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[18:58] *** alamark sets mode: +o kasin [18:59] all worship the great and almighty channel creator [18:59] * kasin kisses alamark [18:59] * alamark preens [18:59] I'll be back when hannes joins, let me know please [18:59] * kasin strokes alamark [18:59] (alamark's ego that is :) [19:00] *** Disconnected Session Close: Mon Sep 25 19:00:30 2000 Session Start: Mon Sep 25 19:16:49 2000 [19:16] *** Now talking in #rpg2 [19:17] *** Disconnected Session Close: Mon Sep 25 19:17:07 2000 Session Start: Mon Sep 25 19:17:12 2000 [19:17] *** Now talking in #rpg2 [19:17] *** alamark sets mode: +o kasin [19:19] *** Disconnected Session Close: Mon Sep 25 19:19:24 2000 Session Start: Mon Sep 25 19:19:31 2000 [19:19] *** Now talking in #rpg2 [19:19] *** Disconnected Session Close: Mon Sep 25 19:19:41 2000 Session Start: Mon Sep 25 19:20:50 2000 [19:20] *** Now talking in #rpg2 [19:20] *** Disconnected Session Close: Mon Sep 25 19:21:05 2000 Session Start: Mon Sep 25 19:21:35 2000 [19:21] *** Now talking in #rpg2 [19:22] *** alamark sets mode: +o kasin [19:24] *** Disconnected Session Close: Mon Sep 25 19:24:42 2000 Session Start: Mon Sep 25 20:02:19 2000 [20:02] *** Now talking in #rpg2 [20:02] hmmm [20:02] *** Disconnected Session Close: Mon Sep 25 20:02:49 2000 Session Start: Mon Sep 25 20:02:53 2000 [20:02] *** Now talking in #rpg2 [20:02] *** alamark has quit IRC (Snak 4.1 IRC For Mac - http://www.snak.com) [20:03] *** Disconnected Session Close: Mon Sep 25 20:03:14 2000 Session Start: Mon Sep 25 20:03:22 2000 [20:03] *** Now talking in #rpg2 [20:03] *** shotan sets mode: +o kasin [20:03] *** shotan has quit IRC [20:03] I was connected to undernet :) [20:03] Hold ... BRB [20:03] ok [20:03] *** GM has left #rpg2 [20:03] *** GM has joined #rpg2 [20:03] Better. [20:04] *** kasin sets mode: +o GM [20:04] Oh damn! They don't have Office here! [20:04] * GM sulks. [20:04] This means my notes and party info is useless... :( [20:05] doh! [20:05] WHat a week it's been already.... [20:05] Hopefully it will get better [20:05] It better. [20:06] We better get started. I'm in the place that strays open the longest, but they sometimes close as early as 9:30. [20:06] oh [20:06] well, we had better get started then! [20:06] alamark, you ready? [20:08] Hmm... I think Sophie has crashed. [20:08] Either that or I have. [20:08] nope... [20:08] she is talking, but nothing is coming out [20:08] She's crashed and her machine hasn't noticed yet. :) [20:08] yep [20:08] No [20:08] *** alamark has left #rpg2 [20:08] *** alamark has joined #rpg2 [20:09] Welcome might mage. [20:09] Umm.. mighty mage. [20:09] It's gonna be that sort of night. [20:09] might be a mage? [20:09] xakdlsd;as [20:09] Can't see Kasin [20:09] Ah there you are [20:09] *** GM changes topic to 'Visiting AD's plane.' [20:10] *** kasin sets mode: +o alamark [20:10] well, we are in the forst just outside the town where we met Phadi Abdin (?) [20:10] Ah yes [20:10] OK... you could see the forest for the trees. [20:10] Yep [20:10] unfortunately, that puts us on the wrong continent [20:11] N: I was actually coming here to remove the remaining barriers... [20:11] I see [20:11] N: But after that battle, I'm not sure whether I'm up to it. [20:11] oh [20:11] Well, the same village is up ahead [20:11] * kasin nods to A [20:11] But before we go anywhere.... [20:11] what did that guy mean, "hosts" [20:12] Nathaniel, hosts? Please explain [20:12] N: Hosts? Oh, he probably meant the armies I used to command. [20:12] yesss.... [20:12] oh [20:12] N: Even Veabe needs armies on occasion. [20:12] * kasin nods [20:12] (Veanbe - *sigh* [20:13] (vean Claude Van Damme :) [20:13] N: I don't really like fighting though. And I'm not that good at it. [20:13] You weren't doing too badly [20:13] N: Well, he had the advantage of preparation. [20:13] * kasin nods [20:14] I hate stoneskins on the bad guys [20:14] and repulsion is just annoying [20:14] N: Indeed. Holy swords work wonders. [20:14] unfortunately, not this time, caouldn't get through the stonekins, and the repulsion worked too [20:15] oh well, it happens [20:15] N: Some days are like that. But let's turn to the matter at hand. [20:15] yes, lets [20:15] we can investigate the source of the anti-magics [20:16] do we have any way of getting there quickly? [20:16] N: I believe that the original wards were places by the mage AD. [20:16] our teleports are possibly risky [20:16] (placed) [20:16] * kasin nods [20:16] N: Yes. I can try to break the wards again, but I'm already relatively weakened. [20:17] N: Breaking the wards ... or even attempting to ... would leave me entirely without high magics. [20:17] ah [20:17] well, we think we know where the wards are coming from [20:18] so we can go and investigate that, and possibly flip the switch or something [20:18] N: True. But travelling there would be annoying with teleportation. [20:18] yes. boats. again. [20:18] N chuckles. [20:18] N: I _hate_ boats. [20:18] why? [20:18] So where are the wards coming from? [20:18] N: I am a creature of air and fire. I don't much like water. [20:19] Well, yes, there is that [20:19] ok [20:19] It's a long way to fly [20:19] N: Not with a chariot. [20:19] Ahh, yes. [20:20] (can Shotan fit on a chariot?) [20:20] N: Unfortunately summoning seems to be warded against as well. [20:20] (No) [20:20] (Actually... hmm... possibly. He'd take up lots ot room though) [20:21] ("7 other creatures of man size" or less it says) [20:21] (hmmm, it's not a conj/summ spell) [20:22] (evocation, spheres of creation and ele(fire)) [20:22] (*shrug*) [20:22] N: So do any of you have any useful tricks to use? [20:23] plenty. nothing useful here I would think. As I said, it's a long way to fly. [20:23] well, unless you feel like trying to teleport Viv [20:23] N: Hmm... in that case I'll go and get my chariot. [20:23] Viv: Not really. [20:23] N: I'll be back soon. [20:24] N shimmers silver for a moment before disappearing. [20:24] he must mean some other kind of chariot [20:25] M: Yes. [20:25] * kasin casts a few healing spells on Shotan [20:25] What ones? [20:26] (cure light, cure moderate) [20:26] (actually, is anyone else hurt?) [20:26] No, Nathaniel healed them. SHotan too, actually. [20:26] ok [20:26] (Assuming SHotan was visibly injured) [20:26] (actually it was 1st free, 2nd free :) [20:27] * kasin waits for N [20:27] Do you guys do anything while you're waiting? [20:28] nope [20:28] Is it just me, or does N seem to be acting just a little suss? [20:28] he is strange [20:28] M: He is definitely unusual. [20:28] he has been trapped there for a long time, perhaps it affected his mind [20:29] M: That is a worrying thought. [20:29] not that I know many angels for that matter either [20:29] M: True. [20:30] After about 15 minutes N will return... with a chariot. [20:30] The chariot looks much like the one created by the spell... [20:30] ...it's about normal size for N. Very large for humans. Could probably take 8 or so. [20:30] (so slightly larger than the spell then, which takes 7) [20:30] It's pulled by two flaming horses. [20:31] (The other one takes 8. Look it up. :) [20:31] N: Well, shall we go? [20:32] (yep, sorry) [20:32] yes [20:32] N will bring the chariot relatively close to the ground ... and you can get in. [20:32] * kasin clambers in [20:33] N will offer each of you his hand as you enter. He'll explain that otherwise the fire would burn you. [20:33] N: (to Shotan) You are going to be a problem. Do you wish to change shape, perhaps? [20:33] * alamark will take N's hand reluctantly [20:33] (K lets Shotan answer that one...) [20:34] Shotan will look at Kasin [20:34] * kasin shrugs [20:34] Shotan: I'd rather not, but I do want to come along. [20:34] N: Well, I think you'll have trouble fitting in otherwise. [20:34] Sh: OK then. [20:34] N: Do any of you have something less invasive that a polymorph any object? [20:35] alamark's wand? [20:35] Yep [20:35] I'll zap Shotan [20:35] (zap) Into? [20:35] which reminds me, I should owe you for all these cahgres. remind me wehn we get home, I'll buy you another one [20:36] (Sophie, what does Shotan turn into?) [20:36] (what shape for Shotan?) [20:37] Elf [20:37] :) [20:37] Shotan/Elf climbs into the chariot, taking N's hand. [20:37] OOC: less trouble that way [20:37] * kasin takes N's hand as she climbs in [20:37] Lets go! [20:38] N nods and flicks the reins. The horses neigh loudly and start taking the chariot up. [20:38] Off into the wild blue younder [20:38] ooc: Are the horses all aflame? [20:38] (The horses appear to be made out of fire, although the fire isn't all red ... various colours flicker through it.) [20:39] * kasin is ready [20:39] The chariot goes faster and faster. You feel a wind of passage, but it doesn't get excessive. [20:40] Soon you are fairly zipping along. You see a ship and rapidly overtake it, flying high overhead. [20:41] N laughs loudly and urges the horses on. They respond with a neigh and go even faster. [20:42] You notice that you are leaving a blazing wake behind you. There is not possible way that anyone could miss this chariot's passage. [20:42] (You could sky-write in this thing.) [20:42] N seems to be enjoying himself. [20:42] So N, what have you seen since you you have returned? [20:43] N: Seen? Well, I've been home. That's always refreshing. And Veanbe's plane of course. Ah, the art of Veanbe's plane. [20:43] * kasin nods [20:44] N: It seems that there is a new deity around. Or rather, an old one is back. I heard your name mentioned in conjunction with that, Kasin. [20:44] I'm sure it's good to be back. If you don't mind me asking, were is home? [20:44] Dicerolls please. [20:44] (hang on) [20:45] (ok) [20:46] :) [20:46] OK, religion checks. [20:46] ummm... [20:46] ooc: "Ain't got dat old tahm religion suh" [20:46] fail by 3 [20:47] (You can roll anyway, you get a stat bonus after all.) [20:47] ("Gimme that ol' time religion, an' it's good enough for me!") [20:47] (yeah, your score is almost as good as mine!) [20:48] Does a 6 make? [20:48] (Not good enough.) [20:48] N names some place that you guys have never heard of. [20:48] (your score would be your stats bonus - ie: 5) [20:49] I've never been there, or even heard of it I'm afraid N. [20:49] N: It's ... metagraphically speaking near Veanbe's plane. [20:49] N: A nice place, if I do say so myself. You should all visit some time. [20:49] * kasin nods [20:49] We will, sometime. [20:50] * kasin seems satisfied with the conversation [20:50] N: I notice that you're not using Elenil. [20:51] No. There is a problem. [20:51] N: Oh? ANything I can help with? [20:51] There is a creature in it, so we have trapped it until we can decide what to do with it. [20:51] * kasin shrugs [20:52] Immortal by the looks, former lover of Malchard. [20:52] N: (frowning) Hmm... not good. But I didn't sense anything in Elenil. [20:52] N's eyebrows rise _way_ up. [20:52] N: You have a dragon in your sword? Oh dear. [20:52] A dracolich, to be precise [20:53] N: Worse and worse. [20:53] * kasin nods to A [20:53] N: Even I use a little caution when dealing with that type. They can be nasty. [20:54] Yes, well.... [20:54] N: Hmm... hang on. [20:54] N pulls slightly on the reins and the horses slow rapidly. [20:54] N: There is danger coming. [20:55] N looks around, as do the horses. The latter seem eager. [20:55] ok.... [20:55] N points ... there is a small point in the distance. [20:55] (laugh. Kasin tought is mount Shotan, then realised why that would be a bad thing at the moment...) [20:55] N: A flying beast. A dragon I think. [20:56] (thought to mount) [20:56] :) [20:56] Speak of the devil... [20:56] N: Not really, devils are worse. [20:57] N draws his sword and flicks the reins with the other hand, causing the chariot to gather speed again. [20:57] N puts the reins down, looping them over a protrusion on the front of the chariot. [20:57] Just an expression, N. [20:58] N: I hope it's not another fight. [20:58] ooc: dragon lore check? [20:58] (At the moment you can see a dot. Lore won't help much.) [20:59] Now is not a good time for a fight [20:59] N: Hmm...it appears to be a black. A big one. [20:59] it's back [21:00] N: Maybe it will talk? [21:00] It did last time. After I beat on it a bit. [21:00] N: Well, let's see. [21:01] The shape is coming closer. You can definitely see wing movement to the sides of the dot. [21:01] * kasin waits [21:01] ...and closer... [21:01] (M mutters a prayer - no, not the spell) [21:01] ...and closer ... sure looks like The Dragon. [21:02] doh [21:02] N angles the chariot slightly away from the dragon. [21:02] The dragon changes it's path. [21:02] N: I've had enough of this... [21:03] N takes the reins again and flicks them. The horses neigh - it sounds like a protest - but pick up speed. [21:03] ..and more speed ... [21:03] The dragon is flapping mightily but you whiz way past it... [21:03] * alamark winces [21:03] There is no piint in running, I think [21:03] * alamark braces himself [21:03] ... and turn... [21:04] ...right back at it. [21:04] uh-oh [21:04] The dragon executes a wing, over, but almost before it's half-way done you're past it again. [21:04] The dragon has an almost comical expression of surprise on it's face. [21:04] ..and the chariot turns again. [21:05] heh [21:05] ..and heads back, slightly away from the dragon... [21:05] ...which is still turning... [21:05] ... and suddenly N flicks the reins again and the horses slow ... as you approach the dragon. [21:05] ... and come along-side it. [21:06] N: (loudly) Will you talk? [21:06] The dragon breathes in deeply... [21:06] ...and N gestures with his sword... [21:06] ... and frowns ... [21:06] ... the dragon breathes out... [21:07] ...and N's wings whip up and around, encircling the open top of the chariot. [21:07] uhoh [21:07] N winces. [21:07] N (muttered) Why didn't that work? [21:08] The dragon's expression is ... well, it seems stunned. [21:08] * alamark mutters "Damn immortals..." [21:08] Hey! What do you want? [21:08] N retracts his wings. Some of the feathers are dropping off and gobs of acid are hitting the chariot with a loud sizzling sound. [21:08] D: You death, paladin. And it shall be so... [21:09] N's eyes suddenly widen. [21:09] N: What?!? [21:09] ...and you feel something tearing at you life essence... [21:09] (was that "you" or "your"?) [21:09] Look, surely we can talk about this... [21:09] * kasin draws Viv [21:09] Uh-oh... [21:09] (Saves vs Death Magic people) [21:09] (your life..) [21:10] make by 9 [21:10] Oh damn! [21:11] do I need to make by more than lots? [21:11] (Nope, lots will do. Lots and lots would be better though.) :) [21:11] (5) [21:12] Mitsumi screams and collapses to the floor of the chariot, writhing... [21:13] (Save for Shotan?) [21:13] One of the two horses pulling the chariot screams in agony and goes limp! [21:13] (makes) [21:14] bugger [21:14] (by at least 4) [21:14] I think we have a problem... [21:14] (Those who make withstand the attack, shrugging it off.) [21:14] How's Mitsumi [21:14] The chariot slows and the dragon is past... it appears to be chanting. [21:14] Mitsumi is still screaming and writhing. [21:15] Her hair seems to be falling out. [21:15] * kasin grabs Shotan around the waist [21:15] I whip out my potion of sweet water and pour it on her [21:15] N: Damn him to the hells. In fact, I think I will! [21:15] N leaps out of the chariot and flies after the dragon... [21:16] Shotan steps off the chariot, turning back to his normal form. [21:16] * kasin scrambles to keep her balance on a transforming Shotan [21:16] Alamark pours the sweetwater on Mitsumi. She stops screaming and is now wet. [21:16] Shotan takes off after the dragon, even while Kasin is mounting. [21:16] (riding roll) [21:17] Up ahead, the dragon suddenly begins to move faster, pulling away from N. [21:17] make by 17 [21:18] What's happening to the chariot? [21:18] Now you have made me MAD! [21:18] The chariot is still intact but is rapidly slowing to a stop, dragging the collapsed horse with it. [21:19] Is M still conscious? [21:19] Actions for next round? [21:19] charge after the dragon [21:19] Check Mitsumi [21:20] (Am I still connected? Hello?) [21:21] (yep) [21:21] yep [21:21] Actions for next round? [21:21] charge after the dragon [21:21] Check Mitsumi [21:21] Did you see my action? [21:21] Ah [21:21] OK... came in a bunch. [21:22] Kasin takes off after the dragon. [21:22] Mitsumi is alive and conscious. She seems to be struggling to sit up. [21:22] I help her up [21:23] You do so. Mitsumi looks older, and badly hurt. Her hair has fallen out in pathces and her skin is wrinkeld and withered. Dust is falling from her. [21:23] ooc: eek [21:23] (yow!) [21:23] Ahead of Kasin, the dragon exewcutes another wing-over and flings itself at N. [21:24] Umm, would an Elixir of Health help? It's all the healing I have, sorry. [21:24] N's sword bounces off the dragon, which takes a bit our of him as it passes, and then swipes him with a claw. [21:25] M: (weakly) I don't know. It felt ... like energy drain of some sort. [21:25] The dragon is now rushing right at Kasin and Shotan but you won't meet until next round. [21:25] (Actions for next round?) [21:26] check the wounded horse, w/o touching it as such [21:26] charge the dragon :) [21:27] OK... [21:27] The horse seems dead, actually. It's fires are only smoldering now and it seems to be fading away slowly. [21:27] Kasin and the dragon meet... [21:27] The dragon will bite at Kasin, who can try to swat it with Viv. [21:28] Mitsumi, can you help the horse? [21:28] M (weakly) I have no healing left, ALamark. Even if I did, I .. I don't think I'd be much good at casting just at the moment. [21:28] hit DV 48 [21:29] okayyy... [21:29] Not a critical ... just. (From memory it's around DV 28 or 29 ... but I'm not sure. :( [21:30] (ok) [21:31] 28 dam, assuming it's not CE [21:31] Damage? [21:31] OK... you hit it... [21:31] (forgot it's d8+19, and d12+21) [21:32] ..and it bites you for 16. (I can't even remember the dam and have to guess.) :( [21:32] M: I have a flask of holy water left. Maybe that will help? [21:32] (arrghhh, pecil's disappeared!) [21:32] Next round I'll tell Mitsumi to stay down, then Fireball the horse, aiming it so the fire only gets the horses, not the chariot itself. [21:32] (Riding check for Kasin of course.) [21:32] (heh) [21:33] (make by 29) [21:33] Alamark looks up from the horse to see the dragon bearing down on the chariot extremely quickly. [21:34] Next round? I assume Kasin and Shotan give chase? Alamark, still going to fireball with company coming? [21:35] (yep) [21:35] ooc: does spell turning work on breath weapons? [21:35] (Nope) [21:35] bugger [21:36] ooc: what's the area of effect of Meteor Swarm again? [21:36] (I don't know. No books here.) [21:36] Am I likely to get the spell off before the dragon arrives? [21:36] The dragon suddenly slows noticeably as it passes Kasin, so yes you will. :) [21:37] YOu might get the horses. Maybe the chariot as well. Possibly yourself if you have a real bad init. [21:37] I want to get the horses - hope it heals them! [21:38] The dragon appears to be cursing... [21:38] I'll have to risk getting the chariot [21:38] Perception checks. [21:38] made by 2 [21:38] (the dice are with me today: make by 11) [21:39] After passing Kasin, not only has the dragon slowed down but is seems different somehow. It's eyes ... they're just sockets with glowing points of light. And it's skin is hanging more loosely on it's frame. [21:40] (is it's skin still black?) [21:40] (Yes.) [21:40] OK... next round starts. [21:40] (charge and smite) [21:41] (just when she needs a lance. should carry it more often) [21:41] The dragon bears down on the chariot as Alamark rapidly chants... [21:41] ...init? [21:41] (doh: 8) [21:41] Alamark finishes his spell... Kasin is catching up and the dragon is very close now... [21:41] ...you're going to have to place it just right. [21:42] Will there be less risk if I use the big (2' => 30') ot the small spheres (1'=> 15')? [21:42] (NO real difference I don't think. Don't they end up covering roughyl the same area? [21:42] (I'm going to have to go soon - everyone is closing! :( ) [21:43] looks like it [21:43] (I'll stay until they kick me out though.) [21:43] (ANyway... Int/Reason and Dex/Aim checks.) [21:43] Glenn thinks the bigger ones do a bigger area [21:43] I'll go for small then [21:44] Are those checks for me, Kasin or both? [21:44] You Alamark [21:44] ah [21:44] make dex by 6 [21:45] make int by 12 [21:45] (thankfully!) [21:45] OK... you gesture and balls of fire leave your hands, spreading around the dragon and exploding... [21:45] ... just in front of Kasin who'll ride into the shockwave but will escape damage... [21:46] ...and not close enough to hit yourself, although you will get hit by a blast of hot air. [21:46] perfect! [21:46] do i need to make a dex check to stay standing or anything? [21:46] (Do things getting hit by the meteros get to save for half?) [21:46] Any creature in the straight-line path of these missiles receives the full effect, without benefit of a saving throw [21:47] each sphere is 5d4 [21:47] Oh dear. OK, roll damage for all four ... given that the dragon is big - that's 20d4. [21:47] 8 [21:47] (8?) [21:47] Hmm... fairly pathetic. [21:47] (8 spheres? :) [21:47] 39 damage. [21:48] small spheres - twice as many [21:48] (8 ..OK, roll for the others.) [21:48] (my dice bot is better - this one rolls d4 and multiplies it by x to get xd4) [21:48] (I don't remember there being 8... Hmm..) [21:48] When it is cast, either four spheres of 2-foot diameter or eight spheres of 1-foot diameter spring from the outstretched hand of the wizard [21:48] (I don't think so ... or why does 5d4 get 15, 16 and 17?) [21:49] (OK) [21:49] (true... thats what it was doing last time...hmmm) [21:49] OK... 61 from the other four, so that's 100 points of damage exactly! [21:49] The dragon screams. [21:49] (nasty!) [21:50] yess! [21:50] Did it get the horses? [21:50] Yes. [21:50] The burning dragon roars past the chariot, scattering flame but not attacking. [21:51] And they are? [21:51] ...immediately followed by Kasin. [21:51] (And presumably Alamark ducks real quick.) [21:51] ...and Kasin is followed by a hasted N) [21:51] * kasin charges past yelling [21:51] Nice one alamark! [21:52] One of the dragon's wings seems to fold up and it begins to spiral downwards, flapping it's other wing madly. [21:52] yep [21:52] Kasin can have a whack at its tail if she wants... [21:53] 33 damage... [21:53] How are the horses? [21:53] N gestures and a ball of fire leaps from his hands, striking the dragon's head from behind. [21:53] The dragon roars again and plummets into the water... [21:53] (The horse is still fading - almost gone now.) [21:54] * kasin pulls up, skiming across the water [21:54] Shotan's hooves make small splashes as he runs on water for a moment. [21:54] I tell people to stay back, then FB it [21:54] and pray I'm right [21:54] (GUys, I'm going to have to leave. I think turning those lights out is a subtle hint.) [21:55] (Or not to subtle.) [21:55] ok [21:55] the horses? [21:55] (The horses are as before.) [21:56] Have 105k XP... Kasin can get 103 favor. [21:56] Gotta remember to FB the horse, gotta remember to FB the horse, gotta remember to FB the horse [21:56] woohoo! [21:56] ...and that's all from me and that's all from him. [21:56] ok [21:56] Good night, folks. [21:56] * kasin waves [21:56] * GM does the "shuffle off to buffalo" off the stage. [21:57] *** GM has left #rpg2 [21:57] *** Disconnected Session Close: Mon Sep 25 21:57:16 2000