226. The Magus of Time

Corwin · March 28, 2012, 06:35:42 AM

[21:00] <Kotono> ----
[21:01] <Kotono> This time, five and two gather at the portal into the realm where the Fourth Resort awaits! Celebrimbor passes out the rods once more, "Be careful inside," h e says quietly, "It's danger has not diminshed with time, surely."
[21:03] <Kotono> Amaryl stays back behind Seira, generally away from the other two elves. Juai Desjardin isn't looking at them, instead his gaze is focused on the portal ahead.
[21:03] <Demedais> "Likely not, no." Demedais murmurs as he prepares one spell. "This has the possibility of being frustrating."
01[21:03] <Seira> roll 1d10+10
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d10+10 and gets 13." [1d10=3]
[21:03] <Demedais> OOC: Sign cast.
01[21:03] <Seira> "As long as we proceed differently, it should be alright," Seira says, sounding just a bit uncertain.
[21:03] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[21:04] <Alicia> "If anything it might be worse, if they blame us for killing that one pixie we took out of there," Alicia notes, shooting a worried look at Amaryl as she accepts the rod. Moving away a bit, she whispers for her familiar to look after the runaway noblewoman, which Marie agrees to readily enough.
[21:05] <Kotono> "Then travel with the grace of those who wish for you to succeed," Celebrimbor bids.
06[21:05] * Seira nods, and is the first to try and cross through the portal.
[21:06] <Kotono> Amaryl follows behind Seira quickly!
[21:06] <Kotono> Pollyanna looks to Demedais, "Right, got your back," she murmurs, before crossing over.
06[21:06] * Alicia casts voice of the archon on both herself and Marie, before she follows Seira through. The eladrin following and staying within ten feet of Amaryl.
06[21:07] * Demedais follows with Pollyanna, a slight nod to her. "They're fond of invisibility, if I recall correctly. Keep your guard up and on your toes."
[21:08] <Kotono> Thus the party returns to the forest! It is dim here, very little sunlight making it through the dense canopy. For sixty feet up it is a mass of branches, possible to fly up into. After that it is an impenetrable mass of leaves and branches, as solid as any ceiling of stone. Through the forest, far ahead and just barely glimpsed, looks to be something. Something like a tower and a town, perhaps?
01[21:08] <Seira> "Let's try to head for the tower, again?" Seira suggests.
[21:09] <Demedais> "Sure." Demedais shrugs, peering forward toward the tower first.
[21:09] <Kotono> OOC: Spot check, Deme?
[21:09] <Alicia> "Probably our best bet," Alicia agrees. "Marie, can you take a quick look over the canopy, first?" she asks, sending her familiar shooting up above the treeline to take a look.
[21:09] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 37." [1d20=11]
[21:10] <Kotono> OOC: How high up, Alicia?
[21:10] <Alicia> OOC: above the treeline
[21:11] <Kotono> Seira can't tell how far it would take to get there. Awhile, perhaps? The distances are difficult to gauge.
[21:11] <Demedais> "I'm not seeing anything directly ahead..." Demedais murmurs, next turning to where he's smelling something from and looking in that direction.
[21:11] <Kotono> Marie flies up sixty feet! She finds her advance stalled there, unable to ascend further.
[21:12] <Alicia> Marie retreats back down. "Sorry, some sort of wall of force or something," she apologises. "Can't get above the trees."
[21:12] <Kotono> Demedais can see more forest in that direction. Pollyanna checks her bow over while she waits, "Are we going ahead then?"
[21:12] <Alicia> "Not to worry," Alicia shrugs, "We proceed on foot." She then tugs down her blindfold so she can employ blindsight if any invisible creatures come close, relying on everyone else to spot visible creatures further away.
[21:13] <Demedais> "As a warning, something smells -really- good in that direction. Don't be caught off guard." Demedais says, keeping his eyes out for foes as they advance onward.
01[21:13] <Seira> "Sure thing. We'll bring up the rear, then," Seira suggests with a nod towards Amaryl, as Demedais takes the lead.
[21:14] <Kotono> OOC: STraight ahead or in the direction you smelled that stuff, Deme? You didn't elaborate.
[21:14] <Demedais> OOC: Following Alicia's lead/straight ahead.
[21:14] <Alicia> OOC: I'm not leading! But we're going to the tower.
[21:17] <Kotono> The party travels ahead! They travel through the forest for a little time, trees soon blocking out any view of the way they came. After about ten minutes, they find a little dirt path leading a bit off the beaten way. It leads to a little grove and clearing full of ancient oaks. A pleasant wooden cottage sits there by a little natural spring. A waterwheel on the side works in constant, steady motion at the spring. Several little fruit trees lin
[21:17] <Kotono> steady motion at the spring. Several little fruit trees linger near the cottage. The way ahead also continues, more forest and more faintly glimpsed tower/town.
[21:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 23." [1d20=16]
[21:18] <Kotono> "Hm?" Pollyanna glances towards it, "It's very nice..." she murmurs, "Isn't it, Demedais?"
06[21:18] * Alicia frowns a bit, reminded of her experience on the astral plane. Like then she can simply use the durations of her spells to gauge the passing of time where her biological clock fails.
[21:19] <Demedais> "It is..." Demedais replies softly, looking it over without directly stopping. "But I'm not inclined to trust anything we find here without solid evidence for it.
[21:20] <Alicia> Flipping up her blindfold, Alicia takes a brief look around. "You never know, the ring could be hidden in an unexpected place rather than the obvious tower," she observes.
01[21:20] <Seira> "Everything here will try to stop us," Seira muses. "We might as well try to proceed peacefully and see how far that takes us."
06[21:21] * Seira considers Alicia's words. "True enough. But unless we try the obvious target, we'll just be outsmarting ourselves, I feel."
[21:21] <Kotono> "Isn't it," Pollyanna smiles deeply, stopping. "Maybe it's worth a trip? It looks so nice...even if it's nothing, we'll certainly have a fine time there."
06[21:21] * Demedais pauses. "Well, first possible confrontation spotted. Right in the woods is a woman beckoning."
06[21:22] * Seira looks at this strange, beckoning woman with curiousity.
[21:22] <Alicia> "We can try it first and look elsewhere if it fails," Alicia agrees with Seira. "Let's press on- oh?" she looks in the direction Demedais is looking in.
[21:23] <Kotono> OOC: Spot checks, you two?
[21:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 8." [1d20=1]
01[21:23] <Seira> roll 1d20+11
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 and gets 24." [1d20=13]
06[21:24] * Demedais gestures toward the location, a bit bemused.
06[21:24] * Seira frowns. "Are you absolutely sure something is there?" she asks, peering towards the spot in question.
[21:24] <Kotono> OOC: Deme pointed it out, you can make another spot check with a +5 bonus if you like, you two.
[21:24] <Kotono> Pollyanna takes a gander as well.
01[21:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 18." [1d20=2]
[21:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 30." [1d20=12]
[21:24] <Alicia> "I can't see anyone," Alicia agrees. "Maybe she only appears to males?" Poor creature doesn't know Seira and Amaryl's tastes, then.
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 22." [1d20=10]
06[21:25] * Demedais pauses. "That's possible, Alicia, since I can also hear it..."
01[21:25] <Seira> "Well, whatever. Let's just go."
[21:25] <Kotono> "Oh, I see...It's..." Pollyanna's gaze travels along the forest, slowly towards the cottage. "I can see -something- moving. It's moving strangely."
01[21:26] <Seira> "Normally, this would interest me into visiting. But not when everything and everyone here has a magical compulsion to stop us by any means necessary."
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 32." [1d20=19]
[21:26] <Alicia> "Lets just keep going. If she cares to talk to the rest of us she can show itself, otherwise she can keep on flashing her panties at Demedais or whatever she thinks will get his interest," Alicia shrugs, starting onwards.
[21:26] <Demedais> "I'm, uh, willing to pass." Demedais says with a bit of a light flush, shaking his head...
[21:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23
06[21:27] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 and gets 24." [1d20=1]
06[21:27] * Seira just looks annoyed as she walks towards the tower.
[21:28] <Demedais> "Uh. On the other hand, perhaps we can trust her..." Demedais murmurs, slowly beginning to advance toward the figure.
[21:28] <Kotono> "Demedais?" Pollyanna starts to follow, "Well...it is a nice cottage," she murmurs. "Demedais?"
06[21:29] * Alicia sighs in annoyance. "Marie, hover above Demedais would you?" she asks politely.
[21:29] <Alicia> Her familiar laughs a bit and proceeds to envelop him in her protective aura.
06[21:30] * Demedais pauses, before looking up at Marie, then back at the figure and suddenly turning impassive. "Yeah. Let's go."
[21:30] <Alicia> "Better luck nect time!" Marie calls over in the direction of the hidden creature, alighting on Demedais' helmeted head.
[21:30] <Alicia> next*
[21:31] <Kotono> Pollyanna squints her eyes, "It's odd. It's like it's walking through the trees..." Turning away with Demedais, "You're probably right, but..." Taking a last look back, Pollyanna starts to go as well.
[21:32] <Demedais> "I am already promised to another. There will be others, likely, who will stay, but I cannot." Demedais murmurs in return, face still stony, before he bows in that direction and joining back up with Pollyanna.
[21:32] <Kotono> Amaryl looks in that direction, staying close to Seira still. "Magic?" She whispers. "It's clouding his mind, isn't it?"
01[21:33] <Seira> "Marie's helping with that, and Alicia could dispel it in a pinch," Seira returns quietly. "If you think something is making you act differently, let me know even if it seems harmless. Especially if it seems harmless. I'll do the same, alright?"
[21:33] <Kotono> As the party walks away, a wailing keen comes from the direction of the hut, fading as they travel deeper away from it. "Eternal life...don't you want to live forever....!" All can hear.
[21:34] <Alicia> "I already will!" Marie calls back. "It's great!"
06[21:34] * Demedais grumbles something before speeding up his pace slightly.
01[21:34] <Seira> "Ditto," Seira agrees with a curt nod.
[21:34] <Kotono> OOC - Continuing on, all?
01[21:35] <Seira> OOC: Yes
[21:35] <Demedais> OOC: Yep.
[21:35] <Kotono> OOC: Make a spot check, Deme?
[21:35] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[21:35] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 35." [1d20=9]
[21:36] <Kotono> The party walks a few more minutes through the dense forest. Alicia has an easy time of it with Freedom of Movement, though the rest need to hack, walk over and generally make an effort to get through the difficult terrain. As they do...OOC: More.
[21:40] <Demedais> "Urge to hit something rising. She's returning from the right, forty feet away, currently in thick foilage and woods so I'm not sure aggression would work." Demedais murmurs.
01[21:41] <Seira> "Fire always does, but--" Seira stops herself. "That witchy woman from before?"
[21:41] <Alicia> "Persistent isn't she?" Marie muses. "I guess you just have that effect on the ladies... Hey!" she then raises her voice, calling over to the right. "Back off! He's taken!"
[21:42] <Demedais> "Thank you, Marie, for always looking out for us." Demedais notes quietly, before nodding to Seira. "The same."
[21:42] <Kotono> With a deep growl in her voice, "YOU!" A feminine voice barks at Marie, "You suppress my magic and make mockery of me! The powers of nature will punish you!"
01[21:43] <Seira> "Do we really need to fight?" Seira calls out, suppressing her deep urge to laugh at such pathetic speeches. "I could help you find a date if you want me to. There's no need for magic, I know this elf who's lonely and stuff!"
[21:44] <Alicia> "Aww, don't be like that!" Marie calls back. "I bet you're real cute and everything, but he's taken. Why don't you show yourself for all of us instead of just the man, anyway?"
06[21:45] * Demedais gives Seira a long look. "If you're suggesting hooking Donald up with this entire forest, I'm not sure I can disapprove." he says after a smirk.
01[21:45] <Seira> "It is okay as long as it's female and pretty, as far as he's concerned!"
[21:46] <Kotono> It's a strange thing. The forest seems to bend around her. She is abruptly visible, as if a window over the thick trees and foliage has been made. As Pollyanna snickers at all that, the woman...she is not human. She has elven features, but a beauty that stops hearts and launches a thousand warships. She wears a dress of leaves, a trail of them off her back like a living, whirling cloak. Her hair is the dark brown of tree bark and roots. "Give
[21:46] <Kotono> whirling cloak. Her hair is the dark brown of tree bark and roots. "Give me one reason I shouldn't punish you for your insolence! You have humiliated me!"
[21:47] <Alicia> "Well..." Marie floats off Demedais and towards the nymph, but stays within ten feet of him. "Because *I* think you're really beautiful?" she offers, smiling winsomely.
[21:47] <Alicia> In the background, Alicia sighs and rubs her temples.
[21:47] <Kotono> Amaryl looks on, blushing at the newly seen woman.
[21:47] <Kotono> The creature puts her hands on her leaf clad hips, "Then why are you stopping me? To pay me compliments after you insult me?"
06[21:48] * Seira tilts her head.
[21:48] <Alicia> "I didn't insult you, I just warned you away from going after a man who was already involved with someone else," Marie protests innocently. "I was looking out for you the whole time, trying to spare you the pain of rejection!"
[21:49] <Kotono> "If you hadn't intervened, it wouldn't matter!" The woman snaps back. "No man can resist me!"
01[21:49] <Seira> "How about I introduce you to Donald, then?" Seira offers. "He wouldn't even try!"
[21:49] <Kotono> Pollyanna scowls at that, "Resist you with what, magic?" Stepping forward, "We have no intent to harm you, but cease trying to turn us away from our mission and duty!"
[21:49] <Alicia> "But it would break his lover's heart!" Marie exclaims. "Could you live with that?"
[21:50] <Kotono> "Yes," The woman answers without missing a beat. "I see no other man that could be a Donald, dragonling."
01[21:50] <Seira> "I'll bring him by tomorrow!"
[21:50] <Demedais> "Because quite clearly since I was the only one able to see-" At this Demedais pauses, looking at the pixie, before looking to Alicia. He then gives a long, unreadable look to Pollyanna, before turning his attention back to the woman, clearly not able to get a word off in this flurry.
[21:51] <Kotono> "Demedais wouldn't abandon someone he's given his word to short of magic!" With an angry look now to her, "Cease your sorcery and get out of our sight!"
06[21:51] * Alicia decides to step in, growing weary of Marie's well intentioned banter. "M'lady, please," she tries to be nice despite it all. "We are on an important task and you seek to sway us away from it. While I can appreciate your desire for companionship, I cannot allow you to delay us nor interfere in the relationships of another. Unless you are an enemy of love, I suggest you let us be."
01[21:52] <Seira> "Well, at least it's not me this time," Seira mutters, rubbing her forehead.
[21:52] <Demedais> "Pretty much what my dearest has said." Demedais says at this, before letting Alicia speak.
[21:52] <Kotono> "This time," Amaryl murmurs quietly.
01[21:52] <Seira> "Pixies are the most insulting beings on the face of this world."
06[21:53] * Seira shudders. "I can't be held responsible."
[21:53] <Kotono> OOC: Diplo check, Alicia: She's pretty pissed but I'll count the others has having aided you. It works out to a -4 mod in total.
[21:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+37
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+37 and gets 47." [1d20=10]
[21:54] <Kotono> Focusing her attention on Alicia, "Why? I offer you a happy, eternal life, and you treat me as an interloper, insult me, and mock me?" Nearly growling now, voice turning harsh like wood splintering. ABruptly turning away, she vanishes again into the forest, glimpsed fleeing back into it before your vision of her is gone.
[21:55] <Demedais> "Uh. Didn't she only offer me...?" Demedais says, before shaking his head and moving on.
01[21:55] <Seira> "So, uhh, think I should still get Donald afterwards?"
[21:55] <Kotono> "At least she left." Rubbing her own temple, "She was gorgeous, but had all the manners and grace of a rotten goblin."
[21:55] <Demedais> "Probably not." Demedais shrugs.
[21:55] <Alicia> "A gilded cage is a cage all the same," Alicia replies, voice soft but carrying all the same thanks to the magic she's bolstered with. Hoping the fey woman can appreciate that even with her own enchantment binding her to duty, she lets the matter rest.
[21:56] <Alicia> "I liked her," Marie opines. "She was feisty!"
01[21:56] <Seira> "Ask Alicia to polymorph you, then?"
[21:57] <Alicia> "I'd prefer someone who can appreciate me for me," the eladrin replies, going to resume her perch on Demedais' head.
[21:57] <Kotono> "Let's just go,"Pollyanna raises her voice, picking up her own step.
06[21:57] * Seira snorts in amusement. "Sure, let's."
[21:57] <Demedais> "Agreed."
[21:58] <Kotono> The party travels on for a little longer...about twenty minutes? The tower seems no closer, then...(More)
[21:59] <Kotono> Nighttime. It has fallen in an instant, in the merest breath of comprehension. It is dim, vision reduced greatly for those without low light or darkvision(10 ft vision without lightsource, guys.) Only a few scattered rays of piercing moonlight penetrate from the canopy above. The moonlight is like polished ivory melted into a molten, airy fluid, dripping down from the moon itself.
06[22:00] * Seira frowns. "The residents can probably see just fine, so want to use a light?"
[22:00] <Demedais> "Something just went... wrong." Demedais murmurs.
01[22:00] <Seira> "This entire place is wrong."
[22:01] <Demedais> "More wrong."
[22:01] <Kotono> "It was like...everything was wrong. Everything around us," Amaryl shivers, staying within hand's reach of Seira.
[22:02] <Alicia> "It's an illusion, or something like that," Alicia shakes her head, trying to maintain focus. "It feels like a lot of time suddenly passed, but it hasn't."
06[22:03] * Seira closes the extra foot of distance and takes Amaryl's hand. "Even if it did, we knew this place played by different rules. As long as we persist and head forward, something would happen."
[22:03] <Demedais> "Should I cast Light on my sword, then?" Demedais comments.
01[22:03] <Seira> "Have fun."
06[22:03] * Demedais nods and does so!
06[22:03] * Alicia pulls down her blindfold since blindsight offers further vision than her eyes do at the moment, anyway.
[22:04] <Kotono> Demedais now has a lit sword! His light shows that there is a dirt animal trail straight ahead. It looks to make the going a bit easier, for the forest turns denser soon ahead, making going anywhere but the path an unlikely prospect.
01[22:05] <Seira> Then that path is what they must walk!
[22:06] <Demedais> "The path it is." Demedais says, advancing while keeping level eyes out!
[22:09] <Kotono> The party walks for five minutes. The path continues on - ahead, first seen by Seira with her darkvision, is a clearing that the path leads to. It's a middle sized clearing, maybe thirty feet around in a rough circle? Deme's light isn't far from falling on it. The clearing is full of flowers.
[22:09] <Demedais> "Anyone recognize these?" Demedais murmurs.
01[22:09] <Seira> "I see a clearing of flowers," Seira voices. "How about your mind's eye, Alicia?"
01[22:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 16." [1d20=1]
06[22:10] * Alicia keeps going till she's within 20 feet of the flowers for her blindsight to catch them.
[22:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2 nature A
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 nature A and gets 3." [1d20=1]
[22:11] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2 nature M
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 nature M and gets 3." [1d20=1]
[22:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 15." [1d20=3]
06[22:11] * Demedais approaches near Alicia and looks at them himself!
[22:12] <Kotono> The flowers are beyond the party's ability to discern what they are. Perhaps if one advanced further and brought light to them? Ah, that does it. As Demedais approaches, you can see that they're red roses. A clearing full of nothing but red roses. Yet as you draw closer...there is a howl. A deep howl, rumbling like a bear's bellow. It comes from somewhere in the forest, echoing around you.
[22:13] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 growling? where?
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 growling? where? and gets 34." [1d20=8]
[22:14] <Alicia> At that noise Marie jumps off of Demedais and floats near Amaryl. Hopefully they're too far away from the object of his affection for the enchantment to matter and the elf probably needs her protection more.
[22:14] <Demedais> "It's coming from the grove. Toward the middle-left?" Demedais murmurs. "Pull back or advance?"
01[22:16] <Seira> "There's nowhere to return but back where we started, empty handed."
[22:17] <Alicia> "Agreed," Alicia concurs.
01[22:19] <Seira> "It might just be an animal, but you never know, here. We won't lose anything by trying to move past it peacefully, or even trying to pacify it. But if that fails...."
[22:21] <Demedais> "Fair. Haven't seen any side paths anyway." Demedais shrugs, looking ahead.
[22:21] <Kotono> The party advances in! The grove is white-red, moonlight and glowing swordlight bathing the red roses that come up to your ankles. As you enter in, you can see that the path ahead continues on the far end! However, in front of it, a ghostly image appears! It points at the party, a giant, elflike creature in a mithril breastplate. It's helmet bears the antlers of a great stag, A ray of moonlight comes from above, making the image glow with power
[22:22] <Kotono> A ray of moonlight comes from above, making the image glow with power! After a moment, it fades away.
01[22:22] <Seira> "Well. That was weird."
[22:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 17." [1d20=5]
[22:23] <Kotono> "What was that?" Amaryl asks quietly, "I've never see an elf that big...was it a fey?"
[22:23] <Alicia> "Trouble," Alicia turns to the left and draws her sword. Oh how she hates dogs... "That's no elf."
06[22:23] * Demedais grimaces, before glancing to Alicia. "Invisible foes?"
[22:25] <Alicia> "Marie, faerie fire ten feet ahead of me please," Alicia requests, taking the hint that no one else can see the mean looking canine.
06[22:25] * Seira uses the chance to cast the spell allowing her to see past invisibility!
[22:25] <Alicia> "Sure!" Marie obliges, putting some creepy lights in the foliage ahead of Alicia.
[22:25] <Kotono> OOC: If you guys are starting to act I'm going to call initiative, it's not going to sit there and let you take free actions.
[22:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 A
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 A and gets 18." [1d20=11]
[22:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
06[22:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 M and gets 16." [1d20=9]
01[22:26] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 20." [1d20=14]
[22:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Amaryl
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Amaryl and gets 9." [1d20=3]
[22:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 9." [1d20=2]
[22:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 17." [1d20=2]
[22:26] <Demedais> roll 1d20+5 (Sign used)
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+5 (Sign used) and gets 25." [1d20=20]
03[22:27] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais?!?!?!?!?>Seira>Alicia>????>Marie>Amaryl=Pollyanna'
06[22:30] * Demedais turns toward where Alicia's facing. "Invisible foe, eh?" With that, a quick word is uttered as his Protection Devotion and Law Devotion spring up, and his stance shifts slightly as if focusing... OOC: Protection/Law/Kensai Powa.
[22:30] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Seira?
06[22:31] * Seira uses the chance to cast the spell allowing her to see past invisibility!
[22:32] <Kotono> OOC: Doing anything besides a stanard action?
[22:32] <Kotono> OOC: Standard, even.
01[22:33] <Seira> Creepy! Seira decides to activate her boots and come stand before Amaryl, drawing her sword in the process.
[22:33] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia.
[22:35] <Alicia> Hopefully it can understand common like the pixies and gorgeous women here can, so Alicia tries to dissuade battle. "We're too strong for you to fight - run away!" she suggests to the mean mutt.
[22:35] <Alicia> OOC: DC 22 suggestion
[22:35] <Kotono> OOC: Link me to suggestion?
[22:36] <Kotono> If the beast understands Alicia's words, they come to no good at all! The beast bursts out of the foliage, now easily seen by all without it's strange warding of the forest! It is a wolflike creature the size of a bear, body covered in light blue lines. It's eyes gush blue flames of the same color. It's juaw is long and distended, giving it an impossibly deep bite. It lunges forward at the closest hero, Alicia, jaws chomping out in one swift bi
[22:36] <Kotono> It lunges forward at the closest hero, Alicia, jaws chomping out in one swift bite!
[22:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (-4 PA)
06[22:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (-4 PA) and gets 45." [1d20=12]
[22:37] <Kotono> roll 2d6+25+10d6
06[22:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+25+10d6 and gets 68." [2d6=4, 6][10d6=6, 3, 2, 4, 1, 1, 4, 3, 6, 3]
[22:38] <Kotono> The creature chomps right on Alicia's throat, leaning up! Only a quick move back stops this from being an instnatly fatal blow, but the quick, precise chomp speaks of unanimal like skill! It leaves a deep chomp into Alicia's shoulder instead, the beast then retreating back into the thick forest smoothly and out of sight! OOC - Marie.
[22:39] <Kotono> OOC: Seira/Alicia can still see it in the bush.
[22:39] <Alicia> "Ahhh! Marie, faerie fire!" she gets out, giving the distance the creature moved into the foliage so Marie can properly aim.
01[22:40] <Seira> "Damn," Seira mutters, eyes widening at the brutal attack.
[22:40] <Alicia> The eladrin winces in sympathetic pain at Alicia's wound, putting some creepy lights all over the fell hound!
[22:40] <Kotono> "Alicia!" Pollyanna gasps, fumbling to ready arrows in her bow!
[22:41] <Kotono> Fairie fire springs up, a purple outline of the beast letting all see it's general location! "Fire now or wait for it to come out," Pollyanna asks all at once, as Amaryl readies her own bow!
01[22:42] <Seira> "Don't waste time, waste it!"
[22:42] <Alicia> "If you have a shot, take it!" Alicia insists as she tries to collect herself.
[22:42] <Kotono> Thus, Pollyanna tries rattling off arrows into the foliage covered beast! "I'll try!"
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 22." [1d20=5]
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 31." [1d20=14]
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 25." [1d20=13]
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 20." [1d20=13]
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1d6+11
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1d6+11 and gets 14." [1d8=2][1d6=1]
[22:44] <Kotono> The flaming arrows sizzle through the leafy foliage, one of them grazing the beast! It's skin is tough, but the fire leaves a trailing, painful scorch across it's furry flesh! A moment later, Amaryl's own flurry follows, holding her position behind Seira!
[22:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
[22:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 31." [1d20=20]
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 25." [1d20=14]
[22:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[22:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 8." [1d20=2]
06[22:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 10." [1d20=4]
[22:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 crit?
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 crit? and gets 29." [1d20=18]
[22:45] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 3." [1d8=2]
[22:45] <Kotono> Another hail of arrows comes! These arrows only lightly graze the beast, drawing minimal blood, but still a wound! OOC - Deme.
[22:48] <Kotono> OOC: Also, 4 more damage, Alicia. Forgot the PA.
06[22:50] * Demedais grimaces and quickly moves in front of Alicia, murmuring a quick prayer as he prepares himself! OOC: Haste triggered, Divine Favor up, moving in front of Alicia.
[22:52] <Kotono> OOC: Seira.
01[22:53] <Seira> Fire seemed to be more effective against this thing than mere physical damage, and Seira decides to try her hand at it, launching a fireball behind the beast. Beyond angering it into switching targets, it is also bound to clear the foliage away!
01[22:53] <Seira> roll 10d6 SP
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 10d6 SP and gets 37." [10d6=1, 4, 4, 4, 5, 3, 5, 3, 3, 5]
[22:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 ref for half
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 ref for half and gets 38." [1d20=15]
01[22:54] <Seira> OOC: It passed, yes
[22:55] <Kotono> FIre bursts around the beast! Smoking and burnt foliage is blasted away, a clearing blasted away behind the beast! It's own body is scorched a bit, it's speed letting it weave out of the way of the worst! OOC - Alicia.
[22:56] <Alicia> "Marie, hold on for plan A!" Alicia calls to her familiar, channelling a scorching ray into Hell Striker and then casting mirror image, causing several duplicates to spring up around her!
[22:56] <Alicia> roll 1d4+5
06[22:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+5 and gets 6." [1d4=1]
[22:57] <Kotono> Thus Alicia is now six instead of one! A few moments later, the beast howls as it bursts out of the bush! This time it's howl is a fear inducing thing as it bites at Demedais, making hearts quail! OOC - Will saves. Fear and mind affecting, people. Bear that in mind, I know you're immune, Deme.
[22:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 and gets 43." [1d20=15]
[22:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 23." [1d20=18]
01[22:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 34." [1d20=16]
[22:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 17." [1d20=10]
[22:58] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 Marie
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 Marie and gets 33." [1d20=14]
[22:58] <Demedais> OOC: +4 to everyone within 10 feet, as a reminder.
[22:58] <Alicia> OOC: -4 on Marie. Thought it was a wider area for some reason
01[22:58] <Seira> OOC: 38, then
03[22:59] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais?!?!?!?!?>Seira>Alicia>????>Marie>Amaryl=Pollyanna(Both shaken for 10 rounds; -2 attacks, saves and checks.'
[23:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+34 (-4 PA) Deme
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+34 (-4 PA) Deme and gets 52." [1d20=18]
[23:00] <Kotono> OOC: AC, Deme?
[23:00] <Demedais> OOC: Definitely not that. 40.
[23:00] <Kotono> roll 2d6+25+10d6
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+25+10d6 and gets 78." [2d6=5, 5][10d6=2, 6, 4, 3, 2, 6, 5, 6, 5, 4]
[23:00] <Kotono> OOC: +4
[23:02] <Kotono> The creature goes for Deme's throat again! He gets an arm up, a deep bite into it that just barely saves his life! Still, his arm is shredded, bone showing from the horrific wound! Pollyanna looks utterly stricken with a momentary terror! The creature flees back into the underground, at the same spot as before! Hands shaking, Pollyanna fires arrows after it!
[23:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 31." [1d20=16]
[23:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 20." [1d20=5]
[23:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 15." [1d20=5]
[23:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 16." [1d20=11]
[23:02] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1d6+11
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1d6+11 and gets 13." [1d8=1][1d6=1]
[23:03] <Demedais> "This Plan A the same as the one against the abombination?" Demedais curses.
[23:03] <Kotono> More flaming arrows fire into the smoky, smouldering grove! The fire adds more light to see by, the night being held at bay! Amaryl follows with her own desperate, panicking volley!
[23:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[23:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[23:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 18." [1d20=11]
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 22." [1d20=15]
[23:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 18." [1d20=11]
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 15." [1d20=8]
[23:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
[23:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 14." [1d20=12]
06[23:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 12." [1d20=10]
[23:04] <Kotono> She flings a veritable storms of arrows, but her fear shows in her shots, all of them wobbling off the mark! OOC - Deme.
03[23:04] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais?!?!?!?!?>Seira>Alicia>????>Marie>Amaryl=Pollyanna(Both shaken for 9 rounds; -2 attacks, saves and checks.'
[23:04] <Kotono> "At least there's only one of them," Pollyanna tries, her voice wavering! "Deme! Careful!"
[23:06] <Alicia> "Other way around," Alicia replies quietly.
06[23:09] * Demedais nods. "I'll move on your mark. Trust me on this." With that, he holds for a moment...!
[23:10] <Kotono> OOC: Seira, since Deme's holding.
06[23:10] * Seira mentally goes through her list of spells, before settling on an empowered orb of sound. Definitely enough to do some damage if it hit, but not the strongest one at her disposal, should it have no effect on this being.
01[23:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+15 ranged touch
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 ranged touch and gets 33." [1d20=18]
01[23:10] <Seira> roll 5d8
[23:10] <Kotono> OOC - Hit.
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 5d8 and gets 23." [5d8=4, 6, 3, 8, 2]
01[23:10] <Seira> roll 1.5*23
06[23:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1.5*23 and gets 34.5."
[23:12] <Kotono> The orb of sound hits into the side of the beast! THe blast of noise faintly staggers it, but in a second it recovers with astonishing speed, rebalancing itself and growling! OOC - Alicia.
03[23:12] * Kotono changes topic to '>Seira>Alicia>Demedais>????>Marie>Amaryl=Pollyanna(Both shaken for 9 rounds; -2 attacks, saves and checks.'
03[23:13] * Alicia changes topic to '>Seira>Alicia=Marie>Demedais>????>Amaryl=Pollyanna(Both shaken for 9 rounds; -2 attacks, saves and checks.'
[23:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2 knowledge devotion
06[23:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 knowledge devotion and gets 12." [1d20=10]
03[23:13] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Alicia=Marie>Demedais>????>Amaryl=Pollyanna(Both shaken for 9 rounds; -2 attacks, saves and checks.'
[23:14] <Alicia> Marie breaks and flies towards the dog's left side, promptly using her bracelet to swap places with Alicia who then assails the dog with a flurry of vicious strikes to hack it into bits!
[23:15] <Kotono> OOC: You have FoM up, due to ring? Attack away, yeah.
[23:15] <Alicia> Except nothing happens! Leaving Marie in a horrible situation...
[23:15] <Kotono> OOC: I'll let you guys strike that if you want, since I didn't even remember to point it out during the OOC discussion in #elysium.
[23:16] <Alicia> OOC: lets strike it, sure.
[23:17] <Alicia> Marie launches a flurry of arrows at the dog as Alicia dashes forward to its left side whereupon she slices her sword into its flank!
[23:17] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
06[23:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 and gets 36." [1d20=14]
[23:17] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
06[23:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 and gets 26." [1d20=9]
[23:17] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[23:17] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 24." [1d20=12]
[23:17] <Kotono> OOC: One hit, Marie. Also, do you have reach, Alicia? If not it can AoO you as you approach. Fair warning.
[23:17] <Alicia> OOC: I have tumble
[23:17] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on then!
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 1d4+3+1d6+1d4
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+3+1d6+1d4 and gets 8." [1d4=2][1d6=1][1d4=2]
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 divine might
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 divine might and gets 40." [1d20=16]
[23:18] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 1d8+20+1d6
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+20+1d6 and gets 29." [1d8=5][1d6=4]
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 12d6 scorching ray channeled
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 12d6 scorching ray channeled and gets 44." [12d6=4, 2, 5, 3, 6, 5, 2, 5, 2, 4, 3, 3]
[23:19] <Kotono> Arrows fly again, one sonic, electric arrow grazing the creature's jaw! It's eyes gush fire as it stares hatefully...and Alicia cuts into it's side! It's a serious wound, cauterized instantly by the flaming rays that follow! Yet the beasts stands disturbingly strong, wounded but far from bowed! OOC - Deme?
06[23:21] * Demedais takes this moment
[23:21] <Demedais> OOC: Strike.
06[23:25] * Demedais grimaces at this and attempts to charge at the beast through the foilage, not willing to leave Alicia the only target within range of a full assault!
[23:26] <Kotono> OOC: Straight ahead through it or working around through the foilage to the clearing or what?
[23:26] <Demedais> OOC: Latter if I see a way to do it, former otherwise. Been under the impression it was near-impenetrable.
[23:27] <Kotono> OOC: You can since haste boosts your movement, but you'll pass right by it and get AoOed.
[23:29] <Demedais> OOC: Won't I have to deal with an AoO anyway? Mrf. Okay, striking action here,
[23:29] <Kotono> OOC: You will, I'm just sayin'. Fair disclosure.
06[23:29] * Demedais quickly chops at the foilage in an attempt to clear a path to the beast?
[23:29] <Kotono> OOC: Make an attack roll against the foilage?
[23:29] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[23:29] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 27." [1d20=1]
[23:30] <Kotono> Demedais hacks the forest! The forest isn't going down that easily! OOC - Dog is up for the love of God.
[23:31] <Kotono> The dog turns and snaps at Alicia, biting her!
[23:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+34 (-4 PA)
06[23:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+34 (-4 PA) and gets 37." [1d20=3]
[23:31] <Kotono> roll 1d7
06[23:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d7 and gets 3." [1d7=3]
[23:31] <Kotono> Chomp! An image is torn apart, it's throat ripped, but Alicia is unhurt! Meanwhile, the shaken archers fire off more arrows!
03[23:31] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Alicia=Marie>Demedais>????>Amaryl=Pollyanna(Both shaken for 8 rounds; -2 attacks, saves and checks.'
[23:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[23:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 20." [1d20=5]
[23:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[23:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 30." [1d20=15]
[23:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[23:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 15." [1d20=5]
[23:31] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[23:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 20." [1d20=15]
[23:31] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1d6+11
06[23:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1d6+11 and gets 18." [1d8=1][1d6=6]
[23:32] <Kotono> Arrows fly, one hitting the beast and drawing more blood, but doesn't stop it for good! Amaryl fires with her own desperate flurry!
[23:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[23:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[23:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[23:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[23:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[23:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 19." [1d20=12]
06[23:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 13." [1d20=6]
06[23:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 9." [1d20=2]
[23:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[23:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 11." [1d20=9]
[23:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[23:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 10." [1d20=8]
[23:32] <Kotono> Yet again, no arrows can quite hit here! OOC - Seira.
06[23:37] * Seira takes a deep breath before letting the trecherous foliage impeding Demedais burn, angling the fire to hit the phantom dog as well!
01[23:37] <Seira> roll 6d8+2d8
06[23:37] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8+2d8 and gets 36." [6d8=4, 3, 8, 3, 6, 2][2d8=4, 6]
[23:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[23:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 32." [1d20=9]
01[23:37] <Seira> OOC: DC is laughable
[23:38] <Kotono> More breath clears a way into the forest, burning away woods and foliage! The beast is grazed by the fire, burnt further but still resisting! OOC - Alicia and Marie. There's now a direct path through the foliage to it.
01[23:38] <Seira> roll 1d4
[23:38] <Alicia> With Alicia there to spoil her aim, Marie settles for firing a barrage of magic missiles at her canine foe!
06[23:38] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[23:38] <Alicia> roll 5d4+5
06[23:38] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d4+5 and gets 21." [5d4=4, 2, 3, 3, 4]
[23:39] <Kotono> Marie fires magical missiles, the barrage slamming the beast hard in the side! Yet still, it has plenty of fight left in it, snarling in defiance! OOC - Alicia? Hodling for Deme?
06[23:39] * Alicia hesitates as she sees Demedais looking about to approach.
[23:39] <Kotono> OOC: Deme then.
03[23:40] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira>Marie>Demedais>Alicia>????>Amaryl=Pollyanna(Both shaken for 8 rounds; -2 attacks, saves and checks.'
06[23:40] * Demedais nods slightly to Alicia and rushes in through the clearing, willing to take a blow to try and return the same and put Alicia in a more advantageous position!
[23:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+34 AoOs suck
06[23:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+34 AoOs suck and gets 41." [1d20=7]
[23:41] <Kotono> roll 2d6+29 at least no precision damage
06[23:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+29 at least no precision damage and gets 35." [2d6=5, 1]
[23:42] <Kotono> The beast lashes out, biting Demedias HARD! It's not the same measured, precise bite, but a feral one that chomps into his side deeply! But he withstands! OOC - Go Deme.
06[23:42] * Demedais lets loose a sweeping upward slice in an attempt to down the foul beast!
[23:42] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21 (-5 PA)
06[23:42] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 (-5 PA) and gets 28." [1d20=7]
[23:43] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[23:43] <Demedais> roll 2d6+18 ...oh. phew.
06[23:43] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+18 ...oh. phew. and gets 21." [2d6=2, 1]
[23:44] <Kotono> Getting into it's side, Demedais cuts deep int it's flesh, doing yet more damage to it's blue-glowing form! OOC - Alicia.
[23:45] <Alicia> "Down, boy," Alicia grunts as she marshalls her strength and slides under the dog's guard as it's distracted by Demedais, slicing up through its chin and then reversing her blade to stab through its ear before raking both flaming edges of Hell Striker in alternating sweeps down its body!
[23:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers and gets 45." [1d20=16]
[23:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers and gets 42." [1d20=13]
[23:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+29 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+29 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers and gets 46." [1d20=17]
[23:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers and gets 31." [1d20=7]
[23:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers and gets 27." [1d20=3]
[23:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers and gets 36." [1d20=17]
[23:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers and gets 39." [1d20=20]
[23:46] <Alicia> roll 1d20+19 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers crit check
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+19 divine might, 5th level arcane strike, bracers crit check and gets 33." [1d20=14]
[23:46] <Kotono> OOC: All hit. Preceed for pain.
[23:47] <Alicia> roll 8d8+128+7d6+35d4
06[23:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 8d8+128+7d6+35d4 and gets 281." [8d8=4, 7, 2, 1, 6, 5, 1, 8][7d6=4, 2, 3, 2, 4, 4, ]
[23:48] <Kotono> Alicia goes into a frenzy, hitting all she has! The savage blows rip into the beast, staggering it each time! The first few make it turn, the third nearly severing it's neck! The others shred it's body, the beast falling over! Yet, it's body ruined, it stands up! For a mere moment it stands, a weak bite at Alicia...and then collapses before it can quite get her. The blue lines on it's body fade, loose platinum-white chains covering it's fur whe
[23:48] <Kotono> The blue lines on it's body fade, loose platinum-white chains covering it's fur where the lines of color were. OOC: Free act.
[23:49] <Kotono> Still shaking, "W-what was that?" Amaryl asks again, "Alicia, Demedais, are you alright?"
[23:49] <Alicia> "I hate dogs," Alicia mutters under her breath, prodding the chained corpse with her foot briefly.
06[23:49] * Demedais totters over to Alicia and expends some quick healing on her to help mend the wound. "That was... brutal." OOC: Sacrificing Knight's Move for CSW
[23:50] <Demedais> roll 3d8+7
06[23:50] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d8+7 and gets 16." [3d8=1, 4, 4]
01[23:50] <Seira> "Magic heals anything!" Seira exclaims, patting Amaryl's hand. "It wasn't so bad, was it?"
06[23:50] * Alicia returns the favour, using spellfire to heal Demedais.
[23:50] <Alicia> roll 18d4+18
06[23:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 18d4+18 and gets 55." [18d4=2, 2, 2, 1, 4, 4, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 2, 2, 4, 2]
[23:51] <Kotono> "I have a wand if it's needed, and potions," Amaryl approaches, as wounds are healed. The beast seems dead, no more movement. It's body is shredded, hunks of surviving chain clinging to it's body. The battle didn't do wonders for it.
06[23:51] * Demedais follows up with a Cure Critical Wounds on Alicia.
[23:51] <Demedais> roll 4d8+7
06[23:51] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d8+7 and gets 28." [4d8=2, 8, 7, 4]
[23:52] <Alicia> "Thanks, Demedais, I'm fine now," Alicia gives her fellow paladin a brief smile, still breathing a little heavily. "I suppose not everything here can be reasoned with, after all..."
01[23:52] <Seira> "Wands and potions are perishibles, so we really should leave them for a last resort," Seira tells Amaryl, watching from the side as the paladins touch each other.
[23:52] <Kotono> "They're serious, aren't they?" Pollyanna rubs her arm as she looks down at the corpse. "It was as strong as a demon."
06[23:52] * Demedais then looks over the chains to check for magic.
01[23:53] <Seira> "Stronger than most demons. But not really resistant to magic. It's nice, actually. Refreshing's the word."
[23:53] <Alicia> "No ordinary dog," Marie agrees, looking about in case the battle attraced more attention. Meanwhile Alicia wanders back to rejoin the others.
[23:53] <Kotono> OOC: Spot check, Marie?
[23:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6
06[23:53] * Demedais follows Alicia at this.
06[23:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 and gets 23." [1d20=17]
[23:54] <Kotono> The grove awaits. The red roses continue to stay there, awaiting any who come. The path ahead does not look to be guarded.
01[23:54] <Seira> Since it doesn't seem dangerous and Seira can spot the invisible anyhow, she decides to make herself bait and proceed ahead a bit.
[23:55] <Alicia> "Hmm... before we go on, actually," Alicia pauses and goes back to the corpse, picking up the platinum chains from it and depositing them in her portable hole for safekeeping. They might be valuable.
06[23:55] * Demedais looks over the field for magic before advancing.
[23:56] <Demedais> "I'm not seeing any magic. Let's move on?" Demedais shrugs.
[23:57] <Kotono> Thus the party moves along! They walk for another ten minutes, a winding path giving way to slightly less dense forest again. The party continues to labor along this path. (More)
Session Time: Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 2009
06[00:00] * Seira pauses, looking back in puzzlement. And then sweeping her eyes through the area, to be on the safe side.
06[00:01] * Demedais pauses at Seira's confusion, before looking around himself quickly.
06[00:02] * Alicia has perfect 360 degree vision! Albeit only within 30 feet. Regardless she doesn't look in any particular direction.
[00:02] <Kotono> Twenty feet behind Seira a blonde woman stands. To Alicia, she means nothing. To Marie she means nothing, nor to Amaryl. But to the others...the blonde woman groans and holds her horribly fried face. Shamal groans, "You let me die. You let me die...! You let me run right to my death! You let time run out for me!"
01[00:04] <Seira> With a scream of "DEMON!" Seira sets the horrible image on fire!
[00:04] <Demedais> "Seira." Demedais says softly, eyes directly on Shamal. "I honestly do not recall Shamal grousing like this eve- that works too."
[00:04] <Alicia> "This guy a friend of- oh," Alicia cuts herself short at Seira's explosive reaction.
[00:04] <Kotono> "SEIRA?!" Amaryl double takes! OOC - Go ahead and resolve your fire?
01[00:05] <Seira> roll 6d8+2d8
06[00:05] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8+2d8 and gets 40." [6d8=1, 8, 7, 1, 4, 6][2d8=5, 8]
[00:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[00:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 13." [1d20=2]
01[00:06] <Seira> OOC: Holy shit dc16 this actually gets full damage
[00:07] <Kotono> The fire is burned away, flickering! IT whirls....this time turning into Pollyanna. Her skin is gray, her head restinga against her stomach, held in her hands. Her neck is cut clearly, decapitated with dried blood barely keeping leaking blood from falling all over it. "Time is going to run out for me...you're going to let me die....time is going to run out...you're going to let me die..."
[00:07] <Kotono> Pollyanna grimaces, "More stupid damned tricks," she growls, reaching for an arrow.
01[00:07] <Seira> roll 1d4
06[00:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4 and gets 4." [1d4=4]
06[00:07] * Seira draws her sword in anger. "If fire won't do...."
[00:08] <Kotono> OOC: If you're going attack mode, go ahead adn roll initiative, guys?
01[00:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+6 die, fake Shamal!
06[00:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 die, fake Shamal! and gets 19." [1d20=13]
[00:08] <Alicia> "She's clearly trying very hard to make you die!" Alicia blurts out in response to the man's ramblings.
[00:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 A
06[00:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 A and gets 9." [1d20=2]
[00:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
06[00:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 M and gets 18." [1d20=11]
[00:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Amaryl
06[00:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Amaryl and gets 22." [1d20=16]
[00:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[00:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 17." [1d20=10]
06[00:08] * Demedais looks to the real Pollyanna in some bemusement. "Hi, dear. And yeah, this is about the usual."
[00:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[00:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 28." [1d20=15]
[00:08] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1 no Sign ;_;
06[00:08] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 no Sign ;_; and gets 7." [1d20=6]
[00:09] <Kotono> "Hi," Pollyanna nods curtly, readying arrows!
03[00:09] * Kotono changes topic to '????>Amaryl>Marie>Polly>Alicia>Deme'
01[00:10] <Seira> "For defiling Shamal's memory like that, mere death is not enough!" Seira declares angrily.
[00:10] <Kotono> The figure's decapitated head cries in pain! "There is still time...there is still time to change the future...and the past...or you see the fate that will befall you. Listen well...or doom yourselves to running out of time..." OOC 0 It's not taking an obvious action. Amaryl's up.
[00:10] <Kotono> "Seira?" Amaryl asks, readying arrows. "Attack?"
03[00:11] * Kotono changes topic to '????>Amaryl>Seira>Marie>Polly>Alicia>Deme'
01[00:12] <Seira> Seira's arm twitches, the Resort moving accordingly. "It so fucking landed on my bad side. Kill it twice over, Amaryl!"
[00:12] <Kotono> At that, Amaryl fires a barrage of arrows at it!
[00:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[00:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[00:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[00:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[00:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 11." [1d20=2]
06[00:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 19." [1d20=10]
06[00:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 25." [1d20=16]
06[00:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 22." [1d20=13]
[00:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[00:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 9." [1d20=7]
[00:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[00:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 14." [1d20=12]
[00:12] <Kotono> roll 2d8+4
06[00:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+4 and gets 14." [2d8=7, 3]
[00:13] <Kotono> OOC: +4, yes. Doesn't let those two hit though.
[00:14] <Alicia> "He's only taunting us, let it go," Alicia tries to have cooler heads prevail. "Rise above it!"
[00:14] <Kotono> The arrows fly, two of them slamming into Pollyanna's slain form! Her body buckles and weaves, "Listen...there is still time...to save...everyone..." The image shifts again, flickering! This time is it of a stabbed, burnt man that means nothing to anyone who can see it. "There is still time...I didn't have to die...alone and afraid..." OOC - Seira?
06[00:15] * Seira closes in for the kill, unable to resist the desire to put this hateful thing down with her own two hands!
01[00:15] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[00:15] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 34." [1d20=16]
01[00:16] <Seira> roll 3d8+9
06[00:16] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9 and gets 23." [3d8=1, 5, 8]
[00:17] <Kotono> Seira closes in, stabbign Pollyanna! She slumps over, head rattling down onto the ground! It looks up at Seira, voice ebbing. "So be it...here...your time will run out. The Fourth Resort will never be yours. I am one of the least...the greater will...end...your time..." There is a flicker again. This time, an elf in a bloodied white robe can be seen, lying inert on the ground, bleedin gout.
[00:18] <Kotono> OOC: Free act.
[00:19] <Alicia> "Was killing him really necessary?" Alicia asks unhappily. "He didn't even attack us."
01[00:19] <Seira> "He was just stalking us out of the goodness of his heart, then."
[00:20] <Kotono> "Maybe not," Pollyanna looks to Alicia, "I can't say I damned blame Seira."
[00:21] <Alicia> "He was magically bound to delay us by whatever means he can. We're here to save these people, not slaughter them," Alicia insists. "Please, can't you stay your weapons except in stealth defence?"
[00:21] <Alicia> self*
[00:22] <Kotono> "That is true," Amaryl holds a hand to her chest as she looks down at the man. "Those horrible images and taunting us. Whas he trying to scare ups or shake ups?"
06[00:22] * Demedais remains silent in this, just looking over the body for magic detachedly.
[00:22] <Kotono> *us both time. I have no idea.
01[00:23] <Seira> "I don't know," Seira admits unhappily. "Maybe it was a mistake after all. He had ample chances to try a different angle, to just talk to us or retreat for the time being. I don't know."
[00:24] <Kotono> Taking a long, shivering breath in and out, "He didn't do that bad a job. I wated to scream when I saw Shamal."
[00:25] <Alicia> "You were on him like a flash," Alicia replies. "We're just lucky there wasn't a gang of pixies nearby this time..." Sighing, she lifts up her blindfold and goes to cut off some foliage and branches which she uses to cover the corpse, saying a short prayer for the elven gods to take one of their own to Arvandor.
06[00:26] * Demedais shrugs at this and looks ahead again. "Do we know doing our mission here will save them, Alicia?" At the funeral rites, he closes his eyes without another word.
[00:28] <Alicia> "It's our best shot. If it doesn't work then we'll try something else," Alicia replies curtly. "The people here deserve our respect - they gave up everything to protect the Resort after the worst war Creation has ever seen."
06[00:29] * Demedais raises an eyebrow at this, but does not comment further.
01[00:29] <Seira> "Not when they rip images of our best friends out of our minds and use them in this way," Seira says with a huff.
[00:32] <Alicia> "Perhaps not," Alicia concedes. "But I'll take traumatic imagery over being stabbed in the kidneys any day of the week."
06[00:33] * Seira lowers her head. "I overreacted. Even if it left us open to a more direct attack, it was better to let it take place in this situation. That's what I'll do when its friends how up."
[00:36] <Alicia> "What's done is done. If nothing else, his over-long time here is over, and hopefully he's at peace," Alicia shakes her head, stepping away from the body. "Perhaps if it had been someone I knew that it wore the face of, I might have even done the same... But lets at least try and give them the benefit of the doubt so long as there's no clear danger?"
06[00:36] * Seira nods curtly, turning away.

Corwin · March 28, 2012, 06:37:40 AM

[18:21] <Kobrb> ----
[18:21] <Kobrb> OOC: You guys ready to move along now?
01[18:22] <Seira> OOC: Let's go
[18:22] <Alicia> OOC: yep
03[18:23] * taishyr is now known as Demedais
[18:23] <Demedais> OOC: K
[18:27] <Kobrb> The party advances downt he path, away from the moonlit grove of red roses. From there the path is a long one, twenty long minutes of walking. And then...it stops. Daytime? Daytime comes out of nothing and everything. Ahead you can see the town an tower...yet it looks closer, somehow. Still far away, but closer. The path ends here again, spreading out into slightly more traversable forest.
06[18:29] * Seira takes the chance to cast Voice of the Dragon before proceeding, and takes a look around once more. "Is this place picking on just me, again, or do you hear it too?"
[18:29] <Alicia> "Anyone else hear that?" Alicia asks, lifting up her blindfold and looking around to try and discern the location of the noise, only slightly surprised that it's now daylight all of a sudden.
[18:29] <Demedais> "I hear a clock." Demedais notes. "Perhaps the tower has the time control mechanism?"
[18:29] <Kobrb> OOC: Make a listen check, Alicia?
[18:29] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[18:29] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[18:30] <Alicia> "I hear it, too," Alicia agrees. "Anyway, it's just a distraction. Lets keep going?"
06[18:30] * Demedais shrugs. "Sure."
06[18:31] * Seira agrees with that plan, intending to keep on checking whether they are walking in the direction of the noise or not at intervals.
[18:31] <Kobrb> roll 1d5
06[18:31] * Hatbot --> "Kobrb rolls 1d5 and gets 4." [1d5=4]
[18:31] <Kobrb> roll 1d100
06[18:31] * Hatbot --> "Kobrb rolls 1d100 and gets 68." [1d100=68]
[18:31] <Kobrb> roll 1d20+7
06[18:31] * Hatbot --> "Kobrb rolls 1d20+7 and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[18:31] <Kobrb> roll 1d100
06[18:31] * Hatbot --> "Kobrb rolls 1d100 and gets 45." [1d100=45]
[18:32] <Kobrb> OOC: MAke a listen check as well, Seira?
01[18:32] <Seira> roll 1d20+1
06[18:32] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+1 and gets 3." [1d20=2]
[18:34] <Kobrb> As you walk ahead for five minutes, little of note happens. However, ahead, you come to a moderate sized pond. It's perhaps 50 feet wide and like a long oval in the ground.
01[18:35] <Seira> "Who volunteers to fly over the obvious trap?"
[18:35] <Alicia> "Or we could just walk around it?" Alicia suggests, starting to do just that.
06[18:35] * Demedais looks over the pond, first.
01[18:35] <Seira> "That's no fun," Seira grumnles.
[18:36] <Alicia> "You can fly yourself if you really want to?" Marie suggests.
01[18:36] <Seira> "That's no fun, either."
06[18:37] * Demedais also checks the opposite side just to make sure nothing's lying in wait, before following Alicia if he doesn't see anything.
[18:37] <Demedais> roll 1d20+3
06[18:37] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+3 and gets 16." [1d20=13]
[18:38] <Kobrb> Demedais looks into the pond! He begins to see something..however, a part of him works on a level beyond him, tearing his gaze away from looking into it's waters! The other side of the pond doesn't look interesting, the forest continuing onward past it. Nothing is obviously wrong there.
[18:39] <Alicia> Marie curiously checks the pond for any magic as she flutters along at the rear of the group while they pass around it.
[18:40] <Demedais> "Everyone, keep an eye on my sword as we advance." Demedais replies, taking the lead as he holds his sword out away from the pond.
[18:40] <Kobrb> OOC: Looking into the pond, Marie?
[18:40] <Alicia> OOC: not really looking in, just casting her eyes over the surface.
[18:41] <Alicia> roll 1d20+9 spellcraft
06[18:41] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+9 spellcraft and gets 29." [1d20=20]
[18:43] <Alicia> "Some sort of transmutation aura in there," Marie comments, keeping her distance.
[18:44] <Alicia> "In it?" Alicia asks to clarify, prompting Marie to amend.
[18:44] <Alicia> "Sorry, meant the water itself, not anything in it."
06[18:44] * Alicia is therefore quite happy to avoid the pond and keep on moving.
[18:44] <Kobrb> Keeping her eyes away from it, "Let's keep going. That tower looks closer," Pollyanna hurries along.
[18:48] <Kobrb> Thus the party walks on. For an hour and ten minutes they walk on and on and on. The forest is much the same in this part of it, endless and relentless. At this moment, there is a loud vibrating sound from Seira's pocket. A metallic rattling, if you will.
06[18:49] * Seira blinks, and reaches into her pocket. Surely nothing there will harm her!
[18:50] <Kobrb> Reaching in, Seira finds Lagann is shaking and vibrating all over! In her mind she can hear, 'TIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIMETIME!!!" in an overwhelming, neverending, breathless loop.
06[18:51] * Alicia pauses and gives Seira a curious look, before starting to frown as she recognises the orb. "It's not going to stab us, is it?" she asks warily.
01[18:51] <Seira> If Lagann can sense it, perhaps so could she! Seira tries to tap into Lagann's senses and see what's wrong!
[18:52] <Kobrb> OOC: MAke an int check.
01[18:52] <Seira> roll 1d20+9
06[18:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+9 and gets 28." [1d20=19]
[18:52] <Kobrb> When Seira tries to tap into Lagann's power...(More, PM.)
06[18:53] * Demedais eyes the orb as well. "Well, it mainly uses metal, right? Maybe it's going psycho because it can't find any beside ours around here?"
06[18:56] * Seira cradles Lagann to her chest with both arms. "It's alright," she tells the orb quietly. "Don't listen to those ghosts. When we get back, I'll have plenty of metal for you to play with."
[18:56] <Kobrb> Amaryl blinks and stares at the orb. "You're treating it like a baby..." she says as she watches.
06[18:58] * Demedais raises an eyebrow at this, but doesn't comment, instead waiting for Seira to explain.
06[18:58] * Seira pats the orb sympathetically. "It's the same as what happened earlier," she tells the others. "Let's go and hope we'll leave whomever's stalking us now behind."
[18:58] <Alicia> "It's cute, in a kinda crazy and unhinged way," Marie notes cheerily. "So what's stalking us, now?"
01[18:59] <Seira> "'You let me die' ring a bell?"
[19:00] <Alicia> "What, you mean the shapechanging guy from earlier?" Marie asks. "I don't think he's stalking anyone, now."
01[19:00] <Seira> "He said he was one of a group of them."
[19:00] <Kobrb> "Unless he played dead?" Pollyanna considers, then frowns even more. "Wonderful. But why the hell go after a magical item instead of one of us?"
01[19:01] <Seira> "Lagann is a sentient artifact. It's not the same," Seira says, frowning herself.
[19:01] <Demedais> "He might just be able to hear them from a distance?" Demedais muses with a slight shrug. "Either way, let's keep moving?"
[19:01] <Kobrb> "Well...we're dealing with fey and creatures beyond our understanding. I'm not sure thinking like a elf or a human helps us understand them." Amaryl says, starting to walk and staying close to Seira.
[19:02] <Alicia> "Well, you seem to have calmed him down at least," Alicia offers. "If they show themselves we'll deal with it."
[19:02] <Alicia> calmed it*
[19:03] <Alicia> "What about thinking like a dragon or an outsider?" Marie asks Amaryl as she flutters along beside her.
[19:03] <Kobrb> "I...don't know," Amaryl admits, looking ot Seira.
01[19:03] <Seira> "I concur with Alicia," Seira says. "That elf spoke of ending time, and that's what Lagann was going on about, along with that other quote. But I don't really know what it might mean, so we might as well proceed." At Marie's words, she shrugs. "If the outsider has an idea, this dragon will hear it."
[19:06] <Alicia> "Maybe they thought Lagann had the weakest mind so went for it first to soften us up?" Marie suggests.
01[19:06] <Seira> "Then they miscalculated."
[19:07] <Kobrb> "Let's just keep going. Less time letting them try things on us," Pollyanna hurries along, "Or worse."
06[19:07] * Demedais just keeps moving as they discuss this.
[19:08] <Kobrb> After another ten minutes of walking, the party comes to another clearing in the forest. Here eight massive oaks stand in a circle 50 feet wide, spaced out to roughly stand on the compass points. In the center sits an elf wearing nothing, body covered with thick green and gold bodypaint. He sits indian style, a gnarled old tree root sitting on his lap. Yet...yet he has two faces. One face is of a young elf, silently laughing in mirth. The other
[19:09] <Kobrb> One face is of a young elf, silently laughing in mirth. The other face is a gloomy old elf, in stricken, stone faces stoicism. Yet from his closed mouth comes a low pitched hymn of humming, making your eyes water and heads pound.
06[19:11] * Seira is vaguely disturbed at his appearence, but decides to ask, "Can we pass through here?"
06[19:11] * Alicia rubs her head, already pained by the noise. If only she had a spell of silence...
06[19:12] * Demedais just looks around the glade quietly, not trusting this situation at all.
[19:13] <Kobrb> The laughing mouth opens wider, a dozen leaves stuffed down his throat. A voice comes from deep within there! "Time...time is eternal! There is always time! Come, pass!" Yet the other face scowls deeper, the umming growing louder, painful. Amid it you can discern the following words, "Time...ends. Time is running out. There is not yet time to pass. In this place, your graves will be laid. THe time of the Fourth Resort has passed." Yet the young,
[19:13] <Kobrb> THe time of the Fourth Resort has passed." Yet the young, laughing face speaks again as well! "No, there is time a plenty! There is always new, fresh time for the world!"
01[19:14] <Seira> "Sure, I'll go with that," Seira mutters, and tries to pass from the smiling face's side.
[19:15] <Demedais> "I agree with the smiling face." Demedais comments off-hand as he follows Seira carefully, keeping a level eye on the area and the elf as he follows.
[19:16] <Kobrb> "You dare not!" The old voice's hum grows even more disturbing, nausea passing over the party as they hear this. "I bid you, advance no further!"
06[19:16] * Alicia approaches the creature, wondering if this could be a trick. "Time marches on, regardless of who is there to witness it," she speaks up. "What's past is gone, but time will never run out."
06[19:17] * Alicia then shudders a bit at the sudden wave of nausea, while Marie makes a face and turns herself incorporeal to hopefully avoid it.
[19:17] <Kobrb> "No! You must not listen!" The young face turns to Alicia after saying that, looking lon gat her. "Yes, you see! Time is eternal! Do you not see I am correct?"
[19:18] <Alicia> "You are correct that time is eternal," Alicia nods. "And he is correct that the time of the Forth Resort has passed," she gestures to the older one. "But there may be time for it once again, in a newer age."
06[19:20] * Seira pauses at Alicia's words more than the warning. If this being could be reasoned with, she intends to help.
[19:20] <Demedais> Demedais pauses as well, somewhat intrigued by this. "To be mortal is to allow your sands to pass away, but to obsess over this is to miss the grandness of what the world is capable of. To be immortal is to never run out of sand, but becoming obsessed with this makes you forget the details that make up reality..." Demedais muses before shaking his head. "And why do you all insist on making me philisophical?
[19:24] <Kobrb> "There is never new time for anything!" The old face insists, "Time will erode into nothing! Your sands will expire!" Yet the younger face laughs this time, laughs aloud. It is a freshening sound, a livening sound. "There will be a new age! There is always a new age in this creation! Let this creation never end, time eternal! Let the sands flow forever, yes! If youa re to lose yourself in studying them forever, so be it! If you see the world and
[19:24] <Kobrb> If youa re to lose yourself in studying them forever, so be it! If you see the world and see truly, not being entangled in that, so be it! As long as time continues to flow!"
[19:25] <Kobrb> "No! Then what point are your lives? Your time runs away into nothing! In a blink of the ey you will be dust in the ground once more! You cannot deny that!" The old face howls! "Everything returns to dust in the ground eventually! Even time!"
[19:26] <Alicia> "You misunderstand," Alicia addresses the older voice. "Time may erode life that which it passes, but time itself cannot run out."
[19:26] <Alicia> Marie flutters up to help. "That's like saying the sea becomes nothing after it's eroded the cliff!"
[19:27] <Demedais> "But doesn't... the ground provide a place for the new to take root? That's part of the whole thing, too. Sure, everything goes up, and trust me, everything falls down, but there's the capability to get back up again." Demedais notes wryly.
01[19:27] <Seira> "Besides, time running out would be pretty boring," Seira muses. "Wouldn't that pretty much mean the end of everything?"
[19:28] <Alicia> "It would actually mean everything stopping. Frozen forever!" Marie replies, doing a spooky voice on the last part.
01[19:29] <Seira> "Boring! Would make you wonder why you became immortal, if that's your reward."
[19:29] <Kobrb> "No..everything must end!" The old face insists, "It...it must! This creation...!"
[19:29] <Alicia> "Well, you wouldn't notice, since you'd be frozen, too," Marie opines reasonably.
01[19:30] <Seira> "I could have a premonition just before it happens and spend the eternity frozen in horror," Seira reasons.
[19:30] <Demedais> "Could quite likely end, yes. And then something new starts. Congratulations." Demedais says, getting a bit weary of the depressing voice.
[19:31] <Kobrb> The younger one laughs again. "Be silent, for you have no more retort!" It exults. "You have lost the debate!" At that moment, a loud CRACK sounds through the grove! The old face splits in twain, crumbling away into dust! Now there is only once face, the laughing face with a throat full of leaves.
[19:31] <Kobrb> Thankfully, the unpleasant humming ceases.
06[19:31] * Seira is quite happy that her headache is disappearing!
[19:32] <Alicia> "I suppose his time ran out after all. And so a new equilibrium is formed," Alicia nods, taking a deep breath as she recovers from the horrid noise.
01[19:32] <Seira> "At least we can pass, now, so all's good," Seira says, attempting to proceed.
[19:33] <Demedais> "So, uh, you just needed someone to resolve a debate? Guess that's not too surprising, here..." Demedais mutters.
[19:33] <Kobrb> "My nature is resolved!" Exulting loudly at that, the young face laughs! "Oh, you have done me well! I shall offer you a boon, seekers of the Fourth Resort. I can grant you a powerful wish to the utmost of my power...or I can tell you what I knwo of this place...or I can bestow you my staff. Choose one, for I shall reward those that have ended my long debate with myself."
01[19:34] <Seira> This gets Seira's attention, and she pauses once more.
[19:34] <Alicia> "Allow us a moment to confer?" Alicia asks, before turning to the others. "Knowledge sounds good to me, depending on what he knows."
06[19:35] * Demedais nods slightly. "Any of the three sound good, depending on what the staff can do. Knowledge may be our best bet for resolving this place, but."
01[19:35] <Seira> "Note that he didn't say he knew where the Resort was or how to get it," Seira cautions. "I prefer a bird in the hand, myself."
06[19:36] * Alicia turns to the youthful elf. "Assuming we were to seek a boon of your knowledge, would that include where the Resort is and how it may be obtained?"
01[19:37] <Seira> "If not, I'd probably vote for the staff," Seira says quietly, "unless either of you would like to try a repeat of the wish situation at the gnomish ruins."
[19:38] <Demedais> "Also, I'd rather not get the 'utmost wish' boon of being turned into a majestic, grand, huge moose." Demedais notes, before nodding to Seira. "Pretty much my thoughts."
[19:39] <Alicia> "Or we could ask him if he knows how to break the enchantment binding everyone here?" Marie suggests.
[19:40] <Demedais> "Yeah, that would be my other question - if we can free everyone here without, uh, killing them, that'd be optimal and let us explore the place in relative peace. Granted, I suspect there's no good way, but."
01[19:41] <Seira> "I suspect that if any of the inhabitants could do that, they would have."
[19:42] <Alicia> "They might know how but be prevented from doing it by the same enchantment that compels them to stop us?" Marie suggests.
01[19:43] <Seira> "Even if he's grateful to us for the help, would he really be allowed by that same enchantment to reveal it, then?"
[19:44] <Alicia> "One way to find out." Marie then raises her voice to follow up Alicia's question. "If we asked for knowledge, would you be able to tell us how to break the enchantment that binds the guardians here?"
[19:46] <Kobrb> "I can tell of where the Fourth Resort is and how to obtain it, but it may not do much to make it easier," The laughing voice continues on, "I cannot for certain, though I have a good idea of how."
03[19:47] * Kobrb is now known as Kotono
06[19:48] * Alicia turns back to the others. "Sounds like a good start to me. What do you think?"
01[19:49] <Seira> "I still think the staff is the best bet, here. The answer to the former is probably the tower, and the answer to the latter is most likely taking the Resort."
[19:50] <Demedais> "Can you tell us what the staff does?" Demedais turns to the elf, a bit embarrassed. "Sorry for the constant inquiries, but."
[19:50] <Kotono> "The staff has stored powers over time, it's fastening and it's slowing, and such."
[19:52] <Alicia> "Knowing where to go and what to expect from various guardians, as well as how to possibly end all of this, appeals to me more than a magic staff," Alicia casts her vote.
06[19:53] * Demedais rubs his head, thinking at this point.
[19:54] <Kotono> Pollyanna speaks up here, "On one hand, knowing how to solve this mission is supremely useful for now, but the others may have longer lasting benefit."
01[19:54] <Seira> "And I've given my own vote. I think we'll be able to get to the Resort on our own, and the powers this staff provides are specifically tuned for this environment."
[19:55] <Kotono> "It's better to think in the long term. If we are strong enough to avail here, then the information is not as useful as something that will aid us beyond this forest." Amaryl shrugs a little. "What can you do with a wish, though?"
01[19:55] <Seira> "Become smarter and all that fun stuff?"
[19:55] <Alicia> "You know you'll just wind up selling it," Marie comments. "You can already cast those spells, anyway."
[19:55] <Kotono> "Yes, but don't forget that this is useless if we all die here," Pollyanna points out, looking to Amaryl with a bit of a smirk. "Surviving is it's own reward."
[19:56] <Demedais> "That's part of the issue, and there's no promise that we can't find this information any other way. Practically speaking, we still have Mechanus to try if we want to look for a way to disentangle this, now that we can plane travel. Marie does raise another point, though it may have other spells than just was we can use. And the wish..." Demedais shakes his head.
01[19:57] <Seira> "If we can't decide we could flip a coin?" Seira offers.
[19:57] <Kotono> "Yes, that is true...and that wolf creature was so strong..." Amaryl colors and looks down. "Perhaps we could leave it to chance, if we cannot decide? Allow fortune and the Gods to choose?"
[19:59] <Demedais> "In other words, all three have issues, but all three will, ideally, leave us better off than previously. We seem to have shelved the wish as a concept. Thusly, it is between the staff and knowledge." A pause, before looking up. "How likely is it that we can find the knowledge of how to untangle this knot otherwise? Either of you two have an estimate?
01[20:00] <Seira> "It has to be tied to the Resort being here, and even if not, there are means of finding it out. Our friend here can't be the only one to know, after all."
[20:01] <Kotono> "Yes, but he's in our debt." Pollyanna crosses her arms here, glancing over her shoulder at him, "He's more trustworthy than most of the glamers and fey here. Maybe."
[20:02] <Alicia> "Pollyanna's right," Alicia agrees. "I think whatever knowledge we can use to get through this as cleanly and bloodlessly as possible is in our best interests. Our other methods of finding out how to end this binding are sketchy at best."
[20:02] <Alicia> "Since we're at an impasse, though, I'll let Tymora decide our fate," she reluctantly nods to Seira.
01[20:03] <Seira> "Am I the only one overlooking the fact that the promises of knowledge are paired with the statement that it may not make our job any easier?"
[20:03] <Alicia> "That's just a standard disclaimer," Marie waves that point off.
06[20:03] * Seira nods at Alicia. "Might as well. As it so happens, I have a coin with me."
06[20:03] * Demedais stalls Seira with a slight hand.
06[20:04] * Demedais nods after a second. "I think I favor knowledge, with the hopes that it gives us an edge in all the encounters to come. Pollyanna raises the biggest point: he's more trustworthy than most, and... while it's possible that removing the Fourth will end this, I'd like to make sure we have as much control as feasible over how it ends - because just removing the Resort might make everything go haywire, depending on the enchantment."
06[20:06] * Seira rolls her eyes. "Fine, but if he says the staff is the key to our destination or something I reserve the right to look at you sternly."
[20:06] <Demedais> "You can even reserve the right to hit me upside the head as I just glare at him." Demedais offers.
06[20:07] * Seira shrugs. "So it seems we really want you to tell us everything about this place," she tells their elven friend.
[20:08] <Kotono> "So be it," he says as the party turns back to him, "You seek the Fourth Resort...what of this place would you like to know of? Iw ill answer your questions to the best of my ability."
[20:08] <Alicia> "First tell us where it is?" Alicia starts off reasonably.
[20:09] <Kotono> "It lies deep in the Tower of Time. It is a nexus of time, where the Magus of Time waits. To journey to it is a long path, seeded with dangers and temptations to ensure that none ever reach it."
[20:09] <Alicia> "That tower over there?" Alicia points in the distance, seeking clarification.
[20:10] <Kotono> "Yes," The laughing man points to it as well. "Yonder you can see it, yet faraway it still is, even when you are close to it. Many trials wait for you between here and it."
01[20:11] <Seira> "How do we free the inhabitants without harming them, as what happened to a pixie we took out of here without knowing of the consequences?"
03[20:11] * ChanServ changes topic to '????>Amaryl>Seira>Marie>Polly>Alicia>Deme (Kotono)'
[20:13] <Kotono> "As long as the Magus of Time lives, the time nexus will remain invincible. I believfe that to defeat him would aid. I believe...that the natural laws of time and space would reintegrate this place safely on hsi death. However, I am not certain. I am a being of time, yet the Magus of Time is beyond even my knowledge of time."
[20:14] <Alicia> "What do you know of this Magus, then?" Alicia asks.
[20:16] <Kotono> "The Magus is a heretic against existance itself, a twice-traitor that earned a repreive by aiding the man who defeated the God-King. He is the one that created my dual nature and set me in this place."
01[20:16] <Seira> "Nice," Seira comments. "Does he have a name? We might've heard of him."
[20:18] <Kotono> "He goes only by the Magus of Time, renouncing his old name and erasing it from time itself."
06[20:19] * Seira narrows her eyes. "This might be a slightly different question than the rest, but do you know what's happening to my friend?"
06[20:19] * Seira pats Lagann once more in an attempt to calm him down.
[20:20] <Kotono> "Your friend?" Looking at Seira, "I don't understand. Which one?"
01[20:20] <Seira> "I see. Would the Magus be a gnome?"
[20:21] <Kotono> "That is correct."
01[20:21] <Seira> "So that's what it's all about." Seira nods slowly. "We'll get him for you, Lagann. You have my word."
[20:21] <Alicia> "They're not nearly as extinct as you'd think," Marie notes.
[20:22] <Demedais> "Ah." Demedais says, before an amused glance to Marie.
[20:22] <Alicia> "What can you tell us of the trials between here and the tower?" Alicia asks. "Specifically how they can be avoided or passed without violence."
[20:24] <Kotono> "There are many. Let me start with those that cannot be avoided; for the path to the tower is somewhat morphic and uncontrollable. There is one set that cannot be avoided, for a fanatic fey serves the Magus of Time. He is known as the Lord of the Wild Hunt. In the moon sky he hunts his prey, sending his beasts to strike. He is the strongest servant of the Magus of Time. He and his servants are immune to mind magic and words both, unceasing in t
[20:24] <Kotono> He and his servants are immune to mind magic and words both, unceasing in their devotion to slay those that seek the Fourth Resort."
[20:25] <Demedais> "That guy." Demedais notes. "Yeah, we met him. The punk."
[20:25] <Alicia> "No, we met his dog!" Marie chimes in.
01[20:26] <Seira> "It's nice to know he is bad and can be set on fire."
[20:26] <Demedais> "No, we made meat of his dog. We saw and or met him, depending on your interpretation."
06[20:26] * Demedais rubs where the dog bit in idle frustration.
[20:27] <Alicia> "Oh, the illusion, you mean?" Marie asks. "Well, anyway, we'll probably need to use violence if they show up again."
06[20:27] * Demedais nods slightly.
01[20:27] <Seira> "Is anything or anyone else unavoidable as well?"
[20:28] <Kotono> "Be wary of him, for he is a mighty fey of immense power. To underestimate him is to plummet into the void of death. His armor is like yours," He points at Alicia's breastplate, "Of the finest enchantment. His bow fires unerringly accurate, his halbert bursts of fire and speeds him greatly."
[20:30] <Alicia> "Sounds like a worthy foe, then," Alicia nods, waiting to hear what other unavoidable obstacles await.
[20:30] <Demedais> "What else cannot be avoided?" Demedais asks.
[20:30] <Kotono> "The others...on the way to the town, you will find many wild forest fey. Some will appear as comely mena nd women, offering you an eternity of happiness and bliss together. They will be yours forever, if only you swear off the Resort and the quest for it. Avoid them and do not anger them, for they know wrath. When you see groves such as this," Gesturing about, "These oaks are called treants. Many of them are designed simply to slay and stop t
[20:30] <Kotono> Many of them are designed simply to slay and stop those who penetrate that far. Be wary of them, but they fear and are vulnerable to fire." (More)
[20:33] <Kotono> "Pixies, as invisible as the air, wait to strike you down. Yet they are playful and usually controlled by a leader. Please them and you may be able to pass. Nymphs are about, nymphs of potent druidic power. Be wary of them, for they destroy the mind with beauty and the body with nature's fury. Yet they can be pleased and sated with the proper words and perhaps deterred. As for what cannot be avoided?" (More)
[20:33] <Kotono> As for what cannot be avoided?" (More)
[20:34] <Alicia> Both Alicia and Marie frown a bit as they recall their last experience involving nymphs.
[20:36] <Kotono> "Be wary of the fields in the night sky and the moonglow, for that is when the Beasts of the Hunt will strike. Be wary of the great ponds you may cross. Hostile spirits of water and time may reside in, and some may attack merely for passing, and others yet will wreck harm on you for looking in or touching the water. Once you reach the town..."
[20:38] <Alicia> "What's in the town?" Marie prods at the dramatic pause.
[20:39] <Kotono> "It is a city of time, a city of the past and future. Is it the defenses of the Tower of Time. I know less of this place. Be wary of those in it, for all there can control time. You must have your own masteries of time to proceed, for time flows at it's own pace there. IN places you will become faster or slower, time taking it's own choices. However, I know of a sanctuary. There is a building, with a sign that says, 'Of the New World.' Touch th
[20:39] <Kotono> There is a building, with a sign that says, 'Of the New World.' Touch the door and chant, "The flow runs below in the stream of time." A passage in that house will take you past a band of resistance." (More)
[20:44] <Kotono> "I know nothing of the Tower of Time. It's true perils are hidden from all by the Magus of Time. However...I can offer you one succor against it. Hidden in the city, in a Museum of Eternity, lies golden bracelets, like hourglasses woven into form. If you do not possess these in the tower, your time will rapidly run out, returning you to dust and the peace of eternity. To claim those bracelets, a powerful force of pure law and time must be feate
[20:45] <Kotono> To claim those bracelets, a powerful force of pure law and time must be feated, a Quarut. An Inevitable bound by the Magus of Time. To defeat it, you must strike it dead and then invoke the spell of slow on it's body, before it reverses time and restores it's destroyed body. Otherwise, time will reverse and it will fight forever, until you are laid low."
[20:45] <Alicia> "Better make sure we have that spell prepared before we enter the village, then," Alicia nods, glad of this information.
01[20:45] <Seira> "I have it," Seira says, nodding.
[20:46] <Kotono> "Is there any other information I can give you?" The laughing man asks then.
01[20:47] <Seira> "This is pretty much after the fact," she says slowly, "but there was this elf that appeared like my dead friends and ranted about time running out. What was up with that?"
[20:48] <Kotono> "He is a servant of the Magus of Time. I know not what orders the Magus gave to him...but the Magus is willing to do anything to stop those that wish to obtain the Fourth Resort."
[20:49] <Demedais> "I presume there are enough bracelets for our group, or that they will be able to affect us all?" Demedais muses.
[20:49] <Kotono> "I believe there will be enough," The laughing man says.
01[20:50] <Seira> "I don't suppose you would know of some weakness the Magus has that we could exploit?"
[20:52] <Kotono> "The Magus is a heretic that probed into a field forbidden to all. To disturb time is to invite oblivion from Quaruts and the forces that ensure time continues it's eternal flow. That he survived speaks to his power, and that he commands a fell creatures such as the Lord of the Wild Hunt. If he has a weakness..." A shake of it's head, "I know none. He is the final and greatest trial before the Fourth Resort."
[20:52] <Kotono> trial before the Fourth Resort."
[20:53] <Alicia> "Well if we can't beat him we have no chance against the other foes that lie ahead," Alicia muses. "So all we can do is try."
01[20:53] <Seira> "Pretty much. Let's go, then?"
06[20:53] * Alicia has no further questions. "Thank you for your assistance," she nods to the elf, continuing on towards the tower in the distance.
06[20:54] * Seira blinks. "Actually. Teleportation doesn't work here, right? So how does the Hunt guy appears and disappears like he does?"
06[20:54] * Demedais thinks for a moment, before stopping Alicia slightly. "I have one question as well, thinking on it."
[20:55] <Alicia> "That was an illusion," Alicia tells Seira. "I couldn't detect him at all with blindsight."
01[20:55] <Seira> "Figures."
[20:55] <Kotono> "The woman is correct," The laughing man says.
[20:56] <Kotono> "What is your question," The laughing man asks Demedais.
[20:56] <Demedais> "One final question, then we'll be out of your hair; are there any stable points on the way that you know of that could be used as a resting point?" Demedais asks, before looking to the others. "Optimally we don't need it, but I
[20:56] <Demedais> "Optimally we don't need it, but I'd rather know and not have to use it than not know and need it."
[20:57] <Kotono> "No. It is a great gamble...Of the New World will be the safest of places, but even that may not be absolute."
[20:58] <Demedais> "Understood." Demedais knows. "Then I can think of nothing further. Fare thee well."
[20:58] <Kotono> "Travel well the stream of time," The laughing man says, as the party walks away! OOC - Ready to move along now?
01[20:59] <Seira> OOC: Yes!
[20:59] <Alicia> OOC: yes
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 28." [1d100=28]
[20:59] <Demedais> OOC: NO STOP HOLD I- wait no yeah I'm fine let's go.
[21:00] <Kotono> Another ten minutes of walking. You come to a few hills in the woods, climbing up and down them steadily. You pass these wtihout incident, another half hour of walking. You then come to fairly thick woods, hard travelling but not impossible. (More.)
[21:00] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 45." [1d20=19]
[21:01] <Demedais> "Whistling a fair ways feet ahead. Cheerful. Possibly the pixies?" Demedais notes.
06[21:02] * Alicia promptly pulls down her blindfold while Marie goes to hover protectively near Amaryl.
01[21:02] <Seira> "If we must," Seira mutters with a sigh.
[21:02] <Kotono> "Something," Rubbing the back of her neck, "After we get past them, can we take a short break? My feet are starting to ache," Amaryl murmurs. "We've been going at it quite a while now."
[21:03] <Alicia> "I don't mind, we can stop for lunch," Alicia agrees.
06[21:03] * Demedais shrugs. "Alternately we have lunch with the pixies, though that might devolve into a nightmare so actually let's not do that."
[21:03] <Kotono> "Just like a stroll in the forest of unhinged time," Pollyanna quips as she starts to walk, "Watch out for time skipping ahead or two faced creatures or homicidal giant wolves."
[21:04] <Kotono> "Oh!" Amaryl's face brightens at that, "If they're friendly, t hat could be so much fun!"
06[21:04] * Seira blanches, and throws a glare at Demedais.
[21:04] <Alicia> "They make nice jam," Alicia comments with a smile, really not getting the antipathy everyone else has for such lovable beings.
[21:05] <Kotono> "Really?" Pollyanna glances over at Alicia. "Some fresh jam would be nice," With a twitching smile she looks at Seira. "Of course, that assumes they're friendly."
06[21:05] * Demedais deliberately does not look Seira's way, a small smile on his face.
[21:07] <Kotono> Thus the party advances on! Soon they see a little creature sitting on a low hanging tree branche, 20 feet above the ground. It's a little pixie in a nice pink dress, whistling a merry tune. It's 100 feet away when spotted. It's kicked back, with it's hands behind it's head.
06[21:08] * Alicia can't 'see' further than thirty feet, so relies on the party to deal with this while she's on guard for anyone sneaking up on them.
06[21:08] * Demedais waits until it seems to notice them before waving a bit to it and saying cheerfully, "Nice tune."
01[21:08] <Seira> "Hi!" Seira greets the pixie, stepping up. It and its friends already know of their arrival, after all. "What Demedais said."
[21:09] <Kotono> "Oh, hi there!" The pixie waves as Seira gets closer (70 feet away, say?), "Looking for something out here? You look lost!"
01[21:10] <Seira> "We were thinking of having lunch. Would you like to join us?" Seira looks straight at the visible pixie, though she glances at the others from the corner of her eye. "Your friends are welcome as well."
[21:12] <Kotono> "Oh, did you bring food? A picnic?" Looking to Demedais briefly, "And thanks, I like that son...hey!" Whipping her head around, "What gives? Girls, did you screw up?"
01[21:12] <Seira> "No, but you just did," Seira points out, smiling disarmingly at the pixie.
01[21:12] <Seira> "For what it's worth, our food is great! Don't be like that, come and join us!"
[21:13] <Demedais> "What's the tune called?" Demedais asks out of curiousity.
06[21:13] * Alicia lifts up her blindfold since it sounds like things are progressing peacefully enough.
[21:13] <Kotono> "Oh...how did you...?!" Staring at Seira and stamping her foot, "You're tricky! You're not supposed to be coming this way! Go back!" Though the pixie's stomach does rumble aloud at that.
01[21:14] <Seira> "Oh, alright then." Seira gestures at Demedais. "We won't try to proceed. We'll just set up a picnic blanket right here and have lunch. That's fine, right?"
[21:14] <Kotono> "But we're here to be friends, not fight," Amaryl steps forward with Seira. "See?"
[21:14] <Kotono> "Pixie War March," she says indignantly, then, "Well...I suppose that's alright. As long as you don't goa head any more!"
06[21:15] * Seira doesn't react to the pixies mooning themselves at her, or actually show her irritation with the childish behavior. "No, this spot is fine."
06[21:16] * Demedais shrugs affably, shifting the bag off and looking through for a blanket with a slightly amused grin at Seira. "Pixie War March? Jaunty enough for that, sure. Most human versions are more... what's the term I'm looking for, here..."
01[21:16] <Seira> "Loud."
[21:16] <Alicia> "Repetitive," Marie fills in, wrinkling her nose as she thinks of some of Alicia's favourite songs.
[21:16] <Kotono> "Bloodthirsty?" Pollyanna goes to sit against a tree nearby.
[21:16] <Demedais> "Overbearing."
06[21:17] * Seira snorts, and helps Demedais set up the food.
06[21:17] * Demedais then fishes out the blanket from the tent set and spreads it out, letting Seira help with the food.
[21:17] <Kotono> As the party sets up a lunch of stored foods, the lead pixie sniffs and drifts closer, slowly. "Ooooh, that smells good..."
06[21:18] * Alicia starts to hum as she picks up on Marie's comment, earning a glare from her familiar. Opening up her portable hole, she takes out some of the nicer food she's procured from Marie's new business establishment for a treat. "It tastes even better."
01[21:18] <Seira> "I do wonder whether you'll leave our hosts anything, Demedais, if they decide to join in too late," Seira muses, looking at the male paladin speculatively.
06[21:19] * Demedais glances up at Seira. "I'd worry more about Marie eating all the leftover food, personally."
01[21:19] <Seira> "I would worry more about her hearing that."
[21:20] <Alicia> "Are you kidding?" Marie replies incredulously. "A single grape and I'm stuffed! Look at the size of me!"
[21:20] <Alicia> "I could make you big so you can eat a proper meal?" Alicia offers to her familiar, who blushes and declines.
[21:21] <Demedais> "Yeah, and then hungry a minute later due to how quickly you burn it off. I know how it works." Demedais comments amusedly. "Though it is good food - this is from the place you guys started running, if I remember correctly?"
[21:21] <Kotono> The pixie comes a little closer, sniffing the air more. "Oooooh...ooooh...htat does look good...oooh, you wouldn't eat it all, would you?"
01[21:22] <Seira> "I make no promises. That way, I tell no lies," Seira says solemnly.
[21:22] <Alicia> "Only the finest ingredients!" Marie brags proudly.
06[21:23] * Demedais shakes his head. "Better than the temple's gruel by leagues, assuredly."
[21:23] <Kotono> "Ooooh..." The pixie hesitates a little more, before flying over! "You can share some, right," it asks, landing besides Seira and Demedais.
01[21:24] <Seira> "It's only proper," Seira agrees. "Just you, then?"
[21:24] <Alicia> "Do you have anything to offer in return?" Marie asks. "I hear pixies make great jam!"
[21:24] <Demedais> "Mmm, I don't know." Demedais shakes his head. "Rude to me, to ask for food and leave friends waiting."
[21:24] <Alicia> "Marie, that's like saying all humans make great bread just because you met one that was a baker," Alicia briefly remonstrates her familiar.
[21:27] <Kotono> "Well..." Shuffling it's feet, "Ooooh...well...maybe?" Looking hopefully at Demedais, "Pleaaaaaase?"
01[21:29] <Seira> "I think it's alright," Seira tells Demedais. "The invitation is standing, so they could come later. If there's anything left."
[21:31] <Demedais> "If." Demedais says, shrugging. "I'm not pleased with it, I must confess, but if you wish to permit this behavior, then very well."
01[21:32] <Seira> "I don't believe any leader would just shortchange their subordinates like that, so I'll trust our new friend."
[21:33] <Kotono> A moment later, several more pixies appear around the blanket and party. One says, "Oh, can we have some," it says with wide eyes up at Demedais, another doing the same to Seira, a third on Alicia.
06[21:33] * Seira merely gestures at the blanket. "The more, the merrier, or so the saying goes!"
[21:34] <Kotono> "Yay!" The pixies file on, save for the one looking up at Alicia. She blinks and stares, "Um...could you...lean your head down and forward a little," she asks.
06[21:34] * Demedais nods, more pleased by this. "Go ahead, then." Demedais is notably eating little, simply enjoying the time with the group.
06[21:35] * Alicia eyes the pixie suspiciously but does as asked. "I feel like I'm being cheated on..." Marie whispers, stricken.
[21:35] <Kotono> The first pixie goes to sit right in Seira's lap, grabbing a bit of food. "Ooooh, this does taste good!" Amaryl giggles at all of this, as Pollyanna simply starts to eat at a rapid, hungry pace.
[21:35] <Kotono> "That head..." She mutters. "Can I...sit on it?"
06[21:36] * Alicia sighs. "Why not? Everyone your size does, it seems."
[21:36] <Kotono> "You know," Pollyanna says between bites, lowering her voice to lean in and whisper at Demedais, "They're like children, sort of."
06[21:36] * Seira chokes at the question, but decides to just eat at a sedate pace herself and go over her list of researched spells for her inner peace of mind.
[21:36] <Alicia> Marie bites fiercely on a handkerchief.
[21:37] <Kotono> The pixie flies and hops on, grinning. "Oh, what a perfect head! It's just the right size and shape!" she says, as the meal goes on. Amaryl continues to giggle and laugh, face alighting red.
[21:37] <Alicia> "Just please try not to get any crumbs in my hair?" Alicia asks, trying to ignore her familiar's theatrics.
[21:37] <Demedais> "Indeed." Demedais nods slightly, face having turned impassive after a slight smile at Pollyanna.
[21:38] <Kotono> "You know..." Keeping her own voice low, "IF we have daughters..."
[21:38] <Kotono> The pixie doesn't seem to be getting too many in Alicia's hair, though she does send a little look at Marie, the hints of a smirk there as she sits happily.
[21:39] <Kotono> "Say, Alicia," Amaryl says after laughing and taking a few bites of food, "I see Marie doing the same thing on your head. Why's that?"
[21:39] <Demedais> "They'll sit on Alicia's head?" Demedais returns, keeping his voice low - though possibly not low enough for Alicia to miss the comment.
[21:40] <Alicia> "I don't know... every pixie and coure I've met has wanted to spend time there," Alicia mutters embarrassedly. "They say it's nice."
01[21:40] <Seira> "I... don't know what to say."
[21:40] <Kotono> "Maybe Alicia has a good head?" Amaryl shrugs to Seira, "It's cute."
[21:41] <Alicia> "It helps with master/familiar bonding!" Marie exclaims. "I don't know what her excuse is!" she adds with an accusatory gesture at the pixie currently residing atop Alicia.
06[21:41] * Seira examines it critically from her spot. "I suppose."
[21:41] <Kotono> Pollyanna laughs at that, a little louder than she should. "No. I mean that we could take them on picnics out in the fields."
[21:41] <Demedais> "Oh, sure, that'd work too."
[21:42] <Kotono> "It's warm and comfortable," EAting down a large grape before lying back on Alicia's head and hair, "Are you jealous already, mini-pixie?"
[21:42] <Kotono> "I don't see the appeal of it," Amaryl continues on, "But I'm not a pixie, either."
[21:43] <Alicia> "Please, Marie. There's no need to make a scene," Alicia tries to calm her familiar down.
[21:43] <Alicia> "You'd understand if you had my perspective," the eladrin tells Amaryl, ignoring the cruel taunts sent her way.
[21:44] <Kotono> The other pixies have eaten a fair bit quickly, slowing down and looking contented. One even lies down against Demedais' leg, cast taking in Amaryl. "You don't have that bad a head, either," she says around a little burp. "Aaah, a nice meal always makes me sleepy."
[21:44] <Alicia> "Maybe this is one of the ways in which fey and outsiders think that mortals can't comprehend?" Alicia suggests.
06[21:45] * Seira is left speechless, and just a bit creeped out, by the topic and decides to just avoid it altogether.
[21:45] <Kotono> Giggling at that loudly, Amaryl nods. "It must be! They train all the little pixie fey and the eladrin in head-rating and appreciation?"
[21:46] <Kotono> "Yeah, I'm a little tired," The pixie in Seira's lap lies down a little, smothering her own yawn in it's hand. "Nothing like an after lunch nap."
06[21:47] * Alicia keeps quiet, deciding it best to let the pixies fall asleep so they can move on peacefully.
06[21:47] * Demedais seems content to let the pixies fall asleep before he makes any other motions, holding Pollyanna's hand as he waits.
[21:47] <Kotono> Soon enough, the fey are all asleep, even the one on Alicia's head. They're snoozing quietly, innocent and defenseless.
06[21:48] * Seira decides to engage in a bit sleight of hand to move the pixie in her lap to a more comfortable spot on the blanket.
06[21:48] * Demedais gently moves the one on his leg onto the blanket, resisting the impulse to do something cruel to them while they sleep.
06[21:49] * Alicia tilts her head and carefully slides the pixie off of it and onto her cupped hands, whereupon she lowers her onto the grass below. "Looks like we're clear," she whispers.
[21:49] <Demedais> "Let's leave the blanket for them, they seem to enjoy it." Demedais notes amusedly.
[21:49] <Kotono> Amaryl quietly stands, getting her things together with little noise.
06[21:50] * Seira thought as much, and agrees with a silent nod, gathering her own things and heading off. Being able to spot invisible beings should help, if there's more of them who managed to resist the lure of food.
[21:50] <Alicia> Marie quietly glares at Alicia's head as the paladin gets up and resumes her journey.
[21:51] <Kotono> Thus the party continues on. They walk another half hour without incident when it happens again. There is another shudder of night, an endless feeling of time off, everything wrong. Then...it is night in the forest once more. Darkness once again enshrouds the party!
[21:52] <Kotono> roll 1d2
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d2 and gets 2." [1d2=2]
06[21:52] * Alicia promptly casts mirror image and pulls down her blindfold, while Marie turns incorporeal and takes position near Amaryl.
[21:52] <Alicia> roll 1d4+5
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+5 and gets 7." [1d4=2]
01[21:52] <Seira> "So this is the part where we have been waylaid by enemies," Seira murmurs, copying Alicia.
01[21:52] <Seira> roll 1d4+5
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4+5 and gets 7." [1d4=2]
[21:53] <Kotono> Drawing bows, Amaryl and Pollyanna waste no time getting ready. The latter says, "It's coming again? Ugh. We'll have to be careful."
06[21:53] * Demedais draws his sword and blesses it with light again, before nodding. "Let's go, though - no use standing here waiting."
01[21:54] <Seira> Her own sword is drawn. "So what now? Would it be his horse?"
06[21:54] * Alicia draws Hell Striker, its flaming blades providing some illumination for the others, coupled with the glow of holy light that Alicia herself gives off. "Just keep going, yes, our foe will reveal itself shortly if things occur like last time."
06[21:55] * Seira has no problem following such a plan!
[21:55] <Demedais> "Agreed." Demedais nods, advancing with an open eye and ear!
[21:55] <Kotono> The party walks for five minutes. They find a path ahead here, the forest narrowing into an impassiably thickness once more. Only a five foot wide dirt trail provides any path ahead at all.
06[21:56] * Alicia steps off the path to the left, able to negotiate the forest more easily than anyone else.
06[21:56] * Demedais takes the lead in this, keeping lookout and letting Alicia stay alongside him and keep an eye out for invisible foes.
[21:56] <Alicia> She does quell her blade's flames, though, to prevent accidental forest fires.
06[21:57] * Seira decides to try and fly ten feet above Demedais, in case the conditions allow for this.
[22:00] <Kotono> For now, the conditions allow it! The party advaces on for another five minutes! They come to a narrowing, everything coming together tight. Ahead is a 120 foot long chasim in the earth. The gap is thirty feet wide, with shear cliffs and thick forest on either side again. Only a five foot wide bridge allows once to cross. Further, the tree canopy arcs down sharply here, ending a mere ten feet above the ground level - making flying over the chas
[22:00] <Kotono> ending a mere ten feet above the ground level - making flying over the chasm possible, albiet difficult and not with any height.
[22:00] <Kotono> The bridge is made out of sturdy looking wood slats. It doesn't creak or move with a breeze or anything.
[22:01] <Alicia> As they reach the bridge, Marie sends some dancing lights down the chasm to light up whatever is beneath.
[22:01] <Demedais> "I think it's time I take my armor off." Demedais comments wryly. "Unless you want me to use the ring to cross on one of the sides? It might be faster."
01[22:01] <Seira> roll 1d20+11
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 and gets 29." [1d20=18]
[22:02] <Kotono> The chasm looks to go down a very long way. There's no bottom in sight.
06[22:03] * Demedais slips off the ring of protection and puts on the ring of feather fall just to make sure on this anyway.
[22:04] <Alicia> "Best not fall," Marie notes at seeing no bottom, before she floats across to the other side.
01[22:05] <Seira> "Before we cross, how about dealing with that wolf?" Seira asks, flying to within thirty feet of the wolf to get into optimum range, before tossing an orb of sound at it!
[22:05] <Kotono> OOC: As you get closer it's going to take action, so I'm just going to call for initiative here.
[22:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 A
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 A and gets 18." [1d20=11]
[22:05] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 M and gets 24." [1d20=17]
01[22:06] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 18." [1d20=12]
[22:06] <Kotono> Marie meanwhile crosses safely to the other side!
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Amaryl
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Amaryl and gets 20." [1d20=14]
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 19." [1d20=12]
[22:06] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 and gets 8." [1d20=7]
[22:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[22:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 24." [1d20=9]
03[22:07] * Kotono changes topic to 'Hount of the Hunt(24)=Marie>Amaryl(20)>Polly(19)>Alicia(18)=Seira>Demedais(8)'
[22:08] <Kotono> With frightening agility the Hound runs out of the woods, becoming visible to all! It strides over the air as if it was solid ground, going right at the approaching Seira, going to bite her hard!
[22:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (+5 PA)
06[22:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (+5 PA) and gets 52." [1d20=19]
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d8
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 and gets 8." [1d8=8]
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (+5 PA) this one has cleave
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (+5 PA) this one has cleave and gets 37." [1d20=4]
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d7
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d7 and gets 6." [1d7=6]
[22:10] <Kotono> With a charge it tears into two Seiras, decapitating two mirror images with speedy haste! Thereafter is retreats back, 50 feet back from the edge of the chasm and 20 feet away from Seira! It stands in midair, as if gravity has no dominion over it! OOC - Marie.
[22:10] <Alicia> Marie blasts it with a set of magic missiles before flying over towards the other two archers!
01[22:10] <Seira> "That's cheating!" Seira exclaims, pointing the Resort at it.
[22:10] <Alicia> roll 5d4+5
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d4+5 and gets 17." [5d4=3, 4, 3, 1, 1]
[22:11] <Kotono> The magic missiles slam into the Hound, barely even catching it's attention! Drawing quickly, Amaryl steps close to the edge of the ravine and lets volleys of arrows fly!
[22:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
[22:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 29." [1d20=18]
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 12." [1d20=1]
[22:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[22:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 9." [1d20=3]
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 19." [1d20=13]
[22:12] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 9." [1d8=8]
[22:13] <Kotono> Amaryl's arrows fly, one of themany arrows inflicting a minor wound to the Hound's paw! It doesn't seem to notice those any more than the others, either! OOC - Polly.
[22:13] <Kotono> Pollyanna meanwhile follows suit, more arrows flying!
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 31." [1d20=14]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 22." [1d20=5]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 25." [1d20=13]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1d6+11
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1d6+11 and gets 18." [1d8=5][1d6=2]
[22:14] <Kotono> Out of her own volley, one flaming arrow gets the back leg of the Hound, burning away the fur around it as it embeds in! But yet, the wounds seem to mean nothing! OOC - Alicia.
[22:14] <Kotono> OOC: - Seira too. Hm, let's pause here, actually.
01[22:14] <Seira> "Let's flank it together!" Seira calls over to Alicia, prepared to fly and take the beast in a pincer attack.

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[20:03] <Kotono> > Out of her own volley, one flaming arrow gets the back leg of the Hound, burning away the fur around it as it embeds in! But yet, the wounds seem to mean nothing! OOC - Alicia.
[20:03] <Kotono> > OOC: - Seira too. Hm, let's pause here, actually.
[20:03] <Kotono> <Seira> "Let's flank it together!" Seira calls over to Alicia, prepared to fly and take the beast in a pincer attack.
[20:04] <Kotono> OOC: To refresh, it's 50 feet away from the edge and twenty feet from Seira.
[20:04] <Alicia> Hearing the sounds of combat but unable to tell what's going on thanks to her blindfold, Alicia flips it up and quickly surveys the situation. Since she can't reach the creature as is, she begins to cast Fly while stepping closer to Demedais, so if it spring attacks one of them it will have to fear reprisals from the other.
05[20:04] -betamax.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Alicia invited Hatbot into the channel.
03[20:04] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@24.174.114.105) has joined #dunes
03[20:04] * Alicia sets mode: +v Hatbot
06[20:05] * Seira charges the hound in the meantime!
[20:05] <Kotono> OOC: It has reach and gets an AoO on you, bear in midn.
01[20:07] <Seira> roll 1d20+15
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 and gets 27." [1d20=12]
[20:07] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on. Attack.
01[20:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 charge~
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 charge~ and gets 39." [1d20=19]
01[20:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 crit?
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 crit? and gets 39." [1d20=19]
[20:08] <Kotono> OOC: Crit. Man.
01[20:08] <Seira> roll 9d8+27
06[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 9d8+27 and gets 65." [9d8=2, 7, 3, 1, 4, 7, 2, 4, 8]
[20:09] <Kotono> Swooping in, and spinning past a snarling bite, Seira stabs the Hound right in the chest! It's a solid hit and a deep wound, but one that only seems to madden it further! OOC - Deme.
06[20:13] * Demedais catches Alicia's intent and braces as well for an attack!
[20:14] <Kotono> OOC: The hound is up.
[20:14] <Kotono> As Demedais braces, the beast howls to the moon high above! OOC: Will saves, all. Fear/mind affecting. Deme's immune.
01[20:14] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 25." [1d20=7]
[20:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[20:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20=4
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20=4 and gets Error: Numeric values only." [1d20=14]
[20:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 A
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+28 A and gets 47." [1d20=19]
[20:15] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 M
06[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 M and gets 34." [1d20=19]
[20:17] <Kotono> The howl inspires a primal terror within all, only Demedais, Alicia and Marie able to resist it! As that happens, the Hound rears and snaps at Seira!
[20:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (+5 PA)
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (+5 PA) and gets 49." [1d20=16]
[20:17] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 5." [1d6=5]
[20:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (+5 PA) cleave
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (+5 PA) cleave and gets 53." [1d20=20]
[20:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (+5 PA) cleave crit?
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (+5 PA) cleave crit? and gets 35." [1d20=2]
[20:17] <Kotono> roll 1d5
06[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d5 and gets 2." [1d5=2]
[20:18] <Kotono> After that, the beast springs back and away from Seira! It flies 40 feet to the left, over the bridge and to the edge of the other side of the chasm! OOC - Marie.
01[20:18] <Seira> "Any time now!" Seira calls over, eyeing the beast warily.
[20:18] <Alicia> Marie turns corporeal so she can start shooting arrows, since this could take some time.
[20:19] <Kotono> "Gaaaah..." Shaking all over, Amaryl looks to Seira. Taking a deep breath and with shaking hands, she readies more arrows! OOC: Also, Polly is within range of Deme's aura and isn't shaken. Dur.
[20:20] <Kotono> OOC: You can also AoO, Seira.
01[20:20] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 28." [1d20=10]
[20:21] <Kotono> Seira takes a swipe as the beast flees, but her blade misses, a shake to it driving it off balance! Meanwhile, Pollyanna leans towards Demedais, taking long breaths. "Oh, not this time," she mutters, grip on her bow like iron as she readies more shots! OOC - Marie?
[20:22] <Alicia> OOC: Marie already went?
[20:22] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, dur. Amaryl.
[20:23] <Kotono> Even with every shake going i her body, Amaryl fires enough arrows to resemble a flying blanket of wood and metal going for the Hound!
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 27." [1d20=20]
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 13." [1d20=6]
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 26." [1d20=19]
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 27." [1d20=20]
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 9." [1d20=7]
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 9." [1d20=7]
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 crit 1
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 crit 1 and gets 8." [1d20=1]
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 crit 2
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 crit 2 and gets 19." [1d20=12]
[20:23] <Kotono> roll 2d8+2
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+2 and gets 9." [2d8=2, 5]
[20:24] <Kotono> Arrows fly, grazing wounds crossing and stabbing the wolf's body! At that, a second volley of arrows follows from Pollyanna!
[20:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[20:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 25." [1d20=8]
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 24." [1d20=7]
[20:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 16." [1d20=4]
[20:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 8." [1d20=1]
[20:24] <Kotono> None of these arrows land at all, flaming missiles plummeting into the pit below or landing ont he other side harmlessly! OOC - Alicia+Seira.
[20:25] <Alicia> OOC: what's my distance to the dog?
[20:25] <Kotono> OOC: 50 feet forward and 40 feet to the left of you now. So 90 feet in total.
[20:27] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2 knowledge devotion
06[20:27] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 knowledge devotion and gets 11." [1d20=9]
06[20:27] * Seira knows that the effect was brought on by magic, but still can't quite stop her hand from shaking. She hesitates for a moment, waiting for Alicia to attack before committing herself again into melee with the hound.
06[20:28] * Alicia takes to the air and rushes the dog, flitting through its guard and slashing her flaming blade at its head!
[20:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 -4pa, charge
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 -4pa, charge and gets 41." [1d20=19]
[20:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 -4pa, charge crit check
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 -4pa, charge crit check and gets 35." [1d20=13]
[20:28] <Kotono> OOC: Crit.
[20:28] <Alicia> roll 2d8+2d6+42
06[20:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+2d6+42 and gets 55." [2d8=3, 2][2d6=2, 6]
[20:28] <Alicia> OOC: erk, axe one of those d6s
[20:29] <Alicia> OOC: so 49
[20:29] <Kotono> Alicia charges right in, narrowly missing it's head! She gets the side of it's neck instead, carving deep, cautrizing wounds with burning fire a second after! Only little sprays of blood come, smoking, cooking flesh ripped out! OOC - SEirA?
06[20:29] * Seira needs no further encouragement to rejoin close quarters combat!
01[20:30] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 charge~
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 charge~ and gets 36." [1d20=16]
01[20:30] <Seira> roll 3d8+9
06[20:30] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9 and gets 28." [3d8=8, 3, 8]
[20:30] <Kotono> Seira manages to land another wound as well, scrapping and slicing through it's flesh! OOC - Deme.
06[20:32] * Demedais shrugs at seeing the battle go so far distant from him, not inclined to drop his own guard and let the wolf tear into his comrades behind him as he continues looking around cautiously!
[20:32] <Kotono> OOC: Hound is up.
[20:33] <Kotono> The hound snaps and snarls at the both of them! Striking at many Seiras and Alicias, finding not the real one, it flies past them! OOC - You two can AoO it.
01[20:33] <Seira> roll 1d20+16 sure!
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 sure! and gets 33." [1d20=17]
[20:33] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[20:33] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 31." [1d20=11]
[20:33] <Kotono> OOC: That's actually a miss, you two. It has mobility.
[20:34] <Kotono> With unusual speed it zips past both of the quick attacks, charging right for the cliffside! It's coming right at Demedais and company! OOC: Deme, are you going to take yoru held action as it approaches?
[20:36] <Demedais> OOC: Moving to make sure I'm between it and the archer ladies, Law Devotion since it's got attack rolls of rape and will hit me anyway, Prot. Dev is useless here.
03[20:37] * Kotono changes topic to 'Hount of the Hunt(24)=Marie=Demedais>Amaryl(20)>Polly(19)>Alicia(18)=Seira'
[20:37] <Kotono> Interposing himself, Demedais takes the brunt of it's attack, it's fury turned onto him!
[20:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (-7 PA, +2 charge)
06[20:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (-7 PA, +2 charge) and gets 36." [1d20=3]
[20:37] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[20:37] <Demedais> OOC: ... Ironically enough, 33.
[20:38] <Kotono> roll 2d6+32+10d6
06[20:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+32+10d6 and gets 72." [2d6=6, 2][10d6=1, 4, 2, 6, 1, 4, 1, 3, 6, 4]
[20:40] <Kotono> The bite is horrific! Demedais finds his vision swimming and tinting red as his stomach and entrails are bitten into like a soft doughnut! The beast has superhuman strength and ability, his innards shredded by each bite! "Demedaaais!" Pollyanna calls, as Amaryl hesitates a moment, firing more arrows as she steps back!
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 23." [1d20=16]
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 23." [1d20=16]
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 19." [1d20=12]
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 26." [1d20=19]
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 18." [1d20=16]
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 16." [1d20=14]
[20:40] <Demedais> "Just kill it!" Demedais curses.
[20:40] <Kotono> A storm of arrows go flying, none hitting the beast! Pollyanna growls low in her throat, repeating the same action! "Got it!" she calls!
[20:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[20:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 18." [1d20=1]
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 33." [1d20=16]
[20:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 30." [1d20=18]
[20:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 26." [1d20=19]
[20:41] <Kotono> roll 2d8+2d6+22
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+2d6+22 and gets 34." [2d8=5, 4][2d6=1, 2]
[20:42] <Kotono> More flaming arrows poke into it's stomach and ribs, burning in there even as the beast continues to roar utter defiance! OOC - Alicia and Seira.
[20:42] <Kotono> OOC: Also, just go haea dnad go now, Marie. Sorry, my fault.
[20:42] <Alicia> Marie hears Demedais's words and goes all out, launching a storm of arrows at the bad dog! Alas she's bad at hitting stuff in melee, but she tries!
[20:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 23." [1d20=3]
[20:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 and gets 33." [1d20=18]
[20:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 and gets 24." [1d20=14]
[20:42] <Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[20:42] <Alicia> roll 1d4+3+1d6+1d4
06[20:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+3+1d6+1d4 and gets 13." [1d4=3][1d6=5][1d4=2]
[20:43] <Kotono> OOC: Which die is the electric damage?
[20:44] <Alicia> OOC: d6
[20:44] <Kotono> A burst of shocking, screaming arrows follow up by the little eladrin archer! The shocking part doesn't seem to do much to it's flesh, but the screaming wound still draws out more blood from it's flank! OOC: Alicia+Seira doubleteam.
06[20:44] * Seira doesn't waste any time! Though it's scary to keep chasing a dog capable of doing such damage to someone like Demedais, the thought of it targetting Amaryl next makes Seira's charge after it the obvious choice!
01[20:44] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 die
06[20:44] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 die and gets 27." [1d20=7]
[20:45] <Kotono> Seira charges in, flanking it, and yet her blade narrowly misses! The cursed shaking in her hands is just enough to deter her blade from sinking into the rear of the Hound!
06[20:45] * Alicia follows Seira, attempting to stab viciously into the beast's hindquarters with all the vengeance a dog-hating paladin can muster!
[20:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 -4pa charge
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 -4pa charge and gets 35." [1d20=13]
[20:45] <Alicia> roll 1d8+1d6+21
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+1d6+21 and gets 34." [1d8=8][1d6=5]
[20:46] <Kotono> Stabbing into it's flank, Alicia manages a solid blow! The beast is surrounded on two sides now, flanked and baused, bloodied! But nonetheless...OOC: Beast, Deme and Marie are up. Go ahead and resolve first, you two.
[20:47] <Alicia> Marie shoots some more, trying to cover Demedais' defence!
[20:47] <Alicia> OOC: +2 dodge for Deme
[20:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 and gets 28." [1d20=10]
[20:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 and gets 14." [1d20=1]
[20:47] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[20:47] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 24." [1d20=16]
[20:47] <Kotono> OOC: No hits, it's AC is back to normal after the charge. Deme?
06[20:49] * Demedais grimaces and tries to cut the damnable thing down to size, a prayer to Helm sharply uttered as he does so!
06[20:50] * Demedais grimaces and tries to cut the damnable thing down to size, a prayer to Helm sharply uttered as he does so!
[20:51] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 (-2 PA +2 Haste)
[20:51] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 (-2 PA +2 Haste)
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 (-2 PA +2 Haste) and gets 29." [1d20=5]
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 (-2 PA +2 Haste) and gets 35." [1d20=11]
[20:51] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 (-2 PA +2 Haste)
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 (-2 PA +2 Haste) and gets 39." [1d20=20]
[20:51] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 (-2 PA +2 Haste) crit check punk
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 (-2 PA +2 Haste) crit check punk and gets 28." [1d20=9]
[20:51] <Demedais> roll 1d20+14 (-2 PA +2 Haste) crit check punk
01[20:51] <Seira> OOC: You're flanking with me
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+14 (-2 PA +2 Haste) crit check punk and gets 31." [1d20=17]
[20:51] <Demedais> OOC: ...Right, so +2 to all. Sheesh.
[20:51] <Kotono> OOC: Crit check on the last hit. You have keen, right?
[20:52] <Demedais> OOC: Yeah, hold on
[20:52] <Demedais> roll 1d20+14 (-2 PA +2 Haste) crit check pt. 2 punk
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+14 (-2 PA +2 Haste) crit check pt. 2 punk and gets 25." [1d20=11]
[20:52] <Kotono> OOC: One crit and two normal hits.
[20:52] <Demedais> roll 8d6+48 die now thanks.
06[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 8d6+48 die now thanks. and gets 68." [8d6=2, 2, 3, 1, 3, 2, 2, 5]
[20:53] <Kotono> The beast is shredded and maimed! Demedais cuts into it, even as it snaps at him in revenge!
[20:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (-5 PA) at least no precision damage, thankfully
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (-5 PA) at least no precision damage, thankfully and gets 34." [1d20=1]
[20:54] <Kotono> Somehow, Demedais swings his sword around one more time! Even as blood pours down his stomacha nd legs, he has the Hound bite futilely into the steel of his sword and not his maimed, weakening flesh! OOC - Archers.
[20:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 21." [1d20=14]
[20:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[20:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[20:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 8." [1d20=1]
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 14." [1d20=7]
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 12." [1d20=5]
[20:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 7." [1d20=5]
[20:54] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 13." [1d20=11]
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 29." [1d20=12]
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 24." [1d20=7]
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 14." [1d20=2]
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 16." [1d20=9]
[20:55] <Kotono> AS the wolf is caught, surrounded, more arrows fly! Somehow none of them hit, a storm of fury sailing by everyone! OOC: Alicia+Seira.
01[20:56] <Seira> Finally! It stopped fleeing at last! That's all Seira needs!
01[20:56] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 33." [1d20=15]
01[20:56] <Seira> roll 1d20+13
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 and gets 33." [1d20=20]
01[20:56] <Seira> roll 1d20+13 hmm?
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 hmm? and gets 26." [1d20=13]
[20:56] <Kotono> OOC: Two normal hits.
01[20:56] <Seira> roll 1d20+12
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 and gets 20." [1d20=8]
01[20:56] <Seira> roll 1d20+12
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+12 and gets 28." [1d20=16]
01[20:57] <Seira> roll 6d8+18+10d6
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8+18+10d6 and gets 84." [6d8=7, 6, 4, 6, 7, 3][10d6=6, 2, 3, 1, 2, 4, 1, 5, 6, 3]
[20:57] <Kotono> Slicing and stabbing into the Hound, Seira sees it's body slump! It howls once more to the moon, then collapses, tumbling down the side of the cliff and the chasm, plummeting away! OOC - Free act.
06[20:58] * Demedais raises a hand to himself and heals. "You know, I swear this isn't as effective as it used to be." he mutters as he heals. OOC: 28 HP healing
06[20:59] * Seira looks mournfully after the falling dog.
[20:59] <Alicia> "Or you can just take more punishment," Alicia replies, eyeing his gouged armour dubiously and stepping closer to bestow her own healing on him.
[20:59] <Alicia> roll 12d4+12
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 12d4+12 and gets 42." [12d4=2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4, 4, 2, 4]
[20:59] <Kotono> "Deme!" Pollyanna reaches into her backpack, "Hold on, I have some potions if you need them, too."
[20:59] <Demedais> "Possible, but it still just feels like the normal spells aren't enough anymore." Demedais mutters, leaning against a tree.
01[20:59] <Seira> "Heal isn't that far off, right?"
[21:00] <Demedais> "Hopefully not."
[21:00] <Alicia> "Conversely the normal spells don't hurt as much anymore either?" Alicia suggests, floating back over the chasm. "Anyway, everyone feel up to braving the bridge?"
06[21:01] * Seira snorts. "I think I'll fly over, myself." She does just that, intending to stand guard at the other side.
[21:01] <Kotono> Seira flies over without incident, nothing of note happening as she reaches the other side.
[21:02] <Kotono> "You want these?" Pollyanna asks, withdrawing three clay, capped bottles. "You still look drained."
06[21:02] * Alicia waits near the bridge so she can help anyone if they have trouble crossing, while Marie flies over to join Seira.
[21:02] <Kotono> Amaryl takes a long breath, before starting to slowly walk over the bridge as well. She looks to either side as she does, "I can't even see the bottom. It much stretch deeply...or maybe even that it's forever, a bottomless pit?"
06[21:02] * Demedais eyes the bridge. "Give me a second." With that, he heals again. OOC: Sacrificing Discern Lies.
[21:03] <Demedais> roll 4d8+4
06[21:03] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 4d8+4 and gets 17." [4d8=3, 1, 3, 6]
[21:03] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[21:03] <Demedais> OOC: ...add 3, so 20.
[21:03] <Kotono> Demedais has his wounds heal! His stomach bite is gone, though the previous wounds linger and ache yet.
[21:03] <Alicia> "Well, it's over three hundred feet deep. Marie's dancing lights couldn't penetrate the bottom," Alicia offers, staying near Amaryl and ready to catch her if she slips.
06[21:04] * Demedais grunts. "I think I should probably take you up on one of those. Thanks, dear."
[21:04] <Kotono> Amaryl makes it over without incident as well. "A death sentence if you fall. If none of us could fly, we'd have to somehow fight off that beast and then cross...or try and cross it while defending ourselves. That sounds like suicide."
[21:04] <Kotono> After a moment, Pollyanna pushes two on Demedais. "Make it too. Just in case."
[21:04] <Kotono> *two
01[21:05] <Seira> "We could've taken it down with ranged attacks, and defending like Demedais had. It would've just taken us longer."
06[21:05] * Demedais takes once and drinks it first, waiting to see how well it works before taking the other.
[21:05] <Kotono> OOC: They're potions of cure serious wounds.
[21:05] <Alicia> "But who could live not being able to fly, though?" Marie asks innocently as she flutters around the group.
[21:05] <Kotono> OOC: 3d8+5
01[21:05] <Seira> "It is a sad life," Seira mutters, recalling some unpleasant memories.
[21:05] <Demedais> roll 3d8+5
06[21:05] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d8+5 and gets 13." [3d8=2, 3, 3]
[21:06] <Kotono> "Oh, I don't know," Pollyanna sends a long glare at Marie. "We make due somehow."
06[21:06] * Demedais nods slightly and accepts the second at this.
[21:06] <Demedais> roll 3d8+5 woo bad rolls
06[21:06] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d8+5 woo bad rolls and gets 20." [3d8=6, 6, 3]
[21:07] <Alicia> "My feet hurt if I have to walk for more than a few minutes," the eladrin goes on blithely. "I don't know how you people manage."
01[21:07] <Seira> "Guts?"
06[21:07] * Demedais nods to Pollyanna slightly. "Go ahead and cross. I'll follow once you're there."
[21:07] <Kotono> Demedais feels better now, his wounds mostly mended. Pollyanna turns back to Marie, "You know, maybe Alicia should teach you humility. Say Alicia, can you instruct Marie to walk for awhile?"
[21:07] <Alicia> "Seems easier than flapping your wings like a demented butterfly," Alicia shrugs as she waits for the other two to cross.
[21:07] <Kotono> At that, Pollyanna goes to cross! It goes without incident.
06[21:08] * Demedais follows once Pollyanna's across.
[21:08] <Alicia> "I sometimes turn her into forms without wings," Alicia tells Pollyanna. "She mostly complains about being big and awkward more than the walking."
[21:08] <Kotono> Demedais crosses without incident! The party is now across the bridge, the path ahead leading back into the thick woods.
06[21:08] * Demedais keeps his sword out for the light as the group advances.
06[21:08] * Alicia pulls down her blindfold and resumes the previous marching order.
06[21:09] * Seira sticks near the back of their group, as before.
[21:10] <Kotono> The party walks for a half hour down this winding path. At the end of this time, reality ripples, is wrong, everything is wrong. It is now day again, the horrible night vanquished by the diluted sun that comes in an instant of being. Ahead, the forest looks to continue it's packed ways, a very narrow path ahead still.
06[21:11] * Demedais shakes his head. "This place is somewhat maddening."
01[21:11] <Seira> "It's disturbing that once upon a time, someone thought a place this wrong could be necessary, even if to protect the Resort," Seira agrees.
[21:12] <Kotono> "It makes you think, doesn't it?" Pollyanna stretches out, rubbing her arms. "Assuming we started in the morning...by time flowed, I want to say it's somewhere in the early afternoon now? A little later, maybe?"
[21:12] <Alicia> "Whatever happened to just tossing it in a volcano?" Alicia agrees, lifting her blindfold back up.
01[21:12] <Seira> "That would make for an epic tale!"
[21:12] <Demedais> "I have no interest in swimming in a volcano to try and find the thing." Demedais notes.
[21:13] <Alicia> "Well, it's definitely been less than fifteen hours, since my sword enhancement hasn't worn off," Alicia supplies. "Keeping track of that spell was how I was able to tell the time when I was on the astral plane - it's even worse than here for your internal clock."
[21:14] <Kotono> "Still, let's keep going," Pollyanna picks up her own pace, "Why don't you tell us about the Astral Plane to pass the walking, Alicia?"
06[21:14] * Demedais nods slightly.
[21:15] <Alicia> "By all means," Alicia agreeably spins a tale of a bleak expanse of silvery nothingness, punctuated with encounters involving gregarious dragons propositioning her familiar, and assaulting vast demonic fortresses of unholy slime riddled with horrific disease.
[21:17] <Kotono> Another 90 minutes of walking pass. At last you come to an end to the path, the forest thinning out slightly again. Ahead you can see the distant tower and town...and yet, they seem even closer this time! As you observe this, you notice something ahead. There is a forest cabin here, a large one. It's just a little off to the side, a sign hanging above the door witht he following: "Tired? Hungry? Half dead? INN."
[21:17] <Kotono> following: "Tired? Hungry? Half dead? INN."
06[21:18] * Seira rolls her eyes. "Let's just get past it quietly and hope no one tries to seduce Demedais again."
[21:18] <Kotono> "More fey," Amaryl asks aloud. "This has to be another trick?"
[21:18] <Alicia> "I think the elves probably assumed only men would care about getting the resort?" Marie hazards in response to Seira.
06[21:19] * Demedais looks around at the inn and surroundings to make sure there's no lurking ambush...
[21:19] <Alicia> "Well, we did just eat not long ago, I'm not particularly tired, and we're well healed from our battles," Alicia takes stock. "No reason for us to stop, then."
01[21:19] <Seira> "I don't know whether to be insulted or relieved."
[21:19] <Kotono> "You know...first off, that has to be a trap, secondly, if I were being this through, I'd have strapping male fey sooner or later as well."
[21:21] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 31." [1d100=31]
[21:23] <Kotono> You walk another half hour, the time passing and your feet getting more work. At this moment...OOC: More.
[21:23] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 2." [1d6=2]
[21:24] <Demedais> roll 1d20+18
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+18 and gets 24." [1d20=6]
[21:26] <Kotono> At this moment the forest continues on. The walking is long, with no end yet in sight. AT least no danger is obviously nearby.
[21:28] <Demedais> "This is getting immensely stupid. We have no signs that we're really getting any closer, and there's just been incident after incident." Demedais remarks bitterly as he pauses in his tracks. "At this point, I'm seriously thinking heading back's the best option."
06[21:29] * Seira laughs.
[21:29] <Alicia> "Don't be silly," Alicia tells him. "It clearly looks closer than it did when we started, and it's only been a few hours. What sort of attitude is that?"
[21:29] <Kotono> "Demedais..." Blinkign at that, "Maybe we should take a break to rest then? Maybe you're tired and it's getting to you?"
01[21:30] <Seira> "Yeah, stop putting us on," Seira says, wiping away a stray tear.
[21:32] <Demedais> "I'd seriously rather just go back." Demedais shakes his head. "We have no proof that distances are not being manipulated along with time in this place - it'd explain why teleportation doesn't work, after all. And the distances we've traveled don't match what we're seeing."
01[21:32] <Seira> "It's totally a test," Seira tells him. "Once the big bad time master or whatever runs out of evil puppies, we'll get to hear him rant about his unending duty and how we are no match for him. You'll see!"
[21:33] <Alicia> "They probably are, but it's a bit early to be quitting," Alicia tells him. "We'll get there in the end, I'm sure."
[21:33] <Kotono> "I don't know...he has a point. If they wanted to hide this so badly, why not make it impossible to reach?" Pollyanna bows her head at that. "An endless loop that's a tease that can never be realized?"
01[21:34] <Seira> "Didn't that fey tell us that it can, in fact, be reached? You guys thought he was trustworthy, right?"
[21:35] <Alicia> "And if it was as impossible as you say, why bother with any other defences? Why lure people to stay and not proceed? Why send horrible dogs to eat them?" Alicia challenges.
[21:35] <Kotono> "That's right. Besides, we pass through a night and then it looks like we're closer." Amaryl nods to both of them. "It could be what you say, but...I doubt it. They wouldn't have left those portal keys to even reach this realm if they wanted that."
[21:36] <Demedais> "At least by direct aggression, yes." Demedais agrees with Pollyanna. "And he himself said he didn't know the extent of this place. It may very well have been possible before the time person corrupted this place farther." To Alicia, "I'd presume to kill people for their folly in seeking it."
[21:36] <Alicia> "The woman promising you an eternity of happiness and bliss didn't seem particularly murderous," Marie points out.
01[21:36] <Seira> "Then how do you know you'll be able to make it back?" Seira reasons. "You'll need to pass through this same creepy landscape on your way. If it's a trap, you can't really escape by now."
[21:37] <Demedais> "Presumably you can make an infinite or near-infinite distance to travel but still count back from 3 to 0 on it." Demedais shrugs.

Corwin · March 28, 2012, 06:38:48 AM

[21:09] <Kotono> <Seira> "Didn't that fey tell us that it can, in fact, be reached? You guys thought he was trustworthy, right?"
[21:09] <Kotono> <Alicia> "And if it was as impossible as you say, why bother with any other defences? Why lure people to stay and not proceed? Why send horrible dogs to eat them?" Alicia challenges.
[21:09] <Kotono> > "That's right. Besides, we pass through a night and then it looks like we're closer." Amaryl nods to both of them. "It could be what you say, but...I doubt it. They wouldn't have left those portal keys to even reach this realm if they wanted that."
[21:09] <Kotono> <Demedais> "At least by direct aggression, yes." Demedais agrees with Pollyanna. "And he himself said he didn't know the extent of this place. It may very well have been possible before the time person corrupted this place farther." To Alicia, "I'd presume to kill people for their folly in seeking it."
[21:09] <Kotono> <Alicia> "The woman promising you an eternity of happiness and bliss didn't seem particularly murderous," Marie points out.
[21:09] <Kotono> <Seira> "Then how do you know you'll be able to make it back?" Seira reasons. "You'll need to pass through this same creepy landscape on your way. If it's a trap, you can't really escape by now."
[21:09] <Kotono> <Demedais> "Presumably you can make an infinite or near-infinite distance to travel but still count back from 3 to 0 on it." Demedais shrugs.
[21:09] <Kotono> roll 1d5
05[21:09] -betamax.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Kotono invited Hatbot into the channel.
03[21:09] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@24.174.114.105) has joined #dunes
03[21:09] * Kotono sets mode: +v Hatbot
[21:09] <Kotono> roll 1d5
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d5 and gets 4." [1d5=4]
01[21:10] <Seira> roll 1d20+13
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+13 and gets 15." [1d20=2]
[21:10] <Kotono> "I don't know..." Looking down and away again, "If this is so important, I have to believe that there's a chance we'll succeed."
[21:12] <Alicia> "We've seen absolutely nothing so far to indicate that we can't," Alicia says as if that's all there is to it. "I don't know where all this defeatist talk is coming from when we've barely spent five hours here, if even that."
01[21:12] <Seira> Seira's expression suddenly changes. "Alright. I think I get what Demedais is talking about. If we proceed time itself is destroyed. It's as simple as that. Therefore, we must not proceed."
06[21:13] * Alicia blinks and turns to stare at Seira. "... what?"
[21:13] <Alicia> "What?" her familiar mimics.
[21:13] <Kotono> "We-what, Seira?" Cocking her head towards her curiously now, Pollyanna frowns. "I get that this could be a loop, but time destroyed. Say what?"
01[21:13] <Seira> "I will also stop you all with everything I have if you go on without me," Seira adds, frowning herself.
[21:14] <Kotono> "What?" Amaryl mimcks as well. "Whaaat? Seira...? Weren't you disagreeing with that just a..."
[21:14] <Alicia> "Marie," Alicia speaks up. "Be a sweetie and check if our friend Seira is under an enchantment?"
[21:14] <Alicia> Marie dutifully checks!
[21:14] <Kotono> OOC: Detect magic?
[21:14] <Alicia> OOC: yes
01[21:15] <Seira> "That's ridiculous!" Seira exclaims. "What I say makes perfect sense, and I won't let you use dirty magical tricks on me to make me think otherwise! The trees here can't be lying!"
[21:15] <Alicia> "Yes! Demedais, too!" Marie replies, ducking behind Alicia, who nods slowly.
[21:15] <Alicia> "Alright," the paladin raises her hand slowly, speaking in a soothing tone, "I'm going to cast dispel magic. I'm not going to hurt you. Will you stand still and let me cast it?"
01[21:16] <Seira> "What am I, an idiot? You'll just use a suggestion so we could proceed foolishly!"
[21:16] <Kotono> "Seira," Amaryl gently touches Seira's arm, "Can we talk?"
[21:17] <Alicia> "You're not an idiot," Alicia shakes her head. "That's why you'll be able to tell what spell I use, from the verbal and somatic components. As a wizard it should be easy for you to tell."
06[21:17] * Demedais looks to Seira askance, clearly getting confused himself. "Violence isn't needed here, Seira. And... you forget, she wouldn't lie. She's just making sure that we're talking straight with them."
[21:17] <Demedais> "Once this is done we can get out of here, no worries."
06[21:17] * Seira eyes Demedais and Alicia warily, before nodding to Amaryl. "Sure."
[21:18] <Alicia> Since Seira seems the most dangerous at the moment, she gets dispelled first. "Weave of magic, be unbound by my command!" she targets the half-dragon/half-elf!
[21:18] <Kotono> "Just relax, alright? Trust me, okay? Trust me that I'm going to trust Alicia for you, so you let her cast that spell? The trees won't mind." Giving her best, warm look to Seira, "Please?"
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 28." [1d20=16]
[21:18] <Kotono> Pollyanna looks at all of this, shaking her head, "More tricks," she mutters, then looks askance to Demedais.
06[21:19] * Seira allows the spell to proceed, and tilts her head.
[21:20] <Kotono> Casting dispel magic, Marie can see that the enchantment around Seira shatters!
[21:20] <Alicia> Marie gives Alicia a thumbs up!
01[21:21] <Seira> "If a tree is sentient and you set it on fire, are you a bad person?" Seira asks out loud.
06[21:21] * Demedais glances over in confusion, before looking back to Seira, waiting for her agreement again before heading back.
[21:21] <Kotono> "Is it an evil tree?" Amaryl asks right after.
[21:21] <Demedais> "...what?" Demedais asks, blinking. "That's not..."
[21:21] <Alicia> "Only in self defence," Alicia tells her. "Which tree did this to you?" she then eyes the surrounding foliage suspiciously.
06[21:22] * Seira snaps her fingers. "Evil trees! Right! Messing with my mind like that counts as evil, so let's set this part of the forest on fire?"
06[21:23] * Seira takes a deep breath.
[21:23] <Alicia> "The fire might spread and burn innocents!" Marie protests. "Lets just find the bad tree and explain where it went wrong?"
06[21:23] * Demedais holds his head. "This is clearly getting out of hand. Can we just leave now?"
[21:23] <Alicia> "No," Alicia turns to Demedais. "You've been enchanted as well, so I'm going to dispel you, too. Will you let me?"
[21:23] <Kotono> With another look at Demedais, "Deme," Pollyanna walks in front of him. "Listen to Alicia. There's magic going on and you have to trust us."
[21:24] <Demedais> A brief twitch crosses Demedais's face. "Sure, you can try. Should only prove my point, though."
01[21:24] <Seira> "Hey, evil trees!" Seira calls out loudly, a thin cloud of smoke trailing from her lips. "Leave us alone right now, or you'll all burn!"
01[21:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 26." [1d20=1]
[21:25] <Kotono> Nothing seems to happen to Seira's words.
[21:25] <Alicia> "Fell enchantment, cease your clouding of this man's mind!" Alicia calls.
[21:25] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[21:25] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 19." [1d20=7]
[21:26] <Kotono> Alicia summons the dispellation magic once more! However, this time the magic does not fade away!
[21:26] <Alicia> Marie shakes her head, causing Alicia to grimace. "What a waste of spells... one more time!" she then repeats her incantation.
[21:26] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 17." [1d20=5]
01[21:26] <Seira> "That wasn't an idle threat!" Seira exclaims, breathing at the foliage ahead.
[21:27] <Kotono> Yet again, the magic does not give! OOC: If you're using your breath weapon, Seira, roll damage?
01[21:27] <Seira> toll 6d8 flames~
[21:27] <Alicia> "They're not enchanting anyone else! They believe you!" Marie protests quickly.
06[21:27] * Demedais looks to Alicia. "Now do you believe me?"
01[21:28] <Seira> roll 6d8
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8 and gets 36." [6d8=6, 3, 7, 8, 7, 5]
[21:28] <Alicia> "This is getting out of hand..." Alicia looks rather displeased. "Once more! With feeling!"
[21:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[21:28] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 17." [1d20=5]
[21:29] <Kotono> As the party talks, Seira breathes ahead! The cone of fire blows out, setting a cone of the forest aflame! Smoke rises from her breath, as meanwhile Alicia cannot disrupt the magic around Demedais!
01[21:29] <Seira> "Last damn warning, evil trees!"
[21:29] <Alicia> Marie winces at the fiery devastation, quickly giving Alicia a shake of her head to confirm a lack of success.
[21:30] <Kotono> "Seira, calm down a little," Amaryl murmurs, "Wait a moment, alright? Nothing else seems to be happening, and if the fire starts spreading quickly, we could be in trouble too."
06[21:30] * Demedais blinks.
06[21:31] * Alicia grumbles under her breath. "Things are just getting worse and worse... if it doesn't work this time I give up." Breathing deeply to centre herself. "Stubborn magic, go away! This is really not a good day!"
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+12 and gets 31." [1d20=19]
06[21:31] * Demedais looks to Seira, then to everyone else.
06[21:31] * Seira douses the edges of the fire with conjured up water. "Sure, I can always use more fire later."
[21:32] <Kotono> "You can rhyme, Alicia?" Pollyanna looks to her, "You were a poet and you didn't even know it?"
01[21:32] <Seira> "Don't quit your day job. No offense."
[21:32] <Kotono> "Now what, Deme?" Polly turns her attention thim. "Still want to go?"
[21:32] <Alicia> "It was a trick I learned when I was first starting, to make it easier to focus... haven't needed to use it in a long time," Alicia mutters, cheeks tinting red.
06[21:33] * Demedais opens his mouth, before closing it again, before suddenly turning stony-faced. "I have suddenly lost any interest in saving this forest that I might have had." With that, he marches onward coldly.
[21:33] <Alicia> "It worked!" Marie cheers. "Although I wish you people would appreciate nature a bit more. They're only doing their job, and making Alicia waste spells and rhyme badly is better than attacking us."
[21:33] <Kotono> Pollyanna hurries along at his side. "Let's just keep going and geta way from this part of the woods, before anything else happens."
01[21:33] <Seira> "It's not all bad!" Seira calls after Demedais.
[21:34] <Alicia> "You won't say that if we all die in the next battle because I run out of spells," Alicia tells her familiar as she follows the others.
06[21:34] * Demedais gives Seira a long look as he moves ahead.
[21:34] <Kotono> "Nature is important, but nature only has a limited dominion here," Amaryl looks about, "What does nature mean in a place where time and reality twist at a moment's whim?"
01[21:34] <Seira> "Well okay most of it was, so far. But not all!"
[21:34] <Alicia> "That's what you learned to use a sword for!" the eladrin protests, alighting on her head.
01[21:35] <Seira> "Yeah, plus evil trees using evil mind control? That's just not natural!"
[21:37] <Kotono> Another hour of walking. The party travels along sparse woodsf or a time, relatively easy passage. Slowly things thicken up again, another hour of harder travel passing. It is then the party comes on something of note. Ahead, far ahead, but not as far as the town and tower, is a bright gleaming light.
01[21:37] <Seira> "It's a trap."
01[21:38] <Seira> "I just felt like saying that. It's probably even true."
[21:38] <Kotono> "I hate to agree with a snap judgment, but Seira's probably right," Pollyanna grimaces at that, putting a hand above her eyes as she squints. "Can anyone tell what that light's coming from?"
[21:38] <Demedais> "Likely so, yes." Demedais says. "Marie, if I start acting odd again, sit on my helmet." With that, he peers out toward the light!
[21:38] <Alicia> "Hee hee!" Marie giggles and blushes.
06[21:39] * Seira giggles herself.
[21:39] <Alicia> "It's always a trap," Alicia says, ignoring any weirdness from her familiar. "But is it an inconvenient one or a deadly one?"
[21:39] <Kotono> Pollyanna groans out loud, "Aren't we more than blushing sixteen year olds," she mutters. OOC: Spot check, Deme?
[21:39] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 34." [1d20=8]
[21:40] <Demedais> "...that looks annoyingly foreboding." Demedais grunts, before glancing to Marie and Seira with mild confusion.
[21:41] <Demedais> "Seira, Lagann may get a chance to enjoy himself ahead."
01[21:41] <Seira> "What does?" Seira asks, serious once more.
[21:41] <Demedais> "It's as big as a hill and as shiny as metal." Demedais replies.
[21:42] <Demedais> "What it is, no clue. Not from this distance. I'll keep an eye on it."
01[21:42] <Seira> "Sounds like fun. Wanna go check it out?"
[21:42] <Alicia> "I hope it's not another silver dragon," Alicia mutters under her breath. "But it's in our way, so we'll have to deal with it one way or the other."
[21:43] <Demedais> "Let's just keep going, as Alicia said." Demedais nods." "We'll run into it soon enough anyway."
[21:43] <Kotono> Thus the party advances on! To most, it appears to be some great light in the distance. But after ten minutes of walking...(More, PM to deme.)
[21:45] <Demedais> "It's...a shining hill." Demedais frowns. "Only about fifteen or so minutes away, presuming distance and time are working right here. How odd."
01[21:46] <Seira> "If it's made of metal, wanna eat it, Lagann?"
[21:46] <Demedais> "I don't think it is... but it gleams like it does. Sheesh."
[21:47] <Alicia> "Probably better to walk around it than climb over it, all things considered," Alicia suggests.
[21:47] <Demedais> "Agreed, if we can manage it."
[21:49] <Kotono> The party advances closer! The light becomes stronger, dazzling! You're about 500 feet away now...the party can see a hill ahead. A hill with faint trees, hidden by bright, gleaming light. The entire hill shines like the sun. OOC: All of you are dazzled, as per SRD and paste in #elysium in a moment. Make listen checks, all?
[21:50] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 28." [1d20=2]
01[21:50] <Seira> roll 1d20+1
06[21:50] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+1 and gets 13." [1d20=12]
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 10." [1d20=8]
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[21:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 28." [1d20=13]
[21:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[21:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 and gets 25." [1d20=19]
06[21:53] * Demedais mutters under his breath. "More nonsense." he hisses. "Must be another group of faeries or something."
[21:53] <Kotono> Shielding her eyes with her hand, "I can hear it...singing?" Amaryl grimaces as her eyes narrow to a tiny squint. "I think I hear singing."
[21:53] <Alicia> "Me too!" Marie agrees, turning incorporeal while Alicia squints ahead.
06[21:55] * Seira adjusts her shades, wincing. "So this walking around it thing, let's give it a try now?"
[21:55] <Alicia> "It sounds nice, but it's probably a trick," Marie opines sadly.
[21:57] <Demedais> "It sounds annoying as hell, and it's certainly a trick, just like every other bloody thing here. The only question is which way gets us through with the least expenditure of effort." Demedais bites off. "For now I'm in agreement, let's try going around."
[21:58] <Kotono> Thus, the party starts to walk around the hill! It's hard going with dazzled eyes, the light from the hill painful and long-reaching. As the heroes stumble along...OOC: Make a spot check, all. -1 since you're all dazzled.
[21:59] <Demedais> roll 1d20+25 kay
[21:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6 A
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+25 kay and gets 35." [1d20=10]
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 A and gets 9." [1d20=3]
[21:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 M
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 M and gets 17." [1d20=12]
01[21:59] <Seira> roll 1d20+10
06[21:59] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+10 and gets 29." [1d20=19]
[22:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 31." [1d20=17]
[22:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[22:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 32." [1d20=20]
[22:01] <Kotono> "There's something..." "Watch out...!" Pollyanna and Amaryl say at once!
06[22:01] * Demedais stops the group, peering at the bush closely.
06[22:02] * Alicia promptly pulls her blindfold down.
06[22:02] * Seira draws her sword, holding it before her defensively. "I see it too, I think," she agrees, keeping an eye on it.
06[22:02] * Demedais then looks to Pollyanna and Amaryl with amusement, sword ready as he waits for whatever's in there!
[22:02] <Kotono> OOC: You guys spotted it just before bad shit happened. I'll call initiative here then
[22:02] <Kotono> .
[22:02] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 polly
06[22:02] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 and gets 4." [1d20=3]
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 polly and gets 22." [1d20=15]
[22:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 A
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 A and gets 14." [1d20=7]
01[22:03] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
[22:03] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 17." [1d20=11]
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 M and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Amaryl
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Amaryl and gets 19." [1d20=13]
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 ????
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 ????
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 ????
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 ???? and gets 20." [1d20=13]
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 ???? and gets 15." [1d20=8]
06[22:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 ???? and gets 19." [1d20=12]
03[22:04] * Kotono changes topic to 'Pollyanna(22)>????1(20)>????2=Amaryl(19)>Seira(17)>????2(15)>Alicia(14)>Marie(13)>Demedais(4)'
[22:06] <Kotono> Pollyanna readies her own bow, holding for a moment! "Trouble..." She mutters, squinting her eyes into twin slits of color. OOC: She's holding pending having a shot/something happening.
[22:06] <Alicia> "Pixies, they don't look in the mood to talk," Alicia volunteers, tensing.
[22:07] <Kotono> As Amaryl gets her own bow ready, a stream of arrows comes flying from nothing at all!
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Demedais
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Demedais and gets 21." [1d20=4]
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Pollyanna
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Pollyanna and gets 18." [1d20=1]
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 vs Alicia
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 vs Alicia and gets 20." [1d20=8]
[22:07] <Kotono> OOC: ACs?
[22:08] <Alicia> OOC: 24 flat footed
[22:08] <Kotono> OOC: You're not flatfooted, Alicia.
[22:08] <Demedais> OOC: 32
[22:08] <Alicia> OOC: 29, then
[22:08] <Kotono> The arrows whizz by in a storm! None hit, the projectiles flying! "Invisible!" Pollyanna calls, as her and Amaryl send a storm of arrows at the spot the arorws come from at the same time!
03[22:09] * Kotono changes topic to 'Pollyanna=????1(20)>????2=Amaryl(19)>Seira(17)>????2(15)>Alicia(14)>Marie(13)>Demedais(4)'
[22:09] <Kotono> OOC: Er, just Polly. Dur-hur.
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 20." [1d20=4]
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 27." [1d20=11]
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 18." [1d20=7]
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 16." [1d20=10]
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[22:09] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 75." [1d100=75]
06[22:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 98." [1d100=98]
[22:10] <Kotono> roll 2d8+22+2d6
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+22+2d6 and gets 32." [2d8=4, 3][2d6=2, 1]
[22:10] <Kotono> A storm of flaming arrows fly! As the land at the spot fired, you hear a little girly, "OWWWW!" come from the location! Yet a moment later, more arrows come flying from a spot nearby the first!
[22:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Amaryl
06[22:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Amaryl and gets 32." [1d20=15]
[22:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Marie
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Marie and gets 37." [1d20=20]
[22:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Marie crit?
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Marie crit? and gets 19." [1d20=2]
[22:11] <Kotono> OOC: Er wait, is Marie still ethereal?
[22:11] <Alicia> OOC: she is
[22:11] <Kotono> OOC: Strike that target then.
[22:11] <Kotono> roll 1d5
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d5 and gets 3." [1d5=3]
[22:11] <Kotono> OOC: Seira then.
01[22:12] <Seira> OOC: 22 flat-footed
[22:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 Pollyanna
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 Pollyanna and gets 23." [1d20=11]
[22:12] <Kotono> roll 1d6+5d6 and 2 str damage to Amaryl
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+5d6 and 2 str damage to Amaryl and gets 23." [1d6=4][5d6=3, 6, 5, 1, 4]
[22:12] <Kotono> roll 1d6+5d6 and 2 str damage to Seira
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+5d6 and 2 str damage to Seira and gets 21." [1d6=6][5d6=5, 4, 2, 2, 2]
[22:12] <Kotono> roll 1d6+5d6 and 2 str damage to Polly
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+5d6 and 2 str damage to Polly and gets 17." [1d6=5][5d6=2, 2, 4, 2, 2]
[22:13] <Kotono> At the same time, as the arrows fly, Amaryl lets her own shots fly at the firing pixie!
06[22:13] * Seira curses, calling out, "Wait on me, Amaryl!"
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 22." [1d20=14]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 9." [1d20=1]
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 19." [1d20=11]
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 11." [1d20=3]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 12." [1d20=9]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d100
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 55." [1d100=55]
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5." [1d8=4]
[22:15] <Kotono> The arrows fly again, a pincushion made around the other invisible firing pixie! Yet all three women are wounded! Seira is grazed across the neck, Polly getting an arrow in the leg! Amaryl takes one in the stomach, on the outside but still a deep, painful wound! OOC: Seira.
06[22:16] * Seira gestures at the invisible pixies, calling for faerie fire to illuminate the pair of them with a bright violet glow!
[22:17] <Kotono> Faerie Fire illuminates the two firing pixies with a violet glow! So outlined, they are shown and vulnerable! Yet a second later, a third fires from the other side of the first!
[22:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Demedais
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Demedais and gets 25." [1d20=8]
[22:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Seira
06[22:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 flatfooted vs Seira and gets 29." [1d20=12]
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 vs Alicia
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 vs Alicia and gets 28." [1d20=11]
[22:18] <Kotono> OOC: ACs?
01[22:18] <Seira> "Damn, missed one," Seira curses, clutching at her neck.
01[22:18] <Seira> OOC: Still 22
[22:18] <Alicia> OOC: 29
[22:18] <Demedais> AC: 32 still
[22:18] <Kotono> OOC: And yes, CL, Seira. Sorry, I forgot FF allowed SR.
01[22:18] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 24." [1d20=8]
[22:18] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d6+5d6 and -2 str Seira
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+5d6 and -2 str Seira and gets 28." [1d6=2][5d6=5, 5, 6, 4, 6]
[22:19] <Kotono> As more arrows fly, they bounce off the steel Alicia and Demedais wear! Seira isn't so lucky, an arrow right in her elbow again! OOC - Alicia.
[22:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2 knowledge devotion
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+2 knowledge devotion and gets 7." [1d20=5]
[22:21] <Alicia> "Back off if you know what's good for you!" Alicia barks at the pixies as she stalks towards the one in the middle and clouts it in the back of the head with the flat of her blade!
[22:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 -2pa -4 nonlethal divine might
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 -2pa -4 nonlethal divine might and gets 29." [1d20=11]
[22:21] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[22:21] <Alicia> roll 1d8+25+1d6
06[22:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+25+1d6 and gets 27." [1d8=1][1d6=1]
[22:22] <Alicia> "Marie, faerie fire to my left, and protect Amaryl!" she then calls back to her familiar.
[22:22] <Kotono> Alicia strikes true, vision beyond vision unimpeded as she clobbers the pixie hard! It staggers and groans, glaring up daggers at Alicia! "Or what?" it challenges back, all while rubbing it's head! OOC: Marie.
[22:23] <Alicia> "Got it!" Marie hovers protectively near Amaryl and illuminates the last pixie in a lambent purple glow.
[22:23] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 CL
06[22:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 CL and gets 30." [1d20=14]
[22:23] <Kotono> The last pixie is also faerie fired successfully, illuminated as Marie protects Amaryl! OOC - Deme.
[22:23] <Alicia> "Or they'll kill you you little idiots!" Alicia replies hotly.
[22:23] <Demedais> "Or -I- kill you." Demedais growls loudly, glaring at the faerie fire outlines.
[22:24] <Kotono> OOC: Trying to intimidate, Deme?
[22:24] <Demedais> OOC: Not yet.
[22:24] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, carry on then.
[22:26] <Demedais> With this, he quickly bumrushes the second point of light to fire, aiming to slam into it viciously with the flat of his blade! "For next time I swing, I'll move to kill you runts!"
[22:26] <Demedais> roll 1d20+16 (-4 PA, -4 non-lethal, +2 Haste, +2 charge)
06[22:26] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+16 (-4 PA, -4 non-lethal, +2 Haste, +2 charge) and gets 17." [1d20=1]
[22:27] <Kotono> Demedais charges! He swings hard, too hard! His blade slams into the ground between the two pixies, jus tmissing! OOC - Polly and the first pixie are up.
[22:28] <Kotono> Pollyanna fires at the first pixie again, letting off a snapping volley of arrows!
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 19." [1d20=3]
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 and gets 26." [1d20=10]
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 21." [1d20=10]
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 8." [1d20=2]
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 2d8+20+2d6
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+20+2d6 and gets 36." [2d8=7, 3][2d6=4, 2]
[22:29] <Kotono> As the pixie is riddled with arrows again, Alicia able to see it slumping in dazed pain, it flies up! "Tsch, they can see us and illuminate us! Retreat!" it calls! OOC: You can AoO it if you want since you're in range, Alicia.
[22:29] <Alicia> OOC: if it uses the withdraw action it won't provoke an AoO. Is it running/moving once so it can shoot?
[22:30] <Demedais> "Retreat and burn!" Demedais replies violently!
[22:30] <Kotono> OOC: It looks like it's outright fleeing upwards and away.
[22:30] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18 if it provokes, sure. -2pa -4 nonlethal
06[22:30] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 if it provokes, sure. -2pa -4 nonlethal and gets 19." [1d20=1]
[22:31] <Kotono> Alicia swings as it flees, but her blade misses entirely! The second one does the same, flying up. "See ya!" it calls, as Amaryl grits her teeth and holds her fire a moment. "Let them go?" she asks in clipped words. "Or fire?"
[22:32] <Alicia> "And don't come back!" Alicia yells as they flee.
[22:32] <Kotono> OOC: Seira, you're up then. You can act if you please.
06[22:32] * Seira scowls. "Let them go," she says nonetheless, as the pixies retreat.
[22:32] <Kotono> The last pixie retreats upa s well! OOC: Deme, are you going to do anything to snipe at them as they flee, or let them goa s well?
06[22:33] * Demedais seems immensely disapproving, but shrugs. "They'll just come back fully healed and attack again." With that, he goes to heal Seira of the weariness the arrows delivered!
[22:33] <Demedais> roll 1d4
06[22:33] * Seira points at the fleeing pixies. "If I see either of you again, I will make you beg for death for hours on end!"
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
01[22:33] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 FEAR
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 FEAR and gets 33." [1d20=9]
[22:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[22:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 31." [1d20=19]
06[22:33] * Demedais grunts and casts again.
[22:34] <Demedais> roll 1d4 let's not saul please
06[22:34] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d4 let's not saul please and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[22:34] <Kotono> The pixies flee with all due haste, as Demedais tends to Seira. "Ow..." Pollyanna grimaces. "Of course. An ambush using invisible foes when we're already hobbled with all that light. It makes too much sense."
06[22:35] * Seira helps Amaryl with her wound the first chance she gets, before all else.
01[22:35] <Seira> roll 3d8+15
06[22:35] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+15 and gets 27." [3d8=2, 2, 8]
[22:36] <Kotono> The wound is mended, Amaryl sighing in relief. "I have potions and a wand if anyone needs it," Amaryl speaks up. "Seira? Pollyanna?"
[22:36] <Alicia> "Lets just keep moving before anyone else works up the nerve to attack us?" Alicia suggests, lifting up her blindfold and starting onwards.
01[22:36] <Seira> "We should leave the immediate area first, yes," Seira agrees.
[22:36] <Demedais> "See the light, get shot by the light. Wish I could say it didn't make sense." Demedais mutters under his breath, before stepping back and shaking his head. "I don't have any more uses of strength restoration today, aside from an emergency one. So let's keep going for now, yes." With that he nods to Pollyanna and the rest, before moving ahead.
[22:38] <Kotono> Thus the party moves on again! They wrap safely around the hill, reaching the other side! Fromt here they advance onward! Twenty minutes of walking, leaving all of that behind. "Tired," Amaryl smothers a yawn in her hand, "Will we need to camp in the woods if this keeps going?"
01[22:39] <Seira> "I bet we'll make it to the inn," Seira responds. "Though this is as good a place as any to rest a bit and recover. Let's try that wand of yours?"
06[22:40] * Demedais shrugs at this, doing a quick look ahead, paused for the moment.
[22:40] <Kotono> OOC: Spot, Deme?
[22:40] <Kotono> "Who needs it," she asks, fishing it out of her backpack.
[22:40] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[22:40] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 28." [1d20=2]
[22:40] <Alicia> "I think taking our chances in the woods is probably better than staying at a dubious inn," Alicia puts in her thoughts.
01[22:41] <Seira> "Start with Pollyanna?"
[22:41] <Kotono> "Right," Amaryl takes it and gets tow ork!
[22:41] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 3." [1d8=2]
[22:41] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5." [1d8=4]
[22:41] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 3." [1d8=2]
[22:41] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[22:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 9." [1d8=8]
[22:41] <Kotono> Pollyanna's wounds are mended! "What about you, Seira? Demedais, are you still hurting? Alicia?"
01[22:42] <Seira> "Sure, I'll be next!"
[22:42] <Alicia> "I'm fine," Alicia smiles briefly. "Only got bitten by that first dog, and Demedais healed me then."
[22:42] <Demedais> "I'm fine right now. Thank you, though." Demedais shrugs, looking ahead still.
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 4." [1d8=3]
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 7." [1d8=6]
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5." [1d8=4]
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 3." [1d8=2]
[22:42] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[22:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 7." [1d8=6]
[22:43] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[22:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 8." [1d8=7]
[22:43] <Kotono> Seira's wounds are healed as well! Putting the wand away, "Okay then, we'll keep going?"
06[22:43] * Demedais blinks, holding a hand out to stall for a moment. "Is it just me or is it getting colder?"
[22:44] <Kotono> OOC: Strike.
[22:44] <Kotono> OOC: Deme's line, that is.
06[22:44] * Demedais nods briefly to Amaryl and the rest. "Let's."
01[22:45] <Seira> "I think we should, yes," Seira agrees. "I'd feel better with resting more after we've met another of those dogs, really."
[22:45] <Demedais> "Fair." Demedais nods. "And from all indications we'll run into one again."
[22:46] <Alicia> "Or maybe their master!" Marie suggests brightly.
01[22:46] <Seira> "Ah, there's that optimism again!"
[22:47] <Kotono> Another fourty minutes of travel passes! The forest thickens again, becoming difficult to cross. The shining hill is long behind you now when...it happen.s Time is wrong. Everything is wrong. Night becomes day in an instant, the sun banished into the curse of the dark night. Yet, the moonlight filtering in through the trees seems stronger this time, brighter. It covers everything with a radiance Selune would be proud of, a faint, washed out sil
[22:47] <Kotono> It covers everything with a radiance Selune would be proud of, a faint, washed out silver over everything.
[22:48] <Alicia> "The stronger moon... I bet this means we will see the master of the hunt, after all," Alicia suggests warily, casting mirror image.
[22:48] <Alicia> roll 1d4+5
06[22:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+5 and gets 8." [1d4=3]
06[22:49] * Seira touches Amaryl and Pollyanna's shoulders, imbuing them with the Blur spell. "Just as a precaution," she says, agreeing with Alicia's words.
[22:49] <Kotono> "That means we're really getting closer!" Amaryl smiles despite it all. "Let's hurry then."
06[22:49] * Alicia also heals herself fully, wanting to be in top condition for this.
01[22:50] <Seira> OOC: Blur on me and Amaryl, then
[22:51] <Kotono> The party walks on for a minute or two. It's not long until the forest becomes incredibly thick once more. There is a path ahead, a path lined by ancient, crumbling stone pillars. They glow with moonlight-silver runes, a pair of pillars every twenty feet along the path or so.
06[22:52] * Alicia draws her sword and advances cautiously, while Marie hangs back near the archers.
06[22:53] * Seira proceeds after Alicia, sword likewise drawn.
06[22:53] * Demedais grumbles. "Obvious enough?" Sword out, he advances as well with Alicia, looking around cautiously.
[22:54] <Kotono> Ahead, the party sees a large clearing at the end of the path. It glows incredibly bright. As they approach it, they can see that the canopy parts there. Pure moonlight filters in from a huge, endless moon fixiated in the sky above. The sky is endless and starless, eternal besides the orb of the moon within it. As the party approaches, howling can be heard from far away.
[22:55] <Kotono> Pillars litter the perimeter of the clearing, many broken or half collapsed. A few remain intact, reaching 15 feet tall. On the other side, a path ahead aways. You can see something past it, the town and tower. They seem...close. Very close.
06[22:55] * Alicia steps fully into the clearing and pauses there for a moment, as this seems the perfect spot for a battle.
06[22:56] * Seira decides to imbue herself with draconic might in preparation of the confrontation, casting Shield afterwards. Even though there's a chance it won't do any good or even waste the spells, she'd still prefer to be adequately prepared!
06[22:56] * Demedais prepares his law devotion, before looking around for the source of the howling.
[22:57] <Kotono> From the vast moon above, a teardrop of moonlight falls! From faraway, a horn can be heard blowing! Standing in the center of the clearing, 50 feet away from the party, is another hound of the hunt! A voice calls, "Let the hunt begin in earnest!" It's voice is beautiful and alien to you, punctuated by the howling of the Hound! OOC - Initiative.
[22:57] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1 kay
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 kay and gets 16." [1d20=15]
[22:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 A
[22:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 Hound
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 A and gets 25." [1d20=18]
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 Hound and gets 30." [1d20=15]
[22:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 M and gets 12." [1d20=5]
[22:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 26." [1d20=19]
[22:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Amaryl
06[22:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Amaryl and gets 23." [1d20=17]
01[22:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+11 nerveskitter
06[22:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 nerveskitter and gets 18." [1d20=7]
03[22:58] * Kotono changes topic to 'Hound of the Hunt(30)>Pollyanna(26)>Alicia(25)>Amaryl(23)>Seira(18)>Demedais(16)>Marie(12)'
[22:59] <Kotono> The Hound raises it's head to the moon and howls! Moonlight cascades down from above, splitting into many Hounds at once!
[22:59] <Kotono> roll 1d4+6
06[22:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4+6 and gets 7." [1d4=1]
03[22:59] * Kotono changes topic to 'Hound of the Hunt(30) 7 images>Pollyanna(26)>Alicia(25)>Amaryl(23)>Seira(18)>Demedais(16)>Marie(12)'
[23:00] <Kotono> The new herd of Hounds sprints forward, going right for Demedais and biting down hard!
[23:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (-5 PA)
06[23:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (-5 PA) and gets 36." [1d20=3]
[23:00] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[23:00] <Demedais> OOC: Irony strikes again. 33, didn't buff AC.
[23:01] <Kotono> roll 2d6+50
06[23:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+50 and gets 56." [2d6=2, 4]
[23:01] <Kotono> The wolf bites fast and hard, a massive bite that glows with moonlight! It chomps hard into Demedais, before the wolf flees back 40 feet en masse! OOC - Pollyanan.
[23:02] <Kotono> "Get the hell away from him!" She says, firing a volley of arrows en masse at the images!
[23:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 25." [1d20=8]
[23:02] <Kotono> roll 1d8
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 and gets 3." [1d8=3]
[23:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[23:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 22." [1d20=5]
[23:03] <Kotono> roll 1d7
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d7 and gets 4." [1d7=4]
[23:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 28." [1d20=16]
[23:03] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 6." [1d6=6]
[23:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[23:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 11." [1d20=4]
03[23:03] * Kotono changes topic to 'Hound of the Hunt(30) 4 images>Pollyanna(26)>Alicia(25)>Amaryl(23)>Seira(18)>Demedais(16)>Marie(12)'
[23:04] <Kotono> Arrows fly, images pierced! None are the true Hound, yet the number of images are reduced drastically! OOC: Alicia.
06[23:04] * Alicia hurls a barrage of magic missiles at the hound and its copies, stepping close to Demedais so they can cover each other from further spring attacks.
[23:05] <Alicia> roll 1d4+1 1 for each image and 1 for the real one
06[23:05] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+1 1 for each image and 1 for the real one and gets 5." [1d4=4]
03[23:05] * Kotono changes topic to 'Hound of the Hunt(30)>Pollyanna(26)>Alicia(25)>Amaryl(23)>Seira(18)>Demedais(16)>Marie(12)'
[23:05] <Kotono> The images of the hound vanish, leaving ony the real one! The missile that hits it does negiligable damage, but the true threat is now exposed! Just in time for Amaryl to fire a vast volley of arrows at it!
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 25." [1d20=16]
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 27." [1d20=18]
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 14." [1d20=5]
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 11." [1d20=2]
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 24." [1d20=20]
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 10." [1d20=6]
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4 crit
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 crit and gets 20." [1d20=16]
[23:06] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[23:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5." [1d8=4]
[23:06] <Kotono> The arrow strikes! This time, however, ti's flesh seems stougher! The arrow bounces off, unable to penetrate into it's body! OOC - Seira.
06[23:07] * Seira calls upon Waukeen's power to fly over Demedais and the Hound, hoving on the beast's other side in brief inaction, before striking at it!
[23:08] <Kotono> OOC: Hound has reach on you and can AoO, by the by. Tumbling?
01[23:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+15 yes
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+15 yes and gets 30." [1d20=15]
[23:08] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
01[23:08] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 (flanking, flight, overall +1 to hit from str adjustments)
06[23:08] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 (flanking, flight, overall +1 to hit from str adjustments) and gets 40." [1d20=18]
01[23:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 35." [1d20=18]
01[23:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 35." [1d20=19]
01[23:09] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[23:09] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 25." [1d20=9]
[23:10] <Kotono> OOC: Flanking with who?
[23:10] <Kotono> OOC: No one's close, it fell back 40 after biting Deme.
[23:10] <Kotono> OOC: Anyway, wht are your modified to hit numbers?
01[23:10] <Seira> OOC: I misunderstood. Well, since it's over Travel range, I'll just have charged, then?
01[23:11] <Seira> OOC: Since Travel would only give me 30ft
[23:11] <Kotono> OOC: Sure, but that means only a single attack then.
01[23:11] <Seira> roll 3d8+9
06[23:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9 and gets 30." [3d8=8, 6, 7]
01[23:11] <Seira> OOC: Alas
[23:12] <Kotono> Seira stabs into the flank of the beast, moving fast and true! She finds it hard to wound, the REsort's metal having difficulty wounding the powerful beast of a creature! OOC - Deme.
06[23:15] * Demedais grunts at the hit, before gesturing into the air! "Helm, grant me your might...!" OOC: In order, Haste effect triggered, Divine Power cast, Kensai Chargeup used.
[23:16] <Kotono> OOC" Marie?
[23:16] <Alicia> Marie hesitates in case the dog conjures more images, ready to shoot them with magic missiles if it does.
[23:16] <Alicia> OOC: holding
[23:17] <Kotono> The Hound howls to the sky again! More images come from the moonlit heavens!
[23:17] <Kotono> roll 1d4+6
06[23:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4+6 and gets 9." [1d4=3]
03[23:17] * Kotono changes topic to 'Hound of the Hunt(30) 8 images>Pollyanna(26)>Alicia(25)>Amaryl(23)>Seira(18)>Demedais(16)>Marie(12)'
[23:17] <Kotono> OOC: Marie?
[23:17] <Alicia> And Marie shoots them down!
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 1d9
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d9 and gets 8." [1d9=8]
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 1d8
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8 and gets 5." [1d8=5]
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 1d7
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d7 and gets 3." [1d7=3]
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 1d6
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d6 and gets 1." [1d6=1]
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 1d6
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d6 and gets 6." [1d6=6]
[23:18] <Alicia> roll 1d4+1 -4 images
06[23:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+1 -4 images and gets 5." [1d4=4]
03[23:18] * Kotono changes topic to 'Hound of the Hunt(30) 4 images>Pollyanna(26)>Alicia(25)>Amaryl(23)>Seira(18)>Demedais(16)>Marie(12)'
03[23:18] * Kotono changes topic to 'Hound of the Hunt(30) 4 images=Marie>Pollyanna(26)>Alicia(25)>Amaryl(23)>Seira(18)>Demedais(16)'
[23:19] <Kotono> Marie savages the images, as the Hound bites up at Seira in retort!
[23:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+33 (-5 PA)
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+33 (-5 PA) and gets 45." [1d20=12]
[23:19] <Kotono> roll 1d100 blur
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 blur and gets 29." [1d100=29]
[23:19] <Kotono> roll 2d6+50
06[23:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+50 and gets 58." [2d6=4, 4]
[23:20] <Kotono> It chomps right into Seira, doing serious damage to her legs with several small bites all over! AS moonlight gleams from it's mouth, the beast holds it's position for now! OOC: Polly
[23:20] <Kotono> Pollyanna fires again, mowing off shots quickly!
[23:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[23:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 29." [1d20=12]
[23:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[23:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 25." [1d20=8]
[23:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[23:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 17." [1d20=5]
01[23:20] <Seira> Seira's eyes narrow through the pain. That's one dead dog!
[23:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[23:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 20." [1d20=13]
[23:20] <Kotono> roll 1d5
06[23:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d5 and gets 4." [1d5=4]
[23:20] <Kotono> roll 1d4
06[23:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[23:21] <Kotono> roll 1d3
06[23:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 and gets 3." [1d3=3]
[23:21] <Kotono> roll 1d2
06[23:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d2 and gets 2." [1d2=2]
03[23:21] * Kotono changes topic to 'Hound of the Hunt(30) 2 images=Marie>Pollyanna(26)>Alicia(25)>Amaryl(23)>Seira(18)>Demedais(16)'
[23:21] <Kotono> Arrows fly, reducing the images down further! OOC: Alicia.
[23:22] <Alicia> "The Moon's giving it power!" Alicia exclaims, feeling a bit stupid saying it since it's so obvious, but it'll help everyone understand her next move. "Snow rain, dance and swirl!" she calls, conjuring a massive snowstorm in the air above the clearing! None of the conjured ice touches the ground, but it blots out the sky above them, obscuring the moon from sight!
[23:23] <Kotono> OOC: You're using sleet storm to cover the sky?
[23:23] <Alicia> OOC: sleet storm centred 40 feet high directly above the dog.
[23:23] <Kotono> The clearing becomes darker as the moonlight is blocke dby a raging sleet storm above! The moonlight in the Hound's mouth fades away into a dim glow! OOC: Amaryl is up.
[23:24] <Kotono> Amaryl keeps her arrows flying rapidly!
[23:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 16." [1d20=7]
[23:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[23:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 10." [1d20=1]
[23:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 15." [1d20=6]
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 23." [1d20=14]
[23:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 22." [1d20=18]
[23:24] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 11." [1d20=7]
[23:24] <Kotono> roll 1d3
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 and gets 3." [1d3=3]
[23:24] <Kotono> roll 1d3
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 and gets 2." [1d3=2]
[23:24] <Kotono> roll 1d3
06[23:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 and gets 1." [1d3=1]
[23:25] <Kotono> Amaryl fires! The first arrows miss the Hound entirely, the third one finding the real one but not penetrating it's body! OOC: Seira.
01[23:26] <Seira> "Let's waste it, Lagann!" Seira calls out, waiting on her little buddy to strike the hound with his magical dagger before unleashing her own attacks.
[23:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[23:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 15." [1d20=7]
[23:26] <Kotono> roll 1d3
06[23:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 and gets 2." [1d3=2]
[23:26] <Kotono> OOC: Go Seira.
01[23:26] <Seira> OOC: 1d3?
[23:27] <Kotono> OOC: Nevermind, it didn't crack the AC anyway.
01[23:27] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[23:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 32." [1d20=10]
01[23:27] <Seira> roll 1d3
06[23:27] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d3 and gets 1." [1d3=1]
01[23:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[23:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 31." [1d20=14]
01[23:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[23:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 31." [1d20=15]
01[23:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[23:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 24." [1d20=8]
01[23:29] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+5d6
06[23:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+5d6 and gets 37." [3d8=3, 6, 1][5d6=4, 2, 5, 1, 6]
01[23:29] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+5d6
06[23:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+5d6 and gets 34." [3d8=7, 7, 3][5d6=1, 1, 1, 3, 2]
01[23:29] <Seira> roll 1d4+3+5d6
06[23:29] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4+3+5d6 and gets 28." [1d4=3][5d6=3, 4, 4, 6, 5]
[23:30] <Kotono> Seira claws, stabs and bites into the beast! She deals fair damage to it overall, several wounds in it's front that draw blood! Yet it still seems rabidly alive, resisting the wounds with considerable endurance! OOC: DEme-Deme.
06[23:31] * Demedais charges rabidly into the dog's flank, aiming to split it apart with one massive blow as the strength courses through him!
[23:31] <Kotono> OOC: It does get an AoO on you. You okay with that?
[23:32] <Demedais> OOC: Guess so. Prot. Devotion goes up this turn so it's got a chance of missing!
[23:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (-5 PA, -6 moonlight)
06[23:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 (-5 PA, -6 moonlight) and gets 33." [1d20=7]
[23:33] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[23:33] <Demedais> OOC: 38!
[23:33] <Kotono> The beast snaps at Demedais quickly, but can't seem to muster enough power to strike as he charges in! OOC: Go Deme.
[23:36] <Demedais> roll 1d20+27 (+4 Divine Power +5 Strength buff +2 Haste +2 Charge +4 Law Dev -10 PA)
06[23:36] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+27 (+4 Divine Power +5 Strength buff +2 Haste +2 Charge +4 Law Dev -10 PA) and gets 37." [1d20=10]
[23:36] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[23:38] <Demedais> roll 2d6+39
06[23:38] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+39 and gets 48." [2d6=6, 3]
[23:39] <Kotono> Demedais charges in, stabbing the Hound right in the flank! He rips a wound in, his sword shifting as it changes to adapt to it's resistances! OOC: Hound is up.
[23:39] <Kotono> The hound howls again! Yet this time, nothing happens! It's remaining two images shift and dance, as it bites at Demedais!
[23:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 (-6 moonlight)
06[23:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 (-6 moonlight) and gets 37." [1d20=6]
[23:40] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[23:40] <Demedais> OOC: Still 38!
[23:40] <Kotono> Demedais has the Fifth Resort surge forward, deflecting the wolf's jaw away by thumping it right in the jawline! OOC - Marie?
[23:40] <Demedais> "Hi, doggy."
[23:41] <Alicia> Marie doesn't really need to do much at this point, but she turns corporeal so she can shoot arrows later if need be.
[23:41] <Kotono> Pollyanna keeps arrows firing and the pressure on from safely away!
[23:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[23:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[23:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 37." [1d20=20]
06[23:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 33." [1d20=16]
[23:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[23:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 23." [1d20=11]
[23:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[23:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 8." [1d20=1]
[23:41] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17 crit?
06[23:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 crit? and gets 31." [1d20=14]
[23:42] <Kotono> roll 1d3
06[23:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3 and gets 3." [1d3=3]
[23:42] <Kotono> roll 1d2
06[23:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d2 and gets 2." [1d2=2]
03[23:42] * Kotono changes topic to 'Hound of the Hunt(30)=Marie>Pollyanna(26)>Alicia(25)>Amaryl(23)>Seira(18)>Demedais(16)'
[23:42] <Kotono> Savage burning arrows fly, ripping away the last two images and leaving the Hound's defenses breeched! OOC: Alicia.
[23:42] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 knowledge devotion
06[23:42] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 knowledge devotion and gets 16." [1d20=6]
06[23:43] * Alicia finally enters melee, following after Demedais and hacking her flaming blade into the horrid dog's neck!
[23:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 -5 pa, charging, divine might
06[23:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 -5 pa, charging, divine might and gets 37." [1d20=15]
[23:44] <Kotono> OOC: Tumbling?
[23:44] <Alicia> OOC: yes
[23:44] <Kotono> OOC: Also hit.
[23:44] <Alicia> roll 1d8+32+1d6
06[23:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+32+1d6 and gets 40." [1d8=2][1d6=6]
[23:45] <Kotono> Sprinting in, Alicia stabs into the shoulder of the beast! Not quite the aimed goal, but still a solid, heavy wound to it! Amaryl follows up with her own rain of arrows!
[23:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[23:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 22." [1d20=13]
[23:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[23:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[23:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 17." [1d20=8]
[23:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[23:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 14." [1d20=5]
06[23:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 13." [1d20=4]
[23:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
06[23:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 6." [1d20=2]
[23:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
06[23:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 20." [1d20=16]
[23:45] <Kotono> Yet none land this time, many fired but none connecting! OOC: Seira.
01[23:46] <Seira> Even though her legs are in a pretty bad shape, all Seira can do is smile nastily as she prepares to avenge herself once more!
01[23:46] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 and gets 37." [1d20=15]
01[23:46] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 and gets 29." [1d20=12]
01[23:46] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 19." [1d20=3]
01[23:46] <Seira> roll 1d20+16
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+16 and gets 32." [1d20=16]
01[23:46] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+5d6
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+5d6 and gets 45." [3d8=8, 4, 8][5d6=1, 4, 5, 4, 2]
[23:46] <Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
01[23:46] <Seira> roll 1d6+3+5d6
06[23:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d6+3+5d6 and gets 26." [1d6=4][5d6=4, 3, 2, 6, 4]
[23:47] <Kotono> Seira savages the flank of the hound, tearing and ripping into it's surrounded form, dealing more damage! OOC: Deme.
[23:48] <Demedais> "Cold iron blade, to soothe the feral heart... permanently." Demedais' eyes seem almost pure steel as he lays out a serious of complex strokes into the flesh of the beast, aiming to rip ribcage and sinews apart completely!
[23:49] <Demedais> roll 1d20+29 (+4 Divine Power +1 Strength buff +2 Haste +4 Law Dev -2 PA)
[23:49] <Demedais> roll 1d20+29 (+4 Divine Power +1 Strength buff +2 Haste +4 Law Dev -2 PA)
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+29 (+4 Divine Power +1 Strength buff +2 Haste +4 Law Dev -2 PA) and gets 43." [1d20=14]
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+29 (+4 Divine Power +1 Strength buff +2 Haste +4 Law Dev -2 PA) and gets 32." [1d20=3]
[23:49] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 (+4 Divine Power +1 Strength buff +2 Haste +4 Law Dev -2 PA)
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 (+4 Divine Power +1 Strength buff +2 Haste +4 Law Dev -2 PA) and gets 35." [1d20=11]
[23:49] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 (+4 Divine Power +1 Strength buff +2 Haste +4 Law Dev -2 PA)
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 (+4 Divine Power +1 Strength buff +2 Haste +4 Law Dev -2 PA) and gets 22." [1d20=3]
[23:49] <Demedais> roll 1d20+14 (+4 Divine Power +1 Strength buff +2 Haste +4 Law Dev -2 PA)
06[23:49] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+14 (+4 Divine Power +1 Strength buff +2 Haste +4 Law Dev -2 PA) and gets 30." [1d20=16]
[23:49] <Kotono> OOC: Four hits.
[23:50] <Demedais> roll 8d6+48+16
06[23:50] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 8d6+48+16 and gets 90." [8d6=4, 1, 4, 2, 6, 6, 2, 1]
[23:52] <Kotono> Demedais utterly tears into the Hound! It's flesh does not resist this blade, torn asunder from sinew to blood! The series of blows is voerwhelming, blood sent so high as to mix with the raging sleetstorm above! The wolf is mauled horribly, but snaps and survives, this time going for Alicia in desperation!
[23:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 (-6 moonlight)
06[23:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 (-6 moonlight) and gets 47." [1d20=16]
[23:52] <Kotono> roll 1d9
06[23:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d9 and gets 7." [1d9=7]
[23:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 (-6 moonlight) cleave
06[23:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 (-6 moonlight) cleave and gets 34." [1d20=3]
[23:53] <Kotono> roll 1d8
06[23:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 and gets 7." [1d8=7]
[23:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 (-6 moonlight) cleave 2
06[23:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 (-6 moonlight) cleave 2 and gets 41." [1d20=10]
[23:53] <Kotono> roll 1d7
06[23:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d7 and gets 7." [1d7=7]
[23:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 (-6 moonlight) cleave 3
06[23:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+31 (-6 moonlight) cleave 3 and gets 41." [1d20=10]
[23:53] <Kotono> roll 1d6
06[23:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 and gets 1." [1d6=1]
[23:53] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[23:53] <Alicia> OOC: 34
[23:53] <Kotono> roll 2d6+25
06[23:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+25 and gets 32." [2d6=5, 2]
[23:53] <Kotono> This bite gets Alicia right on the hand! It's mauling and painful, but not nearly as bad as the bites before! OOC: Marie?
[23:54] <Alicia> Marie breaks out her cold iron arrows and fires into the melee! "I'll save you, Alicia!"
[23:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[23:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 29." [1d20=9]
[23:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15
06[23:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 and gets 30." [1d20=15]
[23:54] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10
06[23:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 and gets 13." [1d20=3]
[23:54] <Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[23:54] <Alicia> roll 1d4+3+1d6+1d4
06[23:54] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+3+1d6+1d4 and gets 10." [1d4=4][1d6=2][1d4=1]
[23:55] <Kotono> Marie fires again! The cold iron arrow burrows in well to the flank of the beast, doing a little more harm onto it's bear sized body! OOC: Polly's up.
[23:55] <Kotono> More arrows come in support!
[23:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[23:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[23:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 26." [1d20=9]
06[23:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 33." [1d20=16]
[23:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[23:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 13." [1d20=1]
[23:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[23:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 15." [1d20=8]
[23:55] <Kotono> roll 1d8+10+1d6
06[23:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+10+1d6 and gets 19." [1d8=8][1d6=1]
[23:55] <Kotono> The arrow slams in hard! It has trouble penetrating, but still manages a weak gash into it's side! OOC: Alicia.
06[23:56] * Alicia briefly shakes her hand and winces before tightening her grip around her blade and laying into the savage beast with a flurry of vicious slashes!
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 divine might, 4th level arcane strike and gets 32." [1d20=5]
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 divine might, 4th level arcane strike and gets 39." [1d20=12]
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 divine might, 4th level arcane strike and gets 26." [1d20=4]
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 divine might, 4th level arcane strike and gets 34." [1d20=12]
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 divine might, 4th level arcane strike and gets 32." [1d20=15]
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17 divine might, 4th level arcane strike
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+17 divine might, 4th level arcane strike and gets 33." [1d20=16]
[23:57] <Kotono> OOC: All hit but the 26. Ow.
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+1d6
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+19+1d6 and gets 31." [1d8=8][1d6=4]
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 4d4
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d4 and gets 10." [4d4=2, 4, 3, 1]
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+1d6+4d4
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+19+1d6+4d4 and gets 37." [1d8=2][1d6=2][4d4=3, 4, 3, 4]
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+1d6+4d4
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+19+1d6+4d4 and gets 33." [1d8=2][1d6=1][4d4=4, 1, 3, 3]
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+1d6+4d4
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+19+1d6+4d4 and gets 34." [1d8=6][1d6=2][4d4=1, 4, 1, 1]
[23:57] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+1d6+4d4
06[23:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+19+1d6+4d4 and gets 39." [1d8=8][1d6=5][4d4=1, 1, 2, 3]
[23:58] <Kotono> Alicia tears into the weakened beast, expanding on the savage wounds done by others! It's enough to rip it apart, it's body falling to the ground in burnt, torn hunks! It is so slain, the battle ending as the sleet storm rages above! OOC: Free act.
01[23:59] <Seira> "Wasn't this supposed to be the true hunt or some nonsense like that?" Seira calls out.
06[23:59] * Demedais nods, before looking around carefully, face still calm.
[23:59] <Alicia> It might be vanity, but Alicia did recently have all the scars on her body healed away, and has no desire to earn new ones. So she takes out her wand of cure light wounds and waves it over her wounded hand to heal the injury away.
[23:59] <Kotono> The clearing seems quiet otherwise...OOC: Spot?
[23:59] <Alicia> roll 1d8+1
06[23:59] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5." [1d8=4]
Session Time: Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 2009
[00:00] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[00:00] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 31." [1d20=5]
01[00:00] <Seira> roll 1d20+11 sure
06[00:00] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 sure and gets 16." [1d20=5]
[00:00] <Kotono> "Got it!" Pollyanna trots up and brushes back her bangs. "Everyone okay?"
[00:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+6 Marie
06[00:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+6 Marie and gets 10." [1d20=4]
06[00:01] * Alicia flexes her hand. It still hurts a bit, but the flesh is mended enough for her purposes. "Well enough. Want any healing, Seira? Demedais?"
[00:01] <Demedais> "Looks like we're alone again. Let's get going and get to the town?" Demedais says, healing himself as he waits for responses.
01[00:02] <Seira> "Might as well," Seira agrees. "Once the spell ends in a few minutes, I'd be in pretty horrible shape."
06[00:02] * Alicia uses a couple of charges on Seira.
[00:02] <Demedais> roll 3d8+7 sacced Invis Purge
06[00:02] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d8+7 sacced Invis Purge and gets 23." [3d8=6, 3, 7]
[00:02] <Alicia> roll 2d8+2
06[00:02] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+2 and gets 14." [2d8=8, 4]
[00:03] <Alicia> "Pretty snow," Marie opines as she floats closer, glancing up. "Still, it's not much of a hunt to just throw dogs at the meat grinder like that, is it?"
[00:04] <Kotono> "Not really," Amaryl agrees, "But if these are just it's hounds and the true hunt is beginning, does that mean that it's going to get worse as we get closer?"
[00:04] <Demedais> "I don't care." Demedais shrugs. "Whatever he has, we'll aim to eliminate. All there is to it."
01[00:04] <Seira> "Their master must be a weakling that's all show," Seira says with a snort. "What an idiot."
01[00:04] <Seira> roll 2d8+10 more heals
06[00:04] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 2d8+10 more heals and gets 16." [2d8=5, 1]
[00:05] <Kotono> "We're probably not that lucky," Pollyanna looks to Seira there wearily. "Calling him an idiot is asking for us to underestimate someone dangerous."
[00:05] <Alicia> "One of these could tear apart a pack of Nessian Hell Hounds," Alicia comments, giving the corpse a nudge with her foot. "Their master is surely worse."
01[00:06] <Seira> "Maybe he's just really good at enchantment?"
06[00:06] * Demedais grumbles under his breath at this.
[00:06] <Alicia> "Anyway, lets keep moving? No sense lingering here," Alicia suggests, starting to move to the other side of the clearing.
06[00:07] * Demedais nods and follows, healing himself once more before the crossing is done.
[00:07] <Demedais> roll 3d8+7 MCfromE sacked.
06[00:07] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 3d8+7 MCfromE sacked. and gets 31." [3d8=8, 8, 8]
[00:08] <Kotono> Thus the party advances onward! They pass onto the path once more! It is lined by more pillars, leading onward! They walk for 10 minutes...when everything seems to stretch. The path, reality, time, space. Everything is morphic for a stomach churning moment! Then! (More)
[00:12] <Kotono> You stand at the end of a vast, incomprehensible forest. Behind you it stretches on forever, endlessly. But ahead of you, ahead of you! A city waits ahead, a city of tall towers and buildings. The buildings are of made of trees often, made of trees that tick-tock. A melody of tick-toccing can be heard, a maddening, enlightening sound like a chorus of blessed souls. For each tree is riddled with mechanical component, as if Mechanus itself lived
[00:12] <Kotono> For each tree is riddled with mechanical component, as if Mechanus itself lived here. Gears and time, each tree-building a clock! The city is surrounded by a 10 foot high wall, a golden gate of wrought silver waiting to be opened to allow access in. Above, a noonday sun shines down in a black sky.
01[00:12] <Seira> "And we're here?" Seira says needlessly, surprised despite herself.
06[00:13] * Alicia shakes her head briefly at the nausea, before she starts walking towards the gate. "So, shall we find that Quasar, now?"
[00:13] <Kotono> "Quarut, wasn't it? It's supposed to be an Inevitable," Pollyanna starts tow alk towards the gate as well, rubbing the side of her head.
[00:14] <Demedais> "How interesting..." Demedias muses a bit happily. "Quarut, yes."
06[00:14] * Seira grimaces. "Inevitables are such a pain."
06[00:15] * Demedais heads toward the gate as well, looking for a gatekeeper.
[00:16] <Alicia> "Quarut, that," Alicia nods, shaking her head. "Knew it started with a Q..."
[00:16] <Alicia> "They are, aren't they?" Marie commiserates with Seira.
[00:17] <Kotono> The gate is locked with an ornate lock in the middle. It is in the shape of an hourglass, a mouth attached to it's mid-section, where the sand pours up and down endlessly. As Demedais and the party approaches, "Time...time shall run forever and yet run out ahead. Only the damned enter within, for there is no salvation or hope within this place. Here your time will run out. Those fools that enter, abandon all hope." Thereafter, the mouth fades i
[00:17] <Kotono> Those fools that enter, abandon all hope." Thereafter, the mouth fades into nothing.
01[00:17] <Seira> "Creepy," Seira deadpans. "So do we break it down or what?"
06[00:18] * Demedais seems to sour a bit. "Wait, those guys run this place, too? Feh. Still, nothing ventured, nothing gained..." With this, Deme checks to see if the doors feel like they'll just swing open.
[00:18] <Kotono> The doors are securely fastened and locked. They won't open to a mere push, it'll take a fair effort or unlocking the gate.
01[00:18] <Seira> roll 1d20+23 search traps
06[00:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 search traps and gets 31." [1d20=8]
01[00:19] <Seira> "Any magic on the lock?" Seira asks, examining the mechanism.
01[00:19] <Seira> "Trapped, yes," she confirms, stepping back from the hourglass after pointing it out.
[00:20] <Alicia> Marie checks the door for magic!
06[00:20] * Demedais steps away at this, a slight shrug.
[00:20] <Alicia> roll 1d20+9 spellcraft
06[00:20] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+9 spellcraft and gets 23." [1d20=14]
01[00:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 disable device once everyone's backed away
06[00:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 disable device once everyone's backed away and gets 39." [1d20=14]
[00:21] <Alicia> "Transmuatation magic," Marie supplies.
01[00:21] <Seira> "As expected."
[00:21] <Kotono> Seira fiddles with the lock! She can't quite get it, but she feels like she was close!
06[00:21] * Demedais makes sure everyone is 30ish feet away, as usual.
06[00:23] * Seira sighs and casts Heroism to have a better shot at this!
01[00:23] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 DD
06[00:23] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 DD and gets 34." [1d20=7]
[00:24] <Kotono> Seira fiddles with the lock! But her fingers and tools miswork, a misstep! The hourglass bursts abruptly, sand flying all around her! OOC: Ref save, Seira.
01[00:24] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
06[00:24] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 36." [1d20=13]
[00:25] <Kotono> Seira somehow dodges and ducks past the burst! The sands are all over for a moment, then everything seems to rewind! The sands flow backwards, teh hourglass unshattering!
[00:25] <Demedais> "Lame."
01[00:25] <Seira> "Hey, I'm trying!"
[00:25] <Kotono> "Careful!" Amaryl calls.
06[00:25] * Seira pauses. "You guys will fix me if I end up old and wrinkly-like, yes?"
[00:25] <Demedais> "No, I'm referring to how the trap reset itself."
[00:26] <Demedais> "... you're a dragon." Demedais mutters. "Doesn't that just give you even more power?"
01[00:26] <Seira> "I don't like the power that comes with wrinkles!" Seira states firmly, trying a third time.
01[00:26] <Seira> roll 1d20+27
06[00:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+27 and gets 30." [1d20=3]
[00:26] <Alicia> "I doubt we could," Marie replies. "That magic is, er... on the level of deities and artifacts."
[00:26] <Kotono> Seira tries again! But she fails again, the hourglass bursting once more! OOC: Ref.
01[00:26] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
06[00:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 35." [1d20=12]
[00:27] <Kotono> Seira again dodges like lighting! She barely avoids the sands but does so, everything reassembling a split second later!
[00:27] <Alicia> "Why don't you try knocking?" Alicia calls over.
[00:28] <Demedais> "I'm going to suggest, uh, finding a different route at this point." Demedais calls at this. "Like knocking or wall-climbing or something that doesn't involve silly regenerating hourglasses."
06[00:28] * Seira shrugs and tries that, ready to spring back at the first sign of trechery!

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[18:34] <Kotono> ---
[18:34] <Kotono> <Alicia> "I doubt we could," Marie replies. "That magic is, er... on the level of deities and artifacts."
[18:34] <Kotono> > Seira tries again! But she fails again, the hourglass bursting once more! OOC: Ref.
[18:34] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 1d20+23
[18:34] <Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 35." [1d20=12]
[18:34] <Kotono> > Seira again dodges like lighting! She barely avoids the sands but does so, everything reassembling a split second later!
[18:34] <Kotono> <Alicia> "Why don't you try knocking?" Alicia calls over.
[18:34] <Kotono> <Demedais> "I'm going to suggest, uh, finding a different route at this point." Demedais calls at this. "Like knocking or wall-climbing or something that doesn't involve silly regenerating hourglasses."
[18:35] <Kotono> * Seira shrugs and tries that, ready to spring back at the first sign of trechery!
[18:35] <Kotono> OOC: Do you mean the spell knock or knocking on the door, Seira?
01[18:35] <Seira> OOC: Knocking on the door.
[18:36] <Kotono> Seira knocks on the gate! Nothing immediately happens on that knock.
01[18:36] <Seira> "I do have the knock spell," Seira muses, stepping back, "but maybe we should just go over the wall."
[18:37] <Demedais> "If it seems advisable." Demedais shrugs.
[18:38] <Alicia> "Knock won't remove the trap, anyway," Alicia agrees. "But on the other hand, why make an invincible door if anyone can just climb over it?"
[18:38] <Kotono> "Maybe there's another trap if you try and climb up?" Amaryl speaks up, "Or some other catch?"
01[18:38] <Seira> "Or most people wouldn't even detect the trap and would see no reason in avoiding the door?"
06[18:38] * Demedais steps back and looks up and around the wall a bit at this, looking for anything off.
06[18:39] * Alicia examines the wall to see how easy it would be to climb.
[18:39] <Kotono> The wall is made of fieldstone and is smooth. It's possible to climb but not easy.
06[18:39] * Seira flies up a few feet to examine the top of the wall for any traps, about forty feet to the right of the gate.
01[18:40] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 search
[18:40] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+25 search --> [ 1d20=12 ]{37}
06[18:41] * Seira gets back down to the ground, and sees if her condition improves.
[18:41] <Demedais> "Uh. Seira, please come down. Thank you." Demedais says, startled. "We aren't going over, I don't think."
[18:42] <Alicia> "Agreed," Alicia says in some alarm at her appearance.
01[18:42] <Seira> "Is something wrong?"
[18:43] <Kotono> "You looked wrong. Really wrong, like...you were skipping a few steps or something. Flickering lik ea candle," Pollyanna crosses her arms.
[18:43] <Demedais> "I saw everything... just sort of skip around you." Demedais nods. "Consider me quite wary over what that might have been."
[18:43] <Alicia> "It looked ominous," Marie agrees.
01[18:44] <Seira> "Alright. So I have a Knock scroll. How about getting it to open the door, and then getting past once the dust reassembles back in the hourglass?"
[18:44] <Demedais> "Sounds optimal, yes." Demedais nods slightly.
[18:45] <Alicia> "Worth a shot," Alicia agrees, standing back.
06[18:45] * Seira gets the scroll and gains some distance from the gate, waiting on the others to do the same, before using it!
06[18:46] * Demedais makes sure everyone's a fair bit away from both the gate and Seira here.
01[18:46] <Seira> Since the spell works from over a hundred feet, that's where Seira decides to cast it.
[18:47] <Kotono> Seira casts knock! The gate opens smoothly, parting right down the middle. Ahead is a cobblestone road, polished to a mirror shine. Each stone is perfect and smooth, a hundred-thousand little stones providing the way ahead. Twenty feet past the gate the city begins proper, with the paths heading to the right and left as well as forward.
01[18:48] <Seira> "Marie, want to investigate it together?" she proposes. "I need to ration the magic-detecting spells, so your help would be welcome."
[18:49] <Demedais> "Going to suggest we move ahead slowly, weapons in front of us. If there's any more areas of time skipping, we can find them by the motions of our weapons, perhaps?" Demedais proposes.
[18:49] <Alicia> "We should probably all stick together," Alicia puts in, starting towards the now open gate. Marie just shrugs to Seira before following Alicia.
[18:51] <Kotono> As the party passes through the gate and into the city, a deep sound comes from far within. It is the sound of a horn being blown. It echos several times around everyone.
06[18:51] * Demedais listens to try and pin down the direction of the horn.
[18:51] <Kotono> OOC: LIsten check.
01[18:51] <Seira> "This must be the sign for everyone to attack us," Seira says cheerfully, weapon drawn.
[18:51] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
[18:52] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 1d20+26 --> [ 1d20=13 ]{39}
[18:52] <Alicia> "Maybe they'll throw us a party to welcome us?" Marie suggests hopefully, staying incorporeal while Alicia draws Hell Striker.
[18:52] <Demedais> "Same horn as the hunter dude's horn. And... it's ahead of us, a long ways away."
[18:54] <Alicia> "Let's see if we can find the Museum of Eternity before running into him?" Alicia offers, looking for any signs as they enter the city.
[18:55] <Demedais> "Sounds optimal." Demedais says, looking around for signposts or something that could give them a lead.
[18:55] <Kotono> The party advances on. Here the tree-clock-buildings start. A small tree has been crafted into a signpost of sorts. According to it, the path you are starting to walk on is Old Time's Drive. The path to the right is Remembered Regrets Lane, and to the left is Doorway to Tomorrow Road.
[18:56] <Alicia> "Any preferences?" Alicia asks the group, instinctively edging to the left.
01[18:56] <Seira> "I'm good with tomorrow and leaving any regrets where they belong."
[18:57] <Demedais> "This is... odd." Demedais murmurs, looking both right and left. "None of these sound like a road a Museum of Eternity would be on. I'm willing to try any of these, though guts says the only one that won't have time distortion is the right."
[18:57] <Demedais> "It may have other traps, though." he amends.
[18:58] <Alicia> "Doorway to Tomorrow it is," Alicia starts heading to the left.
06[18:58] * Seira agrees, but stays near Amaryl.
[18:59] <Kotono> "Let's just choose one. WE can always try another path at worst," Amaryl keeps to Seira as well as the party walks along! (More)
[18:59] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:59] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=97 ]{97}
[18:59] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:59] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=70 ]{70}
[19:04] <Kotono> The street goes a ways, 5 minutes spent walking it and getting a depth to it. It continues to a curve to the north-northwest at that point, a sign calling the way past that 'Silver Minutes Pathway'. There are two trees with obvious ways in that you pass. One is a big, vast oak with doors built in. Amid the steady tick-tock all around, you can hear moving water, muffled and faraway, near it. Emblazoned above the doors is 'Arbatorium'. Another is
[19:04] <Kotono> near it. Emblazoned above the doors is 'Arbatorium'. Another is a short, stumpy little tree a ways past this. It has a single door and no identifying marks of note.
06[19:06] * Demedais looks down Silver Minutes Pathway to see if he can spot anything of note.
[19:06] <Alicia> The only places Alicia cares about are the Museum of Eternity and Of the New World. Therefore she's got no real reason to stop and investigate these buildings.
[19:06] <Kotono> OOC: Make a spot check, Deme?
[19:07] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
[19:07] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 1d20+26 --> [ 1d20=15 ]{41}
[19:08] <Demedais> "There's a junction ahead on Silver Minutes Pathway. Continue on our road or check that out?"
[19:08] <Kotono> "So strange. Trees and moving metal objects married together...It's so far from right that it makes my skin crawl," Amaryl shakes her head now, a look of faint nausea passing over her face.
01[19:09] <Seira> "The word creepy was invented for places like this," Seira agrees.
[19:09] <Alicia> "Lets just keep going for now?" Alicia suggests, not really finding the place that unsettling. She's seen vastly worse.
[19:10] <Kotono> "Still, I wonder," Pollyanna looks about here and there, "I never dreamed I'd come to anyplace like this."
[19:10] <Kotono> "I wonder what lies in all these buildings. Horrors, certainly, but..."
[19:10] <Alicia> "More likely just distractions," Alicia surmises. "More places to divert our attention from our true goal."
06[19:11] * Demedais shrugs, obviously actually interested in the place but not enough so to go wandering around. "Let's keep going, yes."
[19:13] <Kotono> On the next path the party walks! There's one tree of note as they continue on this path - A twisted tree that goes round and round itself like a pretzel. It's leaves wrap around it's body like a mantle of green. A stairway is built in, going up twenty feet before ending at a door that leads inside. Ahead is the juncture Demedais saw, going towards the east, and the Silver Minute Path continuing north.
[19:14] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
[19:14] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 1d20+26 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{32}
06[19:16] * Demedais turns and peers down the juncture road toward the sound.
[19:19] <Kotono> Peering ahead, Demedais takes a gander around the juncture! He doesn't see anything of note down the path - jus tanother road on a glance.
[19:19] <Demedais> "Something's coming this way. Cart and something pulling it, but it's... not horses." Demedais shakes his head. "The rhythm's off."
06[19:21] * Alicia turns to look the way Demedais is looking. "Should we wait for it?" she asks.
01[19:21] <Seira> "Or we could take another route," Seira proposes.
[19:22] <Kotono> It's another road. There isn't much of note on a glance down it.
[19:22] <Demedais> "We don't know whether or not it's hostile... we could take the chance? Perhaps it'd know where we need to go." Demedais muses, before shrugging. "All told, I'd prefer avoiding confrontation here if we can manage it."
[19:23] <Alicia> "Let's keep going, then," Alicia starts down the road Demedais wasn't looking at.
06[19:23] * Demedais nods and follows.
[19:25] <Kotono> As the party talks, there is another horn blast! This one is much closer, making the entire world quiver with the sound! Further, there is that feeling again! A horrible, horrible feeling! A WRONG feeling! Day dies in that instant, night reigning in the sky above with a vast glowing moon! In that moonlight, there is now something to be seen down the path! 100 feet away, there are Four Hounds of the Hunt! They are all wearing harnesses made of a
[19:25] <Kotono> They are all wearing harnesses made of a shining, heavy metal, connecting them to a huge chariot! On it stands a single defiant being, the same being seen once before in illusion with the first Hound. In the silver moonlight, he points ahead at the party!
[19:26] <Kotono> "FOUR?!" Amaryl sputters in utter, abject terror, staring at that moment.
06[19:27] * Seira doesn't waste time on empty threats, beginning to cast at once!
[19:27] <Kotono> OOC: If you guys are going offensive, we'll just slide right into initiative then.
06[19:28] * Alicia is likewise quick to action. "Amaryl, stay back," she warns. "Marie, protect Demedais so he can draw their attention."
[19:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 A
[19:28] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+7 A --> [ 1d20=11 ]{18}
01[19:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
[19:28] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+6 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{15}
[19:28] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
[19:28] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+7 M --> [ 1d20=13 ]{20}
[19:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
[19:28] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+7 Polly --> [ 1d20=11 ]{18}
[19:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Amaryl
[19:28] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+6 Amaryl --> [ 1d20=6 ]{12}
06[19:28] * Demedais grimaces. "Aim for him if you can..." he mutters. "With him down, we hope the hounds lose power."
[19:28] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1
[19:28] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 1d20+1 --> [ 1d20=3 ]{4}
[19:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 Hounds pulling chariot
[19:28] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+15 Hounds pulling chariot --> [ 1d20=3 ]{18}
[19:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 Lord of the Hunt
[19:28] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+15 Lord of the Hunt --> [ 1d20=16 ]{31}
03[19:30] * Kotono changes topic to 'Master of the Hunt(31)>Marie(20)>Pollyanna=Alicia=Chariot Hounds(18)>Seira(15)>Amaryl(12)>Demedais(4)'
[19:33] <Kotono> Drawing a bow out, the Master of the Hunt lets fly a single arrow! "Let the hunt begin again!" he calls! Under the moonlight, it grows to the size of a thrown spear, a massive shot aimed right at Pollyanan!
[19:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+36
[19:33] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+36 --> [ 1d20=2 ]{38}
[19:33] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:33] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=96 ]{96}
[19:34] <Kotono> roll 2d6+17+20
[19:34] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 2d6+17+20 --> [ 2d6=7 ]{44}
[19:35] <Kotono> The arrow-spear flies true! Pollyanna takes it right in the right shoulder, staggering back as it goes straight through her! She buckles at that, face screwing into a look of contained pain! OOC: Marie.
[19:37] <Alicia> Marie hovers near Demedais and creates an illusion of an iron-wrought fence springing up in the path fifty feet from the party between them and the hounds, and twenty feet high.
[19:39] <Kotono> So the iron fence appears! The Hounds do nothing immediately, as Pollyanna retorts with her own bow shots, arcing them above the newly materilized iron fence!
[19:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[19:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[19:39] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+17 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{23}
[19:39] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+17 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{24}
[19:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
[19:39] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+12 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{28}
[19:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[19:39] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=4 ]{11}
[19:39] <Kotono> The arrows fly long, but the Master of the Hunt seems to have nothing but contempt for them as they sail around him! OOC - Seira.
[19:40] <Kotono> OOC: Strike.
[19:40] <Kotono> The arrows fly long, but the Master of the Hunt seems to have nothing but contempt for them as they sail around him! OOC - Alicia?
[19:40] <Alicia> "Storm of snow, cloud the sky!" Alicia calls, conjuring a massive snowstorm in the sky above to blot out Selune's radiance!
[19:41] <Alicia> She also channels an enervation into Hell Striker.
[19:41] <Kotono> OOC: Where are you positioning the ice storm?
[19:42] <Alicia> OOC: in a spot where it can blot out the moon without interfering with people on the ground.
[19:42] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[19:42] <Kotono> Alicia summons a sleet storm above! It blocks outthe moon's light, making everything here much darker, dim on the border of being unable to see for those without magical eyes! OOC: Seira?
06[19:45] * Seira gains some altitude to maintain the illusion of the fence, advancing to get into range by calling upon Waukeen's gift, only to call upon the strongest fire spell in her possession in the end!
01[19:45] <Seira> roll 18d6 boosted cone of fire
[19:45] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 18d6 boosted cone of fire --> [ 18d6=59 ]{59}
[19:45] <Kotono> OOC: How high up are you going, Seira?
01[19:46] <Seira> OOC: Just a few feet for show
[19:46] <Kotono> OOC: Well, if the fence is 20ft tall, how is that going to maintain the illusion of it?
06[19:47] * Seira will get to the fence and gesture through a gap in it!
[19:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 hounds saving as one
[19:48] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+23 hounds saving as one --> [ 1d20=11 ]{34}
[19:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 master
[19:49] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+24 master --> [ 1d20=17 ]{41}
[19:50] <Kotono> The cone of fire erupts through the illusionary fence gaps! It engulfs the hounds and Master of the Hunt, burning all of them! The Master of the Hunt seems resistant, only mildly burned by it! The Hounds simply soak it up, snapping defiance! OOC: Amaryl.
[19:55] <Kotono> Amaryl meanwhile holds the pendant that rests against her throat! "Please, shadows...!" she calls!
[19:55] <Kotono> roll 1d3
[19:55] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d3 --> [ 1d3=2 ]{2}
03[19:56] * Kotono changes topic to 'Master of the Hunt(31)>Marie(20)>Pollyanna=Alicia=Chariot Hounds(18)>Seira(15)>Amaryl(12)=Shadow Celestial Riding Dogs>Demedais(4)'
[19:56] <Kotono> A pair of golden riding dogs spring up 30 feet ahead of the party, at the ready and snapping! OOC: Deme.
[19:59] <Demedais> "Worth a shot, I guess..." Demedais mutters, before gesturing at the hounds and their master! "Bow your unruly heads to order's regime!"
[20:00] <Kotono> OOC: They aren't chaotic outsiders, but they are chaotic. Roll your damage and what's your save DC?
[20:02] <Demedais> OOC: DC 17? +3 Wis +4 spell level, 10 base.
[20:02] <Demedais> roll 4d8
[20:02] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 4d8 --> [ 4d8=21 ]{21}
[20:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 will hounds
[20:02] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+16 will hounds --> [ 1d20=20 ]{36}
[20:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 lord
[20:02] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+20 lord --> [ 1d20=4 ]{24}
[20:03] <Kotono> A cube of magic law encases all of them, rocking all four hounds and the Master of the Hunt! He staggers a little back and forth from it, but resists being outright dazed by the powerful energies! OOC: Lord of the Hunt is up. Also, Hounds are taking their held action.
[20:04] <Kotono> The Hounds of the Hunt howl up mournfully at the hidden moon! The Lord of the Hunt readies more arrows, even as his chariot is turned away and starts to flee! (More after attack rolls)
[20:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (-6 moonlight) arrow 1 Seira
[20:04] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+30 (-6 moonlight) arrow 1 Seira --> [ 1d20=14 ]{44}
[20:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 arrow 2 Amaryl
[20:05] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+25 arrow 2 Amaryl --> [ 1d20=2 ]{27}
[20:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 arrow 3 Deme
[20:05] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+20 arrow 3 Deme --> [ 1d20=17 ]{37}
[20:05] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 arrow 4 Deme
[20:05] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+15 arrow 4 Deme --> [ 1d20=18 ]{33}
[20:05] <Kotono> OOC: Acs?
01[20:05] <Seira> OOC: Not that
[20:05] <Demedais> OOC: 33 since I didn't end up moving up with Seira.
[20:06] <Kotono> roll 2d6+17 Seira
[20:06] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 2d6+17 Seira --> [ 2d6=5 ]{22}
[20:06] <Alicia> OOC: +2 from Marie, remember
[20:06] <Kotono> roll 2d6+17 Amaryl
[20:06] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 2d6+17 Amaryl --> [ 2d6=7 ]{24}
[20:06] <Demedais> OOC: ...Right, so 35.
[20:06] <Kotono> roll 2d6+17 Deme that saved you an arrow
[20:06] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 2d6+17 Deme that saved you an arrow --> [ 2d6=5 ]{22}
[20:09] <Kotono> More arrows fly, this time only arrow sized! Amid the storm of them, Seira, Demedais and Amaryl are all hit! Thereafter, the hounds run with remarkable speed down and down the street, pulling the chariot! They move down 180 feet, down faraway and near the end of this street. You can glimpse there's a path south and continuing east there as well, though he's only at the juncture and hasn't made any choice yet. OOC: Marie?
03[20:09] * Kotono changes topic to 'Master of the Hunt(31)=Hounds>Marie(20)>Pollyanna=Alicia>Seira(15)>Amaryl(12)=Shadow Celestial Riding Dogs>Demedais(4)'
[20:10] <Demedais> "Wait, we're hunting him?" Demedais mutters. "This just got demented."
[20:10] <Alicia> At Marie's command another illusion springs up, a second wrought iron fence appearing just ten feet ahead of the fleeing hounds, cutting off their retreat! "He has no pride as a hunter!"
01[20:11] <Seira> "Losers like him should just die!" Seira agrees, readying another spell.
[20:11] <Kotono> The fence so appears at Marie's command! OOC: Polly and Alicia are up. Go ahead and go first, Alicia?
[20:12] <Alicia> "From prying eyes, I am concealed," Alicia mutters, vanishing promptly from sight before she moves forty feet ahead, after their quarry.
[20:14] <Kotono> Alicia is now only 240 feet away from the chariot and rider! Pollyanna holds her shot for now, "I can't get a good shot from that far," she says, "He probably knows this city better than us. Is he going to come around and ambush us again?" OOC: Polly's holding, doens't have much of a shot from here. Seira?
06[20:15] * Seira covers the fleeing group with Cloudkill, before closing the distance by sixty feet more. With the cloud in the way, the so-called hunter or his dogs would not be able to see that she moved through the fence and not over it, anyway.
01[20:15] <Seira> OOC: I was 50ft away, so now I'm 170ft from them?
01[20:16] <Seira> OOC: Fort DC24
01[20:16] <Seira> roll 1d4
[20:16] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d4 --> [ 1d4=3 ]{3}
[20:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 hounds
[20:17] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+24 hounds --> [ 1d20=8 ]{32}
[20:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 Master
[20:17] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+24 Master --> [ 1d20=19 ]{43}
[20:35] <Kotono> The misty cloudkill settles over the hunter and his hounds as summoned! Meanwhile, Amaryl directs the shadow dogs to follow along with Seira! OOC - Deme?
06[20:38] * Demedais steps forward quickly, before creating a wall of boiling water right on top of the hounds, also set to bar their path!
[20:38] <Kotono> OOC: Which path? Continuing on or the fork to the south?
[20:39] <Demedais> OOC: It's 320 feet long, I was kinda presuming I could cross both.
[20:39] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, okay, that works. Roll fire damage?
[20:40] <Demedais> roll 2d6+16 on top of doggies
[20:40] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 2d6+16 on top of doggies --> [ 2d6=6 ]{22}
[20:40] <Demedais> OOC: I presume the master's within 10 feet?
[20:41] <Kotono> OOC: Yeah.
[20:41] <Demedais> roll 2d4 burn, master, burn.
[20:41] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 2d4 burn, master, burn. --> [ 2d4=5 ]{5}
[20:44] <Kotono> The wall of boiling water spreads out, blocking both paths even more! The fire licks at the dogs and their master! From the cloud kill they come 20 feet out of it, emerging from it! A second later, more painful archery comes flying!
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+36 Seira
[20:45] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+36 Seira --> [ 1d20=4 ]{40}
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+31 Alicia
[20:45] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+31 Alicia --> [ 1d20=4 ]{35}
[20:45] <Alicia> OOC: I'm invis, if it matters
[20:46] <Alicia> OOC: nondetection and all that, too
01[20:46] <Seira> OOC: AC, still not that
[20:46] <Kotono> OOC: Also moment, forgot to adjust attack rolls.
[20:46] <Kotono> OOC: 34 on Seira's roll. Second one will just be rerolled due to invalid target.
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 Deme
[20:47] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+25 Deme --> [ 1d20=18 ]{43}
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 Polly
[20:47] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+20 Polly --> [ 1d20=15 ]{35}
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 Amaryl
[20:47] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+15 Amaryl --> [ 1d20=1 ]{16}
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 2d6+17 Seira
[20:47] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 2d6+17 Seira --> [ 2d6=6 ]{23}
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 1d100 20% miss for Polly
[20:48] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 0% miss for Polly --> [ 1d100=72 ]{72}
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 2d6+17 Polly
[20:48] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 2d6+17 Polly --> [ 2d6=6 ]{23}
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 2d6+17 Deme
[20:48] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 2d6+17 Deme --> [ 2d6=2 ]{19}
[20:49] <Kotono> Licked by flame and sickened by cloudkill, the chariot and riders nonetheless emerge out and arrows go aflying! More wounds are inflicted all over, a deadly hail taking a toll on each of them! OOC: Marie?
[20:50] <Alicia> Marie can't really do too much in this situation, and doesn't want to expose herself to fire, so she just hovers protectively near Demedais.
[20:51] <Kotono> Pollyanna staggers again, another arrow in her! She holds to her stomach, "We're being picked apart!" she says, advancing, "Demedais, are we going to stand and fight?"
[20:52] <Demedais> "Alicia, we're relying on you-..." Demedais pauses his muttering, before yelling. "Seira! Everyone! Pull back some!"
[20:52] <Kotono> At that, Pollyanna runs straight back, going to take cover behind one of the trees!
[20:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 hide in case it matters, and you're up Alicia.
[20:53] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+14 hide in case it matters, and you're up Alicia. --> [ 1d20=7 ]{21}
[20:53] <Alicia> The distance sorely limits Alicia's options so she settles for running towards her foes, ending up 60 feet from them.
[20:53] <Kotono> Thus Alicia comes closer under the cover of magical invisibility! OOC:Seira?
01[20:54] <Seira> "Yeah sure," Seira responds to Demedais, calling upon greater invisibility herself and moving in for the kill.
[20:55] <Demedais> "Right. Amaryl, move back! I'll buy time for your retreats!" Demedais calls, a slight smile on his face.
[20:55] <Kotono> Amaryl grimces and does the same, going to take cover on the other side of the street for now! OOC: Rolling hide for her in case it matters.
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
[20:55] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+20 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{21}
[20:56] <Kotono> Amaryl's shadow dogs meanwhile continue to advance, running swiftly and coming much closer! OOC: Deme?
06[21:03] * Demedais moves back very slightly, staying within Marie's protective circle as he braces himself, his boots kicking in! OOC: +6 AC for 41, hopefully that and distance from him save me.
[21:07] <Kotono> The Master of the Hunt looks over the view! His eyes narrow on the one target left to him, noble Demedais! Drawing his arrows carefully, a storm of them come flying!
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (-6 moonlight, -2 range)
[21:07] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+28 (-6 moonlight, -2 range) --> [ 1d20=5 ]{33}
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (-6 moonlight, -2 range)
[21:07] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+23 (-6 moonlight, -2 range) --> [ 1d20=7 ]{30}
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (-6 moonlight, -2 range)
[21:08] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+18 (-6 moonlight, -2 range) --> [ 1d20=3 ]{21}
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 (-6 moonlight, -2 range)
[21:08] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+13 (-6 moonlight, -2 range) --> [ 1d20=6 ]{19}
[21:09] <Kotono> Defending himself as fast as he can, Demedais manages to deflect and shield himself from thes torm of arrows this time! Not a single hit lands! The hounds meanwhile stay on guard...OOC: Holding. Marie?
[21:09] <Alicia> OOC: going total defence herself and protecting Deme, sure
[21:09] <Demedais> "Marie, if you can follow me back..." Demedais whispers.
[21:10] <Alicia> "Sure, I'll stay close," the eladrin promises.
[21:10] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Polly continues to hide fast for now. Alicia?
06[21:12] * Alicia casts Fly and then takes to the air, stopping just above and to the side of the Lord of the Hunt, soundless as she hovers while poised to strike...
[21:13] <Kotono> OOC: Right. Seira?
06[21:14] * Seira gets within thirty feet and launches a trio of fiery rays at the unsuspecting hunter!
01[21:14] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 ranged touch
01[21:14] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 ranged touch
01[21:14] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 ranged touch
[21:14] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+17 ranged touch --> [ 1d20=5 ]{22}
[21:14] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+17 ranged touch --> [ 1d20=13 ]{30}
[21:14] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+17 ranged touch --> [ 1d20=15 ]{32}
[21:14] <Kotono> OOC: They all hit.Roll damage?
01[21:15] <Seira> roll 12d6+15d6 fire+sa
[21:15] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 12d6+15d6 fire+sa --> [ 12d6=46 15d6=42 ]{88}
[21:16] <Kotono> So firing, Seira finds the fiery part doesn't work so well! Each ray has trouble burning him, but the sneaky attack and precision does leave and impact despite the flames not doing much direct damage! OOC: Amaryl.
[21:17] <Kotono> Amaryl continues to hide carefully for now! OOC: Deme?
06[21:18] * Demedais witnesses the blaze of fire! "Oh no. They did not retreat like I requested. How completely... unsurprising." Demedais mutters with a half grin, holding his position! OOC: Maintaining current state; haste/total defence.
[21:19] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, master of the hunt is up!
[21:19] <Kotono> The master of the hunt goes to draw his bow smoothly...OOC: Alicia, you can AoO if you like.
[21:19] <Alicia> roll 1d20+2 knowledge devotion
[21:19] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+2 knowledge devotion --> [ 1d20=20 ]{22}
06[21:22] * Alicia lashes out with her blade to hook through his quiver and cut it from him, flicking it away and depriving him of his arrows even as he reaches for the first one!
[21:26] <Alicia> OOC: disarming bow, not quiver
[21:26] <Alicia> roll 1d20+31
[21:26] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+31 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{50}
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (-6 moonlight, +4 size, -4 ranged weapon)
[21:26] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+30 (-6 moonlight, +4 size, -4 ranged weapon) --> [ 1d20=1 ]{31}
[21:28] <Kotono> With that quick motion, Alicia sends his bow to the ground of the chariot and away! No arrows come flying! The Lord of the Hunt turns to Alicia's direction, his hand son the haft of a halberd on his back. "Impudent prey!" OOC: Hounds are holding a little more. Marie?
[21:29] <Alicia> "Looks like they're on him, now!" Marie cheers, hurling her last set of magic missiles for the day at the lord to show her support!
[21:29] <Alicia> roll 5d4+5
[21:29] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 5d4+5 --> [ 5d4=12 ]{17}
[21:30] <Kotono> The magic missiles fly, slamming hard into the shoulder of the Lord of the Hunt! It does a little mroe damage to him, but hardly even draws his attention! OOC: Polly's continuing to hide and wait as instructed. Alicia?
[21:31] <Alicia> "Idiot, we were never prey!" Alicia tells him as she drops a rain of steel on the Lord of the Hunt, quickly flitting five foot to the right as she concludes her attacks to mislead his reprisal.
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed.
[21:32] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+33 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed. --> [ 1d20=7 ]{40}
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed.
[21:32] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+33 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed. --> [ 1d20=1 ]{34}
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+33 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed.
[21:32] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+33 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed. --> [ 1d20=2 ]{35}
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed.
[21:32] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+28 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed. --> [ 1d20=5 ]{33}
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+28 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed.
[21:32] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+28 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed. --> [ 1d20=10 ]{38}
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed.
[21:32] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+23 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed. --> [ 1d20=8 ]{31}
[21:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+23 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed.
[21:32] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+23 raging, bracers, divine might, flying, invis, 1 5th and 3 2nd and 2 1st level slots arcane strike. Oh and he's flat footed. --> [ 1d20=9 ]{32}
[21:34] <Kotono> OOC: All but the 1 hit.
[21:34] <Kotono> OOC: Roll 1 at a time and hack off 15 form each roll.
[21:34] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+13d4-15
[21:34] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d8+19+13d4-15 --> [ 1d8=8 13d4=33 ]{45}
[21:34] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+13d4-15
[21:34] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d8+19+13d4-15 --> [ 1d8=5 13d4=30 ]{39}
[21:34] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+13d4-15
[21:34] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d8+19+13d4-15 --> [ 1d8=2 13d4=30 ]{36}
[21:34] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+13d4-15
[21:34] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d8+19+13d4-15 --> [ 1d8=7 13d4=34 ]{45}
[21:34] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+13d4-15
[21:34] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d8+19+13d4-15 --> [ 1d8=4 13d4=35 ]{43}
[21:34] <Alicia> roll 1d8+19+13d4-15
[21:34] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d8+19+13d4-15 --> [ 1d8=2 13d4=36 ]{42}
[21:34] <Kotono> roll 45+39+36+45+43+42
[21:35] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 45+39+36+45+43+42 --> {250}
[21:36] <Kotono> The Master of the Hunt is maimed viciously! Alicia tears into him, finding his flesh incredibly resiliant to Hell Striker! However, even that falls by the wayside, tearing and ripping and maiming! Despite deep, many wounds, the Lord of the Hunt yet lives! He turns to his hounds, who...OOC: Hounds are taking their held action now.
[21:37] <Alicia> roll 1d4 negative levels
[21:37] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d4 negative levels --> [ 1d4=3 ]{3}
[21:39] <Kotono> Even as negative energy wracks the Lord of the Hunt, his hounds spring into action! They charge forward, dragging the chariot along! They go at a feverish pitch, racing past Seira! OOC: Seira, you can take an AoO if you want as he passes, before the rest of this resolves.
[21:39] <Alicia> OOC: I get an AoO, too!
[21:39] <Kotono> OOC: Go for it as well if you like.
06[21:39] * Seira is more than happy to stab this so-called Lord in the face!
[21:40] <Alicia> roll 1d20+35
[21:40] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+35 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{36}
[21:40] <Alicia> OOC: bah
01[21:41] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 (+2 invis, +2 heroism, +1 flight, -1 str adj.)
[21:41] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+22 (+2 invis, +2 heroism, +1 flight, -1 str adj.) --> [ 1d20=16 ]{38}
[21:41] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[21:41] <Seira> roll 3d8+8+5d6 to the face~
[21:41] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 3d8+8+5d6 to the face~ --> [ 3d8=14 5d6=23 ]{45}
03[21:42] * Kotono changes topic to 'Master of the Hunt(31)>Marie(20)>Pollyanna=Alicia=Hounds>Seira(15)>Amaryl(12)=Shadow Celestial Riding Dogs>Demedais(4)'
[21:43] <Kotono> Despite being stabbed in the arm by Seira as he races by, the Lord of the Hunt is still up! He's only 30 feet away from the illusionary metal fence now, running past everything! OOC: Seira.
01[21:45] <Seira> It's so annoying when they run away! Now Seira has to start this chase all over again. But not before sending ten pairs of phantom jaws to gnaw at the hunter!
01[21:45] <Seira> roll 10d6 force DC22
[21:45] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 10d6 force DC22 --> [ 10d6=23 ]{23}
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 ref
[21:46] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+24 ref --> [ 1d20=12 ]{36}
[21:46] <Kotono> OOC: -3 due to negative levels, doesn't matter.
[21:47] <Kotono> The jaws rip and tear at the retreating hunter! He endures the chewing, still up and still alive! OOC: Amaryl's still holding back as instructed. Deme?
01[21:47] <Seira> OOC: Dogs!
[21:47] <Kotono> The Shadow Dogs attack the hunter!
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[21:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[21:47] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{12}
[21:47] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{11}
[21:47] <Kotono> But neither bite comes to much! OOC: Deme?
[21:50] <Demedais> OOC: How wide's the road?
[21:50] <Kotono> OOC: Say 40 feet widE? It's pretty big.
06[21:52] * Demedais grimaces. "Can't do much about this!" With that, he quickly moves to the side of the road, hoping Marie follows!
[21:53] <Kotono> OOC: Is Marie corpreal or incorpreal right now?
[21:54] <Alicia> OOC: she's been incorporeal all combat
[21:55] <Kotono> The chariot continues to advance! As it comes to the illusion, it takes to the air! As it does...
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 fort hounds
[21:55] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+24 fort hounds --> [ 1d20=3 ]{27}
[21:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 fort master
[21:55] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+21 fort master --> [ 1d20=1 ]{22}
[21:56] <Kotono> roll 20d6
[21:56] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 20d6 --> [ 20d6=64 ]{64}
[21:58] <Kotono> The hounds rise up, flying over the fence! However, all of them ripple and skip! While the hounds make it through, alighting down on the other side, the Master of the Hunt does not! He goes rigid in the air, twisting and blinking! He flickers endlessly, before falling straight down and through the illusionary metal fence! He's on his hands and knees, groaning! The Hounds of the Hunt continue to run past, going past where Demedais was and turnin
[21:58] <Kotono> The Hounds of the Hunt continue to run past, going past where Demedais was and turninng north, continuing on without the Master of the Hunt! OOC: Marie, you're up now.
[21:59] <Alicia> Funnily enough, Marie's fence vanishes about now since she hasn't been concentrating on maintaining it these past three rounds. Not having much else to do, she floats over towards Demedais.
[21:59] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia.
06[22:00] * Alicia drops to the ground and then runs 160 feet closer to the huntsman!
[22:00] <Kotono> OOC: Seira.
01[22:01] <Seira> Is that freak immortal? Seira continues to close the distance between them, even as the phantom jaws catch up and bite at the prone hunter!
01[22:01] <Seira> roll 10d6 force
[22:02] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 10d6 force --> [ 10d6=34 ]{34}
[22:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 ref
[22:02] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+21 ref --> [ 1d20=6 ]{27}
[22:03] <Kotono> Chewed again! THe Lord of the Hunt is continually mauled by snapping and biting teeth, but he endures, dazed and bloodied all over, but alive! OOC: Amaryl's keeping safe. Deme?
06[22:05] * Demedais nods slightly. "Pollyanna, Amaryl, focus arrows!" With that he charges at the Lord of the Hunt, aiming for one solid blow to finish this!
[22:06] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21 (+2 Haste, +2 Charge, -3 PA)
[22:06] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 1d20+21 (+2 Haste, +2 Charge, -3 PA) --> [ 1d20=17 ]{38}
[22:06] <Kotono> OOC: Hit. Crit confirm?
[22:06] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21 (+2 Haste, +2 Charge, -3 PA) crit check
[22:06] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 1d20+21 (+2 Haste, +2 Charge, -3 PA) crit check --> [ 1d20=15 ]{36}
[22:06] <Kotono> OOC: Crit.
[22:06] <Demedais> roll 4d6+34
[22:06] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 4d6+34 --> [ 4d6=17 ]{51}
[22:07] <Kotono> With one massive charge, Demedais brings his sword down! The Lord of the Hunt, unable tod efend himself, can only bow his head as Demedais severs his neck! The helmeted head of the Lord bounces on the smooth street stones, his body gushing out blood! OOC - Hounds are way out of sight and you just decapitated the lord of the hunt. Go ahead and free act.
06[22:08] * Seira kicks the head back towards the body, approaching. "So do we chase the dogs, now?"
06[22:09] * Demedais snorts slightly, looking the corpse over for magic without much sympathy for the dead elf. "Don't see a reason to, if the master's dead."
[22:09] <Kotono> Staggering out, dripping blood from her arrow wounds, "Helm...how did it take so many wounds?" Holding her wounded shoulder, cheeks pale, "I've never seen anything survive that degree of maiming."
01[22:09] <Seira> "You haven't been traveling with Demedais much, then."
[22:10] <Kotono> The helmet is not magical. The breastplate he wore is, as is the halberd and the quiver on his back. A horn rests on his belt, also magical.
06[22:10] * Alicia goes to pick up his bow before tiredly floating over to join the others, appearing in the visible spectrum while her snowstorm still rages overhead. "A shame it had to come to this," she remarks, eyeing the corpse.
[22:11] <Kotono> As it comes closer, Demedais can see the bow is also magic.
06[22:11] * Seira appears herself, rather bloody.
[22:11] <Demedais> "Armor, halberd, quiver, horn are magical." Demedais comments. "As is the bow. I think finding somewhere to rest is a top priority now?"
[22:11] <Alicia> Marie floats over to join the group as well. "So... how about we find that Of the New World place so we can hole up?"
06[22:12] * Alicia opens up her portable hole and busies herself dumping all the magic items into it.
01[22:12] <Seira> "How about we use that wand or a few potions, first? Or even your spellfire, Alicia? I could help with the magic, if you're low on that."
[22:13] <Alicia> "No spellfire left," Alicia confirms, folding up her portable hole and bracing herself. "Go ahead and cast something on me."
[22:14] <Demedais> "Oh. I feel compelled to say this: I am... not surprised that you two chose to ignore my call to retreat, despite it being in earnest." Demedais says with a straight face, before smiling. "Actually I kinda figured you'd ignore me as us three pulled back, and just take the chance to go invisible and smack him around. Glad I guessed right."
06[22:14] * Seira nods, casting water breathing and dismissal, ready to follow with a pair of spider climb spells.
01[22:14] <Seira> "What, are you kidding? Retreat? From that guy?"
[22:15] <Demedais> "It was only going to be tactical, and that only if you actually listened to me." Demedais is still grinning at this.
06[22:15] * Demedais uses his restoration on Seira at this point.
[22:16] <Alicia> "If we ran he'd just run us down with impunity. Someone would need to delay him, anyway," Alicia says as she absorbs Seira's spells. She then heals Pollyanna and Amaryl as the most visibly wounded.
[22:16] <Alicia> roll 6d4+6 Polly
[22:16] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 6d4+6 Polly --> [ 6d4=14 ]{20}
[22:16] <Alicia> roll 5d4+5 Amaryl
[22:16] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 5d4+5 Amaryl --> [ 5d4=15 ]{20}
[22:16] <Alicia> And a little for Seira!
[22:16] <Alicia> roll 1d4+1
[22:16] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d4+1 --> [ 1d4=4 ]{5}
01[22:17] <Seira> "Might as well add some more," Seira mutters, casting two Remove Curse spells on Alicia in succession.
[22:17] <Demedais> "Thus why I was staying there. I figured if everyone did retreat I'd just stall while you regenerated spellfire or something." Demedais shrugs.
[22:17] <Kotono> "It worked," Pollyanna straightens at that, still grimaces. "Thanks, Alicia."
[22:17] <Demedais> "But as I said, I uh guessed I wouldn't be listened to by you two."
[22:17] <Alicia> After Seira casts some more on her, Alicia returns the favour to her and helps Pollyanna some more.
[22:17] <Alicia> roll 4d4+4 Seira
[22:18] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 4d4+4 Seira --> [ 4d4=9 ]{13}
[22:18] <Alicia> roll 4d4+4 Polly
[22:18] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 4d4+4 Polly --> [ 4d4=11 ]{15}
[22:18] <Kotono> "Let's start by getting our bearings on this road," Amaryl smiles as she's healed, "The sooner we find that safe ground, the better we're off."
06[22:19] * Demedais taps Seira and Pollyanna each once. "That'd be wise, yes."
[22:20] <Demedais> roll 3d8+7 Seira
[22:20] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 3d8+7 Seira --> [ 3d8=6 ]{13}
[22:20] <Demedais> roll 3d8+7 Pollyanna
[22:20] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 3d8+7 Pollyanna --> [ 3d8=13 ]{20}
[22:20] <Alicia> The snowstorm has long abated by now, and Alicia drags the large corpse off the road and onto the embankment beside it. No real time for a burial, but leaving it smack on the road in a city seems in poor taste. "Lets keep looking for that place Marie mentioned. It's our best chance of a safe refuge."
[22:22] <Demedais> '"Agreed. Let's go." Demedais nods.
[22:25] <Kotono> OOC: Which direction are you going in?
[22:26] <Alicia> OOC: lets go South, where the hunter was fleeing earlier.
[22:26] <Demedais> OOC: works
[22:29] <Kotono> You go to the southern juncture. This road is called Tick-Tock Alley, with the road ot the south being named Eternity Way. It's a short street, only a few trees here. However, two of them have doors. One is a tall, proud oak. Written in letters above the door is ETERNITY. On the other side and a little farther down, is a shorter maple tree. Here the gears grind and go, a vast clock face taking up much of the upper parts of the tree. According t
[22:30] <Kotono> a vast clock face taking up much of the upper parts of the tree. According to it, it is currently 14.30493 o'clock...you think. There are dozens of strange symbols inscribed along with the normal numbers. Past all of that is an east-west split, the southern route coming to an end there.
[22:32] <Alicia> "Lets check Eternity Way for the museum? Even if we don't go inside know, at least we'll know where it is," Alicia suggests.
01[22:32] <Seira> "And even if it's an inevitable, we could manage just the one," Seira agrees.
[22:32] <Demedais> "Could the oak be the museum, maybe?" Demedais blinks.
06[22:33] * Demedais blinks. "Stating the obvious. I think I'm tired."
[22:34] <Demedais> "Still, it does seem like our best bet. Seira, ready to cast Slow when we need it?"
01[22:34] <Seira> "I've still got it left," she affirms.
[22:35] <Demedais> "Worth a shot, then. Check the door before we go in?
06[22:35] * Alicia casts shield on herself and approaches the door, staying thirty feet away while Seira checks it.
01[22:35] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 search
[22:35] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+25 search --> [ 1d20=15 ]{40}
[22:36] <Kotono> The door is solid metal and cool to the touch. IT is indeed trapped.
01[22:36] <Seira> "Get back, let's home it doesn't blow up," Seira mutters, deciding to try her hand at disarming the trap.
01[22:36] <Seira> *hope
06[22:37] * Alicia moves a further twenty feet away.
[22:37] <Kotono> Pollyanna and Amaryl follow suit, behind Alicia!
06[22:37] * Demedais moves everyone back to where Alicia is, a bit worried.
01[22:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+27 DD
[22:37] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+27 DD --> [ 1d20=19 ]{46}
[22:39] <Kotono> Seira successfully diarms the trap to the door! It is now safe to cross.
06[22:39] * Seira checks the door once more!
01[22:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 more traps?!
[22:39] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+25 more traps?! --> [ 1d20=9 ]{34}
[22:39] <Kotono> Seira finds no further traps.
06[22:39] * Seira spends a minute studying the trap mechanism, before judging it safe to proceed!
[22:40] <Kotono> OOC: Opening the door?
01[22:40] <Seira> OOC: Yes
[22:41] <Kotono> The door opens! Ahead you see the tree is hollow, a deep-ticktocking heard inside! A stairway winds against the wall, leading upwards.The walls are half wood and half gears, mixing together and turning, churning in an endless pattern.
06[22:42] * Alicia approaches after Seira, sword drawn. Marie hovers just behind Alicia, corporeal for now and with her bow at the ready.
06[22:42] * Demedais steps right to Seira's side and tries to peer upward and see if he can spot anything.
[22:43] <Kotono> 20 feet up a solid floor of wood awaits. There are wa few small gaps where gears are instead, a bit of light flitting through from there. The stairway leads up to the next floor.
06[22:44] * Seira can think of no better time to cast Detect Magic and proceed slowly inside, wary of traps.
01[22:44] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 more search?
[22:44] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+25 more search? --> [ 1d20=14 ]{39}
[22:44] <Kotono> The stairs don't appear to be trapped at all.
06[22:44] * Demedais keeps five feet behind Seira as she advances, vigilant for this quarut defender.
[22:47] <Kotono> Going up the stairs, you find the next floor! It is a wide open floor full of full body mirrors, dozens of them situated around the room. On the far end is another stair, winding up. Walkinga bout the room is a man, but a man made of metal. He is metal entirely, sleek and smooth. He stands in the center of the room, not moving.
[22:48] <Kotono> OOC: Strike the walking, durrrrr.
06[22:48] * Alicia promptly pulls down her blindfold. "I've got a bad feeling about all these mirrors..."
01[22:49] <Seira> "While I have no better idea than to cast Haste." And so she does.
06[22:49] * Demedais glances at the man carefully, before nodding slightly. "Almost tempted to say break them, but... no reason to if we can just go straight to the next floor without looking at them."
[22:50] <Kotono> The metal man looks back at Demedais. At this contact of sorts, it whirrls into life. The soft sound of oiled gears turning can be detected. "Welcome. I am Designation Floor 2. State your reason for visiting."
[22:51] <Alicia> "We're looking for golden bracelets, like hourglasses woven into form," Alicia volunteers, repeating the description the young elf-thing gave them.
[22:51] <Demedais> "Is this the Museum of Eternity?" Demedais asks after Alicia.
[22:53] <Kotono> "It is. This place is designated as the Museum of Eternity. Those bracelets are on display on the highest level of the museum under the watch of the Curator." It's voice is electric-smooth, perfectly paced.
[22:53] <Demedais> "What are these mirrors on display for?" Demedais asks.
[22:54] <Alicia> That's all Alicia needs to hear. "Off we go, then," she starts heading for the next staircase up.
[22:54] <Alicia> She then pauses for Demedais.
[22:55] <Kotono> "They are on display to show time strands. According to proper doctrine, every possible event can and will occur away from the main strand of time. Every possible future, past and present all exist at once. These mirrors allow you to see those strands."
06[22:56] * Demedais blinks at this. "I see. Thank you. I'm afriad my friends are eager to see the bracelets, so we must take our leave, now." With that, he follows Alicia!
06[22:56] * Seira makes haste for the top floor!
06[22:56] * Alicia lifts up her blindfold as it's not really needed after all, and she prefers seeing with her eyes.
[22:58] <Kotono> Amaryl lingers and hesitates briefly. "Time strands? I don't..." Trailing off as she looks down, "Do you understand, Seira?"
[22:59] <Demedais> "I think another term, though less precise, would be 'potential'." Demedais comments on the steps up.
[22:59] <Alicia> "They're probably just illusions of fantastic possibilities, meant to distract us away from our goal," Alicia tells Amaryl. "I wouldn't put any stock in it."
01[22:59] <Seira> "Well, it can show us every possibility, right?" Seira responds. "Like me going to challenge red dragons on the astral plane, or me deciding not to do it and going somewhere else. Both are possible, so it could show me both! But it's also kinda annoying, because it could show me the highly unlikely possibility of failure."
[23:00] <Kotono> "Yes well..." Amaryl considers, "I rather want to look. To see the future like that and what could be, it would be like having your daydreams in vivid reality."
01[23:01] <Seira> "I would be happier if we looked after going up, since my spell would run out otherwise. But it's just one spell, all in all."
[23:01] <Alicia> "The future's what you make of it," Marie affirms with vivid certainty. "No one can predict it for sure."
[23:01] <Demedais> "If it weren't for the spell..." Demedais shrugs. "Maybe on the way down?"

Corwin · March 28, 2012, 06:42:47 AM

[19:42] <Komorningstuff> > Amaryl lingers and hesitates briefly. "Time strands? I don't..." Trailing off as she looks down, "Do you understand, Seira?"
[19:42] <Komorningstuff> <Demedais> "I think another term, though less precise, would be 'potential'." Demedais comments on the steps up.
[19:42] <Komorningstuff> <Alicia> "They're probably just illusions of fantastic possibilities, meant to distract us away from our goal," Alicia tells Amaryl. "I wouldn't put any stock in it."
[19:42] <Komorningstuff> <Seira> "Well, it can show us every possibility, right?" Seira responds. "Like me going to challenge red dragons on the astral plane, or me deciding not to do it and going somewhere else. Both are possible, so it could show me both! But it's also kinda annoying, because it could show me the highly unlikely possibility of failure."
[19:42] <Komorningstuff> > "Yes well..." Amaryl considers, "I rather want to look. To see the future like that and what could be, it would be like having your daydreams in vivid reality."
[19:42] <Komorningstuff> <Seira> "I would be happier if we looked after going up, since my spell would run out otherwise. But it's just one spell, all in all."
[19:42] <Komorningstuff> <Alicia> "The future's what you make of it," Marie affirms with vivid certainty. "No one can predict it for sure."
[19:42] <Komorningstuff> <Demedais> "If it weren't for the spell..." Demedais shrugs. "Maybe on the way down?"
[19:43] <Komorningstuff> "O-Of course," Amaryl hurries along with the party at that, picking up her pace so as not to be left behind. "Shall we go then?"
03[19:43] * Alicia sets mode: +o Demedais
01[19:43] <Seira> "No need to tell me twice!"
03[19:44] * Komorningstuff is now known as Kotono
[19:46] <Kotono> Climbing up, the party comes to the next floor. Ahead, in all directions from the staircase, is pitch black darkness. AT the edges of it are several seats. A sleek metal humanoid stands amid those chairs, waiting and looking as the party climbs up.
01[19:47] <Seira> "Top floor?" Seira asks curiously.
[19:47] <Alicia> "Marie, a little light please?" Alicia asks, as her familiar sends some dancing lights out past the stairs.
[19:48] <Kotono> The lights seem smothered here, weak. It shows a wooden floor. Ahead is some great contraption of gears and Mechanus-work, hidden in shadows. Far away, you can see the faint outline of a stairway going up on the other side of the room. "Welcome. I am Designation Floor 3. State your reason for visiting."
[19:49] <Alicia> "We're going up to the top floor to see the curator," Alicia replies as she steps forward, heading to the next stairway.
[19:50] <Demedais> "Our apologies; we are simply heading through to the top floor." Demedais says, curious but refraining from peering about too much as he follows, but asking as he passes "What is this floor for?"
[19:52] <Kotono> "The curator is above. However, he has stated that proper protocol is to show sufficient knowledge of the museum's contents and purpose to be allowed to ascend. In other words, you must understand each floor before you can see the curator."
06[19:52] * Demedais blinks, before nodding and stopping. "Ah. Then please, explain this floor."
[19:52] <Kotono> "This level is for seeing the beginning of time and the end of time."
[19:53] <Alicia> Considering they're going to kill him, Alicia really really doesn't care. "He can try to stop us, then," she mutters darkly, continuing upwards.
06[19:53] * Demedais pauses. "So here the machinations would demonstrate those knowledges? I see."
[19:54] <Kotono> "That is correct." Turning to Alicia now, "Defiance is punishable by death. If you proceed, I will have no choice but to attack."
[19:55] <Demedais> "Alicia." Demedais states after this, a glance. "I realize you want this done, but there is no reason to gamble."
06[19:56] * Alicia stops and stares at the automaton for a long moment before she finally relents. "Fine, since I don't care to kill every stupid golem in this place. Does this mean we have to go downstairs and look at all those mirrors as well?"
[19:57] <Demedais> "Since he let us pass? I think we understood the meaning." Demedais notes, before turning back to the automaton. "So how is it demonstrated?"
[19:59] <Kotono> "The device projects the images of the First Creation and Final Destruction, as decreed by Time."
[20:00] <Alicia> "Lets see it, then," Alicia says dubiously, walking over to the device.
06[20:00] * Demedais nods at this.
[20:00] <Kotono> "Sit," The machine instructs then, an arm gesturing in a human-like movement to the chairs. "It will begin automatically."
06[20:01] * Alicia sits down on the nearest chair while Marie alights atop her head.
[20:02] <Kotono> Pollyanna follows, "This wasn't what I expected, yet again. First a combat to the death, now religious lessons and demonstration?"
01[20:02] <Seira> "There are probably worse ways to die," Seira mutters.
06[20:03] * Demedais shrugs. "Stuff happens, and I'm kinda convinced at this point that when all these places were made multiple different gods just went at it wholesale in bringing stuff together. It'd explain some of the odd differences that occur."
[20:03] <Kotono> "It's..." Amaryl sits right next to Seira. "Why? Why show us this if they don't want us get this far?"
[20:03] <Alicia> "This was made by elves, not gods," Alicia points out.
01[20:03] <Seira> "Maybe it an evil, brainwashing illusion?"
[20:08] <Kotono> Around you, the darkness becomes utterly enveloping! For a moment none can see anything then...you sit amid a vast, endless black. There is a serenity here, a serenity that is mindnumbing. A perfection of nothing, profound in ways that escape wordy definintion. There is a throbbing, a throbbing like a heart beating. It comes after far too long, the sense of time demolished. "Be." (More)
[20:10] <Kotono> Around you, one point of light forms. Another...another...another...another...a hundred. A thousand. A trillion. Points of light form everywhere in the bleak, black night. Like a million stars in the sky, all shining bright.
06[20:11] * Seira stands up abruptly, hand on the hilt of her sword, but pauses at the starlight appears.
06[20:12] * Alicia looks at Seira in surprise at her sudden movement, prompting Marie to scramble in order to stay in position.
[20:12] <Kotono> "Seira..." Amaryl whispers. "What's wrong?"
06[20:12] * Demedais is still calmly sitting, though at Seira's surprise he looks around quite cautiously.
01[20:13] <Seira> "We came, we saw. Let's go."
[20:13] <Kotono> "It is not done yet," The metal man insists, "Please, be quiet and do not disturb it."
[20:13] <Alicia> "We've got to let it show us the end as well," Alicia points out, resigned to it herself.
06[20:17] * Seira decides to stay, albeit standing. She can see the creepy show just fine that way, if they must.
[20:18] <Kotono> Of the points of light, some stay static. Others begin to glow brighter. Brighter and brighter and brighter. In microscopic scale you can see them changing, changing into beautiful spheres of light and crystal, glowing with magnificent vitality. This seems to stretch on for a long time. How long? Unknown. There is a sense of being older, having waited a long time. Then...the lights begin to fade. One by one, the lights go out. The spheres fade,
[20:18] <Kotono> Then...the lights begin to fade. One by one, the lights go out. The spheres fade, crumbling back into the bleak serenity of the darkness all around you.
[20:20] <Alicia> "Is that it?" Alicia asks at the seeming conclusion. "Entropy wins, according to you? Consider me relieved that this is nothing more than inane supposition."
01[20:21] <Seira> "Can we go now?" Seira asks with annoyance.
[20:22] <Kotono> "It is what Time sees. Anything else is beyond me." The sleek metal man replies. "On the day the stars go dark."
[20:22] <Demedais> "Understood. Thank you." Seeing no reason to provoke him, Demedais stands and bows, before heading to the stairs.
[20:22] <Alicia> "Time only sees what has already happened. Anything past that is a mere guess," Alicia replies irritably as she gets up and starts heading for the stairs.
01[20:23] <Seira> "You didn't hear the dirge, did you?" Seira asks Amaryl quietly, leaning over to her on their way up.
[20:23] <Kotono> Following along, Pollyanna glances back once, lingering. She then starts to walk to the stairs with the rest of the party. "You're always saying the future can be changed. I think Alicia's right. That darkness, as peaceful as it was, was so lifeless."
06[20:24] * Demedais just leads upward.
[20:24] <Kotono> "Dirge?" Amaryl says aloud, looking at Seira. "Like song? No, I didn't hear anything such as that."
06[20:25] * Seira looks irritated. "I see."
[20:25] <Kotono> "What did you hear?" Amaryl stops halfway up the stairs.
[20:25] <Alicia> "It was just a guess based on symnetry. But what once was can never be again," Alicia explains her reasoning. "At least, that's my guess - and every bit as valid as the guess of whomever built this place."
01[20:26] <Seira> "Undead singing. Again. Let's not talk about it."
[20:28] <Kotono> As Amaryl puzzles at that, the party advances up to the third floor. Here is a room of entirely clockwork, the floor vast gears that spin together with nary a gap. The stairs on the other side again. Floating in colored beams of light are dozens of objects, slightly transparent. Two metal men stand about here, walking a steady course about the room, perfectly opposite each other.
[20:29] <Demedais> "Greetings. And what is the purpose of this floor?" Demedais asks immediately.
[20:34] <Kotono> "Welcome," The one on the left says, "I am Designation Floor 4-1." The other then speaks, "Welcome. I am Designation Floor 4-2." At once, both speak, "We catalog possibilities relating to the Fourth Resort."
[20:34] <Alicia> "What's the possibility of us getting it?" Marie asks immediately.
[20:35] <Demedais> "Please elaborate." Demedais says, stepping in... before glancing to Marie bemusedly.
06[20:35] * Seira snorts. "Yes, please give us an example of a useful possibility."
[20:36] <Kotono> "The odds have increased dramatically over the past two years," They answer as one. Six of the colored lights shine into life! In them, you can see images flickering into being. Demedais, Seira, Alicia, Pollyanna, Amaryl, Marie. "There are 72.593% odds that you will be the ones to determine the fate of the Fourth Resort."
01[20:37] <Seira> "We're being underestimated," Seira mutters. "Okay. Can we go up now?"
[20:38] <Kotono> "If you wish. Your reaching here has provided greater and greater shifts in the probabilities of Time. By far, your group holds the onus for retreiving the Resort. The others...have faded." IN other columns of light, other flickers figure. Some are unknown, some are familiar. Ferdi, Irenes, Pallan, Olburt, Shamal, Berlioz, Lyselle are all seen.
06[20:40] * Demedais nods slightly. "I cannot currently think of any more questions - thank you for your time. If I think of any, I may ask on the way down."
[20:41] <Kotono> The twin figures both stand aside, the way ahead unguarded and wide open.
[20:41] <Alicia> "One more, actually," Alicia speaks up. "What's the possibility of the Magus of Time's death ending the binding that holds the guardians here?"
06[20:42] * Demedais has long since stopped caring about most the sentience herein, but waits quietly for the response halfway through the room.
[20:43] <Kotono> "The probability is 50%." The two answer as one. "Yet it is also 100% and 0%."
06[20:43] * Seira firmly believes it to be one hundred percent, and doesn't really care about the answer.
[20:43] <Alicia> "You people stink!" Marie blurts out at that unhelpful answer.
01[20:44] <Seira> "They probably mean it's one of two things that must happen together. Like taking him out and getting the Resort," Seira says tiredly. "Let's just go."
[20:44] <Kotono> "We do not stink. We do not emit body odors as you do," They answer. "Time here depends on the will of the Magus of Time."
[20:44] <Alicia> "Nothing but guesses..." Alicia mutters disparagingly, dismissing them and proceeding onwards.
06[20:45] * Demedais shrugs and proceeds onward. "So we convince him to free this place in order to free them."
[20:45] <Kotono> "After that bit about entropy winning, I'll take guesses any day," Pollyanna hurries along. "Ugh. I'm so tired and discouraged now. We need to find that safe house soon. A night's sleep would be a mercy from Helm himself."
01[20:46] <Seira> "Channel it into anger. I know I do."
[20:47] <Kotono> "If you do it that well, you'd make a fine berserker," Pollyanna states as you reach the next floor! Here various glass cases all sit, dozens and dozens of rows of them! Each space between them is five feet wide, many aisles just able to be clearly walked through. In the cases are all sorts of strange and mysterious things, requiring a long look to comprehend. However, something else gets your attention. (More)
[20:50] <Kotono> Fifty feet away, six aisles down, waits a figure. IT is made of pure golden metal, shining bright. It's head is framed around an hourglass, purple sands ticking off in perfect clock harmony. It is facing you as you climb up, waiting. It bows to the party. "I welcome you. I am the Curator of the Museum of Eternity. I am pleased that you respected the sanctity of the lower floors and the sanctity of the duty of the guides."
[20:50] <Kotono> duty of the guides."
[20:51] <Alicia> "Pleased enough to let us take the bracers we need without any trouble?" Alicia asks with scant hope.
01[20:51] <Seira> "You know what we're really after," Seira tells him. "There's no need for violence, even if it would solve quite a bit."
[20:51] <Demedais> "I try." Demedais comments, before glancing to the other two drily.
[20:53] <Kotono> There is a soft hissing as one of the cases near the Inevitable opens, the glass rising up into the air. "I respect that you held back, even when your anger and frusturation provoked you. The bracelets are yours. You have overcome my attack."
01[20:54] <Seira> "Great!" Seira exclaims, walking towards the bracelets to collect them.
[20:54] <Demedais> "...thank you." Demedais says gratefully.
[20:54] <Alicia> "Well, that suits me just fine," Alicia manages a smile.
06[20:55] * Demedais idly looks around into the other cases.
[20:55] <Kotono> Approaching the opened case, the party can see that sixs bracelets sit in there. Each is like an hourglass warped into a woven bracelet of gold and glass. Sand runs through them constantly. "These attune to the part of your body used for bracers and bracelets. You must not wear other magical items in the same place as them, or they will not work."
06[20:56] * Alicia opens up the portable hole and then takes off her bracers of blinding strike, dropping them in before the extradimensional space is folded up again.
[20:56] <Kotono> Demedais glances at once case. Here is a chunk of ore. It is liquid silver, melting into a pool of fast moving molten metal. A moment later, it reshifts back into a lump of ore, then repeats.
01[20:56] <Seira> "I'm good," Seira says, the first one to try it on and see how they work.
[20:56] <Kotono> The bracelet feels metal-cool against your skin. Every second you can feel a faint tick-tock pulsing through your body.
[20:56] <Demedais> "Will these protect us only from the tower, or will it also - huh, cool ore - influence how well we can travel through the city?" Demedais asks the quarut respectfully.
01[20:56] <Seira> "It's tingly."
[20:57] <Alicia> Then Alicia goes after Seira and takes a set of bracelets to wear. Marie takes off her own currently useless bracelet and hands it to Alicia, before being handed a set of hourglass bracelets which hopefully will resize to fit her.
01[20:57] <Seira> "So the mirrors on that first floor are designed to frustrate and impede us?" Seira asks curiously.
[20:57] <Kotono> "That is a sample of Quicksilver, mined in fast moving time currents." He answers. The bracelets do resize, thankfully. "The bracers will protect you from being magically aged by the enchantments of the Magus of Time."
[20:58] <Demedais> "I see..." Demedais muses, looking at it curiously as he takes his own bracers off and puts them in the haversack. With a long glance, he then sweeps his eyes to another object.
[20:58] <Alicia> "Can you tell us anything about the Magus yourself?" Alicia asks, since the Quarut is being so helpful.
[20:59] <Kotono> "You would see yourself as a greedy red dragon, terrorizing all for your own profit. You would see yourself as a cold hearted man of chaos, caring only for your own gratification," A look to Demedais there, "You would see yourself as a succubus-retainer, serving the nihilistic chaos and temptation. You would see yourself as an imp at her side," Now to Alicia and them Marie, "The mirrors are meant to lose you in your own futility and crumbling i
[20:59] <Kotono> "The mirrors are meant to lose you in your own futility and crumbling into what you wish not to become."
[21:00] <Kotono> *quasit
06[21:00] * Alicia blushes in stark mortification at the mention of her succubus adventure. "Please, I'd rather not talk about that..." she hisses in a scandalised tone.
06[21:00] * Seira pats Amaryl's shoulder. "See? Evil mirrors! Just because it's possible that's totally not gonna happen."
[21:01] <Alicia> "At least we'd be together, right?" Marie tries to console Alicia.
[21:01] <Demedais> "Actually I've mused on chaos before. It would have been a possibility, perhaps, but Helm claimed me first and believe me, I've no complaints." Demedais muses, a bemused glance to the rest of the group before he goes back to looking around.
[21:01] <Kotono> "Now that you have overcome, perhaps you will see something more rewarding int hose mirrors," The quarut says. Demedais sees a crystal prism in the next case. In it he can see a clock built in, spinning over it's entire 12 hours every 12 seconds.
[21:01] <Kotono> "Succ...oh right. Demoralization." Grimacing and going to pat Alicia, "It's just a mind game."
[21:02] <Kotono> Pollyanna says, "But Demedais being chaotic? Please."
01[21:02] <Seira> "I really don't know where my image would come from," Seira mutters, frowning. "I mean, I've never once collected money for money's sake. It's not greed if you need it to build artifacts, is it?"
[21:02] <Alicia> "Actually, I've gotta ask," Marie looks up. "Why ARE you being so helpful? I mean, aren't you bound here to mislead and distract us?"
[21:02] <Alicia> "Isn't the whole point of everything in this city and forest to stop us getting the Resort?"
01[21:03] <Seira> "Maybe defeat means friendship?"
06[21:03] * Demedais looks to the quarut at one of his comments, before looking to Marie. "Smiling and whining elf."
01[21:03] <Seira> "That's what I said."
[21:03] <Demedais> With that, he looks to the quarut again. "...is what we see pre-determined either way?"
[21:03] <Kotono> "The Magus of Time has modified certain instructions within to his tastes," The quarut answers. "His desires, while staying within the ultimate goal of the dungeon, are not the same as the creators 2,000 years ago."
[21:04] <Alicia> "He wants the Resort to be found, but only by someone worthy?" Alicia concludes from that. Since the elves surely intended to seal it away forever.
[21:04] <Demedais> "That makes sense." Demedais mutters, before waiting for a response.
[21:06] <Kotono> "Time is static. The illusion of choice and free will is caused by the inability to see the future with perfect clarity." The quarut answers. "The One who can see time perfectly understands. Even I can only see a dim reflection of the truth of Time. The Grand Flow of Time can only be understood by The Primus."
[21:06] <Demedais> "The Primus?" Demedais asks calmly.
[21:07] <Alicia> "Oh...kay," Alicia nods slowly at that non-answer. "Well, I suppose we should move on, then? Unless there's anything else in here that can help us?"
01[21:07] <Seira> "Seeing the future with perfect clarity along with the belief in such imposes a self-fulfilling prophecy," Seira muses. "So I respectfully disagree. As for Alicia's question, let me ask it a different way. Is there anyone in the city that might be persuaded to help us, or hold something we could use against the Magus?"
[21:08] <Kotono> "The Supreme. The True Embodiment of Law. The Ruler-God of Mechanus. The One that is All." After that, "I do not know. My duty is this museum."
01[21:08] <Seira> That is kind of weak for someone who claims to see the future, but Seira's happy with having what they came here for. "Don't suppose you could help us with directions? We're looking for this inn."
06[21:09] * Demedais nods. "So asking you where 'Of The New World' is is hopeless?" Demedais then looks back to the items in the boxes, letting the group talk.
Session Close: Sun Mar 29 21:23:19 2009

Session Start: Sun Mar 29 21:23:19 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[21:23] * Disconnected
02[21:23] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
03[21:23] * Rejoined channel #dunes
03[21:23] * Topic is 'Hound of the Hunt(30)=Marie>Pollyanna(26)>Alicia(25)>Amaryl(23)>Seira(18)>Demedais(16)'
03[21:23] * Set by Kotono on Fri Mar 27 22:42:06
03[21:23] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
01[21:26] <Seira> "Since you happened to know something not directly under your purview," Seira muses, "is there any chance of you knowing anything about Arondaaq or its last owner?"
[21:28] <Kotono> There is a pause here, "The Magus of Time has mentioned Arondaaq. He said it is becoming more and more exposed to the east, leaking out into the world. That it's time is coming, or it will make it's own time."
01[21:29] <Seira> "If it's becoming exposed to the east, would it mean it's in the west? Or am I reading too much into this?"
[21:29] <Demedais> "I think he means that once the seals unravel more it will appear to our east?" Demedais muses. "Either way, interesting."
[21:30] <Alicia> "Well, maybe we can ask the Magus himself?" Alicia suggests, starting to head back to the stairs.
[21:31] <Kotono> "That would be wisest," The quarut agrees. "For I only know what the Magus said.
[21:31] <Kotono> "
06[21:31] * Demedais nods. "Still, your help is appreciated. Thank you."
06[21:32] * Demedais then follows Alicia out to head to the inn place thing!
06[21:32] * Seira tries to imagine a cordial meeting with the gnome and it doesn't quite work. "Okay, thanks. Oh! Out of curiousity, you told us what we would see in the mirrors. What about Pollyanna and Amaryl?"
[21:33] <Kotono> "She would be a blue dragon. Amaryl would be a cold, dominating Scion of the elven kingdom of Pallanth." It answers.
06[21:33] * Demedais had vaguely guessed the former, but still turns to Pollyanna at this.
01[21:34] <Seira> "Dominating--" Seira blinks, shaking her head. "Okay, thanks again! It was fun! Let's do this again some time." She heads downstairs without delay.
[21:34] <Kotono> Pollyanna colors, "I don't want to talk about it," she says shortly, going down thes tairs and a quick clip.
06[21:35] * Demedais nods and walks along with Pollyanna as they go down.
[21:35] <Kotono> OOC: Going to do anything as you go down or just head out entirely?
[21:36] <Demedais> OOC: Demedais will actually stop at one of the mirrors out of curiousity.
01[21:36] <Seira> OOC: I'm just leaving
[21:37] <Alicia> OOC: Alicia doesn't care for what ifs. She'll wait for Deme, though.
[21:38] <Kotono> The party goes down to the second floor. Here Demedais peers into one of the mirrors! He sees himself, older. He is controlled, wearing his ornate armor. Around him is mist, an endless white mist. He stands in it, waiting with infinite calm. Past him, dozens of transparent people walk by, heading along in an orderly fashion.
[21:38] <Alicia> OOC: But since we're waiting on Seira, what the hell, Alicia'll take a look
[21:39] <Demedais> Not exactly what Demedais was expecting. On a thought, he looks to the guardian of the room. "Does each mirror show a different point in time?"
[21:39] <Kotono> Alicia takes a look as well. In a mirror she sees herself. She glows with a silver radience, angel wings coming from her back. A look of calm serenity frames her, yet flames of justice burn in her eyes.
[21:40] <Kotono> "They are the strands of time." He answer, "They show what may be."
[21:41] <Alicia> "Oooh," Marie peers over Alicia's shoulders. "Where do I fit in with this?"
[21:41] <Demedais> "Right." Demedais muses, one last glance at the mirror before he moves on.
[21:43] <Kotono> Marie sees a beautiful elven eladrin, glorious and bright. She is human sized now, shining like the sun in the sky.
[21:44] <Kotono> "What do you think," Pollyanna looks between the various mirrors briefly, not looking into any one deeply.
[21:44] <Alicia> "I suppose that could be me after I die..." Alicia mutters quietly. "Not quite the lantern archon you were hoping to boss around?" she adds teasingly as they head away from the mirrors.
[21:44] <Alicia> "That could just be you a few thousand years from now, after you've had your stint under me!" the eladrin retorts.
06[21:45] * Demedais shrugs. "It's interesting. This entire city is."
[21:47] <Kotono> Amaryl hestiates for the moment. Meanwhile, Pollyanna smiles a bit, then yawns deeply. "By Helm's gaze, I'm tired, sore and praying we find that safe house soon."
[21:47] <Kotono> "What you're saying you're seeing is well better than what we would've before," Amaryl says hestitantly, peering into a mirror.
[21:47] <Alicia> "We know where it is, now. Lets get moving and we can take a break when we get there?" Alicia suggests, leading the way back out of the museum.
[21:47] <Demedais> "Heh. We'll get there soon enough." Demedais muses, idly touching the time bracelet.
[21:47] <Demedais> "Alright."
[21:48] <Alicia> "They're just possibilities, that's all," Marie tells Amaryl, taking off from Alicia's shoulder. "But I suppose if you like what you see then it's a goal to strive for."
[21:49] <Kotono> Looking away from the mirror with a very bright blush, "Um...what did you see, Marie? DId all of you want to strive for what you saw?"
[21:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 does Marie know what eladrin type she was, there?
[21:50] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+20 does Marie know what eladrin type she was, there? --> [ 1d20=18 ]{38}
[21:52] <Alicia> "I saw me as a faerie lady," Marie replies with a smile. "Even without any wings I still looked nice!"
[21:53] <Kotono> "How lovely!" Amaryl smiles to that, "What of you, Alicia?"
[21:54] <Alicia> "Some sort of angel... considering I'll have to die first, it's not something I'm particularly going to strive for, mind you," she laughs softly.
[21:55] <Kotono> "Aaah..." Blushing a little to that, "What of you, Demedais?"
[21:55] <Demedais> "Surrounded by mists and keeping guard. Overall, not unexpected." Demedais shrugs.
[21:56] <Alicia> "What did you see, then?" Marie asks the elf probingly.
[21:56] <Kotono> "Aaah..." Amaryl turns beet red all over again. "Well...um...I saw..." Shuffling and looking down, "Um, Seira will like it a lot."
[21:57] <Demedais> "And in that way I guess I still owe Shamal something..." Demedais muses to himself.
[21:57] <Alicia> "Say no more!" Marie laughs teasingly, whirling about and flying back over to rejoin Alicia.
[21:57] <Kotono> "Mists?" Pollyanna breaks out of her silence now, "What sort of mists?"
[21:58] <Demedais> "Endless white mist." Demedais replies.
06[21:59] * Seira subtly finds a mirror to peek into, herself.
[21:59] <Kotono> "Like Uatu?" Pollyanna considers that, before laughing a little. "His mists, you've mentioned them before."
[21:59] <Kotono> Seira sees herself as a great golden dragon, sitting atop a vast pile of gold and golden coin. It's quite bright, rich and glittery.
[22:00] <Demedais> "Yeah. Thus why I was thinking I owe Shamal one still, as she was the one who befriended him."
01[22:00] <Seira> It's a bit tacky. But the urge to swim through piles of golden coins remains, to be fulfilled one day.
[22:01] <Kotono> "Mmm." Considering this, Pollyanna yawns again, a long deep yawn that makes tiredness well up in all of the party. "Let's go and hope we find that inn without problem?
[22:01] <Kotono> "
[22:02] <Alicia> "Lets," Alicia agrees, heading out and to the Northeast.
[22:02] <Demedais> "Indeed." Demedais nods.
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[22:03] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=24 ]{24}
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[22:03] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=45 ]{45}
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[22:03] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=49 ]{49}
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[22:03] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=37 ]{37}
[22:03] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[22:03] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=55 ]{55}
[22:04] <Kotono> You pass se veral streets. You pass many a strange building, but hurry along towards the inn as wishes. At one point you come to a juncture, travelling north. Ahead the street continues, bisected 150 feet away by a glowing wall of rainbow colors. To the east another road continues.
01[22:05] <Seira> "I'm thinking, east?"
[22:05] <Demedais> "I'm gonna guess we want to avoid this wall and head east." Demedais nods.
[22:05] <Alicia> "A prismatic wall? Must be the tower's defences," Alicia muses. "We can bypass them, yes," she agrees with the Eastward sentiment.
[22:06] <Kotono> The party heads east! It comes to a dead end, tree-buildings all about after 100 feet. However, one has a door and a sign, saying 'Of the New World' on it. The door is solid wood and looks quite formidable on a glance.
06[22:06] * Alicia touches the door and recites from memory, "The flow runs below in the stream of time."
[22:08] <Kotono> The door opens at that, the way ahead revealed!
06[22:08] * Demedais nods. "Excellent."
[22:08] <Alicia> Nodding in satisfaction, Alicia heads inside!
06[22:09] * Demedais follows, keeping a weather eye out for anything of note inside the building!
[22:10] <Kotono> Inside is a single floor. A door is on the northern wall, sloped down and with a small staircase leading to it, a little tunnel beginning in the earth. Around you is a plain room. On one wall is an old bookcase, various things littered about there, a complete hodge-podge.
06[22:10] * Alicia wants to ensure the building is safe before setting camp, so she goes to investigate the tunnel first.
06[22:11] * Seira does likewise, with the help of detect magic.
[22:11] <Kotono> The door opens to another stairway, one that goes down twenty steps or so. It leads to a tunnel, lit with torches. It goes a ways, no end in sight and nothing noticed in it. The torches are faintly magical.
01[22:12] <Seira> roll 1d20+25 search
[22:12] <Demedais> "Seira or Alicia, check the door for traps? Best to know if they're there before we set up." Demedais comments, looking at the bookshelf and the items on it himself.
[22:12] <Kotono> OOC: Make a spot or search check, whichever is better, Deme?
01[22:12] <Seira> OOC: I'll take 10, then
03[22:12] * Celenu (WinNT@user-54479de0.wfd85b.dsl.pol.co.uk) has joined #dunes
03[22:12] * DK_Rei (Rei-chan@user-54479de0.wfd85b.dsl.pol.co.uk) has joined #dunes
[22:12] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
02[22:12] * Alicia (WinNT@user-54479de0.wfd85b.dsl.pol.co.uk) Quit (NickServ (GHOST command used by Celenu))
03[22:12] * Celenu is now known as Alicia
03[22:12] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao Alicia Alicia
03[22:12] * Kotono sets mode: +o DK_Rei
[22:13] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 spot
[22:13] <DK_Rei> Demedais rolled : 1d20+26 spot --> [ 1d20=4 ]{30}
[22:14] <Kotono> Demedais takes a good look over. It's tons of bric-a-brak, but one thing gets his attention. It's a slender book, with a title in Draconic, 'Estorica'.
06[22:15] * Alicia heads down the tunnel to see where it leads, familiar in tow!
02[22:15] * Rei-chan (Rei-chan@user-54479de0.wfd85b.dsl.pol.co.uk) Quit (Ping timeout)
06[22:15] * Seira searches the bookshelf out of curiousity.
01[22:15] <Seira> OOC: 35
06[22:15] * Demedais picks the book up, curiousity getting the best of him again. "This magical, Seira?"
[22:15] <Kotono> Alicia travels down the tunnel! She walks for about ten minutes, coming to stairs up and another door. There's not much of note or anything that breaks the monotony in the meanwhile.
06[22:16] * Seira takes the vial she had found and hands it to Demedais. "Trade you for it?"
06[22:17] * Alicia opens the door and has a look at what is revealed!
[22:17] <Alicia> "Say, we've been gone a long time. Think they might be worried?" Marie wonders, looking back down the mile long tunnel.
[22:17] <Kotono> On the other side is a stairway going up twenty steps, leading to another door.
06[22:18] * Demedais blinks at the vial. "What, is this magical too?" Still, he makes the trade.
[22:18] <Alicia> Alicia goes up and opens the next door!
01[22:18] <Seira> "The vial is, the book, not so much." After checking it for any nefarious traps, Seira tries to open it and look at the index.
[22:19] <Kotono> Alicia finds that it opens a door into thin air! Ahead is more of the city. To the side, a road goes. A shimmering wall of transparent force is just behind the door, running in a circle. Ahead, not far away, is the tower! It's made of a strange silver metal, able to be seen from here. It's surely no more than a half hour's walk from here, looming high in the sky.
06[22:19] * Demedais glances at the vial in confusion, before pocketing it. "Wonder if Alicia's alright." he muses at this, heading down the stairwell.
[22:19] <Alicia> Okay then! Alicia closes the door and heads back along the really long tunnel to hopefully reassure her companions that she and Marie weren't eaten or anything terrible like that.
[22:20] <Kotono> Book isn't trapped. It looks to be a collection of magical estorica. It would be useful for general arcane research. OOC: Make a K:A check, Seira
[22:20] <Kotono> ?
01[22:20] <Seira> roll 1d20+22
[22:20] <DK_Rei> Seira rolled : 1d20+22 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{38}
06[22:23] * Seira is too absorbed in the book to really worry about the safety of one of the strongest mages in the world.
[22:24] <Alicia> Rejoining the group, Alicia takes off her armour and settles down for dinner, before setting up some bedding and putting Marie on watch to ensure no one does terrible things to her in her sleep.
[22:24] <Demedais> roll 2d8+7 CMW Pollyanna
[22:24] <DK_Rei> Demedais rolled : 2d8+7 CMW Pollyanna --> [ 2d8=10 ]{17}
[22:24] <Demedais> roll 1d8+5 CMW Pollyanna
[22:24] <DK_Rei> Demedais rolled : 1d8+5 CMW Pollyanna --> [ 1d8=1 ]{6}
[22:25] <Demedais> OOC: CLW. Whoops. ...didn't even need that, but ah well.
06[22:25] * Alicia also casts a few spells to recharge her spellfire levels, and prays devoutly to Mystra before bed.
[22:25] <Demedais> roll 2d8+7 CMW Seira
[22:25] <DK_Rei> Demedais rolled : 2d8+7 CMW Seira --> [ 2d8=7 ]{14}
01[22:25] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 spellcraft
[22:25] <DK_Rei> Seira rolled : 1d20+24 spellcraft --> [ 1d20=12 ]{36}
[22:25] <Demedais> roll 2d8+7 CMW Seira
[22:25] <DK_Rei> Demedais rolled : 2d8+7 CMW Seira --> [ 2d8=16 ]{23}
[22:26] <Demedais> roll 2d8+7 CMW Alicia
[22:26] <DK_Rei> Demedais rolled : 2d8+7 CMW Alicia --> [ 2d8=12 ]{19}
[22:27] <Demedais> roll 5d8+25 remaining CLWs
[22:27] <DK_Rei> Demedais rolled : 5d8+25 remaining CLWs --> [ 5d8=29 ]{54}
[22:28] <Demedais> OOC: That's to myself.
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 1d100-50
[22:28] <DK_Rei> Kotono rolled : 1d100-50 --> [ 1d100=88 ]{38}

Corwin · March 28, 2012, 06:43:20 AM

[20:13] <Kotono> --------
[20:13] <Kotono> Just to be clear, you guys are starting the next morning by going out the second hour and out into the doorway Alicia explored?
[20:14] <Kotono> *house
[20:14] <Demedais> OOC: So far as I know, yes, unless Seira wanted to search the hallway/second house.
[20:14] <Alicia> After buffing and such.
[20:14] <Alicia> We can explore after we beat the boss.
[20:14] <Alicia> I'm sure there's tons of loots in the other exciting mysterious buildings we've ignored.
01[20:15] <Seira> That's pretty much what I think as well
01[20:15] <Seira> Even if we can't explore, sadly, we're here for a reason and not to get awesome and bizarre loot
[20:16] <Kotono> Right.
[20:16] <Kotono> -----
[20:16] <Kotono> ----(Ko in the wall for the sake of having a Ko in the wall)--
[20:17] <Kotono> Thus the party emerges the next morning! They go down the tunnel and up the stairs, ready to exit out the door when they wish. OOC: If you want to buff straightaway, do so. Otherwise, feel free to continue on.
01[20:18] <Seira> roll 1d10+10 FL
06[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d10+10 FL and gets 13." [1d10=3]
[20:18] <Demedais> OOC: Sign triggered.
[20:18] <Alicia> OOC: greater magic weapon on Hell Striker and Thunderstrike, Voice of the Archon on Alicia and shared with Marie who stays within 5 feet.
[20:19] <Kotono> As the party prepares, "Everyone ready?" Pollyanna asks, bow and arrow drawn at prepared.
01[20:20] <Seira> "Reasonably so!" Seira responds perkily. "Let's go and kick evil gnome ass!"
[20:20] <Demedais> "Presuming he's still evil. I mean, he gave the Quarut freedom to not have to fight us." Demedais notes.
[20:21] <Demedais> "Or at least that was the understanding I got."
[20:22] <Alicia> "And he worked with the elves to seal the Resort away to begin with," Alicia agrees, Marie perched on her head as they head down the long tunnel.
[20:22] <Kotono> "We'll see when we reach him," Shrugging, Pollyanna goes to open the door. Ahead you see the street ahead Alicia saw: A door into thin air, more of the city. A road continues on, a wall of transparent force just behind the door. You can see the tower now, shimmering silver metal. It's not that far and looms over everything else.
06[20:22] * Demedais scans to see if there's anything waiting to ambush them between the group and the tower.
[20:23] <Kotono> OOC: Spot check?
[20:23] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 28." [1d20=2]
06[20:24] * Alicia heads straight for the tower, looking for any obvious ingress.
06[20:25] * Seira is quite content to bring up the rear herself once more.
06[20:25] * Demedais stays alongside Alicia as he keeps an eye out.
[20:26] <Demedais> "I don't see anything, looks like the way's clear."
[20:27] <Kotono> The path leads to the west. Off the path is chock full of clockwork trees and difficult to cross. Not impossible if you want to squeeze and push through them, though it wouldn't be easy.
[20:28] <Demedais> "Follow the path? I'd rather not risk being caught in the trees at this point." Demedais shrugs.
[20:28] <Alicia> "Fair enough," Alicia doesn't really mind either way.
06[20:29] * Demedais nods and leads them on the path west, still keeping a vigil eye and ear out, thankful that it seems quiet for now...
[20:32] <Kotono> The road continues on for about five minutes. It then comes to a large main road. It stretches ahead, but in a good way, for it leads directly to the tower looming above! You can see it far away, a long walk for sure! But you can see it! You can see there is some sort of fence around it, the insides just before the tower's presumed entrance hidden from view by it.
[20:33] <Alicia> Hopefully the fence has a gate that will become clear when they approach. If not then surely another way around it will be found.
06[20:33] * Demedais blinks, glancing around as they advance toward the fence. "This seems almost too simple after everything else."
[20:34] <Alicia> "There's going to be stuff inside the tower, too," Marie points out. "It's way too big to just have one room right in the front door with the gnome and the ring sitting there."
[20:35] <Demedais> "Hey, maybe the rest of it's just maintenance or friendly-without-obstructing things. ...though the odds of that are less than a lot of things."
[20:36] <Kotono> Five minutes of walking pass. You are slightly closer to the tower, but there's still about a half hour or so of walking to go. More or less, it's hard to gauge exactly. But at this moment, light vanishes from the world! You can see nothing, but the tick-tocking sound grows far stronger! A whirling tick-tocking, as if the clockwork machines of Mechanus have gone berserk with action.
06[20:37] * Alicia promptly pulls down her blindfold while Marie sends out some dancing lights around the group to provide some illumination.
06[20:40] * Demedais uses the dancing lights to try and spot any trouble that may result.
[20:41] <Kotono> Marie's lights dance in the air, doing little to illuminate! Ahead of you, something crackles! The air splits apart into a spread image! Here you see a goblin with a greatsword and a breastplate, battling against foes. The reality around him peels apart, the goblin becoming real and solid there, the tick-tocking becoming a distracting din in your ears, making concentration difficult!
[20:42] <Demedais> "Hm. Seira, I presume you know the goblin and the guy?" Demedais guesses.
[20:42] <Alicia> "Anyone else see- ah, you do," Alicia confirms.
01[20:43] <Seira> "I even know how it goes. Yezrut dies."
[20:43] <Kotono> "What?" Pollyanna steps back, readying her bow. "A goblin? Seira? Shamal?"
[20:44] <Kotono> The goblinc racks it's neck, a cocky grin going over it's face. "I don't know what's going on...but...I just know that I have to kill you four!" He points his oversized greatsword out, holding it with both hands. "Come on!"
[20:44] <Demedais> "Yezrut... is the goblin or the guy?" Demesais asks. "And feh. This ticking's gonna make magic difficult." A hand raised to Pollyanna, though Demedais' sword is out. "Lyselle's there so it's of the early days of the Crimson Guard, unless I miss my guess."
[20:44] <Alicia> OOC: if he's been summoned he can make a DC 20 will safe or gtfo
01[20:44] <Seira> "Huh. Okay. Guys, it's an evil goblin. He's dead anyway, so it's cool to kill him again."
[20:44] <Kotono> OOC: He's not.
[20:45] <Kotono> "Kill me? Don't make me laugh!" With that, the goblin raises it's sword and charges! OOC: It's attacking and looks generally unfriendly. Let's roll initiative?
[20:45] <Demedais> "...Wait. This is... this is real, not an image?" Demedais frowns, eyeing the goblin.
[20:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 A
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 A and gets 24." [1d20=19]
[20:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 M and gets 20." [1d20=13]
[20:45] <Demedais> roll 1d20+5 Demeconfused~
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+5 Demeconfused~ and gets 19." [1d20=14]
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Amaryl
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Amaryl and gets 16." [1d20=10]
[20:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Yezrut
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Yezrut and gets 14." [1d20=6]
06[20:46] * Seira considers the question. "It... could be he has respawned. Or it could be he was cloned. Or he could be a shadow conjuration! Lots of choices!"
01[20:46] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 9." [1d20=3]
03[20:46] * Kotono changes topic to 'Alicia>Marie>Demedais>Amaryl>Yezrut>Pollyanna>Seiramiko'
[20:46] <Alicia> "Maybe he got pulled here through time, and if we kill him it'll cause a horrible paradox!" Marie exclaims gleefully.
[20:47] <Demedais> "Cloned shadow respawn?" Demedais considered. "Less likely than most opti- ... ... Marie... ...this really isn't something I needed to think about. Argh."
01[20:48] <Seira> "I changed the future before, the world didn't blow up," Seira says, dismissing the risk. "And this guy already respawned once, so he might be doing it again!"
[20:48] <Alicia> "You're a strange little fairy at times..." Alicia mutters dubiously, drawing Hell Striker and approaching the goblin, intending to cleave right through his oversized greatsword.
[20:48] <Alicia> OOC: he gets an AoO
[20:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 AoOing Alicia
06[20:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 AoOing Alicia and gets 38." [1d20=15]
[20:48] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[20:48] <Alicia> OOC: 31
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 2d6+21
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+21 and gets 29." [2d6=6, 2]
[20:50] <Kotono> With surprising skill that has no place on being with a goblin, Yezrut cuts into Alicia's side as she approaches, getting her with a grazing but long wound! OOC: The AoO stops the disarm. Marie?
[20:50] <Alicia> OOC: Sunder!
[20:50] <Kotono> OOC: Sunder, my mistake.
[20:50] <Alicia> OOC: which doesn't get stopped by AoOs
[20:51] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, they don't? Carry on then.
[20:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+27
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+27 and gets 38." [1d20=11]
[20:51] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 -4pa +4 large weapon opposed roll (he gets -4 for being a runt) divine might
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 -4pa +4 large weapon opposed roll (he gets -4 for being a runt) divine might and gets 33." [1d20=6]
[20:51] <Kotono> OOC: I'm aware. His roll is correct.
[20:52] <Kotono> Alicia charges in, but her blade is deflected by the side of Yezrut's! The powerful blow misses, knocked away! OOC: Marie?
[20:53] <Alicia> As Alicia fails to accomplish much of anything, Marie takes off from her head and floats five foot up and back, raining a storm of arrows down on the goblin!
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 and gets 31." [1d20=13]
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 and gets 20." [1d20=7]
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+8
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+8 and gets 23." [1d20=15]
[20:53] <Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[20:53] <Alicia> roll 1d4+3+1d6+1d4
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+3+1d6+1d4 and gets 11." [1d4=2][1d6=4][1d4=2]
[20:53] <Kotono> One of the arrows hit, a grazing injury that sends shocking, screaming pain into Yezrut's arm! He jolts but grimaces, "I've had worse from a crying mother!" OOC: Deme.
06[20:55] * Demedais pauses at this. "Do opponents just -like- signing their own death warrants...?" With that, he rushes in at Yezrut's side, choosing to instead just cut him apart instead of trying to disarm!
[20:56] <Demedais> roll 1d20+20 (+2 Haste -2 PA)
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+20 (+2 Haste -2 PA) and gets 36." [1d20=16]
[20:56] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[20:56] <Demedais> roll 2d6+15
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+15 and gets 24." [2d6=4, 5]
[20:57] <Kotono> Demedais goes to his side near Alicia, stabbing his flank! It's not too deep, unable to quite land a killing blow! To follow that up, Amaryl sends a bevy of arrows flying!
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 30." [1d20=19]
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 29." [1d20=18]
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 17." [1d20=11]
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 24." [1d20=18]
[20:57] <Kotono> roll 2d8
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8 and gets 6." [2d8=3, 3]
[20:58] <Kotono> As arrows lightly pepper Yezrut, he shakes them off! He focuses on the two, "I'm never going to lose, especially not the likes of you!" With that, he lays into the aggressive party!
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (-2 PA) Demedais
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 (-2 PA) Demedais and gets 41." [1d20=20]
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (-2 PA) Demedais crit?
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 (-2 PA) Demedais crit? and gets 33." [1d20=12]
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Alicia
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Alicia and gets 22." [1d20=6]
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11 Alicia
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 Alicia and gets 24." [1d20=13]
[20:59] <Kotono> OOC: AC, Deme?
[20:59] <Demedais> OOC: 35.
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 2d6+25
06[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+25 and gets 31." [2d6=3, 3]
[21:00] <Kotono> With a powerful thrust, Yezrut manages to wound Demedais lightly in the gut! It doesn't go deep, only a mild pain instead of a serious wound! Then, more arrows rain down from above on Yezrut!
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 24." [1d20=7]
[21:00] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 36." [1d20=19]
[21:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 (Helmet +2)
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 (Helmet +2) and gets 24." [1d20=10]
[21:01] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[21:01] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1d6+10
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1d6+10 and gets 18." [1d8=4][1d6=4]
[21:01] <Kotono> One arrow goes right into Yezrut's shoulder, enough injury to momentarily stagger him back! OOC: Seira.
06[21:05] * Seira maneuvers herself to Yezrut's blind spot, where she would be able to aid Demedais, sword drawn.
[21:05] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Alicia?
[21:07] <Alicia> Somewhat surprised by the goblin's uncanny skill, compared to the sort of foes she recalls encountering when she first joined the Crimson Guard and knowing they bested him even before that, Alicia doesn't hold back much at all as she attempts to slice through each of his spindly limbs in turn before seperating his head from his shoulders!
[21:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 divine might 4th level arcane strike
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 divine might 4th level arcane strike and gets 30." [1d20=5]
[21:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+25 divine might 4th level arcane strike
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+25 divine might 4th level arcane strike and gets 39." [1d20=14]
[21:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 divine might 4th level arcane strike
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 divine might 4th level arcane strike and gets 33." [1d20=13]
[21:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 divine might 4th level arcane strike
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 divine might 4th level arcane strike and gets 37." [1d20=17]
[21:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 divine might 4th level arcane strike
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 divine might 4th level arcane strike and gets 22." [1d20=7]
[21:08] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 divine might 4th level arcane strike
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 divine might 4th level arcane strike and gets 16." [1d20=1]
[21:08] <Kotono> OOC: Four hits.
[21:08] <Alicia> roll 4d8+68+8d6+4d6+16d4
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 4d8+68+8d6+4d6+16d4 and gets 172." [4d8=4, 7, 4, 3][8d6=5, 4, 5, 2, 3, 1, 6, 6][4d6=2, 6, 3, 1][16d4=4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 1, 3, 2, 2, 2, 4, 3, 2, 4, 2, 1]
[21:09] <Kotono> Alicia does just what she wishes to! She catches Yezrut on the flat of his feet, riping his limbs off, then cutting away his head! HIs eyes go wide, "Wh-" he begins, as the tick-tocking STOPS! Utter silence. Yezrut is gone, as is the darkness. You stand in the road where you were before, the Tower looming ahead on the horizon.
[21:10] <Demedais> "Well, then."
[21:10] <Alicia> "Well... remembering anything different, Seira?" Marie asks the half-dragon, curious on the results of this potential paradox.
[21:10] <Kotono> Amaryl lowers her bow with a sigh. "Phew. What was that about? Who was that goblin, I've never heard of one using a two hander like that."
01[21:10] <Seira> "Why would I?" Seira wonders out loud. "I told you he keeps on respawning, remember?"
[21:11] <Alicia> "He was uncommonly skilled," Alicia muses as she flicks the blood from her blade. "Albeit not terribly resilient."
01[21:11] <Seira> "Every time he returns, he's stronger!" Seira exclaims. "It's like he trains in the afterlife or something!"
06[21:12] * Demedais stretches. "Let's keep going, then?" Then, to Seira, "Alternately he's haunting you."
[21:12] <Alicia> "That hardly sounds fair," Marie remarks with a frown as Alicia pulls up her blindfold.
01[21:12] <Seira> "Well, no," Seira admits, "but there was the Son of Yezrut...."
06[21:13] * Alicia dismisses the repeatedly dead goblin from mind, putting her blade away and continuing onwards.
[21:14] <Demedais> "Was that the corrupted one?" Demedais says, beginning to advance.
01[21:14] <Seira> "Yes! It was so funny--" And Seira proceeds to retell the story of how a goblin declared himself her archnemesis and demanded she fight him fairly one on one, just she, he and his trolls.
[21:16] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 pot check
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 pot check and gets 34." [1d20=8]
[21:17] <Kotono> You walk another five minutes. The tower is closer now? More like twenty minutes. Demedais can see that the 'fence' is a black lattice of some sort of thick material. But as you advance, it happens again! Darkness! The tick-tock is louder and louder, as if coming to life!
01[21:18] <Seira> "I wonder if it's the son's turn...."
[21:18] <Kotono> Pollyanna readies three arrows in between her fingers, the other hand raising up her bow. She doesn't stay a word, focused.
[21:19] <Demedais> "Or another theoretical nemesis." Demedais growls, intent.
[21:19] <Alicia> The blindfold is probably superflous, but Alicia draws her flaming sword and Marie sends out the dancing lights. "This could get old real fast..."
06[21:19] * Seira still remains next to Amaryl and Pollyanna. There's no need to charge ahead.
[21:20] <Kotono> 15 feet to the left of Seira it appears! An image of a woman climbing a wall in the rain! Beth Reynes is familiar to all, the pouring rain of that night a vivid memory in Seira's mind. She draws her rapier and growls, two ballgowned members of the Crimson Guard approaching! As she is peeled away, appearing, "Don't ya think yer gonna stop me!" she snaps! "You're all dead!" Landing on the dark ground around you in a crouch, Beth is up at and at y
[21:20] <Kotono> Landing on the dark ground around you in a crouch, Beth is up at and at you like a fired arrow! OOC - She's coming right at you and doesn't look friendly in the least.
[21:21] <Alicia> "Oh... you have to be kidding me!" Alicia stares in disbelief.
[21:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 A
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 A and gets 18." [1d20=13]
[21:21] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 M and gets 9." [1d20=2]
01[21:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 11." [1d20=5]
[21:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Amaryl
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Amaryl and gets 16." [1d20=10]
[21:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Polly
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Polly and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[21:21] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 and gets 2." [1d20=1]
[21:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 Beth
06[21:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 Beth and gets 26." [1d20=12]
03[21:22] * Kotono changes topic to 'Beth>Pollyanna>Alicia>Amarylo>Seira>Marie>Demedais'
03[21:22] * Kotono changes topic to 'Beth>Pollyanna>Alicia>Amaryl>Seira>Marie>Demedais'
[21:23] <Kotono> Linke a coiled spring, Beth pounces! Her rapier flashes out, going for Seira with deadly intent!
[21:23] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 flatfooted AC, Seira?
06[21:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 flatfooted AC, Seira? and gets 30." [1d20=5]
01[21:23] <Seira> OOC: Yeah, 22
[21:24] <Kotono> roll 1d6+5+6d6 and 1 point of con damage, Seira.
06[21:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+5+6d6 and 1 point of con damage, Seira. and gets 35." [1d6=1][6d6=6, 3, 2, 6, 6, 6]
[21:25] <Kotono> With a tiger's speed she cuts into Seira's arm, her vein exposed to the air with the penetrating strike! A second later Beth is twenty feet back and away from Seira! OOC: Polly's up.
[21:25] <Kotono> Pollyanna shakes her head, "Sorry," she says right to Alicia, firing off a stream of arrows!
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 33." [1d20=16]
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 30." [1d20=13]
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 23." [1d20=11]
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 24." [1d20=17]
[21:26] <Kotono> roll 3d8+3d6+30
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+3d6+30 and gets 50." [3d8=2, 2, 3][3d6=5, 3, 5]
[21:27] <Kotono> Beth weaves and dodges, but Pollyanna's arrows of the mark! Three land right in her, turning her into a walking pin cushion! OOC: Alicia.
[21:28] <Alicia> "Sorry?!" Alicia blurts out incredulously, "That's my sister!" Turning to the assassin, she tries to reason with her. "Beth, don't you recognise me? It's Alicia! Please stop, we don't want to fight you!"
06[21:28] * Seira certainly wants to fight her.
06[21:29] * Demedais eyes Alicia, willing to let her try to reason this one out.
[21:29] <Kotono> With a sneering look at Alicia, "So? MAkes it even better, sis! I kicked yer ass around once already, let's make it a second time! Or are you going to cry and go moan to Mommy Mystra?"
[21:30] <Alicia> "Oh, damn, not to go through all this again..." Alicia mutters under her breath, before just taking advantage of her low willpower. "Beth, drop your weapon."
[21:30] <Alicia> OOC: DC 23 suggestion
[21:30] <Kotono> "It's not like that, Alicia. It's a trial, a trick." Pollyanna readies more arrows as quickly as she can, "I fyou have to, step back and let us do it. It's just like those damned fey in the forest."
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[21:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 31." [1d20=19]
[21:31] <Kotono> As Beth just laughs hard..."Fire or not?" Amaryl asks, hesitating, "Seira?"
01[21:31] <Seira> "Hold for now," Seira tells Amaryl quietly, looking balefully at Beth.
01[21:32] <Seira> OOC: We would like to wait on Deme
[21:32] <Kotono> OOC: Holding as well? Okay. Marie?
[21:33] <Alicia> "Come on J-Beth, be nice! Give your sister a hug!" Marie tries, almost slipping on the name since she never met Alicia's sister before her amnesia.
[21:33] <Alicia> OOC: DC 23 again
[21:34] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[21:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 30." [1d20=18]
[21:34] <Kotono> Beth laughs even harder! "Aw, it's a fuckin' fairy! At least I can sell you to someone useful after this. A real life pixie!" OOC: Deme?
[21:36] <Kotono> "See?" Pollyanna readies more arrows again, "Alicia, you know it's just another trick and trap."
[21:37] <Alicia> "No... this is actually disturbingly accurate," Alicia replies with a blush. "I know my sister..."
01[21:37] <Seira> "If you want to take her down nonviolently, I'll support you," Seira tells Demedais. "But whatever it is, negotiations have failed." She holds up her bleeding arm for emphasis.
06[21:37] * Demedais rubs his head. "Oh for the love of..." With that, he sprints forward, before trying to strike... at Beth's weapon! "Pollyanna, stall on further action! Prepare for what's coming next!"
[21:38] <Demedais> OOC: Provoking AoO.
[21:38] <Kotono> "Then it's a damned accurate trap, but it's till a trap, by Helm," Pollyanna focuses entirely on her, "Before she...ugh...!" She nonetheless nods tightly to Demedais as he strikes! OOC: Okay.
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 42." [1d20=17]
[21:38] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[21:38] <Demedais> OOC: Lower than that! (35.)
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 crit?
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 crit? and gets 28." [1d20=3]
[21:39] <Kotono> roll 1d6+5 and 1 con damage, Deme.
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+5 and 1 con damage, Deme. and gets 8." [1d6=3]
[21:39] <Kotono> The snaking, sharp thrust catches Demedais in the arm! It's a shallow wound, but one that bleeds far too much for a little puncture! OOC: That stops the disarm. Beth is up.
01[21:40] <Seira> OOC: We are
[21:40] <Kotono> OOC: You wanna go, Seira? Okay.
03[21:40] * Kotono changes topic to 'Beth>Pollyanna>Alicia>Amaryl>Marie>Demedais>Seira'
[21:40] <Kotono> OOC: I'll add Amaryl after if you tell her to shoot.
01[21:41] <Seira> "At least there's consensus," Seira mutters. "Alright. Give it your best shot, Amaryl. I'll go and help Demedais." And that help involves getting into a flanking position and sinking the Resort in Beth's flank.
01[21:42] <Seira> roll 1d20+20
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 and gets 22." [1d20=2]
[21:42] <Kotono> OOC: It is a miss.
[21:42] <Kotono> Seira stabs out, thrusting hard at Beth! It's a narrow miss, the assassin avoiding the quick stab! A moment laters, arrows come raining down!
[21:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[21:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 15." [1d20=6]
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 17." [1d20=8]
[21:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[21:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 23." [1d20=14]
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 25." [1d20=16]
[21:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
[21:43] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 16." [1d20=12]
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 and gets 21." [1d20=17]
[21:43] <Kotono> roll 1d8
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 and gets 4." [1d8=4]
[21:43] <Kotono> Another arrow gets Beth in the arm, weakening her further! She staggers back, as...OOC: She's up.
03[21:44] * Kotono changes topic to 'Beth>Pollyanna>Alicia>Marie>Demedais>Seira=Amaryl'
[21:45] <Kotono> "So fuckin' sick of you," Between gritted teeth, "So self fuckin' righteous and mewling! Grow up! Yer wastin' your life actin' on all those stupid ideals!" Stepping five feet back, Jessica takes a vial out and throws it in Alicia's direction!
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 touch AC, Alicia, not that this matters much here, admittedly.
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 touch AC, Alicia, not that this matters much here, admittedly. and gets 29." [1d20=13]
[21:45] <Alicia> OOC: 17, 19 vs evil. But see #e
[21:46] <Kotono> OOC: She'll risk an AoO from the big lumbering brute of a paladin.
[21:46] <Demedais> OOC: Right.
[21:49] <Demedais> "Hmph...!" Demedais grunts, before attempting to smash the vial he sees pulled out! "Not allowing that if I can help it!"
[21:49] <Kotono> With her other hand, Beth strikes back quickly!
[21:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 38." [1d20=13]
[21:49] <Kotono> roll 1d6+5 and 1 con damage, Deme
06[21:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+5 and 1 con damage, Deme and gets 10." [1d6=5]
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[21:50] <Kotono> OOC: Continue the sunder.
03[21:50] * Alicia sets mode: +v Rei-chan
[21:51] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 right.
[21:51] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 1d20+26 right. --> [ 1d20=6 ]{32}
[21:51] <Kotono> OOC: Damage.
[21:52] <Demedais> roll 2d6+11 wee?
[21:52] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 2d6+11 wee? --> [ 2d6=4 ]{15}
[21:52] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 fort for Beth
[21:52] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+8 fort for Beth --> [ 1d20=19 ]{27}
[21:52] <Kotono> The vial is shattered hard, the glass and a powdery black substance spreading all over Jessica! "Aaaaghik!" she cries incoherently! Pollyanna pauses just a moment, "Demedais," she hisses.
[21:53] <Alicia> OOC: Beth!
[21:54] <Kotono> OOC: Yes. Thank you.
[21:54] <Demedais> "Yes? I'm fine, stabbing aside." Demedais grimaces.
[21:54] <Kotono> "Fire or not?"
01[21:54] <Seira> "I think we're past the point of taking her down painlessly," Seira calls over to Pollyanna, grimacing.
[21:55] <Demedais> "... And yet I suspect that we're not going to be able to pass easily unless it's dark..." Demedais grimaces. "Hold again until I act. My apologies."
[21:55] <Kotono> With that, Pollyanna lets her arrows hold, knuckles white on her bowstring! OOC: Alicia?
[21:56] <Alicia> "Beth, give up!" Alicia barks, half-poised to strike if this fails. "Look at the mess you're in already - you're screwed! Surrender with a bit of respect!"
[21:58] <Kotono> Beth screams incoherently! Her eyes blaze with hatred, "I...hate...you!" she growls, waving her rapier wildly!
[21:59] <Demedais> "For the love of Helm... " Demedais grimaces. "Sorry, Alicia, but I wasn't ready to let her try and hit you with that."
06[21:59] * Alicia sighs, but is resolved to act before others suffer for her hesitation. Stepping towards her sister, she whacks her solidly in the side of the head with the flat of her blade!
[21:59] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 smite -8pa 3rd level arcane strike divine might nonlethal
[21:59] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+24 smite -8pa 3rd level arcane strike divine might nonlethal --> [ 1d20=2 ]{26}
[22:00] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[22:00] <Alicia> roll 1d8+38+2d6+1d6+3d4
[22:00] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d8+38+2d6+1d6+3d4 --> [ 1d8=8 2d6=8 1d6=4 3d4=6 ]{64}
[22:01] <Kotono> Slam! The flat of Alicia's blade hits Beth right in the head! She falls over, eyes shutting, "I...hate..." Then it's all gone. Over. Done. The darkness is gone, the tick-tocking ceasing it's fevered pitch. Ahead, the silver tower looms, waiting.
[22:02] <Demedais> "Damn." Demedais curses, healing himself quickly of the damage to his endurance before doing the same to Seira.
[22:02] <Demedais> roll 1d4 Lesser Restore self
[22:02] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 1d4 Lesser Restore self --> [ 1d4=1 ]{1}
01[22:02] <Seira> "Yes, barrels of laughs," Seira mutters. "Great fun all around."
06[22:02] * Alicia stares down at her feet, breathing heavily for a moment as Marie worriedly approaches from behind. "I'm sorry, Pollyanna... everyone," the paladin finally speaks. "I should've just cut her apart from the outset. You all suffered for my hesitation, and it didn't even matter at all in the end."
[22:03] <Demedais> OOC: One more on self + one on Seira to eliminate it.
01[22:03] <Seira> "For what it's worth, I felt the risk was worth taking," Seira tells her. "A shame your efforts didn't succeed this time."
[22:03] <Kotono> "It's okay." Pollyanna goes over to Alicia, "It's just another stupid trick. Let's just keep going."
06[22:04] * Alicia nods silently, reaching over to Seira and healing her as much as she's able.
06[22:05] * Seira casts Heroism and See Invisibility while she is able to, in case the horribly ticking is a sign of what awaits her in the tower.
06[22:06] * Demedais taps himself to heal away some of the wounds. "We're gonna likely face a quite familiar foe to half of us next. Prepare your courage and stay close to me - this will not be pretty."
[22:06] <Demedais> roll 3d8+7
[22:06] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 3d8+7 --> [ 3d8=13 ]{20}
[22:06] <Kotono> "Yes, let's keep going," Pollyanna starts to walk, looking to Demedais, "Who do you think we're going to face next then?"
06[22:06] * Demedais gives Pollyanna a long look. "If I'm not mistaken? A creature you've got a deep grudge against."
[22:06] <Alicia> "We've faced someone from Seira's past and someone from mine... so there could be four more to go," Alicia muses, also resuming her walk.
01[22:07] <Seira> "How about Ferdi? That would be fun!"
[22:07] <Kotono> Pollyanna stumbles, wobbling her arms and dropping her bow as she turns to Demedais. "W-wait, w-w-what?"
06[22:08] * Demedais nods to Pollyanna. "Yeah. It'd fit the pattern thus far, though... if this thing's really bizarre, we face a golem first. I doubt that case, however. ...Kondrux is far more likely."
[22:08] <Alicia> "Hopefully I won't count since I'm a familiar?" Marie offers gamely.
[22:09] <Kotono> "N-no. It won'-it won't happen." Breathing in and out as she picks up her bow with shaking hands, Pollyanna goes right ot Demedais as they walk. "No. It won't happen."
[22:09] <Kotono> "What would your archenemy be then, Marie?" Amaryl asks as she goes closer to Demedais as well.
01[22:09] <Seira> "That pixie we came across yesterday, maybe?"
[22:10] <Kotono> Snickering at that, "The battle of Alicia's head?"
[22:10] <Demedais> "If it does, he's getting dissected, same as last time." Demedais says grimly.
01[22:10] <Seira> "The incident with the unfortunate implications, yes."
[22:10] <Alicia> "Well, there was that marilith one time..." Marie remarks embarrassedly.
06[22:11] * Demedais keeps close to Pollyanna as they advance. "Let's go."
[22:11] <Alicia> "And another, actually..." Marie adds. "Boy, those demons have bad luck with me."
[22:12] <Kotono> Another five minutes. You do see to be 15 minutes away from the tower now. It's even closer - Demedais can make out faint glimpses of the inside, perhaps, past the lattice. Nothing solid, though. Then the darkness comes! The tick-tock becomes stronger, a painful distraction to casting once more! 50 feet ahead of you it fills up the entire sky in this blackness! Kondrux, flying over Balmuria! The dragon's majestic form is terrifying, sending qu
[22:12] <Kotono> Kondrux, flying over Balmuria! The dragon's majestic form is terrifying, sending quakes down the party's spines as it peels into this void! IN it's booming voice, "You dare to defy me, puny mortals? You will be destroyed for your insolence!" OOC: Initiative.
[22:13] <Kotono> Pollyanna's face is dead white, her hands shaking horribly!
[22:13] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1 bring it, Kongass
[22:13] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 1d20+1 bring it, Kongass --> [ 1d20=4 ]{5}
01[22:13] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
[22:13] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+6 --> [ 1d20=13 ]{19}
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Amaryl
[22:13] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+6 Amaryl --> [ 1d20=12 ]{18}
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Seira
[22:13] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+7 Seira --> [ 1d20=12 ]{19}
[22:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 A
[22:13] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+5 A --> [ 1d20=11 ]{16}
[22:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
[22:13] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+7 M --> [ 1d20=6 ]{13}
[22:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 (+5 nerveskitter)
[22:13] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+9 (+5 nerveskitter) --> [ 1d20=10 ]{19}
[22:14] <Kotono> OOC: Er, Amaryl, not Seira. Dur-hur.
03[22:14] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira=Pollyanna=Kondrux>Amaryl>Alicia>Marie>Demedais miko-miko panic!'
[22:15] <Kotono> OOC: Goa head and resolve first, Seira?
[22:16] <Kotono> Despite open terror, Pollyanna manages to fire off a few quick arrows!
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
[22:16] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+19 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{27}
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
[22:16] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+14 --> [ 1d20=17 ]{31}
[22:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[22:16] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+9 --> [ 1d20=10 ]{19}
[22:17] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1d6+10
[22:17] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d8+1d6+10 --> [ 1d8=8 1d6=4 ]{22}
[22:17] <Kotono> The arrows fly, one of them managing to find a weak spot in Kondrux's scales! OOC: Seira?
06[22:20] * Seira decides to rely on her staff, holding it before her as she ascends, and calls upon three rays of fire to strike at Kondrux's hide!
[22:20] <Kotono> OOC: While we're waiting on Seira, eveyrone make saves against Dragonfear?
01[22:20] <Seira> roll 1d20+15 FIRE
[22:20] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+15 FIRE --> [ 1d20=13 ]{28}
[22:20] <Kotono> OOC: Beat it. Attack rolls.
01[22:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 ranged touch
01[22:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 ranged touch
[22:21] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+17 ranged touch --> [ 1d20=13 ]{30}
[22:21] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+17 ranged touch --> [ 1d20=18 ]{35}
01[22:21] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 ranged touch
[22:21] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+17 ranged touch --> [ 1d20=9 ]{26}
[22:21] <Kotono> OOC: All hits vs dragon flatfooted.
[22:21] <Kotono> OOC: Er, touch. Dur.
01[22:21] <Seira> roll 12d6 fire
[22:21] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 12d6 fire --> [ 12d6=33 ]{33}
[22:22] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, everyone relevant make saves vs dragonfear. +4 for Deme's aura nad +2 from Marie's aura.
[22:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Amaryl
[22:22] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+10 Amaryl --> [ 1d20=9 ]{19}
[22:22] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 Polly
[22:22] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+13 Polly --> [ 1d20=4 ]{17}
[22:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+30 A
[22:22] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+30 A --> [ 1d20=18 ]{48}
[22:22] <Alicia> roll 1d20+21 M
[22:22] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+21 M --> [ 1d20=1 ]{22}
[22:23] <Kotono> OOC: Pollyanna and Amaryl are shaken for 4d6 rounds. Marie is panicked instead.
[22:23] <Kotono> roll 4d6 for both
[22:23] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 4d6 for both --> [ 4d6=16 ]{16}
[22:25] <Kotono> roll 1d6
[22:25] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d6 --> [ 1d6=6 ]{6}
[22:26] <Kotono> As flaming arrows and flaming rays pepper Kondrux, the dragon's terror washes over the party! It draws it's head back as it flies at an angle to line up with Pollyanna, Demedais and Amaryl! A crackling line of lighting comes out at all three of them, the dragon's terrifying breath! OOC: Ref all three of you.
[22:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 thanks for the +2, Marie (Polly)
[22:27] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+14 thanks for the +2, Marie (Polly) --> [ 1d20=16 ]{30}
[22:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 thanks for the +2, Marie (Amaryl)
[22:27] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+14 thanks for the +2, Marie (Amaryl) --> [ 1d20=18 ]{32}
[22:27] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 Hi I'm a Concentrate check with Evasion tacked on
[22:27] <Rei-chan> Demedais rolled : 1d20+23 Hi I'm a Concentrate check with Evasion tacked on --> [ 1d20=13 ]{36}
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 14*8 moot since guess what? All of three of them have evasion. Poor Kondrux.
[22:28] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 14*8 moot since guess what? All of three of them have evasion. Poor Kondrux. --> {112}
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 1d4-1
[22:28] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d4-1 --> [ 1d4=3 ]{2}
[22:29] <Kotono> The massive discharge of lighting gets the three to duck and cover! Amaryl dives out of the way, while Pollyanna ducks and Demedais weaves out of the way of the lightning! None are hit, narrow misses to all three! The smell of ozone lingers in the air after! OOC: Lucky you th ree. Amaryl's up.
[22:30] <Kotono> Amaryl has open fear on her face, even as she desperately flings all the arrows she can!
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[22:30] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{15}
[22:30] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{15}
[22:30] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=15 ]{22}
[22:30] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=10 ]{17}
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
[22:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
[22:30] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{11}
[22:30] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=13 ]{15}
[22:30] <Kotono> Yet none hit, all bouncing off Kondrux's scales! OOC - Alicia and then Marie.
[22:32] <Alicia> Casting spells in all this noise looks like a lost cause, so Alicia cheats by channelling a Fly spell into her sword and then tapping herself on the leg with the blade to bestow flight, after which she kicks off the ground and starts to levitate five feet up.
[22:32] <Kotono> OOC: Right. Marie?
[22:32] <Alicia> Meanwhile Marie sticks close to her mistress and fires off some arrows at the wyrm!
[22:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22
[22:32] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+22 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{29}
[22:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+17
[22:32] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+17 --> [ 1d20=15 ]{32}
[22:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+12
[22:33] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d20+12 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{28}
[22:33] <Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[22:33] <Alicia> roll 1d4+3+1d4 not bothering with electric damage
[22:33] <Rei-chan> Alicia rolled : 1d4+3+1d4 not bothering with electric damage --> [ 1d4=2 1d4=1 ]{6}
[22:33] <Kotono> An arrow hits a scale, the screaming sending a crack on Kondrux's massive side! OOC: Deme?
06[22:35] * Demedais advances forward 20 feet, providing another disparate target as he prepares an action to match the dragon's own...
[22:35] <Kotono> OOC: Seira and Polly and the DRAGON are up.
01[22:37] <Seira> Calling upon the protection of Stoneskin, Seira sends three more rays of fire at Kondrux!
01[22:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+15 FIRE
[22:37] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+15 FIRE --> [ 1d20=11 ]{26}
[22:37] <Kotono> OOC: ATtacks.
01[22:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
01[22:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
01[22:37] <Seira> roll 1d20+17
[22:37] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+17 --> [ 1d20=15 ]{32}
[22:37] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+17 --> [ 1d20=5 ]{22}
[22:37] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+17 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{29}
[22:37] <Kotono> OOC: Damages. All hit.
01[22:37] <Seira> roll 12d6 FIRE
[22:37] <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 12d6 FIRE --> [ 12d6=46 ]{46}
03[22:38] * Demedais is now known as taifk
[22:38] <Kotono> OOC: Note: Deme's holding an action, SEira still has her move action, Polly+Kondrux are up next.

Corwin · March 28, 2012, 06:44:00 AM

[20:36] <Kotono> * Demedais advances forward 20 feet, providing another disparate target as he prepares an action to match the dragon's own...
[20:36] <Kotono> > OOC: Seira and Polly and the DRAGON are up.
[20:36] <Kotono> <Seira> Calling upon the protection of Stoneskin, Seira sends three more rays of fire at Kondrux!
[20:36] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 1d20+15 FIRE
[20:36] <Kotono> <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+15 FIRE --> [ 1d20=11 ]{26}
[20:36] <Kotono> > OOC: ATtacks.
[20:36] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 1d20+17
[20:36] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 1d20+17
[20:36] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 1d20+17
[20:36] <Kotono> <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+17 --> [ 1d20=15 ]{32}
[20:36] <Kotono> <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+17 --> [ 1d20=5 ]{22}
[20:36] <Kotono> <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 1d20+17 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{29}
[20:36] <Kotono> > OOC: Damages. All hit.
[20:36] <Kotono> <Seira> roll 12d6 FIRE
[20:36] <Kotono> <Rei-chan> Seira rolled : 12d6 FIRE --> [ 12d6=46 ]{46}
[20:36] <Kotono> * Demedais is now known as taifk
[20:36] <Kotono> > OOC: Note: Deme's holding an action, SEira still has her move action, Polly+Kondrux are up next.
[20:36] <Kotono> OOC: Seira, your move action?
[20:36] <Kotono> Kondrux is stricken by the fiery rays once more! Lancing, smoking holes appear on his sides and front, the powerful rays burrowing right in! Yet the wyrm seems angered by them, not killed!
01[20:36] <Seira> OOC: You said it was cool to take it after seeing the dragon move
[20:39] <Kotono> Kondrux bellows a word of arcane fury! Red lines cascade and wrap around his scales in an instant, as he then bites forward at Seira!
[20:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (-5 CE)
05[20:39] -batcave.dejatoons.net:@#dunes- Kotono invited Hatbot into the channel.
03[20:39] * Hatbot (~Hatbot@cpe-70-113-75-254.austin.res.rr.com) has joined #dunes
03[20:39] * Kotono sets mode: +v Hatbot
[20:39] <Kotono> Kondrux bellows a word of arcane fury! Red lines cascade and wrap around his scales in an instant, as he then bites forward at Seira!
[20:39] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (-5 CE)
06[20:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 (-5 CE) and gets 45." [1d20=19]
[20:40] <Kotono> OOC: AC
[20:40] <Kotono> ?
01[20:40] <Seira> OOC: Not that. But I do have stoneskin!
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (-5 CE) crit confirm
06[20:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 (-5 CE) crit confirm and gets 38." [1d20=12]
[20:41] <Kotono> roll 4d8+9
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+9 and gets 32." [4d8=7, 3, 6, 7]
01[20:41] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 Spellcraft
06[20:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 Spellcraft and gets 39." [1d20=15]
[20:43] <Kotono> With maddening speed, Kondrux chomps right into Seira's side! Her tough skin resists some of the bite, but a wound is still netted! OOC: Seira? Then Polly.
06[20:45] * Seira scowls, letting her magical staff drop as she weaves out of Kondrux's strikes to get into knife range! 'Let's go, Lagann!' she mentally commands, hoping that she would only need to hold on for a few moments on her own.
[20:45] <Kotono> Pollyanna's color is like death, a shaking hand dropping an arrow to the ground! Nonetheless she looks on, "Oh..." Knees knocking together, she nonethless manages to get off a few arrows!
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 (-2 shaken)
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 (-2 shaken) and gets 16." [1d20=1]
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 (-2 shaken)
06[20:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 (-2 shaken) and gets 34." [1d20=19]
[20:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 24." [1d20=14]
[20:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 9." [1d20=4]
[20:46] <Kotono> roll 1d8+10
06[20:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+10 and gets 12." [1d8=2]
[20:46] <Kotono> Despite her overwhelming fear, Pollyanna manages to get a single arrow to penetrate thet hick scales of the blue dragon! OOC: Deme, you wanted to go now?
03[20:47] * Kotono changes topic to 'Seira=Pollyanna=Kondrux>Demedais>Amaryl>Alicia>Marie'
06[20:49] * Demedais grimaces. "Helm, guide this spell, for the bigger they are..." Striving to concentrate, he attempts the Downdraft spell right on top of Kondrux! "...the harder it is to use this cliche!"
[20:50] <Demedais> OOC: I presume Concentrate check -> SR check -> if applicable, Reflex check. Correct?
[20:50] <Kotono> OOC: Yes. Start with the concentration to see if you make it.
[20:50] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 k
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 k and gets 27." [1d20=4]
[20:50] <Kotono> OOC: Success. SR
[20:50] <Kotono> ?
[20:50] <Demedais> roll 1d20+7 right
06[20:50] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+7 right and gets 27." [1d20=20]
[20:51] <Kotono> OOC: Success! Let me check the spell now.
[20:51] <Kotono> OOC: The reflex save is largely moot, as it's only to go down 50 feet instead. It's 30 feet up, so...
[20:51] <Kotono> roll 3d6
06[20:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6 and gets 8." [3d6=3, 2, 3]
06[20:53] * Seira slashes at the dragon on its unceremonious way down!
01[20:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+20 smite
06[20:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 smite and gets 28." [1d20=8]
[20:55] <Kotono> The gust of wind is like a tunnel down! The wings of Kondrux seize up in it, it's body starting to wrench and plummet down hard! Seira swings at it as he does, the REsort glowing with forbidden power! Her swing is a moment later, whizzing past the massive body of Kondrux as it hits down! The entire ground quakes and shakes all over, as if a meteorite slammed down into the earth! Taking this chance, Amaryl moves 30 feet well away and fires off a
[20:55] <Kotono> Taking this chance, Amaryl moves 30 feet well away and fires off a single arrow that becomes two!
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 (-2 shaken)
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 (-2 shaken) and gets 24." [1d20=15]
[20:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 (-2 shaken)
06[20:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 (-2 shaken) and gets 25." [1d20=16]
[20:56] <Kotono> Her arrows glance off the side of the massive bulk of the downed dragon! OOC: Alicia.
[20:56] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 knowledge devotion
06[20:56] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 knowledge devotion and gets 22." [1d20=12]
[20:58] <Alicia> With Marie turning incorporeal and tucking in behind her, Alicia rushes over to the fallen form of Kondrux, aiming to stab her flaming blade deep into the wyrm's scales, using her own height to gain leverage for her strike!
[20:58] <Alicia> roll 1d20+26
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+26 and gets 39." [1d20=13]
[20:58] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[20:58] <Alicia> roll 1d8+14+2d6+1d6
06[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+14+2d6+1d6 and gets 22." [1d8=1][2d6=3, 1][1d6=3]
[20:59] <Kotono> With Kondrux down, his massive bulk makes an easy target! Alicia powers through hsi scales, ripping just under his wing with Hell Striker! OOC: Marie's protecting you and that's it?
[21:00] <Alicia> OOC: yeah
[21:00] <Kotono> OOC: Seira, Polly and Kondrux are up. Go ahead, Seira?
06[21:00] * Seira dives after Kondrux, not letting up!
01[21:00] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 charge~
06[21:00] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 charge~ and gets 35." [1d20=13]
[21:01] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
01[21:01] <Seira> roll 6d8+18
06[21:01] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 6d8+18 and gets 42." [6d8=3, 5, 2, 6, 4, 4]
[21:04] <Kotono> Seira dives right into the back of Kondrux, stabbing deeply into it! At that very moment, Pollyanna fires off more arrows again!
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20=15
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20=15 and gets Error: Numeric values only." [1d20=3]
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 and gets 18." [1d20=3]
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 19." [1d20=9]
[21:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
06[21:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 and gets 12." [1d20=7]
[21:04] <Kotono> Yet none of her arrows come close at all, the terror on her face growing bigger! Her mouth opens in a grimace of uncontrolled fear! OOC: Kondrux.
[21:05] <Kotono> Bellowing in rage and anger, Kondrux turns it's attention to Alicia, "You feeble creature! How dare you cheat like that!" With that, it snarls and bites, slaps and attacks out!
[21:05] <Kotono> OOC: Incidentally, I forgot to apply it's CE to it's last attack, Seira. You just missed in that case.
01[21:06] <Seira> OOC: Why would it? It refreshes as we both go together.
[21:06] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
01[21:06] <Seira> OOC: Oh! I forgot the +1 from height. So I still hit?
[21:07] <Kotono> OOC: That would even it out, yeah.
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26 (-5 CE) Alicia bite
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 (-5 CE) Alicia bite and gets 43." [1d20=17]
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 claw 1 Seira
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 claw 1 Seira and gets 31." [1d20=7]
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 claw 2 Seira
06[21:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 claw 2 Seira and gets 30." [1d20=6]
01[21:08] <Seira> OOC: AC is currently 28
01[21:08] <Seira> OOC: Err, 26
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 wing 1 Alicia
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 wing 1 Alicia and gets 38." [1d20=14]
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 wing 2 Alicia
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 wing 2 Alicia and gets 26." [1d20=2]
[21:08] <Alicia> OOC: AC 33
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 tail slap Seira
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 tail slap Seira and gets 37." [1d20=13]
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+24 crush Alicia
06[21:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 crush Alicia and gets 38." [1d20=14]
[21:08] <Kotono> OOC: Right, let me tally up then.
[21:09] <Alicia> OOC: Dune, he can't crush me
[21:09] <Kotono> roll 2d8+9+1d8+4 Alicia
06[21:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+9+1d8+4 Alicia and gets 29." [2d8=7, 1][1d8=8]
[21:10] <Kotono> roll 2d6+4 rolling these each for Seira due to stoneskin
[21:10] <Kotono> roll 2d6+4 rolling these each for Seira due to stoneskin
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+4 rolling these each for Seira due to stoneskin and gets 11." [2d6=1, 6]
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+4 rolling these each for Seira due to stoneskin and gets 14." [2d6=6, 4]
[21:10] <Kotono> roll 2d6+4 rolling these each for Seira due to stoneskin
06[21:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+4 rolling these each for Seira due to stoneskin and gets 7." [2d6=1, 2]
[21:11] <Kotono> A moment later, with a sharply uttered arcane word, armor of magical force shimmers around Kondrux's body! OOC: Demedais.
01[21:11] <Seira> roll 1d20+24 spellcraft
06[21:11] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+24 spellcraft and gets 25." [1d20=1]
[21:12] <Demedais> "You know." Demedais grunts drolly, before charging in. "It's rude to accuse the ladies of cheating when I was the one who cast the spell..."
[21:12] <Kotono> OOC: It does have reach on you, Deme, and you can't avoid an AoO like them. You okay with t hat?
[21:12] <Demedais> OOC: Sure.
[21:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+26
06[21:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 and gets 28." [1d20=2]
[21:12] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
01[21:12] <Seira> "And when you cheat yourself!" Seira calls out loudly. "That's just not fair, dammit! You can't cast Mage Armor like that! Or Fire Resistance!"
[21:13] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22 (+2 Haste)
06[21:13] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 (+2 Haste) and gets 38." [1d20=16]
[21:13] <Kotono> OOC: Whiff.
[21:14] <Kotono> Demedais charges in, but the armor around the dragon's body shimmers as his sword strikes against that, instead of scales true! Meanwhile, despite her utter terror, Amaryl continues to move around and fire arrows!
[21:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 17." [1d20=8]
[21:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[21:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 16." [1d20=7]
[21:14] <Kotono> Yet none of them hit at all! OOC: Alicia and Marie.
06[21:17] * Alicia reels a bit from the blows she just took, much like Seira more affronted at the dragon's spell-casting prowess than anything. Giant lizards with titanic physical prowess should not get mighty arcane power as well! Looks like she's going to have to go all out...
[21:17] <Alicia> Tensing as she draws on Hell Striker's fury, she savagely rends her blades through scales and force protections both, raking through Kondrux's upper body and hopefully scything through his comparatively spindly neck!
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might and gets 35." [1d20=3]
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+32 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+32 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might and gets 34." [1d20=2]
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might and gets 28." [1d20=1]
[21:18] <Alicia> OOC: Really? Really Hatbot?
[21:18] <Hatbot> Impossible, you aren't nearly pretty enough, Alicia.
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might and gets 47." [1d20=20]
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+27 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might crit check
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+27 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might crit check and gets 40." [1d20=13]
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might crit check
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might crit check and gets 27." [1d20=5]
[21:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+22 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might
06[21:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+22 raging, flanking, 5th level and 3 2nd level arcane strike, divine might and gets 25." [1d20=3]
[21:19] <Kotono> OOC: One hit, but at least it's a crit.
[21:19] <Alicia> roll 2d8+42+2d6+1d6+11d4
06[21:19] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 2d8+42+2d6+1d6+11d4 and gets 89." [2d8=2, 6][2d6=3, 6][1d6=3][11d4=4, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 3, 3, 2, 4, 1]
[21:21] <Kotono> Alicia's sallies are ineffective and weak! Her blows are easily avoided by Kondrux! Such swordsmanship is like a child's first steps! Yet with a final lunge, she strikes forward...and goes right into Knodrux's neck! She cuts perfectly, a massive swell of dragonblood arcing out! Kondrux raises his gushing neck up, roaring in fury! "How? Such inferior..." Then it's done, over. You appear once more in the streets, the tower of time looming ahead.
[21:21] <Kotono> Then it's done, over. You appear once more in the streets, the tower of time looming ahead.
06[21:21] * Demedais immediately turns to Amaryl and Pollyanna. "You two alright?"
06[21:22] * Seira poses! "Victory!"
06[21:22] * Alicia appears terribly confused. "That's... not what I expected." Sighing, she takes off her hourglass bracers and replaces them with her bracers of blinding strike, at least until they enter the tower proper.
[21:22] <Kotono> Pollyanna continues to fire more arrows, sailing throw the air! Then she simply slinks down to her knees, dropping her bow, head bowed.
06[21:23] * Seira skips over to Amaryl. "And this time, we didn't even have to cheat!"
06[21:23] * Demedais walks over to Pollyanna, kneeling next to her. "He's gone, dear... it's okay."
[21:23] <Kotono> Amaryl leans on Seira, "Terrifying. Utterly terrifying, but it's gone. That was a real dragon?"
[21:23] <Alicia> Marie returns to corporeal form and shivers a bit. "What a horrid lizard..." she briefly looks over to Pollyanna, but leaves it to Demedais to comfort her.
01[21:24] <Seira> "Oh yes. Or a really good emulation of one. Bad?" Seira is mildly puzzled.
01[21:24] <Seira> "I'm pretty sure he was evil, too!"
06[21:24] * Alicia waits a moment for everyone to recover before continuing onwards.
[21:24] <Kotono> Pollyanna shakes with sobs, silent. She wipes at her face with the back of her arm, drawing in long breaths before she stands. Despite wet cheeks, she picks her bow up. "I'll...I'm fine."
06[21:25] * Demedais nods as he helps her up. "You even managed to nail the bastard a few times... better than what I managed, it seems."
06[21:25] * Seira gathers her discarded staff, and casts Blur on Amaryl. "I should've thought of this earlier," she admits. "You could really benefit from this." On herself, she uses Mirror Image. "And now I won't get bitten in half again until we make it to the tower, at least!"
06[21:26] * Alicia snorts. "We wouldn't have done it without you bringing him to ground, Demedais. I couldn't cast a thing with all that noise..."
[21:26] <Kotono> "What's next then?" Amaryl asks as she sighs long. "It seems to be things related to us. Any ideas?"
01[21:26] <Seira> roll 1d4+4
06[21:26] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4+4 and gets 5." [1d4=1]
01[21:27] <Seira> "I'm still betting on Ferdi or Irenes. But maybe Febras? I never did get a chance to have a final showdown with him."
[21:27] <Kotono> "Let's...let's just go," Holding her arm a moment as she puts her bow over her back, "Whatever it is, we'll beat it. It can't be any worse, by Helm."
[21:27] <Alicia> "Three more to go. Two if Marie doesn't count," Alicia muses, casting Shield. "Anyone have any particularly memorable antagonistic people from their past?"
[21:28] <Alicia> "Say, Alicia," Marie begins hesitantly as she flutters alongside the paladin. "Did Antenora have that horribly scary and nasty looking spear when you first met her?"
[21:28] <Alicia> "No... why?" Alicia looks askance at her familiar.
[21:28] <Alicia> "No reason!" Marie replies quickly, fluttering away.
[21:28] <Demedais> "Febras or Irenes. If Irenes, we're dealing with a potent spellcaster; if Febras, a vampire. ... " Demedais' face turns stony for a moment. "There's... there might be another possibility, that it's Antenora."
06[21:28] * Seira considers, and then gives the spell-storing ring to Amaryl. "How about you keep this? In case you either really have to hit something, or disappear."
[21:29] <Kotono> Amaryl takes the ring, putting it on. "Thanks, Seira." Looking upa t that, "But isn't Antenora one of your friends?"
[21:29] <Demedais> "Wasn't always." Demedais shrugs. "Alicia managed to befriend her."
[21:29] <Alicia> "And we just fought my sister five minutes ago," Alicia points out. "She wasn't always so nice."
[21:29] <Kotono> "Oh yes," Nodding briefly to that, "Well...whatever it is, let's go," Amaryl says, "I'd rather move forward than wait for another nightmare to find us.
[21:29] <Kotono> "
01[21:30] <Seira> "Well, if we do, it would be a short battle?" Seira muses. "Nothing personal, but Antenora's past self wouldn't fare particularly well against us."
[21:30] <Demedais> "Neither would have Beth's, or the goblin's, but they seem to be improved." Demedais shrugs as he advances.
[21:30] <Kotono> "I wouldn't think that Yezrut would have, either," Pollyanna starts to walk. "I don't recall Kondrux casting that sort of magic when we fought him, either."
[21:30] <Demedais> "He didn't, so far as I remember."
06[21:31] * Alicia heals herself a little with her wand, but just enough to stop the bleeding. "They're not really as they were, despite apparently being pulled from the past," she agrees.
[21:31] <Alicia> roll 1d8+1
06[21:31] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5." [1d8=4]
01[21:31] <Seira> "No one can. That's not mortally possible."
[21:31] <Kotono> "This entire realm isn't mortally possible,
[21:31] <Kotono> "This entire realm isn't mortally possible," Pollyanna says, ending up as a little shaky growl from deep in her throat.
06[21:32] * Demedais stays close to Pollyanna as they walk.
[21:32] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[21:32] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 38." [1d20=12]
[21:35] <Kotono> Thus the party walks! Ten minutes away now...Demedais can see that the courtyard past the latticed gate ripples slightly. Like a pond's surface when the water is disturbed - but then. Darkness again! The gears of time sound loud and louder, the din resuming! 60 feet ahead an image appears! It is of a dark night and a dark grove, moonless! In it, a man in a face hiding hat spreads his arms wide! He peels away from the image, shadowed face lookin
[21:35] <Kotono> He peels away from the image, shadowed face looking over the party, a rapier in hand. "...hmph. An obsticle in my way now. What a shame, what a pity it came to this!"
01[21:36] <Seira> "Thank you, evil gnome, for letting me have this fight! I've always felt bad about missing the chance!"
[21:36] <Kotono> "Ah well, all obsticles must be eliminated!" With that, his rapier flashing bright, Febras attacks! OOC: Let's roll initiative here? None of these guys are big on waiting and chatting.
01[21:36] <Seira> roll 1d20+6 whee~
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 whee~ and gets 21." [1d20=15]
[21:36] <Alicia> "Silver arrows, Marie," Alicia tells her familiar matter-of-factly as she readies her blade.
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Pollyanna
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Pollyanna and gets 22." [1d20=15]
[21:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 A
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 A and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[21:36] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 M and gets 17." [1d20=10]
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Amaryl
06[21:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Amaryl and gets 19." [1d20=13]
[21:37] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1 yay, foppish vampire attack
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 yay, foppish vampire attack and gets 2." [1d20=1]
[21:37] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 Febras
06[21:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 Febras and gets 15." [1d20=1]
03[21:37] * Kotono changes topic to 'Pollyanna>Seira>Amaryl>Marie>Febras>Alicia>Demedais KAWAII MIKO EDITION'
[21:38] <Demedais> "Silver if you've got it, Polly, but he should burn okay!" Demedais notes to Polly.
[21:38] <Kotono> "Got it!" Readying arrows quickly, "Go back to sleep, illusion!"
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 31." [1d20=14]
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 20." [1d20=3]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 13." [1d20=1]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1d6+10
06[21:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1d6+10 and gets 18." [1d8=6][1d6=2]
[21:39] <Kotono> The arrow flies! It seems to do no damage whatsoever to Febras! Only the burning fire on it seems to have any remote effect! OOC:Seira.
06[21:39] * Seira decides to charge in and stab the vampire before everyone sets him on fire and he dies from it!
01[21:39] <Seira> roll 1d20+22 charge~
06[21:39] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+22 charge~ and gets 27." [1d20=5]
[21:40] <Kotono> OOC: The whiff.
[21:40] <Kotono> OOC: Actually no, hit. Flatfooted.
01[21:40] <Seira> roll 3d8+9+5d8 good~
06[21:41] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 3d8+9+5d8 good~ and gets 42." [3d8=5, 2, 2][5d8=3, 4, 4, 5, 8]
[21:42] <Kotono> Seira runs in and stabs him, leaping ahead in a flash! The Second Resort does relatively little damage, only wisps of holy power doing anyd amage at all to the vampire! Amaryl fires up, arrowstorms coming!
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 26." [1d20=15]
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 and gets 21." [1d20=10]
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 14." [1d20=8]
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 19." [1d20=13]
[21:42] <Kotono> roll 1d8
06[21:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 and gets 5." [1d8=5]
[21:43] <Kotono> Amaryl fires off several arrows! One hits, but it simply hits his skin and does nothing at all, not even bruising or pushing in! OOC: Marie.
[21:43] <Alicia> Sticking close to Alicia, Marie draws a few tiny silver arrows out and peppers them at the vampire!
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 and gets 30." [1d20=10]
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 and gets 23." [1d20=8]
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 and gets 20." [1d20=10]
[21:43] <Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[21:43] <Alicia> roll 1d4+2+1d6+1d4
06[21:43] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d4+2+1d6+1d4 and gets 12." [1d4=2][1d6=6][1d4=2]
[21:44] <Kotono> The little silver arrows find much more success, going right into the arm of Febras, not resisted at all! He smiles beneath his hat, bowing his head as his rapier flashes out! "Ah, a duel. Has your potential grown that much, Seira? En garde!"
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 44." [1d20=16]
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 41." [1d20=18]
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+18
06[21:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 and gets 20." [1d20=2]
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 29." [1d20=16]
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+23 crit?
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 crit? and gets 35." [1d20=12]
[21:45] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
01[21:45] <Seira> OOC: 26 right now, may MI help?
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d6 MI 1
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 MI 1 and gets 2." [1d6=2]
[21:45] <Kotono> roll 1d5 MI 2 crit
06[21:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d5 MI 2 crit and gets 1." [1d5=1]
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 2d6+20
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+20 and gets 29." [2d6=4, 5]
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 1d6+10
06[21:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+10 and gets 14." [1d6=4]
[21:46] <Kotono> Dancing and stabbing, Febras eliminates an image before turning Seira into a rapier-cushion, penetrating her several times with his thrusting stabs! OOC: Alicia.
01[21:47] <Seira> "You've picked up a few tricks, I see!" Seira exclaims, smiling through the pain. "I hope to show you something fun as well!"
06[21:48] * Alicia follows after Seira to lend her support, a low sweep of her blade at the vampire's legs!
[21:48] <Kotono> "Iv'e just gotten started!" Weaving past one of Seira's slashes, "Thsi is only the prelude to the beginning!"
[21:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+10 knowledge devotion
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+10 knowledge devotion and gets 15." [1d20=5]
[21:48] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 -4pa
06[21:48] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 -4pa and gets 27." [1d20=7]
[21:48] <Kotono> OOC: Zee whiff.
[21:48] <Alicia> OOC: +2 for flank?
[21:49] <Kotono> OOC: Not enough.
[21:49] <Kotono> Charging in, Alicia has her slash blocked by a flick of Febras' rapier! "Ah, try harder then!" OOC: Deme?
06[21:50] * Demedais shrugs slightly, before swooping in to Febras' side. "The prelude to the beginning? That's silly to hear, I must confess. Still, let me add my blade to the dance?"
[21:52] <Demedais> roll 1d20+22 just trying to hit, here
06[21:52] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+22 just trying to hit, here and gets 24." [1d20=2]
[21:53] <Kotono> Demedais comes in as well, but Febras jumpes over his heavy sword swing! "All power, no grace!" he calls! Meanwhile, Pollyanna scowls but sends more arrows in support!
[21:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 37." [1d20=20]
[21:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 21." [1d20=4]
[21:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 28." [1d20=16]
[21:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 23." [1d20=16]
[21:53] <Kotono> roll 1d6 only teh fire damgae matters, really.
06[21:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 only teh fire damgae matters, really. and gets 6." [1d6=6]
[21:54] <Kotono> More arrows come, a blazing one leaving a faint burn on Febras' shoulder! OOC: Seira?
06[21:54] * Seira gains a few feet of altitude, looking down at Febras all the while. "In that case, I'll honor you by going all out as well!" And then, with Lagann's aid, she tries to guide her strikes past the holes in Febras's defense.
01[21:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+23
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+23 and gets 33." [1d20=10]
01[21:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+18
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+18 and gets 32." [1d20=14]
01[21:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 claw
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 claw and gets 20." [1d20=3]
[21:54] <Demedais> "'Power to take the measure, adjust to suit!'" Demedais replies with a slight grin.
01[21:54] <Seira> roll 1d20+17 bite
06[21:54] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+17 bite and gets 25." [1d20=8]
[21:55] <Kotono> OOC: As much as I'm sure you wanna bite Febras hard, no joy.
01[21:55] <Seira> OOC: No hits at all?
[21:56] <Kotono> Dancing in as well, SEira finds trying to strike Febras now is as futile as trying to stab the wind! He moves with grace so far removed from a mortal being that it boggles Seira's mind to watch! Amaryl meanwhile keeps up the arrows, all in vain! OOC: She can't do damage with her arrows and tried again this round. She'll try something different next round. Marie?
[21:57] <Alicia> Since Alicia hasn't asked for more direct help, Marie merely fires a single arrow at the vampire and then flies over to defend her mistress, settling in ten feet behind Alicia so Febras can't retaliate at her.
[21:57] <Alicia> roll 1d20+18
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+18 and gets 22." [1d20=4]
[21:57] <Kotono> Febras lashes out, knocking the arrow away in midflight! Darkness begins to gather around him, a crackling miasma! "Then, let your eagerness be the opening to your eternity!" he cries, as black engulfs all!
[21:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 SR Deme
06[21:57] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 SR Deme and gets 39." [1d20=19]
[21:58] <Kotono> roll 10d8 and fort, all. Marie is safe because of incorpreal.
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d8 and fort, all. Marie is safe because of incorpreal. and gets 46." [10d8=2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 3, 1, 8, 4, 5]
[21:58] <Alicia> OOC: Marie's corporeal right now
[21:58] <Kotono> OOC: Oh, then she needs to save as well.
[21:58] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 A
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 A and gets 31." [1d20=7]
[21:58] <Demedais> roll 1d20+19 wee fort saves
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+19 wee fort saves and gets 33." [1d20=14]
[21:58] <Alicia> roll 1d20+13 M
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+13 M and gets 20." [1d20=7]
01[21:58] <Seira> roll 1d20+14
06[21:58] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+14 and gets 31." [1d20=17]
[21:59] <Kotono> OOC: All of you take half damage except Marie. She takes full damage and is nauseated for 1 round.
[21:59] <Kotono> The burst of power leaves the party weakened and dazed, MArie particularly savaged! But they all survive, despite the blooming aura of pain around each of them! OOC: Alicia?
06[22:01] * Alicia recalls the very quick and easy way to kill Febras that she used last time, and realises that it's a waste of time even hitting him at all... he is still wearing a certain ring, that she herself also wears, right?
[22:01] <Kotono> OOC: He is.
[22:04] <Alicia> Accepting the risk of a retaliatory stabbing, Alicia reaches down to grab Febras's hand and roughly yank the ring of eternal celerity from his decaying undead finger!
[22:04] <Alicia> OOC: AoO for him
[22:04] <Kotono> roll 1d20+28
06[22:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 and gets 36." [1d20=8]
[22:04] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[22:05] <Kotono> roll 1d6+10
06[22:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+10 and gets 14." [1d6=4]
[22:05] <Alicia> OOC: 37
[22:05] <Kotono> OOC: Oh!
[22:05] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
[22:07] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 -4 unarmed
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 -4 unarmed and gets 31." [1d20=16]
[22:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16 this is so not his style
06[22:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 this is so not his style and gets 20." [1d20=4]
[22:08] <Kotono> Reaching in, Alicia manages to yank off the Ring of Eternal Celerity! At that moment...it's over. The darkness and ticking is gone again. The Tower Looms ahead, waiting.
[22:08] <Alicia> Does Alicia still have a doubler?
06[22:09] * Seira pouts. "Couldn't you wait?" she almost whines. "It was such a good chance to stab Febras and set him on fire!"
[22:09] <Kotono> The other ring is gone.
[22:09] <Demedais> "Waste of time and energy if he can use that damn darkness spell. And... something's not right up ahead. Alicia, you may want the other bracelets back on.
[22:09] <Kotono> "At least it's done. We're getting closer ot that damned tower," Pollyanna starts to walk again. "You okay? You don't looks so good, Seira. You too, Marie?"
06[22:10] * Alicia shudders a bit and makes a face. "Blech... that was thoroughly disconcerting..." she then balefully eyes the ring she herself wears for a moment before looking up at Seira. "It's how I killed him the last time. I just saved us a lot of time."
01[22:10] <Seira> "Oh yes," Seira acknowledges. "I have been stabbed and am bleeding."
[22:10] <Kotono> Coming over and taking out her wand, "Want me to, Seira?"
01[22:10] <Seira> "Please do!"
[22:10] <Alicia> Marie whimpers and floats over to Alicia, who readily dispenses healing to her brave familiar while Amaryl tends to Seira.
[22:10] <Alicia> roll 10d4+10
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 10d4+10 and gets 35." [10d4=4, 4, 3, 4, 1, 2, 1, 4, 1, 1]
[22:11] <Kotono> roll 10d8+10 using 10 charges since Seira's pretty torn up
06[22:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d8+10 using 10 charges since Seira's pretty torn up and gets 51." [10d8=4, 7, 5, 3, 4, 6, 2, 6, 1, 3]
[22:12] <Kotono> roll 3d8+3
06[22:12] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+3 and gets 9." [3d8=4, 1, 1]
[22:12] <Kotono> "WE ready to go on," Pollyanna asks after that. "The sooner we're done, the better...and what's wrong, Alicia?"
[22:13] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26
06[22:13] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 and gets 44." [1d20=18]
01[22:13] <Seira> "I am no longer bleeding!" Seira reports, giving Amaryl a grateful smile.
[22:13] <Alicia> "Just got some unpleasant feedback from that damn ring," Alicia replies, shaking her head. "It's passed now. Lets keep moving?" Putting action to words, she leads the way onwards.
[22:13] <Demedais> "Hold on a sec, Alicia."
06[22:13] * Alicia pauses and looks expectantly at Demedais.
[22:14] <Demedais> OOC: Strike my line, misunderstood.
[22:14] <Alicia> OOC: strike mine as well, then
[22:15] <Demedais> "... I still have a hunch that we'll want to have those bracelets on once we pass the gate..." Demedais muses.
[22:16] <Alicia> "That's what we got them for?" Alicia replies, giving Demedais an odd look.
[22:16] <Demedais> "The air there rippled right before Febras attacked." Demedais shrugs. "But yes. Let's go."
[22:18] <Kotono> The party continues on! They're only 5 minutes away now! The silver tower seems to take up everything now, casting a shadow ahead. As Demedais can see it, getting a good look at last...everything goes dark again! The tick-tocking becomes a din once more! Ahead, you see a fire streaked volcano, snow falling and melting down from above! A beautiful, unclad Erinyes is there, peeling away from it and standing. She tosses her hair back, "My, what a
[22:18] <Kotono> peeling away from it and standing. She tosses her hair back, "My, what a little interruption all of you are. Getting in the middle of my plans like this! I suppose I can play with you a little while!" OOC: React and initiative.
[22:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 A
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 A and gets 11." [1d20=4]
[22:18] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 M and gets 17." [1d20=10]
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 14." [1d20=7]
[22:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6
06[22:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 19." [1d20=13]
[22:18] <Demedais> "Knew it." Demedais mutters.
[22:19] <Demedais> roll 1d20+1
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+1 and gets 20." [1d20=19]
[22:19] <Kotono> "Why isn't she wearing anything...?" Amaryl mutters.
01[22:19] <Seira> roll 1d20+6
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+6 and gets 12." [1d20=6]
[22:19] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9 Antenora
06[22:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 Antenora and gets 20." [1d20=11]
01[22:19] <Seira> "It is her hobby," Seira whispers back.
03[22:19] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais=Antenora>Amaryl>Marie>Pollyanna>Seira>Alicia'
[22:20] <Kotono> OOC: Deme? She's 30 feet ahead and 10 to the side, I forgot to mention. dur.
06[22:23] * Demedais shrugs and charges in. "Della, was it? Or something like that. Irrelevant. You become assistant to a paladin and betray the Hells, pissing off everyone down there as you do so." he tells her as the blade swings!
[22:24] <Demedais> roll 1d20+24 (+2 Haste +2 Charge)
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+24 (+2 Haste +2 Charge) and gets 37." [1d20=13]
[22:24] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[22:24] <Demedais> roll 2d6+11 acquire ability to penetrate DR
06[22:24] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d6+11 acquire ability to penetrate DR and gets 18." [2d6=3, 4]
[22:25] <Kotono> As Demedais steps in, slashing her side, Antenora caresses his arm! "Oh, so nice. Now serve me!" she commands! OOC: Will save.
03[22:27] * Retrieving #dunes modes...
[22:28] <Demedais> roll 1d20+23 (+5 mind-affecting, screw charms not hitting SR)
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+23 (+5 mind-affecting, screw charms not hitting SR) and gets 38." [1d20=15]
[22:28] <Kotono> Demedais' mind cloys over, but he resists it and shatteres the mental chains starting to encase him! A moment later, Antenora scowls as a miasma of blackness erupts around Amaryl and Seira! OOC: Will.
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4 will
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 will and gets 15." [1d20=11]
[22:28] <Demedais> "Sorry, but ahahahahahahaha no"
01[22:28] <Seira> roll 1d20+20
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 and gets 31." [1d20=11]
[22:28] <Kotono> roll 5d8 Amaryl takes full, Seira takes half.
06[22:28] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d8 Amaryl takes full, Seira takes half. and gets 21." [5d8=6, 3, 7, 4, 1]
[22:29] <Kotono> roll 1d4 Amaryl sickened
06[22:29] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 Amaryl sickened and gets 4." [1d4=4]
03[22:32] * Kotono changes topic to 'Demedais=Antenora>Amaryl sickened 4 rounds>Marie>Pollyanna>Seira>Alicia'
[22:32] <Kotono> The miasma is something Seira knows how to fight, but Amaryl isn't so lucky! She buckles with it, crying out in pain! She staggers back, managing to fire off arrows desperately!
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 (-2 sick)
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 (-2 sick)
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 (-2 sick)
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 (-2 sick) and gets 14." [1d20=7]
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 (-2 sick)
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 (-2 sick) and gets 14." [1d20=7]
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 (-2 sick) and gets 25." [1d20=18]
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 (-2 sick) and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 4." [1d20=2]
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 and gets 18." [1d20=16]
[22:32] <Kotono> All her arrows split, yet none of the storm quite hit at all! OOC: Marie?
[22:32] <Alicia> Marie hesitates, waiting to see what Alicia does. Considering how often they spar, if anyone knows how to best fight this erinyes it's that paladin...
[22:32] <Kotono> Pollyanna sends more arrows as well!
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+17
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 20." [1d20=3]
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 34." [1d20=17]
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 32." [1d20=20]
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 16." [1d20=9]
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12 crit check
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 crit check and gets 22." [1d20=10]
[22:32] <Kotono> roll 2d8+20
06[22:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+20 and gets 32." [2d8=4, 8]
[22:32] <Kotono> The arrows land in Antenora, doing some minor damage across her unprotected body! OOC: Seira?
06[22:35] * Seira decides to maneuver so that she ends up next to Antenora, flanking with Demedais. That way, she probably wouldn't be able to do anything sneaky like step aside and cast her cheating spells of enthrallment, and Alicia would get her chance of handling the woman.
[22:35] <Kotono> OOC: Okay then. Alicia?
Session Close: Thu Apr 02 22:35:37 2009

Session Start: Thu Apr 02 22:35:37 2009
Session Ident: #dunes
02[22:35] * Disconnected
02[22:35] * Attempting to rejoin channel #dunes
03[22:35] * Rejoined channel #dunes
03[22:35] * Topic is 'Demedais=Antenora>Amaryl sickened 4 rounds>Marie>Pollyanna>Seira>Alicia'
03[22:35] * Set by Kotono on Thu Apr 02 21:29:20
03[22:35] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
06[22:37] * Alicia sighs, and after shooting brief wary looks at the three archers she quickly walks forward to Della, invading the so-called Bloodflier's personal space and leaning close with her lips almost brushing Della's ear as she whispers quietly so hopefully no one except those already in the know could overhear. "Drana, I command you to sleep."
[22:39] <Kotono> Antenora's eyes widen, "Ho-" Then she simply lies down and closes her eyes, going fast asleep! The image vanishes in that moment, the sound ceasing once more! The tower again dominates over all of you, only a few minutes' walk away.
06[22:39] * Demedais coughs slightly. "Well."
06[22:39] * Alicia just shakes her head, swapping her bracers for the hourglass bracelets. "Hopefully we can reach the tower without further incident..."
01[22:39] <Seira> "There'll probably be another incident, now, just because you said that."
[22:40] <Kotono> "How did you do that?" Amaryl asks Alicia as she gapes, "Was that a word of power you uttered?"
01[22:40] <Seira> "Antenora always submits to Alicia," Seira elaborates. "Even when she is bad."
[22:40] <Alicia> Marie laughs while Alicia coughs. "Suffice it to say that I have my ways."
[22:41] <Kotono> "Oh." Amaryl scratches at the side of her head, "That sounds strange. Why would a devil submit like that..."
06[22:41] * Demedais shrugs and heads back to Pollyanna's side.
01[22:41] <Seira> "It is another hobby," Seira whispers to Amaryl.
[22:42] <Alicia> "I wish she'd submit to me like that," Marie sighs wistfully, breaking out in giggles as she flies over to join Alicia.
[22:42] <Kotono> "...oh! You people mean..." Amaryl turns brighter, "I didn't think that..."
[22:42] <Kotono> Pollyanna rubs her temples and sighs.
06[22:42] * Demedais just holds his face in his hands.
01[22:43] <Seira> "Their friendship is a mysterious one," Seira agrees sagely.
[22:43] <Alicia> "Poor Antenora... she'd be horrified if she saw this," Alicia just mutters. "Come on, lets just get moving." With that she quickly marches on towards the tower.
[22:43] <Kotono> "Seira, for a powerful wizard and dragon, you're positively immature about sexual matters." Rubbing her temple very slowly, "Yes, let's just go."
[22:44] <Demedais> "Agreed." Demedais says after wiping the smile off his face.
[22:44] <Kotono> "Still..." Amaryl starts to walk again, "Alicia...I didn't think that you were...well...I thought people like us were very...uncommon."
[22:44] <Kotono> "Amaryl, let it go." Pollyanna sighs louder this time. "You're missing the point, somehow."
[22:45] <Alicia> "I'm not," Alicia replies through gritted teeth. "Nor is Antenora."
[22:45] <Kotono> "...oh. Sorry, I thought it mean...sorry!" Amaryl blurts out, blushing horribly. "I didn't meant to offend you!"
[22:46] <Alicia> "I'm not..." Alicia repeats, sighing and rubbing her head, "Look, nevermind. Just forget about it."
06[22:46] * Demedais opens his mouth, before deciding to just shut it.
[23:45] <Kotono> ---

Corwin · March 28, 2012, 06:44:51 AM

[20:41] <Kotono> > "Seira, for a powerful wizard and dragon, you're positively immature about sexual matters." Rubbing her temple very slowly, "Yes, let's just go."
[20:41] <Kotono> <Demedais> "Agreed." Demedais says after wiping the smile off his face.
[20:41] <Kotono> > "Still..." Amaryl starts to walk again, "Alicia...I didn't think that you were...well...I thought people like us were very...uncommon."
[20:41] <Kotono> > "Amaryl, let it go." Pollyanna sighs louder this time. "You're missing the point, somehow."
[20:41] <Kotono> <Alicia> "I'm not," Alicia replies through gritted teeth. "Nor is Antenora."
[20:41] <Kotono> > "...oh. Sorry, I thought it mean...sorry!" Amaryl blurts out, blushing horribly. "I didn't meant to offend you!"
[20:41] <Kotono> <Alicia> "I'm not..." Alicia repeats, sighing and rubbing her head, "Look, nevermind. Just forget about it."
[20:41] <Kotono> * Demedais opens his mouth, before deciding to just shut it.
[20:41] <Kotono> OOC: Moving forward you guys?
[20:41] <Alicia> OOC: very much so
[20:42] <Demedais> OOC: Sure.
01[20:42] <Seira> OOC: If Amaryl can heal first?
[20:42] <Kotono> OOC: Sure. How much do you want?
01[20:43] <Seira> OOC: She needs ~20hp, so that? She doesn't have much as is. :/
[20:43] <Kotono> roll 2d8+1
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+1 and gets 12." [2d8=5, 6]
[20:43] <Kotono> roll 1d8+1
06[20:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+1 and gets 9." [1d8=8]
[20:46] <Kotono> Thus the party walks forward! The Tower! As they all approach, they can see the latticed fence around the tower. It's not hard to see through, woven wide enough for plenty of visual gaps. Inside...inside the courtyard you can see so much. So many images, thousands of them. Images....no. Seira can see Alicia talking to a man, hugging him. Then she can see herself laughing with her friends, still a child. Then a hard night, studying magic up late
[20:46] <Kotono> Then a hard night, studying magic up late. Then a memory that makes little sense, an elf talking to her. The others can see the same - countless memories of all sorts, shown and shown and shown in an intoxicating sea on display.
06[20:47] * Demedais idly wonders if this would also show him being dropped off at the temple as a baby.
[20:48] <Alicia> Seeing so many vivid images of her past causes a wave of nostalgia to wash over Alicia, before she determinedly shakes it off, knowing it to be a distraction she can't afford in such a dangerous place. Briefly she glares at the ring of eternal celerity, since stopping this sort of thing should be within the purview of the limited power it has chosen to exercise on her behalf.
06[20:48] * Seira chooses to look on in interest.
[20:49] <Demedais> roll 1d20+3
06[20:49] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+3 and gets 12." [1d20=9]
[20:49] <Alicia> Marie likewise is interested, though she mostly looks at Alicia's past to get a better understanding of her mistress rather than looking over memories of her own existence.
[20:51] <Kotono> In the field now, you see a rainy, quiet day. All of you can see the Temple of Helm - a few people in cloaks against the rain are placing a bundle down at it's front doors. It stays there a few seconds, flickering in and out of vision before rejoining the sea of memories.
06[20:51] * Alicia focuses on the fence rather than the courtyard, looking for a gate.
[20:52] <Kotono> There is a gate ahead, about ten feet off to the side.
[20:52] <Demedais> "Rainy day? Heh, figures." Demedais chuckles. "Everyone ready for the second half of this?"
[20:52] <Alicia> "Seira, care to check that gate for traps before we open it?" Alicia asks, pointing it out.
06[20:53] * Seira shakes her head briefly, as if awakening. "Sure," she responds to Alicia's request.
01[20:53] <Seira> roll 1d20+25
06[20:53] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+25 and gets 32." [1d20=7]
[20:55] <Kotono> The gate isn't trapped. It isn't locked, either. Opening it should b ea simple matter.
01[20:56] <Seira> "So he wants us to come closer," Seira muses, thinking about the gnome and recalling Lagann's previous behavior. She can't help but wonder whether she might see an image from his life, back before he was turned into a sentient artifact.
[20:57] <Demedais> "Does he, now? At least that's a decent sign, though with what we've faced to get here..." Demedais shrugs.
01[20:57] <Seira> roll 1d20+1
06[20:57] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+1 and gets 20." [1d20=19]
[21:00] <Kotono> The image ahead of you flicker and stir. One of them focuses into a hazy, splintered, metallic sort of image. Everything is in steel grays and silver luster. A small figure lies on the ground, slowly rising up into the air by some unknown force. He wears full metal armor, a white beard flecked with blood. The figure cries out, screaming. His armorstarts to melt and mold, shifting. Shifting...into a sphere. It condenses down, the being's body be
[21:00] <Kotono> It condenses down, the being's body being shrunken, squeezes and pupled into it as Lagann forms. A moment later, the image vanishes back away, more images coming at rapid fire, everyone's memories
[21:00] <Kotono> .
06[21:01] * Seira pauses midstep, and topples over.
06[21:01] * Demedais turns quickly. "Seira?!"
06[21:02] * Alicia quickly moves over to check on their now comatose colonel.
[21:02] <Kotono> "Seira?!" Amaryl is at her side in an instant, kneeling next to her. "Seira, are you hurt still? Seira?!"
06[21:04] * Demedais taps Seira, attempting to heal her. "Damnit..." OOC: Up to +4 LoH healing expended.
06[21:04] * Seira clamps her hands over her ears in pain, closing her eyes tightly.
06[21:05] * Demedais mutters something darkly. "Right."
06[21:05] * Alicia looks up at Demedais. "Do you know what's wrong with her?" she asks tersely.
[21:07] <Demedais> "Not a clue, though I'd have a guess that seeing Lagann's formation caused Lagann itself to recoil in pain, and since they seem to be mentally connected..." Demedais grimaces.
[21:08] <Alicia> "So all we can do is wait it out?" Marie asks, hovering worriedly nearby.
[21:08] <Kotono> "Seira? Seira? Can you hear me?" Amaryl shakes Seira's shoulder, shaking her hard. "Seira? Say something!"
[21:09] <Demedais> "I don't know much about Lagann, so... that's the only guess I've got. Let me try one thing, though. Calm down, Amaryl." Demedais says the last almost as an afterthought, before grasping Seira's shoulder and muttering another spell. OOC: Lesser Restoration.
06[21:10] * Demedais then watches for a reaction.
01[21:11] <Seira> Maybe it was a mistake to bring Lagann, Seira thinks guiltily, forcing her eyes to open again. The next step is to struggle to her feet. Everything else can wait until that has been achieved.
[21:11] <Kotono> Amaryl helps Seira up, "Seira? You alright?" she says, offering her side to her as she rises.
06[21:11] * Alicia backs off to give Seira room as she rises.
06[21:12] * Demedais also steps back a bit, frowning.
01[21:12] <Seira> "Another mistake." Seira winces. "I just wanted to understand my little pal better. But...." She sighs, holding her head. "Let's just go."
[21:13] <Alicia> Nodding, Alicia goes to open the gate and lead the way inside.
[21:14] <Demedais> "Everyone's got the bracers on?" Demedais asks quickly, advancing with Alicia.
[21:14] <Alicia> "Check!" Marie raises her hands cheerily as she follows Alicia.
01[21:14] <Seira> Despite her desire to proceed, Seira will leave the vanguard to Alicia and Demedais again.
[21:15] <Kotono> "Got it," Pollyanna taps her own, "Are we ready to go in now?"
[21:15] <Demedais> "I believe so..." Demedais nods. "Let's do this, then."
[21:16] <Kotono> The party walks in! As they do, the range of memories and images becomes a tornado around them! Millions of recollections surround them like woven armor! (More)
[21:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[21:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 32." [1d20=12]
[21:17] <Kotono> OOC: Seira, #Terror. Deme, #evil.
[21:18] <Kotono> Alicia blinks. Ahead is a short path to a door that leads into the tower. However, the other four have gone rigid. They stand perfectly in place. Their eyes are wide open. In their eyes you can see clock faces in place of eyes, turning rapidly, wildly.
[21:19] <Alicia> OOC: Marie's okay as well?
[21:20] <Kotono> OOC: Marie is okay.
[21:21] <Alicia> "Dammit," Alicia scowls as she looks over the stopped group. "Weren't these bracelets supposed to stop this?"
[21:22] <Alicia> "Well, they did for us?" Marie suggests, waving her hand in front of Seira's face.
[21:22] <Alicia> "I'm not sure..." Alicia murmurs. "I felt something from the ring of eternal celerity for a moment." Holding up her hand, she studies the ring intently. "What did you do?"
[21:23] <Kotono> The Ring isn't being particularly communicative. Most rings aren't, to be fair.
[21:23] <Alicia> Ths one is! Sometimes.
[21:23] <Alicia> Mostly when it threatens to kill her, admittedly.
[21:24] <Alicia> "Hmm..." Alicia considers for a moment, then casts detect magic before studying the quartet.
[21:34] <Kotono> The four have overwhelming magic around them.
06[21:36] * Alicia scowls. "The dweomer affecting them is on par with a deity's magic. I won't be able to dispel it," she shakes her head sadly.
[21:36] <Alicia> "So what do we do?" Marie asks worriedly.
[21:37] <Alicia> "We find who's responsible and we make them stop," Alicia concludes grimly, turning and marching to the door, which she attempts to open.
[21:51] <Kotono> The door to the tower is not locked! It opens! Ahead you see a misty tower, tick-tocks coming from loud inside. A voice in Alicia's head sounds, "Come, come, come, come." It is a man's voice, strong. Powerful. Impatient. "So Alicia Reynes is the thread of time that made it here! Come! The Resort is waiting! Bring all your might! I've been waiting for you so long!"
[21:52] <Alicia> "What have you done with my friends?" Alicia demands aloud as she steps inside, Marie fluttering nervously just behind her.
[21:53] <Kotono> Visibility is bad in here - only about twenty feet in any direction. Ahead, you can see a stair hugging against the right wall, leading upward. "Giving them a chance to choose the paths not taken."
06[21:55] * Alicia starts heading towards the stairs. "Truly? You can change history and rewrite every action they've taken since the paths diverged, and all the actions cascading from there? Or are you simply trapping them in a self-indulgent fantasy?" she challenges.
[21:58] <Kotono> "I am the Magus of Time! I have the power of Time itself! I can give you anything...to go back to that ruinous day, to change that thread of yours. You would only have to ask and swear off the quest for the Resorts forever. Would you like to see them? Would you like to see your husband hugging you after the bandits run off? Would you like to see your child playing in the kitchen as you make dinner that night? Would you like to see your daughter
[21:58] <Kotono> kitchen as you make dinner that night? Would you like to see your daughter and your second son? I can give you that."
06[22:01] * Alicia hesitates for a moment as Marie bumps into her back, her resolve weakening. "Damn you..." she whispers, taking a moment before she can summon the wherewithal to take another step forward. "I won't be swayed by fantasy," she speaks up, albeit with less force than before. "What's past is past, and can never be changed."
[22:03] <Kotono> "Is it?" Ahead of Alicia, an image forms. In it, you see bandits - running away from Alicia's house in a routed panic. Alicia stands before her front door, huffing and smiling in relief. "They're waiting inside for you, Alicia. Say the word...you can be there. You can live with them, have children, live a happy life. You can make Kelara a paradise if you wish, so that the troubles and stirring rebellions never happen. All you have to do is fore
[22:03] <Kotono> so that the troubles and stirring rebellions never happen. All you have to do is forever forsake this quest."
[22:06] <Kotono> Far away, you can hear Demedais bellow your names.
[22:07] <Alicia> Drawing a deep, shuddering breath, Alicia tears her gaze away from the tantalising image. Part of her wants it so badly, a chance to live without regrets... but wouldn't there be regrets for what she's giving up here? Her friends, her sister... those things matter. But do they matter enough?
[22:08] <Alicia> Luckily, Demedais's shouting and hollering saves her from having to make a decision, diverting her attention and causing her to almost flee back to the entrance to see what's happening there.
[22:08] <Kotono> OOC: Evil.

Corwin · March 28, 2012, 06:46:39 AM

[21:19] <Kotono> You're in a deep void. A deep...something. Nothing is there. Only your most basic awareness. From deep in this void, "Seira...Seira...Seira...! SEIRA!"
01[21:21] <Seira> "Here!" Seira decides to call back. She's one of the strongest mages in the world. There is no need to fear anyone!
[21:21] <Kotono> Blink-blink. Your eyes open. It's bright here, morning sunshine all over. It dazzles you, your arms going up to rub your eyes out of instinct. "Seira, wake up," Amaryl's voice? "It's almost noon! You've nearly slept the day away!"
06[21:23] * Seira stops her arms, and looks down on them. She doesn't seem to be in any immediate danger, so it's time to see if her senses are lying to her ow not.
[21:24] <Kotono> She's...in her bedroom? Not her normal bedroom. Her childhood bedroom. Amaryl is there, wearing a soft green dress. "Morning, sleepyhead," she smiles widely, "You're going to miss lunch at this rate. It's your favorite, too."
06[21:25] * Seira smiles hesitantly. "Why am I here, Amaryl?" she asks, getting out of bed.
[21:36] <Kotono> Seira wears a silk nightgown. Her mirror image spell is gone. It looks happy and sunny here. "Because we're here visiting your parents? You know, you shouldn't drink wine if it does that to you," Giggling now, "You only had one glass, too."
01[21:38] <Seira> "I don't want to worry you," Seira says quietly, "but it wasn't wine. It was-- yes, it had to be magic that targetted my memory. I recognize the signs, because it happened again." Unless it is another weird dream like the one she experienced in Malmuth. In that case, she would need to be extra-careful about using any magic in it. "Can you tell me about this visit to bring me up to speed, please?"
[21:48] <Kotono> "Well, we came over to visit," Amaryl smiles at the entire thing, "Your parents wanted to see you. We got here yesterday, now we're going to go eat lunch with them. Your friends should be visiting today, too."
01[21:50] <Seira> "My friends? Which of them?" Seira snorts, looking around for more suitable clothing. "I did manage to acquire quite a few, somehow."
06[21:55] * Seira considers her situation in the meantime. Either the Inevitable had lied to them, which might well be as everything here is geared towards stopping them, or this is a mental attack and not one to be stopped by the supposed mastery of time of the gnomish Magus.
01[21:55] <Seira> And there is the unpleasant possibility that by looking into the images shown to them and attempting to glimpse a particular one she had lowered her defenses and allowed for this to happen. Would that make the Amaryl with her a fake Amaryl?
[21:56] <Kotono> "Well, Shamal is already here. She's helping your Mom set up. Elle is coming after lunch. Alicia...she might be a little late, but she'll be here at some point. Demedais...oh, and Pollyanna, and a few others are bringing friends. Dinner will be so much fun tonight."
06[21:58] * Seira freezes, her throat becoming tight. "I see," she manages to get out, and gives up her search for clothing as nothing is helpfully made immediately available with a cursory glance. "Amaryl, I need to ask you an important question. I've just said that powerful magic was used on me to affect my mind. Why aren't you showing the least bit of worry?"
[22:01] <Kotono> You find a closet with plenty of elven clothes. They look like they fit. "I thought you were joking. Too much iwne," Blushing now as she looks at Seira, "You're not? I can get your father. He's one of the best spell casters in Pallanth. If there's something wrong he can fix it up."
01[22:04] <Seira> "I'm not incapacitated, so we just go and see what he thinks," Seira tells her, ditching the nightgown. She hardly has a preference, and merely chooses the most practical outfit in the closet. "Mom is here as well, you said?"
[22:07] <Kotono> It's a green tunic and black pants. Pretty normal if nice and rich. "She is. It wo uldn't make much sense if we came back when she wasn't here."
01[22:08] <Seira> "No, it wouldn't," Seira agrees. "Let's go and see her now, then? You can tell me just where we normally live while we search for her."
[22:09] <Kotono> "Sure!" Amaryl says, as the two go out. As they do, a voice whispers in Seira's mind! It's fast talking, as if not enough words can be said at once. "All of this...it can be yours, Seira. Your mother, your family, your friends. Everything you've always wanted. No death, no lonliness, no despair."
01[22:12] <Seira> "I'm not really sure I like the implications of what you've just said. In my head." Seira frowns. "That sounded kinda bad. But anyway, mysterious voice person, aren't you being a bit rude by implying that I normally don't have friends and family and loved ones around me?"
[22:13] <Kotono> "You know what I offer is happiness beyond that, beyond your rebuttal. In this time strand, your mother never sickneed. Shamal never ran into a fate of shocker lizards. Saul never vanished chasing Irenes. Your aunt Filetta never came. Here...everything is the best possible outcome for you."
01[22:15] <Seira> "Then how would I meet those very friends if I never had cause to live my land of birth?" Seira reasons. "And even if I came across them, how would we forge the relationships we have right now without going through the same experiences together?"
[22:17] <Kotono> "There is time. As much time as you want here," The voice promises. "Forsake the quest for the Resorts, sweart it off forever...and you can go meet them. You can go meet her, Seira. She's waiting there for you."
06[22:20] * Seira snorts. "Who the hell do you think you're talking to? I don't need your help or permission to see my friends and family! You're saying I need to be an obedient little girl and stay home to meet my mom again? Screw that! I'll go to Celestia or wherever and find her, once I've got all the Resorts and kicked Daa-vid's ancient ass!"
[22:23] <Kotono> "The threads continue to narrow...is it true that this is the one that will proceed on? Your hearts are all so strong and so fixiated, even in the chance to have eternal happiness. Is that what they wanted? Mortals who are able to throw everything away for the future?" OOC: #Evil.

Corwin · March 28, 2012, 06:47:21 AM

[21:18] <Kotono> ----
[21:18] <Kotono> You're in a deep void. A deep...something. Nothing is there. Only your most basic awareness. From deep in this void, "Seira...Seira...Seira...! SEIRA!"
[21:19] <Kotono> OOC: Strike, wrong room. Dur.
[21:20] <Kotono> It's warm here. You're so warm here. So warm and comfortable. It's a good feeling. A happy feeling. It feels long forgotten, but very very familiar. In the distance, you can hear two people talking. "...I don't know..." A woman's voice says.
06[21:21] * Demedais blinks at this. "Eh? What the..."
[21:22] <Kotono> You can't quite seen - your face feels like it's pressed against something. "I know..." A man's voice says, full of worry. It sounds a bit familiar, too. "But he'll be taken care of here. The priests, they're good men."
06[21:23] * Demedais frowns, attempting to move what's pressing on his face, even as his suspicions kick into full gear. He also tries to remember where the voice was from...
[21:35] <Kotono> Demedais struggles. He can see cloth - he's pressed against something warm and covered by cloth. "I still don't know..." The woman's voice is wistful, "I think...no...I know this isn't right. He's our baby. We can keep him. No matter how hard it will be."
[21:37] <Demedais> "Oh for the love.of." Demedais mutters, or tries to, as what's going on has made itself perfectly obvious as he tries to grab the cloth and yank it away.
[21:38] <Kotono> There's a pause here, then, "Do you feel that strongly?" The cloth isn't too hard to push back, a tiny hand moving it. He can see up a little - a woman's face, a woman with soft brown hair. She has large, warm eyes that sparkle blue. Meanwhile, the man's voice picks up. "If you feel that strongly...but...can we really give him a life worth leading?" Around you, large droplets of rain fall down.
06[21:39] * Demedais tries to adjust himself to see the man, since he can't seem to recall the woman's face.
[21:46] <Kotono> The man's face is familiar. It's...younger than it should be. But it's a face he knows. Croger? It looks like him. Quite a lot like him. He bites his lip, looking down. "Alright," he says after a few more moments. "...Alright. If you feel that strongly, let's go home. It'll be hard...but we'll make it, together. Our child...what should we name him?"
06[21:47] * Demedais pauses at this, before wishing he could let out a stream of expletives long enough to drown out most of existence.
[21:52] <Kotono> The woman starts to speak, then frowns. "...It's odd. I just had the strangest idea for a name. Demedais...I've never heard it before...but feels right. Demedais...yes. We could name him that. He'll grow up to be a strong, handsome young man. I swear it to you, my child."
06[21:53] * Demedais starts trying to break out of this. "Okay, this is good enough. Good to see you two, but I've indulged curiousity long enough, would like to go now, kay thanks..."
[21:55] <Kotono> "Is that all?" A voice insists, a quick, impatient voice. "A chance to grow up with your parents. To find a peaceful, happy life with them. A chance have everything you never had before. A life with no dragons, no devils, no insane battles or duties. A world of normal peace."
[21:55] <Demedais> "... you know, you just blew your chance to convince me." Demedais replies.
[21:57] <Demedais> "And... yeah. In the end, between duty and peace, I choose duty. So hey, thanks for the offer, but no."
[22:00] <Kotono> The image shifts. Demedais sees himself running in a field, playing with children(Like himself?). He sees himself being read to by his mother, a bedtime story. He sees his father training him with a wooden sort, ruffling his hair after a good workout. "You will never have a chance for this again. The power to manipulate time is banned to mortals by divine edict. Only I can give you this chance, Demedais. Think long and hard on it."
[22:00] <Kotono> Only I can give you this chance, Demedais. Think long and hard on it."
[22:02] <Demedais> "I thought about it a long time ago." Demedais replies. "And I do appreciate the offer. But... no. There's too many reasons why not, and my own happiness? Isn't worth any of those reasons alone. You're the Magus of Time, aren't you? Tell me, how do we free the people in this place without harming them?"
[22:05] <Kotono> "Your will is so strong..." With that, everything is gone. "The thread is chosen then, with your iron will. Come then...I await above!" Blink. Demedais stands with the others, bar Alicia. The others stand there, rigidly straight and unmoving. The door into the tower is open.
06[22:05] * Demedais looks to the others in confusion, before looking for Alicia. As the one missing... "Alicia! Marie! Any of you here?" he bellows, looking into the tower.
06[22:06] * Demedais grimaces again, before glancing to Seira, Amaryl, and Pollyanna.
[22:07] <Kotono> All of them are utterly rigid. Their eyes are open - you can see clock faces instead of eyes. The clocks are turning rapidly.
[22:09] <Demedais> "I take it this is your handiwork... giving them the same choice, are you, Magus of Time?" Demedais calls upward, before going to stand with Pollyanna, one hand on her shoulder. "I can but guess what road you've chosen for her..."
[22:10] <Kotono> As Demedais does that, Alicia emerges out of the tower's front door.
[22:11] <Demedais> "Alicia! You alright?" Demedais says as he spots her, turning.
06[22:11] * Alicia doesn't seem her usual composed self, looking around for a moment before her eyes settle on the bald man. "Demedais? Yes, I'm... I'm unhurt," she confirms as Marie flutters into view, looking at Alicia with undisguised pity. "You... you rejected what he offered?"
[22:13] <Demedais> "Yeah, though I owe him one anyway." Demedais shrugs, speaking loosely as if a bit stunned. "He showed me my parents. ... Croger's my dad. But there's no way I'm ditching you guys on this."
[22:14] <Alicia> "Croger? The... by Mystra's lost spell! Is there no depths to Esthan's depravity?!" Alicia asks indignantly, her fury for the moment managing to return a semblance of normality to her and push aside her temptation to relive a more innocent time.
[22:15] <Demedais> "Yeah, that was my response. Which is also probably another part of why the entire thing didn't work." Demedais grins a bit, approaching feral. "Yeah, I think I'm gonna need to try and pull a few favors..."
[22:17] <Alicia> Demedais's comment about not ditching the others shames Alicia for her own weakness, and she nods briskly. "Alright... I wasn't sure what was affecting you all so I went ahead to deal with the source, but if you came out of it by yourself then the others should as well?" she looks expectantly at the remaining three, as if they'll spring to life at any moment.
[22:17] <Demedais> "Presuming they don't take the bait, so to speak." Demedais nods, hand still on Pollyanna's shoulder as he rubs gently.
[22:18] <Kotono> Pollyanna abruptly shudders all over, falling to her knees. Looking up, eyes wild and panicking, "No...I..."
06[22:18] * Demedais quickly kneels down to her. "You alright, dear...?"
[22:19] <Kotono> "I couldn't do it...I couldn't do it..." she repeats, looking straight ahead. "I'm so sorry...I couldn't....It's my fault again...It was just a trick. It was just a trick, wasn't it, Demedais? Wasn't it?"
06[22:19] * Alicia looks away, unwilling to admit just how tempted she is by said bait. Even being nigh certain it isn't real, part of her wants to believe...
[22:21] <Demedais> "Tell the truth, I've no clue, but either way... we're here now." Demedais holds her close, before a slight grin. "Oh, and pretty good odds I can have you meet my dad!"
[22:22] <Kotono> Looking up, blank eyes, "What?" Pollyanna says, voice a hollow shell of itself.
06[22:23] * Demedais shakes his head. "It doesn't matter right now. ...what I was offered was a life with my birth parents, away from the temple." Keeping Pollyanna close, Demedais sighs. "...thank you."
[22:24] <Kotono> Seira abruptly blinks her eyes and staggers a bit. She is now aware again.
01[22:24] <Seira> "Hmph."
06[22:24] * Demedais looks over to Seira, not moving from his position. "Heh."
[22:25] <Kotono> "I..." Pollyanna just leans on Demedais for a time, closing her eyes.
06[22:25] * Alicia wordlessly looks to the last member of the group, wondering what the runaway noble will choose...
01[22:25] <Seira> "I was offered a happy life. I wanted to have a life like that when I was ten." She snorts again. "Whatever command over time this Magus might have, he doesn't understand my perfect world one bit."
06[22:25] * Demedais nods softly and lets her lean on him, keeping her close.
[22:25] <Kotono> "It's not the monsters. It's the damned tricks that are the real danger. He's attacking our will and our spirits as fiercely...no, more fiercely, than our bodies and lives."
[22:26] <Demedais> "He is." Demedais says softly, keeping the rest of his thoughts quiet.
01[22:27] <Seira> Just then noticing the state that Amaryl is in, Seira bites on her lower lip.
[22:29] <Kotono> Amaryl stands there, like a statue of time. Very slowly, she begins to fade away. Her body is starting to become transparent, like a ghost fading in the glorious light of the dawn.
01[22:30] <Seira> "We chose this life over heaven itself, remember?" she says, grasping at her. "Whatever he's showing you, don't be tricked! There's nothing you can't achieve on your own if you work towards that!"
[22:30] <Alicia> Seeing Amaryl vanish, as if moving into another timeline rather than simply remaining insensate in a fantasy, hurts Alicia's resolve even more, the paladin staring in morbid fascination as the scene plays out.
06[22:31] * Demedais turns as well, somewhat speechless.
[22:31] <Kotono> It's like trying to hold onto semi-solid air. It's difficult, her arm passing in and out of Seira's hand. Her face stays blank, impassive. "She's choosing her own paradise?" The Magus of Time is heard aloud, "What can you offer her that is better than that?"
01[22:34] <Seira> "Real happiness, one forged with her own two hands!" Seira calls back. "What's the use of being given something, if you don't work towards it? Can you even enjoy its fruits? Take pride in your accomplishment?" She tries to shake Amaryl's shoulders. "Do I have no place in your paradise, Amaryl? Because I'm right here!"
[22:35] <Kotono> "S...ra..." Amaryl murmurs. She is shaken, almost fading away like mist - almost, but not quite. She lingers like that several seconds. Her voice is faraway, a sleeper's dream voice. "Se...ra...?"
01[22:37] <Seira> "I'm here!" Seira repeats urgently. "And if that matters to you, then don't listen to that mage's lies! Don't believe him, and return to me! Because I am right here, waiting for you!"
[22:38] <Kotono> Thump. Thump. It's only a few beats of a heart, only a few seconds. Amaryl falls forward, abruptly solid. She lands on Seira, leaning into her.
01[22:39] <Seira> "You've made it," Seira whispers, holding her close.
06[22:39] * Demedais smiles slightly.
[22:39] <Kotono> "I was somewhere happy, Seira..." Amaryl blinks her eyes open, smiling. "It was a happy place, but I heard you calling."
[22:40] <Kotono> Pollyanna looks up, a deep sigh uttered. "Another trial down...damnations all to Helm." Standing up now, "Nearly defeating us with visions of paradise, more dangerous than a dozen swords."
01[22:41] <Seira> "I was somewhere that made me happy, too," Seira tells her, smiling sadly herself. "My family wasn't torn apart, my dead friends didn't have to die. But that wasn't the future I wanted to myself, even if he truly could make it a reality."
06[22:41] * Alicia knows no one would call for her like that... looking in her familiar's direction she only gets a sad yet understanding smile in reply. "Lets go, then?" she offers to the group, trying to muster up her resolve.
[22:42] <Demedais> "Everyone ready?" Demedais asks, moving to help Pollyanna up.
[22:43] <Alicia> Wordlessly, Alicia turns and heads back through the door, Marie following close behind.
01[22:43] <Seira> "Almost," Seira says, calling for Detect Magic to see whether the spell on Amaryl had faded away and needs to be refreshed.
[22:43] <Kotono> OOC: What's the duration on blur?
01[22:44] <Seira> OOC: 16 minutes
[22:44] <Kotono> OOC: It's gone.
[22:44] <Kotono> OOC: MI should be too.
01[22:44] <Seira> OOC: Consider it recast
[22:45] <Kotono> OOC: Righ.t
01[22:45] <Seira> roll 1d4+4
06[22:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d4+4 and gets 5." [1d4=1]
[22:45] <Kotono> Visibility is bad in here - only about twenty feet in any direction. Ahead, you can see a stair hugging against the right wall, leading upward. Because of this, you can't even see all of this bottom floor.
06[22:46] * Alicia was heading for the stairs before and that's where she goes now, casting Shield as she puts her foot on the bottom step.
06[22:47] * Demedais follows Alicia, trying to peer through the mist in a bit of confusion.
06[22:53] * Seira supplements her senses with detect magic, keeping near the rear once more.
[22:53] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 nom
06[22:53] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 nom and gets 37." [1d20=11]
01[22:55] <Seira> "Mists, bad," Seira mutters, looking around warily.
[22:56] <Demedais> "This mist's really thick." Demedais mutters as they ascend. "Proceed with caution."
[22:56] <Kotono> Thus the party begins to climb up! They climb and climb and climb and climb and climb! 5 minutes of this, the floor long since lost in the hazy mists. Now you see something above - the stairs connect to a series of platforms above, floating stone and glass walkways.
06[22:57] * Alicia doggedly keeps on going till she gets to the platforms, then looks for further stairs. Might as well keep going till they reach the top.
06[22:58] * Demedais follows Alicia's lead, uneasily eyeing the floating walkways. "Unsupported walkways, my eternal nemesis."
[22:59] <Alicia> "I can cast feather fall, but we're probably high up enough that it'd wear off long before you touched the ground," Alicia cautions.
[23:00] <Kotono> The party comes out! There is a 3x3 grid of stone platforms here, nine in total. They form a perfect square, with the lower lefthand one being where you are and the upper right-hand one having stairs continuing up. They are connected on straight lines with glass walkways. Each stone platform, besides the two with stairs attached, has a grandfather style clock sitting on it.
[23:01] <Demedais> "I have my ring." Demedais notes, swapping that on with a slight grin before looking at the clocks directly. "Is this... an actual puzzle?"
06[23:02] * Alicia starts walking to the platform on the left so she can investigate the clock there.
[23:03] <Kotono> OOC: You started on the lower lefthand, Alicia. There wouldn't be another platform there. Do you guys want a quick map for this?
[23:04] <Demedais> OOC: I think I've got it, but.
[23:04] <Alicia> OOC: well, left would be 'forward' then. From A1 to A2, basically. Going clockwise.
06[23:04] * Demedais looks at the clock Alicia
[23:04] <Demedais> 's walking to, in an attempt to read it before she steps on.
[23:08] <Kotono> You walk over the glass walkway without incident. The party reaches the platform, the clcok here saying it's 4 o'clock. It tic-tocks softly, steadily.
06[23:09] * Demedais glances to the two adjacent clocks.
[23:09] <Kotono> The one ahead of you is at 7 o'clock. The one to the right is at 5 o'clock.
[23:10] <Demedais> "Guessing we go right." Demedais notes.
[23:10] <Alicia> "As good a guess as any," Alicia allows, heading onto said walkway.
01[23:10] <Seira> "I'm not convinced this is an actual riddle, so we might as well," Seira agrees.
06[23:11] * Demedais nods and follows Alicia.
[23:12] <Kotono> The party advances to the center platform! The clock here reads 5 o'clock. Nothing happens on the walk to there.
06[23:12] * Demedais checks the three surrounding ones again.
01[23:13] <Seira> "Up and then right again?" Seira suggests.
[23:13] <Kotono> The one going ahead is 8 o'clock. The one going back down is 2 o'clock. The one continuing to the right is 6 o'clock.
[23:14] <Demedais> "Following the pattern, right again." Demedais says.
[23:14] <Alicia> "Suits me," Alicia agrees with Seira, since going to six puts them far away from seven, so just incrementing the numbers won't help.
[23:15] <Kotono> The party advances to 6 o'clock! Upwards is the stairway going up, downwards is a clock set to 3 o'clock.
06[23:15] * Alicia continues on to the stairs and heads up! Hopefully.
[23:15] <Demedais> "Let's go ahead?" Demedais shrugs, advancing with Alicia.
[23:16] <Alicia> "Maybe it would've been an obstacle if we didn't have these bracelets?" Marie suggests, tapping hers as she floats alongside Alicia.
[23:16] <Kotono> The party advances to the stairs without incident! Thes tairs ahead await.
[23:16] <Demedais> "Possibly, yeah." Demedais nods, looking up the stairs.
06[23:16] * Alicia heads up the stairs.
01[23:16] <Seira> "I do wonder if they are an actual deterrent or just another trap," Seira muses. "I guess it won't hurt to trust a bit."
[23:16] <Kotono> "Maybe so, or we're really lucky," Pollyanna follows along with Alicia. "Either way, I'm thankful."
[23:20] <Kotono> The party starts to ascend higher! As they do, the mists in the center of the tower begin to swirl. As they do, "Two thousand years ago, the fruit of the folly of the Gods nearly rent apart Creation," The voice of the Magus of Time speaks. "The world lies in a shattered state because of unchecked arrogance and foolhardy indulgence."
[23:21] <Demedais> "Huh." Demedais says quietly to himself, eyeing the mists.
06[23:22] * Alicia doesn't mind the history lesson, simply listening in as she marches up the stairs, half an eye on the swirling mists.
01[23:22] <Seira> "Is it really so shattered?" Seira voices.
[23:23] <Alicia> "Aren't you the one with the big plan for fixing those wastes?" Marie asks Seira. "Sounds like they're pretty shattered."
[23:23] <Demedais> "Esthan exists." Demedais comments.
[23:23] <Kotono> In it, an image forms. An image of a shoreline, the sea lapping against it. It is nighttime, the stars in the sky sparkling with magnificent beauty. Yet one of them grows bright, brighter and bigger. "Who but fools would allow the Fairest Star to pass into mortal hands? Who would let a mortal tinker with the very stuff of Creation?"
01[23:24] <Seira> "Not irreparably so!" Seira protests to Marie.
[23:24] <Demedais> "What is the Fairest Star? How was it made?" Demedais asks as he advances.
[23:24] <Kotono> "Seira, maybe we should be paying attention to this," Pollyanna whispers, "Trick or not, this does sound important."
[23:24] <Alicia> "Well sure," Marie agrees. "But shattered doesn't imply irreparably. I droped a plate once and it shattered into lots of pieces, then Alicia fixed it with magic so it was good as new!"
06[23:25] * Seira snorts, but nods at Pollyanna. "Don't worry, I am. I can just carry on a conversation in the meantime, so it's all good."
[23:28] <Kotono> In the sky, the star becomes bigger and brighter, rapidly blotting out everything as it plummets down to the ground! "When you look into the night skies, the stars are not meaningless dots of light. The stars are Creations, far, far, far away."
[23:29] <Demedais> "Huh."
[23:29] <Kotono> "It's like what we saw in the museum?" Amaryl speaks up here.
[23:30] <Alicia> "You mean alternate prime material planes?" Alicia asks curiously, recalling her conversation with G'renna on the subject. One of the few memories involving the succubus that doesn't overly trouble her.
[23:31] <Kotono> "Creation is the domain of the Gods. Yet, over time, the Gods had grown indulgent to mortals. Partly as result of the endless divine wards, partly as giving their worshippers too much...partly out of simple blindness. Things beyond mortality became within the reach of mortals. Magic beyond the nine mortal circles, immortality, the capacity to become far more than one was born as." (More)
[23:32] <Kotono> *wars
[23:34] <Kotono> "Yes, you are correct." The image shatters apart as this great, bright star impacts! The jolting shock sends an earthquake throughout the tower! "When a part of Creation itself, unshaped by divine hand, fell to another Creation, the Gods allowed it to be touched by mortal hands."
01[23:34] <Seira> "There is something within me that cries out at the injustice of being lectured about the mortals's foolishness from one of the foolish mortals who were actually responsible for all this," Seira mutters in distaste.
[23:34] <Alicia> "You've never tried to convince someone to learn from your mistakes?" Marie asks innocently.
01[23:35] <Seira> "My mistakes are usually so horrible no amount of convincing is necessary to learn from them."
[23:35] <Kotono> "Yes, my mistakes..." The mists fade apart, back into a thick, vision cloying mess. "Come closer, continue to climb closer to me."
06[23:36] * Demedais blinks. "Eh." A slight shrug.
[23:36] <Alicia> "It sounds more like he's blaming the Gods for letting things come to a head," Alicia muses as she continues to ascend while watching the show.
01[23:37] <Seira> "Yeah, but it has the whole 'oh you foolish immature kids' ring to it," Seira responds, following Alicia. "Torm's a god and he went nuts, right? I think there's plenty of failure upstairs without even starting on us."
[23:37] <Kotono> "I think that's the point," Pollyanna points out, "All he just said was saying that the Gods made a mistake and are flawed."
[23:38] <Alicia> Marie nods. "No one came out of that war with anything to be proud of," the eladrin affirms sadly.
01[23:38] <Seira> "How about Talinn and his side?"
06[23:39] * Demedais shrugs again. "I'll refrain judgment 'til I've heard the entire thing."
[23:42] <Kotono> As you continue to climb, higher and higher and higher, "The one who touched the Fairest Star was Daa-vid. He took it with him, spending time studying it. For in his hands he had something that transcended mortality. For with Creation, one can make and remake. Yet...with absolute power, corruption follows. Daa-vid, in time, became the God King Daa-vid. Not a mortal anymore, but recreated into a divine being of immense power." This time the
[23:42] <Kotono> Not a mortal anymore, but recreated into a divine being of immense power." This time the mist swirls again, "It is Ao's, the Overgod, law that any beings that wish to assume divinity must be approved by him. This is one of the sacred duties of the divine, to ensure that this mandate is never violated."
01[23:43] <Seira> "This actually brings up an important question!" Seira exclaims. "Is the power of the star inherently corrupting like that, or is it just the regular lure of power leading to a fall from grace deal?"
[23:44] <Demedais> "Just amplified to an insane extent, I'd presume." Demedais muses.
06[23:44] * Seira shrugs. "If it's just that, we'll be fine with it."
[23:44] <Alicia> Overgod... surely a being with such power could have stopped Daa-vid before he achieved his divinity if he wasn't up to standards? For all she knows everything went according to some secretive plan known only to Ao. "Do we even know that Daa-vid struck first?" Alicia volunteers a disturbing possibility, her voice quiet.
01[23:46] <Seira> "He had 'rape fortresses' numbering in the dozens and turned a fellow gnome into an insane artifact. I'm pretty sure he was a very bad person."
[23:46] <Kotono> "That is a wise question, but it is not time for the answer to that. Not yet." In the mists, you can see a blasted wasteland. An endless field of slain angels, obliteration on a cosmic scale. "As arrogant as the Gods were...you are as wise as they should have been, Alicia. All too late they realised their heresy. For was not Daa-vid correcT? He was divine. It was his right and nature to seek worship now. Even with a heart of evil, he would
[23:46] <Kotono> Even with a heart of evil, he would be no worse than Shar or Cyric or a dozen others."
06[23:48] * Demedais considers this. "So... No offense, Seira, but this entire story sounds like a metaphorical ton of dragons colliding in air."
01[23:48] <Seira> "It's okay. It's actually a funny image. I bet there's a spell for that!"
[23:49] <Alicia> "I know that, Seira, but... if a different approach had been taken?" Alicia sounds uncertain. "A cornered animal will fight... maybe his foul nature was spurred by the hatred he received from all corners of creation? As far as we know, all of the horrible things he did all came during the war, didn't they?"
[23:49] <Kotono> "As the war began...it was not Ao who came from Beyond to bring his wayward Gods to task. The Gods were summoned to the place of meeting by another. He...or it, called itself the Arbiter. In that meeting, it laid down divine law and order, commanding all Gods."
06[23:49] * Demedais blinks at this.
01[23:49] <Seira> "Just think about it from another angle, then, Alicia," Seira suggests. "To say that because one Shar exists a second must be allowed to also exist is a logical fallacy."
[23:50] <Demedais> roll 1d20+14 Arbiter? Angelghostdude mentioned this, too.
06[23:50] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+14 Arbiter? Angelghostdude mentioned this, too. and gets 18." [1d20=4]
06[23:50] * Seira frowns. "I'd kill the first one if I got the chance, and it's not hypocritical in the least to prevent evil assholes from fully reaching godhood."
[23:51] <Demedais> "Arbiter? Who is that? I've heard of it, but not much else."
01[23:51] <Seira> roll 1d20+11 what Deme said
06[23:51] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 what Deme said and gets 13." [1d20=2]
06[23:52] * Alicia shakes her head. "That's not what I meant... he didn't have to be evil." It sounds heretical, as Mystra is among the deities she's questioning, but even so... "I just think if they were going to stop him, why did they wait until he'd achieved such power?"
[23:52] <Kotono> "The Gods were to be punished. They would be forced to withdraw and distance themselves, while a mortal would be the one to wound the God-King. They would work together, to build a suitable prison, arena and court for Daa-vid. For he said that as they had neglected mortalkind with this fallacy, this matter shall be ended and judged by mortalkind, not the divine."
01[23:53] <Seira> "I'm pretty sure the fortresses, at least, predate Daa-vid's battle with the gods," Seira says slowly. "But if you would like to know for certain, I will research this matter further."
[23:54] <Alicia> "It doesn't matter," Alicia replies. "What Daa-vid is now matters far more than what he could have been, after all."
[23:54] <Kotono> "Daa-vid...was evil. Of that there was no doubt. The creature you call Lagann, ou saw his torment and fate at the hands of Daa-vid. He consigned with the devilkind freely. His heart was black, of that there is no doubt. But now, listen. For the tale reaches it's most important part."
06[23:54] * Demedais listens, saving questions for the end and or when they meet face to face.
06[23:54] * Seira is willing to listen to the story's climax before asking more.
[23:57] <Kotono> "Talinn was the greatest mortal hero on this world. He was chosen by the Arbiter, given a weapon to wound the God-King. He did so, surviving only by dint of will. Thus, wounded and assailed, the God-King was imprisoned. The true battle against Daa-vid comes when mortals meet him once more. There the the delayed judgment against the Gods will be wrought."
01[23:58] <Seira> "Didn't he forge the weapon?" Seira can't help but ask.
[23:58] <Alicia> "Given a weapon? He didn't craft it himself?" Alicia asks, this information conflicting with her earlier understanding.
[23:58] <Kotono> "He did. He was given it in the sense that the knowledge came to him through the movements of the Arbiter in the background."
01[23:59] <Seira> "Aarondaq, wasn't it?" Seira presses on. "Can you tell us where it rests now?"
[23:59] <Demedais> "I see. Please continu-" Demedais then shrugs.
Session Time: Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 2009
[00:01] <Kotono> "I can in due time. You have felt it's aura of death once before." There is a moment there, snowy, high mountains seen. "The seal around Arondaaq underestimated the destructive power of the blade...or was it the will of the Arbiter? I know not, but it's wards have begun to weaken. If not taken or re-sealed, waves of death will travel west into Pallanth, and eventually west ntil there is no more west to go. The silver dragon you fought was a
[00:01] <Kotono> and eventually west ntil there is no more west to go. The silver dragon you fought was an innocent victim of Arondaaq's energies."
06[00:02] * Alicia shivers. That's the weapon she has to wield? Such a horrific thing should not be...
[00:02] <Demedais> "Oh. That's what was causing that? Charming." Demedais grimaces.
01[00:03] <Seira> "Hmph. It's just like with the shard, isn't it? It all depends on if the wielder is strong enough to resist the lure of power."
[00:03] <Kotono> "You shiver...you are wise again. Talinn did not believe Arondaaq would be needed again. He wished for it to be sealed for all time, for whomever wields it burns away their life with every swing. IT will be another choice you will have to make in the coming times. For you have chosen the hard reality over your own paradises."
[00:04] <Demedais> "Talinn was an optimist. Granted, I can't say I don't understand. That place was just... yeah." Demedais muses on this.
[00:04] <Alicia> "If it were me I would have destroyed it," Alicia notes quietly.
01[00:04] <Seira> "Lagann stabbed me in the face when we just met. Leave befriending the sword to me!"
[00:05] <Kotono> "Arondaaq can yet be resealed. Gods willing, for all time. But should you take it, you will have the power to kill the divine...for what little time you live after it. Make no mistake, nothing can prevent your death once you have taken Arondaaq. To bear it is to throw away your live, sacrifice it for momentary power."
06[00:06] * Demedais glances to Seira, before thinking. "How many more seals must be broken before it returns to this world?"
[00:09] <Kotono> "The process has begun. But be wary...one of your enemies has an inkling of where it is. Should he or his master hold Arondaaq, a catastrophe will rise up from the Pit unlike any other. Yet his threads of time seldom go to it without interference, for he does not fully appreciate how close he is to finding it."
[00:10] <Demedais> "Yeah, that's what I was worried about." Demedais comments.
01[00:10] <Seira> "Esthan, right? So who's his real master?"
06[00:11] * Seira blinks. "For that matter, is he even really Esthan?"
[00:12] <Kotono> "That I cannot tell you. For those with divinity can resist even my view of Time. It's master is an abomination who has a spark of the immortal within it's heart. He shields those who work for him...Esthan's threads are shadowy the further away from the present I look."
06[00:12] * Demedais pauses at this. "Oh. That's just lovely."
01[00:13] <Seira> "Asmodeus or a nasty god, then?"
[00:13] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 planes does that description mean anything to me?
06[00:13] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 planes does that description mean anything to me? and gets 39." [1d20=19]
[00:14] <Alicia> "Could be an arch-duke or one of the Lords of the Nine," Alicia fills in. "Something far beyond Agares, that's for sure."
01[00:15] <Seira> "Since you're being so helpful and all, and you can see some of Esthan's moves," Seira says, "can you tell us more about them? Just what the hell is he after? Why do we matter? Why interfere in Pallanth so much?"
[00:16] <Alicia> "He wants Daa-vid's power to support his revolution against Asmodeus, surely," Alicia posits her theory. "And we're in the best position to take it."
[00:16] <Kotono> "I know scant little about him. While I can see past much of his protections, the aegis of his master prevents some understandings. But...enough of Esthan for now. Come. You are almost to me." Indeed, you can faintly see a ceiling and a hole that the stairs go into above.
[00:16] <Demedais> "We matter because we're the closest to getting what he wants, and he's interfering in Pallanth because I suspect he thinks Arondaaq's around there." Demedais guesses. "Right?"
06[00:17] * Alicia takes a deep breath and picks up the pace. "This is where we prove our worth in trial by combat?" she asks.
[00:17] <Kotono> There is no reply to either of those.
[00:17] <Alicia> Well, only one thing for it... Keep going!
01[00:18] <Seira> "It sounds a bit too convenient," Seira mutters. "But I suppose it's not something I need answered right this instant."
[00:18] <Demedais> "Trial by cup of tea would be nice." Demedais shrugs, still advancing.
06[00:18] * Seira does decide to cast Shield in case Alicia has it right.
[00:21] <Kotono> The party walks up! Here there is no mist! There is a stair on the far wall continuing up and up and up and up and up. Here sits a single throne, a stone lined pool of water besides it. Here sits an ancient, tired creature. It's short like a dwarf, it's beard white and reaching down to the floor. His face is wrinkled and wrinkled twice over, skin nearly covering his eyes. He is stooped, using a simple wooden cane to lean against. He wears m
[00:21] <Kotono> e is stooped, using a simple wooden cane to lean against. He wears metal armor, a sleek black color. "It's been two thousand years...I've spent it watching so damned many threads. Hundreds of possibilities to who would be the ones to reach here! Who would be the ones with the might, wisdom, and suicidal determination to reach this lofty place?"
01[00:22] <Seira> "Disappointed?"
[00:23] <Demedais> "I'd offer tea as consolation except I don't have any on me. Nor ale, for that matter."
[00:23] <Kotono> "No." Looking up at Seira, "No...I'm not. Not anymore. You threw away paradise to reach here. You're the biggest monsters mortalkind could produce. You'll kill, subvert, plunder...you'll do anything to reach your goals."
06[00:24] * Demedais glances to Pollyanna.
01[00:25] <Seira> "Thanks? You know all the right words to say. Are the next ones out of your mouth going to be those that tell us how to safely free the inhabitants of this forest?"
[00:25] <Kotono> "So? It's my duty. If you don't approve, take it up with Helm," she says.
[00:25] <Alicia> Is she a monster? Giving up a chance to return to her old life, with her lost family? Maybe she is... Alicia is hardly her usual combative self as she stands partly to the side of the group, half-dreading the impending battle.
[00:25] <Kotono> *Pollyanna says.
[00:25] <Kotono> Amaryl stays close to Seira, "You're wrong...Seira's not a monster. I know her."
[00:25] <Demedais> "So I take it making a funny face isn't appropriate at this time." Demedais shrugs.
[00:26] <Kotono> The gnome's eyes fix onto Alicia now, stopping. Everything -stops-. Demedais stops. Seira stops. Marie stops. Everything stops but her and the gnome. "But you," he goes on, "You still have doubts."
06[00:26] * Seira flashes Amaryl a smile.
[00:30] <Alicia> Put on the spot, unable to dodge the question as she had before... "Yes," Alicia admits softly. "I..." she swallows and shakes her head, "No, what you offer, it's a retreat from reality. I can't accept that. But unsealing ancient horrors, returning the world to its old state... even now I see vile Gods and terrible fiends treating the world as their playground, and we're barely half-done..."
[00:34] <Kotono> "It's your destiny as long as you follow this path. The Gods; no, the Arbiter, will have you face worse and worse horrors, like a blade put into the furnace to temper it. Before your time is done, you may cross blades with some of the worst abominations in all the realities." Extending one hand out, "That is your fate now. In the other hand," Holding his other hand out, "Is motherhood. Love. Life. If you are willing to continue on your path
[00:34] <Kotono> "Is motherhood. Love. Life. If you are willing to continue on your path, so be it...but tell me one thing. Tell me that you're willing to let your husband and child die again. For this time, their blood is on your hands. You hold their fate in your hands. This is another choice you must make: Your family, or the darkest horrors there are. Love...or a likely death and eternal torment at the hands of things best never comtemplated. Only the s
[00:34] <Kotono> Love...or a likely death and eternal torment at the hands of things best never comtemplated. Only the screams of your loyal friends will provide you any succor for eternity. No wonder the Abyss craved you. Damnation in it's depths would be merciful compared to the path you walk now!"
[00:35] <Kotono> "It's your choice," he finishes again. "Think on it well."
06[00:39] * Alicia clenches her fists, her brow starting to sweat. "Damn you... I don't care what horrors I have to face!" her voice starts of weak but turns into a shrill snap. "I'll endure them all, but what's the point if my current path only makes a worse world for everyone else?" she sweeps her arm expansively.
[00:39] <Alicia> Taking a deep breath, she presses on, "Hans and Felix are dead, and have been for a long time. They're not coming back, but their souls rest peacefully where they will. I won't have you put this false choice before me!" With a half-step towards the Magus, "The future concerns me!"
[00:39] <Alicia> "Not any self-indulgent 'what if' from a possible past, but the very real consequences of what I do in the here and now!"
[00:41] <Kotono> "Then you've made your choice. It is not your first and it will not be your last. But know this and know it forever: The power I have could have brought them back. Understand the choice you have made Alicia. When you go home after this, look at your home. Is an empty bed and cradle and full graves worth a shell of your sister and a devil, no matter how much they love you and are grateful to you? Long after this is a memory, ask yourself tha
[00:41] <Kotono> love you and are grateful to you? Long after this is a memory, ask yourself that." (More)
[00:43] <Kotono> "Now then..." Time resumes. To the others, nothing has happeneda ta ll, in between breaths of being. "You've all made your choices." He says. "What comes next is two fold. We will battle; your choice has made this inevitable. For my second betrayal, I was promised peace in eternity unlike my kin. I desire it, I grow weary of this world. After the battle, in an infinite moment before I die, I will tell you everything you wish to know."
[00:43] <Kotono> I will tell you everything you wish to know."
06[00:44] * Seira doesn't need more incentive to start casting!
[00:44] <Kotono> OOC: Let'sroll initiative here?
06[00:44] * Demedais shrugs, quickly throwing up his devotions. "Then... thank you.
[00:44] <Demedais> roll 1d20+!
[00:44] <Alicia> roll 1d20+5 A
06[00:44] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+! and gets Error: Numeric values only." [1d20=13]
06[00:44] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+5 A and gets 18." [1d20=13]
[00:45] <Alicia> roll 1d20+7 M
06[00:45] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+7 M and gets 13." [1d20=6]
01[00:45] <Seira> roll 1d20+11 nerveskitter
06[00:45] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+11 nerveskitter and gets 23." [1d20=12]
[00:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Pollly
06[00:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Pollly and gets 21." [1d20=14]
[00:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Amaryl
06[00:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Amaryl and gets 23." [1d20=17]
[00:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+15 Magus
06[00:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 Magus and gets 25." [1d20=10]
[00:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Magus
06[00:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Magus and gets 26." [1d20=16]
[00:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Magus
06[00:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Magus and gets 8." [1d20=3]
03[00:47] * Kotono changes topic to 'Magus 2(26)>Magus 1(25)>Amaryl=Seira(23)>Pollyanna(21)>Alicia(18)>Marie(13)>Magus 3(8)'
01[00:47] <Seira> OOC: Deme at 14
03[00:47] * Kotono changes topic to 'Magus 2(26)>Magus 1(25)>Amaryl=Seira(23)>Pollyanna(21)>Alicia(18)>Demedais(14)>Marie(13)>Magus 3(8)'
[00:47] <Kotono> ---FIXING INITIATIVE---
03[00:48] * Kotono changes topic to 'Magus 2(26)>Magus 1(25)>Amaryl=Marie(23)>Pollyanna(21)>Alicia(18)>Demedais(14)>Seira(13)>Magus 3(8)'
[00:48] <Kotono> OOC: Magus 2 is up.
[00:50] <Kotono> The Magus of time raises one gnarled hand up! In it, a clock can be seen! It moves painfully slow, a wave of molasses-like waves passing over everyone! OOC: Wiill everyone, after SR For Deme.
[00:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[00:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 32." [1d20=12]
[00:50] <Kotono> OOC: Got your SR on the nose, Deme. Will saves.
[00:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24 A
06[00:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 A and gets 37." [1d20=13]
[00:50] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 M
06[00:50] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 M and gets 25." [1d20=10]
01[00:51] <Seira> roll 1d20+20
06[00:51] * Hatbot --> "Seira rolls 1d20+20 and gets 28." [1d20=8]
[00:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7
06[00:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 23." [1d20=16]
[00:51] <Kotono> roll 1d20 it doesn't matters ince Amaryl needs a 20. Poor girl.
06[00:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 it doesn't matters ince Amaryl needs a 20. Poor girl. and gets 8." [1d20=8]
[00:52] <Demedais> roll 1d20+18 weee
06[00:52] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+18 weee and gets 32." [1d20=14]
[00:53] <Kotono> OOC: Alicia and Demedais passed. The rest of you are slowed, except that the penalty to attack, AC and reflex saves is -6 instead of -1.
[00:54] <Kotono> The waves of movement leave much of the party barely movinga t all, impossibly going in slow motion! Thereafter, the Magus holds up a hummingbird in his hand! It goes from a baby to a pile of dust in mere moments, the Magus moving much faster now! OOC: Amaryl and Marie are up.
01[00:54] <Seira> "I can reverse it!" Seira exclaims, recognizing the magical effect even as it takes hold of her. "If you just wait a moment!"
[00:55] <Alicia> Marie frowns a bit, for once her empathic link serving as a hindrance rather than a boon, as Alicia's disturbed thoughts distract her rather than provide a calming centre. For now she tries to focus on the insanely fast (from her perspective) gnome, wanting to hit him with a magic missile when next he casts.
[00:55] <Alicia> OOC: readied action to zap him
[00:56] <Kotono> Amaryl moves in slow motion, managing to fire off a pair of arrows despite moving at the speed of mud!
[00:56] <Kotono> OOC: I read good. Amaryl'll hold instead. Polly will as well since she's slowed down blues. Alicia?
[00:57] <Alicia> OOC: Seira can get her word in
[00:57] <Kotono> OOC: Deme?
[00:58] <Demedais> OOC: Deme will also stall, sure.
06[00:58] * Seira doesn't waste any time, hands moving sluggishly to form arcane seals that call for the magic of Haste upon herself and her allies!
[00:58] <Kotono> OOC: Seira?
[00:58] <Kotono> The magic echos out, speed returned to the party! OOC: Any of you going now, or waiting on the Magus 3 to act?
[00:59] <Alicia> OOC: I go
[00:59] <Demedais> OOC: Deme will go after Alicia
03[00:59] * Kotono changes topic to 'Magus 2(26)>Magus 1(25)>Amaryl=Marie(23)>Pollyanna(21)>Demedais(14)>Seira(13)>Alicia>Magus 3(8)'
[00:59] <Kotono> OOC: Go Alicia.
06[01:00] * Alicia steps a bit away from the group, moving fifty feet around to the side at a quickened pace before she focuses on the magus, weaving her own magic and sending a crackling ray of dark-red energy lancing out at him!
[01:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 ranged touch
06[01:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 ranged touch and gets 40." [1d20=20]
[01:00] <Alicia> roll 1d20+20 ranged touch crit check
06[01:00] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+20 ranged touch crit check and gets 24." [1d20=4]
[01:00] <Kotono> OOC: SR?
[01:01] <Alicia> roll 1d20+15 boo
06[01:01] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+15 boo and gets 16." [1d20=1]
[01:02] <Kotono> Alicia fires forth a bolt of energy! The enervation hits the gnome, but fizzles away into nothing! OOC: Are you also going to go, Deme? Amaryl and Polly are going to fire.
03[01:02] * Kotono changes topic to 'Magus 2(26)>Magus 1(25)>Amaryl=Marie(23)>Pollyanna(21)>Demedais(14)>Seira(13)>Alicia>Amaryl>Pollyanna>Magus 3(8)'
[01:02] <Demedais> OOC: Yes.
03[01:02] * Kotono changes topic to 'Magus 2(26)>Magus 1(25)>Marie(23)>Demedais(14)>Seira(13)>Alicia>Amaryl>Pollyanna>Magus 3(8)'
03[01:02] * Kotono changes topic to 'Magus 2(26)>Magus 1(25)>Marie(23)>Demedais(14)>Seira(13)>Alicia>Demedais>Amaryl>Pollyanna>Magus 3(8)'
03[01:02] * Kotono changes topic to 'Magus 2(26)>Magus 1(25)>Marie(23)>Seira(13)>Alicia>Demedais>Amaryl>Pollyanna>Magus 3(8)'
06[01:04] * Demedais grimaces and rushes at the magus yet to act, sending his blade sweeping upward once he's close with a prayer to Helm!
[01:04] <Demedais> roll 1d20+28 (+2 Haste, +4 Law Dev, +2 Charge)
06[01:04] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+28 (+2 Haste, +4 Law Dev, +2 Charge) and gets 37." [1d20=9]
[01:04] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[01:05] <Demedais> roll 2d8+11 mainly using this hit to get DR bypassing, since it seems like he's tricked out
06[01:05] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 2d8+11 mainly using this hit to get DR bypassing, since it seems like he's tricked out and gets 25." [2d8=8, 6]
[01:06] <Kotono> The blade has trouble even hitting the gnome, striking him hard but barely leaving a mark at all! A moment later, the archers come firing!
[01:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 (+2 haste)
[01:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 (+2 haste)
06[01:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 (+2 haste) and gets 28." [1d20=15]
06[01:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 (+2 haste) and gets 31." [1d20=18]
[01:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
[01:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
06[01:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 10." [1d20=2]
06[01:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 and gets 16." [1d20=8]
[01:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (+2 haste, +2 helmet)
06[01:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 (+2 haste, +2 helmet) and gets 35." [1d20=14]
[01:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (+2 haste, +2 helmet last use))
06[01:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 (+2 haste, +2 helmet last use)) and gets 37." [1d20=16]
[01:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 haste attack, remind me to roll Amaryl's after this, I forgot it.
06[01:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 haste attack, remind me to roll Amaryl's after this, I forgot it. and gets 37." [1d20=18]
[01:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+14
06[01:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 32." [1d20=18]
[01:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+9
06[01:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 14." [1d20=5]
[01:08] <Kotono> roll 4d8+4d6+40
06[01:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d8+4d6+40 and gets 73." [4d8=3, 4, 1, 7][4d6=5, 4, 4, 5]
[01:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 Amaryl which also splits again
06[01:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 Amaryl which also splits again and gets 31." [1d20=18]
[01:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 Amaryl which also splits again
06[01:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 Amaryl which also splits again and gets 33." [1d20=20]
[01:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+13 Amaryl which also splits again crit?
06[01:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 Amaryl which also splits again crit? and gets 15." [1d20=2]
[01:08] <Kotono> roll 1d8
06[01:08] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 and gets 4." [1d8=4]
[01:09] <Kotono> Amaryl and Pollyanna send a pincusion the way of the gnome! A few hit, few of them doing any serious damage to him at all! OOC: Magus is up. Did you want to MM him now, MArie?
[01:10] <Alicia> OOC: if he's casting, sure!
[01:10] <Kotono> OOC: Roll your SR and we'll resolve it first?
[01:10] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[01:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 24." [1d20=8]
[01:10] <Kotono> OOC: DAmage.
[01:10] <Alicia> roll 5d4+5
06[01:10] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d4+5 and gets 20." [5d4=2, 4, 2, 3, 4]
[01:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 concentration check
06[01:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 concentration check and gets 26." [1d20=1]
[01:11] <Kotono> The magic missiles fire! They hit the gnome, momentarily disrupting his concentration and one of his spells! OOC: Magus 2 is up.
[01:11] <Kotono> --FIXING INITIATIVE--
03[01:12] * Kotono changes topic to 'Magus 2(26)>Magus 1(25)>Marie(23)>Seira(13)>Alicia>Magus 3>Amaryl>Pollyanna>Demedais(8)'
[01:14] <Kotono> The Magus reaches out, touching Demedais in retort!
[01:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 touch AC, Deme?
06[01:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 touch AC, Deme? and gets 28." [1d20=9]
[01:14] <Demedais> OOC: 15~
[01:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 SR
06[01:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 SR and gets 30." [1d20=10]
[01:15] <Kotono> The touch on Demedais is like a wilting death, yet it crumbles before him! Thereafter, the Magus withdraws thirty feet back, behind the throne! OOC: Magus 1 is up.
[01:17] <Kotono> Thereafter, he holds up his hand! Green mists flow out, engulfing the archers, Seira and Alicia! The mists burns horribily, acidic and toxic! Further, it's dense and they can't see anything in it at all!
[01:17] <Kotono> roll 2d6 all of you but Deme take this.
06[01:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 all of you but Deme take this. and gets 7." [2d6=2, 5]
[01:17] <Alicia> OOC: I am 50 feet away from those guys, if it matters
[01:17] <Kotono> OOC: Then you're off the hook, Alicia.
[01:17] <Kotono> OOC: I forgot you moved, my bad.
[01:18] <Alicia> OOC: and Marie's incorporeal right now
[01:18] <Kotono> OOC: She's okay then.
[01:19] <Kotono> After that mist comes forth, hiding and counfounding, the magus moves another sixty feet back, near the upward stairway! OOC: MArie?
[01:19] <Alicia> Marie flies up out of the fog which doesn't hurt but does block her view, settling in position up in the air above and ready to zap the magus when he tries casting again.
[01:20] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, Seira. Bear in mind that your movement is also hamstrung in it and you can't see. Marie was off the hook since she was incorpreal.
01[01:21] <Seira> "Stay strong and remember the ring," Seira whispers to Amaryl, disappearing from sight in the noxious cloud even as she calls upon Waukeen's divine power and silently tries to make her way out of the area. When in doubt, always go up!
01[01:21] <Seira> OOC: I figure I can make 5+5 feet up like this?
[01:21] <Kotono> OOC: You can't 5ft step in a solid fog.
[01:22] <Kotono> OOC: Oh wait, devotion? Dur.
01[01:22] <Seira> OOC: No, but a move ends up in traveling 5ft, right? And I'm using Travel devotion to move again, which is 5ft more.
[01:22] <Kotono> OOC: Yeah, a double move of ten is fine.
[01:22] <Kotono> Seira moves up, still engulfed in burning fog, but closer to freedom! OOC: Alicia.
06[01:24] * Alicia doesn't like the look of those stairs and doesn't really want to be stuck chasing the Magus all over the tower, so she moves sixty feet closer and then throws up an invisible wall behind the gnome to block his retreat in that direction!
[01:24] <Alicia> OOC: wall of force to block the stairs
[01:31] <Kotono> A wall of force springs into effect, blocking off the stairs! The Magus turns now...OOC: Marie?
03[01:32] * Kotono changes topic to 'Magus 2(26)>Magus 1(25)(Fog damage here)>Marie(23)>Seira(13)>Alicia>Magus 3>Amaryl>Pollyanna>Demedais(8)'
[01:32] <Alicia> Marie fires a salvo of magic missiles once more to interrupt the Magus's spell!
[01:32] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[01:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 33." [1d20=17]
[01:32] <Alicia> roll 5d4+5
06[01:32] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d4+5 and gets 17." [5d4=1, 4, 3, 1, 3]
[01:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+25 DC 37
06[01:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 DC 37 and gets 41." [1d20=16]
[01:33] <Kotono> The Magus is stricken, but withstands the blow! A moment later, a shimmering field of force appears in front of him! OOC: Amaryl's up.
[01:34] <Kotono> Crying out, Amaryl stumbles forward in the acid fog! Pollyanna does the same, struggling! OOC: Shec an't do much but stumble closer to being out. Ditto with Polly. Deme.
[01:35] <Kotono> Amaryl also has the moment to activate the magic in the ring of spell storing.
06[01:37] * Demedais approaches 50 feet to try and reach the base of the stairs or as close as possible, muttering two prayers as he does - one for protection, one for power! OOC: Protection Devotion and Divine Power up.
[01:38] <Kotono> The stairs are still 40 feet away and blocked off with a wall of force, but Deme's closer and empowered now! OOC: Magus 2 is up.
[01:38] <Kotono> --FIXING INITIATIVE--
03[01:39] * Kotono changes topic to 'Magus 2(26)>Magus 1(25)(Fog damage here)>Marie(23)>Seira(13)>Amaryl>Magus 3>Alicial>Pollyanna>Demedais(8)'
[01:41] <Kotono> Pointing his finger out, "Be wary of this one in the future!" he says, a black ray of enervation coming out at Alicia! But as it arches at her, the ray splits into two!
[01:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[01:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 29." [1d20=10]
[01:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[01:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 35." [1d20=16]
[01:42] <Kotono> OOC: Touch AC?
[01:42] <Alicia> OOC: 15. Spellfire, though.
[01:43] <Kotono> OOC: Moment, I need to read the text or something.
[01:45] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, works as normal, +6 spellfire.
[01:47] <Kotono> Alicia quickly absorbs the spell, stopping it! But the Magus works again a moment later, as this time his hand points out! A strange purple ray comes from his hand, right at Alicia!
[01:47] <Kotono> OOC - Gah, premature.
[01:48] <Kotono> Alicia quickly absorbs the spell, stopping it! But the Magus works again a moment later, as this time his hand points out! A strange purple ray comes from his hand, right at Alicia! As it fluxuates in the air, it splits apart into two, the second arching off to go at Demedais!
[01:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 Deme SR
06[01:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 Deme SR and gets 30." [1d20=10]
[01:48] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19 to hit Alicia
06[01:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 to hit Alicia and gets 24." [1d20=5]
[01:48] <Kotono> Alicia glows a strange, ominous purple-red color!
[01:49] <Kotono> roll 2d6 acid damage for the ones in teh fog.
06[01:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 acid damage for the ones in teh fog. and gets 6." [2d6=3, 3]
[01:49] <Kotono> OOC: Marie.
[01:49] <Alicia> Marie maintains her readiness to shoot the magus on his next spell!
[01:49] <Kotono> OOC: Seira?
06[01:50] * Seira proceeds in her quest of leaving the fog area, calling upon the spell of Draconic Might along the way.
[01:51] <Kotono> SEira goes twenty feet, reaching the end of the fog! She can see again! OOC: Amaryl.
[01:51] <Kotono> Amaryl does the same, getting out of the fog unseen! OOC: Magus 3.
[01:52] <Kotono> OOC: Marie?
[01:52] <Alicia> Marie shoots!
[01:52] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[01:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 30." [1d20=14]
[01:52] <Alicia> roll 5d4+5
06[01:52] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 5d4+5 and gets 19." [5d4=2, 4, 1, 4, 3]
[01:52] <Kotono> This time her magic hits the barrier in front of the Magus, shattering into oblivion! The Magus casts unimpeded, gesturing at Alicia! A fireball bursts around her, shaking the ground with it's impactful fury! OOC: Ref, Alicia.
[01:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16
06[01:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 and gets 32." [1d20=16]
[01:53] <Kotono> roll 10d6
06[01:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 and gets 26." [10d6=6, 1, 2, 4, 2, 5, 1, 3, 1, 1]
[01:53] <Kotono> roll 26*1.5
06[01:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 26*1.5 and gets 39."
[01:53] <Kotono> OOC: 39 base fire damage you need to make a will save.
[01:53] <Alicia> roll 1d20+24
06[01:53] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+24 and gets 34." [1d20=10]
[01:54] <Kotono> Alicia is hit by the fireball, dodging but finding the flames to burn far hotter than usual, scorching her like a dry tinder! OOC: Alicia.
06[01:55] * Alicia quickly turns herself invisible then moves seventy feet to switch herself onto the opposite side of the platform, not moving any closer to the magus. Even as she's burnt and assailed, it feels oddly like going through the motions... but still she fights.
[01:56] <Kotono> Pollyanna also escapes the fog, coughing and shuddering! OOC: Deme-Deme.
06[01:58] * Demedais seems to be wearing an iron mask as he charges the gnome again, lashing out with a brutal cut upward across his face again!
[01:59] <Demedais> roll 1d20+29 (+2 Haste, +4 Law Dev, +2 Charge +4 Divine Power, +1 Str, -4 PA)
06[01:59] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+29 (+2 Haste, +4 Law Dev, +2 Charge +4 Divine Power, +1 Str, -4 PA) and gets 30." [1d20=1]
[02:00] <Kotono> Demedais charges with all he has, striking out at the gnome! Yet his blade betrays him, missing by a milimeter! OOC: Magus 2 is up.
[02:00] <Kotono> --FIXING INITIATIVE--
03[02:00] * Kotono changes topic to 'Magus 2(26)>Magus 1(25)(Fog damage here)>Marie(23)>Demedais>Amaryl>Magus 3>Alicial>Pollyanna>Seira'
[02:01] <Kotono> The Magus goes to Demedais and reaches out to touch him! Fast and hard!
[02:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+19
06[02:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 23." [1d20=4]
[02:02] <Kotono> roll 6*1.5
06[02:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6*1.5 and gets 9."
[02:02] <Kotono> OOC: 9 damage to int, wis and charisma, Deme.
[02:02] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20 SR
06[02:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 SR and gets 32." [1d20=12]
[02:02] <Kotono> OOC: Got it on the nose. Bummer.
[02:03] <Kotono> A moment later, the Magus is casting again! "Now, listen!" he says!
[02:03] <Kotono> roll 1d20+20
06[02:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 and gets 22." [1d20=2]
[02:03] <Kotono> But this spell fizzles on Demedais's resistance entirely! OOC: MArie?
[02:04] <Alicia> Marie is tapped out... so she puts some faerie fire on the gnome. It might help if he copies Alicia's last move?
[02:04] <Alicia> roll 1d20+16 SR
06[02:04] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d20+16 SR and gets 35." [1d20=19]
[02:04] <Kotono> Faerie fire surrounds the gnome! OOC: Deme?
06[02:05] * Demedais growls gutturally, seemingly incapable of anything but ravaging his opponent - but ravage he does, blade turning into an instinctual cyclone of slashes!
[02:06] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 (+2 Haste, +4 Law Dev, +4 Divine Power, +1 Str, -5 PA)
[02:06] <Demedais> roll 1d20+26 (+2 Haste, +4 Law Dev, +4 Divine Power, +1 Str, -5 PA)
06[02:06] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 (+2 Haste, +4 Law Dev, +4 Divine Power, +1 Str, -5 PA) and gets 36." [1d20=10]
06[02:06] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+26 (+2 Haste, +4 Law Dev, +4 Divine Power, +1 Str, -5 PA) and gets 36." [1d20=10]
[02:06] <Demedais> roll 1d20+21 (+2 Haste, +4 Law Dev, +4 Divine Power, +1 Str, -5 PA)
06[02:06] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+21 (+2 Haste, +4 Law Dev, +4 Divine Power, +1 Str, -5 PA) and gets 37." [1d20=16]
[02:06] <Demedais> roll 1d20+16 (+2 Haste, +4 Law Dev, +4 Divine Power, +1 Str, -5 PA)
06[02:06] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+16 (+2 Haste, +4 Law Dev, +4 Divine Power, +1 Str, -5 PA) and gets 22." [1d20=6]
[02:06] <Demedais> roll 1d20+11 (+2 Haste, +4 Law Dev, +4 Divine Power, +1 Str, -5 PA)
06[02:06] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 1d20+11 (+2 Haste, +4 Law Dev, +4 Divine Power, +1 Str, -5 PA) and gets 19." [1d20=8]
[02:06] <Kotono> OOC: Three hits.
[02:07] <Demedais> roll 6d6+66
06[02:07] * Hatbot --> "Demedais rolls 6d6+66 and gets 93." [6d6=5, 2, 5, 5, 5, 5]
[02:08] <Kotono> IN all his fury, Demedais thrusts forward! He impales the gnome right in the chest! HE staggers a moment, smiling as he looks down at the blade. Stop. Everything stops again. Everything but all the lliving beings here stops. "It's done. You've made your choice. The Resort waits upstairs."
06[02:09] * Demedais stares ferally at the gnome, trying to withdraw his sword to cut downward again!
[02:10] <Kotono> The sword comes out! There's a gaping hole in the gnomes chest, blood frozen as it starts to run down from the wound! The injury seems frozen in place entirely. OOC: You can attack again if you like, Deme.
06[02:10] * Demedais blinks at the blood. "...Not bleed? Why..."
06[02:12] * Alicia becomes visible once more. She didn't really do anything... she's not sure she even wanted to, given how lacklustre her contribution was compared to the battles that took them here. "How do we free the other guardians from protecting an item that will soon no longer be here?" she asks tiredly.
[02:12] <Kotono> "Time is frozen. We exist between ticks of the clock here." Turning to Alicia, "Tell me why you wish to save them, then."
06[02:12] * Seira doesn't become visible herself, but nevertheless approaches. "Isn't it obvious?" she asks. "It's what we do."
[02:13] <Alicia> "Because they deserve to live their own lives on their own terms, not to be beholden to a task set down centuries ago that no longer holds any meaning," Alicia answers with a bit of fire, this at least being something she feels strongly about in unequivocal terms.
[02:13] <Demedais> "...don't... bleed?" Demedais seems immensely confused at this, missing the rest of the conversation.
[02:14] <Alicia> Marie floats over to Demedais and gives him some pretty lights to look at, albeit staying well away from the reach of his sword.
[02:14] <Kotono> "Hehehehe...I can free them if you care to. They'll appear over Pallanth, fitting in. It's where they're supposed to be, if it wasn't for all of this."
[02:14] <Alicia> "I do care," Alicia responds earnestly.
01[02:14] <Seira> "Please do," Seira agrees. "And hey, you're nice for an evil gnome!"
[02:14] <Demedais> "...light..." Demedais stares, seemingly enraptured.
06[02:17] * Demedais then tries to grab one.
[02:18] <Alicia> Sadly they are intangible.
[02:18] <Kotono> As Demedais sees the pretty lights, the gnome continues. "I can dispel the enchantment on his mind. There will never be another chance for him to have this...and he earned it by right of arms." Meanwhile, Demedais grabs at the ethereal lights! PRetty!
[02:18] <Alicia> "Please do!" Marie bobs agreeably in the air.
06[02:19] * Demedais opens hand, sees nothing in there, twitches and slashes at the light!
[02:19] <Kotono> Demedais moves very fast for a few seconds, then his mind is restored!
06[02:19] * Demedais blinks.
01[02:19] <Seira> "Welcome back!" Seira greets.
[02:19] <Kotono> "Pretty light?" Pollyanna comes up to Demedais, "What the hell?"
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[02:20] <Demedais> "Thank you." Demedais rubs his head, looking with a mix of sorrow and thanks to the gnome, before looking to Pollyanna. "I'll... explain later."
06[02:20] * Alicia patiently waits for the gnome to go about freeing the guardians like he said he could.
06[02:20] * Demedais then looks back to the gnome. "... may I ask your name?"
[02:21] <Kotono> "They'll vanish back into the real world the moment the timestop ends and I pass," he says.
[02:21] <Kotono> "My name...I erased it from time. Let it be forgotten." The Magus of Time says, "Some secrets must be lost to the ages."
[02:21] <Alicia> That's good enough for her.
01[02:22] <Seira> "Though speaking of names, could you tell me Lagann's? And more about how he used to be? Any other method I've tried got me stabbed, either literally or in my mind."
06[02:22] * Demedais nods slightly. "... thank you. That's... really all I can say here..."
[02:23] <Kotono> "His name was Yandrazrt, master of metal. What remains of him is the shattered leftovers when the God-King punished him."
06[02:23] * Seira nods, even though no one can see her. "Is there a way to help him? Or should I just help him start over?"
[02:25] <Kotono> "Yandrazrt is dead. You call him Lagann now." The gnome laughs, "He made his choice. He made the best one he could, even if it lead to all the pain he's gotten. Tell me, did you find him in the God-King's prison?"
01[02:26] <Seira> "Yeah. Why?" Seira frowns. "And just because he died before doesn't mean he can't regain his memories. And his sanity. Does it?"
[02:28] <Kotono> "It may be possible, but it will require powerful magic. He will need to receive a heal spell boosted to a level beyond that of the nine mortal circles of magic, then resurrected into a prepared body. Even that...it will be a long road for him."
01[02:28] <Seira> "Don't suppose you could help him with the memory part, having control over time and history and all that?"
[02:28] <Alicia> "Wouldn't it be kinder to let him pass on?" Marie wonders. "Or are you the only gnome that's allowed that?"
[02:29] <Kotono> "No. I lack the power to change any of the actions 2,000 years ago or longer. If not..." With a look of tired eyes right to Seira, "Even if not, I cannot affect the divine without consent. His fate was the act of the God-King."
06[02:30] * Seira takes that as her cue to appear. "I'll ask him once we've made more progress, then. It's not like I'll force Lagann to stick around against his will. Okay, so since this is taken care of, and so is the fate of the guardians, you were mentioning the seals on Arondaaq?"
[02:30] <Kotono> "The Gods put him in that ruin. Why, I do not know, but I believe they had mercy on him. To put him in your path, they must accept the possibility."
06[02:31] * Seira nods in agreement.

Corwin · March 28, 2012, 06:50:36 AM

[19:07] <Kozzz> > "Yandrazrt is dead. You call him Lagann now." The gnome laughs, "He made his choice. He made the best one he could, even if it lead to all the pain he's gotten. Tell me, did you find him in the God-King's prison?"
[19:07] <Kozzz> <Seira> "Yeah. Why?" Seira frowns. "And just because he died before doesn't mean he can't regain his memories. And his sanity. Does it?"
[19:07] <Kozzz> > "It may be possible, but it will require powerful magic. He will need to receive a heal spell boosted to a level beyond that of the nine mortal circles of magic, then resurrected into a prepared body. Even that...it will be a long road for him."
[19:07] <Kozzz> <Seira> "Don't suppose you could help him with the memory part, having control over time and history and all that?"
[19:07] <Kozzz> <Alicia> "Wouldn't it be kinder to let him pass on?" Marie wonders. "Or are you the only gnome that's allowed that?"
[19:08] <Kozzz> > "No. I lack the power to change any of the actions 2,000 years ago or longer. If not..." With a look of tired eyes right to Seira, "Even if not, I cannot affect the divine without consent. His fate was the act of the God-King."
[19:08] <Kozzz> * Seira takes that as her cue to appear. "I'll ask him once we've made more progress, then. It's not like I'll force Lagann to stick around against his will. Okay, so since this is taken care of, and so is the fate of the guardians, you were mentioning the seals on Arondaaq?"
[19:08] <Kozzz> > "The Gods put him in that ruin. Why, I do not know, but I believe they had mercy on him. To put him in your path, they must accept the possibility."
[19:08] <Kozzz> * Seira nods in agreement.
03[19:08] * Kozzz is now known as Kotono
[19:09] <Kotono> "What you do with him is another choice for you to make. It may be a fool's quest to do anything but leave him as he is. It's for you to decide," the gnome says.
06[19:09] * Demedais rubs his head. "What do you know about Ao and the Arbiter, if I may ask?"
[19:12] <Kotono> "The seals around Arondaaq were created by Talinn and other survivors of the war, to ensure that the dread sword would rest. In Talinn's eyes, he wanted it to be forgotten forever. But despite everyone's best efforts, the seals have degraded."
01[19:13] <Seira> "So how do we break them altogether? The last time we were in the area, we didn't notice a way, and believe me, we looked."
[19:15] <Demedais> "And, if needed, do you have any knowledge of how it would be resealed? Assuming we use it and get done using it, I'd rather it be broken or sealed permanently somewhere that's not of worry."
[19:15] <Kotono> "You'd have to go and find the source of the aura, to the east of the dragon's lair. That's where Arondaaq is and where the weakened seals lie. But," Now he looks to Seira, "You want that sword. Let me say it again, it is likely best left to the past. The power it holds will burn you away like a paper in the fire. But it is your choice. To reseal it, go there and study the wards. I believe you have sufficient skills to do the needed work wi
[19:16] <Kotono> I believe you have sufficient skills to do the needed work with time."
[19:16] <Alicia> "Mystra said it was the only thing that could slay Daa-vid..." Alicia interjects softly. She'd be far happier destroying the vile thing, or at least sealing it away for eternity...
01[19:16] <Seira> "I need the sword is a more apt statement," Seira muses. "Alright, study the wards. I can do that! What about Demedais's question about Ao and the Arbiter? I always thought they were one and the same."
[19:17] <Demedais> "I see." Demedais muses. "It might be the only thing currently in existence that can slay him... but remember, Talinn made it - a mortal man. Perhaps we can create a more suitable weapon ourselves..."
01[19:18] <Seira> "If we believe the earlier story about the end of the war, this Arbiter placed the idea into Talinn's mind in the first place." Seira frowns. "Anyway, we certainly can't let Esthan get it, so I intend to get the sword and reseal it later if it is not needed."
[19:19] <Kotono> "Ao is the Overgod. He commands all the Gods and does not concern himself in mortal affairs. The Arbiter seems to have much of the same status, and came forth when the war broke out. I do not understand either, as they are beyond the Gods as much as the Gods are beyond us. I do not know if the Arbiter is Ao, or if they are two seperate beings. It is beyond my ken."
01[19:21] <Seira> "Something occured to me," Seira says. "The gods were supposed to leave our world alone until we started unsealing it, at the very least, right? Then wasn't Shar, well, cheating by actively helping her servants years earlier? Isn't there some mechanism in place to enforce compliance?"
06[19:21] * Demedais waits to hear what the Arbiter is before he tries to reason this through. At this, though, he lapses into thought
[19:22] <Alicia> "How do you know she was helping them until we started breaking the seals?" Alicia asks bitterly. "They were perfectly capable of being sadistic bastards without getting free Nightwalkers handed to them."
01[19:23] <Seira> "Albert discovered the shadow dragon serving her as a kid," Seira says, matching Alicia's bitterness. "In Shar's own temple, conveniently below his home. If that's not helping them or guiding events, I don't know what is."
[19:23] <Alicia> "Is it any different than finding Kondrux?" Alicia replies.
01[19:25] <Seira> "He wasn't actively trying to convert anyone."
[19:26] <Demedais> "No, just rape, pillage and destroy." Demedais comments.
[19:27] <Alicia> "So?" Alicia asks. "A dragon is a creature of the prime just as anyone else? It choosing to convert people is no different than any other servant of a god preaching to gain more followers. And... why do we even care?" she finally concludes. "Clearly all this happened, therefore it was allowed by whatever uncaring all-knowing beings in charge of all of this don't actually mind it."
[19:31] <Kotono> "The dragon was sealed there in an unrelated affair. It was merest fortune that Albert stumbled on it. Alicia is correct. It was a matter of the Prime, nothing more."
01[19:31] <Seira> "Just hoping that if these beings looked the other way, they might do it again if someone were to help us take the fight to her, I suppose," Seira says. "As it just so happens, a weapon exists capable of striking back at her."
06[19:35] * Demedais thinks. "How was Arondaaq made?"
[19:35] <Alicia> "Doesn't do any good if the hand holding the weapon gets smited from five hundred miles away?" Marie points out. "Don't get me wrong, it's a really great goal, but actually doing it is another thing entirely."
01[19:36] <Seira> "If we overcome Daa-vid, that goal would become just a tiny bit closer."
[19:36] <Kotono> "Arondaaq was created by the elves who aided Talinn the Seeker. They were aided by various divine agencies and wills, for it's power is beyond that of normal mortal hands to craft."
[19:37] <Demedais> "Right." Demedais muses further.
01[19:38] <Seira> "The next logical step is to ask you if you know of more weapons that might be of use," Seira reasons. "A shard of goodness would not go amiss."
[19:38] <Alicia> "Can you tell us where the remaining Resorts are?" Alicia asks the gnome tiredly. Might as well focus on them first, since Arondaaq is worthless if they can't even reach Daa-vid.
Session Close: Sat Apr 04 19:46:37 2009

Session Start: Sat Apr 04 19:46:37 2009
Session Ident: #evildunes
02[19:46] * Disconnected
02[19:46] * Attempting to rejoin channel #evildunes
03[19:46] * Rejoined channel #evildunes
03[19:46] * Topic is 'Maruna > Riina > Elemental > Miruz '
03[19:46] * Set by Ebiris on Sat Apr 04 14:55:53
03[19:46] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Seira
[19:46] <Alicia> "Thank you," Alicia smiles a bit at the help. The jungle might be huge and unexplored, but it's less than having to search the whole world.
[19:47] <Kotono> "When you have all five, go visit Ajan again." He says, "But be warned that events will begin to move rapidly once you do. Do not do so until you are ready."
01[19:47] <Seira> "I've always thought for some reason that a sixth Resort existed," Seira says, confused.
06[19:48] * Alicia knew that at least. "The Final Resort?"
01[19:48] <Seira> "Yeah. It's in the ruins, then?"
06[19:49] * Demedais nods. "Just knowing its location helps." Demedais notes, before frowning. "Isn't that..."
[19:50] <Kotono> "The Final Resort, yes." A nod to that, "The Fairest Star."
01[19:50] <Seira> "Oh!"
06[19:51] * Seira blinks, and holds up her sword. "Then this was literally made of a broken off bit of Creation?"
[19:51] <Demedais> "That's what I thought." Demedais nods. "I'd ask how we'd get rid of the Fairest Star period, but since you've mentioned it's divine-related I suspect you wouldn't know."
[19:53] <Kotono> "They're a tiny bit of Creation formed by the God King from the Fairest Star." A slight nod to this, "That is beyond my knowledge, yes."
01[19:54] <Seira> "I don't think I'll bother you about every bit of knowledge I've ever tried to seek," Seira says, sounding regretful, "but if you don't know of any weapons that could be of use to us, would you be able to help me find Kangap and Goldan? Or even... what was his name, Lesarp? The dragons that might still remain in the world?"
[19:56] <Kotono> "Kangap and Goldan vanishes into the ruins. They are near the Fairest Star, I suspect. Lesarp is connected to it as well. I suspect that you will reach them in due time as your quest reaches it's final phases."
[19:57] <Alicia> "Bet we'll have to fight them to prove we're ready for Daa-vid," Marie opines optimisticly.
06[19:57] * Seira pouts. "And here I heard they were somewhere near Kelara. Alas."
06[19:58] * Demedais looks to everyone else, wondering if there are any more questions.
[19:59] <Alicia> Alicia doesn't look especially talkative.
[19:59] <Kotono> "ARe there any more questions," The Magu sof Time asks.
06[19:59] * Seira shrugs. "I already asked all I wanted. The only ancient weapon we even heard about is that ominous-sounding Bloodstar. So since the Magus doesn't know about it, I'm good."
[20:01] <Demedais> "There is... none, no." Demedais raises his hand, before frowning. "Okay, awkward question. Do you want a blessing, or would you rather not? I figure... given your situation, you have the right to choose.
[20:03] <Kotono> "No. I made my peace and deal with the Gods long ago." A shake of his head to Demedais, "I need no more words."
[20:04] <Demedais> "Then..." Demedais lowers his hand. "Thank you, is all I have left." With that, he steps back.
01[20:04] <Seira> "Have fun in the afterlife!"
06[20:04] * Demedais glances to Seira unreadably.
06[20:05] * Alicia doesn't say anything. Mucb as the gnome's proven to not be all bad, she still bears a grudge for forcing her to make such a hateful choice.
[20:06] <Kotono> "With my death and the freeing of the bound here, this realm's purpose is nearly finished. When you claim the Fourth Resort, you will be returned to reality and this place will be sealed, for the powers nad magic of Time have no place in the mortal world. Climb, and finish this quest." Time starts again. It's hard to explain quite how you know, but you do. The gnome looks up, the barest smile on his face as his body turns to dust, from the
[20:06] <Kotono> The gnome looks up, the barest smile on his face as his body turns to dust, from the wound in his chest outward. With apuff of air, the Magus of Time is blown away into nothing.
[20:06] <Alicia> With time restored, Alicia dispels her wall of force and then heals herself, before starting up the stairs.
[20:06] <Alicia> roll 16d4+16
06[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 16d4+16 and gets 53." [16d4=4, 1, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 4, 4, 2, 1, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1]
01[20:07] <Seira> "It's a shame, but...." Without finishing, Seira follows Alicia.
06[20:07] * Demedais nods with a bit of sadness, before looking to Amaryl and Pollyanna and gesturing them to come with.
[20:08] <Kotono> Amaryl comes quietly. Pollyanna lingers at where he was, "It's a shame, yes. He made his own choices, like he liked to say. From the sounds of it, he's the lucky one of the gnomes."
[20:09] <Alicia> No eulogies or regretful words from Alicia. He may not have been a true force of malevolence, but that doesn't stop her from hating him.
[20:09] <Alicia> Or hating herself. It's hard to tell.
01[20:09] <Seira> "Those that died in the war are probably luckier," Seira mutters.
[20:10] <Demedais> "Sounds like it, yeah... " Demedais nods to Pollyanna, still somewhat quietly.
[20:11] <Kotono> Thus the party climbs! They climb for twenty minutes, up and up and up and up. AT last they come to an end. There is no platforms here, just the stairs ending, the cone of the tower becoming a narrowing steeple top. But floating in the air here, just in reach from the last stair, is a jeweled ring.
[20:12] <Alicia> Since she's in the lead, Alicia picks up the ring. Using the hand that doesn't wear the ring of eternal celerity.
06[20:12] * Demedais stands close by, watching.
[20:14] <Kotono> Alicia takes the ring! IT is in her hand as lights flash! In an instant, the party is gone! They stand now in the gate room that lead to that mysterious realm. The portal flickers and fades into blackness, the Fourth Resort in Alicia's hand glimmering. Celebrimbor is there, "What...Ah, you're back. The strange occurances are your doing?"
01[20:15] <Seira> "If by strange occurences you mean fey being freed all over Pallanth, then yes?"
[20:15] <Demedais> "'fraid so." Demedais nods slightly.
06[20:16] * Alicia pockets the resort for now until they can have it identify. "Unless there were other occurences."
[20:16] <Alicia> identified*
[20:16] <Kotono> "That is the Resort?" His ancient eyes look over the jeweled ring, "Well done. There was a surge of energy about twenty minutes ago from the portal. I couldn't identify it satisfactorily."
01[20:17] <Seira> "That was when the evil gnome in charge of the place died," Seira says. "He said he was freeing everyone at that time."
[20:17] <Demedais> "Yeah, that'd be everything inside going back to the natural order of things, and the place closing down." Demedais says.
[20:17] <Alicia> "I wish you'd stop calling him that," Marie tells Seira.
01[20:17] <Seira> "Actually! How long were we gone?" Seira asks.
01[20:18] <Seira> At Marie's words, she blinks. "But it's true! He was a very bad person. He just was helpful, on top of that."
[20:19] <Kotono> "A little over a day," Celebrimbor says.
06[20:19] * Seira nods to herself. "That would be consistent with what I expected."
[20:19] <Alicia> "I suppose he was a bit cruel..." Marie relents, looking worriedly at Alicia.
[20:23] <Alicia> roll 1d100 Alicia, Marie, Seira, Amaryl go to Balmuria (very familiar)
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 Alicia, Marie, Seira, Amaryl go to Balmuria (very familiar) and gets 87." [1d100=87]
[20:23] <Alicia> roll 1d100 Alicia and Marie go back for the rest (seen casually)
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 Alicia and Marie go back for the rest (seen casually) and gets 55." [1d100=55]
[20:23] <Alicia> roll 1d100 Alicia, Marie, Cel, Deme, and Polly go to Balmuria (v familiar)
06[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Alicia rolls 1d100 Alicia, Marie, Cel, Deme, and Polly go to Balmuria (v familiar) and gets 94." [1d100=94]
[20:23] <Alicia> We're fine.
[20:28] <Kotono> Okay.
[20:28] <Kotono> ---

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