Into the Mine 027

[Corwin]

19:06 <Kotono> The night passes quietly. You hear the howl of wolves a few times, but never too close. It rains in the later stretch of things, and is still gray and drizzly come morning. Unpleasant weather, but nothing to stop the group as they rise and shine.
19:07 — Skaya waits for Sanda to wake up properly, observing her for now.
19:09 <Kotono> Sanda rises and gets a quiet breakfast. She's not talkative on a glance, but doesn't seem twitchy or unusually out of sorts.
19:09 <Skaya> "How did you sleep?" Skaya asks, sitting down next to her.
19:14 <Devar> Devar for his part will scout the air to make sure nothing seems too amiss around them!
19:15 <Kotono> After a few moments to gather herself, "Nightmares," Is all she says, then with a sigh, "I won't fall apart. Statistically speaking, it's normal to have this sort of problem." She rubs her restored arm. "I go between thinking it didn't happen and trying not to scream that it did. I've been hurt before, but that was different."
19:15 <Kotono> OOC: Perception, Devar.
19:15 <Skaya> "It's a lucky hit when we manage it," Skaya voices.
19:16 <Devar> OOC: Take 10 for 22
19:17 → Iddy joined (uid408070@lunarnet-B8D5816D.irccloud.com)
19:19 <Kotono> Devar can see all is rainy, but nothing much seems to be out. The forest and rain makes it hard to tell much, admittedly. From the looks of it, there's no end to the rain in sight. It's also a bit chillier than summer rain, hints that the seasons are indeed moving on.
19:20 <Kotono> Sanda quietly shakes her head, "No matter how I try to convine myself, I-" Her voice stops.
19:20 <Kotono> *convince
19:21 <Skaya> "Forget about statistics, then. What do you want to do? Even if you think we should deal with the mine for ethical reasons, we don't absolutely need to do it today."
19:21 <Devar> Devar will stay up there for the time being and let Skaya and Sanda chat it out!
19:27 <Kotono> Sanda bunches in on herself, "I want to go home," she whispers, "I want to go home and just forget about all of this for a little while." Her voice is weak, trembling as she goes. She sits with her knees bunched up, arms wrapped around them.
19:27 — Skaya nods and pats Sanda's shoulder before getting up to chat with the others.
19:31 <Kotono> IT's not hard to gather the rest to you, a bit away. "I see," Anne murmurs, "Do you want to delay, then?"
19:31 <Skaya> "There was a ton of coins that we can spend a couple days ferrying with teleport," Skaya proposes. "It's not glamorous but it's a decent profit."
19:32 <Devar> "There's a spell that helps in these situations, that helps to ease one's mental traumas." Devar says. "I don't have the ability to cast it, but I think Anne could, if we wanted to offer her a little bit of extra help in dealing with this. We could also scout the mine in the meantime, if you wanted to."
19:33 <Kotono> "We could split up," Rina suggests, "WE aren't all needed to gather coins, and a scout party is best small."
19:34 <Skaya> "Who wants to return with Sanda, then, and spend a bit of time getting all the copper from that underwater hideout?"
19:36 <Kotono> Anne raises her hand, "Better me than Rina, but only if you all have good sense to be careful while I'm not there."
19:36 <Devar> "I don't have a preference." Devar says. "That being said, I can stay with Sanda if you want - this sort of thing falls pretty squarely in Lady Eldath's domain to help with."
19:37 — Skaya raises an eyebrow in surprise. "Let me put it differently, then. Who wants to go and immediately explore the mine?"
19:39 <Kotono> "I do," Rina says, "Look, I'm better at that and it's not underwater."
19:39 — Skaya glances over at Liza next.
19:39 <Kotono> Liza considers, head slightly bowed. "Better to poke at the mine now, I think. Time gives a chance for things to go out of control."
19:40 <Kotono> "Me? I suspect whatever this is will not advance, so we have the luxury of time," Anne decides, "We need not choose hastily."
19:42 <Skaya> "How about this?" Skaya proposes. "Anne, stay with Sanda here for a few hours. We'll look into the mine, return by lunch, and then teleport away together. I'll leave the telepathy ring and the plane shift candle with you, so you could always escape if needed to a safe realm."
19:44 <Kotono> "That's fine with me," Anne decides, "Unless you prefer it, Devar?"
19:46 <Devar> "You stay for now." Devar says. "If it seems like she isn't getting any better, I'll take over more long-term."
19:47 <Kotono> "I'll handle it," Anne rises, "Good luck with hunting for that mine."
19:48 <Skaya> "We'll get back in time," Skaya promises, before offering her hand to Liza. "Let's get going?"
19:50 <Kotono> Liza takes it and the party ascends. What's your approach for this?
19:52 <Skaya> First, they have to actually find the entrance to the mine. Perhaps it would be inside one of the houses, if nothing is visible when they search the place?"
19:53 <Kotono> The party flies back to over the town. The rain doesn't help visibility, but nothing seems to be happening there. It's silent. No people, no animals. Only the steady drizzle and the broken remnants of the larger creatures they defeated.
19:54 <Skaya> "Let's look inside the buildings still standing first?"
19:56 <Devar> Devar nods. "Makes sense."
19:57 <Kotono> OOC: Perception and int checks.
19:58 <Skaya> OOC: Perception 10 for 30
19:58 <Devar> roll 1d20+12 if you need them from me too, perception
19:58 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d20+12 if you need them from me too, perception --> [ 1d20=15 ]{27}
19:58 <Devar> roll 1d20+5 int
19:58 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d20+5 int --> [ 1d20=19 ]{24}
19:58 <Skaya> roll 1d20+7 int
19:58 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+7 int --> [ 1d20=13 ]{20}
20:01 <Kotono> With Rina and Liza brought along, the party lands to do that. No reaction as you go to check b uildings. By and large, you find them empty. No signs of holes or passages belowground. If you didn't know better, you'd think this was an abandoned village. What's more, you notice there's no sign of food in the houses. There's remnants of where it would be kept, but it's all gone. Nothing at all.
20:02 <Devar> "I suppose no reason to keep up the charade inside." Devar says. "But that must mean the mine is somewhere else, maybe we just didn't see it from the air?"
20:03 <Skaya> "Let's try to find a basement or break into one?" Skaya proposes next. "There was that one place with a basement, so perhaps that's how we get to the mine."
20:03 <Devar> Devar nods. "No harm in checking."
20:07 <Kotono> "Worth trying," Rina agrees, as you search around. You soon enough find one, heavy wooden doors leading into from above. It's reinforced, nothing that'll give easily. Which prove sannoying when sure enough, it doesn't open. It seems locked somehow, and not visibly from the outside. It's on the side of a house, tucked away.
20:08 <Devar> "Knock time?" Devar offers.
20:09 <Skaya> "Yeah. Use it, I'll open it in case it has a stupid locking mechanism."
20:09 <Devar> Devar casts Knock on the wooden doors!
20:11 <Kotono> The door opens wide. Chains and wood planks fall away  and clatter down the steps going in.
20:12 <Kotono> Liza peers down, "They definitely beat a defensive retreat."
20:13 <Skaya> "Devar, how about casting the luminous armor spells and others in advance? It'll either be risky from here on, or we'll waste the spells and return without seeing any more combat today."
20:14 <Devar> Devar nods, casting Luminous Armor on himself and Skaya, and a regular Mage Armor for Rina and Liza, although the latter tends to stay out of combat, just in case! OOC: +7 armor for Rina and Liza, +8 for Skaya.
20:18 <Kotono> The spells are all cast. "Thank you," Rina inclines her head, "Let's hope we won't need them for once."
20:19 — Skaya leads the way in!
20:20 <Devar> "Hopefully." Devar says. "But we'll see."
20:23 <Kotono> The cellar beneath is mostly quiet. It's stripped of food and supplies it looks like, only a few bare odds and ends about. No sign of further passage below, at least to the casual eye.
20:26 — Skaya knocks on the ground every few feet to see if there's any difference that would signify an open space below.
20:26 <Kotono> There's several points that do seem to sound hollow.
20:27 — Skaya kicks at one! While flying, to make sure she doesn't fall if in if the floor collapses!
20:28 <Kotono> The floor cracks. It doesn't give, but it definitely cracks. Rina hops back while Liza says, "They just covered the holes up?"
20:29 <Skaya> "Maybe it's been done ages ago?" Skaya muses, kicking at the other places that sound hollow.
20:34 <Kotono> They likewise crack, though none give way easily.
20:34 — Skaya is actually quite strong so she tries to break through.
20:38 <Kotono> CRACK! CRACK! CRAAAAACK! It takes several blows, but the floor gives way. A straight drop down into the darkness can be seen below.
20:38 <Kotono> Rina takes one look at that before, sword drawn, "No goo eruption?"
20:39 <Kotono> "Thankfully," Liza sniffs, though her eyes roam the basement.
20:39 <Skaya> "It'd be easier once we get down!" Skaya says, hovering and shining light into the darkness.
20:40 <Kotono> Light shines down and you see it's a deep drop. Maybe 50 to 60ft, into some sort of area that looks wet below. Glistening, moist stones.
20:41 <Skaya> "Let's fly down?" Skaya proposes to Liza.
20:42 <Kotono> "Fine with me," Liza says, Rina already studying it by the edge.
20:42 — Skaya picks Liza up and descends!
20:45 <Devar> Devar will follow suit with Rina in tow.
20:49 <Kotono> The party flies down. You land in a larger chamber, with dregs of goo all about. Not a lot, lying about in small, quivering puddles. Various circular tunnels proceed deeper in, about half a dozen of them to choose from in various directions. Not much of immediate interest is here.
20:50 — Skaya washes the puddles away, just in case they decide to merge or attack them.
20:51 <Kotono> They're splashed about without any resistance. It takes a few moments and a little effort, but it's done.
20:52 — Skaya checks whether any tunnel heads downwards.
20:58 <Kotono> They all do to varying degrees it looks like, some steeper than others. It's also not hard to hear a watery, sloshing noise coming from most of them.
20:58 — Skaya picks one of the paths with the sloshing noise at random and heads into it!
21:02 <Kotono> It heads downward at a steady clip. All of it is smooth, like polished stone-! AH! Slippery too, though flight saves Skaya from a pratfall. "Careful," Rina agrees on seeing that, kneeling and rubbing a finger along the ground. "It's smooth as polished, oiled steel."
21:03 <Kotono> "Wait." LIza suddenly says, "Am I the only one who didn't think of a burrow tunnel, but of veins instead?"
21:03 <Kotono> Rina's entire expression turns sour, "Anne would know best, but I see the analogy."
21:03 <Skaya> "You think we're already inside this creature?"
21:04 <Kotono> "It could be," Liza speculates, "Some sort of huge underground parasite."
21:05 <Devar> "I can't say I have a lot of experience with this sort of thing, so I couldn't hazard any kind of guess." Devar admits. "But... why bother with the doors? The whole situation is just strange to me."
21:06 <Skaya> "Let's just keep going for now," Skaya proposes. "Want me to carry you here, Liza?"
21:13 <Kotono> "Easy defenses," Liza reasons, "The same way you put on leather gloves even if you have skin stronger than steel."
21:14 <Kotono> "Please," Liza agrees, goign right to Skaya.
21:14 <Kotono> *going
21:14 <Kotono> OOC: Since this is fairly narrow, what's your walking order here, in case it matters?
21:14 — Skaya picks her up again and flies onwards. But slowly!
21:14 <Skaya> OOC: We'll be in front
21:20 <Kotono> The party goes ahead. The tunnel doesn't stretch far before it curves in two, one path straight up and one path straight down. Above, you can see a dead end. Below, you can see goo, about 10ft down adn blocking further progress.
21:24 <Skaya> "Let's first see what's up?" Skaya proposes, flying there for a quick look.
21:26 <Kotono> "Beats going down," Rina seconds, as you fly up. It ends in a dead end, wood and stone flooring from the looks of it.
21:27 <Devar> Devar follows along and up. "Another basement?" He wonders.
21:27 <Skaya> "So there really are multiple exits," Skaya confirms. "Let's wash away the goo, then?"
21:28 <Kotono> "Must be," Quiet agreement from Rina there, "There's a lot of it down there, too.
21:31 <Skaya> "Does anyone have a better idea?"
21:32 <Kotono> Liza sniffs, "Not myself, beyond trying other passages. It seems almost asleep."
21:32 <Skaya> "We can do that, it's not like they're very long," Skaya agrees. "Devar, this time you'll be in the lead!"
21:35 <Kotono> "By all means," Rina says, looking at him, "Maybe it's given up fighting us."
21:35 <Devar> Devar nods, heading back to try the first tunnel they found, starting with the left-most. "If it's asleep, then what was the stuff we met up top?" He asks. "I realize we aren't going to get any answers, since this creature doesn't seem keen on communication."
21:35 <Kotono> OOC: Perception in that case.
21:36 <Skaya> OOC: 10 for 30 for me
21:36 <Skaya> "It may not even be the same creature but several of the same goo race?"
21:37 <Devar> roll 1d20+12 you never know
21:37 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d20+12 you never know --> [ 1d20=14 ]{26}
21:38 <Kotono> AH! As you start to fly back, you hear a wet gurgling rush coming back from the two tunnels you just turned your back on.
21:39 — Skaya turns back and fires water at the no-doubt rushing goo!
21:47 <Kotono> OOC: In that case, we'll go to init. Good luck!
21:47 <Kotono> roll 1d20+14 Rina
21:47 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+14 Rina --> [ 1d20=20 ]{34}
21:47 <Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Liza
21:47 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+6 Liza --> [ 1d20=14 ]{20}
21:47 <Skaya> roll 1d20+13
21:47 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=17 ]{30}
21:47 <Kotono> roll 1d20+8 goo wave
21:47 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+8 goo wave --> [ 1d20=11 ]{19}
21:47 <Devar> roll 1d20+3
21:47 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{11}
21:47 <Kotono> Init is Rina (34) > Skaya (30) > Liza (20) > Goo Wave (19) > Devar (11)
21:48 <Kotono> OOC: Rina'll hold pending your watery assault. Go Skaya.
21:48 <Skaya> It's a tactic she'd used a lot the other day, but it does seem effective!
21:48 <Skaya> roll 1d20+14 ranged touch
21:48 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+14 ranged touch --> [ 1d20=2 ]{16}
21:48 <Skaya> roll 8d6
21:48 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 8d6 --> [ 8d6=32 ]{32}
21:50 <Kotono> The blast of water barrels down. It slams into it hard, goo lining the walls. However, a burst of water doesn't stop a tidal surge, and it's still coming even after that. "Plan B?" Rina asks as it rises in spite of the pressure against it.
21:52 <Skaya> OOC: How far is it?
21:58 <Kotono> OOC: It's about 20ft away and surging.
21:59 <Skaya> "A fighting retreat?" Skaya suggests, flying back from the wave of goo and towards the exit. Of course, if the Feybone Arcana has a suggestion of how to protect her friends, she could try that next!
22:00 <Devar> "Back to the more open space, at least." Devar says.
22:00 <Kotono> Thus the party flies back in retreat as the ooze follows...next time!

[Corwin]

19:19 <Ko> A direct hit, and the ooze retreats entirely, back whence it came and out of sight from the outside of the house. You splatter some, but it seems content not to pursue or give you any more shots.
19:19 <Ko> "Something's definitely learning not to confront us head on," Rina remarks after that.
19:20 <Skaya> "We can't even sneak past it! Because it's a wall of goo!"
19:21 <Devar> "That didn't really look like much of a mine though, did it?" Devar asks.
19:24 <Ko> "No, it did not," Liza sniffs, "Which means the mine itself is in a different location, though that may connect to it."
19:24 <Ko> "May, might, maybe. We stilld on't have a mine entrance," Rina grouses. "Only more of that miserable slime."
19:25 <Ko> "It's been here long enough to make its own burrow tunnels, assuming it can burrow or dig at all," LIza reasons, scowling at the house. "Which means we found one of those rather than the mine itself."
19:25 <Skaya> "How about we look at it from a different perspective?" Skaya muses. "Mine shafts are usually closer to the mountains, aren't they?"
19:26 <Devar> Devar nods. "Makes sense."
19:27 <Skaya> "Let's look for a road that used to lead to the mountains?" Skaya proposes. "It'll probably be neglected after decades, but we might see something here and there."
19:28 <Ko> "Good thinking, or at least the hilliest ground," A reasoned thought by Liza, "Worth trying."
19:28 <Ko> WIth that the party rises back up and...OOC: Give me Perception here, +2 bonus for reasoning it out well.
19:30 <Skaya> OOC: I'll take 10 and use inspiration for 40
19:32 <Ko> OOC: Okay. Devar? Just in case of spontaneous 20s and all that.
19:32 <Devar> roll 1d20+13 you never know
19:32 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d20+13 you never know --> [ 1d20=16 ]{29}
19:33 <Ko> Sure enough, on the hillier land? It's almost entirely overgrown, but Skaya spots what might have once been a trail. It's overgrown, but from above you can see how the lay of the land would fit it.
19:33 <Skaya> "Ooh! Found one!" Skaya says, pointing it out. "Devar, want to let Anne in on it so she knows what we're doing?"
19:34 <Devar> Sure. Devar will let Anne know the details of where they're going in case she comes over or anything happens!
19:35 <Devar> "Sure," Devar says as he does that. OOC: My head is not all fully today, sorry
19:35 <Ko> OOC: No worries, been there plenty of times.
19:35 <Ko> OOC: Going to wait on Devar returning, Skaya?
19:37 <Skaya> OOC: Telepathy ring?
19:37 <Devar> OOC: Sorry, that's on me, yes he will let her know via the ring. Good lord, it is one of those days for me.
19:40 <Skaya> OOC: Let's go~
19:40 <Ko> A bit of telepathy gets simple confirmation, the entire thing easily enough done. With that, the party heads along to the trail. You fly onward and...OOC: Both PErception and Survival here. +2 bonus to both if you have 5 or more ranks of K:Geography or K:Dungeoneering.
19:41 <Devar> roll 1d20+11 you never know perception
19:41 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d20+11 you never know perception --> [ 1d20=17 ]{28}
19:41 <Skaya> roll 1d20+22 I actually do have it, perception
19:41 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+22 I actually do have it, perception --> [ 1d20=17 ]{39}
19:42 <Devar> roll 1d20+1 untrained survival woo baby
19:42 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d20+1 untrained survival woo baby --> [ 1d20=20 ]{21}
19:42 <Ko> OOC: For giggles, give me 1d20+21, Devar.
19:42 <Skaya> Taking 10 for 30 with inspiration for survival
19:42 <Devar> roll 1d20+21 gimme that sweet 1 kobot
19:42 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d20+21 gimme that sweet 1 kobot --> [ 1d20=17 ]{38}
19:48 <Ko> It's tough to find. It's so overgrown, but a combination of Devar's surprising survival skills and Skaya's sharp eyes lead to the end of the path. Here, overgrown with vines and trees, is a large cave opening. Broken and rusted tools litter the ground, such as pickaxes and shovels.
19:49 — Skaya starts cleaning up the entrance. It might waste some time, but if they need to escape in a hurry it'd be best to have the opening as clean as possible.
19:49 <Devar> Devar will help cut away it with his sword!
19:55 <Ko> IT takes a little work, but the entrance is revealed. No sign of ooze, just an old cavern wtih visible, if worn by time, wooden supports and structure within. More broken tools lie ahead, as well as a large sack of something. The sack's rotten enough to see inside is some sort of rock or ore.
19:56 — Skaya kneels by the sack to check the ores. Perhaps she could tell what it is!
20:04 <Ko> No need to look too hard. An examination shows they're nothing but common rock and rubble. It's only valuble if you like rocks.
20:04 <Ko> In the meantime, "No sign of the slime yet," Rina keeps her sword out and wnaders just a little ahead. "Wonder how deep it's in?"
20:04 <Skaya> "Time to find out!" Skaya says, happy that Rina suggested it. Then, she leads the way in.
20:07 <Ko> OOC: Since it's likely going to matter here, what's your general formation?
20:08 <Ko> The party heads right on in. The mine entrance is full of old things. Old tools, old sacks, old supplies. Nothing that looks worth salvaging at a glance, and a single path leads further in. There's no light but what you bring, the light from outside barely reaching within.
20:10 <Skaya> OOC: Skaya, Rina, Liza, Devar
20:10 — Skaya happens to be glowing due to Devar's armor spell!
20:11 <Ko> That provides ample light to see. Ahead the path winds on, but not far. It quickly comes to a larger central area. The walls are dug out here, various sacks, barrels and wooden carts all about here. It's big enough for a little wooden shack to be built to the side, its door torn off. Inside old furniture and a table can be seen. Branching out from here are five different paths, each one supported
20:11 <Ko> by wood. There's a sixth that is not, dug out and rougher-looking.
20:13 <Ko> Rina wordlessly drifts towards the shack, looking ahead carefully. "I'd guess that's the boss's shack, where he oversaw everything."
20:14 <Devar> "I'm not terribly well-versed in this craft, but I'd imagine the newer tunnel has more potential?" Devar asks. "But we'll probably explore all of them anyway."
20:15 <Ko> Liza clicks her tongue in thought, "It would have the most unmined ore, all things being equal. That or it's a tunnel they trie dbut found it wasn't as rich as the others, so was abandoned."
20:15 <Ko> "In other words, you don't know." Rina retorts, checking over the shack. "Hey, there's something in here!"
20:17 <Devar> Devar will go over to check!
20:18 <Ko> Inside the shack, the tableis not empty. Rina puts down a rusted but intact set of iron keys, as lying on the table itself is the remnants of a map. It's old and faded with age, but it looks like some sort of tunnel map, perhaps. It's just on the edge of still being readable, and even that is barely.
20:18 <Ko> Liza lingers outside, keeping her eyes peeled.
20:19 <Ko> "Here," Rina taps a finger in the air just above the map. "It's in awful shape, though. I don't suppose you have the right spell to fix it up?"
20:21 <Devar> "I'm not sure if it'd work, but Prestidigitation can at least clean it." Devar says. "I'm not sure what other spells would work to make legible."
20:24 <Ko> "Probably not. Skaya? Liza?" Rina calls on over.
20:24 <Ko> Liza glances back, "Specialized magic would be best, not the sort you prepare for a fight."
20:25 <Ko> "I thought so," Rina lets out a little sigh, "Still, keys." She takes those, "Better than having to spell doors open or pick locks."
20:26 <Ko> "OBviously they're for the rooms that store the valuables," Liza comments, glancing back again, "So that peasants can't run off with a small fortune."
20:26 <Skaya> "Yes, it'll save Devar some time," Skaya agrees, peering at the map. Would it help if she tried to trace it and drew on a blank piece of paper?
20:26 <Ko> You could try, at least. It wouldn't be easy, but it's worth a try.
20:29 <Skaya> "I can try to clean up the map some," Skaya offers, "but it'll destroy it."
20:30 <Devar> "I say go for it, we can always add to what you draw as we explore, and then don't have to worry about it being illegible." Devar says.
20:30 ⇐ Iddy quit (uid408070@lunarnet-B8D5816D.irccloud.com) Quit: Connection closed for inactivity
20:32 — Skaya nods, and decides to spend some time on this.
20:33 <Ko> OOC: Okay. Perception while Skaya works, Devar. Skaya, do you have any relevant skills to this?
20:33 <Devar> roll 1d20+11 you never know perception
20:33 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d20+11 you never know perception --> [ 1d20=1 ]{12}
20:35 <Skaya> OOC: Nothing particularly relevant. Maybe knowledge geography?
20:35 <Ko> OOC: Sure, that's tangential enough to at least provide something, though it won't be great. Give me a check on it.
20:37 <Skaya> roll 1d20+13+8
20:37 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+13+8 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{28}
20:39 <Ko> You work with what you have. IT's not a lot, but you manage to get something useable for two of the established tunnels. One looks to be mostly straight and with a few branch offs. The other has lots of little side paths, cubbies and a notation that suggests it drops sharply lower into the earth. A few of the farthest tunnels on that path are crossed out, notably.
20:43 <Ko> As Skaya finishes up, Rina looks over, "Better than nothing. If that's right, that one path might get unstable or there's bad air."
20:45 <Devar> Devar nods. "Definitely something to save us some time. I wonder if they're crossed off due to difficulty or just not finding anything?" He asks. "Either way, where do we start?"
20:46 <Skaya> "We do carry a portable source of breathable air," Skaya muses. "And I can skip the need for breathing altogether if it comes to that and we need to explore. Let's look at the first path first? The drop into the earth is interesting."
20:46 <Ko> "My gut says the unfinished one," Rina speculates, "But maybe whichever is closest to the village would be best. That is, if we want to find the ooze."
20:48 <Devar> "If the drop in leads down back to where we came from." Devar agrees. "We also likely will see signs of it, if it came from here."
20:49 <Skaya> "I proposed the first path since it's the quickest to check out," Skaya adds. "Let's give it a try. We can always return and look elsewhere if it doesn't pan out."
20:51 <Ko> "Let's try it," Rina agrees, as...OOC: Just to be clear, which one do y'all wanna try then? Sec regardless.
20:51 <Skaya> OOC: In order, the first, then the second, from the two we have a map for
20:56 <Ko> OOC: Perceptionb oth of you, but +4 bonus fo r??? reasons.
20:56 <Devar> roll 1d20+15 you never know perception
20:56 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d20+15 you never know perception --> [ 1d20=10 ]{25}
20:57 <Skaya> roll 1d20+24
20:57 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+24 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{40}
20:57 <Ko> Hm? As you walk out, you feel it. A familiar sensation, one you've dealt with before. IT brings to mind ankhegs, the ground beneath you shaking slightly.
20:57 <Skaya> "Ankhegs?! Here?!" Skaya exclaims, taking to the air in the cramped confines of the tunnel.
20:59 <Ko> "Oh no!" Rina jukes to the side as Liza goes in the opposite direction. "Why now!?"
21:00 <Devar> Devar raises himself up as well off the ground with a frown.
21:03 <Ko> Ah! Just in time, because the ground breaks open. You know an ankheg when you see it, but this one has a much bigger mouth. Far too big, full of teeth as it lets out a high pitched whine. "Oh come on!" Rina exclaims, "Whatever you are, stop that!"
21:04 <Ko> "What is wrong with your world's underground?" Liza shoots back, "Something is very wrong with everything you all hav eunderground!"
21:04 — Skaya shoots the emerging ankheg! Time to see if it bleeds goo!
21:13 <Ko> OOC: In that case, init.
21:13 <Ko> roll 1d20+14 Rina
21:13 <Kobot> Ko rolled 1d20+14 Rina --> [ 1d20=11 ]{25}
21:13 <Ko> roll 1d20+6 LIza
21:13 <Kobot> Ko rolled 1d20+6 LIza --> [ 1d20=20 ]{26}
21:13 <Skaya> roll 1d20+13
21:13 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{29}
21:13 <Ko> roll 1d20+5 ankheg
21:13 <Kobot> Ko rolled 1d20+5 ankheg --> [ 1d20=12 ]{17}
21:13 <Ko> roll 1d20+4 ???
21:13 <Kobot> Ko rolled 1d20+4 ??? --> [ 1d20=8 ]{12}
21:13 <Ko> roll 1d20+5 ???
21:13 <Kobot> Ko rolled 1d20+5 ??? --> [ 1d20=10 ]{15}
21:13 <Ko> roll 1d20+6
21:13 <Kobot> Ko rolled 1d20+6 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{7}
21:13 <Ko> roll 1d20+1 ???
21:13 <Kobot> Ko rolled 1d20+1 ??? --> [ 1d20=5 ]{6}
21:14 <Devar> roll 1d20+3
21:14 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{19}
21:14 <Ko> INit is Skaya (29) > Liza (26) > Rina (25) > Devar (19) > Ankheg (17) > ???2 (15) > ???1 (12) > ???3 (7) > ???4 (6)
21:14 <Ko> OOC: Open Skaya.
21:15 <Skaya> roll 1d20+14 ranged touch on visible ankheg
21:15 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+14 ranged touch on visible ankheg --> [ 1d20=4 ]{18}
21:15 <Skaya> roll 8d6
21:15 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 8d6 --> [ 8d6=27 ]{27}
21:18 <Ko> WHAM! Water jets hit the ankheg dead on. It's tossed out of its burrow and to the side, end over end. Not down but hit, even as Liza...OOC: Liza holds to let the melee girl do it and not waste valuable resources, and act after depending. Go Rina.
21:18 <Ko> Rina dashes after it, "Get back here," She snaps, sword following.
21:18 <Ko> roll 1d20+18
21:18 <Kobot> Ko rolled 1d20+18 --> [ 1d20=15 ]{33}
21:18 <Ko> roll 1d6+3+1d6+3d6
21:18 <Kobot> Ko rolled 1d6+3+1d6+3d6 --> [ 1d6=6 1d6=5 3d6=5 ]{19}
21:20 <Ko> Rina leaps atop its side and stabs down deep into it. It tries to right itself even as it bleeds goo, water pooling on the floor. She lands to the side untouched, in a crouch. It's not down as...OOC: Now LIza.
21:20 <Ko> INit is Skaya (29) >  Rina (25) > Liza (24) > Devar (19) > Ankheg (17) > ???2 (15) > ???1 (12) > ???3 (7) > ???4 (6)
21:21 <Devar> OOC: Is it bleeding goo like the definitely-not-mimic houses were or just bleeding regular Ankheg good?
21:21 <Ko> OOC: The former.
21:21 <Skaya> "I knew it!"
21:21 <Ko> Liza stays back and readies a spell, hand reaching in to grasp something to pull out. OOC: She'll finish it if Devar doesn't. Yeah, she's spent enough lately she's trying not to spend more before a bigger payday.  Go Devar.
21:22 <Ko> "I know, right?" Rina shouts back in the meantime.
21:22 <Devar> "Of all the things to take the form of!" Devar shouts, flying down to try and finish this first one off!
21:22 <Devar> roll 1d20+15 whack
21:22 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d20+15 whack --> [ 1d20=5 ]{20}
21:24 <Devar> roll 1d8+7 if that hit
21:24 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d8+7 if that hit --> [ 1d8=4 ]{11}
21:31 <Ko> OOC: Bare hit, yes. Was deep in something DMy on my end.
21:32 <Devar> OOC: hooray
21:32 <Ko> Devar dashes in and brings his sword down. IT's a true strike,a  direct hit to its head. With it wounded and struggling, Devar lands the finishing blow. LIza lets out a breath of relief, "Well done," she begins, before-! OOC: More, still in init.
21:32 <Ko> INit is Skaya (29) >  Rina (25) > Liza (24) > Devar (19) > ???2 (15) > ???1 (12) > ???3 (7) > ???4 (6)
21:32 <Ko> Off to the side, a wall breaks open. ANother ankheg tears through, landing, distorted as the last one was. "Another one!" LIza yelps, as...OOC: LIza will now go, since this is getting ugly.
21:33 <Ko> INit is Skaya (29) >  Rina (25) >  Devar (19) > Ankheg 2 (15) > Liza (14) > ???1 (12) > ???3 (7) > ???4 (6)
21:41 <Ko> Liza dashes forward, hair fanning out as she extends her hand out. SHe chants a few words, crackles of electricty flying at the ankheg dead on.
21:41 <Ko> roll 1d20 touch AC so this is mostly a 1/20 check
21:41 <Kobot> Ko rolled 1d20 touch AC so this is mostly a 1/20 check --> [ 1d20=7 ]{7}
21:41 <Ko> roll 6d6
21:41 <Kobot> Ko rolled 6d6 --> [ 6d6=18 ]{18}
21:42 <Ko> LIghtning rakes over the ankheg, just in time as -! AH! Beneath Rina the ground breaks, another ankheg coming out, this one right at her.
21:42 <Ko> INit is Skaya (29) >  Rina (25) >  Devar (19) > Ankheg 2 (15) > Liza (14) > Ankheg 3 (12) > ???3 (7) > ???4 (6)
21:42 <Ko> roll 1d20+15 chomp chomp
21:42 <Kobot> Ko rolled 1d20+15 chomp chomp --> [ 1d20=13 ]{28}
21:43 <Ko> Devar's mage armor shines around her, absorbing the huge bite harmlessly. "There's more of-!" It's all Rina can get out, as from above, the ceiling shatters, an ankheg falling right at Devar.
21:43 <Ko> roll 1d20+16 falling chomp chomp
21:43 <Kobot> Ko rolled 1d20+16 falling chomp chomp --> [ 1d20=1 ]{17}
21:43 <Ko> Devar doesn't even have to dodge. IT misses and smacks into the ground hard, completely whiffing on anything at all.
21:43 <Ko> roll 2d6 fall damage for general failure
21:43 <Kobot> Ko rolled 2d6 fall damage for general failure --> [ 2d6=4 ]{4}
21:43 <Ko> INit is Skaya (29) >  Rina (25) >  Devar (19) > Ankheg 2 (15) > Liza (14) > Ankheg 3 (12) > Ankheg 4 (7) > ???4 (6)
21:44 <Ko> ""So many!" Rina hurries back to the side, the magic lit cavern echoing with battle sounds now. OOC: Whatever the last one does is unknown. Skaya, go.
21:45 → Iddy joined (uid408070@lunarnet-B8D5816D.irccloud.com)
21:45 — Skaya steps over to the ankheg that attacked Rina, doing her best to beat it up!
21:45 <Skaya> roll 1d20+14 haste
21:45 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+14 haste --> [ 1d20=16 ]{30}
21:45 <Skaya> roll 1d20+14 haste
21:45 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+14 haste --> [ 1d20=11 ]{25}
21:45 <Skaya> roll 1d20+14 haste
21:45 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+14 haste --> [ 1d20=12 ]{26}
21:45 <Skaya> roll 1d20+9 haste
21:45 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+9 haste --> [ 1d20=1 ]{10}
21:45 <Skaya> roll 3d6+6+1d8 #1
21:45 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 3d6+6+1d8 #1 --> [ 3d6=16 1d8=7 ]{29}
21:45 <Skaya> roll 3d6+6+1d8 #2
21:45 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 3d6+6+1d8 #2 --> [ 3d6=7 1d8=2 ]{15}
21:46 <Skaya> roll 3d6+6+1d8 #3
21:46 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 3d6+6+1d8 #3 --> [ 3d6=11 1d8=3 ]{20}
21:49 <Ko> Three solid hits. A kick to its lower parts and then two crushing punches leave it reeling. Flesh cracks and teeth break, all of it pushed back. IN time for Rina to settle in, going to finish what Skaya started, "Together!"
21:49 <Ko> roll 1d20+16
21:49 <Kobot> Ko rolled 1d20+16 --> [ 1d20=14 ]{30}
21:49 <Ko> roll 1d20+16
21:49 <Kobot> Ko rolled 1d20+16 --> [ 1d20=10 ]{26}
21:49 <Ko> roll 1d20+11
21:49 <Kobot> Ko rolled 1d20+11 --> [ 1d20=18 ]{29}
21:49 <Ko> roll 1d6+3+1d6
21:49 <Kobot> Ko rolled 1d6+3+1d6 --> [ 1d6=4 1d6=4 ]{11}
21:49 <Ko> roll 1d6+3+1d6
21:49 <Kobot> Ko rolled 1d6+3+1d6 --> [ 1d6=3 1d6=3 ]{9}
21:49 <Ko> roll 1d6+3+1d6
21:49 <Kobot> Ko rolled 1d6+3+1d6 --> [ 1d6=5 1d6=6 ]{14}
21:50 <Ko> INit is Skaya (29) >  Rina (25) >  Devar (19) > Ankheg 2 (15) > Liza (14) > Ankheg 4 (7) > ???4 (6)
21:51 <Ko> What follows is simple bloody carnage. WIth the ankheg half broken, Rina attacks it side and strikes thrice. Each is a deep stab, the last barely getting resistance. With it vulnerable, all it can do is be overwhelmed. Then...OOC: Devar, go.
21:52 <Devar> Since there's a target right there, Devar wields Goldenfang and tries to dispatch it, or at least injure it!
21:52 <Devar> roll 1d20+15 whack
21:52 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d20+15 whack --> [ 1d20=17 ]{32}
21:52 <Devar> roll 1d20+10 whack
21:52 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d20+10 whack --> [ 1d20=4 ]{14}
21:53 <Devar> roll 1d8+7 whack
21:53 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d8+7 whack --> [ 1d8=8 ]{15}
21:56 <Ko> Devar takes a swing and slicesthrough its side. More of that strange goo flows from the wound, as then the second ankheg rears up and attacks...next time! OOC: Just a few minutes early, but we'll start there tomorrow.

[Corwin]

19:11 <•Kotono> INit is Skaya (29) >  Rina (25) >  Devar (19) > Ankheg 2 (15) > Liza (14) > Ankheg 4 (7) > ???4 (6)
19:12 <•Kotono> The second ankheg rears up and attacks, a gush of gooey acid flying right at Rina's face.
19:12 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+11 touch AC
19:12 <•Kotono> OOC: One second, Kobot is donw.
19:12 → Kobot joined (~dunefar@D2672BF1.74B367FF.96EB72AF.IP)
19:12 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+11 touch AC
19:12 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+11 touch AC --> [ 1d20=15 ]{26}
19:15 <•Kotono> roll 10d6 ow
19:15 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 10d6 ow --> [ 10d6=33 ]{33}
19:15 •Kotono set the topic: Skaya: 100/100 (+6AC/+4 vs melee, GMW+2, Sanda's bracers of +4CON) Devar 113/113 Anne 83/83 Sanda 60/60 Rina 52/85
19:16 <•Kotono> The acid flies, only a cry from Rina as she raises her arms. IT sizzles against her mage armor and burns her, both arms taking the brunt of it. She lets out a hissing cry of pain, as Liza drifts back and fires off the old faithful spell, once more sending missiles out.
19:16 <•Kotono> roll 4d4+4
19:16 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 4d4+4 --> [ 4d4=11 ]{15}
19:18 <•Kotono> The magic missiles strike all over the wounded ankheg, battering Devar's enemy further. Then the fourth ankheg does the same as it rises from its fall, aiming at Skaya instead, a jet of awful, caustic, gooey acid flying for her face.
19:18 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+11 touch AC?
19:18 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+11 touch AC? --> [ 1d20=14 ]{25}
19:18 <Skaya> OOC: Higher
19:20 <•Kotono> SKaya's speed is superlative, falling to the ground and rolling to the side. It interrupts her briefly, but no more before...OOC: Go Skaya. Whatever the last ??? does is unknown.
19:20 — Skaya shoots back!
19:20 <Skaya> roll 1d20+14 ranged touch
19:20 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+14 ranged touch --> [ 1d20=4 ]{18}
19:20 <Skaya> roll 8d6
19:20 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 8d6 --> [ 8d6=23 ]{23}
19:24 <•Kotono> WHAM! Water knocks that ankheg back over again, onto its side. IT flops as Rina's focus returns. She endures the acid as her steps are heart, splashing through the water. She darts at that ankheg, looking to hit it while it's recovering from Skaya's watery shot.
19:24 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+18
19:24 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+18 --> [ 1d20=20 ]{38}
19:24 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+18 crit?
19:24 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+18 crit? --> [ 1d20=20 ]{38}
19:24 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+18 crit? just out of curiosity
19:24 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+18 crit? just out of curiosity --> [ 1d20=14 ]{32}
19:24 <•Kotono> roll 2d6+6+1d6+3d6 ow
19:24 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 2d6+6+1d6+3d6 ow --> [ 2d6=7 1d6=4 3d6=7 ]{24}
19:28 <•Kotono> Rina's slash is rapid-fast, ripping through the side of the ankheg. She runs past before it can counter, skidding to a stop past it as she does a turn. She's about to go around for another slash when...OOC: Devar, go.
19:30 <Devar> Devar continues his assault on his current foe!
19:30 <Devar> roll 1d20+15 whack 1
19:30 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d20+15 whack 1 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{21}
19:30 <Devar> roll 1d20+10 whack 2
19:30 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d20+10 whack 2 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{17}
19:30 <Devar> roll 1d8+7 whack
19:30 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d8+7 whack --> [ 1d8=8 ]{15}
19:32 <•Kotono> It's tough to hit like this, the ground slippery with water and blood. Devar squares himself and dodges a glob of acid, then slashes down. He draws some blood from it, his foe further wounded. Just in time for the second ankheg lurches forward, lumbering to try and catch the wounded Rina.
19:32 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+15
19:32 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+15 --> [ 1d20=4 ]{19}
19:33 <•Kotono> It closes the distance fast, but Rina's faster. She dives past it and reaches by the little shack once more, whirling, "We need to finish them before more come!" she cries. OOC: Liza.
19:34 <•Kotono> "I-" Whatever LIza's about to do is lost, as the ground beneath her explodes and...
19:34 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+6 vs ???
19:34 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+6 vs ??? --> [ 1d20=8 ]{14}
19:34 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+18
19:34 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+18 --> [ 1d20=17 ]{35}
19:35 <•Kotono> roll 4d6+14+2d6
19:35 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 4d6+14+2d6 --> [ 4d6=11 2d6=5 ]{30}
19:36 •Kotono set the topic: Skaya: 100/100 (+6AC/+4 vs melee, GMW+2, Sanda's bracers of +4CON) Devar 113/113 Anne 83/83 Sanda 60/60 Rina 22/85
19:36 •Kotono set the topic: Skaya: 100/100 (+6AC/+4 vs melee, GMW+2, Sanda's bracers of +4CON) Devar 113/113 Anne 83/83 Sanda 60/60 Rina 52/85
19:38 <•Kotono> "AAAAH!" An interruption as an ankheg ambushes her from below. IT interrupts her as econd before she acts, catching her right in its maw. Her lower body is in and beign chewed and chomped, her arms thrashing wildly. "HELP!" she cries, struggling against it, struggling to escape.
19:38 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+15
19:38 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+15 --> [ 1d20=3 ]{18}
19:38 <•Kotono> She struggles in vain, unable to escape from it, as...OOC: More.
19:38 <•Kotono> INit is Skaya (29) >  Rina (25) >  Devar (19) > Ankheg 2 (15) > Ankheg 5 > Liza (14) > Ankheg 4 (7)
19:39 <•Kotono> As the battle rages, the forth ankheg, water damaged and stabbed, manages to rise. It lumbers unsteadily towards Skaya, trying to rip her apart one too large bite at a time.
19:39 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+15
19:39 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+15 --> [ 1d20=4 ]{19}
19:40 <Skaya> OOC: AC is higher
19:40 <•Kotono> Which isn't that effective, as Skaya's already well gone and out of range of that. OOC: Go Skaya.
19:40 <Skaya> OOC: How far is Liza from me?
19:40 <•Kotono> OOC: 25ft, let's say.
19:41 — Skaya kicks the ankheg that is trying to eat her!
19:41 <Skaya> roll 1d20+13+7
19:41 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+13+7 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{39}
19:41 <Skaya> roll 3d6+6+1d8 please tell me if it dies from this
19:41 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 3d6+6+1d8 please tell me if it dies from this --> [ 3d6=8 1d8=6 ]{20}
19:47 <•Kotono> OOC: It does not.
19:48 <Skaya> roll 1d20+13+7
19:48 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+13+7 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{29}
19:48 <Skaya> roll 1d20+8+7
19:48 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+8+7 --> [ 1d20=3 ]{18}
19:48 <Skaya> roll 3d6+6+1d8
19:48 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 3d6+6+1d8 --> [ 3d6=15 1d8=8 ]{29}
19:49 <Skaya> "Devar, Rina, help Liza!" Skaya calls out as she tries to put down the other ankheg.
19:53 <•Kotono> INit is Skaya (29) >  Rina (25) >  Devar (19) > Ankheg 2 (15) > Ankheg 5 > Liza (14)
19:53 <•Kotono> WHAM! Two strikes land. Two sharp, savage claw-enhanced rakes tear into the ankheg. THat's enough to finish the job, causing it to slump over. With it down and out, Rina dashes for the one that has Liza in its mouth, all burning determination now. LIterlaly, fires crackling around her hands and head.
19:53 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+18
19:53 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+18 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{25}
19:53 <•Kotono> roll 1d6+3+1d6+3d6
19:53 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d6+3+1d6+3d6 --> [ 1d6=3 1d6=2 3d6=8 ]{16}
19:54 <•Kotono> Rina manages a slash on its front as she rushes by, barely defended as it keeps trying to swallow poor Liza whole. It's not enough to stop it, LIza's screams getting louder as...OOC: Devar
19:54 <•Kotono> .
19:57 <Devar> Devar will disengage with his current target to fly over to Liza and Rina! OOC: We can do the AoO first, AC is 39 against melee, and it'll have to make a DC 24 will save or get dazzled, and then I also have the 20% miss chance.
19:58 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+15
19:58 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+15 --> [ 1d20=20 ]{35}
19:58 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+15 crit?
19:58 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+15 crit? --> [ 1d20=1 ]{16}
19:58 <•Kotono> roll 1d100 vs 20 or lower for miss chance to work
19:58 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 vs 20 or lower for miss chance to work --> [ 1d100=20 ]{20}
19:58 <•Kotono> OOC: 20s bailed you out, Is ee.
19:59 <Devar> OOC: Kobot giveth and taketh and giveth again.
20:01 <Devar> OOC: I can grab onto Liza's hand or something without too much trouble, yeah? I ask since my intent is to Dimension Door her to safety.
20:02 <•Kotono> OOC: She's in something's m outh, it won't be easy. I'll call it a dex check vs DC 20, due the spot difficulty of it.
20:02 <Devar> OOC: Violence it is!
20:02 <Devar> Devar will disengage with his current target to fly over and cut at the ankheg with Liza, if they can simply kill it, then that's at least one problem solved!
20:03 <Devar> roll 1d20+15 whack
20:03 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d20+15 whack --> [ 1d20=10 ]{25}
20:03 <Devar> roll 1d8+7 whack
20:03 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d8+7 whack --> [ 1d8=3 ]{10}
20:07 <•Kotono> Devar races in. His slash gets its other side from Rina's. IT's not putting up much of a defense, more concerned with Liza, but it also takes the wound well. It's bleeding ooze but not much, as then...OOC: Ankheg 2.
20:08 <•Kotono> Meanwhile the second ankheg goes to try and pin Rina away from this, separate her to the side as...
20:08 <•Kotono> roll1 d20+15
20:08 <Kobot> Kotono rolled d20+15 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{22}
20:09 <•Kotono> Which isn't enough to get her, Rina countering by leaping atop it and bouncing past it all, landing in a flip and safe. Then, as Liza struggles, horrible noises. Chewing noises. Liza's screams become louder, panicked and pained.
20:09 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+18 good luck dodging it like this but 1s happen
20:09 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+18 good luck dodging it like this but 1s happen --> [ 1d20=8 ]{26}
20:10 <•Kotono> roll 4d6+14+2d6
20:10 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 4d6+14+2d6 --> [ 4d6=13 2d6=8 ]{35}
20:10 <•Kotono> Those screams become more pained, the sounds horrifying, "H-Help!" Liza's voice is weakening by the moment, "Please, I don't want to d-die!" She tries to escape, tries desperately.
20:11 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+15
20:11 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+15 --> [ 1d20=5 ]{20}
20:11 <•Kotono> It's not enough as she slips further in, up to her shoulders. Her arms are reaching out of its mouth more than being free now, her cries sounding farther away. OOC: Skaya.
20:12 <Skaya> In a flash, Skaya is right next to Liza, and then she tries her very best to murder that nasty ankheg and rescue Liza!
20:12 <Skaya> roll 1d20+16+7 haste, flanking, inspiration
20:12 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+16+7 haste, flanking, inspiration --> [ 1d20=17 ]{40}
20:12 <Skaya> roll 1d20+16+7 haste, flanking, inspiration
20:12 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+16+7 haste, flanking, inspiration --> [ 1d20=2 ]{25}
20:12 <Skaya> roll 1d20+16+7 haste, flanking, inspiration
20:12 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+16+7 haste, flanking, inspiration --> [ 1d20=14 ]{37}
20:12 <Skaya> roll 1d20+11+7 haste, flanking, inspiration
20:12 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 1d20+11+7 haste, flanking, inspiration --> [ 1d20=16 ]{34}
20:13 <Skaya> roll 3d6+6+1d8 #1
20:13 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 3d6+6+1d8 #1 --> [ 3d6=10 1d8=5 ]{21}
20:13 <Skaya> roll 3d6+6+1d8 #2
20:13 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 3d6+6+1d8 #2 --> [ 3d6=10 1d8=5 ]{21}
20:13 <Skaya> roll 3d6+6+1d8 #3
20:13 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 3d6+6+1d8 #3 --> [ 3d6=5 1d8=1 ]{12}
20:13 <Skaya> roll 3d6+6+1d8 #4
20:13 <Kobot> Skaya rolled 3d6+6+1d8 #4 --> [ 3d6=16 1d8=2 ]{24}
20:13 <Skaya> OOC: Used a swift for travel devotion to get there
20:15 <•Kotono> WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! With the ankheg already wounded, SKaya race sin. The first two blows don't do much, but the third punch batters is side in. THen the last is a raw, savage claw-aided thrust in. Skaya's arm plunges deep into its side, a torrent of goo pushing her arm out moments later. A shrill, far too high pitched cry comes fromt he ankheg before it topples over, downed. It leaves LIza lying
20:15 <•Kotono> still mostly in its mouth, blood spilling out and not a little of it. OOC: Rina.
20:15 <•Kotono> INit is Skaya (29) >  Rina (25) >  Devar (19) > Ankheg 2 (15)  >Liza (14)
20:16 <•Kotono> Rina dashes at the last one, "Just die!"
20:16 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+18
20:16 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+18 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{27}
20:16 <•Kotono> roll 1d6+3+1d6+3d6
20:16 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d6+3+1d6+3d6 --> [ 1d6=1 1d6=3 3d6=6 ]{13}
20:17 <•Kotono> A quick swipe to its side, not a fatal blow. Rina still hits it good, ice spreading along another wound on it, as Devar....OOC: Go Devar.
20:19 <Devar> Since the immediate threat to Liza is dealt with, Devar flies over to engage the last one anew to keep it off the others!
20:19 <Devar> roll 1d20+15 whack
20:19 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d20+15 whack --> [ 1d20=5 ]{20}
20:19 <Devar> roll 1d8+7 whack
20:19 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d8+7 whack --> [ 1d8=3 ]{10}
20:19 <Skaya> "Hold on," Skaya tells Liza. "You'll get better in no time."
20:21 <•Kotono> Another wound on its front. Devar does exactly that as it tears into him even as it bleeds, while Liza manages to gasp painfully, "Help," her voice is fading as she strugggles, hands reaching out.
20:21 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+15 vs Devar
20:21 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+15 vs Devar --> [ 1d20=6 ]{21}
20:23 <•Kotono> Which Devar bats away with a swift parry. Liza struggles with a glance looks to Skaya and nods, resting a moment as she slowly crawls out of its mouth. HEr lower body is devastasted, far too much blood and bone visible. She doesn't even get up, but she's out at least. "Ah...ah....ah..." She touches herself, a pulse of healing somewhat mending her wounds. Not entirely, but her legs aren't more
20:23 <•Kotono> ruin than flesh now. OOC: Skaya.
20:24 — Skaya heals Liza further, channeling positive energy!
20:24 <Skaya> OOC: +23
20:28 <•Kotono> Liza's legs aren't fully healed, but they're not bleeding anymore. She lets out a gasp of relief, "That horrible thing," She breathes out, struggling to her knees. IN the background Rina lets out a warcry, "And die!"
20:28 <•Kotono> roll 1d20+18
20:28 <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+18 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{19}
20:29 <•Kotono> Which isn't good for much as her runb y slash misses, before...OOC: DEvar.
20:29 <Devar> Devar keeps up the swinging!
20:29 <Devar> roll 1d20+15 whack
20:29 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d20+15 whack --> [ 1d20=10 ]{25}
20:29 <Devar> roll 1d20+10 whack
20:29 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d20+10 whack --> [ 1d20=17 ]{27}
20:29 <Devar> roll 2#1d8+7 whacks
20:29 <Kobot> Devar rolled 2#1d8+7 whacks --> [ 1d8=1 ]{8}, [ 1d8=6 ]{13}
20:36 <•Kotono> With the ankheg's attention split, Devar strikes. A deep thrust into its center gets it to let out a death rattle and swing in vain, before falling back. Devar kicks it aside, the battle won. OOC: Free act, that was an ugly brawl.
20:36 — Skaya spares the clean up a glance before healing Liza again, asking, "Are you catching your breath? Is anything still hurting?"
20:36 <Skaya> OOC: +23 hp more
20:39 <Devar> Devar will head over to make sure the others are all okay, channeling some healing energy for Rina and Liza's sake.
20:39 <Devar> roll 3#3d6 chanel energy
20:39 <Kobot> Devar rolled 3#3d6 chanel energy --> [ 3d6=8 ]{8}, [ 3d6=9 ]{9}, [ 3d6=10 ]{10}
20:39 <Devar> OOC: 27 total healing
20:40 <•Kotono> "I can breathe." Liza rises to her feet now, healed. Rina's arm acid burns likewise mend most of the way, "Thank you." Dusting herself off, she turns and kicks the dead beast, an angry exclamation of Elven following.
20:40 •Kotono set the topic: Skaya: 100/100 (+6AC/+4 vs melee, GMW+2, Sanda's bracers of +4CON) Devar 113/113 Anne 83/83 Sanda 60/60 Rina 79/85
20:41 <Skaya> "I'm seriously wondering if we should just abandon this place," Skaya admits. "If we ignore the sunk cost fallacy, should we persist?"
20:44 <Devar> "It may be a better idea to bring everyone." Devar suggests. "But I don't think exploring further is a terrible idea, we can get out easily enough if we need to."
20:45 <Skaya> "Really? Had Sanda come this time, she would've decided to stay a shut in forever."
20:46 <•Kotono> Rina comes over, "I'm more than a little tempted after that," she admits, sheathing her sword. "However, the way it acts suggests it only has so much goo, energy or whatever is behind this. IF we keep pushing, we might be able to eliminate it. Or we'll die horribly underground and become goo food."
20:47 <Devar> "I think we should at least explore further." Devar says. "If it's something we don't think we can or should handle, we get out."
20:47 <•Kotono> With a huff, "I'm not familiar with what you say, but if you mean we should cut our losses?" Liza shakes her head, "What money's in that?"
20:48 — Skaya actually feels bad to have her friends stabbed, burnt and eaten while she largely escapes the danger, but that's why she's consulting with them, isn't it? "Okay, then let's finish looking over this path at the very least."
20:51 <•Kotono> "Let's, then," Rina says, as...OOC: Which path are you going down, just to refresh?
20:51 <Skaya> OOC: The first one
20:53 <•Kotono> You head down the path. AT first, it's nothing remarkble. Mined out walls, empty passages, broken tools. Nothing interesting, until in the distance, you hear the sound of metal striking rock.
20:54 <Skaya> "Probably more goo shaped like people," Skaya mentions, proceeding onwards.
20:55 <Devar> "Maybe these ones will actually talk?" Devar asks. "But yes, be ready to get out."
21:01 <•Kotono> "Be ready to run," Rina agrees as you head further down. The sound gets louder, until in the distance? A miner? A miner that's transparent and see through, a burly 30something man. Dirty and wearing old clothes, he mines away with a pickaxe. It hits a large vein of what looks to be solid gold, but despite the sound of metal on stone, nothing happens. He works away in spite of it, not stopping.
21:02 <Skaya> "In light of what's down here, a ghost is the better choice."
21:02 <Devar> "A curse?" Devar murmurs to the others.
21:02 <•Kotono> "Definitely," Liza retorts to Skaya. AFter, "That or a restless spirit."
21:06 <•Kotono> Whatever the truth of it, the miner shows no reaction to the party being nearby, at least.
21:08 <Devar> "Hello?" Devar calls out.
21:11 <•Kotono> WIth a final thunk of ghostly steel on material stone, the miner wipes his brown and turns. "Yeah?" he asks, "Trying to mine a big vein we finally found today. Can it wait?"
21:12 <Devar> "Is there anything we could do to help you?" Devar offers.
21:20 <•Kotono> "I have it," he says, another swing. "Any time now it should start going." He grins a moment as he regards it andhefts his pickaxe again. "Tell them down there to be quiet. They sound something or another, but who cares? I got it right here."
21:20 <•Kotono> *found something
21:22 <Devar> Devar glances at the others before he casts detect magic - curious if he can find anything specific that may be causing this. OOC: Spellcraft for 31
21:22 <Skaya> "Where's down there, exactly?" Skaya voices. "We'll go and tell them to stop."
21:25 <•Kotono> No overt magic from it, at least. "Down that way, I think," he gestures, "Or down the other one. They were making noise about finding something. The old man was, anyway."
21:27 <Devar> Devar makes a curious 'huh' noise. "Shall we investigate?"
21:28 <Skaya> "Sure!"
21:30 <•Kotono> "Thanks," Rina eyes him warily, "We'll see you, then."
21:30 <•Kotono> OOC: Going further in?
21:30 <Devar> Devar nods and will keep going - once they're a bit away, "No magic that I could find, so I don't think it's a curse. Weird that he's still here, though...  wonder what would happen if we dislodged the gold for him?"
21:32 <•Kotono> "Most likely resolving that or what happened will put him to rest, and if not, a priest would do well." Liza considers, "I doubt the strange ooze can do anything to him."
21:34 <Devar> Devar nods. "We'll see if we find any more ghosts, I guess."
21:35 <•Kotono> OOC: In that case, give me perception, you two. +2 bonus for Devar in this instance.
21:36 <Devar> roll 1d20+13 you never know
21:36 <Kobot> Devar rolled 1d20+13 you never know --> [ 1d20=10 ]{23}
21:36 <Skaya> OOC: 10 for 30
21:39 <•Kotono> Deeper down. You explore this passage. Besides for ruin, it's mostly empty. There's rubble, there's old tools, there's things lost to time. There's nothing too remarkable. That is, until the end. Sitting at the end of a dug out tunnel, an array of old tools and broken bits here, sits what looks to be a steel gray egg. It's about the size of Skaya or Sanda, enormous by any normal measure. It's
21:39 <•Kotono> long since cracked open, bits of broken eggshell still on the ground around it.
21:40 <Devar> "...Ah." Devar says with a frown. "I suppose that would make sense."
21:40 <•Kotono> There's a pause as Liza stares at that, before, "...you need to purge your world's underground with fire." she finally decides.
21:40 <Skaya> Is this where the goo came from? Skaya takes a closer look inside!
21:41 <•Kotono> IT's the remnants of an egg, old enough there's not much of interest. However, the eggshell itself seems to be metal of some kind, and quite strong.
21:41 <•Kotono> Rina nudges the shell with her sword, "That's what you'd expect a dragon's egg to look like."
21:42 <Devar> "I don't think dragon eggs are metal, are they?" Devar asks. "I wonder if you could repurpose it into something."
21:44 — Skaya picks a few bits of broken eggshell to take back with her.
21:45 <•Kotono> That's easily enough done. Rina does the same, as does Liza. She also flexes the edge of one of the bigger pieces, but it does not bend. "STrong, too. It's better than thin plated iron."
21:46 <•Kotono> "Maybe, or be worth some gold to some mage," Rina says, putting hers away. "Its' worth trying, Devar."
21:46 <•Kotono> "Also," Rina goes on, "This probably disproves that it was a wizard's fault, doesn't it?"
21:46 <Skaya> "Want to bring the biggest part back to the ghost and ask him about it?"
21:47 <Devar> "If it ends up being valuable, we can always come back to break this thing down somehow." Devar says. "Yeah, let's try it. Still, even if the goo monster came out of this... does that tell us anything?"
21:51 <•Kotono> "Not really by itself, but it's interesting," LIza reasons, "Between what I've seen and the stories I've heard, something's odd with your world's underground. It shouldn't be like this," she gestures.
21:52 <Devar> "I've never given it much thought, but... you aren't wrong." Devar says. "I wonder if this all somehow happened because of that broken artifact."
21:56 <•Kotono> With a little hum to herself, "I'll have to ask around about that when we get shipside again."
21:56 <•Kotono> MEanwhile, the party returns to the miner. HE's still mining in vain, not seemingly discouraged at all.
22:00 <Skaya> "Here's what they found!" Skaya immediately reports, depositing the metal egg within the ghostly miner's line of sight.
22:02 <•Kotono> The egg gets a glance. "Big egg," he says, "Know what hatched from it?"
22:02 <Skaya> "Wasn't that creepy, shape-shifting goo that ate everyone?"
22:03 <•Kotono> "Ate everyone?" A curious look, "News to me. I don't feel eaten."
22:05 <Devar> Devar glances at Skaya and murmurs, "Do we try and explain, or just do the mining for him?"
22:06 <Skaya> "But you seem kind of see-through?"
22:08 <•Kotono> "News to me," he repeats, poking his own chest. "I'm solid as a stone!"
22:09 <Devar> Devar takes a few steps forward and tentatively tries to touch the ghost's shoulder.
22:11 <•Kotono> He feels, if not quite solid, more like pressing against the surface of a resilient liquid. It doens't give, but you feel like it could if you forced it.
22:13 <Devar> "That... is certainly interesting." Devar says, stepping back to whisper to Skaya about that. "It's like a semi-solid liquid of some nature. I don't know what would happen if we pressed hard enough."
22:15 <Skaya> "Semi-solid liquid, huh..."
22:17 <•Kotono> The miner goes back to mining in the meantime, or whatever imitation of it he manages.
22:17 <•Kotono> Rina glances at the two of you, but doesn't seem to press it.
22:17 <•Kotono> Liza has a hand on her hip, looking faintly dissatisfied.
22:17 <Devar> "But if it's 'that,' then why isn't it... working?" Devar asks.
22:21 <Skaya> "You don't consider this whole situation to be strange?" Skaya decides to ask the miner, trying a new angle. "You're the only one here, suddenly some new people with wings show up and none of your friends are around?"
22:24 <•Kotono> "I've seen stranger," The mans ays, "Like the time the old man brought back that rainbow blood, then what's his face sunk into the rock."
22:24 <Skaya> "Really? We found that too! Where did you get yours?"
22:25 <•Kotono> "Dunno," He doesn't even look back at that, "I think Old Marlone said they got it from something."
22:26 <Devar> "How long have you been trying to get that ore?" Devar asks.
22:29 <•Kotono> "Oh, a few hours now. ITs' stuck in good," The man stops once more and turns, "Bu tI'll get it. It's a payday and a half! You see that? Pure gold. It'll refine well. 'Course, a little of it will go missing, just a little, so we make out good. What the tax man doesn't know isn'ta problem."
22:30 <Devar> "What... year is it?" Devar tries.
22:30 <•Kotono> The answer to that comes...next time! OOC: We're a half hour over, which more than makes up today's late start and yesterday's slightly early pause.