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In an effort to help me focus on various aspects of life i've been neglecting i've decided to drop out of a few PBP games. This game being one of them. Thanks for having me onboard. It's been fun, but sadly real life comes first. Thanks again.

Feel free to NPC David if you wish.

Nothing the guards apprehension David says to the group as a whole, but directed towards the guards.

"Have you seen this thing before?"

Sense Motive 1d20 + 10 ⇒ (18) + 10 = 28

Mansion

David also seems interested in this beast the merchant mentioned. the merchant just smiles.

"I can't talk about it in here. The walls might have ears. If you wish to see it then join me just outside the town tonight. It will be around there."

David nods his agreement and smiles warmly until the merchant leaves. Once the merchant is gone David turns to his companions with the warm smile notably missing.

"Well, that's clearly a trap, but I don't know what other options we have. "

"I will go with the little fire girl. She amuses me." Davis states

Reminder: I'm going to be away starting tomorrow afternoon through Aug 15. Please bot as needed.

Hello everyone,

Aug 1-15 I will be out of the country with little-to-no internet. Feel free to NPC me during that time.

"I have some healing ability." David says in response to Schwartz's question.

"I'm for whichever one pays the best the fastest. "

"Yes, vee took care of many of zee ankhegs. But some still got avay. Zhey had some spellcasters among zem."

"Which is very very odd for a number of reasons. "

"Ah... did you not hear about the 10,000 lbs of Ankheg corpses we dragged to the edge of town?"

David thumbs in Leonards direction in a "What he said" motion.

The guardsmen shake their heads at Leo's question.

"This is the only entrance we have found so far. They might have who knows how many more out there. Luckily you did get some of them and they might just die out on their own. If you want your reward take the bodies to the sheriff's office and then head to the mayor's office."

"Sounds like an excellent plan. Perhaps a pub after. Hopefully they'll have something decent enough that I won't have to change the flavor. Bad wine gives me such a hangover. "

Sir Leonard wrote:

Definitantly not a disguised lepoard

HA! That made me laugh sooo hard!!!

Well here is Moneez, Definitantly not a disguised Goblin >_>
Moneez watches as Imperius ripps off some meat and toses it to him!
Was the sparky human feeding him? Was this an act of "friedship"? Only the tigerman gave him food before!
Moneez then looks up at imperius with big puppydog eyes, that would be sure to melt your heart, if it had come from just about anything other than an ugly, scarred and deformed green goblin face...
Then Moneez reaches into his trousers and pulls out a slab of meat that he had been saving for the last few weeks and which was now mouldy and magotty. He then hands his precious morsel over to his new friend and redoubles his efforts to carry the bug corpses out into the sunlight, a big smile on his face.
Then he sees the humans...
That came out soo wrong :-/
... ARGG...

HA!

After watching the interaction David makes a mental note. To get on the goblins good side feed it. Seems simple enough.

Actually not that I look at animate dead lesser you will be unable to create an ankheg undead since ankhegs are large sized creatures and animate dead can only create a small or medium sized skeleton or zombie.

As you drag the bodies out to the surface you see several guardsmen have gathered around. Seeing you all their faces light up.

Good catch. Nevermind then.

David carries nothing, but he directs his new minion to help as best he can.

"Well, if we're going to do this we'll need a caddy to carry things if needed. Perhaps with other uses."

David walks over to the ankheg bodies and browses a moment. Finding one that's mostly intact he casts a spell. The body shudders with the power then lurches upright. (Lesser animate dead. He's 1hd ankheg.)

"There. Now when we find loot we'll have someone to carry it. Also, I can have him start digging through the wall, but I have no clue how long that'll take. "

David waits patiently for the group to figure out what they want to do. Fall back and regroup or keep hunting somehow.

"We've done what we can. Let's get out of here. "

"I told you it wouldn't be much. We need to regroup. "

David shrugs and casts Summon Monster III to summon 1d3 ⇒ 2 small earth elementals. There's no stats on this, so it'll be DM adjudication.

When they arrive David points and says in terran "Dig a hole through that as fast as you can."

Earth Rock Guy could bash it down, no? Take too long maybe? I thinks food gots away. Also, who evil looking guy and big kitty?

Being a goblin Moneez knows evil when he sees it, and Asmodus looks pretty evil.
I took 23 damage but you would have to trick the little gobo as he is likely to refuse the healing if he knows whats going on

"Maybe. It's not guaranteed. It's just the best I have right now. "

"I could summon an earth elemental, but I do not otherwise have another specific spell to reshape the stone prepared. "

"Well, new friends, do we hunt the rest of them down now or flee to fight another day?"

Out of combat?

David points his finger and the staff flies from it's current target to one of the remaining Ankegs (whichever has been hit if possible. )
1d20 + 10 ⇒ (20) + 10 = 301d8 + 3 ⇒ (5) + 3 = 8

David casts a quick spell and a Quarterstaff of pure energy springs from his hand and flies to assist Annie.

Spiritual Weapon. Attack whichever one has been hurt. I still can't access the map. 5/6 rounds remaining.

1d20 + 10 ⇒ (5) + 10 = 151d8 + 3 ⇒ (3) + 3 = 6

Sooo...?

"Dammit" David says in response to the still blocked tunnel.

FYI: I'm on vacation until tuesday. My posts may be sporadic. Feel free to NPC me as needed.

Last round David drops and moves. This round he opens the passage via stoneshape.

"I don't have that spell today. I will tomorrow.

I can't see the map, but here goes

David runs over to the sealed hallway. With a word and a touch the wall seems to shove itself to the side.

Stoneshape it open

Round 1 actions

"That was pathetic (in reference to his own fireball) We really need to thin these numbers. *sigh* I do hate to have to repeat myself." David thinks to himself

Targeting the same ankhegs as before David lets loose another fireball.

5d6 ⇒ (5, 6, 2, 6, 5) = 24

I have resist acid? I must have missed that.

holy crap, all the ankhegs confronted at once. This looks like a party wipe. Also this game is moving fast.

Depends on how many HP they have and how much AOE we have. We'll see.

Targeting the group directly in front of me and as many to the left as possible. Also remember I'm stealthing near the ceiling somewhere.

"I wonder if they can climb the walls? David thinks to himself.

Its usually just easier to have pets go the same round as the master. It cuts down on paperwork.

We are setting the initiative so basically we're all first. However, if you want to roll for the round after round 1 I'm fine with that.

Initiative 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (5) + 7 = 12

David Duebillon wrote:

David casts message as the others start to sneak off so we can still talk.

Regardless I where the others are said whispers to the. "I'm starting the party in 30 seconds (approximately 5 rounds to buff or whatever). Prepare yourself."

David casts vanish and leviatates toward a high up
And dark alcove.

Stealth 1d20+38

Exactly 30 Sec from message time.
Picking the largest clustered group David releases fire and death.

Fireball 5d6 dc20 ref

Annie messages back, If you wait a little longer Tibbers can play too

Whispered to the group, " same plan. 60 second delay"

as I can't see a map please assume I'll be targeting based on the most efficient method.

David casts message as the others start to sneak off so we can still talk.

Regardless I where the others are said whispers to the. "I'm starting the party in 30 seconds (approximately 5 rounds to buff or whatever). Prepare yourself."

David casts vanish and leviatates toward a high up
And dark alcove.

Stealth 1d20 + 38 ⇒ (19) + 38 = 57

Exactly 30 Sec from message time.
Picking the largest clustered group David releases fire and death.

Fireball 5d6 ⇒ (1, 6, 2, 1, 3) = 13 dc20 ref

Voice from the Depths, I just wanted to check. Is there something you're waiting for us (the players) to do?

I may start blowing stuff up soon.

"I can either collapse part of the ceiling or create a stone wall in the way. I can only do the latter once though. "

I added an arrow to indicate north to make it easier to discuss the the Ankheg nest.

We're attacking the ones to the south, correct?

I'm unclear on what's happening with the horses and such to the East.

What are the big boxes labeled "Buggy"

What are the Ankheg's in the box to the West?

I hate to be so pedantic, but I'm trying to figure out the smartest place to start throwing fireballs.

"Annie, David... you're both far better with fire. And maybe the newcomer as well? I'd prefer the main entrance... from the size of that bug corpse, I'd say they might bottleneck pretty easy."

"The direct approach? How quaint. Alright then. Let me see what can be done. Annie, Why don't you bring out some pets to liven the place up." In a much lower tone, "and stir the hornets nest to see what they really have. "

I was only joking around. but you speak true...and I am not actually burning anything.

Annie, growing bored with the talking, takes a seat behind a crate. and is having a pretend tea party with her stuffed bear. (no actual cups or tea just imaginary)

[dice=not so stealthy tea party]1d20+7

EDIT: actually when Annie first appeared she did ask In Character, but the Drow appeared right after and everyone was responding to him so she was left to answer her own question, and she was happy with that answer but followed the advice anyway --- no burning.

I missed it too. I didn't mean to hog the spotlight. My bad.

You see an armored warrior with a giant lion speaking to the ankhegs in abyssal. He seems to be convincing them all to get their leader, and go to a main hall area. As the ankhegs begin to leave with him you can see him writing in a journal, tearing out a page, and then dropping that page onto the ground. None of the ankhegs seem to notice.

"I presume that's for us."

How far away are we?

"He is already talkink to zem." Schwartz indicates the group of ankhegs by the horses.

Or at least, I think he's talking to them. I'm not really sure what's going to happen with Aleumoth now that he's the DM.

Happy to not be the sacrificial lamb David nods approvingly and waits.

Straining for a moment to grasp Schwartz's accent

"Alright then. We seem to be on the same proverbial page. Which of you is Aleumos? Off you go then. Chop Chop." Clapping his hands together in silent pantomime.

Leo shakes his head. "Not the time to be flashy, David," he whispers. "Speak softly, quickly, they're right over there."

"But if they're unusually intelligent", he adds, "Maybe wait before we fight , see if they agree to peace... If not, we pounce."

"Buzzkill, But you have a point."

Responding to mental commands David's clothing pulls tight to his body looking very dark, mobile, and dangerous.

Basically This

" What's the plan then? Are we merely waiting to see if they'll attack or are we going to try to negotiate. Seeing as how we've been hunting them for money they may not be to amenable to banter. " David asks flatly.

Hello, TCG here.

This is my character. DM, please look it over and let me know if everything is reasonable.

Regarding spells:
I didn't want to go into nauseating detail about the spells in my book. Basically I knocked 2K off my wealth and added a reasonable number of spells to my book.
If you want me to alter that in any way just let me know.

Though I just realized my spell book contents weren't in the initial output. *sigh*. I'll transcribe it over when I have a moment. Essentially David has probably more than one book, but he keeps them in his pathfinder pouch that's strapped to his leg when not in use. Essentially unless someone completely strips him down they'll not find it. Of course even if they do it'll detect as a non-magic bag with just a few gold in it. The gold put there purely for decoy purposes.

"Further, I believe I heard some of them speaking...which is odd...since they aren't normally are about as intelligent as a wild dog. " David sounds genuinely perplexed.

Hello. This is Tiny Coffee Golem (TCG). I'm putting the finishing touches on my character, but i'll have it done by end of day. Though there's enough to start roleplaying.

The shadow's behind Leo shift slightly and your eyes instinctively look that direction.

The shadows themselves seem to shift to the form of a humanoid. He's covered in a tight black outfit that covered everything but his eyes.

As he takes three steps his clothing shifts. The shape no longer looks like a would-be assassin in the night, but instead a perfectly groomed Drow who looks as though he wouldn't be out of place in the highest queens court. It's a bit of an oddity in these dark dusty tunnels. (Living Garmets are one of my favorite things.)

"Well, isn't this a motley crew?" He says in a friendly voice. "I'm sure all your life stories are endlessly fascinating, but we seem to have a more immediate issue to deal with. We're all here for the ankhegs, yes? Might I recommend we deal with those immediately threatening, splitting the profits accordingly of course, then have a long pleasant discussion at a quaint country tavern somewhere that's not in these poorly kept tunnels with danger looming? What do you say? Hummm?" David says as he shifts his eye contact from person to person. You can't help but notice his eyes are a very unique yellow/gold color. Almost as an after thought he adds, "Oh! How rude of me. My name is David of house Duebillon."