Sessions 16-10-05 and 18-10-05

[Prince Herb]

* Attempting to rejoin channel #kotb
* Rejoined channel #kotb
* guuiumu is now known as Hidoyou
* Iddy is now known as Celanyth
* Rockman_Zero is now known as Mitchigan
<Prince_Herb> As the rest of the adventurers settle down for the night, Celanyth continues on his attempt to burgle the Guildhouse.
<Prince_Herb> Having opened the lock on the back door, he now finds himself looking out of the open scullery door into the hallway connecting kitchen, scullery and dining room
* Celanyth sneaks to the shadowed side of the door and takes a quick glance out into the hallway.
<Prince_Herb> It's clear
<Prince_Herb> There are three other doors off the hallway, two of which must connect to the kitchen and the dining room
<Prince_Herb> It's lit by a pair of candle lanterns hanging from the low roof
* Celanyth tries to sneak over to the third room, the one not connecting to the Kitchen or Dining rooms.
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+10
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+10 and gets 21."
<Prince_Herb> roll 1d20 for the listening attempt
* Musk-bot --> "Prince_Herb rolls 1d20 for the listening attempt and gets 2."
<Prince_Herb> Celanyth arrived at the door undetected
* Celanyth listens for anything comming from the room.
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+6
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+6 and gets 19."
<Prince_Herb> All is quiet
* Celanyth opens the door a small bit and peers in through the crack.
<Prince_Herb> Celanyth looks out at the main hall of the building, from underneath the stair way
<Prince_Herb> His view is restricted, but he can see a little of the level above
* Celanyth edges out into the main hall, leaving the door open a bare crack to keep it from making noise incase he needs to dart back in.
<Prince_Herb> You see the main entrance way facing the stairs, a doorway that must lead to the dining room and whatever other rooms are near it, a couple of doors on the wall facing it, and a rather large chandelier above you
<Prince_Herb> There are a few paintings on the wall, portraits of guildsmen, and landscapes
* Celanyth heads to the closest room without a light on and listens for any sound from within.
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+6
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+6 and gets 26."
<Prince_Herb> It sounds quiet.
* Celanyth opens the door and goes in, leaving the door open a bare crack.
<Prince_Herb> The door is locked
* Celanyth attempts to pick the lock.
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+7
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+7 and gets 9."
<Prince_Herb> The door remains locked
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+7 to continue working ont he lock
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+7 to continue working ont he lock and gets 22."
<Prince_Herb> It's a good lock ; Celanyth can see that now as he recognizes the maker's name
* Celanyth grunts at the lock and mutters to himself before moving down to the next unlit room.
<Prince_Herb> The door is slightly ajar
* Celanyth listens in for any sound.
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+6
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+6 and gets 18."
<Prince_Herb> The room is quiet
* Celanyth enters the room, making sure to leave the door ajar as it was before.
<Prince_Herb> Peering in, Celanyth sees that this is a comfortable drawing room, with velvet sofas, nice paintings on the wall, and all the comforts of home for the travelling merchant
* Celanyth checks the paintings to see if they hide anything behind them, and searches for anything of value.
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+6
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+6 and gets 20."
* Celanyth leaves the room, resetting the door to it's orignal position and heading to the next unlit chamber.
<Prince_Herb> This brings Celanyth to the foot of the stairs, since the next unlit chamber is up there
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+10 to continue stealthily up the stairs
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+10 to continue stealthily up the stairs and gets 19."
<Prince_Herb> roll 1d20 to see who hears him
* Musk-bot --> "Prince_Herb rolls 1d20 to see who hears him and gets 10."
<Prince_Herb> Celanyth stands at the top of the stairs, on a landing that runs right round the hallway, and is lit only by the huge central chandelier
* Celanyth heads to the first unlit room and listens for anything.
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+6
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+6 and gets 21."
<Prince_Herb> There are two doors on each side except the one where the stairs meet the landing
<Prince_Herb> Silence
* Celanyth tests the door to see if it's locked.
<Prince_Herb> Tryign the door, it is unlocked.   Behind it lies a less grandly decorated corridor, with two doorways leading off, and a shuttered window right at the end
* Celanyth enters the hallway, closing the door and heading towards the right hand door.
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+6 to listen for anything from the room
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+6 to listen for anything from the room and gets 12."
<Prince_Herb> roll 1d20 to see if Celanyth is detected
* Musk-bot --> "Prince_Herb rolls 1d20 to see if Celanyth is detected and gets 5."
<Prince_Herb> All seems quiet
* Celanyth tests the door to see if it's locked.
<Prince_Herb> The door is unlocked
* Celanyth opens the door and slips in, closing it as quietly as possible behind him.
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+10 for stealth
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+10 for stealth and gets 22."
<Prince_Herb> roll 1d20
* Musk-bot --> "Prince_Herb rolls 1d20 and gets 6."
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+7 for reflex
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+7 for reflex and gets 26."
<Prince_Herb> Celanyth steps over the string stretched across the doorway at ankle height and into the small room
<Prince_Herb> It's someone's bedroom, apparently a young girl's by the look of it
<Prince_Herb> The occupant is lying asleep in the bed
* Celanyth follows the trap, checking what kind it is.
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+6
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+6 and gets 24."
<Prince_Herb> The trap is a simple noisemaker, you work out.   It's set up to ring a bell when you touch the string
* Celanyth searches the room, looking for anything of value or any clue as to who the little girl is.
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+6
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+6 and gets 25."
<Prince_Herb> There's nothing significantly valuable in the room, unless you think that pictures of horses may be saleable to collectors of naive art
* Celanyth inspects the girl to see if she looks to be of the servant caste or not.
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+10 to get close enough to the little girl
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+10 to get close enough to the little girl and gets 15."
<Prince_Herb> roll 1d20
* Musk-bot --> "Prince_Herb rolls 1d20 and gets 17."
<Prince_Herb> Celanyth softly creeps over and peers at the girl.   She's around fourteen years of age, tanned skin, and short dark hair
<Prince_Herb> Her eyes flicker open
* Celanyth flashes his hand out, trying to cover her mouth before she can scream.
<Prince_Herb> The girl bites Celanyth's hand
<Celanyth> roll 1d20 to keep silent from the pain
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20 to keep silent from the pain and gets 6."
* rozzgoat is now known as Chandor
<Prince_Herb> Celanyth yelps and lets go of the girl and she makes a break for it
* Celanyth scrambles after the girl, trying to catch her and keep her silent.
<Prince_Herb> roll 1d20+3 for Tella's initiative
* Musk-bot --> "Prince_Herb rolls 1d20+3 for Tella's initiative and gets 7."
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+5 for his initiative
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+5 for his initiative and gets 9."
* Celanyth darts after the girl and grabs her, trying to keep her quiet.
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+2
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+2 and gets 9."
<Prince_Herb> Celanyth fails to grab the girl and she runs like the very devil
<Prince_Herb> "Grandad!   Help!   Help!" she cries
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* Mitchigan (Rockman_Ze@203-59-46-236.perm.iinet.net.au) Quit (Connection reset by peer)
* Celanyth runs to the window and kicks it open.
* Rockman_Zero is now known as Mitchigan
<Prince_Herb> It's a sheer drop down to the street below
* Celanyth dives under the girls bed, going still and controling his breathing in an attempt to hide.
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+10
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+10 and gets 11."
<Prince_Herb> You hear a commotion downstairs
<Prince_Herb> Not long after, someone comes up to check out the room
<Prince_Herb> roll 1d20 for a spot roll
* Musk-bot --> "Prince_Herb rolls 1d20 for a spot roll and gets 6."
<Prince_Herb> "He must have fled!   The window's been forced."
<Prince_Herb> The hue and cry moves downstairs
* Celanyth listens for any near-by sound.
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+6
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+6 and gets 19."
<Prince_Herb> Nothing sounds close
* Celanyth rolls out from under the bed, and takes a quick peak out of the door, being wary of the trap.
<Prince_Herb> Celanyth sees the open door back to the hallway, and can definitely hear people moving around below
* Celanyth darts to the door in the hallway.
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+10 for stealth
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+10 for stealth and gets 17."
<Prince_Herb> roll 1d20 for listening attempts
* Musk-bot --> "Prince_Herb rolls 1d20 for listening attempts and gets 7."
* Celanyth checks the door to see if it's locked.
<Prince_Herb> Celanyth is at the door.   It's not locked
* Celanyth listens at the door for any sound from inside the room.
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+6
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+6 and gets 12."
<Prince_Herb> It's quiet
* Celanyth opens the door and enters it cautiously, a hand on his dagger.
<Prince_Herb> This is another, larger bedroom, simply furnished
<Prince_Herb> It is unoccupied
* Celanyth inspects the room to see if it looks like someone was in it previously.
<Prince_Herb> It doesn't look like anyone was here recently
<Prince_Herb> The bed is still made
* Celanyth goes back into the hallway, stopping near the door to the landing and listens for anything.
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+6
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+6 and gets 17."
<Prince_Herb> Celanyth hears conversation from below.
* Celanyth darts out of the hallway back onto the landing and heads for the next door.
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+10 for stealth
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+10 for stealth and gets 26."
<Prince_Herb> Celanyth darts up the landing, in passing noticing that the hall downstairs is buzzing with activity
* Celanyth tests the door for a lock.
<Prince_Herb> The door is locked
* Celanyth listens for any sound from inside the door.
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+6
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+6 and gets 8."
<Prince_Herb> It seems quiet
* Mitchigan (Rockman_Ze@203-59-46-236.perm.iinet.net.au) Quit (Connection reset by peer)
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+7 to try and pick the lock
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+7 to try and pick the lock and gets 13."
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<Prince_Herb> The lock resists your attempts to open it
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+7 to try and pick the lock
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+7 to try and pick the lock and gets 25."
<Prince_Herb> The lock finally gives way
* Mitchigan (Rockman_Ze@203-59-46-236.perm.iinet.net.au) has joined #kotb
* Celanyth opens the door, peering in to see anything.
* Rockman_Zero (Rockman_Ze@203-59-46-236.perm.iinet.net.au) Quit (Connection reset by peer)
<Prince_Herb> It's a rather comfortable looking bedroom for a visiting guildsman, with a large bed, a wardrobe, writing desk and chair and so forth in it
* Celanyth searches the room for anything of value.
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+6
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+6 and gets 20."
<Prince_Herb> There are no valuables stored in this room at the moment
* Celanyth leaves the room and goes back to the stairs, keeping hidden as much as possible and looking down into the main hallway.
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+10 to keep hidden
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+10 to keep hidden and gets 16."
<Prince_Herb> roll 1d20 for spot
* Musk-bot --> "Prince_Herb rolls 1d20 for spot and gets 12."
* Chandor (WinNT@cpc4-hatf3-6-0-cust153.lutn.cable.ntl.com) Quit (Connection reset by peer)
<Prince_Herb> As Celanyth moves towards the staircase, he suddenly finds himself eye to eye with the girl, though she is at the bottom of the stairs and he at the top.   Two guards in chain armour and an elderly couple are nearby.
<Prince_Herb> "There he is!" she cries out, hiding behind the old lady
<Prince_Herb> The guards raise and aim their crossbows
<Prince_Herb> roll 1d20 for the guards
* Musk-bot --> "Prince_Herb rolls 1d20 for the guards and gets 19."
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+5 for initative
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+5 for initative and gets 25."
* Celanyth takes off back to the girls room.
<Prince_Herb> The guards follow hot on his heels
* Celanyth climbs out of the window, hangs from it, and drops.
<Celanyth> roll 1d20-7
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20-7 and gets 8."
<Prince_Herb> roll 1d6
* Musk-bot --> "Prince_Herb rolls 1d6 and gets 4."
<Prince_Herb> Celanyth lands on the ground with a thump, but is soon on his feet
<Prince_Herb> roll 2#d20
* Musk-bot --> "Prince_Herb rolls 2#d20 and gets 15, 16."
* Mitchigan (Rockman_Ze@203-59-46-236.perm.iinet.net.au) Quit (Connection reset by peer)
<Prince_Herb> The guards see Celanyth in the courtyard below and aim their crossbows
* Celanyth takes off running, heading for the closest place to get out of sight.
<Prince_Herb> Celanyth runs round the corner out of sight
* Celanyth heads back to the inn.
<Prince_Herb> Celanyth arrives back at the Inn.   The bouncer is standing at the doorway her spear in her hands
* Celanyth waves cheerfully at the bouncer with a grin.
<Prince_Herb> She levels her spear at Celanyth and then pulls it back in recognition
<Prince_Herb> Celanyth enters the main room of the inn
* Celanyth draws a dagger, holds it blade down over his heart, and bows to the bouncer before entering the inn.
<Prince_Herb> Next morning, the town is abuzz with news about the mysterious rapist
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* Rockman_Zero is now known as Mitchigan
<Prince_Herb> Rumours abound, and suspicion naturally falls on the recent arrivals
<Prince_Herb> The town guards interrogate the inn guests
<Prince_Herb> It soon becomes apparent that only one of them has no alibi
<Prince_Herb> There's no actual proof that Celanyth did anything other than take a late night stroll, though, so the guards warn him that they have their eyes on him and leave
<Prince_Herb> Next week : Back to the game
* Disconnected
Session Close: Sun Oct 16 23:57:04 2005

Session Start: Tue Oct 18 23:17:35 2005
Session Ident: #kotb
* Now talking in #kotb
* Seriumu (Dizzy@ip64-75-150-55.dial.aloha.net) has joined #kotb
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> The morning after the curious incident of the breakin at the merchant's guild, Hidoyou is up bright and early.
* Seriumu is now known as Hidoyou
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> After a little light breakfast, he goes to visit the schoolmaster on the south side of the town.
* Hidoyou mutters to himself
<Hidoyou> Foolish authorites...
* Hidoyou looks around the streets
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> The people in the streets seem to be enjoying retelling the news of the night as they work
* Hidoyou approaches one of the milling citizens
<Hidoyou> Where is 'Three South Street'?
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> The man points to the road running off from the square on which the inn stands
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> "yonder is South Street.   Number three is about halfway along."
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> The schoolmaster's house is easy to find - the merry voices of children ringing out from inside lets you know where it is long before you reach the door to read the sign
* Hidoyou walks towards the house
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> The painted sign on the door reads : "Dubricus D'Amberville - Schoolmaster, Scribe, Notary Public"
<Hidoyou> I hope this will be more productive than that witch...
* Hidoyou knocks on the door
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> After a few moments, the door is opened by a small child, revealing the classroom beyond.   There are ten or so children of both sexes sitting cross-legged on the floor before the blackboard, their slates on their laps.
* Hidoyou looks at the child
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> The teacher is a tall, skinny man, with a mop of unruly reddish hair, wearing the traditional robes of the schoolmaster/wizard/wise councillor
* Hidoyou looks at the teacher
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> The child is around nine years of age and dressed in a clean white smock
<Hidoyou> I wish to speak to the school master
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> The teacher looks at Hidoyou, an expression of wide-eyed interest on his face.   "Oh, sure, come right in!   Be quiet for a moment, children!"
* Hidoyou steps in the doorway
* Hidoyou gazes around the room out of the corners of his eyes
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> It seems safe
* Hidoyou walks towards the school master
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> The schoolmaster holds out his hand.   "Dubricus d'Amberville.   Pleased to meet you."
<Hidoyou> I am... Hidoyou
<Hidoyou> I am told you have the only library in town. I wish to... use it
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> "Sure!" he says.   "I didn't take you for a reader, but sure!"
* Hidoyou nods
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> He shows you the bookshelf in the corner of the room, which has a couple of dozen books on it, and a few more placed on the floor next to it.
* Hidoyou looks at the books silently
* Hidoyou picks up the books on the floor and looks at them
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> "Principles of Mathematics" ; "A child's garden of verse" ; "The agricultural year"...
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> These seem like the works of a basic school library
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> Hidoyou ends up holding "History of Kendall Keep"
* Hidoyou looks for a place to read
Session Time: Wed Oct 19 00:00:00 2005
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> Hidoyou finds a seat by the window, where the light's best
* Hidoyou sits down uncomfortably and begins to skim through the book
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> It tells you how the town was founded and how adventurers wiped out the evil humanoids in the Caves of Chaos, the lizardmen in the swamp, and so on, bringing about a new age of peace and prosperity
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> There is also a map
* Hidoyou studies the map
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> This place isn't large.   The Caves of Chaos are only about a mile to the east of here in the forest
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> The most interesting thing from your point of view is the mention of a labyrinth within the caves which skirts the fringes of reality and perdeption
* Hidoyou reads more about it interestedly
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> The book doesn't say much about it except that it's very dangerous, and occupied by a minotaur
* Hidoyou searches the book for anything else of interest
* Hidoyou returns the book to the shelf after having finished with it
* Hidoyou looks for any other book that might be of interest
* Hidoyou surveys his surroundings again
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> There's not a great deal concerning the planes or magic in that collection, you discern
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> The children are doing basic arithmetic, you notice
* Hidoyou walks towards the school master
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> The schoolmaster looks up as you approach him.   "Did you find what you were looking for?"
<Hidoyou> Perhaps.
<Hidoyou> What do you know of the 'Caves of Chaos'?
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> "Oh, they're famous around here," he says.   "They're filled with monsters and treasure and magic, they say."
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> "I had a plan once to go there and look."
<Hidoyou> Why didn't you?
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> "Oh, I couldn't find anyone who wanted to go with me.  I needed someone to carry the treasure for me, and fight the monsters."
<Hidoyou> These caves interest me...
<Hidoyou> Tell me about them
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> "They're dotted all around a horseshoe shaped valley, the valley where the Goblinwater rises, and some people say that they all link up.   Each one has a different kind of monster in it, or at least they did once.   Maybe the bandits live there now, I don't know.   There's sure to be treasure, though.   Caves mean treasure."
<Hidoyou> The book I read mentioned a minotaur. There are other monsters?
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> "Sure!   Gnolls and orcs and ogres and goblins and kobolds!   I haven't seen any of them, but I'm sure they're there, or if not them, other monsters."
<Hidoyou> Do you know anything about the 'labyrinth'?
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> "Oh, sure!   There's some kind of spell on it that makes it impossible to navigate, so no one knows where it leads to.   It could go anywhere!"
<Hidoyou> Impossible to navigate? Troubling.
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> "Or so they say.   I have a plan to deal with that, but it needs someone to ward off the blows of the minotaurs while paying out the string."
<Hidoyou> Tell me about your plan
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> He tells you about his plan to use reels of knotted string payed out behind the exploring group, and posting guards to stop the minotaurs cutting it
<Hidoyou> Would such a simple plan work?
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> "Perhaps not.   That's why I needed the sausages."
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> "Minotaurs love sausages,"
<Hidoyou> Sausages...
* Hidoyou looks slightly incredulous
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> "So, we'd distract them with a plate of sausages, perhaps drugged, and then they'd let the string alone."
<Hidoyou> How big is this labyrinth?
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> "Immeasurable!" he says, "or at least no one knows."
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> "So we might need a lot of sausages.   And we'd have to keep them warm somehow."
<Hidoyou> Is there anything else useful that you could tell me about these caves?
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> He looks at you unsurely.  "Well, they say that the lower down the slopes the caves are, the easier they are.   The toughest monsters take the highest caves, I think."
* Hidoyou hms
<Hidoyou> I think I will go see these caves for myself
<Prince_Herb[bbl]> "well, if I'm not too busy with schoolwork, I may accompany you," he says.   "YOu look strong enough to carry the treasure."
* Disconnected
Session Close: Wed Oct 19 01:20:59 2005