Brian:

Wesley might not be able to make it, and his presence was kind of a big deal this time. I think I can get around it if it's just Chris and you guys, but I will be playing it a lot more by ear than normal and I can't promise the plot will really go anywhere.

Brian:

Alternatively, we can table Goblin V and do something else.

Boretos:

I'm all for goblin V even if it means dropping wes.

Keenan:

I would hope we wouldnt have to drop him and that he could just be part of another session again

Sir Hastings:

It goes well. Any quiet day is a good day. What can I do for you?

Older Knight:

Well, I had a meeting with the priesthood last night. They think the time for the order has come.

Older Knight:

They speak of a relic at an old ruin. It will be of great use for some unseen horror to come soon. They ask that our order ride out and fetch it.

Sir Hastings:

I believe I hear you loud and clear. I can stay here and look after things while you are away.

Older Knight:

I, for one, think it's foolish to travel in large groups while there is no danger in the lands, so I want to send only one knight. And you are one of my finest.

Brian:

Also, Wesley's part kind of needs to be secret and takes a little bit to do. Hate to tell you guys to drop off right after you got on but...

Keenan:

ah, are we finishing hastings part first though?

Brian:

I've put you all through enough party splits before...

Boretos:

I can drop. I want to edit my token a bit anyway.

Keenan:

ill drop now too, ill just do some work until you tell me to reurn.

wesley:

yes but my character is still level on for some reason

Brian:

well I can do the other guys first if you think it will be a bit...

Brian:

You are out in the countryside, traveling with Aurest like before, and standing/taking a stroll/peeing/whatever else you feel like doing outside early in the morning.

Brian:

You look up and notice, perched on a tree not far from you, a silver-winged eagle.

Brian:

It just sits there. It seems to look at you, but with these birds it can be hard to tell.

Brian:

Then it breaks the circle and flies a little north, landing on a tree just on your horizon.

Brian:

As you approach, it takes flight again, landing again to the north.

Brian:

Eventually you see what looks like a ruined town in the distance.

Brian:

it then flies past it, and off into the unknown beyond your sight.

wesley:

is there any history suggesting there should be a ruined town here?

Brian:

Not that you recall. The east was usually rural farming villages until you got to the far north.

Brian:

No event in the history of Damriel has permanantly destoryed a town before.

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

Brian:

Ok, you have been given your assignment, sir knight. What do you do?

Brian:

did...did you really rotate your token just cause?

Older Knight:

It's an old city from King Veris' time. It fell into disuse after the new king rose.

Sir Hastings:

Disuse, you say? Are there dangers to be anticipated? Traps or squatters that we know of?

Older Knight:

I would suspect bandits or varments. I assume nothing that would cause too much issue, but stay alert.

Sir Hastings:

What sort of relic is it we seek? Will I know it when I see it?

Older Knight:

I must assume so. Our lord is not known for clear communication.

Brian:

Well I trust you not to cheat, but I was implying that this is a party split with secret info.

Sir Hastings:

Very well then. I shall gather my squire and shall away at once!

Older Knight:

Best of luck. I am eager to hear what the news is, as saddened as I am that our inevitable task is at hand.

Sir Hastings:

It's a chance for you to get some real experience as a knight.

Sir Hastings:

Potentially. We are heading to an old ruin in search of an artifact. There may be danger along the way. Steel yourself.

Sir Hastings:

Yes, yes. Let me help you with the buckles.

Brian:

So that happens. Do you also gather the other PC?

Brian:

Fair enough. I suppose it's a question of how honorable you are feeling...

Brian:

Very well then, you march to the ruins with due haste?

Brian:

Alright Wesley, if you were zoning out for that at this point you can pay attention.

wesley:

are either or the two knights riding towards my position the ones i have a feud with?

Brian:

You haven't seen them yet, so you don't recognize them

Brian:

The town looks to be quite old, but not extremely so. There is an old ditch where a wooden palisade used to be, and some, but not all, of the roofs have fallen in.

Brian:

That said, the quality of the average house here is beyond the capital.

Brian:

As you pass the first alley, something jumps out at your sqire

Brian:

You see a man in the alley to your east. he looks shady, and he immediately runs

Sir Hastings:

You there! Halt! In the name of the Order of Blood!

You whisper to wesley: Your token is in town to the south east

wesley whispers: i call bullshit. I asked the knight for his backstory and he said LOL NOTHING IM NOT IMPORTANT

wesley whispers: when i was chasing the beast i asked the knight i was with what his deal was and why he was joining the order. and you pulled the dm equivalent of waving your hands and saying ignore me. I refuse to play against him as a pc just because he became my rival

You whisper to wesley: I swear it was always Adam's character, but I'm not about to try and prove that.

Sir Hastings:

Do you not recognize the sigil of the Order of Blood when you see it?

Sir Hastings: (( isn't the order of blood well known? ))

Brian:

Unless I said they were well known, in which case you got me.

Keenan:

You said they were prestigious, but you never said they were big or well known, my guess is that they are probably well known among nobles, but nt the common indivisual, espcially away for the city

Sir Hastings:

The Order of Blood. A knighthood from the capitol dedicated to defending the world from evil. (leans down, eyeing up the person) You aren't evil, are you?

Sir Hastings:

Excellent! Haw haw! (rises back up) So tell me, what is it you are doing here?

Brian:

Like what your mom wanted you to not be. He's a human, kind of short. His clothing is in normal condition for a commoner, and he has both a bow and a shortsword. Good armorment for a non-knight.

Sir Hastings:

How much time have you spent in this place?

Sir Hastings:

Then perhaps you may be of assistance. We are looking for some sort of relic or artifact.

Sir Hastings:

Hopefully it is still here, but I don't know what exactly it is.

Bandit 1:

Not that I would steal something of importance to the king, but I feel like I know some folks who might take something shiney.

Sir Hastings:

I'd know it if I saw it, so I imagine it may be pretty fancy.

Bandit 1:

Well than it's probably in the old church, or one of the Scarboys have it.

Bandit 1:

Toughest gang around here. They sometimes make hideouts in this old place. Rob the good people they do.

Bandit 1:

Anything that nice they probly stole it from whoever stole it.

Sir Hastings:

I see... Do you know where they congregate?

Sir Hastings:

I understand. One last question. How much has rummaging around this area earned you?

Bandit 1:

A few gold probly. I mostly waste it in the pubs really...

Bandit 1:

My poor mother. She did everything for me, and...

Brian:

Keenan, if he befriends this rogue want to play him?

Sir Hastings:

Well, Ardrerth, I'm afraid I don't have much on me but I will give you these 29 silver pieces and double as much again in a month if you promise not to go around looting anymore. I'm afraid it may get you into trouble.

Sir Hastings:

Truly. If you come back to my quarters in the city, I will even see if I can help you ply a real trade.

Sir Hastings:

You can. It's time we examined this church you speak of.

Keenan:

well, there goes a chance for me to join in, oh well:)

Brian:

Ok, well that happened. If you weren't good you are now.

Sir Hastings: (( sorry keenan. didn't expect him to run at his first opportunity. ))

Brian:

Alright, so since Wesley can't play today, I will warn you that entering this dungeon diverges the plot in a way that may make it strange to have characters meet up again.

Keenan:

dude, after that offer you vae him of course he would, no worries though

Brian:

I mean, he will probably let you play the squire...

Brian:

and yeah. Stitching this plot together is getting tricky with the shifting avalibilities...

Brian:

Chris can come in later, it's just weird if nobody comes in here.

Boretos:

I'm willing to wait for chris to get online. He should be here soon.

Brian:

This was supposed to be a super awesome triple penetration dungeon that you all enter at the same time.

Keenan:

im fine with that, im just doing work while waiting

Keenan:

wish wes' schedule melded better with ours and that my guy would have joine, but oh well

Brian:

We might want to get a sillier game together that we can pick up and drop when our straight-face games can't be done.

Boretos:

want me to send you my squire's sheet, keenan?

Keenan:

sure, i guess to my email would probably be easiest

Boretos:

thetangledweb.net is a website you can use to host your character sheets. They're all form fillable and stuff.

Boretos:

If you make an account there, I can give you access to his sheet.

Keenan:

just need to wait for the email to come ot my inbox so i can activate my account

Boretos:

and when you log in, just go to the profiler tab. you should see the squire.

Keenan:

often takes a bit for emails to get to my inbox annoyingly

Keenan:

it sometimes takes forever to get the email from a website i just registered to to activate an account, I guess they often take longer then other emails due to the sites being busy or something.

Keenan:

also anyword from chris? have tiehr of you messaged him?

Boretos:

I just realized that the only way I'm going to give Ardrerth the money I promised him is by looting this place.

Boretos:

Nope. I had 3 gold to my name and gave it all away to NPCs.

Keenan:

i thought you already gave him the amount for now, and you can just give him next months using your salary

Keenan:

so i guess you get no money for books or gifts and what not, sounds like a monk kind of, except you get alot nicer food and equipment

Brian:

They might get some spending coin just for in case they need it.

Keenan:

hope that whatever exp and gear we get from looting this place doesnt cause you guys to just eclipse my guy, though i guess my guy has a different sill set with different methods so that wouldn;t happen too much

Keenan:

kind of surprised it inst like a long sword though

Keenan:

I was? the only thing i remember doing with you was the messenger mission

Boretos:

Yeah, and the innkeeper was holding onto the magic rapier.

Keenan:

did brian give you the stats for that thing? or atleast the base ones, with the way it was describided i wouldnt be surprised if it had some hidden abilities

Boretos:

As far as I know, it's just a plain old rapier.

Brian:

you will find out should you be desprate enough to try using it

Boretos:

oh. well, could I patrol around a bit before entering the church?

Boretos:

scavengers, scarboys, royal bases, armories...

Sir Hastings:

Halt! In the name of the Order of Blood! (I draw my sword)

Keenan:

do we have mounted combat? I assume such, also i guess we roll for init

Sir Hastings: (( I actually didn't pick the squire's feat. ))

Keenan:

I like the idea of the squire being good with horses, wanna give him mounted combat? if it doesnt conflict with aythign about him? and if he has a decent ride

Sir Hastings: (( he does have max ranks in ride. I'll give it to him. ))

Keenan:

just trying to remember how mounted combat works

Keenan:

guess i just ride up to the bandit on the left and swing

Sir Hastings: (( but you have to suceed on a ride check ))

Keenan:

oh so hes till consious after those hits, guess hes reasonably tough

Squire Finli:

Sorry sir, i did not expect the horse to kick right in the temple

Keenan:

is that guy on a roof? can i hit him still if its a low building? do i have anyhtig ranged?

Keenan:

does it look like the horse can easily just bust through the door

Brian:

No. The doorwar is too low to get a horse through without a ton of cajoling

Brian:

you can't kick in a door with a horse's head is what I'm saying.

Squire Finli:

They have cover sir, should we attempt to bust trhought eh doors?

Sir Hastings:

Stay by me, squire. You're not a knight yet!

Unknown command: "roll1d20+1". Try /help for a list of commands.

Brian:

if that's a rule, we have been ignoring it a long time

Keenan:

i think your thinking of not being able to full attack and move

Brian:

your horse gets a minus 4 for attacking on that spot.

Keenan:

well since i just saw my master do it i do the same

Brian:

make a ride check to get your horse to get in the water.

Sir Hastings: (( he ran up, the horse attacked with the penalty and hit, dealt damage, made the ride check to attack, critted, and is about to roll damage. ))

Keenan:

well horse didnt hit anyway even if i rolled for his attack

You whisper to Chris: See the left side of the blacked otu building?

Keenan:

really, i was thinking it took 52 tiems too long

Sir Hastings: (( You're just in time to see Hastings live up to his name. ))

Brian:

You are there. Your visions led you to belive it will be in the church of pelor in this ruin

Sir Hastings:

Apprehend him, Fin, I'll take care of the others.

Keenan:

probably depends on whether thats standard gear for memebers of the order on missions

Sir Hastings: (( When given the choice to pick gear, I didn't pick rope or manacles. ))

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

You whisper to Chris: again, this is also your turn. I will remove the fog if you want to press inward.

Keenan:

so since i assume i shouldnt just get off my horse does that mean you just want me to order the guy to the ground?

Keenan:

do i get any bonus in addition due to him cowering?

Sir Hastings: (( my horse will strike the wounded one. ))

Keenan:

and no i just keep watch of him and the others while staying on my horse

Keenan:

listening too to check for anyone who might try ot surprise us

Brian:

So do you press on to the church or interrogate your prisoner?

Unknown command: "whipser Chris you are in turn sequence with them still.". Try /help for a list of commands.

You whisper to Chris: you are in turn sequence with them still.

Sir Hastings:

Tell me, Reld, do you always open fire on passersby, including members of the Order of Blood?

Brian:

Assume you get one line per turn, since you aren't tryin to talk fast

Sir Hastings:

Squire, see to the horses. I must speak to Reld, here.

You whisper to Chris: feel free to interrupt with what you are doing anytime.

You whisper to Chris: it doesn't matter that they know you're here

Sir Hastings:

Now, Reld, I take it you are with the bandits known as "scarboys", eh?

Brian:

The knights here an evil sounding scream. Father argemal sees the source

Father Agremal whispers: just say when in this I should do my thing

Father Agremal:

(Turn Undead) Back, you fiends! Feel the light of Lord Pelor!

Brian:

So I'm gonna be honest, I totally forget how this works

Keenan:

i have never actaully seen anyone use the ability to turn somehting before

Chris:

somehting about a d20 in the description under Cleric

Chris:

I shall simply see about shattering the two before me.

Sir Hastings: (( so 13 HD of level 4 or less undead can be affected. ))

Chris:

That'll be more than enough to dissolve these rotten fucks.

Father Agremal whispers: I'mma search this skeleton under the bench near me

Unknown command: "whipser Chris kk". Try /help for a list of commands.

Father Agremal:

Hmph. You upstarts can't even withstand a little candlelight.

Squire Finli:

sir, should we go and check what is going on? I assume we would have to bring the prisoner with us

Brian:

I am totally adding brain damage rules for knocking people out repeatedly. This keeping people in a coma with a stick thing has gone too far.

Chris:

They're from the cover of the Bretonnia book from Warhammer.

Chris:

I feel like I just pulled some level of nerd cred. :P

Sir Hastings:

Pick up your friend there. He's coming too.

Unknown command: "whipser Chris You find royal insignias on the corpses". Try /help for a list of commands.

You whisper to Chris: You find royal insignias on the corpses

Keenan:

i guess i put him in front of me? not sure how holding hostages on horses works really

Brian:

Most folks tie them to the back and make them follow

Father Agremal whispers: I say a quick prayer for the valiant dead upon finding these. Now. The zombies have anything?

Keenan:

thats why i make sure every guy i have always has rope, so useful

Sir Hastings: (( We're going to keep him in front of us. ))

Brian:

it's your turn after all. Just move at human speed

Keenan:

i thought we put him on the horse? cant we move faster?

You whisper to Chris: Yes. One has a shortsword, and all three have some noble trinkets on them.

Brian:

It's a side sanctuary, not uncommon for the church.

Brian:

no, I'm saying we need to keep a good pace if we want this dungeon finished.

Brian:

And Chris is kind of fading from existance from time to time

Chris:

Moving here was my turn, unless there's absolujtely nothing within

Chris whispers: and on this riveting episode of skeletonwatch... what do I find?

You whisper to Chris: You do actually find a broken bit of a shield with Correlon Loriatian's insignia drawn on it.

Brian:

you will need to try and swim throuh the creator

Keenan:

would be a tad hard with a prisoner on the hrose who isnt strapped in, and the guy were with would have to swim

Sir Hastings:

Stay with the prisoners. Go around if you can.

Brian:

And roll ride. Your mount isn't confident it can make that

Chris:

By diving behind a tipped bench gunfight style and channelling negative.

Sir Hastings: (( actually there are rules for leaping on a mount. ))

Sir Hastings: (( it's a jump check followed by a ride check DC 15 to see if you fall off. ))

Father Agremal:

GAH, PELOR PRESERVE ME! UNDEAD, DEAD AHEAD!

Keenan:

or the spider and the father atleast, not the zombies

Father Agremal:

Spiders and zombies! Living together! IT MUST BE THE END OF THE WORLD!

Squire Finli:

Sir, thiers a giant spider attacking a human up ahead

Keenan:

i know we are, just thought chris' guy might not be

Brian:

Adam, I am going to say full round to get back out of the pond

Sir Hastings: (( you couldn't at least let me get out on the other side? ))

Squire Finli:

Sir, should i put the prisoner down and rush to aid?

Sir Hastings:

Keep the prisoner in your sight! Await me!

Squire Finli:

Yes SIr! No worries friend, help is coming soon!

Father Agremal:

I knew Pelor would not leave me to die here! Never before have I been so happy to see an elf!

Father Agremal:

Pelor forgive me for this... (smites spider with 7 negative for... 5d8?)

Keenan:

from this guy's perspective were looking pretty incompetent

Father Agremal:

Perhaps I should watch what I'm doing next time I sin.

Brian:

The horse is mostly on land. it steps out as a 5ft step

Brian:

the mighty sir hastings has a weakness after all

Keenan:

his armor might be heavy enough so that he can till he can reach the edge

Sir Hastings: (( I just need to move 5 fricken feet! ))

Keenan:

then that should be enough so you can reach the edge and partially or fully pull your self out then hopefully

Keenan:

isnt swimming a movement action, he cna get another try i think

Sir Hastings: (( swim checks don't actually take an action. ))

Sir Hastings: (( the result just tells you how much you can move. ))

Father Agremal:

(Perhaps that Yakety Sax is more appropriate for here... I'll swing again.)

Sir Hastings:

See to the horses and Reld! I'll deal with the spider.

Brian:

Honestly, I don't know why you guys think you are doing so bad.

Brian:

I think I've gotten two hits off this whole time

Keenan:

it did better then average daamge for a non-crit atleast

Brian:

That bench is 10ft of movement to get over as is the table.

Brian:

Sir Hastings? The spider is now just beyond 5ft reach

Sir Hastings: (( well, I don't have a slingshot on me... ))

Brian:

The sword bounces of it's carepace and falls to the floor

Sir Hastings: (( I'll draw my rapier and call it a day. ))

Father Agremal:

No! You are NOT dropping down on my head!

Sir Hastings: (( what do you want from me? I'm just a lowly knight. ))

Keenan:

it was just a 5ft step and im not attack with the horse with a unsecured passenger

Chris:

And I'm just over here parkouring over tables and benches despite being a sixty year old man. :P

Sir Hastings: (( yeah. that's the third 13 I've rolled to hit this thing. ))

Sir Hastings:

Excellent work, squire! We'll make a knight of you yet.

Sir Hastings:

Did I hear you uttering the name of Pelor?

Father Agremal:

Urf... aye. Father Agremal. Not that I have a real congregation anymore.

Father Agremal:

Nay. I kept a small cloister in the capitol.

Sir Hastings:

Ah, a fellow capitol dweller! What brings you out this way, may I ask?

Father Agremal:

The Nerullian populace... tolerated us, so long as we laid low. The elves, however, different story. I'm here seeking answers about what I can only presume their government has been up to killing my Lord's noble warriors.

Chris:

I'm playing an old guy. Course I'm a little bit racist. :P

Father Agremal:

Why the Lord of the Sun, of course! Great Pelor above!

Keenan:

and wait the populace mainly worships nerull? i though pelor was most ocmmon human guy?

Brian:

In the North, Correlon Lorethian is dominant even amoung humans, with Palor close behind. Palor dominates the south, which has less elves

Sir Hastings:

Oh, of course. That kind of Lord. I assure you I have no knowledge of any persecution of the followers of Pelor.

Father Agremal:

Given that you're here, and have not attacked me, I can only assume so. What brings two heavily-armed elves to this part of Demriel?

Father Agremal:

And thank you for saving me from that spider, by the way. Did you sustain any wounds? I can tend to them.

Sir Hastings:

We are on a quest in the name of the Order of Blood, vanquishers of evil, to recover an artifiact within these ruins.

Father Agremal:

Well, what a dandy coincidence. I'm after a relic here as well!

Father Agremal:

My Lord has shown me the way, but not the way to the way... must find the relic... but what is the relic... (Agremal trails off, periodically mumbling to himself)

Sir Hastings:

Did your Lord say what to do with this relic?

Father Agremal:

No, merely that it was important. What could it be... cup, maybe... sword?... nay. (more muttering as Agremal wanders the chapel in search of anything important looking)

Squire Finli:

We have not had chance to speak to the prisoner yet sir about the relic, amybe he knows of it.

Sir Hastings:

I have received similarly vague instruction. Too similar to be a coincidence.

Father Agremal:

Perhaps a great figure of little tangibility wishes us to co-operate on our quest.

Sir Hastings:

Squire, I will leave you to interrogate Reld. Call me if you learn anything. I shall have a poke around.

Sir Hastings:

I do think cooperation would be wonderful.

Squire Finli:

Reld, do you know of any great relic that may possibly be the target of iether of our searches? awnser truthfully.

Squire Finli:

True, i guess you and your comrades wouldn't dare venture here. Have any of you Scarboys found anyhting of great power? anything that may have had the gods lead us here? you would not want them angry

Reld:

You think Palor did anything to stop this shit for falling to ruin?

Squire Finli:

(I stare at him angrily for a moment for his blasphemy) Listen here, you may not believe that the gods care, but they do, and I do as well, what we are doing here is important, and if you do not tell us what you may know, not just the gods will be angry with you.

Father Agremal:

...SPIDER! ON THE SPIDER, IN THE SPIDER! IT MUST BE! IT MUST BE!

Father Agremal:

Or maybe I just want to smash the spider some more. Hate spiders...

Squire Finli:

I suppose there is still much of the church to look through

Brian:

There are a bunch of strewn about documents in the room

Brian:

They are dusty with time, but not falling apart yet

Sir Hastings: (( I'll skim them as I gather them up. ))

Brian:

It's a ton of boring church stuff. Nothing jumps out at you

Sir Hastings: (( I was using my rapier just then btw ))

Father Agremal:

The darkness can hide nothing from a servant of our magnificent father!

Brian:

The room looks long looted, but in the center lies a half orc, with a large sword stuck in it's torso.

Brian:

You don't notice anything, but it does seem like the body was killed by the sword.

Sir Hastings: (( who am I to turn down a free longsword? ))

Brian:

Alright, so the cabnets have some more spiders that jump out at you, but they aren't gonna kill you at this point

Father Agremal:

The light leads me to dead ends with no end!

Brian:

Those contain cabmets with cookware mostly. You do notice a few trinkets with the signents of important families though.

Brian:

Overall, the place seems to have been picked clean long ago...

Father Agremal:

Lots of highborn paraphernalia around here...

Father Agremal:

I'll go collect it all and see if it suggests anything.

Brian:

There is a vast whole town to search, but that would take weeks...

Brian:

there are a few benches you didn't look under, but I will tell you it's not under there.

Sir Hastings: (( I'll check the bodies of the zombies too ))

Brian:

nothing besides trinkets some some other minor combat gear.

Sir Hastings:

Father, is there any chance this sword might be what we're looking for?

Sir Hastings:

I found it in the body of a late half orc in the basement.

Father Agremal:

Ah. Might be important, might not. Don't know. Might need to pray on it.

Brian:

Alright, anything else you guys want to do in this session?

Boretos:

I want to drop off these prisoners, but that need not be now.

Keenan:

see you guys later, and yeah, he seems like a cool character