Start of #Sharn buffer: Wed Nov 14 23:37:48 2007 [18:01:16] * NovaSeaker (~Novaseake@24.168.117.0) has joined #Sharn [18:01:18] * ChanServ sets mode: +o NovaSeaker [18:04:54] * Marianysa (~dlarmour@wnpgmb02dc1-179-232.dynamic.mts.net) has joined #sharn [18:05:05] * Charles (~CharlesHB@c-71-233-188-2.hsd1.ma.comcast.net) has joined #Sharn [18:05:14] * Charles is now known as Loharath [18:05:27] * Demota is now known as Aurora [18:10:25] * Phanos (~rustangel@ip-114-216.atvci.net) has joined #sharn [18:11:51] * NovaSeaker is now known as Aurelis [18:11:56] * Aurelis is now known as NovaSeaker [18:17:20] [Far, Therendor 11th, 998 YK] [18:18:56] [The party has found their way through the Cogs, wandering through the desolate reaches of Khyber's Gate to the door of the ruined Citadel of the Closed Circle. The ornate, bas-relief doors lay smashed open, inviting them in. The light spell on Loharath's curved blade shines beyond the doors, casting light and shadows into the entry chamber inside.] [18:19:01] [Session Start] [18:19:19] * NovaSeaker is now known as Aurelis [18:20:14] * Phanos looks to the entry chamber calmly. "Who de steppy fiorst?" [18:20:30] "Not I. How bout you Mari?" [18:21:25] * Marianysa rests her hands on her swords. "Might as well." [18:21:52] I'll go. I'd hardly be a man if I didn't. [18:21:56] * Marianysa starts for the doorway. [18:22:05] Good luck. [18:22:08] * Loharath walks for it as well. [18:23:57] [Loharath and Mari both approach the ruined door and step inside. The interior is dirty, with obvious signs of neglect. Tapestries that might once have been appropriatly decorative for an entry chamber lay stained and torn along the bottom of the wall. To the east and west are iron-bound wooden doors.] [18:24:28] "I wish dem whispas would shut it up." [18:24:38] Nobody here so far. [18:25:41] * Loharath draws his sword and ignites it with silver flame. [18:25:45] * Aurora follows after. She looks around. "What are you hearing, Phanos?" [18:25:54] * Aurora admires Loharath's sword. [18:26:35] So...door number one, or door number two? [18:26:44] "Loud whispas, like me say already." [18:27:01] What are they saying? [18:27:19] I'm not getting evil off of either one. [18:27:56] "Nothin in pahticulah." [18:28:03] Let's do door number one, then. It's first. [18:28:15] Sure! [18:28:41] * Loharath opens the eastern door [18:29:08] (Whenever you guys open a door, everyone make sure you're standing in the position you would want to be should combat start.) [18:29:22] (Then tell me in #exalted when you're done) [18:31:42] [A corridor stretches down a fair distance before ending at another iron-bound door to the east. Another door to the south is positioned on the wall right next to the first door.] [18:32:13] * Loharath braces against the next door. "Ready, men?" [18:33:13] "Ya." [18:33:19] Go for it.; [18:33:41] * Aurelis moves to the mouth of the corridor. "Hm... tight squeeze... not much room to fight in if it comes to it..." [18:34:01] "This would be the perfect set-up for ray spells and lightning bolts...." [18:34:33] "Good ting I stand out eah soze YOU get shocka if dat happen, mon." [18:34:41] (Okay, this door thing is going to be happening a lot. Everyone keep up.) [18:35:00] * Loharath opens the next door, to the east. [18:35:44] [The corridor continues and takes a 90-degree turn to the south.] [18:35:48] * Aurora watches carefully. [18:36:46] * Phanos decides to follow now. [18:37:10] * Marianysa continues to stick close behind Loharath. [18:37:31] [Around the bend, the hallway continues into the shadows...] [18:38:05] (Dem. If you're not within that light radius, you're standing in pitch-blackness) [18:39:57] [As Loharath continues down the corridor, a door on the western wall comes within sight, however the end of the corridor continues to be lost in shadow.] [18:40:37] * Loharath continues chugging along [18:40:47] "There a door heah." [18:41:26] True, though I think it's best to find out all our options before committing ourself to one. [18:41:34] [Loharath finally sees the southern wall of the corridor appear in shadowy light. The hallways appears to bend back toward the west.] [18:42:02] So find all the doors, then decide which one's the best? [18:43:00] [The hall apruptly ends in a nonsensical dead-end.] [18:43:01] "Dat ded end, it too suspicious." [18:43:08] * Loharath rounds the corner. "For example, if we find that this corridor goes in a ring, we can guess that- Indeed. [18:43:21] I think there's a fake door. What about you? [18:43:37] "ya mon." [18:43:46] Who HONESTLY builds dead end hallways? [18:43:50] Very likely! Who here can search for it? [18:44:04] (Anyone can search for secret doors) [18:44:06] Lemme take a look. [18:44:20] (Yeah, but not everyone is likely to find a particularly secret one) [18:45:29] [Marianysa takes about a minute running her hands along all the seems of stone slabs comprising the wall and can't find anything suspicious.] [18:45:46] * Marianysa scowls. "I got nothin'. Anyone else want to take a look?" [18:46:03] "I taint no good at dat kinds of ting." [18:46:23] "Nor am I." [18:46:44] Nor I! [18:47:44] I can certainly try, but I'm not good at it [18:48:01] * Aurora steps up [18:49:30] "Mebbe it just bad buildin." [18:49:59] * Loharath walks up to the wall, and begins punching. "GIVE WAY FOR MEN, FALSE WALL!" [18:50:26] [The wall does not respond, other than making Loharath's fist a little sore and scuffed.] [18:50:55] Or maybe it's just a wall. [18:51:12] * Phanos starts to shuffle down the hall the other way. "Dats what I sez." [18:51:22] * Loharath walks back to the other door. "To this one, then!" [18:51:45] [Door time.] [18:52:13] * Marianysa grumbles and heads to the other door. "Stupid nonsensical architects." [18:54:06] Perhaps the key to this mysterious secret wall is down here! [18:54:43] Yeah. [18:55:53] [Loharath kicks the door in, and steps into the room. It's a large open space, with a moldering, damaged and torn rug on the floor. Theres a shifting noise to the north, in the shadows... followed by a mewling whine.] [18:56:26] * Loharath whips his head towards it, detecting evil all the while [18:57:09] * Marianysa draws her swords, not saying anything yet. [18:57:36] Evil! But not huge evil, so we won't need to rip and tear all that much. [18:57:46] Right. [18:58:04] * Aurora raises her bow just a little. [18:58:18] "who's... who's there? Who's the whos whose whos is what?" [18:59:47] "Are your whos him or them whose who is unwanted?" [19:00:33] * Phanos whispers. "He probably tink we de cat." [19:00:36] "Meow!" [19:00:57] * Aurora frowns. [19:01:19] [The voice whines again, sounding, now that you heard it speak, more like someone with a damaged voice box than a cat.] [19:01:50] * Loharath frowns. "Well, I wasn't trained for this." [19:02:12] [There's a shifting and then a metalic tink and scraping... the figure enters the light cast by Loharath's sword.] [19:02:46] * Aurora looks to the figure. [19:02:54] [He's competely wraped in bandages from head to toe. The bandages around his neck are bloodstained, but brown with age. The metallic scraping noise comes from the large, heavy pick he is loosely dragging behind him.] [19:03:03]
"What are your whos?" [19:04:31]
Loharath, paladin of the Light of the Silver Flame. [19:04:45]
"Any whos but their whos are unwanted but needed." [19:04:55] I am Aurora, priestess of the Silver Flame. [19:05:29]
"Where are they?" [19:06:25] ...huh? [19:06:31]
"Where are they?" [19:06:55]
"Where are the... maaaasters....." [19:07:49] Your masters? [19:07:54] "What do dey look like?" [19:08:01]
"the... maaaasters.....where..... WHERE?! TELL ME WHERE!" [he grabs his heavy military pick more firmly and starts bashing the ground with it." [19:08:08] ] [19:08:36]
" HAH! WHERE?! WHY WONT YOU EVEN LIE TO ME?! WHERE?!" [19:08:55] [He grabs the pick in both hands and runs back toward the shadows he came from.] [19:08:56] * Marianysa looks helplessly at the rest of the group. [19:09:38] ... we follow. [19:09:45] "We do?" [19:09:52] Eventually. [19:10:26] * Aurora looks around the area [19:11:12] I suppose her plan is sound. [19:11:22] [The sound of metal on stone rings loudly, echoing rather closely.] [19:11:27] Still, let's look around before we- Hm. [19:11:48] [Then there's a scream of pain and a wet slicing.] [19:12:10] [And object is tossed toward Loharath.] [19:12:45] [It rolls to a stop... its an eye.] "I seeeesss you...." [19:12:46] What the.. [19:13:15] [Pause] [19:13:16] * Loharath picks up the eye between his thumb and forefinger. [19:13:23] * Phanos nudges aurelis. "what happen?" [19:13:25] [Pause] [19:13:26] [Pause] [19:13:26] [Pause] [19:13:55] (Aurora, place yourself where you would be if you were looking around the area. You can from where you are right now cause you're waaay down the hallway) [19:14:04] (can't) [19:15:27] (Loharath, did you enter the room at all once you opened the door and detected evil?) [19:16:43] (Alright) [19:16:55] [Init] [19:17:03] (I figure I did) [19:20:14] [There's a sudden noise in the southern end of the room as another person charges into the light radius afforded by Loharath's sword. He's just as dirty as the first man, and appears to have vermin crawling over his face and arms.] [19:22:52] [He silently swings his weapon, a military pick like the first man's, into Loharath's shoulderblade, nicking his collarbone.] [19:23:27] * Aurelis changes topic to 'Init: Phanos, Mari, Aurelis, Aurora, Loharath' [19:23:32] * Loharath recoils from the blow [19:23:35] [Phanos's turn] [19:24:13] * Phanos conjures up an illusory hand beside his own, remaining still in the corridor, since he can't move in. [19:24:59] * Aurelis changes topic to 'Init: Phanos, Creep, Mari, Aurelis, Aurora, Loharath' [19:26:32] [Just as Loharath recovers from the suprise attack, the original person explodes into the light radius screaming at the top of his lungs, his single-remaining eye wide behind the bandages that surround it, fresh and red blood flowing down the bandages on his face, neck, and chest from his missing eye.] [19:27:32] [He whips right by Aurora on the way, cutting off his own escape.] [19:28:08] [Maybe from his wild wing, or lack of depth perception, the lunatic manages to miss a completely off-guard Loharath.] [19:28:21] [Mari's Turn] [19:29:07] * Marianysa steps out of the doorway, slashing at the wild man. [19:30:31] "WHAT DID I EVER DO TO YOUR WHO WHOSE NOT HIM?!" [19:31:20] * Aurelis rushes up to the open doorway but doesn't enter, standing at the treshhold. He begins to cast a spell. [19:31:24] "You needs learn ta talk right, mon!" [19:31:35] (Hah) [19:32:30] [Magic missiles fly from Aurelis's fingers and impact on the lunatic Mari sliced.] [19:33:01] [Aurora's Turn] [19:34:43] * Aurora reaches for her arrows and fires one at the de-eyed man, but misses by a long shot. [19:34:55] [Loharath's Turn] [19:37:50] * Loharath breaks out of his stupor and turns as he swings his katana, making a low sweeping strike at the creepy man [19:40:47] * Loharath angles his sword up as he swings it, cutting the man diagonally in twain, the pieces falling apart seperately as he turns to face the next foe. [19:42:17] [Said next foe glances at the mess behind Loharath and dispationately continues his attack.] [19:44:21] [His pick seemingly bounces off nothing an inch above Loharath's skin.] [19:44:27] [Phanos's Turn] [19:44:29] * Phanos moves up, dogs flanking, to Aurelis, who is still in the way. [19:45:01] (You know you can move through allies, right?)) [19:45:15] ((we can? is movement hampered?)) [19:45:26] ((counts as 2 squares) [19:47:14] * Phanos moves into the room with his zombified warhounds. A scythe quickly appears in his hands, from a simple flick of his wrist, and he attacks! [19:47:35] [The silent figure tracks one of the grassy zombie dogs as it enters the room and throws arm in an arc, wielding his pick at it.] [19:48:49] [Hits the second dog on the backswing.] [19:49:54] They barely seem to notice, a bit of dirt hitting the floor. [19:50:57] [The man hardly even exhales loudly when Phanos rips into him with his scythe.] [19:51:05] [Mari's Turn] [19:53:01] * Marianysa weaves past Phanos and his dog, intent on the crazed man. [19:54:07] [The eerily silent attack swings his pick out again, brushing the air next to Mari's cheek, but missing her.] [19:54:13] attacker* [19:54:34] * Marianysa slashes at the man, unphased by the near miss. [19:55:34] [The man is stabbed in the thigh, and he doesn't even acknowledge it.] [19:56:14] * Aurelis looks through the melee at what's going on and casts the same spell he did last. [19:56:49] * Marianysa shudders slightly. "Creepy..." [19:57:01] Are they undead or something? [19:57:18] * Aurelis 's magic missiles pound into the mans chest and then face, throwing him against the wall, where he silently slumps to the floor. [19:57:58] Shouldn't you know? [19:58:01] "Dont mattah none now." [19:58:42] [the silent man bleeds out from his wounds...] [19:59:35] "Well.... not much we learned there." [19:59:47] * Phanos 's dogs sniff idly at him. One goes to take a bite and Phanos quickly slaps his muzzle. [20:00:02] "Les move on den." [20:00:17] * Phanos touches a hand to Dukey, healing his wounds. [20:00:23] "Except that one guy was crazy enough to cut out his own eye..." [20:01:12] Ugh. What's wrong with these people... anyway, yeah. let's go. [20:01:42] "Right..." [20:02:04] * Marianysa bends down to look at the more intact corpse, frowning. "What did they DO to these people?" [20:02:45] They're really ... ... wait, you don't think they might be some new breed of Raver, do you? [20:02:56] [Centipedes and roaches crawl over the more intact corpse of the silent attacker.] [20:03:04] ugh. [20:03:16] "Jus crazies. Prob let de whispas get to dem." [20:03:29] God, I hope not. [20:04:24] [eventually the silent man stops breathing.] [20:04:47] "Les go." [20:05:04] * Marianysa sighs, straightening. [20:05:28] Right [20:05:39] Too many damn mysteries here. [20:06:18] [Loharath nods] "Alright then, to the south where I was originally going!" [20:07:03] * Phanos plods along after him [20:07:45] * Aurora follows [20:07:52] [Loharath shines his sword's light on the souther end of the room, which ends in a little alcove stretching slightly to the west. There's a door set in the middle of the alcove's western face.] [20:08:57] "Alright then. There's option one." [20:09:07] [Loharath heads to the north end of the room.] [20:09:43] * Aurora follows. "Looks good to me!" [20:09:50] "Looksa like we onlyest gets one option." [20:10:06] "Looks like there's option one, and comedy option 'search for more doors that may or may not be there.' " [20:10:33] Obvious works for me. [20:10:48] "I WILL SHINE MY TRUTH ON THIS WALL'S SHADOWS OF DECEPTION!" [20:11:02] [Loharath headbutts the wall in the northern end of the room.] [20:11:39] "Well, no doors there. Lets try the real one." [20:11:50] You okay? [20:12:08] "Of course I am! Real men aren't easily damaged!" [20:12:24] [Loharath plods down to the southern end.] [20:12:45] "I likes letting dis one go first." [20:12:48] (Place yourselves people) [20:13:24] * Marianysa laughs a little, following. [20:14:44] [Loharath kicks the door in to reveal... a very wide, big, empty closet. More like a hallway that doesn't go anywhere.] [20:15:45] * Marianysa 's left eye twitches slightly. [20:15:55] "Hm." [20:16:25] This can't be right. [20:16:32] What the hell is WRONG with these people? [20:16:39] "Well we still have two doors we haven't tried yet. One back at the entrance and one that turned south shortly before the hallway did." [20:17:25] Hm. [20:17:35] Let's go for the one by the entrance. Make sure nothing can sneak up on us from behind [20:17:51] "Sounds good to me. Anyone else?" [20:17:58] "Search de closet?" [20:18:22] Can't hurt to take a look. [20:18:32] "That's the spirit!" [20:18:45] Sure, while we're here [20:18:58] [Loharath slaps Mari on the shoulders.] "Real men like us leave no stone unturned!" [20:21:01] * Marianysa laughs. "Yeah, men like us." She steps inside the closet and starts to look around. [20:22:58] * Marianysa shrugs, exiting the room after a few minutes. [20:23:02] [Mari finds no trace nor hint of a secret passage.] [20:23:24] If there's anything there, I can't find it. [20:23:51] "No worries! Back to the entrance." [20:23:57] Let's get going. [20:23:57] Alright [20:24:00] * Aurora moves [20:24:05] [The group follows Loharath back toward the entry chamber.] [20:26:07] [The door swings open to reveal a hallway that stretches into the shadows.] [20:26:43] [It turns to the south 90 degrees.] [20:28:08] "Anothah one eh?" [20:28:23] [Loharath turns the corner and finds the hall stretch far into the shadows once again. He makes his way south, placing a hand on the eastern wall.] "Strange. Around here on the opposite side of the place was a door." [20:28:50] "ya." [20:29:12] * Aurora follows. "Strange. Alright, there's got to be a way to get through it, right?" [20:29:29] "Well we haven't even seen the end of this corridor yet." [20:29:43] "Or rather, you haven't, since you lack sensitive eyes like mine." [20:29:49] I guess. [20:29:54] "It turns to the east again." [20:30:00] * Aurelis points. [20:30:10] Right. Let's make a note of this and continue [20:30:10] "Mebbe we search where dat old door was." [20:32:37] "Found the door." [20:32:43] * Marianysa grumbles. "Architects fucking with us." [20:32:58] Thanks! [20:33:04] [Just around the bend, the hallway sports a door that leads back north.] [20:33:28] (Place yourselves) [20:34:27] Let's see what we got. [20:34:38] [Another hallway, side by side with the one you just went down, stretches into the shadows to the door.] [20:34:48] the north* [20:35:22] "Alright." [20:36:26] "This is ridiculous." [20:37:06] Apparently the purpose of this building is just to be a maze factory. [20:37:28] "It's not even so much a maze as just... nonsensical." [20:37:44] Well, yeah. You know what I mean. [20:37:46] "Tink if deys somebody tries to break in." [20:37:51] "Like that hallway that went no wher." [20:37:53] "Make it hard to do." [20:37:54] What the hell kind of citadel IS this? [20:38:22] "It's not important! Where here now and there is darkness to burn!" [20:38:50] [Loharath keeps walking north, eventually finding that the hallway widens as it turns to the east.] [20:39:46] [He waits for everyone to catch up before continuing.] [20:39:56] Well, it's certainly defensible. [20:40:33] Maybe that's all it was built for. [20:40:42] Good point. [20:41:16] Possibly. [20:42:04] [Loharath waits at the corner and then glances to the east, narrowing his eyes a bit.] [20:42:23] [Loharath suddenly brandishes his sword.] "Head's up!" [20:42:25] [init] [20:45:09] (Mari reroll init) [20:45:55] * Aurelis changes topic to 'Init: Aurelis, Loharath, Mari, Phanos, Aurora' [20:47:03] * Aurelis runs past Mari and Loharath, and peers down the corridor. His face slackens. "Wh.. what ARE those things?" [20:47:11] "You can see them?!" [20:47:19] "I wish I couldn't!" [20:50:25] [Around the bend, the rest of the party can hear something scamper toward them. Then a crossbow quarrel hits Aurelis in the shoulder.] [20:50:28] "Gah!" [20:51:28] * Aurelis changes topic to 'Init: Aurelis, Thing, Loharath, Mari, Phanos, Aurora' [20:51:50] "Oh man, is that thing ugly." [20:52:55] [20:53:07] "What ting?" [20:53:27] "It looks for all the Flame like two goblins mashed together!" [20:53:41] [Mari's Turn] [20:53:42] Gross! [20:54:44] * Marianysa steps out into the hall to get a look. "More sick experiments?" [20:55:28] [Mari steps into the wider corridor and looks at the small figure barely illuminated at the limits of the light spell cast on Loharath's sword.] [20:57:41] [It's chubby and gnarled, looks like it's missing a head, instead having two goblin faces on its torso, looking like they're competeing for space. Four gangly arms sproud from its body-face, and two spindly legs hold it up.] [20:58:29] [A second one steps out of the shadows and takes a moment to aim it's crossbow, held in its upper right and lower left hands.] [21:01:54] [It fires at Mari, hitting her square in the chest, but failing to penetrate her armor.] [21:02:29] [Phanos's Turn] [21:02:51] * Marianysa winces. [21:03:11] * Phanos holds out a hand, the spectral one shooting out and touching Mari on the back, glowing green. [21:04:33] Thanks, Phanos. [21:05:26] [Aurora's Turn] [21:06:22] * Aurelis changes topic to 'Init: Aurelis, Warped Goblin, Loharath, Mari, Mutated Goblin, Phanos, Aurora' [21:06:25] "No problem." [21:08:09] * Aurora turns the corner and fires an arrow at the creatures in the darkness, but misses. [21:09:12] * Aurelis changes topic to 'Init: Aurelis, Warped Goblin, Mari, Mutated Goblin, Phanos, Aurora, Loharath' [21:10:26] [Loharath chooses to act now, passing Aurora and running toward the goblin. He stops a handful of paces before he's face to face with either of them and swings his sword. The silver fire wreathing it flies off and toward the mutated goblin.] [21:12:27] [The silver fire flies over its head and dissipates. A second later another silver flame erupts from the hilt of Loharath's sword, wreathing it again.] [21:13:42] [Aurelis begins casting a spell.] [21:15:20] [Two magic missiles streak over Mari's shoulder and past Loharath, impacting on both of the warped goblin's faces. The thing staggers back, dropping it's morningstar and crossbow.] [21:17:02] [It takes a step back, then starts to retreat. Just before it exits the shadowy illumination of the light spell, a thick rope of flesh whips out from the darkness and slices it's neck open.] [21:17:55] [Mari's Turn] [21:18:30] "Aurelis? What was that?" [21:18:43] * Marianysa darts forward to attack the still living goblin. [21:18:53] "That is what I wish I wasn't seeing..." [21:19:42] * Aurelis changes topic to 'Init: Aurelis, Mari, Mutated Goblin, Phanos, Aurora, Loharath' [21:20:08] [Mari jabs into the thing's gut, and his stumbles backwards a bit, dropping both its weapons and clutching its stomach.] [21:20:55] What is it, Aur? [21:21:27] [It looks up at Mari and then back into the shadows, then takes out a spear from it's backpack and stabs at Mari, falling to the ground as it does so, dark ichor pooling out of it's gut wound.] [21:22:35] [It fails to hit anything with it's final attack.] [21:22:53] [A sneer of disgust issues forth from the shadows.] [21:23:01] "Watch out Mari!" [21:24:13] What's so damn funny? Come out and take us on yourself! [21:26:26] [A roughly humanoid finger runs down the corridor at Mari. It's flesh is a sickly purple, somewhere between the color of spilled intestines and a bruise. Writhing cilia cover it's naked upper chest, and two musclely tentacles sproud from its shoudlers. Vaugely goblinoid ears frame it's face, which is devoid of eyes. Just hollow eyesockets with sunken flesh covering them. But it looks right at Mari as it runs toward her, getting within her range. [21:26:46] [It whips a tentacle around her from behind, slapping against her ankles.] [21:27:50] * Marianysa blanches. "On second thought, you can go back in the shadows where we can't see you." [21:30:28] [The tentacle wraps around her ankle and yanks her leg backward, spilling her face-first into the ground.] [21:31:23] [The tentacled-thing then punches straight down at the back of her head in a practiced strike.] [21:32:07] [With a tentacle.] [21:34:20] [It misaims it's attack and Mari hears a fleshy thud right next to her ear.] [21:34:39] [Phanos's Turn] [21:34:47] * Aurelis changes topic to 'Init: Aurelis, Mari, Tentacled-thing, Phanos, Aurora, Loharath' [21:34:49] * Phanos finally rounds the bend with his zombodogs in tow, standing before him like shields of planty goodness. A red glowing hand shoots out towards the creature, going inches over Mari's face and colliding with the tentacley-thing. [21:36:25] * Marianysa stares up. "Wha-what the hell are you aiming at?" [21:36:51] "I don't know what that thing be, lady." [21:37:43] [The spirit-hand leaves the creatures chest after merely touching it and returns to Phanos's side. However boils erupt on the tentacled-thigns chest and pop in a spray of blood. Tears open up all over its body and it stumbles to the ground, bleeding dark fluid.] [21:38:17] * Phanos cackles. [21:38:37] "Red hand bad! Green hand good!" [21:39:10] "Anything else we don't see, Aurelis?" [21:39:16] "No, that was it. Nice work Phanos." [21:39:25] Uh.... nice... um... work. [21:39:31] * Marianysa gets to her feet and grins at Phanos. "Nice shot." [21:40:02] "No problem." [21:41:21] "Alright then. Onward!" [21:41:39] * Marianysa looks down at the corpse. "But what the hell IS this thing?" [21:41:52] * Phanos examines the bodies as well, curious. [21:42:36] Yeah. [21:42:42] * Aurora looks over them. Carefully. [21:44:05] [The shorter ones definately have goblinoid features. Their flesh is rubbery and thick.] [21:44:52] [The tentacled one resembles a medium-sized goblinoid much much less than the small ones resemble goblins. It is thin and emaciated, most of it's muscle-mass concentrated in the tentacles sprouting from his shoulders.] [21:45:40] ... how long has this place been abandoned again? [21:45:48] [Strapped to the tentacled-thing's belt is a coin purse, containing a few handfuls of galifars.] [21:45:52] Or supposedly abandoned. [21:46:08] "Who cares. Takey his money." [21:46:25] [Each of the smaller monstrocities also has a coin purse, as well as one spear, one light crossbow, one morningstar, and one buckler each, all sized approrpriately for the smaller races.] [21:46:45] * Phanos casts detect magic, looking things over. [21:47:01] [If you tried to sell their studded leather armor, crafted for their obscene anatomy, you would be laughed out of any respectable armory.] [21:48:22] "I do not know. I think Aun said the Church of the Silver Flame helped expunge the malign wizard circle. Did either of you hear anything about that?" [21:48:48] [Nothing detects as magic.] [21:49:40] "Nothing majik heah. Jes take de cash." [21:49:47] [Alltogether you collect 53 galifars.] [21:51:54] "Les go." [21:52:04] Right [21:52:29] "I do not know. I think Aun said the Church of the Silver Flame helped expunge the malign wizard circle. Did either of you hear anything about that?" [21:53:05] I'm afraid not. [21:53:27] "Me neither. Well whatever, lets keep going. There's a door here." [21:53:39] Yeah [21:54:41] Wonder how much freakier this place gets. [21:54:50] "Its door afta door o tings dat needs ta die." [21:55:34] I hope there aren't any of that old wizard circle left, and we're just doing cleanup. [21:55:45] There's probably at least one still running around, though. [21:56:57] [Loharath opens the door and it leads into... a walk in closet. Complete with empty coathangers and a hat rack. A door leads back to the west.] [21:57:34] ...I hate this place. [21:57:46] ... yeah. [21:57:55] "Well alright then. 'Defensible' isn't even an excuse here." [21:58:29] They're just getting obnoxious now. [21:59:45] I hope this place doesn't collapse on us. [22:01:53] [Loharath shrugs and kicks the door in. He's met with another hallway that extends beyond the light spell.] [22:03:14] "ONWAR- oh." [He steps one step into the room and sees the end of it. There's a door at the other end of the hall that leads to the south.] [22:04:20] [Loharath slings his burning sword over his shoulder, unperturbed by the flames, and walks down the hall to the door.] [22:04:26] * Aurora follows. [22:04:57] (Lemme know when you're read) [22:05:38] (ready) [22:07:29] [Loharath kicks the door in, and there's another door immediately to his left. However there's a hallway that extends 15 feet pointlessly beyond the door.] [22:07:59] "...Wanna check that out Mari?" [22:08:16] Worth a shot. [22:08:29] * Marianysa shrugs and goes down the dead end. [22:09:28] * Marianysa shakes her head. "Just another stupid dead end." [22:09:48] "But we know now for certain!" [22:10:02] [Loharath steps infront of the other door.] [22:10:15] (Places) [22:11:35] * Aurora scoots up [22:12:39] [Loharath opens the door... and a bathtub sits in the middle of a short hallway.] [22:13:25] Oh for.... [22:13:33] [Loharath just shrugs and steps over the lip, across, and over the other side of it.] [22:13:37] ...the fuck? [22:13:49] This is... quite strange. [22:14:09] (Middle square in the room counts as difficult terrain.) [22:14:12] "Anybody want a baf?" [22:15:07] Nnno [22:15:38] "Alright. Lets see what's behind door number twelve! Or so. I'm not counting." [22:16:13] "Door eight, mon." [22:16:17] Neither am I. [22:16:25] "Not important!" [22:17:41] Maybe they just REALLY like doors. [22:17:49] [Loharath kicks the door in... and comes face to face with one of those tentacle things from before, except its eyesockets are adorned with two gemstones. And it looks powerfully built all over, not just in it's tentacles.] [22:17:51] [Init.] [22:17:57] 1d20+2 [22:18:06] (derp_ [22:21:29] (aurora reroll) [22:22:33] * Aurelis changes topic to 'Init: Loharath, Mari, Aurora, Phanos, Aurelis' [22:23:10] [The tentacled thing grabs for Loharath's throat with one hand.] [22:23:18] * Aurelis changes topic to 'Init: Tentacled-monk, Loharath, Mari, Aurora, Phanos, Aurelis' [22:24:58] [The monstrous creature pulls Loharath into the room and wraps it's powerful tentacles around his wrists and wraps him in a bear hug.] [22:25:51] "HOST AND FLAME! GET THIS THING OFF ME!" [22:27:09] [Mari's Turn] [22:28:49] * Marianysa runs at the creature, diving past it. [22:31:40] * Marianysa rolls to her feet, bringing her sword up towards the creature's back as she does so. [22:34:13] [The creature seems to be eerilly perceptive and turns his shoulder so Mari's blade catches it in a particularly tough part of his hide.] [22:34:21] [Aurora's Turn] [22:37:44] * Aurora holds up her holy symbol and speaks a few words in heavily accented Celestial that she probably doesn't understand. A faint silver aura pulses from her. [22:37:58] [Phanos's Turn] [22:38:14] * Phanos 's blackened spectral hand flies out, glowing a duller, more natural red than before, trying to find an angle as if it has a ind of its own and touch the creature grappling the loud, very good for trapspringing paladin. [22:40:19] "Yeowch, sorry mon." [22:41:10] "Keep hitting it! Eventually you'll kill one of us!" [The way he says that doesn't sound sarcastic, but rather encouraging you to take such action.] [22:42:40] * Aurelis moves past Phanos and Aurora, stepping into the tub. "Magic missile don't fail me now!" He begins to cast and lets two missiles fly, unerringly striking the creature, arcing around Loharath's flailing limbs. [22:44:24] [The creature roars, arcing his back, then slams his chest back into Loharath. From her vantage point, Mari can see it's squirming cilia on his body dig into Loharath's. A moment later the bruises from Aurelis's magic missiles seem to lighten.] [22:44:34] "OH THATS IT!" [22:50:16] [Loharath angles his wrist so the broad side of his blade crosses the thing's face, and the silver fire wreathing it errupts into even more intense holy energy, searing the creature.] [22:50:50] [Mari's Turn] [22:51:02] Drop him, you sick freak! [22:51:13] "I'm trying!" [22:51:29] * Marianysa slices at the creature, then pivots and strikes with her offhand sword. [22:54:13] [Mari slices a hole into its back, but her off-hand blade seems to bound off it's rubbery hide.] [22:54:18] [Aurora's Turn] [22:57:50] * Aurora grabs her mace and walks up to the creature and tries to strike it. [22:58:38] * Aurora misses, but she's creating enough of a distraction to give Mari an advantage... [22:58:52] [Phanos's Turn] [22:59:19] * Phanos 's hand darts out again, his mind's eye trying to actually grasp the creature this time around. [23:01:46] [Aurelis's Turn] [23:02:18] * Aurelis casts another magic missile. [23:02:56] [The tiny orbs of force impact on the creature's temple, one right after the other, knocking it unconcious and off of Loharath.] [23:03:36] Great work! [23:03:44] Finish it off! [23:03:53] Nice shot. [23:03:55] You okay, Loh? [23:05:03] [Loharath jumps to his feet and brushes himself off. He's bleedingly slightly from several puncture wounds in his chest where tiny fleshy tendrils were drinking his blood.] "Of course I am. Why?" [23:05:43] * Marianysa smiles. "Just making sure." [23:05:52] Glad to see you're alright... [23:06:04] * Aurora recovers the arrow she fired earlier [23:06:04] [He casually stabs downward, into the creature's chest and the fire around the blade seems to pour into the creature.] [23:06:38] "Takes more than some mutant goblin to take me down! For long!" [23:06:46] "Takes more than some mutant goblin to take me down! For long!" [23:07:54] * Phanos walks over the bathtub to Loharath. [23:08:00] "Here mon, green hand." [23:08:04] * Phanos pats him on the back. [23:08:11] "so sorry." [23:08:46] "Nonsense! Real men don't appologize for trying to save other real men's lives! Regardless of any and all consequences!" [23:09:01] "Though I appreciate the healing." [23:09:07] Alright, let's get going. The SIlver Flame's blessing won't last too long. Maybe if we're lucky we'll run into something else to fight while it's still up. [23:09:21] * Phanos nods. "Lead de way, shiny boy." [23:10:29] [Loharath looks around. The room seems comfortable, some candles lit on a shrine of some sort, and a meditation pillow in the center of the room. A whiff of the air brings faint inscence to your attention.] [23:10:57] "Is anyone going to pry those gemstones out of it's eyesockets or do I have to do it?" [23:11:18] Uh... we'll leave the honors to you. [23:11:46] * Aurelis hmphs. "Try again." [23:13:38] * Aurora goes to take the gemstones. She uses whatever she can to keep a layer between her and the thing in the process. D: [23:14:06] [Aurora wrenches free the gemstones with a handerchief.] [23:14:24] Man, that's nasty. [23:14:26] [They appear to be quite valuable garnets, though it's hard to tell how valuable without propper training.] [23:14:59] It is nasty. [23:15:43] [It's not quite as bad as she thought however, since the eyesockets are already covered over with flesh.] [23:16:58] "Well this seems to be a dead end..." [23:17:40] * Marianysa frowns. "Did we miss a door somewhere?" [23:17:57] Maybe. [23:18:00] "Not on this side of the citadel..." [23:18:08] Unless the door's on the ceiling or something. [23:18:12] I wouldn't be surprised. [23:19:04] (Everyone look at gametable) [23:19:22] "We missed a door, ya." [23:19:32] "Firs one goin de firs way we went." [23:19:39] ... oh, right. That one. [23:19:39] * Phanos searches the room they're in for anything neat. [23:19:56] * Marianysa slaps her forehead. "I hate this place." [23:20:14] [Phanos finds a small box fastened to the underside of the small shrine.] [23:20:25] * Phanos pulls out the box. [23:20:27] "Lookit." [23:20:32] * Phanos opens it up! [23:20:52] [There is a key inside. Nothing fancy, just a metal key in a wooden box.] [23:21:50] This might be useful. I'd say "will be", except this place is insane. [23:22:31] * Phanos pockets it. [23:22:44] "I likes havin de pockets. dey hold froggies good." [23:24:29] * Phanos is now known as Mechazawa [23:24:37] * Marianysa is now known as Yonjuuni [23:31:28] * Yonjuuni (~dlarmour@wnpgmb02dc1-179-232.dynamic.mts.net) has left #sharn [23:35:48] [The group winds through the corridors back toward the one door they haven't tried yet.] [23:35:54] [Session Pause] [23:37:07] * Aurelis (~Novaseake@24.168.117.0) has left #Sharn End of #Sharn buffer Wed Nov 14 23:37:48 2007