ok; that is Cera, she is not evil; just way beyond insane. Some say it is her sword that does it; but my sister said she was way warped and insane way before she obtained that sword.
anyone else doing anything with their familiars or doing any other actions?
the psi crystal goes down the path, but I need range info before I can respond further.
What was that Kalona, who must be them and what must they bring?I was just wondering who would show up next. This group is very different from what I am use too and the beliefs that fly in the face of reality will undoubtably make for quite a bit of entertainment. I just thought that such a group would encounter all sorts of unusual things or even the usual things and see them different. So I was wondering who we would encounter next and what sort of dynamic that being would bring that would affect this group. And here we have a fight up ahead.
I believe we should go the opposite way of the fighting. Don't assume everything fighting the undead is our ally. While the undead prey on the living. There are creatures that prey on the living and the undead alike. Carrion feeders.
Thank you Namaste.
[ooc] Do I recognize what breed of spiders are beside us?
just common house spiders; brown ones; maybe so daddy long legs; lots of roaches; few rats eyeing you...
I believe we should go the opposite way of the fighting. Don't assume everything fighting the undead is our ally. While the undead prey on the living. There are creatures that prey on the living and the undead alike. Carrion feeders.
"I dont really assume, I was just following Namaste's logic. Carrion feeders? mmm, some are quite tastee."
"As I mentioned, whoever is fighting them is speaking in a language, I just cant understand them yet. So its pretty likely they have some level of intelligence."
Well, being the curious type and certainly not willing to let the familiars have all the fun, I will fly over there and take a peak but avoid going in the room.
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ok; you do a half move and fly down the hall at the T in the direction of sounds; they have stopped (the sounds) but you can see a bluish green light up ahead; assuming you continue with another half move for a full round; you have traveled 80' and are 20 ft from the opening of a room; you can see in 20 ft; and see a couple very chopped up zombies and a smashed skeleton; you can also see the start of a few tables that have been overturned and lots of smashed glass and tubes and various fluids; smells caustic and highly flamable.
you hear a door close; but not hard; with your listen and taking a 10.
what do you do?
what does the rest of hte party do this round?
dc to hear door shut at the party; listen 24.
I understand avoiding a unneccessary fight, but I like to know what is behind me.
I was wondering; I kept smelling the Infernal realm; thought it was that room or something in it; I didnt realize our now proclaimed leader is guided by the Infernal realm; hmm; how do you feel about that my Mage Hero Kenembi?
Kemnebi looks flustered at the question, and looks around, as if seeking help. But even Nebibit provides no escape. He clears his throat softly, and self-consciously.
"I think,..." He answers softly, "That anyone, or anything, that tries to take advantage of Namaste had better watch himself. No matter how dangerous or clever he is."
A grim grin creeps onto his features. "And if this journey proves as fruitful as it has so far, I shall amass a wealth of knowledge that will provide the mystic means to protect her from any that mean her harm. Be it divine or demonic,..." He mutters softly, barely loud enough for June to hear,...
Do you even know who the Chancellor of Hell is; he pretty much rules the 9th Plane of hell; not and island; not a city; an entire plane; do you understand my cat friend? Namaste might be a Hero in her own right; but the Chancellor does not stay on top in his position without some serious power, authority, and political skills honed over thousands of years.
Oh; sorry; from 20ft back you can see 40 ft in the room; you can tell the room is vast and is not a cave; you cannot see the other side and it appears offset from the hallways you are in. You can see several upturned tables; dead ghouls; zombies, skeletons and a few dead humans types you do not recongise; they wear chain and have bear skins and steel weapons; look tribal but not like your homeland. There is lots of blood and necromantic fluid and junk everywhere. the approx number of bodies you can see in the first 40 ft is about 15; 4 of them are the barbarians i described.
you can also hear the grinding of machinery, not that you know what that is; but sounds like large deep grinding noises; rattling of chains and such; not very loud as if they are well greased.
the psicrystal is not as fast as you are and is behind you still coming your way. <still need info on its range once again please>
Kenembi; where is your familiar? you carrying it or is it walking?
Fystor's spell and any others end.
Oh; sorry; from 20ft back you can see 40 ft in the room; you can tell the room is vast and is not a cave; you cannot see the other side and it appears offset from the hallways you are in. You can see several upturned tables; dead ghouls; zombies, skeletons and a few dead humans types you do not recongise; they wear chain and have bear skins and steel weapons; look tribal but not like your homeland. There is lots of blood and necromantic fluid and junk everywhere. the approx number of bodies you can see in the first 40 ft is about 15; 4 of them are the barbarians i described.
you can also hear the grinding of machinery, not that you know what that is; but sounds like large deep grinding noises; rattling of chains and such; not very loud as if they are well greased.
the psicrystal is not as fast as you are and is behind you still coming your way. <still need info on its range once again please>
If I dont see anything, I will make like a bird for a bit to wait on the psycrystal (disguise roll: 10 +18...big bonus for being a bird) then move over to the opening and take a look there. I will arrange to have a held action, if something comes at me I will fly back.
;)
Kemnebi blinks, and looks chagrined by June's response.
"Yes, of course. I was,... I'm preoccupied. I know of the Chancellor, if only by reputation. " He mutters in response. He bites his lip on any further response and looks down the hallway, waiting for a signal from Namaste or the raven,...
Preoccupied? <she moves closer to Kenembi, face to face and whispers>
What is on your mind and in your heart; burdens are best shared.
<begins humming a little ditty; perhaps it is nervousness>
<begins humming a little ditty; perhaps it is nervousness>
Are you alright Lady March?
Preoccupied? <she moves closer to Kenembi, face to face and whispers>
** spoiler omitted **
Kemnebi sniffs appreciatively, then starts slightly. Namaste hears an almost audible mental 'clang' as Kemnebi's thoughts go silent.
"Nothing." He whispers back huskily. "At least, nothing I can deal with right now. I'll be glad to talk about it, later. Mind your step." He says the last aloud, taking her elbow with one hand and guiding her past a rough spot on the floor.
I was wondering; I kept smelling the Infernal realm; thought it was that room or something in it; I didnt realize our now proclaimed leader is guided by the Infernal realm; hmm; how do you feel about that my Mage Hero Kenembi?
"I am not guided by the infernal realm. I owe no particular fealty or homage to it. There was no soul pact, no contract signed. We have simply agreed not to interfere in each others' efforts to achieve this particular goal, and to aid each other when we must."
the psicrystal is not as fast as you are and is behind you still coming your way. <still need info on its range once again please>
"I dont really assume, I was just following Namaste's logic.
"I think perhaps you misunderstood my logic. Not everything that opposes the undead is necessarily our ally. Nor do I believe we share goals in common with the Devils other than this one. My logic is simply that the Chancellor has promised to refrain from interfering in our quest, and may even provide some aid if and when his forces and ours find ourselves fighting the same foe. And if the Bone Devil of which Jewel speaks acts directly against us, then it could be construed as a violation of the Chancellor's terms, which would likely not sit well with him. I am no expert on things infernal, but I do know that as loathe as they are to give their word, they are even more loathe to break it, as the consequences of doing so are reputedly dire.
So no, whatever is engaging the undead in that room is not necessarily our friend."
"I dont really assume, I was just following Namaste's logic."I think perhaps you misunderstood my logic. Not everything that opposes the undead is necessarily our ally. Nor do I believe we share goals in common with the Devils other than this one. My logic is simply that the Chancellor has promised to refrain from interfering in our quest, and may even provide some aid if and when his forces and ours find ourselves fighting the same foe. And if the Bone Devil of which Jewel speaks acts directly against us, then it could be construed as a violation of the Chancellor's terms, which would likely not sit well with him. I am no expert on things infernal, but I do know that as loathe as they are to give their word, they are even more loathe to break it, as the consequences of doing so are reputedly dire.
So no, whatever is engaging the undead in that room is not necessarily our friend."
"Namaste, I have little knowledge of religion, however, I have had certain things taught to me at length about the various powers. One of which is that they are always true to their nature. An archdevil is unquestionably evil, everything they do, every time they act, every agreement they make, every aid they give, everything is evil. That is their existance, its what they are. No good every comes from dealing with a devil, ever. And any agreement made with one, regardless of the reasons is evil. They are not human, not mortal and do not in anyway think like one. They are the very essence of evil."
"This 'agreement', to a devil may very well be a contract. In fact it would not surprise me at all, if such a creature had someone not viewable there taking every word down and the devil himself probably knows 1000s of ways to utilize this agreement for the evil he wishes to perpetuate without breaking a single rule or stipulation."
"In fact, I suspect that while they used the word 'goal' it was not in anyway the same as what you interpreted it to be. I would guess that the situation he wishes is mearly to be the one that comes out in the best position when playing the game. Whether the sun is stolen or not is utterly irrelvant, whether other beings are destroyed, completely meaningless and whether this group succeeds or not is trivial as long as in the end, his manuevering is superior to all else."
"There is no gaurantee that he will not cause issues with the group. Depending on his view for instance, he could consider some members of the group 'interfering with the quest' and use this bone devil in order to remove them from the game and hence 'aid' the quest. Of course he might also be interested in removing the bone devil and thus utilized this as a means to take action against it. The possibilities are quite extensive. Which of course makes for a fun game."
"So through your involvement with this devil it undoubtably casts its evil shadow over the group...I wonder what we will do, should be pretty exciting though."
pauses
"Still, I do wonder who is fighting the skeletons, after all, I did not see anyone pass this way before us. If not an ally, are they a foe, hmmm...I wonder how one does determine an ally."
The distance of the opening to the room down the hall where the sounds came from is 100 ft.
the psicrystal is not as fast as you are and is behind you still coming your way. <still need info on its range once again please>
Namaste; I assume your psi cryatal companion goes to the entrance; I am not sure if it can do two actions a round or like skeletons only one; so will assume it goes 20 a round and continues to the entrance.
Kaloni; while waiting for the psi crystal to catch up; you hear a low verbal grunt; and the sound of armor and the clunk on metal on stone; heavy footsteps then you see a dwarf in plate armor; heavy sheild and a hammer that has a axe on one side and hammer (that glows yellow dimly) on the other squat near a barbarian and check him; closes the barbarians eyes and says in dwarven "aye; yea fought well lad"; then he puts the guys hands on his chest with they guys weapon under them and does this quickly for all the barbarians; (4) he pours oil on them; and some gems and gold; he then pulls out a box with runes.
at this time the psi crystal and you are at the entrance; he doesnt appear to either notice or care; he says queitly in Dwarven:
"Uller, you sent them; I send them back; the Good fight they fought. Dumathion, guide these boys who are heroes who fought in your honor back to their realm; I carry on alone until the other awakes in your service"
he puts the box on the barbarians and begins running very fast toward you guys and that hallway; the armor doesnt seem to slow him at all and his heavy footsteps strike heavily.
Namaste: though you are out of range to see; the Psi Crystal tells you; "untold number of dead bodies; one heavily armored dwarf coming your way fast after some funeral prayer; has same symbol of a heavy guantlet clutching a purple stone that the dwarven priest outside had."
What do the psi crystal and Kaloni do?
What do the psi crystal and Kaloni do?
I 'start' like any good bird would do and flee back towards the group. As I am fleeing I will call out directed at Namaste...
"Kaw, Kaw... um, I mean ack, a burning of the dead ritual is underway, and its going to be a flashy one."
The party hears Kalona caw and the heavy thump and jingle of armored feet running towards the T where the party awaits; those looking around at the T see nothing notworthy or of interest.
Kalona comes into site first 40ft away from the party; the heavy trodden boots not far behind materializing into a heavily armed and armored dwarf running at top speed about 20ft behind Kalona; and I am assuming the psicryal is moving so it is 20 ft behind the dwarf and going top speed.
Kalona
you hear the dwarf counting as he runs fairly silently to himself; 5, 4, 3
any who speak dwarf; using your hearing rolls pick up his counting; 2, 1.
Kalona, having given the party warning; avoid surprize rolls so everyone can now go on thier initiative to make an action.
so; lets start at the top; we have already rolled them so here we go.
Oh Crap its a dwarf; bigger crap he lit a bomb
<flies left and away from the dwarf down the unexplored hallway>
so; lets start at the top; we have already rolled them so here we go.
My init was an 11, however, I also reserved an action. Not sure how that plays out. But this is my intent whenever my turn comes up.
Mental command to skeletons (I beleive the range is 60', so whenever I got in range). Go back up the hall we came down 20' and wait. I dont recall, but I think that hallway was farther than 20', if not, then I send them to the limit without crossing back into the room.
No attack/defend orders are issued, I dont want them to cause an issue and as far as I know its all friendlies in the area.
I will zip around the corner to meet up with the middle one and watch the spectacle from there. Moving as fast as I can and still make the turn (40' is my normal speed, run is 4x so 160' max--I think that still applies to flying).
Damn. Okay people lets move!
Run lasses and lads!
ok; the starting place; astinos is out front so he can see both ways down the T intersection.
the first rank of characters is in the last place of the hallway out of the room you left; that hall is 80ft long; the party extends back 35 ft.
Ok; revamp; with running; the dwarf would jog 60ft out of room as the Psicrystal and Kalona figure out whats up; Kalona has half action at that point so flys back; can be up to 120 for jog flight speed; I dont really have peeps get up to run or sprint speed in half a round; but that is just me as gm; so the Kalona can easily get back to the party and give the message about hte fire; in that round the dwarf can move 80ft getting him 5ft from astinos; when he says " 1"
everyone has a quick action before the result and can move 10ft unless they have acrobatics, tumbling or some other quick action move.
ok; the starting place; astinos is out front so he can see both ways down the T intersection.
the first rank of characters is in the last place of the hallway out of the room you left; that hall is 80ft long; the party extends back 35 ft.
Ok; revamp; with running; the dwarf would jog 60ft out of room as the Psicrystal and Kalona figure out whats up; Kalona has half action at that point so flys back; can be up to 120 for jog flight speed; I dont really have peeps get up to run or sprint speed in half a round; but that is just me as gm; so the Kalona can easily get back to the party and give the message about hte fire; in that round the dwarf can move 80ft getting him 5ft from astinos; when he says " 1"
everyone has a quick action before the result and can move 10ft unless they have acrobatics, tumbling or some other quick action move.
No problem, 80' down the hall, hang a turn-call it 10' and 20' down the original hall still gives me 20' to spare. So stick with original idea. Move the skeletons to meet me back there.
everyone has a quick action before the result and can move 10ft unless they have acrobatics, tumbling or some other quick action move.
My partial action is to chug my potion of enlarge, allowing me to take up a 10'space, shield in front to provide cover for those behind me, attempting to keep as much of the blast from the others a possible.
"Athena be my strength.....Get down!!!!"
[ooc]Adjust action, if this is a fireball I am immune because of my sword, else I have fire resistance 15 because of my armor. if it is not fire,than I will dive for cover.
Seeing everyone dive for cover and the cry of bomb Nebibit will do her duty by tackling Kemnebi and trying to shield his body with her own.
Str check (if needed)
The dusty dwarf waits out the explosion, Stands up and proclaims "Uller take you into his mead hall, Rest now my comrades, rest." He looks around at the cowering mass of dusty non-dwarfs and grips his axe and proclaims to them All "Friend or foe and be quick about answering."
you have no prior knowledge of what it will be; I need to know if you dive or not; if your going to wait a few seconds to see what comes; then that will be reflected in your reflex save unless you take cover in this few seconds of action.
[ooc]Adjust action, if this is a fireball I am immune because of my sword, else I have fire resistance 15 because of my armor. if it is not fire,than I will dive for cover.
so you stop right before the T intersection?
The dusty dwarf waits out the explosion, Stands up and proclaims "Uller take you into his mead hall, Rest now my comrades, rest." He looks around at the cowering mass of dusty non-dwarfs and grips his axe and proclaims to them All "Friend or foe and be quick about answering."
Namaste; I guess Llvenoc is trying to be heroic <hehe and sexist>; if you want to dive for cover with him let me know; if your resisting please make a strength check and a reflex roll.
Llevenoc; you have to roll to grab Namaste; if she isnt resisting that just need a 10; if she is; then she gets dex but can attack you per the rules.
this is just game mechanics.
Nebinit, what is the str roll for? you could easily back up down the hall towards Decidio and those behind you; this hallway is 15' wide so there is lots of squeeze room.
Friend x2; once in Dwarven; once in Scandanavian
Friend x2; once in Dwarven; once in Scandanavian
Friend <dwarven>
hah; a loudmouthed dwarf; I heard of this sort of idiotic thing from Kojan; you must be a relative.
<hehe glad you could make it; the good old freind or foe is back hehe - gm chuckles>
<Kosan; you can make a general knowledge roll; after you see this pip squeek drow chick in the back of the group about 25 ft from you around the corner; you have a pretty good idea any girl drow with a mask on and the snear of her speach patterns and being abit extra short has to be a family member of Akeiko. But maybe its that Lori you heard of as she was a female drow who lives in the Holy Cities with a bunch of paladins; at it is pretty obvious that this guy right in front of you is a Paladin; you can feel his aura.
Astinos, just a couple game mechanics <for everyone to read>:
to drink a potion as a quick action it has to be in your hand or in a sheild sling or in a spring loaded pommel of your weapon or some such thing that says you can do a potion as a quick action; do you have one? some peeps do.
second; almost all potions take a d4 rounds to take effect; heals being among the exceptions. I am not sure if 3.5 has this as a rule; but it is an old rule and I still use it. There are of few of these things we will discover as we go along; thanks for your patience.
you can change your action if you like to brace with your sheild against the wall near Nebibit; just make a str check; the blast is going to be like a bull rush of wind; fire, that sort of thing.
Kosan; need a str roll to avoid bull rush.
psi crystal and Falco need str checks to avoid bull rush, but with their tiny stature and little mass....yikes.
ok; you guys hear a dull Boom in the distance; then a secondary huge boom and rush of air blows against your faces.
coming down the hall is massive green firewall; fire and the mixed chemicals from the laboratory. Also tables; chairs; glass and the like all mixed in.
it will get here right after your quick actions.
Kosan; that second boom is a surprize and much much bigger than your little box of boom. This big badda boom :)
would look great on film.
Kemnebi Blinks as shouts begin,...
"Down?"
Then when Nebibit turns and throws herself towards him,...
"Oh, DOWN!" He turns and flings himself to the ground with Nebibit, making a hasty grab for May and June as he does so,...