Session Start: Fri Feb 02 18:24:22 2007 Session Ident: #Aeoth [18:24:22] * Now talking in #Aeoth [18:26:42] * NinjaDebugger is now known as Clarissa [18:26:46] where were we, last time? [18:27:00] You set up camp in the dueling clearing. [18:27:26] Sleeping the night. I forget what day it was, unfortunately. [18:27:28] Zeg, I need logs to make a page. z.z [18:28:03] * Robin is now known as Kardos [18:40:06] [Incoming game, get ready to, uh... be gamed. Or something.] [18:45:34] [Morning of August 20th, 1221 ECE. We come in the morning to our heroes after they have woken up, but before much else has happened. This is a rare glimpse to see a pack of Mammilias Adventureouse in its natural habitat, undisturbed and left to its own devices. The group is settled in a magically protected clearing, probably some kind of dueling range given how large it is and the signs of fireballs or...] [18:47:29] [other such magic-based casting in the area. The sky has about 30% cloudcover, as you have a clear view of it through the canopy of trees that usually covers the forest ground. It's not cold, but it is really not warm either. Probably in the low 60s or so before windchill, which is minimal currently.] [18:48:26] [The adventurers were heading to what they think is a settlement of wild elves set ahead when they set up camp. Now that they are rested, it's up to them to decide what to do next.] [18:48:31] [Session start!] [18:49:09] * Clarissa slept again, last night, much to her annoyance. [18:50:59] * Lucy does some morning stretches, sans armor. Were she more self-conscious, she migth care about the males watching her. [18:51:11] * Kardos is already awake and doing morning katas and exercises. [18:54:32] * Lucy is probably doing her morning exercises with Kardos, then! [18:54:43] * Kardos has so far been doing this with his eyes closed, a look of extreme concentration on his face. [18:54:54] * Clarissa slams her spellbook closed, slides it back in her backpack, and slowly crawls out of her tent. [18:54:55] * Hank is up in a tree, looking around. He looks fairly well-rested! [18:55:36] Everybody ready to go? [18:56:09] In Sylvan, please. [18:56:17] ... [18:56:23] One second... [18:56:49] * Lucy smiles. "I'm ready." [18:57:02] * Kardos blinks his eyes open at Lucy's remark, and turns to her. "Why do you--" and then he stops, reddens, and very quickly looks away. [18:57:02] [18:57:27] Hm... it'll do. [18:57:28] * Kardos is silent! [18:57:35] * A large flock of birds flies overhead in their migratory root from the north to the south as the days grow shorter and colder. [18:57:42] * Lucy has gotten her armor on in the maentime. :D [18:58:06] * Hank plucks something small from the branch next to him and tucks it into his cloak, then slides down the tree. [18:58:20] * Hank grins! "Ready and waiting." [18:59:00] * Kardos scurries to don his armor and other sundry gear, now that it's safe to look around. [18:59:05] * Clarissa grabs her tent by two edges, whips it off the ground, and swirls it around her shoulders, pinning it neatly as though she's done this a thousand times. [19:00:20] (err route) [19:03:47] Let's go, then. [19:03:56] Kardos, where were we going? [19:04:58] * Khrosk hasn't been seen since any of you woke up. [19:05:49] * Kardos looks around. "Where is Khrosk? Clarissa, did you assign him an errand?" [19:06:11] * Clarissa rubs her eyes. "No, no I didn't." [19:06:58] * Kardos frowns. "I see." [19:07:17] We may need to hurry, then. The community is this way. [19:08:04] Oh dear. [19:08:57] * Kardos takes off at a jog. [19:09:27] * Hank trots after. [19:09:54] * Lucy nods, and hurries. @_@ "Let's hope he hasn't done anything... well., hasn't done anything." [19:10:42] Kardos, find his tracks, first? If you can? [19:10:47] Please? [19:10:57] * Kardos nods. [19:12:17] [In the far distance you can see some smoke. If you climbed some trees, you could see a patch of trees even larger than the ones that normally inhabit this forest. For a good idea on how big and dense this forest is, it's a temperate rain forest, and so it's VERY heavy in terms of vegetation.] [19:12:36] [A good modern-day example is Olympic national park.] [19:13:38] He is headed for the elven city. [19:15:39] Right. [19:15:52] Let's go. Hank, you're with Kardos in front, keep an eye out for more traps. [19:16:13] * Hank nods, and lines up with Kardos. He slips some goggles on. [19:16:33] * Leo is there, he's just been very quiet through his meditation. He follows along silently, which Clarissa probably approves of. [19:17:38] * Lucy moves along, taking in the sights, but only a little. [19:18:45] * Clarissa most certainly does approve of Leo being quiet. [19:19:22] * Kardos heads along! At double-time! He's fast, is our Kardos. [19:21:14] [Along you travel through the forest torwards the settlement as thick fog starts to settle in and thick clouds blanket the sky. Going further into the fog makes it difficult to see any further than 50 or 60 ft. in front of you, regardless of any special vision capabilities you have. The trees don't seem to getting any more sparse either, in fact they seem to be getting thicker.] [19:23:59] The elves back home used to talk about places like this... [19:24:32] * Kardos frowns and begins weaving widely through the trees. "It seems Khrosk was indeed intending to attack the city." He sounds unhappy. [19:24:45] Said the branches were so close together you could walk from one tree to the next. Dunno if that's exaggeration or not. [19:24:49] * Lucy fronws. "What is he thinking?" [19:25:01] Easy. Khrosk kill elves. [19:25:15] I believe Clarissa has it exactly. [19:25:23] Yeah, that's probably it [19:26:18] * Hank sighs. [19:26:36] I just hope he got distracted by something else. [19:27:55] Kardos, keep us going straight on, if you can. [19:32:12] Understood. [19:32:50] * Kardos continues in a more or less straight line, deviating only to sniff at a divergant path once every few dozen yards. [19:33:54] * Clarissa reaches into her pack and withdraws a lantern, and one quick spark later, is sweeping a strong beam of light around the area. [19:39:55] [Onward you go to find the Elven settlement. It's difficult, given the heavy fog clouding your path, but for the time being Kardos seems to be guiding you straight and true. The fog and path gets even thicker however. Clarissa's lantern sweeps the area as she assists Kardos in his observance duties in mantaining a straight course with the dense foliage and trees in the way.] [19:42:13] [You steadily and slowly go forward, but come to a point where it seems Kardos's and your paths will diverge if you keep going straight. You can notice Khrosk's footprints now, as they're fairly fresh in some mud. Another's trail seems to be with him, too...] [19:42:32] ... I don't know if this is good or bad news. [19:43:44] All considered, I'd say it weighs out to the better. [19:43:52] * Kardos continues on after Khrosk. [19:45:13] * Clarissa plods on after Kardos. [19:46:00] [After about a half-hour more, you can hear something in the distance... The high-pitched scream of a child and the unmistakable battle cry of your (not-so) friendly neighborhood orc.] [19:46:03] Well, there's no blood at least. [19:46:11] Augh. [19:46:14] ... perhaps I spoke too soon! [19:46:15] * Lucy hurries in that direction. [19:46:16] >_< [19:46:17] (interpose Hank's before my statement) [19:47:23] * Clarissa screams at the top of her lungs, "KHROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSK." [19:47:29] * Clarissa is very, VERY angry. [19:49:27] If he's in trouble, I don't know if I can really justify bailing him out. [19:54:06] * Clarissa runs towards Khrosk's voice. [19:54:40] * Hank follows Clarissa! [19:54:55] * Lucy runs, quickly, quickly! [19:55:07] * Kardos charges towards the sound of Khrosk's voice and the child's scream! [19:55:21] * Lucy rides, quickly. [19:55:28] * Lucy rides. Does not run. Because she is on a horse. [20:00:55] [Forward you charge through the fog! Lucy is the first to see Khrosk staring down a large, green bipedal creature even larger than he is. The creature has very long arms and legs, and has a rubbery hide. Coming into the clearing just soon enough for Lucy to be capable of intercepting next round is another of the creatures, and a small elf girl is situated behind Khrosk.] [20:01:19] HELP FROM LITTLE GIRL WOULD BE VERY GOOD! [20:03:18] * Khrosk deftly avoids the charge from the creature as he makes two solid strikes into it with his double-axe. Unfortunately, the creature is barely phased by the wounds as the gashes don't seem to leave any lasting marks, themselves already healing visibly. [20:07:48] * The girl quickly notices the troll and screams again VERY loudly as she runs for the horsey. Horseys are nicer than big ugly green things.] [20:11:51] * The troll on Khrosk responds to the attack, biting and clawing at the half-orc, solidly raking him with his claws leaving a very unsightl gash across his body. He quickly responds with two axe strikes of his own, hitting once weakly with the off-hand, but the second solidly impacting the skull of the creature with an audable *crunch* that even Clarissa and Hank can hear. [20:14:40] * Lucy rushes in on her horse, between the trolls and the little girl. She brings her axe out. "Help's arrived, Khrosk." She swings her axe around a bit. "They're not getting past us!" [20:27:50] * Kardos charges onto the scene with a feral houl, leaping into the air and bringing his sword down into the troll attacking Khrosk, who sprouts arcs of electricity before falling. He's still healing, tho. [20:29:49] * The troll falls to one knee, then collapses to the ground, the wounds still healing as he does so. [20:40:46] * Hank draws his bow as he runs into the clearing, stopping beside the downed troll and shooting an arrow into its skull. [20:42:50] * The troll, although severely wounded, is still breathing. [20:47:34] * The other troll, that was running after the little girl, charges Lucy and manages to find a kink in her armor, raking its claw across her side. [20:47:58] * Clarissa has her knife already out and cuts a slit in her thumb before she even realizes what's going on. Under a second later, there's a bloody pentagram sketched in the air before her, and she's just finishing intoning, "I summon... FIRE!" A fire elemental the size of Khrosk pops up across from Lucy and plunges one flaming fist into the troll's back, sending it up in flames like it's made of dry grass. [20:48:53] * The troll screams in pain as its natural defenses are penetrated by the fire elemental, the burns not healing unlike the rest of its wounds. [20:48:56] * Lucy cringes from the blow, but spots Clarissa. She looks back and gives a thumbs-up. [20:49:41] [20:50:09] * Lucy nods, and returns her attention to the Troll in front of her [20:51:42] * Kardos gathers a bit of ash from a pouch and jams his hand into the headwound he made in the fallen troll moments before; he mumbles an incantation and there's a *whoomp* as flames fill the inside of the gian't skull. He then resumes an offensive stance and faces the other troll. [20:51:42] * Khrosk takes his axe and piledrives it into the toll's chest, twisting and getting his weight under it before pulling it up with his massive strength, effeciently making mincemeat of the troll's respritory system. Even so... it's still breathing and alive. [20:51:52] ( Oop. Switch those two. ) [20:51:53] (Switch Khrosk and Kardos's actions) [21:04:01] * Lucy lifts her axe with both arms. Her horse thrusts its head forward, biting, not doing much damage, but managing to throw it off with a good WTF moment. In its distraction, Lucy gives the Troll a wide horizontal slice across the torso, sending it nearly collapsing to the left. "NOw!" The horse swings its left hoof up, kicking the troll's head upwards. Then the right hoof, sending it up further... [21:04:28] * Lucy takes advantage of its elevated head and swings her axe straight down at its skull and driving it as far to the ground as she can. [21:05:14] * Clarissa calls out a crackling command to the elemental, which promptly takes a seat on the troll's chest, then props its feet up on the thing's skull. [21:05:51] * The troll promptly is burned up. Combat end. [21:06:18] * Lucy relaxes a bit. "Khrosk, you alright? What happened, pal?" [21:06:38] * Hank stows his bow. "Wheuf. Those things are truly nasty." [21:07:11] * Khrosk is visibly beat up, from the nasty rake he took earlier from the troll. "Khrosk not feeling too good." [21:07:24] Take a rest. You've earned it... [21:07:53] * Lucy looks for the girl [21:08:05] Where'd they come from, anyway? [21:08:51] Take a break, Khrosk. [21:08:58] These things aren't getting up. [21:09:02] Leo will be along shortly to help you, Khrosk. [21:09:13] Well done. [21:09:23] * Leo comes along indeed, whispering the words of Pelor as he heals Khrosk's injuries. [21:09:34] Little elf girl, where are you? [21:10:14] * The elf girl is currently hiding behind Lucy's horse. [21:10:21] * Kardos looks around and approaches the little girl, bowing and addressing her in Elven. "" [21:10:49] * Lucy smiles at the elf girl, addressing her in Elvish. "" [21:11:44] * The elf girl looks confused by all the people talking to her at once. [21:12:40] [21:14:20] * Kardos nods. "" [21:15:29] * The little girl seems joyous that the big men took care of the trolls. [21:15:55] * Kardos blinks. "" [21:16:23] * Hank can't understand anything, so is poking at a dead troll with his boot.l [21:16:36] Trolls -are- somewhat intelligent, Kardos. [21:16:42] * The dead troll isn't moving. [21:17:33] Yes, but I did not know they would have the interest. [21:17:47] * Lucy glances over the trolls to see if they have anything, then turns to the girl. "" [21:17:51] [21:18:04] " [21:18:06] " [21:18:28] * Lucy smiles a bit. Things are looking up. For now. [21:19:15] * Khrosk gets up after the healings and chops off the troll's head, throwing it into one of his bags. [21:19:50] * Kardos speaks to Khrosk in Common. "When did you notice the trolls, Khrosk?" [21:21:18] * She runs ahead. "" [21:22:39] Was hunting little elf girl when she scream and troll jump out. Troll dangerous, elf girl not so much. [21:22:48] ... [21:23:36] Lucy? Hank? Go with the girl to find the treasure, please. [21:23:48] * Lucy nods. "Sure." [21:23:53] ... hunting little elf girl? [21:24:08] Why were you hunting the little elf girl, Khrosk? [21:24:50] * Khrosk starts to follow the elf girl as she runs off. "Little girls shouldn't be running around without someone to look after them?" [21:25:14] * Clarissa closes her eyes and sighs. [21:25:22] .... well, he IS right. [21:25:48] ...we must endeavor to expand his vocabulary. [21:26:14] * Clarissa shrugs. [21:26:29] Hm... yeah. [21:27:21] * Lucy follows her along. "It's a good thing you were there. We'll have to talk to her about running around without someone to look after her later." [21:27:44] * Hank follows. "... where are we going?" [21:28:05] She says she knows where the troll treasure is. [21:28:31] [Those that went with the little girl eventually come upon a cave. Inside the cave are a few small bags, the stink of trolls living there, and series of semi-preceous stones set astetically pleasingly (for a troll) in the wall.] [21:29:48] * Lucy picks up what she can, checks the place for anything hidden, and unless ther'es something left, she departs with the group for civilization. [21:31:26] * Kardos does likewise, but Hank prolly does it better. [21:31:50] [Further inspection reveals the semi-precious stones, if taken out, would net about 150 gp. One of the bags contains precious gemstones collectively worth about 600 gp. Another contains 221 pieces of gold, the third contains 98 pieces of an unidentified rare metal, and the fourth contains 61 platinum pieces.] [21:33:47] * Hank looks positively delighted. [21:34:44] * Lucy looks pleased. But also checks the cave some more for evidence of just how many trolls were living here [21:35:07] [As far as Lucy can tell, two is the maximum size this cave can comfortably hold.] [21:36:40] * The little girl quickly runs to the wall and plucks out a green pearl, the most valuable stone in the wall tapestry (worth about 25 gold by itself), and holds it closely. [21:36:58] [21:37:34] [21:38:12] [21:38:15] [21:38:59] * The girl looks on the verge of tears, crying as she confesses. "I dropped it while I was playing one day." [21:39:20] * Lucy hugs the little girl. "Things are alright now, though..." [21:39:38] * Khrosk looks confused. "Why Kardos-man make little elf-girl cry?" [21:40:28] She's upset about losing her mother's pearl. [21:41:29] [21:41:41] * She sniffles and nods. [21:45:31] * Clarissa is now known as SleepDebugger [21:45:39] [Session END!] [21:46:34] XD [21:46:43] Fun? [21:47:40] Yis. [21:47:43] Fuuuun! [21:47:57] You're getting better at this, Zeg. You too, Dem. [21:48:05] yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay. [21:48:21] Getting better? I've been GMing the same way from the start of the game. XD [21:48:36] Not quite. XD [21:49:09] Khrosk is fun and I am glad we talked to him [21:49:45] I'm off to see the rest of the Bulls game. [21:50:05] Nooooooooooooooooooo [21:50:25] * Hank (chamelaeon@ip68-229-190-130.om.om.cox.net) Quit (Quit: ) [22:07:44] Bulls win! [22:07:55] * Zegon (zegond@c-24-15-245-98.hsd1.il.comcast.net) has left #Aeoth [22:08:31] * Disconnected Session Close: Fri Feb 02 22:08:32 2007