Pruning the garden

[Ebiris]

[17:58] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay, any business left to do before leaving? I recall Gildas wants to try and raise gold by selling/trading magic items. Anything else?
[18:00] <Gildas> OOC: Nothing else that I can think of.
[18:01] <@John> OOC: I'm good
[18:01] <Gildas> OOC: Everything else I can do post-game.
[18:01] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay, so we'll cover the claws real quick then.
[18:02] <@Kotono> The party heads down below. You find Shaman Ten'ten'tal overseeing further down the camp, a mushroom farm being tended by a few kobolds. He turns and slams the butt of his staff down, "Selling magical items? Hmmmmmmmmmm. How much in the way of shinies do you need?"
[18:03] <Gildas> "I'm looking for about three thousand in gold. I think we have plenty of things that would be worth that much... I have some scrolls and potions." Gildas says with a nod and a wave to the kobolds.
[18:05] <@Kotono> "Show them to me," the shaman says, as the kobolds wave. One reaches into his pants and pulls out a black bomb, "Want holy explosion?" he calls.
[18:05] <@Kotono> The shaman turns, "No! No blowing up friends from above! Put that away!"
[18:08] <Gildas> Gildas laughs a small bit. "Here, let me show you." Gildas takes out the three magical spears, the Ankh of Second Life and the Wood Lance+1. He also pulls out the Shaman's Cloak. "Unless we wanted to keep this one?" He looks over at the others.
[18:09] <@Kotono> Myann's gaze is on the mushrooms, turning away at that. "I'm not terribly attached to it," she says.
[18:09] <Gildas> "I think it's fitting for someone down here to use it." Gildas says with a smile. "It did, theoretically, belong to a kobold, after all..."
[18:11] <@Kotono> Everything gets a long examination. The cloak is indeed focused on, "How much money do you need?" he asks.
[18:12] <Gildas> "Three thousand." Gildas states.
[18:13] <@Kotono> "Done," Shaman Ten'ten'tal agrees, running his hands over the cloak. "Oh yes, done."
[18:13] <@Kotono> OOC: Make a perception check, Feather?
[18:14] <Gildas> "Maybe I should've gone higher.." He says with a small smile to Feather. "Do you think you could throw some holy explosions in, maybe?" Gildas asks with a small chuckle.
[18:16] <Feather> roll 1d20+15
[18:16] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 29 > [d20=14]
[18:17] <@Kotono> Feather can notice the bomb-slinging kobold has snuck around to the party's flank. He's slowly withdrawing another bomb. Meanwhile, the shaman says, "Hmmmm. Perhaps a few," he admits.
[18:18] * Feather walks right on over to say hi!
[18:19] <Gildas> Gildas chuckles. "Well, we always appreciate doing business with you, Shaman."
[18:19] <@Kotono> Feather approaches. This causes the kobold to freeze up. Meanwhile, "It-hold on," the shaman looks at Feather as he goes over, "I told you to knock that off!" he calls, "I'm sorry, this one's bumped his head a few too many times and taken a few too many holy explosions."
[18:20] <Feather> "Maybe one more good hit will straighten him out?"
[18:21] <@Kotono> "Worth a shot." Shaman Ten'ten'tal rubs his chin, "John's big staff would be good at that, too."
[18:22] <@Kotono> The kobold just stares and ever so slowly begins to pull out another bomb. His eyes widen, "Boooooom?" he asks, voice full of hope.
[18:23] <@John> "That sounds dirty," John complains, breaking from his study of the rocks.
[18:24] <Feather> "Nah, I'll manage," Feather says, punching at the trigger-happy kobold with all his might!
[18:24] <@Kotono> OOC: Attack roll.
[18:25] <Feather> roll 1d20+15
[18:25] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 17 > [d20=2]
[18:25] <@Kotono> OOC: hit.
[18:26] <Feather> roll 1d3+4 nonlethal
[18:26] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 5 > [d3=1]
[18:26] <@Kotono> The punch hits the kobold right in the head. He staggers around all dazed, before falling on his rear. "Owwwwww," he rubs his head.
[18:28] * Feather nods. "We're okay here."
[18:28] <Gildas> Gildas shakes his head. "I hope he'll be all right."
[18:30] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay, so post.
[18:32] <Gildas> OOC: Done
[18:35] <@Kotono> OOC: Post. That good? If so, ready to move along?
[18:36] <Gildas> OOC: Yep, thanks sirs.
[18:37] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay, so what's your travel agenda here? Go down with everyone and supplies and travel to the ship, right? Any stops or anything y'all need to do on the way?
[18:37] <@John> OOC: bring Tangles with, otherwise head straight there?
[18:40] <@Kotono> OOC: Myann will swallow her tongue and remind you if you need that...knife to break the barrier into the garden.
[18:41] <Feather> OOC: Does Myann want to bring the fire-powered plush with us?
[18:41] <@Kotono> OOC: Sure, why not?
[18:41] <@Kotono> OOC: At this point, no sense not using anything that could be remotely possibly useful.
[18:41] <Gildas> OOC: I'll also suggest we bring the magic psychic book with us, just in case we want to go over things once we finally make it all the way there.
[18:42] <@Kotono> OOC: Also, does everyone have a cold iron weapon? Myann can pass out those pin-daggers if yo udon't, just in case it ends up being needed.
[18:44] <Feather> OOC: I have my scimitars
[18:44] <@John> OOC: yes
[18:45] <@Kotono> OOC: Right. Gildas?
[18:45] <Gildas> OOC: I do not.
[18:45] <Gildas> OOC: Unless my magical weapons somehow count for it, which I doubt.
[18:46] <@Kotono> OOC: Myann'll offer one of her cold iron pins from the Dragon Emperor. If you want it, just post in loo that you're taking one.
[18:46] <@Kotono> OOC: Functions as a cold iron dagger.
[18:47] <Gildas> OOC: Okay. Sure, I'll take it just in case.
[18:47] <@Kotono> OOC: Make the requisite loot post.
[18:47] <Gildas> OOC: Yep.
[18:48] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:48] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 22 > [d100=22]
[18:48] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:48] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 10 > [d100=10]
[18:51] <@Kotono> Again the party heads down. You are joined by two figures - Tangles, who sits on the wagon and happily sings as you go on down. Her song is a pleasant melody, lightening the long hours of travel. Ally sits on the wagon. Underground, the heat seems enough to have it in a constant state of semi-awareness, enough to pace a bit and nap in the warmth just as much. It stays by Feather and Myann whenever
[18:51] <@Kotono> possible. As you travel towards the shrikes, "I hope the spiritmen aren't too agitated," Myann remarks, "I'd rather not fight through hordes of them."
[18:52] <@John> "Yeah, just have to deal with it if they are," John says, figuring there's nothing to be done.
[18:52] <Feather> "Could try to run?"
[18:52] <Gildas> Gildas nods. "We'll just have to get through them if they try and bother us again."
[18:54] <@Kotono> Tangles flies on over, landing on John's shoulder, "I heard something about them," she speaks up.
[18:54] <@John> "Oh, what'd you hear?" John asks, half-turning his head towards her.
[18:56] <@Kotono> "That they're dangerous and unstable," she reports, "But then again, so are most of the other pixies..."
[18:57] * @John laughs. "Lot of that going around."
[18:59] <@Kotono> With a laugh, the party continues on. The rest of the way to the shrikes is without incident. Soon you end up in Guano Guano Guano, before the barrel you hid the Ourulgia. It's silent in the shrikes, nothing awry and nothing moving. Just an empty ruin, now.
[19:00] <@John> "Lets just stick the barrel on the cart?" John suggests. "Might keep anyone from noticing. Or from it causing trouble," he nods his head towards the two fey present.
[19:01] <Feather> "Works for me," Feather agrees. "That's some quick thinking. Myann, can you still feel it?"
[19:01] <@Kotono> Myann says, "That...that might just help. I can feel it, but less than it was out."
[19:02] <@John> With that John hoists the barrel up in his arms and carries it over to the wagon.
[19:03] <Gildas> "I still don't understand what it is you can feel from it." Gildas says with a shake of his head. "But if it can help us, then great."
[19:03] <@Kotono> roll 1d100+10 (and only +10, all told)
[19:03] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 58 > [d100=48]
[19:04] <@Kotono> roll 1d100+10 (and only +10, all told)
[19:04] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 105 > [d100=95]
[19:04] <@Kotono> roll 1d100+10 (and only +10, all told) subtable
[19:04] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 46 > [d100=36]
[19:05] <@Kotono> It's about halfway from the shrikes to the ship. You're going down an unremarkable path, past a few gem fruit trees. Myann stops a moment to pick a few. As she does...OOC: Perception, all.
[19:05] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+17 Myann
[19:05] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 36 > [d20=19]
[19:05] <Feather> roll 1d20+15 fucking bears
[19:05] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 28 > [d20=13]
[19:05] <Gildas> roll 1d20+20
[19:05] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 25 > [d20=5]
[19:06] <Gildas> Gildas makes a mental note to ensure the gem trees can grow up above once this is all over.
[19:06] <@John> roll 1d20+18
[19:06] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 31 > [d20=13]
[19:08] <@Kotono> The party glances just past the trees. There you see it - a black shadow on the ground. A compressed thing, like a spiritman that hasn't risen. It burbles and bubbles on the ground, before starting to sink into the ground.
[19:09] <@John> "Huh... reckon it's leaving us alone?" John wonders. Maybe this is what it looks like when they're just doing their thing and not attacking folks?
[19:09] <Gildas> "Hm... if they're not bothering us, perhaps if we just continue on they'll stay docile?" Gildas suggests.
[19:10] <@Kotono> Myann pauses, on her tiptoes to grab another fruit. She stops and stares, "With me around?" she asks quietly.
[19:11] <Feather> "Good fortune?"
[19:11] <@John> "Just don't talk in that language, maybe they can't tell?"
[19:13] <@Kotono> The spiritman is gone, sunk into the ground and out of sight. Tangles looks on over, "I missed it. What did it look like?"
[19:13] <@John> "Just kinda like a shadow or a puddle. Nothing like when they really appear... guess they really are stretchy."
[19:16] <@Kotono> OOC: Ready to move on then, all?
[19:17] <Gildas> OOC: Yar
[19:18] <@Kotono> roll 1d100+20
[19:18] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 50 > [d100=30]
[19:18] <@Kotono> roll 1d100+20
[19:18] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 103 > [d100=83]
[19:18] <@Kotono> roll 1d100+20 sub table
[19:18] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 72 > [d100=52]
[19:19] <@Kotono> At last you cross the final river and head towards the cliffs. But instead of them, you see waves undulating black ahead. As if a vast, black spot has taken up the sky and cliffs far ahead.
[19:19] <@John> "Uh... maybe just me... but I reckon we've found the spirit men," John says worriedly.
[19:20] <@Kotono> "...shiiiit." Myann breathes as she stares at the horizon. "This...this might be a problem."
[19:21] <Gildas> "They might speak Dwarven... I can try and talk to them and see if I can get them to leave us in peace." Gildas says.
[19:21] <Feather> "Sure, why not? My idea was to have Myann try and teleport us the rest of the way, like with that Enforcer back then."
[19:22] <Gildas> "I think that would just upset them." Gildas says as he moves off the wagon and in the direction of the of the blackness.
[19:22] <@John> "I had no ideas," John admits.
[19:23] <Feather> "Beating them up always works?"
[19:23] <Gildas> "If this fails, we can always resort to that!" He calls out.
[19:23] <@John> "Reckon it'd been like those shocker lizards," John shakes his head.
[19:24] <@Kotono> "Still," Myann murmurs, as meanwhile Gildas walks ahead. It takes him several minutes to get closer and closer yet. Finally, the black shape forms. Before you is a spiritman that stretches to the sky itself. In a voice that rocks the ground and causes the lava sea to churn with waves, "FAAAAAAIIIIRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!"
[19:24] <Gildas> OOC: Was that in Common?
[19:24] <@Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[19:24] <Gildas> OOC: Okay.
[19:25] <Gildas> "Please, calm down." Gildas says, holding his hands at his side and doing his best to not to look threatening. "We have no quarrel with you or yours. We're here to put an end fo the madness of the fairies so they no longer will torture and bother you."
[19:34] <@Kotono> OOC: Have any ranks in diplo or the fancy talkin' city people do?
[19:35] <Gildas> OOC: I've got the other one!
[19:35] <Gildas> OOC: I.e. Intimidate
[19:36] <@Kotono> OOC: Roll a cha check.
[19:37] <Gildas> roll 1d20+3
[19:37] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 11 > [d20=8]
[19:39] <@Kotono> The figure looks down at Gildas. It towers over him yet looms like a wrathful deity. "FAAAAIIIRRRYYYYYYYYYYYY!"
[19:40] <@Kotono> Tangles whimpers and slips down John's shirt, hiding.
[19:40] <@Kotono> Myann tenses and stares ahead, the echo of the spiritman's voice like a crash of thunder.
[19:40] <Gildas> Gildas stands his ground from the sheer volume but ultimately shakes his head and switches to Dwarven. "We have no quarrel with you, but we will press on through you if you hinder us. Our mission is to rid the world of the mantle system, and you're not going to get in our way in doing so."
[19:41] <@John> "Don't think it's working..." John mutters worriedly, before giggling at the feel of Tangles' tiny body moving around under his shirt. "Uh, heehee, you better go back, Tangles. Ain't gona be safe being where I am in a minute. Things get bad just run, okay?" he tells her, the serious possible farewell badly undercut by his laughter.
[19:42] <@Kotono> OOC: Roll a cha check again, Gildas.
[19:42] <Gildas> OOC: Aw I thought I could get by with Intimidate this time!
[19:43] <Gildas> roll 1d20+3
[19:43] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 10 > [d20=7]
[19:43] <@Kotono> Tangles flutters out and hides behind Ally, who has roused from a nap on the wagon. It looks up at it and frowns.  Meanwhile Forgar peers up, "That's one forgefuck of a miserable disaster up there, isn't it?"
[19:43] <@John> "Yep... but this is what we trained for in that mountain," John concludes, starting to walk forward, since negotiations seem futile.
[19:44] <@Kotono> The entire spiritman jiggles like waves of sound are passing through it. It now peers down at Gildas and bellows, "FAAAIIRRYYYYYYYYYY...?"
[19:45] <Gildas> "Yes. We're going to put a stop to the fairies." Gildas says, still in Dwarven. "Understand, we do not want to fight you, but we will if you stand in our way."
[19:49] <@Kotono> OOC: One more cha check.
[19:49] <Gildas> roll 1d20+3
[19:49] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 22 > [d20=19]
[19:51] <@Kotono> Silence. The spiritman goes absolutely still. For nearly a minute there is nothing - no movement, no speech, nothing. "Not understand," It finally breaks it with that. "Energy so much. Ourulgia. FAIRY. Magic. Like creator."
[19:54] <Gildas> Gildas blinks. "What language? I can try and speak." He decides to simplify his speech but leaves it in Dwarven. "We stop fairies." He points over at the cliffs. "When we go there."
[19:57] <@Kotono> "Destroy fairies. Fulfill purpose. Creator." The spiritman replies, sinking into the ground. It happens rapidly, like a deflating balloon. As it does, "Not understand. Energy so much."
[19:58] <@John> "Wow..." John says, awed. "I don't know what you said, Gildas. But it sure must have been good!"
[19:59] <Gildas> "Yes, we will." Gildas responds. "That's why we have energy -- to fulfill purpose." He turns and waves at the others and gestures for them to come over, switching back to Common. "I think it'll be okay now."
[20:00] <@Kotono> Once Myann catches up, "Was it me, or did it sound confused once it started really talking?"
[20:01] <Gildas> "I think it was all of the different Spiritmen as one... ah... blob?" Gildas says, slightly uncertain about that. "I think it felt all the energy we absorbed and didn't understand how we came about it, like our dragon friend."
[20:05] <@Kotono> "Handy," Myann remarks with a slow shake of her head. "I know those battles wer eintense, but I'm starting to appreciate how much they were."
[20:05] <Gildas> Gildas nods. "Hopefully they'll stay quiet for the rest of the trip."
[20:07] <@Kotono> "Because ahead is the ship," Forgar says, "Once I have all the repairs done, we're going down."
[20:07] <@John> "Doubt we'll see spiritmen in the lava anyway," John says, waiting on the cart to catch up before heading onwards once more.
[20:10] <@Kotono> From there, it's a short trip to the ship. Soon enough all of you are sitting around as Forgar works. As you share a simple lunch of provisions and mushrooms, "You know," Myann speaks up, "This is it. A quest that really means something, that could change the Vastwoods forever." Taking her mug up and raising, "Are we all ready to do this?"
[20:11] <@John> John raises his mug as well and says "S'why I became an adventurer." Which sounds better than because he was given a speech about money and girls.
[20:13] <Feather> "Seems like the right thing to do," Feather muses. "Always liked doing things of that sort."
[20:13] <Gildas> Gildas smiles. "I never thought that my foray into these woods would take on such a greater meaning, but I'm glad it did and I'm glad I met everyone."
[20:16] <@Kotono> "I'm glad I met all of you. In case something happens..." Myann pauses a moment, looking to each, "Thank you for everything. Let's go, finish this and come back to a happier world."
[20:17] <Gildas> Gildas nods. "Exactly. So no sacrificing yourself to fix the mantle system, okay?"
[20:18] <@John> "Yeah, we're all walking out of this one together," John agrees.
[20:19] <Feather> Feather grins. "So no need to be saying our goodbyes, you hear?"
[20:19] <@Kotono> "Cheers," Tangles drifts over, "I haven't known any of you long, but this sounds like a lot of fun."
[20:20] <@John> "Yeah, there's nothing like an adventure, and this's been one of the best."
[20:21] <@Kotono> "To the lava, to the garden and to the mantle," Myann agrees, smiling. "Then to home."

[Ebiris]

[18:01] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:01] -raijin.cv.uk.lunarnet.org:@#dunes- Kotono invited Serith into the channel.
[18:01] * Joins: Serith (~iron_drag@cpe-173-172-46-15.tx.res.rr.com)
[18:01] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:01] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 48 > [d100=48]
[18:02] <@Kotono> A few days pass as Forgar works. The party eats, sleeps, trains and prepares. Finally the day has arrived! Forgar comes on out, dusting his hands off. "It's done!" he announces.
[18:02] <Gildas> Gildas looks over with a smile. "Everything's back up and running?"
[18:03] * Quits: Feather (~DarkFlame@bzq-79-178-203-167.red.bezeqint.net) (Ping timeout)
[18:03] <@John> "Alright, good going Forgar," John says in appreciation.
[18:07] <@Kotono> He nods and crosses his arms, "Come on up," he says, "I'll show you around." Heading inside, you find there's a chair in front of the ship's wheel now. In the middle of the ship are long iron poles that connect to the wall, meeting in the middle and with a chair there. In the back is another chair with a set of levers on the back wall. Finally, at the front, near the wheel, is a set of buttons
[18:07] <@Kotono> and a chair. "Up front is the searing fire cannons and then the wheel. The middle is the arms and the back is the cold jets. Each of them need someone manning them."
[18:09] <@John> "I'll take the cold jets?" John offers.
[18:11] <@Kotono> "I can take the fire cannons?" Myann suggests, "Who's going to take the wheel?"
[18:12] <Gildas> Gildas looks over at the arms and then back. "I think I can do it, we've had some practice at this already."
[18:14] * Joins: Feather_ (~DarkFlame@bzq-79-181-175-78.red.bezeqint.net)
[18:15] * Feather_ is now known as Feather
[18:19] <Feather> "Can we fit this little guy somewhere?" Feather asks, showing Forgar the plush. "It animates when on fire, so Myann n'I figured it couldn't hurt."
[18:19] <@Kotono> "Right," Forgar takes it, "I'll see if I can figure something out. "Got the arms, then?"
[18:20] <Feather> "Sure."
[18:25] <@Kotono> Soon enough everyone is in position. "Now...I'll start the escape method. Everyone in? Tangles?" Forgar calls.
[18:25] <@Kotono> "Here!" Tangles flutters up, going to sit atop John's head. "Ready and inside. We loaded everything in, too."
[18:27] <@Kotono> "Then...let's go!" At this Forgar presses a button on the side. The wall of force seen ahead vanishes, filling the bay with lava. Yet it stays cool within, before the ship jets out and into the lava sea. "Next stop - the mantle garden!" Myann calls, "Let's get moving before any problems catch us!"
[18:29] <@John> "Figure there's no getting around that, but may as well hope," John says, familiarising himself with his controls.
[18:29] <@John> OOC: my daily inertial armour is augmented 3 steps (7pp) for 7 armour today
[18:29] <Gildas> Gildas nods and starts to use the controls to the guide the ship! "This is certainly a unique experience, if nothing else..."
[18:30] * Feather shifts the arms, just to see if they react differently from the lucid dream.
[18:32] <@Kotono> The arms work about the same. "Take some time to figure out how the ship goes, too," Forgar recommends, "Better that you know before we have to fight anything off."
[18:33] <Gildas> Gildas nods and will experiment with the navigational portion of his responsibility!
[18:34] <@Kotono> John works the cold jets. Activating them causes the ship's rear to emit pulses of cold, freezing the lava up to 50ft behind them for a few seconds. Then it explodes out, causing the ship to be propelled forward far faster than usual.  Gildas fiddles with the controls. The ship can move, barring cold jets, about 100ft straight ahead a round or 50ft if moving at an angle, rising or descending. 
[18:34] <@John> Once they're out in the bay, John fires off one of the cold jets where he can see it so he can guess how far it actually goes against all that heat.
[18:34] <@Kotono> Feather finds out the arms can reach anywhere on the ship and up to 30ft away in any direction. Myann finds her cannons can fire jets of searing-hot fire up to 80ft in any direction.
[18:35] <@Kotono> Feather can also note that by using those jets, they can move up to 300ft straight ahead in a round, but with no chance of manuever or beign able to stop. Straight ahead or bust with them.
[18:35] <@John> "Huh, so they're more for moving around than weapons... yeah, let me know if we need a quick getaway, otherwise I'll leave them off," John tells the others.
[18:36] <Feather> "Or to ram something!" Feather agrees. "Hey, Forgar, how sturdy is it?"
[18:37] <@Kotono> "Fairly sturdy. Best not to ram if yo udon't have to, though. It'll do damage to the ship," he remarks.
[18:40] * Joins: Feather_ (~DarkFlame@bzq-79-181-175-78.red.bezeqint.net)
[18:40] <@Kotono> "Right, I'd rather not die down here," Myann adds, working her controls. "I think I have the hang of things now."
[18:42] <Gildas> O
[18:42] <Gildas> OOC: Ahem
[18:42] * Quits: Feather (~DarkFlame@bzq-79-181-175-78.red.bezeqint.net) (Ping timeout)
[18:42] <Gildas> "I'll do what I can to get us there as quickly as possible." Gildas says with a smile.
[18:46] <@Kotono> Just as the party vows to do this, you can see something ahead. About 80ft ahead in the sea of lava, visible through it. In spite of being an opaque liquid, it looks transparent enough through the nose of the ship. You can see a burning, scaled shark, a salamander. It's coming dead ahead at the ship! OOC: Init.
[18:46] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Myann
[18:46] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 8 > [d20=5]
[18:46] <Feather_> roll 1d20+12
[18:46] <Serith> Feather_ roll for Serith < 20 > [d20=8]
[18:46] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 salamander
[18:46] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 17 > [d20=11]
[18:46] <@John> roll 1d20+9
[18:46] <Gildas> roll 1d20+4
[18:46] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 18 > [d20=14]
[18:46] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 19 > [d20=10]
[18:47] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(20)>John(19)>Gildas(18)>Salamander(17)>Myann(8)'
[18:47] <@Kotono> OOC: Open Feather.
[18:48] <Feather_> "Got a lava shark here!" Feather calls out. "I'll hit it once it's close!"
[18:48] <Feather_> OOC: I'll hold until it closes to within 30ft or Gildas brings us there
[18:49] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. John.
[18:49] <@Kotono> "Right. Readying cannons," Myann calls as she begins to fiddle with her controls.
[18:50] <@John> OOC: Readied action to retreat if needed
[18:50] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. Gildas.
[18:51] <Gildas> Gildas will guide the ship closer to the shark and keep it pointed directly at it!
[18:52] <Feather_> And once the shark is in range of the arms, Feather strikes at it!
[18:54] <@Kotono> OOC: How close?
[18:55] <Gildas> OOC: Close enough for the arms, which I would guess is around 15ft?
[18:55] <@Kotono> OOC: 30ft as noted above.
[18:56] <Feather_> OOC: 30ft! What's my attack?
[18:56] <@Kotono> So 50ft ahead, well within ability. Okay.
[18:56] <@Kotono> OOC: Go for it, Feather. Make an attack roll with your normal values. The arms count as masterwork.
[18:56] <Feather_> roll 1d20+11+4+1 zap!
[18:56] <Serith> Feather_ roll for Serith < 23 > [d20=7]
[18:57] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[18:57] <Feather_> OOC: What's the damage?
[18:57] <@Kotono> OOC: Base of 3d6+your str.
[18:57] <Feather_> roll 3d6+4+5d6+5d6 last is elec, assuming skirmishable
[18:57] <Serith> Feather_ roll for Serith < 55 > [d6=2,5,2,3,6,3,4,5,2,6,4,3,6]
[18:58] <@Kotono> Feather channels lightning into the arms as they slug out. They punch the salamander dead in the middle, causing it to impact in. It gushes out burning blood from its maw, hit hard enough to knock that all of it. In desperation, it tries to bite at the arms.
[18:58] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+13
[18:58] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 21 > [d20=8]
[18:58] <@Kotono> But it can't find a place to hit them directly. Meanwhile Myann fiddles, "Cannons FIRE!" Myann calls, jets of superheated fire scorching the lava shark.
[18:59] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+14 touch AC
[18:59] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 27 > [d20=13]
[18:59] <@Kotono> roll 12d6/2 (searing so ignores half of immunity)
[18:59] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 24 > [d6=3,5,6,2,6,1,5,5,6,3,4,2]
[18:59] <@Kotono> Already impacted, the salamander is set ablaze. It writhes in the grasp before going still, as corched, crushed wreck and little else. OOC: Free act. Sec again, RL, won't be long.
[19:00] <Feather_> "Good going!" Feather cheers, manipulating the arms to push the salamander's corpse out of the way.
[19:01] <Gildas> Gildas continues on with the ship controls! "It's good to see it was worth it."
[19:05] <@Kotono> With a salamander flicked out of the way, the party continues onward. (More)
[19:05] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:05] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 58 > [d100=58]
[19:05] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:05] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 29 > [d100=29]
[19:05] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:05] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 58 > [d100=58]
[19:10] * Joins: C2 (~DarkFlame@bzq-79-181-175-78.red.bezeqint.net)
[19:10] * C2 is now known as Feather
[19:10] <@Kotono> For a time the party has peace. You go through the lava, following the instructions given as you head deeper down. You're about halfway, perhaps, when the lava sea begins to shake and quiver all around the ship.
[19:11] * Feather checks for weird magic, just in case.
[19:12] * Quits: Feather_ (~DarkFlame@bzq-79-181-175-78.red.bezeqint.net) (Ping timeout)
[19:13] <@Kotono> OOC: Spellcraft.
[19:13] <@Kotono> "What's going on?" Tangles yelps as she holds onto John's hair.
[19:13] <Feather> roll 1d20+24
[19:13] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 25 > [d20=1]
[19:14] <@John> "Dunno... could be some weird currents?" John guesses, not having anything to go on.
[19:14] <@Kotono> There's some odd power here, but Feather can't figure it out. As he works on it...(More)
[19:14] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+25
[19:14] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 42 > [d20=17]
[19:14] <@Kotono> roll 4d6+23
[19:14] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 41 > [d6=6,3,3,6]
[19:14] <Feather> "Magical ones," Feather says, rubbing his forehead. "Can't make sense of them!"
[19:15] <@Kotono> WHAM! The bottom of the ship shakes as your vessel is sent upwards. Something just hit you from below, fast and hard! OOC: Init here.
[19:15] <Feather> roll 1d20+12
[19:15] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 19 > [d20=7]
[19:15] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Myann
[19:15] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 16 > [d20=13]
[19:15] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 ???
[19:15] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 8 > [d20=4]
[19:15] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(19)>Myann(16)>???(8)'
[19:15] <Feather> "Myann!" Feather calls out in alarm. "That something invisible out there?"
[19:15] <@John> roll 1d20+9
[19:15] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 28 > [d20=19]
[19:16] <Gildas> roll 1d20+4
[19:16] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 15 > [d20=11]
[19:20] * Kotono changes topic to 'John(28)>Feather(19)>Myann(16)>Gildas(15)>???(8)'
[19:21] <@Kotono> "BELOW US! LAVA DRAGON!" Myann shouts. "Wait a second and I'll use the cannons to show position!"
[19:22] <@Kotono> OOC: John, you open. Dur.
[19:22] <@John> "Gil, point us straight up and I'll hit it with the cold jets!" John calls, figuring that'll give it some pain and buy them some breathing room.
[19:22] <@John> OOC: readied action to do what I said
[19:22] <@Kotono> OOC: Right. Feather.
[19:23] * Feather casts See Invisibility after Myann confirms his worst fears, ready to defend the ship once the dragon comes within range!
[19:25] <@Kotono> Feather can see the dragon 30ft down - a massive creature of rock and magma, staring up at the party as its tail whips the bottom of the ship. Meanwhile Myann calls, "Cannons FIRE!"
[19:25] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+14 touch AC
[19:25] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 25 > [d20=11]
[19:25] <@Kotono> roll 12d6/2
[19:25] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 23 > [d6=3,4,1,6,6,1,3,6,3,6,3,5]
[19:25] <Feather> "Thirty feet, straight down!"
[19:26] <@Kotono> Cannons hit the dragon right in the chest, causing the stone there to burst aflame. "THERE!" Myann calls, "Right there!" OOC: Gildas.
[19:26] <Gildas> Gildas will turn the ship so John can do what ne needs to do!
[19:26] <@John> "Hold on!" John tells everyone, firing off the cold jets!
[19:27] <@Kotono> OOC: Roll 15d6 damage, John. It gets a ref save.
[19:27] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+10 ref
[19:27] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 16 > [d20=6]
[19:27] <@John> roll 15d6
[19:27] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 55 > [d6=6,6,3,1,5,5,3,2,3,5,1,3,4,6,2]
[19:27] <@Kotono> roll 55*1.5
[19:27] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < error: missing right parenthesis >
[19:28] <Gildas> OOC: 82.5
[19:28] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(19)>Myann(16)>Gildas(15)>John>???(8)'
[19:29] <@Kotono> Suddenly the ship is soaring up up up! The dragon is hit right in the face with pure cold, a roar of pain causing the ship to shake like a leaf. But in seconds you're way up and out of sight of the dragon. The dragon rises up after, closing in but unable to quite strike. IT rears its head back, searing-hot flames gathering there. OOC: Ow. Feather, go.
[19:30] <Feather> OOC: Distance to us?
[19:31] <@Kotono> OOC: 30ft away.
[19:31] <@Kotono> "Yaaaaah!" Tangles holds onto John's head for dear life, thrashing about as the ship races up.
[19:31] <Feather> "Thirty feet, again!" Feather calls out for those who can't see the beast, lashing out with the arm.
[19:32] <Feather> roll 1d20+11+4+1+20 quick cast true strike, zap
[19:32] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 44 > [d20=8]
[19:32] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[19:32] <Feather> roll 3d6+4+5d6 last is elec
[19:32] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 34 > [d6=6,6,4,2,3,1,6,2]
[19:32] <Feather> 5d6 skirmish
[19:32] <Feather> roll 5d6 skirmish
[19:32] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 18 > [d6=1,6,2,4,5]
[19:32] <@Kotono> The blow socks the dragon right in the snout. It staggers back, head jerked back as the heat in its mouth begins to flicker. OOC: Ow. Myann's up.
[19:33] <@Kotono> "There!" Myann calls, "FIRE!" The fire cannons again shoot, scorching the dragon below.
[19:33] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+14 touch AC
[19:33] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 23 > [d20=9]
[19:33] <@Kotono> roll 12d6/2
[19:33] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 16 > [d6=1,1,3,2,6,6,1,2,2,1,2,6]
[19:33] <@Kotono> More of the dragon's ruined front bursts aflame, burning against the backdrop of the lava. OOC: Okay. Gildas.
[19:34] <Gildas> OOC: Do i need to turn it again or is it still straight up?
[19:35] <@Kotono> OOC: STill straight up.
[19:35] <Gildas> OOC: Okay.  I'll hold then in case I need to move the ship after the jets.
[19:36] <@John> "Hang on up there," John raises a hand to his head to steady poor tangles, the other firmly planted on his controls as he hits the jets once more, since the dragon's still in range!
[19:36] <@John> roll 15d6
[19:36] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 53 > [d6=4,2,6,5,3,6,2,3,3,2,6,1,1,4,5]
[19:40] * Joins: Feather_ (~DarkFlame@bzq-79-181-175-78.red.bezeqint.net)
[19:42] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+10
[19:42] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 21 > [d20=11]
[19:42] <@Kotono> Another burst of cold hits the dragon dead on as you jet up. You see the dragon shudder as it begins to break apart, left behind as the ship ascends to safety! OOC: Free act.
[19:42] * Quits: Feather (~DarkFlame@bzq-79-181-175-78.red.bezeqint.net) (Ping timeout)
[19:43] <Feather_> "S'gone," Feather announces, peering back. "Can circle around, I reckon."
[19:43] <Gildas> Gildas will indeed start to guide the ship back in the proper direction!
[19:43] <@John> "That was pretty good. 'Side from that sneak attack it never touched us!"
[19:44] <@Kotono> Forgar goes around and checks the ship. "The damage isn't bad," he reports, "It's tougher than just one good hit."
[19:46] <@John> "By the way, see if we do get really banged up, is there anything we can actually do about it other than hope not to get hit again?" John asks since now is a good time when they're surrounded by lava rather than before when they were outside of the stuff.
[19:46] <Feather_> "Next time that happens, we run first and take a long good look later?" Feather suggests.
[19:46] <Gildas> "I can imagine they had to make it pretty sturdy... but, out of curiosity, what exactly is it made of in the first place?" Gildas asks as he continues to navigate.
[19:46] <Feather_> He nods thoughtfully, then. "Yeah, like using the arms or the lizard to fix the ship from the outside?"
[19:50] <@Kotono> "Speed and avoidance," Forgar says, "Sticking to fight every enemy  may not be wise."
[19:50] <@Kotono> "Hmmmm." Forgar rubs his chin, "Might be able to, but it would take some time and finesse."
[19:52] <Feather_> "Might as well start now, while we have the time?"
[19:54] <@Kotono> "Right," Forgar says, "Now follow my instructions..." OOC: Going to stand still ab it and try and heal the ship up?
[19:55] <Feather_> OOC: Sure, let's see how long it takes to get an idea for it
[19:57] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:57] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 63 > [d100=63]
[19:57] <@Kotono> It takes the better part of an hour, but slowly the hull is repaired. "It isn't perfect, but it undid a good chunk of the damage," Forgar reports, "Best I can do like this."
[19:58] <Feather_> "Could we do that on the move, too?" Feather asks.
[19:58] <Gildas> Gildas nods and will continue moving the ship once it's safe to do so!
[19:58] <@Kotono> "Not effectively," Forgar kneels down and finishes up, rising. "The ship moves too much."
[19:59] <Feather_> "Figures. Wish we knew how far we were."
[19:59] <@Kotono> "About halfway-ish," Myann pipes up, "According to this."
[20:01] <@Kotono> OOC: Ready to move along, y'all?
[20:01] <Feather_> OOC: sure

[Ebiris]

[18:04] <@Kotono> Deeper down the party goes. You've gone maybe a half hour before...(more)
[18:04] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12
[18:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 25." [1d20=13]
[18:05] <@Kotono> Myann groans and buries her head into her hands. At the same time, she can be heard to say many things at once. It all blurs together, but one word can be made out by sheer repetition: Mushrooms.
[18:07] <@John> "Y'alright there, Myann?" John asks, looking over from his controls.
[18:07] <@Kotono> "Hey, you alright?" Tangles flies up and over, poking the side of Myann's head.
[18:08] <Gildas> Gildas turns back briefly, then resumes watching for anything. "I think it's because we're getting closer to the main system. If you think about it, it makes sense -- the noise is probably loudest there."
[18:08] <@Kotono> "Head hurts," Myann whimpers, "It's like my mantle just sent me an hours worth of babble at once."
[18:10] * Feather looks on worriedly, leaving the controls to come and hold Myann's hand.
[18:10] <Gildas> "I'm not sure what we can do about it, though... and I think it'll only start to get worse." He says. "Maybe... hmm... I don't think I have anything in my arsenal that can help, but... maybe I can try and bolster her resistances with something..."
[18:11] <@Kotono> Myann leans on Feather, taking his hand as well. "I think I'll be alright. It's passed, more like a burst than a sustained torrent." She looks up, "I'll let you know if it gets worse again."
[18:12] <Gildas> "Okay. I have a theory as to something that might help." He nods and resumes navigating the exciting lava-filled wonder.
[18:12] <Feather> "And Forgar, friend, be ready to take over if it happens again? So Myann don't need to force herself to fight?"
[18:14] <@Kotono> "I can make it," Myann says, "I can't stop now."
[18:14] <@Kotono> "Don't overdo it. There's more as we get closer, I'd bet on it," Forgar speaks up. "If you need to rest, now's the time."
[18:17] <@Kotono> OOC: Ready to move on then, y'all?
[18:17] <Gildas> OOC: Sure
[18:20] <@Kotono> Another blistering hour in the lava sea. You can see the orange-red cast of everything, endless stirrings of boiling rock. There is a steady, almost hypnotic flow to it all. Myann looks out at it and whistles low, "How many elves or humans have ever seen this?" she asks aloud.
[18:21] <Gildas> "I think it depends on if they decided to 'look too deeply,' you know?" Gildas says. "So probably a few, but I'm sure they had no idea what any of it signified."
[18:21] <@John> "Probably didn't get a chance to tell anyone about it, either."
[18:21] <Feather> "Ever's a long time," Feather muses. "Bet Gildas's wrong, though. Who'd be crazy enough to go here?"
[18:23] <Gildas> "The people crazy enough to use magic to try and find out all the secrets of the world." He answers. "I don't mean they were physically ever here, though."
[18:24] <@Kotono> "Anyone crazy enough after looking too deeply?" Myann banters back, watching the steady flow of lava. "Look at what people like Johann do."
[18:25] <Gildas> "I still wonder if somehow that was really him in the mountain." Gildas says.
[18:26] <Feather> "Nah, he's dead. For good. This time."
[18:28] <@Kotono> On the party goes. "We're getting closer," Myann speaks up, as you continue to go through the sea. It's then that the entire ship and sea begins to shake violently, rocking all about.
[18:29] <@John> "Another dragon?" John asks.
[18:30] <Gildas> Gildas looks around to see if he can spot anything. "Maybe..."
[18:30] <Feather> "Use the jets, let's get away!"
[18:30] <@Kotono> Myann clings to her chair. "I don't-" she begins, but then pales. 80ft ahead you see it - a dragon, just like the last. And one 80ft above the party...and 80ft below the party...and 80ft behind the party! Four dragons surround the group! OOC: Init here. If you wanna jet and away, may not be a bad idea.
[18:31] <@John> roll 1d20+9
[18:31] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+9 and gets 22." [1d20=13]
[18:31] <Feather> roll 1d20+12
[18:31] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+12 and gets 32." [1d20=20]
[18:31] <Gildas> roll 1d20+4
[18:31] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+4 and gets 19." [1d20=15]
[18:31] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Myann
[18:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Myann and gets 5." [1d20=2]
[18:32] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 Dragon ahead
[18:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 Dragon ahead and gets 14." [1d20=10]
[18:32] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 Dragon behind
[18:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 Dragon behind and gets 7." [1d20=3]
[18:32] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 Dragon above
[18:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 Dragon above and gets 23." [1d20=19]
[18:32] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 Dragon below
[18:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 Dragon below and gets 5." [1d20=1]
[18:32] <@Kotono> "F-f-four dragons!" Tangles eeps and darts over to John, holding onto his head with a death grip. "FOUR!"
[18:33] <Feather> "Gildas, angle us away! Then let's run for it!"
[18:33] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(32)>Dragon Above(23)>John(22)>Gildas(19)>Dragon Ahead(14)>Dragon Behind(7)>Myann=Dragon Below(5)'
[18:33] <@Kotono> OOC: Feather, open.
[18:33] <@John> "S'alright, we don't have to stay and fight," John says, finger hovering over the button. "I'll blast us off as soon as we have a clear shot!"
[18:33] <@Kotono> "We'll get torn to shreds if we fight here!" Forgar agrees, "Get some distance or something!"
[18:34] <Gildas> Gildas nods. "All right."
[18:34] * Feather grimly prepares to deal with the first attack. He can do that much, he figures, casting True Strike.
[18:35] <@Kotono> A moment later, the dragon above charges down. It smiles with the glee of a sadistic hunter, charging right on in. It rears its headb ack to breath searingly hot flames as...OOC: Feather, taking your held action?
[18:35] * Feather sends the arms crashing into the side of the dragon's head, intending to divert it away from their ship!
[18:36] <Feather> roll 1d20+11+4+1+20 CMB
[18:36] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+11+4+1+20 CMB and gets 55." [1d20=19]
[18:37] * Kotono changes topic to 'Dragon Above(23)>Feather>John(22)>Gildas(19)>Dragon Ahead(14)>Dragon Behind(7)>Myann=Dragon Below(5)'
[18:38] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather>Dragon Above(23)>John(22)>Gildas(19)>Dragon Ahead(14)>Dragon Behind(7)>Myann=Dragon Below(5)'
[18:38] <@Kotono> WHAM! The dragon is hit good and hard, tripped in the lava. It causes it to tumble down, plunging at the ship. Its breath is errant as it does, but it's coming right down at the craft! (More, treating this as an improptu crush attack since there's nothing to really stop it's momentum from above.
[18:39] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+25
[18:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 and gets 27." [1d20=2]
[18:39] <@Kotono> roll 4d6+23
[18:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6+23 and gets 32." [4d6=1, 1, 4, 3]
[18:40] <@Kotono> The top of the ship is hit hard, causing it to careen down about 20ft. A visible dent appears in the roof of the ship, the entire vessel rocking back and forth. OOC: Ow. John.
[18:40] * Joins: Feather_ (~DarkFlame@bzq-79-181-175-78.red.bezeqint.net)
[18:42] <@John> Hands on the controls, John waits for the ship to swing around onto an escape path before hitting it...
[18:42] <@John> OOC: readied action to do that
[18:42] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. Gildas.
[18:43] * Quits: Feather (~DarkFlame@bzq-79-181-175-78.red.bezeqint.net) (Ping timeout)
[18:43] <Gildas> Gildas turns the wheel to point the ship at a better angle to get through the dragons! OOC: Going to point it somewhere between the front and left one to get by them.
[18:44] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. Hit it John.
[18:44] <@John> And they're off!
[18:44] <@John> roll 15d6
[18:44] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 15d6 and gets 46." [15d6=4, 1, 3, 2, 5, 2, 3, 3, 3, 6, 5, 4, 3, 1, 1]
[18:45] <@Kotono> With that, the ship jets ahead. You soar ahead and leave the dragons behind - but moments later you can see them pursuing, just barely keeping pace. Myann glances back, "Hit the jets again! AGAIN!"
[18:46] <@John> It'll take a while to outpace them at this rate but unless a wall shows up ahead he'll keep right on doing it!
[18:47] <Feather_> "Myann, shoot the wounded one!"
[18:47] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+14
[18:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 18." [1d20=4]
[18:48] <@Kotono> roll 12d6/2
[18:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 12d6/2 and gets 27." [12d6=4, 2, 6, 6, 1, 2, 6, 6, 5, 5, 5, 6]
[18:48] <@Kotono> Myann hits one with a grazing blast as you jet away again - and again and again. You slowly leave them behind, the dragons still pursuing as they fade out of sight. OOC: Free act - for now.
[18:49] <Gildas> "I'm not sure what we do if we arrive at the barrier and they're still chasing us." Gildas says with some concern, but takes over navigating in the proper direction.
[18:50] <@Kotono> "We'll just have to hurry," Myann says, sitting back. "I don't think we can face four dragons head on. At least not without risking our entire ship."
[18:50] <@Kotono> Tangles finally lets go of John's hair, "Four dragons," she mutters, "Four!"
[18:51] <Gildas> "It's too bad our dragon friend wasn't able to get them to leave us alone. Or maybe they're not even related to him..." Gildas muses.
[18:51] <@John> "Doubt it," John says, firing the jets once more.
[18:51] <@John> roll 15d6
[18:51] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 15d6 and gets 62." [15d6=1, 3, 5, 2, 6, 6, 4, 6, 5, 1, 6, 3, 5, 3, 6]
[18:52] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+13
[18:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 27." [1d20=14]
[18:52] <@Kotono> On the party jets! Not long after Myann suddenly screams and holds her head, as a burst of overlapping words come from her. It forms one word out of many: Fungi. She shakes like a leave as her color turns pale. A moment later she falls from her seat, landing hard on the ground of the ship.
[18:53] <Feather_> "Gildas, your idea! Now's the time!" Feather calls out, abandoning his station to tend to Myann.
[18:55] <Gildas> "Right." Gildas nods and takes a breath as he holds a hand out to Myann. "I'm not sure how much this will work, but maybe..." OOC: He's going to cast Shield Other on Myann in hopes that he might somehow be able to absorb some of her mental strain/since it's a sidhe spell it might help her somehow.
[18:55] * Feather_ uses the gem to heal Myann. At least it will help with the bruise.
[18:56] <Feather_> roll 3d8+10
[18:56] * Hatbot --> "Feather_ rolls 3d8+10 and gets 19." [3d8=3, 3, 3]
[18:56] <@Kotono> OOC: Make a Will save, Gildas.
[18:56] <Gildas> roll 1d20+20 (+4 if somehow the fey thing applies, +2 if the mind-affecting thing does too)
[18:56] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+20 (+4 if somehow the fey thing applies, +2 if the mind-affecting thing does too) and gets 38." [1d20=18]
[18:57] <@Kotono> Forgar leaps up and heads to the wheel in the meanwhile, taking it as he calls back, "Don't lay off the jets now, I have the wheel, John!"
[18:57] <@John> "Got it!" John says, firing them some more.
[18:57] <@John> roll 15d6 dunno if anything's actually there
[18:58] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 15d6 dunno if anything's actually there and gets 45." [15d6=2, 2, 1, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 3, 3, 2, 3, 5, 1, 4]
[18:58] <@Kotono> OOC: You don't need to roll if nothing's there.
[18:58] <@Kotono> It's like Gildas's mind is overwhelmed by MUSHROOMS. Everything and nothing about them, a terrifying cascade that crumples his mind up like a piece of scrap paper. Yet through sheer stubbornness and will, he processes it all. His nose, eyes and mouth all trickle blood, but the massive pulse passes. Myann manages to sit up, gingerly rubbing her head. "That...that's passed," she gasps.
[18:58] <@Kotono> roll 3d6 damage to Gildas
[18:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d6 damage to Gildas and gets 9." [3d6=4, 4, 1]
[18:59] <@Kotono> As this happens, "Incoming!" Forgar calls, pointing ahead. Ahead are three salamanders - one dead ahead, one 40ft below and one 40ft above. They're 50ft away and closing fast.
[19:00] <Feather_> "I've got the cannons!" Feather calls, taking Myann's place and firing at the one dead ahead!
[19:00] <@Kotono> OOC: We'll roll init here.
[19:00] <Feather_> roll 1d20+12
[19:00] * Hatbot --> "Feather_ rolls 1d20+12 and gets 30." [1d20=18]
[19:00] <@Kotono> OOC: Myann's out since she's not manning a station.
[19:00] <@John> roll 1d20+9
[19:00] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+9 and gets 27." [1d20=18]
[19:00] <Gildas> roll 1d20+4
[19:00] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+4 and gets 23." [1d20=19]
[19:00] <@Kotono> OOC: Likewise you as well, since you're all bloody and owwie, Gildas.
[19:01] <Gildas> OOC: Okay.
[19:01] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 Forgar
[19:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 Forgar and gets 10." [1d20=6]
[19:01] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Salamander, dead ahead
[19:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Salamander, dead ahead and gets 23." [1d20=17]
[19:01] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Salamander above
[19:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Salamander above and gets 19." [1d20=13]
[19:01] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Salamander below
[19:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Salamander below and gets 26." [1d20=20]
[19:02] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(30)>John(27)>Salamander Ahead(23)>Salamander Below(26)>Salamander Above(19)>Forgar(10)'
[19:02] <@Kotono> OOC: Open FEather.
[19:02] <Feather_> roll 1d20+11+5 touch
[19:02] * Hatbot --> "Feather_ rolls 1d20+11+5 touch and gets 19." [1d20=3]
[19:02] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[19:02] <Feather_> roll 12d6/2 dead ahead
[19:02] * Hatbot --> "Feather_ rolls 12d6/2 dead ahead and gets 21.5." [12d6=1, 6, 4, 4, 6, 1, 1, 6, 3, 3, 2, 6]
[19:03] <Feather_> "Let's ram that one!" Feather cries, not looking forward to a proper fight against several foes in this situation.
[19:04] <@Kotono> The salamander dead ahead gets a flaming beam to the face. It burns despite being made of fire, crackling and sizzling. As this happens...OOC: John.
[19:05] <@John> "Alright!" John says, firing off the cold jets to rocket them forward!
[19:08] <@Kotono> On the ship flies, going straight at the salamander ahead, as the two rocket together in a collision course! OOC: CMB, John.
[19:10] <@John> roll 1d20+15
[19:10] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+15 and gets 28." [1d20=13]
[19:10] * Joins: C2 (~DarkFlame@bzq-79-181-175-78.red.bezeqint.net)
[19:11] * C2 is now known as Feather
[19:12] * Quits: Feather_ (~DarkFlame@bzq-79-181-175-78.red.bezeqint.net) (Ping timeout)
[19:12] <@Kotono> WHAM! The ship barrels over the shark. The front has a dent and the entire ship shakes from it, but you overrun it and race on. The salamanders are left behind! OOC: Free act.
[19:13] <Feather> "Any better now, Myann?" Feather asks, barely giving the dent a glimpse.
[19:13] <@John> "Lets get some more distance and see about repairs?" John asks Forgar.
[19:14] <Gildas> Gildas cleans himself up since they have some free time!
[19:15] <@Kotono> "Right," Forgar says, steering the ship on. Myann meanwhile slowly rises, "I'm alright now. Let's just move on and get there before anything else can happen."
[19:15] * Feather helps her up, before seeing to Gildas.
[19:17] <@Kotono> Myann gets back into her seat, "Thanks," she says as she settles in, "Both of you."
[19:17] <@Kotono> After a moment, she also casts a quick healing spell on Gildas.
[19:17] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+5
[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+5 and gets 12." [1d8=7]
[19:17] <Gildas> Gildas nods with a smile. "If it happens again, that spell should take some of the load off of you."
[19:18] <@Kotono> From there, the party moves on as Forgar checks the dents. As he does, it get swarmer - not hot, but decidedly warmer. "Alright, we're mostyl intact. A bit of the cooling system is down, but nothing serious. Give me an hour stationary and I can make some repairs. If it's worth stopping for it."
[19:19] <Feather> "I'll take the helm," Feather offers. "Trade the arms for it. If it looks like we need to jet, we'll just do that."
[19:21] <Gildas> Gildas nods and moves to the arms.
[19:22] <@Kotono> OOC: Going to stop and repair or keep going, then? Isn't clear.
[19:22] <@John> "Lets just worry about the structural stuff. Less time we spend here the better," John figures.
[19:22] <Feather> OOC: Agreed. Let's go for hull integrity fixes first, then go on.
[19:24] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[19:24] <@Kotono> roll 1d100+50
[19:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100+50 and gets 103." [1d100=53]
[19:25] <@Kotono> About ten minutes pass. You make some basic repairs before they can be seen 100ft away. The four dragons, racing towards the party! They're still pursuing, coming at your ship like missiles of death! OOC: Init here. Unfortunately dragons are persistent bastards.
[19:25] <Feather> roll 1d20+12
[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+12 and gets 32." [1d20=20]
[19:25] <Gildas> roll 1d20+4
[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+4 and gets 5." [1d20=1]
[19:25] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Myann
[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Myann and gets 23." [1d20=20]
[19:25] <@John> roll 1d20+9
[19:25] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+9 and gets 15." [1d20=6]
[19:27] <@Kotono> roll 4#1d20+4 dragon
[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4#1d20+4 dragon and gets 70." [4#1d20+4 = 23, 13, 15, 19]
[19:28] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(32)>Myann=D1(23)>D4(19)>John=D3(15)>D2(13)>GildasofMiko(5)'
[19:28] <@Kotono> OOC: Open Feather.
[19:28] <Feather> "What you did's gonna have to be enough!" Feather calls out, getting their ship going! He'll double that distance for them, turning the head down at a slight angle so that they'll hopefully avoid any direct collisions this time around.
[19:31] <@Kotono> FEather moves the ship ahead, the dragons keeping pace and closing in! Myann in th emeanwhile fires off a quick bolt, "Cannons FIRE!"
[19:31] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+14
[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 and gets 25." [1d20=11]
[19:31] <@Kotono> roll 12d6/2
[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 12d6/2 and gets 20." [12d6=3, 6, 1, 6, 3, 4, 2, 1, 2, 6, 1, 5]
[19:32] <@Kotono> She hits a dragon as another closes in, before...OOC: John, go. You got dragons on your ass, so to speak.
[19:32] <@John> That dragon soon finds their ass is a chilly place to be as John blasts the cold jets!
[19:32] <@John> roll 15d6
[19:32] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 15d6 and gets 46." [15d6=3, 2, 4, 2, 3, 1, 6, 4, 1, 3, 3, 4, 6, 1, 3]
[19:34] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+10
[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 18." [1d20=8]
[19:34] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+10
[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 and gets 30." [1d20=20]
[19:34] <@Kotono> The dragons are hit hard by the cold as you jet away, leaving the roaring dragons behind! On you jet, the dragons giving chase as...OOC: Free act for now ,as you continue to jet on.
[19:35] <@Kotono> "We'll just have to make do," Forgar agrees with a grunt, going to inspect the front-side dent again. "I say we just make to it as fast as we can, now. I don't think those dragons are giving up.":
[19:35] <Feather> "Had time to actually fix anything?" Feather asks Forgar curiously, keeping an eye out for any dangers as he steers the ship in between the jumps from the jets.
[19:36] <@Kotono> "A little bit," Forgar says, "We're not in bad shape yet, just damaged."
[19:36] * Quits: Gildas (~rscuderi@rrcs-24-227-47-10.se.biz.rr.com) (Ping timeout)
[19:37] <Feather> "Let's see about stopping again in a couple hours?"
[19:40] * Joins: Feather_ (~DarkFlame@bzq-79-181-175-78.red.bezeqint.net)
[19:40] * Joins: Gildas (~rscuderi@rrcs-24-227-47-10.se.biz.rr.com)
[19:42] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 27." [1d100=27]
[19:43] * Quits: Feather (~DarkFlame@bzq-79-181-175-78.red.bezeqint.net) (Ping timeout)
[19:45] <@Kotono> On the group travels. On you travel for a good half hour, until...nothing. Suddenly you are no longer in lava. No longer in anything. Emptiness. The void. Cold. Lonely. Ice begins to form over everything inside. You are going numb. Your bodies feel like puppets you are barely attached to. Feeling leavesw you. Sight dims. Touch is muted. Hearing is reduced to strangling whispers.
[19:46] <Feather_> "Hey! What's going on? Are you there?"
[19:47] <@Kotono> Myann shudders and shivers, "What...?" she asks hoarsely. Tangles just whimpers and falls limp against John's head. Forgar looks about, his eyes hazy and breath misty-white in the cold air.
[19:48] <@John> "Time for the knife?" John asks, taking Tangles off and placing her on the cold jet panel before staggering numbly towards the guano barrel, jamming his hand in there to fumble around for it.
[19:48] <@Kotono> OOC: Waiting on an action from you as well, Gildas.
[19:48] <Gildas> Gildas will cast a Detect Magic if he can!
[19:49] <@Kotono> OOC: Quick spellcraft.
[19:49] <Gildas> roll 1d20+26
[19:49] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+26 and gets 39." [1d20=13]
[19:50] <@Kotono> Horrible magic is bombarding everything here. A cascade of violent and unrelated energies - right now 'cold' is dominant. Before you, within the ship, just above the wheel, a white mask appears. It is smooth and expressionless, save for a single tear from its right eye. A soft, multi-echoing voice whispers, "Sleep. Cold. The void. Alone. Freeze." OOC: Fortitude saves, all.
[19:51] <@Kotono> Meanwhile, John gets his hands on the Ourulgia, grasping it as...
[19:51] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12
[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 32." [1d20=20]
[19:51] <@Kotono> OOC: Myann.
[19:51] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Forgar
[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Forgar and gets 21." [1d20=13]
[19:51] <Gildas> roll 1d20+23
[19:51] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 Tangles
[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 Tangles and gets 17." [1d20=13]
[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+23 and gets 28." [1d20=5]
[19:52] <Feather_> roll 1d20+16
[19:52] * Hatbot --> "Feather_ rolls 1d20+16 and gets 26." [1d20=10]
[19:53] <Feather_> "I'm with my friends! I'm with Myann!" Feather cries out angrily, stabbing the mask! "Shut up, you!"
[19:53] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[19:53] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 and gets 17." [1d20=4]
[19:56] <@Kotono> Tangles and John both slump over. They can't move. It is cold here. Empty. Alone. Unseen by all to him, John is beset by absolute oblivion. There is nothing. It presses on him like the devil's blessing, his friends gone. It is dark, cold, empty. The void roars all around him, a silent scream of pain that echos from John's own mouth. OOC: John, you're effectively out of combat, but you can toss
[19:56] <@Kotono> off some flavor reactions. The rest of the party just sees him and Tangles fall over. The rest of you, roll init.
[19:56] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Myann
[19:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Myann and gets 22." [1d20=19]
[19:56] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 Forgar
[19:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 Forgar and gets 19." [1d20=15]
[19:56] <Gildas> roll 1d20+4
[19:56] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+4 and gets 14." [1d20=10]
[19:56] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+10 devil's mask
[19:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 devil's mask and gets 25." [1d20=15]
[19:56] <Feather_> roll 1d20+12
[19:56] * Hatbot --> "Feather_ rolls 1d20+12 and gets 24." [1d20=12]
[19:57] * Kotono changes topic to 'Devil's Mask(25)>Feather(24)>Myann(22)>Forgar(19)>Gildas(14)'
[19:59] <@Kotono> "Alone. Empty. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing," the voice whispers, the mask unmoving. "Alone. Cold. Endless winter. Tomorrow's winter. Frozen soul. Frozen heart. Dead heart. Dead body. Empty body. Rotting body. No body. Nobody. No one. Nothing. Alone. Empty." Its words cause more ice to spread all over, freezing the will out of the party! OOC: Fort saves again, all.
[19:59] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12 Myann
[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 Myann and gets 26." [1d20=14]
[19:59] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Forgar
[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Forgar and gets 17." [1d20=9]
[19:59] <Feather_> roll 1d20+16
[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Feather_ rolls 1d20+16 and gets 27." [1d20=11]
[20:00] * Kotono changes topic to 'Devil's Mask(25)>Feather(24)>Myann(22)>Gildas(14)'
[20:00] <Gildas> roll 1d20+23
[20:00] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+23 and gets 39." [1d20=16]
[20:00] <@John> OOC: me as well?
[20:01] <@Kotono> OOC: No need.
[20:02] <@Kotono> Forgar collapses, just like John and Tangles. Myann staggers and shivers, before starting to laugh. Her face twists into a grin, "I know you," she titters, "You're telling the truth. Empty," spitting to the side, as if banishing a foul taste from her mouth, "Nothing but remnants, aren't you? Nothing but a little mockery of real Sidhe, a crude, pathetic weapon." OOC: Feather.
[20:02] <Feather_> Drawn High Justifier held firmly in both hands, Feather strikes at the mask again and again with a rare rage!
[20:02] <Feather_> roll 1d20+21+2 momentary glimpse
[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Feather_ rolls 1d20+21+2 momentary glimpse and gets 37." [1d20=14]
[20:03] <Feather_> roll 1d20+16+2
[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Feather_ rolls 1d20+16+2 and gets 26." [1d20=8]
[20:03] <Feather_> roll 1d20+11+2
[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Feather_ rolls 1d20+11+2 and gets 33." [1d20=20]
[20:03] <@Kotono> OOC: All hit. No crit, unfortunately.
[20:04] <Feather_> roll 3#1d10+10+1d6+1d6 last are cold and elec
[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Feather_ rolls 3#1d10+10+1d6+1d6 last are cold and elec and gets 67." [3#1d10+10+1d6+1d6 = 19, 26, 22]
[20:04] <@Kotono> Feather slashes out at the mask. He makes several deep chips in it, yet it doesn't move under that assault. Instead Myann leaps forward with a massive swing and a big grin, trying to cleave it in one blow.
[20:05] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (+2 charge, +9 favored enemy, -9 PA)
[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+21 (+2 charge, +9 favored enemy, -9 PA) and gets 34." [1d20=13]
[20:06] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+38
[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+38 and gets 46." [1d8=8]
[20:07] <@Kotono> Myann lands deftly, cleaving the mask apart. Already damaged, she hits one of the cracks made by Feather and splits it in two. Suddenly part of it crumbles away - a mass of energy beneath the mask, with crumbles to dust. The rest vanishes - you're in the lava again. John and the other stir, as you hear a long hiss of pain. OOC: Free act for now.
[20:08] * Feather_ sheathes the sword and immediately makes sure they aren't heading to collide with anything or just idling in one spot.
[20:09] <@Kotono> The ship is idling.
[20:09] <@John> "Huh? What... what happened?" John asks weakly, rolling over onto his back. "Thought you'd all left... did the knife help?" he asks, changing subject as he notices it in his hand.
[20:09] <@Kotono> Myann sheathes her blade, "We broke the mask," she calls back.
[20:10] <Gildas> Gildas looks around and helps Forgar and the others up. "We're going to experience more like that. Those are the mantle fragments that were left... I'm not sure what we do about it besides beat them."
[20:10] * Joins: C2 (~DarkFlame@bzq-79-181-175-78.red.bezeqint.net)
[20:10] * C2 is now known as Feather
[20:11] <@Kotono> Everyone rises with help, "Onward," Forgar agrees, shaking his head, "Can't stop now, 'specially if those forgefucked dragons are still following."
[20:12] * Quits: Feather_ (~DarkFlame@bzq-79-181-175-78.red.bezeqint.net) (Ping timeout)
[20:12] <@John> "You two bothered by having the knife out or should I bury it again?" John asks Myann and Tangles as he hauls himself to his feet.
[20:15] <Gildas> Gildas raises an eyebrow at John but shakes his head.
[20:17] <@Kotono> "Just put it away," Myann says, a bit peevishly. "That...thing."
[20:18] <@John> Nodding, John drops it in the barrel and dumps more guano over it before resuming his station.

[Ebiris]

[18:21] <~Kotono> Dented but intact, the lava ship continues its treck with the heroes at the helm. OOC: Quick check before anything else, who's on what station now?
[18:22] <Feather> OOC: Helm
[18:22] <Gildas> OOC: Arms I think
[18:23] <@John> OOC: cold jets
[18:24] <~Kotono> OOC: Okay then, Myann's still on the fire cannons. More coming.
[18:25] <~Kotono> Woosh. On the ship goes. Then - ahead, the lava ends. You see a massive void of emptiness the lava does not cross into. It is perfectly dark, save for a dim reddish light farther within.
[18:25] <Feather> "That another mantle, Myann?"
[18:26] <@John> "Oh. Is that what the knife's for, then?" John asks, since this looks even more different than the last obstacle. Really it's hard to tell.
[18:26] <~Kotono> "I think it is," Myann says, "The barrier, I mean."
[18:27] <Feather> "Uh, can the ship go into the nothingness?"
[18:28] <@John> Dipping his hand into the guano, John retrieves the knife.
[18:29] <~Kotono> "I think so," Forgar speaks up, "It's designed for this. Let me take the wheel."
[18:29] <Feather> About to try to guide their ship past the lava, Feather nods and just steps aside.
[18:31] <~Kotono> Forgar takes the wheel, directing the ship to the edge of the void. Here the tip of the ship glows white, a resonation passing throughout the void. A semi-transparent field of force appears as a floor. Arms of force reach out, grasping the ship and taking it within. Here it sits, just past the lava. Forgar gently lets go of the wheel, "Everyone out," he finally says, "We're here."
[18:31] * Feather gets the door, braving the outside!
[18:32] <@John> Tossing the knife back in the barrel without bothering to cover it, John shakes the dust off his hands before following Feather. "You stay close, alright?" he asks Tangles, since it'll surely be dangerous.
[18:32] * Joins: Nerem (~Nerem@75-172-95-225.tukw.qwest.net)
[18:33] <~Kotono> Myann follows. The ground is solid, the air hot but not unnaturally so. The air here is fresh, like the open air. It smells like nothing at all. Tangles just takes position on John's shoulder, "Got it," she says. Finally Forgar gets out, "Let's find this barrier and see what this garden really is."
[18:33] * Quits: NeremWorld (NeremWorld@75-172-75-132.tukw.qwest.net) (Ping timeout)
[18:34] <@John> "Oh what, the barrier's ahead? Right, better get the knife then," he says, shaking his head and going to retrieve it again while mumbling about how he thought they just passed the barrier.
[18:35] <~Kotono> Tangles pats John's cheek. "I don't really get what's going on, either," she admits.
[18:36] <~Kotono> OOC: Going on ahead then, y'all?
[18:36] <@John> "Glad I'm not the only one," he says as he rejoins the group, knife slipped between his belt and his trousers.
[18:36] <@John> OOC: sure
[18:40] <~Kotono> Soon enough, John returns with the Ourulgia in hand. The party begins to step ahead - before, 25ft ahead, it appears. The world is bright, warm, wonderful. Summer's light. A full meal. A warming bath. The scent of fresh flowers. A mask. The same mask as on the ship. Pains fade. It's like youth and sunshine is being poured into your veins. Growing taller. Growing. The memory of the pain of losing
[18:40] <~Kotono> your baby teeth. The dull ache in your bones as a teenager. A headache from drinking too much cold water at once. "Live. Life. Life everywhere. Glow. Glow on. Glow with me. Glow with us all. Grow with us. Grow as I say. Grow, grow, grow, grow, grow." The voice is a man's whispers, discordant and seeming to come from everywhere. "Grow beyond what you are. Become more than you are. Become the new
[18:40] <~Kotono> you. Leave behind the old shell. Explode out of the old shell. The new will kill the old. Kill the old you. Kill the old you. Kill the old you."
[18:40] <~Kotono> roll 10d6 temp HP gained by all and more
[18:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 temp HP gained by all and more and gets 28." [10d6=1, 5, 4, 2, 5, 1, 3, 1, 5, 1]
[18:42] <~Kotono> Tangles shudders as she falls to the ground. Tumors erupt all over her body, bulging in all directions. The rest of you feel good, warm, vitalized - but it burns deep in you, like an itch you can't scratch. OOC: Init here. Make sure to track the temp HP gained in topic.
[18:42] <@John> roll 1d20+9
[18:42] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+9 and gets 21." [1d20=12]
[18:42] <~Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Myann
[18:42] <Gildas> roll 1d20+4
[18:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Myann and gets 4." [1d20=1]
[18:42] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+4 and gets 8." [1d20=4]
[18:42] <~Kotono> roll 1d20+4 Forgar
[18:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 Forgar and gets 19." [1d20=15]
[18:43] <Feather> roll 1d20+12
[18:43] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+12 and gets 31." [1d20=19]
[18:43] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(31)>John(21)>Forgar(19)>Gildas(8)>MyannMiko(4)'
[18:43] <~Kotono> roll 1d20+8 mask
[18:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 mask and gets 22." [1d20=14]
[18:43] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(31)>Mask(22)>John(21)>Forgar(19)>Gildas(8)>MyannMiko(4)'
[18:43] <~Kotono> OOC: Go Feather.
[18:45] * Feather lunges for the mask with a sense of purpose, using his cold iron scimitars for the task!
[18:45] <~Kotono> "We can't stop here," Myann calls, "Get it!"
[18:45] <Feather> roll 1d20+16+3
[18:45] <Feather> roll 1d20+16+3
[18:45] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+16+3 and gets 25." [1d20=6]
[18:45] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+16+3 and gets 34." [1d20=15]
[18:45] <Feather> roll 1d20+11+3
[18:45] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+11+3 and gets 30." [1d20=16]
[18:45] <Feather> roll 1d20+11+3
[18:45] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+11+3 and gets 30." [1d20=16]
[18:45] <Feather> roll 1d20+6+3
[18:45] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+6+3 and gets 16." [1d20=7]
[18:45] <Feather> roll 1d20+6+3
[18:45] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+6+3 and gets 17." [1d20=8]
[18:46] <~Kotono> OOC: All hit.
[18:46] <Feather> roll 1d20+16+3+4 crit?
[18:46] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+16+3+4 crit? and gets 34." [1d20=11]
[18:46] <Feather> roll 1d20+11+3+4 crit?
[18:46] <Feather> roll 1d20+11+3+4 crit?
[18:46] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+11+3+4 crit? and gets 29." [1d20=11]
[18:46] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+11+3+4 crit? and gets 26." [1d20=8]
[18:48] <Feather> roll 4#1d6+4+2+3+5d6 main
[18:48] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 4#1d6+4+2+3+5d6 main and gets 130." [4#1d6+4+2+3+5d6 = 36, 40, 31, 23]
[18:48] <Feather> roll 5#1d6+2+2+3+5d6 secondary
[18:48] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 5#1d6+2+2+3+5d6 secondary and gets 149." [5#1d6+2+2+3+5d6 = 29, 25, 33, 34, 28]
[18:50] <~Kotono> Feather pounces in, slicing like a whirlwind. The mask is torn apart like wet flesh, blood, bone, organs and more being torn out of a space that shouldn't hold them. Multiple - three livers, seven hearts, four kidneys and countless eyes. But yet the injuries heal faster than you can inflict them, a torrent of magic so powerful as to be visible to Feather's naked eye.
[18:50] <~Kotono> OOC: Mask is up.
[18:52] <~Kotono> A warm bed in winter. The gentle sting of falling snow on your cheeks. A hot rainstorm in the summer, washing away a day's sweat. Soft ground beneath your bare feet. Butterflies on the wind. These sensations batter the party constantly, as the mask intones, "Destroy the old you. There will be no more old. Old will fall away like cancer. Cancer will be no more since everything will be cancer. I
[18:52] <~Kotono> will help the new you come out. Let the new you come out. It is time. It is time. It is time. Emerge!"
[18:52] <~Kotono> roll 15d6 temp HP gained by all
[18:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 15d6 temp HP gained by all and gets 49." [15d6=1, 1, 3, 1, 6, 3, 5, 6, 3, 3, 4, 2, 1, 5, 5]
[18:54] <~Kotono> Your bodies sing with power. Energy floods you in a torrent, energizing you even more. It's like the world is hyper-focused, fatigue long gone. But that burning sensation grows deeper, like your bones are on fire. OOC: John.
[18:56] <@John> Seeing what happened to Tangles John figures it's only taking longer to hit them because they're bigger, and he wants no part of it! Still, Feather's vicious attack didn't seem to do much, but maybe the anti-fairy knife will work well against a mantle machine or whatever it is? Hoping that's the case, he charges at the mask and gives it a stab with Ourulgia!
[18:56] <@John> roll 1d20+17 charge, dunno what mods to add
[18:56] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+17 charge, dunno what mods to add and gets 36." [1d20=19]
[18:56] <@John> roll 1d20+17 charge, dunno what mods to add crit?
[18:56] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+17 charge, dunno what mods to add crit? and gets 27." [1d20=10]
[18:58] <~Kotono> Plunging the Ourulgia into the mask causes it to snap in half. The voice screams in agony as the mask explodes into a thousand shards of flaming debris. Immediately the burning ceases, Tangles returning to normal and the burning within all of you coming to a stop. OOC: Free act. Temp HP is gone.
[18:58] * Feather looks a bit uncertain, but nods at John. "Good thinking. Figure that's the barrier?"
[18:59] <@John> "I've no idea what's a barrier," John admits, putting the knife back in place. "You alright, Tangles?"
[18:59] <~Kotono> Tangles whimpers and uses John's ankle to help herself up, "I...I think I am."
[19:00] <Gildas> Gildas blinks and shakes his head to Feather's question. "I think that was just an errant life mantle. It was probably going to try and make us burst after a while." He gestures towards the dim light that they saw at first. "I think the actual barrier is back there."
[19:00] <~Kotono> Myann draws her sword, "I doubt that's the last of the opposition."
[19:00] * Feather leads the way onwards!
[19:01] <~Kotono> The party comes a little further onward. Ahead is a smooth barrier of sheer red light. It stops you cold, not giving an inch. It extends out to either side, completely blocking the way ahead.a
[19:01] <@John> "Sorry, this is pretty rough on you, isn't it? You're being really brave, though!" John commends the little fairy. At seeing something innately barrier-like he perks up and knocks on it with Ourulgia.
[19:02] <~Kotono> OOC: Like with the flat of it?
[19:02] <@John> OOC: with the point, just not violently stabbing or anything.
[19:02] <~Kotono> John knocks on the barrier with the Ourulgia. It makes the entire red surface ripple like water, with sparks coming from the point of contact.
[19:03] * Feather protects himself with the power of his mind!
[19:04] <@John> "Guess I need to really push it in," John muses, giving it a right proper stab!
[19:06] <~Kotono> The Ourulgia is plunged into the barrier. In that moment, the barrier shudders and twists aside. The knife tears a hole in the barrier, stuck within it. Ahead, under a dark night sky, is a massive space. It is dominated by a massive tower of crystal and metal, woven together to a point far above. It is twisted like a braid, the tip constantly glowing with a crown of light. The ground ahead is
[19:06] <~Kotono> worked stone and cobblestone paths, broken up by occasional, smaller towers no larger than all of you.  Arcs of light and lightning go from one to another, an endless dance in the sky above. Just audible is a thousand voices, all whispering of things you can't quite make out.
[19:07] <~Kotono> Myann falls to a knee, gasping and holding her chest with both hands. "Shut...shut UP!" she snaps, breathing heavily and shaking like a leaf.
[19:08] <@John> "Damn, this is gonna be rough," John says, not going to offer Myann any assistance since proximity to the knife will probably just be worse for her.
[19:09] * Feather takes position protectively ahead of Myann.
[19:10] <~Kotono> Myann shakes for several moments before breathing slower. She coughs a few times and then slowly rises. "I...I'm alright." Wiping her lips with the back of her wrist, "All the mantles just took me by surprise. I wasn't expecting it to be so loud."
[19:10] <~Kotono> Forgar looks on, whistling low. "Son of a bitch," she whispers, "Now that's one hell of a construction."
[19:10] <@John> "Well, I figure the big tower's our goal. Just have to watch for the lightning between the little ones," John figures, starting to head forward.
[19:11] <~Kotono> Tangles just looks on, "So this is what makes all the other fey crazy," she says and droops, "It's scary!"
[19:11] <Gildas> "I wonder how long it took." Gildas muses before he steps forward. "I have a feeling when we opened that it probably woke up all their defenses, so we should be on the lookout for anything."
[19:12] <~Kotono> The moment the party steps within, the ground ahead explodes out. From the bursts they come - dozens and dozens of golems. Humanoid sized and carved of stone, carrying an assortment of various weapons. They have no expression save for stern disapproval, no hesitation in pouncing on the party with murderous intent, weapons raised high. OOC: Init. Gildas had it quite right. The horde starts 15ft
[19:12] <~Kotono> from the party and it's several dozen golems.
[19:13] <@John> roll 1d20+9
[19:13] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+9 and gets 17." [1d20=8]
[19:13] <Feather> roll 1d20+12
[19:13] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+12 and gets 31." [1d20=19]
[19:13] <Gildas> roll 1d20+4
[19:13] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+4 and gets 16." [1d20=12]
[19:17] <~Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 and gets 14." [1d20=11]
[19:17] <~Kotono> roll 1d20+4 Forgar
[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 Forgar and gets 13." [1d20=9]
[19:17] <~Kotono> roll 1d20 golems
[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 golems and gets 3." [1d20=3]
[19:18] <~Kotono> "And here we go!" Myann calls, sword out.
[19:18] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(31)>John(17)>Gildas(16)>Myann(14)>Forgar(13)>Golems(3)'
[19:18] <~Kotono> Tangles darts back, hiding behind the barrier. OOC: Open FEather.
[19:19] <Feather> "Let's break through them!" Feather calls out, before charging in to meet the horde head on! He bypasses the lead golem altogether to slam into the second, and the steps aside. That first golem gets attacked, then, and Feather continues his assault, dividing the attacks. There should be plenty of fodder for his silver blades!
[19:19] <Feather> roll 1d20+16+3
[19:19] <Feather> roll 1d20+16+3
[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+16+3 and gets 27." [1d20=8]
[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+16+3 and gets 21." [1d20=2]
[19:19] <Feather> roll 1d20+11+3
[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+11+3 and gets 33." [1d20=19]
[19:19] <Feather> roll 1d20+11+3
[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+11+3 and gets 22." [1d20=8]
[19:19] <Feather> roll 1d20+6+3
[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+6+3 and gets 11." [1d20=2]
[19:19] <Feather> roll 1d20+6+3
[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+6+3 and gets 25." [1d20=16]
[19:19] <Feather> roll 1d20+6+3 crit?
[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+6+3 crit? and gets 20." [1d20=11]
[19:19] <Feather> roll 1d20+11+3 crit?
[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+11+3 crit? and gets 24." [1d20=10]
[19:20] <Feather> OOC: +4 more to confirm on either, AC vs AoO is 46 right now
[19:25] <~Kotono> OOC: All but the 11 hit.
[19:25] <~Kotono> OOC: No crits, constructs, unless you're using those silver ones.
[19:26] <Feather> OOC: I explicitely stated I was, yes
[19:26] <~Kotono> OOC: Roll your damage. They don't have CR so no AoOs.
[19:26] <Feather> roll 3#1d6+4+2+3-1+5d6
[19:26] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 3#1d6+4+2+3-1+5d6 and gets 106." [3#1d6+4+2+3-1+5d6 = 37, 36, 33]
[19:27] <Feather> roll 4#1d6+2+2+3-1+5d6 did any of them break? I can cleave!
[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 4#1d6+2+2+3-1+5d6 did any of them break? I can cleave! and gets 102." [4#1d6+2+2+3-1+5d6 = 24, 25, 32, 21]
[19:27] <~Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[19:27] <Feather> roll 1d20+16+3
[19:27] <Feather> roll 1d20+16+3
[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+16+3 and gets 21." [1d20=2]
[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+16+3 and gets 25." [1d20=6]
[19:28] <Feather> OOC: Sorry, just the one
[19:28] <Feather> roll 1d6+4+2+3-1+5d6
[19:28] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d6+4+2+3-1+5d6 and gets 28." [1d6=2][5d6=1, 3, 4, 6, 4]
[19:29] <~Kotono> Feather leaps into the horde, a blur of sword and steel. Golems are torn apart like paper, half a dozen falling ot his charge. He wades in, hacking and chipping the golem horde with a tremendous energy. Stone chips fly everywhere as...OOC: John.
[19:31] <@John> Moving in after Feather, John cocks his fist back and swings at the air on his left, a giant dragon's head erupting out to fill the space and bowl over all the golems in its path!
[19:31] <@John> roll 6d6 20ft cone DC 23 ref half
[19:31] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 6d6 20ft cone DC 23 ref half and gets 23." [6d6=3, 6, 3, 4, 1, 6]
[19:32] <~Kotono> roll 1d20+4 they aren't reffy
[19:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 they aren't reffy and gets 5." [1d20=1]
[19:32] <~Kotono> The blast of dragon-force slams into the golems full bore. A dozen are knocked back and down, struggling to get up and with cracks all over. A second collapse in the line, the front contingent rather badly smashed by the two. OOC: Gildas.
[19:33] <Gildas> Gildas shapeshifts into his Dire Bear form and opens his mouth! OOC: I assume I can hit the golems without hitting Feather with my fire breath?
[19:36] <~Kotono> OOC: With a move to the side, sure.
[19:36] <Gildas> OOC: Okay.
[19:37] <Gildas> The Dire Bear shuffles around to get a better position before it releases a torrent of fire breath at the statues!
[19:37] <Gildas> roll 11d6 DC is 21
[19:37] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 11d6 DC is 21  and gets 45." [11d6=4, 6, 5, 5, 1, 4, 1, 3, 6, 5, 5]
[19:39] <~Kotono> roll 1d20+4 still not reffy
[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 still not reffy and gets 6." [1d20=2]
[19:40] <~Kotono> Burning breath washes over the golem horde, melting the ones that are down and scorching the others. The numbers are falling fast to your assault, as Myann steps forward and weaves a quick spell. A rain of blocks comes falling, bombarding the golem remnants.
[19:40] <~Kotono> roll 1d20+4 still not reffy at all
[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 still not reffy at all and gets 12." [1d20=8]
[19:40] <~Kotono> roll 10d6
[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 and gets 41." [10d6=3, 3, 5, 4, 3, 4, 3, 5, 5, 6]
[19:41] <~Kotono> Under this brutal assault, the last of the golems are crushed to broken ruins. Several of them explode into golden coins once destroyed, while others lie there as broken messes. The way ahead is clear just like that, the party's wrath sweeping the golems aside like flies. OOC: Free act.
[19:42] <@John> "Guess we better hurry ahead before they rebuild or something?" John figures.
[19:42] <Gildas> Gildas shapeshifts back and nods. "Yes, let's keep moving."
[19:43] * Feather puts those words into action!
[19:45] <~Kotono> Myann and Forgar follow. Tangles flies over to John, grabbing a hold of his shoulder and trailing behind like a banner. The party races along, under several smaller towers with lightning and light dancing between them. As they go past them, the sky suddenly cracks. Cracks run all up and down it.
[19:46] <@John> "Hope that's not lava up there..." John says breathlessly.
[19:46] <Gildas> Gildas looks at that and squints his eyes. "Well that's not normal..."
[19:47] <~Kotono> Myann looks up and her eyes widen, "BACK!" she screams, before taking dire mushroom panther form and running straight back.
[19:48] <Feather> Not questioning her, Feather retreats right after, boosted with speedy magic!
[19:48] <@John> "Woah!" John yells and runs after Myann!
[19:50] <Gildas> Gildas shapeshifts and follows suit!
[19:54] <~Kotono> Forgar dives back, cursing up a storm. As they all fall back, the towers they were just beneath collapse. It appears a moment later, invisibility crumbling. A massive red dragon! This one is plated with metal all over, including the right side of its face, including the eye, which is an empty space with a dot of red within. It is as much metal as dragon, roaring before the party! OOC: Will saves,
[19:54] <~Kotono> all. Dragonfear. Myann's immune.
[19:54] <~Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Forgar
[19:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Forgar and gets 14." [1d20=4]
[19:55] <Feather> roll 1d20+12+2
[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+12+2 and gets 28." [1d20=14]
[19:55] <~Kotono> OOC: Also, +4 morale bonus due to her aura of courage. Forgot that.
[19:55] <@John> roll 1d20+16 +2 if fear is mind-affecting
[19:55] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+16 +2 if fear is mind-affecting and gets 34." [1d20=18]
[19:56] <Gildas> roll 1d20+20+4 +2 in the same vein as John
[19:56] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+20+4 +2 in the same vein as John and gets 26." [1d20=2]
[19:58] <~Kotono> roll 4d6 Forgar shaken
[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 4d6 Forgar shaken and gets 18." [4d6=3, 5, 6, 4]
[19:58] <~Kotono> Yet the party endures the terrible presence, save for Forgar, who begins to quake. The dragon says nothing, only rearing back to breathe burning fire on the party! OOC: Init here. Dragon's here and it isn't happy.
[19:58] <~Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Myann
[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Myann and gets 10." [1d20=7]
[19:58] <~Kotono> roll 1d20+4 Forgar
[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 Forgar and gets 22." [1d20=18]
[19:58] <Feather> roll 1d20+12
[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+12 and gets 21." [1d20=9]
[19:59] <~Kotono> roll 1d20+13 Mecha-Dragon
[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 Mecha-Dragon and gets 18." [1d20=5]
[19:59] <@John> roll 1d20+9
[19:59] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+9 and gets 12." [1d20=3]
[19:59] <Gildas> roll 1d20+5
[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+5 and gets 24." [1d20=19]
[19:59] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(24)>Forgar(22)>Feather(21)>Mecha-Dragon(18)>John(12)>Myann(10)'
[20:00] <~Kotono> OOC: Dragon's 40ft away. Ground in a 10ft radius around it is full of rubble thankst o crushed towers, so it's difficult terrain. Open Gildas.
[20:00] <Gildas> Gildas, already in Dire Bear form, decides to try and see if this thing is resistant to fire or not by breathing his own fire on it!
[20:01] <Gildas> roll 11d6 DC is 21
[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 11d6 DC is 21  and gets 31." [11d6=6, 2, 1, 3, 5, 5, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1]
[20:01] <~Kotono> The fire washes over the dragon - and doesn't even singe it at all. It has no effect whatsoever. OOC: Immune indeed. Forgar's up.
[20:02] <~Kotono> Forgar quickly chants and spreads his arms out. The bodies of the heroes become stony, resistant. He then runs to the left side, breaking well away from the rest of the party. OOC: +2 enhancement bonus to natural armor for all. Feather.
[20:03] * Feather bravely charges the dragon, cutting to the right after his attack!
[20:03] <Feather> roll 1d20+21+2+2 high justifier, spring attack charge, zap
[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+21+2+2 high justifier, spring attack charge, zap and gets 42." [1d20=17]
[20:04] <~Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[20:04] <~Kotono> OOC: d100 for skirmish. Partial fortification is in play.
[20:05] <Feather> roll 1d100
[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d100 and gets 36." [1d100=36]
[20:05] <~Kotono> OOC: No joy.
[20:05] <Feather> roll 1d10+10+1d6+5d6 last are cold and elec
[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+10+1d6+5d6 last are cold and elec and gets 30." [1d10=1][1d6=5][5d6=3, 2, 4, 2, 3]
[20:08] <~Kotono> FEather leaps in, cutting into the dragonflesh. It's impossibly reinforced, Feather barely able to hack in. He still manages to draw a lot of blood, whipping his sword out as...OOC: Mecha-Dragon is up.
[20:09] <~Kotono> The Mecha-Dragon rears back, letting out a quick torrent of hell-melting dragonbreath at all but Forgar and Tangles - the former well back and safe, the latter having dodged tothe side. OOC: Ref all.
[20:10] <~Kotono> roll 1d20+14 Myann evasion
[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 Myann evasion and gets 30." [1d20=16]
[20:10] <Feather> OOC: I'm to the right?
[20:10] <Gildas> roll 1d20+20 improved evasion
[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+20 improved evasion and gets 31." [1d20=11]
[20:10] <@John> roll 1d20+18 improved evasion
[20:10] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+18 improved evasion and gets 20." [1d20=2]
[20:12] <~Kotono> OOC: Right, so you are. Okay then.
[20:13] <~Kotono> roll 20d6 John half, other two evade
[20:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 20d6 John half, other two evade and gets 81." [20d6=6, 6, 6, 5, 1, 4, 5, 6, 1, 5, 4, 1, 2, 6, 4, 3, 3, 1, 6, 6]
[20:13] <~Kotono> The breath rips through the party! Only John is slow enough to be hit - singed all over, smoking and burnt. The breath gathers just behind the party, becoming a massive fire elemental! It towers over the party, before slamming twin fists down at the heroes!
[20:13] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(24)>Forgar(22)>Feather(21)>Mecha-Dragon=Fire Elemental(18)>John(12)>Myann(10)'
[20:14] <~Kotono> roll 1d20+26 Myann
[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 Myann and gets 41." [1d20=15]
[20:14] <~Kotono> roll 1d20+26 Gildas ACs?
[20:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 Gildas ACs? and gets 28." [1d20=2]
[20:15] <Gildas> OOC: 39
[20:15] <~Kotono> roll 2d8+6+2d8 Myann, latter 2d8 is fire damage and hits her resistance
[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+6+2d8 Myann, latter 2d8 is fire damage and hits her resistance and gets 23." [2d8=3, 5][2d8=6, 3]
[20:17] <~Kotono> Fists slam down, Gildas leaping aside. Myann is grazed, knocked wobbling but nothing more. Then the dragon charges forward, barreling towards the party before making one big CHOMP at John!
[20:17] <~Kotono> roll 1d20+24 (-8 PA, +4 ???)
[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+24 (-8 PA, +4 ???) and gets 26." [1d20=2]
[20:17] <@John> OOC: 35
[20:18] <~Kotono> But John weaves to the side, ducking and avoiding the assault. John, Myann and Gildas are now pinned between dragon and elemental! OOC: John.
[20:19] <@John> Focusing inwards, John is suddenly coated in a strangely warped and twisting blackness that obscures his form, before he vanishes entirely!
[20:20] <@John> OOC: greater concealing amorpha then invis
[20:20] <~Kotono> OOC: Right. Myann.
[20:20] <~Kotono> Myann quickly casts, fire mushrooms falling on herself and Gildas. She then takes dire panther form, bounding off and trying to evade the attacks against her as she flees.
[20:20] <~Kotono> roll 1d20+26 Elemental
[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 Elemental and gets 31." [1d20=5]
[20:21] <~Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (-8 PA) Dragon
[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 (-8 PA) Dragon and gets 22." [1d20=2]
[20:22] <~Kotono> But Myann is a hair too fast for the dragon, fir emushroom gone as she's smacked by the elemental. She ends up near Forgar, snarling. OOC: Gildas.
[20:23] <Gildas> Gildas, having few options, decides to just raise off his front paws and go in to try and pummel the dragon into the ground!
[20:24] <Gildas> roll 1d20+24 SF, might as well try, you never know!
[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+24 SF, might as well try, you never know!  and gets 25." [1d20=1]
[20:24] <Gildas> roll 1d20+19
[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+19  and gets 22." [1d20=3]
[20:24] <Gildas> roll 1d20+19
[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+19  and gets 36." [1d20=17]
[20:24] <Gildas> roll 1d20+19 claw 1
[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+19 claw 1 and gets 21." [1d20=2]
[20:24] <Gildas> roll 1d20+19 claw 2
[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+19 claw 2 and gets 23." [1d20=4]
[20:24] <Gildas> OOC: Well that was an all together extremely lousy showing of effort
[20:26] <~Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[20:26] <Gildas> roll 2d8+16+1d6+2d6 first is cold the second is dragonbane hey I actually remembered this time!!!
[20:26] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2d8+16+1d6+2d6 first is cold the second is dragonbane hey I actually remembered this time!!!  and gets 38." [2d8=4, 7][1d6=2][2d6=4, 5]
[20:29] <~Kotono> OOC: Okay, we'll pause on that damage roll since it's pausin' time.

[Ebiris]

[17:44] <@Kotono> <Gildas> roll 1d20+24 SF, might as well try, you never know!
[17:44] <@Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+24 SF, might as well try, you never know!  and gets 25." [1d20=1]
[17:44] <@Kotono> <Gildas> roll 1d20+19
[17:44] <@Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+19  and gets 22." [1d20=3]
[17:44] <@Kotono> <Gildas> roll 1d20+19
[17:44] <@Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+19  and gets 36." [1d20=17]
[17:44] <@Kotono> <Gildas> roll 1d20+19 claw 1
[17:44] <@Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+19 claw 1 and gets 21." [1d20=2]
[17:44] <@Kotono> <Gildas> roll 1d20+19 claw 2
[17:44] <@Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+19 claw 2 and gets 23." [1d20=4]
[17:44] <@Kotono> <Gildas> OOC: Well that was an all together extremely lousy showing of effort
[17:45] <@Kotono> > OOC: One hit.
[17:45] <@Kotono> <Gildas> roll 2d8+16+1d6+2d6 first is cold the second is dragonbane hey I actually remembered this time!!!
[17:45] <@Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2d8+16+1d6+2d6 first is cold the second is dragonbane hey I actually remembered this time!!!  and gets 38." [2d8=4, 7][1d6=2][2d6=4, 5]
[17:45] <@Kotono> > OOC: Okay, we'll pause on that damage roll since it's pausin' time.
[17:47] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(24)>Forgar(22)>Feather(21)>Mecha-Dragon=Fire Elemental(18)>John(12)>Myann(10)'
[17:47] <@Kotono> Gildas whirls on the dragon, dancing amid claw and flaming fist. He plummels the dragon, but its body is too hard to crack. Only a single blow causes any reaction at all, breaking the smooth metal plates over part of the dragon's lower chest.
[17:47] <@Kotono> OOC: Gah.
[17:47] <@Kotono> OOC: Forgar's up.
[17:49] <@Kotono> Forgar chants, rocks lifting up form the ground and surrounding him. They form a 10ft tall and 20ft long stone wall, providing a shield for himself and Myann against the dragon's breath. OOC: Feather.
[17:50] * Feather heads back into the breach! The High Justifier is cast aside in favor of his best swords, as Feather strikes again and again at the dragon with the fiery stone scimitr and Hay Devil without regard for his own safety!
[17:50] <Feather> roll 1d20+19+4+2
[17:50] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+19+4+2 and gets 38." [1d20=13]
[17:50] <Feather> roll 1d20+14+4+2
[17:50] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+14+4+2 and gets 35." [1d20=15]
[17:50] <Feather> roll 1d20+9+4+2
[17:50] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+9+4+2 and gets 33." [1d20=18]
[17:50] <Feather> roll 1d20+18+4+2
[17:50] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+18+4+2 and gets 25." [1d20=1]
[17:50] <Feather> roll 1d20+13+4+2
[17:50] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+13+4+2 and gets 35." [1d20=16]
[17:51] <Feather> roll 1d20+8+4+2
[17:51] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+8+4+2 and gets 23." [1d20=9]
[17:51] <@Kotono> OOC: Four hits.
[17:51] <Feather> roll 1d20+14+4+2+4 crit?
[17:51] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+14+4+2+4 crit? and gets 28." [1d20=4]
[17:51] <Feather> roll 1d20+9+4+2+4 crit?
[17:51] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+9+4+2+4 crit? and gets 30." [1d20=11]
[17:51] <Feather> roll 1d20+13+4+2+4 crit?
[17:51] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+13+4+2+4 crit? and gets 35." [1d20=12]
[17:51] <@Kotono> OOC: Confirmed two of the crits. d100 on all for precison/crit damage.
[17:51] <Feather> roll 2#1d100
[17:51] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 2#1d100 and gets 68." [2#1d100 = 67, 1]
[17:52] <@Kotono> OOC: One out of two. What about the two normal hits for skirmish?
[17:52] <Feather> roll 2d100 right
[17:52] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 2d100 right and gets 33." [2d100=1, 32]
[17:53] <@Kotono> OOC: No joy on those. Also wow, two 1s on 4 d100s.
[17:53] <Feather> roll 2#1d6+9+4
[17:53] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 2#1d6+9+4 and gets 37." [2#1d6+9+4 = 18, 19]
[17:54] <Feather> roll 1d6+6+4
[17:54] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d6+6+4 and gets 13." [1d6=3]
[17:54] <Feather> roll 2#1d6+9+4+5d6
[17:54] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 2#1d6+9+4+5d6 and gets 80." [2#1d6+9+4+5d6 = 41, 39]
[17:54] <@Kotono> OOC: Dragon gets an AoO, I believe?
[17:54] <Feather> roll 37+13+80 yes
[17:54] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 37+13+80 yes and gets 130."
[17:54] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (-8 PA) Dragon AoO
[17:54] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 (-8 PA) Dragon AoO and gets 24." [1d20=4]
[17:54] <Feather> OOC: AC 48 vs AoO
[17:55] <@Kotono> Feather darts amid the dragon's fury, slicing all about. He carves into the dragon's flanks, opening up bloody wounds that spray both blood and a slimy black fluid. It turns around and tries to bite him, but Feather's already gone from that spot, dancing around the dragon's attacks. OOC: Mecha-Dragon is up.
[17:55] <@Kotono> The dragon's empty red eye glows bright, before a searing red beam comes from it, right at Feather.
[17:56] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+18 touch AC, Feather?
[17:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 touch AC, Feather? and gets 36." [1d20=18]
[17:56] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+18 touch AC, Feather? beam crit?
[17:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+18 touch AC, Feather? beam crit? and gets 34." [1d20=16]
[17:56] <Feather> OOC: 25 for regular touch
[17:56] <@Kotono> roll 10d8 fire damage toasty
[17:56] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d8 fire damage toasty and gets 45." [10d8=4, 2, 7, 5, 4, 8, 3, 4, 2, 6]
[17:58] <@Kotono> Feather's hit dead on, bursting aflame! His entire body is burning like a torch! As he struggles with this, the dragon whirls and unleashes the fury on the flanked Gildas. OOC: Do you have the uncannies, Gildas? Also you're on fire and will take ongoing damage unless you put it out, Feather.
[17:58] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(24)>Forgar(22)>Feather(21 on fire)>Mecha-Dragon=Fire Elemental(18)>John(12)>Myann(10)'
[17:58] <Gildas> OOC: I Do not believe I have uncanny dodge, no
[17:59] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+30 (-0 PA, +2 flanking) bite
[17:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 (-0 PA, +2 flanking) bite and gets 31." [1d20=1]
[17:59] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (-0 PA, +2 flanking, -2 secondary) claw
[17:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (-0 PA, +2 flanking, -2 secondary) claw and gets 41." [1d20=13]
[17:59] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (-0 PA, +2 flanking, -2 secondary) claw
[17:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (-0 PA, +2 flanking, -2 secondary) claw and gets 33." [1d20=5]
[17:59] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (-0 PA, +2 flanking, -2 secondary) wing
[17:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (-0 PA, +2 flanking, -2 secondary) wing and gets 47." [1d20=19]
[17:59] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (-0 PA, +2 flanking, -2 secondary) wing
[17:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (-0 PA, +2 flanking, -2 secondary) wing and gets 47." [1d20=19]
[17:59] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+28 (-0 PA, +2 flanking, -2 secondary) tail slap
[17:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+28 (-0 PA, +2 flanking, -2 secondary) tail slap and gets 46." [1d20=18]
[18:00] <@Kotono> OOC: AC?
[18:00] <Gildas> OOC: AC is 39
[18:00] <@Kotono> roll 2d8+6 claw
[18:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+6 claw and gets 16." [2d8=2, 8]
[18:00] <@Kotono> OOC: Thatnukes the 'shroom on you.
[18:01] <Gildas> OOC: OK
[18:01] <@Kotono> roll 2d6+6 wing 1
[18:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+6 wing 1 and gets 14." [2d6=6, 2]
[18:01] <@Kotono> roll 2d6+6 wing 2 and CMD incoming
[18:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+6 wing 2 and CMD incoming and gets 12." [2d6=2, 4]
[18:01] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+30 CMD, Gildas?
[18:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+30 CMD, Gildas? and gets 38." [1d20=8]
[18:01] <Gildas> OOC: 40
[18:02] <@Kotono> Pinned between two enemies, Gildas is plummeled. He dodges a bite, only for a claw to rip him and be stopped by his fire mushroom. A second later, the dragon's wings buffet Gildas, windy slices that almost send him flying. But he holds position, all as the fire elemental tries to pound him into a paste.
[18:02] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+26
[18:02] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+26
[18:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 and gets 41." [1d20=15]
[18:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 and gets 31." [1d20=5]
[18:02] <@Kotono> roll 2d8+6+2d8 last 2d8 is fire damage
[18:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+6+2d8 last 2d8 is fire damage and gets 24." [2d8=5, 4][2d8=3, 6]
[18:02] <@Kotono> OOC: +2 to those rolls, doesn't change either.
[18:02] <Gildas> OOC: Fire resistance negates the fire damage
[18:02] <@Kotono> OOC: Right.
[18:04] <@Kotono> As Gildas is beaten around and knocked between claw and fist, the ground behind Myann and Forgar erupts. From it emerges a figure of pure iron. A golem that towers over them, fists tipped with long spikes. It utters in cold Sylvan, "Perish, fey. None are allowed defiance!"
[18:04] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(24)>Forgar(22)>Feather(21 on fire)>Mecha-Dragon=Fire Elemental=Iron Golem(18)>John(12)>Myann(10)'
[18:04] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+23 vs Myann
[18:04] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+23 vs Myann
[18:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 vs Myann and gets 32." [1d20=9]
[18:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 vs Myann and gets 29." [1d20=6]
[18:04] <@Kotono> roll 2d10+11+2d10+11
[18:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d10+11+2d10+11 and gets 38." [2d10=4, 3][2d10=1, 8]
[18:05] <@Kotono> Myann's knocked around by the fists, impaled twice as her side is punched. As she snaps in pain, the golem emits a cloying cloud of pink-purple gas over both Forgar and Myann. OOC: Fort for them.
[18:05] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12 Myann
[18:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 Myann and gets 21." [1d20=9]
[18:05] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+10 Forgar
[18:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 Forgar and gets 27." [1d20=17]
[18:06] <@Kotono> But they fan away the toxic gas, coughing but not succumbing. OOC: Okay. John's up.
[18:07] <@John> Reappearing, although still mostly obscured by the creepy shadowstuff, John lays into the dragon with all he's got! Then he vanishes again!
[18:07] <@John> roll 1d20+20 invis
[18:07] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+20 invis and gets 40." [1d20=20]
[18:07] <@John> roll 1d20+18
[18:07] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+18 and gets 25." [1d20=7]
[18:07] <@John> roll 1d20+18
[18:07] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+18 and gets 32." [1d20=14]
[18:07] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[18:07] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 and gets 29." [1d20=16]
[18:07] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[18:07] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 and gets 26." [1d20=13]
[18:07] <@John> roll 1d20+20 invis crit?
[18:07] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+20 invis crit? and gets 38." [1d20=18]
[18:08] <@Kotono> OOC: One crit and two normal hits (invis helps a bit). d100 on each, not ewhich is the crit.
[18:08] <@John> roll 1d100 crit
[18:08] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d100 crit and gets 49." [1d100=49]
[18:08] <@John> roll 2#1d100
[18:08] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 2#1d100 and gets 140." [2#1d100 = 64, 76]
[18:08] <@Kotono> OOC: No crit, but the other two get SA through.
[18:09] <@John> roll 3d6+33+15d6 and -4 str
[18:09] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 3d6+33+15d6 and -4 str and gets 84." [3d6=1, 5, 6][15d6=4, 2, 1, 3, 2, 4, 1, 2, 5, 2, 1, 2, 3, 6, 1]
[18:11] <@Kotono> The dragon is slammed across the front, the sound of iron on iron echoing amid the battlefield. It's got cracks on the front and slashes on the back, bleeding and wounded. Meanwhile, Myann takes humanoid form and casts, fire mushrooms to herself and Forgar, "We could use some help over here," she shouts. OOC: Those two are fire mushroomed. ??? is up.
[18:13] <@Kotono> As Myann shou-pain. Burning. You burn. I burn. We burn. Everything is burning. The world explodes into a hellscape of magma and volcanic ash. Choking. Burning inside your chest. 30ft above the battle it appears - the same mask as before. The devil's mask utters in the same man's voice, "Burn. Burn it all. Purify the wicked in fire. Purify you in fire. Create the new you in fire. Burn away the
[18:13] <@Kotono> old you. Burn it away. Burn you away. Burn you away. Burn you away." Bursts of fire explode around everyone! OOC: Ref saves, all.
[18:13] * Kotono changes topic to 'Devil's Mask(25)>Gildas(24)>Forgar(22)>Feather(21 on fire)>Mecha-Dragon=Fire Elemental=Iron Golem(18)>John(12)>Myann(10)'
[18:13] <Feather> roll 1d20+18+2 improved evasion
[18:13] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+18+2 improved evasion and gets 22." [1d20=2]
[18:14] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+14 Myann evasion shenanigan
[18:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 Myann evasion shenanigan and gets 15." [1d20=1]
[18:14] <@John> roll 1d20+18 improved evasion
[18:14] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+18 improved evasion and gets 33." [1d20=15]
[18:14] <Gildas> roll 1d20+21 improved evasion
[18:14] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+21 improved evasion and gets 41." [1d20=20]
[18:14] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Forgar
[18:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Forgar and gets 11." [1d20=5]
[18:14] <@Kotono> OOC: Myann and Forgar's mushrooms take the burn. The rest of you passed with evasion.
[18:15] <@Kotono> The world is flames. But you dodge, endure, resist. It's so hot, hot enough to boil you alive. You can't take this long! OOC: Gildas.
[18:15] * Quits: Nerem (~Nerem@75-172-95-225.tukw.qwest.net) (Ping timeout)
[18:16] * Joins: NeremWorld (NeremWorld@174-24-216-246.tukw.qwest.net)
[18:16] <Gildas> Gildas decides to try and focus on the dragon to get rid of it once and for all by laying into it with a flurry of blows!
[18:16] <Gildas> roll 1d20+24 might as well try that SF again assuming I don't roll a freaking 1
[18:16] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+24 might as well try that SF again assuming I don't roll a freaking 1 and gets 33." [1d20=9]
[18:16] <Gildas> roll 1d20+19
[18:16] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+19 and gets 24." [1d20=5]
[18:16] <Gildas> roll 1d20+19
[18:16] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+19 and gets 34." [1d20=15]
[18:16] <Gildas> roll 1d20+19 claw 1
[18:16] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+19 claw 1 and gets 20." [1d20=1]
[18:17] <Gildas> roll 1d20+19 claw 2
[18:17] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+19 claw 2 and gets 24." [1d20=5]
[18:17] <Gildas> OOC: I forgot the dragonbane again, so +2 to those
[18:17] <Gildas> OOC: I don't think it matters though
[18:17] <@Kotono> OOC: Two hits. I mmune to stunning, though.
[18:17] <Gildas> OOC: OK
[18:18] <Gildas> roll 2#2d8+16+1d6+2d6 cold and bane
[18:18] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2#2d8+16+1d6+2d6 cold and bane and gets 76." [2#2d8+16+1d6+2d6 = 39, 37]
[18:18] <@Kotono> Gildas leaps up at the wounded dragon, bursting into flame amid the inferno. His claws become much longer, jagged instruments of fiery wrath. He swipes flame and claw through the head of the dragon, bisecting the creature's skull. A moment later its head falls to pieces, blood and black fluid spraying. The beast shudders and...(More)
[18:18] <@Kotono> roll 1d4
[18:18] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 and gets 1." [1d4=1]
[18:18] * Kotono changes topic to 'Devil's Mask(25)>Gildas(24)>Forgar(22)>Feather(21 on fire)>Fire Elemental=Iron Golem(18)>John(12)>Myann(10)'
[18:19] <@Kotono> Fire erupts from the creature's body, before exploding out in a fireball that catches everything around! OOC: The dragon's going kaboom. Ref, Gildas/Feather/John.
[18:19] <Feather> roll 1d20+18+2 improved evasion
[18:19] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+18+2 improved evasion and gets 24." [1d20=4]
[18:19] <Gildas> roll 1d20+21 improved evasion
[18:19] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+21 improved evasion and gets 40." [1d20=19]
[18:20] <@John> roll 1d20+18 improved evasion
[18:20] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+18 improved evasion and gets 27." [1d20=9]
[18:20] <@Kotono> roll 20d6 Feather half fire damage other two evade
[18:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 20d6 Feather half fire damage other two evade and gets 69." [20d6=3, 1, 4, 6, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 2, 4, 5, 5, 4, 6, 5, 3, 4, 3, 2]
[18:21] <@Kotono> The blast leaves a large crater, the party evading through it. John and Gildas both parry away the flames, while Feather's caught too slow. He's knocked flat on his back, burnt and dazed. OOC: Prone and also dazed for one round by the sheer force, Feather. Forgar's up.
[18:22] <@Kotono> Forgar falls back, scowling, "I can't do jack or shit to an iron golem," he calls, "We need solid steel to put it down!" OOC: Holding for now. FEather, you're stunned and pay that off. Also still on fire, so ongoing fire damage.
[18:22] <@Kotono> roll 1d6 fire damage
[18:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6 fire damage and gets 1." [1d6=1]
[18:22] * Kotono changes topic to 'Devil's Mask(25)>Gildas(24)>Forgar(22)>Feather(21 on fire prone)>Fire Elemental=Iron Golem(18)>John(12)>Myann(10)'
[18:23] <@Kotono> OOC: Elemental's up.
[18:23] <@Kotono> The elemental endures all of this with stolid indifference, going to again try and plummel Gildas into paste.
[18:23] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+26
[18:23] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+26
[18:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 and gets 42." [1d20=16]
[18:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 and gets 35." [1d20=9]
[18:23] <@Kotono> OOC: AC?
[18:23] <Gildas> OOC: 39
[18:23] <@Kotono> roll 2d8+6+2d8 (2d8 is fire damage)
[18:23] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+6+2d8 (2d8 is fire damage) and gets 24." [2d8=5, 1][2d8=8, 4]
[18:23] <Gildas> OOC: 2 fire damage gets through, I... think
[18:24] <Gildas> OOC: Yes, correct.
[18:24] <@Kotono> Gildas is hit in the back, falling forward as his back SNAPS painfully. It hurts just to stand now, like he threw something out in his back. OOC: Your back is screwed up. -1 to all rolls (after your modifier) since you're in signifigant pain. Healing would help. Golem's up.
[18:25] <Gildas> OOC: Noted.
[18:25] <@Kotono> The golem closes on Myann, trying to impale her on his fist-spikes.
[18:25] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+23
[18:25] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+23
[18:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 27." [1d20=4]
[18:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 24." [1d20=1]
[18:25] <@Kotono> roll 2d10+11
[18:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d10+11 and gets 15." [2d10=3, 1]
[18:26] <@Kotono> Myann gets smacked in the shoulder, blood flowing as it withdraws its fist back. Myann visibly winces as...OOC: Ow. John, go.
[18:28] <@John> He can't fly unfortunately, so all John can do right now is draw the knife and throw it straight up at that mask to take it out of the picture!
[18:28] <@John> roll 1d20+15 invis ranged
[18:28] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+15 invis ranged and gets 30." [1d20=15]
[18:29] <@John> roll 1d4+6
[18:29] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d4+6 and gets 8." [1d4=2]
[18:31] <@Kotono> The knife is thrown true. It plunges into the mask, which explodes into dust. The Ourulgia pierces it and then falls th the ground, the devil's mask again destroyed. There's another scream as...OOC: Myann.
[18:31] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(24)>Forgar(22)>Feather(21 on fire prone)>Fire Elemental=Iron Golem(18)>John(12)>Myann(10)'
[18:32] <@Kotono> Myann again falls back, mushrooming herself and Forgar, fighting on the defensive. OOC: She's just stalling here. Gildas.
[18:33] <Gildas> The Dire Bear turns slowly to the Fire Elemental to hold it off and tries to strike at it and pummel it into submission!
[18:34] <Gildas> roll 1d20+24 not trying SF since I bet it's immune since it's an elemental!
[18:34] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+24 not trying SF since I bet it's immune since it's an elemental! and gets 29." [1d20=5]
[18:34] <Gildas> roll 1d20+19
[18:34] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+19 and gets 27." [1d20=8]
[18:34] <Gildas> roll 1d20+19
[18:34] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+19 and gets 24." [1d20=5]
[18:34] <Gildas> roll 1d20+19 claw 1
[18:34] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+19 claw 1 and gets 34." [1d20=15]
[18:34] <Gildas> roll 1d20+19 claw 2
[18:34] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+19 claw 2 and gets 32." [1d20=13]
[18:34] <@Kotono> OOC: Four hits.
[18:35] <Gildas> roll 2#2d8+16+1d6 guessing it's immune to fire so...
[18:35] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2#2d8+16+1d6 guessing it's immune to fire so... and gets 58." [2#2d8+16+1d6 = 30, 28]
[18:35] <Gildas> roll 2#1d6+16+1d6 last is cold
[18:35] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2#1d6+16+1d6 last is cold and gets 45." [2#1d6+16+1d6 = 21, 24]
[18:38] <@Kotono> roll 2d8 each time you hit it, since it's literally made of fire and you hit it with your fists/claws
[18:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8 each time you hit it, since it's literally made of fire and you hit it with your fists/claws and gets 10." [2d8=8, 2]
[18:38] <@Kotono> roll 2d8 each time you hit it, since it's literally made of fire and you hit it with your fists/claws
[18:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8 each time you hit it, since it's literally made of fire and you hit it with your fists/claws and gets 11." [2d8=5, 6]
[18:38] <@Kotono> roll 2d8 each time you hit it, since it's literally made of fire and you hit it with your fists/claws
[18:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8 each time you hit it, since it's literally made of fire and you hit it with your fists/claws and gets 6." [2d8=4, 2]
[18:38] <@Kotono> roll 2d8 each time you hit it, since it's literally made of fire and you hit it with your fists/claws
[18:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8 each time you hit it, since it's literally made of fire and you hit it with your fists/claws and gets 9." [2d8=3, 6]
[18:38] <@Kotono> OOC: Total of 1 point got through your resistance 10.
[18:39] <@Kotono> Gildas ignores the burning in his claws as he beats the elemental. It's like fighting a fire in a fireplace, moving wind to strike as much as his blows. The cold helps, the trail of making the flames sputter out as they pass. The elemental isn't done yet, however, as...OOC: Forgar, he'll hold. Feather, ongoing fire damage incoming and you're prone. Go.
[18:39] <@Kotono> roll 2d6 fire damage
[18:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6 fire damage and gets 3." [2d6=1, 2]
[18:39] * Feather rolls on the ground to put out the fire before climbing back to his feet, blades held at the ready!
[18:40] <@Kotono> OOC: Ref save.
[18:40] <Feather> roll 1d20+18
[18:40] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+18 and gets 30." [1d20=12]
[18:40] <@Kotono> Feather manages to put out the flames and rises, burnt but intact. OOC: Okay, Elemental's up.
[18:40] <@Kotono> The elemental continues to brawl with Gildas, uncaring of anything else.
[18:40] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+26
[18:40] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+26
[18:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 and gets 37." [1d20=11]
[18:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+26 and gets 34." [1d20=8]
[18:40] <@Kotono> OOC: AC?
[18:42] <Gildas> OOC: 39
[18:42] <@Kotono> But Gildas stops each and every blow, slowly pushing it back as he lands chops, claws and punches. Meanwhile the golem follows Myann, a charge with a fist at the end of it.
[18:42] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+25 (+2 charge)
[18:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+25 (+2 charge) and gets 33." [1d20=8]
[18:42] <@Kotono> It hits her, the fire mushroom taking it. But a moment later, it spews poison gas out at her again.
[18:43] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12
[18:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 15." [1d20=3]
[18:43] <@Kotono> roll 1d4 con ow
[18:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 con ow and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[18:43] <@Kotono> Myann stumbles and coughs, turning pale as the gasses sink into her lungs. OOC: Ow. John.
[18:45] <@John> He can grab the knife after things are clear here, but right now Myann's in trouble! With a "Hooah!" he turns invisible and suddenly appears between the golem and Myann, laying into it with a flurry of strikes!
[18:45] <Feather> "Get over here, Myann!" Feather calls out to her as he finally regains his bearings.
[18:45] <@John> roll 1d20+15 fort assuming poison
[18:45] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+15 fort assuming poison and gets 17." [1d20=2]
[18:45] <@John> roll 1d20+20 attack invis
[18:45] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+20 attack invis and gets 21." [1d20=1]
[18:45] <@John> roll 1d20+18
[18:45] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+18 and gets 35." [1d20=17]
[18:45] <@John> roll 1d20+18
[18:45] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+18 and gets 27." [1d20=9]
[18:45] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[18:45] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 and gets 26." [1d20=13]
[18:45] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[18:45] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 and gets 20." [1d20=7]
[18:45] <@Kotono> roll 1d4 con damage, didn't make the save
[18:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 con damage, didn't make the save and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[18:46] <@Kotono> OOC: One hit, John.
[18:46] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(24)>Forgar(22)>Feather(21 on fire prone)>Fire Elemental=Iron Golem(18)>John(12 poisoned)>Myann(10 poisoned)'
[18:46] <@John> roll 1d6+11+3d6 real sad
[18:46] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d6+11+3d6 real sad and gets 26." [1d6=6][3d6=6, 1, 2]
[18:47] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(24)>Forgar(22)>Feather(21)>Fire Elemental=Iron Golem(18)>John(12 poisoned)>Myann(10 poisoned)'
[18:48] <@Kotono> John bolts in, managing to smack the golem good. It's a solid hit, but the rest fall on deaf ears. Meanwhile the poison in the air makes him feel markedly ill, struggling to stay up as...OOC: Myann.
[18:48] <@Kotono> Myann just falls back a little more, mushrooms falling on herself and John. OOC: You two are fire mushroomed. Gildas.
[18:49] <Gildas> The Dire Bear tries to flurry into the Fire Elemental once more to get rid of it!
[18:49] <Gildas> roll 1d20+24
[18:49] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+24 and gets 43." [1d20=19]
[18:49] <Gildas> roll 1d20+19
[18:49] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+19 and gets 33." [1d20=14]
[18:49] <Gildas> roll 1d20+19
[18:50] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+19 and gets 27." [1d20=8]
[18:50] <Gildas> roll 1d20+19 claw 1
[18:50] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+19 claw 1 and gets 25." [1d20=6]
[18:50] <Gildas> roll 1d20+19 claw 2
[18:50] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+19 claw 2 and gets 39." [1d20=20]
[18:50] <@Kotono> OOC: All hit.
[18:50] <@Kotono> roll 2d8
[18:50] <@Kotono> roll 2d8
[18:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8 and gets 7." [2d8=3, 4]
[18:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8 and gets 9." [2d8=6, 3]
[18:50] <@Kotono> roll 2d8
[18:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8 and gets 9." [2d8=7, 2]
[18:50] <@Kotono> roll 2d8
[18:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8 and gets 4." [2d8=3, 1]
[18:50] <@Kotono> roll 2d8
[18:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8 and gets 7." [2d8=5, 2]
[18:50] <@Kotono> OOC: And no damage gets past your resistance. Lucky.
[18:50] <Gildas> roll 3#2d8+16+1d6 last is cold
[18:50] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 3#2d8+16+1d6 last is cold and gets 91." [3#2d8+16+1d6 = 30, 33, 28]
[18:50] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(24)>Forgar(22)>Feather(21)>Iron Golem(18)>John(12 poisoned)>Myann(10 poisoned)'
[18:50] <Gildas> roll 2#1d6+16+1d6
[18:50] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2#1d6+16+1d6 and gets 49." [2#1d6+16+1d6 = 27, 22]
[18:51] <@Kotono> Slashed and frozen, the elemental is torn apart by Gildas. It sputters out into little flames, which slowly fade away into smoke. OOC: Feather. Forgar holds again.
[18:51] * Feather fearlessly charges at the golem!
[18:51] <Feather> roll 1d20+21+2
[18:51] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+21+2 and gets 36." [1d20=13]
[18:51] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit. It does have reach on you, okay with an AoO?
[18:52] <Feather> roll 1d6+9+1d6 last is fire, and sure
[18:52] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d6+9+1d6 last is fire, and sure and gets 16." [1d6=4][1d6=3]
[18:52] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+23 smack
[18:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 smack and gets 35." [1d20=12]
[18:52] <@Kotono> OOC: AC?
[18:52] <Feather> OOC: Miss
[18:52] <@Kotono> OOC: Also make a fort save due to poison cloud.
[18:52] <Feather> roll 1d20+16
[18:52] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+16 and gets 27." [1d20=11]
[18:53] <@Kotono> Feather dashes in, swords out as he hacks into the golem's side. It's tough going, but he makes a solid hit on it. Meanwhile the golem turns and turns, before going after Myann. OOC: Opens up AoOs by yo utwo, doesn't seem to care much about anyone but a fey.
[18:53] <Feather> roll 1d20+21 die
[18:53] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+21 die and gets 38." [1d20=17]
[18:53] <Feather> roll 1d6+9+1d6 last is fire
[18:53] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d6+9+1d6 last is fire and gets 20." [1d6=5][1d6=6]
[18:54] <@John> roll 1d20+25 deft opportunist
[18:54] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+25 deft opportunist and gets 31." [1d20=6]
[18:54] <@Kotono> OOC: Hits too.
[18:55] <@John> roll 1d6+14+3d6
[18:55] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d6+14+3d6 and gets 25." [1d6=2][3d6=3, 1, 5]
[18:55] <@Kotono> The golem takes two strong hits on the back, cracking as it tries to smash Myann's face in.
[18:55] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+23
[18:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 42." [1d20=19]
[18:55] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+23
[18:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+23 and gets 41." [1d20=18]
[18:55] <@Kotono> roll 2d10+11 mushroom takes the first
[18:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d10+11 mushroom takes the first and gets 17." [2d10=5, 1]
[18:55] <@Kotono> Myann gets hit hard enough to draw blood from hre mouth, coughing it up. She doubles over, hacking and gasping for air. OOC: She's down and stunned a round. John. Poison cloud is gone.
[18:58] <@John> "Just die alright!" John cries in frustration at the metal monster's seemingly inexorable taking apart of Myann, shifting to place himself opposite Feather to try and get a few more telling blows in!
[18:58] <@John> roll 1d20+20 flanking
[18:58] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+20 flanking and gets 24." [1d20=4]
[18:58] <@John> roll 1d20+20 flanking
[18:58] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+20 flanking and gets 22." [1d20=2]
[18:58] <@John> roll 1d20+20 flanking
[18:58] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+20 flanking and gets 39." [1d20=19]
[18:58] <@John> roll 1d20+15 flanking
[18:58] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+15 flanking and gets 30." [1d20=15]
[18:58] <@John> roll 1d20+15 flanking
[18:58] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+15 flanking and gets 24." [1d20=9]
[18:58] <@Kotono> OOC: Two htis.
[18:58] <@John> roll 2d6+22+6d6 so sad
[18:58] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 2d6+22+6d6 so sad and gets 46." [2d6=1, 1][6d6=6, 5, 2, 2, 6, 1]
[18:59] <@Kotono> Two blows hit the golem hard enough fo ra loud SNAP to come from its back. Its top slides off, the golem broken in two. It goes still, destroyed. OOC: Free act.
[19:00] <@Kotono> All around you is crater and ruin. The towers the dragon landed on are destroyed, the ground around it scorched. But the party stands victorious, the tower of crystal and metal farther ahead.
[19:00] * Feather slides to hsi knees by Myann, using the gem to heal her as much as he can!
[19:00] <Feather> roll 3d8+10
[19:00] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 3d8+10 and gets 19." [3d8=1, 4, 4]
[19:00] <Feather> roll 3d8+10
[19:00] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 3d8+10 and gets 21." [3d8=8, 2, 1]
[19:00] <@John> "Thank Pelor!" John groans, proceeding to alleviate the effects of the poison on both himself and Myann.
[19:00] <@John> roll 1d4 lesser restoration me
[19:00] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d4 lesser restoration me and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[19:00] <@John> roll 1d4 lesser restoration Myann
[19:01] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d4 lesser restoration Myann and gets 2." [1d4=2]
[19:02] <Gildas> The Dire Bear spits once before he shapeshifts and casts a slow healing spell on himself. OOC: Vigor
[19:02] <@John> Then some healing for himself and Feather.
[19:02] <@John> roll 3d8+11 cure serious me
[19:02] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 3d8+11 cure serious me and gets 21." [3d8=2, 6, 2]
[19:02] <@John> roll 3d8+11 cure serious Feather
[19:02] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 3d8+11 cure serious Feather and gets 26." [3d8=4, 4, 7]
[19:03] <@John> That all done he goes to pick up the knife. "Everyone good?"
[19:03] <@Kotono> Myann reaches out to Feather. "Here," she says, "Thanks."
[19:03] <@Kotono> roll 3d8+10
[19:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+10 and gets 24." [3d8=1, 8, 5]
[19:04] <@Kotono> OOC: Secondary poison saves, Myann'n'John.
[19:04] <Feather> "Still here," Feather affirms to John, grinning at Myann and Gildas.
[19:04] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12
[19:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 32." [1d20=20]
[19:06] <@John> roll 1d20+15
[19:06] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+15 and gets 21." [1d20=6]
[19:06] <@Kotono> The feeling of sickness soon leaves John. OOC: Made the save.
[19:06] <@Kotono> OOC: Gildas, you can tally up the Vigor healing.
[19:06] <@Kotono> roll 3d8+10 Myann healing
[19:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 3d8+10 Myann healing and gets 22." [3d8=1, 5, 6]
[19:06] <@John> "Tangles? Forgar?" John calls over to the noncombatants, wanting to regroup so they can get moving once more.
[19:07] <@Kotono> Forgar comes on over, Tangles flying behind him. "You're alright," she goes over to John, perching. "Whew!"
[19:07] <Gildas> OOC: Okay.
[19:07] <@Kotono> OOC: Moving on now?
[19:08] <Feather> "Say, Myann," Feather muses, as they heal up a bit. "Did you see that mask before it appeared?"
[19:08] <@John> "Yeah, that was a rough one. Sure hope that was the worst of what's down here."
[19:09] <@Kotono> "No, but I was distracted," Myann admits, "Trying not to die from that dragon."
[19:09] * Feather collects his discarded sword, nodding. "Try to hang back and look out for it when we get ambushed again? Maybe if we kill it all early-like, it won't send more things to fight us."
[19:12] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[19:20] <@Kotono> "Yes," Myann agrees, as the party goes on. On you travel, closer to the tower. You can now see there's a building surrounding the base of it, a sprawling place made of stone. You're still several minutes of walking away.
[19:20] <Feather> "Reckon we'll need to fight through whatever's in the building?" Feather voices.
[19:21] <@John> "Definitely."
[19:21] <Gildas> Gildas nods. "They might even have another dragon in there, somehow."
[19:22] <@John> "Hey, reckon what we want is at the top of the tower, right? Could we climb up the outside?" John wonders.
[19:24] <Feather> "Wanna give it a try?"
[19:24] <Gildas> "I imagine it's probably blocked off from the outside somehow, but we can try."
[19:24] <@Kotono> "Or what we need isn't out here in the first place," Myann points out.
[19:25] <Feather> "Could be a decoy," Feather admits.
[19:25] * Joins: Nerem (~Nerem@71-217-99-175.tukw.qwest.net)
[19:25] <@John> "Depends if there's windows... was just a thought," John shrugs.
[19:25] * Quits: NeremWorld (NeremWorld@174-24-216-246.tukw.qwest.net) (Ping timeout)
[19:26] <Gildas> "Can you feel anything, Myann?" Gildas asks. "I mean, do you think you could tell if it was up there as we got closer?"
[19:34] <@Kotono> "A lot of noise, bu tnothing I canmake out," Myann says, "I'm trying not to listen, or I'll be overwhelmed."
[19:35] <Gildas> Gildas nods. "It looks like we'll have to find it ourselves. It can't be very well-hidden though, I mean... I don't think they really planned for anyone to ever get here."
[19:36] <Feather> "So... wanna go in through the front door, or bust a wall, or just climb up and see from there?"
[19:36] <@John> "Lets just go in the front," John shrugs. "Could be buried underground with the tower being like a focusing thing. We'll have to explore it all anyway."
[19:37] <@Kotono> OOC: Going to the front then?
[19:37] <Feather> OOC: yes
[19:40] <@Kotono> Thus the party looks around for a front entrance. You find it - a grand set of closed doors, decorated by dancing crackles of light and lightning. As you approach, 30ft away, the energy gathers together before the door. It is a rough sphere perhaps 20ft in diameter, constantly pulsing like a beating heart. It speaks in Myann's voice, "Mushrooms. Welcome. Fungi. Happy. Spores."
[19:41] <@John> "That sounds... nicer than I expected," John says uncertainly.
[19:42] <Gildas> Gildas decides to do the simple thing and cast a Detect Magic to try and figure out what exactly this is!
[19:43] <@Kotono> "...eh?" Myann says softly, staring at it. Her eyes slowly widen as she stares at it.
[19:43] <@Kotono> OOC: Spellcraft.
[19:43] <Gildas> roll 1d20+24
[19:43] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+24 and gets 34." [1d20=10]
[19:44] <@Kotono> The thing here is a massive gathering of magical energy - from Myann. It seems to be reacting to her and drawing magical energy off her mantle. It's essentially a reflection of her power, nothing more.
[19:46] <Gildas> Gildas blinks, then looks over at Myann. "I'm sure you've figured this out, but... it's basically a reflection of you. I... don't think it's going to do anything to us."
[19:50] <@Kotono> "I thought so," Myann murmurs, "Can you," she waves a hand, "Step aside?"
[19:50] <@Kotono> Tangles peeks up over John's head, "Is that?"
[19:51] <@Kotono> The mass moves forward - right towards Feather. "Happy. Grow. Feather. Cap. Feather. Cordycep." The light sphere comes pu, the outer edge just coming to a stop before Feather.
[19:51] <Feather> "Uh."
[19:52] <@John> "Dunno. Kinda don't want to touch it in case I get an electric shock or something, but I'm sure they'll figure it out."
[19:52] <@Kotono> "Uh." Myann echos, slowly facepalming. "I meant go. Move aside," she says, "Please?"
[19:53] <Feather> "Please?" Feather echoes her, figuring to try it too. "We'll come back for you when we're done!"
[19:57] <@Kotono> Slowly the orb moves aside, revealing the path within.
[19:57] <Feather> "That's a promise," Feather says, and grins at the orb before heading inside.
[19:58] <Gildas> "I wouldn't be surprised if we find more like that as we get closer." Gildas advises as he follows Feather.
[20:01] <@John> "So if that was like a reflection and you... absorb it or something, will that make you twice as strong?" John wonders as he tags along.

[Ebiris]

[18:44] <@Kotono> The party heads inside. It is cool in here, the air fair and fresh. The hall is made of simple stone with crystal work embedded into the walls. These crystals flicker and pulse with light and electricity, dancing amid them like the poles outside. The hall goes on a bit before coming to a narrowed hallway and a turn to the left. The floor has a pattern engraved onto the floor - that of the world,
[18:44] <@Kotono> as seen on the map Gildas took from the flying castle. It looks hand-engraved and is highly detailed. As you look at it, several images dance around it, above and below.
[18:44] <@John> Images of what?
[18:45] <@Kotono> Peering closer, John can see the images look to be worlds of their own. They're also overlaid with tiny writing - it's in plain Common, at least. It looks to be magical readings of some sort. Two look familiar - open sky and islands, and a lava and strange skied land.
[18:46] <@Kotono> Myann comes closer and studies it as well. "What is this?" she murmurs, slowly going around as she peers at it.
[18:46] <@John> "Huh... so this is like this layer, the stratum, our world, stuff like that?" John figures, straightening up and dismissing it as unimportant past that.
[18:47] <@Kotono> Tangles perks up, "Oh, I know." she gestures, "They use things like this to make sure the mantle system is working properly. It's showing everything so they can see that it's working right or not."
[18:49] <Feather> "So we're real close to where the mantle system's changed?"
[18:49] <@John> "Must be. I don't see any controls here so I guess it's just information only here," John figures.
[18:51] <@Kotono> "We're almost there," Myann breathes, looking up and ahead, "Let's keep going then. We're almost there, so we can finish this."
[18:51] * Feather heads down the hallway.
[18:54] <Gildas> Gildas will follow along!
[18:55] <@Kotono> The party begins to walk down the hallway - and then it all stops. It's gone. Before you the devil's mask appears, but slowly a body appears below it. A body of an ink-black humanoid, eyes glittering with sheer emptiness through the mask's eyeslits. "I am...awake." It breathes out, "The power of shattered dreams, the might of the Ourulgia, all your energy."
[18:55] <@Kotono> Myann takes a step back, sword drawn as she takes position behind Feather.
[18:56] <@John> "That mean you're not gonna try and stop us again?" John asks, a hand going to the knife in question.
[18:57] <Feather> "We don't got to fight if you wanna help us make the mantle system better," Feather tells the masked thing warily.
[18:59] <@Kotono> "My purpose was and always has been one thing: Destruction." The creatue raises its hands up, twisted into claws. "Yes. How could I not be born when you are drenched in power overwhelming?" Its arms drop back down and it speaks on. "The moment I was created I was meant to destroy. The moment I gained awareness I realized my mission is to destroy. You, who are built on the power of the fey and
[18:59] <@Kotono> the dreams of all the Vastwoods, must be the first."
[19:00] <@John> Remembering how they dealt with their nemesis on top of that mountain, John hopefully says, "You don't have to live up to your purpose?"
[19:02] <Feather> "Yeah, do you actually wanna do that? You're not very good at it."
[19:07] <@Kotono> "I know that shattered dream." The creature merely advances towards you, "It doesn't matter. Good, bad...I am meant to destroy. I will destroy." Beneath the mask, you can see all the elements and seasons blur. "For a ruined dream of ancient men who lived too long, from the nectar of the fruit of lost hopes and with all the power of the folly of the fey: Be destroyed!" OOC: Init here. Creature
[19:07] <@Kotono> is 25ft away. Hallway is 15ft wide so there's room to move.
[19:07] <Feather> roll 1d20+12
[19:07] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+12 and gets 24." [1d20=12]
[19:07] <Gildas> roll 1d20+4
[19:07] <@John> roll 1d20+9
[19:07] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+4 and gets 8." [1d20=4]
[19:07] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+9 and gets 22." [1d20=13]
[19:09] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Myann
[19:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Myann and gets 11." [1d20=8]
[19:09] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 Forgar
[19:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+4 Forgar and gets 15." [1d20=11]
[19:09] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+14 Devil's Mask
[19:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+14 Devil's Mask and gets 19." [1d20=5]
[19:10] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(24)>John(22)>Devil's Mask(19)>Forgar(15)>Myann(11)>Gildas(8)'
[19:10] <@Kotono> OOC: Open FEather.
[19:11] <Feather> "Fightin' it is," Feather says grimly, setting upon the masked thing with his silver scimitars.
[19:11] <Feather> roll 1d20+16+3
[19:11] <Feather> roll 1d20+16+3
[19:11] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+16+3 and gets 35." [1d20=16]
[19:11] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+16+3 and gets 32." [1d20=13]
[19:11] <Feather> roll 1d20+11+3
[19:11] <Feather> roll 1d20+11+3
[19:11] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+11+3 and gets 31." [1d20=17]
[19:11] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+11+3 and gets 34." [1d20=20]
[19:11] <Feather> roll 1d20+6+3
[19:11] <Feather> roll 1d20+6+3
[19:11] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+6+3 and gets 20." [1d20=11]
[19:11] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+6+3 and gets 19." [1d20=10]
[19:11] <Feather> OOC: Using the poison in hopes it works. Does it AoO me?
[19:12] <Feather> roll 1d20+16+3 crit?
[19:12] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+16+3 crit? and gets 32." [1d20=13]
[19:12] <Feather> roll 1d20+11+3+4 crit?
[19:12] <Feather> roll 1d20+11+3+4 crit?
[19:12] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+11+3+4 crit? and gets 24." [1d20=6]
[19:12] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+11+3+4 crit? and gets 21." [1d20=3]
[19:13] <@Kotono> OOC: It does, yes. Has CR. That's coming in a sec. AC is 27, work it out from there.
[19:13] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+19
[19:13] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+19 and gets 26." [1d20=7]
[19:14] <Feather> OOC: Miss. Does the wyvern poison work on it?
[19:14] <@Kotono> OOC: Yes. SAve DC?
[19:15] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+13
[19:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 31." [1d20=18]
[19:16] <Feather> roll 3#1d6+7+3-1+5d6
[19:16] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 3#1d6+7+3-1+5d6 and gets 92." [3#1d6+7+3-1+5d6 = 32, 26, 34]
[19:17] <Feather> roll 2#1d6+4+3-1+5d6
[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 2#1d6+4+3-1+5d6 and gets 48." [2#1d6+4+3-1+5d6 = 26, 22]
[19:18] <Feather> roll 92+48 beats the poison dc
[19:18] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 92+48 beats the poison dc and gets 140."
[19:18] <@Kotono> Feather dances in, slicing and whirling through the body of the mask. His strikes cut into its body easily, rending and ripping. Blasts of sunlight, grass, apples and rocks come from the injuries instead of blood, surrounding Feather. OOC: Fort.
[19:18] <Feather> roll 1d20+16
[19:18] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+16 and gets 21." [1d20=5]
[19:19] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 31." [1d100=31]
[19:21] <@Kotono> A rock hits Feather's left arm. It metamorphs before his eyes, transforming into a heavy, unresponsive slab of stone. It hangs there, worthless. OOC: Your left arm is now heavy rock. You can't use it so TWF or two-handing a weapon is out. Further, due to the sheer weight of the stone, you're treated as carrying a medium load at all times. John, go.
[19:23] <@John> If he understood that right then somehow the knife made this thing grow a body. So stabbing him again probably won't do any good. Therefor John sticks to trusty blunt instruments as he rushes forward with a hearty hooah to beat their enemy about the face and neck!
[19:23] <@John> roll 1d20+20 flanking hustle
[19:23] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+20 flanking hustle and gets 38." [1d20=18]
[19:23] <@John> roll 1d20+20 flanking hustle
[19:23] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+20 flanking hustle and gets 39." [1d20=19]
[19:23] <@John> roll 1d20+20 flanking hustle
[19:23] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+20 flanking hustle and gets 26." [1d20=6]
[19:23] <@John> roll 1d20+15 flanking hustle
[19:23] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+15 flanking hustle and gets 16." [1d20=1]
[19:23] <@John> roll 1d20+15 flanking hustle
[19:23] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+15 flanking hustle and gets 24." [1d20=9]
[19:24] <@John> roll 2#1d6+11+6d6
[19:24] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 2#1d6+11+6d6 and gets 73." [2#1d6+11+6d6 = 40, 33]
[19:24] <@Kotono> The creature's body is battered and beaten. It's smacked about, bones audibly breaking as more varies elemental power comes out. Light, sunshine, roses, thorns. They all burst out around John as he closes in with it. OOC: Fort.
[19:25] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[19:25] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 and gets 16." [1d20=3]
[19:27] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 66." [1d100=66]
[19:28] <@Kotono> John's chest is gone. In place of it is sparking sunshine. His internal organs can be seen within, functioning amid the light of high noon. OOC: You seem to be breathing/functioning okay, but your chest is now exposed with something way less protective than usual. You suffer a -5 penalty to AC. Devil's Mask is up.
[19:29] * Feather stares at his dead arm in shock, before just focusing on John, unable to look away.
[19:30] <@Kotono> The Mask turns to Myann, a knife-shape of pure force hurtling towards her.
[19:30] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[19:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 24." [1d20=7]
[19:30] <@Kotono> roll 25d6
[19:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 25d6 and gets 89." [25d6=3, 4, 4, 2, 5, 3, 6, 3, 5, 6, 1, 6, 1, 1, 3, 5, 6, 4, 2, 1, 5, 1, 1, 6, 5]
[19:31] * Joins: Corwin (~DarkFlame@bzq-79-177-149-62.red.bezeqint.net)
[19:31] * Corwin is now known as Feather_
[19:31] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12 fort
[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 fort and gets 22." [1d20=10]
[19:31] <@Kotono> roll 1d8
[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 and gets 2." [1d8=2]
[19:31] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(24)>John(22)>Devil's Mask(19)>Forgar(15)>Myann(11 stunned 2)>Gildas(8)'
[19:33] * Quits: Feather (~DarkFlame@bzq-79-177-149-62.red.bezeqint.net) (Ping timeout)
[19:33] * Feather_ is now known as Feather
[19:34] <@Kotono> The knife slams into Myann, who SCREAMS loud enough to make your ears go momentarily deaf. Her face contorts into a mix between a shadowy smile and a grimace of agony, her body convulsing as she falls to the ground. "...destroy. The Ourulgia is only meant to destroy." The Devil's Mask says, in spite of the wounds over it. "A force that can destroy..." Powerful bolts of lighting strike the mask
[19:34] <@Kotono> from above, before they leap out to John and Feather nearby! OOC: Ref you two.
[19:34] <@John> roll 1d20+18 improved evasion
[19:34] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+18 improved evasion and gets 26." [1d20=8]
[19:35] <Feather> roll 1d20+18 improved evasion
[19:35] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+18 improved evasion and gets 34." [1d20=16]
[19:36] <@Kotono> But the two evade the storm around them. As they dodge each bolt that reaches for them...OOC: Forgar.
[19:36] <Feather> "Myann!" Feather cries out, dodging the lightning. "Destroy? Shut up, you! I'll show you destroy by breaking it to pieces! John, toss that evil knife over!"
[19:36] <@Kotono> Forgar quickly nods, "I'll protect her. Get 'em, FEather!" he calls, a chant bringing up a dome of stone around Myann.
[19:37] <@Kotono> OOC: Myann's stunned. Gildas.
[19:37] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(24)>John(22)>Devil's Mask(19)>Forgar(15)>Myann(11 stunned 1)>Gildas(8)'
[19:37] <Gildas> Gildas shapeshifts into his Dire Bear form and moves in, raising up with a paw to strike the creature and try to stun it!
[19:38] <Gildas> roll 1d20+25 SF attempt
[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+25 SF attempt and gets 33." [1d20=8]
[19:38] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit. Damage and DC?
[19:38] <Gildas> OOC: 22
[19:38] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+13 fort
[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 fort and gets 19." [1d20=6]
[19:38] <Gildas> roll 2d8+16+1d6+1d10 cold then fire, I'm guessing he doesn't count as anything I have bane to
[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2d8+16+1d6+1d10 cold then fire, I'm guessing he doesn't count as anything I have bane to and gets 35." [2d8=2, 7][1d6=2][1d10=8]
[19:39] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(24)>John(22)>Devil's Mask(19 stunned 1)>Forgar(15)>Myann(11 stunned 1)>Gildas(8)'
[19:39] <@Kotono> The strike hits the creature right in the mask. It causes it to crack and sends it reeling back, as stones, trees and strawberries erupt from the cracks. OOC: Fort Gildas.
[19:39] <@Kotono> Meanwhile, Myann's screams can be heard. Muffled from the dome, but she's still screaming.
[19:42] <Gildas> roll 1d20+27 sorry
[19:42] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+27 sorry and gets 42." [1d20=15]
[19:43] <@Kotono> Gildas's body grows oddly red, but it fades after a few seconds. OOC: Feather.
[19:44] * Feather waits for John to make his move!
[19:44] <@John> Hoping this'll work, John draws the knife and tosses it past the creature to land at Feather's feet!
[19:45] <@Kotono> The Ourulgia is tossed, landing at Feather's feet. OOC: Go.
[19:45] * Kotono changes topic to 'John(22)>Feather>Devil's Mask(19 stunned 1)>Forgar(15)>Myann(11 stunned 1)>Gildas(8)'
[19:46] * Feather drops his remaining silver scimitar and awkwardly takes out Oak Feller, focusing on striking the knife with all his strength! With luck, it will help calm Myann down as well!
[19:46] <Feather> roll 1d20+20 heart blow
[19:46] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+20 heart blow and gets 27." [1d20=7]
[19:46] <Feather> roll 10d6+2d12 adamant
[19:46] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 10d6+2d12 adamant and gets 50." [10d6=6, 3, 6, 4, 4, 3, 3, 1, 1, 2][2d12=7, 10]
[19:48] <@Kotono> The blow is aimed and hits the Ourulgia dead on - and stops. The knife simply does not give. The force of the blow is gone, no jarring of Feather's arm from the sudden stoppage. Instead, the lightning around the Devil's Mask becomes twin greatswords, taken in hand as he assaults all around him.
[19:49] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (+1 ???)
[19:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+20 (+1 ???) and gets 37." [1d20=17]
[19:49] <@Kotono> OOC: Vs all your ACs, he's going all whirlwindy.
[19:49] <@Kotono> OOC: Oh, and he's stunned. Dur. Thank you Cor. Disregard that, Forgar's up.
[19:49] * Kotono changes topic to 'John(22)>Feather>Devil's Mask(19)>Forgar(15)>Myann(11 stunned 1)>Gildas(8)'
[19:50] <@Kotono> Forgar stays in position, readying a spell. OOC: Holding in case something happens. Myann's still stunned. Gildas.
[19:50] * Kotono changes topic to 'John(22)>Feather>Devil's Mask(19)>Forgar(15)>Myann(11)>Gildas(8)'
[19:51] <Feather> "Guess we gotta kill it the old-fashioned way!"
[19:51] <Gildas> The bear raises off its legs and goes to try and pummel the creature yet again!
[19:51] <Gildas> roll 1d20+24 SF attempt again
[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+24 SF attempt again and gets 33." [1d20=9]
[19:52] <Gildas> roll 1d20+19
[19:52] <Gildas> roll 1d20+19
[19:52] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+19 and gets 23." [1d20=4]
[19:52] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+19 and gets 21." [1d20=2]
[19:52] <Gildas> roll 1d20+19 claw 1
[19:52] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+19 claw 1 and gets 32." [1d20=13]
[19:52] <Gildas> roll 1d20+19 claw 2
[19:52] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+19 claw 2 and gets 30." [1d20=11]
[19:52] <@Kotono> OOC: Three hits.
[19:52] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+13 fort
[19:52] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 fort and gets 22." [1d20=9]
[19:52] <@Kotono> OOC: DC?
[19:53] <Gildas> OOC: 23
[19:53] <Gildas> roll 2d8+16+1d6+1d10
[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2d8+16+1d6+1d10 and gets 30." [2d8=1, 2][1d6=5][1d10=6]
[19:53] <Gildas> roll 2#1d6+16+1d6
[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2#1d6+16+1d6  and gets 44." [2#1d6+16+1d6 = 23, 21]
[19:55] <@Kotono> Another blow hits the devil righ tin the mask. It cracks further as he wobbles, water shooting out of it. OOC: Fort Gildas.
[19:55] <Gildas> roll 1d20+27
[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+27 and gets 29." [1d20=2]
[19:55] <@Kotono> But Gildas resists, as meanwhile...OOC: John.
[19:57] <@John> Well, it was worth a shot, but it's back to good old blunt force trauma for John.
[19:57] <@John> roll 1d20+20
[19:57] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+20 and gets 34." [1d20=14]
[19:57] <@John> roll 1d20+20
[19:57] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+20 and gets 25." [1d20=5]
[19:57] <@John> roll 1d20+20
[19:57] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+20 and gets 31." [1d20=11]
[19:57] <@John> roll 1d20+15
[19:57] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+15 and gets 32." [1d20=17]
[19:57] <@John> roll 1d20+15
[19:57] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+15 and gets 17." [1d20=2]
[19:57] <@John> roll 3#1d6+11+6d6
[19:57] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 3#1d6+11+6d6 and gets 102." [3#1d6+11+6d6 = 31, 36, 35]
[20:00] <@Kotono> That assault causes the mask to shatter. The body stumbles and jerks about, thrashing without a head. Before your eyes it dissolves into light, bugs, fur, wood, pine cones and more. Soon only a heap of disparate materials remains. OOC: Free act.
[20:01] * Joins: Corwin (~DarkFlame@bzq-79-177-149-62.red.bezeqint.net)
[20:01] <Corwin> Feather heads over to Myann's side, giving the pile of pine cones a wide berth.
[20:02] <@John> With that done, John goes to see if Myann needs help. The staff's got a few charges left in it, and she could probably use them.
[20:03] * Quits: Feather (~DarkFlame@bzq-79-177-149-62.red.bezeqint.net) (Ping timeout)
[20:03] <@John> roll 3#3d8+11 assuming Forgar lowers the dome
[20:03] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 3#3d8+11 assuming Forgar lowers the dome and gets 75." [3#3d8+11 = 25, 24, 26]
[20:03] <Gildas> Gildas casts a quick detect magic on the remnants of the mask to make sure none of it is going to somehow poison them or something.
[20:05] <@Kotono> The dome is lowered. Myann is there, twitching incoherently. Her wounds rapidly heal at this, turning her gasping into cries of pain.
[20:08] <@Kotono> The magic on the mask is fading, Gildas can see. It's already losing power.
[20:09] <Gildas> He nods to himself and joins the others. OOC: Did the changes to everyone revert or are they still present?
[20:10] * Corwin is now known as Feather
[20:11] <@Kotono> OOC: They're still there.
[20:14] <Gildas> "Let me... ah... try and..." He rubs his chin and attempts to dispel the magic that is affecting Feather and John! OOC: I'm going to try an area dispel to get rid of those effects.
[20:15] <@Kotono> OOC: Make a dispel check.
[20:15] <@Kotono> OOC: One each on them.
[20:15] <Gildas> roll 1d20+11
[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+11  and gets 27." [1d20=16]
[20:15] <Gildas> roll 1d20+11
[20:15] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+11  and gets 15." [1d20=4]
[20:16] <@Kotono> OOC: Which was which?
[20:16] <Gildas> OOC: Sorry I should've specified, just do it alphabetically
[20:16] <@John> "I dunno, I mean it makes me closer to Pelor, don't it?" John muses, looking down. "I could start a cult."
[20:21] <@Kotono> Feather's stone arm returns to normal, while John's chest stays all sunny.
[20:22] <Feather> "Guess Pelor approves?"

[Ebiris]

[18:02] <@Ko-SuperisaphotoKopy> With magic unraveled, FEather's arm returns to normal. John's chest is still sunlight, though. OOC: Go ahead, ball's in your court right now, y'all.
[18:03] <@John> "You need anymore healing, Myann?" John asks before they move ahead.
[18:04] <Gildas> "Hold on, let me try again. There might be more adverse effects if you leave it like that." Gildas says as he tries to dispel the magic keeping John's chest open.
[18:05] <Gildas> OOC: Just another Dispel check?
[18:05] <@Ko-SuperisaphotoKopy> "I can heal myself," Myann groans and rubs her sealed wound, "I...I think I'm alright now." She's still pale, managing a simple spell. OOC: Yes.
[18:05] <@Ko-SuperisaphotoKopy> roll 3d8+10
[18:05] * Hatbot --> "Ko-SuperisaphotoKopy rolls 3d8+10 and gets 31." [3d8=7, 8, 6]
[18:05] <Gildas> roll 1d20+11
[18:05] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+11 and gets 26." [1d20=15]
[18:05] <@Ko-SuperisaphotoKopy> This time John's chest returns to normal, the sunlight snuffed out.
[18:05] <@John> "Oh well, if you're sure it's dangerous," John says as he's returned to mundanity.
[18:07] <Gildas> "I think everything here is dangerous. What if it gave you a stinger on your bottom?" Gildas asks.
[18:08] <@John> "That sounds kinda out of nowhere," John says dubiously, starting to head on down the corridor after Myann heals herself.
[18:08] <@Ko-SuperisaphotoKopy> Myann starts to snicker at that, but winces and holds her side. She settles for slowly getting up then, leaning on Feather as she balances herself.
[18:09] <Gildas> Gildas walks along as well!
[18:12] <@Ko-SuperisaphotoKopy> Ahead opens up into a massive room. It's mostly empty space - but just past the center is a stairway winding down. It's surrounded by a white starburst pattern that glows. As you see it, a figure comes up the stairs. It is an unclad woman, ancient and withered. She seems to be more sags of fat and seas of wrinkles than anything else - save for her head, which isn't human at all. It is the scaled
[18:12] <@Ko-SuperisaphotoKopy> head of a blue dragon in miniature, horns curving up and with lightning dancing amid them.
[18:13] <@John> "Eww, I don't wanna see that!" John averts his eyes!
[18:13] * Corwin keeps his eyes on the head very firmly. "Greetings!" he tries, wincing inside.
[18:13] * Corwin is now known as Feather
[18:17] <@Ko-SuperisaphotoKopy> Myann clears her throat and looks away, "Hello?" she tries as well.
[18:18] <Gildas> Gildas tries in Draconic, just in case. "Greetings."
[18:20] <@Ko-SuperisaphotoKopy> The creature shambles forward - struggling to walk. It comes to within about 100ft before saying, "Greetings..." in Draconic. It lets it hang, looking around slowly. "Who are you? I've...forgotten so much."
[18:22] <Gildas> Gildas lets out a breath. "My name is Gildas, this is Feather, John and Myann. We're here to put an end to the madness of the Sidhe. We... found out about this place from the Fellowship." He says in Draconic, before he looks at the others and switches to common. "I'm just explaining who we are."
[18:22] <@Ko-SuperisaphotoKopy> After a moment, the creature half sits and half falls to the ground. It sighs slowly, "These old bones hurt so much," it goes on in Draconic. "I...who are you again? I have...I have to do something, I think. Dear me, what was it?"
[18:22] <@Ko-SuperisaphotoKopy> At the word Fellowship, "Oh! I remember now. The Fellowship put me here, I think!" Looking up slightly, "To do...something."
[18:24] <@Ko-SuperisaphotoKopy> Yet it slowly shakes its head, "I can't remember," she finally sighs. "I'm so tired these days."
[18:24] <Gildas> Gildas scratches his head and continues. "Well, if you're willing to help us get to the mantle system, we would appreciate it." He looks to the others. "She was put here by the Fellowship. She doesn't remember why. I'm going to try and get her to help us."
[18:25] <@Ko-SuperisaphotoKopy> "I...was supposed to dos omethign with intruders. Take you to the mantle system?" she hmmms, gesturing at the stairs, "It's down there. I need to do it, but I'm so sore and tired. Can you find it yourselves? Just go down the stairs."
[18:26] <Gildas> Gildas nods. "Of course, ma'am. Thank you very much." He gestures to the others and starts walking towards the stairs.
[18:27] <@John> Happy at not having to fight, John hurries after Gildas.
[18:27] <@Ko-SuperisaphotoKopy> Thus the party goes down. Down the long stairs, down into silence. As you walk, you see skeletons lying about the stairs. The same as the woman - humanoid skeletons with the skull and horns of a dragon. They lie there, dusty and long forgotten. Down adn down you go - yet the air grows warmer, a hum filling it. Your skin tingles and the sound of whispers grows constant and louder.
[18:28] <Gildas> Gildas grimaces. "Let's make a promise to never become like the people who've done this."
[18:28] <@John> "Hey, is this what you've been hearing, Myann?" John wonders. "Must be real close now... and yeah sure, I'll promise that."
[18:30] <Feather> "Easy as pie."
[18:38] <@Ko-SuperisaphotoKopy> Myann nods her assent, as meanwhile Tangles and Forgar follow. At the bottom you reach it. Dozens of magical circles and pentagrams are laid out with inlaid gem patterns ni the center. They all circle around a massive steel tower. The steel is transparent from sheer light - and within is something so radiant you cannot look at it long. Your eyes burn as you tear your gazes away. Myann stares at
[18:38] <@Ko-SuperisaphotoKopy> it long before collapsing against Feather, twitching.
[18:39] * Feather holds Myann up, not straining his eyes against the radiance beyond a decent glimpse. "So, uh, time to look at the magic?" he voices, taking a look.
[18:39] <Gildas> Gildas nods. "Yes, hopefully all that research we did pays off."
[18:39] <@John> "Whoa..." John breathes, looking up and all around. "I guess there's something about the power of teamwork or... something. I dunno, but I wanna unison something, whatever that means."
[18:41] <@Ko-SuperisaphotoKopy> "Don't say it like that," Myann coughs and mutters, "Just don't."
[18:41] <Gildas> OOC: I guess we'll do a Detect Magic for all that there's probably so much it may not help us any
[18:41] <@Ko-SuperisaphotoKopy> "We're here," Forgar says, "Time to figure things out." OOC: Okay, more coming.
[18:41] <@Ko-SuperisaphotoKopy> OOC: First of all, what's your approach going to be here?
[18:42] <Feather> OOC: Let's start with detect magic, and spellcraft/various knowledges
[18:42] <Gildas> OOC: I'd imagine we have the notes Vasili gave us, so we can probably use those to just confirm everything?
[18:42] <@John> OOC: yeah, lets make sense of it in our heads before we try and find a way to work it
[18:43] <Feather> OOC: Yep
[18:44] <@Ko-SuperisaphotoKopy> OOC: Okay. Everyone make spellcraft (or psicraft if you have that and want to sub it in) first of all. One check.
[18:44] <@Ko-SuperisaphotoKopy> roll 1d20+17 Myann
[18:44] * Hatbot --> "Ko-SuperisaphotoKopy rolls 1d20+17 Myann and gets 29." [1d20=12]
[18:45] <@John> roll 1d20+17 psicraft
[18:45] <@Ko-SuperisaphotoKopy> roll 1d20+16 Forgar
[18:45] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+17 psicraft and gets 25." [1d20=8]
[18:45] * Hatbot --> "Ko-SuperisaphotoKopy rolls 1d20+16 Forgar and gets 23." [1d20=7]
[18:45] * Ko-SuperisaphotoKopy is now known as Kotono
[18:45] <Gildas> roll 1d20+25
[18:45] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+25 and gets 33." [1d20=8]
[18:45] <Feather> roll 1d20+24
[18:45] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+24 and gets 30." [1d20=6]
[18:48] <@Kotono> OOC: John, do you have ranks in K:A or K:Psi? Gildas and Feather, make K:A checks if you have it.
[18:48] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+15 Myann K:A
[18:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+15 Myann K:A and gets 20." [1d20=5]
[18:48] <Feather> roll 1d20+17
[18:48] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+17 and gets 30." [1d20=13]
[18:48] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Forgar
[18:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Forgar and gets 17." [1d20=1]
[18:48] <@John> OOC: I've got +7 in K:A
[18:48] <Gildas> OOC: Only one I have is K:N
[18:49] <@Kotono> OOC: Go for it, John. Noted, Gildas.
[18:49] <@John> roll 1d20+7
[18:49] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+7 and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[18:50] <@Kotono> A few hours of work yields some results. The magic circles seem to be the system regulating everything and keeping it smoothly running. It's also where you'd override the safeties and feed in another mantle into the system, if you choose that route. The steel tower is unison - what it is you don't quite understand, but it seems to be some conglomeration of energies or mantles. Finally, the
[18:50] <@Kotono> blinding light within is the infinite neergy source. Unison in part perfectly contains and streamlines the energy from it. OOC: Free free to discuss this and what plan you'd like to investigate, and go from there.
[18:51] <Feather> "So I reckon I get the idea," Feather muses. "But what's with the safeties? Do you all understand how they work?"
[18:52] <@John> "So lets say we want to put a new mantle in - or a non-mantle in Tangles case," John says, looking around the setup. "Where do we put the person we're using for a template?"
[18:52] <Feather> "That one, I think I get. The magic circles, innit?"
[18:53] <Gildas> "I think she'd go into one of the circles. But... this part is where I think it'd be best if we use that book." Gildas says. "We should at least see if it even would work... like, write 'Then the party used Tangles to overwrite the mantle system to see the results,' and then... well, see what happens. We don't want to accidentally destroy the world or something..."
[18:54] <Feather> "Won't we break something if we do it right here, anyway?"
[18:54] <@John> "Yeah, I kinda think you're putting way too much faith in the dream book, but if you want to then go for it," John says uncertainly.
[18:55] <Gildas> "It worked for the magic boat, didn't it?" Gildas says. "I at least want to try. But you're right, we should probably move away from this if we're going to."
[18:56] <@John> "They were both boats, it's not as if it told us anything new there. This is completely different."
[18:56] <Feather> "So the safeties, again. I reckon we should start with them. Would just hate to have to change things only for them to fail in a dozen years or something."
[18:57] * Feather rubs his chin. "Also, we ain't gonna do this, but weren't we told that if Myann sacrificed herself the outcome would be all different and stronger? Any of you seen an explanation why here?"
[18:57] <@John> "No... to be honest I barely understand any of this," John admits, feeling rather out of his depth.
[18:57] <Gildas> "It predicted things we didn't even know about, like the arms, though." Gildas says with a shake of his head. "Yes, we should still confirm that before we do anything. I think the reason for that is because Myann has adapted to her mantle in a way no one else has. It's a unique effect."
[18:58] <Feather> "Well yeah. But the magic circles, they ain't killing anyone who steps in, do they? Didn't see that part. Maybe we should give them a closer look for this?"
[18:58] <@John> "They weren't predicted, Feather made them up. It also had the boat being see-through, which it wasn't, didn't have any the other weapons, and had us fight a kraken instead of dragons or sharks... really Gildas, I think you're putting way too much on the power of make-believe."
[18:59] <Feather> "Yeah, they were kinda neat, weren't they? But hey, let's focus here!"
[19:00] <@John> "Yeah, so the circles? I figure they're more about maintaining everything. So if we make changes they won't take as long as the circles are constant, and after we make changes we need to put them back in, that make sense?" John wonders.
[19:00] <Gildas> "Make-believe is the best we've got when we're going into a realm of complete unknown. I want to at least try it. If it doesn't help us, are we any worse off?" Gildas says, sounding frustrated. "But yes, we need to find out if the we can just use one circle and if it will propogate the others, or if we need to do more."
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[19:03] <@Kotono> :
[19:03] <@Kotono> "We could test that subtly, with a control to change it back if things are going to go south?" Forgar speaks up.
[19:03] <@John> "Alright. Put in the book that I tell you the number I'm thinking of, see if that comes out true?" John suggests.
[19:04] <Gildas> Gildas blinks. "John, what if you just wrote 'and then John completely understood how to use Tangles in the mantle system' or something? Didn't that work when you wanted to understand how the book worked the first time?"
[19:06] <@John> "I dunno, I can't really remember..." John admits. "Wasn't it something common sense, though? And the book should know itself just fine, that's different from it knowing all of this," he gestures at the massive machinery of the mantle system.
[19:08] <Feather> "No reason we can't look into different things," Feather muses. "Say, Myann, wanna look into the circles more? How they work together, how you feel they'd work with you? Where it's safe to stop so they don't hurt you?"
[19:08] <Gildas> "So it wore off? Hm. All right, let's go with Forgar's theory." Gildas says as he takes the book out. "I don't think it'll work well for me, since it seems it's a mindcraft-type item."
[19:11] <@Kotono> Myann nods to FEather, "Let's try that while they work on that?"
[19:12] <Feather> "Gladly! So here's what I was thinking, this circle here is clearly the first one so we start from it...."
[19:13] <@John> "Say, is this thing active now?" John wonders, going over to examine the infinite energy source. "Like, is it using power to sustain the mantles, and will it need to sustain things after we make whatever changes we make? So it needs to remain active forever basically, or else bad stuff happens?"
[19:14] <Gildas> "Yes, it's what's powering everything."
[19:14] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. So what's everyone's plans now?
[19:14] <@Kotono> "Yeah," Forgar says, "That's the big energy source."
[19:14] <Feather> OOC: What I outlined!
[19:14] <@Kotono> OOC: Just tell me OOC so I'm clear on it. Likewise John/Gildas if they're doing something different too.
[19:15] <Feather> OOC: Understand how the circles work together, how the safeties on them work since we know there are two regimes (Myann's mantle and Myann's mantle+risk of death), how the actual imprinting or whatever happens.
[19:16] <Gildas> OOC: I guess we're testing to see if the book can predict the future or not by having Gildas write something along the lines of 'then Gildas predicted the number John was thinking of, which was 14' or something.
[19:17] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay, #evildunes, Gildas and John.
[19:17] <@John> "So that means anyone can shut this off and it'll kill all the fairies? We'll have to figure some way of making it safe after we're done with all this then, beef up the defences..." with that to chew on, John goes to help Myann and Feather.
[19:17] <@Kotono> OOC: Or just Gildas then, if you're helping them, unless you want to do that book thing first, John?
[19:17] <@John> OOC: I don't need to be around for it, Gil can tell me the number when he's done

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[19:21] <@Kotono> Gildas holds the book in hand as others begin to work. Tangles lingers by, "So that's what that book does?" OOC: Go ahead.
[19:22] <Gildas> "Yes, but for some reason no one seems to believe me." Gildas says with a frustrated sigh. He writes in the book 'The number John was thinking of was 14.' "We're doing something too drastic to risk just leaving it to chance..."
[19:24] <@Kotono> Gildas feels woozy, weak. The world spins and turns and swirls, before Gildas stands in front of John. "14? Yeah, that's it," he says. OOC: Highest level spell slot expended.
[19:25] <Gildas> OOC: That's level 5 for the record
[19:26] <Gildas> Gildas takes a breath to steady himself and waits to see if the book's power fades, since he's not sure if the answer he got was the real one or just because of the book.
[19:27] <@Kotono> Things linger briefly before fading, reality returning as the others work on the circle.
[19:30] <Gildas> "Yes... this book really only works for people with mind-like magics." Gildas will go over to John and ask the real one what number he's thinking of, then, but doesn't expect it to be 14.

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[19:20] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[19:21] <@Kotono> OOC: Spellcraft/psicraft checks, you two.
[19:21] <Feather> roll 1d20+24
[19:21] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+24 and gets 44." [1d20=20]
[19:21] <@John> roll 1d20+17
[19:21] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+17 and gets 20." [1d20=3]
[19:21] <@Kotono> OOC: Roll 1d20+44, Feather.
[19:21] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+17 Myann
[19:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 Myann and gets 20." [1d20=3]
[19:22] <Feather> roll 1d20+44
[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+44 and gets 53." [1d20=9]
[19:27] <@Kotono> The party works for a goodly time. The circles are a perfectly interlocked pattern. Feather slowly realizes they only need -one- circle. The rest are redundancies, protection in case things go wrong. Each one corrects changes to the others and prevents errors. The system is cunningly effective to Feather's study. The safeties are to prevent individual fey from sending back unauthorized energy
[19:27] <@Kotono> or information through the connection - it's basically a safe filter. As for the imprinting, the system is breath-takingly complex. An hour of study suggests that it's automated and 'pings' to a fey when they're born. For whatever reason, the system identifies Myann as a fey but doesn't for Tangles. The system doesn't read her at all.
[19:31] <Feather> "Right, so here's this thing I'm still not getting," Feather is saying, after summing up his insights about the system of interlocking circles. "Why don't it read Tangles? And why does it work for Myann? See, it's supposed to be all fit to a fey when one's born. But Tangles was born a fey, and Myann wasn't!"
[19:32] <@Kotono> "There's clearly the ability to add new fey to it," Myann points out, as Gildas comes on over, book in hand. "Fey power tends to be infectious. Look at those wolf eyes you had."
[19:33] <@Kotono> Forgar grunts, "I'm more interested in Tangles. Why didn't she get picked up?"
[19:33] <@John> "I guess it looks for mantles rather than fey... didn't Myann say she couldn't sense her either?"
[19:33] <Corwin> "And can we cheat to fix that? Like maybe give you some wolf eyes if that's the price and you're fine with it?"
[19:35] <Gildas> "Well, does it matter if the system doesn't read her right now? Maybe it will adapt to her if she goes into it?" Gildas asks, having joined the conversation a bit late.
[19:35] <@John> "Maybe there's a way to like, manually select a target? Rather than it just automatically scanning for fey, can we somehow override it and fix it on Tangles?" John wonders, then seeing Gildas he says, "I was thinking of 21. What'd the book say?"
[19:35] <@Kotono> "Or find a way to force it," Myann murmurs, "Force it to read her, that is."
[19:36] <@Kotono> Forgar strokes his chin, "Maybe with time and effort," he says, "I think Feather's on the right track. Hmmmmm." He gets up and goes back to a circle, "It shouldn't be that hard, since the system's meant to lock onto the fairies anyway."
[19:36] <Feather> "Yeah, s'like I said. Maybe she could join your court? That'll be enough?"
[19:38] <Gildas> "You can't ask it questions, I wrote 14." Gildas says. "At least, I don't think you can ask it questions..." He shrugs. "It doesn't work well for non-mind users anyway." Gildas hrms to the current conversation. "Give the entire world a subtle taste for mushrooms, I wonder?"
[19:39] <@John> "See, you only get out what you put in. Anyway, there's got to be some way of manually selecting someone. I wonder if that unison stuff'll help? Not that I really know how to go about it..."
[19:40] <Gildas> "What would happen if Tangles just entered a circle? Do we know?" Gildas asks.
[19:40] <@Kotono> Forgar snaps his fingers, "Give me a hand over here with the unison tower then," he says, "That might be the trick to doing it quickly."
[19:40] <Feather> "Safeties are only against the recognized fey, so it might actually go badly if we try it as is."
[19:41] <@John> "Sure," John says, heading over with Forgar to see what they can figure out.
[19:42] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay, so what's everyone's wild and crazy plan now?
[19:42] <Gildas> OOC: I guess I'm just waiting to see what happens since my idea got veto'ed
[19:42] <Feather> OOC: Is it possible to use what's available here and the notes from Vasili to figure out how the original template was made?
[19:43] <@John> OOC: find a way to use unison on Tangles and the device to see if that'll make it recognise her as a template?
[19:44] <@Kotono> OOC: Possibly Feather, but it'll take time and study. Make an K:A check, others can aid you if you like. Okay, John. Make a psicraft check.
[19:44] <@John> roll 1d20+17
[19:44] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+17 and gets 34." [1d20=17]
[19:44] <@Kotono> OOC: #evildunes, John.

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[19:46] <@Kotono> John works with Unison. Slowly he works with it, hand grazing the radiant tower. He can feel presences - so many presences. So many -minds-. He searches, works - and finds it. A simple need that flows through him, to touch something and make contact with a fey-to-be. A cold, simple knowledge - establish contact, assign mantle, fortify connection.
[19:48] <@John> "Okay..." John speaks aloud, "I think I've got something that'll make it find Tangles. But, uh... it wants to assign a mantle to her first, so I dunno if this is the right track," he tells everyone before closing his eyes and trying to see if the mantle can be chosen first or if it's predetermined or randomly assigned.
[19:51] <@Kotono> Knowledge fills him. Mantle is not chosen until after contact is established. John's mind suddenly swirls with knowledge - thousands of arcane formulae and mathematics, all driving towards an inexorable truth to which mantle will be given. It makes sense to John and them and us and all at once. Myann's mantle fits her perfectly. She is a mushroom. All the results say so. She is a queen. All
[19:51] <@Kotono> the results say so. Feather should be a wolf. All the results say so, yet he isn't.
[19:53] <@John> He heard about something happening with wolf eyes, so Feather must have had a wolf mantle in the past. What about those without mantles? What do the results say for him, or Forgar, or Tangles?
[19:53] <@Kotono> There is no result for them at all. No connection has been established.
[19:55] <@John> Taking his hand off, John shakes his head. "It looks like I could give anyone a mantle with this, but there's no telling what mantle it'd be. I dunno if we can really use it for what we're going for - unless we gave everyone mantles and used the nicest one as our template, but that's a gamble and a half."
[19:55] <Feather> "No kidding," Feather says. "And if it went bad, we won't be able to fix it, too."
[19:57] <@John> "Nope. Guess that's a dead end," he says, climbing down to rejoin everyone.

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[19:45] <Feather> roll 1d20+17 I'd like that, sure
[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+17 I'd like that, sure and gets 18." [1d20=1]
[19:47] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 Myann aids and basically auto passes the only relevant DC here
[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 Myann aids and basically auto passes the only relevant DC here and gets 19." [1d20=19]
[19:47] <@Kotono> roll 1d20 Myann aids and basically auto passes the only relevant DC here same with Forgar, too
[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 Myann aids and basically auto passes the only relevant DC here same with Forgar, too and gets 20." [1d20=20]
[19:47] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+36 Forgar, this might be relevan tnow
[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+36 Forgar, this might be relevan tnow and gets 38." [1d20=2]
[19:48] <@Kotono> The three work for a good time, stopping for a meal. The system is painfully complex - your study doesn't gett oo far. Forgar chases down a lead a least, "There's an original template," he finally says, "But I can't lay my hands on it. It's too woven into everything else."
[19:49] <Feather> "Maybe it's this mind magic stuff?" Feather voices. "If you show it to John, he could take a look from another angle?"
[19:51] <Gildas> "I wonder if it was the first fey, then?" Gildas asks. "The first... modified one, I mean."
[19:51] <Feather> "Could be. S'why it might be important."
[19:52] <@Kotono> "Might be," Myann looks over, as John has his hand on the steel tower and his eyes are closed.
[19:54] <Gildas> "Is there any way to use this to regulate the power or intensity of the mantles?" Gildas asks. "I mean, if we made this less powerful, wouldn't that, in turn, make the fey less powerful along with the constant voices?"
[19:54] * Feather snaps his fingers. "Come to think of it, we didn't see why the whole thing made the fey all crazy, did we? Maybe we could look for that, too."
[19:55] <@Kotono> "I think so," Forgar says, "Somewhere in here." He stands and stretches, "But we've been at this for forgefucking hours. A break would be good."
[19:57] <Gildas> "I can look while you all take a break." Gildas offers. "I haven't really done much, anyway."
[19:57] <@Kotono> As John rejoins everyone, "How about a break and we hit this anew?" she suggests, "That's a good idea." OOC: So what's the plans now, y'all?
[19:58] <Feather> OOC: It'd be cool if John could try to follow up on the original template. We can rest a bit, too.
[19:58] <Gildas> OOC: I can do a preliminary look to see if there's anything obvious that causes the madness, since it seems like that was an intentional side effect of the system while they're resting
[19:59] <Feather> OOC: Yeah, that's a worthwhile pursuit
[19:59] <@John> "I'll see if I can have a look. I wonder if it's in that unison system actually," he looks where he just came from before going into wherever Feather and the others were searching first off.
[19:59] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. John, psi/spellcraft. Gildas, spellcraft.
[19:59] <@John> roll 1d20+17
[19:59] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+17 and gets 31." [1d20=14]
[19:59] <Gildas> roll 1d20+25
[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+25 and gets 29." [1d20=4]
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[20:03] <@Kotono> John works with Unison again. Knowledge slowly comes to mind, all of his minds. The original template is there - a simple system, far closer to Unison than what is in play now. Changed. Altered. Twisted. As Gildas works, he comes at it from another direction. He can study it, see the madness added in. Like a cudgel, bringing up the worst parts of Unison. Destroying barriers, removing solitude.
[20:03] <@Kotono> Barriers that look like they could be there, but it is fragile. Both John and Gildas can conclude they could be added - but failure would be catastrophic and risk the mantle system. The way they were removed is intentionally bad, so trying to fix it risks system stability. Not impossible to circumvent, but it won't be easy. But if you did that - the original template would actually work. Minds
[20:03] <@Kotono> would be better segregated from mantles. The imposed madness would die down.
[20:04] * Quits: Feather (~DarkFlame@109.67.140.213) (Ping timeout)
[20:06] <@John> "Yeah..." John rubs his chin. "Can see it there. Mind it'd be tricky to fix, and if we made a mistake..." he trails off, figuring he doesn't need to lay it all out. "Still though, we don't want all the fey to keep their godly powers even if they are sane, right? I wonder though... can we get rid of the madness and like, really weaken the mantles as well? Probably be even tougher..."
[20:06] <Gildas> Gildas takes a breath. "Risky..." Is about all he can really conclude. "But I think it might be worth it." He says as he explains their findings to the others. "We'd effectively be putting each mind in a box, so the noise would die down." He nods to John. "We could also just see if we can weaken the mantles from here first. It might be easier to implement the fix after that."
[20:07] <Corwin> "What if we don't get rid of the madness?" Feather asks. "What if we replace it? With... I don't know, maybe a sense of honor?"
[20:07] <@Kotono> Myann sits against the wall, resting. A mushroom has risen from the floor, serving as a seat. "I think it comes down to risk. Do we risk it for a goal we want or do we take the safe route and use a mantle instead?" At Feather's words, "Could you do that?"
[20:08] <Corwin> "Mind, I don't get it that well. But if having everything talking to you all the time makes you crazy, and having privacy makes you sane... what if you only had a good friend talking to you? So you're not lonely, and have someone to count on all the time?"
[20:08] <@John> "I dunno. See, the madness in there is caused by a lack of barriers, like social stuff and between the mantle and the mind, stuff like that. Putting those barriers back is one thing, but making up something new... I dunno," he shrugs.
[20:09] <Corwin> "What if we don't put them all the way back?"
[20:10] <Gildas> "We could at least see if it's a possibility." Gildas says. "What, you mean just try and make the madness... less mad?"
[20:10] <Corwin> "You know what they say. People need other people! That's why crazy hermits are crazy hermits. Nothing wrong with a bit of unisoning, is there? Just that the fey are getting way too much of it all the time, and they can't even stop it."
[20:11] <Gildas> "Well, I think that's the same as what John and I found. I don't think we can stop it at all at the level it's at, but we can put the minds in a box, if you will, so it's less loud." He says. "Now, if we weakened the mantle system along with doing that? That might work too. We'd have to look and see if we can."
[20:12] <@John> "Yeah, but we've still got the problem of them having godly powers, don't we? We could just end up with them setting up empires and trying to take over the world this way," John points out.
[20:12] <@Kotono> "Which means we have the same problem the Fellowship faced," Myann remarks, slowly rubbing her face. "But better sane than insane, if nothing else."
[20:13] <Corwin> "Is there a way to link them differently?"
[20:13] <Gildas> "I'm still not convinced they would've ever done that if they weren't insane in the first place." Gildas says. "They assumed the worst and look at how it all ended up."
[20:15] <Gildas> "I think we'd need to take another look to see if any of these ideas are even possible." Gildas states. "We might be working with bad theories to begin with."
[20:16] <@John> "Yeah, the whole thing just isn't very user friendly, is it?"
[20:17] * Feather laughs.

[Ebiris]

[18:11] <@Kotono> > Myann sits against the wall, resting. A mushroom has risen from the floor, serving as a seat. "I think it comes down to risk. Do we risk it for a goal we want or do we take the safe route and use a mantle instead?" At Feather's words, "Could you do that?"
[18:11] <@Kotono> <Corwin> "Mind, I don't get it that well. But if having everything talking to you all the time makes you crazy, and having privacy makes you sane... what if you only had a good friend talking to you? So you're not lonely, and have someone to count on all the time?"
[18:11] <@Kotono> <John> "I dunno. See, the madness in there is caused by a lack of barriers, like social stuff and between the mantle and the mind, stuff like that. Putting those barriers back is one thing, but making up something new... I dunno," he shrugs.
[18:11] <@Kotono> <Corwin> "What if we don't put them all the way back?"
[18:11] <@Kotono> <Gildas> "We could at least see if it's a possibility." Gildas says. "What, you mean just try and make the madness... less mad?"
[18:11] <@Kotono> <Corwin> "You know what they say. People need other people! That's why crazy hermits are crazy hermits. Nothing wrong with a bit of unisoning, is there? Just that the fey are getting way too much of it all the time, and they can't even stop it."
[18:11] <@Kotono> <Gildas> "Well, I think that's the same as what John and I found. I don't think we can stop it at all at the level it's at, but we can put the minds in a box, if you will, so it's less loud." He says. "Now, if we weakened the mantle system along with doing that? That might work too. We'd have to look and see if we can."
[18:11] <@Kotono> <John> "Yeah, but we've still got the problem of them having godly powers, don't we? We could just end up with them setting up empires and trying to take over the world this way," John points out.
[18:11] <@Kotono> > "Which means we have the same problem the Fellowship faced," Myann remarks, slowly rubbing her face. "But better sane than insane, if nothing else."
[18:11] <@Kotono> <Corwin> "Is there a way to link them differently?"
[18:11] <@Kotono> <Gildas> "I'm still not convinced they would've ever done that if they weren't insane in the first place." Gildas says. "They assumed the worst and look at how it all ended up."
[18:11] <@Kotono> <Gildas> "I think we'd need to take another look to see if any of these ideas are even possible." Gildas states. "We might be working with bad theories to begin with."
[18:11] <@Kotono> <John> "Yeah, the whole thing just isn't very user friendly, is it?"
[18:11] <@Kotono> * Corwin laughs.
[18:11] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay, so what's all of your next move here?
[18:11] <Feather> OOC: I'll line and we go from there?
[18:11] <@Kotono> OOC: Sure.
[18:13] <Feather> "So I've been thinking," Feather muses over food as they rest from their daylong efforts. "Why stick to just one thing? John here said we could strip the mantles, and we know fixing the system's too damn dangerous. So why not do that, take the mantles away, and then work on it after? Won't put the fey in danger that way, I reckon. And maybe we could stop the new mantles from forming with that
[18:13] <Feather> knife that stops fey power, if we tie it into the system?"
[18:14] <@John> "Didn't the Enforcer say that the shock of losing their mantles would kill most fey?"
[18:16] <Feather> "We think that's true? Maybe we could see if it is," Feather muses.
[18:17] <Gildas> Gildas mulls over the food and the discussion. "Perhaps we should figure out what the end goal should be and work backwards? We could leave the mantles, but remove the insanity and then make the mantles less powerful... Is that the goal?"
[18:17] <@John> "Only way's to do it, and if it's true we've got a lot of blood on our hands..." John says uncomfortably. "But I had another idea - see that unison thing? When I was tuned in, I could've given a mantle to anyone here. So what if we got rid of the insanity, then gave *everyone* a mantle?"
[18:17] <@Kotono> Myann listens, glancing at Feather, but otherwise staying quiet for now. Forgar sits back and munches on some food, "You mean like everyone in the world?"
[18:18] <Feather> "Eh. Even to the cousins?"
[18:18] <@John> "Yeah, that way we're not putting the fey above everyone as a race of demigods, because everyone'll be on the same level."
[18:18] <Feather> "Lots of people out there are nasty without being insane," Feather says, wincing.
[18:19] <@Kotono> "I like weakening the powers overall more," Myann admits, nodding to Gildas, "I worry that sort of power would ultimately shatter civilization as we know it. What need for order when every  man is a king of nature?"
[18:19] <Feather> "Hey, what if we made it just one way?" Feather voices. "So that Myann could hear mushrooms just fine, but couldn't tell them what to do?"
[18:20] <@John> "Well yeah, that's why I don't want the fey to have the power by themselves. If everyone has it then everyone has a check... I guess it'd take a lot of adjusting to, not saying it's perfect. Just I don't think we're gonna get our ideal result here so we have to consider other possibilities."
[18:20] <@Kotono> "If I have to listen to them," Myann crosses my arms, "I don't really want to give up the power there. That's like taking the problem and removing the benefit."
[18:21] <Feather> "Yeah, but the world benefits as a whole, don't it? No one's getting unfair powers or torturing common folk, and if you want magic, you can just learn it normally the way you do. Or the way we all do."
[18:22] <@Kotono> "So we have a world of people who hear voices?" Myann counters and slowly shakes her head, "Feather, I'm the exception who didn't go insane from it. Not the rule."
[18:23] <@John> "But if we get rid of the insanity then it's no different than just having an always on speak with plants spell, right?"
[18:23] <Gildas> "If we weakened the mantles so the voices weren't very loud, I think that would accomplish the goal. The insanity is caused by how loud the voices are along with the system being intentionally broken. Perhaps if we weaken it first, removing the insanity with John's unison idea would be easier." Gildas says. "Because if we completely shut out the voices, I think that causes its own list of
[18:23] <Gildas> problems... Myann, you'd be bothered by that, wouldn't you? I mean, you've gotten used to it, I know, but if you suddenly couldn't hear the mushrooms anymore, that'd trouble you, correct?"
[18:23] <Feather> "That's what I was thinking," Feather says, nodding at John. "Just do it in stages like that."
[18:28] <Feather> "I'm thinking," Feather continues, looking over at Gildas. "I'm thinking, end result should be no power from mantles. We don't need all them relics to fight things that ain't there no more. Just think of that what if, with the upper layer. Was about a weapon that ain't supposed to be used, but any old madmen could take hold of it and use it to kill lots of people. Why risk it?"
[18:28] <Gildas> "That's fair, but we know the older fey might regain their mantles anyway." Gildas says. "So is that acceptable?"
[18:29] <Feather> "Ain't no different from a circle of druids." Feather shrugs. "They stay away anyway."
[18:29] <@John> "Still less trouble overall," John agrees.
[18:30] <Gildas> "I don't know, Prince Broadpyne didn't seem to mind attending your wedding..." Gildas says with a small smile. "But ultimately, we want to remove the madness too, don't we?"
[18:31] <@John> "Yeah. If there's just a handful of really powerful fey left over, and they start causing trouble - we can probably handle that, right? Mind you, I wonder how powerful other old fey without their mantles will be... just how much is the mantle and how much is the fey, y'know?"
[18:33] <Feather> "Best part is, we do it right, we can fix it later if we need to," Feather points out. "System's still here."
[18:34] <Feather> "And, uh," Feather tells Myann, "I ain't gonna just leave you alone like that. I'll get a mantle too, so I can listen to... uh, whatever it is will talk to me, same as you."
[18:36] <@John> "Wolves," John helpfully tells Feather.
[18:36] <Feather> "Wolves are decent animals."
[18:37] <Gildas> "I don't like the idea of giving everyone mantles." Gildas says. "I think it's fine for fey to have them if they don't cause them insanity or to turn into archmages or something... But we can't just suddenly give them to everyone and not expect a host of problems from that. Even if a voice is faint, it might drive people crazier than the fey we already know."
[18:37] <Feather> "Well yeah. I was just talking about myself. So, uh, what do you all think about this idea of using the knife to stop the power from going the other way? And just that way?"
[18:39] <@John> "I dunno... won't the knife hurt or maybe kill them if it's... stuff, gets into the system?"
[18:39] <Gildas> Gildas mulls that one over. "Maybe we could use the dagger a different way. Maybe just by using that it could weaken the mantles in the first place? But... if, somehow, it ever got removed, that'd be an issue... so... I think relying on it might not be a good idea."
[18:39] <@Kotono> Myann listens to it - all of it, long and thoughtful. She has a white puffball mushroom appear in hand, tossing it back and forth. "After all this, all I know is that I'm not sure what I think we should do," she finally says.
[18:41] <Feather> "Hey, think we can test this?" Feather asks, perking up. "Study the system while you do this thing with the mushroom? So we see if you tell it to do things, or how it's sending you the power to make them?"
[18:42] <@Kotono> "Certainly," Myann says, "I don't mind at all."
[18:43] <Gildas> Gildas nods. "We can at least test theories before we try anything."
[18:45] <Gildas> "I wonder... could we use the system to somehow help the fey like Myann's been helped?" Gildas muses. "I wonder if that's even possible..."
[18:46] <@John> "Figure it's just down to basic nature," John shrugs.
[18:49] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay ,do we have a plan of action here or do y'all wanna chat more?
[18:50] <Feather> OOC: I want us all to look into how the magic responds when Myann casts mushroom spells from cantrips to the highest level. See if we spot how it goes, and if we can put a cap there or something.
[18:55] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. Everyone who's participating should make spell/psicraft checks. Except Myann.
[18:55] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Forgar
[18:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Forgar and gets 18." [1d20=2]
[18:55] <Feather> roll 1d20+24
[18:55] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+24 and gets 41." [1d20=17]
[18:55] <Gildas> roll 1d20+25
[18:55] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+25 and gets 27." [1d20=2]
[18:56] <@John> roll 1d20+17
[18:56] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+17 and gets 23." [1d20=6]
[18:59] <@Kotono> The party works for awhile. It's clear to see Myann's mushroom magic uses very little Sidhe power. Only a tiny spark, the rest of it comes from her own magic. Interestingly, the spark is the same no matter the level of the spell. Feather can tell it's more of a seed, a key to enable the spell rather than powering it entirely. The sorcery she casts is still fueled by her. Just calling on a puffball
[18:59] <@Kotono> mushroom with her mantle consumes much more power than this.
[19:00] <Feather> "It does all come from the same place," Feather muses. "Hey, Myann, can you try casting something that's got nothing to do with mushrooms?"
[19:01] <@Kotono> Myann conjures a few blocks. That spell doesn't draw on the mantle's power at all - not a single spark comes from it.
[19:02] * Feather nods. "Thanks. So what I see is, when it's a mushroom spell, no matter what sort or how strong it is, there's this response from the system, like a key being turned. But if it's a different spell, nothing. So yeah, not like you'd lose all your magic all of a sudden or something if we stopped that seed thing from working and fixed the insanity part."
[19:03] <Gildas> Gildas rubs his chin. "Can we see if this holds true for someone else? I mean, Myann using her own magic like this is her own unique trait, right?"
[19:03] <Feather> "I, uh, could get that mantle and we can test it? I guess?"
[19:03] <@Kotono> Tangles stays back, watching from atop John's head. "But um, ho-ooooooh."
[19:04] <Feather> "Yeah?"
[19:07] <@Kotono> "Nothing," Tangles says, "I was wondering how you'd find out about another one."
[19:07] <Feather> "Right. Well, doubt I'd go crazy right away even if I'm real unlucky. So let's do this, unless someone got a better idea? Cause I'm thinking, if we try this I gotta stick my neck out for what I think we should do."
[19:08] <Gildas> "I would've thought we could just see what kind of reactions this system is having now to the fey that are all outside. Wouldn't it be obvious if all of them were the same as Myann, or different?" Gildas asks.
[19:09] <@John> "That's a thought. Does it keep tabs on everyone?"
[19:09] <@Kotono> "We could try that before subjecting someone to a mantle," Myann says, "Safer that way."
[19:09] <Feather> "Right then. So here it is, Myann, since you missed it before. We're looking for something to spike right over here, see?"
[19:11] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay then, what's your new plan, y'all?
[19:11] <Feather> OOC: Like Gil and John suggested, let's see if we confirm the same spike works for other fey?
[19:14] <@Kotono> OOC: Spellcrafts all.
[19:14] <@John> roll 1d20+17
[19:14] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+17 and gets 37." [1d20=20]
[19:14] <Feather> roll 1d20+24
[19:14] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+24 and gets 30." [1d20=6]
[19:14] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+17 Myann
[19:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 Myann and gets 27." [1d20=10]
[19:15] <@Kotono> OOC: Roll 1d20+37, John.
[19:15] <Gildas> roll 1d20+25
[19:15] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+25 and gets 28." [1d20=3]
[19:16] <@John> roll 1d20+37
[19:16] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+37 and gets 47." [1d20=10]
[19:17] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Forgar dur
[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Forgar dur and gets 22." [1d20=6]
[19:19] <@Kotono> It's hard going - really hard going. But John begins to be drawn to it, his hand drifting to the tower of steel. Here he connects and sees - his mind is lost in the currents of power. He can see how the power flows, a beautiful and perfect regulated relay of power. He can see that each fey has both a constant, low level stream and more powerful spikes when they call on power. The exact intensity
[19:19] <@Kotono> of both seems to vary by mantle. Myann's low level stream is extremely weak (and seems to have some localized purification and interference on her end) but has extremely strong spikes, for example.
[19:22] <@John> "Wow... I think I can sort of see the patterns of their powers when I unison with the tower," John says with his eyes closed. "Myann's definitely got something special about her that the other fey don't. See, they all draw... power or something, constantly, and spikes when they use it actively. Myann's constant flow is probably the weakest, and there's something on her end that filters it even more. But when she activates it she's probably one of the strongest around."
[19:23] <Gildas> Gildas nods. "That makes sense. So I guess the question is, can we somehow apply what Myann does to every mantle, while also weakening them? I mean... if every Sidhe was like Myann, not... you know, in the mushroom way, but just... regular but with a quirk, wouldn't that be exactly what we're hoping for?"
[19:24] <Feather> "Pretty much," Feather agrees. "Then we could, uh, limit these spikes or stop them altogether, and weakening the constant flow thing is just what we want to stop the insanity bit."
[19:24] <@John> "Yeah. Like if we could put an upper limit on the spikes while filtering the constant flow for everyone," John agrees. "Thing is, it looks like the filter's part of Myann, not anything put in by the system."
[19:26] <@Kotono> "That would explain everything," Myann says slowly, "Why I was able to stay sane while the other Sidhe weren't. Some sort of natural trait or quirk, since I'm not a natural Sidhe? The same way that Tangles is some sort of anomaly?"
[19:27] <@John> "Yeah. I wonder... even if it's a natural talent, I wonder if we can like copy it and put it on the base outflow so everything going out gets filtered to start with? Dunno how we'd go about it, though."
[19:27] <Gildas> "Well, I think it goes back to when your mantle was developing the first time and Kral and the Circle helped you." Gildas says. "So we just need to apply the same idea to the entire mantle system... which really... I don't think it'd be that hard. You effectively started to channel magic through it, right?" Gildas asks over to Myann.
[19:28] <@Kotono> Myann nods, "Yeah, I did."
[19:28] <Feather> "Oh! Forgot to ask. Figure it would be easier to do it in parts, John, or all at once? Cause we can try to deal with the spikes or the flow first, and then think about the rest after it works."
[19:29] <@John> "Well, minimising the spikes and the flow I figure can be done in one go. It's this interference pattern that I'm struggling to figure out a way of transplanting."
[19:30] <Feather> "How about we try it, then? Maybe get some experience working with the real thing, then see from there?"
[19:32] <@John> John nods, trying to figure out while he's unisoned if there's anything controlling the flow or if it's something they'll need to make up something for themselves.
[19:36] <@Kotono> Checking, John finds it could be done - it would be the same principals the original template work on, more or less, and expanding them. It would have the same risks as that, unfortunately, but would provide a way to further regulate the mantles as well as remove the insanity.
[19:39] <@John> "Hmm... we could do it here, though I think it might cause shock and possibly kill some of them same as if we just removed the mantles. Probably not as bad though... How about if we just capped the peaks though? I figure the steady flow is more important to their health, right?" John muses thoughtfully. "I figure either adding in the filter or removing the insanity trigger would be about the same difficulty, so it's either or I suppose."
[19:41] <Feather> "So start with the peaks? If it goes well, try to work on the flow?"
[19:42] <@John> "Yeah, figure that gives our best odds," John agreees.
[19:42] <Gildas> Gildas nods. "It's a starting point."
[19:42] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay then. Plan?
[19:43] <Feather> OOC: We use our newly-gained insights to try and cap the peaks at the lowest level we see being in use.
[19:43] <@John> OOC: if the lowest peak is below the largest constant flow then I guess we go a little above that, though
[19:44] <Feather> OOC: I thought they were separate, but sure. It makes sense.
[19:44] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. A round of spellcrafting/psicrafting for all.
[19:44] <Feather> roll 1d20+24
[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+24 and gets 44." [1d20=20]
[19:44] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+17 Myann
[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 Myann and gets 36." [1d20=19]
[19:44] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Forgar
[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Forgar and gets 36." [1d20=20]
[19:44] <Gildas> roll 1d20+25
[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+25 and gets 27." [1d20=2]
[19:44] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+36 Forgar
[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+36 Forgar and gets 38." [1d20=2]
[19:44] <@John> roll 1d20+17
[19:44] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+17 and gets 35." [1d20=18]
[19:44] <@Kotono> OOC: roll 1d20+44, Feather.
[19:44] <Feather> roll 1d20+44
[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+44 and gets 49." [1d20=5]
[19:46] <@Kotono> It takes study deep into the night. The party's tired when you reach your conclusions. You'll need to do this in a three fold way. One of you will need to regulate the change in the spikes while two manage to hold the spikes down. The regulation is relatively easy and doable, but holding th power down is difficult and dangerous. Failing on the latter could lead to truly catastrophic consequences.
[19:46] <@Kotono> Fortunately, your success here lets you avoid the most likely pitfall, so that should mitigate the danger somewhat.
[19:47] <@John> "Lets sleep and start tomorrow?" John suggests, blinking blearily.
[19:47] <Feather> "Yeah, might as well," Feather agrees.
[19:48] <@Kotono> OOC: Where are y'all gonna rest?
[19:49] <@John> OOC: by the machine? We've been uninterrupted so far.
[19:49] <Gildas> OOC: We could ask for a mushroom house.
[19:49] <Gildas> OOC: I mean we are right next to the power source for it.
[19:50] <@Kotono> OOC: Done. One very nice mushroom house with mushroom servants. More coming.
[19:51] <@Kotono> After a good night's rest and being waited on hand and foot, the party reconvenes the next day. Everyone is fed, rested and ready for the day. OOC: Go ahead and set yourselves up and figure out who's doing what role. One setting up the spike regulation and two trying to hold the spikes down long enough to do it.
[19:53] <Feather> "No time in delaying this," Feather muses, ready to start the work. "I'll hold the spikes right even if it's the last thing I do."
[19:54] <@John> "We're counting on you!" John says, going to work on keeping things held down while Feather works.
[19:54] <@Kotono> "Good luck," Tangles calls, waving.
[19:54] <@John> OOC: whoops, misunderstood
[19:55] <@John> "Okay, I'll handle regulating the change while you and someone else hold them down?" John says, moving over to his station.
[19:55] <Gildas> Gildas nods. "I can help Feather, I think."
[19:56] <Feather> "You're the best for the work," Feather tells John, before nodding grimly at Gildas. "Let's do this thing."
[19:56] <Gildas> "Absolutely." Gildas nods in agreement.
[19:57] <@Kotono> Myann stands back, just watching and waiting. "Get it done," she murmurs to FEather as he goes. OOC: Alright. John's doing the regulating, so he'll roll first. Roll 2 psi/spellcraft checks.
[19:57] <@John> roll 2#1d20+17
[19:57] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 2#1d20+17 and gets 47." [2#1d20+17 = 19, 28]
[19:58] <@Kotono> OOC: I see. Okay then, Feather'n'Gildas, roll two splelcrafts each.
[19:58] <Feather> roll 2#1d20+24
[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 2#1d20+24 and gets 65." [2#1d20+24 = 32, 33]
[19:58] <Gildas> roll 2#1d20+25
[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2#1d20+25 and gets 77." [2#1d20+25 = 39, 38]
[20:00] <@Kotono> John works. It's harder than he thinks it is - setting it up requires multitasking like nothing else. But unison helps - and meanwhile, at just the right moment, Feather and Gildas act! They throw it all in, trying to regulate the spikes. Suddenly the room vibrates with shining energy, as John's head explodes into pain. Blood leaks from his nose, and moments later Gildas and Feather feel the
[20:00] <@Kotono> same. (More)
[20:00] <@Kotono> roll 1d12 damage to all three of you and more coming
[20:00] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d12 damage to all three of you and more coming and gets 5." [1d12=5]
[20:01] <@Kotono> You're just barely holding the energy down! It's vibrating as the new regulation is being put in - the entire system is buckling. It's not a true failure, but if you don't act fast to stabilize it? At best the regulation will collapse. At worst, BOOOOOOOOM! OOC: Spellcraft checks again you three, one each.
[20:01] <@Kotono> "What's going on?!" Myann says, as Tangles eeps and curls up into a ball, "Stop! Stop talking!"
[20:01] <Feather> roll 1d20+24
[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+24 and gets 32." [1d20=8]
[20:01] <Gildas> roll 1d20+25
[20:02] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+25  and gets 26." [1d20=1]
[20:02] <@John> roll 1d20+17
[20:02] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+17 and gets 29." [1d20=12]
[20:02] <@Kotono> OOC: Roll 1d20+5, Gildas.
[20:02] <Gildas> roll 1d20+5
[20:02] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+5 and gets 7." [1d20=2]
[20:03] <@Kotono> John manages to stabilize the regulation. Got it! But the energy's still writhing - Feather manages to calm most of it, but some of it gets away from Gildas. There's a massive burst around him! (More)
[20:03] <@Kotono> roll 10d6 damage
[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 damage and gets 37." [10d6=3, 5, 3, 3, 6, 2, 3, 4, 5, 3]
[20:03] <@Kotono> roll 1d8 int, wis, cha damage
[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 int, wis, cha damage and gets 1." [1d8=1]
[20:04] <Feather> "Myann!" Feather cries out, unable to look away. "Alright?"
[20:04] <@Kotono> It's stable except for that one point. Gildas falls back, nose gushing blood and eyes turning bloody red. If this isn't fixed fast, it'll start spreading and causing a generalized collapse. You need to do something - NOW!
[20:04] <@Kotono> I'm fine," Myann says, breathing slowly, "Something's protecting me. What the Enforcer did! Worry about Tangles!"
[20:04] <Feather> "No! I'll stop that!" Feather yells, lunging for Gildas's spot. "Forgar, take over here!"
[20:05] <Feather> OOC: Spellcraft?
[20:05] <@Kotono> "Right," Forgar's there as Feather takes position. OOC: Spellcraft you two.
[20:05] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Forgar
[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Forgar and gets 35." [1d20=19]
[20:05] <Feather> roll 1d20+24
[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+24 and gets 27." [1d20=3]
[20:06] <@Kotono> Forgar holds his down, but the break continues to spread. A blast of pure energy engulfs Feather as the entire room quakes.
[20:06] <@Kotono> roll 10d6 Feather
[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 10d6 Feather and gets 35." [10d6=4, 2, 2, 1, 6, 4, 6, 5, 1, 4]
[20:06] <@Kotono> roll 1d8 int, wis, cha damage Feather
[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 int, wis, cha damage Feather and gets 5." [1d8=5]
[20:06] <@Kotono> You have everything locked down, but that one hole is getting worse. It's almost critical - someone needs to stop it now!
[20:07] <Feather> "Myann! John! Help me out here!" Feather cries out as he desperately tries to avert the disaster.
[20:07] <@Kotono> Myann rushes over, "Yeah!" She cries, throwing her all into it.
[20:07] <Gildas> Gildas stumbles back and lands on his bottom, trying to catch his breath and clear his head. "G...gah..." He struggles to get back to his feet in order to try and right what he wronged.
[20:07] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 24." [1d20=7]
[20:07] <Feather> roll 1d20+22
[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+22 and gets 41." [1d20=19]
[20:08] <@John> "I need to keep this locked down!" John yells desperately, staying where he is.
[20:08] <@Kotono> OOC: Roll as well if you're helping, Gildas.
[20:08] <Gildas> roll 1d20+24
[20:08] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+24 and gets 38." [1d20=14]
[20:10] <@Kotono> But it's enough. Somehow Feather, augmented by Myann and Gildas, is able to slowly seal it. The shaking stops and the energy ends. There is silence - until Tangles begins to laugh. Before your eyes her body changes - her flesh falls away, as do her internal organs. Only a skeleton remains, as those bones become solid gold. Flesh of pure gold spreads out, organs of the same material forming. She
[20:10] <@Kotono> laughs even when she lacks a throat to do so, and when she is reassembled, she looks on at Myann with a huge grin, "Queen, there's so many coins around you!" she gasps, "How did I never see this before? There's so many mushrooms making the gold coins for you!"
[20:11] <@John> "Oh no..." John says in dismay. The one cute fairy and they ruined her.
[20:12] <@Kotono> Myann looks on, "Oh Tangles," she bows her head, "I'm so sorry."
[20:12] <Feather> "We gotta fix this!"
[20:12] <Gildas> Gildas coughs. "We're... not done yet, though. If we can still... right, we can still make her normal."
[20:13] <Gildas> He reaches up to rub at his eyes with a frown. "What have we managed to do so far?"
[20:13] <@Kotono> Tangles flies over to John, perching on hi-ARGH! John stumbles forward, as Tangles weighs far more now. She just flies and giggles, "Hold me, John," she commands.
[20:14] * Feather slumps on the ground for now, wiping off the blood and resting.
[20:14] <@Kotono> "Tangles," Myann looks up sharply, "I command you to act like your previous self for now, as much as you can. I will not be entertaind otherwise. Do you understand me?" She goes over to Feather, sitting down next to him heavily.
[20:14] <@John> "The filter!" John says. "It doesn't just stop the insanity - it's why Myann's flesh and blood instead of fungus, right? We've got to get that in place." But before that, "Let me check the re-aaah!" he stumbles under Tangles' weight, plucking her (with difficulty) off his head and holding her in the crook of his arm. He can't blame her for being creepy now, it's their fault. "I'm gonna check on the other fey. Should be able to see what's changed..."
[20:15] <@Kotono> Forgar stomps on over, slapping Gildas on the back, "You going to need a potion there?"
[20:16] <@Kotono> OOC: Going to unison to see what affects that had on other fey, John?
[20:16] <Gildas> Gildas stumbles a bit from that. "If you've got one, but I think Feather got hit harder, so if you have something for him..."
[20:17] * Feather holds Myann's hand in his. "We'll fix it," he promises. "We're doing it."
[20:17] <@John> OOC: yeah, check the spikes are holding and see if the numbers have decreased
[20:17] <@Kotono> A single potion is brought to Feather and Gildas. "It's purified healing spring water," he explains, "Gussied up a bit. Should help."
[20:17] <@Kotono> OOC: Psicraft, John.
[20:18] <@Kotono> Tangles just curls up in John's hold, cold and smooth like a bit of Missy-Anne's jewelry.
[20:18] <Gildas> Gildas nods and drinks! "Thank you."
[20:18] <@Kotono> OOC: Heals 2d8+5 HP, both of you.
[20:18] <@John> roll 1d20+17
[20:18] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+17 and gets 33." [1d20=16]
[20:18] <Feather> roll 2d8+5
[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 2d8+5 and gets 13." [2d8=1, 7]
[20:18] <Gildas> roll 2d8+5
[20:18] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2d8+5 and gets 12." [2d8=2, 5]
[20:20] <@Kotono> It looks like the regulation is in place. It hasn't impacted anything - all the energy released thanks to the rupture here was localized. However, it looks like both Tangles and Myann's connections are ignoring the regulation, as are a few extremely large ones. Glancing on them, you can see the oldest, most established connections are just too ingrained to be stopped by this. You'd have to
[20:20] <@Kotono> destroy the connection entirely.
[20:21] <@John> "Right... nobody died looks like. But a few fey - and Tangles and Myann are included here, still have their full power potential," John reports after his brief unison. "Basically the only ones going above the minimum we've set are going above it by a ton, but there's not many of them, and aside from Tangles and Myann they're all pretty old looking."
[20:22] <Feather> "Got some magic to fix my head any?" Feather asks, looking between Myann and Gildas. "Took a hit that one time."
[20:22] <@Kotono> "Why us?" Myann asks and hmms, "Probably because we're here and were saturated. The others....we knew the oldest may resist anyway." At that she nods, getting out diamond dust and casting restoration on Feather. OOC: Ability damage mended.
[20:22] <Gildas> "I think most of them would be like the King, then, and probably not worth making a sacrifice for." Gildas says, still trying to blink out the redness from his eyes. "So now we need to try and apply Myann's filter to the system, right?"
[20:23] * Feather heals the rest of the damage with the gem, before shaking his head. "No, we need to make the flow quieter first for that. Would be easier to filter then, too."
[20:23] <Feather> roll 3d8+10
[20:23] <@John> "Yeah. I think all the power that went out here went right into you and Tangles. Do you feel any different?" John asks Myann.
[20:23] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 3d8+10 and gets 23." [3d8=1, 4, 8]
[20:24] <@Kotono> "No," Myann says, Tangles just staying quiet and occasionally sneaking fearful glances at Myann.
[20:25] <Gildas> Gildas nods. "All right, then let's... get to that. If we can, maybe we can somehow help Tangles like we helped Myann."
[20:26] <Feather> "Yeah. We ain't sacrificing no one."
[20:26] <@Kotono> Checking over the system in preparation, one thing is clear - some time for it to cool down from your previous close call would be eminently advisable.
[20:26] <@John> "Yeah, you're still our friend," John reassures Tangles. "None of this is your fault."

[Ebiris]

[17:58] <@Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2d8+5 and gets 12." [2d8=2, 5]
[17:58] <@Kotono> > It looks like the regulation is in place. It hasn't impacted anything - all the energy released thanks to the rupture here was localized. However, it looks like both Tangles and Myann's connections are ignoring the regulation, as are a few extremely large ones. Glancing on them, you can see the oldest, most established connections are just too ingrained to be stopped by this. You'd have to
[17:58] <@Kotono> destroy the connection entirely.
[17:58] <@Kotono> <John> "Right... nobody died looks like. But a few fey - and Tangles and Myann are included here, still have their full power potential," John reports after his brief unison. "Basically the only ones going above the minimum we've set are going above it by a ton, but there's not many of them, and aside from Tangles and Myann they're all pretty old looking."
[17:58] <@Kotono> <Feather> "Got some magic to fix my head any?" Feather asks, looking between Myann and Gildas. "Took a hit that one time."
[17:58] <@Kotono> > "Why us?" Myann asks and hmms, "Probably because we're here and were saturated. The others....we knew the oldest may resist anyway." At that she nods, getting out diamond dust and casting restoration on Feather. OOC: Ability damage mended.
[17:58] <@Kotono> <Gildas> "I think most of them would be like the King, then, and probably not worth making a sacrifice for." Gildas says, still trying to blink out the redness from his eyes. "So now we need to try and apply Myann's filter to the system, right?"
[17:58] <@Kotono> * Feather heals the rest of the damage with the gem, before shaking his head. "No, we need to make the flow quieter first for that. Would be easier to filter then, too."
[17:58] <@Kotono> <Feather> roll 3d8+10
[17:58] <@Kotono> * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 3d8+10 and gets 23." [3d8=1, 4, 8]
[17:58] <@Kotono> <John> "Yeah. I think all the power that went out here went right into you and Tangles. Do you feel any different?" John asks Myann.
[17:58] <@Kotono> > "No," Myann says, Tangles just staying quiet and occasionally sneaking fearful glances at Myann.
[17:58] <@Kotono> <Gildas> Gildas nods. "All right, then let's... get to that. If we can, maybe we can somehow help Tangles like we helped Myann."
[17:58] <@Kotono> <Feather> "Yeah. We ain't sacrificing no one."
[17:58] <@Kotono> > Checking over the system in preparation, one thing is clear - some time for it to cool down from your previous close call would be eminently advisable.
[17:59] <@Kotono> <John> "Yeah, you're still our friend," John reassures Tangles. "None of this is your fault."
[17:59] <@Kotono> OOC: What's your plan now, y'all?
[17:59] <Feather> OOC: Wait until we see it stabilize, then deal with lowering the flow to Myann's level
[18:00] <@John> OOC: I dunno, lowering the flow seems the thing most likely to kill them. Putting in the filter first might be better.
[18:04] <@Kotono> OOC: Which one then?
[18:04] <Feather> OOC: Gil?
[18:04] <Gildas> OOC: Oh, uh.
[18:05] <Gildas> OOC: Well, we want to add the filter, but would that be easier if we change the flow? Is that something we can find out?
[18:06] <@Kotono> OOC: You could fiddle to find out, sure. If you want do, declare so IC and I'll call for some rolls.
[18:07] <Gildas> OOC: Then I say let's go with that.
[18:08] <@John> "Well, at least it's done," John says. "I figure we ought to see whether lowering the general flow or putting in the filter would be easier, next?"
[18:08] <Feather> "Works. Let's do this thing?"
[18:08] <@Kotono> OOC: Make spell/psicraft checks, all.
[18:08] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+17 Myann
[18:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 Myann and gets 23." [1d20=6]
[18:09] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Forgar
[18:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Forgar and gets 29." [1d20=13]
[18:09] <Gildas> roll 1d20+24
[18:09] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+24 and gets 36." [1d20=12]
[18:09] <Feather> roll 1d20+24
[18:09] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+24 and gets 28." [1d20=4]
[18:09] <@John> roll 1d20+17
[18:09] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+17 and gets 34." [1d20=17]
[18:10] <@Kotono> Studying away, the party comes to the conclusion that the only safe way is to do both at the same time. Otherwise it'll cause an imbalance, which in turn will cause bad things. One person could set up the filter and another could lower the flow. You'd need three others to keep things steady while you do it, though.
[18:11] <@John> Any idea of the relative difficulty of each task?
[18:13] <Feather> "Hey, anyone know if there's some affinity going on here?" Feather muses, rubbing his chin. "Like John with unison doing the setting better. I can't tell if Myann setting the same filter she got would have an easier time of it than me."
[18:13] <@Kotono> Both are difficult - the filter's a little easier, perhaps.
[18:15] <@John> "Well, I've seen Myann's filter through the system. How aware do you reckon you are of it yourself?" John asks Myann, figuring the filter might be best done by one of them at least.
[18:17] <@Kotono> "I think I know it well and can recreateit," Myann finallys ays, "So I can do that."
[18:18] <Gildas> "So I guess that leaves Forgar, myself and Feather to regulate things?" Gildas asks.
[18:18] <@John> "Alright, I'll give it a go. Hopefully this'll go smoother now we've had some practice," John says hopefully, walking to his station and setting Tangles down so he can focus fully on his task without the increasing fatigue of his arm bothering him.
[18:19] <@Kotono> Tangles doesn't say anything, just glancing at Myann fearfully. Thus the party takes positions...OOC: Okay, Myann on the filter, John on the regulation and the other three on keeping things from going boomy?
[18:19] <Feather> "Right. No choice but the try. Shame 'bout the Enforcer not coming along."
[18:19] <Gildas> OOC: I believe so.
[18:19] <Feather> OOC: Sure
[18:21] <@Kotono> "For victory," Myann says, "Let's do this and go home." OOC: Okay, first of all John. Make two psicraft checks.
[18:21] <@John> roll 2#1d20+17
[18:21] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 2#1d20+17 and gets 60." [2#1d20+17 = 31, 29]
[18:22] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. Myann needs to make 2 checks now.
[18:22] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[18:22] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[18:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 21." [1d20=4]
[18:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 25." [1d20=8]
[18:23] <@Kotono> The two begin - John has a shaky grasp on regulating it, but it crumbles as Myann struggles. The entire mantle system shakes lightly, but nothing more. "Damn it!" Myann mutters, "I lost myself in the spell workings."
[18:23] <Feather> "Keep it simple!" Feather calls out to her. "We're almost there. This is for the home!"
[18:24] <@John> "Okay, just take a minute to get our heads together and try again?" John says, clearing his mind of distractions before they give it another try.
[18:24] <Gildas> "It's all right, just think back to all the training The Circle gave you. Don't overcomplicate it." Gildas says with a smile. "We're in this together, so don't worry."
[18:26] <@Kotono> "Right," Myann says, getting to it.
[18:26] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[18:26] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+17
[18:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 26." [1d20=9]
[18:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 and gets 23." [1d20=6]
[18:26] <@John> roll 2#1d20+17
[18:26] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 2#1d20+17 and gets 63." [2#1d20+17 = 27, 36]
[18:27] <@Kotono> Again they work - but again it doesn't take. There's another shake, slightly stronger, but easily calmed down. Myann shakes her head and falls back, a mushroom in the shape of a chair springing up to support her. "Give me ten minutes. I'm getting a headache." She rubs her forehead, "I'm making stupid mistakes."
[18:28] <Gildas> "Is there anything we can do to help you?" Gildas asks.
[18:28] <Feather> "Yeah. Want me to try?" Feather adds. "You could start by showing me how it should go and then take over once we get it going."
[18:29] <@John> "Hey Forgar, do you have any scrolls or potions on you to make people smarter?" John asks, figuring a magical boost couldn't hurt.
[18:30] <@Kotono> "Let's switch," Myann agrees, as Forgar goes to rustle in his pack. "Here," He says, "Fox's Cunning."
[18:32] <Feather> "How many you got there?"
[18:32] <@John> "You want it Feather?" John asks since he's traded off with Myann. "If not I'll take it."
[18:32] <Feather> "Take it," Feather offers.
[18:33] <@Kotono> "Just one," Forgar says.
[18:33] <@John> "Thanks," John says, going down to take the potion, drinking it down as he returns to his spot. "Lets go?"
[18:33] <@Kotono> OOC: +4 enhancement int, +2 net with your innate +2.
[18:33] <Feather> "Right. Go first, I'll try to follow this thing?"
[18:34] <@Kotono> OOC: Go for it, John.
[18:34] <@John> roll 2#1d20+18
[18:34] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 2#1d20+18 and gets 48." [2#1d20+18 = 28, 20]
[18:34] <@Kotono> OOC: Go Feather.
[18:35] <Feather> roll 2#1d20+24
[18:35] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 2#1d20+24 and gets 72." [2#1d20+24 = 34, 38]
[18:37] <@Kotono> OOC: 2 spellcraft checks, Gildas, Forgar and Myann.
[18:37] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+17 Myann
[18:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 Myann and gets 37." [1d20=20]
[18:37] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+17 Myann
[18:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 Myann and gets 30." [1d20=13]
[18:37] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+37 Myann
[18:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+37 Myann and gets 44." [1d20=7]
[18:37] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Forgar
[18:37] <Gildas> roll 1d20+24
[18:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Forgar and gets 29." [1d20=13]
[18:37] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+24  and gets 35." [1d20=11]
[18:37] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+16 Forgar
[18:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+16 Forgar and gets 22." [1d20=6]
[18:38] <Gildas> roll 1d20+24
[18:38] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+24  and gets 41." [1d20=17]
[18:39] <@Kotono> Filter and regulation are sloooowly put into place. The system shakes as the three work. Bands of energy flash all around the party, but at this point you are relentless. With supreme skill and will, the restrictions are put into place and the flow regulated! When the light shaking stops, Myann falls onto her rear and lies back. "We did it!"
[18:39] * Feather laughs happily, picking Myann off the ground and gathering her in a hug.
[18:40] <@John> There's an easy way to test it. "How do you feel, Tangles?" he asks the fairy at his feet.
[18:40] <Gildas> Gildas lets out a breath and wipes his brow. "I thought there'd be a bit more fanfare, but..." He blinks, then looks over at Tangles. "What do we do about her situation, though? None of what we did has affected her, correct?"
[18:42] <@Kotono> Myann returns it, laughing as well. "We did it!"
[18:42] <@Kotono> Tangles looks around, poking at her golden arms. "I feel strange. Fuzzy."
[18:42] <@Kotono> Forgar chuckles, "And that's how we do it!"
[18:43] <Feather> "Don't even gotta worry no more, just like I said! None of that fear of leaving one day, or losing your mind from boredom!"
[18:43] <@John> Shame it didn't change her physically back to normal, but she sounds better in the head. Leaning down to pick her up, John walks down to join the others. "Sorry about that. You caught the worst of it, I think."
[18:43] <@Kotono> Tangles takes to the air, flying up onto John's shoulder. She's still painfully heavy, but less so now. "I have a strange urge to turn everything into gold coins with mushrooms," she confesses, "My body feels strange, but I feel normal again. Like I just had a fever I woke up from."
[18:44] <@John> "Wonder how the pixies in Myann's court back in town are feeling?" John wonders. He really hopes they at least don't look freaky any more.
[18:44] <@Kotono> "So now what? We go home and see what's changed?" Myann suggests.
[18:45] <@John> "Sounds good to me."
[18:45] <Feather> "So I'm thinking, we stay here a week to see what we fixed holds? And that no one shows up, like those mages or the upper layer people? And then I wanna test it on me, since it should be safe." At John's question, he shrugs. "Myann could ask them with the mushrooms?"
[18:45] <@John> "A week?" John winces. "Well, I guess we should be cautious about things..."
[18:46] <Feather> "Need to figure out what defenses we leave behind. I ain't keeping some dragon people locked up!"
[18:47] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay, so what's your plan here, y'all?
[18:47] <Feather> OOC: I'd like us to stay for a week and explore the existing defenses and what we can do to buff/change them. Also, make sure the system is working without deviations. Then, I want to try getting a mantle.
[18:48] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay, more coming.
[18:50] <@Kotono> You find the entire garden to be...empty. The living dragon-woman you found is no longer living when you emerge back up. You find no more of her kind around, only skeletons left to time's gentle erosion. There are no more golems, no more dragons. Only an empty vista now, the mantle system working unaffected. The defenses of the garden, beyond getting here and the barrier you put a hole through,
[18:50] <@Kotono> look to have surrendered to time's embrace. You even find a few huge dragon skeletons outside, on the other side of the garden. On the fourth day of looking things over, the party's heading outside from the mantle control. Coming from outside is the sound of whistling. A merry tune, carefree and pleasant.
[18:51] <@John> "Who's there?" John calls, heading out.
[18:51] <Feather> "Knew someone would stop by!"
[18:52] <Gildas> "How'd they get past all the lava?" Gildas wonders aloud as he follows.
[18:52] <Feather> "Teleporting."
[18:53] <@Kotono> Sitting against a nearby crystal and stone pole is an elf. He looks young, perhaps 20 as humans reckon it, but it's hard to tell. He wears forest green, like an elven ranger, and is equipped like one. "Ways and means, my friends. Ways and means. Got wind someone finally did in the Fellowship, then all the fairies change. So I thought I'd pay my respects.'
[18:53] <Gildas> "You think he's a friend of Ribby's?" Gildas asks with a look to the others.
[18:54] <Feather> "Some of them were smart and gave up a lost cause," Feather muses, before offering the elf his hand. "Name's Feather. Falling Feather. Pleased to meet ya."
[18:54] <@John> "John," the tallest of the group said for himself. "So what's it like up there, now?"
[18:55] <@Kotono> "No, but I know him. But I know a lot of people," he says casually, "Pleasure, FEather." That gets him to chuckle, "Aaaaah. So tell me, are you all coming back after this or will this be your last hurrah in this place?" After that, "The fairies are calming down. About time. They're all confused for now, which I imagine will give way to nastiness as the current social order collapses. "
[18:57] <Gildas> "As fascinating as it would be to live the rest of my existence next to a ball of energy..." Gildas says with a smile. "I think we'd rather just seal this place back up and then go home."
[18:58] <Feather> "There's always some chance of nastiness," Feather says with a shrug. "Can only hope to the best. But yeah, like Gildas said we're looking to seal it all proper-like. Until the time someone needs to be here again to fix what we changed."
[19:01] <@Kotono> The man closes his eyes a moment, "Done." He stands then, dusting the knees of his clothes off. "For the best this way. We were all tired of the fairies. Good work, John," he nods to him, "Thanks to you, I can come here and do this. Anyway, when you get on your ship, you'll find yourselves back in the hidden harbor atop the lava sea."
[19:02] <Feather> "Who's we? What's done?"
[19:02] <@John> "Me?" John looks a bit dumbfounded to be singled out. "Uh... thanks?"
[19:05] <Gildas> Gildas tilts his head slightly. Is this another person from another ancient organization that's just showing up out of nowhere?
[19:06] <@Kotono> "Call us friends from another layer," he remarks, a hint of a smile on his face. "This place is properly sealed now. Sad truth is, we're limited even more than the those cursed by looking too far into power. I'd have my way, I'd have done something about this ages ago. But that's not the way things work. That's not how power works. Take it if you want, but remember the one lesson about power in
[19:06] <@Kotono> this world: It always changes you. It's never free." A nod to each of them, "Good luck. I'll be watching, John."
[19:06] <Feather> "Kinda wanted a mantle," Feather says awkwardly, glancing back.
[19:06] <Gildas> "Ah... can we get back inside if we need to?" Gildas asks. "Just in case?"
[19:07] <@John> "Just so long as you don't watch when I do... private stuff," John mutters, scratching his head.
[19:08] <@Kotono> "Your choice," he says, "You won't go insane, but it will change you." A nod to Gildas, "You'll be able to. All of you earned it. By the way," The figure walks away, going behind the small tower and out of sight.
[19:08] <Feather> "By the way?" Feather repeats, following out of curiousity.
[19:08] <@Kotono> On catching up, you find the elf gone entirely.
[19:08] <Gildas> Gildas blinks and walks after. "We meet some interesting people..."
[19:09] <@Kotono> "The hell was that about?" Myann blink blinks, "Well finally! I couldn't say a damned thing or react the entire time!"
[19:09] <Feather> "That's a god, isn't it? Some elf god?" Feather asks, rubbing the back of his head. "Uh. So let's get me that mantle and leave? Unless you don't want me to, Myann?"
[19:09] <@John> "Uh... I think that was a god," John agrees.
[19:10] <Gildas> "We'll have to ask Ribby sometime, he probably knows." Gildas nods.
[19:10] <@Kotono> "Really? Which one?" Myann says, glacning over at John. Then to Feather, "It's your choice, I'll support you on it either way."
[19:10] <@John> "Might've even been Pelor... none of you worship him right? Why else would he single me out?"
[19:10] <Feather> "Maybe he wanted to unison with you?"
[19:11] <@John> "Last person that wanted it wasn't shy about asking..."
[19:11] <Feather> "Good point there. We'll figure it out later, I reckon."
[19:11] <Gildas> "Speaking of, I wonder what they're going to do about all of this?" Gildas says.
[19:11] <Gildas> He gestures up, like... high up. "For their sake, they'd better just stay up there."
[19:11] <Feather> "Magic."
[19:12] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay ,so going to go get a mantle, Feather?
[19:12] * Feather shrugs. "Figure they won't be able to come here. And if they make trouble for us... hey, Myann's got mushrooms looking after them. Wrong move, and we go fix things again!"
[19:12] <Feather> OOC: Yes
[19:13] <@Kotono> OOC: Any particular or just going to wolf it up?
[19:13] <Feather> OOC: Wolf's good, I'm not picky
[19:15] <@Kotono> It's actually not hard. With John in unison with the tower and the system well known, connecting Feather to it goes without incident. His hairs stand on end and his body grows warm - and he can begin to hear a faraway, gentle whisper. He can't quite make it out. Myann looks over it and hmms, "It's deploying much slower now, the integration seems more measured," she remarks, "It'll take time for
[19:15] <@Kotono> any effects to really manifest." Yet Feather's vision already feels sharper, like everything's more colorful and more visible. OOC: You gain the ability to see invisible, Feather.
[19:16] <Feather> "Yeah, good call," he muses, admiring the room about him. "Fits with my magic like a charm."
[19:17] <@John> "Well if you're happy with it. No one else want one while I'm here?" John asks.
[19:17] <Gildas> Gildas shakes his head. "Maybe one day, but not today."
[19:17] <@Kotono> Myann hmms, "The process...actually looks safe now," she admits, "And here, we could even have a good deal of influence on the mantle you get. If either of you two wanted one."
[19:18] <Feather> "Feels proper, so I can understand Myann better," Feather responds. "Always wanted it. And, uh, if you really wanted one there's the one that teleports you places."
[19:18] <Gildas> "You think you can just give people the royalty mantle here?" Gildas asks. "Or is that one still special?"
[19:18] <@John> "I just dunno if any would really fit me. I've got that psychic stuff anyway," John says, though he's unsure if he could mantle himself while unisoned anyway.
[19:20] <@Kotono> "I'm not sure," Myann admits, "I'd have to try to find out."
[19:20] <Gildas> "Well, maybe it's something we can worry about another time. It sounded like we could come back here whenever we want without much trouble." Gildas says. "Maybe we can use the castle to teleport us here."
[19:21] * Feather laughs. "Yeah, sounds like you. You wanna study it more? Guess we're headed home, then!"
[19:22] <Gildas> "If I ever get one, I want to do some thinking about what it would be, beyond... well, the obvious." Gildas says with a smile. "Yes, let's go back. Also, John, you really should tell Em you like her, before it's too late." He says with a slightly bigger smile.
[19:24] <Feather> "What could possibly be worse than what we all fought to get here?"
[19:24] <@John> "How'd you know?" John blurts out before hastily recovering. "I mean, I'd have to break things off with Missy-Anne first. I'm not gonna be that guy. Even if there wasn't anyone else... dunno if we really fit, y'know?"
[19:25] <@Kotono> "You could, or you could settle down with Missy-Anne too," Myann laughs, holding Feather's hand. "If you do, let me know and I'll have her borrow Tangles to calm her down. Whichever you want, we have time to think about it now."
[19:25] <@Kotono> Said pixie just stays with John, "Wait, I thought you liked the new schoolteacher, or she liked you."
[19:25] <Gildas> "I spend a lot of time watching people." Gildas answers. "Oh, that's true, you do have an awful lot of people who fancy you."
[19:26] <@Kotono> "Lesea? I thought...nevermind," Myann quickly shakes her head.
[19:26] <@John> "And people who just watch it seems like," John mutters, looking between Tangles and Gildas. "Well, one thing at a time, okay?"
[19:26] <@Kotono> "Humans," Forgar rolls his eyes, "Just choose one and get started on your family already."
[19:27] <@Kotono> "I just think Lesea would make more sense, too," Tangles says, "You can unison with her!"
[19:27] * Feather snorts. "Leave John be, he'll figure it out at his pace!"
[19:27] <Gildas> Gildas laughs and nods. "Now we have to work on finding you a body to return to, right, Forgar?"
[19:27] <@John> John laughs. "Yeah, finally the whole unison thing actually seems tempting."
[19:27] <@Kotono> "Or one of the girls will do something scandalous," Myann laughs as well, "And solve it for us."
[19:30] <@Kotono> OOC: Ready to head home, y'all?
[19:30] <Feather> OOC: Sure
[19:32] * Joins: Corwin (~DarkFlame@109.67.140.213)
[19:32] <@Kotono> From here, a step into your ship is a step home - literally. In an instant, your ship is docked where you found it. From there, your trip across the lower layer is unremarkable. The spiritmen aren't seen and the entire realm is quiet. You at last reach the portal home and step through, coming out in your castle. The walk out and to town is unremarkable - and at least you stand before the Holset
[19:32] <@Kotono> Farmstead. The brood is running around, laughing and playing. Hylath and Brutes are carrying giant vegetables, while Lesea tries to corral the brood in, pen in one hand and a book in another. Missy-Anne sits under an umbrella nearby, watching it all. The Missus is putting a pie out on the windowsill to cool, while Robert looks out the front door, "Well about time," he calls, "They're back!
[19:32] <@Kotono> Someone tell Samuel over in the pub to get the drinks ready!"
[19:33] * Quits: Feather (~DarkFlame@109.67.140.213) (Ping timeout)
[19:33] <@Kotono> "Well finally!" The Missus calls out, "Em, bring Porridge out! They're back!"
[19:33] * Corwin is now known as Feather
[19:33] <Feather> "Hey there!" Feather greets them, waving happily.
[19:34] <@Kotono> "Hey," Brutes glances over and nods, "So you made it back!"
[19:34] <@Kotono> "Cheers to that, cheers to that!" Hylath adds in.
[19:34] <@Kotono> Lesea breaks out into a smile, as Missy-Anne runs over, "John, you're home!" she calls, "Welcome ba...aa...aaaack." Her gaze turns to Tangles, freezing her solid.
[19:34] <Feather> "Beat the lava dragons, fixed them mantles, had an elf god tell us thanks and, uh, yeah, brought back a golden pixie."
[19:35] <@John> "'lo everyone," John raises a hand in greeting. "Hello Missy-Anne," he greets her in particular before trailing off anything further at her intense scrutiny of Tangles.
[19:35] <@Kotono> "So it was a good trip out," Myann says, and with a growing smile, "So who wants some mushrooms?"
[19:35] <Gildas> Gildas glances around to see if there might be any Sidhe hiding about anywhere. "It was quite an adventure." He says. "But I suppose it all has been, so far."
[19:35] <@Kotono> Gildas doesn't see anything like that.
[19:36] <Gildas> They'll probably show up on their own time, then, he thinks.
[19:36] <@Kotono> "Well good work," Rashen calls, coming on out of the house. He's munching on an apple and nods to you, "Welcome back."
[19:36] <Feather> "So I forgot to ask," Feather whispers to Myann before they all get swamped. "The knife ain't bothering you none no more?"
[19:36] <@Kotono> "I still don't like it, but it's not as bad," she whispers back.
[19:37] <@Kotono> Tangles looks over at Missy-Anne, before shrugging and tapping the girl's sundress. In a moment, Missy-Anne shrieks and falls over, for the dress is made of solid gold. "Hi, Missy-Anne," she says, and with a sudden giggle, "Lesea, could you help John here?"
[19:37] <@Kotono> "Gold!?" Missy-Anne yelps, as meanwhile Em emerges, little Porridge carried along. "My dress is made of solid gold now!"
[19:38] <Gildas> "Well, that's going to make the kobolds happy..."
[19:38] * Feather snorts. "So how about your court?" he asks Myann then. "Feel anyone nearby?"
[19:38] <@John> "Hey Tangles, that's not nice!" John says, though he's relieved she has ample defence against people who might try and cut pieces of her off to sell. Helping Missy-Anne up he says, "Hope you like it, might end up stuck inside it now..."
[19:40] <@Kotono> "Don't thik so," she says, "They're all still obeying what I told them." Meanwhile you see Samuel coming over, a few townsfolk bringing barrels of booze over, "Shit yes, let's have some fun here!" Samuel calls.