Parting Ways...

[Dracos]

Feb 09 19:28:58 <Kowork>   Thus the party continues downward. After another half hour or so, a deep fatigue overtakes everyone, the sign that it's time to rest and call it a day. The party makes camp on one of the larger platforms, sleep coming. As the party rests, Adail keeping watch..."Ho ho ho ho..." Laughter is heard, tickling and stirring dreams aside.
Feb 09 19:33:40 <Kowork>   As wakefulness comes, sleep banished by the laughter, a whirling point twists in the air over the campfire. AS if the air itself was folding into itself over and over and over and over, into a pool.
Feb 09 19:34:53 *   Nikkolai jolts awake at the laughter, sitting up in his bedroll and blinking rapidly, trying to rid his eyes of the night's sleep. His eyes are drawn to the spot above the fire!
Feb 09 19:35:01 <Knight>   Knight seizes her sword and rockets to her feet, staring around wild-eyed until her gaze settles upon the spatial distortion before her. "Magic!" she declares, unecessarily.
Feb 09 19:35:15 *   Adail eyes the pool with his usual superior senses(Invis/Evil), "Hello?"
Feb 09 19:35:39 *   Mari is quick to scramble to her feet and draw her weapons, watching the strange phenomenon from fifteen feet or so away.
Feb 09 19:35:56 *   Nikkolai rapidly scrambles to his feet in a slightly undignified manner. "What sorcery is this?"
Feb 09 19:35:56 <Kowork>   Granny Tam's chortling can be heard around you, "Sorry to wake all of you, but I'm here for Nikkolai. You know why, sonny boy?"
Feb 09 19:36:04 *   Kamvakua rises sharply from his slumber, moving almost instantly into a crouch, his pike in his hands, his eyes awakening and searching around for the noise.
Feb 09 19:36:28 *   Kamvakua turns toward the noise about as he slowly stands.  While it could be her...it could also be another.
Feb 09 19:36:45 *   Nikkolai eyes Granny Tam cautiously. "I can hazard a guess, but I'm not entirely sure. Why should I come with you?"
Feb 09 19:37:27 *   Mari relaxes. Then: "Hey, wait. You know how much time you could've saved us if we'd known you could warp across a plane like this?"
Feb 09 19:38:18 <Adail>   "And as we had declined the offer to work for her, what reason would she have to have used this magic on our behalf earlier, Mari?"
Feb 09 19:38:49 <Kowork>   "Forces are moving against you. Your lich friend," Another chortle here, "Is moving quite rapidly to take you, body and soul. I can take you somewhere safe, so that you'll be out of her reach for now, and your friends won't be in danger from her since you're not here."
Feb 09 19:39:07 <Kowork>   "Missy," With a click of her tongue, "Desperate times call for...well, you know how it goes."
Feb 09 19:39:47 <Mari>   "Fine, fine," Mari says with a roll of her eyes. "At least this way our enemies list drops to just dao and devils, anyway."
Feb 09 19:40:01 *   Nikkolai flinches slightly at the mention of his former master. "I...see." His gaze falls on the rest of the party members as he replies. "Are you sure you're strong enough to hold her off, Granny Tam?"
Feb 09 19:40:38 <Adail>   "I find there is nothing 'just' about devils, myself." Adail delivers in a deadpan.
Feb 09 19:41:12 <Mari>   "I'm trying to be optimistic here! Come on."
Feb 09 19:41:22 <Kowork>   "I may not be, but my friends are." The folding air twists, "They're the ones opening the portal."
Feb 09 19:42:30 <Kamvakua>   "Roads split apart and traverse thousands of miles... but sometimes come back together."  Kamvakua patted Nikkolai on the shoulder.  "Your road twists here away from ours, but that need not be forever."
Feb 09 19:43:31 <Mari>   "I'd say take care of yourself, Nik, but I'm sure Granny'll do that," Mari says, more than a little suggestively.
Feb 09 19:44:01 <Kowork>   "Missy, how would you like to be an aardvark. You'd make a pretty one!" Granny Tam cackles.
Feb 09 19:44:11 <Nikkolai>   "Well, then perhaps I shall take you up on your offer." He hesitates for a moment. "It won't be forever, as Kavakua says. I'll come back, one way or another. The four of you have done more for me than any person or being I've met in my travels. When I'm stronger...when I'm ready...I'll be back. I won't leave you all to face your enemies alone!"
Feb 09 19:44:34 *   Nikkolai steps to Granny Tam's side and then turns back to the group, bowing his head slightly in his usual manner.
Feb 09 19:45:48 *   Adail nods, and holds one fist up in a warrior's salute, "Until next time then. Stay safe. And hey, maybe you can learn some new magical tricks from Granny while you're there, try learning from a master who doesn't see you as a tool but a person."
Feb 09 19:46:20 *   Kowork is now known as Kotono
Feb 09 19:46:22 <Mari>   "Don't you dare!" Mari challenges. More seriously: "Keep safe, alright, Nik? I don't know what I'll do without a whipping boy around. Probably I'll complain a lot."
Feb 09 19:47:06 <Knight>   "I will always be willing to return the favours you've done for me, Nikkolai," states Knight, after a moment's contemplation. "As far as I am concerned, we remain allies."
Feb 09 19:47:22 *   Nikkolai nods at Adail. "That'll be good, certainly." Nikkolai gives Mari a rare, boyish grin. "I'm sure you'll get along without me somehow. Stay safe as well."
Feb 09 19:47:56 *   Nikkolai nods at Knight as well. "We're...friends, Sir Knight. Not just allies."
Feb 09 19:48:26 <Kamvakua>   "A parting should be swift.  For the currents will carry us back together soon enough," Kamvakua waved goodbye.
Feb 09 19:49:00 *   Nikkolai gestures towards the portal. "Ladies first, Madam Tam."
Feb 09 19:50:46 *   Nikkolai turns, and without looking back, strides purposefully toward the portal and through it.
Feb 09 19:51:05 <Kotono>   The folding air collapses on itself! It is gone, Nikkolai vanishing through it and away!
Feb 09 19:52:33 <Kamvakua>   "We should depart likewise...It is bad luck for his journey to wait overlong," Kamvakua pulled his armor upon him.
Feb 09 19:55:39 *   Mari just nods and packs up, ready to hit the road again. "He'll be in good hands. Sort of. When she has hands. I'm sure she'll turn him all sorts of different shapes."
Feb 09 19:56:17 <Kamvakua>   "We might not recognize him, next we cross paths," Kamvakua joked back, taking the lead as they started off.
Feb 09 19:56:48 <Adail>   "And I'm sure he'll soak up everything she can teach him like a sponge. For all his power, he still felt more the aprentice then the adept."
Feb 09 19:57:21 *   Mari frowns. "Great. Now I'll have to be even more paranoid. Anyone we meet could be Nik in disguise trying to play a joke on me as some sort of revenge."
Feb 09 19:58:06 <Kamvakua>   "You'd laugh it off afterwards and kick him around," Kamvakua replied calmly.  "To each they take their own path in life."
Feb 09 20:00:07 *   Adail chuckles and reclaims his usual perch on Kam's shoulder.
Feb 09 20:01:27 <Knight>   "Travelling through the planes feels as though it would be more troublesome without a mage. We are lesser for the absence of his spells," mumurs Knight, pulling her gear together. "And his companionship."
Feb 09 20:01:59 <Mari>   "Yeah. I have one less person to hide behind now, too."
Feb 09 20:02:57 <Knight>   "If his foes are truly as fearsome as they claimed, then he was always the one hiding behind you," points out Knight.
Feb 09 20:03:05 *   Kamvakua laughs, teasing Mari with his words, "I think I cast a large enough shadow, Mari."
Feb 09 20:03:29 <Kamvakua>   "But as I said, if we worry overmuch about his departure, we will curse his luck."
Feb 09 20:04:18 <Adail>   "A custom of your people, or a tennent of the Wanderer?"
Feb 09 20:04:41 <Kotono>   Thus three more hours of climbing resume! Down and down and down you go! At last you see something below - a vast granite slab, 60 feet across and wide. The platforms wind above, only four above it, each 20 feet above one of the corners with the normal way to climb down to the granite slab. Nothing seems to be below it, save for utter darkness and emptiness.
Feb 09 20:06:48 <Mari>   "Fantastic," Mari says drily. "Check it out, guys. That piece of rock is...BIGGER THAN THE OTHER SLABS OF ROCK. I'm glad we came all this way to see this."
Feb 09 20:07:05 *   Adail looks over at Knight, "Let me guess, the feeling is still futher down?"
Feb 09 20:07:18 <Kamvakua>   "A tennent of the Wanderer," He answered adail, climbing down, comfortable in his climbing.  He climbed down to the slab. "Are you two doing alright?  We could rest here if you need to rest your arms."
Feb 09 20:07:39 *   Knight squints. "I think so... oh, I'm fine, but Bell is a bit tired. Let us take a break."
Feb 09 20:07:53 <Mari>   "I'm alright for a while," Mari says, descending to the big slab and peering carefully over the edge.
Feb 09 20:10:32 <Kotono>   AS the party reaches down the slab, Mari happens to glance down! Below is nothing-check that! CHECK THAT! It rises up, towering! It's head is the size of the titans you met on Ysgard, a giant block of Earth and stone! It's eyes are glowing red coals, it's voice like a screaming wind of sonic noise and force! "This is my realm, travelers! You climb towards Nixale?"
Feb 09 20:11:30 *   Mari backs away quickly! Not that you could really run from something like this. "Uh, yep. Looks that way. Sorry if we stepped on your lawn."
Feb 09 20:11:30 <Kamvakua>   "That is correct," Kamvakua answered calmly and firmly, eying at the giant.
Feb 09 20:11:59 *   Adail nods, "Indeed."
Feb 09 20:15:24 <Kotono>   "Your fate has been written in stone by His hand! Nothing can change it! Your fate is OBLIVION!" The vast thing howls, it's hands coming up! "You shall not leave the Rise of Stone alive!" Above you, the four corner platforms 20 feet up writhe! On each of them a man of Earth and stone rises, boulders in hand, struggling to hold them, several at their feet. The vast, huge arm of the creature eyeing you rises up, poised to strike. "Quiver and accept your fate!"
Feb 09 20:17:46 <Knight>   Already on Bellerophon, Knight is quickly able to start circling around in midair. "Wait! Why should we be consigned to death?" demands Knight, confused and angry by the sudden hostility.
Feb 09 20:18:21 <Mari>   "Oh, I am. Definitely quivering here. Look, uh...is there some toll station we missed or something? I'm sure we can make some sort of deal here. You won't get any tourism if you just squash everyone who passes by like this! Maybe there's something we can do for each other outside of killing?"
Feb 09 20:19:28 <Kamvakua>   "To journey alone to oblivion would be a sad fate.  Please, join us, if you insist, and consider well that there may be a better path for all," Kamvakua lifted his pike readily, aimed clearly at the creatures eye, not striking, but ready to if he insists on violence.
Feb 09 20:19:44 <Kotono>   "I said quiver! Lord Ogremoch has demanded your execution! I saw the bribe the devils gave him!" It's voice is so forceful it's almost like a gale, "So quiver in terror, for you are finished!"
Feb 09 20:21:27 <Mari>   "Alllllright...So, if we're about to die, you don't mind me asking a couple more questions, right? Like, for example, does Lord Ogremoch accept counterbribes?"
Feb 09 20:22:23 *   Adail steadies his perch on his friend's shoulder, in case he should attack suddenly, turning his senses on the monster and the area around, scanning for magic, evil and things invisible.
Feb 09 20:22:28 <Kotono>   "Why aren't you quivering?!" Growling that out, "Fine! If it's rich enough!"
Feb 09 20:23:48 *   Mari kneels down and does her best to look suitably cowed. "Then what manner of payment does your lord prefer? It'd make it easier to know what he likes."
Feb 09 20:24:15 *   Kamvakua considers, the name of such a being having interest in them disheartening.  But for the moment, he was not here, but his giant was.
Feb 09 20:26:04 <Kotono>   "Well..." Hesitating, "Lord Ogremoch likes fine metals and gems. Things from the Earth."
Feb 09 20:26:35 <Knight>   "I believe we found some of them earlier," murmurs Knight, floating down to whipser to the others.
Feb 09 20:28:10 *   Mari nods. "Worth making an offer," she says to Knight quietly. "We got anything else in case that doesn't fly?"
Feb 09 20:28:32 <Knight>   "Our weapons!"
Feb 09 20:29:15 <Mari>   "I'm not walking into the house of someone devils paid to kill us while I'm unarmed," Mari hisses. "Got any other suggestions?"
Feb 09 20:30:23 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+11
Feb 09 20:30:24 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+11 and gets 28." [1d20=17]
Feb 09 20:30:47 <Knight>   "No, we can use our weapons on them. If we have to."
Feb 09 20:31:12 <Kotono>   "What are you saying?" The giant calls, "Why are you talking to each other and not quivering!?"
Feb 09 20:32:18 <Mari>   "Right. We could. We could also leap off the platform into the abyss. That would be about as effective." Mari turns back to the giant. "We were discussing what resources we had to placate your master. We found some gems on our journey here. Would they be satisfactory?"
Feb 09 20:32:54 *   Adail eyes the creature, but produced the gem shards out of his pack and hands them to Mari.
Feb 09 20:33:00 <Kotono>   "Let me see them," It demands.
Feb 09 20:33:29 *   Mari kneels at the egde of the platform and offers up the gem shards as though they were some manner of holy sacrament.
Feb 09 20:34:15 <Kotono>   OOC: MAke a diplomacy check, Mari? +6. (Assuming the other three are aiding you here automatically.)
Feb 09 20:34:39 <Mari>   roll 1d20+19 I am our diplotank now, scary!
Feb 09 20:34:40 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+19 I am our diplotank now, scary! and gets 33." [1d20=14]
Feb 09 20:35:28 <Kotono>   "Shiny..." The great creature looks to the gemstones, hesitating long. "Very shiny...give them to me!" It's vast hand is six times the size of Mari, opened up wide. "Put them in my hand!"
Feb 09 20:36:27 <Mari>   Mari places the gems in the creature's palm as instructed, desperately hoping it doesn't decide to crush her like an insect as she does so.
Feb 09 20:37:36 <Kamvakua>   "In doing this, you have accepted our bribe." Kamvakua agreed.
Feb 09 20:38:38 <Kotono>   The creature booms laughter, "I like these!" The figures above melt back into the ground, the darkness below fading. You can see yet more platforms and climbing paths to them, "Lord Ogremoch approves. Keep going down for Nixale until you see a passage leading out of the Rise of Stone."
Feb 09 20:39:08 *   Kamvakua lets out a breath, "That was quick thinking Mari.  Well done."
Feb 09 20:40:02 <Mari>   Mari nods graciously to the great figure. "Thank you for listening to our humble offer. We look forward to seeing Nixale for ourselves."
Feb 09 20:40:12 <Kotono>   After a beat as it starts to sink down and away, "Below are nests of harpies of Earth. Be wary of their song and their arrows."
Feb 09 20:40:55 <Mari>   "Maybe we should've asked him for a lift," Mari mutters once the creature's gone.
Feb 09 20:41:23 <Kamvakua>   "Hmm, he's given us a fair warning,"
Feb 09 20:41:34 <Knight>   "I'd not wanted to battle that creature. One swipe would send me out of the air, and a second could have crushed these platforms underneath it's fist," mutters Knight. "Harpies are infintely preferable. We can at least block our ears."
Feb 09 20:41:53 <Kamvakua>   "We should do so now, if any have some cloth," Kamvakua suggested.
Feb 09 20:42:43 *   Adail shakes his head, "My own will is strong, I think I can resist. And someone will need to have ears alert for an ambush."
Feb 09 20:42:49 *   Knight touches down on the stone slab and starts rummaging around in her saddlebags. "Let's see, I should have something..."
Feb 09 20:42:58 <Mari>   "Yeah. Let's hope we don't have to talk to each other or anything." Mari probably has something somewhere that she can use. A scrap of fabric torn from her cloak if need be.
Feb 09 20:43:35 <Knight>   "We can afford a few hours of silence if need be."
Feb 09 20:47:08 *   Kamvakua nods, stepping ahead and starting the way down, keeping watch carefully.
Feb 09 20:49:16 <Kotono>   You climb down another hour. Down adn down you go, here and there and everywhere. You stand on a stone platform about 20 feet wide and circular, proceeding along. The world is silence to most but Adail, as a gentle, alluring song can be heard. OOC: Make a will save, Adail. Protection from evil blcoks this but I need to know if it attaches in the first place.
Feb 09 20:49:38 <Adail>   roll 1d20+15
Feb 09 20:49:39 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+15 and gets 16." [1d20=1]
Feb 09 20:51:41 <Kotono>   Adail feels his mind cloud over, but his magic suppresses it! The song is sweet, coming from far away, Adail thinks, away from the platform.
Feb 09 20:53:53 *   Kamvakua continues heading down, unaware of the noise.
Feb 09 20:54:19 *   Mari also proceeds downwards as though nothing were amiss.
Feb 09 20:55:52 *   Adail concentrates a moment to strengthen his barrier against evil and then taps Kam on the head to get his attention.
Feb 09 20:56:23 <Adail>   Once he has it, Adail points to his own ear, bobs his head as if listening to music, and points off to where he hears the sound from.
Feb 09 20:58:14 *   Kamvakua glances over in that direction, pointing down at his feet and over there, to see if adail wanted him to head that way.
Feb 09 20:59:12 <Kotono>   Peering ahead? IN the distance are three terrifying ugly things! They are like naked hags with wings, each one having a bow and arrow. They sing and sing and sing, gesturing for you to come forward, into the emptiness.
Feb 09 20:59:33 *   Adail shakes his head at Kam, then eyes the harpys...
Feb 09 21:00:11 *   Kamvakua reaches out quickly to tap Mari, looking for a platform.
Feb 09 21:00:43 <Kotono>   The party is currently on a stone platform about 20 feet wide and circular, as noted before.
Feb 09 21:02:05 <Knight>   Knight's mouth moves by itself, and only Adail can hear as she draws close; "Should I dispatch them?"
Feb 09 21:02:35 *   Mari glances up at Kam, then outwards towards whatever it is that got his attention. She just shrugs at Knight.
Feb 09 21:03:07 *   Adail shakes his head at Knight, not wanting her to go fight them alone.
Feb 09 21:04:06 *   Knight shrugs to herself as well, but keeps a wary eye on the distant monsters as she descends alongside her companions.
Feb 09 21:04:15 <Kotono>   As the party gestures at each other, Adail can hear the singing stop! They ready their bows, starting to fly closer! OOC: They don't seem to be friendly in the least. Go ahead and roll init?
Feb 09 21:05:05 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+2
Feb 09 21:05:06 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+2 and gets 9." [1d20=7]
Feb 09 21:05:18 <Adail>   roll 1d20+8
Feb 09 21:05:19 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+8 and gets 23." [1d20=15]
Feb 09 21:05:29 <Mari>   roll 1d20+10
Feb 09 21:05:30 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+10 and gets 18." [1d20=8]
Feb 09 21:05:44 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+2 H1
Feb 09 21:05:45 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 H1 and gets 9." [1d20=7]
Feb 09 21:05:46 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+2 H2
Feb 09 21:05:46 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+2 H3
Feb 09 21:05:47 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 H2 and gets 9." [1d20=7]
Feb 09 21:05:47 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 H3 and gets 16." [1d20=14]
Feb 09 21:06:20 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Adail(23)>Mari(18)>H3(16)>H1=H2=Kam(9)
Feb 09 21:06:29 <Knight>   roll 1d20+5 next time I will kill them first
Feb 09 21:06:29 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+5 next time I will kill them first and gets 9." [1d20=4]
Feb 09 21:06:37 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Adail(23)>Mari(18)>H3(16)>H1=H2=Kam=Knight(9)
Feb 09 21:06:45 <Kotono>   OOC: You open Adail. They're all 200ft away.
Feb 09 21:09:04 *   Adail pulls one arm back, ready to hit them in the face with darts of light if they get in range. (OOC: Readying action to MM, can't do much else at this distance)
Feb 09 21:10:00 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Adail(23)>Mari(18)>H3(16)>H1=H2=Kam=Knight(9) | Earth: Heavy gravity, air impeded, earth strenghtened.
Feb 09 21:11:47 *   Mari summons swirling winds to surround her, hoping to defy any attempts to shoot at her, before drawing her swords and working her way along the platforms to get closer to the creatures.
Feb 09 21:11:57 <Mari>   roll 1d20+8 I think?
Feb 09 21:11:58 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+8 I think? and gets 10." [1d20=2]
Feb 09 21:13:22 <Kotono>   The power of air sputters and fizzles in the embrace of Earth, as Mari hops 30 feet closer to the edge of the platforms! At this the third harpy advances eighty feet closer...OOC: Gate, going to take that held action?
Feb 09 21:13:56 <Adail>   OOC: If it's within 160ft of me, then yes.
Feb 09 21:14:08 <Kotono>   OOC: It closes to 120 before it does naything else, so go ahead.
Feb 09 21:14:19 *   Adail snaps his hand forward, sending out a trio of golden darts at the advancing harpy!
Feb 09 21:14:26 <Adail>   roll 3d4+3
Feb 09 21:14:26 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 3d4+3 and gets 10." [3d4=2, 4, 1]
Feb 09 21:15:10 <Kotono>   The magic missiles fly as it closes in, plinking away at it! The force missiles leave bruises as it readies it's bow and arrow, firing off a single shot at the closest target: Mari!
Feb 09 21:15:15 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+10
Feb 09 21:15:16 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 12." [1d20=2]
Feb 09 21:15:36 <Kotono>   But Mari is like the wind even if she can't summon it, ducking down as the arrow misses her! OOC: Kam and Knight, go ahead and resolve first.
Feb 09 21:16:43 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Mari(18)>H3(16)>Adail=H1=H2=Kam=Knight(9) | Earth: Heavy gravity, air impeded, earth strenghtened.
Feb 09 21:17:45 *   Kamvakua twirls his pike in front, taking a defensive stand and twisting to the side to give as little room as possible.  Despite his training, his feet were not yet fleet enough to run upon the skies.  OOC: Total defense +4 AC.
Feb 09 21:18:03 <Knight>   Gravity is going to make actual battle in the sky a stressful exercise for Bellerophon, but in Knight's mind, this fight is one they've already won. Pointing her lance at the closet Harpy, she spurs Bell into a blindingly fast charge!
Feb 09 21:18:13 <Knight>   roll 1d20+15 -3 PA
Feb 09 21:18:14 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+15 -3 PA and gets 25." [1d20=10]
Feb 09 21:18:24 <Knight>   roll 3d8+39
Feb 09 21:18:25 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 3d8+39 and gets 54." [3d8=8, 3, 4]
Feb 09 21:18:37 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Mari(18)>Adail=H1=H2=Kam=Knight(9) | Earth: Heavy gravity, air impeded, earth strenghtened.
Feb 09 21:19:53 <Kotono>   Laboring and charging under Knight's vast bulk, Bellephron propels her lance into the harpy's chest! It squawks in pain, stuck on her lance in a death rigor, blood gushing on the lance! Meanwhile the other two harpies stay where they are, loosing as torm of arrows at Bellephron!
Feb 09 21:20:06 <Kotono>   rolll 1d20+8 H1 (-2 rapid shot)
Feb 09 21:20:07 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 H1 (-2 rapid shot) and gets 16." [1d20=8]
Feb 09 21:20:09 <Kotono>   rolll 1d20+8 H1 (-2 rapid shot)
Feb 09 21:20:10 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 H1 (-2 rapid shot) and gets 19." [1d20=11]
Feb 09 21:20:13 <Kotono>   rolll 1d20+3
Feb 09 21:20:13 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3  and gets 6." [1d20=3]
Feb 09 21:20:16 <Kotono>   OOC: What's his AC?
Feb 09 21:20:40 <Kotono>   OOC: If you're going to use ride feelf ree too.
Feb 09 21:24:44 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+8 H2 may as well resolve the second FA too
Feb 09 21:24:45 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 H2 may as well resolve the second FA too and gets 28." [1d20=20]
Feb 09 21:24:46 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+8 H2 may as well resolve the second FA too
Feb 09 21:24:47 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 H2 may as well resolve the second FA too and gets 18." [1d20=10]
Feb 09 21:24:51 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+3
Feb 09 21:24:51 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 21." [1d20=18]
Feb 09 21:24:54 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+8 crit check
Feb 09 21:24:54 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 crit check and gets 11." [1d20=3]
Feb 09 21:25:40 <Knight>   roll 1d20+17 mounted combat stuffs
Feb 09 21:25:41 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+17 mounted combat stuffs and gets 28." [1d20=11]
Feb 09 21:27:01 <Kotono>   roll 2d8+2
Feb 09 21:27:02 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+2 and gets 9." [2d8=3, 4]
Feb 09 21:27:31 <Kotono>   A storm of arrows envelopes Bellephron, two of them embedding into his front! HE endures them well, a snort of defiance as he flies in the air! OOC: Mari.
Feb 09 21:29:03 *   Mari makes her away across the platforms, approaching the site of combat as close as she can reach it, though it's likely that won't be terribly close at all unless someone swoops or falls down to her level.
Feb 09 21:29:41 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Mari(18)>Adail>l=H1=H2=Kam=Knight(9) | Earth: Heavy gravity, air impeded, earth strenghtened.
Feb 09 21:29:44 <Kotono>   Mari gets a little bit closer, but the platform sjust don't reach much closer! OOC: Adail.
Feb 09 21:30:37 <Adail>   OOC: Remaining harpys are still out of range, aren't they?
Feb 09 21:31:07 <Kotono>   OOC: They didn't move but just FAed, yes. 200 feet away still.
Feb 09 21:31:57 *   Adail moves to the edge of the platform, unable to aid Knight from this distance.
Feb 09 21:32:10 <Kotono>   OOC: Everyone's up, basically. Go ahead and resolve first, Kam/Knight.
Feb 09 21:32:19 <Kotono>   OOC: If you're just defending say so, Kam.
Feb 09 21:32:23 <Kamvakua>   OOC: Defending.
Feb 09 21:33:12 <Knight>   Having crushed the closest harpy, it's a simple thing for Knight to wheel Bell about to take another dive at the nearest creature. She roars an inaudiable challenge!
Feb 09 21:33:21 <Knight>   roll 1d20+15 PA-3 again
Feb 09 21:33:22 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+15 PA-3 again and gets 31." [1d20=16]
Feb 09 21:33:30 <Knight>   roll 3d8+39
Feb 09 21:33:30 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 3d8+39 and gets 54." [3d8=7, 1, 7]
Feb 09 21:33:48 <Kotono>   At thes ame time Knight charges, another storm of arrows is loosened off at the pegasus!
Feb 09 21:33:52 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+8
Feb 09 21:33:53 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 13." [1d20=5]
Feb 09 21:33:54 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+8
Feb 09 21:33:54 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 27." [1d20=19]
Feb 09 21:33:55 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+3
Feb 09 21:33:55 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 12." [1d20=9]
Feb 09 21:33:57 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+8
Feb 09 21:33:58 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 22." [1d20=14]
Feb 09 21:33:58 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+8
Feb 09 21:33:58 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 19." [1d20=11]
Feb 09 21:33:59 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+3
Feb 09 21:33:59 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 20." [1d20=17]
Feb 09 21:34:05 <Kotono>   OOC: What hits/makecheck.
Feb 09 21:35:01 <Knight>   roll 1d20+17 on the 22 is fair I think
Feb 09 21:35:02 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+17 on the 22 is fair I think and gets 19." [1d20=2]
Feb 09 21:35:26 <Knight>   OOC: Wow, ok, that's four hits. Next time I'll use starlight aura
Feb 09 21:35:39 <Kotono>   roll 4d8+4 hope this isn't high as hell
Feb 09 21:35:40 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+4 hope this isn't high as hell and gets 20." [4d8=1, 6, 3, 6]
Feb 09 21:36:47 <Kotono>   Arrow after arrow burrows into Bellephron! Nonetheless, you have speared a second harpy, slaying it utterly as you pierce it's chest! Your lance is heavy with them as you turn, only one left in the air! OOC: Mari.
Feb 09 21:36:52 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Mari(18)>Adail>l=H2=Kam=Knight(9) | Earth: Heavy gravity, air impeded, earth strenghtened.
Feb 09 21:39:16 *   Mari observes Knight's situation with some dismay, but there's not much she can do from ground level outside of taunting their remaining foe. "Hey, saggy tits! You should run while you can! Knight loves harpy shish-kebab!"
Feb 09 21:39:32 <Kotono>   OOC: Make an intimidation check here, say.
Feb 09 21:39:57 <Mari>   roll 1d20+3 didn't take ranks but at least I'm pretty!
Feb 09 21:39:58 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+3 didn't take ranks but at least I'm pretty! and gets 8." [1d20=5]
Feb 09 21:40:05 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+8 HAtebot.
Feb 09 21:40:05 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 HAtebot. and gets 22." [1d20=14]
Feb 09 21:40:22 <Kotono>   But Mari's words aren't scary, drow or no! OOC: Adail.
Feb 09 21:42:21 *   Adail chants a healing spell and holds it, ready to tag the injured Bell as soon as he comes in reach!
Feb 09 21:42:51 <Kotono>   OOC: Okay. Kam/KNight?
Feb 09 21:45:14 <Knight>   OOC: Simultaneous actions make this hard, but basically I'm going to do whatever I need to in order to AoO it's attacks and disarm it.
Feb 09 21:45:31 <Kotono>   OOC: Okay.
Feb 09 21:45:52 <Kotono>   The harpy stays where it is, trying to unleash utter HELL on Bellephron at point blank range! OOC: It's in a bad spot with it's fly type so it's gonig to risk the AoO.
Feb 09 21:47:17 <Knight>   Knight shoves her lance in between the harpie's bowstring and tries to wrench it out of her grasp!
Feb 09 21:47:27 <Knight>   roll 1d20+18 it makes an attack roll at -4 penalty, opposed checks, whee
Feb 09 21:47:28 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+18 it makes an attack roll at -4 penalty, opposed checks, whee and gets 22." [1d20=4]
Feb 09 21:47:33 <Kamvakua>   OOC: Defending.  Knight will end it.
Feb 09 21:47:41 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+6 (-4 non melee weapon)
Feb 09 21:47:42 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 (-4 non melee weapon) and gets 20." [1d20=14]
Feb 09 21:48:27 <Kotono>   With a deft, quick strike, Knight takes this chance and knocks away it's longbow, sending it plummeting down into the ravine! OOC: Take your action now if you care to.
Feb 09 21:49:01 <Knight>   Knight doesn't hesitate to try and run the harpy through, always willing to return a lethal favour!
Feb 09 21:49:09 <Knight>   roll 1d20+16 FAing
Feb 09 21:49:10 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+16 FAing and gets 32." [1d20=16]
Feb 09 21:49:13 <Knight>   roll 1d20+11 FAing
Feb 09 21:49:14 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+11 FAing and gets 24." [1d20=13]
Feb 09 21:49:23 <Knight>   roll 2d8+20
Feb 09 21:49:23 <Kotono>   OOC: Hits.
Feb 09 21:49:23 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 2d8+20 and gets 32." [2d8=7, 5]
Feb 09 21:49:37 <Kotono>   The harpy is impaled twice, going limp and it's blood gushing out, slain! OOC: Free act.
Feb 09 21:51:12 <Mari>   "Hey, are you guys alright?" Mari calls out to Knight and Bell, belatedly recalling that everyone has their ears plugged.
Feb 09 21:51:13 *   Kamvakua stopped his dance of defense, stepping aside to let Knight come near, and glancing up at Adail to help.
Feb 09 21:52:00 <Knight>   "Bell's badly hurt!" replies Knight, swooping around and coming into land just next to the group. Bloodstained feathers trickle off the pegasus, which seems in dire straits indeed.
Feb 09 21:53:21 <Mari>   "Oh, ow," Mari observes.
Feb 09 21:53:34 *   Adail dashes over to Bell, paw already aglow with soft green energy! Gently, he places his paw near the worst wound, letting the energy flow into the pegasus. (CLW, empowering it)
Feb 09 21:54:30 *   Knight fiddles with her earplugs and lets them drop into her pocket for the moment. "Bell's badly hurt!" she repeats, wincing. "But I am fine."
Feb 09 21:54:49 *   Mari also unplugs her ears.
Feb 09 21:55:05 <Adail>   roll 1d8*1.5+2
Feb 09 21:55:05 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d8*1.5+2 and gets 11." [1d8=6]
Feb 09 21:55:44 <Kotono>   Bell's wound partially heal, some of the bloody wounds fixing themselves.
Feb 09 21:55:53 *   Kamvakua keeps his earplugs in, keeping watch as Adail tended to Bellaphron.  It would hardly do for them to be ambushed after being so cautious.
Feb 09 21:57:04 *   Adail then pulls out the wand to fix a bit more of the damage
Feb 09 21:57:11 <Adail>   roll 2d8+2 using 2 charges
Feb 09 21:57:12 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 2d8+2 using 2 charges and gets 13." [2d8=4, 7]
Feb 09 21:57:42 <Kotono>   OOC: INcidentally, the 1.5 comes last in the function, Adail. So it would be (1d8+2)*1.5, basically.
Feb 09 21:57:52 <Kotono>   OOC: So it would've healed 12 instead of 11.
Feb 09 21:58:28 <Adail>   I thought it only 1.5'd the actual dice, not any non-variable modifiers?
Feb 09 21:58:41 <Kotono>   The wounds mostly heal now, banished away by restorative magic. OOC: I think it's the total, lemme check. Also make spot Drac?
Feb 09 21:58:57 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+9
Feb 09 21:58:59 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+9 and gets 11." [1d20=2]
Feb 09 22:00:50 *   Kamvakua glances over, his eyes soft as he looks, gesturing toward Knight's mount and making a brief flapping motion to see if she's alright to fly.
Feb 09 22:02:32 *   Knight gives Kamvakua a nod, and says a few things he surely can't hear, before plugging her own ears again and taking off.
Feb 09 22:02:57 <Kotono>   OOC: What's your procession going down going to e like? Order?
Feb 09 22:03:22 <Kotono>   OOC: Reply in the OOC room, actually.
Feb 09 22:06:48 <Kotono>   Thus the party proceeds on for another half hour. You come to a large platform with only a single straight ridge of stone to climb down to the next platform about 40 feet down. The next platform looks to be similiar or identical offhand as they climb down...OOC: Make spot, Adail/Kam/Knight.
Feb 09 22:07:21 <Knight>   roll 1d20+1 spotting
Feb 09 22:07:22 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+1 spotting and gets 21." [1d20=20]
Feb 09 22:07:24 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+9
Feb 09 22:07:25 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+9 and gets 27." [1d20=18]
Feb 09 22:07:28 <Knight>   roll 1d20+8 bell is also spotting, surely?
Feb 09 22:07:28 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+8 bell is also spotting, surely? and gets 21." [1d20=13]
Feb 09 22:09:01 <Adail>   roll 1d20+5 spot whee
Feb 09 22:09:02 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+5 spot whee and gets 24." [1d20=19]
Feb 09 22:10:16 <Kotono>   As the party starts to climb down, they spy something! 20 feet away, attached to the bottom of the platform they're just now starting to climb down and off of, are four harpies! Each one has a wicked curved scimitar in one hand, perched upside down and ready to fly at you and strike, just starting to move! OOC: You avoied a surprise round. Go ahead and roll init. Kam's climbing, Mari's just about to start.
Feb 09 22:10:21 <Kotono>   Kam's climbing, Mari's just about to start.
Feb 09 22:10:56 <Mari>   roll 1d20+10
Feb 09 22:10:56 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+10 and gets 19." [1d20=9]
Feb 09 22:11:04 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Mari(19)
Feb 09 22:11:12 <Adail>   roll 1d20+8
Feb 09 22:11:13 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+8 and gets 9." [1d20=1]
Feb 09 22:11:19 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Mari(19)>Adail(9)
Feb 09 22:12:16 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+2 rolling harpies as well
Feb 09 22:12:17 <Knight>   roll 1d20+5 init
Feb 09 22:12:17 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 rolling harpies as well and gets 9." [1d20=7]
Feb 09 22:12:17 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+2 rolling harpies as well
Feb 09 22:12:17 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+2 rolling harpies as well
Feb 09 22:12:17 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+2 rolling harpies as well
Feb 09 22:12:17 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+5 init and gets 16." [1d20=11]
Feb 09 22:12:18 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 rolling harpies as well and gets 5." [1d20=3]
Feb 09 22:12:18 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 rolling harpies as well and gets 12." [1d20=10]
Feb 09 22:12:18 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 rolling harpies as well and gets 15." [1d20=13]
Feb 09 22:12:25 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Mari(19)>H1=Adail(9)
Feb 09 22:12:46 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Mari(19)>Knight(16)>H4(15)>H3(12)>H1=Adail(9)>H2(5)
Feb 09 22:14:10 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+2
Feb 09 22:14:12 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+2 and gets 20." [1d20=18]
Feb 09 22:14:20 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Kamvakua(20)>Mari(19)>Knight(16)>H4(15)>H3(12)>H1=Adail(9)>H2(5)
Feb 09 22:14:30 <Kotono>   OOC: You open, Kam. They're 20 feeta way and you're currently just starting to climb down.
Feb 09 22:19:41 *   Kamvakua spotting the danger, Kamvakua hurried downward, using his experience climbing to descend as fast as was safe, adail probably having as much trouble hanging on as he swiftly landed on the platform.
Feb 09 22:20:03 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+11 accelerated climbing, no penalty.
Feb 09 22:20:04 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+11 accelerated climbing, no penalty. and gets 23." [1d20=12]
Feb 09 22:20:32 <Kotono>   Kamvakua climbs down with all his haste and speed, reaching safe ground before anything else can happen! OOCL Mari.
Feb 09 22:20:33 <Kamvakua>   OOC: Use travel domain to cover the remaining distance.  25 for half move, travel domain for the remainder.
Feb 09 22:21:20 <Kotono>   OOC: Okay.
Feb 09 22:22:21 <Kamvakua>   "Look out, there's harpies waiting in ambush," He called up as he made his stand below, ready for their approach.
Feb 09 22:22:59 *   Mari calls on her amulet for some fortification, then draws her weapons to defend herself against whatever it is that has Kam moving in such a hurry. (OOC: +12 temp HP and I guess I'm holding for something to close in if that's possible?)
Feb 09 22:23:38 <Kotono>   OOC: Okay, sure. OOC: KNight.
Feb 09 22:23:52 <Knight>   OOC: I saw them, right?
Feb 09 22:24:02 <Kotono>   OOC: Yes.
Feb 09 22:24:07 <Kotono>   OOC: You spotted with great abandon and ease.
Feb 09 22:24:52 <Knight>   Bell maintains a slow forward pace not far from the harpies, ready to charge the first one to act as soon as it leaves it's perch!
Feb 09 22:25:21 <Kotono>   The fourth harpy drops down, starting to plummet for Kamvakua! OOC: Goa head and go then, Knightess.
Feb 09 22:25:29 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Kamvakua(20)>Mari(19)>Knight=H4(15)>H3(12)>H1=Adail(9)>H2(5)
Feb 09 22:25:43 <Knight>   roll 1d20+15 PA-13 just Knight or Saber is fine
Feb 09 22:25:44 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+15 PA-13 just Knight or Saber is fine and gets 18." [1d20=3]
Feb 09 22:25:56 <Knight>   roll 3d8+39 that may have actually missed
Feb 09 22:25:57 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 3d8+39 that may have actually missed and gets 51." [3d8=3, 5, 4]
Feb 09 22:26:00 <Kotono>   OOC: Hit.
Feb 09 22:26:04 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Kamvakua(20)>Mari(19)>Knight(15)>H3(12)>H1=Adail(9)>H2(5)
Feb 09 22:26:28 <Kotono>   The fourth harpy goes no further! KNight impales it, it's scimitar falling down near Kamvakua as it's life ends HERE! The third follows suit, diving down as well after Kamvakua!
Feb 09 22:26:40 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+11 (+2 charge)
Feb 09 22:26:41 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 (+2 charge) and gets 17." [1d20=6]
Feb 09 22:26:44 <Kotono>   OOC: AC Kam?
Feb 09 22:26:49 *   Kamvakua gives a dangerous smirk, perhaps their only warning.
Feb 09 22:26:55 <Kamvakua>   OOC: AoO resolves first yes?
Feb 09 22:27:02 <Kamvakua>   OOC: That doesn't hit me though regardless.
Feb 09 22:27:09 <Kotono>   OOC: You're not armed, I mean you were just climbing.
Feb 09 22:27:34 <Kamvakua>   OOC: Aww fine.  :(  sadness.  Doesn't hit.
Feb 09 22:27:40 *   Merc is now known as Merc-zzz
Feb 09 22:28:04 <Kotono>   The harpy flies past Kamvakua, taking as wipe! It just misses as it manages to get 10 feet more away from it, on ground level and visible now! OOC: Mari?
Feb 09 22:28:13 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Kamvakua(20)>Knight(15)>Mari=H3(12)>H1=Adail(9)>H2(5)
Feb 09 22:28:51 <Mari>   Mari draws an arrow and fires at the harpy charging for Kam!
Feb 09 22:29:15 <Mari>   roll 1d20+12-2 assuming attack penalty still in place
Feb 09 22:29:16 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+12-2 assuming attack penalty still in place and gets 26." [1d20=16]
Feb 09 22:29:21 <Kotono>   OOC: IT is and hit.
Feb 09 22:29:35 <Mari>   roll 1d6 epic non-SA damage
Feb 09 22:29:36 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d6 epic non-SA damage and gets 5." [1d6=5]
Feb 09 22:30:10 <Kotono>   The arrow plummets down, hitting the harpy in the arm! OOC: Adail and the first harpy are up now. Adail?
Feb 09 22:31:30 *   Adail snaps out a paw, sending the trio of darts after the harpy that Mari just shot!
Feb 09 22:31:36 <Adail>   roll 3d4+3 MM
Feb 09 22:31:37 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 3d4+3 MM and gets 11." [3d4=3, 3, 2]
Feb 09 22:33:24 <Kotono>   Magic projectile peforate perlious foes! It's hit even more, the missiles drawing bruises and pain all over it's ugly body! Meanwhile the first harpy flies at Knight, going to try and shorten her a head!
Feb 09 22:33:27 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+9
Feb 09 22:33:28 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 11." [1d20=2]
Feb 09 22:33:45 <Kotono>   But it's a piteous strike, missing her head completely by a good three feet! OOC: H2.
Feb 09 22:34:08 <Kotono>   The last harpy dives down, going after Kamvakua as well!
Feb 09 22:34:12 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+11 (+2 chargE)
Feb 09 22:34:13 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 (+2 chargE) and gets 15." [1d20=4]
Feb 09 22:34:24 <Kotono>   But this one is also inempt, stopping right before Kamvakua and completely missing! OOC: Kam.
Feb 09 22:35:58 *   Kamvakua side steps diagonally for space before the harpy, pulling out from behind its cover on his back his large warpike crackling with lightning as he twisted it around, stabbing it fiercely into the harpies skull.
Feb 09 22:36:19 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+15-2
Feb 09 22:36:20 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+15-2 and gets 25." [1d20=12]
Feb 09 22:37:03 <Kamvakua>   OOC: Hit?
Feb 09 22:38:06 <Kotono>   OOC: Yes.
Feb 09 22:38:31 <Kamvakua>   roll 3d6+10+1d6 KRACKATHOOM
Feb 09 22:38:32 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 3d6+10+1d6 KRACKATHOOM and gets 32." [3d6=5, 6, 6][1d6=5]
Feb 09 22:38:57 <Kotono>   OOC: Which one that hit you? The one that stayed right inf ront of you or the one that went 10ft past you?
Feb 09 22:39:28 *   Kamvakua swiftly seems to float along the platform, his blow matched with him fading away gaining a fair bit of space before the two.  OOC: The one that hasn't taken damage yet.
Feb 09 22:39:40 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Kamvakua(20)>Knight(15)>Mari=H3(12)>H1=Adail(9)>
Feb 09 22:39:59 <Kotono>   The harpy is cut in two, body halves bleeidng out at Kamvakua's feet! OOC: That it or anything else?
Feb 09 22:40:25 <Kamvakua>   OOC: Can't full attack and draw on the same round.  That's it.  I moved back though so any harpy coming got AoOs
Feb 09 22:40:36 <Kotono>   OOC: Knight.
Feb 09 22:43:04 <Knight>   Knight pulls away from the harpy, turning Bell about-face and lining him back up with the ongoing fight! OOC: double move withdraw no AoO etc
Feb 09 22:44:45 <Kotono>   OOC: Okay. Mari andthew ounded harpy are up. Go Mari
Feb 09 22:44:46 <Kotono>   .
Feb 09 22:45:26 <Mari>   Mari takes two quick shots at the wounded harpy, hoping to finish it off before it can take another swing at any of her friends!
Feb 09 22:45:53 <Mari>   roll 1d20+13-2 remembering MW bonus this time
Feb 09 22:45:54 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+13-2 remembering MW bonus this time and gets 20." [1d20=9]
Feb 09 22:46:00 <Mari>   roll 1d20+8-2 remembering MW bonus this time
Feb 09 22:46:01 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+8-2 remembering MW bonus this time and gets 12." [1d20=6]
Feb 09 22:46:10 <Kotono>   OOC: One hit.
Feb 09 22:46:14 <Mari>   roll 1d6
Feb 09 22:46:15 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d6 and gets 6." [1d6=6]
Feb 09 22:46:37 <Kotono>   Mari's descending arrow makes it stagger in the air, bloodied, even as it turns and tries to carve apart Kamvakua! OOC: AoO?
Feb 09 22:47:45 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+15-2 just going for the kill.
Feb 09 22:47:47 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+15-2 just going for the kill. and gets 20." [1d20=7]
Feb 09 22:48:04 <Kotono>   OOC: HIt.
Feb 09 22:48:04 <Kamvakua>   roll 3d6+10+1d6 Heaven's wrath shall set you free.
Feb 09 22:48:05 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 3d6+10+1d6 Heaven's wrath shall set you free. and gets 26." [3d6=2, 3, 5][1d6=6]
Feb 09 22:48:10 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Kamvakua(20)>Knight(15)>Mari(12)>H1=Adail(9)>
Feb 09 22:48:39 <Kotono>   The harpy is cut deeply, collapsing before it's scimitar can come close to Kamvakua! OOC: H1 and Adail are up. Harpy 1 is the on e that tried and FAILED to hurt Knight. Go Adail
Feb 09 22:48:41 <Kotono>   .
Feb 09 22:49:44 *   Adail snaps his other paw out as if continuing with a form, sending another trio of darts flying unerringly for the incompetent harpy!
Feb 09 22:49:50 <Adail>   roll 3d4+3
Feb 09 22:49:51 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 3d4+3 and gets 11." [3d4=2, 4, 2]
Feb 09 22:50:33 <Kotono>   The missiles hit it hard, even as it debates, before diving down at Kamvakua...OOC: AoO?
Feb 09 22:51:02 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+15-2
Feb 09 22:51:03 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+15-2 and gets 32." [1d20=19]
Feb 09 22:51:23 <Kotono>   OOC: Is that a crit or are you just x3?
Feb 09 22:51:32 <Kamvakua>   "Futility is attempting an effort you know will fail.  To survive another day should have been your objective,"  His spear took it quickly in the chest.
Feb 09 22:51:36 <Kamvakua>   roll 3d6+10+1d6
Feb 09 22:51:38 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 3d6+10+1d6 and gets 21." [3d6=6, 2, 2][1d6=1]
Feb 09 22:51:44 <Kamvakua>   OOC: Not a crit, just x3.
Feb 09 22:52:08 <Kotono>   WIth that, Kamvakua impales the charging harpy! It slides down to him, eyes going wide as the spark of life vanishes! OOC: Free act.
Feb 09 22:52:43 *   Knight floats back to the platform, landing on it once again for a post-battle inspection of her comrades!
Feb 09 22:52:47 *   Mari paces around the platform, making sure there were no others flying around in the void before putting away the bow and descending after the others.
Feb 09 22:53:08 *   Adail shakes his head, "I wonder what drives them to attack until death? You'd think that last one would have fled?"
Feb 09 22:54:37 *   Kamvakua yanks his pike free of the creature, knocking its body aside and sending the blood free from his pike as he pulled it back, wiping the remainder off.   He answered without truly hearing what Adail said, his ears still stuffed, but guessing what was said in part, "We will never know.  Their path came to ours and ended here.  Our path continues further down, over their bodies.  This is how it must be sometimes."
Feb 09 22:55:41 *   Mari walks across the platform after stepping off the wall, peering forward and down to see how much farther they might have to go.
Feb 09 22:56:08 <Kotono>   There's no end in sight yet - just more platforms and more climbing.
Feb 09 22:57:07 <Mari>   "Ogremoch needs a more comsopolitan abode," Mari grouses, unplugging her ears in case her comrades have anything of note to say after this latest encounter.
Feb 09 22:58:00 *   Knight follows suit after Mari takes off hers, but remains pensive. "How many do you think we can expect? We're lucky they haven't adapted a combined strategy."
Feb 09 22:59:13 *   Kamvakua glances at them, keeping watch down below himself and still not unplugging his ears as they conferred.
Feb 09 22:59:17 <Mari>   "Dunno, but I can tell you I'll be looking up a lot more from now on."
Feb 09 23:01:24 <Knight>   "Best we proceed carefully. There's no telling how many fights we'll be in today," murmurs Knight, replacing her earplugs and taking off once again.
Feb 09 23:01:55 *   Kamvakua nods, seeing them moving near and starts climbing down to the next level.
Feb 09 23:04:25 <Kotono>   Thus you continue on for another hard two hours. You come to a place where the platforms all lead to pillars of stone that all lead down into a vast bowl-shape of stone, about 50 feet below you. It's about 70 feet circular, a small hole in the center. Near the hole, the ground glitters in the light - some sort of crystal deposit is in the stone there.
Feb 09 23:05:38 *   Kamvakua shifts around the wall, heading toward the crystal deposits.
Feb 09 23:06:45 *   Knight swoops in to circle around the hole, getting in a good look at what lies beneath.
Feb 09 23:06:49 *   Adail eyes the crystals with interest.
Feb 09 23:07:05 *   Mari follows Kam, glad to be headed towards something resembling solid ground. Flying through the void back in Air was one thing, but falling from those platforms would've been lethal!
Feb 09 23:07:45 <Kotono>   The ground of the 'bowl' is rough by stable. As you reach the crystals, about 20ft around the hole in the center of the bowl, you see they glow with a steady, radiant light. They are very pretty, very very very pretty.
Feb 09 23:08:50 *   Mari takes the plugs out of her ears. This doesn't seem like harpy territory anymore. "Sparkly," she observes. "Nik's eyes would be popping out of his head, I'm sure. 'Do these ones make music?'"
Feb 09 23:09:13 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+6 K:PA
Feb 09 23:09:20 <Mari>   roll 1d20+11 do I know what the rocks are
Feb 09 23:09:32 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+6 K:PA and gets 19." [1d20=13]
Feb 09 23:09:33 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+11 do I know what the rocks are and gets 28." [1d20=17]
Feb 09 23:09:34 <Adail>   roll 1d20+8 K:P
Feb 09 23:09:34 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+8 K:P and gets 9." [1d20=1]
Feb 09 23:11:35 <Kamvakua>   "Adail, could you carefully mine them free.  They will be worth keeping for later," Kamvakua held on.
Feb 09 23:11:45 *   Mari shuffles through her memory for a moment before remembering what these are. "Right, so, we don't want to touch these because they have a tendency to explode. I mean, they're worth good money if we can take them, but...explosions."
Feb 09 23:12:29 <Knight>   "What causes the explosions?" asks Knight, curious. "They sound like they could be useful in the future."
Feb 09 23:12:32 <Adail>   "How exactly would you propose I take them without touching them?"
Feb 09 23:13:58 <Mari>   "I think they burst out with some kind of terrible, incapcitating noise if you mess with them the wrong way," Mari clarifies. "Which isn't much better. If we really want to take them, I'd say most everyone else should keep a safe distance."
Feb 09 23:15:15 <Knight>   "Well, I mean, what is the right way to take them?" asks Knight. "They sound like they'd make a useful weapon, but it's pointless if you can't use them reliably."
Feb 09 23:15:15 *   Adail twitches his whiskers, "Well, as I'm not a trained miner and thus have no idea what the wrong way to mess with them might be, I think I'd rather leave this one alone."
Feb 09 23:16:07 <Mari>   "I don't actually know, Knight. Otherwise I'd be less worried."
Feb 09 23:17:21 <Knight>   "We'd better leave them alone, then, but if we find out about them later, we could return. They'd make useful traps and projectiles."
Feb 09 23:17:44 <Mari>   "Or, you know, they could make a lot of money for us. Still, explosions."
Feb 09 23:18:14 <Knight>   "I suppose money can always find a use."
Feb 09 23:18:49 *   Kamvakua glances around, his ears still plugged and missing much of the context, he eyed curiously at adail though.
Feb 09 23:19:11 *   Mari makes sure she's a good 35 feet or so away from the crystals. "Well, Knight, if you want to try, I feel better watching from out here."
Feb 09 23:19:41 <Knight>   "I'm not going to try now!"
Feb 09 23:22:05 <Mari>   "Well, then, let's get moving!" Mari looks around. In what direction does the passage continue at this point?
Feb 09 23:22:29 <Kotono>   Straight down into the hole at the bottom of the bowl, with the gems in a 20ft radious about it.
Feb 09 23:23:18 <Mari>   "I, uh...I guess we have to go down past them, though. Tricky, we could set them off wlaking down."
Feb 09 23:23:33 <Kotono>   The hole is about 10 feet wide.
Feb 09 23:24:31 <Mari>   "Everybody step carefully? This mean's you, Kam!" Mari hops up to try and yank out the giant's earplugs.
Feb 09 23:25:08 <Knight>   "You could wear this on the trip down," remarks Knight, producing the magical ropes that cause those who wear them to shrink. "It'd make it easier to get through without touching any of those things."