Chapter 3: A new adventure!

[Nephrite]

␃15[19:07] <Fitzcarald> OOC: I'll assume the Con healing will be dealt with at some point other than now
[19:09] <Kotono> OOC: Indeed. At worst rest will cure it in time. More.
[19:11] <Kotono> You end up half taken and half lead back to Berdacci's. You end up being sat in a side room, moments to rest and recover. It's nice enough but the luxury seems empty and distant as the battle replays in your minds. Garen sits in a chair and looks down, hands on his knees as...OOC: Go ahead and set yourselves up, all. More after that.
␃15[19:12] <Fitzcarald> His breathing is slow - still ragged from the power of that idol. He's silent, staring at the floor for a good while. He closes his eyes briefly - another breath in and out, before he clenches both of his fists. "I'm sorry, to both of you." He says, finally. "I should've gone in there with a better plan."
[19:18] <Kreios> "We all could have planned better."
[19:18] <Kotono> Garen looks up slowly, "Only the elf died," he finally says, "It could've gone worse."
␃15[19:21] <Fitzcarald> "Phane." There's a twinge in his voice, before he takes another ragged breath. "...You're right - and thank you, Garen."
[19:23] <Kotono> A knock on the door. Not that it stops someone from coming - Rem, the black clad bodyguard of Berdacci. He sweeps the room with his gaze then steps aside. Berdacci comes in, one look at the party. "Roderad is dead," he comments, "And you're alive. Excellent work."
␃15[19:25] <Fitzcarald> Fitz nods his head respectfully to Rem and then to Berdacci. "Thank you, Lord Berdacci." He says.
[19:28] <Kreios> "Mostly alive."
[19:29] <Kotono> "We'll see to all the clean up another day and settle matter," Berdacci declares, "For now I've taken care of lodgings for you for the evening."
␃15[19:30] <Fitzcarald> "Thank you." He says with a smile.
␃06[19:30] * Kreios nods. "Appreciate it."
[19:34] <Kotono> "You'll be taken there," Is all he says, "We'll meet again tomorrow." Berdacci gets up and goes, his bodyguard with him. A servant comes in, "I have the details of your lodging right here," he offers. A chance to rest - are you both going to take it or is there anything else you want to do this day?
[19:37] <Kreios> OOC: I'm broke, so about all I can do is rest.
␃15[19:37] <Fitzcarald> OOC: He will take the chance!
[19:39] <Kotono> OOC: Fitz in here, Kreios in #evil.
[19:41] <Kotono> An inn room. It's quiet, tidy and everything his tired body might want. A fresh meal of bread, cheese and cured meat sits on a tiny little table for you as well. Fatigue tears at you - a deep weariness that comes from deep in your body, from your bones themselves. A fatigue that seems to come on its own terms and without mercy.
␃15[19:45] <Fitzcarald> Even though he doesn't need to sleep this day has taken a lot out of him!
[19:47] <Kotono> Indeed it has. At least there's a meal if he's hungry and a bed to lie down on if he wishes. It's quiet here - strange peace after the previous battle.
␃15[19:47] <Fitzcarald> He will enjoy the amenities before he moves over the bed to promptly collapse.
[19:48] <Kotono> The food is good but when you collapse on the bed? OW! Something's under your back, enough to be uncomfortable. Like a small rock or some such?
␃15[19:50] <Fitzcarald> Ugh, what now... this was supposed to be a good room. He gets up to see what it is!
[19:52] <Kotono> It's a small, red chess piece. A knight, metal and well carved on a glance.
␃15[19:54] <Fitzcarald> If it's magical, he really wouldn't know... but he holds it close to his chess. "Thank you, Red Lady." He says.
␃15[19:56] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Chest, too
[19:57] <Kotono> You feel your fatigue flare as you hold it - more and more by the moment. Deeper, fuller, but warmer too. Almost gentle.
␃15[19:58] <Fitzcarald> A sign from above to fall asleep if he's ever felt one, he relaxes back onto the bed to do just that.
[20:03] <Kotono> OOC: d100.
␃15[20:05] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d100
[20:05] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=21 ]{21}
␃15[20:05] <Fitzcarald> OOC: ironic
[20:12] <Kotono> Sleep comes deeply and well. You awaken past dawn - having slept through th eentire night and a little more. You feel somewhat recovered if nothing else.
␃15[20:13] <Fitzcarald> If he dreamt, he doesn't remember it. Is the metal chess piece still there? OOC: I recover 1 con, right?
[20:16] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[20:16] <Kotono> The chess piece is still there - in your hand, no less.
␃15[20:19] <Fitzcarald> He isn't really that good at this, but there's no sense in ignoring it... he makes some gestures and casts Detect Magic on the metal chess piece!
[20:25] <Kotono> No magic on it.
␃15[20:26] <Fitzcarald> Or is it simply magic shrouded from him? Nonetheless, he pockets it and goes to clean up - or should he just wait in his room? Hm, he'll probably be summoned at some point... for now he decides to clean himself up and wait.
[20:32] <Kotono> From there both of you end up meeting - simply by the flow of breakfast. A messenger is there, a bow from the servant, "You're expected topay call to Berdacci before noon," Is his message, simple and to the point.
␃06[20:32] * Kreios raises an eyebrow but nods.
␃15[20:33] <Fitzcarald> "Please let him know we will be there in half an hour." Fitzcarald says.
␃06[20:34] * Kreios waits for the guy to leave before taking the chess piece out and placing it on the table for Fritzgerald to see.
␃15[20:36] <Fitzcarald> In-between bites of some sausage, he looks over and blinks, then he smiles as he puts the same piece on the table next to Kreios'. "I see you received the same message." He says with a smile.
[20:37] <Kreios> "I'm going to need more than that. Sailors are a superstitious lot, and I don't like things like this happening without knowing what's going on."
␃15[20:38] <Fitzcarald> "I don't have much of an answer for you." He says. "I found one on my bed yesterday. To me, it was a sign of approval of what we managed to accomplish."
[20:39] <Kreios> "From the Red Knight? Why? I've no connection to her. I'm a sailor. A pirate, not a Navy man."
␃15[20:42] <Fitzcarald> "Just because you don't have a connection to a deity doesn't mean they can't take an interest in you." Fitz says with a smile. "I'm not Her avatar and wouldn't deign to speak for Her - but... well, if you want my opinion, I think She sees you as someone who is worth Her attention. Someone who is capable of doing greater things, and becoming an exemplar of the things She stands for."
␃06[20:43] * Kreios grunts a bit sourly, "Gods taking an interest in mortals usually works out for the God and rarely for the mortal... Not exactly a winning argument."
␃15[20:45] <Fitzcarald> "It... didn't work out for Phane, no." Fitzcarald admits. "But... we still saved hundreds, if not thousands of people with what we did yesterday."
␃15[20:46] <Fitzcarald> "If you haven't, take some time after this to pray to Her." He says. "She'll answer you, in Her own way, but She will. She's never hesitated to help me."
␃06[20:46] * Kreios raises an eyebrow.
[20:47] <Kreios> "I'm... not much for praying. The fact that I've been able to cast my magic without much in the way of faith sort of proves my point."
␃15[20:48] <Fitzcarald> "I can't force you to do anything, but if you want answers, I say go directly to the source." He says with a smile. "I'd ask on your behalf, but you might not believe anything She tells me to tell you."
␃06[20:48] * Kreios grunts.
[20:48] <Kreios> "I'll.. Consider it, but I'd honestly rather avoid the gaze of any God."
␃15[20:49] <Fitzcarald> "You may not have much of a choice." He says with a smile. "I don't think there's any magic that can keep them out if they want to see or talk to you."
␃06[20:50] * Kreios makes a disgruntled noise but pockets the piece again.
[20:50] <Kreios> "Let's go find that mayor."
␃15[20:50] <Fitzcarald> He nods, dabbing his face with a cloth before he goes to head back to Berdacci's manor!
[20:51] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[20:51] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=100 ]{100}
[20:51] <Kotono> roll 1d100 uh oh
[20:51] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 uh oh --> [ 1d100=66 ]{66}
[20:58] <Kotono> You reach Berdacci's without incident. A servant greets you and merely says, "Come with me."
␃15[20:59] <Fitzcarald> Fitzcarald nods and will follow along!
␃06[21:00] * Kreios does as well.
[21:02] <Kotono> You find the ruler of Finport sitting where you met him yesterday. He looks up as you enter, "Now - only a question of now what," he begins once you're in the room, "Tell me, you two have been useful. What is it that you want?"
␃15[21:04] <Fitzcarald> "I don't want to speak for my companion." He says with a turn to Kreios briefly, with a smile.
[21:05] <Kreios> "Well... Primarily I came to find spells and money."
␃15[21:06] <Fitzcarald> "For me, though... I want to continue to be an asset, to continue to help people in need." He says. "I could probably spend a lot of time doing just that in Finport - I do not mean to sound as if I think your leadership is in question, Lord Berdacci, simply stating that I think I could apply my talents here with helping to root out crime. That said... it is likely that there are other places that are more in need of being saved, with more people who need help. I cannot say for certain what direction the winds will blow me from Finport, but I hope to always count this town as a place I can return to."
[21:10] <Kotono> "Well then, those are things I can provide," Berdacci agrees, "Rem, deal with it," he calls, and then, "These are things we can do business over."
␃15[21:12] <Fitzcarald> Fitzcarald nods. "Thank you."
␃06[21:12] * Kreios nods, "Thanks."
[21:13] <Kotono> "You'll be provided with those things shortly. The scrolls first - Rem will be quick about it," Berdacci says, but waves a hand. "Go. Details will be worked out in time."
␃15[21:16] <Fitzcarald> "I hope you have some time without any further crises, Lord Berdacci." Fitzcarald says with a smile. "I know I wouldn't mind a day or two off." He offers a bow before he turns to leave since they've been dismissed!
␃06[21:18] * Kreios follows Fritzcarld.
[21:21] <Kotono> The two of you head out - and Rem awaits you  halfway. He presents Kreios several scrolls without comment, each one wrapped and sealed.
␃06[21:21] * Kreios accepts them and stores them away for later study and transcription.
␃15[21:22] <Fitzcarald> Fitz bows his head in thanks to Rem, since he doesn't strike him as much of a conversationalist anyway!
[21:24] <Kotono> OOC: They're loot posted. More.
[21:25] <Kreios> Nice.
[21:25] <Kreios> OOC: Nice, rather.
[21:27] <Kotono> You head out. You find someone heading in as you step back into the sunshine - Garen. He's healed up and cleane dup, no signs of yesterday on him. He gives thet wo of you a passing nod.
␃15[21:28] <Fitzcarald> Fitz meets the nod with an equal one and a smile.
␃06[21:28] * Kreios returns it.
␃02[21:30] * Ebiris has quit IRC (Quit: ␏)
[21:30] <Kotono> With that done, the two head out. A chance to rest - many things to do. What the future holds isn't clear as of yet, but one thing is. A chance for growth survived and with that: Level up. OOC: You two reach level 3. Congratulations. Go ahead and get started on that.

[Nephrite]

 OOC: Going to put this out there - do either of you have any todos or things of interest before anything else? Since y'all just leveled up. More aimed at Fitz since Iddy's PC is still newish.
␃03[19:26] * Iddy is now known as Kreios
[19:26] <Kreios> OOC: I don't have any money, so unless I want to sell some the level 3 scrolls I got and then go shopping, not really.
␃15[19:29] <Fitzcarald> OOC: One moment
␃15[19:30] <Fitzcarald> OOC: I would check on Brune (the kid) to make sure nothing untoward happened to him in the day or two I was gone.
␃15[19:30] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Beyond that, no, nothing specific.
[19:35] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, I'll put that on the todo list.
[19:37] <Kotono> Back to the inn. Rest. The day passes in just that, recovery for all. The next morning breakfast is pleasant enough. You have a guest as well - Garen. He sits right next to the two of you, a plate overfilled with food, bits of egg occasionally falling off the side. "Phane's been buried with respect," he says, "I heard they're going to tear that building down completely."
␃06[19:40] * Kreios nods, being a superstitious pirate/sailor.
␃15[19:40] <Fitzcarald> "Thank you, for whatever part you had in it." He says. "The reward money was properly donated to your temple, right?"
[19:40] <Kreios> "Best to cleanse the whole thing. Evil like that lingers."
␃15[19:42] <Fitzcarald> "Agreed. Whatever sins happened there should be torn away so something new can be built."
[19:42] <Kotono> "Cleansed," Garen agrees, raising his mug up to that in a toast. "The reward money's been taken care of." He pauses, "Waukeen reminded me last night that plague is bad for business. She had no love of those plots. I've only ever had a dream of her once before, and that was on the day I took my vows."
␃06[19:43] * Kreios grunts a bit sourly.
␃15[19:44] <Fitzcarald> He nods. "I'm glad for it, you do a lot of good for Finport. I hope it helps you continue to do so." He says with a smile.
[19:46] <Kotono> "So, that's the question: What now for both of you," Garen says, "Berdacci won't leave you be to idle around the city. You're known factors now, known faces. Someone important."
␃06[19:47] * Kreios grunts again and puts the chess piece on the table, still with a mildly disgruntled look.
␃15[19:47] <Fitzcarald> He smiles a bit at that. "No, he won't, and I wouldn't want to bring people like Roderad to Finport." He says. "I don't know where exactly we're going to go, but I think fate has a way of opening doors." He turns to Kreios for a moment before he grins at Garen. "Sorry, he's being a bit sour - he was an athiest until a bit ago. I guess he still is."
[19:49] <Kreios> "Oh, I believed in the gods. I just don't really want to be led around by them. If you put the stories of gods interfering with mortals in two piles, the one where it ends badly for the mortals *far* outweighs the one where it does work out."
[19:51] <Kotono> "That, my friend, is why you look at beyond this. The wealth a nd good times here are just a taste until I reach Waukeen's eternal treasury and trade house," Garen smiles a bit, "Best to look at the retirement, not the path to there. If your Phane truly was beholden to a goddess, then  he goes to her even now. It's said in recent time mists and fog guide the dead to the Judge Kelemvor."
[19:51] <Kotono> Then with a canny smile, "Of course, how much you believe that, and how much might be the hustle?"
[19:52] <Kreios> "All hustle."
␃15[19:52] <Fitzcarald> Fitz smiles just a bit at Garen's wording. "I suppose you can be reductive and look at it like that."
␃15[19:52] <Fitzcarald> "Garen is right, though - we should consider that our future can be many things." He says. "Outside of this one city."
[19:53] <Kotono> "There is...something." Garen admits, "Greater ones than I claim to have gone there. Only one way to find out for certain, and death is rarely reversable." Then after tucking into his food, "But if you two need money and want to avoid Berdacci's attention, I may have something to help."
␃15[19:54] <Fitzcarald> He turns to Garen to listen!
[19:54] <Kreios> "Magic and money's what I'm here for. What's the pitch?"
[19:57] <Kotono> "A treasure map I acquired. With good reason the treasure's there - it's new and the one who sold it to me is the only survivor of the last expedition to find it." Garen says, "I know that a good pile of pirate treasure sits there and won't be disturbed, because the one who buried it got hung. It's about a week from here each way by ship and all I ask is a 25% commission of the treasures you
[19:57] <Kotono> find there in exchange for the map."
␃06[19:58] * Kreios grunts.
[19:58] <Kreios> "I've heard this before. Whoever sold you this map has solid before and will sell it again. If the treasure's there, it'll be a race."
[19:58] <Kreios> OOC: Sold it before*
[19:59] <Kotono> "It may be,' Garen agrees, "But I know a captain who owes me a large debt. At worst, you lose nothing but time because my payment is only commission."
[20:01] <Kreios> "Is your 25% in the form of first pick, or total value?"
[20:05] <Kotono> "Total value," Garen says, "Of course, I have a contract here that lays it all out." He taks one out, "Feel free to read."
␃06[20:05] * Kreios hums as he reads it over.
␃15[20:06] <Fitzcarald> Fitz just smiles into his drink for the time being.
[20:08] <Kotono> OOC: Got any related skills?
[20:08] <Kreios> OOC: Nope!
[20:08] <Kotono> OOC: Int check, -2 penalty.
[20:09] <Kreios> roll 1d20+4-2 Int
[20:09] <Kotono> OOC: One sec.
[20:09] <Kreios> OOC: I am betrayed
␃03[20:10] * Kobot has joined #dunes
[20:10] <Kobot> OOC: Here.
[20:10] <Kreios> roll 1d20+4-2 Int
[20:10] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+4-2 Int --> [ 1d20=10 ]{12}
[20:10] <Kotono> Nope, you're lost. So many complex clauses and legal writing. At least you know when you're out of your depth.
␃06[20:10] * Kreios puts it down.
[20:10] <Kreios> "Looks like merchant double talk to hide taking more than agreed to me, but I'm no expert."
␃15[20:11] <Fitzcarald> "Oh, probably, but ultimately it gives us a direction to go in." Fitz says. "I'm in to try."
[20:12] <Kreios> "Mmm.. I suppose I don't have anything else going on."
[20:12] <Kotono> A quill and ink is produced, "Sign right here, then," Garen says, pleasant as can be.
␃06[20:15] * Kreios does so.
[20:16] <Kotono> "You too, Fitzcarald," Garen says after.
␃15[20:18] <Fitzcarald> "Oh, not a problem." He says as he signs the document.
[20:19] <Kotono> "You leave at noon, I suggest you do any shopping and preparations before then," Garen says, "The ship name is the Singing Mermaid."
[20:19] <Kreios> "What's the travel time?"
␃15[20:19] <Fitzcarald> "A week, right?" He asks.
[20:20] <Kreios> "To the site, but I assume there's a hike afterwards involved?"
[20:23] <Kotono> "A week to the island," Is the answer, "Ponare Island," he mentions, "My understanding is that it's not well known because it's off the trade routes by several days."
[20:23] <Kreios> "How long is the ship going to wait for us?"
[20:25] <Kotono> "As long as you work out. It's not such a big island, if you can't send word in a week they'll leave," Garen answers, "As for the problems there? The first seems to be reports of undead. Skeletons mostly, persistent but minor. Secondly is some manner of lizard that has lightning. The third, and one stopped them, is some manner of minor giant. Big but dumb, but not dumb enough to miss a direct
[20:25] <Kotono> attack. I suggest you don't repeat that folly."
[20:27] <Kreios> "Mmm... I've got maybe enough cash on hand for light mace to help with the skeletons, but... Lightning lizards and a giant? I don't have the raw spell power or equipment for that."
␃15[20:27] <Fitzcarald> "Well, if we don't try and antagonzie it, it may just leave us alone." Fitzcarald says with a shrug. "Same with those lizards. We can just try and avoid them."
[20:28] <Kreios> "A poor thing to bank survival on."
[20:29] <Kotono> "If you need better gear, I do offer loans against your expected earnings," Garen says, "The interest is extremely reasonable."
[20:30] <Kreios> "Not just no, but hell no. I've known people who went into piracy just because of loans."
␃15[20:32] <Fitzcarald> A small chuckle to that. "I think we'll just have to find ways to overcome the challenges that present us here." He says. "We can't prepare for everything."
[20:32] <Kotono> "I will give you one thing. Do you  know the spell Cure Moderate Wounds yet?" Garen asks, focusing on Kreios.
[20:34] <Kreios> "Not yet, no."
[20:39] <Kotono> A scroll is produced. "As someone seems to end up maimed regularly," A look at Fitzcarald. "An investment in his continued breathing."
␃06[20:40] * Kreios nods and takes it eagerly.
[20:40] <Kreios> "I'll make sure to transcribe it on the trip."
␃15[20:42] <Fitzcarald> "Hopefully this trip will be less eventful than the last few days have been." He says.
␃06[20:42] * Kreios looks doubtful.
[20:43] <Kotono> "To that I'll drink," Garen says as...OOC: Anything else to ask him?
␃15[20:43] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Nothing here, no
[20:43] <Kreios> OOC: Nope. Just looking to pick up a light mace.
[20:45] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, go post the purchase in loot. Any for you, Fitz?
[20:45] <Kreios> OOC: You mean Treasures?
[20:45] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[20:47] <Kreios> OOC: Done
␃15[20:48] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Nah, I'm sure it will be fine, says the guy who is sure it won't be fine.
[20:49] <Kotono> OOC: More then. We'll nab this bit of business before anything else.
[20:50] <Kotono> Fitzcarald taks the time to look up Brune. It's hard to find him - until another poor child comes up, "Hey, Brune right? You're looking for him?"
␃15[20:50] <Fitzcarald> "Yes, is he all right?" Fitz asks, some concern in his voice.
[20:51] <Kotono> "Yeah, he got taken in. Taken care of, I mean. Guards took him away." With a shake of his head, "He ain't a floater. Took him into a home. Heard that somehow Berdacci got wind he helped with the plague. Said he had potential."
␃15[20:52] <Fitzcarald> "I assume that means he doesn't get out much anymore." Fitz says.
[20:54] <Kotono> "Uh uh, but he's getting fed. He's not hungry," Is the answer, "He snuck out once but they went back for him. Think you'll need to ask for him with the guards if you want to see him." A rustle, "
[20:54] <Kotono> "Uh uh, but he's getting fed. He's not hungry," Is the answer, "He snuck out once but they went back for him. Think you'll need to ask for him with the guards if you want to see him." A rustle, "He gave me some stupid stone to give you." It's taken out - but it's not a stone. It's another knight chess piece, well made and beautiful.
␃15[20:57] <Fitzcarald> Those just keep turning up, don't they? As if to tell him something's important. "I understand. I'll go talk to them then." He says with a smile. "Oh, I guess I'll go tell that nice wrap-maker that there may be some other hungry kids coming by every now and again..."
[20:59] <Kotono> OOC: Taking the chess piece?
␃15[20:59] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Correct.
[21:00] <Kotono> "Food? Thanks!" The kid's face lights right up at that, "Good food!" You get the chess piece. It slowy dissolves in your hand - but three red gemstones are left behind. They look pretty and quite clear, not to mention well cut.
␃15[21:02] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Hey, I can Appraise stuff! Take 10 on Appraise for 22, do these seem valuable or do I think they're for some other purpose?
[21:07] <Kotono> These are moderately valuable red spinels. Small, but each one should be worth a few hundred marls.
␃15[21:10] <Fitzcarald> Hah. "He's too thoughtful." Fitzcarald says. "Thank you. I'll make sure I get him out of thre."
␃15[21:10] <Fitzcarald> OOC: 'out of there'
[21:13] <Kotono> The kid goes off at that and that leaves one question: Now what? Does this change your plans before sailing out?
␃15[21:16] <Fitzcarald> OOC: He'll buy a mace too, just in case they need it for whacking skeletons, since scimitars aren't especially great for that. So he'll sell one of the gemstones and use the proceeds to buy a mace.
[21:17] <Kotono> OOC: You get 200 marls for one of the gemstones. Post that an dth emace purchase in loot. Anythin gelse
[21:17] <Kotono> ?
␃15[21:18] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Anything else you think we ought to purchase before we head out, fellow adventurer?
[21:21] <Kreios> OOC: Healing wand if you can afford it.
␃15[21:22] <Fitzcarald> OOC: I would not be able to, alas. Maybe we'll find one!
␃15[21:24] <Fitzcarald> OOC: So, no other purchases.
[21:24] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, in that case we'll resume next time. This was just a small, in between little bit of housekeeping and chance for an adventure hook.

[Nephrite]

␃15[18:26] <Fitzcarald> 19:12] <Kotono> "Captain's quarters and the water storage," He says bluntly, "Anything you two need to tell me before we go? Anything unusual?"
␃15[18:26] <Fitzcarald> ␃15[19:14] <Fitzcarald> Fitzcarald scratches his chin. "I don't think so, I assume this is normal for him to handle things this way." He says.
␃15[18:26] <Fitzcarald> ␃06[19:16] * Kreios motions to Fitzcarald, "That ain't what he means. He means this: Captain, this one's got the eyes of a Goddess on him."
␃15[18:26] <Fitzcarald> [19:18] <Kotono> "Umberlee's teats and Padisha's nose!" An exclamation at that, "Not looking to offend any spirits!" He eyes Fitzcarald warily, "Not looking to offend your type."
␃15[18:26] <Fitzcarald> [19:21] <Kreios> "She's one of the good ones. But she's one of the battle ones. The Red Knight. Just get there and keep your head down'll be good enough, I think. Though asking a blessing or two might not hurt."
␃15[18:26] <Fitzcarald> [19:23] <Kotono> A turn to Fitzcarald, "Be honored if you put a blessing on this ship not to sink then, sir."
␃15[18:28] <Fitzcarald> "I don't have the magic to do anything fancy." Fitzcarald says with a smile. "But let me see if I can get something anyway." He brings a hand to his chest to pray to the Red Knight for tactical wisdom and acumen on their trip and to see them all through it safely.
[18:29] <Kreios> "Try holding the chess piece."
[18:31] <Kotono> The Captain bows his head at that, all polite and respectful to it.
␃15[18:32] <Fitzcarald> He will fish the piece out of his pocket and hold it to his chest!
[18:35] <Kotono> It's held there. Long moments of silence before, "Thank you, sir," The captain says, "Now let's get this ship going!" With that the ship begins to prepare and....what are your two's plans on board for the next week?
[18:36] <Kreios> OOC: Nothing really. Copy the spell into spell book.
␃15[18:37] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Recover from my awful constitution damage!
[18:38] <Kreios> OOC: I might have a spell for that.
[18:39] <Kreios> OOC: I do not, sorry.
[18:39] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. More.
[18:39] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:39] <Kotono> OOC: One se.c
␃03[18:40] * Kobot has joined #dunes
[18:40] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:40] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=16 ]{16}
[18:40] <Kotono> OOC: d100, both of you.
[18:40] <Kreios> roll 1d100 here we go
[18:40] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d100 here we go --> [ 1d100=78 ]{78}
␃15[18:41] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d100
[18:41] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=24 ]{24}
[18:46] <Kotono> Three days pass. Mostly the two of you stay out of the way, rest and heal up. On the evening of the third day, as the sun starts to set - where are the each of you. OOC: 3 days for con recovery, Fitz.
[18:47] <Kreios> OOC: In my cabin enjoying the fact that I'm not working on a ship for once.
␃03[18:49] * Retrieving #dunes modes...
␃03[18:50] * Fitzcarald changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 30/30(-3 max) | Kreios 21/21 Garen 14/28␏'
␃15[18:51] <Fitzcarald> Fitzcarald is walking around on the deck of the ship, just keeping an eye out for any trouble!
[18:51] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and remove Garen from topic HP.
[18:51] <Kotono> Kreios is in his cabin, relaxing completely. Fitz is walking on the deck when...OOC: PErception Fitz.
␃03[18:52] * Fitzcarald changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 30/30(-3 max) | Kreios 21/21 ␏'
␃15[18:52] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 for 22
[18:58] <Kotono> Hm? As you walk the deck and glance ahead past the front of the ship, you swear you see something moving in the waters, beneaththe surface. Something big.
␃15[18:59] <Fitzcarald> "Excuse me!" Fitz calls out to any of the nearby sailors. "Are there any creatures known to inhabit these waters? Uh... large ones?"
[19:02] <Kotono> "Sharks?" A sailor suggests, "Something big lik ethat? How big?"
␃15[19:03] <Fitzcarald> "It was big enough to catch my attention..." He says as he goes to look again. He can see just fine in darkness, so this shouldn't be too tough to spot... in theory...
[19:06] <Kotono> OOC: Perception again, -3 penalty.
␃15[19:07] <Fitzcarald> oh heck
␃15[19:08] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+12
[19:08] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+12 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{18}
␃15[19:08] <Fitzcarald> OOC: That should be 15, forgot the -3
[19:12] <Kotono> Nope, no sign of it now. You don't see it at least.
␃15[19:15] <Fitzcarald> "I don't see it now - it may have just passed us." He says. "I'll keep an eye out, nothing better to do anyway."
[19:19] <Kotono> Fitzcarald goes back - but nothing is seen. Was it anything at all? Did it have anything to do with you? A fair question as...
[19:19] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:19] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=89 ]{89}
[19:20] <Kotono> That evening....both of you are in your cabin, resting.  That's when a voice from above calls, "Alarm! Alarm! Every sailor to battle stations!" Is bellowed out.
␃15[19:22] <Fitzcarald> He expected something like this, so he was wearing his armor. He clambors out and up to the deck to find out what's going on!
␃06[19:23] * Kreios snaps up, grabbing his weapon and going along!
[19:27] <Kotono> The two of you race up to the decks in panic. Torches are lit on the deck, giving light. Not far behind the ship and closing is a smaller ship, torchlit and closing in. A black flag flies from it, approaching fast and with a few dozen men with sabers and weapons brandished. Kreios knows this when he sees it - pirates.
[19:28] <Kreios> "... Gotta be honest. Wish I knew some fire magic right now."
[19:29] <Kotono> Sailors ready their own weapons - blades as well as a few loose archers on either sides, just starting to line up shots. The captain is on the deck, sword in hand, "Hold and no mercy! We surrender to pirates the day we want to leave this world!"
␃15[19:31] <Fitzcarald> Fitzcarald shakes his head and moves towards the back of the ship. "They'll find no easy prey today!" He shouts.
␃06[19:33] * Kreios leans over to Fitz, "Stay close. I've got a couple Bear's Endurance spells ready, but they don't last long enough to cast this early.
␃15[19:34] <Fitzcarald> "Hopefully we can bloody their noses enough to get them to back off." He says with a nod.
[19:37] <Kotono> Backingaway gets out of practical arrow range. As the ships come closer the sides exchange arrows. A few hits - one on your side and one on theirs, each sailor going down with an arrow. One in the gut, one in the throat. But they're coming closer and closer to board, "Repel them! Repel them and kill them all!"
[19:39] <Kreios> OOC: My spells last 3 minutes, so I'd try to make a smart choice on timing here to get three spells off before getting into combat.
[19:43] <Kotono> OOC: Sure, you could manage. What spells?
[19:44] <Kreios> OOC: Shield of Faith on Fitz and Bear's Endurance on both of us.
[19:47] <Kotono> OOC: Sure. Effects?
[19:49] <Kreios> OOC: +2 Deflection AC,  +4 constitution
[19:56] <Kotono> The spells are cast as it begins - planks and grapples are cast, the two boats coming into battle. As the torches burn, the ships heaving side by side - what will you rroll be in this, both of you?
[19:58] <Kreios> OOC: I'm squishy, so I'll find a place I can poke at flanks from, but primarily I'll be waiting to heal. Touch range, so I'll be up there, but not like, front line.
␃15[19:58] <Fitzcarald> OOC: I'm going to basically rush forward and act as a vanguard to try and more or less harry and swashbuckle people.
␃03[20:01] * Fitzcarald changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 33/33(-3 con +4 con from BE, +2 deflect) | Kreios 21/21 ␏'
[20:01] <Kotono> OOC: Okay. Hm.
[20:01] <Kotono> OOC: Kreios in here, Fitz in #evil.
[20:09] <Kotono> The battle becomes pretty frantically - at the moment you don't have much to do as they're boarding and your ship is defending. You can see forces clash, bloodying each other, a wild melee beginning right away.
␃06[20:10] * Kreios watches for targets of opportunity and wounded, planning to pull wounded out of the way and give a quick healing if need be, while searching for gaps in the line to stab through.
[20:38] <Kotono> Most of them are holding well - there! One leaps in an impressive leap, making it over and slashing a sailor's side, sending him down with a scream. He grins, on board now and turning to flank.
␃06[20:43] * Kreios moves in to stab at him while trying to angle to get to the wounded sailor.
[20:45] <Kotono> OOC: Init.
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20
[20:45] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{7}
[20:45] <Kreios> roll 1d20+6 Init
[20:45] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+6 Init --> [ 1d20=8 ]{14}
[20:51] <Kotono> OOC: Go for it, you won init.
␃06[20:51] * Kreios snaps forward, rapier stabbing out, hoping to catch the pirate off guard.
[20:52] <Kreios> roll 1d20+3
[20:52] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{22}
[20:52] <Kreios> OOC: Crit with a Rapier.
[20:52] <Kreios> roll 1d20+3 Confirm
[20:52] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+3 Confirm --> [ 1d20=14 ]{17}
[20:53] <Kotono> OOC: Crit.
[20:53] <Kreios> roll 2d6+5 Damage
[20:53] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 2d6+5 Damage --> [ 2d6=8 ]{13}
[21:05] <Kotono> A deft stab in the back - and the pirate goes stiff and falls, your rapier piercing his heart and sending him to what awaits beyond. The wounded sailor gasps out, a tanned young man bleeding bad from his left side. Torn open good, his color draining rapidly. Likely a fatal wound without aid, simply from the heavy bloodflow. Any fool can see that.
␃06[21:06] * Kreios reaches over and grabs him, mumbling out a spell to heal him before pulling him back to safety. OOC: Cure Light Wounds.
[21:07] <Kreios> roll 1d8+3 CLW Heal
[21:07] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d8+3 CLW Heal --> [ 1d8=2 ]{5}
[21:12] <Kotono> The man's wound mends - enough for him to rally and scrabble back, falling back and no longer in danger of death. You've saved a life perhaps, and ensured the line holds - which it's doing well. The pirate's main assault has been blunted, and - shit ARROW!
[21:12] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
[21:12] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=11 ]{13}
[21:12] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[21:13] <Kreios> OOC: 16.
[21:15] <Kotono> It misses you, an arrow going past but not scoring a hit on you.
␃06[21:15] * Kreios snaps his eyes to it in alarm, but keeps looking around for wounded and chances to help repel the pirates.
[21:16] <Kotono> A short, sharp engagement. The boarding has failed and the pirate remainder is falling back. They're retreating back to the ship, tossing aside gangplanks and altogether trying to retreat. Cheers begin to go up from them, the attack foiled.
[21:16] <Kotono> Going to do anything in response?
[21:17] <Kreios> OOC: Nothing I can do. Don't have any sort of attack magic prepped.
[21:19] <Kotono> With that cheers in the night, one ship fleeing and yours intact. Victo

[Nephrite]

␃15[19:15] <Fitzcarald> [21:13] <Kreios> OOC: 16.
␃15[19:15] <Fitzcarald> [21:15] <Kotono> It misses you, an arrow going past but not scoring a hit on you.
␃15[19:15] <Fitzcarald> 竦・6[21:15] * Kreios snaps his eyes to it in alarm, but keeps looking around for wounded and chances to help repel the pirates.
␃15[19:15] <Fitzcarald> [21:16] <Kotono> A short, sharp engagement. The boarding has failed and the pirate remainder is falling back. They're retreating back to the ship, tossing aside gangplanks and altogether trying to retreat. Cheers begin to go up from them, the attack foiled.
␃15[19:15] <Fitzcarald> [21:16] <Kotono> Going to do anything in response?
␃15[19:15] <Fitzcarald> [21:17] <Kreios> OOC: Nothing I can do. Don't have any sort of attack magic prepped.
␃15[19:15] <Fitzcarald> [21:19] <Kotono> With that cheers in the night, one ship fleeing and yours intact. Victory!
[19:15] <Kotono> OOC: Okay you two, the battle seems one. Anything to do in the aftermath?
[19:16] <Kreios> OOC: Just do what I can help and check out any loot.
␃15[19:19] <Fitzcarald> OOC: I can help out with any minor injuries myself
[19:21] <Kotono> There's not a ton of loot, but there is some. Some weapons mostly, sabers, scimitars and swords. Kreios is welcome to clain a weapon if he likes, as is Fitzcarald. As the boards were mostly repelled and many fell into the ocean, loot is somewhat minimal. Otherwise there's raggy clothes, bandanas and a few daggers too, if any of that excites you.
␃15[19:22] <Fitzcarald> OOC: If any of the scimitars seem better than mine (i.e. masterwork or anything) I'll grab one, otherwise I'm good.
␃06[19:22] * Kreios will snag a dagger to use as a work knife, and a few bandanas to use as general cloth for anything they might need.
[19:26] <Kotono> OOC: Sure, they're plain daggers/weapons and not master work. Post what you take in loot.
[19:27] <Kreios> OOC: Posted
[19:30] <Kotono> From there the journey continues, pirates fended off and victory found. OOC More, d100 for both of you.
[19:30] <Kreios> roll 1d100
[19:30] <Kreios> OOC: I AM BETRAYED
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[19:36] <Kobot> OOC: Here.
[19:36] <Kreios> roll 1d100
[19:36] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=26 ]{26}
[19:36] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, Fitz, same rollin'.
␃15[19:36] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d100
[19:36] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=13 ]{13}
[19:36] <Kotono> The next few days are peaceful and the island is approaching soon. Any preparations before that?
[19:37] <Kreios> OOC: We don't really have any money to prep with.
␃15[19:37] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Nope, I will just continue to heal my constitution on the way
[19:41] <Kotono> OOC: Been seven days since you left so that should be patched up. More.
␃03[19:42] * Retrieving #dunes modes...
␃03[19:42] * Fitzcarald changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 33/33(no bad stuff yet) | Kreios 21/21 ␏'
[19:43] <Kotono> At last Ponare Island comes into view. It's a sandy beach with gnarled forests further within - not too heavy but enough to make it tougher going in the interior. At least the beaches look clear of immediate danger, as you see from a distance. "We'll lower you into a rowboat to get to the island," the captain says this morning, a  disconcertingly bright and sunny day on the seas. "Use it to
[19:43] <Kotono> come back when you're done."
␃06[19:44] * Kreios nods.
[19:44] <Kreios> "Hopefully the blessing that carried us through that Pirate attack will follow us through this island. Look forward to coming back."
␃15[19:45] <Fitzcarald> Fitzcarald nods as well. "Hopefully."
[19:50] <Kotono> "The boat's ready when you are," The captain says, "Try and come back alive. You're good, stron garms."
␃15[19:51] <Fitzcarald> A nod follows that as he goes over to the prepared boat!
[19:53] <Kotono> The boat is here, ready to be rowed. With that you two row to the beach - simple enough. The beach is plain sand, a few debris on the shore littered about. Otherwise...it's on to all of you to explore and find your way forward.
␃15[19:56] <Fitzcarald> "I know there's some spell that gives you a look at an area around you, but we'll have to do this manually." Fitzcarald says. "Do you want to just go around the edge first and see what we can see? We can't get lost that way."
[19:57] <Kreios> "A good idea, but our first priority should be to find fresh water. If there's a good supply, the Captain'll be thankful to be told, too."
␃15[19:58] <Fitzcarald> "I thought you could just... magic that stuff up." He says.
[20:00] <Kreios> "
[20:01] <Kreios> "Sure, but what happens if your spellcaster dies in a pirate attack? Or gets sick without a cleric? Or falls overboard? Always good to have actual reserves on board, and it's good to cycle the water out of the barrels. Don't let it sit for too long if you can."
[20:02] <Kreios> "Also gives them a chance to have water for bathing and washing. Rare thing to have on a ship."
␃15[20:03] <Fitzcarald> "Well, do you have any means to divine us a solution to the fresh water question or do we just look around?" He asks.
[20:04] <Kreios> "I'm not the one with divine intervention here... Best I can do is summon an owl tomorrow after I study spells."
␃15[20:05] <Fitzcarald> "I didn't mean it like that." He clarifies. "Well, let's just pick a direction. Inland or around?"
[20:05] <Kreios> "Around the edges first. If there's a stream or something, could run into the ocean."
[20:06] <Kreios> OOC: For reference, I do have K: Nature here to help.
␃15[20:07] <Fitzcarald> Fitzcarald will head away from their boat to the right - whichever direction that is - and start exploring!
[20:07] <Kotono> OOC: Perception both of you first of all.
␃15[20:07] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 for 22
[20:08] <Kreios> roll 1d20+2 I do not have Perception as a skill.
[20:08] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+2 I do not have Perception as a skill. --> [ 1d20=17 ]{19}
[20:08] <Kreios> OOC: That was a straight Wis roll, BTW.
[20:09] <Kotono> You begin to wander the beaches. The first half is quiet, though you notice a few paths into the forest. However, about halfway? On the distance you see a tent on the beach, along with an empty and cold fire pit.
␃06[20:10] * Kreios grunts, but calls out, knowing that coming up on someone is a recipe for a fight.
[20:10] <Kreios> "Ho there! Anyone in that tent?"
␃15[20:11] <Fitzcarald> "Garen mentioned some other people who'd come to explore and didn't make it back, right?" Fitz says as an aside as they come across the tent.
[20:12] <Kreios> "Possible, yeah, but if this had been here a while, it'd be torn up by the wind. Whoever it is, is likely in the interior exploring. Worth keeping in mind if they don't show up in the next few minutes. If they've been here a while, they might be willing to share a campsite and water source."
[20:14] <Kotono> No response.
[20:15] <Kreios> "Well, let's keep going and keep where this is in mind."
␃15[20:15] <Fitzcarald> "Do you want to investigate the tent?" He asks.
[20:16] <Kreios> "... We can do a quick look, but if someone is still using it, I don't want disturb things too much. Could be mistaken for looting. Possible someone is unconscious inside, though."
␃15[20:17] <Fitzcarald> "Yes, I'm not advocating we take anything." He says. He steps over to the tent to peel back the tarp to look inside!
[20:18] <Kotono> It's empty. A few odds and ends are in here - A waterskin, a whetstone and sack. Looks to have something in it.
␃06[20:18] * Kreios nods, "Let's keep moving then."
␃15[20:21] <Fitzcarald> He nods and puts it back, and will continue along in the same direction - basically moving about 50-feet up the island around it so he's always keeping the ocean to his right side as they go around it.
[20:22] <Kotono> You finish your loop around the beach. On an estimate there's eight different paths in, or you could simply try and wade through the underbrush and cut your own path. Fitzcarald's sharp eyes notice that one path - about a 5 minute walk away from your rowboat - shows signs of being disturbed semi recently.
␃15[20:23] <Fitzcarald> "We may as well use the one most recently used." He says. "Sound good to you?"
␃06[20:24] * Kreios nods, "Sounds good to start."
␃15[20:24] <Fitzcarald> A nod and he will head that way, being careful to go slowly as to not miss anything!
[20:27] <Kotono> OOC: Perception again, both of you.
[20:27] <Kreios> roll 1d20+2 Wis check
[20:27] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+2 Wis check --> [ 1d20=19 ]{21}
[20:27] <Kreios> OOC: Where were these rolls in that first fight?
␃15[20:29] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 for 22 again because I am lazy
[20:37] <Kotono> You wander a little way - and soon notice things a bit off the path. Several broken, bashed up skeletons, tossed aside in a heap.
␃15[20:39] <Fitzcarald> "Looks like someone's already dealt with some of those undead we were told about." Fitz says.
␃06[20:39] * Kreios nods.
␃15[20:39] <Fitzcarald> "Maybe that minor giant?" He asks aloud.
[20:40] <Kreios> "Possible, but easily could be the person in the tent. Either way, it's likely they're hear for the same reason we are, so they might not take kindly to us. Equally, could be a chance to work together."
␃15[20:40] <Fitzcarald> He nods and will continue along the path!
[20:48] <Kotono> You begin to continue on. You notice the path is starting to go uphill a bit, the forest quiet around all of you. Quite thickening as well, coming to a blind turn around a bend.
␃06[20:49] * Kreios cautiously points out the bend, worried about an ambush.
␃15[20:54] <Fitzcarald> A nod. "I'll go ahead." He whispers. "Just back me up if anything happens, all right?"
␃06[20:54] * Kreios nods.
␃15[20:54] <Fitzcarald> He isn't exactly the most stealthy - all his armor sees to that - but he can still cautiously approach with his shield up!
[20:56] <Kotono> OOC: Stealth, Fitz. Good luck with that one.
␃15[20:57] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3
[20:57] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=14 ]{17}
␃15[20:57] <Fitzcarald> OOC: not too shabby all things considered!
[21:00] <Kotono> You creep ahead - and they simply stand there. Three skeletons, old things with crude clubs in hand. The dead walk again - and don't seem to notice you right away as you peer around the bend. They're guarding any further passage.
␃15[21:03] <Fitzcarald> He can't really shout anything without it alterting them, can he? But he can still grab his mace and wave it back towards Kreios as he ducks back around the corner!
␃06[21:04] * Kreios takes it as a signal to move up and gets his mace since that's what Fitz was waving around.
[21:07] <Kotono> OOC: Stealth Kreios.
[21:08] <Kreios> roll 1d20+2 Dex, no stealth
[21:08] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+2 Dex, no stealth --> [ 1d20=6 ]{8}
[21:09] <Kotono> Kreios creeps forward - and there's a bit of a crack as he steps on an old, dry branch. It carries enough to stir the skeletons, the undead beginning to move forward, to come this way. You're about to have a trio of the undead on your hands.
␃15[21:10] <Fitzcarald> "Three skeletons, I'll lead!" He says loudly. He brings his shield and mace up again and turns the corner, shirking his duty to fight the undead would garner him no favors with his patron today!
␃06[21:11] * Kreios nods and starts casting spells on Fitzcarald!
[21:12] <Kreios> OOC: I'm guess init here before I get a spell off?
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[21:14] <Kotono> OOC: Yes, we'll roll init and I'll start combat next session.
␃15[21:14] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3
[21:14] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{11}
[21:15] <Kreios> roll 1d20+6 Init
[21:15] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+6 Init --> [ 1d20=18 ]{24}
[21:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
[21:17] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=10 ]{15}
[21:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
[21:17] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=20 ]{25}
[21:17] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
[21:17] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{24}
[21:17] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, I'll hammer out the init order next time but wow some highe rolls here.

[Nephrite]

19:35] <Kotono> Init is Skeleton 2 (25) > Kreios = Skeleton 3 (24) > Skeleton 1 (15) > Fitzcarald (11)
[19:35] <Kotono> Before any of you can react, one of the skeletons lurches forward at Kreios, club coming down for his head.
[19:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
[19:35] <Kotono> OOC: One sec.
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[19:35] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
[19:35] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=17 ]{22}
[19:35] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[19:35] <Kreios> OOC: 16 AC.
[19:36] <Kotono> roll 1d6+2
[19:36] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d6+2 --> [ 1d6=3 ]{5}
[19:38] <Kotono> A white hot lash of pain as the club hits Kreios in the head. Right on the side of it, a stumble as his world spins. He feels blood going down past his ear now, head ringing from the blow. Everything's a bit off after taking a hit like that, body bloodied. OOC: Your bell is rung. You suffer a -1 to attack rolls and Dex based checks (including ref saves) until the end of the encounter or until
[19:38] <Kotono> you get healing. You're also bleeding which can't be good. Adjust HP in topic here. You're up along with skeleton 3.
[19:38] <Kotono> As Kreios takes a heavy blow the other goes for Fitzcarald, swinging away at his armored body with the lifeless determination of the dead.
[19:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
[19:38] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=10 ]{15}
[19:38] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[19:38] <Kreios> OOC: I can't change the topic in here.
␃03[19:38] * Kotono sets mode: +o Kreios
[19:38] <Kotono> OOC: Fixed.
␃03[19:39] * Kreios changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 33/33(no bad stuff yet) | Kreios 16/21 ␏'
␃15[19:42] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Can I use Cunning Defense against one of the skeletons before they wallop me?
[19:43] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
␃15[19:43] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Okay, whichever of the first skeletons come at me then.
[19:44] <Kotono> OOC: Your AC is?
␃15[19:44] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Base is 17, with Cunning Defense it will be 20.
[19:45] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, that was a miss then. I'll sort that out once Kreios goes, it's his turn too.
␃15[19:45] <Fitzcarald> OOC: I didn't think any of them had attacked me yet.
␃06[19:46] * Kreios activates one of his abilities, using his knowledge! OOC:, Dark Knowledge - Tactics. Knowledge check DC 15.
[19:46] <Kreios> OOC: What K covers Undead?
␃15[19:47] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Sorry, I'm dumb and missed the attack line
␃15[19:47] <Fitzcarald> OOC: We're all good
[19:48] <Kotono> OOC: Religion.
[19:49] <Kreios> OOC: Figures. One of the only ones I don't actually have ranks in.
[19:50] <Kreios> OOC: Which means I can't do it because the DC is higher than 10, right? Isn't that the DC limit for untrianed?
[19:50] <Kotono> OOC: Correct.
[19:50] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and choose a different action then since it's your first time using it.
␃06[19:51] * Kreios casts a spell to help! OOC: Entangle! Finally!
[19:54] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, what's Entangle do?
[19:56] <Kreios> OOC: 40 ft radius, traps all enemies. Ref save DC 15, half speed on save. Check every round. If trapped, Dc20 Str or Escape Artist to free.
[19:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 skeleton 1
[19:57] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+2 skeleton 1 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{18}
[19:57] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 skeleton 2
[19:58] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+2 skeleton 2 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{3}
[19:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2 skeleton 3
[19:58] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+2 skeleton 3 --> [ 1d20=4 ]{6}
[19:58] <Kotono> Two of the skeletons - the two already on you - are trapped. Held by vines, as the third lurches forward. Just enough to swing at Kreios as meanwhile Fitz's armor holds, a club blow to the side stopped. They're being held back by the animated vines, writhing along them as...
[19:58] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 vs Kreios
[19:58] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+5 vs Kreios --> [ 1d20=10 ]{15}
[19:58] <Kotono> roll 1d6+2 ow
[19:58] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d6+2 ow --> [ 1d6=1 ]{3}
␃03[19:59] * Kreios changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 33/33(no bad stuff yet) | Kreios 13/21 ␏'
[19:59] <Kotono> Init is Skeleton 2 (25 held) > Kreios = Skeleton 3 (24 held) > Skeleton 1 (15) > Fitzcarald (11)
[19:59] <Kotono> A painful blow to the arm, a surge of pain there as well. Not broken yo uthink, but surely bruised hard and deep. Not that Kreios has time to deal with it as...OOC: Fitz.
␃15[20:01] <Fitzcarald> Fitzcarald rushes over to try and get the third one off of Kreios - he flips his mace up and brings it down at the skeleton as it shines with holy energy! He'd rather not use this so soon but given their disadvantage...!
␃15[20:02] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3+2+3 smite evil + cunning insight
[20:02] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3+2+3 smite evil + cunning insight --> [ 1d20=4 ]{12}
␃15[20:06] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d6+3+2 if somehow they did actually hit
[20:06] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d6+3+2 if somehow they did actually hit --> [ 1d6=3 ]{8}
[20:06] <Kotono> OOC: It did, they're trapped so no dex.
[20:07] <Kotono> Init is Skeleton 2 (25 held) > Kreios (24 held) > Skeleton 1 (15) > Fitzcarald (11)
[20:07] <Kotono> With a heavy THUMP your power shatters the skeleton, breaking it apart into pieces as it struggles against the vines, trying to free itself.
[20:07] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
[20:07] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=17 ]{19}
[20:07] <Kotono> But it can't free itself, completely bound and...OOC: Kreios.
␃06[20:08] * Kreios slams his own mace into the closest trapped skeleton before taking a step away to get out of its range!
[20:09] <Kreios> roll 1d20+3-1 ATK!
[20:09] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+3-1 ATK! --> [ 1d20=7 ]{9}
[20:09] <Kreios> OOC: I'mma bet that doesn't hit.
[20:13] <Kotono> It's a dazed swing, head still pounding - and it's a miss, completely. The last skeleton turns on Kreios once more, swinging away at him, trying to balance the scales so that...
[20:13] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
[20:13] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{14}
[20:13] <Kreios> OOC: My 5ft step didn't get me out of range?
[20:13] <Kotono> OOC: Could just 5ft too, that was the one that passed th esave. But it's a miss by 1 anyway.
[20:13] <Kotono> But Kreios just barely evades, managing to woozily duck under a heavy swing. It's enough of a dodge to do the jump as...OOC: Fitz.
␃15[20:14] <Fitzcarald> Fitzcarald goes to strike the skeleton that just barely missed Kreios!
␃15[20:14] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3 whap
[20:14] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 whap --> [ 1d20=18 ]{21}
␃15[20:14] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d6 whap
[20:14] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d6 whap --> [ 1d6=5 ]{5}
[20:16] <Kotono> A solid hit on one, cracking ribs and making the entire undead mass shake. Not down but hit hard as the second...
[20:16] <Kotono> roll 1d20+2
[20:16] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=3 ]{5}
[20:16] <Kotono> Is still helplessly held. OOC: Kreois.
␃06[20:17] * Kreios swings again!
[20:17] <Kreios> roll 1d20+3-1 ATK!
[20:17] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+3-1 ATK! --> [ 1d20=18 ]{20}
[20:17] <Kreios> roll 1d6+1 damage
[20:17] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d6+1 damage --> [ 1d6=4 ]{5}
[20:18] <Kotono> Init is Skeleton 2 (25 held) > Kreios (24) > Fitzcarald (11)
[20:19] <Kotono> CRACK! The second skeleton falls as the vines continue to write. Only one is left now, the held one that...OOC: Fitz.
␃15[20:20] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+5 I was forgetting to include strength here because dumb also whap
[20:20] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+5 I was forgetting to include strength here because dumb also whap --> [ 1d20=9 ]{14}
[20:20] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
␃15[20:20] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d6+2 whap
[20:20] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d6+2 whap --> [ 1d6=5 ]{7}
[20:21] <Kotono> Another heavy blow - and the skeleton crumbles away, all three nothing but bones now. Kreois is bleeding - his head's cracked open on the side, but you're victorious! OOC: Free act.
[20:21] <Kotono> OOC: -1 more hit point of damage from bleeding. Really should treat that.
␃15[20:22] <Fitzcarald> Fitzcarald puts a hand on Kreios to at least stop the bleeding! OOC: 1 point of healing from Lay on Hands to at least stabilize him, if he wants the rest of it I can do that after.
␃15[20:24] <Fitzcarald> "I have a bit more I can give you if you'd like to conserve your spells." He says.
[20:26] <Kreios> "That's probably the smart move. I'd overheal myself if I used my own."
␃15[20:27] <Fitzcarald> He nods and will channel more of his Paladin strength into him! OOC: Another 5, total of 6 healed.
␃03[20:27] * Kreios changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 33/33(no bad stuff yet) | Kreios 19/21 ␏'
␃06[20:27] * Kreios nods in relief.
[20:27] <Kreios> "Thanks. I doubt they did, but let's check for anything useful from them."
␃15[20:29] <Fitzcarald> "I'm curious if someone created them or what, too." Fitz says as he looks over the remains!
[20:29] <Kotono> The wound is sealed, only a shallow cut left. Kreios's arm no longer hurts, too.
[20:30] <Kotono> It's three broken skeletons. Rather badly beaten up, crude clubs carried.
[20:31] <Kreios> "Thought so. Nothing really useful. Give me a minute, I want to try and find a long stick I can use as a pole. I'm getting the feeling this place is going to be nasty, so I want something to test for traps with."
[20:32] <Kotono> OOC: Okay then, Perception if you're going searching.
[20:33] <Kreios> roll 1d20+2 Wis, no perception skill, but we're in a jungle island, so...
[20:33] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+2 Wis, no perception skill, but we're in a jungle island, so... --> [ 1d20=9 ]{11}
[20:34] <Kotono> You find a decently long stick. About 7 or feet so long, sturdy enough looking.
␃06[20:35] * Kreios nods to himself.
[20:35] <Kreios> "Alright, let's go.
␃15[20:35] <Fitzcarald> Fitzcarald nods and will continue on the path, eyes open for anything on the way! OOC: Take 10 on Perception for 22 as we go.
[20:40] <Kotono> OOC: Give me perception as well, Kreios, just for reference.
[20:40] <Kreios> roll 1d20+2 Wis, no perception skill, but we're in a jungle island, so...
[20:40] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+2 Wis, no perception skill, but we're in a jungle island, so... --> [ 1d20=13 ]{15}
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[20:47] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=89 ]{89}
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
[20:47] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+12 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{24}
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4 flatfooted Kreios
[20:47] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+4 flatfooted Kreios --> [ 1d20=4 ]{8}
[20:47] <Kotono> OOC: Flatfooted AC?
[20:48] <Kreios> OOC: 12
[20:55] <Kotono> Kreios feels a pinch. A long green snake bites down on his foot - and only your boots just saved you from pain and possibly venom.
␃06[20:55] * Kreios jumps away from the snake.
[20:55] <Kreios> "SNAKE! WATCH OUT!"
␃15[20:57] <Fitzcarald> Fitzcarald yelps and jumps back, but it seems to be in response to Kreios' sudden shouting more than anything else. "Holy -- are you okay?" He asks, looking over at the snake. OOC: Take 10 on K:N in case it's a special snake or something
[20:57] <Kreios> "Yeah, it bit me but didn't get through the boot, just keep an eye out for them."
[20:58] <Kotono> It looks like a plain jungle snake - poisonous most likely, and it's slithering away with prey foiled.
␃15[21:00] <Fitzcarald> "S...Sure." He says with a bit of a hesitant nod. Maybe he doesn't like snakes?
␃15[21:03] <Fitzcarald> "I'll keep an eye out for them as we go." He promises as he heads ahead again!
[21:07] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[21:07] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=93 ]{93}
[21:08] <Kotono> OOC: Perception again, you two.
[21:08] <Kreios> roll 1d20+2 Wis, no perception skill
[21:08] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+2 Wis, no perception skill --> [ 1d20=17 ]{19}
␃15[21:09] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 for 22 again
[21:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+12
[21:10] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+12 --> [ 1d20=14 ]{26}
[21:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4 flatfooted Fitzcarald
[21:10] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+4 flatfooted Fitzcarald --> [ 1d20=8 ]{12}
␃15[21:12] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Having no meaningful dexterity means being flat-footed doesn't impact my AC! It is 17
[21:14] <Kotono> You barely take five steps forward when - !!! A big green snake falls, all over Fitzcarald's shoulders! It tries to scrabble and bite, but good solid steel saves him from it. A snake from above?!
␃15[21:15] <Fitzcarald> "What in the...?" Fitzcarald swipes at it with his scimitar, taking a look up to see if there are more snakes waiting on branches!
[21:16] <Kreios> "... I hate this place."
[21:22] <Kotono> The snake is knocked away, slithering away as well. Indeed, the lovely tropical place your friend Garen sent you to. Perhaps he was as sanguine about the experience recently as he let on?
[21:22] <Kotono> *wasn't
␃15[21:23] <Fitzcarald> A huff as Fitzcarald starts off again, this time keeping an eye closer eye out for snakes!
[21:26] <Kotono> You begin to go onward. Soon the path goes into the thicker forest - and ahead, to the side of the road, sits an overgrown house. Just a crude hut really, jungle growing over it steadily.
[21:27] <Kreios> "Want to check it out?"
␃15[21:28] <Fitzcarald> "Sure, but let's put that stick to use." Fitzcarald says. "Who knows what sort of animals might be in there."
␃06[21:28] * Kreios nods and leads the way, using the stick to try and ward off any snakes or other small animals.
[21:30] <Kotono> You sweep your stick side to side - good timing. You see another snake slither away, then another. Two deterred as you reach the hut.
␃15[21:30] <Fitzcarald> OOC: K:N for 22 - is this an oddly high level of snakes or anything or is this normal?
[21:31] <Kotono> It does seem unusually high. It could just be variance but it a bit unlikely. Not impossible though.
[21:32] <Kreios> OOC: I have K:N if it matters to try and scare off animals.
␃15[21:33] <Fitzcarald> "So, this is a rather... unusually high amount of snakes." Fitzcarald says. "I don't know what it means, but... let's be careful as we go."
␃06[21:33] * Kreios nods.
[21:36] <Kotono> OOC: Doing anything with the hut? Going on? Ball is in your courts.
[21:37] <Kreios> OOC: Yep, said I was heading in using the stick to try and ward animals off.
[21:40] <Kotono> You ward off any other animals - the way to the hut is clear.
␃06[21:40] * Kreios goes in.
␃15[21:42] <Fitzcarald> Fitz will stay near Kreios!
[21:44] <Kotono> You go in. Several bodies lie here - old and mummified. Dried out, rather than rotted. Four in total, three men and one woman. They're dressed in the remnants of what looks to be armor, some pouches and bags still intact.
[21:45] <Kreios> "Might be undead waiting to ambush?"
␃06[21:45] * Kreios pokes one with the stick.
␃15[21:46] <Fitzcarald> Fitzcarald uses his ability to sense evil! If they're dead they're... well, dead.
[21:50] <Kotono> No reaction. No evil, either.
[21:51] <Kreios> "Let's check them out, I guess?"
␃15[21:52] <Fitzcarald> "They're just corpses - nothing evil in wait for us." Fitzcarald confirms. "Strange, though, that they dried out in an island's atmosphere, though..."
␃15[21:52] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Any relevant checks that might give me any clues as to what caused the mummification? Will have a look around the hut regardless though.
␃06[21:52] * Kreios nods and starts going through for loot!
[21:56] <Kotono> OOC: K:R, let's say.
␃15[21:57] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Hey, I have that! I'll try. Take 10 for 22. (This will be a theme)
[21:57] <Kotono> OOC: Loot.
[21:57] <Kotono> Magic most likely, particularly with the local weather.
␃15[22:00] <Fitzcarald> "Hm..." Fitzcarald grunts as he's looking at one of the corpses. "Magic is likely what kept them like this. I... can't think of any reason why someone would do this." he hums once as he stands up. "I really need to get better at dealing with magical things."
[22:00] <Kreios> "Curse, perhaps?"
␃15[22:02] <Fitzcarald> "I don't see why a curse would leave them like this." He says. "Hm, those coins..." He murmurs as he looks at them. OOC: Take 10 for 22 on Appraise - can I glean anything informational about where the coins may have come from?
[22:04] <Kotono> OOC: You can...next time!
␃15[22:04] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Scary!

[Nephrite]

[19:09] <Kotono> They're not remarkable in that sense - which means they're probably printed not by a kingdom, city or similar, but by some independent mint. The value of them may vary based on that, as metals used may not be all pure. However, if they're reasonably pure, the size suggests they're worth more than usual.
[19:09] <Kotono> *minted not by a kingdom
␃15[19:14] <Fitzcarald> "I can't tell anything about where they're from, but the coins might be of some value." He says. He says a prayer for their long-departed souls. "I'll check that gem over for magic tomorrow. Anything else you'd like to do here?"
␃06[19:15] * Kreios shakes his head.
[19:15] <Kreios> "We've looked around. We should keep going."
[19:16] <Kotono> OOC: Perception, both of you.
␃15[19:17] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 for 22
[19:17] <Kreios> roll 1d20+2 Wis no perception
[19:17] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+2 Wis no perception --> [ 1d20=18 ]{20}
[19:22] <Kotono> You both hear a light, crackling noise outside.
␃06[19:22] * Kreios moves into an ambush position next to the door.
␃15[19:22] <Fitzcarald> Fitzcarald frowns and moves to follow after Kreios and wait!
[19:27] <Kotono> The crackle continues outside, but no sign of it approaching in or anyone coming in.
␃06[19:27] * Kreios tries to stealthily peak outside to see what it is... and makes a mental note to pick up a small mirror somewhere...
[19:33] <Kotono> You peek out. On a tree facing the hut is a green lizard. Big for a lizard, with crackling electricity running alongside itself. It's slowly descending the tree, coming close and closer to the ground.
[19:33] <Kreios> OOC: Roll to ID it?
[19:35] <Kotono> OOC: K:A.
[19:36] <Kreios> roll 1d20+10 K:A
[19:36] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+10 K:A --> [ 1d20=16 ]{26}
␃15[19:36] <Fitzcarald> OOC: I can do that! Take 10 for 22.
[19:36] <Kotono> It's a type of beast called a shocker lizard. Think lizards that shoot lightning. One isn't that bad, but they get dangerous in packs. Not terribly common in this area of the world, it's mildly unusual to see them on a remote island like this.
␃06[19:37] * Kreios leans back and whispers that to Fitzcarald.
␃15[19:40] <Fitzcarald> "Garen did mention that in his description of the island." Fitz says. "Unfortunately I'm not much of an animal whisperer so we may just want to be on our way... I think they're decently fast, though, so we should be careful if it decides to chase us."
[19:42] <Kotono> The lizard is going on down the tree. It hops to the ground and sits there, still for several moments.
[19:43] <Kreios> "I don't think it's going to just run away if we try to scare it... But, we might be able to distract it. I've got some rations, so maybe if I toss some near it, it'll focus on the food and let us be."
␃15[19:44] <Fitzcarald> He nods. "Sure."
␃06[19:45] * Kreios digs into his pack and pulls some meat out, then steps out of the building holding the meat up, waiting to see if the lizard focuses on it.
[19:49] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:49] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=38 ]{38}
[19:49] <Kotono> The shocker lizard turns to it and you as you move out. Beady little eyes are on you and the meat, no two ways about it.
␃06[19:50] * Kreios tosses the meat next to it while circling away from it, continuing towards the path, but not fully turning his back on the lizard.
␃15[19:50] <Fitzcarald> Fitz will wait to see if the shocker lizard starts to eat the meat before he moves!
[19:53] <Kotono> The lizard goes to the meat - and it's not making no move to go at you two, letting you to escape away.
␃15[19:54] <Fitzcarald> Fitz will slowly move out and after Kreios back the way they came!
[19:56] <Kotono> OOC: You're going onward and not backwards, right?
[19:56] <Kreios> OOC: I thought we were keeping on exploring. Is that not what you wanted to do, Fitz?
␃15[19:57] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Oh yeah, sorry, no, you are correct
␃15[19:57] <Fitzcarald> OOC: So away from here and forward
[20:03] <Kotono> You go forward. The woods are thickening ahead and the path is starting to slope upwards. No sign of further lizards this way, at least.
␃15[20:05] <Fitzcarald> "I wonder if the snakes attack the shocker lizards. Probably not." Fitz muses. "I do wonder about that giant, though... we might be able to make friends with it if it's being hassled by them."
␃15[20:05] <Fitzcarald> Fitz will head upward!
[20:06] <Kreios> "I think they're probably on the upper end of the eco system here."
␃15[20:07] <Fitzcarald> "I have a feeling that these undead, what we saw earlier with those corpses, and everything else about this island is all connected." Fitz says. "It's a little too coincidental that there's an unusually high number of snakes here... and unusual for shcoker lizards to be here."
␃06[20:08] * Kreios nods.
[20:08] <Kreios> "At least there's a theme so far. Undead and lizards. That fit with anything you know?"
[20:09] <Kreios> OCC: I dunno if there's anything that can be gleaned from that, but if there's a K check for like some sort of God or something that follows the theme?
[20:09] <Kotono> OOC: K:R.
[20:10] <Kreios> OOC: Again, the one I don't have.
[20:10] <Kreios> roll 1d20+4 Int check
[20:10] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+4 Int check --> [ 1d20=19 ]{23}
␃15[20:10] <Fitzcarald> "There are plenty of deities devoted to the undead, but..." He rubs his chin. "I don't think there's any that have connections like that, but..." OOC: Take 10 on K:R! Maybe there is one that crosses over the line of undead and snakes / lizards (reptiles??)
␃15[20:10] <Fitzcarald> OOC: For 22! because i'm bad and don't put numbrs where they should
[20:15] <Kotono> None that come to mind in particular. But if there is one, you're sure they suuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
␃15[20:16] <Fitzcarald> He shakes his head. "I don't think so." He says. "I can entreat with Her this evening for some potential guidance on linking everything together, though."
[20:17] <Kreios> "Well, let's find what we can. I've got enough to make a camp, if we need to."
[20:27] <Kotono> OOC: Okay then, continuing on or...?
␃15[20:28] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Yes, sorry, moving forward! Always moving forward.
[20:32] <Kreios> OOC: Yep.
[20:34] <Kotono> You go deeper in. Up the hilly path - and as you walk. A large clearing of fallen trees and debris. Quite a mess on a glance - and sitting here on a log, drowsing, is a large creature. Well over a dozen feet tall, clad in filthy old animal skins. Dark hair, lumpy features. A giant of some kind perhaps, a huge tree log nearby him and within arm's reach.
[20:36] <Kreios> OOC: K check on that thing.
␃15[20:36] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Yes, what kind of knowledges are appropriate for giants?
[20:42] <Kotono> OOC: Natur.e
[20:43] <Kreios> roll 1d20+8 K:N
[20:43] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+8 K:N --> [ 1d20=15 ]{23}
␃15[20:43] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+12
[20:43] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+12 --> [ 1d20=10 ]{22}
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[20:48] <Kotono> It's a giant. A hill giant to be precise you believe, a particular type of giant. As you can imagine they tend to squish puny humans dead. Just...don't get hit or wake it up, or fight it really.
␃06[20:50] * Kreios shakes his head and whispers to Fitz, "I'm not much good at sneaking, but we need to avoid that thing at all costs."
␃15[20:51] <Fitzcarald> He nods. "I don't speak Giant, but hopefully we can make peace with it if we do." He whispers. "It might not be evil. But... let's keep our distance and just keep going past it."
␃06[20:53] * Kreios tries to thread along the edge of the forest to avoid it.
[20:54] <Kotono> OOC: The edge of the forest? You mean the edge of the clearing?
[20:55] <Kreios> OOC: Yes, the edge of the clearing would meet the edge of the forest/jungle. I would prefer to stand on the tree side of that divide as trees provide more hiding spots.
[20:56] <Kotono> OOC: Stealth then.
␃15[20:57] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3 ah that thing we are both so great at
[20:57] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 ah that thing we are both so great at --> [ 1d20=18 ]{21}
[20:58] <Kreios> roll 1d20+2 Dex
[20:58] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+2 Dex --> [ 1d20=17 ]{19}
[20:59] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[20:59] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=2 ]{5}
[21:00] <Kotono> There's no sign of reaction. Both of you creep on and across as...OOC: Perception.
[21:00] <Kreios> roll 1d20+2 Wis
[21:00] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+2 Wis --> [ 1d20=1 ]{3}
[21:00] <Kreios> OOC: Oof.
␃15[21:01] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 for 22!
[21:04] <Kotono> You go along - and Fitz sees it fast enough to react. On the log you're about to hop over, no other option? A shocker lizard comes up, crawling and sitting right in the way. It's not crackling with lightning, but it's sitting there, alright.
␃15[21:05] <Fitzcarald> "Hold!" Fitz says loudly to stop Kreios. "...Is that the same one from before?" Fitz leans over to look at it - it'd be hard to tell if it was the same one, but...
[21:06] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[21:06] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{9}
[21:06] <Kotono> The giant meanwhile stirs a bit in its sleep from that call, but it doesn't seem to be quite waking - yet.
␃06[21:06] * Kreios freezes and gives the lizard a glance, but then looks at the giant in mild panic as Fitz's voice rings out.
[21:06] <Kotono> It's a shocker lizard. This one's a little bigger you think so no, not the same one.
[21:07] <Kotono> Slowly the giant stirs a bit, "Mmmm...." A sniff of the air, half asleep. Not awake, but stirring a bit.
␃15[21:07] <Fitzcarald> "Just step carefully around it." Fitz says quietly.
␃06[21:07] * Kreios eyes the lizard as the giant settles, but digs a bit of ration out and tosses it away from the lizard, hoping it heads off after the food.
[21:08] <Kotono> The lizard darts right to the food as...
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[21:08] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{12}
[21:08] <Kotono> This time the giant begins to stir as you sneak past, over half way around. It yawns slowly, and scratches at it sside, eyes half open and bleary.
␃06[21:09] * Kreios ducks behind a tree, hoping for cover and concealment.
␃15[21:10] <Fitzcarald> Fitz will follow suit! If the giant comes their way there's not much to really do about it...
[21:10] <Kotono> OOC: Stealth, both of you. Good luck.
[21:10] <Kreios> roll 1d20+2 Dex
[21:10] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+2 Dex --> [ 1d20=4 ]{6}
[21:10] <Kreios> OOC: Welp, time to fight I guess.
␃15[21:11] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3 ah that thing we are both so great at
[21:11] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 ah that thing we are both so great at --> [ 1d20=1 ]{4}
[21:11] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4 (-2 half awake)
[21:11] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+4 (-2 half awake) --> [ 1d20=9 ]{13}
[21:12] <Kotono> The giant gets up, lugging a (smaller) fallen tree like a club with it. It's heading your way, face confused.
␃06[21:13] * Kreios grabs another piece of food and tosses, hoping the Shocker Lizard will run out after it into the Giant's view and draw it's attention.
␃15[21:13] <Fitzcarald> OOC: And towards the shocker lizard, correct?
[21:13] <Kotono> You're also getting a whiff. Someone hasn't bathed in some time and there's an awful lot of him to smell, too.
[21:13] <Kotono> OOC: And towards the lizard, yes.
␃15[21:13] <Fitzcarald> OOC: OK
[21:14] <Kotono> OOC: Do either of you speak giant, by the way?
[21:14] <Kreios> OOC: Nope.
␃15[21:15] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Alas, I picked more esoteric languages
[21:15] <Kreios> OOC: Languages: Common, Celestial, Elven, Dwarven
[21:15] <Kotono> Kreios throws the food. The lizard runs after it as the giant looks on in further confusion and utters something angrily in a foreign tongue. The club smashes down at the lizard and...!
[21:15] <Kotono> roll 1d20+16
[21:15] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+16 --> [ 1d20=11 ]{27}
[21:15] <Kotono> roll 2d8+10
[21:15] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 2d8+10 --> [ 2d8=10 ]{20}
[21:15] <Kotono> SMASH! The lizard is reduced to a bloody mess, broken. The giant glares down at it, like it's something disgusting.
␃06[21:16] * Kreios stays very, very still.
␃15[21:16] <Fitzcarald> Poor thing! Fitz says inwardly, unknowing of the horror that this giant likely just saved them from. He also stays still!
[21:17] <Kotono> The giant slowly looks about as...OOC: Stealth again, you two.
␃15[21:17] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3 ah that thing we are both so great at
[21:17] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 ah that thing we are both so great at --> [ 1d20=16 ]{19}
[21:18] <Kreios> roll 1d20+2 Dex
[21:18] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+2 Dex --> [ 1d20=14 ]{16}
[21:18] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4 (-2 ????)
[21:18] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+4 (-2 ????) --> [ 1d20=9 ]{13}
[21:18] <Kotono> Yet it slowly looks about and turns away, stomping back to its log. It looks around before sitting back down, closing its eyes once more.
␃06[21:19] * Kreios stays still for a while longer, hoping for some indication of actual sleep like snoring.
[21:19] <Kotono> It doesn't snore, but it does breathe slower and seems to be drowsing, if not asleep.
␃06[21:20] * Kreios knows he sucks at the whole stealth thing and so keeps waiting for real sleep...
␃15[21:21] <Fitzcarald> Fitz will wait himself with a hand to his ear. Well, it certainly seems like the giant and the shocker lizards don't get along, either way...
[21:23] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[21:23] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=88 ]{88}
[21:23] <Kotono> After several minutes this seems to be as asleep as it is going to get.
␃15[21:24] <Fitzcarald> Fitz nods and will gesture for them to keep going!
␃06[21:25] * Kreios nods to Fitz and starts carefully picking his way through the area again.
[21:26] <Kotono> OOC: Stealth one more time you two. Don't blow it.
[21:27] <Kreios> roll 1d20+2 Dex
[21:27] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+2 Dex --> [ 1d20=11 ]{13}
␃15[21:27] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3 ah that thing we are both so great at
[21:27] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 ah that thing we are both so great at --> [ 1d20=14 ]{17}
[21:30] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[21:30] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=14 ]{17}
[21:30] <Kotono> You both creep along and make it to the end, another path ahead. Also the giant's stirring again, even as you see a path further up hill and away from that walking disaster of a problem.
␃06[21:30] * Kreios continues on, but doesn't rush, knowing that'll just lead to mistakes.
␃15[21:31] <Fitzcarald> Fitz will follow Kreios' lead - they should be sufficiently far enough away by now, right...?
[21:34] <Kotono> Indeed, you think you are and the truth is that...you find out, next time!

[Nephrite]

[18:58] <Kotono> You hurry along the path. You leave the giant behind, no sign of being followed. However, ahead? You can easily spot about half a dozen of the shocker lizards, clinging to trees, resting on branches or otherwise just about. None on the path but all fairly close, occasionally crackling with lightning as they sit there, many watching the two of you.
␃06[18:59] * Kreios keeps going, ignoring them until they start moving close.
␃15[19:02] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 on K:N for 22 - is this behavior normal for shocker lizards? Are they usually more aggressive?
[19:04] <Kotono> No, this is about normal. They do this sometimes. They may or may not attack, but your odds are good that they won't.
␃15[19:05] <Fitzcarald> "I think as long as we don't actively disturb them, they'll leave us alone." Fitz says. "Just be careful not to step on any."
␃06[19:05] * Kreios nods.
[19:06] <Kreios> "Most animals are that way. They usually know what to hunt and people aren't normal in the wilderness. It's easier to avoid than to attack or fight."
[19:10] <Kotono> You walk past and...
[19:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20
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[19:10] <Kotono> roll 1d20
[19:10] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20 --> [ 1d20=3 ]{3}
[19:10] <Kotono> Nothing happens. They let you walk right past, sure enough.
␃15[19:11] <Fitzcarald> Fitz nods and will keep going, keeping an eye out for any other unexpected hazards as they go.
[19:13] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:13] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=48 ]{48}
[19:13] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:13] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=61 ]{61}
[19:14] <Kotono> You walk along the path for some time. It ends in a sharp slope down - into a cavern.At least no shocker lizards are around it.
␃15[19:16] <Fitzcarald> "I've got eyes for this sort of thing." Fitz says. "You've got some light on you, right?"
␃06[19:17] * Kreios nods.
[19:18] <Kreios> "A couple spells and a lantern."
␃15[19:19] <Fitzcarald> "Lantern is probably enough." He says as he heads down - carefully - towards the cavern. "I'll go first to make sure there's no surprises."
␃06[19:20] * Kreios follows, hooded lantern ready.
[19:23] <Kotono> It's a simple enough cavern passage - but from within the lights illuminate them. A trio of skeletons - two with simple clubs, but the last with the remnants of metal and leather armor. In its hands is a surprisingly well intact greatsword!
␃15[19:24] <Fitzcarald> Three again? Well, there's not much they can do about it, Fitzcarald already advancing towards them - shield out and mace ready to smash them!
[19:26] <Kotono> OOC: Seems straight forward here - init.
[19:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 skeleton with club
[19:26] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+5 skeleton with club --> [ 1d20=12 ]{17}
[19:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5 skeleton with club
[19:26] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+5 skeleton with club --> [ 1d20=17 ]{22}
[19:26] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 greatsword skeleton
[19:26] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+6 greatsword skeleton --> [ 1d20=17 ]{23}
[19:27] <Kreios> roll 1d20+6 Init
[19:27] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+6 Init --> [ 1d20=4 ]{10}
␃15[19:27] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3
[19:27] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=17 ]{20}
[19:28] <Kotono> Init is Greatsword Skeleton (23) > Skeleton With Club (22) > Fitzcarald (20) > Skeleton With Club (17) > Kreios (10)
[19:28] <Kotono> Before either of you can react, the greatsword skeleton lunges forward, swinging wildly at Fitz!
[19:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+5
[19:28] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{11}
[19:29] <Kotono> Ting! It glances off his armor, deflected by good, solid steel. At the same time a club bearing skeleton lurches at Kreios, a chatter of long dead teeth as it swings away at him.
[19:29] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[19:29] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{9}
[19:29] <Kotono> Which even now is too wild, a complete miss.  OOC: Fitz.
[19:29] <Kreios> OOC: 16 AC
␃15[19:30] <Fitzcarald> "These things sure are fast for being skeletons!" Fitz shouts. Still, he can't waste any time - he swings his mace at the skeleton with the greatsword - hoping to draw the attention of the other skeleton as well!
␃15[19:30] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+5 (-1 Combat Expertise)
[19:30] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+5 (-1 Combat Expertise) --> [ 1d20=20 ]{25}
␃15[19:31] <Fitzcarald> OOC: No point in crit confirming because boo hoo skeletons
[19:31] <Kotono> OOC: Hit. Undead can't be crit, unfortunately, but it's a good solid hit.
␃15[19:31] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d6+3 kerpow
[19:31] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d6+3 kerpow --> [ 1d6=6 ]{9}
[19:31] <Kotono> Init is Skeleton With Club (22) > Fitzcarald (20) > Skeleton With Club (17) > Kreios (10)
[19:32] <Kotono> One blow and the skeleton shatters - head crushed, the rest of it giving way. Its greatsword clatters down amid the duller thud of bones as the last one rushes in over it, swinging at Fitz in bloody minded revenge.
[19:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[19:32] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{15}
[19:32] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
␃15[19:32] <Fitzcarald> OOC: 18 currently
␃15[19:33] <Fitzcarald> "Yeah, well, if you hadn't attacked us your friend would still be here!" He shouts uselessly since the skeletons clearly have no actual minds of their own.
[19:34] <Kotono> Yet this misses entirely, Fitz giving it a shield block. It's just enough as...OOC: Kreios.
␃06[19:34] * Kreios decides to respond with his mace since this has been going fairly well so far... No need to waste magic if he doesn't have to!
␃06[19:35] * Kreios steps in and swings at the nearest skeleton that's going after Fitz! OOC: Flank if I can.
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[19:35] <Kreios> roll 1d20+3 Mace ATK!
[19:35] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+3 Mace ATK! --> [ 1d20=2 ]{5}
[19:35] <Kreios> OOC: Well, guess it's not a crit fail at least.
[19:38] <Kotono> A swing and a complete miss, goingover as in return, the skeleton does what skeleton do - attacks him with that big ol' club!
[19:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[19:38] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{15}
[19:38] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[19:38] <Kreios> OOC: 16 AC
[19:38] <Kotono> Which at the last moment Kreios ducks, a nimble move that saves him a possible braining.  OOC: Fitz.
␃15[19:38] <Fitzcarald> Seeing Kreios is able to currently hold his own, Fitz takes another swing at his own skeleton!
␃15[19:39] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+5 (-1 Combat Expertise)
[19:38] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+5 (-1 Combat Expertise) --> [ 1d20=10 ]{15}
␃15[19:39] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d6+3 kerpow
[19:39] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d6+3 kerpow --> [ 1d6=4 ]{7}
[19:41] <Kotono> Init is Fitzcarald (20) > Skeleton With Club (17) > Kreios (10)
[19:41] <Kotono> CRACK! Down it goes, another skull broken. Just in time for the last to swing away at Fitz, a wild strike without mercy.
[19:42] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[19:42] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{19}
[19:42] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
␃15[19:44] <Fitzcarald> OOC: I am going to utilize Cunning Defense for +3 to prop me up to 22.
[19:48] <Kotono> At the last moment, a surge of inspiration. As the club comes for your head, Fitz swings up. He deflects the club at the last moment, a desperate dodge that's just good enough. OOC: Go Kreios, then Fitz after.
␃06[19:48] * Kreios swings again!
[19:48] <Kreios> roll 1d20+3 Mace ATK!
[19:48] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+3 Mace ATK! --> [ 1d20=11 ]{14}
[19:48] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[19:48] <Kreios> roll 1d6+1
[19:48] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d6+1 --> [ 1d6=2 ]{3}
[19:48] <Kotono> A good solid hit, cracking its head and ribs. Battered back, it lets ou ta breathless wail before...OOC: Go Fitz.
␃15[19:49] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+5 (-1 Combat Expertise)
[19:49] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+5 (-1 Combat Expertise) --> [ 1d20=20 ]{25}
␃15[19:49] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d6+3 kerpow
[19:49] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d6+3 kerpow --> [ 1d6=5 ]{8}
[19:56] <Kotono> CRACK! The last one falls, broken. The remnants of them and their gear lies on the ground, the path further in now clear.
␃15[19:58] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 on Appraise for 22 - does any of this seem remotely valuable or just standard (but still surprisingly maintained) stuff?
␃15[19:58] <Fitzcarald> "You get out without any hits?" Fitz calls over while he looks over the skeletal remains.
[19:58] <Kreios> "I'm good. You?"
[20:00] <Kotono> The only thing that looks good is the greatsword - it's well made. No sign of rust. It even has a sheen to it. Exceptionally good shape, which suggests it's enchanted in some way.
␃15[20:01] <Fitzcarald> "I think this is magical." Fitz says as he lifts it up to find a place to store it on his back. "I'm not much of a greatsword user, but it's at least something. Still kind of wonder how that skeleton got its hands on it, though."
␃06[20:03] * Kreios nods.
[20:04] <Kreios> "I say we take it. Loot is loot. I've got the pack, so... You mind carrying it?"
␃15[20:06] <Fitzcarald> "We can always take it back to the boat if we find something we can't carry." Fitz says. "Onward, then." With the skeletons sorted, he will venture deeper into the cavern! Eyes alert for pitfalls or anything else, though.
␃06[20:11] * Kreios follows along.
[20:13] <Kotono> You go down a passage. A slope and ahead you see a large cavern - severa other paths lead to it. In the center is a stone rimmed circular pit, a straight drop seemingly down. Nothing else seems to be around.
␃15[20:18] <Fitzcarald> "Huh." Fitz says as he looks around. "Wonder how many people dropped down there to see what was in it and didn't come back."
[20:18] <Kreios> "Since we've never heard of this place and treasure is supposed to be here, I'm going to guess all of them."
[20:19] <Kotono> Nothing looks awry, at least to a casual look. Of course you could go look in the pit or look closer here in general.
␃15[20:19] <Fitzcarald> "I know we've got some rope, but who knows how deep this is..." He says as he leans over to look - his ability to see in the dark only goes out 50 feet, so he surely can't see a bottom to this, right?
[20:20] <Kreios> "I've got 50 feet of rope, yeah."
[20:20] <Kotono> The pit goes down just about 50ft. At the bottom is an opening ot a larger space - and gold coins are strewn about. A few bits of gems and a golden skull, too - and skeletons. About half a dozen of them, broken and lying there, some gear still intact on a glance - but it's hard to tell since it's at the edge of your vision.
␃15[20:23] <Fitzcarald> "What in the..." Fitz murmurs. "Hey, you said you have some magic for light, right? Can you cast it on something and then throw it, by any chance?"
␃06[20:23] * Kreios nods and looks around for a rock.
␃15[20:24] <Fitzcarald> "This goes down about fifty feet, and there's... a bunch of things down here, including skeletons... they don't look like the type who can get back up, but..." He explains. "It doesn't explain how any of it got down there, though - and I don't think our giant buddy outside put them here."
[20:26] <Kotono> There's a few rocks here and there, sure.
␃06[20:26] * Kreios picks up a rock, casts Light on it, and tosses it in, watching it fall.
␃15[20:28] <Fitzcarald> Fitz leans over to get a better look now!
[20:35] <Kotono> The rock falls down and - !!!! OOC: PErception both of you. +2 bonus.
[20:35] <Kreios> roll 1d20+2+2 no perception
[20:35] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+2+2 no perception --> [ 1d20=1 ]{5}
␃15[20:39] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 for 24
␃15[20:39] <Fitzcarald> OOC: You're not gonna get me this time, Rei!!
␃15[20:40] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Or Kobot!!!
[20:41] <Kotono> It's Fitzcarald who notices it - lightning fast something darts. Man sized by shaped like a clawed predator. A skull for a head and ragged, half gone fur over its body. It pounces the light source instantly, which flickers out in a second, a horrid sound of tearing stone below.
␃15[20:43] <Fitzcarald> "...Well, that explains the skeletons." Fitz says with a hiss. "You didn't have to see it to be able to hear that, I'm guessing."
␃15[20:44] <Fitzcarald> Fitz does check to see if it's, you know, coming up now or not.
[20:44] <Kreios> "I heard it, but didn't see anything. You did? What was it?"
[20:44] <Kotono> A good choice - it's leaped up onto the wall of the pit. Its claws let it climb easily, rapidly ascending up. You have a BIG problem!
␃15[20:47] <Fitzcarald> "It's coming up!" Fitz shouts. "I don't think we can outrun it, so just hit it with whatever you've got when it comes up! Unless you can conjure a boulder or something!"
[20:47] <Kreios> "I don't really have many offensive spells!"
␃15[20:48] <Fitzcarald> "Fine - we'll do it the old-fashioned way! It seems to hate light - if you can enchant my shield that will probably draw its attention!" He replies.
␃06[20:48] * Kreios begins casting as many spells as he can before it gets to them!
[20:48] <Kreios> OOC: how many spells can I get off here?
[20:49] <Kotono> OOC: Init, let's put it that way.
[20:49] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 ????
[20:49] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+7 ???? --> [ 1d20=2 ]{9}
[20:49] <Kreios> roll 1d20+6 Init
[20:49] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+6 Init --> [ 1d20=15 ]{21}
␃15[20:49] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3
[20:49] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{10}
[20:51] <Kotono> Init is Kreios (21) > Fitzcarald (10) > ???? (9)
[20:51] <Kotono> OOC: Open Kreios.
␃06[20:51] * Kreios casts a spell! OOC: LIght, target on Fitz's shield.
␃15[20:53] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Any Knowledge checks appropriate for knowing what this thing is besides 'some sort of awful undead something or other'?
[20:56] <Kotono> OOCK: R.
␃15[20:56] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 for 22 then!
[20:57] <Kotono> Light is cast on Fitz's shield as Fitz thinks a moment. You aren't sure what this is - whatever it is isn't normal. But it's definitely undead, you can tell this much.  OOC: Go.
␃15[20:59] <Fitzcarald> "It's definitely undead!" Fitz calls out. "If you've got anything that works well against them, use that!" In the meantime, he prepares for the creature to come out, waiting for the right opportunity...! OOC: Holding an attack action for it to actually come out of the pit since I can't hit it yet, Cunning Defense is being used to bump my AC to 20 before it gets here.
␃15[21:00] <Fitzcarald> He also prays to the Red Knight in that moment to see him through this fight and to victory!
[21:02] <Kotono> It's crawling up - most of the way out but not yet. You have a little more time before...OOC: Go Kreios.
␃06[21:04] * Kreios casts again! OOC: Bear's Endurance for Fitz. +4 Con.
␃03[21:05] * Retrieving #dunes modes...
␃03[21:06] * Fitzcarald changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 39/39(+4 con) | Kreios 19/21 ␏'
␃15[21:06] <Fitzcarald> "Behind me, I'll draw its attention!" Fitz shouts.
[21:08] <Kreios> "I need to touch it for some of my spells!"
␃15[21:08] <Fitzcarald> "Understood!" He shouts. "Hopefully the light will keep it busy then." He grips his mace, ready to smite this thing back into the pit it spawned from!
[21:09] <Kotono> At this it leaps out - high and long. A human-like thing, a skull head and skeletal body covered in fur. Long, blade like claws instead of hands. A face twisted into a rictus grin of pain. It leaps up and higha,  perfect time to hit it as it rises up and...OOC: Go ahead, Fitzcarald, take your held action.
[21:10] <Kotono>  Init is Kreios (21) > Fitzcarald = ???? (9)
␃15[21:10] <Fitzcarald> Fitz swings his mace with a prayer for the Red Knight!
␃15[21:10] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+6+3 smite evil
[21:10] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+6+3 smite evil --> [ 1d20=11 ]{20}
␃15[21:11] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d6+3+3 smite evil
[21:10] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d6+3+3 smite evil --> [ 1d6=2 ]{8}
[21:15] <Kotono> A hit. A solid hit that slams it in the ribs, breaking some of them off. Yet it doesn't stop it as...OOC: Kreios, go.
␃06[21:17] * Kreios moves to flank it with Fitz and tries to hit it with a healing spell! OOC: Cure Moderate Wounds.
[21:18] <Kreios> roll 1d20+3 Touch Atk
[21:18] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+3 Touch Atk --> [ 1d20=19 ]{22}
[21:19] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[21:20] <Kreios> roll 2d8+3 Healing/Damage, Save: Will Half, DC 16, Spell Resistance applies.
[21:20] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 2d8+3 Healing/Damage, Save: Will Half, DC 16, Spell Resistance applies. --> [ 2d8=9 ]{12}
[21:20] <Kotono> roll 1d20+4
[21:20] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+4 --> [ 1d20=18 ]{22}
[21:20] <Kotono> OOC: 6 damage.
[21:21] <Kotono> A touch causes the bony body to crack and some of the fur to wither away. You don't stop it through and it lands fo ra split second, before it lunges at Fitzcarald as...OOC: Same tic so you both go. It's pouncing at Fitz fast and hard.
[21:21] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10 vs Fita
[21:21] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+10 vs Fita --> [ 1d20=6 ]{16}
[21:21] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
␃15[21:24] <Fitzcarald> OOC: 20 currently
[21:25] <Kotono> OOC: Go, same time so I'll sort them out but it whiffed.
␃15[21:25] <Fitzcarald> Fitz swings at the same time with his mace - he's unable to empower his weapon again but simply swings with all his strength!
␃15[21:26] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+6
[21:26] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+6 --> [ 1d20=18 ]{24}
␃15[21:26] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d6+6 using inspiration for +3 damage
[21:26] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d6+6 using inspiration for +3 damage --> [ 1d6=6 ]{12}
[21:29] <Kotono> A direct hit! A third blow is the charm. The head is broken and the creature collapses - a quick, vicious battle that went your way. You won!
␃15[21:30] <Fitzcarald> Fitzcarald lets out a breath as he relaxes. "Holy..." He huffs and says a prayer of thanks to his Patron for seeing him through that!
␃06[21:30] * Kreios lets out a shaky breath.
[21:31] <Kreios> "That... That went far better than it had any right to..."
␃15[21:31] <Fitzcarald> "That could've gone much more differently - excellent coordination, Kreios." He says. He kneels down to check the corpse - is there anything on it that would identify what it used to be?
[21:31] <Kotono> OOC: Perception.
␃15[21:32] <Fitzcarald> "Hey, it's fate for that time I got knocked off my horse and almost died to a contruct cat." He says. OOC: Take 10 for 22
[21:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+11
[21:32] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+11 --> [ 1d20=15 ]{26}
[21:32] <Kotono> It looks perfectly normal - nothing like !!!! Suddenly the hands rip free of the broken body! In an instant they're slashing, a sudden sneak attack against Fitzcarald. They float in the air, moving with unholy energies!
[21:32] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 flatfooted so flatfooted AC, Fitz
[21:32] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+8 flatfooted so flatfooted AC, Fitz --> [ 1d20=3 ]{11}
␃15[21:33] <Fitzcarald> OOC: 17!
[21:33] <Kotono> Yet Fitz's armor holds. They block the attack, saving him from a horrible fate as...OOC: Init.
␃15[21:33] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3
[21:33] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=20 ]{23}
[21:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+7 ????
[21:33] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+7 ???? --> [ 1d20=9 ]{16}
[21:33] <Kreios> roll 1d20+6 Init
[21:33] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+6 Init --> [ 1d20=3 ]{9}
[21:34] <Kotono> Init is Fitzcarald (23) > ??? (16) > Kreois (9)
[21:34] <Kotono> OOC: Go.
[21:34] <Kotono> Init is Fitzcarald (23) > ??? (16) > Kreios (9)
␃15[21:34] <Fitzcarald> "Well isn't this a fine how-do-you-do!" Fitzcarald shouts as he swings his mace at one of the hands! Wait, weren't these the same monsters that Roderad was using...?
␃15[21:34] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+6
[21:34] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+6 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{13}
␃15[21:35] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d6+3 if that hit
[21:34] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d6+3 if that hit --> [ 1d6=2 ]{5}
[21:38] <Kotono> A swing but a narrow miss - and they're swinging again at him, the battle joined!
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
[21:38] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+8 --> [ 1d20=10 ]{18}
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
[21:38] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+8 --> [ 1d20=18 ]{26}
[21:38] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
␃15[21:39] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Going to use an inspiration point to bump me to 20
[21:41] <Kotono> roll 1d10+5
[21:41] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d10+5 --> [ 1d10=4 ]{9}
␃03[21:42] * Fitzcarald changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 30/39(+4 con) | Kreios 19/21 ␏'
[21:42] <Kotono> Fitzcarald is slashed hard - across the leg, a bleeding wound. HE's bleedind bad and freely - he needs to stop this, fast! OOC: 3 damage each round on your turn until healed or the bleeding is stopped. Kreios, go.
␃06[21:43] * Kreios tags Fitz on the shoulder with a hand as he chants a spell! OOC: Cure Light Wounds.
[21:43] <Kreios> roll 1d8+3 Healing
[21:43] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d8+3 Healing --> [ 1d8=2 ]{5}
␃03[21:43] * Fitzcarald changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 35/39(+4 con) | Kreios 19/21 ␏'
[21:44] <Kotono> The wound is sealed - and the bleeding stops, at least the worst of it for the moment. OOC: Bleeding stopped. Fitz.
␃15[21:44] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+6 kerpow
[21:44] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+6 kerpow --> [ 1d20=12 ]{18}
␃15[21:44] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d6+3 if that hit
[21:44] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d6+3 if that hit --> [ 1d6=3 ]{6}
[21:44] <Kotono> A good, solid swing that hits the hands - cracking them but not ending them. At the same time they come at him again, swinging away wildly. Dodge!
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
[21:44] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+8 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{17}
[21:44] <Kotono> roll 1d20+8
[21:44] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+8 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{16}
[21:44] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
␃15[21:44] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Thankfully still 20!!
[21:45] <Kotono> Somehow Fitzcarald dodges. Jukes and weaves, enough to not get skewered a second time. HE's still breathing for now as...OOC: Kreios.
␃15[21:45] <Fitzcarald> "Who even comes up with something like this?!" He shouts.
␃06[21:45] * Kreios snaps his own weapon at one of them!
[21:45] <Kreios> roll 1d20+3 Mace ATK
[21:45] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+3 Mace ATK --> [ 1d20=12 ]{15}
[21:48] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[21:48] <Kreios> roll 1d6+1 Damage
[21:48] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d6+1 Damage --> [ 1d6=2 ]{3}
[21:48] <Kotono> Another blow - more heavy cracks along it, but it's not down. Close surely but not down as...OOC: Fitz.
␃15[21:48] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+6 kerpow
[21:48] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+6 kerpow --> [ 1d20=15 ]{21}
␃15[21:48] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d6+3 if that hit
[21:48] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d6+3 if that hit --> [ 1d6=6 ]{9}
[21:48] <Kotono> With a final blow the hands are shattered. Bones and claws fall apart, leaving the battle won. Safe at last?
␃15[21:49] <Fitzcarald> Fitz isn't taking any chances and smashes the feet of this stupid thing too!
[21:49] <Kreios> "What a pain in the ass this place is."
␃15[21:50] <Fitzcarald> "Fool me once!" He shouts with a swing. "Shame on me!"
␃15[21:50] <Fitzcarald> "Honestly, this is no ordinary island." He says with a huff - after thoroughly smashing it - he leans down - again! - to check it over. What -was- this thing??
[21:50] <Kotono> The feet are quite throughly broken.
[21:51] <Kotono> It was an undead horror. Now it's a pile of smashed bones that - !!! It twitches! Wait no, that's just the broken bone fragments settling.
[21:52] <Kreios> "Think there's something else down there? Trap or something?"
␃15[21:53] <Fitzcarald> "I don't know what to call it other than an abomination. Not... ...not a literal abomination, because those are specific things..." He says. "No, I don't think there's anything else - I imagine it just stayed down there and killed anything that got close. We just happened to be the first group to be able to deal with it."
␃06[21:54] * Kreios grunts.
[21:54] <Kreios> "Down, then?"
␃06[21:54] * Kreios starts to fish out his rope.
␃15[21:54] <Fitzcarald> He pushes himself back to his feet. "I can go down and collect everything down there - do we have anything to tie that rope to?" He asks.
[21:54] <Kotono> Perhaps he does - you'll find out next time!

[Nephrite]

[19:07] <Kreios> "I've got climbing gear, let me get it set up."
[19:07] <Kreios> OOC: I've got pittons, rope, grappling hook, ect, so I can anchor it wherever.
[19:08] <Kreios> "Also, I've got the pole, so maybe we poke around when we get down there incase there are traps or things hidden under the dirt or loot."
[19:08] <Kotono> OOC: Noted.
␃15[19:09] <Fitzcarald> "Sure. Your light should last a while longer, so we can look around thoroughly." Fitz says.
␃06[19:11] * Kreios goes about setting everything up.
␃15[19:12] <Fitzcarald> Fitz will help out while shining the light from his shield back into the pit to make sure nothing else rumbles about!
[19:15] <Kotono> The rope and accessories are all set up, as meanwhile you see nothing else moving down there.
␃15[19:16] <Fitzcarald> "Right, want me to go first?" He asks.
[19:16] <Kreios> "You've got the shield..."
␃06[19:17] * Kreios offers him the pole as well.
␃15[19:19] <Fitzcarald> He nods and takes the pole, and will make his way down into the pit with the rope!
␃15[19:20] <Fitzcarald> Once there, he'll start shining his shield around - it'll take a bit of work but he'll start collecting all the shining bits and pieces that are down there.
[19:22] <Kotono> OOC: Acrobatics check.
␃15[19:23] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Can you summon the dreaded one?
␃03[19:28] * Kobot has joined #dunes
[19:28] <Kobot> OOC: Here.
␃15[19:29] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3
[19:29] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{10}
[19:32] <Kotono> You make it down. Here are scattered coins. Treasure. Weapons. A golden skull. Gemstones. There's a lot here to take in - but it's a circular cavern. All around the edges are dozens of skeletons, arm to arm. Perhaps a hundred or more. Each one stands upright, unmoving. White skeletons, as if bleached by time. Each skeleton has a slender metal spike driven through their forehead and out the back
[19:32] <Kotono> of their skull, into the wall. Each skull is decorated with dull, faded paint around the rest of its skull, some sort of pattern of lines and angles.
␃15[19:34] <Fitzcarald> OOC: So it expands out a little further than the pit in the middle would indicate, but it's a dead end (heh) correct?
[19:34] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
␃15[19:36] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Okay. Any relevant knowledge checks on the following: the way the skeletons are positioned (a ritual of some sort?) - any meaning behind the spike in their skull (vampires? some sort of ritualistic killing?) and then finally the patterns themselves. It's fine if those are all separate checks.
[19:43] <Kotono> OOC: K:R.
␃15[19:44] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 for 22 then, all 3 if it's different checks for each one
␃15[19:44] <Fitzcarald> "Uh... wow, you've kind of got to see this for yourself, Kreios." Fitz calls out. "I'll come back up in a minute so you can come down."
[19:45] <Kreios> "That... Sort of sounds like I *don't* want to see it."
[19:45] <Kotono> The skeletons are positioned oddly - it could be ritual or it could be ceremonial. It's nothing active, you think. At least an active ritual. The spike in their skull is strange, it doesn't fit the faiths you know. The patterns themselves are distinctly magical, each skull's consistent. Something tings the back of your mind: A name. Talona. A dark deity of pain, suffering.
␃15[19:48] <Fitzcarald> "Ugh, I think that creature we killed was some sort of warped servant of Talona. If you're not familiar, she's... awful, evil deity of pain and suffering." He calls out. "Hold on." He looks around again... OOC: Appraise for 22, just looking for what appears to be the most valuable thing that I can see - guessing the golden skull or the gemstones of some sort.
[19:49] <Kreios> "... Is that the same one from the basement?"
␃15[19:49] <Fitzcarald> "Sure is!"
␃15[19:50] <Fitzcarald> "That's a really weird coincidence, isn't it..." He hums. "I wonder if Garen isn't actually a priest of our golden goddess at all..."
[19:51] <Kreios> "That's... Not a coincidence at all. Fuckin' gods. Alright, do you want me to come down there with my pack so we can get as much as we can?"
[19:52] <Kotono> The golden skull, most likely, barring magic items.
␃15[19:55] <Fitzcarald> "Let me come up in case I need to grab the rope, hold on." Fitz calls out. He has room in his coin bag and clothes for some of this - so he grabs the golden skull and some of the gemstones and goes to take the rope back up. "There's a lot of weapons, we probably have quite a haul on our hands if they're magical in nature."
␃06[19:56] * Kreios hums, "Well, my pack can hold quite a bit, but maybe not everything. There's also the matter of the tent we found. Someone else is here. Best time to ambush someone is when they're loaded down with loot. Any ideas?"
[19:58] <Kotono> The moment Fitzcarald grabs the golden skull, every single skeleton begins to scream. A loud and shrill noise, the sound of pain and suffering. A hundred voices rise up together, loud as they can be.
␃06[19:58] * Kreios slaps his hands over his ears.
␃15[20:00] <Fitzcarald> "Oh, you would, you awful bitch!" He shouts. He throws the skull back down onto the ground. He draws his mace, in case that doesn't stop the noise.
[20:02] <Kotono> The shouts cease, even if your ears still ache with the echos of them.
␃15[20:03] <Fitzcarald> "You don't by any chance know a spell to hallow an area or consecrate it, right?" He calls out.
[20:05] <Kreios> OOC: Sec to look through my list.
[20:06] <Kreios> "Only Bless. Haven't found that scroll yet."
␃15[20:07] <Fitzcarald> "Got anything to plug our ears with? Wax or something?" He shouts. "I have a feeling if we just start smashing this it'll shout at us again."
[20:09] <Kotono> OOC: Perception check, Kreios, -4 penalty.
[20:09] <Kreios> "... Not on me, but I might be able to figure something out with the plants on the island. Some sap or something... Hey, try this. Let me toss one of my spare shirts down. Tie the sleeves shut and scoop it up without touching it with your hands. Maybe it only works if you actually touch it?"
[20:09] <Kreios> roll 1d20+2-4 Wis, no Perception
[20:09] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+2-4 Wis, no Perception --> [ 1d20=11 ]{9}
[20:13] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on.
␃06[20:13] * Kreios digs a shirt out and tosses it down to Fitz.
␃15[20:15] <Fitzcarald> Fitz will start tying the shirt around to make a shirt-scoop, then nudges the skull into it with his foot and lifts it off the ground.
[20:18] <Kotono> As Fitz does that? Suddenly Kreios hears something right behind him!
[20:18] <Kreios> "THE HELL?!"
␃06[20:18] * Kreios spins and reaches for his mace!
[20:19] <Kotono> You whirl just in time - they're coming. Skeletons. Three of them with clubs. What's worse, four more are coming in from various passages into this chamber.
[20:19] <Kreios> "SKELETONS!"
␃15[20:20] <Fitzcarald> "Coming!" He shouts, going for the rope!
[20:20] <Kotono> OOC: Init. Oen sec.
[20:21] <Kreios> roll 1d20+6 Init
[20:21] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+6 Init --> [ 1d20=10 ]{16}
␃15[20:21] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3
[20:21] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{22}
[20:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 skeleton 1 (+1 alarm)
[20:27] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+6 skeleton 1 (+1 alarm) --> [ 1d20=18 ]{24}
[20:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 skeleton 2 (+1 alarm)
[20:27] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+6 skeleton 2 (+1 alarm) --> [ 1d20=20 ]{26}
[20:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 skeleton 3 (+1 alarm)
[20:27] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+6 skeleton 3 (+1 alarm) --> [ 1d20=12 ]{18}
[20:27] <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 skeleton 4-7 (+1 alarm)
[20:27] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+6 skeleton 4-7 (+1 alarm) --> [ 1d20=12 ]{18}
[20:27] <Kotono> Init is Skeleton 2 (26) > Skeleton 1 (24) > Fitzcarald (22) > Skeleton 3 = Skeletons Incoming (18) > Kreios (16)
[20:28] <Kotono> Before anyone can act, one skeleton swings his club at Kreios, slamming right into him.
[20:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[20:28] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{19}
[20:28] <Kotono> OOC: Flatfooted AC?
[20:28] <Kreios> OOC: Not that high. 14.
[20:28] <Kotono> roll 1d6+2 and Acrobatics check
[20:28] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d6+2 and Acrobatics check --> [ 1d6=3 ]{5}
[20:33] <Kreios> roll 1d20+2 Dex no acrobatics.
[20:33] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+2 Dex no acrobatics. --> [ 1d20=5 ]{7}
[20:33] <Kotono> Gah! You're smashed in the side, a momentary nova of pain from Kreios's ribs. He's knocked back - right to the edge of the pit. Only his barest instincts keep him from falling in but it's close - painfully close as the first skeleton advances right behind it, swinging as well!
[20:33] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[20:33] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=10 ]{13}
[20:33] <Kotono> OOC: Flatfooted aC?
[20:34] <Kreios> OOC: Same as before, 14.
␃03[20:34] * Kotono sets mode: +o Kreios
[20:34] <Kotono> OOC: Cool, remember to adjust topic HP.
[20:34] <Kotono> But this time, even perhaps a second from falling over, Kreios manages to dodge. More wobbling on the edge than anything, but a dodge is a dodge. OOC: Fitz.
␃03[20:34] * Kreios changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 35/39(+4 con) | Kreios 14/21 ␏'
␃15[20:36] <Fitzcarald> He will try and get up the rope to help Kreios! OOC: speed is 30
␃15[20:38] <Fitzcarald> OOC: I guess a double move might work if that counts? I'm not sure if I can do that here though
[20:38] <Kotono> OOC: ACrobatics real quick, just for reference.
␃15[20:39] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3
[20:39] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{4}
␃15[20:39] <Fitzcarald> OOC: lol
[20:40] <Kotono> Gah! Fortune is not with you, for you struggle. It's a still rope but pressure can unmake even the greatest hero at times - and you just aren't making progress up right away. Meanwhile the third skeleton comes up as well, swinging away at Kreios. OOC: That was extremely unfortunate/the Kobot special.
[20:40] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[20:40] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=17 ]{20}
[20:41] <Kotono> roll 1d6+2 and ACrobatics, Iddy. Good luck.
[20:41] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d6+2 and ACrobatics, Iddy. Good luck. --> [ 1d6=3 ]{5}
[20:41] <Kreios> roll 1d20+2 Dex no acrobatics.
[20:41] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+2 Dex no acrobatics. --> [ 1d20=11 ]{13}
␃03[20:41] * Kreios changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 35/39(+4 con) | Kreios 9/21 ␏'
[20:42] <Kotono> This time your shoulder is hit. It hurts terribly as your vision swims - but you somehow don't fall,e ven as tough s it is. More skeletons are coming in, but meanwhile....OOC: Kreios, go. You're a breath away from a really bad and likely fatal fall.
␃06[20:42] * Kreios takes off running around the hole, trying to get to the opposite side and play keep away until Fitz gets up the rope.
[20:43] <Kotono> Kreios withdraws in pain, slipping away and escaping a near fall. He's moving as fast as he can as...OOC: Wha'ts your movement speed?
[20:43] <Kreios> OOC: Normal. 30 ft.
[20:45] <Kotono> Kreios flees - and skeletons follow. Circling around, the undead chasing. One is at an angle to close in even as others aren't, and that one swings it's terrible club away at you even now.
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[20:45] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=20 ]{23}
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 crit?
[20:45] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+3 crit? --> [ 1d20=8 ]{11}
[20:45] <Kotono> roll 1d6+2 not a crit but still ow
[20:45] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d6+2 not a crit but still ow --> [ 1d6=4 ]{6}
␃03[20:45] * Kreios changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 35/39(+4 con) | Kreios 3/21 ␏'
[20:46] <Kotono> There's a horrible crack this time. Kreios has to strangle a cry of pain as his left arm snaps. A broken bone for sure, the white hot pain of it joining the rest. His breathing's hard now, everything overwhemled by the pain even as adrenaline tries to shove it back, as...OOC: Fitz.
␃15[20:46] <Fitzcarald> He will try and get up the rope again, praying he isn't too late!
␃15[20:46] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3
[20:46] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=14 ]{17}
[20:46] <Kotono> OOC: Your left arm is no good. No using weapons with it, no two handing. Basically one of your arms is out of action until healing.
[20:46] <Kotono> Init is Skeleton 2 (26) > Skeleton 1 (24) > Fitzcarald (22) > Skeleton 3 = Skeletons Incoming (18) > Kreios (16)
[20:47] <Kotono> This time Fitzcarald is able to escape up - just in time for other skeletons to come in. As some chase Kreios others flock you - two of the incoming ones, a real battle against the odds now.
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[20:47] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{10}
[20:47] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[20:47] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{4}
[20:47] <Kotono> But Fitzcarald is able to hold his own, shield and armor blocking the attacks. He's untouched at least for the moment as...OOC: Kreios, go. Seven skeletons here, good luck.
␃15[20:48] <Fitzcarald> "I'm the one who defaced your stupid shrine!" He shouts, hoping the light from his shield will get all of the skeletons to attack him again. "Come at me!"
␃06[20:49] * Kreios continues to run, hoping to keep out of reach and keep some of them occupied until Fitz can clear a few and help.
[20:49] <Kotono> Kreios runs as he can, trying to get away as his body sends pain at him. Deep pain, horrible pain as meanwhile? A few continue to chase Kreios, only one able to make a line at him, swinging away with its heavy club.
[20:50] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 maybe it'll roll poorly here?
[20:50] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+3 maybe it'll roll poorly here? --> [ 1d20=17 ]{20}
[20:50] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
[20:50] <Kreios> OOC: Not that high. 16.
[20:50] <Kotono> roll 1d6+2 At least you have negative HPs so more
[20:50] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d6+2 At least you have negative HPs so more --> [ 1d6=4 ]{6}
␃03[20:51] * Kreios changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 35/39(+4 con) | Kreios -3/21 ␏'
[20:53] <Kotono> A blow to Kreios's head and he collapses, the strike too much. The world goes dark for him, passing into the fringes of life and death. OOC: You die at negative HP equal to your Constitution score. Each round you roll a d100 and aim to roll equal or lower to your Constitution score. If you do, you take no more damage and stabilize. If you fail you take 1 point of damage and roll again next
[20:53] <Kotono> round.  For our reference, what's Kreios's Constitution score?
[20:54] <Kreios> OOC: 15.
[20:54] <Kotono> OOC: Noted. It's your go so make your stabilization roll. d100 vs 15.
[20:57] <Kreios> roll 1d100
[20:57] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=85 ]{85}
␃03[20:58] * Kreios changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 35/39(+4 con) | Kreios -4/21 ␏'
[20:58] <Kotono> Meanwhile the undead are closing in on Fitzcarald all around. Seven of them, ready to crush him entirely. A pit is to his back and a mace is in his hand. His ally is down, broken and bleeding. In such a situation he...OOC: Go Fitz. Good luck.
␃15[21:00] <Fitzcarald> He will ␝not␝ abandon his ally. He prays to the Red Knight for forgiveness for his foolish action and begs for her aid to see him through this. He steels himself and shouts as he moves to smash the closest skeleton into the ground!
␃15[21:01] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3 (-3 combat expertise) kerpow
[21:01] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 (-3 combat expertise) kerpow --> [ 1d20=17 ]{20}
␃15[21:01] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d6+3 kerpow
[21:01] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d6+3 kerpow --> [ 1d6=2 ]{5}
[21:03] <Kotono> A solid hit to one, a strike back. It's cracked badly as...they swarm. At least only a few can get to yo uat once. Just hope you aren't knocked into the pit that's protecting your back.
[21:03] <Kotono> roll 3#1d20+3
[21:03] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 3#1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{12}, [ 1d20=6 ]{9}, [ 1d20=2 ]{5}
[21:03] <Kotono> Yet your guard holds. You manage to block and parry, your vision focused and eye on your prize. You're still alive, not thinking, simply doing. Battling away as...OOC: Stabilization roll, Iddy.
[21:05] <Kreios> roll 1d100
[21:05] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=98 ]{98}
␃03[21:05] * Kreios changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 35/39(+4 con) | Kreios -5/21 ␏'
[21:05] <Kotono> As Fitzcarald shieldblocks and dodges, weaving frantically and striking, struggling not to give up an inch that he so desperately needs? Kreios lies there, slowly slipping way, struggling against what calls him beyond this life. OOC: Fitz, go.
␃15[21:07] <Fitzcarald> Another shout as he continues to smash these skeletons, prayers of thanks and praise to the Red Knight!
␃15[21:07] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3 (-3 combat expertise) kerpow
[21:07] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 (-3 combat expertise) kerpow --> [ 1d20=7 ]{10}
␃15[21:07] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d6+3 kerpow if it hit
[21:07] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d6+3 kerpow if it hit --> [ 1d6=3 ]{6}
[21:07] <Kotono> Init is Fitzcarald (22) > Skeleton Hord (7 left) (18) > Kreios (16)
[21:08] <Kotono> Fitzcarald can't quite land a hit that time. They're too tough and too many, so much on the defense as he's surrounded and...
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 3#1d20+3
[21:08] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 3#1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=3 ]{6}, [ 1d20=11 ]{14}, [ 1d20=20 ]{23}
[21:08] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 crit?
[21:08] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+3 crit? --> [ 1d20=11 ]{14}
[21:08] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
␃15[21:08] <Fitzcarald> OOC: AC is currently 20
[21:09] <Kotono> roll 1d6+2 and acrobatics check
[21:09] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d6+2 and acrobatics check --> [ 1d6=5 ]{7}
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␃15[21:11] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3
[21:11] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=14 ]{17}
[21:11] <Kotono> A painful shot to the side. A heavy blow that mildly winds Fitzcarald - but not fatal. He manages to stand his ground at least, not knocked back, not send hurtling back into the pit. OOC: Okay, Kreios is up. d100 vs 15, good luck.
[21:11] <Kreios> roll 1d100
[21:11] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=26 ]{26}
␃03[21:11] * Kreios changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 35/39(+4 con) | Kreios -6/21 ␏'
[21:11] <Kotono> Meanwhile Kreios lies there, closer and closer as...OOC: Fitz.
␃15[21:12] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3 (-3 combat expertise) kerpow
[21:12] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 (-3 combat expertise) kerpow --> [ 1d20=12 ]{15}
␃15[21:12] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d6+3 kerpow if it hit
[21:12] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d6+3 kerpow if it hit --> [ 1d6=1 ]{4}
␃03[21:13] * Retrieving #dunes modes...
␃03[21:13] * Fitzcarald changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 28/39(+4 con) | Kreios -6/21 ␏'
[21:14] <Kotono> Init is Fitzcarald (22) > Skeleton Hord (6 left) (18) > Kreios (16)
[21:14] <Kotono> With a loud CRACK you break the head and chest of the injured one. It collapses into bones, one down. That buys you time - a moment of less attacks at least, as the rest come forward and...
[21:14] <Kotono> roll 2#1d20+3
[21:14] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 2#1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=20 ]{23}, [ 1d20=17 ]{20}
[21:14] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 crit?
[21:14] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+3 crit? --> [ 1d20=2 ]{5}
[21:14] <Kotono> roll 1d6+2 and acrobatics, rotten luck
[21:14] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d6+2 and acrobatics, rotten luck --> [ 1d6=5 ]{7}
␃15[21:14] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3
[21:14] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=20 ]{23}
␃03[21:15] * Fitzcarald changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 21/39(+4 con) | Kreios -6/21 ␏'
[21:15] <Kotono> Another blow - this one to your head. You're bleeding - not severely but it hurts. It hurts and makes the pain seem even worse as...OOC: Kreios, d100.
[21:15] <Kreios> roll 1d100
[21:15] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=89 ]{89}
␃03[21:15] * Kreios changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 21/39(+4 con) | Kreios -7/21 ␏'
[21:16] <Kotono> Kreios continues to lie there as in the distance, the faint sound of birds can be heard. Drifting in from outside, a trick of sound amid a life and death battle, perhaps. OOC: Fitz.
␃15[21:17] <Fitzcarald> He won't abandon him - not today, not ever!
␃15[21:17] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3 (-3 combat expertise) kerpow
[21:17] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 (-3 combat expertise) kerpow --> [ 1d20=1 ]{4}
[21:18] <Kotono> A heavy swing - but one that misses amid the frantic back and forth, amid the dodging and weaving that...
[21:18] <Kotono> roll 3#1d20+3
[21:18] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 3#1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=10 ]{13}, [ 1d20=11 ]{14}, [ 1d20=14 ]{17}
[21:18] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
␃15[21:19] <Fitzcarald> OOC: 20
[21:19] <Kotono> But Fitz is solid again. He's blocking, standing his own despite the trickle of blood down his face. Not dead yet, even if they're trying to change it quickly as can be. OOC: Kreios.
[21:19] <Kreios> roll 1d100
[21:19] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=37 ]{37}
␃03[21:19] * Kreios changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 21/39(+4 con) | Kreios -8/21 ␏'
[21:23] <Kotono> Kreios continues to bleed and slip away as...OOC: Fitz.
␃15[21:24] <Fitzcarald> Please, see them through this! He prays.
␃15[21:24] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3 (-3 combat expertise) kerpow
[21:24] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 (-3 combat expertise) kerpow --> [ 1d20=19 ]{22}
␃15[21:24] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d6+3 kerpow
[21:24] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d6+3 kerpow --> [ 1d6=4 ]{7}
[21:24] <Kotono> Init is Fitzcarald (22) > Skeleton Hord (5 left) (18) > Kreios (16)
[21:25] <Kotono> CRACK! Five left. Another falls, the hordet hinning. They're still pressing, the bones of two around you now. Fitz is breathing painfully hard, the dead relentless in their single wish to make you join them.
[21:25] <Kotono> roll 2#1d20+3
[21:25] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 2#1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{9}, [ 1d20=11 ]{14}
[21:25] <Kotono> Which Fitzcarald avoids a little long, a shieldblock and a surge, as one falls apart before him and...OOC: Kreios.
[21:25] <Kreios> roll 1d100
[21:25] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=35 ]{35}
␃03[21:25] * Kreios changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 21/39(+4 con) | Kreios -9/21 ␏'
[21:25] <Kotono> Kreios still fades, fading and fading and fading as...OOC: Fitz.
␃15[21:26] <Fitzcarald> He continues to pray, continues to fight!
␃15[21:27] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3 (-3 combat expertise) kerpow
[21:27] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 (-3 combat expertise) kerpow --> [ 1d20=16 ]{19}
␃15[21:27] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d6+3 kerpow
[21:27] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d6+3 kerpow --> [ 1d6=5 ]{8}
[21:27] <Kotono> Init is Fitzcarald (22) > Skeleton Hord (4 left) (18) > Kreios (16)
[21:28] <Kotono> Another heavy blow - a skeleton's chest and middle are crushed, falling. Only 4 left. There's crumbling - and there's even space to break out and run out, or even towards Fitz now. You'll get a few attacks as you do, but it's possible. Not that you have time this second, as blows come, still pressing you as you continue to push forward.
[21:28] <Kotono> roll 2#1d20+3
[21:28] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 2#1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=2 ]{5}, [ 1d20=20 ]{23}
[21:28] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3 crit?
[21:28] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+3 crit? --> [ 1d20=10 ]{13}
[21:28] <Kotono> roll 1d6+2 and acrobatics
[21:28] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d6+2 and acrobatics --> [ 1d6=6 ]{8}
␃15[21:29] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3
[21:29] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{10}
␃03[21:29] * Fitzcarald changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 13/39(+4 con) | Kreios -9/21 ␏'
[21:30] <Kotono> Just barely Fitzcarald stays up, almost knocked back - but not quite. Close! He's hit in the side - and he feels something break in his side. His hip? The pain's great but he's still going, no time to worry about that! OOC: For now just -2 Ref saves until healed. Kreios. Good luck. To -15 remember, at least.
[21:30] <Kreios> roll 1d100
[21:30] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=48 ]{48}
␃03[21:30] * Kreios changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 13/39(+4 con) | Kreios -10/21 ␏'
[21:30] <Kotono> Kreios is bleeding, drifting towards mists without knowing, feeling a call that feels like home. So much like home, a home he never knew he lost until....OOC: Fitz.
␃15[21:31] <Fitzcarald> "I won't die here!" He shouts in defiance of his fate. He continues to pray, continues to believe - he'll be seen through this!
␃15[21:31] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3 (-3 combat expertise) kerpow
[21:31] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 (-3 combat expertise) kerpow --> [ 1d20=15 ]{18}
␃15[21:31] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d6+3 kerpow
[21:31] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d6+3 kerpow --> [ 1d6=5 ]{8}
[21:32] <Kotono> Init is Fitzcarald (22) > Skeleton Hord (3 left) (18) > Kreios (16)
[21:32] <Kotono> Another falls to your mighty mace, skull broken. Only 3! You're over halfway. Somehow fighting as they push on, a relentless force that cares neither for life nor your safety. Swings away, clubs flying.
[21:32] <Kotono> roll 2#1d20+3
[21:32] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 2#1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{11}, [ 1d20=7 ]{10}
[21:33] <Kotono> But this time shield and steel see Fitzcarald through, along with adrenaline. He's still up, still breathing for the moment as...OOC: Go Kreios.
[21:33] <Kreios> roll 1d100
[21:33] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=80 ]{80}
␃03[21:33] * Kreios changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 13/39(+4 con) | Kreios -11/21 ␏'
␃15[21:33] <Fitzcarald> He has no idea how Kreios is doing, but he knows it can't be well. "Please, please, watch out for him, Jetina... whoever is listening..." He murmurs. "Please, make sure he survives!"
[21:34] <Kotono> In the distance, Kreios is dimly aware of seeing someone. Someone familiar, someone calling him. He can't quite put a name or face to it, but it's like being called home. A dim awareness of it as the sounds of the world grow dimmer, farther away by the second as...OOC: Fitz, go.
␃15[21:34] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3 (-3 combat expertise) kerpow
[21:34] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 (-3 combat expertise) kerpow --> [ 1d20=14 ]{17}
␃15[21:35] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d6+3 kerpow
[21:35] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d6+3 kerpow --> [ 1d6=2 ]{5}
[21:35] <Kotono> OOC: Also give me 1d1000. That's not an extra zero, you're shooting for a 1000.
[21:35] <Kotono> A hearty blow on another. You crack a skull down the side, slowing and staggering a skeleton - but not putting it down. The last three are on you - you're almost there, fighting on as...
[21:35] <Kotono> OOC: To Fitz there, to be clear.
␃15[21:35] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d1000
[21:35] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d1000 --> [ 1d1000=917 ]{917}
␃15[21:35] <Fitzcarald> OOC: close! ish!
[21:36] <Kotono> roll 3#1d20+3
[21:36] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 3#1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{15}, [ 1d20=8 ]{11}, [ 1d20=10 ]{13}
[21:36] <Kotono> But again Fitzcarald is good. He hangs on, he struggles to resist and endure as...OOC: Kreios.
[21:36] <Kreios> roll 1d100
[21:36] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=96 ]{96}
␃03[21:36] * Kreios changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 13/39(+4 con) | Kreios -12/21 ␏'
[21:36] <Kotono> Slipping away by the second. Slipping away as...OOC: Fitz.
␃15[21:37] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3 (-3 combat expertise) kerpow
[21:37] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 (-3 combat expertise) kerpow --> [ 1d20=11 ]{14}
␃15[21:37] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d6+3 kerpow if that hit
[21:37] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d6+3 kerpow if that hit --> [ 1d6=5 ]{8}
[21:37] <Kotono> Init is Fitzcarald (22) > Skeleton Horde (2 left) (18) > Kreios (16)
[21:37] <Kotono> With a heavy slam into a chest, the third falls. Two left! A clear path to move is open now, safe. You're almost free of this nightmare as...
[21:37] <Kotono> roll 2#1d20+3
[21:37] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 2#1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=17 ]{20}, [ 1d20=4 ]{7}
␃15[21:38] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Using inspiration to bump my AC up to 23 to not get hit!
[21:38] <Kotono> Raw agility saves Fitz here, a dodge to the side just in time as a club whizzes by his head. OOC: Kreios.
[21:38] <Kreios> roll 1d100
[21:38] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=83 ]{83}
␃03[21:38] * Kreios changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 13/39(+4 con) | Kreios -13/21 ␏'
[21:38] <Kotono> OOC: Fitz, go.
␃15[21:40] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Would any amount of healing hypothetically stabilize Kreios? Assuming I'd know that. Take 10 for 22 on Heal if that would tell me. I'm not sure if I can actually see him or not from where I am.
[21:41] <Kotono> OOC: Yes, evne 1 point of healing will stabilize him. Likewise a DC 15 HEal check can do it.
␃15[21:42] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Okay. Can I safely get to him or are the skeletons blocking my way currently? I'm not sure where they are relative to him.
[21:42] <Kotono> OOC: You can safely get to him.
␃15[21:44] <Fitzcarald> He grits his teeth and moves over to Kreios, putting a hand on him. It's a good thing he saved this from earlier... hopefully it will help. OOC: Lay on hands, using 1 point of healing left over from our earlier adventure. If I think I can get out of range of the skeletons so they can't attack me this turn I'll do that, but if not I'll just move in front of Kreios to protect him.
[21:46] <Kotono> OOC: +1 HP Kreios, now stabilized.
[21:46] <Kotono> OOC: You will have to take a skeleton shot, though.
␃03[21:46] * Kreios changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 13/39(+4 con) | Kreios -12/21 ␏'
␃15[21:46] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Noted.
[21:46] <Kotono> A touch of healing helps Kreios, staving back death's closeness. At the same time the last two chase, one coming up with a club right for Fitz's battered body!
[21:46] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[21:46] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{22}
[21:46] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
␃15[21:47] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Using inspiration to bump it to 23 to avoid that, eat shit skeleton
[21:47] <Kotono> A dodge by the skin of Fitz's teeth, shield upa t the last second. A raw surge of realizing what had to be done, a heavy block as...OOC: Kreios, you're down but not bleeding so just sit tight. Fitz, go.
␃15[21:48] <Fitzcarald> "Not! Today!" He shouts. "For The Red Knight!"
␃15[21:48] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3 (-3 combat expertise)
[21:48] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 (-3 combat expertise) --> [ 1d20=4 ]{7}
[21:48] <Kotono> A swing but a miss, both skeletons on him now, striving to strike him down.
[21:48] <Kotono> roll 2#1d20+3
[21:48] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 2#1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=3 ]{6}, [ 1d20=18 ]{21}
[21:48] <Kotono> OOC: AC?
␃15[21:49] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Another inspiration for that second hit unfortunately, got 2 left after this for the record
[21:49] <Kotono> Again a dodge by the slightest bit, a back and forth, brutal brawl with one side exhausted and on its last leg as...OIOC: Go.
␃15[21:49] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3 (-3 combat expertise)
[21:49] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 (-3 combat expertise) --> [ 1d20=1 ]{4}
␃15[21:49] <Fitzcarald> OOC: aaaaaa
[21:50] <Kotono> A back and forth as both sides brawl, swinging and dodging. Instinct as Fitzcarald stumbles, body protesting even at this limit as...
[21:50] <Kotono> roll 2#1d20+3
[21:50] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 2#1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=11 ]{14}, [ 1d20=7 ]{10}
[21:50] <Kotono> He blocks, he dodges. Still breathing, still fighting. Good enough. OOC: Go.
␃15[21:50] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3 (-3 combat expertise) just die already. more... die. super die. final die
[21:50] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 (-3 combat expertise) just die already. more... die. super die. final die --> [ 1d20=4 ]{7}
␃15[21:50] <Fitzcarald> ooc: lol
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 2#1d20+3
[21:51] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 2#1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=11 ]{14}, [ 1d20=12 ]{15}
[21:51] <Kotono> Still more fighting. A swing. HEavy and slow. A swing. Relentless but blocked. Again and again both sides go around as...OOC: Go.
␃15[21:51] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3 (-3 combat expertise) stop missing you loon
[21:51] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 (-3 combat expertise) stop missing you loon --> [ 1d20=6 ]{9}
[21:51] <Kotono> roll 2#1d20+3
[21:51] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 2#1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{10}, [ 1d20=8 ]{11}
[21:52] <Kotono> Again more. Shield stops club. Breathless swing doesn't stop skeleton as...OCO: Go.
␃15[21:52] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+6 screw this
[21:52] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+6 screw this --> [ 1d20=18 ]{24}
␃15[21:53] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d6+3+3 inspiration point to get rid of this fucking skeleton
[21:53] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d6+3+3 inspiration point to get rid of this fucking skeleton --> [ 1d6=4 ]{10}
[21:53] <Kotono> Init is Fitzcarald (22) > Skeleton Horde (1 left) (18) > Kreios (16)
[21:53] <Kotono> With a mighty swing another skull is crushed. One more. One more that swings with the same instinct to end life as...
[21:53] <Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[21:53] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{4}
[21:54] <Kotono> Which is errant. A dodge and...OOC: Go.
␃15[21:54] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+6 go away
[21:54] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+6 go away --> [ 1d20=16 ]{22}
␃15[21:54] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d6+3+3 inspiration point to get rid of this fucking skeleton
[21:54] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d6+3+3 inspiration point to get rid of this fucking skeleton --> [ 1d6=2 ]{8}
[21:54] <Kotono> CRACK! The last falls. Silence. Then Fitzcarald collapses in pain and exhaustion, breathing heavily. He fallst o a knee and then onto his back. Breathing. Hurting. Alive. The skeletons are put to rest, the dead returned to stillness. OOC: Free act.
␃15[21:55] <Fitzcarald> He goes and rummages through Kreios' things, does he having a healing scroll on him, or a healing potion?
␃15[21:55] <Fitzcarald> "I'm not gonna let you die... not today, not ever..." He murmurs, frantically looking. "Even if this entire stupid island wants to kill us..."
[21:55] <Kotono> It takes a few moments to rally yourself enough to do that, but you're able to get up and check them, which...OOC: Does he, Kreios?
[21:56] <Kreios> OOC: Nope.
[21:56] <Kotono> Alas, nothing like that, it appears.
[21:56] <Kotono> At least Kreios is breathing too.
␃15[21:58] <Fitzcarald> The adrenaline hasn't worn off yet! He's panting for now. "Damnit, damnit... " He murmurs. "I don't think I can make it back to the ship... ugh..."
[21:58] <Kotono> At least you don't see anything else coming, for what it's worth.
[21:59] <Kreios> OOC: I've got a tent on me? I dunno, this is part of why I wanted to get a healing wand whenever we happened to not be broke.
␃15[21:59] <Fitzcarald> He will pull Kreios over to a wall to prop him up for now and slump down next to him. If he has to wait, he has to wait. He can heal him a little bit in a few hours, which might pull him back enough so he can heal himself with something.
␃15[22:00] <Fitzcarald> He will pray to the Red Knight for speedy recovery of Kreios - hopefully his heroic act is deserving of some boon for his friend. Even a little nudge so he can heal himself... all he can do right now is pray.
[22:04] <Kotono> OOC: What's your plan here, Fitz?
␃15[22:05] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Pray and wait - the boat's not going to leave for a week, so we've got time to just chill out - once I can I'll heal Kreios by 6 and hope it gives him enough consciousness to cast lesser restoration on himself - or hope that failing that my patron will do it herself
[22:10] <Kotono> Hours pass. Surely nightis falling - and it's peaceful the entire time. A gift, perhaps? No matter - for what is when Kreios stirs. Fitzcarald is in exhausted pain, and Kreios is barely there - but he stirs in the dark, stirring back to dim awareness.
␃06[22:11] * Kreios rolls his head around in confused, dazed, panic and pain, trying to figure out what's going on while groaning.
␃15[22:11] <Fitzcarald> "...You... awake?" He murmurs, the adrenaline from the fight having left him hours ago, leaving only his injuries behind.
␃06[22:12] * Kreios gurgles a bit and spits out blood.
[22:12] <Kreios> "uh... Wha... fitz?"
␃15[22:12] <Fitzcarald> "I'm fine - ow - ...mostly, if you've got that slow healing spell, use that on yourself." He gets out. "You're still really injured. I think this... is a gift from above."
␃15[22:13] <Fitzcarald> "Just don't try and move much other than your - ow-ow...ow... hands." He adds.
␃06[22:13] * Kreios tries to mumble out a spell. OOC: Lesser Vigor. 13j rounds, 13 HP.
[22:14] <Kotono> Slowly Kreios heals. Each moment peels back a little pain. It passes slowly - and when it ends he's not right, but he's not so hurt. Not so nearly dead, if but barely.
[22:14] <Kreios> "Wha...t happened?"
␃15[22:15] <Fitzcarald> "Oh, yeah, you can't see all the bones, huh." He says, shifting to sit up. "Ow-...that was a dumb idea... ow..."
␃06[22:15] * Kreios reaches over and puts a hand on Fitz, mumbling another spell. OOC: CLW.
[22:15] <Kreios> roll 1d8+3 Healing
[22:15] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d8+3 Healing --> [ 1d8=5 ]{8}
[22:16] <Kreios> OOC: I'm officially out of healing.
[22:16] <Kotono> Relief. That broken hip is no longer so broken, the pain less now. Restoration at leats in part.
␃15[22:16] <Fitzcarald> "I beat all the skeletons to death." He says, plainly. "I'm not going to blame you if you just want to go home."
[22:17] <Kreios> "i... don't think I'm going anywhere. for a while. No more spells."
␃15[22:17] <Fitzcarald> "Just rest, then." He says. "I'll heal you in the morning. We can figure out what to do then."
␃03[22:18] * Fitzcarald changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 21/33 | Kreios -12/21 ␏'
␃03[22:18] * Fitzcarald changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 21/33 | Kreios 1/21 ␏'
[22:19] <Kreios> "in... pack... fishing line. caltrops. make trip line at entrance. pitons to make sound."
␃15[22:21] <Fitzcarald> "Fine, fine." He grunts as he moves to stand up. "But only because you almost died."
[22:21] <Kotono> Thus traps are set and...
[22:21] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[22:21] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=53 ]{53}
[22:22] <Kotono> The night passes in a daze. Both of you slip in and out of consciousness. But recovery happens along with refills, enrgy slowly returning to all of you as the sun begins to rise outside, unseen in these caves.
␃15[22:23] <Fitzcarald> OOC: We get 3(?) HP back?
␃06[22:25] * Kreios groans and casts another spell on himself. OOC: Lesser Vigor, 13 HP.
␃03[22:25] * Kreios changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 21/33 | Kreios 14/21 ␏'
[22:26] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[22:26] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and do y'all's healing and we'll pause after that.
␃03[22:26] * Kreios changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 24/33 | Kreios 17/21 ␏'
␃15[22:27] <Fitzcarald> OOC: I'll throw 5 at myself to bring myself to 29 and leave 1 just in case again
␃03[22:27] * Fitzcarald changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 29/33 | Kreios 17/21 ␏'
[22:27] <Kreios> OOC: Yeah, I'm pretty much done. I'll save a heal for now.

[Nephrite]

[19:00] <Kotono> With healing and recovery...now what do all of you do?
␃15[19:02] <Fitzcarald> A huff as he moves to stand up. "I've got one detect magic in me, let me go back down there and see what I can figure out." He says. "I might be able to understand the alarm. I think we should find out if we can easily get back to the ship from here first before we load up on much stuff either way, though."
[19:04] <Kreios> "I can help with that. I've got a detect magic spell ready."
␃15[19:05] <Fitzcarald> "Okay." He says as he goes to take the rope back down, now much less harried by skeletons...
[19:05] <Kotono> OOC: Do y'all have a light source now?
␃15[19:05] <Fitzcarald> OOC: I can see in the dark and I think we have a lantern?
[19:06] <Kreios> OOC: I also have two light spells prepped.
[19:06] <Kotono> OOC: That'll do.
[19:07] <Kotono> Down you go. The treasure awaits the two of you now, unguarded to your eyes. What's more, one of the skeletons is gone - shattered into fragments, leaving a recess behind it.
[19:10] <Kreios> "Do we want to check that out?"
␃15[19:10] <Fitzcarald> "...Huh, was this all tied together?" Fitzcarald asks aloud. "Well, before we investigate that, let's see what we're dealing with." He says as he casts detect magic! OOC: He'll stand here for a bit and turn in a circle to make sure he is able to get everything - including the mysterious longsword on his back. Take 10 for 22 on Spellcraft for all of this. If he can do all of that, anyway.
␃06[19:11] * Kreios casts Detect Magic and looks around as well!
[19:11] <Kreios> roll 1d20+6 Spellcraft
[19:11] <Kreios> OOC: I am betrayed.
[19:13] <Kotono> OOC: One sec, but hold off on any spellcrafts until I line fully.
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[19:14] <Kotono> The greatsword Fitzcarald looted is magic. A gemstone is magic. The golden skull is magic. Something only glimpsed beneath coins is magic. A rolled up scroll is magic.
␃15[19:18] <Fitzcarald> OOC: If I can identify any of it with a 22 on Spellcraft that'd be swell, and I'll maintain the spell for more rounds to do so if needed. Assuming we're not attacked by skeletons from the hole.
␃15[19:18] <Fitzcarald> OOC: And assuming you had lined fully
␃06[19:20] * Kreios nudges the coins aside to reveal the buried object.
[19:21] <Kotono> OOC: Sec, looking up CLs.
[19:26] <Kotono> The greatsword is a greatsword+1. The gemstone you fail to identify. You fail to identify the skull. The item glimpsed beneath the coins is a pair of goggles you can't identify. The scroll is a scroll of tongues.
␃15[19:27] <Fitzcarald> "...Huh, this is some strong stuff." He says. "I can't actually identify most of it."
␃15[19:27] <Fitzcarald> "If you want to try I can try and help you." He adds. "You might have better luck."
[19:28] <Kreios> "Doesn't hurt to try."
␃15[19:29] <Fitzcarald> OOC: If I can aid with his spellcraft while maintaining mine I will do so!
[19:31] <Kotono> OOC: I requires concentration, so no. Kreios is free to try however.
␃15[19:31] <Fitzcarald> OOC: drat! Oh well
␃06[19:32] * Kreios tries his hand at it!
[19:32] <Kreios> roll 1d20+6 Spellcraft
[19:32] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+6 Spellcraft --> [ 1d20=20 ]{26}
␃15[19:32] <Fitzcarald> OOC: I mean that'll do it...
[19:35] <Kotono> OOC: I'll make a loot post in that case. Hold on. This is just for the magic stuff, I'll add more afterwards.
[19:39] <Kotono> OOC: Post.
␃06[19:40] * Kreios looks at the skull.
[19:40] <Kreios> "Well. Who did Garen worship?"
␃15[19:41] <Fitzcarald> "Well, assuming he isn't secretly in league with Talona, it's Waukeen." Fitzcarald says. "Why?"
␃06[19:41] * Kreios points to the skull.
[19:41] <Kreios> "Gonna bet that's what he wants."
␃15[19:42] <Fitzcarald> "What, the gold skull? I mean, sure, that would track... Oh, yeah, it's magical, huh. Did you figure out what it does?" He asks.
␃06[19:42] * Kreios nods.
[19:43] <Kreios> "It's called 'Waukeen's Favor. Summons gold once a year."
␃15[19:44] <Fitzcarald> "Oh, wow." He hums once. "Interesting. Yeah, I imagine She'd be interested in having that back in the hands of one of Her favored." He says. "Oh, I guess we might as well see..."
␃15[19:44] <Fitzcarald> He leans down to pick up the skull and very slowly tries to take it off the ground - if the skeletons start shrieking again he'll put it back.
␃06[19:44] * Kreios nods and tells him what the other objects are.
[19:44] <Kotono> No sign of that this time. The skull glistens in your light, a bit of the stray light shining in the recess the fallen wall skeleton revealed.
␃15[19:46] <Fitzcarald> "I think we broke the alarm by smashing all those skeletons... this all must've been tied to some sort of magic defense that got broken when all the skeletons were broken." He says. "Hey, I think I see some light over here... let's check it out?" He says as he goes over to investigate the recess and see how far it goes!
␃06[19:46] * Kreios nods and goes over with him.
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[19:48] <Kotono> It's a deep recess. Sitting in the recess is a sheathed scimitar with a red hilt.
[19:49] <Kreios> "That's something. Any idea what it does?"
␃15[19:50] <Fitzcarald> "Huh. No, I didn't pick it up with my spell earlier." He says. "Do you mind trying again?"
␃06[19:50] * Kreios nods and inspects it!
[19:50] <Kreios> roll 1d20+6 Spellcraft can I do it again?!
[19:50] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+6 Spellcraft can I do it again?! --> [ 1d20=2 ]{8}
[19:50] <Kreios> OOC: No, no I cannot.
␃15[19:51] <Fitzcarald> OOC: You can at least tell me if it's magical!
␃15[19:51] <Fitzcarald> OOC: And probably if there's a horrible necromantic curse on it, just not, you know, what it is!
[19:54] <Kotono> OOC: It is magical at least.
[19:55] <Kreios> "Well... It's magic. No idea what, though."
␃15[19:56] <Fitzcarald> Fitzcarald goes to pick it up by the sheath! He does stop for a second to make sure nothing suddenly happens when he does, though. "You know, I wonder if there's something hidden behind all the skeletons now... well, we can sort that out later."
[19:57] <Kreios> "Yes, I'd prefer to get what we can to the ship and rest a bit."
[20:05] <Kotono> OOC: Okay then, what are y'all doing?
[20:05] <Kreios> OOC: Loot up as much as we can, back to ship.
␃15[20:07] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Let's take the stuff we know is magical and go back up - then we'll head down the opposite side of the cavern room above us to see if it exits out
␃15[20:08] <Fitzcarald> OOC: I'm trying to basically go "through" the cave system so we don't have to go back past the giant
[20:08] <Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[20:09] <Kotono> You fill up on loot - magical and otherwise - and head back out. This passage leads to the rain outside - a rainy day. Darker and wetter, the weather coming on down. It does lead to a jungle path.
␃06[20:09] * Kreios looks around but sighs and heads out, looking to head back to the ship.
␃15[20:12] <Fitzcarald> Fitzcarald follows after him, keeping an eye out for snakes and otherwise. It wouldn't be good to step on a shocker lizard in the rain!
[20:12] <Kotono> OOC: d100, each of you.
[20:12] <Kreios> roll 1d100
[20:12] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=42 ]{42}
␃15[20:14] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d100
[20:14] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=23 ]{23}
[20:14] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[20:14] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=29 ]{29}
[20:14] <Kotono> You walk back - and to the beach. It's quiet. No lizards out in this weather.  You made it! You can get back to the ship from here with a bit of walking and then rowing.
␃15[20:15] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Can we see anyone on the boat from here? I'm guessing no
␃15[20:18] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Either way we'll get in the boat and head back and hope the crew isn't a bunch of skeletons!!
[20:19] <Kreios> OOC: yep. To the ship!
[20:21] <Kotono> To th eship then. The crew is not skeletons. You get helped aboard, the captain coming up, "You came back alive?" he says, "Luckier than most!"
[20:22] <Kreios> "Almost didn't, but thanks."
␃15[20:23] <Fitzcarald> "We definitely see what got a lot of other people." He says. "We've got a bit more to bring back."
[20:23] <Kreios> "Skeletons. And a giant."
␃15[20:26] <Fitzcarald> "How do you want to handle it?" Fitz asks over. "If we rest another day I can magic us up a horse to carry everything, but I don't know the limits of the spell, I've never used it before. We might need to get some bags and things for it to be able to carry everything."
␃06[20:26] * Kreios nods.
[20:27] <Kreios> "Regardless of anything else, I think we should rest a day. We came close. Once we're rested we can make multiple trips."
␃15[20:28] <Fitzcarald> "We did." He nods solemnly. "Captain, you're allowed to stay here for a full week, right? So one day of us resting won't be a problem?"
[20:28] <Kotono> "You have us for 5 days yet," He agrees, "The time is up to you."
␃15[20:29] <Fitzcarald> "Okay, perfect. We shouldn't need the whole time, but we can explore the rest of those caves once we bring everything back." He says.
[20:29] <Kotono> OOC: In that case, going to rest a day?
[20:30] <Kreios> OOC: Yep.
␃15[20:30] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Yessir
[20:30] <Kotono> OOC: Recover spells and HP.
␃03[20:30] * Retrieving #dunes modes...
␃03[20:30] * Fitzcarald changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 33/33 | Kreios 21/21 ␏'
␃15[20:31] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Before we leave the ship, I'd like to grab any extra bags / sacks they have laying around that they can loan us, in case my magic a horse up spell doesn't come with them.
␃15[20:35] <Fitzcarald> OOC: And assuming no other interruptions we'll just head back to the skeleton pit
[20:35] <Kotono> OOC: Sure.
[20:35] <Kotono> The next day is cloudy but not rainy. Your path is ahead, if you care to take it.
␃15[20:36] <Fitzcarald> OOC: We will! I'll leave the greatsword back on the ship so I'm not lugging it around everywhere though
[20:36] <Kreios> OOC: Yep, let's go.
[20:39] <Kotono> Thus you make it back. How are you proceeding inwards?
␃06[20:40] * Kreios casts a light spell to light the way and heads in!
␃15[20:40] <Fitzcarald> Fitz will go first since he can see in the dark anyway!
[20:45] <Kotono> OOC: As in to the beach, not the cave.
[20:45] <Kreios> OOC: Oh. The same way we got back. Rowboat.
␃15[20:46] <Fitzcarald> OOC: yes
[20:47] <Kotono> You reach the beach and make it back. Various paths are ahead to choose from. Any preferences?
␃06[20:48] * Kreios heads back to the cave the way they left. Hopefully no Giant that way.
␃15[20:48] <Fitzcarald> OOC: We'll just head in the same way we came out yesterday!
␃15[20:49] <Fitzcarald> OOC: I.e. avoiding the giant, yes
[20:50] <Kotono> OOC: d100 reach of you.
[20:50] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[20:50] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=97 ]{97}
[20:50] <Kreios> roll 1d100
[20:50] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=60 ]{60}
␃15[20:50] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d100
[20:50] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=16 ]{16}
[20:51] <Kotono> roll 1d100 subtable
[20:51] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 subtable --> [ 1d100=1 ]{1}
[20:51] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, let's pause here because I have something to prepare for that.

[Nephrite]

[16:50] <Kotono> Both of you walk on. About halfway there you see something ahead on the forest path - shocker lizards. A few dozen of them all sit in the road, an obvious and immediate block to your return.
␃06[16:50] * Kreios raises an eyebrow.
[16:50] <Kreios> "Blackmail for more food?"
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␃15[16:53] <Fitzcarald> "It's worth a shot." Fitz says. "We can probably just get around them, but that may be the easiest solution."
␃15[16:54] <Fitzcarald> "Still, this many of them...?" Fitz murmurs. "This is really unusual..."
[16:55] <Kotono> As you talk they all suddenly begin to move, scurrying off the path and back into the forest - fast.
[16:55] <Kreios> "Magical animals can be strange..."
␃06[16:55] * Kreios reaches into his pack and pulls out a ration, breaking it into pieces and tossing it off to the side of the path.
␃15[16:56] <Fitzcarald> "Uhh..." Fitz looks around quickly and grabs Kreios' wrist as he moves off the path as well and into the nearest - hopefully think enough - brush or foilage on the side!
␃15[16:56] <Fitzcarald> OOC: *hopefully thick enough
␃06[16:56] * Kreios starts in a bit of surprise, but follows.
[16:59] <Kotono> OOC: Stealth check in that case.
␃15[16:59] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3 always the thing we're bad at
[16:59] <Kreios> roll 1d20+2 Dex, no stealth
[17:00] <Kreios> OOC: WE ARE BETRAYED
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[17:00] <Kobot> OOC: Here I am!
␃15[17:00] <Fitzcarald> OOC: you can't say that until we get the inevitable single digit rolls
␃15[17:00] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3 always the thing we're bad at
[17:00] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 always the thing we're bad at --> [ 1d20=7 ]{10}
[17:02] <Kreios> roll 1d20+2 Dex, no stealth
[17:02] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+2 Dex, no stealth --> [ 1d20=14 ]{16}
[17:02] <Kotono> Both of you hide - but as you see the lizards flee, nothing else immediately makes its presence known.
␃06[17:03] * Kreios stays still, knowing animals don't react like that without a reason.
[17:03] <Kotono> Moment after moments passes. Still nothing.
␃15[17:03] <Fitzcarald> Fitz stays put as well, praying to the Red Knight for wisdom - perhaps it is an unseen enemy?
[17:06] <Kotono> OOC: Perception.
␃15[17:07] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 for 22
[17:08] <Kotono> No sign of anything. The lizards are gone and no hints of anything unseen. No noises to that affect, anyway.
␃15[17:09] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 on K:N or K:A (whichever is appropriate) - do I have any insight as to what might have caused it that we can't see? Something that negatively impact electricity, perhaps?
[17:11] <Kotono> The only thing that comes to mind is that something scared them. Something strong and powerful. It's abnormal behavior for sure.
[17:11] <Kotono> That giant might do it if he were coming, depending.
␃15[17:13] <Fitzcarald> "Let's stay here for a bit longer - it might be the giant." He says quietly. "We're in no rush. If it doesn't show up in... ten minutes or so we'll make a break for it."
[17:17] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[17:17] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=70 ]{70}
[17:17] <Kotono> Ten minutes pass - no sign of the giant, fortunately
[17:17] <Kotono> Ten minutes pass - no sign of the giant, fortunately.
␃15[17:18] <Fitzcarald> He nods. "All right, let's go, maybe it was somewhere nearby they're more sensitive to." He says as he goes to stand and move back to the cave! "Sorry for being sudden, I didn't want to shout anything in case the giant was close."
␃06[17:19] * Kreios nods and follows!
[17:20] <Kotono> The trip to the cave is uneventful otherwise. You return without incident. Okay then, now what?
[17:21] <Kreios> OOC: Wasn't there an additional space to investigate?
␃15[17:21] <Fitzcarald> "We didn't really have time before, let's look around?" He asks. "We know where we came in and left from, but there's a few other caverns - we may as well be thorough."
␃15[17:21] <Fitzcarald> OOC: You beat me to it!!!!!
␃06[17:22] * Kreios nods, casts a light spell on Fitz's shield again, getting his mace ready.
[17:23] <Kotono> OOC: Perception, both of you. +1 bonus.
␃15[17:24] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 for 23 then!
[17:24] <Kreios> roll 1d20+2 Wis no Perception
[17:24] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+2 Wis no Perception --> [ 1d20=14 ]{16}
[17:25] <Kotono> You two search. Most lead back to entrances from other footpaths. However, one looks to lead deeper into the caverns and slope downward. A winding path deeper into the earth.
␃15[17:27] <Fitzcarald> "I'm all for investigating." He says. "As long as we're careful and take our time, I think we'll be fine."
[17:29] <Kreios> "Hmm... I'm inclined to secure the treasure, but we can explore first if you want."
␃15[17:29] <Fitzcarald> He nods and will slowly begin heading down the path, keeping an eye open for anything troublesome ahead of them!
[17:31] <Kotono> You go on. Soon you see them erratically engraved into the walls. Life sized carvings of faces - of emanciated faces with empty eyes and open mouths, long stringy hair as well. Carved right out of the stone of the cavern walls, added in.
␃15[17:32] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Can I tell if it looks like they were carved by, say, awful skeleton claws that might've belonged to a horrible abomination?
[17:32] <Kotono> OOC: Do you have any ranks in anything relevant to that?
␃06[17:33] * Kreios eyes them.
[17:33] <Kreios> "I'll bet is some sort of ritual mosaic or temple thing from the same goddess."
␃15[17:34] <Fitzcarald> OOC: That is an excellent question - I have Appraise, K:Arcana, History, Nature, Religion and Planes... and Perception, I guess, which are all at least 'in the ballpark' ...ish
[17:35] <Kotono> OOC: Appraise, say.
␃15[17:35] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 for 23, then
[17:35] <Kotono> From your eyes, no. They're done well enough that you don't think they are, but you're not an expert here so you can't say for sure.
␃15[17:36] <Fitzcarald> "I think you're right." He says. "Which means there might be another of those awful creatures down here... but I don't think these drawings were done by it. Maybe done by it when it was alive, though." He says. "Just go slowly... if this is a shrine to Talona, it's our duty to destroy it."
␃15[17:37] <Fitzcarald> Fitz will continue forward, hand resting on the red hilt of that scimitar - he isn't sure what it is, but he has a feeling it's a gift from above to use here...
[17:37] <Kreios> "Well, here's hoping that tent didn't belong to an insane priest of hers that's sitting down here conducting some ritual that'll summon a creature to kill us. Or empower him to do it himself."
␃15[17:39] <Fitzcarald> "Then we'll have to have faith that someone will see us through that trial." Fitz says with a smile. "It's already worked a few times for me."
␃06[17:40] * Kreios grunts.
[17:40] <Kreios> "I didn't enjoy it too much."
␃15[17:40] <Fitzcarald> "No, I imagine you didn't. I need to do a better job of protecting you."
[17:40] <Kotono> You go on. As you walk? Ahead sits a skeleton. Bleached white despite perfectly intact armor, full plate. A symbol hangs from his neck and is also engraved onto his breastplate: That of a rising sun. A mace rests besides one of his hands.  None of is shows the signs of age. Light radiates from the skeleton, pouring back behind it and beyond, out of sight.
␃15[17:41] <Fitzcarald> OOC: I'm guessing I don't need much of a K:R check here to know that's Lathander's symbol but Take 10 for 22 all the same
[17:44] <Kotono> OOC:C orrect.
␃15[17:47] <Fitzcarald> Fitz strides over to the skeleton and kneels down in front of it, apparently not even the least bit concerned it might get up and attack them. He puts his hands together and prays - prays to the Morninglord. He prays that he, a follower of the Red Knight and his companion, have found a fallen hero of Lathander's - in the depths of an island shrine of Talona's. He prays for permission - for a sign that he can borrow this fallen champion's equipment to put right whatever misdeeds are occuring in this awful place. To bring the morning sun along with the intelligence and wit of Her grace against Talona.
␃15[17:51] <Fitzcarald> "...You're keeping it back, aren't you?" He murmurs aloud. He prays in thanks - and asks for a sign when he is deemed strong enough so that he can return here and put this champion to a proper burial.
␃15[17:54] <Fitzcarald> He does put a hand on the mace itself - perhaps it's just the armor and the skeleton that are working their magic? A magical mace would be useful to them in their continued fights against evil, but if he gets any sign at all that taking the mace would disrupt what's going on here, he will leave it alone!
[17:55] <Kotono> You feel a crackle of static electricity when you touch the mace, and your hand glows when it touche sit.
␃15[17:57] <Fitzcarald> Is... that a good sign or a bad sign...? He fully puts his hand around the mace, praying to Lathander - if he wills that his champion's mace be used to fight evil, then he and his ally will see it through. He isn't a grave robber and won't take what isn't his unless their former champion would want it that way.
[18:00] <Kotono> OW! When you grasp it fully, that hurts. Big time!
[18:01] <Kotono> roll 1d6 electricity damage Fitz
[18:01] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d6 electricity damage Fitz --> [ 1d6=5 ]{5}
␃15[18:01] <Fitzcarald> Bad sign, got it!
␃03[18:01] * Retrieving #dunes modes...
␃03[18:01] * Fitzcarald changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 28/33 | Kreios 21/21 ␏'
␃15[18:01] <Fitzcarald> He lets it go immediately and offers a prayer of apology, before he stands up - says a prayer for the soul of this departed champion, and promises Lathander (and the Red Knight) he will return when he's ready.
␃15[18:02] <Fitzcarald> "We're leaving - now." He says quickly as he starts back the way they came, making sure Kreios is close behind him.
␃06[18:06] * Kreios follows.
[18:06] <Kreios> "What was it?"
␃15[18:06] <Fitzcarald> "I don't know, but something bad." He says. "We'll come back when we're stronger - much stronger - and deal with it."
␃15[18:07] <Fitzcarald> "For now, we'll collect the rest of the treasure and get back to Garen." He says. "I've had quite enough of this island."
[18:07] <Kreios> "Maybe you should report it to your temple? Get some higher level people in your faith to come deal with it?"
␃15[18:08] <Fitzcarald> "I will, once we're back." He says with a smile.
[18:10] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, goin' back and getting the rest of the loot?
[18:10] <Kreios> OOC: Yep
␃15[18:11] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Yes - it'll be a few trips up and down to get it, but we can do that. Can the spell Mount summon a packhorse (basically a horse with a bunch of bags) or just a horse or pony? If it's the former, great, if it's the latter, we'll fill up the bags I borrowed from the ship.
[18:13] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, give me 2 d100s each of you.
␃15[18:13] <Fitzcarald> OOC: spooky
␃15[18:13] <Fitzcarald> roll 2#1d100
[18:13] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 2#1d100 --> [ 1d100=37 ]{37}, [ 1d100=3 ]{3}
␃15[18:13] <Fitzcarald> OOC: mega spooky
[18:14] <Kreios> roll 2#1d100
[18:14] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 2#1d100 --> [ 1d100=62 ]{62}, [ 1d100=28 ]{28}
[18:17] <Kotono> roll 2#1d100
[18:17] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 2#1d100 --> [ 1d100=69 ]{69}, [ 1d100=95 ]{95}
[18:17] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:17] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=61 ]{61}
[18:18] <Kotono> Fortunately, this goes without incident by and large. It seems you've cleared out the skeletons, plus the lizards are mostly leaving the two of you be.
␃15[18:19] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Once we've gotten everything we will head back and just make multiple trips back to the boat as necessary for it - once we're safely on our way I'll try to Appraise everything we can and detect magic on anything else we might've uncovered besides the known stuff (and unknown scimitar)
[18:20] <Kreios> OOC: Works for me.
[18:21] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, this is mostly downtime things for me over the weekend. Go ahead and give me 2 d100 one of you to cover the trip back. If that's uneventful we'll start next time with your return.
␃15[18:21] <Fitzcarald> roll 2#1d100 no mega spooky
[18:21] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 2#1d100 no mega spooky --> [ 1d100=94 ]{94}, [ 1d100=68 ]{68}
␃15[18:21] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Well I think that's the good kind of mega spooky maybe so we'll see
[18:23] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:23] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=92 ]{92}
[18:23] <Kotono> The first night. Fitz and Kreios are sleep in their bunks when they stir. The ship is rocking - the pounding of rain. The howl of wind above. A storm?
[18:25] <Kreios> "... Something tells me that's not a natural storm. Spiteful Goddess?"
␃15[18:26] <Fitzcarald> "I don't think she has any domain over the sea or storms." Fitz says as he sits up. "But we may as well keep an eye on things and help out if we can." He says as he goes to throw his equipment on just in case.
␃06[18:26] * Kreios grunts.
[18:27] <Kreios> "Thought I got out of the ship business."
␃15[18:28] <Fitzcarald> "I'll defer to your expertise if we get into trouble." He says as he gets up to go check on the rest of the ship - if the sailors need help they'll surely call for it!
␃06[18:30] * Kreios heads up to the deck.
[18:33] <Kotono> The two of you check up and on the deck. Sailors are out - a storm blows. No thunder but heavy rains and wind, sweeping across the deck. Sailors work about, trying to think things in order as sheets of rain pound down.
␃06[18:35] * Kreios goes to find the deck master to see if they need help.
[18:38] <Kotono> The one running things right now is the captain. He's shouting instructions as he can, but most sailors seem to know what to do, "Kreios!" he calls, "Could use another hand on the sails! We have a good, strong mast but this is no child's breeze!"
␃06[18:40] * Kreios nods and turns to Fitz.
[18:40] <Kreios> "You can't help with sails, go ask what else he needs."
␃06[18:40] * Kreios goes to main a sail line.
␃15[18:42] <Fitzcarald> "Anything else you need doing, captain?!" Fitz shouts over the rain. "I can just stay out of everyone's way too!"
[18:42] <Kotono> OOC: Do you have any relevant ranks to this, like profession sailor or anything else related? It's okay if yo udon't here, Kreios, but I just want to know first.
[18:44] <Kotono> "Stay out!" he calls over the wind gusts, "In case someone gets hurt! You have healing hands, don't you?"
␃15[18:45] <Fitzcarald> "You got it!" He shouts, staying near the stairs and holding on, in case anyone takes a tumble or anything.
[18:48] <Kotono> OOC: Waiting on Kreios there, I know the dread Iddy's a bit RLed right now.
␃15[18:49] <Fitzcarald> OOC: No worries
[18:55] <Kreios> OOC: Sorry back
[18:55] <Kreios> OOC: I do not. I should,  but I don't
[18:56] <Kotono> OOOC: In that case wisdom check with a +2 bonus for this.
[18:56] <Kreios> roll 1d20+4
[18:56] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+4 --> [ 1d20=11 ]{15}
[18:57] <Kotono> Kreios is out there in the winds, steadying the ship - and it helps. It's a tough storm, but his experienced hand helps. He's keeping it steadier as...
[18:57] <Kotono> roll 1d100-10
[18:57] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100-10 --> [ 1d100=85 ]{75}
[19:00] <Kotono> About a half hour and it passes - the winds calm and the rain slows to a steady fall instead of a storm. With another sure hand and some luck, the worst of the danger seems to have passed.
␃15[19:01] <Fitzcarald> Fitz will see to anyone's injuries who might've gotten banged up in the storm!
␃06[19:01] * Kreios grunts sourly and tries to shake some of the water off of himself.
[19:01] <Kotono> Nothing serious for Fitz as Kreios shakes off and...OOC: Storm's passed and you all survived. Any follow ups besides that?
[19:02] <Kreios> OOC: Not me.
␃15[19:02] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Nope, just sort through all our cool treasure and be glad we survived!
[19:03] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, I'll do that over the weekend when I have time.
[19:03] <Kotono> OOC: We'll begin next week sometime with your return.

[Nephrite]

[18:10] <Kotono> Thus the return. It's a cloudy day when you make it back to Finport, but you make it back alive and intact. As the ship docks - now what?
␃06[18:10] * Kreios sighs, "Let's go find Garen, I guess."
␃15[18:12] <Fitzcarald> Fitzcarald nods, creating another Mount for them to use so they don't have to carry everything back and forth. "Yes, it's time to see exactly where we end up with this contract." Fitz agrees, thanking the captain and his crew as they depart and head back to Garen and the Golden temple of Waukeen.
[18:14] <Kotono> You find it. It's busy enough but Garen greets you. He smiles widely, "Welcome back! I trust it was a profitable venture?"
[18:15] <Kreios> "Yet to be seen, I suppose."
␃15[18:17] <Fitzcarald> "Yes." Fitzcarald says as he reaches into one of the bags to take out Waukeen's Favor. "I assume this is what we were really sent there to retrieve, yes? Would you just level with us about the whole thing? I think it's a bit unlikely that something like this just happened to be there. I'm not going to demand it or anything, but if there was more to the whole adventure, I'd like to know... especially given what else we found there." He adds.
[18:24] <Kotono> Garen stares at Waukeen's Favor. "THAT thing was there?" he says, "I had no idea! I thought it was melted down a generation ago!" His expression is openly surprised, "It should have been!"
␃15[18:25] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 on Sense Motive for 22, can I tell if he's being serious?
[18:25] <Kotono> You can't detect any lies, at least. He seems on the level to Fitz.
␃15[18:26] <Fitzcarald> "No kidding? Well, here, we didn't use it, so feel free to have the first crack." He says as he holds it out for Garen. "Though, if I'm being honest, won't Berdacci probably just... take it from you once he knows you have it?"
[18:32] <Kotono> "Only a fool uses this thing," Garen goes on, "It sounds like free money, but it always comes back to bite those who use it. I'll have it melted down immediately." He takes it and puts it aside, "Perhaps it was made by Waukeen as an object lesson about easy money and what it leads to, or out of someone else for spite."
[18:36] <Kreios> "Is that part of your 25%, then?"
␃15[18:36] <Fitzcarald> Fitz makes a non-commital noise of agreement. He takes out a sheet of paper with the itemized list of recovered items and their approximate value that he appraised. "I never bothered to ask, but in the event that there's one item that's worth more than anything else, what ends up happening with the split? Given the nature of that item I have no issue just giving it to you, but as far as I could estimate it's about half of the worth of everything we found." Fitz explains. "Oh, if you ever hear of anyone going back there, there's a shrine to Talona in the deepest parts of it that's very dangerous, so they should absolutely stay out of there. It probably explains all the undead we found all over the place."
␃06[18:36] * Kreios grins.
[18:38] <Kotono> "Hmph. Perhaps that's why it was there," Garen muses, "Well, in this case I'll eat the loss," he says, "That thing," he glares at it, "Has to be destroyed. You didn't give it to me, I didn't get it from you. Are we clear?"
[18:40] <Kreios> "That big of a deal? If it was intended to be like that, are you sure you want to destroy it? Waukeen made it that way, right? Maybe trying to destroy it before is what caused it to end up there."
[18:43] <Kotono> "As far as you're concerned, it's melted down," Garen says, pointedly, "Is that clear?"
␃06[18:44] * Kreios shrugs.
[18:44] <Kreios> "Not my god."
␃15[18:45] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Can I do another sense motive for 22 on his reaction? Is he overselling this or on the level again as far as I can tell?
[18:45] <Kotono> OOC: Sure, go for it.
[18:46] <Kotono> OOC: He seems on the level, yo uthink? If he's bluffing he's better than you.
␃15[18:47] <Fitzcarald> "I'll trust your connection to Waukeen on the matter." Fitzcarald says. "So where does that leave us regarding the rest of it? It does rather significantly reduce what we recovered in terms of value."
[18:48] <Kreios> OOC: I mean, the price of the skull, which we didn't really want, is coming out of his 25%, so I'm good with that either way.
[18:48] <Kotono> "So it does," Garen says, in thought, "Call that my 25% and the rest is yours?" he offers, "And you have my...gratitude," he adds after a moment.
␃15[18:49] <Fitzcarald> "I can't in good conscience let it be like that." Fitz says. "Hold on."
␃06[18:49] * Kreios raises an eyebrow. He can certainly let it be like that, but this isn't exactly his show, so...
[18:52] <Kotono> Garen merely awaits, watching Fitz.
␃15[18:53] <Fitzcarald> He digs around in the bags and takes out the greatsword with an 'oof.' "I know it isn't really your type of weapon, but you never know when someone might come in here who needs it." He says. "I'll give this over - you can sell it, do whatever you want with the money for your temple, and I'd like to ask you for two things in exchange: First, could you properly identify something we got from the island, and two, I'd like to leave Finport with Brune, if possible, and I'm not really sure how to approach that matter, so I'd like to ask for your aid in it, if you'd be willing. If not, then just the identification is fine, you can still have the sword. You helped me even from the beginning - I know, I know, the whole payment stuff - but you still helped, and I never properly paid you back for that, even if my debts were covered."
␃15[18:54] <Fitzcarald> He turns to Kreios. "It'll come out of my share, don't worry." He says with a small smile.
␃06[18:54] * Kreios nods with a bit of a shrug.
[18:59] <Kotono> "Leave Finport?" Garen considers, "To where, do you  know? Merely somewhere else?"
␃06[19:00] * Kreios listens intently.
␃15[19:01] <Fitzcarald> He nods. "I hadn't thought that far out, but as you said before we left, we're... well, I think I'll end up causing more problems for you and others if I stay." He says. "There's plenty of other places that need a 'hero,' where I won't.... ah, run afoul of the leadership."
[19:02] <Kotono> "Then...hm, hm, hm." Garen says, "I can do that. How fast do you want to leave?"
␃15[19:04] <Fitzcarald> "There's no rush." He says. "As long as we can do it without causing any issues, it's fine if it takes a few days or more. We need some time to sell what we recovered anyway and do some shopping... if we can find what we're looking for in town, anyway."
[19:06] <Kotono> "Then we have an agreement," Garen says, offering his hand out.
␃15[19:07] <Fitzcarald> Fitzcarald shakes Garen's hand and offers over the greatsword afterwards, then holds out the scimitar for him. "This is the thing we couldn't identify." He says.
[19:09] <Kotono> "I'll see to it," Garen promises, "Come back this evening."
␃15[19:10] <Fitzcarald> "All right." He says with a nod and will head out with Kreios - they have some shopping and selling to do!
␃06[19:11] * Kreios nods.
[19:11] <Kotono> OOC: Plans?
[19:12] <Kreios> OOC: Spend money?
␃15[19:12] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Yeah, it's mostly sell stuff, buy stuff, come back that evening and hope we weren't double-crossed
[19:22] <Kotono> OOC: d100 both of you.
[19:22] <Kreios> roll 1d100
[19:22] <Kreios> OOC: BETRAYAL
␃03[19:22] * Kobot has joined #dunes
[19:22] <Kobot> OOC: Here.
[19:22] <Kreios> roll 1d100
[19:22] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=71 ]{71}
␃15[19:22] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d100
[19:23] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=61 ]{61}
␃15[19:24] <Fitzcarald> OOC: what nice, normal, non-Shar inducing rolls
[19:24] <Kotono> OOC: Indeed.
[19:24] <Kotono> The selling? Mostly without incident. That goes on and...OOC: I'll cover that in loot shortly, want to get a little further before the loot post so I can do it all in one roll.
[19:25] <Kotono> You return that evening. Garen greets you, "Welcome back," he says, "I trust all went well?"
␃15[19:26] <Fitzcarald> "Surprisingly, having people with a good amount of gold gets you a lot of smiles." Fitz says with a bit of a grin. "I imagine you know that better than most."
[19:28] <Kotono> "So I do," Garen confirms, "So I do. So about the scimitar?"
␃15[19:29] <Fitzcarald> "Oh, yes, here." He says as he offers it over.
[19:30] <Kotono> OOC: I assume you left it with him to get identified.
␃15[19:30] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Yes!!!
␃15[19:30] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Sorry, yes, brainfart, he handed it over earlier
[19:31] <Kotono> "So I do," Garen confirms, "So I do. So about the scimitar?" He begins and then...OOC: Post incoming.
␃15[19:32] <Fitzcarald> Fitz waits to hear about it! He really hopes it isn't cursed!
[19:33] <Kotono> OOC: Posted.
␃15[19:34] <Fitzcarald> "Oh, how interesting!" Fitz says. "I've never heard of that sort of magic before."
[19:36] <Kotono> "It's very rare," Garen says, "I've never heard of such a weapon. It's quite the good fortune to find it."
␃15[19:39] <Fitzcarald> He nods. "Perhaps we were all nudged to be guided to that island." He says. "At any rate, I'll do my best to keep out of public view for the next few days." He says. "Just wandering around town will do the opposite of what I'm trying to avoid here."
[19:39] <Kreios> "I could use a bit of rest. And getting some supplies."
[19:40] <Kotono> A simple nod at that as...OOC: We'll pick up more here next time, still not feeling great and we got over the hump and can hit new things next time.
␃15[19:41] <Fitzcarald> OOC: we didn't die!
[19:41] <Kreios> OOC: Woo!

[Nephrite]

␃15[19:07] <Fitzcarald> OOC: So, given our conversation we had, all Fitz would like to do currently is get in contact with Brune to see how he's doing.
␃15[19:07] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Ideally without just... marching up to Berdacci's mansion to do so.
[19:09] <Kotono> OOC: Sure. REfresh me on what you last did with Brune? I believe you told him to do something.
␃15[19:13] <Fitzcarald> OOC: The last I saw him he gave me the three knight chesspieces that turned into some jewels I still have on me that sell for a bit of gold.
[19:13] <Kotono> OOC: Okay then, going to try and track him down
[19:13] <Kotono> ?
␃15[19:14] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Well, somehow or another. I can ask around town (ask the kids, I guess) if they've seen him at all.
[19:15] <Kotono> OOC: Diplo then.
␃15[19:16] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 for 21
[19:28] <Kotono> You ask around - you hear Brune's been around the docks lately for reasons unknown.
␃15[19:28] <Fitzcarald> Fitz will take a trip over there to see if he can spot him!
[19:34] <Kotono> Thus you head over. The docks are busy this cloudy day - and in the shadow of a warehouse you see Brune. Sitting on an old crate, munching on what looks to be some stuffed bread.
␃15[19:35] <Fitzcarald> He doesn't make a big show of it, trying to just go along the sides so he doesn't stand out as much as he normally would heading through everyone!
␃15[19:35] <Fitzcarald> "It's been a few days." He remarks as he gets close enough. "Glad to see you're holding up."
␃06[19:37] * Kerios lounges, trying to blend in and let Fitz talk to his... Whoever this is.
[19:37] <Kotono> Brune turns, "You're alive and back," he says, a little surprise in his voice. "Heard from Garen that..." he pauses, "Well, I heard things."
␃15[19:38] <Fitzcarald> "I wouldn't put it past him to be trying to get rid of us, all things considered." He says, rather blandly, despite the implied threat against his life.
␃15[19:39] <Fitzcarald> "When I'd heard you'd gotten taken to the Lord Mayor's mansion I wasn't sure if I was going to need to break in to rescue you, but you seem to have things well under control." He says.
[19:43] <Kotono> "Well...Garen's the one who got me out," he finally says, "Dunno how or why."
␃15[19:44] <Fitzcarald> "He's a good guy deep below all that shiny coinage of his." He says. "Maybe it was a divine favor he was nudged into."
[19:45] <Kotono> "So..." Brune kicks his feet, "Now what? You got a plan, don't you?"
␃15[19:46] <Fitzcarald> "Oh, before I get too far..." He says as he gestures to Kreios. "Kreios, this is Brune. He's... you know, I'm not sure how he fits into all of this, but I have a feeling someone's taken an interest in his quick thinking." He remarks. "He helped me out when I got to town originally. Brune, Kreios is an old hat pirate with some dabbling magics. He's also being a stubborn guy about divinity, but I think I'm starting to convert him."
␃15[19:47] <Fitzcarald> After that he grins a bit. "Yeah. I had originally planned on just skipping town with the two of you, but... the more I've thought about it, the more I think I was sent here with a purpose. I shudder to think what would've happened to Finport if no one uncovered that awful Talonite asshole."
␃15[19:49] <Fitzcarald> "So... I want to see if maybe I can co-exist in this town and help make things better here and there without running afoul of Berdacci. I think we can make Finport a better place while still earning ourselves some prestige and coin." He finishes.
␃06[19:51] * Kerios inclines his head to Brune.
[19:53] <Kotono> Brune matches that before, "So..." he pauses, looking down at his food. He's quiet before, "....okay, but you have to promise you won't end up in the bay."
␃15[19:54] <Fitzcarald> "If we didn't die on that horribly cursed island, I'm not terribly worried about anything in Finport, if I'm being honest." He says, putting his hands on his hips. "Do you have any idea how many skeletons I had to kill over there? It was a lot!"
[19:58] <Kotono> "Skeletons? The dead?" Brune asks at that, "You fought the dead?"
[19:59] <Kerios> "Saved my ass doing it, too."
␃15[20:00] <Fitzcarald> "There were a ␝lot␝ of them there." He insists. "Something worse, too, but we didn't really investigate that."
[20:05] <Kotono> Staring at you a time, "That's..." he fumbles, "Heroic."
[20:05] <Kerios> "Terrifying, more like."
[20:09] <Kotono> "You're really strong," Brune goes on, "Okay," he says quietly, looking to Fitz.
␃15[20:10] <Fitzcarald> Fitz waves a hand dismissively. "I was just doing what was good and right." He insists.
[20:12] <Kotono> Brune hops up and goes to you, "Then..." he just nods again, looking up at Fitz.
␃15[20:15] <Fitzcarald> "...Yeah?" He asks, kneeling down. "What's coming to you?"
[20:19] <Kotono> "You said you were trying to recruit me," Brune sniffs, looking up at you. "Then okay."
␃15[20:23] <Fitzcarald> "Hah, very well. I think you can put your wit to use regardless. In this case you're just doing it such that the gods themselves will likely take notice." He says. "So what do we do with all of this? Start some sort of problem-solving organization?"
[20:24] <Kotono> Brune crosses his arms, "Not dying is number one," he says, "Get somewhere nice and safe. Got a house or still an inn room?"
␃06[20:24] * Kerios raises an eyebrow.
␃15[20:26] <Fitzcarald> "Berdacci did offer me a house... I wonder if that's still on the table after everything." He muses. "Or the bar. I don't know if he'd want to give either one to me though. For now it's just the inn room."
[20:29] <Kotono> "You got money? Change it," Brune says, "Inn rooms aren't safe. Not forever. Get a rich house."
[20:30] <Kerios> "How much do houses even cost here?
␃15[20:32] <Fitzcarald> "I've got a little over 150 gold on me." He says, not that that answers the question. "I could sell the goggles if we need to, I suppose."
[20:35] <Kotono> "A good one? Several hundred," Brune answers, "Something that isn't just wood or on the outskirts, or by the docks."
␃06[20:35] * Kerios considers.
[20:36] <Kerios> "I have... A decent amount, still. Let's look at what's available."
␃15[20:37] <Fitzcarald> "Oh, it's not in town, but I know a house that isn't being used anymore." Fitz says as he puts his fist onto his palm. OOC: Do I have a general idea of how far that actually is from Finport now that I know where it is? Half a day or so by horse, I think?
␃15[20:38] <Fitzcarald> OOC: To be clear, I mean the house that Roderade was using
␃15[20:39] <Fitzcarald> "We should probably still find one ␝in␝ town, but I'm just saying."
[20:39] <Kotono> OOC: More like a day, but yeah.
␃15[20:39] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Okay.
[20:40] <Kerios> "It's a good back up plan if we don't find anything suitable in town."
␃15[20:40] <Fitzcarald> He nods. "Yeah. We can take a look around." He agrees.
[20:46] <Kotono> OOC: Okay then, going to look for a house? How much money do y'all have to spend on it/want to spend on it?
[20:47] <Kerios> OOC: I can toss 650 in.
␃15[20:48] <Fitzcarald> OOC: I've got 155 but would like to keep 5 for spending, so we'll say 150. If I need to I can sell the goggles for 2500 split between us.
[20:48] <Kerios> OOC: 800 total, then. That should be enough, I'd think, since I think you can retire in D&D with like 1000 gp, IIRC.
[20:49] <Kotono> OOC: It should be, yeah. Any specifications to what you want?
␃15[20:49] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Two bedrooms at least, I'd think?
[20:50] <Kerios> OOC: If this is going to be our office, probably something with an extra room to use to discuss work. Maybe something like a live-in shop?
[20:53] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, diplo y'all. The other's free to roll as well or aid the other one as you prefer.
[20:53] <Kerios> OOC: I have zero diplo, so good luck!
␃15[20:54] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 for 21 then
␃15[20:54] <Fitzcarald> OOC: I'm not falling for your traps today, Kobot!
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[20:59] <Kotono> OOC: OI see. Okay, I'll need a smidge of time to prep that up and we're near end time. Anything els eto hit real quick while we're here?
[22:00] <Kerios> OOC: Nope, not for me.
␃15[21:02] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Nope I am good
[22:05] <Kotono> OOC: Okay then. More next time, this was a needed in between session to settle things and get shopping done.

[Nephrite]

[19:09] <Kotono> With the dragon thankfully merely being a passerby? The two of you travel on. You're passing by rows of narrow wooden houses away from the docs. Crammed together, barely a foot of space between each one at most. Narrow and two stories each, common folk glimpsed. Mothers and children, the elderly. People coming and going, only a few of working age glimpsed here. Simple people in simple clothes
[19:09] <Kotono> as you pass by. "Mother, mother!" A young boy runs up to his mother, just coming into a house with a cistern, "The loud man's yelling at everyone again!"
␃15[19:11] <Fitzcarald> Fitzcarald glances at that boy with a nod to Kreois. Is this that 'firebrand' they've heard about?
␃06[19:11] * Keiros shrugs.
[19:11] <Keiros> "Worth asking about, I suppose."
[19:13] <Kotono> The mother looks up, "Boy, stay away from that sort. Raising trouble gets you in trouble, and gets people around you in trouble. I didn't raise some fool boy!" She come sforward and takes him by the ear, "Now inside before troubles finds that fool man!"
[19:14] <Kotono> The child complains, "Moooooother!" he says in a longsuffering voice, but doesn't resist.
␃15[19:15] <Fitzcarald> "Well, if he's yelling, we probably can't miss them." He says with a bit of a laugh as he continues on, his ears perked for any yelling.
␃06[19:18] * Keiros follows along, looking out for anyone eyeing the new strangers in town.
[19:21] <Kotono> A street corner a few down. A crowd has gathered - mostly mothers and children, the elderly and the like. However, a few working men are there, listening as well. On a remnants of some sort of old stone column left on the corner stands a man. Average if about 50, completely bald and with a pockmarked face. He wears full plate armor with a green tabard, which is decorated with images of the
[19:21] <Kotono> whirlwind. As you come closer, "...and divided amid ourselves! Shamefully divided. The unworthy rich on top take what they will while you suffer! Your husbands work backbreaking labor for daily bread and little else, while those who call themselves your betters feast on delicacies from across the sea!" He gestures, an arm sweeping out, "People unworthy of such luxuries lord over you as if they
[19:21] <Kotono> are the strong, but they are not! The strength is in the people! The people who can and will reverse this moral decay to make a better tomorrow! A tomorrow with no half measures, no compromises!"
␃06[19:22] * Keiros leans against the corner of a building, listening. This sort always shows up in the common quarters, across every port he's been to.
␃15[19:25] <Fitzcarald> Huh, there's that symbol that he doesn't recognize... He decides to move to get a little bit closer. OOC: His intent is to stand in the crowd and rather blatantly cast detect evil, he's curious!
␃06[19:25] * Keiros will hang back, watching the crowd and Fitz. Sometimes these sorts will have a partner moving through the crowd, either to steal or further fan the flames.
[19:28] <Kotono> As the people listen, drawn into his words, "I expect the rich will try and silence me. The so called lord of this fief is a weak man who will send his men to silence me." He holds a gauntleted fist out, "I will show them real strength - but it is on you! It is on you, the people! It is on you to rise up and overthrow the unworthy above you!" He opens his hand out, as if to be given something.
[19:28] <Kotono> "Those who band together in true strength prosper! The people must come together and say no more! No more!" Despite his words the people shuffle at that, several starting to back away when Berdacci is alluded to. To bleed is the true right of the unworthy rich, not to prosper!  To be strong is the right of the people!"
[19:30] <Kotono> Fitzcarald scans him. He radiates a strong aura of evil. Meanwhile Keiros looks and...OOC: Perception, +2 bonus.
[19:30] <Keiros> roll 1d20+4 Wis/Perception
[19:30] <Keiros> OOC: BETRAYED
␃03[19:31] * Keiros is now known as Kreios
␃03[19:31] * Kobot has joined #dunes
[19:31] <Kobot> OOC: here.
[19:31] <Kobot> OOC: Here, even.
[19:31] <Kreios> roll 1d20+4 Wis/Perception
[19:31] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+4 Wis/Perception --> [ 1d20=1 ]{5}
[19:31] <Kreios> OOC: Oof.
[19:32] <Kotono> Not that Kreios sees. Seems to be working along best as he can tell.
␃15[19:33] <Fitzcarald> Tch, so there it is. "Friend!" Fitzcarald calls out from the middle of the crowd, as he begins to walk forward and move them through. "You speak with a fire and a passion, to what deity do you devote that ferver?" He asks, moving to get to the front of the crowd.
[19:34] <Kotono> OOC: Does Fitz wear any heraldry that indentifies who he serves or wear his holy symbol openly?
␃15[19:35] <Fitzcarald> OOC: No heraldry yet, but yes he wears the Red Knight's holy symbol openly
[19:39] <Kotono> OOC: He takes 10.
[19:40] <Kotono> The man stares you down a moment. A deep, strong gaze that...OOC: You have aura of courage right?
␃15[19:40] <Fitzcarald> OOC: I do indeed
[19:42] <Kotono> You don't feel any fear. Not anymore. A strange sensation goes through you at his gaze, intimidating and powerful. He slowly regards you as eyes turn to the two of you - besides those who got away, anyway - and states, "A patron of strength, just as you serve a patron of strategy and tactics."  Whispers amid the people as the two of you stare each other down, his gaze with a barely restrained
[19:42] <Kotono> intensity. You notice he has a greatsword on his back, though he makes no move to draw it. "Do you not agree with what I have said? Do you not see the rot and weakness of this city that festers in every corrupt breath it takes?"
␃15[19:46] <Fitzcarald> "I can't disagree with what you've said, no." He says honestly. "But I think you should be honest with people when speaking about your faith and their motivations, don't you?" He asks, "You're right - I serve a patron over strategy and tactics, The Red Knight. It's what caused me to journey here and help the people of this town and rid it of a Talonite threat." He says. "So I ask you again, to whom do you serve? You speak with the authority - the strength of conviction that I know comes from a devout heart - so speak the name of them! If you want these people to consider your words and be swayed by your strength, they have a right to know who they'd be praying to for support."
[19:50] <Kotono> OOC: Diplomacy check, opposed by his on the people so far. You get a +2 bonus since you have a point and he's being dodgy about it.
␃15[19:51] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 for 23
[19:55] <Kotono> roll 1d20+10
[19:55] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+10 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{11}
[19:56] <Kreios> OOC: Glorious. The only 1s I approve of.
[20:11] <Kotono> You notice the people - nod to this. But more are leaving - he's losing his crowd fast. More than anything else, your interruption has completely undercut him. He regards you with narrowed eyes, "I serve the Duke of Strength, the Master of the Whirlwinds!" he declares, but the crowd is mostly lost, broken up. Rather than go on he turns to you, "You interfered."
␃15[20:12] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 for 23 on K:R, guessing that still rings no bells for me?
[20:21] <Kotono> OOC: Indeed.
␃15[20:22] <Fitzcarald> OOC: I would be familiar with the Dukes of Hell, yes?
␃15[20:22] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Maybe not every individual one, but at least the concept of them
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[20:24] <Kotono> OOC: K:P for that.
␃15[20:25] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 for 23 on that
[20:26] <Kotono> You wouldn't, not at that DC. The pains of being low level.
␃15[20:27] <Fitzcarald> OOC: OK
␃15[20:28] <Fitzcarald> "Why do you keep dodging their name?" He asks. "I'm not here to fight you about it - even if it is someone I might oppose like Talona. I said earlier I didn't disagree with what you said, and that was the truth. But since you keep dodging it, to me that means it's someone who you can't easily say in public." He adds. "Is that it?"
[20:31] <Kotono> OOC: Quick Perception.
[20:32] <Kreios> OOC: Both of us?
[20:32] <Kotono> OOC: Just Fitz, you bombed yours.
␃15[20:32] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 for 27, thanks goggles
[20:34] <Kotono> Out of the corner of your goggled eyes you see a shadow. Someone moving in from behind, in a blind spot behind Kreios.
␃15[20:36] <Fitzcarald> "Kreios, behind you." He calls out, over his shoulder, while his attention is still on the man in front of him. "Let's keep this peaceful." He says.
␃06[20:36] * Kreios turns like a whip lash with a hand on his Morning Star.
[20:38] <Kotono> The man that approaches is fairly short. He holds up both hands, wearing a plain bandana over his head. He has a quick, friendly look. "Hold on! Not trying to fight!" he says, taking a step back.
␃06[20:39] * Kreios doesn't relax but says, "Sorry to be unfriendly, but tense times. Keep distance.
[20:39] <Kreios> '
␃15[20:41] <Fitzcarald> Fitz glances off to the side for a moment. "I won't try and pry the truth out of you." He says. "And I don't have any intention of interfering with anything lawful you do in town."
[20:49] <Kotono> With hands up the man steps well back, keeping away.
[20:49] <Kotono> Meanwhile the armored man smiles thinly at that, "Everything lawful, you say?"
␃06[20:49] * Kreios perks his ear up at that.
␃15[20:50] <Fitzcarald> "I think you're smart enough to know what lines I don't intend to let you cross." Fitzcarald says. "I'm sure you've sized me up already."
[20:50] <Kreios> "Careful, Fitz. I've heard that tone before in merchants and pirate captains. Every time I've heard it, something by the letter of the deal is about to screw you over."
␃15[20:56] <Fitzcarald> "Let's not have a chance to cross weapons, all right?" He says amicably. "I'd rather not be on the receiving end of that." He nods his head towards the longsword on his back.
[20:56] <Kotono> "I never forget a face," The man says and turns, back to you as he walks away. His eyes linger on the both of you as he turns to go, "Let alone someone I hear called a fancy name like Plague Slayer."
␃15[20:57] <Fitzcarald> Fitz lets out a loud breath as he turns to face the shorter man with a bandana. "Sorry, you found us a rather tense time, friend." Fitz says.
[21:01] <Kotono> He's backing away, "I'll just go," he says, doing just that and making an escape.
␃06[21:02] * Kreios relaxes as he leaves.
␃15[21:02] <Fitzcarald> "Huh." Fitz shrugs. "Wonder what his deal was."
␃15[21:03] <Fitzcarald> "Anyway, yeah, that other guy is bad news." He says. "He'll probably be an issue we have to solve at some point."
[21:03] <Kreios> "Could have been that other guy's partner... A lot of times those sorts will have someone working the crowd. Fanning fires, or pick pocketing, or the like."
[21:04] <Kreios> "Seems like most of the people you meet become a problem to solve at some point. It's a bad trend."
␃15[21:04] <Fitzcarald> "It's not ␝my␝ fault!"
␃06[21:04] * Kreios snorts.
[21:04] <Kreios> "Sure, sure."
␃15[21:05] <Fitzcarald> "Well, now that we know this cleric isn't someone we're going to get along with, I guess our next step is checking out the mysterious thefts." He says. "Let's ask around and see if we can find a shop that was stolen from? Maybe we can pick up on some magic or something."
␃06[21:06] * Kreios grunts.
[21:06] <Kreios> "Gonna cost us for that info. Most likely whatever was stolen is being sold at a pawner or black market."
␃15[21:07] <Fitzcarald> "It's possible." He agrees. "But I think we can solve it."
[21:09] <Kreios> "Yeah. Just gonna take a while. Let's get going."
[21:09] <Kotono> OOC: Refresh me on the info you got on that already?
␃15[21:10] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Reports of strange thefts have plagued shops lately. Merchandise just disappears from shelves with no cause known, often in the middle of the day.
[21:12] <Kotono> OOC
[21:12] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, how are you two gonna approach it then?
␃15[21:12] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Let's ask around and find a shop that was recently stolen from and go from there
␃15[21:13] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Maybe we can get a list of what is being stolen ultimately and figure it out from there
[21:13] <Kreios> OOC: While my background should give me some knowledge of how it works, I don't actually have the skills for it. But I'd check the places that were robbed and then try to get some of the poor kids to tell me where back-alley business happens by trading food, food, ect. but not money. Money someone will just take from them, but food can be eaten and if the clothes don't fit, people typically won't bother taking them.
[21:17] <Kotono> OOC: SEc. While I'm up give me Diplomacy to gather information ing eneral. Iddy, feel free to aid Fitz here.
␃15[21:17] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 for 23 :)
[21:17] <Kreios> roll 1d20+2 Cha no Diplo
[21:17] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+2 Cha no Diplo --> [ 1d20=10 ]{12}
[21:23] <Kotono> OOC: That's a good point to stop at, so we'll resume there next time with that.

[Nephrite]

␃15[17:53] <Fitzcarald> [21:12] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, how are you two gonna approach it then?
␃15[17:53] <Fitzcarald> ␃15[21:12] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Let's ask around and find a shop that was recently stolen from and go from there
␃15[17:53] <Fitzcarald> ␃15[21:13] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Maybe we can get a list of what is being stolen ultimately and figure it out from there
␃15[17:53] <Fitzcarald> [21:13] <Kreios> OOC: While my background should give me some knowledge of how it works, I don't actually have the skills for it. But I'd check the places that were robbed and then try to get some of the poor kids to tell me where back-alley business happens by trading food, food, ect. but not money. Money someone will just take from them, but food can be eaten and if the clothes don't fit, people typically won't bother taking them.
␃15[17:53] <Fitzcarald> [21:17] <Kotono> OOC: SEc. While I'm up give me Diplomacy to gather information ing eneral. Iddy, feel free to aid Fitz here.
␃15[17:53] <Fitzcarald> ␃15[21:17] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 for 23 :)
␃15[17:53] <Fitzcarald> [21:17] <Kreios> roll 1d20+2 Cha no Diplo
␃15[17:53] <Fitzcarald> [21:17] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+2 Cha no Diplo --> [ 1d20=10 ]{12}
␃15[17:53] <Fitzcarald> [21:23] <Kotono> OOC: That's a good point to stop at, so we'll resume there next time with that.
[17:54] <Kotono> > You ask around. "You want to know how?" A middle aged man, mostly bald and with a black beard, eyes the two of you. He leans forward, a blacksmith wearing a fire singed leather apron over heavier clothes. "They just vanished. Magic, I'm sure of it. Nothing else makes sense."
[17:54] <Kotono> <Kreios> "Hm. What disappeared?"
[17:54] <Kotono> > "Some knives, several hooks," he begins to list off, "Some premade horseshoes too. Nails."
[17:54] <Kotono> * Kreios consider.
[17:54] <Kotono> <Kreios> "Strange. Those are important tools, but nothing that'll make someone rich... Do you mind if we look around? We might get lucky and spot something important."
[17:54] <Kotono> > It's a shop - shelves and tables with goods are here. Barrels with smaller things, like nails. He gestures, "Look around," he says.
␃03[17:54] * Iddy is now known as Kreios
[17:54] <Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and line since you didn't even seem to catch that last time. WE're waiting a few on IDdy but you can go ahead and catch up while I set up.
[17:55] <Kreios> OOC: I'm here.
␃15[17:55] <Fitzcarald> "How long ago did it happen, and do you remember the time it did?" Fitz asks.
[18:02] <Kotono> "Three days ago," He a nswers, "In the afternoon, two hours past lunch," He says in the meantime.
[18:02] <Kreios> "Middle of the day? Strange."
[18:04] <Kotono> "Brazen is what it is! A brazen thief!" A grumble at that, "Brazen!"
[18:06] <Kreios> "Yes, seems so."
[18:09] <Kotono> "Magical and brazen," The shopkeep goes on, "Can you believe it?"
␃15[18:13] <Fitzcarald> Fitzcarald hums once.
␃15[18:14] <Fitzcarald> "Well, let's look at the area, we probably can't sense any magic after that amount of time, but let's look anyway." He says, and goes to do just that!
[18:14] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, anything or just plain old eyes and ears? If so, what'cha looking for exactly?
[18:14] <Kreios> OOC: Yeah, that's about all I got.
␃15[18:15] <Fitzcarald> OOC: We have detect magic, but I don't think it'll be useful for something that happened days ago. We can at least see if anything got dropped or any clues were left at all, though.
[18:15] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, perception then.
[18:16] <Kreios> roll 1d20+2 Wis no perception
[18:16] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+2 Wis no perception --> [ 1d20=4 ]{6}
␃15[18:18] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 for 27
[18:19] <Kotono> Perhaps amazingly, you don't see anything that screams to be a clue. Sure, there's a bit of dirt on the ground and little signs of wear and tear about, but nothing that suggests some blazing clue.
␃15[18:20] <Fitzcarald> "It shouldn't surprise us to not find much, given it's been a few days." Fitzcarald says. "But let's take note of what *was* taken and investigate somewhere else, it may give us some insight. The horseshoes in particular seem... strange."
␃06[18:21] * Kreios nods.
␃15[18:22] <Fitzcarald> With that information, Fitzcarald will go to the next place that was robbed! Or at least, the next place he can find.
[18:22] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:22] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=11 ]{11}
[18:24] <Kotono> It's a general store - all sorts of various household goods and services. The elf who runs it is a short man with crossed arms, a scowl on his beautiful face. It's a little building off a side road, a creaky old sign outside of it proclaiming GENERAL GOODS FOR SALE. "Magic, sure as I breathe." He says by way of introduction, "A sneak thief mage, likely."
[18:27] <Kreios> "Mmmm... What did they take?"
␃15[18:28] <Fitzcarald> "And when was it stolen, and what time, if you recall?" Fitz adds.
[18:30] <Kotono> "Candles, ladles," He lists off as he goes on, "A few iron candleholders. Some nails as well."
[18:31] <Kreios> "... Not typical thief targets."
[18:33] <Kotono> "A thief is a thief," The elf scowls, "But I'd expect food or something more easily sold."
␃15[18:34] <Fitzcarald> "...Would the nails have been useful for horseshoes, by any chance?" Fitzcarald asks.
[18:35] <Kotono> "You nail in horsehoes, don't you?" Is the answer, "I think? Never been able to stand horses."
␃15[18:36] <Fitzcarald> He nods. "Very well - when was it taken? A few days ago?" He asks.
[18:38] <Kotono> "Three days ago," He answers, "In the afternoon."
␃15[18:40] <Fitzcarald> "Hm. At a similar time as the other store." Fitzcarald notes. "Thank you - if anything else is stolen, please feel free to report them." He says. He gives the address of their new house!
[18:41] <Kotono> "Good hunting," Is the answer back, "Thieves are terrible."
␃15[18:42] <Fitzcarald> He will go check out one more store just to verify his current thought process!
[18:43] <Kreios> "Well, so far everything seems like basic tools. And horse stuff?"
[18:44] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:44] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=21 ]{21}
[18:46] <Kotono> The third shop is a tailor's shop. The man who runs it has tied back black hair and a thin, pinched face. Older than his years perhaps. It's a rather narrow building of wood but inside is colorful, nice clothes on display. "Mmm, yes," He answers, "The thief stole some cloth and an entire large basket of sewing needles. An entire basket! That's meant to lasts for months and months!"
[18:50] <Kreios> "So, camping site supplies."
[18:50] <Kotono> "Camping? All those needles?" A curious look, "Maybe if it's a camp out for a quilting bee!"
␃15[18:51] <Fitzcarald> "Do you know anything about horseshoes?" Fitzcarald asks. "Or material for horses or animals? I ask because so far, it seems our thief has stolen a lot of things that could be used for that sort of thing."
␃15[18:51] <Fitzcarald> "It's... rather curious." He says.
[18:53] <Kotono> "Not a thing," The man says, "If I liked horses, I'd be a horse breeder. I can't stand them, they always seem to leave manure in front of my shop." His face twists into an open grimace of dislike. "Miserable beasts!"
␃15[18:54] <Fitzcarald> Fitzcarald smiles at that. "I understand, sir. Nonetheless, please keep me informed if you hear of anything else being stolen." He says, and gives them their address. "Thank you for your time." OOC: We can head back for now to our office/home
[18:57] <Kreios> "Cloth and needles to sew up a tent and blankets, make some clothes. Candles and horseshoe materials."
[18:57] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:57] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=11 ]{11}
␃15[18:59] <Fitzcarald> "It's rather peculiar, isn't it?" Fitzcarald says. "If they wanted to steal high-value items, they very easily could've."
[19:03] <Kreios> "That's why I think it's camping supplies... or maybe supplies for an altar? But that doesn't explain the horseshoe stuff."
[19:07] <Kotono> Meanwhile you head on back home. You make it back in good time - any next move from this information?
␃15[19:10] <Fitzcarald> "We have an idea of what they're doing, but that isn't going to help us find them." He says. "If they were only taking one particular thing, we could spread a rumor about it and try and catch them in the act... but I think we have to wait until we hear about another theft before we can do anything."
[19:11] <Kreios> "Well... It might."
[19:12] <Kreios> "Think on where would be suitable for either a ritual altar or a camp. Somewhere that's enough out of the way not to be noticed, but is useful."
␃15[19:12] <Fitzcarald> "There's plenty of places outside of town." Fitzcarald says. "I doubt whatever they're doing they're doing it in town, but... well, it's possible."
[19:13] <Kreios> "I mean, the last two places you ran into ritual stuff was where? A cave and a basement? So somewhere dark and enclosed, but close enough to town to be a threat?"
␃15[19:15] <Fitzcarald> "Yeah, the basement of a bar and that old warehouse." He agrees. "But we can't just go examine every one of those."
␃06[19:15] * Kreios raises an eyebrow.
[19:16] <Kreios> "Can't we? We can at least get a list together and maybe feed some urchins to watch."
␃15[19:17] <Fitzcarald> "I suppose that's true." He agrees. "There's only so many of them."
␃15[19:18] <Fitzcarald> "Let's ask Brune to see if he can get some of the kids to watch a few places." He says. "Or maybe see if anyone's suddenly started taking care of more animals or something."
␃06[19:20] * Kreios nods.
[19:21] <Kotono> You get Brune. He's eating some bread and sliced fruit when you come into the kitchen. "So how many do yo uwant watched exactly?"
[19:21] <Kreios> "Mmm... We're not sure. We need to make a list of places that have basements... Or forgotten smuggling storage rooms."
␃15[19:22] <Fitzcarald> "I'd say anything in the main part of the city is off-limits." Fitz reasons. "So probably anything in the more run-down part of the city."
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[19:27] <Kotono> "I could do that with enoug money," Brune says, "Got some?"
[19:27] <Kreios> "Depends on what 'enough' counts as."
␃15[19:30] <Fitzcarald> "Yeah, if a few coins will cover it, then we can handle it." Fitz affirms.
[19:30] <Kotono> "Ten should do," Brune says after some thought, "A little high but it'll give room for unexpected expenses."
[19:35] <Kreios> "We should be able to scrape that up."
[19:35] <Kotono> "Then you can consider it done!" Is the answer you get.
␃15[19:36] <Fitzcarald> He nods. "All right. Hm, we can investigate the rumblings about the traders outside the city." He offers. "I don't know what exactly is going on there, but we might be able to just get some cooler heads to prevail."
␃06[19:41] * Kreios nods.
␃15[19:46] <Fitzcarald> Fitz will head out towards the gates of the city to see if he can get an idea of what's going on!
[19:46] <Kotono> OOC: Refresh me on the info you got about this?
␃15[19:52] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Noise of visitors and traders making problems just outside of the city, some sort of persistent disagreements. Also not unusual, but it's lingering according to many if one wants to investigate.
[19:54] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:54] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=69 ]{69}
[19:55] <Kotono> You reach the gates - busy enough. Right now, however, nothing's going on. At least not right this minute. How are you two goign to approach this?
␃15[19:55] <Fitzcarald> He'll ask the guards! Surely they might've seen something!
[20:02] <Kotono> The guards are just seeing to a traveling woman - cloaked and mostly hidden, hood up. What of her face you can see suggests a great beauty, hints of brown hair long and beautiful kept hidden. She has gorgeous red lips as she smiles, listening to the guards going on and rambling on.
␃15[20:07] <Fitzcarald> Huh, it's not every day you see something like that. Especially hooded. That certainly indicates she'd like to get into town as unnoticed as possible... hm. He steps up to the guard and clears his throat! "My apologies for the interruption sir, but I was hoping I might be able to have a moment of this fair city's guest's time." He says. "I've heard some rumors on things going on outside the city and a traveler might be able to verify them for me."
[20:25] <Kotono> The woman regards you wtiha  soft smile, "I don't mind," she says, the guards quickly deferring to her.
␃15[20:27] <Fitzcarald> "Thank you ma'am." He says with a nod. "I've heard some rumblings about bandits, do you know anything about that - or any particular area that they're harassing?"
[20:29] <Kotono> "Oh, I've heard of a few," she smiles, a hand to her mouth, "But there's always bandits. Just as often as I find bandits left hanging to make an example by the roadside."
␃06[20:31] * Kreios grumbles to himself, "Or keel-hauled."
␃15[20:34] <Fitzcarald> He nods. "Yes, understood. I've heard of some malcontents outside of Finport as well - did you notice anything on your approach? It's fine if not." He says.
[20:37] <Kotono> "I'ma fraid not," She says, "Nothing out of the usual."
␃15[20:42] <Fitzcarald> "Understood. Thank you ma'am. My name is Fitzcarald, this is my colleague Kreios - we run a... well, problem solving business in town." He says. "If you run into any trouble or need help, please seek us out!" He says as he provides their address.
␃06[20:45] * Kreios inclines his head to her.
[20:46] <Kotono> A slight nod back, "I'l remember that name. You can call me Desrah." A soft, feminine giggle after.
␃15[20:47] <Fitzcarald> "Thank you, Miss Desrah." He says. Well, there's no harm in taking a walk around the outside of the city to see if his ears catch anything, since nothing is going on right now!
[20:49] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, we'll pick up there next time, it's about time for me.
␃15[20:50] <Fitzcarald> OOC: scary!

[Nephrite]

[19:04] <Kotono> OOC: Give me a d100, both of you. +3 penalty.
[19:05] <Kreios> roll 1d100+3
[19:05] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d100+3 --> [ 1d100=30 ]{33}
␃15[19:06] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d100+3
[19:06] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d100+3 --> [ 1d100=44 ]{47}
[19:12] <Kotono> You both wander outside of town. The tends, shanties and other such things set up sprawl out. Around a fire several travelers huddle, sharing a meal and chat. Others keep more to themselves, while others come together to drink and gamble. But one thing is notable - nothing seems to be immediately happening here, at least of note.
[19:12] <Kreios> "Well, quiet in a place like this is always good."
␃15[19:17] <Fitzcarald> He nods to Kreios. "That's fine. If things are in order then they're in order." He says. "There's not much else we can do for now unless we happen to hear something when we're out. Let's head back for now and figure out next steps?"
␃06[19:18] * Kreios nods.
[19:20] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:20] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=9 ]{9}
[19:20] <Kotono> Your trip back? Peaceful. However, when you get there? A brown wrapped package sits at your front door.
[19:21] <Kreios> "Expecting a delivery?":
␃15[19:23] <Fitzcarald> "I am not." He says, as he casts detect magic on it! You can't be too careful! OOC: Take 10 on Spellcraft for 22
[19:25] <Kotono> The package radiates magic. You study it and realize it's a simple spell cause the package to explore into flames when opened.
␃15[19:26] <Fitzcarald> He frowns. He was actually hoping that ␝wasn't␝ what he was worried it was...
␃15[19:27] <Fitzcarald> "It's enchanted to explode." He says. "I'm not exactly sure how to get rid of something like this..."
[19:28] <Kreios> "Mmm... There's spells that can counter it, but I don't know any of them. We can't just leave it here... Think we can safely put it somewhere until we find someone who can get rid of it?"
␃15[19:31] <Fitzcarald> "It will explode when it's opened." He confirms. "Now, whether that means that if we just leave it alone it'll be safe, I can't be completely certain...but we also can't just leave it here either, can we?"
␃15[19:33] <Fitzcarald> "Mm, it's probably fine as long as we don't open it." He says after a moment. "These sorts of traps don't do their job if they're on timers."
[19:33] <Kreios> "Well if we leave it here, *some* urchin will steal it hoping whatever's in it is worth a meal or two. So yeah, we need to move it somewhere else."
[19:35] <Kotono> OOC: Perception.
[19:35] <Kreios> OOC: Both of us?
[19:35] <Kotono> OOC: Correct.
[19:35] <Kreios> roll 1d20+2 Wis, no Perception
[19:35] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+2 Wis, no Perception --> [ 1d20=16 ]{18}
␃15[19:35] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 for 27
[19:40] <Kotono> OOC: Carry on, both of you.
␃15[19:42] <Fitzcarald> He leans down to pick the box up! If he doens't explode when he does, he will take it inside.
[19:44] <Kotono> It doesn't explode and you're able to take it inside. Now what?
␃15[19:45] <Fitzcarald> He will put the box in a corner and write a note that says 'EXPLODES IF OPENS, DO NOT OPEN - Fitz'
[19:46] <Kreios> "Well... Let's hope that's enough..."
␃15[19:49] <Fitzcarald> "Let's wait for Brune to get back." Fitz says. "I don't want anyone sneaking in and... well, you know."
[19:50] <Kotono> roll 1d100 vs ???
[19:50] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 vs ??? --> [ 1d100=63 ]{63}
[19:50] <Kotono> Brune gets back in a few hours, sure enough. The package is still intact and non exploded so that's a plus. He comes right in and nods, "You're back."
[19:51] <Kreios> "Yeah. Not much to find. What was stolen was a bit odd. Not the typical things that get stolen."
[19:53] <Kotono> "So not food?" Brune asks right away, "Or clothes?"
[19:55] <Kreios> "Tools mostly. Blacksmithing things, horseshoes, candles, things like that."
␃15[19:55] <Fitzcarald> "It's quite peculiar." Fitz adds.
[19:56] <Kotono> "That is weird," Brune says as he comes in, "Makes no sense. Like he's building something?"
[19:58] <Kreios> "That's what I thought. An altar or something? We found the one in town, in that basement. Maybe trying to replace it somewhere out in the woods or something? Somewhere you need a horse to get to?"
␃15[19:59] <Fitzcarald> "It could be that, or they have a horse or something." Fitz says. "It's weird."
[20:01] <Kotono> "If he wants to build something, buy it," Brune says, "And if he can't afford it, he has better things to do than build something," A scowl on his face. "You get a tent or some cover, not build something outside of town."
[20:02] <Kreios> "I can't imagine what needs horseshoes and candles, though.."
␃15[20:04] <Fitzcarald> "I think it'll require more detective work." Fitz says. "Unfortunately."
[20:04] <Kotono> Thinking, "Unless it's one of THEM," Brune then goes on, "The hidden ones. The good guests. The fairies."
[20:05] <Kotono> The boy visibly shivers, "The ones that take babies from the cradle and people from their beds! I hear every mother tells those stories."
[20:11] <Kreios> OOC: K check on that?
[20:11] <Kotono> OOC: K:N.
[20:12] <Kreios> roll 1d20+6 K:N
[20:12] <Kobot> Kreios rolled 1d20+6 K:N --> [ 1d20=17 ]{23}
␃15[20:12] <Fitzcarald> "I... suppose it could be a fae." He says. OOC: Would K:N of 22 tell me about faeries / fae and cold iron?
[20:14] <Kotono> OOC: Yes. Fairies in general are the fey and rumors abound of them doing things like that. It's probably more old wives tales than anything else, but they are persistent that most don't like iron of some kind.
[20:14] <Kreios> "Hmm... I.. Don't think it fully fits. I can't say for sure, I know the fey don't like iron. They do play pranks, but... Doesn't feel right to me."
␃15[20:15] <Fitzcarald> Fitz nods. "Right, I think it's someone who took an invisibility cloak - or something similar - off of our Talonite friend." He says.
[20:16] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[20:16] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=64 ]{64}
[20:16] <Kotono> "Then why?" Brune frowns, "It still doesn't make any sense," A stubborn, mulish tone.
[20:17] <Kreios> "Something to investigate. We couldn't find anything at the shops that were robbed, but then... I'm not exactly an investigator."
[20:18] <Kotono> Meanwhile, you can begin to smell something burning.
[20:18] <Kreios> "Uh, smell that? Where's that package?!"
[20:20] <Kotono> "What package?" Brune sniffs the air, "Smoke?"
␃15[20:21] <Fitzcarald> "It's over there." Fitz says with a gesture.
[20:22] <Kreios> "Check the house! Someone might have set it on fire!"
␃06[20:22] * Kreios starts looking for the source!
[20:22] <Kotono> The package is indeed sitting over there. You notice a tiny wisp of smoke is just starting to rise from the package.
␃15[20:23] <Fitzcarald> "...Ah, that is a problem." He murmurs. "Brune, where's the closest source of water to here?"
[20:24] <Kotono> "Uh...there's a water well a few streets down," he says, quickly creeping towards the door.
␃15[20:25] <Fitzcarald> "Anything bigger than that? River or anything?" He asks as he starts moving over towards the package.
[20:27] <Kotono> "Not nearby!" Brune says, before going right out the front door and away from that package.
[20:27] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[20:27] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=29 ]{29}
[20:27] <Kreios> "Just get it out in the street! Out of here!"
[20:28] <Kotono> That smoke is still rising, starting to increase slowly but steadily.
␃15[20:29] <Fitzcarald> "Well, I don't know how long we have, so it's either the well or I try to get it to the ocean." He says as he leans down to pick it up. "Will you calm down? Panicking in this sort of situation is never good. Hey, don't you have that spell that makes things tough?"
[20:30] <Kreios> "What? Do you know what a fire does to a ship?! Get it out of here! What would I even make tough in this situation?!"
␃15[20:32] <Fitzcarald> "So it wouldn't explode, obviously!" He says. "The idea would be to toughen it up more so the fireball or whatever didn't do much." Another sigh. "Anyway, I'm going to try and get it to the well - if I can dunk it in water it might blunt it since the magic's probably fading anyway." He says as he starts to jog in the direction Brune told him about the well - and run as best as he can that way with it!
[20:32] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[20:32] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=16 ]{16}
␃06[20:33] * Kreios snaps the spell off as fast as he can! It's something to do?
[20:33] <Kotono> OOC: Which spell?
[20:34] <Kreios> OOC: Barkskin, I guess?
␃15[20:34] <Fitzcarald> OOC: I actually think Barkskin requires it being a living creature, which Fitz obviously doesn't know about!
[20:35] <Kreios> OOC: You are right!
[20:35] <Kotono> OOC: Indeed.
[20:35] <Kreios> OOC: Strike that, I don't have a spell prepped that doesn't require a living creature.
[20:38] <Kotono>  OOC: Okay.
[20:39] <Kotono> You head on out as more smoke begins to rise from the package - out into the street. The well's a few blocks down and you get looks. When people see you carrying a smoking package, they generally get out of your way quickly. You're about half a street from it, a covered well with a little wooden roof over it. Then you notice it as you run - just the first flicker of flame along the package.
[20:39] <Kotono> You might have a real problem here!
␃15[20:42] <Fitzcarald> There's nothing he's going to be able to do in the short term - he can't just drop it in the middle of the street and hope that no one gets hurt... he could dive on it himself if he ultimately has to, but he's almost there...! "Get inside!" He shouts as he runs - he's just going to have to hope he can make it, and if not he'll dive on it! He takes a quick, split second to pray for wisdom and tactics from the Red Knight as he runs! He keeps the package close to himself to try and minimize any further fires coming off of it!
[20:44] <Kotono> OOC: Dex check, good luck.
␃15[20:46] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+3 please don't asplode
[20:46] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+3 please don't asplode --> [ 1d20=19 ]{22}
␃15[20:46] <Fitzcarald> OOC: don't you tempt me with hope, Kobot
[20:47] <Kotono> You rush ahead as people get out of your way. The well! There! It's there, it's open! You just have to get it in there now as flames start to erupt! You're about 15ft away but you're out of time! You have perhaps a second or two to do something, anything. Hurry!
␃15[20:49] <Fitzcarald> OOC: 15 feet is half my movement, so in theory I should be able to get to it and drop it, yeah? I guess either that or I throw it, but if I throw it it might just explode before getting into the well...
[20:52] <Kotono> OOC: Your call which you do. You might be able to make it and drop it, you might not. Or you could throw it and hope you don't miss or do something else.
␃15[20:53] <Fitzcarald> He's come this far - the safest option is to just still try and get it into the well! He charges forward to throw the package down and then try and dive away! ... If he doesn't think he'll make it, then it's back to plan dive on the package!
[20:58] <Kotono> OOC: One more dex check, +3 bonus at least. Good luck.
␃15[20:59] <Fitzcarald> roll 1d20+6 please don't asplode part two
[20:59] <Kobot> Fitzcarald rolled 1d20+6 please don't asplode part two --> [ 1d20=14 ]{20}
[21:01] <Kotono> Somehow you do it just in time - a split second later a huge column of fire erupts out from the well, sending you tumbling back and ab it scorched, but no more as the well's walls go flying.
[21:01] <Kotono> roll 3d6 half fire half bludgeoning no save but this could've been insanely worse
[21:01] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 3d6 half fire half bludgeoning no save but this could've been insanely worse --> [ 3d6=13 ]{13}
␃06[21:02] * Kreios catches up but stumbles at the pillar of fire.
␃15[21:02] <Fitzcarald> OOC: I take -5 from fire, so 8 damage total, whew!
[21:02] <Kotono> People scream and run, getting out of there then and there. As panic erupts out otherwise Fitzcarald lies there, singed but alive.
␃06[21:03] * Kreios rushes over to Fitz, casting Lesser Vigor on him.
[21:03] <Kreios> "You okay?! What the hell is going on? The guards are going to be all over us!"
␃15[21:05] <Fitzcarald> "I didn't want to just throw the package down in the street..." He mutters as he moves to stand up with a bit of effort. "I'll explain the situation to the guards." He says as he looks around to make sure no one else got harmed.
␃03[21:05] * Retrieving #dunes modes...
␃03[21:05] * Fitzcarald changes topic to 'Fitzcarald 25/33 | Kreios 21/21 ␏'
[21:05] <Kreios> "I mean more who the hell is coming after us with that kind of power."
[21:08] <Kotono> OOC: Perceptoin Fitz and also moment.
␃15[21:08] <Fitzcarald> "Well, I have a few ideas..." He says.
␃15[21:09] <Fitzcarald> OOC: Take 10 for 27
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[21:21] <Kotono> As people run screaming and panic spreads, Fitz doesn't see anyone that got hurt, thankfully.
[21:21] <Kreios> "Well... I guess we need to wait for the guards to show up. Hands away from weapons, they're going to be on edge."
␃15[21:23] <Fitzcarald> He nods. "Hopefully it'll be easy enough to explain." He says. "Hopefully..."
[21:24] <Kotono> OOC: So just going to wait for guards to come and hope to talk your way out ofa nother fine mess?
[21:25] <Kreios> OOC: Yep.
␃15[21:25] <Fitzcarald> OOC: yar
[21:29] <Kotono> The guards come - they see the damaged well, the panic - and Fitzcarald. The moment they do, the guards talk amid themselves before, "It's fine," he says, waving you off. "Have a good day, sir."
␃06[21:30] * Kreios blinks.
[21:30] <Kreios> "That... is a little suspicious."
␃15[21:30] <Fitzcarald> "Please let me know if there are any other reports - someone left an explosive package at our home." He explains. "If I hear anything I'll let you all know, and please let me know what the repairs are, I'll cover them."
[21:35] <Kotono> "Of course, sir," The guard nods deeply to you as they fan out, taking care of the scene and not impeding either of you at all.
␃15[21:38] <Fitzcarald> He won't stick around after his explanation and will head back to their house, though!
␃06[21:38] * Kreios follows.
[21:38] <Kotono> Thus the two of you ehad back and...
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[21:38] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=94 ]{94}
[21:38] <Kotono> roll 1d100
[21:38] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=4 ]{4}
[21:38] <Kotono> OOC: Okay, we'lls ee what that brings - next time!
␃15[21:38] <Fitzcarald> "...It's good to know people, I guess." He says as they go!!