Start of #Odal buffer: Wed Aug 06 19:51:34 2008 [14:31:32] * Charles changes topic to '[Xan] 15 [Paera] 13 [Eilenia] 9#' [14:32:32] * The ooze you had stumbled upon lurches forward as it senses the footsteps of the party along the concrete walkway, its scent growing stronger as it's stirred into action [14:32:36] [Xan's turn] [14:38:09] * Xan rushes across the sewerway, holding his palms together as he sizes up the target, two orbs of liquid silver drifting down and touching, but not merging, spinning into a double helix of spiked coils, then firing out in a corkscrew pattern, both drilling into the hunk of ooze [14:38:48] * The ooze recoils from the pain instinctually [14:38:55] [Paera's turn] [14:40:24] I...what IS that? [14:53:57] * Paera runs after Xan, raising her new holy symbol and pointing it at the bizarre ooze thing. "Let's hope this works..." [14:55:13] * Paera fires a bright beam from the holy symbol, piercing the ooze. [14:57:01] * You hear footsteps, and in the gloom outside the light spell, you can barely make out a goblin dressed in rags, a dagger thrust through his belt. He yelps in Goblin and begins backpedaling away from the group [14:58:54] * The ooze slides around the corner and thrusts a pseudopod at Eve. She turns it aside with her blade, the creature not noticing [15:00:15] * Charles changes topic to '[Xan] 15 [Paera] 13 [Goblin] 11 [Jelly 2] 10 [Eilenia] 9 [Jelly 1] 3#' [15:03:56] [Eilenia's turn] [15:03:56] * Eilenia points her orb at the jelly, and a flood of iridescent daggers materialize near it, instnatly darting into the creature and beginning to cut it up. [15:04:45] * Paera (a@wnpgmb014sw-ad02-18-244.dynamic.mts.net) Quit (Quit: Client Exited#) [15:08:50] * Paera (a@wnpgmb014sw-ad02-18-244.dynamic.mts.net) has joined #Odal [15:12:52] * Another ooze slides out of an alcove, heading towards Xan [15:14:55] * Eve utters a prayer under her breath as she thrusts her sword deep into the core of the jelly. Unfortunately, the jelly begins sucking her sword-arm in, and she needs to pull away, quickly [15:15:29] * Charles changes topic to '[Xan, Eve] 15 [Paera] 13 [Goblin] 11 [Jelly 2] 10 [Eilenia] 9 [Jelly 1] 3#' [15:15:33] [Xan's turn] [15:25:40] * Eve goes in for another lunge at the ooze, and this time manages to slice a deep gouge. The ooze writhes weirdly as platinum energy courses through it, and it seems to almost be pulling itself apart along the line of its wound [15:26:57] * Xan skirts back, firing two shards as an instinctive reaction as he retreats. [15:28:02] [Paera's turn] [15:28:31] It's...dividing? [15:29:01] "It does that when injured." [15:29:21] There a way to stop it? [15:29:43] "Keep attacking it until none are left." [15:32:38] * Paera shrugs. "Works for me." She backs up along with Xan, never lowering her holy symbol. Another bold of light fires, this one going slightly wide. [15:33:55] * The goblin ducks further into the murk, opening the door to a brightly-lit room, ducking into it, and shutting it behind him as he goes. [15:37:15] * The jelly shudders as the knives cut away at it from inside, and finally splits down the middle, producing a 'child'-jelly nearly its own size. Enraged, the first jelly takes another swing at Eve, while its child slides off in search of new prey [15:37:46] * The pseudopod goes desperately wide, and the jelly retracts it [15:37:52] [Eilenia's turn] [15:43:11] * Another jelly slides up, fully blocking the sewer tunnel with their acidic bulk. [15:44:18] * Eilenia glances at her torch. It goes out and a section of the sewer ahead suddenly lights up like her torch used to. She channels her power through her orb, and the floor below the new child jelly freezes solid, knocking it over on its back(?), and hopefulyl giving Xan and Paera a chance to slip away. "Get away before that ooze gets back up on its feet... ?" [15:44:29] [Xan's turn] [15:45:20] * Eilenia backs off to put some distance between her and the encroaching jellies. [15:55:00] * Xan backs off yet again, patiently retreating and attacking, hoping he doesn't run out of ground before his opponents fall, firing off two bolts of silver as he moves, one missing, one connecting. [15:57:26] * Eve takes another swing, which goes wide. She steps between the two oozes, trying to contain them as the others get back [15:57:34] [Paera's turn] [16:02:30] * Paera begins to chant a prayer, still intent on her original target. A beam of light strikes from the heavens (or possibly the ceiling). She backs up, continuing after Xan. [16:04:26] * The jelly in front of Eve heaves forwards and begins to envelop her. She pushes it away with a shove from her shield, but not before sustaining a severe acid burn * Retrieving #Odal modes... [16:05:25] [Eilenia's turn] [16:05:40] * Charles changes topic to '[Xan, Eve] 15 [Paera] 13 [Goblin] 11 [Jelly 2, Jelly 3] 10 [Eilenia] 9 [Jelly 1] 3#' [16:07:59] * Eilenia clasps her orb, whispering something in the elven/eladrin language. Another swarm of multicolored ethereal daggers materializes around its back. [16:08:05] * The child-jelly shudders as it pushes itself... upright? and begins struggling to push itself across the ice [16:08:27] * Eilenia points, and the daggers start slashing away at the jelly. [16:09:00] * The ooze in the water begins sliding across the ice towards fresher prey [16:09:05] [Xan's turn] [16:10:29] * Eve turns and slices deeply into the ooze as it makes its move [16:13:27] * Xan rushes across the bridge, aiming down at the ooze that sunk into the water and shooting two silvery bolts into its gelatinous form, the liquid bolts dissipating once they strike, silvery clouds forming in the murk. [16:14:34] * Eve turns back and sinks her blade deep into the core of the jelly in front of her, and it shudders, begins writhing madly, and then pops like a bubble of acidic phlegm [16:16:37] * The child-jelly slithers up to Paera and tries to thrust itself at her, but it can't work through her armor [16:16:55] [Paera's turn] [16:18:30] * Xan (rustangel@ip-214-151.atvci.net) Quit (Quit: Muss es sein?#) [16:18:35] * Xan (rustangel@ip-214-151.atvci.net) has joined #Odal [16:20:16] * Paera turns, now pointing her holy symbol at the jelly closing in on her. She grimaces as her attack goes wide, and retreats across the bridge. Her prayer changes slightly, and Eve's wounds begin to close. [16:22:54] * The ooze slides into the rushing water and reaches onto the walkway to lash out at Eilenia, scoring an acidic burn across her calf [16:23:24] [Eilenia's turn] [16:25:55] * Eilenia backs away from it and summons another cloud of daggers at the creature to hopefully get it to back off. [16:27:49] * The still-complete ooze slides onto the walkway and slaps at Paera with a pseudopod, hitting her as well. [16:29:28] * MZ (rustangel@ip-214-151.atvci.net) has joined #Odal [16:30:32] * Xan (rustangel@ip-214-151.atvci.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 180 seconds#) [16:30:48] * MZ is now known as Xan [16:36:46] * Xan rushes back to the cavern wall, planting a foot on it, then running up the wall, flipping backwards and landing facing the other direction, a silver shard streaking out towards the jelly closest him and striking with such great impact that it shudders and falls apart. [16:38:20] * Eve delivers a heavy, spinning strike to the jelly in front of her, and the top half is severed and slides into the water. After a short pause, it begins to quiver to live [16:39:03] [Paera's turn] [16:46:43] * Paera staggers back. "That...HURT!" She takes her holy symbol in both hands and points it towards the two slimes. "May Erathis burn you." The symbol seems almost to explode, as a wave of blinding light sears the jellies. She smirks, calming down, and says a quick prayer of healing. [16:46:50] [Eilenia's turn] [16:47:43] * Eilenia holds out her orb, which unleashes a burst of thunder, but the jellies don't seem affected. She starts backing off. [16:49:47] * The oozes stir into action in a perfect storm of acidic sliminess, delivering hard blows against both Paera and Eve [16:50:21] * Charles changes topic to '[Xan, Eve] 15 [Paera] 13 [Eilenia] 9 [Jelly 1,4] 3#' [16:51:29] [Xan's turn] [16:54:01] * Xan looks to the fresh ooze, firing two bolts at it, both connecting, but one plopping against its surface and falling off harmlessly, the other sinking in. [16:54:26] * Eve takes a swing at the jelly, but doesn't manage to break its membrane [16:54:30] [Paera's turn] [16:59:28] * Paera retreats, trying to stay concious through the pain. [17:00:49] [Eilenia's turn] [17:03:08] * Eilenia backs off further and unleashes a second swarm of winged fey daggers at the more injured jelly. [17:05:29] * The oozes continue their hunt, as the child follows up on Paera, barely missing her with a swing, and the parent lunges at Eve once again, continuing to burn her [17:06:03] [Xan's turn] [17:14:03] * Xan fires dual shots at the jelly closest to the group once again, one splatting against its surface, the other landing in the exact same spot and digging in, the dissolving liquid silver dissipating the jelly. [17:14:46] * Meanwhile, Eve stabs deep into the jelly, holy energy coursing down her blade. The jelly withers away under the divine onlaught, thinning and running down into the overflow water [17:14:51] [Combat done] [17:15:21] Is the water of the World normally this angry? [17:16:08] * Paera slumps, catching her breath. "Praise Erathis, we're not dead." [17:16:15] * Eilenia dispels her old aura of Light and casts a new one on Eve's backpack. [17:16:25] * Xan steps forward, completely unscathed. "It is unfortunate that yo all weren't able to outpace them as well as I was." [17:17:09] * Eve nods. "I think I want to go up and be doing some resting before we are to go any further. There is not being any part of me that doesn't sting." [17:17:59] "The rest of you want to rest as well?" [17:18:27] I think...she's right. That...took a lot out of me. [17:19:33] That'd be good as long as we don't run into more angry water. [17:22:12] * Xan (rustangel@ip-214-151.atvci.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 180 seconds#) [17:22:47] * Xan (rustangel@ip-214-151.atvci.net) has joined #Odal [17:24:50] * You take a short rest, gathering your bearings after the fight against the slimes, and then get ready to continue your journey through the overflow tunnels [17:29:06] * At the far end of the tunnel is a pair of doors, one on each side of the water. In the channel, there's a metal grate, mostly underwater, for the water to pass through [17:34:30] Through the door? [17:34:59] "Where did the goblin go?" [17:35:10] Through the door. [17:35:20] Or maybe down the gullet of a crocodile. [17:35:24] * "Through the door." Eve nods and pushes it open. [17:35:38] * Eilenia follows along. [17:35:38] Unless he swam, I don't see where else he could have gone. [17:36:15] * Xan nods. "Allow me to scout ahead?" [17:36:42] * Eve nods [17:37:04] Go for it. [17:37:07] * Xan does so, attempting to stealthily move down the corridor ahead of the rest of the group [17:40:21] * Inside the room, there's what looks like a junction. It's a fully-lit room, with torches affixed to the walls, and a stairway on the south wall leading up to a doorway. There's an arch under the stairs for water to pass through. Past the stairway, masonry and debris has been stacked along the walls to make a rough mezzanine. Nearly a half-dozen goblins stand in the room, two on the mezzanine covering the door with bows [17:40:46] * While the other two, on the ground, keep dire rats on leashes. The all seem distinctly unnerved, though they haven't noticed Xan yet [17:42:09] * All the goblins are poorly dressed, wearing rags and cobbled-together armor, though the archers' bows are incongruously hand crossbows [17:42:50] (Incongruously well-made, rather) [17:42:57] * Xan turns back to the group, moving back quietly and relaying the information. "I will attempt to take care of the archersand go in via the north door. The rest of you, cross around to the south. There, you can bottleneck the rats and goblins." [17:45:01] * Paera nods. "Got it." [17:45:05] Hm? Sure. [17:45:07] * Eve nods. [17:46:53] * Eilenia gets settled behind Eve. She pulls her orb out. [17:52:28] * Charles changes topic to '[Xan] 20 [Eilenia] 18 [Eve] 4 [Paera] 3#' [17:53:15] [Xan's suprise round] [17:58:40] * Xan pops out from behind the door, shooting twin silver streaks towards the unprepared archers, each bolt finding a fleshy impact. He is gone as soon as he appears, ducking behind the door. [18:01:49] [Eilenia's suprise round] [18:02:47] * Eilenia points her orb at the cluster of enemies before her. A drop of fey water materializes and gently falls ot the ground, before instantly expanding, freezing solid, and conjuring snow and hard ice where it lands [18:05:15] * Eve charges into the room, dashing up to the first dire rat. Unfortunately, she barely nicks it [18:05:21] [Paera's suprise round] [18:19:08] * Paera runs into the room, positioning herself to keep an eye on both Xan and Eve, [18:21:27] * The northern sharpshooter looses a bolt at Paera, and the second dire rat bites at Eve's leg, but neither does it to any effect [18:21:46] [Xan's turn] [18:23:18] * Charles changes topic to '[Sharpshooter 1] 24 [Dire Rat 2] 22 [Xan] 20 [Eilenia] 18 [Eve] 4 [Paera] 3#' [18:24:23] * Xan leans out from behind cover, holding an arm out and sending a singular, elongated streak of silver whizzing for his quarry, connecting solidly before he takes his arm from the doorway, back behind cover. [18:25:34] * The goblin cutter who stand by the rats begins trying to snake his way around behind Eve while staying out of her reach, while the goblin cutter on the mezzanine, which you now recognize as the one who was with the oozes, shouts, panicked, in goblin to the southern sharpshooter and dashes through the door, shutting it behind him [18:26:11] * Charles changes topic to '[Sharpshooter 1] 24 [Dire Rat 2] 22 [Xan, Cutter 3] 20 [Cutter 2, Eilenia] 18 [Eve] 4 [Paera] 3#' [18:26:15] [Eilenia's turn [18:31:07] * Eilenia grips her orb as she steps forward. One of the goblins falls to her earlier icy assault, and one of the rats is wounded. She raises it as she nears the door, and fey daggers materialize around one of the goblins near Eve. THe daggers explode into light and fly around, dropping the goblin [18:33:31] * The dire rat takes another go at biting Eve, and fails to get through her greave, while the northern sharpshooter reaches behind him and throws a wooden cage to the ground. At it breaks, and rats swarm out, the southern sharpshooter begins yelling at him [18:34:06] * Charles changes topic to '[Sharpshooter 1] 24 [Dire Rat 2] 22 [Xan, Cutter 3] 20 [Cutter 2, Eilenia] 18 [Dire Rat 1] 17 [Rat Swarm] 7 [Eve] 4 [Paera] 3#' [18:34:19] * Charles changes topic to '[Sharpshooter 1] 24 [Dire Rat 2] 22 [Xan] 20 [Cutter 2, Eilenia] 18 [Dire Rat 1] 17 [Rat Swarm] 7 [Eve] 4 [Paera] 3#' [18:35:21] * Eve utters a prayer and takes a quick jab at the injured dire rat, hacking into its flank [18:35:26] [Paera's turn] [18:44:00] * Paera takes a deep breath to steady herself, then raises her holy symbol and begins to pray. A bolt of light lances down from above, tearing into one of the dire rats. [18:46:42] * The goblin sharpshooter on the north side takes a shot at Xan and misses, while the dire rat manages to find a gap in Eve's armor and sink his teeth into her leg. She pales slightly. [18:47:24] [Xan's turn] [18:49:07] * Xan fires another shot at the sharpshooter, the bolt plowing into the wall. Seeing the enroaching swarm of rats, he moves back. [18:49:26] * Charles changes topic to '[Sharpshooter 1] 24 [Dire Rat 2] 22 [Xan] 20 [ Eilenia] 18 [Dire Rat 1] 17 [Rat Swarm] 7 [Eve] 4 [Paera] 3#' [18:49:33] [Eilenia's turn] [18:51:14] * Eilenia turns her attention to the swarm of rats to the north, countering with a swarm of fey blades of her own. They start burning and slashing with arcane force. [18:54:44] * Eve finds herself veritable swarmed with rats as the dire rats in front of her continue chewing on her legs, and the rat swarm begins to engulf her, each leaving harsh bites and scratches, working their way under her armor [18:55:54] * Eve hacks wildly at the rats, not doing much good, as she cries out "Bahamut! Is good time to be helping!" Her wounds seem to close slightly [18:56:00] [Paera's turn] [19:01:06] * Paera braces herself, holding her holy symbol aloft as she prays. White light bursts forth, washing over the rats and Eve. [19:01:41] * The goblin sharpshooter changes targets, yelling in goblin as he shoots a bolt at Paera. Meanwhile the dire rat continues devouring Eve's leg [19:02:04] [Xan's turn] [19:05:07] * Xan suddenly rushes back down the hallway, curling his hands about one another and forming a corkscrew. The jostling motions of his stride send one bolt of the helix spinning towards the ceiling, but the other drills into the archer's eye, its edge curving in and popping through the top of his skull [19:07:00] [Elenia's turn] [19:07:12] * Eilenia swings her orb, tracking the moving swarm of rats, and dragging the daggers with it. Every single rat is skewered by one of the fey daggers, and those that don't find a target continue to linger for a little while longer [19:07:44] * Eilenia smiles and motions the daggers to fade. "You've done a good job." [19:08:23] * Charles changes topic to '[Sharpshooter 1] 24 [Dire Rat 2] 22 [Xan] 20 [ Eilenia] 18 [Dire Rat 1] 17 [Sharpshooter 2] [Eve] 4 [Paera] 3#' [19:09:17] * Charles changes topic to '[Sharpshooter 1] 24 [Dire Rat 2] 22 [Xan] 20 [ Eilenia] 18 [Dire Rat 1] 17 [Sharpshooter 2] 15 [Eve] 4 [Paera] 3#' [19:10:15] * The Dire Rat continues gnawing on Eve, while the sharpshooter turns towards the door and begins pounding on it, grasping the handle. [19:12:02] * Eve shouts a warcry as she brings her sword down on the dire rat, cleaving it in two. [19:12:10] [Paera's turn] [19:15:58] * Paera points at the dire rat slowly devouring Eve's leg. "Get OFF." A bolt of light strikes it down. [19:16:28] * Charles changes topic to ' [Dire Rat 2] 22 [Xan] 20 [ Eilenia] 18 [Dire Rat 1] 17 [Sharpshooter 2] 15 [Eve] 4 [Paera] 3#' [19:16:46] * Charles changes topic to ' [Dire Rat 2] 22 [Xan] 20 [ Eilenia] 18 [Sharpshooter 2] 15 [Eve] 4 [Paera] 3#' [19:17:08] * Charles changes topic to '[Dire Rat 2] 22 [Xan] 20 [Eilenia] 18 [Sharpshooter 2] 15 [Eve] 4 [Paera] 3#' [19:19:04] [Xan's turn] [19:19:26] * Xan rushes into the room, finally moving in, popping off two shots at the kobold trying for the door, which land on either side of it without connecting. [19:19:50] [Eilenia's turn] [19:25:16] * Eilenia finally steps into the room and aims her orb at the dire rat. It flashes with a fey lightning, then a worldly thunder, the sound of which is enough to hurl the rat back against the wall. [19:26:51] * The sharpshooter finally manages to force the door open and ducks inside, slamming it behind him [19:27:26] * Eve steps up to the rat and skewers it, pushing it off the tip of her sword with her boot. [19:27:36] [Combat over] [19:30:23] Tricky little creatures. [19:30:28] "I'm sure we will catch up to that one later." [19:32:51] * Eve nods. "Is to be certain." [19:32:59] Shall we give chase, or is it time for another break? [19:33:33] "I'm sure he'll have plenty of time. Perhaps a search of the area is in order." [19:34:19] This isn't over by a long shot, I'm thinking. [19:34:25] * Eilenia nods [19:36:24] * Xan moves around the area, searching for anything of interest. [19:41:24] * There's not much here. Mostly it's just rubble and quickly-built fortifications, which seem really recent [19:41:56] * The stonework doesn't match up to the the masonry in this room. It was likely brought in from other parts of the drain system [19:43:19] I cna understand why the water is yellow and angry, but why are those little creatures here? [19:44:15] "I have not an idea." [19:45:18] [Session End] [19:46:45] * Paera is now known as Yon [19:47:10] [19:46:41] Everyone gets 313 XP [19:47:54] * Xan is now known as Mechazawa [19:48:32] * Yon (a@wnpgmb014sw-ad02-18-244.dynamic.mts.net) has left #Odal End of #Odal buffer Wed Aug 06 19:51:34 2008