The Dwarven Memorial 024

[Corwin]

19:43 <•Kotono> The next day a dwarf is produced. A squat fellow, he has a face that has burn patches all over it. No facial hair but a wild mane of thick stone-gray hair that reaches past his shoulders. He wears simple enough cltohes with a breastplate over them. He walks in with a stare down at all of you, patches of burnt, ruined skin all on his face like he got sprayed with fire. Milla enters a step behind
19:43 <•Kotono> him.
19:44 <•Kotono> Anne simply nod to him, expression blank. Sanda's not quite so good and stares several moments, before clearing her throat and looking away.
19:45 <Skaya> "Hello!" Skaya greets him, coming over to shake his hand. "Thank you so much for coming on short notice!"
19:47 <Devar> Devar raises a hand in greeting!
19:49 <•Kotono> Skaya gets a handshake back, Devar and Anne a nod. "The pay's good," he says, "And the story's better." His voice is gruff and rough. More than that, damaged perhaps. "Tell me what you found down in the soil's bones."
19:50 <Skaya> "Why don't we talk as we go?" Skaya proposes. "It is a bit of a walk."
19:53 <•Kotono> "Go ahead," The dwarf says, "All of you are?"
19:54 <•Kotono> "Skaya, Devar, Anne, Sanda, Liza," Anne lists off one by one, pointing each time. "You are?"
19:55 — Skaya smiles when Anne says her name.
19:56 <•Kotono> "Petrove," The dwarf answers as he follows, not adding anything else.
19:56 <•Kotono> Liza sniffs but doesn't push it, perhaps for the best.
19:57 <•Kotono> OOC: Any precautions heading down or just going on down?
19:58 <Skaya> OOC: We'll go without precautions! But tell him about what's below.
20:03 <•Kotono> The trip down is uneventful. No more signs of ankhegs - at least until you reach the lake. A much large than normal burrow hole is here, and an anhkeg lies on the ground here, torn in half. Blood splatter is about, along with unmentionable parts that are normally on the inside.
20:04 <Skaya> "What do you think? Lava dragon strikes again?"
20:05 <•Kotono> Rina smoothly advances, checking the burorw hole. "It's waterlogged deeper in," she says after peering in. "It went a little too close to the lake's edge.I'm guessing it turns into a clogged, impassable mess further past that because of the water."
20:05 <•Kotono> Anne grimaces, "Perhaps, or perhaps something else. I hope it was only the lava dragon."
20:06 <•Kotono> Petrove looks on, "At least one less of those are around. Miserable pests, those things."
20:06 <Skaya> "So it's still dangerous here, but nothing that would immediately cause us to retreat," Skaya muses. "Alright, let's see if we can open the door, then."
20:06 <•Kotono> Milla sniffs the air and kneels next to half of the ankheg. "It didn't die within the past few hours. I'd assume overnight."
20:07 <•Kotono> That gets a few side eyes, but nothing more. Anne instead takes to the air, "Then let us cross over to the other side of the lake with all haste."
20:07 <•Kotono> Sanda goes to the lake's edge, "What do you think the odds are that there's anything worthwhile in the water?"
20:08 <Devar> "Closer to zero than further away from it, I imagine." Devar says.
20:08 <Skaya> "Even odds of riches and danger," Skaya voices. "Want to take Devar's telepathy ring so we can rescue you if things go bad?"
20:10 <•Kotono> "Please," Sanda says, going to Devar, "I fnothing else, I'll be safe from the fire sahuagin in there."
20:12 — Skaya grins at Devar, saying, "Worthwhile things can be experiences, too. You can't just think in terms of material treasure!"
20:12 <Devar> Devar hands it over to Sanda! "Don't do anything reckless." He says with a smile.
20:13 → Kobot joined (~dunefar@8C90D1D6.E43ECEC5.F259B257.IP)
20:13 <•Kotono> roll 1d100
20:13 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=10 ]{10}
20:13 <•Kotono> roll 1d20 Perception Sanda
20:13 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20 Perception Sanda --> [ 1d20=16 ]{16}
20:13 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+6 ???
20:13 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+6 ??? --> [ 1d20=9 ]{15}
20:16 <•Kotono> Eventually, Sanda emerges back up. "Nothing interesting," she says blandly, unbothered by the water. "
20:16 <•Kotono> Eventually, Sanda emerges back up. "Nothing interesting," she says blandly, unbothered by the water. "At least nothing worth dredging out of there."
20:17 <Skaya> "It's better to try than to give up! At least now we can move on with a calm heart."
20:19 <•Kotono> "Onward," Anne says, as a bit of a flight and then a walk takes you to the archway you found before, that Rina stoneswam past. Ball's in your court.
20:21 <Skaya> "So like I was saying, unlike the mausoleum, there is no clear way to enter here," Skaya tells Petrove. "We figured that since going through stone lets you pass, it's not a complicated magical defense but one that looks for kin. So an honest appeal from you should do it?"
20:33 <•Kotono> PEtrove looks over it, "I'll take a look," He promises, going up. He touches the archway, reads it. After a little bit he kneels and goes into prayer. After several minutes of that, the stone shimmers and changes, a passageway ahead revealed.
20:33 <•Kotono> Anne smiles, "Easier than I had anticipated."
20:33 — Skaya waits for Petrove to finish before asking, "Are we allowed inside?"
20:44 <•Kotono> Once done he stands, "I don't see why not, but yo um ight get a surprise or three," he warns, "Your skin."
20:44 <•Kotono> Anne considers this, as Sanda says ,"I like those odds. We can handle it." She steps on in and ahead.
20:44 <•Kotono> Liza follows, as does Rina, unbothered.
20:44 <Devar> Devar will go in last with the others!
20:44 — Skaya steps in with them.
20:51 <•Kotono> The party steps in. HEre is a wide, broad passage lit with smokeless torches on the walls. The way ahead is paved stone, like an underground road. You walk a little distance, before in Common, "You come in without sneaking this time, woman?" A man's voice, echoing all around.
20:51 <•Kotono> Rina immediately looks about, hand on her sword, "You saw me last time?"
20:52 <Devar> It *would* make sense for something like this to have some sort of guardian...
20:52 <Skaya> "We didn't know what the proper key was at the time," Skaya speaks up. "If you wish to blame someone for that, I'll take full responsibility."
20:54 <•Kotono> Petrove bows and in Dwarven, "Greetings, honored protector."
20:55 <•Kotono> "I saw you." The voice continues, "Well met, blood of the stone and earth. I have no quarrel with you. As for the interloper, you would take responsibility for her?"
20:56 <Skaya> "I'm responsible for my choices," Skaya responds with a nod. "What amends should I make?"
21:02 <•Kotono> "Are you willing to face danger and death to make amends?" Is the question back.
21:03 — Skaya doesn't see a need to drag this out. So long as she's not asked to go against her conscience, the rest is easily done, and so she nods.
21:09 <•Kotono> "Then step forward and have the others step back," Is the answer.
21:09 <•Kotono> "Be careful," Anne says simply, "We don't know what this iwll be."
21:10 — Skaya spreads her arms helplessly in return to Anne's words. Of course they don't! But this is fine. She takes several steps ahead, clearing the potential blast radius.
21:14 <•Kotono> A figure manifests. Indistinct, but vaguely human like. A heavy, two handed mace is wielded as it advances, "Prepare yourself. Trial by combat shall set things to right, no matter the outcome."
21:15 — Skaya nods before casting two spells, one for offense and one for defense. "What are the rules?" she asks. "And what are the victory conditions, besides death and surrender?"
21:15 <Skaya> roll 1d10+8 false life
21:15 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d10+8 false life --> [ 1d10=3 ]{11}
21:15 <Skaya> OOC: Second spell is GMW
21:15 Skaya set the topic: Skaya: 11+100/100 (Sanda's bracers of +4CON, GMW +2) Devar 113/113 Anne 83/83 Sanda 60/60 Rina 85/85
21:16 <•Kotono> The moment you cast the figure advances, giving you no chance to do so. OOC: It's not going to let you sit there and prep, so rather than spells, roll init.
21:16 <Skaya> OOC: He did liteally say prepare yourself, but fine!
21:17 <Skaya> roll 1d20+13
21:17 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{20}
21:17 <•Kotono> OOC: Very much a turn of phrase they didn't think through, but fair. Still, init, since spellcasting usually means a fight.
21:17 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+8
21:17 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+8 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{16}
21:17 <•Kotono> OOC: Open. The figure is 15ft away.
21:18 <•Kotono> "Good luck!" Sanda calls, "Show them how strong you are!"
21:18 <Skaya> Suddenly, Skaya is all the way by the indistinct figure! And then she attacks relentlessly!
21:19 <Skaya> OOC: Travel devotion as swift, haste boots as free, let's go
21:19 <Skaya> roll 1d20+12+7 inspiration, stun
21:19 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+12+7 inspiration, stun --> [ 1d20=18 ]{37}
21:19 <Skaya> roll 1d20+12+7 inspiration, stun
21:19 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+12+7 inspiration, stun --> [ 1d20=9 ]{28}
21:19 <Skaya> roll 1d20+12+7 inspiration, stun
21:19 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+12+7 inspiration, stun --> [ 1d20=20 ]{39}
21:19 <Skaya> roll 1d20+12+7 inspiration, stun crit?
21:19 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+12+7 inspiration, stun crit? --> [ 1d20=6 ]{25}
21:20 <•Kotono> OOC: Three hits, and that is a crit. Immune to stun, though.
21:20 <Skaya> roll 1d20+8+7 inspiration, and the previous were all +1 more not that it mattered
21:20 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+8+7 inspiration, and the previous were all +1 more not that it mattered --> [ 1d20=19 ]{34}
21:20 <Skaya> roll 3d6+5+1d8 hit1
21:20 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 3d6+5+1d8 hit1 --> [ 3d6=15 1d8=4 ]{24}
21:20 <Skaya> roll 3d6+5+1d8 hit2
21:20 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 3d6+5+1d8 hit2 --> [ 3d6=11 1d8=3 ]{19}
21:20 <Skaya> roll 3d6+5+1d8 hit4
21:20 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 3d6+5+1d8 hit4 --> [ 3d6=6 1d8=4 ]{15}
21:21 <Skaya> roll 6d6+10+1d8 crit
21:21 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 6d6+10+1d8 crit --> [ 6d6=21 1d8=3 ]{34}
21:22 <Skaya> roll 1d8 this is also from the crit
21:22 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d8 this is also from the crit --> [ 1d8=4 ]{4}
21:23 <•Kotono> Punches and kicks rain down on the figure. A jab snaps its head back, then a kick to the gut knocks them back. Their guard is broken, letting Skaya pummel its ribs, blow after blow striking. It's resistant, hard to hurt, but you still feel it giving some each time, each blow effective if reduced. It's hard to tell detail son the figure, more a suggestion than real, but you hit it several times.
21:23 <•Kotono> It does not yield, but instead steps forward, returning fire at Skaya.
21:23 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (+2 ???)
21:23 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+23 (+2 ???) --> [ 1d20=12 ]{35}
21:23 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+23 (+2 ???)
21:23 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+23 (+2 ???) --> [ 1d20=17 ]{40}
21:23 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (+2 ???)
21:23 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+18 (+2 ???) --> [ 1d20=8 ]{26}
21:23 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+13 (+2 ???)
21:23 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+13 (+2 ???) --> [ 1d20=10 ]{23}
21:23 <•Kotono> OOC: AC?
21:23 <Skaya> OOC: AC is 32 due to haste
21:24 <•Kotono> roll 1d8+12+2d6+1d6 nonlethal owwies
21:24 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d8+12+2d6+1d6 nonlethal owwies --> [ 1d8=5 2d6=4 1d6=3 ]{24}
21:24 <•Kotono> roll 1d8+12+2d6+1d6 nonlethal owwies
21:24 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d8+12+2d6+1d6 nonlethal owwies --> [ 1d8=5 2d6=8 1d6=5 ]{30}
21:24 Skaya set the topic: Skaya: 46/100 (Sanda's bracers of +4CON, GMW +2) Devar 113/113 Anne 83/83 Sanda 60/60 Rina 85/85
21:24 <•Kotono> OOC: Nonlethal, Skaya.
21:24 Skaya set the topic: Skaya: 100(46)/100 (Sanda's bracers of +4CON, GMW +2) Devar 113/113 Anne 83/83 Sanda 60/60 Rina 85/85
21:26 <•Kotono> Skaya brings her guard up, but the mace blow to her arms shatters her guard. She stumbles back as the mace hits her right in the stomach, doubling her over. She wheezes and retreats back, coughing and seeing nothing but a white-red haze of pain. That blow was tremendously powerful, each attack devastating. It's only her awkward stumbles that saved her from two more swings, fire returned indeed.
21:26 <•Kotono> OOC: Go.
21:26 <•Kotono> Liza gasps, a hand to her chest. Anne looks intense, "This won't last long, either way."
21:26 <•Kotono> "They both hit hard," Rina agrees.
21:26 <Skaya> That's ridiculously strong! But Skaya doesn't give up, and instead launches into her own counter-offensive before clicking her heels and dancing out of the way.
21:27 <Skaya> OOC: I want to full attack, then retreat with the travel devotion's move action and avoid an AoO with acrobatics
21:28 <•Kotono> OOC: You're welcome to try.
21:28 <Skaya> roll 1d20+13+7 inspiration
21:28 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+13+7 inspiration --> [ 1d20=2 ]{22}
21:28 <Skaya> roll 1d20+13+7 inspiration
21:28 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+13+7 inspiration --> [ 1d20=12 ]{32}
21:28 <Skaya> roll 1d20+13+7 inspiration
21:28 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+13+7 inspiration --> [ 1d20=7 ]{27}
21:28 <Skaya> roll 1d20+8
21:28 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+8 --> [ 1d20=2 ]{10}
21:29 <•Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
21:29 <Skaya> roll 3d6+5+1d8 hit1
21:29 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 3d6+5+1d8 hit1 --> [ 3d6=9 1d8=2 ]{16}
21:29 <Skaya> roll 3d6+5+1d8 hit2
21:29 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 3d6+5+1d8 hit2 --> [ 3d6=6 1d8=1 ]{12}
21:30 <Skaya> roll 1d20+24 acrobatics, I'm going to move for 120ft and then end up 60ft away from my opponent. I activated Presip's Life Walk as a swift before moving.
21:30 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+24 acrobatics, I'm going to move for 120ft and then end up 60ft away from my opponent. I activated Presip's Life Walk as a swift before moving. --> [ 1d20=11 ]{35}
21:30 Skaya set the topic: Skaya: 100(70)/100 (Sanda's bracers of +4CON, GMW +2) Devar 113/113 Anne 83/83 Sanda 60/60 Rina 85/85
21:32 <•Kotono> Skaya retreats away, past everyone and buying time. Her wounds mend as she does, as in return the figure suddenly breaks apart - only to reform a moment later above Skaya, coming down for a single, heavy downward blow from above.
21:32 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (+2 ????, +1 higher ground, -3 PA)
21:32 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+21 (+2 ????, +1 higher ground, -3 PA) --> [ 1d20=20 ]{41}
21:32 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (+2 ????, +1 higher ground, -3 PA) crit?
21:32 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+21 (+2 ????, +1 higher ground, -3 PA) crit? --> [ 1d20=2 ]{23}
21:32 <Skaya> OOC: AC still 32
21:33 <•Kotono> roll 1d8+18+2d6+1d6
21:33 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d8+18+2d6+1d6 --> [ 1d8=5 2d6=9 1d6=1 ]{33}
21:33 Skaya set the topic: Skaya: 100(37)/100 (Sanda's bracers of +4CON, GMW +2) Devar 113/113 Anne 83/83 Sanda 60/60 Rina 85/85
21:34 <•Kotono> Skaya can't react fast enough. Liza's dismayed crit is heard as Skaya brings her arms up, but is knockeddown hard. The impact leaves her ears ringing, a reflexive roll back and spring up the only reason she's not down and out. The power behind that blow was tremendous, the figure now before her as...OOC: Go.
21:35 <Skaya> Well then. She decided to go all in, and it hasn't actually carried her across. But when magical reserves fade, there is still her!
21:35 <Skaya> roll 1d20+13
21:35 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{32}
21:35 <Skaya> roll 1d20+13
21:35 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=13 ]{26}
21:35 <Skaya> roll 1d20+13
21:35 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{19}
21:35 <Skaya> roll 1d20+7
21:35 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{16}
21:35 <Skaya> roll 3d6+5+1d8 hit1
21:35 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 3d6+5+1d8 hit1 --> [ 3d6=13 1d8=8 ]{26}
21:35 <Skaya> roll 3d6+5+1d8 hit2
21:35 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 3d6+5+1d8 hit2 --> [ 3d6=6 1d8=3 ]{14}
21:36 <Skaya> And turns out, her skills are still decent! So she tries to weave out of the figure's range and recover her breath a bit.
21:36 <Skaya> roll 1d20+24 acrobatics, I'm going to move for 120ft again for recovery
21:36 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+24 acrobatics, I'm going to move for 120ft again for recovery --> [ 1d20=10 ]{34}
21:37 Skaya set the topic: Skaya: 100(61)/100 (Sanda's bracers of +4CON, GMW +2) Devar 113/113 Anne 83/83 Sanda 60/60 Rina 85/85
21:40 <•Kotono> Two blows. Neither the best, both resisted. It's still enough to stagger the figure, who then breaks apart. Then this time to your side, swinging again once heavily, everything it has behind it. "Dodge!" Liza cries, as Milla watches with intense concentration.
21:40 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (+2 ????, +4 smite, -6 PA)
21:40 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+21 (+2 ????, +4 smite, -6 PA) --> [ 1d20=19 ]{40}
21:41 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+21 (+2 ????, +4 smite, -6 PA) crit yeesh Kobot has opinions on dice today
21:41 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+21 (+2 ????, +4 smite, -6 PA) crit yeesh Kobot has opinions on dice today --> [ 1d20=15 ]{36}
21:42 <•Kotono> roll 1d8+32+2d6+1d6 all the ow
21:42 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d8+32+2d6+1d6 all the ow --> [ 1d8=7 2d6=11 1d6=5 ]{55}
21:43 Skaya set the topic: Skaya: 100(6)/100 (Sanda's bracers of +4CON, GMW +2) Devar 113/113 Anne 83/83 Sanda 60/60 Rina 85/85
21:43 <•Kotono> This time the blow is so heavy that Skaya's knocked flying back. She lands hard, barely able to breathe. No lethal strikes but her entire body screams as her as she scrambles up, the creature's mace raised up for another strike as...OOC: Go.
21:45 <Devar> Devar's been watching this whole time with a frown, but he isn't going to interfere now. It doesn't seem like her life is actual in any real danger here, so he just stays put.
21:46 <Skaya> Looks like this is the end. Skaya is disappointed, quite frankly. Surely she hit him hard enough to take someone like her twice over? But there's always someone here to teach her a lesson about not being ready for her challenges, so all she can do is give her best. Wiping blood off her lips, she narrows her eyes at her opponent. "Take my last attack. If you can still stand afterwards, it's fully my loss."
21:47 <Skaya> roll 1d20+13
21:47 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{20}
21:47 <Skaya> roll 1d20+13
21:47 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{14}
21:47 <Skaya> roll 1d20+13
21:47 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{29}
21:47 <Skaya> roll 1d20+8
21:47 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+8 --> [ 1d20=4 ]{12}
21:47 <Skaya> roll 3d6+5+1d8 hit1
21:47 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 3d6+5+1d8 hit1 --> [ 3d6=13 1d8=2 ]{20}
21:53 <•Kotono> The blow hits hard. It's not hard enough. The figure staggers but stays up and swings hard - but doesn't finish the swing. "I'll accept your yielding. Well fought." The figure speaks, "You are courageous and your friends honorable not to interfere. You do not have the feel of thieves." He reaches out, one glimmering hand touching Skaya as healing flows through her. OOC: Nonlethal damage restored.
21:54 <Skaya> "Thank you," Skaya says gratefully, not having taken such treatment for granted. "You are very strong."
21:54 <•Kotono> Petrove comes forward, "Are you one of those created by Moradin?"
21:54 Skaya set the topic: Skaya: 100/100 (Sanda's bracers of +4CON, GMW +2) Devar 113/113 Anne 83/83 Sanda 60/60 Rina 85/85
21:56 <•Kotono> "You have strength for a mortal," A gracious nod back, "I am a servant of Moradin, nothing more. Why have you all come to this place of rememberance?"
21:57 <Skaya> "Beyond lies the Valley of Echoing Rivers. Only enter if you wish to see the remains of the past," Skaya recites. "After accidentally visiting Moradin's memorial for the Last Day here, we did truly wish to see these remains of the past."
22:04 <•Kotono> "Then go on," The figure invites, "If you wish to see what lies in memorial, I will not stop you."
22:05 <•Kotono> roll 1d8
22:05 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d8 --> [ 1d8=5 ]{5}
22:06 <Skaya> "Thank you," Skaya repeats, inclining her head, and then proceeds.
22:10 <•Kotono> As you walk along, "There's always someone stronger," Milla muses, a glance back as you go. "But that was no one normal."
22:11 <Devar> "I guess it's a good thing you only looked around when you were here, Rina." Devar says with a nod to Milla.
22:11 <Skaya> "I really need some kind of a trump card," Skaya says with a sigh. "That was just unreasonable."
22:12 <•Kotono> "We're each other's trump cards," Anne counters, "We don't normally fight alone."
22:12 <Skaya> "Nice!"
22:12 <•Kotono> "It is good," Rina admits, "Geez, I dodged one there."
22:12 <•Kotono> "You really did," Petrove says grimly, "I doubt it would held those strikes otherwise."
22:15 <•Kotono> At that you advance forward adn Anne starts to speak...next time! OOC: Ran a bit over since I started a bit late, but it's that time.

[Corwin]

19:08 <•Kotono> "Nevertheless, we go onward," Anne walks, "How far it is, Rina?"
19:08 <•Kotono> "
19:08 <•Kotono> "Not far, I'll show you," Rina invites, "It's a view you won't forget."
19:10 — Skaya is content to follow, siding up to Liza. "Sorry I couldn't win that fight."
19:12 <Devar> Devar will follow along from the back, taking in the sights as they go.
19:19 <•Kotono> For now it's only a long hallway. At the end of it, it breaks into two passages. One is a little path upwards to a cliff, to some sort of opening. The other is a path that winds downwards at a more gentle slope. "This way," Rina leads you upwards, to the cliff. Here it opens up at the top of an impossibly wide and deep chasm. A chasm that's a view of an underground valley, terrance after terrance
19:19 <•Kotono> carved into the walls by nature and then dwarven hands. Here great towns and villages are built into each one, roads and paths connecting them. Deep below, so deep mist mostly hides it, a vast river silently roars. It's a big river even for above ground standards, winding through relentlessly. All about are buildings of stone, brick and similar, not a single other soul seen here. Only a view
19:19 <•Kotono> of what lies below, so many lost worlds.
19:21 <Skaya> "Are we still under Mellanics?" Skaya wonders, taking that astonishing view in.
19:22 <Devar> "Oh, Picke had no idea this was here, for what it's worth." Devar says. "I do also have some other news, but it can wait until after we're done here." He adds, taking to the air to get a look around. "Preserved like this for however long... is this all just some piece of what that river does, I wonder? Or is it all just really down there?"
19:26 <•Kotono> "This can't be natural," Anne decides at last, voice strained. "It's impossible. This has to be an act of the divine."
19:26 <•Kotono> "Of course he didn't," Milla says, but her voice lacks any heat, anything as she looks down. "It's an entire valley kingdom down here, undisturbed."
19:27 <Skaya> "Do you think it's meant to remain undisturbed, a memorial? Or is it to be used again?"
19:27 <•Kotono> "Moradin," Petrove whispers, hand over his chest. "As he carved the bones of the world, he surely crafted this valley."
19:28 <Devar> "Maybe we'll understand if we keep going?" Devar says.
19:34 <•Kotono> "We go on," Petrove says, "Moradin's wisdom will be shown to us deeper in, closer to the stones of the world."
19:34 <•Kotono> "There's no way I'm not seeing more," Sanda agrees, "This is an once in a lifetime chance."
19:36 <Skaya> "Let's try the other path, then," Skaya proposes. "It feels rude to just fly there directly."
19:43 <•Kotono> With that, the party heads down the other path. It doesn't have a view, but on you walk. Several minutes you follow the path, until ahead you see a larger opening. It's sealed with heavy stone doors, decorated with dwaves at work. Mining, smithing, crafting, brewing, building. The carvings are remarkably life-like, excellent quality and often inset with shining gold or lustrious silver to accent
19:43 <•Kotono> them.
19:45 <Skaya> "Dwarves are renown as great smiths and builders," Skaya muses, studying the decorations. "Alcohol makes sense, too. But does it mean that dwarves don't take pride in farming or hunting, say?"
19:53 <•Kotono> "We farm, but this is built to Moradin, I'm sure of it," Petrove explains, "Other deities see to that and to hunting. Moradin himself is a hunter, but it's not his primary virtue."
19:54 <Skaya> "Ah, so that's how it is!"
19:54 <•Kotono> "You serve Moore? There's more to Moore than hope, but what would a common man say of Moore, if the knew of him at all?" PEtrove continues, a glance to Anne.
19:54 <•Kotono> "That's how it is," Anne concurs, "Surface level knowledge is what is most salient."
19:56 <Devar> "Is this sort of thing...hmm, I don't want to say normal, because nothing about here is really normal, but..." Devar considers, looking up at the mural. "Something of significance must've happened here beyond just what the mausoleum was erected for?"
20:04 <•Kotono> "I don't know," PEtrove says in thought, "But we'll find out of we go on." He goes to the door and touches it, pushing it open. Ahead the stone gives way to brickwork, a torch lit passage leading to stairs going down. Fine stairs of pristine white marble, shined and undulled by the passage of time.
20:05 — Skaya heads down the passage!
20:05 <Devar> "I'm sure the enchantments here are things of legend." Devar says, marveling at the condition of everything.
20:10 <•Kotono> Not a single chip, stain or worn down point. Not even the torches are anything but at their best. "It's like time refuses to touch it, or it's so well made time does nothing to it," Sanda marvels, "Imagine being a smith this good. You coul dname your prices."
20:12 <•Kotono> Down the passage and out. There! You step out into the streets of a dwarven village. Each building is stone or brick, sturdily built. The roads are paved gray stone, smooth and with no unevenness. They are far superior to dirt path, cobblestones or town roads. The buildings are all in fine condition, not a one disturbed. Before each doorway a plaque is set into the ground.
20:13 <Skaya> Who could even afford it? No, who would even sell it to random strangers in the first place? Demand must be quite higher than supply, Sanda! Thinking thus, Skaya approaches to read a nearby plaque.
20:13 <Devar> "Beyond the fact that this place is a marvel, Petrove, is this pretty standard for a village?" Devar asks, gesturing at the buildings and then the plaque.
20:18 <•Kotono> "Far nicer, but it's about right," Petrove follows, absorbed in every little thing. The plaque reads, "Salline's Butcher Shop. Mother and father stood proud against the shadows of Shar as their children ran out the back. Let their bravery and sacrifice never be forgotten."
20:18 <Devar> "Ah, perhaps 'river' is metaphorical in this case." Devar says.
20:19 <Skaya> "This town is not meant to be lived in again," Skaya says quietly, moving over to read the other plaques one by one.
20:27 <•Kotono> It's all much the same. A tailor's shop. A stonesmith. Residential houses. Farmhouses. All with stories of those who stood against Shar's shadows. In time this takes you to the town square. Here statues of hundreds of dwarves stand. Common dwarves, each one made life-like perfection. Each one stands, a momentry captured and preserved. "You're right. This isn't a place for the living, but for
20:27 <•Kotono> the memories of what came before. A monument to spite Shar's memory, that those who stood against her would not be forgotten," Anne says, voice solemn.
20:29 <•Kotono> "I remember the stories of the Final Day, but all fo this makes it seem so alive." Rina says, likewise serious.
20:30 <Devar> "That certainly also explains why there hasn't been anyone down here. I mean... besides the dragon, really." Devar says. "But this place shouldn't just be forgotten down below, I hope more people can see it eventually."
20:37 <•Kotono> "Do we go deeper or is this enough?" Sanda questions at this, "It's fascinating, but if it's all ike this, it's history."
20:37 <Skaya> "Let's take a look at any public works. Perhaps there is a mine or a smithy?"
20:38 <•Kotono> "Fine with me," Milla says, taking it all in. "Even if you don't, I'm going to stay longer. I need to make sure it's not goign to make trouble for us."
20:39 <•Kotono> The party wanders a little more. There's several paths into the earth leader deeper in, but also to the side. A larger cave entrance. Within can be spied dig tunnels, as well as minecarts and tracks. Mining equipment lies stacked about neatly, all of it in perfect condition. A plaque sits within as well.
20:39 — Skaya studies this plaque. As it is one of the things Moradin is well known for, perhaps there would be some difference?
20:42 <•Kotono> It reads: She wished for the mines to go silent and fade into nothing. Then, the greatest act of defiance is to mine the earth's treasures. Success or failure, all spites Shar's memory.
20:43 <Skaya> "What do you think about this?" Skaya voices, gesturing at the plaque. "Unlike those in the town itself, it seems like Moradin wishes the mines to be used again?"
20:48 <•Kotono> Petrove reads it, "I can see no harm in doing that," he agrees, "It's not theft, but carrying on the legacy of the miners who died to Shar's shadows."
20:49 <•Kotono> "It does sound like an invitation," Milla concurs, and goes and takes a pickaxe. She hefts it, "Good weight to it, too. I've held professionally smithed weapons worse than this."
20:50 <Skaya> "So maybe that's the true intent here? To both serve as a memorial, and allow for people to work where it's allowed? Perhaps later, the town itself will change and allow new people to settle there alongside the memorials of the old."
20:52 <•Kotono> "I like the symmetry of it," Anne considers, "Death but life. Memories honored and new ones created."
20:52 <•Kotono> Sanda meanwhile takes a pickaxe as well,  "And if we get lucky, more luck to us."
20:53 <Devar> "There may be places in town without plaques." Devar says. "It is pretty big, we saw a lot from up high."
20:53 <Skaya> "Perhaps. For now, let's all give mining a try?"
20:53 <•Kotono> "Ther emight be," Rina considers, before takine one of her own. "It feels like an invitation, and maybe one of us will get lucky."
20:54 <Devar> "Mining isn't exactly my strong suit, but I'll give it my best shot along with the rest of you." He says.
20:55 <•Kotono> "Very well," Anne considers it and joins you, as does everyone. Thus the party goes in and...OOC: d100 all. If you have 5 or more ranks of K:D, +5 bonus. If you have ranks in a related profession or other skill that you feel is topical to mining, +5 bonus (ask first). If you have the earth subtype, +10 bonus. If you have a skill that's 100% relevant, such as profession(miner), say so and you'll
20:55 <•Kotono> get a supplementary roll as well.
20:56 <Devar> roll 1d100 nothing at all!
20:56 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d100 nothing at all! --> [ 1d100=13 ]{13}
20:56 <•Kotono> roll 1d100 Anne no bonuses here obviously higher the better with positive bonuses
20:56 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 Anne no bonuses here obviously higher the better with positive bonuses --> [ 1d100=1 ]{1}
20:56 <•Kotono> OOC: Wrong game to roll a 1, Anne.
20:56 <Devar> OOC: I believe in the rest of you!
20:57 <•Kotono> roll 1d100+5 (+5 dungeoneering) Sanda
20:57 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100+5 (+5 dungeoneering) Sanda --> [ 1d100=72 ]{77}
20:57 <Skaya> OOC: I indeed have 5 ranks of K:D. I also think that since inspiration boosts a skill 1/day by +8 it should give a bonus!
20:57 <•Kotono> OOC: This isn't a skill check, so that doesn't apply.
20:58 <•Kotono> roll 1d100+5 (+5 dungeoneering) Rina
20:58 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100+5 (+5 dungeoneering) Rina --> [ 1d100=99 ]{104}
20:58 <Skaya> roll 1d100+5
20:58 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d100+5 --> [ 1d100=35 ]{40}
20:58 <•Kotono> roll 1d100+5 subtable Rina higher the better still
20:58 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100+5 subtable Rina higher the better still --> [ 1d100=13 ]{18}
20:58 <•Kotono> roll 1d100+5 Milla
20:58 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100+5 Milla --> [ 1d100=91 ]{96}
20:58 <•Kotono> roll 1d100+5 Milla subtable at least some people are rolling well
20:58 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100+5 Milla subtable at least some people are rolling well --> [ 1d100=51 ]{56}
20:59 <•Kotono> roll 1d100+5 Petrove
20:59 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100+5 Petrove --> [ 1d100=87 ]{92}
20:59 <•Kotono> roll 1d100+5 Petrove subtable
20:59 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100+5 Petrove subtable --> [ 1d100=57 ]{62}
21:08 ↔ Devar nipped out 
21:10 <•Kotono> It becomes a haze. It's not anything you remember entirely, but instead little memories of it. Of mining, of working hard. Day in and day out. It's good, honest work and slowly the earth yields its treasures. It's Rina who gets lucky first, a vein of silver found and mined. Memories of mining it out and finding a few others nearby, taking it all and then refining it. Refining it into small
21:10 <•Kotono> slender little bars of silver. Next is Petrove, who strikes gold. It glitters beautifully as you dig out chunk after chunk and then refine it as well. Finally, Milla? She finds red gemstones. Rubies the color of red-purple wine, carefully taken, polished, refined and carved. Until you have handfuls of gorgeous cut rubies, well crafted. Then...with exhaustion so deep you can barely think, each
21:10 <•Kotono> of you realize yu're standing before the mine entrance. A stack of gold bars, of silver bars and of polished rubies sits on the ground, along with fading memories. OOC: All of you are exhausted, as per the condition. Additionally, each of you gain the following in loot and in nagging. Posts incoming.
21:11 <Skaya> "Let's... let's see if there is an inn here where we're allowed to rest?" Skaya proposes, not relishing the trek back or further exploration.
21:12 <•Kotono> OOC: Posts.
21:13 <Devar> Devar has ways of restoring his fatigue, but given where they are, Skaya's idea sounds better. "Yes, I agree." He says with a nod. "After a hard... however long it was."
21:15 <•Kotono> Anne clutches her holy symbol, and in moments her visible bags under her eyes and stooped posture rights itself. "What a strange experience. Fear not, I'll help any who lack the strength to go back on their own."
21:16 <•Kotono> Rina sinks to her knees, yawning hugely.
21:16 <•Kotono> Sanda slumps down next to the treasure, "So shiny," she whispers, "Look at what we dug up." She takes a gold bar, running a finger along it.
21:16 <•Kotono> Milla looks tired, but simply says, "We need to rest, you're right."
21:18 <Skaya> "And after resting, let's experience the other echoes of the past. Smithing, brewing and the rest."
21:24 <•Kotono> There's nods all around to that. The party goes out and...OOC: PErception, both of you.
21:25 <Devar> OOC: Take 10 for 22! No 1's for me, thanks!
21:25 <Skaya> OOC: 10 for 30
21:29 <•Kotono> More asleep than awake, the party stumbles on a building with a plaque. Sure enough, it's a simple, communal inn. More like barracks, but there's beds here. Sanda slumps into one without a word, not even changing, and Rina's right behind her. Anne simply says, "Rest, I'll keep vigil."
21:29 <•Kotono> Petrove grunts and gets a bed, "Change and wash later," he says, closing his eyes.
21:29 — Skaya seeks out a place to wash up first. She can manage that much, with a proper place to rest found.
21:30 <Devar> "It's odd to be fatigued after our other gift." Devar says with a yawn. "Get me if anything happens, Anne." He says as he goes to lay down.
21:33 <•Kotono> roll 1d100
21:33 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=62 ]{62}
21:36 <•Kotono> Liza sits on a bed, sitting up but eyes closed. At trance, perhaps. Like this a rest passes for the party. OOC: More. Devar in here, Skaya in #evil.

[Corwin]

21:39 <•Kotono> Skaya sleeps deep. She dimly remembers incoherent dreams. She only awakens slowly, and has to blink sunlight out of her eyes. That doesn't feel right, but it's bright. Morning sun bright.
21:40 — Skaya stretches as she wakes up, careful not to hit anyone who might be nearby. Then, covering her eyes from direct sunlight, she looks about.
21:44 <•Kotono> Sunlight. Skaya rises from a grassy hill near a road. It feels and looks like autumn out here, the bright morning sunshine taking the edge off the cool morning. Trees full of changing colors are about, everything pretty in that way only about a week of autumn usually is.
21:45 <Skaya> "Surely you're not jealous that I visited Moradin's memorial?" Skaya says with a silly grin, starting to head down the road after a few stretches to warm up.
21:53 <•Kotono> You walk. It looks like a long path, but hm? You crest a hill and you see. Ahead lies winter. A long winter, cold and bitter. The people are emanciated, starved and desperate. Snow choked winds scream, and all looks frozen.
21:54 <Skaya> "Even though we've alerted all the nations we had contact with? Even though there should be no wars in the meantime? Even though we've been stockpiling food for the winter?" Skaya asks in dismay, staring at the people.
22:04 <•Kotono> The people are desperate. On the horizon you see the winds blow the snow harder, only a few figures standing against it in the far distance. They stand against it and struggle as the dying people fade away, fighting.
22:05 — Skaya approaches the people facing off against the winter. Would she see herself? Or someone she hadn't met yet?
22:08 <•Kotono> Skaya approaches and sees things...next time!

[Corwin]

21:37 <•Kotono> It's natural to sleep after that, new nature or not. When Devar awakens, he finds himself refreshed. His body is restless as he rises. All around him, everyone else is still asleep. However, there's no sign of Anne.
21:38 <Devar> Hm. She's probably fine, but it'd be best to at least go look for her, so he carefully gets up and goes to head out!
21:40 <•Kotono> Devar heads out. It take sa bit of searching, but she finds Anne at the statues in the town square. She kneels there, weapon and shield laid down as she is deep in prayer. Her hands are together, focus entirely inward on first glance.
21:41 <Devar> There's no reason to bother her, so he will take up a spot nearby and pray too. Eldath may have not been as active as Moore and the other gods during the Final Days, but he knows the peace she desired was fought and bled for by other faiths as well.
21:52 <•Kotono> This is peaceful. Nothing disturbs you and the quiet stillness of the village envelopes you. You feel your concerns fade away as you work, leaving behind only a sense of rightness.
21:53 <Devar> Skaya was likely right - that's what the purpose of this place is, to be a living memorial. He will simply continue praying until Anne finishes or something else catches his interest.
21:56 <•Kotono> There's a sense of peaceful amusement, gentle. It's like waters washing over you.
21:58 <Devar> Is this Her way of getting him to look around? He pulls himself up to his feet and then takes to the air.
22:03 <•Kotono> You don't see anything awry, but instead feel a sense of being loved and protected.
22:05 <Devar> Perhaps he can just rest then, and not worry about anything else for right this second. He decides to keep Anne company but just rest his body and mind, leaning back against some nearby structure.
22:08 <•Kotono> Thus Devar rests and enjoys those feelings until Anne says something...next time!

[Corwin]

19:11 <•Kotono> Anne doesn't speak for some time, but she finally rises. She stretches slowly and murmurs out loud, carrying in the quiet, "Rest well." she concludes. Another stretch, "They should be awake by now, or close to it."
19:13 <Devar> "It certainly seems like a peaceful place that's welcoming us." Devar says as he moves to stand up. "I imagine Moridin has hoped people would come here again for a while."
19:22 <•Kotono> "Ah!" Anne visibly startles, a hop up into the air. She flutters like a surprised bird, whirling on you. "D-Devar. Ah, you're awake."
19:25 <Devar> "I've been up for a bit. Didn't want to interrupt." He gestures around. "Not sure if you had any guidance, but I just got a sense of peacefulness here."
19:27 <•Kotono> "I didn't, but it is the respectful thing to do. We're guests here," Anne lands once more, "Are you well recovered?"
19:28 <Devar> He nods. "As far as I can tell anyway." He says.
19:32 <•Kotono> "Then let's return to the others," Anne floats off back in the way she came, "I did look around a little more, and it's as we suspect. Monuments mostly, rememberances. All to spite a dead woman. One has to wonder how horrible she was to inspire such things."
19:34 <Devar> "I don't think anyone has to wonder. I do feel... bad? I guess? I mean it's easy to hope, it's more tragic to feel despair... but those things have to go hand in hand, don't they?" Devar asks as they go along. "I hope whoever governs loss and despair nowadays isn't quite as heavy handed."
19:39 <•Kotono> "Just so," Anne says as you fly back. By the time you arrive, you see Sanda's up. She's sitting blearily on the side of her bed, more asleep than awake.
19:39 <•Kotono> "Good morning," Anne says, voice full of bright cheer. "Isn't it a lovely day?"
19:40 <•Kotono> Sanda slowly turns and looks with sleep crusted eyes at Anne, then blankly turns back and her head drops down, eyes closed.
19:41 <•Kotono> Liza stirs at that, her trance breaking. She opens her eyes and rises, murmuring polite greetings and heading off to cleanse herself.
19:41 <Devar> "Rough night?" Devar asks. "If you're still feeling lousy lay back down."
19:48 <•Kotono> Sanda flops back with a soft whooomp of displaced air, then rolls onto her stomach. In moments she begins to softly snore. "Well, I shalln't begrudge her more sleep and peace," Anne murmurs, as meanwhile Milla sits up. She stretches long and slowly, "That was a good rest."
19:49 <Devar> Devar nods. "Hopefully it'll be a quiet trip."

[Corwin]

19:12 <•Kotono> The figures are indistinct, hazy. One of them looks like you, you realize, fighting with all the rest.
19:13 <Skaya> The process of elimination, then! Skaya goes through her friends. Devar, Anne, Sanda, Rina, Milla, Liza. Can she recognize all of them?
19:21 <•Kotono> It's hazy, flickery. Glimpses of them you think, but other possibilities as well. Starre? Picke? Her Majesty? Other faces are seen. You have a sudden feeling a journey lies ahead of you, or at least it may. Many roads spread out, and not all go towards that winter. Some go in far different directions, to realms that look nothing like Laremy.
19:22 — Skaya picks a road not leading to Laremy and starts walking again.
19:25 <•Kotono> You find a ship and exotic vistas. A familiar ship, full of faces familiar and otherwise. "A journey is a journey," A familiar man's voice says as he settles in to walk next to you. "There's nothing wrong with going on one, and you aren't bound with a chain to Laremy."
19:29 <Skaya> "That's true," Skaya agrees. "I want to help, and it's not like I'm in any rush. I won't really grow old. But does it mean that unless I go all in with this Auril mess, nothing I do will matter to the people here? They're doomed to all that death and suffering?"
19:34 <•Kotono> "Of course not. Few roads are immutable," he agrees as he walks with you, unbothered. "Messages like this are warnings, not certainties."
19:35 <Skaya> "Is it just Laremy? We tried to warn all the neighbors, so what state would they be in?"
19:41 <•Kotono> "Some better, some worse," Is the answer, "Laremy has gotten the lion's share of the attention. Predators often go after the sickest of the pack, or the one already surrounded."
19:44 <Skaya> "There is a twisted sort of logic there," Skaya admits, before asking, "What about my curse? It's fine when it's all fun and games, but less so if I'm going to be fighting Auril's guys to the death. Can I even protect people if I could just go to the bathroom and end up on another plane?"
19:49 <•Kotono> "That is a problem. To keep it or not is your choice," That's the answer you get, "Now, you have another path to walk."
19:53 <Skaya> "Is it really a choice, though? It seems like a choice of 'you can be true to yourself and endure hardship to save people, or you can just ignore them and let them die horribly'," Skaya voices, glancing at him. "Can you call that a true choice?"
19:59 <•Kotono> "Many have," He answers with patience, "That it's not a real choice for you says much about you. For now though, you have another path to walk." A new path before you, one that - ah! OOC: More, #dunes.

[Corwin]

19:59 <•Kotono> "I hope it will, too," Anne says as suddenly Skaya awakens, the veil of sleep giving way to reality once more.
20:00 <Skaya> "Morning," Skaya greets everyone, stretching slowly.
20:04 <Devar> "Have any divine revelations?" Devar asks. "All I've had is a sense of peacefulness and that sort of thing."
20:04 <•Kotono> "As did I," Anne concurs, "I feel lovely from it, though."
20:05 <Devar> He nods in agreement. "I definitely get the sense that we're welcomed here."
20:05 <Skaya> "I had the opposite. Apparently Auril is playing for keeps and decided to focus on Laremy."
20:07 <Devar> He frowns a bit at that. "Yeah, I had a bit of a similar situation when I was talking with Picke." Devar says. "The good news is I can make, uh... well I can basically create as much water as we need in the future."
20:07 <•Kotono> "Troubling," Anne answers, "And how did you manage that?"
20:08 <Skaya> "It's not just the food, too. People will get frozen to death in amounts that really suggest active intervention by her agents, not just weather."
20:09 <Devar> "They found the last piece," he says, taking the amulet to show Anne. "Apparently all of them together let me just make water forever." He turns to Skaya, "Well Rina will hate that for sure."
20:10 <•Kotono> "Water? Interesting." Anne examines th eamulet, "Congratulations." Then to Skaya, "Then we'll have battles this winter. Should her champions try, they will be defeated."
20:12 <Devar> "I'd honestly love it if her champions just walked up to hurl blizzards at the city, but I'm sure it won't be that easy."
20:21 <•Kotono> "A hunt could be fun," MIlla says, "Everyone, rise. We have things to do." HEr voice is loud and others stir - except for Sanda, whos tays face down.
20:22 <Skaya> "Are we sticking with the original plan? Experiencing the professions depicted on the entrance? If it happens again, like with the mine, that might confirm it's the expected way to visit the memorial."
20:24 <Devar> Devar nods. "I'd like to."
20:25 <•Kotono> "I don't see why not," Anne agrees, no real arguments to that. OOC: Okay, how are y'all gonna do this?
20:27 <Skaya> OOC: Let's find a smithy and try to use it!
20:31 <•Kotono> It's not too hard to find a smithy. There's several to choose from, and soon enough you stand before one. Another big building, the door unlocked if you care to go in. Inside, you see an entire setup for a forge, the fire in it still lit despite everything. Warmth fills the room, something that makes Rina perk up, "I like that." she goes right to the forge, sticking her hand into the flames. 
20:31 <•Kotono> "The fire's strong, too."
20:31 <Skaya> "That's a bit unconventional," Skaya says with a long look at Rina, before searching for a hammer. At least she understands this sort of work a bit more.
20:33 <Devar> Devar summons Storm's Eye. "You can want to see if we can make some divine improvement here?" He asks, looking over the forge. "I can't say I've any experience, but this place seems special."
20:37 <•Kotono> There's lots of tools there like hammers, tongs, gloves and similar. Meanwhile, Storm's Eye crackles with lightning before, "Why not? I bet Rina's embrace in the flames owuld be red hot!"
20:38 <•Kotono> Rina doesn't even look back, "Too bad it's Devar only for you," she says, "Anyway Skaya, it's about understanding the fire."
20:38 <Devar> "Don't blame me if you get melted down." He says with a sigh.
20:39 — Skaya turns away from Devar with a cringe. "Right, right," she tells Rina. "I've studied how to make golems, but the thing I realized after is just how expensive it is to actually bring them to life. And without that, isn't it just making iron dolls? I want to try my hand at blacksmithing instead!"
20:42 <•Kotono> "Then let's try this," Rina agrees, as...OOC: Okay more, sec.
20:45 <•Kotono> OOC: d100 all. If you have ranks in a related profession or other skill that you feel is topical to smithing, +5 bonus (ask first). If you have the fire subtype, +10 bonus. If you have a skill that's 100% relevant, such as craft (blacksmithing), say so and you'll get a supplementary roll as well.
20:46 <Skaya> OOC: All I have is craft traps and craft golems
20:48 <Devar> Roll 1d100 not a blacksmith
20:48 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d100 not a blacksmith --> [ 1d100=5 ]{5}
20:48 <•Kotono> OOC: That's not quite relevant dead on, but enough to get a +5 bonus.
20:49 <•Kotono> roll 1d100 Sanda
20:49 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 Sanda --> [ 1d100=40 ]{40}
20:49 <•Kotono> roll 1d100 Anne
20:49 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 Anne --> [ 1d100=21 ]{21}
20:49 <Skaya> roll 1d100+5
20:49 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d100+5 --> [ 1d100=75 ]{80}
20:49 <•Kotono> roll 1d100+10 Rina
20:49 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100+10 Rina --> [ 1d100=58 ]{68}
20:49 <•Kotono> roll 1d100 Liza
20:49 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 Liza --> [ 1d100=42 ]{42}
20:50 <•Kotono> roll 1d100 Milla
20:50 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 Milla --> [ 1d100=48 ]{48}
20:50 <Skaya> OOC: Petrove?
20:51 <•Kotono> roll 1d100+10 Petrove was half a sec
20:51 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100+10 Petrove was half a sec --> [ 1d100=67 ]{77}
20:51 <•Kotono> Crafting. Forging. Efforts. Time passes as you all work, but in the end? All of you stand there when it's done, nothing worthwhile made. All that persists is a sense of exhaustion and dim memories that don't quite help you at all. OOC: Party completely whiffed on that one, rough. Everyone's exhausted again.
20:52 <•Kotono> Anne reaches out for her holy symbol and her fatigue seems to melt away. "I have another if someone wants it," she announces, then, "Unfortunate."
20:52 <•Kotono> Petrove yawns heartily, "It seems we were not blessed in this endevour."
20:52 <•Kotono> "Obviously," Sanda adds scathingly. She yawns as well and looks hopefully to Anne.
20:53 <Skaya> "Let's try brewing something after a bit of rest?"
20:53 <Devar> "It was worth a shot." Devar says with a tired shrug.
20:59 <•Kotono> OOC: Going to rest and try again, then?
21:00 <Skaya> OOC: Yes
21:02 <•Kotono> This time the party tries a brewery. You find one, all full of big barrels and kegs. Lots to work with here as you all step in, "Worth trying," SAnda agrees, "If we succeed, we'll get something nice."
21:02 <•Kotono> "At the least, the price of failure is low," Anne concurs.
21:02 <•Kotono> Liza lingers close to Skaya, "I have some ideas for this."
21:03 <Skaya> "Oh?"
21:05 <•Kotono> "I can do lovely things with berries and apples," Liza leans in, "I bet you'll love the taste of it."
21:05 <Skaya> "How can I help?"
21:05 <Devar> "I never drank much even before everything, so we'll see what happens." Devar says with a smile.
21:18 <•Kotono> "Well, I'll show you," Liza says, as...OOC: More.
21:19 <•Kotono> OOC: d100 all. If you have ranks in a related profession or skill that's topical to smithing, +5 bonus (ask f irst). If you have the water subtype, +10 bonus. If you have a skill that's 100% relevant, such as profession (brewer), say so and you'll get a supplementary roll as well.
21:20 <Devar> Roll 1d100 Devar is not skilled at everything like a certain bard was
21:20 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d100 Devar is not skilled at everything like a certain bard was --> [ 1d100=95 ]{95}
21:21 <Skaya> roll 1d100
21:21 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=72 ]{72}
21:21 <•Kotono> OOC: Give me a second roll, Devar.
21:21 <•Kotono> roll 1d100+10 Sanda yes she has the water subtype
21:21 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100+10 Sanda yes she has the water subtype --> [ 1d100=64 ]{74}
21:21 <•Kotono> roll 1d100 Anne
21:21 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 Anne --> [ 1d100=35 ]{35}
21:22 <•Kotono> roll 1d100 Rina
21:22 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 Rina --> [ 1d100=19 ]{19}
21:26 <Skaya> OOC: Devar, second roll?
21:26 <Devar> OOC oops
21:26 <Devar> Roll 1d100
21:26 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=1 ]{1}
21:29 ↔ Devar nipped out 
21:30 <•Kotono> You work, work and work. Eventually Devar come son something - a barrel of something that ages in no time and over months, and when it ends? The party lies there, exhausted once more. In front of them sits a large wooden cask, the fruits of Devar's labors. OOC: Nagging Neph.
21:31 <Skaya> OOC: Shouldn't the others roll as well?
21:33 <•Kotono> OOC: Oh, I awayed a few and that ruind my train of thought. Thank you, I had a severe stupid.
21:33 <Devar> "...Well, I don't know how good it is, but it's probably at least worth drinking?" He offers. "We can enjoy it together while we..." he yawns. "Rest."
21:33 <•Kotono> OOC: Devar still gets the above, but hold on a sec for possibly more.
21:33 <•Kotono> roll 1d100+5 Liz
21:33 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100+5 Liz --> [ 1d100=63 ]{68}
21:33 <•Kotono> roll 1d100+5 Petrove
21:33 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100+5 Petrove --> [ 1d100=32 ]{37}
21:33 <•Kotono> roll 1d100 Milla
21:33 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 Milla --> [ 1d100=30 ]{30}
21:33 <•Kotono> OOC: Carry on, no luck with the dice.
21:34 <•Kotono> "This is turning time consuming," Milla mentions, as Anne refreshes herself, then does the same to Milla. "I won't stop all of you from going further, but I've been away too long as it is."
21:35 <Skaya> "Says the woman who wanted to stay here and take a look even if we left?"
21:36 <•Kotono> "I didn't think it would run this long," Milla retorts, "I would prefer to stay here, but..." she shakes her head, "FAther left me too much to do."
21:36 <•Kotono> Liza mopes in the meantime, arms crossed. "I swore I remembered how," she murmurs, sounding downcast.
21:36 — Skaya laughs. "That's fine. But think about it differently. If things take a bad turn, this might be the best refuge for Mellanics. I think the guardian will let them in for shelter. So shouldn't we explore properly?"
21:37 — Skaya then sidles up to Liza and nudges her, regardless of tiredness. "Don't worry, it just means we get to try again and again. It doesn't have to be here."
21:39 <Devar> "There's nothing that says you can't try again." Devar offers towards the brewery. "I mean, maybe that's the point, you just keep trying at this stuff until you succeed?"
21:42 <•Kotono> "That's what I have all of you for," Milla sm iles a little at Skaya, "I expect a report when you're done."
21:43 <•Kotono> "Practice makes perfect," Anne agrees, "We can try at leisure, though we have spent some time down here. Do we wish to explore further in?"
21:43 <•Kotono> Liza nudges Skaya back, "Y-yes, of course!"
21:43 <Skaya> "I think we should, after some rest."
21:52 <•Kotono> With that and no other arguments, the party rests. This goes well enough, and soon enough? The party proceeds down one of the paths further in. Here all of you walk a time, until you come to a smaller cavern. Several paths connect to it, but here sits a single cathedral of stone. The doors are open if you wish to explore within, a large building able to hold hundreds with ease.
21:52 — Skaya wishes to explore within!
22:01 <•Kotono> The party follows. Anne floats along as she says, "Interesting. To the dwarven pantheon?"
22:01 <•Kotono> "It's likely," Petrove grunts as he follows, "It's either buildings like this or open caverns consecrated to them.
22:01 <•Kotono> "
22:02 <•Kotono> "So big and something to show you can build, too?" Rina comments as she takes it in, the scale large. Far and away larger than it needs to be for dwarves.
22:02 <•Kotono> "Moradin made the mountains of the world," Petrove says solemnly, "Something small can forge things beyond measure."
22:03 <•Kotono> "One person, however small, can make all the difference at the right place," Anne reflects, "A lesson I teach my charges."
22:03 <•Kotono> "A call for responsibility? Sounds right," Rina says, "Orphans need to apply themselves after all."

[Corwin]

Thursday, May 28th, 2026

21:14 <Skaya> roll 1d20+14+7 (-1 from str poison damage, +1 from haste) inspiration
21:14 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+14+7 (-1 from str poison damage, +1 from haste) inspiration --> [ 1d20=2 ]{23}
21:14 <Skaya> roll 1d20+14+7 (-1 from str poison damage, +1 from haste) inspiration
21:14 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+14+7 (-1 from str poison damage, +1 from haste) inspiration --> [ 1d20=12 ]{33}
21:14 <Skaya> roll 1d20+14+7 (-1 from str poison damage, +1 from haste) inspiration
21:14 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+14+7 (-1 from str poison damage, +1 from haste) inspiration --> [ 1d20=18 ]{39}
21:14 <Skaya> roll 1d20+9+7 (-1 from str poison damage, +1 from haste) inspiration
21:14 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+9+7 (-1 from str poison damage, +1 from haste) inspiration --> [ 1d20=8 ]{24}
21:14 <•Kotono> OOC: Which one are you attacking?
21:14 <Skaya> OOC: The dwarf, sorry
21:15 <•Kotono> OOC: Two hits, the second and third.
21:15 <Skaya> roll 3d6+5-1+1d8
21:15 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 3d6+5-1+1d8 --> [ 3d6=5 1d8=5 ]{14}
21:15 <Skaya> roll 3d6+5-1+1d8
21:15 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 3d6+5-1+1d8 --> [ 3d6=10 1d8=3 ]{17}
21:15 <Skaya> OOC: AC is back to 31 due to haste
21:16 <•Kotono> The armored dwarf doesn't yield easily. He takes those blows stoically, battered and struck, the sound of metal hit hard. He stays up despite the abuse, that not enough to put him down. Meanwhile the lizard on Skaya predictably keeps on trying to turn her into Skaya flavored meat confetti, while the one on Devar lets out a screetch at the light, but attacks nonetheless.
21:17 <•Kotono> roll 1d2roll 1d20+20 (+1 ???, +4 ???) claw Skaya first good luck
21:17 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d2roll 1d20+20 (+1 ???, +4 ???) claw Skaya first good luck --> error: malformed expression
21:17 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (+1 ???, +4 ???) claw Skaya first good luck
21:17 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+20 (+1 ???, +4 ???) claw Skaya first good luck --> [ 1d20=16 ]{36}
21:17 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (+1 ???, +4 ???) claw Skaya first good luck
21:17 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+20 (+1 ???, +4 ???) claw Skaya first good luck --> [ 1d20=18 ]{38}
21:17 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (+1 ???, +4 ???) bite
21:17 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+18 (+1 ???, +4 ???) bite --> [ 1d20=13 ]{31}
21:17 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (+1 ???, +4 ???) rake 1
21:17 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+18 (+1 ???, +4 ???) rake 1 --> [ 1d20=20 ]{38}
21:17 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (+1 ???, +4 ???) rake 2
21:17 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+18 (+1 ???, +4 ???) rake 2 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{30}
21:17 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (+1 ???, +4 ???) rake 1 crit?
21:17 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+18 (+1 ???, +4 ???) rake 1 crit? --> [ 1d20=13 ]{31}
21:18 <•Kotono> roll 1d6+4 claw 1
21:18 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d6+4 claw 1 --> [ 1d6=4 ]{8}
21:18 <•Kotono> roll 1d6+4 claw 2
21:18 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d6+4 claw 2 --> [ 1d6=4 ]{8}
21:18 <•Kotono> roll 2d8+8 bite
21:18 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 2d8+8 bite --> [ 2d8=13 ]{21}
21:18 <•Kotono> roll 2d4+8 rake crit
21:18 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 2d4+8 rake crit --> [ 2d4=5 ]{13}
21:19 <•Kotono> roll 1d2roll 1d20+20 (+1 ???, +4 ???) claw Devar time
21:19 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d2roll 1d20+20 (+1 ???, +4 ???) claw Devar time --> error: malformed expression
21:20 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (+1 ???, +4 ???) claw Devar time
21:20 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+20 (+1 ???, +4 ???) claw Devar time --> [ 1d20=20 ]{40}
21:20 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (+1 ???, +4 ???) claw Devar time crit?
21:20 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+20 (+1 ???, +4 ???) claw Devar time crit? --> [ 1d20=4 ]{24}
21:20 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (+1 ???, +4 ???) claw 2 Devar
21:20 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+20 (+1 ???, +4 ???) claw 2 Devar --> [ 1d20=6 ]{26}
21:20 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (+1 ???, +4 ???) bite
21:20 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+18 (+1 ???, +4 ???) bite --> [ 1d20=11 ]{29}
21:20 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (+1 ???, +4 ???) rake 1
21:20 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+18 (+1 ???, +4 ???) rake 1 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{30}
21:20 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (+1 ???, +4 ???) rake 2
21:20 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+18 (+1 ???, +4 ???) rake 2 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{24}
21:20 <•Kotono> OOC: AC?
21:20 Skaya set the topic: Skaya: 28/100 (Sanda's bracers of +4CON, -2str, poisoned) Devar 107/113 (-3 str/dex) Anne 83/83 Sanda 60/60 Rina 85/85
21:21 <Devar> OOC: AC is 35 currently, and it'll need to make a DC 24 will save or be dazzled and have -3 to hit after the first one.
21:22 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+7 will doesn't matter for this attack strong either way, since only the crit hit anyway
21:22 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+7 will doesn't matter for this attack strong either way, since only the crit hit anyway --> [ 1d20=7 ]{14}
21:22 <•Kotono> roll 1d8+4 claw
21:22 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d8+4 claw --> [ 1d8=3 ]{7}
21:22 Devar set the topic: Skaya: 28/100 (Sanda's bracers of +4CON, -2str, poisoned) Devar 100/113 (-3 str/dex) Anne 83/83 Sanda 60/60 Rina 85/85
21:23 <•Kotono> Init is Rina (34) > Skaya (Poisoned)(23) > Lizard 2 (Dazzled) (16) > Lizard 1 (14) >  Devar (Poisoned) = Dwarf (10)
21:24 <•Kotono> Skaya? Ravaged. Torn open. The lizard manages to pierce her guard again and again. Her side is bitten deep, her leg slashed. She feels pain war with the faintness from the poison, all as the dwarf steps away, holding his chest as...
21:24 <•Kotono> roll 3d8+9 healing
21:24 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 3d8+9 healing --> [ 3d8=10 ]{19}
21:24 <•Kotono> OOC: Go Devar, happens at the same time.
21:25 <Devar> Devar takes another step backwards and flies over to land next to Skaya, quickly chanting and putting a hand on her. OOC: Skaya gains +8 AC from Luminous Armor, and anyone trying to melee her will have a -4 to hit.
21:26 <Devar> "I'll cover you!" Devar calls out, readying Goldenfang for another onslaught from the lizards, taking a defensive posture. OOC: Total defense, +4 dodge to AC for himself, and because of a feature, to Skaya too until next round as long as she stays next to me.
21:27 <•Kotono> OOC: Did you 5ft step and then move?
21:29 <Devar> OOC: Oh, I see, the 5ft is only part of something else, huh. Okay, then scratch the total defense, I'll use a standard as a move action, take the 5ft before it, move to Skaya, and do Luminous Armor as a swift.
21:29 <•Kotono> OOC: You can't take a 5ft step if you make another type of movement. From the SRD:
21:29 <•Kotono> You can move 5 feet in any round when you don't perform any other kind of movement.
21:30 <Skaya> OOC: You can take the dazzled dog lizard
21:30 <Skaya> OOC: Just tank the AoO
21:31 <Devar> OOC: Fair enough - that's fine I'll just take the AoO instead and do all the stuff listed originally.
21:32 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+20 AoO times
21:32 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+20 AoO times --> [ 1d20=17 ]{37}
21:32 <•Kotono> OOC: AC?
21:32 <•Kotono> OOC: Should be 34, forgot te -3.
21:34 <Devar> OOC: 35! thankfully.
21:36 <•Kotono> Devar dashes over, narrowly avoiding another claw at his flank. He flies over and lands next to Skaya, shielding her as light protects her. It buys her time and extra protection, as...OOC: Rina.
21:36 <•Kotono> Glances at Devar and Skaya, before, "Come over here, lizard," she snaps, dashing past the lizard that gave Devar so much grief, slashing away at it again.
21:36 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+18
21:36 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+18 --> [ 1d20=11 ]{29}
21:37 <•Kotono> roll 1d6+3+1d6+3d6
21:37 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d6+3+1d6+3d6 --> [ 1d6=1 1d6=1 3d6=12 ]{17}
21:37 <•Kotono> Her blade rips a wound in its tail, ice forming int he aftermath of the slash. It's a solid hit, as then...OOC: Skaya.
21:37 <•Kotono> Init is Rina (34) > Skaya (Poisoned)(23) > Lizard 2 (Dazzled) (16) > Lizard 1 (14) >  Devar (Poisoned) = Dwarf (10)
21:38 <Skaya> No longer understanding what's happening anymore, Skaya flies a bit higher and out of immediate reach of the lizard. It can jump and try to catch her for all she cares! Then, she takes out her trusty wand. If the dwarf wants to stand there and heal, she will fly there and cast!
21:38 <Skaya> roll 2d4+2+5 MM, I'm 10ft up
21:38 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 2d4+2+5 MM, I'm 10ft up --> [ 2d4=3 ]{10}
21:42 <•Kotono> Magic missles pelt the dwarf as Skaya retreats up and further out of reach. Those get low grunts from him but little else, the armored figure enduring. The bonus burns worse as the dazzled lizard takes the bait and charges Rina, going to rip her to bits. At the same time, the lizard by Skaya and  Devar lets out its own angry noises, before turning and assailing Devar head on.
21:42 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+22 claw (+2 charge, +1 ???, +4 ???) Rina
21:42 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+22 claw (+2 charge, +1 ???, +4 ???) Rina --> [ 1d20=7 ]{29}
21:42 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+22 claw (+2 charge, +1 ???, +4 ???) Rina
21:42 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+22 claw (+2 charge, +1 ???, +4 ???) Rina --> [ 1d20=6 ]{28}
21:42 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+22 bite (+2 charge, +1 ???, +4 ???) Rina
21:42 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+22 bite (+2 charge, +1 ???, +4 ???) Rina --> [ 1d20=18 ]{40}
21:43 <•Kotono> OOC: 38.
21:43 <Devar> OOC: Don't forget the -3!
21:43 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+17 rake (+2 charge, +1 ???, +4 ???, -3 dazzled) Rina rake
21:43 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+17 rake (+2 charge, +1 ???, +4 ???, -3 dazzled) Rina rake --> [ 1d20=15 ]{32}
21:43 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+17 rake (+2 charge, +1 ???, +4 ???, -3 dazzled) Rina rake
21:43 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+17 rake (+2 charge, +1 ???, +4 ???, -3 dazzled) Rina rake --> [ 1d20=9 ]{26}
21:44 <•Kotono> OOC: Rina AC is 25. Ow.
21:44 <•Kotono> roll 1d6+4 claw 1
21:44 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d6+4 claw 1 --> [ 1d6=6 ]{10}
21:44 <•Kotono> roll 1d6+4 claw 2
21:44 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d6+4 claw 2 --> [ 1d6=2 ]{6}
21:44 <•Kotono> roll 2d8+8 bite
21:44 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 2d8+8 bite --> [ 2d8=16 ]{24}
21:45 <•Kotono> roll 1d4+4 rake
21:45 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d4+4 rake --> [ 1d4=1 ]{5}
21:45 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Fort (-8 penalty)
21:45 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+8 Fort (-8 penalty) --> [ 1d20=17 ]{25}
21:45 <•Kotono> roll 1d8 str/dex damage ow
21:45 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d8 str/dex damage ow --> [ 1d8=8 ]{8}
21:46 <•Kotono> Init is Rina (Poisoned, -8 str/dex) (34) > Skaya (Poisoned)(23) > Lizard 2 (Dazzled) (16) > Lizard 1 (14) >  Devar (Poisoned) = Dwarf (10)
21:48 •Kotono set the topic: Skaya: 28/100 (Sanda's bracers of +4CON, -2str, poisoned) Devar 100/113 (-3 str/dex) Anne 83/83 Sanda 60/60 Rina 40/85
21:49 <•Kotono> Rina is bitten, clawed. Her front and sides get ravaged as she tries to defend, but slows more and more. She looks weaker, unsteady on her feet from the assault as meanwhile Devar gets attacked and...
21:49 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (+1 ???, +4 ???) claw Devar time
21:49 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+20 (+1 ???, +4 ???) claw Devar time --> [ 1d20=9 ]{29}
21:49 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+20 (+1 ???, +4 ???) claw Devar time
21:49 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+20 (+1 ???, +4 ???) claw Devar time --> [ 1d20=7 ]{27}
21:49 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (+1 ???, +4 ???) bite
21:49 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+18 (+1 ???, +4 ???) bite --> [ 1d20=2 ]{20}
21:49 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (+1 ???, +4 ???) rake
21:49 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+18 (+1 ???, +4 ???) rake --> [ 1d20=16 ]{34}
21:49 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+18 (+1 ???, +4 ???) rake
21:49 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+18 (+1 ???, +4 ???) rake --> [ 1d20=4 ]{22}
21:49 <•Kotono> OOC: AC?
21:50 <Devar> OOC: 35 against melee, it also gets to make a DC 24 will save and get dazzled forever
21:50 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+7 will
21:50 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+7 will --> [ 1d20=14 ]{21}
21:52 <•Kotono> The lizard claws and bites in vain, dazzled like the other from the failed onslaught. It buys them more time, more time as...OOC: Dwarf and Devar. Go.
21:53 <Devar> OOC: I can hit a lizard and the dwarf with a line lightning bolt I assume - I'm guessing Rina is too tied up to hit all three of them and not hit her
21:53 <Devar> OOC: It's a 120 foot line
21:56 <•Kotono> OOC: You could hit the two, sure. Not Rina's, though.
21:57 <Devar> OOC: Okay.
21:58 <Devar> Devar flies up slightly himself, curious what the dazzled lizards will do at this point as he unleashes a bolt of lightning across the battlefield! Time to turn the tides!
21:59 <Devar> OOC: DC 19 reflex, I think? DC is 10+mod, right?
21:59 <Devar> roll 8d6 bzzzzt
21:59 <Kobot> Devar rolled 8d6 bzzzzt --> [ 8d6=26 ]{26}
22:00 <Devar> OOC: If it includes the spell level then 22
22:05 <•Kotono> OOC: Is it an SLA or does it say?
22:05 <•Kotono> OOC: Or does it just provide a flat save DC?
22:05 <Devar> OOC: It is an SLA
22:05 <•Kotono> OOC: 10 + 1/2 hit dice + cha mod.
22:06 <Devar> OOC: Oh, whoops, in that case it is 23
22:06 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+8 ref dwarf
22:06 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+8 ref dwarf --> [ 1d20=18 ]{26}
22:06 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+11 lizard
22:06 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+11 lizard --> [ 1d20=15 ]{26}
22:10 <•Kotono> The lightning bolt flies, a flash of white that soars across the battlefield. Both are struck, but both grazing blows. Sparks still go up from each contact, a solid enough blow to stagger the dwarf, as at the same time he points at Devar, this time a stone spike rising up from under him.
22:10 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+17 AC Devar?
22:10 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+17 AC Devar? --> [ 1d20=3 ]{20}
22:10 <•Kotono> Yet Devar rolls out of the way, kicking up sand as he dodges the quick attack. This allows Rina to...OOC: Rina.
22:11 <•Kotono> OOC: She'll hold a second pending Skaya here, since what she does and ohw that influences things matters a lot to her action.
22:12 <Skaya> "Go ahead and stab this guy, I'll pick you up into the sky afterwards!" Skaya encourages Rina when she sees her hesitate.
22:16 <•Kotono> Rina, bleeding and still up, settles in to trade blows and hopefully not die.
22:16 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+16
22:16 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+16 --> [ 1d20=20 ]{36}
22:16 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+16
22:16 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+16 --> [ 1d20=15 ]{31}
22:16 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+16 crit?
22:16 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+16 crit? --> [ 1d20=8 ]{24}
22:16 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+11
22:16 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+11 --> [ 1d20=20 ]{31}
22:16 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+11 crit?
22:16 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+11 crit? --> [ 1d20=1 ]{12}
22:16 <•Kotono> roll 2d6+6+3d6+1d6
22:16 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 2d6+6+3d6+1d6 --> [ 2d6=10 3d6=12 1d6=6 ]{34}
22:17 <•Kotono> roll 1d6+3
22:17 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d6+3 --> [ 1d6=6 ]{9}
22:17 <•Kotono> roll 1d6+3
22:17 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d6+3 --> [ 1d6=6 ]{9}
22:17 <•Kotono> roll 1d6 repeating frost damage
22:17 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d6 repeating frost damage --> [ 1d6=2 ]{2}
22:18 <•Kotono> OOC: Forgot the -4 from poison. That makes the crit a non crit, but doesn't change any hits.
22:18 <•Kotono> roll 1d6+3 now non crit
22:18 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d6+3 now non crit --> [ 1d6=2 ]{5}
22:19 <Skaya> OOC: That +3d6+1d6 bit only happens on crits?
22:19 <•Kotono> OOC: Need to reroll the entire string due ot -str.
22:19 <•Kotono> OOC: Yes, due to telling blow.
22:19 <•Kotono> OOC: Frost should though, I must messed that entire string up.
22:19 <•Kotono> OOC: End of session dead brain.
22:19 <Skaya> OOC: Can't you reduce str? It's not part of the roll, it's just flat bonus.
22:20 <•Kotono> OOC: I don't follow.
22:20 <Skaya> OOC: Like if she rolled 1d6+3 for 9, and it should be -4 due to str damage, then just do 9-4?
22:21 <•Kotono> OOC: I also dropped the frost damage, so I'm going to rule the entire thing's munged enough to reroll it.
22:21 <•Kotono> roll 1d6+1d6-1
22:21 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d6+1d6-1 --> [ 1d6=6 1d6=4 ]{9}
22:21 <•Kotono> roll 1d6+1d6-1
22:21 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d6+1d6-1 --> [ 1d6=1 1d6=1 ]{1}
22:21 <•Kotono> roll 1d6+1d6-1
22:21 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d6+1d6-1 --> [ 1d6=2 1d6=1 ]{2}
22:22 <•Kotono> Rina trades blows with it, slower, staggering. She's hurting and bleeding, slashing away. Nothing serious, the wounds shallow but crackling with frost that lingers as...OOC: Go Skaya.
22:22 <Skaya> OOC: She did stab the dwarf, right?
22:23 <•Kotono> OOC: No, the lizard she's off to the side fighting, that Devar was previously engaged with. It's why she's full attacking.
22:23 — Skaya flies over to pick Rina up and escape into the skies! The vast skies! She's plenty acrobatic for that, even with a bit of poison.
22:23 <•Kotono> OOC: I wanted to finish this this session, but I'm tired and it's past our time even with a late start, so more next time.