[Wed May 24 20:03:15 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>GAME START</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:03:18 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>yep</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:03:39 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>yep, I might need to step away at times.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:04:02 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>ooc and I am swamped as I spent three hours on the phone an hour ago, so just saying.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:04:25 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>You all followed the kobold, Nakpik, deep into the old mine.  He proudly showed you past the pit traps, and into the chamber of the shaman, Tartuk.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:05:01 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The walls of this cavern are decorated by a rickety wooden frame formed from clean-cut branches lashed together with gut and twine. Banners cut from two-foot-wide strips of old blankets and horsehides hang from floor to ceiling, covering  much of the walls. The sloppily painted banners bear dozens of primitive icons and mystic symbols. A large cauldron filled with bubbling red liquid boils in the center of the room.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:06:10 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'>"Well, Nakpik, what have you brought me this time?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:06:34 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'><i>Tartuk is very unusual - he's not black like the  rest of the tribe; instead, his scales are a deep purple colour.</i></font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:07:22 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'>"Who are you, large ones?  Why have you come to the caverns of the Sootscales?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:07:48 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'><i>Tartuk does his best to make his voice booming and impressive.  By kobold standards, it works.</i></font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:07:51 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"We are exploring the area."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:08:16 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'><i>The raven on Tartuk's shoulder looks at Eadfrid.</i></font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:08:34 2017] : <b>Tickbiter the Raven</b>: <font color='#008000'>"Why?  <i>Whyyy?</i>"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:09:03 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>(Eadfrid doesn't answer the raven.)</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:09:50 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The kobolds chatter excitedly.  They seem very impressed by the talking bird.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:10:25 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'>"My bird has a good question.  Why are you exploring, and why did Nakpik think you should be invited into the Sootscale Caverns?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:11:53 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"People have settled by the lake and wish to know about the area.  You would have to ask Nakpik why he invited us in."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:12:35 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'>"Nakpik.  You know the rules.  Why did you see fit to break them this time?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:12:42 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"We are keen to ensure that the area is safe, and to establish trade links"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:12:51 2017] : <b>Nakpik</b>: <font color='#008000'><i>Nakpik looks terrified</i></font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:13:16 2017] : <b>Nakpik</b>: <font color='#008000'>"Big people can help with war!  Help win back sacred statue!  Bring Old Sharptooth back to tribe!"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:13:40 2017] : <b>Nakpik</b>: <font color='#008000'><i>He squeaks, seeming even more pathetic than the usual kobold after the impressive shaman</i></font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:14:54 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"We may be able to assist given more details."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:15:06 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'><i>The shaman sighs</i></font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:16:25 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'>"I had hoped to resolve this more calmly, but, since you are here..."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:17:21 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'>"The mites have stolen the sacred statue of Old Sharptooth.  Without it, the Sootscales will wither and die, their scales fading, turning yellow and soft, and then they will bleed out through their naked skins.  It will not be pleasant."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:17:39 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>ooc didn't the little kobold ask us to take down the sahman? I can' t rememebr</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:17:41 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"We have dealt with mites before"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:17:50 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc Haven't we?</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:18:19 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>ooc they weren't very friendly. I recall</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:18:27 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc yes, at the old sycamore tree to the north</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:18:44 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc the little kobold asked you to talk to the shaman, not kill him ;-)</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:18:48 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc have we already got the statue and discarded it?</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:19:23 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc nope</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:19:28 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc I'd not be that evil ;-)</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:19:37 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>ooc lol</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:19:43 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc you traded with the mite for Svetlana's ring, that they'd stolen from the bandits</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:20:05 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc the impression you gather is that they're thieving little sods, and tend to tell people to go away.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:21:03 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'>"And were the mites friends of yours?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:21:14 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc I'm not sure if that was Guthmund or Cuichelm :-/</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:21:26 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc hand wave</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:21:34 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"We parted on good terms"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:21:42 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"No.  They're no friends of ours.  They dont' seem the type to be anyone's friends."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:21:58 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc think it was Guthmund ;-)</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:22:49 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'>"They are no friends of the Sootscales.  This theft is far beyond the usual petty nuisance they manage.  Will you destroy them for us?  They will not coexist with your people, your lake-side town."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:23:41 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Can the same be said of you people?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:24:01 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"You ask us to kill an entire colony"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:24:47 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'>"You have met the mites.  They steal what they can, and stab half of the rest.  They are as spiteful and cruel as goblins."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:25:09 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"How can we know that you don't plan similar actions?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:25:40 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'>"We ask only to be left our caverns, our mines; the Sootscales will keep our bargain.  And now you have seen our defenses; you will be able to walk in unhindered and unchallenged."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:25:59 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'><i>The shaman shoots a glare at Nakpik, who cowers even more</i></font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:26:00 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc mwahahaha</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:26:08 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc :-p</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:26:38 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"I think that Nakpik senses that we are not a threat... so far"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:27:18 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc Intimidate check, please.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:28:42 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc it wasn't meant to be athreat</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:28:56 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'>oocOK</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:29:13 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'>"That is true.  He does have that sense."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:29:27 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'><i>Tickbiter the Raven caws in agreement; it sounds like a laugh.</i></font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:29:50 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'>"So, will you recover the statue for us?  You can leave the mites alive, if you wish."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:30:22 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'><i>Cuichelm looks to the others</i></font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:30:45 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"It seems a reasonable request. We know they're thieves."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:31:30 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Given the leeway to decide on their fate, I have no reservations"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:32:04 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'>"And you?" <i>Tartuk turns to Alhandra</i> "You are the silent one, I see.  Do you agree with your companions?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:33:29 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc Delphine's a bit busy, so we'll take it as read that Alhandra passes the interrogation ;-)</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:34:02 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'>"You will know the sacred statue when you see it.  Go, with our wishes for luck, and return victorious."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:34:44 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"What if they've stolen several statues.  What makes yours unique?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:35:51 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"I've heard a lot about what we can do for you..."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:36:09 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'>"Old Sharptooth is carved of a strange white stuff - not wood, not stone - and is a crouching devil in form.2</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:36:24 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Why should we help you?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:37:08 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"A crouching devil does not seem like the sort of god that I think of as an ally, nor those that worship one"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:37:50 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'>"If you help us, the Sootscales will provide what silver we can mine, for trade with your people.  You farm, we mine.  It is easier for us: you can bring us treasures we would not see nearby, and we can give you the metal your people desire."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:38:24 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'>"Old Sharptooth is only a devil in form.  It is the meaning inside that is sacred.  Do not defile Old Sharptooth!"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:39:18 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Sounds fair to me."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:39:41 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"The town needs friendly neighbours"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:39:54 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"I agree to your terms"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:40:08 2017] : <b>Tartuk</b>: <font color='#008000'>"Then the bargain is sealed.  The tribe awaits your return."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:40:15 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The kobolds cheer.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:41:15 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc anything more  before you set off?</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:41:53 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc I clearly need to update the overland map!</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:42:00 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Do you have anything to trade now?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:42:27 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Perhaps any items that you know are valued outside, but that you don't place value on"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:42:39 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>"The Sootscales have some silver, but do you wish to trade it now?  It is heavy, and will hinder you in your efforts."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:42:46 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc Sense Motive check</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:42:56 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Sense Motive:</b> <dice result='4'>[1d20<i>(1)</i> + 3] = 4</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:43:02 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc \o/</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:43:10 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'><b>Sense Motive:</b> <dice result='5'>[1d20<i>(6)</i> + -1] = 5</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:43:16 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc hmm</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:43:57 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>You both get the impression that he doesn't actually have much silver to trade, and is stalling you so the kobolds can mine some while you're away.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:44:28 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"We have nothing to trade right now."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:45:08 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Well, let's see what you have when we return"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:45:19 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Presumably the statue is worth trading"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:45:33 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Shall we go?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:45:38 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Yes."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:46:28 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>You set off across this hills, your earlier exploration coming in handy.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:46:44 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Shall we head on a circuitous path?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:47:01 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"North-East, then West?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:48:20 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Might be best not to be seen coming from the kobold's cave."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:48:51 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc are you exploring along the way?</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:48:54 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"That's a good point, though I referred only to getting a little more exploration in"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:49:14 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Oh, sure."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:49:29 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc ticking off another hex?</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:49:59 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc this and North-East hex</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:50:06 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc OK</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:50:51 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>As you explore to the northeast...</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:51:03 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc had a barbecue and a couple of ciders tonight... currently head dancing to Caro Emerald</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:51:08 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc nice</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:51:22 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>ooc back sorry!</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:51:30 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc no problem</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:51:37 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc sorry for being back? ;-)</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:51:47 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc the plan is to explore another hex (to the northeast), then head west to the Mites' Lair</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:52:29 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>ooc lol, no :P</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:53:09 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The river continues, and you find a ford that will be a good crossing point, though it's a good twenty miles upstream from the toll bridge.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:53:50 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>as you explore the river, you see a strange creature moving in the water...</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:53:56 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Perception checks, please!</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:54:05 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Perception:</b> <dice result='23'>[1d20<i>(10)</i> + 13] = 23</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:54:23 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'><b>Perception:</b> <dice result='9'>[1d20<i>(6)</i> + 3] = 9</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:54:23 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'><dice result='13'>[1d20<i>(3)</i> + 10] = 13</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:54:34 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'><b>Perception:</b> <dice result='5'>[1d20<i>(2)</i> + 3] = 5</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:54:39 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc FFS! after all our efforts :-D</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:54:43 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>ooc oh wow, I'm blind and deaf and all</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:55:12 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc I actually have a node for this one!  Woo!</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:55:37 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>ooc geez.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:55:42 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Cuichelm can see  it looks like a  small dragon, about the size of a large dog</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:56:24 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>It is a deep green colour, long and sinuous, and greenish vapour drifts up from its nostrils.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:56:30 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Initiative, please...</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:56:33 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'><b>Initiative:</b> <dice result='15'>[1d20<i>(13)</i> + 0 + 2] = 15</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:56:37 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Initiative:</b> <dice result='26'>[1d20<i>(16)</i> + 10] = 26</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:57:02 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Knowledge Arcana:</b> <dice result='13'>[1d20<i>(1)</i> + 12] = 13</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:57:12 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc Gah! a 1 </font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:58:02 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'><b>Initiative:</b> <dice result='8'>[1d20<i>(3)</i> + 5] = 8</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:58:07 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Dragon, thingy... just there.  Not sure of what exactly... mental block"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:58:12 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Cuichelm doesn't know what it is.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:58:12 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'><b>Initiative:</b> <dice result='21'>[1d20<i>(19)</i> + 2] = 21</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:58:12 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>OK, Cuichelm first.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:58:36 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc where are we?</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:59:06 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc lining up the grid lines is a faff ;-)</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:59:11 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc I added you to the left of the map</font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:59:28 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc did we already have a fight today??  Just the ferry launch </font><br />
[Wed May 24 20:59:49 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc it's been a couple of days - you've been exploring around a hundred square miles on foot.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:00:16 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Embiggen Eadfrid?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:01:00 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Aye, it's a handy spell."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:01:03 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Enlarge Person: Level 1 - </b> A creature within <dice result='35'>35</dice> feet is doubled in size and increases eightfold in weight. Effects: +2 to Str;  -2 to Dex; -1 to AC; reach increase by 5 ft; Melee weapons increase in size. (Duration: <dice result='4'>4</dice> minutes; Range: <dice result='35'>35</dice> feet;  DC <dice result='16'>16</dice> fort save to resist).</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:01:16 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'><i>Cuichelm moves</i></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:01:27 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>Done</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:01:29 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>ooc I don't like water things.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:01:32 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>ooc I just don't.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:01:38 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc lol</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:02:01 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The dragon-creature dives off its island, swimming powerfully across to attack Cuichelm.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:02:38 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc gulp!</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:02:39 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc node error.  Boo.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:02:39 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>ooc are we not all together?</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:02:46 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc Cuichelm moved.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:02:47 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc I moved</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:03:02 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>ooc geez, don't move when I haven't done the whole pass spells ;)</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:03:15 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'><dice result='8'>[1d20<i>(3)</i> + 5] = 8</dice> <dice result='5'>[1d8<i>(2)</i> + 3] = 5</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:03:31 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Its jaws miss Cuichelm, snapping on air.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:03:46 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Eadfrid?</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:04:01 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc sorry, that's something that used to annoy me as Hildy</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:05:20 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>Advance and throw an axe.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:05:27 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'><b>Throwing Axe:</b> <dice result='9'>[1d20<i>(5)</i> + 4] = 9</dice>; <i>Hit:</i> <dice result='6'>[1d6<i>(1)</i> + 5] = 6</dice> damage. </font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:05:32 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>Done.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:05:44 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Eadfrid misses the dragon, and Alhandra has a chance to act.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:06:52 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Alhandra?</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:06:57 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'><b>Bless: Level 1 - </b><i>Alhandra</i> and all allies within a 50-ft. burst gain a +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects for <dice result='4'>4</dice> minutes.  </font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:07:05 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>done.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:07:06 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Cuichelm?</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:07:17 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'><i>Step back</i></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:07:19 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Colour Spray: Level 1 - </b> A 15 foot cone of coloured light bursts from Cuichelm's hand.  <b>DC <dice result='16'>16</dice> will save</b> for all within the area.<br />
2 HD or fewer: Unconscious, blinded, and stunned for <dice result='2'>[2d4<i>(1,1)</i>] = 2</dice> rounds, then blinded and stunned for <dice result='3'>[1d4<i>(3)</i>] = 3</dice> rounds, and then stunned for 1 round. (Only living creatures are knocked unconscious.)<br />
3 or 4 HD: Blinded and stunned for <dice result='3'>[1d4<i>(3)</i>] = 3</dice> rounds, then stunned for 1 round.<br />
5 or more HD: The creature is stunned for 1 round.
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[Wed May 24 21:07:26 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'><b>Will:</b> <dice result='6'>[1d20<i>(1)</i> + 2 + 3] = 6</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:07:58 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The dragon stops moving for a moment, shaking its head and blinking frantically.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:08:00 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Eadfrid?</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:08:01 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc presumably just stunned</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:08:08 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc it's stunned and blinded - not unconscious.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:08:32 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>Advance and attack.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:08:42 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'><b>Greatsword, masterwork (enlarged):</b> <dice result='19'>[1d20<i>(8)</i> + 11] = 19</dice>; <i>Hit:</i> <dice result='24'>[3d6<i>(4,6,5)</i> + 9] = 24</dice> damage. </font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:08:55 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>+1 for bless.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:08:56 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>Done</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:08:57 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Eadfrid cuts the little dragon in half.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:08:59 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc you go girl!</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:09:01 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>It dies.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:09:51 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"OK. Next question... was it alone?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:09:56 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>ooc ok, we didn't even get wet</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:10:07 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc lol</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:10:10 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Perception checks</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:10:15 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"What sort of creature was that?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:10:16 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Perception:</b> <dice result='22'>[1d20<i>(9)</i> + 13] = 22</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:10:18 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'><b>Perception:</b> <dice result='18'>[1d20<i>(15)</i> + 3] = 18</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:10:34 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Neither of you spot any more of them.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:10:54 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Knowledge: Arcana to identify it.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:11:06 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc brb power cable</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:11:07 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Knowledge Arcana:</b> <dice result='25'>[1d20<i>(13)</i> + 12] = 25</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:11:20 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc ?</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:11:44 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'><b>Knowledge Arcana:</b> <dice result='10'>[1d20<i>(9)</i> + 1] = 10</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:12:15 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Now that he has a specimen (if a somewhat damaged one!) Cuichelm is able to identify the creature as a tatzlwyrm.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:12:50 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Ah. A {one of them</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:13:01 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Ah. A {one of them}"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:13:22 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc me neither</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:13:26 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>It's related to dragons, but - with only two legs - it hunts more like a serpent, grabbing and strangling, and breathing poison into its victim's faces.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:13:42 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Cuichelm probably had a lucky escape.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:14:00 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>"ouch, this sound slike a nastiez"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:14:01 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"I think that we were lucky that Eadfrid managed to eviscerate it so quickly"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:14:23 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"And remind me not to run off into danger"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:14:41 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"I was lucky it missed me"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:14:57 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Poisonous you say?  Could thing it's dead!"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:15:19 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc is its corpse worth anything?</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:15:57 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>They typically hunt alone, or in pairs; the flesh is not worth very much as it's rank and poisonous.  If you can find its den, there might be treasure there - like true dragons, they are hoarders - but they also hide their dens and roam far and wide when hunting.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:16:06 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>"I am amzed at the sometimes narrow escapes we have from seemingly harless creatures, and how easy swe seem to get way fom others that should really be a challenge"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:16:10 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>"Luck is a strange thing"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:16:24 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>"Or fate, or whatever our god has devised that decides these things"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:16:52 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Indeed"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:17:02 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Fate is a fickle friend"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:17:47 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"So, looking at this place, it may be suitable for carts to cross"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:18:15 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Useful since the ferry can't handle carts."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:18:18 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"We can direct swift traffic to the ferry, slow and heavy traffic to the ford"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:18:51 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Provided we have cleared this place of dragons"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:19:52 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'><i>Cuichelm looks for obvious signs of a regular route to and from this area</i></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:19:54 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Should we search for their nest?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:19:56 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Survival:</b> <dice result='19'>[1d20<i>(18)</i> + 1] = 19</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:20:06 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>There's no obvious tracks.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:20:19 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc or less obvious</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:20:37 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>It looks like the monster came here for hunting, but it may well have swum half the distance.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:20:42 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Yes Eadfrid"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:20:58 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"It may have treasure"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:21:20 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Upstream or down?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:21:27 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc how long are you spending in the search?  And how far are you travelling?</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:21:29 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc up?</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:21:59 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc half a day, upstream?</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:22:30 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>ooc sure</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:22:30 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>OK</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:22:38 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Three perception checks, please</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:22:46 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'><b>Perception:</b> <dice result='20'>[1d20<i>(17)</i> + 3] = 20</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:22:47 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'><b>Perception:</b> <dice result='21'>[1d20<i>(18)</i> + 3] = 21</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:22:47 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'><b>Perception:</b> <dice result='10'>[1d20<i>(7)</i> + 3] = 10</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:23:06 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Perception:</b> <dice result='26'>[1d20<i>(13)</i> + 13] = 26</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:23:07 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Perception:</b> <dice result='28'>[1d20<i>(15)</i> + 13] = 28</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:23:09 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Perception:</b> <dice result='14'>[1d20<i>(1)</i> + 13] = 14</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:23:40 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'><b>Perception:</b> <dice result='20'>[1d20<i>(17)</i> + 3] = 20</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:23:41 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'><b>Perception:</b> <dice result='13'>[1d20<i>(10)</i> + 3] = 13</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:23:41 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'><b>Perception:</b> <dice result='18'>[1d20<i>(15)</i> + 3] = 18</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:24:08 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>You eventually find the lair, which is a set of branches arranged to create a little shelter.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:24:32 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Inside it is...</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:24:47 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc a gaping maw!</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:25:14 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>not much, apart from a hoard of shiny objects.  The majority of them are broken bits of glass, worthless trinkets, etc.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:25:26 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Some, however, might be valuable.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:25:40 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>It doesn't take long to collect the potentially valuable bits, and collect them for selling later.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:26:02 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Detect Magic:</b> <b>Level 0 - </b>Detect magical auras within <b>60ft </b></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:26:08 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc as you do</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:26:21 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>None of it is magical.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:26:23 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc brb</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:29:58 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc back</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:30:26 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Anything more here, or setting off?</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:31:04 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Bit disappointing.  Head to the mites now?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:31:38 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Yes"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:31:52 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>"It definitely does not tailor to the beast"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:31:57 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"The hoard may be disappointing, but the ford is pure gold"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:32:28 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>You set off again, to the old sycamore tree where the mites live.  The entrance tunnel, as you remember, drops ten feet straight down in to the darkness.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:32:38 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Are you sneaking up, or going in boldly</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:33:09 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"What is our plan with the mites?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:33:43 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Not sure.  Don't really know what's down there."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:33:53 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Could try bargining with them perhaps?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:34:17 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"What do we have to bargain with?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:34:31 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"And what do we know about these things?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:34:42 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc Knowledge ?</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:34:43 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Knowledge: Nature</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:34:55 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Knowledge Nature:</b> <dice result='17'>[1d20<i>(5)</i> + 12] = 17</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:35:45 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Cuichelm knows they're fey, not truly natural creatures, and that they're malicious little monsters who like little better than torturing small animals.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:36:01 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Hmm, nasty buggers"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:37:16 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"I've had some experience with other fey"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:37:41 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"They treat these creatures like rats.. Not welcome, kill them where possible"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:37:56 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"They are more cruel than rats though"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:38:13 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Perhaps the kobolds were not wrong"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:38:49 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Still, I'm not happy with killing unless they cause a problem."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:39:17 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc cuichelm uses a laser pointer and calls in a bunker buster</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:39:59 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc and destroys the statue :-p</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:40:01 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>ooc not fair</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:40:34 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Given what I now recall, I'm way more inclined to agree with the kobolds"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:40:42 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>So, sneaking or going in boldly?</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:40:48 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"We had no compunction in killing the troll"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:40:59 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Or the dragon"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:41:45 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Thinking creatures is different."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:42:08 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Yes, they are often more cruel"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:42:19 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc trolls can think.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:42:29 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Unthinking creatures generally kill for food"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:42:59 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>"What are we doing? Should we just move on or try to sneak in?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:43:23 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"I'm happy to go with ambush"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:44:03 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"But Eadfrid may want to offer some opportunity to show that they are not irredeemable"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:45:21 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"No... An ambush is the safer course."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:45:43 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"I was able to learn a new spell recently..."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:46:09 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"I can summon a swarm, such as I believe attacked you in the cellar in the bandit camp"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:46:10 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>"Oh really, is a good one?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:46:28 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>"ah that comes in handy because it is basically taking care of tour foes' attention"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:46:42 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Perhaps I can send some spiders down their hole to attack them?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:46:57 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>"I was thinking about that too, actually"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:47:19 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc nasty :-)</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:47:32 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc Summon Swarm?</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:47:37 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"As long as I concentrate they remain, doing damage"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:47:40 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc yes</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:47:47 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc bunker buster ;-)</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:48:09 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc beware - there is small print...</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:48:27 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc DC10 Knowledge: Arcana to know what it is.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:48:32 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc light blue touch paper and stand well back</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:48:47 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc they attack the nearest creature</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:48:54 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Knowledge Arcana:</b> <dice result='23'>[1d20<i>(11)</i> + 12] = 23</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:49:34 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"We would need to stand well away while it is active"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:49:46 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'><b>Knowledge Arcana:</b> <dice result='15'>[1d20<i>(14)</i> + 1] = 15</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:49:46 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Cuichelm realises that, once he's summoned the swarm, he will have no control over it - it will just attack the nearest living thing.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:49:58 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"The swarm seeks out the nearest creature, friend or foe"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:50:02 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>ooc how can you have knowledge + 12 at level 4 is beyond me :/</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:50:58 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc 4 ranks, +3 class skill, +5 modifier</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:51:26 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc that</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:51:37 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc where are you casting it from?</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:51:39 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"That sounds risky."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:51:59 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"I can cast it from 45 feet away"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:52:12 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"It can only move 20 feet"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:52:14 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>"Will it then go against spiders?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:52:34 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc there's the big tree</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:52:49 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>ooc or is this a spiderswarm? is there such a thing?</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:52:54 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"If we hang back and it starts to come towards us, I will stop maintaining it, and it will disappear before it gets to us"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:52:56 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc yes, it's a swarm of spiders</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:53:07 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>"more importantly, will we be close enough to the mites that it will chooset hem as targets"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:53:40 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"We lose nothing if it doesn't work"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:54:04 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc said someone who missed something important ;-)</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:54:14 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Intelligence:</b> <dice result='16'>[1d20<i>(11)</i> + 5] = 16</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:54:31 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc he's cleverer than me and has had fewer drinks</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:54:33 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Ok."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:54:34 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc there's nothing apart from that to go wrong</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:54:48 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Happy?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:55:53 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>In the early morning light, Cuichelm casts his spell, summoning a swarm of hungry spiders.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:56:53 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc /me has to work out a ruling...</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:57:40 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The spiders scurry around the entrance to the tunnels, looking for prey.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:57:55 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>They waver, torn between some options...</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:58:35 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc 1 = down the tunnel...</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:58:39 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'><dice result='1'>[1d2<i>(1)</i>] = 1</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:59:01 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>They dart down the tunnel, heading after some prey, but you don't know what.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:59:04 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc phew!</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:59:06 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Perception checks.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:59:09 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'><b>Perception:</b> <dice result='23'>[1d20<i>(20)</i> + 3] = 23</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:59:15 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Perception:</b> <dice result='23'>[1d20<i>(10)</i> + 13] = 23</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:59:24 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'><b>Perception:</b> <dice result='16'>[1d20<i>(13)</i> + 3] = 16</dice></font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:59:44 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Alhandra and Cuichelm hear some high-pitched screams.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 21:59:53 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>They go silent quickly.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:00:05 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>After a few moments, there's another scream.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:00:34 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Then, smoke begins rising from the tunnel.  It looks like the mites have found the idea of burning the spiders.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:00:56 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>How many have died, though, is a mystery.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:01:21 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>With the tunnels softened up, but alerted, you can decide whether to go in - or whether to wait, and ambush again...</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:01:44 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Shall we venture in now?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:02:16 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>"Can we send scouts in the form of other creatures? Doe sit even make sense?"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:02:21 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Yes. While they're disoriented."</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:03:07 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"I can do so"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:03:20 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"I can send in an earth or mud elemental"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:03:37 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"They can burrow and I can speak to them to explain a plan"</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:03:39 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>You set yourselves up to drop down the tunnel.  As you get ready, the smoke from below stops.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:04:02 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Everything goes quiet for a moment; the calm before the storm.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:04:06 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>GAME END</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:04:15 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc sorry folks - had a long couple of days.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:04:24 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>Cheers Henry</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:04:37 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>np. I was about the suggest ending it here anyway.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:05:17 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>haha</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:05:23 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>It seems like a small-step-hanger anyway - like a cliffhanger but less significant.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:05:23 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>I won't be here tfor the TPK</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:05:24 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>:P</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:05:29 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>lol</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:06:19 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>You're back in the lower CR part of the map now.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:06:25 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>I hope your issues get better Del</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:06:40 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>they will, I'm in good hands</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:06:48 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>Good stuff</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:06:52 2017] : <b>Alhandra</b>: <font color='#000080'>it' sjust a lot of crap to take when your hands are tied.</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:07:04 2017] : <b>Cuichelm</b>: <font color='#72309c'>Night all</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:07:15 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Good luck :-)</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:07:16 2017] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>'night</font><br />
[Wed May 24 22:07:17 2017] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>nn folks</font><br />