Session Start: Mon Mar 24 00:00:00 2003 Session Ident: #Exalted [15:51:36] * Last time, on Exalted, the heroes fought their way through hordes of the undead only to find out that the Palace of the Three had been taken over by dark forces, while Canis had left a liutenant, Sonorous Steel Bell, to occupy the city for hi- Goddammit Dem, stop playing Freedom Force. [15:51:48] ( Bwah. ) [15:51:50] ( /me activates Glorious Patching Method ) [15:53:04] ( ... That could be interesting. ) [15:53:09] ( Cyberpunk Exalted! ) [15:53:29] ( Drop Solar and Lunars and so on into a cyberpunk setting. ) [15:53:37] * Last time, on Exalted, the heroes fought their way through hordes of the undead only to find out that the Palace of the Three had been taken over by dark forces, while Canis had left a liutenant, Sonorous Steel Bell, to occupy the city for him. We left as Bell was getting up from the center throne in the throne room, clutching his scythe. [15:54:31] * Lenoria readies her fans... [15:54:55] ( Can somebody with a log recap for me exaclty what happened at the end of last session? ) [15:54:58] (brb) [15:55:09] * Sonorous_Steel_Bell (CHBoucher@dialup-67.25.2.240.Dial1.Manchester1.Level3.net) has joined #Exalted [15:55:37] * Disconnected [15:55:42] * Attempting to rejoin channel #Exalted [15:55:43] * Rejoined channel #Exalted [15:55:43] * Topic is 'Welcome to #Exalted, Hooray for lesbians! | Exalted: Session 5 Monday | S. Institute: Session 5 Feb 19, 3:30 PST. | Paradise Hunters: Coming someday. Talk to Yon | Net Agents Story: Sunday Afternoon. | ' [15:55:43] * Set by AlsoZerethKat on Sun Mar 09 14:49:50 [15:55:47] * Deyton , from behind Kane's shadow as per usual, swings his pair of hook swords from their pearches. [15:56:02] ( Gak. -a. ^^ ) [15:56:21] * DemoFF is now known as Lenoria [15:56:26] ( My connection that time. ) [15:57:13] * Kane glares at Alliterative Annoying Asshole past his sword. "Where has Canis gone?" [15:57:55] Elsewhere. [15:58:17] * Alitheia draws her sword and eyes SSB carefully. [15:59:13] * Sonorous_Steel_Bell raises his scythe up to a battle-ready position, bending his knees slightly, still towering over the Solars. [15:59:16] ( Oh, by the way, I lost my first ever RPG character today. ) [15:59:18] ( I still have Fivefold Bulwark Stance up, right? ) [15:59:38] (Yeah.) [15:59:54] (...must... resist...asking... if... Yon... Looked... Behind... couch...) [16:00:02] ( XD ) [16:00:06] ( Orthak got his brain eaten. Not that he USED it much, but it was enough to make him a zombie. ) [16:00:07] (Naw, under the bed is more likly) [16:00:14] ( Oh dear. ) [16:00:20] ( You should keep your charsheets on your computer. Harder to misplace them that-oh.) [16:00:22] (Damn.) [16:00:27] ( I thought Mindflayers ate brains [16:00:28] * Ximena gets her bow ready, slipping into a fighting stance as she draws an arrow. [16:00:31] * On that note, Init. [16:00:39] d10+10 [16:00:40] Lenoria: [d10+10->16] [16:00:52] d10+11 [16:00:53] Kane: [d10+11->16] [16:00:53] ( But because I was the first PC to rise as a zombie, the DM let me control the shambling hordes. That was FUN. ) [16:01:00] d10+11 [16:01:00] Alitheia: [d10+11->18] [16:01:00] ( Shiny! ) [16:01:10] ( ... I need to pump my Wits. ;_; ) [16:01:22] ( Gak. What is Init? ) [16:01:39] ( Heh ) [16:01:44] (Hooold on. I need to find the book on spirits.) [16:01:44] ( ... d10 + Dex + Wits + WEapon Speed Factor. ) [16:02:07] d10+7 [16:02:07] Ximena: [d10+7->8] [16:02:08] ( If you're smart, you already figured out the bit aside from the d10 and totaled it and wrote it down in the ewapon info block. ) [16:02:16] ( ... WHich I'm pretty sure you did, since I Rememberh elping you with that. ) [16:02:21] ( Especially since I got to eat the brains of the annoying halfling. AND I got to kill the DMPC cleric.) [16:02:27] d10+14 [16:02:27] Deyton: [d10+14->17] [16:02:50] ( ... Or I need to get one of those artifacts Deyton has for myself. ) [16:02:56] ( Had to look fo it. Remind me to reformat the sheet. ) [16:03:08] ( Reformat the sheet. ) [16:03:28] ( *laughs* Thanks. ^^ ) [16:03:31] d10+5 [16:03:32] Sonorous_Steel_Bell: [d10+5->11] [16:04:01] ( ... So we're fighting Slowly McSlowBell. ) [16:04:31] * Theia, Deyton, Kane/Lenoria, Xi, Bell. [16:04:41] (Yeah, those Spirit Scythes will slow you down.) [16:04:48] (oO shouldn't i go after bell?) [16:05:15] (Oh, yeah, thanks. ^^;) [16:05:20] * Theia [16:05:45] ( /me hopes that Slowly McSlowBell has a bad Dodge score. ) [16:06:06] ( Hmm... Cha, what's the scenery like? ) [16:06:34] ( Any chandeliers on chains dangling from the ceiling, carts, or flimsy-looking pillars? ) [16:06:47] ( THERE ARE NOW! ) [16:07:09] * Alitheia points her sword at SSB. "Unleashing a horde of zombies on innocent people and deposing the rightful ruler! On behafl of the Sun, I, Alitheia Dovesong, will punish you!" She rushes forward and thrusts at SSB's stomach. [16:07:27] ( Anyway, I'm hoping on the bad dodge becuase spirts with Principle of Motion can get lots of milage out of Full Dodges. ) [16:07:27] (...Carts?) [16:07:35] ( ... Okay, probalby not _those_. ) [16:07:40] 11t [16:07:40] Alitheia: [11t->9 8 2 2 8 9 10 9 10 9 10] [6 Successes 3 Criticals] [16:08:11] ( ...Ropponmatsu likes dramatic speeches, apparently. ) [16:08:29] ( ^_^ ) [16:08:59] * Sonorous_Steel_Bell attempts to roll out of the way, swinging his scythe up to attempt to obscure 'Theia's view of him. [16:09:00] (Yey! more successes then your dice pool raw #!) [16:09:31] 11t [16:09:32] Sonorous_Steel_Bell: [11t->10 3 8 7 8 8 4 2 2 2 3] [4 Successes 1 Critical] [16:09:34] ( Ah, I see he's trying to both dodge _and_ parry. ) [16:09:56] (No, that's just a stunt. He's not trying to block her weapons, just her view.) [16:10:01] ( Oh. ) [16:10:07] ( Too bad for him! *pointlaugh* ) [16:10:59] ( XD ) [16:11:10] (6 successes. His soak is 10L.) [16:11:23] ( Which is 5L after the special effects of the sword. ) [16:11:36] (Yeah.) [16:12:01] ( Er, huh? Confused.) [16:12:10] ( Oh, right. Armor piercing.) [16:12:32] ( Just tell me what to roll for damage. ) [16:13:15] * Rosefox has to go to let someone else on the phone. Good night everyone. [16:13:18] * Rosefox (trillian@dyn-168-66.paonline.com) Quit (Quit: Trillian (http://www.ceruleanstudios.com)) [16:13:37] ( Figured dam of weapon + 6 - 5 ) [16:13:44] (See, funny thing. On the sheet from you I have, the effects of the fae sword are unlisted.) [16:14:03] (*giggles* Do me the same courtesy, what with these mechanics confuzzling me at the moment. Damage, I mean. ^^ ) [16:14:07] (But what with it being fae, I can change the stats at any given time.) [16:14:20] ( It's not hard. ) [16:14:22] ( Cause you hadn't given me thestats at that point. ^^; ) [16:14:27] For the rest of this encounter, it does Str+4L.) [16:14:36] (So, 7 dice.) [16:14:44] 7t [16:14:44] Alitheia: [7t->5 7 5 8 4 8 2] [3 Successes] [16:14:56] ( Since you use MA, you add Dex + WEapon Dam + Remainign success on attack - 10, minimum of 1. ) [16:15:38] * Sonorous_Steel_Bell is struck by the blade, which pushes into him. There's an odd resistance as it goes in, as if pushing through steel then clay rather than flesh. [16:15:59] * Deyton. [16:16:39] * Alitheia pulls her sword out, and smiles sweetly at the Deathknight. [16:17:34] * Deyton loops around from behind Kane at a fair clip, running across the antechamber towards SSB. Les than a few feet away, Deyton flings himself into a spin and crashes both swords into the Deathknight at the same time. [16:17:55] ( Is there still a stunt fo insurance bonus, at all? ) [16:18:27] (...English, please?) [16:18:38] ( The question or the movement? ) [16:18:45] (The question.) [16:18:56] ( Do we still get a +1 die to all nifty tricks? [16:19:00] ) [16:19:03] (Yeah.) [16:19:14] ( And one mote of Essence back! ) [16:19:15] ( Mmkay. ^^ ) [16:19:19] ( Remember that: It's important. ) [16:19:29] ( I haven't spent any, that I know of. ^^ ) [16:19:35] ( Anyways... ) [16:19:41] 22t [16:19:42] Deyton: [22t->2 7 9 1 4 5 8 6 5 3 7 3 5 6 1 10 8 2 9 9 8 9] [9 Successes 1 Critical] [16:20:00] ( ... Uh... ) [16:20:05] (Waaaait.) [16:20:06] ( I think you did something wrong, here. ) [16:20:13] ( You're making two seperate attacks. ) [16:20:21] ( WIth the first one at -2 dice penalty and the second at -3. ) [16:20:23] ( Nope. Same time. ) [16:20:24] (Yeah.) [16:20:45] ( Bleh ) [16:20:45] ( You don't add them toegether. You're hitting him with one sword and another sword. THat's two seperate attacks. ) [16:21:16] ( So 21 and 19, thanks to the stunt die? ) [16:21:27] ( ... How in the NAME of GOD did you get 22? ) [16:21:29] ....Nnnno.) [16:21:32] ( Send me your sheet. ) [16:22:09] ( Dex + MA + Weapon Accuracy, correct? ) [16:22:16] ( ... ) [16:22:22] ( Yes. But, see. ) [16:22:22] (Accuracy is 10.) [16:22:29] That figure there under Excepatioal Dual Hook Swords? ) [16:22:30] ( 7 + 4 Dex and MA ) [16:22:33] ( That's our TOTAL accuracy. ) [16:22:38] ( your. ) [16:22:41] ( THAT is what you roll. ) [16:22:44] (One attack at 8. One attack at 7.) [16:22:50] ( No wonder ) [16:22:54] ( You roll 9 and 8 dice, thanks to the stunt die. ) [16:23:15] ( That explains it. Bah. Sorry. :< ) [16:23:20] 9t [16:23:20] Deyton: [9t->4 5 8 3 2 9 9 1 9] [4 Successes] [16:23:22] 8t [16:23:22] Deyton: [8t->7 6 4 2 3 8 4 3] [2 Successes] [16:23:26] (ownzered) [16:24:08] (3 and 1 dice after soak.) [16:24:17] ( He's not dodging? ) [16:24:34] (Nope.) [16:26:41] (Fuck it.) [16:26:44] 3t [16:26:44] Charles: [3t->4 4 4] [0 Successes] [16:26:48] 1t [16:26:48] Charles: [1t->7] [1 Success] [16:27:40] * Deyton's first sword is deflected off of Bell with an audible clang. His second, however, bits into the deathknight's shoulder. [16:28:04] * Kane/Lenoria [16:28:26] * Lenoria runs at Sonorous Strong Bad, and performs a quick spin with both of her hands outstretched, striking at the monster twice. ( Two attacks, splitting for 1 defense after this. Any stunt dice? ) [16:28:58] ( You did smething more elaborate than "I attack the Stong Bad", so you get one. ) [16:29:02] (One.) [16:29:05] ( For two you need to do neat stuff involving the enviroment. ) [16:29:06] 8t [16:29:06] Lenoria: [8t->3 10 6 7 1 8 7 8] [4 Successes 1 Critical] [16:29:07] 7t [16:29:07] Lenoria: [7t->8 7 7 2 4 5 10] [3 Successes 1 Critical] [16:29:37] ( Yay. ) [16:30:06] ( Roll damage now, right? ) [16:30:16] (Yep. One on each.) [16:30:35] ( One on each of what? ) [16:30:42] ( One damage. ) [16:31:04] 1t [16:31:04] 1t [16:31:04] Charles: [1t->8] [1 Success] [16:31:04] Lenoria: [1t->2] [0 Successes] [16:31:07] 1t [16:31:07] 1t [16:31:07] Charles: [1t->6] [0 Successes] [16:31:07] Lenoria: [1t->2] [0 Successes] [16:31:17] ( ... Uh? ) [16:31:22] (what) [16:31:46] (From where I was sitting, it was looking like Dem was going to pull a Gtab on his damage roll. Disregard my roll.) [16:31:50] ( ... huh? ) [16:32:02] ( ... Well, that's a grand total of no damage there. ) [16:32:14] ( Hm. So my MA doesn't figure into this at all? ) [16:32:19] ( And dex ) [16:32:34] ( No, it's Dex + WEapon Dam Score + Successes Remaining - 10L soak. ) [16:32:40] ( Ah. ) [16:32:55] (Oh, wait, forgot Dex.) [16:33:13] ( Alright, so I roll dex + 1? ) [16:33:14] (Four and three dice.) [16:33:22] ( Okay, _I'll_ handle figuring my damage, okay? He's got 10L soak. ) [16:33:36] 7t [16:33:36] Lenoria: [7t->6 7 4 6 2 6 7] [2 Successes] [16:33:37] 7t [16:33:37] Lenoria: [7t->6 1 9 3 2 4 10] [1 Success 1 Critical] [16:33:46] ( 4 health levels! Much better. ) [16:34:26] (...Dem, the four and three were for the attacks seperately. Not to add together for both.) [16:34:37] ( ... oh. ) [16:34:38] ( ... Or, no, 2. Since you either do "4t and 3t" or "7t". ) [16:34:41] (Dear Whitewolf: Your combat s ystem is too hard for us) [16:34:41] 4t [16:34:41] Lenoria: [4t->7 2 2 9] [2 Successes] [16:34:42] 3t [16:34:43] Lenoria: [3t->8 7 1] [2 Successes] [16:35:06] (Either way, you got two successes from 7 dice on the first time you rolled it.) [16:35:08] ( *signs that letter beneath Ximena's name.... many... MANY times* ) [16:35:45] ( Righto ) [16:35:46] ( It's not that hard. ) [16:35:58] ( Actually, if he's got something like Adamant Skin Technique, it's important that we figure each attacks' damage serepately, since he could negate any given attack. ) [16:36:11] * The fans cut into the deathknight, drawing what seems to be a ichorous fluid from his torso, though deep within, it appears to sparkle.) [16:36:19] * Kane. [16:36:52] * Alitheia frowns. "What the hell is going on?" [16:37:20] ( ... did I type "Sonorous Strong Bad"? ) [16:37:26] * Kane runs at, and then past, SSB, then up a pillar and flips off it, slicing down his body, then stabbing him seven times in the chest in rapid succesion, pushing him up against another pillar. ) [16:37:27] ( Haihai! ) [16:37:29] ( Yes you did! ) [16:37:40] ( WHich has made it into the quotes section, tentatively. [16:37:42] ( That's good for two dice, right? ) [16:37:43] ( /me cackles.) [16:37:59] (That wasn't on PURPOSE?) [16:38:06] (Yeah, two dice.) [16:38:09] ( I was questioning that too. ^^ ) [16:38:22] ( Hang on am inute while I do a little math. ) [16:38:31] ( Eeeeee. ) [16:38:44] 13t [16:38:44] Kane: [13t->3 7 8 4 2 8 7 7 2 6 4 10 2] [5 Successes 1 Critical] [16:38:46] 12t [16:38:46] Kane: [12t->8 1 8 6 4 3 6 8 2 8 8 5] [5 Successes] [16:38:48] 11t [16:38:48] Kane: [11t->2 6 6 6 5 8 4 5 2 2 9] [2 Successes] [16:38:50] 10t [16:38:50] Kane: [10t->9 7 5 5 5 1 9 4 4 4] [3 Successes] [16:38:51] 9t [16:38:52] Kane: [9t->3 9 5 4 9 8 8 6 1] [4 Successes] [16:38:52] 8t [16:38:53] Kane: [8t->6 2 9 7 1 2 9 4] [3 Successes] [16:38:56] 7t [16:38:56] Kane: [7t->6 9 5 4 7 1 4] [2 Successes] [16:38:57] (Okay, next combat after this arc, you're fighting goddamn Electric Jesus.) [16:38:58] 6t [16:38:58] Kane: [6t->1 3 5 4 6 5] [0 Successes] [16:39:07] ( ... Crap. ) [16:39:17] (botch!) [16:39:45] ( Well. I got 7, 5, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, and a botch. ) [16:39:53] (What a way to end the combo. Our first combat botch of the campaign.) [16:39:59] ( Which might be something like getting it stuck in the pillar. ) [16:40:19] (Make him cut his own toes off) [16:40:26] (Okay. Work out your damage and roll it.) [16:40:38] ( Can I roll it in one big lump? ) [16:41:00] (nooo!) [16:41:08] (I suppose. But you still need to take off Soak as appropriate.) [16:41:08] * Deyton lets out a quiet "Sword" as he oes wide-eyed with awe. [16:41:55] 65t [16:41:56] Kane: [65t->4 9 7 4 4 5 4 9 4 4 5 6 8 5 3 2 3 3 5 9 10 7 5 7 6 3 6 5 8 4 6 7 3 8 6 2 1 4 2 9 7 1 2 4 7 9 2 5 6 2 3 6 3 8 1 2 4 7 8 8 8 10 7 6 3] [20 Successes 2 Criticals] [16:42:03] ( I do 22 health levels of damage. ) [16:42:48] ( Y'know, maybe he should've dodged or something. ) [16:43:07] ( Wow. ) [16:43:08] (He couldn't have dodges eight attacks.) [16:43:20] ( TEH FEKKING FEKK AND TEH FEKKING FEKK AND TEH FEKKING FEKK! ) [16:43:22] ( Well, if he went for a Full Dodge he could've. ) [16:43:44] ( And if he had somethign like Shadow over Water he could probalby manage to pay for enough, although it'd cost him a lot. ) [16:43:51] ( ... Oh, right, and I get 2 motes back. ) [16:44:48] * Kane proceeds to destroy Sonorous Steel Bell, the first slash shearing off an arm which falls to the ground. The rest stab straight through him, releasing even more of the glimmering ichor. However, this brillianbt attack hits a snag when the column Bell is slammed against cracks, teeters precariously, and falls forward. [16:44:57] * Dodge roll, Kane. [16:45:03] ( I can't parry it? ;_; ) [16:45:16] ( ANd I only took 8 actions. ) [16:45:22] ( Hi, my name is Sword, I'll be your server this evening. Bah. 65t ... Not so "Bah" now. ) [16:45:27] ( I don't have one to dodge with. ) [16:45:30] (It's several tons of granite. You can break your wrists trying.) [16:45:31] ( Hee. ) [16:45:51] ( *giggles* ) [16:45:54] (... Can I parry and counterattack it? ) [16:45:58] (EFJ?) [16:46:04] (squish him!_ [16:46:26] ( Thus hopefully cutting it into two bits and letting them fall on either side of me. ) [16:46:47] ( Wonder of one of the more athletically-focused members of the group could push him out of the way. ) [16:47:05] ( Electric Fucking Jesus ) [16:47:15] ( ... Wait, hang on, lemme look up the rules for lifting things, maybe I can catch it. ) [16:47:26] ( Xim has her action coming... ^^ ) [16:47:39] (Actually, you can parry it.) [16:47:41] (Squish!) [16:48:00] (Fivefold Bullwark lets you parry anything physical, after all.) [16:48:09] * Kane brings his sword up to bat the thing out of the way. [16:48:12] 16t [16:48:12] Kane: [16t->4 8 3 9 4 3 9 9 5 2 3 3 3 4 4 3] [4 Successes] [16:48:16] ( Is that enough? ) [16:48:53] (Nope. ^^;) [16:49:02] ( Can I try coutnerattacking it? ) [16:49:13] (Sure.) [16:49:41] * Kane brings Flying SIlver Dream back around to strike direclty at it. [16:49:43] 19t [16:49:43] Kane: [19t->3 9 7 3 2 7 3 6 7 6 4 5 7 9 9 6 8 1 5] [8 Successes] [16:50:00] (squish?) [16:50:09] ( 24 dam before its doak. ) [16:50:22] ( And you don't roll dam against inanimate objects, it's all direct levels. ) [16:50:59] ( Which, if we call this a stone statue is... Not quite enough to cut it in half. ) [16:51:29] ( Yeah, but statues are balanced not to fall over if they don't have support. ) [16:51:51] ( A pillar... is apparently not. It'll probably fall in half, both sides landing to either side of Kane. ) [16:52:16] (Nooooo! squish him!_ [16:52:44] ( Aren't you a nice one. ) [16:52:58] (^^) [16:53:07] ( WEll, it problayb won't do more than 20-30 damage. ) [16:53:19] * Kane's attack cuts deep into the pillar. Though not quite deep enough, as it continues falling, and lands on top of him. [16:53:23] * Sonorous_Steel_Bell (CHBoucher@dialup-67.25.2.240.Dial1.Manchester1.Level3.net) Quit (Quit: The difficulty in the occupation of pimpin' is exponentially more complexthan first beleived!) [16:53:30] ( Hey, I was getting bloodthirsty for the lives of fellow players in DnD today too. :P ) [16:53:33] Kane! [16:53:41] * Kane , just before it lands, calmly utters the word "Fuck." [16:53:42] * Ximena gasps! and runs over. [16:53:47] * Lenoria rushes over to the pillar, and tries to push it off. [16:53:50] ( How much damage do I take? ) [16:53:51] 1t [16:53:52] Lenoria: [1t->8] [1 Success] [16:54:04] Aw, shit. [16:54:11] * Alitheia runs over. [16:54:13] (what do we roll to try and push it off?) [16:54:15] * Lenoria is pushing so it's rolling over his legs instead of his head. [16:54:17] (13 after soak, before roll.) [16:54:18] 13t [16:54:18] Charles: [13t->2 9 8 8 2 6 9 9 6 10 10 5 9] [6 Successes 2 Criticals] [16:54:20] ( Stregnth, probably. ) [16:54:28] ( Str + Athletics. ) [16:54:30] * Ximena assits Lenoria! [16:54:33] (8 Health levels.) [16:54:38] ( Or if you all get together you can add it all together and check the table. ) [16:54:42] 6t [16:54:42] Ximena: [6t->1 9 10 8 6 5] [2 Successes 1 Critical] [16:54:45] Ow. [16:54:52] * Kane starts trying to push the fucker off him. [16:55:04] * Alitheia helps push. [16:55:15] 4t [16:55:15] Alitheia: [4t->9 4 3 6] [1 Success] [16:55:24] * Deyton moves to help. [16:55:26] 2t [16:55:26] Deyton: [2t->5 9] [1 Success] [16:56:01] ( So having several tons of granit shaped like a cylinder fall on you does 33L damage. [16:56:06] ( Good to know. ) [16:56:23] (did it fall over him directly or horizontal like?) [16:56:35] (Vertical.) [16:56:39] (ooooooow) [16:56:40] ( I'd think it'd be lying accross me at a slight angle. ) [16:56:53] ( I did get 4 successes on the parry, which should be noguh to make sure it missed my head at least. ) [16:57:01] 4t [16:57:01] Kane: [4t->8 2 5 6] [1 Success] [16:57:04] (And, in today's session, I learned that the natural enemy of the Dawn Caste is masonry.) [16:57:04] (which head?) [16:57:06] (Fair enough.) [16:57:10] ( Hee. ) [16:57:28] (Next time we get attacked by a... BRIDGE!) [16:57:37] (Which is probably how the Dragon Blooded managed the usurption. Pushing walls down on top of the Dawns.) [16:57:44] ( Next charm I'm getting: Heavnly Guardian Defense. ) [16:57:52] ( We should research Masonry so we can build: Pillars ) [16:58:44] ( Heeee. ) [16:58:44] ( If I'd had _That_, I could've just burned 3 motes and a Willpower and parried it, no roll. ) [16:58:45] * After some time, you finally manage to roll the pillar off of Kane. He's not looking very well, though his armor is immaculate. [16:59:02] * Kane pushes himself to his feet. [16:59:04] That _hurt_. [16:59:20] Well he can stand up! [16:59:34] You gonna be okay? [16:59:43] * Deyton is, as per his usual, quite amazed by Kane's abilities. However, he has the tact to keep his jaw closed. [17:00:10] * Lenoria looks over Kane. How badly hurt does he look? [17:00:28] * The room is starting to fade to its previous form, while the Abyssal is beginning to melt into a primordial ooze. Anyone who wants to find up what was going on over there ought to do so quick. [17:00:41] ( Oh, wait, only 31L. I have soak of 18L. ) [17:00:44] (He's got more hurt than you've got skirt.) [17:00:54] * Kane coughs up some blood. [17:01:01] Oi, Len. Take a look at this guy. You know this kinda shit, right? [17:01:01] * Lenoria runs over to the Abyssal, and looks at the ooze closely. [17:01:06] Ugh. [17:01:07] I do hope you can manage to kep on your feet long enough for the greater part of whatever we must yet do, Kane. [17:01:13] Yeah, I can walk. [17:01:14] Umm... a bit. [17:01:19] * Lenoria walks back to Kane. [17:01:36] ( Wait. Room fading to previous form? ) [17:01:39] ( Although it'll take me 8 days apeice ot heal the first three health levels if I don't rest. ) [17:01:54] * Kane sits down on the pillar. [17:02:12] * It's ooze alright. And it sparkles. You feel intense power coming from it, though said power is fading as the corpse melts away. [17:02:29] * Deyton manages a laugh to stifle his worry some. "If I were you, I'd stay away from the stone chunk here." [17:02:41] (Yeah. I forgot to mention that the place looked like an Abyssal manse, didn't I? ._.) [17:02:43] * Kane stares at Deyton for a bit. [17:02:47] ( Nope. ^^; ) [17:02:51] ... hm. [17:03:04] * Deyton meeps and silences himself. [17:03:07] * Lenoria takes out a jar, and scoops some of the ooze up. Then closes the lid on the jar. [17:03:09] * Ximena leans close and inspects Kane. [17:03:12] Bizarre. [17:03:36] * The ooze is evaporating at the same pace as the ooze outside the jar. [17:03:47] * Kane coughs a bit more, then spits out some blood on the ground. [17:03:49] Kane, would you like medical assistance now, or would you like to wait until we find out what happened to the Three and tell the townspeople what happened? [17:03:54] ( Eat it. You know you wanna. ) [17:04:01] I'll live. [17:04:08] Investgate first. [17:04:23] (Being from the Realm, Deyton's said *that* before.) [17:04:25] * Lenoria nods. [17:04:29] * Lenoria looks around... [17:04:32] ( XD ) [17:05:07] * Alitheia glances around curiously. [17:05:15] * Kane closes his eyes and concetrates on stopping the goddamn internal bleeding. [17:05:31] * The room is nearly empty, and is almost to the point it was at before the Abyssal got here. [17:05:33] ( /me looks up Medicine. ) [17:05:35] * Lenoria frowns. [17:05:45] ( ... N... ope. Doesn't say anything about speeding healing. ) [17:05:47] * Lenoria runs around, looking for anyone. [17:05:55] * Ximena nods and says,"Don't do that again." [17:06:18] ( Just dealing with infected wounds and diseases and stopping bleeding. ) [17:06:29] * Who is more or less done pulling his Wicked Witch of the West routine. There's no trace of him but the cloak now. [17:06:30] If you'd prefer, I can go and announce the defeat of that creature to the larger population of the townsfolk, and perhaps fetch a doctor? [17:06:40] * Noone is in here. [17:07:03] * Kane coughs and spits up a little more blood. "Nah, I think I'm done bleeding. WHat I need now is rest." [17:07:09] ... Too bad we don't have time for that. [17:07:20] * Lenoria returns to the group, picking up the guy's cape. [17:07:27] * Lenoria nods. [17:07:47] We should go out and announce this to the populace... [17:08:03] We should find out what HAPPEND.. [17:08:05] I wanna see about those zombies, too. [17:08:18] Oh, yes. We need to deal with the zombies too, don't we. [17:08:21] But...we need to know about the Three. [17:08:27] * Kane pulls himself to his feet and gets Flying Silver Dream. [17:09:16] Hm.. [17:09:34] ( WE've got 39 exp, right? ) [17:09:45] ( 43 after last session. ) [17:09:56] ( Ah. ) [17:10:08] ( And we'll probalby get us another story reward for this session in addition to the 4 for playing. ) [17:10:11] Hm... [17:10:12] * Lenoria frowns. [17:10:16] Why did the corpse melt away. [17:10:17] ? [17:10:24] Dunno. [17:10:26] * Lenoria examines the guy's cape closer. [17:10:35] There were a couple of spirts hangin around it I didn't recognize that disappeared along with it, though. [17:10:39] * It's a cape. [17:10:42] (I need to start spending that) [17:10:49] ( Yeah, that might be good. ) [17:11:00] * Ximena peeks outside to see if the zombies are still there. [17:11:00] * Alitheia shrugs. "I don't know anything about Deathknights." [17:11:09] ( Too bad we don't get downtime. GOtta go catch up with Canis. ) [17:11:14] I know how to kill them. [17:11:14] * Were you to have some amount of time to spend on analysing it, you might be able to tell more. But as for know, it's just a very large cloak. [17:11:26] I'll have to examine this closer later on. [17:11:38] ( I need downtime too. Got a couple charms to learn. ^_~ ) [17:11:52] ( Yeah, me too. ) [17:11:53] (So, what're you people doing next?) [17:12:03] ( Charles, would his scythe be lying around? ^^ ) [17:12:29] (No, it went with him.) [17:12:48] * Kane takes off his blindfold and holds it out. "Who's gonna go look for the Three?" [17:12:50] (I'm not letting you people take *every* twink-weapon I arm my NPCs with.) [17:13:05] ( Awww. ;_; ) [17:13:05] I'll do it. [17:13:10] Thank you [17:13:13] * Kane hands the blindfold to Alitheia. [17:13:35] * Alitheia takes it. [17:13:47] * Kane sits back down o nthe pillar. "I'll be here if you need me for anything." [17:14:00] * Ximena nods,"Now yah don't go and die on us." [17:14:16] * Alitheia heads off to where they met the Three last time. [17:14:24] I won't. [17:14:32] (That would be in this room. ^^;) [17:14:39] (Oh.) [17:14:43] Hmm... [17:15:14] * Alitheia just heads down some corridor, and begins methodically searching the palace, looking through the blindfold on occassion. [17:15:21] ( The blindfold works by putting it on. You can now see normally, plus you can see spirits. ) [17:15:27] ( Oh. ) [17:15:34] * Alitheia puts the blindfold on, even. [17:15:44] ( And touch them if they're not materialized. ) [17:16:42] * Deyton seats himself somewhere nearby Kane, on the floor. [17:16:57] (Ah, yeah. The "heal people faster" thing is a Charm. ) [17:17:06] ( Heeeeere, spirits spirits spirits... ) [17:17:40] ( Maybe we can find a freindly spirt to heal me. ) [17:17:46] * 'Theia soon finds the Three in a back room, a far cry from the splendor of their throne room. They seem quite downcast, and don't notice 'Theia when she enters. [17:18:39] * Alitheia waits a few moments, then coughs politely. [17:19:05] ( Yeah, Lenoria could probably pick up that Charm. ) [17:19:14] ( It's four charms in. ) [17:19:19] ( ANd takes a day. ) [17:19:26] ( Being the Twilight, I sure HOPE she's aiming for it. :P ) [17:19:29] ( THe one that heals instnatly is 5 charms in. ) [17:19:42] ( Sure, you can pick it up. I'll problaby be fine by the time you do, though. ) [17:20:39] Excuse me? My lords? [17:20:41] * The Dreamweaver looks up, and seems to brighten immeasurably. "Children of the Sun!" [17:21:19] What has happened here? We defeated the Deathknight who was residing in your hall. [17:22:51] ( Hey, the Three probalby have charms that they could heal me with! ) [17:23:06] * The Daysheild speaks up. "He came as a pilgrim, come to Great Forks seeking the wisdom of the temples. Two days later, the first of the citizens had died and risen. We sent the survivors out once we knew what happened, but were bound and kept here so as to not help them in the liberation of our city." [17:24:08] * Lenoria is currenlty just looking over Kane's wounds, doing the necessary stuff to keep him from being infected. [17:24:30] I didn't know that could do that. [17:24:43] He is gone now. Is the binding still in place? [17:24:53] ( Who's Ximena talking to? ) [17:25:16] ( I looked for them on my own, remember? Weren't you checking on the zombies? ) [17:25:17] "I... do not know." [17:26:07] * The Daysheild attempts to leave, and, miraculously (?), she passes through the door. The other of the Three follow, uttering words of praise, and make their way back to the throne room. [17:26:31] * Kane is still sitting there on the pillar. [17:26:42] ( youse. she stayed) [17:26:45] * Alitheia follows at a respectful distance, headbowed politely. [17:26:45] * Deyton is still on the floor nearby. [17:27:56] * Kane mutters to himself. "Of course, I deal with the Deathknight flawlessly. ANd then I almost get crushed by a peince of falling masonry." [17:29:10] * Deyton keeps quiet, and fiddles with a coin from one of his pouches. [17:29:11] Next time we'll try an fight in the middle of a forest again! [17:29:50] Oh, good, then I can get hit by a falling tree instead. [17:29:53] Be less heavy, at least. [17:29:57] * Once back in the throne room, the Daysheild leaves to organize the militia of Great Forks against the undead. The Dreamweaver attends to Kane's wounds, while the Talespinner stands at the periphery. [17:30:06] Thanks. [17:30:29] ( More "wound", singular. I only got hit once. ) [17:30:53] ( Rolling it off may have caused more internal injuries? ) [17:30:54] * Ximena ummms,"How about a flat totally featurless plain?" [17:31:31] ( ... I need another good sword. Then I can have Flying SIlver Dream go off and pull stunts like that on its own. ) [17:31:51] ( Do I heal any health levels? ) [17:31:55] 8t [17:31:55] Charles: [8t->5 10 9 5 2 5 2 7] [2 Successes 1 Critical] [17:32:01] (4 levels.) [17:32:07] Hey, we're all alive, and the proper rulers are in place again. That's the important thing. [17:32:20] ( Whee. ) [17:33:00] * The Talespinner finally speaks up. "Will you be going after the Abyssal who brought this plague to Great Forks?" [17:33:04] * Kane stands up and tries flexing a bit. [17:33:08] Ah, much better. [17:33:12] Yeah, I think we'd better. [17:33:23] * Alitheia nods. "We camehere pursuing him." [17:33:24] Yah! [17:34:14] ( Now it'll only take me 4 days a pop for three health levels and then twelve hours for the -0. ) [17:34:35] ( Since we dont' really have an opportunity to rest. ) [17:34:47] "He headed north after he left. We sent a runner to warn them of his approach several days ago. I will take you there, if you wish." [17:35:02] * Lenoria nods. "Thank you." [17:35:06] That would be good yes. [17:35:26] How many people up and died here? [17:35:26] We would be glad to. [17:35:58] We do not have a count, yet. [17:36:02] (Shit.) [17:36:25] "Anyway, follow me." [17:36:34] * Kane nods and follows the spirit. [17:36:40] * Alitheia follows. [17:36:51] * Deyton tags along. [17:37:03] * Lenoria follows. [17:38:26] * Ximena follows. [17:40:03] * It seems obvious that the traveller-spirit is using a charm, since, so soon as you leave Great Forks, each step takes you leagues. You make it to Nexus fairly quickly, and before you is a city awaiting imminent invasion, with hale and hearty soldiers outside the main gate, and still more inside, waiting for fighting in the streets. [17:40:44] * Kane changed to his "not in flashy armor" and "big concealing cloak" before now! [17:41:05] Wow, that was fast. [17:41:18] * The Talespinner turns and leaves, disappearing in a single step. [17:41:45] * Deyton waves goodbye, albeit late. [17:42:29] ( ... Nexus is east of Great Forks, not north. ) [17:42:35] (QUIET!) [17:43:05] (West, actually.) [17:43:17] (Replace what I said with west as appropriate.) [17:43:34] ( ... Yeah, my other east. ) [17:45:03] * Notable outside the gates are several gangs, the Crimson Tiger Sept and Randohl's mercenary force. Both are busy drilling, but it seems as if every able-bodied group has either been conscripted or volunteered for the defense of the greatest city in the Scavenger Lands. [17:45:07] * Alitheia looks around. "The hell is going on?" She surrepitiously looks to make sure Randohl or his thugs aren't nearby. [17:45:26] ( Sweeeeet ) [17:45:33] * Lenoria blinks. [17:45:37] * Alitheia sees the mercs and pales somewhat. [17:45:40] (You're about a quarter mile from any group of conscripts.) [17:46:07] Aw hell. [17:46:17] Let's go find out what the hell is going on. [17:46:54] * Deyton wonders what it would cost to hire the majority of the forces for the Circle's personal army, thereby transferring general control unto Kane and such... [17:47:15] ( More than you've got. ) [17:47:27] ( Seriously? ^^ Blast ) [17:48:08] ( How about just Randohl? :P ) [17:48:21] ( Might be able to afford him. ) [17:48:30] (That'd be a Resources 4 or 5 expenditure.) [17:48:43] ( GAKKING HELL ) [17:48:50] ( How much to take out a hit on him? :P ) [17:48:51] ( That'd drop me good. :( ) [17:49:06] ( Yes. Then we usurp his power anyhow. How much WOULD that be? :P ) [17:49:14] Gonna stop and see yah girlfriend, Lenoria?^~ [17:49:32] ( ... Her GF is back in the Realm. ) [17:49:35] (Rhandol's male. ) [17:49:47] ^^; [17:49:53] ( *whew* ) [17:50:02] ( LENORIA's girlfriend. ) [17:50:09] ( Oh, right. Silly me. ) [17:50:13] (Dumbass) [17:50:27] ( Getting a pillar dropped on me was not exaclty conducive to thinking straight. ) [17:50:36] (It didn't fall on you OOCly!) [17:50:43] ( With me, its much the same with waking up... ) [17:50:44] ( And leave Salim out of this. :P ) [17:52:03] ( Hm. Lenoria's going to be superquiet for a while. Picking up sister. [17:53:13] ( Making out with Ashen, in other words. :P ) [17:53:27] ( Excellent strategy. Everyone wins! ) [17:54:45] (Fair enough. We can assume that, during a break in the Sept's drills, Lenoria went over there to talk to Ashen. [17:55:54] (And things progressed from there, what with not having seen one another in a month and a half or so.) [17:56:30] * Kane looks around. "Who should we go talk to?" [17:56:42] (didn't I make a contact here last time?) [17:57:09] ( Yeah, but it's in the Guild. ) [17:57:15] (Yeah, a Guildsman thug.) [17:57:32] (Well they might have gossip) [17:57:48] Anyone but HIM. [17:57:51] ( Agreed. If all else fails, anyone else with high-ish contacts can find someone ) [17:59:12] Well, Ah got that guy ah know, but thats more of a last resort. [17:59:36] ( There're guards at the gate, right? ) [17:59:43] * Alitheia looks very nervous. [18:00:05] (Yeah.) [18:00:39] * Kane points. "We could go ask the guards. They problaby know what's up." [18:01:20] * Deyton muses quietly in behind Kane. [18:01:23] * Alitheia puts her hat on and pulls the brim down to make her face harder to see. [18:01:39] * Ximena comforting like patpats `theia. [18:03:00] * After some walking, you reach the gatemen. [18:04:33] "Roight, what d'you want?" [18:06:11] (@@) [18:06:54] ( Look! British guards! ) [18:08:00] * Kane gestures at all the military activity going on. "Been away for a bit. What happened?" [18:09:00] "Word from Great Forks is that one of the Mask of Winters' boys is coming, and we're not to let anyone in or out unless on official council business, mate." [18:09:33] "All the able-bodied men and women have been conscripted or volunteered to defend the city from 'im." [18:11:14] * Deyton mutters, "What constitutes council business... and if we don't, do we need to join to get inside the damn city...?" [18:11:37] * Alitheia mutters under her breath. "Hell, he's got an army now?" [18:11:50] ( Back ) [18:14:19] (Re, Dem.) [18:14:57] "Council business is resupplying the boys out here and making sure noone aside from those on council business gets in." [18:15:32] We might have useful information about what he's up to. Is there somebody we can talk to? [18:15:52] I do so hate it when they hear me mutter. [18:16:01] "We can send out a messenger." [18:16:37] * Kane nods. "Be right back." [18:17:12] * Kane leads the group a bit away from the gates. "We should write down everything we know about Canis' activities and send it to the council." [18:17:22] Yah. [18:17:24] * Alitheia nods. [18:19:10] * Lenoria nods. [18:19:25] I wonder if I have any business lines around here. Supply and demand, you know. Brings in the gold and such without pause -- and, that aside, it brings council business to mind. [18:20:16] * With Lenoria back, the Crimson Tiger Sept begins practicing again. Though not to the level of Immaculates, they've become fairly impressive. [18:20:22] Stay on topic, Deyton. [18:20:55] It is, to a degree. Supplying the troops is considered council business. If all else fails... *Shrugs and trails off* [18:22:12] Somebody got a pen and paper? [18:22:14] ( Fwah? ) [18:22:33] ( Oh. Right. ) [18:22:43] In my bags, yes. [18:23:10] * Deyton makes with the unpacking, then. And hands the stuff over, of course. [18:23:37] * Kane takes it and writes down all he knows about what Canis is up to, then passes it to his left. [18:25:06] (Could we wrap it up, soon? I'm getting Pretty Damned Tired. ^^;) [18:25:20] ( I'm fine with that.) [18:25:23] ( Soon as you say so, I think. At least on my end. ) [18:25:34] ( Fine with me. ) [18:25:45] ( Sure. ) [18:26:02] ( I have a dental appt at 7:45, anyhoo. ^^ Well, thats when I leave. ^^ ) [18:26:20] * Alitheia adds her very meager knowledge to the paper. [18:27:40] * Lenoria adds a bit to the paper, mostly with detailed knowledge of all deathlords and the abyssals. [18:28:05] * You write down the list of information, and give it to the functionary who comes out through the gates. He tells you it will be at least until morning for the Council to return a response. With that in mind, you head to the Sept's training ground to sleep. Or elsewhere to do other things, if you don't feel up to sleeping yet. [18:28:44] (huzzah!) [18:29:22] ( Oh yeah... ) [18:29:36] ( Yeah, I'm gonna go sleep like a log. ) [18:29:40] ( Has Lenoria figured out anything about the cape yet? ) [18:29:56] Session Close: Tue Mar 25 00:00:00 2003