Nightflier's Midnight Game Thread

Game Master nightflier

Set in the grim world of Aryth, Nightflier's Midnight is a game that speaks of almost futile hope that shines against the darkness.


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Sorok Hamfael wrote:

Will save 1d20+4

+4 if magical.
Well ultimate failure right there. Total 9

Dwarf stands at the entrance - unmoving like a stone figure. Whispers of his ancestor - the progenitor of his race - fall on his ears like dead leaves in the pool of Dark God's blood. Bloody tears start to run from his eyes and to drip on his beard. He suddenly faints.

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Chops, another Will save to overcome your fear, with +6 bonus.

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Once you conquered your fears, you realize that the corridor is not wide enough for two of you to walk abreast. The air is heavy with dust and mold. Cobwebs are thick and sticky...


male halfling rogue 1

Pete elbows past Chops. "Don't worry, little girl. I go first, any nasty shadows will have to go past me," he whispers to Chops with a wink.


Solvistania gives Chops a quick hug, and murmers, "Let's go, my champion." She allows Chops to go ahead of her, and takes her place in front of Gilian, and Ragnar, and behind Ilona.

Think that was the correct marching order.

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Solvistania Elghreah wrote:

Solvistania gives Chops a quick hug, and murmers, "Let's go, my champion." She allows Chops to go ahead of her, and takes her place in front of Gilian, and Ragnar, and behind Ilona.

Think that was the correct marching order.

Chops needs to make another Will save firs.


nightflier wrote:
Chops, another Will save to overcome your fear, with +6 bonus.

Will save 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (7) + 9 = 16

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Chops the Defender Dworg wrote:
nightflier wrote:
Chops, another Will save to overcome your fear, with +6 bonus.
Will save 1d20+9

Pain somehow strengthens Chops against fear and jibes and laughter of his companions bolster his spirits. He straightens and walks into darkness.

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Pete, Perception please.


Female Erenlander Spiritual Chaneller 5
nightflier wrote:
Sorok Hamfael wrote:

Will save 1d20+4

+4 if magical.
Well ultimate failure right there. Total 9
Dwarf stands at the entrance - unmoving like a stone figure. Whispers of his ancestor - the progenitor of his race - fall on his ears like dead leaves in the pool of Dark God's blood. Bloody tears start to run from his eyes and to drip on his beard. He suddenly faints.

Gilian has moved boldly in the darnkess when she hears the sound of the dwarf body hitting the ground. moving back to the entrance, she looks over the body for anything that could have caused that.

Heal check 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (14) + 11 = 25

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Sorok just passed away from fear.


male Dorn Barbarian 2, Spiritual Channeler 2
nightflier wrote:


Sorok just passed away from fear.

Passed away? As in died?


Pete the Runt wrote:
Pete elbows past Chops. "Don't worry, little girl. I go first, any nasty shadows will have to go past me," he whispers to Chops with a wink.

Chuckling, Chops says, "Very funny, big guy. Very funny."

Following Pete, Chops keeps his eyes, ears, and nose alert for trouble. He quietly moves through the darkness, keeping careful not to make a sound.

Perception 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (18) + 6 = 24
Stealth 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (12) + 8 = 20


male halfling rogue 1

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31


Female Erenlander Spiritual Chaneller 5

Gilian looks up from her kneeling position by Sorok's body and spots the two Dorns at the rear of the group.

"Ragnar and Anvinder, Sorok has just fainted. I thought he was all fired to go back down. I was told dwarves were more resitant thant that. Can you carry him down?"

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Ragnar Death-Speaker wrote:
nightflier wrote:


Sorok just passed away from fear.
Passed away? As in died?

As in fainted.

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Pete the Runt wrote:
Perception: 1d20+11

Pete:
About fifty yards down the tunnel, you suddenly stop, sensing that some stone tiles on the floor are loose. Upon careful observation, you came to conclusion that they are pressure triggers. There is a trap for sure.

Female Human (Sarcosan) Fighter 2/ Chaneller 3
nightflier wrote:


Sorok just passed away from fear.

Wait, WHAT!?

EDIT
Oh, you mean passed out


male Dorn Barbarian 2, Spiritual Channeler 2

FYI, In my neck of the woods, "passed away" is a euphemism for "died". For a second there I thought I was playing Call of Cthulu. I admit, my skin crawled.

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Ragnar Death-Speaker wrote:
FYI, In my neck of the woods, "passed away" is a euphemism for "died". For a second there I thought I was playing Call of Cthulu. I admit, my skin crawled.

Yeah, sorry about that. I am so tired that I'm mixing idioms. My work load just got doubled, and I'm trying to keep up with everything - and English is not my first tongue, after all.


male Dorn Channeler 1 (spiritual)

Anvinder walks above the sleeping dwarf. The dorn sighs and winds up for a kick to his side. "Wake up you damn black blood!"

using, control sleep. Time to wake up!

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Anvinder wrote:

Anvinder walks above the sleeping dwarf. The dorn sighs and winds up for a kick to his side. "Wake up you damn black blood!"

using, control sleep. Time to wake up!

The dwarf starts and wakes from his nightmares, looking at Dorn with dazed expression.


male halfling rogue 1

Creeping down the corridor, Pete calls the procession to an abrupt halt.

"Wait!" he hisses. "Trap is here. Don't step on stone tile."

Waving the others back, he gets his tools out in order to disarm it.


Male Black Blood Dwarf Fighter 5

Feeling the kick to his side, Sorok's eyes snap open. The images of blood and the progenitor quickly fade from his mind, but the laughter from the engulfing darkness lingers in his mind as he looks around.
"Again?" he mutters under his breath, and picks himself off the ground.
You have my thanks yet again Anvinder. Thus far I've been little more than a burden to you all, I'll make sure your efforts are not in vain.


Pete the Runt wrote:

Creeping down the corridor, Pete calls the procession to an abrupt halt.

"Wait!" he hisses. "Trap is here. Don't step on stone tile."

Waving the others back, he gets his tools out in order to disarm it.

Chops stops, holding a closed fist up to the rest of the group.

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Pete the Runt wrote:

Creeping down the corridor, Pete calls the procession to an abrupt halt.

"Wait!" he hisses. "Trap is here. Don't step on stone tile."

Waving the others back, he gets his tools out in order to disarm it.

Disable Device DC 20


male halfling rogue 1

Once the others are well out of the way, Pete cautiously begins disarming the trap...

1d20 + 9 ⇒ (18) + 9 = 27

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Halfling deftly disarms the trap that would collapse the tunnel and then he slowly continues forward into dark. After a twenty yards or so, he finds himself faced with huge slab of rusted iron blocking the tunnel. Iron plate seems to be etched with acid into vile shapes and letters in some to Pete unknown tongue.


Chops joins Pete and looks at the gate.

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Metal slab is does not look like anything Chops has ever seen.


male Dorn Channeler 1 (spiritual)
Sorok Hamfael wrote:

Feeling the kick to his side, Sorok's eyes snap open. The images of blood and the progenitor quickly fade from his mind, but the laughter from the engulfing darkness lingers in his mind as he looks around.

"Again?" he mutters under his breath, and picks himself off the ground.
You have my thanks yet again Anvinder. Thus far I've been little more than a burden to you all, I'll make sure your efforts are not in vain.

Anvinder does not respond. He sighs and continues to walk on, not making any effort to help the dwarf off the ground.


male Dorn Barbarian 2, Spiritual Channeler 2

Ragnar sighs like a distant avalanche and helps the Dwarf to his feet, but says nothing.


Solvistania notes the exchange between the dwarf, and the Dorn dreamer, and also Ragnars response, but says nothing.


Female Human (Sarcosan) Fighter 2/ Chaneller 3

Ilona walks back whilter others investigate the trap, noting the exchange. Leaning up to Ragnar she whispers.

Ragnar

Spoiler:

"New guy not much of a team player is he? Depressing, even for a Dorn."
She mutters with a playful wink.


male Dorn Barbarian 2, Spiritual Channeler 2
Ilona Ebonblade wrote:

Ilona walks back whilter others investigate the trap, noting the exchange. Leaning up to Ragnar she whispers.

"He was imprisoned by dwarves." Ragnar says, shaking his head with resignation. "I know not why they are called Black Blood, but I would guess it is not a term of endearment. Trust is not quickly earned among my people."

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The metal slab with etchings looks ancient and like a work of Shadow-worshiping hands...


Female Erenlander Spiritual Chaneller 5

As Sorok is woken up by the Dorn Dreamer, Gilian watches Anvinder with a half-puzzled, half bemused expression. "Your methods are strange but very efficient. He should not have woken up so quickly. How can you do that? And if I may, you were complaining about a lack of acknowledgment for your help before. Perhaps a more gentle touch would help that..."

She then moves down the tunnel to reach Chops and Pete. As the writing on the metal door does not mean anything to her, she calls back.

"Solvistania, Sorok, can you make anything of what's written on this door?"


Solvistania moves forward to examine the markings on the door, Knowledge Arcana 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (14) + 10 = 24, Spellcraft 1d20 + 12 ⇒ (3) + 12 = 15


male Dorn Barbarian 2, Spiritual Channeler 2

Seeing the the group is stopped on the landing below, Ragnar waits for a few moments, then looks at Ilona, then back down to the group. Something scrapes along the wall.

"Shhh." He hisses. "I can't hear what they're saying."

The noise doesn't quiet in the slightest, but his hood does tug itself back, pushed by some unseen hand. Ragnar grumbles and pulls it back up, then tries as best he can to crouch on the stairs to get a view of the wall blocking their way. After a brief struggle against his own height and the slant of the stairs, he grunts and leans to the side to get his head even lower for a better look.

His hood tugs itself even lower down his face, covering his eyes. He tries to push it back, but he tips as if pushed by something, overbalancing him just enough to trip him to the side and leave him sitting on the steps, his head lightly smacking the wall.

He stiffens, then sighs heavily.


Raven Spiritual Channeler 5

As Ragnar crouches Muni flits to Ilona's shoulder and watches the big Dorn's slow, comical motions and then his fall.

"Oh you've got to be kidding me..."

The raven ruffles his feathers and tucks his head under a wing, as if embarrassed for his master.


male Dorn Channeler 1 (spiritual)
Gilian wrote:

As Sorok is woken up by the Dorn Dreamer, Gilian watches Anvinder with a half-puzzled, half bemused expression. "Your methods are strange but very efficient. He should not have woken up so quickly. How can you do that? And if I may, you were complaining about a lack of acknowledgment for your help before. Perhaps a more gentle touch would help that..."

She then moves down the tunnel to reach Chops and Pete. As the writing on the metal door does not mean anything to her, she calls back.

"Solvistania, Sorok, can you make anything of what's written on this door?"

"For your people, yes, a gentle touch would do. For mine we are more stubern and need more rousing. His people... pointing to Sorok "deserve no better." Anvinder says his people with a sneer but talks to Gillian with respect.


Male Black Blood Dwarf Fighter 5

Nodding to the large Dorn, Sorok moves to the rusted slab and looks at the runes.
Knowledge Shadow: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

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Solvistania Elghreah wrote:
Solvistania moves forward to examine the markings on the door, Knowledge Arcana 1d20+10, Spellcraft 1d20+12

Solvistania:
It seems that the right sequence of words needs to be spoken in order for the metal to clear the path - a prayer to Izrador.

nightflier wrote:
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Nightflier

Spoiler:
Does she see any way to bypass the trigger for the prayer to Izrador? Not sure what effect that would have on us, or whether some in the group would object to uttering the prayer.
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Solvistania Elghreah wrote:
nightflier wrote:
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Nightflier ** spoiler omitted **

Solvistania:
Knock spell should open it. Or damage. Otherwise, it's time for a prayer.

"Unless one of you has has magic capable of bypassing the locks on this barrier, the only recourse I see is to either break this door down, or offers our prayers to the Shadow god.". You can tell by the tone of her voice, the first option is far preferable than the second.


male Dorn Barbarian 2, Spiritual Channeler 2

Is pete good enough to pick a magical lock yet if we give him time to Take 20?


male halfling rogue 1

Unless there's an actual lock or trap, that sort of thing usually falls under the heading of Use Magic Device, which Pete doesn't have.


Solvistania Elghreah wrote:
"Unless one of you has has magic capable of bypassing the locks on this barrier, the only recourse I see is to either break this door down, or offers our prayers to the Shadow god.". You can tell by the tone of her voice, the first option is far preferable than the second.

"Well I'm not praying to no shadow god, so here goes nothing. Ragnar, Sorok. You in?" Chops walks back about 15 feet from the door, turns around and runs at it. Then he leaps at it with a flying kick to the center of the rusted iron door.

I don't know if attack rolls are necessary to hit a door, but just in case...
Attack 1d20 + 8 ⇒ (10) + 8 = 18
damage 1d6 + 1d12 + 3 ⇒ (5) + (5) + 3 = 13


male Dorn Channeler 1 (spiritual)

Anvinder laughs "Yes, lets ask the black blood. He is bound to know several prayers, probably really good at them too."

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