Session Start: Fri Mar 14 00:00:00 2003 Session Ident: #D&D [12:55:30] [Last time, on Dragonstar...] [12:55:36] [You figured out where to go. Hooray.] [12:55:45] [Then you started to head back to find Fiarre] [12:55:49] (And I got a drink. *sip*) [12:55:49] [Session Start] [12:55:57] [Yes, and Fiarre got a drink] [12:56:35] (I'd hate my friends if they weren't so lovable. And if they didn't provide me with money and ingestibles. So it's all good.) [12:57:10] (How about we assume I'm already waiting in the room, to speed things up?) [12:57:18] [Sure] [12:57:42] * Fiarre finishes up the last of his drink and sets the can aside. [12:58:46] * Brody opens the door. "Hello? Fiarre?" [12:59:06] Hrm? Find anything? [12:59:32] Yeah. There's a haunted house our boy disappeared into. [13:00:01] A nice way to put it. [13:00:08] * Fiarre stands up. [13:00:09] * Thalan nods. [13:00:25] Haunted? How? [13:00:55] ...By ghosts, I suppose. That's what the old orclady said. [13:01:38] * Fiarre checks his stuff. [13:01:45] Well. Shall we? [13:02:08] * Brody reaches a hand inside her coat, pauses, and nods. "I'm good." [13:02:24] Of course. One cannot be certain of what is actually in there, but it shouldn't matter too much. [13:03:06] * Fiarre steps out into the hall. [13:03:23] * Thalan checks his backpack. "I have everything I need. Are we ready?" [13:04:17] * Xivilai smirks, not bothering to check the backpack she wears. "I am always ready." [13:04:58] Mmm. As am I. [13:05:03] * Thalan starts walking away. "I'll meet you guys there. Xiv, need a ride?" [13:06:38] Works for me. [13:06:52] * Xivilai heads out with Mr. T. [13:07:23] (I pity the foo' that messes wit me!) [13:07:27] * Vincent (CHBoucher@dialup-67.25.0.239.Dial1.Manchester1.Level3.net) has joined #D&D [13:08:00] ( BRB. ) [13:09:23] ( Back. ) [13:09:24] I suppose the rest of us will be walking, then. [13:10:32] (Or you could just take public transport. ~_^) [13:10:45] (What, and be around people?) [13:11:12] (I don't take public transport for that reason.) [13:12:23] Maybe *you'll* be walking. [13:12:35] * Brody giggles maniacally. "Carry me, Vinnie!" [13:13:01] (FF Dem?) [13:13:04] * Vincent sighs slightly and scoops Brody into his arms, trying his hardest to still look like a serious Paladin. [13:13:20] [And so, our heroes left the hotel and journeyed into the Old City] [13:13:49] (* The Final Fantasy music plays, and we see an 8-bit representation of our heroes) [13:15:06] [You finally reach the building. It looks pretty creepy, especially with the destroyed building next to it, and the poor lighting related to living on a pole of the planet] [13:15:08] * Thalan drives his hoverbike (Kedon) with, what some would call insane, speed to the haunted house, grinning all the way. [13:15:31] [You also see heavily-armed orcs around the building. Lots of them.] [13:15:35] [LOTS of them] [13:15:57] [The apartment, anyway.] [13:16:08] [Nobody's guarding the big pile of rubble.] [13:16:17] * Xivilai hoots and hollars in along the way, enjoying the ride immensely. She stops abruptly when she sees the orcs, tho. [13:16:22] (Hold the pile of rubble, men! It will be our last stand!) [13:17:01] * Brody shouts directions and encouragement to Vincent, ignoring his protests that he knows the way there. [13:17:30] * Thalan turns his bike and stops, just as he sees the orcs guarding the house. He spots the big pile of rubble and steers the bike over there. [13:17:39] * Fiarre simply walks along behind Vincent. He shakes his head ever once in a while. [13:17:49] (Yes, you're the serious one. ^_^) [13:18:13] (And Vincent's the Honorable Bishonen, but he doesn't count.) [13:18:35] ( He does to me! ) [13:18:53] * Xivilai frowns. "This can't be any good at all." [13:19:37] ( I'm afk while you guys try to figure out another way into the building. ) [13:19:41] (I'm simply trying to avoid facepalming every five minutes) [13:19:42] * Thalan stops his bike behind the rubble. "Yeah, not good at all." [13:20:11] ...Ick. [13:20:36] Well. We can talk our way past the Orcs, perhaps. But I'd rather not get within earshot of them. [13:20:46] * Thalan takes off his gloves and puts on a pair of finger-less gloves. "Any other ideas?" [13:20:51] Hrm. Maybe a distraction of some type. [13:21:01] * Xivilai makes a face. "I'd also rather stay upwind of them, really." [13:21:24] * Thalan looks at them, surveying their movements and attentiveness. "I could get in there easily. But I don't know about you guys." [13:21:33] A distraction, perhaps, yes. Or an alternate entrance. [13:21:40] I might be able to talk my way in. [13:21:46] Or provide a distration. [13:21:51] I'd rather not be seen by them, if it all possible. [13:21:57] * Xivilai smirks. "Perhaps we can take the sewers. That's so cliche' it has to work." [13:22:20] * Xivilai giggles at the thought, obviously not suggesting it as a realistic alternative. [13:22:21] * Thalan snickers. "Sure, take the sewers. Do you have a pair of nose-plugs?" [13:22:23] And if one of them dies, I can use this nifty Doppleganger spellware my last article bought me to steal his face. [13:22:35] Ooooh, I'm shivering at the thought. XD [13:22:58] Unfortunately, no. If I did, I wouldn't worry about being near the Orcs. [13:23:04] I'm sure it'd be thrilling to have a face like that. [13:23:13] Hm. Thalan, you said you could get in easily? [13:23:17] ( Back ) [13:23:39] Yeah, it might be interesting to stop being so damned cute. ^^ [13:23:59] Perhaps you could go in and find a back-door for us? [13:24:19] * Thalan shrugs. "I could certinly try." [13:24:32] * Xivilai raises an eyebrow at Brody. "They have Doppleganger spellware, now?" [13:25:16] Yeah. Lets you get all shapeshifty. [13:25:28] [For those who count, there are about 15 Orcs standing guard at the front of the building, and an additional patrol of 12 walk around occasionally.] [13:25:28] I wonder if they'd get distracted by a rock being thrown at them from a random direction? [13:25:38] [You hear the chatter of some guys at the back, too] [13:26:37] * Xivilai chuckles. "A pity. I'm waiting for facial fads to come along, now." [13:27:00] Anyway. Thalan, do you trully believe you could make it in and out without being noticed? [13:27:55] Yeah, so far I just used it to cover up a couple scars, but I can think of what some kiddies might do. [13:28:00] I'm checking... It'd be really tight now that I look at it a bit harder. [13:28:21] Perhaps we could look around back? [13:28:37] And if we gave you a distrtaction? [13:28:52] Or we could just try looking around back, yes. Let us not avoid the obvious. [13:29:15] [Wisdom checks, guys] [13:29:18] * Thalan chuckles. [13:29:37] d20+1 [13:29:42] ( ... or intelligence. Lemme check ) [13:29:44] (... Dicey's not here.) [13:30:30] ( We are diceless. ) [13:30:41] (Anyone else have one? Mand?) [13:30:58] (Ropponmatsu?) [13:30:58] (We could try just rolling dice in OpenRPG.) [13:31:00] (We could try the OpenRPG one, if everyone here had it. Or a majority. Just for rolls.) [13:31:17] -herring.sandwich.net:@#d&d- DMota invited Ropponmatsu into channel #d&d. [13:31:17] * Ropponmatsu (LylaBot@dsl081-069-013.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net) has joined #d&d [13:31:22] [Okay, wisdom checks] [13:31:30] d20+1 [13:31:32] d20+3 [13:31:39] d20+3 [13:31:56] ( ... ) [13:32:09] ( Are there ANY OTHER DICEBOTS? ) [13:32:28] (...Oh, right, the Bot code needs to be set to work in a channel.) [13:32:41] ( YARGH ) [13:32:54] ( Okay guys. Hop into #Exalted. We do dice rolls there. ) [13:33:54] ( o_O ) [13:35:37] Hm. I wonder if the collapsed building's basement is still in tact... [13:36:02] It's worth a look. [13:36:33] * Thalan scratches his head. "How do you suppose we get there? Without making a sound." [13:36:58] [One of the orcs fart. The others laugh, and scratch their asses.] [13:37:03] We may not have to. After all, the rubble isn't being guarded. (Or do I have that backwards? ) [13:37:15] ( Rubble not being guarded. ) [13:37:45] * Thalan picks this up and turns his head to them in an instant. Once he realizes they're just being, well, orcs, he turns his attention back to the group. [13:38:09] Sounds good. [13:38:30] * Xivilai nods and hops off T's bike, strutting her bad self over to the rubble. [13:39:28] * Thalan gets off Kedon and activates the mad security system on it. [13:39:33] ( Roleplay the digging and talking while I afk again. Stomach pain severe. x.x ) [13:39:34] * Fiarre walks his neutral self over near Xivilai. [13:41:28] * Xivilai starts digging, apparently not too worried about getting her dainty, well-manicured hands dirty. She also keeps an eye out for holes large enough for her to wriggle down through. [13:41:31] * Fiarre nudges a bit of the rubble. [13:41:50] * Thalan walks over to Xivilai after he' [13:42:09] * Thalan is sure that the security system is set. "Man, I didn't want to get my hands dirty." [13:42:09] * Brody gets out of Vincent's arms, and walks over to the rubble, beginning to drag rubble out of the way with all her anemic might. It's slow going until Vincent begins helping, his armor assisting greatly [13:42:34] * Fiarre starts to move a bit of it. He's surprisingly strong, for what he looks. [13:43:11] * Thalan changes his gloves and starts moving the rubble. He's not strong at all, and doesn't try to fake it. [13:44:18] * Xivilai isn't especially strong either, although she does her part anyway. She notes Fiarre's surprising strength and decides to pester him about it later. [13:44:32] So *move rock* you think that *move another rock* there's a basement *moves yet another rock* under here? [13:45:05] Hopefully. [13:45:18] ( Back x.x ) [13:45:28] There -nnnnnnnnnngh- ought to be. [13:45:38] I *move rock* would certainly *move rock* think so. *move rock, pause* There has to be somewhere to put the water heater and other sundry utilities, after all. [13:45:38] * Brody begins panting heavily. [13:46:18] * Xivilai frowns. "Brody, don't overwork yourself, now." [13:46:21] [Xivilai is proved correct, as some of the rocks shift a bit, then fall as their supports are removed, revealing a staircase. SOme of the rocks fall and hit the ground below.] [13:46:27] * Fiarre eyes Brody a bit. [13:46:59] * Ropponmatsu was kicked by DMota (DMota) [13:47:19] * Mina|Work is now known as Minaku [13:47:21] * Xivilai grins. [13:47:27] ( Hi, Mina! ) [13:47:40] (HI!) [13:47:41] [The stairs are marked upa nd blackened, but still appear to be perfectly functional.] [13:47:43] * Fiarre peers down into the opened hole. [13:47:44] I'm a writer, not an excavation tool. ;_; [13:48:05] * Thalan stops moving rocks when it falls through. He takes off his gloves and puts them in a seperate compartment in his backpack, then putting on yet another pair of fingerless gloves. He pants a little, then looks down the pit. [13:48:05] Now, now. We're all adventurers, now. ^_~ [13:48:35] * Xivilai heads down. "If you hear me screaming, the stairs are a bad idea." [13:49:27] * Thalan starts walking down with Xiv. "You really shouldn't be so enthusiastic to die." [13:49:37] * Fiarre just walks down the stairs. [13:50:26] * Brody follows. "Hey, livefast, die young, leave a drug-addled, scarred corpse that the undertaker has to *make* good-looking." XD [13:50:29] * Xivilai grins. "I'm not. I'm enthusiastic to live." She chuckles. "No, really." [13:50:31] [The way down is chocked with rubble and dust, but there's a pretty clear path into the basement. It's even darker than the night outside, and is partially flooded. The water hides the floor from view. Still, all of you have dark vision, or at the least, low light vision.] [13:50:46] (Saves money on flashlights.) [13:51:23] [There's wooden furniture, shattered conctrete, and broken glass all over. The walls are covered with moss, and the sounds of dripping water and crawling vermin can be heard.] [13:51:47] [There's a simple door to the next room over] [13:51:59] Oh, goodie. [13:52:17] * Thalan motions for silence, as he quietly walks to the simple door and listens. [13:52:30] * Xivilai nods and is silent. Cherish it while you can. [13:53:17] * Brody hushes up. [13:53:53] * Thalan sighs and speaks softly, relaxing his stance. "No one's on the other side." [13:54:06] Just rodents. [13:54:07] [Are you guys just walking around casually, or with weapons drawn and trying to Move Silently?] [13:54:28] (I'm moving silently, but without my weapons drawn.) [13:54:32] * Cartoonmancer is now known as Anime_Segretary [13:54:43] ( Moving casually but quietly, weapons not drawn... yet. ) [13:54:51] (I'm trying to move silently, but not terribly hard) [13:54:58] * NovaSeaker (NovaSeaker@24-168-40-238.si.rr.com) has joined #D&D [13:55:08] * Brody has her arm inside her trenchcoat, and is moving casually and quietly. [13:55:58] * Thalan sniffs the air. "Smells bad too." [13:56:10] * Fiarre sticks his hands inside his cloak. [13:56:22] (Like we could tell anyways.) [13:56:25] (:P) [13:56:39] * Xivilai nods. [13:56:50] So, what's the plan? [13:56:56] (Hey, if you were watching closely...) [13:57:14] * Xivilai looks at all the people reaching into their clothing. "Please. If you're going to pull weapons, pull your weapons already." [13:57:22] ( ... why would we need to watch Fiarre with his hands in his cloak closely? ) [13:57:32] (He's got a bomb!) [13:57:34] (...you don't, but still!) [13:58:06] We could look in and see if it leads anywhere worth going. I doubt rodents will be too much trouble for us. [13:58:27] * Fiarre shrugs, and pulls out a laser pistol. [13:58:51] Better. [13:59:06] * Brody shrugs, and quietly draws a silenced slugthrower with a laser slight. She pets it lovingly, and whispers, "Jennifer." as she smiles. [13:59:14] Careful if you fire that thing. They're not exactly quiet. [13:59:20] * Xivilai reaches back to her backpack and pulls out what appears to be a heavily modified assault rifle. [13:59:47] (Which thing?) [13:59:50] * Xivilai grins. "Do not worry, Thalan. This one is *very* quiet." [13:59:52] (Yours.) [14:00:04] (Odd, I'd think a laser would be... fairly quiet) [14:00:29] (I talked to Dem about it. It's quieter than a rifle or something like that, but it'll still cause a racket.) [14:00:39] ( Depends. If this is Star Wars, they'll all go "BWEE BWEE". ) [14:00:54] * Thalan opens the door slowly. [14:01:29] [*squeak*] [14:01:44] [As Thalan opens the door, he is proven correct.] [14:01:51] [There are only rats in this room] [14:02:01] [Rats that are larger than MOST DOGS] [14:02:09] ( HALF-DRAGON DIRE RATS. ) [14:02:10] [INITIATIVE] [14:02:13] ...right. [14:02:26] ...Oh, god. [14:02:35] d20+7 [14:02:41] * Thalan jumps when he sees them. [14:02:42] ...how wretchedly adorable. [14:02:43] (Init is what, again?) [14:02:44] ( In #Exalted ) [14:02:49] ( d20 + dex mod ) [14:02:55] d20+6 [14:03:01] ( d20+DEXmod, usually. ) [14:04:56] [INITIATIVE COUNT 21: TURN OF THE RATS] [14:04:59] (Unless you have Improved Init or some PrC ability that adds another modifier) [14:05:03] * NPC is now known as DireRats [14:05:39] * DireRats runs towards the PCs with red, shiny eyes. They seem angered at the intrusion into their territory. [14:06:26] (They come bearing fruit baskets!) [14:06:31] (Fruit!) [14:06:49] [They quickly crowd up in front of Thalan, who is blocking the doorway and keeping them from getting at the other PCs. Two of them leap at him] [14:07:41] [Fortunately, one of them misses. And the other's teeth don't get past his armor] [14:07:58] [INITIATIVE COUNT 14: THALAN] [14:08:14] Get out of the way, Thalan, sir! [14:08:36] Thalan! Do what the nice buff Paladin says! [14:08:59] * Thalan jumps back and bears his claws. (5 foot movement away from the rats) [14:09:13] (And OUT of the line of fire. ^^;) [14:09:21] [Thalan does not provoke an attack of opportunity] [14:09:49] ( But he does provoke the bears with his promise of fruit... :P ) [14:10:26] ("You know what, attack of opportunity? Your mother's an ugly whore!") [14:10:32] [Will that be all you're doing this turn?] [14:11:10] (Yes it will. Can't really draw a weapon. ^^;) [14:11:40] [INITIATIVE COUNT 12: XIVILAI OR BRODY, DEPENDING ON WHO HAS HIGHER DEX.] [14:12:00] ( actually, both act on count 12. But someone has to go first ) [14:12:12] (Dual Tech!) [14:12:21] [... okay, and possibly Vince too.] [14:12:27] (And now Vinny too. Triple tech!) [14:12:32] (And Vinnie goes now, too! Triple tech!) [14:13:03] ( *checks the sheets* ) [14:13:12] ( That would likely be Xiv. ^^; ) [14:13:28] [INITIATIVE COUNT 12, PHASE 1. XIVILAI] [14:14:08] * Xivilai takes aim at one of the rats threatening Thalan and pops a round off at it. The only noise her rifle makes is the click of the trigger being pulled. [14:15:21] (Just how much of a noise will this gun *make*, anyway?) [14:15:39] (I dunno, ask Dem.) [14:15:57] (You can always just run up and start hacking them to bits.) [14:16:11] (Let me think, get it close... no.) [14:16:44] (Like they could hit you.) [14:17:43] (Besides, I don't want to get in the way of other people with big guns.) [14:17:48] (True.) [14:18:47] [One of the rats is hit, and slumps over.] [14:19:04] [INITIATIVE COUNT 12, PHASE 2: VINCENT] [14:21:03] * Xivilai (stdwrs15@AC86BD68.ipt.aol.com) Quit (Ping timeout) [14:21:13] (...) [14:22:17] (Sorry, I'm looking up wether an Assault Carbine can do auto. ^^;) [14:22:40] (I'd say yes. I believe all assault weapons can.) [14:23:04] * Xivilai (stdwrs15@AC953373.ipt.aol.com) has joined #D&D [14:23:07] ( Re ) [14:23:10] (x.x) [14:23:14] (Re.) [14:24:07] * Vincent draws an assault carbine, and points it at the rats, loosing a long, sustained chain of fire. [14:26:10] [The area in a cone in front of him is now under fire....] [14:26:33] (I have to dodge now, don't I? ^^;) [14:26:48] ( You got out of the way ) [14:27:11] (Meh, I woulda been able to get out of there anyways.) [14:27:30] [INITITATIVE COUNT 12, PHASE 3: BRODY] [14:28:19] [Boy, there's a lot of ammo striking the ground and bouncing off in all sorts of directions] [14:29:34] [... BRODY] [14:29:50] (I was waiting for your response.) [14:30:01] ( Ah ) [14:30:13] * Dicesuke (dice@155.92.103.53) has joined #d&d [14:30:17] * Thalan tries his best to avoid any stray gunshots from Vincent's Really Big Gun (tm). [14:30:38] * Will (Mune@tcsndslgw8PoolB128.tcsn.uswest.net) has joined #d&d [14:31:03] * Brody eyes the size of the rats, and reaches into her backpack, dropping her pistol as she goes. She comes out with a blaster pistol, which she holds in both hands, and levels it at a rat, flicking on the laser sight. She squeezes off a shot at the one closest to the door. [14:31:12] d20+9 [14:31:12] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brody (d20+9) and gets 11. [14:31:22] (...) [14:31:34] (At least it wasn't a critfail.) [14:31:53] (It wasn't a critfail, else you might've shot your backpack to shit before pulling the pistol out. :P) [14:32:07] [The blaster charge strikes the watery floor, dispersing the electrical force along the entire place. Which is about the same as using an air conditioner to cool drinks] [14:32:22] [INITIATIVE COUNT 7, FIARRE'S TURN] [14:32:25] (Which would have blown, as I dropped 4000 credits on that Haversack.) [14:32:49] (About time.) [14:33:02] ( After this round is over, I gotta pause and pick up my sister ) [14:33:11] * Fiarre aims as best he can at one of the lead rats and fires. [14:33:13] d20+2 [14:33:13] * Dicesuke throws the bones for Fiarre (d20+2) and gets 14. [14:33:52] [ZOT! A rat gets roasted!] [14:33:59] [Pause] [14:34:19] (I'm going to have to leave for home in about 20 minutes, then try to get my computer up and running again there, so... [14:35:03] * NovaSeaker is now known as Xing-Fu [14:37:17] d20+2 [14:37:20] d20 [14:37:24] d20+2 [14:37:30] d20+6 [14:37:38] d20+7 [14:37:55] (... dicesuke! You're not working. ;_;) [14:38:01] * Dicesuke (dice@155.92.103.53) Quit (Ping timeout) [14:38:10] ... [14:38:32] ( o/` Blame Dicesuke! Blame Dicesuke! o/` ) [14:39:25] ( o/` With his beady little eyes and flapping head so full of lies! o/` ) [14:40:57] ( XD ) [14:43:26] * Dicesuke (dice@155.92.103.53) has joined #d&d [14:43:38] (Roll init now? ^_^) [14:43:44] d20+2 [14:43:46] ( Yes. :P ) [14:43:53] d20+6 [14:44:07] ( d20+7 ) [14:44:20] (...) [14:44:32] d20+2 [14:44:36] d20 [14:46:26] * Dicesuke (dice@155.92.103.53) Quit (Ping timeout) [14:46:28] [The smoke clears, and the results of Vincent's withering hail of bullets is now clear] [14:49:19] [Most of the rats lay dead, and the rest retreat into a hole in the wall] [14:49:25] [THe intruders may pass] [14:49:38] * Xivilai smirks. "Nice. A waste, but nice." [14:49:42] * Xivilai heads on in. [14:49:44] (I've got to get going) [14:49:59] * Thalan retracts his claws. "Impressive." He continues. [14:50:18] * Vincent allows himself a smile, and holsters his gun. [14:50:33] * Brody follows. "That's my Vinnie." ^_^ [14:50:41] ( Gerk. End session? ) [14:50:42] * Fiarre looks at Vincent, then walks in. [14:50:54] (I'll be back in a couple of hours. I'm going home for break.) [14:51:21] [Alright. Session paused. Or possibly ended, if someone has to go while Zrith is gone] Session Close: Sat Mar 15 00:00:00 2003