Shattering the Warrior's Haven: A Group Emerges

[Dracos]

Sep 08 19:19:35 <Kotono>   In the aftermath of battle flames flicker and burn. This place was once known as Warrior's Haven, a town of petitioners and hearty souls of Ysgard. It sits in a mountain valley between two snowcapped peaks, the air crisp and cold. A crystal-clear stream cuts through the greenery of the valley, it's jewel Warrior's Haven, sitting on the east bank. (More)
Sep 08 19:21:19 <Kotono>   As Ysgard is wont to do, battle broke out amid it's residents. None of you are quite sure what happened, for the relative serenity of Warrior's Haven was shattered into a violent celebration of battle. Yet here you stand in the aftermath, unbowed. Around you buildings burn and broken bodies lie in the glorious rest of a fallen hero. (More)
Sep 08 19:23:06 *   Kotono gives channel operator status to Knight
Sep 08 19:23:25 <Kotono>   As each of you look about and peer through the hazy smoke of the afterbattle, you can see others staggering amid the ruins, other survivors of the massive carnage. OOC: Go ahead and intro yourselves in and describe yourselves.
Sep 08 19:25:44 <Knight>   Heavy thuds and clanks give lie to the passage of a hulking knight, clad in layers of metal and atop a burly steed. Dripping with blood, a crimson lance is held pointing to the sky, and a visored helm conceals all features. "Halt! Be ye friend or foe?" calls a brusque, if light voice, and the lance is pointed at a nearby figure in a clear challenge.
Sep 08 19:26:17 <Eva>   A young priest pulls himself free of what was once a glowing theater, his blue cap smudged with dirt and grime as as he put forth a slender figure, the raiments of St. Cuthbert about his form.  "Is anyone else alive out here?" He calls through the smoke.  "Friend, no doubt, provided you want not a fight above a ruined building."
Sep 08 19:27:22 <Adail>   The body of a large half-orc suddenly flips over while a...very tiny muttering form crawls out from under it. The figure is not even two feet in height and resembles nothing so much as a large bipedal mouse with grey...no, white fur. Just covered in ash and dust. "Geh. I knew Ysgard would be violent, but this is something else entirely."
Sep 08 19:27:43 <Mari>   This isn't the first time Mari's seen a corpse, but that doesn't make being around them any less unpleasant. There's the *smell*, for one thing. Of course, these poor blighters will be up and brawling again by the next morning, most likely, but that doesn't make them any more enjoyable company in the meantime. (more)
Sep 08 19:28:32 <Eva>   He glanced around further from the knight, though to his eyes, no sight of his present trope stood living.  It was a pity, they were a cheerful lot, but the road was always dangerous, and the stage even more.  Was that...a mouse?  The best part about the planes was simply the variety of people you could meet.
Sep 08 19:29:07 <Mari>   The young planar vagrant, short, skinny and with a long mass of white hair streaked gray with ashes, does what she's learned to do when confronted with strangers in a hostile situation: stay quiet, hidden, and observe until she's got a read on the mood.
Sep 08 19:29:35 <Nikkolai>   A cough sounds nearby and a young man dressed in tattered brown robes emerges from the smoke. "Well, at least I won't be paying for tonight's outrageous room fare." He kicks aside a randomly strewn smoking board. "Two gold pieces a night!"
Sep 08 19:29:52 <Adail>   As he brushes himself off, the mouse can clearly be seen to be wearing a red martial arts outfit with a white belt. Brown leather gloves with a flame motif are on his paws as well. He sniffs the air for a moment, then digs back into the pile of rubble he's on to pull out a small backpack.
Sep 08 19:30:21 <Knight>   "I've no wish for more fighting. 'twas a bloody and pointless battle, fought by those void earthly fears." The knight canters her horse nearer to the other individuals. "Would be fitting that those who survived were those of sense."
Sep 08 19:32:15 <Eva>   "Too true, but mostly those of luck, Presently I am Jeremiah the Priest, but I doubt I'll play that again," He smiled back.  "And glad I am to not reach for my mace in this mess.  Let's see who we can pull from the rubble.  Does anyone need aid?" He searched around, helping gather them together, at least those he saw.
Sep 08 19:32:45 <Adail>   The mouse nods towards the Knight, "Hmm, amen to that." Taking a look around, he notes the others still standing, "Hmm, one, two, three...just the four of us left of this entire place? Lion's mane, that's a brawl and a half."
Sep 08 19:33:17 <Eva>   "More like a celestial crusade than a brawl, really."
Sep 08 19:33:18 <Mari>   No one living seems especially prone to violence, so..."Four and a half," Mari corrects.
Sep 08 19:33:37 <Nikkolai>   The young man surveys the wreckage with a grim expression, an unfathomable emotion in his pale green eyes. He attempts to brush the soot and dirt from his hair adding, "More like a slaughter."
Sep 08 19:33:49 <Nikkolai>   "Brawl isn't what I'd call the destruction of a small town."
Sep 08 19:34:05 *   Adail blinks at Mari's entrance, "Oh, sorry I missed you there. And no need to count yourself only a half, no matter who you are."
Sep 08 19:34:22 <Knight>   "All too common. I'll be glad when I can leave this plane," replies the knight, reaching for her visor.
Sep 08 19:34:24 <Adail>   roll 1d20+14 listen
Sep 08 19:34:27 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+14 listen and gets 29." [1d20=15]
Sep 08 19:34:28 <Knight>   roll 1d20+1
Sep 08 19:34:29 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+1 and gets 3." [1d20=2]
Sep 08 19:34:38 <Mari>   roll 1d20+10
Sep 08 19:34:39 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+10 and gets 28." [1d20=18]
Sep 08 19:34:45 <Eva>   roll 1d20+7
Sep 08 19:34:47 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Eva rolls 1d20+7 and gets 19." [1d20=12]
Sep 08 19:35:22 *   Eva looks up at the skies considering.  "Perhaps it may be wise to vacate this place.  I don't want to meet up with any follow up to this mess.  Prudence and friendship would seem to be the order of the moment.  Perhaps we could travel together for a time?"
Sep 08 19:35:33 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+10 for listen
Sep 08 19:35:34 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+10 for listen and gets 16." [1d20=6]
Sep 08 19:35:44 <Mari>   Mari nods to the grimy young man. "It's the way of things here. They kill each other at night, rise in the morning, and kill each other again." She sounds amused. "Almost a qunaint display, just as long as they don't insist on getting me involved."
Sep 08 19:37:17 <Eva>   "They've gotten me more involved than I tend to like.  But do you others hear that, like the steady beat of horse hooves upon the barren ground, drumming steadily closer?"
Sep 08 19:37:36 <Nikkolai>   "A never-ending cycle of death..." The young man's ears twitch a bit. "I seem to hear it as well."
Sep 08 19:37:40 *   Adail nods, "Aye, some company that isn't as inclined to punch me in the nose as say hullo wouldn't be a bad thing at all here." Taking a flourishing bow that honestly looks rather silly considering his outfit, he introduces himself, "Adail Levif, by the way. Odd circumstances, but pleasure to meet you all the same."
Sep 08 19:38:05 <Knight>   "I must head north," replies the knight, flipping back her helmet. A human face lies behind the steel, with curious, rapid eyes. "If you're of a mind to travel in that way, I would be glad."
Sep 08 19:38:28 <Kotono>   From far away, all can hear a loud stomping. It's coming closer, the ground starting to shake with each movement.
Sep 08 19:38:39 *   Mari can only grin at the...mouse-person and its naivete. "Oh, I count myself in full, little one." The to the Knight's query: "I hear something. I could not say what, but anything with such a heavy tread is not something whose path I'd like to cross. At least, not unless I'm a league away with a spyglass."
Sep 08 19:38:55 *   Adail nods again, "Something comes, yes. Should be plenty of time to make an exit, if we move now. And north is as good as anywhere."
Sep 08 19:39:23 <Adail>   Without any further hesitation, Adail dashes over near the Knight's horse and gets ready to keep pace with her as well as he can.
Sep 08 19:39:41 <Kotono>   Amid the shaking, "Ho, is anyone still standing here? Not a single warrior lives?!" A booming, masculine voice demains, shouting.
Sep 08 19:39:46 <Eva>   "It seems the star of Culbert shines in the northern sky as well.  My horse did not make it, but I am swift of foot.  Can you keep up, Adail?" He glanced down sympathetically at the mouse, assuming he'd have trouble with a ptiched journey.
Sep 08 19:40:56 *   Knight spurs her horse into a canter, fleeing the booming voice at once and taking off towards the north. Another brawl so soon could only have high chances of defeat, and that simply cannot be.
Sep 08 19:41:57 <Adail>   "Worry not, I can keep pace just fine." Putting action to words, he races off in the Knight's wake without waiting for that voice to come any closer.
Sep 08 19:42:16 *   Eva taking a quick glance at the others to make sure they can follow, 'Jeremiah' kicked off to a quick run as well.
Sep 08 19:42:48 *   Nikkolai looks around. He shrugs and sets off behind the Knight.
Sep 08 19:42:51 *   Mari is more than glad to let someone else answer that demanding voice, and makes to follow the woman on horseback. If there's a friendly (or at least non-hostile) cavalier available to be used for protection, well, that's where Mari wants to be.
Sep 08 19:44:42 <Eva>   Roll 1d20+10
Sep 08 19:44:52 <Eva>   roll 1d20+10
Sep 08 19:44:54 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Eva rolls 1d20+10 and gets 26." [1d20=16]
Sep 08 19:45:50 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20
Sep 08 19:45:52 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20 and gets 11." [1d20=11]
Sep 08 19:47:10 *   Eva whispers simply a spell under his breath as to the outside world, the five of them fade from view, invisible to all beyond.  (Invisibility Sphere around me)
Sep 08 19:48:05 <Kotono>   Thus you flee to the north, away from the wreckage of the town! The stomping becomes distant and then stops as you flee the wreckage of the ruined city. Magic cloaks you from sight. Ahead the valley stretches out - to the north further it becomes a slope upwards of the mountains.
Sep 08 19:48:15 <Eva>   "I believe there's a portal to Arborea on the top of the nearby mountain," He pointed.  "If my memory serves me right.  Perhaps it would be a good time to head to another destination."
Sep 08 19:49:38 <Nikkolai>   "Any place far away from here is preferable. I don't much care where." He turns his gaze in the direction pointed. "It'll do."
Sep 08 19:49:42 *   Adail nods, though it likely can't be seen what with the invisibility and all, "I know the one, yes. I came in through it, in fact."
Sep 08 19:49:49 *   Eva continues heading northward toward it, since they were already heading in that direction.
Sep 08 19:49:56 <Knight>   "Arborea? But, I have things to do here," replies the Knight, not quite noticing the cloak of invisibility surrounding her. "I don't know if I have business on Arborea... but, this is a dangerous plane, with many belligerents stronger than I, ah..."
Sep 08 19:51:11 <Eva>   "One who runs and flees lives to tell a tale another day.  Return another time, perhaps.  It seems we've caught the interest of a dangerous crew and I at least do not intend to stay to greet them."  Jeremiah suggested.
Sep 08 19:51:58 <Nikkolai>   "I agree. Discretion is the better part of valor."
Sep 08 19:53:11 <Mari>   "Stronger than you? Than what good are you, eh?" Mari jokes. To the group in general: "Ysgard's scenic enough, but if I've got a chance to flee from whatever we just survived, I'd like to take it, especially if there are others to help ensure safety wherever we end up."
Sep 08 19:53:19 <Adail>   "Well, I'll be returning to Ysgard myself at some point. If your business here is interesting and not of ill intent, perhaps I'll lend a paw? For now though, I'm with ducking through a portal to avoid whatever can make the ground shake just by walking."
Sep 08 19:54:31 <Eva>   "Then we are agreed...  I hope you come along, Knight...  I haven't even heard your name," He said simply, beginning to climb up the paths along the mountainside toward where he recalled the rumor of the portal to be.
Sep 08 19:54:56 <Knight>   "Ah, yes, that might be true. Until I can defeat any in my path, perhaps a plane of battle should be avoided," replies the knight, grimacing. "Arborea is as good a destination as any, then. But if it's on top of a mountain, then... name? Ah, no, that's it."
Sep 08 19:55:57 <Nikkolai>   "What's it?" The young man interjects in curiosity.
Sep 08 19:56:14 <Eva>   "What is that?  I did not catch it," He replied simply alongside Nikkolai, glancing over his shoulder to look far behind them.
Sep 08 19:56:19 <Mari>   "Everyone has a name. We should know yours if we're to tie our fates together."
Sep 08 19:56:41 <Knight>   "I'm a Knight," she clarifies, hesitantly.
Sep 08 19:57:09 <Nikkolai>   "Well yes, we know *what* you are. *Who* are you?"
Sep 08 19:57:20 *   Nikkolai scowls slightly in irritation.
Sep 08 19:57:20 <Knight>   "THE Knight."
Sep 08 19:57:22 <Mari>   "And I'm a wastrel, but I wouldn't have anyone calling me that."
Sep 08 19:57:28 *   Adail cocks his head slightly to the side, "You answer to the name of your profession?"
Sep 08 19:57:35 <Knight>   "But if that's what you are, isn't it okay?"
Sep 08 19:57:46 <Knight>   "Yes, that's right, because it's what I am."
Sep 08 19:58:40 <Nikkolai>   "...I see." He responds simply, trudging on. "I'm Nikkolai Dastron, for any who wish to know."
Sep 08 19:58:56 <Eva>   "There are many strange across the planes, demons large and earthly dao vicious, why is it so surprising to find one simply named Knight?" He smiled.  "Nice to meet you Knight."
Sep 08 19:59:19 <Adail>   "Interesting. Is that common where you come from, then? For people to go by thier profession rather then their given name?"
Sep 08 19:59:33 <Mari>   "It's not okay! It's distinctly unflattering. Whether it's true doesn't matter. My name is Mari."
Sep 08 20:00:25 <Knight>   "Well, isn't everyone named because of what they are?" asks the Knight, gesturing at the ground about them. "That's grass, that's dirt, that's sky. This is a sword, this is a horse, and I am a Knight. What else would I be called?"
Sep 08 20:01:18 <Eva>   "Are you a construct?" Jeremiah wondered instantly at that, the strange play of words catching his attention keenly. "Or something of that sort?"
Sep 08 20:01:37 <Eva>   "Most are both What they are and Who they are, with each a different name."
Sep 08 20:02:03 <Mari>   "Not where I come from. IF you just call a person what they are, you ignore who they are." It's clear from her voice that these definitions are mutually exclusive, at least to Mari.
Sep 08 20:02:43 <Nikkolai>   "Sometimes though, who and what one is can be the same."
Sep 08 20:03:26 *   Adail chimes in, "And that could be confusing for those with multiple Whats, as well. For example, I am a Musteval, a monk and a cleric. Which one of those I am at any given time isn't certain, but I am always Adail."
Sep 08 20:03:27 <Nikkolai>   "But I agree that there is a distinction between naming yourself after your profession."
Sep 08 20:04:02 <Kotono>   As the party walks and talks, the path ahead slopes upward. It leads into a bit of a depressed canyon, the walls of it fourty feet high or so, this canyon 80 feet ahead and about 100 feet long. A trio of men stand roughly in th ecenter, wearing chainmail and flowing white robes, with slits down the sides that show off the chainmail. They have pointed ears and sharp eyes, as well as sharper scimitars in hand.
Sep 08 20:04:06 <Mari>   "Those who wish to define themselves as cogs in machine are welcome to do so. I do not."
Sep 08 20:04:07 <Kotono>   as well as sharper scimitars in hand.
Sep 08 20:04:08 <Adail>   *which of those I am most, even
Sep 08 20:04:40 <Knight>   "A.. construct? I'm flesh and blood, not built out of anything," she replies, shaking her head. "But I'm the Knight. I've always been the Knight. I was created to be a Knight, so a Knight is what I am. I thought it was the same for everyone."
Sep 08 20:05:00 *   Nikkolai comes to a halt, eying the trio.
Sep 08 20:06:27 <Adail>   Adail ceases his conversation as soon as he spots the trio as well.
Sep 08 20:06:45 <Eva>   "As many as stars in the sky be there planes in the world, and as different as the fish in the sea are they from one another.  We must simply be from very different planes, Knight.  Quiet a moment," He suggested as he lead a path heading around them, not seeking to arouse the sword wielding men without need, for the day had already been long in bloodshed.
Sep 08 20:07:35 <Kotono>   Going around would be difficult - the canyon walls are fourty feet tall and there's not much space between the three men and the walls. Going around the canyon would take several minutes of walking, but it is possible if ou wish to do so.
Sep 08 20:09:25 *   Knight can't see an obvious path, and is willing to simply ride closer to the men unless directed otherwise.
Sep 08 20:09:49 *   Eva stepped ahead, dropping the spell as they got close.  "Good day, fellow travelers, does this day find you restful?" He smiled and waved, disarmingly friendly.
Sep 08 20:09:51 *   Nikkolai suggests quietly, "Perhaps words would be of use here, not stealth. I noticed, Jeremiah, that you cast Invisibility over us. Dispel it and I will try to see if they will stand aside."
Sep 08 20:09:58 <Kotono>   OOC: How close?
Sep 08 20:10:23 *   Adail has long experience with people not taking him seriously, so he is content to let others do the talking.
Sep 08 20:11:06 <Eva>   OOC: Around the entrance of the canyon?  if not about 40 feet back from them.  A good sight distance.
Sep 08 20:11:37 <Kotono>   OOC: Canyon entrance would put you at 50 feet away from them, FYI.
Sep 08 20:12:16 <Kotono>   AS you get closer, you see that these humanoids have brightly colored hair in blue, red and green. OOC: ANy of you can make K:P  checks if you have ranks in it.
Sep 08 20:12:34 <Eva>   roll 1d20+10
Sep 08 20:12:34 <Mari>   roll 1d20+9
Sep 08 20:12:34 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+9 and gets 15." [1d20=6]
Sep 08 20:12:36 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Eva rolls 1d20+10 and gets 13." [1d20=3]
Sep 08 20:12:41 <Adail>   roll 1d20+7 Know(Planes)
Sep 08 20:12:41 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+7 Know(Planes) and gets 21." [1d20=14]
Sep 08 20:12:52 <Kotono>   "Ah, stragglers," One of them grins ear to ear, "I thought we'd bag a few!"
Sep 08 20:14:35 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+8
Sep 08 20:14:36 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+8 and gets 15." [1d20=7]
Sep 08 20:14:53 <Adail>   Adail sighs, "Janni. Of course it's janni. You don't find run of the mill brigands in Ysgard, do you?"
Sep 08 20:15:18 <Kotono>   "We're not brigands!" The red haired one snaps back, "We're warriors! You've stumbled right into our cunning ambush!"
Sep 08 20:15:32 *   Nikkolai raises an eyebrow.
Sep 08 20:15:33 <Mari>   "They must have killed each other last night. Who wants the honor of taking out the trash?"
Sep 08 20:15:36 <Kotono>   The blue haired ones yawns lazily, "Aaaah...mmm...that's right. All fresh from Warrior's Haven, ready to be defeated!"
Sep 08 20:15:57 <Nikkolai>   "Cunning ambush? You must have sat up all night thinking this one up."
Sep 08 20:16:05 <Knight>   "An ambush? This isn't an ambush," clarifies the Knight. "A real ambush would have you positioned on the edges of the valley, so you could attack from a great height."
Sep 08 20:16:27 <Knight>   "Just waiting in the middle of a valley is more of a... hmm, accident, right? My knowledge of tactics isn't complete, so please correct me if necessary."
Sep 08 20:16:33 <Adail>   The mouse-man chuckles, "You traditionally call warriors who ambush random travellers brigands, yes."
Sep 08 20:16:48 *   Mari nods! "Our mounted friend is correct. A real ambush would have you raining arrows on us from above. This is just the work of amateurs."
Sep 08 20:16:48 *   taisick has quit (bam)
Sep 08 20:17:13 *   Nikkolai smirks, crossing his arms.
Sep 08 20:17:13 <Kotono>   "Heh heh heh," One waves his scimitar at Knight, "Get her first, boys!" he calls, "Now then, let's get to this! Your ours, for glory and for treasure!" At that, the three Janni start to rush the party!
Sep 08 20:17:26 <Kotono>   OOC: I'm going to call init here, they were pretty focused on battle and didn't give you much of a chance to parley.
Sep 08 20:17:42 <Knight>   roll 1d20+5 ok
Sep 08 20:17:43 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+5 ok and gets 25." [1d20=20]
Sep 08 20:17:43 <Mari>   roll 1d20+9 speeeeed
Sep 08 20:17:44 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+9 speeeeed and gets 25." [1d20=16]
Sep 08 20:17:45 <Adail>   roll 1d20+8 init
Sep 08 20:17:45 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+8 init and gets 27." [1d20=19]
Sep 08 20:18:06 <Eva>   roll 1d20+3
Sep 08 20:18:08 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Eva rolls 1d20+3 and gets 10." [1d20=7]
Sep 08 20:18:17 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+8
Sep 08 20:18:18 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+8 and gets 18." [1d20=10]
Sep 08 20:18:25 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+6 Janni 1
Sep 08 20:18:26 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+6 Janni 2
Sep 08 20:18:26 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Janni 1 and gets 19." [1d20=13]
Sep 08 20:18:27 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+6 Janni 3
Sep 08 20:18:27 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Janni 2 and gets 11." [1d20=5]
Sep 08 20:18:27 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Janni 3 and gets 23." [1d20=17]
Sep 08 20:18:30 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+6 ????
Sep 08 20:18:30 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 ???? and gets 14." [1d20=8]
Sep 08 20:18:30 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+6 ????
Sep 08 20:18:30 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+6 ????
Sep 08 20:18:31 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 ???? and gets 22." [1d20=16]
Sep 08 20:18:31 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 ???? and gets 18." [1d20=12]
Sep 08 20:19:12 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Adail(27)>Knight=Mari(25)>Janni 1(19)>Nikkolai(18)>Eva(10)
Sep 08 20:19:14 <Kotono>   (More coming.)
Sep 08 20:20:18 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Adail(27)>Knight=Mari(25)>Janni 3(23)>????2(22)>Janni 1(19)>Nikkolai=????3(18)>????(14)>Janni 2(11)>Eva(10)
Sep 08 20:20:48 <Kotono>   OOC: Adail, you start.
Sep 08 20:22:54 *   Adail bounds forward directly into the path of thier charge as his gloves paws start to blaze red and his eyes flash gold, "Come at me then, you miserable excuses for proper elementals." (OOC: Moving to hope they charge at me and using See Invis)
Sep 08 20:23:38 <Kotono>   OOC: How far are you moving exactly?
Sep 08 20:23:59 <Adail>   OOC: 20ft forward, I suppose. Enough to leave them room to charge, definately.
Sep 08 20:24:27 <Kotono>   Adail advances twenty feet and sees the unseen, a tiny mouse standing in the way of all who would come a foot closer! OOC: Knight and Mari are up.
Sep 08 20:25:30 <Adail>   Adail shouts out, "They've got three more up there! Invisible!"
Sep 08 20:26:10 *   Nikkolai snaps his head up to eye the ridge.
Sep 08 20:26:29 <Knight>   "This will be your mistake!" she calls, and Knight kicks her heels into the side of her mount. Thundering forward, she points her lance towards the closest of the Janni!
Sep 08 20:26:33 <Knight>   roll 1d20+20 I am charging
Sep 08 20:26:34 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+20 I am charging and gets 38." [1d20=18]
Sep 08 20:26:45 <Knight>   roll (1d8+10)*3 this is surely a hit
Sep 08 20:26:46 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls (1d8+10)*3 this is surely a hit and gets 33." [1d8=1]
Sep 08 20:26:51 <Kotono>   OOC: They're all equally close. Which one? And yeah, it's a hit.
Sep 08 20:27:06 <Knight>   OOC: The one in the middle. If I can, I want to run past but leave the others within lance range
Sep 08 20:27:09 <Knight>   OOC: so they're threatened by me
Sep 08 20:27:55 *   Mari mutters under her breath. She'd love to bail on this entire situation, but turning back means facing the mysterious behemoth. So...a rush of air swirls around her, stirring up the leaves and snow, as she draws her swords and rushes forward. (OOC: Air Devotion up, +2AC and 50% miss for projectiles. Can I reach any enemies this turnd?)
Sep 08 20:28:02 <Kotono>   Charging forward with her steed, Knight's lance impaled the center Janni! He's impaled a foot deep, pushed along as Knight rears and turns around ot threaten the other two Janni! The impaled Janni struggles feebly! OOC: Mari, you're up.
Sep 08 20:28:16 <Kotono>   OOC: Okay. How much can you move? They're 50 away from where you guys were.
Sep 08 20:28:55 <Eva>   OOC: A charge from anyone can reach them (60 foot charge).  No non charge attack can.
Sep 08 20:29:10 <Kotono>   OOC: You can charge any of 'em, yeah.
Sep 08 20:29:24 >Mari<   Nice. Swift action?
Sep 08 20:29:45 <Kotono>   "Cha...change of plan..." The impaled Janni gasps, "Kill her...boys...get the others..." he rasps out, coughing up blood!
Sep 08 20:30:14 <Mari>   OOC: yeah, charging at someone next to Knight.
Sep 08 20:30:29 <Kotono>   OOC: Go fo rit.
Sep 08 20:30:42 <Mari>   roll 1d20+12
Sep 08 20:30:43 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+12 and gets 24." [1d20=12]
Sep 08 20:30:46 <Kotono>   OOC: Hit.
Sep 08 20:31:27 <Mari>   roll 1d6+2 damage (didn't get the impression I was flanking 'em, so)
Sep 08 20:31:28 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d6+2 damage (didn't get the impression I was flanking 'em, so) and gets 8." [1d6=6]
Sep 08 20:31:45 <Kotono>   OOC: They're flatfooted before they act, remember, so you can SA.
Sep 08 20:32:13 <Mari>   roll 1d6+2+4d6 I r smrt
Sep 08 20:32:14 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d6+2+4d6 I r smrt and gets 22." [1d6=1][4d6=5, 4, 6, 4]
Sep 08 20:33:31 <Kotono>   The second Jannis is caught offguard, punctured in the shoulder before he can react! But the genie lives yet, bloodied but unbowed! OOC: Janni 3 is up.
Sep 08 20:34:07 <Kotono>   The unoccupied Janni turns, whirling back and stabbing out at Knight's mount! OOC: I know you have a trick to stop this with mounted combat and ride checks, but it doesn't matter if they fail to hit in the first place, so I'll resolve that first
Sep 08 20:34:14 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+11
Sep 08 20:34:16 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 23." [1d20=12]
Sep 08 20:34:17 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+6
Sep 08 20:34:18 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 22." [1d20=16]
Sep 08 20:34:39 <Knight>   OOC: I can negate the first attack if I beat it with a ride check
Sep 08 20:34:42 <Knight>   roll 1d20+14
Sep 08 20:34:43 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+14 and gets 23." [1d20=9]
Sep 08 20:34:55 <Knight>   OOC: Ah you're kidding, right? Nuts
Sep 08 20:35:11 <Kotono>   roll 2d6+10 rotten luck
Sep 08 20:35:11 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+10 rotten luck and gets 21." [2d6=5, 6]
Sep 08 20:35:52 <Kotono>   Knight's noble mount gets hacked in it's side, bloodied badly and pounced on by the quick slashing Janni! It's blows are like a storm of flaying steel, scoring two serious wounds! OOC: ???? is up.
Sep 08 20:36:34 <Knight>   "Craven- striking at one's steed is a foul blow!" protests Knight, as her horse bucks under the pain!
Sep 08 20:36:56 <Kotono>   From above, a figure appears! It's another janni, a longbow as it fires three arrows in a rapid storm, aiming for Mari!
Sep 08 20:37:01 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+9
Sep 08 20:37:01 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+9
Sep 08 20:37:02 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 26." [1d20=17]
Sep 08 20:37:02 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 27." [1d20=18]
Sep 08 20:37:02 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+4
Sep 08 20:37:03 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 15." [1d20=11]
Sep 08 20:37:15 <Kotono>   OOC: AC, Mari
Sep 08 20:37:16 <Kotono>   ?
Sep 08 20:37:28 <Mari>   OOC: 22 on accoun ot fht echarge. Two hits, 50% miss chance for each.
Sep 08 20:37:32 <Kotono>   roll 1d100
Sep 08 20:37:32 <Kotono>   roll 1d100
Sep 08 20:37:33 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 68." [1d100=68]
Sep 08 20:37:34 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 74." [1d100=74]
Sep 08 20:37:36 <Kotono>   OOC: Bad luck.
Sep 08 20:37:43 <Kotono>   roll 2d8+4 ouch
Sep 08 20:37:43 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+4 ouch and gets 12." [2d8=5, 3]
Sep 08 20:38:43 <Kotono>   OOOC: Ohy eah, this would be flatfooted AC for you. What does tha tmake your AC for attack 3?
Sep 08 20:39:00 <Mari>   OOC: I ignore flatfooted. Roguery.
Sep 08 20:39:04 <Kotono>   OOC: Right.
Sep 08 20:39:26 <Kotono>   A hail of quick arrows is fired from above, two grazes across Mari's cheeks, twin bloody tears!  OOC: Poor impaled Janni 1 is up.
Sep 08 20:39:49 <Kotono>   "It's smart!" The Janni taps his head, withdrawing his bloodied scimitar, "Stupid knight! You think we're gonna ignore your horse?"
Sep 08 20:40:34 <Kotono>   Struggling as he bleeds out, the Janni strikes weakly at Mari, impaling himself further to take twin slashes at her!
Sep 08 20:40:38 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+11
Sep 08 20:40:38 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 28." [1d20=17]
Sep 08 20:40:40 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+6
Sep 08 20:40:41 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 20." [1d20=14]
Sep 08 20:40:42 <Kotono>   OOC: AC?
Sep 08 20:40:48 <Mari>   OOC: 22.
Sep 08 20:41:00 <Kotono>   OOC: Er, I meant Knight, not Mari. Dur.
Sep 08 20:41:03 <Kotono>   OOC: As she's th eone impaling her.
Sep 08 20:41:05 <Kotono>   OOC Him.
Sep 08 20:41:56 <Knight>   OOC: he hits with the first attack
Sep 08 20:42:10 <Kotono>   roll 1d6+5
Sep 08 20:42:11 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+5 and gets 7." [1d6=2]
Sep 08 20:42:35 <Kotono>   The Knight is dealt a grazing blow across her arm, a short, scraping injury! OOC: Nikkolai and the third archer are up. Go ahead and go, Nik?
Sep 08 20:45:06 *   Nikkolai gestures sharply at the Knight, making a hooking motion as a glow settles around the Knight's metallic frame. (OOC: Casting Haste on the Knight.)
Sep 08 20:45:31 <Kotono>   OOC You could also get Mari and Adail in it.
Sep 08 20:46:10 <Nikkolai>   OOC: I'll do that as well, then. Forgot it was party wide. >_>;
Sep 08 20:46:46 <Kotono>   Time magic wraps around the three vanguard warriors, their motions becoming quickened! Meanwhile, from above, three more arrow come! On the right canyon wall, an archer appears, as he rains death on Mari!
Sep 08 20:46:49 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+9
Sep 08 20:46:49 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+9
Sep 08 20:46:50 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 12." [1d20=3]
Sep 08 20:46:50 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 22." [1d20=13]
Sep 08 20:46:51 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+4
Sep 08 20:46:51 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 11." [1d20=7]
Sep 08 20:46:54 <Kotono>   roll 1d100
Sep 08 20:46:55 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 45." [1d100=45]
Sep 08 20:47:15 <Kotono>   But turbulent airs gust up, the arrows deflected away harmlessly! OOC: ???? is up.
Sep 08 20:47:19 <Mari>   OOC: Would've missed anyway, AC 23 thanks to Haste.
Sep 08 20:47:36 <Kotono>   Another appears on the left side, this one raining death at Mari as well!
Sep 08 20:47:39 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+9
Sep 08 20:47:40 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+9
Sep 08 20:47:40 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 27." [1d20=18]
Sep 08 20:47:41 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 19." [1d20=10]
Sep 08 20:47:41 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+4
Sep 08 20:47:42 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 14." [1d20=10]
Sep 08 20:47:44 <Kotono>   roll 1d100
Sep 08 20:47:45 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 5." [1d100=5]
Sep 08 20:48:00 <Kotono>   But this time a wind stop sthe arrow, sending it cascading into the wall where it breaks in twain! OOC: Janni 2 is up.
Sep 08 20:49:04 <Kotono>   The second Janni recoils from the wound Mari gave him, retorting in kind to Mari!
Sep 08 20:49:06 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+11
Sep 08 20:49:07 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+5
Sep 08 20:49:07 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 21." [1d20=10]
Sep 08 20:49:08 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 9." [1d20=4]
Sep 08 20:49:13 <Kotono>   OOC: +1 to the second blow, doesn't matter.
Sep 08 20:49:23 <Kotono>   Mari is on the defense, parrying away and stopping it's scimitar from coming close! OOC: Eva.
Sep 08 20:51:21 *   Eva looks over the scenario before him as he moves to the side of the canyon, tight along the rockface for cover if he can as he pulls forth a bow, a psalm of St. Cuthbert's on his lips, his baritone voice encouraging the charging warriors and invigorating their attack.
Sep 08 20:51:49 <Kotono>   OOC: Right. Adail, you're up.
Sep 08 20:52:11 <Eva>   OOC: Inspire courage +3 to hit, damage, savingthrows on charm, and fear effects.
Sep 08 20:52:18 <Kotono>   OOC: Right-o.
Sep 08 20:52:25 <Kotono>   OOC: That applies to everyone, so remember it when you roll.
Sep 08 20:58:15 <Adail>   The brave little musteval lunges forward at the Janni who is facing Mari, the flames around his right paw turning black as he punches, "Fist of Dusk!"(OOC: Inflict light attached to a punch. Not charging, just moving)
Sep 08 20:58:27 <Adail>   roll 1d20+19
Sep 08 20:58:28 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+19 and gets 30." [1d20=11]
Sep 08 20:58:36 <Kotono>   OOC: Hit.
Sep 08 20:58:51 <Adail>   roll 1d3+1+1d6+1d8+1
Sep 08 20:58:52 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d3+1+1d6+1d8+1 and gets 9." [1d3=3][1d6=1][1d8=3]
Sep 08 20:59:10 <Adail>   OOC: Add +3 to that. Forgot the damage boost from bard.
Sep 08 20:59:27 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Adail(27)>Knight=Mari(25)>Janni 3(23)>????2(22)>Janni 1(19)>Nikkolai=????3(18)>????(14)>Eva(10)
Sep 08 21:00:01 <Kotono>   Caught from behind, Mari's target crumbles to the powerful mouse blow! He gasps out, "Damn...too strong..." he hisses, collapsing in a heap! OOC: Knight and Mari are up. Fast healing applie son your turns, also, I'll assume your horse's does as well, Knight.
Sep 08 21:01:21 <Knight>   Knight spurs her hers around in a circle, and whilst it kicks out at the impaled Janni, the Knight swings her lance around in a broad arc, slamming it repeatedly into the last remaining swordsman!
Sep 08 21:02:10 <Knight>   roll 1d20+22 attacking the one who attacked my horse here
Sep 08 21:02:10 <Knight>   roll 1d20+22 attacking the one who attacked my horse here
Sep 08 21:02:10 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+22 attacking the one who attacked my horse here and gets 24." [1d20=2]
Sep 08 21:02:10 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+22 attacking the one who attacked my horse here and gets 23." [1d20=1]
Sep 08 21:02:14 <Knight>   roll 1d20+17
Sep 08 21:02:16 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+17 and gets 21." [1d20=4]
Sep 08 21:02:36 <Kotono>   OOC: One hit. Rotten dicing.
Sep 08 21:02:42 <Kotono>   OOC: Horse attacking too?
Sep 08 21:03:18 <Kotono>   OOC: Or wait, the +17 was your third attack, haste. Two hits then.
Sep 08 21:03:41 <Knight>   OOC: It is, I'm resolving this first whilst looking up the ride stuff
Sep 08 21:03:49 *   Mari winces at those arrow wounds she's got--pulling those later won't be any kind of fun. "Doesn't anyone on this benighted plane care for something other than killing?" she grumbles as she circles around night to slash at the third janni.
Sep 08 21:03:50 <Knight>   roll 2d8+26 I am stabbing at him
Sep 08 21:03:51 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 2d8+26 I am stabbing at him and gets 40." [2d8=8, 6]
Sep 08 21:04:00 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Adail(27)>Knight=Mari(25))>????2(22)>Janni 1(19)>Nikkolai=????3(18)>????(14)>Eva(10)
Sep 08 21:04:06 <Knight>   roll 1d20+10 my horse is attacking him
Sep 08 21:04:07 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+10 my horse is attacking him and gets 13." [1d20=3]
Sep 08 21:04:07 <Knight>   roll 1d20+10 my horse is attacking him
Sep 08 21:04:08 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+10 my horse is attacking him and gets 17." [1d20=7]
Sep 08 21:04:09 <Knight>   roll 1d20+10 my horse is attacking him
Sep 08 21:04:10 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+10 my horse is attacking him and gets 16." [1d20=6]
Sep 08 21:04:18 <Kotono>   OOC: Your dice officially fucking suck tonight. No hits.
Sep 08 21:04:22 <Knight>   roll 1d20+6 BITE
Sep 08 21:04:23 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+6 BITE and gets 9." [1d20=3]
Sep 08 21:05:04 <Kotono>   Knight tosses the impaled warrior off, landing at her feet! Somehow it survives and parries all the bites and hooves at him, while the other Janni is impaled through the head! He is very dead, broken head and body falling to the ground! OOC: Second archer up.
Sep 08 21:05:21 <Mari>   OOC: Don't I get attack rolls? ;.;
Sep 08 21:05:27 <Kotono>   OOC: Oh you do. Sorry. Go.
Sep 08 21:05:42 <Mari>   roll 1d20+14 attack 1
Sep 08 21:05:43 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+14 attack 1 and gets 31." [1d20=17]
Sep 08 21:05:55 <Mari>   roll 1d20+14 attack 2 thanks to haste
Sep 08 21:05:56 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+14 attack 2 thanks to haste and gets 16." [1d20=2]
Sep 08 21:06:10 <Kotono>   OOC: One hit on the one surviving Janni.
Sep 08 21:06:29 <Mari>   roll 1d6+6+4d6 hot flanking action
Sep 08 21:06:30 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d6+6+4d6 hot flanking action and gets 21." [1d6=2][4d6=1, 5, 5, 2]
Sep 08 21:06:33 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Adail(27)>Knight=Mari(25))>????2(22)>Nikkolai=????3(18)>????(14)>Eva(10)
Sep 08 21:07:05 <Kotono>   As it dodges the horse hooves, it can't dodge Mari! She slips in and impales him between thr ibs, sending him to the embrace of death! Above, the second archer snaps off a single arrow at Mari and retreat sback out of sight!
Sep 08 21:07:06 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+11
Sep 08 21:07:07 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 15." [1d20=4]
Sep 08 21:07:20 <Kotono>   But this arrow is utterly errant as he falls back! OOC: Nikkolai and the third archer.
Sep 08 21:14:38 *   Nikkolai looks up to the ridge line and raises his arms, the palms facing outward. He mutters softly under his breath and four brilliant bolts of molten gold issue forth from his hands to the nearest archer.
Sep 08 21:14:44 <Nikkolai>   roll 4d4+4
Sep 08 21:14:45 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 4d4+4 and gets 11." [4d4=2, 1, 1, 3]
Sep 08 21:15:27 <Kotono>   The magic missiles slam into the archer above as he shoots down at Mari, a single arrow then the misslies chase him away into a wounded retreat!
Sep 08 21:15:29 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+11
Sep 08 21:15:31 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 12." [1d20=1]
Sep 08 21:15:44 <Kotono>   His shot is piteously bad, as the lsat archer takes a potshot at Mari and retreats back as well!
Sep 08 21:15:45 <Kotono>   roll 1d20=11
Sep 08 21:15:46 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20=11 and gets Error: Numeric values only." [1d20=10]
Sep 08 21:16:05 <Kotono>   But this shot is ducked as well as the archers flee out of sight! OOC: Free act for the moment, no enemies in sight.
Sep 08 21:16:53 <Knight>   "They thought like I did. I see, I understand," replies Knight, flicking open her visor and peering at the cliffs. "My instincts are still correct on this plane, then."
Sep 08 21:17:02 <Adail>   Adail hops over to the Knight, "Miss Knight, would you mind tossing me up to the top there? I want to make sure they're actually retreating and not circling around for another go."
Sep 08 21:17:21 <Eva>   "We need to get out of here.  They'll bring friends," Jeremiah suggested, hurrying along and keeping an eye on the cliffsides.  "Let's get out of this canyon."
Sep 08 21:17:56 *   Mari wipes the blood from her swords and sheathes them. "There are ARROWS in my back," she grumbles. "Could someone please remove them?"
Sep 08 21:18:41 *   Eva gently helps with that, not too good with arrow removal, but a cure moderate letting the pain fade away.
Sep 08 21:18:42 <Nikkolai>   "Are there any medics amongst you? I'm afraid I know only destruction."
Sep 08 21:18:48 <Eva>   roll 2d8+8
Sep 08 21:18:49 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Eva rolls 2d8+8 and gets 18." [2d8=8, 2]
Sep 08 21:19:29 <Knight>   "Ah, unlikely, this is a plane where most cannot die, they would use all their strength," replies Knight, holstering her lance within a mounted buckle. "But, I suppose checking would be prudent," she adds, promptly seizing Adail without warning and flinging him as high as she can!
Sep 08 21:19:32 <Knight>   roll 1d20+5 strength!!11
Sep 08 21:19:33 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+5 strength!!11 and gets 24." [1d20=19]
Sep 08 21:20:30 *   Nikkolai follows the trajectory of the flailing rodent. "Now there's something you don't see every day. But that was a foolish move. We need to press on, not stop to scout."
Sep 08 21:20:47 <Mari>   "Thank you," Mari says with a sigh. "We should move on immediately. They will be back with help."
Sep 08 21:20:55 *   Nikkolai points up the canyon trail. "The portal can't be that far ahead."
Sep 08 21:21:22 <Knight>   "I really don't see why," replies the Knight, sounding bemused. "But do bandits typically keep reserves? My knowledge is not complete."
Sep 08 21:21:58 <Nikkolai>   "Brigands are a cowardly lot. They only attack when numbers are on their side."
Sep 08 21:22:24 <Nikkolai>   "But in any case, I'd prefer not to take any chances. Suppose the archers come back?"
Sep 08 21:22:28 <Eva>   "These weren't Brigands.  They were a scouting vanguard for the group that destroyed that village we just came from."
Sep 08 21:22:52 <Eva>   Jeremiah iped his hands, leading down the path with haste, his soft strides carrying up the canyon path.
Sep 08 21:23:31 <Knight>   "Ah, really? Well, yes, that's different," replies Knight, nodding. "I see. Then, we should go." She pauses only to feed her horse a carrot or two for a job well done, and then sets off after Jeremiah.
Sep 08 21:23:53 <Mari>   "They were organized, I'm sure. That luckless fellow our friend impaled said as much. I'm sure they were part of larger force."
Sep 08 21:24:16 *   Nikkolai looks incredulously at the two, then squints up into the sky above. No falling rodent as of yet. Maybe the little fella made it up there?
Sep 08 21:24:55 <Kotono>   Adail is tossed up like a ball! He lands safely atop the canyon wall! He can see two archers fleeing down, fully running and making a very hasty retreat.
Sep 08 21:25:42 *   Nikkolai chances a call to the top of the ridge. "Ahoy, mouse! Do you see anything?"
Sep 08 21:26:12 *   Adail plinks a couple of magic missiles after them just to get the point across, then dashes along the top of the canyon in the direction the group is going until he finds a slope to take to meet back up with them.
Sep 08 21:26:35 <Adail>   "Aye, they're running alright. Wanted to be sure they weren't moving off to cut us off before the portal..."
Sep 08 21:26:56 <Knight>   "
Sep 08 21:28:20 <Knight>   "Curs such as them would think only of booty and glory, and they must see they can take neither from us."
Sep 08 21:28:40 <Nikkolai>   "Well then, I suggest we catch up with the Priest and the Knight. The sooner we get to the portal, the faster we can pursue our own paths." Nikkolai sets off after the two, keeping a wary eye on the ridgeline.
Sep 08 21:29:06 <Adail>   "Don't underestimate how stupid people are willing to be in a place where they cannot die."
Sep 08 21:29:45 *   Mari is, of course, eagerly keeping up with the group. She doesn't want to encounter another such raiding party by herself, after all. Dying may only be an inconvenience here, but that doesn't mean it's fun.
Sep 08 21:30:56 <Kotono>   roll 1d100
Sep 08 21:30:57 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 29." [1d100=29]
Sep 08 21:31:53 <Kotono>   The party travels for three hours of rough travel over the mountains. They go past freezing cold brooks, steep slopes and trying terrain. Yet they climb on! OOC: Due to the difficult terrain, all of you save Knight(Who is riding her horse, w ho has to check instead) need to make a fort save or become fatigued.
Sep 08 21:32:00 <Kotono>   OOC: Mroe coming after that resolves.
Sep 08 21:32:01 <Knight>   OOC: My horse has endurance
Sep 08 21:32:07 <Knight>   OOC: That's.. what, a +4 to such saves?
Sep 08 21:32:22 <Eva>   roll 1d20+4
Sep 08 21:32:23 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Eva rolls 1d20+4 and gets 5." [1d20=1]
Sep 08 21:32:33 <Adail>   roll 1d20+14 fortitude
Sep 08 21:32:35 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+14 fortitude  and gets 28." [1d20=14]
Sep 08 21:32:44 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+7
Sep 08 21:32:45 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+7 and gets 8." [1d20=1]
Sep 08 21:32:51 <Knight>   roll 1d20+11 it is!
Sep 08 21:32:52 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+11 it is! and gets 23." [1d20=12]
Sep 08 21:33:00 <Mari>   roll 1d20+7 fort isn't my forte
Sep 08 21:33:01 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+7 fort isn't my forte and gets 25." [1d20=18]
Sep 08 21:33:48 <Eva>   Jeremiah is looking a bit redfaced after a few hours, huffing as he struggled to keep the exhausting pace, slowly starting to drift to the back of the group.
Sep 08 21:34:08 <Kotono>   While Adail and Knight's horse maintain the spirit, Eva and Nikkolai begin to tire. They are fatigued by the long climb. But at last, however, you begin to reach the upward ascent! Above you, up a long, steep path to the top of the mountains can be seen. Atop it, you can see a faint but radiant shaft of light shining.
Sep 08 21:35:11 <Knight>   "What kind of place is Arborea?" asks Knight, keeping her mount moving at a steady walk- there's no point pushing it in such a treacherous area.
Sep 08 21:35:12 <Eva>   "I think we are almost there."
Sep 08 21:36:05 *   Nikkolai is panting harshly, struggling to keep up.
Sep 08 21:37:10 <Eva>   "It is a land of beautiful forests, where the celestial gods rule, far more hospitable than here, I can assure."
Sep 08 21:37:10 <Nikkolai>   "I've recalled why I despise mountains so much."
Sep 08 21:37:29 <Mari>   "Ah, a radiant beacon," Mari observes. "Surely no one else on the mountainside could've noticed this as well." She is, of course, keeping a sharp eye out for any interlopers as they close in on their target.
Sep 08 21:38:09 <Nikkolai>   "Less talking and more walking." Nikkolai is more concerned with getting to safety than idle banter.
Sep 08 21:38:19 <Adail>   "It's full of nature. All kinds of nature, at that, not just forests. Very...vibrant place. I've lived there for the past few years."
Sep 08 21:38:21 <Knight>   "Would you like a carrot?" asks Knight, glancing at Nikkolai. "They keep my horse from fatigue, and I'm told they're good for humans, too."
Sep 08 21:38:30 <Nikkolai>   "..."
Sep 08 21:38:49 *   Nikkolai looks at the Knight wordlessly.
Sep 08 21:38:56 *   Adail half smirks at the Knight's offer, but keeps moving without saying a word.
Sep 08 21:39:05 <Mari>   roll 1d20+10
Sep 08 21:39:06 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+10 and gets 29." [1d20=19]
Sep 08 21:39:22 <Nikkolai>   "Your horse needs them far more than I, I'm sure." He says in a bland tone.
Sep 08 21:39:29 <Kotono>   At last you reach the top! Here, a smooth plateau stretches out. The view all around is spatacular, breattaking. A vortex stands in the center, whirling with blue. The shaft of light radiates around it.
Sep 08 21:39:55 <Nikkolai>   "At last!"
Sep 08 21:40:01 <Knight>   "No, not at all. He's quite chipper," replies Knight. The horse, for it's part, gives an irritated snort. "Ah, this must be it! So... shall we go through?"
Sep 08 21:40:11 *   Nikkolai bends over, resting his hands on his knees.
Sep 08 21:40:35 <Nikkolai>   "Give me a moment, for pity's sake!" He snaps.
Sep 08 21:40:46 *   Eva examines the portal, looking over if there is anything beyond simply walking into it to be done to activated, catching his breath a mite more quietly than Nikkolai.
Sep 08 21:40:55 <Adail>   Adail eyes the portal for just a moment, "Here's hoping it goes to the same place it came from."
Sep 08 21:40:57 <Mari>   roll 1d20+3
Sep 08 21:40:58 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+3 and gets 11." [1d20=8]
Sep 08 21:41:26 <Kotono>   As Eva approaches, the portal's light becomes transparent and bright! Eva is pushed away, a demanding feminine voice speaking, "Halt, you who would ascend into this sacred portal!"
Sep 08 21:41:56 *   Knight dutifully halts.
Sep 08 21:42:10 *   Nikkolai straightens, eying the portal warily. He walks over to stand beside Jeremiah, steadying him.
Sep 08 21:42:19 <Mari>   "Could you possibly recover before the giant lizard takes an interest in us?" Mari says, peering far down the mountainside." That's before the newcomer catches her attention, of course.
Sep 08 21:42:31 <Mari>   (Or whatever the voice is!)
Sep 08 21:43:23 <Eva>   Eva waits patiently.
Sep 08 21:43:31 *   Adail moves to stand beside Jeremiah as well.
Sep 08 21:44:36 <Nikkolai>   "Who are you to deny us passage?"
Sep 08 21:45:47 <Kotono>   "By decree of the Gloryborn, The Divine Kord, Slayer of the Spawn of Tiamat and Master of of Valor, this portal shall not be passed as long as the battle for Warrior's Haven rages."
Sep 08 21:47:47 <Eva>   "But the battle for Warrior's Haven is over...the town is but rubble."
Sep 08 21:47:48 <Knight>   "But Warrior's Haven was destroyed," replies the Knight, uncertainly. "There's nothing there to fight for."
Sep 08 21:48:22 <Kotono>   "I sense that another soul survives yet," The voice demands, "The strongest of them all in the battle. As long as he lives, the battle is not resolved."
Sep 08 21:48:37 <Mari>   "We are not combatants," Mari protests. "None of us have a stake in whatever local struggle goes on hereabouts."
Sep 08 21:49:47 <Adail>   "I get the feeling that Ysgard cares little for whether or not we wish to fight. And likely neither does Kord."
Sep 08 21:49:53 <Nikkolai>   "Why, exactly, do we have to fight to enter the portal? There is a very large difference between Valor and Stupidity, "Lord" Kord." Nikkolai lets a mocking tone creep into his voice.
Sep 08 21:50:11 <Kotono>   "All in Ysgard are combatants!" The voice demands, strident and powerful. "All is battle. Should you not face him, then you shall face me. Glory will not pass you by in this blessed realm!"
Sep 08 21:50:59 <Eva>   "While this is tiring...  there is another portal to the Astral planes further down.  We do not bear any trouble for Kord's demands."
Sep 08 21:51:15 *   Mari has a few choice things to say about what Kord can do with his wishes, but knows little good will come from sharing them. And hey, she doesn't need to while Nikkolai's here.
Sep 08 21:51:48 <Nikkolai>   "How troublesome. A meddling Celestial amusing himself. I suppose we have no choice but to seek passage elsewhere."
Sep 08 21:52:09 *   Nikkolai sneers in the direction of the portal, highly annoyed.
Sep 08 21:52:10 <Knight>   "If I must seek out battle, then I would be better off persuing my quest rather than an escape," replies the Knight, unhappily. "If you know of another portal, Father, then I would take it instead of battling such overwhelming strength."
Sep 08 21:52:33 <Adail>   Adail sighs and asks the first question to pop into his mind, "Has Kord's decree closed only this portal, or all the ones nearby?"
Sep 08 21:53:07 <Kotono>   The light flashes brighter! From it steps out a woman with white angel's wings. She wears battlescarred armor, a blood stained sword in hand. Her face is gorgeous, ethereal beauty. "Your words speak of cowardice and arrogance, human!" She barks at Nikkolai! "None shall lay dishonor and venom at Lord Kord's name! I challenge you!"
Sep 08 21:53:57 *   Mari steps away from Nikkolai a little.
Sep 08 21:55:28 *   Nikkolai cocks his head at the winged woman in a questioning manner. "Truly, you call me a coward and then challenge me to a fight and expect me to accept? Are you suffering a few blows to the head?"
Sep 08 21:55:51 <Adail>   Quickly changing his demenor, Adail steps forward to get the angel's attention, "I beg your pardon, m'lady, but my companion here is only fatigued from his long journey. Please excuse his harsh words."
Sep 08 21:56:07 <Kotono>   OOC: Make a quick diplo check to see if you get through to her, Adail? She's pretty steamed.
Sep 08 21:56:10 *   Eva leans against a tree nearby, staying well out of stabbing range.
Sep 08 21:56:29 <Adail>   1d20+1 yay no ranks in Diplo
Sep 08 21:56:30 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+1 yay no ranks in Diplo and gets 10." [1d20=9]
Sep 08 21:56:51 <Kotono>   The angel's gaze turns briefly away, softening slightly. "Musteval, this is no quarrel of yours, or will you stand with this cur?"
Sep 08 21:58:31 <Eva>   "It is not such, just that we are all tired and short on wits.  Mortals have not the wisdom of the celestial planes.  Please, forgive his foolish tongue," Jeremiah simply asked of the angel of Kord.
Sep 08 21:58:53 <Adail>   Adail turns to look at Nik, "You may wish to apologize, Nikkolai. Kord is a god of Good, as well as battle. This hostile attitude of yours is surely just from the fatigue, yes?"
Sep 08 21:59:27 <Eva>   roll 1d20+16 diplomacy if available.
Sep 08 21:59:29 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Eva rolls 1d20+16 diplomacy if available. and gets 23." [1d20=7]
Sep 08 22:01:37 *   Nikkolai scowls. "I have no patience for the games of gods and their attempts to amuse themselves by using mortals as pieces upon a board. If this Kord does not wish me to pass, then I will simply find another way." Nikkolai manages to look bored. "Either let me go or kill me. It makes no difference to me. Either way, I'll not fight when I can avoid it."
Sep 08 22:02:52 <Kotono>   The angel's eyes narrow as she stares at Nikkolai, "Your friends have good hearts - yet yours are filled with cowardice! Your words are cowardly blasphemy! Stand aside, for this Nikkolai must be brought to task for his arrogance! I would not harm the rest of yo uas well while dispending divine justice on a coward."
Sep 08 22:03:20 <Kotono>   *dispensing
Sep 08 22:03:49 *   Eva does not move to protect Nikkolai, continuing to rest well to the side.  At the least, it would make a good story.
Sep 08 22:04:35 <Knight>   "It is alright. You will arise from death, so there is nothing to fear, except pain," states the Knight, backing off for a step.
Sep 08 22:05:32 *   Nikkolai shrugs. "As you wish, O Winged Messenger of flowery prose."
Sep 08 22:06:01 <Kotono>   Divine light radiates from the angel! OOC: Go ahead and roll init, Nikkolai. You did a pretty good job at provoking her. <_<
Sep 08 22:06:12 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+7
Sep 08 22:06:14 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 26." [1d20=19]
Sep 08 22:06:16 *   Adail sighs, "I will not stop you from doing as Kord commands you, of course." if it were permanent, Adail would be more inclined to intervene, but here...
Sep 08 22:06:30 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+8
Sep 08 22:06:31 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+8 and gets 19." [1d20=11]
Sep 08 22:06:32 *   Mari isn't about to get herself involved in this fight either, and stays at a safe distance, occasionally glancing down the mountainside to keep track of the creature she spotted earlier. Otherwise, she settles in to watch the show. She might agree with most of what Nikkolai said, but there are times when it's most unwise to say them!
Sep 08 22:06:36 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Angel(26)>Nikkolai(19)
Sep 08 22:07:08 <Kotono>   "Then taste my blade, coward!" The angel charges ahead at Nikkolai, sword thirsting for his blood!
Sep 08 22:07:23 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+11 (+2 charge, -5 PA)
Sep 08 22:07:24 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 (+2 charge, -5 PA) and gets 22." [1d20=11]
Sep 08 22:07:31 <Kotono>   OOC: Flatfooted AC, Nikkolai?
Sep 08 22:07:53 <Nikkolai>   OOC: You mean, my regular AC?
Sep 08 22:08:10 <Kotono>   OOC: Well, on glancing that beats you regular AC ANYWAY, so.
Sep 08 22:08:31 <Kotono>   roll 1d10+11+1d6
Sep 08 22:08:32 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d10+11+1d6 and gets 21." [1d10=6][1d6=4]
Sep 08 22:09:06 <Kotono>   The angel's blade bursts into white oht flames as it slashes across Nikkolai's chest, drawing blood for a split second before the searing heat cauterizes the wound shut! OOC: Nikkolai.
Sep 08 22:10:15 <Nikkolai>   OOC: I'll be summoning a Monster. Let's be wicked and make it a Celestial Hippogriff
Sep 08 22:11:14 <Kotono>   OOC: Go ahead and resolve your action then and describe it.
Sep 08 22:12:37 *   Nikkolai gasps and staggers back from the blow, seething at the searing pain of the flames. He retains his balance and glares at the Angel. Throwing up both hands to the sky, he shouts, "Come forth, O divine beast! Be as my shield and sword!"
Sep 08 22:12:58 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Angel(26)>Nikkolai=Celestial Hippogriff(19)
Sep 08 22:13:16 <Kotono>   From the sky descents a golden hippogriff, shining with power! OOC: The 'griff gets to go on the round it's summoned, so go ahead and act.
Sep 08 22:14:32 <Nikkolai>   "I command thee, rend mine enemies with beak and claw!"
Sep 08 22:14:50 *   Nikkolai directs the hippogriff to the angel.
Sep 08 22:19:10 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+11
Sep 08 22:19:11 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+11 and gets 24." [1d20=13]
Sep 08 22:19:21 <Kotono>   OOC: Hit. Roll damage.
Sep 08 22:20:44 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d4+6
Sep 08 22:20:45 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d4+6 and gets 9." [1d4=3]
Sep 08 22:21:42 <Kotono>   The hippgriff claws into her back, making the angel glance back, "Such arrogance, summoning an exalted hippogriff to do battle that you are too cowardly to engage in!" The angel booms, the claw struggling to scrape light wounds on her flesh! With that, she steps forward and slices into Nikkolai!
Sep 08 22:21:46 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+16
Sep 08 22:21:47 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+11
Sep 08 22:21:47 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 17." [1d20=1]
Sep 08 22:21:48 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 22." [1d20=11]
Sep 08 22:22:00 <Kotono>   roll 1d10+6+1d6
Sep 08 22:22:00 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d10+6+1d6 and gets 16." [1d10=8][1d6=2]
Sep 08 22:22:38 <Kotono>   She advances forward, hacking into his shoulder and dealing another burned out wound to him! He rblade courses with holy fires all up and down it, crackling! OOC: Nikkolai and the summon are up.
Sep 08 22:25:49 *   Nikkolai staggers again at the blow, almost dropping to his knees. "It's not arrogance when you fight with every weapon at your disposal!" Raises his hands shakily and flames lick hungrily from his fingertips.
Sep 08 22:26:06 <Nikkolai>   OOC: Casting Scorching ray then having the griffin attack again.
Sep 08 22:26:58 <Kotono>   OOC: Resolve the scorching rays. Your caster level is...7th, so you get two rays. Make two ranged touch attacks. That's your BAB+dex modifier. Or 4+4 for a total of +8.
Sep 08 22:28:17 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+8
Sep 08 22:28:18 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+8 and gets 23." [1d20=15]
Sep 08 22:28:59 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+8
Sep 08 22:28:59 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+8 and gets 13." [1d20=5]
Sep 08 22:29:12 <Kotono>   OOC - One hit. Roll 4d6 for fire damage, then roll the griff's attack.
Sep 08 22:30:18 <Nikkolai>   roll 4d6
Sep 08 22:30:18 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 4d6 and gets 9." [4d6=3, 2, 1, 3]
Sep 08 22:30:29 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+11
Sep 08 22:30:30 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+11 and gets 25." [1d20=14]
Sep 08 22:30:39 <Kotono>   OOC: Hit as well. 1d4+6 for the griffon.
Sep 08 22:30:48 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d4+6
Sep 08 22:30:49 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d4+6 and gets 8." [1d4=2]
Sep 08 22:31:27 <Kotono>   Flaming beams and hippogriff claws assail the angel! Yet she barely looks phased, hardly bloodied or burnt. She pushes ahead and attacks Nikkolai once more!
Sep 08 22:31:30 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+16
Sep 08 22:31:31 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+11
Sep 08 22:31:31 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 35." [1d20=19]
Sep 08 22:31:32 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 16." [1d20=5]
Sep 08 22:31:35 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+16 crit threat on attack 1
Sep 08 22:31:36 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 crit threat on attack 1 and gets 21." [1d20=5]
Sep 08 22:31:48 <Kotono>   roll 2d10+12+1d6
Sep 08 22:31:50 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 2d10+12+1d6 and gets 21." [2d10=3, 5][1d6=1]
Sep 08 22:33:30 <Kotono>   Nikkolai is run through the stomach! Burnt blood trickles down his clothes as the angel hovers over him, sword like the sun's burning noon light! "Youa re finished!" She declares! OOC: You're up, as well as the griff.
Sep 08 22:38:06 *   Nikkolai crashes to his knees, shaken and beat. His fists curl up in the dirt and blood trickles from the corners of his mouth. "I..I'm beaten?" He looks up at the glowing celestial and is seized with a great tiredness and resignation. Wordlessly, he dismisses his summons. "Great Lady, I've been beaten. Too often have my bitterness and fear got the best of me and always before have I managed to keep...
Sep 08 22:38:08 *   Nikkolai ...myself alive through my own strength and wit." He gasps at a sharp lance of pain in his side. "I admit defeat. I throw myself at your mercy and know that I don't deserve it. Do with me as you will."
Sep 08 22:38:19 *   Nikkolai Nikkolai hangs his head, not daring to meet her eyes.
Sep 08 22:39:28 <Kotono>   OOC: Make a diplomacy check? Thta was a rpetty good effort so I'll give you a +3 modifier for a total of +20.
Sep 08 22:41:01 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+20
Sep 08 22:41:02 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+20 and gets 36." [1d20=16]
Sep 08 22:42:47 <Kotono>   Slowly, the blade of the angel lowers. "At least you  know humility, even if only to save your life." With a gaze to Adail, "Musteval. If you are willing, I would put this one in your care. He has much to learn about bravery and rightness. Tutor him, so that he may know these blessed virtues instead of the false path he walks."
Sep 08 22:44:26 *   Adail nods, "As long as I walk with him, I will strive to show him what I know of courage and virtue m'lady."
Sep 08 22:45:44 <Kotono>   "You would be wise to listen to him, Nikkolai," The angel speaks, stepping away. She goes back into the beam of light, unseen once more. "Leave this sacred place now and ponder your deeds here well."
Sep 08 22:46:23 *   Nikkolai closes his eyes in relief, simultaneously glad that he had survived and shamed that he had been forced to stoop so low.
Sep 08 22:46:40 <Adail>   Turning to Nikkolai, Adail offers him a paw, "Well, as I have no destination of my own, it seems I'll be making your road mine for awhile."
Sep 08 22:47:31 *   Nikkolai looks up at Adail, not entirely trusting, but not entirely averse to the offer. It's been so long since he's simply had...a companion.
Sep 08 22:48:07 <Nikkolai>   "Why not? Perhaps you'll keep a sharper eye on my tongue than I will."
Sep 08 22:48:13 *   Nikkolai takes the outstretched hand.
Sep 08 22:48:18 <Eva>   "The astral plane it seems now," Jeremiah smiled flatly, a bit worried at the display, though glad he made it out alive.  He began leading down the side of the mountain tiredly.
Sep 08 22:49:46 <Knight>   "I'm sorry that I could not aid you, my companion," notes Knight, sounding apologetic. "But battle here has less, hmm, meaning than it does on other planes for most."
Sep 08 22:49:55 <Adail>   The musteval half grins, "Oh, I'll let you say what you wish and let experience be the best teacher there is. But if you get yourself in trouble that could be truely disasterous I'll be there to lend a paw."
Sep 08 22:50:38 *   Mari starts down the mountain as well, not speaking until she's sure the angel is out of earshot. "You've learned a valuable lesson today," she says to Nikkolai, with a trace of humor and something harder beneath it, "that there are powers greater than yourself. Also, just because you know you're dealing with fools doesn't mean you should tell them."
Sep 08 22:51:31 *   Nikkolai grins wryly at both Mari and Adail. "Yes, quite. I thought I had learned that lesson long ago, but it seems it still eludes me..."
Sep 08 22:53:29 <Nikkolai>   "In any case, getting off of this damnable mountain seems to be the best idea at the moment."
Sep 08 22:54:16 <Mari>   Then, to the group as a whole: "If we're passing back down the mountain a ways then we should all keep watch for more company. I saw something from the peak, a tyrannical lizard roaming the slopes. I'd rather keep it at a distance, lest one amongst us find a way to slight it as well."