Start of #KHT buffer: Tue Jul 15 21:36:17 2008 [17:19:03] [Last time, our heroes ran across some kobolds, playing a strange game involving a rope, a rock, some slime, and a pile of skulls. The PCs decided to play too and won.] [17:20:25] [However, they faced some small dragon-like creatures that were durable and ferocious, which ended up taking a lot out of them. They overcame the kobolds and their guard drakes, and decided to take a short rest after.] [17:20:27] [Session Start] [17:21:28] * Shavozama eye's snap open after a few minutes of meditation. [17:21:36] "Onward?" [17:21:54] * Jisar blows bubbles with his mouth. [17:22:05] please, let's go. [17:22:08] * Looking down the hall, you see another wall, about ten feet high. [17:22:58] want me to check? [17:23:19] * Jisar points hisd thumb down the hall [17:23:59] * Shavozama nods. [17:28:55] * Jisar lifts hi body against the wall and walks along it to the open room. [17:30:50] * Jisar sees that this chamber is about 20 feet tall. The wall he hugs is about 10 feet, and leaves a passage open to the right and left. On the left side, he can barely make out another reptilean animal. This one is white. It doesn't look nearly as strongly built as the previous two guard drakes, but it seems to be much more agile. [17:31:02] * To the right, he sees another 10-foot tall wall. [17:31:32] * Each of the walls is pitted. It's possible that someone could climb up them. [17:32:16] * Jisar returns silently to the group [17:34:40] * Jisar whispers "There's a slimmer one over there, i think we should take it out before it hears us coming and bring more guards." [17:41:25] * Pramesh nods [17:42:45] well, i'm the fastest, but i don't think i can do that in one strike [17:43:40] Perhaps Haukea could aid you in bringing it down [17:44:41] How so? Magic? [17:44:52] Hey Haukea, can you? [17:45:02] * She nods. "That is what I do, yes." [17:45:48] i thought you just threw light balls [17:47:02] what could you do to make me kill it in one stroke? [17:48:19] And can I say this is all weird for me to say. It's too easy to do. If i wasn't sure these things would attack innocent people I don't think I could bring myself to do this. Did you guys ever have to kill someone who didn't deserve it? [17:48:26] * Jisar looks around the group [17:48:41] maybe we can talk about it later [17:48:51] * Pramesh nods. "Later." [17:49:03] * Jisar nods [17:49:31] * Jisar looks at Haukea and waits [17:49:59] * Haukea shrugs. "Just let me do what I will. I was just warming up earlier." [17:50:59] * Jisar nods in confusion, "okay" [17:51:30] "I would not dishonor my clan by staining my blade with the blood of the innocent." [17:52:16] * Jisar nods patronizingly, "I know, Shav. I think I understand you completly." [17:52:22] Not everyone who is guilty deserves to die. [17:52:48] "Depends on what the crime is." [17:53:08] * "Get in position, Jiar. Leave the hens to their fussing." Haukea begins moving towards the corner of the wall ahead [17:53:44] * Jisar leaps up, "Y'sum!" [17:56:09] * Haukea waits until Jisar is ready to strike, and then steps out from the wall. She moves her wand in a sweeping motion, followed by a stab towards the drake, as a bolt of cold forms at the end of her wand and strikes out at it. [18:02:26] * The drake opens it mouth to screech at the sight of Haukea, and her bolt of frost heads straight down her throat, freezing it from the inside. She spins her wand in a hand and grins coldly. "Just warming up." [18:03:18] [Ungyo's turn] [18:06:02] * Ungyo moves foward, crouching low to provide a low target profile. [18:06:30] [Jisar's turn] [18:06:34] * Jisar leaps from behind the wall hurling a shuriken mid movement. The blade's flash distracts the creature as the shuriken moves toward it. [18:07:59] the blade cuts's the creature's throat keeping it from screaming as it's blood sprays the walls [18:09:26] * Haukea nods. "Like that, yeah." [18:09:33] [Shavozama] [18:10:10] * Shavozama moves ahead of the group, pressing forwar cautiously but quickly. [18:12:41] * As Shavozama rushes forward, he sees three kobolds. Two wear uncharacteristically heavy armor and bear shields. The other wears a mask made of bone. He holds a spear with one hand, and a dark green and black wand with the other. [18:13:35] "Three rat-dragons up here!" [18:14:12] * Behind the fallen and frozen drake, he sees that it's guarding a completely empty hallway leading to a dead end. [18:15:46] * To Ungyo's right, he notices that on top of the other 10 foot raised section, there's a rather large rock. [18:15:54] * Of the round variety. [18:16:16] [Pramesh's turn] [18:17:51] * Pramesh ducks and runs, trying to get clear of the giant boulder. [18:20:40] * Pramesh finds that there are stairs leading up to the platform witht he boulder. He also finds a set of double doors on the central raised wall, on the right side. [18:24:39] * One of the kobolds to the north shouts in alarm and kicks a tile. He raises his shield and prepares to defend himself. [18:24:49] [Haukea's turn] [18:26:38] * Haukea dashes forward and thrusts her wand at the nearest dragonshield, launching a ray of frost. [18:28:42] [Ungyo's turn] [18:29:11] * THe ray of frost strikes the shield kobold. It looks surprised, and its movements slow. [18:30:50] *Ungyo rushes up and blocks the enemy's decent from the stairs. [18:39:45] *Ungyo rears his halberd back and pauses. "I will allow you to witness the perfect defense before you pass." He intones calmly before bringing his halberd down thundering past the kobold's hefty defenses. [18:43:57] *Jisar surges foward and ducks around the corner, tossing his dagger at the wounded kobold, but it bounces off the reptile's shield. [18:46:18] * Shavozama roars and runs up the steps. His roar dies as he inhales, his throat visibly swelling as if he's about to vomit before he opens his mouth and a ball of lightning shoots from his maw, exploding almost imediately in a huge arc of white light. [18:49:53] * The lightning shocks the kobold right in front of him. He absorbs the majority of the blow. [18:49:57] * The others are unhurt [18:50:43] * From the platform in the center of the wall, a kobold climbs up. He weilds a sling. [18:51:36] * He takes out a clay jar with a stripe of white paint and gives it a good shake. You can hear the rattle of a sling bullet inside, and he hurls it at Ungyo. [18:52:09] * However, it shatters uselessly against the ground. [18:53:21] * Another kobold slinger climbs up on top of the central platform. He hurls a white clay jar down at Jisar. [18:55:16] * The glue jar and enclosed sling bullet smash into him. The green sticky goo from the pools you encountered before stick him to the ground where he stands. [18:56:00] * There's a mechanical *click* noise. The boulder suddenly starts to move. [18:56:51] * It barrels down against the double doors, and starts rolling up the room [18:59:01] * It smashes into Pramesh, easily rolling over him. [19:04:32] * Pramesh clings ont the boulder, rolling completely on top of it, and is hurled onto the path in front of it. [19:07:31] * The kobold with the bone mask laughs. [19:08:22] * He shouts out something in Draconian, directed at Shavozama. He steps forward and inhales deeply. [19:09:49] * He exhales. A torrent of snow and hail spill forth over Shavozama and Unyo. They're able to resist the cold for the most part, but can't escape entirely unscathed. [19:11:40] * The kobold priest raises his wand. "They are large, but weak. Not like Szartharrax, whose power matches his size. By Szartharrax the White, they will FALL THIS DAY." [19:11:47] * Shavozama grunts through the slight frosting. "Pathetic." [19:12:06] * This speech seems to invigorate the other kobolds. [19:12:14] * He steps back. [19:12:47] * Shavozama turns to the others. "They've got a white dragon." [19:14:05] * Shavozama grins. [19:14:11] "I've never fought a dragon." [19:14:21] * Shavozama looks positively ecstatic. [19:15:59] * Jisar turns at Shavozama, "Me either but I don't want too!" [19:16:57] "Don't be a coward! To try and fail is to learn." [19:18:18] * Shavozama turns back to the priest, noticing it trying to slip away. "HOLD!" [19:18:38] * Shavozama slices at it's thigh, making it think twice about moving. [19:19:08] * Jisar tries to free himself, "Or it's to die!" [19:19:27] * The priest shrieks. "Tiamat take you!" [19:19:55] "The whore doesn't deserve the honor!" [19:23:25] [Pramesh's turn] [19:24:13] * Pramesh pushes himself up off the ground and, eyeing the boulder behind him, runs a crooked path to build up speed before launching himself at the wall. [19:26:19] * Pramesh pulls himself onto the ledge and points at the kobold. "Your boulder is bastardly. Fight me like a warrior, and die on your feet." [19:27:55] * A kobold next to Pramesh tries to stab him while he's busy talking to a different one, but the swing goes wild and strikes the ground. [19:27:58] [Haukea's turn] [19:29:51] * Haukea points at the kobolds on the pillars with her wand and begins a droning chant. It's incredibly, mind-numbingly boring. [19:31:24] * The kobolds on the central platform find their movement becoming sluggish and weak [19:31:49] [Ungyo's turn] [19:32:47] * Ungyo lets out a loud battle cry before hacking down with his halberd over Shav's shoulder, giving him an opening. [19:34:15] * The kobold is caught by the halberd. [19:34:21] [Jisar's turn] [19:34:30] * Jisar hurls another shuriken. The blade's flash distracts the creature as the shuriken moves toward it. [19:38:05] * Jisar's blade cuts through the creature's armor stabbing it into the heart. [19:41:26] * It collapses on the spot. [19:43:52] * However, the glue holding Jisar still is still there, and the boulder rushes him with murderous intent. And it charges right past him by a wide margin. [19:46:28] * The kobolds still on the platform sluggishly reach for their glue pots. One hurls a pot at Shavozama, but misses, staining the wall green. The other smashes into Pramesh, gluing him to the ground. [19:47:08] * The kobolds snap out of their slow and sleepy state. [19:47:46] * Pramesh swings his shield out to block the gluepot. "No you don't, rats! This is between me and whoever I want to kill next!" His arm shudders from the impact. [19:48:12] [Shavozama's turn] [19:50:13] * Shavozama hops onto the body of the dragonshield, turning to the wyrmpriest [19:50:52] "WHERE'S YOUR GODDESS NOW, RAT?!" [19:51:25] * Shavozama HACKS down at the wyrmpriest, biting deeply into his shoulder. Shavozama then roughly pulls his blade back while slicing deeper. [19:52:48] * He hisses and raises his green-black wand, pointing it squarely at Shavozama. [19:55:28] * Ghostly draconic talons appear and dart out, but they miss Shavozama. [19:58:57] "She abandoned you in your time on need, kobold. Lesson learned." [19:59:05] * Shavozama slices it's head off. [20:00:08] * Pramesh nods at the last kobold. "It's you and me now." The emblem on his chest glows. "Give up the fight while you can." [20:01:04] * The priest lets out a final cry of outrage. His bone mask is left hanging in the air. [20:01:33] * It clatters to the ground, as proof of the priest's death. [20:04:05] * The remaining shield kobold roars in rage and strikes at Shavozama to try to avenge the priest. [20:04:48] * The sword slips past his armor and cuts sharply into Shavozama. [20:06:41] * The kobold is wracked by spasms as soon as it makes the attack, a harsh platinum light shining from within the creature. [20:07:25] * He shrieks. "Szartharrax will freeze you solid and scatter your parts across the Vale!" [20:08:32] [Haukea's turn] [20:08:46] * Haukea climbs the stairs and thrusts her wand at one of the kobolds on the central column. [20:09:38] * Haukea grits her teeth. "Thrice... damned... magic... missile!" She hits her wand against the floor to her left. [20:09:40] * The wand fires a series of arcane silver missiles that scatter and strike three walls, the ceiling, and the floor, but not its intended target. [20:10:09] [Ungyo's turn] [20:11:23] * Ungyo moves in, heedless of the danger. [20:13:58] *Ungyo smashes his halberd down, hovershooting and hitting the wall above the kobold's head. [20:15:30] [Jisar's turn\] [20:15:53] * Jisar hurls another shuriken. The blade's flash distracts the creature as the shuriken moves toward it. [20:18:29] * The shuriken sinks into the kobold's chest. It looks like it wouldn't take much more to finish him. [20:20:33] * The boulder tumbles down the hall, making a sharp right, and it vanishes from your sight around the corner. [20:21:01] * Two of the kobolds on the pillar let loose another pair of glue shots. They strike Pramesh and Shavozama, gluing them to the ground. [20:22:52] [Shavozama's turn] [20:23:18] * Shavozama grunts. "Cheap tricks." [20:24:16] "This will not stop us." [20:24:26] * Shavozama casually slices the other kobold's head off. [20:24:51] * Shavozama tears his feet free of the glue and turns to stare down the kobold slingers. [20:25:26] [Pramesh's turn] [20:27:26] * Pramesh pauses, taking a deep breath to center himself. After a second he opens his eyes and drops to the ground, wrenching his greaves free from the glue. [20:29:57] [Haukea's turn] [20:30:00] * Haukea thrust her wand at the slinger. And again. And again. And again. Until finally it disgorges a glob of light that floats lazily towards the kobold slinger, which watches, fascinated, until the glob begins to burn its face off. [20:30:51] *Ungyo shouts at Pramesh. "Fight on, soldier!" [20:31:38] *Ungyo rushes past Shav and drops down to the lower level, trying to avoid any damage. [20:33:12] *Ungyo carries his momentum foward, wielding his Halberd at maximum striking length to power into the slinger standing at the edge. [20:34:57] * The axehead strikes into the kobold's thigh, spraying it's blood across the podium. [20:35:31] * Jisar tries to break free [20:37:20] * Jisar hurls another shuriken. The blade's flash distracts the creature as the shuriken moves toward it. [20:41:01] * The kobold is caught completley unaware by Jisar's shuriken. The metal plunges into its throat and it looks down to the ground as it tumbles. Only when he hits the ground does he see Jisar, standing above him, just before he dies. [20:41:42] * You hear a distant rumbling. [20:42:06] * Jisar braces himself [20:43:02] * The other kobold on the wall winds up a sling stone and hurls it at Haukea. [20:43:10] * It strikes her with alarming speed [20:44:37] [Shavozama's turn] [20:48:53] * Shavozama bolts down the stairs and toward the podium, leaping with his arms stretched wide, it almost looks like he's going to take off in flight as his robe flares about his arms. Then he lands with a loud thud and rushes at the last kobold, missing it with an incredibly swift strike. [20:49:02] [Pramesh's turn] [20:49:20] * Pramesh takes his sling and launches a bullet towards the slinger. [20:50:17] * Pramesh launches a bullet in the general direction of the slinger, at least. [20:50:32] * The bullet misses and strikes nothing but stone. [20:51:00] * This is because Haukea's magic missile struck the stone in mid-air, which knocked them both off-course. [20:51:57] [Ungyo's turn] [20:52:25] *Ungyo hears the sound of the boulder approaching and looks at Jisar. [20:52:38] "Brace yourself!" [20:52:49] *Ungyo yells "Brace yourself!" [20:56:09] *Ungyo barrels into Jisar, tearing his feet free of the floor, and continues running out of the boulder's path. [20:56:28] * JIsar's legs, however, are still glued together [20:56:38] [Boulder's turn] [20:57:28] *with a grunt Jisar tries to thank Shavozama and Ungyo [20:57:45] * Shavozama didn't do anything. [20:58:50] * The boulder barrels down at Jisar, but Jisar manages to both hop and roll out of its way. [20:59:57] Thanks Ungyo! [21:00:10] * Shavozama 's blade moves as swift as lightning, pulling back from his previous serpent-steel strike with a cut across the kobold's chest. [21:00:37] * The kobold cries out, and starts heading further down the wall [21:01:14] * He hurls another sling bullet at Shavozama, which strikes him. [21:02:07] [Shavozama's turn] [21:02:59] * Shavozama pursues right behind the kobold, running along the wall with his sword trailing behind him, held in both hands. It arcs forward as he comes to a stop before the kobold. [21:03:33] * Shavozama powers through the kobold's armor, slicing into him anyway. [21:04:35] [Pramesh't turn] [21:07:58] * Pramesh launches another bullet from his sling. [21:08:46] * The bullet slams into the kobold, which is now bleeding badly from numerous cuts and impacts. [21:08:55] [Haukea's turn] [21:10:31] * Haukea flicks her wand, more a matter of course than a legitimate attack, and a spinning disc of force launches from it, cutting the kobold slinger's torso free from its legs. [21:11:23] * The kobold quickly dies and falls apart on opposite sides of the wall [21:11:43] * Shavozama grunts and nods. [21:11:55] [Ungyo's turn] [21:11:58] * Shavozama points at the boulder. "Whatch out for that boulder." [21:12:11] *Ungyo ducks into the alcove to avoid the boulder. [21:12:29] * Haukea spins her wand between her fingers and slips it into her sash [21:12:38] [Jisar's turn] [21:17:07] * Jisar dashes up the stairs. [21:17:42] [The boulder continues to roll around. It shows some, but little sign of slowing down [21:18:32] * Jisar uses a shuriken blades to rip open the ooze and dashes around the corner to avoid the boulder [21:19:04] [All their enemies lie dead, and the boulder is no threat to any of them, so what will they do now? [21:19:32] * Jisar sits and sighs, "I need to catch my breath." [21:20:12] * Shavozama chuckles. [21:20:44] "Mine as well. Perhaps we should consider resting longer to regain our strength. There is a dragon in this complex, apparently." [21:20:48] * Jisar looks over at Shavozama, "Well, my breath isn't electric." [21:20:54] "We must fight at top possible form." [21:21:18] * Shavozama is now known as NovaSeaker [21:21:24] * Jisar raises his arm with is head on his knees, "I agree." [21:22:11] * Pramesh stows his weapons and sits on the ground, folding his legs, his hands folded in his lap. "Yes. Let's steel ourselves for this fight." He begins to chant in goblin under his breath, his eyes closed. [21:29:29] Hey Haukea, thanks for the assist earlier. I couldn't have done it alone. [21:29:26] [Session End] [21:22:55] * On the dragonshields, you find two scale armors, two heavy shields, and two short swords. On the slingers, you find two leather armors, two daggers, and two slings with 35 bullets. [21:23:54] * On the priest, you recover his hide armor, spear, and his bone mask. He also carries a Green-Black wand. [21:24:19] * NovaSeaker (Novaseaker@cpe-24-168-45-216.si.res.rr.com) Quit (Ping timeout: 180 seconds) [21:25:02] * You also find a pouch containing a silver key, along with a note. [21:25:29] I'd prefer a White-Black wand, ze. [21:25:57] hahahaha. [21:26:04] * Jisar picks up all of his equipment off of the floor before sitting back down. [21:26:59] * The note contains step by step instructions on how to use the key to open a concealed door on the passage to the left side of the room, behind the drake's former resting place. [21:28:48] * Haukea examines the wand and discovers that it contains the spell "Ray of Enfeeblement". [21:28:51] ( +1) [21:29:23] * The group earned 850 XP total, divided among them as 170 each. End of #KHT buffer Tue Jul 15 21:36:17 2008