sword and get Elorin to Magic Weapon it to +5?)
(2) Kibin (whispering): I open the door to see what's on the other side, hoping I can activate my cloak of etheralness in time if I'm in danger?
whispering to Kibin, Roll vs. Initiative.
whispering to Kibin, [1d20+6] -> [8,6] = (14)
(2) Kibin: Dex check: [1d20+3] -> [14,3] = (17)
whispering to Kibin, You see to priests in a darkened, evil-looking church stooping down over Kaylin's body. The halfling from earlier has blood on his dagger.
(1) GM: You react first.
(2) Kibin (whispering): Activate cloak of etheralness, and get the heck out of there. :P
whispering to Kibin, One of the priests follows you, and brandishes his unholy symobl [1d20+3] -> [13,3] = (16),
whispering to Kibin, [2d6+18+3] -> [1,5,18,3] = (27)
whispering to Kibin, You become awstruck, unable to move.
whispering to Kibin, It's a pain having an elemental subtype, isn't it?
(2) Kibin (whispering): Yeah...please don't die please don't die please don't die...
(1) GM: w 2 = Oh, nevermind; I'm wrong - you have the Cold subtype, not the water subtype. Energies of pure water wash over you, but you're unaffected.
whispering to Kibin, Oh, nevermind; I'm wrong - you have the Cold subtype, not the water subtype. Energies of pure water wash over you, but you're unaffected.
(1) GM: Grr! Mystyping a lot today....
(1) GM: Case in point....
(2) Kibin (whispering): ...yeah, cold subtypes can't get turned. :P
whispering to Kibin, Well, it's your turn, only one of the priests seem to have followed you.
(2) Kibin (whispering): Run straight up, towards crowds, and deactivate the cloak when I'm above ground.
whispering to Kibin, At your speed, that doesn't take long... a single move action, which leaves you a standard to turn off the cloak.
(1) GM: Kibin appears in mid air above the ground, seeming rather worried.
(1) GM: Elorin: Find anything?
(2) Kibin: Um... do two priests and a rogue that just killed Kaylin count as something, with one of the priests currently chasing after me?
(1) GM: Elorin: Yes, I would think so.
(3) Kaylin: (I die more times than a vampire in a pencil factory...)
(2) Kibin: (Me too, but I'm trying to stop. :P)
(1) GM: (It's only about the third time. Before you worry about it too much, ask Kibin)
(3) Kaylin: (heh, but two days in a row? :P)
(1) GM: (Ask Kibin)
(2) Kibin: (Cleric first time, demon a day or two later... and almost got my soul consumed the second time, too.)
(3) Kaylin: (wow...)
(1) GM: (high level campaigns are rough... and just think - you MADE all your saves)
(1) GM: Jason: So, did you recover the body? I'm sure she'll want her things back.
(2) Kibin: (So far my current deaths... killed by a thought slayer, killed by a wail of the banshee trap, NEARLY killed when I got stoned by a prismatic wall and teleported to a random plane, killed by that cleric, and killed by that demon with a vengance. Oh yeah, and killed on the gnomish plane.)
(3) Kaylin (whispering): just out of curiosity, how do touch spells crit? I only vaguely recall hearing about it before)
(3) Kaylin: (heh. Lots of dying for us :)
(2) Kibin: Uh... well, death is still unpleasant, and I was mostly concerned with getting away... think one of the clerics tried turning me.Though that gave me enough time to get back here safely...
whispering to Kaylin, As you made your save, it's a damage-dealing spell, making it weapon-like. If you'd failed you save, it wouldn't have mattered. Think necromantic energies in a more sensitive area.
(2) Kibin: (I've done better the past few times though.)
(3) Kaylin (whispering): Got it, thanks
(4) Katsuro: (...What sort of high-level enemies steal 50gp?)
(2) Kibin: (The ones that expected them to follow and thus scored nearly a million GP in loot?)
(1) GM: (Bait)
(3) Kaylin: (So much for trying to help correct behavior and such)
(4) Katsuro: "Is there any way to teleport her back?"
(1) GM: Jason: Maybe. Where was the body?
(2) Kibin: Down the sewers, you can easily follow where the halfling went, to the right.
(1) GM: Jason heads down through the ground.
(2) Kibin: But... it might be dangerous for you Jason, there's two evil priests down there...
(1) GM: Several minuts later, a clestial Hyppogryph appears, carrying Kaylin's body.
(1) GM: Jason steps out, and dismisses the beast.
(1) GM: Kaylin is wearing nothing but some rags.
(4) Katsuro: (Equipment?)
(1) GM: Jason looks sheepish.
(1) GM: Jason: I couldn't do much. They took turns Holding me at bay while the halfling calously took everything of value before leaving.... I had to find the rags to wrap her up in.
(3) Kaylin: "Well, that was fun. Remind me to not try to help random delinquents anymore."
(3) Kaylin: Oh. Oops
(3) Kaylin: (noot resurrected yet :( )
(1) GM: Ten minutes later, Elorin finishes his casting.
Elorin casts True Resurrection ( level 9, "As resurrection, plus remains aren't needed" )
Elorin can cast True Resurrection 98 more times
Elorin casts Level 9 Spell ( level 9, "Spell slot tracking device" )
Elorin can cast Level 9 Spell 2 more times
(3) Kaylin: "Well, that was fun. Remind me to not try to help random delinquents anymore... um... guess they stole everything..."
(1) GM: Jason looks sheepish.
** (2) Kibin wonders if he's the random deliquent Kaylin's refering to... **
(1) GM: Jason: Umm... how many of your spells have you Mastered?
(3) Kaylin: "None."
(3) Kaylin: "This is going to be a fun chapter in my life."
(3) Kaylin: "At least I can still Shapechange..."
(2) Kibin: Uh... how, if you can't prepare spells from your spellbook?
(1) GM: Jason: Well, at least you haven't exhausted youself today..... Here, let me buy you a blessed book, and some time in the quick-time chamber; you should be able, at least, to re-prep your current ones later.
(1) GM: Jason takes 12,600 gp (and Kaylin, assuming she comes) to Ye Olde Shoppe of Magjicque, and buys her a blank book and some time.
** (3) Kaylin comes! **
(3) Kaylin: (not getting left behind on something this important)
** (4) Katsuro seems to still be buying a sword. **
(1) GM: You can scribe the spells you currently have prepared, plus read magic (which you don't need a book for). Fortunately, you hadn't cast anything yet....
(3) Kaylin: (so... time to make a note of what those are...)
(1) GM: What kind of sword is your preference?
(1) GM: You mentioned Adamantine; but what style?
(4) Katsuro: (Hmm...Standard longsword, I guess.)
(1) GM: 3,015 gp for the sword, 2,000 for the +1. Any enchantments with that (e.g., Flaming, Frost, Shocking, Holy, et cetera?)
(1) GM: Odd though - you don't carry a shield, do you?
** (2) Kibin goes looking around the shops, since Katsuro is away too. **
(4) Katsuro: (Saving up for a Manual of Strength...Flaming, frost, just so it does some damage.
(4) Katsuro: (Shield? A +2 AC vs a -2 check penalty...)
(1) GM: The shoppkeeper tries to sell you on a greatsword - only 35 gp more, and you can take full advantage of your bulging muscles (1.5 strength to damage, and 2-for-1 power attack), and it hurts more to begin with (2d6 average 7 vs. 1d8 average 4.5) while still being equally likely to hit. Seeing as you don't wear a shield most the time anyway.....
(1) GM: +1 Flaming or +1 Frost is 8,000 gp in enchantments, +1 Flaming/Frost is 18,000 gp in enchantments.
(1) GM: Oh, kaylin - what's your HP without your +Con item?
(1) GM: You still get to keep your Inherent bonuses, as well as any Permanencied spells you have cast....
(4) Katsuro: The shoppkeeper manages to sell him on that idea. (Flaming and Frost. He can spare 20,000. It'll set him back, but the sword is worth it.)
(2) Kibin: (What about the whole favored weapon thing?)
(1) GM: Total comes to [3000+50+18000] -> 21050
(1) GM: (That's his bow - this is a melee backup)
** (4) Katsuro pays and thanks the shoppkeeper. **
(1) GM: Shoppekeeper: Pleasure doing business with you.
(2) Kibin: (Oh. Right.)
(3) Kaylin: (hey, can I Wish my gear back?)
(1) GM: You got it prepared?
(3) Kaylin: (always)
(1) GM: Got the loose XP?
(3) Kaylin: (just finished copying down what I have prepared, too :( )
(3) Kaylin: (let me check, I should though)
(3) Kaylin: (Let's see, TTW is more accurate but I'm having troubles. OpenRPG node says 181000ish XP)
(1) GM: [1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11+12+13+14+15+16+17] -> 153
(1) GM: [153+18] -> 171
(1) GM: So yeah.
(1) GM: Word your wish.
(1) GM: Do note, I'm not seeing that on the safe list..... unless you want the barers too, of course....
(1) GM: And then they get will saves and SR.
(3) Kaylin: (yeah... hrm. How late in the day is it?)
(1) GM: Midmorning.
** (2) Kibin decides to drop by a library while waiting. **
(1) GM: Strangely, this particular town doesn't appear to have a publicly accessable library. Although asking around, it seems the King collects books.
(3) Kaylin: ("I wish to have all items I was carrying two hours ago moved to within five feet of me, along with their contents of two hours ago.")
(2) Kibin: (Forgot to say which timeframe.)
(3) Kaylin: (timeframe?)
(4) Katsuro: (Er, how long does Wish take?)
(3) Kaylin: (1 standard action)
(1) GM: It's a standard action spell.
(2) Kibin: (Yes. The timeframe of the quick time plane, the timeframe of the material plane, or the timeframe of a plane that has 1 second pass for every day in the material plane?)
(1) GM: Not quite the twist I was thinking of, but a perfectly valid one.
(3) Kaylin: (well, I'm back on the material plane...)
(1) GM: Ah, I was thinking of a different twist still.
(3) Kaylin: (*sigh* Can't wait to see what I get hit with :)
(2) Kibin: (Two hours ago on the quick time plane, you had nothing. :)
(1) GM: Two hours ago from your personal frame of reference, you had the book Jason bought for you, with the spells you had inscribed inside.
(1) GM: No point of time was specified for the items moving to within five feet of you. Was the timeframe I thought kibin had been referring to.
(1) GM: Nothing appears to happen, other than Kaylin suddenly being stark naked as everything she's carrying vanishes.
(1) GM: Dex checks?
(3) Kaylin: (... er, did I say anything about removing what I currently had?)
(2) Kibin: Dex check: [1d20+3] -> [11,3] = (14)
(2) Kibin: (It's teleported within five feet of you. :P)
whispering to Kibin, You feel a very slight trembling underground.
(3) Kaylin: (*doink*)
(3) Kaylin: (I'm going to the looney bin... :P)
(3) Kaylin: Dex check: [1d20+2] -> [2,2] = (4)
(4) Katsuro: Dex check: [1d20+5] -> [5,5] = (10)
whispering to Kaylin, The paving stones are hard and cold under your bare feet.
whispering to Katsuro, You manage to look away before Kaylin catches you.
** (3) Kaylin attempts rapid reclothing action **
(1) GM: Jason helps....
(1) GM: Shadow Conjouration, Greater, 7th: As shadow conjuration, but up to 6th level and 60% real
(2) Kibin: Um... I think your stuff did get within 5 feet of you...
(1) GM: Duplicating Major Creation.
(2) Kibin: I think the 5 feet of you just so happened to be underground, though.
(1) GM: A wide, billowy, white Robe surrounds Kaylin.
(1) GM: Will save?
(2) Kibin: Will save: [1d20+18] -> [11,18] = (29)
(3) Kaylin: (I'm going to fail it...)
(1) GM: DC 28.
whispering to Kibin, The Robes over Kaylin are slighly translucent black things.
whispering to Kibin, Still enough to be considered legal in most towns..... barely.
(4) Katsuro: (I think I'll fail the save too.)
** (2) Kibin says a word to activate his cloak, then goes underground underneath Kaylin and searches... **
whispering to Kibin, You find you can't see anything.
(3) Kaylin: "So. Um.... awkward moment... Jason, thank you for your help..."
** (2) Kibin comes back up and pops back into the material plane, scratching his head. "Forgot you can't see through walls while ethereal... **
(1) GM: Jason: You really do need to be more careful with what you Wish.
(3) Kaylin: "I'd better spend some time thinking about how to best phrase a Wish, though."
(2) Kibin: Or floor, rather. Maybe her items are still intact but underground? There was a very slight trembling underground...
(3) Kaylin: "Hmm. Perhaps I'd better try to get those back..."
(3) Kaylin: (almost 3:00... in about 30 minutes I gotta leave for about 35 minutes to go take care of a neighbor's house while they're gone...)
(1) GM: (Feed the cat and such? Good neighbor.)
(3) Kaylin: (yeah, cats and other things that don't travel well)
(4) Katsuro: (Feed the cat, feed the parrot, not to each other, clean out anything rotten (Emancipate anything sentient?))
(3) Kaylin: "Now, to get those things back..."
(3) Kaylin: "First, remain calm and do not succmb to the temptation to dig up the street."
(1) GM: You notice a couple of guards and several other people staring at Kaylin, presumeably looking to see if there will be another show.
** (3) Kaylin stays calm forcible. **
(3) Kaylin: "Second, do not turn self into someone's worst nightmare."
** (4) Katsuro does not make a smart remark. **
(1) GM: Jason steps up to Kaylin, and casts a spell....
(1) GM: Invisibility Sphere, Level 3: Makes everyone within 10 ft. invisible
(1) GM: Including Kaylin in the area.
(3) Kaylin: "All right, thank you. Any ideas for pulling stuff out from underground without causing major damage to the surface?"
(1) GM: Jason: Not really, no; I was just trying to help with the "nightmare" bit.
(2) Kibin: That creature that could phase through solid rock?
(3) Kaylin: "The gigantic undead worms?"
(2) Kibin: And that likes to eat metal, apparently....
(2) Kibin: Uh, no, the other one.
(3) Kaylin: "Oh, right... I remember that..."
(3) Kaylin: "I think I was one the first time I ran into an undead worm."
(1) GM: A horse and cart starts coming down the street, aiming for the "empty" section of road.
** (3) Kaylin shouts "Go away! Road construction!" **
(1) GM: The guy directing the horse, not seeing a source of the voice, just shrugs and continues.
** (2) Kibin steps out of the invisibility sphere, saying to the guy directing the horse, "Could you please find another route around us?" **
** (3) Kaylin turns herself into a minor xorn and sinks into the rock looking for the book **
(1) GM: The guy holds up the horse.
(1) GM: Man on cart: Umm... where'd you come from?
(1) GM: Kaylin, Search check?
(3) Kaylin: "Jason, I'm a xorn in the rocck now..."
(3) Kaylin: Search Skill Check: [1d20+15] -> [5,15] = (20)
(2) Kibin: Invisibility spell, turns everyone in the radius invisible or something...
whispering to Kaylin, You don't find much, other than a loose paving stone.
(3) Kaylin (whispering): I'd like to take 10 if that's not going to take a long amount of time for a 5 foot area.
(1) GM: Jason: Umm, you do realize I can see you normally, right?
(3) Kaylin: "Right now? Realise? Taking too much effort to stay calm and not panic..."
** (3) Kaylin continues poking around under the street **
whispering to Kaylin, Taking 10, you find everything. Seems like exactly enough dirt was displaced from underneath to exactly support the forms of your assorted items.
** (2) Kibin waves people on down the street, to avoid the rest of the party who is invisible right now... **
** (3) Kaylin goes aboveground and turns herself into a wyrmling red dragon and flying around above the crowd's heads. **
(1) GM: Most the crowd dispurses.
(1) GM: The guard, however......
(1) GM: Roll for initiative.
(3) Kaylin: [1d20+0] -> [2,0] = (2)
(1) GM: [1d20+5] -> [20,5] = (25)
(1) GM: Draws their bows and open fire on the Evil beast that suddenly appeared in their midst, causing terror.
(3) Kaylin: (wyrmling?)
(3) Kaylin: (Terror?)
(4) Katsuro: (Red dragon?)
(3) Kaylin: (blech, I gotta start playing less fast-and-loose with alignment)
(2) Kibin: (You might want to try something larger, like a young adult or older. :P)
(1) GM: A Wyrmling red is Medium, CE, and rather nasty to commoners.
(1) GM: Flying, it'd have a rather large wingspan.
(1) GM: Anyway.... still without equipment of any kind, the four guards in range draw and fire.
(3) Kaylin: (hope they don't miss... gonna skewer some citizens if they do...)
(1) GM: [1d20+13] -> [17,13] = (30) for [1d8] -> [8] = (8), [1d20+8] -> [9,8] = (17) for [1d8] -> [5] = (5)
(1) GM: [1d20+13] -> [10,13] = (23) for [1d8] -> [3] = (3), [1d20+8] -> [9,8] = (17) for [1d8] -> [7] = (7)
(1) GM: [1d20+13] -> [15,13] = (28) for [1d8] -> [3] = (3), [1d20+8] -> [17,8] = (25) for [1d8] -> [3] = (3)
(1) GM: [1d20+13] -> [18,13] = (31) for [1d8] -> [8] = (8), [1d20+8] -> [6,8] = (14) for [1d8] -> [6] = (6)
** (2) Kibin says to the guards, "Hold your fire, that's a friend!" **
(4) Katsuro: (Shapeshifter?)
(1) GM: AC 16, one miss, no critical threats; [8+5+3+7+3+3+8] -> 37 damage
(4) Katsuro: (Tell them it's a shapeshifter.)
(1) GM: Guards: It's an obnoxious beast disturbing the peace!
(2) Kibin: She's a wizard friend, that can shapeshift!
(1) GM: Anyone else want to roll vs. Initiative?
(3) Kaylin: "Then don't use lethal force!"
(1) GM: Kaylin, action?
(2) Kibin: Dex check: [1d20+3] -> [12,3] = (15)
(1) GM: Kibin goes next, then.
(1) GM: Dex check: [1d20+5] -> [4,5] = (9)
(2) Kibin: (Do they show any signs of stopping?)
(1) GM: So guards, Kibin, Jason, Kaylin.
(1) GM: Katsuro? Initiative?
(1) GM: Guards just went...
** (3) Kaylin turns herself into an invisible stalker and floats vertically up. (When it's my turn, I gotta go, back...) **
(4) Katsuro: (Er, is Katsuro back with them?)
(3) Kaylin: (back soon)
(3) Kaylin has sent you a tree node...
(1) GM: Yeah. They did leave the alleyway, after all.
(1) GM: And you got your sword.
(2) Kibin: (Are all the guards within range of one paralyzing blast?)
(1) GM: Guards: Oh, little reds can cause a lot of damage. Better to slay them before they grow up into.... er.....
(1) GM: The guard trails off as Kaylin vanishes from sight.
(4) Katsuro: "That one happens to be a shapeshifter and normally an elf."
(2) Kibin: Shapeshifting friend, a wizard, that just wanted a little privacy...
(4) Katsuro: "Unfortunatly, not too blessed with wisdom."
(2) Kibin: (*wonders if he's the only person here with no dump stats*)
(1) GM: One of the guards, pointing at two of the others: You and you - go report. We have a vanishing Red on the loose. No telling where it will strike next.
(1) GM: Kaylin's actually got a semi-respectable wisdom score.
(2) Kibin: Look, it's a friend! She's not going to do anything! She's a wizard, using a spell to shapeshift.
(1) GM: The two guards pointed at run off in different directions.
(2) Kibin: She probably vanished because the shapeshifted into something invisible...
(1) GM: Guard: So of course, the first thing she does is turn into something designed to cause terror in the middle of a crowded street? Right.
(4) Katsuro: "Like I said, not too blessed with wisdom."
(2) Kibin: Actually she was a metal eating thing before that, but she wanted some privacy I think.
(1) GM: Guard: You say you're an accomplice? Handy. Now we have someone to arrest.
(1) GM: The guard reaches for you.....
(4) Katsuro: "On what charges? Being shot at by the guards?"
** (2) Kibin goes willingly, not wanting to resist arrest... **
(2) Kibin: Knowledge: Local Skill Check: [1d20+5] -> [2,5] = (7)
(1) GM: Guard: Inciting terror in the populace is good enough for an arrest; the magistrate can sort out exactly what charges to level later.
(2) Kibin: (Stupid low skill rolls. :P)
** (4) Katsuro goes along. **
(1) GM: The two remaining guards tie up Kibin and Katsuro (the only PC's currently visible.....) and start hauling them off. Wherein you're both promptly thrown into a bare stone cell, with a familiar grain of rock.
(4) Katsuro: (Violist, the next time a thief steals 50gp, LET IT GO!!!)
(2) Kibin: Move Silently Skill Check: [1d20+21] -> [16,21] = (37)
(2) Kibin: Knowledge: Nature Skill Check: [1d20+5] -> [12,5] = (17)
(1) GM: You're handed some rather stale bread and an old waterskin. There's a pile of straw to make a bed from. Looks like it was changed just recently.
(2) Kibin: (Rubber ball hit keyboard. :P)
(2) Kibin: (I'm guessing they confiscated all items, so I can't just pop etheral and get out of there?)
(1) GM: They took obvious weapons, but it's the same grain of rock in the King's guest rooms.
(2) Kibin: (Antimagic?)
(1) GM: Yep. Your scales are screeching at you quietly. The vibration is slighly unnerving.
** (2) Kibin hmmms, wondering quietly, "I wonder if this particular rock has antimagical properties..." **
(1) GM: Several hours later, the a guard comes by to relieve the one that watches the area.
(1) GM: He talks to you, as well as tossing some more stale bread and other waterskin through the bars
(1) GM: Guard: Good news! Your trial is in a week. I'm sure things would go much better if we could find that dragon friend of yours, but we've got enough witnesses - in the Guard, no less - to get a conviction.
(1) GM: Guard: The better news, for you, anyway, is that nobody was killed. Looks like you'll probably just get a year of labor. Less, if some suitably dangerous service is required.
(2) Kibin: Could I wait until then in a cell that has less antimagic at least?
(1) GM: Guard: Sorry, we're under orders; anyone who so much as notices the antimagic qualities needs to be in there. 'Sides, the King is raving paranoid. The whole place is made of the stuff.
(2) Kibin: Great...
(1) GM: Guard: Just be thankful the charges didn't warrent stoning as a safety measure.
(1) GM: The guard, having said his piece, takes his seat and relaxes into an eight hour watch. He seems very attentive.
** (2) Kibin tries getting some sleep until then... **
(1) GM: So no escape attempts?
(1) GM: Kibin - make a Fort save.
(2) Kibin: (Lawful, not going to break out of jail randomly.)
(2) Kibin: Fortitude save: [1d20+19] -> [17,19] = (36)
(1) GM: And what's that without magic?
(2) Kibin: (Wait... reduce that by about... 8. :P)
** (4) Katsuro sleeps. **
(1) GM: So a 28.
(1) GM: Everyone manages to get some sleep...
whispering to Kibin, And you feel Sickened when you wake up in the morning "Sickened: The character takes a -2 penalty on all attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks."
(1) GM: Anyone doing anything on day 2?
(4) Katsuro: (Nep)
(2) Kibin: (Nope...)
(1) GM: That evening... Kibin, another Fort save?
(2) Kibin: Fortitude save: [1d20+19] -> [11,19] = (30)
(2) Kibin: (Reduce by 10...)
(1) GM: In the morning, Kibin is very obviously illl...
whispering to Kibin, "Nauseated: Experiencing stomach distress. Nauseated creatures are unable to attack, cast spells, concentrate on spells, or do anything else requiring attention. The only action such a character can take is a single move action per turn." - in addition to being Sickened
(4) Katsuro: "You seem very obviously ill, Kibin."
(1) GM: The guards, having something of pity on him, bring him a hot steaming bowl of Chicken Soup, as well as two winter blankets.
(2) Kibin: Ugh... probably something to do with the antimagic field...
(1) GM: In addition to the normal fare of bread and water.
** (2) Kibin asks the guards, "Does the trial room have an antimagic field?" **
(1) GM: Guard: No idea. I just watch the prisoners.
(1) GM: Guard: Although they do clap everyone in irons when they're taken to see the judge.
(2) Kibin: Can I be stoned then instead of staying in here any longer?
(1) GM: Guard: You want to be....?!?! Okay. I've decided you're an escape risk. If you'll hold a moment....
(1) GM: The guard pulls on a rope under his desk, and you hear a bell ring. A moment later, three burly guards come in.
(3) Kaylin: (Back, and it looks like I really managed to screw things up ... :()
(1) GM: Guard at desk: I've decided the little dragon is an escape risk.
(1) GM: Others: Right.
(4) Katsuro: (Yes. The next time you shapechange in a city, CHANGE INTO SOMETHING HARMLESS!!!)
(1) GM: The guards pull out a set of irons, look at each other, then pull out a smaller set. They then attempt to put Kibin in them.
** (2) Kibin does so willingly... **
(3) Kaylin: (that was harmless! I wasn't going to do anything....)
(3) Kaylin: (there was a distinct lack of firebreathing)
(2) Kibin: (You were threatening?)
(1) GM: Well, let's see.... you turned into a type of critter that's CE, and flew over the crowd with the apparent intent to scare everyone away. In full sight of the guards (who had been mentioned previously) as watching.
(4) Katsuro: (Red dragons are not welcome in populated areas, for the same reason that rabid wolverines aren't.)
(3) Kaylin: (yeah, sequence of really bad ideas>..)
(1) GM: (Under a lot of stress....)
(2) Kibin: (Everyone has bad days...)
whispering to Kaylin, The good news is that you did eventally manage to retrieve your things, and you just landed a contract from the guard to Stone a prisoner that's listed as an escape risk..... interested in accepting it?
(3) Kaylin (whispering): Er, what? I don't have Flesh to Stone prepared, do I?
(2) Kibin: (And I guess I am stoned without problems, and no longer have to worry about slowly dying because of the antimagic field?)
whispering to Kaylin, You managed to retreive you things, eventually - which includes your spellbook.
whispering to Kaylin, It's been a few days.
(3) Kaylin (whispering): oh, I see. Probably best to be co-operative, then, so I'd accept the contract.
(1) GM: Kibin, you're shackled, and brought out into a courtyard... where Kaylin sits waiting, surrounded by guards.
(1) GM: Guard: Here's the prisoner, Ma'am. Do you're thing.
(3) Kaylin: (does he look ill at all?)
** (2) Kibin thinks, "What the heck?" **
(1) GM: Yes, very, although a little shine is coming back into his scales now that he's in the open air.
(3) Kaylin: "He looks very... damaged. Has someone been maltreating him?"
(3) Kaylin: "For that matter, I'm doubting how well he'll survive being de-stoned..."
(1) GM: Guards: No m'am, he just took ill. When we noticed, we got him a bowl of chicken soup and some extra blankets, then he actually requested this, odd as it sounds.
(2) Kibin: No, it's just the antimagic field thats making me sick...
(3) Kaylin: "You put him in an antimagic field?!"
(3) Kaylin: Knowledge: Local Skill Check: [1d20+16] -> [16,16] = (32)
(1) GM: Guards: Standard policy, M'am. The hole jail's full of it. Some mage's cause trouble, and we can hardly be expected to contain a Wizard without such.
(3) Kaylin: (any laws here against cruel treatment of prisoners?)
whispering to Kaylin, Deliberate senseless beatings and such, yes (although punishment for escape attempts leaves a door open if need be for some rather rough treatment); against being thrown in Jail? Not so much.
(1) GM: Guard: You wouldn't believe how expensive that rock is. Still, the King spares no expense on the safety of his subjects.
(3) Kaylin (whispering): Anything that'd cover the case of the jail being physically debilitating?
(3) Kaylin: "I've noticed that myself, yes."
whispering to Kaylin, Not for standard precations, no. The law doesn't expect to hold the guard accountable for someone who's deathly alergic to straw, for instance - which did come up once...... in the Guard's favor.
(3) Kaylin: "I can still perform the stoning, however, can you tell me who will be reviving him?"
whispering to Kaylin, If you could demonstrate that they had been lacing the cell with stuff intended to cause disease, you could make a case.... but not for something that's really just an extension of the Iron.
(3) Kaylin: "He doesn't seem healthy enough to survive most revivings."
(1) GM: Guard: Whoever's handy in five days or whatever it is when he goes to trial.
(1) GM: Guard: You want the contract?
(2) Kibin: ...except that I'm not a wizard, the only reason I know that the antimagic field is there is because I have this form partly because of magic, and the lack of that magic is probably making me sick... quiet now...
(1) GM: Guard: We do prefer people actually live to reach Lawful Judgement.
(3) Kaylin: "I don't feel confident, but I may know someone who could do such a thing safely."
(3) Kaylin: "Certainly. Do you, dragon, still want to be stoned instead of waiting?"
(2) Kibin: Yes...
** (3) Kaylin grimaces. "Well, then..." **
** (3) Kaylin goes over to Kibin and casts a flesh to stone, perhaps with a bit more flair than strictly required by the spell. **
(2) Kibin: (Hopefully they use break enchantment, which has no save to prevent dying.)
(1) GM: Making a Fort save?
(3) Kaylin: (What, you think I'd risk letting you die unnecessarily?)
(2) Kibin: (Nah. :P)
(1) GM: So Kibin is stoned.
(1) GM: The guards pick him up, take him back inside, and put him in a closet.
(1) GM: Guards: Well, at least he's lighter than most escape risks....
(1) GM: The guards pay Kaylin the expected 660 gp fee for a minimum casting of Flesh to Stone.
(10) Kaylin (enter): 15:56
(11) Katsuro (enter): 15:56
(11) Katsuro: (I need to get something to eat.)
(1) GM: Guards: Well, if you're interested, the trial's in a couple of days. If you're still around at that time, you're good to work with.
(1) GM: So Kibin is stoned.
(1) GM: The guards pick him up, take him back inside, and put him in a closet.
(2) Kibin (exit): 15:57
(4) Katsuro (exit): 15:57
(3) Kaylin (exit): 15:57
(1) GM: Guards: Well, at least he's lighter than most escape risks....
(1) GM: The guards pay Kaylin the expected 660 gp fee for a minimum casting of Flesh to Stone.
(10) Kaylin: "Would you mind if I examined his cell?"
(10) Kaylin: "Thank you..."
** (10) Kaylin makes a mental note to give that to Kibin later on. **
(1) GM: The guards shrug: Sure, we can take you on a tour.
(10) Kaylin: "Excellent. I'm not interrupting anything, am I?"
(12) Kibin (enter): 15:58
(1) GM: On passing the threshold, you feel the magic drain out of the area. Seems the entire jail is under the influence of an AMF.
(12) Kibin: (O.o)
(12) Kibin: (Everyone got disconnected, last thing I saw from you is putting me in a closet.)
(10) Kaylin: "Yes, I can see that this jail would be harmful to him..."
(1) GM: Well, your character was stoned for the rest, so it doesn't matter too much.
(12) Kibin: ("Whoa, pretty colors man...")
(11) Katsuro: (Back.)
(1) GM: Anyway, the guards take Kaylin on a tour. Show her the Dimensional Shackles used to transport prisoners to and from trial, the oversized shelves where they keep stoned prisoners called "escape risks", and the clean cells with fresh straw where the prisoners are kept. Where you spot Katsuro.
** (11) Katsuro is rather cuious, but remains silent...For now. **
(12) Kibin: (I'm in a closet, while the actual 'escape risks' are on shelves? :P)
(1) GM: Guard: And this one was arrested along with the silver dragon. Charges levied will be accessory to inciting a public panic, good for a year of hard labor or a suitable dangerous Geas if convicted. It's a pity we couldn't catch the one that did the actual scaring. That Darven wizard would get two years.
(10) Kaylin: "Darven?"
(10) Kaylin: (er, () not "")
(13) Kibin (enter): 16:03
(13) Kibin: (Your connection hates me or something. :P)
(1) GM: As nobody else dropped that time, it's probably on your end. Probably.
(1) GM: I think.
(10) Kaylin: (I'm alive)
(11) Katsuro (exit): 16:04
(12) Kibin (exit): 16:04
(1) GM: When everyone drops, of course it's on my end...
(1) GM: Then again.....
(1) GM: Anyway....
(13) Kibin: (I'm stoned, Katsuro is in jail, and none of us are planning on escaping...)
(1) GM: The guard continues on, listing off the probable charges against each prisoner. He seems to take great glee in knowing exactly what punishment awaits each. For their crimes, of course.
** (10) Kaylin calls upon reserves of elven patience to not look bored **
(1) GM: He does, however, seem a bit fuzzy on the details of the exact crimes commited....
(1) GM: After the tour, the guard escorts kaylin back to the gate.
** (13) Kibin sits expressionless in the closet. **
(15) Katsuro (enter): 16:06
(15) Katsuro: (Back.)
(1) GM: Guard: Well, and now you no. Pretty hard to escape, isn't it? If you find anyone who did something we haven't tracked down yet, please, report them. You'll feel safe knowing they won't be getting out on our watch.
(10) Kaylin: "Oh, I was wondering about that scaring... I overheard someone talking about it nearby, what actually happened? Might go into a little investigating myself, if that's legal..."
(1) GM: Guard: Long as you don't break any laws in the investigation. You don't have the right to demand answers of unwilling citizens. Here, I'll look it up for you....
(1) GM: The guard takes you to a desk, and pulls out a file.
(1) GM: Guard: Here we are.... four of the guard as witnesses to the event itself ... no traces of mind-influencing magic on them... ah, and Elf woman, not a dwarven wizard..... Ah, an indecent exposure charge if we catch her. Those are always funny. Plenty of civilians... an open and shut case, really.
(1) GM: Guard: Those two resting in jail are there as accomplices - they admitted to being her firends, and were actively trying to stop the guard from doing their job of eliminating a clear and present threat to the peace of the town.
(10) Kaylin: "I'm surprised I didn't hear more. I'll keep my eyes out, it's always sad when a dignified creature falls. Thank you for your time."
(1) GM: Guard: Take care. Try to stay on the right side of the law, eh?
(1) GM: Guard: Oh, and if you're serious about helping....
(10) Kaylin: "Always. Take care, too."
(1) GM: the guard pulls out a quill, and some parchment.
** (10) Kaylin walks out, trying to avoid goosebumps. **
(1) GM: He then lais the parchment over the report and drops the quill on it.
(1) GM: The quill gets up on it's own, and after a while, finishes making a copy of the report. Not that anyone notices, what with Kaylin having already left.
(1) GM: The guard shrugs, and files both copies.
** (10) Kaylin goes to see if she can find Elorin or Jason **
(1) GM: Elorin and Jason are easily found. Neither of them broke Invisibility..... and Elorin, as a Chaotic, didn't feel particularly inclined to hang around to be arrested.
(10) Kaylin: "So... I just turned Kibin to stone, and Katsuro is still sitting in jail, and neither seem interested in escaping."
(1) GM: Jason: So, do you want to see about busting them out, or just waiting for the trial?
(10) Kaylin: "I doubt their consciences will let them get out of this without being lawfully punished, too."
(10) Kaylin: "Well, we could try getting them out, but if Katsuro is still sitting there I doubt he's even thinking about trying to get out. You remember how he dealt with the antimagic stones in the castle..."
(1) GM: Jason: Ah, it was just the one door.....
(1) GM: Jason: But he isn't really the type to just walk out on a charge, is he?
(10) Kaylin: "That's precisely the problem."
(13) Kibin: (So wait till the trial, maybe we can get out of the charges?)
(10) Kaylin: "Oh, and Elorin, they'll be looking for someone to cast Break Enchantment in about a week for the trial. Need to make sure that Kibin survives being de-stoned."
(1) GM: Elorin: Yeah, I can cover that, I think. Did you remember to pull the punch? I'd rather not have to do two or three castings.
(10) Kaylin: "I think I forgot to..."
(1) GM: Jason: Any ideas on influencing the outcome of the trial? After all, we would like them to get off scot-free... if nothing else because it will cause them to object less when you don't turn yourself in....
(10) Kaylin: "We could consult law books. There's bound to be some kind of loophole... if nothing else, we may be able to claim they were under the influence of mind-affecting magic."
(10) Kaylin: "I think the guard meant the other guards, but if the 'elf wizard' was sufficiently skilled we may be able to make a case for it being too subtle to detect using standard means."
(1) GM: Jason: I've been watching them. Everyone gets a detect Magic before going into prison. They're watching for traces of enchantment. And tell me, do you really want to have to make a case in front of the very guards who saw you? I mean, the rest of them are one thing.....
(10) Kaylin: "That's true... I really don't want to have to be around them more than necessary. The jail tour felt risky enough as it was."
(1) GM: Jason: Don't get me wrong - they didn't get a very long look, but you did atttract quite a few male eyes before going invisible.....
(10) Kaylin: "I would guess so.."
** (10) Kaylin careflly examines the ground **
(13) Kibin: (*waits till the trial already. :P)
(1) GM: Jason rubs his forehead: Sorry, I don't always think before I speak.
(10) Kaylin: "You spoke the truth, though... I can't safely appear at the trial, with the witnesses present."
(1) GM: Jason: So, do you want to try anything to influence the outcome beforehand?
(10) Kaylin: "I think that would have a definite negative impact on the trial."
(10) Kaylin: Knowledge: Local Skill Check: [1d20+16] -> [11,16] = (27)
(10) Kaylin: (What are trial proceedings like, especially with regard to defense counsel?)
whispering to Kaylin, Usually judge and jury; the defendant can speak for himself, or request trial by single combat, again either personally or through a champion... although most don't request trial by combat, as it raises the stakes to "death and binding" regardless of the crime, and the King has been known to volunteer as the champion of Law, rather than appointing someone to act in his stead as would most rulers.
(13) Kibin: (For someone chaotic, you know a lot about law.)
(10) Kaylin: (Hey, gotta know about law if you want to avoid having 50 guards shooting at you...)
(1) GM: It was only four..... that time.
(10) Kaylin: (aside from that colleges tend to be lawfulish places, and there's only so many courses you can take in 40 -odd years of study)
(13) Kibin: (Right. Sorry about being impatient, but can you hurry up? Waiting in a closet and not doing anything is getting boring.
(10) Kaylin: (yeah, sorry, I'm trying to think of a good way to get you out and not doing so hot)
whispering to Kaylin, Defendant can also request someone else argue for them. On the plus side, the actual trial isn't held in an AMF.
(13) Kibin: (I have decent bluff and diplomacy checks. :P)
(10) Kaylin: (You want to argue for yourself?)
(1) GM: Bluff applies to snap decisions; Diplomacy just makes people friendly; results will depend on the Judge's alignment.
(10) Kaylin: "Elorin, do you think you'd be able to make a case that they were trying to prevent needless injuries by the guards shooting at a target they might miss, and hurt bystanders?"
(10) Kaylin: "Since they knew the wizard was not hostile and was also too distraught to think about consequences..."
(13) Kibin: (I'll probably end up doing so anyway... though the nauseated bit will hurt. Aaand... I could just decide to break out at any time, there are other opportunities to break out. Especially if the hard labor is in a frozen barren wasteland. :)
(1) GM: Bluff might let you keep some evidence out of court (inadmissable) but judges practice on liars all day.....
(1) GM: (in other words, Sense Motive is a class skill for them....)
(13) Kibin: (And... mostly I just want to get the show on the road. x.x)
(10) Kaylin: (bleh, so no stretching truth here...)
(1) GM: Elorin: Maybe.
(15) Katsuro: (Besides, we'll probably get sent on a geas, which means instant quest.)
(10) Kaylin: "Well, it'll certainly be easier to get them out after the trial, and I'm running out of ideas - no, sane ideas -... wait for the trial, then?"
(13) Kibin: (Instant dispellable quest.)
(1) GM: (You can request trial by combat....)
(15) Katsuro: (Not really LG. LC, maybe)
(1) GM: Anyway.. anyone attempting anything pre-trial?
(10) Kaylin: (I'm done.)
(13) Kibin: (I'm stoned.)
(15) Katsuro: (I'm tired.)
(1) GM: The days pass by in a blur, and come the date of the trial, Elorin casts his spells...
Elorin casts Break Enchantment ( level 5, "Frees subjects from enchantments, alterations, curses, and petrification" )
Elorin can cast Break Enchantment 98 more times
(1) GM: [1d20+20] -> [1,20] = (21)
(1) GM: [1d20+20] -> [9,20] = (29)
(1) GM: [1d20+20] -> [7,20] = (27)
(1) GM: [1d20+20] -> [19,20] = (39)
Elorin casts Level 5 Spell ( level 5, "Spell slot tracking device" )
Elorin can cast Level 5 Spell 3 more times
Elorin casts Level 5 Spell ( level 5, "Spell slot tracking device" )
Elorin can cast Level 5 Spell 2 more times
Elorin casts Level 5 Spell ( level 5, "Spell slot tracking device" )
Elorin can cast Level 5 Spell 1 more time
Elorin casts Level 5 Spell ( level 5, "Spell slot tracking device" )
Elorin can cast Level 5 Spell 0 more times
(1) GM: And finally gets it on the fourth attempt.
(1) GM: Anyone care to make any skill rolls for the trial?
(13) Kibin: (Still nasuated?)
(1) GM: Sickened, but not nauseated.
(13) Kibin: Sense Motive Skill Check: [1d20+16] -> [12,16] = (28)
(15) Katsuro: Sense Motive Skill Check: [1d20+0] -> [9,0] = (9)
(15) Katsuro: Diplomacy Skill Check: [1d20+20] -> [15,20] = (35)
(1) GM: [2d3] -> [1,2] = (3)
(13) Kibin: (Sense motive, reduce by 3 if antimagic field or something like that, during the first of the trial to try getting a good reading on what the personality of the judge is like.)
whispering to Kibin, Cares more about upholding the law than anything else. This is a man you use technicalities on successfully.
whispering to Kibin, On the plus side, he seems to have taken a liking to Katsuro.
(1) GM: The prosecution argues rather well, and has a good case (what with the live, highly credible, widely respected witnesses). [1d20+25] -> [20,25] = (45)
(13) Kibin: Knowledge: Local Skill Check: [1d20+5] -> [13,5] = (18)
(13) Kibin: (That's to see if there's any quirks in the law that I can use...)
whispering to Kibin, Nothin in particular; the prosecutor is having a VERY good day.
(1) GM: After the throughly reasoned debate that goes on for about two hours, the judge decides he's got a pretty good picture of what happened.
(15) Katsuro: (I really, really need to BRB...)
** (13) Kibin sighs, this isn't turning out to be a good day... or week, rather. **
(1) GM: Judge: Well, that's enough. I've decided. You're both guilty. Katsuro, I'm giving you the minimum sentence, six months hard time. Kibin, Due to the dragon-kingdom accords, I can't give you the standard punishment of two years hard time. I'm afraid you'll have to face the laws we have in the draconic sections of our books, if you'll hold a minute while I look them up......
(1) GM: Anyone present care to make a Knoweledge(Arcana) check to have a better grasp of them than the Judge?
(13) Kibin: Knowledge: Arcana Skill Check: [1d20+5] -> [16,5] = (21)
(1) GM: [1d20+7] -> [7,7] = (14)
whispering to Kibin, You're enough ahead that you can choose a plausible punishment, but not get off essentially free of charge.
(13) Kibin (whispering): Like?
whispering to Kibin, A quarter of your Hoard, a comperable service to Katsuro's sentence, exile, extradition to Draconic lands.
whispering to Kibin, You could also claim trial by combat, but you're not sure who you'd end up facing.
(13) Kibin (whispering): Exile seems nice, I never want to be near this place ever again...
(1) GM: The judge, after listening to Kibin for a time and double checking a couple of things, agrees, and sentences Kibin to Exile. Violation of exile is, of course, punishable with summary execution.
(1) GM: Judge: Baliff? Where can we use a strong back?
(1) GM: Balif: We are actually ahead on the mines; won't have any free picks worth the salt for a while. Ditto for the farms; it's been a good year for the police force. We could get creative, if you're willing to commute the sentence.
(1) GM: Judge: Hmm.... what do you have in mind?
(1) GM: Baliff: Well, the quest file is still open; we've got some missing crown jewels, the King's Grandfather's sword still hasn't been located, and there's that suit of armor rumored to be buried in the abyss the King's been wanting.
(1) GM: Judge: I'm in a good mood; Katsuro, which would you prefer?
(1) GM: Baliff: Wait... why does it say "back" after the suit of armor? Ah, he lost it on vacation.
(1) GM: The Baliff sits there blinking at the parchment for a while.
(1) GM: The Baliff looks at the Judge.
(1) GM: The judge looks at the parchment.
(1) GM: Judge: I recognize the King's handwriting.
** (13) Kibin thinks, "Vacation in the abyss?" **
(1) GM: Baliff: Ah.
(1) GM: The Baliff turns a little pale.
(1) GM: As does the Judge.
(1) GM: Ah, He'll BRB; well, I'll go fetch a bite to eat, then.
(15) Katsuro: (Back.)
(15) Katsuro: (And one of two guesses confirmed.)
(13) Kibin: (The king is insane?)
(15) Katsuro: "Perhaps the crown jewels?"
(15) Katsuro: (The king is Lawfull Evil. Lawfull Neutral at most...Due to a demonic heritage.)
(13) Kibin: (Who said it wasn't a working vacation?)
(15) Katsuro: (My other guess was one of the goblinoid races and a high class level.)
(15) Katsuro: (They wouldn't have paled like that.)
(13) Kibin: (Oh, right.)
(13) Kibin: (Be right back till the GM comes back...0
(15) Katsuro: (My first clue was when he indicated he had killed his siblings to gain power.)
(1) GM: Back.
(1) GM: Judge: All right... Baliff, the file?
(1) GM: The baliff pulls the a copy of the spec sheet on the corwn jewels.
(10) Kaylin: (If I was to make a new char, I'd start at 19th level, right?)
(1) GM: Baliff: Let's see... stolen about three years ago, theif unknown. If Elorin had a True Res at his disposal, yes.
(15) Katsuro: (I'm thinking...CG druid with a liking for 'pipeweed'...)
(1) GM: Oopse. That's what I get for answering two questions at once.
(1) GM: CG Druid isn't allowed.
(10) Kaylin: (Das be trippy, man)
(15) Katsuro: (CN or NG, then.)
(1) GM: Most successful Druids need a high Wisdome score.
(15) Katsuro: (Elemental Savant (Earth) with a penchant for pipeweed?)
(10) Kaylin: (*fails at Wisdom*)
(1) GM: Maybe.
(1) GM: Anyway...
(1) GM: Baliff: Trail's cold as all get out. Here....
(15) Katsuro: (Well, of course. You're a wizard! If you had a good wisdom score, you wouldn't have gone to the Unseen University1)
(1) GM: The Baliff hands Katsuro a copy.
** (15) Katsuro reads the copy **
whispering to Katsuro, Has a listing of the history of the jewels, where they were first discovered, what happened to the mines after (seems they broke into the underdark around the same time those particular jewels were found). No mention of who cut them. No listed magical properties. Mostly it consists of the names of the various kings who had them before the current king's grandfather looted them off the corpse of the previous ruler of this area.
whispering to Katsuro, It also describes them in detail, with pictures. Seems there's a peculiar flaw in the exact center of each.....
(10) Kaylin: (test)
whispering to Katsuro, The jewels are quite sizeable, the smallest about the size of a man's open palm.
(1) GM: Baliff: Oh, and drink this, would you?
(1) GM: The Baliff hands Katsuro a small vial.
** (15) Katsuro drinks this. **
(1) GM: Baliff: Okay. And one for Kibin...
(1) GM: The Baliff hand's Kibin a differently colored vial.
** (13) Kibin "drinks this" too. Hmmmm, fruity. **
(1) GM: The baliff then proceeds to remove the restraints on both Kibin and Katsuro.
(1) GM: Baliff: Okay. Kibin, you've got a week before you're required to be at least a hundred miles form the castle. If you're still in range after that, or if you come back into range after leaving, you'll be caught in violation of exile rather immediately.
(13) Kibin: Fine with me...
(1) GM: Baliff: Katsuro: Welcome to your quest. You'll find you'll be unable to rest unless you've made a serious attempt at progress on your quest from here on out. The results aren't pretty on the second or third week.
** (15) Katsuro shrugs **
(1) GM: Baliff: And for both of you: Those potions don't mix well with anything we hand out in punishment. If you've ever been subject to one, the second is always fatal. They also act as beacons to the court magician, if someone later decides you're a problem.
(1) GM: Baliff: Well, you're free to go. Good day.
** (15) Katsuro bows curtly and leaves **
(1) GM: The Baliff bows, and heads back to his station. Other guards retrieve the restraints and escort you safely out.
** (13) Kibin does likewise, as much as a dragon can bow, and leaves as well, letting the guards escort him out. **
(1) GM: The judge calls the next case; seems a sticky bit of "he says he had permission, she says he didn't"
(1) GM: But in any event, you're out of the building before more than the initial charges can be read.
(15) Katsuro: (BRB)
(13) Kibin: Well then... that was fun...
(1) GM: So, who does what from the Courthouse?
** (13) Kibin goes find the rest of the party that didn't get arrested. **
(1) GM: So once everyone's back together.....
(10) Kaylin: "I'm so sorry, you two... I completely panicked and you tried to help, but you got in trouble with the weird laws around here..."
(10) Kaylin: "oh, and Kibin, sorry for turning you to stone... you can probably put the fee to better use."
** (10) Kaylin tosses Kibin the sack of 660 gp **
(13) Kibin: Eh, it's over now. Speaking of which, if I'm within a hundred miles of the castle in a week, I get executed. And... uh, thanks.
(1) GM: Elorin also hands over his 660 gp fee for turning Kibin back. "Meh, not my color anyway."
(10) Kaylin: "One week? Lots of time."
(10) Kaylin: "So what did they end up doing to you?"
** (13) Kibin takes the gold from Elorin too... yay gold. **
(13) Kibin: And I can't ever come back within a hundred miles... though I don't ever want to come back here again.
(15) Katsuro: "I, apparently, have a new quest. To find some missing crown jewels."
(13) Kibin: Plus it's probably not a good idea for me to stay inside an antimagic field for an extended period of time, as you found out...
(15) Katsuro: (Do we have to go till eight or ten tonight? My brain gets seriously fried by then...)
(13) Kibin: (10:30 EST, usually, that's 7:30 PST...)
(15) Katsuro: (Most of the time, it's 8:30 PST...)
(13) Kibin: (Uh, pacific standard time is three hours earlier than EST...)
(1) GM: Well, let's see... we've had a run in with the local underworld, killed a PC, goofed a Wish, had a run in with the local law, and gotten a quest, as well as a few Gp as hired spellcasters. Been a full day.
(15) Katsuro: (Yes. I've made a note of the time. 11:30 EST)
(10) Kaylin: "I see..."
(13) Kibin: (Did Kaylin get the items back?)
(15) Katsuro: (Yeah, I'd rather quit at, well, riight now or six. When I still have brain cells left...)
(1) GM: Yes, offscreen, after the commontion had died down and she had time to take 20 on her search.
(13) Kibin: I see you have your items back...
(10) Kaylin: Yes, managed to find them after the guards left.
(1) GM: Jason: So, call it a day and pick up Katsuro's quest tomorrow?
(13) Kibin: Yeah, still not feeling all that good...
(10) Kaylin: "That's understandable, after being in an antimagic field for so long..."
(1) GM: And out of character, call it a day and pick up Katsuro's quest in two weeks?
(10) Kaylin: All right by me.
(13) Kibin: ( :( )
(13) Kibin: (Fine.)
(1) GM: Okay. So you all find a less interesting place to stay the night.....
(1) GM:
(1) GM: Thank you all for coming.
(15) Katsuro: (You're welcome.)
(10) Kaylin: Thank you for GMing :)
(15) Katsuro: (That too.)
(15) Katsuro: (It's the hardest job, so thanks.)