Session 6

Server started.

TMG has connected.

Faerie has connected.

VAE has connected.

TMG:uh, danman…

VAE:uh, what?

TMG:if Trofim is going to start the session running after Terri..

TMG:who the hell is holding onto Dosemz?! o.o

VAE:isn't he tied?

Ghostwish has connected.

Meany has connected.

TMG:he got out the first time! Gnogglebolt told you to watch him, since you're the only one with any effectiveness at subduing him…

TMG:and besides, only his hands are tied

VAE:heh… it seems trofim likes Papa way too much

TMG:he could still run if Trofim leaves him

Liatai:Hehehehe. >:3

TMG:pleeease don't start the session with Trofim running after Terri, danman >.>

TMG:let us start the session at the very moment Terri runs off

TMG:then, if stuff hanppens…whatever

Liatai:Aww, you mean, you guys don't want to have a dilemna on your hands? >VAE:it happened yesterday

VAE:i mean, last week

TMG:(funnily enough, something similar happened in a game Ghost was running. We were having a long, long conversation with a bad guy, well into the night. People were getting tired, but the character interaction was gold. My character finished up by shooting at him ^^; )

TMG:(Come next session, we "rewound the clock" a little to get everyone back into the groove, and the events changed)

TMG:(point is, last session ended at -exactly- when Terri ran off, andd nothing more)

VAE:variable time

TMG:(no one should have done anything "after" because the session was supposed to leave off there)

TMG:sooo…everyone should be put at exactly where they were the moment Terri bolts, then the characters can act from there now

TMG:and if trofim really does be an idiot, oh well >.>

VAE:heh… if he wasn't. he'd be reaping crops by this time of the year

TMG:beacuse really, last session was -supposed- to end the moment Terri ran. Any "actions" after that are null

TMG:Or should be

GM:Roll call!

TMG:Present!

Faerie:buh

VAE:Aye!

TMG:(and GM's call? >.> )

• Faerie flops

GM:GM's call, yes.

• Ghostwish rolls.

Ghostwish:NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP

VAE:i never got the point of rickrolls

VAE:the song isn't too bad

Liatai:I'm a little laggy, folks, so please pardon me if I seem a little slow. ^^'

Ghostwish:To be rickrolled meant you were clicking on a link expecting something else, and instead got a little known white man singing in a very impressively deep voice.

VAE:i know …. but how's that funny?

Ghostwish:4chaners will find ways to laugh at a mentally challanged child watching their mother being burned alive.

Ghostwish:AKA: They have no souls.

VAE:goatse-ing link was of sorts since it generally freaked out the recipient

Liatai:Just waiting on Meany now…

TMG:Meaneh meaneh.

TMG:I think he's having lag/DC problems…

TMG:he forgot to close out firefox properly before booting up maptool xD

Liatai:Ah. ^^'

TMG:because in the chat, he timed out

Meany:»

TMG:if he closed out his browser first like he should have, we should have been seeing a regular quit—ah!

TMG:Stable, meany?

Meany:I did quit firfox, but I foolishly though chatzilla could be maintained.

Meany:So far, yes.

VAE:Arr!

Meany:Can't see anything yet, though.

TMG:enforce view, GM^^

VAE:Ya need be moved

Ghostwish:Map hasn't cycled.Meany:There we go.

Faerie:I'm not seeing anything.

TMG:hokay! If everyone is here…

Faerie:o.o

TMG:Set the stage, GM!

TMG: Meany:Zoom out until you see something, Alex.

Ghostwish:LAST TIME, ON LIATAI Z..

Meany:Then zoom in on it.

GM:The party managed to wrangle some goblins! But, perhaps, not wrangle them as well as they'd hoped.

VAE:hahah… an incentive to get my stuff running - danman Z sounds better

VAE:*danmanball Z

GM:After some time and much negotiation in Goblin…

GM:And some negotiations in Bear…

GM:The party seems to finally be ready to bring their captives to Castleton.

GM:But, their journey might not be without a few speed bumps…

Terri:"What is it, Papa?"

Papa:*wuff*

Terri:"Papa says he smells something…"

Trofim:Where from?

Terri:"In there!"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks across the clearing. "Hmm? Terri, are you coming with us yet?"

TMG:(he probably can't make out the exact works)

Liatai:WIth that, girl and dog trot into the cave.

VAE:now, to be realistic, trofim would probably run off behind them

Derish:"Erm. Should I follow them? To insure they are okay?"

Gnogglebolt:"wait…what? No, no NO!" Gnogglebotl looks at the goblins, then the group. "HOLD! EVERYONE HOLD!"

Trofim:WAIT!

Sszeyl:"I think the gnome wants to handle this."

Grapmak:The goblins look around at each other.

Gnogglebolt:"Terri! TERRI!" *spits in several vulgar languages* "Everyone stay here! I am the only one who cannot restraint rhwe goblins physically, only I can be spared!"

Gnogglebolt:"What the…TROFIIIIM!"

VAE:in any case, someone should be able to handle a goblin with tied hands

Black Bear:*what's going on? Am I going to get my fish? o.o *

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt rushes over to DOsemz, dawing his morningstar. "TROFIM! COME BACK NOW!"

Liatai:Listen check, Trofim?

Elros:Elros rubs his forehead, and stands guard over the pack of tied goblins.

Trofim:« 1d20 = 15 »

Liatai:Yep, you can hear him.

Sszeyl:"Yes you're going to get your fish."

Gnogglebolt:"YOU MUST WATCH DOSEMZ! ONLY YOU CAN!"

Trofim:Terri, i think we should go back… the small one is calling us back

Terri:"But Papa says…"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt does make sure to keep one eye on the hand-tied Dosemz, grip tight on his morningstar.

Trofim:I .. i don't know *takes out beridze*

Sszeyl:"And this is why we hired a bear. Fuzzy, drag the goblin by the gnome over here, would you?"

Dosemz:*grumps*

Liatai:« 1d2 = 1 »

Trofim:Beridze… should we go to the cave or back?

Black Bear:The bear lopes over to the goblin after Tadrim translates.

TMG:(Does Alarian and Tadrim move just a space or two each to close the "gap" Gnogglebolt left?"

Liatai:« 1d2 = 1 »

Faerie:(Also, what language is the bear speaking)

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks up to the big bear as it lumbers over, eding away slightly. "Drow? Elvish decendants? Will this bear ensure Dosemz does not leave?"

Liatai:(Bear.Tadrim is using Speak with Animals.)

Black Bear:The bear reaches over… and takes the back of Dosemz's robe in its teeth.

Faerie:(Okay. I wasn't sure if that would be bear or slyvan.)

Gnogglebolt:"Ah, I suppose that…speaks for itself."

Trofim:uh… but what about the smell he picked up? … he lead me here after all… *scratches head*

Sszeyl:"He seems smarter than the average bear, so I'd imagine so."

Faerie:*sylvan

Black Bear:The goblin shrieks and swears as the bear trots back over. OK, here's your loud thing, can I get my fish now?

Gnogglebolt:"IF he does get away, I am holding you responsible, drow and elves." With that, Gnogglebolt heads into the cave.

Trofim:*gets happy when the problem solved itself*

Gnogglebolt:He does a full-on, straight-line run as fast as his short legs can carry him.

Trofim:Papa picked up something!

Gnogglebolt:"Terri! Please, wait up!"

Trofim:we should follow him!

Terri:Terri is looking around the cave curiously.

Trofim:after all, he did lead us here

TMG:just tell me how far I can move, Liatai

Sszeyl:"The bear's getting antsy for his fish. Anyone seen any streams or ponds nearby"

Sszeyl:+?

Liatai:(At the moment, as far as you want. We're not in combat.)

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt goes right up to Terri

Gnogglebolt:"Miss Terri, what in Garl's golden name are you doing?"

VAE:exactly what garl would have liked is my guess

Faerie:(Sorry, I'm a bit lacking in CON score at the moment. )

Dosemz:Dosemz begins cursing bears and elves and gnomes and gnolls and humans in Goblin, dangling from the bear's jaws by the scruff of his robes' neck.

Terri:"Papa said he smelled something, so…" The girl looks mildly confused.

Sszeyl:"Hmm. Do you think the bear would like goblin as a snack?"

Black Bear:The bear perks up as Dosemz goes pale.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt sighs heavily. Childhood was indeed a thing of wonder…but it also carried with it risks like this.

Trofim:maybe there's more of them

Trofim:or some other folks

Gnogglebolt:"But you cannot run off like this, Miss Terri…what if something were to happen to you and Papa?"

Trofim:That's why i followed them, see?

Gnogglebolt:"And we have had to leave the goblins to follow you."

Trofim:Nothing happens with Beridze and my flails around

Terri:"Nothing's gonna happen! Papa's smart, an'…" She pauses. "… Oh…"

Terri:She seems to be considering something.

Gnogglebolt:"Now, I was thinking of doing a quick check-over of the cave, to make sure we haven't missed anything, but…we needed to be prepared first. We needed to make sure the goblins were secured."

Sszeyl:Sszeyl too, is considering something. "Too risk the gnome's good graces by feeding the goblin to the bear, or to risk the bear feeding on us from hunger? Hmm, a conundrum."

Gnogglebolt:"You have gone off too early. This could be dangerous for all of us."

Terri:"Mm…"

Gnogglebolt:"But nevermind, perhaps he can salvage this."

Trofim:"Mm…"

Gnogglebolt:"What does Papa smll…if he can tell you?" Gnogglebolt still looks slightly skeptical.

TMG:*pwehaps we, sorry

TMG:*perhaps we >.-

TMG:*Papa smell

Terri:Terri glances at Papa.

TMG:Typo central, argh x(

Papa:The dog moves his paw on the ground.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks on curiously.

Papa:Spot checks, both of you?

Trofim:*Trofim stares as well, alternating looks between Papa and Beridze*

Trofim:« 1d20 = 18 »

Gnogglebolt:Spot check: « 1d20 = 7 »

Meany:I'm going to lag out in a minute.

Black Bear:*Can I let go now? Goblin is tasty, but this wiggly thing's robe is yucky-tasting. :*

TMG:let's hold until Meany gets stable again

Sszeyl:"Sure. Feel free to play with him a bit, too."

TMG:Go ahead and disconnect/reconnect on your own if that helps

Meany:I need to open the swap, is the thing. :B

TMG:we'll wait ^^

TMG:…why do you need to open the swap?

Faerie:Sorry for being so quiet, I'm kinda out of it right now. :x

Liatai:It's OK! ^^

Meany:Because the version of Sszeyl's sheet I have in Documents is outdated.

Liatai:… Is Ghostwish here, come to think of it? >.>

TMG:ah, okay then. Disconnect, download your thing off the swap, come back

TMG:alex; yeah…Tadrim's level-headed input might be useful, but if you're having flu-ish troubles, it's okay ^^;

Liatai:Elros'.

TMG:elros, my bad.

Faerie:It's not flu or anything. x3

VAE:how come?

Liatai:[(1d4+1)*10)

Faerie:It's not even that bad, but I'm just having trouble getting my mind into the right gear, so to speak.

Faerie:\I dunno.

Liatai:« (1d4+1)*10 = (2 + 1) * 10 = 30 »

• TMG eyes the unusual roll … >.>

Liatai:>: *offers tea*

Liatai:Don't mind it, just getting something set in my notes. >:3

VAE:*offers moar tea*

TMG:meany, have you disconnected to get your file yet?

Faerie:Heh. WIsh I had some about now.

• Faerie tries to make do with a Coke, but it's not the same.

VAE:coke with tea is good

VAE:somewhere between half and third of coke and rest tea

VAE:cold of cours

Derish:"What IS going on?"

Meany:Done.

Black Bear:*I dunno, man, I'm just here for the fish.*

TMG:meany; ah, excellent!

Trofim:Uh… bottle? Do they have a booze stash around?

TMG:Okay, continuing on ^^

TMG:last thing for Trofim and Gnogglebolt was the spot check…

VAE:see above

VAE:trofim made it

Trofim:Teri, ask him where are those bottles

Gnogglebolt:"What the? WHat's this about bottles?"

Papa:The dog tilts his head.

Trofim:We could always use some after a day like this

Terri:"Um… he's not sure…"

Trofim:*notices Gnogglebolt's question* Uh… papa… he was drawing a bottle on the floor

Trofim:didn't you see?

Gnogglebolt:"A bottle?" Gnogglebolt looks at the weird drawing.

Gnogglebolt:He then shakes his head. "Nevermind that."

Liatai:It's very faint, but you can see the outline of a crudely-drawn flask on the floor by Papa's paw.

Papa:*snuffs at the drawing, disturbing the outline*

Gnogglebolt:He turns back to Terri. "Miss Terri, if there are any more goblins, not animals, left in this cave, we should quickly try and find them. But first…"

Gnogglebolt:He looks back up to Trofim. "Mister Trofim, you are big and strong. Terri and I are small…and if I can help her, quiet."

Gnogglebolt:"We need to quickly check the cave one last time, but the goblins need to be watched as well. Everyone who is big should be doing that, and since Terri and I are small, we can quietly look around. If we find anything, we can come back for quick help."

Gnogglebolt:"Thus, we are all put to best possible use."

Trofim:True… but what if something attacks you?

Trofim:the only one strong enough is Papa

Gnogglebolt:"Papa can sense things, and as I said, we are small. We can be careful to not be noticed. Papa is fast, too. And there are two of us, three if you count Papa, so that should work as a buddy of sorts."

Trofim:Uhm… let me ask Beridze

Papa:Meanwhile, Papa is sniffing around the pit.

Sszeyl:"Well, unfortunately we can't get the fish until the others get out of the cave. Probably sniffing that skeleton."

Gnogglebolt:"And besides, Mister Trofim;"

Papa:*How did you know? Psychic drow.Those bones look mighty tasty.*

Gnogglebolt:"If you come with us, and there -IS anything left, your armor is clunky and loud. You will alert them."

Trofim:*speaks to the skull again* Should i? … but what if they find? … not likely? … but then there's the bear… that robed goblin … true it's sure

Trofim:Allright… beridze says i'll better serve our goal by watching over the robed goblin now you are around

Black Bear:*bats the robed goblin with a paw. The goblin tries to scoot away.*

Trofim:but… if you find something, one of you come call me

Gnogglebolt:"Thank you, Trofim. And of course, we will come out first if we find anything."

TMG:okay, so

Trofim:See you Papi, guard them well *he rubs the dog's head then departs*

Trofim:*Papa

TMG:since this is just me and Terri, and the rest of the party is just milling about with not much to do…

Papa:*woof*

TMG:Gnogglebolt explains to Terri how they will check the chave room by room, doing there best to be quiet and only one person looking around a corner at a time (usually Gnogglebolt)

TMG:*check the cave

TMG:aside from the two branching rooms where Redmaw was, because he does remember someone mentioning there was still some living bones there. ANd he does talk to Terri about not going near ther

TMG:*there

Trofim:*Trofim paces boredly*

TMG:So, is anything still-alive found, aside from maybe animals?

TMG:Or do we return to the surface without incident?

TMG:(if anything is found, just wapr me, Terri, and Papa directly to the spot)

TMG:Oh yeah, he's also having terri have Papa keep his nose out (and not bark)

Liatai:… It just occurred to me. Can you see?

Sszeyl:Sszeyl continues to juggle his zai.

Derish:Derish quietly sharpens his sword..

Grapmak:The goblins mutter amongst themselves. Some sit down. Others, like the big goblin in front, remain standing and watchful.

Gnogglebolt:As said, Gnogglebolt moves his head back the moment he sees the goblin, and listens very carefully to make sure he wasn't seen. He also holds up a hand in a "stop" gesture to Terri

TMG:aw, fug

TMG:was supposed to be whispered >,

Liatai:*vworp vworp*

VAE is disconnected.

Ghostwish is disconnected.

Faerie is disconnected.

You have disconnected.

Server started.

TMG has connected.

VAE has connected.

TMG:Okay, waiting for everyone to reconnect…

VAE:from the DnD quotes i got from saph VAE: "Unlike that last puzzle, where the solution was a strength check." "That wasn't a puzzle. That was a trap!"— Moe / Exsam (DM)Comments:

VAE:i tried posting this, but that was apparently after everyone's connection died

TMG:yeah, last thing commonly seen was "vworp vworp"Ghostwish has connected.

TMG:one more…

Liatai:I apparently transported my connection to a different dimension, too. XD

TMG:*er, and another, more accurately

Liatai:Two more. Faerie and Meany.

Faerie has connected.

Liatai:There's one…

TMG:an another…

TMG:c'mon, meany…

• Liatai attempts to summon the owl.

VAE:"Roll a knowledge (planes) check." ::rolls a natural 20:: "OK, you knot the species, the plane its from, the area of that plane, and the names of its immediate relatives."

Meany has connected.

Liatai:It's a Meany!Faerie:I see no map.

TMG:ack, one sec

TMG:okay,

TMG:everyone's back?

Faerie:As much as I was ever here.

Ghostwish:Yaarrrr!

VAE:arr!

TMG:are you lacking lag, meany?Liatai:Arr?

TMG:mneay? D:

TMG:dang.

VAE:"I use Ghost Sound." "Okay, what do you make it say?" "He's a good idea."— Steven / Taran (DM) / StevenComments:Steven was hitting on a girl at the bar.

Liatai:VAE, care to give us the link so we have something to do while Meany loads the map? :3

VAE:erm… it's an RTF

VAE:but i'll upload them on my hosting

Liatai:Ah! Wait, one moment…

Liatai:http://sites.google.com/site/geekblogetc/quotes

Liatai:There we go! In website form. :3

• Meany bobs to the surface.

Liatai:Huzzah!Ghostwish:YAY!

Liatai:Roll call!

TMG:woot!

• Meany is still a bloated corpse, mind you.

VAE:well, there's more files

Ghostwish:NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP..

Meany:And I gots snacks in the microwave, so brb.

VAE:http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~dm510/dndfun/ has all of them now

VAE:there's about 6 files with dnd goodness

Liatai:Bwee. :3

TMG:anyway…

TMG:er, should we wait for passing acknowledgement from Alex? He did say he'd be out of it and somewhat unresponsive, though…

Faerie:Uh, what about me?

Liatai:Ah! Now we're all here.TMG:ah, okay ^^

Liatai:So! Terri, Papa, and Gnogglebolt have just come back out of the cave.

TMG:Anyway! Reposting what I had posted after the server stopped transmitting data

Faerie:I hate to be hanging around somewhere if you can't at least poke me directly.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt returns to the surface, observing the groups. He notes that some of the goblins are sitting down, and after a headcount, all are still present. "No trouble, I presume?"

Gnogglebolt:"I have a report. There is indeed one more goblin in the cave we missed. He did not appear to see us."

Gnogglebolt:"I shall need someone to come with me to apprehend him. Terri and Papa can take the place. In addition…"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt walks over to Dosemz, still watched over by the bear.

Terri:"And there were doggies!"

Elros:"doggies"?

Trofim:Doggies?

Trofim:What sort?

Gnogglebolt:To Elros, he says "Ah, yes…two wolves, in fact. They were in cages. We will probably be releasing them as well."

Gnogglebolt:Speaking lowly, so Terri doesn't hear, "The goblin did not seem to be treating them well."

Trofim:The bastard!

Liatai:« 1d20 = 13 »

Liatai:Carry on.

VAE:also, how do you do italics?

Gnogglebolt:"Anyway," Gnogglebolt walks back to Dosemz, looking at him for a few long moments.

Liatai:Just like you would in HTML, I think. Like so?

Liatai:Yes, like HTML.

TMG:HTML, and for bold

VAE:Like so? Then i see

Meany:Back.

Elros:Elrod nods in response to Gnogglebolt. "Perhpas, however, we should feed them -before- letting them go."

Derish:Derish yawns hugely.

Trofim:Can i keep one?

Trofim:i'd have another companion, like Papa

Black Bear:The bear looks up, one huge paw on the goblin's shoulder. He didn't move, little snack, not at all! I watched him good, I did. Does this mean extra fish?

Papa:*wuffles. It sounds a little like a chuckle.*

Sszeyl:"Of course, Fuzzy. Extra fish for you!"

Gnogglebolt:To elros, "Indeed." To Dosemz, "…After we first captured you, you were cooperative enough to convince Nintrok to come with us yourself. That was a very good mark for you." There is a pause. "Then you tried to escape. That about negates your earlier actions. It cannot be fully redeemed, but…I am going to give you one more chance."

Gnogglebolt:"I found one last goblin in the cave. I want you to accompany me and whoever else comes with us, and you convince him to come quietly as you did Nintrok. That will be another step forward for you."

Gnogglebolt:"But again, this is only your choice. You can come with us, or sit here."

Dosemz:The goblin sighs. "You think they would listen to me? You're mistaken."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt frowns. "And why would they not?"

Dosemz:"If they were in the back room, they're Drit's men."

Trofim:Who's Drit?

Dosemz:"Trouble."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt's brow furrows. "They are under the missing scout?"

Gnogglebolt:To Trofim, he says, "I told you earlier, the goblins mentioned Drit to me. They say he is their scout."

Trofim:I forgot… they have weird names, hard to remember

Sszeyl:"So there's more than one goblin left in there?"

Dosemz:The goblin mutters something about their names being perfectly ordinary, it's YOU lot who've got the weird names, grumble grumble.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to Sszeyl. "there was only the one I saw, but…Apparently, there may be another or more."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks at Dosemz carefully. "Same offer, different question. How many?"

Dosemz:"Hmph. Hard to tell. If you saw one, there could be up to five in the same room."

Sszeyl:"In that case, I suggest we let them be, and come back once these ones are turned over."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt blanches. "Up to five…?"

Liatai:« 1d20+3 = 11 + 3 = 14 »

Dosemz:"That's what I said."

Gnogglebolt:He looks to Sszeyl. "Yes indeed. We must make haste, and hope those goblins are content to sit in that room for the next hour…"

Sszeyl:"Or you could let Fuzzy eat them."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebotl heads back to the front of the collumn, looks back to Sszeyl on the way, looks as if he's about to say something, then shakes his head and continues.

Black Bear:The bear perks up.

Elros:"I agree. I think that attempting to capture any more goblins now would stretch our number too far. Let's turn these in, though we may wish to retain Dosemz yet, if he continues to be useful."

Derish:"Fuzzy, I'll have you know I know several delectable recipees that involve goblins."

Gnogglebolt:"Alright! Everyone up! We are ready to move out." *repeats in Goblin* "Miss Terri, will you accompany me up front?"

Black Bear:*I have no idea what you're saying, but I'm going to assume you're talking about fish.*

Terri:"OK!" The girl and dog trot up to the front of the line.

Trofim:*speaks with Beridze for a moment* Uh, Gnogleblot?

Gnogglebolt:"Trofim, will you cover Dosemz? Remember, do not roughy handle him unless he tries anything!"

Derish:"So, what is this pay you have been speaking of, and I do I get a part of it?" Derish asks curiously.

Sszeyl:"…Darnit, now -I'm- starting to crave fish too."

Grapmak:The goblins all stand after Grapmak snaps something at them.

Trofim:Beridze says now the wolves are in cages.. .but when we come next they might not be

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks over to the gnoll. "Well, it is standard practice to have a bounty on known lawbreakers that anyone can collect. Gnereally speaking, it is worth more money to hand in a live captive for trial as opposed to a corpse."

Trofim:and if they can fight as well as papa… he says we should maybe deal with them before we go

Trofim:you said there's only one goblin there ,right?

Derish:"Allright. So, do I get a cut? And I still do not understand why anyone would want the lawbreakers alive…"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to Trofim. He sighs heavily. "I am very sorry…but unless you have a way to keep up to five additional goblins subdued and under control, we have no choice."

Trofim:I don't know… but then fighting wolves is little fun too

Trofim:*looks distressed*

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks back to Derish. "As said, corpses cannot be brough to trial. And I suppose you have earned some of it, you have aided in the capture of quite a few."

Sszeyl:"You could always take Dosemz to Zairith instead of coming back with us."

Terri:"Maybe we can come with you! Papa might be able to talk to them and make them nice!"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to the strange mage, and mutters under his breath "not sure about him, though."

Elros:Elros thinks for a moment. "Hmm. Could one free the wolves without encountering the goblins?"

Trofim:Really? That would be good!

Trofim:*cheers up*

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to Elros. "Not possible. The cages were actively watched."

Gnogglebolt:"It wasn't a very large room, either."

Trofim:But there was only one goblin left there

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to Terri. "I'm sorry, Papa makes who nice?"

Terri:"The doggies, of course!"

Trofim:if you just sneak over, and you know, over the head

Gnogglebolt:To Trofim, "That I saw. Dosemz just reported there may be as many as five. One extra goblin we could handle, maybe two, but no more."

Elros:to Trofim "Yes, but if others heard the commotion, we might quickly find ourselves with a…problem."

Sszeyl:"We'll also find ourselves with a problem if they decide to attack while we waste time standing around."

Gnogglebolt:"So, we must hurry and deposite this lot at Castleton, then return. We do not know how many more goblins there are, and if there are more than two, we cannot handle them. So, shall we go already?"

Sszeyl:"Or if Fuzzy decides to eat us, whichever comes first."

Trofim:Hmm, but if Papa can convince the dogs to help

Gnogglebolt:"We are wasting said valuable time."

Trofim:two of them can easily sort out five goblins alone

Gnogglebolt:"That is a maybe, Trofim. I'd rather not put trust in a maybe if I can help it."

Sszeyl:"I call for a vote."

Grapmak:The big goblin grunts.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to Sszeyl. "Very well. I say we leave now."

Derish:"Let's just escort these back to town, come back, and mop up the rest. What else is there to decide?

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt then looks to Grapmak.

Sszeyl:"Seconded."

Elros:"I agree with Gnogglebolt. I don't like our odds if we stay."

Sszeyl:"Fuzzy of course votes for the option that gets him his fish."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt says something in goblin, pauses and looks to Eros as he talks, then says something else in goblin.

Black Bear:*Are you sure you're not the one who cast Speak with Animals? You're speaking my language!*

Grapmak:The goblin grunts.

Sszeyl:"Nah, I'm just genre-savvy."

Gnogglebolt:"Alright, we are agreed!" Gnogglbolt turns and faces towards Castleton, looking behind himself and waving his arm. "Let us make this quick! Light jog! If anyone is tired, say so and qwe will walk!" *repeats in goblin*

TMG:*or rather, he faces the direction Castleton is in

Trofim:Allright… *looks a little worried* At least this goblin will get to Zairith and Letris quicker

Trofim:*points at Dosemz*

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt also looks to Nintrok and Scrant, saying something in their tongue

Meany:Did Trofim pick him up yet?

VAE:not now

Gnogglebolt:"And yes, trofim, will you look after Dosemz?"

Black Bear:*so, what do I do?*

Gnogglebolt:"Remember, don't be rough with him unless he tries something."

Derish:"A shaman would be useful for all this nonsense…"

VAE:Allright… i won't be too rough

VAE:Takes him by the shoulder, putting him in front

TMG:So…marching, finally?

VAE:yep

Trofim:Allright… i won't be too rough

Trofim:Takes him by the shoulder, putting him in front

Terri:"Yay! We caught some thieves, we caught some thieves~"

Derish:Derish follows along, swishing his tail happily, which he is, now that he is finally -doing- something.

Trofim:Now, you will behave yourself, especially in front of Zairith and Lethriss

Liatai:OK, I have no maps for the city yet, so we will have to imagine and improvise. :3

TMG:that's fine!

VAE:well. that's how it works generally

Ghostwish:IIIIMAAAGINAAATTIIOOONN…

Sszeyl:"Don't worry, Fuzzy. I've got a plan."

Meany:Gah.

TMG:Okay, so…

Meany:Cursed lag fairy.

TMG:We are marching to Castleton?

Liatai:You are marching to Castleton!

Liatai:With most of the tribe of goblins in tow.

TMG:Starting off at a jog…does anyone get tired/Schink gets worse/any funny business?

Faerie:…wuh?

TMG:Narrate our trudge ^^

Liatai:No funny business, although you do get a lot of weird looks from fellow travellers and city guards.

TMG:wait, huh?

TMG:we're in the city already?

VAE:nothing eventful happened

Derish:"Why are we still jogging??"

TMG:Gnogglebolt kinda wanted to do something at the gate ^^;

Liatai:At the gates of the city, you get weird looks from the city guards, I meant.

VAE:you watched the change location progress bar fill up

VAE:(diablo anyone?)

Sszeyl:"Because we want our butts to look amazing. Duh."

TMG:okay, so we jigged most of the way, we apprach castleton, and slow down to a walk.

TMG:*jogged

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt haves an arm as they approach the gate guards.

TMG:(waves

Guard:As you approach the gates, you notice some kind of disturbance.

VAE:in the force

Derish:"Oh. Well then, in that case, could I have some conditioner for my furry bu-… what is that?"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt turns back to the group behind him "Slow to walk!" *repeats in goblin* He then looks forward and squints at what's going on

Guard:Five guards all seem to be in a tight group around a cloaked figure.

Trofim:*Trofim ,at the back of the procession doesn't notice anything yet*

Derish:"Look. The fellow in the middle. He is.. odd?"

Elros:Elros peers over to the ring of guards.

Sszeyl:Sszeyl subtly turns his zai grip to stabbity mode.

Faerie:(Can I spot check for who's in the middle?)

Gnogglebolt:"Hail, lawmen of Castleton! What be this commotion now?"

Liatai:By all means!

Sszeyl:« 1d20+5 = 5 + 5 = 10 »

Trofim:Hey! why we slowing down?

Meany:Wow, failure. :B

Guard:Another guard on the other side of the gate speaks up. "N… nothing you need to concern yourself with, citize — are those goblins?"

Elros:spot « 1d20+7 = 14 + 7 = 21 »

Gnogglebolt:SPot check as well; « 1d20 = 16 »

Sszeyl:"Good news, Fuzzy. They haven't noticed you yet."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks back to trofim. "Well, we are slowing down because, quite obviously, we have arrived. No need to rush anymore."

Trofim:Uh.. allright then

Trofim:Can i go to meet Zairith and Lethriss then?

Guard:The other guards keep talking to the cloaked figure.

VAE:are the gates passable?

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to the guards. "Well, I do have a request that you bring a squad out here to aid us…"

Sszeyl:"Oh one moment, Trofim."

Guard:"Speak, creature! Who is your maker?"

Gnogglebolt:As the group actually gets close, Gnogglebolt has everyone stop just a little bit away from the guards and commotion

Sszeyl:Sszeyl ninja-slides over to the human and brings our his chalice. "While you're there, can you see if Zai can fix this?"

Gnogglebolt:"Halt, for now!" *repeats in goblin*

Trofim:Come, Dosemz, we have special business…. *takes off with the goblin and strolls towards the gate*

Elros:Elros looks quizzically at the cloaked figure. "Strange, wooden dolls do not often talk, do they?"

Guard:The guard you were speaking to nods. "Of… of course… why in the world do you have — HEY!"

Barshal:"For the last time. I mean no harm." Says the fellow in the middle… who is by no means any ordinary fellow. His face, or entire head, body and all, for that matter, is a mix of shiny metal and thick wood, composed into the form of a man. Eyes glow from within their composite sockets, he has three fingers on each hand, a pair of thick, composite toes. He looks to be a.. construct of sorts. "I am not some manner of war machine, and I am only passing through. Why will you not believe me?"

Guard:"You there! Where are you taking that goblin?"

Gnogglebolt:"Gnogglebolt then looks to Trofim very sharply. "Trofim, WAIT!"

Trofim:Allright, *takes the chalice and stashes it together with beridze*

TMG:oh what the O.O

Ghostwish:*cackles evilly*

VAE:wait a sec

VAE:needs to read through

TMG:dear lawdy, Liatai D:

VAE:allrightu

Ghostwish:Liatai - Can you just hear the bolts on his cranium breaking off?

Guard:The guards all mutter to themselves. "He's well-programmed, for a creation of Destraliss'… Has he finally gotten better?" "Destraliss? No, there's no way…"

Meany:Destraliss….why does that name sound familiar.

Liatai:>:3

Meany:Knowledge check? :U

Sszeyl:« 1d20 = 17 »

TMG:I'm pretty sure it's on the wiki o.o

Trofim:The goblin? I am taking it to my friends… he might be useful to them

Sszeyl:"Is slavery still legal in this country?"

Trofim:Don't worry. i don't let him escape like the small one did

Barshal:The creature lets out what seems to be a sigh, although it comes out as an unusual grating noise. :"I am -not- a creation of whoever that is. I am a creation of the Wardens of Cannith, from the cannith foothills. Surely you know of those dwarves?"

Gnogglebolt:"Well, hold, human. We seem to have a bit of a roadblock. Not to mention that he DOES need to be handed to the guards if we are to be paid."

TMG:you…cannot…be serious x(

Elros:knowledge (…people?) « 1d20+2 = 8 + 2 = 10 »

Trofim:Only if Zairith and Letris say so!

TMG:I thought this wasn't supposed to be eberron? :[

Trofim:He needs to go to them first!

• Ghostwish hands Tech a straight jacket. "Anything is possible, if your DM is crazy enough."

Trofim:If they find him of no use, i will return him to you

Gnogglebolt:"I thought you said they could visit him after he's been turned in!"

Derish:Derish seems transfixed on the strange figure… let's hope a goblin doesn't make a run for it.

Sszeyl:"Can we not argue in front of the captives?"

Gnogglebolt:"Which I will be sure to make possible!"

Trofim:No… he possesses true magic, or some its variant.. they need to see him first - he might be useful in our goals

Barshal:"Can I pass now? Or are you all going to keep blabbering, trying to decide what you do not know and that I do?"

Barshal:The construct mutters something quite rude, in dwarven.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt realizes the situation is starting to head in bad directions. "Trofim, I am telling you now, he WILL be release eventually. I promise you this. Please do not take him away and fracture us."

Guard:The guards continue to mutter amongst themselves, paying little attention to the words of the man in the middle. "Should we take it to him?" "It's not made of cheese, he probably wouldn't pay any —" "JOHN! Respect, here!"

Sszeyl:Sszeyl looks over at the strange creature, and remembers that Zairith mentioned a Destraliss, but can't quite remember.

Gnogglebolt:"And we need to get them secured -now-, so we can return and get the last goblins. We don't have time for delays."

Meany:Listen check.

Meany:« 1d20+5 = 12 + 5 = 17 »

Trofim:This is more important than your petty cash - this relates to our goals

Gnogglebolt:Gnnogglebvolt turns waya and steps forward, clearly not wanting to hear another word. "Hail, Guards! I do need you attention!"

Liatai:You can hear them, Meany!

Trofim:*Trofim sets out walking briskly, tugging the goblin along*

Meany:I was actually checking for the muttering.

Guard:"Talk to another guard, we're busy!"

Meany:Sszeyl speaks Dwarven. :B

Gnogglebolt:Gnoglebolt turns his head. "This is not getting in the way of whatever yo 'goals' you have! We cannot talk about this now!"

Barshal:Another grating sigh, and then peers over at the sound of the new voice.. noticing Gnogglebolt. "A gnome. How curious. Although I suppose I am not in place to say such a thing."

Ghostwish:Meany - you could swear he was a dwarf, he handled insulting their mothers so well.

Guard:The other guard looks very strangely at the whole group. "… Back up. WHY do you have a goblin tribe with you?"

Trofim:*He shouts to the back* True we can't - if he's of no use i will drag him in front of the city council

Sszeyl:"I ask again if slavery is legal in this country."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt, for the first time, really takes a look at the strange thing. A msytery. Gnogglebolt feels the urge to solve it tug at him…but he has far more important and urgent things to do.

Trofim:AND WAIT FOR YOU

Derish:"Enough!" Derish announces, grabbing a hold of Trofim. "You must control the madness of your mind!"

VAE:erm… i thought trofim is further than that

VAE:how are our relative positions?

Elros:to the Guards "We have captured them, and intend to turn them over for bounties. And we would rather like to sooner rather than later, as we belive there may be more."

VAE:(the map doesn't pply anymore)

VAE:or so i think

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to the guard. "About that. Perhaps you can bring out another squad of guards to escort us through the city to the courthouse? For you see, I present to you-" Gnogglebolt gestures. "The gang of Granch Redmaw. Or most of it,. at least."

VAE:DM?

Guard:One of the guardsmen breaks off from the group and runs after Trofim. "CITIZEN! HALT!"

Barshal:Barshal shoves past the guards, standing between them and the party. "An even more curious sight. Goblins, gnomes, gnolls. I am expecting a giant any moment."

Trofim:What?

VAE:how far is trofim compared to the guard etc?

Guard:The guardsmen start and fan out, making a semicircle behind the wooden and metal creature.

Faerie:Is Barshal cueing for Danny to come in here? x3

VAE:i mean, other guards are busy, one has split off

Derish:Derish tiredly rubs the ridge of his muzzle, shaking his head. "Trofim, what brought you to think they would want you dragging a goblin into their town?"

Guard:The guard is close, but about 10 feet away.

VAE:from trofim?

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to Trofim. "Let me put it this way. No one here is going to LET you take Dosemz somewhere else first. We are calling guards in, they will not allow you to detour."

Guard:From Trofim.

Gnogglebolt:"And I say again"

Gnogglebolt:"Whoever your mysterious associates are"

Gnogglebolt:"They CAN visit Dosemz after he has been secured."

Terri:Terri, meanwhile, has trotted up to the strange figure. "Hi!"

Sszeyl:"Provided he doesn't try to escape again."

VAE:Is there a clear way into the city?

Elros:"A jail should be considerably more secure than a simple rope binding."

Liatai:There is.

VAE:i mean, how does it look aroudn the gate? Are there any people in there?

Barshal:The wood and metal being seems unconcerned about the guards. Not even the eagle perched on his shoulder pays them any head, beyond a very demeaning glare. He does, however, turn his head to acknowledge Terri. "Greetings." He says politely. "Might I inquire as to the source of this curiousity?"

Sszeyl:"It should be, but rarely is."

Liatai:There are several groups of people milling about… it is market day, after all.

Derish:Derish returns to where Barshal and the guards are.. Poor guards. First a wooden metal man, and now a big, white, gnoll. "What.. are you?" He asks curiously, motioning towards Barshal.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt also gets up next to Trofim, while still trying to talk to the guards.

Gnogglebolt:"Guards, please, this must be done quickly, can you call for an escort for us to take us through the city to the courthouse?"

Trofim:Trofim whispers to the goblin *when i count to 3 , run along me and you might avoid prison* *he slows down for a moment at the guard's shout, then attempts to dart off tugging the goblin along and mix up with people in the market*

Gnogglebolt:"That includes -all- of us.."

Trofim:Of course, aiming towards the hideout

Trofim:far in the city

Guard:"Certainl — HALT!"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt grabs Trofim

VAE:athletics check?

TMG:(he is standing next to him

Barshal:"Well, at least someone has the decency to ask before hurling assumptions and accusations." The fellow says dryly. "I am a creation of the druids from the cannith foothills. A wildforged, they called me, but I go by the name Barshal. Your fur coloration is strange, gnoll whose name is.."

VAE:strength check opposed - he's a gnome., too

VAE:i would say

TMG:yup. Hope the gguards come in…

Trofim:« 1d20+1 = 12 + 1 = 13 »

Guard:Two guards remain at the gate; the rest, six of them, tear off after Trofim and Dosemz.

TMG:(and seriously danman. You idiot.

VAE:not me, Trofim

Sszeyl:"Hey, Fuzzy? You want some extra fish? Could you bring the human back, please?"

VAE:after all he was droning about this half of the day

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt grabs at Trofim as he tries to bolt, shouting "GUARDS! HELP RESTRAIN!"

Terri:"Wildforged?" Terri looks intrigued.

VAE:not to mention, he has somethign of a prison career in other cities

Gnogglebolt:Opposed grapple… « 1d20-5 = 10 - 5 = 5 »

TMG:dammit

Guard:*DOGPILE* « 1d20 = 12 » « 1d20 = 13 » « 1d20 = 3 » « 1d20 = 5 » « 1d20 = 16 » « 1d20 = 5 »

VAE:would have been hillarious if you succeeded

TMG:ah! One got him!

Derish:Derish turns and looks over at the commition, flattening his ears slightly, before looking back at Barshal. "Derish. Derish Snowpaw. If my fur and clan name are not enough, then yes, I am from far from here. A wildforged.. is that a golem of sorts?"

VAE:what's a dogpile?

Meany:Group tackle.

VAE:hahaha

TMG:you've never heard the term dogpile before, danman? o.op

VAE:nope

TMG:it's where a whole bunch of people jump on someone else ina big pile

VAE:but then, i am not native to english

TMG:have you seen the second Matrix movie?

VAE:uhuh.. ages ago

Faerie:brb

Guard:Five of the guards attempt to grab the human, but land in a clattering heap. One — just one! — does manage to grab Trofim!

TMG:Remember the part where all the Smiths get on Neo like a big mountain?

VAE:not really

TMG:That's a dogpile (a really big one, but that's what it is)

VAE:though.. you mean like what they do in american football?

Terri:"I didn't know druids could make golems!" Terri looks intrigued.

Barshal:"No, it would suffice to say I am.. A moment.." he says, sidestepping the gnoll, and then pointing at the ground Trofim is on as he speaks in a strange tongue, eyes aglow.. The ground suddenly erupts at the feet of the crazy man and guards alike, coming alive in vines and brambles that snare and catch.

Ghostwish:Entangle.

Gnogglebolt:"Dosemz, DO NOT RUN! You are NOT going to prison!"

Guard:"We will be the judge of THAT, citizen!"

Trofim:Trofim was just about to call the help of Beridze, when some wines grappled his feet

Terri:"Ooooooh…"

Barshal:"Right. As I was saying, I am.. unique. I am neither construct, nor golem. I suppose the best thing to call me is an artificial druid."

Faerie:back

Sszeyl:"On second thought, Fuzzy. Let the local law enforcment handle this."

Trofim:*bleep*ing son of a *bleep*! I'll *bleep* you with bare hands into *bleep* realm

Barshal:"What is.. *bleep*?"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to the strange thing as he summons magic to entangle everyone. Gnogglebolt doesn't like the magic, but he very much appreciates that everyone is now restrained (including himself?)

Terri:Terri and Papa look at each other curiously.

Derish:"Human speech."

Gnogglebolt:"Thank you very much, strange creature!"

Barshal:"Are they all this strange?"

Derish:"Hopefully."

Barshal:"Why hopefully?"

Derish:"Because then they could be stranger."

Terri:"'Cause interestin' people are fun!" Terri pipes up.

Barshal:"Ah. Point." He says, and goes to watching the madness.

Trofim:*looks sad and mutters* I .. have *bleep*ing failed

Elros:to Trofim "Perhaps you should calm down, lest the guards decide to lock you up with your goblin friend there. And then you would be unable to inform your…associates of the goblin."

Sszeyl:"Could we please get these goblins to a jail before they stop being afraid of Fuzzy and scatter?"

VAE:what spell was the wines by the way?

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks over to Trofim. "I am appaled at you, human. I will deal with you later."

Guard:The guards separate the human and goblin and return them to the gate.

Ghostwish:Like I said, entangle.

Gnogglebolt:"Yes, indeed, we should be moving on. Guards, that escort?"

VAE:oh.. didn't notice *facepaws*

Guard:The guards look at each other, then fan out to surround the goblins. "This way."

Gnogglebolt:"Thank you very much."

Derish:"Would you like to accompany me?" Derish asks the strange wood and metal man.

Barshal:"You would have me? Most prefer just to interogate me."

VAE:what's with the goblin by the way?

Terri:"Yeah, come on! You can help us be thief-catchers!"VAE:did he get plantgrabbed too?

Liatai:He did, and now the guards have Dosemz.

VAE:just because it mentioned only guards and trofim

Derish:"Yet you seem akin to me. A stranger in a strange world." Derish says, and smiles at Terri. "And she already seems to like you. You are a druid, yes?"

Barshal:"I suppose so. Very well then. Perhaps being in a group will prevent the city guards from ganging up on me at every available opportunity. I was prepared to use that spell on them."

Terri:"They were ganging up on you?!"

Terri:She looks at the dog. "We should tell them that's not nice, Papa."

Trofim:*Trofim tries to waggle his feet out of the plants*

Sszeyl:"Terri, no."

Barshal:"Constantly. Always insisting I am some kind of war machine, or golem, and trying to lock me up until someone pays for their release. Luckily, a snap or two from Percy is enough to deter them." Barshal says, reaching up and stroking the eagle perched on his shoulder."

Derish:"Ah, well, mind helping us with these goblins?"

Barshal:"Killing them?"

Terri:"But it's not right, Mr. Sszeyl! People shouldn't be locked up 'cause they look different!"

Derish:"No, actually."

Barshal:"I thought you said they wouldn't get any stranger?"

VAE:should i try a strength check?

Sszeyl:"Be that as it may, guards are notoriously famous for not liking being told to not abuse their power."

Derish:"I said hopefully. And I'm not tying my tail in a knot for it, either." Derish says, heading over to help with the goblins.

Liatai:It's an opposed Grapple check. Trofim is now being held by the guards.

VAE:oh, the plants have dissipated?

Terri:"But it's not right…" Terri frowns.

VAE:nothing then…

Barshal:Barshal follows along, and when he sees that the guards have things (besides him) under control, he snaps his fingers, and dispells the plants.

VAE:even he isn't so dumb as to try waggle out of guards… having plants around your feet is annoying on the other hand

Sszeyl:"No, it isn't."

Meany:I find it amazing no one has noticed the hungry bear yet.

Ghostwish:uups XD

Guard:In a city where druids with animal companions and wizards with familiars are common? A bear with a group of adventurers barely gets a second glance. XD

Barshal:Barshal stops, and looks over at the bear. "What is this denizen of the woodlands doing here?" He asks curiously.

Sszeyl:"He's expecting his share of the loot to be in fish."

Black Bear:The bear looks curiously at Barshal.

Barshal:"Ah. Do you have said fish?"

Black Bear:*I don't know, I haven't seen any signs of fish >:*

Sszeyl:"I have the money to buy said fish, and Terri has suggested catching more."

Gnogglebolt:"If we don't, we can buy it.." Gnogglebolt says offhand

Guard:The guards, meanwhile, are herding the goblins into a cohesive group.

Elros:"Surely, with the bounties from these goblins, we could buy a fish, if it came down to that."

Guard:"Why is this one being carried?" one asks, pointing at Schink.

Barshal:"Allow me." He says, dropping his backpack and opening it. Briefly, there's a rod, hook, and tackle visible, before Barshal draws out something wrapped tightly in furs, and begins unwrapping it. It's a fish from one of the local streams.

Sszeyl:"He's got the plague. Don't touch him."

Black Bear:

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to te guards. "Ah, him. He is sick and needs medical attention."

VAE:what about trofim (and dosemz) ? is he being herded too?

Black Bear:*I would so be your new best friend if you gave me that fish you have NO idea* Liatai:Trofim is not, Dosemz is.

Barshal:'Percy' the eagle looks throughly pissed, as if to say Hey! That's mine! but doesn't voice the complaint as Barshal presents the fish to the black bear.

Gnogglebolt:"Oh yes, and about these goblins."

VAE:did they leave trofim be? or are they still guarding him?

Gnogglebolt:"We're only taking them to the temporary holding for the courthouse, of course. I need to speak with the magistrate regarding the circumstances of their capture."

VAE:besides, did he hear the arm comment?

Gnogglebolt:"And, of course, our bounties."

Sszeyl:"And there is the matter of the remaining goblins."

Black Bear:*You are amazing, wooden guy.*

Barshal:Barshal gives the bear an affectionate pat, and then listens to the others.

Guard:"Hm. We will bring you to the captain. He'll know what to do with them."

Derish:"I have had a nagging question for a while, if I may? Why would you ever want live goblins in your city?"

Sszeyl:"I suspect for slave labor."

Guard:"They're valuable as cheap labor, gnoll."

Sszeyl:"Did I call it, or what?"

VAE:hmm, is trofim hearing all this

Guard:"They do their time in community service, and serve the people at the same time."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks carefully. "This is what I need to talk to the magistrate about."

VAE:how far is he with the guards that hold him?

Gnogglebolt:"Due to the circumstances of their capture, I need to discuss their sentancing."

Liatai:The guards have let Trofim go, but are watching him.

VAE:can he hear what is spoken?

Liatai:Yes.

VAE:allright

Guard:Meanwhile, the guards have started moving the goblins along.

Derish:"Ah. I see. And you trust them with this work?"

Guard:The guard laughs harshly. "Not as far as we can throw 'em! That's why we watch them constantly."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks to Deish. "Assuming compulsory community service, they are of course watched closely."

Sszeyl:"Can we not question the intelligence of the ruling species before we get our money, please?"

Trofim:watched closely…. *bleep*

Derish:He scratches his head curiously. "I would find it mroe effecient to use your own workers.."

Gnogglebolt:"How far to the courthouse?"

Barshal:"This is a strange world indeed."

Guard:"Not far."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks back to Derish. "It's not all about "efficinency" in this case."

Liatai:Spot checks?

Sszeyl:« 1d20+5 = 13 + 5 = 18 »

Gnogglebolt:Spot check: « 1d20 = 8 »

TMG:dangit! >-_-

Elros:spot « 1d20+7 = 13 + 7 = 20 »

Trofim:« 1d20 = 5 »

Barshal:« 1d20+5 = 17 + 5 = 22 »

Derish:« 1d20 = 16 »

Sszeyl:"Oh no."

Barshal:"Oh dear."

Gnogglebolt:"Hmm? What's going on?" Gnogglebolt looks around.

Derish:"What is she.."

Barshal:Barshal moves quickly to the back, trying to intercept what seems to be a conversation between Terri and one of the guards.

Sszeyl:Sszeyl runs, godamnit, RUNS to the Terri/Papa.

Derish:Derish follows, allbeit at a slower pace.

Trofim:Trofim notices everyone being alert

Elros:Elros walks over to Terri cautiously, making sure that he doesn't appear threatening.

Guard:The guard looks confused. Terri looks serious.

Trofim:he walks over to Terri as well

Barshal:"Terri, enough. There is no need to get involved on my behalf. They were merely ignorant, is all."

Gnogglebolt:"What is going on?!" Gnogglebolt looks worriedly at Terri

Trofim:I dunno

Terri:"These men were mean to Mr. Barshal, an' I wanna know why."

Guard:The guard shuffles in an uncomfortable way.

Derish:"I was under the impression they did it to everyone?"

Barshal:"They fear what they do not understand, it is nothing.

Trofim:*trofim nods*

Elros:"they have stopped now. Let's not give them a reason to be angry at us, hm?"

Sszeyl:Sszeyl slides like he's trying for homeplate, picks up the dog and girl, and promptly backpeddles away from the soon to be combat zone.

Barshal:Barshal watches, most curiously.

Terri:"Hmm." Terri gives the guard a piercing look… and then Papa gives a yip of surprise as he's picked up!

Terri:"Eep!"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt winces at the spectacle, but otherwise does nothing. It doesn't seem to be getting out of control.

Papa:*holy cow man I didn't think you could DO that O.O *

Papa:*whine*

VAE:with a str of 17 or what, he sure can

Papa:*wiggle wiggle okay that was funny before and now I want to get down please please? Whine?*

Sszeyl:Sszeyl backs up to put Derish in between the girl and the guard, and sets them down before his shoulder starts acting up. "Terri, I know its unfair and whatnot, but you can't go asking guards that kind of questions. They will more than likely start hitting you."

Guard:The guards just… keep marching the goblins.

Terri:"…"

Trofim:Trofim notices noone is paying attention to him anymore

Black Bear:*hey, I'm someone.*

Black Bear:*You smell like rats. Give me some?*

Trofim:Here you go

Trofim:*gives him the rest of ratmeat from the large pouch

Gnogglebolt:"Ah, Miss Terri…" Gnogglebolt looks quite sad. "I'll tell you about this later, shall I?"

Black Bear:*nom nom nom, you're pretty awesome too, man :9 *

Gnogglebolt:"We are quite busy right now, and the dow is…well, he may be exagerrating a little."

Derish:Derish follows along, as does Barshal.

Trofim:Hmm… *pets the bear* even you can't help me… i need that robed goblin there

Derish:You'd swear they were an adventuring party or something. Untrolled Objects maybe.

Terri:"…" Terri and Papa just follow the rest of the group, Terri looking suspiciously at the guards, but not saying anything.

Trofim:you don't understand speaking like Papa does

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt then starts to get antsy, and asks the obvious question. "Are we there yet?"

Trofim:But… Zairith or Letris might!

Trofim:*he tugs the bear to come along with him*

Sszeyl:"I sense the human being suicidal again."

Trofim:Come… they will be able to tell… and all four of us might be able to do something

Sszeyl:"One moment."

VAE:naj

VAE:he is just going to leave the group

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt shakes his head again. "I am NOT dealing with this. If he takes the bear, I care not one whit."

VAE:he is goalbound but recognises when he has no chance

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt then starts curing under his breath in three different languages out of annoyance.

Trofim:He begins walking away quickly hoping the bear follows

VAE:handle animal check?

Trofim:ah well, beridze, in worst, i still have the chalice

Liatai:Yep, Handle Animal.

VAE:wait.. says it isn't untrained.

VAE:i must check whether he has points in it

Black Bear:*follows the wooden man… he has fish :9*

VAE:nope he doesn't

Barshal:And Barshal DOES have handle animal, ha ha ha!

VAE:is there any other skill check? though.. it is a bit silly

Sszeyl:Sszeyl spots Trofim trying to escape, and whistles at the guards.

Gnogglebolt:"Let him go, Drow."

Sszeyl:"Unfortunately, I can't."

Trofim:Trofim walks briskly off, to meet the others

Sszeyl:"He's drinking mates with my landlord."

Gnogglebolt:"If he does anything else particularly foolish, we can reduce his share of pay."

Guard:The guards take you all to a local holding station for prisoners. It smells like straw and rats. The fat man manning the station offers you all 500 GP for the goblins' bountry, and asks where you found them all.

Gnogglebolt:"He's…what"? Gnogglebolt's eyebrow raises, but then shakes his head and waves his hand. "Whatever."

Trofim:"oh *bleep* … the bear doesn't care… still , the chalice… *

Gnogglebolt:"Ah, hello, good Sir. I must explain the situation."

Liatai:(Doesn't Sszeyl have the chalice?)

VAE:he handed it to him

VAE:saying they maybe able to fix it or what

Liatai:(Trofim does have Dosemz's holy/unholy symbol, though, I know that much.)

VAE:remember, nominally they are allies

VAE:that, too

Gnogglebolt:"I must expl;ain the circumstances of their capture, and also setup for their trail. WHo is in charge of that?"

Meany:Sszeyl handed it to Trof when he thought Trof was going to Zairith's.

Liatai:"I am," the fat man says.

VAE:shall we assume the walk was uneventful?

Liatai:Aside from the events you guys caused? Uneventful. XD

Liatai:Wait… is Trofim going to Lethiriss and Zairith's?

VAE:Yes

Sszeyl:Sszeyl speedily jogs after Trof. "None of you poach my share, you hear?!"

VAE:he broke off the group

Gnogglebolt:"Very well…shall we?" Gnogglebolt holds an arm out, heading towards the intside of the courthouse's holding cells.

Gnogglebolt:"Of course, Drow. We will not divide until everyone is present."

VAE:the bear didn't follow him, since the construct had handle animal and he didn't

VAE:by now he is far from the rest

Derish:Derish follows, as does Barshal.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt also looks back to the goblins, and says something to them.

Meany:With a Drow on his tail.

VAE:the guards probably ignored him as he didn't do much actually

Liatai:"We can conduct business here… unless you're keen to be locked up, little gnome?" The fat man laughs humorously.

VAE:Ooh,… is that man based on Sergeant Fred Colon?

VAE:pleease tell me he is

Liatai:No, seeing as I have no idea who that is. ^^'

VAE:and that there's a Nobby Nobbs around

Gnogglebolt:"Ah, very well. I just thought we might like a quite place to talk."

Gnogglebolt:"Anyway"

VAE:awww…

Trofim:Walking through the streets , trofim tries to remember where was their hideout set up to be

Gnogglebolt:"We pursued a lead outside of town, following a theif of Granch Redmaw's gang. We found their cave hideout. After that, I made a point to attempt live capture wherever possible. More to the point,"

Gnogglebolt:"I attempted to give them the chance to come willingly wherever possible."

Sszeyl:"I have Zairith's address, you know."

Gnogglebolt:"Barring a few minor hiccups, this mostly worked. "

Gnogglebolt:"And again, barring one hiccup, none tried to escape."

Liatai:Fat Man: "One moment. You said Granch Redmaw?"

Trofim:Trofim tries whether the door are open

Gnogglebolt:"This is good behavior that deserves to be rewarded in reduction of their sentancing at their trial, but that is not for a few days, I presume."

Sszeyl:"Odd, my shoulder just flared. Like the gnome skipped over my getting javelin'd."

Gnogglebolt:"Yes indeed, this is the gang of Granch Redmaw. In fact," Gnogglebolt gets the skull from Elros.

Gnogglebolt:"This is Granch himself. Unfortunatey, when we found him, he was already one of the living dead."

Liatai:The fat man gives a low whistle.

VAE:liatai

VAE:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Colon#Sergeant_Fred_Colon

Gnogglebolt:"And yes, I do presume that there is a bonus for the entire gang, and their leader himself, on top of each individual goblin."

Sszeyl:"I don't suppose you tried knocking?"

Gnogglebolt:"Am I correct?"

Liatai:Fat Man: "You are… the current bounty for them is 40 GP per goblin, and an extra 200 for Granch himself."

TMG:(wait, he said 500earlier >.> )

VAE:should trofim do a listen check to see whether he hears Sszeyl?

Liatai:(500 total. My math was a little off. ^^')

Liatai:Yep. ^^

Trofim:« 1d20 = 11 »

Sszeyl: (( Err. ))

Liatai:Trofim can hear him. He's right next to him. XD

Sszeyl:By my math, 420.

Meany:(())*

Gnogglebolt:"Very well. Oh, and we do not actually have the -entire- gang, at the moment, there are a few stragglers we have yet to collect. But when we return with them, I do presume a bonus for the entire gang?"

Liatai:« 40*11 = 40 * 11 = 440 »

Liatai:« 440+200 = 440 + 200 = 640 »

Meany:Well I'm stupid.

Meany::B

Trofim:Trofim turns… Sszeyl… yoi are here too?

Trofim:Why the *bleep* didn't you help me there?

Liatai:Fat Man: Well, yes. Provided you do, in fact, catch the whole gang.

Trofim:that goblin was important

Trofim:he knew true magic as well… at least, i still have the sign he was holding

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt bows. "We are going to return to that posthaste. Anyway, something to be aware of;"

Trofim:ehm… do you have the keys ?

Liatai:(Talk amongst yourselves, I need to redownload TokenTool…)

Sszeyl:"Because my orders were to keep you safe."

Sszeyl:"Not to help you further your agenda."

Sszeyl:"I say again, have you tried simply knocking?"

Gnogglebolt:"First off, part of getting the goblins to come willingly was that I promised them they would not be treated badly, and would get better accomodations and sentace reductions the more they cooperated. On this end, I do want to make sure they are not thrown without care into atrocious conditions. Their accomodations need not be execptional, but they should be passable."

Trofim:My agenda? it's OURS agenda you *bleep*

Trofim:And.. uh… i didn't

Gnogglebolt:"And secondly, those two" Gnogglebolt points out Nintrok and Dosemz, "Are capable of magic, You will need to contain that."

Trofim:*knocks on the door, then continues*

Sszeyl:"MY agenda is a little less ambitious."

Gnogglebolt:"and lastly, him", Gnogglebolt points out the goblin on the stretcher. "Is very sick and in need of immediate medical attention. I am told he may not last the day."

Trofim:Now, we have no easy way of getting at them, with the bear going off with that *bleep*ing pile of rock

Trofim:four and a bear would have been something

Gnogglebolt:"And you may hold our payment for now, as said, we need to return to pick up the remaining stragglers, and carrying our payment would be unfeasible."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt then waits and sees that the things he pointed out are addressed.

Barshal:"He surely cannot mean me by 'bleeping pile of rock'.."

Trofim:*holds his head in his hands*

Derish:"He is insane."

VAE:he surely doesLiatai:Lethiriss will get a better token sometime later… OK.

Trofim:Oh hell… all because of that damn gnome

Lethiriss:*The door opens.*

TMG:okay, whoa

TMG:who's where right now?

TMG:I thought only Sszeyl and Trofim went to find Lethrisss?

VAE:Trofim and Sszeyl are at the hideout

VAE:Trofim is being angry at how the events went

VAE:the truth is that gnogglebolt had a lion's share on his capture

VAE:otherwise he'd have trotted off

Lethiriss:"Who isss…" The woman who opens the door brightens up immediately when she sees who is at the door.

Trofim:We are , Letris

Lethiriss:"TROFIM!" Reflex save, Trofim!

TMG:so, where is everyone else?

Trofim:« 1d20 - 1 = 10 - 1 = 9 »

TMG:and why does it seem like they an hear Trofim/Sszeyl?

Lethiriss:You've just been tackle-hugged by a snake woman. XD

Trofim:because everyone else is making a joke

TMG:oh :/

TMG:the impersonation threw me off

Trofim:Strength « 1d20+1 = 16 + 1 = 17 »

VAE:against loosing foot . right?

VAE:opposed strenght i guess

Sszeyl:"So this is Lethiriss."

VAE:well, the above works for any str related check

TMG:now…finally my turn to take the backseat and watch ^^

Trofim:Trofim, not loosing his footing: Yes, she is

Trofim:Letris, this one here is Sszel

Lethiriss:"I had heard there wasss a commotion by the city gatesss… I wasss afraid the guardsss had tried to sssilenccce you again. And who are you?" She looks at Sszeyl.

TMG:(no, I'm not upset or anything, I really do want to go like this for now. Beside,s gives me time to get food)

Trofim:Zairith dragged him in to help us

Trofim:he's some family of his or what the *bleep*

Faerie:(If it's alright, I'm gonna go grab dinner too. My normal place has soup, maybe that'll help me.)

Trofim:Is he around?

Trofim:i need to speak to him as quickly as i can

Sszeyl:"Sszeyl. Tebryn's lacky."

Lethiriss:"Yessss! Zairith mentioned you to me, Sssssszeyl." She releases Trofim and bows to Sszeyl. "Unfortunately, he issss not… he went to get sssome cagesss for hisss new petsss."

Trofim:it… it relates to our goal

Trofim:I will tell you then… maybe you can think of something

Lethiriss:The snakelike woman tilts her head curiously.

Trofim:We were chasing some goblins who stole my pouch.. there was a girl, with a really nice dog… Papa was his name… he had a neck leash with an interesting symbol…. looked like this….

Sszeyl:"Perhaps speaking of conspiracies in the middle of the street is a bad idea, hmm?"

Trofim:True.. let's come inside

Lethiriss:"Yesss, yesss, how sssilly of me. Come inssside!"

TMG:uhoh!

Trofim:*goes through the door*

TMG:Liatai, you timedout on the irc again! D:

Sszeyl:Sszeyl follows, keeping one hand on his sai, just in case.

Trofim:*draws a shape with his fingers in air* , then stops for a moment

Liatai:The house is a mess of papers and books at the moment. A few large spiders skitter here and there, making an impressive-looking web in one corner. A small snake and LiNeer lie in another corner, asleep.

Trofim:Rifht beridze, that wasn't the important thing

Liatai:(I know, I accidentally closed Firefox. XD)

Lethiriss:"Come in, come in…" She clears a few papers and books off of a set of chairs and starts pulling them out into the center of the room.

Trofim:The important thing was, one of the goblins, we grabbed him in the storage room when Gnogglebolt was looking for some rope as he ran out of it, because he wanted to capture them alive as there was a bounty… *stops again*

TMG:oh, um actually

VAE:what?

Lethiriss:"Ssssss… ssssomeday, Zairith will learn what booksshelvesss are for…. Yesss, Trofim?"

TMG:Liatai, did the guard captian make sure Gnogglebolt's poitns were addressed? He was overseeing it

Trofim:Allright beridze, it is…

Trofim:I mean.. that goblin, he knew true magic just like me

Liatai:For the most part, yes.

TMG:and when it's done, there are a few things Gnogglebolt has to do ASAP

Trofim:he could make the gnome walk away by his will

Lethiriss:"He did?! A goblin?!" The snake woman's eyes widen.

Trofim:He had this on him *hands her the sign*

Lethiriss:*checks the symbol…* « 1d20 = 2 »

Trofim:i don't know what it's for, but after i took it away, he stopped casting spells

VAE:ahahah

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt watches as the goblins are placed in the cells, making sure their accomodations are at least decent, and reassuring them that this is only for a few days where needed. When that's all done, he heads out with everyone else.

VAE:liatai, invent somethign funny

VAE:obvious fail

Lethiriss:"My, it issss an ugly little thing, isss it not? Isss it a family member?"

Gnogglebolt:"Well, We shall now make hast to return to the cave and get the last…" Gnogglebolt suddenly freezes, and smacks his forehead

Trofim:I.. i don't know

Derish:"Problems?"

Gnogglebolt:"The humand and the drow ran off and we're supposed to be leaving already!"

Terri:"Where did they go, anyway?" Terri looks around.

Trofim:the thing is… we went away, carried them out, there was a bear with them - i don't know how he got around but he liked rat meat.. i got rat meat from two huge rats we killed

Trofim:Beridze, allright! *looks a bit annoyed*

Gnogglebolt:"I have no idea, and we didn't set any meeting place…oh well, they'll get the idea to return to the caves soon enough. We need to move out -now-"

Barshal:"This should be interesting."

Lethiriss:"My, thisss sssounds like quite the interesssting tale…"

Gnogglebolt:On their way ou of the city though, Gnogglebolt does make sure to rent (not buy)a pony and a cart for a few hours

Trofim:I mean… i wanted to take the one goblin here , but the small gnome called the guards at the gate who were busy with some living pile of rock, and i would have succeeded but the guards grabbed me and someone made sprouts grow at my feet

Trofim:and this *bleep* here , *points at sszeyl*didn't help me a bit

Liatai:5 GP, Gnogglebolt!

TMG:(much much does it cost for just a few hour's rent, Liatai? He's only getting a cart and a pony, not even a horse)

Trofim:if he did something, we would have had the goblin here

TMG:right-o

Lethiriss:Lethiriss giggles a little. It sounds like a series of short hisses.

Sszeyl:"I helped you by not giving the guards a reason to imprison you. Having a Drow come to your aide seems like bad publicity in this country."

Lethiriss:"Yesss, that isss unfortunately the cassse…"

Trofim:Well.. that and the pile of rock who called away the bear after i tried calling it with me

Lethiriss:"My poor Zairith hasss gotten into so much trouble that way…"

Trofim:*looks a bit annoyed* … but … our goal is worth it.. .besides walking along a goblin doesn't help the guards to like you as i have seen

Lethiriss:"Ssso… where are your companionsss right now? I'm cccertain Zairith would love to hear more about thisss from them…"

Sszeyl:"Speaking of trouble, I've got some loot to what needs collecting. If you two are content to wait here and chat, I'm going to get my rent money."

Trofim:as of now.. we have nothing of him… and the guards who stood there beating the rock because they didn't like him or what and after the girl with the dog walked over there and talked to one guard…

Trofim:Allright beridze, that wasn't…

Trofim:Yes, the guard said they will take them to forced work, but will watch them closely

Lethiriss:"You are without a place to ssstay, Sssssszeyl?"

Trofim:i don't know… i don't think we can snatch him from them

Sszeyl:"No, Zairith made it quite clear I'm not getting a free pass. Something about having bills to pay."

TMG:so, are we alreadying heading out the city?

TMG:everyone except trofim and Sszeyl, that is?

Lethiriss:"Well, that issss a fine way to treat family!" She frowns. "Why don't you bring your friendsss here once you obtain ssssaid money? I'm certain I can ssspeak to Zairith about that."

Trofim:Money!

Trofim:Of course… there's this thing Sszel handed me! *drags out the chalice*

Sszeyl:"Sure thing."

Trofim:it might be worth at least a bit

Sszeyl:"If repaired."

Sszeyl:"But now I must be off."

Trofim:allright… i hope you will be more useful than before

Lethiriss:Lethiriss takes the chalice. "Repaired? Sss-sss, it isss just tarnished! I will work on thisss."

Trofim:*examines the chalice in lethriss's hands*

VAE:should i roll anything?

Lethiriss:"Will you do me a favor, Trofim? Pleasssse?"

Trofim:What do you need/

Liatai:If you want to. Spot check. ^^

Sszeyl:Sszeyl ninja-slides his way out of the hideout, and down the alleyways. Yea, did he fly like Darkmoon on the scent of gold, for the city gates and after the party of intrepid adventurers.

Trofim:« 1d20 = 19 » Spot

TMG:er, wouldn't it be appraise?

Liatai:There is a small symbol on the bottom of the chalice; a cornucopia on a shield.

VAE:appraise is trained i think

Lethiriss:"Trofim?"

VAE:besides, he's just looking at it

TMG:oh, wait a sec

Trofim:What ?

TMG:can I "rewind time" just a little bit, then jump back forward?

Lethiriss:"Will you do me and Zairith a favor?"

Trofim:What favour?

Liatai:Sure, I suppose.

Trofim:*looks at the chalice*

TMG:I just thought of something Gnogglebolt will want to ask the goblins, one in particular, Grapmak

Trofim:hmm, i wonder what this is

Trofim:history knowledge « 1d20 = 20 »

Lethiriss:"Could you keep an eye on the young Ssssszeyl? If he isss family, then Zairith will not want him hurt in purssssuit of rent money." She huffs. "Charging family rent money… ssss…"

Gnogglebolt:*back in time* As the goblins are being led into the cells, Gnogglebolt calls to halt for Grapmak. "Allow me a few minutes to speak with him, please>" He says to the guards, then starts talking in Goblin

VAE:oh, sorry… 1d20 + 2

VAE:so it's 22

Trofim:Allright…. i will go after him… though , he better make himself useful

Lethiriss:"That'ssss my Trofim!" She smiles.

VAE:anything the history check on the symbol returned?

Liatai:Yes… that symbol is one closely associated with the halfling people.

Trofim:*smiles weakly* Allright… before i go… i think i seen this symbol in one of the books around here… has something to do with halflings

Liatai:« 1d20 = 15 »

Trofim:i wonder what did it do in a goblin cave

Trofim:CAVE!

Lethiriss:"Sss?" She turns over the chalice. "Why, yesss…"

Trofim:*trofim turns around on his feet*

Trofim:LETHRISS!

Trofim:I ALSO FOUND THIS! A BOOK ! MAGIC BOOK!

Trofim:*takes the book out of the pack hastily and hands it to her*

Trofim:the small gnome wanted it too, but i didn't let him have it

Lethiriss:Lethiriss catches the book and nods. "Sss, Zairith will be pleasssed. Now hurry!"

Lethiriss:"Besssst of luck! Watch out for guardssss!"

Trofim:*trofim rushes off behind Sszeyl*

Terri:"There they are!"

Trofim:Thanks! Watch yourselves and tell me if the items are of any use!

Trofim:*looks for sszeyl outside of the house*

Trofim:Spot « 1d20 = 9 »

TMG:So, the group's on the way out of the city, and Sszeyl and Trofim manage to catch up in time?

Liatai:Indeed they do!

VAE:they even don't know about the group going i guess… but well, all the better if ythey do

Liatai:How are people doing? Are you tired? Alert? Somewhere in between?

VAE:i am alert enough

TMG:I'm alert and going strong.

VAE:i had an extended restFaerie:I'm sich, and eating chili.

Faerie:*sick

Ghostwish:Well, Tech appears to be tracing my connection, no doubt to kill me, but I'm good until he figures out it's a proxy!

VAE:ahahaha

Liatai:Oh sh— XD

TMG:alex; awwFaerie:It's good enough chili though. o.o

• Faerie thinks a walk away from the computer also did him some good.

Liatai:How are you, Meany?

TMG:oh yes, are you good, meany?

VAE:i hope he didn't drop again

Meany:Laggy.

TMG:Hmm.

TMG:I hope you can do something for it…

TMG:anyway!

Liatai:So, onward? :3

Ghostwish:YYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!

VAE:arr!

Gnogglebolt:Without the goblins, and especially the one on the stretcher, Gnogglebolt of course should have no difficulty in urgin the group to rush back to the cave as fast as they can without getting tired out

Liatai:Aye, or nay? :3

VAE:Aye!

Black Bear:*Hey, wait for me! I'm a sleepy lumbering bear!* * Faerie votes "braaaaains." Is a zombie now.

Gnogglebolt:Along the way, he does jog close to Trofim. "I think you misunderstood something, or just plain weren't listening earlier"

Barshal:"Or he's insane."

Derish:"Seconded."

Gnogglebolt:"I do not know who your "associates" are, but as I repeated several times, they can -visit- the goblins. And if it's something thy cannot do while the goblins are serving their sentance, well, their setnances are being reduced from normal pickpocketing. They could simply wait."

Gnogglebolt:"My point is, nothing is "preventing" any of whatever your "goals" are."

Meany:Pause.

TMG:Pausing!

Ghostwish:Scrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*CRASH*

Trofim:The goblins… they will be released ?

TMG:danman, do you not undertsand PAUSE?

VAE:well, i was writing, silly

VAE:i hit enter then looked up

TMG:You could have waited before hitting the enter buttonTMG:oh

VAE:i didn't notice the two additional lines

TMG:*shrug* Eh, nevermind then…

TMG:happens to me sometimes, too ^^;

VAE:especially since i had to get the HTML marks right

• Ghostwish smacks TMG and VAE around with a trout.

Meany is disconnected.

TMG:channeling Liz? o.o

Ghostwish: VAE:channeling who?

TMG:someone you don't know ^^

TMG:a person in both mine and host's d&d games

Ghostwish:*snrk*

Ghostwish:Soooo, Tech, whacha think of the wildforged?Liatai:>:3

Liatai:Well, we did need a druid.TMG:as long as they aren't common >.>

Liatai:They most certainly are not common.

VAE:is it someone from the forums?

Liatai:That's wh the guards freaked out.

Liatai:*why

Ghostwish:Yah, the only other one is this big, lumbering doctor with a pessimistic demeanor.

TMG:I figuredGhostwish:Kidding!!!Ghostwish:He's the only one, thus far. ^_^

Liatai:There are probably only 10-25 of them total in Akellon, tops.

TMG:because yeah…I like cyberpunk…I like steampunk…I like dunegon punk/mgipunk….

TMG:but I don't like them mixed.

TMG:Because then I can't decide x(

Liatai:XD

Ghostwish:XD

VAE:haha

Meany has connected.

VAE:it's like tea and coffee

VAE:both are awesome

Liatai:Speak for yourself, I hate coffee. XD

Ghostwish:So how do you live with Eberron? Eberron is like the america of them all. It's so mixed up it's just.. Eberron!

VAE:but if you mix them you get shit

TMG:Eberron's just solid dungeon punk

VAE:coffee has simply a different purpose ot tea

TMG:no steampunk or cyber around

Ghostwish:I still don't understand this genre of 'dungeon punk'

TMG:do I have to throw THE black hople at you? >:3

VAE:for example you can't really make meal tea

TMG:*hole

TMG:and you know what black hole I'm talking about >;3

VAE:and for making you work when tired , tea is incredibly better

Ghostwish:… no not really.. O.o

TMG:Tvtropes, silly.

TMG:Do I have to throw that at you? >:3

TMG:anyway! Meany, you are back and relatively stable?

Liatai:Meh, to each their own. I still hate coffee.* Ghostwish pre-emptively cuts off TMG's head. "Er, sorry, that was a readied action.. and yes, I keep vorpal swords in my.. armpits.. "

VAE:heh

VAE:i prefer tea, but it has its place

Ghostwish:I'm a ginseng man.

Ghostwish:FINE, hit me with the black hole. I shall torture you more in our next session. >VAE:at least that we can agree on - black tea with a muscle is the best pickup

TMG:ghost; later

TMG:I was mostly joking. But you seriously don't remember the dungeon punk page?

Ghostwish:Okay.

• Liatai goes to get hot cocoa… Tell me when you're stable, Meany ^^

TMG:Meany, are you around?Ghostwish:No, I never read it. I instinctively ignore linkes with the words 'tvtropes' in them.

VAE:hahaha… dungeon punk

VAE:orcs with a "cock" haircut

Liatai:An excellent self-preservation tactic, Ghost. XD

VAE:and leather jackets

Ghostwish:I mean, it could be a link to a fully featured animated porn of DMFA, and I'd never look at it.

VAE:and electric guitars

Ghostwish:I have a few, Lia.VAE:heheh… don't say they taught you to avoid TvTropes in the army

Ghostwish:Like, the moment someone opens their mouth and says 'Sarah Palin', I go into a full roundhouse.

VAE:bwhahaha

Ghostwish:Marines.TMG:by the way, it is unfortunate to report…but I haven't seen Sofox -at all- today. ANd I've been sitting on where he should have shown up all day

VAE:also, danman goes mmake instant cocoa too

Ghostwish:Bugger. AWOL?

Liatai:It seems so.

Liatai:I'll hold Tadrim for him, and if all else fails, I'll make him an NPC. But, meh.

Faerie:And I'll apologize again for having thigs go wrong on Sundays.

Liatai:Hey, it's no problem!Don't worry about it.

Faerie:Pure coincidence, but I'm still sorry I've crapped out now 2 sessions in a row.

Meany:»

Liatai:Meany lives!TMG:aha!

TMG:alright then, I guess we can continue ^^

TMG:Danman, you can repost that line you wrote originally to kick things back into gear…

VAE:aye!

VAE:i return with cocoa

VAE:it's a bit cruddy but it's warm and it was cheap

• Liatai raises a tankard filled with cocoa. Arr. :3

Trofim:The goblins… they will be released ?

Gnogglebolt:"Well, not right away, but of course they will be relased eventually! They are only petty pickpockets, the worst-case is that they simply sit in jail for a few months."

Gnogglebolt:"And this is why I've been trying to hard to get them to come along willingly, because the more cooperative they are, the lesser setances they get!"

Terri:"Are you sure the guards will be nice to them?"

Gnogglebolt:"They better, I did make a specific note of that."

Trofim:hmm… *mutters to beridze, then lifts head* Allright… that shouldn't be that big a problem

TMG:(oh, is Gnogglebolt riding on Papa again with Terri while everyone else runs?

TMG:he does have short legs that can't carry him as fats ^^;

TMG:*fast

Liatai:(Did you want him to? Because you didn't declare it earlier… >:3)

TMG:Meh, whatever works. Despite it making him nauseous, it beets trying to keep up with the giants

Sszeyl:"Little factoid, law enforcment rarely follows their own rules without someone to strong-arm them in my experience."

TMG:*beats

Liatai:(Yes, he did join Terri in riding Papa. XD)

Gnogglebolt:"And Trofim…how can you not know this? You live here, don't you? How can you know less about this countrie's laws and customs than I do?)

Trofim:I only came to this city shortly

Trofim:where i was last, they gave longer jailtime for much smaller things

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt glances to Sszeyl. "What experince is that? I'm not trying to be mean, I am curious. How long have you been up here on the surface of Akellon?"

Sszeyl:"About three months."

Sszeyl:"Had to go the long way around the Girn mountains."

Trofim:*nods* Zairith brought him in from someone

Trofim:he's his family or what

Black Bear:The bear nudges Barshal from behind. Got any more fish for me? :9

Sszeyl:"Actually, he and I aren't related."

Trofim:no?

Gnogglebolt:"And you have observed this in three months? Or are you speaking from your own homeland?"

Sszeyl:"His cousin is essentially my superior."

Trofim:Oh…

Sszeyl:"A bit of both."

Sszeyl:"Though, perhaps bordertowns aren't the best place to judge the character of a species."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt hmms to himself, and looks forward again as the group jogs across the plains…

Black Bear:C'mooooon, gimme fish.Or just that funny-lookin' bird on your shoulder. He looks tasty.

Gnogglebolt:Without turning back around, "No, I would imagine not."

TMG:is the bear doing anything visibly that emotes anxiety?

Liatai:Nope, he's just nudging the wildforged and begging for food.TMG:well, that's kinda what I meant.

Sszeyl:"…Oh friggernaffy, I forgot to buy the bear his fish while we were in town."

TMG:Is the bear doing anything that might tip even Gnogglebolt off that something isn't normal?Liatai:I meant he looks more pathetic that anxious, but…

Terri:"Oh no!"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt chuckles. "I hope it's patient for us to return."

Gnogglebolt:His facen suddenly gets very stern, and he turns to look straight at Sszeyl

Gnogglebolt:"If he turns hostile—"

Trofim:He won't

Trofim:i gave him some rat meat

Sszeyl:Sszeyl spins one of his sai, idly.

Trofim:and there's more in the cave

Barshal:"Ahem."

Trofim:i couldn't fit even half of the chunks into the pouch, and there's a whole one too!

Barshal:"I fed the gracious bear. You shoud thank it for waiting for so long, and not eating you instead."

Sszeyl:"Talk to the bunch who ran off into the caves instead of going to town right off."

Trofim:*looks at the rock pile with a frown*

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks back to the newcomer again. "Ah yes…I can't say I approved or am involved in this scheme, but I thank you on behalf of everyone else for the assisance."

Barshal:"Such an unusual scheme.. It seems no one is sure where they stand."

Derish:"Can I use the 'Don't look at me, I'm just a gnoll' line here?"

Gnogglebolt:"Ah..I was referring to the bear…"

Sszeyl:"I know where I stand. I was supposed to buy fish and I forgot."

Black Bear:*more? :9 *

Barshal:"He wants more. I would suggest buying more."

Trofim:I stand on earth, and am pretty sure of that

Sszeyl:Spot check for edible birds in the area.

Sszeyl:« 1d20+5 = 10 + 5 = 15 »

TMG:while we are running?

Terri:Terri giggles at Trofim's comment.

TMG:cuz we are jogging back to the cave as fast as we can…

Barshal:Percy glares at Sszeyl. Try it, I dare you, is readily apparent in the eagle's glare.

Meany:Never underestimate the arrogance of elves.

Liatai:You can see several birds flying around in the trees.

Gnogglebolt:"Let us just concentrate on reaching the cave as quickly as possible before the remaining goblins discover their hideout is suspiciously empty

TMG:oh!

Trofim:True, and i'll get the bear more ratmeat

TMG:Gnogglebolt is also holding the rope to guide the pony and cart

Sszeyl:Sszeyl snags a rock from the ground, loads it into his sling, and attempts to bean one of the birds who ain't Percy.

TMG:add those to the map, for when we arrive at the cave?

VAE:while riding on a dog?

Liatai:Attack roll?

VAE:that sounds .. unrealistic

Barshal:Percy preens his feathers. Smart drow, the bird thinks.

TMG:He's just holding it behind him

TMG:it's a long-ish rope? o.o

Sszeyl:« 1d20+1 = 19 + 1 = 20 »

TMG:besides, there speed should be much more than a trot for a quadruped

TMG:*their

Sszeyl:« 1d4 = 3 »

Liatai:*SQUAWK!*

Liatai:Thud.

Trofim:Nice!

Trofim:*trofim looks at Sszeyl with some admiration*

Sszeyl:Sszeyl bows while jogging, snagging the bird as he goes.

Sszeyl:"Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week."

Meany:What sort of birdie did Sszeyl bean?

Derish:"Ha, you might be able to survive in the tundra with skills like that."

Liatai:« 1d4 = 4 »

Liatai:Whoa.

Barshal:"Normally I would be quite angry with such a senseless waste of life. But, since it is for the bear, I see no harm."

TMG:o.o?

Liatai:He beaned a wild turkey. o.o

TMG:ahaha xD

VAE:bwhahaha

Ghostwish:gobble gobble?

Meany: Liatai:XD

Barshal:If barshal had eyebrows, they'd be wised. "The bear shall be most pleased."

Sszeyl:Sszeyl slows down and offers the turkey to Fuzzy. "Would you like it as is, or defeathered first?"

Liatai:Just so you know, the other choices were 1. sparrow, 2. blue jay, 3. crow, 4. wild turkey. XD

Black Bear:*NOM*

Barshal:"I would retract your hand quickly!!!"

Liatai:Reflex save!

Sszeyl:« 1d20+3 = 12 + 3 = 15 »

VAE:ahahaha

Barshal:Hopefully Barshal's warning gives him a bonus?

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt does seem rather impressed with Sszeyl's marksmanship. "I hope that will keep the bear placated."

Liatai:Your fingers remain intact! XD

Sszeyl:

Barshal:"In the future, drow, -throw- the meat to the beast."

Sszeyl:"Okay, I think Fuzzy was hungrier than I previously imagined."

Black Bear:*nom nom nom :9*

Sszeyl:"Point taken."

Papa:*Hey, can you get some for me?*

Sszeyl:"Sure, why not?"

Sszeyl:« 1d20+1 = 20 + 1 = 21 »

VAE:ooh!

Sszeyl:« 1d4 = 2 »

Liatai:*SQUAWK!*

TMG:roll again to confirm xcrit?

TMG:nevermind xD

VAE:sszeyl is making a name for himself

Liatai:Thud.

Liatai:« 1d4 = 2 »

Derish:"I have a new title for this drow. Bird Hunter."

• TMG starts giggling

Trofim:Trofim stares

Liatai:You beaned a robin!

TMG:this is hilarious xD

Barshal:"I would suggest Bear Feeder."

Sszeyl:Sszeyl snags it and tosses it up to Papa.

TMG:On the run, and Sszeyl is dropping birds left and right xD

Trofim:*Speaks to beridze* Perhaps, the drow isn't as useless as he seemed

Trofim:Zairith was right to bring him in

Barshal:Percy sqwaks suddenly. Hey! What about me!?

Papa:The dog catches the bird mid-toss. Om nom nom. :9

TMG:so…it's a thrity minute walk, but the party is jogging at the fastest sustainable pace…getting near the cave?

Sszeyl:"So this is why Monster Pondicherry said to never feed cats."

Trofim:You have wings, catch yourself!

Terri:Terri giggles.

Barshal:Barshal glares over at the indignant eagle. "I feed you fish all the time, despite the fact you can catch it yourself."

Sszeyl:« 1d20+1 = 8 + 1 = 9 »

Liatai:Whiff!

Sszeyl:"Hmm, lets try something with a bit more mass."

Liatai:They are, indeed, approaching the caves by now.

Sszeyl:« 1d20+1 = 10 + 1 = 11 »

Liatai:But there's time for maybe one more shot…

Liatai:« 1d4 = 1 »

Liatai:Whiff!

Sszeyl:"Sorry, eagle. Maybe on the return trip."

Barshal:Percy looks quite dejected. Barshal just sighs and shakes his head. "Silly Perception."

Gnogglebolt:"Alright, we asre approaching the caves. I know what room the goblins should still be in, assuming they haven't moved around by now."

Trofim:We should go in with the bear perhaps

Sszeyl:"I advise letting those with darkvision go first, for scouting."

Gnogglebolt:"But even if they have, this is how I propose we proceed; as many of us as possible enters the caves, but I take the lead. We will go very slowly, and I will be quite and check each corner carefully before rounding it. Once we detect the goblins, I will attempt to negotiate surrender."

Derish:"Right. Monk up front to spring traps."

TMG:*quiet

Barshal:"I do not like going underground. It seems sacrilige without dwarven blessings. But I shall accompany you."

Gnogglebolt:As the reach the cave, Gnogglebolt dismounts, looks wobbly and nauseous again, collects himself, then sets about tying the pony up.

Terri:"What should Papa an' I do?"

Gnogglebolt:While he does..he casts his eyes around the clearing. Maybe there's a sign of that scout, Drit. « 1d20 = 20 »

Trofim:come with me

TMG:ahahaha

Trofim:there are the wolves

Trofim:and you said he might talk to them

Sszeyl:"Keep Fuzzy from eating the pony?"

TMG:(was a spot check, by the way)

Trofim:come! i will protect you two

Liatai:You don't see any sign of goblins… but you do notice that there are 126 apples on the apple tree in the clearing.

Barshal:"What is this about talking to wolves?"

TMG:heehee.

Gnogglebolt:"Ah yes, that."

Gnogglebolt:"where I found the remaining goblin, there were two wolves in cages."

Trofim:come Papa!

Barshal:"That is unacceptable. Take me to them."

Gnogglebolt:"Indeed."

Gnogglebolt:"Wait!''

Gnogglebolt:"Before we enter the cave this time,"

Terri:"Should we stay here to keep Fuzzy away from Ms. Pony, or…?"

Gnogglebolt:"You did want me to make sure plans are set before entrering the caves, so I am trying to do that—"

Gnogglebolt:"If you think you can, go ahead, Miss Terri."

Terri:"Okay!"

Trofim:I don't know… i don't trust the pile of rock

Trofim:(to teri of course)

Trofim:Papa and you better come along

Gnogglebolt:"Anyway, are we set on the plan? I am small and quiet, not easily noticed. I ill proceed slowly, and when goblins are detetced, I will attempt surredner. If they do not, then everyone may being assault."

Terri:"That's not nice, Mr. Trofim… He's not a pile of rock, he's Mr. Barshal." *kid glare of doom*

Barshal:"Rock? Gracious. I can understand metal or wood, but rock? There is not a single stone in my construction."

Gnogglebolt:"As usual, live capture by knocking them out is preferable, if possible."

Barshal:"For they are bounties and cheap labor, yes?"

Gnogglebolt:"But trofim…would it not be Papa that keeps the bear from the pony?

Terri:"Oh! I know! Papa can come with you, and I'll watch the pony!"

Trofim:i … i don't know

Derish:"That seems to be the way of life around here. Strange, I know."

Trofim:Allright!

Trofim:Papa, come!

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebotl glnaces to the strange golem. "Well..if you want to think of it that way…"

Trofim:*taps his leg*

Gnogglebolt:"I, for one, simply don't want to be the executioner of petty pickpockets."

Papa:*looks hesitant, then looks at Terri. Wuffs…* « 1d2 = 1 »

Gnogglebolt:"The bounty is simply a bonus to me."

Papa:*… then comes along.*

Terri:"Take care of them, Papa!"

Trofim:Trofim reaches him, then pets the dog

Papa:*wuff*

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt then looks worried. "Ah, Miss Terri…are you sure you can handle the bear alone?"

Trofim:Good papa! Obeys@

Terri:"Mm-hmm!"

Gnogglebolt:"I mean, just in case it gets…grounchy?"

Gnogglebolt:"Okay…"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks uncertain and worried, but he proceeds forward anyway.

Trofim:Why… don't we take the bear to the rat corpses?

Trofim:they are in the main cave

Trofim:still fresh enough

Trofim:a fed bear doesn't eat more, right?

Gnogglebolt:He move slowly anc cautiously, being as quiet as he can. Whenever they get to a corner, he presses against the wall, and pokes his head around

Derish:And then comes Derish. CLANK. BANG. WOOF. CLANK.

Gnogglebolt:"Ah…You figure it out, and catch up with us." Gnogglebolt calls back.

Liatai:(One sec, dog needs to go out… talk amongst yourselves, arr.)

Trofim:Allright!

Ghostwish:Quick! Everyone peek at the DM sheets!

Trofim:Trofim holds the empty pouch smelling of rat flesh in front of the bear… "Come! there's more in the cave!"

Ghostwish:… O.O … T_T She has the tarrasque lined up for the next encounter.

Gnogglebolt:"By the way" Gnogglebolt is whispering now as they tiptoe forward,

Liatai:Nah, I wouldn't do that to ya.Liatai:Not when a great wyrm red dragon is so much more entertaining. >

Gnogglebolt:"If I make this gesture;" Gnogglebotl waves his hand twice in a "come here" fasion, "That means the coast is clear."

Ghostwish:fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff-

Black Bear:*snuff snuff?*

Derish:"What if you start flailing about and screaming?" The gnoll says with a grin.

Barshal:"That was horrible."

Gnogglebolt:If I do this;" Gnogglebolt holds up his hand in a stopping gesture, "That means I see goblins, and then I will put up fingers for how many I see."

Derish:"I couldn't resist, sorry."

Black Bear:The bear tries to eat the pouch. Reflex save.

Ghostwish:I love this bear. XD

Trofim:« 1d20-1 = 13 - 1 = 12 »

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt approaches the pit, and looks tentatively both ways

TMG:(both ways down the fork)

Liatai:Snag! The bear caught a corner of the pouch.

Trofim:Trofim tugs at it. Come!

Terri:"What are you doing, Mr. Trofim?"

Trofim:There is dead rats in the cave

Black Bear:*gnaw gnaw tug*

Trofim:the bear can get a meal there!

Trofim:Trofim tries to steer the bear with the pouch

Black Bear:*but your pouch smells like rat, it must have a rat in it, gimme!*

Black Bear:*gimme gimme gimme*

Trofim:come!

TMG:oh, ah!

TMG:Can I make a slight note? ^^;

Ghostwish:That's what she said.

Papa:*bowr?!*

TMG:When the goblins were put in the temproary holding cells

TMG:persumably, their restraints were undone, as they were no longer needed. Gnogglebolt did hang onto those ^^;

Black Bear:*gimme gimme gimme gimme*

TMG:Is that gonna fly?

Trofim:come here!

Liatai:That will fly.

Ghostwish:into a cliff.

Black Bear:*giiiiimme*

Trofim:here!

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt is then quite surpised at trofim and the large bear lumbering past him.

Sszeyl:"…Did the human and the bear just fly in the face of the plan?"

Trofim:Trofim points at the bodies

Gnogglebolt:"Well, at least they can secure the top level."

Black Bear:*gimme — ooooooooh.*

Black Bear:*NOM NOM NOM*

Gnogglebolt:"The goblins I saw were on the bottom anyway. Let's go."

Derish:With a gnoll, a wildforged, and a drow right behind them, no less.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt hops down the pit

Trofim:Trofim ruffles the bear's fur a bit "Smart one! almost like Papa!"

Ghostwish:That's a bit of a drop for the gnome, I think. XD

Black Bear:*grrrr, no touchie. I'm eating. >*

Trofim:Trofim goes to the more distant corpse, picks up some rat bits into the pouch

TMG:okay, he lowers himself down gently

Trofim:and goes to Papa

Ghostwish:Yah, Derish is the only pit hopper here.TMG:uh…

TMG:where did my token go? o.o

Ghostwish:Dogpiled.

TMG:I can't see the lower level room…

TMG:ah, there we go

VAE:we arrived

Ghostwish:laff

Sszeyl:Sszeyl floats down the pit like a little pixie weighing over a hundred pounds, and lands on his face.

Liatai:Anybody got a light source?

Gnogglebolt:"Alright, here we go." Gnogglebolt whisperes.

VAE:Trofim still has some torches

Liatai:I'm going to switch it to night vision.

Derish:Derish laughs, and picks him up.

Gnogglebolt:wait, why did derish run foward?

Trofim:*lights a torch*

Gnogglebolt:The plan is that Gnogglebol moves forward on his own quietly, with everyone else trailing a bit behind

Papa:*jumps down into the pit after some hesitation*

TMG:sorry, wasn't supposed to be impersonated

Sszeyl:Sszeyl wipes dirt of his face. "Thanks."

Trofim:Here you are Papa!

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglbolt whispers, "Going to check side-rooms."

Trofim:good dog!

Trofim:*gives him a piece*

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt peeeeks around the corner

Papa:*munch munch. Now I remember why I like you. :9*

Liatai:The room is as devoid of life as it was when you left it.

Ghostwish:Into the face of a medusa. Hi! PETRIFY!

Gnogglebolt:"Nothing. Checking other room."

Gnogglebolt:peeeeeek

Liatai:There's a noise coming from the fountain, and a splash!

TMG:Can he see anything? He's just poking his eyes around.

Liatai:He saw a splash… roll a Spot check.

Gnogglebolt:Spot check: « 1d20 = 19 »

Liatai:He saw a flash of something white when whatever the thing in the fountain made the splash.

Liatai:*whatever the thing in the fountain is

TMG:Hmm o.o

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt returns, stillt alking quietly. "I saw something in the fountain of the storeroom. I don't think it was a goblin."

Gnogglebolt:"I couldn't get any better look, though."

Gnogglebolt:"Anyone want to check it closer?

Sszeyl:"I volunteer."

Derish:CLANK. CLANK. "Sure."

Derish:Derish, longsword out, steps into the room.

Liatai:The room is quiet…

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt mvoes out of the way. "Do try to keep it down!

Liatai:Aside from the burbling of the fountain in the corner and the crackling of the fire, that is.

Derish:He tries for both a spot, and a listen. « 1d20 = 20 » « 1d20 = 14 »

Liatai:He spots something moving in the fountain! Something white.

Derish:Super gnoll sees EVERYTHING! (nice underwear!)

Liatai:Something scaly.

Liatai:Something… with fins.

Derish:"Something scaley and white is moving in the fountain. A fish of some kind?"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt edges up behind Derish.

Derish:Derish cautiously approaches.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt also cautiously moves in…

Liatai:A big white fish is swimming around in circles in the fountain. Blub blub blub.

Ghostwish:Where did Barshal go?

Ghostwish:Oh there we go.

Derish:"It's a fish."

Gnogglebolt:"…that's it? A fish?"

Liatai:Blub.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt wanders over.

Barshal:"Good. I suspect the bear will be hungry- what. Oh, fine, you can have it." Barshal says after some nagging from his eagle.

Liatai:The fish is about as big as the eagle. You sure?

Gnogglebolt:"Might as well bag it and give it to the…eagle?"

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks weirdly at the strange golem and the perched eagle

Barshal:Percy is VERY sure.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt shrugs and moves out of the room.

Derish:Derish makes a slash at it with his sword!

Gnogglebolt:Back with Sszeyl, he whispers, "Just a fish. The eagle ate it."

Liatai:Attack roll?

Derish:« 1d20+6 = 12 + 6 = 18 »

Liatai:Damage?

Sszeyl:"Spectacular."

Derish:« 1d8+3 = 6 + 3 = 9 »

Liatai:You now have a fish-kebab.

Barshal:Barshal would be wrinkling his nose, if he could. "Was that necessary? You could've just grabbed it."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt very craefully moves on again… and peeeeeks into the card-game room…

Liatai:Everything is as you left it in here.

Derish:"I thought 'Percy' would prefer shish-kebab."

Papa:Papa follows the party, sniffing at things every now and then.

Barshal:Percy accepts the fish happily. OM NOM NOM NOM *BURP* NOM NOM NOM *BELCH* OM NOM.

Sszeyl:Sszeyl stands in the doorway.

Gnogglebolt:"Alright. The goblin I saw was in the room to the right up ahead. If nothing here has been disturbed, likely they haven't moved yet."

VAE:wait.. eagle burps>

VAE:?

Ghostwish:Loudly, ever watched one being fed?

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt coninues tiptoeing forward, pressing agains the wall…

VAE:i did actually , but i can't remember burping

Gnogglebolt:He holds up his hand int he stopping gesture

Sszeyl:Sszeyl follows, making less of an effort to tempt fate.

Ghostwish:Weird. Watched this bald eagle being fed, and he was burping every few gulps. XD

Sszeyl:Move silently check:

Gnogglebolt:and peeeeeks carefully around the corner to see if he can glimpse a goblin…

Sszeyl:« 1d20+1 = 14 + 1 = 15 »

Liatai:Move Silently and Hide checks, all.

Trofim:Mov S « 1d20-1 = 12 - 1 = 11 »

Sszeyl:« 1d20+2 = 17 + 2 = 19 »

TMG:wait, shouldn't I be the only one with Hide?

Derish:« 1d20-5 = 17 - 5 = 12 » « 1d20-5 = 19 - 5 = 14 »

TMG:No one else is even in view…

Liatai::3

TMG:o.o

Liatai:Trust me. You want to roll Hide.

Trofim:hide « 1d20 -1 = 18 - 1 = 17 »

Barshal:« 1d20-6 = 5 - 6 = -1 » « 1d20-6 = 19 - 6 = 13 »

Gnogglebolt:Move Silently: « 1d20+5 = 9 + 5 = 14 » and Hide: « 1d20+5 = 8 + 5 = 13 »

Liatai:CLANK.

Barshal:Barshal.. starts going off like a strobe light. Damn crazy druidic magic..

TMG:oh, shite

Sszeyl:Sszeyl visibly winces from the clank.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt's head whips around, eyes bugging out and a hand cluthcing his chest

Liatai:Listen checks…? >:3

Sszeyl:« 1d20+5 = 3 + 5 = 8 »

Gnogglebolt:Listen Check: « 1d20+2 = 5 + 2 = 7 »

VAE:did gnogglebolt just get an infarction of heart muscle>

VAE:?

Derish:« 1d20 = 9 »

TMG:(dangit!)

Trofim:« 1d20 = 14 »

Barshal:« 1d20+5 = 14 + 5 = 19 »

Trofim:listen of course

Barshal:"Incoming. Left and right tunnels." Barshal says in an urgent whisper.

Meany:Initiative yet?

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt returns to the grou;. "back up, back up!"

Gnogglebolt:"Into the hallway!"

Derish:Derish growls, and backs off a bit.

Liatai:Yes, yes indeed. Initiative time. >:3

TMG:Can I ready an action?

Barshal:« 1d20-1 = 12 - 1 = 11 »

Sszeyl:« 1d20+1 = 18 + 1 = 19 »

TMG:(the action is to start shouting things as soon as he sees green skin)

Trofim:« 1d20-1 = 16 - 1 = 15 »

Derish:« 1d20+5 = 17 + 5 = 22 »

Gnogglebolt:But otherwise…initiative: « 1d20+1 = 13 + 1 = 14 »

Liatai:Sure.

TMG:alright then…

TMG:bringing up init tracker…

TMG:aaand waiting to catch sight of a goblin

Liatai:« 1d20 = 19 »

Liatai:One sec…

TMG:oh crap, did I remember to make a note that Gnogglebolt did bring Redmaw's skull back with him?

TMG:I mean, I don't thnk that would be useful being tossed into a jail cell? ^^;

Liatai:« 1d20+5 = 17 + 5 = 22 »

Liatai:Derish, what's your Dex?

Derish:"OVER NINE THOUSAND!"

Barshal:*bonk!*

Derish:"Ow! Sorry. 12."

• Liatai notes this…

Liatai:*clunk* *scraaaaaape…*

Liatai:*clunk* *scraaaape…*

Liatai:A human skeleton lurches out of the cavern on the left, swinging a scimitar at Papa!

VAE:hehe.. an undead beats everyone's initiative

Ghostwish:Quit rubbin' it in. XD

Skeleton:« 1d20+1 = 8 + 1 = 9 » « 1d10 = 5 »

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt had his hands up and was about to start shouting "Hold! Hold! Everyone hold!" In at least two languages…but instead of a goblin, two skeletons round the corner, just like Granch was a skeleton. His voice dies in his throat; he hadn't forgotten that these things were around, but….he hadn't expected them to be "woken up".

TMG:Er.

TMG:A skeleton.

Papa:The dog jumps back with a snarl, fur standing on end.

Derish has received initiative.

TMG:(does the skeleton have Hit Dice? ^^; )

Derish:Derish lumbers past his companions, and brings his longsword around on the skeleton! « 1d20+6 = 2 + 6 = 8 » for « 1d8+3 = 6 + 3 = 9 » points of damage!

Liatai:Blargh! I forgot! XD

Liatai:« 1d10 = 9 »

Liatai:Unfortunately, your strike whiffs just over the skeleton's left shoulder.

TMG:can Gnogglebolt shout something else out of his turn?

Papa:Papa darts around and tries to bite the skeleton's legs! « 1d20 = 16 »

Liatai:Yep, he can!

TMG:orrr…nevermind… >.>

Papa:With a growl, the dog grabs hold of one leg. CRUNCH! « 1d6+3 = 1 + 3 = 4 »

Skeleton:The skeleton doesn't seem any worse for the wear, though… aside from having a dog gnawing on its tibia.

Sszeyl has received initiative.

Sszeyl:Sszeyl leaves the skeleton to the gnoll and dog, moving to cover the left while drawing, and loading his sling.

Sszeyl:right*

Sszeyl:End turn.

Liatai:(As a completely random note, writing battle scenes for skeletons is a great way to study the names of bones.) Trofim has received initiative.

Trofim:You bastard! Trying to harm Papa! Beridze! Show him!

Trofim:Rebuke undead « 1d20 = 11 »

VAE:ack

Liatai:Roll turning damage. :3

TMG:you do add charisma/level mods to that, don't you? >.>

Liatai:2d6 + cleric level + Cha modifier.

VAE:well, i have no charisma modifier and we are level 1

VAE:oh, right

VAE:it's 12 then

Trofim:« 2d6+1 = 4 + 1 = 5 »

Liatai:Woo!VAE:succeeded?

Liatai:Success!

Trofim:Beridze glows faintly and the skeleton freezes in place and shivers slightly

Skeleton:The skeleton recoils and gazes upon Beridze with something akin to slack-jawed awe.

Gnogglebolt has received initiative.

Trofim:*Trofim moves closer*

Trofim:See? You don't attack those who me and beridze take care of

VAE:(end turn of course)

Papa:*muffled woof, still trying to chew on skeleton leg*

Liatai:Gnogglebolt's turn!

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt stays where he is, as he already has a every-so-slightly- better vantage point than Sszeyl without being in front of him. He just looks up and says, "Do give me a chance to say a few words, but go ahead and attack if they do." Gnogglebolt then puts his hands in the air, gazing intently down the corridor while also trying to keep some attention on the fight right next to him.

TMG:End turn.

Barshal has received initiative.

Barshal:Barshal moves closer, but thinks the others have a handle on it, and remains on standby inc ase anything goes wrong.

Ghostwish:End turn.

TMG:wait, what the?

TMG:YOU are controlling barsha, Ghost? O.o

VAE:he is!

TMG:I thought Liatai was controlling him!

VAE:we plotted this when you were gone

TMG:>.o

Liatai:Mwahahaha! >:3

TMG:erm…

VAE:bwhahahah!

TMG:he's not actually stayon on, is he? >.>

TMG:*staying

Ghostwish:Yaarrr har har har har!

VAE:maybe he is, maybe he isn't

Liatai:It depends on several factors.

VAE:are they prime?

TMG:well, one guy with two characters is pretty weird :/

Skeleton:The skeleton, still cowering, attempts to back up… but finds itself blocked by a gnoll and a dog.

Derish has received initiative.

VAE:if he can pull it off

Meany:Less chatter, more stabbity.

VAE:in writing it's not that bad

Liatai:It's not too weird. I had a guy with three characters last campaign. Boy oh boy. Never again. :/

Faerie:o.o

VAE:ahhahaha… did he have Split personality disorder?

TMG:(it's just that in this case, two shares of the EXP and loot are going to one player :/ but yes, this can be handled done later. COntinue.)

Liatai:More like histironic personality disorder He wanted everybody to pay attention to him. But anyway.Ghostwish:Heck no, my characters get loot and exp seperately. XD

TMG:ghost; exactly.

TMG:Two shares.

Liatai:We'll work out the details later. Less chatter, more clatter!

Ghostwish:oshit it's me XD

Liatai:Yes it is. XD

Meany:Wait.

Meany:Didn't we skip Elros.

Meany:?*

Liatai:Initiative, Elros?

Derish:Derish attacks with his longsword again, « 1d20+6 = 5 + 6 = 11 » for « 1d8+3 = 1 + 3 = 4 » points of damage

Liatai:« 1d10 = 5 »

Liatai:Papa gives a little yelp as your sword swings a liiiiittle too close for comfort.

TMG:huh? o.O

VAE:it's a longsword

VAE:it's being swung in a small room

TMG:erm…

TMG:there are no rules for that…

VAE:the DM said so is a rule too

Liatai:It's NARRATIVE, Tech. Flavor text.TMG:and it kinda messes up the whole point of surrounding/flanking/ganging up on a target

VAE:and in this case it seems sensible

Liatai:Flavor. Text.* VAE facepaws

TMG:eh, alright. GM's call, yes. Was just commenting. ^^;

• VAE makes a mental note to memorise basic rulebooks if tech is gonna play

Papa:Papa attempts to bite the skeleton's other leg! « 1d20 = 3 »

Papa:Close, but no cigar. Growl.

Sszeyl has received initiative.

VAE:haha.. i can imagina after the fight Papa carrying a skeleton's leg in his mough

VAE:*mouth

Sszeyl:Sszeyl rolls his eyes. "Bleeding hearts of the world « i = Invalid expression: i. »unite« /i = Invalid expression: /i. »." And brings his sling up to launching speed.

Sszeyl: (( Apparently my attempt at italics failed. ))

TMG:er, yeah

TMG:it's greaterthan/lessthan with an i in between

TMG:>i> like that, except replace the first one

TMG:and end it with >/i>

Sszeyl: (( Ah. ))

Sszeyl:End turn.

Trofim has received initiative.

Trofim:Trofim draws his flails

Trofim:This will show ya!

Trofim:Attack « 1d20+1 = 17 + 1 = 18 »

Liatai:« 1d10 = 4 »

Liatai:Your morningstar smashes into the skeleton's right arm! Roll for damage!

Trofim:« 1d10+1 = 4 + 1 = 5 »

Liatai:BASH! Well, there are a few cracks in the bones where there weren't cracks before!

Gnogglebolt has received initiative.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt continues to nervously watch the corridor, ready to start shouting the moment he hears anything, wishing there was some way he culd help with the living dead.

Barshal has received initiative.

TMG:End turn

Liatai:Ghost?

Ghostwish:Ah, sorry!

Barshal:BArshal moves into place, and swings his club « 1d20+2 = 19 + 2 = 21 » at the skeleton! « 1d6+2 = 4 + 2 = 6 » points of damage

Liatai:« 1d10 = 2 »

Liatai:SHATTER! The club smacks the skeleton's right shoulder, and the thing falls to pieces!

Barshal:"Back to your proper place in the cycle."

• Papa pulls a leg bone out of the pile and holds it in his mouth.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt glances over for a moment. "It is destroyed?"

VAE:end of combat or is there more

VAE:?

Liatai:End of combat. ^^

Barshal:"Quite so. However, I heard more noises…"

Trofim:*Rubs papa's head*

Derish:"That would be your noises. There is a caged one in there."

Sszeyl:"Yeah, I'm staying here."

Gnogglebolt:"Which way? Down the center path, or this way?"

Trofim:Yep.. does not look like getting up to me

Gnogglebolt:"Wait! Everyone come back!

Gnogglebolt:"The goblins are this way!

Caged Skeleton:The skeleton waves its arms futilely and attempts to reach the party from across the room… but it's not going anywhere fast.

Gnogglebolt:"We can collect things soon."

Liatai:« 1d20 = 2 » « 1d20 = 2 »

Liatai:Carry on. ^^

Gnogglebolt:"But we need to take care of the goblins now."

Derish:"This skeleton should be dealt with."

Gnogglebolt:"What? There's…another?"

Barshal:"I must agree. It is an abomination."

Derish:"In here, it is caged."

Trofim:Well, it might mess US up if we don't deal with it

Sszeyl:"Then stop wasting air molecules and do something."

Trofim:the other one almost hurt Papa

Trofim:Allright

Gnogglebolt:"Caged? Well, the dead can wait for the living, can't it? Or at the very least, as the drow says, make it quick."

Caged Skeleton:*you get over here and I'm gonna give you such a pinch! Raaar!*

Gnogglebolt:"I am amazed no goblins have come invesitgating yet."

Trofim:*trofim moves closer*

Trofim:We'll see about that

Gnogglebolt:For just a moment, Gnogglebolt runes over to look in the room

Liatai:The room has three cages, an overturned table, and a broken jug sitting in a puddle of foul-smelling liquid.

Sszeyl:"Was it everything you hoped?"

Trofim:Beridze… talk to this one as well

Liatai:A single leather shoe sits in the cage with the skeleton.

Gnogglebolt:"Just as they say, a skeleton in a cage. It should be able to wait…" Gnogglebolt starts trying to keep his voice down again.

Trofim:Rebuke undead « 1d20+1 = 12 + 1 = 13 »

Liatai:Turning damage?

TMG:…you're trying to rebuke it instead of just bashing it?

TMG:ad uh yeah, trofim can't turn, only rebuke xD

TMG:(oh yeah

Trofim:« 2d6+1 = 7 + 1 = 8 »

Liatai:Yeah, I know, but it's called turning damage. Didn't you make that argument to me before? >;3

VAE:well, you can't exactly get close enough without it hurting you

VAE:actually, i did

VAE:not tech

Liatai:Ah.

Caged Skeleton:The skeleton cowers in the cage, staring at Beridze.

Sszeyl:"They seem to be taking a lot of time to finish off a caged skeleton."

Derish:"Nicely done, priest. Now we kill it?"

Trofim:Trofim comes over and takes out his flaik

Trofim:*flail

Trofim:*Turns*

Trofim:What did you call me?

Gnogglebolt:"Indeed." Gnogglebolt grits his teeth.

Trofim:i am a magician, of true magic

Trofim:« 1d20+1 = 20 + 1 = 21 »

Papa:*trots over, leg bone still in his teeth*

Liatai:Woo! Roll to confirm critical hit!

Derish:"You are a priest."

Trofim:Trofim, while speaking, whacks the caged skeleton , and nonchalantly lands a hit

Trofim:« 1d20+1 = 14 + 1 = 15 »

Liatai:Damage?

Trofim:« 1d10+1 = 2 + 1 = 3 »

Liatai:BOOSH.

Liatai:The skeleton flies apart.

Trofim:I am no priest… priests worship gods and mess with robes and pray all the time

Barshal:"The natural order becomes stronger."

Trofim:like the one in our village

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt darts over. "Hurry up!" Then darts back

Derish:"You are a very funny and strange priest."

Papa:*looks up at Elros. Look, I've got a trophy, look, look. :3 *

Sszeyl:"Oh good, they weren't killed by the caged skeleton."

Trofim:It was a weak one, went down in one hit

Trofim:I wasn't even looking there

Gnogglebolt:"Okay. I'm moving forward. Wait for my signal."

Derish:"okay!" Clank clank clank.

Sszeyl:"Why do I not believe you? Oh that's right, it doesn't take ten minutes to down a skeleton in one hit."

Gnogglebolt:One more time, Gnogglebol leeeans and peeks around the corner…

Liatai:Spot check!

Gnogglebolt:Spot: « 1d20 = 7 »

TMG:damn, luck ran out x(

Derish:"Is the drow's mind as feeble as the priests? We were gone but a few moments."

Liatai:You see no goblins.

TMG:shoulda saved that spot check I used to see the apples x(

Barshal:"Different does not equate to feeble. Merely a different path."

Sszeyl:"I was embellishing to show impatience."

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt leans a little further…

Caged Wolf:One of the caged wolves growls weakly, but does not move.

Sszeyl:"All this running about is making it hard for this javelin wound to scab up."

TMG:(I can see the whole room now, by the way)

Barshal:« 1d20+5 = 10 + 5 = 15 » to hear the growl?

Sszeyl:« 1d20+5 = 7 + 5 = 12 »

Liatai:You can both hear the growl!

Trofim:My mind isn't feeble you *bleep*

Sszeyl:"Oh dear, the gnome's gone and been spotted."

TMG:Describe the room to me, Liatai? o.o

Trofim:Yout father's is when he *bleep*ed a dog!

Derish:"Explain why you think you are a sorcerer then."

Liatai:The room is full of cages. Big cages, small cages, empty cages, full cages… There is a heavy wooden door on the eastern wall, easily large enough for a horse and cart.

TMG:and Gnogglebolt should still be in view of the others, he's still looking around the corner and hasn't signaled yet

Barshal:Barshal doesn't seem interested. "There is an animal in distress."

Trofim:Because i can do magic.. true magic

Trofim:i learned it myself… and so can everyone

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt looks back with a grim expression, and motions for everyone to come

Sszeyl:Sszeyl stops swinging the sling and moves forward.

Sszeyl:« 1d20+5 = 9 + 5 = 14 »

TMG:erm, is the bit wooden door supposed to be closed?

TMG:Because there is no visionblocking…

Liatai:It's ajar.

TMG:okay

Derish:"True magic eh?" He says, and grins. "There are varieties of magic, and the great dragons teach us much about. No sorcerer, no wizard, no actual magic user can do what you did to the undead back there. You cannot use magic. Your power is divine."

Barshal:Barshal grumbles, and lights a torch.

Trofim:Heh… that's what the lie-mage said too

Trofim:until i conjured a few gallons of water into his face

Caged Wolf:Both of the caged wolves growl as Gnogglebolt approaches. One attempts to stand, but the other only bristles and growls weakly.

TMG:um…describe all the inhabitants of all the cages? >.>

Caged Hawk:A caged hawk puffs up its feathers.

Barshal:"This is unacceptable. Bounty or no, I will kill those responsible."

Trofim:Papa, come!

Sszeyl:Sszeyl looks around, and….oh dear.

Trofim:« 1d20 = 15 »

Barshal:« 1d20+5 = 4 + 5 = 9 » spot check.

Sszeyl:« 1d20+5 = 9 + 5 = 14 »

Derish:« 1d20 = 8 » spot check

Caged Mastiff:A large dog looks up and wags its tail feebly.

Gnogglebolt:"This is….not petty pickpocketig…" Gnogglebolt says with a very, very grim expression

Caged Human:And a rather fat human looks up.

TMG:why is everyone making spot checks?

Sszeyl: (( Double checking. ))

Caged Human:"What are you doing here?" the human asks hoarsely.

Trofim:Papa, come over! *taps his leg*

Sszeyl:"Okay, can anyone pick the locks or shall I start smashing things?"

Gnogglebolt:"I can take care of the locks."

Trofim:I can… *points at the flail*

Trofim:Papa, say to the wolves i want them no harm

Papa:*starts sniffing at the wolves*

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt however, rushes to the uman first. "Who are you? How long have you been here?"

Barshal:"I will attend to the animals."

Liatai:How do you halt player movement?

TMG:er…

Trofim:*throws them some rat meat through the bars*

Ghostwish:Tools > Halt

TMG:tools

TMG:lock player movement

VAE:hmm, the spot check failed, right?

Liatai:« 1d20 = 10 »

Liatai:What's Gnogglebolt's flat-footed AC?

Gnogglebolt:While waiting for the human's reply, Gnogglebolt sets to work on the locks of the cages, starting with the humans

TMG:O.o?

Ghostwish:ohhhhh shiet.

Liatai:>:3

VAE:and this means it did

VAE:brings memories

TMG:Flat-footed is 13, but I get a +1 size bonus if I'm attacked by a medium-size creature

Liatai:*KTANG*

TMG:Whoa! WHere did that goblin come from?

Liatai:A sickle clangs off Gnogglebolt's armor.

TMG:he's not really wearing armor…

TMG:just leather ^^

VAE:studded?

TMG:no "clang"Liatai:Slides off the leather. Whatever. XD

TMG:Not even studded.

VAE:studs can clang

Sszeyl: (( Initiative? ))

Trofim:« 1d20-1 = 18 - 1 = 17 »

Liatai:Initiative. >:3

Sszeyl:« 1d20+1 = 20 + 1 = 21 »

Barshal has received initiative.

Sszeyl: (( Eh? ))

Liatai:Never mind, trying to clear things…

Gnogglebolt:redoing initative? Okay… « 1d20+1 = 2 + 1 = 3 »

Liatai:Elros, Barshal, Derish?

Liatai:« 1d20 = 8 »

Derish:« 1d20+5 = 12 + 5 = 17 »

Barshal:« 1d20-1 = 20 - 1 = 19 »

Liatai:« 1d20+1 = 13 + 1 = 14 »

Ghostwish:Oh ye dice gods, what a twisted sense of humor you have.

Sszeyl: (( Fortuna. ))

Gnogglebolt has received initiative.

Liatai:Hang on…

TMG:clear the initative

TMG:little arrow up top

Sszeyl has received initiative.

Liatai:THERE we go!

Liatai:Sszeyl's turn!

Sszeyl has received initiative.

Meany:I'm going to be a spoiler and get some mechanics hammered out first.

Meany:Could Sszeyl use his Dancing Lights to blind the goblin? And if so, how?

Liatai:No, the lights aren't bright enough.

Meany:Curses.

Meany:Also, halt is still on?Liatai:They're kind of fuzzy and wispy lights. Now it's not. ^^

VAE:also, what sort of mastiff?

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt drops his tools that he was getting out as the goblin suddenly appears. He not look "nice" anymore. In fact, his facial expression, if anyone wer able to see it, was very, very dark. "Take him alive." Gnogglebolt grinds out, but the others might get the feeling it's not because Gnggolebolt…wants to be nice anymore.

VAE:there's a ton of them

Liatai:Bullmastiff.

Sszeyl:Sszeyl clears the distance between him and the goblin and pimpslaps it « 1d20+3 = 18 + 3 = 21 » for « 1d3+3 = 1 + 3 = 4 ».

Liatai:Whoo. o.o

Sszeyl:Angry drow is angry.

Sszeyl:Roll to confirm?

Nine-Fingered Goblin:*flump*

TMG:uh…what happened?

Nine-Fingered Goblin:No need. The goblin went down like a sack of red-colored laundry.

Sszeyl:Sszeyl's new catchphrase. "Keep your pimp-hand strong!

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt immediately gets out rope and sets about tieing up the goblin. But he still has a dark grimace on his face.

Barshal has received initiative.

VAE:if he throws the bastard to the wolves…

Derish has received initiative.

TMG:er…still in combat?

Trofim has received initiative.

Gnogglebolt has received initiative.

Elros has received initiative.

Trofim:What the hell's happening here?

TMG:you can just clear the intiative…

TMG:and where did the goblin come from?

Liatai:« 1d20+1 = 14 + 1 = 15 »

TMG:he like, literally teleported in. Was he hiding on the cieling?

Ghostwish:He was sneaking.

Meany:Sneakily.

Ghostwish:If you don't see em, you don't see em.

Liatai:Sszeyl's flat-footed AC?

Meany:11?

Liatai:Ooh.

Meany:Oh wait.

Meany:10.

Liatai:« 1d4+1d6 = 4 + 4 = 8 »

Liatai:… oh dear.

TMG:O.o

VAE:oh! first one fainted!

VAE:that's unless he healed

Masked Goblin:While Gnogglebolt is tying up the first goblin, a second steals up from behind… Sszeyl, you feel a moment of cold steel piercing your back before blackness sets in.

Liatai:Sszeyl is at -3 HP… I would advise healing.

Sszeyl has received initiative.

Barshal has received initiative.

Barshal:Barshal very carefully scoots around the angry goblin, coming in from behind, and placing a hand on the wounded drow with a mystical chant. « 1d8+1 = 7 + 1 = 8 » points of healing!

Liatai:Very nicely done! The would from the goblin's sickle seals closed. Sszeyl, you are now conscious at 5 HP.Liatai:Yay!Derish has received initiative.

Derish:Derish uses up his entire action just moving his big doggy butt, and that's all he can do this round.

Trofim has received initiative.

Meany:Wait, where's Papa?

Papa:*woof!*

VAE:how does the lock on the cage with wolves look?

Liatai:It looks cheap, but solid.

TMG:don't tell me youre thinking of doing something other than helping o.o

TMG:and honestly

VAE:It would be helpful

VAE:especially since he threw them rat chunks, and Papa is around

TMG:are these goblins dropping from the ceiling? Hide only works if you have something to hide -behind-. If they were on the ground, they should have been revealed the moment we passed by them…

TMG:danman; eh, alright

VAE:and the noses might help

Liatai:They were. They were on top of the cages.

VAE:+ the wolves probalby damn hate the goblins by now

TMG:how tall are these cages?

Liatai:Not tall enough to hit the ceiling, but tall enough to hold an adult human. They vary from 3 feet tall to 7 feet tall.

TMG:Huh. I see.

Liatai:The ones the goblins were on were the 7-foot ones.

TMG:alrighty then. Carry on…

Liatai:I did think this out.

Trofim:Trofim attempts to break the lock on the wolves' cage with a whack from the flails

Liatai:Damage roll?

Trofim:« 1d10+1 = 8 + 1 = 9 »

Liatai:KTANG! No luck. The lock seems to shrug off the blow.

Trofim:*bleep*ing lock

Papa:*continues sniffing at one of the wolves*

Trofim:« 1d20 = 10 »

Gnogglebolt has received initiative.

Gnogglebolt:Gnogglebolt again drops what he's doing with tieing up the goblin, pulls out his morningstar, and takes a viscious swing at the goblin. Attack « 1d20-1 = 17 - 1 = 16 »

Liatai:That's a hit! Roll for damage!

Liatai:Wait… was that lethal damage? o.o

VAE:haha.. vicious or viscous hit?

VAE:it was - gnogglebolt is being manly

Meany:A lone island of machismo among a sea of face slapping wussies.

TMG:« 1d6-1 = 6 - 1 = 5 » And yes, lethal damage. gnogglebolt can't effectively do nonlethal, and he's got a str penalty anyway

TMG:vicious, sorry

Meany::B

Liatai:First lethal strike from the gnome that wasn't against a skeleton! >:3

Liatai:« 1d10 = 8 »

TMG:x3

Masked Goblin:Gnogglebolt's morningstar smashes against the goblin's left leg!

Elros has received initiative.

Liatai:Faerie, you there?

Liatai:… hmm…

Meany:…How much do them cages weigh? :B

Liatai:Depends on the cage.

Meany:The one between Bal, Sszeyl, and the human?

Meany:Bar*

Liatai:One sec…

Faerie:Yeah, I'm here.

Meany:Yay!Faerie:More or less.

Liatai:75 pounds, Meany. :3

Faerie:I wanna go to bed some time, but I'll attack with you guys.

TMG:okay, make your move, Alex

Liatai:All righty. ^^

VAE:tech, you'll love this

VAE:Armor of the math student." "Armor class of i." "Does that make you ethereal?"

Elros:Elros draws his longsword and attacks the goblin. « 1d20+3 = 4 + 3 = 7 »

TMG:er…

TMG:the one with the red circle is already down

TMG:we're fighting the one on Gnoggleb's other side ^^;

TMG:*Gnogglebolt's

Meany:Flanking damage!

Faerie:I've totally been following along with what's been going on.

Meany:What's the bonus for flanking again?

Liatai:Alas, still not a hit. ^^'

TMG:flanking attack bonus, not dammage

TMG:+2 to attack

Ghostwish:*yawns* Aye, I be losing steam.. think we might be able to wrap it up with this fight?

Liatai:Aye, that be what I be thinkin'.

Masked Goblin:The goblin, finding himself surrounded, makes one vicious stab with the sickle he holds. « 1d4 = 1 » « 1d20+1 = 3 + 1 = 4 »

Masked Goblin:He misses Gnogglebolt in his panic.

VAE:hahahh… what a vicious stab

Sszeyl has received initiative.

TMG:if sszeyl attacks with nonlethal, then when someone has both nonlethal and lethal damage, the nonlethal just has to exceed his current HP…

VAE:i don't think he'll do nonlethal

VAE:given the goblin almost killed him

TMG:yeeeah. I'm not hoping one way or the other, was just commenting aloud to myself ^^;

Sszeyl:He had been…very close to death there. However, thanks to the Order's dogma of "Those who kill must be ready to be killed," he shrugged off the experience. What he didn't shrug off was the blinding rage he felt toward his would be-murderer. So he seized the bars of the cage his body had landed on, and swung it around, trying to swat the goblin with it. « 1d20+5 = 12 + 5 = 17 »

Liatai:… whoa. XD

TMG:er…

Ghostwish:Also, Barshal's swore to kill whoever's been caging animals. I would say the goblin is -SCREWED-.

TMG:improvised weapon? ^^;

VAE:woohoo!

Liatai:… Yyyyyeah, that's still a hit. ^^;

TMG:what the heck kinda damage would it do?

VAE:huge club?

Liatai:Now, how to approximate the type of damage done by a giant cage… XD

Ghostwish:Hrm.. I'd say.. 2d6?

VAE:ie a club scaled up few sizes

TMG:thaaaat's… a bit much.

Ghostwish:It's large, heavy.. plenty of sharp edges..

Liatai:1d10?

Ghostwish:Tech, that's just a step above the damage range of a great axe.

Sszeyl:« 1d10 = 2 »

Sszeyl: (( A glancing hit, but still a hit. ))

TMG:plus str?

Liatai:1d10 plus STR… which means 6 damage in Sszeyl's case if I'm not mistaken. >:3

Sszeyl:Oh right.

Liatai:WHONG!

TMG:And I'm sure there's a lot of "str" behind that swing x3

Sszeyl:5.

VAE:oh, so 7 dmg!

TMG:whoa, whoa!

Sszeyl:No, its 2+3.TMG:Sszeyl has a TWENTY score?

VAE:i dunno

Sszeyl:No, he has seventeen.

Sszeyl:+3.

TMG:, oh, I see

VAE:i thought he had higher

TMG:2 rolled damage +3 str bonus

Sszeyl:5.

TMG:got it

Masked Goblin:The goblin's eyes widen with shock… and then they roll back in his head as the cage connects and he flies across the room.

Liatai:You now have a dying masked goblin.

Liatai:And now, finally, combat is over!VAE:nice!

TMG:so…after-combat roleplay now, or beginning of next session?

Sszeyl:"Let this be a lesson to all of you. Don't. Knife. The Drow."

VAE:i dunno

TMG:vote? o.o

VAE:i can do a while more

VAE:Aye!

Barshal:"Especially when the wildforged isn't around to patch him back up."

TMG:I'm good either way, actually (maybe for another hour if we keep going)

TMG:so, meany? Ghost?

TMG:votes?

Liatai:Ghost, how are you doing? I know you said you were tired.

Meany:Alex?

Ghostwish:Let's try and make it quick. ^^

Faerie:Yeah, huh?

Liatai:I said Alex could go to sleep in IRC. He's been having trouble staying focused. ^^'

Liatai:So… shall we hold off?

TMG:Hmm.

TMG:Actually

Ghostwish:I think so.

Faerie:I'm Skyping with Danny now too. Not concentrating per se.

TMG:yeah, now is a good place to leave off

Faerie:I should sleep. :x

Faerie:But I'm not.

TMG:starting next session right as the second goblin drops

Liatai:Sounds good to me. ^^

Ghostwish:Yay!

VAE:allright!

Liatai:So… those of us awake enough to go back to IRC, shall we? :3

VAE:i'll save the log

Meany:He didn't drop.

TMG:Sure!

Meany:He flew.

Liatai:XD

VAE:allright, i can do about 1/2 hour more

Meany:Straaaaaiight into that wall.

TMG:danman; we're done for now

TMG:we'll start next session right as the second goblin goes down

Meany:On top of the wolf cage.

Ghostwish:night night!

Liatai:Disconnecting the server in 3… 2… 1…

Ghostwish is disconnected.

Meany is disconnected.

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