Don't leave tumour skulls where you drink

[Ebiris]

[18:16] <@Kotono> A few hours later, the party is lunching at Feather and Myann's house. The meal's a simple salad of meaty mushrooms and lettuce. Nearby a few of the younger brood play with Ally, tossing him in the fire and watching him stomp about. OOC: Go ahead, Gildas.
[18:18] <Gildas> "Myann and I have a theory that the place El came from may have some roots in Sidhe history. Or... that the Sidhe may have even broken off from this Stratum place to begin with. We're not really sure where to go from there, though... so we thought that we might go directly to the source and talk to Lady Valisha about it." He starts, then continues. "We also think Vasili may know about it, since
[18:18] <Gildas> he's... been around for so long. I wasn't sure... if either of those options sounded like things anyone would want to do." He says with a nod. "I'm happy to go with Myann to see Valisha... I don't think she'd bother me very much, ultimately."
[18:20] <@John> "Valisha sounds good to me," John agrees with that idea. "Your gigolo friend didn't impress much last time, even if he did lay on a good spread."
[18:20] <Feather> "Why do we care?" Feather asks bluntly. "Didn't you say the kid was centuries old? All his family's bound to be gone by now, and the place is ruled by those assholes who want to unison kids and eliminate everyone. Do you really wanna send him back there?"
[18:21] <@Kotono> Myann is keeping half an eye on the children as they play. "It's not a priority," she admits, "As much as a mystery we can attempt to solve, if we wish to." A slight smile at that, "He's being nice since he wants to be left alone and wants no trouble from the Sidhe."
[18:22] <@John> "Well if he wants to be left alone lets leave him to it. I guess Feather has a point though, what does any of this business really matter to us?"
[18:23] <Gildas> "Well, he came from the sky to try and kill you." He says. "That would bother me, at least..."
[18:23] <Feather> "Unless we're gonna go over there to kill them all, might be best to let them think he succeeded. Or to think we're more trouble than we're worth down here?"
[18:23] <@Kotono> A pause at that, "Feather, I care because I am a Sidhe." She spears a mushroom from her salad, "He's nothing more than a kidnapped child that stumbled back to the real world one day. The terms are different, but he's just as warped as the stories say one would be, only in a different direction." Gesturing with the speared mushroom before eating it, "I could ignore it. I could find it entertaining.
[18:23] <@Kotono> Both of those would be living up to my nature." A pause comes here, Myann hming to herself. "I just want to do something about it, I suppose. I haven't really thought it all the way through, but it feels wrong to let it lie like this. We can give El a home and a chance to live a life, but that's not all."
[18:24] <Gildas> "They know he didn't succeed, because they took back his powers." He adds.
[18:26] <Feather> "Okay. But I just wanna be clear. We aiming to go there and kill the fuck out of these guys?"
[18:27] <Gildas> "I'd like to understand what their motivations are, if we can... but..." He nods to Feather. "I think it may come down to it being as simple as that, to get them to stop dropping children on us to try and kill psonics."
[18:27] <@John> Hmm. What would his old friends say about this? Big Eric wouldn't care, he was refreshingly direct about things and if it wasn't in front of him he wasn't likely to give it mind. Young Hubert would probably want to give it a poke just to see what happens. And Humble Robert... yeah, he'd probably say 'if they can steal power, maybe we can steal it from them?'. He was an ambitious man. "They did try and kill us... well, me, yeah. But maybe they've got some stuff that'd be good for us to have instead of them?"
[18:27] <Gildas> OOC: *psionics
[18:27] <@Kotono> "I'd say possibly, pending more information. If we can find a way to go there and evidence that we have a chance? Yes. If it turns out to be a futile a gesture as fighting the Sidhe?" A long shrug follows, "Maybe not."
[18:28] <Feather> "Fine, then. We want to go this week, or wait for better weather?"
[18:31] <@Kotono> "We're not under any time limit," Myann remarks, "How about we go when the weather turns? We've been running around all winter so far and hardly had a chance to rest."
[18:31] <@John> "Yeah, they're probably not going anywhere," John agrees with that.
[18:33] <Gildas> He nods. "We can always change it if another armor is dropped on us."
[18:33] <@Kotono> "There's one thing I'd like to know," Myann adds, "Our guide talked about lower kingdoms and El's talked about higher kingdoms, or terms like that. Except that there's things besides it and then things outside of it? Or some such." Rubbing her temple slowly, "At least we won't be bored."
[18:34] <Feather> "Better start carrying that sword of Kral's with me wherever I go," Feather mutters. "Yeah, speaking of the lower kingdoms, I've been kinda itching to kill some ants. Is that just me?"
[18:35] <@John> "I've never even seen any of these ants you're all so worked up about, but I suppose I may as well," John shrugs agreeably.
[18:35] <Gildas> "He said 'on the sides,' which... Maybe that meant... the Sidhe realm is here, on this... level, let's say, but it's also side by side with it?"
[18:35] <Gildas> "As long as we're not haunted by a giant ghost ant queen again..."
[18:35] <@Kotono> "Just you," Myann says, a hint of a smile going, "But I can go along with it. Especially if we have the kobolds compensate us for clearing them out." That makes Myann go into a full grin, "I still can't believe that happened."
[18:36] <Feather> "They might let us borrow their holy bombs again! That was a blast."
[18:36] <Gildas> "Ah, I get it." He points at Feather.
[18:36] <@Kotono> "Side by side's what I'm working with," Myann agrees, "Like..." Holding her hands side by side, "My hands are the two realms. Then..." Her hands go above and below, "Higher and lower kingdoms," Then they spread out wide, like she's about to hug someone, "And the unclean or whatever are out there."
[18:37] <Gildas> "I think that's the basic idea." He nods.
[18:37] <@John> "But I'm right here," John objects. "I mean, sometimes people've said I'm not all there, but I'm pretty sure it's just a figure of speech!"
[18:39] <@Kotono> Myann chuckles, sitting back and glancing at the children. OOC: ARe y'all about done talking here, by the by?
[18:39] <Feather> "Maybe their eyesight's going?" Feather suggests. "Happens to old folk."
[18:40] <Gildas> OOC: Sure.
[18:46] <@Kotono> A few wintry days pass. One late afternoon the party is watching the snow fall and drinking in the tavern. A few others are here, including Tindas and Em. The two are chatting lightly in a corner and relaxing. Myann's more pensive, studying her mug of ale as much as drinking it. The reverie is disrupted by the tavern's doors opening, a rough voice calling, "Humans?"
[18:46] <Feather> "Some!" Feather calls back.
[18:47] <@John> "I'm a human!" John calls in affirmation, distracted from mooning over Em.
[18:47] <@Kotono> "Not all of us," Tindas glances over with a call.
[18:48] <Gildas> An odd thing to ask, Gildas turns his attention to the door.
[18:49] <@Kotono> The creature that comes in is tall and muscular, his skin a mottled green. He wears well worn chain mail and leathers combined and has deep black hair and a thick beard. An orc stands before you, gaze taking in the tavern and lingering on the elves. He speaks with a rough accent, "Heard there's a healing spring this way," he says without preamble, "I was hoping to get some of the water."
[18:50] <Feather> "You hurt?"
[18:52] <@Kotono> Myann tenses slightly but doesn't respond. Em glances at Tindas, who nods ever so slightly to her. Meanwhile the orc focuses on Feather, "A companion has a bad sickness. It might help. Got some gold if you'd like some." His own posture stiffens slightly, gaze shifting once towards the elves.
[18:53] <Feather> "Nah, we'll give it for free," Feather says, standing up and heading towards the orc. "Reason I asked is it loses strength after a while, is all. How far's your friend?"
[18:54] <@John> "I'm pretty good with medicine, I can come along and help if the water doesn't," John offers to distract himself from impure thoughts.
[18:54] <Gildas> He nods to John. "I might be able to prepare a spell to remove it, if we can identify what kind of illness it is."
[18:58] <@Kotono> Myann deliberates a moment, before rising and silently following. She goes over to Tindas and Em, murmuring to them and exchanging nods, before joining the other three.
[18:59] <@Kotono> "Not far but he's in a bad way," The orc replies, grabbing Feather's hand and shaking. "Grah the Mighty."
[19:00] <Gildas> "If you'd like, I can start heading that way." He offers to the others. "I can speak Orcish anyway, so if you want to show him the spring I can get moving."
[19:00] <@John> "Little John," John introduces himself with nickname included, since Grah did the same!
[19:00] <Feather> "Falling Feather," he says, giving him a strong handshake. "Let's be about, then."
[19:01] <Gildas> "Gildas." He adds, since he completely forgot to mention it.
[19:01] <@Kotono> OOC: Do any of you speak orcish?
[19:02] <Feather> OOC: no
[19:02] <@John> OOC: no
[19:04] <Gildas> OOC: Well, besides me, no.
[19:06] <@Kotono> "Myann," she adds her own as handshakes are exchanged. The orc is crushingly strong, eyes focusing on Myann. His eyes widen noticiably and he mutters in orcish, "Not elven?". This only lasts a moment before he resumes, taking Myann's hand in a strong grasp and with a toothy smile, "I won't slash you if you don't fill me with arrows."
[19:07] <Feather> "Works," Feather agrees, leading the way to the spring.
[19:07] <Gildas> "This is a dangerous enough place without needing to worry about something like that, I think." He nods. "Which direction is your friend?"
[19:09] <@Kotono> "This way," The orc leads towards the western end of town without further comment. Myann's gaze is a suspicious one, plastered over her face as she follows. As you walk, "I heard you all know how to take are of business," he remarks, "Willowford says you made a dragon cry for mercy."
[19:10] <Gildas> "Well, he was kind of asking for it..." He says.
[19:20] <@Kotono> "Hah," The orc chuckles at that, leading you outside of town. Here a tent has been set up in the snow. Several orcs form a perimeter around the tent, weapons not drawn but close at hand. Grah nods to them and they nod back. He goes into the tent and comes out carrying an orc. He is wasted, withered and his skin is a sallow, sickly yellow. He stirs slightly but nothing else.
[19:22] <Gildas> Gildas decides to try the two things he knows: to see if hes suffering from either magic or poison!
[19:23] * @John has a good look over the sick orc to try and figure out what's making him poorly. "Any trouble breathing, or has he been acting funny or anything like that?"
[19:23] <@John> roll 1d20+13 heal
[19:23] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 heal and gets 17." [1d20=4]
[19:25] <@Kotono> OOC: Heal check as well, Gidlas.
[19:25] <Gildas> roll 1d20+13
[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+13 and gets 25." [1d20=12]
[19:26] <@Kotono> Gildas and John can both tell the obvious - the creature's liver is failing and it's slowly dying of internal organ failure. It is usually the fate of older drunkards, but it occasionally strikes the younger and healthier. It takes magic or rare herbs and great skill to reverse.
[19:29] <@John> "Bad liver," John pronounces. "Yeah, better hope that water does the trick, fixing that's beyond me."
[19:31] <Feather> "Nothing to do but try, then?"
[19:31] <Gildas> Gildas ponders for a moment. "I could try and see if i can cure it, but... I don't know if it'd work. I can have something prepared by the morning."
[19:32] <@Kotono> "Yeah," Grunting as he carries the half-aware orc, Grah shakes his head. The group thus heads to the healing spring. It's rimmed over with ice, Myann summoning a block to bash a hole in it. As the orc lowers him into the spring, "So how'd you kill the dragon?"
[19:33] <Feather> "Stabbed him to death, mostly. Lightning was involved."
[19:33] <@John> "Think drinking it'd probably do better than swimming in it," John suggests, since the liver is inside the body.
[19:35] <@Kotono> Grah nods and gets handfuls of water, making him drink. As you watch, the orc's skinb ecomes less yellow. Not a healthy green, but there's less of a sallow cast to it as he soaks there and drinks the waters. As he busies himself making his friend drink more, "So how's this spring work?"
[19:36] <Feather> "Magic, really." Feather shrugs. "You heard how it was a good land? Good crops, grow pretty well? It's gotta be something like that."
[19:36] <Gildas> "Um..." He rubs his chin. "To make a long story short, it's enchanted by something underneath the water that's in everything around the area." He nods to Feather's more succinct explanation.
[19:40] <@Kotono> "Strange," Grah rumbles, "But I've seen stranger in this land. You don't see so much of it outside of the forest." The yellowness of the orc's skin is fading, but at the same time his stomach is swelling out. The flesh then is expanding - and parting.
[19:40] <Feather> "Uh." Feather takes a closer look at the unnaturally-behaving orc with magical sight.
[19:41] <Gildas> He raises an eyebrow.
[19:41] <@John> "Aaah! Better cut him off before he bursts!" John warns in alarm.
[19:41] <Feather> roll 1d20+12 spellcraft
[19:41] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+12 spellcraft and gets 24." [1d20=12]
[19:41] <@Kotono> There's magic coming from the orc's bulging middle. Necromancy. Something about siphoning away life-energy, but Feather isn't 100% sure.
[19:43] <Feather> "What's this guy got in his stomach that's draining life with necromancy?" Feather asks in confusion.
[19:45] <@Kotono> The orc reaches down to pull out his friend! As he does, the orc's stomach bursts open! Coming from it is a thing the size of a human's head. It is a skull of bone and pulsing tumors, teeth growing all over it. A pale yellow light glows from its eyesockets as it looks about, before darting towards Feather! OOC: Init here.
[19:45] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Myann
[19:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Myann and gets 5." [1d20=3]
[19:46] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Grah
[19:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Grah and gets 13." [1d20=8]
[19:46] <Feather> roll 1d20+3
[19:46] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+3 and gets 21." [1d20=18]
[19:46] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7 tumor skull
[19:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 tumor skull and gets 11." [1d20=4]
[19:47] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(21)>Grah(13)>Tumor Skull(11)>Myann(5)'
[19:47] <@John> roll 1d20+3 noooooo
[19:47] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+3 noooooo and gets 20." [1d20=17]
[19:47] <@Kotono> "Ugh!" Myann looks ill, a hand to her mouth  as she struggles not to retch. "The HELL?"
[19:47] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(21)>John(20)>Grah(13)>Tumor Skull(11)>Myann(5)'
[19:47] <Gildas> roll 1d20+3
[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+3 and gets 14." [1d20=11]
[19:47] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(21)>John(20)>Gildas(14)>Grah(13)>Tumor Skull(11)>Myann(5)'
[19:47] <@Kotono> OOC: Go Feather.
[19:47] <@Kotono> OOC: It's 5ft away.
[19:48] <Feather> "Fucking what?!" Feather exclaims, automatically reaching for his sword and slicing across the skull. His blade trails lightning behind it, and then he brings it down on a second overhand strike upon it!
[19:48] <Feather> roll 1d20+12 zap
[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+12 zap and gets 24." [1d20=12]
[19:48] <Feather> roll 1d20+7
[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+7 and gets 24." [1d20=17]
[19:48] <@Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
[19:49] <Feather> roll 1d10+5+1d6+6d6 cold, lightning
[19:49] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+5+1d6+6d6 cold, lightning and gets 46." [1d10=7][1d6=6][6d6=5, 4, 6, 2, 5, 6]
[19:49] <Feather> roll 1d10+5+1d6+1d6 cold, lightning
[19:49] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+5+1d6+1d6 cold, lightning and gets 19." [1d10=7][1d6=2][1d6=5]
[19:50] <@Kotono> Feather slices into the skull. It's far hardier than it should be, two cuts but no kill. The lightning dances through it and the cold freezes it, but yet it endures! OOC: John.
[19:51] * Feather punches it with more lightning for good measure!
[19:51] <Feather> roll 1d20+10 touch
[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+10 touch and gets 21." [1d20=11]
[19:51] <Feather> roll 5d6 elec
[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 5d6 elec and gets 14." [5d6=5, 1, 2, 3, 3]
[19:52] <@Kotono> Another touch sends more voltage down the skull! But as Feather touches it, he feels strangely weak! OOC: Fort save.
[19:53] <Feather> roll 1d20+9
[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+9 and gets 12." [1d20=3]
[19:55] <@Kotono> The touch leaves Feather slumping, a yellowish cast to his skin as the energy leaves him! OOC: 2 con damage. Go John.
[19:56] <@John> Thankfully having his staff in hand like a walking stick rather than tied to his back or anything, John quickly thwacks the floating tumour skull a few times with either end of the seemingly aptly named Headringer!
[19:56] <@Kotono> The skull throbs with energy, a black, drooping sigil of an eye appearing on its brow.
[19:56] <@John> roll 1d20+11 flanking with someone surel
[19:56] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+11 flanking with someone surel and gets 16." [1d20=5]
[19:56] <@John> roll 1d20+11 flanking with someone surel
[19:56] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+11 flanking with someone surel and gets 23." [1d20=12]
[19:56] <@John> roll 1d20+11 flanking with someone surel
[19:56] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+11 flanking with someone surel and gets 18." [1d20=7]
[19:56] <@John> roll 1d20+6 flanking with someone surel
[19:56] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+6 flanking with someone surel and gets 10." [1d20=4]
[19:56] <@John> roll 1d20+6 flanking with someone surel
[19:56] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+6 flanking with someone surel and gets 8." [1d20=2]
[19:56] <@Kotono> OOC: Three hits.
[19:56] <@John> roll 3#1d6+5+2d6 assuming undead
[19:56] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 3#1d6+5+2d6 assuming undead and gets 51." [3#1d6+5+2d6 = 14, 16, 21]
[19:59] <@Kotono> Wham! Wham! WHAM! The first two hits cause cracks to appear all over the skull and the third causes a loud CRACK to echo! The skull crumbles before you, breaking apart! Tumors rupture into vile fluids and bone cracks apart as it's knocked flying! The eye-sigil on its forehead burns bright before fading away as the skull becomes little more than ruins. OOC: Free act. Loot post.
[20:00] <Feather> "Fucking necromancers," Feather curses, taking a look at his hand to make sure nothing undead is trying to make it his home.
[20:00] <@John> "Uh, better sweep that off the lake before it melts," John says disgustedly. "Then burn it."
[20:00] <Feather> "Yeah, and can someone scoop some fresh water for me? Better safe than sorry."
[20:01] <@Kotono> Myann gets right to both of those. Grah stares at the entire thing, friend still in his arms, "Strange things," he echos himself, "Damned strange things."
[20:01] <Gildas> Gildas looks over at the orc with the burst stomach with a frown, since he's probably beyond help.
[20:01] <@John> "Um, sorry about your friend," John adds belatedly.
[20:02] <@Kotono> The orc's stomach has sealed itself. The yellow cast from his skin is largely gone now.
[20:02] <Feather> "Better question is, who's the asshole that got that thing put in him?"
[20:02] <@Kotono> "He's still breathing," The orc remarks, "He's not dead yet. He looks better than he has, actually," That remark follows, "The wound closed right away."
[20:03] <Feather> "Ain't gonna die, either. We'll give him some more water, too."
[20:04] <Gildas> OOC: Did the eye-sigil happen to resemble the same symbol they saw way back in the day on the dire bear bones?
[20:08] <@Kotono> As Myann tends to that too, Gildas can identify it as the same sigil.
[20:09] <Gildas> "Feather." He looks at him. "Do you remember... the dire bear? The bones?"
[20:12] <Feather> "Yes? It's obviously the same guy, hence the asking who did it to our friend here."
[20:13] <Gildas> He nods. "Yes, have you run into anyone as of late? I mean... wait, you said life-draining?" He frowns. "So it probably is related to that tool..."
[20:16] <@Kotono> "Hm." Grah crosses his arms and thinks, "We were southernly, down near Westenmark," He says, "Magah - his name," Glancing at the recuperating orc, "Went looking for gold, heard there was some down a stream there. Didn't find it but that's when he started complaining of being ill."
[20:17] <Gildas> "South..." He nods. "I suppose we should head that way eventually and see if we can finally put a stop to this."
[20:20] <Gildas> He looks at the others. "Do we want to handle this first, or our other trip?"
[20:20] <@Kotono> "You need a guide that way?" Grah asks, "I know the area fairly well."
[20:22] <Feather> "We should kill that necromancer guy, now that we got a lead and all."
[20:22] <Gildas> He nods to Feather, then to Grah. "That would be helpful."
[20:23] <@John> "If he's putting skulls in people's bellies he doesn't deserve to be left alone," John agrees.

[Ebiris]

[18:15] <@Kotono> The next morning is clear but bitterly cold. The orcs stay camping just out of town and Grah joins you on the southern outskirts. He's dressed warmly against the weather and seems comfortable. Around you is snow that's half turned to icy slush and rehardened atop frozen ground. "All of you know how to travel. A couple of days here there's a malicious old hermit I'd like to avoid, so we'll veer
[18:15] <@Kotono> a bit easterly, then make a straight shot south."
[18:17] <@Kotono> *from here
[18:18] <@John> "Sounds good to me," John nods, taking direction as well as he usually does.
[18:18] <@Kotono> "We're famliar with him," Myann remarks, "It's a prudent course of action to avoid him."
[18:18] <Gildas> "...Oh, that malicious old hermit."
[18:19] <Feather> "Yeah, fuck that naked creep."
[18:20] <Gildas> "Maybe the wyverns gave him some trouble." He offers as a consolation.
[18:20] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 3." [1d100=3]
[18:20] <Feather> "Mighty unlikely, that."
[18:20] <@Kotono> roll 1d100 subtables time
[18:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 subtables time and gets 77." [1d100=77]
[18:23] <@Kotono> The party travels into the afternoon. It stays cold the entire time, never getting close to being above freezing. Myann settles into her panther form to travel and sweeps the flanks for any signs of danger. Grah takes point, guiding you along. About mid-afternoon, Grah comes to a sudden stop. You're walking through unremarkable forest, but he stops and peers ahead, "Stop it! Stop walking!"
[18:24] * @John comes to a halt and looks about, limbering his staff.
[18:25] <Gildas> In the middle of his next step, Gildas leans back to take it back, looking around with a concerned expression.
[18:25] * Feather stares warily up for any attack from the trees.
[18:28] <@Kotono> Grah takes a few more steps ahead before shifting to the side. He points ahead - where you can see a sinkhole. It's about 15ft in diameter or so, an empty hole into the darkness. The edges of it are blasted black.
[18:28] <Feather> "Curse you, forest!"
[18:28] <@Kotono> Myann trots up to the party, cocking her feline head to the side as she inspects it.
[18:28] <Gildas> He tilts his head again. "Hm... That's... interesting..."
[18:29] <Feather> "How?"
[18:30] <@John> "Saw a few of those before I met you lot," John says. "It's from folks digging underground, right?"
[18:30] <Feather> "So did we," Feather responds to John. "Porridge fell into one and then turned into this huge beast with teeth while we pulled him out with some rope. Nasty business."
[18:31] <Gildas> "Well, it isn't from anything up there..." He points up. "I mean, the... metal from the sky sort." He nods to Feather and John. "I could fly down to see if there's anything in there, but it's probably best to just avoid it."
[18:31] <@John> "Yikes! Didn't know it could do that!" John says, taking a wary step back.
[18:32] <Feather> "Yeah, how 'bout we avoid the empty hole into darkness and just keep going?"
[18:40] <@Kotono> "Metal from the sky?" Grah asks, "Fucking freakish forest."
[18:42] <@Kotono> OOC: Going to avoid it and continue on?
[18:42] <Gildas> OOC: It seems so.
[18:46] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 5." [1d100=5]
[18:46] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 7." [1d100=7]
[18:49] <@Kotono> The rest of the day's travel is unremarkable, as is your sleep. The party rests in a comfortable grove and awakens. As Myann cooks breakfast, the sound of rustling bushes gets the party's attention. You see it peeking out of the bushes - a magnificent buck deer. It is a giant deer of snow white and golden coloring, a magnificient stag. For a moment it merely stares at the party, seemingly frozen
[18:49] <@Kotono> in place.
[18:50] <Feather> "Hey there!" Feather greets him. "So we meet again, eh?"
[18:50] <@John> "Oh, a white deer! That's lucky, isn't it?" John says, pleased.
[18:51] <Gildas> He looks over at Feather, then a lightbulb seems to go off and he nods. "This is the second time, isn't it?"
[18:51] * Feather nods while he waits to see the deer's response, if any.
[18:52] <@Kotono> Myann turns to it, not doing anything but watching.
[18:52] <@Kotono> "Hell of a deer," Grah starts to smirk, "That would feed an entire travel group."
[18:53] <Feather> "Bad idea. Trust a local, Grah."
[18:54] <@Kotono> The deer stares on a moment before approaching Gildas. It towers over the sitting druid, approaching him slowly.
[18:55] <Gildas> He blinks, moving to slowly stand up, probably still much shorter... but less shorter, at least.
[18:56] <@John> "Oh, is it a man in disguise like Myann when she's a cat, then?" John asks, disappointed. That can hardly be considered lucky.
[18:56] <Feather> "Dunno. If he is, he ain't talking," Feather responds, sharing in the disappointment.
[18:59] <@Kotono> The deer approaches Gildas. It looks him right in the eye, still several feet taller than him. It bows its head forwards, antlers touching Gildas's head. It then goes towards Feather, standing before him.
[19:00] <Gildas> "Thank you." He says, before he sits back down.
[19:00] <Feather> "Heya," Feather greets the deer again in a friendly fashion, now confused.
[19:02] <@Kotono> The deer does the same, touching its antlers to Feather's head. It then goes to John, stnading before him.
[19:02] <@Kotono> "Eh?" Myann frowns at it all, watching in open confusion.
[19:02] <Feather> "Uh."
[19:02] * @John scratches his head dumbly and looks back at the deer. "Hullo?"
[19:06] <@Kotono> The deer does the same, touching its antlers to John's head. It then goes to Myann, doing the same once more. Once done, it turns and flees into the bushes, leaving the party behind. OOC: Loot post.
[19:07] <@John> "I dunno... I do feel kind of lucky after that," John concludes thoughtfully.
[19:08] <Feather> "Guess it was lucky after all?" Feather says uncertainly as the deer flees, nodding firmly once he hears John think along similar lines.
[19:08] <@Kotono> "I felt something," Myann says, "I'm not sure what."
[19:08] <Gildas> He nods to them. "Just consider it another gift from nature."
[19:08] <@Kotono> "Or tribute," Myann adds darkly.
[19:09] <@Kotono> Grah watches this without comment, gaze going about the party. "I'll say it again. Fucking freakish forest."
[19:09] <Gildas> "A not untrue statement." He echoes.
[19:09] <Feather> "It's home. How's yours?"
[19:12] <@Kotono> OOC: Make a quick listen check, Gildas.
[19:13] <Gildas> OOC: Perception?
[19:13] <@Kotono> OOC:Yeah, that.
[19:13] <Gildas> roll 1d20+13
[19:13] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+13 and gets 30." [1d20=17]
[19:14] <@Kotono> "It has more pigs and less freaks. I consider it an improvement," he retorts, and quietly in orcish that Gildas can just make out, "Freakish deers and not-elves."
[19:15] <Gildas> He raises an eyebrow but just shakes his head. "How much further do you think we'll be going?"
[19:15] <@John> "Can't argue with ham," John nods amiably.
[19:15] <@Kotono> "Several days," he says, switching back to Common. "Let's get going."
[19:16] <@Kotono> OOC: Ready to move on?
[19:16] <Gildas> OOC: Sho nuff
[19:17] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 21." [1d100=21]
[19:17] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 37." [1d100=37]
[19:17] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 50." [1d100=50]
[19:17] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 76." [1d100=76]
[19:17] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 22." [1d100=22]
[19:17] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:17] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 19." [1d100=19]
[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 7." [1d100=7]
[19:19] <@Kotono> The next week of travel is unremarkable. You travel south, through woods, fording streams and over hills. The weather warms up enough to melt the snow, turning it into a slow, muddy slog. As you sit around the campfire, "We'll reach Westenmark tomorrow around noon," Grah announces.
[19:20] <Feather> "Bout time!"
[19:21] <@John> "Anything good in Westenmark?" John asks, hoping for some diversion beyond hunting necromancers.
[19:22] <Gildas> "Actually, yes, what kind of city is it? I mean, human, orc... a mix?" He nods to John's question as well.
[19:23] <@Kotono> Myann warms herself by the fire, "I haven't heard of it," she adds.
[19:25] <@Kotono> "Mostly human with a few orcs," Grah explains, tearing into a side of freshly cooked boar. He licks the juices running down his lips before replying, "Good whores, good booze. Both in the same place," he adds, grinning momentarily. "I hear they have good woodworking too, but I don't much care for it."
[19:26] <Gildas> His wrinkles his nose a bit but nods.
[19:26] <@John> While he's certainly intrigued, fear of his mother's wrath if she ever found out had kept him from keeping company with ladies of dubious virtue when travelling with his last band of adventurers, and it will still keep his bits in his trousers with this group as well. Sadly.
[19:32] <@Kotono> "We're not interested in the women of ill repute," Myann speaks up, "So nothing that hints at a necromancer."
[19:33] <Gildas> "Someone there may have had a run-in with something, like the people of Willowford did with the crocodile." He says.
[19:33] <@John> At Myann's obvious disapproval John looks a bit ashamed at his unvoiced interest.
[19:34] <@Kotono> "It's a place to start at, tomorrow," Myann agrees. OOC: Are y'all ready to move along?
[19:35] <Gildas> OOC: Sho
[19:40] <@Kotono> It's colder as you head into town, the skies turning dark with snowclouds. But nothing is falling yet as you head into Westenmark. It's a town of log cabins and cobblestone paths, everything designed at right angles and with evenly sized plots. It has an unnatural symmetry to it. Not many people are out in this weather as you approach.
[19:41] <@John> "We gonna find an inn first?" John asks the group at large.
[19:42] <Feather> "Might as well."
[19:42] <Gildas> He nods. "Good idea."
[19:43] <@Kotono> The town's inn is a series of cabins on the outskirts of town. It's one cabin in front of several smaller ones. Inside that cabin is a middle aged man, sitting back in a rocking chair. He looks up as the party enters, "Hello there," he greets, "Oh, out of towners looking for a place to stay?" He glances at Myann and then at Grah, "Don't see that every day."
[19:45] <@John> "Food too if you've got it," John adds.
[19:47] <Feather> "Would be great," Feather agrees.
[19:48] <@Kotono> Myann shrugs and doesn't respond.
[19:49] <@Kotono> Grah just grins back, "Food would be good! Hot meat!"
[19:49] <@Kotono> "Well, well, I'll see what I can do. 1 gold a night for room adn board," he announces, "There's five of you, so 5 gold per day for the group."
[19:51] <@John> "I'll get it this time?" John offers, fishing a few coins from his coinpurse and handing them over.
[19:53] <@Kotono> "Thank you," The coins are taken, "Go ahead and head to the closest two cabins to the left of this one," he says, "We'll call you for lunch soon." OOC: Okay, what's your plans here, y'all?
[19:54] <@John> OOC: go where the drunk got attacked by the necromancer and look around?
[19:55] <Gildas> OOC: That's probably the best bet, unless we run into anyone who's been attacked by a tumor skull.
[19:55] <Feather> OOC: If that gives us nothing, let's GI for any people who started looking sick and yellow?
[19:59] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[19:59] <@Kotono> Outside town is a stream. It's unremarkable on a glance, Grah leading you to it. It's just starting to snow now as you go about, "He was somewhere downstream looking for gold," he says.
[20:00] <@Kotono> OOC: Also post the -5 GP in loot, John, if ou haven't already.
[20:00] <@John> OOC: already done
[20:01] <@John> "Well, lets look about for... I dunno, anything that looks dead? That should be a proper necromancy tip off, right?"
[20:02] <Gildas> "We could probably sense magic if there was any here." He agrees.
[20:03] <Feather> "Sure thing," Feather agrees, doing just that.
[20:03] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. What's your plan? Look with DM up as you go downstream?
[20:04] <Feather> OOC: Perception too
[20:05] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. Make a perception check, Feather. Everyone else can aid him if you please.
[20:06] <Feather> roll 1d20+11
[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+11 and gets 29." [1d20=18]
[20:06] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12 Myann aiding
[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 Myann aiding and gets 20." [1d20=8]
[20:07] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Grah aids
[20:07] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Grah aids and gets 21." [1d20=14]
[20:07] <@John> roll 1d20+13 aiding
[20:07] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 aiding and gets 16." [1d20=3]
[20:10] <@Kotono> OOC: Gildas, going to aid?
[20:15] <@Kotono> The party goes downstream for awhile. Eventually you come on something off the banks, hidden in some bushes. An old skeleton, half grown over by dead weeds. The skull is missing and an inspection of it shows the same drooping-eye as the skull and bear had.
[20:16] <Feather> "Oh hells it ain't one of the unkillable skellies, is it?"
[20:17] <@Kotono> Myann draws her blade at that, brandishing it at the ready.
[20:18] <@John> "You can't kill it if it's already dead, right?" John asks uncomprehendingly, giving the skeleton a nudge with his toe.
[20:18] * Feather checks for magic, grimacing.
[20:19] <Gildas> "Well, that one had a... controlling rod, or something, right?" He asks. "It was harmless unless someone was directing it."
[20:19] <@Kotono> The skeleton has faint magic around it and doesn't respond to the nudge. OOC: Spellcraft.
[20:19] <Feather> "I guess," Feather says dubiously. "Hey, Grah, this town got proper authorities or anything like that?"
[20:19] <Feather> roll 1d20+12
[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+12 and gets 22." [1d20=10]
[20:21] <Gildas> "Or any people with magical aptitude?" He adds. "It may help us track this person down."

[Ebiris]

[18:02] <@Kotono> "Probably," Grah says, "A sheriff, I think. Some annoying human."
[18:02] <@Kotono> "Don't know about the magical," he says, "Never heard much about it from this town, though."
[18:03] <Feather> "Think you could get him over? If we show this freakish thing to the sheriff, he might know some stuff to share back with us."
[18:04] <John> "He might be a bad one, though," John warns. "I've known some nasty sheriffs in my time."
[18:04] <Feather> "Not like he could do much to us if he is," Feather reasons.
[18:06] <@Kotono> "Yeah, sure. I'll go get him," Grah says, "You can stay hunting bones and ghosts."
[18:08] <@Kotono> Myann nods at that, inspecting the skeleton quietly. "So what do we do from here?"
[18:10] <John> "I dunno. Was hoping for more obvious clues I guess," John says disappointedly.
[18:10] * John looks to see if the skeleton's hands are pointing anywhere!
[18:10] <Gildas> He nods to Myann. "If we knew who this was..."
[18:11] <Feather> "Hoping there were more, uh, incidents around these parts. Strange wasting sickness, or disappearances. Stuff a sheriff would know."
[18:11] <@Kotono> "If this necromancer left an easy trail of breadcrumbs to his abode, I imagine we'd have been beaten to the punch," she remarks as John inspects the creature's hands. They're not pointing at much of anything, alas. As John does that, "Maybe we'll find something more if we keep searching, if this skeleton doesn't lead anywhere?"
[18:11] <John> "He didn't remember to point at where his killer lived before he died anyway," John says. "Or else maybe the necromancer moved his hands after?"
[18:14] <@Kotono> "People do that?" Myann inquires as Grah goes off, back towards the town.
[18:15] <John> "If I didn't have time to write my killer's name in my own blood I'd at least do that much, yeah. You want him to be punished, don't you?"
[18:18] <Gildas> "I'm not sure this person was killed here, though." he offers.
[18:18] <@Kotono> "I've been badly wounded before," Myann glances at John, "Remember what I did when that assassin backstabbed me? Also, what Gildas said."
[18:20] <John> "Why'd you have to remind me?" John moans, having put the gruesome image of the pretty elf lady biting a man's head off out of mind a while back.
[18:21] <@Kotono> "That's how I think of dealing with attempted murder," she remarks, sounding a little tired. Slowly shaking her head, "It makes more sense than cryptically pointing somewhere or trying to write in blood, is all. Maybe it's just the Sidhe in me talking."
[18:22] <Feather> "So, uh, let's look around some more till the sheriff gets here?"
[18:22] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. Go ahead and make search checks then, y'all.
[18:22] <John> "Yeah but some people can't do... what you do, is all," John mutters, distracting himself by looking around.
[18:22] <John> roll 1d20+13
[18:22] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 and gets 19." [1d20=6]
[18:23] <Feather> roll 1d20+11
[18:23] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+11 and gets 30." [1d20=19]
[18:23] <Gildas> roll 1d20+13
[18:23] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+13 and gets 14." [1d20=1]
[18:24] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Myann'll aid Feather since that's her thing and she sucks at search
[18:24] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+3 Myann'll aid Feather since that's her thing and she sucks at search and gets 23." [1d20=20]
[18:25] <@Kotono> As you look around the area, the party searches further downstream. You're still within sight of the skeleton when Feather catches sight of something. Lying amid the grasses near the stream is something that glints ever so slightly in a bit of sunlight that slips through the canopy.
[18:26] <Feather> "There's something," Feather says in satisfaction, checking for magic just in case.
[18:27] <@Kotono> OOC: Make a CL check on DM.
[18:27] <Feather> roll 1d20+5
[18:27] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+5 and gets 23." [1d20=18]
[18:28] <@Kotono> It's odd. It's trying to tell you that it's not magical very much. It's all but screaming at you that it isn't magic, but no matter how hard Feather tries, he sees past it. It is indeed magical. OOC: Spellcraft.
[18:28] <Feather> roll 1d20+12
[18:28] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+12 and gets 26." [1d20=14]
[18:30] <@Kotono> It's moderate divination. In particular, this little shard is doing a good and discreet job of sending visual information in a wide radius to somewhere else. It's like an overgrown scrying sensor.
[18:32] <Gildas> He looks over to Feather's observations. "Anything interesting?"
[18:33] * Feather points past the shard and then leads the way! As long as they get far enough that he thinks it's past the range of the sensor, it would be good enough.
[18:33] <@Kotono> OOC: Trying to determine the radius on the shard?
[18:34] <Feather> OOC: Can I make an educated guess?
[18:35] <@Kotono> OOC: Sure. It stretches about half a mile in all directions. Give or take a few hundred feet.
[18:36] * Feather stops a hundred feet away and points at a sharp rock, keeping his back to the sensor. "You see that?" he asks Gildas.
[18:37] <@Kotono> Myann looks to FEather, a question written plain on her face.
[18:37] <John> "What's going on?" John asks, departing from his investigation of interesting weeds.
[18:38] <Feather> "So yeah," Feather says quietly in Sylvan. "That shard back there is this scrying thingy that sees everything within a mile from it. Gotta be the necromancer, and it's hiding itself pretty well magically, too. We got any ways of tracking it?"
[18:38] <Gildas> He tilts his head and turns to peer in the direction Feather is pointing.
[18:38] <Gildas> "Hmm..." He says, looking thoughtful for a moment.
[18:39] <@Kotono> OOC: You can make K:A here, y'all, if you want to know more about possibilities here.
[18:39] * Feather is pointing at an interesting rock away from the shard, which he tries to disregard as anything important by turning his back on it.
[18:39] <Feather> roll 1d20+10 I'll think!
[18:39] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+10 I'll think! and gets 17." [1d20=7]
[18:39] <John> roll 1d20+5 arcana
[18:39] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+5 arcana and gets 16." [1d20=11]
[18:41] <Gildas> "Well, we might be able to..." He stops and looks down, tapping his foot as he thinks.
[18:41] <@Kotono> A detect scrying spell would work. Deep analysis of the shard might work too, but you'd need a lot of time and work on it.
[18:43] <John> "Would need a pretty narrow spell. S'where having a wizard with all kinds of rubbish in his spellbook would be handy," John says, thinking of Young Hubert. "Not sure if we have anything that'll work."
[18:45] <Feather> "Yeah, s'what I was thinking," Feather agrees unhappily. "If we poke at it long enough, something might give. But it'll see us doing that. And everything around us, like home."
[18:45] <@Kotono> "Can we just do it here?" Myann asks. "Rather than taking it with us?"
[18:46] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Ebiris
[18:46] * Ebiris is now known as John
[18:47] <Feather> "Let's give it a try for a day or two and see how far it gets us," Feather agrees, deciding to give it a try unless someone has an objection.
[18:49] <Gildas> He nods. "I'm not sure how much help I can be, but I might at least be able to point us in the right direction."
[18:49] <@John> "Not much else to go on so may as well," John nods.
[18:49] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. More coming since you still have that sheriff coming, and that'll happen before you get seriously into the shard. Barring someone speaking up against it.
[18:50] <@Kotono> The party begins preparations. Meanwhile Grah returns with the sheriff. The sheriff is a big, broad man that's breathing heavy from keeping pace with the orc. "H-hullo," he calls, "Names Joseph Mortimer Pringen, Jr." His face is reddish and his hair is curly black, cut short. "I hear all of y'all have a skeleton you found out here?"
[18:52] <@John> "Yeah, s'over there," John points it out. "Also found this scrying sensor thing."
[18:53] <@Kotono> Wiping his sweaty brow clean, "Y'all did?" He goes to look at it and quickly turns away, "Yaaah! Tits and shit, you did find one!"
[18:53] <Gildas> "Has anyone in the town gone missing recently?" He asks.
[18:54] <@Kotono> "Not since last spring," he says, "Wonder if this is ol Becky?
[18:54] <@Kotono> OOC: Gah.
[18:56] <@Kotono> "Not since last spring," he says, "Wonder if this is ol' Becky?" He pauses to breath, sounding rather winded. "Pardon, pardon. Becky, becky...aaah...aaah...she was gone senile and stupid, old biddy was out of her mind. Never got over her children dying of the plague a decade ago. She was a real problem, that one. Her and her saggy-ass self would run around town naked 'chasing her family'. But
[18:56] <@Kotono> one day she just up and vanished. Y'all ask me, it's probably her. Wandered down here and dropped off dead."
[18:57] <Feather> "She had help," Feather says curtly, pointing out the creepy eye symbol.
[18:58] <@John> "Looks dead longer than a year, though," John says, wondering if the necromancer used magic to rot her prematurely.
[18:59] <@Kotono> "Ah fuck," Muttering that and peering closer, "Shit! I-is that the Fair Folk's work? Goddess's tits, did the fairies take her?"
[18:59] <@Kotono> Myann closes her eyes and breathes out slowly, sounding rather like a sigh.
[19:00] <@Kotono> Grah just hangs back, watching the entire back and forth.
[19:00] <Gildas> "...No, we don't think it has anything to do with them. Do many people come through town?"
[19:01] <@Kotono> "Well yeah, some do. Travelers and the like," He remarks, glancing at Grah. "Fair few orcs do too, but not many elves."
[19:02] <@Kotono> "It's on the natural path from down south," Grah speaks up, "It's the first town after several days of hard travel."
[19:02] <Feather> "Did anyone get sick? Real sick, like they spent their whole life drinking?" Feather figures it would be worth asking. "Or any fancy mages come through here?"
[19:05] <@Kotono> Two shakes of his head follow, "HAd one person die around that time. Thomas Smithson. Landed wrong when he fell off a horse." A sad shake of his head, which makes his entire gut match that shake, "Cracked his head open like an egg. Damn shame, his children haven't been right since they saw it."
[19:06] <@Kotono> He then pauses a moment, "Actually, speaking of that. There was one thing."
[19:06] * Feather smiles in a hopefully reassuring way as he listens.
[19:07] <@Kotono> "His son, Thomas Smithson Jr, had a spell right after where he claimed his pa came to him at night, all ghost like. His ma claimed he was seeing things," Waggling a finger besides his head, "The grief made him mad, she said."
[19:08] <Feather> "This creepy mage, he's using death magic, right? Making corpses move and such? He might be able do this sorta thing, maybe," Feather muses. "Any chance we could have a chat with the kid?"
[19:11] <@Kotono> "No shit?" Staring, "Y-yeah, guess you could."
[19:11] <Gildas> "Then, could you tell us where to find him?"
[19:13] <@Kotono> "Yeah," he says, leading the way. OOC: Good with skipping along?
[19:14] <@John> OOC: sure
[19:17] <@Kotono> You're lead back to Westenmark, to one log cabin amid any. The sheriff knocks on the door, "Trisha-Louisa, you in there?" he calls. "It's the sheriff, open up!"
[19:18] <@Kotono> The door soon opens. The woman before you is gaunt and looks exhausted. Her body slumps and her hair and clothes are a mess. "Howdy," she drawls slowly, "Y'all brought company? Strange company. Your fat ass isn't going to eat one of them?"
[19:18] <@Kotono> "No," With a eyebrow-twitch and a look of annoyance, "Where's Thomas Jr?"
[19:19] <@Kotono> "Off playing in the back," she gestures behind the cabin, "Making a damn mess of himself. THOMAS! THOMAS SMITHSON JR, YOU GET YOUR ASS HERE RIGHT NOW!" She turns and shouts, "DOUBLE TIME, MISTER!"
[19:20] <@Kotono> The child that approaches is indeed dirty. His worn clothes are covered in dirt and fresh mud, a cheerful smile on his face. "Yes, maaaaaa," he sighs, "What is it?"
[19:21] <@Kotono> "Hi there, Thomas," The sheriff wheezes. "These people here have some questions for y'all. Answer them honestly, you hear, or you'll get a thumping from your ma."
[19:23] <Gildas> He raises an eyebrow at the fine folk of Westenmark, but looks to the others to ask their questions.
[19:23] <@John> "Hullo," John greets the boy. "We wanted to ask about the ghost you saw. My names John by the way."
[19:24] <Feather> "S'about the ghost, yeah," Feather agrees. "Name's Feather, here. We're thinking we outta hear what happened from you."
[19:25] <@Kotono> Thomas Jr's eyes go wide. At the same time the sheriff looks right to Trisha-Louisa, "Don't you say a word, you hear?" he glowers at her, "This is OFFICIAL business from the sheriff."
[19:25] <@Kotono> "It's official bullshit is what it is!" The woman retorts, "What sort of brain-addled damnfools do you have to be to be chasing ghosts?"
[19:26] <@John> "The adventuring kind!" John answers proudly.
[19:26] <@Kotono> "The kind who don't have their children cling to the apron strings too long?" Grah shoots back, giving the woman a tired look, "A good orcish woman would respect a child's right to speak for themself. Shit, why don't you put him in a dress while you're at it, human?"
[19:27] <@Kotono> "The kind that are hunting something that may hurt other people?" Myann's response is quieter, "Isn't that enough?"
[19:27] <Feather> "Let's be civil about this," Feather says, attempting to play the mediator. "Yeah, those things are out there. But we ain't sure that's what happened here just cause it could happen. So we need to hear how it all went down, first."
[19:28] <@Kotono> "The kind that'll throw your ass in-" The sheriff begins, cut off by Feather.
[19:29] <@Kotono> "Right," As Trisha-Louisea fumes and bites down on her lip, Thomas responds. "Da kept appearing at night. Told me to be strong...and later on, started to tell me to avoid the dead waterfall."'
[19:29] <Feather> "What's that, this dead waterfall?"
[19:32] <@John> "Oh come on, a name like that? We should've went there first!" John huffs.
[19:34] <@Kotono> "Don't know," Thomas looks down, "But pa always went away to the east. And...the last time he came, he said he couldn't come anymore, and that I had to avoid the dead waterfall."
[19:35] <Feather> "When was that last time?" Feather asks him, before glancing at the locals. "Don't suppose you know any waterfalls to the east?"
[19:38] <@Kotono> "A long time ago. A month after he...passed," Thomas Jr replies.
[19:38] <@Kotono> "I don't know about that," The sheriff says, "But you follow that stream far enough and I reckon you'll come on somethin glike that."
[19:39] <Gildas> "Well, it would appear we have a destination." He says. "Do we want to do anything with that device we found, or just go?"
[19:40] <@John> "I say we go," John says, not having any expertise at backtracking scryings.
[19:40] <Feather> "S'possible," Feather muses. "This mage could do something like that. Grah, ever got a chance to head that way before?"
[19:42] <Gildas> "If we spend time with it, it might tip him off, so it may be best to just go and see what we can find. It'll become more obvious the closer we get, I think..."
[19:44] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay, so what's your plan here now? Follow the stream east?
[19:45] <Feather> OOC: Grah lacks answers?
[19:45] <Feather> OOC: Also, do we have any estimate just how long looking into the sensor would take?
[19:49] <@Kotono> OOC: A couple of days. Also, Grah hasn't. Missed that line.
[19:50] <Feather> OOC: Let's follow the stream east for a few days
[19:51] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay then. More coming.
[19:51] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 36." [1d100=36]
[19:51] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:51] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 42." [1d100=42]
[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 60." [1d100=60]
[19:51] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 67." [1d100=67]
[19:53] <@Kotono> Two days of travel are unremarkable. It's a long stream and you follow it without any disruptions. On the third day, you come to a little v-shape ridge carved into the stream's path. The stream goes down it...and then flows uphill to continue, instead of filling up the v-shaped ridge. It just sits there, casually defying normal physics.
[19:54] <Gildas> "...Well, that's peculiar." He announces, obviously.
[19:54] * Feather looks around for dead people!
[19:54] <@John> "How's that work?" John wonders, going over towards the bottom of the ridge to give it a look and satisfy his curiosity.
[19:57] <@Kotono> OOC: Perception, Feather.
[19:58] <@Kotono> Myann follows John, "Unnaturally?" she ventures as you take a look. It's odd. The water doesn't pool down, but instead keeps on flowing. It's almost like something's keeping it in the shape of a stream.
[19:58] <Feather> roll 1d20+11
[19:58] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+11 and gets 12." [1d20=1]
[19:59] <@John> "Yeah there's gotta be something driving it," John agrees, dipping a hand in the water and tilting his head to look up the gravity-defying side as he continues puzzling it over.
[20:01] <@Kotono> Feather doesn't find anything interesting around.
[20:01] <Gildas> Gildas does the obvious thing of finding out if there's magic at play here.
[20:01] <@Kotono> The water flows normally enough. It doesn't feel different or anything.
[20:01] <@Kotono> Gildas can detect faint mgaic. OOC: Spellcraft.
[20:02] <@John> "Hmmm..." he stretches his hands out to feel the water on either side going down and up.
[20:02] <Gildas> roll 1d20+12
[20:02] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+12 and gets 22." [1d20=10]
[20:04] <@Kotono> John can feel it flows normally on the normal side and shifts abruptly in the middle. It feels sort of swirly ther,e then it flows right on up. Gildas can see there's a simple magic to turn and force the water to flow uphill here. There's also some sort of strange ritual involved - something about channeling water and unnaturalness.
[20:04] <@John> Needing a closer investigation, John leans over and dips his head down into the water at the middle to have a look around!
[20:05] <Gildas> "Hm. Channeling water for some sort of... ritual? Interesting. I'm relatively sure if we just follow it, we'll find what we're looking for."
[20:06] <@Kotono> Gurgh! John's's body goes rigid and he goes straight up, feet in the air and head in the water! He spins aroud rapidly fast, going around and around for several seconds. He's then tossed out and into the air, landing in a heap nearby. He's dizzied badly, but in there he saw...he isn't sure what. Something constantly swirling and churning bone white and night black.
[20:08] * @John yelps as he flies through the air and then moans in dizziness and surprise after landing. "I saw more than I wanted to see..."
[20:08] <Gildas> He looks over in a bit of shock before jogging over to him. "Are you all right?"
[20:09] * Feather draws his sword halfway out of its sheath before shaking his head in disbelief.
[20:10] <@Kotono> Myann follows, "Do you need a heal speal?" She nudges the dizzied John with her boot.
[20:10] <@John> "No... not hurt, just dizzy," he groans, hauling himself upright with water dripping down his head. "There's something weird in there that's moving the water, though."
[20:11] <Gildas> "...Well, then I think it would be in our best interests to see where it leads."
[20:12] <@John> "Didn't get a good look at it with all the spinning though," he apologises. "Was white and black though."
[20:12] <@John> "Sounds like the start of a joke when I say it like that," he reflects after a moment's thought.
[20:13] <Gildas> "Hm... it could be anything, but... well, I don't think we should worry too much about it." He nods.
[20:18] <Feather> "Sooo... what next?"
[20:18] <@Kotono> "Keep going?" Myann suggests, "This isn't a dead waterfall, but maybe there's one further down?"
[20:18] <Gildas> He nods. "Yes, that is my suggestion."
[20:18] <Feather> "Sure, let's do that."
[20:20] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 100." [1d100=100]
[20:20] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 61." [1d100=61]

[Ebiris]

[18:02] <@Kotono> The party continues on past that. A few minutes past it...OOC: Who's on point?
[18:03] <@John> OOC: I'll do it
[18:04] <@Kotono> OOC: Make a perception check.
[18:04] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[18:04] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 and gets 29." [1d20=16]
[18:05] <@Kotono> The party treks on. As they do, John hears a curious little rustling sound from above.
[18:06] * @John looks up, partly expecting a squirrel but instincts honed by months of adventuring tell him to be wary!
[18:10] <@Kotono> 50ft up in the canopy, John can see a skull poking out. It's upside down, as if something is hanging up there and peeking out.
[18:10] <@John> "Skull!" John yells and points.
[18:11] <Feather> "Fuck!" Feather draws his sword, looking up as he moves to cover Myann. "Got a skeleton attached to it?"
[18:12] <Gildas> Gildas frowns as he looks up with the others.
[18:12] <@John> "Um... can't tell," John admits more quietly after the initial excitement.
[18:13] <Feather> "Could be anywhere," Feather says warily, looking about for skeletal bodyparts trying to sneak up on them.
[18:14] <@Kotono> Myann draws her blade as well. The skeleton lolls a bony tongue out as the party reacts below, as suddenly the canopy above you shakes and shudders! Then...OOC: Init.
[18:14] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Myann
[18:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Myann and gets 15." [1d20=13]
[18:15] <Feather> roll 1d20+3
[18:15] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+3 and gets 14." [1d20=11]
[18:15] <@John> roll 1d20+3
[18:15] <Gildas> roll 1d20+3
[18:15] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+3 and gets 8." [1d20=5]
[18:15] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+3 and gets 15." [1d20=12]
[18:15] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Grah
[18:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Grah and gets 10." [1d20=5]
[18:15] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Skull
[18:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Skull and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[18:15] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+5 ???
[18:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 ??? and gets 22." [1d20=17]
[18:16] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7 ???2
[18:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 ???2 and gets 9." [1d20=2]
[18:16] * Kotono changes topic to '???(22)>Myann=Gildas(15)>Feather(14)>Grah=Skull(10)>???(9)>John(8)'
[18:18] <@Kotono> The canopy above explodes and rains down! Crashing down is a skeletal dragon! It isn't as big as the white dragon, only about half the size of a house. It's going stomach down at the party, ribs thrust down like impaling spears to skewer the party! OOC: Ref, all. Evasion doesn't matter here since it's already full/none depending on the save.
[18:18] * Kotono changes topic to 'Skeletal Dragon(22)>Myann=Gildas(15)>Feather(14)>Grah=Skull(10)>???(9)>John(8)'
[18:18] <Feather> roll 1d20+7
[18:18] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+7 and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[18:19] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Myann wants a 20
[18:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Myann wants a 20 and gets 11." [1d20=4]
[18:19] <Gildas> roll 1d20+9
[18:19] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+9 and gets 20." [1d20=11]
[18:19] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Grah
[18:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Grah and gets 15." [1d20=9]
[18:19] <@John> roll 1d20+11
[18:19] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+11 and gets 30." [1d20=19]
[18:20] <@Kotono> roll 6d6 Myann, Grah and Feather full, the others made the save and take none, more coming after this
[18:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 6d6 Myann, Grah and Feather full, the others made the save and take none, more coming after this and gets 15." [6d6=1, 3, 1, 2, 6, 2]
[18:23] <@Kotono> John and Gildas are fast enough to leap away! They land 20ft away from the dragon in opposite directions, avoiding the rain of destruction. The other three aren't so fast, slammed into hard! It leaves them dazed as the ribbones of the dragon shift! They close in, becoming bands that pin them to the underside of the dragon's spine. They're caught hard by it, unable to move! The bones dryly slither
[18:23] <@Kotono> against the three, rubbing over them with unnatural flexiblity. OOC: You three are pinned. An escape artist check or CMD check can allow you to escape. Myann and Gildas are up. Go Gildas. 
[18:24] <@Kotono> "Needled dicked necromantic fool!" Grah howls in orcish as he struggles against the bonds.
[18:25] * Feather somehow manages to slide off the bone that impaled him as it shatters on impact with the ground, the bolt-shaped sword in his arms glowing emerald.
[18:25] <Gildas> OOC: Can I attack the bones pinning anyone?
[18:25] <@Kotono> OOC: If you want, though you'll suffer a -4 penalty to the attack roll.
[18:25] <Gildas> OOC: Okay.
[18:27] <Gildas> Gildas shapeshifts into his predator form quickly and barrels forward and strikes with his paws at the bones pinning Feather, trying to break them apart so he can get up!
[18:27] <Gildas> roll 1d20+10 includes the -4
[18:27] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+10 includes the -4 and gets 28." [1d20=18]
[18:27] <Feather> OOC: I'm freed! Go for Myann!
[18:27] <Gildas> roll 1d20+5
[18:27] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+5 and gets 10." [1d20=5]
[18:28] <Gildas> OOC: Then I'll go for Myann instead of Feather is good.
[18:28] <Gildas> OOC: *if
[18:29] <@Kotono> OOC:  You're 20ft away. You'd only get the normal one attack on a standard+move action. Anyway, attack hits so roll damage.
[18:29] <Gildas> OOC: Is it freezing where they are?
[18:30] <Gildas> OOC: Temperature-wise, I mean.
[18:30] <@Kotono> OOC: No.
[18:30] <Gildas> roll 2d8+10+1d6 last is cold
[18:30] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2d8+10+1d6 last is cold and gets 26." [2d8=8, 6][1d6=2]
[18:30] <@Kotono> OOC: Oh wait, sorry it is. Misread.
[18:30] <Gildas> OOC: okay
[18:30] <Gildas> roll 1d6 extra cold then
[18:30] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d6 extra cold then and gets 2." [1d6=2]
[18:30] <Gildas> OOC: So 28 total
[18:32] <@Kotono> Gildas hits the bones around Myann. One open palmed bear-strike shatters them, dropping Myann to the ground! She lands nimbly, pausing just long enough to right herself before tearing into the skeleton with her blade.
[18:32] * Kotono changes topic to 'Skeletal Dragon(22)>Gildas(15)>Myann>Feather(14)>Grah=Skull(10)>???(9)>John(8)'
[18:32] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12 (+2 favored enemy)
[18:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 (+2 favored enemy) and gets 30." [1d20=18]
[18:32] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7 (+2 favored enemy)
[18:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 (+2 favored enemy) and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[18:33] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+7+1d8+7
[18:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+7+1d8+7 and gets 21." [1d8=5][1d8=2]
[18:34] <@Kotono> Myann's blade cuts into the bony spine before her, cutting off hunks of it. She snaps something under her breath as...OOC: Feather, go.
[18:34] <Feather> Already there, Feather spares Myann a glance. Grinning at the way she tears into the draconic skeleton after Gildas frees her, he tries to replicate Gildas's feat for Grah!
[18:34] <Feather> roll 1d20+13-4
[18:34] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+13-4 and gets 13." [1d20=4]
[18:34] <Feather> roll 1d20+8-4
[18:34] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+8-4 and gets 15." [1d20=11]
[18:34] <@Kotono> OOC: 1 hit.
[18:35] <Feather> roll 1d10+5+1d6 last is elec
[18:35] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+5+1d6 last is elec and gets 15." [1d10=7][1d6=3]
[18:36] <@Kotono> The ribbone cracks and crackles with lightning as it falls away! Grah is freed, landing on one knee and surging back up! He screams loud as the warp overtakes him, hands twisting into jagged claws as he rips into the skeleton directly!
[18:37] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9 (+2 rage, -2 PA)
[18:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 (+2 rage, -2 PA) and gets 16." [1d20=7]
[18:37] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9 (+2 rage, -2 PA)
[18:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 (+2 rage, -2 PA) and gets 13." [1d20=4]
[18:37] <@Kotono> roll 1d6+8
[18:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+8 and gets 12." [1d6=4]
[18:38] <@Kotono> A hunk of dragon wing-bone is ripped away, tossed aside after it loudly CRACKS from being broken off. It lands away from the battle, the dragon battered but still going! Meanwhile from above, the skeleton's bony tongue darts down! IT extends down all 50ft, reaching the bottom easily! It goes for Gildas, trying to strike him.
[18:38] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9 AC?
[18:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 AC? and gets 20." [1d20=11]
[18:38] <Gildas> OOC: 22
[18:39] <@Kotono> But Gildas swerves back, nearly doubling over with his back on the ground to avoid the tongue! It snaps right back up in a second, a loud, raspy crinkle as it retreats! Then another skull pops out next to it and another tongue comes down! This one goes for Feather, right at him!
[18:39] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9 AC?
[18:39] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 AC? and gets 11." [1d20=2]
[18:40] * Kotono changes topic to 'Skeletal Dragon(22)>Gildas(15)>Myann>Feather(14)>Grah=Skull(10)>Another damned skull(9)>John(8)'
[18:40] <@Kotono> But Feather bats it away with his blade, deflecting it without even having to look. OOC: John.
[18:40] <@Kotono> With a half-finished yelp that changes into, "Damn it! How do they even have tongues that long?!" Myann sidesteps a bit of falling dragon-bone, "It makes no sense!"
[18:40] * @John moves in on the opposite flank of the dragon from Gildas and thwacks it with his staff before magically vanishing from sight!
[18:40] <@John> roll 1d20+15 flanking
[18:40] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+15 flanking and gets 25." [1d20=10]
[18:41] <@Kotono> OOC: Hits.
[18:41] <@John> roll 1d6+7+2d6
[18:41] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d6+7+2d6 and gets 15." [1d6=4][2d6=2, 2]
[18:41] <@Kotono> Kerack! John strikes the back leg of the dragon, cracks running up and down it! The leg gives way, crumbling to bits! The dragon now looks unsteadya nd throughly beaten up, the party all aroun dit! OOC: Dragon's up.
[18:41] * Kotono changes topic to 'Skeletal Dragon(22 off balance)>Gildas(15)>Myann>Feather(14)>Grah=Skull(10)>Another damned skull(9)>John(8)'
[18:42] <@Kotono> The dragon whirls about, trying to stumble and strike all around him, fighting with disregard for anything else! But it's a little slow, the accumulated injuries impeding it!
[18:42] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+13 bite (-2 off balance) Gildas
[18:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 bite (-2 off balance) Gildas and gets 32." [1d20=19]
[18:42] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+13 bite (-2 off balance) Gildas crit?
[18:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 bite (-2 off balance) Gildas crit? and gets 16." [1d20=3]
[18:44] <@Kotono> OOC: AC Gildas
[18:44] <@Kotono> ?
[18:44] <Gildas> OOC: 22
[18:46] <@Kotono> roll 2d8+8 and improved grab times
[18:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d8+8 and improved grab times and gets 11." [2d8=2, 1]
[18:47] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+17 CMD?
[18:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+17 CMD? and gets 27." [1d20=10]
[18:47] <Gildas> OOC: 27
[18:48] <@Kotono> Gah! Gildas is bitten by the dragon's mouth and caught in it! He's swallowed into it, pinned tight in the dragon's mouth! OOC: Same conditions as Feather and the other two were in last round. Rest of FA coming.
[18:49] <@Kotono> Meanwhile, the dragon's claws lash out on either side! WIth three within and under it, only one claw can strike - this one swings blindly for the invisible John!
[18:49] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 86." [1d100=86]
[18:49] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8 (-2 off balance) AC?
[18:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 (-2 off balance) AC? and gets 10." [1d20=2]
[18:49] <@Kotono> As the claws swing at nothing but air, the dragon's wings buffer down, one missing and the other swinging in John's general direction!
[18:49] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:49] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 90." [1d100=90]
[18:50] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8 (-2 off balance) AC?
[18:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 (-2 off balance) AC?  and gets 24." [1d20=16]
[18:50] <@Kotono> OOC: AC?
[18:50] <@John> OOC: 21
[18:50] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+4
[18:50] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+4 and gets 5." [1d8=1]
[18:51] <@Kotono> John gets buffeted by a wing, momentarily knocked back! It drives the wind from him but nothing more, the blow grazing. Then the dragon leaps up, tail swinging all about at all down below!
[18:51] <@Kotono> roll 1d100 vs John first
[18:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 vs John first and gets 77." [1d100=77]
[18:51] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8 vs all but Gildas, who's mouthed
[18:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 vs all but Gildas, who's mouthed and gets 20." [1d20=12]
[18:51] <Feather> OOC: AC22
[18:51] <@Kotono> roll 2d6+8 hits Myann and Grah
[18:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+8 hits Myann and Grah and gets 11." [2d6=2, 1]
[18:52] <@Kotono> The dragon's tail thrashes about, knocking around both fey and orc. Myann's bruised from it and Grah endures with savagery! Meanwhile...OOC: Gildas, go.
[18:53] <Gildas> OOC: What roll do I need to make?
[18:55] <@Kotono> OOC: Escape Artist or CMB.
[18:55] <@Kotono> OOC: Your choice on which.
[18:56] <Gildas> roll 1d20+10
[18:56] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+10 and gets 25." [1d20=15]
[18:58] <@Kotono> Gildas struggles! With a supreme effort of will, he pushes the dragon's mouth open and leaps out, obtaining his freedom! OOC: Escaped! Myann's up.
[18:59] <@Kotono> Now fully focused on the damaged skeleton, Myann doesn't stop trying to introduce blade to bone!
[18:59] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12 (+2 favored enemy)
[18:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 (+2 favored enemy) and gets 19." [1d20=7]
[18:59] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[18:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 13." [1d20=6]
[18:59] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+7
[18:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+7 and gets 13." [1d8=6]
[18:59] <@Kotono> She manages to slice away another rib, the entire dragon starting to look rather torn up indeed. Hunks of it are missing and its balance is ruined, the beast struggling to stay up! OOC: Okay. Feather.
[19:01] * Feather eyes the wavering skeleton warily, but where exactly would it be safe from a house-sized dragon? And so he continues his efforts to rip it apart with his blade, charging it with all the lightning it could carry!
[19:01] <Feather> roll 1d20+13 zap
[19:01] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+13 zap and gets 32." [1d20=19]
[19:01] <Feather> roll 1d20+8
[19:01] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+8 and gets 10." [1d20=2]
[19:01] <@Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[19:01] <Feather> roll 1d10+5+6d6 last is elec
[19:01] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+5+6d6 last is elec and gets 32." [1d10=3][6d6=5, 2, 6, 2, 6, 3]
[19:02] <@Kotono> Electricity arches through the dragon! It stumbles back and away, bone charring black up and down its spine. The dragon's sagging after that, back end having given out entirely! OOC: Ow. Grah and skull is up.
[19:03] <@Kotono> Grah continues raging, ripping into the dragon!
[19:03] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[19:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 26." [1d20=17]
[19:03] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[19:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 18." [1d20=9]
[19:03] <@Kotono> OOC: +2 rage, -2 PA. Forgot the ()es.
[19:03] <@Kotono> roll 1d6+8
[19:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+8 and gets 12." [1d6=4]
[19:03] <@Kotono> roll 1d6+8
[19:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+8 and gets 9." [1d6=1]
[19:04] <@Kotono> The dragon's back end is shredded up, bone rippeda way and other parts torn up! Both legs are gone now, as from above, another tongue comes! This one is aimed at Grah, going right for him!
[19:04] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[19:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 10." [1d20=1]
[19:05] <@Kotono> But the tongue misses entirely, blocked by the dragon's struggles! Then the other tongue repeats this, going after Myann this time!
[19:05] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 29." [1d20=20]
[19:05] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9 ow
[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 ow and gets 12." [1d20=3]
[19:05] <@Kotono> roll 1d4+2 and improved grab times
[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4+2 and improved grab times and gets 3." [1d4=1]
[19:05] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+13
[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 and gets 31." [1d20=18]
[19:06] <@Kotono> The tongue  whips Myann, curling around her like a snake! She nary has a chance to yelp before she zips back up, vanishing seconds later into the canopy above along with the tongue and skull!  OOC: John, go.
[19:07] * @John lays into the dragon in a desperate attempt to finish it off swiftly so they can help Myann and deal with those skulls!
[19:07] <@John> roll 1d20+12 flanking
[19:07] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+12 flanking and gets 23." [1d20=11]
[19:07] <@John> roll 1d20+12 flanking
[19:07] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+12 flanking and gets 15." [1d20=3]
[19:07] <@John> roll 1d20+12 flanking
[19:07] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+12 flanking and gets 21." [1d20=9]
[19:07] <@John> roll 1d20+7 flanking
[19:07] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+7 flanking and gets 8." [1d20=1]
[19:07] <@John> roll 1d20+7 flanking
[19:07] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+7 flanking and gets 25." [1d20=18]
[19:10] <@Kotono> OOC: All but the 1 hit.
[19:10] <@John> roll 4#1d6+5+2d6
[19:10] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 4#1d6+5+2d6 and gets 49." [4#1d6+5+2d6 = 15, 9, 12, 13]
[19:10] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(15)>Myann>Feather(14)>Grah=Skull(10)>Another damned skull(9)>John(8)'
[19:11] <@Kotono> CRACK! Blow after blow hammers the skeleton! The dragon cracks all over before collapsing into a pile of bone, a scream of rage heard as it does so! It's down and defeated, little more than fertilizer now! OOC: Got it. Gildas.
[19:12] <Gildas> OOC: The skulls are up in the canopy, correct?
[19:14] <@Kotono> OOC:  yes.
[19:14] <@Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[19:14] <Gildas> OOC: OK
[19:14] <Gildas> Gildas will shapeshift and fly up after Myann!
[19:16] <@Kotono> Gildas flies up! He reaches the canopy! The two skeletons are 10ft above him. One has his tongue arching around to his back, wrapped around Myann. She's held there, struggling against her bonds!
[19:16] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[19:16] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 15." [1d20=6]
[19:16] <@Kotono> But she can't escape them! OOC: Grah and the free skull are up.
[19:16] <Feather> OOC: No, I go first
[19:17] <Feather> Crying out Myann's name, Feather launches himself towards the canopy sword first!
[19:17] <Feather> roll 1d20+15 charging the skull holding Myann, zap
[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+15 charging the skull holding Myann, zap and gets 22." [1d20=7]
[19:19] <@Kotono> OOC: Oh right, dur.
[19:19] <Feather> OOC: Hit?
[19:19] <@Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[19:19] <Feather> roll 1d10+5+6d6 glee
[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+5+6d6 glee and gets 33." [1d10=2][6d6=5, 6, 1, 5, 3, 6]
[19:20] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(15)>Myann>Feather(14)>Grah=Skull(10)>John(8)'
[19:21] <@Kotono> Feather plunges up, impaling the skeleton's skull! It shatters directly, the entire thing broken apart! Myann lands on the branch it sits on, wincing slightly as she's freed. OOC: Ow. Grah holds, has nothing useful at the moment. Skull is up.
[19:21] <@Kotono> The last skull whirls and goes to try and tongue Feather head on!
[19:21] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[19:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 28." [1d20=19]
[19:22] <@Kotono> roll 1d4+2 and improved grab times incoming
[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4+2 and improved grab times incoming and gets 5." [1d4=3]
[19:22] <Feather> OOC: All my hate. Hits.
[19:22] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+13 CMD?
[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+13 CMD? and gets 15." [1d20=2]
[19:22] <Feather> OOC: More than that
[19:22] <@Kotono> The tongue lashes Feather hard, but can't establish a good grip on him. It stings, nothing more. OOC: John.
[19:23] * @John looks up at the drama unfolding in the air. "Bet they're having fun up there," he says conversationally to Grah.
[19:24] <@Kotono> Gra'
[19:24] <@Kotono> Grah's response is a scream of rage. Meanwhile...OOC: Gildas, go.
[19:24] <Gildas> Gildas swoops over to take a talon attack at the only skull left!
[19:25] <Gildas> roll 1d20+13
[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+13 and gets 30." [1d20=17]
[19:25] <Gildas> roll 1d6+10
[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d6+10 and gets 12." [1d6=2]
[19:27] <@Kotono> The skull gets a nasty clawing, good chunks of it chipped away! But it's still going after that, as Myann turns and quickly casts!
[19:27] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 50." [1d100=50]
[19:27] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9 touch AC
[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 touch AC and gets 21." [1d20=12]
[19:27] <@Kotono> roll 5d6
[19:27] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d6 and gets 24." [5d6=5, 6, 3, 4, 6]
[19:29] <@Kotono> The block that appears crushes what's left of the skeleton, reducing it to naught but a rain of bone! Got 'em! OOC: Free act.  Loot post.
[19:30] <Feather> "Myann, you okay? See you below," Feather has time to say, before he drops back down to the ground.
[19:31] <@Kotono> Myann groans and morphs, flying down and landing. She again takes normal form and winces, muttering a quick healing spell.
[19:31] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 18." [1d100=18]
[19:31] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+5
[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+5 and gets 10." [1d8=5]
[19:32] <Feather> "Fuck. Suddenly, skeletons? How do you hide a damned house-sized dragon?!"
[19:32] <@John> "Oh good, you're all back," John says in relief. "Grah wasn't good for a chat while you were all gone."
[19:35] <Feather> "And why? Why mess with nature and how water flows, then leave all these skulls in the middle of nowhere?" Feather rants. "What's the fucking point?"
[19:36] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 56." [1d100=56]
[19:36] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+5
[19:36] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+5 and gets 10." [1d8=5]
[19:37] <@Kotono> "Ascribing sanity to this man's motives is likely too generous," Myann remarks as she continues to heal herself.
[19:37] <@Kotono> Grah shudders as rage leaves him, going to lean heavily against a tree.
[19:38] <Gildas> "Guard ...dragons, I suppose." Gildas offers, after he returns to the others and shapeshifts back himself.
[19:39] <Feather> "So we killed a dragon, and he killed a dragon," Feather mutters, starting to calm down. "Then we rekilled his dragon. Yep, we're up ahead!"
[19:42] <@Kotono> "Does anyone else need healing?" Myann asks, going to sit down on the ground. She switches to quiet Sylvan, murmuring to the others as Grah recovers a bit away. "If we need to intimidate him, playing the Sidhe card might help. It worked wonders with Vasili, without even trying."
[19:42] <@John> "I think killing his dragons was plenty intimidating by itself," John reflects. "I'm fine, though, thanks for asking."
[19:43] <Feather> "No, we need killing him, not just making him run scared," Feather responds, before poking at his shirt. "Got a hole in my gut. Huh. Hurts a bit."
[19:43] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 45." [1d100=45]
[19:43] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+5 Feather healing
[19:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8+5 Feather healing and gets 8." [1d8=3]
[19:46] <Gildas> roll 1d8+5 selfish healing
[19:46] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d8+5 selfish healing and gets 6." [1d8=1]

[Ebiris]

[18:07] <@Koaway> "So we keep going?" Myann asks, getting her things together in the meanwhile, pausing a moment for one more spell.
[18:07] <@Koaway> roll 1d100
[18:07] * Hatbot --> "Koaway rolls 1d100 and gets 22." [1d100=22]
[18:07] <@Koaway> roll 1d8+5
[18:07] * Hatbot --> "Koaway rolls 1d8+5 and gets 11." [1d8=6]
[18:08] * Koaway is now known as Kotono
[18:08] <Gildas> He nods to Myann. "I think we're on the right track, if we're being attacked by something of this size."
[18:11] <@Kotono> OOC: Gonig to continue on then, y'all.
[18:11] <@John> OOC: sure
[18:11] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 19." [1d100=19]
[18:11] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 66." [1d100=66]
[18:13] <@Kotono> The party travels until the late afternoon. Ahead is a downward slope that is thickly forested, making passage likely to be a long hard slog - or goind directly down the stream, if one doesn't mind getting wet and swimming.  Glancing down the river, you can see the hill goes a ways and rapidly becomes dark - the canopy is so thick here that it's too dark to see about 30ft downhill.
[18:15] <Feather> "Figure the waterfall's gonna be somewhere here?" Feather asks the others.
[18:15] <@Kotono> "That," Myann kneels and peers down at the edge of the hilltop, "Looks like a marvelously bad idea to go down. It screams ambush by a crazed necromancer's minions."
[18:16] <@John> "Can anyone summon up something we don't care about to go first then?" John asks.
[18:17] <@John> He casts a mournful look at the river. But alas, Splashuzu is as dead as the rest of his old friends.
[18:17] <Gildas> "Hm..." He rubs his chin. "I could fly down the stream to see if there's anywhere for us to stop, but... I don't know if that really helps the situation any."
[18:19] <@Kotono> "It's worth a try," Myann says, glancing at John, "What's wrong?"
[18:19] <@Kotono> Grah comes up and sniffs down, "I don't like the way the wind blows here," he says, rubbing a bruised arm.
[18:20] <Gildas> He nods and shapeshifts into his aerial form and begins to fly down the path of the stream, about 20 ft above it to scout it.
[18:20] <@John> "Just thinking about Splashuzu," he admits. "That Emperor killed him, just like he killed the rest. He was a good bloke, for an animated water thing."
[18:20] <Feather> "How about we go around and make our own path through the forest if Gildas runs against something that makes him turn back?" Feather suggests.
[18:22] <@Kotono> "Can't you just summon him again?" Myann asks, "If I recall, aren't summoned creatures merely returned back whence they came?" Myann nods to Feather then, as meanwhile Gildas goes below. (More)
[18:22] <@Kotono> OOC: Making any attempt at stealth or anything like that, Gildas?
[18:23] <Gildas> OOC: Nope.
[18:25] <@John> "Nah, Young Hubert explained it when he showed me how to call him," John shakes his head. "There's like two different types of bringing folks to you. There's a summon, which just gets any random old thing that fits the bill, and there's a calling which gets a particular one. Every time I summoned Splashuzu, it was the same one. He didn't talk much that I could understand, but I knew, right?"
[18:25] <@Kotono> OOC: Low-light or darkvision?
[18:25] <Gildas> OOC: I do not believe I have either.
[18:25] <@Kotono> OOC: In fact, go over into #evildunes and we'll handle this there, since it'll take some back and forth, Neph.
[18:27] <@Kotono> "Oh," Myann murmurs, "I'm sorry." She exhales and shakes her head, "He deserved better."
[18:28] * @John nods. "The Emperor got his right after, at least."
[18:32] <@Kotono> Myann nods and then looks over to Feather, "Do you think we'll finish this todya?"
[18:32] <@Kotono> *today
[18:37] <Feather> "Might be better to come at it from a fresh start," Feather muses. "But it's just asking for trouble to let it wait if we're close."
[18:40] <@Kotono> A loud bird-squawk stops any further discussion. Bird-Gildas flees from the river-path and back out rather swiftly.
[18:41] * Feather is immediately on the lookout for skeletons!
[18:41] <Gildas> He takes a moment to right himself and shapeshifts back on the ground. "Yeah, it's an ambush. It's too dark down there to see anything, but they might follow me up here."
[18:42] <@Kotono> Gildas barely gets out the words before a long leg-bone comes flying out, shaped and sharpened like a javelin! It's hurled right at the fleeing Gildas!
[18:42] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 AC Gildas?
[18:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 AC Gildas? and gets 20." [1d20=14]
[18:43] <Gildas> OOC: 18.
[18:43] <@Kotono> roll 1d6+2 and Fort
[18:43] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+2 and Fort and gets 6." [1d6=4]
[18:44] <@John> "Wow!" John steps back at that flying leg bone, raising up his staff to try and ward off any projectiles that come his way.
[18:45] <Feather> "They're flying now?!" Feather exclaims in horror.
[18:45] <Gildas> roll 1d20+10
[18:45] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+10 and gets 25." [1d20=15]
[18:46] <@Kotono> The javelin grazes Gildas's side, opening up a wound but flying past! From the darkness you can see dim movements further in. It's too dark to see - but Myann calls, "30 feet in," she relays tersely, "Three of them, clustered together! Right there!" She points ahead, "Aim down to adjust!" OOC: Init here.
[18:46] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Myann
[18:46] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Myann and gets 7." [1d20=5]
[18:46] <Gildas> roll 1d20+3
[18:46] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+3 and gets 12." [1d20=9]
[18:47] <Feather> roll 1d20+3
[18:47] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+3 and gets 15." [1d20=12]
[18:47] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Grah
[18:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 Grah and gets 10." [1d20=5]
[18:47] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7 skeleton crew
[18:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 skeleton crew and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[18:47] <@John> roll 1d20+3
[18:47] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+3 and gets 21." [1d20=18]
[18:48] * Kotono changes topic to 'John(21)>Feather(15)>Gildas(12)>Grah=Skeleton Crew(10)>Myann(7)'
[18:48] <@Kotono> OOC: Open John.
[18:49] * @John has nothing to aim with! So he decides to turn himself invisible and move up to the edge of where he can actually see. That way if anything does come out there way he can get the jump on it.
[18:51] <@Kotono> John advances into the darkness, unseen but lurking, ready to strike! OOC: Feather.
[18:53] * Feather cautiously closes to the very edge of darkness with his sword drawn, trying to aim for the spot Myann indicated with a spell undead would find uncomfortable.
[18:54] <Feather> roll 1d20+10 ranged touch disrupt undead
[18:54] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+10 ranged touch disrupt undead and gets 15." [1d20=5]
[18:54] <Feather> roll 1d6
[18:54] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d6 and gets 2." [1d6=2]
[18:55] <Feather> roll 1d100
[18:56] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d100 and gets 47." [1d100=47]
[18:56] <@Kotono> Feather fires into the darkness, his shot missing the unseen foes in the gloomy. As he squints and tries to see...OOC: Gildas.
[18:58] <Gildas> Gildas waves his hands and gestures forward, attempting to reveal the undead and anything around them with a Faerie Fire! After doing so, he shapeshifts into his predator form and backs away from them by about 15 feet to encourage them to come closer.
[18:59] <@Kotono> 10ft ahead of John and Feather, they are seen! Purplish lights show a trio of skeletons standing in the stream. They look like the previous ones before, long lolling tongues. However, they have several bone javelins each, slung over their shoulders. They're visible now! OOC: Grah and the crew are up.
[19:00] <@Kotono> Grah kneels and traces lines into the ground. In orcish he chants, "Dust to dust, life to life, death to death, glory to me and glory everlasting!"  The same pattern appears beneath the skeleton trio, glowing on the water's surface. A column of light explodes up, slamming into them!
[19:01] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 ref
[19:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 ref and gets 15." [1d20=9]
[19:01] <@Kotono> roll 8d6
[19:01] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 8d6 and gets 21." [8d6=1, 4, 2, 3, 1, 1, 5, 4]
[19:02] <@Kotono> The blast of light hits the skeletons from below, burning them like fire! They stumble as they grab javelins, tossing them as one at Gildas! The javelings glow purple as they're thrown, alight with fairy fire!
[19:02] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[19:02] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[19:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 21." [1d20=15]
[19:02] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[19:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 25." [1d20=19]
[19:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 21." [1d20=15]
[19:02] <@Kotono> OOC: AC? Ow.
[19:02] <Gildas> OOC: 22
[19:03] <@Kotono> roll 1d6+2 and fort
[19:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+2 and fort and gets 8." [1d6=6]
[19:04] <Gildas> roll 1d20+10
[19:04] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+10 and gets 17." [1d20=7]
[19:05] <@Kotono> One of the javelins fly true, getting Gildas in the arm. It rips muscle and flesh open, causing his left arm to bleed everywhere! But it's not a lethal wound, as...OOC: Myann.
[19:05] <@Kotono> Myann takes this chance, standing and chanting at the visible foes.
[19:05] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 39." [1d100=39]
[19:05] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9 touch AC
[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 touch AC and gets 20." [1d20=11]
[19:05] <@Kotono> roll 5d6
[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d6 and gets 19." [5d6=6, 3, 3, 5, 2]
[19:06] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 ref
[19:06] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 ref and gets 23." [1d20=17]
[19:06] <@Kotono> The skeletons are smacked! One of them crumbles to dust, something glittering as it collapses! Only two left! OOC: John.
[19:07] <@John> Well he can see the skeletons at least, so John bounds into the darkness as he reappears, sweeping the legs out from under one and then smashing its head in!
[19:07] <@John> roll 1d20+14 improved trip
[19:07] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+14 improved trip and gets 20." [1d20=6]
[19:08] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[19:08] <@John> roll 1d20+13 free attack
[19:08] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 free attack and gets 23." [1d20=10]
[19:08] <@John> roll 1d6+7
[19:08] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d6+7 and gets 12." [1d6=5]
[19:09] <@Kotono> WHAM! The skeeltons go down! The second is cracked and broken apart under the smashing, shattered! One to go! OOC: Ow. Feather.
[19:09] * Feather does his best to take care of the remaining one.
[19:09] <Feather> roll 1d20+13
[19:09] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+13 and gets 30." [1d20=17]
[19:10] <@Kotono> OOC: That be a trip to the land of hitz.
[19:10] <Feather> roll 1d10+5+1d6
[19:10] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+5+1d6 and gets 12." [1d10=3][1d6=4]
[19:10] <@Kotono> With a final, massive slash, Feather bisects the remaining skeleton! It crumbles, the fairy fire illuminating the broken pieces and showing your victory! OOC: Free act.
[19:10] <Gildas> Gildas shapeshifts back and chants a healing spell for himself!
[19:11] <@Kotono> "Gild-" Myann begins, but stops as Gildas heals himself.
[19:11] <Gildas> roll 2d8+6
[19:11] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2d8+6 and gets 16." [2d8=4, 6]
[19:11] <@Kotono> With a shrug, Myann goes over to the remnants and kneels down, searching through them.
[19:11] <@John> "Good spell, Gildas," John compliments their druid as he backs out of the darkness.
[19:12] <Gildas> He nods to Myann. "If you have the energy for another, I could use it." He smiles a bit to John and nods. "I picked it up from Myann always confusing things with her golden dust spell."
[19:13] <@Kotono> "Just a moment," Myann calls, taking a bone javelin and putting it aside. She's only faintly seen in the dark as she grasps something and scowls, before shaking her head. "Did anyone want a bone javelin? I was going to take one as a souveneer."
[19:14] <Feather> "That's a dead person, innit? Like his thigh or spine or somethin'?"
[19:14] <@John> "Bit morbid, isn't it?" John agrees with Feather.
[19:14] <@Kotono> "He isn't using it," Myann shrugs, "Besides, I'm a Sidhe. It's probably improper if I don't have something horrifying like this."
[19:15] <Gildas> "If it's an effective weapon, we should probably try and use it. Besides, wouldn't it be fitting for the necromancer to die by the bones of that which he animated?" He offers.
[19:15] <Feather> "No, it would be kinda creepy."
[19:15] <@Kotono> "Speaking of," Myann calls, turning, "Feather, take a look at this for magic? Catch." She turns and chucks something small at Feather.
[19:16] * Feather catches whatever it turns out to be, checking for her.
[19:16] <Gildas> "Less creepy than shoving a guy into a magical chest with a circus inside?"
[19:17] <@Kotono> It looks to be a crude, badly milled gold coin. It has rudimentary symbols of mushrooms on both sides. Myann tosses the javelin aside after Feather's words, coming on back. "I really wish I knew what strange logic these powers worked under." The coin has fading magic on it. OOC: Spellcraft.
[19:17] <Feather> roll 1d20+12
[19:17] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+12 and gets 18." [1d20=6]
[19:17] <@Kotono> Feather can't puzzle out the magic on the coin.
[19:17] <Gildas> Gildas decides to try his hand at it, just in case!
[19:18] <Gildas> roll 1d20+12 spellcraft
[19:18] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+12 spellcraft and gets 23." [1d20=11]
[19:18] <Feather> "Can't honestly tell," he responds to Myann, before telling Gildas, "Two things are different. Looks like we disagree on one, but it ain't related to this other thing."
[19:18] <Gildas> "That's fair." He says with a nod. "The end result will be the same, i think."
[19:19] <@Kotono> Gildas can detect conjuration on the coin. As far as he can tell, it was just created with...something. Some odd force, probably Sidhe based on the magic.
[19:20] <@Kotono> Grah hangs back, keeping silent with a deepening scowl. His arms are crossed and he keeps his eyes on the party.
[19:22] <Gildas> "Ah... yes." He nods in Myann's direction. "It is as you probably surmise -- Sidhe magic."
[19:23] <@John> "Hey Grah, you wanna get in on this thighbone javelin thing?" John asks, figuring the orc feels excluded. "We all took part in the fight so we can all loot what we like, right?"
[19:24] <@Kotono> "I'm fine," Grah shakes his head, "Take them if youw ant them."
[19:25] <@John> "Nah, not for me, just putting it out there if you wanted anything," John says.
[19:26] <Gildas> "So does that mean that this necromancer is...?" He trails off, looking to Myann. "A death mantle, perhaps?"
[19:26] <Gildas> He corrects himself. "Or perhaps bone?"
[19:28] <@Kotono> "I hope not," Myann says, and then with a sigh, "I don't think a Sidhe would lower themselves to necromancy like this. It feels wrong. Really wrong," she admits, "I don't know this one hundred percent, but what I understand is that the Sidhe deal in life. Lady Valisha...even those tumors she inflicted were life. They took visiona nd then gave it back. This isn't life or natural."
[19:29] <Feather> "We'll find out when we kill him. So are we gonna go kill him now?"
[19:29] <@John> "Once we find him. So anyone got a light since it's getting so dark?" John asks.
[19:29] <Gildas> He nods. "If we go down there, we need a source of light."
[19:30] <@Kotono> "I can handle that," Myann says, quickly casting light on her sword.
[19:30] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 17." [1d100=17]
[19:31] <@Kotono> Her sword now glows, providing illumination ahead. OOC: Y'all plan to go down and keep going?
[19:31] <Feather> OOC: Yes
[19:37] <@Kotono> The trip down the hill is without incident. Coming down it, you see the river widens and dries out. The water simply seems to seep underground, and thus the stream ahead is dry. Far ahead you can see a rise, where once a waterfall surely gushed out. Now there's nothing at all, just a worn away cave entrance that would have been hidden by the waterfall.
[19:37] <Gildas> "Ah... the 'dead' waterfall." He says the mostly obvious thing.
[19:39] * Feather drinks a potion filled with lake water, offering everyone a bottle just in case.
[19:39] <Feather> roll 1d8
[19:39] <@John> "There's always a cave behind a waterfall, isn't there?" John says. "But where's all the water going? Wouldn't it flood the cave if it went underground here?"
[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d8 and gets 6." [1d8=6]
[19:39] <Feather> roll 1d8
[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d8 and gets 1." [1d8=1]
[19:39] <Gildas> Gildas shakes his head, instead deciding to heal himself just in case.
[19:39] <Gildas> roll 1d8+5
[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d8+5 and gets 8." [1d8=3]
[19:40] <@Kotono> Grah takes the bottle and drinks deep.
[19:40] <@Kotono> roll 1d8
[19:40] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 and gets 2." [1d8=2]
[19:40] * @John has a drink as well.
[19:40] <@John> roll 1d8
[19:40] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d8 and gets 6." [1d8=6]
[19:45] <@Kotono> Myann readies her blade and looks around, before nodding. "I'm ready," she announces, "I was expecting another guardian or four before we got in, though."
[19:46] * Feather shrugs and drinks Gildas's share as well.
[19:46] <Feather> roll 1d8
[19:46] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d8 and gets 2." [1d8=2]
[19:47] <Feather> "Just cause it's a dead waterfall don't mean it's his lair, does it?"
[19:47] <@John> "Could be a trap, yeah. But what else have we got?" John asks as he climbs down towards the cavemouth, and waits for Myann's light before going further.
[19:49] * Quits: Gildas (~rscuderi@rrcs-24-227-47-10.se.biz.rr.com) (Ping timeout)
[20:02] * Joins: Gildas (~rscuderi@rrcs-24-227-47-10.se.biz.rr.com)
[20:03] <@Kotono> OOC: Going on in then, y'all?
[20:03] <@John> OOC: yes
[20:07] <@Kotono> The cave entrance is plenty big to go in. It's about 15ft wide and 20ft tall, everything here smoothly worn away stone that slopes generally downward. Not far in, you can see occasional bits where the walls have writing on them.
[20:08] * @John pauses to read whatever's there.
[20:11] <@Kotono> Written in Common is some sort of complicated formula. Plastered over it is the phrase 'WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG'.\
[20:12] <@John> "Guy's pretty angry," John opines, dismissing the writing from that point as he continues on.
[20:13] <Feather> "You would be too if you had to live with just skellies around."
[20:15] <Gildas> "Ah, then these are most likely experiments." He concludes as he follows the others.
[20:16] <@Kotono> The party advances on. The writing becomes more common, filling up more of the cave walls as you continue on.  Ahead you can see a dead end with stairs going down.
[20:20] <Gildas> "I suppose we have little choice." He remarks.
[20:20] <@Kotono> OOC: Listen checks, ya'll.
[20:20] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[20:20] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 and gets 15." [1d20=2]
[20:21] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+11 Myann perception, listen, spot, whatever
[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 Myann perception, listen, spot, whatever and gets 25." [1d20=14]
[20:21] <@Kotono> OOC: +1 to hers.
[20:22] <Feather> roll 1d20+11
[20:22] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+11 and gets 19." [1d20=8]
[20:25] <@Kotono> OOC: Gidlas?
[20:25] <Gildas> roll 1d20+13
[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+13 and gets 14." [1d20=1]
[20:25] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Grah
[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 Grah and gets 9." [1d20=2]
[20:26] <@Kotono> Myann glances behind and her eyes widen, "Invisible zombie bears!" she blurts, "Behind us!"
[20:27] * @John immediately goes invisible himself and turns around!
[20:27] <Feather> "No fucking way!" Feather exclaims, slashing behind him with his sword and leaping sideways!
[20:29] <Gildas> Gildas whirls around, not that it does him much good.
[20:30] <@Kotono> John turns invisible as well, as you don't see anything - but you can hear a low rumbling growl as...OOC: We'll pause here and start on init next time. See you next time, when the brave heroes meet ZOMBIE BEARAGEDDON!

[Ebiris]

[17:59] <@Kokokokokokoko> OOC: Init.
[17:59] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d20+2 Myann
[17:59] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d20+2 Myann and gets 12." [1d20=10]
[17:59] <Feather> roll 1d20+3
[17:59] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+3 and gets 17." [1d20=14]
[17:59] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d20 ??? 1
[17:59] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d20 ??? 1 and gets 11." [1d20=11]
[17:59] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d20 ??? 2
[17:59] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d20 ??? 2 and gets 9." [1d20=9]
[17:59] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d20 ??? 4
[17:59] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d20 ??? 4 and gets 2." [1d20=2]
[17:59] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d20 ??? 4
[17:59] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d20 ??? 4 and gets 2." [1d20=2]
[17:59] <@Kokokokokokoko> OOC: 3 and 4, dur.
[17:59] <Gildas> roll 1d20+3
[17:59] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+3 and gets 4." [1d20=1]
[18:00] <Gildas> OOC: Off to a good start.
[18:00] * Kokokokokokoko changes topic to 'Feather(17)>Myann(12)>???1(11)>???2(9)>Gildas(4)>???3=???4(2)'
[18:00] <@John> roll 1d20+3
[18:00] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+3 and gets 13." [1d20=10]
[18:00] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d20+5 Grah
[18:00] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d20+5 Grah and gets 25." [1d20=20]
[18:00] * Kokokokokokoko changes topic to 'Grah(25)>Feather(17)>Myann(12)>???1(11)>???2(9)>Gildas(4)>???3=???4(2)'
[18:01] * Kokokokokokoko changes topic to 'Grah(25)>Feather(17)>John(13)>Myann(12)>???1(11)>???2(9)>Gildas(4)>???3=???4(2)'
[18:01] <@Kokokokokokoko> Grah stands firm, stepping out and ahead. He calls, "Come at me then, zombies!" OOC: He's basically holding. Feather.
[18:02] <Feather> OOC: Likewise
[18:04] <@Kokokokokokoko> OOC: Okay then. John.
[18:06] * @John moves unseen to a spot fifteen feet ahead of Grah, barring any bear catastrophes. If any run by him that he can sense he might get a lucky hit in, but more likely it'll give him a good shot at flanking the first bear to attack.
[18:07] <@Kokokokokokoko> OOC: Okay.
[18:07] <@Kokokokokokoko> OOC: Myann's up.
[18:07] <@Kokokokokokoko> John advances on as Myann hangs back. She points ahead and begins to chant in strange Sidhe words...
[18:07] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d100
[18:07] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d100 and gets 28." [1d100=28]
[18:08] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d20+2
[18:08] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d20+2 and gets 10." [1d20=8]
[18:09] <@Kokokokokokoko> 30ft ahead of the party (and 15ft of John), a cloud of glitterdust appears! Two lumbering, bear shaped things are outlined! They seem unreactive to it, slowly lumbering forward in spite of it! OOC: Cor, you held. Want to act now that there's visible targets?
[18:09] * Kokokokokokoko changes topic to 'Grah(25)>Feather(17)>John(13)>Myann(12)>???1(11)>???2(9 glitterdust)>Gildas(4)>???3(glitterdust)=???4(2)'
[18:09] * Feather silently charges all the way into the midst of dead sparkly bears!
[18:10] <Feather> roll 1d20+12 not actually charging~
[18:10] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+12 not actually charging~ and gets 18." [1d20=6]
[18:11] <@Kokokokokokoko> OOC: Hit.
[18:11] <Feather> roll 1d10+5+1d6
[18:11] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+5+1d6 and gets 13." [1d10=5][1d6=3]
[18:12] <@Kokokokokokoko> Feather charges into the teeth of the second bear, slashing at it! Gold dust and ugly, mottled brown blood are torn away, splattering on the ground! As this happens, the first bear stumbles forward and makes a slow, lumbering claw at Feather.
[18:12] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d20+12 AC?
[18:12] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d20+12 AC? and gets 26." [1d20=14]
[18:13] * Kokokokokokoko changes topic to 'Grah(25)>Feather(17)>John(13)>Myann(12)>Zombie Bear1(11)>???2(9 glitterdust)>Gildas(4)>???3(glitterdust)=???4(2)'
[18:13] <Feather> OOC: Wow, on the dot. 26.
[18:13] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d8+9
[18:13] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d8+9 and gets 14." [1d8=5]
[18:14] <@Kokokokokokoko> It appears fully as it rips into Feather's shoulder! It's a common brown bear, flesh shriveled and about half of its fur gone. Its mouth is permanently ajar, drooling as it claws at Feather! It mindlessly raises the bloody claw up, slavishly licking the blood up!  Meanwhile the second bear does the same, coming into try and take a chunk out of Feather!
[18:14] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d20+12
[18:14] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d20+12 and gets 29." [1d20=17]
[18:14] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d8+9 Hatebot is in the house
[18:14] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d8+9 Hatebot is in the house and gets 14." [1d8=5]
[18:14] <@Kokokokokokoko> Feather's other side gets a deep clawing, both shoulders bloodied. The bears loudly, grotesquely lick up the blood, as...OOC: Gildas.
[18:14] * Kokokokokokoko changes topic to 'Grah(25)>Feather(17)>John(13)>Myann(12)>Zombie Bear1(11)>Zombie Bear2(9 glitterdust)>Gildas(4)>???3(glitterdust)=???4(2)'
[18:14] <Feather> This time Feather does cry out, turning it into a snarl of defiance at the undead bears!
[18:15] <@Kokokokokokoko> "Feather, hold on!" Myann calls.
[18:15] * Kokokokokokoko changes topic to 'Grah(25)>John(13)>Myann(12)>Feather>Zombie Bear1(11)>Zombie Bear2(9 glitterdust)>Gildas(4)>???3(glitterdust)=???4(2)'
[18:15] <Gildas> Gildas shapeshifts himself and moves in to try and strike at the first of the Zombie Bears that he can see! OOC: Since I'm moving, it's just one attack, correct?
[18:15] <@Kokokokokokoko> OOC: Yes.
[18:15] <Gildas> roll 1d20+14
[18:15] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+14  and gets 19." [1d20=5]
[18:16] <@Kokokokokokoko> OOC: Hits.
[18:16] <Gildas> OOC: They're immune to cold, right?
[18:18] <@Kokokokokokoko> OOC: These ones aren't. Many undead have cold res/immunity, but not these ones.
[18:18] <Gildas> OOC: OK
[18:18] <Feather> roll 1d6 oh okay! some cold, then
[18:18] <Gildas> roll 2d8+10+2d6 last is cold
[18:18] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d6 oh okay! some cold, then and gets 6." [1d6=6]
[18:19] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2d8+10+2d6 last is cold and gets 20." [2d8=1, 3][2d6=1, 5]
[18:20] * Kokokokokokoko changes topic to 'Grah(25)>John(13)>Myann(12)>Feather>Zombie Bear1(11)>Gildas(4)>???3(glitterdust)=???4(2)'
[18:20] <@Kokokokokokoko> The bear, already wounded by Feather, is ripped apart by Gildas. He tears the chest open, which freezes over as meat and rotten blood spill out! The stench is horrid, the bear returned to being fully dead! OOC: Grah.
[18:20] * Kokokokokokoko changes topic to 'John(13)>Myann(12)>Feather>Zombie Bear1(11)>Gildas(4)>Grah>???3(glitterdust)=???4(2)'
[18:22] <@Kokokokokokoko> Grah leaps forward at that, going right for the other revealed bear! His hand glows golden as he reaches out for it!
[18:22] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d20+7 touch AC
[18:22] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d20+7 touch AC and gets 9." [1d20=2]
[18:22] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 5d6 crap touch AC for large+slow
[18:22] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 5d6 crap touch AC for large+slow and gets 24." [5d6=6, 4, 6, 2, 6]
[18:23] <@Kokokokokokoko> The bear is touched, much of its outer body dissolving into motes of golden light! It slumps down, ravaged deeply by the merest touch! Then, a bear appears before Gildas, a slow, shambling charge as it claws at him!
[18:23] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d20+14 (+2 charge) AC?
[18:23] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d20+14 (+2 charge) AC? and gets 15." [1d20=1]
[18:24] <@Kokokokokokoko> But the bear's strike is pathetically slow, missing completely! Meanwhile, the final bear lumbers forward, going to take a shot at Grah!
[18:24] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d20+14 (+2 charge)
[18:24] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d20+14 (+2 charge) and gets 18." [1d20=4]
[18:24] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d8+9
[18:24] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d8+9 and gets 15." [1d8=6]
[18:25] * Kokokokokokoko changes topic to 'John(13)>Myann(12)>Feather>Zombie Bear1(11)>Gildas(4)>Grah>ZB3(glitterdust)=ZB4(2)'
[18:25] <@Kokokokokokoko> The battle is joined, breath misting out and joining sword slashes and claw swipes. AS this happens...
[18:25] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d20+8 ???1
[18:25] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d20+8 ???1 and gets 17." [1d20=9]
[18:25] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d20+8 ???2
[18:25] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d20+8 ???2 and gets 27." [1d20=19]
[18:26] * Kokokokokokoko changes topic to '???2(27)>???1(17)>John(13)>Myann(12)>Feather>Zombie Bear1(11)>Gildas(4)>Grah>ZB3(glitterdust)=ZB4(2)'
[18:26] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d20+7
[18:26] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d20+7
[18:26] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d20+7 and gets 9." [1d20=2]
[18:26] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d20+7 and gets 10." [1d20=3]
[18:26] <@Kokokokokokoko> A pair of bone-arrows whizz by Myann's side, missing everything! She begins to turn, just as a second volley of arrows comes right at her!
[18:26] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d20+7
[18:26] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d20+7
[18:26] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d20+7 and gets 19." [1d20=12]
[18:26] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d20+7 and gets 23." [1d20=16]
[18:26] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d8+2
[18:26] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d8+2
[18:26] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d8+2 and gets 10." [1d8=8]
[18:26] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d8+2 and gets 10." [1d8=8]
[18:27] <Gildas> OOC: Hatebot.
[18:28] <@Kokokokokokoko> The arrows catch her right in the front! One buries itself into her right breast, the second going into her stomach! The Sidhe gasps and stumbles back, breath leaving her in a great gasping gulp! "Behind!" she manages in a weaker voice. 20ft behind Myann are two skeleton archers, just poking up the stairway going down. OOC: John, go.
[18:29] <@John> Having just appeared back in sight, John stifles his sadness at not getting to do anything to the bears and rushes to help Myann by rushing over and sweeping one of the archers off his feet before making sure he stays down!
[18:30] <@John> roll 1d20+14 improved trip
[18:30] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+14 improved trip and gets 21." [1d20=7]
[18:30] <@John> roll 1d20+13 attack
[18:30] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 attack and gets 25." [1d20=12]
[18:30] <@Kokokokokokoko> OOC: Hit and hit.
[18:30] <@John> roll 1d6+7
[18:30] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d6+7 and gets 9." [1d6=2]
[18:30] * Joins: Nephrite2 (~rscuderi@rrcs-24-227-47-10.se.biz.rr.com)
[18:30] * Quits: Gildas (~rscuderi@rrcs-24-227-47-10.se.biz.rr.com) (Killed (NickServ (GHOST command used by Nephrite2)))
[18:30] * Nephrite2 is now known as Gildas
[18:32] <@Kokokokokokoko> The first skeleton is swept off its feet, taken down and jabbed with the butt of John's staff! Ribs crack and give way under that, the undead taken right down! Myann turns and snarls, "I HATE," she pauses to spit out blood, "Annoying pests that have the gall to attack me from behind!" She charges down the stairs next to John, angling in to stab the downed skeleton.
[18:32] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d20+12 (+2 FE)
[18:33] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d20+12 (+2 FE) and gets 28." [1d20=16]
[18:33] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d8+7
[18:33] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d8+7 and gets 13." [1d8=6]
[18:33] * Kokokokokokoko changes topic to 'Skeleton Archer(27)>John(13)>Myann(12)>Feather>Zombie Bear1(11)>Gildas(4)>Grah>ZB3(glitterdust)=ZB4(2)'
[18:34] <@Kokokokokokoko> Already down and cracked, the skeleton's body gives way before Myann's sword. It cracks apart, crystal chiming as another skeleton is returned to dust! OOC:Feather.
[18:34] <Feather> "Hold that end!" Feather calls out to Myann and John, lashing out at the nearest bear. "We'll take these beasties down!"
[18:34] <Feather> roll 1d20+13
[18:34] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+13 and gets 29." [1d20=16]
[18:34] <Feather> roll 1d20+8
[18:34] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+8 and gets 14." [1d20=6]
[18:34] * Kokokokokokoko changes topic to 'Skeleton Archer(27)>John(13)>Myann(12)>Feather>Gildas(4)>Grah>ZB3(glitterdust)=ZB4(2)'
[18:36] <Feather> roll 1d10+5+1d6+1d6
[18:36] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+5+1d6+1d6 and gets 12." [1d10=1][1d6=3][1d6=3]
[18:36] <Feather> roll 1d10+5+1d6+1d6
[18:36] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+5+1d6+1d6 and gets 16." [1d10=2][1d6=4][1d6=5]
[18:36] <@Kokokokokokoko> Already battered and reduced, the bear can put up no defense as FEather hacks it apart! More rotted meat hits the ground, another worthless thing cut! His second swing whips around, cutting into the third bear adn claiming most of its hip and leg! OOC: Gildas.
[18:37] <Gildas> OOC: What is close to me right now?
[18:38] <@Kokokokokokoko> OOC: Two zombie bears, 3 and 4. The third is already wounded from Feather's sword.
[18:39] <Gildas> OOC: Okay.
[18:40] <Gildas> Gildas gooes to tear into the third of the zombie bears with a flurry of his paws!
[18:41] <Gildas> roll 1d20+13
[18:41] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+13 and gets 28." [1d20=15]
[18:41] <Gildas> roll 1d20+13
[18:41] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+13 and gets 28." [1d20=15]
[18:41] <@Kokokokokokoko> OOC: To the shock of no one and everyone, those two hits. Making your third attack?
[18:42] <Gildas> OOC: Oh, yes
[18:42] <Gildas> roll 1d20+8
[18:42] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+8 and gets 23." [1d20=15]
[18:43] <@Kokokokokokoko> OOC: All hit. Roll 'em one at a time, I'll shift them to the fourth bear if you kill the third prematurely.
[18:44] <Gildas> OOC: Okay.
[18:44] <Gildas> roll 2d8+10+2d6
[18:44] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2d8+10+2d6 and gets 27." [2d8=3, 7][2d6=5, 2]
[18:45] <Gildas> roll 2d8+10+2d6
[18:45] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2d8+10+2d6 and gets 35." [2d8=8, 7][2d6=5, 5]
[18:45] <Gildas> roll 2d8+10+2d6
[18:45] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2d8+10+2d6 and gets 28." [2d8=6, 7][2d6=2, 3]
[18:45] * Kokokokokokoko changes topic to 'Skeleton Archer(27)>John(13)>Myann(12)>Feather>Gildas(4)>Grah'
[18:46] <@Kokokokokokoko> In a flurry of claws and violence, the two bears are shredded apart and tossed aside! They hit the ground hard, nothing more than dead meat now! OOC: Grah.
[18:46] <@Kokokokokokoko> Grah turns and approaches the stairs, but holds back for the moment. OOC: Skeleton archer.
[18:46] <@Kokokokokokoko> The archer raises its bow, uncaring of the danger, as...OOC: It provokes an AoO from both John and Myann. Going to take it?
[18:47] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d20+12 Myann AoO
[18:47] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d20+12 Myann AoO and gets 23." [1d20=11]
[18:47] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d8+7
[18:47] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d8+7 and gets 14." [1d8=7]
[18:47] <@John> roll 1d20+13 sure
[18:47] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 sure and gets 31." [1d20=18]
[18:47] <@John> roll 1d6+7
[18:47] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d6+7 and gets 12." [1d6=5]
[18:51] <@Kokokokokokoko> With a final heavy CRACK, blade and staff destroy the last skeleton! Got them! OOC: Free act. Loot post.
[18:51] <Feather> "Alright there, Myann?" Feather calls out, making his way over. "John? Grah?"
[18:52] <@John> "I'm fine, but Myann's pretty bad off," John says.
[18:52] <@Kokokokokokoko> Myann grunts. As you come closer, you see her armor looks more...stylized. It's all elegant lines and strangely connected construction. It's beautiful to look at, and at the same time completely different than before. As it does, she quickly casts a healing spell.
[18:52] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d8+5
[18:52] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d8+5 and gets 6." [1d8=1]
[18:52] <@Kokokokokokoko> The arrow in her stomach falls out and hits the ground, another spell coming right after.
[18:52] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d8+5
[18:52] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d8+5 and gets 10." [1d8=5]
[18:53] <Gildas> Bear-Gildas flexes his claws a bit once or twice before shapeshifting back. "It may be best for us to rest up somewhere... I'm not sure how much more healing we've got left."
[18:53] <Feather> "This ain't no place for resting, though," Feather says dubiously, giving Myann some time to patch herself back together again.
[18:55] * @John blinks. "Did you change when I wasn't looking?" he asks Myann, wondering if she has armour like the Emperor did.
[18:57] <@Kokokokokokoko> Myann looks down, shakes her head, "Sidhe magic," she says, "Nevermind it right now. I lose my cool and control when someone hurts me unexpectedly." She turns to FEather, "I'm fine."
[18:58] <Feather> "You look great, too," he assures her. "So what's the plan? Want to retreat or press on or what?"
[18:59] <Gildas> "I may have some healing potions if we want to press on." He starts to look in his backpack for some, just in case.
[18:59] <@Kokokokokokoko> That gets a smile out of Myann, "I can manage more healing if needed. I say we try and end this before he can reinforce himself or escape."
[19:00] <Feather> "If you do, that's really the time," Feather tells Gildas, perking up. "They came from both sides, so we might need to fight even if we leave."
[19:00] <@Kokokokokokoko> Grah follows quietly, gaze on Myann's armor. In orcish he mutters, "Spirit magic, eh?"
[19:00] <Gildas> "Ah!" He says as he withdraws a wand. "I forgot about this. If we need more healing, this should have some magic left in it." He nods to Myann. "If you want to conserve yours."
[19:02] <Feather> "Well, I'm kinda bleeding so if you don't mind much...?"
[19:02] <@Kokokokokokoko> Myann blink-blinks at that, looking at Feather anew, "Sorry!" she blurts, quickly weaving a spell, "Help me with that, Gildas?"
[19:02] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d8+5
[19:02] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d8+5 and gets 11." [1d8=6]
[19:04] <Gildas> He nods and taps the wand once or twice to make sure it works, then taps Feather with it three times!
[19:05] <Gildas> roll 3d8+3
[19:05] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 3d8+3 and gets 21." [3d8=5, 7, 6]
[19:06] <@Kokokokokokoko> Feather's wounds nicely heal up, leaving him fully intact.
[19:06] <Feather> "Gosh, I love magic!" Feather exclaims, no longer suffering from skeleton stabbings or zombie bear maulings. "Let's fix anyone else who needs it and kill this asshole!"
[19:06] <Gildas> He looks to Grah and to Myann. "Do you two?"
[19:06] <@Kokokokokokoko> "Sorry," Myann repeats, "I get a little too focused when something like that happens," she blushes and looks down, "I'm ready and fine."
[19:06] <@Kokokokokokoko> "One," Grah says, "It'll help."
[19:07] <Gildas> He hits Grah once with the wand!
[19:07] <Gildas> roll 1d8+1
[19:07] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d8+1 and gets 3." [1d8=2]
[19:08] <Feather> "New plan," Feather tells Myann quietly. "Let's try this whole fighting back to back thing. Least no one will stab you in your back no more, and we'll be over to help each other."
[19:08] <Gildas> He shakes the wand once with a frown and then taps Grah again.
[19:08] <Gildas> roll 1d8+1
[19:08] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d8+1 and gets 9." [1d8=8]
[19:08] <Gildas> "There, much better." He nods and puts it back in his pack.
[19:09] <@Kokokokokokoko> Grah heals, "Thanks," he says, nodding once.
[19:09] <@Kokokokokokoko> "Good plan," Myann quietly replies. OOC: Okay, are y'all heading downstairs now?
[19:10] <@John> OOC: yep
[19:10] <Gildas> OOC: Yar
[19:10] <Feather> OOC: Yep.
[19:11] <@Kokokokokokoko> OOC: Marching order?
[19:13] <Feather> OOC: I'll go last, Myann can be before me? I'll keep an eye out for ambushes from the back.
[19:13] <@John> OOC: I'll go in front
[19:14] <@Kokokokokokoko> OOC: Okay. Grah will take behind John then, unless Gildas would prefer to avoid the middle?
[19:15] <@Kokokokokokoko> OOC: Okay, I'll assume that's fine. More coming.
[19:15] <Gildas> OOC: I can go in the middle.
[19:16] <Gildas> OOC: It's one of those 'A can't be next to B but wants to be next to C' puzzles
[19:16] <@Kokokokokokoko> The party descends down. As you do, you notice the walls are covered in more and more writing. It's strange formulae and equations. All of them are plastered over with words like 'WRONG' 'NO' 'CORRUPT' and the like.
[19:16] <@Kokokokokokoko> OOC: Gah.
[19:16] <@Kokokokokokoko> The party descends down. As you do, you notice the walls are covered in more and more writing. It's strange formulae and equations. All of them are plastered over with words like 'WRONG' 'NO' 'CORRUPT' and the like. Further down you can see the stairway ending and a hint of dim light.
[19:17] * @John ignores the writing entirely and marches along at a steady pace while listening for any more potential invisible attackers.
[19:18] <@Kokokokokokoko> OOC: PErception John.
[19:19] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[19:19] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 and gets 18." [1d20=5]
[19:22] <@Kokokokokokoko> Nothing like that. The party goes down. Ahead is a huge cavern, stretching farther than any can see in all directions. Everything, save a simple path ahead, is covered in skeletons of creatures of all kinds. A massive, open air graveyard is before you. Litteredt hroughout are oversized tombstones, covered with more formulas overwritten with WRONG atop them. About 50ft down the path you can see
[19:22] <@Kokokokokokoko> a humanoid. Its body is shaped like a man and nude, but his flesh has no sign of his gender or hair. Everything is smoothed over like a doll. He is deeply thin, bones poking out of his flesh all over. He sits on the ground, head in his hands.
[19:23] <Feather> "So all the naked crazy hermits are assholes?" Feather mutters at the sight. "Good to know for the future, I guess."
[19:24] <@Kokokokokokoko> Myann softly chuckles.
[19:24] <@John> "We sure he's the necromancer and not another creepy experiment?" John asks, walking closer with his staff ready to bash a head in.
[19:25] <@Kokokokokokoko> "It's because it's all wrong," The man calls over, not even looking up. "Didn't you see? The proof's right there!"
[19:25] <Feather> "Are you a necromancer? Do you violate corpses?"
[19:26] <Gildas> Gildas glances over at Myann, about to ask a question before his attention is brought toward the front.
[19:27] <@Kokokokokokoko> "Of course I am," He looks up. His eyes are lined with black rings and his expression is dismayed. "For all it matters. Row, row, row your boat. Gently down the stream, life is but a dream. But it's wrong. It's all wrong."
[19:28] <Feather> "Works for me," Feather agrees, staying to guard Myann's back. Seems like they came to the right place to kill this guy.
[19:28] <Gildas> "Who are you?" He asks the most obvious question.
[19:30] <@Kokokokokokoko> "Johann. No family, no last name. Well, not any more." he shrugs, "It hardly matters since everything's wrong. All of you are wrong."
[19:31] * @John leans on his staff since everyone wants so badly to chat with the crazed evil necromancer. They'll get bored soon enough.
[19:32] <Gildas> "What's wrong with us?" He asks another, really obvious question.
[19:33] <@Kokokokokokoko> "Do you care," he asks with mounting despair, "Or are you just curious before you kill me?"
[19:35] <Gildas> "Well, I'm rather curious..." He admits. "For all of us to be wrong... Wouldn't we be making you 'right' if we kill you? Your experiments so far seem to have been done on the dead..."
[19:35] * Feather looks at Myann.
[19:36] <@John> "This is just another one of those unclean situations and I don't want to do all that again," John complains. "How about he gives us one reason not to kill him?" John offers in the interests of fair play.
[19:36] <@Kokokokokokoko> Myann returns that look, raising an eyebrow. After a moment she shakes her head, "He isn't," is all she says.
[19:37] <Feather> "More like, why did you send undead shit to attack our home? Or infect Grah's friend with that creepy as fuck skull?"
[19:38] <@Kokokokokokoko> "It doesn't work like that," Johann replies, "There's too much to see if you look far, and it's not right." Here he shrugs, "The skull was good work. I was dabbling in the sort of arts the Fair Folk use. I was hoping...but no, it didn't work out. If I sent something at your homes," he pauses to rub his chin, "Could you clarify that? I need more to go on."
[19:38] <Feather> "Zombie bear."
[19:39] <Gildas> "Dire bear." He adds.
[19:39] <@Kokokokokokoko> "You're going to need to be more specific," Johann says, "Much more."
[19:39] <@John> "Just how many zombie bears have you let loose around the forest?" John asks in disbelief.
[19:39] <Feather> "Bullshit! You had four more like it here!"
[19:39] * Feather frowns. "This isn't working. I wanna kill this guy more, not less."
[19:40] <Gildas> "I just want to know what it is you had hoped to find at the end of all of this." He says.
[19:41] <@Kokokokokokoko> "I stopped counting," Johann says, "A good deal of them don't last long anyway, the process consumes them." He stands up now, "I think...what I can say is that my gaze isn't on this level. But to work on this level while on another level...it's all wrong. It doesn't work. It's...no. No. It's just no. Humans should stay on this level. Forget about everything else and just live."
[19:43] <Gildas> "There's that 'on the sides' and 'above and below' thing again..." He remarks. He looks to the others. "I'm not really sure what we do here... I had kind of hoped he was just going to be unrepentantly evil... not insane."
[19:44] <Feather> "Gildas," Feather says patiently. "He sends zombie bears out into the forest to kill people. He kills people nearby and puts their limbs inside other people to make them sick and kill them too. For fuck's sake let's just end this already!"
[19:44] <@Kokokokokokoko> He starts to pace back and forth, hands behind him, "It's better to live in ignorance." He looks over, "For spellcasters, you all look stable and sane. You're lucky. Spellcasters in this forest rarely are so blessed."
[19:44] <@John> "Either way he's a danger to everyone around him, we can't exactly stick him in the madhouse when there aren't any around here," John says. "Those places are pretty grim anyway, I reckon he'd probably be better off dead."
[19:45] <Feather> "And he might be faking it anyway."
[19:46] <Gildas> As much as he's sure Vasili would get a kick out of him... He nods to the others. "I'll defer to your decision on the matter. Were it up to me, I'd just throw him into Vasili's cave and let him do what he wants."
[19:46] <@John> "Can't fob all our problems off on that one guy. You know he probably hates us," John observes.
[19:47] <@Kokokokokokoko> "Vasili?" Johann stop sat that, "Wait, you're friends with a vampire and you want to kill me?"
[19:48] <Feather> "He ain't never sent zombie bears to our home or shoved skulls into our friends."
[19:48] <@John> "Vampire?!" John says like this is news to him. Everyone should talk clearly instead of using innuendo, they know he's bad at that!
[19:49] <@Kokokokokokoko> "Vampire," Myann murmurs, "I'll explain later."
[19:49] <Gildas> "Yes, what did you think... ...you know, don't tell me." He says and turns his attention back. "He just sits in his cave and leaves all of us alone. He's even helped us from time to time."
[19:49] <@Kokokokokokoko> A shrug, "Well, if you're going to kill me..." He walks to 30ft away and spreads his arms out. "Let's get on with it."
[19:49] <Feather> "And hey was I the only one who noticed how this guy suddenly became sane? So yeah, let's."
[19:50] <Gildas> "I wonder if that means they've met..." He wonders aloud.
[19:50] <@John> "I guess if you're not gonna put up a fight it's kinder if it's Feather that does it?" John wonders. "Doubt you want your head bashed in or bitten off, right?"
[19:51] <@Kokokokokokoko> "Death is death," he says, uncaring. "Who does it is as you please."
[19:52] * Feather sighs. "Fine. Don't give us no trouble, it won't be too messy," Feather says, approaching the no longer crazy villain to cut off his head.
[19:53] <Gildas> "I have a sinking suspicion that there's more to this..." He says with a sigh.
[19:53] <@Kokokokokokoko> He doesn't make any move to dodge, awaiting Feather. OOC: Go ahead, Feather.
[19:53] <@Kokokokokokoko> "This seems too easy," Myann remarks, "Much too easy."
[19:53] <Feather> roll 1d20+13
[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+13 and gets 31." [1d20=18]
[19:54] <Gildas> "Well, necromancers are masters of death, right? So, if we kill him, won't he just become stronger...?" He looks over at Myann, more or less ready for something... well, unexpected.
[19:55] <@Kokokokokokoko> OOC: Hit. No need for damage, not resisting.
[19:55] <Feather> OOC: So he dies?
[19:57] <@Kokokokokokoko> Feather's blade decapitates the necromancer with hardly so much as a dodge. Yet no blood comes. Instead black smoke spreads out all over! All around the bones stir, and the chattering of bones make an unearthly voice, "That was rather unadvised of you," The necromancer says, "Really, in my seat of power and just giving my life up?"
[19:58] <Feather> "How evil of you," Feather deadpans. "So we break all the bones and you die for good?"
[19:58] <Gildas> Gildas sighs. "I thought as much."
[19:59] <@John> "Headbashing it is," John twirls his staff around on one hand before thumping it into the other, looking for any particularly animate bones that might make a target.
[20:01] <@Kokokokokokoko> Myann draws her sword, "We can do that."
[20:02] * Feather returns to Myann's side, casting Animalistic Power.
[20:09] <@Kokokokokokoko> Around you, the bones begin to rise and form, "Bashing it is," The necromancer agrees, "Let me show you what layers beyond this one have taught me!" OOC: Init.
[20:09] <Feather> roll 1d20+4
[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+4 and gets 11." [1d20=7]
[20:10] <Gildas> roll 1d20+3
[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+3 and gets 10." [1d20=7]
[20:10] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d20+2 Myann
[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d20+2 Myann and gets 7." [1d20=5]
[20:10] <@Kokokokokokoko> roll 1d20+6 Johann
[20:10] * Hatbot --> "Kokokokokokoko rolls 1d20+6 Johann and gets 26." [1d20=20]
[20:11] <@John> roll 1d20+3
[20:11] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+3 and gets 21." [1d20=18]

[Ebiris]

[18:03] <@Kotono> All around you the bones rattle! In front of each hero a skeletal warrior rises, striking at them before they can react!
[18:03] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 John
[18:03] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Feather
[18:03] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Gildas
[18:03] -rpgcafe.ca.us.lunarnet.org:@#dunes- Kotono invited Serith into the channel.
[18:03] * Joins: Serith (~iron_drag@cpe-173-172-46-15.tx.res.rr.com)
[18:03] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 John
[18:03] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 19 > [d20=13]
[18:03] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Feather
[18:03] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 11 > [d20=5]
[18:03] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Gildas
[18:03] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 13 > [d20=7]
[18:03] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Myann
[18:03] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 24 > [d20=18]
[18:04] <@Kotono> OOC: ACs, all?
[18:04] <Gildas> OOC: Is it flat-footed or regular?
[18:04] <@Kotono> OOC: Flatfooted unless you have uncanny.
[18:04] <Gildas> OOC: 14 then
[18:04] <Feather> OOC: AC23
[18:04] * Kotono changes topic to 'Johann=S1=S2=S3=S4(26)>John(21)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10)>Myann(7)'
[18:05] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+4 Myann
[18:05] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 11 > [d8=7]
[18:05] <@John> OOC: 21
[18:06] * Kotono changes topic to 'Johann=S1=S2=S3=S4=???(26)>John(21)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10)>Myann(7)'
[18:06] <@Kotono> The skeletal warriors have blades of bone, striking out with furious slashes! John brings his staff up to parry, the clang of bone on metal ringing throughout the chamber! At the same time Feather's assailant can't even come close, while Gildas sways back from the blade! Meanwhile, 50ft ahead of the party, the bones ahead begin to rumble and rise! OOC: John. Go.
[18:08] * @John ducks past his current attacker and rushes that rumbling pile of bones to start smashing it up before turning invisible!
[18:08] <@John> roll 1d20+13 acrobatics tumble
[18:08] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 33 > [d20=20]
[18:08] <@John> roll 1d20+13 attack
[18:08] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 32 > [d20=19]
[18:08] <@John> roll 1d6+7
[18:08] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 10 > [d6=3]
[18:09] <@Kotono> WHAM! The skeleton's back is hit good and hard, stumbling from it! Cracks go up and down its bare spine as...OOC: Okay, Feather. Go.
[18:10] <@Kotono> OOC: Strike my line then, dur.
[18:11] <@Kotono> John tumbles past the skeleton and leaves it behind. He charges through the boneyard and to the rumbling pile. He goes and smacks it good, the entire pile shaking. You can see a giant's skeleton starting to rise, but it's hit by it, momentarily slowing it. OOC: Feather.
[18:12] * Feather violently slashes at the neck of the skeleton attacking Myann, more than ready to weather the attack against him to give her a bit of breathing room. "Think John's got the right idea," he tells her hurriedly.
[18:12] <Feather> roll 1d20+14
[18:12] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 22 > [d20=8]
[18:12] <Feather> roll 1d20+9
[18:12] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 13 > [d20=4]
[18:12] <@Kotono> OOC: Two hits.
[18:13] <Feather> roll 2#1d10+7+1d6
[18:13] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 16, 16 >
[18:13] * Kotono changes topic to 'Johann=S1=S3=S4=???(26)>John(21)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10)>Myann(7)'
[18:14] <@Kotono> The skeleton is torn apart, becoming a rain of bones as Feather strikes. "On it," she calls back, dodging another strike as her side bleeds from a strike the others missed. OOC: Gildas.
[18:15] <@Kotono> "Hopeless," Johann notes as you fight, "Death is inevitable. Everyone knows this and you fight against it anyway?" He doesn't even sound wrathful, merely amused.
[18:15] * Kotono changes topic to 'Johann=S1=S2=S3=???(26)>John(21)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10)>Myann(7)'
[18:15] <@Kotono> OOC: Editing, removed the wrong skeleton. My reading comprehension is somewhere around -10 today.
[18:16] <Gildas> "I'm not sure we can destroy enough of these things, but..." He waves his hands and casts something on himself, which surrounds him in a swirl of grey shadows that take on a hawklike appearance. He then shapeshifts into his Predator form! OOC: Casting Raptor Cloud on myself, can I get over to where John is as well with my move action?
[18:18] <@Kotono> Swirling bird-clouds cloak Gildas as he becomes a predator once more, the skeleton before him staring blankly at the magical birds. OOC: You could, but you'd need to tumble or eat an AoO.
[18:18] <Gildas> OOC: I'll just go for it and eat the AoO
[18:19] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 AC?
[18:19] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 22 > [d20=16]
[18:19] <Gildas> OOC: 30 against an AoO
[18:19] <@Kotono> roll 1d8 slashing
[18:19] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 7 > [d8=7]
[18:19] <@Kotono> OOC: Actually you should roll that, realyl.
[18:20] <@Kotono> OOC: Since it's your spell.
[18:20] <Gildas> roll 1d8 slashing
[18:20] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 4 > [d8=4]
[18:20] <Gildas> OOC: I liked yours better
[18:21] <@Kotono> Gildas charges past his foe, ignoring a feeble slash that leaves the skeleton maimed by a bird! He closes into the rumbling bones, seeing the giant slowly trying to rise up! Myann meanwhile closes in to just behind John and Gildas, the way cleared by Feather. She gestures quickly, her armor flowing with her body as a block appears and shoots right at the rumbling mass!
[18:22] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9 touch AC
[18:22] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 13 > [d20=4]
[18:22] <@Kotono> roll 5d6 and ref
[18:22] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 17 > [d6=2,1,4,6,4]
[18:22] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4
[18:22] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 22 > [d20=18]
[18:25] <@Kotono> A giant block of wood comes flying, smashing the top of the heap. It's pressed down but not all the way, still struggling to rise despite the crack of broken bone beneath the flying block! As this happens, from the side it rises. A skeletal dragon - no, a wyvern skeleton! Johann's voice notes, "So many of these around lately," he adds, "As if there weren't enough problems." It rises up and
[18:25] <@Kotono> barrels right at Gildas, attacking from 10ft above with its skeletal stinger!
[18:25] * Kotono changes topic to 'Johann=BonevernS1=S2=S3=???(26)>John(21)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10)>Myann(7)'
[18:25] * Kotono changes topic to 'Johann=Bonevern=S1=S2=S3=???(26)>John(21)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10)>Myann(7)'
[18:25] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+14 (+2 charge) AC Gildas?
[18:25] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 33 > [d20=19]
[18:25] <Gildas> OOC: Goodness, 26.
[18:25] <@Kotono> OOC: Also roll your slashing damage.
[18:25] <Gildas> roll 1d8
[18:26] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 5 > [d8=5]
[18:27] <@Kotono> roll 1d6+6 ow at least no poison
[18:27] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 10 > [d6=4]
[18:27] <@Kotono> Gildas gets stingered in the chest, injected with pain but nothing else. Meanwhile the skeletons turn and converge on Feather, falling on him as one!
[18:27] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[18:27] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[18:27] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[18:27] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 15 > [d20=9]
[18:27] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 20 > [d20=14]
[18:27] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 9 > [d20=3]
[18:27] <@Kotono> OOC: AC?
[18:28] <Feather> OOC: Still 23
[18:29] <@Kotono> But Feather weaves and dodges through the blades, ducking under and leaping over his foes! Meanwhile the mass rises! As it does, one arm falls off! A giant towers over you, cracked and already damaged! Its other arm grabs the falling armbone and takes it, swinging it as a blade against Gildas and Myann!
[18:29] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9 (-5 damaged) Gildas
[18:29] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 27 > [d20=18]
[18:29] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9 (-5 damaged) Myann ACs?
[18:29] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 19 > [d20=10]
[18:29] <Gildas> OOC: Screw you, Serith! 26
[18:30] <@Kotono> roll 2d6+6 Gildas
[18:30] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 13 > [d6=2,5]
[18:30] <@Kotono> roll 2d6+6 Myann
[18:30] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 15 > [d6=6,3]
[18:32] <@Kotono> Myann is struck with the flat of the bone, knocked to a knee before she falls over prone! Gildas takes it right int he shoulder and the world becomes painful fire! His bear-shoulder visibly dislocates, his left arm hanging uselessly! OOC: Myann's prone and Gildas has a dislocated shoulder. -2 to attack rolls because of the shoulder, Gildas, until healed. John, go.
[18:32] * Kotono changes topic to 'Johann=Bonevern=S1=S2=S3=One armed skelegiant(26)>John(21)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10)>Myann(7)'
[18:32] <@John> "Was that supposed to be deep?" John asks in confusion, unimpressed by such amateur philosophy as he reappears and circles around to flank the giant, delivering a staff strike to the back of the knees!
[18:32] <@John> roll 1d20+13 acrobatics tumble
[18:32] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 14 > [d20=1]
[18:32] <@Kotono> OOC: Not what you wanted to see. AoO time.
[18:32] <@Kotono> OOC: Wait, aren't you still invisible?
[18:33] <@John> OOC: Reappear... hmm. I invised at the end of my last turn, so I'd reappear at the end of this one. Hadn't thought of that!
[18:33] <@Kotono> OOC: No need for tumble then.
[18:33] <@John> OOC: yeah, I reappear when i attack then, so I guess I get away with it?
[18:33] <@John> roll 1d20+16 flanking trip
[18:33] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 18 > [d20=2]
[18:33] * Kotono changes topic to 'Johann=Bonevern=S1=S2=S3=One armed skelegiant(26)>John(21)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10 shoulder)>Myann(7)'
[18:33] * Kotono changes topic to 'Johann=Bonevern=S1=S2=S3=One armed skelegiant(26)>John(21)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10 shoulder)>Myann(7 prone)'
[18:33] <@Kotono> OOC: Success thanks to penalty  mods.
[18:34] <@John> roll 1d20+15 free attack vs prone
[18:34] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 29 > [d20=14]
[18:34] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[18:34] <@John> roll 1d6+7+2d6
[18:34] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 20 > [d6=6,6,1]
[18:35] <@Kotono> CRACK! The already damaged skeleton is hit right in the hip! Its hips are shattered, causing the legs and upper body to separate! It falls in a heap to the side, twitching and thrashing! It does this for several seconds before going quite still. OOC: Ow. Feather.
[18:35] * Feather cuts down the skeleton to his right, before making a fighting retreat over to Myann to stand guard over her.
[18:35] <Feather> roll 1d20+14
[18:35] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 19 > [d20=5]
[18:35] <Feather> roll 1d10+7+1d6
[18:35] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 21 > [d10=9][d6=5]
[18:35] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[18:35] * Kotono changes topic to 'Johann=Bonevern=S1=S2=One armed skelegiant(26)>John(21)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10 shoulder)>Myann(7 prone)'
[18:36] <Feather> OOC: Moving 40ft to be there, AC vs AoOs is 27
[18:36] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 needs a 20
[18:36] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 8 > [d20=2]
[18:36] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 needs a 20
[18:36] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 20 > [d20=14]
[18:37] <@Kotono> Feather retreats back to cover Myann, dodging more amateur slashes as he falls back! OOC: Gildas.
[18:37] * Kotono changes topic to 'Johann=Bonevern=S1=S2=(26)>John(21)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10 shoulder)>Myann(7 prone)'
[18:37] <Gildas> OOC: Am I close enough to the skelegiant to flurry it?
[18:38] <Gildas> OOC: Or, barring that, the wyvern?
[18:38] <@Kotono> OOC: The wyvern hit you so yes.
[18:38] <Gildas> OOC: OK
[18:38] <Gildas> The injured bear lets out a furious roar as it goes after the wyvern that stung it with its boned tail!
[18:38] <@Kotono> Myann's breathing heavily, a cut over her head making her face a mask of blood. Despite that she's smiling, already starting to chant another spell.
[18:39] <Gildas> roll 1d20+11
[18:39] <Gildas> roll 1d20+11
[18:39] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 15 > [d20=4]
[18:39] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 25 > [d20=14]
[18:39] <Gildas> roll 1d20+6
[18:39] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 12 > [d20=6]
[18:39] <@Kotono> OOC: Two htis.
[18:39] <Gildas> roll 4d8+20
[18:39] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 44 > [d8=4,5,7,8]
[18:40] * Kotono changes topic to 'Johann=S1=S2=(26)>John(21)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10 shoulder)>Myann(7 prone)'
[18:40] <Feather> "Get yourself better," Feather tells Myann, standing over her alertly. "I'll hold them off for a few."
[18:41] <@Kotono> "Heh, heh, on it," she smiles, wiping away blood with her hand. Meanwhile Gildas leaps up and grapples the flying wyvern! He climbs up its ribs and to its spine, leaping up and slamming down with both feet. The wyvern's spine snaps in twain, Gildas riding a wyvern skeleton back down! OOC:Myann's up.
[18:42] <@Kotono> Myann rises and chants, a red and orange mushroom appearing above her and touching her. Her entire body is momentarily wreathed in flames, the color of her clothing turning red. OOC: Fire mushroomed herself for the bonus hit. Johann and the bonies are up.
[18:44] <@Kotono> "Does it matter?" Johann asks, a giant floating skull the size of a huamn rising up. It has a demented leer of terror, coming from ahead and right at John!
[18:44] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+11 (+2 charge) flying headbutt
[18:44] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 17 > [d20=6]
[18:44] <@Kotono> OOC: AC?
[18:45] * Kotono changes topic to 'Johann=Giant Skull=S1=S2=(26)>John(21)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10 shoulder)>Myann(7 prone)'
[18:45] <@John> OOC: 21
[18:45] * Kotono changes topic to 'Johann=Giant Skull=S1=S2=(26)>John(21)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10 shoulder)>Myann(7)'
[18:45] * Kotono changes topic to 'Johann=Giant Skull=S1=S2=(26)>John(21)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10 shoulder)>Myann(7 shroomed)'
[18:46] <@Kotono> But John steps back and parries, stopping the skull charge right on! Meanwhile, from below, a single black hand reaches up! A ghostly, incorporeal hand, clawing at Feather's foot!
[18:47] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 touch AC?
[18:47] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 18 > [d20=15]
[18:47] * Kotono changes topic to 'Johann=Giant Skull=Shadowhand=S1=S2=(26)>John(21)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10 shoulder)>Myann(7 shroomed)'
[18:47] <Feather> OOC: 20
[18:48] <@Kotono> But Feather leaps up at the last moment, the hand passing back into the ground and out of sight! Thenthe remaining skeletons trudge forward, charging Gildas and Feather!
[18:48] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8 (+2 charge) Gildas
[18:48] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 28 > [d20=20]
[18:48] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8 (+2 charge) Feather
[18:48] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 20 > [d20=12]
[18:48] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8 (+2 charge) Gildas crit?
[18:48] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 13 > [d20=5]
[18:48] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+4 ow
[18:48] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 10 > [d8=6]
[18:49] <@Kotono> Gildas is a hare too slow, getting slashed across the front. It's a long but shallow wound, bleeding and drenching his fur in blood. At this....OOC: John.
[18:51] * @John bashes away at the headbutting flying skull a few times. "He'll run out of bones eventually, right?"
[18:51] <@John> roll 1d20+10
[18:51] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 15 > [d20=5]
[18:51] <@John> roll 1d20+10
[18:51] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 28 > [d20=18]
[18:51] <@John> roll 1d20+10
[18:51] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 17 > [d20=7]
[18:51] <@John> roll 1d20+5
[18:51] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 22 > [d20=17]
[18:51] <@John> roll 1d20+5
[18:51] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 21 > [d20=16]
[18:51] <@Kotono> OOC: Three hits.
[18:51] <@John> roll 3#1d6+5
[18:51] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 9, 7, 10 >
[18:51] <@Kotono> "Hopefully!" Myann calls back, "Hopefully!"
[18:52] <@Kotono> Clang! The skull is struck like a bell, ringing each time! Bits of bone come down each time, the giant noggin looking half ruined when John is done with it! OOC: Feather.
[18:52] <Feather> "Think so!" Feather responds just as cheerfully, reducing the skeletal masses trying to crowd in on them. "And Myann, come on, take care of yourself!"
[18:53] <Feather> roll 1d20+14 S1
[18:53] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 28 > [d20=14]
[18:53] <Feather> roll 1d20+8 S2
[18:53] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 17 > [d20=9]
[18:53] <Feather> roll 1d10+7+1d6
[18:53] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 19 > [d10=9][d6=3]
[18:53] <Feather> roll 1d10+7+1d6
[18:53] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 18 > [d10=9][d6=2]
[18:53] * Kotono changes topic to 'Johann=Giant Skull=Shadowhand(26)>John(21)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10 shoulder)>Myann(7 shroomed)'
[18:54] <@Kotono> With a grand sweep, Feather finishes off both skeletons at once! They go flying, bones clattering all over like a spray of blood! OOC: Ow. Gildas.
[18:55] <Gildas> OOC: Am I in range of anything to flurry? I don't... think I am.
[18:55] <@Kotono> OOC: Nope.
[18:55] <Gildas> OOC: Okay.
[18:55] <@Kotono> OOC: The only visible opponent is the giant skull right now, you could go bearsmack it.
[18:55] <Gildas> The injured bear bounds over to the giant skull and tries to get rid of it with a smack of his paw!
[18:56] <Gildas> roll 1d20+12
[18:56] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 31 > [d20=19]
[18:56] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[18:56] <Gildas> roll 2d8+10
[18:56] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 18 > [d8=3,5]
[18:56] <@Kotono> The skull, already half gone, breaks apart under that! It falls, another shattered! Meanwhile Myann takes the chance and makes for a quick healing spell.
[18:56] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+5
[18:56] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 13 > [d8=8]
[18:57] * Kotono changes topic to 'Johann=Shadowhand(26)>John(21)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10 shoulder)>Myann(7 shroomed)'
[18:57] <@Kotono> Her wounds visibly heal, the worst of her side-gash closing up. Then they come again - four more skeletal warriors appearing in front of each of you, striking as one with swords of bone!
[18:57] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 John
[18:58] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 21 > [d20=15]
[18:58] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Feather
[18:58] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 11 > [d20=5]
[18:58] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Gildas
[18:58] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 23 > [d20=17]
[18:58] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Myann ACs?
[18:58] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 19 > [d20=13]
[18:58] <Gildas> OOC: 26
[18:58] * Kotono changes topic to 'Johann=Shadowhand=S1=S2=S3=S4(26)>John(21)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10 shoulder)>Myann(7 shroomed)'
[18:58] <Feather> OOC: 23
[18:58] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+4 Myann ow
[18:58] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 7 > [d8=3]
[18:58] <@Kotono> OOC: Nevermind, fire mushroom takes it.
[18:58] * Kotono changes topic to 'Johann=Shadowhand=S1=S2=S3=S4(26)>John(21)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10 shoulder)>Myann(7)'
[19:00] <@John> OOC: 21
[19:00] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+4 John
[19:00] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 5 > [d8=1]
[19:01] <@Kotono> Feather and Gildas are wise to it, nimbly dodging! Myann's caught right on, the red tint to her clothing vanishing in lieu of a wound. John is grazed, his arm getting a nasty bruise and dripping cut! Then the shadow hand rises up again, clawing at Gildas this time!
[19:01] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 touch AC?
[19:01] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 18 > [d20=15]
[19:03] <Gildas> OOC: 18, unless somehow the magic hawk cloud helps, but I don't think it does.
[19:03] <@Kotono> OOC: It doesn't.
[19:03] <@Kotono> roll 1d6 strength damage
[19:03] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 5 > [d6=5]
[19:05] <@Kotono> The shadowy hadn comes up and passes through Gildas's foot! His body shrivels at that, muscles atrophying by the second! As this happens, the bones 100ft ahead begin to rumble! They're rising up and gathering together in the air! OOC: Okay. John, go.
[19:05] * Kotono changes topic to 'Johann=Shadowhand=S1=S2=S3=S4=Bone mass(26)>John(21)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10 shoulder)>Myann(7)'
[19:06] <@John> OOC: is the hand still visible?
[19:06] <@Kotono> OOC: No, it retreated back down.
[19:07] * @John steps in to attack both his and Gildas's skeletons at once, attacking each with different ends of his staff!
[19:07] <@John> roll 1d20+10 mine
[19:07] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 22 > [d20=12]
[19:07] <@Kotono> Suddenly Myann looks around, "Where the hell did Grah go?!"
[19:07] <@John> roll 1d20+10 gil's
[19:07] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 23 > [d20=13]
[19:07] <@John> roll 1d20+10 mine
[19:07] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 26 > [d20=16]
[19:07] <@John> roll 1d20+5 gil's
[19:07] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 14 > [d20=9]
[19:07] <@John> roll 1d20+5 mine
[19:07] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 10 > [d20=5]
[19:08] <@Kotono> OOC: Four hits.
[19:08] <@John> roll 2#1d6+5 mine
[19:08] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 7, 9 >
[19:08] <@John> roll 2#1d6+5 gil's
[19:08] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 8, 10 >
[19:08] * Kotono changes topic to 'Johann=Shadowhand=S2=S4=Bone mass(26)>John(21)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10 shoulder)>Myann(7)'
[19:09] <@John> "Uh, he was right behind me when we came in here, I think... I haven't seen him since," John replies, feeling a bit foolish for not noticing.
[19:09] <@Kotono> Skeletons are bashed apart, falling in rubble beneath John's blows! Two down! OOC: feather.
[19:09] <@Kotono> OOC: Feather, even.
[19:09] * Feather reaches deep down inside himself and finds a calmness that he sorely needs in this terrible place. He takes care of the skeleton trying to menace him and then steps over to dispatch Myann's, before bravely continuing towards the next awakening pile of bones!
[19:10] <Feather> roll 1d20+15 dervish dance 1/5rd
[19:10] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 26 > [d20=11]
[19:10] <Feather> roll 1d20+10 dervish dance 1/5rd
[19:10] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 23 > [d20=13]
[19:10] <Feather> roll 1d10+8+1d6
[19:10] <Feather> roll 1d10+8+1d6
[19:10] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 13 > [d10=1][d6=4]
[19:10] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 12 > [d10=2][d6=2]
[19:11] <@Kotono> Both skeletons get good and hacked, but not quite down as Feather goes ahead! They're able to at least takes hacks at him as he passes!
[19:11] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[19:11] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[19:11] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 11 > [d20=5]
[19:11] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 19 > [d20=13]
[19:11] <@Kotono> But Feather dodges the damaged skeletons...OOC: Move speed?
[19:11] <Feather> OOC: 40ft
[19:12] <@Kotono> And comes within 60ft of the mass! A spine has risen up, as well as arms and legs! It's forming rapidly, a horned skull assembling before your eyes! OOC: Gildas.
[19:13] <Gildas> OOC: It's in the air, correct?
[19:14] <@Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[19:14] <@Kotono> OOC: 10ft of the ground as it assembles.
[19:14] <Gildas> OOC: Okay.
[19:14] <Gildas> Gildas takes the opportunity to move 50ft closer and about 20ft away from Feather near the creature, before shapeshifting back and mending his broken arm with a healing spell!
[19:14] <Gildas> roll 2d8+7 CMW
[19:14] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 16 > [d8=3,6]
[19:18] <@Kotono> Gildas feels his wounds recover, his shoulder readjusting! OOC: Penalty is gone. Myann's up.
[19:19] * Kotono changes topic to 'Johann=Shadowhand=S2=S4=Bone mass(26)>John(21)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10)>Myann(7)'
[19:19] <@Kotono> Myann lays into her skeleton and Feather's, trying to finish what Feather started.
[19:19] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12 Myann skeleton
[19:19] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 28 > [d20=16]
[19:19] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12 Feather
[19:19] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 27 > [d20=15]
[19:19] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+6
[19:19] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+6
[19:19] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 9 > [d8=3]
[19:19] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 9 > [d8=3]
[19:19] * Kotono changes topic to 'Johann=Shadowhand=Bone mass(26)>John(21)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10)>Myann(7)'
[19:24] <@Kotono> The skeletons are deftly dissembled, Myann's crystal blade reducing them to rubble! As they fall, the mass before you finishes! It appears to be a demonic skeleton, horns and a drooping, dragging tail. It carries a massive bone maul in hand, black smoke going into it through a gaping-wide mouth. Johann's voice comes from it, "From the outside looking in, hm? You wished for something unrepentently
[19:24] <@Kotono> evil to slay? I can see kingdoms above and below this one. The truth is...who cares when you can see that?" It hefts its maul up. "Everything's wrong in this world! It's all around you, there's nothing that adds up! But once you've seen too far, there's no hope for you. If you still haven't seen too far...run! Go back home and live your lives. Forget about this and ignore what calamities come
[19:24] <@Kotono> to your doorstep." OOC: He finished assembling.  Hand's up.
[19:24] * Kotono changes topic to 'JohannSkeleton=Shadowhand=Bone mass(26)>John(21)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10)>Myann(7)'
[19:24] * Kotono changes topic to 'JohannSkeleton=Shadowhand(26)>John(21)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10)>Myann(7)'
[19:24] <@Kotono> Meanwhile, the shadowy hand appears under Myann this time, clawing at her legs!
[19:24] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[19:24] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 16 > [d20=13]
[19:24] <@Kotono> roll 1d6 str
[19:24] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 1 > [d6=1]
[19:25] <@Kotono> The hand passes through Myann's ankle, making her stumble and gasp! Meanwhile...OOC: John.
[19:26] <@Kotono> The skeleton is standing now.
[19:27] * @John rushes the skeleton, charging across to smash his staff into its ribcage before he vanishes from sight once more!
[19:27] <@John> roll 1d20+15 charge
[19:27] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 17 > [d20=2]
[19:27] <@Kotono> OOC: It has reach on you and you'll eat an AoO. You okay with that?
[19:28] <@John> OOC: sure, I can't tumble and still reach it
[19:28] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12 smack
[19:28] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 30 > [d20=18]
[19:28] <@Kotono> roll 1d12+15 ow
[19:28] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 18 > [d12=3]
[19:29] <@Kotono> John charges in, the hammer comign down at him! It hits him good, smacking him down! The sharp SNAP that comes from his ribs tells him at least a few are broken! His own attack misses in the haze of pain, breathing decidely miserable now! OOC: Ow. Some nastily broken ribs. -1 attacks, saves and AC since it's impeding basically everything. At least you're invisible now. Feather.
[19:30] * Kotono changes topic to 'JohannSkeleton=Shadowhand(26)>John(21 ribs)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10)>Myann(7)'
[19:30] <Feather> Finally, it seems like he finished posturing and is ready to die again! Feather ruthlessly suppresses his elation, keeping a calm and collected state of mind as magic speeds him up enough to get him within reach, and then he tucks himself into a roll between the skeleton's bony feet and gets behind it to slash at the abomination a second time!
[19:30] <Feather> roll 1d20+15 zap, swift expeditious retreat, dervish dance rn2/5
[19:30] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 25 > [d20=10]
[19:30] <Feather> roll 1d20+10 swift expeditious retreat, dervish dance rn2/5
[19:30] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 19 > [d20=9]
[19:31] <@Kotono> OOC: Does dervish dance protect from AoOs?
[19:31] <Feather> OOC: No. I have no choice about eating one, though at present my AC vs AoOs is 31
[19:31] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12 smack
[19:31] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 30 > [d20=18]
[19:31] <@Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[19:32] <Feather> roll 1d10+8+6d6 lucky!
[19:32] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 32 > [d10=2][d6=1,3,3,4,5,6]
[19:33] <@Kotono> Feather charges ahead, sprinting superhumanly fast as the hammer comes down! It hits where he was a moment ago, opening his legs to get through! Feather dodges a tail swipe as he leaps up and cleaves the tail clean off, removing it in one fell swoop! OOC: Nicely done. Gildas.
[19:33] * Kotono changes topic to 'JohannSkeleton(-tail)=Shadowhand(26)>John(21 ribs)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10)>Myann(7)'
[19:34] <Gildas> Gildas shapeshifts back to his Predator form and moves in to try and take a swipe at the creature's leg, trying to bring it down! OOC: I think I'll have to eat an AoO too in order to get in close.
[19:34] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[19:34] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12 smack
[19:34] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 20 > [d20=8]
[19:34] <@Kotono> OOC: AC?
[19:34] <Gildas> OOC: That, however, I can avoid. 30
[19:35] <@Kotono> OOC: MAke the attack roll.
[19:35] <Gildas> OOC: Well, against an AoO anyway
[19:35] <Gildas> roll 1d20+14
[19:35] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 28 > [d20=14]
[19:35] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[19:35] <Gildas> roll 2d8+10
[19:35] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 23 > [d8=5,8]
[19:37] <@Kotono> Gildas leaps in, dogding a crushing hammer strike to jump kick the knee of the skeleton! It stumbles back from the blow, cracks running all along the right knee of the necromancer! Meanwhile Myann closes in to within 60ft as a red and orange mushroom again transforms her! OOC: Fire mushrooming herself.
[19:37] * Kotono changes topic to 'JohannSkeleton(-tail)=Shadowhand(26)>John(21 ribs)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10)>Myann(7 shroomed)'
[19:38] <@Kotono> Johann raises his hammer up, and with a tremendous grunt, brings it down in a gigantic smash all around him!
[19:38] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+10 vs everyone but Myann, ACs?
[19:38] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 13 > [d20=3]
[19:39] <@John> OOC: 21
[19:39] <@John> OOC: 20 sorry
[19:39] <@Kotono> But the spinning smack is ducked by all, too high to hit the regular sized adventurers! At the same time, 4 more skeletal warriors rise, the three around the necromancer flanked by them and Myann's appearing right in front of her! OOC: Good luck on that attack roll at least, that missed you all by miles.
[19:39] * Kotono changes topic to 'JohannSkeleton(-tail)=Shadowhand(26)=S1=S2=S3=S4>John(21 ribs)>Feather(11)>Gildas(10)>Myann(7 shroomed)'
[19:39] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 FEather
[19:39] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 13 > [d20=7]
[19:39] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 John
[19:39] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 25 > [d20=19]
[19:39] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Gildas
[19:39] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 17 > [d20=11]
[19:39] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Myann
[19:39] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 7 > [d20=1]
[19:40] <Gildas> OOC: 26
[19:40] <@Kotono> OOC: Roll raptor cloud, Gildas. In the future, just roll it whenever anyone attacks you so I don't forget.
[19:40] <Gildas> OOC: Okay
[19:40] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+4 John
[19:40] <Gildas> roll 1d8
[19:40] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 7 > [d8=3]
[19:40] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 7 > [d8=7]
[19:41] <@Kotono> OOC: Wait, didn't you go invis?
[19:41] <@Kotono> roll 1d100 if so
[19:41] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 60 > [d100=60]
[19:42] <@Kotono> OOC: Bad luck. Hit stands. Okay.
[19:42] <@Kotono> John gets a gash across his leg, the skeleton leaping in to bloody him further! As this happens, the shadowhand comes up again, this time going for Feather again!
[19:42] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 touch AC?
[19:42] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 7 > [d20=4]
[19:42] <@Kotono> But Feather ignores it with a deft sidestep. OOC: John.
[19:44] <@John> Trying to ignore the pressing pain in his ribs, John hefts his staff and starts laying into the skeleton with a barrage of strikes as he flashes back into visibility!
[19:44] <@John> roll 1d20+13 flanking invis
[19:44] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 32 > [d20=19]
[19:44] <@John> roll 1d20+11 flanking
[19:44] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 28 > [d20=17]
[19:44] <@John> roll 1d20+11 flanking
[19:44] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 16 > [d20=5]
[19:44] <@John> roll 1d20+6 flanking
[19:44] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 16 > [d20=10]
[19:44] <@John> roll 1d20+6 flanking
[19:44] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 19 > [d20=13]
[19:44] <@Kotono> OOC: All hit. All aboard a trip to pain.
[19:44] <@John> roll 5#1d6+5+2d6
[19:44] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 19, 20, 21, 12, 21 >
[19:44] <@Kotono> roll 19+20+21+12+21
[19:44] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 93 >
[19:47] <@Kotono> In pain and surrounded, John turns to ignore the minion attacking him. He instead swings and shatters the damaged knee of the skeleton! It stumbles down and John leaps up! He swings and breaks the spine of it, then bounces off into a flip! He goes 'round the front and hits the front of the skull with a huge baseball swing, shattering the head! It goes flying back, a howling scream from Johann
[19:47] <@Kotono> as the skeleton hits the ground! The black fog dissipates, the skeletons around you going still.  OOC: Free act. Loot post. Ow. That's one way to end a boss fight.
[19:48] <@John> That done John whimpers and hunches over clutching his sides. "Owww..."
[19:49] <@Kotono> Myann chuckles as she approaches, "It's done." She comes ot John and incants a quick healing spell.
[19:49] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+5
[19:49] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 11 > [d8=6]
[19:49] <@Kotono> OOC: Ribs are mended.
[19:49] <Gildas> The bear looks around a few times, unsure if it really is over, before shapeshifting back. "Well, that was... something." He turns to look over at John and then at Myann. "Did you catch what he said there, right at the end?"
[19:50] <@John> "Thanks," he says, gingerly prodding his ribs and relaxing when he doesn't feel any nasty twinges. "What, about how the world's wrong?" he asks Gildas.
[19:50] <Gildas> "No, he said he could 'see the kingdoms above and below.'" He responds with a grimace. "Those two places, again."
[19:50] <@Kotono> "The long diatribe about kingdoms above and below and everything being wrong," Myann's smiling, before she shakes her head. The smile dies down, "Sorry. But yes, I heard that."
[19:51] <@John> "It all sounded like he was trying to sound smart. Anyway, uhh... we better look around for Grah, I guess?"
[19:51] <Gildas> "It must be hard." Gildas says, looking at Myann with a small nod to her. "...Perhaps it's something we should consider looking into when we return."
[19:52] <@Kotono> "Like he was being pretentious?" Myann opines to John, "But no, I think that amid it all he has a point. Look at the Sidhe. Look at what El was like. There's things out there that aren't elven...or human, I suppose... in mind. I think that much has been richly established. Look at the Sidhe Scholar, the Magus, Johann or whatever else. Hm. It says something that the vampire we've met is the most
[19:52] <@Kotono> well adjusted."
[19:54] <Feather> "Well now he's dead. Again. And so's his point!" Feather says, tired but cheerful. "So yeah, let's focus on the important stuff. Grah! Oi, Grah!"
[19:54] <@Kotono> No reply.
[19:54] <Gildas> He can't help but smile a bit at that and nod again. "Either way, I think we should probably look into the matter once we get back... and rest a bit." He says, then looks around again. "Yes, where did he go? You don't think he was scared off by all this, do you?"
[19:55] <@Kotono> "I still want to spend the rest of the winter resting," Myann grumbles a little bit, "No matter how delightful myself and the Sidhe in me finds destroying the undead, winter's a time of rest in front of a warm fire."
[19:55] <Feather> "Nah," Feather says dismissively, trying to recall whether Grah had any magic jewelry while he looks around with Detect Magic.
[19:55] <@John> "Big manly orc like him?" John asks in disbelief.
[19:55] <@Kotono> OOC: Did you scan this area before?
[19:56] <Feather> OOC: No, first time
[19:57] <Gildas> "Didn't you get bored the last time?" He asks, looking at Myann with another small smile.
[19:58] <@Kotono> OOC: Spellcraft.
[19:58] <Feather> "I know right?!"
[19:58] <Feather> roll 1d20+12
[19:58] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 22 > [d20=10]
[19:59] <@Kotono> "Not the point," Myann cracks a smile and crosses her arms. Meanwhile Feather can see moderate necromancy all over. Looks to be tied to what Johann did, but he can't fully puzzle it out.
[20:00] <Feather> "Ugh, there's still necromantic crap all over the place," Feather says in disgust, trying to see if it's fading.
[20:00] <@Kotono> It's not fading.
[20:00] <Gildas> "I wonder if he was crazy before or after all the necromancy." Gildas says.
[20:00] <Feather> "Say, Gildas, take a look?" Feather requests, deciding to look around for now.
[20:01] <@Kotono> "Maybe we can find out more if we search around?" Myann suggests, "Unless he was sleeping and shitting in the bones, he has to have had something more than this around here."
[20:02] <@John> "Chuck some magic lights around so we can see how far it goes?" John asks.
[20:02] <Feather> roll 1d20+11 perception
[20:02] <Gildas> "Hm? Oh, certainly." He tries his own hand at the magical detection.
[20:02] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 16 > [d20=5]
[20:02] <Gildas> roll 1d20+12
[20:02] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 18 > [d20=6]
[20:03] <@Kotono> There's magic here but Gildas can't really puzzle it out. OOC: Are y'all interested in searching around here and stuff beyond magic? I'll adjudicate it if so.
[20:03] <@John> OOC: I can't leave without my buddy superfly!
[20:03] <Gildas> OOC: I'll fly up to take a look around.
[20:03] <@John> OOC: I mean Grah
[20:03] <Gildas> OOC: Since it's a big cavern and all.
[20:03] <Feather> OOC: I'll search stuff and bash any bones along my way just in case
[20:03] <Gildas> "I can't make heads or tails of it, unfortunately. I think it's too strong." He announces before shapeshifting to fly up!
[20:05] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay, search check. Whomever has the highest mod can roll and the others can aid.
[20:06] <Feather> OOC: Count my perception roll as an aid, then
[20:06] <@John> roll 1d20+13 think I'm highest
[20:06] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 14 > [d20=1]
[20:07] <Gildas> 1d20+13 aiding?
[20:07] <Gildas> roll 1d20+13 aiding?
[20:07] <Serith> Gildas roll for Serith < 14 > [d20=1]
[20:07] <@Kotono> OOC: Which should be perception anyway since that's rolled into perception. Dur.
[20:08] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12 Myann
[20:08] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 19 > [d20=7]
[20:08] <@Kotono> OOC: That's some shitty fucking rolling, y'all.
[20:10] <@Kotono> The party looks around. After some considerable effort, the party fidns a door hidden behind a pile of bones. However, on finding it, the pile falls forward, right towards the party! OOC: Ref, y'all.
[20:10] <Feather> roll 1d20+8 evasion
[20:10] <Serith> Feather roll for Serith < 25 > [d20=17]
[20:10] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Myann really wants evasion
[20:10] <Gildas> OOC: Me too?
[20:10] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 20 > [d20=13]
[20:10] <@Kotono> OOC: You're in teh air so you're off the hook.
[20:10] <Gildas> OOC: Hooray! Until something falls on me
[20:10] <@John> roll 1d20+11
[20:10] <Serith> John roll for Serith < 13 > [d20=2]
[20:11] <@Kotono> roll 3d6 Myann half John full Feather none
[20:11] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 12 > [d6=5,1,6]
[20:11] <@Kotono> The bones fall! Feather leaps back like a cricket, avoiding the rain! Myann's slower, stumbling back and bashed by a rib-bone. John's caught completely unawares, buried and knocked back by the bony tidal wave! OW!
[20:12] <Gildas> Upon hearing the noise, Gildas darts down to see what's going on!
[20:12] <Feather> "This is why we should fucking break every bone in here," Feather curses, helping Myann up before starting to dig John out.
[20:13] <Gildas> Gildas shapeshifts back to help Feather!
[20:16] <@Kotono> Myann goes to help as well, "Are you alright? Do you need healing?" Myann asks.
[20:16] <@John> "Oww, that hurt," John complains, kicking bones away and clambering out after enough have been cleared. "I could do with some healing, yeah. Especially if there's something bad behind that door."
[20:18] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+5
[20:18] <Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 6 > [d8=1]
[20:18] <@Kotono> After that spell Myann slumps over against Feather, "I'm drained," she announces, "I might have a few more spells in me, but little else."
[20:18] <@John> "No, that's really good, thanks," John is quick to assure her.
[20:19] <Feather> "Got just the one myself," Feather admits. "If we don't find nothing here, we'll need to head back."
[20:20] <Gildas> "I can get the wand if we run into anything." He adds. "But I doubt we will."

[Ebiris]

[18:03] <@Kotono> Thus the party goes into the secret door. It leads to a narrow, burrowed out hall. To the left there's a passage ahead, one that would require crawling. Straight ahead and past that is a plain wooden door.
[18:04] * Feather checks for any fresh magic!
[18:04] <@John> Not being a fan of confined spaces, John goes to open the door.
[18:07] <@Kotono> There's magic coming from behind the door and from somewhere beyond the crawl-tunnel. The door opens. Ahead is a large cave room. Half rotted bodies and meat hang all over. Body parts hang from chains like party favors, more than you can count. Bodies of all sorts, from animals to humanoids to odder things yet. The scent of decay and rot hits John all at once, lik ea punch to the stomach.
[18:07] <@Kotono> OOC: Spellcraft if you please, Feather.
[18:07] <Feather> roll 1d20+12
[18:07] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+12 and gets 31." [1d20=19]
[18:08] <@John> "Ohhhgh!" John gasps and steps back, choking at the awful smell.
[18:09] <Gildas> Gildas glances in John's direction, then frowns and reaches an arm up to cover his mouth and nose as best he can.
[18:09] <@Kotono> The aura ahead is of preservation. It's keeping the meat and body parts in here from completely going bad. There's magic items in the burrow somewhere, you can identify them once you have a chance to handle them. OOC: Loot.
[18:10] <Gildas> "Do you want me to investigate this passage?" He gestures with his free arm.
[18:10] <@Kotono> Myann gags and stumbles back, "Close the door!"
[18:10] * @John reaches out with a leg and kicks the door shut rather than get closer again.
[18:11] <Feather> "Oh for fuck's sake," Feather gags. "Yes, Gildas, anything but this."
[18:11] <@Kotono> The door slams shut! The scent lingers like a bad hangover, but at least the source is cut off.
[18:12] * Feather shakes his head. "There's some magic stuff inside, like maybe something actually useful. Gotta have a deep admiration for the sorry bastard that goes look for them, though."
[18:12] <Gildas> He nods and shapeshifts into his aerial form and just walks down the path so he doesn't have to crawl!
[18:14] <@John> "Can't we just set it on fire?"
[18:14] <@Kotono> Past the burrowed tunnel is a room. It has a bed, a chest and a shelf - and tons of junk all over. The walls are thickly covered with equations plastered over with WRONG or NO.  Several animal heads hang on one wall, mounted and stuffed. A pile of coins sits on the floor, spread out wantonly.
[18:14] <Feather> "Nah, he's got magic that saves that shit," Feather says with a grimace.
[18:16] <Gildas> He shapeshifts back! "I think he... slept in here?" He calls out to the others while going through the items. "If you don't hear from me every so often, come make sure I didn't prick myself on a sleeping dart again, please!"
[18:17] <@Kotono> "Treasure?" Myann calls back, "Let me join you - I can get an idea of how much it's worth." She takes mushroom hawk form, walk-waddling down the passage as well.
[18:17] <@John> "Well, I didn't see anything more useful than body parts, so may as well leave it," John concludes.
[18:18] <@Kotono> OOC: Gildas, are you planning on searching the room?
[18:19] <Gildas> OOC: Yes.

~

[18:44] <@Kotono> OOC: Going to be tossing the abbatoir?
[18:45] <Gildas> OOC: Pretty much.
[18:47] <@Kotono> OOC: PErceptionc heck and Fort save.
[18:48] <Gildas> roll 1d20+13
[18:48] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+13 and gets 18." [1d20=5]
[18:48] <Gildas> roll 1d20+10
[18:48] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+10 and gets 23." [1d20=13]
[18:50] <@Kotono> Nothing much of interest is found, beyond tools of the trade. No sign of anything useful. The stench is terrible. Gildas is sick to his stomach, but he endures it as best he can.
[18:53] <Gildas> "Hm... if i were trying to hide something like that... I'd probably put it in the most obvious place." He says as he turns to leave, intent on searching the bones back in the cave, since he couldn't find anything in the room.
[18:53] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay, make another perception check.
[18:54] <Gildas> roll 1d20+13
[18:54] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+13 and gets 28." [1d20=15]
[18:55] <@Kotono> Poking through the bones takes some time, but no sign of anything interesting. Bones, bones, bones. Unless you're in the market for bones, there's not much here.
[18:56] <Gildas> "Did you not have one...?" He wonders aloud. OOC: And we also thoroughly checked the sleeping area, correct?
[18:57] <@Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[18:58] <Gildas> OOC: Okay.
[18:59] <Gildas> Then he will head back towards the entrance of the cave, but will keep an eye out for anything they might've missed on the way in.
[18:59] <@Kotono> OOC: One last check.
[18:59] <Gildas> roll 1d20+13 and here comes the 1
[18:59] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+13 and here comes the 1 and gets 14." [1d20=1]
[19:00] <Gildas> OOC: I am the best psychic in the world.
[19:00] <@Kotono> OOC: Wow.
[19:00] <@Kotono> Gildas doesn't find anything, as...OOC: #dunes.

~

[18:19] <Feather> "It ain't really about the treasure," Feather says with a grimace. "I heard about crazy necrowizards that got
this phylactery thing that lets them come back if you kill them, if you don't destroy it too. And this magic about this place, it ain't going away. So maybe this guy will return too? I mean, he did it once already. So we gotta be sure before we leave."
[18:19] <@Kotono> OOC: Make a perception check? Myann'll aid.
[18:20] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12 aiding
[18:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 aiding and gets 21." [1d20=9]
[18:20] <Gildas> roll 1d20+13
[18:20] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+13 and gets 29." [1d20=16]
[18:20] <@John> "Any way to tell exactly where he'll come back?" John asks. "Could dig a hole or something so he can't get out. He didn't look like he'd be much good at climbing."
[18:20] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+10 appraise
[18:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+10 appraise and gets 17." [1d20=7]
[18:21] <Feather> "Gildas or me might know if we found those magical trinkets he left behind," Feather muses. "Short of that?"
[18:22] <@Kotono> The room is searched, Myann helping while inventorying items. Magical items are taken back to Feather for identification. In addition to those, the two find a large glass ball. Within it various energies swirl. It radiates magic, but nothing that can be deciphered. OOC: Loot.
[18:24] <@John> "I think that's it," John points at the ball. "What if we broke it?"
[18:26] <Gildas> "I think we shouldn't do it here." He says. "Actually, I have an idea... if we could wait until tomorrow to do it, I would appreciate it."
[18:26] <Feather> "Huh. Say, guys, if we he did have a phylactery and this is it, if we take it along he'll hafta revive where it's at?"
[18:26] <Feather> roll 1d20+10 K:A
[18:26] <@Kotono> Myann crosses her arms, "As long as it doesn't bring him back, I'm fine with it."
[18:26] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+10 K:A and gets 22." [1d20=12]
[18:28] <Feather> "Oh. Oh! I just figured it out!"
[18:30] <Gildas> He tilts his head at Feather. "Did you?"
[18:30] <@Kotono> "You did?" Myann matches that head tilt, "What does it do?"
[18:31] <Feather> "Yeah. We're definitely not breaking it here cause we'll all die horribly. But if we break it safely away from all this necromancy crap... well, it's all the lives he stole from everyone he killed. We'll free it and if there's any undead around, they're goners too. We could prolly even kill the unkillable skeleton with it."
[18:32] <@John> "And it won't kill us if there's undead around?" John checks, hoping Feather is very sure.
[18:32] <Gildas> "Oh." He says with a frown. "Well... does that mean this isn't his phylactery, then?"
[18:33] <Feather> "Pretty sure. Course, no harm in just breaking it soon as we're far from here," Feather responds to John, before frowning. "Maybe, on second thought, John's right about the fire? We set it and leave and hope it works after all?"
[18:35] <Gildas> "I don't mind looking for it in that other room, if we want to be sure." He offers. "I'd rather smell bad for a few days than have to deal with him again."
[18:36] <Feather> "I might be guessing wrong, too," Feather admits. "Maybe he got some other means to return. Can't figure out his magic in that room where we killed him twice. Uh, think we should split up? If you're willing to look into that, we could go look for Grah outside."
[18:36] <Gildas> "Yes, that way you don't have to endure it. Just make sure you come back in case there's a trap or something." He nods.
[18:38] <Feather> "Definitely! And, uh, run away really fast if there's one here?"
[18:39] <Gildas> "I'm sure it will be fine." He nods.
[18:40] <@Kotono> OOC: Quick summary of plan, y'all?
[18:41] <Gildas> OOC: I'm going to check the meat locker for anything and I think the others are going to check on Grah.
[18:41] <Feather> OOC: Succinct and true!
[18:44] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. Gildas off into #evildunes. The rest in here.
[18:44] <@Kotono> Thus the party emerges back outside. Dusk is looming now, the chill of the air barely felt by the heroes. No immediate sign of Grah. OOC: Describe how you're searching thenmake perception checks, y'all.
[18:46] <Feather> "Grah! Hey, Grah!" Feather calls out, lighting a torch and waving it above his head. "Tell me that fucker didn't possess your sorry ass!"
[18:46] <@John> "Grah!" John shouts, before looking around for any footprints aside from the ones made by everyone arriving.
[18:46] <@John> roll 1d20+13 perception
[18:46] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 perception and gets 15." [1d20=2]
[18:47] <Feather> roll 1d20+11
[18:47] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+11 and gets 15." [1d20=4]
[18:47] <@Kotono> "Grah!" Myann calls, "Are you here?"
[18:47] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12
[18:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 and gets 17." [1d20=5]
[18:47] <Feather> "We'll leave you here!" Feather adds. "With the bones! And the corpses!"
[18:47] <@Kotono> The party searches around, yet finds nothing. No sign of Grah. As far as you can tell, there's no signs of him having vanished.
[18:49] <@John> "I don't get it. Where'd he go?" John wonders, finding no trace of him.
[18:49] <Feather> "So weird. You don't think he really got possessed, do you?"
[18:50] <@Kotono> "I'm not sure. Maybe...maybe he fled," Myann ventures, "I let slip about the Sidhe later on and he was a lot quieter once he picked up on that."
[18:51] <@John> "I can't see any footprints. I suppose if he followed our footprints exactly it'd be harder to see though," John says, taking a careful look at their own tracks for any that go in the opposite direction.
[18:52] <Feather> "I just dunno what to say. So, uh, let's wait for Gildas while we doublecheck the footprints?" Feather suggests.
[18:52] <Feather> roll 1d20+11 survival
[18:52] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+11 survival and gets 25." [1d20=14]
[18:53] <@Kotono> There's nothing the least bit awry about the footprints.
[18:58] <Feather> "Myann?" Feather asks as they wait, giving up on the mystery of Grah for the time being. "Are there any mushrooms that'd destroy everything down there better than any fire?"
[18:59] <@Kotono> Myann hms for a time, "I could manage something," she finally says, "It'll be something to see. We should get any of that treasure we want out first, though."
[19:00] <Feather> "Sounds right to me," Feather agrees, flipping through the writings on necromancy to try and figure out just what it was that the crazy wizard was trying to do. With luck, it would double as his journal.
[19:01] <@Kotono> OOC: Analyzing the necromantic writings will take some legit downtime to read up on them. That aside just for a moment, y'all post what you wanna take and what you're leaving behind?
[19:01] <Feather> OOC: Alright
[19:07] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay, so what's y'all's plan here?
[19:07] <Feather> OOC: Let's go somewhere till we're tired, then break the orb as we camp.
[19:08] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. Were you going to do anything about the cave ro just leave it?
[19:09] <Gildas> OOC: I think the idea is to ask Myann to turn it all into dust or something through fungal power.
[19:09] <@John> OOC: lets camp nearby so Myann can do her mushroom then, then go far away and do the breakage at our next camp?
[19:09] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[19:10] <Feather> OOC: If Myann needs to be near, sure. And after that I'd like a couple days with the scrying sensor to try and figure it out, back at the village we originally visited. If that's fine.
[19:10] <@Kotono> OOC: Right, let's get this going. Line coming.
[19:12] <@Kotono> The party makes camp. Myann sits in front of the cave entrance, staring in it. For a long time nothing happens at the dead waterfall.  But slowly you see them - fire red and orange mushrooms. Fire mushrooms are sprouting all along the walls and entrance of the dead waterfall. Great big ones, bigger than a humanoid, choke the entrance in. Myann then steps back quite a ways, "Brace yourself," she
[19:12] <@Kotono> says.
[19:12] * Feather backs quite far himself, though he takes care to stand so that he would shield Myann from any explosions.
[19:13] <Gildas> Gildas just watches silently, his mind on something else.
[19:13] * @John ducks!
[19:14] <@Kotono> The mus-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! The fire mushrooms explode! The roof of the dead waterfall explodes up like a volcano, a gigantic jet of pure red fire erupting up into the sky! Hundreds of fireballs erupt out hundreds of feet in the air and fizzle away, a geyser of fire before you. Myann watches it all with her full attention, gazing on the fiery explosion. The entire countryside around you is
[19:14] <@Kotono> transformed from duskfall to a reddish, ruddy sort of daytime.  Great waves of heat pour off of it.
[19:15] * @John just stares, openmouthed.
[19:15] <Feather> "Next time there's a shocker lizard infestation," Feather says once he gets over his shock and can hear himself speak again, "we do that."
[19:15] <Gildas> "...If he still had something stored in there, I can't imagine it's in one piece anymore." He remarks.
[19:17] <@Kotono> "I'd rather not," Myann says, fighting down a grin. She breathes slowly, her grin dying down. "Not only is it brute force, the Sidhe in me loves doing it. So does the mantle. Giving them more influence isn't what I want."
[19:18] <Feather> "Yeah, guess so," Feather finds himself agreeing. "It's hard enough to control when someone just attacks you outta the blue, right?"
[19:18] <@Kotono> Above you, the fireballs burst in the air like red fireworks. They illuminate the night sky further, like flashes of red that constantly burst.
[19:19] <Feather> "Uh. This won't set the forest on fire, will it?"
[19:20] <Gildas> "Who would ever do something like that?" He says with a grimace. "I'm going to prepare some spells tonight for that orb for tomorrow."
[19:20] <Gildas> OOC: Wow.
[19:20] <@Kotono> "Yeah," Myann replies, going over and leaning against Feather. "In my heart, I know there will be a day that I have to leave. Hopefully not for ages and ages, but I'm a Sidhe. Eventually it'll be what has to happen for the sake of others. Doing things like this give my Sidhe side more influence and bring that day closer." At that she shakes her head, absentlymindedly adding, "I asked the mushrooms
[19:20] <@Kotono> not to."
[19:20] <Gildas> OOC: Wrong button, clearly.
[19:21] <Feather> "Good mushrooms."
[19:21] <@John> "Yeah... good," John agrees, finding his voice. Wouldn't want to get on the bad side of those mushrooms!
[19:22] <@Kotono> For some reason that strikes Myann as hilarious, her laughter following. She shakes with it, "Y-yes, good mushrooms!" She laughs into her hand, "And I was all set to indulgently mope about how you at least escaped the fey eyes," She turns and gives Feather a playful punch on the shoulder.
[19:24] <@Kotono> After that she turns to John, "Thank you, by the way."
[19:24] <@John> "For what?" he asks dumbly.
[19:26] <@Kotono> "Killing that giant skeleton. I was impressed," she says, before turning away from the bonfire. "Are we going to camp for the night here?"
[19:27] <@John> "Yeah, wasn't good for me ribs, but wouldn't done worse for them to let it keep hanging around, wouldn't it?"
[19:27] <Gildas> "We may as well. If he tries to climb out of the cave we can just kick him back down the stairs." He says.
[19:27] <Feather> "How horrifying. Let's keep a double watch just in case?"
[19:29] <Gildas> He nods. "A good idea."
[19:29] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay, party's planning on caomping then with a double watch? Right.
[19:30] <@Kotono> roll 1d100+35
[19:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100+35 and gets 70." [1d100=35]
[19:30] <@Kotono> roll 1d100+35
[19:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100+35 and gets 102." [1d100=67]
[19:30] <@Kotono> roll 1d100+35 subtable
[19:30] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100+35 subtable and gets 59." [1d100=24]
[19:33] <@Kotono> Gildas and Feather are awake on watch. Idle conversation goes back and forth as they do. By now the fire geyser has died down, the cave utterly ruined. From outside the light of your campfire, "You there!" The voice is rough and deep, "Humans!"
[19:34] <Feather> "Yeah! Who's that?!"
[19:34] <Gildas> Gildas turns his attention to the sound of the voice.
[19:35] <@Kotono> The figure that comes into the light is an orc. A rather skinny and tall one, squinting at the campfire. "You all are some brave humans," he grunts, wearing simple, rough homespun clothes, "Staying so close to a volcano that went off."
[19:36] <Gildas> "Ah, it's harmless now." He responds with a small smile.
[19:36] * Feather snorts. "We made it go off. Had no choice, there was a crazy necromancer living there."
[19:37] <@Kotono> "I'll see that for myself," he says, going on past and towards the ruin of the dead waterfall.
[19:37] <Feather> "Innit only fair to say what you're doing here?" Feather calls out to him. "My name's Feather. How 'bout yourself and your business here?"
[19:38] <Gildas> He blinks and looks at Feather, offering a shrug, before turning his attention in the direction of the orc, since Feather's question is a good one.
[19:42] <@Kotono> "Name's Magarg." He turns back, "I'm here because a fucking volcano went off and spewed fighter higher than the fucking trees go."
[19:42] <@Kotono> *fire
[19:43] <Gildas> He smiles a little bit, at least the guy can give a convincing reason.
[19:44] <Feather> "That case, just come and sit by our fire," Feather invites him. "No sane man goes into a necromancer's lair alone at night, even if we blew it up higher than the fucking trees. Already lost a pal around here, a fellow going by Grah. Not gonna risk another."
[19:44] <@Kotono> "Oh, you know Grah? Or knew him." Shaking his head as he comes over, "A damned shame. Did he finally see something that did him in?"
[19:45] <Gildas> He looks to Feather for that since he wasn't actually looking for Grah before.
[19:45] <Feather> "Dunno. Was the damndest thing! We fought all these minions and finally made it to the real lair, right? And then we're fighting these hordes of huge skeletons from all over, and before we notice he's gone. So we look around and call for him, and there's nothing. And we head outside... no tracks! None! Like he disappeared into fucking thin air."
[19:47] <Gildas> "Nothing...?" He repeats. "How peculiar."
[19:48] <Feather> "No tracks! And Gildas here even searched between all the bodies, it was like a huge open graveyard inside."
[19:49] <@Kotono> "Figures," Shaking his head, "Grah had sight. Saw things in different ways." Here he shrugs. Meanwhile the buzz of conversation stirs John in his sleep, the sounds enough to pierce the veil of slumber.
[19:49] <Feather> "Sight? That some fancy word for magic, so he mighta escaped?"
[19:51] * @John grumbles and sits up from under his blanket, rubbing his eyes. "Company?"
[19:51] <Feather> "Saw the fire, wanted to see the cave below. Told him better do it come morning."
[19:51] <@Kotono> "He had that," Magarg comments, "But he also saw things."
[19:52] <Gildas> "Oh." Gildas says, glancing to John for a moment. "You mean in his mind, correct?"
[19:53] <@John> "Hullo," John greets the new orc, yawning and not bothering to cover it with his hand.

[Ebiris]

[18:01] <@Kotono> "No, with his eyes," Magarg grunts, "How else?" He glances and nods to John.
[18:02] <Gildas> "Ah." He nods.
[18:03] * @John lays back down since nothing seems out of order.
[18:03] * Feather likewise settles to wait for dawn, where they could take a second look at the ruins.
[18:05] <@Kotono> At this the party settles in. Magarg lingers and the night passes. Come dawn the party is able to get a look at the ruins. The dead waterfall is gone. Burnt rubble and collapse is there now. A few fiery  mushrooms sprout up about the ruin.
[18:07] * Feather looks for magic, just in case. And for any hidden passageways that are no longer hidden.
[18:08] <@Kotono> OOC: Perception check.
[18:08] <@John> "Those mushrooms won't blow up on us, right?" John checks with Myann.
[18:08] <@Kotono> Myann hangs back, watching silently and with a frown. Magarg is less reserved, going about and searching the rubble as well.
[18:08] <Feather> roll 1d20+11
[18:08] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+11 and gets 22." [1d20=11]
[18:08] <@Kotono> "They won't," Myann says quietly. "I already asked them not to."
[18:09] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Magorg
[18:09] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 Magorg and gets 26." [1d20=20]
[18:10] <@Kotono> There's no magic. Picking over things shows lots of ruin, nothing of interest found in the remnants of the firestorm. Magarg finds much the same, "Nothing but burned stone," he announces.
[18:10] <Gildas> "If anything was in there, surely, it's gone now." He says, just taking a look around.
[18:10] <Feather> "Looks good to me," Feather agrees, before telling the others, "Time to head back."
[18:12] <@Kotono> "Gone, gone, gone, gone." A voice whispers on the wind. It seems to come from everywhere and nowhere, full of giggles. "Out did they ride, and naught was left but destruction."
[18:13] <Gildas> His expression immediately sours.
[18:13] <@Kotono> Myann closes her eyes and slowly exhales. "No good deed," she murmurs under her breath before looking up. "What do you want?"
[18:14] <@John> "Yeah, I guess we are pretty tough aren't we?" John agrees, pleased with the unseen voice's assessment.
[18:14] <Feather> "Everyone dead was destroyed, yeah."
[18:17] <@Kotono> More giggles, now coming from amid the ruin. All female, at least a dozen of them overlapping. They're every so slightly out of tune, resulting in distorted words. "What a lovely show and a tremendous climax! Yes, yes, yes, it was a lovely thing to see fire immolate everything there. A wonderful step to take, driven by her love and chosen of her free will. A play worth reproducing!" As they
[18:17] <@Kotono> talk, bits of the rubble rise up. They're taken together and smashed, starting to form shapes. A staff, a sword and a claw."
[18:17] <@Kotono> OOC: Axe the " at the end.
[18:18] <Feather> "If you were watching," Feather says reasonably respectfully, choosing to look at Myann rather than about himself at invisible voices, "then mind telling us where Grah went?"
[18:18] <@John> "Oh hey, good question!" John agrees.
[18:19] <@Kotono> "Yes, I would like to know as well," Myann speaks up.
[18:21] <@Kotono> Before you, the weapon are forged. They are flown over - a scimitar to Feather, a staff to John and a claw to Gildas - and placed on the ground before them. "Gone, gone, gone, gone. Taken by the ghost of the black fog. Snatched away. Oh, what loathesome fate!"
[18:22] <Feather> "How horrifying," Feather mutters, picking the scimitar he is offered. "Uh, this black fog. Is it still around somewhere, or did we get it?"
[18:23] <Gildas> "Ah... so it was as you surmised." He says with a frown. He glances down... then kneels to pick up the claw and stand back up. "Thank you." He says to the voices, looking towards the rubble, but then to Feather. "Perhaps we could use the scrying device somehow to chase after him."
[18:23] <@John> "Oh hey thanks," John says while picking up the new staff, not that he really has much use for a spare staff when any good tree branch can drop one. But it's the thought that counts.
[18:23] <@Kotono> The blade crackles with fire as Feather hefts it up. "Gone, gone, gone, gone." As you hold them, knowledge filters into you. Discordant images and hazy reality gel as you simply understand the weapons in your hands. OOC: Loot.
[18:24] <Gildas> "I could try and work up a spell to track him once we find the scrying device, if you'd like."
[18:25] <Feather> "Don't sound like he's alive," Feather muses, before figuring he might as well ask. "Actually, is Grah still alive somewhere, but trapped or a prisoner or something?
[18:26] <@Kotono> The answer is giggles, "Ask not what is not known, for the answer is rarely what you wish."
[18:27] <Feather> "Please? It just bugs me."
[18:27] <@John> "Is he happy?" John asks, hoping he's in orc heaven at least.
[18:28] <Gildas> "Hm... I think..." He offers, "I think the idea is that he was 'taken' by the spirit... which probably means he's posessed. At least... that's what I would guess."
[18:31] <@Kotono> There is a shimmering buzz over the ruin. Above, tiny stormclouds form and spew rain. It gathers in a little hole in there, making a tiny lake. "See, see, see, see. Satiate your curiosity, members of the court."
[18:31] * Feather takes a look for the sake of his peace of mind.
[18:32] * Gildas decides to look too.
[18:32] * @John cranes his neck to have a look.
[18:34] <@Kotono> Myann follows and looks. Within the tiny lake you see Grah trailing behind the party as you descend down. Silent as a ghost, black smoke flows over him. He goes limp in it and the fog jets off, back the way you came, as the rest of the party descends into Johann's boneyard. "Gone, gone, gone, gone," The voices buzz, "Gone from this place."
[18:35] <Gildas> He nods. "Do you all wish to try and find him?"
[18:35] <@John> "Wow. Better watch out for black smoke then!" John says, alarmed. "But I dunno, how do you track smoke?"
[18:36] <Feather> "Thanks," Feather says first of all, conflicted now. "I guess if we could, somehow? I mean, I was gonna look at that scrying sensor thingy, but even if it works it might just show this place."
[18:37] <@Kotono> Slowly Myann shakes her head. She looks ahead, "Can any of you track the smoke or show where it went?"
[18:38] * Feather shrugs helplessly.
[18:38] <@Kotono> Magarg watches all of this grimly, keeping his mouth tightly shut.
[18:39] <Feather> "How 'bout you?" Feather asks Magarg.
[18:39] <@Kotono> "See, see, see, see. M'lady, do you command us by your court?" The voices come from all around Myann, "To see what mortals cannot see? We can do it, but it will not come cheaply."
[18:40] <@Kotono> "I couldn't imagine how you track smoke. Any scent would be gone. You'd need a good hound for it at best," he says, "Maybe."
[18:41] <@Kotono> Myann slowly sighs, eyes closed. "They aren't..." she begins. "Thank you, but no. I doubt the price you want is one any of us would be willing to pay. Unless one of the others says otherwise."
[18:42] <Feather> "Thank you, but no," Feather echoes her. "Though if you don't like undead things and just happen to know where this undead thing might've gone so we could kill it, everyone will be happy. Just saying."
[18:43] <@John> "Well what'll it cost?" John asks, figuring they ought to know so they can decide.
[18:44] <@Kotono> "Admit us into your court," The voices giggle, "A wondrous human farm with a healing spring. What fun we will bring to all there!"
[18:44] <Gildas> "I think I might be able to utilize the scrying device to find him, actually." He says to Feather. "I was watching how the magic worked the last time and I have a theory about it."
[18:45] <Gildas> He glances in the direction of the voices but doesn't say anything.
[18:46] <@John> "Well I dunno if that's so bad. They seem nice," John says, conferring with the others.
[18:48] <@Kotono> Myann reaches up and slowly pinches the bridge of her nose, wincing. "John, they're fairies."
[18:49] <@John> "Nice fairies?"
[18:49] <Feather> "Yes. But the thing is, it's not our farm and not our spring. We live there, sure, but we really shouldn't just invite people over unless we cleared it with Robert first."
[18:51] <@John> "Didn't we invite that guy who killed Fang's last owner?" John shrugs. "Look if you all don't want to then fair enough, I'm just saying it doesn't seem so bad and it might let us save Grah."
[18:56] <Feather> "Well yeah." Feather shrugs. "Robert's already said okay to humans and elves."
[18:57] <@Kotono> "You're right," Myann says, "It isn't our choice to make."
[18:58] <@John> "Well, sorry guys," John shrugs apologetically to the nice fairies. "Hopefully Grah can take care of himself."
[18:58] <Gildas> "Well, then, when we get back to the device, I will try something." He says. "It may work, it may not, but at least we can try."
[18:59] * Feather nods, figuring they might as well start heading back.
[19:01] <@John> "Thanks for the staff, though!" he adds, waving his new stone staff up at where he figures the source of the voices is, before following Feather out of here.
[19:01] <@Kotono> The giggles continue and fade away, thankfully.
[19:01] <@Kotono> OOC: What's y'all's plan now? Heading back to the farm?
[19:01] <Feather> "Let's put it to Robert when we get back?" Feather offers. "Shouldn't be a problem to let them know if he's okay with it."
[19:02] <Gildas> OOC: I think we're going to go back to the scrying device?
[19:02] <Feather> OOC: Head to the scrying sensor to study it. Break the orb the first night.
[19:02] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[19:02] <@Kotono> OOC: Before the scrying sensor then, just to be clear?
[19:02] <Feather> OOC: YEs
[19:04] <@Kotono> Magarg quickly parts your company, muttering about fairies. That evening the temperature plummets. The smell of snow is in the air, promising a white morning. The party gathers around the campfire...OOC: Go ahead with the orb, Feather.
[19:05] <Gildas> Gildas will cast a spell on the area before anything else. OOC: Zone of Natural Purity, just for flavor.
[19:05] <Feather> "Here goes nothing," Feather says, smashing the orb with the hilt of his sword.
[19:12] <@Kotono> The orb is smashed! Multicolored energy flows out and surrounds the party! Energy fills you as it flows up and around, fading away after several moments of otherworldly luminense. OOC: Loot.
[19:15] <@John> "That was pretty," John observes. "Felt pretty nice, too!"
[19:16] <Feather> "T'was great!" Feather agrees. "Nice how everyone's spirit's freed now!"
[19:17] <Gildas> He nods to Feather. "Indeed."
[19:18] <@Kotono> "I feel better," Myann says, "Something really good came of all this."
[19:19] <Gildas> roll 2d8+7 selfish healing
[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2d8+7 selfish healing and gets 11." [2d8=1, 3]
[19:20] <@Kotono> OOC: Going to walk back to the scrying sensor now?
[19:20] <Feather> OOC: Yes. Can we also ask offscreen if the kid saw his father's ghost again or something?
[19:23] <@Kotono> OOC: Sure. We'll deal with tha tafter the scrying thing, since that's before it, unless you want to go to town to ask him first.
[19:24] <Feather> OOC: That order is fine
[19:26] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 39." [1d100=39]
[19:26] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:26] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 49." [1d100=49]
[19:27] <@Kotono> Fortune is with you. The rest of the trip back by the river is uneventful. It's slow going thanks to newfallen snow, but otherwise it's not anything remarkable. The party reaches the scrying sensor once more, doing a bit of digging to uncover it from the snow. OOC: Go ahead.
[19:28] <Feather> Since it's strange magic he's not too sure about, Feather sets about studying it to see if he could tell what it is tied to, and where it might lead if he were to follow the sensor's magic. It might not matter this time, but others might try to scry on them in the future....
[19:29] <Gildas> Gildas waits until Feather is done!
[19:31] <@Kotono> OOC: Going to spend some time with it, then?
[19:31] <Feather> OOC: Yes. Up to a few days if need be.
[19:33] <Gildas> OOC: In that case I may as well try Scrying today.
[19:35] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. Are you going to cast the actual spell scrying, Gildas?
[19:38] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay, while I wait on that, make a spellcraft check, Feather, in the meanwhile.
[19:39] <Feather> roll 1d20+13
[19:39] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+13 and gets 18." [1d20=5]
[19:40] <Gildas> OOC: Yes.
[19:42] <@Kotono> OOC: Right. Who are you scrying on, Gildas?
[19:43] <@Kotono> OOC: I'll resolve the scrying first since that takes less time Ic.
[19:43] <Gildas> OOC: Grah.
[19:47] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[19:47] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 what's the DC on your scrying?
[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 what's the DC on your scrying? and gets 19." [1d20=13]
[19:48] <Gildas> OOC: I believe it is 17. It might be 18, now with the Wis boost.
[19:49] <@Kotono> Gildas scries. Unfortunately, all he sees is emptiness - the scrying failed. OOC: You can try again the next day if you want, but something happens with Feather first.
[19:50] <Gildas> OOC: Okay.
[19:51] <@Kotono> It's late in the afternoon. A campfire has been set up and a deer roasts over it. Myann's curled up by the fire in panther form as Feather works. It's a lot of hard spellwork, but Feather makes some progress. The scrying sensor is connected somewhere to the north - the far north and aboveground. He can't tell anything else, the rest of the magical flows are too complex.
[19:52] <Feather> "So what do we know that's far to the north?" Feather asks, scratching his head.
[19:53] <@John> "That's where we live?" John says from where he's turning the deer every now and then.
[19:53] <Feather> "Don't think he's scrying on us from our home...."
[19:55] <@John> "Well, how do we know the necromancer was the one doing the scrying?" John asks. "What if there's someone else out there who's spying on the necromancer?"
[19:57] * Feather tilts his head. "Guess it's not impossible? Anyway, that's all I can figure out right now. Maybe if Gildas wants to follow my lead and see if it gets him to a different place...?"
[19:57] <@Kotono> Myann sits up and shifts to human form. With a biiiiig yawn she stretches, "To take Gildas's comment, Vasili might know about necromancers to the north."
[19:57] <@John> "Or maybe he's the one that's doing the scrying?"
[20:01] <Gildas> He nods to Feather. "I'm happy to try."
[20:01] <@Kotono> "Could be," She admits. OOC: Going to try scrying tomorrow, Gidlas?
[20:01] * Feather fills Gildas in on how he was trying to track the sensor back to the source in hopes of further insight.
[20:02] <Gildas> ooc: certainly.
[20:02] <Gildas> OOC: I can also try working with the orb it seems?
[20:03] <@Kotono> OOC: Which one do you want to dofirsT?
[20:03] <Gildas> OOC: I'll try the orb first. It might help with the spell.
[20:03] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. Spellcraft. Roll to aid, Feather.
[20:04] <Gildas> roll 1d20+12
[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+12 and gets 21." [1d20=9]
[20:04] <Feather> roll 1d20+13
[20:04] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+13 and gets 18." [1d20=5]
[20:06] <@Kotono> Gildas figures out what Feather did. In addition, he can get a hazy image of where it's focused on. Tangled in the forest canopy is a tower, rising high towards teh sun. It shimmers briefly before becoming invisible and unseen, like a faraway mirage.
[20:07] <Gildas> "An... invisible tower...?" He says with a blink. "Or perhaps, one that is hidden through magic..."
[20:08] <Feather> "Guess if it's not an enemy but one of Vasili's friends, they can send us word? Through him or something?" Feather muses right next to said sensor. "Would help clear up any misunderstandings."
[20:09] <@John> "So do we think they've got Grah then?" John asks, not having caught why they were doing this.
[20:11] <Gildas> "As much as I know we don't like to bother him... I don't know that we have many other sources of information for something like this."
[20:11] <Feather> "Well, it's like this," Feather elaborates. "The necromancer left a body here, right? And got Grah's friend all infected with the creepy skull? And then, there was a sensor here scrying on like a mile all over. So it's gotta be either the necromancer looking in on things, or someone looking in on the necromancer. It's likely one of those? And either case, we might know more if we go and ask."
[20:12] <@Kotono> "It's one way to narrow it down," Myann says finally, "At the least we can do something."
[20:13] * @John smiles and nods, "Alright." He doesn't understand but that was the case a lot of the time with his old group's plans. Best to nod and smile and play along.
[20:13] <Gildas> He nods.

[Ebiris]

[18:25] <@Kotono> OOC: Quick refresh: What's your plan now? Head back to the farm and...?
[18:27] <Feather> OOC: Check with the kid to see if Dad returned, can be off screen, then we head back
[18:28] <@Kotono> OOC: No such luck on Dad. Heading back then.
[18:28] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:28] * Joins: Kobot (~dunefar@ip68-96-9-49.hr.hr.cox.net)
[18:28] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:28] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=21 ]{21}
[18:28] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:28] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=70 ]{70}
[18:29] <@Kotono> roll 1d4 1 j 2 f 3 g 4 m
[18:29] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d4 1 j 2 f 3 g 4 m --> [ 1d4=3 ]{3}
[18:29] <@Kotono> A day of travel passes. It's early in the afternoon when...OOC: Perception checks, y'all.
[18:30] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+11 Myann
[18:30] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+11 Myann --> [ 1d20=20 ]{31}
[18:30] <Gildas> toll 1d20+13 Gildas
[18:30] <Gildas> roll 1d20+13 Gildas
[18:30] <Kobot> Gildas rolled 1d20+13 Gildas --> [ 1d20=6 ]{19}
[18:30] <Gildas> roll 1d20+11 Feather
[18:30] <Kobot> Gildas rolled 1d20+11 Feather --> [ 1d20=15 ]{26}
[18:31] <@Kotono> OOC: +1 to Myann's roll, mod is =12.
[18:31] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[18:31] <Kobot> John rolled 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{25}
[18:31] <@Kotono> Suddenly Myann glances up and then calls, "Gildas! MOVE NOW!"
[18:32] <Gildas> He doesn't need to be told twice! He jumps and tumbles forward!
[18:33] <@Kotono> Gildas dodges! Where he was a moment ago is now filled with a massive green ooze. It's a dark forest green, almost grey-black in the dim light of the forest. It is constantly springing and writhing, going from two to ten feet tall and is wider than a typical human. The ground beneath it begins to smoulder and sizzle, noxious fumes filling the air. OOC: Init. IT's the return of the tree slime,
[18:33] <@Kotono> y'all.
[18:33] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Myann
[18:34] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+2 Myann --> [ 1d20=1 ]{3}
[18:34] <@Kotono> roll 1d20-5 forest ooze
[18:34] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20-5 forest ooze --> [ 1d20=3 ]{-2}
[18:34] * Kotono changes topic to 'Myann(3)>Forest Ooze(-2)'
[18:35] <Gildas> roll 1d20+3 Gildas
[18:35] <Kobot> Gildas rolled 1d20+3 Gildas --> [ 1d20=12 ]{15}
[18:35] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(15)>Myann(3)>Forest Ooze(-2)'
[18:35] <Gildas> roll 1d20+3 Feather
[18:35] <@John> roll 1d20+3
[18:35] <Kobot> Gildas rolled 1d20+3 Feather --> [ 1d20=2 ]{5}
[18:35] <Kobot> John rolled 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{15}
[18:35] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas=John(15)>Myann(3)>Forest Ooze(-2)'
[18:35] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas=John(15)>Feather(5)>Myann(3)>Forest Ooze(-2)'
[18:35] <@Kotono> OOC: Anyone have ranks in K:D? A check can be made here if you do.
[18:36] <Gildas> OOC: Feather does, I'll roll for him
[18:36] <Gildas> roll 1d20+10 K:D
[18:36] <Kobot> Gildas rolled 1d20+10 K:D --> [ 1d20=18 ]{28}
[18:39] <@Kotono> This is a green forest ooze. Slashing attacks will only cause it to split into more slimes. Watch out for acid, toxic fumes and being grapped and acid-burned to death. Also avoid piercing and electricity attacks. Bludgeoning strikes are best. OOC: Open Gildas.
[18:42] <Gildas> Gildas quickly shapeshifts into his predator form and moves over to strike at the forest ooze with a paw!
[18:42] <Gildas> roll 1d20+14
[18:42] <Kobot> Gildas rolled 1d20+14 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{30}
[18:43] <@Kotono> OOC: Congratulations, that's a hit.
[18:43] <Gildas> roll 2d8+10+1d6 last is cold
[18:43] <Kobot> Gildas rolled 2d8+10+1d6 last is cold --> [ 2d8=14 1d6=5 ]{29}
[18:44] <@Kotono> Gildas leaps back in, a flying open paw strike slamming the ooze dead on! It bulges down, acid eating a hole into the ground as a few parts of it are knocked clean off! OOC: Ow. John.
[18:44] * @John moves up to the opposite side from Gildas, drawing his staff and giving the ooze a whack!
[18:44] <@John> roll 1d20+16
[18:44] <Kobot> John rolled 1d20+16 --> [ 1d20=4 ]{20}
[18:44] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[18:44] <@John> roll 1d6+8
[18:44] <Kobot> John rolled 1d6+8 --> [ 1d6=2 ]{10}
[18:44] <@John> roll 2d6 sneak attack
[18:45] <Kobot> John rolled 2d6 sneak attack --> [ 2d6=4 ]{4}
[18:45] <@Kotono> A solid staff thwack clubs the ooze even further. It reels back from the blow, another hunk of acid slime knocked away! OOC: Rotten dice luck. Feather.
[18:45] <Feather> "I'm so useless at this it ain't even funny," Feather grouses, keeping his distance while doing his best to shield Myann.
[18:46] <@Kotono> Myann meanwhile gestures and chants, a giant block coming to slam the slime from above.
[18:47] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9 touch AC vs a low dex target, yeaaaah
[18:47] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+9 touch AC vs a low dex target, yeaaaah --> [ 1d20=10 ]{19}
[18:47] <@Kotono> roll 5d6
[18:47] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 5d6 --> [ 5d6=20 ]{20}
[18:48] <@Kotono> Already badly smashed up, the ooze is crushed under Myann's block. The block fades, the slime turning an ashy grey and slumping onto the ground. OOC: Free act.
[18:49] <@John> "Wasn't much," John says in relief, stepping back.
[18:49] <@Kotono> "At least it didn't get any of us." Myann shakes her head and makes a face the transforming slime. "Plus we killed this one instead of running away like last time."
[18:49] <Gildas> The bear makes some sort of dismissive noise before shapeshifting back. "Indeed. Shall we continue on, then?"
[18:50] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:50] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=32 ]{32}
[18:50] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:50] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=55 ]{55}
[18:54] <@Kotono> From there the rest of your trip is without incident. You at last come out of the forest and see the farmstead. It's a clear day free of snow, save for a few half-melted drifts of it here and there. As you look over it, you see it's quiet and empty, as you'd expect for a wintry day. However, there's something new - a pair of young centaurs are running around with several of the half-elven brood,
[18:54] <@Kotono> the two familiar to Gildas and Feather.
[18:55] <Feather> "Huh." Since it's like that, Feather heads over to see Robert. He'd know all about the new arrivals, and most importantly, the circumstances that brought them here.
[18:56] <Gildas> Gildas raises an eyebrow at that but follows Feather. "That's peculiar..."
[18:57] <@John> "Never seen one of those before," John says. "What're they called? Horsaurs or something like that?"
[18:57] <@Kotono> "What are centaurs doing here?" Myann stares a moment before following, "Centaurs, yes. Half man, half horse. They're sometimes mistaken for Sidhe, but they aren't."
[18:58] <Feather> "Gildas and me, we know these kids from way back," Feather muses. "But last we heard, they settled all safely-like at another place."
[18:58] <Gildas> "It's a long story that ends with 'Sidhe causing trouble,' like most stories do." He adds.
[18:59] <@Kotono> Robert's found just inside. Robert and the Missus are entertaining a familiar face. Samuel is sitting with a mug in hand, warming himself by the fire. He raises it to greet Feather and Gildas, "Shit, you two look good," he says with a smile. "How are you?"
[19:00] <@John> "Hullo," John waves to Robert and his lovely wife.
[19:00] <Feather> "Doing alright," Feather responds, grinning himself. He echoes John's wave, saying, "That's one weird necromancer that won't be sending no more dead bears after the farm."
[19:01] <@Kotono> "Welcome back," The Missus greets with a smile, rising. She's slender again, the weight from her pregnancy gone. "Sit down, I'll fix you all up something warm."
[19:01] <Gildas> He nods to Samuel. "It is good to see you again."
[19:01] <@Kotono> "Necro..." Samuel begins, the good cheer vanishing. "That's one of those that sends the walking dead along, isn't it? Shiiiit."
[19:01] <@Kotono> Myann sits down, "It is, and please," she smiles over at the Missus.
[19:01] <Feather> "Not anymore he ain't!"
[19:02] <@Kotono> "Well shit on his grave, good!" Samuel sighs, "Wonder if it was the fucker that hit Riverside?"
[19:02] <Feather> "Eh?"
[19:02] <@John> "Thanks!" he smiles and takes a seat. "Your town got attacked?" he asks the new guy. "My name's John," he adds, offering a hand.
[19:04] <@Kotono> The hand is taken, "They grow you folks big here, don't they?" he says solemnly, "Riverside was having a bad time of it before. Management problems and bad luck, as well as some weird spider things nearby. I think all of you know about that?" He pauses a beat, "Then the walking dead came." He shivers, "Lots of them. It wasn't pretty."
[19:04] * Feather winces. "Fuck, that just ain't right. They got pushed back, at least, or you had ta break for it?"
[19:06] <@Kotono> "Riverside's no more. Lost about half the population," A slow, long shake of his head. Dame Esona - the girl who ran it, you remember her - decided to break back for civilization. Lead to a big argument and about half of the remainder went with her and half didn't. The half that didn't had heard about a magic spring populated by dragonslayers. Seemed like the safest place."
[19:07] <@Kotono> "Brutes is helping his friends settle in," Robert adds at that.
[19:07] * Feather shakes his head. "Hard to belive, it really is."
[19:08] <@John> "These woods can be pretty scary," John nods, believing it all too easily.
[19:08] <@Kotono> "Not really," Myann sighs a little bit, "After all we've seen, I'm not surprised at all. I swear to all the gods that may listen that these woods are terrifying."
[19:08] <Gildas> "Esona..." He frowns. "That woman... there was something about her..." He shakes his head. "Is your wife all right, Samuel?"
[19:09] <@Kotono> "She is," Samuel says, "She's resting, the trip was hard on her."
[19:11] <Gildas> He nods. "It might be worth us going to go investigate... we don't want them all coming here."
[19:11] <@Kotono> Warm cups of cider are brought around. As they're given, "Now Rashen's running around, trying to figure out how many houses he'll need to build come springtime." Here she frowns slightly, "The population is rising more than we expected. There will be a fair few mushroom dishes in the future for everyone."
[19:12] <@John> "You bring any seeds or animals from Riverside?" John asks Samuel, thinking if they can sow a much bigger crop in Spring it might work out.
[19:12] * Feather snorts. "Sounds like we're doing alright, then," he voices, before listening to the answer to that.
[19:12] <@Kotono> "It might be," Myann drinks deeply from her cup, sitting back with closed eyes after. She sighs, "I can take care of that. At least some good comes out of all this."
[19:14] <@Kotono> "We grabbed the seeds and brought a few animals," Samuel explains, "Couple of sheep and cows, a pair of goats and a few chickens."
[19:15] <@Kotono> "I looked them over," Robert adds in now, "They're all a bit scranwy, but they'll help. We'll be fine come spring. The rest of the winter'll be tight, but that just means more mushrooms. Truth be told, we could make it by now without them, but we'd have tight belts."
[19:16] <Feather> "What if we visited the neighbours? Bartered for some of their stock?"
[19:18] <@Kotono> "Some dogs too and a couple of farmcats," The Missus adds as she goes back and starts to work on cooking up some leftovers. "Speaking of that, Hylath and a couple of others are off doing just that, up in Willowford."
[19:19] <Feather> "Sounds like we have the right person for the job, then," Feather agrees, hoping that someone else is there to keep him safe.
[19:20] <Gildas> Gildas rubs his chin. "I may be able to cast a spell or two to help with the crops, I will have to think about which one would work..."
[19:22] <@John> "We'll be busy come Spring," John nods. "Better avoid travelling, or at least make sure we're back in time for planting. Best have everyone who can put some work in so we can harvest a good stock."
[19:26] <@Kotono> "We have a lot of good hands fo rit," Robert says, "But the more the better. Oh, and speaking of other things, you know the kobolds are busy down there?"
[19:27] <Gildas> He nods to himself. "Yes, I can probably help out with the harvest with a spell or two." He looks to Robert. "Have they found something again?"
[19:27] <Feather> "Ain't they always?"
[19:30] <@Kotono> "They're making more of a camp there," Robert explains, "They're also trying to milk us for...trading trends," he says after a moment, "That's what they called them. For example, right now silver and platinum are in high demand, along with alchemical goods. Gemstones and gold are in low demand. Does that make sense to you?"
[19:30] <Feather> "Sure. It means if we got gemstones, not to sell it to them. And try to get them to pay all in gold."
[19:31] * Feather blinks. "In fact, didn't they give us lots of silver? We can sell it to them. For gold."
[19:31] <@John> "Wow, that's clever," John says in admiration.
[19:32] <Feather> "Don't even need to go far!"
[19:34] <@Kotono> Myann chuckles, "They've been dumping all those silver and copper coins on us, haven't they?"
[19:35] <Feather> "Yeah pretty much. Let's see how much they'll offer in bronze for it, then in gold? Then we'll take the gold, because it's gold. Them kobolds are crazy if they think it's in low demand."
[19:36] <Gildas> He nods to Feather. "A sound economic plan."
[19:36] <@Kotono> OOC: Sec. Go ahead and figure out all your plans and give me a list in order that you wish to do them in.
[19:37] <Gildas> OOC: I'm going to cast Plant Growth over the next day or two depending on how much area there is to affect. I suppose I'll also throw myself a Lesser Restoration during that time.
[19:37] <Feather> OOC: Make money over those crazy kobold antics, just chill at home. I guess we could go try to fix the Emperor's armor too since we got all the supplies for it.
[19:38] <Gildas> OOC: Oh, I'll also try and scry on Grah again.
[19:41] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. In what order do y'all wanna do those? Also anything of your own, John?
[19:43] <@John> OOC: I got nothing
[19:45] <Gildas> OOC: I can just do it whenever
[19:52] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay then. Plant growth is dealt with offscreen and noted, lesser restoration likewise. What's you're plan with kobold exchanges, Feather?
[19:53] <Gildas> roll 1d4 str
[19:53] <Kobot> Gildas rolled 1d4 str --> [ 1d4=1 ]{1}
[19:54] <Feather> OOC: I don't think it gets more complicated than stated. We take all the silver they gave us, convert it to gold. Let's handle it offscreen?
[19:55] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. Tally up all the silver everyone has and post that.
[19:55] <Gildas> OOC: Are we including the silver in all the payments they've made to us thus far?
[19:55] <@Kotono> OOOC: I'll sort out the exchange later. That said, let's deal with the scrying in here. Will you be doing it alone, Gildas?
[19:55] <Gildas> OOC: Up to the others, I'd let them know I was going to try again. They can do whatever!
[19:58] <@Kotono> OOC: Do you two want to?
[19:59] <@John> OOC: nothing else going on, may as well
[20:02] <Feather> OOC: Sure.
[20:04] <@Kotono> The party gathers before a spring near Gildas's house as he prepares to scry...OOC: Go ahead, Gildas, declare what you're doing.
[20:05] <Gildas> He nods to the others! "I'm going to see if I can scry on Grah... if somehow the attack in Riverside had anything to do with the necromancer, we might be able to track him this way." With that, he tries to scry on Grah once again!
[20:08] <Gildas> OOC: The DC is 18, by the way
[20:08] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[20:08] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+6 --> [ 1d20=18 ]{24}
[20:09] <@Kotono> Gildas calls on sight beyond sight...but nothing happens. Myann frowns at it, "Two failures. I hope something isn't blocking the scrying. I think that's possible to do, isn't it?"
[20:10] <Gildas> "It may be. I'm no expert on the matter... It's mostly just an extrapolation based on the magic in the orb and the one Vasili used on his front door." He says. "I will try again tomorrow."
[20:13] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. For speed, let's roll tomorrow's save real quick, see if that catches.
[20:13] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[20:13] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+6 --> [ 1d20=11 ]{17}
[20:16] <@Kotono> The next day is bitterly cold but clear. The party stands before the icy pool as Gildas casts. What appears is a dark room. Lying on the cold stone floor is Grah. You can see him breathing - but that's the only sign he's alive. His chest, stomach, arms and legs are torn open, blood everywhere. Skeletons kneel besides him, slowly carving odd sigils and runes into his bones.
[20:17] <@John> "Oh. That's nasty."
[20:18] <Feather> "Man, don't tell me that fucker is trying to come back using Grah!"
[20:19] <Gildas> He frowns at that, rubbing his chin. "I have no idea how to even find this location..."
[20:19] <@Kotono> Myann stares at it, offering no comment. The skeletons continue to work - one grasps his beating heart and starts to press loose teeth into it.
[20:20] <@John> "Yeah, knowing he's in a dark room, it doesn't really help us find him does it?"
[20:20] <Gildas> He grimaces and frowns, his hands balling into fists. "I'm at a loss as to what to do... but I do not wish to leave him in such a state..."
[20:21] <Feather> "Fuck, any ideas? Anything?" Feather asks, trying to look for any clues. If they can recognize something about the ritual, or even about the weather in the area....
[20:22] <@Kotono> OOC: K:R checks and / or K:A checks here, y'all.
[20:22] <Feather> roll 1d20+10 K:R
[20:22] <Kobot> Feather rolled 1d20+10 K:R --> [ 1d20=8 ]{18}
[20:22] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9 K:A Myann
[20:22] <Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d20+9 K:A Myann --> [ 1d20=13 ]{22}
[20:22] <Feather> roll 1d20+10 K:A
[20:22] <Kobot> Feather rolled 1d20+10 K:A --> [ 1d20=4 ]{14}
[20:23] <@John> roll 1d20+5 arcana
[20:23] <Kobot> John rolled 1d20+5 arcana --> [ 1d20=4 ]{9}
[20:23] <Gildas> OOC: Can the Encyclopedia be used for the +2 bonus here?
[20:23] <@Kotono> OOC: Yes, but only by one of you.
[20:24] <Gildas> Gildas offers the book to Feather. "This might have some insight into it."
[20:24] <Feather> OOC: Make it 20 for K:R, then, and 16 for K:A
[20:26] <@Kotono> OOC: Feather's K:A and John's K:A bombed. Feather's K:R and Myann's K:A produced fruit, line coming.
[20:28] <@Kotono> Feather can tell that the ritual here is slowly turning Grah into one of the walking dead. Magic is keeping him alive as the modifications are made. Based on what he sees, he'll be a powerful, customized undead. Myann watches and frowns, "Those sigils...they'll connect to his eyes and the energy around them," Myann speaks up.
[20:28] * Feather tries to estimate how long that might take.
[20:30] <@Kotono> It's slow and hard going - weeks, probably.
[20:31] <Feather> "Well, the good news is that it'll take a while. That's the bad news, too. Depending on if we get him in time and if he's conscious for that shit," Feather mutters in disgust. "And we gotta come for him, or he'll come for us, all undead."
[20:33] <Gildas> He nods to Feather. "Then I think we need to go ask someone who can locate this type of magic... I can only think of one person who would specialize in it." He shakes his head. "On the other hand, The Circle might be able to help, too... This is effectively an affront to nature... they might be willing to help."
[20:33] <Feather> "Or maybe we'll go ask Robert if he minds a few wacky fairies living here and then get our lead from them?"

[Ebiris]

[18:11] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 8." [1d100=8]
[18:14] <@Kotono> A half-day of travel passes without incident. It's rainy-icy, just on the border between miserable rain and miserable ice storms. You approach the tree of the Circle without incident. As you do, the conversation continues, "...so that's why I gave the pigs those mushrooms that make you see things again," Myann explains. OOC: Go ahead, y'all.
[18:14] <Gildas> He takes a breath. "I hope this goes well." He says, moving in front of the tree to do his traditional meditation on the forest.
[18:15] <Feather> "Happiest pigs I ever saw," Feather confirms, nodding for effect.
[18:16] <@John> "I just wish they could talk. I bet they've got all the big questions figured out now," says John, recalling the pigs with wonder.
[18:16] <@Kotono> Before you the tree changes! "Ho-hum, ho-hum. Good day!" The face yawns deeply, tiny little wood arms flaring out from the trunk to stretch out. It then shivers, rubbing its bark arms. "Ho-hum, is it time to open the way up?"
[18:17] <@Kotono> "I don't know about the pigs," Myann remarks, "But the mushrooms were eaten happily."
[18:17] <Gildas> "Yes, please. To the Circle." He stands up. "Thank you."
[18:18] <@Kotono> OOC: Where are you going, to the actual circle with everyone?
[18:18] <Gildas> OOC: Yes.
[18:20] <@Kotono> The trip down to the circle is without incident. Here you find it empty - not a soul is found. Yet as you stand there, the feminine voice of the dreamer is heard. It makes you intensely sleepy to hear, as if you were wrapped in blankets and curled up in bed. "I have long wondered...what is today instead of tomorrow? Can we but turn around and make yesterday tomorrow? I think I'd like that."
[18:22] * Feather pinches himself to stay awake.
[18:22] <Gildas> He looks around. Curious. Gildas raises a hand to his mouth to suppress a yawn. "It is good to see you again. Well... relatively speaking, of course. Where are the others?"
[18:22] <@Kotono> Myann yawns and stretches, "Mmmm..." slowly she shakes her head, "Gildas, did that make any sense to you? You know the Circle best."
[18:23] <@John> "But you'd know what would happen, wouldn't you? Be pretty boring unless you can change it, but if you can change it then it's not yesterday anymore, is it?" John says with the air of a man who has it all figured out.
[18:24] <Gildas> "Ah...?" He blinks, looking at the ground as if to consider that. "Today is what shapes tomorrow... so in that way... you cannot have a tomorrow without a today. I think that is what she's asking." He looks at John, then nods. "I think he has an idea of it."
[18:26] <@Kotono> "Gone, gone, gone. Events transpire," The dreamer's reply is faraway, "Alone, I stir in my sleep. The fey stir as the walking dead surge." There is a sensation of attention, like a weight in the air. It focuses on John. "Yes, that is exactly why. When we know tomorrow, we know the future. She who controls the future controls today. The past established the future." A stirring all over, the air
[18:26] <@Kotono> of the circle shimmering like cracking glass. "The High Season defeated. The Emperor slain. The undead beaten back. Unison rejected. The realm of dreams has become chaotic from what you have done."
[18:27] <Feather> "Hey, the dead still walk!" Feather exclaims, not really getting much of that but focusing on the little he does. "And we want to put them to rest all proper like. Can you help?"
[18:31] <@Kotono> "Yes." The answer is simple and to the point, "Lady Valisha and Prince Broadpyne consult. In our dreams we see a tower in the canopy, rising into the sky unseen. It is shielded from fey eyes. It hides from us. The verdict is merciless extermination for this affront. One of you, save for the Lady of Mushrooms, may be given a gift to help find the tower."
[18:32] <Feather> "We know it's up north if that helps...?" Feather says uncertainly.
[18:33] <@Kotono> "Then it will be easier," The dreamer replies, "One of you three must volunteer. You will gain a token to show the way, but you will be weaker until I return it to you."
[18:34] <Gildas> "I don't mind doing it." He says, looking to Feather and to John.
[18:34] <@John> "Alright," John shrugs.
[18:34] <Gildas> "It's a penance for when you had your wolf eyes." He says with a small smile.
[18:35] <Feather> "I learned something from that, and besides, we met Myann because of them. Don't doubt something'll come out of it for you, too!"
[18:35] <@Kotono> That gets Myann to smile and blush a little bit.
[18:36] <Gildas> He smiles and nods again. "Either way, I'm a Druid, so... I may be able to weather it." He turns and just looks up. "Can you help us find a friend with this gift? We want to try and save someone... a victim of the undead forces."
[18:37] <@Kotono> Once Gildas speaks, a golden arrow emerges from his chest. It looks to be forged of solid gold and floats in the air. "This arrow will point the way once you leave. It will take you to the tower. If your friend is there, it will take you there." he says. OOC: Gildas, you have a -2 penalty to Constitution until the arrow is put back where it should be.
[18:37] <@Kotono> *she
[18:37] <Gildas> OOC: OK
[18:40] <Gildas> He turns to look at the others. "Do you think that's where he is? If this is a concentrated effort on their part..."
[18:40] <Feather> "Just how many ominous towers of undead can there be?" Feather reasons. "If it ain't pointing us north we can think about it then."
[18:40] <@John> "Who's part?"
[18:41] <Gildas> "The undead. It's possible Johann was just the tip of the iceburg, as they say."
[18:41] <@John> "Well, yeah but we don't know that. No point making wild guesses at this point is there?"
[18:41] <Feather> "Don't matter if he's a tip or what. We'll make that lot deader."
[18:42] <Gildas> "No, but... If Grah isn't there, then we may not be able to help him." He says with a shake of his head. "Either way, I think he is, so we may as well get moving."
[18:42] <@Kotono> "That's what I wanted to hear," Mynann smiles slightly, "If he isn't..." A long shake of her head. OOC: What's your plan now, use the arrow and head north?
[18:43] <Gildas> OOC: Yar.
[18:44] <@Kotono> Once you return outside, the arrow spins around and around, before pointing to the north.
[18:45] <Gildas> "Why do all the problems we find come from the north?" He muses.
[18:47] <Gildas> "Do we need to do any preparations, or are we good to make this journey today?" He looks to the others!
[18:47] <@Kotono> "Our poor luck?" Myann shrugs, "I say we go now. The sooner the better."
[18:48] <Gildas> He nods. "I agree."
[18:48] <Gildas> "On both counts." He adds with a smile.
[18:50] <@Kotono> OOC: Heading north then, y'all?
[18:50] <Gildas> OOC: Yar
[18:51] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 41." [1d100=41]
[18:51] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 76." [1d100=76]
[18:53] <@Kotono> The party heads in a north-northeastern direction for the rest of the day. There's a minor mishap with a hidden tanglehole and Myann's ankle, but a healing spell solves that easily enough. OOC: What sort of watch are y'all doing?
[18:53] <Gildas> OOC: I can go whenever due to only needing the two hours, so up to the others.
[18:54] <@John> OOC: Gildas takes five hours, everyone else takes one?
[18:55] <Feather> OOC: first watch, Myann, John?
[18:55] <Gildas> OOC: That's fine with me
[18:55] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[18:55] <@Kotono> roll 1d8
[18:55] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d8 and gets 6." [1d8=6]
[18:56] <@Kotono> The party sleeps. Feather is the only one awake, keeping watch as the others slumber. As it goes, the firelight holding the darkness of night at bay...OOC: Perception.
[18:57] <Feather> roll 1d20+11
[18:57] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+11 and gets 26." [1d20=15]
[18:58] <@Kotono> To the right, in the darkness past the 40ft of firelight, Feather hears the sound of a heavy footfall.
[18:59] <Feather> Not taking any chances, Feather kicks Gildas's foot as he draws his sword.
[19:00] <Gildas> There is a grumble, but Gildas slowly opens his eyes. He can hear the familiar sound of Feather's sword, so he slowly begins to get to his feet as well.
[19:02] <@Kotono> As Gildas rises and Feather draws his blade, a figure comes from the right. It's just visible - a single legged titan. It's large as a heavily tall and muscled orc, a giant skeleton of massively thick bone. It has one leg that propels it in hops, while it has six long, spindly arms. Set atop its head is a small metal pole, glimmering with dull green light. OOC: Init you two. John and Myann are
[19:02] <@Kotono> still asleep as of this moment.
[19:03] <Gildas> roll 1d20+3
[19:03] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+3 and gets 21." [1d20=18]
[19:03] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+5 six armed hopper
[19:03] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 six armed hopper and gets 20." [1d20=15]
[19:03] <Feather> "Fuck, it's skeletons after all!" Feather exclaims in dismay, lunging in attack!
[19:03] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(21)>Six Armed Hopper(20)'
[19:03] <Feather> roll 1d20+3
[19:03] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+3 and gets 10." [1d20=7]
[19:03] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(21)>Six Armed Hopper(20)>Feather(10)'
[19:04] <@Kotono> OOC: Open Gildas.
[19:05] <Gildas> "Myann! John! We've got a... situation!" He calls out before he shapeshifts into his predator form and roars! He doesn't move, though. OOC: I'll just hold here and see what it does.
[19:07] <@Kotono> OOC: John and Myann can react, I'll add them to init at the end of the round.
[19:07] <Gildas> OOC: Okay, I'll just move in, can I try and hit the green pole?
[19:07] * @John groans in dismay and sits up.
[19:07] <@Kotono> OOC: Sure.
[19:07] <@Kotono> Myann stirs and sits up, "Huuh?" she blearily looks around, doing a double take at the hopping skeleton.
[19:08] <Gildas> The bear moves in and takes a swipe at the metal pole!
[19:08] <Gildas> roll 1d20+14
[19:08] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+14 and gets 27." [1d20=13]
[19:09] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit. Damage, sec.
[19:09] <Gildas> roll 2d8+10+1d6 last is cold, not sure if relevant
[19:09] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2d8+10+1d6 last is cold, not sure if relevant and gets 23." [2d8=5, 2][1d6=6]
[19:19] <@Kotono> Gildas leaps right on up, slashing at the metal pole atop the skeleton. His claws scrape across it, leaving ice-lined gouges behind. As he does this, the skeleton strikes forward, six claws going for him!
[19:19] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8
[19:19] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8
[19:19] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8
[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8  and gets 26." [1d20=18]
[19:19] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8
[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8  and gets 17." [1d20=9]
[19:19] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8
[19:19] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8
[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8  and gets 22." [1d20=14]
[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8  and gets 9." [1d20=1]
[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8  and gets 16." [1d20=8]
[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8  and gets 28." [1d20=20]
[19:19] <@Kotono> OOC: AC?
[19:19] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8 crit threat on last
[19:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 crit threat on last and gets 18." [1d20=10]
[19:19] <Gildas> OOC: 23
[19:20] <@Kotono> roll 1d6+4
[19:20] <@Kotono> roll 1d6+4
[19:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+4 and gets 8." [1d6=4]
[19:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d6+4 and gets 9." [1d6=5]
[19:20] <@Kotono> OOC: Two Fort saves. Bonuses against disease apply.
[19:21] <Gildas> OOC: Would Purity of Body apply? Or are these m agical diseases?
[19:21] <@Kotono> OOC: It's a magical disease, unfortunately.
[19:21] <Gildas> OOC: OK
[19:22] <Gildas> roll 1d20+10
[19:22] <Gildas> roll 1d20+10
[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+10 and gets 15." [1d20=5]
[19:22] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+10 and gets 30." [1d20=20]
[19:23] <@Kotono> Gildas parries several claws, but he can't block two of them. One slashes his chest and the other rips into his left arm! Neither wound is decisive, but they keep on coming from all angles! Meanwhile, the damaged rod glows green, a cone of light shining out - right on Feather! OOC: Feather.
[19:23] * Feather stumbles in his initial lunge, and ends up circling the skeleton to take some of the heat off Gildas before striking at that same ominously glimmering metal pole!
[19:24] <Feather> roll 1d20+13+2+20-7 quick cast true strike, 7pa
[19:24] <@Kotono> OOC: Make your attack roll?
[19:24] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+13+2+20-7 quick cast true strike, 7pa and gets 43." [1d20=15]
[19:24] <@Kotono> OOC: That's a hit, alright.
[19:25] <Feather> roll 1d10+5+14+1d6+1d6 last two cold, elec
[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+5+14+1d6+1d6 last two cold, elec and gets 35." [1d10=9][1d6=1][1d6=6]
[19:25] <@Kotono> The green lightcone begins to sluggishly follow Feather, but he leaps up and cuts through the damaged pole! It falls out and the cone blinks away, gone! OOC: The rod's trashed. Init, John'n'Myann
[19:25] <@Kotono> .
[19:25] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Myann
[19:25] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Myann and gets 11." [1d20=9]
[19:25] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(21)>Six Armed Hopper(20)>Myann(11)>Feather(10)'
[19:26] <@John> roll 1d20+3
[19:26] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+3 and gets 15." [1d20=12]
[19:27] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(21)>Six Armed Hopper(20)>John(15)>Myann(11)>Feather(10)'
[19:27] <@Kotono> OOC: Go Gildas.
[19:28] <Gildas> OOC: Can I aim for its one leg to try and knock it over?
[19:30] <@Kotono> OOC: I'd call that a trip combat maneuver.
[19:31] <@Kotono> "What the hell is going on?" Myann asks from her prone, sleeping position.
[19:31] <Gildas> OOC: All right.
[19:31] <Gildas> Gildas roars from his injuries and just tries to tear the skeleton to bits with a flurry of paws!
[19:31] <Gildas> roll 1d20+13
[19:31] <Gildas> roll 1d20+13
[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+13 and gets 20." [1d20=7]
[19:31] <Gildas> roll 1d20+8
[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+13 and gets 31." [1d20=18]
[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+8 and gets 15." [1d20=7]
[19:31] <@Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[19:32] <Gildas> roll 2d8+10 not putting the cold damage since, you know
[19:32] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2d8+10 not putting the cold damage since, you know and gets 21." [2d8=4, 7]
[19:32] <@Kotono> WHAM! A claw chop cracks the ribcage of the skeleton! You swear the bone  is harder than the metal pole, taking the chop like a champ. AS this happens, the two around the skeleton gets a flurry of three claws each! It hops up and down as it tries to rend them apart, a flurry of incoherent violence!
[19:33] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Gildas
[19:33] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Gildas
[19:33] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Gildas
[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Gildas and gets 9." [1d20=1]
[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Gildas and gets 10." [1d20=2]
[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Gildas and gets 10." [1d20=2]
[19:33] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Feather
[19:33] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Feather
[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Feather and gets 18." [1d20=10]
[19:33] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8 Feather
[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Feather and gets 19." [1d20=11]
[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+8 Feather and gets 23." [1d20=15]
[19:33] <@Kotono> OOC: AC, Feather?
[19:35] <Feather> OOC: 26
[19:36] <@Kotono> But the two dodge the concerto of claws! Above, the broken remnant of the pole glows green and then fades away! A few motes of energy come from it, fired at Feather, but they fade into nothing at all! OOC: Okay. John.
[19:38] * @John gets up and retrieves his staff. "Hold on, I'll be there in a second!" he calls.
[19:38] <@Kotono> Myann stays lying. Smothering a yawn, she quickly chants a spell!
[19:38] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9 touch AC
[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 touch AC and gets 13." [1d20=4]
[19:38] <@Kotono> roll 5d6
[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d6 and gets 25." [5d6=6, 4, 4, 5, 6]
[19:38] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[19:38] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+6 and gets 14." [1d20=8]
[19:39] * Kotono changes topic to 'Gildas(21)>Six Armed Hopper(20 prone)>John(15)>Myann(11)>Feather(10)'
[19:39] <@Kotono> A block roars down from the heavens, smashing the skull of the skeleton in! It falls to the ground heavily, knocked prone by the sudden bashing! OOC: Gildas got his tripping wish, sorta. Feather.
[19:40] * Feather is all too happy to hack the skeleton apart while it's down!
[19:41] <Feather> roll 1d20+10 5pa
[19:41] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+10 5pa and gets 21." [1d20=11]
[19:41] <Feather> roll 1d20+5 5pa
[19:41] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+5 5pa and gets 10." [1d20=5]
[19:41] <@Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[19:41] <Feather> roll 1d10+5+10+1d6 elec
[19:41] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+5+10+1d6 elec and gets 23." [1d10=4][1d6=4]
[19:43] <@Kotono> Feather's blade slices through the bony arm of the skeleton, nearly shearing one off entirely. It's still damned tough, tougher than a knight in armor to cut through. There's no give anywhere, the bone intensely hard! OOC: Gidlas.
[19:44] <Gildas> Gildas tries to nail the prone skeleton again with another flurry of paws!
[19:44] <Gildas> roll 1d20+13
[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+13 and gets 28." [1d20=15]
[19:44] <Gildas> roll 1d20+13
[19:44] <Gildas> roll 1d20+8
[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+13 and gets 19." [1d20=6]
[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+8 and gets 21." [1d20=13]
[19:45] <@Kotono> OOC: All hit.
[19:45] <Gildas> roll 6d8+30
[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 6d8+30 and gets 54." [6d8=2, 8, 4, 8, 1, 1]
[19:45] <@Kotono> The skeleton is down! Just like that, Gildas strikes! He grabs arm after arm and rips them off, tossing them aside! In a moment all six arms are gone, littering the field of battle! Yet the skeleton isn't defeated, hopping right up instead! OOC: This provokes an AoO from you two, if you care to take it.
[19:46] <Feather> "The fuck are you going?!" Feather exclaims, hitting the skeleton with all the force he can muster.
[19:46] <Feather> roll 1d20+10 5pa
[19:46] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+10 5pa and gets 19." [1d20=9]
[19:46] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[19:47] <Feather> roll 1d10+5+10+1d6 elec
[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+5+10+1d6 elec and gets 20." [1d10=2][1d6=3]
[19:47] <@Kotono> OOC: Gildas?
[19:47] <Gildas> OOC: Okay, I'll go too
[19:47] <Gildas> roll 1d20+14
[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+14 and gets 26." [1d20=12]
[19:47] <@Kotono> OOC: Also a hit.
[19:47] <Gildas> roll 2d8+10
[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2d8+10 and gets 14." [2d8=3, 1]
[19:48] <@Kotono> The body of the skeleton takes a slash and a clawing, both chipping away. But it springs up, now bouncing up and down all over! Branches are knocked down and the constant THUMP THUMP THUMP fills the air as he tries to crush both Gildas and Feather beneath his foot rampage!
[19:48] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12 AC you two?
[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+12 AC you two? and gets 14." [1d20=2]
[19:48] <@Kotono> But the two avoid the madly hopping skeleton, dodging the series of head-stomps! OOC: John.
[19:48] <@Kotono> "It's insane!" Myann calls, "Look at it! Completely insane!"
[19:49] <@John> Finally armed and on his feet, John moves up to smash the skeleton back down to the ground and on its side where it can't hop about so easily!
[19:49] <@John> roll 1d20+14 improved trip CMB
[19:49] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+14 improved trip CMB and gets 31." [1d20=17]
[19:49] <@John> roll 1d20+16 free attack
[19:49] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+16 free attack and gets 20." [1d20=4]
[19:50] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit and hit.
[19:50] <@John> roll 1d6+10+2d6
[19:50] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d6+10+2d6 and gets 22." [1d6=6][2d6=4, 2]
[19:51] <@Kotono> WHAM! John marches right in and takes care of business! He smacks the knee of the skeleton, making it buckle and fall over! He then smashes the hip of the skeleton in, weapon, glowing as it pulverizes bone like soggy cake! As it is knocked down again, Myann continues to cast from beyond.
[19:51] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 15." [1d20=6]
[19:51] <@Kotono> roll 5d6 and no save since already prone
[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 5d6 and no save since already prone and gets 22." [5d6=6, 4, 6, 3, 3]
[19:52] <@Kotono> Kersmack! Another block smashes in its ribs, leaving many of them a shattered mess on the ground. The skeleton looks properly maimed now, even if it's still fighitng. OOC: FEather.
[19:53] * Feather tries to put it out of that fighting mood, sword glowing with gathered electricity!
[19:53] <Feather> roll 1d20+15 zap
[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+15 zap and gets 26." [1d20=11]
[19:53] <Feather> roll 1d20+10
[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+10 and gets 11." [1d20=1]
[19:53] <Feather> roll 1d10+5+6d6 elec
[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+5+6d6 elec and gets 39." [1d10=6][6d6=6, 4, 4, 5, 3, 6]
[19:54] <@Kotono> A massive, final slash bisects what's left of the skeleton, reducing it to rubble! Got it! OOC: Free act. Y'all maimed the hell out of this encounter. Nicely done.
[19:54] <@Kotono> Myann stays where she's lying, "So what was that about?" she asks.
[19:55] <Feather> "Yeah I dunno."
[19:56] <@John> "A bunch of people must've gotten it in the neck to have made just the one skeleton," John says, walking over to where all the arms have fallen. "Anyway, back to bed?"
[19:56] <Gildas> There's a gruff-sounding noise before Gildas shapeshifts back. "At least we know we're on the right trail... But I wonder what that green energy was."
[19:56] <Feather> "Didn't look too wholesome when it reached for me."
[19:57] <@Kotono> Myann focuses, a brownish fungus growing on her hand. She nibbles on it as she settles back in, "Do you want to switch watches now, Feather? I'm awake now anyway."
[19:58] <Feather> "Eh, what the hell. Luck!"
[19:58] <@Kotono> OOC: Going back to bed then, y'all?
[19:59] <Feather> OOC: Sure
[19:59] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 72." [1d100=72]
[19:59] <@Kotono> OOC: Fort, Gildas?
[20:01] <Gildas> OOC: You mean a check or what it is?
[20:02] <@Kotono> OOC: A fort save. Make one.
[20:02] <Gildas> roll 1d20+10
[20:02] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+10 and gets 14." [1d20=4]
[20:02] <@Kotono> roll 1d3+1 dex and con damage Gildas and more coming.
[20:02] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d3+1 dex and con damage Gildas and more coming. and gets 2." [1d3=1]
[20:02] <@Kotono> Morning comes. It's a cold morning with an icestorm. Miserable weather. Yet of all of them, Gildas feels the worst of all. His body aches deeply. His legs in particular throb, like he's been walking for days without relief. His nose runs and he feels oddly cold-numb.  His eyes are crusty and puffy-red, barely wanting to open.
[20:04] <@John> "Gildas, you look awful. You sure two hours is enough sleep?" John asks, concerned.
[20:04] <Feather> "Yeah, no kidding," Feather agrees. "We can stop for a bit more."
[20:05] <@Kotono> "You look like death warmed over," Myann adds, "Let me fix you up something warm to eat."
[20:07] <Gildas> He takes a moment, as if he's not particularly sure how to approach this. "I think..." He manages to get out, "There may have been something in that skeleton." He coughs once, with a grumble. "I have an... idea of it, but..." He coughs again. "I'll have to try and focus and make a spell for it... ugh. Disgusting..."
[20:09] <@Kotono> A foul smell comes from that cough, like rotting meat and bodily waste left out in the sun for hours.
[20:10] * Feather quickly backs away.
[20:10] <@Kotono> "How fast can you do that?" Myann grimaces and covers her nose with her hands. Her voice is muffled after, "I'm not sure you should travel until that's done."
[20:11] <@John> "Yeah, might be best to lay down someplace warm and drink lots of fluid," John suggests, stepping back.
[20:11] <Gildas> "A day." He grimaces again. "I don't want to hold you all up, but...I'm not sure how useful I am in this condition." He sighs, another cough coming, but he turns away from the others and coughs into his arm.
[20:12] <@Kotono> Myann scoots back this time, "It's best for him to rest...or at least for us to transport him instead of him walking. What do you think?"
[20:13] <Feather> "Actually, that's a good point. It ain't doing us no good to stay here where we got attacked at night. I'll carry you, Gildas. Specially if you turn into something lighter?"
[20:13] <@John> "Oh, guess that's true."
[20:15] <Gildas> "I can do that." He nods. "I apologize if it smells, too." He grimaces again but shapeshifts into his eagle form!
[20:16] <@Kotono> The eagle looks exhausted and sick, slumping. But it's an eagle, quite possible to carry. OOC: Ready to move along then, y'all?
[20:16] <Feather> OOC: Yes
[20:17] <@Kotono> OOC: Any othe rnotes about traveling, y'all, or just moving on?
[20:18] <Gildas> OOC: None that I can think of. I'll do a Remove Disease if/when we rest.
[20:18] <Gildas> OOC: I mean... prepare one.
[20:19] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[20:19] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 55." [1d100=55]
[20:19] <@Kotono> OOC: Make fort saves, everyone but Gildas. John gets a +2 bonus for reasons.
[20:20] <@John> roll 1d20+11 +13 if poison
[20:20] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+11 +13 if poison and gets 26." [1d20=15]
[20:20] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9 Myann likes fort
[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 Myann likes fort and gets 27." [1d20=18]
[20:21] <Feather> roll 1d20+9
[20:21] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+9 and gets 18." [1d20=9]
[20:23] <@Kotono> A day of travel is mercifully without incident. The party sets up in front of the campfire, the icestorm having passed. OOC: When are you changing spells up, Gildas?
[20:24] <Gildas> OOC: Whenever I have the opportunity to do so.
[20:25] <@Kotono> OOC: Go ahead and do so and cast it IC.
[20:25] <Gildas> OOC: OK
[20:26] <Gildas> Gildas lets out a hacking cough, but tries to cast Remove Disease on himself, hoping he guessed right at the cause of this whole mess.
[20:30] <@Kotono> Gildas immediately feels better. His chest lightens as he makes one final cough - and a hissing, sizzling pile of writhing bone shards are hacked out. They resemble bony maggots and slowly go still. OOC: Disease cured, though the ability damage has to heal on its own or by magic as normal.
[20:30] <Gildas> OOC: Okie dokie
[20:31] <Gildas> Gildas makes a face and wrinkles his nose. "Don't ever get that disease."
[20:32] <@John> "Good advice..."

[Ebiris]

[18:03] <@Kotono> OOC: Going to continue on then, y'all?
[18:03] <@John> OOC: yes
[18:03] <Gildas> OOC: Indeed.
[18:04] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 91." [1d100=91]
[18:04] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:04] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 47." [1d100=47]
[18:06] <@Kotono> The next morning is cold but lacking the ice storm of yesterday. The shadow of the canopy is heavy, a few hours past dawn akin to the last gasp before nightfall. The arrow leads you northeast, into thicker and untapped forest. The going is slow as...OOC: What's your marching order?
[18:06] <@John> OOC: Gildas, John, Myann, Feather?
[18:07] <Gildas> OOC: That's fine
[18:10] <@Kotono> roll 1d4
[18:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4 and gets 3." [1d4=3]
[18:10] <@Kotono> As you walk along...
[18:10] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[18:10] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 and gets 20." [1d20=13]
[18:11] <@Kotono> roll 1d4+2 and fort for Myann
[18:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d4+2 and fort for Myann and gets 4." [1d4=2]
[18:11] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[18:11] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 and gets 15." [1d20=6]
[18:12] <@Kotono> "AGH!" Myann suddenly tenses up and winces in pain, "My leg!" She steps forward and shakes her leg. Attached to the side of her foot and ankle is an oversized mosquito. It has a bone beak that's stuck into her ankle, a soft sucking sound coming as blood is siphoned away.
[18:13] <Feather> With a cry of disgust, Feather reaches out to zap it!
[18:14] <@Kotono> OOC: Init here, first of all.
[18:14] <@John> roll 1d20+3
[18:14] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+3 and gets 16." [1d20=13]
[18:14] <Gildas> His attention grabbed, he looks to Myann and then to Feather with a frown.
[18:14] <Feather> roll 1d20+3
[18:14] <Gildas> roll 1d20+2
[18:14] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+3 and gets 12." [1d20=9]
[18:14] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 1d20+2 and gets 16." [1d20=14]
[18:14] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Myann hates mosquitos.
[18:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+2 Myann hates mosquitos. and gets 15." [1d20=13]
[18:14] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7 mosquito
[18:14] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+7 mosquito and gets 8." [1d20=1]
[18:15] * Kotono changes topic to 'John=Gildas(16)>Myann(15)>Feather(12)>Mosquito(8)'
[18:15] <@Kotono> OOC: Anyone can make K:A or K:R here if they wish.
[18:15] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9 Myann K:A
[18:15] <@John> roll 1d20+5 arcana
[18:15] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+9 Myann K:A and gets 18." [1d20=9]
[18:15] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+5 arcana and gets 10." [1d20=5]
[18:17] <@Kotono> OOC: That's a whiff for John. Anyone else?
[18:17] <Gildas> OOC: I've got none of that there knowledge stuff
[18:17] <Feather> OOC: Pass
[18:17] <@Kotono> OOC: Go John .
[18:19] <@John> "Oh, that looks nasty," John says, carefully stepping over to Myann's side and swatting the bug off her with an open palm slap!
[18:19] <@John> roll 1d20+12 stunning fist
[18:19] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+12 stunning fist and gets 19." [1d20=7]
[18:19] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit. d100.
[18:19] <@John> roll 1d100
[18:19] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d100 and gets 68." [1d100=68]
[18:19] <@Kotono> OOC: Damage.
[18:19] <@John> roll 1d8+7 DC 16
[18:19] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d8+7 DC 16 and gets 10." [1d8=3]
[18:20] <@Kotono> The beast tries to maneuver. It almost turns John's palm strike the wrong way, right into Myann's ankle. But his hand is too big and he slams the creature flat! It crunches down easily, smashed just like na oversized bug. It bursts like a bloody balloon, falling to the ground in a gush of stolen blood! OOC: Free act. Gimmick averted.
[18:21] <@Kotono> Myann gives it a stomp and shakes her leg clean. "A stirge?" she asks aloud, "A giant, blood sucking monster that's...actually just a grown up mosquito anyway," she finishes. "But that beak's different."
[18:21] <Gildas> Gildas kneels down to investigate the bug with a frown. "More experiments... It's like the dragon, all over again." He stands up. "Are you all right? If you feel sick, let me know."
[18:22] <@Kotono> "I will," Myann chants a quick cure spell, her wound closing up. She shudders after, "I'll say something if I even get the sniffles."
[18:23] <Gildas> "Please do." He says with a smile. He still looks weak, but not nearly as bad as he was before! "I guess this means we're getting closer."
[18:23] <@John> "Hope there's not more of those things," John says with a shudder, resolving to be especially watchful of his legs.
[18:24] <Gildas> "I would assume there will be a great deal more creatures like this as we arrive."
[18:25] <Feather> "Think they'll all just die if we break the tower?"
[18:25] <Gildas> "Hm... I had not considered that. It is possible." He nods. "The others did when we defeated the dragon."
[18:26] <@Kotono> "We're not likely that lucky a second time," Myann remarks, "But we can hope."
[18:28] <@Kotono> OOC: Ready to continue on,y'all?
[18:29] <Feather> OOC: Sure
[18:29] <Gildas> OOC: Yar
[18:32] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 34." [1d100=34]
[18:32] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:32] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d100 and gets 21." [1d100=21]
[18:35] <@Kotono> For the rest of the day, Myann slips into panther form. She stays low to the ground and sniffs a lot, keeping an eye out on crevasses and little cubby-holes in the ground. Late in the day, you crest a small hill. Looking down, you can see a clearing with a campfire going. A man sits besides it, middle-aged and gray. Heavy armor sits in a careful pile around him. On the other side of the fire
[18:35] <@Kotono> sits a man in lighter chain armor, roasting a small animal over the fire. He's younged, blonde haired and barely out of his teens, if even that.
[18:37] <@John> "Reckon we should say hello, or avoid them?" John asks.
[18:38] <Feather> "Say hello," Feather responds. "If they're working for the dead guys, won't be good to keep them at our back. And if not, could use the help."
[18:38] <Gildas> Gildas nods to Feather. "I agree. If they are working with the undead, then we can deal with them."
[18:39] <@Kotono> Myann shifts back to elven form, "Is there any way we can find out before announcing ourselves?"
[18:39] <@John> "An animal could listen in on them?" John suggests.
[18:39] <Feather> "Just one of us announces himself?"
[18:39] <Feather> "Or that."
[18:41] <Gildas> "I can go." He says. "If you'd like."
[18:41] <Gildas> "As a bird, I mean." He clarifies.
[18:41] <Feather> "So long as it's a bird that fits this place, sure."
[18:42] <Gildas> He nods. "That shouldn't be any trouble."
[18:43] <@Kotono> Myann nods, "Good thinking, John," she says, "The rest of us can fall back a bit before they notice?"
[18:43] * Feather starts carefully doing just that.
[18:45] <Gildas> With that, he shapeshifts into a bird! Slightly different from his normal form, but a bird nonetheless. He takes a rather casual, roundabout path to the branches above the two sitting individuals!
[18:46] * @John nods and backs off.
[18:46] <@Kotono> OOC: For reference, make stealth checks, y'all. No need for Gildas since he's a bird.
[18:47] <Feather> roll 1d20+12
[18:47] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+12 and gets 28." [1d20=16]
[18:47] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+11 Myann
[18:47] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+11 Myann and gets 18." [1d20=7]
[18:48] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[18:48] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 and gets 28." [1d20=15]
[18:48] <@Kotono> OOC: Gildas, evil.

~

[18:51] <@Kotono> OOC: How close are you getting?
[18:52] <Gildas> OOC: Right above them in the branches.
[18:52] <Gildas> OOC: Assuming there are branches. But I would imagine there are..
[18:55] <@Kotono> OOC: There are.
[18:56] <@Kotono> Gildas settles in. The two don't pay a bird any mind. For a little bit there's silence, save for the crackling of fire. The younger one turns the animal - looks like a squirrel - and speaks up, "It should be done soon. Did you want me to cook up the greens, sir?"
[18:57] <@Kotono> The older man sighs deeply and rubs his upper arms, slowly stretching. "No, we can eat them raw. This heavens-damned forest will catch ablaze and turn into a forest fire golem if we tempt fate any more."
[18:57] <@Kotono> The younger man laughs, sounding rather surprised. "Y-yes sir."
[18:58] <Gildas> The bird preens itself casually.
[18:58] <@Kotono> After a beat the older one goes on, "Have you thought about it any more?"
[18:59] <@Kotono> "I've been wrestling with it all day, sir," The younger one doesn't look up from turning the squirrel, "If I hadn't seen it all myself, I'd say he's a madman. All the talk of kingdoms and the dead, I mean, sir."
[18:59] <@Kotono> "It's all true,"
[19:00] <@Kotono> OOC: Gah.
[19:01] <@Kotono> "It's all true," The older man stops and leans forward, "All the people living normal lives in this forest are kindling for it. The gorgorath's laments were clear."
[19:02] <@Kotono> "Yes sir," The younger man says dutifully, "But still." He looks down and away from the older man's intent gaze. "Even if he's right, should we be following a madman?"
[19:05] <@Kotono> "Yes," There's no hesitation to the older man, "It would be cowardly to turn away. Understandable, easy, hopeful and supremely cowardly. A man doesn't turn away from proof, no matter how much it upsets him. If that leads to a sacrifice of every soul that live sin this forest, damning them to eternal unlife? Then so be it."
[19:08] <@Kotono> The younger man sighs tiredly, "I wish I'd never heard of all of this, nor read the laments, met Johann, seen other kingdoms or any of this. Maybe he is right, but he's still loonier than an old maid."
[19:10] <Gildas> Gildas lingers for another moment, before he flies off, back towards his comrades.
[19:10] <@Kotono> The older man comes forward, clasping the younger man's shoulder. "It gets easier. Even killing gets easier after you do it a few times. Everything does, and that'll see you through it. Have-" Thus Gildas flies away, back to the party. OOC: I'll integrate youb ack into #dunes.

~

[18:49] <@Kotono> The party settles back to watch, well out of sight. As you await, Myann murmurs, "I wouldn't mind if we had to fight here, if only for the novelty of being on the other end of a camp attack."
[18:50] <@John> "Be nice if they were alright though," John says.
[18:51] <Feather> "Yeah, hoping so," Feather agrees.
[18:55] <@Kotono> "It would be nice," Myann echos, closing her eyes and relaxing. She creeps closer to Feather, taking his hand as she keeps a watch.
[19:11] <@Kotono> Soon enough Gildas returns, flying back and rejoining the party.
[19:11] <Feather> "Hi."
[19:11] <Gildas> He shapeshifts back with a frown. "I am not entirely sure how this all works... but it would seem that the older man is some sort of follower of a prophecy."
[19:12] <Gildas> He continues, still searching for the words to use. "The prophet was Johann. So, in effect... they want to raze the entire forest and kill every single thing in it."
[19:13] <Gildas> He takes a breath. "I think the younger one is less sure about all of that, considering... well, you know, the entire plan is absolutely insane..." He grimaces with a frown. "I'm not sure how we should approach this, but... That's what I learned."
[19:13] <@John> "Huh. Guess it was a good thing we eavesdropped then, wasn't it? Doubt they'd have up and admitted it to us, would they?"
[19:13] <Feather> "Kill the older guy, then. Knock out the other one?"
[19:14] <@Kotono> "How about we incapacitate them and interrogate?" Myann suggests, "If the younger one has doubts, we could get him to help us if we exploit them."
[19:14] <Gildas> He nods to Myann. "We could always just go in and be honest... see how the two of them react."
[19:14] <Gildas> "We have the upper hand in this situation, so we can go at this in many ways."
[19:16] <@John> "I say we rough them up. They're working for a crazy necromancer, they're not nice people are they? They'd do worse to us if they had a chance."
[19:17] <Feather> "How about you two try to knock the younger guy from the start?" Feather asks Gildas and John. "Me and Myann'll deal with the other one."
[19:18] <@John> "We gonna just charge in or we gonna give 'em a talking to first?" John asks, nodding to the plan of knocking a guy out.
[19:19] <Gildas> "That's up to you all. We'd lose our chance of surprise by talking, but the older one seems set in his ways." He responds. "I doubt talking him down will help."
[19:19] <@Kotono> Myann nods along to it all.
[19:21] <Feather> "Yeah, let's just surround them and try for a charge," Feather says, ready to proceed.
[19:22] <Gildas> "Very well."
[19:22] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay, what's your plan then?
[19:23] <Feather> OOC: If we can surround them, I can attack with John and Myann with Gildas, and we'll just rush out and flank them?
[19:23] <@John> OOC: they can bird form and fly to the other side?
[19:24] <Feather> OOC: Yeah
[19:30] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. No need for stealth for Myann'n'Gildas. Make stealth, John'n'Feather?
[19:31] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[19:31] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+13 and gets 22." [1d20=9]
[19:34] <Feather> roll 1d20+12
[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+12 and gets 29." [1d20=17]
[19:39] <@Kotono> Thus the party creeps into position. The party is ready, everyone 40ft away and ready to pounce...OOC: Go ahead, y'all, start the ambush since you have a surprise round. Who wants to go first?
[19:39] * Feather gives John a nod and then charges out, sword drawn!
[19:40] <Gildas> OOC: I can do non-lethal on Stunning Fist, yeah?
[19:40] * @John hurries up after him!
[19:41] <@Kotono> OOC: Yes, Gildas.
[19:41] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay, lemme resolve Feather'n'John first since they struck first. Feather you were first, so go.
[19:42] <@Kotono> The two look up in surprise as Feather charges out, John a step behind him. But they're not reacting fast enough, caught off guard! "What-" The older man begins.
[19:42] <Feather> roll 1d20+15 charge, zap on the older guy
[19:42] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+15 charge, zap on the older guy and gets 18." [1d20=3]
[19:43] <@John> roll 1d20+14 charge nonlethal stunning fist on young guy
[19:43] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d20+14 charge nonlethal stunning fist on young guy and gets 16." [1d20=2]
[19:45] <@Kotono> OOC: Both hit.
[19:45] <Feather> roll 1d10+5+4d6+6d6+1d6 elec+cold
[19:45] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+5 fort DC John
[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d10+5+4d6+6d6+1d6 elec+cold and gets 39." [1d10=5][4d6=1, 1, 1, 5][6d6=1, 2, 4, 5, 4, 2][1d6=3]
[19:45] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20+5 fort DC John and gets 11." [1d20=6]
[19:46] <@John> roll 1d8+7 DC 16
[19:46] * Hatbot --> "John rolls 1d8+7 DC 16 and gets 9." [1d8=2]
[19:47] <@Kotono> Feather charges right into the older guy, impaling him in the chest! Electricity rips through him, making him shake on the blade! He's gasping and stunned, severely wounded! OOC: Take your swift and then I'll sort out John's attack+stunning.
[19:47] <Feather> "Fuck you and your dead prophet!" Feather snarls at the convulsing man, reaching out to shock him even further!
[19:47] <Feather> roll 1d20+10 touch
[19:47] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+10 touch and gets 28." [1d20=18]
[19:48] <Feather> roll 5d6+4d6 first is elect, quick casting shocking grasp
[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 5d6+4d6 first is elect, quick casting shocking grasp and gets 35." [5d6=2, 6, 4, 4, 2][4d6=6, 2, 5, 4]
[19:51] <@Kotono> ZAP! The touch fries the man before he can respond, eyes exploding out! His hair catches aflame as he convulses, ripping his chest open on the blade! It's safe to say he's no longer a threat, nor a member of the living world. Meanwhile John pounces in and clobbers the young man upside the head, sending him sprawled out cold! OOC: Gildas, go. Myann'll go last.
[19:53] <Gildas> Gildas was all ready to shapeshift and run in, but it looks like everything has been taken care of. He was running... and slowly moves to a stop within the camp. "...Well, that..." He blinks. "Was short."
[19:54] <Feather> "Feels good to win against-- what is this forest-hater, an undead cultist?"
[19:54] <Gildas> "I think that's a good guess." He says.
[19:54] <@Kotono> Myann shifts to human form and charges in, coming to a stop before the knocked out younger man. "Huh. Easy. Surprisingly so," she remarks, "It's so much easier when we aren't ambushed." OOC: Free act.
[19:54] <@Kotono> OOC: Loot post.
[19:54] <Gildas> "I'm not sure he's going to be too happy we just murdered that man, but..." He shakes his head.
[19:55] <Feather> "I think that's self-defense? Cause we kinda live in this here forest he wanted to raze after killing all who live in it?"
[19:55] <@John> "Yeah, he'll probably not be pleased," John agrees. "We gonna heal him then?"
[19:55] * Feather shakes his head. "But whatever. Can you search him for weapons and shit? I'll get my rope to tie his arms."
[19:55] <@Kotono> Myann coughs, hiding her face with her hand. "It's perfect irony. He wanted to kill everyone, so we killed him. He didn't even have a chance to react. It's what he deserved."
[19:55] <@Kotono> OOC: Going to search 'em, then?
[19:55] <Feather> "Fair's fair!"
[19:56] * @John leans down to search for anything weapons or potions-wise, barring the armour.
[19:57] <Gildas> Gildas stands and waits, turning his attention to the area beyond the forest, in case they're about to get jumped by something.
[19:58] <Gildas> OOC: Beyond the clearing, rather
[19:59] <@Kotono> The party looks over the duo, finding the following things...OOC: Loot. Feel free to interact with it here.
[19:59] * Feather looks around with an eye for magic!
[20:00] * @John has a look over the scroll to see if it's secret undead club commands.
[20:01] <Gildas> Gildas will, likewise, look over the items for magic, but also take a look through the younger man's book.
[20:02] <@Kotono> Several items on the old man are magical. OOC: Loot update. Feel free to spellcraft them, y'all. I'll deal with individual, nonmagical items after that.
[20:03] <Feather> roll 5#1d20+13 in listed order
[20:03] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 5#1d20+13 in listed order and gets 110." [5#1d20+13 = 31, 14, 25, 25, 15]
[20:05] <Feather> "Say, Gildas," Feather asks suddenly. "Did it sound like this guy ever killed anyone before?"
[20:05] <Gildas> "Yes." He responds without missing a beat.
[20:05] <Feather> "Both of them, then?"
[20:05] <Gildas> "He even told the younger one it 'got easier.'"
[20:05] <Gildas> He shakes his head. "I don't think the younger one has killed anyone."
[20:06] <@Kotono> OOC: Updated Feather.
[20:06] <@Kotono> The scroll has wiggly writing on it. John's arcane knowledge is enough to tell him it's a spellscroll.
[20:06] <Feather> "Ah, that's what I meant. Maybe we outta show him what happens to people when they die," he says, nudging the burnt corpse with a foot.
[20:06] <Gildas> OOC: OK I'll do two rolls for the two left un-ID'ed
[20:06] <@Kotono> OOC: Go for it.
[20:06] <@John> "Spellscroll," John says, putting it aside and having a glance over the book.
[20:06] <Gildas> roll 2#1d20+12
[20:06] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2#1d20+12 and gets 42." [2#1d20+12 = 21, 21]
[20:07] <Gildas> He nods to him. "I think it might wake him up to the reality of the horror this insane monster wants to unleash onto this forest."
[20:07] <@Kotono> The book looks to be a little religious tome. It's for a faith to the deity Scramas. It looks fairly thick and involved to read.
[20:08] <Feather> "So, wanna wake him up now?"
[20:08] <Gildas> "We may as well." He agrees.
[20:08] <@John> "Anyone ever heard of a god called Scramas?" John asks, offering the book around.
[20:08] <@Kotono> OOC: SCroll updated.
[20:08] <@Kotono> OOC: K:R there, y'all
[20:08] <@Kotono> .
[20:09] <Feather> roll 1d20+10
[20:09] * Hatbot --> "Feather rolls 1d20+10 and gets 21." [1d20=11]
[20:10] <@Kotono> Scramas is a human deity from far to the east. A deity of knowledge, he is best known for his devout provens, wandering priests who learn and record lore.
[20:10] <Gildas> Gildas opens his eyes a bit wide at the scroll. "...Why would he..." He frowns and shakes his head but picks it up and places it carefully in his backpack. "I can't figure out this backpack, but I think we ought to take it with us."
[20:11] <Feather> "It's a mysterious magical thingy, that can't go wrong," Feather agrees, before telling John, "Oh, Scramas? Some knowledge god from the east? Think he sends priests all over to pretty much write stuff."
[20:12] <@John> "Guess that's what this guy was into it. Can't beat old Pelor for me though," John says, putting the book down and stepping away from the KO'd figure.
[20:13] <@Kotono> OOC: Post what you're taking, y'all.
[20:13] <Gildas> Gildas kneels down and will attempt to awaken the young man!
[20:13] <@Kotono> OOC: Also, are you going to want Myann to take the time to appraise these in the field, assuming no interruptions?
[20:13] <Gildas> OOC: Yes please
[20:13] <Feather> OOC: That can wait till we talk to the guy, though
[20:14] <Gildas> OOC: arr
[20:14] <@Kotono> Giving the man a few pokes and stirs doesn't awaken him. He's still quite out from thet humping he got.
[20:15] <Gildas> "It looks like you really nailed him." He says over in John's direction. "Myann, do you think you might have a mushroom that might get his attention?"
[20:16] <@Kotono> "I could come up with one," she says, "But I'd rather just use a healing spell."
[20:16] <Gildas> He nods. "That's fine, I'll do it."
[20:16] <Gildas> With that, he casts a healing spell onto the younger man!
[20:17] <Gildas> roll 2d8+7 CMW
[20:17] * Hatbot --> "Gildas rolls 2d8+7 CMW and gets 15." [2d8=2, 6]
[20:17] <@Kotono> The healing spell washes over the young man. He stirs a moment later, blinking his eyes open. "Eh...?" he says, sounding half asleep as he looks around.
[20:18] <Gildas> "Who wants to explain?" He looks to the others.
[20:19] <Feather> "So we hear you're thinking about starting all this razin' and killin' at our home," Feather tells him cheerfully, before hoisting the young man and sitting him opposite the charred corpse. "Fun times, eh?"
[20:19] <@John> "Our friend here overheard you talking about helping this bad necromancery guy kill us all. Didn't take kindly to it," John adds his say.
[20:20] <@Kotono> Myann smiles winsomely, but it stretches just a little too far. "I don't really approve of that, you see, and neither do my friends. It makes me want to kill you for the irony and entertainment.
[20:20] <@Kotono> "
[20:21] <Gildas> Gildas can't help but more or less nod to them in turn. He folds his arms, guessing that was probably enough to make the poor man suffer.
[20:22] <@Kotono> "Ah...ah...AAAAAAH!" WIth his eyes fixed on the corpse, the young man screams. "You...you killed him! You murdered him!" he blurts out. He looks to each in absolute terror, "It's...it was all Maren's idea! He keeps talking about other kingdom sand strange things, and about how it has to happen. I just couldn't get away yet."
[20:23] <Feather> "He had it coming, didn't he?"
[20:23] <Gildas> "Who is Maren?" He interjects. "Start from the beginning, and do not leave anything out."
[20:23] <Gildas> He adds. "And do it slowly."
[20:24] <Feather> At least they're not going to kill this guy, so the chance of him talking it all out being some secret ritual of undeath are pretty low, Feather muses.
[20:25] <@Kotono> "Mmm-hmm," Myann murmurs, "Talk."

[Ebiris]

[18:04] <@Kotono> The young man sighs in suppressed terror, "It...it all started with my novitiate. I was assigned to study under Sir Maren and travel with him as he explored all the lands."
[18:06] <@Kotono> Myann continues to look at him, waving a hand as if to say, 'Get going'.
[18:07] <@Kotono> "We traveled east. Once we were away from civilization, Sir Maren began talking to me each night. Strange things. He talked about kingdoms beyond this one. I thought at first he was merely discussing his travels, but he wasn't talking about kingdoms here at all. He says there are kingdoms above this one, were strange and wondrous things happen and where truth can be found. A prophet had revealed
[18:07] <@Kotono> as much to him."
[18:08] <Gildas> "Johann, I presume?" He pipes up.
[18:08] <@Kotono> A short, terse nod. "Yes."
[18:08] <Feather> "So he was a heretic? That Sir what's his face?"
[18:11] <@Kotono> "Sir Maren." Another nod. "He then took us west, took us to here to meet the prophet. As he did, he began to talk about the living dead. How they were worthy of a higher kingdom than us, and that it doesn't matter because of the other kingdoms."
[18:12] <@John> "All sounds bonkers to me," John mutters.
[18:12] <Feather> "Riiiight," Feather drawls out. "Do you like their undead paradise, or do you still got some sense left in you?"
[18:13] <@Kotono> "Welcome to the last few months," Myann murmurs to John, chuckling low.
[18:13] <@Kotono> The young man quickly shakes his head back and forth. "I've no stake in it. I just couldn't disobey Sir Maren."
[18:14] <Gildas> "What is your name?" Gildas asks, since it hadn't come up yet.
[18:15] <@Kotono> "Roakan," The young man answers right away. "Novice Roakan."
[18:17] * Joins: Nephrite2 (~rscuderi@rrcs-24-227-47-10.se.biz.rr.com)
[18:18] * Quits: Gildas (~rscuderi@rrcs-24-227-47-10.se.biz.rr.com) (Killed (NickServ (GHOST command used by Nephrite2)))
[18:18] * Nephrite2 is now known as Gildas
[18:19] <@John> "So what were you and him doing to help out this prophet of his then?" John asks.
[18:20] <@Kotono> "We were going to meet him," Roakan explains, squirming from his prone position. "He wanted me to recieve instruction from him and to gain his gifts."
[18:21] <Gildas> "How did you manage to avoid the undead horrors in this part of the forest?"
[18:22] <Feather> At the mention of gifts, Feather jerks his thumb at the corpse, asking, "We gonna need to kill this crazy guy again?"
[18:25] <@Kotono> "Sir Maren had developed the ability to chastise and rebuke the undead," Roakan continues to explain. "No, he was still living. Hementioned that."
[18:27] <Gildas> "What do you plan to do now, Roakan?" He asks, his arms still folded. "This is a very dangerous place to be."
[18:28] <@Kotono> "Uh..." He stares a moment before going on, "I want to go home. I just want to go home and see my family again."
[18:28] <Gildas> "Where is that? East, I'd assume?"
[18:30] <@Kotono> A quick nod follows.
[18:30] <@Kotono> Myann hms quietly but otherwise keeps her peace for now.
[18:31] * Feather shrugs. "Sounds like the best call to make here. Anyone objects?"
[18:31] <Gildas> He looks to the others. "I don't feel right just leaving him here and sending him on his way... But taking him with us may actually be more dangerous than just fending for himself." He takes a breath. "But the faster we get to the tower, the faster all of this is over."
[18:32] <@John> "Nah, sounds like he just got wrapped in without knowing what was going on," John says agreeably. "Give him the other guy's rations as well?"
[18:32] <@Kotono> "That's fair," Myann agrees, going and doing just that.
[18:32] <Feather> "If he keeps quiet and runs fast, kid's got a chance."
[18:33] <Gildas> "Is that acceptable to you?" He looks to Roakan.
[18:33] * Feather gives Gildas an incredulous look.
[18:35] <Gildas> He looks back at Feather. "Were you in this position, you would at least like to have a choice between two horrible options, would you not?"
[18:35] <Feather> "Wouldn't want to choose certain death, no. Not gonna bring him to the necromancer's tower, that's just stupid for all involved."
[18:36] <@Kotono> "He's also lucky to be alive," Myann remarks, smiling just a little too far as she meets Roakan's gaze.
[18:37] <@Kotono> "I'll take it," he says quickly. "Thank you! I just want to go back and forget this ever happened."
[18:37] <@John> "Yeah, good luck then," John says, hoping he doesn't end up eaten by a wyvern or something.
[18:37] <Gildas> He nods to Feather, then to Myann, then to Roakan. "We will probably have the attention of much of the creatures anyway."
[18:37] <Feather> "That's the first sensible thing you did since coming here. Just, uh, watch out for trecherous holes in the ground and falling trees."
[18:41] <@Kotono> "And poison ivy," Myann adds, "Wyverns too, as well as kobolds. Oh, and watch out for weird crystal spiders or anything Sidhe."
[18:41] <@Kotono> With that, Roakan takes the chance and flees double-speed.
[18:41] <Feather> "Aww, and you only got through the obvious things!"
[18:42] <Gildas> "This could have ended much differently. Imagine... if we had just walked up, that... Maren, he may have tried to murder us in our sleep." He says with a shake of his head and a glance to the golden arrow. "We should continue on, but now be aware we may have to face humans in all of this..."
[18:43] <Feather> "Think he was sane enough to not snap when we badmouthed his divine prophet?"
[18:45] <Gildas> "I hope so."
[18:46] <@John> "Doesn't matter anyway, does it?" John says. "We figured his game out and took care of business, didn't we?"
[18:46] <@Kotono> "I hope so," Myann echos, stretching.
[18:47] <Feather> Wondering what the backpack's magic might be and figuring it could be the obvious thing, Feather tries to stuff the armor's helm into it as a test.
[18:48] <@Kotono> The helmet goes in. It takes up space as normal, yet the backpack doesn't get any heavier.
[18:48] <Feather> "Huh. Think I'm onto something here," Feather muses, trying to stow the rest of the armor inside in pieces.
[18:49] <@Kotono> The entire set doesn't fit - not enough space. However, it gets up to roughly 50 pounds inside before no more will go in, regardless of any space left. However, even at that, the backpack feels light and empty.
[18:49] <Gildas> "Oh, is it one of those types of backpacks? Fantastic." He says with a small smile. "Well, that's handy to have."
[18:50] <@Kotono> "Praise our luck," Myann smiles at that, far more than a small smile. "That will be fantastically useful."
[18:50] <Feather> "Yeah. Well, let's dig a hole to put the armor in and place some rocks over it to mark the spot?"
[18:51] <@Kotono> "A good idea," Myann agrees, "Speaking of, do you want to make camp here? They already did the work for us and it's lat.e"
[18:51] <Feather> "Might as well. And with a guard it won't matter none if the kid decides to come back."
[18:53] <@Kotono> OOC: Normal guard rotation for the night?
[18:53] <@John> OOC: yeah
[18:54] <Gildas> OOC: Yarp
[18:54] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:54] <@Kotono> OOC: I cast summon miko.
[18:55] * Joins: Rei-chan (~mars@cpc9-sgyl30-2-0-cust73.sgyl.cable.virginm.net)
[18:56] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:56] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=59 ]{59}
[18:56] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[18:56] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=59 ]{59}
[18:57] <@Kotono> roll 1d10
[18:57] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d10 --> [ 1d10=8 ]{8}
[18:58] <@Kotono> The night passes uneventfully. The next day is cold and ice-stormy again. As you break your fast over warm mushroom porridge, "Say, Gildas," Myann speaks up as she serves everyone. "Do you dream much?"
[19:01] <Gildas> "A fair bit." He responds. "Usually meditative, or contemplative type of dreams and less... fanciful and imaginitive ones, though." 
[19:02] <@Kotono> "Have you ever dreamed about your shapeshifting forms?" she asks as she settles in next to Feather. "I dreamed about my animal forms all night long."
[19:04] <Gildas> "Oh?" He looks up towards the sky... then nods. "I do. I can see some things... perhaps things to try and shapeshift into sometime. Larger animals, different types... That sort of thing. I think the back of my mind is trying to tell me that I have the potential, if I follow the path."
[19:07] <@Kotono> "Hmmm." Myann nods to that, going to her breakfast. OOC: Ready to move along, y'all?
[19:08] <@John> OOC: yes
[19:09] <Gildas> OOC: Yahp
[19:14] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:14] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:14] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=50 ]{50}
[19:14] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=54 ]{54}
[19:15] <@Kotono> The next two days of travel are mercifully without incident. Oh sure, there's icy storms, slippery conditions and a slip causing Gildas a broken elbow. But healing magic fixes those woes without incident. Come early the next day, as you go along and follow the arrow, it begins to glow with soft light.
[19:17] <Gildas> "I believe we're getting close." He says, with a look to the others. "Although I wonder if it will actually reveal the tower once we're close enough."
[19:18] <@John> "Well we can feel around for it if the arrow moves around a lot, right?"
[19:18] <@Kotono> "Yeah," Myann agrees, "It should be enough to find it."
[19:19] <Gildas> He nods. "Let's be on our guard, since, surely, they have guards of their own..."
[19:25] <@Kotono> OOC: How are you proceeding from here? Marching order, any precautions then?
[19:26] <@John> OOC: Gil, John, Myann, Feather? Dunno about precautions
[19:27] <Feather> OOC: We'll look for danger!
[19:27] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay then.
[19:28] <@Kotono> OOC: Myann'll take bird form to keep an aerial eye out in that case, and for reinforcement from above in case a land ambush hits the party hard.
[19:29] <@Kotono> roll 1d100+30
[19:29] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100+30 --> [ 1d100=4 ]{34}
[19:29] <@Kotono> roll 1d100+30
[19:29] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100+30 --> [ 1d100=84 ]{114}
[19:30] <@Kotono> A half day's travel is without incident. After a brief lunch break the party continues on. As they go...OOC: Perception, y'all.
[19:30] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12 Myann
[19:30] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+12 Myann --> [ 1d20=1 ]{13}
[19:31] <Feather> roll 1d20+11
[19:31] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+11 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{12}
[19:31] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[19:31] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=4 ]{17}
[19:31] <Gildas> roll 1d20+13
[19:31] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=11 ]{24}
[19:37] <@Kotono> It's Gildas that happens to be paying attention. From far ahead, hidden by the forest and thick trees, he can hear a dry rattle.
[19:37] <Gildas> He frowns and looks to the others. "I think we've been spotted. I hear rattling."
[19:38] * @John holds his staff cautiously before him in a guard position and stops at that warning.
[19:39] * Feather draws his sword!
[19:43] <Gildas> Gildas simply shapeshifts early into his predator form! No need to wait!
[19:45] <@Kotono> Myann stays above and circles, following the paryt.
[19:48] <@Kotono> As the party braces and prepares, they burst forth! A line of skeletons, six in total! They're 40ft ahead of the party and a dull, throbbing red color. On seeing the party, the skeletons make a rattling howl as one, loud enough to echo about the forest! OOC: Init. There's a whole lotta strange red skeletons here.
[19:48] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Myann
[19:48] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+2 Myann --> [ 1d20=6 ]{8}
[19:48] <Gildas> roll 1d20+3
[19:48] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=11 ]{14}
[19:49] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 S1
[19:49] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 S2
[19:49] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 S1 --> [ 1d20=13 ]{17}
[19:49] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 S2 --> [ 1d20=14 ]{18}
[19:49] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 S3
[19:49] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 S3 --> [ 1d20=2 ]{6}
[19:49] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 S4
[19:49] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 S4 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{11}
[19:49] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 S5
[19:49] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 S5 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{12}
[19:49] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 S6
[19:49] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 S6 --> [ 1d20=10 ]{14}
[19:49] * Kotono changes topic to 'S2(18)>S1(17)>Gildas(14)>S4(11)>Myann(8)>S3(6)'
[19:49] * Kotono changes topic to 'S2(18)>S1(17)>Gildas=S6(14)>S5(12)>S4(11)>Myann(8)>S3(6)'
[19:50] <@John> roll 1d20+3
[19:50] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=3 ]{6}
[19:50] * Kotono changes topic to 'S2(18)>S1(17)>Gildas=S6(14)>S5(12)>S4(11)>Myann(8)>John=S3(6)'
[19:50] <@Kotono> OOC: Feather?
[19:51] <Feather> roll 1d20+3
[19:51] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=17 ]{20}
[19:52] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(20)>S2(18)>S1(17)>Gildas=S6(14)>S5(12)>S4(11)>Myann(8)>John=S3(6)'
[19:52] <@Kotono> OOC: Open, Feather.
[19:52] * Feather dashes into their midst, eager to take on the leftmost of the skeletons before it has a better idea!
[19:52] <Feather> roll 1d20+13 not actually charging, zap
[19:52] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+13 not actually charging, zap --> [ 1d20=1 ]{14}
[19:53] <@Kotono> Feather slashes right in, but his blade misses the skeleton by an inch! As this happens, the second skeleton turns and pounces right at him! It dives towards him, arms spread out in a bony glomp!
[19:53] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9 touch AC, Feather?
[19:53] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+9 touch AC, Feather? --> [ 1d20=17 ]{26}
[19:53] <Feather> OOC: Not that
[19:54] <@Kotono> The skeleton latches onto him in a big, warm hug. Wait, warm. Why is the skeleton w- any further thought sare stopped as the bony menace explodes into a fireball around Feather! OOC: Ref, Feather.
[19:54] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(20)>S1(17)>Gildas=S6(14)>S5(12)>S4(11)>Myann(8)>John=S3(6)'
[19:55] <Feather> roll 1d20+7 evasion
[19:55] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+7 evasion --> [ 1d20=7 ]{14}
[19:55] <@Kotono> roll 4d6 full fire damage owwies
[19:55] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 4d6 full fire damage owwies --> [ 4d6=13 ]{13}
[19:55] <@Kotono> Feather is caught dead on, burned in a burst of surprising fire! As he struggles with that, blackened and charred, the first skeleton turns and leaps right at him, having just dodged his attack!
[19:55] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9 touch AC, Feather?
[19:55] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+9 touch AC, Feather? --> [ 1d20=3 ]{12}
[19:56] <Feather> OOC: 20
[19:56] <@Kotono> But Feather stumbles back, coughing up smoke and avoiding the skeleton at the same time! OOC: Gildas, go, then S6.
[19:56] <@Kotono> All around Feather the grass and trees start to burn, fire spreading from the explosion.
[19:56] <@Kotono> A loud birdcry comes from Myann in the meanwhile.
[19:57] * Feather coughs, just stunned at the tactic.
[19:57] <Gildas> OOC: OK
[19:58] <Gildas> Gildas shapeshifts back out and casts Resist Energy on himself to ward against fire, then moves towards the Skeletons, about 20 ft away from them!
[19:58] <@Kotono> As Gildas prepares, the 6th skeleton turns and whirls, charging right at John! It reaches him quickly, a leaping, open armed glomp aimed at him!
[19:58] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9 touch AC?
[19:58] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+9 touch AC? --> [ 1d20=8 ]{17}
[20:00] <@John> OOC: 17
[20:02] <@Kotono> OOC: Ref.
[20:02] <@John> roll 1d20+11
[20:02] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+11 --> [ 1d20=17 ]{28}
[20:03] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(20)>S1(17)>Gildas(14)>S5(12)>S4(11)>Myann(8)>John=S3(6)'
[20:03] <@Kotono> OOC: Evasion?
[20:04] <@John> OOC: yes
[20:05] <@Kotono> BOOOM! But John is too fast, kicking away and avoiding the explosion! Fires burn where John was, but he's untouched and undamaged! OOC: Okay. S5 is up now.
[20:05] <@Kotono> The fifth skeleton meanwhile pounces right at Gildas, leaping at him arms stretched out!
[20:05] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9 touch AC
[20:05] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+9 touch AC --> [ 1d20=18 ]{27}
[20:05] <@Kotono> OOC: Ref.
[20:06] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(20)>S1(17)>Gildas(14)>S4(11)>Myann(8)>John=S3(6)'
[20:06] <Gildas> roll 1d20+9 evasion
[20:06] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+9 evasion --> [ 1d20=15 ]{24}
[20:07] <@Kotono> Too fast! Gildas leaps out of the way, making it a dozen feet up as a bear! He stands atop the explosion a moment before landing, untouched and unharmed! Then the fourth skeleton is moving - again at John this time, going right for him!
[20:07] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[20:07] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+9 --> [ 1d20=15 ]{24}
[20:07] <@Kotono> OOC: Ref.
[20:08] <@John> roll 1d20+11 evasion
[20:08] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+11 evasion --> [ 1d20=11 ]{22}
[20:08] <@Kotono> But again John is too vast, avoiding a skeleton kablooey! More fires rage as...OOC: Myann.
[20:08] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(20)>S1(17)>Gildas(14)>Myann(8)>John=S3(6)'
[20:09] <@Kotono> Myann swoops down and lands next to Gildas, quickly casting a block shot at the third skeleton, before it can pounce.
[20:09] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[20:09] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+9 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{18}
[20:09] <@Kotono> roll 5d6 and the rest is irrelevant
[20:09] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 5d6 and the rest is irrelevant --> [ 5d6=21 ]{21}
[20:09] * Kotono changes topic to 'Feather(20)>S1(17)>Gildas(14)>Myann(8)>John'
[20:10] <@Kotono> On being hit, the skeleton explodes instantly! It spreads more fire, but no one is close enough to be burned! OOC: John.
[20:11] * @John runs up to the last skeleton and gives it a bash!
[20:11] <@John> roll 1d20+18 charge
[20:11] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+18 charge --> [ 1d20=4 ]{22}
[20:12] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit. Damage.
[20:12] <@John> roll 1d6+10+2d6
[20:12] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d6+10+2d6 --> [ 1d6=3 2d6=9 ]{22}
[20:12] <@Kotono> OOC: Also a ref save.
[20:12] <@John> roll 1d20+11 evasion
[20:12] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+11 evasion --> [ 1d20=10 ]{21}
[20:13] <@Kotono> With a solid THUNK, the last skeleton is hit hard! IT explodes, but John is too fast! He spins his staff to parry, untouched by the flames this time! OOC: Free act. Loot p9sot.
[20:13] * Feather looks put off, brushing the soot off his clothing.
[20:13] <Gildas> Gildas shakes his head. "Well, now we know what those are. We might be able to use that to our advantage if we can cluster them up well enough."
[20:14] <Feather> "I've got a bow," Feather mutters, using his sword to put out the fires before they get a chance to spread.
[20:14] <@Kotono> "We have a bigger problem," Myann says. All around you, fires start and burn where the skeletons exploded. They're not big yet, but they're showing no signs of stopping in spite of the cold. OOC: Going to firefight then, y'all?
[20:15] <@Kotono> Myann also quickly casts a healing spell on Feather.
[20:15] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+5
[20:15] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d8+5 --> [ 1d8=2 ]{7}
[20:15] <Gildas> OOC: Sure. I'll start directly stomping them, since I have a fire ward up anyway.
[20:15] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[20:15] <Gildas> Gildas will shapeshift to his predator form in order to better stamp out the fire!
[20:16] * @John takes off his cloak and uses it to beat out some flames.
[20:17] <@Kotono> With the party working together, the flames are soon quenched. The forest here is burnt but intact, no great forest fire comign of it.
[20:18] <@Kotono> As you work, "Do you need another one," Myann asks, "Does it still hurt, Feather?"
[20:20] <@John> Giving his cloak a further shake, John puts it back on. "Was pretty good, the skeletons killing themselves for us."
[20:20] <Feather> "Think I'm mostly good," Feather responds, still grimacing. "Just wishing-- guess it's good they killed themselves, but I kinda feel... uh, redundant? I guess?"
[20:22] <@Kotono> Myann blinks a moment before giggling. It's a light and innocent sound, "Feather, they just saved us the time of doing it ourselves. It's fitting for abominations to destroy themselves. Besides, you're never redudant for me." The last is said with a coy little smile.
[20:23] * Feather snorts. "Yeah. Guess I just don't much like skeletons."

[Ebiris]

[18:02] <@Ko-DingdongtheBCSisdead> The party stands in the battlefield. The fires from the suicide skeletons has died down, leaving this area half-burnt and parched. The cold weather laps as you as...OOC: Continuing on or something else, y'all?
[18:02] <@John> OOC: onwards!
[18:02] <Gildas> OOC: Indeed
[18:04] <@Ko-DingdongtheBCSisdead> roll 1d100
[18:05] <@Ko-DingdongtheBCSisdead> OOC: I cast summon miko again.
[18:06] * Joins: Rei-chan (Rei-chan@cpc9-sgyl30-2-0-cust73.sgyl.cable.virginm.net)
[18:06] <@Ko-DingdongtheBCSisdead> roll 1d100
[18:06] <Rei-chan> Ko-DingdongtheBCSisdead rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=22 ]{22}
[18:06] * Ko-DingdongtheBCSisdead is now known as Kotono
[18:07] <@Kotono> OOC: Survival checks, whomever is on point. Looking up, that's Gildas.
[18:07] <Gildas> OOC: OK
[18:08] <Gildas> roll 1d20+15
[18:08] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+15 --> [ 1d20=20 ]{35}
[18:09] <@Kotono> Within ten minutes, Gildas comes on tracks. They're a few days old, but it looks like lots of feet going about. Despite the thickness of the forest ahead, signs point to it being wellt raveled.
[18:10] <Gildas> Gildas tilts his head slightly at them, but indicates them to the others. "I can assume this means there will be plenty of resistance waiting for us somewhere nearby... but it also means we're much closer to a hive of activity."
[18:11] <Feather> "Great! So we target the skeletons that explode, first?"
[18:11] <Gildas> He nods to Feather. "That's a good idea."
[18:12] <@Kotono> "It is," Myann agrees, "Especially if we can blow them up in a chain reaction. I wonder if..." she muses idly.
[18:14] <Gildas> "Unless they're immune to fire, that should work." He says. He glances to the arrow and then in the direction its pointing. "Nowhere to go but forward..."
[18:17] <@Kotono> Thus the party goes on, Gildas at the lead. As they go...OOC: You're in the back, Feather. Make perception.
[18:17] <Feather> roll 1d20+11
[18:17] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+11 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{17}
[18:20] <@Kotono> You're pressing through some particularly tough foliage when the silence of the forest is disrupted by the soft twang of bowstrings! (More)
[18:20] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+10
[18:20] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+10
[18:20] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+10 --> [ 1d20=4 ]{14}
[18:20] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+10 --> [ 1d20=14 ]{24}
[18:20] <@Kotono> OOC: Flatfooted AC (if no uncanny), Feather?
[18:21] <Feather> OOC: Uncanny, 22
[18:24] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+7+1d6 (1d6 is acid)
[18:24] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d8+7+1d6 (1d6 is acid) --> [ 1d8=4 1d6=3 ]{14}
[18:26] <@Kotono> Arrows fly! One hits a tree besides Feather while the other lands right in his back! It hisses with acid as it penetrates into his body, searing his insides! The party isn't sure where the arrows came from as...OOC: Init. Y'all don't immediately see the source of the arrows, which suggests unusual means or hiding.
[18:26] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Myann
[18:26] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+2 Myann --> [ 1d20=10 ]{12}
[18:26] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+8 ???
[18:26] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+8 ??? --> [ 1d20=11 ]{19}
[18:26] * Kotono changes topic to '???(19)>Myann(12)'
[18:26] <Gildas> roll 1d20+3
[18:26] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{9}
[18:27] <@John> roll 1d20+3
[18:27] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{9}
[18:27] <Feather> roll 1d20+3
[18:27] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=11 ]{14}
[18:27] <Feather> "My skin! It's fucking burning! Again!"
[18:28] <@Kotono> "Again?!" Myann blurts out, fumbling for her sword.
[18:29] * Kotono changes topic to '???(19)>Feather(14)>Myann(12)>Gildas=John(9)'
[18:29] <@Kotono> Suddenly, 40ft away and deep in the foliage, a skeleton pops out! It rises just a moment, snapping off a pair of arrows before ducking back under cover! The arrows fly for Feather once more!
[18:30] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+10
[18:30] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+10
[18:30] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+10 --> [ 1d20=2 ]{12}
[18:30] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+10 --> [ 1d20=20 ]{30}
[18:30] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+10 crit?
[18:30] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+10 crit? --> [ 1d20=8 ]{18}
[18:30] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+7+1d6 at least no crit
[18:30] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d8+7+1d6 at least no crit --> [ 1d8=2 1d6=5 ]{14}
[18:31] <Feather> "Oh this is bullshit!"
[18:32] <@Kotono> Arrows fly freely, one slamming right into Feather's shoulder! Agony fills him as his arm explodes in pain, blood pouring down! His left arm is bad now, pierced right in and with an acid arrow sizzling in. OOC: Arrow to th eshoulder that fucked it up. Your left arm's all but worthless no, so two handing weapons or using it to wield a weapon isn't realistic. Also, everyone make perception.
[18:32] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12 Myann
[18:32] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+12 Myann --> [ 1d20=19 ]{31}
[18:32] <Gildas> roll 1d20+13
[18:32] <Feather> roll 1d20+11
[18:33] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{22}
[18:33] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+11 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{17}
[18:33] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+15 ???
[18:33] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+15 ??? --> [ 1d20=6 ]{21}
[18:33] * Kotono changes topic to 'Sniper Skeleton(19)>Feather(14)>Myann(12)>Gildas=John(9)'
[18:34] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[18:34] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=13 ]{26}
[18:35] <@Kotono> It hides good - but not good enough! Save for Feather, who is in considerable pain, the party can see the skeleton hide! It's behind a tree, giving it total cover relative to the party - but you know where it is. OOC: Okay, Feather, go. Holding?
[18:38] <Feather> "Better sit this one out," Feather says, moving to crouch behind a tree.
[18:39] <@Kotono> As Feather holds, Myann quickly brings her sword up in guard. At the same time she chants, a red and white mushroom appearing over Feather. It lands on him and he grows larger, infused with power! OOC: Super Mushroomed. Gildas.
[18:39] <Gildas> Gildas shapeshifts into his predator form and barrels at the location the skeleton was last seen! OOC: Not sure if I can try and hit it after doing that.
[18:40] <@Kotono> OOC: You can. You saw it and can move far enough to get around the cover. Go for it.
[18:40] <Gildas> roll 1d20+14 bear paw to the face
[18:40] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+14 bear paw to the face --> [ 1d20=14 ]{28}
[18:40] <@Kotono> OOC: Success.
[18:41] <Gildas> roll 2d8+10 OOC: They're immune to cold, yeah?
[18:41] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 2d8+10 OOC: They're immune to cold, yeah? --> [ 2d8=6 ]{16}
[18:41] <@Kotono> OOC: Correct.
[18:42] <@Kotono> Gildas barrels through the forest, tearing branches out of the way as he charges! He gets to the skeleton and thrusts forward, a single paw strike shattering the skeleton's jaw! Its head snaps back, neck breaking from the impact. A lethal blow on a living creature, but the skeleton is not phased. The creature before you is a normal skeleton, equipped with bow and arrow. A metal belt is around
[18:42] <@Kotono> its waist. OOC: John.
[18:42] * @John rushes after Gildas around the other side of the tree, bracketing the archer and swinging his staff in to crush it against the treetrunk.
[18:42] <@John> roll 1d20+18 flanking
[18:42] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+18 flanking --> [ 1d20=2 ]{20}
[18:42] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[18:42] <@John> roll 1d6+10+2d6+2d6
[18:42] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d6+10+2d6+2d6 --> [ 1d6=4 2d6=10 2d6=9 ]{33}
[18:43] <@Kotono> KERACK! Seen and exposed, the sneaky archer gets an undeadbane staff to the body! It is crunched against the tree like crispy cracklings, falling in a heap of bone and gear! Got it! OOC: Ow. Its gimmick did not hold at all. Alas for it. Free act.
[18:44] <Gildas> OOC: Any acidic arrows left over?
[18:44] <@Kotono> "Are you all alright?" Myann calls, all while hurrying over to Feather. She quickly chants a heal spell, whilst pulling the arrow out of his body. OOC: Yes, feel free to check it over for gear and I'll loot post.
[18:44] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+5
[18:44] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d8+5 --> [ 1d8=8 ]{13}
[18:45] <Feather> "No, I can't feel my arm," Feather responds, grimacing. "Or my pride. Think that's healable?"
[18:45] <Gildas> Gildas shapeshifts back and kneels down to investigate it for anything that might be useful and not, you know, bashed into hundreds of pieces.
[18:46] <@Kotono> Another follows, as feeling slowly returns ot the arm. Myann leans in and kisses his nose, "I can help with the first. The second," she whispers, "I'll boost your pride when we get back home. After we save the day, I promise."
[18:46] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+5
[18:46] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d8+5 --> [ 1d8=2 ]{7}
[18:46] <@Kotono> OOC: Your arm's usable again, Feather.
[18:47] <@Kotono> OOC: Loot post.
[18:47] * Feather flexes his arms slowly, nodding to himself.
[18:47] <@Kotono> Myann frowns, examines the wound and chants a third time.
[18:47] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+5
[18:47] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d8+5 --> [ 1d8=2 ]{7}
[18:47] <@John> With Gildas doing the looting John ambles over to rejoin Myann and Feather.
[18:48] <Gildas> Gildas does a quick magical detection on the items!
[18:49] <@Kotono> OOC: Spellcraft.
[18:49] <Gildas> roll 1d20+12
[18:49] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+12 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{18}
[18:50] <Feather> "That was bullshit, wasn't it?" Feather complains to John and Myann. "Who does that? Leave skellies lying in wait when the only people coming are his crazy disciples?"
[18:50] <@Kotono> "It went down quickly?" Myann asks John as Gildas detects the item. OOC: Loot updated.
[18:50] <@Kotono> "It was," Myann echos, "But it was probably intelligent enough to lay an ambush. Look at how it fought," Myann points out, "An ambush and hiding. It feels a little too competent to be a mindless skeleton."
[18:51] <Gildas> Gildas tilts his head to the side and picks up the arrows and the belt and returns to the others! "These are magical." He offers the arrows first. "I mean... I think it's obvious how these work, but... I don't know about this." He offers the belt with his other hand. "Can you try, Feather?"
[18:51] <@John> "But we're coming as well," John points out.
[18:51] <Feather> "How would he know that? Hell, if he does know that, won't he leave more than the one? We saw so many next to Grah and all."
[18:51] <Feather> roll 1d20+13 spellcraft
[18:51] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+13 spellcraft --> [ 1d20=10 ]{23}
[18:53] <@John> "We've already seen like a dozen. There's probably more to come."
[18:54] <@Kotono> "I don't know," Myann shakes her head and sighs, "For all we know it's just bad luck, too." OOC: Loot updated.
[18:54] <Feather> "That thought just made my day."
[18:55] <Gildas> "Would you care to use the arrows?" He asks. "They seem simple enough."
[18:56] <Feather> "Sure, I'll start a collection," Feather readily agrees, putting his healed arm to good use storing them. "Wanna grab that, uh, belt thingy? Might be useful for more than skeletons. Or make a good gift to Vasili, I guess."
[18:56] <Gildas> He nods. "I'll take care of it." He puts it into his pack for later!
[18:56] <@Kotono> "I'll take the longbow if no one else is," Myann says, "It might be useful later, or I can borrow arrows if I run out of spells."
[18:57] <Gildas> "But that explains why the skeleton was doing thinking."
[18:57] <Feather> "Just take a few of mine, in case we need to shoot some exploding skellies?"
[18:58] <@Kotono> OOC: Regular arrows then?
[18:58] <Feather> OOC: I can loan her a few, sure
[19:01] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. Moving on then? Same order as before?
[19:01] <@John> OOC: y
[19:01] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:01] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=50 ]{50}
[19:02] <@Kotono> The party walks ahead for another half hour. You see many more tracks, but you have good fortune and don't encounter anything else. Finally, you come to a point where the arrow spins and then points straight up.
[19:02] * Feather looks straight up.
[19:03] <@Kotono> The canopy above is a little warped and twisted. It curves inward, and inspection suggests that it's coiling around something. Not too hard to tell when you have inside information, anyway.
[19:04] <Gildas> "I think we've arrived to their front door." He says with a look around. "I'm not sure if we can just... try and find the door, or..."
[19:04] <@Kotono> Myann looks up, "I don't see anything, it is indeed shielded from fey eyes," she says. "So now what do we do?"
[19:04] <Feather> "Or make a new entrance. Still got me that sword that does it!"
[19:07] <Gildas> Gildas steps over and experimentally tries to touch the arrow onto where he assumes the tower is, in case there's any kind of reaction.
[19:07] <@Kotono> As the arrow is pointing straight up, it's quick to deduce that would require flying or similar methods.
[19:08] <Feather> "Hey, think you could fly up and just drop a rope for me?"
[19:08] <Gildas> He nods. "Yes, I could. I could also just carry you up if I was large enough, if you'd rather."
[19:08] <Feather> "I like climbing."
[19:10] <@John> "Yeah, I can probably climb up too," John adds.
[19:10] <@Kotono> "I can fly," Myann says, "That should cover all of us."
[19:10] <Gildas> "All right. Can I borrow your rope, then?" He shapeshifts first and then hovers.
[19:10] * Feather helpfully provides it!
[19:11] <Gildas> He takes it and starts to go up! Up!
[19:18] <@Kotono> Gildas flies up! OOC: Just going to fly until you hit something, basically?
[19:19] <Gildas> OOC: Pretty much. Taking it slow.
[19:21] <@Kotono> Gildas flies 40ft up before he hits against something. It's a graze as he goes slowly, but he touches something hard and solid.
[19:22] <Gildas> He moves to go around it and looks around for something to tie the rope to!
[19:23] <@Kotono> The tower bottom is really rather broad - quite broad, in fact. As he searches around...OOC: Perception, everyone on the ground.
[19:23] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12 Myann
[19:23] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+12 Myann --> [ 1d20=11 ]{23}
[19:24] <Feather> roll 1d20+11
[19:24] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+11 --> [ 1d20=10 ]{21}
[19:24] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[19:24] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=13 ]{26}
[19:24] <@Kotono> It's John that notices it. A soft but perceptable football from the party's right, in the foliage and out of sight. Something's coming!
[19:26] <@John> "Watch out, something's on our right!" John warns, turning in that direction to meet the threat!
[19:26] <Feather> At the warning, Feather charges straight to the right!
[19:29] <@Kotono> Myann whirls around, blade out. As this happens Feather charges! 50ft ahead and coming out of the foliage is a six-set of red suicide skeletons! They begin to rattle and keen as they see the party, breaking into a run! OOC: Init. Feather's only 25ft away now and the skeletons are heading at him. John+Myann are 50ft away, while Gildas is 50ft away and 40ft above.
[19:29] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Myann
[19:29] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+2 Myann --> [ 1d20=20 ]{22}
[19:29] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 S1
[19:29] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 S2
[19:29] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 S1 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{23}
[19:29] <Feather> roll 1d20+3
[19:29] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 S2 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{16}
[19:29] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{19}
[19:29] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 S3
[19:29] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 S3 --> [ 1d20=18 ]{22}
[19:29] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 S4
[19:29] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 S4 --> [ 1d20=11 ]{15}
[19:29] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 S5
[19:29] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 S5 --> [ 1d20=17 ]{21}
[19:29] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 S6
[19:29] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 S6 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{10}
[19:29] <@John> roll 1d20+3
[19:29] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{22}
[19:30] <Gildas> roll 1d20+3 flappy bird init
[19:30] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+3 flappy bird init --> [ 1d20=13 ]{16}
[19:30] * Kotono changes topic to 'S1(23)>John(22)>S5(21)>Myann=S3(22)>Feather(19)>Gildas=S2(16)>S4(15)>S6(10)'
[19:31] <@Kotono> The first skeleton moves faster than anything, pouncing right at Feather with an open armed glomp!
[19:31] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9 touch AC?
[19:31] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+9 touch AC? --> [ 1d20=15 ]{24}
[19:31] <@Kotono> OOC: Ref assuming that hits.
[19:31] * Kotono changes topic to 'John(22)>S5(21)>Myann=S3(22)>Feather(19)>Gildas=S2(16)>S4(15)>S6(10)'
[19:31] <@Kotono> "More of them?" Myann groans, "Careful, Feather!"
[19:32] <Feather> roll 1d20+7
[19:32] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{23}
[19:32] <@Kotono> Feather is indeed too fast, kicking off the skeleton and leaping several feet back! The explosion grazes him but no damage is done, little fires spreading in the aftermath! OOC: John.
[19:32] <@Kotono> OOC: Evasion, right?
[19:32] <Feather> OOC: Yep
[19:33] * @John runs up to the one on the right of the main group, giving it a whack and seeing if the chain reaction theory holds true!
[19:33] <@John> roll 1d20+16
[19:33] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+16 --> [ 1d20=11 ]{27}
[19:33] <@John> roll 1d6+10+2d6
[19:33] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d6+10+2d6 --> [ 1d6=3 2d6=9 ]{22}
[19:33] <@Kotono> OOC: Just hitting it or trying to knock it into the others or what?
[19:34] <@John> OOC: hitting it
[19:35] * Kotono changes topic to 'John(22)>S5(21)>Myann=S3(22)>Feather(19)>Gildas=S2(16)>S4(15)'
[19:35] <@Kotono> WHAM! The skeleton is hit hard! It shudders and explodes messily, another fireburst! The flames lightly lick at the ones nearby, but they aren't close enough to be engulfed by it. Then the fifth skeleton does the same as the first, going right for Feather!
[19:35] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9 touch CA
[19:35] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+9 touch CA --> [ 1d20=13 ]{22}
[19:35] <@Kotono> OOC: Assuming a hit, roll ref.
[19:35] <Feather> roll 1d20+7 evasion
[19:35] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+7 evasion --> [ 1d20=19 ]{26}
[19:36] * Kotono changes topic to 'John(22)>Myann=S3(22)>Feather(19)>Gildas=S2(16)>S4(15)'
[19:36] <@Kotono> But Feather nimbly dodges as it explodes, pushing it away as more firebursts are born! OOC: Myann.
[19:36] <@Kotono> Myann charges ahead now, going towards the second skeleton and meeting it head on!
[19:36] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+10
[19:36] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+10 --> [ 1d20=13 ]{23}
[19:36] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+5
[19:36] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d8+5 --> [ 1d8=3 ]{8}
[19:37] * Kotono changes topic to 'John(22)>Myann=S3(22)>Feather(19)>Gildas(16)>S4(15)'
[19:37] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[19:37] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=20 ]{27}
[19:37] <@Kotono> roll 4d6/2
[19:37] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 4d6/2 --> [ 4d6=9 ]{4}
[19:38] <@Kotono> Her sword cuts through the skeleton, which explodes partway. She dodges back and parries the worst of the fires, as meanwhile another skeleton leaps up to join Feather in burning explosions!
[19:38] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9
[19:38] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+9 --> [ 1d20=17 ]{26}
[19:38] <@Kotono> OOC: Ref.
[19:39] <Feather> roll 1d20+7 evasion
[19:39] * Kotono changes topic to 'John(22)>Myann(22)>Feather(19)>Gildas(16)>S4(15)'
[19:39] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+7 evasion --> [ 1d20=8 ]{15}
[19:39] <@Kotono> roll 4d6 fire damage owwies
[19:39] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 4d6 fire damage owwies --> [ 4d6=13 ]{13}
[19:40] <@Kotono> This one glomps onto Feather and explodes, fiery pain clouding his world! OW OW OW! As he recoils from this potent blast...OOC: Okay, Feather's up now.
[19:40] <Feather> "That really hurts you little shit!" Feather snaps, kicking a stray bone aside before leaping at the remaining skeleton.
[19:40] <Feather> roll 1d20+15
[19:40] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+15 --> [ 1d20=10 ]{25}
[19:41] <Feather> roll 1d10+5+1d6 elec
[19:41] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d10+5+1d6 elec --> [ 1d10=4 1d6=2 ]{11}
[19:41] <@Kotono> The last skeleton is cut apart, exploding all around Feather as he strikes! OOC: Ref.
[19:42] <Feather> roll 1d20+7 evasion
[19:42] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+7 evasion --> [ 1d20=8 ]{15}
[19:42] <@Kotono> roll 4d6 fire damage owwies
[19:42] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 4d6 fire damage owwies --> [ 4d6=14 ]{14}
[19:43] <@Kotono> BOOM! The blast catches Feather right on, knocking him back in a fiery burst of pain. His world swims as he finds himself prone, the agony of burns making the world a thing of misery. OOC: -2 to all rolls due to considerable pain. Free act. The skeleton bombers are done again.
[19:43] <@Kotono> Myann quickly hurries over, once again chanting a heal spell.
[19:43] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+5
[19:43] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d8+5 --> [ 1d8=4 ]{9}
[19:44] <Feather> "I swear," Feather mutters, before getting the lake water to numb the pain.
[19:44] <Feather> roll 1d8
[19:44] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d8 --> [ 1d8=1 ]{1}
[19:44] <@Kotono> OOC: Also loot post incoming, forgot to increment that just now.
[19:44] <Feather> roll 1d8
[19:44] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d8 --> [ 1d8=7 ]{7}
[19:44] <Feather> roll 1d8
[19:44] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d8 --> [ 1d8=6 ]{6}
[19:44] <Feather> roll 1d8
[19:44] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d8 --> [ 1d8=3 ]{3}
[19:45] <@John> "Seemed to really have it in for you, Feather," John says in commiseration.
[19:46] <@Kotono> All around you little fires burn, starting to spread as you heal Feather.
[19:46] <Gildas> With nothing left to do, especially since he never even had a chance to do anything, Gildas will go back to trying to find a suitable place to tie the rope he was given.
[19:47] * @John once more beats out the fires.
[19:48] <Feather> "Hey, maybe we wanna let it burn around the tower thing?" Feather wonders out loud. "Just put the fire out everywhere else?"
[19:50] <@John> "It'll keep spreading though, unless we build like a firebreak or something," John says, not stopping his efforts. They can light a new fire if they want after they've taken that precaution.
[19:51] <Feather> "Sure thing, let's do that next," Feather agrees, helping out.
[19:54] <@Kotono> OOC: So okay, Gildas is going to find a rope point while the rest of you put the fires out, then build a firebreak and start it again?
[19:54] <Feather> OOC: I want to give it a try. Maybe the defenses won't work against fire, or something obvious will be revealed.
[19:56] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:56] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=16 ]{16}
[19:56] <@Kotono> roll 1d100
[19:56] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=54 ]{54}
[19:57] <@Kotono> Gildas finds a little overhang on the bottom. It's not much, just enough to tie a rope on if you wish. Meanwhile the party works below. The fire's put out and a firebreak is made around the ground beneath the tower.
[19:57] <Gildas> He will tie the rope! He shapeshifts back as necessary in order to do so.
[19:59] <Feather> "Ah, that's probably a stupid idea," Feather mutters, before trying to climb the rope Gildas had secured.
[20:00] * @John waits for Feather to get all the way up before he makes his own attempt.
[20:03] <@Kotono> OOC: What's your relevant mod here, Feather?
[20:03] <@Kotono> OOC: You as well, John.
[20:04] <@John> OOC: +15
[20:04] <Feather> OOC: +10
[20:06] <@Kotono> Climbing up goes without incident, reaching the top of the room and the bottom of the tower. Myann takes mushroom hawk form and follows.
[20:07] * @John fumbles around blindly wondering where to go next and hoping he doesn't fall off.
[20:08] * Feather looks at the arrow!
[20:13] <@Kotono> Thea rrow is pointing straight up.
[20:14] <Feather> "Can you find another spot to hang the rope?" Feather asks Gildas uncertainly. "Or maybe, cause it's invisible and all, that spell that shows invisible stuff might help?"
[20:16] * @John fumbles around for handholds while they wait.
[20:16] <Gildas> He nods to Feather. "How about... I have an idea. Hold on." OOC: Does the arrow vanish when I shapeshift or does it persist?
[20:17] <@Kotono> It feels like the smooth bottom of something. Not much in the way of handholds, like you're groping the bottom of something. OOC: I presumed you dropped it and grabbed it in claw after. It doesn't naturally.
[20:17] <Gildas> OOC: Okay.
[20:17] <Gildas> He shapeshifts and grabs the arrow again and takes a small fly around to see if the arrow does anything besides point up!
[20:19] <@Kotono> When you go higher than 40ft, it points in the direction of the tower unerringly, matching the circles you fly.
[20:19] <@Kotono> Myann lazily flies around, keeping her gaze downward as the two hold position ont he rope.
[20:19] <Feather> "If we break the bottom of it," Feather asks curiously, trying to do just that with the adamantium blade, "does everything just fall out?"
[20:22] <@Kotono> OOC: Wha'ts your damage with the blade?
[20:22] <Gildas> Gildas flies back down to the others and shapeshifts back. "I don't think it can tell us where the entrance is, just that it's... there."
[20:23] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12
[20:23] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+12 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{21}
[20:23] <Feather> OOC: It's an adamant blade that does 1d10+5+2d12 and an extra 14 with PA
[20:23] <Feather> OOC: No wait, I calculated the PA wrong, but that's the general area
[20:24] <@Kotono> Meanwhile, Myann circles 40ft to the left and makes a loud birdcall, circling there. As this happens, Feather chops through some of the tower bottom. He quickly opens up a hole! It's warmer within, gushing out to soothe the party's chill. You can see a dimly lit interior now, a hole to enter.
[20:25] <Feather> "Hey, Gildas, can you check what Myann's found?" Feather asks, before taking a look inside the hole he just made.
[20:25] <Gildas> He nods and flies up to meet her!

[Ebiris]

[18:07] <@Kotono> Feather looks in. Inside is a room empty of everything, save for doors on th enorth and south wall. The room's about 20ft by 20ft and a roughly hewn square. Light comes from torches that burn with heatless flame. In the southeastern corner, a man-sized blob of dull grey ooze is stirring, starting to come towards Feather! In the meantime, Gildas goes to look. Below, you can see another squad of
[18:07] <@Kotono> suicide skeletons approaching, looking up at the party! OOC: Init here. Gildas and Myann are 40ft up and 40ft to the left of the rope. The skeletons are below those two. John is 35ft up the rope and Feather is 40ft up the rope and peeking into the room above.
[18:08] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2
[18:08] <@Kotono> OOC: I auto-cast summon miko with the 'fiery personality' metamagic.
[18:08] * Joins: Rei-chan (~mars@cpc9-sgyl30-2-0-cust73.sgyl.cable.virginm.net)
[18:09] <@John> roll 1d20+3
[18:09] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=18 ]{21}
[18:09] <Feather> roll 1d20+3
[18:09] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=18 ]{21}
[18:09] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Myann
[18:09] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+2 Myann --> [ 1d20=15 ]{17}
[18:09] * Kotono changes topic to 'John=Feather(21)>Myann(17)'
[18:09] <@John> "Uh, Feather... better get in there or down quick or we might lose our rope," John warns.
[18:10] <Gildas> roll 1d20+3
[18:10] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=3 ]{6}
[18:10] * Kotono changes topic to 'John=Feather(21)>Myann(17)>Myann(6)'
[18:10] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 S1
[18:10] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 S2
[18:10] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 S1 --> [ 1d20=10 ]{14}
[18:10] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 S3
[18:10] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 S2 --> [ 1d20=20 ]{24}
[18:10] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 S4
[18:10] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 S3 --> [ 1d20=16 ]{20}
[18:10] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 S4 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{16}
[18:10] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 S5
[18:10] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 S5 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{13}
[18:10] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 S6
[18:10] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 S6 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{13}
[18:10] <@Kotono> roll 1d20-5 ooze
[18:10] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20-5 ooze --> [ 1d20=10 ]{5}
[18:10] * Kotono changes topic to 'John=Feather(21)>Myann(17)>Gildas6)'
[18:11] * Kotono changes topic to 'S2(24)>John=Feather(21)>S3(20)>Myann(17)>S4(16)>S1(14)>S5=S6(13)>Gildas(6)>Grey Ooze(5)'
[18:12] <@Kotono> The second skeleton rattles and howls, running to the rope. It runs around it over and over, in a circle! OOC: John and Feather, go.
[18:13] <Feather> "Got an ooze here!" Feather calls down to John, climbing into the room and heading straight for the door at the north end before trying to open it.
[18:14] * @John climbs up after Feather and takes a defensive position between him and the ooze!
[18:14] <@Kotono> Feather runs to the door and throws it open! Ahead is a hallway, a door at the end and one to the right of it. One barely has a chance to see, for a large, rotting, human zombie approaches. It groans incoherently, carrying a massive warhammer as it sees you! OOC: Adding to init now, rolled him in DM room since you couldn't see him. He's 15ft down the hall from you, and the doors are 10ft past
[18:14] <@Kotono> him for 25ft away from you.
[18:14] * Kotono changes topic to 'S2(24)>John=Feather(21)>S3(20)>Myann(17)>S4(16)>S1(14)>S5=S6(13)>Warhammer Zombie(11)>Gildas(6)>Grey Ooze(5)'
[18:15] <@Kotono> John meanwhile takes the defensive, on guard! Below, the third skeleton joins the second, running around the rope and rattling. OOC: Myann's up.
[18:17] <@Kotono> Myann flies over to the tower, staying just below the hole for now. OOC: Okay, positioning for her since she's not going down to get exploded on. Suicidiers are up.
[18:18] <@Kotono> The rest of the skeletons join the other two, running around the rope and rattling. They run ceaselessly, throwing their arms up. Meanwhile the warhammer zombie approaches, lurching towards Feather! It raises its hammer, bringing it down hard! Feather can see the green skin and rotting eyes of the beast, a look of hopeless terror written on its face.
[18:18] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 AC
[18:18] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+6 AC --> [ 1d20=12 ]{18}
[18:18] <Feather> OOC: AC26
[18:19] <@Kotono> WHAM! The hammer slams down like a comet, hitting the ground! The entire tower momentarily shudders, but the floor isn't damaged, nor is Feather. OOC: Gildas.
[18:19] <Gildas> OOC: Can I make it into the tower?
[18:20] <@Kotono> OOC: Just.
[18:20] <Gildas> OOC: OK
[18:20] <@Kotono> OOC: Actually no, you have booste dmove. You should be able to. Myann doesn't so much.
[18:20] <Gildas> Gildas swoops down into the tower and shapeshifts back to his predator form once he's inside! OOC: I don't think I can reach anything, so I'll just end there
[18:22] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay.
[18:22] <@Kotono> The ooze is already lumbering forward. It slowly approaches John, a tendril of slime becoming a crude club to smash him with!
[18:22] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 AC?
[18:22] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+6 AC? --> [ 1d20=20 ]{26}
[18:22] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 AC? ow
[18:22] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+6 AC? ow --> [ 1d20=5 ]{11}
[18:23] <@John> OOC: 27 not that it helps
[18:23] <@Kotono> roll 1d6+3 plus 1 cha damage
[18:23] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d6+3 plus 1 cha damage --> [ 1d6=1 ]{4}
[18:25] <@Kotono> WHAM! It's a perfect lucky shot, hitting John right in the arm. It isn't a serious blow, yet the slime ripples with it. John's face appears all over it, the club transforming into a staff. His voice comes from the ooze, rippling each time it speaks. "Hungry. Eat. Hungry. Eat. Eat. Hungry. Hungry. Hungry. Eat. Hungry. Eat. Eat." As this happens, the southern door is thrown open. Another zombie
[18:25] <@Kotono> is there, this one with a glaive. It's the zombie of an elf, groaning in profound misery as it advances! OOC: Adding to init.
[18:25] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2
[18:25] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{14}
[18:25] * Kotono changes topic to 'S2(24)>John=Feather(21)>S3(20)>Myann(17)>S4(16)>S1=Elf Zombie(14)>S5=S6(13)>Warhammer Zombie(11)>Gildas(6)>Grey Ooze(5)'
[18:26] <@Kotono> The second skeleton continues to runa round the rope below. OOC: John'n'Feather combo is up. Let's rock.
[18:27] <Feather> A stray thought entertains Feather, of dropping one skeleton on top of others and watching them all explode. But as yet another enemy shows up, he decides to shelve it until he thins their numbers some!
[18:27] <Feather> roll 1d20+15
[18:27] <Feather> roll 1d20+10
[18:27] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+15 --> [ 1d20=10 ]{25}
[18:27] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+10 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{22}
[18:27] <@Kotono> OOC: Who are you attacking?
[18:27] <Feather> OOC: The one I'm in melee with
[18:28] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. Both hit.
[18:28] <Feather> roll 2#1d10+7+2d6+1d6 last is elec
[18:28] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 2#1d10+7+2d6+1d6 last is elec --> [ 1d10=1 2d6=5 1d6=1 ]{14}, [ 1d10=7 2d6=9 1d6=3 ]{26}
[18:29] <@John> "St-stop tha-that!" John says with an unfortunate stutter he seems to have picked up, but it doesn't disrupt his ability to lay into the ooze with his staff over and over again!
[18:29] <@John> roll 1d20+11
[18:29] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+11 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{19}
[18:29] <@John> roll 1d20+11
[18:29] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+11 --> [ 1d20=11 ]{22}
[18:29] <@John> roll 1d20+11
[18:29] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+11 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{30}
[18:29] <@John> roll 1d20+6
[18:29] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+6 --> [ 1d20=11 ]{17}
[18:29] <@John> roll 1d20+6
[18:29] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+6 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{25}
[18:30] * Kotono changes topic to 'S2(24)>John=Feather(21)>S3(20)>Myann(17)>S4(16)>S1=Elf Zombie(14)>S5=S6(13)>Gildas(6)>Grey Ooze(5)'
[18:30] <@Kotono> OOC: All hit.
[18:30] <@John> roll 5#1d6+6
[18:30] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 5#1d6+6 --> [ 1d6=4 ]{10}, [ 1d6=4 ]{10}, [ 1d6=4 ]{10}, [ 1d6=2 ]{8}, [ 1d6=2 ]{8}
[18:31] * Kotono changes topic to 'S2(24)>John=Feather(21)>S3(20)>Myann(17)>S4(16)>S1=Elf Zombie(14)>S5=S6(13)>Gildas(6)>Grey Ooze(5 stunned 1)'
[18:32] <@Kotono> Face after face is battered down! They all vanish, the staff returning to being a club. The ooze rocks back, seemingly stunned by the assault! But it isn't down, holding together well. Meanwhile, Feather meets the challenge of the warhammer zombie. A pair of slashes tears it apart, ice and lightning destroying it from within! OOC: Ow. S3 is up.
[18:33] <@Kotono> Below the skeletons continue to run and scream. Meanwhile Myann lands inside and transforms back her normal form, before quickly gathering up the rope and away from the reach of the skeletons. OOC: She's taking care of that loose end. The skeletons continue to run around like mindless skeletons below. Elf zombie is up.
[18:33] <@Kotono> OOC: Removing skeletons from init fo rnow, since they have no meaningfulw ay of impacting the battle.
[18:34] * Kotono changes topic to 'John=Feather(21)>Myann(17)>Elf Zombie(14)>SGildas(6)>Grey Ooze(5 stunned 1)'
[18:34] <@Kotono> The elf zombie stumbles forward, taking a crude slash at Gildas, keeping distance with the reach of its glaive.
[18:34] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7 AC?
[18:34] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+7 AC? --> [ 1d20=1 ]{8}
[18:34] <Gildas> OOC: Infinite, apparently
[18:34] <@Kotono> But the slash is slow and pathetic, Gildas not even needing to dodge as it misses completely. OOC: Ow. Gildas.
[18:34] * Kotono changes topic to 'John=Feather(21)>Myann(17)>Elf Zombie(14)>Gildas(6)>Grey Ooze(5 stunned 1)'
[18:34] <Gildas> OOC: It's really 23 though
[18:35] <Gildas> OOC: Do I count as being in melee with it? I'm guessing no because of the weapon
[18:35] <@Kotono> OOC: No, reach weapon.
[18:35] <@Kotono> OOC: You can just 5ft step in, though.
[18:36] <Gildas> OOC: Okay, then I'll do that. Just one attack, correct?
[18:37] <@Kotono> OOC: If you 5ft step you can full attack and flurry, if you please.
[18:37] <Gildas> OOC: Oh, well all right then.
[18:37] <Gildas> The bear steps forward into the elf's face and raises up, attempting to decimate it in a flurry of paw strikes!
[18:37] <Gildas> roll 1d20+13
[18:37] <Gildas> roll 1d20+13
[18:37] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=5 ]{18}
[18:37] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=18 ]{31}
[18:37] <Gildas> roll 1d20+8
[18:37] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+8 --> [ 1d20=19 ]{27}
[18:38] <@Kotono> OOC: All hit. Go ahead adn aroll damage, I'll be a sec.
[18:39] <Gildas> roll 6d8+30+3d6+3d6 the first d6 is cold, the second is fire from the Claws
[18:39] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 6d8+30+3d6+3d6 the first d6 is cold, the second is fire from the Claws --> [ 6d8=20 3d6=10 3d6=11 ]{71}
[18:46] <@Kotono> The zombie is laid into, a paw strike hitting it in the chest. Said chest ruptures, black, rancid blood spraying out. Another swipe cuts its head in half, causing the zombie to collapse! As it does, what remains of its face twists from a grimace to a half-realized look of relief. OOC:Ow. Ooze is stunned. John'n'Feather.
[18:46] * Kotono changes topic to 'John=Feather(21)>Myann(17))>Gildas(6)>Grey Ooze(5)'
[18:47] * Feather circles around the ooze to take some of the heat off John.
[18:47] <@Kotono> OOC: Flanking?
[18:48] <Feather> OOC: Yep
[18:48] <@Kotono> OOC: Okay. John, going to take advantage?
[18:48] <@John> "Th-thanks!" John nods in appreciation, continuing his savage assault!
[18:48] <@John> roll 1d20+13 flanking
[18:48] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+13 flanking --> [ 1d20=5 ]{18}
[18:48] <@John> roll 1d20+13 flanking
[18:48] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+13 flanking --> [ 1d20=10 ]{23}
[18:48] <@John> roll 1d20+13 flanking
[18:48] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+13 flanking --> [ 1d20=8 ]{21}
[18:48] <@John> roll 1d20+8 flanking
[18:48] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+8 flanking --> [ 1d20=20 ]{28}
[18:48] <@John> roll 1d20+8 flanking
[18:48] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+8 flanking --> [ 1d20=12 ]{20}
[18:49] <@John> roll 5#1d6+6+2d6
[18:49] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 5#1d6+6+2d6 --> [ 1d6=4 2d6=2 ]{12}, [ 1d6=2 2d6=6 ]{14}, [ 1d6=1 2d6=5 ]{12}, [ 1d6=5 2d6=5 ]{16}, [ 1d6=1 2d6=6 ]{13}
[18:53] <@Kotono> The massive onslaught is too much. The slime is battered down, crushed into oozy trails on the ground! Got it! You can now see the southern door and what is through it. Within is a room full of body parts. Humanoid body parts hang like meat in a butcher's shop. In the center is a metal carosel, where hundreds of humanoid heads slowly turn around and around. Each one stares at the party - and
[18:53] <@Kotono> after a moment, you can see the eyes moving and blinking, the faces a mix of confusion and curiosity. Each face mirrors the exact same reactions in perfect harmony with the others. OOC: Free act.
[18:54] <Feather> Grimacing, Feather moves to kick the pair of sliced up zombies down the hole he had made, and then waits for a moment to listen for any explosions below.
[18:55] <@John> "Th-that's creepy... at-at l-least the-they're n-not in p-pain...?" John says, observing the carousel of heads.
[18:55] <@Kotono> OOC: Aiming them below or just kicking them out?
[18:56] <Feather> OOC: If I can aim, I will!
[18:56] <@Kotono> OOC: Sure. Ranged attack roll.
[18:57] <Gildas> Bear-Gildas makes a growling noise before he shapeshifts back. "Disgusting."
[18:57] <Feather> roll 1d20+9
[18:57] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+9 --> [ 1d20=3 ]{12}
[18:57] <@Kotono> OOC: Roll for the other body.
[18:58] <Feather> roll 1d20+29 true strike!
[18:58] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+29 true strike! --> [ 1d20=8 ]{37}
[18:58] <@Kotono> The body is kicked out! The first misses, but the second hits a skeleton dead on! There's a loud BOOM, followed by BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM! Explosions rock the ground below, skeletons exploding!
[18:59] <@Kotono> Myann stops and stares. She starts to smile and laugh, clutching her sides despite barely laughing at all. "Feather..." she groans, "Come here. Hold me. The Sidhe is...is the nicer reaction to this."
[18:59] <Gildas> "I hope that doesn't cause any lingering destruction..." He says with a glance over the edge, then a frown in Myann's direction.
[19:00] * Feather nods to himself at a job well done. "It really is pretty funny, in a creepy way," he admits, putting his arm around Myann's shoulder. At Gildas's words, he says, "Wanna take a look while we explore here? Did build a wall against fire down there and all."
[19:01] <@Kotono> "I can hear them," Myann clings to him, "A mantle. They're a mantle, or something like it. It's very quiet, but I can hear them when I'm close. It's wrong. They're not quite a mantle, but they're something like it."
[19:01] <@Kotono> OOC: Minor loot post for post-battle drops, if you're interested. Forgot to post this when I got back. It's only two wepaons.
[19:01] <Feather> "Does it get quieter the more of them we kill?"
[19:01] <Gildas> He nods and flies out to take a quick look-see.
[19:02] <@Kotono> Going out, Gildas sees that the skeletons below are now all gone. A fire is burning below from all the explosions.
[19:02] <Gildas> OOC: Spreading anywhere?
[19:02] <@Kotono> "I don't know. It's the heads," she explains, meeting those gazes. "They're whispering about things...things I don't want to hear. Horrible things."
[19:02] <@Kotono> The firebreaks made previously are keepnig the fire within reasonable bounds, at least.
[19:03] <Feather> "Well then, let's bust a few heads!"
[19:04] <Gildas> He flies back up and to the others! He catches the end of that with a frown. "I... wonder if that's a wise idea. The last time we did that, it empowered him."
[19:04] <Feather> "What?!"
[19:04] <Gildas> "Well, when we killed him, remember?" He asks. "I just wonder if these things... might be similar."
[19:05] * @John just looks between Feather and Gildas, not feeling confident enough to say anything.
[19:05] <@Kotono> "I think we need to, even if you're right," Myann says, licking her lips, "El told us that unison is from a kingdom above this, and it's similar to what the Sidhe do. Johann knows about the kingdoms above us. Look at what he's doing here."
[19:05] <Feather> "Well, we can't kill him if we're too worried about killing him...." Feather trails off, confused himself now. "Well, wanna toss them down into the fire?" he offers as a compromise.
[19:06] <Gildas> He nods to Myann, then to Feather. "That may be the best solution."
[19:06] <Feather> "Let's each grab one," he tells Gildas, before proceeding to break the carosel into pieces.
[19:07] <@Kotono> The carosel is smashed apart. The multitude of heads fall about, removed as it is smashed. They stare at Feather as he works, frowning, but do nothing else.
[19:07] <Gildas> He shapeshifts back to his predator form for the messy job but helps out!
[19:07] * Feather grabs one by the piece of wood it is still attached too and then drops the head into one of the fires below.
[19:07] * @John chips in, apologising to the heads as he goes.
[19:08] <@Kotono> The head falls. It burns and shatters on impact, more and more going. As it goes, Myann nods, "It's getting quieter. Keep going."
[19:08] <Feather> "Works for me!"
[19:10] <@Kotono> Soon the party has tossed down all the heads. The growing fire below consumes them, leaving naught but ash. Myann perks up as it goes, her distress fading. "It's gone," she reports when it's done. "I don't hear the false mantle anymore."
[19:11] <Gildas> "Hm... Perhaps that's been his goal this entire time." He says after he shapeshifts back. "To create a mantle of undeath for himself."
[19:11] <Feather> "So, where to now?" Feather asks, looking for ways ahead.
[19:11] <@Kotono> The room with the heads has no other doors. The northern passage has a door on the other end of the hall, as well as a door to the right of that.
[19:12] <Feather> "I break that door down," Feather says, gesturing at the end of the hall. "John, could you get the one on the right?"
[19:12] * @John seems quite happy to follow the others rather than put forward any decision himself. Thankfully Feather obliges his will to serve and he cheerfully nods. "R-righto!"
[19:13] <@Kotono> "It might be." Myann murmurs back to Gildas. "Feather, I'm relieved every time this happens that you got rid of those eyes. All the Sidhe power isn't worth it. It isn't worth this." She then turns to John and smiles faintly, "Remember not to accept gifts like that from the Sidhe, no matter what. It isn't worth it. Stay like you are."
[19:13] * @John ducks his head deferentially to such sage wisdom.
[19:14] <Feather> Not like they have a choice, Feather muses, but they'll deal with any future problems in the future, where they belong.
[19:14] <@Kotono> OOC: Opening the two doors.
[19:14] <Feather> OOC: Yes
[19:15] <Gildas> Gildas follows along with the others!
[19:17] <@Kotono> John kicks open the right-side door! Within is a circular room full of hooks, chains, long knives and cleavers. They're all sorted and stacked. They match the ones used in the butchery that held the carosel of heads. The northern door is kicked open! Within is a the apex of a long, circular hallway going in both directions, curving. The walls are covered in formula in many languages. Unlike the
[19:17] <@Kotono> formula at the Dead Waterfall, these aren't overwritten by WRONG and other such scrawls. Instead these formula shift and constantly recalculate. Feather's eyes instinctively dart away from them, a sense of uneasiness going over him as he glances at one in common.
[19:18] <Feather> "Fuck but it's creepy," Feather mutters, stepping away from the doorway to avoid looking at it. "Hey, where do you think Grah's being held? Very top?"
[19:18] <@John> "S'a t-toolshed," John reports the contents of his room, heading over to join Feather since it's a dead end with nothing useful.
[19:20] <Gildas> "That's a good question. Johann is probably at the top, I would assume..." He responds. "We may as well explore this level fully first."
[19:20] <@Kotono> "What is it?" Myann asks, "Johann or whomever is here is likely at the most defensible point. AS for Grah?"A  shrug follows. "Somewhere.
[19:20] <@Kotono> "
[19:20] <Feather> "Or I could punch a hole through the ceiling and keep going?"
[19:22] <Gildas> "I leave it up to you, but there might be something useful on this floor." He says. "We can always explore later, though."
[19:22] <Feather> "Yeah, I'm more worried about all the guards being at the usual routes."
[19:26] <@Kotono> As the party chats and lingers...OOC: PErception, all.
[19:26] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12 Myann
[19:26] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+12 Myann --> [ 1d20=6 ]{18}
[19:26] <Gildas> roll 1d20+13
[19:26] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=18 ]{31}
[19:26] <Feather> roll 1d20+11
[19:26] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+11 --> [ 1d20=13 ]{24}
[19:28] <@John> roll 1d20+3
[19:28] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=2 ]{5}
[19:28] <@John> OOC: +13 so 15
[19:28] <@Kotono> They're coming. The party can hear them. They're 40ft from you in both directions, coming around the curve of the hallway. The walking dead - skeletons and zombies. A multitude of old weapons and rusty armor is worn, dual masses approaching the party! They aren't making any effort to be quiet, marching towards you with grim determination. OOC: Init. DC was really low at least to hear 'em.
[19:28] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+2 Myann
[19:28] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+2 Myann --> [ 1d20=18 ]{20}
[19:28] <Feather> roll 1d20+3
[19:28] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+1 leftside undead horde
[19:28] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=10 ]{13}
[19:28] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+1 leftside undead horde --> [ 1d20=3 ]{4}
[19:28] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 rightside undead horde
[19:28] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 rightside undead horde --> [ 1d20=11 ]{15}
[19:29] <@John> roll 1d20+3
[19:29] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=2 ]{5}
[19:29] * Kotono changes topic to 'Myann(20)>Feather(13)>Right Horde(15)>John(5)>Left Horde(4)'
[19:29] <Gildas> roll 1d20+3
[19:29] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{10}
[19:30] * Kotono changes topic to 'Myann(20)>Right Horde(15)>Feather(13)>Gildas(10)>John(5)>Left Horde(4)'
[19:31] <@Kotono> OOC: Myann opens.
[19:31] <@Kotono> Myann quickly chants, a red and white mushroom appearing over Feather. It makes his body grow, protecting him! OOC: Super Mushroomed, Feather. Right horde is up.
[19:32] <@Kotono> The right-side horde of thew alking dead advances 20ft! They aren't fast moving, but they're only 20ft away from the party now! OOC: Feather.
[19:33] <@Kotono> The groan and rattle of the dead fills your ears as they advance. They stare at the party, attacking on without anything but a look of infinite determination. No hunger, no hate, no regret.
[19:34] <Feather> Grinning at Myann in thanks, Feather leaps at the horde of undead to their right with a lightning-charged kick!
[19:35] <Feather> roll 1d20+10 zap
[19:35] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+10 zap --> [ 1d20=11 ]{21}
[19:35] <@Kotono> OOC: Hitski.
[19:36] <Feather> roll 1d4+4+5d6 elec
[19:36] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d4+4+5d6 elec --> [ 1d4=1 5d6=21 ]{26}
[19:37] <@Kotono> WHAM! Feather leaps in, boot slamming hard into the skull of a zombie! It explodes with electricity, the rest of it crumpling in a heap. He meets the charge head on, at the ready! OOC: Ows. Gildas.
[19:38] <Gildas> OOC: The left horde still has a bit to actually make it to the rest of the party, yes?
[19:39] <@Kotono> OOC: Yes, 40ft away. Right horde is 20ft away.
[19:39] <Gildas> OOC: OK!
[19:39] <Gildas> Gildas shapeshifts and moves to join Feather, a paw reaching out to strike one of the other undead!
[19:40] <Gildas> roll 1d20+14 whapaw
[19:40] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+14 whapaw --> [ 1d20=6 ]{20}
[19:40] <@Kotono> OOC: Hits.
[19:41] <Gildas> roll 2d8+10+1d6 last is fire
[19:41] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 2d8+10+1d6 last is fire --> [ 2d8=10 1d6=5 ]{25}
[19:41] <@Kotono> WHAM! A skeleton is burnt and burst from the strike! It recoils massively, burning up under his new, fire infused strike! OOC: Le ow. John.
[19:41] <@John> Trusting Feather and Gildas to hold off their flank, John moves to meet the remaining horde and hold the line!
[19:42] <@John> roll 1d20+16
[19:42] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+16 --> [ 1d20=11 ]{27}
[19:42] <@John> roll 1d6+10+2d6
[19:42] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d6+10+2d6 --> [ 1d6=4 2d6=8 ]{22}
[19:44] <@Kotono> WHAM! An anti-undead staff smash hits the right horde dead on! The front one is a shambling human, smashed apart by the staff! It becomes gooey ruin, slaughtered as the staff in John's hands grows warmer yet. OOC: Left horde is up.
[19:48] <@Kotono> The second horde stops and surrounds John! They're slow moving, easy targets if he wishes. OOC: Surrounding you provokes an AoO, if you wish to take it.
[19:48] <@John> OOC: I have three of them!
[19:48] <@John> roll 1d20+16
[19:48] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+16 --> [ 1d20=3 ]{19}
[19:51] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit. AoO away then.
[19:51] <@John> roll 1d20+16
[19:51] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+16 --> [ 1d20=17 ]{33}
[19:51] <@John> roll 1d20+16
[19:51] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+16 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{28}
[19:51] <@John> roll 1d20+16
[19:51] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+16 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{25}
[19:51] <@Kotono> OOC: Those allhit.
[19:51] <@John> roll 4#1d6+10+2d6
[19:51] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 4#1d6+10+2d6 --> [ 1d6=4 2d6=6 ]{20}, [ 1d6=5 2d6=7 ]{22}, [ 1d6=1 2d6=2 ]{13}, [ 1d6=1 2d6=7 ]{18}
[19:52] <@Kotono> Cursed undead after cursed undead falls to John's staff! Four more and then a few more are slain! His staff glitters with radiance briefly as they do, growing warmer again in his hands! But more come, inevitable as they claw at him from all directions!
[19:52] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+5
[19:52] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=17 ]{22}
[19:52] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3
[19:52] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[19:52] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+3 --> [ 1d20=3 ]{6}
[19:52] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=11 ]{18}
[19:52] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6
[19:52] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+6 --> [ 1d20=2 ]{8}
[19:52] <@Kotono> OOC: AC?
[19:52] <@John> OOC: AC 21
[19:53] <@Kotono> roll 1d6+4+1d4
[19:53] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d6+4+1d4 --> [ 1d6=5 1d4=4 ]{13}
[19:53] <@Kotono> OOC: Also quick fort.
[19:54] <@John> roll 1d20+9 +11 vs poison immune to disease
[19:54] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+9 +11 vs poison immune to disease --> [ 1d20=7 ]{16}
[19:55] <@Kotono> John is slashed and bitten, the undead relentless! The blows are heavy but he maintains his focus, fighting against the living dead! OOC: Myann.
[19:58] <@Kotono> Myann goes to join John, charging into the undead with a single heavy slash!
[19:58] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+14 (+2 charge, +2 favored enemy)
[19:58] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+14 (+2 charge, +2 favored enemy) --> [ 1d20=19 ]{33}
[19:58] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+7
[19:58] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d8+7 --> [ 1d8=4 ]{11}
[19:59] <@Kotono> A zombie gets it in the back, impaled from behind by Myann's crystal sword. It goes down and re-dead, "Hold on," she calls, as...OOC: Right horde is up.
[19:59] <@Kotono> The right side horde advances on the two, looking ot surround them! OOC: This provokes AoOs. You can take as many AoOs as you have, if you have Combat Reflexes or the like. It's a lot of shambling creatures that aren't big on defense.
[19:59] <@Kotono> OOC: On Gildas and Feather, to be clear. Dur.
[20:00] <Feather> roll 1d20+15
[20:00] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+15 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{23}
[20:00] <@Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[20:00] * Feather takes it more seriously this time, his sword slashing through a zombie's neck!
[20:00] <Gildas> OOC: Okay, let me double-check how many I get
[20:00] <@Kotono> OOC: Sure.
[20:01] <Gildas> OOC: I believe that is 3 total, unless I get one in addition to the three from my dex bonus
[20:01] <Feather> roll 2d8+9+2d6+1d6
[20:01] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 2d8+9+2d6+1d6 --> [ 2d8=3 2d6=5 1d6=1 ]{18}
[20:01] <@Kotono> OOC: It's 1 + dex mod.
[20:01] <Gildas> OOC: OK
[20:01] <Gildas> roll 1d20+14
[20:01] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+14 --> [ 1d20=15 ]{29}
[20:01] <Gildas> roll 1d20+14
[20:02] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+14 --> [ 1d20=2 ]{16}
[20:02] <Gildas> roll 1d20+14
[20:02] <Gildas> roll 1d20+14
[20:02] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+14 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{23}
[20:02] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+14 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{21}
[20:02] <@Kotono> OOC: All hit.
[20:02] <Gildas> roll 4#2d8+10+1d6 last is fire
[20:02] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 4#2d8+10+1d6 last is fire --> [ 2d8=6 1d6=4 ]{20}, [ 2d8=11 1d6=2 ]{23}, [ 2d8=9 1d6=6 ]{25}, [ 2d8=12 1d6=4 ]{26}
[20:03] <@Kotono> More undead are massacred! Over a half dozen fall between the two, but more are coming! You don't see an end to them as far as you can see, the halls tuffed with them! They lurch forward relentlessly, clawing and biting and slashing at the duo!
[20:03] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Feather
[20:03] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+3 Feather --> [ 1d20=13 ]{16}
[20:03] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Feather
[20:03] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+6 Feather --> [ 1d20=3 ]{9}
[20:03] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 Feather
[20:03] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 Feather --> [ 1d20=9 ]{13}
[20:03] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Feather
[20:03] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+5 Feather --> [ 1d20=16 ]{21}
[20:03] <@Kotono> OOC: AC Feather?
[20:03] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 Gildas
[20:03] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 Gildas --> [ 1d20=11 ]{15}
[20:03] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Gildas
[20:03] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+5 Gildas --> [ 1d20=6 ]{11}
[20:03] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 Gildas
[20:03] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 Gildas --> [ 1d20=10 ]{14}
[20:04] <Feather> OOC: AC 24
[20:04] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Gildas
[20:04] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+7 Gildas --> [ 1d20=1 ]{8}
[20:04] <@Kotono> OOC: AC Gildas?
[20:04] <Gildas> OOC: 23
[20:04] <@Kotono> The flurry of violence is withstood. Feather defends himself and Gildas dodges, the two wading the sea of undeath like a kiddie pool! OOC: Feather.
[20:05] * Feather unleashes his own brand of violence on the corpses surrounding them!
[20:05] <Feather> roll 1d20+15
[20:05] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+15 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{23}
[20:05] <Feather> roll 1d20+10
[20:05] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+10 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{11}
[20:05] <@Kotono> OOC: One hit.
[20:05] <Feather> roll 2d8+9+2d6+1d6
[20:05] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 2d8+9+2d6+1d6 --> [ 2d8=12 2d6=10 1d6=1 ]{32}
[20:06] <@Kotono> Another skeleton gets cut in half as Feather fights, defenses up as yet more come! OOC: Gildas.
[20:06] <Gildas> Gildas raises up and tries to smash the nearby undead with his paws!
[20:06] <Gildas> roll 1d20+13
[20:06] <Gildas> roll 1d20+13
[20:06] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=11 ]{24}
[20:06] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{19}
[20:06] <Gildas> roll 1d20+8
[20:06] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+8 --> [ 1d20=10 ]{18}
[20:06] <@Kotono> OOC: All hit.
[20:07] <Gildas> roll 3#2d8+10+1d6 last is fire
[20:07] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 3#2d8+10+1d6 last is fire --> [ 2d8=7 1d6=4 ]{21}, [ 2d8=12 1d6=4 ]{26}, [ 2d8=8 1d6=2 ]{20}
[20:07] <@Kotono> Three more and another after. Four more are slain. They fight with no defense, no creativity. They don't throw things or improvise like the mindants, nor do they hurl thunderous wrath like the lizards. They simply approach, attack and are cut down. Endlessly. More yet come as...OOC: Okay. John.
[20:08] <@John> Enveloped by skeletons and zombies, this could be an awful last stand, but John consoles himself that only so many can get to him at once! So he tries to kill all the ones currently getting at him to give some others a chance!
[20:08] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[20:08] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=17 ]{30}
[20:08] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[20:08] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=5 ]{18}
[20:08] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[20:08] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=10 ]{23}
[20:08] <@John> roll 1d20+8
[20:08] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+8 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{20}
[20:08] <@John> roll 1d20+8
[20:08] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+8 --> [ 1d20=15 ]{23}
[20:08] <@Kotono> OOC: All hits.
[20:08] <@John> roll 5#1d6+10+2d6
[20:08] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 5#1d6+10+2d6 --> [ 1d6=4 2d6=8 ]{22}, [ 1d6=5 2d6=8 ]{23}, [ 1d6=6 2d6=5 ]{21}, [ 1d6=4 2d6=11 ]{25}, [ 1d6=6 2d6=7 ]{23}
[20:09] <@Kotono> Another half dozen are cashed in, crushed beneath staff and boot! Rotten flesh and unliving bone die in equal measure, brought low as he defends himself! His staff feels even warmer, a sputtering glow breaking out on it every few seconds. "Not yet," Myann grunts as she meanwhile dodges a bit, as...OOC: Left horde is up.
[20:09] <@Kotono> The horde advances again, trying to surround both Myann and John! OOC: AoOs, both ofyou, same as last time if you have multiple.
[20:10] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12 Myann
[20:10] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+12 Myann --> [ 1d20=15 ]{27}
[20:10] <@John> roll 1d20+16
[20:10] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+7
[20:10] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+16 --> [ 1d20=7 ]{23}
[20:10] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d8+7 --> [ 1d8=6 ]{13}
[20:10] <@John> roll 1d20+16
[20:10] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+16 --> [ 1d20=5 ]{21}
[20:10] <@John> roll 1d20+16
[20:10] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+16 --> [ 1d20=18 ]{34}
[20:10] <@John> roll 1d20+16
[20:10] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+16 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{17}
[20:10] <@John> roll 3#1d6+10+2d6
[20:10] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 3#1d6+10+2d6 --> [ 1d6=5 2d6=11 ]{26}, [ 1d6=5 2d6=3 ]{18}, [ 1d6=6 2d6=4 ]{20}
[20:11] <@Kotono> Again adn again John fights back! Undead continue to fall at a rapid rate, as his staff hums in his hands. He can feel it vibrating with power, a soft sound as it strikes through more undead. Yet as this happens, they attack!
[20:11] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+5 John
[20:11] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+5 John --> [ 1d20=18 ]{23}
[20:11] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 John
[20:12] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 John --> [ 1d20=14 ]{18}
[20:12] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 John
[20:12] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+6 John --> [ 1d20=1 ]{7}
[20:12] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+5 John
[20:12] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+5 John --> [ 1d20=14 ]{19}
[20:12] <@Kotono> OOC: AC?
[20:12] <@John> OOC: AC 21
[20:12] <@Kotono> roll 1d4+1+1d4
[20:12] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d4+1+1d4 --> [ 1d4=1 1d4=1 ]{3}
[20:12] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Myann
[20:12] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+5 Myann --> [ 1d20=2 ]{7}
[20:12] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Myann
[20:12] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+7 Myann --> [ 1d20=13 ]{20}
[20:12] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Myann
[20:12] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+3 Myann --> [ 1d20=5 ]{8}
[20:12] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 Myann
[20:12] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 Myann --> [ 1d20=16 ]{20}
[20:12] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+3+1d4
[20:12] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d8+3+1d4 --> [ 1d8=2 1d4=3 ]{8}
[20:12] <@Kotono> roll 1d6+2+1d4
[20:12] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d6+2+1d4 --> [ 1d6=4 1d4=4 ]{10}
[20:13] <@Kotono> This time John gets a bite on his hand! It doesn't penetrate deeply, the hungry skeleton shoved back. At the same time Myann is surrounded, a rusty blade hacking at her back. A moment later she's kicked in the stomach, coughing as the air is knocked from her!
[20:13] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+9 fort
[20:13] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+9 fort --> [ 1d20=17 ]{26}
[20:13] <@Kotono> OOC: Myann's up now.
[20:14] <@Kotono> Surrounding and gasping for air, Myann nonetheless fights and hacks at the skeletons around her.
[20:14] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12
[20:14] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+12 --> [ 1d20=9 ]{21}
[20:14] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[20:14] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=10 ]{17}
[20:14] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+7
[20:14] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+7
[20:14] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d8+7 --> [ 1d8=5 ]{12}
[20:14] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d8+7 --> [ 1d8=5 ]{12}
[20:15] <@Kotono> A skeleton and zombie both collapse, two more brought low. Yet as this happens, the right side advances again! OOC: They're provoking from you two again, Gildas/Feather.
[20:15] <@Kotono> "R-relentless!" Myann coughs, "How many are there, an entire army's worth?"
[20:15] * Feather tries to take the head off another skeleton!
[20:15] <Feather> roll 1d20+15
[20:15] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+15 --> [ 1d20=15 ]{30}
[20:15] <Feather> roll 2d8+9+2d6+1d6
[20:15] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 2d8+9+2d6+1d6 --> [ 2d8=5 2d6=6 1d6=3 ]{23}
[20:15] <Gildas> Gildas sees an opportunity and strikes at the undead!
[20:15] <Gildas> roll 1d20+14
[20:15] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+14 --> [ 1d20=20 ]{34}
[20:15] <Gildas> roll 1d20+14
[20:15] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+14 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{26}
[20:15] <Gildas> roll 1d20+14
[20:15] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+14 --> [ 1d20=2 ]{16}
[20:15] <Gildas> roll 1d20+14
[20:15] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+14 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{15}
[20:15] <Feather> "Knew should've gone through the ceiling!"
[20:16] <Gildas> roll 1d20+14 crit for the first one
[20:16] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+14 crit for the first one --> [ 1d20=3 ]{17}
[20:16] <@Kotono> OOC: Noc rits on undead. Three hits.
[20:16] <Gildas> OOC: Derp, right
[20:17] <Gildas> roll 3#2d8+10+1d6
[20:17] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 3#2d8+10+1d6 --> [ 2d8=11 1d6=4 ]{25}, [ 2d8=14 1d6=3 ]{27}, [ 2d8=16 1d6=1 ]{27}
[20:17] <@Kotono> WHAM! WHAM! With this and the advance, you can see the undead on the right side starting to peter out! There's still over a dozen, but you can see the end of the horde at the edge of the hall. Getting there! Yet they attack anew as they shamble in, trying to rip both heroes apart!
[20:17] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Feather
[20:17] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+5 Feather --> [ 1d20=7 ]{12}
[20:17] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7 Feather
[20:17] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+7 Feather --> [ 1d20=6 ]{13}
[20:17] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 Feather
[20:17] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 Feather --> [ 1d20=10 ]{14}
[20:17] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 Feather
[20:17] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 Feather --> [ 1d20=20 ]{24}
[20:17] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 Feather ow
[20:17] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 Feather ow --> [ 1d20=8 ]{12}
[20:17] <Feather> OOC: Current AC is 20
[20:17] <@Kotono> OOC: Mushroom soaks the hit up, no damage.
[20:17] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Gildas
[20:17] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+6 Gildas --> [ 1d20=3 ]{9}
[20:17] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 Gildas
[20:17] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 Gildas --> [ 1d20=3 ]{7}
[20:17] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+5 Gildas
[20:17] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+5 Gildas --> [ 1d20=3 ]{8}
[20:18] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Gildas
[20:18] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+6 Gildas --> [ 1d20=20 ]{26}
[20:18] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Gildas ow
[20:18] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+6 Gildas ow --> [ 1d20=13 ]{19}
[20:18] <Gildas> OOC: 23
[20:18] <@Kotono> OOC: AC Gildas?
[20:18] <@Kotono> roll 1d6+3+1d4 ow
[20:18] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d6+3+1d4 ow --> [ 1d6=3 1d4=3 ]{9}
[20:19] <@Kotono> Gildas gets a slash across his back, the one attacking him from behind getting a lucky hit in! It hurts but isn't decisive, his back fur now matted wtih blood. OOC: Ows. Feather.
[20:19] <Feather> There is little for Feather to do right now but to methodically reduce the numbers of the walking plague, before he could come to Myann and John's aid!
[20:19] <Feather> roll 1d20+10 5pa
[20:19] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+10 pa --> [ 1d20=9 ]{19}
[20:19] <Feather> roll 1d20+5 5pa
[20:19] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+5 pa --> [ 1d20=20 ]{25}
[20:20] <@Kotono> OOC: Bot hit.
[20:20] <Feather> roll 2#1d10+17+2d6+1d6
[20:20] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 2#1d10+17+2d6+1d6 --> [ 1d10=9 2d6=7 1d6=3 ]{36}, [ 1d10=10 2d6=5 1d6=3 ]{35}
[20:20] <@Kotono> Two more down, then a few more. The horde is thinning out on this side as Feather hacks through yet more! OOC: Gildas.
[20:21] <Gildas> Gildas lashes out at the undead in a flurry again!
[20:21] <Gildas> roll 1d20+13
[20:21] <Gildas> roll 1d20+13
[20:21] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=20 ]{33}
[20:21] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=6 ]{19}
[20:21] <Gildas> roll 1d20+8
[20:21] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 1d20+8 --> [ 1d20=13 ]{21}
[20:22] <Gildas> roll 3#2d8+10+1d6 last is fire
[20:22] <Rei-chan> Gildas rolled : 3#2d8+10+1d6 last is fire --> [ 2d8=12 1d6=4 ]{26}, [ 2d8=8 1d6=3 ]{21}, [ 2d8=10 1d6=2 ]{22}
[20:23] * Kotono changes topic to 'Myann(20)>Feather(13)>Gildas(10)>John(5)>Left Horde(4)'
[20:23] <@Kotono> Gildas is a machine, striking over and over! With the numbers lessened, it's easy to weave around and finish the rest off! The final undead collapse, this side cleared! His paws throb with power, glowing a fiery red light! OOC: John.
[20:24] <@John> "St-stay back!" John cries with a startling lack of confidence as he keeps swinging both ends of his staff each and every which way!
[20:24] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[20:24] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=5 ]{18}
[20:24] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[20:24] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=1 ]{14}
[20:24] <@John> roll 1d20+13
[20:24] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+13 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{21}
[20:24] <@John> roll 1d20+8
[20:24] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+8 --> [ 1d20=4 ]{12}
[20:24] <@John> roll 1d20+8
[20:24] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+8 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{16}
[20:24] <@Kotono> OOC: All hit but the natural 1.
[20:24] <@John> roll 4#1d6+10+2d6
[20:24] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 4#1d6+10+2d6 --> [ 1d6=2 2d6=6 ]{18}, [ 1d6=6 2d6=7 ]{23}, [ 1d6=4 2d6=11 ]{25}, [ 1d6=1 2d6=4 ]{15}
[20:25] <@Kotono> Blow after blow rains down, more undead slain! They're starting to lessen on this side as well, as John's staff now glows constantly. It hums as it strikes, seeming to feast on each and every blow! What's left shambles for Myann and John! OOC: AoOs again.
[20:25] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12
[20:25] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+12 --> [ 1d20=8 ]{20}
[20:25] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+7
[20:25] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d8+7 --> [ 1d8=8 ]{15}
[20:25] <@John> roll 1d20+16
[20:25] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+16 --> [ 1d20=20 ]{36}
[20:25] <@John> roll 1d20+16
[20:25] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+16 --> [ 1d20=3 ]{19}
[20:25] <@John> roll 1d20+16
[20:25] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+16 --> [ 1d20=11 ]{27}
[20:25] <@John> roll 1d20+16
[20:25] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 1d20+16 --> [ 1d20=15 ]{31}
[20:26] <@Kotono> OOC: All hits.
[20:26] <@John> roll 4#1d6+10+2d6
[20:26] <Rei-chan> John rolled : 4#1d6+10+2d6 --> [ 1d6=6 2d6=6 ]{22}, [ 1d6=5 2d6=2 ]{17}, [ 1d6=3 2d6=5 ]{18}, [ 1d6=4 2d6=7 ]{21}
[20:26] <@Kotono> Another heap of them are down, only a few left to attack the wounded heroes!
[20:26] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+5 John
[20:26] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+5 John --> [ 1d20=20 ]{25}
[20:26] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+4 John
[20:26] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+4 John --> [ 1d20=2 ]{6}
[20:26] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+5 John crit?
[20:26] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+5 John crit? --> [ 1d20=16 ]{21}
[20:26] <@Kotono> OOC: AC?
[20:27] <@John> OOC: 21
[20:27] <@Kotono> roll 2d8+6+1d4 rotten luck
[20:27] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 2d8+6+1d4 rotten luck --> [ 2d8=7 1d4=2 ]{15}
[20:27] <@Kotono> One of the lunging ones gets lucky - a knife-hand strike right into John's chest! It cuts in like a weapon, a massive bleeding wound! It's gushing blood everywhere! OOC: You're bleeding bad. -2 HP a round until treated with a cure spell or a successful heal check. The attacks on Myann are next.
[20:28] * Kotono changes topic to 'Myann(20)>Feather(13)>Gildas(10)>John(5 -2 hp round)>Left Horde(4)'
[20:28] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+6 Myann
[20:28] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+6 Myann --> [ 1d20=4 ]{10}
[20:28] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+3 Myann
[20:28] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+3 Myann --> [ 1d20=4 ]{7}
[20:28] <@Kotono> But the two on Myann faulter and miss, as she retorts with a pair of sword slashes.
[20:28] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+12
[20:28] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+12 --> [ 1d20=17 ]{29}
[20:28] <@Kotono> roll 1d20+7
[20:28] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+7 --> [ 1d20=20 ]{27}
[20:28] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+7
[20:28] <@Kotono> roll 1d8+7
[20:28] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d8+7 --> [ 1d8=4 ]{11}
[20:28] <Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d8+7 --> [ 1d8=5 ]{12}
[20:29] <@Kotono> Down they go, only two left now, both around John! OOC: Feather.
[20:29] * Feather charges right over into the midst of the remaining skeletons, landing on the one that had just injured John so badly sword-first!
[20:29] <Feather> roll 1d20+17
[20:29] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d20+17 --> [ 1d20=14 ]{31}
[20:29] <Feather> roll 1d10+7+2d6+1d6
[20:29] <Rei-chan> Feather rolled : 1d10+7+2d6+1d6 --> [ 1d10=9 2d6=9 1d6=3 ]{28}
[20:30] <@Kotono> One heavy sword sweep cuts both down, the battle cleared! Got them! OOC: Free act, pause here. Loot post.