17:59 bookworm is now known as Gareth
17:59 Woody is now known as Leviticus
18:05 Tikvah is now known as Olwen
18:07 <Skid_GMing>: Okay, when we left off, you had finished collecting loot and negotiating with Juno and were headed back upstairs.
18:07 <Gareth>: "We should drop off this new focus device first so they can start working on it. Then to the lab."
18:07 <Leviticus>: "Juno, you meet us there."
18:08 <Skid_GMing>: "I'll be there." Juno says.
18:08 <Gareth>: On the way over I conference with the group: "So how are we going to handle this? Are we pretending we don't know anything and letting Vimes go back to the cult? Or try turning him in to the Embers?"
18:08 <Leviticus>: "Vimes isn't part of the cult..." I say
18:08 <Leviticus>: "Alex and Juno were sent to spy on him..."
18:08 <Leviticus>: "Why else would Alex have killed one of the group?"
18:09 <Gareth>: That isn't the information I got from our discussion at all >_>
18:09 <Gareth>: 'Sent to spy on him'? I got 'sent to help him'. Though the wording was ambiguous so you could be right.
18:10 <Leviticus>: Skid, can you confirm?
18:10 <Skid_GMing>: Well, if you believe what Juno says is true, you are correct.
18:11 <Skid_GMing>: But Vimes has also not been entirely honest.
18:12 <Gareth>: Well, I said I didn't understand what was going on last time, so okay then.
18:12 <Olwen>: I am more inclined to believe Juno than Vimes.
18:12 <Gareth>: Are there any dragons still alive then?
18:13 <Gareth>: Someone who knows who is who.
18:13 <Skid_GMing>: They are rumoured to still exist. You have a document that might lead to where another one's egg is hidden away.
18:14 <Gareth>: Here I mean.
18:14 <Gareth>: This expedition was composed of dragon cult members?
18:14 <Gareth>: Or am I totally not getting it
18:14 <Skid_GMing>: Well, the document said it was taken to another city.
18:15 <Skid_GMing>: Rindtis is another lost city out in the desert.
18:15 <Olwen>: Matthias(?) wasn't part of the cult.
18:15 <Skid_GMing>: Yes.
18:15 <Gareth>: Yes he wasn't?
18:16 <Skid_GMing>: Correct.
18:16 <Skid_GMing>: You found a dragon coin on Alex, and presumably Juno still has one.
18:16 <Olwen>: We should search Vimes and Petra somehow.
18:17 <Skid_GMing>: Pickpocketting is a speed action.
18:17 <Gareth>: So the cult members are all dead then? Save Juno because we believe she wasn't really a believer?
18:17 <Skid_GMing>: Or you could just demand it, seeing as you have reasonable suspicion...
18:17 <Skid_GMing>: Probably.
18:18 <Olwen>: And if I fail pickpocketing?
18:18 <Leviticus>: If he is, we would be killed for demanding it =P
18:18 <Skid_GMing>: Then they'll notice you were going through their pockets.
18:19 <Olwen>: Soo, which is worse?
18:23 <Leviticus>: If he is a Dragon, demanding gets us killed, pickpocketing either gets us knowledge of this, or gets us killed
18:24 <Leviticus>: If he's not a Dragon, both result in him distrusting us
18:24 <Gareth>: Then let's wait on either move until we're in position to escape.
18:25 <Gareth>: For now we'll just drop off this device and go get the last.
18:25 <Leviticus>: *nods*
18:25 <Leviticus>: Let's go
18:25 <Skid_GMing>: Gareth: roll a magic knoledge check, with learning at the University as two assets.
18:25 <Gareth>: So auto sucess?
18:25 <Olwen>: Why do we automatically get killed if he's a dragon? He probably isn't a literal dragon.
18:25 <Leviticus>: I mean he'll try to kill us
18:25 <Leviticus>: Probably won't succeed, but =P
18:25 <Gareth>: !roll d20 specialized
18:25 <Dicebot>: Gareth, specialized: 7
18:25 <Skid_GMing>: Yeahhh.
18:26 <Skid_GMing>: Your knowledge of magic and Vimes' work at the university allows you to remember that Vimes is a powerful enchanter, not an active spellcaster. While he does have access to several utility spells, none would be a particularly large threat.
18:27 <Gareth>: Excellent
18:27 <Gareth>: To the amphitheater
18:27 <Olwen>: Alright.
18:28 <Skid_GMing>: You all head to the amphitheatre.
18:28 <Gareth>: "We found another." I give it to Petra.
18:28 <Gareth>: "Get it ready, we'll be right back with the last."
18:28 <Skid_GMing>: "Excellent!" He nods and locks it into place.
18:29 <Gareth>: To the lab
18:29 <Skid_GMing>: Before you go Vimes catches up to you with a gleam of excitement in his eye.
18:30 <Skid_GMing>: "That aura! You've been to the vaults! What did you find?"
18:30 <Gareth>: "An island rose from the lake."
18:31 <Skid_GMing>: "Ah, magnificant! Untouched centuries of history! Glorious!"
18:32 <Gareth>: "It was indeed."
18:32 <Gareth>: Possible villain or no, I can't help connecting with his appriciation of history.
18:32 <Skid_GMing>: "When this unpleasantness is over I'll lead a new team here to document and collect every detail."
18:33 <Gareth>: "I think I would like to accompany that group, if I may."
18:34 <Skid_GMing>: (You realize how horrified he's going to be that the place was trashed? =p)
18:34 <Gareth>: We didn't do it. I'll say we found it like that.
18:34 <Skid_GMing>: "You have a pair of artifacts here, I see. Such raw power! It must be the Chaos Device itself!"
18:34 <Skid_GMing>: "May I see it for a moment?"
18:34 <Skid_GMing>: Roll sense motive.
18:34 <Gareth>: Under perception?
18:35 <Skid_GMing>: Partially, yes.
18:35 <Olwen>: (Noooooooo! Don't let him have it! He'll kill us all!)
18:35 <Gareth>: (I'm not going to, I'm not an idiot
)
18:35 <Gareth>: !roll d20 trained
18:35 <Dicebot>: Gareth, trained: 5
18:35 <Skid_GMing>: All of you can roll for this.
18:36 <Leviticus>: !roll d20
18:36 <Dicebot>: Leviticus: 12
18:36 <Olwen>: !roll d20 specialized perception
18:36 <Dicebot>: Olwen, specialized perception: 3
18:36 <Olwen>: -_-
18:36 <Skid_GMing>: He seems to have nothing but slightly greedy scientific curiosity.
18:36 <Gareth>: "I'd rather not; unsure of its properties just yet. You understand. We can study it once we get out of here."
18:37 <Gareth>: Trained persuasion
18:37 <Skid_GMing>: "I... of course. But it is unestimable value, you know. The history alone could make me- er, you, unbelievably wealthy."
18:38 <Skid_GMing>: He's deeply disappointed.
18:38 <Gareth>: "Believe me, I am aware of its significance. I'm an academic too."
18:39 <Skid_GMing>: "We shall discuss this another time, then."
18:39 <Gareth>: "Yes."
18:39 <Gareth>: We return to the labs now? Or is there more
18:39 <Skid_GMing>: No, you're free to go.
18:39 <Gareth>: We go back to the stasis chambers.
18:39 <Skid_GMing>: He wishes you luck in retrieving the last focus device.
18:40 <Olwen>: Honestly, why are we getting focus devices when Juno can just open up the way we came? Or am I missing something.
18:40 <Skid_GMing>: I think you guys were trying to decieve Vimes into thinking she was dead.
18:40 <Gareth>: Yes
18:40 <Olwen>: Does he know how it shut?
18:41 <Skid_GMing>: The invisible monster did it.
18:42 <Olwen>: We could say it opened it again going back to the surface..
18:42 <Olwen>: Anyway, le's just kill the monsters and leave.
18:42 <Gareth>: I approach the boss looking creature. "Let's hope our information is accurate."
18:44 <Skid_GMing>: Okay, Juno meets you outside the stasis room. She's mostly overcome the mutagenic effects of the invisiblity device, and has returned to fully human form. She's a young woman of a slender build, her hair a frizzy mess. You notice that her hands are uncharistically calloused, as if she's spent many hours working with rough stone.
18:44 <Gareth>: Shooting a sleeper is an autohit correct?
18:44 <Skid_GMing>: Yes.
18:44 <Gareth>: Then I zap it, and I encourage the others to follow immediately, with effort to damage. Three 7 point hits off the bat.
18:44 <Skid_GMing>: Wait, which one are you zapping?
18:44 <Gareth>: The boss
18:44 <Gareth>: The big one
18:44 <Skid_GMing>: One of them is much larger than the three of you combined, and clearly an insectiod carnivore with mantid features. The other two are roughly human size, one is ameboid, the other wombat-like and heavily armored.
18:45 <Gareth>: Yes
18:45 <Skid_GMing>: So, you're all lining up right in front of it, and shooting it?
18:45 <Gareth>: Yes
18:45 <Olwen>: How is it contained again?
18:45 <Skid_GMing>: A shimmering, insubstantial field of energy, powered by the focus device.
18:45 <Olwen>: Will arrows do any good?
18:45 <Gareth>: Isn't that a good idea?
18:46 <Skid_GMing>: Probably, yes.
18:46 <Leviticus>: I'm with Gareth on this plan
18:46 <Olwen>: Maybe get Leviticus to stand first since he's heavily armored.
18:46 <Leviticus>: Sure
18:47 <Olwen>: I stand a little behind Levi and to the side.
18:47 <Skid_GMing>: Juno levitates a chunk of copper piping like a spear and waits for your signal to fire.
18:47 <Gareth>: The order doesn't matter, we'll all hit while it's stunned. So we can do max damage while assured of hitting.
18:48 <Olwen>: Ready?
18:48 <Leviticus>: Shall I begin?
18:48 <Gareth>: But just to make definitely sure, we can go in order of damage
18:48 <Gareth>: If there's a difference. Levi does more I think.
18:48 <Gareth>: Heavy weapon
18:48 <Gareth>: I wonder how much Juno does
18:48 <Skid_GMing>: Effort to damage instead of accuracy, since at least the first few of you will get a shot off.
18:49 <Gareth>: Yes
18:49 <Skid_GMing>: You recruited a boss fight character. How much damage do you think she does.
18:49 <Gareth>: 5
18:49 <Skid_GMing>: Okay guess.
18:49 <Leviticus>: She does 7
18:49 <Olwen>: Well, let her go first.
18:49 <Leviticus>: You said last time, Skid
18:50 <Gareth>: I thought he said 5 before, but whichever
18:50 <Skid_GMing>: She had two different attacks.
18:50 <Gareth>: Ah
18:50 <Gareth>: Well let her toss the pipe, then Levi stabs it.
18:51 <Leviticus>: Hokay
18:51 <Olwen>: Then you zap it, then I shoot it.
18:51 <Gareth>: Sure
18:51 <Skid_GMing>: "All, right." She cringes a little, then lets fly. The copper spear embeds itself deep in the mantid's chitinous hide.
18:52 <Olwen>: Leviticus!
18:52 <Skid_GMing>: The creature's eyes snap open. The field containing it wobbles and fails. Next person's turn.
18:52 <Leviticus>: I attack
18:52 <Leviticus>: !roll d20 1 might effort to damage
18:52 <Dicebot>: Leviticus, 1 might effort to damage: 17
18:52 <Skid_GMing>: So, 9 damage...
18:53 <Skid_GMing>: You cleave the creature's torso, severely wounding it.
18:53 <Skid_GMing>: Next.
18:53 <Gareth>: Heavy weapon does 6?
18:53 <Skid_GMing>: Yes.
18:53 <Gareth>: Woah!
18:53 <Gareth>: !roll d20 effort to damage
18:53 <Dicebot>: Gareth, effort to damage: 2
18:53 <Gareth>: You verified autohit!
18:53 <Gareth>:
18:53 <Olwen>: Heh..
18:54 <Skid_GMing>: 7 damage. It shudders and twitches, clearly on its last legs. On either side, the other containment fields begin to break down.
18:54 <Skid_GMing>: Next.
18:54 <Gareth>: Whew
18:54 <Olwen>: I shoot it.
18:54 <Olwen>: !roll d20 trained
18:54 <Dicebot>: Olwen, trained: 17
18:55 <Skid_GMing>: Any effort?
18:55 <Olwen>: No.
18:55 <Gareth>: ...?
18:55 <Skid_GMing>: It dies and flops to the floor.
18:55 <Olwen>: I only have 7 might. I'll probably need it for the others.
18:55 <Olwen>: I didn't need it anyway.
18:55 <Skid_GMing>: You use speed effort for your attacks.
18:55 <Skid_GMing>: But yeah.
18:55 <Gareth>: We didn't know that for sure. Better to overkill than not hit for enough. And like Skid said it's actually from speed for your bow.
18:56 <Gareth>: Yay though
18:56 <Skid_GMing>: You guys just did colossal damage.
18:56 <Olwen>: Next?
18:56 <Gareth>: I zap at another.
18:56 <Skid_GMing>: Monsters get a turn first.
18:56 <Gareth>: They sleep?
18:56 <Skid_GMing>: They woke up.
18:56 <Gareth>: Oh
18:57 <Skid_GMing>: The ameboid is slow to walk and only scoots across the room towards Leviticus, beginning to glow with heat. The wombat charges towards Gareth. Make a dodge roll.
18:58 <Gareth>: !roll d20 specialized
18:58 <Dicebot>: Gareth, specialized: 15
18:58 <Skid_GMing>: You sidestep like a matador.
18:58 <Olwen>: Hehe.
18:59 <Skid_GMing>: Juno grabs the ameboid with her telekinetic grip, lifting it into the air.
18:59 <Gareth>: That's the armored one?
18:59 <Skid_GMing>: It's a squishy blob with transparent skin.
19:00 <Skid_GMing>: The armored one is the wombat that just made a run at you.
19:00 <Gareth>: K
19:00 <Leviticus>: Since I'm specialized in armor, does that mean I can also go through armor more easily?
19:00 <Skid_GMing>: No, it doesn't. That's a function of pure attack strength.
19:00 <Gareth>: Nice try though
19:01 <Skid_GMing>: Turn order: Juno, Leviticus, Gareth, Olwen, monsters.
19:01 <Leviticus>: I'm thinking I go for the wombat?
19:01 <Gareth>: Sure
19:01 <Skid_GMing>: Olwen: you can't use your shield at the same time as your bow. You'll have to spend an action switching back and forth.
19:02 <Olwen>: Got it.
19:02 <Leviticus>: !roll d20 trained
19:02 <Dicebot>: Leviticus, trained: 8
19:02 <Olwen>: Does it affect my flexible shooter skill?
19:02 <Skid_GMing>: You swing and just miss, taking a chunk out of a nearby workbench.
19:03 <Olwen>: (the shield.)
19:03 <Skid_GMing>: Well, a shield requires a hand to wield. You need two hands free to shoot a bow.
19:03 <Olwen>: But while I'm just carrying it.
19:03 <Skid_GMing>: It hooks to your backpack unless you're actively using it.
19:03 <Olwen>: Great.
19:04 <Leviticus>: Can I switch to my medium sword without using a turn?
19:05 <Olwen>: Isn't it Gareth's turn?
19:05 <Skid_GMing>: I'm going to say you can. The issue is that a shield is something that is only used between turns. So it makes things unfair if you can free-actino swap it.
19:05 <Gareth>: Reasonable
19:06 <Skid_GMing>: For that particular shield I could negotiate buying a mod for it that allows hands-free use.
19:07 <Skid_GMing>: Okay, next turn.
19:07 <Gareth>: I shoot at the armadillo or whatever.
19:07 <Skid_GMing>: Roll for it.
19:08 <Gareth>: !roll d20
19:08 <Dicebot>: Gareth: 14
19:08 <Skid_GMing>: You zap it, and it yelps.
19:08 <Olwen>: Where is the wombat?
19:09 <Skid_GMing>: It's half-under a workbench, turning around after its charge.
19:09 <Olwen>: My turn?
19:09 <Skid_GMing>: Yes.
19:09 <Olwen>: I shoot at the wombat.
19:09 <Skid_GMing>: Roll for it.
19:10 <Olwen>: !roll d20 trained
19:10 <Dicebot>: Olwen, trained: 10
19:10 <Skid_GMing>: Effort?
19:10 <Olwen>: 1
19:10 <Gareth>: To which?
19:10 <Olwen>: Speed, right?
19:10 <Skid_GMing>: Yes.
19:11 <Skid_GMing>: You fire an arrow into its thick, furry hide. It doesn't sink very deep.
19:11 <Gareth>: To hit I assume then
19:11 <Olwen>: Uh-oh
19:12 <Gareth>: Monsters go
19:13 <Skid_GMing>: Monsters turn? The ameboid vomits up a glob of flaming jelly that it sprays across the room. Dodge rolls from everyone.
19:13 <Gareth>: !roll d20 specialized
19:13 <Dicebot>: Gareth, specialized: 8
19:13 <Skid_GMing>: Juno jumps clear, but drops the ameboid in the process.
19:13 <Olwen>: !roll d20 trained
19:13 <Dicebot>: Olwen, trained: 7
19:13 <Olwen>: Gaaaah.
19:14 <Skid_GMing>: Effort?
19:14 <Leviticus>: !roll d20
19:14 <Dicebot>: Leviticus: 5
19:14 <Skid_GMing>: I think you're safe if you use an effort.
19:14 <Olwen>: Can I use an effort after I roll? 0_o
19:14 <Gareth>:
19:14 <Skid_GMing>: It's a free effort. We're assuming you use it by default.
19:15 <Gareth>: Oh yeah! You upgraded edge!
19:15 <Olwen>: Oh, sure
19:15 <Olwen>: Not used to that.
19:15 <Gareth>: Though as I said before technically you shouldn't be using it yet. But if Skid says okay
19:15 <Skid_GMing>: So only Leviticus gets tagged with flaming bile, taking four might damage. And stays mildly on fire.
19:16 <Skid_GMing>: The wombat takes a run at Olwen this time. Make another dodge roll.
19:16 <Skid_GMing>: Remember to apply armor.
19:16 <Leviticus>: I get to subtract two, though =D
19:16 <Skid_GMing>: Yes.
19:17 <Olwen>: I don't have armor....?
19:17 <Skid_GMing>: Talking to Leviticus.
19:17 <Olwen>: !roll d20 trained 1 effort
19:17 <Dicebot>: Olwen, trained 1 effort: 4
19:17 <Skid_GMing>: The wombat bowls you over, doing 4 damage.
19:18 <Olwen>: Ow.
19:18 <Skid_GMing>: Top of the turn order. Juno grabs a table and hovers it between her and the ameboid.
19:18 <Skid_GMing>: Next.
19:18 <Leviticus>: I attack the ameboid with my medium sword
19:18 <Gareth>: So the training is an asset now
19:18 <Leviticus>: !roll d20 trained
19:18 <Dicebot>: Leviticus, trained: 9
19:19 <Skid_GMing>: You slice into it releasing a small burst of flame and goo that heats up your armour, dealing 3 damage.
19:20 <Skid_GMing>: (that's 3 damage to you. The ameboid was also hurt.)
19:20 <Skid_GMing>: Next.
19:20 <Gareth>: I zap at the wombat again.
19:20 <Skid_GMing>: Roll.
19:21 <Gareth>: !roll d20 effort to hit
19:21 <Dicebot>: Gareth, effort to hit: 6
19:22 <Olwen>: Ow.
19:22 <Gareth>: That hits I think
19:22 <Skid_GMing>: You have training?
19:22 <Skid_GMing>: List it.
19:22 <Gareth>: No, effort
19:22 <Gareth>: It's a 9?
19:22 <Skid_GMing>: It's a 12.
19:23 <Gareth>: 6+3?
19:23 <Skid_GMing>: No, the target number.
19:23 <Skid_GMing>: You fire carefully, managing to avoid hitting Olwen but also the entire wombat.
19:23 <Gareth>: Why did his 9 hit?
19:23 <Olwen>: Diferent animal?
19:23 <Skid_GMing>: Training. 9+3
19:23 <Skid_GMing>: Also different animal.
19:24 <Gareth>: Whatever
19:24 <Olwen>: Where is the wombat in relation to me?
19:24 <Skid_GMing>: Next turn?
19:24 <Gareth>: Yay I wasted an effort
19:24 <Gareth>: Again
19:24 <Olwen>: :/
19:24 <Gareth>: It never gets old
19:24 <Skid_GMing>: It's sort of beside and on top of you.
19:24 <Skid_GMing>: It looks unhappy.
19:24 <Gareth>: Can't wait until next mission when my magic will be trained. That better make a difference
19:25 <Olwen>: My shield can deal damage. right?
19:25 <Skid_GMing>: You want to whack it with your shield?
19:25 <Skid_GMing>: Have a go at it. Speed attack.
19:25 <Gareth>: That's what I had in mind when you mentioned the spikes
19:26 <Olwen>: !Roll d20 2 effort
19:26 <Dicebot>: Olwen, 2 effort: 18
19:26 <Olwen>:
19:27 <Skid_GMing>: That connects. You drive the thorn shield into its face. As you do so, dark vines lash out from the shield and wrap around the wombat's face, scratching it painfully.
19:27 <Olwen>: O_O
19:27 <Olwen>: How much damage?
19:28 <Skid_GMing>: Perception check?
19:28 <Olwen>: !roll d20 specialized
19:28 <Dicebot>: Olwen, specialized: 4
19:28 <Olwen>: -_-
19:29 <Skid_GMing>: About regular attack damage, but you suspect it would do more if the target was unarmored. The thorns aren't long enough to penetrate properly.
19:30 <Olwen>: OK.
19:30 <Skid_GMing>: The wombat lunges at you in response, its jaw unhinging for a savage attack. Dodge.
19:30 <Olwen>: !roll d20 1 effort
19:30 <Dicebot>: Olwen, 1 effort: 13
19:31 <Skid_GMing>: You roll aside, the thorns raking the wombat again as you pull away.
19:31 <Skid_GMing>: The ameboid fires another glob, but Juno catches it with her shield.
19:32 <Skid_GMing>: Top of the turn order. Juno smashes her table over the ameboid, creating a splinterly flaming mess. The ameboid completely collapses.
19:32 <Leviticus>: Dead?
19:32 <Skid_GMing>: Looks dead. Also, you might want to move away from it.
19:32 <Gareth>: Lol
19:33 <Leviticus>: I attack the wombat
19:33 <Skid_GMing>: Rollll.
19:33 <Leviticus>: With the medium blade
19:33 <Leviticus>: !roll d20 1 effort to hit
19:33 <Dicebot>: Leviticus, 1 effort to hit: 4
19:33 <Gareth>: Ugh
19:33 <Gareth>: Oh trained too
19:34 <Leviticus>: Oh, and trained
19:34 <Gareth>: 10
19:34 <Gareth>: Still a miss
19:34 <Gareth>: >_>
19:34 <Skid_GMing>: You slash at the wombat, but aren't sure where to strike amongst the vines. You nick its ear.
19:34 <Skid_GMing>: Next.
19:35 <Gareth>: I try to hit it.
19:35 <Gareth>: !roll d20
19:35 <Dicebot>: Gareth: 7
19:35 <Skid_GMing>: With?
19:35 <Gareth>: Gaah
19:35 <Skid_GMing>: You don't hit it.
19:35 <Gareth>: I know
19:35 <Skid_GMing>: I just have to rub it in.
19:35 <Gareth>: I know
19:35 <Skid_GMing>: Olwen?
19:36 <Olwen>: I move as far away from the wombat as I can and switch to my bow.
19:36 <Olwen>: Well, stay within range.
19:37 <Skid_GMing>: Okay, you jump to your feet and scoot acroos the room to relative safety on the far side of the bonfire.
19:38 <Skid_GMing>: The wombat runs for the door, just making it to the open doorway.
19:38 <Skid_GMing>: Top of the turn order. Juno seems content to let it go.
19:38 <Leviticus>: Bonfire? O_O
19:38 <Skid_GMing>: The smashed table in the ameboid fire.
19:39 <Leviticus>: I give chase and attempt to bring it down
19:39 <Leviticus>: !roll d20 trained
19:39 <Dicebot>: Leviticus, trained: 4
19:39 <Leviticus>: >_>
19:39 <Skid_GMing>: You don't manage to intercept it.
19:40 <Leviticus>: Gareth?
19:40 <Skid_GMing>: Next?
19:40 <Gareth>: Is it still here?
19:40 <Skid_GMing>: It's still in the doorway until its turn.
19:41 <Gareth>: I shoot at it once more.
19:41 <Gareth>: !roll d20 effort to hit
19:41 <Dicebot>: Gareth, effort to hit: 12
19:41 <Gareth>: Finally
19:41 <Skid_GMing>: You zap it and it screams, but doesn't fall.
19:41 <Gareth>: Grr
19:42 <Gareth>: Are you sure this one isn't the boss?
19:42 <Skid_GMing>: It's just got 2 damage reduction, so all these 4 damage attacks are doing 2 damage.
19:42 <Gareth>: Ooooh
19:42 <Gareth>: Gamechanger
19:43 <Skid_GMing>: Whose turn is it?
19:43 <Olwen>: Mine.
19:43 <Olwen>: I shoot at it.
19:43 <Skid_GMing>: The wombat is in very bad shape.
19:43 <Skid_GMing>: Fire away.
19:44 <Olwen>: !roll d20 trained 2 effort
19:44 <Dicebot>: Olwen, trained 2 effort: 7
19:44 <Olwen>: -_-
19:44 <Gareth>: 2 effort hits
19:44 <Gareth>: I think
19:44 <Olwen>: I hope.
19:44 <Skid_GMing>: You shoot it, lodging another arrow in its skin. It flees screaming into the hallways. With 1 HP left.
19:45 <Gareth>: Yeah
19:45 <Olwen>: O_O
19:45 <Gareth>: I roll my eyes and chase after it.
19:45 <Olwen>: Is it still combat?
19:45 <Gareth>: "I'm bagging the trophy after all that effort!"
19:45 <Skid_GMing>: Anyone who wants to chase it, roll a speed check.
19:45 <Skid_GMing>: Run, specifically.
19:45 <Gareth>: !roll d20 effort
19:45 <Dicebot>: Gareth, effort: 9
19:46 <Olwen>: !roll d20 2 effort
19:46 <Dicebot>: Olwen, 2 effort: 9
19:46 <Skid_GMing>: Your collective efforts manage to run it down in a distant lab room, where you dispatch it with arrows and lightning.
19:47 <Gareth>: Whew
19:47 <Leviticus>: !roll d20
19:47 <Dicebot>: Leviticus: 3
19:47 <Skid_GMing>: You get left way behind, and decide to go back and pick up the focus device instead.
19:48 <Skid_GMing>: =p
19:48 <Gareth>: I return.
19:48 <Olwen>: Anything in this room?
19:48 <Skid_GMing>: Nothing of particular interest.
19:48 <Skid_GMing>: There's a dead giant wombat.
19:48 <Olwen>: I retun as well.
19:48 <Gareth>: "So, how do we proceed then?"
19:48 <Skid_GMing>: "I'm dead now, right?" Says Juno.
19:49 <Gareth>: "Not if you sneak out, right?"
19:49 <Olwen>: "The others should think that."
19:49 <Leviticus>: "Yes, that's our pretense"
19:50 <Skid_GMing>: "Yes, that. I'll sneak out and meet you all outside."
19:50 <Olwen>: We need to return to the ampitheatre and complete the thing.
19:50 <Skid_GMing>: "When you see Maya, give her this for me." She hand over a folded note.
19:50 <Olwen>: "Will do."
19:51 <Skid_GMing>: "Thanks. For everything."
19:51 <Skid_GMing>: "I'll try to make it up to you."
19:51 <Olwen>: "I'm, sure you will."
19:51 <Gareth>: "Helping with that fight was pretty good."
19:51 <Olwen>: Heh.
19:51 <Skid_GMing>: She reaches into her pocket and vanishes.
19:52 <Skid_GMing>: "Go make Vimes feel bad about getting me killed."
19:52 <Gareth>: We go back to the ampitheater.
19:52 <Leviticus>: Wait, I thought Gareth got the chaos device?
19:52 <Skid_GMing>: No, you never handed it over.
19:52 <Olwen>: She has the invisibility thing.
19:52 <Skid_GMing>: Oh, yes.
19:52 <Skid_GMing>: The chaos device and invisiblity thing have overlapping side effects.
19:53 <Gareth>: "Last one, let's get out of here!"
19:54 <Skid_GMing>: You go to the amphitheatre, slot the last focus device into place, and Vimes activates the Aether capture system. The roof begins sliding open, the dome opening like a huge eye.
19:56 <Skid_GMing>: Vimes completely fails to be distraught at the news of his students' deaths.
19:57 <Gareth>: Heh
19:57 <Leviticus>: Baha
19:57 <Skid_GMing>: It's a bit of a climb to get out of the facility, but eventually manage, emerging on the upper tiers of the huge temple. You make your way around and rejoin Maya.
19:58 <Olwen>: Did I see what was on the note?
19:58 <Skid_GMing>: Did you open it up?
19:58 <Olwen>: Is it sealed?
19:59 <Skid_GMing>: It isn't.
19:59 <Olwen>: Sure, I guess.
20:00 <Gareth>: Yes
20:00 <Skid_GMing>: "I hope this isn't goodbye forever. I'll see you again, maybe, in another place with another face. - Juno"
20:01 <Olwen>: Face Changer?
20:01 <Skid_GMing>: Yes.
20:01 <Skid_GMing>: Well, not exactly. Time skip stuff.
20:02 <Olwen>: I give the folded note to Maya.
20:02 <Gareth>: Yes, If anyone wasn't aware - there will be a considerable time jump between this mission and the next one, so Skid can advance world stuff.
20:03 <Skid_GMing>: Next session will be taking place six months in the future. Full epilogue then. Suffice it to say for now that Maya takes the news hard, and then you all set off your journey back to the capital, making sure to misplace some supplies as you leave.
20:03 <Gareth>: We should have another 'hangout session' before that so we can get info drops on what's up.
20:03 <Skid_GMing>: Exactly.
20:03 <Olwen>: Sooo..... Money?
20:04 <Skid_GMing>: Yeah. Your party earns the full reward for your rescue mission, though Vimes argues vehemently that it should reduced as you refuse to hand over the artifacts you recovered.
20:04 <Gareth>: Ha, good for him.
20:05 <Gareth>: I kinda like this guy, in a weird way.
20:05 <Gareth>: Since he's not actually a bad guy.
20:05 <Skid_GMing>: You get a royal each.
20:05 <Gareth>: The whole party?
20:05 <Olwen>: What about the loot from the shrine?
20:06 <Skid_GMing>: In addition to that.
20:06 <Olwen>: Which was in total 10 royals, right?
20:06 <Skid_GMing>: Yes.
20:06 <Skid_GMing>: And the shield, and the Chaos Device.
20:06 <Gareth>: Ezra and Deimos get rewarded too right?
20:07 <Skid_GMing>: I'm reserving part of the reward money for them.
20:07 <Gareth>: One royal?
20:07 <Gareth>: You said the party reward was 5 I think
20:08 <Skid_GMing>: Yeah. So there are three of you, and two other party members who showed up briefly.
20:08 <Gareth>: Right. So one each, all around
20:08 <Gareth>: XP
20:08 <Gareth>: ^_^
20:09 <Skid_GMing>: 3 XP each for this session, and one to give away.
20:09 <Gareth>: And do we get pay from the Embers? This reward was from the Academy right?
20:10 <Skid_GMing>: For this mission the reward technically went to the Ember Patrol, who passed it directly to you guys.
20:10 <Gareth>: Got it
20:10 <Gareth>: Combat bonus though?
20:10 <Olwen>: Heh.
20:11 <Skid_GMing>: You guys just got relatively rich. The pay officer is going to look at you funny if you ask. =p
20:11 <Gareth>: I say "Hey, we could have died."
20:12 <Gareth>: Trained persuasion
20:12 <Gareth>:
20:12 <Skid_GMing>: "But you didn't now, did you. Look, we got a dozen new recruits we need to gear and train, can't be sending them out naked just because you want a a few coppers on top of your gold."
20:13 <Gareth>: "'We didn't' doesn't change that we could have..."
20:13 <Skid_GMing>: Yeah, you're not getting anything more.
20:13 <Gareth>: "If we had would you have compensated our kin?"
20:14 <Skid_GMing>: Do you guys have kin?
20:14 <Gareth>: It's hypothetical. I want to be sure he's consistent.
20:14 <Skid_GMing>: Thorn Shield (1 asset to dodge, 3 damage counterattack, melee range) (7 Royals) - This light shield is covered in spiked blackwood vines that lash out at anyone who attempts to harm the wielder. Deals 3 damage on any successful dodge against a melee attack.
20:19 <Gareth>: I'll contact everyone about the hangout
20:20 <Skid_GMing>: Let me know when it is, there's a lot of story stuff I'll pass on to you guys for it.
20:20 <Gareth>: Yes
20:20 <Gareth>: I'll be sure you can do whatever day it is
20:21 Gareth left #Gowers
20:21 <Skid_GMing>: Chaos Device (magic item, chaotic effects) - A short ivory cylinder about the size of sword's hilt and engraved with hundreds of ancient runes. When gripped by a hand it emits pulsating fractals of varaible size from either end, forming into a weapon that fits the wielder's skills, or a random light weapon if they have none. It deals +2 damage from the base weapon. Low and high attack rolls trigger effects from the tables of High and Low Chaos, respectively."
20:22 <Skid_GMing>: Or rather, reverse respectively.
20:22 Skid_GMing fixes that and posts loot info to the thread.