"Well we've been looking for a way down and here one is, so down we go. Koridur would you like to lead the group for awhile? I've a feeling that soon I will not want to be in front."
"Does anyone know how long, if possible, it would take for a troll to regenerate from such a state?"
Mox's face screws up in concentration looking exasperated "uhm; twisted, wrongly, buckas bodo bag mojo"
Kurg sighs "he means some shiitee from another plane of Sheite, I can feel some shttt not far from here; down there <points down the stairs> something came through there, dont know what but rift in plane feels weak if not totally freaked; we could cross over there to...somewhere. I dont recommend it; we aint ready for that sht. On that note; anyone got magic weapons, we might need magic to put da hurt on these guys.
how bout you Honeybiscut <smiles through his tusks at Sunset> got some magic shttte to kill stuff or just pretty lights for night play. Weez guys been fighting demons a while; Priest Balfic told some s+&~tt to some who told me; some other planes mess with your shtte and you magic dont work there; weapons and armor specially; spells n that shttee work differnet, and that's about all I know of dat shiete
come on; lets hit somtin"
Gyldyr; did you ever fix your character sheet?
"Without researching or thinking about it for an hour, I'd say that the troll's blood and remains are too dispersed to do much of anything except smolder."
ok; some of this is up to other players; I dont really care if your higher level than everyone else if no one else has a problem with it, but just keep in mind you playing a + race added to class; so is higher level; what I dont understand looking at your character sheet is how many spells and of what level you can cast a day; your character sheet says your level three; does that mean a third level caster + your racial modifier or level three caster not counting your level modifiers. I know the books have all kinds of version of Drow with this and that and the other modifiers; so I am just calling drow like yours a +2 class; that gives you the dwarflike ground abilities and the racial spells; vision, sleep and charm resistance and so on.
so class 3 plus race 2 is 5 levels; so you will get exps at 5 level; considering an average goblin is half a level; not much exps there for a level 5 character; now; you can choose to buy off those racial character levels with experience, this goes for everyone, per the unearth arcana; it is something like basically every three levels you give up one level of exps; but I am flexible. So; if you wanted; you could buy off your plus two level race by keeping track of your exps; then when you would level; you dont level; but apply it to your racial characteristic; that way you wont be stuck at level 18 with a +2 race; where at higher levels the racial level doesnt mean that much ;buy off your levels; then you will level normally.
As GM; my focus is this; if I dont know what your casting and such abilities are; it is hard for me to make a scenario; I like to make some easy; some normal; and some hard, but hard for a level 2 character; which I think most people are; is not hard maybe for a level five and I have trouble with challenge rating for exps.
so, like I said; I dont have any issue with whatever level you are playing at; this is pretty much a 2-5 level dungeon in my mind; but I will give out exps in the next couple days as your going from one level of the dungeion to the next; so will give exps for the part of the level finished and I need to know your level that we agree on so I can give you the right number.
ok; on that note; I think things are going well and hope everyone is having a good time. You guys made piecemeal of my goblin commandoes on level one and more or less drew a tie with my forest goblins; that was level two entrance so level two will be a bit tougher :)
"How bout you Honeybiscut?" Kurg smiles through his tusks at Sunset, "Got some magic sh#t to kill stuff or just pretty lights for night play. Weez guys been fighting demons a while; Priest Balfic told some s@#&tt to some who told me; some other planes mess with your shtte and you magic don't work there; weapons and armour specially; spells n that shttee work different, and that's about all I know of dat shiete." Kurg huffs "Come on! lets hit somtin'!"
Desidera can hear Sunset's teeth grinding as the Orc again quips at the brown skinned Elf's name. Sunset bearely turns her head as she addresses Kurg.
"I 's gots practicable type magic. Nuthin' like a fancy t' do...." Sunset's voice trails off.
"Actually, now here's th' rub, I does have th' naffy gift from me Nunkle. So, yeah, I c'n swing a piece o' somat whut be magical, t' boot." She turns and smiles sweetly at Kurg.
"An' if ye keep tryin' t' wind me windlass, I won't be stoppin' at just swingen' th' piece at them's whut are havin' a go at us. Savvy?"
Sunset sags and her face falls at Desidera's admonish.
"I is sorry..." She says in a quiet voice. Sunset looks away, off into the rooms darkness.
Kurg roars in laughter; bit louder than the party would be comfortable with; but nobody ever touted the wisdom or intelligence or Orks.
"Have at my any time Me Honey Biscuit; just ta have you lookin at me serious would be worth da lumps n healin, yea have bewitched me Elf"
to Koridur; gleaming eyes still on Sunset
"nah, jus gots me axe, but ifn I fall, yea can have it n sht. Ifn weeze upon another; I votes yea have it, gobbys be all full o theivin; so likey thays got some things among der trashheap o shoit"
"I needs no bas tnges; juz lay me in da shade a bit wit some food n water, Ork strong; EE R'cover fast" beats his chest.
Mox whispers venemously "ifns yeez done wit yer courtin dance <spits> and yellowin all loudlike fer keen goblin ears ta hear, fools, lez be movin fa even a lazy git gets going fer smell o'fresh meat n treasure"
<looks a bit comical all of two feet high and full of vim and vinegar>
"How bout you Honeybiscut?" Kurg smiles through his tusks at Sunset, "Got some magic sh#t to kill stuff or just pretty lights for night play. Weez guys been fighting demons a while; Priest Balfic told some s@#&tt to some who told me; some other planes mess with your shtte and you magic don't work there; weapons and armour specially; spells n that shttee work different, and that's about all I know of dat shiete." Kurg huffs "Come on! lets hit somtin'!"Desidera can hear Sunset's teeth grinding as the Orc again quips at the brown skinned Elf's name. Sunset bearely turns her head as she addresses Kurg.
"I 's gots practicable type magic. Nuthin' like a fancy t' do...." Sunset's voice trails off.
"Actually, now here's th' rub, I does have th' naffy gift from me Nunkle. So, yeah, I c'n swing a piece o' somat whut be magical, t' boot." She turns and smiles sweetly at Kurg.
"An' if ye keep tryin' t' wind me windlass, I won't be stoppin' at just swingen' th' piece at them's whut are havin' a go at us. Savvy?"
Ok; using this marching order; and looked it up; as Mox and Gloisel are small and smaller; they can share the same square single file down the stairs.
You guys ready to proceed down the stairs.
lot of rubble and gross stuff on the stairs; unless you move very slow and carefully; will need a balance roll from everyone medium sized or larger; smalls roll also; but +2 to roll.
let me know how you proceed.
Sunset hangs her head meekly and follows along behind Desidera. Seeming quite cowed by the Clerics words of wisdom.
so; is everyone going to move at slow speed or will there be some balance rolls?
I'll head out in front as promised to Gloisil earlier. Even if I can't do harm without magical weapons, I can still block without magical armor.
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ok; some of this is up to other players; I dont really care if your higher level than everyone else if no one else has a problem with it, but just keep in mind you playing a + race added to class; so is higher level; what I dont understand looking at your character sheet is how many spells and of what level you can cast a day; your character sheet says your level three; does that mean a third level caster + your racial modifier or level three caster not counting your level modifiers. I know the books have all kinds of version of Drow with this and that and the other modifiers; so I am just calling drow like yours a +2 class; that gives you the dwarflike ground abilities and the racial spells; vision, sleep and charm resistance and so on.
so class 3 plus race 2 is 5 levels; so you will get exps at 5 level; considering an average goblin is half a level; not much exps there for a level 5 character; now; you can choose to buy off those racial character levels with experience, this goes for everyone, per the unearth arcana; it is something like basically every three levels you give up one level of exps; but I am flexible. So; if you wanted; you could buy off your plus two level race by keeping track of your exps; then when you would level; you dont level; but apply it to your racial characteristic; that way you wont be stuck at level 18 with a +2 race; where at higher levels the racial level doesnt mean that much ;buy off your levels; then you will level normally.
As GM; my focus is this; if I dont know what your casting and such abilities are; it is hard for me to make a scenario; I like to make some easy; some normal; and some hard, but hard for a level 2 character; which I think most people are; is not hard maybe for a level five and I have trouble with challenge rating for exps.
so, like I said; I dont have any issue with whatever level you are playing at; this is pretty much a 2-5 level dungeon in my mind; but I will give out exps in the next couple days as your going from one level of the dungeion to...
Ok; that sounds right; will check you alias after a bit give you time to update.
...ok; some of this is up to other players; I dont really care if your higher level than everyone else if no one else has a problem with it, but just keep in mind you playing a + race added to class; so is higher level; what I dont understand looking at your character sheet is how many spells and of what level you can cast a day; your character sheet says your level three; does that mean a third level caster + your racial modifier or level three caster not counting your level modifiers. I know the books have all kinds of version of Drow with this and that and the other modifiers; so I am just calling drow like yours a +2 class; that gives you the dwarflike ground abilities and the racial spells; vision, sleep and charm resistance and so on.
so class 3 plus race 2 is 5 levels; so you will get exps at 5 level; considering an average goblin is half a level; not much exps there for a level 5 character; now; you can choose to buy off those racial character levels with experience, this goes for everyone, per the unearth arcana; it is something like basically every three levels you give up one level of exps; but I am flexible. So; if you wanted; you could buy off your plus two level race by keeping track of your exps; then when you would level; you dont level; but apply it to your racial characteristic; that way you wont be stuck at level 18 with a +2 race; where at higher levels the racial level doesnt mean that much ;buy off your levels; then you will level normally.
As GM; my focus is this; if I dont know what your casting and such abilities are; it is hard for me to make a scenario; I like to make some easy; some normal; and some hard, but hard for a level 2 character; which I think most people are; is not hard maybe for a level five and I have trouble with challenge rating for exps.
so, like I said; I dont have any issue with whatever level you are playing at; this is pretty much a 2-5 level dungeon in my mind; but I will give out exps in the next couple days as your going from one level of
Ok; except for Koridur; 1000 for the parts of level one you completed as task bonus; Koridur; add 150 for your part.
the part decends at a slow pace, carefully picking their route, at the bottom of the stair is a built up region; a smashed armored gatehouse you must pass though as part of a normal guard checkpoint that probably normally housed a couple of soldiers at one time to monitor and operate the gates; but a fully armed gatehouse could probably hold 15 or so soldiers; parts of the stone here looks disolved, the gate smashed but strangely not by any axe or battering ram or claw marks; and the blood marks here are strangly faint; not the dark spots as you have seen earlier; this have been washed out or cleaned up or somethign; though there are no bodies here and the place looks smashed and looted and there is much goblinoid scrawl on the walls.
Mox looks at the walls; fails his poker face; chuckles.
"some havs strange humorish bone" he mutters.
The party is not yet through the gatehouse to the second level landing.
Sunset quickly and agily scampers through.
And she turns and helps others along.
"See Desidera? This be why wearin' pants be a good thing." She explains, helping the other woman with her skirts.
more likely, in her culture, she is wearing a skirt split up the center for riding
Sunset quickly and agily scampers through.
And she turns and helps others along.
"See Desidera? This be why wearin' pants be a good thing." She explains, helping the other woman with her skirts.
Gloisil doesn't mind about going slowly as they descend the stairs. When he hears about the weakness between the planes and the dangers there, he begins to wonder again why he was chosen and not some great hero to perform this task.
As the party approaches the gatehouse and gates, Gloisil wonders what could have done such great damage to the gates and gatehouse.
"What happened here? What could have done this?"
Gloisil searches his mind for any knowledge of what could have done this. If it was something magical or of nature, he may be able to discern what it was.
Before making his way through the rubble of the gate, Gloisil stops to see if he or his owl can detect anything about.
you dont see or hear anything that catches your eye, you cant think of anything that could melt stone like that and not leave a burn mark, never heard of an acid that would be effective against stone in an assault as they work far to slowly; troll stomach acid maybe; but this much?
Koridur gazes through the junk and peers up and down the walls for any clue as to what happened here.
SPOT: 1d20+1 (+2 to notice unusual stonework)
Keeping an ear out, he listens for any coming dangers.
LISTEN: 1d20+1
Gloisil
with Hoot's keen senses added to your own stonework and arcane knowlege and the idea of planular weakness; it is your opinion an elemental did this; a big one. it seems to fit the clues though you dont recall anytime goblins used them; but the roving warband of Chaos that have many magic users
Gloisil doesn't mind about going slowly as they descend the stairs. When he hears about the weakness between the planes and the dangers there, he begins to wonder again why he was chosen and not some great hero to perform this task.
As the party approaches the gatehouse and gates, Gloisil wonders what could have done such great damage to the gates and gatehouse.
"What happened here? What could have done this?"
Gloisil searches his mind for any knowledge of what could have done this. If it was something magical or of nature, he may be able to discern what it was.
Before making his way through the rubble of the gate, Gloisil stops to see if he or his owl can detect anything about.
"This looks to be the work of elemental forces that broke down this gate and gatehouse, if my guess is correct. Although I don't ever recall goblins using elementals or them ever working together.
The elementals could have been summoned by the magic users in the armies of Chaos. I'm not getting a good feeling about this situation and it's getting worse by the minute."
Gloisil then follows Sunset through the rubble and onward.
Keep in mind all this damage is months to years old; the Emperors forces have mostly driven out the Chaos Horde; though some pockets remain and some hide and so raids and some are in low priority and tough to crack pockets like this one.
"This looks to be the work of elemental forces that broke down this gate and gatehouse, if my guess is correct. Although I don't ever recall goblins using elementals or them ever working together.
The elementals could have been summoned by the magic users in the armies of Chaos. I'm not getting a good feeling about this situation and it's getting worse by the minute."
Gloisil then follows Sunset through the rubble and onward.
As Gloisil makes his way through the ruined gate he says, "Well let's see what's ahead of us now?"
Once past the gate he looks around to see what is beyond the gate. He also talks quitely to his owl Hoot, asking him to watch and listen for anything that may be out in the darkness beyond.
Sunset pads along quietly, still reassuringly holding her friend's hand.
Though her X-Bow is nestled in the crook of her other arm as well...
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Koridur steps with all the stability his stubby legs can muster. As he treads through the debris he can only think of the desecrated anvil. He will get his revenge. He can feel a bead of sweat begin to roll down his temple under his helmet as they continue their descent.
Koridur keeps an eye out for anything suspicious on the way down.
SPOT
ok; the next room is a large room; about 80x80 that has a large destoyed, but once fortified door to the left and one same condition to the right; this tower gate would have looked out into this room; this entire room is blood besmattered, but few other grizzly reminders still exist; there is trash and refuse from broken carts and vendors; there is also a hallway straight accross that is open with a smaller hallway; Gyldry -this is the source of the water.
no threats or things of obvious interest unless your a military or investigative type and want to try to figure out how the place was sieged and stormed; but that would take a while.
At the mention of water; several of you lick your lips suddenly thirsty after climbing down nearly a hundred stairs.
Sunset indeed perks up at Gyldyr's pointer to water. She skips off, dragging Desidera along, her eagerness seeing to banish any fears and dispel any fatigue.
"C'm-ON! Some water t' be splashin' about in!" She whispers, almost sounding excited.
There is 80ft to cross this room ;then a short 20 foot open hall; then ahead you see a 40x40 room with a 20x20 circular pool of water that is of smashed mosaic tile and once had a decorative fountain.
unless your running; you will not make it to the water pool in one round; are you entering the room; is Desidera or anyone else going with her flight of fancy hehe which lifts the gloom of the sheer violence that once happened at this hall/stair strong point.
Unless your running; you will not make it to the water pool in one round; are you entering the room. Is Desidera or anyone else going with her flight of fancy (hehe) which lifts the gloom of the sheer violence that once happened at this hall/stair strong point.
Sunset, with her small globes of bobbing eldritch light, jauntily skips towards the pool. her training and skills learn upon the wooden decks of ships ad around the shores of the sea have her bare feet delicately.
The brown skinned Elf's eyes seem drawn to the flickering reflections of the water's surface. The rooms surroundings ignored or forgotten. All the while tugging Desidera along by the hand.
Gloisil also thinks of how nice it would be to get a drink of some fresh water and fill his waterskin. He enters the room a bit more cautiously and looks about as he heads in the direction of the water source.
As he enters into the large room he says, "Sunset, you may want to wait until we check the water before taking a drink of it, one of the sides involved in the battle here may have done something to taint it."
As Gloisil moves carefully through the large room, he and Hoot continue to look around. At his urging with such a large area to fly in, Hoot spreads his wings and flies around the room as Gloisil walk towards the other side.
As he enters into the large room he says, "Sunset, you may want to wait until we check the water before taking a drink of it, one of the sides involved in the battle here may have done something to taint it."
At her friend's words, Sunset stops and blinks as if awakening from a dream. She stares around at the darkened room, seeming to become aware of her surroundings for the first time.
"But...but it looks s' nice...an' sparkles so..." She says softly, even as her eyes seem drawn back to the flickering surface of the water.
as the party filters into the room; two long tendrils and one stout fist rise out out of the sparkling water.
roll initiatives; party is not surprised but the creature has a small edge on initative.
Sunset stares at what rises from the water. Then tilts her head,
"That en't right..."
"Here, that's..."
<shadows thrown by Sunset spell seem to gather around Kurg>
Kurg
Mox chitters and squeals a bit and hops around in the hallway.
Mox