Session 16

Server started.

Faerie has connected.

Liatai:Hiyo!

Ghostwish has connected.

Tezkat has connected.

VAE has connected.

TMG has connected.

TMG:OH!

TMG:Alex!

TMG:Did you ever read the transcript of the session you missed? :O

Faerie:Mmhmm, just now.

TMG:ah, alright

TMG:guess that works x3

Faerie:Or, at least enough to see what happened.

Faerie:»Liatai:Any questions about anything that we can answer before the game starts?

TMG:anyway, still on the problem comp, so the comp could lock up at any time and I won't be able to see anything, and you guys won't know right away

Faerie:I have a question. Why do I keep wanting to call it "Vuvuzela" instead of "Venezuela"? :B

Liatai:X3* Venezuela buzzes.

VAE:because the sound it makes when excited is similar to the one excited football fans make

Tezkat:Whose mule is it anyway?

Faerie:New gameshow!

Faerie:x3TMG:Barbarus, a char who actually just left

Liatai:Barbarus' mule — that's Meany's second character.

TMG:we'll be picking him up again later, probably

• Tezkat can't keep track, it seems…

Faerie:Am I the only one who thinks "Whose mule is it anyway?" could totally be a ye-olde gameshow?

TMG:oh, no worries x3

TMG:Oh!

Ghostwish:maybe you should level as a ranger.

Liatai:It could. XD

TMG:tez; also, for transcript purposes, we like to turn off smileys

Tezkat:Did the mule level up?

TMG:because a graphic smiley doesn't show up in a txt log, and often makes some lines be out of context…

Liatai:The mule has more HD than most of the party members at the moment XD

Liatai:How does a mule level up, anyway? One level in horse, another in donkey? :P

VAE:XD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tezkat:It's multiclass!

VAE:Liatai… that was AWESOME

• Liatai bows. ;3

TMG:Heeheehee. Aaaaanyways!

TMG:We are al present, accounted for, and ready? :U

• Faerie pictures Shrek. "Donkeh!"

Liatai:Just waiting on Meany.

TMG:Now I gotta take a minute to get back into the morose, melancholy mood that Gnogglebolt had at the end of last session… >.>

Meany has connected.

TMG:TMG: Now I gotta take a minute to get back into the morose, melancholy mood that Gnogglebolt had at the end of last session… >.>

• Ghostwish tickles Tech just to mess up his mood.

• Meany flings billards balls at Ghost.

• Liatai sips tea and prepares.

GM:Audience members, as always, you are encouraged to both ask questions, and enjoy the complementary popcorn, either by eating it or throwing it.

VAE:what about throwing it into their guts?

Meany:Be warned of retlaiatory blillards balls, though.

• Tezkat is also accepting cookie sacrificices. Just FYI.

Tezkat:*sacrifices

GM:You are also welcome to mess around with the audience tokens; just don't make them larger than Medium size. X3

Meany:Do you accept Peanut Butter Blossoms? »

Faerie:Can audience tokens have stats? x3

GM:Draken is hoping to join as an audience member, I believe… Yes indeed they can. X3

Faerie:Can they be attacked, or would that just be attacking air? x3

GM:Maybe if you had a ghost touch weapon, I'd allow it, but it would be attacking air. :P

Faerie:"Voice from nowhere, attack it!" *swings a sword at nothing*

Audience:I'm invincible!

TMG:noooooo, please not that kind of fourth-wall craziness Dx

GM:It would be strictly non-canon, though, and only before a game starts. X3

Audience:Nya! Nya!!!

TMG:oh, okay then, no worries at all. Carry on with yur craziness :3

TMG:*your

TMG:(though I must ignore it because it's killing my mood >.> )

• Ghostwish tickle tickle tickle!

Faerie:« 1d20+4 = 11 + 4 = 15 »

Techubi has connected.

Ghostwish:OMG A TC

TMG:!!! Oh, hello techcubi :O

GM:You've got time, since we're waiting on — Oh hey there!

Faerie:x3Faerie:Speak of the devil.

Meany:»GM:We're still waiting on Draken, I think.

GM:Audience members, as always, you are encouraged to both ask questions, and enjoy the complementary popcorn, either by eating it or throwing it.

GM:You are also welcome to mess around with the audience tokens; just don't make them larger than Medium size. X3

Techubi:Just going to be watching, or whatever.

Tezkat:Who's Terri?

VAE:techcubi needs a token

• Tezkat can't seem to remember her from last time.

VAE:also i propose using warp-aci instead of the ugly i signs

VAE:like Ghost does

Liatai:She's an NPC, and she was in the cave last time. ^^

Techubi:Alright, I'll use a warp-aci to spy on you guys.

TMG:give techcubi owneersip of the audience tokens…

TMG:like Tez and Draken do…

Techubi:Or, wai-

Techubi:Thanks.

Liatai:Once Draken shows up, prepare to give folks a run-down on who's who. ^^

TMG:Still no word from draken…

Meany:Hmm.

Liatai:Though if he doesn't show up in three minutes, we're just going to go ahead. ^^

Meany:Perhaps I should make my text orange again so I'm easy to spot. :o

TMG:actually, he says he's just about to get in…

Techubi:So, Lia, you're using a…..Sheesh, what's the term for the thing with all the squares?

TMG:…grid? o.o

Faerie:Graph paper?

Liatai:Piece of graph paper? :P

Techubi:Graph paper, yeah.

Hyuuint has connected.

TMG:There he is

Liatai:This map was made before I knew how to make maps in MapTool, so yes, it's graph paper. X3

Hyuuint:what map?

Meany:Yo.

Ghostwish:OMG A DRAKEN.

TMG:Okay! Everyone introduce your characters? :U

GM:Yes indeed! Let's meet the cast.

Sszeyl:Sszeyl, Drow monk. Beware my icepick murder face.

Hyuuint:not all that slow. -_- And I know to extract the folder too

Techubi:Huh…A name starting with Double Ss…

Derish:Derish Southpaw, a gnoll fighter from the far north. He's odd in just one way, and it's not his mistreatment of goblins, that's a gnoll standard. It's his treatment of Catfolk, which is far from standard.

Doug:*I'm Doug, Sszeyl's horse. Neigh.*

Sszeyl:Rental horse.

Elros:Elros, half-elf ranger. Faerie's character. Father was elven, mother was human.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt Sparkgear, gnome tinker from Mazio. Aside from Elros, seems to be the only one both sane and civilized…

Barshal:Barshal is a wildforged, a strange living and sentient construct crafted by dwarven druids. He tends to be quite sour, and adheres to the code of the druid very strictly.

Techubi:Heh, I had a half-elf ranger.

Papa:*I'm Papa! I'm a dog. And I'm an NPC.*

Gnogglebolt:…which kinda sucks when the -mad scientist- is the snae one :B

Gnogglebolt:*sane

Techubi:He was an arachnophile and hated elves, because his mother cheated on his dad.

TMG:Oh!

Sszeyl:I'm plenty sane.

TMG:Dang!

Terri:I'm Terri! I'm also an NPC! I'm with Papa!

TMG:Meany is playing Sszeyl.

TMG:Ghostiwhs is playign Barshal and Derish

Hyuuint:GAh! The chat thingy exploded!

TMG:Alex is playing Elros

Maximillian Toris:I'm Max, one of Terri's older brothers, a bard. I'm an NPC.

TMG:I am playing Gnogglebolt

TMG:draken; oh yeah, it does that ^^;

Trofim:Am Trofim Kabakian and this here is Beridze *holds up a rather worn out and old skull* I am a wizard of true magic!

Brian Toris:Do I really have to intoduce myself? Fine… I'm Brian, Terri's other older brother. NPC.

TMG:trofim is played by VAE/Danman

Justinian Rubus:I'm a very jumpy guard, and an NPC.

Hyuuint:um, what map should I be on?

Trofim:There aren't many that believe me however, but i will show them… i will!

Liatai:There's only one… ^^'

TMG:draken; there's only one map o.o

Goblin in Orange:We're members of the (former) Blacksword tribe of goblins.

Nintrok:I'm a goblin prophet, from the former Redmaw tribe.

TMG:They're all in cages at the moment. (the blacksword goblins)

Techubi:don't really see Nintrok's token.

TMG:nintrok is elsewhere

Slat:I'm also from the former Redmaw tribe. Now let me go! I wanna kick Blacksword butt!

TMG:Sooo…

TMG:All ado out of the way

GM:And I am the GM. So, shall we get started? :3

TMG:Shall you open p the session?

TMG:*up

GM:Last time on Akellon, the players were caught in the middle of what seems to be a goblin tribal war while they were staking out a former goblin hideout in hopes of catching some necromancers who were buying… ahem, "raw supplies" from the goblins.

TMG:Big tangled mess. ^^

GM:Indeed it was.

GM:Now, let's see if they can straighten out a few threads of this mess…

GM:We leave off just as Gnogglebolt mentions he would like to talk to the party…

Faerie:Is this going to turn into a quagmire now that we're talking about tribal wars? :U

GM:We shall see. >:3

GM:Take it away!

Gnogglebolt:With the murderous eyes of the Blacksword goblins upon him, Gnogglebolt steels himself to ignore it, at least for the moment, and looked up at all the giants about him.

• GM hands out popcorn to the audience members.

• Sszeyl hands the scared horse another apple to eat.

Gnogglebolt:Most giants of which seemed to have lived outside civilization.

Doug:*munch munch munch*

Audience:*Eats the popcorn*

Gnogglebolt:Garl's gold, how did he get mixed up with these people?

• Audience wonders where the hero mule went…

Gnogglebolt:"Anyway…" Gnogglebolt clears his throat.

Liatai:The mule is off with his owner, heading toward Castleton.

Liatai:*her owner

Derish:Derish couldn't have been further from civilization if he tried.. But Barshal? Barshal actively hated civilization, and lived by a strict code, ancient and old. Yah, nice group you have, gnogglepants.

Gnogglebolt:"In light of the conflict we just involved ourselves in, I think we should all sit down and have an honest talk with each other before re-preparing our trap for the suspected necromancers…"

Gnogglebolt:"Shall we talk here, or move to the common room?"

• Papa nudges Trofim.

Audience:me Waits for something to happen

Sszeyl:"I need to care for Doug. Or he'll hurt himself from the stress."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt nods to Sszeyl. He, for one, is uncomfortable staying around the goblins, but he looks to the others and asks "Any objects to speaking here?"

Gnogglebolt:*objections

Elros:"It seems a tad crowded in this room, put I suppose nowhere else would be better. As long as the goblins can keep themselves quiet."

• Audience Suddenly, their cellphone starts ringing

• Audience Chatter chatter

Trofim:*Trofim realises something is nudging his foot*

Trofim:What's it Papa?

Derish:"Excuse me." Derish says, steppting through the fourth wall, and promptly beheading a member of the audience. "Sorry." He says as he comes back through.

• Papa looks at Trofim and walks into the cage room, sitting down.

Audience:Everyone else: THANK YOU!

Gnogglebolt:"So…well, since there are no immediate objections…"

Papa:*yip*

Trofim:Trofim follows the dog, limping along

• Papa turns his gaze to Gnogglebolt.

Gnogglebolt:WIth the heavily injured but stable she-goblin on the sled next to him, Gnogglebolt sits down on the same small crate he sat on earlier when talking with the goblins.

Audience:Geek 1: I heard she dies in five minutes from now.

Audience:Geek 2: NUH UH.

Gnogglebolt:He takes a breath. "If we are going to continue working together, we have got to work on our teamwork before one of us ends up dead."

Audience:Geek 1: Ya huh. I bet you ten bucks.

Gnogglebolt:He holds up a hand.

Audience:Geek 2: YOU'RE ON

Hyuuint:aw man, I can't find that perfect picture that made my gnome token again.

Hyuuint:Darnit

Trofim:Trofim thinks for a moment, then turns to the dog once more: Could ya fix up my leg, Papa?

Gnogglebolt:"Note, this is -not- about everyone simply ignoring me."

• Maximillian Toris looks through the fourth wall. "Excuse me, could you keep it down, please?"

Derish:"Perish the thought.." Derish mutters.

Trofim:Trofim indeed seems badly hurt after the battle with the worg, and although no longer bleeding, the bitemarks are a rather ugly sight through his torn trousers

Elros:Elros is listening to Gnogglebolt, perched up against one of the cages.

Audience:Geek 1: Sorry. But, she IS an NPC, sooooo…..

• Sszeyl keeps quite, handing the horse more apples.

VAE:Haha! we have our own MST3k watchers

Audience:Geek 1: At least I think she is.

Gnogglebolt:"It was not that my direction was not followed, but more that there was not even any acknolwedgement of the contrary and other ideas proposed. More accurately, the problem was that everyone ignored each other."

• Papa looks at Trofim, then double-takes. He nudges the leg - « 1d8+5 = 5 + 5 = 10 »

Trofim:Thanks! *rubs papa*

• Papa then returns to watching Gnogglebolt attentively.

Audience:Geek 1: Why'd he use 1d8…?

Trofim:Although still wounded , trofim can now at least stand straight and listen

Gnogglebolt:He looks at Derish and Trofim. "You two engaged the goblins by the pool." He looks to Sszeyl. "You engaged the worg and other goblins alone until Barbarus assisted." He looked to Barshal and Elros. "We apparently were just doing whatever."

Gnogglebolt:"This almost led to someone's death." He looks to Sszeyl. "I saw. You were cut off and alone, and you fell, because none of us were supporting you."

Trofim:The worg almost killed Sszeyl! He had to be taken down.. and we'll have a pelt, too

Gnogglebolt:"Incidentally, you were broguth down by a darkwolf like I was."

Sszeyl:"Which was my decision. I should have shouted that the worg was free, and not have challenged it myself."

Barshal:"While your analysis of the tactics employed in the battle are humorous, I would be willing to hear what changes you would make."

Gnogglebolt:"If we are to work together, one thing to know is that no one has the decision to put themselves at risk. We all must care for and support one another. And if someone goes off by themselves, not only is that someone who cannot be covered, but one less asset to synergize with the rest of us."

Gnogglebolt:He looks to barshal. "All I am saying is we simply need to have some way of working together better. We all should move as one, and have the same targets."

Gnogglebolt:"How to do that, well, that's why we're talking."

• Doug snorts, shuffling a little.

Elros:"If our problem is people going off on their own, simply not leaving without someone to accompany you would seem like a good first step."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt rubs his chin. "I am referring more to everyone choosing their own targets in a ptched battle, but that is a decent point."

Sszeyl:"I am strong, and my defensive style of combat lets me effectively handle many smaller opponents, as evidenced against the goblins. The larger creatures, and ranged opponents, I cannot reliably handle." The Drow feeds Doug another apple.

Audience:Geek 2: Well, it's been more than five minutes. You owe me ten bucks.

Audience:Geek 1: It's been slow in the game! That doesn't count.

Gnogglebolt:"What I speak of is, in a pitched battle, everyone having their own idea of which adversaries to prioritize. This is not effective, we all should have the same ideas of target priorities for maxiumum efficiency. Thus, no one is trapped on their own and nearly dies. But how to communicate this in battle? Hardly enough time for us all to sit down and debate it."

Gnogglebolt:"Where should the single idea of target prioritization come from? This I cannot answer."

Derish:"Yelling out tactics in the midst of a scuffle is foolish. You're only telling the enemy what you are doing."

Audience:Geek 1: Then, why the heck do Anime characters yell out stuff, and, it still works…?

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt nods to Derish. "A good point."

Sszeyl:"…"

Sszeyl:"Perhaps a code, then?"

Audience:Geek 2: SHHH! You know they can break through the fourth wall anytime they want!

Trofim:I am not expert… but i like what Derish says… if we are to waste time in battle wondering who to attack instead of swinging… we'll get killed before we sort out who do we want to kill

Derish:"Kill the healers first."

Faerie:(I'll be right back, nature calls. »)

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to Sszeyl. "Ah yes, that would work."

Gnogglebolt:Gnoglebolt looks to Trofim. "You are missing the point, human. The problem IS everyone wondering, or rather, not wondering and doing their own thing."

Gnogglebolt:"The decision must me immidate and one everyone follows. In military structure, this is accomplished by a chain of command." Gnogglebolt eyes everyone else. "However, such a thing would not likely work here unless everyone wanted it to. For instance, who would be the 'commander'? Again, I do not know…"

Maximillian Toris:"A code would be helpful… or perhaps a language you all know aside from Common? You seem to be quite the multilingual bunch."

Trofim:Hmm.. i know some of wizard's language that Letris taught me

Gnogglebolt:"If there we were to have some sort of tactical commander, it would have to be someone we all trust. That is partially why I wished for this conversation, because there does not seem to be enough of it."

Faerie:(and back)

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt nods to Maximillian. "I know a large array of languages, and am always researching news ones. I do not know what everyone else knows, however."

Gnogglebolt:"However, a simple code that we invent ourselves should be sufficient

TMG:(something to work out OOC, if that's what we do)

Derish:"I can speak gnoll, draconic, and common, but I still say we just have a pre-made plan."

Sszeyl:"I speak Common, Undercommon, Elven…and Dwarven." « 1d20 = 15 » Bluff check. :D

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt nods to Derish. "A prepared plan is always best, yes."

Faerie:…can a bluff check be countered with sense motive?

Barshal:"Do you now?" Barshal says.. in dwarven.

TMG:that is what bluff is meant to be countered by

TMG:however, it's not supposed to work between PCs… >.>

• Sszeyl replys in Dwarven. "Yes."

Derish:"You don't speak drow??"

VAE:Erm.. how does everyone else understand that?

Tezkat:If you can't bluff PCs… who can you bluff?

TMG:ghost; ….

TMG:undercommon IS "drow"

Techubi:NPcs

Sszeyl:"The Drow language was adopted by all creatures who live in the Underdark."

TMG:tez; are you serious? o.O

VAE:i think he is

Derish:"How odd."

Barshal:« 1d20+1 = 1 + 1 = 2 » sense motive.

TMG:nah, I'm realizing I'm being silly and gulible…

Barshal:and there's my starting roll… A ONE.

Liatai:XD* Tezkat is always serious. Srsly.

Techubi:XDDerish:Watch me get a 20. « 1d20 = 16 » sense motive.

VAE:Serious tezkat is serious

Faerie:Orly?

Derish:"You're not telling the truth. How typical for a drow."

Techubi:« sarcasm = Invalid expression: sarcasm. »Wow. THAT'S a twenty for SURE.« /sarcasm = Invalid expression: /sarcasm. »

Ghostwish:It appears you are invalid.

VAE:It is, in octtal

VAE:*octal

VAE:020

Gnogglebolt:"Anyway, aside from pre-readied plans, we can devise a simple codephrase together…unless, of course, you all trust me to do it myself. I will say, I actually do have experience in this matter, and I promise to avoid unecessary complexity."

• Audience Starts to fall asleep

Derish:"Suits me."

TMG:(I'm actually probably gonna crib the codephrases from the warforged x3 )

• Papa barks at the audience.

• Audience Wakes up, eyes wide open

Audience:*wake up

Trofim:I guess it's good… but how we'll have time for all that in battle

Brian Toris:"Time for all what?"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt presses a hand into his faces. By Garl, this human was so frustrating.

Trofim:Codes and all that stuff!

Gnogglebolt:"Trofim, the point of a codephrase is that it is -simple-. Two or three words, at most."

Trofim:As i said before.. while we'll be pondering codes they'll kill us dead

Gnogglebolt:"Thus is conveyed the tactical plan."

Maximillian Toris:"That's why you work out the codes beforehand."

• Audience Begin to fall asleep, again.

Terri:"Ooh! Like me an' Papa!"

Trofim:Hmm?

Gnogglebolt:"One code word means more than itself, meanings that we agree upon beforehand. Yes, indeed so, Max."

Sszeyl:"I acknowledge Gnogglebolt Sparkgear as liegelord for the duration of this mission. Can we please get this over with? I have to make a run to town sometime before dark."

Derish:The gnoll raises an eyebrow at Terri.

Elros:"And we shouldn't need anything complex. Why, something as simple as left right or cener, front middle or back would help greatly, I'd imagine."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt's eyebrows raises at Sszeyl. "Erm…thank you? Anyway…"

Gnogglebolt:"I'll -try- to keep this short, but there is one more thing."

Gnogglebolt:"It would seem the majority of us are actually vastly far out of their usual environments." He looks to Derish, Barshal, Sszeyl, and Trofim.

Justinian Rubus:"You can say that again," the guard grumbles.

Trofim:What do you think, Beridze.. is it worth it? It indeed is - if the girl and the dog are capable, it probably isn't so complicated.. and practice in codes is always useful when you have secret plans.. think of what Lethiriss told you I.. suppose you are right… Now, observe and learn

Derish:"You can say that. How do you stand all this heat?"

Gnogglebolt:He looks in particular to the more "nature-born" members. "I know that the wilderness is a harsh place. You have lived and grown learning to do what is necessary to simply survive."

Audience:Geek 1: What is he, Shakespeare? He's talking to a skull…

Derish:"This is true."

Gnogglebolt:"But you must understand…I come from the established settlements of Mazio, and from what I have seen of these Kellonite settlements, many things are similar.

Liatai:"Alas, poor Beridze! I knew him well, Letriss…" X3

Gnogglebolt:"Aisde from the utter lack of warm, flowing water, but anyway."

Trofim:I aren't a simple skull, dummy! I have a name! And a job! More than many living can say of themselves!

Barshal:"That is a misconception of those who hide in the cities."

Audience:Geek 2: Remember, they're fourth wall breakers when they want to be…

Audience:Geek 1: What kind of job could a SKULL have?

Gnogglebolt:"What you must understand…there are rules and attitudes that we have that you don't seem to be aware of, or care about. Chief among them;"

Gnogglebolt:"Bloody conflict is not desireable."

Audience:Geek 1: Sez him.

Gnogglebolt:"We choose to fight with as few casualties as possible, yes, even to our enemies, and we also respect them."

Derish:"You're speaking oddly again."

Trofim:If you were talking of people i'd agree

Trofim:but goblins? they are pests

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt meets Derish's eyes and holds his gaze.

• Audience Fall asleep again.

Audience:*Falls

Gnogglebolt:"Yes. Yes I am. This is what I mean, these things are odd to you."

Gnogglebolt:"But it is what we do. It is how we feel and acti."

Derish:"No, not that. I mean you speak as if we seek bloody conflicts, and then us to respect monsters and criminals. That is odd."

Derish:*and then urge us

Sszeyl:"The law is the law. You need not understand it to obey."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt crooks an eye at Derish. "I speak of what I have observed."

Gnogglebolt:"And I have observed that far more died today than was necessary."

Trofim:I am pretty sure the law says nothing about scum which seeks to kill and rob decent folks

Gnogglebolt:"You tell me what I am supposed to conclude of your actions."

Trofim:They'd hang then in the city anyways

• Audience Snores

Elros:"Trofim, even an eye for an eye does not cover murder in revenge for robbery."

Justinian Rubus:"I agree with the skull man," the guard mutters to himself.

Liatai:Spot checks.

Sszeyl:« 1d20+5 = 1 + 5 = 6 » Listen check for that mutter. :D

Sszeyl:Fail. XD

TMG:oh come awwwwwwwn DX

Sszeyl:« 1d20+5 = 6 + 5 = 11 » Spot. :o

Liatai:Spot and/or Listen. ^^

Elros:spot « 1d20+8 = 20 + 8 = 28 »

Sszeyl:o:Derish:"That I am not foolish enough to try and befriend monsters, and that I am wise enough to intercept a flank when I see one."

Gnogglebolt:Spot check: « 1d20 = 12 », listen check « 1d20+2 = 14 + 2 = 16 »

Trofim:« 1d20 = 9 » Spot

Sszeyl:« 1d20+5 = 9 + 5 = 14 » Listen check requested by GM.

Faerie:crit spot o.o

Derish:« 1d20+5 = 17 + 5 = 22 » spot!

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt shakes his head. "But you see, there was another way—"

Barshal:« 1d20+6 = 20 + 6 = 26 » spot!

Audience:Geek 1: *Wakes up*

Audience:Geek 1: WOW. A natural 20!

Faerie:Two of them, even.

Liatai:You all notice this, and you all hear the mutter except for Trofim. After the guard muttered, Max shot him a quick glare, and the guard seems to quail a little.

Barshal:Was the glare, perhaps, magical?

Liatai:Do you want to try to see if it was?

Liatai:Spellcraft, if you do.

VAE:ahahaha.. the only one who doesn't notice is the one who is supported by the mutter

Barshal:« 1d20+6 = 11 + 6 = 17 » spellcraft!

Elros:Elros shoots Justinian a glance too, but leaves it be.

Barshal:"Hrm."

• Hyuuint just shoots justinian

Justinian Rubus:"OW! Where did this popcorn come from?!"

Techubi:XDLiatai:OK, back to canon shenanigans.

Techubi:So, was the glare magical?

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt raises a eyebrow at the strange glare, but continues. "As I was saying, there was another way."

• Audience Starts snoring louder

Barshal:Barshal sticks his non-existant tongue out at the fourth wall.

Barshal:"The monk should have been in the fighter's place." The druid says simply.

Derish:Derish was about to say something, but looked at the druid with a side-long glance.

Gnogglebolt:"And this does indeed go to what I was referring to earlier, "cut off the head, and the body dies". For you see, the goblins could have been irrational and unnegotiating mauraders with little thought as to who they harm. Or…"

Audience:Geek 1: I wonder if they're boring the goblins, too…

Sszeyl:"And the worg?"

Gnogglebolt:"They could have been a band of warrior goblins who were simply led by a particularly nasty and agressive individual One individual who, yes, did need to be taken down."

Hyuuint:(who is geek 1?)

Audience:(Why the heck are you asking me? Can a guy just have the fun of being, 'The audience?')

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to Sszeyl "Hold that thought." Back to Derish. "For you see,"

Hyuuint:(Just wasn't sure. For all I knew, two people were "audience")

Gnogglebolt:"It was entirely possible that, if we had taken down Blacksword first, the goblins would have surrendered. But yes, on the other hand, they might not have."

Techubi:Gonna keep maptool and the server on, and…I'm going to play Neverwinter nights 2, at least for a little bit.

Derish:"Definitely the latter. What would have happened is we would have been killed by the goblins while trying to take down that half-orc."

Gnogglebolt:"But we wouldn't know unless we have them the chance. And yes, if the goblins refused to surrender, then dispating them would be entirely necessary without further objection from me."

Trofim:Look, am a peasant… when you take down a black locust tree, you also have to tear out the roots, or they grow into new trees

Trofim:Similarly i think these would just find themselves a new leader

Brian Toris:"Black locust tree?" Brian looks confused.

Trofim:Also… Derish is right.. you can't battle someone strong with goblins trying to get a dagger into yer back

Barshal:« 1d20+8 = 12 + 8 = 20 » knowledge nature to know what a black locust tree is.

VAE:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinia_pseudoacacia

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt pinches his nose at Derishes words. "I am shocked that you could even say that, having experieced direct contrary. You expended effort fighting though the goblins, as they tired to kill you and everyone else then. Sszeyl almost did die because of this."

VAE:it's really common in slovakia, i had to find an english name

Trofim:Sszeyl almost died when we were fighting living pumpkins as well

Sszeyl:"I got to see Grandma for a few seconds, though. That was nice." « 1d20 = 2 » Bluff. :D

Trofim:It just might be his own carelessness

Derish:"Gnogglebolt, think long and hard about what would have happened if I had not intercepted those goblins." He says, and then leans forward and points at the gnome. "You would have been joining Sszeyl."

TMG is disconnected.

Sszeyl:PAUSE

Ghostwish:no u

VAE:tech's computer is dumb again

VAE:bletch

• Liatai plays intermission music.

• Derish leaps through the fourth wall and starts wantonly killing the audience.

• Hyuuint starts hitting Justinian with a popcorn gattling gun

Audience:Let's all go to the lobby. Let's all go to the lobby. Let's all go to the lobby…

Audience:To get ourselves a treeeeeat!

Techubi:Back.

Meany:Anyone have that Intermission picture from Abel's Story? :o

Meany:Also, brb.

Elros:I must have it somewhere.

Faerie:…whup, sorry.

Faerie:Forgot I was still set to impersonate.

VAE:what about Monty Python intermission music?

Audience:http://missmab.com/Comics/Intermizzion.jpg

Liatai:X3TMG has connected.

Liatai:It's a Tech! :D

Liatai:Stable now?

TMG:for the moment

TMG:someone go ahead and whisper me what I missed

TMG:but, sorry

Liatai:I'll whisper.

Derish:"Gnogglebolt, think long and hard about what would have happened if I had not intercepted those goblins." He says, and then leans forward and points at the gnome. "You would have been joining Sszeyl."

TMG:I reeeeally gotta rewind time to insert my lines thant didn';t get through

Meany:Back.

VAE:never left

GM:Roll call!

Meany:I brbed. :P

Meany:Yo.

• GM holds up a basket of rolls.

Ghostwish:Quack!

• GM hands rolls to Meany and Ghostwish.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt pinches his nose at Derishes words. "I am shocked that you could even say that, having experieced direct contrary. You expended effort fighting though the goblins, as they tired to kill you and everyone else then. Sszeyl almost did die because of this."

Ghostwish:We got that Tech. That was Derish's reply.

Techubi:Well, looks like things are moving on, again.

Gnogglebolt:"However, if we had all bypassed the goblins, and everyone focused entirely on Blacksword, she would have gone down right away, before the goblins have a chance to regroup."

Gnogglebolt:"I am proof of this, in fact."

Gnogglebolt:"I went straight for Blacksword. I was not attacked by a single goblin."

TMG:Okay, now continue on.

Derish:"Then you are welcome."

Gnogglebolt:"We had the advantages of terrain and maneuvering."

• Techubi Snores even louder than before.

Gnogglebolt:"Like me, the rest of you could have gone -around- the goblins. Blacksword was wide open."

Techubi:Wait.

Techubi:Ignore that.

• Audience Snores even louder than before

Techubi:There we go.

Barshal:"I am afraid that the northern gnoll has all points in this. If he had not intercepted the goblins, we would have been flanked. However, it should not have been him to intercept, but instead the monk. He should have been on the front lines in the monk's place." He says, and then looks squarely at the gnome.. "And now you are being foolish. The leader was behind a cart."

Derish:"Why the monk and not me? I am the better fighter!"

Barshal:Barshal reaches over and pointedly knocks on Derish's armor. Clang. Clang. Clang.

Derish:Derish looks down and blinks. "Oh."

Gnogglebolt:"tactically speaking, Blacksword was an easier target than we had any right for her to be, and that was not taken advantage of. No, the goblins would not have been flanking us, because Blacksowrd would have been down before they had that opportunity. And Blacksword only managed to get behind the cart because we let her."

Sszeyl:"Yeah, oh."

Gnogglebolt:"Had we all acted as one, and immediately, Blacksword would have fallen right away."

Gnogglebolt:"And also;"

Gnogglebolt:"Blacksword was the toughest obstacle. You waited until you spent yourself engaging the small goblins before reaching her, leaving you weakened."

Derish:Derish bursts out laughing. "Weakened!?! Little child thing, I am only weakened after I have dug myself out of an avalanche!!"

Gnogglebolt:"Had the toughest obstacle been removed first, even if the goblins refused to surrender, they would have been much easier to dispatch."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt glares at derish, and simply points to Sszeyl.

Gnogglebolt:"Case in point."

Trofim:The goblins, if i aren't mistaken kept attacking a mule ..and died doing it

Sszeyl:"This is not the time for bragging."

Barshal:"No, that would be my case and point. The fighter and monk were switched."

Sszeyl:"That mule was terrifying."

TMG:oh fug

TMG:stop

TMG:losing it again

Trofim:If their leader was attacked, they wouldn't have done that

TMG:at least I got a warning this time

Sszeyl:PAUSE, VAE.

Ghostwish:NO U

TMG is disconnected.

TMG has connected.

• VAE claws Sszeyl from behind 4th wall

TMG:if you can see this, loading map, can't see chat yet

Liatai:We can see it.

VAE:erm… he doesn't can see the reply anyways

TMG:ah, there we go

TMG:(and, as an OOC note, this is a reason why I didn't like two characters controlled by one person, they can "back each other up". Even worse that none of the other characters, not even NPCs, are contributing much :B )

• Audience sees why you're all still level 2 now…

• Terri is a kid and doesn't have much to contribute. :B

VAE:what about mine?

Ghostwish:(They're not backing each other up. You're confronting both of them at once. ;) )

VAE:trofim is speaking

Liatai:Audience, you say that like it's a bad thing.

Liatai:Not every game is about the hacky-slashy.

TMG:ghost; they have the same idea. That's the problem.

• Audience isn't making judgements, merely snide remarks. ^_^

TMG:But anyway…

TMG:Shoot, what were the last, mm, ten lines?

Ghostwish:No, they just both think your idea of going straight for the leader is whacky.

TMG:QED.

TMG:They both think the same thing.

Ghostwish:Derish thinks the attack went perfectly.

Meany:Less OOC debate.

Meany:More IC debate.

VAE:And, like.. if they were done by two players they still would

Ghostwish:Barshal thinks they were in the wrong roles.

TMG:I'm not talking about that, you just said they both think gnogglebolt is wrong

VAE:and as Trofim pointed out Szeyl\s ineptness might have been at fault

GM:Agreed! Debate more in-character! XD

TMG:Anyway…

Ghostwish:Yah, duh, they do. They're also very alike. Now drop it.

Techubi:What Lia said.

Ghostwish:In fact, I'm now forcing the conversation to move forward. Try and stop me.

Derish:"Enough of this.." Derish says, standing up from where he'd been sitting.

• Audience Wakes up

Derish:"Let us move on to adapting a code of some sort, instead of listen to goblin-lover here try and argue how we should treat uncivilized monsters like civilized beings."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt places a hand over his face again. "I do not undertsnad how you cannot understand that the goblins would not have had a chance to engage us if we had engaed Blacksword first…"

Gnogglebolt:"So, it seems we are at an impasse."

Gnogglebolt:"We both agree that setting pre-plans is important"

Derish:He glares down at Gnogglebolt. "Since that is clearly what you are on about. Mad that we killed the goblins instead of, oh I don't know, sang campsongs around the campfire with them."

Gnogglebolt:"But if we cannot agree on those, then we are going to get each other killed."

Trofim:Look, we didn't agree before.. and none of us is dead

Trofim:so.. we must be doing something right

Elros:"yet"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt returns the glare. "Now that is just patronizing and you know it."

• Audience Starts throwing popcorn at Gnogglebolt

Gnogglebolt:And gnogglebolt nods to Elros. "Indeed."

Gnogglebolt:"If we cannot find some way to reconcile and work together, then we should all probably part ways."

Gnogglebolt:"For here is one more thing;"

Gnogglebolt:"As said, I know you are from the wild, and I know the rules I follow are different from yours."

Gnogglebolt:"Nothing is keeping us here. Why are we all here?"

Terri:"To save the day!" Terri chirps.

Maximillian Toris:"Shh, Terr, let them talk."

Trofim:To trap the lie-mages who killed the folks that were imprisoned

Barshal:"Necromancers."

Trofim:yeah, those

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt's tension, which had been accumulating for some time, finally lets out at Terri's exlamation.

Derish:"I'm starting to question that. I thought we were here to kill goblins, not make friends with them."

Techubi:DARN YOU, PHANTOM AUDIO

Gnogglebolt:Then gnogglebolt instantly snaps.

Gnogglebolt:"Well."

Elros:"It was my understanding that we're here to capture goblins first, and kill them if that is not an option."

Techubi:STOP HAUNTING MY COMPUTER

Gnogglebolt:"There you go. You are here under false pretenses."

VAE:haha

VAE:gnogglebolt snaps with a "Well.."

• Terri looks at Gnogglebolt curiously.

VAE:when i snap it is generally heavily censored

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt once again looks to Elros. "Yes, indeed."

Faerie:yeah, I like how Gnogglebolt snaps and becomes "mildly perturbed."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks back to Derish.

Gnogglebolt:"So."

Liatai:XDVAE:but it sort of fits him

Gnogglebolt:"Now you know where it seemed you did not. We are not here to kill goblins, only as a last resort."

VAE:nerves of steel the gnome has

TMG:(I knew "snap" was the wrong word >.> )

TMG:(Couldn't think anything else for him instalty going from relaxed back to tense like he just was)

Gnogglebolt:"Which then leaves the million-gear question…"

Gnogglebolt:"Why are you here, gnoll?"

Gnogglebolt:"And what keeps you here?"

• Terri whispers to Max. "Million-gear?"

• Maximillian Toris whispers back, "Mazian currency, I think."

VAE:i wonder if anyone of the present folks have *seen a million*

Liatai:>:3

Hyuuint:oh my god, it's full of stars…

VAE:given that a large city has a limit on fluid currency of about 50 000 or so

TMG:he, the point of the phjrase is that it's a large number

TMG:oops, smilies

• Terri whispers to Max, "So they use the million-gear instead of the gold piece?"

Techubi:How until there's some action in this session?

Techubi:*How long

VAE:i dunno

VAE:maybe a week

TMG:techubi; about half of our sessions have no combat

Techubi:Really?

Derish:"Frankly, I don't know. I'd rather get back to traveling."

VAE:yep

TMG:if you want hacke-slashy, you're watching the wrong game.

TMG:We care about roleplaying here :P

• Maximillian Toris whispers back with a chuckle, "No, just a gear."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt shrugs.

Trofim:What would anyone do with a million gears anyways?

Techubi:Hey, hack-slashy fulfills roleplay purposes, sometimes.

Liatai:True… but this isn't going to be a combat-heavy session.

Audience:Heh. How long until your guys start… um… advancing the plot?

Gnogglebolt:"Well. Like I said..nothing's keeping you here. I must confess I would be disappointed for us to lose your matrial prowess, but if we cannot smoothly interact with each other, then that is probably more dangerous."

Hyuuint:agh, gotta go do dishes. laters.

Liatai:So if you're waiting for battle, sorry to disappoint. ^^'

Techubi:A change of scenery at least would be nice.

Hyuuint is disconnected.

TMG:techcubi, we are playing our own game

Techubi:Alright, alright.

TMG:if you don't like how we do it, you don't have to watch…

VAE:why's scenery important?

TMG:…

TMG:smae thing Gnogglebolt's proposing to Derish ^^;

VAE:i mean, my games have even less enviroment done and you weren't too unhappy there

• Doug snorts and nudges at Sszeyl.

• Sszeyl offers another apple.

VAE:wait.. did he actually was at my.. no that was Ghost's *facepaws*

Techubi:People were actually moving in that session.

• Doug munches. He doesn't seem to be thinking about the stomachache that will come later…

Derish:Derish sighs heavily, crossing his arms.. "I am staying around until these necromancers are dead.."

Derish:"And then I am collecting my pay and leaving."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt steeples his fingers. "And, if that is the case, can we agree on rules in the meantime?"

Liatai:Techubi - People are moving around. Their tokens just aren't moving. :P

Trofim:Seems a fair point… I am here for that reason too.. and to keep an eye over Sszeyl

Liatai:If you want constant motion and action, go play a video game. :P

Techubi:The Phantom audio's back on computer. -_-;

Techubi:*On my computer

Derish:"That is what I was -trying- to push you towards. Instead, you bring this up. Are we ever going to get to a code at all tonight?"

Gnogglebolt:"I can write a code in my sleep. Hyperbole though that may be, you need not worry about that."

Gnogglebolt:"What must be agreed on is this;"

Gnogglebolt:"Death, on all sides, must be as minimal as possible."

Gnogglebolt:"Yes. We will fight foes who are monstrous and refuse to give in. But not always. And those must be given the chance."

Trofim:Human death, i'd agree… but goblins and such?

Gnogglebolt:"And to that end, if they are being led, it is the leader who is the priority target."

Gnogglebolt:"Goblins, humans, elves, orcs, anything."

Derish:"I am agreeing with a mad cleric. Dragons save me.." Derish says.

Barshal:"So why not the catfolk then, gnoll?"

Gnogglebolt:"I care not that they are goblins. I care that they might not necessarily wish to die, and can be made agreeable."

Derish:Derish looks over at the druid, who'd been quiet for a while. "What do you mean?"

Trofim:The goblins.. they aren't like us.,,Everyone knows it

Trofim:They are pillaging, thieving, murderous lot

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt eyes Trofim.

Sszeyl:Sszeyl eye Trofim.

Sszeyl:eys*

Sszeyl:eyes*

Gnogglebolt:"In Mazio, goblins live in the cities just like everyone else. SOmetimes."

Barshal:"If my knowledge serves, gnolls and catfolk have been enemies like cats and dogs. Why did you not act that way to the catfolk from earlier?"

Meany:Danged cold. :o It's eating mah fingahs.

Derish:"Hey! I sat on him!"

Gnogglebolt:"Yes, there are still the bloodthristy raider goblins from time to time, and they are dealt with appropriately."

Trofim:It isn't too much fun, but if we don't get rid of them… they might kill someone

Barshal:"Instead of lopping off his head like some dirty goblin? You are not all that you appear, Snowfur."

Trofim:I don't want to be responsible for that death

Derish Snowfur:Derish huffs.

• Brian Toris raises an eyebrow, continuing to watch the debate.

Gnogglebolt:"Well, as I said."

Gnogglebolt:"This was the Blacksword tribe."

Sszeyl:"Trofim, by your line of thinking, I should be treating you like a cowardly slave."

Gnogglebolt:"To my knowledge, I have heard little of their activities in the area."

Trofim:Why so?

Trofim:*looks puzzled*

Gnogglebolt:"This is because they were rivals to the Redmaw tribe."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt winces slightly at Sszeyl, but nods. "A distasteful, but very good point."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt also took stock of what the gnoll and strange golem were saying to each other.

Trofim:I am a free man, not a slave.. *brow furrows*

Ghostwish:brb, bio

Sszeyl:"And yet you serve Zairith."

Maximillian Toris:"Who is Zairith?"

Trofim:I don't serve Zairith.. me , him and Lethriss are friends you could say

Maximillian Toris:"That name sounds kind of familiar…"

Sszeyl:"You live in his house, you obey his commands and those of his wife. By the Drow thinking, you are his slave."

• Sszeyl has yet to turn away from caring for Doug."

Sszeyl:-"Brian Toris:"How should I know? Elven names all sound the same to me," Brian says to his brother around Trofim.

Meany:brb, dogs fighting.

Trofim:But i do so of my own choice , and because he helps me

Trofim:Slaves serve because they are forced to, and for no reward

Trofim:We strive towards a common goal, and are equals!

Trofim:*at this point trofim is practically shouting*

• Brian Toris looks at Trofim oddly. ".. And that goal is…?"

Gnogglebolt:"Alright, calm down human."

Trofim:Haha? What goal? Throwing down the lie-mages and showing everyone how true magic is done of course!

Sszeyl:"It doesn't matter."

Trofim:not like them, hoarding magic for themselves by lies,

Sszeyl:"To the average Drow, you are his slave by their thinking. Nothing you say will change that stereotype."

Ghostwish:back!

Sszeyl:"Do you see Gnogglebolt's point?"

Techubi:Hey, Ghost

Trofim:Lethriss taught me wizard's language, taught me to read, write.. we researched some spells together.. hell they got me clean clothes!

Techubi:The phantom audio is haunting me AGAIN…

Ghostwish:huh??

Trofim:Which slaver does this for his slaves?

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt nods thankfully to Sszeyl, then frowns at Trofim again.

Gnogglebolt:"Trofim, you are missing the point."

Gnogglebolt:"No, you are not a slave. No one is saying you are."

Trofim:I aren't.. i am a free man and i can leave them any day i'd chose to.. i just don't want to

Gnogglebolt:"But Sszeyl is telling you that another drow would think you are."

• Papa nods.

Gnogglebolt:"And by that same token, you 'think' these things about goblins."

Trofim:I see… but there is a difference!

Gnogglebolt:"The lesson here is not to judge based on race. Let their actions speak for themselves, and give them a chance."

Trofim:See, what i think of the goblins is *true*… while the drow would be wrong! You can see it for yourself!

TMG:…

TMG:Actually, I mean this in quite serio9usness

• Papa facepaws.

TMG:does everyone in the cave facepalm in unison? :O

• Maximillian Toris facepalms.

• Sszeyl makes the Icepick face.

• Terri headtilts.

VAE:the dog facepaws? XD

• Gnogglebolt facepalms

• Brian Toris pinches the bridge of his nose in an exasperated gesture.

TMG:c'mon, everyone, join the facepalm-wave! :U

• Audience Facepalms

• Justinian Rubus helmetpalms.

• Justinian Rubus clangs.

VAE:wait, even Justinian?

VAE:i thought he was of similar opinion to trofim

TMG:Justinian may be pejudiced, but he's not insane and can see a logcial argument :p

Justinian Rubus:"Everyone else was going it… oog, now my ears ring.."

TMG:ANYWAY, DOES DERISH OR bARSHAL JOIN IN? :u

Trofim:Trofim stares confusedly at those around …

TMG:er, crap

Liatai:*doing it

TMG:freaking keyboard capslock

Liatai:Or Sszeyl, or Elros… X3

• Faerie wiggles o.o

TMG:Oh yes, Elros joins?

• Sszeyl sticks with Icepick face.

TMG:Faerie? :U

Faerie:Sure.

Faerie:*facepalm*

• Elros facepalms

Faerie:Both of us, even.

TMG:heh.

Audience:XD

• Goblin in Orange 2 jabbers to the former worg-rider.

VAE:heh.. i think if Beridze could he'd facepalm too

Gnogglebolt:"Trofim, would you agree that we are, if nor your friends, then at least friendly to you?"

Goblin in Orange:The former worg rider grumps back.

Trofim:Hmm, that is true

Gnogglebolt:"And thus, if we are firendly to you, do you trust us?"

Trofim:but then.. none of you is a goblin

Gnogglebolt:"Do you trust us, trofim?"

Trofim:Hmm, yes, to some extent

Gnogglebolt:"Then please trust that we all think you just said something very stupid and wrong."

Gnogglebolt:"And just go along with it. Even if you don't agree, just trust us on this one."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt then says something out of the corner of his mouth to the goblins.

Trofim:Hmm… *looks around* … even Papa seems to look weirdly… hmm… i can't see what's wrong with it but .. might be so

Gnogglebolt:"So!" Gnogglebolt stands up.

Goblin in Orange 2:The goblins look both perplexed and still fairly murderous toward Gnogglebolt.

Gnogglebolt:"Hopefully, we have all come to some sort of agreement."

Gnogglebolt:"Even though I really should double-check, I am going to be follish and let it slid for the moment,"

Gnogglebolt:"And thus, we should all prepare and reset our trap for the suspected necromancers, same plan as before."

Sszeyl:"While I'm in town, should I fetch any supplies for those traps you wanted to make?"

Gnogglebolt:"ANd I shall invent a simple system of codephrases."

Maximillian Toris:"Ah, that reminds me. Did anyone bring the spoils of battle with them?"

Barshal:"Hrm."

TMG:(er, asd far as I know, we just didn't bother worrying about that?)

TMG:(We just said everyone lugged back the useful stuff between them?)

Sszeyl:"Oh, could someone skin those worgs for me, also? I'm afraid I don't know how to do so without ruining the pelts."

TMG:(just to keep it simple?)

Liatai:(Yeah, just mentioning it IC.)

Maximillian Toris:"We might find some supplies in the things that were in the cart."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to Sszeyl. "A net or two could be useful, maybe a small crossbow or two. I can repay you with my share of the gold from our previous bounty."

TMG:…hrm, wait a sec…

TMG:I gotta look something up :U

Sszeyl:"Repayment is all well and good, but I have no money to buy those things. My share of the gold from last time was consumed by rent and living expenses. What coinage did the orc-woman have?"

TMG:atcually…

TMG:Hmm, possibly scratch that last line

TMG:« 15*8 = 15 * 8 = 120 »

TMG:hrm…

Liatai:What are you calculating?

TMG:trying to figure out if I can build a crossbow or a net in a single day ;)

TMG:wait a sec…shoot, one moment, gotta grab my charsheet

TMG:…Oooh.

TMG:« 15*11 = 15 * 11 = 165 »

TMG:aw, damn—wait

TMG:OHTMG:« 15*21 = 15 * 21 = 315 »

Liatai:Let us know when you're done so I can post the loot list.. :P

TMG:now that's more like it…

TMG:He, I'm 4 gp away from crafting a crossbow in a single

TMG:aw crap.

TMG:that's for a WEEK of work, not a DAY of work >.

TMG:Nevermind, carry on

Liatai:So, are folks checking the sacks and chest that came out of the wagon?

Ghostwish:Sure!

TMG:Yup

Liatai:OK, prepare for a monster loot list. X3

Liatai:8,000 copper pieces; 3,500 silver pieces; 3,670 gold pieces; a pouch containing a pale white translucent stone, a clear violet stone, an aquamarine stone, and a black pearl; three vials of clear, light blue liquid that smells faintly of sweet raspberries; well-made studded leather armor, sized small; 4 thunderstones; a well-made shortbow, sized medium; a climber's kit; well-made thieves' tools; well-made artisan's tools; a well-made trumpet; 100 feet of silk rope; a well-made longsword with a black leather-wrapped grip, sized medium; a chest; ten sacks; a jade six-sided die; a gold bracelet set with amber; a set of five matched chased silver teacups (thrown into a sack unceremoniously); a brass tankard with intricate carving of partying orcs on it; 5 pairs of half-orc-sized cotton pants (burnt orange); ten orange goblin-sized sackcloth shirts; a pair of riding boots sized for half-orc feet; 5 gallons of the same foul-smelling goblin liquor you found in the cave; 1 gallon strong-smelling orcish liquor in a clay jug marked "KRAGG"; 5 pounds of beef jerky; 15 pounds of apples; and 20 days' trail rations. And, of course, Blacksword's black sword.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt perks up as the thunderstones pass by. "Aha! I can utilize those… "

• Faerie tries to recall what the rules for dual-wielding are. »

Liatai:Does anyone examine anything in greater detail or try to appraise anything here?

VAE:Intermission

VAE:http://failbook.failblog.org/2010/12/12/funny-facebook-fails-narwhals-vs-unicorns/

• Sszeyl false-starts reaching for a few things, then simply waits quietly for everything to be distributed.

VAE:Trofim might do spellcraft on the sword

VAE:to see whether ti is magical

Liatai:Which sword?

VAE:the orc's one

Liatai:He'll have to ask Gnogglebolt for it.

TMG:by the way, Blacksword's sword was carried by Gnogglebolt

VAE:oh, right

Liatai:Go on, discuss things IC! ^^

TMG:ah, yeah

VAE:never mind.. i thought he could *see* it amo ng the stuff and get the idea

Gnogglebolt:"Hmm, these gems look like they could be valuable, but it will have to wait until we're done here…"

Gnogglebolt:"A shortbow…hmm…"

Gnogglebolt:"various mischellanea…"

Brian Toris:"Gems?" Brian immediately perks up.

Gnogglebolt:He picks up the three vials. "anyone make anything out of these?"

Gnogglebolt:"They don't seem alchemical, so I suspect a magical potion of some kind."

Faerie:Hang on, does anyone remember offhand the rules for dual-wielding?

Faerie:I'm trying to look it up.

TMG:eh?

VAE:-4TMG:erm, there's a lot to it, actually

Liatai:I'd suggest looking at the Improved Dual-Wielding feat.

VAE:to attack with off hand, not?

Audience:What feats?

Sszeyl:-4 without the Two Weapon Fighting feat, -2 with it, -0 with Improved, I think.

Liatai:Sorry, two-weapon fighting. ^^'

TMG:meany; er, definitly not

Liatai:Check that feat, they describe it in detail there.

TMG:I know for a fact the penalties can never be reduced below -2

TMG:yes, check the feats, alex

Liatai:Ah, page 160 in the PHB.

Faerie:Yeah, looking now.

Gnogglebolt:"Wait a moment…" Gnogglebolt sniffs the vials.

Gnogglebolt:"Oh! These are curative potions."

Gnogglebolt:"We had some before…"

Liatai:I'll be back in two shakes. Carry on. ^^

Gnogglebolt:"So…" Gnogglebolt starts counting out some gold coins. "Who needs what from town?"

Sszeyl:"If no one here can skin those worgs, I'll have to find a butcher to do it, and sell the meat. No point letting them go to waste."

Derish Snowfur:"I am good for supplies."

Barshal:Barshal is still quiet.

• Audience wonders how you guys plan to transport all this stuffs.

TMG:we have a cart and horse :2

TMG::3Audience:500 lbs of loots, 300 lbs per worg…

TMG:a char with decent strength can drag over a 1000 lbs

Sszeyl:Yo.

TMG:and that's not counting in large-size and quadruped ;)

Elros:I wonder" Elros says, examining the loot. "If I could acquire that longsword. You could take it out of my share, of course, or I could throw some gold in for it."

Sszeyl:"I have my share of weapons already. I don't object."

Gnogglebolt:"Anyway…if no one else needs anything, I think I shall like a net, and two crossbows. The net and first crossbow will be fore the trap, the seond crossbow will be for me."

Audience:Um… drag isn't an action you normally use to transport a load all the way to town.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt nods to Elros. "Indeed that is possible. WHen we go about dividing up the shares, the longsword can be factored in As is the crossbow for me."

TMG:audience; it is if you're a horse pulling a cart >:P

TMG:On wheels.

• Liatai returns.

Gnogglebolt:"So yes…the crossbow for myself should be a light-class crossbow, and sized appropriately. The crossbow for the trap may be normal-sized."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt coutns out enough GP for the purchase, and gives it to Sszeyl.

• Sszeyl takes.

Liatai:What kind of net? A battle net, or a fishing net?

VAE:battle.net

TMG:xDVAE:they'll all play starcraft

• Audience spawns moar overlords.

VAE:i am sure gnogglebolt will go as terran

TMG:The net that's out of the weapons list, for entangling foes

TMG:heh heh x3

Liatai:Battle net, then. X3 Any bolts with that crossbow?

VAE:his favourite units - SCV and Goliath

TMG:Oh yes…

TMG:ah…

Liatai:Two light crossbows and a battle net will come to 90 GP.

TMG:say 10 bolts for the small crossbow, 5 for the normal one

Audience:Science vessel reporting…

Liatai:Bolts cost 1 GP for 10.

TMG:oh, okay, ten for both then

Sszeyl:"Trofim, I need to stop by Zairith's house for some things, do you require anything?"

Liatai:OK, 92 GP. ^^

Terri:"Who are you taking with you, Mr. Sszeyl? Mr. Sparkgear said we shouldn't be going out alone…"

Trofim:I… i probably can't go with ya.. just inquire whether he is at home and arrange a meeting time when he next will be

Barshal:Would it be possible for Barshal to just go looking about for pebbles suitable for his sling?

Liatai:It would indeed.

Liatai:Search check.

Sszeyl:"Trofim, we're going to be here for an additional six days possibly."

Barshal:And thus he does, being the loner druid he is. He takes his time, finding just the riiiiight ones. Taking 20, total of 21.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt is pleasantly surprised at Terri. "Oh, yes. Ahum…well, as long as the sun is still up, I suppose Sszeyl can take care of himself…"

Gnogglebolt:"It's not even midday yet…"

Liatai:Perfect! He finds plenty that fit the bill.

Ghostwish:Sorry, I was away for a bit. How much gold did everyone get a peice?

TMG:ghost; not dividing yet

TMG:that will be done when this is all over

Ghostwish:durnit.

Trofim:Six days?

Terri:"But Mr. Sszeyl has to wear glasses in the…" Terri pauses, and looks questioningly at Sszeyl.

TMG:we're just requisitioning supplies as Sszeyl makes a run

Trofim:*looks concerned*

Gnogglebolt:"True, but as for us in the surface, it's unlikely he'll be accosted so early…well, if anyone wishes to accompany Sszeyl very well."

Trofim:Oh, i can go?

Sszeyl:"Actually…"

Sszeyl:"There's an Elf woman in Castleton. She saw me, and was none too happy about it. I might come back to find any local Elves forming a mob."

Gnogglebolt:"…. Hmm."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks around oddly.

Gnogglebolt:"This run shouldn't take longer than an hour and a half, shorter if we ride the cart and the horse moves at a brisk pace…"

Gnogglebolt:"I… -may- regret this, but would you be satisfied if I accompanied you, Sszeyl?"

Trofim:I might go too, then

Gnogglebolt:"no, no."

Trofim:why?

Gnogglebolt:"On the very, very unlikley chance that a necromancer, or some other unexpected occurence DOES happen here,"

Sszeyl:"As long as you don't agitate Doug, and back seat drive, I have no problems."

Gnogglebolt:"No more than one of us should accompany Sszeyl. The rest are needed to hold the fort."

Gnogglebolt:"Just in case."

Trofim:Hm.. allright then….. oh!

Trofim:*walks to sszeyl*

Liatai:(Be back in two shakes, got to check the pizza.)

Trofim:Whispers: Dummy! if you take him along you can't go to Zairith and Letris's house.. he can't know where it is!"

TMG:…

TMG:Gnogglebolt is -standing right next to Sszeyl-…

Sszeyl:"Where a half-Drow lives in a Human city is a matter of public knowledge, Trofim."

Ghostwish:well he is short. :P

TMG:well..

TMG:the DC to hear "Peopl Talking" is 0 :B

VAE:even for whispering?

TMG:although whispering is DC 15, but there's gotta be a huge circumstance modifier for being -right- there-, even IF checks are involved…

Ghostwish:Whispering isn't talking. ;)

VAE:also http://failbook.failblog.org/2010/12/09/funny-facebook-fails-awareness-month/

TMG:but, I presume Sszeyl's response wasn't whispered?

Meany:Nope.

• Liatai returns.

TMG:wait…crap. Was that a "no, it wasn't whispered", or "no, he was whispering"? :B

TMG:I hate myself when I ask questions like that :B

Liatai:If Sszeyl's response wasn't whispered, yeah, no check required.

Liatai:X3Meany:It was not whispered.

TMG:AH, okay.

TMG:….er…hmm. We seem to be stalled?

• VAE resets the engine

Gnogglebolt:"So…er…. anything else, anyone?"

Terri:"How about a deck of cards?"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt rummages around the items. "I think I saw one in here, actually…"

Trofim:Another decK?

Trofim:She can keep it, i have one already

Liatai:There are no cards in the items from the cart.

TMG:wait…oh, whups, read that wrong

TMG:Nevermind, scratch that

Gnogglebolt:"Hmm, Garl's playing tricks on my mind."

Gnogglebolt:"Sorry, Terri, it seems there are no cards here."

Terri:"Aw. That's okay."

Gnogglebolt:"Anyway…does everyone remember the plan for trapping the necromancers?"

Gnogglebolt:"Anyone without armor pretends to be a prisoner, everyone else hides in the sideroom, Nintrok and Slat lead the necromancer to Granch's room where they are cut off?"

Derish Snowfur:"Yes. We lure them in while the noisy folk are in hiding."

Sszeyl:"I and the gnoll remain in the cages for them to see, then sneak up behind them when they leave."

Liatai:Listen checks!

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt nods to Sszeyl. "You and I won't be present, but yes."

Gnogglebolt:"Anyway."

Sszeyl:« 1d20+5 = 7 + 5 = 12 »

Gnogglebolt:"We should also try to avoid a repeat of the blacksword raid."

Elros:listen « 1d20+3 = 18 + 3 = 21 »

Gnogglebolt:awwwwww man. x_x Listen: « 1d20+2 = 5 + 2 = 7 »

TMG:and oh crap

Derish Snowfur:« 1d20+5 = 9 + 5 = 14 » listen check!

TMG:prolly have to switch comps now.

TMG:Hold, everyone! D:Barshal:« 1d20+6 = 10 + 6 = 16 » listen check!

Trofim:listen « 1d20 = 9 »

VAE:hahah! trofim DOES have a sister

VAE:http://failbook.failblog.org/2010/12/07/funny-facebook-fails-sound-advice/

TMG:kay, sorry for the delay. Disonnecting here first, then reconnecting.,..

TMG is disconnected.

Ghostwish:brb, starting a fire.

TMG has connected.

TMG:Hokay. So sorry about that everyone

TMG:So, everyone made Listen checks…

Liatai:Everyone but Trofim and Gnogglebolt hears footsteps stumping down the hallway to the west.

Liatai:And grumbling in Goblin.

TMG:…..

TMG:aaand action, peeps? :U

Ghostwish:back, looks like the chicken isn't thawed yet

Barshal:"Quiet." Barshal says at barely a whisper. "Someone is coming down the west hallway."

Derish Snowfur:Derish draws his sword, looking immediately alert.

Gnogglebolt:"Someone…the west?"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt's eyes go wide. "Oh no…"

Trofim:Like.. from the right?

• Audience Watches with wide open eyes

Gnogglebolt:"Oh, please don't be…" Gnogglebolt skitters over to the corner.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt sees Slat, and listens intently for any conversation.

Slat:The goblin in the red shirt looks shocked for a moment, then starts to yap at Gnogglebolt.

Derish Snowfur:Derish moves very carefully.. trying to NOT wake the dead..

Elros:Elros is pretty well stuck behind Doug and the rest of the crowd.

Ghostwish:wasn't there some rule for taking 10s and 20s on your move silently check by moving slowly?

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt blinks.

Liatai:He can move around Doug. X3

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt collapses to his knees, giggling.

Slat:The goblin stares, then keeps yapping.

Sszeyl: (( Back from unannounced afk. ))

• Audience Starts laughing

Gnogglebolt:Chuckling, Gnogglebolt replies in Goblin, waving everyone else away in a gesture that seemed to indicate nothing was wrong.

Slat:The goblin lets out an annoyed groan that translates across languages.

Gnogglebolt:To everyone else, Gnogglebolt goes, False alarm, it was just Nintrok."

Derish Snowfur:"What is going on- oie."

Gnogglebolt:"It seems our prophetic fiend is getting too prophetic for our other fiend." Gnogglebolt continues chuckling.

Gnogglebolt:He replies to the goblin again.

Slat:The gobling grumbles and starts stumping back down the hallway.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt follows. "I'll be right back, Sszeyl."

Sszeyl:"I will see to the cart then."

Ghostwish:brb, actually starting the fire this time

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt then carries a short conversation with the two goblins as no one else is around.

• Sszeyl leads Doug out of the cave, comes back, and drags the cart out to hitch it to Doug.

• Nintrok , in lieu of finger bones, has taken slivers of wood from the broken table, marked them with something dark that you probably don't want to know what it is, and has been rolling them in a divinatory way.

Gnogglebolt:"Please, just try to ignore it. If any of your clients speak your tongue and they learn about the plan, they might spoil it."

Gnogglebolt:aw, crap

Gnogglebolt:was supposed to be whispered >.-

Gnogglebolt:Done, gnogglebolt ducks around the corner and heads out.

Gnogglebolt:"Right. I hope you all can keep yourselves organized and alive while I'm gone…"

Gnogglebolt:"And please don't mess around with the goblins—" Gnogglebolt's eyes go wide.

Gnogglebolt:The injured she-goblin.

Gnogglebolt:"Oh, garl's gold.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt gingerly drags the she-goblin into a cage and locks it, hoping she doesn't regain consiousness wile he's away.

Gnogglebolt:With her injuries, it looks like she should be down for a long time without specific care…

Gnogglebolt:And gnogglebolt rushes out

Gnogglebolt:"So sorry about that, Sszeyl."

Sszeyl:"Hey. No troubles."

Sszeyl:*extreme cart-ing!*

Gnogglebolt:he hops on the cart. "So, shall we depart?"

Sszeyl:"While we're traveling, we need to talk about the goblins."

GM:Your trip is uneventful. Unless you purposefully cause trouble, which I doubt you will, you should be able to get your goods and come back without trouble.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt eyes Sszel level. "very well…"

TMG:oh, so no efl-mob ^^

TMG:?TMG:*elf

Sszeyl:"One of them knows things that they shouldn't. Things I by all rights might have to kill him over."

GM:The time at the cave is uneventful, as well… Any conversations that you want to carry out, do so now. :3

Liatai:Yep, no elf-mob. :P

VAE:anyone noticed Gnogglebolt said prophetic *fiend* ?

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt blinks. "Wait, is this about that strange hand-signing you were doing to each other? What was that all about, anyway?"

Liatai:XDTMG:wut? o.o

TMG:what are you talking about?

VAE:nogglebolt: "It seems our prophetic fiend is getting too prophetic for our other fiend." Gnogglebolt continues chuckling.

TMG:…..

TMG:Auuuugh. DX

Liatai:XDTMG:Damn that R key.

VAE:he seems to have picked up Trofim's opinions on them

Sszeyl:"That's a secret language of the Drow government. Anyone knowing it outside the Drow poses a serious security risk to us. I need to find out how this goblin leanred it, and either secure his never using it again, or kill him to keep the knowledge safe."

TMG:so, while Gnogglebolt and Sszeyl are away, the others do…?

Audience:Wow. Drow are really strict in this setting.

TMG:is that you, techcubi?

TMG:Cuz you don't know the half of it.

Audience:Yeah.

VAE:they are lawful evil as opposed to the usual chaotic XD

TMG:Drow got flipped from Chaotic Evil to Lawful Evil in this setting :P

Liatai:Yeah. >:3

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt keeps a level face. "Well…that is a problem, I suppose. I will talk to them, to find out where they learned it. I will also try to secure a promise they will not teach any others."

Gnogglebolt:"But killing them is out of the question."

Ghostwish:sorry back

Gnogglebolt:"I am sorry, even if it is a 'state secret'."

Sszeyl:"If I don't I am a traitor."

Sszeyl:"And if I am a traitor, Zilvudar will know."

Gnogglebolt:"You just said you'd only kill them -if- you could not get them to promise not to spread it."

Audience:Also, could someone add another info thing? I think the first two got lost in the out of vision parts.

Audience:Thanks.

Gnogglebolt:"And I am confident I can secure such a promise for you."

Sszeyl:"…I shouldn't trust you. I should go and do it myself, but that will kill me just as sure as Zilvudar would. So thank you."

Audience:Wow. What a tightly knit group of people. XD

Gnogglebolt:"I must admit, however, I myself and curious. This is a facinating puzzle it is; how did a surface goblin learn a secret underground sign language?"

Gnogglebolt:"Facinating."

TMG:whoever is audience; hmm?

Sszeyl: (( How much of the ledger did Sszeyl read? :o ))

TMG:…I think Gnogglebolt still has it on him, actually o.o

Techubi:Still me.

TMG:cubi; right, but hmm to your comment?

Sszeyl:"Was there nothing in the ledger to indicate this?"

Techubi:Eh, what Sszeyl said.

Ghostwish:and brb, checking FIIIIREEE

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt tilts his head, and pulls it out, taking another look though it.

Gnogglebolt:"Wait a minute…"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt points out a specific entry. "I would not jump to conclusions, but this -might- have something to do with it." He points out that, indeed, there is an enry on an elderly female drow

Sszeyl:"….It says she died."

Ghostwish:back, coals are heatin' up

Barshal:"Maximillian."

Maximillian Toris:"Hmm?"

Barshal:"What was that glare you gave the guard earlier? Just a stern eye lashing?"

Gnogglebolt:"Well, of course. It would be incredbile for anyone on this ledger, aside from Fredrick and the halfling, to still be alive."

• Sszeyl pinches the bridge of his nose.

Gnogglebolt:"Because everyone else has already been sold."

Sszeyl:"I will have to preform funeral services for her."

Maximillian Toris:"Eye lashing? Now that's a turn of phrase I haven't heard before."

Barshal:"Sorry. I tend to toss in dwarven sayings without translating them."

• Maximillian Toris laughs, then replies in Dwarven.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglbolt looks at Sszeyl carefully, with a gentle expression. "If you require any assitance, I am willing to help with such rites." Gnogglebolt says softly.

Gnogglebolt:"Unless, of course, it is something you must do alone, or is not for outsiders."

Liatai:(Does anyone else speak Dwarven?)

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt does, but he's not home x3

Barshal:Barshal's eyes light up slightly, a sign of surprise maybe. And he replies.

Sszeyl:"It requires a choir of no less than forty people, three sconces of inscence, and a special chemical which turns fire green."

VAE:hmm, wouldn't the fact that they caused death of a drow make him *that* much more likely to kill them?

Techubi:They killed the old drow…?

• Maximillian Toris replies, smiling.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt gets an uneasy expression. "Well, I don't suppose I -can- help with that…nor do I think you can secure such things at all up here. What will you do?"

VAE:well, not necessarily

VAE:but i don't think she was *aided* by being kept in a cage

Meany:He can't. :P Can't kill any of them, or the violence will continue.

Sszeyl:"Zairith is a wizard. If the chemical exists aboveground, he will knnow of it."

Gnogglebolt:gnogglebolt coughs, and it sounds almost like a chuckle. "Well, I -was- referring more to the choir part…I certainly am not known for my singing voice."

Sszeyl:"As for the choir and inscence…I will have to ask around for people willing to sing for a dead Drow."

Sszeyl:"And then teach them what to sing."

VAE:ahahah

VAE:imagine him , lethiriss, zairith, his cat and trofim singing

Liatai:For the sake of the audience members and those who don't have access to the ledger, the entry was as follows — Heironon 1-6 … Female drow, old (?). White hair, red eyes, robe. Keeps talking to spiders. Loud. Dead. Delivered dead on Sei. Recipient: (skull with flaming eyesockets) Payment: 20 GP

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt bows his head. "Well, like I said, I am not sure you will find much success on that part. I certaily wish you luck, and I can try to help where I can, but don't be disappointed if it doesn't turn up much."

Barshal:He says something in dwarven, and then rubs the top plate of his head.

Sszeyl:"If I don't succeed, I am a traitor. If I am a traitor, Zilvudar will know. There is no room for failure in this."

• Maximillian Toris lets out a loud laugh at Barshal's statement.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt continues with a soft gaze. "Again with this traitor thing…Sometimes…you have to discard a tradition when upholding it becomes impossible. Do you what the standard Kellonite gnome funeral is like?"

Sszeyl:"It is not tradition, it is law."

Sszeyl:"And..no. Would you care to share?"

Terri:"What did he say, Max? Huh? Huh?"

Gnogglebolt:"But even so. Mazian gnomes are a little less involved, but I have done research on my kin in this country."

• Maximillian Toris waves a hand. "Nothing, just bardic and dwarven humor."

Barshal:Barshal asks Max a question in dwarven.

Gnogglebolt:"A normal Kellonite gnome funeral is a week-long ceremony of mourning that involves the entire community, as most gnome communities were small. Everyone participates and supports the family's loss."

Trofim:Trofim looks rather irked… he needed to speak to Zairith about the book and everything after all

• Maximillian Toris raises an eyebrow and replies.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt pauses for a moment. "Cuch a ceremony has not been performed in over a century."

TMG:*such

Sszeyl:"And why is that?"

Ghostwish:erk, brb again, time to put the chikin breasts on the fire.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt gets a grim slash on his faces. "You know very well. The destruction of the city of Kemmer. Without this primary settlement, all gnome ties across the country fell apart. You'll never find more than maybe five gnomes in one place these days."

Gnogglebolt:"But, my point is,"

Gnogglebolt:"It is literally impossible for them to hold the old ceremonies. But they don't call each other traitors ad commit suicide or murder of each other."

Gnogglebolt:"Adapt…or die. They chose to adapt."

Ghostwish:back

Barshal:Barshal nods a little, looking briefly at Derish, before speaking again.

Sszeyl:"I know full well the destruction of the city. I also know gnomes survived and escaped. The city was just a lump of land, they could have sought another and rebuilt, but they did not. They gave up and dissolved themselves. But I am being argumentative."

• Maximillian Toris nods, continuing to speak in Dwarven.

Sszeyl:"As a member of the Drow government, I have to obey each and every law of our people, or be declared a traitor. And if I am a traitor, Zilvudar will know."

VAE:i bet meany has a macro for that reply

VAE:XDLiatai:XDBarshal:Barshal nods, thankful the gnoll had become nay immune to listen to the banter of languages he did not understand.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt spreads his hands. "Well, there's nothing more I can say. If that is how your people work, then very well. I'll still try to help, of course, but I was just attempting to prepare for the contingency."

Sszeyl:"If I fail, Zairith will have to preform my funeral, in addition to this woman's."

Sszeyl:"There is no room to fail. I will do it..somehow."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt shrugs. "Not very flexible…" He sits back, eyes on the trail.

TMG:Liatai, watcher coming in :U

Barshal:Barshal asks another question in dwarven. Derish is snoozing quietly.

TMG:so…

TMG:suppose that's it for Sszeyl and Gnogglebolt, unless he has anything else to say

Sszeyl:Nope.

Techubi:Hey, are you guys full up for the moment for the campaign?

• Maximillian Toris replies, one hand on his chin.

nguard has connected.

VAE:i thought sort of

Barshal:Barshal tilts his head curiously to the side, looking at the gnoll and back at Maximillian. He speaks again, his dwarven complete with the accent and all.

VAE:but liatai should say- she does the work here

Techubi:Is she still there?

Liatai:We're pretty close to full, and I'm reserving a slot for someone.

Techubi:Oh.

Liatai:Of course I'm still here!

Ghostwish:Oooo, Liatai has a boyfriend!

Liatai:I am the DM. I am omnipresent. :P

Liatai:No. :P

Liatai:Caswin, remember?

Ghostwish:Oh.

Ghostwish:Wait.

Ghostwish:Is that a no not for my boyfriend or no you don't have a boyfriend?

• Ghostwish scampers away from the terrible DM wrath.

Liatai:Yes. :P

Ghostwish:…….

Ghostwish:DAMN JOO! >:P

VAE:liatai gained points for that answer

TMG:Mathmatician's answer! :D

Liatai:X3VAE:remind me to reward Maiza

TMG:anyway…

nguard:hello?

TMG:so, wait for Barshal/Max's dialogue to end before brining Gnogglebolt and Sszeyl back?

VAE:heya

TMG:heya, nguard

• Maximillian Toris replies, still looking contemplative.

Liatai:Hiya!

TMG:or bring G&S back now?

• Liatai hands nguard a bowl of popcorn.

Techubi:How hard would it probably be to run a Maptool based campaign, AND a text-based campaign?

nguard:I think the maptool interface is smarter than me

Sszeyl: (( Need to have a brief talk with Zairith, if he's at home. :U ))

Sszeyl: (( And get some non-blood soaked pants. ))

VAE:what do you mean Techcubi?

TMG:oh, right

TMG:so…Sszel and Gnogglebolt requisition the supplies…

Techubi:I'm saying, how hard would it be to try and DM two campaigns?

TMG:and then arrive at Zarith's house…

Sszeyl:*knock knock*

TMG:techcubi; hardly anyone is crazy enough to DM two games at once

• nguard quietly thanks laitai for the popcorn

VAE:ghostwish is!

Ghostwish:Barshal shakes his head, and replies.

Ghostwish:Oops

Gnogglebolt:"So…who is this you're meeting again?"

Barshal:Barshal shakes his head, and replies in dwarven.

Techubi:Oh, right, he is, isn't he? XD

TMG:yes, but one of ghost's game is every other week instead of every week

VAE:and for a short time Liatai took over my game when i was boggled down in coursework

Lethiriss:"Sssss! We don't want any of your encyclopediasssss!"

VAE:XD!!

• Faerie feels less contributory than usual.

Faerie::xAudience:It's a lot harder with maptool (and to a lesser extent text chat) because of the amount of work that goes into preparing material.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt's eyes go wide at seaing a tall…snake-woman.

Sszeyl:"Lethiriss, it's Sszeyl."

Audience:If it's just you and some buddies around a table you can wing it a lot easier.

Gnogglebolt:"I assure you ma'm, we are not peddlers of encyclopedic tomes."

VAE:Actually i find it the opposite

Lethiriss:"Sssssszeyl? Sss! One moment, I will get the door…" The yuan-ti woman opens the door and peers down at the gnome. "… Ssssszeyl, who issss thisss?"

VAE:I would probably have been too scared to run a game IRL but online it went just fine

Sszeyl:"My liegelord for the time being."

Techubi:Yuan-ti…Is that from that one NWN 2 expansion?

Gnogglebolt:"Er…I do not claim that myself, I might add." Gnogglebolt says.

Lethiriss:The woman looks at the gnome with unblinking eyes and a bewildered expression.

Gnogglebolt:"He just said it. I'm really not sure what he really means."

Sszeyl:"It means you tell me to do things, I do them. No questions asked."

Gnogglebolt:"But, ah, where are my manners."

VAE:no , yuan-ti is from one of the monster manuals XD

Techubi:Oh.

VAE:but they migth be similar

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt bows, inadvertantly making him a fourth of Lethriss's height instead of half. 'Gnogglebolt sparkgear, at your service, madam."

Lethiriss:"Sssss, he isss a polite little liegelord, isssssn't he?"

Sszeyl:"Yes, kept me from beating Trofim a few times. Is Zairith in?"

Lethiriss:"I will check… I think he isss in the ssstudy in the basssement. Would you and your little masssster care to come inssside?"

• Lethiriss looks rather amused, in a snakey sort of way.

Sszeyl:"If it's alright. Gnogglebolt, beware the cat."

Gnogglebolt:"Oh, I certainly don't claim to be anyone's master.."Gnogglebolt says, slightly uneasily.

• Maximillian Toris replies to Barshal.

Sszeyl:"She can and will eat you if you don't keep your guard up."

Gnogglebolt:'Ah…cat?" Gnogglebolt's eyes go slightly wide again at Sszeyl's description. "I will keep that in mind…"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt tentativly steps in the home, looking about curiously.

nguard is disconnected.

• Sszeyl follows and closes door behind them.

Techubi:Sooooo, are they still actually on the right side of the map?

Barshal:The construct nods slightly, speaking a single word.

TMG:we're pretending we;re in the city

Techubi:Kay.

TMG:Imaaaaagination, techcubi :P

Techubi:Alright, alright.

TMG:(and I should kill you for making e quite the godawful sponge :B )

TMG:*quote

VAE:what sponge?

Liatai:The house is messy, covered from top to bottom in books and papers, and it smells faintly of arcane incenses, musty books, and some spices. Spiders scuttle among the papers, and a one-eyed tortoiseshell cat sits on a wooden chair near the table. She surveys you haughtily.

Barshal:He's quiet for a moment, and then speaks a bit more.

Sszeyl:"Beware the cat."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt nods, not taking his eyes off said cat.

Liatai:Gah, I can't find my cat token. XD

nguard has connected.

nguard:hello?

TMG:hello

VAE:hello!

nguard:i can see no map here!

TMG:would you like to be whispered a wall of text of what you missed?

TMG:or are you good without that? ^^;

nguard:I'm good

TMG:alrighty

nguard:are we still in the in?

VAE:yep

TMG:Er, Gnogglebolt, Sszeyl, and some NPCs are at someone's how in a city

TMG:everyone else is at the cave

LiNeer:The cat gazes at Gnogglebolt steadily with its one eye, twitching its tail.

nguard:ah—

TMG:and we're just pretending that G&S are in the city

• nguard enters lurk mode

Sszeyl:"Uh oh. She's mad."

TMG:…speaking of, what happened to the Bronze Boot map? :U

Maximillian Toris:Max replies after considering the wildforged druid's statement.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt continues to keep his gaze on the cat. "What should I do?"

Sszeyl:"You should probably stop staring right into her eye. That's seen as a challenge. And get closer to the floor. Height equals power to cats."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt takes his gaze off, instead of giving a flat look at Sszeyl from his alread-short height.

Liatai:The Bronze Boot is saved in another campaign. ^^'

TMG:oh, darn

Sszeyl:"If you don't like the answer, don't ask the question.

Sszeyl:"LiNeer:The cat continues to watch, tail still flicking every now and then.

Liatai:Spot checks, Sszeyl and Gnogglebolt?

Sszeyl:« 1d20+5 = 12 + 5 = 17 »

Gnogglebolt:Spot: « 1d20 = 11 »

Ghostwish:fffffffffffffail

Ghostwish:brb, getting supper

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt sighs, and bends his knees, making himself a little smaller.

Sszeyl:"Gnogglebolt, freeze."

Sszeyl:"Don't. Move."

LiNeer:The cat watches intently.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt complies immediately. "hhat is it?" he breaths through his teeth, motionless

• Sszeyl carefully navigates the papers, and snatch at the moving object. :U

Liatai:Melee touch attack? :3

Sszeyl:« 1d20+3 = 4 + 3 = 7 »

Sszeyl:DXSszeyl:DXSszeyl:DXLiatai:Whatever was in the papers has evaded your grasp.

Gnogglebolt:Still through his teeth, "hhat are you—"

Sszeyl:Try again? :U

VAE:XD!

VAE:that was a wonderful double sense

Liatai:If you like.

Sszeyl:« 1d20+3 = 14 + 3 = 17 » No whammies! D:Sszeyl::DLiatai:You now have a small, rather irate green snake in your hands.

Techubi:XDSszeyl:"This."

Ghostwish:back!
Liatai:The snake wriggles desperately in an attempt to get away.

Ghostwish:Is MAx pestering the gnoll? :D

Liatai:Not yet. X3

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt remains motionless, just waiting until Sszeyl says he can move again.

Liatai:Trofim, Elros, want to converse with anyone while we're waiting?

Liatai:The snake then twists itself around, giving Sszeyl possibly the most disapproving look a snake ever gave a drow.

Faerie:Unfortunately, I don't know what to say. :B

Sszeyl:"You should know better than to wander around like that with LiNeer about."

Sszeyl:"Gnogglebolt, it's safe."

Trofim:Trofim continues looking grumpy

Liatai:The snake hisses, looks down at the ground, and then stares at Sszeyl.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt sighs, letting the tension out of his body

Terri:"Is something wrong, Mr. Trofim?"

Gnogglebolt:He turns to see the snake in Sszeyl's hand. "A snake? Is that supposed to be here?"

Trofim:Well… see… Gnogglebolt and Sszeyl say we'll stay here for another 6 days or so…

Sszeyl:"You will be put down if Lethiriss says you're her pet, little one. If not, I'll have to put you outside so LiNeer can't eat you."

Liatai:The snake gives Sszeyl a flat look and hisses.

Liatai:Did I mention yet that Lethiriss isn't around? She went to go see if Zairith was home. :P

Trofim:And i won't get to speak to Zairith this way - i wonder what he makes of the book

Gnogglebolt:"Where did this Madam Lethiriss vanish off to?"

Sszeyl:Nah, I figured that.

Liatai:The snake continues to give a flat look.

Sszeyl:"The basement, to check for Zairith."

Elros:"Surely, the book can survive six more days, yes? You could ask Zairith then."

Sszeyl:"Patience, little one. I figured snakes would be abound with that quality."

Gnogglebolt:"Ah, hmm…well, do you think you can safely hold onto that snake until she returns?"

Liatai:Knowledge (nature), you two?

Trofim:I guess so… but still.. there was no business the gnome had in the city

TMG:knowledge nature from Gnogglebolt?

Sszeyl:« 1d20+2 = 13 + 2 = 15 »

TMG:he doesn't have that one… >.>

Trofim:Besides i dunno if he's able enough to stop Sszeyl from doing something dumb

Sszeyl:Int check. :D

Liatai:Gnogglebolt and Sszeyl. Int check is fine. X3

Gnogglebolt:Int check: « 1d20+4 = 2 + 4 = 6 »

TMG:Gnogglebolt haaaaaates the outdoors D:Elros:"He's managed to do so far."

Sszeyl:"…Oh."

• Ghostwish noms on chicken, watching.

• Sszeyl sets the snake on the ground. "Sorry."

Gnogglebolt:"Sszeyl…what?"

Gnogglebolt:"I am confused."

Trofim:well… gnogglebolt can't heal like Beridze and me

Gnogglebolt:wait until I make some Goblin Jumper Cables and I can darn well heal :U

Lethiriss:The snake quickly grows as soon as it hits the ground, like watching a tree grow on sped-up film, taking the shape of the snakelike woman. "Sssss. Thank you." She begins to brush off her shoulders.

Sszeyl:"You really should warn guests you're doing that."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebtol's eyes go -very- wide. "Oh my."

Gnogglebolt:"Well, ah, I can honestly say it is fascinating to meet someone with such measure of magic…"

Lethiriss:"Normally, the guessssts we have are usssed to sssnakes." The woman rearranges her hair as it grows back out. "Zairith'sss ssstudy door wasss blocked by ssso many papersss, it wasss eassier to change ssshape."

Sszeyl:"I was afraid LiNeer was going to butcher some helpless little animal."

Lethiriss:"Sssshe hasss learned not to trifle with my darlingsss," she says with a thin smile.

Sszeyl:"She's a cat."

Lethiriss:"Zairith isss home, and isss trying to fight hisss way out of the papersss. He should be here sssoon."

VAE:now, i wonder whether zairith is my relative

VAE:it sounds like my college room

Gnogglebolt:"May I sit down somewhere, Madam Lethiriss?"

Lethiriss:"Ssshe isss, but ssshe isss a familiar, yesss? Oh, cccertainly, jussst push sssome papersss assside."

Sszeyl:"I assume Zairith informed you of the incident where I had to have my hand regenterated?"

Gnogglebolt:"Thank you". Gnogglebolt finds a small cleared space to sit upon. He also takes note of Lethiriss's unsual accent. It tickled his sensitive ears, making them wiggle.

Lethiriss:It's hard to tell on a face that doesn't blink, but she looks surprised.

Maximillian Toris:"Excuse me… Derish, right?" The human approaches the gnoll, hands in his pockets.

Derish Snowfur:Derish snorts awake, looking up and yawning groggily. "Hrm? Yes? Sorry. Was resting my, well, face."

Zairith:It takes a few minutes, but eventually the half-drow wizard does appear, a few notes on summoning arrays stuck to the hem of his robe. "Young Terror, this is a surprise." He pauses, looking at Gnogglebolt… then adjusts his glasses.

• Maximillian Toris chuckles. "Yes, I can see that. Are you awake enough for me to bother you with a few questions?"

Lethiriss:"Sssssee, I told you. You did not believe me, did you? Sss."

Derish Snowfur:He stretches a bit, yawning again, and idly scratches his ears. "I suppose. I wouldn't be so lucky as to be asked about making goblin stew, would I?"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt stands up again, and bows to the drow. "Gnogglebolt Sparkgear, associate of Sszeyl, good sir."

• Maximillian Toris laughs, somewhat nervously, and plays with the small medallion bearing Bahamut's symbol around his neck. "No, no, nothing like that. I'm just curious, where did you learn Draconic? Your accent isn't one that you usually find around these parts."

Sszeyl:"Hello, Zairith. Trofim sends his insanity."

Sszeyl:"Thank you so much. For having me tag along with him by the way." *restrained icepick face*

Zairith:The half-drow blinks, then bows in return. "A pleasure to meet you, Mr. Sparkgear. Unless you prefer being called by your first name?" He turns to Sszeyl, and looks somewhat sheepishly amused. "Oh no. How much trouble has he been causing?"

Zairith:"He hasn't gotten himself arrested again, I trust."

Sszeyl:"Very nearly."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks between them, and though it might be a breach of ettiquite, interjects. "I have had to deal with the human Trofim as well. He has his uses, but he can be…difficult, sometimes."

Lethiriss:"Ssssss."

Lethiriss:"Truer wordssss were never ssspoken, gnome."

Sszeyl:"Anyway, I have to ask for some help, Zairith. Apparently some local goblins killed a Drow woman, and I have to see to her funeral."

Ghostwish:sorry, was dragged afk, kicking and screaming XFD

TMG:heh x3

Zairith:"They did?" Zairith's eyebrows rise. "Do you happen to know the woman's name?"

Derish Snowfur:Derish blinks, and looks at Max, and then down at his amulet, and then smiles wistfully. "My entire tribe speaks it. We all do. It is because of our mentors in the Citadel."

Sszeyl:"They sold her corpse to necromancers, so no."

Gnogglebolt:"Sadly, no". Gnogglebolt offers again. He pulls out the ledger and points out the entry. "This is all we know."

Zairith:Zairith holds out his hand. "May I?"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt hesitates for a moment, but then hands over the ledger.

Maximillian Toris:"I see! So, you're… What is your tribe, anyway? I only know a few tribes up there in the north."

Zairith:The wizard scans the ledger… then scowls. "Lethiriss, would you mind looking at this?"

Lethiriss:The snake woman slides closer. "What isss it?"

Zairith:The half-drow points at something in the book. "You're more familiar with these symbols than I… Does this one mean what I believe it does?"

• Lethiriss looks over the wizard's shoulder, draping on him a little due to her being significantly taller. "… That dependsss on what you think it meansss. That one there, too…"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt's eyes dart between the two.

Zairith:"Blackskulls… what is that one?"

Lethiriss:"A sssculptor… he livesss to the sssouth. Excccelent carvingsss of adventurersss…"

Sszeyl: (( BRB. ))

Gnogglebolt:"Madam Lethiriss? Mister Zarith? May I inquire as to what you two are seeing?"

Lethiriss:"That looksss like the Blackskull sssymbol to me…"

Zairith:The half-drow starts a little, readjusting his glasses. "Ah… apologies, Mister Sparkgear. It seems you've handed me quite the egnimatic book."

Gnogglebolt:"It is a ledger of all the people the bugbear Granch Redmaw trafficked with people we presume to be necromancers."

Zairith:He moves over to the table, and with a sweep of his arm, sends a cascade of books to the floor. LiNeer stretches and leaps from her perch on the chair to the wizard's shoulder as he lays the book on the now empty place, open to the page Gnogglebolt had it to.

Gnogglebolt:"I suspected the symbols could be personal crests…are you saying you recognize them?"

Derish Snowfur:Derish nods a bit. "Snowfur, like my name."

Zairith:"Some. Not all. This one…" He points to the skull with flaming eyesockets on the page. "… is very similar to the symbol of the Blackskulls, a group of delinquent necromancers branched from the old Society of Saltmarsh."

Liatai:Derish's tribe name has changed, huh?

Gnogglebolt:"A…a group?" Gnogglebolt rubes his forehead.

• Zairith nods.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt takes a deep breath. "Well, that could be problematic."

Gnogglebolt:"I'm not sure we are equipped to pursue an entire group…"

Zairith:"They cause trouble in this area fairly frequently… digging up human graves, hunting down wolf packs. They're essentially arcane scavengers."

Gnogglebolt:"Sszel, our other mutual associates, and I are holding out in the goblin hideout where the necromancers were purchasing the people."

Zairith:"You may be facing more than just necromancers, young gnome."

Sszeyl: (( Back. ))

Gnogglebolt:"We were planning to wait at least a week to see if any show up. If none did, I was going to attempt cross-referencing the ledger…"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt sighs again. "Well, that is quite a problem."

Ghostwish:ew, damnit, getting confused XD

Ghostwish:and the damn character sheet won't save right XD

Zairith:He points out another symbol, an arcane-looking swirl and squiggle. "If what Lethiriss says is true, then you may want to watch out for arcane artists."

Liatai:>:Gnogglebolt:"Arcane artists? Do tell?"

Ghostwish:Snowfur snowpaw, something XD

Lethiriss:"Thissss one. It isss the sssignature of an artissst in a tiny village to the sssouth. Redtree, I believe. Jonah Resssstren. A sssculptor."

Gnogglebolt:"A sculptor? What would a sculptor be doing getting involved in this sordid affair?"

Sszeyl:"…Models?"

Lethiriss:"I am unssssure."

• Maximillian Toris looks at the gnoll curiously. "Snowpaw? Are you one of the tribes that lives within the Citadel itself?"

Liatai:Back in two shakes, got to let the dog out… Talk amongst yourselves. ^^'

Gnogglebolt:"Well…something to investiagte later, I suppose. Thank you very much for this information, and I will likely return for more information, if you would have me."

Sszeyl:"Zairith, do you know of any vendors which sell that fire altering chemical?"

Sszeyl:As an aside to Gnogglebolt. "I am not filled with confidence by this new information."

Derish Snowfur:Derish looks almost perplexed at the question. "No, only those of draconic blood are inside the citadel. The rest of us, my tribe included, live outside and around the citadel."

Sszeyl:"Our magicians are healers, not combatants."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt returns the aside. "Neither am I."

Liatai:Back… DMing by the light of a Christmas tree. I feel all cheery. X3

VAE:XDVAE:Ahahaha.. trofim's flail would speak differently

Gnogglebolt:"I was merely suggesting we could return later and ask for directions to perhaps the sculptor or known activity of these "blackskulls". "

VAE:bad tongues might say he isn't a healer nor a fighter XD

Sszeyl:"This is not a crusade, is it Gnogglebolt? This seems a task for the Human Government to deal with."

Sszeyl:that*

Zairith:"Of course. Come with either Sszeyl or Trofim, if you would, however… the salesmen are getting craftier and craftier in this neighborhood every year. And there are those who do not like the idea of those with either drow or snake blood living in their midst."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt glances back to Sszel. "Ah, well…yes. Something to be discussed later, I think."

Sszeyl:"Like a certain elf woman who might be organizing a mob as we speak."

Zairith:"As for fire-altering chemicals… Have you asked an alchemist? There is supposedly one in town with the Golden Clover caravan famed for colored flames… a catfolk, I believe."

Sszeyl:That last thing wasn't an aside.

Zairith:"… Elf woman?"

Gnogglebolt:"Ah, Sszeyl mentioned he met an elfin shopkeeper who was apparently displeased with his appearence."

Maximillian Toris:"You can never tell with silvers and songs," Max says with a wry grin.

Sszeyl:"A local artist, did not take kindly to my attempting to buy paints from her."

Gnogglebolt:"If we encounter her, I may be able to resolve things peacefully.

Zairith:"Hmm." Zairith frowns. "Where was this shop?"

Sszeyl: (( Where was that shop? :U ))

Liatai:(Arcane district. You can handwave directions if you want. X3)

Sszeyl:"The area of town with many magicians. I think it's the same one as where you sell things."

Zairith:"Interesting… I will have to keep an eye out, then. Do you remember the name of the shop, or its proprietor?"

Derish Snowfur:Derish gives Max a sidelong glance.. "And by the songs, do you mean the catfolk of the region?"

Sszeyl:"Having a pot of royal purple chucked at my face did not facilitate obtaining such knowledge."

Maximillian Toris:Max returns the quizzical look. "… Huh. I guess you really aren't from inside the Citadel… Unless perhaps you mean Madam Orra? Half-dragon catfolk songstress?"

Maximillian Toris:"Singing Sky tribe, I think."

• Lethiriss gives a small hissing chuckle.

Zairith:"Hrmm. Well, I suppose I am forewarned in case an elven artist with an agenda approaches my shop…"

Meany is disconnected.

Liatai:Hang on a sec, folks, Meany got disconnected — there we go. ^^'

Derish Snowfur:Derish sighs, long and softly.. "Oh yes. I know her.."

• Maximillian Toris raises an eyebrow. "… Personally?"

Derish Snowfur:He glances at Max, something of a simmering hate in his eyes.. althought it's clearly not for Max. "Painfully."

Liatai:Trofim and Elros, feel free to chime in any time anything catches your interest in this conversation, okay? ^^'

Faerie:Will do, sorry. ^^;

Maximillian Toris:"…" Max pauses for a moment, then ventures a question. "Was it because of Lord Rasvim?"

VAE:oh, they can hear well

Meany has connected.

Liatai:You can also feel free to roll Knowledge checks if something comes up you want to know about. Hi, Meany! Hang on, I'll copy-paste the log for you.

Meany:I see joo! >:O

TMG:one sec meany, whispering

Faerie:Lemme just grab some popcorn, I'm getting hungry.

Faerie:»TMG:er* Meany doublesmacked.

TMG:Dangit >_

TMG:Didn't see that liatai, sorry xD

TMG:was afk for a moment getting peanuts, then came back to see meany was back…

Liatai:X3Meany:Okay, caught up. :D

Sszeyl:"You know it is not the Elven artists I worry about."

Derish Snowfur:Derish growls briefly, but turns his head away. "Every gnoll knows him." He says simply.

Gnogglebolt:"Anyway…shall we be getting back, Sszeyl?"

Sszeyl:"One last question, Gnogglebolt. Then I won't object."

Gnogglebolt:"Of course." Gnogglebolt replies simply.

• Maximillian Toris is silent for a moment, then switches to Draconic, looking away and sounding bitter.

Sszeyl:"Zairith…are there any choirs around this city who…would sing for the death of a Drow?"

Zairith:"… Choirs?" The half-drow adjusts his glasses.

Sszeyl:"For the Order-standard funeral."

VAE:wait, who was he whispering to?

VAE:because trofim is rather far

Liatai:He is?

VAE:5 feet + between them

VAE:and Derish is right between them

Liatai:He's close enough to hear, definitely. Ten feet isn't too far away to hear a regular spoken conversation. X3

TMG:if Max was't whsipering, trofim heard it…

Zairith:"I suppose I could ask around… It may be difficult to find one made up solely of drow, of course."

Derish Snowfur:Derish ears perk up. "What was that?"

Gnogglebolt:"I was telling him that it was hard to hope for even a non-drow choir…"

Sszeyl:"The edict says nothing of drow singers. There must simply be singers, and the funeral is sanctioned."

VAE:AhTrofim:Trofim speaks in broken draconic

Gnogglebolt:"But, perhaps there are some particularly charitable singers about."

Maximillian Toris:"Hm? Oh, nothing. Just something Grandpa Nathaniel will be interested to hear about."

Gnogglebolt:"…Hmm. The temple of Pelor might be a good place to ask about."

Zairith:"Pelor? Helping drow-blooded individuals?"

Sszeyl:« 1d20+4 = 8 + 4 = 12 » Knowledge Religion to know who Pelor is. :o

Gnogglebolt:"They do help anyone in need who they can."

Zairith:"… You must pardon me. My experiences with the church of Pelor have been… less than pleasant."

Liatai:Sszeyl definitely knows. X3

Derish Snowfur:Derish then looks to Trofirm, still speaking in common, "Well, gnolls are everywhere.. but the citadel.. well, I want to hear what HE knows." Derish says, looking pointedly at Max

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt frowns. "Truly? That is…not something I would expect to hear…"

VAE:heh, the IRL game i attend, the church of pelor are the enemies

• Maximillian Toris blinks and points at himself.

VAE:see, we all happen to be less than human there

Elros:Elros nods at Trofim to gain his attention, then gestures at Max. "Yes, do you understand what he's saying?"

Zairith:"Perhaps I simply met the wrong priests," he says.

Gnogglebolt:"Anyway…anything else, Sszeyl?"

Sszeyl:"My questions have been answered, Zairith, thank you for taking time to do so when you are so busy."

Lethiriss:"I can asssk sssome of my friendsss in the entertainment dissstrict…"

Derish Snowfur:"I heard you. You said he still hasn't let go. Let go of what?"

Gnogglebolt:"Very well. I shall not impose any further, and we shall take our leave and return to the sting operation…may I have te ledger back?"

Zairith:"Ah, yes, of course."

Maximillian Toris:Max looks somewhat uncomfortable. "Well… you seem to already know. I would be surprised if you didn't."

Gnogglebolt:"Thank you, and thank you for allowing me into this dwelling. Madam Lethiriss, Mister Zarith, it was a pleasure meeting you both." Gnogglebolt says, bowing again to both in unison.

Gnogglebolt:er,

Gnogglebolt:in turn

• Zairith nods, and Lethiriss returns the bow in a sweeping way, giving a little serpentine chuckle. Ss-ss-ss.

Sszeyl:"Good day."

Maximillian Toris:"Rasvim of the Singing Sky tribe has a notorious vendetta against gnollkind."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt follows Sszyl out the door.

Sszeyl:"That was disheartening."

LiNeer:The cat watches them the whole time they are leaving, tail twitching.

Gnogglebolt:"Oh?" Gnogglebolt says, tilting his head up at Sszeyl?"

Gnogglebolt:*Sszeyl.

nguard is disconnected.

Derish Snowfur:"Ah.. I thought you knew why.."

Sszeyl:"If we face more than simple country necromancers, we do not have the numbers to overcome them with mundane methods. We need an arcanist."

Techubi:Hey, do Warforged have genders, or, masculine or feminine personalities, or, are they just smart fantasy robots?

Gnogglebolt:"Well…I don't know aboutt hat, but it is something to consider."

TMG:techcubi; Warforged are genderless, but do have male/female personalties

Maximillian Toris:"Whatever it was happened before my time, that's all I know. Grandpa Nathaniel might know more; that's who I heard about it from."

Techubi:Kay.

Sszeyl:"I have seen the power of a formally trained Necromancer. It is not to be underestimated."

Derish Snowfur:"I'll have to talk to him then.."

Trofim:Yer grandpa seems like a smart guy… where does he live?

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt rubs his chin thoughtfully.

• Brian Toris enters the room, holding a mug of a strong-smelling hot beverage. Seeing the gnoll, half-elf, and 'wizard' crowded around Max, he glares. "… And just what is going on here, brother?"

Sszeyl:*transition scene, go!*

Maximillian Toris:"Curr — Bri! There you are! Wondered where you'd run off to!"

Brian Toris:"Don't you pull that trick with me."

Maximillian Toris:"Trick? What trick?"

Brian Toris:"You know full well, you pothoc —! That bard trick where you always change the subject!" He points at his brother.

Maximillian Toris:"Say, when do you think Sszeyl and Gnogglebolt will be getting back, anyway?"

Sszeyl: (( Is our transition scene uneventful? :U ))

Derish Snowfur:"Not a clue."

VAE:XD!

• Brian Toris facepalms. "Wux loerchik vethigix…"

VAE:Max Toris is my mother

Sszeyl: (( Max Torris is you. ))

Sszeyl::PVAE:changing the subject around the uncomfortable

Liatai:Yep, uneventful transition scene! ^^

TMG:so, just let us know when we arrive back at the cave…

Liatai:You should be arriving right about… now.

Sszeyl:"If we are to do this without an archanist, I must go balance my chakras. Whoa, Doug."

Sszeyl:"I trust you can unload your purchases?"

Trofim:Trofim whistles a folksy tune while the brothers argue

Gnogglebolt:"Indeed. I'm not carrying enough to burden me, and I just discovered a better way to distribute a large load anyway."

Sszeyl:"Okay, good."

• Terri has curled up in a corner with Papa and is snoozing away…

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt gets the net, two crossbows, and bolts out of the cart and, despite the very awkward bulk, waddles with them towards the cave.

• Sszeyl unhitches Doug, and puts him to pasture, for rest and eats.

• Sszeyl then heads to the the spring.

• Doug munches away. Om nom nom.

Maximillian Toris:"Speak of the gnome!"

Gnogglebolt:With the awkward load obscuring most of his view, Gnogglebolt shuffles into the hideout. "Everything was fine while I was gone? No one is dead, including goblins?"

• Terri gives a little snore.

Trofim:Yeah… it seems all is well

Trofim:Was Zairith at home?

• Papa gives a big dog snore.

Gnogglebolt:"Mister Zarith was indeed home."

TMG:oh dear, may lag out…

TMG:will continue as long as I can, though

Liatai:And his evil cat was, too. :P

• Sszeyl climbs up onto the rock, assumes meditation position, and gets to work balancing the Root Chakra first.

Sszeyl:This will eat up his next eight hours. :o

TMG:…uhoh.

Trofim:Mutters: Not like the two times i went there in the last days…. This is unfortunate indeed… but you will get to meet him again… unless you die at which point it wouldn't have been of any use anyways I.. i guess you are right, Beridze… I hope the damn lie-mages come by soon

TMG:Cuz Gnogglebolt is going to wonder when he's not back in half :U

Meany::UElros:(Hey, they're serving pancakes downstairs. Mind if I grab some? »)

Faerie:And, this is why you check if you're impersonated. :B

Liatai:As he draws closer to the crown chakra, he will begin to get a vision… an image of a clear blue sky over a plain… and a single large bird swooping through the sky. It is far away, although it is clearly visible.

Gnogglebolt:"So…we should all be ready to wait around for a few days. We should also figure out some kind of early-warning watch, so we aren't surprised by something random again.

Liatai:X3 Go right ahead! You don't need our permission to go eat pancakes! XD

Gnogglebolt:"In the meantime, I will attempt to rig up these devices…

Gnogglebolt:He speaks to the goblins as he passes by.

• Slat yaps.

• Nintrok coughs and tries his hardest to look innocent.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt can't help it, he snickers.

• Sszeyl calmly rouses self eight hours later. "I understand."

Faerie:Disregard that, pancakes are at 10PM (which I kinda thought). Don't know where the big group shouting pancakes went then.

Liatai:XDTMG:wait, oh crap

TMG:Ah, liatai

VAE:wait.. we pulled 8 hours by?

TMG:gonna need some DM-fiat on this

Sszeyl: (( Tell me when eight hours have passed for everyone else. :D ))

Techubi:Darnit…Can I get another audience token?

Liatai:DM-fiat machine is ready.

VAE:this smells like Achron!

VAE:he exists in a different time to us!

Liatai:XDLiatai:What do you need, Tech?

Techubi:Where's Gnogglebolt?

Liatai:Northwest of your current position.

Techubi:…….Why the heck did it just go dark?

TMG:Gnogglebolt wants to rig the net and the crossbow just in front of the entrance to granch's cave. The net should drop from the ceiling while the crossbow is off to the side and on the floor, and fires. This should be triggered by a tripwire, and will also probably need odds and ends like twipwire, pullies, and hooks

TMG:so, 2 things)

TMG:1, how much GP worth of these odds and ends did he scrounge up while in town, and 2) what kind of check and how long would it take to rig it all up?

TMG:neither normal crafting or Tech Device would work, because those are measured in weeks…so what does Gnogglebolt need to do to get this rigged up quickly?

Liatai:It would take a Craft (trapmaking) check. And as for the value of the odds and ends…

Liatai:The odds and ends would be very cheap, probably only 1 gold. The most expensive parts, you bought already.

TMG:Oh, I was thinking 10 or 20. I thought things like tripwire/fishing line would cost a bit more, but okay

TMG:…and…can Gnogglebolt estimate how easy/difficult this should be?

Liatai:Depending on what you roll for your Craft check, I'll determine how quickly you make the trap. Booby traps are easy enough to make, and quick.

Liatai:I would ask for two checks, though; one for the crossbow component, and one for the net component.

TMG:Alrighty.

TMG:Heh heh…suppose it's time to not reply on taking 10, eh? ^^;

Liatai:X3TMG:*rely

Liatai:Any other things going on in the cage room while Sszeyl meditates and Gnogglebolt works on traps?

TMG:oh boy

TMG:Okay, gonna be a few minutes, everyone

TMG:mom's flipping all the breakers in the house again because she never labled them -_-

TMG:and dowsn't know which one she needs…

TMG:so, prolly gonna drop for a minute or two

Liatai:Ouch. >.o

Liatai:So, anything going on in the cage room while we wait? ^^'

Derish Snowfur:Derish is a bit more moody than usual.

VAE:Trofim is propping himself against an empty cage and looking drowsy

Faerie:We're having a wild and crazy party in the cage room.

• Faerie nods

• Maximillian Toris totally has glowsticks in his Backpack of Random Stuff. :B

Sszeyl: (( It been eight hours yet? :D ))

Liatai:We can assume so. X3

TMG:okay

TMG:er, narrowed down the breakers

TMG:-hopefully- the ones mom hits won't be the living room ones

Sszeyl:"Hello again."

TMG:but if it does, I'll be able to know the last line I saw

TMG:Anyway!

TMG:Rolls for the simple traps…

Terri:"Hi, Mr. Sszeyl!"

Sszeyl: (( Where did my worgs go? :O ))

TMG:wait, hold on a sec

Liatai:I assumed you took them to town to be taken care of. ^^'

Sszeyl: (( Ah yes. :D ))

• Sszeyl returns with fur pelts. "How are you, Miss Terri?"

TMG is disconnected.

Techubi:Well, looks like his mom hit the living room breakers…

Terri:"I'm good! Max did his bard trick thing again! An' Papa an' I played Snaggletooth for a bit!"

Sszeyl:"Oh, goodie."

Sszeyl:"…Are we all clustered in the cage room for a reason, or are you guys just bored?"

Brian Toris:"Pothoc bard…" Brian grumbles.

Sszeyl:"Ah, the smell of seething rage. Reminds me of home."

Maximillian Toris:"I think it's the latter. Mr. Sparkgear is off trapping the rest of the hideout, too, and we don't want to step on his work and bring the whole tunnel down on our heads!"

Sszeyl:"…Then why not go to the other tunnel?"

Maximillian Toris:"… Friend, you've never been around a gnome in invention mode, have you?"

Sszeyl:"The one with a nice, if a bit dusty, room."

Sszeyl:"I've seen Gnome slaves do some work, yes."

Elros:"That said, we will need to assume our ambush locations at some point. If we don't now, we'll have to soon."

• Maximillian Toris looks somewhat disgusted and uncomfortable. "…"

Maximillian Toris:"… then the answer is no," he says to Sszeyl after a while.

Sszeyl:"Anyone have some early warning method of detecting them? Wait, Gnogglebolt did tell you what we learned from the ledger, right?"

Terri:"… Huh?"

Sszeyl:"Yeah, apparently, we're in some serious trouble."

Sszeyl:"But he's the planner, so you'll have to ask him for particulars."

Sszeyl:"Me, I came in here to see how you guys were doing, before going to fix up what I can in that other cave, since we've some free time."

Sszeyl:"Scream if you need help."

Sszeyl:And off he goes! :U

Liatai:Ah, there he is. X3

Sszeyl:How many hours to get this place not quite as filthy as it is? :D

Trofim:Trouble? are they here? *Trofim wakes up and leaps to his feet*

Trofim:He is staring to the sides as he notices noone is especially alert

Liatai:Depends. How big of a broom do you have? X3

Sszeyl:What broom? :D

Liatai:The dust on the floor alone is nearly an inch thick. It would take at least two days to clean it entirely… with a broom. XD

• Sszeyl stole Lethiriss' broom while they were in town? :D

Trofim:Damn.. next time speak more carefully

Trofim:i thought they already came

Liatai:Unless Sszeyl has some magical kung-fu cleaning skills? :P

Sszeyl:I submit the scene from Kung Fu Panda where Shifu blows out all those candles. :D

Liatai:I call for a Con check, to see how far you get before the dust in the air gets too thick to breathe in without coughing. ^^'

Sszeyl:Constitution, or concentration? :D

Liatai:Constitution.

Sszeyl:« 1d20+1 = 19 + 1 = 20 »

Sszeyl::DLiatai:If it was concentration, I'd spell it out… Ooh. :o

Liatai:You've actually made some sizeable progresss in cleaning the room!

Brian Toris:"No such luck yet," Brian grumbles to Trofim.

Sszeyl:"Cough! Hack! Wheeze!"

Sszeyl:"Okay, that's enough for today."

Liatai:You are now a very dirty and dusty drow. You're like Pigpen from Peanuts. :P

Sszeyl:Time for fanservice! :D

Trofim:Well, you do have that war fan or what's the gizmo called

• Sszeyl tosses the pelts, and his backpack onto the bed area, which he cleaned the hay from, and snags clean pants. To the spring again!

Sszeyl:Any random encounters? :o

Liatai:Spot check?

Sszeyl:« 1d20+5 = 1 + 5 = 6 »

Sszeyl::DLiatai:You see nothing. X3

Faerie:He's blind?

Sszeyl:"AUGH, THE SUN!"

Liatai:The dust got in his eyes. X3

Liatai:Alertness check; how's everyone doing? Tired? Wide awake? Somewhere in between?

Faerie:Going for pancakes in 3. Not like I've been alert all day. »

VAE:mostly awake , though neck is starting to pain

Ghostwish:A bit tired. Getting pulled in different directions too XD

Meany:I are has soda. :D

Meany:Wide awake.

VAE:and it's about 4 AM here, too

Meany:Though, I'd like to drop to see if wireless works now. :o So I can get out of this rocking chair.

Meany:But if it comes to a vote.

Meany:I vote continue. :D

Liatai:In light of pancakes and te 4 AM-ness, we're probably going to call the session soon. I was hoping to call it after Gnogglebolt rolled for trap-making, but I don't see him anywhere…

Liatai:*the 4 AM-ness

Meany:Especially since Tech is going to feel cheated out of some rp, and I know what that's like. D:Liatai:This is true. >:VAE:oh, he's gone?

Sszeyl:Scrubba dubba doo~

Liatai:His power got cut off. His mother tripped the circuit breaker. ^^'

VAE:see.. danman was reading tvtropes coming back to read chunks of text as there wasn't much for Trofim to do

VAE:i thought the circuit breaker was just techcubi's hypothesis

VAE:uff, good.. danman must take his vitamin D supplement, lucky he just glanced at it

Faerie:…disregard my last, pancakes now 10:20

TMG has connected.

Sszeyl::DLiatai:It's a Tech! :D

TMG:Well.

Sszeyl: (( Yo. ))

VAE:wb tech!

TMG:That was a lapse of memeory for ya.

Liatai:I'll prepare the copy-paste machine — oh?

TMG:The breaker mom actually needed to turn off for good?

TMG:That's where the router was.

Liatai:Ouch. ^^'

Faerie:>.o

TMG:She got the breaker on the first try, though ^^;

TMG:*the right breaker

TMG:So!

TMG:Copypasta!

TMG:Brignt he gnome up to speed!

TMG:and a moment while I read…

Liatai:Wall of text, ahoy! XD

VAE:wait what happened

VAE:was she running too many appliances at once?

TMG:nah, had to replace a ceiling fan that was ripping itself apart

Liatai:O_o

TMG:one of the blades was bent

TMG:so it was out of balance

VAE:that's … unusual

VAE:normally lights and other walled in stuff and sockets tend to be on different circuits

TMG:the breaker in question controls every outlet in two of the upstairs rooms, actually

TMG:one room of which was my mom's room, where the fan was

TMG:and also the router

• Sszeyl being fresh and clean, goes to promptly get dusty again by tackling that room once more. :D

VAE:well, but as i said

TMG:Anyway!

TMG:Where I left off! :U

Liatai:Con check again. X3

VAE:outlets and walled in stuff tend to be separate

Sszeyl:« 1d20+1 = 1 + 1 = 2 »

TMG:(also, nice cover for me, Liatai ;) )

Sszeyl:D:* Sszeyl forgot to dry properly, gets dusty too quick.

TMG:oh, one sec

Liatai:You are covered in twice as much dust as before.

Sszeyl:"Grr, going to run out of soap at this rate."

Sszeyl:Scrubba dubba doo~

Sszeyl:How many hours of work have I done so far? :D

TMG:so yeah. Sorry about that all. Had it been the living room breaker, where my comp is, I would have been back quickly, but forgot about the router ^^;

TMG:Anyway

Liatai:With baths? Three.

Gnogglebolt:Without further delay, Trapmaking check #1 for the net-on-the-ceiling trap!

Sszeyl:How far is the cleaning progress bar on that room? :U 5%?

Gnogglebolt:Craft (Trapmaking) « 1d20+8 = 9 + 8 = 17 »

Gnogglebolt:erg

TMG:any sucess/progress?

TMG:and how long?

Liatai:You've made significant progress! It will probably only take one more successful check to finish. That took an hour, mainly because trying to find a way to put the net on the ceiling when you're gnome-sized is a bit of an issue.

TMG:Heh heh. Smart gnome invents improptu pulley-lift? :U

Liatai:X3TMG:or makeshift pitons/handholds…

Gnogglebolt:Check #2, still on the net trap! Craft (Trapmaking) « 1d20+8 = 14 + 8 = 22 »

TMG:Hmm, and the crossbow trap was supposed to be linked to the same…

Sszeyl:And the room cleaning? :o

Liatai:That component is complete! ^^

Liatai:The room cleaning is.. yeah, 5-10% done. X3

Sszeyl:Time for another tackle! >:D

Sszeyl:« 1d20+1 = 17 + 1 = 18 » Con check. :D

Sszeyl::oGnogglebolt:And moving on to the crossbow half of the trap, check #3! Craft (trapmaking) « 1d20+8 = 20 + 8 = 28 »

TMG:o.o

Liatai:BAM. X3

Faerie:Nice o.o

TMG:Soo…three hours of work?

Sszeyl:Holy fish paste. :o

Liatai:The trap is not only made, but it's made well, and you've devised a new type of quick-release for the net system. :3

TMG:wheeee :D

Liatai:Three hours of work, and the trap is done!

TMG:So, to summarize;

TMG:the trap is controlled by a tripwite

Liatai:Sszeyl, you've made another 5% worth of progress.

TMG:when activated, the net will fall from the ceiling onto the tripper, while the carefyully-aimed crossbow fires automatically

TMG:Must be reset manually, as well

TMG:and wait a sec…

TMG:…we seem to have a bit of time travel here :U

Liatai:Yes we do. ^^'

TMG:Sszeyl wasn't done with his chakra thing until 8 hours?

TMG:but Gnogglebolt's thing only took 3…

TMG:and they started at roughly te same time… :B

TMG:…Sszeyl miraculously refocused in one hour? ^^;

VAE:Achron!

Liatai:Perhaps he spent the other five-plus hours toying with the new quick-release system, or devising a new pulley system for reaching new heights…

VAE:i told ya!

VAE:the stuff is happening in alternate timelines

TMG:Hmm. >.>

TMG:Hmm…….

Liatai:After all, if gnome creative mode is anything like most creative modes or Spark mode, a new innovation like that probably sparked some new ideas… X3

Sszeyl:Until you guys sort this out, Imma refrain from the next Con check for work. :D

Faerie:Hokay, third time lucky for pancakes? :U

TMG:perhaps he fiddled with the crossbow and increased it's power, somehow?

TMG:Like, +1 or 2 to damage?

TMG:(or even treat it as a heavy crossbow?)

Liatai:You can try that. Roll your Craft check.

TMG:eh, was hoping that'd be what the 20 was for, but okay >.>

Gnogglebolt:Craft (trapmaking) for upgrade! « 1d20+8 = 4 + 8 = 12 »

TMG:oook.

VAE:bleh

Liatai:No luck this hour.

TMG:Well, damn. If anything could kill the giddy-mood I was gonna have Gnogglebolt be in…

TMG:oh, alrighty x3

Gnogglebolt:Check #5 for upgrade! « 1d20+8 = 1 + 8 = 9 »

TMG:Auuuuuugh! Noooooo!

Liatai:You got caught in the net. ^^'

TMG:Curse you for calling another check, Liataiaaa! I was gonna take the 20 and be happy ;~;

VAE:now this i guess makes it the 'achieve or die'

Liatai:Seems your quick-release was a little too sensitive… XD

Liatai:Sorry >:Gnogglebolt:I will not be defeated! My spark runs STRONG! Check #8! « 1d20+8 = 11 + 8 = 19 »

Liatai:BAM!

Gnogglebolt:erGnogglebolt:7Gnogglebolt:no!

Gnogglebolt:6VAE:XDTMG:check #6, dangit

Liatai:You got the net set back up easily!

Gnogglebolt:Must upgrade crossbow! Check #7! « 1d20+8 = 2 + 8 = 10 »

Liatai:And you also tweaked the quick-release so it wouldn't go off if a fly landed on it, like last time. :P

TMG:bwaaaaah.

VAE:heh

Techubi:Keep trying.

TMG:Oh, and at this point

VAE:if he's anything like me, by now it's a challenge to his own ability that must be overcome XD

TMG:To everyone else in the cave

TMG:when the net was set off accidentally

TMG:EVERYONE heard a LONG, ten-minute string of curses in more langueages than anyone has any right to know.

Liatai:XD!

TMG:Everyon recognized at least five words.

Liatai:And that is probably why everyone decided to steer clear of the gnome in creative mode. XD

Trofim:Trofim looks in the hall's direction with admiration

Trofim:*nods*

Trofim:That gnome, he's more than he shows!

• Brian Toris claps his hands over Terri's ears. Terri claps her hands over Papa's.

Gnogglebolt:Final check, #8! Spark power go! « 1d20+8 = 4 + 8 = 12 »

Trofim:He recognised about 20 curses…

TMG:or, wait

TMG:from sszeyl finishing his chakra thing to now, how much time has passed?

VAE:now, there will be a *bleep*mode

Liatai:Now is about the time when Sszeyl came down to talk to everyone.

TMG:yup, that is what I'm thinking

TMG:and I hear about this "cleaning" stuff. Has any significant time passesed since then?

Sszeyl:Just after I told them about stuff in the ledger. :D

Sszeyl:Four hours, methinks. :o

TMG:if so, then gnogglebolt could work for one more hour…

TMG:oh!

Liatai:Sszeyl's been cleaning the cave for a good four hours.

TMG:Ah.

Liatai:So, you can have up to four more checks if you want. ^^

TMG:wait, which cave?

Liatai:Asterac's cave.

Sszeyl:Speaking of…. >:3

TMG:Ahhhh.

Sszeyl:« 1d20+1 = 9 + 1 = 10 » Con check!

Sszeyl::oSszeyl:Not bad, not good. Cool.

TMG:Okay, then. Update from hou 8 with the result of 12?

Liatai:You can actually start to see the floor in some spots!

Sszeyl::DLiatai:The crossbow has not been upgraded yet. You are welcome to try more checks, if you like, since other party members are off being domestic. X3

Gnogglebolt:Right then. Hour 9! « 1d20+8 = 4 + 8 = 12 »

Sszeyl:Scrubba dubba doo~

TMG:Bluuuuuuhh.

Gnogglebolt:Hour 10…. « 1d20+8 = 1 + 8 = 9 »

Techubi:XDTMG:NNNNOOOOOOOOOOO

VAE:XD!

Liatai:SNAG.

Sszeyl:« 1d20+1 = 16 + 1 = 17 » Con check. :D

Gnogglebolt:This time, the rant lasts -twenty- minutes.

VAE:this is SO like Cooking Sama

Liatai:Seems the wire leading up to the net snapped this time.

TMG:I couldn't help but thinking of that, too..

Liatai:XD!

TMG:he's working on the crossbow, though…

VAE:I can imagine gnogglebolt/crossbow fight screen

Sszeyl:Is that another five percent for the bar? :D

Gnogglebolt:Right then. Attempting to repair the crossbow… « 1d20+8 = 13 + 8 = 21 »

Liatai:The whole trap is connected, and the net mechanism breaking is much less damage-causing than a crossbow misfire. :P

VAE:heh.. i need to draw this tomorrow XD

TMG:Okay then, repair the net

Liatai:You've managed to upgrade the crossbow! :D

Liatai:But the net still needs fixing.

Liatai:Meany - Yep!

TMG:that -was- the net…oh, okay then.

Sszeyl:So, twenty, or twenty-five percent? :D

Gnogglebolt:Final check to repair the net.

Liatai:Something like twenty-three percent.

Sszeyl:Scrubba dubba doo~

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt stands, observes his work, and sighs.

Gnogglebolt:He cools off, and and takes it easy. Taking 10, 10+8 = 18 to repair the net mechanism.

Liatai:Ta-da!

Liatai:The trap is now complete! :D

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt stands back, and observes his handiwork.

Liatai:And a fine piece of gnomish handiwork it is, too. ^^

Sszeyl:So Sszeyl

Sszeyl:'s still two hours ahead? :D

Gnogglebolt:He strides back to the cage room—

Liatai:We'll assume he's on the same time frame. ^^'

TMG:wait, he's not caught up now?

Ghostwish:I'm gonna have to retire soon. X)

TMG:well, if Sszeyl has been working for 6 hours, adding 2 from the four since I joined…

TMG:stay for this, ghost :3

TMG:Derish caught some Gnoll curses in the two rants

Trofim:Trofim looks at the gnome with admiration

Derish Snowfur:"Choice language that, gnogglebolt."

Trofim:ha! Agreed!

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt strides back into the cage room. His chin is very high, and his eyes are closed, in the most prideful, I-will-no-lose strut anyone's seen. He sits down. head tilted high, and sits on a random crate, not looking at anyone.

• Sszeyl takes a break for food and the facilities. :D

Sszeyl:Nom nom, apple munch, nom.

VAE:XD!

Liatai:AKA, apples and a convenient bush. :P

Gnogglebolt:"It was just a simple trap. It thought it could outsmart me, oh no, I'm much too good to be defeated by this, oh no, It was only a simple trap.." He doesn't seem to be acknowloedging anyone

Derish Snowfur:The gnoll half considers playing a game of gnome football.. but decides not to.

Gnogglebolt:Does indeed seem to be talking to himself.

Brian Toris:"… Is he all right?"

Trofim:Trofim is unphased - after all he often converses with beridze , alone

Sszeyl:« 1d20+1 = 7 + 1 = 8 » Con check for another hour of work. :D

Sszeyl:Phooey. :T

TMG:Okay, hmm.

TMG:Would like to step back for a moment…

TMG:at about what time of the day did everyone wake up?

Liatai:No progress.

TMG:two sessions ago?

Liatai:It's early nighttime now.

TMG:eh, oh fine, kill my math >.> :P

Liatai:Bah! It's too late at night for math! >:P

Faerie:2+2=4 !

Faerie:»Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt blinks, turns his head normally, and seems to come out of a daze.

Faerie:Pancakes were had, and tasty.

Gnogglebolt:"Er, the trap is set by the way. No one go in there." He repeats it in Goblin for Nintrok and Slat.

Liatai:Yay. :D

• Maximillian Toris peeks around the cage at the gnome. "… Is the rest of the hideout safe?"

Techubi:You guys gonna do a timeskip to…Whenever?

Gnogglebolt:"Oh, yes. The trap is confined to Granch's room."

Sszeyl:How many hours of work do I have left before this cave is livable? :D

Liatai:Many. X3

Liatai:Especially without a broom.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt takes a headcount.

Liatai:It would take at least a day.

Gnogglebolt:"…Where's Sszeyl?"

Terri:"Cleanin'!"

Sszeyl:Scrubba dubba doo~

Gnogglebolt:"Oh? Cleaning what?"

Terri:"A cave!"

Gnogglebolt:" 'A' cave? Which one?"

Terri:"Um…" Terri looks around at the other people in the cave.

Terri:"… He just said 'the other cave…'"

Gnogglebolt:"The other cave…oh."

Gnogglebolt:"…Hmm. I'll be right back.

TMG:vworp to Salishea/sterac's cave?

Sszeyl:Sszey;

Sszeyl:Sszeyl's at the spring right now. :o

Techubi:THERE you are.

TMG:oh, whup

TMG:sorry, was afk for a moment…

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt enters the cave…and sees no Sszeyl.

Gnogglebolt:"…I wonder if he meant the other one…"

TMG:aw hell, lost in the wall

TMG:thnaks ^^

Liatai:The cave looks significantly cleaner than before… er. Gnogglebolt.

Liatai:Wis check. ^^'

TMG:wis check? er… « 1d20 = 16 » ? :B

Liatai:You remember that's the bear's cave. And the bear is quite likely to be in there.

Sszeyl:And that Sszeyl would have mentioned visiting Fuzzy. :D

Gnogglebolt:"Wait a minute…"

Liatai:Smart gnome. X3

Gnogglebolt:"Oh dear. He -was- in the cave of Salishea, it was different…but he's not there anymore…oh dear, oh dear oh dea."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt starts poking around the trees. "Sszeyl?" He calls out in the night.

Liatai:Listen check, Sszeyl!

Sszeyl:« 1d20+5 = 15 + 5 = 20 »

Liatai:You hear him!

Ghostwish:Gotta go soon. X(

Sszeyl:"Ee ay yu ee~ No bo me lo-what?"

TMG:dang, well, seems to be wrapping up…

• Sszeyl whistles.

Liatai:Hymn of the Fayth, Sszeyl? :P

Gnogglebolt:"Oh, Sszeyl, is that you?" Gnogglebolt calls heading towards his voice.

Liatai:Yeah, we're wrapping up soon. ^^

Gnogglebolt:"Oh, there you are Sszeyl. I was worried for a moment…"

VAE:good idea tpp

VAE:*too

Sszeyl: (( Yes. :B ))

VAE:5AM and danman is starting to be really tired

VAE:especially since there's little for trofim to do

Liatai:Good night, then. ^^

TMG:so, er, anything else from Sszeyl?

VAE:i'll wait out until proper end

Liatai:We'll wrap up this scene with Gnogglebolt and Sszeyl, and then call it for the night. ^^

Sszeyl:"Hmm, you seem tense. I advise a bath, if you're not the prudish sort."

VAE:at least, until ghost packs up

TMG:and, is Gnogglebolt accidentally stubling on something he doesn't want to see? >.>

Sszeyl:"I'm almost done either way."

Liatai:XDGnogglebolt:"Hmm? Oh. OH!" Gnogglebolt turns his head away before he can make out the black drow in the night clearly.

Gnogglebolt:"Er, my apologies, the others just said you were cleaning a cave, and I checked it, and you weren't there…"

Sszeyl:"Yes, I should have looked around for a broom fist. Dust went everywhere, and I mean everywhere. Ick."

Gnogglebolt:"Well, one cobbled out of grass and a branch might have sufficed…I could have assembled one quickly. But yes, you are fine, so I shall go back to the main cave. When are you going to return?"

Sszeyl:"Fifteen minutes, if my prescence is needed."

Gnogglebolt:"Well, most of us are likley to be going to sleep now, so, if you are up to i, your eyes in the night would be useful as a lookout…"

Gnogglebolt:*up to it

Sszeyl:"Very well. I will report in for your doubling up policy, then go off on patrol."

Gnogglebolt:"Alright, thank you Sszeyl." Gnogglebolt heads back to the main cave

Liatai:And shall we leave it there?

TMG:might as well

GM:All righty! Good session, all, we got a lot done. And I do mean a LOT.

VAE:good night then!

GM:Now good night to those of you who are going to bed, and see you in IRC otherwise. ^^

GM:Any last words for the server?

TMG:Yup, to IRC!

TMG:And liatia!

TMG:Liiia!

Sszeyl:Sure. :D

Meany:I'm going to disconnect to see if wireless is still down. If it is, I'm afraid I might have to call it a night.

VAE:heh, i'll be there for a short while

Meany:Also, good game, and good night!

Meany:Be back soon. :o

Meany is disconnected.

Faerie:Good night, and good luck.

Techubi is disconnected.

Liatai:Whaaat, whaaat?

TMG:because of my disconnects, I do not have a full log, so I cannot be a safety net tonight :o

Liatai:Yes, I've got the log. :P

TMG:ah, alrighty ^^

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You have disconnected.