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The skeleton is down to 19hp before Harsk's Aoothe owlbear skeleton takes another swipe at Arius, but misses with both claws. unfortunately the bite connects 6 damage. The bone snake continues to sway, while the second one slithers up to the doorway next to it Thanks heavens for long rooms.

Anju swings her staff at the snake that is swaying.

Anju Attack
1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9
1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17

Damage
1d6 ⇒ 2
1d6 ⇒ 5

I'm saying goodbye to internet service later this month, thanks for the game!

Who is that? Is that Keth?

Arius Pelgane wrote:

Arius begins a long incantation.

Unfortunately it's one round to cast, but I can do it at close range.

The Skeleton goes after Arius accepting all AoO (Branham, Anju, Wolf, Harsk) if it survives these (30 HP + DR), it will attack Arius again.

1d20 + 9

1d6 + 5

The bone snake that had attacked arius starts swaying back and forth as a cobra does in front of a snake charmer anyone able to see the entrance to D6 from where you are (after Branahm's initiative sport (thats where the snake is), roll a will save DC 11 or be dazed for 2d4 rounds

Tikaani's AoO

Damage
1d6 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 1 = 5

Arius Pelgane wrote:

Arius begins a long incantation.

Unfortunately it's one round to cast, but I can do it at close range.

The Skeleton goes after Arius accepting all AoO (Branham, Anju, Wolf, Harsk) if it survives these (30 HP + DR), it will attack Arius again.

1d20 + 9

1d6 + 5

The bone snake that had attacked arius starts swaying back and forth as a cobra does in front of a snake charmer anyone able to see the entrance to D6 from where you are (after Branahm's initiative sport (thats where the snake is), roll a will save DC 11 or be dazed for 2d4 rounds

Anju's AoO

Damage
1d6 ⇒ 1

Initiative
1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

Anju will hold any action and see how the derro reacts. If possible she will help Arius to talk the creature down as he doesn't seem to be taking aggressive action. She'll even tell Liz not to attack if that is the case.

Elizabeth's eyes go wide as she reaizes the trap has already been sprung and is preparing to go off.

Quickly she yells a warning to the others and races across the room as fast as she can. "Guys... you need to move it now... like yesterday move it."

Moving to the doorway at D7 and bursting through the door (if it is unlocked), Caress in hand and ready for a fight if it comes.

Anju, not knowing exactly what is going on, follows Liz to the doorway ordering Tikaani to follow.

"What next? I say to track it, but to proceed with caution."

Anju nods to Arius "I agree, it looks fresh. Who wants to lead the way?" If nobody else moves Anju will begin following the trail with Tikaani.

Eric Zylstra wrote:

'Saright. But if you're bogged down for an extended period, please put a note up on the OOC thread.

Sorry guys, I've been sick the past 3-4 days should have a post tonight

Oh nos! Don't tell me you got the swine!

If we can't track them should we just move to the next room?

Hoskuld swings wildly in the dark, trying to connect with his foe. The beast is here somvhere, kill it!

OOC: Are we on the next round now? If soon my turn:
Using blind fighting(roll to hit twice), high roll to hit1d100, 1d100
Attack 1d20+8 Damage: 2d4+8

I think the fight is over. Right?

Branham hits the already injured stirge directly, killing it. The other flys quickly towards anju, trying to land on her (she swats it away first).

as Hoskuld runs after the humanoid, it spreads its arms and plunges the room into darkness again. luckily for Hoskuld, it doesn't have time to move and is still hit by his massive weapoon

Anju swats at the Stirge with her staff.

Attack
1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16
1d20 + 4 ⇒ (6) + 4 = 10

Damage
1d6 ⇒ 4
1d6 ⇒ 3

Initiative Roll
1d20 + 4 ⇒ (2) + 4 = 6

Anju examines the creatures trying to determine what they are and how to defeat them.

Knowledge Nature
1d20 + 6 ⇒ (10) + 6 = 16

"Well, at least it was not a total loss."

Arius casts a spell. Prestidigitation All of the blood and muck covering him drips off onto the floor, leaving him clean and minty fresh.

"Everyone, let me clean you off too, or the butcher's shop smell will announce our presence to anything with a working nose."

Welcome back, flash.

Anju gladly takes Arius up on his offer for his spell. "Thank you, I really needed that!"

She nods at Rheticus, "Yes, let's move forward here, more specifically OUT of this vile pit!" She beckons the group to follow her through the passage leading to the next room (D5 on the map).

With noticeable distaste, Arius helps in Rheticus's more thorough search.

Here are lots o' Aids for Perception:
1d20+3
1d20+3
1d20+3
1d20+3
1d20+3

No joy for the first one, but try one or two more times.

Anju looks rather faint but says weakely "I suppose I can help with this as well..."

Aid Another
1d20 + 8 ⇒ (4) + 8 = 12

Hoskuld's swing downs the creature. Looking down, you notice that the 'trash' you are wading through are actually body parts or various humaniods

Again, sorry guys.... I ment to update a few times, and work got in the way each time.

Anju gets rather squimish when she notices the body parts all around "Ew, Ew, EW!! This is a lot worse than I would have imagined, I hope we don't have to stay long in this defiled place!"

Some research that I found on this spell if it matters:

Only creatures are entangled by the entangle spell but why is this so? What keeps plants enchanted by this spell from entangling each other and creating a field of knotted foliage? Well, after a bit of research, I learned that the spell compels plants to entangle anything other than non-sentient plants. With a bit of tweaking, a spellcaster can camouflage herself and possibly other creatures and thus be unaffected by the spell.

With a successful Spellcraft check (DC 16), you can alter your aura to appear as a normal plant for purposes of the entangle spell. For every additional creature you wish to cloak, add +1 to the Spellcraft DC. This can only be done while the spell is being cast. For the duration of the spell, successful use of this spell secret makes the affected creatures immune to your entangle spell.

Eric Zylstra wrote:

Anju's Entangle spell has piqued my curiosity about several questions:

(1) Does Entangle create vegetation where none is apparent? If so, it becomes much more useful in urban environments.

(2) Are the PCs (and the owlbear) in the 40' radius of effect?

(3) Does an Entangle spell constitute an act that "threatens" the owlbear? This would break Arius' spell over it.

If (2) and (3) apply, this combat is going to get more interesting for us.

hmmm... I missed this post initially... I'll look into that... but i'm sure there are some sickly plants that were in the stomachaches of the dead bodies.. it gives them magic to sustain the quick growth, so the seeds should be all thats needed

The spell doesn't actually require plants all the time, I was actually thinking about the roots of plants that we might find underground. As for the owlbear, I forgot about him...I'm not sure how it would effect him because it doesn't do any damage and he can still attack if he is in range. Also, I believe you can limit how much it spreads because I've seen druids use this spell in the past without it hindering the party. It would make a battle difficult if all of your party members were getting entangled during a battle because you cast a spell that keeps grabbing them =p

"Have no fear, we can ensnare him!" Rheticus cries as he tosses another net into the dirt. ranged touch1d20=8 huh, so much for the nets!

Rheticus' face falls when he misses again.
"But...that wasn't supposed to happen! "

Anju looks over at Rheticus after hsi second attempt at netting the beast. "If you want to hold him down, let's do it the right way!"

Anju casts Entangle on the beast causing roots to come up and grab him.

Anju wrote:

Using the Spell "Speak With Animals" Anju tries asking the rat about its captors and why they were here.

I'm perfectly fine with that marching order Arius

The rat doesn't tell you much, other than it's hurt and scared... and it lived in these catecombs all of its life

Anju gives the rat some of her rations and coaxes it into her pack.

I want a pet rat! I could actually use him.

it appears that this is where the two derro that attacked you came from, and that the thunderstone interrupted their needlessly complex and cruel game using a rat, a maze, handfuls of stones marked with numbers, a hammer, and a pair of pliers.... There is nothing in the staw pallets, and nothing of real value on the table, there is a wounded rat in the maze, and 3 dead ones on the floor next to the table.

Following the group sees the Derros grimey quarters as well. She is saddened by the maltreatment of the rats. She tries to scoop the wounded rat out of the maze.

Handle Animal
1d20+2 -> [18,2] = (20)

Using the Spell "Speak With Animals" Anju tries asking the rat about its captors and why they were here.

I'm perfectly fine with that marching order Arius

That roll that Tikaani made was his init btw. Sorry, I forgot to label it. Anju and the wolf are not effected by the Darkness spell I take it.

Basically these things are dwarves gone drow!

Anju will do a full attack on the closest derro with her staff.

Attack
1d20+5 -> [20+5] = (25)
1d20+5 -> [15+5] = (20)

Confirm Crit
1d20+5 -> [13+5] = (18)

Damage (with Crit)
1d6 -> [5] = [5x2] = (10)
1d6 -> [1] = (1)

Damage (no Crit)
1d6 -> [5] = (5)
1d6 -> [1] = (1)

:-) Poor Anju--lost in an alien society without help for her polymorphed boyfriend. Arius will wipe away a tear of sympathy.

Cap seems busy, albeit understandably so. Keepiru, if you're still up for running the first rounds and know where the derro stats are (or want to pull suitable ones from the monster manual), I'd say roll initiative and go for it.

Hehe, wouldn't that be an odd plot twist, the wolf is really my character's long lost boyfriend =p

Cap should be back in here by tomorrow. He was away until last weekend.

The 'Cap wrote:

You have about one more round to talk before you see more 'friends' comming from the crawlspace Liz found. I'll update with that soon

I was wrong it wasn't the crawlspace...after one round..

2 short humaniods with ebony skin and white hair come running at you from the main entrance, screaming. One carries a hammer, while the other grabbed a short sword.

init? if someone feels up to running the battle and playing it, these are derro, if not I'll try to get online tonight or tomorrow

Just as Anju lowers her guard to the newcomers she hears the 2 creatures approaching.

Initiative
1d20+4 -> [13+4] = (17)

All Cap is saying

Is give peace a chance! ;-)

I don't want to go into initiative either. Arius pulled out his wand as an logical precaution, but he's not going to use it once he sees that the new PCs look nothing like (a) undead or (b) the party's quarry.

Of course, now Arius has to explain why he's being followed by an owlbear skeleton. [Force Persuasion] "This is not the necromancer you are looking for." [/Force Persuasion]

Haha. Yeah, don't worry about init. I don't intend to fight them either, I cast a spell that does no real damage for roleplaying and hopefully some comic effect =p

Rheticus throws the thunderstone down the trap door and into the caverns under the graveyard, which hits the stairs about 20 ft away with a loud BANG Anju and Takaani need to make fort saves. Everyone can hear it loud and clear (even if your dice hate you).

Anju Fortitude Save

Tikaani Fortitude Save
1d20+(5)=7

Anju goes over to the stares and looks through the trap door angrily casting Gust Of Wind at what she thinks are grave robbers.

Trying to either startle them or make them lose their footing so they fall into the hole.

Anju decides she better check out the passageway for herself as well as the group descends. "Is there someone else in these catacombs?" she thinks to herself as she listens.

Perception Check
1d20+8 -> [16+8] = (24)

Branahm parries the blow with his shield.

He's at least AC 16 (at L2, he had scale + medium shield), but I think that he upgraded to chain or banded. I'll check when I get home.

On Anju's turn she'll launch another stone at the nearest skeleton.

Attack Roll
1d20+5 -> [8+5] = (13)

Damage
1d4 -> [3] = (3)

Anju flings another bullet at one of the remaining skeletons' heads.

Attack Roll
1d20+5 -> [17+5] = (22)

Damage
1d4 -> [4] = (4)

OK, since its been 3 days and no one but Liz mentioned doing anything...

As Liz gets to the center of the room, a great rustling can be heard from the two pits, as you watch the bones get up and start walking towards her - you count 6 human skeletons to the west, and a large animal skeleton to the East (Liz and anyone else who got a 20+ on the last check can act on the surprise round, anyone with knowledge nature or knowledge dungeoneering would know on a 10 or better that the animal skeleton is of an owlbear) The skeletons come towards the center of the room, but can't quite make it within melee reach (they get to just between the two pillars).

Perception Check

Knowledge Nature
1d20+6 -> [19+6] = (25)

Initiative
1d20+4 -> [6+4] = (10)

Anju will keep her staff at the ready but use her sling to fling bullets at the skeleton if it is out of melee range.

Korvosa’s vast graveyard, a place known as the Gray District, is a mournful place even by day. No sign of Gaekhen’s body remains in the area. Everyone except for Anju and Arius (unless they arepointed out) ** spoiler omitted **

DC 15:** spoiler omitted **

under 15:** spoiler omitted **

Knowledge (Nature)

Anju looks down at the tracks on the ground. "By the gods! This graveyard was invaded by a miniature hippo!"

Anju looked upon the old man "Thousand Bones" and thought of how similar he was to some of the elders in her village. She studied the clothes he wore and the symbols engraved on them in an attempt to find out more about his culture and customs in hopes that it could help her and the group while they apparently travel through ancient burial grounds.

Knowledge Nature
1d20+6 -> [5+6] = (11)

Knowledge Religion
1d20+3 -> [20+3] = (23)

"I believe you, Trinia. Do you remember anything unusual during your sittings with the King? Something that someone might try to silence you for seeing?"

After gracefully catching up with the rest of the group Anju sees Branahm questioning Trinia. She looks at the girl curiously "Have you ever painted portraits of other important figures before the King?"

Initiative. (1d20+8=20)

Elizabeth follows Branahm into the room, drawing Caress as she does so and apparently it doesn't actually glow... I can't give a +1 enhancement bonus until her Caster Level is 3, Caster Level has to be 3x Enhancement bonus and looking around the room, alert for danger.
Perception Check. (1d20+7=16)
She hears a noise and her eyes dart towards the window. Swearing softly to herself as Branahm calls out, she begins to speak Arcane Syllables in a quick racing fashion. Casts Expeditious Retreat on herself, Move Speed is now 60'

She then races out the window after their target, Caress resting comfotably in her hand.

Sorry, got real lazy about checking the board and then got buried by work >.<

In the down time we had

Initiative Roll
1d20+4 -> [5,4] = (9)

Perception Check
1d20+8 -> [20,8] = (28)

Anju notices that the woman isn't Trinia and hears the grunt from outside the window. The others react before she does and Anju is left trying to keep up with Liz as she bolts off.

Arius: ** spoiler omitted **

Everyone: You each get one swing off before hearing the unmistakable flap of leathery wings.and all of a sudden you see The imps grappling with things in the air. after a few seconds, you realize that you are watching one of Korvosa's famous psydodragon vs imp sky battles.Look Here For a picture of what you are witnessing

Anju looks up and watches the psydodragons and the imps fighting. She turns to Arius and says "Does this happen often?"

Branahm calls loudly, "Arius, Anju, imps above!"

He chants a brief incantation and touches one of his companions.

If he is within touch range or 5' step/touch range of either Arius or Anju, he'll invoke a Protection from Evil. If both Arius and Anju are within touch range, he'll cast the spell on Arius. If neither Arius nor Anju is within range, he'll cast it on Keth, Liz, or himself in descending order of preference. Sorry, Tikaani.

Branahm doesn't know if these imps count as summoned monsters, but is hoping so. If they're ex-familiars, I doubt it, but defer to Cap.

Anju looks at Branahm in surprise "Whats a...AHH!" she says as the imp attacks.

Initiative
1d20+4 -> [9+4] = (13)

On her turn Anju will try to swat at the imp attacking her with her staff.

Attack
1d20+5 -> [13+5] = (18)
1d20+5 -> [2+5] = (7)

If that 18 hits
1d6 -> [5] = (5)

I want to be level 3 *sniff*

"Let's make haste before Devargo changes his mind."

Warned by Ally, Branahm stays alert for any trouble.

Perception 24 from the site above.

Anju breathes a sigh of relief as the group leaves the ominous surroundings of Eel's End.

Perception Check
1d20+8 -> [11,8] = (19)

The castle is back online!

While Devargo is getting the letters, Arius steps close to his companions. He tries to talk softly.

"Anju, we may be able to get some leads for your research here. Our host provided us with a little surprise in the drinks, but fortunately, a sip was too small of a dose."

And as soon as we're out of here, Arius will find out what languages that the other PCs know. It would be convenient to have a common language that most NPCs don't understand.

Anju nods and says "Let's hope so, I'd hate to see what happened to my people happen to you as well. That waitress sure doesn't seem like the ones I saw in the bars in town."

Anju only has common, elven, and a special language known only amongst the druids.

Thunder clouds Elizabeth's eyes at her sudden dismissal, but she quickly reigns it in after realizing that, combined with Keth's fighting prowess, her plan worked and Devargo wants to share his information with them.

She adjusts her dress and laces herself back up behind him and winks at Anju before stepping forward. "We need information regarding the Ambassador's motives in Korvosa. We understand he's involved in something shady and certain parties we work for are interested in finding out what it is he's planning in case it impacts upon their own activities."
She grabs Anju by the arm and pulls her forward into Devargo's sight. "And of course my friend here has an interest in aquiring some Shiver if you know of someone who can provide it for her."
She flashes a wide smile and gives her lips an ever so subtle lick to let Devargo know he's done the right thing.

Anju can't help but laugh at little at Keth's triumph over the half orc, how humiliated he must be! She smiles slyly at Liz's interactions with Devargo. She adss "And did we mention that time is of the essence? Also, anyone with even a little knowledge of shivers would know that Eels End is the perfect spot to get your fix." Anju winks at Devargo after saying that last part.

The 'Cap wrote:

Liz and Anju (and anyone paying attention to their conversation)

"Shivers, now what would a good elf like you want with a nasty drug like that? and why do you think that I would be able to give you some?

One way or the other we are getting our information... ;)

This is a long shot but I'm gonna try it anyway. I'm going to roll a perception check with the hopes that maybe Anju can pick up on Arius's condition and relate it to what she saw in her village.

Anju is trying to think of a good response when the fight breaks out. She turns to look over at her fellow party members as they duke it out with the thugs.

Perception
1d20+8 -> [13,8] = (21)

Yes Anju my dear... come to me and I shall complete your training. Your journey towards Calistria will be complete...

;)

lol. Elizabeth is such a bad influence on you guys

Oh no! And Anju is such an innocent uncivilized elf 0=)

Elizabeth looks a little put out that Anju would try to steal her conquest, until she sees that she is just helping with the distraction and trying to get her own information from him.

"So sweetie, what's it gonna take to get you to give up your secrets? I'm sure between the three of us here," she motions with her head to both Anju and the hand resting comfortably on the smooth flesh of her leg just below the coin pouch, "there's something that we could come to an arrangement on."
She smiles at Devargo and then takes one of her arms from around his neck to run a finger seductively down Anju's cheek and neck, stopping just short of her much too covered cleavage.

Anju looks down where Liz's finger rests right above her chest.

The 'Cap wrote:

Liz: The king of spiders, wraps his arm around you, and while he is obviously still interested in the match, you can tell his attention is defiantly split.

Let's attempt to split it furthur shall we...

Feeling satisfaction as his arm slides around her, she completes her tactics by grabbing his free hand and guiding it along her leg to rest just below the coin pouch. From here it is quite easy for him to either leave it where it is or casually move it up her leg furthur and grab the pouch, tucking it into his clothes.
Either way Elizabeth is going to get what she wants today... the King of Spiders just doesn't quite seem to grasp that fact yet!

She turns her head slightly while Devargo is pre-occupied and catches Arius' eye, flicking it up towards the cage in the ceiling and then winking at the little Dragon within the cage.

Anju gets a little boost of confidence after witnessing Liz's success with Devargo. She saunters over to his throne where he and Liz are cuddling.

'If there is one way to find out about the drugs these thugs traffic, then this certainly is an option' she thinks to herself.

"Mind if I join you as well?" Anju says in the most seductive voice she can manage. She gives a slight wink to Liz as if to say "Let me help you out".

Aid Another Diplomacy
1d20+2 -> [15,2] = (17)

The 'Cap wrote:

Kroft has 2 more tasks - one is important to the story, and will be kept in no matter what, the other only serves to meet a leader of a local Shoanti tribe which comes into play in book 5 (and is a sewer slog through Korvosa's sewer to kill Derro).

Personally I am not worried. Yes this is taking a while, but it is PbP which in and of itself is a relatively slow style of play.

If everyone decides to skip forward then that's fine.
If the consensus is to play it out then that's all good too.

As long as I get me some Pseudo Dragon Companionation I'm all good.

Liz vs. Arius
Fight!

;)

I don't worry too much either about this taking awhile. I think D&D just takes longer in PbP than other games because of all the fighting involved. I play Vampire in PbP and it goes smoothly until there is a fight and then it takes a week to get through that one part haha.

Btw, I think I will try to get something out of these guys about shivers, maybe Devargo? He already has one girl flirting with him , why not 2 ;)

The 'Cap wrote:

Ok, guys... the adventure as written has 2 more major encounters, but it's taken so long, I'm thinking of skipping the next one... any objections? I'll still pull it into the story, but the guard will do it as you do the last major encounter (which I have no idea how to do in PBP yet)

any thoughts?

So do you mean straight away just do a time skip to the next encounter now, or once we wrap this current section with the King of Spiders up, just jump to it?

You mean 2 more knivsies encounters? You could always storyboard it I suppose. I don't have any objections with moving forward.

Liz has her hands too full to be drinking...

;)

I didn't even get a drink!

Diplomacy Check. (1d20+9=28) Frackin' finally!

Before the next match starts, Elizabeth tries once more to distract Devargo. She easily undoes one more lace of her dress without anyone noticing, allowing quite an ample amount of her cleavage to show, before placing a hand on Devargo's shoulder and sliding herself onto his lap. She wraps the other arm around his neck and pulls his head ever so slightly so that his eyes glance down at her bust and the slit in her dress showing off her leg (and the coin pouch).
"Now about that little talk..."

Anju was rather shocked by the dexterity of the waitress as well, how quickly and gracefully she moved and with such precision. She looks the waitress over inconspicuously seeing if she can notice anything out of the ordinary.

Perception
1d20+8 -> [16,8] = (24)

Soon after that though Liz makes her second move on Devargo and she chuckles to herself.

If you hadn't rolled so high I would have "aided another" ;)

"Nicely handled, Keth. I think that we will let these gold pieces meet some new friends in the next match before they come home to us."

Arius glances at Anju, and assuming that she does not signal her opposition, he puts all of their money back on the table.

Perception
1d20+2=16

For Cap:
** spoiler omitted **

Anju overhears the conversation about Bog Grog between the barmaid and Arius. "Sounds like something an ogre would whip up" she mutters to herself. She sees Arius put the money back on the table and nods to him in agreement.

Just out of curiosity, did they have a problem with me bringing my wolf into the room? If he was let in, does anyone think he can be of help acting as a distraction of some sort?

Arius notices the cage. He immediately recognizes its inhabitant as a pseudodragon.

Knowledge: Local
1d20+8=27
Yes, I failed my RL Perception check. Sorry.

How noticeable is it for Arius to activate a supernatural ability (i.e., Hand of the Apprentice)?

Anju looks around the room as the others do.

Perception Check
1d20+8 -> [16,8] = (24)

I take it Anju can find the cage with that in which case she will look at the group and see that Arius is looking in the same direction.

Knowledge Nature
1d20+6 -> [10,6] = (16)

"Good luck, Keth."

Arius places a neat stack of gold coins at his companion's end of the table.

8 gp. I'm assuming that Arius is carrying 10 gp and some silvers.

Not really understanding what is about to take place Anju watches the actions of the others. She sees Arius put money down on Keth's end of the table and follows suit putting down 10 gold and whispering to Keth "Good luck friend." She hopes that if there is any bloodshed it will be on the side of the thugs.

I'll assume that Anju got a chance to go back to her village for a brief visit to make sure they were all ok and get some emergency supplies.

Anju looks around cautiously.

"I don't like the idea of getting fondled here. We should do what we have to do and leave quickly. There is danger all around here."