vanyel has joined the game.
[vanyel] Howdy
[Master] A
[Master] Lo
[Master] Ha
[Master] I'm putting stuff together, don't mind me.
[vanyel] No problem. you saw the klooge board?
[vanyel] Defthon: Damage 1: Tsohanoai [b] does ((1d10+3+2*1.5)) [(7+3+2*1)] 13 points of damage.
[vanyel] Note that 7+3+2 is not 13.
[Master] Not yet...
[vanyel] In fact, 7+3+3 is 13.
[vanyel] So it really does work.
[Master] Oh my.
[vanyel] As such.
[vanyel] It just doesn't break down the result correctly.
[Master] That'll do nicely.
[vanyel] -ified.
[vanyel] Which is nice, because my whole charsheet is now dollarsign-ified
[vanyel] S
[vanyel] Interesting.
[vanyel] In chat messages, everything up to and including a dollar sign is ignored.
[Master] Yeah, everything before the dollar-sign goes.
[vanyel] Any idea why my spells wouldn't appear in my menu?
[vanyel] Not that I've ever cast any of them anyway.
Sedlack has joined the game.
[vanyel] How convenient.
[Sedlack] ?
[vanyel] Hey Chris, do you have any idea why my spells wouldn't show up?
[Master] Hello!
[vanyel] (Convenient because I was just wondering this aloud, and you might know the answer)
[Sedlack] Did you put anything down for "# Memorized"?
[vanyel] a-HA!
[Master] Yeah, you have to follow their code really closely or it don't work at all.
[vanyel] Defthon: Divine Favor: " You gain attack, damage bonus, +1/three levels "
[vanyel] Hm.
[vanyel] Defthon: Bless: Allies gain +1 attack and +1 on saves against fear
[vanyel] Defthon: Attack 1: Tsohanoai [b] hits AC: ((d20+8+2+3)) [(15+8+2+3)] 28
[vanyel] Defthon: Damage 1: Tsohanoai [b] does ((1d10+3+2*1.5)) [(4+3+2*1)] 10 points of damage.
[vanyel] HOLY COW I just discovered the "dice dialog" window
[Master] hee
[vanyel] good heavens this is better
Sedlack is receiving the map...
Sedlack has received the map.
[vanyel] So what exactly is "Cast level" and how does it affect each spell individually?
[Sedlack] Hmm. That's a new box.
[vanyel] Defthon: Divine Favor: " You gain attack, damage bonus, +1/three levels "
[Sedlack] It might be intended for use with metamagic feats
[vanyel] Defthon: Divine Favor: "You gain attack, damage bonus, +(((0-2)*.5)*.333) [((0-2)*0)*0] -1"
[vanyel] Hm. I thought dollar-L was the level?
[Master] It is...
[Sedlack] L is your character level
[Master] Your character's effective level is level/2 for Defthon, of course...
[Master] for spellcasting.
[Master] But that thing is complicated enough, I think you're on it.
[vanyel] Defthon: Divine Favor: "You gain attack, damage bonus, +(((8-2)*.5)*.333) [((8-2)*0)*0] 0"
[vanyel] Defthon: Divine Favor: You gain attack, damage bonus, +((8-2)*.1667) [(8-2)*0] 1
[vanyel] Ding
[Sedlack] It's apparently doing integer math.
[vanyel] Not exactly
[vanyel] But sort of
[vanyel] You have to give it lots of love to get it to work right
[vanyel] Defthon: Turn Undead: Up to (1d20++3) [14+3] 17 -- 11 HD are affected. Turning damage is (2d6++3+8-4) [(6+6)+3+8-4] 19.
[Sedlack] Your CHA modifier already has the plus in it.
[vanyel] Defthon: Turn Undead: Up to (1d20+3) [16+3] 19 -- 12 HD are affected. Turning damage is (2d6++3+8-4) [(2+4)+3+8-4] 13.
[Sedlack] What's the -4 for?
[vanyel] yup, that's what I was just fixing
[vanyel] Because my paladin level is my level minus two, and my cleric level is my paladin level minus two
[vanyel] well, my cleric level for turning anyway
[vanyel] my cleric level for casting is my paladin level *over* two
[Sedlack] Ah. I wasn't aware you were multi-classed.
[vanyel] That's what the .16667 was for
[vanyel] Yup, though I don't think I've mentioned that in character, come to think of it.
[vanyel] You'll find out sooner or later. :)
[Sedlack] No biggie. Just useful to know.
[vanyel] Anyway, I'm pretty well set up here; I'm going to my other thing now.
[Master] See you when you get back.
[vanyel] I'll be back at 3 unless you call
[vanyel] (that's one hour hence :)
[Master] We'll be ready.
[vanyel] Ok. Just in case: xxx-xxx-xxxx. See you then.
[Sedlack] Aedean: Attack 1: Mace of Disruption +1 [1] hits AC: ((d20+6+1+1)) [(9+6+1+1)] 17
Jeff has joined the game.
[Master] Aloha!
[Sedlack] Aedean: Attack 1: ** MODIFIED BY: STR (+3) ** Mace of Disruption +1 [1] hits AC: ((d20+6+1+4)) [(6+6+1+4)] 17
[Jeff] hey
[Sedlack] Good. That will make life a little easier...
[Sedlack] Aedean: Attack: Light Crossbow [1] hits AC: ((d20+6-1)) [(6+6-1)] 11
[Sedlack] Aedean: Damage 1: Mace of Disruption +1 [1] does ((1d8+1+1)) [(5+1+1)] 7 points of damage.
[Sedlack] Aedean: Climb: (d20-4) [3-4] -1
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Aedean: Climb: ** MODIFIED BY: +STR (+3) ** (d20-4+3) [19-4+3] 18
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Phew.
[Master] ?
[Aedean (Sedlack)] I adjusted my char sheet so that Str/Dex mods would propogate through to attack/damage rolls
[Aedean (Sedlack)] I didn't want to have to do the same for skill rolls
[Aedean (Sedlack)] But the program takes care of that part automatically
[Aedean (Sedlack)] thus, "phew"
[Master] Indeed.
[Jeff] Your attack with the Mace got +4, the Climb got +3
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Yes. But that's because the total strength mod is +4
[Aedean (Sedlack)] (Natural +1 is included in the base climb #)
[Jeff] Ah.
[Master] I am away from the keyboard.
[Master] I am back at the keyboard.
[Master] I am eating the breakfast
[Sedlack] I am away from the keyboard.
[Jeff] Dean/Kerry flap - helping other dem candidates?
[Master] No, helping Dean and Kerry.
[Master] Dean's getting used to the Presidential Campaign stuff,
[Master] and Kerry can't keep talking out of both sides of his mouth through the entire election,
[Master] no matter what example Bush put forward last time.
[Sedlack] I am back at the keyboard.
[Master] It's not like Al Sharpton's going to be able to capitalize. :)
[Master] And John Edwards is still a slick-ass lawyer.
[Master] At least Lieberman is DOA.
[Master] Creeeeeepy.
[Master] I hope Hart doesn't run.
[Master] I finally found a really good mapping program.
[Master] izandwo.
[Jeff] What do you think about Gephardt's total plagariztation of the Dean plank of repeal tax cuts and health care?
[Jeff] more health care, I mean
[Master] I think that Gephardt voted to authorize force in Iraq.
[Master] ;)
[Jeff] heh
[Master] Seriously, though.
[Master] It's not like this is new stuff for Gephardt -- he's been talking about these things for a while.
[Master] And he courageously voted against Bush's tax cut plan.
[Master] But Dean's got the fucking cachet on this one -- he made it work in Vermont.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Hey, Mike, are we going to be "wired for sound" for this session?
Tamora has joined the game.
[Tamora] Hi guys.
[Master] Sadly, no.
[Master] James has not yet solved the technical issues.
[Master] I'm pretty close to having all the PC-folk use Yahoo! Messenger and just doing a 3-way call to the Mac folk.
[Master] tying up their phone lines for 10 hours.
[Master] :)
[Master] But I've got free long-distance . . . .
Sedlack has left the game.
Sedlack has joined the game.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Whee. javaio.EOF exception
[Master] heh
[Master] I cannot for the life of me figure out who is broadasting the Dem debate in Hawai'i.
[Jeff] ABC isn't?
[Master] I can't find it.
[Master] It could just be lousy listings I suppose.
[Jeff] It's going to be rebroadcast on C-SPAN tomorrow afternoon, I believe
[Master] Sure.
Angie/James has joined the game.
[Master] Aloha!
[Master] Nah, ABC isn't showing it here in Hawai'i.
[Master] Liberal media, my happy white ass.
Sedlack is receiving the map...
Sedlack has received the map.
[Angie/James] I'm chatting w/ Angie via phone... we're discussing lunch plans.
[Master] Heh.
[Master] We will be breaking at 12:30 EDT (11:30 CDT) for lunch.
[Master] Sorry!
[Master] That's not right.
[Master] 12:30 HST, 5:30 CDT, 6:30 EDT.
[Master] For lunch/dinner.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] I dunno...that's about when I ate lunch
[Angie/James] We settled on pizza.
[Angie/James] Is that Brad Pitt, BTW?
[Master] hahahahahahaha
[Angie/James] I am away from the keyboard.
[Master] Kimmitt's Official Verdict on Itunes:
[Master] It's fantastic, but too damned expensive.
[Master] The tracks should be 33c each, and there need to be album discounts.
[Master] Also, hurry up with the independent label stuff.
[Master] Thank you and have a nice day.
[Jeff] I know that if I started with that. I wouln't stop buying songs.
[Sedlack] I am away from the keyboard.
[Angie/James] Sorry about not getting the campaign log done, lots going on this week.
[Master] Understood; please do try to get caught up b4 the next session.
[Angie/James] As long as it isn't within two weeks...
[Sedlack] I am back at the keyboard.
Jared has joined the game.
[Angie/James] Are we doing the voice chat?
[Master] okay, let's check in.
[Master] No, no voice chat.
[Jeff] Hai!
[Aedean (Sedlack)] red 5, standing by
[Jared] jared + kitten good to go.
[Tamora] hello
Brian has joined the game.
[Angie/James] James is here, but Angie is still driving back.
[Angie/James] SEBBY!!!!!
[Master] SEBBY!
[Brian] good afternoon
[Brian] or morning
[Master] As the case may be.
[Master] Okay, as you may recall, you left the temple after a tiring and somewhat expensive jaunt.
[Angie/James] In case you weren't aware, you're supposed to shout 'SEBBY' when Brian enters a room.
[Master] Please talk amongst yourselves in character (SEBBY!) for a few minutes, do the kind of post-mortem that people do.
[Master] Vel is quiet and pensive for the time being.
[Jared] SEBBY!
[vanyel] Hey all, I'm back.
[vanyel] SEBBY!
[Master] BLAHETA!
[Jeff] SEBBY!
[Brian] JAMES! KIMMITT! JARED! DON! JEFF!
[Master] ADRIAN!
[Jeff] ROCKY!
[Master] TETSUO!
[Aedean (Sedlack)] ooc: Since Joe's not here to prod people, we should "Chat as" our chars...
[Jared] NORM!
[Master] ok that was fun.
[Master] Back to the chatting.
[Brian] i still don't have a map
[Master] (in char for a few mins, pls.)
[Angie/James] Arkady is confused as to how exactly that all happened, he's never experienced time travel before.
[Master] A flip of the ol' kLoOge Coin results in: Tails
[Aric (Brian)] Aric is also somewhat quiet, digesting what he learned in the temple.
[Angie/James] Arkady asks Praxis if there is anything else he might have picked up from Asratia during the incident.
[Roger (Jeff)] A mage or artifact of great power is required
[Roger (Jeff)] I believe
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Well, it was "nice" seeing our "old friend" Feng again
[Angie/James] Arkady: I wonder what happened to Keth?
[Shottamip (Tamora)] It was even nicer knowing that we won't have to deal with him again.
[Master] Praxis doesn't have much.
[Praxis] Sorry, boss.
[Praxis] She wasn't really talking a lot.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Keth may have been outside, in that battle
[Defthon (vanyel)] So who was this Feng guy? Before he was a golem, I mean.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] He was one of Tristan half-orc buddies
[Shottamip (Tamora)] He's a henchman for this bad guy whom we keep running across.
[Defthon (vanyel)] Ah.
[Dralafi (Jared)] How do we know we won't have to deal with him again?
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Keth is the other top-level henchman.
[Angie/James] Arkady: We fought him inconclusively once or twice.
[Defthon (Don)] Why does he keep fighting you? What does he want?
[Arkady (Angie/James)] Well, we don't know, really.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] And, for what it's worth, Tristan rarely actually fights us. He usually runs away.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] Feng and Keth were just working for Tristan. The question is what does he want.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] Tristan seems to want power, a lot of it.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] I think we're more of a nuisance to his other plans than an actual target.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] At least, so far
[Arkady (Angie/James)] Well, until now.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] What makes you think he was targetting us?
[Arkady (Angie/James)] My concern now is, how do the bad buys figure out where Asratia is?
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Well, they might already know.
[Praxis] For the record, dragons aren't usually so laid out by their eggs.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Yeah, I think the targets were definitely Asratia and her child. We were more of the convenient bodyguards.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] We're more directly opposing him now...
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Sure, Praxis, but dragons aren't usually giving birth to gods, either.
[Defthon (Don)] For the record, are dragons usually giving birth to children of gods?
[Aedean (Sedlack)] (Jinx!)
[Praxis] I wasn't saying, I was just saying.
[Praxis] (looks abashed)
[Defthon (Don)] Sure, ok. Not a problem.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Don't get me wrong. It's definitely a concern.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] But not one which we are presently in a position to address directly.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] Do we think there's any way to alter the future, and prevent them from finding this place?
[Arkady (Angie/James)] Or is the future as set in stone as the past? And is the past set in stone anyway?
[Dralafi (Jared)] What if we were to change things and somehow weren't here to protect Asratia?
[Defthon (Don)] I certainly don't know.
[Aric (Brian)] I have never before seen time magic such as this. I was not aware it was even possible.
[Angie/James] I am back at the keyboard.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] I thinkt that the gods can do almost anything, over time.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] I think it's most likely that we cannot prevent the enemy from finding Asratia. But, we can take comfort in the fact that we have "already" protected her. The key now is to use the information we've gained about the future to alter it once we get there
[Defthon (Don)] Might our future selves also be involved in the fighting outside this building?
[Roger (Jeff)] Ow, my brain!
[Aedean (Sedlack)] It's a definite possibility
[Defthon (Don)] It seems downright likely, to me.
[Dralafi (Jared)] Why would we have not aided ourselves?
[Defthon (Don)] Because we were otherwise occupied?
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Busy fighting Keth?
[Aedean (Sedlack)] No doubt, our presence was required in two places at once in order to protect Asratia and her daughter.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Already killed by Tristan?
[Arkady (Angie/James)] back
[Defthon (Don)] Try this on for size: we and the elves are in a pitched battle to protect asratia; but Feng broke off and asratia needed further defence.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Joking.
[Roger (Jeff)] That makes sense
[Aedean (Sedlack)] I suspect Defthon has the right of it
[Defthon (Don)] Which is not to say that any of this is set in stone, of course.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Well, it's a difficult situation to wrap one's mind around
[Angie/James] OOC: are we discussing this in front of Ivellian?
[Master] No, he is in conference with Asratia.
[Angie/James] As I recall, Vel was rather suspecious of him.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] ooc: I thought Ivelliand and Asratia had kicked us out to discuss things in private
[Arkady (Angie/James)] So what do we know about Ivellian anyway?
[Defthon (Don)] Here we go...
[Aric (Brian)] I didn't get a chance to look at him closely, but did Feng seem surprised to see us? Like he had just seen us elsewhere?
[Master] Anyone who wants to answer that will need to make an INT check, maybe a Spot check as well.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Shottamip: INT check: (d20+2) [20+2] 22
[Arkady (Angie/James)] show off
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Shottamip: Spot: (d20+8) [2+8] 10
[Arkady (Angie/James)] Arkady: INT check: (d20+2) [6+2] 8
[Master] Can y'all zoom in and out?
[Angie/James] Arkady: spot: (d20+2) [20+2] 22
[Jeff] I can
[Angie/James] yes
[Aric (Brian)] yes
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Yes, but my char sheet's screwed up...
[Master] Go ahead and zoom in on yourselves. :)
[Master] Chris, how so?
[Master] XP?
[Aedean (Sedlack)] My rolls aren't showing up under roolldice. When they do, stuff is wrong.
[Master] ok jas
[Defthon (Don)] D'oh
[Aric (Brian)] wee jas!
[Aedean (Sedlack)] I AM THE NEW JOE.
[Master] Try it now.
[Defthon (Don)] !!!
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Praxis: Spot: (d20+13) [8+13] 21
[Angie/James] Lia: Attack 1: Great Sword [t] hits AC: ((d20+13)) [(15+13)] 28
[Dralafi (Jared)] Dralafi: Spot: (d20+6) [15+6] 21
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Praxis: INT check: (d20+1) [11+1] 12
[Dralafi (Jared)] Dralafi: INT check: (d20+1) [4+1] 5
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Okay. Except for the fact that I'm not Praxis
[Master] YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT WEIRD KLOOGE ERRORS? SEDLACK IS THE SHIDLEST.
[Master] heh
[Dralafi (Jared)] ooc: I'm dumb today.
[Master] Zoom on in.
[Aric (Brian)] Aric: Spot: (d20+6) [2+6] 8
[Master] I moved Praxis away from Aedean.
[Aric (Brian)] Yup, I definately didn't notice.
[Master] Aedean: Craft: 9
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Praxis: Spot: (d20+13) [13+13] 26
[Aedean (Sedlack)] The mods are all right.
[Master] That's damned peculiar.
[Defthon (Don)] Use the dice dialog, it's way cooler than the menu interface.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] It just thinks I'm Praxis for some bizarre reason.
[Master] I just re-sent you the map. Try it again.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Aedean: Spot: (d20+13) [1+13] 14
[Master] Oh, yeah. I'm bad.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Very strange
[Master] Yeah, but I'm not going to worry about it much.
[Master] Okay, back to the in-character ness
[Angie/James] Angie is here.
[Angie/James] I'll be filling her in.
[Aric (Brian)] ANGIE!
[Master] What does Lia have to say about all this?
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Hi dear.
[Angie/James] ... but she's still chatting on the phone...
[Master] Is it an X-phone? Cause that was cool.
[Master] Ahem.
[Master] But I digress.
[Angie/James] ??? What the heck is that?
[Master] (We saw X2 last night. Great fun.)
[Defthon (Don)] X2 was AWESOME
[Aedean (Sedlack)] (Indeed.)
[Angie/James] Angie was talking to Ryan (her brother in law), who says to kill them, kill them all.
[Defthon (Don)] But anyway
[Shottamip (Tamora)] I was not disappointed.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] That's Ryan for you.
Joe has joined the game.
[Master] JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOE
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Joe!
[Joe] greetings
[Master] We were just doing an in-character post-mortem on the combat.
[Master] The usual.
[Joe] Kewl.
[Joe] Map me.
[Joe] (bitte)
[Lia (Angie/James)] Do we have any way of figuring out just how far in the future we went?
[Jeff] Weird, I'm not getting the top half of the roll dice menu
[Aric (Brian)] quick, joe, do a spot check
[Jeff] I mean, Roger isn't, I can see the other characters
[Master] ok try it now.
[Defthon (Don)] I believe we decided six months or less---
[Joe] Velkyna: Spot: (d20+10) [7+10] 17
[Defthon (Don)] Asratia is due in less than a year.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Well, we can make a guess based on the state of Asratia's pregnancy
[Jeff] that fixed it
[Master] kewl
[Jeff] Roger: INT check: (d20+4) [11+4] 15
[Master] The connections are buggy in general. I have to do a lot of resets and stuff.
[Lia (Angie/James)] Lia: INT check: (d20+2) [7+2] 9
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Aedean: INT check: (d20+1) [6+1] 7
[Lia (Angie/James)] Lia: Spot: (d20+10) [12+10] 22
[Aric (Brian)] Ok, mike, so do any of those INT or Spot checks tell us whether Feng seemed surprised?
[Joe] Velkyna is still in a serious state of awe that they're on a FLYING FISH.
[Master] Shottamip thinks that Feng didn't even notice them beyond an "obstacle" level.
[Master] He did not act with much of anything resembling intelligence.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Yeah, he seemed pretty golemized.
[Lia (Angie/James)] Did it seem odd to anyone that he didn't even try the other door?
[Shottamip (Tamora)] And golems just follow orders, right? No independent thought at all.
[Lia (Angie/James)] Not that it really mattered.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] That's my impression
[Joe] Golems are grotesquely single-minded and/or stupid.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] So can we re-inforce the doors?
[Arkady (Angie/James)] And perhaps the walls?
[Roger (Jeff)] [to Shottamip] Why are you dressed as a halfling? Maybe I should dress as a gnome.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] The walls are pretty unique
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Everyone is weird about gnomes around here. I don't recommend it. Not around any local humans, that is - the elves and halflings are okay.
Sedlack has left the game.
Sedlack has joined the game.
[Master] Man.
[Aric (Brian)] ooc: And I'll dress up like a pretty princess! It can be a costume party!
[Aedean (Sedlack)] That tme it was a socket exception
[Master] Yeah, weird.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] What the heck
[Arkady (Angie/James)] The chat line is right-justified now.
[Master] ??
[Arkady (Angie/James)] you know, where you type.
[Master] not for me . . .
[Aric (Brian)] wacky
[Arkady (Angie/James)] seems to work fine, as you can see.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Anyway, my biggest questions surround the nature of the fountain in the temple, and what exactly was/will be the problem with Asratia's pregnancy
[Joe] Maybe a preferneces thing?
[Master] Well, let's go ahead and ignore it for now.
[Roger (Jeff)] Ah, humans can be a little *rolls eyes*
Joe snorts in derision.
[Elf Ranger] Good day.
[Defthon (Don)] Hello.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] Hello there.
[Dralafi (Jared)] Greetings
[Roger (Jeff)] Hi! *waves*
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Hello
[Aric (Brian)] ooc: someone's parents didn't think too long about names
[Elf Ranger] Have you been given a space to rest?
[Aric (Brian)] Good day.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Not as of yet...
[Defthon (Don)] Not really
[Master] (it's a family name. Tradition and all that.)
[Elf Ranger] I see.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] (He's the eleventh child. They speak German)
[Elf Ranger] Well, if you would please come with me, I believe we can give you a corner of the barracks.
[Defthon (Don)] Excellent.
[Lia (Angie/James)] OK
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Thank you.
Elf Ranger shows you an area with elf-sized pallets
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Whoa
[Velkyna (Joe)] Velkyna balances on the roof.
[Elf Ranger] I am sorry that we are not able to provide for you in the manner to which we are accustomed,
[Jeff] How do you do that underliney action specifying thing?
[Lia (Angie/James)] So are we supposed to camp out here until the child is born?
[Elf Ranger] you are accustomed, sorry
[Velkyna (Joe)] you do a "/he" or "/she" or "/I".
[Elf Ranger] but we have never received visitors not of our race before.
Velkyna (Joe) sits on the roof.
[Velkyna (Joe)] Like that.
[Jeff] Cool
[Roger (Jeff)] /I jumps on the bed
[Aedean (Sedlack)] It's okay. I've slept in much worse conditions in the days of my youth.
[Master] "/me"
[Velkyna (Joe)] M'badd.
Roger (Jeff) jumps on the bed
Aric (Brian) apparently sits on top of Lia
Shottamip (Tamora) looks around
Elf Ranger smiles
[Elf Ranger] Thank you for your tolerance.
[Elf Ranger] We will have an evening meal served in a few hours.
[Lia (Angie/James)] We'll need to quit and restart klooge
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Thank you.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Thank you for your hospitality
Defthon (Don) sits on a cot
[Elf Ranger] It is my pleasure.
Angie/James has left the game.
[Elf Ranger] I am sure you are quite tired, but I do look forward to hearing how you came to be here.
[Elf Ranger] But now I must depart and see to my duties.
Aedean (Sedlack) attempts to stand on his head
Angie/James has joined the game.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Aedean: DEX check: (d20-1) [4-1] 3
Aric (Brian) finds a patch of floor to sit and meditate.
Defthon (Don) yawns.
Aedean (Sedlack) falls down
Velkyna (Joe) finds a pallet in the corner and relaxes.
[Angie/James] The characters in the chat line were going backwards...
[Master] clanky-clanky.
[Master] No prob.
Arkady (Angie/James) strums a lute.
Aedean (Sedlack) shuffles a deck of cards, lost in his own thoughts
Shottamip (Tamora) plays with her familiar.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] So what is the plan, are we going to camp out here for 6 months?
Dralafi (Jared) relaxes on a cot.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Lia?
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Well, we may as well stay here the night
[Shottamip (Tamora)] I mean, I'm just doing whatever helps your quest.
[Lia (Angie/James)] We don't know why yet why we were brought here.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] I assume we will have an opportunity to speak with Asratia and Ivellian again after the evening meal
[Lia (Angie/James)] Let's rest and eat.
[Aric (Brian)] Ivellian had a mission he wished us to go on. Perhaps he will feel that there is still time to complete that before we are needed here again.
[Master] Time passes, as it always does.
[Aric (Brian)] But first, we should rest.
[Master] Some of you rest, some of you talk, some of you sharpen weapons and repair armor.
[Defthon (Don)] Angie/James: chat history up until a few minutes ago now at http://www.cs.brown.edu/~dpb/serendair/transcript-030503.html
[Master] You replentish your magical supplies.
[Angie/James] And more importantly, regain spells
[Master] (after dinner)
[Master] (but yes, go ahead)
[Angie/James] Thanks Don.
[Master] In a few hours, the nice Ranger who showed you in tells you that dinner is being served.
[Master] There is a kitchen on the east end of the cloud ray, and the elves eat in a pavilian outside.
[Master] pavilion, sorry
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Let's eat!
[Angie/James] peanut butter on lembas?
[Master] The food is relatively simple but delicious.
[Defthon (Don)] of course
[Master] Vegetarian, as is the elvish custom.
[Angie/James] Oh, didn't know that.
Velkyna (Joe) digs in, eating quite a bit for someone of her build. She doesn't seem to mind the lack of meat.
[Master] (elves almost always eat vegetarian. They make exceptions, but it's part of eating lightly.)
[Aric (Brian)] They're really Vulcans in disguise.
[Elf Ranger] I hope everything is to your satisfaction.
[Velkyna (Joe)] (I didn't realize Brad Pitt joined our party)
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Thank you for your courtesy.
[Defthon (Don)] (photoshop is your friend)
[Arkady (Angie/James)] just fine, thanks.
Aramil Xiloscent wanders toward the tables, looking tired.
[Defthon (Don)] (but I didn't touch the ears---they were like that)
Velkyna (Joe) scowls at Aramil's arrival.
Aramil Xiloscent stops suddenly.
[Aramil Xiloscent] Oh. Um, hello, everyone.
[Defthon (Don)] Hello.
Aramil Xiloscent 's gaze lingers on Lia.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] ...Hello
[Defthon (Don)] (OOC: should Def know him?)
[Lia (Angie/James)] Hello
[Roger (Jeff)] Hi!
[Lia (Angie/James)] Would you like to join us?
[Master] Nah, you only saw him for like 30 seconds.
[Aramil Xiloscent] Yes, thank you.
Velkyna (Joe) continues to glower, not letting her eyes off of him.
[Aric (Brian)] ooc: do we know him?
[Aric (Brian)] if so, i've forgotten
[Aedean (Sedlack)] ooc: He was the xenophobic elf who later warmed to us somewhat
Aramil Xiloscent sits and takes a generous portion of food.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] (Yes, we met him in the elven lands a few months ago)
[Aramil Xiloscent] Ah . . . the plague, is it cured, then?
[Shottamip (Tamora)] (with the shortage of young elves, he was kind of hot for Lia)
Lia (Angie/James) asks how has he been.
Defthon (Don) whispers to Velkyna
Aramil Xiloscent looks gaunt and has a new scar
[Aramil Xiloscent] As well as could be expected.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] It has, thanks to the aid of your people
[Aramil Xiloscent] I am glad.
Aramil Xiloscent looks surprised at his own admission
Velkyna (Joe) whispers back to Defthon
[Elf Ranger] Friendly winds, Aramil.
[Aramil Xiloscent] Thank you, and to you.
[Aramil Xiloscent] Has Grania recovered?
Arkady (Angie/James) mood lightens somewhat at that last exchange.
[Elf Ranger] Not yet, and so I still wait here, with what little use I can be. I was surprised to have my training as a host come in useful, however.
Elf Ranger sits back to include the rest of the table in the conversation
[Elf Ranger] Now, my curiousity has the better of me. How did such an amazing group make its way onto Cloudhome?
[Lia (Angie/James)] We were asked by Ivellian
Aramil Xiloscent says to Dralafi, "I don't believe we've met."
[Elf Ranger] All of you separately?
[Aedean (Sedlack)] No, as a group.
Dralafi (Jared) says to Aramil I am a recent addition to this group of companions.
[Defthon (Don)] No, we were together, and he teleported us here as a group
Elf Ranger looks startled.
[Elf Ranger] You adventure together, then?
Velkyna (Joe) whispers to Defthon again.
[Elf Ranger] Forgive me, I did not mean to be rude.
Defthon (Don) raises his eyebrows.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] It's alright.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] We have stuck together since we were brought to this continent unexpectedly.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] This is not the first time we've gotten such a reaction.
[Aramil Xiloscent] Are you from Ryle or Envap, or has Xian found some sense at last?
Aedean (Sedlack) glances at Aramil
[Elf Ranger] I can understand that.
Lia (Angie/James) looks quizzically.
Aramil Xiloscent misses the glance, intent as he is on Dralafi.
[Lia (Angie/James)] OOC: who is Aramil talking to?
[Master] He is chatting with Dralafi.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Most of us have been here for months; Dralafi, Defthon, and Roger just arrived recently.
[Dralafi (Jared)] I am afraid I am not familiar with those areas.
Shottamip (Tamora) gestures to the appropriate 3 people
Aramil furrows his brow.
Roger (Jeff) waves cheerfully
[Aedean (Sedlack)] brb
Defthon (Don) nods to Aramil
[Sedlack] I am away from the keyboard.
[Aramil] Oh!
Aramil smiles sheepishly
Velkyna (Joe) rolls her eyes.
[Aramil] I had thought that you were from the elven lands on this continent.
[Elf Ranger] Are all of you from some place on the other continents, or did you arrive separately?
[Elf Ranger] How long have you been here?
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Half a year or so?
[Defthon (Don)] A matter of days, for us three.
Arkady (Angie/James) gives him a brief synopsis of how we got here.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] We have been helping the humans in Estin. They were in need.
Defthon (Don) fills in details from our side of the story.
[Elf Ranger] Will you ever be able to return to your homes, or shall you be required to find new ones here?
Shottamip (Tamora) shrugs
[Defthon (Don)] We don't rightly now.
[Sedlack] I am back at the keyboard.
[Defthon (Don)] know, even.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] Supposedly Seren's pennance will end soon.
Elf Ranger blinks
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Most of us had the chance to go home, but opted to stay.
[Lia (Angie/James)] I have obligations here.
[Velkyna (Joe)] We're carving out a little niche for ourselves, each in our own way.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] I can visit my family next century. They aren't going anywhere.
Velkyna (Joe) smirks smugly.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Home is wherever you choose to make it
[Elf Ranger] How would one poss -- oh, of course. You were in Dessit. The Oracle.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Aedean: Sense Motive: (d20+5) [19+5] 24
Angie/James has left the game.
[Aric (Brian)] I have no real connection to our home continent. But here I can make a difference. And here are my friends.
Aric (Brian) looks a little surprised that he made that last statement.
Angie/James has joined the game.
Shottamip (Tamora) smiles at Aric
[Lia (Angie/James)] cursor wasn't in the chat window...
[Roger (Jeff)] Home was boring. This place is interesting
Velkyna (Joe) jokingly tosses a biscuit at Aric. "Ah, you big softie."
[Master] Don't forget the whole pause/unpause thing.
[Lia (Angie/James)] Yes, we've seen the oracle.
Elf Ranger shakes his head. "Amazing."
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Yes, it is.
[Aramil] Do you know if Ivellian completed his mission, then?
[Lia (Angie/James)] what was his mission?
[Aramil] The first part was to find the Soliusvaar, and that he has obviously done. But he was also sent to search for the Tsohanoaivaar, if you are familiar with that weapon.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Oh, all that. Done.
[Aramil] !!
Roger (Jeff) points at Def
[Defthon (Don)] That would be me, yes.
[Aramil] Oh.
Velkyna (Joe) dusts her hands showily. "Done, done, and done." She smirks some more, in Aramil's direction.
[Aramil] It is an honor to meet you, sir.
[Defthon (Don)] Good meeting you too.
Aramil eats, for lack of anything better to do.
Jared has left the game.
[Lia (Angie/James)] Do you know why we were sought?
[Elf Ranger] Only Ivellian has that information.
[Aramil] (at the same time) Ivellian would be able to tell you.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] I'm sure he will get back to us when he's done with Asratia.
[Elf Ranger] Jinx!
[Elf Ranger] /laughs uproariously.
[Defthon (Don)] heh.
Elf Ranger laughs uproariously
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Aramil, how goes the campaign against the orcish incursion?
[Shottamip (Tamora)] (those Germans.)
Elf Ranger suddenly stops laughing.
[Aramil] It goes
Velkyna (Joe) takes a second helping of spinach casserole, wolfing it down.
[Aramil] We do not have the ability to retake Erdun, despite your efforts there.
Jared has joined the game.
Aedean (Sedlack) nods silently
[Jared] Sorry. My computer decided it was time to reboot.
[Aramil] Their command structure was thrown into disarray, and we have been raiding them successfully for the past month.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] That's good to hear.
[Aramil] It is a waste of time to kill their bodaks, however, and so we are now in the horrible business of trying to decrease the orc population.
[Velkyna (Joe)] BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODAK
[Defthon (Don)] right on cue.
[Aramil] The Triumvirate shows little sign of losing power, however.
[Velkyna (Joe)] I'm nothing if not predictable.
[Lia (Angie/James)] Because that Blackguard will make more bodaks?
[Aramil] He allows the Bodaks to make their own.
[Aramil] He merely controls the resulting creatures..
[Aramil] This is why we do not allow ourselves to be captured.
Elf Ranger looks serious and sad.
Shottamip (Tamora) nods sympathetically
[Velkyna (Joe)] Is there a king bodak we could kill to get rid of them all?
[Aramil] I don't know.
Aramil looks thoughtful
[Aramil] I don't believe that that is how they function.
[Aramil] You would have to ask Obad-Haiset or Misre.
Velkyna (Joe) nods thoughtfully, munching on a cooked turnip.
[Lia (Angie/James)] Is it possible that the Triumverate has something to do with Tristan?
[Aramil] Who is Tristan?
[Aedean (Sedlack)] He was a human mage...he is now something...more foul
[Lia (Angie/James)] He was a mage, in search of powerful artifacts.
[Lia (Angie/James)] like a cube of planes.
[Aramil] Ah. I know of no human mages in the Triumverate's armies.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] His search for wicked power appears to be succeeding.
[Velkyna (Joe)] Who are the three powers in this Triumverate?
[Velkyna (Joe)] (It seems somewhat surprising that Vel is familiar with such a smartie word)
[Shottamip (Tamora)] (well, spelled wrong)
[Velkyna (Joe)] (nyah)
[Velkyna (Joe)] ( I was following Mike)
[Aramil] Their greatest power is a half-orc half-dragon whose true name we have never learned.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Nasty. Which flavor of dragon, do you know?
[Aramil] He is a mighty blackguard, and it is he who controls the bodaks.
[Aramil] His skin, from those few who have encountered him and survived, is blue-scaled.
[Aramil] I can only assume.
[Aramil] The other two are even more mysterious.
[Aramil] They have a powerful mage in their number who constantly checks Laucian Nailo's workings.
[Defthon (Don)] Could that be Tristan, then?
[Velkyna (Joe)] I thought you said there were no mages?
[Aric (Brian)] No human mages.
[Aramil] And a great cleric of Erythnul, who has created an organization of foul orcish clerics through their ranks.
[Aramil] The mage is not human. To be frank, we are not entirely certain what it is.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] Tristian seems like more of a loaner, though.
Velkyna (Joe) nods.
[Aric (Brian)] Maybe he'll give us some money, then.
[Elf Ranger] I still believe that it is a Yuan-ti.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] ha
[Aric (Brian)] (sorry)
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Tristan's not entirely human anymore, either. But it seems unlikely to me.
[Aramil] It could just as easily be a lizardman. Or even a Slaad.
[Velkyna (Joe)] YUAN TI
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Tristan seems mostly concerned with his own ends.
[Aramil] Or a strange wyrmling.
Elf Ranger makes a conciliatory gesture.
[Aric (Brian)] Although an alliance between these evil powers could be horrible.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] Alliances such as those thend to be short-lived.
[Aric (Brian)] I doubt that Tristan is the type to have an army follow him. Yet Feng was here, and there was also an army.
[Elf Ranger] brb
[Master] brb
[Elf Ranger] I am sorry?
[Master] I am away from the keyboard.
[Aric (Brian)] Perhaps the two joined forces for the combined attack on Arsatia.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] Wasn't Tristan starting up an army of his own?
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Feng was practically an army in and of himself.
[Master] I am back at the keyboard.
[Velkyna (Joe)] An army of one.
[Velkyna (Joe)] And you can see his strength at goarmy.com
[Angie/James] Shouldn't that be golemarmy.com?
[Aric (Brian)] groooooan
[Elf Ranger] There was some assault here?
[Elf Ranger] Are there wounded?
Elf Ranger looks confused and agitated.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Well, there will be
[Lia (Angie/James)] There will be. Didn't see any wounded though.
[Aramil] You're kidding.
[Lia (Angie/James)] No one was guarding Asratia though.
Aramil looks at the ranger.
[Lia (Angie/James)] Wish I was kidding.
[Aramil] That's, what, three times now?
Elf Ranger looks confused.
[Lia (Angie/James)] ???
Elf Ranger 's face lights up.
[Velkyna (Joe)] !!!
[Dralafi (Jared)] ???
[Elf Ranger] I had thought the Bright Lady had forbidden her child such activities.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] The attack is yet to come.
[Lia (Angie/James)] Three times what Aramil?
[Aramil] Apparently she made an exception.
[Defthon (Don)] Her child?
[Aramil] Forgive me.
[Jeff] Three times a lady
[Aramil] As Asratia's pregnancy progresses, we have noticed that time has become . . . slippery near her.
[Aramil] There were two incidents, but we'd thought we were done.
[Velkyna (Joe)] Time keeps on slippin', slippin' into the future.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Indeed.
[Defthon (Don)] Can you tell us about these other incidents?
Aramil shakes his head.
[Aramil] I am sorry, but I cannot.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Can't or mayn't?
[Shottamip (Tamora)] I wish we had a date - more than "two or three months from now, expect an attack."
[Angie/James] Because that would disrupt the timeline? (insert Star Trek reference here)
[Elf Ranger] Ivellian has been in there for a long time.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] Can you tell us more about Ivellian?
[Elf Ranger] What would you like to know?
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Do you think we should check on them?
Aramil squints toward the tower.
[Aramil] No need.
[Aramil] They are both still in there alone, and both are still moving.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] What is his background? Where is he from?
[Master] (sorry, not the tower, the thingy. It's translucent, as you may recall.)
[Velkyna (Joe)] He's got x-ray specs.
[Elf Ranger] He was born in what is now the borderlands and was one of the first to take up arms against the incursions.
[Elf Ranger] He and Nailo do not always get along, but they respect each other.
[Elf Ranger] It was he who decided upon the course of action that lead us to create Cloudhome.
[Dralafi (Jared)] Naiol?
[Arkady (Angie/James)] Was he a follower of Correlian?
Elf Ranger shrugs
[Defthon (Don)] I thought Cloudhome was centuries old?
[Elf Ranger] Aren't we all?
[Elf Ranger] Oh, no.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] No, not exactly.
[Elf Ranger] The creature which makes it up is ancient, but the buildings and structures are but three decades in age.
[Defthon (Don)] Ah.
[Aramil] (to Dralafi) Yes, Laucian Nailo.
[Aric (Brian)] Did you find the Cloud Ray after its passing?
[Aramil] Our leader.
[Elf Ranger] I don't know, honestly. It would not be our way to slaughter it for our uses.
[Elf Ranger] So I never gave it thought.
Dralafi (Jared) mutters "Nice name."
[Velkyna (Joe)] Wait, if the flying fish is dead, how is it still flying?
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Magic
[Defthon (Don)] Magic!
[Aramil] Its magics are sustained through the skills of our clerics.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] OOC: we already covered this.
[Dralafi (Jared)] acting!
[Velkyna (Joe)] (ah, my badd)
[Defthon (Don)] I believe Ivellian mentioned it the other day, actually.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] Brilliant!
[Aramil] Mm.
[Defthon (Don)] Er, a couple hours ago, rather.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] I know!
[Arkady (Angie/James)] OOC: that was a SNL reference, sorry...
Elf Ranger begins cleaning up.
Arkady (Angie/James) helps him.
Velkyna (Joe) grabs a few more biscuits before the plate is taken away.
[Elf Ranger] Oh, thank you. These go here and here.
[Lia (Angie/James)] helps too.
Elf Ranger shakes his head in disbelief.
[Elf Ranger] If you had told me that the Soliusvaar would be helping me clear dishes this morning . . .
Aramil chuckles
[Velkyna (Joe)] You will find she is full of surprises.
[Aramil] Or that Ivellian would have found long-lost Tsohanoai, for that matter.
[Lia (Angie/James)] Even if you're a chosen one, you still have to eat, and do dishes.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Or at least eat.
[Elf Ranger] The impossible and the surreal. I suppose this place is the right one for them.
Shottamip (Tamora) mutters, "Actually, some of us don't have to eat. But whatever."
Velkyna (Joe) mutters. "Yeah, Ivellian found it all by himself."
Lia (Angie/James) glares at Vel.
Aramil smiles
[Aramil] I look forward to hearing the tale, Velkyna.
Velkyna (Joe) looks suprised. "What? What?"
Aramil 's eyes widen.
[Aramil] Your scabbard . . .
[Velkyna (Joe)] Yeah, what of it?
[Defthon (Don)] whose scabbard?
[Defthon (Don)] ah, that.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] (Vel's)
[Aramil] People sell such things?
[Shottamip (Tamora)] (Vel's scabbard is dragonhide)
Velkyna (Joe) glares at him angrily, saying nothing.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] You aren't familiar with our Velkyna Dragonslayer?
Aramil looks startled, then smiles.
[Aramil] The famous gnomish sense of humor.
Shottamip (Tamora) looks at him archly but says nothing more
[Elf Ranger] This is recent work.
Velkyna (Joe) continues to glare.
[Aric (Brian)] Actually, she's not kidding. But it was an evil dragon that we defeated.
[Master] Vel suddenly notices that the ranger is quite clsoe.
[Master] close
Velkyna (Joe) ignores the ranger, continuing to stare icily at Aramil.
[Lia (Angie/James)] OOC: I didn't think people could just sneak up on Vel.
[Master] The ranger whispers something in elven.
[Velkyna (Joe)] (they can't ... she let him)
[Lia (Angie/James)] She's not kidding. I was there.
[Master] (a levelled elf ranger might.)
[Aramil] You're kidding.
[Aramil] You're not kidding.
[Lia (Angie/James)] We're not kidding.
[Velkyna (Joe)] (since only a 16th level rogue could sneak attack me, he'd have to be pretty bronze)
[Lia (Angie/James)] That green dragon nearly killed me.
Aramil shakes his head in disbelief.
[Aramil] How many stories can one woman have to her name?
[Defthon (Don)] Lots, apparently.
[Velkyna (Joe)] Still glaring, she mutters "More than you know." under her breath.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] I suspect, in Vel's case, there are a few more to go, at least.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] I don't know. Did anyone mention the Deck yet?
[Aric (Brian)] Surprisingly, only 17.
[Aramil] Deck?
[Elf Ranger] Deck?
[Aedean (Sedlack)] I see no need to mention it
[Elf Ranger] Okay, that's twice.
[Velkyna (Joe)] IXNAY ON THE ECKDAY
Shottamip (Tamora) is surprised they heard her over everyone else
Elf Ranger finishes cleaning.
[Elf Ranger] I just realized -- I neglected to introduce myself.
[Elf Ranger] Call me Helian Galanodel.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Well met.
[Helian Galanodel] And you.
[Aric (Brian)] ooc: that's ok, we've all got our names floating under our heads.
Arkady (Angie/James) lifts a mug to him.
[Master] Night approaches.
[Velkyna (Joe)] I tumble.
Aric (Brian) readys his kama.
[Roger (Jeff)] roll initiative
[Arkady (Angie/James)] Vel: try to sneak attack night.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] I wonder what's taking Ivellian so long.
[Aric (Brian)] "why is it always day now?" "um, we accidently killed night"
[Praxis] I cast Magic Missile -- at the darkness!
[Aedean (Sedlack)] I disbelieve the night
[Defthon (Don)] damn, beat me to it.
[Velkyna (Joe)] "You have immolated the wall."
Arkady (Angie/James) looks quizacally at Praxis?
[Praxis] I have no idea why I just said that.
[Defthon (Don)] James: it's a ref to a short flash animation online
[Defthon (Don)] really really funny, too.
[Aramil] I must see to my mount's needs.
[Velkyna (Joe)] Say hi to your goat for me.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] So shall we move back to the barracks?
[Aedean (Sedlack)] We may as well
Aramil heads toward the stables.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] My mount only needs a good vaccuming once in a while.
Arkady (Angie/James) pats the magic carpet.
[Aramil] Feel free to keep chatting, and the night passes without incident.
Roger (Jeff) snores softly
[Aric (Brian)] it didn't see us, guys. good.
[Defthon (Don)] What exactly is a bodak? They've come up a few times now, and seem important.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Hey, Arkady. While I'm thinking of it, could you hold on to this for me?
[Defthon (Don)] "it" what, Aric?
[Aric (Brian)] Evil horrible undead nasties of death.
[Velkyna (Joe)] They look at you and you die.
[Aric (Brian)] (night passes)
[Arkady (Angie/James)] What, Aedean?
Aedean (Sedlack) gives Arkady a Vibrant Purple Ioun Stone
[Arkady (Angie/James)] For emergency use only, I know.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Mike: It's the one with Break Enchantment on it
[Velkyna (Joe)] Awwww, yeah.
Arkady (Angie/James) tucks it into a side pouch of his backpack.
[Aramil] Noted.
[Velkyna (Joe)] Operation: Save Aedean's Ass in the hizzouse.
[Master] whoop
[Master] ok that's better.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Yeah
[Master] Everybody all fixed on spells and stuff?
[Arkady (Angie/James)] sure.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Oh, yeah. Let me send you my list....
[Jeff] Yes
[Velkyna (Joe)] I memorize Lightning Bolt and Disintegrate.
[Master] hee
[Aric (Brian)] Defthon's still down some HP
[Master] He'll gain 7 overnight.
[Master] No, wait.
[Velkyna (Joe)] !!!
[Master] That's with a day of rest.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] We would have healed up everybody before sleeping.
[Master] Yeah, whoever's got a spell or two left would lay it down.
Lia (Angie/James) spends time meditating, apologizing to the sword.
[Master] You wake up feeling refreshed, after dreams of sailing.
[Aric (Brian)] all of us?
[Master] Among other things.
[Velkyna (Joe)] I dream of electric sheep.
[Master] That answers that question.
[Aric (Brian)] Yup
[Dralafi (Jared)] ooc: arun is a replicant? what?
Arkady (Angie/James) casts GMW on a stack of arrows.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] Who wants some?
[Master] You break your fast with Helian and Aramil, along with a couple of other elves who press you for many of the details you gave yesterday.
[Master] Aramil then returns to bed.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] (Aramil has CFS)
[Arkady (Angie/James)] Is he OK?
[Velkyna (Joe)] He misses his goat.
[Master] Stupid gay goat.
[Dralafi (Jared)] Arkady: I could use some of those arrows.
[Master] Ivellian joins you toward the end of your repast. He wolfs down some food and looks tired.
[Velkyna (Joe)] He was up all night eating cheese.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Late night, Ivellian?
[Angie/James] Who all besides me and Dral use bows?
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Wait...I thought you guys didn't sleep.
[Angie/James] Lia does... who else?
[Aric (Brian)] I wouldn't mind some GMW bolts, but don't go out of your way.
[Ivellian] We grow tired if we miss our chance to meditate.
[Defthon (Don)] I'm pretty good with a bow, but I don't use it much these days.
[Velkyna (Joe)] I've got twin light crossbows ... COCKED BACK.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Only if things are going really poorly.
[Angie/James] OK, 10 arrows to Lia, 10 to Arkady, and the rest to Dralafi
[Ivellian] A word of advice: Never make a deal with a dragon.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] If I have to shoot my crossbow, we're in poor shape.
[Angie/James] That's 30 arrows, Dral.
[Dralafi (Jared)] Thats 30, right?
[Dralafi (Jared)] thanks.
[Aric (Brian)] Hrm. When we were fighting Feng, and I was hitting him, could you have GMWed my fists?
[Dralafi (Jared)] brian: no
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Thanks for the tip, Ivellian
[Ivellian] Yeha.
[Ivellian] Yeah.
Aric (Brian) pulls out the Ward Cestus. What about this?
[Arkady (Angie/James)] It doesn't work on natural weapons.
[Ivellian] When you are prepared, Asratia would like to see us.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Sure.
[Aric (Brian)] I'll have to keep that in mind for the future.
[Lia (Angie/James)] I'm ready
[Aric (Brian)] ooc: THERE. TAKEN CARE OF. :)
[Defthon (Don)] I'm set
[Aedean (Sedlack)] I'm ready.
[Angie/James] I'll keep that in mind Brian.
Velkyna (Joe) nods quietly.
[Roger (Jeff)] I'm good
[Aric (Brian)] I am prepared.
[Ivellian] Asratia, we are here.
Asratia awakens from a nap.
[Asratia] Thank you, Ivellian.
Asratia fixes each of you with a searching gaze.
[Asratia] I know why Lia and Defthon are here, and I suspect I know Aric's destiny, but I must ask you this:
Aric (Brian) bows low. "Good morning, Lady Asratia."
Asratia nods quickly
Praxis (Angie/James) stares right back, in mock seriousness.
[Asratia] Why have you chosen to risk your lives for elves you either do not know or do not care for?
[Velkyna (Joe)] (Thinks ... because it would really stick in Aramil's craw for the rest of his life)
[Shottamip (Tamora)] You all are good, and they're evil. Also, Lia's our friend.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] Lia is one elf (well half-elf) that we know and care about a lot.
[Defthon (Don)] I am on a quest from my goddess, to deliver Corellon Larethian from bondage.
Velkyna (Joe) nods. "Lia is a friend."
[Roger (Jeff)] It will be fun!
[Angie/James] LOL!
[Aedean (Sedlack)] A grand army of orcs is an affront to the very nature of the beasts, which must be corrected. And, I'd prefer to see the balance swung away from the side of evil.
Praxis (Angie/James) hops onto Roger's sholder, and sticks his tounge at Arkady.
[Dralafi (Jared)] Correllan Larethian must be freed.
Asratia looks at Ivellian, who shrugs.
[Asratia] Very well.
[Asratia] Drink from the fountain.
[Velkyna (Joe)] !!!
[Defthon (Don)] All of us?
[Defthon (Don)] What will that do?
Asratia nods
[Velkyna (Joe)] I hope this is going to be like "Big Trouble in Little China".
[Shottamip (Tamora)] As you wish, lady.
Roger (Jeff) drinks from the fountain
Dralafi (Jared) bows.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] What will happen to us?
Lia (Angie/James) drinks.
Defthon (Don) takes a drink.
[Master] Asratia is silent.
Dralafi (Jared) drinks.
Arkady (Angie/James) looks at Vel.
Aedean (Sedlack) drinks from the fountain.
Velkyna (Joe) tries desperately not to look hesitant.
Velkyna (Joe) fails miserably, of course.
Aric (Brian) drinks from the fountain.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] Well, heck.
[Defthon (Don)] Go ahead, Vel.
Arkady (Angie/James) drinks from the fountain.
[Velkyna (Joe)] Seeing everyone else do it, she nods and takes a drink.
[Master] The water is clear and delicious.
[Asratia] And so, each in your own way, you have placed your trust in me.
[Asratia] Now I place mine in you.
[Asratia] You are agents of Asratia, consort to Corellon Lorethian and mother to Charis, the Righteous Lady.
[Asratia] You act with my confidence and in my name.
[Asratia] Now -- Ivellian has details of what we require of you at this time.
Defthon (Don) bows.
Arkady (Angie/James) bows.
Lia (Angie/James) nods.
Velkyna (Joe) curtseys nervously, still unsure of what just happened.
[Asratia] Go forth and act -- be worthy of my faith in you.
[Master] Even Praxis seems awed by Asratia's presence and words.
[Ivellian] Thank you, Asratia.
[Ivellian] Come with me, please.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Thank you, Asratia, and be well.
Aedean (Sedlack) follows Ivellian
[Praxis (Angie/James)] I'm sure we'll see you again soon.
Aric (Brian) bows low again. I am in your service.
[Master] ok jas
[Velkyna (Joe)] WEE JAS
[Velkyna (Joe)] I dunno, that never gets old.
[Ivellian] The orcs have picked up their raids over the past few days.
[Ivellian] They have a new pattern; they penetrate into the forest, then try to start fires.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] (Let's slay some orc)
[Ivellian] Their intelligence has improved; they have gotten better at finding our settlements and encampments.
[Aric (Brian)] By nightfall the hills will swamp with ox.
[Aric (Brian)] What food u got?
[Velkyna (Joe)] bring youpussy face to my ass
[Ivellian] In response, we have begun using the Cloudhome rangers as flying scouts.
[Ivellian] We want to intercept these raiding columns and destroy them before they can cause yet more damage to the forests.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] Wouldn't flying scouts out of Cloudhome increase the chances it will be found?
[Ivellian] I won't lie to you -- we have taken losses. Misre en-Ehlonna and Obad-Haiset are in Nailoglas, and they work to revive those of us who are lost, but they have limits.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] How many orcs in these raiding columns?
[Ivellian] Arkady: Yes. This is the risk which Asratia has instructed us to take. As you know, we are in an enormous cloud formation.
[Ivellian] We use that to confuse and delay; also, our scouts have rings of invisibility for themselves and their mounts.
[Velkyna (Joe)] !!!
[Ivellian] The columns vary; sometimes they have as many as 50 orcs, sometimes as few as 15.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] (Good thing Vel already has one)
[Arkady (Angie/James)] !!!
[Velkyna (Joe)] (indeed)
[Ivellian] They are always accompanied by fiendish half-coyotes, which act as outriders and make it nearly impossible to surprise the columns.
[Velkyna (Joe)] ABYSSAL DIRE COYOTES
[Ivellian] They sometimes include some of the orcs' allies, such as the bodaks, the ogres and ogre-magi, and other creatures.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Damn
[Ivellian] How mobile are you at this time?
[Aedean (Sedlack)] We've got the carpets
[Arkady (Angie/James)] Some can fly on their own, and we have a magic carpet, but it cannot fit all of us.
[Defthon (Don)] We are ready to go, if that's what you mean; but for transportation we only have the carpets
[Ivellian] Show me the carpet.
[Angie/James] Do we have the Duke's carpets?
[Velkyna (Joe)] Show me the carpet, I throw you the whip.
[Angie/James] I thought we just had ours.
[Master] Nope; you returned those.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] I thought we held on to the Duke's
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Okay, then
Arkady (Angie/James) pulls the carpet out of his pack.
Arkady (Angie/James) ... and rolls it on the ground.
Ivellian inspects it.
[Ivellian] Who else can fly?
[Arkady (Angie/James)] So do we want to stop raids, or how the orcs gather information?
[Shottamip (Tamora)] I can for a few hours.
[Velkyna (Joe)] Give me a fifth of scotch and boy howdy, I can _fly_.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] (what IS a fifth? I've always wondered)
[Praxis (Angie/James)] no problem (hovers)
[Velkyna (Joe)] (it's about a pint)
[Aric (Brian)] I can ... fall ... well. No flying though.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] (that's a lot of liquor. ok.)
[Ivellian] I see.
[Defthon (Don)] (Fifth of a gallon. About 750mL.)
[Ivellian] I shall send for one of Nailo's remaining carpets.
[Velkyna (Joe)] (a little more, it's a fifth of a gallon)
[Velkyna (Joe)] (BEATEN BY DON THE LUSH)
[Ivellian] Accept it, as a sealing gift for our new association.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] (aha. all is clear. you guys are great.)
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Gee, thanks.
[Defthon (Don)] (hey, but I throw great parties)
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Thank you
[Lia (Angie/James)] Thanks.
[Velkyna (Joe)] Thanks
[Aric (Brian)] Thank you.
[Angie/James] Who's normally going to carry it? Arkady's pack is full.
[Defthon (Don)] Thanks.
[Ivellian] Get some rest, then. Tonight we hunt orc.
Ivellian leaves to make preparations.
[Angie/James] Go Aragon!
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Somebody have extra space in one of those haversacks? I don't use one.
[Aric (Brian)] doh! wanted to ask Ivellian a question
[Aedean (Sedlack)] So, we're leaving at night, then?
[Angie/James] Sorry... Angie corrected me, Aragorn.
[Master] Brian - - go ahead and follow him to ask.
[Roger (Jeff)] I think there's some space in here...
[Velkyna (Joe)] My haversack is extremely full.
[Velkyna (Joe)] Things like the Heavy Mace of Feng Kreshing have to go somewhere ...
[Aric (Brian)] Ivellian, Ari
[Defthon (Don)] I think I have room in my bag of holding. What did you need, Shottamip?
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Not me, the new carpet.
[Ivellian] I am sorry, Aric, but I cannot.
[Defthon (Don)] Aha. How big is it then?
[Angie/James] Is it a 5 x 10 like the one we have now?
[Shottamip (Tamora)] I guess we'll see tonight. I think they're usually ~15 lbs.
[Master] the one you have now is 6x9, 15 lbs. the new one will be the same.
[Defthon (Don)] Yeah, I can cover that easy.
[Aric (Brian)] Very well, thank you. (I join the party.)
[Defthon (Don)] Assuming it can fit through the opening of the bag. :)
[Aric (Brian)] I really need to pick up a bag of holding at some point.
[Master] rollin rollin rollin rollin
[Master] Okay, I need 10 minutes to stretch and load stuff up.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] I highly recommend them for everyone else.
[Angie/James] how many people normally use crossbow bolts?
[Velkyna (Joe)] I thought our original one was 9x12, the largest.
[Velkyna (Joe)] Vel uses crossbows.
[Aric (Brian)] I use a crossbow when my foe is out of range of melee fighting.
[Defthon (Don)] YOU THINK YOUR CARPET IS LARGE? OURS IS... oh.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] I use a crossbow when I want to miss the opponent
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Only if I'm out of spells, in which case, things are looking grim.
[Angie/James] So is it worth it to cast GWM on bolts too?
[Velkyna (Joe)] In other words, only Vel uses a crossbow NOT out of desperation.
[Velkyna (Joe)] Probably not, unless we know we're going up against a lot of damage reduction shit at range.
[Velkyna (Joe)] Orcs and ogres take normal bolts just fine.
[Angie/James] I am away from the keyboard.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] test
[Shottamip (Tamora)] helloo
[Velkyna (Joe)] (yeah)
[Sedlack] I am away from the keyboard.
[Sedlack] I am back at the keyboard.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] lag.
[Sedlack] I am away from the keyboard.
[Velkyna (Joe)] A little bit.
Joe has left the game.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Things are running slow for me
Sedlack has left the game.
Joe has joined the game.
Joe has left the game.
Jeff has left the game.
Don has joined the game.
Brian has joined the game.
[Sedlack] Time to reset my prefs
[Sedlack] Oh, OK
[Brian] I am away from the keyboard.
[Don] Interesting.
[Brian] ack! my colors
[Don] whoops
[Don] where did everyone go?
[Don] Huh.
[Brian] wacky
[Don] http://www.cs.brown.edu/~dpb/serendair/transcript-030503.html
[Don] is the transcript up to the disconnect.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] My connection died, then I had to try a few times to get back in
Joe has joined the game.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] test
[Angie/James] testing testing
[Joe] Well, possibly disregard that emali I fired off.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Michael crashed and is getting everything back.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] That would do it
[Brian] I am back at the keyboard.
[Brian] I am away from the keyboard.
[Brian] I am back at the keyboard.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Make up your mind
[Brian] i clicked it once
[Brian] it went back then left again
[Angie/James] I am away from the keyboard.
[Angie/James] I am back at the keyboard.
[Brian] "before you, you see nothing but an inpenetrable gray fog"
[Joe] You are in a maze of twisty corridors, all alike.
[Don] passages.
[Brian] Let's hunt some wumpus.
[Joe] "Meh."
[Aedean (Sedlack)] It is dark. You cannot see, hear, smell, feel, or taste anything.
[Don] :)
[Don] CC. Grown men have been known to cry at this point.
[Dralafi (Jared)] we are likely to be eaten by grues.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] (23 hints left)
[Joe] Stay a while and listen.
[Angie/James] xyzzy
[Joe] I am overburdened.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] This is the infamous recursive footnote. (Footnote 10)
[Master] ok, let's kick the tires.
[Joe] I hear bomb noises.
Don kicks.
Brian kicks
[Master] What do bomb noises sound like?
[Brian] Aric: Attack: ** MODIFIED BY: ATTACK (+1) ** Tiger Leap (via Sandals) [S] hits AC: ((d20+10+1)) [(19+10+1)] 30
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Ka-BLOOM!
[Master] Okay, nobody crashed?
[Joe] Bomb noises.
[Angie/James] ok so far
[Aedean (Sedlack)] "Elf Ranger" has bred asexually
[Roger (Jeff)] Ahaha
[Brian] erm, i'm not sure i should be "modified by +1"
[Master] They're all from families with greater than 10 children.
[Brian] are there some modifiers from the last session still in effect?
[Master] I guess so.
[Master] We'll clean it up in a little bit.
[Master] I'm going to put the party in th elower left-hand corner for now.
[Brian] Why is there a baby Elf Ranger, too?
[Angie/James] same drill as before, GMW on arrows: 10 to Lia and Arkady, 30 to Dral
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Michael -- in light of the additional information and the fact that this is a night mission, can I change one of Aedean's prepped spells?
[Aedean (Sedlack)] (at dusk)
[Master] Yes.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Shottamip: Dragon Scales: provides the target with a +4 armor bonus to AC for the next 11 hours
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Very good. I would like to swap one instance of Divine Power for Death Ward
[Master] We will break for 1 hour in 1/2 hour at 12:30 HST.
[Master] That's 5:30 CDT, 6:30 EDT.
[Brian] Ouch, sorry for standing on your heads, everyone
[Master] Okay, go ahead and zoom in on the lower left, out of general principle.
[Angie/James] We were doing a tower, like in the Circe d' Solei.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Also, I would like to remind the "old folks" that they might want to put on their Lesser Scarabs.
[Master] heh
[Aric (Brian)] our what?
[Angie/James] Arkady and Lia always wear theirs
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Our anti-Bodak-death charms
[Angie/James] death ward amulets
[Aric (Brian)] I have one? I think I missed the actual Bodak killing session last year.
[Joe] I'm always wearing it, as I don't have any other ammies.
[Joe] Right. Scott Harris was running Aric that session.
[Shottamip (Tamora)] Oh. You think so? I have another amulet that I normally wear.
[Praxis (Angie/James)] Do I get one?
[Master] Sorry, Praxis. The dog ate yours.
[Joe] No, it was Aramil's goat.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Well, I wasn't palnning on using mine, but I think it would be prudent to give one to Tsohanoai'i's bearer
[Dralafi (Jared)] I want a death ward amulet.
[Master] I just want to say that this is a nice map, and I'm using this map-making program from now on.
[Joe] Notado.
[Arkady (Angie/James)] my character menu seems messed up.
[Master] ok wee jas
[Don] How do you say "noted" in Hawaiian?
[Aric (Brian)] how many amulets can you wear at a time?
[Master] Brian: 1
[Aedean (Sedlack)] 1
[Joe] One.
[Master] Don: One of us here owns a Hawaiian-English dictionary.
[Master] Hint -- it's not me.
[Aric (Brian)] shoot. if i wear it, i'd have to drop my amulet of +1 AC
[Arkady (Angie/James)] seems better now. Wierd.
[Don] yes, yes. It's at home, I'm at the office.
[Master] Arkady -- I fixed it.
[Master] :)
[Don] I'll look it up for future reference, though. :)
[Master] heh
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Well, somebody should be using each of them.
Ivellian comes to fetch you before dusk.
[Aric (Brian)] and the ward amulet isn't on my char sheet...could someone send me a description?
[Praxis (Angie/James)] I'll take one!
[Ivellian] The rangers are out scouting.
[Don] If we have extra amulets of protection, the new members of this party might make use of them...
[Master] (didn't Aric end up, um, using his amulet? It is a one-shot.)
[Praxis (Angie/James)] It is just like the death ward spell.
[Aric (Brian)] see. i wasn't there. i don't remember. if i don't have one, that's fine.
[Praxis (Angie/James)] When would that have been?
[Master] It's a little different.
[Master] If you miss your saving throw, you go down to 0 HP.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] Except the death ward spell has a duration, rather than being one use
[Master] And burn out the scarab.
[Master] But don't die!
[Joe] On the plus side, the pellets are excellent.
[Praxis (Angie/James)] not dying is the important part.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] And you don't lose HP with Death Ward, you're just immune
[Master] ok
[Ivellian] Asratia acts as a central collector for the message spells our rangers have.
[Praxis (Angie/James)] Mighty fine range on that message spell then.
[Aedean (Sedlack)] I'm sure it a speciailized version
[Shottamip (Tamora)] (You're making him look things up. *grin*)
[Angie/James] It is just that mine is quite pudly in comparison.
[Joe] It's level times 100 feet.