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[Dracos]

Nov 10 19:39:05 <Kotono>   Gathering together, the party seeks out such a man! They find a curious, withered old being with skin like dried parchment and a pair of tiny spectacles on his nose. He leans over while wincing, using a magnifying class to view the paper. As he does, "Tell me, where did you get your hands on this?"
Nov 10 19:40:25 <Mari>   "A monk appeared on the streets of the city, fighting a slaad. We don't know how he got there or where exactly he came from. Once the slaad was slain, we brought him to a church for healing, but it was too late."
Nov 10 19:41:08 <Nikkolai>   "Tis a shame. That monk was brave, fighting such a being on his lonesome."
Nov 10 19:41:14 *   Kamvakua quietly listens alongside, eying the ancient fellow a bit with something akin to sadness.
Nov 10 19:41:26 <Kotono>   "Hmm...hmm...hmmmm...!" He slowly scans the paper, "Truly, a slaad is completely incomprehensible. This monk was a githzerai, yes?"
Nov 10 19:42:09 <Mari>   "Yes."
Nov 10 19:42:13 <Nikkolai>   "As near as we could tell, yes."
Nov 10 19:43:59 <Kotono>   "Mmm...mmmm....I'm done," He sits up, putting the magnifying glass aside. "How much do you people know about Limbo?"
Nov 10 19:44:20 <Nikkolai>   "Pretend that I'm an uneducated student, good sir."
Nov 10 19:44:36 *   Nikkolai looks a bit pained at having to imagine himself as uneducated.
Nov 10 19:44:40 <Mari>   "Ah, well...Knight knows the most of us, I'd guess?"
Nov 10 19:45:15 *   Adail shakes his head, "Nothing from personal experience, much from rumor."
Nov 10 19:45:32 <Knight>   "Enough to know it is, in some ways, worse than any hell," remarks Knight, with a shrug. "Having seen it up close, well. It's not a place I'd wish on anyone."
Nov 10 19:45:33 <Kamvakua>   "I have heard it is a strange place much unlike even the elemental planes."
Nov 10 19:46:02 *   Kotono has quit (-=SysReset 2.55=-)
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Nov 10 19:49:18 *   ChanServ sets mode +q #dunes Kotono
Nov 10 19:49:18 *   ChanServ gives channel operator status to Kotono
Nov 10 19:51:10 <Kotono>   "Ah yes, all of those are true," The old being strokes his beardless chin, "It is chaos unbound, taking whatever form whimsy has it take. But certain beings call it home. Slaad are natural to Limbo, the incarnations of chaos. Githzerai are of the Gith, an ancient race descended from illithid slaves.  As they both share the same plane, conflict between the sides is inevitable."
Nov 10 19:51:54 <Nikkolai>   "What would a slaad and a gith be doing so far from their home?" Nikkolai pondered aloud.
Nov 10 19:52:18 <Mari>   "Yeah, that's the real question. Maybe they fell into an inconvenient portal or something?"
Nov 10 19:53:01 <Adail>   "Far is relative, when it comes to planar travel. Mari's suggestion is actually reasonable, considering the chaos of Limbo."
Nov 10 19:53:48 <Nikkolai>   "So they could have been battling in Limbo and by pure chance stumbled through a portal that led them to an entirely different plane?"
Nov 10 19:54:02 *   Nikkolai shakes his head. "That seems a bit farfetched, to me."
Nov 10 19:55:00 <Kotono>   "It is likely, though the answer may never ben known," Nodding ot that, "This scroll is from a monastery head in Limbo, I believe. The githzerai slain - his name was Bired - was on a mission."
Nov 10 19:56:17 <Nikkolai>   "What mission was that?
Nov 10 19:56:18 <Mari>   "Oh yeah? What kind of mission?"
Nov 10 19:57:36 <Kotono>   "He was to find a lost gith treasure called the Evaw. As to what that is, I'm not certain. The text makes it sound like a magical artifact of some sort."
Nov 10 19:58:13 <Nikkolai>   "Treasure, eh? Did the text give any indication as to where it was located?"
Nov 10 19:58:23 <Mari>   "Huh. Did he know exactly where it was? And does the scroll say who sent him looking for it?"
Nov 10 20:00:38 <Kotono>   "Honored Zenmon and in 'The Depository' in Limbo. Do those mean anything to you?" He asks, "Are any of you versed in thep lanes well?"
Nov 10 20:01:04 <Mari>   roll 1d20+9 let's find out!
Nov 10 20:01:04 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+9 let's find out! and gets 18." [1d20=9]
Nov 10 20:01:51 <Adail>   roll 1d20+7 K:P
Nov 10 20:01:52 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+7 K:P and gets 10." [1d20=3]
Nov 10 20:01:54 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+8 K:p
Nov 10 20:01:54 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+8 K:p and gets 15." [1d20=7]
Nov 10 20:02:39 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+5
Nov 10 20:02:40 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+5 and gets 16." [1d20=11]
Nov 10 20:04:37 *   Kamvakua nods slowly, some recognition of the name Depository coming to his memory.  He must've heard it from one of the eladrin at some point.
Nov 10 20:04:52 <Mari>   "Can't say I know anything about this Zenmom, but the Depository is...well, that could be interesting." For the sake of the others adds. "Mess of a place, misfits from all over the planes wind up there. So we might have something in common with the locals?"
Nov 10 20:05:19 <Nikkolai>   "Sounds like an interesting place to visit, in any case." Nikkolai muses.
Nov 10 20:06:08 <Kotono>   "Here," The scroll is passed back, "Good fortune if you chase after this."
Nov 10 20:06:26 <Nikkolai>   "Our thanks."
Nov 10 20:06:32 *   Mari tucks it into a pocket. "Sure. Maybe we can look into it if we're ever in the neighborhood."
Nov 10 20:07:36 <Knight>   "I can't say I'd welcome that," admits Knight, sounding a little shifty. "Returning to Limbo is one of the things I'd least like to do. Although if you ask, I will come."
Nov 10 20:08:15 <Nikkolai>   "One thing at a time, my friend. One thing at a time. We'll take things as they come to us."
Nov 10 20:09:03 <Kamvakua>   "I hear it takes a very strong will to travel Limbo.  Perhaps when we have a stronger purpose to go there," Kamvakua considered simply.
Nov 10 20:09:06 <Mari>   "Oh, I wouldn't go out of my way to pay the place a visit. But you never where you'll wind up once you start to live your life on the road. Especially since some of roads turn out to be made of clouds."
Nov 10 20:09:08 *   Adail nods, "We have things to look into elsewhere for now anyway."
Nov 10 20:09:20 *   Nikkolai cocks his head as he sets foot outside the door. "Speaking of which, what precisely is our immediate goal? Or are we still idly languishing about?"
Nov 10 20:09:54 <Knight>   "I haven't been languishing about," points out Knight.
Nov 10 20:10:44 *   Nikkolai shrugs. "You know what I meant. Isn't it about time we moved on?"
Nov 10 20:11:48 <Kamvakua>   "A journey is not meant to be hurried...but neither should we stop our feet," He smiled.  "I heard we had business in the plane of Earth?"
Nov 10 20:12:25 <Mari>   "Well, it'll be a new place to me, and that makes most anything attractive. Within certain limits. Anyway, there is someone I'd like to look up there."
Nov 10 20:12:48 <Nikkolai>   "I believe it was mentioned once or twice, yes." Nikkolai grinned wryly. "But then, events conspired to keep us from proceeding directly to our goal."
Nov 10 20:13:34 <Knight>   "I heard there was a portal near here," remarks Knight. "Before we properly set out, I'd like to determine what lies on the other side, and then make preperations for a longer journey depending on what we see."
Nov 10 20:13:58 <Nikkolai>   "I'll be glad to volunteer to scout."
Nov 10 20:14:07 <Kamvakua>   "That is wise.  Leaping through portals unprepared is a risky venture," He nodded.  "I will go as well."
Nov 10 20:14:45 <Nikkolai>   "I've been cooped up a bit too long. And with this large gentlemen, I've no fear of extreme bodily harm at the hands of a possible enemy."
Nov 10 20:14:48 <Mari>   "If there's a stable portal near here that the locals use, it'd stand to reason that it'd be safe, wouldn't it?"
Nov 10 20:15:21 <Knight>   "Safe for people, yes," replies Knight, with a shrug. "Safe for horses? Who knows?"
Nov 10 20:16:05 <Adail>   "A fair question, yes. Well, when shall we head that way?"
Nov 10 20:16:24 <Nikkolai>   "If you like. Are we all having a look-see, then?"
Nov 10 20:16:50 <Mari>   "Sitting and waiting for other people isn't my style. I'm going."
Nov 10 20:18:13 *   Kamvakua nods.  "Well, shall we all go together...it sounds like everyone is going to check it out.  We can do a short trip there and be back by sunset."
Nov 10 20:21:49 <Kotono>   OOC: Okay, Knight aside now, what are the rest of you going to do?
Nov 10 20:22:04 <Nikkolai>   I'm with the scouting party.
Nov 10 20:22:07 *   Nikkolai shrugs.
Nov 10 20:22:35 <Adail>   OOC: scouting party sounds fine by me
Nov 10 20:22:37 <Mari>   OOC: Jump through gate, see what happens!
Nov 10 20:22:54 <Kotono>   OOC: So basically you guys are going to go through which portal?
Nov 10 20:23:01 <Kotono>   OOC: The one to the astral?
Nov 10 20:23:38 <Nikkolai>   OOC: To earth, I thought?
Nov 10 20:24:30 <Kamvakua>   OOC: To the earth?
Nov 10 20:24:58 <Mari>   OOC: Earthbound.
Nov 10 20:41:14 <Kotono>   Thus the party, minus Knight, head to the portal to Earth. You find it floating, a little rift surrounded by rocks and a slab of solid land. It sticks out in Air like a sore thumb, waiting for hearty souls to brave it.
Nov 10 20:42:11 <Nikkolai>   "Hmm. Ladies first, yes?"
Nov 10 20:42:20 <Mari>   "Sure, go right ahead."
Nov 10 20:42:38 <Adail>   "As I'm the most likely to fit into any cramped spaces, why don't I go first?"
Nov 10 20:42:44 <Nikkolai>   "...ha, ha." Nikkolai deadpanned.
Nov 10 20:42:55 <Adail>   Saying this, Adail steps up and cautiously moves through the portal.
Nov 10 20:42:59 <Mari>   "A much more sensible suggestion."
Nov 10 20:43:10 *   Nikkolai shrugs and follows behind Adail.
Nov 10 20:43:47 *   Kamvakua follows as well, having journeyed on this plane before.
Nov 10 20:44:00 *   Mari occupies a safe middle place in the line.
Nov 10 20:44:30 <Kotono>   Adail steps through the portal and vanishes, Nikkolai and then Kam following! All of you rush forward a moment, as if being dragged along...it's dark. Dead dark! No light at all, pitch black! OOC: Do any of you have darkvision or anything like that?
Nov 10 20:44:59 <Mari>   OOC: Not me.
Nov 10 20:45:14 <Nikkolai>   OOC: do creating lights count?
Nov 10 20:45:51 <Adail>   OOC: I probably should but forgot to put it on my sheet. Lemee check the book real fast.
Nov 10 20:46:15 <Kotono>   OOC: You could, Nikkolai.
Nov 10 20:47:24 *   Nikkolai murmurs and snaps his fingers, summoning four blue globes of soft light into existence!
Nov 10 20:47:31 <Adail>   OOC: I'll be damned, Guardinals do not get any kind of Darkvision or even LLV. Kinda odd for critters based on animals.
Nov 10 20:48:37 <Kotono>   OOC: Funky. #elysium.
Nov 10 20:49:37 <Kotono>   Calling on basic magic, faint blue light cascades about! You are in a small pocket, about twenty feet wide and thirty fall. All around you are racing veings of crystal, light and dark blue as the orb-light tints them! The light seems to pass through the crystals in bands, a strange whistling and humming coming from them. It fills the pocket with noise.
Nov 10 20:50:57 <Kamvakua>   "It seems we may be in one of the unmined areas," Kamvakua gave a light tap against the crystals,looking around to see if there was an open passageway.
Nov 10 20:51:43 *   Nikkolai looks about him, his expression tinged with awe. "How remarkable! Such beautiful stones!"
Nov 10 20:51:44 *   Mari stamps her feet experimentally, getting used to objective gravity once again. "Pretty," she says, looking around. "Doesn't give us much of anywhere to move, though. Though I guess being able to move at all is a feat on this plane."
Nov 10 20:52:17 <Kotono>   Kam doesn't see any particular passages. The stones continue to sing, bands of light and music following.
Nov 10 20:52:23 <Nikkolai>   "I wonder if the sound changes if one were to..."
Nov 10 20:52:23 <Kotono>   OOC: Any of you can make an K:P check here if you care to.
Nov 10 20:52:33 <Adail>   roll 1d20+7 of course
Nov 10 20:52:33 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+7 of course and gets 16." [1d20=9]
Nov 10 20:52:38 *   Nikkolai waves his hands a bit and changes the color of the globes to a deep purple.
Nov 10 20:52:41 <Mari>   roll 1d20+9 SMARTNESS
Nov 10 20:52:42 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+9 SMARTNESS and gets 21." [1d20=12]
Nov 10 20:53:06 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+8 K:p
Nov 10 20:53:07 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+8 K:p and gets 20." [1d20=12]
Nov 10 20:54:31 <Kotono>   The sound becomes haunting, like wind moving through holey stones. The entire pocket becomes purple, the light bouncing off the veins of crystal.
Nov 10 20:55:00 <Mari>   "Hey, Nik? Don't play around with those things too much. Wrong colors and we get Xorns falling out of the walls on us."
Nov 10 20:55:57 <Nikkolai>   "I know, I know. Red and green are colors that we don't want to see in here."
Nov 10 20:56:10 *   Nikkolai smiles at the somber music. "I could spend hours in here."
Nov 10 20:56:27 *   Nikkolai flicks his wrist, changing the globes to a sunny yellow!
Nov 10 20:56:54 <Mari>   "Right." Mari walks over to a stack of crystal and plinks it experimentally with a finger.
Nov 10 20:57:07 *   Adail chuckles, "How quickly such small wonders turn you from a somber young man to an energetic boy."
Nov 10 20:57:10 <Kotono>   The music becomes higher pitched, Mari now as yellow as a cowardly chicken as the light shines on her!
Nov 10 20:57:45 <Mari>   "Yeah, it's good to see him acting his age once in a while. Mental age, I mean."
Nov 10 20:58:07 *   Nikkolai grins at Adail. "Music is one of my passions, my friend. It is one of the few pleasures I was allowed as a child."
Nov 10 20:58:51 *   Adail nods and closes his eyes, letting the simple but enchanting music sweep over him.
Nov 10 20:58:51 <Nikkolai>   In a fit of almost childish glee, Nikkolai waves his hands once more, turning two globes blue and the other two purple!
Nov 10 20:59:44 <Kamvakua>   "A strange place for the portal to lead.  Perhaps it is a moving one, since there's no clear route from this passage."
Nov 10 21:00:10 <Kotono>   The room is now a kaledioscope of blue and purple, mixing together into dark violet! The music is mixing and melodious, yet very soft.
Nov 10 21:01:28 <Kamvakua>   "Any guesses as to how to open the way forward?"
Nov 10 21:01:42 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+5 *changes his mind and makes an K:P check*
Nov 10 21:01:44 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+5 *changes his mind and makes an K:P check* and gets 13." [1d20=8]
Nov 10 21:02:01 <Mari>   "Huh. Well, once we get Knight in here we can at least get an idea what direction we want to go."
Nov 10 21:02:39 <Nikkolai>   "Honestly, I think I'd like to settle down here. Such beautiful sounds..."
Nov 10 21:02:50 <Adail>   "Indeed. At least we know there's room for her new steed in this area."
Nov 10 21:03:53 <Mari>   "We're going to need more light than this unless the boy wonder can keep those things burning for however long it takes us to reach a local city. And we'll need some way to get there, of course."
Nov 10 21:04:21 <Mari>   "Did anyone bring a shovel?"
Nov 10 21:04:35 <Adail>   "I'm sure there are lanterns, sunrods and the like for sale in the city, as far as light goes."
Nov 10 21:05:52 <Mari>   roll 1d20+8 searchification
Nov 10 21:05:52 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+8 searchification and gets 9." [1d20=1]
Nov 10 21:05:54 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20 search
Nov 10 21:05:55 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20 search and gets 15." [1d20=15]
Nov 10 21:06:34 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+1
Nov 10 21:06:34 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+1 and gets 9." [1d20=8]
Nov 10 21:06:50 <Kotono>   Mari looks about but is distracted by shiny crystals. Ooooh, shinnnnny. Meanwhile Nikkolai paws around a bit. A spot of the ground is covered with cracks, the earth soft and loose here, poking through fractured crystal.
Nov 10 21:08:09 <Nikkolai>   "Hmm." Nikkolai beckons a globe closer and a blue glob bobs cheerfully over his shoulder! "I seem to have found a weakness. A way to dig out, perhaps?"
Nov 10 21:09:03 <Nikkolai>   OOC: Globe, dammit!
Nov 10 21:09:13 *   Adail perks up his ears and heads over to where Nik is pointing, "Hmm? Should I dig around a bit and see if it leads to a larger path?"
Nov 10 21:09:36 <Mari>   "Oh yeah?" Mari wanders over to it. "Well, I was gonna stomp on it and see what happened, but that sounds like a better idea."
Nov 10 21:10:57 <Nikkolai>   "Feel free, my friend. But be careful. We might open up directly above an endless pit or some such nasty thing."
Nov 10 21:11:18 *   Adail nods and takes off his gloves, revealing fairly competent digging claws for a creature his size. Tucking his gloves into his belt, Adail bends to the task of digging around in the dirt to see what he can find.
Nov 10 21:11:40 <Adail>   OOC: burrowing speed of 10ft, which is honestly pretty damn fast as far as digging goes.
Nov 10 21:12:21 <Kotono>   Adail digs for ten feet down! Past the band of crystal and dirt he finds an open passage! It's about five feet wide, perfect for him and able to allow creatures human sized to crawl and wiggle through. It stretches on quite a ways...or should, but this is about when the duration on Dancing Lights ends. Darkness falls again!
Nov 10 21:12:46 <Nikkolai>   OOC: Shame I can't send a globe with him.
Nov 10 21:13:43 *   Adail calls up through the hole, "There's a passage down here! Give me a good light source and some time and I may be able to dig out a hole big enough for everyone to slip through."
Nov 10 21:13:58 <Kamvakua>   "Some more light would be appreciated, Nikkolai," Kamvakua insisted.
Nov 10 21:14:00 *   Mari seizes on this opportunity! Standing next to the young sorcerer, in an eldritch voice she intones, "Nikkolaiii, I'm here for your soullllll!"
Nov 10 21:14:49 *   Nikkolai screeches like a little girl!
Nov 10 21:15:03 <Nikkolai>   "ROTTING HARLOT! HOW DID YOU---!"
Nov 10 21:15:26 *   Nikkolai abruptly silences himself, feeling supremely foolish.
Nov 10 21:16:02 <Nikkolai>   "Just for that, I think I'll leave you here in the dark."
Nov 10 21:16:02 *   Mari laughs maniacally. "OH WOW--ahahahaha...I have to sit down..."
Nov 10 21:16:22 *   Kamvakua laughs hardily.  "A well played jest..though perhaps you should not be so quick to jump, Nikkolai."
Nov 10 21:16:24 <Adail>   Adail's voice comes up the hole,
Nov 10 21:16:34 <Kotono>   OOC: Make listen checks, all.
Nov 10 21:16:44 <Adail>   "Amusing, but not very nice Mari."
Nov 10 21:16:47 <Mari>   roll 1d20+10
Nov 10 21:16:47 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+10 and gets 25." [1d20=15]
Nov 10 21:17:01 <Adail>   roll 1d20+14 now this I'm good at
Nov 10 21:17:02 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+14 now this I'm good at and gets 30." [1d20=16]
Nov 10 21:17:17 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20 Listen
Nov 10 21:17:18 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20 Listen and gets 13." [1d20=13]
Nov 10 21:17:35 *   Mari is too busy wiping tears from her eyes to worry about ethics, Adail.
Nov 10 21:18:11 *   Nikkolai grumbles, but summons the four globes of shimmering light back into existence.
Nov 10 21:18:31 <Nikkolai>   "I shall return the favor, girl. When you least expect it, to be sure.
Nov 10 21:18:35 *   Adail twitches an ear and tries to scurry back up the hole, "There's something up there with you!"
Nov 10 21:19:04 <Nikkolai>   "What!?"
Nov 10 21:19:12 <Mari>   "I always expect trouble, Nik. I--what?" She sobers up quickly and looks around their pocket of air for whatever the Something might be.
Nov 10 21:19:23 *   Nikkolai spins about in place, sending his globes of light questing in the corners of the room!
Nov 10 21:20:19 <Kotono>   As Nikkolai invokesthe magic for light, you can see blue tinted light again! A terrible, large creature with three claws and a strange body is right next to Nikkolai, larger than even him and about to bite down on him! OOC: You'll be normal AC and not flatfooted for this attack, then we'll roll init.
Nov 10 21:20:37 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+16 (-5 PA)
Nov 10 21:20:37 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 (-5 PA) and gets 19." [1d20=3]
Nov 10 21:20:40 <Kotono>   OOC: AC?
Nov 10 21:21:00 <Nikkolai>   OOC: 21
Nov 10 21:21:00 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+8
Nov 10 21:21:02 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+8 and gets 13." [1d20=5]
Nov 10 21:21:45 <Kotono>   But with warning, Nikkolai leaps back a few feet, the ravening mouth missing the sorcerer by the barest inch! OOC: Roll init here, narrowly avoided bitey disaster.
Nov 10 21:21:50 <Kotono>   roll 1d20 XORN
Nov 10 21:21:51 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 XORN and gets 11." [1d20=11]
Nov 10 21:22:01 <Adail>   roll 1d20+8
Nov 10 21:22:02 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+8 and gets 26." [1d20=18]
Nov 10 21:22:05 <Mari>   roll 1d20+9 OH GOD
Nov 10 21:22:05 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+9 OH GOD and gets 27." [1d20=18]
Nov 10 21:22:11 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+8
Nov 10 21:22:12 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+8 and gets 23." [1d20=15]
Nov 10 21:22:20 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+2 They come, They die
Nov 10 21:22:21 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+2 They come, They die and gets 6." [1d20=4]
Nov 10 21:22:31 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Mari(27)>Adail(26)>Nikkolai(23)>Xorn(11)>Kamvakua(6)
Nov 10 21:22:37 <Kotono>   OOC: Mari, you go first. It's about 10 feet away from you.
Nov 10 21:27:06 <Mari>   "SHIT SHIT SHIT." Mari whips out a sword and lashes out at the creature!
Nov 10 21:27:46 <Mari>   roll 1d20+10+2 assuming I get flanking since Nik's also next to it.
Nov 10 21:27:47 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+10+2 assuming I get flanking since Nik's also next to it. and gets 17." [1d20=5]
Nov 10 21:28:21 <Kotono>   Mari is quick, but the hide of the bizzare creature deflects the blade like raindrops on steel plate armor! OOC: Adail.
Nov 10 21:30:31 *   Adail finishes scampering back up the hole only to see a rather large Xorn waiting for him. He calls out in Terran as he flings a trio of darting lights at it, "Begone! This is a fight you'll not win!" (OOC: magic missile spam is go)
Nov 10 21:30:49 <Adail>   roll 3d4+3 damage assuming no SR
Nov 10 21:30:49 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 3d4+3 damage assuming no SR and gets 13." [3d4=3, 4, 3]
Nov 10 21:31:46 <Kotono>   WHAM! Three magical missiles pierce the XORN, it's three arms going up to futilely shield it's body from the wrathful impact! It snarls and snaps, "FOOD!" OOC: Nikkolai.
Nov 10 21:33:07 <Nikkolai>   "HOLY MOTHER OF--!!" Nikkolai hastily flings up a hand and hurls four missiles of molten gold at the creature!
Nov 10 21:33:15 <Nikkolai>   roll 4d4+4 damage
Nov 10 21:33:15 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 4d4+4 damage and gets 8." [4d4=1, 1, 1, 1]
Nov 10 21:33:28 <Kotono>   OOC: ...wow. Also, you're right by it so you need a concentration check to cast defensively.
Nov 10 21:35:04 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+14 Concentration Damn you to Hell, Hatbot
Nov 10 21:35:05 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+14 Concentration Damn you to Hell, Hatbot and gets 21." [1d20=7]
Nov 10 21:35:19 <Kotono>   OOC: Carry on. 8 damage.
Nov 10 21:35:58 <Kotono>   Each missile hits the XORN, but none of them strike solidly! Each one somehow misses partially, only inflicting grazing injuries all over! The Xorn focuses on Nikkolai, unleashing it's wrath on him!
Nov 10 21:36:15 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+16  (-5 PA) bite
Nov 10 21:36:16 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 (-5 PA) bite and gets 27." [1d20=11]
Nov 10 21:36:19 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+14 claw
Nov 10 21:36:19 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+14 claw
Nov 10 21:36:20 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+14 claw
Nov 10 21:36:20 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 claw and gets 26." [1d20=12]
Nov 10 21:36:20 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 claw and gets 26." [1d20=12]
Nov 10 21:36:20 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 claw and gets 30." [1d20=16]
Nov 10 21:36:21 <Kotono>   OOC: AC?
Nov 10 21:36:25 <Nikkolai>   21
Nov 10 21:37:35 <Kotono>   roll 4d8+10+3d6+18 owwies, don't let big nasty things full attack you, Nikkolai. Even for high HP casters it doesn't end well.
Nov 10 21:37:36 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+10+3d6+18 owwies, don't let big nasty things full attack you, Nikkolai. Even for high HP casters it doesn't end well. and gets 56." [4d8=7, 7, 1, 4][3d6=5, 3, 1]
Nov 10 21:38:53 <Kotono>   Nikkolai is bitten and clawed, his stomach pierced and chest gashed! Blood flows as he staggers, the XORN on top of him and mauling away! OOC: Kam.
Nov 10 21:41:09 <Kamvakua>   "Pull back, hurry..."  Kamvakua's eyes light up with fury as he charged the creature, twisting his pike forward as he jabbed at it's eyes to rescue Nikkolai from its brutal attacks. OOC: Rage, Charge, Knight of Stars
Nov 10 21:42:14 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+19 Pike Stab of Saving
Nov 10 21:42:14 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+19 Pike Stab of Saving and gets 29." [1d20=10]
Nov 10 21:42:24 <Kotono>   OOC: JHit.
Nov 10 21:43:32 <Kamvakua>   roll 5d6+13+1d6
Nov 10 21:43:34 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 5d6+13+1d6 and gets 40." [5d6=2, 5, 6, 5, 6][1d6=3]
Nov 10 21:44:19 <Kotono>   Kamvakua charges in, his polearm slashing and thrusting into the raging XORN! IT's a solid stab into it's center, ripping away green-gray flesh and sending it flyinga side! OOC: Mari.
Nov 10 21:45:22 *   Mari yells as she attacks again. "Dammit, Nik, get back! Nobody else is dying on me this week!"
Nov 10 21:45:32 <Mari>   roll 1d20+10+2 attack 1
Nov 10 21:45:33 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+10+2 attack 1 and gets 15." [1d20=3]
Nov 10 21:45:34 <Mari>   roll 1d20+10+2 attack 2
Nov 10 21:45:36 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+10+2 attack 2 and gets 19." [1d20=7]
Nov 10 21:45:55 <Kotono>   OOC: The dice are not Mari's friend today.
Nov 10 21:46:03 <Mari>   OOC: Meant to note an amulet use in there, too.
Nov 10 21:46:12 <Kotono>   OOC: Okay, add it to #elysium HP.
Nov 10 21:46:28 <Kotono>   Mari charges in and hacks, but her blades continue to bounce off! She channels vitality into herself, strengthening her body! OOC: Adail.
Nov 10 21:48:41 *   Adail throws another barrage of magical darts before darting in and out of the creature's reach, intenting to distract it, "Nik, get back!" (OOC: magic missile, then deliberatly provoking an AoO on me so it won't have one to use on Nik)
Nov 10 21:48:45 <Adail>   roll 3d4+3 damage
Nov 10 21:48:48 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 3d4+3 damage and gets 12." [3d4=4, 2, 3]
Nov 10 21:49:03 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+16 why yes the XORN will take it
Nov 10 21:49:04 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 why yes the XORN will take it and gets 19." [1d20=3]
Nov 10 21:49:30 <Kotono>   Adail peppers it with more glowing missiles, as it leans forward to try and bite his tiny rodent head off...but Adail tumbles aside, dodging it with plenty of space to spare! OOC: Nikkolai.
Nov 10 21:50:39 *   Nikkolai gasps and wheezes, trying to pull himself as far away from the Xorn as possible. While retreating, he raises a hand and manages to fire off four weaker looking missiles!
Nov 10 21:50:51 <Nikkolai>   roll 4d4+4 damage
Nov 10 21:50:52 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 4d4+4 damage and gets 9." [4d4=1, 2, 1, 1]
Nov 10 21:52:06 *   Kobot (~dunefar@ip68-99-109-25.hr.hr.cox.net) has joined #dunes
Nov 10 21:52:18 *   Kotono has kicked Hatbot from #dunes (Out for the moment.)
Nov 10 21:52:45 <Kotono>   More missiles strain the XORN, yet barely seem to be felt by the terrible creature that is stained with Nikkolai's life blood! OOC: XORN.
Nov 10 21:53:09 <Kotono>   The XORN turns onto Kamvakua, stepping a few feet closer and going berserk, trying to rend and bite the goliath apart!
Nov 10 21:53:16 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+16 bite
Nov 10 21:53:17 <Kobot>   Kotono rolled 1d20+16 bite --> [ 1d20=20 ]{36}
Nov 10 21:53:21 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+16 bite crit?
Nov 10 21:53:22 <Kobot>   Kotono rolled 1d20+16 bite crit? --> [ 1d20=14 ]{30}
Nov 10 21:53:27 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+14 claw
Nov 10 21:53:28 <Kobot>   Kotono rolled 1d20+14 claw --> [ 1d20=4 ]{18}
Nov 10 21:53:29 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+14 claw
Nov 10 21:53:29 <Kobot>   Kotono rolled 1d20+14 claw --> [ 1d20=17 ]{31}
Nov 10 21:53:29 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+14 claw
Nov 10 21:53:29 <Kobot>   Kotono rolled 1d20+14 claw --> [ 1d20=16 ]{30}
Nov 10 21:53:32 <Kotono>   OOC AC?
Nov 10 21:53:51 <Kamvakua>   OOC: Full hits  Wait...
Nov 10 21:53:56 <Kamvakua>   OOC: AoO for moving closer
Nov 10 21:54:07 <Kotono>   OOC: It' slarge and can 5ft step.
Nov 10 21:54:13 <Kotono>   OOC: Since you mvoed into polearm it.
Nov 10 21:54:46 <Kamvakua>   OOC: hmm darn.  You're right.  Technically its 20 feet, but long reach polearm is weird and I'm not sure that I properly had enough room to charge there
Nov 10 21:55:13 <Kotono>   roll 8d8+20+3d6+18 (That crit HURT)
Nov 10 21:55:14 <Kobot>   Kotono rolled 8d8+20+3d6+18 (That crit HURT) --> [ 8d8=44 3d6=16 ]{98}
Nov 10 21:56:56 <Kotono>   The flurry of blows is utterly amazing! It leaps up, biting Kamvakua's neck! Blood comes out in splurts, as it drags it's claws down his arms to do further carnage! OOC: OOOW. Kam.
Nov 10 21:57:17 *   Kobot has quit (Convicted of murder.)
Nov 10 21:58:14 *   Hatbot (~Hatbot@24.174.51.230) has joined #dunes
Nov 10 22:01:22 *   Kamvakua growls, looking absolutely terrible after that barrage, hanging on by sheer strength of rage as his battle training focused as he tried to drive the thing to the ground.
Nov 10 22:01:35 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+16 to hit
Nov 10 22:01:36 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+16 to hit and gets 34." [1d20=18]
Nov 10 22:01:42 <Kotono>   OOC: Hit.
Nov 10 22:02:08 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+13 to trip
Nov 10 22:02:08 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+13 to trip and gets 26." [1d20=13]
Nov 10 22:02:49 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+7 it could 20 which would be hilariously wrong
Nov 10 22:02:50 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 it could 20 which would be hilariously wrong and gets 13." [1d20=6]
Nov 10 22:03:10 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+16 free attack against prone!
Nov 10 22:03:11 <Kotono>   Whump! The XORn is tripped up on it's own feet, polearm taking out it's balance and sending it prone! OOC: Taking your move action
Nov 10 22:03:12 <Kotono>   ?
Nov 10 22:03:12 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+16 free attack against prone! and gets 31." [1d20=15]
Nov 10 22:03:22 <Kotono>   OOC: Hit.
Nov 10 22:03:32 <Kamvakua>   roll 3d6+13+1d6 hit one
Nov 10 22:03:33 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 3d6+13+1d6 hit one and gets 27." [3d6=2, 3, 5][1d6=4]
Nov 10 22:03:43 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+11 next attack against prone
Nov 10 22:03:45 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+11 next attack against prone and gets 13." [1d20=2]
Nov 10 22:04:16 <Kotono>   OOC: Nope. It has lots of naturla.
Nov 10 22:04:37 <Kotono>   Kamvakua gashes it's body in return, blood flowing freely from it as he moves like a gale, retreating through the portal! OOC: Mari.
Nov 10 22:04:42 <Kamvakua>   OOC: Swift action
Nov 10 22:04:51 <Kamvakua>   OOC: Ah you did it for me
Nov 10 22:04:54 <Kotono>   OOC: Yeah, but I knew what it was. Retreating, right/
Nov 10 22:05:16 <Kamvakua>   OOC: Yeah *nods*
Nov 10 22:05:29 <Mari>   "Just run, dammit!" Mari yells, following the wounded giant through the portal.
Nov 10 22:05:51 <Kotono>   Mari thus flees back to Air! OOC: Adail.
Nov 10 22:07:24 *   Adail casts a spell and moves to stand between Nik and the Xorn, "Get out, I'll follow in a moment!" (ooc: Sheild of Faith, AC is now 32)
Nov 10 22:07:34 <Kotono>   OOC: Okay. Nikkolai.
Nov 10 22:08:17 *   Nikkolai gasps out his thanks to Adail and stumbles back to the portal, hoping he'll last long enough to get to a temple!
Nov 10 22:08:54 <Kotono>   The XORN, sorely wounded, hesitates a moment before taking one big charging BITE at Adail!
Nov 10 22:09:08 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+16 (-7 PA, +2 charge)
Nov 10 22:09:08 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 (-7 PA, +2 charge) and gets 36." [1d20=20]
Nov 10 22:09:11 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+16 (-7 PA, +2 charge) uh oh
Nov 10 22:09:12 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 (-7 PA, +2 charge) uh oh and gets 28." [1d20=12]
Nov 10 22:09:38 <Kotono>   roll 4d8+12 ow
Nov 10 22:09:39 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+12 ow and gets 35." [4d8=5, 6, 5, 7]
Nov 10 22:10:49 <Kotono>   Adail is no match for XORN! He is nearly bitten in two, the XORN trying ot chew him up! Chomp chomp chomp he goes, ADail only able to wiggle free after clawing it's tongue back, falling to the ground terrifically wounded! OOC: Kam and Nikkolai and Mari are beyond the portal. Go Adail.
Nov 10 22:11:32 *   Adail uses his innate mastery of movement to feint one direction and then bolt the other, straight back out the portal.
Nov 10 22:12:16 <Kotono>   OOC: Provoking the AoO or withdrawing or what?
Nov 10 22:12:49 <Adail>   OOC: Withdraw action, but doesn't matter, it has reach right? Only the first square is exempt from the AoO
Nov 10 22:13:50 <Kotono>   OOC: Do you have tumble or anything?
Nov 10 22:14:17 <Adail>   OOC: I do but that cuts my move rate in half. Can 15ft get me out the portal?
Nov 10 22:14:21 <Kotono>   OOC: Yes.
Nov 10 22:14:29 <Kotono>   OOC: Just don't botch the check.
Nov 10 22:14:30 <Adail>   roll 1d20+15 tumble fu
Nov 10 22:14:31 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+15 tumble fu and gets 19." [1d20=4]
Nov 10 22:14:44 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+16 just for humor's sake, you made the tumble DC
Nov 10 22:14:45 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 just for humor's sake, you made the tumble DC and gets 27." [1d20=11]
Nov 10 22:15:02 <Kotono>   Thus Adail backflips out of the portal and to freedom, the party bloodied but alive for the moment! OOC: Go ahead and free act in AIR.
Nov 10 22:15:38 <Adail>   The moment Adail comes out of the portal, bleeding badly himself, he moves right for Kam and intones a healing spell, "Blessed light, ease these wounds!"
Nov 10 22:15:39 <Kamvakua>   "Healing," Kamvakua horsely replied, holding his hand against his chest as he used his own power to start it, not nearly enough though.
Nov 10 22:15:44 <Adail>   roll 1d8+1 cure light
Nov 10 22:15:45 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d8+1 cure light and gets 3." [1d8=2]
Nov 10 22:15:47 *   Nikkolai is floating in the air, wheezing and bleeding heavily in the air.
Nov 10 22:16:00 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d8+1 (I have no idea what the mod caster level ends up being)
Nov 10 22:16:01 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d8+1 (I have no idea what the mod caster level ends up being) and gets 2." [1d8=1]
Nov 10 22:16:25 <Mari>   "I...what...WHAT IN THE HELLS?" Mari pants after shooting out of the portal.
Nov 10 22:16:26 <Nikkolai>   "I...am...NEVER...sleeping without...a nightlight...again."
Nov 10 22:16:33 *   Nikkolai coughs wretchedly.
Nov 10 22:16:45 <Kotono>   OOC: I think it's your Champion level but I'd have to check, Drac.
Nov 10 22:17:20 <Mari>   "Yeah, there's my nightmares for the next week or so. Are you guys alright?"
Nov 10 22:17:32 *   Adail tries once more, "Apologies Nikkolai, but as soon as he comes down from his battle rush he'll pass out if I don't heal him first."
Nov 10 22:17:37 <Adail>   roll 1d8+1 take 2
Nov 10 22:17:38 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d8+1 take 2 and gets 9." [1d8=8]
Nov 10 22:17:55 *   Nikkolai scowls at Mari.
Nov 10 22:18:19 *   Nikkolai twitches in the general direction of Stratusburg.
Nov 10 22:18:46 <Mari>   "What? What are you looking at me like that for?"
Nov 10 22:18:55 <Mari>   "Let's just get back to town."
Nov 10 22:19:01 *   Adail pats Kam's shoulder, "Think you'll be alright now?"
Nov 10 22:19:36 *   Kamvakua breathes easier as his guts seem to be on the right side of his body after Adail's last healing. "Thank you, Adail..." He relaxed, near slumping a bit at the effort.  "A strong beast...  More than I could cut down."
Nov 10 22:20:54 *   Adail shakes his head, "It managed to connect a blow on even me. Not a foe to take lightly at all. Why don't we all go back and get some rest?"
Nov 10 22:21:32 <Mari>   "Yeah. Sleeping for, I dunno, a week or so looks like it'd suit all of you right now."