Session 15-1-06

[Prince Herb]

Session Start: Sun Jan 15 21:02:19 2006
Session Ident: #kotb
* Now talking in #kotb
* Seriumu (Dizzy@ip64-75-150-202.dial.aloha.net) has joined #kotb
<Princess_Herb> roll 1d6
* Musk-bot --> "Princess_Herb rolls 1d6 and gets 2."
* Rakhal (WinNT@cpc1-hatf3-6-0-cust124.lutn.cable.ntl.com) has joined #kotb
<Princess_Herb> The morning is wet, and the road muddy, but the journey to the Caves of Chaos is uneventful.   Maybe bandits and gnolls don't like the wet either.
* Seriumu is now known as Hidoyou
* elisteran is now known as thorn
* Rakhal is now known as Chandor
* Hidoyou examines the area
* Villainous-Iddy (iron_drago@c-67-163-114-219.hsd1.tx.comcast.net) has joined #kotb
* Villainous-Iddy is now known as Iddy
<Iddy> /nick Celanyth
* Iddy is now known as Celanyth
* thorn sings a low-voiced song
<Princess_Herb> Once again, you stand at the mouth of the valley, looking at the wet vegetation and the babbling brook
<Princess_Herb> Aseneth looks around.   "Tchah.   SO unprepossessing."
* Hidoyou shoulders his new weapon uncomfortably
<Hidoyou> Which way should we go?
<Princess_Herb> There is no sound but the rain falling and the Goblinwater running
* Celanyth shrugs.
<Princess_Herb> Goodyear points in a random direction : "That way lies the evil, my liege!"
* Hidoyou shrugs and follows the idiotic fighter
<Princess_Herb> roll 1d8
* Musk-bot --> "Princess_Herb rolls 1d8 and gets 5."
<Princess_Herb> Goodyear turns to the right and walks into a grove of trees near the entrance to the kobold lair you explored before.   He prods the trees with his sword to make sure that they're not Dark Treants.
<Princess_Herb> "The dark treants have fled, leaving these trees defenceless before us!"
<Princess_Herb> Goodyear plods on up the side of the valley and waves his sword
<thorn> "So you're going to burn down these trees, lest they be tempted to evil?" I ask drily, the rain having put me in a bad mood
<Princess_Herb> "Hey, you'll never guess!   There's a cave up here."
* Celanyth rolls his eyes.
<Princess_Herb> Aseneth looks at her map.   "That's what's marked on my chart as 'Other orc cave'."
<thorn> "Well, maybe these orcs will be friendly."
<Hidoyou> Orcs? I never did get along with Orcus...
<thorn> "So what else is on that map? There any secret entrances to the Source?"
<Princess_Herb> "Just lots of caves," she says.   "Is this Source you speak of some great magic device?"
<thorn> "It's as magical as the reflection of love in my lady nymph's eyes..." I stare dreamily into the woods
<thorn> "We're supposed to find it and clean it."
<Princess_Herb> "Oh.   Elf stuff." she says, and puts her map away.
<thorn> "It's the source of the river, where there's more of this bedamned water."
<Princess_Herb> "Well, why not just follow the water?" she asks, reasonably enough.
<thorn> "That's... a good idea. WHy don't we do that?"
* Celanyth shrugs.
<Celanyth> "Sounds alright to me."
<Hidoyou> I don't care about the river. I'm looking for something in the caves.
* Chandor extends his psychic tendrils
<thorn> "We barely got out of there alive last time. Is this something more valuable than your life?"
<Hidoyou> Most definately.
* thorn grumbles
<thorn> "All right, maybe this other cave would be easier to sneak through."
* thorn thinks, "The earlier I can get this cave business done with, the earlier I can get you all to help me with the Source"
<Chandor> "Lets go look at this cave. I want to get out of the rain"
<Princess_Herb> Chandor stops to sniff the air, but there is no tang of sanctity or depravity to be found
<Chandor> No evil that I can detect.
<Hidoyou> Well, let's go
<Princess_Herb> Third and Aseneth follow you up the slope to the cave Mitchigan has discovered.
* Chandor suggests that Mitchigan may want to remove any undetected evil
<Princess_Herb> It doesn't look *good*
<Princess_Herb> The entrance is surrounded by niches, each of which contains a severed head.
<Princess_Herb> The single empty niche has a scrawled inscription over it
* Hidoyou attempts to read the inscription
* Chandor does too.
<Princess_Herb> It says "Could you fill this space?   Enquire within."
* Chandor thinks it might take a lot of cream teas
<Hidoyou> roll 1d20
* Musk-bot --> "Hidoyou rolls 1d20 and gets 15."
<Princess_Herb> roll 3#d20 for Mitchigan, Aseneth and Third
* Musk-bot --> "Princess_Herb rolls 3#d20 for Mitchigan, Aseneth and Third and gets 12, 11, 17."
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+6
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+6 and gets 12."
<Chandor> roll d20
* Musk-bot --> "Chandor rolls a d20 and gets 12."
<thorn> roll d20
* Musk-bot --> "thorn rolls a d20 and gets 12."
<Princess_Herb> Mitchigan lights his torch in preparation
<Princess_Herb> The cave is unlit, but you can see that it goes back more than the 20' or so you can see
* Hidoyou adjusts his massive hammer onto his back in such a way that it won't come loose and then readies his sword and shield
<Celanyth> "Guess I'm taking point agian?"
<Hidoyou> Go scout ahead, Celanyth
* Celanyth cracks his neck and goes in.
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+8 for Move Silently
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+8 for Move Silently and gets 16."
<Princess_Herb> roll 1d20 for anyone who could be listening
* Musk-bot --> "Princess_Herb rolls 1d20 for anyone who could be listening and gets 20."
<Princess_Herb> Celanyth reaches a T-junction, but has no time to examine it further, since an unshaven lout with a sword comes running out of the darkness, followed by a couple of others
* thorn adjusts my grip on my staff. "Do you see anything?" I hiss at celanyth
<Hidoyou> roll 1d20+1
* Musk-bot --> "Hidoyou rolls 1d20+1 and gets 18."
<Princess_Herb> roll 3#d20 for the guards
* Musk-bot --> "Princess_Herb rolls 3#d20 for the guards and gets 10, 2, 3."
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+5
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+5 and gets 6."
<Princess_Herb> roll 3#d20 for Third, Aseneth and Mitchigan
* Musk-bot --> "Princess_Herb rolls 3#d20 for Third, Aseneth and Mitchigan and gets 16, 10, 16."
<thorn> roll 1d20
* Musk-bot --> "thorn rolls 1d20 and gets 7."
<Celanyth> "SHIT! THEY'RE ON ME!"
<Chandor> roll 1d20-4
* Musk-bot --> "Chandor rolls 1d20-4 and gets -1."
<Princess_Herb> Third acts first
<Princess_Herb> She wants to cry "Maruda!" and charge, but Celanyth is in the way
<Princess_Herb> She advances to a position behind him and tries to stab the recreant
<Princess_Herb> roll 1d20+6
* Musk-bot --> "Princess_Herb rolls 1d20+6 and gets 11."
<Princess_Herb> He's too quick, and jumps out of the way
<Princess_Herb> Hidoyou acts next
* Hidoyou charges forward as only he can!
* Hidoyou attacks the closest unshaven miscreant
<Hidoyou> roll 1d20+1
* Musk-bot --> "Hidoyou rolls 1d20+1 and gets 16."
<Princess_Herb> Hidoyou hits!
<Hidoyou> roll 1d10+3
* Musk-bot --> "Hidoyou rolls 1d10+3 and gets 8."
<Princess_Herb> The man drops without a sound
<Princess_Herb> Mitchigan charges, but has to stop behind Hidoyou : "Let me in!"
<Princess_Herb> Aseneth watches with interest
<thorn> "Hold on!" I yell loudly. "We're not orcs! They're not orcs! We're all non-orcs here!"
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+2 to hit the guy closest
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+2 to hit the guy closest and gets 12."
<Princess_Herb> Celanyth's dagger glances off the leather armour of the bandit
<Princess_Herb> He responds by trying to run Celanyth through with his sword
<Princess_Herb> roll 1d20
* Musk-bot --> "Princess_Herb rolls 1d20 and gets 7."
<Princess_Herb> The other one attacks Hidoyou
<Princess_Herb> roll 1d20
* Musk-bot --> "Princess_Herb rolls 1d20 and gets 3."
<Princess_Herb> He can't penetrate Hidoyou's guard
<Princess_Herb> Third tries again, wielding her spear over Celanyth's head
<Princess_Herb> roll 1d20+6
* Musk-bot --> "Princess_Herb rolls 1d20+6 and gets 22."
<Princess_Herb> roll 1d8+5
* Musk-bot --> "Princess_Herb rolls 1d8+5 and gets 9."
<Princess_Herb> She runs the point of the spear into the man's head, then gives the shaft a quarter turn and pulls it out
<Princess_Herb> He collapses in a heap
* Hidoyou attempts to make short work of the next one
<Hidoyou> roll 1d20+5
* Musk-bot --> "Hidoyou rolls 1d20+5 and gets 13."
<Hidoyou> roll 1d20+3
* Musk-bot --> "Hidoyou rolls 1d20+3 and gets 8."
<Hidoyou> roll 1d10+3
* Musk-bot --> "Hidoyou rolls 1d10+3 and gets 5."
<Princess_Herb> Hidoyou stabs the last man in the gut, and he too falls to the ground dying.
* Hidoyou stabs him again to be sure
<Princess_Herb> All is once again quiet
<Celanyth> ".... That was.. Not fun."
<Princess_Herb> Apart from the falling of the rain
* Celanyth turns and signs his thanks to Third.
<thorn> "You didn't even know they were going to attack us."
<Celanyth> "You didn't know if they weren't, either. And when someone charges at you, you fight."
<Princess_Herb> Aseneth shrugs : "It's best not to take those kind of chances."
<Hidoyou> People don't tend to run up to other people screaming with their swords drawn as a greeting
<Hidoyou> Although I have seen such a custom before...
<thorn> *blushes* "That wasn't them screaming..."
* Chandor inspects the fallen ones attire.
<thorn> "So who were they? Why were they here?"
<Princess_Herb> They are wearing an odd mix of clothing, some quite fine, though now soiled.
* Hidoyou examines the bodies, too
<Princess_Herb> It looks as if they raided a clothes shop, and then got dressed in the dark
<Hidoyou> roll 1d20 to search
* Musk-bot --> "Hidoyou rolls 1d20 to search and gets 19."
<Princess_Herb> Hidoyou finds a few coins of small value
<Princess_Herb> The room they came from is on the right side of the T-junction as you face it
* Chandor has a look to see if any of these motley clothes have value
* Hidoyou peeks his head into the room they entered from
<Princess_Herb> The clothes might be worth something to a rag and bone man, but no one else.
<Princess_Herb> Hidoyou sees a table and some stools in a small room
<Princess_Herb> A lit candle on the table allows you to see an abandoned game of cards
* Celanyth gathers up the cards and slides the deck into his pack.
<Princess_Herb> There are no exits apart from the one you are standing in
<Princess_Herb> The cards come with their own wooden storage case, which you find on the table beneath the candle
<Princess_Herb> On the other side of the T-junction, there's a corridor leading off into the darkness.   You can see a passage leading off to the right about 10-15 feet down the corridor
<Celanyth> "Here I go again.."
<Celanyth> roll 1d20+6 for Listen Check
* Musk-bot --> "Celanyth rolls 1d20+6 for Listen Check and gets 15."
<Princess_Herb> From the corridor ahead, Celanyth hears the sound of talking and laughter
* Celanyth motions for silence from the group before whispering to them.
<Celanyth> "I hear some more of them, I'll try to find out how many of them there are.."
* Hidoyou follows behind Celanyth slowly
* Celanyth heads down the passage, looking to find out how many there are.
<Princess_Herb> You can see lights ahead of you now, as you reach the corridor leading right
* Celanyth motions for Hidoyou to stay put, and moves to get closer.
<Princess_Herb> roll 1d20
* Musk-bot --> "Princess_Herb rolls 1d20 and gets 18."
<Princess_Herb> You see that there's a large chamber ahead of you, a hall lit by torches
<Princess_Herb> A fellow seated at one of the tables turns to refill his mug and as he does so, he catches your eye
<Princess_Herb> "Hey," he says in a slurred voice, "come join us for a friendly ale!"
* Celanyth raises an eyebrow and heads in cautiously.
<Celanyth> "What kind of ale?"
<Princess_Herb> "The best that the merchants who pass this way have, my friend!" he says.   "Or at least, they were loathe enough to part with it."
* Mitchigan_Goodyear (Rockman_Ze@203-59-103-172.dyn.iinet.net.au) has joined #kotb
* Celanyth shrugs.
<Princess_Herb> Now that you are in the light, you can see that the hall is around 30 feet wide and 40 feet long
<Celanyth> "Sounds alright to me. Pretty friendly of ya, though."
<Princess_Herb> There are four men and two women in the room, eating, drinking, sharpening weapons, and so forth
<Princess_Herb> There are three big tables in the room, covered in food and drink
* Celanyth stands in the enterence, not moving closer.
<Celanyth> "So, what're you doing up in the mountains? Seems alright, but the town's much more comfortable."
<Princess_Herb> "We have to go where the work is," he says
<Celanyth> "What kinda work, might I ask?"
<Princess_Herb> "The easiest sort.   We just take what we need from the passing trade."
<Celanyth> "Ah. I get ya. I tried with the guildhouse down in town.. Didn't work too well, though. Some little girl got lucky and saw me, though."
* Mitchigan_Goodyear scowls angrilly as he draws his sword...
<Princess_Herb> "Hey, put down that sword and have a drink!, the man says
* Celanyth shrugs.
<Celanyth> "Nah, I think I'm good here.
<Celanyth> "
* Mitchigan_Goodyear points his sword at the man with an angry glare...
<Mitchigan_Goodyear> "Know that men call you liar, know that men call you betrayer, know that men call you defiler... It is my duty to bring you PUNISHMENT!!!!"
* Mitchigan_Goodyear grips his sword with both hands as he brings it into a ready position...
* Hidoyou smacks his head from the cooridor
<Mitchigan_Goodyear> "YOU WILL DIE BY THE BLADE OF STEEL!!!"
* Celanyth raises an eyebrow and steps out of the idiot's way.
<Princess_Herb> "Is your friend always like this?" the man asks, backing off
<Celanyth> "Yeah, I think he was dropped as a baby."
* Mitchigan_Goodyear turns to Celanyth, "You be quiet! This man is a criminal!!!"
<Celanyth> ".. Yeah?"
<Mitchigan_Goodyear> "He must PAY for his crimes!!!"
* Celanyth shrugs.
<Celanyth> "If you say so. But pickin' fights when you're out numbered ain't the smartest of things to do.. Though, if they're anything like those other two, it'll be easy enough."
<Celanyth> "Three, excuse me.. Sorry, one of your boys went down so quick it was kinda hard to remember him."
* Celanyth grins at the guy.
* Hidoyou walks into the room
<Princess_Herb> He doesn't look too happy
<Princess_Herb> "Well, what the heck, they were total losers anyway." he finally sayd
* Princess_Herb presses a pint of ale into Hidoyou's hand
* Hidoyou chuckles slightly
<Princess_Herb> The man offers you a seat at the table
<Hidoyou> How is it that you live here with the kobolds and undead and all?
<Princess_Herb> "The kobolds eat all the refuse we leave.   The undead are very quiet neighbours."
* Mitchigan_Goodyear growls, "Scum like him tend to florish in places such as these..."
* Hidoyou sits down, carefully
Session Time: Mon Jan 16 00:00:00 2006
<Hidoyou> How far have you explored these caves?
* Mitchigan_Goodyear sheaths his sword... and waners back down the cave in disgust.
<Princess_Herb> He shrugs.  "Enough to ensure our safety, you know."
<Hidoyou> Encountered anything strange... anything magical, perhaps?
<Princess_Herb> </game>
<Princess_Herb> Next week : The bandit's tale?
* Celanyth (iron_drago@c-67-163-114-219.hsd1.tx.comcast.net) has left #kotb
* Hidoyou is now known as Seriumu
* Disconnected
Session Close: Mon Jan 16 00:05:47 2006