Hand it over!

[Carthrat]

[14:24] <@Kotono> ----
[14:29] <@Kotono> Gathering together, the party follows Bleakroot Depths. They keep taking the down passages, occasionally passing patrols. These are usually between 3 and 10 medium and large elementals, with a few gargoyles in tow and lead by an elemental with a heavy club of stone. Each time you show them your papers, they nod and allow you to pass. You make camp that evening, settling in. By now, Knight can feel it, taste it, touch it. Gem is close, she know
[14:29] <@Kotono> settling in. By now, Knight can feel it, taste it, touch it. Gem is close, she knows it. Getting closer with each mile traveled, as you make camp besides the paths going down. (More)
[14:32] <@Kotono> The next day begins in a like manner, passing down adn down. The depths are dark, save for occasional bands of thick, root like materials through the walls, like veins. In due time, you come to old, chipped stone doors set to the end of the path. They're shut tight, made of what looks to be granite or a similar stone.
06[14:34] * Mari examines the door. Is there at least a keyhole or something?
[14:35] <@Kotono> There's no keyhole, but there does look to be a level built into the side. It could perhaps be finessed by someone with the proper skills.
01[14:35] <Knight> Growing increasing frantic every passing moment, Knight dismounts Bell and advances on the door. Her sword glows dimly in the darkness, illuminating the obstacle before her.
06[14:35] * Kamvakua has seemed to be fooling around with various ways of holding his pike and the new shield he bought as they walked, trying to get a feel for it possibly, though he put it away as they arrived at the doors, glancing over Knight. "Are you okay, Knight?"
06[14:37] * Mari may as well make a go of it, then!
01[14:37] <Knight> "I'm fine," she replies in a clipped tounge. "Gem is very close. If it weren't for these- these- WALLS...o/"
[14:38] <Mari> "Well, Knight, we can try to make sure the next sibling you absorb has walking-through-walls powers if that makes things easier in the future. Mm. I could use a trick like that."
[14:38] <@Kotono> OOC: DD check then.
[14:38] <Kamvakua> "Keep calm.  Now is the most important time to proceed with patience.  When your blood is on fire, rushing ahead only shortens your life."
[14:38] <Mari> roll 1d20+17
06[14:38] * +Hatbot --> "Mari rolls 1d20+17 and gets 27."12 [1d20=10]
[14:40] <@Kotono> Click! With some deft fingerwork and a patentend drow stare of DOOM, Mari pops the door open! Using the mechanism and level, the stone door sopen wide! Ahead of you is a carved patio, roof quite high. There's some sort of ancient, faded engravings in the floor, writ large enough for giants. Ahead is a door leading deeper in 80 feet away, with a dingy door to the side on the left, not far from the entrydoor.
[14:40] <@Kotono> with a dingy door to the side on the left, not far from the entrydoor.
01[14:40] <Knight> "I'm not taking any unecessary risks," replies Knight, watching Mari work. "And, uh, I don't think anyone will work like that..." she mutters, staring at the room ahead. "Do those writings say anything meaningful?"
06[14:42] * Mari walks on in, taking a look at the engravings as she passes by. Any language she knows?
06[14:42] * Kamvakua looks as well.
[14:44] <@Kotono> In Terran it si written, a few parts still intact enough to read a bit. 5"...le gra...urs...give to..."
[14:46] <Kamvakua> "It's in Terran, but...difficult to read.  It's mostly torn apart," Kamvakua admitted before repeating as best he could what he could read, in common.
06[14:46] * Mari just shrugs at the unintelligible writing and wanders over to the leftmost door. Open/closed, locked/unlocked?
[14:47] <@Kotono> The door is closed but not locked. It looks quite old, chipped and beaten and forgotten.
06[14:47] * Knight remounts Bell and quickly circuits about the room's upper regions; you've got to think in all directions around here!
[14:48] <@Kotono> The upper parts have some long, wicked stalagtites. Not much is up here beyond those, nothing immediately coming to the eye anyway.
06[14:48] * Mari pushes the door open, peering cautiously inside. You never know what might be lurking in these old ruins!
[14:49] <@Kotono> The door opens! Ahead is a sloping path down, going down 20 feet and ahead 30. At the end looks to be some sort of room, but Mari can't tell from this angle. You'd have to go down to see much more.
[14:50] <Kamvakua> "Wait up Mari," Kamvakua stood nearby, waiting for Knight to rejoin them.
[14:51] <Mari> "But I wanted to go explore the mysterious ruin containing a gem that kills people all by myself!"
[14:52] <Kamvakua> "This seems unwise and also posthumorously a lie," Kamvakua smirked lightly at Mari.
06[14:53] * Mari smiles back. "You're right, Kam. I'm glad there's someone here to tell me when I'm being an idiot."
01[14:54] <Knight> "I don't think that's what posthumous means," mumbles Knight, swopping back down to come alongside Mari. "Shall I go first?"
[14:54] <Mari> "Go right ahead."
[14:55] <Kamvakua> "It isn't?  I'm sure after getting killed, it would be," Kamvakua roughly replied.  "You can have front guard today, Knight." Kamvakua allowed to take the rear.
01[14:56] <Knight> Bell goes into a slight dive to get down the stairs, and rapidly regains his balance once he reaches the room proper. White illumination spills about the walls.
[14:56] <@Kotono> Knight takes the lead! The party descends down the path! At the bottom here is a crumbling room. A few broken pillars are about, but they're mostly rubble on the floor.  Straight ahead is a door, shut tight. In the floor a little to the side, an obviously out of place slat of old stone is there, rising slightly out. There's space here enough for Bell - the roof's about 15 feet up or so.
01[14:58] <Knight> Bell can't stop in midair, so he comes to rest on the rubble just next to the slat of stone. Knight peers down at it.
06[14:59] * Mari kneels down to examine the obvious bit of stone. What are we looking at here? Another lever? A broken one?
[15:00] <@Kotono> The edges around the slat of stone are loose. Looking over it, Mari finds that it's a fake tile in the floor. It's ab it heavy for Mari to move, but it looks like there's something below it - an opening.
[15:01] <Kamvakua> "See anything?" Kamvakua wondered.
[15:01] <Mari> "Hey Kam, get this rock out of the way for me?"
[15:01] <Kamvakua> "No problem," Kamvakua moved his hands and the tile wasn't there anymore.
[15:02] <@Kotono> The tile moves! Below is a 5ft wide tunnel, grooved handholes in one side. It plunges down into the darkness 20 feet. At the bottom is some sort of open space.
[15:03] <Kamvakua> "Is it this way, Knight?"
[15:04] <Mari> "Oh boy, climbing into a mysterious dark hole. Anyone else want to take the lead here? Anyone at all? I'm hoping someone else here can see in the dark and will say, 'Yes,' if it wasn't obvious."
01[15:06] <Knight> "Uh, I need light to see, unfortuantely. Wouldn't stealth be advisable?" whispers Knight, peering into the dimness.
[15:07] <@Kotono> It's dim! It's a hole! It's very much like what you'd expect something with these qualities to be.
[15:07] <Kamvakua> "Stealth would involve moving alone, how about we make an easier route and go with torchlight?"
[15:08] <Mari> "Nah, it's alright," Mari says, starting to descend the ladder of handholds and deliberately not tempting fate by saying something like What's the Worst that Could Happen.
[15:11] <Kamvakua> "I'm coming along, just in case," Kamvakua defeated any point of stealth perhaps, nor did he have special vision, but he could always provide a convenient wall.
[15:12] <@Kotono> Mari climbs down, Kamvakua squeezing downa fter her, able to follow if not by much. Down here is a dead end, but on the floor is some writing in a circle, around what looks to be a faded pattern.
[15:12] <Kamvakua> "Is there a route?" Kamvakua squints in the darkness.
[15:13] <Mari> "Some writing," Mari says, pausing to read it (if she can) and examine the pattern on the floor.
[15:14] <@Kotono> The pattern in the floor is of a gemstone. A few flecks of red remain on it. The writing reads something in Terran.
[15:15] <Mari> "Maybe you can read this, Kam. Let's get some light in here?" Mari lights a candle.
06[15:16] * Kamvakua kneels down close, reading over it.
[15:16] <@Kotono> Kamvakua can make out this in the faded Terran: 7"To take...Ruby...press down on the gemstone here with bravery."
[15:16] <Kamvakua> "To take the ruby, press down on the gemstone here with bravery...is this possibly the entrance...or even the actual device protecting the Ruby?"
06[15:17] * Knight remains in the upper chamber, watching anxiously through the hole.
[15:17] <Mari> "I dunno, but I'm going to step back a few feet before you go ahead with that, if you don't mind."
[15:23] <Kamvakua> "I do not...though before we go further, I should come clean on something.  I was asked, if we acquire the actual ruby to give it to Ogremoch.  It was also mentioned that if we did not desire the ruby ourselves it would avoid triggering the curse it bears."
06[15:25] * Mari shrugs. "So we can't have something we didn't come here for in the first place? Eh. It's just a rock anyway."
[15:26] <Kamvakua> "That was my thought exactly.  That said, I did not know how the rest of you felt about it, and did not want to mislead you.  You may want to get further back," He gestured up the pit. "I will attempt to open it."
[15:27] <Mari> "Sure thing." Mari climbs back up the ladder and quickly fills Knight in on the situation.
01[15:28] <Knight> "I can only assume the one we're tracking will be taking the path to the Ruby," she notes, glancing down the hole. "So we would be wise to continue following it."
06[15:28] * Kamvakua breathes in and pushes down fiercely on the gemstone.
[15:29] <@Kotono> Kamvakua presses the gemstone down! In a split second there is a clash of earth! Above, Knight and Mari can see the passage seal shut! The bottom half of it is now full of stone, blocked up smoothly! Below, Kamvaka can only see by the candlelight...and can hear a hissing sound, all around! The air begins to smell strangely sweet...
[15:31] <Mari> "Uh. That's not encouraging." Mari stomps on the new barrier of stone experimentally.
[15:31] <@Kotono> It's quite hard! Drow feet don't seem to bother it at all.
01[15:31] <Knight> "This cannot be good," notes Knight, peering into the hole. "Perhaps Adail can carve through it, but... Kamvakua! Can you hear us?"
[15:32] <Kamvakua> "There is some kind of gas releasing into the room," He glanced up, seeing the stone barrier, "Unfortunate," He took a moment looking around, following by sound to where the hissing was coming from.
[15:32] <Kamvakua> roll 1d20+9 listen for various listening
06[15:32] * +Hatbot --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+9 listen for various listening and gets 14."12 [1d20=5]
[15:32] <@Kotono> In the dim light it's hard to see, but you see a few jets of gas erupting from little cracks here adn there. OOC: Fort, Kam.
[15:33] <Kamvakua> roll 1d20+18
06[15:33] * +Hatbot --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+18 and gets 21."12 [1d20=3]
[15:33] <@Kotono> Kamvakua feels lightheaded, but functional! OOC: No damage...yet, perhaps. Carry on, Kam.
06[15:33] * Kamvakua tries pushing down on the gemstone again, more firmly a moment.
[15:34] <@Kotono> Kamvakua goes back over and presses the gemstone! Nothing happens, the gemstone already pressed down. OOC: Make another fort save.
[15:34] <Kamvakua> roll 1d20+18
06[15:34] * +Hatbot --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+18 and gets 32."12 [1d20=14]
[15:34] <@Kotono> Kamvakua's vision dances, doubles over his eyes, but he's not giving into this gas yet! OOC: Continue.
06[15:34] * Kamvakua digs his way up.
[15:35] <@Kotono> OOC: You'd have to dig up at a slope like Rat said. What's your dig speed?
[15:36] <Kamvakua> OOC: 30 ft/6s.
[15:37] <@Kotono> Kamvakua begins to dig up, getting well over halfway as...OOC: Fort once again.
[15:38] <Kamvakua> roll 1d20+18
06[15:38] * +Hatbot --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+18 and gets 21."12 [1d20=3]
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[15:41] <@Kotono> The gas is...Kamvakua feels dizzy...but with a final surge, he erupts out of the ground! Fresh air! He feels better, even as his eyes slip shut, Knight and Mari seeing him make it ou! OOC: Kam, you're out cold for the moment. You two, you see dazed and out Goliath besides you.
01[15:43] <Knight> "Kamvakua? Mari, do you have any water?" asks Knight, jumping off Bell and inspecting the unconscious warrior.
[15:43] <Mari> "Oh, Kam! Good call on that getting the hell out of the way idea. Are you alright?" Well, he seems asleep, but maybe having five feet of sexy drow yammering at him will rouse him?
[15:45] <@Kotono> The noise ise nough to rouse Kamvakua into a half-coherent daze, recovering awareness.
[15:45] <Mari> "So I see you didn't crawl out with a giant ruby. Very disappointing!"
01[15:46] <Knight> "Was there such a thing down there?" asks Knight, glancing at Mari.
[15:47] <Kamvakua> "Mmm....Mari?" He blinked a bit awake, "Gas trap.  Deceitful it seems."  He should be more angry, but he just instead was drowsy.
[15:47] <Mari> "Nah. Just some writing that turned out to be a big ol' tease. I guess this was someone's trap. Want to head back up and check out the other door?" Mari says, ignoring Kam's near-stupor.
01[15:49] <Knight> "I suppose it could not be an easy thing to claim," admits Knight, nodding at Mari. "It all seemed a bit obvious, didn't it?"
[15:50] <Kamvakua> "It could easily have been a real test," He stumbled to his feet.  "I'm glad it wasn't worse."
[15:51] <Mari> "Well, Knight, you shoulda said so before Kam set off the gas trap," Mari says, making her way back up the incline to the main room to try out the other door.
[15:52] <@Kotono> You climb back up the incline to the main room with the faded giant inscriptions. The door ahead here is closed, as it was before. It can be checked or what have you if youc are to.
01[15:52] <Knight> "I- well, it didn't occur to me before," mumbles Knight, trailing after Mari and sizing up the larger portal.
[15:52] <Kamvakua> "Nor did it I.  I suppose that says we aren't very deceitful people."
[15:53] <Mari> "Too bad. It's good to be able to know when someone's conning you." Mari approaches the door and examines it.
[15:54] <@Kotono> OC: Roll search, Mari?
[15:55] <Mari> roll 1d20+11
06[15:55] * +Hatbot --> "Mari rolls 1d20+11 and gets 13."12 [1d20=2]
06[15:55] * Serith bats the dice around for Mari --> [ 1d20=15 ]{26}
[15:57] <@Kotono> OOC: Choose a bot.
[15:57] <@Kotono> OOC: That means you, Mari.
[15:57] <@Mari> OOC: retroactively? Well, that's pretty easy. IF you mean for the rest of the session, we can give Serith a go.
[15:58] <@Kotono> Mari finds no traps or anything like that. The door isn't locked.
06[15:58] * @Mari opens it, tentatively as if expecting another trap like before even though she didn't find anything untoward.
[16:00] <@Kotono> The door opens! Ahead is a many pillared chamber, most of them broken. Lying about in the path are several man and large sized things - what were once elementals, shattered apart. Broken arms, legs, bodies, a head fixed in a death gaze. Burns cover a pair, while others are still frozen solid.
06[16:01] * @Kamvakua looks around, lifting his walking stick/stabbing utensil in readiness as they move forward.
06[16:02] * @Mari treads carefully, getting the nasty suspicion that this is the lair of something that doesn't much like visitors. "Well...This isn't encouraging..." she says quietly.
01[16:02] <@Knight> "Are these.. they must be recent victims," murmurs Knight, cantering into the room and inspecting the bodies. "Powerful elemental magic... as I believe can be wielded by the slaad."
06[16:05] * @Kamvakua looks over to see if there's anything that can tell whether this was something that say...happened hours ago...or years ago.
[16:06] <@Kotono> Ahead, past this carnage, Mari finds a pair of doors. One leads straight ahead, with a door on the right leading to a little hall going and twisting away.
[16:06] <@Kotono> OOC: Int check, Kam.
01[16:06] <@Knight> "Gem is near!" she announces, pointing forward. "He is.. weak," she adds, quickly moving onward. "Mari, it is dangerous ahead. We... yes, we have to be as cautious as possible."
[16:08] <@Mari> "Straight ahead, huh?" Mari says, walking forward with her weapons ready just in case, always glancing around for whatever might have caused this mess. "What do you mean, he's weak? What happens if someone else gets to him first, anyway?"
[16:08] <@Kamvakua> roll 1d20+1
06[16:08] * +Serith bats the dice around for Kamvakua --> [ 1d20=18 ]{19}
01[16:09] <@Knight> "He can't contact me easily, and he's strained. I.. believe he is indestructable, but that doesn't mean he can't run oout of energy and become inert..." replies Knight, frowning. "Since he is warning me against his owner, I can only assume the one who holds him is dangerous indeed."
[16:10] <@Kamvakua> "This is recent.  Not more than a day or so.  Whoever or whatever did this could easily be not far ahead of us."
06[16:10] * @Kamvakua nods to Knight's words. "Then we should proceed swiftly and with caution."
[16:11] <@Mari> "Owner, huh? This sounds more and more fun..." Mari approaches the door straight ahead of them, opening it cautiously.
[16:11] <@Kotono> As you talk, the doors ahead fly open! A large Earth elemental is on point, two medium ones behind it. At it's flank is a single gargoyle! In booming Terran, 7"Surrender or face the wrath of Ogremoch!"
06[16:16] * @Kamvakua returns in Terrain, "We have permission from Ogremoch to be here."  Kamvakua presented the slab saying such.
[16:18] <@Kotono> On seeing the slab, 7"Turn away in the name of Ogremoch." The elemental commands, "What lies ahead is currently forbidden to all."
[16:19] <@Kamvakua> "Why is that so?  My companion has no choice but to travel this way.  And Ogremoch desired the Gruesome Ruby which is said to lie beyond."
06[16:19] * @Mari can only look from the elemental to Kam, back and forth, ready for trouble if hostilities break out.
[16:19] <@Kamvakua> His tone was inquisitve, seeking reason.
06[16:19] * @Knight shifts uneasily in her saddle. Interruptions, always interruptions!
[16:21] <@Kotono> The elemental glares at Kamvakua, 7"Ogremoch's orders here are absolute. You must turn away, for a dangerous force is loose eyond this point."
06[16:23] * @Kamvakua lifts his hands, palms forward in the universal gesture for no trouble wanted. "What is this dangerous force...?  We may deal with it for you."
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03[16:25] * Kotono sets mode: +v Hatbot
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[16:25] <@Kotono> Switching to gruff Common after a moment, "Do you revere Ogremoch?"
[16:28] <@Kamvakua> "No.  But I owe him a great debt, and in this our paths have become joined."
[16:31] <@Kotono> The elemental peers closer at Kamvakua, silent for several moments. "Serve Ogremoch by advancing ahead. An ogre mage and a slaad have both been seen, dealing great death and harm."
[16:32] <@Kamvakua> "They are who my companion seeks.  It is likely that their deaths will follow our meeting.  Or our own.  Will you clear aside?"
01[16:32] <@Knight> "It must be him!" murmurs Knight, glancing at Mari with some worry. "Is there anything down there we can use to our advantage?"
[16:33] <@Kotono> The four stand aside, the path ahead open.
[16:34] <@Kamvakua> "Let's go.  We know that there's a mage and a slaad.  If we are lucky, we can catch them before they are rested."
06[16:34] * @Mari walks on past, keeping an eye on the goons in case they try anything.
01[16:36] <@Knight> "They are one and the same being," replies Knight, shaking her head. "The slaad disguised himself as an ogre magi for a time, or so Gem told me. Gem... Gem... I wonder why he retains my brother..."
[16:37] <@Kamvakua> "What is a slaad?  Does it die if it is cut or stabbed?"  He wondered at the warrior's caution, not used to her being a worried of such.
[16:37] <@Kotono> You advance on! Past them is a narrow hall, leading to a broken room. Here glass litters the floor, several broken pillars. More shattered elementals are ahead, a door straight ahead and a passage to the side on each wall, right at the midway point 20 feet ahead.
[16:38] <@Mari> "I dunno, Knight," Mari says, moving on. "They're nasty frog people, Kam. cut 'em enough and they die like everything else, though. I know from experience!"
01[16:38] <@Knight> "No two slaad are alike. They are all of different colourings, and each colour possesses abilities unique to itself... somewhat like dragons, in that respect."
01[16:39] <@Knight> Knight's voice is hoarse, and she reaches dazedly for her waterskin. "This.. I, I cannot think straight."
[16:39] <@Mari> Glass, huh? where did it come from? Mari idly glances up. "Knight, which direction are we looking at here. Still straight on ahead?"
[16:41] <@Kotono> ABove is roof, nothing unusual.  There are broken pillars around the broken glass.
[16:41] <@Kamvakua> "We face something dangerous," Kamvakua grimly smiled.  "In each a test, let us hope to catch it unawares."
01[16:42] <@Knight> "Straight ahead," replies Knight, pointing ahead with her lance. "We should not rely on hope when we can rely on skill," she adds, glancing at Mari.
06[16:42] * @Mari strides forward. "Well, I'd say we go get this over with. We can poke around later if we're all still alive, but since the last time we did that saw us fall into a trap, I'd say it's not high priority."
01[16:46] <@Knight> "Yes, yes, you're right. Mari, how do you feel about scouting in front?" asks Knight, somewhat hesitant.
[16:49] <@Mari> "Run off by myself when there's a slaad around who we know's killed a whole mess of elementals? Why sure! Should be fun. I don't see any problems cropping up from this plan at all." Mari sighs. "I...guess it'd be good to know what we're dealing with before jumping into things. And it's not like Kam could sneak up on anyone..."
[16:50] <@Kamvakua> "I am nothing if not silent," He deadpanned.  "I...do not like this.  If you go ahead, we should not be too far behind.  No more than a hundred or two hundred feet, so we could run and help if you needed to shout."
01[16:52] <@Knight> Knight's composure breaks in an instant. "No, Gem! Gem, I'm coming!" she calls, spurring Bell on and rushing in front of her companions!
[16:53] <@Mari> "Sure thing. You guys come running when you hear my dying screms, alright? I'm sure I'll appreciate that, wherever I am by that point. I--wait, what? Aw, shit." Mari takes off after Knight!
[16:54] <@Kamvakua> "Stop, Knight!"  He rushed after her, "Dammit, Knight!"
[16:57] <@Kotono> Knight rushes ahead, Mari and Kamvakua hurrying along! The door ahead leads to a downward slope, going down 50 feet and ahead 50. A perfect angle, down and down! Ahead of you lies a chamber. A chamber of candles, broken all over. Candlebras are shattered, alongside gargoyle corpses and a few xorn. Holding a single medium sized elemental up, a great green frog like creature is ahead! In one hand is a club of stone, the other hand holding the el
[16:57] <@Kotono> In one hand is a club of stone, the other hand holding the elemental up by the head. (More)
[16:59] <@Kotono> Around the being, a faint, gemstone-like radiance surrounds him. It's cut and faceted, wavering in and out of vision. "Boooring!" Droning that out, there is a crunch! The elemental's head is shattered, body tossed aside and lobbed up! With it's other hand it's club swings, connecting! The broken elemental goes flying, landing in front of the party 100 feet away! "Triple digits for sure! Now then...oh, more?"
[16:59] <@Kotono> "Triple digits for sure! Now then...oh, more?"
01[17:01] <@Knight> "Gem, I... you," murmurs Knight, suddenly reigning her steed in. "It's you who has Gem. I... I will be taking Gem back. It's up to you whether I do so by force or by trade," she announces. Bell slowly gains altitude, allowing Knight to gaze down at her quarry.
[17:01] <@Kotono> OOC: roll a d100.
01[17:02] <@Knight> roll 1d100
06[17:02] * +Hatbot --> "Knight rolls 1d100 and gets 13."12 [1d100=13]
[17:04] <@Kotono> "Gem?" The slaad cocks it's head to the side, peering at Knight, "Oh, lookit here! It's like the other card but with far less taste." A long, ten foot tongue lashes out, licking the air, "I bet you taste CRUNCHY and SWEATY!" Snapping sharp teeth, "BORING! The Gruesome Ruby'll be more interesting than you!"
01[17:05] <@Knight> "Don't toy with me, Slaad," hisses Knight, narrowing her eyes. "I know your kind are inconstant in your whims, but don't underestimate me! I'm not the same as these elementals," she retorts.
[17:07] <@Kotono> "Inconstant, more like incontinent." Now swinging it's club forward, the air rippling into waves of force that peter out well before they reach you, "With extra cheese, too! So you want the shiny, eh?" With a narrow look of his own, "You got two chances, make me laugh! And don't you dare bore me, or your'e dead!"
06[17:08] * @Mari isn't expecting anything resembling reasoning from this creature. "Knight, make someone laugh? Uh oh..."
06[17:09] * @Kamvakua readies his pike even as he is bamboozled.  If the thing rushes, at least he can be prepared to strike it back.
01[17:13] <@Knight> "-what?" stammers Knight, and righteous rage is instantly replaced with hesitation. Laugh... laughs.. who laughs? There was that couple at the bar. They were laughing. So, couples make each other laugh? "Hah! Slaad, you don't know what you've done," she declares. "Because with this ring, no man is resistant to my charms! Yes, I'll have you laughing in no time."
[17:14] <@Kotono> "You'd better! That ring looks like it's crunchy, but only over a medium flame. You know what has a medium flame? Baator. But neverind that! GEt going!" The slaad gestures, "Show me your charms then!"
06[17:16] * @Kamvakua eyes Mari. "This seems bad," He quietly whispered.
[17:17] <@Mari> "It might be funny after all," Mari whispers back, "but for all the wrong reasons..."
[17:18] <@Kamvakua> "It...  Is it just me or do we allow knight to get herself into terrible situations?"
01[17:18] <@Knight> "Are you sure about this? I'm warning you, you'll be bedazzled beyond your imagination," cautions Knight, swooping to the ground and dismounting from Bell. "Alright. You asked for it." She takes a deep breath, and lowers her gaze a little.
01[17:18] <@Knight> "I'm afraid I don't know your name, though. That would make this a little difficult, Mr..."
[17:18] <@Mari> "Who's turn was it to watch her this time? I'm sure it wasn't mine."
[17:19] <@Kotono> "Xanderella!" The slaad calls. "No...not today! How about Zandras instead! ...no...Bob...no....Niain!" On the last, "Niain!"
01[17:21] <@Knight> "Niain! That is.. a pleasant name. Today's selection has taste," she responds, slowly advancing towards the hulking beast. "I.. I saw your handiwork, Niain. You know, I was really impressed by it. I like... strong men. And is there a better way to show your strength than slaying elementals for fun?"
[17:24] <@Kotono> "Yes." The answer is immediate, "Elementals are boring! Staid! Earthy! I hate boring!" Pacing about before leaping back in a somersault, Niain lands atop a shattered elemental. He reclines on it like a chair, "Though speaking of taste, I wonder if you still taste sweaty and crunchy?"
[17:25] <@Kotono> After a moment his tongue darts out, dabbing the air, "Everyone does here. Ugh. I'm sick of sweaty and crunchy! It's sweaty fear or crunchy metal and rocks!"
01[17:28] <@Knight> "Oh, it is a defence, of course. Why, if I did not wear this metal, those hungry for sweeter tastes would never leave me alone," replies Knight, with a sultry grin. "I can't give in to just anything, you know."
[17:29] <@Mari> "That's it," Mari says to Kam, palm on her forehead. "First thing when we get back to town, we're finding Knight a man."
[17:30] <@Kotono> "Oh, does that mean all your fighting is a mating ritual?" Now thoughtfully rubbing his chin, "In the Great Streams of Chaos, slaad battle to choose who they mate with. Ah, it's the same for you! The cards mate as slaadi do! No wonder they were in Limbo! They were looking for mates!"
[17:35] <@Kamvakua> "A human one...I hope?" Kamvakua eyed. "I think she's finding a weird one...I never expected this."
01[17:35] <@Knight> "Yes! Do you see? I must make sure my siblings have found suitable partners! To put it simply, how can I know whether or not you are satisfying Gem?"
[17:37] <@Kotono> The slaad bucks up slightly, the gem aura around it glowing brighter! "One way to find out!" He says, "I wonder what the child of a slaad and a card will be? Slacard? Carlaad? Eladrin?"
[17:41] <@Mari> "So, er...do you think we should leave the room, Kam? I'm pretty sure this isn't something I want to watch."
06[17:41] * @Knight pauses for a moment, twisting her head to one side. "To be honest, I think I am flattered, but to willingly steal from my brother, I..." She continues to advance towards the slaad, peering carefully towards it.
01[17:42] <@Knight> roll 1d20+2
06[17:42] * +Hatbot --> "Knight rolls 1d20+2 and gets 12."12 [1d20=10]
[17:42] <@Kotono> "I...?" Looking to Knight, "Well? You're starting to bore me again..."
01[17:44] <@Knight> "Well, since nobody has beaten me before, it would be my first time," she explains, extending an empty hand.
[17:45] <@Kotono> OOC: Make a diplo check here, Knight? I feel all of this has warranted one for reference.
[17:46] <@Kotono> roll 1d8
06[17:46] * +Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 and gets 6."12 [1d8=6]
01[17:46] <@Knight> roll 1d20+3 I'm good at them! oh wait
06[17:46] * +Hatbot --> "Knight rolls 1d20+3 I'm good at them! oh wait and gets 7."12 [1d20=4]
[17:46] <@Kotono> OOC: +6 bonus for a total of 13.
[17:46] <@Kotono> The slaad's lips twitch, "Your first time?" He offers his hand out, "First time squishy and sticky."
01[17:52] <@Knight> Knight extends her hand, gripping the Slaad's tightly; it squirms a little, as if feeling for something. Then, with a sudden motion, she smashes into his wrist with the spike on the edge of her shield! She lashes out with one leg to shove him away whilst tugging on his hand, attempting to rip off the appendage that hides her brother!
[17:52] <@Kotono> OOC: Attack roll before anythingelse.
01[17:52] <@Knight> roll 1d20+13 PA -2
06[17:52] * +Hatbot --> "Knight rolls 1d20+13 PA -2 and gets 27."12 [1d20=14]
01[17:52] <@Knight> OOC: Sorry, that's +15
[17:52] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit. Damage.
01[17:52] <@Knight> roll 1d6+12
06[17:52] * +Hatbot --> "Knight rolls 1d6+12 and gets 17."12 [1d6=5]
[17:52] <@Kotono> OOC: Str check.
01[17:52] <@Knight> roll 1d20+5
06[17:52] * +Hatbot --> "Knight rolls 1d20+5 and gets 17."12 [1d20=12]
[17:54] <@Kotono> Knight thrusts her spiky piont into the slaad! It's eyes widen, "Oh, like that?" he asks, even as Knight pulls back! His hand tears away, leaving a bloody stump where his hand was! Even as his hand gives way, he reaches out, trying to grab Knight's hand!
[17:54] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+20 claw AC Knight?
06[17:54] * +Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 claw AC Knight? and gets 30."12 [1d20=10]
01[17:54] <@Knight> OOC: That hits!
[17:54] <@Kotono> roll 1d6+8 and str check for him.
06[17:54] * +Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+8 and str check for him. and gets 14."12 [1d6=6]
[17:55] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8 str
06[17:55] * +Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 str and gets 20."12 [1d20=12]
[17:55] <@Kamvakua> "...we should charge," Kamvakua eyed disquietly.
[17:55] <@Mari> "Yes."
[17:55] <@Kotono> RIP! Screaming agony fills Knight's mind! She comes away with his hand, as hers is torn right off in return! Grinning even as both stumps gush blood, "Let's exchange bodily fluids and parts!" He slams Knight's hand into his too large stump, even as green flesh begins to knit it onto it! "You do it too!"
06[17:57] * @Kamvakua shifts his pike up slightly and suddenly is flowing across the ground toward the two in a a dangerous charge.
06[17:57] * @Mari has her swords in hand and is right behind Kam!
01[17:58] <@Knight> In the theroes of pain, Knight slams the slaad's hand onto her arm, frantically stumbling back from the creature. "Agh, kuh, guh... Gem! Gem, do I have you?" she cries, even as Bell swoops towards her!
[17:59] <@Kotono> The green flesh of the bloody hand knits into Knight's own! She feels the pain cease, a far too large claw attached in place of her hand! 'I am...I must rest....my sibling...' Meanwhile the slaad grins, looking at his new hand. "It's so small and girly! I've never had a hand like this! Oh, and when it grows into a child it'll be endless fun!" OOC: INit.
[18:00] <@Mari> roll 1d20+10 murderdeathkill
06[18:00] * +Hatbot --> "Mari rolls 1d20+10 murderdeathkill and gets 29."12 [1d20=19]
[18:00] <@Kamvakua> roll 1d20+2 I somehow expect that this is going to suck
06[18:00] * +Hatbot --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+2 I somehow expect that this is going to suck and gets 11."12 [1d20=9]
01[18:00] <@Knight> roll 1d20+5 they will learn to fear THE CLAW
06[18:00] * +Hatbot --> "Knight rolls 1d20+5 they will learn to fear THE CLAW and gets 8."12 [1d20=3]
[18:01] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+5 slaad
06[18:01] * +Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 slaad and gets 23."12 [1d20=18]
03[18:01] * Kotono changes topic to 'Mari(29)>Slaad(23)>Kam(11)>Knight(8)'
01[18:02] <@Knight> roll 1d20+8 adail
06[18:02] * +Hatbot --> "Knight rolls 1d20+8 adail and gets 18."12 [1d20=10]
03[18:02] * Kotono changes topic to 'Mari(29)>Slaad(23)>Adail(18)>Kam(11)>Knight(8)'
[18:04] <@Mari> Mari rushes forward, hoping to shred this monster before anything even *more* unpleasant can happen to Knight! (OOC: double movement + amulet charge)
[18:04] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. Slaad.
[18:05] <@Kotono> As Mari charges forward, the slaad twirls around! "Purple! This is so purple!" he laughs, "Perfect! You can...oh wait." The gem-shimmering aura is gone from him, "Oh, saves me time!" He turns to KNight, "Thank you very much!  That was fun! Now I feel energized to go finish getting that ruby!"
[18:05] <@Kotono> Adail is on Kam's shoulder, along for the ride!
[18:07] <@Mari> "I'm not purple! What in the hells are you talking about? That doesn't make sense even by my standards!"
01[18:07] <@Knight> "It- agh, ow- it's fine, let's.. let's go," mumbles Knight, continuing to stumble backwards.
06[18:10] * @Kamvakua roars as he rushes onward, growing as he rushed in, his pike dipping low first in an attempt to knock the creature down, before twirling to strike. OOC: Trip attack first.  Rage.  Smite evil as well.  But I suspect that only comes after the trip attempt.
[18:10] <@Kamvakua> roll 1d20+19 touch attack.
06[18:11] * +Hatbot --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+19 touch attack. and gets 27."12 [1d20=8]
[18:11] <@Kamvakua> roll 1d20+14+3 Trip attempt
06[18:11] * +Hatbot --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+14+3 Trip attempt and gets 20."12 [1d20=3]
[18:11] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit. Opposed check time. Link me in #elysium to trip?
[18:12] <@Kamvakua> OOC: additional +4.  24.
[18:12] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[18:12] * +Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 22."12 [1d20=10]
06[18:15] * +Hatbot --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+15+2+2+3 hit and gets 28."12 [1d20=6]
[18:15] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit. Damage Kam. Lightning bonus die doesn't apply, he has resistance.
[18:16] <@Kamvakua> roll 5d6+13+2
06[18:16] * +Hatbot --> "Kamvakua rolls 5d6+13+2 and gets 32."12 [5d6=3, 3, 3, 5, 3]
03[18:18] * Kotono changes topic to 'Mari(29)>>Adail(18)>Slaad=Kam(11)>Knight(8)'
[18:19] <@Kotono> Kam whirls behind him, running back and slamming his crackling lance into the flank of the slaad! It makes a wound, resisted but successful in drawing a good splash of blood! A moment later, the slaad's head springs up, necke xtending grotesquely! "TAKE THIS!" he bellows, concentrating, fire bursting around Kamvakua! OOC: Reflex, Kam.
[18:20] <@Kamvakua> roll 1d20+8
06[18:20] * +Hatbot --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+8 and gets 10."12 [1d20=2]
[18:20] <@Kotono> roll 10d6 full damage
06[18:20] * +Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 full damage and gets 32."12 [10d6=5, 3, 1, 3, 2, 5, 1, 5, 6, 1]
[18:21] <@Kotono> Fires back Kamvakua! They scorch his back, as the slaad gets up! OOC: This triggers an AoO from you, Kam.
[18:22] <@Kamvakua> roll 1d20+21 BACKSTAB  Man, I never get to use this.
06[18:23] * +Serith bats the dice around for Kamvakua --> [ 1d20=13 ]{34}
[18:23] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit. Damage.
[18:23] <@Kamvakua> roll 3d6+13
[18:23] <@Kamvakua> OOC: Serith?
06[18:23] * +Serith bats the dice around for Kamvakua --> [ 1d6=2 1d6=2 1d6=3 ]{20}
[18:24] <@Kotono> As the slaad rises, Kamvakua cuts into his arm! But despite this he's up! His body is between Knight and Kamvakua, "Foul miscreant!" Puffing his chest out as he bleeds, "I won't let you harm her or me! We have children to think of! Have at you with the mystic power of Limbo!" OOC: Will, Kam.
[18:25] <@Kamvakua> roll 1d20+10
06[18:25] * +Serith bats the dice around for Kamvakua --> [ 1d20=19 ]{29}
[18:25] <@Kotono> Kamvakua feels his body sag like lead, but he somehow keeps moving, resisting the compulsion! OOC: Kngiht.
01[18:28] <Knight> Bell rushes forward, and Knight manages to vault onto his back by the time he reaches her! She fumbles for her sword- the lance was left elsewhere in the cave, but has trouble gripping it in her newly-enlarged hand!
01[18:29] <@Knight> Bell rushes forward, and Knight manages to vault onto his back by the time he reaches her! She fumbles for her sword- the lance was left elsewhere in the cave, but has trouble gripping it in her newly-enlarged hand!
06[18:31] * @Mari calls for the winds to protect her--if they can answer in this dark cave--before closing the rest of the distance between her and the slaad and laying into him!
[18:31] <@Kotono> OOC: Level check for the devotion, I believe. Don't botch it like last itme.
[18:32] <@Mari> OOC: I recall there being a failure chance for AD on this plane but forget the roll. Was it a level check? Okay.
[18:32] <@Mari> roll 1d20+8
06[18:32] * +Serith bats the dice around for Mari --> [ 1d20=9 ]{17}
[18:32] <@Kotono> OOC: Success. Carry on.
[18:32] <@Mari> roll 1d20+12+2-2 flanking/plane penalty counter each other
06[18:32] * +Serith bats the dice around for Mari --> [ 1d20=14 ]{26}
[18:33] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[18:33] <@Mari> roll 1d6+2+4d6+3 SA/fire damage
06[18:33] * +Serith bats the dice around for Mari --> [ 1d6=4 1d6=2 1d6=4 1d6=2 1d6=6 ]{23}
[18:33] <@Mari> OOC: 1 fire damage, I dunno what I was thinking there
[18:34] <@Kotono> Mari stabs the slaad in the back, tumbling in and leaping up in a nasy little poke! From his perch, Adail fires magic missiles!
[18:34] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+ (Checking stat, see if the CL check is close or not)
06[18:34] * +Serith bats the dice around for Kotono --> [ 1d20=20 ]{20}
[18:34] <@Kotono> roll 3d4+3 Well!
06[18:34] * +Serith bats the dice around for Kotono --> [ 1d4=4 1d4=4 1d4=2 ]{13}
[18:34] <@Kotono> Magic missiles hit the slaad in the flank, rocking him a little more! OOC: Slaad'n'Kam duo hour.
06[18:35] * @Kamvakua swings rapidly again to knock him to the ground before anything else!
[18:35] <@Kamvakua> roll 1d20+21-2
06[18:35] * +Serith bats the dice around for Kamvakua --> [ 1d20=14 ]{33}
[18:35] <@Kotono> OOC: Opposed check.
[18:35] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[18:36] * +Serith bats the dice around for Kotono --> [ 1d20=4 ]{16}
[18:36] <@Kamvakua> roll 1d20+21
06[18:36] * +Serith bats the dice around for Kamvakua --> [ 1d20=5 ]{26}
[18:36] <@Kamvakua> roll 1d20+21-2 "From limbo you came..."
06[18:36] * +Serith bats the dice around for Kamvakua --> [ 1d20=14 ]{33}
[18:36] <@Kamvakua> roll 1d20+16-2 "And to limbo you shall return."
06[18:36] * +Serith bats the dice around for Kamvakua --> [ 1d20=6 ]{20}
[18:36] <@Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[18:37] <@Kamvakua> roll 3d6+13
06[18:37] * +Serith bats the dice around for Kamvakua --> [ 1d6=6 1d6=4 1d6=6 ]{29}
[18:38] <@Kotono> At the same time, the slaad glares at Mari, "Oh, don't think I didn't notice you!" With that, her body becomes heavy! OOC: Will.
[18:38] <@Mari> roll 1d20+6 +2 more against spells/spell-likes, assume that applies
06[18:38] * +Serith bats the dice around for Mari --> [ 1d20=17 ]{23}
[18:39] <@Kotono> Mari feels heavy and tired, but she resists the terrific force! Meanwhile, fire bursts around Kamvakua again! OOC: Ref, Kam.
[18:40] <@Kamvakua> roll 1d20+8  my worst save ;_;  Any AoO for spellcasting while in a threat range?
06[18:40] * +Serith bats the dice around for Kamvakua --> [ 1d20=2 ]{10}
[18:40] <@Kotono> roll 10d6 full and no, he has concentration enough to autopass the check.
06[18:40] * +Serith bats the dice around for Kotono --> [ 1d6=5 1d6=4 1d6=6 1d6=6 1d6=1 1d6=2 1d6=4 1d6=3 1d6=2 1d6=5 ]{38}
[18:41] <@Kotono> In a flurr of activity, Mari resists and Kamvakua is roasted alive! But at the same time the slaad goes down, Kamvakua impaling him in thes tomach! OOC: Knight.
01[18:42] <@Knight> Bell loops around, and Knight flashes past the ongoing battle in an instant, digging her lance into the creature's neck as she o/"rides on by!o/"
01[18:43] <@Knight> roll 1d20+17-2-2+2+4
06[18:43] * +Serith bats the dice around for Knight --> [ 1d20=4 ]{23}
[18:43] <@Kotono> OOC: Since he's prone, hit.
01[18:44] <@Knight> roll 3d6+24
06[18:44] * +Serith bats the dice around for Knight --> [ 1d6=1 1d6=4 1d6=1 ]{30}
01[18:44] <@Knight> roll 3d8+24
01[18:44] <@Knight> OOC: latter is correct <_<
06[18:44] * +Serith bats the dice around for Knight --> [ 1d8=3 1d8=4 1d8=8 ]{39}
[18:45] <@Kotono> Knight drives by, impaling his neck! The slaad wobbles, gushing blood everywhere! "Betrayal! He moans, "How exciting, maiden! You're going to steal both our children for yourself!"
[18:46] <@Mari> "Yes, she is. Give Knight her hand back, dammit!" Mari yells as she slashes away at the fallen creature.
[18:46] <@Mari> roll 1d20+12+2-2 FA 1
[18:46] <@Mari> roll 1d20+12+2-2 FA 2
06[18:46] * +Serith bats the dice around for Mari --> [ 1d20=3 ]{15}
06[18:46] * +Serith bats the dice around for Mari --> [ 1d20=2 ]{14}
[18:46] <@Mari> roll 1d20+7+2-2 FA 3
06[18:46] * +Serith bats the dice around for Mari --> [ 1d20=2 ]{9}
[18:47] <@Kotono> Mari strikes like the wind, but it's just as inoffensive as the wind, not a single hit! Meanwhile Adail readies the MAGIC MISSILES!
[18:47] <@Kotono> roll 1d20
06[18:47] * +Serith bats the dice around for Kotono --> [ 1d20=3 ]{3}
[18:47] <@Kotono> This time they don't even have an effect, bouncing off the slaad! OOC: Slaad and Kam.
[18:47] <@Kotono> Again his eye turn to Kamvakua, "Just...fry!" he snaps, fire going around him! OOC: Ref.
[18:48] <@Kamvakua> roll 1d20+8
06[18:48] * +Serith bats the dice around for Kamvakua --> [ 1d20=14 ]{22}
[18:48] <@Kotono> roll 10d6 halve this lucky
06[18:48] * +Serith bats the dice around for Kotono --> [ 1d6=1 1d6=4 1d6=1 1d6=2 1d6=1 1d6=2 1d6=4 1d6=3 1d6=4 1d6=3 ]{25}
[18:49] <@Kotono> As flames lick at Kamvakua's side, the passing Knight and horse get a glare! OOC: Will, Knight.
01[18:50] <@Knight> roll 1d20+10
06[18:50] * +Serith bats the dice around for Knight --> [ 1d20=1 ]{11}
[18:50] <@Kotono> Knight's body goes rigid, unmoving! OOC: Kam.
[18:51] <@Kotono> Lying there, putting one bloody arm under his head, "Gimme your best shot, you overgrown rock!"
[18:52] <@Kamvakua> "My pleasure.  This is not your place, may you evaporate into the limbo."  He stabbed down twice hard.
[18:52] <@Kamvakua> roll 1d20+21-2
06[18:52] * +Serith bats the dice around for Kamvakua --> [ 1d20=16 ]{35}
[18:52] <@Kamvakua> roll 1d20+17-2
06[18:52] * +Serith bats the dice around for Kamvakua --> [ 1d20=16 ]{31}
[18:52] <@Kotono> OOC: Dual hits.
[18:52] <@Kamvakua> roll 6d6+26
06[18:52] * +Serith bats the dice around for Kamvakua --> [ 1d6=3 1d6=3 1d6=1 1d6=6 1d6=3 1d6=2 ]{44}
[18:53] <@Kotono> Kamvakua stabs down twice into the slaad! Its' guts are open, but a defiant, bloody smile remain, "Try...harder!" He wheezes! OOC: IKnight, you're paralysed. You can attempt to break ita s a full round action. If you do, you get another will svae.
01[18:53] <@Knight> roll 1d20+10 ok!
06[18:53] * +Serith bats the dice around for Knight --> [ 1d20=5 ]{15}
[18:53] <@Kotono> OOC: Failure.
[18:54] <@Kotono> Knight is unmoving, like iron! OOC: Mari.
[18:55] <@Mari> "'Try harder?' Does a sword in the face count? Let's find out!"
[18:56] <@Mari> roll 1d20+12+2-2 FA 1
[18:56] <@Mari> roll 1d20+12+2-2 FA 2
06[18:56] * +Serith bats the dice around for Mari --> [ 1d20=19 ]{31}
[18:56] <@Mari> roll 1d20+7+2-2 FA 3
06[18:56] * +Serith bats the dice around for Mari --> [ 1d20=4 ]{16}
06[18:56] * +Serith bats the dice around for Mari --> [ 1d20=12 ]{19}
[18:56] <@Kotono> OOC: One hit, see if that's ac rits ince you're 19-20, aren't you?
[18:56] <@Mari> roll 1d20+12+2-2 confirmation
06[18:56] * +Serith bats the dice around for Mari --> [ 1d20=8 ]{20}
[18:56] <@Kotono> OOC:Normal hit.
[18:56] <@Mari> roll 1d6+2+4d6+1 SA/fire
06[18:57] * +Serith bats the dice around for Mari --> [ 1d6=6 1d6=6 1d6=2 1d6=5 1d6=5 ]{27}
[18:57] <@Kotono> With a final stab, Mari impales the head of the slaad! It goes still, rainbow colored ooze leaking from it's brain cavity! OOC: Free act.
[18:57] <@Kotono> OOC: Knight, you can try your will save again since it's free act.
01[18:57] <@Knight> roll 1d20+10 don'tfalloff
06[18:57] * +Serith bats the dice around for Knight --> [ 1d20=9 ]{19}
[18:58] <@Mari> "I guess it does count. There, happy!" Mari spits at the corpse. "Ugh. Uh, hey, Knight...you want your real hand back or what? Someone in town can switch them back maybe."
01[18:58] <@Knight> "Gem is in this hand. I can't- gygk!" Knight drops her shield and clutches at her wrist. "I'll just overcome the pain-!"
06[18:59] * @Kamvakua continues stabbing it a bit, not exactly trusting that it is dead, though it does not take too long for him to calm, his fearsome visage softening to normal.  "Are you alright Knight?"  He was barely standing on his feet, burns up and down his stony counternance, but he looked more concerned for the woman with her arm ripped off.
[18:59] <@Kotono> As you talk, the arm moves. Knight's hand crawls up the slaad's chest, bringing the arm along with it via dragging.
[19:00] <@Mari> "What the--what in...? Uh, you think this thing wants off its host, or what?"
[19:00] <@Kotono> The hand rests on the slaad's chest, fingernails digging in. Blood begins to flow as Knight's fingers probe into the chest of the slaad, over where it's heart may be. In theory.
01[19:01] <@Knight> Knight manages to bring Bell alongside the Slaad, whereupon she hops off and grabs the mobile appendage in both hands! Grimacing, she attempts to seperate her hand from the amphibian's arm!
01[19:01] <@Knight> roll 1d20+5
06[19:01] * +Serith bats the dice around for Knight --> [ 1d20=15 ]{20}
[19:02] <@Kotono> The hand pops right off! It's off now, still warm and now unmoving.