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Brian:

really brah?

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Boretos has connected.

Brian:

ok, so who remembers where we left off?

Keenan:

we were just about to get into town

Keenan:

the other town that was a mining town i think

Boretos:

we were on the way to the other town

Keenan:

we had finsihed traveling

Brian:

I am actually going to backtrack to right before the traveling finished

Boretos:

I know Sir Horse went down on the way.

Keenan:

hes all healed up now

Brian:

but regen rules are BS

Keenan:

or atleast mostly

Boretos:

BS in a OP way or UP way?

Keenan:

UP

Keenan:

we only got as fast as we did due to lucky heal checks

Brian:

I think OP. I think that if you don't have a divine healer, then taking a serious wound should mean something.

Boretos:

Then you'll hate 5E.

Brian:

yeah I know

Keenan:

thats for sure

Brian:

You can't have a mundane encounter in that system

Keenan:

Huh?

Keenan:

why not?

Brian:

because there's an easy answer to everything.

Brian:

You get infinite casts of presdidigitation which solves most problems right off the bat, there are no long term effects, non-lethal damage is free, and so on.

Keenan:

how does infintie casts of presdigitation solve all problems?

Keenan:

well mst poroblems as you said

Brian:

Broken cart? fixed. Food went rotten and you need to feed an army? fixed. Door is jammed because it's too rotten? fixed.

Brian:

Any regular world, "uhh ohh this things in the way how do you solve it?" problem is gone

Keenan:

thats not most problems, and you still need the food in the first place for the army one

Keenan:

or atleast not most problems for adventururs typically

Boretos:

Prestidigitation can solve none of those problems.

Brian:

I could start quoting the book at you, but that's not why we are here.

Brian:

I want to rewind to a little bit before you arrive in Daysriver.

Keenan:

k

Brian:

It's your last night out on the road, and you suddenly see the dawn rise way ahead of time.

Brian:

make knowledge religion checks

* Keenan rolls: d20+3 => 2 + 3 = 5

Keenan:

well i dont get it

Keenan:

gotta hate low rolls

* Boretos rolls: 1d20-1 => 2 - 1 = 1

Brian:

awsome

Brian:

well, you both then hear the voice of a spirit.

spirit:

Travelers!

Sir Hastings:

Do you hear that?

Soveliss Sindel:

Wait what? who's there?

spirit:

I am Fharlanghn, and I come to deliver a message unto you from the gods.

Keenan:

that is an odd name

Sir Hastings: (( insight ))

Keenan:

sence motive

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+9 => 4 + 9 = 13

* Keenan rolls: d20+6 => 12 + 6 = 18

Brian:

you don't sense lies.

Brian:

What does insight do?

Sir Hastings: (( I meant sense motive ))

Brian:

You both know that that name refers to the god of travel by the way.

Keenan:

oh, ok

Sir Hastings:

What do you wish of us, Fharlanghn?

Keenan:

i don't say anything, being suspicious still

Spirit:

You have two tests ahead of you. The first lies ahead, in the village of the orcs. The second, lies in your homland, amoung the elves.

Spirit:

You must travel there, and do what must be done.

Brian:

Suddenly, the sunrise fades into nothing.

Sir Hastings:

What must be done....

Brian:

there is no response

Soveliss Sindel:

I really wish that when people speak of things of great importance, that they would actually clearly say what they wish.

Sir Hastings:

I'm sure it will be obvious when we reach the village.

Brian:

Do you proceed?

Keenan:

yeah

Sir Hastings:

Should we turn around and check it out now?

Soveliss Sindel:

Turn around? i think he means that daysriver is another village of orcs and the trial is there

Brian:

he did say ahead

Soveliss Sindel:

since he said it lies ahead

Sir Hastings: (( oh. didn't realize this place was a full fleged village. ))

Sir Hastings:

Right you are. Let us proceed.

Brian:

As you begin to walk, you see yet another silver-winged eagle fly overhead.

Brian:

make spot checks

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+5 => 3 + 5 = 8

* Keenan rolls: d20+7 => 19 + 7 = 26

Keenan:

i really need to alphebatize my skills t make finding the modifier faster

Brian:

Soveless sees that there is something metallic in its beak.

Brian:

It slows down and decends, revealing it to be an amulet, which it then drops in front of you.

Soveliss Sindel:

Huh

Keenan:

i hesitantly pick it up

Sir Hastings: (( what don't you do hesitantly? ))

Keenan:

not much

Keenan:

i am a careful person

Brian:

It is in the shape of a moon ray, and on the back it is inscribed, "Elven lips speak law"

Sir Hastings: (( the bird's a racist. ))

Soveliss Sindel:

I wonder if this is a magical item supposed to help us, or just another sign to help guide us.

Brian:

the silver-winged eagle is the anchient symbol of Correlon Lorethian, in case I need to say that again

Sir Hastings:

Not all jewelry is magical, Soveliss. In fact I've found most of it isn't.

Soveliss Sindel:

I'm aware of that hastings, but this is a amulet given to us by a silver-winged eagle. It was given to us by the great goddes herself for some reason, which is as good of a reason as any for it to be magical

Soveliss Sindel:

I suppose i should test it out

Sir Hastings:

Are you sure that's a good idea?

Soveliss Sindel:

Not in the least

Sir Hastings whispers: lol

You whisper to Boretos: Boretos

You whisper to Boretos: I have no idea which one of you is the idiot here

Sir Hastings:

Well, don't keep us waiting.

Keenan:

sorry, was waiting for you guys to finish typeing, tought you were going to say somethign else

Keenan:

i guess i put it on then

Brian:

nothing hapens

Sir Hastings:

Go ahead and use it, Soveliss.

Sir Hastings:

Go on.

Soveliss Sindel:

Hmm, it says elven lips speak law, if it is magical, maybe it means i have some ability to command others

Soveliss Sindel:

jump hastings

Sir Hastings: (( I jump. ))

Sir Hastings:

Amazing!

Soveliss Sindel:

I assume that you're just being sarcastic with me?

Brian:

Hastings, make a spot check

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+5 => 13 + 5 = 18

Brian:

You don't see it

Sir Hastings:

Sarcastic? The results don't lie, Soveliss.

Keenan:

i really wish we could hear each other's voices

Unknown command: "boretos roll bluff". Try /help for a list of commands.

You whisper to Boretos: roll bluff

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+1 => 9 + 1 = 10

Keenan:

do you sound at all sarcastic?

Sir Hastings: (( Nah, son. ))

You whisper to Boretos: You passed, you dickweed

Sir Hastings:

I wonder how far this amulet's power extends...

Soveliss Sindel:

Yes, this is defintely... interesting

Sir Hastings:

It's sure to come in handy during our trials.

Keenan:

wait, can i just do a sence motivve oon hastings just to try and make sure hes not lying

Brian:

sure

* Keenan rolls: d20+6 => 19 + 6 = 25

You whisper to Boretos: roll it again

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+1 => 15 + 1 = 16

Brian:

He's full of shit

Sir Hastings:

:(

Soveliss Sindel:

but first, dance hastings

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+1 => 3 + 1 = 4

Sir Hastings: (( I dance a terrible jig. ))

Soveliss Sindel:

ok, nvm please stop that

Sir Hastings:

It appears you are quick to abuse power. How worrying.

Soveliss Sindel:

(I say as drily and sarcastically as elvenly possible) Yes, truly I have gone mad with power, I will make all bow before me, HA HA HA HA

Soveliss Sindel:

Anyway, enough of this, lets head out, if this is magical in anyway, hopefully we'll find out in some manner that won't end up dooming us soon enough.

Brian:

So you walk into town

Brian:

almost immediately, you hear the hubabub of the villagers.

Brian:

Something is amis.

Sir Hastings:

It seems something is amiss.

Soveliss Sindel:

I wonder if it's just us, and that they get travelers even less often, or if somehting else is wrong

Keenan:

whats the otherr villages name again?

Brian:

You are now in daysriver.

Sir Hastings: (( Gorwood ))

Brian:

Gorwood is the capital

Keenan:

thanks adam

Keenan:

wait, its a capital?

Keenan:

i thouhgt these were just 2 independent villages, huh

Brian:

Daysriver is fully under the control of Gorwood and the church

Sir Hastings: (( I'll just eavesdrop on people to see what the fuss is. ))

Soveliss Sindel:

I ask the orc villager 5 if theres somehting wrong, or if there just unused to visitors

Brian:

after overhearing a bit of talk, they all seem to mention what has been going on at the church of Nerull.

Keenan:

what has been going on?

Brian:

Apparently disaster.

Brian:

They aren't specific, mostly just talking about who is to blame.

Soveliss Sindel:

(i ask number 5) Sorry to keep poking at what maight be a somewhat delicate matter, but what is the exact disaster that has occured?

Orc Villager 5:

The temple is...wait, who are you?

Sir Hastings:

We are friends, friend. Here to help.

Soveliss Sindel:

As i mentioned, we are travelers here, friends

Orc Villager 5:

Well Nerul left us.

Soveliss Sindel:

What?

Sir Hastings:

How concerning.

Orc Villager 6:

the church sank into the ground.

Orc Villager 6:

The priests cannot heal anymore.

Soveliss Sindel:

Oh, well that's bad(I'm a bit astonished since i assume I've never heard about a god actually leaving before)

Soveliss Sindel:

(well im extremely astonished, but i try not to show most of it

Brian:

yeah, definitely not a thing

Sir Hastings:

I've never heard of such a thing happening.

Orc Villager 5:

What have we done?

Soveliss Sindel:

I, I don't know

Orc Villager 6:

I was good, ask anyone. My life is ready to end today.

Sir Hastings:

I'm sure it has nothing to do with us. The gods have much to worry about.

Orc Villager 6:

I don't know how you can have so much faith, elf.

Sir Hastings:

The trick is to never lose any.

Keenan:

if no one says anymore i guess we continue on some more

Keenan:

as we continue i whisper to hastings

Soveliss Sindel:

Well its pretty obcious what the general matter of the test is about now

Soveliss Sindel:

Now we just have to get some idea as to what this is about

Sir Hastings:

What did I say about obvious?

Soveliss Sindel:

Nothing? im just saying that clearly, the test mentioned has somehting to do with this

Sir Hastings:

I would wager the church hole is a good lead.

Keenan:

are you typing somehting brian?

Brian:

no

Brian:

just waiting on yall to make a move

Keenan:

k, just was waiting cause it looked like you were typing, i guess we got direcitons to the church then? it would probably be where we would head next regardless

Brian:

cool

Brian:

You observe that the church has decended slightly into the ground, as if it melted, and there is a huge crowd around it.

Brian:

whatcha do?

Sir Hastings:

Who's in charge here?

Orc Priest:

I am.

Orc Priest:

Do you know what this is about?

Sir Hastings:

Not a whit, I'm afraid.

Orc Priest:

Then why did you bring me up?

Sir Hastings:

I was hoping you could give us some perspective.

Soveliss Sindel:

I believe my friend is just hoping that you may know more about what happened, and might be able to explain it too us

Orc Priest:

Of course, sir.

Orc Priest:

Last night, there was a great eruption, and the temple sank. Right after, the power of the Lord left us.

Orc Priest:

There are countless speculations, and endless gossip, but that's all we know.

Orc Priest:

For now, I only ask that we don't spread around more sin while trying to make sense of our dispair.

Sir Hastings:

Had anything unusual happened before this event?

Sir Hastings:

Recently, I mean.

Keenan:

are there lirally nothing but orcs in this village just wondering

Brian:

this one seems more orc heavy, but you saw a human or two

Orc Priest:

Nothing

Sir Hastings:

Have you considered that it might be prudent to start looking elsewhere for guidance? Nerull is not the only god to be found.

Brian:

He looks at you in abhorance.

Keenan:

really hope they dont linch us

Brian:

*lynch

Keenan:

lynch

Brian:

very good.

Soveliss Sindel:

sorry, but have you entered the church at all since what occured happened?

Orc Priest:

We have.

Orc Priest:

There is mud in there.

Sir Hastings:

Was there always mud?

Soveliss Sindel:

I would assume not

Orc Priest:

Of course now.

Orc Priest:

not*

Orc Priest:

Where are you two from?

Brian:

The crowd is now giving you strange looks

Soveliss Sindel:

We were sent on a diplomatic and trading mission, first to gorwood, and then, upon hearing of your village hear, decided that it would be a good idea to visit hear as well.

Keenan:

what is the name of our capital again?

Brian:

Shavorne

Brian:

It's noted on the map onw

Keenan:

ok, sorry, just didnt want to zoom all the way out and in again

Sir Hastings: (( I can't see the map ))

Brian:

that's maptools for ya

Keenan:

thats never good

Sir Hastings:

Do you mind if we have a look around?

Orc Priest:

I don't think that would be best...

Soveliss Sindel:

Thats fair, I think we might be worrying people Hastings, let us go from here for a while.

Sir Hastings:

By your lead.

Soveliss Sindel:

(after were reasonably far away i breath a sigh of relief) Glad a mob didn't form after us, I imagine the people might be quite anxious and looking for someone to blame after this

Soveliss Sindel:

But what exactly caused this, and what are we supposed to do about it?

Sir Hastings:

You're asking the wrong person. I just wear the armor.

Keenan:

brb

Brian:

kk

Keenan:

back

Soveliss Sindel:

We can't just leave when the gods themselves are telling us to stay here, but I don't think we should head back to the church soon or risk a mob or atleast alot of anger. I'm thinking we wander other areas of the village some more before setting up camp, and then I'll try to investigate some more then

Boretos is disconnected.

Boretos has connected.

Brian:

any better?

Boretos:

nope. hang on

Boretos is disconnected.

Boretos has connected.

Boretos is disconnected.

Boretos has connected.

Brian:

better?

Boretos:

yes!

Brian:

HUZZAH

Brian:

many a toast in honor of the internet

Boretos:

It's always the stack size.

Brian:

ok

Keenan:

did you see what i last wrote boretos

Brian:

So, did you see Soveless' last comment?

Boretos:

probably not

Soveliss Sindel:

We can't just leave when the gods themselves are telling us to stay here, but I don't think we should head back to the church soon or risk a mob or atleast alot of anger. I'm thinking we wander other areas of the village some more before setting up camp, and then we can try to investigate some more then

Sir Hastings:

I didn't sense any hostility coming from the people, but I won't deny a scouting mission.

Keenan:

so i guess we wander areas away from the church for a while, then if we learn nothign interesting and new, we'll set up camp

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+1 => 7 + 1 = 8

Sir Hastings: (( gather info ))

Keenan:

what was that roll for?

Brian:

So you hear about two theories:

Keenan:

can i use knowledge local to try to find out stuff?

Brian:

One is that the priests have gone corrupt, and the other is that it's the work of a mythical figure known as "Torg"

Brian:

nope, you aren't a local

* Keenan rolls: d20+2 => 5 + 2 = 7

Keenan:

well i didnt get better so i guess its the same

Sir Hastings:

Well, I don't know what a Torg is, but I know that priests have a tendency to... deviate from the straight and narrow.

Soveliss Sindel:

I heard about this torg person from the hunters before, he was apparently some orc that went mad and tried to lead a rebellion against the leaders of the town and the church of nerull

Keenan:

i say that to hastings, not any of the people

Brian:

duhh

Keenan:

just making sure

Soveliss Sindel:

Its defintely not an overly rare occurence. Though atleast it can soemtimes be made apparent when the priests can no longer use thier magics

Sir Hastings:

It's clear the rebellion didn't work out. They didn't kill the traitors?

Keenan:

did they mention killing the traitprs?

Brian:

no

Keenan:

and im pretty sure they did say torg got away

Soveliss Sindel:

I don't remember what they said about killing the traitors, but from how angy they were, I wouldnt be surprised if they killed them all. Also, they did say that Torg managed to escape

Brian:

obs you know Torg is alive

Brian:

they were talking about Torg doing this.

Soveliss Sindel:

I wonder if this is smehow related to Torg, but if so, how? how would a mortal do something like this

Sir Hastings:

My question exactly.

Sir Hastings:

Maybe you should ask around.

Brian:

Do you do a second evening round of gather info?

Brian:

Pretty much everyone else in town is doing the same thing

Keenan:

how late in the evening is it?

Brian:

like 5pm, but it will take you until pretty late

Brian:

gather info takes time

Keenan whispers: when is it dark out?

You whisper to Keenan: like 7 I guess

Keenan:

I think we might set up camp now, then once we eat, I suggest that i go and investigae more while boretos watches the camp

Keenan:

sorry, hastings

Sir Hastings:

There might be an inn in town.

Brian:

how far outside town do you camp?

Brian:

or not

Soveliss Sindel:

Ah, yes

Keenan:

i guess we ask around a bit about any inns

Brian:

there are quite a few, and not just for the scouts around here.

Brian:

They ask what you can trade in return for a night's stay

Sir Hastings: (( Do they take gold? ))

Brian:

Yeah, but they want 6gp

Sir Hastings: (( camping, it is. ))

Keenan:

does it look like there are many other people form out of town?

Brian:

it seems to be mostly miners and loggers

Brian:

maybe a few trades from Gorwood

Keenan:

fair enough, was wondering why there would be a number of inns with few travelers

Brian:

This place seems more on the fronteer, while the only folks who would commute into Gorwood were the scouts, who had the special scout houses

Keenan:

ok

Keenan:

anyway, i guess we set up camp

Keenan:

anyhting happen with that

Brian:

nope

Keenan:

anyway, i guess once camp is set up and we've eaten, I head back in to investigate with my cloak on

Brian:

you have learned that in a society with no pubs, the main kind of social gathering is what us moderns would call a barbeque

Brian:

but right in the middle of town

Brian:

you are invited to one for the special event of rasing spirits

Brian:

are you in?

Keenan:

sure

Sir Hastings: (( don't die. ))

Keenan:

wait, was hastings also invited?

Sir Hastings: (( You left me at camp, man. ))

Keenan:

thought hastings was still with me, and that you just said that late

Keenan:

would have made a sence motive check for sure if just alone

Brian:

if he wants to come along he can

Tokens dropped onto map 'Overmap' by player Boretos (Player)

* Keenan rolls: d20+6 => 16 + 6 = 22

Keenan:

ill make one anyway

Sir Hastings:

This is my kind of party.

Orc Villager 24:

Thank you all for coming.

Orc Villager 24:

I know this is a great time of spritual hurt, but maybe together we can feel somthing resembling healing.

Orc Villager 24:

Is there anything anyone would like to say?

Keenan:

im not saying anything, asking questions right now would probably be inappropriate, would be better to do such as the barbecue is going on likely

Orc Villager 20:

Yeah, I got somethign to ask.

Orc Villager 20:

When are we gonna cook shit?

Brian:

everyone starts pulling meat out of their sacks and sticking it over the fire, passing it around and comparing/showing off.

Brian:

A few folks look at you expecting you to pull out your latest hunting conquest

Keenan:

well i did do alot of great hunting, so i probably did have meat to bring

Keenan:

did they indicate at all that this would be expected?

Brian:

nope

Sir Hastings: (( I'll pull out some jerky. I don't remember this hunting we did. ))

Brian:

they just kind of assumed you would know

Keenan:

how long would it take to get the meat?

Brian:

You did hunt while sir horse was hurt, but you ate it

Keenan:

i got 2 nat 20s though:(

Brian:

I mean, you would have to go to the woods to hunt

Keenan:

would hope that would give some left over

Brian:

It was another day to walk here. Would be rotten by now

Keenan:

fair enough

Brian:

now improvise bitches!

Sir Hastings: (( I do have some jerky, right? ))

Brian:

yeah

Sir Hastings: (( ok. I'll roll with that. ))

Brian:

but when you whip it out everyone just looks at you and laughs

Sir Hastings:

:(

Orc Villager 23:

It's so...tiny

Soveliss Sindel:

Ah, quite sorry, we didn't bring any fresh meat of our own, we were busy traveling today, and din't know it owuld be expected of us for the barbeque

Orc Villager 26:

What, didcha mum always bring the meat for ya? *crowd laughs*

Brian:

hastings, make spot

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+5 => 6 + 5 = 11

Brian:

you miss it

Sir Hastings: (( too busy hanging my head. ))

Sir Hastings:

We've been eating a lot of oats recently. Not so much meat.

Soveliss Sindel:

Next time, we may be able to bring more meat.

Orc Villager 19:

Of course, sir.

Brian:

with that, they drop it, and the conversation moves to lighter topics.

Brian:

Then right to the whole "God abandoned us" thing

Brian:

You hear the first two theories right off the bat, then you hear a third...

Orc Villager 23:

You know, I don't think we can blame Torg, even if he's still alive.

Orc Villager 23:

Know who I think it is? It's that Damrelli spy who came into the capital and tried to poison all of us.

Keenan:

shit

Orc Villager 26:

What happend?

Sir Hastings:

?

Keenan:

i hastings about this

Keenan:

about how i accidnelty gave wine to some people without being aware that they dindt know what alcohol was and therefore not knowing to not drik alot of it, poisoning them

Orc Villager 23:

The other day, these guys show up from fucking Damriel, saying they want to sell us this drink from their land.

Sir Hastings:

*facepalm*

Orc Villager 23:

But then when people drink it they turn crazy.

Orc Villager 23:

I don't know where they are now, but I know that Glistar isn't happy with the idea of us being at peace.

Orc Villager 23:

And then days later the church blows up? I mean, come on!

Keenan:

i have to think on this

Orc Villager 24:

Guroth, lets not turn this to hate...

Keenan:

should i admit that i was the person and explain that it was a big misunderstanding, or just not say anything

Keenan:

proabbly not say anyhting

Guroth:

Look, I'm just saying what had to be said.

Keenan:

actually, maybe i should

Keenan:

just thinking

Sir Hastings:

But how would any mortal revoke Nerull's prescence from the earth entirely?

Guroth:

Well Glistar's got that damn elf god on his side.

Guroth:

I don't know everything.

Guroth:

...actually, wait.

Guroth:

How do you know the Lord got taken off the Earth altogether?

Orc Villager 19:

And where did you get all that metal armor from?

Soveliss Sindel:

Because we were told such by members of the village

Sir Hastings:

That's just what I heard around town. He's left this village at least.

Orc Villager 25:

Actually, I've never seen you guys before. Why are you here?

Keenan:

i point to whoever invited us and say they invited us

Guroth:

In town, smartass

Sir Hastings:

A little bit of touring and lending a hand where we can.

Guroth:

What's a tour?

Sir Hastings:

It's like traveling for pleasure.

Soveliss Sindel:

We are trying to see and learn new things by exploring the world, and as part of that, we are here

Orc Villager 13:

So it was you!

Soveliss Sindel:

What/

Soveliss Sindel:

what?

Brian:

a few of them draw weapons.

Sir Hastings:

I don't follow your logic.

Guroth:

Did you posion those people at the capital?

Sir Hastings:

I've never poisoned anyone in my life.

Soveliss Sindel:

I assure you, that i poisoned no one

Brian:

roll diplo

* Keenan rolls: d20+9 => 14 + 9 = 23

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+1 => 19 + 1 = 20

Guroth:

So you are just here to hang out, huh?

Sir Hastings:

And solve mysteries.

Soveliss Sindel:

We are trying to learn more of the wrld, so that we may spread this knowledge with others, so that all can be more knowledgeable of the world around them

Guroth:

And you weren't sent by Damriel?

Sir Hastings:

We were sent by Shavorne.

Brian:

roll bluff to be sneaky like that

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+1 => 9 + 1 = 10

Orc Villager 19:

Owlbear crap!

Sir Hastings:

What-bear?

Guroth:

Any opposition to taking them to the priests?

Sir Hastings:

*shrug* None here.

Soveliss Sindel:

I assure you good sirs, that we have done nothing wrong, but we will g along if you insist

Brian:

well they grab ropes and move to arrest you

Brian:

do you comply?

Sir Hastings: (( sure. ))

Soveliss Sindel:

(I motion to stop with the ropes) You greatly outnumber us, and can easily surround us, surely there is no such need for that. You could easily stop us if we tried to run for whatever reason

Keenan:

rolling diplo

Brian:

roll it

* Keenan rolls: d20+9 => 19 + 9 = 28

Guroth:

You are right sir

Guroth:

But at least give us your weapons

Sir Hastings:

Try not to blunt them, please.

Keenan:

i hand over my rapier and longbow

Brian:

and so you get taken to church

Sir Hastings:

Does someone want to carry my shield too?

Brian:

Somebody does it

Sir Hastings:

Thanks.

Keenan:

just wondeirng, have you planned this so far brian?

Brian:

The initial plan seems to be that they will all guard you until the priests come in the morning, but a couple folks just decide to go home instead

Brian:

by the end just a few are sitting around making you sit on the floor.

Brian:

(they won't let you touch the benches

Brian:

and pews)

Sir Hastings:

I'm going to roll up my chain shirt and use it as a pillow as I lie on the ground.

Keenan:

guess ill do the same with my cloak, though i wont fall asleep

Brian:

the mud on the floor, coming in through mysterious cracks in the ground, causes an annoying stench

Brian:

hours pass that seem like days. Several of your guards fall asleep.

Keenan:

i decide i would rather sit up then

Sir Hastings: (( I'll try and catch some Zs. ))

Tomb:

YOU SPEAK OF HONOR!!!

Tomb:

YOU SHOW ME LIES AND CALL IS SIGNS!

Tomb:

DO YOU MOCK ME! YOU THINK ME A FOOL!

Tomb:

I SHALL NOT BOW!

Brian:

The tomb suddenly opens by itself, and skeliton warriors arise from their slumber

Soveliss Sindel:

do the orcs wake up?

Brian:

roll init

Brian:

ohh yeah

* Brian rolls: 1d20 => 18

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+4 => 9 + 4 = 13

* Keenan rolls: d20+5 => 13 + 5 = 18

Keenan:

did they hear all that stuff too

Brian:

you assume

Soveliss Sindel:

What the hell do you people have down there?

* Brian rolls: 1d20+5 => 14 + 5 = 19

Soveliss Sindel:

And give me my weapons back

Brian:

ok, undead first

Sir Hastings:

Oh my.

* Brian rolls: 1d20+1 => 12 + 1 = 13

* Brian rolls: 1d20+1 => 1 + 1 = 2

* Brian rolls: 1d20+1 => 8 + 1 = 9

Brian:

on Soveless

Soveliss Sindel:

all miss

* Brian rolls: 1d20+1 => 8 + 1 = 9

Brian:

on Hastings

Brian:

unarmored, but still

Sir Hastings: (( and prone ))

Brian:

ohh, does that hit then?

Sir Hastings: (( but still ))

Soveliss Sindel:

i dont think so

Keenan:

but i forget prone rules

Brian:

-4 AC vs melee

Sir Hastings: (( still miss ))

Brian:

nice

Brian:

ok, Soveless

Keenan:

i forget, are you able to do a different type of damage by taking a -4 to hits

Brian:

that's for non-lethal

Keenan:

huh, guess i wont bother with my rapier, cause even with my pathetic unarmed damage and to hit when trying to hit unarmed with lethal, its still better then what thier dr would cause my rapier damage to be

Sir Hastings: (( then get ready to provoke for days ))

Keenan:

oh yeah, forgot that provokes

Keenan:

screw that, getting rapier, going to tumble towards it

Brian:

the skellys have scimitars

* Keenan rolls: d20+13 => 11 + 13 = 24

Keenan:

thats why im tumbling

Brian:

15 ft right

Sir Hastings: (( half speed ))

Keenan:

pick up mine and adam's stuff

Brian:

and you cannot tumble onto or over pews

Keenan:

yeah

Sir Hastings: (( they told us not to touch the pews anyway ))

Keenan:

oh, then i guess i enter this guys space, hes not hostile hopefully, so should be no problem

Brian:

doesn't have his turn yet

Sir Hastings: (( what's your speed? ))

Brian:

so can't roll AoO

Keenan:

30

Keenan:

guess that would count as 20, so i cnat

Keenan:

so im there

Sir Hastings: (( that's still 20 ))

Keenan:

no

Keenan:

thats 15

Brian:

the first diagonal counts as 5

Keenan:

first diagonal is free

Brian:

it's silly, but when not abused it works

Sir Hastings: (( I was counting dumb ))

Keenan:

you ams bad on maths

Brian:

ok, so orc turn

Keenan:

me ams best at all, grammer defitnely

Tokens dropped onto map 'Overmap' by player Boretos (Player)

Brian:

three grapples on Soveless

Keenan:

well fuck

Brian:

roll 1 AoO if you want

Keenan:

sure

* Keenan rolls: d20+6 => 4 + 6 = 10

Brian:

that's a miss

* Brian rolls: 1d20+3 => 5 + 3 = 8

* Brian rolls: 1d20+3 => 12 + 3 = 15

* Brian rolls: 1d20+3 => 16 + 3 = 19

Brian:

beat a 19 to stay on top

Soveliss Sindel:

Goddammit, what are you bastards doing, are you workign with these mosnters?

Keenan:

how does grapple work in 3.5 again?

Keenan:

what do i roll

Brian:

1d20+str+bab

* Keenan rolls: d20+3 => 10 + 3 = 13

Brian:

ok, one of them got ya

Brian:

you are now pinned. Hastings?

Keenan:

wait, he can insta pin?

Keenan:

i thought he needed another grapple check

Keenan:

or is that pathfinder only

Brian:

I'm pretty sure it's one grapple for the first pin

Brian:

ohh, sorry. Touch attacks

* Brian rolls: 1d20+1 => 13 + 1 = 14

* Brian rolls: 1d20+1 => 13 + 1 = 14

* Brian rolls: 1d20+1 => 12 + 1 = 13

Brian:

but I assume those all touch

Keenan:

yep

Keenan:

no

Keenan:

nvm

Keenan:

my touch is 15

Keenan:

i have no armor

Brian:

you have 20 dex?

Keenan:

yep

Keenan:

rolled an 18

Keenan:

and im an elf

Brian:

ok, then you dodge the grapple

Brian:

they are all in the square, but you arent pinned

Brian:

Hastings your move

Sir Hastings: (( I slip on my armor ))

Brian:

that provokes

Brian:

and takes 5 rounds I think

Sir Hastings: (( let me check that first. ))

Keenan:

and apparently pinning is an additional grapple check that has to be made

Sir Hastings: (( you're right. takes longer than I'd expect. ))

Brian:

then what is the first grapple roll for?

Keenan:

to set me up for grappling and give me that condition so you can do other stuff to me

Keenan:

once pinned i get fucked and cant do anyhting but try to struggle free, i thik i just cant move or attack with a 2 handed weapon and stuff while grappled, let me check

Brian:

ahh, you are doing the by-the-book grapple. I warn you that is a dark path...

Keenan:

what is you're version?

Keenan:

cause i dont like 3.5 by the book grapple

Keenan:

or any combat manuevers in 3.5

Brian:

AoO -> touch attack -> grapple check to pin.

Keenan:

ah, seems a bit harsh, but ok

Brian:

if you are pinned, roll grapple. if you win, yo pin them

Brian:

You need to beat three checks to get it

Keenan:

ik

Keenan:

fair enough

Brian:

either way, you are free for now.

Keenan:

yeah\

Brian:

But they still seem unwilling to let you get that stuff

Keenan:

waht does hastings due

Sir Hastings: (( I'm going to dodge skelly 1 and go total defense ))

Brian:

ok

Brian:

that brings us back to the skellies no?

Sir Hastings: (( yep ))

Keenan:

i think you should run

* Brian rolls: 1d20+1 => 19 + 1 = 20

* Brian rolls: 1d20+1 => 15 + 1 = 16

* Brian rolls: 1d20+1 => 11 + 1 = 12

* Brian rolls: 1d20+1 => 5 + 1 = 6

* Brian rolls: 1d20+1 => 18 + 1 = 19

Brian:

did any hit?

Sir Hastings: (( 2 hits ))

* Brian rolls: 2d6+2 => 8 + 2 = 10

Brian:

ouch

Keenan:

if it wasn't the fact that the gods themselves said we need to be here, I would be running so damn fast

Keenan:

since im pretty sure this is the damned trial, im not though:(

Brian:

ok, Keenan?

Keenan:

can i tumble onto the pews? would i get a penalty?

Keenan:

and how hard does it look like it would be to grab our stuff

Brian:

The pews (and attached benches) don't allow enough space to physically move though

Keenan:

damn

Brian:

graping the stuff would be a full round action that provokes if you want to grab it all.

Keenan:

damn, we really have no option but to run here

Soveliss Sindel:

Damnit, I think we have to retreat hastings, these bastards are actively helping these monsters

Brian:

your action?

Keenan:

does hastings say anyhting in return jsut wondering?

Brian:

you may if you wish hastings

Sir Hastings:

Leaving is a good idea.

Keenan:

i guess i try to tumble again, though i feel sorry for hastings, cause i doubt he'll do so well in his positon

* Keenan rolls: d20+13 => 15 + 13 = 28

Brian:

ok, orcs?

Keenan:

yep:(

Keenan:

oops, missaw where door was

Brian:

you would be there

Keenan:

thats only 10?

Brian:

ohh right

Brian:

my b

Brian:

The orc by the door presses her back against it to try and stop you.

Brian:

the other two that can get near you try and grapple

Brian:

roll an AoO

Keenan:

ipunching 13

* Keenan rolls: d20+6 => 6 + 6 = 12

Brian:

just hit

Sir Hastings: (( does this church have any windows? ))

* Keenan rolls: d4+1 => 3 + 1 = 4

Keenan:

4 nonlethal

Brian:

yes, but hey are about 5 ft up and not openable

* Brian rolls: 1d20+1 => 10 + 1 = 11

Brian:

does that hit touch?

Keenan whispers: i am an utter idiot, i purposely didnt give up my daggers, but i then forgot fast:(

Keenan:

nope, touch is 15

Brian:

ok, then you still aren't grabbed, you slippery bastard.

Brian:

Hastings

Keenan:

wait, couldnt i have been tumbling twice a turn?

Brian:

I thought it was a full round?

Keenan:

im an idiot

Keenan:

no, its a movement action

Keenan:

i could have actually done stuff

Brian:

if you want to tumble again this turn go for it

Brian:

but there is a closed door

Brian:

can't tumble that

Keenan:

stabbing orc 19 with dagger

Keenan:

that i jsut remembered i had because of stupidity

Brian:

-4 for having a guy in your square

Keenan:

but when i would ahve done this he wouldnt ahve been in my square

Brian:

true

Brian:

roll normally

* Keenan rolls: d20+6 => 19 + 6 = 25

Brian:

crit threat

* Keenan rolls: d20+6 => 19 + 6 = 25

Brian:

ouch

* Keenan rolls: 2d4+2 => 5 + 2 = 7

Brian:

x3 crit on a dagger by house rules

Brian:

add a 1d4+1 to that

* Keenan rolls: d4+1 => 2 + 1 = 3

* Brian rolls: 1d4 => 4

Brian:

but he is still up

Keenan:

god are they getting healed in here

Sir Hastings: (( Now dodging skelly 5, I will jump over this pew. ))

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+3 => 1 + 3 = 4

* Brian rolls: 1d20+0 => 2 + 0 = 2

Sir Hastings: (( nvm ))

* Brian rolls: 1d20+1 => 13 + 1 = 14

Keenan:

you do a magnificent flop

Sir Hastings: (( I just hop in place, apparently ))

Brian:

so, you can chose to spend 10 movement to just hustle over it

Brian:

it's just a pew

Sir Hastings: (( Where does the nat 1 leave me? ))

Brian:

if you want to make the jump, prone on the bench

Brian:

but i won't lock you into taking the jump action

Sir Hastings: (( I jumped knowing I could climb over the pew instead. ))

Brian:

ok

Brian:

brb, you may now plan tactics and rethink life choices

Sir Hastings: (( I'll use my action to gtfo ))

Sir Hastings: (( cool. ))

Keenan:

now undead turn i guess

Brian:

ok

Brian:

two attacks that have cover:

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 1 - 3 = -2

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 12 - 3 = 9

Brian:

one attack with doge

* Brian rolls: 1d20+0 => 14 + 0 = 14

Brian:

anything?

Sir Hastings: (( who rolled the 14? ))

Brian:

5

Brian:

I accounted for the doge

Sir Hastings: (( no hits ))

Brian:

kk

Sir Hastings: (( ohn ))

Sir Hastings: (( then he hit ))

* Brian rolls: 1d6+1 => 3 + 1 = 4

Brian:

hah

Brian:

suck it

Brian:

Soveless?

Keenan:

bring out other dagger for more stabby fun

* Keenan rolls: d20+4 => 17 + 4 = 21

Keenan:

on person at door

Brian:

hit

* Keenan rolls: d4+1 => 4 + 1 = 5

Keenan:

they down?

Brian:

yup

Keenan:

then next on person in my square

Keenan:

guess i shouldnt have the +4 since thier in my square

* Keenan rolls: d20+0 => 16 + 0 = 16

Keenan:

still a hit

Sir Hastings: (( did you know a 5 foot step costs no actions? ))

Brian:

yup

* Keenan rolls: d4+1 => 4 + 1 = 5

Keenan:

yes, but im busy being dumb today

Brian:

yes, but you can't do it if you moved by any other means

* Brian rolls: 1d4 => 3

Sir Hastings: (( everyone knows that part, bri ))

Brian:

where...where did your token go/

Brian:

ahh

Keenan:

i hate how mine always ends up on the bottom of stacks

Brian:

ok, orc turn?

Sir Hastings: (( that's when you right click>arrange>to the top ))

Keenan:

oh, didnt know that

Keenan:

and yeah

Sir Hastings: (( yep ))

Brian:

Guroth swings with greataxe

Keenan:

shit he has one

Keenan:

thats bad

* Brian rolls: 1d20+7 => 4 + 7 = 11

Keenan:

thats good

Brian:

damn

Sir Hastings: (( I guess they managed to find iron ore. ))

* Brian rolls: 1d4 => 1

Brian:

other guy rolls with greatclub

* Brian rolls: 1d20+3 => 5 + 3 = 8

Brian:

ok, nothing on you.

Keenan:

im so glad this guy isnt my 5 e bard

Keenan:

he is literally the unluckiest guy i have ever seen

Brian:

the staggered guy backs off

Brian:

ok, thats the orcs

Brian:

Hastings?

Keenan:

might pay off to pick up your stuff fast adam

Keenan:

since i imagine its faster with no one guarding it

Sir Hastings: (( don't you tell me how to play dnd ))

Brian:

nope, just nobody to take AoO

Keenan:

aw:(

* Brian rolls: 1d10 => 2

Brian:

so?

Sir Hastings: (( tumble ))

Brian:

ohh

Sir Hastings: (( wait, do I need to be trained in that first? ))

Keenan:

nah

Brian:

not in my book

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+4 => 2 + 4 = 6

Brian:

and that provkes

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 2 - 3 = -1

Keenan:

you still mvoe then, but you provoke

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 10 - 3 = 7

* Brian rolls: 1d20+0 => 13 + 0 = 13

Keenan:

and get lucky:), or not,

Keenan:

does that hit?

Sir Hastings: (( no ))

Keenan:

yay

Brian:

you dick

Brian:

standard action to pick up any one weapon or shield

Sir Hastings: (( shield ))

Brian:

hmm

Brian:

intersteing choice

Brian:

lets see if it keeps you alive

Keenan:

how is shield bashing in 3.5?

Brian:

charge

* Brian rolls: 1d20+2 => 12 + 2 = 14

Brian:

aww

Sir Hastings: (( hold up ))

Sir Hastings: (( picking up an item is a move action ))

Sir Hastings: (( and donning a shield is part of a move action ))

Sir Hastings: (( I'm shielded, yo ))

Brian:

yup

Brian:

you blocked taht

Keenan:

thats why he said aw

Brian:

now for the pew guys

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 7 - 3 = 4

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 17 - 3 = 14

Keenan:

and damn, how many undead are there

Brian:

and still nothing

Brian:

ok, Soveless

Keenan:

does opening the door provoke?

Brian:

yeah

Keenan:

more stabbings for now then

* Keenan rolls: d20+4 => 7 + 4 = 11

Keenan:

does that hit?

Sir Hastings: (( what is orc 9 doing? ))

Brian:

no

Brian:

panicking

Keenan:

that was on the staggered guy

Brian:

still no

Keenan:

not guroth

Keenan:

k

* Keenan rolls: d20+4 => 5 + 4 = 9

Brian:

pretty much everyone has leather here

Keenan:

still no hit

Brian:

and nope

Keenan:

oh, thought no armor, that was dumb then

Keenan:

well, not really dumb

Keenan:

oh well

Brian:

Ok, so guroth is still raging and swings

* Brian rolls: 1d20+7 => 16 + 7 = 23

Keenan:

bye bye world

Sir Hastings: (( rip in peace ))

* Brian rolls: 1d12+8 => 12 + 8 = 20

Brian:

ohh shit

Keenan:

im out

Sir Hastings: (( m-m-max damage! ))

Keenan:

as a level 3 unarmored rogue vs a barbarian, i guess this is to be expected

Orc Villager 9:

Ohh lord ohh lord...

Sir Hastings: (( I still like my odds. ))

Brian:

and that's all from the orcs for now.

Brian:

Hastings, save the day or the story ends tonigh

Keenan:

guessing you didnt expect us to comply

Sir Hastings: (( I'll start by picking up my longsword ))

Brian:

that does provoke

Sir Hastings: (( no ))

Brian:

ok

Sir Hastings: (( total defense, then pick it up. ))

Brian:

is total defense not full round?

Sir Hastings: (( standard action, baby ))

Brian:

bitch!

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 18 - 3 = 15

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 9 - 3 = 6

* Brian rolls: 1d20-0 => 13 - 0 = 13

Brian:

no hits

Brian:

ok, skellys

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 9 - 3 = 6

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 8 - 3 = 5

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 13 - 3 = 10

* Brian rolls: 1d20+0 => 14 + 0 = 14

Brian:

and nothing.

Brian:

Keenan, roll to stablize

* Keenan rolls: d10 => 10

Keenan:

i do

Brian:

hot damn

Sir Hastings: (( gratz ))

Keenan:

first time i have ever seen someoen stabilize on there own

Keenan:

in 3.5

Brian:

now all hastings has to do is not die

Brian:

yeah, it's designed to be rare

Brian:

by the book, it's even tougher

Keenan:

how is it even toughteer?

Brian:

I'll explain later

Keenan:

k

Brian:

or you can look it up

Brian:

but it's really weird and complicated

Keenan:

true, not like im busy right now

Brian:

Hastings turn

Brian:

All the orcs are freaking out right now by the way.

Sir Hastings: (( fight defensively ))

Brian:

ok

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+3 => 19 + 3 = 22

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+3 => 9 + 3 = 12

Brian:

that guy has cover

Brian:

for 19 ac

Sir Hastings: (( a crit threat is a crit threat ))

Brian:

but it doesn't helpd does it?

Brian:

still a hit

* Boretos rolls: 1d8+3 => 3 + 3 = 6

Brian:

it dead

Sir Hastings: (( yay ))

Brian:

and now the wave crashes in

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 7 - 3 = 4

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 16 - 3 = 13

* Brian rolls: 1d20+0 => 12 + 0 = 12

Brian:

no hits

Brian:

your turn

Sir Hastings: (( attacking 5 ))

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+3 => 4 + 3 = 7

Brian:

miss obvs

Brian:

that all?

Sir Hastings: (( it was defensive. obvs ))

Brian:

kk

Brian:

but you still have a move action if you want

Sir Hastings: (( yeah, I'm good. ))

Brian:

ok

Sir Hastings: (( I'm covered on both sides, right? ))

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 12 - 3 = 9

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 7 - 3 = 4

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 20 - 3 = 17

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 16 - 3 = 13

Brian:

yeah

Brian:

that was a failed crit

* Brian rolls: 1d20-1 => 17 - 1 = 16

* Brian rolls: 1d20-0 => 17 - 0 = 17

Brian:

but I think everything else misses?

Sir Hastings: (( yep. ))

* Brian rolls: 1d6+1 => 5 + 1 = 6

Brian:

ouch

Brian:

your turn

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+3 => 18 + 3 = 21

Brian:

hit

* Boretos rolls: 1d8+3 => 3 + 3 = 6

Brian:

is deaded

Sir Hastings: (( now dodging... 4 ))

Brian:

kk

* Brian rolls: 1d20-1 => 14 - 1 = 13

* Brian rolls: 1d20-1 => 9 - 1 = 8

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 1 - 3 = -2

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 9 - 3 = 6

* Brian rolls: 1d20-0 => 15 - 0 = 15

Brian:

nothing

Brian:

your turn

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+3 => 20 + 3 = 23

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+3 => 9 + 3 = 12

* Boretos rolls: 1d8+3 => 2 + 3 = 5

Brian:

not quire

* Brian rolls: 1d20-1 => 10 - 1 = 9

* Brian rolls: 1d20-1 => 4 - 1 = 3

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 13 - 3 = 10

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 11 - 3 = 8

* Brian rolls: 1d20-0 => 9 - 0 = 9

Brian:

your turn

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+3 => 5 + 3 = 8

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 18 - 3 = 15

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 19 - 3 = 16

* Brian rolls: 1d20-1 => 6 - 1 = 5

* Brian rolls: 1d20-1 => 9 - 1 = 8

* Brian rolls: 1d20-0 => 10 - 0 = 10

Brian:

you

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+3 => 18 + 3 = 21

* Boretos rolls: 1d8+3 => 7 + 3 = 10

Brian:

same or new?

Sir Hastings: (( same. now dodging 13 ))

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 13 - 3 = 10

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 16 - 3 = 13

* Brian rolls: 1d20-1 => 17 - 1 = 16

* Brian rolls: 1d20-1 => 5 - 1 = 4

* Brian rolls: 1d20-0 => 2 - 0 = 2

Brian:

you

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+3 => 18 + 3 = 21

* Boretos rolls: 1d8+3 => 4 + 3 = 7

Sir Hastings: (( dodging 12 ))

Guroth:

This is madness...

Keenan:

dude, if yuo somehow survive, that would be awesome

* Brian rolls: 1d20-0 => 15 - 0 = 15

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 8 - 3 = 5

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 8 - 3 = 5

* Brian rolls: 1d20-1 => 5 - 1 = 4

* Brian rolls: 1d20-1 => 4 - 1 = 3

Brian:

arggh

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+3 => 4 + 3 = 7

* Brian rolls: 1d20-1 => 4 - 1 = 3

* Brian rolls: 1d20-1 => 17 - 1 = 16

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 3 - 3 = 0

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 7 - 3 = 4

* Brian rolls: 1d20-0 => 14 - 0 = 14

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+3 => 10 + 3 = 13

Brian:

miss

Brian:

AC 15

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 18 - 3 = 15

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 15 - 3 = 12

* Brian rolls: 1d20-1 => 14 - 1 = 13

* Brian rolls: 1d20-1 => 12 - 1 = 11

* Brian rolls: 1d20-0 => 10 - 0 = 10

Sir Hastings: (( dang ))

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+3 => 10 + 3 = 13

* Brian rolls: 1d20-1 => 2 - 1 = 1

* Brian rolls: 1d20-1 => 11 - 1 = 10

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 11 - 3 = 8

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 16 - 3 = 13

* Brian rolls: 1d20-0 => 15 - 0 = 15

Keenan:

you are blessed

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+3 => 14 + 3 = 17

* Boretos rolls: 1d8+3 => 6 + 3 = 9

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 14 - 3 = 11

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 10 - 3 = 7

* Brian rolls: 1d20-1 => 18 - 1 = 17

* Brian rolls: 1d20-1 => 17 - 1 = 16

* Brian rolls: 1d20-0 => 5 - 0 = 5

Brian:

so close

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+3 => 19 + 3 = 22

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+3 => 2 + 3 = 5

* Boretos rolls: 1d8+3 => 2 + 3 = 5

Sir Hastings: (( so close ))

* Brian rolls: 1d20-0 => 6 - 0 = 6

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 17 - 3 = 14

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 2 - 3 = -1

* Brian rolls: 1d20-1 => 13 - 1 = 12

Brian:

actually, why am I doing mods?

* Brian rolls: 1d20 => 15

Brian:

they all need a 20

Brian:

your move

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+3 => 15 + 3 = 18

* Boretos rolls: 1d8+3 => 6 + 3 = 9

Sir Hastings: (( same ))

* Brian rolls: 5d20s20 => 0

Brian:

you go

Sir Hastings: (( lol ))

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+3 => 7 + 3 = 10

* Brian rolls: 5d20s20 => 2

Brian:

ohh shit

Keenan:

ddan

Keenan:

damn

Sir Hastings: (( the order matters ))

Brian:

actually, ohh shit

Brian:

I'll roll 1d5 to see who got that

Brian:

just going clockwise, k?

Sir Hastings: (( k ))

* Brian rolls: 1d5 => 2

* Brian rolls: 1d5 => 4

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 14 - 3 = 11

* Brian rolls: 1d20-3 => 3 - 3 = 0

Brian:

literally the worst guys

* Brian rolls: 2d6+2 => 12 + 2 = 14

Brian:

I'm so sorry

Keenan:

shit happens

Keenan:

did you expect us to comply?

Brian:

Honestly, I expected you to fight the orcs

Keenan:

the thing was, they were so damn reasonable in the last village, that i thought we could jsut talk our way out

Keenan:

i did nto expect the undead at all

Brian:

Fear has a way of ending reason.

Keenan:

yeah

Brian:

And the undead aren't just there to fuck you guys up

Keenan:

i am really currious as to what the hell thats about

Brian:

I suspect part of the next campaign will be investigating just what happened to this party

Keenan:

fair enough

Keenan:

i don't think im good enough at playing evil characters anyway, even if i was hard undercover, i think maybe i should have slipped a bit

Boretos:

thanks for the help, axe wielding orcs.

Brian:

See, in the situation you were in, your secret identity didn't matter.

Keenan:

yeah

Keenan:

at the end, it really didnt

Brian:

The campaign of intrigue I had planned was out the window when Wesley and Chris left

Keenan:

my character was so made for that intrigue:(

Boretos: (( we're not dead yet, guys. ))

Keenan:

i guess brian could decide they dont kill us in our unconscious state, but i doubt it

Brian:

...what exactly is your plan? The undead want to kill you, and the orcs aren't willing to risk their lives to save you.

Boretos:

Wouldn't the undead move on to attack the orcs?

Boretos:

Or would they just stand, hacking at my dead body?

Boretos:

limp body*

Brian:

So you wouldn't know this, but they take your bodies back into the tomb with them, and nobody dares open the tomb again to discover your final fate.

Keenan:

had a feeling it would be somethign like that

Keenan:

guess that anger was just a excuse to make sacrifices out of us

Boretos:

And we didn't get any rest since the beginning of the session?

Keenan:

yeah

Brian:

I assume we counted right last time, and this is the wee hours of the morning on the day that you came in, so you didn't sleep this session so far, but if you want you may take the lvl in hp and try to fight on.

Brian:

Soveless, I'm sorry but you were still one hit from going down, and there was a level 2 barb boss to fight.

Boretos:

I'll totally take that 4 hp

Brian:

We can play it out, but I don't see how you survived

Keenan:

i was at full health anyway

Brian:

fine, heal 4 and we will see if you have any chance

Brian:

but I think this is just a pointless freebe

Brian:

your turn Adam

Keenan:

yeah

Keenan:

but lets see:)

* Boretos rolls: 1d20+3 => 5 + 3 = 8

* Brian rolls: 5d20s20 => 1

* Brian rolls: 1d6+1 => 4 + 1 = 5

Keenan:

and gone

Boretos:

welp

Brian:

lol

Brian:

wow, that was dickishly poetic

Brian:

I mean, at the end of the day, if we aren't ready to let the party lose, why did we start the combat, you know?

Keenan:

its like, i ahve the will to FIGHT!! oops, i died

Keenan:

yeah

Keenan:

any idea what type of characters we should make for next one?

Boretos:

I just thought that would've made a great cinematic moment, had I come out on top

Keenan:

guess you need to do some planning

Keenan:

yeah

Brian:

I first need to figure out what people and time commitment we have for next one

Brian:

And honestly, I was rooting for you.

Keenan:

if your luck was as good as my 5e bards is abd, you would ahve

Brian:

I thought this was going to all work out, but it didn't.

Boretos: (( why so many skeletons? ))

Brian:

And knowing that you can fail will make Goblin VI all the more badadd

Keenan:

eh, stuff happens, and no human can perfectly predict others

Brian:

They are CR 1/3 mobs

Brian:

and you are both level 4 right?

Keenan:

level 3

Boretos:

4. but unarmed and also guarded by orcs

Boretos:

If you had it planned before the barbeque, then all's fair.

Brian:

Yeah, this was definitely an overpowered encounter. But 16 skellys isn't an absurd challange level.

Boretos:

I'd do it again, if I could start at full health.

Brian:

I admit I was still fuzzy on how many skellys to bring in. Had you camped outside they still would have showed up.

Brian:

I admit I forgot about the damage, but even then that is consiquence of what happened before.

Boretos:

and I knew taking off my armor was tempting fate.

Keenan:

dude, eveything your character has ever done was tempting fate

Brian:

yeah, I did not expect that.

Keenan:

your guy is the least genre savvy character ive ever seen

Brian:

I assumed you guys would break off pew legs or something and you would have a club fight

Keenan:

didnt think of that

Boretos:

Everyone knows you never take your armor off in dnd. Sleep in it and hope nobody remembers the penalty

Brian:

Again, if you didn't try to escape or get the weapons, the orcs will not intervene

Keenan:

wait really?

Brian:

Well you weren't sleeping anyhow

Boretos:

I thought we weren't allowed to touch the pews for religious reasons. That held me back.

Brian:

The orcs wouldn't like it, but the redneck orcs weren't ready to die for it.

Keenan:

yeah, anyway, I guess I'll see you guys next time:) my schedules is pretty free so you dont have to plan around me much, just tell me ahead of tie so i can plan around it

Brian:

the big advantage you had in this is that the orcs had no training or coordination, and were scared to death of the undead, who in turn did not care about the orcs or their goals

Boretos:

but really hated me for some reason...

Boretos:

probably cuz I'm an elf.

Keenan:

fuck elves

Brian:

The undead or the orcs?

Boretos:

the undead

Brian:

Yeah, if I play my cards right it will be revealed why they hate you so much.

Boretos:

Did they even swipe at you, keenan?

Brian:

Remeber all the things that happened in this story. None of it was just random; there is a grand design.

Brian:

they would have

Boretos:

You better have the next story soon, because I will forget the small stuff

Boretos is disconnected.

Boretos has connected.

Keenan:

see ya brian

Keenan is disconnected.

Boretos:

oops. bye

Boretos is disconnected.

You have disconnected.

Server started; please wait for map to refresh.

Boretos has connected.

Brian:

aha?

Brian:

aha!

Boretos:

I'm all you need.

Brian:

are you love?

Boretos:

For the right price, I'll be whatever you wan.t

Brian:

How much would someone have to pay you for oral sex?

Boretos:

Depends on the person.

Brian:

yeah, that's fair.

Brian:

In all seriousness though, do we know if anyone else is gonna show?

Boretos:

Unless you got word to amanda, I don't think anyone else is interested.

Brian:

ok.

Boretos:

you could always page keenan

Brian:

I may, actually.

Brian:

If it's just you, I want to do a one-off in Goblin setting to flesh out some of the events immedeiately following Gob V, and to test out the NeRP system so far.

Brian:

If it works well, this may also be your character for Gob VI.

Boretos:

Alright. just tell me what I need to roll up.

Brian:

ok. nerp 2e is at my website, brianstoybox.com. It's the last link there. in Nerp you roll 12 ability scores, pick your educations, and that is it for char gen.

Brian:

You will be starting with nothing but common villager stuff, but for combat builds assume that you won't be equipmentless forever and will be able to spec out at some point. You will be the equivelent of level one for this, since I haven't written leveling rules yet.

Brian:

One change from what you see on the doc. In the section where it says skills, instead it is now educations. You now select either a skill, weapon profiency, or spell for each point of dicipline.

Brian:

I also don't have spells so far, but if you want to play a divine caster type you can just denote "I am saving X for spells". I will also let you respec if the rules end up dramatically different than what you expected.

Brian:

This session kind of hashes out your backstory for you, so you can start as any Gorwood-born character reasonable.

Boretos:

Do you have any classes or races?

Brian:

No classes in this system, but for races just use the 3rd e ones but double all the ability score modifiers

Boretos:

Did you take into consideration the watering down of average ability modifier due to doubling the number of abilities?

Brian:

you mean that race only effects half as many stats?

Boretos:

no, I mean that it's far less likely to get a character with good stats.

Brian:

No, I had not considered that. But bad stats are also less likely.

Boretos:

How?

Brian:

law of averages. Same reason it's harder to have an overall good character.

Boretos:

right.

Boretos:

So is there a reroll threshold?

Boretos:

My average bonus is .75

Brian:

That's reroll worthy for a PC

Brian:

I'm gonna say you need +1 average bonus, one stat of 16 or higher, and two stats of 14 or higher.

Boretos:

Got it.

Boretos:

Would you mind updating the doc real quick?

Boretos:

with the part about the educations

Brian:

sure

Boretos:

The soul abilities all seem geared toward good aligned players.

Brian:

Empathy is definitely a good-aligned trait, but loyalty and discipline are more lawful than anything else, and passion could go either way.

Boretos:

Passion: Your drive for both life and moral rightness.

Boretos:

moral rightness sounds good to me.

Brian:

ok, maybe misphrased or I got a different conception later on.

Brian:

Ultimately though, NeRP does deviate from the 9 alignments model of D&D. There are virtues, and if you have a lot of them you are the equivelent of Lawful Good. You can choose to dump stat them for power in other areas instead, or take opportunities to trade away points in those stats for things, and you fall from that ideal.

Brian:

It's no longer a flat playing field, and it's harder to be good than evil. There are also a lot more ways to be evil than good now.

Boretos:

and are evil characters weaker than good ones?

Brian:

no, unless you fall into evil via soul damage from making your character do things they weren't ready to handle or other tramas effecting them. Having no discipline is always negative, but loyalty doesn't matter if you have no leader (and there are risks to having a leader), and empathy is only good for healing people and making friends.

Brian:

If you have garabage all across your soul, then yes, you are a useless bum who just always gives up. But you can be a mean dude and still quite good at being a mean dude.

Brian:

And yet, in some ways, yes, a blackend heart leaves you weak.

Boretos:

So my race options are half orc...

Boretos:

and elf?

Brian:

half orc, human, elf, or halfling if you really want to.

Brian:

Halflings are in the setting, even though we have seen very little of them.

Boretos:

Do feats exist?

Brian:

nope

Boretos:

So a quick guide to character creation:

Boretos:

Step 1: Roll and assign stats

Boretos:

Step 2: pick 3.5 race, double ability modifiers and apply

Brian:

Step 3: pick education (which shit I forgot to post hold on)

Boretos:

do I double ability penalties too?

Brian:

yes

Brian:

actually, forget that.

Brian:

Don't double any modifiers.

Brian:

I was being a dumb dumb

Boretos:

ok

Brian:

also, re-uploaded.

Brian:

Step 4: pick equipment, but we are skipping that for now.

Boretos:

I assume Charisma bonuses == Charm bonues now?

Brian:

sometimes, but not always. diplomacy rules are going to be more complicated and use most of your soul attributes as well as charm, and bluff is done with int and charm

Brian:

ohh, for race

Brian:

yeah

Boretos:

and I have to be a gorwood native?

Brian:

For this, yeah. You can drop the character if you end up hating it.

Boretos:

ok

Brian:

And do tell me what your background is so far so I can fit you in the plot

Boretos:

Well, I was planning on being the guy sent to find out what happened to the last couple elves, but for tonight... I don't know yet.