DM Papa.DRB - Legendary Planet

Game Master Almonihah

Iskender stands a bit off to the side, trying to gauge the fall trajectory, "perhaps a little to your left Kit," he suggests.

Kit nods and takes a few steps to the left.

The woman looks at the now useless tindertwig and starts to climb over the guardrail around the catwalk in preparation to jump.

Next?

Not convinced that having two of them trying to catch her will really help, Zal moves to follow after Hilde as fast he can hoping he might help the warrior grab the woman...running, running running...

There isn't much more he can do to stop her from jumping without already being up where Hilde is, so Dilwyn goes back to retrieve his sling from the ground. If the woman gets past Hilde's attempts to restrain her and also misses Kit's attempts to catch her, the only thing he'll be able to do is try to heal what damage she might have taken in the event the fall doesn't finish her off.

"Lady, I implore you," he shouts up at her. "Whatever tragedy you're running from, adding more tragedy to the scale will not balance it!"

Diplomacy?: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22

Iskender whispers to Kit, "strictly speaking, Dilwyn is wrong right? If you add tragedy to the other end of the scale, that is exactly how balancing and scales work, right?"

Kit takes another step to the left. Hmmm...I guess it depends on which end of the scale she is adding the tragedy to. I think this lady's tragedy side is tipping and she doesn't care about righting it. She seems determined, I'll give her that!

Kit's intention is to catch the lady if she jumps or at least try and break her fall!

Hilde tries to grab the woman to prevent her from jumping.
Grab Attempt (she provokes): 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9

Zaladrel runs into the granary and up the stairs so he can help Hilde, however even as the barbarian grabs for the woman, her grip fails because of the slippery substance on the dress, and the woman tumbles over the edge, smiling and yelling "Tabin, I am coming.". Kit tries to catch here, but the woman pushed off the edge and spoiled his aim, so he is barely able to break her fall and she lands hard on the ground, still alive but dazed.

Init (HP Cur/Max, AC)
Dilwyn (13/13, 16)
Iskender (8/8, 15)
Kit (6/13, 15) Wounded
Hilde (8/15, 14) Wounded
Zaladrel (9/9, 16)

Next?

Hilde starts kicking around, frustrated of not having prevented the woman from falling.
It doesn't seem... safe... to interrupt her outburst.

In his mind, Kit believed that the woman would land gently into his outstretched arms. In reality, however, he saw that he wasn't in the correct position and as he moved to correct himself the woman landed on his shoulder causing both Kit and the woman to fall to the ground - hard. Is she alive? Kit moans as he tries to blink out the stars in his eyes.

Dilwyn rushes up as she falls, wincing against the wet thudding sound she made upon impact. He checks to see if she's survived the fall, unsure of which outcome to hope for. On the one hand, suicide is a horrible thing, on the other hand the pain of surviving that fall would likely be enormous.

To determine condition
Heal: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (19) + 3 = 22

Seeing that she's alive, he casts cure light wounds on her to fix the body and, hopefully, dull the pain. If only it could magically dispel grief.

CLW: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (5) + 1 = 6

Based on the context of the wedding song, and her intended last words, Dilwyn guesses that the Tabin she mentioned is probably the woman's husband, and continues trying to talk to her based on that assumption. All their effort would be for naught if she were to just try again after they left, and there's clearly too much going on in the town to stay here forevermore. "If Tabin's loss makes you this distraught, surely he would feel the same way about you, don't you think? Do you think he would want your blood on his hands, like this? If he loved you he surely wouldn't."

"My apologies Kit, I did not expect her to be quite so enthusiastic with her jump."

Kit sits up. Yes, she was definitely motivated. Normally I respect someone who is motivated, but in this case, I'll make an exception!

Zal exits onto the level with Hilde only to see her seemingly lose control. The elf promptly backs away slowly, he would talk to her about that later...

Re-emerging down below the hedgewitch notes that Kit seems okay and that Dilwyn is offering aid. Zal moves to join them but is otherwise quiet as they ask the woman questions...

"Perhaps if you slapped her a few times to bring her to her senses?" Iskender shrugs, "that's how they always do it in the stories."

I'm thinking we should restrain her before she hauls off and tries again! Anyone got any rope? Kit says as he rises and rubs his bruised shoulder.

"Rope? Hmmm, no. I didn't purchase that kit I'm afraid, umm, err, Kit. Sorry, didn't mean to pun your name."

Kit laughs. Don't you worry about it, when you carry a moniker like Kit 'Skylark' Bridger, puns on your name are the least of your worries! He then calls out to Hilde and Dilwyn, Do any of you see any rope in there?

After letting some steam off Hilde checks the place for clues about the woman or other people.
Perception Check: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

Zal wordlessly pulls the loops of rope off his backpack and present it to Kit.

"I don't think that will help," says Dilwyn putting up his hand against the rope. "If she can't be reached with words and convinced that ending her own life is the wrong choice, then she will just attempt it again when we leave. Nor can we bring her with us forever to monitor her. I believe that life is worth saving, but you cannot save a life by force when the one to whom that life belongs wishes otherwise."

He waits with hope to see if he's reaching the woman at all.

"On the one hand, saving one life, rather than saving the world is foolish. On the other hand, many tales would imply it is the height of honor." Iskender smiles, "how ironic would it be if we either set her free to go and finish her suicide, or if we tied her up and left her here and continued on our way, only to have us arrive at some crucial moment a week hence, where presenting 'a woman newly married and yet unknown to man' is critical to the actual saving of the world? The mind boggles at the paradoxes involved."

Kit reaches down to tie the woman's arms when he hears the philosophical discussion between Dilwyn and Iskender. With a grin he says, Well I know that my mind is boggled on whether we should tie her up or not?

"Just wait, right now the problem is only theoretical. How will you handle it when faced with some actual moral dilemma?"

After Hilde vents her frustration at not being able to grab onto and hold the woman, she looks around the catwalk and finds a completely soaked tindertwig that the woman dropped but nothing else of interest. She can however feel the slipperiness of the oil and water mix that is still on the railing where the woman went over the side.

Zaladrel having witnessed Hilde frustration, perhaps wisely decides that now is not the time to talk to her about it and heads back downstairs just in time to hear Kit ask for rope so he pulls a coil out of his pack and hands it to the ranger.

Dilwyn checks the woman as Kit is tieing her, and seeing that she is hurt casts a cure spell on her which clears up all the bumps and bruises.

Iskender and Kit have a philosophic discussion, while Kit is tieing her up. The woman, safely tied is coming around, and she moans, "Tabin, my love, come back to me." as she tries, unsuccessfully, to break the bonds holding her.

Next?

Hilde, after letting the steam off, takes time to examine the town from the advantage place she is in now, not willing to face her comapanions just yet.
Can she take 20 for a 25 perception check with the others deal with the woman?

Hold on there, missy! If you will stop fussing and tell us who this Tabin is, we might be able to help you! Kit says to the still distraught woman.

"She may not be coherent enough to answer," Dilwyn says, sadly. "Based on her behavior so far, and my examination of her as I've been healing her, I believe this is not mere grief at work. There are signs of disease as well, which I believe to be the root cause of her intense urge to destroy herself. Zaladriel, do you have any magics which can help treat disease rapidly? If not I believe the only humane thing is to to bring her with us as best we can while we try to treat her the long way."

"And what if the forces that would end our world have everything they need to do it, except the 'woman newly married and unknown to man?'" Iskender chuckles, "and so it begins."

Heal?: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17

Zal kneels to look at the woman more closely, trying to determine if perhaps she is afflicted somehow beyond grief...

As Kit finishes tieing up the woman, she continues to sob one moment, and scream hysterically the next about Tabin and coming to him.

Next?

You still have treasure to identify and distribute.
19 sp, 57 cp
3 potions
short spear
light crossbow & quiver of 10 bolts

There are two party members still wounded:
Kit (6/13, 15) Wounded
Hilde (8/15, 14) Wounded

Hilde comes down to meet the others, avoiding to see the woman.
"Nobody, except 3 hang bodies in the middle of town."

Kit stands up after securing the woman and admires his handiwork. They had saved her life for now - but for what. Shrugging the thoughts away, he says, I wonder if Tabin is one of the hanged?

"I suppose it's possible," Dilwyn says. "Or he could have been one of the infected. I very much think we ought to try for one of the temples next. Hopefully we can find some more coherent answers there, or if nothing else some help for our prisoner. I hate to say it, because she's in such an unfortunate position already, but I think we should also gag this poor woman. Her cries will inevitably draw attention that we probably don't want."

Hilde punch the woman, knocking her out.

Kit laughs when Dilwyn mentions gagging the woman to keep her quiet. Brother, you just said aloud what many a husband has thought about!

My wife and I have been married 11 1/2 years, so I want to state for the record, that is Kit speaking and not me. :D

As Hilde comes up and punches the woman, Kit just shrugs and says, Or we can do that!

She is sich but I cannot know more at this time. She has all the markings of disease and we should be wary of...touching...her... Zal's voice trails off as Hilde hits the woman.

Zal shakes his head and places a hand on Hilde, then Kit. Covnenant Tradition Power, "Lay on Hands", 1d6
Kit: 1d6 ⇒ 3
Hilde: 1d6 ⇒ 4

Hilde moves his now unhurt arm, and looks at Zaladriel, while bowing her head a little.

"I won't deny that method was effective," says Iskender as he casts detect magic both to discern if the woman is under any magical compulsion, as well as to consider the meager pile of "treasure."

"This disease appears to have equal chances of making one homicidal and suicidal. I find that to be interesting, one would expect perhaps one or the other, but both? Not that I am an expert on world ending diseases, to be sure."

Dilwyn winces as Hilde slugs their captive to keep her quiet. It works, but seems needlessly brutal.

"I suppose the two could be one and the same," he posits in response to Iskender. "Consider that, for the first group we met, their homicidal tendencies got them quite effectively killed."

"I think you have something there," exclaimed Iskender. "Witness that this woman's suicidal intent nearly killed Kit as well. So we have both tendencies working in reverse. Most peculiar, and interesting."

Where to?

Assuming a sort of unspoken "you break it, you carry it" policy, Dilwyn tries a shot at taking the lead and makes for House Formidable (A10) by taking the direct route along the tree line. He's not sure if it's pointless yet, at this point, but he continues trying to be stealthy and keep an eye out for danger ahead.

Stealth: 1d20 - 2 ⇒ (6) - 2 = 4
Perception: 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (11) + 7 = 18

Hilde follows him.
Stealth Check: 1d20 ⇒ 10
Perception Check: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (9) + 5 = 14

Perception: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (1) + 4 = 5

Iskender whispers to Hilde, "he knows we can see him, right?"

He then moves out to follow Dilwyn.

What do we about her? Kit asks nodding towards the bound and gagged woman. If we aren't supposed to touch her, I don't think she will go willingly.

Kit then has a pensive look, Of course some of us already have!

Dilwyn pauses, looking back at Kit.

"I guess I assumed the strongest among us would carry her with us, since she's currently unable to move on her own, but perhaps it would be better for us and for her if left her concealed in the granary and come back for her before we rest."

I don't mind carrying her, but if I try to make myself a living candle-stop me! Kit says as he hoists the woman up with a grunt.

Hilde looks at Iskender with a serious look.

Lurker friendly thread.

Players, please check in. Create your alias and finish up character sheets, thanks.

-- david

Huzzah!

Thanks!
Finishing her Profile.

This is Kit cheking in! Looking forward to adventuring with you all!

Got the word, should have equipment done in a bit, gotta get the kid to school first.

Checking in! Finishing up the alias, then will post in Gameplay

After a grueling selection process, we five have been chosen by default!

After a grueling selection process, we five have been chosen by default!

lol.... Yea...

Actually, I think this will be a very good group.

Barbarian (melee), Ranger (melee & ranged), Druid (melee & healing), Bard (arcane & knowledge & other), Hedgewitch (healing & arcane).

Couple of things. Everyone update your race, class/levels line that shows up in the PbP, similar to Kit. Survival is not necessary, but ok, all the rest is very useful.

Zaladrel, please update your alias. AC 1 is probably very wrong (lol!)

-- david

I think it'll be a good group as well. With the personality and the choice of avatar, I'm getting a BRIAN BLESSED vibe from Kit, that just makes everything he says a little more awesome :P

I look forward to it.

I've updated my stats, I'll get my dice roll macros set and my headers too.

Zaladrel, please update your alias. AC 1 is probably very wrong (lol!)

-- david

Nah he is just like really slow...molasses slow...okay he is actually a tree. I'll get that fixed, thanks.

I'm getting a BRIAN BLESSED vibe from Kit

But without the big coppery wings

I think it'll be a good group as well. With the personality and the choice of avatar, I'm getting a BRIAN BLESSED vibe from Kit, that just makes everything he says a little more awesome :P

Thanks!

FYI, on Thursday 31 March, my wife and I are taking a friend of hers and the friends kids to the Bronx Zoo. That means out of the house at 0730 (an hour before I normally get up), gone all day and probably fall into bed after getting home exhausted. I most likely will not post anything tomorrow, and will resume on Friday.

Have fun! Say hi to Alex the Lion for me!

Indeed, enjoy the zoo!

Well, the Zoo was great, but having a four and a five year old in tow is exhausting. My wife and I have only had one child (our grand daughter) in tow for the last couple of years, and it no one else in tow for fifteen years or so before that.

-- david

I admire your effort, lol. I only have one 5 yr old and he exhausts me when I am at home let alone somewhere are interesting as a zoo. :-)

These were my wife friend kids. They are just a year or two older than our grand daughter.

My little man is 6. We have just the one, but he can be a handful, particularly given that I'm nearly 46. He wears my butt out.

Speaking of my wife and I, this Saturday we will be leaving to visit my family in South Carolina for two weeks. Since it is hard to find a hot spot, my internet connectivity will be hit-and-miss. Please bot me as necessary.

Dilwyn, I see you're running Hell's Vengeance eh?

I've been wanting to try it.

Feel free to make a character! From what I've seen of you so far with Iskender and Chakos (I stalked that thread for a while before I made my first PbP character to see how it worked, and I'm still current on it <.<) you and I like similar speeds of game. I've read through the first two books so far, and my copy of the third just arrived today. It looks really neat so far, quite different from the other ones I've read or GMed.

:D

You stalked poor Chakos? But he's such a nice guy! As an aside, Oradins really hit their stride at 8th level.

Heh, he is a nice guy. I've used a description of his build as an example to some of my players to show that, just because one wants to heal, doesn't mean one has to be useless in combat. That core group you've got in that campaign is really fun to follow, and I credit it with making me really want to run Iron Gods for my face-to-face group when we finished Runelords.

Liz and Astra are awesome. The way those two can go on with the technobabble and making stuff up is amazing!

I might also have to throw my hat in the ring on that Leedwashere...I swear I can play characters that are more verbose, lol.

Bahhhh, someone threw down an Asmodean Inquisitor already!

I should go check the "What character are you going to play" thread in the Hell's Vengeance forum to troll for ideas.

Kit ties up the guard, after stripping him of all equipment and armor. There is a pile on the floor, half-plate, a halberd. On the bed is a heavy crossbow with 10 bolts, and two potions marked heal.

I added a line to my profile called Party Treasure. I listed my chain shirt in there. I can also take the bolts. Are we taking the Halbred and Heavy Crossbow? Who wants the potions marked 'heal'?

If no one else, Hilde can take the potions, but maybe is better if other one have them.

I may not be able to post on Tuesday May 17 or Wednesday May 18. Wife and I will be at the campground where we are seasonal campers and it is 90 minutes away.
We are opening our old camper for a day and packing it up. The new camper will be delivered on Wednesday so both days will be completely full of taking care of that.
I will try to post something as I bring my laptop and the campground has free wifi, but we are going to be quite busy.

Have fun!

No need to go out of your way to post for us, camping is for getting away.

We're campers also, and there are places where, wifi and internet simply don't exist.

No need to go out of your way to post for us, camping is for getting away.

We're campers also, and there are places where, wifi and internet simply don't exist.

Ah. Different situation with us. Both my wife and I are retired.

Our camper is at the site all year long. From mid-October to mid-May the campground is closed. However from mid-May to mid-October, my wife and I are there five days a week and only home for two to do laundry, get mail, and I have a 4 hour shift at the hospital, so it is more like a summer home than just a short camping trip.

-- david

That sounds kinda neat. Well Hopefully the transition to the new camper goes smooth.

I love how this group can have a conversation on anything!

It's what people would do, right?

Having been a soldier myself, and having worked with Marines for a long time, I'll tell you that men and women in a combat environment will discuss the most inane topics to exhaustion.

Well, old camper gone, new camper in. Still have a lot of work to do getting all the "stuff" we had in the old one back into the new one. Floorplan & Pictures

Three bump outs? And a fifth wheel? That's no camper, it's a palace on wheels!

MAn that place is nicer than my home, lol.

Thanks. It is the place that my wife and I spend at least five nights a week from early May to mid October, so we got an upgrade from our last camper and this one will suit us till we are too old and feeble to camp anymore.

FYI, we're going out of town tomorrow for the holiday weekend. Not back until Monday. It is likely that my next post won't be until Tuesday.

I'll be traveling as well. Definitely won't be able to post sat/sun, and probably most of monday as well.

I have updated my profile with party treasure. I wouldn't mind taking the MW Greataxe. What does everyone else want? Also did we ever decide who took the potions marked 'heal' that we found on that dude in the inn? There are five potions of CLW, everyone take one?

I say everyone gets one.

Summers, being what they are, is when vacations happen.

We go out of town tomorrow and back on Sunday, so I may not get any more posts in until Monday.

I'd like to hold off on taking my turn until I see how effective the bad guys are on theirs, to better inform my decision.

The campground starting filling up just after 12:00 on Thursday, with folks taking an extra day and a half vacation for the 4th of July holiday. Each time a new smartphone, laptop, wireless device, came into the campground it hooked up to the free wifi, and the service is horrible and constantly dropping. I will get a game post out this morning, but that will most likely be it till next Tuesday, July 5th.

Happy July Fools Day!

As a note to all my games: MY family is on vacation starting the weekend before the 4th of July through the following weekend of July 9/10. I will have intermittent internet access but our schedule is a bit up in the air. I will try to post when I can but if I am quiet for some or all of this period please know I will be back. I don't intend on radio silence but stranger things have happened.)