Logs of BETRAYAL

[Corwin]

[00:17] <Carthrat> A week floats by peaceable. Re'Laizary gets noticably more antsy every passing day, spending much of her time pacing and glancing out the window. Lucia, despite her earlier words, doesn't seem to have quite decided to leave just yet. Dorrin, on the other hand, suddenly remembered something he had to do, and was forced for reasons unknown to leave the inn, taking all of his magic and valuables with him. What a shame.
[00:22] <Carthrat> It's around the same time he left that the party seems to have a visitor. The inn lacks other patrons, which means there's only one group of people a young, pretty-faced woman could be looking for. Clad in a travelling cloak, red hair and giant, loopy earrings dominating her features, the innkeeper sidles up to the party, in the lounge; "Woman here to see you," he says, gruffly. "Says she's heard of you, wants to hire you or something."
[00:23] <Carthrat> wants to hire you or something."
[00:24] <Grendel> "Send her over, then," Grendel gestures at an empty chair. "Let's hear what she has to say."
[00:27] <Carthrat> In short order she is there, looking about and humming with some cheer. "Hello! My name's Siale Me'sentar; I've just popped over from the Stiltain guild, looking for some help. Ummmm... well, I've got a little proposition for you, I think you might like it, I just hope I can afford your services..."
[00:29] * Loligoth|AFK is now known as Seraphin
[00:30] * Maz perks up at the mention of money, but keeps silent in the safety of her cloak.
[00:31] <Grendel> "What's the proposition?" Grendel asks, leaning his elbows on the table, "We can discuss payment once we know what you want."
[00:34] <Carthrat> "Errr, anyway, right, right," she continues, setting a polished black staff down. "Yes, certainly. I'm here on behalf of a friend; she's wandering around the world, trying to put together components for a project of hers. Now, I'm not sure exactly what it's for, but it's really the most eclectic set of things, and one of them is a kind of special, ancient gemstone, called the Djinn's Wish."
[00:36] <Carthrat> "I did some homework," she continues, taking out a small notebook and flipping busily through the pages. "And I've figured out where one might be; mounted in the circlet worn by an ancient Calishite king, Ill-Alin the 3rd, presently resting in a pyramid, a few days travel to the north. Now, ah... I know you're not from around Calimshan, which is *exactly* why I'd like to hire you to come along for my.. um.. excavation, lets call it."
[00:37] <Carthrat> it."
[00:38] <Grendel> "No one from around here is stupid enough to poke their head in his tomb?" Grendel assumes flatly.
[00:40] <Carthrat> "Well, nobody who works for the honest and up-front Stiltain's Guild, anyway," she mutters, darkly. "All the Calishite adventurers have some kind of national pride, it's so *aggravating*."
[00:41] <Carthrat> Lucia mumbles something about Tethyr, but you can't hear her very well.
[00:43] <Maz> "And the opposition we are to face, should we take on the job?"
[00:44] <Carthrat> "That's a really good question," she replies, pursing her lips. "Mummies, I think. The pyramid is probably filled with all sorts of weird traps and whatnot. Oh, well, that's why I'm hiring you, after all! I'll be coming with you, of course. Oh, but the pyramid is probably full of all sorts of wonderful things, I don't really want them, though, so you're free to anything we find there, aside from the Wish."
[00:45] <Carthrat> "Oh, payment, of course; would seven-fifty for each of you be appropriate? I can't spare much more, sadly, unless you were willing to wait quite some time."
[00:46] <Maz> "Mummies, how annoying," Maz mumbles.
[00:49] <Grendel> "Don't think I've ever met one," Grendel looks thoughtful for a moment before just shaking his head. "Still, we could use the money, I think."
[00:50] <Maz> "We don't really need the money, but if you're bored, we could go for this," Maz muses in response.
[00:54] <Grendel> "Well, maybe not need, but it wouldn't hurt. Besides, there might be more interesting things at the pyramid beside this Djinn's Wish," Grendel decides.
[00:56] <Carthrat> "So you'll come along?" asks Siale, giving Grendel a critical look.
[00:57] <Grendel> "Could be a good experience," Grendel smiles darkly. "What do the rest of you think?"
[00:59] <Maz> "We might as well, I can't say no to money. Even though... mummies." Maz makes a face.
[01:01] <Carthrat> "'scour doesn't work on undead critters..." mutters Re'Laizary, giving the weapon a baleful look.
[01:01] <Seraphin> "Use flaming arrows, of the mundane variety," Seraphin suggests wryly, shrugging. "Money's money and spoiuls are spoils."
[01:03] <Carthrat> "If I was fast enough to set fire to my arrows before shooting them in the middle of a fight... oh, the wonders I could create!"
[01:04] <Carthrat> Siale looks strangely pleased by the banter. "Well, then! I'm ready to leave right now, but what about you?" she asks, glancing around.
[01:06] <Maz> "Three days should be enough to conclude our business here for the time being," Maz muses.
[01:07] <Carthrat> "Hmm. Alright, I'll come back then," she replies, nodding to herself as she leaves.
[01:10] <Carthrat> <->
[01:12] <Carthrat> Siale returns as promised, boldly setting out to lead the group somewhere far to the north! The trip is mostly uneventful... she seems to either not notice or not care that she's in the company of a group of tieflings, and spends a lot of time chatting with Lucia about magic. Well, perhaps she prefers human company, who knows?
[01:15] <Carthrat> After two days of dusty travel, the group finally reaches a massive pyramid, built out of smooth yellow slabs and poking high into the sky. "Hmm. According to my notes, the door is on the edge somewhere," states Siale, looking quite natural in the desert air. "Just over.. there, I think," she continues, riding up alongside the pyramid. "Ms. Noire, I think this is your area of expertise..."
[01:16] * Maz engages her magical sight in the meanwhile, calmly observing the others from the safety of fifty feet.
[01:16] <Carthrat> Apart from Seraphin's enchanted gear, Maz can't detect any magical mayhem.
[01:17] <Grendel> As everyone prepares to enter the pyramid, Grendel takes a moment to transform himself into a rather hideous looking troll, producing a chain shirt from... somewhere, on his person and donning it before his clothes shift to once more wrap around him almost completely, saving everyone the trouble of beholding his currently quite gruesome visage.
[01:17] * Maz resolves to follow Seraphin at said distance, so she would be able to spot any mischief in time.
[01:20] * Grendel stays fairly near Seraphin, waiting for her to open up the pyramid and also producing his staff from a physically improbable location, which swiftly transforms into a viciously barbed heavy flail.
[01:20] <Seraphin> "Only vaguely," Seraphin admits, dismoiunting as she moves up to the wall, the tips of ehr swords tapping and probing while she searches for the door, or its opening mechanism...or any mechanism, really.
[01:21] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+15
[01:21] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+15 and gets 32."12 [1d20=17]
[01:22] <Carthrat> Seraphin finds the 'opening mechanism' pretty easily; it's really just a stone you can press into the pyramid. She notes something strange, too; somebody seems to have used it recently. It's hard to tell exactly when, could be in the manner of days or weeks, but these things are more likely than not to be undisturbed for centuries...
[01:24] <Seraphin> "Someone's been here ahead of us," Seraphin informs the others, pressing the stone with one blade. "Relatively recently...weeks at most."
[01:25] * Maz merely raises an eyebrow, glancing at Siale. "Competition?"
[01:25] <Grendel> "Anyone else looking for this Djinn's Wish?" Grendel asks, his voice sounding comparatively normal despite his current form.
[01:26] <Carthrat> Siale flinches a little. "Might be. A Djinn's Wish is pretty valuable... but I haven't told anyone but you about it's presence here. Some tomb-raiding yahoos might've got here before us!"
[01:28] <Grendel> "Well, maybe they got killed by Mummies before getting to it?" Grendel offers supportively.
[01:30] <Korin> "Hopefully after clearing out some of them for us," Korin adds.
[01:31] <Carthrat> "I can only hope," she replies, as Seraphin presses the stone. Instantly several bricks swing aside, opening a dark, wide passage through which to walk. Siale goes in first, glancing about almost in wonder, and your darkvision helps you see that the corridor seems to stretch out a fair distance ahead. (Except for Grendel and Lucia, who are virtually blind.) There are additional corridors to the left and right
[01:32] <Carthrat> though they are much thinner than the main path. The walls seem decorated with Calishite paintings and imagery, primarily of a tall, bright-eyed man, wearing a shining circlet and carrying a blazing axe.
[01:32] * Grendel casts Low Light Vision in hopes of improving his visual situation.
[01:32] <Carthrat> Grendel's spell would aid if there was any light inside at all, excluding from the entrance. There, uh, isn't, so he can now only see *slightly* better.
[01:33] <Carthrat> Lucia has a different solution to her visual problems, and is holding a glowing stone in scant seconds...
[01:33] * Grendel stays close to Lucia!
[01:34] * Maz motions for her sister to stay nearby, having informed her of the flame arrows spell in advance.
[01:36] <Carthrat> "Um, yes. I think we should be heading forward," says Siale, with a start. "Ms. Noire, if you would.. um, check things..."
[01:36] <Carthrat> The corridor extends beyond your sixty feet of darkvisual sight...
[01:36] * Maz uses the opportunity to connect herself to the others with Message.
[01:36] <Carthrat> ...of course, Lucia helps matters a great deal. (Are you connecting yourself to Siale, too?)
[01:37] <Maz> OOC: Nah
[01:38] <Seraphin> "This is why I hate dungeons..." Seraphin sighs, stepping ahead, and beginning to tap, probe, and check for traps as they head forward.
[01:38] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+15
[01:38] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+15 and gets 25."12 [1d20=10]
[01:39] <Carthrat> Every twenty feet, virtually, Seraphin locates another trap... that is disabled. It's as if someone else came through and deliberately set them to be turned off. The corridor itself seems to be a hundred feet long; she finds a trap that causes flames to shoot from the walls, a trap that fires poisonous needles (from the walls), a trap that causes a boulder to fall out the roof (have you seen this before?)
[01:42] <Carthrat> , a trap that causes the spikes to shoot out the floor, and one that seems to spew out some kind of gas into the room. They're all activated by stepping on large stone slabs, it seems, which are difficult to avoid (though not impossible, if you can jump fifteen feet.)
[01:42] * Grendel checks the two paths that branch left and right off the main corridor, looking to see if anything interesting lies down them.
[01:44] <Carthrat> At the left corner, Grendel sees some kind of structure build into the edge of the pyramid. Aside from that, both corridors have two turns that lead deeper into the pyramid; one at the corner, and one between the centre and the corner.
[01:44] <Seraphin> "So it seems our adventurer friends have cleared the path for the most part..." Seraphin murmurs, pointing out all the deadly items to her companions with disturbing casualnesscontinuing down the path unless directed otherwise.
[01:45] * Grendel pauses the examine the structure, wondering what it could be.
[01:48] <Carthrat> "Ah, right. Good for them," mutters Siale, absently. She stops at the end of this corridor, which is roughly fourty feet wide. It meets a large, ebony wall, carved with majestic images of the process of mummification, right down to the scooping-out of brains.
[01:49] <Carthrat> You seem to have reached another four-way intersection. In the centre of the wall, the passage continues, albeit in a much smaller fashion; a five-foot wide path instead of the larger one you've been heading down now. To the left and right are similar passages, albeit built out of yellow rock rather than black metal.
[01:50] <Carthrat> Grendle finds that the structure seems to be built out the wall. It possesses a large door and little else.
[01:51] * Maz prepares a mental map of the structure, though she doesn't take any actual initiative in the exploration process.
[01:51] * Grendel catches up with the others - they can investigate the door later.
[01:54] <Carthrat> Siale starts to walk down the corridor ahead, as if she knows where she's going. "Down here, I think, is the *key* to the central tomb," she says, glancing behind you. "Um, please stay close by; I think that my taking it, we may activate some of the remaining defences, if it isn't gone already. So, if you have any special defences or the like to activate, like I do, now could be a good time."
[01:55] * Halbarad is now known as Hal-breakfast|bank
[01:56] * Grendel hefts his magical flail, looking about warily in readiness for potential mayhem at Siale's words.
[01:56] <Maz> "Sure thing!" Maz happily agrees, and makes fifty arrows extra flamy, handing most to Relly and the remainder to Korin. She then claps, and several doubles of her appear.
[01:56] <Maz> roll 1d4+2
[01:56] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d4+2 and gets 4."12 [1d4=2]
[01:56] <Carthrat> Siale casts a couple of spells, too, and likewise splits into several images...
[01:57] <Carthrat> roll 1d4+2
[01:57] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d4+2 and gets 3."12 [1d4=1]
[01:58] * Korin takes the arrows and likewise stands prepared for trouble.
[01:58] * Seraphin digs into her pocket and keeps her opal on hand, poised but not in place just yet as they continue forwards.
[01:58] <Carthrat> Aside from that, though, she creates no visible effect. "Now, I think any.. THINGS that appear will come from the side corridors, but if they're undead, I think they'll be pretty stupid and just shamble towards us. So we could use this long, thin corridor to our advantage," she says, gesturing at it. "Whoever is the strongest fighter could stand at the front, while other people could get behind him... hmm." (More.)
[01:59] <Carthrat> "I'm not sure if there will be a trap on the actual key or not, though..."
[02:00] <Maz> "Try not to die before we get paid," Maz tells her cheerfully.
[02:00] <Carthrat> "Mmmhmm. Well, I've really hired you to prevent that sad state," she mumbles, starting to walk to the end of the short corridor. "Ms. Noire?"
[02:01] <Maz> roll 1d20+17
[02:01] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+17 and gets 24."12 [1d20=7]
[02:01] <Maz> roll 1d20+17
[02:01] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+17 and gets 28."12 [1d20=11]
[02:01] <Maz> roll 1d20+17
[02:01] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+17 and gets 37."12 [1d20=20]
[02:02] <Seraphin> Seraphin once again takes her less preffered place as a trap detector, moving ahead...
[02:02] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+15
[02:02] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+15 and gets 20."12 [1d20=5]
[02:02] * Grendel positions himself ready to guard the long corridor, since his current form is melee focused.
[02:03] * Maz decides to stick near the center of their group, so she'd be ready to assist whomever finds him or herself in the most trouble.
[02:04] <Carthrat> Seraphin can't find any weird traps before the end of the corridor, where Siale already stands, in front of what appears to be a series of runes, on a wall. "Ah... here we go," she comments, glancing over them.
[02:06] <Seraphin> "I can't find any, I'm not fullproof, though," Seraphin shrugs, giving a wry smile. "This isn't my specialty," she provides, stepping back to let Siale do as she pleases.
[02:10] <Carthrat> "Quite..." she replies, tapping at the wall, pressing the runes in a particular order. "Yes, I suppose I'm quite lucky that's the case, really," she muses. A heavy, metal portcullis slams down behind Seraphin, trapping her next to the magely woman! A series of holes opens up behind the runes, and you hear a whistling sound; but nothing comes out. If there was a trap here, it seems to have been a dud. (More.)
[02:11] <Carthrat> Behind you, though, back in the main corridor, you hear a series of clicks and whistles, indicating that the traps behind have been reset. Siale lets loose a heavy sigh, before her form ripples and changes, transforming into a figure that you've seen only once before, in a sleepy oasis village out in the middle of the Tetyhr desert.
[02:15] * Seraphin lets her gem clack into place, turning on the woman with a low hiss.
[02:16] <Carthrat> "Disabling this trap was the last thing my own sneak ever did," she says, in a tepid voice. "And setting us up here will be the last thing *you* ever do, Fearlorn," growls Re'Laizary. Brave words, but the bars on the portcullis are far too thin to allow arrows to shoot through. "Yes, yes, very good, Nebes. Ah, you may want to reconsider, Noire. Setting off this thing really *did* release a horde of undead mummies, I'm afraid."
[02:16] <Carthrat> "To put it kindly, your friends don't really have a prayer. Unless, of course, I tell them how to disable everything and find a way out... which depends entirely on *your* cooperation."
[02:18] <Seraphin> "I guess since you're not Calishite...I'm not 'Noire', I'm Zephaeriel," Seraphin growls out slowly, though the opal is pulled from her sword, for now. "What in the nine hells do you want, then?"
[02:19] * Hal-breakfast|bank is now known as Halbarad
[02:22] <Carthrat> "You," she replies, flatly. "Teleport doesn't work unless all participants are willing, and I don't have another badge. I need your consent." She gestures around. "Princess. I'm sorry for you, but it seems your time has come. Sarya calls, and I'm forced to answer. So are you. Since taking your group on by force is... an unlikely proposition, this ruse was required." She (all four of her) withdraw a sheaf of parchment.
[02:22] <Carthrat> Holding it tantalizingly, before dropping it on the ground and placing a foot on it. "This paper contains instructions on how to not die. If you want your companions to get it... consent to the spell I cast."
[02:23] <Carthrat> From elsewhere in the pyramid, a low moan echoes out...
[02:24] <Maz> "We probably won't die," Maz whispers to Seraphin. "She herself admits it would be difficult to take us by force. Only question is, can you hang in there alone with her?"
[02:26] * Grendel snarls. "Betrayal..." he glowers, producing a potion of Bull's Strength and drinking it before he turns and stalks back towards the portcullis.
[02:28] * Seraphin smiles in a twisted, wry expression, fangs baring. "Disabling this trap was the last thing your sneak ever did," she murmurs, tapping her blades against her legs. "You're a fiendling...tell me why exactly, I should give myself up, when frankly, I have no evidence that your scrap of parchment will have anything useful on it at all? Evidence seems to support you'd rather just have them die."
[02:29] <Carthrat> "I could just kill them all from here, disable the traps, knock you out, and drag you by hand," she replies. "But Hellgate Keep is so far away, and teleporting is much easier."
[02:31] <Grendel> Dropping his flail as he reaches the portcullis, Grendel's form suddenly twists and expands as he suddenly transforms himself into a hideous fully grown troll! "Get ready to shoot her," he mutters to his companions, reaching down to grap the bottom of the portcullis and lift it up!
[02:31] <Carthrat> OOC: strength check lol
[02:31] <Grendel> roll 1d20+8 gogo mighty troll strength
[02:31] * Hatbot --> "Grendel rolls 1d20+8 gogo mighty troll strength and gets 26."12 [1d20=18]
[02:31] * Maz keeps on observing Fearlorn and the paper she's stepping on, Maz murmurs to Seraphin, "Get her feet off it, please," ready to act when that happens.
[02:32] <Carthrat> Fearlorn looks a little put out as Grendel approaches in his much, much larger form. "Oh, for the love of..." she mutters. (Init, yeah.)
[02:33] <Maz> roll 1d20+4
[02:33] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+4 and gets 24."12 [1d20=20]
[02:33] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+6
[02:33] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+6 and gets 12."12 [1d20=6]
[02:33] <Grendel> roll 1d20+2
[02:33] * Hatbot --> "Grendel rolls 1d20+2 and gets 5."12 [1d20=3]
[02:33] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+3 ???
[02:33] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+3 ??? and gets 12."12 [1d20=9]
[02:33] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+6
[02:33] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+6 and gets 24."12 [1d20=18]
* Retrieving #dunes modes...
[02:33] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+7 Re'Laizary
[02:33] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+7 Re'Laizary and gets 12."12 [1d20=5]
[02:33] <Carthrat> *+5, what's wrong with me
[02:34] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+7 Lucia
[02:34] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+7 Lucia and gets 23."12 [1d20=16]
[02:34] * Carthrat changes topic to 'Maz = Seraphin > Lucia > Bad Guys > Grendel'
[02:34] * Carthrat changes topic to 'Maz = Seraphin > Lucia > Bad Guys = Re'Laizary > Grendel'
[02:37] <Korin> roll 1d20+6
[02:37] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+6 and gets 26."12 [1d20=20]
[02:40] * Carthrat changes topic to 'Korin > Maz = Seraphin > Lucia > Bad Guys = Re'Laizary > Grendel'
[02:42] * Korin readies one of those flaming arrows to fire as he waits for any of those mummies once they appear.
[02:45] <Seraphin> "You really need to do more research," Seraphin hisses softly, stepping closer to the figures. "I mean,r eally. I've been dead before, what you're suggesting doesn't sound horribly more painful than dragging myself out of my own grave," she snorts, her blades lashing out at the woman's legs.
[02:46] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+12
[02:46] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+12 and gets 25."12 [1d20=13]
[02:46] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+11
[02:46] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+11 and gets 13."12 [1d20=2]
[02:46] <Carthrat> roll 1d4
[02:46] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d4 and gets 1."12 [1d4=1]
[02:46] <Carthrat> roll 1d4
[02:46] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d4 and gets 3."12 [1d4=3]
[02:46] <Carthrat> OOC: ONE HIT.
[02:47] <Seraphin> roll 1d6+5
[02:47] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d6+5 and gets 9."12 [1d6=4]
[02:47] <Carthrat> Fearlorn's foot staggers back a little, causing the rolled-up parchment to slip from beneath her boot! "You..." she mutters, wincing. "This would be *so much easier* if I could just kill you..."
[02:48] * Maz snaps her fingers, making the parchment twitch, before it moves towards the portcullis, and then through the holes in it....
[02:49] <Carthrat> Lucia mutters an incantation under her breath, bringing down Mystra's blessing upon the party! Sorely needed, too, as a pair of disgusting, bandage-clothed creatures stagger towards the end of the corridor! (Korin?)
[02:50] <Korin> As the first mummy makes it appearance, Korin swivels to aim directly at it and releases the arrow.
[02:50] <Korin> roll 1d20+13
[02:50] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+13 and gets 32."12 [1d20=19]
[02:51] <Carthrat> OOC: Hits
[02:52] <Korin> roll 1d8+1d6+2
[02:52] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d8+1d6+2 and gets 8."12 [1d8=1][1d6=5]
[02:53] <Carthrat> The physical damage from the blow doesn't faze the mummy in the slightest- but the fire does! It begins to burn merrily, a horrific undead sight still creeping towards you!
[02:53] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+15
[02:53] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+15 and gets 17."12 [1d20=2]
[02:56] <Carthrat> Somehow barely evading the ability to give Seraphin a chance to strike her, Fearlorn flings out a hand and covers the entire corridor with sticky strands of webbing, catching the entire party in it's tangled midst!  (Reflex saves.)
[02:56] <Maz> roll 1d20+5
[02:56] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+5 and gets 22."12 [1d20=17]
[02:57] <Grendel> roll 1d20+9
[02:57] * Hatbot --> "Grendel rolls 1d20+9 and gets 26."12 [1d20=17]
[02:57] <Korin> roll 1d20+8
[02:57] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+8 and gets 24."12 [1d20=16]
[02:58] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+8 R
[02:58] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+8 R and gets 24."12 [1d20=16]
[02:58] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+5 L
[02:58] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+5 L and gets 17."12 [1d20=12]
[02:59] <Carthrat> Everyone excluding Lucia is able to prevent the webs from getting too much of a hold; however, moving becomes tricky business! Re'Laizary managed to get a trio of shots off towards one of the mummies before she was entangled, at least... perhaps more importantly, the parchment is stuck in the web!
[03:00] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[03:00] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[03:00] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[03:00] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 13."12 [1d20=13]
[03:00] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 6."12 [1d20=6]
[03:00] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 18."12 [1d20=18]
[03:00] <Carthrat> roll 2d8+2d6+6
[03:00] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 2d8+2d6+6 and gets 20."12 [2d8=6, 3][2d6=4, 1]
[03:00] <Carthrat> The mummy takes the volley of fiery shots to the stomach, still plowing on towards the web regardless!
[03:03] <Grendel> Ignoring the webbing all about, Grendel grasps the bottom of the portcullis and heaves upwards!
[03:04] <Carthrat> The portcullis is difficult to lift, finds Grendel, and it presses down on him even as he shoves it up! He'll just barely be able to step through in a moment, but as soon as he does, it'll slam shut behind him. And he's still stuck to the web...
[03:05] <Carthrat> Virtually everyone else finds themselves stuck to the webby strands, Korin no exception. While he can see the mummies, he knows his arrows just won't get through. And moving is a hassle to boot...
[03:11] <Korin> "Maz, can you get rid of this webbing?" Korin asks, as he debates setting his immideate area on fire to free himself.
[03:12] <Maz> "It is in the realm of possible," she agrees, preparing to do just that.
[03:12] * Korin nods as he holds his actions for now.
[03:13] * Maz drops her concentration, keeping the stuck parchment where it is for the time being, and bringing up her arcane power to bear against the magical web!
[03:13] <Maz> roll 1d20+7
[03:13] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+7 and gets 24."12 [1d20=17]
[03:13] <Carthrat> The webby strands vanish instantly, leaving a path open for Seraphin to run down, should she choose! There are still two mummies approach, though, and it seems they're going to run into Korin first...
[03:15] <Seraphin> Seraphin takes the opportunity for escape and reunion! Through the gate, heading first towards the parchment because there are FLAMES and FLAMMABLES around, but all in all just getting away from the damned witch!
[03:15] <Carthrat> OOC: The corridor is thin, but how far do you want to go?
[03:16] <Seraphin> OOC: I'll meet up with Maz.
[03:16] * Grendel drops the portcullis as soon as Seraphin escapes, leaving Fearlorn all alone!
[03:16] <Korin> As soon as the webbing is gone, Korin fires a fire arrow at another mummy before taking steps back, moving away from the incomming undead creatures.
[03:17] <Korin> roll 1d20+13
[03:17] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+13 and gets 30."12 [1d20=17]
[03:18] * Korin decides not to move and instead fires a second arrow.
[03:18] <Korin> roll 1d20+8
[03:18] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+8 and gets 12."12 [1d20=4]
[03:18] <Korin> roll 1d8+1d6+2
[03:18] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d8+1d6+2 and gets 9."12 [1d8=4][1d6=3]
[03:18] <Carthrat> The second blow still fails to do much phyisical damage, but the fire continus spreading around it's body! It's badly wounded now... Lucia retreats, ready to cure as necessary.
[03:19] <Carthrat> And then, one of the mummies lurches forward to strike at Korin's bow-wielding form...
[03:19] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+13
[03:19] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+13 and gets 18."12 [1d20=5]
[03:20] <Carthrat> It's heavy fists miss his nimble form, while the other simple stands behind him, unable to get by! Yo ucan see two more of the creatures shambling towards the top of the corridor, too.
[03:20] <Carthrat> And then Fearlorn begins to cast another spell, discharging a cloudy, disgusting haze along the corridor, once again trapping the entire party within... OOC: Fort saves, everyone.
[03:20] <Grendel> roll 1d20+13
[03:20] * Hatbot --> "Grendel rolls 1d20+13 and gets 14."12 [1d20=1]
[03:21] <Maz> roll 1d20+7
[03:21] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+7 and gets 16."12 [1d20=9]
[03:21] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+3
[03:21] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+3 and gets 17."12 [1d20=14]
[03:21] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+7 R
[03:21] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+7 R and gets 10."12 [1d20=3]
[03:21] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+6 L
[03:21] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+6 L and gets 11."12 [1d20=5]
[03:22] <Korin> roll 1d20+10
[03:22] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+10 and gets 22."12 [1d20=12]
[03:22] <Carthrat> Korin alone is able to resist the nauseating fumes, as everyone else with him collapses into a haze of coughing, wheezing, trying to recover from the terrible gasses...
[03:22] <Carthrat> roll 1d4 Gren
[03:22] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d4 Gren and gets 4."12 [1d4=4]
[03:22] <Carthrat> roll 1d4 Maz
[03:22] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d4 Maz and gets 2."12 [1d4=2]
[03:23] <Carthrat> roll 1d4 Ser
[03:23] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d4 Ser and gets 3."12 [1d4=3]
[03:23] <Carthrat> roll 1d4 R
[03:23] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d4 R and gets 1."12 [1d4=1]
[03:23] <Carthrat> roll 1d4 L
[03:23] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d4 L and gets 2."12 [1d4=2]
[03:24] <Maz> "Left," Maz gets out between coughing fits, attempting to head down that corridor and out of the cloud.
[03:25] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary almost drops her bow, but bravely goes first, stumbling out of the cloud and in between the two disgusting creatures, both of which try to pound at her with horrid, meaty fists...
[03:25] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[03:25] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[03:25] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+11 and gets 14."12 [1d20=3]
[03:25] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+11 and gets 31."12 [1d20=20]
[03:25] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11 critcheck
[03:25] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+11 critcheck and gets 13."12 [1d20=2]
[03:26] <Carthrat> roll 1d6+10
[03:26] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d6+10 and gets 13."12 [1d6=3]
[03:26] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+7
[03:26] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+7 and gets 25."12 [1d20=18]
[03:26] <Carthrat> The second one punches her in the gut with a terrifyingly strong blow, causing her to choke up blood before she manages to get to the other side, eyes glittering with vengenace!
[03:37] <Grendel> Coughing and gasping, Grendel retreats back towards the others, hoping to get out of the cloud as soon as possible!
[03:37] <Carthrat> OOC: KORIN?!
[03:38] <Carthrat> OOC: You can act freely, the two mummies in front of you took their AoO's already...
[03:44] * Korin drops his bow and proceeds to unsheathe his rapier and shortsword, as he dashes forward and attacks the mummy in front of Relly with the rapier.
[03:44] <Korin> roll 1d20+15
[03:44] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+15 and gets 34."12 [1d20=19]
[03:45] <Korin> roll 1d6+7
[03:45] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d6+7 and gets 9."12 [1d6=2]
[03:46] <Korin> roll 1d6 to BURN!
[03:46] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d6 to BURN! and gets 4."12 [1d6=4]
[03:47] <Carthrat> Korin BURNFIES and STABS the mummy, which jolts slightly as he attacks it.
[03:49] * Seraphin follows Maz, moving past the first set of mummies ot join her friends in their little pocket.
[03:49] <Carthrat> Two of the four mummies begin swinging, one at Korin, and one at Re'Laizary, while their companions close in behind...
[03:49] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11 K
[03:49] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+11 K and gets 12."12 [1d20=1]
[03:49] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11 R
[03:49] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+11 R and gets 14."12 [1d20=3]
[03:50] <Carthrat> Both miss, heavy fists hitting nothing but air! But you hear a sudden, foul curse from behind you, and a crackle of black lightning arcs from Fearlorn's cage and shudders down the corridor, flickering through every person there...
[03:50] <Carthrat> roll 8d6
[03:50] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 8d6 and gets 25."12 [8d6=6, 3, 2, 2, 1, 5, 4, 2]
[03:50] <Carthrat> OOC: Reflex saves
[03:50] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+2 M1
[03:50] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+2 M1 and gets 13."12 [1d20=11]
[03:50] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+2 M2
[03:50] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+2 M2 and gets 18."12 [1d20=16]
[03:50] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+2 M3
[03:50] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+2 M3 and gets 15."12 [1d20=13]
[03:50] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+2 M4
[03:50] <Korin> roll 1d20+8
[03:50] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+8 and gets 22."12 [1d20=14]
[03:50] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+2 M4 and gets 8."12 [1d20=6]
[03:50] <Grendel> roll 1d20+9
[03:50] * Hatbot --> "Grendel rolls 1d20+9 and gets 11."12 [1d20=2]
[03:50] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+5 R
[03:50] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+5 L and gets 21."12 [1d20=16]
[03:51] <Maz> roll 1d20+5
[03:51] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+5 and gets 23."12 [1d20=18]
[03:51] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+12
[03:51] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+12 and gets 16."12 [1d20=4]
[03:51] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+8
[03:51] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+8 and gets 16."12 [1d20=8]
[03:51] <Carthrat> OOC: Maz, Korin, and Lucia pass... everyone else fails.
[03:53] <Carthrat> The bolt crackles through and drops the already-battered mummy, leaving only three remaining! Lucia screams in pain, even though it's clear she avoided the worst of the danger; most everyone is horribly charred, however, and Re'Laizary is beginning to look woozy. And another pair of shambling mummy's appear from the sides of the intersection...
[03:54] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary painfully manages to get her bow up, taking a step back and firing another ovlley of arrows forward...
[03:54] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[03:54] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[03:54] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[03:54] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 12."12 [1d20=12]
[03:54] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 2."12 [1d20=2]
[03:54] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 1."12 [1d20=1]
[03:54] <Carthrat> roll 1d8+1d6+6
[03:54] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d8+1d6+6 and gets 10."12 [1d8=2][1d6=2]
[03:54] <Carthrat> Only one hits, however, the pain perhaps too much! It does... negligible damage.
[03:57] * Grendel sticks close to the others, coughing and resisting the urge to vomit. But he might be able to smack any Mummies that get too close if the opportunity arises, maybe!
[04:01] <Korin> As one of the mummies goes down to 'friendly fire' (or 'friendly lightning' as the case might be), Korin focuses on one of the remaining mummies, his two weapons blazing furiously as he jabs at the nearest mummy with a trio of savage strikes.

[Corwin]

[00:01] <Fearlorn> The party is in grave danger.
[00:01] <Fearlorn> Standing in a thin corridor, they are flanked on either side; in front, are four mummies, all neatly lined up. Behind is one more, but the real threat lurks about fourty feet away. Behind a disgusting, stinking fog, a lone tiefling witch lurks, flinging spell after spell at the beleaguered party...
[00:01] <Fearlorn> OOC: It is currently KORIN'S turn, though I believed he had rolled some dice with which to slaughter the mummy between you guys and Fearlorn.
[00:04] <Korin> [12:02] <Korin> As one of the mummies goes down to 'friendly fire' (or 'friendly lightning' as the case might be), Korin focuses on one of the remaining mummies, his two weapons blazing furiously as he jabs at the nearest mummy with a trio of savage strikes.
[00:04] <Korin> [12:02] <Korin> roll 1d20+13
[00:04] <Korin> [12:02] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+13 and gets 28." [1d20=15]
[00:04] <Korin> [12:02] <Korin> roll 1d20+12
[00:04] <Korin> [12:02] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+12 and gets 24." [1d20=12]
[00:04] <Korin> [12:02] <Korin> roll 1d20+8
[00:04] <Korin> [12:02] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+8 and gets 13." [1d20=5]
[00:06] <Fearlorn> OOC: Two hits, miss
[00:06] <Korin> roll 4d6+11
[00:06] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 4d6+11 and gets 29."12 [4d6=3, 5, 6, 4]
[00:07] <Fearlorn> The mummy disintegrates before Korin's onslaught, and is left as a pile of burning bandages and ash in a flick of the tiefling's wrist.
[00:17] <Maz> "Sis, get back to the rest of us," Maz whispers through the link, glancing back at Fearlorn and the cloud, before returning her attention to the onslaught of mummies. "Get yourself patched up, we'll break out next."
[00:19] <Fearlorn> "Don't be stupid, if I give up ground, the mummies will get to you," hisses Re'Laizary. "You're not in any shape to deal-" As she speaks back, the lead mummy advances, trying to land a punch on her!
[00:19] <Fearlorn> roll 1d20+11
[00:19] * Hatbot --> "Fearlorn rolls 1d20+11 and gets 16."12 [1d20=5]
[00:20] <Fearlorn> She steps to the side, just in time, but another muscles past, and the other two un-lightning-bolted ones hover behind, trying to progress forward but finding no room to squeeze through-
[00:20] <Fearlorn> roll 1d20+11
[00:20] * Hatbot --> "Fearlorn rolls 1d20+11 and gets 25."12 [1d20=14]
[00:20] <Fearlorn> roll 1d6+10
[00:20] * Hatbot --> "Fearlorn rolls 1d6+10 and gets 16."12 [1d6=6]
[00:21] <Fearlorn> roll 1d20+8
[00:21] * Hatbot --> "Fearlorn rolls 1d20+8 and gets 11."12 [1d20=3]
[00:22] <Fearlorn> Re'Laizary takes the hit, staggering back from the impact, looking thoroughly dazed, and a good bit greener than usual. "You can give up anytime, really, it's much easier on all of us," comes the flat voice of Fearlorn. "It'd be too much trouble if I killed both Nebes in the one day..." As she speaks, another volley of lightning rockets forth-
[00:22] <Fearlorn> OOC: Reflex saves
[00:22] <Grendel> roll 1d20+9
[00:22] * Hatbot --> "Grendel rolls 1d20+9 and gets 29."12 [1d20=20]
[00:23] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+12
[00:23] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+12 and gets 14."12 [1d20=2]
[00:23] <Maz> roll 1d20+5
[00:23] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+5 and gets 25."12 [1d20=20]
[00:24] <Korin> roll 1d20+8
[00:24] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+8 and gets 21."12 [1d20=13]
[00:24] <Fearlorn> roll 1d20+8
[00:24] * Hatbot --> "Fearlorn rolls 1d20+8 and gets 14."12 [1d20=6]
[00:24] <Fearlorn> roll 8d6
[00:24] * Hatbot --> "Fearlorn rolls 8d6 and gets 20."12 [8d6=1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 6, 4, 1]
[00:25] <Fearlorn> Re'Laizary doesn't have time to drink a potion, as she drops to the ground after the quite hideous onslaught brought to bear against her. "Oh, damn, now I've done it..." mumbles Fearlorn, distnatly, sounding like a distracted scholar.
[00:26] <Fearlorn> Everyone else is jolted around by the blast, though nobody is *too* gravely injured. Yet.
[00:26] <Fearlorn> *Relly has just enough time to drink a potion!
[00:26] <Fearlorn> roll 2d8+3
[00:26] * Hatbot --> "Fearlorn rolls 2d8+3 and gets 14."12 [2d8=7, 4]
[00:26] <Fearlorn> And thus, she manages to stay on her feet. Tottering, perhaps, but on her feet.
[00:30] <Grendel> "Get... *cough* back!" Grendel gets out, moving forward to try and provide some cover for the greviously wounded Re'Laizary!
[00:31] <Fearlorn> Grendel faces four mummies, two of which look horribly charred, and two of which only look *mildly* charred. Re'Laizary raises a weak hand in protest, but doesn't have much heart in it.
[00:31] <Fearlorn> OOC: Korin?
[00:32] <Maz> "Korin, let's get them!" Maz calls out to the swashbuckler. "Hold them off for a bit!"
[00:37] * Korin nods curtly as he takes a deep breath to shake off that slightly sizzled flesh smell from the lightning attacks and proceeds to launch another set of devastating attacks at the next mummy, the one that just attacked Relly.
[00:38] <Korin> roll 1d20+13
[00:38] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+13 and gets 17."12 [1d20=4]
[00:38] <Korin> roll 1d20+12
[00:38] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+12 and gets 30."12 [1d20=18]
[00:39] <Korin> roll 1d20+15 for single rapier strike
[00:39] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+15 for single rapier strike and gets 31."12 [1d20=16]
[00:39] <Fearlorn> OOC: Hits
[00:39] <Korin> roll 2d6+7
[00:39] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 2d6+7 and gets 13."12 [2d6=4, 2]
[00:39] * NeremWorld (~Nerem@c-24-118-110-73.hsd1.mn.comcast.net) Quit (Broken pipe)
[00:40] <Fearlorn> The mummy falls and perishes under Korin's strike, flames licking at the dusty body as it slowly begins to burn.
[00:42] <Maz> "Oh, source of all power, light which burns beyond crimson, let thy power gather in my hand," Maz calls out, heading for her sister. "FIREBALL!" she cries, throwing her right arm wildly at the mummies, positioning the spell just so, in a way to hit those she can see and any others probably creeping up from the two corridors, and yet a hair's breadth from Korin and Grendel.
[00:42] <Maz> roll 6d6
[00:42] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 6d6 and gets 18."12 [6d6=1, 3, 1, 5, 2, 6]
[00:43] <Fearlorn> roll 1d20+2
[00:43] <Fearlorn> roll 1d20+2
[00:43] * Hatbot --> "Fearlorn rolls 1d20+2 and gets 22."12 [1d20=20]
[00:43] * Hatbot --> "Fearlorn rolls 1d20+2 and gets 21."12 [1d20=19]
[00:43] <Fearlorn> OOC: DC?
[00:43] <Maz> OOC: 20, so sad
[00:43] <Fearlorn> The other mummy already blasted (twice!) by Fearlorn crumples to dust, but the other two.. kind of... do a little dance, and seem to be spared the worst of it (though they are by no means healthy, as their tattered bandages attest.)
[00:48] * NeremWorld (~Nerem@c-24-118-110-73.hsd1.mn.comcast.net) has joined #dunes
[00:57] <Fearlorn> Lucia crawls forward a few steps, grabbing Relly's ankle with a cold, but healing hand, patching up yet more of her wounds.
[00:57] <Fearlorn> roll 2d8+3
[00:57] * Hatbot --> "Fearlorn rolls 2d8+3 and gets 17."12 [2d8=8, 6]
[00:58] <Fearlorn> She responds by trying to shoot the mummies barely inches away from her, stumbling over the cleric's body as she staggers backwards!
[00:58] <Fearlorn> roll 1d20
[00:58] <Fearlorn> roll 1d20
[00:58] <Fearlorn> roll 1d20
[00:58] * Hatbot --> "Fearlorn rolls 1d20 and gets 1."12 [1d20=1]
[00:58] * Hatbot --> "Fearlorn rolls 1d20 and gets 11."12 [1d20=11]
[00:58] * Hatbot --> "Fearlorn rolls 1d20 and gets 11."12 [1d20=11]
[00:58] <Fearlorn> She hits once, in any case, the fiery arrow finding purchase..
[00:58] <Fearlorn> roll 1d6+1d8+6
[00:58] * Hatbot --> "Fearlorn rolls 1d6+1d8+6 and gets 14."12 [1d6=5][1d8=3]
[00:59] <Fearlorn> ...but not enough to hinder the mummy's battered form overmuch. The two remaining mummies lurch forward to take on Korin, squeezing into his personal space to make their blows count.
[00:59] <Fearlorn> roll 1d20+11
[00:59] <Fearlorn> roll 1d20+11
[00:59] * Hatbot --> "Fearlorn rolls 1d20+11 and gets 26."12 [1d20=15]
[00:59] * Hatbot --> "Fearlorn rolls 1d20+11 and gets 21."12 [1d20=10]
[00:59] <Fearlorn> OOC: AC, Kor?
[01:00] <Korin> ooc: 22
[01:00] <Fearlorn> OOC: Fort save
[01:00] <Korin> roll 1d20+10
[01:00] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+10 and gets 17."12 [1d20=7]
[01:00] <Fearlorn> roll 1d6+10
[01:00] * Hatbot --> "Fearlorn rolls 1d6+10 and gets 12."12 [1d6=2]
[01:01] <Fearlorn> As one of the mummies lands a savage blow against his chest, Korin feels a wave of nausea enroaching across him, but he manages to shake it off!
[01:01] <Fearlorn> "Look, if I blast you again, I might kill someone. Won't you please reconsider? It's not like I'm going to *hurt* you or anything, Noire... think of it as a change of occupation." says Fearlorn, crossly, holding her staff aloft.
[01:01] <Maz> "Like we would believe you after not getting paid like that!" Maz shouts at her.
[01:02] <Fearlorn> "Is that it? I could pay you for Noire, she's worth quite a bit," replies Fearlorn, hesitantly.
[01:02] <Maz> "Oh?" Maz glances at Seraphin. "How much?"
[01:02] <Fearlorn> "How much do you want?"
[01:03] <Maz> "It depends on who's paying," Maz muses out loud. "Someone wealthy and powerful enough could afford to part with quite a lot."
[01:03] <Fearlorn> "Thirty thousand?"
[01:03] * Seraphin raises an eyebrow sharply at Maz, hands settling on her shortswords again.
[01:04] * Maz returns the raised eyebrow. "Any idea who'd pay all that cash for you, Seraphin?"
[01:05] <Seraphin> "Not a bloody clue," Seraphin answers in a small hiss. "I never killed anyone that -looked- all that important in Waterdeep..." she murmurs, glowering. "And all of the Zephaeriel are dead except me."
[01:06] <Grendel> "Perhaps... *blargh* one of your less mortal ancestors?" Grendel suggests inbetween dry heaves.
[01:06] * Maz shrugs, then. "Okay!" she calls back to Fearlorn. "Make it fifty, and you've got a deal! Might be nice if you called the nasties back, too, or she might break before you get her."
[01:07] <Fearlorn> "Fifty? Oh, fine, Sarya will pay that much... just fling her back in the cloud, will you? I'm sure you can finish off the mummies yourself, there's no need for me to take risks."
[01:08] <Fearlorn> "Oi, Maz, that's dirty," mutters Re'Laizary, giving her sibling a critical eye, whispering through the message. "Don't tell me you're serious."
[01:08] <Maz> "No problem, I'll finish them off and come to collect," Maz tells her cheerfully. "Just sit tight and enjoy the show!"
[01:09] * Maz graces Relly with a pointed stare, and eyes the remaining mummies.
[01:10] <Seraphin> "..." Seraphin growls, drawing both weapons and advancing on Maz with a rather bloody expression.
[01:10] <Fearlorn> "Yes, well, can you hurry up and prioritize incapacitating her? If that's not what you're doing, I'll have no choice.." says Fearlorn, again, holding her staff ready.
[01:15] * Korin shakes his head at the discussion between the two spellcasting tieflings and continues to attack mummies, as regardless of what happens, the undead need to be dealt with. Attacking one of the mummies that just attacked him, Korin deals three burning jabs at it.
[01:15] <Korin> roll 1d20+13
[01:15] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+13 and gets 22."12 [1d20=9]
[01:15] <Korin> roll 1d20+12
[01:15] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+12 and gets 26."12 [1d20=14]
[01:15] <Fearlorn> OOC: Two hits
[01:15] <Korin> roll 1d20+8
[01:15] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+8 and gets 28."12 [1d20=20]
[01:15] <Fearlorn> OOC: Three hits
[01:16] <Korin> roll 6d6+18
[01:16] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 6d6+18 and gets 46."12 [6d6=3, 4, 6, 4, 5, 6]
[01:16] <Maz> "Do oblige me by playing along," Maz murmurs to the others as she turns her head to observe Korin for a brief moment.
[01:17] <Fearlorn> Korin's blows take apart the second-to-last mummy, leaving only one standing between the party and an exit!
[01:18] * Maz moves to grapple Seraphin with a smirk, her hand glowing as she tries to have it make contact with the other tiefling's skin.
[01:21] <Seraphin> "WHAT THE HELL, MAZ!?" Seraphin snarls, moving into the grapple, though it's a little awkward to be screaming Infernal curses and -not- trying to bash the other tiefling's skull into the pavement, but grapple they do...
[01:21] <Maz> roll 1d8+2
[01:21] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d8+2 and gets 6."12 [1d8=4]
[01:21] <Fearlorn> OOC: Actually, make a bluff check, Ser?
[01:21] <Fearlorn> OOC: She'll oppose it with a sense motive check (roooooooofl) and if she fails she can't make the spellcraft shot
[01:21] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+7
[01:21] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+7 and gets 10."12 [1d20=3]
[01:21] <Fearlorn> roll 1d20
[01:21] * Hatbot --> "Fearlorn rolls 1d20 and gets 2."12 [1d20=2]
[01:22] <Fearlorn> Fearlorn keeps holding her staff, though she looks rather calmer, now, completely taken in by the tiefling duo's performance. Lucia takes the opportunity to grab Grendel's leg, too, trying to heal him, while the last mummy mindlessly assaults Korin...
[01:22] <Fearlorn> roll 2d8+3
[01:22] * Hatbot --> "Fearlorn rolls 2d8+3 and gets 11."12 [2d8=5, 3]
[01:23] * Grendel tries not to vomit onto Lucia as she heals him.
[01:23] <Fearlorn> roll 1d20+11
[01:23] * Hatbot --> "Fearlorn rolls 1d20+11 and gets 26."12 [1d20=15]
[01:23] <Fearlorn> roll 1d6+10 (fort save, Korin)
[01:23] * Hatbot --> "Fearlorn rolls 1d6+10 (fort save, Korin) and gets 14."12 [1d6=4]
[01:23] <Korin> roll 1d20+10 fort save
[01:23] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+10 fort save and gets 20."12 [1d20=10]
[01:23] <Fearlorn> The mummy slugs Korin across the face again, and again he shrugs off a rolling wave of nausea!
[01:24] <Maz> "We might not leave here without releasing the traps," Maz whispers quietly as she grapples Seraphin. "Our choices are to run once the path is clear, or use you as bait and go along with her until she leaves the control chamber."
[01:26] * Korin replies in kind at the slug across the face by promptly attempting to skewer the mummy between his burning blades.
[01:26] <Korin> roll 1d20+13
[01:26] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+13 and gets 26."12 [1d20=13]
[01:27] <Korin> roll 1d20+12
[01:27] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+12 and gets 17."12 [1d20=5]
[01:27] <Korin> roll 1d20+8
[01:27] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 1d20+8 and gets 28."12 [1d20=20]
[01:27] <Fearlorn> OOC: Hitmisshit
[01:27] <Korin> roll 4d6+14
[01:27] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 4d6+14 and gets 32."12 [4d6=4, 5, 4, 5]
[01:28] <Fearlorn> The final (really? You can hear more moans coming from further back towards the exit...) mummy topples into bandaged ash, leaving the corridor empty apart from intruders to the pyramid... "Oh, do hurry up, will you? Just throw her in the cloud and get out of my sight, I'll do the rest," says Fearlorn, pouting.
[01:29] <Maz> "She's... stronger than she looks!" Maz calls loudly back, panting. "Stubborn bitch!"
[01:30] <Fearlorn> "Oh, right, just a moment," says Fearlorn, squinting, and holding out a hand.
[01:31] <Fearlorn> roll 1d20
[01:31] * Hatbot --> "Fearlorn rolls 1d20 and gets 2."12 [1d20=2]
[01:31] <Seraphin> "Betraying slimey greedy DEMON FUCKING BITCH," Seraphin adds her liveliness to the matter, following with a stream of more curses appropriate to the situation as she tangles with Maz.
[01:31] <Fearlorn> A black ray manages to expertly miss Seraphin, Maz, and everything, *spanging* off the wall. "Bah, I'm so careless... I do hope you're not having me on, it's really your death sentence..."
[01:34] <Seraphin> With a toss, Seraphin throws Maz off her, conveniently in the direction of the side hallways, tearing off at a speed enhanced by her boots to follow the others!
[01:35] <Fearlorn> "What are you doing, aren't the rest of you going to stop her? Bah, you're either useless or lying, Nebes... hardly matters, now," she swears, shaking her head reluctantly.
[01:35] <Maz> "Damn you!" Maz curses, shaking her fist at Seraphin. "My money! Get back here!"
[01:36] <Fearlorn> Relly just shakes her head, staggering after Seraphin, as does Lucia (after picking herself off the ground). Fearlorn doesn't look like she's buying a word of it anymore, turning briefly back to the rune console behind her.
[01:37] * Maz gives up the act, having nothing to gain from it now, and bolts after them.
[01:37] * Grendel likewise hurries around the corner and away from Fearlorn's lightning bolts, taking out his wand once he's no longer in line of sight of the evil betraying tiefling mage.
[01:37] * Maz casts another spell of protection about her person as soon as she's away.
[01:38] <Fearlorn> Seraphin can see a corridor, around 60 feet long; halfway down it turns sharply to the right, and the same thing at the far corner. You can see three open sarcophagi lining the walls, emitting a truly terrible stench.
[01:39] <Korin> "Thanks for the entertainment, hope we get to play again," Korin says cheekily with a flourish bow in the direction of their foe before turning around and speeding after his companions.
[01:40] <Maz> "Lying is not wrong when the other option is electrocution," Maz mutters, glancing back at the intersection with a frown.
[01:54] * Seraphin takes the moment of respite to down a potion.
[01:54] <Seraphin> roll 1d8+1
[01:54] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5."12 [1d8=4]
[01:59] * Maz retrieves a scroll of Silence from her pack, and hands it over to Lucia after motioning the cleric over. "Seems like we're setting up our defensive perimeter here," she tells her, while taking the opportunity to heal the other girl.
[01:59] <Maz> roll 1d8+1 wand
[01:59] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d8+1 wand and gets 2."12 [1d8=1]
[01:59] <Fearlorn> "Ah... well, alright," she replies. "I'll stand back and.. heal people, I suppose," she says, starting with herself, after Maz's fruitless effort.
[02:00] <Fearlorn> roll 1d8+3
[02:00] * Hatbot --> "Fearlorn rolls 1d8+3 and gets 10."12 [1d8=7]
[02:01] <Korin> "...oh great, I just realized I left my new bow back there," Korin mutters in annoyance as he realizes he could have grabbed it on his way out as opposed to taunting the witch.
[02:01] <Maz> "I hate you," Maz deadpans.
[02:01] <Korin> "I hate you too. We've established this before," Korin deadpans right back.
[02:01] <Fearlorn> You hear low moans emnate from the other side of the cavern, while Re'Laizary seems to be squinting, holding an arrow nocked towards the exit of the corridor. "Yes, well, you weren't very good with it anyway," she throws in.
[02:02] <Maz> "No more new toys for you this year," Maz grumbles.
[02:02] <Grendel> "Better with swords, anyway," Grendel agrees, using his wand on Korin before positioning himself close to the intersection, where his long troll arms can hit anyone who comes by.
[02:02] <Grendel> roll 1d8+1
[02:02] * Hatbot --> "Grendel rolls 1d8+1 and gets 2."12 [1d8=1]
[02:04] * Korin shrugs and simply keeps an eye out for more mummies making an appearance as the rest of the group rests a bit.
[02:05] <Maz> "Heal yourselves while we get the reprieve," Maz urges Korin and Grendel.
[02:05] * Korin nods and takes a potion as he keeps his eye out for more incomming trouble.
[02:06] <Korin> roll 2d8+3
[02:06] * Hatbot --> "Korin rolls 2d8+3 and gets 12."12 [2d8=7, 2]
[02:08] * Maz approaches her sister next, and tries to heal her with that same wand, murmuring to her, "I don't think I can beat that bitch in a fair fight. Someone would need to engage her in melee."
[02:08] <Maz> roll 1d8+1 please don't saul
[02:08] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d8+1 please don't saul and gets 2."12 [1d8=1]
[02:08] * Seraphin takes the continued reprieve to down another potion, betting she'll end up in combat again at this rate.
[02:09] <Seraphin> roll 1d8+1
[02:09] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d8+1 and gets 7."12 [1d8=6]
[02:09] <Fearlorn> "Get the incredible bulk to do it," mutters Re'Laizary, glancing at Grendel.
[02:09] * Grendel nods. "That's what I'd planned."
[02:09] <Maz> "As many of us as possible should gang up on her," Maz agrees.
[02:09] <Fearlorn> "Um, where should I be using this?" queries Lucia, glancing at her silence scroll.
[02:10] <Maz> "How about you use this to recast your armor spell on me?" Maz asks her instead, holding out a small pearl.
[02:11] <Fearlorn> "Er, alright. Not getting hurt, best medicine, all that. Ahah. Ahahaha!" says Lucia, looking visibly shaken at their surroundings. She does as asked, at least... still no Fearlorn. Still no mummies.
[02:12] <Maz> "Fearlorn can control this place's defenses," Maz states, all armored-up now. "She likely has the undead blocking the only exit out of here. Perhaps, it's time to rethink our plan?"
[02:14] <Grendel> "I could go back and open up the portcullis again, but she'll get some free hits while I do it," Grendel notes unenthusiastically.
[02:15] <Fearlorn> "Oi, Maz. What circle is teleport?" asks Relly, suddenly.
[02:15] <Maz> "That cloud, we can't pass it," Maz says sadly.
[02:15] <Maz> "Hmm?" She blinks. "Fifth. I can only get half of us out with the scroll I have."
[02:16] <Fearlorn> "No, no, that's not it. Now, I figure, lightning bolts are just third, right? It's like she's just been playing so far, not bringing out the sharpened arrows."
[02:17] <Maz> "That much is obvious," Maz agrees. "Though she did use a fourth circle spell before."
[02:17] <Fearlorn> "So, well, I dunno. What would you do if you were her? She doesn't really want to kill us, I guess, but who knows, now..."
[02:18] <Maz> "Her staff can discharge lightning bolts, and she has undead minions. I'd actually be sending them after us to weaken us, but I guess she has more patience. Or she really wants Seraphin alive."
[02:19] <Seraphin> "I feel so flattered..." Seraphin mutters dryly, a small sigh given.
[02:20] <Maz> "You should, I gave up like fifty four thousands and five hundred gold for you," Maz states proudly.
[02:21] <Korin> "Well, you can always try and find a higher bidder," Korin comments with a straight face.
[02:22] <Maz> "Unlikely, if we all die here. Which we won't if we have a coherent plan."
[02:23] <Grendel> "She's too well protected for us to attack her right now," Grendel notes. "Between her spells and that portcullis, we'd be mincemeat before we even got to her."
[02:24] <Fearlorn> "Her spells don't last forever, she's got to come out sometime," snorts Re'Laizary. "Probably sooner rather than later, seeing the lack of mummies running around."
[02:28] <Maz> "There is a cold spell that might weaken the gate, if not destroy it outright," Maz muses. "And her strongest spell of protection should run out in a short while. We could try an assault, then use the diagram she had to take over the undead and traps."
[02:30] <Grendel> "Then let's do that," Grendel nods, taking out his healing potion and drinking it.
[02:31] <Grendel> roll 2d8+3
[02:31] * Hatbot --> "Grendel rolls 2d8+3 and gets 9."12 [2d8=3, 3]
[02:33] <Maz> "Fearlorn has more images than I can target," Maz tells Lucia, holding out a wand of magic missiles. "Do you think you could help me target the fakes? She has a shield on, so she herself would not be hurt by you."
[02:34] <Fearlorn> "Um... do I have to? No, that's stupid, of course, Maz," says Lucia, hesitantly taking the wand, fingers fumbling over it.
[02:35] <Maz> "Have a bit of faith in my arcane knowledge, I checked her spells as she cast them," Maz tells her, before trying to target three different images of the evil witch.
[02:36] <Fearlorn> As Maz looks around the corner, she sees the following: The portcullis has been raised, the stinking cloud has vanished, and the corridor is empty.  
[02:40] <Maz> "Might as well," Maz muses, before chanting, "Wind, crimson flame. Grant the power of thunder to my hand! Lightning Bolt!" And with those words, the bolt of lightning is sent flying down the length of the corridor all the way to the control room!
[02:41] <Maz> roll 7d6 save dc 20
[02:41] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 7d6 save dc 20 and gets 17."12 [7d6=2, 3, 4, 1, 3, 3, 1]
[02:41] <Fearlorn> roll 1d20
[02:41] * Hatbot --> "Fearlorn rolls 1d20 and gets 17."12 [1d20=17]
[02:42] <Fearlorn> The lightning bolt flickers down the corridor, blast all in it's path! It arcs oddly about halfway down, and then smacks into the wall at the other end.
[02:43] <Fearlorn> A quintet of bolts flicker out roughly from that location with a muffled curse, one smashing into each of Maz's images and rendering the spell useless! There's still so sign of Fearlorn's form, though...
[02:44] <Fearlorn> One smashes into Maz's shield, deflected easily. At least that's a blessing.
[02:45] <Maz> "Well, she's still there," Maz says with a smirk.
[02:46] <Grendel> "So now what?" Grendel asks, using his wand to heal himself a bit more. "Can we get to her?"
[02:46] <Grendel> roll 1d8+1
[02:46] * Hatbot --> "Grendel rolls 1d8+1 and gets 7."12 [1d8=6]
[02:46] <Maz> "Block her in that corridor, don't let her pass," Maz responds, blinking. "Isn't that our plan?"
[02:48] <Grendel> "I thought you were going to get rid of her images before we attacked, but I can wait just as easily," Grendel responds with a ponderous shrug.
[02:53] <Maz> Extracting a scroll from her bandoleer, Maz sets a layer of grease on the corridor starting with herself and ten feet towards Fearlorn, before darting away to stay near her sister and Lucia.
[02:56] <Korin> "Anyone have any extra potions, or healing spells to spare? Whenever we act, I wouldn't mind being back at full health if possible," Korin asks after a while of watching Maz attempt to plan how to get them all out alive.
[02:56] <Fearlorn> "Oh, healing, yes, I can do that," mumbles Lucia, tapping Korin on the shoulder with her hand.
[02:56] <Fearlorn> roll 1d8+3
[02:56] * Hatbot --> "Fearlorn rolls 1d8+3 and gets 6."12 [1d8=3]
[00:01] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary glances around, still staring grimly at the opening to the south. "Those traps, they're not *too* lethal, right?" she queries, still holding an arrow taut.
[00:02] * Grendel uses his wand to heal Korin some more!
[00:02] <Grendel> roll 1d8+1
[00:02] * Hatbot --> "Grendel rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5."12 [1d8=4]
[00:09] * Maz clenches her fist around a small stone, imbuing it with darkness, before tossing it down the corridor, so that it would overlap the greased patch and head inwards.
[00:10] <Carthrat> *tink tink* it goes, making the dark corridor... darker, at least to those with darkvision. Those without it couldn't see anything much anyway, beyond the dim light coming from the far door. Lucia taps Korin on the shoulder with a wand, again, healing him that little bit more.
[00:10] <Carthrat> roll 1d8+1
[00:10] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d8+1 and gets 5."12 [1d8=4]
[00:11] <Carthrat> There's a muted chanting from *outside* the corridor, beyond the grease patch; roughly in the centre of the intersection! OOC: Maz, make... a fort save
[00:12] <Maz> roll 1d20+9
[00:12] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+9 and gets 13."12 [1d20=4]
[00:12] <Carthrat> OOC: Then, make... a will save.
[00:14] <Maz> roll 1d20+16
[00:14] * Hatbot --> "Maz rolls 1d20+16 and gets 21."12 [1d20=5]
[00:15] <Carthrat> Maz feels a sudden wrenching, and the world around her... shrinks. Clothes suddenly become too big! Arms suddenly become too short! Left in the pile of assorted gear and accessories is a blue-furred cat, managing to at least maintain it's mental faculties.
[00:17] <Carthrat> OOC: You can make listen checks to pinpoint the location of the casting, though an epic success is required
[00:17] <Grendel> roll 1d20+11
[00:17] * Hatbot --> "Grendel rolls 1d20+11 and gets 28."12 [1d20=17]
[00:18] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+12
[00:18] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+12 and gets 22."12 [1d20=10]
[00:19] <Carthrat> The chanting is coming from above the ground, though the roof of this place is to low to put the theoretical body out of reach of your long grasp.
[00:20] <Carthrat> OOC: i.e. you can pinpoint the square, people who made checks (relly will in a sec) and target it.
[00:20] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+9
[00:20] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+9 and gets 13."12 [1d20=4]
[00:20] <Carthrat> OOC: She can't.
[00:21] <Carthrat> "You fucking bitch!" the tiefling archer swears, glaring futilely at the air, and unleashing an arrow into... nothing.
[00:23] <Grendel> Snarling, Grendel reaches up to try and snatch the invisible mage out of the air!
[00:23] <Carthrat> OOC: Attack roll go?
[00:23] <Grendel> roll 1d20+11 melee touch attack
[00:23] * Hatbot --> "Grendel rolls 1d20+11 melee touch attack and gets 16."12 [1d20=5]
[00:23] <Carthrat> roll 1d100
[00:23] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d100 and gets 85."12 [1d100=85]
[00:24] <Carthrat> OOC: Nice, you actually grab her, go for the grapple check
[00:24] <Grendel> roll 1d20+20 gogo grapple check
[00:24] * Hatbot --> "Grendel rolls 1d20+20 gogo grapple check and gets 21."12 [1d20=1]
[00:24] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+5
[00:24] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20+5 and gets 20."12 [1d20=15]
[00:26] <Carthrat> Grendel is somehow able to grab onto the leg of something invisible in the air, elicting a muffled curse from the flying tiefling! OOC: Technically, you can't grapple her unless you move into her square, but we'll say you grab her leg and hold her in place for now
[00:30] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[00:30] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d20 and gets 18."12 [1d20=18]
[00:30] <Carthrat> Grendel hears a muffled string of words, and the presence in his hands... vanishes.
[00:31] <Grendel> "Dammit!" Grendel curses, flexing his now empty hands. "She must have teleported!"
[00:32] <Carthrat> Lucia kneels down next to Maz, mouth agape. "Um.. this is bad... we really need to get back to Calimport, there's no other way to fix this," she mutters. OOC: Free acctions
[00:32] <Grendel> "Uh... yes," Grendel nods, blinking a bit at the sight of the feline tiefling. "Let's deactivate those traps and get out of here," he agrees.
[00:33] * Maz cries sad feline tears of shame.
[00:36] <Seraphin> "...Right..." Seraphin sighs, glancing at the grease. "Any idea when that'll end?"
[00:36] * Grendel looks down the magicked up corridor. "Can you dispel the grease, Maz?" he asks the sad crying cat.
[00:36] * Maz waves an ear, and the grease disappears, the darkness following suit.
[00:37] * Grendel walks down the corridor to recover his weapon and lift up the portcullis if necessary so someone else can push the buttons to deactivate the traps and hopefully tell the Mummies to go to sleep.
[00:38] * Seraphin heads in with Grendels help to hopefully use that pattern of rune-things to deactivate the traps.
[00:38] <Carthrat> The portcullis is indeed back up, and the stinking cloud has vanished.
[00:39] * Grendel picks up his flail and reverts it to staff form before it vanishes into his purple pants, making way for Seraphin to do her thing.
[00:39] <Carthrat> When Seraphin inputs the commands, the door shuts.
[00:40] * Seraphin quirks her head, frowning, and trying it -again-.
[00:40] <Carthrat> The door does not open, leaving the only source of light Lucia's stone. It flickers, and goes out. (Just kidding.)
[00:41] * Maz tries to catch Relly's attention, and then points at her discarded things.
[00:41] * Korin goes grab his own earlier discarded weapon while everyone is doing that.
[00:41] <Grendel> "I think we've been had," Grendel frowns darkly at seeing their exit close off.
[00:42] <Carthrat> "Oh, man, that goddamn little whore of Levistus! When I catch up with her..." rants Re'Laizary, though her words trail off, and she audiably swallows as she begins gathering Maz's things.
[00:42] * Maz nods, and points in the direction of the main corridor, then at Seraphin.
[00:43] <Carthrat> "Come on, sis, we'll get you fixed in no time," mumbles Re'Laizary, picking her up and putting the feline mage on her shoulder.
[00:44] <Carthrat> She lurches, suddenly, starting to cough terribly.
[00:44] <Carthrat> roll 1d6
[00:44] <Carthrat> roll 1d6
[00:44] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d6 and gets 1."12 [1d6=1]
[00:44] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d6 and gets 5."12 [1d6=5]
[00:44] <Carthrat> -and it stops abruptly, as she wipes her mouth. "Let's go," she says, but her voice is throaty and dry.
[00:45] * Maz scratches lightly at her shoulder, and then points at the scrolls she had gathered up.
[00:46] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary glances at the scrolls. "Eh? Oh, right," she mutters, dropping the bandoleer and bag containing them on the ground. "Um... uh..."
[00:47] * Maz jumps to the ground next to them, and paws the case, looking at her expectantly.
[00:47] * Seraphin sighs, moving past the proticullis again with Grendel's help, and meeting up with the rest of the group. "Yeah, so do we get out the old fashioned way, or does Maz-kitty have a plan?"
[00:47] <Carthrat> She opens the case. "Um... eheh, eheh," she says, trying not to look too hard at the vellum.
[00:48] <Grendel> "Think you can disarm the traps?" Grendel asks, peering towards the entrance with the help of Lucia's light and his own enhanced vision. He doesn't see any mummies there so far...
[00:48] * Maz waits until they reach one of the scrolls inscribed with lesser restoration, and then points at it, and waves Lucia over.
[00:49] <Carthrat> Lucia's light doesn't spill all the way to the other side, but you can still hear a series of groans. "Um.. oh.. right," she mutters, picking up the scroll. "Mummy rot, right," she says, reading over the contents and tapping Re'Laizary on the shoulder.
[00:49] <Carthrat> roll 1d4
[00:49] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d4 and gets 1."12 [1d4=1]
[00:49] <Carthrat> You *think* she looks a bit better.
[00:50] <Maz> There are two more spells inscribed there, so Maz urges Lucia to continue.
[00:50] <Carthrat> roll 1d4
[00:50] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d4 and gets 3."12 [1d4=3]
[00:50] <Carthrat> roll 1d4
[00:50] * Hatbot --> "Carthrat rolls 1d4 and gets 1."12 [1d4=1]
[00:51] <Carthrat> "Nrgrhglrghlh," says Relly.
[00:52] * Seraphin blows at her bangs, shrugging. "I hope so? Like I told Miss Bitch, it's not really my specialty, as you once learned very well a long time ago, but I can take a shot at it."
[00:53] * Maz nods in satisfaction, and points out the protection from evil scroll, indicating her sister once more.
[00:53] <Carthrat> Lucia blanches when she looks at the scroll, hissing something like "It's not herself she need prot- um, sorry." In due course, Relly is enchanted up.
[00:54] * Maz gives Lucia a dull glare, and then gestures her to take all of her clerical scrolls.
[00:54] <Carthrat> She does so.
[00:55] * Maz next indicates the detect undead scroll, and eyes Lucia.
[00:56] <Carthrat> She takes the spell and casts it, looking dimly down the corridor. "No undead as far as I can see down there. They're probably around the corners, waiting for a sign of life."
[00:57] * Maz nods once more, and leaps on top of Relly's shoulder.
[01:03] <Seraphin> "Margh...well, guess there's no other way," Seraphin sighs, moving forward to tackle the first trap, tools poking and clicking to disarm it.
[01:04] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+12
[01:04] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+12 and gets 21."12 [1d20=9]
[01:06] <Carthrat> Seraphin doesn't disable the trap (and very nearly sets it off.) This trap will spew a large cloud of gas into the corridor, though it's hard to tell exactly how much of the room it'll fill.
[01:08] <Seraphin> "...That was close, and very dangerous," Seraphin hisses, but having little or no other recourse, tries again.
[01:08] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+12
[01:08] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+12 and gets 23."12 [1d20=11]
[01:08] * Grendel decides to stand well back!
[01:08] <Carthrat> Seraphin is getting closer! She thinks she's almost got it.
[01:10] * Seraphin grumbles to herself, but keeps on working at it.
[01:10] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+12
[01:10] * Hatbot --> "Seraphin rolls 1d20+12 and gets 14."12 [1d20=2]
[01:12] <Carthrat> OOC: Make a fort save, Ser...
[01:12] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+3
[01:12] <Reikobot> 1,0Seraphin rolled :1,0 1d20+3 --> 1,0[ 1d20=9 ]12,0{12}
[01:13] <Carthrat> roll 1d6
[01:13] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d6 --> 1,0[ 1d6=1 ]12,0{1}
[01:13] <Carthrat> The gas seeps into the area, filling Seraphin's nostrils within an instant and feeling like it literally seeps into her skin! It's not too bad, at least. OOC: 1 point of con...
[01:14] <Carthrat> The cloud of gas begins to settle up and down the corridor. With no obvious ventilation, it'll probably be some time before it seeps away.
[01:15] <Grendel> "Er... maybe we could try fiddling with those runes again, perhaps?" Grendel suggests, seeing that brilliant plan didn't work out so great.
[01:17] <Carthrat> Re'Laizary lurches up, staring at the cloud. After about ten minutes, it dissapates. "Yeah, feel free to go push the magic buttons," she mutters. "That worked real well before."
[01:17] * Seraphin stumbles back, choking and gasping for real air with nary much affect on her despite it all. "Ugh...maybe...?" she hacks.
[01:17] <Korin> "And remember, if an evil cloud of gas comes out, hold your breath!" Korin suggests, not really having much to do so long as no mummies show up.
[01:19] <Grendel> "It's either that or risk more traps going off on us," Grendel shrugs. "Unless we can bypass them..." he pauses a moment, looking down the corridor and recalling all the locations Seraphin identified earlier, pondering if they could be crept around or jumped over.
[01:21] <Carthrat> The pressure plates are rather large, about ten feet apiece. They could, in fact, be jumped over, but you'd only have enough space for a running start with the first point.
[01:21] * Grendel paces over to the next corridor to the left and examines it, looking for any similar pressure plates along its length.
[01:23] <Seraphin> On Grendel's suggestion, Seraphin does head down another corridor, checking for traps, and more than willing to depart at high speed if mummies approach.
[01:24] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+15
[01:24] <Reikobot> 1,0Seraphin rolled :1,0 1d20+15 --> 1,0[ 1d20=5 ]12,0{20}
[01:24] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[01:24] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20 --> 1,0[ 1d20=9 ]12,0{9}
[01:24] <Carthrat> OOC: Flat-footed AC?
[01:24] <Seraphin> OOC: 15
[01:24] <Carthrat> roll 3d8+6
[01:24] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 3d8+6 --> 1,0[ 3d8=14 ]12,0{20}
[01:25] <Carthrat> An enormous scythe swings out the side of the passage as Seraphin creeps forward, doing horrible things to her midsection!
[01:25] * Seraphin retreats, bleeding.
[01:25] <Grendel> "Urgh, this is ridiculous," Grendel grimaces, using his wand to heal Seraphin.
[01:25] <Carthrat> The trap was roughly paralell to where the gas trap in the other corridor is, though the pressure plate appears to be small enough to step over.
[01:25] <Grendel> roll 1d8+1
[01:25] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d8+1 --> 1,0[ 1d8=7 ]12,0{8}
[01:26] <Grendel> roll 1d8+1
[01:26] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d8+1 --> 1,0[ 1d8=2 ]12,0{3}
[01:26] <Carthrat> OOC: It takes up a 5-ft square, in other words.)
[01:26] <Grendel> roll 1d8+1
[01:26] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d8+1 --> 1,0[ 1d8=7 ]12,0{8}
[01:26] <Seraphin> "Said my specialty was with stabbing people..." Seraphin sighs, bleeding not at all now! "Thanks," she offers Grendel, snorting softly.
[01:27] * Maz jumps off Relly's shoulder, and heads down that corridor, bypassing the plate Seraphin stepped over.
[01:27] <Carthrat> OOC: Are you going to just walk down until something happens?
[01:28] <Maz> OOC: In a straight line, sure thing
[01:28] <Carthrat> Maz the cat has no trouble walking straight forward. If there are any pressure plates, she's far too light to trigger them.
[01:29] * Maz decides to reach the end of the corridor and peek over the bend in it.
[01:30] <Carthrat> There's about four mummies stoically standing watch, two facing towards the east, two west. You think there are another four across the other side of the main corridor. There are a pair of large, open sarcophagi in the side of the wall of this corridor. None of the mummies seem to notice you.
[01:31] * Maz goes to examine the open sacrophgi, keeping an eye open for the mummies she can see.
[01:31] <Carthrat> It's empty, and it smells really, really bad. There are a few loose bandages on the ground, and a dull, lusterless black gem in one corner.
[01:36] * Maz tries to gain the closest mummy's attention by approaching it, and if it does not react, clawing at its leg.
[01:37] <Carthrat> OOC: Init, totally.
[01:39] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[01:39] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20 --> 1,0[ 1d20=8 ]12,0{8}
[01:39] <Maz> roll 1d20
[01:39] <Reikobot> 1,0Maz rolled :1,0 1d20 --> 1,0[ 1d20=13 ]12,0{13}
[01:39] <Carthrat> The mummy lumbers around, staring bleakly at the cat before it.
[01:40] * Maz claws at it, thinking several curses in Abyssal, and jumps back with a hiss.
[01:41] <Carthrat> Maz tears away a couple strips of bandage, though the mummy doesn't notice. OOC: How far back are you going?
[01:42] <Maz> OOC: A square
[01:42] <Carthrat> The mummy lurches after Maz-cat, swiping with a hand to try and grab the tiny feline.
[01:42] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[01:42] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+11 --> 1,0[ 1d20=15 ]12,0{26}
[01:43] <Carthrat> OOC: Opposed grapple check...
[01:43] <Maz> roll 1d20
[01:43] <Reikobot> 1,0Maz rolled :1,0 1d20 --> 1,0[ 1d20=10 ]12,0{10}
[01:45] <Carthrat> The filthy creature picks up Maz, and starts to squeeze her tiny form.
[01:49] * Maz cries out, and tries to escape
[01:49] <Maz> roll 1d20+2
[01:49] <Reikobot> 1,0Maz rolled :1,0 1d20+2 --> 1,0[ 1d20=18 ]12,0{20}
[01:49] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[01:49] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+11 --> 1,0[ 1d20=6 ]12,0{17}
[01:49] <Carthrat> Maz the cat actually manages to slip free from the offending mummies grasp, dropping neatly to the ground next to it! (You have a move action.)
[01:49] * Maz bravely runs away
[01:50] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[01:50] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+11 --> 1,0[ 1d20=1 ]12,0{12}
[01:51] <Carthrat> The mummy tries to grab her again, and it... fails.
[01:51] <Carthrat> It then chases after her, stumbling down the corridor after her, and tripping a pressure plate as it does so!
[01:51] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[01:51] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20 --> 1,0[ 1d20=9 ]12,0{9}
[01:52] <Carthrat> A series of needles thud into it's side, but it simply ignores them, tough skin good enough to stop them getting through... and it tries to grab Maz. Again.
[01:52] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[01:52] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+11 --> 1,0[ 1d20=11 ]12,0{22}
[01:52] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11 grapple check go?
[01:52] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+11 1,0grapple check go? --> 1,0[ 1d20=4 ]12,0{15}
[01:53] <Maz> OOC: I have like -12 to grapple, do I really need to roll that?
[01:53] <Carthrat> OOC: No. >.>
[01:53] <Carthrat> It... grabs Maz! Again!
[01:53] <Grendel> roll 1d20+2
[01:53] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d20+2 --> 1,0[ 1d20=14 ]12,0{16}
[01:53] <Korin> roll 1d20+6
[01:53] <Reikobot> 1,0Korin rolled :1,0 1d20+6 --> 1,0[ 1d20=7 ]12,0{13}
[01:53] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+6
[01:53] <Reikobot> 1,0Seraphin rolled :1,0 1d20+6 --> 1,0[ 1d20=6 ]12,0{12}
[01:54] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+5
[01:54] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+5 --> 1,0[ 1d20=12 ]12,0{17}
[01:54] * Carthrat changes topic to 'Relly > Grendel > Maz = Korin > Seraphin > Mummy'
[01:55] <Carthrat> Relly fires a trio of arrows down the corridor, and then moves out the way so someone else can try and shoot!
[01:56] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[01:56] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[01:56] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+11 --> 1,0[ 1d20=7 ]12,0{18}
[01:56] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+11 --> 1,0[ 1d20=1 ]12,0{12}
[01:56] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+7
[01:56] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+7 --> 1,0[ 1d20=8 ]12,0{15}
[01:56] <Carthrat> ...and totally misses the mummy, despite it being down a straight corridor and only about seventy feet away. Such is life.
[01:57] <Grendel> "Maz!" Grendel curses at the trouble their cat has gotten into, now. "Dammit, this better not kill me..." Running down the corridor, he sprints to just past the trap Seraphin triggered, then jumps madly to clear as many traps as he can before continuing on to reach the Mummy + feline duo!
[01:57] <Grendel> roll 1d20+12 epic jump check go
[01:58] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d20+12 1,0epic jump check go --> 1,0[ 1d20=16 ]12,0{28}
[02:01] <Grendel> roll 1d20+12 to jump so more, then!
[02:01] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d20+12 1,0to jump so more, then! --> 1,0[ 1d20=6 ]12,0{18}
[02:06] <Carthrat> OOC: Make a reflex save to not trigger any traps -_-
[02:06] <Grendel> roll 1d20+10
[02:06] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d20+10 --> 1,0[ 1d20=10 ]12,0{20}
[02:06] <Carthrat> Grendel manages to make it about twenty feet away from the mummy, blocking up the corridor and making it impossible for anyone else to easily get a shot down.
[02:09] * Korin holds back from firing any arrows once Grendel makes his jumps across the trapped corridor, and waits for a clear shot to make itself available.
[02:09] <Carthrat> OOC: Technically, the mummy would've grabbed Maz this round, ignoring the larger threat that just appeared. Therefore... well, Korin went. Seraphin?
[02:12] * Seraphin grabs one of Relly's arrows, and readies her bow for bombardment.
[02:13] <Carthrat> Relly holds her fire, muttering something mean as Seraphin takes her arrows, but offering no complaint.
[02:14] * Grendel makes another jump to clear the last of the distance to the Mummy before lunging to grab it!
[02:14] <Grendel> roll 1d20+12 jump
[02:14] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d20+12 1,0jump --> 1,0[ 1d20=8 ]12,0{20}
[02:14] <Grendel> roll 1d20+11 melee touch attack
[02:14] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d20+11 1,0melee touch attack --> 1,0[ 1d20=12 ]12,0{23}
[02:15] <Grendel> roll 1d20+20 grapple check
[02:15] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d20+20 1,0grapple check --> 1,0[ 1d20=12 ]12,0{32}
[02:16] <Carthrat> Grendel is now grappling the mummy, and the three-way brawl is.. kind of on?
[02:17] <Maz> roll 1d20+2 escape!
[02:17] <Reikobot> 1,0Maz rolled :1,0 1d20+2 1,0escape! --> 1,0[ 1d20=6 ]12,0{8}
[02:17] <Carthrat> Maz is.. unable to escape! The mummy attempts to wrest itself free from Grendel, too!
[02:17] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11 g-check, you
[02:17] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+11 1,0g-check, you --> 1,0[ 1d20=8 ]12,0{19}
[02:17] <Grendel> roll 1d20+20 haha no
[02:17] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d20+20 1,0haha no --> 1,0[ 1d20=7 ]12,0{27}
[02:17] <Carthrat> But it fails!
[02:19] <Grendel> roll 1d20+20 to pin Mummy
[02:19] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d20+20 1,0to pin Mummy --> 1,0[ 1d20=1 ]12,0{21}
[02:20] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[02:20] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+11 --> 1,0[ 1d20=20 ]12,0{31}
[02:20] <Grendel> roll 1d20+15 to pin Mummy
[02:20] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d20+15 1,0to pin Mummy --> 1,0[ 1d20=14 ]12,0{29}
[02:20] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[02:20] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+11 --> 1,0[ 1d20=3 ]12,0{14}
[02:21] * Maz bravely runs away once more
[02:23] <Carthrat> The mummy attempts to free itself from Grendel's grasp...
[02:23] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11 *again*
[02:23] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+11 1,0*again* --> 1,0[ 1d20=16 ]12,0{27}
[02:23] <Grendel> roll 1d20+20 no!
[02:23] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d20+20 1,0no! --> 1,0[ 1d20=5 ]12,0{25}
[02:25] <Carthrat> ...and manages it, thus extending the epic attempts at grasping even further. But things get worse, as a second mummy lurches around the corner, drawn by the sounds of fighting! Stumbling towards Grendel, it tries to punch him, despite the rough-and-tumble already taking place!
[02:25] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[02:25] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+11 --> 1,0[ 1d20=3 ]12,0{14}
[02:25] <Carthrat> roll 1d6+10
[02:25] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d6+10 --> 1,0[ 1d6=6 ]12,0{16}
[02:25] <Carthrat> OOC: Fort save go
[02:26] <Grendel> roll 1d20+13
[02:26] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d20+13 --> 1,0[ 1d20=14 ]12,0{27}
[02:27] <Carthrat> Grendel shrugs off the nausea that comes with the blow, but he finds himself in trouble as the mummy in front of him is still grasping, forcing him to stay close! Relly bites back a curse, but there's still hardly any room to shoot because Grendel is really big.
[02:27] <Grendel> roll 1d20+20 to pin Mummy 1
[02:27] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d20+20 1,0to pin Mummy 1 --> 1,0[ 1d20=18 ]12,0{38}
[02:27] <Carthrat> OOC: You pin it, yes
[02:27] <Grendel> roll 1d20+15 grapple check for throwing
[02:27] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d20+15 1,0grapple check for throwing --> 1,0[ 1d20=17 ]12,0{32}
[02:28] <Grendel> roll 1d20+6
[02:28] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d20+6 --> 1,0[ 1d20=10 ]12,0{16}
[02:29] <Carthrat> Grendel throws the mummy ten feet, leaving it prone on the ground, and subject to a vicious volley of arrows from those hiding at the other end of the corridor!
[02:29] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+13 readied relly go
[02:29] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+13 1,0readied relly go --> 1,0[ 1d20=17 ]12,0{30}
[02:29] <Carthrat> roll 1d8+1d6+6
[02:29] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d8+1d6+6 --> 1,0[ 1d8=2 1d6=5 ]12,0{13}
[02:31] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+11
[02:31] <Reikobot> 1,0Seraphin rolled :1,0 1d20+11 --> 1,0[ 1d20=18 ]12,0{29}
[02:32] <Korin> With the mummy being thrown into firing view by Grendel, Korin joins Relly and Seraphin in firing flaming holes into the mummy.
[02:32] <Korin> roll 1d20+13
[02:32] <Reikobot> 1,0Korin rolled :1,0 1d20+13 --> 1,0[ 1d20=9 ]12,0{22}
[02:32] <Korin> roll 1d20+8
[02:32] <Reikobot> 1,0Korin rolled :1,0 1d20+8 --> 1,0[ 1d20=15 ]12,0{23}
[02:32] <Seraphin> roll 1d6+1d6+3
[02:32] <Reikobot> 1,0Seraphin rolled :1,0 1d6+1d6+3 --> 1,0[ 1d6=3 1d6=6 ]12,0{12}
[02:33] <Korin> roll 2d8+2d6+4
[02:33] <Reikobot> 1,0Korin rolled :1,0 2d8+2d6+4 --> 1,0[ 2d8=8 2d6=7 ]12,0{19}
[02:34] <Carthrat> The arrows slam into the mummy, which starts to burn slowly. But it's not all-together down yet, and it gets back up and heads back towards Grendel, now flanking it with his fellow! (Despite being on fire.)
[02:34] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+13 mummy#2
[02:34] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+13 1,0mummy#2 --> 1,0[ 1d20=18 ]12,0{31}
[02:34] <Carthrat> roll 1d6+10 fort save, dude
[02:34] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d6+10 1,0fort save, dude --> 1,0[ 1d6=6 ]12,0{16}
[02:35] <Grendel> roll 1d20+13 oh god I'm so dead
[02:35] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d20+13 1,0oh god I'm so dead --> 1,0[ 1d20=9 ]12,0{22}
[02:35] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+8 relly retroactively shoots it, to everyones applause?
[02:35] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+8 1,0relly retroactively shoots it, to everyones applause? --> 1,0[ 1d20=18 ]12,0{26}
[02:35] <Carthrat> roll 1d8+1d6+6
[02:35] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d8+1d6+6 --> 1,0[ 1d8=5 1d6=4 ]12,0{15}
[02:36] <Carthrat> Grendel feels another terrible fist sink into him as the two mummies jostle on either side, though he once again shrugs off a feeble wave of nausea.
[02:36] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+13
[02:36] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+13 --> 1,0[ 1d20=2 ]12,0{15}
[02:36] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+8
[02:36] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+8 --> 1,0[ 1d20=1 ]12,0{9}
[02:36] <Carthrat> Relly fires another pair of arrows into the wall, demonstrating expert skill at being useless.
[02:38] * Grendel sags a bit under the series of vicious blows, emitting a feral groan as his claws lash out at the now wounded Mummy, even lunging in to bite the rotten bandaged creature!
[02:38] <Grendel> roll 1d20+11 claw 1
[02:38] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d20+11 1,0claw 1 --> 1,0[ 1d20=18 ]12,0{29}
[02:38] <Grendel> roll 1d20+11 claw 2
[02:38] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d20+11 1,0claw 2 --> 1,0[ 1d20=2 ]12,0{13}
[02:38] <Grendel> roll 1d20+6 bite
[02:38] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d20+6 1,0bite --> 1,0[ 1d20=9 ]12,0{15}
[02:38] <Grendel> roll 1d6+6
[02:38] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d6+6 --> 1,0[ 1d6=4 ]12,0{10}
[02:39] * Korin again fires a pair of arrows into the wounded mummy, hoping to finish it off and giving Grendel space to retreat.
[02:40] <Korin> roll 1d20+13
[02:40] <Reikobot> 1,0Korin rolled :1,0 1d20+13 --> 1,0[ 1d20=9 ]12,0{22}
[02:40] <Korin> roll 1d20+8
[02:40] <Reikobot> 1,0Korin rolled :1,0 1d20+8 --> 1,0[ 1d20=1 ]12,0{9}
[02:40] <Carthrat> Korin's arrows come narrowly close to hitting Grendel, though they slam into the wall instead.
[02:41] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+7 ??? init
[02:41] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+7 1,0??? init --> 1,0[ 1d20=3 ]12,0{10}
[02:41] * Carthrat changes topic to 'Relly > Grendel > Maz = Korin > Seraphin > Lucia > Mummy'
[02:41] <Seraphin> Instead of stealing more arrows, Seraphin projects a burning ray of FIRE at the mummy from her magic tiara.
[02:41] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+7
[02:41] <Reikobot> 1,0Seraphin rolled :1,0 1d20+7 --> 1,0[ 1d20=16 ]12,0{23}
[02:41] <Carthrat> OOC: Hit
[02:42] <Seraphin> roll 4d6+4
[02:42] <Reikobot> 1,0Seraphin rolled :1,0 4d6+4 --> 1,0[ 4d6=20 ]12,0{24}
[02:42] <Carthrat> Chortling with glee (probably), Seraphin renders the mummy harrasing Grendel into a useless crisp! And coming out of nowhere, Lucia fires a pair of magical bolts at hte other mummy, apparently overcoming her fear of being violent for the sake of getting out alive.
[02:42] <Carthrat> roll 2d4+2
[02:42] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 2d4+2 --> 1,0[ 2d4=3 ]12,0{5}
[02:43] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[02:43] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+11 --> 1,0[ 1d20=6 ]12,0{17}
[02:43] <Carthrat> Then, the mummy hits Grendel again.
[02:43] <Carthrat> roll 1d6+10
[02:43] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d6+10 --> 1,0[ 1d6=2 ]12,0{12}
[02:43] <Carthrat> OOC: Fort save
[02:43] <Grendel> roll 1d20+13
[02:43] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d20+13 --> 1,0[ 1d20=9 ]12,0{22}
[02:45] <Carthrat> Once again, it's useless... and because Grendel is between everyone else and the mummy (again), nobody is going to be able to get a clear shot. Making matters worse, a *third* mummy lumbers around the corner, staring down the corridor with cold eyes.
[02:45] <Carthrat> Relly holds position.
[02:47] <Grendel> "Dammit... too soon," Grendel whispers, his vision clouding over with blood. Not liking his chances against two Mummies right now, he attempts to flee the way he came, jumping for freedom!
[02:47] <Grendel> roll 1d20+10 reflex
[02:47] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d20+10 1,0reflex --> 1,0[ 1d20=11 ]12,0{21}
[02:48] <Carthrat> Relly starts a-shooting down the corridor again.
[02:48] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+13
[02:48] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+13 --> 1,0[ 1d20=17 ]12,0{30}
[02:48] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+8
[02:48] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+8 --> 1,0[ 1d20=4 ]12,0{12}
[02:48] <Carthrat> roll 1d6+1d8+1
[02:48] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d6+1d8+1 --> 1,0[ 1d6=3 1d8=2 ]12,0{6}
[02:48] <Carthrat> She sort of scratches one of the mummies a bit.
[02:49] * Korin also joins in on firing at the now visible mummy targets.
[02:49] <Korin> roll 1d20+13
[02:49] <Reikobot> 1,0Korin rolled :1,0 1d20+13 --> 1,0[ 1d20=11 ]12,0{24}
[02:50] <Korin> roll 1d20+8
[02:50] <Reikobot> 1,0Korin rolled :1,0 1d20+8 --> 1,0[ 1d20=10 ]12,0{18}
[02:50] <Korin> roll 1d8+1d6+2
[02:50] <Reikobot> 1,0Korin rolled :1,0 1d8+1d6+2 --> 1,0[ 1d8=5 1d6=4 ]12,0{11}
[02:51] * Seraphin steals another fire arrow, loosing it at the mummy! Hey, these are useful!
[02:51] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+11
[02:51] <Reikobot> 1,0Seraphin rolled :1,0 1d20+11 --> 1,0[ 1d20=16 ]12,0{27}
[02:51] <Seraphin> roll 1d6+1d6+3
[02:51] <Reikobot> 1,0Seraphin rolled :1,0 1d6+1d6+3 --> 1,0[ 1d6=4 1d6=2 ]12,0{9}
[02:52] <Carthrat> After taking another fearsome fiery barrage, the two mummies are joined by the final remaining companion, as they make a banzai charge, running straight forward to the other side of the corridor!
[02:53] <Carthrat> The leading mummy is crushed as the walls suddenly close together and come apart again, a slow clicking and ticking being loud as the gears behind the wall slowly reset.
[02:53] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[02:53] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20 --> 1,0[ 1d20=16 ]12,0{16}
[02:53] <Carthrat> roll 2d8+6
[02:53] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 2d8+6 --> 1,0[ 2d8=10 ]12,0{16}
[02:54] <Carthrat> The next leading mummy is struck in the face by a spear from the roof, but it bravely travels onwards, the second one unharmed by any traps so far!
[02:54] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[02:54] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20 --> 1,0[ 1d20=4 ]12,0{4}
[02:54] <Carthrat> This time, another hail of darts showers forth from the wall, sticking to it's skin but doing no damage!
[02:54] <Carthrat> roll 1d20
[02:54] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20 --> 1,0[ 1d20=9 ]12,0{9}
[02:54] <Carthrat> roll 3d8+6
[02:54] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 3d8+6 --> 1,0[ 3d8=15 ]12,0{21}
[02:54] <Carthrat> Finally, the scything blade, still slick with Seraphin's blood, slashes out and cleaves part of the mummies torso apart, bandages spilling everywhere!
[02:54] <Carthrat> And then, they're at the edge of the corridor, somehow.
[02:55] <Carthrat> roll 1d8+1 yeah retro healing etc
[02:55] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d8+1 1,0yeah retro healing etc --> 1,0[ 1d8=5 ]12,0{6}
[02:55] <Carthrat> The mummies face RELLY, who backs off a step and fires arrows into their faces.
[02:55] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[02:55] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[02:55] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+11 --> 1,0[ 1d20=8 ]12,0{19}
[02:55] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+11 --> 1,0[ 1d20=13 ]12,0{24}
[02:56] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+6
[02:56] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+6 --&g

[Corwin]

[03:12] <Carthrat> AND THEN...
[03:12] <Carthrat> the other mummy punches Grendel again.
[03:12] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[03:12] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+11 --> 1,0[ 1d20=15 ]12,0{26}
[03:12] <Carthrat> roll 1d6+10 (fort save)
[03:12] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d6+10 1,0(fort save) --> 1,0[ 1d6=4 ]12,0{14}
[03:12] <Grendel> roll 1d20+13
[03:12] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d20+13 --> 1,0[ 1d20=5 ]12,0{18}
[03:13] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[03:13] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[03:13] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+11 --> 1,0[ 1d20=17 ]12,0{28}
[03:13] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+11 --> 1,0[ 1d20=16 ]12,0{27}
[03:13] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+7
[03:13] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+7 --> 1,0[ 1d20=12 ]12,0{19}
[03:13] <Carthrat> roll 2d8+2d6+4
[03:13] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 2d8+2d6+4 --> 1,0[ 2d8=11 2d6=5 ]12,0{20}
[03:13] <Carthrat> After the next meaty blow is dealt out, Relly counterattacks on Grendel's behalf, firing a pair of arrows into the creature and setting it shortly on fire!
[03:15] <Grendel> "Grr, just die again, will you!" Grendel roars, lunging forward to grab the Mummy and pin it.
[03:15] <Grendel> roll 1d20+11 melee touch attack
[03:15] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d20+11 1,0melee touch attack --> 1,0[ 1d20=5 ]12,0{16}
[03:15] <Grendel> roll 1d20+20 grapple check
[03:15] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d20+20 1,0grapple check --> 1,0[ 1d20=7 ]12,0{27}
[03:15] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[03:15] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+11 --> 1,0[ 1d20=16 ]12,0{27}
[03:16] <Grendel> roll 1d20+15 grapple check to pin it
[03:16] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d20+15 1,0grapple check to pin it --> 1,0[ 1d20=7 ]12,0{22}
[03:16] <Carthrat> roll 1d20+11
[03:16] <Reikobot> 1,0Carthrat rolled :1,0 1d20+11 --> 1,0[ 1d20=2 ]12,0{13}
[03:16] <Carthrat> The mummy is pinned! Undead flesh is no match for... troll flesh!
[03:20] <Seraphin> With a pinned mummy, Seraphin doesn't enact so much combat maneuvers as simple butchering of the undead.
[03:20] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+12
[03:20] <Reikobot> 1,0Seraphin rolled :1,0 1d20+12 --> 1,0[ 1d20=1 ]12,0{13}
[03:20] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+111
[03:20] <Reikobot> 1,0Seraphin rolled :1,0 1d20+111 --> 1,0[ 1d20=2 ]12,0{113}
[03:20] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+11
[03:20] <Reikobot> 1,0Seraphin rolled :1,0 1d20+11 --> 1,0[ 1d20=18 ]12,0{29}
[03:20] <Seraphin> roll 4d6+2
[03:20] <Reikobot> 1,0Seraphin rolled :1,0 4d6+2 --> 1,0[ 4d6=12 ]12,0{14}
[03:20] <Carthrat> This mummy seems made of weaker stuff than the others, falling apart easily as Seraphin.. uh... kills it. In that inimitable way.
[03:21] * Grendel sighs as he gets up. "And look, we're back where we started," he deadpans, before wincing a little and hastily wanding himself.
[03:21] <Grendel> roll 1d8+1
[03:21] <Reikobot> 1,0Grendel rolled :1,0 1d8+1 --> 1,0[ 1d8=7 ]12,0{8}
[03:22] * Maz pulls at Relly's foot, heading down the corridor and pointing out which stones trigger the traps.
[03:23] <Carthrat> "Uh-huh. Righto, Maz. Geez, this is great, it's like I've got my own.. whatchacall it, Familiar? Hah! That's what you GET for naming yours after me," she chortles, seemingly in good humour again.
[03:23] * Maz gives her a dirty look.
[03:23] <Carthrat> "Please, Relly, being polymorphed like that is not a pleasant experience," mutters Luc- "Don't call me Relly! That is not something you may call me!"
[03:24] <Carthrat> The bickering couple continue heading down the corridor, leaving behind markings with stones to show where the traps are.
[03:24] * Grendel shakes his head slightly. "Deja vu..." he mutters at Re'Laizary's outburst, following after the pair and hopping over the traps as they come.
[03:24] * Maz looks smug and leaps on top of Lucia's shoulder once they're past the corridor.
[03:24] * Seraphin follows the happy couple.
[03:25] <Carthrat> "..only FRIENDS and SIBLINGS may call me that, and you are not EITHER, alright?" she continues, bopping Lucia over the head. "Now, um.. oi, there are more," she adds, glancing around the corner. "Four. Standing around like the lone male represenative of the tiefling race. That is to say, doing nothing."
[03:28] * Korin shrugs. "At least I'm not like the female representatives. Having nothing better to do than always complain. I can see why most male tieflings go mate with human women. They've got to be less troublesome."
[03:28] <Carthrat> "We're busy staying alive kthxbye," replies Relly.
[03:29] <Carthrat> "Because death kind of sucks, you know, it's not fun, and there are pressure salesmen down there who try to make you go to hell."
[03:29] <Korin> "I find myself staying alive just fine following you around for now," Korin answers cheerfully. "Being behind you seems safe enough."
[03:29] * Seraphin sighs. "You two should get married," she offers, nodding, and frowning. "So...this is where we wish we had oil, to make a large wall of fire."
[03:30] <Carthrat> "And they're all... "Hey, you get benefits! We'll go rape your enemies!" Well, I'll tell you what, that's kind of hard when your enemies ARE the demons. Bah!"
[03:31] <Grendel> "Children, enough," Grendel rumbles. "Bicker all you want once we're out of this deathtrap. For now we need to either kill those Mummies or lure them into the traps. Then we have to figure out how to open the door."
[03:33] <Carthrat> "Um... well, if we had illusion magic, we could lure them in," mumbles Luci- "yeah, yeah, always with the ifs and what what-could-be, magic is so dumb. 'Oh, don't worry, I'll be useful- TOMORROW!'"
[03:33] * Maz scratches Lucia's shoulder, and nods at her collection of scrolls.
[03:34] <Carthrat> "Oh, look! I can READ! That makes me special!" grumbles Relly, as Lucia digs through the collection of scrolls. "Bah, I'm so going to kill Fearlorn. It's only fair, now that I can't kill Maz. Bah."
[03:34] * Maz looks at her sadly, as only a small house cat can
[03:36] <Carthrat> Eventually, Lucia digs out a scroll of silent image. Gingerly, she steps out into the corridor, and begins reading it. A moment later, a duplicate Re'Laizary appears, and starts dancing madly before the other four mummies, before vanishing down the original corridor.
[03:37] <Carthrat> "I really, really, really hate you," mutters the real archer, as a low roar can be heard from the corridor after the mummies head down it.
[03:38] * Grendel waits a moment for the Mummies to assumedly make their way to the other end of the corridor. Then he heads around to the intersection to see if any survived and might be interested in running back to attack him.
[03:38] <Korin> "You hate everyone, what's new about that?" Korin mutters.
[03:39] <Carthrat> There's a pile of cinders down the corridor. Looks kind of hot. "Nobody is worthy of my, um, liking," replies Re'Laizary, thinly. "They're all either idiots, moralists, or mages."
[03:39] <Carthrat> "Except for Seraphin, my comrade in arms! We've got, like, a bond."
[03:40] <Grendel> "That seems to have got them," Grendel nods in satisfaction, before going to examine the sealed door.
[03:40] <Carthrat> There's a switch.
[03:40] * Grendel pulls and or pushes the switch!
[03:41] <Carthrat> From above Grendel, there's an ominous click!
[03:41] <Carthrat> Nothing happens.
[03:41] * Seraphin checks the switch, for traps, and all those sorts of nasties, pointedly not getting involved with Re'Laizary's issues.
[03:41] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+15
[03:41] <Reikobot> 1,0Seraphin rolled :1,0 1d20+15 --> 1,0[ 1d20=19 ]12,0{34}
[03:41] <Grendel> "That didn't work," Grendel sags, heading back to the intersection. "Hmm... I remember seeing a room down that way," he points to the corner of the pyramid where he spotted said room earlier. "Maybe there's something helpful in there?"
[03:41] <Carthrat> Seraphin finds a device that makes an ominous clicking sound, but nothing apart from that.
[03:42] <Korin> "How exciting," Korin notes as nothing happens when Grendel activates or deactivates the switch.
[03:42] <Carthrat> She also discovers that something is deliberately jamming the door.
[03:44] <Seraphin> "No, give me a shot at this," Seraphin murmurs, starting to use larger tools, like hammers, and swords, to open up the switch and do field work on it.
[03:44] <Seraphin> roll 1d20+12
[03:44] <Reikobot> 1,0Seraphin rolled :1,0 1d20+12 --> 1,0[ 1d20=14 ]12,0{26}
[03:45] <Carthrat> There's a few more ominous clicking sounds, and some kind of horrible crash from underneath the pyramid. But the door opens!
[03:45] <Carthrat> There is daylight!
[03:45] <Carthrat> There is sand!
[03:45] <Carthrat> There is the wagon o' loot!
[03:46] <Maz> The wagon o'loot is where Maz wants to be!
[03:46] <Seraphin> "That was interesting," Seraphin remarks dryly.
[03:46] <Grendel> "We need to vet people who try to employ us in future," Grendel sighs, walking out into sweet glorious terrible freedom.
[03:46] <Carthrat> "Bah, I wish I knew where she lived," rants Re'Laizary. You sense that she's talking because she's relieved. "Stupid bitchwitch, just because she's stayed alive for thirty years, she needs a good, real lay, or something..."
[03:47] <Korin> "Was it? I didn't really find it that interesting. More of an annoyance, but I'll attribute it to being locked in a crypt with those two sisters," Korin comments under his breath.
[03:47] <Carthrat> "..and why are you even still here? If you hate us all so much, go away! God! You're probably even Good, with a capital G."
[03:47] <Seraphin> "Oh, no, I was talking about the lock," Seraphin answers clearly, a bright, crimson eyed smile.
[03:47] <Carthrat> "It's not like you're hanging around in case one of YOUR weirdo stalkers shows up, is it?"
[03:48] <Seraphin> "I think it has more to do with all our weirdo stalkers having something to do with each other," Seraphin provides, rubbing her forehead and moving towards...CAMELS.
[03:49] <Grendel> "So what was with the lock?" Grendel asks, following after the nice and sane, admittedly smelling of blood, girl who doesn't argue all the time.
[03:50] * Korin blinks and looks at Relly. "Hrm? Did you say something?" he asks, rubbing his ears. "I just heard some 'Blah blah blah...' all of a sudden."
[03:50] <Seraphin> "Besides, if nothing else, Korin's easier on the eyes than most of the company I normally keep!" Seraphin offers, smirking slightly. "Oh, it was jammed by something...not totally sure what, but the crashing noise was just interesting."
[03:51] <Grendel> "Oh. Sorry," Grendel mutters, looking down at his current hideous troll-form, before reverting back to human, swiftly becoming swathed in white robes. "Better?" he asks, looking around to see any obvious source of the crash.
[03:52] <Grendel> He also pauses to pick up the chain shirt that just popped into thin air and dropped at his feet, sheepishly stuffing it into his robes.
<--->
[03:59] <Carthrat> Will save. >.>
[03:59] <Maz> roll 1d20+14
[03:59] <Reikobot> 1,0Maz rolled :1,0 1d20+14 --> 1,0[ 1d20=11 ]12,0{25}
[03:59] <Carthrat> Lucky.