The Itsy Bitsy Spider Waved Us into her Den

[Dracos]

May 25 19:22:37 <Kotono>   A long needed rest passes, sleep gotten as the party eats and promply crashed out on the raft. The next morning the boating continues, Quinsalus constant in his poling to take you down the Styx. All around you are dark caves, the little light you have on the boat the only source of it all around. At last...the boat slows and stops, gently butting against dry land.
May 25 19:24:10 <Nikkolai>   "I take it we have reached our destination, Captain?" Nikkolai peers through the darkness from the rail, most likely to no avail.
May 25 19:24:41 *   Adail blinks and tries to focus on his darkvision to get a view of at least some space ahead.
May 25 19:24:42 *   Kamvakua looks around, his new pendant giving him a clear view even in such tiny light.
May 25 19:25:05 *   Knight dutifully sets to lighting a torch.
May 25 19:25:53 <Kotono>   With light amply provided, others besides Adail can see ahead! You are on a shore of the Styx, a wide cave mouth looming ahead. Quinsalus walks to the edge as well, pointing ahead. "Go."
May 25 19:27:29 <Nikkolai>   "It was not quite a pleasure, Captain. But then, I'm sure you have had better passengers." Nikkolai nimbly hops over the rail, careful to land on the dry bank.
May 25 19:27:57 <Adail>   "I'm sure he's had worse as well." Adail dryly notes as he follows Nikkolai.
May 25 19:28:27 <Kamvakua>   "My thanks for the trip, Captain Quinsalus," Kamvakua leaped off onto the shore, moving away from the dreadful water and eying carefully the route ahead (Just checking if anyone is there).
May 25 19:28:39 <Mari>   "Hey, I'm not about to argue with someone who eats swords for fun. It's been nice, Quinsalus. Thanks for not killing us and raping our corpses. In a place like this, that makes you a stand-up guy." Mari steps onto the shore.
May 25 19:28:40 <Knight>   Knight manages to slip off the edge of the boat and touch down on land. "Can you hold this?" she asks, handing the lit torch to Nikkolai.
May 25 19:29:00 <Kotono>   Nothing's immediately ahead to sight or blindsense. Just a long passage that you can only see the start of.
May 25 19:29:08 *   Nikkolai shrugs in an agreeable manner, taking the torch from Knight.
May 25 19:34:36 *   Nikkolai gestures grandly with the torch in the direction of the tunnel. "Well, shall we see what demon wishes to eat our faces today?"
May 25 19:35:02 <Mari>   "As long as it's from several miles away, sure. Let's go."
May 25 19:35:11 *   Knight reaches for her helmet and sets it on her head. "No demon shall consume my features," she declares, starting to march ahead.
May 25 19:35:38 *   Nikkolai follows Knight, fingers twitching in paranoid anticipation.
May 25 19:35:49 <Kotono>   Thus you begin to walk! About ten mintes of walking down the passage. At times it narrows and at other times it widens, rolilng up and down but staying generally straight. At this point you come to a fork. A small passage winds away to the west, while a rising upwards passage goes straight ahead(presumably north).
May 25 19:36:11 *   Knight turns west and continues forward!
May 25 19:36:45 *   Nikkolai pauses at the fork, but shrugs and follows Knight. When in doubt, let someone else lead and take the blame.
May 25 19:36:49 *   Adail shrugs and follows, "I assume you have a plan here? You'd think warrens and tunnels would be things I'm good with, but not really."
May 25 19:36:57 <Knight>   "No, I do not."
May 25 19:37:03 <Kamvakua>   "Nikkolai," Kamvakua mused, "Do you know any way to tell if we're going the right way?"
May 25 19:37:36 <Kotono>   The party continues west. The passage goes for about three minutes of walking, until you come to a barrier. The way ahead is thickly webbed up, blocked by spider's webs. You can't see much past them, quite thick and heavy.
May 25 19:37:38 <Adail>   "Ah. Well," Adail half smiles as he notes, "considering where we are, no plan may end up being the best plan."
May 25 19:37:49 <Nikkolai>   "I'm afraid that my dear Master Balinbomb was not quite as specific as I wished him to be."
May 25 19:38:27 <Knight>   "Perhaps we can burn our way through," suggests Knight, glancing at the torch.
May 25 19:39:13 *   Adail clenches his fists, lighting his gloves aflame, "Handy for more then just punching. Shall I give it a try?"
May 25 19:39:27 <Nikkolai>   "I suggest we be on our guard. Whom or whatever put up this webbing could take offense at us burning it." Nikkolai glances at the rest of the party. "Be ready."
May 25 19:39:31 <Mari>   "Worth a try. Burn or cut our way through." Mari has her swords out, just in case the owner of these webs comes to complain about the vandalism.
May 25 19:39:45 *   Nikkolai thrusts the torch at the webbing!
May 25 19:40:23 <Adail>   "Or that, that works too."
May 25 19:40:46 <Kamvakua>   "Better not to touch any of the webbing with your hands, gloved or otherwise.  A torch can easily be let go of.  A glove, not so much."
May 25 19:41:38 <Kotono>   Nikkolai lights the webbing aflame! IT burns away easily, like dust! Behind it you see them, three of them about 15 feet away! Each one is a spider, easily the size of a small child! Even as the webs burn the way ahead, they make strange CLICK_CLACKING noises, mandibles hitting together, as they rush you! OOC: You have stirred the natives and they are not friendly. Roll init.
May 25 19:42:09 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+2
May 25 19:42:10 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+2 and gets 21." [1d20=19]
May 25 19:42:11 <Mari>   roll 1d20+9
May 25 19:42:11 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+9 and gets 27." [1d20=18]
May 25 19:42:12 <Knight>   roll 1d20+1
May 25 19:42:12 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+1 and gets 11." [1d20=10]
May 25 19:42:14 <Adail>   roll 1d20+8 init
May 25 19:42:15 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+8 init and gets 16." [1d20=8]
May 25 19:42:15 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+3 1
May 25 19:42:16 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 1 and gets 12." [1d20=9]
May 25 19:42:16 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+3 2
May 25 19:42:16 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 2 and gets 18." [1d20=15]
May 25 19:42:17 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+3 3
May 25 19:42:17 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 3 and gets 12." [1d20=9]
May 25 19:42:42 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+8+5
May 25 19:42:42 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+8+5 and gets 16." [1d20=3]
May 25 19:42:58 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Mari(27)>Kam(21)>S2(18)Adali=Nikkolail(16)>S3=S1(12)>Knight(11)
May 25 19:43:03 <Kotono>   OOC: Mari, you open. Go.
May 25 19:43:19 <Mari>   OOC: holding 'til something moves in range. Not charging ahead alone again!
May 25 19:43:51 <Kotono>   OOC: Okay, Kam.
May 25 19:44:59 *   Kamvakua moves to the front of the party and swings at the nearest one, trying to position himself well to knock them aside should they try and move inward.
May 25 19:45:11 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+16
May 25 19:45:13 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+16 and gets 25." [1d20=9]
May 25 19:45:20 <Kotono>   OOC: What's your reach righ tnow?
May 25 19:47:31 <Kamvakua>   OOC: 10 feet
May 25 19:47:45 <Kotono>   OOC: You'll hvae to get a bit into the burning webs, okay with that? They're mostly gone but some fire remains.
May 25 19:48:32 <Kamvakua>   OOC: Kam will wait right outside the edge of them instead and just be threatening with his pike.  He's had enough being on fire just to be on fire. :)
May 25 19:48:58 <Kotono>   OOC: Okay then. S2 is up.
May 25 19:49:08 <Kotono>   The second spider darts ahead, unmoved by the flames...OOC: AoO, Kam.
May 25 19:49:52 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+16 Touch Attack Trip.
May 25 19:49:53 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+16 Touch Attack Trip. and gets 30." [1d20=14]
May 25 19:49:58 <Kotono>   OOC: Hit.
May 25 19:50:20 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+14 trip
May 25 19:50:21 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+14 trip and gets 20." [1d20=6]
May 25 19:50:27 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+8 four legs help.
May 25 19:50:27 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 four legs help. and gets 26." [1d20=18]
May 25 19:50:37 <Kotono>   OOC: No love. You can take your held turn now, Kam.
May 25 19:50:42 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Mari(27)>Kam=S2(18)Adali=Nikkolail(16)>S3=S1(12)>Knight(11)
May 25 19:50:52 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+16 Touch attack Trip
May 25 19:50:53 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+16 Touch attack Trip and gets 17." [1d20=1]
May 25 19:51:18 <Kotono>   Kamvakua lashes out as the spider darts right at him, but can't land a single blow on it!
May 25 19:51:24 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+13 (+2 chargE)
May 25 19:51:25 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 (+2 chargE) and gets 25." [1d20=12]
May 25 19:52:20 <Kotono>   But Kamvakua brings his defenses up, parrying a clattering bite in turn! OOC: Adail and Nikkolai are up. Mari, speak up if you wanna take your held turn too. Go.
May 25 19:53:34 *   Mari moves in to stab at the spider Kam missed. This'll be good practice for later!
May 25 19:54:04 <Mari>   roll 1d20+11 +6 and SA if I get flanking with Kam (do I?)
May 25 19:54:04 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+11 +6 and SA if I get flanking with Kam (do I?) and gets 21." [1d20=10]
May 25 19:54:13 <Kotono>   OOC: If you tumble past, sure.
May 25 19:54:21 <Kotono>   OOC: Hit.
May 25 19:54:28 <Mari>   roll 1d20+17 I'm good at that!
May 25 19:54:28 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+17 I'm good at that! and gets 32." [1d20=15]
May 25 19:54:55 <Kotono>   OOC: Hit. Damage?
May 25 19:55:07 <Mari>   roll 1d6+2+5d6+4+1 SoS/fire
May 25 19:55:08 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d6+2+5d6+4+1 SoS/fire and gets 25." [1d6=1][5d6=6, 3, 3, 3, 2]
May 25 19:56:10 <Kotono>   Mari tumbles past the burning webbing and to behind the spiders, her back to the other two as she stabs the one that pounced on Kam in the back! She lands a solid wound, ripping into it with a meaty tear! OOC: Adail and Nikkolai.
May 25 19:57:05 *   Adail snaps his hand out towards the injured spiders, sending the golden darts right around Kam's frame to strike it, "Hunting Fang!"
May 25 19:57:13 <Adail>   roll 4d4+4 assuming no SR
May 25 19:57:14 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 4d4+4 assuming no SR and gets 14." [4d4=1, 2, 4, 3]
May 25 19:57:43 <Kotono>   The Hunting Fang slams into the legs of the wounded spider, breaking several of themo ff! It wobbles and bleeds, wounded and crippled, but not quite dead! OOC: Nikkolai.
May 25 19:58:36 <Kotono>   OOC: I also forgot to roll Yulia, she'll be on Knight still and holding.
May 25 19:58:58 *   Nikkolai curls the fingers of his one remaining free hand into a claw and hisses a single arcane syllable. He wills black tentacles to ensnare and capture the two spiders behind Mari, taking care to keep her out of range!
May 25 19:59:27 <Kotono>   OOC: This provokes grapple checks, I believe?
May 25 19:59:38 <Nikkolai>   OOC: Yes.
May 25 19:59:54 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+17 Grapple, ho!
May 25 19:59:54 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+17 Grapple, ho! and gets 23." [1d20=6]
May 25 20:00:02 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+14 grappling S1
May 25 20:00:02 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 grappling S1 and gets 31." [1d20=17]
May 25 20:00:03 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+14 grappling S3
May 25 20:00:03 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 grappling S3 and gets 31." [1d20=17]
May 25 20:01:11 <Kotono>   The spiders resist the tentacles, dodging and stumbling ahead! They can't get far, but far enough with how close Mari is, both able to pounce at her back!
May 25 20:01:18 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+11
May 25 20:01:18 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 19." [1d20=8]
May 25 20:01:19 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+11
May 25 20:01:19 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 18." [1d20=7]
May 25 20:02:00 <Kotono>   They both hit across her back, just inches out of the range of Kam's pike! But Mari weaves out of the way, deftly bouncing off them and landing forward again, untouched! OOC Knight.
May 25 20:02:24 <Knight>   Knight lunges to finish off the spider that dared to assail Kamvakua!
May 25 20:02:32 <Knight>   roll 1d20+19
May 25 20:02:33 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+19 and gets 33." [1d20=14]
May 25 20:02:38 <Kotono>   OOC: Hit.
May 25 20:02:41 <Knight>   roll 2d8+10 I hope
May 25 20:02:42 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 2d8+10 I hope and gets 21." [2d8=8, 3]
May 25 20:02:49 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Mari(27)>Kam18)Adali=Nikkolail(16)>S3=S1(12)>Knight(11)
May 25 20:03:02 <Knight>   If the creature is dead, Knight then dashes up next to Mari, ready to unleash some pain unto the spiders that pester her!
May 25 20:03:36 <Kotono>   Knight's blade thrusts out as the spider's head gets a new blowhole! It crumples down and bleeds out all over, Knight dashing ahead to be ready to protect and strike Mari's enemies! OOC: It's dead. Mari, you're not up, forgot to adjust init. Kam, you're up.
May 25 20:03:44 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Kam18)>Mari=Adali=Nikkolail(16)>S3=S1(12)>Knight(11)
May 25 20:05:01 *   Kamvakua steps forward over the dead body, and unleashes a wave of piking death at the spiders.
May 25 20:05:11 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+16 spider 1 trip attack
May 25 20:05:12 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+16 spider 1 trip attack and gets 25." [1d20=9]
May 25 20:05:19 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+14 actual trip check
May 25 20:05:20 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+14 actual trip check and gets 29." [1d20=15]
May 25 20:05:41 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+8 can't pass, tripped, roll followup.
May 25 20:05:42 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 can't pass, tripped, roll followup. and gets 22." [1d20=14]
May 25 20:05:50 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+11 spider 2 trip attack (touch)
May 25 20:05:51 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+11 spider 2 trip attack (touch) and gets 15." [1d20=4]
May 25 20:07:18 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+16 attack on first spider
May 25 20:07:20 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+16 attack on first spider and gets 34." [1d20=18]
May 25 20:06:05 <Kamvakua>   roll 3d6+10+2d6 (holy) damage on first spider
May 25 20:06:06 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 3d6+10+2d6 (holy) damage on first spider and gets 27." [3d6=2, 3, 4][2d6=4, 4]
May 25 20:06:13 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+14 actual trip check
May 25 20:06:13 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+14 actual trip check and gets 29." [1d20=15]
May 25 20:07:05 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+11 attack on second spider
May 25 20:07:07 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+11 attack on second spider and gets 26." [1d20=15]
May 25 20:06:22 <Kamvakua>   roll 3d6+10+2d6 on second spider
May 25 20:06:22 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 3d6+10+2d6 on second spider and gets 24." [3d6=4, 5, 2][2d6=1, 2]
May 25 20:08:01 <Kotono>   Kamvakua rumbles forward, tripping and impaling both spiders down! They're bloodied and meeting the cold Abyssal rock below, wounded but still intact!
May 25 20:08:06 *   Adail snaps out another Hunting Fang, complete with shout, at prone spider number one.
May 25 20:08:09 <Adail>   roll 4d4+4
May 25 20:08:09 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 4d4+4 and gets 18." [4d4=4, 4, 2, 4]
May 25 20:08:19 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Kam18)>Mari=Adali=Nikkolail(16)>S3(12)>Knight(11)
May 25 20:08:34 <Kotono>   Hunting Fangs find their mark, tearing the spider into two parts of spider, neither of them having any claim to living!
May 25 20:08:38 *   Mari stabs away at the last spider's belly.
May 25 20:08:47 <Mari>   roll 1d20+15
May 25 20:08:48 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+15 and gets 17." [1d20=2]
May 25 20:08:50 <Mari>   roll 1d20+11
May 25 20:08:50 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+11 and gets 27." [1d20=16]
May 25 20:08:54 <Mari>   roll 1d20+10
May 25 20:08:55 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+10 and gets 19." [1d20=9]
May 25 20:08:56 <Mari>   roll 1d20+6
May 25 20:08:56 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+6 and gets 8." [1d20=2]
May 25 20:09:02 <Kotono>   OOC: Three hits.
May 25 20:09:22 <Mari>   roll 3d6+6+15d6+8+3 fire soooo dead
May 25 20:09:22 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 3d6+6+15d6+8+3 fire soooo dead and gets 67." [3d6=1, 1, 2][15d6=2, 5, 1, 4, 6, 1, 1, 4, 2, 6, 3, 2, 4, 3, 2]
May 25 20:09:54 <Kotono>   Mari pounces in, stabbing into the exposed belly of the spider! It goes limp, joining it's two comrades in oblivion! Ahead you can see the walls are covered off and on with webbing. About 25 feet ahead a thick sac of webbing hangs from the ceiling, heavy. Beyond that the passage continues. OOC: Free act.
May 25 20:11:00 <Kotono>   Yulia looks down, "Eeew!" She wrinkles her nose, "Nasty, nasty, nasty spiders! They're dead, right, and not going to eat anyone's face?"
May 25 20:11:17 *   Nikkolai dusts a bit of imaginary dust off of his shoulder. "It's about time something was easy around here."
May 25 20:11:21 <Knight>   "Perhaps we should cut that down from a distance," suggests Knight, eying the sac of webbing. "No, Yulia, they are no threat to anyone."
May 25 20:11:36 *   Mari wipes her swords clean of gore, looking ahead. "Ewwww, eggs," she observes. "I think. Want to make sure no more of these things trouble the fine denizens of the Abyss? ...Well, no, they probably deserve it."
May 25 20:11:41 <Nikkolai>   "Death things generally don't eat faces. Unless, of course, they're undead."
May 25 20:11:44 <Adail>   "It appears our features will remain unconsumed for the moment," Adail quips.
May 25 20:12:22 *   Nikkolai gestures with the torch. "Shall we continue onwards?"
May 25 20:12:23 <Kamvakua>   "Don't let down your guard.  Who knows if the real demon spider here can tell when its children are killed.  Burn the webbing and move on?" Kamvakua suggested.
May 25 20:12:25 *   Knight draws a knife and flings it at the strands holding the webbing to the ceiling.
May 25 20:12:32 <Kotono>   OOC: Attack roll.
May 25 20:12:38 <Knight>   roll 1d20+11
May 25 20:12:39 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+11 and gets 23." [1d20=12]
May 25 20:12:42 <Kotono>   OOC: Damage.
May 25 20:12:45 <Knight>   roll 1d4+5
May 25 20:12:46 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d4+5 and gets 6." [1d4=1]
May 25 20:13:36 <Kotono>   Knight's throw is quite quick, flying true! It breaks the webbing, causing the sac to fall to the ground! Within are...bones. Old, bleached white bones, scraps of cloth...and sitting amid them, a dagger. It has pretty white inlays of what is perhaps pearl, a bit rusty but intact.
May 25 20:14:03 *   Adail eyes it with Detect Magic.
May 25 20:14:28 <Nikkolai>   "Oho? Some poor soul became the victim of the spiders? It seems that pretty dagger did him or her no good."
May 25 20:14:49 <Adail>   "Not magical, though I suppose it may have some value regardless."
May 25 20:15:00 <Mari>   "Consider yourself avenged, former adventurer. No sense letting this pretty thing go to waste, so..." Mari picks up the knife.
May 25 20:15:04 <Knight>   "A single knife is hardly the right sort of equipment to take on such an expedition," remarks Knight, advancing forward.
May 25 20:15:16 <Kamvakua>   "An extra dagger never hurts," Kamvakua shrugged, keeping up the rear as they moved on.
May 25 20:15:33 <Nikkolai>   "Indeed." Nikkolai falls into place behind Knight.
May 25 20:16:11 *   Adail nods and joins Knight at point.
May 25 20:16:31 <Kotono>   You advance on, the webbing thinning out after a few more minutes of walking. You come to a small open place. There are three paths to choose from here - one to the north, rolling straight ahead. One to the east, cramped and narrow. Finally, above you looks to be a chute of some sort, handholds dug into the rock if one wishes to climb. Thirty feet up it looks to be a tunnel one can follow.
May 25 20:17:07 *   Knight opts to continue straight ahead!
May 25 20:17:19 <Mari>   "Straight on looks easiest to me. I don't want to be in a cramped little tunnel when there are spiders and stuff about..." Mari follows Knight.
May 25 20:18:23 <Nikkolai>   "Knight seems to have better luck at choosing our path than the rest of us." Nikk reflects as he follows.
May 25 20:18:52 <Knight>   "I believe every choice we make whilst in the abyss is the wrong one, and misfortune shall dog our every step. But there's no sense worrying about it."
May 25 20:19:01 <Mari>   "Luck? She's just smart enough to know the easiest route when she sees it."
May 25 20:19:22 <Nikkolai>   "A sensible outlook, I suppose."
May 25 20:19:33 <Knight>   "But I still prefer it here to the plane of Earth," she adds, grimacing.
May 25 20:20:01 <Mari>   "The locals are worse. Much worse. There's no Granny here."
May 25 20:20:09 <Nikkolai>   "Earth was not so bad. But being underground is...unpleasant."
May 25 20:20:13 *   Nikkolai shudders.
May 25 20:20:20 <Kotono>   That path straight ahead leads on for about ten minutes. You come to a stoppage of sorts - not a dead end, but a change. Here, roughly hewn stairs lead deeper into the earth. The stone here turns a pale red, all sharp ends and jagged crumbles. Above the stairway a skeleton of what looks to be a human or like creature is hung up, crucifixcation style. It's skull grins inanely at the party, it's death rictus unceasing in unfelt cheer.
May 25 20:21:09 <Adail>   "Lovely decor," Adail dryly notes.
May 25 20:21:11 *   Kamvakua moves his pike up to knock the skeleton down.  "No one should have their bones on display like that, warning or not."
May 25 20:21:22 <Mari>   "This look like somebody's front door to anyone else?"
May 25 20:21:58 <Kotono>   The skeleton collapses down! The bones shatter, a single large shard of it's legbone flukishly snapping away, hurtling right towards Adail! OOC: Ref, Adail.
May 25 20:22:07 <Nikkolai>   "Anyone with such horrible taste in decor deserves to have their front door bashed down."
May 25 20:22:45 <Adail>   roll 1d20+19
May 25 20:22:45 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+19 and gets 25." [1d20=6]
May 25 20:22:58 <Kotono>   Adail ducks! It misses his head by an inch, flying down the hall and hitting the ground! Whew!
May 25 20:23:17 <Adail>   "Bit more careful where you toss thinge about please."
May 25 20:23:35 *   Nikkolai kicks a bone out of his way, slightly annoyed. "Well. If no one heard us coming, they certainly heard that."
May 25 20:24:23 <Knight>   "We'd best not touch anything without good reason," states Knight, peering down the stairs. "Perhaps we can force some directions out of whoever dwells here. I'd rather not enter someone's lair without knowing something about it, however."
May 25 20:24:55 <Kamvakua>   "What denizens?  All we've seen are spiders and we're likely crawling around the outskirts of its lair."
May 25 20:25:09 <Mari>   "It uses human skeletons for decoration. That tells us plenty about it."
May 25 20:25:20 <Kotono>   Yulia looks from Knight's shoulder, peering ahead, "No spiders this way right now, at least."
May 25 20:25:27 <Nikkolai>   "I suggest we kill first, ask for directions later."
May 25 20:25:43 <Nikkolai>   "Oh wait. Rather hard to get directions from a corpse."
May 25 20:25:44 <Mari>   "That doesn't actually work, Nik."
May 25 20:25:54 <Knight>   "I share your sentiment, but we have no idea where we are. Do you truly think we can find the phylactery through aimless wandering?"
May 25 20:26:02 *   Nikkolai shrugs, unconcerned. "If you ask me, no one here is truly worth talking to."
May 25 20:26:05 <Kamvakua>   "Probably not decoration.  Probably warning.  Rather than having to block every opening, a skeleton at each to make folks not want to come in."
May 25 20:26:10 <Kotono>   Yulia sniffles, "Hey listen...I'm all for talking, but we should keep moving! Otherwise something will find us! Better to find them isntead, right?"
May 25 20:26:23 *   Adail chuckles, "Knight's idea is the right one, unfortunately. We really do need to find out how to get to the phylactery."
May 25 20:26:27 <Nikkolai>   "Right you are, bright one."
May 25 20:26:44 <Mari>   "I don't expect much in the way of civility from anyone here, but we might have to get directions from *someone*. If they *can* talk, maybe we should give 'em a listen. But let's head on and see what we're dealing with."
May 25 20:26:46 <Nikkolai>   "We can get the information out of the bebelith, when we find it."
May 25 20:26:49 *   Knight just shakes her head. "Wait or move, there are equal opportunities for misery," she remarks, but she starts to head inside.
May 25 20:26:52 <Nikkolai>   "By force if need be."
May 25 20:27:13 *   Nikkolai prods Knight with a finger to move.
May 25 20:27:33 <Kotono>   Thus the party proceeds in! They walk down the stair a bit - it's like a stair carved into the side of a hill, gently sloping down. As they go, about half a minute down...OOC: Make spot, Adail and Knight?
May 25 20:27:56 <Adail>   roll 1d20+5 spot
May 25 20:27:57 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+5 spot and gets 13." [1d20=8]
May 25 20:28:28 <Knight>   roll 1d20+1
May 25 20:28:29 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+1 and gets 17." [1d20=16]
May 25 20:29:26 <Kotono>   As they walk forward...it happens at once! With a loud CRACK! the stairs beneath Knight's feat collapse! Abruptly she begins to plummet down, the patch of stairway she stands on plummeting into darkness below, as if the ground beneath is hollow! OOC: Knight and Adail, you can make a ref save or other similiar action here to attempt to avoid falling.
May 25 20:29:51 <Knight>   roll 1d20+4
May 25 20:29:52 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+4 and gets 13." [1d20=9]
May 25 20:30:03 <Adail>   roll 1d20+19 ref save to jump away
May 25 20:30:03 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+19 ref save to jump away and gets 27." [1d20=8]
May 25 20:30:56 <Kotono>   Adail is lightning quick, hopping off Knight's shoulder and to the far side, safe! Knight falls, Yulia holding on! As they plummet, "Nooo!" Yulia flaps her wings, somehow trying to slow and pad Knight's terribly fast rate of descent! OOC: She'll get a str check to see if she pulls it off.
May 25 20:31:17 <Kotono>   roll 1d20-2 she'll need a helluva roll.
May 25 20:31:18 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20-2 she'll need a helluva roll. and gets -1." [1d20=1]
May 25 20:31:27 <Kotono>   OOC: That was not it.
May 25 20:32:06 <Kotono>   Thus Knight plummets! Yulia's grip slips away almost immediately, the poor Card falling a miserable eighty feet into pitch black darkness! (More)
May 25 20:32:10 <Kotono>   roll 8d6 owwies
May 25 20:32:11 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 8d6 owwies and gets 32." [8d6=1, 6, 2, 6, 1, 6, 4, 6]
May 25 20:32:22 <Nikkolai>   "KNIGHT! YULIA!" Nikk dives to the edge of the hole to try to see them!
May 25 20:32:28 <Kamvakua>   "Dammit," Kamvakua looked on a bit helplessly at the sudden dropping stairs, "Knight,  Are you alive?!"
May 25 20:32:54 <Adail>   "Dammit, Kam do you have rope?" Adail asks as he settles himself on the other side of the hole.
May 25 20:33:03 <Kotono>   Knight lands hard, slamming down! She's winded a moment, though as she does...they're all over her. Creeping, crawling, touching, under her armor, into her clothes, through her hair, over her face, across her eyes, into her hands, biting, gnawing, chewing, licking, tasting, eating, feasting! OOC: Go ahead and act.
May 25 20:33:22 <Mari>   "Oh hells. Knight, are you alright down there?" Mari has rope, and promtply retrieves it from her pack.
May 25 20:33:36 <Knight>   It's not without a sudden shout that Knight hits the ground, but she manages to peer back up the shaft. "Yes, it is not so- augh! Nikkolai, throw a fireball at me!" she yells, fumbling for a potion of resistance!
May 25 20:33:47 <Kamvakua>   "Always come prepared," Kamvakua nodded, "Let's see if we can climb down."  Kamvakua looked over the wall to see if it was possible.
May 25 20:34:00 <Knight>   "Yulia, get away!"
May 25 20:34:21 <Nikkolai>   "Wha--!?" Nikkolai hesitates for the briefest of moments. "YULIA, UP HERE!"
May 25 20:34:28 <Kotono>   Fromw hat you can see, it's a straight drop down, now all at all, only emptiness. You can't even see poor Knight at the bottom, nor can Knight see much of anything at all! Yulia flutters back up, "Quickly, we need to help her!" OOC: Make a fort save, Knight?
May 25 20:34:31 *   Kamvakua hands Mari his rope as he checks the wall to see.
May 25 20:34:35 <Knight>   roll 1d20+13 now that I'm not horrible at
May 25 20:34:35 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+13 now that I'm not horrible at and gets 16." [1d20=3]
May 25 20:34:41 <Knight>   OOC: except just now
May 25 20:34:50 <Knight>   OOC: +2 if it's evil-related!
May 25 20:34:51 *   Nikkolai rises to his feet and casts a small fireball down the dark shaft!
May 25 20:34:53 <Kotono>   roll 1d6 and another fort for poison, and you're nauseated a round.
May 25 20:34:54 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and another fort for poison, and you're nauseated a round. and gets 6." [1d6=6]
May 25 20:35:03 <Knight>   roll 1d20+13
May 25 20:35:03 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+13 and gets 17." [1d20=4]
May 25 20:35:17 *   Adail growls, having little he can do to help in situtions like this. Adail turns his attention to keeping a lookout to make sure they aren't ambushed while rescuing knight.
May 25 20:35:20 <Kotono>   roll 1d3 str damage, man.
May 25 20:35:21 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 str damage, man. and gets 2." [1d3=2]
May 25 20:36:01 <Kotono>   Yulia flies back up and out of the way.
May 25 20:38:24 <Nikkolai>   roll 4d6 Please don't let me kill Knight. >_>
May 25 20:38:24 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 4d6 Please don't let me kill Knight. >_> and gets 19." [4d6=6, 4, 4, 5]
May 25 20:38:48 <Kotono>   OOC: Make ref, Knight. You're not prohibited from taking saves while nauseated.
May 25 20:38:51 <Knight>   roll 1d20+4
May 25 20:38:51 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+4 and gets 5." [1d20=1]
May 25 20:39:42 <Kotono>   Fire bursts around Knight! For a moment you see her in the light of the flames, spiders all over Knight! They burn merrily, as Knight is cooked to a crisp! The creepy, crawling sensation stops as burning pain takes it over, but no more spiders are on her, as darkness falls again seconds later! Only dim light is here now, a few spiders burning merrily! OOC: Go. Nausea's past.
May 25 20:40:18 *   Nikkolai hastily summons two globes of light and sends them hurtling down the shaft!
May 25 20:40:31 *   Mari busies herself tying the ropes together, lowering it down to Knight once she's done. "Hang on, helps coming!"
May 25 20:40:32 *   Knight coughs and hacks through the pain, but manages to slump to her feat and take a glance around the cavern. "Alright... alright. As expected, this body can endure that much."
May 25 20:40:35 *   Kamvakua takes the rope and lowers it slowly after the globe of light.
May 25 20:41:19 <Kotono>   Below it is like the underside of the dome! Dead spiders are all over! From the bottom of the stairs hang several silken sacs, hanging heavy. No sign of a door or other escape here, as if it's a hollow, sealed away tunnel - until now. The rope slinks down with the light guiding it, slowly falling down.
May 25 20:41:28 <Kotono>   "Need help down there," Yulia calls, "I can fly down!"
May 25 20:41:53 *   Knight grabs the rope and begins pulling herself up. "No, there's nothing else here," replies Knight, frowning.
May 25 20:42:05 *   Kamvakua helps haul Knight back up.
May 25 20:42:27 <Kotono>   With Kam pulling and Knight climing, Knight is able to get back to the top without incident. Bloody, battered and burnt, but alive.
May 25 20:42:49 <Nikkolai>   OOC: Kotono, I'll leave those globes up until they run out of juice. Let me know when they do.
May 25 20:42:58 <Kotono>   OOC: Okay. The duration is one minute?
May 25 20:43:18 <Knight>   "If you can restore me to my previous state, I would appreciate it," states Knight, leaning against the wall.
May 25 20:43:21 *   Adail pulls out his wand and heals Knight a few times
May 25 20:43:27 <Adail>   roll 5d8+5
May 25 20:43:28 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 5d8+5 and gets 20." [5d8=1, 8, 1, 1, 4]
May 25 20:43:54 <Nikkolai>   OOC: One minute, yes. Boo.
May 25 20:43:58 *   Mari eyes Knight, shakes her head. "We're going to make sure you get a nice vacation after all this, alright? After Nik's lich is dead, I guess. And after Baator. But it's going to happen at some point."
May 25 20:44:01 <Knight>   "That.. that is not enough, Adail," remarks Knight, looking only somewhat less crispy than previously.
May 25 20:44:01 <Kotono>   OOC: Go ahead and make that secondary save now, Knight, assuming a neutralize/dlay poison isn't coming.
May 25 20:44:07 <Knight>   roll 1d20+13 nah
May 25 20:44:08 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+13 nah and gets 27." [1d20=14]
May 25 20:44:13 <Kotono>   OOC: Carry on.
May 25 20:44:48 *   Adail shakes the wand, "Yes, this one isn't working very well. Kam, want to try yours?"
May 25 20:45:24 *   Kamvakua checks if he can step over the broken area, be careful and ready keeping a hand against the wall.  "Sure," He hands it back to Adail first, so Adail can use it.
May 25 20:45:30 *   Knight leans standing against the side of the tunnel, still breathing heavily.
May 25 20:45:38 <Kotono>   It looks like the party can do that - it's only a few feet wide, it's not hard to avoid.
May 25 20:45:53 <Kamvakua>   roll 4d8+12
May 25 20:45:54 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 4d8+12 and gets 29." [4d8=2, 5, 7, 3]
May 25 20:46:20 *   Mari sidles around the broken area behind Kam, eyes open for any similar weak areas along the stairway.
May 25 20:46:30 <Kotono>   OOC: Spot, Mari.
May 25 20:46:35 *   Kamvakua strides over it, taking point for now. "Let's move on as soon as Knight's ready, carefully, but the sooner off these stairs the better."
May 25 20:46:38 <Mari>   roll 1d20+12
May 25 20:46:38 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+12 and gets 32." [1d20=20]
May 25 20:46:40 <Kotono>   Knight's wounds slowly mend, the worst of it recovering from her body.
May 25 20:47:02 <Knight>   "I still feel weakened. Everything seems slightly heavier," notes Knight, straightening up.
May 25 20:47:07 *   Nikkolai shakes his head. "This is ridiculous. The least the owner of this...lair...should take better care of it."
May 25 20:47:07 <Kamvakua>   OOC: note -4 charges on Kam's wand.
May 25 20:47:15 *   Mari points ahead. "About twenty feet on, there's another one! Step carefully!"
May 25 20:47:30 <Knight>   "I suspect these gaps are intentionally designed."
May 25 20:47:55 <Kamvakua>   "Alright, point before we get there.  I suspect the owner doesn't use stairs." Kamvakua headed on, keeping a careful eye himself in addition to trusting Mari's direction.
May 25 20:48:04 <Mari>   "I think they're more interested in taking care of their pets, Nik. These are probably traps."
May 25 20:48:05 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+14 spot
May 25 20:48:06 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+14 spot and gets 22." [1d20=8]
May 25 20:48:18 *   Adail checks Knight over, "Hmm, perhaps you were poisoned?"
May 25 20:48:27 *   Mari walks ahead a little bit to point out the unstable area for the others.
May 25 20:48:33 *   Nikkolai grumbles, following Mari and Kam at a carefu space, taking sure to follow in their exact footsteps.
May 25 20:48:48 <Kamvakua>   roll 2d8+2
May 25 20:48:48 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 2d8+2 and gets 16." [2d8=6, 8]
May 25 20:48:56 <Knight>   "It seems a strong possibility- we should punch out this hole," she adds, poking it with her sword. "In case we must make a hurried retreat."
May 25 20:49:18 <Kamvakua>   OOC: -2 more charges
May 25 20:49:22 <Nikkolai>   "To note their position? That seems wise."
May 25 20:49:23 <Mari>   "Yeah, that's not a bad idea. Hopefully nobody comes out of it looking for food..."
May 25 20:49:43 *   Adail casts Lesser Restoration on Knight, "Here, does that help?"
May 25 20:49:47 <Adail>   roll 1d4
May 25 20:49:47 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d4  and gets 1." [1d4=1]
May 25 20:50:05 <Knight>   "Marginally."
May 25 20:50:27 <Kamvakua>   "I'd rather not.  These stairs might be unstable enough that with the weak spots broken, the whole stairwell collapses."
May 25 20:50:32 <Kotono>   The party steps over the next crumbly part, heading along after knocking it out! A few minutes of walking leads you to the end of the stair. Ahead an open cave mouth shows a deep cave lake ahead, still and serene. The path winds around it, to the other side and going further in past it.
May 25 20:50:46 <Knight>   "Did you know, some people enter places like this for fun?" notes Knight, eyeing the lake warily.
May 25 20:50:54 *   Adail sighs, "I wonder if the Abyss is weakening my healing powers somehow..."
May 25 20:51:20 <Nikkolai>   "I see how this could be an attractive vacation spot." Nikkolai adds, careful not to toe the waterline.
May 25 20:51:30 <Kamvakua>   "Adail, do you see anything there...across the lake?" Kam held an arm out, gesturing to stop.
May 25 20:51:31 <Mari>   "Only lunatics, Knight." Mari edges around the lake, watching it and expecting something horrible lurks there because, well, it's the Abyss.
May 25 20:51:33 *   Adail eyes the lake, "Invisible...lightning orbs, I think. Over the lake."
May 25 20:52:06 <Kamvakua>   "Chuck a rock and see if they discharge safely?" Kamvakua suggested.
May 25 20:52:31 <Nikkolai>   "Be my guest."
May 25 20:52:32 <Knight>   "It has always amazed me, and impressed me," notes Knight. "Lightning.. orbs? Perhaps a beast could be summoned to ensure the way ahead is safe. I am also wary of aquatic predators..."
May 25 20:53:25 *   Kamvakua looks carefully into the lake, trying to see if anything is swimming there.
May 25 20:53:27 *   Adail tosses a Hunting Fang out, splitting it between the orbs, to see what happens.
May 25 20:53:31 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+14 spot check at lake
May 25 20:53:32 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+14 spot check at lake and gets 25." [1d20=11]
May 25 20:53:51 <Kotono>   OOC: Roll damage, Kam.
May 25 20:53:53 <Kotono>   OOC: Er, Adail.
May 25 20:54:01 <Adail>   roll 2d4+2 orb 1
May 25 20:54:02 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 2d4+2 orb 1 and gets 9." [2d4=3, 4]
May 25 20:54:06 <Adail>   roll 1d4+1 orb 2
May 25 20:54:07 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d4+1 orb 2 and gets 4." [1d4=3]
May 25 20:54:08 <Adail>   roll 1d4+1 orb 3
May 25 20:54:09 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d4+1 orb 3 and gets 2." [1d4=1]
May 25 20:54:50 <Kotono>   Oh, that hits them! Each orb flickers unseen to all but Adail! With a steayd, zipping speed they seem to notice the party, rushing at them! OOC: Congratulations, you poked the wildlife! Roll init, you crazy bastards.
May 25 20:55:10 <Mari>   roll 1d20+9 #@%*&
May 25 20:55:11 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+9 #@%*& and gets 16." [1d20=7]
May 25 20:55:14 <Kamvakua>   "I don't see anything in the water....they're coming closer," Kamvakua frowned.
May 25 20:55:18 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+2
May 25 20:55:18 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+2 and gets 10." [1d20=8]
May 25 20:55:25 <Knight>   roll 1d20+1 I said not to touch anything :(
May 25 20:55:25 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+1 I said not to touch anything :( and gets 19." [1d20=18]
May 25 20:55:31 <Adail>   roll 1d20+8
May 25 20:55:31 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+8 and gets 26." [1d20=18]
May 25 20:55:43 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+8
May 25 20:55:43 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+8 and gets 13." [1d20=5]
May 25 20:55:51 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+13 Orb 1
May 25 20:55:52 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 Orb 1 and gets 14." [1d20=1]
May 25 20:55:52 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+13 Orb 2
May 25 20:55:52 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 Orb 2 and gets 32." [1d20=19]
May 25 20:55:53 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+13 Orb 3
May 25 20:55:53 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 Orb 3 and gets 18." [1d20=5]
May 25 20:56:37 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Orb 2(32)>Adail(26)>Knight(19)>Orb 3(18)>Mari(16)>Orb 1(14)>Nikkolai(13)>Kam(10)
May 25 20:57:12 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+7 Yulia
May 25 20:57:13 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Yulia and gets 11." [1d20=4]
May 25 20:57:19 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Orb 2(32)>Adail(26)>Knight(19)>Orb 3(18)>Mari(16)>Orb 1(14)>Nikkolai(13)>Yulia(11)>Kam(10)
May 25 20:57:29 <Kotono>   The second orb zips to Adail with an absolute quickness, trying to touch him!
May 25 20:57:34 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+16 touch AC?
May 25 20:57:35 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 touch AC? and gets 27." [1d20=11]
May 25 20:57:57 <Adail>   OOC: 27 is my touch. 29 if they're evil.
May 25 20:58:39 <Kotono>   But Adail is like the wind, even avoiding this massively quick assault with deft speed! OOC: Adail, go.
May 25 20:59:39 *   Adail sidesteps and spins on the one that lunged at him, flinging a Hunting Fang at it to show his companions where it is.
May 25 20:59:43 <Adail>   roll 4d4+4
May 25 20:59:43 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 4d4+4 and gets 14." [4d4=3, 2, 1, 4]
May 25 21:00:22 <Kotono>   The hunting fang does just find at hitting it, it's entire form rippling in the air, unseen to all but Adail! OOC: Knight, go.
May 25 21:01:51 <Knight>   "I can't see anything..." murmurs Knight, adopting a defensive stance.
May 25 21:01:59 <Knight>   OOC: TOTAL DEFENSE, that's +4 I believe?
May 25 21:02:02 <Kotono>   OOC: Orb 3 is up. Okay.
May 25 21:02:13 <Kotono>   The third orb flies out, this one a bit reckless as it goes right for Adail!
May 25 21:02:19 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+18 chaaarge touch AC?
May 25 21:02:20 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 chaaarge touch AC? and gets 25." [1d20=7]
May 25 21:02:38 <Kotono>   But Adail leaps over it, landing in a mouse-monk crouch of the four suns, evading completely! OOC: MAri, go.
May 25 21:03:13 *   Mari follows Knight's lead here, staying on guard in case something attacks her. What else can she do? She can't even see the enemies!
May 25 21:03:42 <Kotono>   OOC: Okay. Orb 1 is up.
May 25 21:03:52 <Kotono>   The first orb does the same as the others, zipping through the air to challenge Adail!
May 25 21:03:54 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+18 chaarge
May 25 21:03:55 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 chaarge and gets 31." [1d20=13]
May 25 21:03:58 <Kotono>   OOC: Touch AC?
May 25 21:04:17 <Adail>   (OOC: 29. It hits! Now the question is, does it have any non-elec damage?)
May 25 21:04:38 <Kotono>   The touch is a deadly one, sending lightning down Adail's body! Even though it goes right for his throat, it does nothing at all! OOC: Nikkolai, go.
May 25 21:07:21 <Adail>   "Nik, they're all right around me!" Adail calls out.
May 25 21:07:44 *   Nikkolai narrows his eyes, annoyed at being useless. Flames gather in one hand, forming a deadly orb! He hurls it straight at Adail, hoping to hit an orb!
May 25 21:07:51 <Nikkolai>   roll 9d6 Please?
May 25 21:07:52 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 9d6 Please? and gets 28." [9d6=5, 2, 2, 3, 3, 1, 2, 4, 6]
May 25 21:07:56 <Kotono>   OOC: Ref, Adail.
May 25 21:08:19 <Adail>   roll 1d20+19 evasion whore go
May 25 21:08:19 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+19 evasion whore go and gets 34." [1d20=15]
May 25 21:08:57 <Kotono>   Adail leaps up and through the fireball, untouched, as it bursts around the unseen foes! Adail can see them simply ignore it, the fire refusing to touch them at all! It fades from reality as it bursts around them, safe halos around each one! OOC: Yulia's up.
May 25 21:10:00 <Kotono>   Yulia whimpers and gestures, a single magic missile going for the wounded one that she knows shere it is!
May 25 21:10:04 <Kotono>   roll 1d4+1
May 25 21:10:05 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d4+1 and gets 4." [1d4=3]
May 25 21:10:28 <Kotono>   It hits the spot again, another impact! OOC: Kam, you're up.
May 25 21:11:41 *   Kamvakua readies to attack if they move away from Adail and toward the rest of them, but otherwise does not interfere.
May 25 21:12:42 <Kotono>   OOC: Okay.
May 25 21:12:56 <Nikkolai>   "Yulia! Try using your faerie fire! We're useless because we can't see them!" Nikkolai is understandably frustrated at letting Adail take the brunt of the battle!
May 25 21:13:27 <Kotono>   The second orb recoils, but drifts away from Adail towards Yulia! OOC: Kam, you can take your wild swings since you have blindsense.
May 25 21:13:44 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+16 wild swing 1
May 25 21:13:45 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+16 wild swing 1 and gets 22." [1d20=6]
May 25 21:13:50 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+11 wild swing 2
May 25 21:13:50 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+11 wild swing 2 and gets 21." [1d20=10]
May 25 21:13:53 <Kotono>   OOC: No love.
May 25 21:14:20 <Kotono>   Kamvakua swings wildly as the second orb goes right for poor Yulia!
May 25 21:14:22 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+16
May 25 21:14:23 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 33." [1d20=17]
May 25 21:14:53 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Kam=Orb 2(32)>Adail(26)>Knight(19)>Orb 3(18)>Mari(16)>Orb 1(14)>Nikkolai(13)>Yulia(11)
May 25 21:14:55 <Kotono>   It hits her dead on, but the lightning doesn't even both her! "Huh, did I feel something?" she asks! OOC: Adail.
May 25 21:15:40 *   Adail snaps a hunting fang back at the Orb who drifted towards Yulia, "Back this way gentlemen, eyes on the...kobold if you please."
May 25 21:15:44 <Adail>   roll 4d4+4
May 25 21:15:45 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 4d4+4 and gets 13." [4d4=4, 1, 1, 3]
May 25 21:16:28 <Kotono>   More hunting fangs hit the wounded orb, which makes it's electric body kinda reverbrate all over! It slouches in the air, flickering, briefly glimpsed by the party before returning to being unseen! OOC: Knight
May 25 21:16:28 <Kotono>   .
May 25 21:16:58 <Knight>   "Adail and Yulia seem to have this well in hand. We should withdraw until it's done," murmurs Knight, starting to back away.
May 25 21:17:25 <Kotono>   Knight backs away, creeping back to the tunnel! At the same time, the third orb goes right for Mari, unseen to alla s it tries to give her a big, invisible SHOCK!
May 25 21:17:33 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+16 touch AC, Mari?
May 25 21:17:33 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 touch AC, Mari? and gets 19." [1d20=3]
May 25 21:18:10 <Mari>   OOC: 16, feh.
May 25 21:18:22 <Kotono>   roll 2d8+1d6 (2d8 is electric if it matters)
May 25 21:18:22 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+1d6 (2d8 is electric if it matters) and gets 14." [2d8=6, 5][1d6=3]
May 25 21:18:46 <Kotono>   ACK! Mari's chest gets some electro-therapy, her heart skipping several beats as burns cover her feminine glories! OOC: Mari
May 25 21:20:34 <Mari>   "Ow! If you want trouble, I've got some for you too!" Mari flails away in frustration at the blank space she was attacked from! (OOC: FA, plus spending an amulet charge in case more hits come my way)
May 25 21:20:42 <Kotono>   OOC: Okay.
May 25 21:20:44 <Mari>   roll 1d20+11
May 25 21:20:45 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+11 and gets 23." [1d20=12]
May 25 21:20:46 <Mari>   roll 1d20+11
May 25 21:20:46 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+11 and gets 24." [1d20=13]
May 25 21:20:47 <Mari>   roll 1d20+6
May 25 21:20:48 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+6 and gets 20." [1d20=14]
May 25 21:20:48 <Mari>   roll 1d20+6
May 25 21:20:48 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+6 and gets 22." [1d20=16]
May 25 21:21:13 <Kotono>   Mari swings wildly, but lands not a single blow! The orb, seen only by Adail, is incrediblyf ast and nimble, avoiding the attacks! OOC: Orb 1.
May 25 21:21:24 <Kotono>   The first orb follows suit, going to sit on Mari's head, as if a malevolent courre!
May 25 21:21:30 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+16 touch AC?
May 25 21:21:30 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 touch AC? and gets 25." [1d20=9]
May 25 21:21:36 <Kotono>   roll 2d8+1d6
May 25 21:21:36 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+1d6 and gets 7." [2d8=5, 1][1d6=1]
May 25 21:22:04 <Kotono>   This is felt quite painfully, Mari's brain skipping a few thoughts as her scalp gets a shocking massage! OOC: Nikkolai.
May 25 21:23:32 *   Nikkolai hurls five molten gold trails of energy at the orb that Yulia and Adail hit, hoping that his blind aim was true!
May 25 21:23:40 <Nikkolai>   roll 5d4+5
May 25 21:23:41 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 5d4+5 and gets 16." [5d4=2, 4, 1, 1, 3]
May 25 21:24:11 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Kam(32)>Adail(26)>Knight(19)>Orb 3(18)>Mari(16)>Orb 1(14)>Nikkolai(13)>Yulia(11)
May 25 21:24:34 <Kotono>   The second orb explodes into lightning all around, vaporized by those last golden shots of Nikkolai! OOC: Yulia's up.
May 25 21:25:22 <Kotono>   Yulia gestures, "Be seen with fire!" she chirps...but nothing happens! Adail can see the fire refuses to touch them, sputtering out before it begins! OOC: Kam.
May 25 21:26:54 <Kamvakua>   "Alright, well if that's how it has to be," Kamvakua tried to drive one of the ones haunting Mari away.
May 25 21:27:00 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+16 tryyyy
May 25 21:27:02 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+16 tryyyy and gets 22." [1d20=6]
May 25 21:27:06 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+11 try again
May 25 21:27:06 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+11 try again and gets 22." [1d20=11]
May 25 21:28:09 <Kotono>   Kamvakua takes more guessing swings, but not a one lands! OOC: Adail.
May 25 21:28:13 *   Adail shakes his head as the throws another Hunting Fang, "It's not working. Fire won't even touch them at all..."
May 25 21:28:24 <Adail>   roll 4d4+4 on lets say orb 3
May 25 21:28:25 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 4d4+4 on lets say orb 3 and gets 10." [4d4=1, 2, 2, 1]
May 25 21:28:56 <Kotono>   The Hunting Fangs ar eproving infalliable, as the third orb is hit by the missiles! It rocks slightly, bruised by them! OOC: Knight.
May 25 21:29:05 <Knight>   "Then let's see if this can!" declares Knight, bolting towards the creature whom Adail just struck and sending her blade arcing through it's body!
May 25 21:29:11 <Knight>   roll 1d20+21
May 25 21:29:12 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+21 and gets 22." [1d20=1]
May 25 21:29:32 <Kotono>   Knight bravely charges in, a paragon of virtue...and completely missing! OOC: Orb 3.
May 25 21:29:47 <Kotono>   The third one continues to try and get close with poor Mari, touching away!
May 25 21:29:49 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+16
May 25 21:29:50 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 35." [1d20=19]
May 25 21:29:58 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+16 that is ow.
May 25 21:29:58 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 that is ow. and gets 32." [1d20=16]
May 25 21:30:03 <Kotono>   roll 4d8+1d6 owwies.
May 25 21:30:04 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+1d6 owwies. and gets 26." [4d8=4, 6, 2, 8][1d6=6]
May 25 21:30:47 <Kotono>   AAACK! Mari's solar plexus gets enough voltage to leave her twitching all over, hair standing straight up and eyebrows catching aflame with lightning! OOC: Mari.
May 25 21:32:13 <Mari>   "Ahh! Someone who can see these things can take care of them! I'm out of here!" Mari somersaults away from the unseen enemies, getting as much distance as she can!
May 25 21:32:26 <Kotono>   OOC: How far back are you moving?
May 25 21:32:30 <Mari>   roll 1d20+17 tumble to avoid AoOs?
May 25 21:32:31 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+17 tumble to avoid AoOs? and gets 19." [1d20=2]
May 25 21:32:53 <Mari>   OOC: as far as I can get after doing that...if that works on such a shitty roll.
May 25 21:33:02 <Kotono>   OOC: No such love.
May 25 21:33:14 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+16 they will threaten.
May 25 21:33:15 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 they will threaten. and gets 26." [1d20=10]
May 25 21:33:19 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+16 they will threaten 2.
May 25 21:33:20 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 they will threaten 2. and gets 27." [1d20=11]
May 25 21:34:01 <Kotono>   roll 2d8+1d6 1
May 25 21:34:01 <Kotono>   roll 2d8+1d6 2
May 25 21:34:02 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+1d6 1 and gets 11." [2d8=6, 4][1d6=1]
May 25 21:34:02 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+1d6 2 and gets 20." [2d8=8, 8][1d6=4]
May 25 21:36:04 <Kotono>   Mari starts to tumble, but slips and falls from a loose pebble! The two are on her, sthocking her all over! HEr body goes rigid as she lies there, eyes boiling and body convulsing wildly! SMoke comes out from her ears! OOC: Orb 1 is up.
May 25 21:36:25 <Kotono>   Rising from what's left of Mari's mortal shell, the orb darts at Nikkolai!
May 25 21:36:28 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+16 touch AC?
May 25 21:36:29 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 touch AC? and gets 23." [1d20=7]
May 25 21:36:37 <Mari>   "Not yet...not here..." Mari moans as she falls.
May 25 21:36:52 <Kotono>   "MARI!" Yulia cries, "Hey listen, someone help her now!!!!"
May 25 21:36:58 <Knight>   "Mari! Yes, as Yulia says!"
May 25 21:37:19 <Adail>   "Kam, can you help her?" Adail keeps his calm as he asks, staying focused on the orbs.
May 25 21:37:21 <Nikkolai>   OOC: Not that. I get fried?
May 25 21:37:24 <Kotono>   roll 2d8+1d6 pretty sure this hits Nikkolai's touch AC, correct me if I'm wrong.
May 25 21:37:24 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+1d6 pretty sure this hits Nikkolai's touch AC, correct me if I'm wrong. and gets 17." [2d8=7, 5][1d6=5]
May 25 21:37:40 <Kotono>   The orb comes forward now, nestling into Nikkolai's chest and giving him an electric hug from hell! OOC: Nikkolai.
May 25 21:39:28 *   Nikkolai staggers back a few steps in pain, trying to put some distance between himself and the orb! He quickly casts another magic missile trying to kill it!
May 25 21:39:35 <Nikkolai>   roll 5d4+5
May 25 21:39:36 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 5d4+5 and gets 17." [5d4=3, 2, 3, 3, 1]
May 25 21:40:12 <Kotono>   The first orb is hit dead on by the golden bolts, shuddering in the air! It endures, taking the worst of the abuse with a malicious endurance! OOC: Yulia.
May 25 21:40:29 <Kotono>   "You get away from him too, you're not taking him too!" Yulia snaps, sending a magic missile at the one at Nikkolai!
May 25 21:40:32 <Kotono>   roll 1d4+1
May 25 21:40:32 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d4+1 and gets 2." [1d4=1]
May 25 21:40:57 <Kotono>   A single missile hits as well, slightly annoying the unseen creature with a light splash of magic! OOC: Kam.
May 25 21:41:07 <Kamvakua>   "On it.  Mari, stay awake!" Kam shimmered, drawing on magical healing and sending it into the overshocked Mari, rejuvenating light brushing through her.
May 25 21:41:16 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d8+3 casting cure light wounds
May 25 21:41:19 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d8+3 casting cure light wounds and gets 10." [1d8=7]
May 25 21:41:52 <Kotono>   Mari's vision brushes away the onrushing darkness! She resists a strange urge to croak, recovering conciousness! OOC: Adail.
May 25 21:42:26 *   Adail keeps his focus on the orb he's been hitting, sending out another swarm of darts, "Hunting Fang!"
May 25 21:42:30 <Adail>   roll 4d4+4 again
May 25 21:42:33 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 4d4+4 again and gets 10." [4d4=2, 1, 1, 2]
May 25 21:42:37 <Kotono>   OOC: Orb 3, right?
May 25 21:42:51 <Adail>   OOC: yeah
May 25 21:43:06 <Kotono>   Another Hunting Fang is able to hit, bruising this orb even further! OOC: Knight.
May 25 21:44:05 <Knight>   Knight follows up Adail's last assault with another flurry of blows! "Accursed creatures! How dare you strike down Mari! There is nothing more affronting!"
May 25 21:44:15 <Knight>   roll 1d20+21
May 25 21:44:15 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+21 and gets 40." [1d20=19]
May 25 21:44:16 <Knight>   roll 1d20+16
May 25 21:44:16 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+16 and gets 27." [1d20=11]
May 25 21:44:22 <Kotono>   OOC: Crit threat on the first?
May 25 21:44:26 <Kotono>   OOC: Then 1d100 either way.
May 25 21:44:32 <Knight>   roll 1d20+21 critting
May 25 21:44:33 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+21 critting and gets 25." [1d20=4]
May 25 21:44:37 <Knight>   roll 1d100
May 25 21:44:37 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d100 and gets 23." [1d100=23]
May 25 21:44:44 <Kotono>   OOC: Bad luck on the d100.
May 25 21:45:07 <Knight>   OOC: Does the second d100, too?
May 25 21:45:09 <Knight>   OOC: Or is it a miss
May 25 21:45:12 <Kotono>   OOC: Miss.
May 25 21:45:16 <Kotono>   The third orb somehow dodges and dodges, going to shock Knight in retort!
May 25 21:45:18 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+16 touch
May 25 21:45:19 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 touch and gets 21." [1d20=5]
May 25 21:45:26 <Kotono>   roll 2d8+1d6
May 25 21:45:27 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+1d6 and gets 12." [2d8=7, 2][1d6=3]
May 25 21:45:53 <Kotono>   There after, Adail can see it bolt away, plunging into the still waters of the lake! OOC:  Mari.
May 25 21:46:14 <Mari>   OOC: none of them are near me now, right? They both moved on?
May 25 21:46:32 <Kotono>   OOC: Yes. One just laked, the other is on Nik.
May 25 21:48:07 *   Mari struggles to her feet, hiding behind Kam and focusing on defending herself if something draws near. She's not looking for any more trouble today! (OOC: full defense again)
May 25 21:48:19 <Kotono>   OOC: Okay.
May 25 21:48:36 <Kotono>   The first orb twitches in the air, striking at Nikkolai once more!
May 25 21:48:38 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+16
May 25 21:48:39 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 17." [1d20=1]
May 25 21:49:04 <Kotono>   But this time it completely misses, before it turns back and darts into the lake! OOC: Nikkolai. They're both into the lake now, and out of sight.
May 25 21:49:11 <Kotono>   OOC: Not that you can see 'em, anyway.
May 25 21:50:10 *   Adail blinks, "And they've gone underwater."
May 25 21:50:44 <Mari>   "Good!" Mari coughs. "They can stay there until they drown! Even if they don't have lungs!"
May 25 21:50:44 *   Nikkolai winces in pain, quivering slightly from the shocks. "Then that is our cue to continue, post haste."
May 25 21:50:57 <Kotono>   OOC: Go ahead and free act then.
May 25 21:51:04 <Kamvakua>   "Continue where?" Kamvakua focused on healing Mari up.
May 25 21:51:09 <Kamvakua>   roll 5d8+5 CLW wand.
May 25 21:51:19 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 5d8+5 CLW wand. and gets 18." [5d8=1, 1, 5, 4, 2]
May 25 21:51:22 <Kotono>   Yulia flies over to Mari, "You okay," she asks, dusting some of the char and burnt soot from her clothing.
May 25 21:51:47 <Kamvakua>   roll 5d8+5 CLW wand try 2.  I'm really eating through my charges today.  This is about half of them now.
May 25 21:51:47 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 5d8+5 CLW wand try 2. I'm really eating through my charges today. This is about half of them now. and gets 34." [5d8=7, 7, 6, 8, 1]
May 25 21:52:16 *   Mari wobbles a little, and tries to wrangle her hair into something less vertical. "Ooh, hells. I feel *cooked*."
May 25 21:52:18 <Knight>   "Mari! Are you alright?" asks Knight, dashing over to the girl. "It's terrible for you to be injured so badly! Don't feel it's wrong to withdraw more quickly if you're overwhelmed!"
May 25 21:52:35 <Mari>   "I tried!"
May 25 21:52:41 <Kotono>   Mari's wounds obediently heal on the second try, reversing most of the damage. 'cept her hair, which seems to be doing it's best impersonation of a mage's tower.
May 25 21:52:58 <Kotono>   "So um yes, let's hurry," Yulia looks to the lake, "What were those? Lightning demons?"
May 25 21:53:03 *   Adail keeps an eye on the lake to make sure they don't come back up as he moves over towards the others, "Alright, who else needs to be healed?"
May 25 21:53:20 <Nikkolai>   "...the path, Kamvakua." Nikkolai points to the path that circled the lake.
May 25 21:53:22 *   Mari just grunts in frustration, and shapeshifts the bad hair day away! And decides to be a redhead for a while while she's at it, because why not?
May 25 21:53:26 <Kamvakua>   "Can you walk, Mari?" Kamvakua waited a moment for her to stand.
May 25 21:53:28 <Knight>   "I do not know, but it is clear that we should avoid the water," replies Knight, tentatively putting a hand on Mari's shoulder. "You had better stay close to me."
May 25 21:53:35 <Nikkolai>   "The faster we move, the quicker we can be gone before they come back."
May 25 21:54:12 <Mari>   "I'm a lot better now, Kam," Mari says, dusting herself off. "Being away from this lake would be great. And if you want to step in front of the next monster to take a swing at me, Knight, I'd love you forever. Let's get out of here?"
May 25 21:54:30 <Kotono>   Thus the party hurries along! PAst this it ends in a large cul-de-sac. Here several spiders lie in slaughtered glory! They are burnt and fried, splattered about! SEveral silken sacs hang, some bulging, and some having fallen. There are bones about, as well as some coins on the floor.
May 25 21:55:12 <Nikkolai>   Nikkolai's eyes glitter at the sight of the coins. "Well...those coins look rather lonely."
May 25 21:55:28 <Nikkolai>   "And what a coincidence! So is my purse."
May 25 21:55:31 <Mari>   "This looks recent. And why didn't whoever did it take the money?"
May 25 21:55:59 *   Adail looks around for signs of magic and invisibility, "Yes, this does not feel right."
May 25 21:56:09 <Knight>   "Perhaps they didn't need it," suggests Knight, poking a coin with the tip of her sword.
May 25 21:56:20 <Kamvakua>   "Maybe it was those spheres.  THey could've dealt with encroaching spiders."
May 25 21:56:33 *   Nikkolai stoops over and begins to pick up the coins. "Well, finder's keepers, as the saying goes."
May 25 21:56:36 <Kotono>   The coin is made of gold. Quite solid, with the face of a fat, fiendish creature on it. OOC: Any of you can make K:P off of that image.
May 25 21:56:53 <Mari>   roll 1d20+13 who is it?
May 25 21:56:54 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+13 who is it? and gets 26." [1d20=13]
May 25 21:56:59 *   Adail points at two particular sacks, "Hmm, seem to be something magic in those two."
May 25 21:57:39 *   Knight reaches up to cut them down.
May 25 21:57:55 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+6
May 25 21:57:56 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+6 and gets 22." [1d20=16]
May 25 21:58:10 *   Mari eyes one of the coins. "Gold from Baator," she says with distaste. "Fat bastard's Mammon."
May 25 21:58:56 <Kotono>   Besides bones and rubble? In one is two things - a small sealed metal flask and a long, bone carved rod. It's head is set with a small cluster of sapphires clutched by a tiny bony claw. In the other is a tiny bow and arrow, clattering down.
May 25 21:59:02 *   Nikkolai shrugs. "Gold is gold. It can be melted down and recast, if need be. My purse is quite empty since paying passage."
May 25 21:59:34 <Kamvakua>   "Makes sense.  No reason devils might not be down here as well giving the beblith a hard time.  Are we ready to move on?" Kamvakua kept watch as others looted.
May 25 21:59:55 <Mari>   "I don't see any reason to hang around here."
May 25 22:00:02 <Kotono>   Yulia blink-blinks, "Hey, wait...!" She floats over to the bow and arrow, "Hey, listen! What's this doing here?!" She gawks, "No way! Is it one of the replicas?"
May 25 22:00:20 *   Adail eyes the bow, "What is it, Yulia?"
May 25 22:00:25 *   Nikkolai places the last of the coins in his own purse. "A replica? Of what?"
May 25 22:00:26 <Mari>   "Huh? Replica, what?"
May 25 22:01:08 <Kotono>   "It's a one of the replicas of one of the bows of the greatest courre heroine of all time!" Picking up the bow, "What's one of them doing here, they're supposed to be only given to the bravest cour-oh." With a little grimace, Yulia pauses.
May 25 22:01:28 <Knight>   "Can you use it?"
May 25 22:01:35 *   Nikkolai winces as well. "Ah...perhaps she merely dropped it?" Nikk lamely suggests.
May 25 22:02:08 <Mari>   "Sorry, Yulia...not everyone who goes out adventuring finds glory..."
May 25 22:02:17 <Kotono>   "Uh huh," Yulia nods, slowly picking it up, drawing the bowstring. "Oh, even one of the replicas is a big honor! CAn I use it? I bet I can help with this!"
May 25 22:02:23 <Kamvakua>   "Well, a courre has to be among the bravest to make their way down here.  That goes for You as well."
May 25 22:02:25 *   Nikkolai bends down to pick up the rod to examine it a little closer.
May 25 22:02:32 <Knight>   "Not only can you, you must," replies Knight, nodding to herself.
May 25 22:02:35 *   Adail remembers the skeletal musteval from earlier and simply looks away saying nothing.
May 25 22:02:43 <Nikkolai>   "They're right, bright one. Few are as brave as you!"
May 25 22:02:46 <Kotono>   The rod feels heavy in Nikkolai's hand, like lead. As it does...OOC: Make K:A, Nikkolai.
May 25 22:02:54 <Mari>   "Sure, go ahead!"
May 25 22:03:10 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+15 K:A
May 25 22:03:11 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+15 K:A and gets 27." [1d20=12]
May 25 22:04:29 *   Nikkolai lets a grin flit across his face. "Oh yes...I think I shall certainly be taking this with me."
May 25 22:04:50 *   Mari frowns. "It's never a good sign when Nik's this happy. What did you find?"
May 25 22:04:50 <Kamvakua>   "Are we ready to move on?" Kamvakua didn't want them to stay put too long down here.
May 25 22:05:26 *   Knight picks up the flask, turning it over in her hands.
May 25 22:05:47 <Kotono>   It feels heavy, as if filled with something, like fluid. There's a cap that can be removed if she wishes.
May 25 22:06:34 *   Knight shakes it a bit. "It must be a kind of potion," she remarks. "Could any of you tell what kind?"
May 25 22:06:53 <Adail>   "I'm afraid that's not my specialty," Adail shrugs and admits.
May 25 22:08:02 <Mari>   "Let's not go drinking things we found around abyssal caves, okay? Not until we're in walking distance of a good healer, at least."
May 25 22:08:16 <Nikkolai>   "I never cared much for alchemy. Perhaps I should remedy that, considering how many potions we come across and need."
May 25 22:08:29 <Kotono>   The party returns to the three way intersection without incident, mercifully. No spiders, no lightning-demons, no problems...for now! OOC: There's 2 passages remaining. Ball's in your court.
May 25 22:08:58 <Nikkolai>   "I say, onwards and upwards." Nikk raises his head to the upper passageway.
May 25 22:09:08 <Knight>   "I can climb up there," notes Knight, reaching for a handhold and pulling herself up.
May 25 22:09:22 *   Mari glances around. "Up? I don't fancy climbing through tiny tunnels when there are spiders about."
May 25 22:09:24 <Kotono>   The chute above is narrow, about 5 feet wide. One can climb it, though it'll be a bit of a squeeze of Kam. OOC: Mak ea climb check, Knight. Remember ACP.
May 25 22:09:30 <Knight>   roll 1d20+5 I know
May 25 22:09:30 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+5 I know and gets 8." [1d20=3]
May 25 22:09:31 <Nikkolai>   "Before you do, toss down that potion. I'll see if I can identify it."
May 25 22:09:38 <Kamvakua>   "Let me go first, you've been hurt already," Kam insisted to little avail.
May 25 22:09:41 <Knight>   OOC: Next time, I shall take 10.
May 25 22:09:47 <Knight>   OOC: Actually I'll just do that right after failing for 15.
May 25 22:10:16 <Kotono>   Knight mis-steps at first, but her second try has her climbing up. She reaches the top 30ft up, seeing a narrow passageway continues for some time. She can take it, but she'll have to crawl.
May 25 22:10:56 *   Knight soon returns! "It's extremely cramped up there. Kamvakua would have trouble fitting unless he was miniaturized," she notes, gesturing to the other corridor. "Let us try that route first."
May 25 22:11:39 *   Knight tosses Nikkolai the flask a moment later.
May 25 22:12:03 *   Nikkolai frowns as he concentrates his mental energy on the flask!
May 25 22:12:22 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+17
May 25 22:12:23 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+17 and gets 21." [1d20=4]
May 25 22:12:24 <Kotono>   OOC: You'll have to unscrew it to identify it, assuming it's a potion. Fair warning. You need to at least be able to see and smell it.
May 25 22:12:31 <Kotono>   OOC: If you do I'll tell you the results of that roll.
May 25 22:13:08 *   Nikkolai tentatively unscrews the top of the flask, hoping against hope he hasn't done something more stupid than usual.
May 25 22:13:23 <Kotono>   Inside is a deep blue liquid! Nikkolai gets a whiff of sweet almonds as...(More, PM.)
May 25 22:13:32 *   Mari scrambles away from Nik as quickly as she can!
May 25 22:14:15 *   Nikkolai smirks and recaps the flask.
May 25 22:14:26 <Nikkolai>   "A bit of liquid healing, anyone?"
May 25 22:14:33 *   Nikkolai tosses the flask back to Knight.
May 25 22:14:48 <Kotono>   "Oh, it didn't cause the end of everything?" Yulia sighs deeply, "Whew. It's a healing potion then?"
May 25 22:15:08 <Knight>   "I think I'll be fine for now," states Knight, pocketing the potion. "Well, shall we venture onwards?"
May 25 22:15:13 <Nikkolai>   "Cure Light Wounds, if I'm not mistaken. Rather useful."
May 25 22:15:21 <Nikkolai>   "Let's."
May 25 22:15:31 <Mari>   "Sure, I'm ready to go. Especially if someone else is between me and the monsters this time."
May 25 22:15:52 <Knight>   Always willing to put herself in lethal peril for the sake of the mission, Knight strides towards the cramped entryway!
May 25 22:16:21 <Kotono>   Thus you head to the cramped passage! You walk about three minutes, squirming by, single file! As you manuver through...
May 25 22:16:24 <Kotono>   roll 1d5
May 25 22:16:25 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d5 and gets 1." [1d5=1]
May 25 22:16:54 <Kotono>   A bit of rock from above jars loose, falling right at Adail! OOC: Ref. No penalty since you're so small, so you have room to move anyway.
May 25 22:17:09 <Adail>   roll 1d20+19
May 25 22:17:10 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+19 and gets 28." [1d20=9]
May 25 22:17:25 <Kotono>   With a deft spin-kick, Adail bats the rock away and into the wall! It shatters harmlessly!
May 25 22:18:27 *   Knight proceeds in the wake of this latest calamity.
May 25 22:18:40 *   Adail shakes his head, so very not surprised that 'random' hazzards are aiming for him.
May 25 22:19:23 <Kotono>   You walk ahead another minute or two. You come to a dead end. Here a jagged pit in the ground can be seen, 10 feet wide. The sides are lined with sharp rocky spikes, glistening with what look sto be blood. From the ceiling a rope hangs, as if inviting you to try and climb down.
May 25 22:19:47 <Kotono>   "I think," Yulia peers at it, "That this bebelith has a cruel streak a mile wide! Look at those spikes!"
May 25 22:19:57 <Mari>   "Anyone else want to go back and try the other route?"
May 25 22:20:05 *   Kamvakua kneels a bit first and stabs his pike into the opening, testing if it'd react. "It does seem more tempting."
May 25 22:20:17 *   Knight peers down into the pit, checking to see if there are any other exits from that area.
May 25 22:20:19 <Kotono>   The walls don't collapse in or anything trappy.
May 25 22:20:40 <Nikkolai>   "I'm not sure if any pointy objects pointed at my person is good for me."
May 25 22:20:41 <Kotono>   The pit goes down about thirty feet, a hard, rocky bottom below. You can see light spilling in from a passage at the bottom leading deeper in.
May 25 22:21:16 <Mari>   "'Oh look, a rope. How convenient! We should try climbing it.' that's exactly what we're supposed to think and I don't trust this at all. We've got our own rope. If we want to get down, I say we use that."
May 25 22:21:19 <Nikkolai>   "Well, we can go back. Nothing is assured that it will be any less nasty or cruel than this pit."
May 25 22:21:50 <Adail>   "This is the abyss. There is nothing assured here at all." Adail notes as he eyes the rope.
May 25 22:22:15 *   Adail eyes the rope with Detect Magic, that is.
May 25 22:23:10 <Adail>   "Seems a normal enough rope. Of course it could be quite mundanely trapped..."
May 25 22:23:22 <Knight>   "We should check what it's tied to, then," suggets Knight, peering up.
May 25 22:23:26 <Nikkolai>   "I would venture that the rope is weak or perhaps coates with some slick substance." Nikkolai shakes his head. "I'd rather use our own."
May 25 22:23:45 <Kotono>   It's tied to a little rocky outcropping. Looks sturdy offhand. Nothing frayed or loose.
May 25 22:23:52 <Mari>   "I'm not taking anything so obviously offered here. We have our own. Let's just use it." Mari gets out her rope again, looking for some nearby bit of rock to tie it to.
May 25 22:24:07 <Kotono>   There's plenty of places to tie it too if Mari pleases.
May 25 22:24:12 *   Mari does so!
May 25 22:24:40 <Nikkolai>   "Agreed. If Yulia doesn't mind, she can untie the rope after we've all lowered ourselves downward." Nikk glances at Yulia.
May 25 22:24:53 <Kamvakua>   "Guys, we have company," Kamvakua turned, "Adail, look this way," He rose his pike in readiness.
May 25 22:25:29 *   Adail looks in the directed direction!
May 25 22:25:32 *   Knight turns her head, quite ready to deal with any enroaching threat.
May 25 22:25:41 *   Nikkolai groans. "More delays, more delays, and even more delays."
May 25 22:25:51 *   Nikkolai turns as well, ready to deal with the threat!
May 25 22:25:54 <Kotono>   Turning the party can see it! It's sixty feet away, shambling forward! It's a small, fat creature with claws, bloody red skin! It stumbles forward relentlessly, dumb hate plastered all over it's face! Spiders crawl over it's body, erupting out of pus-filled cysts and pores all over it's body! OOC: It's cooooming. Roll init real quick, guys.
May 25 22:26:07 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+8+5
May 25 22:26:07 <Kotono>   OOC: You can K:P it after I put up init if you're curious about it.
May 25 22:26:07 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+8+5 and gets 29." [1d20=16]
May 25 22:26:13 <Adail>   roll 1d20+8 init once again
May 25 22:26:13 <Mari>   roll 1d20+9 ewww
May 25 22:26:13 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+8 init once again and gets 13." [1d20=5]
May 25 22:26:14 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+9 ewww  and gets 28." [1d20=19]
May 25 22:26:15 <Kotono>   roll 1d20 thing
May 25 22:26:15 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 thing and gets 9." [1d20=9]
May 25 22:26:23 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+7 Yulia
May 25 22:26:23 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Yulia and gets 26." [1d20=19]
May 25 22:26:52 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Nikkolai(29)>Mari(28)>Yulia(26)>Adail(13)>Thing(9)
May 25 22:26:57 <Mari>   roll 1d20+13 what is this nasty thing?
May 25 22:26:58 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+13 what is this nasty thing? and gets 27." [1d20=14]
May 25 22:27:11 <Kamvakua>   roll 1d20+2
May 25 22:27:12 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kamvakua rolls 1d20+2 and gets 11." [1d20=9]
May 25 22:27:20 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+13 What the hell?
May 25 22:27:20 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+13 What the hell? and gets 15." [1d20=2]
May 25 22:27:26 <Knight>   roll 1d20+1 eww
May 25 22:27:27 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+1 eww and gets 17." [1d20=16]
May 25 22:27:37 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Nikkolai(29)>Mari(28)>Yulia(26)>Knight(17)>Adail(13)>Kam(11)>Thing(9)
May 25 22:28:55 *   Nikkolai makes an odd upwards hooking motion, willing dark tentacles to burst from the ground and ensnare his enemy!
May 25 22:28:58 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d20+17
May 25 22:28:59 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d20+17 and gets 36." [1d20=19]
May 25 22:29:10 <Kotono>   OOC: It can't beat that grapple roll.
May 25 22:29:13 <Kotono>   OOC: Damage.
May 25 22:30:21 <Nikkolai>   roll 1d6+4
May 25 22:30:21 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 1d6+4 and gets 10." [1d6=6]
May 25 22:30:57 <Kotono>   The mane is battered apart by the tentacles with ease! A gush of foul acid erupts out from it's crumbling body...but more comes! A great horde of spiders is now crawling where it was, a swarm of them! In the middle of them is some sort of black statue! OOC: Mari, go.
May 25 22:31:02 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Spider Swarm>Mari(28)>Yulia(26)>Knight(17)>Adail(13)>Kam(11)>Thing(9)
May 25 22:34:26 *   Mari has had her fill of this cave's nastiness and isn't closing in with these critters if she doesn't have to! she'll focus on defense and whap anything that gets close! (OOC full defense + amulet charge)
May 25 22:34:46 <Kotono>   OOC: Okay.Yulia holds. Go Knight.
May 25 22:36:56 <Knight>   Knight manages to draw her bow and fire an arrow towards the strange-looking statue.
May 25 22:37:09 <Knight>   roll 1d20+12 extra +2 vs. constructs
May 25 22:37:09 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+12 extra +2 vs. constructs and gets 18." [1d20=6]
May 25 22:37:22 <Kotono>   OOC: Hit. Damage.
May 25 22:37:58 <Knight>   roll 1d8+5 well it beats DR/adamantine anyway.
May 25 22:37:59 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d8+5 well it beats DR/adamantine anyway. and gets 7." [1d8=2]
May 25 22:38:16 <Kotono>   The arrow flies, stabbing into the statue! It doesn't look too hard, the arrow embedding deep into it! OOC: Adail.
May 25 22:38:54 *   Adail quickly looks behind him to see if anything's there...
May 25 22:39:57 <Kotono>   Behind you on teh wall just past the pit? Gracelyn is crucified! The eladrin's chest is wide open, ribs broken and organs exposed, rotting! A grimace of utter agony is plastered on the eladrin's face, legs shredded apart. From her torn throat a wind trickles out, sounding like, "Too...late...."
May 25 22:41:24 *   Adail throws caution to the wind, leaping over to her with all the speed he can muster to try and help...fully aware that it's probably a trap but not willing to risk if it isn't.
May 25 22:42:00 <Kotono>   Adail leaps to Gracelyn! She says not a word, even as her ribs thrust out, a dozen deadly daggers right at Adail!
May 25 22:42:05 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+15
May 25 22:42:05 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+15
May 25 22:42:06 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 28." [1d20=13]
May 25 22:42:07 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 34." [1d20=19]
May 25 22:42:09 <Kotono>   OOC: AC?
May 25 22:42:23 <Adail>   OOC: 34 vs evil. Bastard.
May 25 22:42:43 <Kotono>   roll 1d4+4 and fort. If you have the +4 vs poison most celestials get that applies.
May 25 22:42:44 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d4+4 and fort. If you have the +4 vs poison most celestials get that applies. and gets 8." [1d4=4]
May 25 22:43:17 <Adail>   roll 1d20+17 fort add 2 if it's EVIL poison
May 25 22:43:18 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+17 fort add 2 if it's EVIL poison and gets 25." [1d20=8]
May 25 22:43:54 <Kotono>   Adail is impaled in the shoulder by the rib! It draws im in close, the distorted chest-flaps of skin from Gracelyn closin in around him! In bone-chilling darkness, he can hear Gracelyn cry, "Thank you...we can...suffer together!" OOC: Kam.
May 25 22:45:23 *   Kamvakua steps forward and readies his pike to smash the statue coming near. "Nikkolai, if you've got more fire in you today, now would be a great time."
May 25 22:45:58 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Spider Swarm>Mari(28)>Yulia(26)>Knight(17)>Adail(13)>Kam(11)
May 25 22:46:04 <Kotono>   OOC: Thing was the mane and it's gone. Spider's are up.
May 25 22:46:46 <Kotono>   The spiders rush ahead, leaving the statue behind! They advance fourty feet, coming quite close to the party! At the same time, "We can...betogether forever!" Gracelyn can be heard cooing in pain, as if being whipped by holding a love close, "Isn't that lovely, Adail?"
May 25 22:46:50 <Kotono>   OOC: Mari.
May 25 22:47:06 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Spider Swarm>Nikkolai(29)>Mari(28)>Yulia(26)>Knight(17)>Adail(13)>Kam(11)
May 25 22:47:11 <Kotono>   OOC: Nikkolai, sorry, his turn got eaten somehow.
May 25 22:50:24 *   Nikkolai gathers flames in his palm once more, forming them into a fiery orb that he hurls at the swarm!
May 25 22:50:37 <Nikkolai>   roll 9d6
May 25 22:50:38 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Nikkolai rolls 9d6 and gets 31." [9d6=6, 3, 6, 2, 4, 1, 3, 3, 3]
May 25 22:50:38 <Kotono>   OOC: Roll damage, no SR. They do get ref though.
May 25 22:50:43 <Kotono>   roll 1d20+3 what's your DC?
May 25 22:50:44 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 what's your DC? and gets 14." [1d20=11]
May 25 22:51:10 <Kotono>   The flash-fire fills the hall with burning flames, the swarm cooked alive! They combust away, fried! OOC: Mari.
May 25 22:51:14 *   Kotono has changed the topic to: Nikkolai(29)>Mari(28)>Yulia(26)>Knight(17)>Adail(13)>Kam(11)
May 25 22:52:20 *   Mari charges at the statue...thing...whatever it is! Swinging away as soon as she's in range!
May 25 22:52:29 <Mari>   roll 1d20+11+2 charge
May 25 22:52:29 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+11+2 charge and gets 22." [1d20=9]
May 25 22:52:33 <Kotono>   OOC: Hit, Damage.
May 25 22:52:42 <Mari>   roll 1d6+2+1 fire
May 25 22:52:43 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d6+2+1 fire and gets 4." [1d6=1]
May 25 22:53:15 <Kotono>   Mari hacks the statue in two! AS she does she gets a good look at it! She sees it is a statue of Adail! He is sobbing bitterly, holding a decapitated head in his paws! The head is none other than Mari's, a look of shock on her face! A moment later, she hears a whizzing behind her neck! OOC: Ref.
May 25 22:53:25 <Mari>   roll 1d20+15
May 25 22:53:26 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+15 and gets 20." [1d20=5]
May 25 22:53:55 <Kotono>   Mari ducks a split second before it happens! A ghostly scythe cuts through the air where her neck was, vanishing a split second later! OOC: Yulia's holding. Knight.
May 25 22:54:25 <Knight>   With the statue gone and the swarm incinerated, there's little left for Knight to do but advance on the morbid replica of Gracelyn and cut the whole thing down, intent on freeing Adail! OOC: drop bow draw sword hack
May 25 22:54:38 <Knight>   roll 1d20+20 charge while I'm at it
May 25 22:54:39 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+20 charge while I'm at it and gets 29." [1d20=9]
May 25 22:54:42 <Kotono>   OOC: Hit.
May 25 22:54:46 <Knight>   roll 2d8+10
May 25 22:54:47 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 2d8+10 and gets 18." [2d8=7, 1]
May 25 22:55:30 <Kotono>   Knight hacks through Gracelyn! Her body is severed, ribs breaking apart! They stab Adail inside, trying to turn him into kebobs! At the same time, Gracelyn wails, "Adail...protect....!" OOC: Ref, Adail.
May 25 22:56:00 <Adail>   roll 1d20+19 add 2 if it's evil etc
May 25 22:56:00 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+19 add 2 if it's evil etc and gets 36." [1d20=17]
May 25 22:56:28 <Kotono>   Adail leaps out of the collapsing eladrin, even as a rib stays in him, keeping him impaled! But he's alive and untouched as Gracelyn collapses into wet, cold meat! OOC: Free act.
May 25 22:57:15 *   Nikkolai trots over to Adail, eyeing the rib in his side. "That needs to come out. And quickly."
May 25 22:57:25 *   Mari shivers. "Brr. This place...! Is everyone alright? Adail?"
May 25 22:57:35 <Kamvakua>   "Are you okay, Adail?" Kamvakua turned, eying the grisly scene.
May 25 22:57:50 *   Adail pulls the rib out of himself and applies a bit of pressure to the wound.
May 25 22:57:57 *   Mari stares at the remains of the Gracelyn-thing. "That's...not really her, is it?"
May 25 22:57:58 *   Knight looks at the apparitions remnants with some disgust. "This place uses our hearts against us," she notes, eyeing the rib. "We must freeze our minds. Trust only logic."
May 25 22:58:16 <Kotono>   The wound is bleeding, but under control. Adail thinks, anyway.
May 25 22:58:49 *   Nikkolai nods in approval. "A knight after my own heart. Logic prevails where emotions fail."
May 25 22:59:07 <Adail>   "I'm fine, yes. And it can't be. Anything we could deal with so easily she would destroy just as well. Also she never once swore, which Gracelyn would most certainly do were she in such a position."
May 25 22:59:11 <Kotono>   Yulia whimpers a little bit, "Say...you still have that potion, Knight? Or that wand, Kamvakua? That looks like it hurts."
May 25 22:59:32 *   Adail eyes the wound, then incantates to heal it. (OOC: Cure light)
May 25 22:59:38 <Adail>   roll 1d8+3
May 25 22:59:39 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d8+3 and gets 8." [1d8=5]
May 25 23:00:09 <Kotono>   The wound is now gone, mended.
May 25 23:00:44 <Knight>   "Gracelyn is in Hardsoil. There's no reason for her to appear in the abyss, and the same goes for any of our acquaintances," states Knight, after a moment. "The only exception might be a fellow card, but I doubt that is true."
May 25 23:01:09 <Knight>   "I suppose Mari's sister might venture here in some infernal assault, but the odds of us chancing across it are so slim that it may as well be dismissed."
May 25 23:01:22 *   Nikkolai peers over the edge of the pit. "Let us move as we talk, yes?"
May 25 23:01:31 <Knight>   "Very well. Has the rope been prepared?"
May 25 23:01:32 <Kotono>   "Unless she chanced on us and slew Mari? Wouldn't that be the sort of thing the Abyss loves?" Yulia whimpers, clinging to Knight.
May 25 23:01:33 <Kamvakua>   "This might have all been an illusion trap, but it's easy to fall prey to them."  He nodded to nikkolai. "Mari can you ready the rope?"
May 25 23:01:39 <Kotono>   The rope is tied as Mari did so previously.
May 25 23:01:47 <Nikkolai>   "Right. Who goes first?"
May 25 23:02:01 *   Mari grimaces. "We don't actually know what she does there, Knight! don't jumo to conclusions."
May 25 23:02:07 <Knight>   "Perhaps, but she is in the thrall of devils, not demons," replies Knight, reaching for the rope.
May 25 23:02:52 <Kotono>   OOC: Climb check if you're climbing down.
May 25 23:03:00 <Knight>   roll 1d20+5 I can do that, unless I can't
May 25 23:03:01 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+5 I can do that, unless I can't and gets 10." [1d20=5]
May 25 23:03:10 <Adail>   "Ah, that reminds me," Adail notes, moving next to Knight, "Now that Rogue is off plane, you should try your card sense again. Only stand near Yulia when you do it."
May 25 23:03:34 *   Mari will follow once Knight and Adail are down.
May 25 23:04:13 <Kotono>   Knight makes it down halfway when the rope jostles a bit! She manages to balance, but one of the spiky, bloody spikes jabs into her leg, burning pain!
May 25 23:04:19 <Kotono>   roll 1d4+2 and fort.
May 25 23:04:19 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d4+2 and fort. and gets 6." [1d4=4]
May 25 23:04:24 <Knight>   roll 1d20+13 of course
May 25 23:04:24 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Knight rolls 1d20+13 of course and gets 22." [1d20=9]
May 25 23:04:36 <Adail>   roll 1d20+10 adail climbing down as well
May 25 23:04:36 <Kotono>   The pain is deep, a chill passing up Knight's spine! OOC: Carry on.
May 25 23:04:37 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+10 adail climbing down as well and gets 11." [1d20=1]
May 25 23:04:46 <Kotono>   OOC: I'll sort you as Knight acts again, Adail. Ow.
May 25 23:04:58 <Knight>   Once she's just high enough, Knight drops off the rope and lands on the ground.
May 25 23:05:27 <Kotono>   Adail makes it down ten feet, before the rope wobbles, a spike jamming right into him with an unnatural aim!
May 25 23:05:33 <Kotono>   roll 1d4+2 and fort then I'll resolve Knight.
May 25 23:05:34 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Kotono rolls 1d4+2 and fort then I'll resolve Knight. and gets 3." [1d4=1]
May 25 23:05:46 <Adail>   roll 1d20+17 add two if it's evil etc
May 25 23:05:47 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+17 add two if it's evil etc and gets 29." [1d20=12]
May 25 23:06:12 <Kotono>   Adail feels a chill of pain as he holds on! Meanwhile Knight falls...and goes right through the floor as if it wasn't there, plummeting! OOC: #evil, Knight.
May 25 23:07:08 <Mari>   "Knight? Not again!"
May 25 23:07:27 *   Adail climbs down after Knight...not jumping, though.
May 25 23:07:52 <Kotono>   OOC: Climb again to finish, Adail.
May 25 23:08:07 <Adail>   roll 1d20+10 climb for reals this time
May 25 23:08:08 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Adail rolls 1d20+10 climb for reals this time and gets 16." [1d20=6]
May 25 23:08:14 *   Nikkolai quickly drops the torch over the side, trying to see Knight at the bottom!
May 25 23:08:24 *   Kamvakua eyes widen as he looks down at what's happening.  "Deceptive doubly.  Knight, can you hear us!"
May 25 23:08:54 <Kotono>   Adail wobbles close to the spikes, but just barely avoids them as he reaches the bottom! A torch falls past him a moment later!
May 25 23:09:38 <Mari>   "It's actually safe down there? We can keep going? Wel...alright..." Mari starts down the rope, following the others.
May 25 23:09:49 *   Adail checks to see if the rope goes through the floor or just to the "floor"
May 25 23:09:56 <Kotono>   Just to the floor, about.
May 25 23:10:40 *   Nikkolai waits patiently for Adail to die a horrible death by falling through the floor.
May 25 23:10:42 *   Adail shrugs, "No help for it," and drops down.
May 25 23:11:01 <Kamvakua>   "Uh, hey Mari, no," Kam tries to encourage her NOT to.
May 25 23:11:22 <Mari>   "What? Are we just going to leave them alone down there?"
May 25 23:11:26 <Kotono>   OOC: Climb check then, Mari.
May 25 23:11:45 *   Nikkolai mutters under his breath. "I'm beginning to think we should have killed my bitch of an ex-master first. This is not going well at all."
May 25 23:11:46 <Mari>   roll 1d20+17 presumably I'd started down before Kam said that
May 25 23:11:46 <Kamvakua>   "No, but wait to hear from them checking it out.  It is a trap...and it may also be a dead end."
May 25 23:11:47 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+17 presumably I'd started down before Kam said that and gets 33." [1d20=16]
May 25 23:11:59 <Kotono>   Mari deftly wigglies down, avioding the spikes and now just above Adail!
May 25 23:12:07 <Kotono>   OOC: #evil Adail, you just dropped in. dur.
May 25 23:12:42 *   Mari sighs. "Well, fine, I guess I'll just hang here until we hear something. That can't fail."
May 25 23:13:39 <Kamvakua>   "Can you see them down there, Mari?" Kamvakua wondered.
May 25 23:14:37 <Mari>   "No...no, I can't see anything. Or hear anything. Um..." She starts back up. "I don't like this at all..."
May 25 23:15:33 *   Nikkolai clucks in annoyance. "Yulia, would you be a dear and fly up to that other rope, untie it, then fly down and tie it to our rope? It might be long enough to reach Knight and Adail."
May 25 23:15:35 <Kotono>   OOC: Climb for back up, MAri.
May 25 23:15:51 <Mari>   roll 1d20+17 at least I can't fail THIS, Hatbot, not matter how hard you try
May 25 23:15:52 <Hatbot>   
ACTION --> "Mari rolls 1d20+17 at least I can't fail THIS, Hatbot, not matter how hard you try and gets 29." [1d20=12]
May 25 23:16:07 <Kotono>   As Mari scampers back up, Yulia works! She unties the pre-existing rope, flying down and tying it to the end of your rope! It falls downa nd through the floor!
May 25 23:16:48 *   Mari peers down the hole. "As soon as you feel somebody grab on, Kam, I'd say pull that rope up."
May 25 23:17:34 <Kotono>   Kamvakua can feel weight on the rope.
May 25 23:17:50 *   Kamvakua reaches and pulls the rope, hauling it upward with long pulls.
May 25 23:18:08 <Nikkolai>   "Heave, man, heave!" Nikk tries to help as best he can!
May 25 23:18:37 <Kotono>   Thus they are pulled up! They come up through the floor, being safely returne dupwards! As they do...they get a glimpse to the hallway behond this, shedding light. A small hall leads to...an open green field. You can see a sunny sky ahead, a beautiful, warm, inviting vista right out of the cave.
May 25 23:20:21 <Knight>   "There's a path here, but below the illusion is a lake of blood!" calls Knight, shimmying up the rope back towards safe ground! Her entire body is red, still dripping with the stuff!
May 25 23:20:22 *   Adail eyes the opening, "It's probably a trap. Should I go take a look?"
May 25 23:20:49 <Kamvakua>   "Are we sure it's not a trap after the traps?  Why give any real hope if you can give all false ones."
May 25 23:20:59 <Kotono>   Knight and Adail are indeed utterly soaked with blood, stained with it from head to toe!
May 25 23:21:08 <Nikkolai>   "One of us should take a look, but neither one of you. We cannot discount any possible path, I'm afraid."
May 25 23:21:13 <Knight>   "Of course it is a trap. What difference does it make?" says Knight, somehow talking like she always does.
May 25 23:21:23 <Knight>   "There is no place not dangerous here..."
May 25 23:21:24 <Nikkolai>   "What if the traps that look like traps aren't traps but is really a path?"
May 25 23:21:27 <Mari>   "A lake of...ew! Oh gods." Mari steps away from Knight, not wanting to get dripped on.
May 25 23:22:02 *   Adail moves a bit away from the others and then shakes to get as much of it out of his fur as he can
May 25 23:22:56 <Knight>   "There is no easy way to cleanse myself," mutters Knight. "This stuff is rotten, possibly infectious."
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OOC: The side adventure in the bloody waves.

May 25 23:24:39 <Knight>   [16:06] <@Kotono> SPLASH! Knight falls for a brief time, landing ind arkness! It's wet here, quite wet as if she landed inw ater! But warmer! OOC: Make a swim check.
May 25 23:24:39 <Knight>   [16:06] <Knight> roll 1d20+5 I can make them!
May 25 23:24:39 <Knight>   [16:06] * Hatbot --> "Knight rolls 1d20+5 I can make them! and gets 12." [1d20=7]
May 25 23:24:39 <Knight>   [16:06] <@Kotono> Knight is able to keep her head above water even in the miserable darkness! OOC: ACt.
May 25 23:24:39 <Knight>   [16:07] * Adail (~strikerul@c-98-210-201-139.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) has joined #evildunes
May 25 23:24:40 <Knight>   [16:08] <Knight> "There's water down here!" she yells, cursing her rotten fortune. Grimacing, she calls upon Star both to light her up and provide her with a shield!
May 25 23:24:44 <Knight>   [16:08] <Knight> OOC: lalala +str lalala
May 25 23:24:44 <Knight>   [16:08] <@Kotono> Star gives her radiance, as a torch plummets past her and hits the fluid below, going otu! Knight swims in a vast lake of warm blood, the blood-lake calm. The roof above is lined with smiling faces, licking their lips, long tongues lolling out of their mouths!
May 25 23:24:49 <Knight>   [16:09] <Knight> "It's utterly hideous..." Knight tells herself, although the place has an uncomfortable paralell with one of her past lives. She glances around to look for any land she might be able to reach.
May 25 23:24:53 <Knight>   [16:09] * Nikkolai (~Zephiroth@68-31-35-185.pools.spcsdns.net) has joined #evildunes
May 25 23:24:54 <Knight>   [16:10] <@Kotono> No land, no land at all.
May 25 23:24:55 <Knight>   [16:11] * Knight peers up to see just how far she managed to drop this time. "There's nothing here..." she calls, quite unwilling to swim her way through a lake of blood to an uncertain destination.
May 25 23:24:58 <Knight>   [16:11] <@Kotono> Adail comes falling down, splashing into the blood as well! OOC: Swim, Adail.
May 25 23:24:59 <Knight>   [16:11] <@Kotono> OOC: Both of you also need to make fort, by the by. Gods only know what diseaes are in Abyss-blood.
May 25 23:25:01 <Knight>   [16:11] <Knight> "We can't head in this direction! Can you help us back?"
May 25 23:25:03 <Knight>   [16:11] <Knight> roll 1d20+13
May 25 23:25:04 <Knight>   [16:11] * Hatbot --> "Knight rolls 1d20+13 and gets 29." [1d20=16]
May 25 23:25:05 <Knight>   [16:11] <Adail> roll 1d20+1 untrained wee
May 25 23:25:06 <Knight>   [16:11] * Hatbot --> "Adail rolls 1d20+1 untrained wee and gets 6." [1d20=5]
May 25 23:25:09 <Knight>   [16:12] <Adail> roll 1d20+17 another two for evil you know the drill
May 25 23:25:10 <Knight>   [16:12] * Hatbot --> "Adail rolls 1d20+17 another two for evil you know the drill and gets 24." [1d20=7]
May 25 23:25:12 <Knight>   [16:12] <@Kotono> Adail kinda splashes, just barely staying above the water and able to breathe!
May 25 23:25:13 <Knight>   [16:12] <Knight> "Lower a rope or something, we must return!"
May 25 23:25:14 <Knight>   [16:12] * Adail tries to get a paw on Knight to steady himself
May 25 23:25:15 <Knight>   [16:13] <Knight> "I don't think they can hear me..." murmurs Knight, peering up to see how far she dropped.
May 25 23:25:18 <Knight>   [16:14] <@Kotono> About 20 feet down. Those mouths up there are starting to drool, blood coming from them. Those tongues are getting logner, reaching down for the blood-lake!
May 25 23:25:22 <Knight>   [16:15] <@Kotono> As you talk, a rope comes falling down, into the blood and showing a path out of this!
May 25 23:25:22 <Knight>   [16:15] <Knight> "Ah, we haven't been forgotten!" declares Knight, reaching for the rope and starting to pull herself out of this horror!
May 25 23:25:25 <Knight>   [16:15] <@Kotono> OOC: Climb, Knight. -2 since you're slippery as fuck now
May 25 23:25:26 <Knight>   [16:15] <@Kotono> .
May 25 23:25:27 <Knight>   [16:16] <Adail> "Ah..." Adail sputters as he tries to stay above water, "a bit of help reaching that please...I don't swim well"
May 25 23:25:29 <Knight>   [16:16] <Knight> roll 1d20+4 but +1 for star!
May 25 23:25:30 <Knight>   [16:16] * Hatbot --> "Knight rolls 1d20+4 but +1 for star!  and gets 13." [1d20=9]
May 25 23:25:33 <Knight>   [16:16] <Knight> Knight reaches for Adail as she scampers up!
May 25 23:25:34 <Knight>   [16:16] <@Kotono> Knight i able to make a tiny bit of progress, holding on!"
May 25 23:25:35 <Knight>   [16:18] * Adail grabs hold of knight's hand as soon as it's close enough and tries to get a better position holding on where he won't hinder her progress