17:10 LIGHTNING is now known as Ezra
18:59 bookworm is now known as Gareth
18:59 Tikvah is now known as Olwen
19:00 <Gareth>: So how much time has past?
19:01 <Ezra>: Two weeks?
19:01 <Skid_GMing>: A couple weeks.
19:01 <Gareth>: I examine my carving
19:01 <Gareth>: Talent check
19:01 <Gareth>: !roll d20
19:01 <Dicebot>: Gareth: 11
19:02 <Gareth>: Needs more work
19:02 <Skid_GMing>: Heh.
19:02 <Skid_GMing>: Generally, don't actually roll unless I say to, that way you can't crit-fail, and I don't have to inflict horrors upon you. =p
19:03 <Gareth>: I know
19:03 <Gareth>: We didn't start though
19:03 <Skid_GMing>: Well, hush while I set up the scenario then. =p
19:03 <Ezra>: xD
19:04 <Skid_GMing>: Your party has escorted other caravans, done a few minor tasks, and are now on the outskirts of Blackwood. It's a bustling lumber town of about 20,000 souls. The local constable has arrived to brief you on your task.
19:05 <Skid_GMing>: He's a portly man who looks like he hasn't actually chased a felon down in decades.
19:05 <Olwen>: Question; I can't find Blackwood on the map.
19:06 <Skid_GMing>: Blacktree. Sorry.
19:06 <Skid_GMing>: Blackwood is the stuff that grows there.
19:06 <Olwen>:
That's where I came from!
19:06 <Skid_GMing>: "Name's Gaston. I take it you're here to take down crazy Malvert?"
19:07 <Olwen>: "Who is he?"
19:08 <Ezra>: "Quite so, please, tell us what you know of this Malvert."
19:08 <Skid_GMing>: "Loony old woodcrafter. Lives alone off the edge of town. Says the lizard men are coming to take him away. Builds traps when he isn't down at the pub shouting at people."
19:09 <Olwen>: "Do we know anything about these 'lizards'?"
19:10 <Skid_GMing>: "Flights of his imagination, as far as I can tell. He says they killed the emperor and wear his skin."
19:10 <Skid_GMing>: "And ain't that a likely story?"
19:10 <Ezra>: I judge how honest the man is.
19:10 <Olwen>: "Alright, Where is Malvert now?"
19:10 <Skid_GMing>: Roll detect deception.
19:11 <Ezra>: !roll d20 detect deception trained
19:11 <Dicebot>: Ezra, detect deception trained: 18
19:11 <Skid_GMing>: He seems honest, if a little less than bright.
19:11 <Ezra>: [and now I know]
19:12 <Skid_GMing>: "Under his tree. We called you lot because he finally stuck a big old crossbow in the top of it and taught it to shoot at strangers. Killed a neighbour's cow. Could have been much worse."
19:12 <Olwen>: Do I know anything about Malvert? Since I came from here?
19:13 <Ezra>: "Right, we will deal with him. Don't worry."
19:13 <Olwen>: "Wait, he taught a crossbow?"
19:13 <Skid_GMing>: You vaguely remember that some old man was living out the end of town and screaming at people in the taverns.
19:14 <Ezra>: "Will you lead us there?"
19:15 <Skid_GMing>: "He taught his tree. Blackwood, you know? Never seen anyone who could do something that fancy, but there you have it."
19:15 <Skid_GMing>: "Sure thing. Follow me right this way."
19:15 <Olwen>: How much do I know about the trees?
19:15 <Olwen>: I follow the Constable.
19:16 <Ezra>: "Guys, let me handle this. I have my darts, he does not sound that evil."
19:16 <Olwen>: "Seriously? We were sent as a team."
19:16 <Skid_GMing>: Blackwood is a sort of sentient wood that has a limited ability to interact with its surroundings, and can be taught simple commands through conditioning and repetition.
19:17 <Olwen>: Alright.
19:17 <Skid_GMing>: It's often used for children's toys.
19:17 <Skid_GMing>: And some more serious mechanical purposes.
19:18 <Ezra>: I walk along behind Gaston.
19:19 <Skid_GMing>: Okay, the constable leads you out the end of town. At the edge of a clearing, the constable stops and takes cover behind a tree. In the center of the brushy clearing, about 100 feet away, stand a huge and ancient Blackwood, adorned with scraps of metal and hanging sawblades. It twists rythmically back and forth, as if surveying the area.
19:20 <Olwen>: Where is Gareth?
19:20 <Gareth>: Behind you
19:20 <Ezra>: "Where is Mal?"
19:21 <Skid_GMing>: "That there is where you're going. He's under that tree somewhere, down his old foxhole."
19:22 <Ezra>: "Right, let us first take out that bow, eh?"
19:22 <Olwen>: "You gonna do that with your poisoned darts?"
19:22 <Gareth>: I check my memory for any effective ways to neutralize or otherwise effectively deal with Blackwood.
19:23 <Skid_GMing>: Burn it.
19:23 <Ezra>: "Do we have a fire mage about?"
19:23 <Olwen>: "Gareth, can you catch it on fire?"
19:23 <Gareth>: No ways to neutralize the magic?
19:23 <Ezra>: [how far away is the tree?]
19:23 <Skid_GMing>: It doesn't have supernatural senses however, and relies on touch or very poor vision to detect the world around.
19:24 <Skid_GMing>: 100 ft away.
19:24 <Gareth>: I see.
19:24 <Ezra>: "Who here is the best thrower?"
19:24 <Gareth>: "Flaming arrows."
19:24 <Olwen>: "Alright then."
19:24 <Olwen>: "Anything burnable I can put on my arrow?"
19:25 <Gareth>: They're wooden aren't they?
19:25 <Ezra>: "Hm... Can you wet the tip?"
19:25 <Gareth>: Light the actual arrow?
19:25 <Olwen>: "Not sure it would stay lit."
19:26 <Ezra>: "I still think I have a better way..."
19:26 <Skid_GMing>: If you scan the area for a bit longer you'll notice that there are dozens of 4-foot bolts dotting the clearing, fired without any apparent target.
19:26 <Olwen>: Are any within reach?
19:27 <Ezra>: "They may be trigger points, careful!"
19:27 <Skid_GMing>: Yes. There are some that were shot into the forest.
19:27 <Olwen>: I go to one and look for any signs of a trap.
19:27 <Ezra>: "Try not to touch anything around where they landed if you do go for them."
19:27 <Skid_GMing>: Roll perception.
19:28 <Olwen>: !roll d20 trained
19:28 <Dicebot>: Olwen, trained: 19
19:28 <Skid_GMing>: It looks perfectly safe. The shaft of the bolt has bark on it, and there is no fletching.
19:29 <Olwen>: I grab it.
19:29 <Skid_GMing>: Okay, you've got a 4-foot stick, blunt on both ends.
19:29 <Ezra>: "What do you plan to do with it?"
19:29 <Olwen>: I scan the area for anything burnable.
19:30 <Ezra>: I study the blackwood bow.
19:30 <Skid_GMing>: It appears that the tree grows its own ammunition. You have your lamps with lamp oil.
19:30 <Skid_GMing>: You can't currently see the weapon. The tree seems to be hiding it in its branches.
19:30 <Olwen>: I dip one end of the bolt in oil.
19:30 <Ezra>: [nice trick tree]
19:31 <Gareth>: Who has the highest speed pool?
19:31 <Olwen>: I light it and fire at the tree.
19:31 <Skid_GMing>: The end of the stick is oily, but might not stay lit without a wicking substance.
19:31 <Olwen>: Bother.
19:31 <Skid_GMing>: Okay, roll your attack.
19:32 <Olwen>: Can I retract that since I didn't see what you posted?
19:32 <Skid_GMing>: Sure.
19:32 <Olwen>: Any grass around?
19:32 <Gareth>: Was going to say whoever ends up throwing this should use effort to accuracy, so should be the one with speed points to spare.
19:33 <Gareth>: But if you're shooting it still then nvm.
19:33 <Skid_GMing>: Yeah, there's grass.
19:33 <Olwen>: I should shoot it, I just need to make sure it burns.
19:34 <Olwen>: I tie grass onto my arrow oil it again.
19:34 <Skid_GMing>: You're using an arrow for this?
19:34 <Olwen>: Gah, no.
19:35 <Olwen>: I meant the bolt.
19:35 <Ezra>: I watch, slightly confused.
19:35 <Skid_GMing>: Okay, fire away.
19:35 <Olwen>: I fire at the tree.
19:35 <Ezra>: I watch the shot...
19:35 <Skid_GMing>: Roll.
19:36 <Olwen>: !roll d20 trained archery, special skill flexible archer, one affort to accuracy.
19:36 <Dicebot>: Olwen, trained archery, special skill flexible archer, one affort to accuracy.: 11
19:36 <Ezra>: ...as it...
19:36 <Skid_GMing>: Okay. The bolt disappear into its branches.
19:37 <Skid_GMing>: And then the splintered, flaming pieces fall to the base of the tree.
19:37 <Ezra>: ...flys into the branches.
19:37 <Ezra>: "This may work..."
19:38 <Olwen>: "That didn't work"
19:38 <Olwen>: "Should I try again?"
19:38 <Skid_GMing>: The tree whips around and the crossbow appears from the greenery, firing a shot wildly above your heads.
19:38 <Ezra>: "Guys, let me..."
19:38 <Olwen>: "Let you what?"
19:38 <Gareth>: I was thinking stick it in the trunk
19:39 <Ezra>: "I can destroy the tree."
19:39 <Skid_GMing>: Hard to do when the bolt doesn't have a point.
19:39 <Gareth>: I thought it was on an arrow.
19:39 <Olwen>: "How are you planning on doing that?"
19:39 <Ezra>: "Here, trust me on this."
19:39 <Ezra>: "Which one of you has the best throwing arm?"
19:40 <Gareth>: Not me
19:40 <Gareth>: 5 speed
19:40 <Skid_GMing>: Smoke rises from the base of the tree.
19:40 <Ezra>: "Right, let me do this then..." Looks over at the tree's smoke.
19:41 <Skid_GMing>: If it looks like a tree could panic, this one would be. It flails its limbs, trying to reach and smother the fire.
19:41 <Olwen>: "Why don't we wait?"
19:42 <Ezra>: It is distracted now!
19:42 <Ezra>: "This is the perfect time!"
19:42 <Gareth>: "Are you sure?"
19:42 <Olwen>: "It's also catching on fire!"
19:42 <Skid_GMing>: Perception checks.
19:43 <Gareth>: "How do we know it can't see two things at once?"
19:43 <Olwen>: !roll d20 specialized
19:43 <Dicebot>: Olwen, specialized: 7
19:43 <Gareth>: !roll d20 trained perception
19:43 <Dicebot>: Gareth, trained perception: 18
19:43 <Olwen>: -_-
19:43 <Ezra>: [ha, it was me no doubt as well]
19:44 <Skid_GMing>: All right, you guys see a bald man pop out of the undergrowth and throw water on the fire. Then he disappears back into the earth.
19:44 <Ezra>: "Right, see? There is only one way to do this."
19:44 <Ezra>: I very slowly edge closer to the tree using stealth, ready to dodge should it turn my way.
19:45 <Skid_GMing>: "YOU THINK YOU CAN TAKE ME THAT EASILY? I PREPARED FOR EVERYTHING! EVERYTHING!"
19:45 <Ezra>: "or is he" I think
19:45 <Olwen>: I fire at the tree same as before, only with an arrow this time.
19:45 <Skid_GMing>: "YOU AND YOUR LIZARD TRICKS WILL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE."
19:46 <Ezra>: [Should I roll a stealth check Skid?]
19:46 <Skid_GMing>: Roll.
19:46 <Skid_GMing>: You're sneaking up on the tree?
19:46 <Ezra>: [YES]
19:46 <Gareth>: "What's this loon's name again?"
19:46 <Skid_GMing>: Okay, roll a stealth check. You moving fast or creeping through the underbrush?
19:46 <Olwen>: "Malvert."
19:46 <Ezra>: !roll d20 stealth trained
19:46 <Dicebot>: Ezra, stealth trained: 16
19:46 <Ezra>: [creeping]
19:47 <Skid_GMing>: Okay, the tree doesn't seem to be noticing you at all.
19:47 <Gareth>: I call out "Malvert we aren't with the lizards, we just want to talk."
19:47 <Ezra>: [how close am I now?]
19:47 <Skid_GMing>: "LIZARD TRICKS!"
19:47 <Skid_GMing>: You're about halfway there.
19:47 <Ezra>: I very slowly edge closer to the tree using stealth, ready to dodge should it turn my way.
19:47 <Skid_GMing>: You hear something slam shut.
19:48 <Gareth>: "No, we're with the Ember Patrol. We're here to help you."
19:48 <Ezra>: "Don't guys, he is not going to believe anything we say."
19:48 <Gareth>: "Probably not, but it won't hurt to keep him talking."
19:48 <Gareth>: "We may establish trust, if nothing else we hear where he's at."
19:48 <Olwen>: Ahem, <Olwen> I fire at the tree same as before, only with an arrow this time.
19:48 <Ezra>: [Am I close yet?]
19:48 <Skid_GMing>: Roll for it.
19:49 <Skid_GMing>: Okay, you make your way forwards to the base of the tree, it's smouldering and steamy.
19:49 <Skid_GMing>: There's no immediate sign of the old man.
19:49 <Ezra>: I throw an acid grenade on it.
19:50 <Olwen>: !roll d20 trained archery, 1 effort to accuracy
19:50 <Dicebot>: Olwen, trained archery, 1 effort to accuracy: 13
19:50 <Ezra>: "Don't shoot at me!"
19:50 <Skid_GMing>: What part of the tree are you aiming for?
19:50 <Olwen>: The trunk.
19:50 <Ezra>: [he means me]
19:51 <Skid_GMing>: Okay, the flaming arrow strikes the tree and sticks.
19:51 <Skid_GMing>: Both of you, actually.
19:51 <Ezra>: I aim for the middle of it.
19:51 <Skid_GMing>: Your acid smokes and eats into the treebark.
19:51 <Ezra>: "Yes!"
19:51 <Skid_GMing>: Roll to dodge.
19:51 <Skid_GMing>: Ezra.
19:52 <Ezra>: !roll d20 dodge trained
19:52 <Dicebot>: Ezra, dodge trained: 2
19:52 <Ezra>: XP to reroll
19:52 <Skid_GMing>: Not a bad plan.
19:52 <Skid_GMing>: Okay.
19:52 <Ezra>: [don't want to die yet! DX]
19:52 <Ezra>: !roll d20 dodge trained
19:52 <Dicebot>: Ezra, dodge trained: 3
19:52 <Skid_GMing>: Wooow.
19:52 <Gareth>: AHAHAHA
19:52 <Ezra>: [any mercy in the world?]
19:53 <Skid_GMing>: A sawbladed limb lashed down and hits you for 4 might damage.
19:53 <Ezra>: "Ahhhgga..a...."
19:54 <Skid_GMing>: What do you do?
19:54 <Ezra>: [cry?]
19:54 <Ezra>: [what can I do?]
19:54 <Skid_GMing>: Mow away from the tree?
19:54 <Olwen>: "run!"
19:54 <Skid_GMing>: It's not going to rise from the ground and chase you.
19:55 <Ezra>: [Did my acid hit it yet?]
19:55 <Skid_GMing>: Yes. It's burning into the bark.
19:55 <Ezra>: [how fast?]
19:55 <Skid_GMing>: Not very fast. There's a lot of bark and not all that much acid. Enough to draw the tree's attention.
19:55 <Olwen>: [How is my arrow doing?]
19:55 <Skid_GMing>: There is smoke rising from the tree's upper branches.
19:56 <Ezra>: [tough wood... hm...]
19:56 <Olwen>: "Gareth, if you shoot it will it burn?"
19:56 <Gareth>: "I shoot electricity."
19:56 <Skid_GMing>: Roll.
19:56 <Ezra>: "WHAT!?"
19:57 <Ezra>: "Why did you just now tell us this?"
19:57 <Gareth>: You knew this.
19:57 <Skid_GMing>: ...it's on his character sheet. He's used it combat before.
19:57 <Gareth>: I did it a ton last mission.
19:57 <Gareth>: If the roll was for me, I was saying that not doing it Skid
19:58 <Ezra>: "Lightning and trees, classic..."
19:58 <Skid_GMing>: Okay.
19:58 <Gareth>: But I may as well try it anyway.
19:58 <Gareth>: If I'm in range.
19:58 <Ezra>: I slowly move a bit away from the tree.
19:58 <Olwen>: "Lightning catches trees on fire!"
19:58 <Gareth>: "...yes it does!"
19:59 <Skid_GMing>: Okay, roll if you're trying it.
19:59 <Ezra>: "I need to memorise you guys and gals abilities it seems... Will work on that."
19:59 <Gareth>: It's way out of range...
19:59 <Ezra>: "Use effort?"
20:00 <Gareth>: Can't for distance.
20:00 <Gareth>: The tree is distracted you say?
20:00 <Skid_GMing>: It's flailing and a little bit on fire.
20:00 <Ezra>: "Oh yeah..."
20:00 <Ezra>: "Don't forget my acid too..."
20:00 <Skid_GMing>: It also hasn't fired any more bolts.
20:00 <Ezra>: I move away a bit more.
20:01 <Gareth>: If I advance is there further cover or all open?
20:01 <Skid_GMing>: There's some low brush that makes okayish cover.
20:02 <Gareth>: How much further? All the way?
20:02 <Skid_GMing>: All the way.
20:02 <Gareth>: I carefully advance to plasma range (about 75 feet up)
20:03 <Ezra>: [How is the fire doing?]
20:03 <Skid_GMing>: The fire is doing about the same.
20:03 <Skid_GMing>: It doesn't look like the tree will burn down any time soon, but it also hasn't gone out.
20:03 <Gareth>: Have I moved?
20:04 <Skid_GMing>: Yes.
20:04 <Gareth>: If we're not doing turns yet, I fire plasma
20:04 <Ezra>: [How long unlil the acid venum gets into the trees sap?]
20:04 <Skid_GMing>: Also, your plasma bolt has a range of 100 ft.
20:04 <Gareth>: ...
20:04 <Gareth>: Oops
20:04 <Skid_GMing>: The acid has just about burnt itself out.
20:04 <Gareth>: Better chance to hit from closer I guess.
20:05 <Gareth>: Yeah, meant to do it.
20:05 <Ezra>: [how far has it made it into the tree then]
20:05 <Skid_GMing>: You can see green wood through holes in the bark.
20:05 <Ezra>: [
haha, it is okay Gareth, we know what you were doing]
20:05 <Ezra>: "Hm, aim for the hole I made!"
20:05 <Gareth>: What are the branches like? Scraggly or tightly tangled?
20:06 <Ezra>: "You could evaporate all of its sap in one hit!"
20:06 <Skid_GMing>: They're dense and drooping, like flexible tendrils covered in leaves.
20:07 <Gareth>: What would be the most effective target?
20:07 <Ezra>: "The hole?"
20:07 <Gareth>: Is the acid hole a weakness?
20:07 <Ezra>: "It is exposing green..."
20:07 <Skid_GMing>: What do you know about tree anatomy?
20:07 <Gareth>: Green wood isn't generally super combustible.
20:07 <Olwen>: Green wood doesn't burn as well. I would say the leaves.
20:07 <Ezra>: "The evaporated sap though is why trees die from lightning strikes."
20:08 <Skid_GMing>: And it's not like you have a limited number of shots...
20:08 <Skid_GMing>: Of note, this is a huge tree. The trunk is several feet across.
20:08 <Gareth>: I fire plasma bolt at the base of the branches, where they sprout from the trunk
20:09 <Skid_GMing>: You produce burn marks where you hit, and those limbs convulse.
20:09 <Ezra>: "In that case fire a few dozen everywhere. Ha!"
20:09 <Gareth>: I fire again I suppose.
20:10 <Skid_GMing>: It seems ineffective on the grand scheme of things.
20:10 <Gareth>: I try one at the acid burn.
20:10 <Skid_GMing>: You produce a small black burn mark.
20:10 <Gareth>: Mmhmm
20:11 <Skid_GMing>: Okay, to move this along, maaybe you guys should do some more recon...
20:11 <Ezra>: "Hm, maybe we just need to take out the weapon?"
20:11 <Olwen>: "Try the leaves."
20:11 <Olwen>: I scan the area.
20:11 <Ezra>: [ xD aka, come on guys, it is not thhhaattt hard! Right GM?]
20:11 <Skid_GMing>: Are you circling the clearing?
20:11 <Olwen>: Yes.
20:12 <Ezra>: I look around the tree.
20:12 <Skid_GMing>: Okay, roll a perception check.
20:12 <Olwen>: !roll d20 specialised.
20:12 <Dicebot>: Olwen, specialised.: 3
20:12 <Olwen>: -_-
20:12 <Gareth>: I follow Olwen and also look in case she misses something
20:12 <Ezra>: !roll d20 perception check
20:12 <Dicebot>: Ezra, perception check: 14
20:13 <Skid_GMing>: Ezra, you find a worn path that ends suddenly under a patch of dead grass about the size of a manhole.
20:13 <Ezra>: I examine the manhole.
20:14 <Skid_GMing>: It's round and covered in grass. when you knock on it it sounds like wood.
20:14 <Ezra>: I pull up on it.
20:14 <Olwen>: I go to wherever Ezra is.
20:14 <Skid_GMing>: It lifts a couple inches and sticks.
20:14 <Ezra>: "Guys! I found somthing!"
20:15 <Skid_GMing>: Okay, you're just beyond the tree's reach, on the opposide side from where you arrived.
20:15 <Gareth>: Oh good
20:15 <Ezra>: I use my recovery roll if I may. (unless I am okay by now)
20:15 <Skid_GMing>: Your 1 action or your 10 minute?
20:16 <Ezra>: [which takes longer]
20:16 <Skid_GMing>: 1 action takes a few seconds. 10 minute takes... guess.
20:16 <Gareth>: But you should use the 10min if we're going to be messing around here.
20:16 <Gareth>: Might need to use the action in combat.
20:17 <Ezra>: [my answer is there then]
20:17 <Skid_GMing>: Okay, roll for it.
20:17 <Ezra>: 10 mins
20:17 <Ezra>: !roll 1d6+1 recovory
20:17 <Dicebot>: Ezra, recovory: 7:6+1
20:17 <Skid_GMing>: Okay, you regain 7 points to your pools.
20:18 <Ezra>: Nice! Full health!
20:18 <Gareth>: Nice!
20:18 <Skid_GMing>: You're all at the hatch now?
20:18 <Gareth>: Yes
20:18 <Ezra>: "Let us pull together."
20:18 <Olwen>: I pull on the hatch.
20:18 <Skid_GMing>: Okay, strength checks all around.
20:19 <Gareth>: !roll d20
20:19 <Dicebot>: Gareth: 18
20:19 <Olwen>: !roll d20
20:19 <Dicebot>: Olwen: 11
20:19 <Ezra>: !roll d20 strength check
20:19 <Dicebot>: Ezra, strength check: 13
20:20 <Skid_GMing>: Okay, something breaks and you pull the hatch loose. There's a ladder decending into the darkness.
20:20 <Ezra>: "Lights everybody..."
20:20 <Gareth>: "Great, darkness again."
20:20 <Ezra>: "The fun never ends!"
20:21 <Gareth>: I light my lantern.
20:21 <Ezra>: I light my lantern.
20:21 <Olwen>: I use Lesser Dark Vision.
20:21 <Skid_GMing>: Okay.
20:22 <Olwen>: I go down the ladder
20:22 <Ezra>: "Well, shall we?"
20:22 <Ezra>: I go down the ladder using stealth.
20:22 <Skid_GMing>: Roll a stealthcheck.
20:23 <Ezra>: !roll d20 stealthcheck
20:23 <Dicebot>: Ezra, stealthcheck: 16
20:23 <Ezra>: [trained]
20:23 <Skid_GMing>: You descend about 15 feet into a rounded tunnel lined with interwining roots. It's about 5 feet across and leads off to the north.
20:23 <Skid_GMing>: You feel pretty sneaky.
20:23 <Olwen>:
20:23 <Ezra>: [Ha!
]
20:23 <Skid_GMing>: The floor flattens out a short distance ahead, and the floor is lined with tiles of some sort.
20:24 <Olwen>: I examine the tiles.
20:24 <Ezra>: I examin the tiles
20:24 <Ezra>: "Hold up, may be trap trigs"
20:24 <Gareth>: What is the ground? Dirt? Rocks?
20:24 <Olwen>:
No one trusts me to check things out myself.
20:24 <Skid_GMing>: Dirt,
20:25 <Skid_GMing>: They're square chunks of pottery of a greyish color. Scattered ones are marked in red.
20:25 <Ezra>: "Let us test this..."
20:25 <Olwen>: I throw a clod of dirt onto them.
20:25 <Ezra>: [nice]
20:25 <Skid_GMing>: Onto any one in specific?
20:26 <Olwen>: A grey one.
20:26 <Ezra>: [red]
20:26 <Skid_GMing>: Nothing seems to happen.
20:26 <Ezra>: "What?"
20:26 <Ezra>: I throw dirt.
20:26 <Ezra>: onto red tile
20:26 <Skid_GMing>: You're throwing onto a red one?
20:26 <Gareth>: No...
20:26 <Ezra>: "What?"
20:26 <Skid_GMing>: !roll d3
20:26 <Dicebot>: Skid_GMing: 3
20:27 <Gareth>: Why would you do that?
20:27 <Skid_GMing>: Ezra, make a speed defense roll.
20:27 <Ezra>: "To see where the spikes or lava comes out of?"
20:27 <Ezra>: !roll d20 speed defense
20:27 <Dicebot>: Ezra, speed defense : 19
20:28 <Ezra>: [maybe trained, not sure]
20:28 <Skid_GMing>: A bolt shoots out of the dark hallway in front of you and embeds itself in the wall behind.
20:28 <Gareth>: How do you know that's what it would do? You can't assume a mystery trap would only affect the trigger point it could have done something to the entire room!
20:28 <Olwen>: "Well, now we know."
20:28 <Gareth>: Walls close in or something!
20:29 <Ezra>: "Right, ha, right..."
20:29 <Ezra>: "Good point..."
20:29 <Ezra>: I take the bolt.
20:29 <Ezra>: [may as well put this to use]
20:29 <Skid_GMing>: It's a bolt.
20:30 <Ezra>: [yup, so it is]
20:30 <Skid_GMing>: Pretty standard design.
20:30 <Ezra>: {but I don't have one yet, so upgrade]
20:30 <Skid_GMing>: So... what do you do next?
20:31 <Olwen>: How many red tiles are there?
20:31 <Gareth>: Can we cross on just grey tiles?
20:31 <Ezra>: "It makes sense though that it would be a small trap. If you think about it..."
20:31 <Skid_GMing>: Enough that you could theoretically walk across walking only on them.
20:31 <Gareth>: That's an observation question only, we don't act on it yet.
20:31 <Skid_GMing>: It's mostly grey tiles.
20:32 <Olwen>: What does the roof look like?
20:32 <Gareth>: "Throw dirt on all that would make a path to the end. Make sure they're all safe."
20:32 <Skid_GMing>: It's an arching cover of roots.
20:33 <Skid_GMing>: Are you doing or saying that?
20:33 <Gareth>: I was suggesting it to Olwen.
20:33 <Gareth>: That is, pick out a grey path and test all tiles in it. Not test ALL tiles
20:33 <Olwen>: Is there a chance I could climb along the roof with acrobatics?
20:34 <Skid_GMing>: It looks vaguely possible.
20:34 <Ezra>: "How long is the tile path?"
20:34 <Skid_GMing>: About 30 feet.
20:34 <Skid_GMing>: Then the tunnel turns left.
20:34 <Ezra>: "Right."
20:34 <Skid_GMing>: But there aren't tiles at the corner.
20:34 <Olwen>: "Should I try the roof?"
20:34 <Gareth>: What about the rest of us though?
20:35 <Gareth>: We all need across.
20:35 <Ezra>: "There may be an off switch at the far end..."
20:35 <Olwen>: I could fire an arrow with a rope and tie it at my end, then climb on that.
20:36 <Gareth>: "I don't know... but good to have one over anyway, whatever we decide. Have to start somewhere."
20:36 <Ezra>: "You think some of the gray tiles are wired?"
20:36 <Skid_GMing>: Let's put the damage for making a mistake in perspective: the bolt would fit a medium weapon.
20:36 <Gareth>: "Try it if you want Olwen."
20:36 <Olwen>: I attempt to climb the roof.
20:37 <Ezra>: I am ready to catch him if he falls.
20:37 <Gareth>: Her
20:37 <Skid_GMing>: Okay, roll for acrobatics.
20:37 <Olwen>: !roll d20 trained 1 effort.
20:37 <Skid_GMing>: You'll run out into the trap to catch her?
20:37 <Ezra>: [right, nice, very chivalrous of me]
20:37 <Dicebot>: Olwen, trained 1 effort.: 20
20:37 <Skid_GMing>: You swing right across safely.
20:38 <Olwen>: I look for an off switch.
20:38 <Ezra>: "Good going!"
20:38 <Skid_GMing>: Good job on you, that was a level 5 trick.
20:38 <Olwen>:
20:39 <Olwen>: Sooo, peception check?
20:39 <Skid_GMing>: Okay, you're at the far end of the tiles, and can see further down the tunnel. Ahead you see a pit of some kind, about 10 feet across.
20:39 <Skid_GMing>: Sure, roll perception.
20:39 <Olwen>: !roll d20 specialized
20:39 <Dicebot>: Olwen, specialized: 7
20:39 <Olwen>: And my luck is over.
20:39 <Skid_GMing>: The wall in the corner facing the tiles is a metal plate with several holes in it at waist level.
20:40 <Olwen>: I jam an arrow into one of the holes while standing to the side.
20:40 <Skid_GMing>: The arrow sticks in the hole.
20:40 <Skid_GMing>: There's another 7 holes still open.
20:41 <Olwen>: I fill those too.
20:41 <Gareth>: Is there a straight path across all grey?
20:41 <Skid_GMing>: Okay, all the holes are now jammed with arrows.
20:41 <Skid_GMing>: Straight? No.
20:41 <Ezra>: "Should we test the red tiles now?"
20:41 <Olwen>: "Try testing the red tiles now."
20:41 <Gareth>: Didn't think so.
20:41 <Skid_GMing>: But the tiles aren't too big to step over.
20:42 <Ezra>: "We could duck down now that we know where the bolt will fire?"
20:42 <Ezra>: "See if the holes stoped the trap?"
20:42 <Gareth>: I decide we need to get moving along and start traversing the path.
20:42 <Olwen>: "I think Malvert was just counting on us not checking the floor.
20:43 <Gareth>: I step over all tiles.
20:43 <Skid_GMing>: Okay, you step on just grey tiles?
20:43 <Ezra>: "Then there is just that way too..."
20:43 <Gareth>: No I just step over all of them if that's possible.
20:43 <Ezra>: I follow, only stepping on gray tiles.
20:43 <Skid_GMing>: Make a jump cheeck. =p
20:44 <Gareth>: I can't step over one at a time? What's the spacing like?
20:44 <Skid_GMing>: They're right next to each other, and they're about a foto and a half square each.
20:44 <Gareth>: Oh I misunderstood what we're looking at.
20:44 <Gareth>: Got it now.
20:44 <Skid_GMing>: So you can skip individual ones.
20:44 <Gareth>: Right
20:45 <Gareth>: I step on grey as far as I can in a straight forward line.
20:45 <Skid_GMing>: Okay, about halfway across you reach a red tile.
20:45 <Gareth>: The next one is grey again?
20:45 <Skid_GMing>: Yes.
20:46 <Gareth>: I sigh, step over it and continue straight.
20:46 <Skid_GMing>: Nothing happens. You make it across.
20:46 <Ezra>: I follow in the same manner.
20:46 <Skid_GMing>: You make it across.
20:46 <Gareth>: I roll my eyes and sigh with relief at the same time, conflicted on how to respond.
20:47 <Gareth>: "We made that way more tedious than it had to be."
20:47 <Olwen>: I continue on and look in the pit.
20:47 <Ezra>: "Well, we made it at least..."
20:47 <Gareth>: "But we did it."
20:47 <Skid_GMing>: It seems to be full of broken glass and metal parts.
20:48 <Olwen>: How far across?
20:48 <Gareth>: How wide?
20:48 <Skid_GMing>: 10 feet.
20:48 <Skid_GMing>: 5 feet wide.
20:48 <Olwen>: What is beyond it?
20:48 <Gareth>: "Hmm"
20:48 <Skid_GMing>: A tunnel that turns to the left.
20:48 <Skid_GMing>: It's about 10 feet deep as well.
20:49 <Gareth>: It spans the whole passage? Or we can go around?
20:49 <Skid_GMing>: It spans the whole passage.
20:49 <Olwen>: "Should I try firing a rope?"
20:49 <Gareth>: "Into what?"
20:49 <Olwen>: The wall across.
20:50 <Skid_GMing>: Above it is some sort of grate structure that covers the ceiling.
20:50 <Gareth>: "Worth a try."
20:50 <Olwen>: I tie my rope onto an arrow and fire it towards the wall.
20:50 <Skid_GMing>: Roll.
20:51 <Olwen>: !roll d20 1 effort strength.
20:51 <Dicebot>: Olwen, 1 effort strength.: 9
20:51 <Olwen>: -_-
20:51 <Skid_GMing>: You hear a solid "Thunk" in the far wall.
20:51 <Olwen>: I pull on the rope to test it.
20:51 <Skid_GMing>: You're literally shooting a wall. It's hard to miss.
20:51 <Ezra>: [Going AFK guys, sorry]
20:51 <Skid_GMing>: It doesn't feel like it would take a person's weight.
20:52 <Olwen>: "Now what?"
20:52 <Gareth>: How high is the ceiling?
20:54 <Skid_GMing>: The ceiling is about 7 feet up, and covered in a metal grate.
20:54 Ezra quit
20:54 <Gareth>: How large are the spaces?
20:54 <Gareth>: In the grate
20:54 <Olwen>: How high can I jump?
20:55 <Olwen>: (I'm goin' to have to go soon.)
20:55 <Skid_GMing>: You can jump that high. The grate has 6 inch squares.
20:55 <Gareth>: I jump and try to hook my fingers in the grate.
20:55 <Skid_GMing>: Roll acrobatics.
20:55 <Skid_GMing>: Speed action ()
20:55 <Olwen>: I jump and grab the grate.
20:56 <Gareth>: Heh
20:56 <Gareth>: !roll d20
20:56 <Dicebot>: Gareth: 16
20:56 <Skid_GMing>: Olwen auto-succeeds. Gareth makes it.
20:56 <Olwen>: I swing across.
20:56 <Skid_GMing>: Okay. You swing across the pit.
20:56 <Olwen>: Wow, that was easy.
20:57 <Gareth>: For you: acrobat
20:57 <Gareth>: I 'monkey bar' across
20:57 <Skid_GMing>: Roll for it.
20:57 <Gareth>: This should be easier than swinging
20:58 <Gareth>: !roll d20
20:58 <Dicebot>: Gareth: 19
20:58 <Gareth>:
20:58 <Skid_GMing>: And you're clear.
20:58 <Olwen>: Hehe.
20:58 <Skid_GMing>: Dang, we don't have time for the fun traps.
20:58 <Gareth>: "Next!"
20:58 <Olwen>:
20:58 <Olwen>: I have to go.
20:58 <Gareth>: We can do another two parter
21:18 <Skid_GMing>: We really needed penguin along so you guys could shove him into traps to figure out what they do. =p