Start of #Odal buffer: Wed Feb 11 22:21:31 2009 [17:49:16] * When we left our heroes, they had just defeated a giant squid, and learned that it was sent by a member of the Wyrmgear tribe, which they decimated as they passed through the waystation outside of Odal's Fen. With the quadropus returned to whence it came, the ship's crew returned abovedecks and the trip through the inland sea began anew [17:51:37] * On the next day of sailing, with the map in the cabin noted to show that you're past the halfway point, a heavy fog rolls in, leaving the captain to try his best in keeping a straight course across the ocean. [17:51:41] [Session start] [17:52:50] How do you suppose this person learned about us anyway? [17:53:19] * Plow has taken to studying the broken device the group salvaged from the kraken's corpse. He scribbles in his notebook, mumbling to himself. [17:54:11] I am not for knowing. [17:55:48] * Paera walks unsteadily up to the deck. "What's wrong this time?" she groans. [17:56:12] Fog [17:56:40] What of it? [17:57:03] I think I hate the ocean. [17:57:24] * Xan (rustangel@ip-214-247.atvci.net) has joined #Odal [17:57:31] "You are looking ill ever since we started voyage." [17:57:42] Has she? [17:58:09] It takes far too much effort to tell one color from another in the World. [17:58:35] "It is certainly distinct." He pauses, "Who is this Gaznol character?" [17:59:08] I am not for knowing that either. [18:00:28] "I am honestly hoping that this fog does not disguise any sort of possible ambush." [18:02:25] * This ship floats on in the fog, the ropes creaking as the deckhands adjust the sails according to the captain's orders. The sea air is especially crisp this morning, and the temperature has dropped several degrees since the fog set in [18:05:30] * In fact, the temperature is dropping somewhat rapidly, and you can see the vapor of your breath in the air. [18:06:25] ...is this normal? [18:06:40] "Another ship approaching on an intercept course!" [18:06:44] I am not thinking so. [18:07:02] * Eve_Kasnora blinks and draws his swords from their sheaths. [18:07:06] *her [18:07:09] * Plow adds his voice to Xan's, "It appears we should attempt to change course." [18:07:59] ...I really, really hate the ocean. [18:09:05] * The crew begins adjusting the sails to make a hard turn to starboard, and the ship tilts in the water as the wind catches its sails [18:11:25] * Xan grabs something to hold himself steady. [18:12:20] * The ship in the distance begins turning as well, and it slowly resolves itself through the fog. A more tapered craft, its black sails are full with a strange wind, and bodies hang from the rigging, dancing a limp jig on their nooses. A man in patched-together robes mans the helm, and an allotment of men in rags control the sails. [18:12:27] * Eve_Kasnora bends her knees and tries to hold her balance. [18:13:07] "Pirates." [18:13:22] * Plow readies his weapons. "Indeed. It looks like conflict may be unavoidable." [18:13:51] * The men on the deck of the ship are lean, and carry knives at their sides, and as the ship closes, they begin to abandon their posts at the sails and climb the rigging. [18:14:08] Hmph. [18:14:10] * Eve_Kasnora eyes the strage sails. "I am thinking they may be being more than pirates." [18:14:23] * Eilenia reaches for her orb... [18:14:29] * Paera groans. "Any bets on if they're working for our new friends?" [18:15:39] * Xan climbs the rigging of his own ship, taking a spot in the crow's nest. [18:16:25] * Eve_Kasnora moves to port side of the deck, watching the pirate vessel approach. [18:16:51] * Paera watches the pirates nervously. [18:16:52] * The man at the helm taps the wheel, and walks to the starboard edge of his ship. He cups his mouth, and yells across the gap between ships, his voice booming out with unearthly authority. [18:16:53] * Eilenia moves over to the other side of the deck. Her orb flashes. [18:17:42] * "You! State your business in the blacksail waters!" [18:18:12] "We're sailing from one point to another." [18:18:23] "In case you hadn't noticed this." [18:19:17] * corenathin (josh@ip98-180-0-2.ga.at.cox.net) has joined #Odal [18:19:23] * One of the men on the rigging barks a laugh, and then catches himself, as he remains looking over his shoulder, watching the situation. The men on the rigging are all at points where the corpses hang [18:19:50] * Eve_Kasnora lowers her weapons. [18:21:01] * "Then you'll have to pay the tribute. Will you surrender your ship?" [18:21:03] * corenathin (josh@ip98-180-0-2.ga.at.cox.net) has left #Odal [18:22:19] "How about we just sink yours?" [18:22:58] We're kind of using it, in case you didn't notice that either. [18:23:29] * Eilenia hums to herself, examining her orb. [18:23:30] * Eve_Kasnora stands forth. "We have little tribute to give. Please, we are on a mission of mercy, let us pass!" [18:24:31] * The man nods, and turns to the men on the rigging, who shrink back. "Then it's decided. Cut them down!" As a cloud of fey daggers rip through the sails, the men on the rigging begin to saw through the ropes holding the corpses up, which, as the ship grows closer, are twisting and snapping their jaws, their eyes bulging in their sockets. [18:25:14] * Xan attempts to shoot a cutter down. [18:26:40] * Plow also trains on one of cutters. [18:28:42] After this, no more boats. [18:34:49] * A pair of skeletons, lashed together with leather and rusting bolts, clatter up from belowdecks, each holding a longbow. They take positions on the far end of the deck and fire off shots at Plow and Xan, which scratch them as they pass [18:35:17] * Charles changes topic to '24: Skeletal Archer 1. 21: Skeletal Archer 2' [18:37:16] * Charles changes topic to '24: Skeletal Archer 1. 21: Skeletal Archer 2. Eve, Drowned One: 18' [18:37:46] * Charles changes topic to '24: Skeletal Archer 1. 21: Skeletal Archer 2. Eve, Drowned One 1: 18. Drowned One 2, 3: 14' [18:38:14] * Charles changes topic to '24: Skeletal Archer 1. 21: Skeletal Archer 2. Eve, Drowned One 1: 18. Drowned One 2, 3: 14. Drowned One 4: 7. Drowned One 5, 6: 5' [18:39:35] * Charles changes topic to '[24: Skeletal Archer 1]. [21: Skeletal Archer 2.] [Eve, Drowned One 1]: 18. [Drowned One 2, 3]: 14. [Drowned One 4]: 7. [Drowned One 5, 6]: 5' [18:40:09] * Charles changes topic to '[24: Skeletal Archer 1]. [21: Skeletal Archer 2.] [Eve, Drowned One 1, Sodden Ghoul 1]: 18. [Drowned One 2, 3]: 14. [Sodden Ghoul 2] 8 [Drowned One 4]: 7. [Drowned One 5, 6]: 5' [18:40:32] * Charles changes topic to '[24: Skeletal Archer 1]. [21: Skeletal Archer 2.] [Eve, Drowned One 1, Sodden Ghoul 1]: 18. [Xan, Eilenia, Drowned One 2, 3]: 14. [Sodden Ghoul 2] 8 [Drowned One 4]: 7. [Drowned One 5, 6]: 5' [18:41:00] * Charles changes topic to '[24: Skeletal Archer 1]. [21: Skeletal Archer 2.] [Eve, Drowned One 1, Sodden Ghoul 1]: 18. [Xan, Eilenia, Drowned One 2, 3]: 14. [Plow]: 13 [Paera]: 12 [Sodden Ghoul 2] 8 [Drowned One 4]: 7. [Drowned One 5, 6]: 5' [18:43:08] * Two of the cutters fall from the rigging, passed out from the pain, as Xan and Plow attack them. [18:43:15] * Xan holds his palms out to a cutter, plugging him with dual silver bolts, knocking him free. [18:43:30] [Eve's turn] [18:44:03] * Plow launches a bolt from his arm-mounted bow, which catchs one of the cutter's in the shoulder, sending him cartwheeling from the rigging. [18:48:57] * Eve_Kasnora quickly sheaths her right-handed sword and reaches up to grab a rope hanging from the mast. She puts a foot on the port railing and vaults away from the ship and onto the Pirate's. [18:50:33] * Eve_Kasnora lands nimbly onto the other boat and immediately runs up to the wheel, brandishing her offhand weapon in both hands. "I gave you chance to surrender!" [18:54:10] * The hooded man reels, and then reaches out his hand. "In Vecna's name, get back!" A pulse of sickly black energy slams into Eve, and she staggers back [18:56:42] * Charles changes topic to '[24: Skeletal Archer 1]. [21: Skeletal Archer 2., Hooded Man] [Eve, Drowned One 1, Sodden Ghoul 1]: 18. [Xan, Eilenia, Drowned One 2, 3]: 14. [Plow]: 13 [Paera]: 12 [Sodden Ghoul 2] 8 [Drowned One 4]: 7. [Drowned One 5, 6]: 5' [18:59:37] * Eve_Kasnora hits the railing and flips over, but takes her main hand off her weapon to catch the railing, keeping her from falling into the sea. [18:59:46] * A ghoul emerges from below decks and leaps into the water, its bloated gut bouying it up as it begins to claw up the side of the ship. Meanwhile, one of the drowned ones rears back and slams Eve as she clings to the railing [18:59:53] "Vecna! Curse being upon your foul god!" [19:00:02] [Xan's turn] [19:00:36] * Xan looks to both of the skeletal archers, firing a silver streak at both [19:05:30] [Eilenia's turn] [19:09:48] * Eilenia takes her attention away from the enemy's sails, and concentrates her mind into her miniature orb. She points at the foes before her, and unleashes a brilliant spray of light and color. [19:10:32] * The remaining two cutters fall down unconscious, leaving half the zombies still hanging from the rigging [19:12:30] * Two of whom are blasted by the majesty of colors, and fall to dust rather than in love. [19:13:19] * Two of the zombies that were cut down leap from the ship and begin climbing the side, one of which makes it onto the deck as it turns to Plow [19:15:51] * Plow places his fist square in the chest of Drowned One as it approaches and unleashes a bolt. [19:16:13] * Charles changes topic to '[24: Skeletal Archer 1]. [21: Skeletal Archer 2., Hooded Man] [Eve, Drowned One 1, Sodden Ghoul 1]: 18. [Xan, Eilenia, Drowned One 3]: 14. [Plow]: 13 [Paera]: 12 [Sodden Ghoul 2] 8 [Drowned One 6]: 5' [19:16:30] [Plow's turn] [19:16:59] * The drowned one is pierced through the torso and falls off the ship, into the water [19:22:08] * Xan (rustangel@ip-214-247.atvci.net) Quit (Quit: sorry, i was just assured you were a fag with a name like mechaschwanz, now, stop wasting your breath on someone who doesn't regard you as worth the toilet paper you are wasting on this planet) [19:23:48] [Paera's turn] [19:24:27] * Plow takes only a moment to watch the cursed creature fall away, before moving to the ballista mounted on the ship. He swings it around, the mechanical face blank. He aims at the hooded man, and lets the large bolt fly loose. [19:25:32] * The bolt slices a deep gouge in the hooded man's leg, and he staggers, struggling to hold his weight up [19:33:02] * Paera turns to face the priest. "In the name of Erathis, you will NOT harm anyone else." A column of light explodes around him. [19:35:03] * The priest screams as the radiant light burns him. Behind him, the drowned zombie swings and kicks from the rigging [19:37:10] * The skeleton archers train their bows on Eve, and loose their arrows. One flies into the deck, while the other grazes her neck [19:39:10] * Eve_Kasnora lets out no scream, merely grits her teeth and struggles to hold on. [19:39:50] * The robed man gestures and a ray of black light pulses into Eve and pulls her onto the deck. In his unnaturally loud voice, he shouts to the undead crewing his ship. "Take her down and move out! We're taking this one back to the arena!" [19:40:06] [Eve's turn] [19:40:50] EVE! [19:45:07] * Eve_Kasnora is dragged back onto the neck, battered and bruise, but still standing. [19:45:38] * As Eve catches her second wind, the drowned one drags itself on deck and claws at Paera, but stumbles, going off balance [19:45:48] [Xan [19:45:52] 's turn] [19:46:21] "I... am not...." *she straightens* "I am not done yet!" *She hefts her blade up above her head* "I AM NOT BEING DONE WHEN BAHAMUT IS WATCHING!" [19:46:53] * Eve_Kasnora glows with divine light as her injuries nearly completely heal, then swings her heavy blade around and into one of the corpses standing next to her. [19:46:59] * Xan extends his arms and two quicksilver bolts fire, slamming into the deck where the sodden ghoul stood seconds before [19:47:10] [Eilenia's turn] [19:48:09] * Eve_Kasnora stops glowing as the corpse folds in half along her blade, then looks back at the hooded man. "Your sins are not being forgiven!" [19:50:36] * Charles changes topic to '[24: Skeletal Archer 1]. [21: Skeletal Archer 2., Hooded Man] [Eve, Sodden Ghoul 1]: 18. [Xan, Eilenia]: 14. [Plow]: 13 [Paera]: 12 [Sodden Ghoul 2] 8 [Drowned One 6]: 5' [19:51:04] [Plow's Turn] [19:51:35] * Eilenia summons the sharp vibrant crack of feywild thunder upon the enemies closest to her. [19:53:16] * Eilenia draws her longswrd and starts to back up [19:56:31] [Paera's turn] [19:59:30] * Plow moves down the ship quickly, and lifts his arcane implement. "Eve, allow me to give you some assistance." The top of the rod opens, and a small dart whips out at the hooded man. Unfortunately, the attack only glances, and Plow directs what arcane healing energy he can towards Eve. [19:59:30] * Paera backs up, chanting a prayer, and a bolt of light strikes the ghoul from above. [20:00:54] * The ghoul writhes in pain as the sacred light burns it to the core of its being, as the ghoul on the other ship sinks a claw into Eve's shoulder [20:03:25] The skeleton archers shoot again, with similar mixed success. Eve takes a grazing show across her hand [20:05:24] * Eve_Kasnora grits her teeth. [20:05:31] * The hooded man beats his staff against the ground three times, and each time, and increasingly loud thunderclap peals across the water. The third rings loudly in Paera's ears, leaving her stunned [20:05:55] "Who was this being, before you corrupted it?!" [20:05:57] [Eve's turn] [20:07:00] * The man frowns. "I'll take that to my grave, so you won't know." [20:08:07] (Make that *"I'll take that to my grave so you may never know." It sounds more like a follower of the god of secrets and less like a brat.) [20:09:23] "We will be seeing, after I am killing you and performing ritual to pry your precious secrets from your skull!" [20:13:17] * Eve_Kasnora turns back from the hooded man and faces the ghoul. "As for you, you will be recieving my mercy now!" [20:13:36] * Eve_Kasnora smashes her sword down on its rotted flesh. [20:16:15] * The ghoul on the heroes' ship rushes Paera as she's stunned and wraps a gnarled claw around her throat [20:18:06] * Paera gasps for breath. "Guh... [20:18:11] * Xan fires two more quicksilver bolts at the skeletons, rattling their cages as they hit [20:18:22] [Eilenia's turn] [20:21:36] * Eilenia moves to Paera's side and unleashes another peal of fey thunder to try to shake the ghoul off Paera. [20:23:14] [Plow's turn] [20:23:19] * Eilenia can't quite shake him off [20:27:08] [Paera's turn] [20:27:36] * Plow dispenses a healing formula, and tosses it off to Paera before pointing his implement again at Eve. An arc of lightening leaps between the two ships, and her armor crackles with static. [20:33:15] * Paera slips out of the ghoul's grasp and attempts to put some distance between it and herself. [20:34:45] * The sodden ghoul tries to bite Eve, but his teeth can't penetrate her coat [20:36:28] * And the archers miss as well! But the hooded man, with his last breaths, spits out a curse, and a bolt of black light slams into Eve [20:36:54] [Eve's turn] [20:39:07] * The black light slams into Eve and she recoils for a moment, then her cloak glows a warm red and she looks healthier than before the cursed light hit her.] [20:39:10] * [20:41:31] * Charles changes topic to '[24: Skeletal Archer 1]. [21: Skeletal Archer 2.] [Eve, Sodden Ghoul 1]: 18. [Xan, Eilenia]: 14. [Plow]: 13 [Paera]: 12 [Sodden Ghoul 2] 8 [Drowned One 6]: 5' [20:42:01] * Eve_Kasnora twists out of the ghouls grasp, her armored coat fanning wide as its crimson glow cools down, she ascends the steps to the aft-deck a faces her foe. [20:42:41] "You will be meeting your fate soon enough. May the Raven Queen be cursing you for your foul ways." [20:42:58] * Eve_Kasnora SHOVES her sword through the hooded man's torso. [20:43:43] * As the hooded man dies on Eve's sword, if the undead notice, they don't care [20:44:23] * The sodden ghoul on our heroes' ship grabs Eilenia with both claws, digging his sharpened fingernails into her arms [20:46:31] * Xan fires more shots at the skeleton archers. One connects, and begins to drive the bonds holding the skeleton together loose [20:46:35] [Eilenia's turn] [20:49:23] [Plow's turn] [20:49:42] * Eilenia falls through a rip in the World, away from the ghoul's clutches, and pulls herself out of another portal as it appears next to Paera. She sends a flood of fey daggers through and into the ghoul. [20:52:36] [Paera's turn] [20:54:20] * Plow quickly dispenses another healing formula, this one for the Eladrin who appears nearby. His arm raises towards the offending undead onboard, and a bolt is loaded into the device on his forearm. It flies wild, sticking into the deck of the ship, then melting away a moment later. [20:57:10] Get. Off. Our. Boat. [20:57:46] * Paera chants a quick prayer, burning the ghoul, then moves towards the side of the boat, praying for Eve's protection. [21:01:49] * As Eve extricates her sword from the body of the hooded man, the ghoul on the ship comes up behind her and grabs onto her with both claws, preparing to begin biting her. Meanwhile, one of the skeletal archers hits her square in the thigh with an arrow, the arrowhead breaking the skin [21:01:59] * Eve's turn [21:05:07] * Eve_Kasnora shouts as she twists her body away from the ghoul. Seeing only one enemy on the other ship, and not certain how many more undead are beneath her feet, she takes hold of the wheel and swings it all the way portside, veering the pirate ship away from her comrads. [21:09:20] * As Eve steers the ships apart, the ghoul on the heroes' ship begins climbing the mast and takes a swing at Xan [21:09:33] * And misses [21:11:20] * Meanwhile, Xan swings both his weapons, and manages to score a hit straight into the ghoul's face, bashing its nose in [21:11:46] [Eilenia's turn] [21:15:08] [Plow's turn] [21:15:45] * Eilenia uses her orb and calls upon the power of the winter court to drop a little frozen fey winterland on the enemy boat, on top of a ghoul and skeleton. [21:23:12] [Paera's turn] [21:24:16] * Plow hesitates only a moment as the enemy ship begins to move away. He takes off at a run, gets a foot up on the guardrail, and launches himself over onto the other ship. As he's falling, he raises his arm, and lets fly a bolt at the ghoul that has been aggressing towards Eve, but it flies wild into the water. [21:24:58] * Eve_Kasnora looks up at Plow, wide-eyed. "Why are you being here?!" [21:25:26] "It seemed the logical choice." A pause. "At the time." [21:27:22] * Its attention distracted, the ghoul on the undead ship lunges at Plow, but its claws skid off his armor. [21:27:33] * Paera focuses on the last ghoul on their boat. She closes her eyes and prays desperately. When she opens them again, the ghoul is a pile of ash. [21:28:44] * The skeletal archers train their bows on Plow, and their arrows barely knick his frame [21:29:07] [Eve's turn] [21:30:41] * Eve_Kasnora looks over her shoulder as Paera slowly grows more distant and nods, then finally unseaths her grandfather's sword and steps right up to the ghoul. "YOU WILL BE BEING AS ASH!" [21:32:08] * Eve_Kasnora hacks into it with both swords, divine light of the Platinum Dragon closing her wounds as reward. [21:32:13] * The ghoul is slashed across the middle and stumbles, holding a claw against its gut to hold the rotting viscera in [21:34:46] * Xan leaps down from the crow's next and fires at the ghoul on the way down. The quicksilver melts its to its component parts as Xan hits the ground running, grabbing onto a rope as he goes and makes a leap between the ships, barely landing on the undead ship as it departs [21:35:33] [Eilenia's turn] [21:37:55] * Eilenia steps forward to the edge of the ship and unleashes another swarm of iridescent winged daggers from her orb at the nearest skeletal archer [21:38:16] [Plow [21:38:18] 's turn] [21:39:20] * Eilenia grips tightly, and the dagger swarm moves much more aggressively around the archer. When you can see it through the cloud, you can clearly see that it's been stripped to the bone. [21:44:28] * Plow points the crossbow towards the Drowned One and the Skeleton Archer. The first bolt launched begins to extended, until it is a sharp, spiked wire whipping through the air. It buries into the wood beneath the skeleton, but the other end catches the Drowned One around the throat. The second bolt screams from the crossbow, colliding with the skeleton. [21:45:45] [Paera's turn] [21:48:23] * Charles changes topic to '[24: Skeletal Archer 1]. [21: Skeletal Archer 2.] [Eve]: 18. [Xan, Eilenia]: 14. [Plow]: 13 [Paera]: 12' [21:49:12] * Paera braces herself and fires an immense beam of light towards one of the archers, but it goes wide, not even passing over the boat. [21:49:17] [Eve's turn] [21:49:31] * The archers fire shows that scrape Eve and Plow [21:50:07] * Plow grunts. His casing is showing visible signs of damage. [21:50:42] * Eve_Kasnora vaults over the railing and lands on the main deck, flying past the closest skeletal archer and toward the distant one. [21:50:58] "YOU WILL BE RESTING NOW!" [21:52:44] * Xan fires a bolt at the skeleton Eve isn't engaged with, and it falls apart, clattering to the deck of the ship [21:53:16] * Eve_Kasnora turns to the others. [21:53:44] "Thank you." [21:54:01] * Xan nods once, silently. [21:54:20] We won a ship! [21:54:23] What'll we do with it? [21:54:36] Does it have a name? [21:54:45] * Eve_Kasnora heads back to the wheel. [21:55:03] * Eve_Kasnora looks back at the other ship [21:55:10] * Plow inclines his head. "Compatriots support one another. It is as it should be." [21:55:24] HEY! DO YOU GUYS KNOW HOW TO STOP THAT THING?! [21:55:35] Oh, names... hm... [21:55:45] ... [21:55:52] Hm. [21:55:56] Cut the sails? [21:56:16] * Plow looks upwards towards the rigging. "This will take only a moment." [21:56:17] * Eve_Kasnora heads back down toward the mast and just starts cutting all the ropes she can see. [21:56:19] Oh, let's let the crew know. [21:56:37] I bet they'll know how to make it go and stop. [21:56:44] * Eilenia goes off to do just that. [21:57:18] Yeah...that's probably a good idea. [21:57:37] * Plow sets about repairing the sails. [21:58:59] * Paera turns to follow Eilenia, but stops. "Actually...you go...I, uh...I'll uh...watch to make sure they don't go anywhere." [21:59:24] * Paera leans over the side of the boat, making a rather unpleasant sound. [22:04:11] * When searching the ship, you find that the priest of Vecna's robes are Robes of Contingency, woven with thread from the Feywild. The hold contains loot, presumably stolen from other ships in the area, and a large laquer box, with gold inlays and a mother of pearl shamrock. Inside are a pair of gloves with golden shamrocks stitched on the backs, that bend luck for the wearer [22:06:08] * Additionally, in the priest's quarters, you find a ledger of people taken as tribute, interrogated, and then raised as the undead, as well as a chart to his port of call. His diary is thick with the secrets of his trade, and he has called the Refuge Floats home for nearly a year. [22:06:13] [session end] [22:07:13] Let's edit the logs so that comes before the vomitting because exposition is a shitty way to end a session :| [22:08:22] [22:08:04] Enjoy your 240 XP each, *assholes*. >:( [22:12:07] * Paera (dlarmour@wnpgmb1303w-ad03-40-15.dynamic.mts.net) has left #Odal [22:14:05] * Plow is now known as MattyQ [22:14:41] * MattyQ (mattyqwill@c-75-67-221-215.hsd1.nh.comcast.net) has left #Odal [22:21:08] * Charles (CHBoucher@dsl2-161.gsinet.net) has left #Odal End of #Odal buffer Wed Feb 11 22:21:31 2009