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Tesarik One: Log On
Tesarik One: ^v^ 11/9/2013 11:36:28 PM ^v^
Tesarik One: --start quest state--
Tesarik One: OH Quest: "Altar of Ethereal Wealth"
Tesarik One: Your leader is Pamela.
Tesarik One: If you have questions please IM me or one of the Moderators.
Tesarik One: Estimated time is 3 hours from when we begin.
Tesarik One: You can die on our adventures and there are consequences if you
die.
Tesarik One: Make sure your dossier is updated! If it's not on your dossier
you do not have it and this includes mundane gear.
Tesarik One: Remember when you first use something to tell me how you are
able to use it - after that you can merely state the numbers.
Tesarik One: Now state your info: Rank - Name - Class/Profession - Dice -
Hit Points - Defense DC - Healing Points if applicable. You will need to keep
up with your own self-healing points as they are used.
Tesarik One: ---end state---
Saychelle Huda: Saychelle Huda, Crystal Cadet, 2d24, 12HP, DC14, Devout
Class
Ashton Locke: Dorian Thales, Emerald Defender, 2d70, 58 hp, dc 11
Ashton Locke: Psion/Arcane
Tesarik One: Roll for init.
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 20-sided die: 3
Saychelle Huda: 7
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 1 20-sided die: 16
Ashton Locke: (17)
Tesarik One: Dorian 0/58 [11] || Saychelle 0/12 [14]
Tesarik One: There was something from the swamps of Madder that Saychelle
needed for her poisonmaking, so she asked Maria for a suggestion of someone
that could come along with her to provide a little protection and lo and
behold, one of the
Tesarik One: suggestions was Dorian Thales. Once she heard the name, she
decided he'd be the one to ask since she had recently met him. The swamps
were dangerous, she certainly needed someone she could trust and Dorian had
protected her when
Tesarik One: they'd gone to check out that vault not long ago. So, the issue
was presented to Dorian with a promise that if he came with her, she'd dance
by firelight for him. Surely he could not resist that? So to Madder they've
gone via
Tesarik One: teleport, borrowed a pirogue, and are now floating about in
early afternoon in the deep and thick swamp. (Begin RP)
Ashton Locke: Well hell, he wouldn't need such promises to accompany her to
the swamp, he hadn't been there in a while! And even if he couldn't really
remember how things used to be in any detail, it'd still be fun to see if he
noticed anything
Ashton Locke: that had changed. That said, the promise was of course
enticing! So he got his things ready, stuck on his bowler hat, and then it
was off to the swamp! Hopefully they wouldn't get eaten alive by any bugs, or
crocodiles or...well,
Ashton Locke: anything really.
Saychelle Huda: She was as prepared as a newbie adventurer could be. She'd
borrowed some armor, and a weapon, and hoped that would be enough for the
foray into the Foulspawn. "What I need is something called violet fungus. It
is dangerous though, it can attack on its own." She peered over at Dorian
with her snakey eyes with her head buried deep under the thick hood of her
cloak.
Saychelle Huda: She was from Madder, but had not spent much time out in the
swamps. She'd lived the sheltered (and in her opinion far too imprisoned)
life of a courtesan within the court of the Serpent-King so this was going to
be interesting. But, she was very knowledgeable, from all the reading she'd
done.
Tesarik One: Depending on how long it had been since Dorian had been to the
Foulspawn, he might notice a difference because the whole swamp grows about a
100 feet or so a year, no one has figured out why it's expanding. So, some
villages might
Tesarik One: be in different places due to the rising waters. Despite it
being winter, it was still humid and warm in the swamps of Madder. Not nearly
as unbearably hot as in the summer but warm enough. Frogs and all sorts of
animals and bugs
Tesarik One: filled the area with music, and the eyes of many gators watched
them just above the dark water as they pushed their way through the water.
Ashton Locke: "Hm." He nodded, adding 'violet fungus' to his list of things
he didn't want to be eaten by, eyes shifting about to take in the sights of
the swamp. He might notice that the swamp was quite a bit larger, since it
would've had time
Ashton Locke: to grow almost 4 miles since the last time he spent any length
of time there! If he did, he hadn't mentioned it. Ah, all the bugs. Good
thing he brought a little candle holder to carry around! He lit up one of the
Insectbane Candles
Ashton Locke: he'd been carrying for as far back as he cared to remember.
(Non-monstrous vermin won't approach within 5 feet of the candle, lasts 1
hour!)
Tesarik One: Noted.
Saychelle Huda: "The fungus hides amidst another fungus called the Shrieker.
It's not dangerous, except that it tends to draw the attention of other
creatures when it begins to shriek. But, if we can find a shrieker we can
certainly find the violet fungus." She tilted her head, listening to the
sounds around them, then watched as he lit a candle. She recognized the
smell, the castle and temple had such
Saychelle Huda: candles to keep away the bugs from the royals. "Insectbane,
good idea." She focused on the pole, so that she could push the flat bottomed
boat forward, making sure she could remember the way they'd come so they
could get back.
Tesarik One: (Listen Check)
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 20-sided die: 13
Saychelle Huda: +5 Alert = 18
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 1 20-sided die: 1
Ashton Locke: (+5 psion bonus, +2 perception = 8)
Ashton Locke: He was too in the midst of taking in that compliment to hear
anything else! "Thank you, though I've only got five of them. Best we don't
stay long enough to use them all up."
Tesarik One: Saychelle hears something in the distance, that might or might
not be the sound of someone or something screaming.
Saychelle Huda: "Hm. Did you hear that?" She glanced in the direction of the
sound they'd heard, and since they didn't really have any directionals or
maps, she began pushing the pirogue in that direction. "We might as well ssee
what that is, yess?" She glanced around slowly, blinking her reptilian eyes
slowly as she focused on trying to see as deep into the shadows as she could.
Saychelle Huda: (spot)
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 20-sided die: 7
Saychelle Huda: +5 = 12
Tesarik One: She didn't see anything promising.
Ashton Locke: He lifted a brow, then shook his head. "I didn't hear
anything." He did start looking however, perhaps his eyes would serve him
better.
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 1 20-sided die: 16
Ashton Locke: (+7 = 23)
Tesarik One: Ashton, on the other hand, was able to make out some sort of
sinking building in the maze of vines and trees, which happened to be in the
direction she'd turned the boat, on shore.
Tesarik One: Dorian*
Ashton Locke: Poor Ashton saw nothing! Well. He probably saw something,
wherever it was he'd vanished off to. Dorian did see the sinking building,
however, and he moved to point towards it, maybe she'd be able to see. "That
looks like a building
Ashton Locke: over there. Do you think these things would grow near
something like that?"
Saychelle Huda: "It sounded like a scream though I suppose it could be
anything." She hadn't noticed anything on the shoreline, so she kept pushing
the boat through the swampy water trying to stay in the direction of what
she'd heard. But, she turned and noticed the ruins when it was pointed out to
her. "They do grow in old ruins." She pushed towards the shore, hitting a
Saychelle Huda: tree root and reaching out to grab it so she could bring it
against the shore so they could be get out. She wrapped the rope to the tree
so their boat would not float away, then climbed out herself.
Ashton Locke: "Well it seems that might be a safe bet, then." He nodded,
then climbed out of the boat after it was all situated. He was glad she knew
how to do all that, he'd probably have just levitated it out of the water
entirely so it
Ashton Locke: wouldn't go drifting. He eyed the ruins a bit more now that
they were closer. "I wonder if anyone lived here." Just an idle thought
really. He didn't particularly want ghosts running about causing trouble
though, either!
Tesarik One: The shadowed depths half conceal the likeness of a leering
face with demonic features and an obscenely long tongue carved upon the
sinking temple. The image covers a pair of great bronze doors. The
Tesarik One: metal's surface has become pitted and green with age, making
the face seem diseased and ghastly. The seam between the two doors runs down
the middle of the bas relief face like some horrible scar.
Tesarik One: The frame around the massive doorway has been carved to
resemble a writhing mass of biting vipers. Humanoid limbs and torsos are
visible here and there in the mass of serpent bodies, as though
Tesarik One: struggling, futilely, to win free of the snakes' rapacious
coils. The area has a parched and sour odor, like a kettle left to boil dry.
Countless tiny bones and bone fragments crackle underfoot like dry
Tesarik One: autumn leaves. (Spot Check)
Ashton Locke: Oh well..demonic features and a really long tongue, that
didn't seem like much of a place to live. As they got closer he wrinkled his
nose a bit. The artwork, as such, did not seem very pleasant to him. He kept
hold of his candle as
Ashton Locke: well, of course, since it smelled pleasant. Probably didn't
even really notice the sour odor!
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 1 20-sided die: 12
Ashton Locke: (19)
Saychelle Huda: As they headed for the ruins that were sinking into the
swamp as most ruins in the Foulspawn were, she paused once she could see the
carvings. She wondered if this were some ancient temple dedicated to Nit Gia
Zudok, and just in case she lowered her head in a bow briefly and offered
prayer to him. Then she lifted her head and
Saychelle Huda: got a little closer, peering around the area for possibly
some violet fungus.
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 20-sided die: 4
Saychelle Huda: +5 = 9
Saychelle Huda: "Looks more like a temple than a place to live."
Tesarik One: Dorian sees it before Saychelle gets too close. Purple fungus,
with a few violet fungi amidst the purple fungus. The violet fungi have
purple spots on them. But, before he can really do much of anything, the
Tesarik One: purple fungi emit a loud and jarring shriek. Not enough to
deafen him, but they will have to talk louder than normal to hear each
other.... and it's not stopping anytime soon it seems. Just as Saychelle
said, it tended to draw the
Tesarik One: attention of creatures who had learned that shriekers meant
food.
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 3-sided die: 3
Tesarik One: 3 rounds of Shrieking
Ashton Locke: He winced a bit at that shrieking, just as he was about to
grab Saychelle's shoulder before she got too close. But well..he figured
she'd know it was there at this point!
Saychelle Huda: Yep she knew it was there, everything around them knew it
was there. She clapped her ears momentarily, hissing as her tongue slid
between her lips, then lowered her hands and moved in a little closer to see
if there was any violet fungus amidst these horrible shriekers.
Tesarik One: There were two, the violet fungi with the purple spots were
most definitely violet fungi. As she stepped close, one of the fungi let free
it's four tentacles, reaching forward towards Saychelle to wrap around where
it could reach
Tesarik One: and attempt to poison her.
Ashton Locke: "Go ahead and look for what you need, I'll take care of
anything dangerous that might show up." Was best if she found what she needed
without interruption, and he'd probably only bugger it up anyway. Oh wait,
yes. He forgot she said
Ashton Locke: the damn fungus could attack!
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 20-sided die: 18
Tesarik One: Hit
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 2 30-sided dice: 11 3
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Tesarik One: +7 STR = 12 dmg
Tesarik One: (And Poison)
Saychelle Huda: (Studded Leather Armor +4 DEF & Poison/Venom Immunity)
Tesarik One: 8 dmg
Tesarik One: Violet F1 0/?? [10] || Dorian 0/58 [11] || Saychelle 8/12 [14]
|| Violet F2 0/?? [10]
Ashton Locke: "Damnit. What should I not use against these things?" He
didn't want to destroy them and make them useless to her, after all.
Assumedly she didn't need them moist, though, because once she picked them
they wouldn't be good for very
Ashton Locke: long! So to be on the safe side, he targetted the fungus that
hadn't yet attacked her, figuring she could deal with the first one, and he
went deep into the roots with his psionic ability, sucking out all the water
to dessicate it!
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 1 20-sided die: 3
Tesarik One: ~*~ Ashton Locke scored 4 poynts damage ~*~
Ashton Locke: (+12 int = 15)
Saychelle Huda: "I don't need the tentacles!" She stumbled back, jerking
away from the fungus, not feeling it's poison thankfully.
Tesarik One: Hit
Ashton Locke: desiccate*
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 2 70-sided dice: 16 2
Tesarik One: ~*~ Ashton Locke scored 1 poynts damage ~*~
Saychelle Huda: No, she didn't need it all moist either, he'd do her a favor
and dry it like she needed it!
Ashton Locke: (....+12 int = 13)
Ashton Locke: (On F2!)
Ashton Locke: (In case it wasn't clear enough.)
Tesarik One: Violet F1 0/?? [10] || Dorian 0/58 [11] || Saychelle 8/12 [14]
|| Violet F2 13/15 [10]
Tesarik One: Saychelle-
Ashton Locke: "Well poke at it with that spear or something, then get behind
me."
Ashton Locke: "Or get behind me and poke over my shoulder, that might work."
That looked like a nasty attack she'd taken!
Saychelle Huda: She reached down feeling the potions she'd taken from the OH
Vault, but perhaps if she did her part she could take the healing later. She
tugged the shortspear off her back and moved behind Dorian, she was over six
feet tall after all, and then she aimed for the fungus that attacked her
(F1).
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 20-sided die: 18
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 1 poynts damage ~*~
Saychelle Huda: 22
Tesarik One: Hit
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 2 24-sided dice: 2 3
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Saychelle Huda: +4 (Dex Fighter) = 6
Tesarik One: Violet F1 6/?? [10] || Dorian 0/58 [11] || Saychelle 8/12 [14]
|| Violet F2 13/15 [10]
Tesarik One: F2-
Tesarik One: Four violet tentacles shot out from beneath the fungus,
slapping at his face and twisting around his neck, trying to get to skin so
he'd get the poison.
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 20-sided die: 4
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: Miss
Tesarik One: F1-
Tesarik One: It flung out it's tentacles as well, but it wasn't the smartest
fungus in the swamp so going for Saychelle meant it actually hit Dorian.
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 20-sided die: 9
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: Miss
Tesarik One: Dorian-
Ashton Locke: He didn't have any agility with which to get away from that,
really, so he just blocked it telekinetically! Which of course wasn't
something he could do very often, or else he'd just do it all the damn time.
And it almost kept him
Ashton Locke: from avoiding the second one, but it was off target anyway. He
muttered, then sent a rather violent surge of telekinesis at the first
fungus, focusing it to slice right through those tentacles and lop them off!
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 1 20-sided die: 17
Tesarik One: ~*~ Ashton Locke scored 1 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: Hit
Ashton Locke: (+12 int = 29
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 2 70-sided dice: 69 29
Tesarik One: ~*~ Ashton Locke scored 14 poynts damage ~*~
Ashton Locke: (26)
Tesarik One: He lopped off every tentacle, they fell to the mossy wet
ground, twitching.
Tesarik One: Dorian 0/58 [11] || Saychelle 8/12 [14] || Violet F2 13/15 [10]
Tesarik One: Saychelle-
Saychelle Huda: She was impressed by Dorian's psionics, but had no time to
think about it because that other one was still alive. She sent her spear tip
towards the remaining violet fungus, trying to destroy it enough that it
would stop attacking.
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 20-sided die: 16
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 1 poynts damage ~*~
Saychelle Huda: 20
Tesarik One: Hit
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 2 24-sided dice: 18 13
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 1 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Saychelle Huda: +4 = 10
Tesarik One: It's tentacles twitched as well, then slumped as it became
unmoving.
Tesarik One: Dorian 0/58 [11] || Saychelle 8/12 [14]
Tesarik One: --end combat--
Ashton Locke: It was all dried up first so it probably got sliced up
easily! He nodded, then looked to her. "Where are you hurt? I can take care
of it." No sense in her wasting a potion just yet!
Saychelle Huda: She showed him her wrists and neck where the thing had
strangled her so badly it left black and purple bruises.
Ashton Locke: "May I borrow your spear for a moment?"
Saychelle Huda: She nodded, and handed it to him.
Ashton Locke: He took it, then sliced open the palm of his hand on the
blade, handing it back, then dabbing out that blood and applying it to her
wounds! (Skill: Life's Blood, 4 points done to Dorian to heal 8 on Saychelle)
Tesarik One: The Shriekers FINALLY stop shrieking.
Tesarik One: Noted.
Tesarik One: Dorian 4/58 [11] || Saychelle 0/12 [14]
Saychelle Huda: "You blood healss?" She hissed softly as she watched what he
was doing, quite enthralled by the means he was using to heal her. Once she
felt the pain leave her body, she reached up and trailed a finger through his
blood and then gave it a sniff. "Thank you, cher." She winked, and then moved
forward so she could wrench the violet fungi off the building and put them
into her pack.
Saychelle Huda: "Do you think we should sssee what is inside?"
Saychelle Huda: Your*
Ashton Locke: "Yes, though I'm afraid that'll only work on you once today.
Best avoid getting too hurt for the rest of our time here, hm? You're
certainly welcome to let them attack me, I've got a few more tricks up my
sleeves." He grinned,
Ashton Locke: winked, then looked to the temple. "I suppose we can, but if
it gets too dangerous I'd prefer we make a hasty escape. I won't have my new
friend dying, and I'd rather not get gobbled up, myself."
Saychelle Huda: "That iss a deal." She closed her pack and got her spear
back in hand, then began to tug at the door to the temple. She was very
curious, especially if this was something to do with her own religion. "I
have never seen the carvings on this door on any drawings or paintings of
other Zudok temples, perhaps this is something far darker. There are much
more evil and darker offshoots of our religion in Madder."
Ashton Locke: "And I do hope you are good at letting them attack me. I don't
move quickly enough to take many hits for you, I'm afraid." Though if need be
he'd just teleport in the way! Or perhaps use one of those spells he'd worked
out a while
Tesarik One: The doors are thick and solid, but expertly crafted. When
pushed, all it takes is enough force to rip the vines and things away for
them to swing open into the darkness within.
Ashton Locke: ago but had yet to use! He looked to the doors and nodded a
bit when she spoke. "Well, let's hope they didn't leave any nasty curses,
then." He chuckled, then gave a push to the door. Ugh. He stepped back, then
gave a better push
Ashton Locke: with the aid of some telekinesis. (Spell: Telekinesis!)
Tesarik One: A draft of humid air that bears the scent of fungus and mildew
escapes as the doors open. Beyond is a dreary chamber with a vaulted ceiling.
Cracked pillars stand in a double row like tired soldiers.
Tesarik One: Chunks of fallen masonry lie scattered all about. Here and
there, a translucent globe, covered with centuries of grime and vegetation,
gives off a feeble light. About a bowshot away, a cloak of
Tesarik One: shadows conceals a low mass of stone.
Saychelle Huda: She nodded, and then stepped inside behind him as the doors
opened. The smell of mildew wasn't something that disgusted her, it was a
constant fight in Madder against molds and mildews even in the cities. She
moved to the closest orb of light and reached down, using her gloved hand to
wipe it clean so that it would give better light.
Ashton Locke: He looked around as well as he could, but it was a bit dark,
though his candle was still burning! Though he noticed it was about burned
down, so he replaced it with another, liting the second with the flame from
the first before
Ashton Locke: extenguishing it. Cleaning off that globe seemed to work a bit
better as well! He eyed the shadows not too far away and squinted at them,
then made some more alterations! (Spell: Alter Vision, switching to Low-light
vision,
Ashton Locke: duration: 24 hours.)
Ashton Locke: "Do you need any help seeing in the dark? Long as we have my
candle it should be almost daylight-level if you need it."
Tesarik One: Noted.
Saychelle Huda: "Between the candle and these globes... I can see fairly
well." She moved to another globe and cleaned it, then another, letting them
light up the area a little bit better. She glanced around, one hand moving to
her hips as she attempted to find some writing somewhere in any language she
could recognize. (Spot)
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 20-sided die: 18
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 1 poynts damage ~*~
Saychelle Huda: +5 = 23
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 1 20-sided die: 3
Tesarik One: ~*~ Ashton Locke scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Ashton Locke: (+7 = 10)
Tesarik One: Upon the altar at the back of the room, Saychelle can make out
carvings upon the marble surface. It is an ancient form of Maddish, if you
can read Maddish you can make out enough to figure out what it says.
Tesarik One: A short flight of steps leads up 3 or 4 feet to a raised
platform bearing a massive slab of silver-white marble about waist high to a
human and large enough for a human, or even an ogre, to recline on
Tesarik One: with some room to spare. A layer of swamp slime and broken
masonry covers the altar and the dais.
Tesarik One: The base of the slab has the same serpent motif as the doorway
into this place. A large area of chipped stone on the slab's front suggests
that it once bore a sculpture in low relief, but it has
Tesarik One: been almost completely defaced, and the area bears some dark
scorch marks.
Tesarik One: Several humanoid skeletons and loose bones lie on the dais
around the slab, one skeleton still has a leather pouch tied to it's hip. The
pouch writhes and wiggles like it has something inside of it.
Tesarik One: Another skeleton has on a pair of dark leather boots but oddly
there isn't a speck of mud or dirt on the boots. The same skeleton clutches a
parchment scrap in his hand.
Ashton Locke: Oooo, humanoid skeletons! That meant he could possibly raise
one of them if they ran into trouble. Of course if the trouble they ran into
consisted of those same skeletons he'd have to destroy one first, but oh
well. He pulled a
Saychelle Huda: She noticed the carving of writing and headed across the
floor towards the steps that lead to the big altar slab. Moving about the
skeletons with as much ease as she coud, the moving pouch gained her
curiosity. Kneeling, she tugged the pouch off its hip and squeezed it a
little, then opened it a bit and peered into it.
Ashton Locke: handkerchief out of a pocket and wrapped it around his hand in
a makeshift bandage, mostly because he just now realized he'd be leaving
blood all over if he didn't, and then he moved over towards the skeletons
with Saychelle.
Tesarik One: Inside the old ratty bag looks to be a swarm of insects of
various kinds, but they do not fly out.
Ashton Locke: "Careful there." Oh good thing he had the candle! Mwaha! (brb)
Saychelle Huda: "I'd like to see what a shaman thinks of this bag. It seems
to be crawling with insects." She closed it up and made sure it was tied
tightly then hung it onto her belt. "It could be something of interest, or
magical, it looks to be something a shaman, druid or mystic might make." She
pointed to the boots. "Clean boots in the middle of the Foulspawn Sswamp
scream magic to me. We should take them."
Saychelle Huda: She noticed the parchment as well, then knelt beside the
altar so she could run her fingers across the carved words to try and make
out what it said. (Language: Maddish)
Ashton Locke: "Hm, yes. I'll go get the boots, you try and figure out what
that says. If you have trouble I might be able to decipher it." He moved over
to the boot-clad skeleton to start tugging those boots off. Maybe he wouldn't
need to give
Ashton Locke: her his maybe-cursed boots after all!
Tesarik One: As soon as Saychelle touched the altar with her fingers, there
was movement around them. Seemingly out of nowhere, three lizardfolk appear.
But, they aren't quite right, they can easily tell from the state of their
rotting bodies
Tesarik One: that they are some sort of lizardfolk zombie. The first one
went for Dorian, moving forward to try and not only shove the head of it's
halfspear into his gut but to carve into his shoulder with the bone dagger in
the other hand.
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 20-sided die: 8
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: +3 QCK = 11
Tesarik One: Hit
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 2 35-sided dice: 33 16
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 5 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 4-sided die: 1
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 3-sided die: 2
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: +7 = 15 dmg
Ashton Locke: He grimaced when he got plowed into, and avoided the stab to
the gut, but his shoulder got cut into! Or perhaps not. (12 tattoo, +3
pauldrons, +5 jacket = 20 def)
Ashton Locke: Thank goodness he'd enchanted his jacket and got those
pauldrons!
Tesarik One: 0 dmg
Tesarik One: Lizard Z1 0/?? [13] || Dorian 4/58 [11] || Lizard Z2 0/?? [13]
|| Saychelle 0/12 [14] || Lizard Z3 0/?? [13]
Tesarik One: Dorian-
Ashton Locke: He was about to lash out on that lizardman, when he noticed
the other two. Cursing under his breath, well..it was time for that spell! He
stepped back and closed his eyes, focusing on his clairvoyant abilities to
get a better idea
Ashton Locke: of what was about to happen in their little skirmish. (Spell:
Clairvoyance, Duration: 1 combat, Int replaces Quickness for this fight. Def
DC now 22.)
Tesarik One: Lizard Z1 0/?? [13] || Dorian 4/58 [22] || Lizard Z2 0/?? [13]
|| Saychelle 0/12 [14] || Lizard Z3 0/?? [13]
Tesarik One: Z2-
Ashton Locke: And now, well...he was seeing things a few seconds before they
actually happened! It was confusing at first, since he hadn't yet actually
used the spell in a fight. Hopefully he wouldn't mess things up.
Tesarik One: The second undead lizardman held a blowgun to his lips and shot
the dart towards Saychelle.
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 20-sided die: 13
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: +3 = 16 Hit
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 2 35-sided dice: 29 14
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 3 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 4-sided die: 4
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: +3 = 10 dmg
Saychelle Huda: +4 DEF
Tesarik One: 6 dmg
Tesarik One: Lizard Z1 0/?? [13] || Dorian 4/58 [22] || Lizard Z2 0/?? [13]
|| Saychelle 6/12 [14] || Lizard Z3 0/?? [13]
Tesarik One: Saychelle -
Ashton Locke: Well, he saw Saychelle get hit by a dart, and took a very
brief instant to figure out where it would come from, and ...wait. Which was
happening already and which had already happened? He moved to try and
intercept the dart, a bit
Ashton Locke: too late! Oh well.
Saychelle Huda: She felt the dart prick her, and tugged it out as anger
flashed upon her countenance for a moment. She rose from where she'd been
kneeling to read the writing, and jumped down the few stairs over towards the
closest lizard Z3, and
Saychelle Huda: tried to send the shortspear right through it's rotten
heart.
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 20-sided die: 4
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Saychelle Huda: 8
Tesarik One: Miss
Tesarik One: Lizard Z1 0/?? [13] || Dorian 4/58 [22] || Lizard Z2 0/?? [13]
|| Saychelle 6/12 [14] || Lizard Z3 0/?? [13]
Tesarik One: Z3-
Tesarik One: It was not very quick, but quick enough to evade that hit. It
reacted with a bone dagger to her shoulder.
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 20-sided die: 12
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: 15 - Hit
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 2 35-sided dice: 1 14
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 3-sided die: 2
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: +7 = 9 dmg
Saychelle Huda: (Sidestep - Evade)
Tesarik One: Lizard Z1 0/?? [13] || Dorian 4/58 [22] || Lizard Z2 0/?? [13]
|| Saychelle 6/12 [14] || Lizard Z3 0/?? [13]
Tesarik One: Z1-
Ashton Locke: Well now this was confusing as well! He was going to move in
to take that hit, but then she started moving, and he wasn't sure which time
stream it was in. He'd have to practice with this spell more often. Either
way, it seemed she
Ashton Locke: hadn't been hit.
Tesarik One: Dagger and halfspear ready, Z1 attempted to go after Dorian
again. He was just smart enough to know to keep working on taking down the
male, while his companions went for the female.
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 20-sided die: 15
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 1 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: 18 - Miss
Tesarik One: Dorian-
Ashton Locke: Well now, he definitely saw that lizard coming at him. He
started moving before the lizard attacked, narrowly avoiding the attack.
"Ha!" He needed to protect his friend though! So he spun and sent a quick
blast of dark energy at
Ashton Locke: Lizard Z2. Or rather at the spot it was about to be in!
Ashton Locke: (Invocation: Rot!)
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 1 20-sided die: 13
Tesarik One: ~*~ Ashton Locke scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Ashton Locke: (+12 = 25)
Tesarik One: Hit
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 2 70-sided dice: 39 54
Tesarik One: ~*~ Ashton Locke scored 13 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 2 8-sided dice: 3 1
Tesarik One: ~*~ Ashton Locke scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Ashton Locke: (17 + 12 int = 29)
Tesarik One: +5 DEF (+3 Armor, +2 Lizard skin) = 24
Tesarik One: It's flesh withered and rotted away - Dead.
Tesarik One: All that was left was rotted flesh within the leather armor,
two bone daggers and a blowgun clattered beside it.
Tesarik One: Lizard Z1 0/?? [13] || Dorian 4/58 [22] || Saychelle 6/12 [14]
|| Lizard Z3 0/?? [13]
Tesarik One: Saychelle-
Saychelle Huda: She went for #3, using her spear to get all stabby into the
undead creature's body, trying to at the very least slow it down. She didn't
have a lot of power behind it, but sometimes it was where you stabbed and not
the power!
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 20-sided die: 11
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Saychelle Huda: 15
Tesarik One: Hit
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 2 24-sided dice: 3 24
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 2 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Saychelle Huda: +4 = 10 dmg
Tesarik One: +5 DEF = 5 dmg
Tesarik One: Lizard Z1 0/17 [13] || Dorian 4/58 [22] || Saychelle 6/12 [14]
|| Lizard Z3 5/17 [13]
Tesarik One: Z3-
Tesarik One: The third undead lizardman turned his attention on Dorian after
trying to fight off the attack by the vishkanya lady. Shortbow was readied,
and an arrow sent towards Dorian. He was aiming right for
Tesarik One: the throat.
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 20-sided die: 10
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: 13
Tesarik One: Miss
Tesarik One: Z1-
Tesarik One: Dorian would find yet again the tenacious creature trying to
carve into him with dagger and stab him deeply with the halfspear.
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 20-sided die: 18
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 1 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: 21
Tesarik One: Miss
Tesarik One: Dorian-
Ashton Locke: He held up a hand as that arrow came in and caught it with an
effort of telekinesis, then held onto it for the time being, eyes closing
again. It was easier to do this if he just focused on the one time stream at
a time. He shifted
Ashton Locke: out of the way of the attack coming in from his new friend,
but sent his arrow flying straight at Lizard Z3's head, sending it back with
a hard telekinetic push.
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 1 20-sided die: 2
Tesarik One: ~*~ Ashton Locke scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Ashton Locke: (+12 int = 14)
Tesarik One: Hit
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 2 70-sided dice: 43 30
Tesarik One: ~*~ Ashton Locke scored 10 poynts damage ~*~
Ashton Locke: (Not rolling damage for the arrow unless you think I should
lol. It's just using environment so I figure no)
Ashton Locke: (+12 int = 22)
Tesarik One: +5 def = 17
Tesarik One: The arrow sunk through the lizardfolk's eye and the force of
the push itself sent him flying backwards, twisted and broken.
Tesarik One: Lizard Z1 0/17 [13] || Dorian 4/58 [22] || Saychelle 6/12 [14]
Tesarik One: Saychelle-
Saychelle Huda: "Impresssive." As Z3 was taken down, she rushed over towards
Z1 since it was the only one left. Hissing, her forked tongue sliding between
her lips, she used her spear to shove it into the neck of the lizardfolk,
even pulling it free and stabbing again if she had opportunity.
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 20-sided die: 14
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Saychelle Huda: 18
Tesarik One: Hit
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 2 24-sided dice: 11 20
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 2 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Saychelle Huda: +4 = 10 dmg
Tesarik One: +5 DEF = 5 dmg
Tesarik One: Lizard Z1 5/17 [13] || Dorian 4/58 [22] || Saychelle 6/12 [14]
Tesarik One: Z1 had quite a bit of hissing as well, though not the same as
the serpent's hiss. Instead of focusing on Dorian, he went for Saychelle
since she was so nicely nearby now. He rushed forward, trying to crack her
chest open with his
Tesarik One: bond dagger as the halfspear's head was aimed to sink into her
belly.
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 20-sided die: 20
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 2 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: Critical Hit
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 3-sided die: 2
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 4-sided die: 4
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 2 35-sided dice: 9 30
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 4 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: +7 = 21 dmg
Ashton Locke: He still had his eyes closed, and would have responded to that
praise if he weren't concentrating so hard. And as Lizard 1 went after
Saychelle he poofed, then reappeared right...well..where the weapons would be
just before hitting
Ashton Locke: Saychelle, taking a much more vicious wounding than he would
have otherwise. (Taking the hit and opting out of def since those weapons
done got inside him)
Tesarik One: Noted. 21dmg
Tesarik One: Lizard Z1 5/17 [13] || Dorian 25/58 [22] || Saychelle 6/12 [14]
Tesarik One: Dorian-
Tesarik One: The lizardfolk's dull eyes widened just a little as the man
appeared, but he was here to kill so it didn't matter to him. He drove the
weapons in deeply.
Ashton Locke: He let out a pretty horrible groan of pain as he tele-stabbed
himself on those weapons, and Saychelle could probably see that spear, at
least, poking out of his back. Well that just meant LIzard Z1 was close. He
reached out and
Ashton Locke: grabbed the creature's head, then linked their bodies together
and forced him back so he wouldn't be impaled anymore, whilst transferring
all the damage done onto his opponent. (Empathic Pain, of course! 25 damage
from Dorian to the
Ashton Locke: Lizard, if it'll even work.)
Tesarik One: Noted
Tesarik One: The last undead lizard began to ooze goo and blood from the
wounds as they appeared on his body, then dropped.
Tesarik One: Dorian 13/58 [22] || Saychelle 6/12 [14]
Tesarik One: --end combat--
Ashton Locke: And then Dorian dropped as well, though only to a knee,
breathing heavily. He hadn't had that sorta physical effort in a fight in
quite a long time. And he was bleeding, of course, but at least it wasn't
terribly bad. "Ugh. Are you
Ashton Locke: okay, Saychelle?"
Saychelle Huda: "Dorian!" She stumbled back as he appeared in front of her
just in time to take the vicious stabbing from the creature. She could see
the spear poking out of him, and frowned deeply. She grabbed the heal potions
out of her pouch, and moved to kneel in front of him, one hand reaching
Ashton Locke: "I'm fine, don't waste a potion on me." Said before she did
anything with that potion, probably the last bit of foresight he had before
the spell wore off!
Saychelle Huda: out to tuck under his chin and draw his eyes upwards. She
held the potion out, and bit off the wax top with her teeth. She'd offer it
to him, as she had no idea if he could take care of the wounds himself
really.
Saychelle Huda: Blink. She had to chuckle wryly and then downed the potion
for herself and tossed the empty crystal vial away. "Potions are not wasted
by use, I can make more when I have the funds."
Tesarik One: 10hp healing to Saychelle
Tesarik One: Dorian 13/58 [22] || Saychelle 0/12 [14]
Ashton Locke: "Yes, but I think you probably needed it more than me." He
smiled to her, then stood up with a groan, hand clapped to his belly where
that spear had gone right through him. A lot of the damage had been healed by
transferring it onto
Ashton Locke: that lizard, but he still hurt! He'd get better, though. "If I
change my mind, I do have my own potion as well."
Saychelle Huda: "I did not have a spear through my body." She was worried,
especially since he wasn't healing himself, but she would not fight and
attempt to force a potion. She moved back up the steps to the writing on the
altar. "This is an ancient version of the Maddish tongue. I can make out
fairly well what it says. Apparently it is a puzzle. See?" She moved aside
and pointed to the area above the writing where there were carvings... oddly
similar to the face on the door, but not quite together, like puzzle pieces
that needed to be slid together. She began to move the pieces until the face
appeared just as if on the door.
Tesarik One: Once the pieces are pushed together, two jeweled golden
chalices, two beautifully crafted silver salvers, and a large jeweled censer
appear on the altar.
Saychelle Huda: "There is more..." She was still reading, when she noticed
the religious pieces appear on the altar. "...but there is more." She was
confused and rose upwards, then reached out carefully and ran her fingers
along the jewels on one of the chalices.
Tesarik One: Her fingers went through it as if it were merely an illusion.
Ashton Locke: "Well..I'm a bit tougher than I look. It's mostly a matter of
sectioning off my mind to not pay much attention to the damage, and let my
body do what it needs to fix it up." He nodded. Of course he'd also try and
use some psionics
Ashton Locke: to patch himself up, but he couldn't actually heal..just close
the wounds so he wouldn't bleed all over. He looked over at the puzzle when
she pointed it out and then watched her go to it. "Hmm, now that is
interesting." He tried to
Ashton Locke: pass his fingers through the chalice as well!
Tesarik One: Saychelle, roll an Insight check to determine what the writing
wants you to do.
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 20-sided die: 3
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Saychelle Huda: 3 She has no idea!
Tesarik One: Dorian, you can roll an Insight as well.
Saychelle Huda: Well, that sucked. She read the odd poem she'd translated
from ancient Maddish out loud so Dorian could hear it as well, but she didn't
understand this part of it.
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 1 20-sided die: 6
Tesarik One: ~*~ Ashton Locke scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Ashton Locke: (+5 psion bonus, +2 perception = 13)
Ashton Locke: He furrowed his brow as he thought on it for a moment. "Hm.
How are you at balancing?"
Saychelle Huda: "I am a dancer. So, fairly good. Why?" She read over the
poem again with what he said in mind. "Hmm."
Ashton Locke: "Much better than I am, then. I think you'll have to balance
on your head. I certainly can't do that." He chuckled. "And once you do that,
I may be able to figure out what else to do."
Saychelle Huda: "Balance on my head?" She smirked and then moved in front of
the altar, turning so she'd face it since it didn't' really make sense if she
wasn't, and pushed herself upwards onto her head and attempted to balance.
Tesarik One: Acrobatics DC15
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 20-sided die: 5
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Saychelle Huda: +4 QCK, +5 Acrobatics = 14
Tesarik One: Not quite! But, Dorian is welcome to assist!
Saychelle Huda: She almost had it, when she had her hands down on the ground
but then she began to teeter over, especially since she' hadn't taken her
damn cloak off first and now it was opened up all around her, like a bat's
wings or something.
Ashton Locke: Well, he'd try to catch and keep her upright!
Tesarik One: That works! Now what?
Saychelle Huda: When he caught her, she shoved her cloak out of her face and
over her arms so she was free to move. "Now what?"
Ashton Locke: "Hmm." He held her steady, then peeked around her at the
altar."You've got to touch certain stones, I think. With your knees, your
hands, nose and chin or tongue. As for which ones, I'm afraid you've got a
much better view of it
Ashton Locke: than I do."
Tesarik One: The ancient Maddish was fairly clear about what parts of the
face in front of her needed to be touched.
Saychelle Huda: "Oo yee, this is sstrange." She had read what it said, and
now that he had figured out it meant you had to touch it, she proceeded -
with his help - to push her knees, hands, nose and then she poked out her
forked tongue onto the tongue of the face. She hoped she would not have to
stay like this for long!
Tesarik One: Dorian would see the items on the altar shimmer a moment, then
appear as they had before. Though, when touched this time they actually
existed on this plane.
Ashton Locke: He moved a hand off of her long enough to give a little
gesture towards one of the chalices, and when it toppled over at his touch of
telekinesis, well..it looked like they'd done it! "Well done. Now then, let's
get you back on your
Ashton Locke: feet?"
Saychelle Huda: She flipped backwards when he released her and landed with a
crouch on her feet. She took a moment to fix her cloak, though she didn't
pull the hood up over her dark hair quite yet. A little shake of her head,
all the blood had rushed to it. "Ahh sssee, now we can ssteal them." She
snickered and grabbed the items so they could split it up later. "Musst be
worth a little bit, all gold and ssilver and gemss." She glanced around, and
then back towards the door. "We have
Saychelle Huda: what we came for, and more... should we head closer to
civilization before we camp tonight, or camp here? I sstill have to dance for
you. Unless you wish for me to dance in your nice, warm room in front of your
hearth'sss fire."
Ashton Locke: "Nonsense, we're not stealing them. We're rescuing them. I
hardly think they were being put to any good use sittin ghere in this ruined
temple." He grinned a bit. He thought on her question for a moment. And then
noticed his candle
Tesarik One: Each chalice is worth 500gp, each salver worth 100gp, and the
censer is worth 1000gp.
Ashton Locke: had gone out! He dropped it anyway, so that was probably a
good thing. "Hm. I don't have enough candles to keep the bugs away if we stay
somewhere they can get to us. I can, however, take us just about anywhere
instantly."
Ashton Locke: "Though I must say, being out in the middle of nowhere almost
makes it more enticing than being safely ensconced in my room."
Saychelle Huda: "Can you take the pirogue as well? I did promise I would
return it." She grinned, and then shook her head a little. "Perhapss I can
use a little magic to keep them away long enough for me to sseduce you with
my firelight dancing."
Ashton Locke: "Er, hm. I probably could, at one hundred percent. I've used a
bit more energy than I'm used to, however. I've never used clairvoyance for
such a long stretch of time before."
Ashton Locke: He smiled then at the last bit. "That would work, however.
Keeping the bugs away, as long as it won't drain you too badly."
Saychelle Huda: "We will rest here then, and if we cannot take the pirogue
back then we sssimply will not take it." She headed towards the doors across
the way and back out into the light of outside. She'd need to gather enough
dry wood to start a fire, but at least they were on high ground if they went
out of the sinking temple.
Tesarik One: Log Off
Tesarik One: ^v^ 11/10/2013 2:23:55 AM ^v^
Tesarik One: ^v^ 11/9/2013 11:36:28 PM ^v^
Tesarik One: --start quest state--
Tesarik One: OH Quest: "Altar of Ethereal Wealth"
Tesarik One: Your leader is Pamela.
Tesarik One: If you have questions please IM me or one of the Moderators.
Tesarik One: Estimated time is 3 hours from when we begin.
Tesarik One: You can die on our adventures and there are consequences if you
die.
Tesarik One: Make sure your dossier is updated! If it's not on your dossier
you do not have it and this includes mundane gear.
Tesarik One: Remember when you first use something to tell me how you are
able to use it - after that you can merely state the numbers.
Tesarik One: Now state your info: Rank - Name - Class/Profession - Dice -
Hit Points - Defense DC - Healing Points if applicable. You will need to keep
up with your own self-healing points as they are used.
Tesarik One: ---end state---
Saychelle Huda: Saychelle Huda, Crystal Cadet, 2d24, 12HP, DC14, Devout
Class
Ashton Locke: Dorian Thales, Emerald Defender, 2d70, 58 hp, dc 11
Ashton Locke: Psion/Arcane
Tesarik One: Roll for init.
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 20-sided die: 3
Saychelle Huda: 7
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 1 20-sided die: 16
Ashton Locke: (17)
Tesarik One: Dorian 0/58 [11] || Saychelle 0/12 [14]
Tesarik One: There was something from the swamps of Madder that Saychelle
needed for her poisonmaking, so she asked Maria for a suggestion of someone
that could come along with her to provide a little protection and lo and
behold, one of the
Tesarik One: suggestions was Dorian Thales. Once she heard the name, she
decided he'd be the one to ask since she had recently met him. The swamps
were dangerous, she certainly needed someone she could trust and Dorian had
protected her when
Tesarik One: they'd gone to check out that vault not long ago. So, the issue
was presented to Dorian with a promise that if he came with her, she'd dance
by firelight for him. Surely he could not resist that? So to Madder they've
gone via
Tesarik One: teleport, borrowed a pirogue, and are now floating about in
early afternoon in the deep and thick swamp. (Begin RP)
Ashton Locke: Well hell, he wouldn't need such promises to accompany her to
the swamp, he hadn't been there in a while! And even if he couldn't really
remember how things used to be in any detail, it'd still be fun to see if he
noticed anything
Ashton Locke: that had changed. That said, the promise was of course
enticing! So he got his things ready, stuck on his bowler hat, and then it
was off to the swamp! Hopefully they wouldn't get eaten alive by any bugs, or
crocodiles or...well,
Ashton Locke: anything really.
Saychelle Huda: She was as prepared as a newbie adventurer could be. She'd
borrowed some armor, and a weapon, and hoped that would be enough for the
foray into the Foulspawn. "What I need is something called violet fungus. It
is dangerous though, it can attack on its own." She peered over at Dorian
with her snakey eyes with her head buried deep under the thick hood of her
cloak.
Saychelle Huda: She was from Madder, but had not spent much time out in the
swamps. She'd lived the sheltered (and in her opinion far too imprisoned)
life of a courtesan within the court of the Serpent-King so this was going to
be interesting. But, she was very knowledgeable, from all the reading she'd
done.
Tesarik One: Depending on how long it had been since Dorian had been to the
Foulspawn, he might notice a difference because the whole swamp grows about a
100 feet or so a year, no one has figured out why it's expanding. So, some
villages might
Tesarik One: be in different places due to the rising waters. Despite it
being winter, it was still humid and warm in the swamps of Madder. Not nearly
as unbearably hot as in the summer but warm enough. Frogs and all sorts of
animals and bugs
Tesarik One: filled the area with music, and the eyes of many gators watched
them just above the dark water as they pushed their way through the water.
Ashton Locke: "Hm." He nodded, adding 'violet fungus' to his list of things
he didn't want to be eaten by, eyes shifting about to take in the sights of
the swamp. He might notice that the swamp was quite a bit larger, since it
would've had time
Ashton Locke: to grow almost 4 miles since the last time he spent any length
of time there! If he did, he hadn't mentioned it. Ah, all the bugs. Good
thing he brought a little candle holder to carry around! He lit up one of the
Insectbane Candles
Ashton Locke: he'd been carrying for as far back as he cared to remember.
(Non-monstrous vermin won't approach within 5 feet of the candle, lasts 1
hour!)
Tesarik One: Noted.
Saychelle Huda: "The fungus hides amidst another fungus called the Shrieker.
It's not dangerous, except that it tends to draw the attention of other
creatures when it begins to shriek. But, if we can find a shrieker we can
certainly find the violet fungus." She tilted her head, listening to the
sounds around them, then watched as he lit a candle. She recognized the
smell, the castle and temple had such
Saychelle Huda: candles to keep away the bugs from the royals. "Insectbane,
good idea." She focused on the pole, so that she could push the flat bottomed
boat forward, making sure she could remember the way they'd come so they
could get back.
Tesarik One: (Listen Check)
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 20-sided die: 13
Saychelle Huda: +5 Alert = 18
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 1 20-sided die: 1
Ashton Locke: (+5 psion bonus, +2 perception = 8)
Ashton Locke: He was too in the midst of taking in that compliment to hear
anything else! "Thank you, though I've only got five of them. Best we don't
stay long enough to use them all up."
Tesarik One: Saychelle hears something in the distance, that might or might
not be the sound of someone or something screaming.
Saychelle Huda: "Hm. Did you hear that?" She glanced in the direction of the
sound they'd heard, and since they didn't really have any directionals or
maps, she began pushing the pirogue in that direction. "We might as well ssee
what that is, yess?" She glanced around slowly, blinking her reptilian eyes
slowly as she focused on trying to see as deep into the shadows as she could.
Saychelle Huda: (spot)
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 20-sided die: 7
Saychelle Huda: +5 = 12
Tesarik One: She didn't see anything promising.
Ashton Locke: He lifted a brow, then shook his head. "I didn't hear
anything." He did start looking however, perhaps his eyes would serve him
better.
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 1 20-sided die: 16
Ashton Locke: (+7 = 23)
Tesarik One: Ashton, on the other hand, was able to make out some sort of
sinking building in the maze of vines and trees, which happened to be in the
direction she'd turned the boat, on shore.
Tesarik One: Dorian*
Ashton Locke: Poor Ashton saw nothing! Well. He probably saw something,
wherever it was he'd vanished off to. Dorian did see the sinking building,
however, and he moved to point towards it, maybe she'd be able to see. "That
looks like a building
Ashton Locke: over there. Do you think these things would grow near
something like that?"
Saychelle Huda: "It sounded like a scream though I suppose it could be
anything." She hadn't noticed anything on the shoreline, so she kept pushing
the boat through the swampy water trying to stay in the direction of what
she'd heard. But, she turned and noticed the ruins when it was pointed out to
her. "They do grow in old ruins." She pushed towards the shore, hitting a
Saychelle Huda: tree root and reaching out to grab it so she could bring it
against the shore so they could be get out. She wrapped the rope to the tree
so their boat would not float away, then climbed out herself.
Ashton Locke: "Well it seems that might be a safe bet, then." He nodded,
then climbed out of the boat after it was all situated. He was glad she knew
how to do all that, he'd probably have just levitated it out of the water
entirely so it
Ashton Locke: wouldn't go drifting. He eyed the ruins a bit more now that
they were closer. "I wonder if anyone lived here." Just an idle thought
really. He didn't particularly want ghosts running about causing trouble
though, either!
Tesarik One: The shadowed depths half conceal the likeness of a leering
face with demonic features and an obscenely long tongue carved upon the
sinking temple. The image covers a pair of great bronze doors. The
Tesarik One: metal's surface has become pitted and green with age, making
the face seem diseased and ghastly. The seam between the two doors runs down
the middle of the bas relief face like some horrible scar.
Tesarik One: The frame around the massive doorway has been carved to
resemble a writhing mass of biting vipers. Humanoid limbs and torsos are
visible here and there in the mass of serpent bodies, as though
Tesarik One: struggling, futilely, to win free of the snakes' rapacious
coils. The area has a parched and sour odor, like a kettle left to boil dry.
Countless tiny bones and bone fragments crackle underfoot like dry
Tesarik One: autumn leaves. (Spot Check)
Ashton Locke: Oh well..demonic features and a really long tongue, that
didn't seem like much of a place to live. As they got closer he wrinkled his
nose a bit. The artwork, as such, did not seem very pleasant to him. He kept
hold of his candle as
Ashton Locke: well, of course, since it smelled pleasant. Probably didn't
even really notice the sour odor!
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 1 20-sided die: 12
Ashton Locke: (19)
Saychelle Huda: As they headed for the ruins that were sinking into the
swamp as most ruins in the Foulspawn were, she paused once she could see the
carvings. She wondered if this were some ancient temple dedicated to Nit Gia
Zudok, and just in case she lowered her head in a bow briefly and offered
prayer to him. Then she lifted her head and
Saychelle Huda: got a little closer, peering around the area for possibly
some violet fungus.
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 20-sided die: 4
Saychelle Huda: +5 = 9
Saychelle Huda: "Looks more like a temple than a place to live."
Tesarik One: Dorian sees it before Saychelle gets too close. Purple fungus,
with a few violet fungi amidst the purple fungus. The violet fungi have
purple spots on them. But, before he can really do much of anything, the
Tesarik One: purple fungi emit a loud and jarring shriek. Not enough to
deafen him, but they will have to talk louder than normal to hear each
other.... and it's not stopping anytime soon it seems. Just as Saychelle
said, it tended to draw the
Tesarik One: attention of creatures who had learned that shriekers meant
food.
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 3-sided die: 3
Tesarik One: 3 rounds of Shrieking
Ashton Locke: He winced a bit at that shrieking, just as he was about to
grab Saychelle's shoulder before she got too close. But well..he figured
she'd know it was there at this point!
Saychelle Huda: Yep she knew it was there, everything around them knew it
was there. She clapped her ears momentarily, hissing as her tongue slid
between her lips, then lowered her hands and moved in a little closer to see
if there was any violet fungus amidst these horrible shriekers.
Tesarik One: There were two, the violet fungi with the purple spots were
most definitely violet fungi. As she stepped close, one of the fungi let free
it's four tentacles, reaching forward towards Saychelle to wrap around where
it could reach
Tesarik One: and attempt to poison her.
Ashton Locke: "Go ahead and look for what you need, I'll take care of
anything dangerous that might show up." Was best if she found what she needed
without interruption, and he'd probably only bugger it up anyway. Oh wait,
yes. He forgot she said
Ashton Locke: the damn fungus could attack!
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 20-sided die: 18
Tesarik One: Hit
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 2 30-sided dice: 11 3
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Tesarik One: +7 STR = 12 dmg
Tesarik One: (And Poison)
Saychelle Huda: (Studded Leather Armor +4 DEF & Poison/Venom Immunity)
Tesarik One: 8 dmg
Tesarik One: Violet F1 0/?? [10] || Dorian 0/58 [11] || Saychelle 8/12 [14]
|| Violet F2 0/?? [10]
Ashton Locke: "Damnit. What should I not use against these things?" He
didn't want to destroy them and make them useless to her, after all.
Assumedly she didn't need them moist, though, because once she picked them
they wouldn't be good for very
Ashton Locke: long! So to be on the safe side, he targetted the fungus that
hadn't yet attacked her, figuring she could deal with the first one, and he
went deep into the roots with his psionic ability, sucking out all the water
to dessicate it!
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 1 20-sided die: 3
Tesarik One: ~*~ Ashton Locke scored 4 poynts damage ~*~
Ashton Locke: (+12 int = 15)
Saychelle Huda: "I don't need the tentacles!" She stumbled back, jerking
away from the fungus, not feeling it's poison thankfully.
Tesarik One: Hit
Ashton Locke: desiccate*
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 2 70-sided dice: 16 2
Tesarik One: ~*~ Ashton Locke scored 1 poynts damage ~*~
Saychelle Huda: No, she didn't need it all moist either, he'd do her a favor
and dry it like she needed it!
Ashton Locke: (....+12 int = 13)
Ashton Locke: (On F2!)
Ashton Locke: (In case it wasn't clear enough.)
Tesarik One: Violet F1 0/?? [10] || Dorian 0/58 [11] || Saychelle 8/12 [14]
|| Violet F2 13/15 [10]
Tesarik One: Saychelle-
Ashton Locke: "Well poke at it with that spear or something, then get behind
me."
Ashton Locke: "Or get behind me and poke over my shoulder, that might work."
That looked like a nasty attack she'd taken!
Saychelle Huda: She reached down feeling the potions she'd taken from the OH
Vault, but perhaps if she did her part she could take the healing later. She
tugged the shortspear off her back and moved behind Dorian, she was over six
feet tall after all, and then she aimed for the fungus that attacked her
(F1).
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 20-sided die: 18
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 1 poynts damage ~*~
Saychelle Huda: 22
Tesarik One: Hit
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 2 24-sided dice: 2 3
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 6-sided die: 2
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Saychelle Huda: +4 (Dex Fighter) = 6
Tesarik One: Violet F1 6/?? [10] || Dorian 0/58 [11] || Saychelle 8/12 [14]
|| Violet F2 13/15 [10]
Tesarik One: F2-
Tesarik One: Four violet tentacles shot out from beneath the fungus,
slapping at his face and twisting around his neck, trying to get to skin so
he'd get the poison.
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 20-sided die: 4
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: Miss
Tesarik One: F1-
Tesarik One: It flung out it's tentacles as well, but it wasn't the smartest
fungus in the swamp so going for Saychelle meant it actually hit Dorian.
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 20-sided die: 9
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: Miss
Tesarik One: Dorian-
Ashton Locke: He didn't have any agility with which to get away from that,
really, so he just blocked it telekinetically! Which of course wasn't
something he could do very often, or else he'd just do it all the damn time.
And it almost kept him
Ashton Locke: from avoiding the second one, but it was off target anyway. He
muttered, then sent a rather violent surge of telekinesis at the first
fungus, focusing it to slice right through those tentacles and lop them off!
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 1 20-sided die: 17
Tesarik One: ~*~ Ashton Locke scored 1 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: Hit
Ashton Locke: (+12 int = 29
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 2 70-sided dice: 69 29
Tesarik One: ~*~ Ashton Locke scored 14 poynts damage ~*~
Ashton Locke: (26)
Tesarik One: He lopped off every tentacle, they fell to the mossy wet
ground, twitching.
Tesarik One: Dorian 0/58 [11] || Saychelle 8/12 [14] || Violet F2 13/15 [10]
Tesarik One: Saychelle-
Saychelle Huda: She was impressed by Dorian's psionics, but had no time to
think about it because that other one was still alive. She sent her spear tip
towards the remaining violet fungus, trying to destroy it enough that it
would stop attacking.
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 20-sided die: 16
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 1 poynts damage ~*~
Saychelle Huda: 20
Tesarik One: Hit
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 2 24-sided dice: 18 13
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 1 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 6-sided die: 5
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Saychelle Huda: +4 = 10
Tesarik One: It's tentacles twitched as well, then slumped as it became
unmoving.
Tesarik One: Dorian 0/58 [11] || Saychelle 8/12 [14]
Tesarik One: --end combat--
Ashton Locke: It was all dried up first so it probably got sliced up
easily! He nodded, then looked to her. "Where are you hurt? I can take care
of it." No sense in her wasting a potion just yet!
Saychelle Huda: She showed him her wrists and neck where the thing had
strangled her so badly it left black and purple bruises.
Ashton Locke: "May I borrow your spear for a moment?"
Saychelle Huda: She nodded, and handed it to him.
Ashton Locke: He took it, then sliced open the palm of his hand on the
blade, handing it back, then dabbing out that blood and applying it to her
wounds! (Skill: Life's Blood, 4 points done to Dorian to heal 8 on Saychelle)
Tesarik One: The Shriekers FINALLY stop shrieking.
Tesarik One: Noted.
Tesarik One: Dorian 4/58 [11] || Saychelle 0/12 [14]
Saychelle Huda: "You blood healss?" She hissed softly as she watched what he
was doing, quite enthralled by the means he was using to heal her. Once she
felt the pain leave her body, she reached up and trailed a finger through his
blood and then gave it a sniff. "Thank you, cher." She winked, and then moved
forward so she could wrench the violet fungi off the building and put them
into her pack.
Saychelle Huda: "Do you think we should sssee what is inside?"
Saychelle Huda: Your*
Ashton Locke: "Yes, though I'm afraid that'll only work on you once today.
Best avoid getting too hurt for the rest of our time here, hm? You're
certainly welcome to let them attack me, I've got a few more tricks up my
sleeves." He grinned,
Ashton Locke: winked, then looked to the temple. "I suppose we can, but if
it gets too dangerous I'd prefer we make a hasty escape. I won't have my new
friend dying, and I'd rather not get gobbled up, myself."
Saychelle Huda: "That iss a deal." She closed her pack and got her spear
back in hand, then began to tug at the door to the temple. She was very
curious, especially if this was something to do with her own religion. "I
have never seen the carvings on this door on any drawings or paintings of
other Zudok temples, perhaps this is something far darker. There are much
more evil and darker offshoots of our religion in Madder."
Ashton Locke: "And I do hope you are good at letting them attack me. I don't
move quickly enough to take many hits for you, I'm afraid." Though if need be
he'd just teleport in the way! Or perhaps use one of those spells he'd worked
out a while
Tesarik One: The doors are thick and solid, but expertly crafted. When
pushed, all it takes is enough force to rip the vines and things away for
them to swing open into the darkness within.
Ashton Locke: ago but had yet to use! He looked to the doors and nodded a
bit when she spoke. "Well, let's hope they didn't leave any nasty curses,
then." He chuckled, then gave a push to the door. Ugh. He stepped back, then
gave a better push
Ashton Locke: with the aid of some telekinesis. (Spell: Telekinesis!)
Tesarik One: A draft of humid air that bears the scent of fungus and mildew
escapes as the doors open. Beyond is a dreary chamber with a vaulted ceiling.
Cracked pillars stand in a double row like tired soldiers.
Tesarik One: Chunks of fallen masonry lie scattered all about. Here and
there, a translucent globe, covered with centuries of grime and vegetation,
gives off a feeble light. About a bowshot away, a cloak of
Tesarik One: shadows conceals a low mass of stone.
Saychelle Huda: She nodded, and then stepped inside behind him as the doors
opened. The smell of mildew wasn't something that disgusted her, it was a
constant fight in Madder against molds and mildews even in the cities. She
moved to the closest orb of light and reached down, using her gloved hand to
wipe it clean so that it would give better light.
Ashton Locke: He looked around as well as he could, but it was a bit dark,
though his candle was still burning! Though he noticed it was about burned
down, so he replaced it with another, liting the second with the flame from
the first before
Ashton Locke: extenguishing it. Cleaning off that globe seemed to work a bit
better as well! He eyed the shadows not too far away and squinted at them,
then made some more alterations! (Spell: Alter Vision, switching to Low-light
vision,
Ashton Locke: duration: 24 hours.)
Ashton Locke: "Do you need any help seeing in the dark? Long as we have my
candle it should be almost daylight-level if you need it."
Tesarik One: Noted.
Saychelle Huda: "Between the candle and these globes... I can see fairly
well." She moved to another globe and cleaned it, then another, letting them
light up the area a little bit better. She glanced around, one hand moving to
her hips as she attempted to find some writing somewhere in any language she
could recognize. (Spot)
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 20-sided die: 18
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 1 poynts damage ~*~
Saychelle Huda: +5 = 23
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 1 20-sided die: 3
Tesarik One: ~*~ Ashton Locke scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Ashton Locke: (+7 = 10)
Tesarik One: Upon the altar at the back of the room, Saychelle can make out
carvings upon the marble surface. It is an ancient form of Maddish, if you
can read Maddish you can make out enough to figure out what it says.
Tesarik One: A short flight of steps leads up 3 or 4 feet to a raised
platform bearing a massive slab of silver-white marble about waist high to a
human and large enough for a human, or even an ogre, to recline on
Tesarik One: with some room to spare. A layer of swamp slime and broken
masonry covers the altar and the dais.
Tesarik One: The base of the slab has the same serpent motif as the doorway
into this place. A large area of chipped stone on the slab's front suggests
that it once bore a sculpture in low relief, but it has
Tesarik One: been almost completely defaced, and the area bears some dark
scorch marks.
Tesarik One: Several humanoid skeletons and loose bones lie on the dais
around the slab, one skeleton still has a leather pouch tied to it's hip. The
pouch writhes and wiggles like it has something inside of it.
Tesarik One: Another skeleton has on a pair of dark leather boots but oddly
there isn't a speck of mud or dirt on the boots. The same skeleton clutches a
parchment scrap in his hand.
Ashton Locke: Oooo, humanoid skeletons! That meant he could possibly raise
one of them if they ran into trouble. Of course if the trouble they ran into
consisted of those same skeletons he'd have to destroy one first, but oh
well. He pulled a
Saychelle Huda: She noticed the carving of writing and headed across the
floor towards the steps that lead to the big altar slab. Moving about the
skeletons with as much ease as she coud, the moving pouch gained her
curiosity. Kneeling, she tugged the pouch off its hip and squeezed it a
little, then opened it a bit and peered into it.
Ashton Locke: handkerchief out of a pocket and wrapped it around his hand in
a makeshift bandage, mostly because he just now realized he'd be leaving
blood all over if he didn't, and then he moved over towards the skeletons
with Saychelle.
Tesarik One: Inside the old ratty bag looks to be a swarm of insects of
various kinds, but they do not fly out.
Ashton Locke: "Careful there." Oh good thing he had the candle! Mwaha! (brb)
Saychelle Huda: "I'd like to see what a shaman thinks of this bag. It seems
to be crawling with insects." She closed it up and made sure it was tied
tightly then hung it onto her belt. "It could be something of interest, or
magical, it looks to be something a shaman, druid or mystic might make." She
pointed to the boots. "Clean boots in the middle of the Foulspawn Sswamp
scream magic to me. We should take them."
Saychelle Huda: She noticed the parchment as well, then knelt beside the
altar so she could run her fingers across the carved words to try and make
out what it said. (Language: Maddish)
Ashton Locke: "Hm, yes. I'll go get the boots, you try and figure out what
that says. If you have trouble I might be able to decipher it." He moved over
to the boot-clad skeleton to start tugging those boots off. Maybe he wouldn't
need to give
Ashton Locke: her his maybe-cursed boots after all!
Tesarik One: As soon as Saychelle touched the altar with her fingers, there
was movement around them. Seemingly out of nowhere, three lizardfolk appear.
But, they aren't quite right, they can easily tell from the state of their
rotting bodies
Tesarik One: that they are some sort of lizardfolk zombie. The first one
went for Dorian, moving forward to try and not only shove the head of it's
halfspear into his gut but to carve into his shoulder with the bone dagger in
the other hand.
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 20-sided die: 8
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: +3 QCK = 11
Tesarik One: Hit
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 2 35-sided dice: 33 16
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 5 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 4-sided die: 1
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 3-sided die: 2
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: +7 = 15 dmg
Ashton Locke: He grimaced when he got plowed into, and avoided the stab to
the gut, but his shoulder got cut into! Or perhaps not. (12 tattoo, +3
pauldrons, +5 jacket = 20 def)
Ashton Locke: Thank goodness he'd enchanted his jacket and got those
pauldrons!
Tesarik One: 0 dmg
Tesarik One: Lizard Z1 0/?? [13] || Dorian 4/58 [11] || Lizard Z2 0/?? [13]
|| Saychelle 0/12 [14] || Lizard Z3 0/?? [13]
Tesarik One: Dorian-
Ashton Locke: He was about to lash out on that lizardman, when he noticed
the other two. Cursing under his breath, well..it was time for that spell! He
stepped back and closed his eyes, focusing on his clairvoyant abilities to
get a better idea
Ashton Locke: of what was about to happen in their little skirmish. (Spell:
Clairvoyance, Duration: 1 combat, Int replaces Quickness for this fight. Def
DC now 22.)
Tesarik One: Lizard Z1 0/?? [13] || Dorian 4/58 [22] || Lizard Z2 0/?? [13]
|| Saychelle 0/12 [14] || Lizard Z3 0/?? [13]
Tesarik One: Z2-
Ashton Locke: And now, well...he was seeing things a few seconds before they
actually happened! It was confusing at first, since he hadn't yet actually
used the spell in a fight. Hopefully he wouldn't mess things up.
Tesarik One: The second undead lizardman held a blowgun to his lips and shot
the dart towards Saychelle.
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 20-sided die: 13
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: +3 = 16 Hit
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 2 35-sided dice: 29 14
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 3 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 4-sided die: 4
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: +3 = 10 dmg
Saychelle Huda: +4 DEF
Tesarik One: 6 dmg
Tesarik One: Lizard Z1 0/?? [13] || Dorian 4/58 [22] || Lizard Z2 0/?? [13]
|| Saychelle 6/12 [14] || Lizard Z3 0/?? [13]
Tesarik One: Saychelle -
Ashton Locke: Well, he saw Saychelle get hit by a dart, and took a very
brief instant to figure out where it would come from, and ...wait. Which was
happening already and which had already happened? He moved to try and
intercept the dart, a bit
Ashton Locke: too late! Oh well.
Saychelle Huda: She felt the dart prick her, and tugged it out as anger
flashed upon her countenance for a moment. She rose from where she'd been
kneeling to read the writing, and jumped down the few stairs over towards the
closest lizard Z3, and
Saychelle Huda: tried to send the shortspear right through it's rotten
heart.
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 20-sided die: 4
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Saychelle Huda: 8
Tesarik One: Miss
Tesarik One: Lizard Z1 0/?? [13] || Dorian 4/58 [22] || Lizard Z2 0/?? [13]
|| Saychelle 6/12 [14] || Lizard Z3 0/?? [13]
Tesarik One: Z3-
Tesarik One: It was not very quick, but quick enough to evade that hit. It
reacted with a bone dagger to her shoulder.
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 20-sided die: 12
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: 15 - Hit
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 2 35-sided dice: 1 14
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 3-sided die: 2
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: +7 = 9 dmg
Saychelle Huda: (Sidestep - Evade)
Tesarik One: Lizard Z1 0/?? [13] || Dorian 4/58 [22] || Lizard Z2 0/?? [13]
|| Saychelle 6/12 [14] || Lizard Z3 0/?? [13]
Tesarik One: Z1-
Ashton Locke: Well now this was confusing as well! He was going to move in
to take that hit, but then she started moving, and he wasn't sure which time
stream it was in. He'd have to practice with this spell more often. Either
way, it seemed she
Ashton Locke: hadn't been hit.
Tesarik One: Dagger and halfspear ready, Z1 attempted to go after Dorian
again. He was just smart enough to know to keep working on taking down the
male, while his companions went for the female.
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 20-sided die: 15
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 1 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: 18 - Miss
Tesarik One: Dorian-
Ashton Locke: Well now, he definitely saw that lizard coming at him. He
started moving before the lizard attacked, narrowly avoiding the attack.
"Ha!" He needed to protect his friend though! So he spun and sent a quick
blast of dark energy at
Ashton Locke: Lizard Z2. Or rather at the spot it was about to be in!
Ashton Locke: (Invocation: Rot!)
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 1 20-sided die: 13
Tesarik One: ~*~ Ashton Locke scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Ashton Locke: (+12 = 25)
Tesarik One: Hit
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 2 70-sided dice: 39 54
Tesarik One: ~*~ Ashton Locke scored 13 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 2 8-sided dice: 3 1
Tesarik One: ~*~ Ashton Locke scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Ashton Locke: (17 + 12 int = 29)
Tesarik One: +5 DEF (+3 Armor, +2 Lizard skin) = 24
Tesarik One: It's flesh withered and rotted away - Dead.
Tesarik One: All that was left was rotted flesh within the leather armor,
two bone daggers and a blowgun clattered beside it.
Tesarik One: Lizard Z1 0/?? [13] || Dorian 4/58 [22] || Saychelle 6/12 [14]
|| Lizard Z3 0/?? [13]
Tesarik One: Saychelle-
Saychelle Huda: She went for #3, using her spear to get all stabby into the
undead creature's body, trying to at the very least slow it down. She didn't
have a lot of power behind it, but sometimes it was where you stabbed and not
the power!
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 20-sided die: 11
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Saychelle Huda: 15
Tesarik One: Hit
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 2 24-sided dice: 3 24
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 2 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Saychelle Huda: +4 = 10 dmg
Tesarik One: +5 DEF = 5 dmg
Tesarik One: Lizard Z1 0/17 [13] || Dorian 4/58 [22] || Saychelle 6/12 [14]
|| Lizard Z3 5/17 [13]
Tesarik One: Z3-
Tesarik One: The third undead lizardman turned his attention on Dorian after
trying to fight off the attack by the vishkanya lady. Shortbow was readied,
and an arrow sent towards Dorian. He was aiming right for
Tesarik One: the throat.
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 20-sided die: 10
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: 13
Tesarik One: Miss
Tesarik One: Z1-
Tesarik One: Dorian would find yet again the tenacious creature trying to
carve into him with dagger and stab him deeply with the halfspear.
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 20-sided die: 18
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 1 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: 21
Tesarik One: Miss
Tesarik One: Dorian-
Ashton Locke: He held up a hand as that arrow came in and caught it with an
effort of telekinesis, then held onto it for the time being, eyes closing
again. It was easier to do this if he just focused on the one time stream at
a time. He shifted
Ashton Locke: out of the way of the attack coming in from his new friend,
but sent his arrow flying straight at Lizard Z3's head, sending it back with
a hard telekinetic push.
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 1 20-sided die: 2
Tesarik One: ~*~ Ashton Locke scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Ashton Locke: (+12 int = 14)
Tesarik One: Hit
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 2 70-sided dice: 43 30
Tesarik One: ~*~ Ashton Locke scored 10 poynts damage ~*~
Ashton Locke: (Not rolling damage for the arrow unless you think I should
lol. It's just using environment so I figure no)
Ashton Locke: (+12 int = 22)
Tesarik One: +5 def = 17
Tesarik One: The arrow sunk through the lizardfolk's eye and the force of
the push itself sent him flying backwards, twisted and broken.
Tesarik One: Lizard Z1 0/17 [13] || Dorian 4/58 [22] || Saychelle 6/12 [14]
Tesarik One: Saychelle-
Saychelle Huda: "Impresssive." As Z3 was taken down, she rushed over towards
Z1 since it was the only one left. Hissing, her forked tongue sliding between
her lips, she used her spear to shove it into the neck of the lizardfolk,
even pulling it free and stabbing again if she had opportunity.
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 20-sided die: 14
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Saychelle Huda: 18
Tesarik One: Hit
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 2 24-sided dice: 11 20
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 2 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 6-sided die: 4
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Saychelle Huda: +4 = 10 dmg
Tesarik One: +5 DEF = 5 dmg
Tesarik One: Lizard Z1 5/17 [13] || Dorian 4/58 [22] || Saychelle 6/12 [14]
Tesarik One: Z1 had quite a bit of hissing as well, though not the same as
the serpent's hiss. Instead of focusing on Dorian, he went for Saychelle
since she was so nicely nearby now. He rushed forward, trying to crack her
chest open with his
Tesarik One: bond dagger as the halfspear's head was aimed to sink into her
belly.
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 20-sided die: 20
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 2 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: Critical Hit
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 3-sided die: 2
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 1 4-sided die: 4
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
OnlineHost: Tesarik One rolled 2 35-sided dice: 9 30
Tesarik One: ~*~ Tesarik One scored 4 poynts damage ~*~
Tesarik One: +7 = 21 dmg
Ashton Locke: He still had his eyes closed, and would have responded to that
praise if he weren't concentrating so hard. And as Lizard 1 went after
Saychelle he poofed, then reappeared right...well..where the weapons would be
just before hitting
Ashton Locke: Saychelle, taking a much more vicious wounding than he would
have otherwise. (Taking the hit and opting out of def since those weapons
done got inside him)
Tesarik One: Noted. 21dmg
Tesarik One: Lizard Z1 5/17 [13] || Dorian 25/58 [22] || Saychelle 6/12 [14]
Tesarik One: Dorian-
Tesarik One: The lizardfolk's dull eyes widened just a little as the man
appeared, but he was here to kill so it didn't matter to him. He drove the
weapons in deeply.
Ashton Locke: He let out a pretty horrible groan of pain as he tele-stabbed
himself on those weapons, and Saychelle could probably see that spear, at
least, poking out of his back. Well that just meant LIzard Z1 was close. He
reached out and
Ashton Locke: grabbed the creature's head, then linked their bodies together
and forced him back so he wouldn't be impaled anymore, whilst transferring
all the damage done onto his opponent. (Empathic Pain, of course! 25 damage
from Dorian to the
Ashton Locke: Lizard, if it'll even work.)
Tesarik One: Noted
Tesarik One: The last undead lizard began to ooze goo and blood from the
wounds as they appeared on his body, then dropped.
Tesarik One: Dorian 13/58 [22] || Saychelle 6/12 [14]
Tesarik One: --end combat--
Ashton Locke: And then Dorian dropped as well, though only to a knee,
breathing heavily. He hadn't had that sorta physical effort in a fight in
quite a long time. And he was bleeding, of course, but at least it wasn't
terribly bad. "Ugh. Are you
Ashton Locke: okay, Saychelle?"
Saychelle Huda: "Dorian!" She stumbled back as he appeared in front of her
just in time to take the vicious stabbing from the creature. She could see
the spear poking out of him, and frowned deeply. She grabbed the heal potions
out of her pouch, and moved to kneel in front of him, one hand reaching
Ashton Locke: "I'm fine, don't waste a potion on me." Said before she did
anything with that potion, probably the last bit of foresight he had before
the spell wore off!
Saychelle Huda: out to tuck under his chin and draw his eyes upwards. She
held the potion out, and bit off the wax top with her teeth. She'd offer it
to him, as she had no idea if he could take care of the wounds himself
really.
Saychelle Huda: Blink. She had to chuckle wryly and then downed the potion
for herself and tossed the empty crystal vial away. "Potions are not wasted
by use, I can make more when I have the funds."
Tesarik One: 10hp healing to Saychelle
Tesarik One: Dorian 13/58 [22] || Saychelle 0/12 [14]
Ashton Locke: "Yes, but I think you probably needed it more than me." He
smiled to her, then stood up with a groan, hand clapped to his belly where
that spear had gone right through him. A lot of the damage had been healed by
transferring it onto
Ashton Locke: that lizard, but he still hurt! He'd get better, though. "If I
change my mind, I do have my own potion as well."
Saychelle Huda: "I did not have a spear through my body." She was worried,
especially since he wasn't healing himself, but she would not fight and
attempt to force a potion. She moved back up the steps to the writing on the
altar. "This is an ancient version of the Maddish tongue. I can make out
fairly well what it says. Apparently it is a puzzle. See?" She moved aside
and pointed to the area above the writing where there were carvings... oddly
similar to the face on the door, but not quite together, like puzzle pieces
that needed to be slid together. She began to move the pieces until the face
appeared just as if on the door.
Tesarik One: Once the pieces are pushed together, two jeweled golden
chalices, two beautifully crafted silver salvers, and a large jeweled censer
appear on the altar.
Saychelle Huda: "There is more..." She was still reading, when she noticed
the religious pieces appear on the altar. "...but there is more." She was
confused and rose upwards, then reached out carefully and ran her fingers
along the jewels on one of the chalices.
Tesarik One: Her fingers went through it as if it were merely an illusion.
Ashton Locke: "Well..I'm a bit tougher than I look. It's mostly a matter of
sectioning off my mind to not pay much attention to the damage, and let my
body do what it needs to fix it up." He nodded. Of course he'd also try and
use some psionics
Ashton Locke: to patch himself up, but he couldn't actually heal..just close
the wounds so he wouldn't bleed all over. He looked over at the puzzle when
she pointed it out and then watched her go to it. "Hmm, now that is
interesting." He tried to
Ashton Locke: pass his fingers through the chalice as well!
Tesarik One: Saychelle, roll an Insight check to determine what the writing
wants you to do.
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 20-sided die: 3
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Saychelle Huda: 3 She has no idea!
Tesarik One: Dorian, you can roll an Insight as well.
Saychelle Huda: Well, that sucked. She read the odd poem she'd translated
from ancient Maddish out loud so Dorian could hear it as well, but she didn't
understand this part of it.
OnlineHost: Ashton Locke rolled 1 20-sided die: 6
Tesarik One: ~*~ Ashton Locke scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Ashton Locke: (+5 psion bonus, +2 perception = 13)
Ashton Locke: He furrowed his brow as he thought on it for a moment. "Hm.
How are you at balancing?"
Saychelle Huda: "I am a dancer. So, fairly good. Why?" She read over the
poem again with what he said in mind. "Hmm."
Ashton Locke: "Much better than I am, then. I think you'll have to balance
on your head. I certainly can't do that." He chuckled. "And once you do that,
I may be able to figure out what else to do."
Saychelle Huda: "Balance on my head?" She smirked and then moved in front of
the altar, turning so she'd face it since it didn't' really make sense if she
wasn't, and pushed herself upwards onto her head and attempted to balance.
Tesarik One: Acrobatics DC15
OnlineHost: Saychelle Huda rolled 1 20-sided die: 5
Tesarik One: ~*~ Saychelle Huda scored 0 poynts damage ~*~
Saychelle Huda: +4 QCK, +5 Acrobatics = 14
Tesarik One: Not quite! But, Dorian is welcome to assist!
Saychelle Huda: She almost had it, when she had her hands down on the ground
but then she began to teeter over, especially since she' hadn't taken her
damn cloak off first and now it was opened up all around her, like a bat's
wings or something.
Ashton Locke: Well, he'd try to catch and keep her upright!
Tesarik One: That works! Now what?
Saychelle Huda: When he caught her, she shoved her cloak out of her face and
over her arms so she was free to move. "Now what?"
Ashton Locke: "Hmm." He held her steady, then peeked around her at the
altar."You've got to touch certain stones, I think. With your knees, your
hands, nose and chin or tongue. As for which ones, I'm afraid you've got a
much better view of it
Ashton Locke: than I do."
Tesarik One: The ancient Maddish was fairly clear about what parts of the
face in front of her needed to be touched.
Saychelle Huda: "Oo yee, this is sstrange." She had read what it said, and
now that he had figured out it meant you had to touch it, she proceeded -
with his help - to push her knees, hands, nose and then she poked out her
forked tongue onto the tongue of the face. She hoped she would not have to
stay like this for long!
Tesarik One: Dorian would see the items on the altar shimmer a moment, then
appear as they had before. Though, when touched this time they actually
existed on this plane.
Ashton Locke: He moved a hand off of her long enough to give a little
gesture towards one of the chalices, and when it toppled over at his touch of
telekinesis, well..it looked like they'd done it! "Well done. Now then, let's
get you back on your
Ashton Locke: feet?"
Saychelle Huda: She flipped backwards when he released her and landed with a
crouch on her feet. She took a moment to fix her cloak, though she didn't
pull the hood up over her dark hair quite yet. A little shake of her head,
all the blood had rushed to it. "Ahh sssee, now we can ssteal them." She
snickered and grabbed the items so they could split it up later. "Musst be
worth a little bit, all gold and ssilver and gemss." She glanced around, and
then back towards the door. "We have
Saychelle Huda: what we came for, and more... should we head closer to
civilization before we camp tonight, or camp here? I sstill have to dance for
you. Unless you wish for me to dance in your nice, warm room in front of your
hearth'sss fire."
Ashton Locke: "Nonsense, we're not stealing them. We're rescuing them. I
hardly think they were being put to any good use sittin ghere in this ruined
temple." He grinned a bit. He thought on her question for a moment. And then
noticed his candle
Tesarik One: Each chalice is worth 500gp, each salver worth 100gp, and the
censer is worth 1000gp.
Ashton Locke: had gone out! He dropped it anyway, so that was probably a
good thing. "Hm. I don't have enough candles to keep the bugs away if we stay
somewhere they can get to us. I can, however, take us just about anywhere
instantly."
Ashton Locke: "Though I must say, being out in the middle of nowhere almost
makes it more enticing than being safely ensconced in my room."
Saychelle Huda: "Can you take the pirogue as well? I did promise I would
return it." She grinned, and then shook her head a little. "Perhapss I can
use a little magic to keep them away long enough for me to sseduce you with
my firelight dancing."
Ashton Locke: "Er, hm. I probably could, at one hundred percent. I've used a
bit more energy than I'm used to, however. I've never used clairvoyance for
such a long stretch of time before."
Ashton Locke: He smiled then at the last bit. "That would work, however.
Keeping the bugs away, as long as it won't drain you too badly."
Saychelle Huda: "We will rest here then, and if we cannot take the pirogue
back then we sssimply will not take it." She headed towards the doors across
the way and back out into the light of outside. She'd need to gather enough
dry wood to start a fire, but at least they were on high ground if they went
out of the sinking temple.
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