Session Log from Wednesday October 29th for Ios....
Ghenn is Baliadoc, AlcarDM is Alcar (big surprise, eh?) and Sparkie was having PMS....
Session Ident: #game1-ooc
* Now talking in #game1-ooc
* AlcarGM changes topic to '* Ania grabs Lux and Random Unnamed Horse Who Managed To Survive Yesterday Who Shall Henceforth Be Called Bill * AlcarDM begins working out plots to kill Bill'
* Ghenn``` has joined #game1-ooc
* AlcarGM sets mode: +o Ghenn```
<Ghenn```> so, put what i typed in message here, and it works :)
<AlcarGM> yep .. RPed Ryu's meeting with the Woman in Grey already...
<Ghenn```> oh right, you told me that. duh
<AlcarGM> So.... .. for the intro.. :p
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* Ghenn``` blinks
<AlcarGM> (( :p ))
<AlcarGM> You are currently in the palace of Quan, leading several giuards away from the entrance ot the dungeons evne as Ryu, Lisha and Bucket head down to very certain doom with a guard.
* Ghenn``` zigs and zags about the place like an annoying little bastard until he has a proper chance to head down there himself.
<AlcarGM> You guess there are a good deozen armed men chasing you, waking up the palace in the process, but by dint of luck, stealth, and plot advancement you manage to evade them in the outdoor garcen, re-entering the plaance ot see one being eaten by some of the more interesting flowers.
<Ghenn```> lol
<AlcarGM> You manage to find one of the entrances to the dungeon.. probably not the one the others went down, but you're not sure.. this palace was built by lots of architects over lots of years.
<AlcarGM> You can hear servants and the occassional guard stumbling around asking what is going on to other equally confused people/.
<Ghenn```> as long as it gets me there, that's all i care about.
<AlcarGM> The stairway down to the dungeons is stone, and rather horribly cut by dwarven standards.
<AlcarGM> BRB
<Ghenn```> heh, right
* Ghenn``` makes his way down it, mentally noting the improvements that need to be made, should he ever come into possession of the place
<AlcarGM> back
<AlcarGM> Ok, you go down a good 32 steps, counting because, well, you're a dwarf, before reaching ahallway... painted bright, cheery pink. It ends in a door madde out of what seems ot be rice paper leading down to the dungeons proper. a yellow happy face can be seen through the door, with the words "BE HAPPY, KTHX" under it.
* Ghenn``` just... blinks. for a while.
<AlcarGM> The stairs beyond it are wooden and the spiral down into the dungeons, a few glowing stones set into the wall every hundred feet or so to light up the stairwell. The walls are stone, and covered in various magical runes.
<AlcarGM> You don't hear anyone coming up, currently.
* Ghenn``` attempts to figure out what the runes do
<AlcarGM> (( hrm..... you have spellcraft, or any good knowledge of magic in background? ))
<Ghenn```> ((sadly, i only have decipher script :))
<Ghenn```> ((and not much in the way of a magical background. :))
<AlcarGM> Ok, roll it then :p
<Ghenn```> ha!
<Ghenn```> 1d20+7
<Sparkie> Ghenn``` 1d20+7: 17(10)
<Ghenn```> darn.
<AlcarGM> You're not sure what they are runes of, but when you touch them you hand rots off.
<AlcarGM> j/k
<Ghenn```> hehehe
<AlcarGM> You're not sure what they are runes of .. you've never seen anything like them before.
* Ghenn``` attempts to figure them out as he goes along. since he can't, oh well. just passes the time :)
<AlcarGM> Ok, they get more intricate as you go further down, to the point that none of them can be made out on the walls after a good hundred feet down .It must have cost a fortune to get enough wizards to do this.
<AlcarGM> You arrive at a landing and a doorway. Metal, currently locked. The stairs continue down, of course.
* Ghenn``` inspects the lock's complexity
<AlcarGM> It's fairly simply, from the looks of things. Skeleton key style. You could probably pick it with your dagger if you wanted to.
* Ghenn``` checks for alarms/traps then does so, if none exist. Is in no real hurry, after all
<AlcarGM> Of course, you wil stil have to roll. And, knowing sparkie, break your dagger :p
<AlcarGM> doh.
<AlcarGM> It's trapped, all right. Needles from the wall, a stone on the ground that triggers a falling roof *and* what you think might be a pit trap as well...
<Ghenn```> oh. well crikies. that's going to be disabled before i go any farther :)
<AlcarGM> You want to evade the traps and open it?
<Ghenn```> preferably :)
<AlcarGM> k, roll :p
<Ghenn```> 1d20+6 Disable Device
<Sparkie> Ghenn``` 1d20+6: 26(20) Disable Device
* AlcarGM blinks
<Ghenn```> i am so dead :)
<Ghenn```> oh.
<Ghenn```> that's handy
<AlcarGM> You disable them with an ease that would probably have the maker contemplating boulder traps.
* Ghenn``` almost whistles while he works, then remembers where he is, and curses his god damned Grandfather, Grumpy, for every having anything to do with that damn song.
* Ghenn``` goes about opening the simple lock, now :)
<AlcarGM> The door opens creaily, having not been oiled in some time .. to a large romo filled with a single table in the middle, 4 chairs.. and a deck of cards on it. Also a small box beside it.
* Ghenn``` inspects the box for traps, the deck and it's resting place, and the chairs :)
* Ghenn``` checks the room, too.
* Ghenn``` is worried the ass who trapped the door might have it in for anyone who got through that.
<AlcarGM> The box is trapped .. poison. Everything else is normal.. you lock the door, or leave it open?
<Ghenn```> oh, i definitely lock it, and reset the traps :)
<AlcarGM> The rest of the room is empty, except for lots of dust.
<Ghenn```> if i think i can easily get through the traps, that is (knowing where they are now)
<AlcarGM> yeah, you can.... damn the 20 :p
<AlcarGM> you alsom find a trap inside the door, triggered for when it closes.. a spear trap.
<Ghenn```> heh :)
<Ghenn```> jeez. this is a real excluse poker club, ain't it?
<AlcarGM> it's the easiest to disable, since whoever used this room probably wanted to be able to leave, too.
<AlcarGM> (( how'd you guess? :p ))
* Ghenn``` really doesn't want to be speared, so he gets that one too, then goes about opening the box :)
<AlcarGM> The box opens with your picks and is filled with poker chips in one half... and buttons in the other, like the ones off of trousers, used as the money it seems.
* AlcarGM is now known as AlcarDM
<AlcarDM> It has a false botttom .. with more buttons in it.
<AlcarDM> And one of the chairs has some in a compartment on the side, too :p
<AlcarDM> Other than that, nothing.
<Ghenn```> lol
<Ghenn```> inspects the deck
<AlcarDM> Deck of many things! ... naw.. but that would make for a damn weird poker game.
<Ghenn```> wow... yeah :)
<AlcarDM> Normal deck of cards, well cared for and unmarked, to boot.
<SilverHorse> << Ios or aftermath? >>
* Ghenn``` deals himself a battle with death!
<AlcarDM> (( teh Ios. ))
<SilverHorse> << okay. You may continue. Like i have to give you permission.. wow I need to go to bed. night. >>
* SilverHorse is now known as SilverH[Sleep]
* Ghenn``` thinks for a few minutes, rather curious about the whole setup... then neatly arranges even piles of chips and buttons, and deals a hand of poker to each chair, taking one and waiting
<AlcarDM> Ok..... how long are you waiting? :)
<Ghenn```> oh, just a few minutes. if nothing seems to happen, i'm arranging everything the way I found it and leaving :)
<AlcarDM> and do you arrange the deck to deal yourself anything special?
<Ghenn```> no. i'm just dealing normal hands. :)
<AlcarDM> Ok, then nothing happens after a few minutes.
<Ghenn```> fair enough. figured it might be one of the reasons it was here. :)
* Ghenn``` packs everything back up, returns it to it's original position, and leaves
<Ghenn```> although, I do take the time to do one specific thing :)
<AlcarDM> (( The ghosts of the players showing up would be cool, but their ghosts aren't the type to hang around.. tho, imo, one would imagine that hanging around the place where you die would be the spirit would equivalence of being a mental midget:p ))
<AlcarDM> Which is?
* Ghenn``` reverses the deactivation measures for the two sets of traps; shut down what used to be the way in, and you just shut down the spear trap :)
<Ghenn```> and disabling the big set of traps is now the spear way :)
<Ghenn```> whoever comes in here next, if they expect the usual way, is in for a nasty surprise :)
<AlcarDM> lol. k.
* Ghenn``` does his leavin' thing
<AlcarDM> Anbd so our hero exits the poker room in the dungeons, leaving it trapped so the innocent owners will die when they return to play. The Dm attrempts to figure out how that is heroic, then decides to just continue before trying to place it on the D&D alignment system :p
<Ghenn```> lol
<AlcarDM> You continue downwards, I assume?
<Ghenn```> yeah :)
* Ghenn``` thinks of it as getting rid of some of the bad guys the easy way :)
<AlcarDM> (( Pity the kender poker team aren't bad ;p But they've also been dead for quite a while so it's a moot point ;) ))
<Ghenn```> ((hehe, ah well. if it were kender, evil or not i'd be doing the world a service ;))
<AlcarDM> Good point :p
* Ghenn``` makes sure no one has caught up to him (from either direction) and winds his way further down
<AlcarDM> You continue downward, and the runic script on the wall peters out and finally stops, being replaced by lurid murals mostly dealing with sex.
<_____> (( medieval pr0n ))
<AlcarDM> explicit ones too. That someone has put moustaches on..
* Ghenn``` wonders just who he's going to meet down here
<AlcarDM> The stairs go further down as well, and end abruptly as the murtals do, the rest ofthe way down being a winding dirt path along some natural old river than looks like it was widened pretty much at whim .. in some places you need to crawl, in others the ceiling is a good 30' above your head...
* Ghenn``` mumbles to himself about any self-respecting castle dungeon would have capped this thing off and ended by now
<AlcarDM> The stones are missing as well and there is no light, but you're a dwarf so it seems fine.. after some time passes you make a listen check :p
<Ghenn```> 1d20
<Sparkie> Ghenn``` 1d20: 13
<Ghenn```> and i bet i hear nothing :)
<AlcarDM> (( current ac? ))
<Ghenn> (current ac = 15)
* Ghenn``` (rumjunglex@ptp180.reninet.com) Quit (Ping timeout)
<Orgg> ((what kind of rogue has a 15 ac? *looks suspicious* =P))
* AlcarDM sets mode: +o Ghenn
<Sparkie> The dead kind.
<AlcarDM> 3#d20+4
<Sparkie> AlcarDM 3#d20+4: 16(12) 24(20) 15(11)
<AlcarDM> wow..
<Ghenn> ((er... yeah :))
<Ghenn> ((how am i spose to have higher AC?! rogues don't wear armor!))
<Ghenn> ((you should be asking why i'm stupid enough to have no spot or listen :))
<AlcarDM> 2#1d6
<Sparkie> AlcarDM 2#1d6: 3 2
<AlcarDM> 1d6 - the d20, doubled...
<Sparkie> AlcarDM 1d6: 3 - the d20, doubled...
<Ghenn> right. 11 damage. any saves go along with these? :)
<AlcarDM> You move along quickly until you hear the low whine of arrows and find yourself becoming a dwarven pincushion in the back. You hear severalcheers behind you.
<AlcarDM> (( no :( ))
<Ghenn> "Uh... say what?"
* Ghenn turns to look at his aggressors
<AlcarDM> You see 3 squat, ugly figures.. goblins, you think, from stories you've heard. Two are runing at you screaming shrill war cries in their language, and the third is readying his bow to shoot you again.
* Ghenn shrugs, and draws his rapier, taking a defensive stance
<AlcarDM> Ok, the third gobin shoots you while the other two are charging.
<AlcarDM> d20+4 - away!
<Sparkie> AlcarDM d20+4: 21(17) - away!
<AlcarDM> ...
<AlcarDM> 1d6
<Sparkie> AlcarDM 1d6: 2
* Ghenn takes yet another arrow, dammit!
<AlcarDM> Roll init versus teh evil 2 gonlins :p
<AlcarDM> (( this is horribly amusing... ))
<AlcarDM> 3#1d20+3 - goblin init.
<Sparkie> AlcarDM 3#1d20+3: 16(13) 19(16) 8(5) - goblin init.
<Ghenn> 1d20+3
<Sparkie> Ghenn 1d20+3: 17(14)
<AlcarDM> The two goblins reach you, screaming their shrill war cries. The first one leaps past your guard and stabs you with a sharp dagger stolen from hi last victim!
<AlcarDM> 1d4+1
<Sparkie> AlcarDM 1d4+1: 3(2)
<AlcarDM> err...
<AlcarDM> rol first...
<AlcarDM> 1d20+3 :p
<Sparkie> AlcarDM 1d20+3: 18(15) :p
<Ghenn> that'd be nice :)
<AlcarDM> oh, ok.
<Ghenn> works out either way :)
<Ghenn> ((... i'm gonna die to 3 goblins, how sad...))
<AlcarDM> (( yeah, level 1 too :p ))
<AlcarDM> You're attack :p
<AlcarDM> The second goblin is looking for an opening.. and drooling. You'll feed his family for weeks.
<Ghenn> 1d20+6 - to the goblin that hasn't attacked yet :)
<Sparkie> Ghenn 1d20+6: 9(3) - to the goblin that hasn't attacked yet :)
<Ghenn> rofl!!
<AlcarDM> hahahaha
<AlcarDM> 1d20+3 - gobby #2 :p
<Sparkie> AlcarDM 1d20+3: 15(12) - gobby #2 :p
* Ghenn whisks his blade out at the 2nd goblin, wincing in pain, and removing the arrow before he tries that again :)
* AlcarDM stares...
<AlcarDM> (( this is getting weird... ))
<AlcarDM> The goblin leaps inward past your blow and cuts you in the leg, chittering in glee
<AlcarDM> d4+1
<Sparkie> AlcarDM d4+1: 2(1)
<AlcarDM> d20+4 - the archer fires :p
<Sparkie> AlcarDM d20+4: 18(14) - the archer fires :p
<AlcarDM> ...
<Ghenn> rofl!!
<AlcarDM> d6
<Sparkie> AlcarDM d6: 6
<Orgg> ((sparkie wants blood =P))
<AlcarDM> (( it seems like that. Crap. ))
<AlcarDM> The first goblin leaps in to attack as your distracted by another arrow..
<AlcarDM> d20+3
<Ghenn> ((well... so much for grand plot ideas, eh? ;))
<Sparkie> AlcarDM d20+3: 18(15)
* AlcarDM whimpers
<AlcarDM> d4+1... go?
<AlcarDM> please, please hit one :p
* Ghenn snickers
<Orgg> (no .s =P)
<AlcarDM> d4+1
<Ghenn> ((this will go down as the most amusing character death i've ever had :))
<Sparkie> AlcarDM d4+1: 3(2)
<Orgg> ((lol!))
<Ghenn> 1d20+6 ker-hit?
<Sparkie> Ghenn 1d20+6: 10(4) ker-hit?
<Ghenn> ROFL!
* AlcarDM blinks.. right...
* Ghenn realizes he's never been SO SUCCESSFULLY BUTCHERED BEFORE, and gets a little worried :)
<AlcarDM> They must be ninja goblins!
<AlcarDM> d20+3 - Gobby 2:p
<Sparkie> AlcarDM d20+3: 9(6) - Gobby 2:p
<AlcarDM> yes, a miss!
<Ghenn> my next character is gonna be one of these guys.
* Ghenn barely scrambles out of the way :)
<AlcarDM> The second one leaps in, and is far to enthused by the lackluster reactions of supper, so you avoid...
<AlcarDM> d20+4 - archer
<Sparkie> AlcarDM d20+4: 14(10) - archer
<AlcarDM> and you manage to avoid an arrow that sails over your head to clatter into the wall...
<AlcarDM> The first goblin leaps at you again
<AlcarDM> d20+3 - go sparkie :p
<Sparkie> AlcarDM d20+3: 15(12) - go sparkie :p
* AlcarDM was kidding.
<AlcarDM> d4+1
<Sparkie> AlcarDM d4+1: 5(4)
<Ghenn> rofl!
<AlcarDM> You're luck runs out as the little bugger stabs his dagger deep into your side, obviously knowing where your liver was and wanting it.
<Ghenn> they're black market weaponsmiths, who want dwarven livers ;)
<AlcarDM> you're attack :)
<Orgg> ((lol!))
<Ghenn> 1d20+6 - enjoy it, spark, enjoy.
<Sparkie> Ghenn 1d20+6: 25(19) - enjoy it, spark, enjoy.
<Ghenn> whoa.
<AlcarDM> yes! you ... hit!
<Ghenn> 1d20+6 - crit?
<Sparkie> Ghenn 1d20+6: 11(5) - crit?
<Ghenn> .. no.
<Ghenn> 1d6+2
<Sparkie> Ghenn 1d6+2: 4(2)
<Ghenn> ...
<AlcarDM> 3#d8 - hp for 1-3 :p
<Sparkie> AlcarDM 3#d8: 4 6 8 - hp for 1-3 :p
<AlcarDM> The first goblin staggers back, bleeding profusely, and collapses against a wall.
<AlcarDM> the second leaps at you!
<Ghenn> (that was luck)
<AlcarDM> d20+3
<Sparkie> AlcarDM d20+3: 23(20)
<AlcarDM> err...
<Ghenn> ...
<Orgg> (LOL!)
<AlcarDM> d20+3 - crit?
<Sparkie> AlcarDM d20+3: 7(4) - crit?
<AlcarDM> whew!
<AlcarDM> d4+1
<Sparkie> AlcarDM d4+1: 4(3)
<Orgg> (well, thank goodness for that =P)
<AlcarDM> you're victory is short lived as the second goblin finds your liver ;P
<Ghenn> (i think it just delays the inevitable :)
<AlcarDM> d20+4 - archer :p
<Sparkie> AlcarDM d20+4: 6(2) - archer :p
<AlcarDM> The archer might have fired but no arrow reaches you.
* Ghenn lashes out in desperation at his next assailant
<Ghenn> 1d20+6
<Sparkie> Ghenn 1d20+6: 22(16)
<Ghenn> 1d6+2
<Sparkie> Ghenn 1d6+2: 3(1)
<Ghenn> ... this is just too funny :)
<AlcarDM> The goblin lets loose a scream of pain and looks very pissed off as he swipes his dagger at your chest
<AlcarDM> d20+3
<Sparkie> AlcarDM d20+3: 15(12)
<AlcarDM> d4+1 ....
<Sparkie> AlcarDM d4+1: 3(2) ....
<Ghenn> (hm...)
<AlcarDM> (( hp? ... ))
<Ghenn> (i'm doing perfectly fine! i still have 3 whole hit points!)
<AlcarDM> we'll see about that, sadly...
<AlcarDM> d20+4 - archer :p
<Sparkie> AlcarDM d20+4: 15(11) - archer :p
<AlcarDM> oh, my gods
<AlcarDM> d6
<Sparkie> AlcarDM d6: 2
<AlcarDM> rofl!
* Ghenn salutes you, brave dwarf. go with the Gods.
* Ghenn takes another hit, stumbling back and looking rather dizzy
<AlcarDM> The archer finds his mark again! Ghenn is now feeling a lot of pain and facing an enraged goblin
<Ghenn> "Too... cocky. I've... cheated fate too long. Come then... into the maw of death!"
* Ghenn roars with his own rage, and charges upon his foe!
<Ghenn> 1d20+6
<Sparkie> Ghenn 1d20+6: 15(9)
<Orgg> (lol!)
<AlcarDM> hit!
<AlcarDM> thank all the gods..
<Ghenn> (unfortunately, my rage is generally impotent.)
<Ghenn> 1d6+2
<Sparkie> Ghenn 1d6+2: 6(4)
<AlcarDM> The goblin screams in terror as you cut his weasly head off.
* Ghenn takes down the second one, and begins to make his way to the archer
<AlcarDM> The archer considers the odds, realises the two dead ones will be food enough fro him, and flees
<Orgg> (lol)
<Sparkie> You won't be laughing next roll, nancyboy
<Ghenn> no parting shot!?
<Ghenn> now i'm just being pardoned by the good graces of the DM. spark's gonna be mad, yo. ;)
<Ania> (( lol ))
<AlcarDM> lol. He's not stupid. My original plan for for them to retreat when one died but a horrible curiousity took over....
<Ghenn> hey, i don't think parting shots are stupid!
<Ghenn> ... i realize i shouldn't be arguing for my own death here, but i almost feel bad for sparkie :)
<AlcarDM> d20+4 then :p
<Sparkie> AlcarDM d20+4: 7(3) then :p
<AlcarDM> wow... a ... miss...
<Ghenn> see!? that wasn't so bad :)
<Ghenn> how far away is he, btw?
<AlcarDM> about 30 yards, scrambling towards a small passageway
* Ghenn picks up one of the goblin's daggers, and hucks it at him
<Ghenn> cuz now i'm just mad :)
<AlcarDM> lol. k.
<Ghenn> 1d20+2
<Sparkie> Ghenn 1d20+2: 19(17)
<Ghenn> 1d4+2 yay!
<Sparkie> Ghenn 1d4+2: 4(2) yay!
<AlcarDM> (( sadly, #3 had 8 hp :p ))
<Ghenn> ((yeah, i know :))
* Ghenn hurls the dagger through the air with all his strength, and then collapses on the ground
<AlcarDM> the goblin staggers as the blade cleaves into him and staggers away, regretting stayinhg to fire that parting shot :p
<Ghenn> ((btw, we did determine that i'm 5th level, right?))
<AlcarDM> (( Yep. ))
<AlcarDM> (( and should level at the end of this session :p ))
<Ghenn> ((alright. otherwise i was dead a long while ago :))
* Sparkie mutters something about cheaters
<AlcarDM> You're lying on the ground bleeding from various cuts, arrows, scrapes and feeling horrible..... After a while, you stir painfully to bandage some..... doing anything else?
<Ghenn> crawling out of the way? :)
<Ghenn> filling myself with an all consuming rage for goblins? :)
<Orgg> ((lol =P))
<AlcarDM> Hrm, going further down the passage then.. at least down is easier :p
<AlcarDM> then? I meant.
<Ghenn> heh, sure
<AlcarDM> Ok, you drag yourself down the passage, stumbling, seeing visions, and generally keeping going due to sheer rage.
* Ghenn drags his rapier, expecting more fun to come along
<AlcarDM> after some time..hours? days... you find water, and eat, and continue downward, weapon in hand
<Ghenn> ((hmm... i believe i'll be leveling up as a ranger...))
<AlcarDM> After a time you hear noises ahead, hear them enough that you're almost cetain they're real.. a voice speaking words of power that make the air smell like the calm before a storm
<AlcarDM> You're a dwarf, and close to death ... you're hearing somehting else, as well, a strange, high keening noise coming from the very rocks, as if they .. or somethign else.. was mourning...
* Ghenn focuses on the keening to keep him in the realm of conciouness and sanity, and spits out some blood, picking up his pace
<AlcarDM> The words dimish as you go further down, trailing away into a strange, tense silence. as if waiting for something.. a half-dead dwarf stumbling down a trail is probably doesn't count :P
<Ghenn> hehehe
<AlcarDM> The trail levels off, finally, and you see a large carvern lit only by a strange loooking grey-0robed figure standing over a lake of black water ....
<Ghenn> "Oh," *spits* "You're the one I'm looking for. Those green bastards yours?"
<AlcarDM> erm, the figure hasn't noticed you .. yet.. unless you say that? :p
<Ghenn> well... yes. Ghenn... well, isn't exactly thinking straight, honestly :)
<Orgg> ((lol!))
<Ghenn> ((... in all honesty, i was so mad about the damn goblins i forgot to be sneaky :))
<Ghenn> ((... I HATE GOBLINS))
<Orgg> ((well, at least picking your species enemy will be easy =P))
<Orgg> ((if you somehow manage to survive the session =P))
<Ghenn> ((this... i just might have failed at :))
<AlcarDM> The figure turns.. roll knowledge(ooc) :p
<Ania> (( lol! ))
<Ghenn> 1d20+3 !
<Sparkie> Ghenn 1d20+3: 5(2) !
<Ghenn> ...
<Ania> (( sparkie hates you ))
<Ghenn> truly, i have been forsaken.
<AlcarDM> You know with utter certainty that the fates are against you.
<Ania> :<
<AlcarDM> The figure watches you carefully, but doesn't speak or move.
Session Time: Thu Oct 30 00:00:00 2003
* Ghenn smiles a toothy, bloody smile
<AlcarDM> You go over to it?
<Ghenn> "Originally, I came down here to threaten you into ceasing whatever it is you're doing in the city above."
<Ghenn> yeah
<Ghenn> "Now... I'm just doing it a little less convincingly, I'd imagine."
<AlcarDM> As you approach the air gets noticably colder.. the black pool of water is covered in a thin sheet o f ice but water is moving restlessly under it.
<AlcarDM> The grey-robed figure is about 5' tall, and thin.... but just.. a robe.. yo can't see anything there except nothingness, an empty void just watching you in silence.
* Ghenn walks around it, looking at the pool
<AlcarDM> The pool is a good 20' wide or so, perfectlt circular and the water seems to be moving in repsonse.. or cause? .. of that strange keening noise you're feeling in the bloodt soles of your boots.
<AlcarDM> The figure just watches you .. intently....
* Ghenn dips the edge of his blade into the pool
<AlcarDM> it reaches the ice, and beigns to feel cold.
<AlcarDM> You hear a voice all around you, soft and toneless. "Your name, before you die."
<Ghenn> "Right kind of you. Name's Ghenn. Ghenn Blacksteel."
<Ghenn> ((nothing especially special happens though?))
<AlcarDM> (( not yet :p ))
* Ghenn does his usual trick of retrieving the evil amulet, and dangles it above the pool
<AlcarDM> ooh..
<AlcarDM> the amulet begins to glow with a sickly gray light.
<AlcarDM> The figure reacts, finally, moving backward.... it would be stepping, if you could see feet.
<AlcarDM> Gray Robed Figure's Voice: "Tools of the Shadow King avail you not, dwarf." The amulet evaporates..
* Ghenn blinks
<Ghenn> "I finally got rid of the damn thing."
<Ghenn> "Well, you've done me quite the favor before you killed me."
* Ghenn leans against the pool, needing the support
<AlcarDM> Gray Robed Figure's Voice: "Favour? I think ...... not....." long pause. "Ah...." the empty cowl regards you.
<Ghenn> "Listen, it's been a looooong walk. Let's cut to the chase. I'll ask you questions, you do what you must. What are you doing to the city above, and why?"
<AlcarDM> Gray Robed Figure's Voice: "I see....... a thief this time......" you hear a noise like small animals being strangled .. it might be laughter... "here, of all places.... and I serve the Shadow King, oh yes.... " another laugh. "Opening a door, little... dwarf."
<Ghenn> "To where?"
<AlcarDM> Gray Robed Figure's Voice: "A House.. A house of a Master ... there will be reckonings, against the Gods.. we are not slaves," the last almost having emotion behind it.
* Ghenn shakes his head, keeping his composure
<Ghenn> "Fine, you've got something against the Gods, that's your problem, and theirs. Not ours."
<Ghenn> "I'll ask you once; get your non-existent carcass out of town."
<AlcarDM> The figure laughs, again. "You will distract my masters, who serve the shadow king.... And your death wil be as slow as the others .. dwarf." another laugh "You are scarecely alive, if you ever were."
<Ghenn> "An astute observation." *spits out some more blood, into the pool*
<AlcarDM> The pool seems ot change, in a moment, turning a pale blue.
* Ghenn looks at it
<Ghenn> "Cute."
<AlcarDM> The figure looks at it, intently, and ignores you entirely. "Hsalienwrr'klorhjidellrnn'ashiente'orel, hear me. You are dead as one who entered the House, you are bound here by my will and art past the death given you by your pride. I bind you by your name, and blood from outside this world."
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<AlcarDM> As a favour, it kills your nemesis too :p
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<Ghenn> lol, wow.
<Ghenn> at least i won't feel nearly as bad about death, now :)
<AlcarDM> The pool turns to a sickly yellow colour....
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* Topic is '* Ania grabs Lux and Random Unnamed Horse Who Managed To Survive Yesterday Who Shall Henceforth Be Called Bill * AlcarDM begins working out plots to kill Bill'
* Set by AlcarGM on Wed Oct 29 22:11:15
<Ghenn> wb
<Tatterdemalion> thanks...
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* Tatterdemalion is now known as AlcarDM
<AlcarDM> The pool turns to a sickly yellow colour....
* Ghenn watches for a moment
<AlcarDM> Thre figure seems.. pleased? .. and continues to ignore you, but the toneless voice is a bit softer...
* Ghenn also starts looking around the room for anything else of importance, too
<AlcarDM> Gray Robed Figure: "It is... done." The robes waver slightly. "The door.... opens....." it pauses, then says word you've never heard but makes you feel sick inside. "come..... a Door is open. A House. is ... no ........ a new one... I paid......" The waters of the pool begin to swirl into a whirlpool, taking on every colour known and a fe you've never seen before "no..... I gave up .... " the fire is simply gone, cloak and all.
* Ghenn blinks
<Ghenn> "This is not going at all like I planned."
<Ghenn> (is the water still going?)
<AlcarDM> The whirlpool continues to spin, the ice shattering with a sound like a small cannon shot.. for a moment the ewayters resove into a face.... the face of a dragon... and then it is gone
<Ghenn> "This game has way too many players... why do I have to be one of them?"
<AlcarDM> The dead dragon doesn't reply, but if he could he would say that Sparkie was trying to answer you question :p
<Ghenn> lol
* Ghenn starts looking around for anything useful at all
<AlcarDM> The room begins to darken around and the pool stops moving, turning stil and l,ooing, absurdly, like normal water again. That keening noise is gone and you can see shapes in the pool, at the bottom, coming out ofit....
<AlcarDM> What are you going?
<AlcarDM> er, doing :p
<Ghenn> well, being troubled by that, for sure.
* Ghenn looks for a lid :)
<AlcarDM> lol. There is none.. bu tyou get the stong feeling remaining here would be bad....
* Ghenn does his best to get the hell out of dodge then... and runs into a goblin squad!
<AlcarDM> The only exit is the way you came.. and a doorway at the other end, currently closed
* Ghenn heads for that door, assuming whatever is coming up is going to head out the other way, hopefully
<AlcarDM> You hear sounds from the pool and figures begin to exit it. humanoidsw whose featur seem to change from moment to moment in some disturbing rhythm ....
* Ghenn moves as fast as his beaten body will move him
<AlcarDM> OK ... you reach the door as the cavern comes darker.. strange smells are kin the air and the figures are moving together, apart.. changing .... the air takes on an ugly, dead smell and you seem to see holes on the walls, to places that simply can'tg exist.... moe shapes are moving out of them, slowly....
<AlcarDM> The door opens.. oddly, not locked or trapped.. and since you're about to meet Ryu we have to end here :p
<Ghenn> ... dammit. I should have taken the evil demonic presences...
* Ghenn is now known as Baliadoc
* AlcarDM chuck;les.. and the door to the Master's House opens ;P
<Baliadoc> well, that was an interesting game :)
<AlcarDM> this is fun :)
<Orgg> yes!
<Orgg> the goblins of DOOM!
<Baliadoc> i really didn't expect to make it to the end there, for a moment :)
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