The party gains entrance to the hideout, but discovers the guards are not the only obstacles within.
19:02 <Arkan>: I am trying to think of a way to convince Greystone to use stealth, rather than bursting in the door.
19:03 <Skid>: There's obviously another entryway somewhere.
19:03 <bookworm>: Have him recall that we were explicitly told to?
19:03 <Woody>: Did one of us develop stealth?
19:03 <Woody>: Because if not, I think it would be a wise use of XP
19:03 <Skid>: We could always just try lying to the guards.
19:03 <Woody>: I considered that
19:03 <Woody>: My guess is they know the regulars
19:03 <bookworm>: Greystone is already trained in stealth
19:03 <bookworm>: According to my notes
19:04 <Arkan>: Yes he is.
19:04 <Arkan>: Victor clarified for us that we could barge in.
19:04 <bookworm>: No
19:04 <bookworm>: We can be discovered once *in* there
19:05 <bookworm>: But they shouldn't find us barging in the door
19:05 <Skid>: Yeah, any activity at the front door should be a red herring to draw off the guards.
19:05 <Woody>: One of us could fire a gun from a safe distance
19:06 <Woody>: Draw them to investigate
19:06 <Skid>: Or just go up and talk to them.
19:06 <Arkan>: If Greystone was around, he would have asked that they be merged with the elite forces and assault. He is perfectly confident in his abilities to take out kismet thieves with or without his kismet.
19:06 <Woody>: We could also send the monkey up to the roof to check for entrances there
19:06 <Skid>: There's four guards at the door.
19:07 <Skid>: Probably more inside.
19:07 Tikvah is now known as Tikvah_GMing
19:07 bookworm is now known as Victor
19:07 Skid is now known as Gromit
19:07 Woody is now known as Alan
19:07 Arkan is now known as Greystone
19:07 Moontide is now known as Ookook
19:07 <Gromit>: "Greystone would be wise to note that we are not the elite forces, and the elite forces are afraid to go in there until we've broken their toys."
19:08 <Gromit>: "We're one step above common thugs. Don't get cocky."
19:09 <Greystone>: "I am many steps above that."
19:10 <Gromit>: "I propose we leave diverting the front door guards to Greystone."
19:12 <Gromit>: "Other than that, let's fan out and search the back walls and roof for other entries."
19:13 <Greystone>: "These thugs are supposedly very formidable. I think you will need a warrior who can maneuver."
19:14 Gromit walks the long way around the building to the back to look for other entrances without drawing the attention of the guards.
19:16 <Tikvah_GMing>: Perception check.
19:17 <Gromit>: !roll d20
19:17 <Dicebot>: Gromit: 10
19:17 <Alan>: Hold up, a detective not trained in perception? =P
19:18 <Victor>: He's not really a detective
19:18 <Victor>: Just fancies himself one
19:18 <Gromit>: I'm a little more hands-on, typically.
19:19 <Greystone>: [I think I can stretch a point with character convictions for the sake of adventure flow. Supposedly these criminals are numerous and dangerous enough that stealth is necessary to prevent death. And death would be failure in carrying out a commitment, something Greystone would not stand for. Thus I am declaring Greystone now open to stealth engagements.]
19:19 <Greystone>: After standing silent for a time, eyes closed and arms crossed, Greystone sighs, and opens his eyes. "Stealth it is."
19:19 <Ookook>: Can I use my silent debuff to debuff the gaurds preceptions
19:20 <Tikvah_GMing>: The building doesn't have any openings besides the door. You can see a large domed section in the centre of the roof, with an antennae coming out the top. There are some crates on the South side that would give you access to the roof.
19:20 <Alan>: Send the monkey up to the roof
19:20 <Tikvah_GMing>: No you can't, Moontide. There is a Kismet depressor covering all the surrounding area. You can't use any kismets until it is broken.
19:21 <Tikvah_GMing>: You can go on the roof though.
19:21 <Ookook>: What would I do on the roof?
19:21 <Alan>: The roof may have an entrance that is less heavily guarded
19:21 <Gromit>: Small size is still an asset to stealth though.
19:21 <Ookook>: Monkey powers.

19:21 <Tikvah_GMing>: I told you not to call it that.
19:23 <Ookook>: Then I could drop a rope, for you to climb up after me?
19:23 <Greystone>: An antennae? That seems suspect. Could that be how the suppressor works? Seems too easy though.
19:23 <Ookook>: Lighting rod maybe?
19:24 <Gromit>: "Making Frankensteins, probably."
19:24 <Victor>: "My specialty."
19:24 <Gromit>: "No way to know until we scout it. Go."
19:25 Ookook climbs to the roof.
19:25 <Tikvah_GMing>: Ookook, roll a perception check.
19:25 <Ookook>: !roll d20
19:25 <Dicebot>: Ookook: 17
19:27 <Tikvah_GMing>: The roof has a shallow angle, but you can stand on it without any problem. It's covered in loose shingles. The dome is to the East of you, and you can see something that looks like an air vent on the West side of the roof.
19:29 <Alan>: OOC: Ooooh, air vent. Sounds like a way in
19:29 Victor waits for a sign from Ookook whether the roof is worth going to
19:29 Ookook looks to see if the air vent is passable for humans
19:30 <Gromit>: How high is the roof again?
19:32 <Tikvah_GMing>: 10 feet
19:33 <Greystone>: Hm. What say we all climb quietly onto the roof, and then the four humans each drop on top of a guard, and quickly dispatch them?
19:33 <Victor>: Would a rope from Ookook aid the climb at all? Compared to just going up the crates ourselves
19:33 Ookook drops a rope for the other humans to climb up.
19:33 <Tikvah_GMing>: It would be easier to climb the crates.
19:34 Victor goes up with aid of the rope
19:34 <Alan>: I climb the crates
19:34 <Tikvah_GMing>: Roll a stealth check, everyone.
19:34 <Ookook>: !roll d20
19:34 <Dicebot>: Ookook: 16
19:34 <Gromit>: Hmm.
19:35 <Victor>: !roll d20 effort
19:35 <Dicebot>: Victor, effort: 20
19:36 <Alan>: !roll d20 effort
19:36 <Dicebot>: Alan, effort: 9
19:36 <Greystone>: !roll d20
19:36 <Dicebot>: Greystone: 14
19:36 Gromit waits until last, and then sets fire to the crates before he climbs.
19:36 <Tikvah_GMing>: You climb the crates without difficulty.
19:37 Greystone grabs Gromit. "What are you trying to do?!"
19:37 <Gromit>: Diversion. Vandal is just vandalism, but requires some attention. We'll go off the other side.
19:37 <Gromit>: And it won't be big enough to notice until we're well inside.
19:37 Victor examines the vent
19:38 <Ookook>: Is the building flammable?
19:38 <Gromit>: It's stone.
19:38 <Ookook>: What about the roof?
19:38 <Tikvah_GMing>: It's covered in heavy shingles, but if you rip it up you might find some wood.
19:38 <Greystone>: "We don't need a diversion yet! Or a ruckus!"
19:38 <Gromit>: "But we will in five minutes, which is how long it'll take anyone to notice the fire."
19:39 Greystone pulls up the monkey's rope before it can catch on fire too.
19:39 <Gromit>: !roll d20
19:39 <Dicebot>: Gromit: 8
19:39 <Gromit>: "Plus we don't need anyone else climbing up here."
19:40 <Tikvah_GMing>: The vent is about 3' square, and goes down about 2' before continuing to the East.
19:40 <Victor>: It's open?
19:40 <Tikvah_GMing>: There is a grate, but it looks removable.
19:40 <Greystone>: "What plan did we settle on which times the diversion at five minutes from now?"
19:41 <Gromit>: "The one where we're inside and need people thinking about something else."
19:41 <Ookook>: I'm sure we can patch together some plan that requires a diversion in 5 min
19:41 Victor tries to remove the grate, gently
19:41 <Alan>: I attempt to remove the grate
19:42 <Tikvah_GMing>: Victor, roll a strength check.
19:42 <Victor>: !roll d20
19:42 <Dicebot>: Victor: 3
19:42 <Greystone>: "We don't need people thinking AT ALL preferably! Have you ever done this before?"
19:43 <Gromit>: "Twice. Once was admittedly a dream, but I learned things from it."
19:43 Greystone runs his hand down his face.
19:43 <Tikvah_GMing>: You manage to remove the grate without alerting the guards below.
19:43 <Victor>: Is this human size?
19:44 <Tikvah_GMing>: Yes it is human sized.
19:44 <Victor>: "Is this what we're doing gentlemen?" *motions to the opening*
19:44 <Ookook>: If we burnt down the building, would that destroy the device you think?
19:44 <Gromit>: "It's stone, it's not going to burn."
19:44 <Greystone>: If we can burn stone somehow, than I should think so.
19:44 <Tikvah_GMing>: Ookook, do a knowledge check.
19:44 <Alan>: We also want to kill the crooks
19:44 <Victor>: No we don't
19:44 <Victor>: We're supposed to leave the crooks to the team
19:44 <Victor>: We blow the whatsit and run
19:44 <Ookook>: "I have gun powder!"
19:44 <Alan>: What Victor said
19:44 <Alan>: Though I would love some combat
19:44 <Ookook>: !roll d20
19:44 <Dicebot>: Ookook: 13
19:44 <Ookook>: *I* would love to see something go boom!
19:44 <Alan>: I go in
19:44 <Gromit>: "Ladies first."
19:45 <Alan>: Feet first if I need to choose
19:45 Greystone grabs Alan by the collar. "Woah there."
19:46 <Alan>: "We're wasting time," I whisper
19:46 <Alan>: "That fire is burning, we need to time the distraction, which means going in ASAP"
19:46 <Gromit>: "Don't waste the element of surprise, gentlemen."
19:47 <Greystone>: "We weren't on a time constraint until the "detective's little antic."
19:47 <Ookook>: I'm sure we can create even more exciting distractions if we need.
19:47 Greystone grunts angrily
19:48 <Greystone>: "Fine. Do you want to go first monkey, or shall I?"
19:48 <Greystone>: [Ookook isn't wearing shoes is he?]
19:49 <Gromit>: Okay. pick an order, and we follow that unless someone says otherwise.
19:49 <Ookook>: I don't wear shoes
19:49 <Tikvah_GMing>: You hear one of the guards ask if anyone smells smoke.
19:49 <Greystone>: [Cause soft monkey feet, plus a monkey's agility, I mean, Ookook should able to sneak very well.]
19:49 <Ookook>: Good point
19:49 <Gromit>: Ookook, Greystone, Alan, Victor, Gromit. Let's go.
19:50 <Greystone>: "Alright."
19:50 Ookook climbs down the vent silently
19:50 <Alan>: "I think I should be near the front, as a strong fighter and a decent sneak"
19:50 <Alan>: "With armor as well
19:50 <Greystone>: "Last in line be alert."
19:50 <Ookook>: Doesn't armour decrease stealth?
19:50 <Ookook>: Clinking metal and all that?
19:51 <Gromit>: Only if it exceed their armor training.
19:51 Victor leaves a marked bolt on the roof before going in
19:51 <Tikvah_GMing>: Ookook, roll perception.
19:51 <Ookook>: !roll d20
19:51 <Dicebot>: Ookook: 6
19:51 <Alan>: Oh, plus perception =P
19:52 <Greystone>: "Well I have capabilities in this area, and I will put my durability over yours any day. Strong in the front, strong in the back."
19:52 <Gromit>: "Scouts in the front, able to fall back to the strong."
19:52 <Alan>: "I'm afraid I'll have to disagree with the former part of that statement, Greystone"
19:53 <Ookook>: Is stealth a speed based power?
19:53 <Victor>: Yes
19:53 <Greystone>: Isn't it just a skill?
19:53 <Victor>: It is yes
19:54 <Victor>: A skill for a speed roll
19:54 <Victor>: To get extra assets
19:54 <Greystone>: The mechanics of this game still confuse me a bit.
19:54 <Greystone>: "That is the situation, if Alan and Victor switch places. An alert on either end and a durable after that."
19:55 <Gromit>: Okay. Go.
19:56 <Greystone>: We /are/ currently proceeding through the vent aren't we?
19:56 <Victor>: Yes, Ookook was looking at something
19:56 <Tikvah_GMing>: Ookook, the vent goes East about 5'. There is a vent leading down and one turning to the North.
19:56 Gromit drops through the vent on his turn.
19:57 Gromit pulls the vent closed behind the team.
19:57 Ookook looks down the vent leading down.
19:58 Greystone makes a positive mental note toward Gromit.
19:58 <Tikvah_GMing>: You see a large warehouse room filled with crates. There is a big set of doors on the West side, and a small door to the South.
19:58 <Tikvah_GMing>: The big doors are the ones to the outside.
19:59 <Ookook>: I suggest we go down the west vent
19:59 <Ookook>: Because the kismet suppressor wouldn't be in the storage room.
19:59 <Alan>: That's a loot room for later, I bet
20:00 <Gromit>: Or it's full of gunpowder like the crates outside.
20:00 <Greystone>: Are the crates outside full of gunpowder?
20:01 <Gromit>: Not definitely. I should have checked.
20:01 <Tikvah_GMing>: Not that you know of, but they did burn pretty well.
20:01 <Greystone>: Oh terrific. I assumed that they were empty crates.
20:01 <Gromit>: "Pick a direction. It's getting warm back here."
20:01 <Ookook>: Maybe I should drop down into the crate room, and light it on fire as well as a distraction?
20:02 <Gromit>: No.
20:02 <Ookook>: "Aww."
20:02 <Greystone>: "No."
20:02 Ookook goes down the west vent
20:02 <Gromit>: "Not until we're on the way out."
20:03 <Tikvah_GMing>: You find a corner, turning to the right.
20:03 <Greystone>: Muffled "Sonuva..." from Greystone.
20:04 Ookook continues down the vent
20:04 <Ookook>: "I sure hope this doesn't lead into the boiler or something"
20:04 Victor stifles a chuckle
20:04 <Tikvah_GMing>: You find another downwards vent. This one looks like it opens into an office.
20:05 <Tikvah_GMing>: Another vent continues to the West.
20:05 <Alan>: (Another possible loot location)
20:05 <Alan>: (Could be where they stash their cash)
20:05 <Greystone>: An office... doesn't sound promising.
20:06 <Victor>: Office = important paperwork
20:06 <Alan>: "Not for our primary mission, but for loot"
20:06 <Ookook>: "Isn't our primary mission loot?"
20:06 <Gromit>: "Might have keys."
20:06 <Alan>: A modern office, yes. In the times that this RPG is set in, and this particular setting, I'm expecting it to be more of a 'head merc' room
20:06 <Alan>: (Which would have all the best weapons and coin)
20:06 <Gromit>: Are there any interesting smells down here?
20:06 Gromit licks the dust in the vent.
20:06 <Tikvah_GMing>: You don't smell anything unusual. Roll a taste check, Gromit.
20:07 <Gromit>: !roll d20 specialized forensics
20:07 <Dicebot>: Gromit, specialized forensics: 2
20:07 <Victor>: Good thing the whatsit is on
20:07 <Tikvah_GMing>: Be glad there is a kismet depressor.
20:07 <Greystone>: So much for specialized forensics.
20:08 <Tikvah_GMing>: You taste something vaguely... metallic?
20:08 <Victor>: Did Greystone hit you in the mouth while you were bickering back there?
20:08 <Victor>: (because blood)

20:08 <Gromit>: "Odd."
20:09 <Ookook>: Clearly this vent has been inhabited by metal trolls.
20:09 Ookook continues down the vent
20:09 <Gromit>: "How about someone clear that room while the rest of the party proceeds?"
20:10 <Alan>: I volunteer
20:10 <Greystone>: "But any spitting up will drastically reduce our ability to rapidly vacate as a body."
20:10 <Gromit>: "Not really. Both exits are back our way."
20:10 <Greystone>: "But if we set some gunpowder or something, I don't want to be stopping to pick up stray party members."
20:10 <Ookook>: They can climb out a window when they here the fire panic.
20:10 <Ookook>: I assume that this building follows proper fire code
20:10 <Greystone>: That is doubtful.
20:10 <Tikvah_GMing>: You didn't see any windows from the outside.
20:10 <Gromit>: "We'll hear you coming, I expect. This will only take a moment."
20:10 Gromit opens the grate.
20:10 <Victor>: "I thought you were keen on leading the group"
20:12 <Greystone>: "He's keener on wealth than success."
20:12 <Alan>: "I just want combat. Clearing a room sounds like the quickest way to get it"
20:13 <Gromit>: "That rules you out. No drawing attention."
20:13 <Greystone>: "I second that."
20:13 <Alan>: "Who said I was going to purposely draw attention? I'm just saying, if somebody is going to go down there and find an adversary, I wanna be the guy"
20:14 Victor quit
20:14 Gromit drops down to do a proper search of the room, looking for traps, important looking papers, contracts, and damage caused by kismet misfires.
20:14 <Greystone>: The person would either have to climb up into the grate, or fight their way outside.
20:14 <Tikvah_GMing>: Roll a perception check.
20:14 <Gromit>: !roll d20 1 effort
20:14 <Dicebot>: Gromit, 1 effort: 1
20:14 <Gromit>: XP reroll.
20:15 <Tikvah_GMing>: OK.
20:15 <Gromit>: !roll d20 1 effort
20:15 <Dicebot>: Gromit, 1 effort: 20
20:15 <Alan>: I secure a rope for Gromit to climb back up
20:16 Victor joined #Gowers
20:16 <Gromit>: I lick every surface as I scan.
20:17 Alan sighs and wonders how long it'll be until Gromit poisons himself
20:17 Greystone to self. "I just know we're going to want him later."
20:17 <Tikvah_GMing>: Everything tastes slightly of metallic and gunpowder. You see a desk covered in papers with a comfy chair behind it, and a door to the South. The papers seem to be shipments records and payments for employees, but in a drawer in the desk you find a small metal key.
20:18 <Gromit>: What kinds of prices and goods for the shipments?
20:19 <Tikvah_GMing>: Mostly guns and ammunition, some mechanical parts. They seem to be listed at approximately market value.
20:19 <Tikvah_GMing>: Some provisions and dried food.
20:20 <Tikvah_GMing>: Grain for horses.
20:20 <Gromit>: Does the door point towards or away from where we know the main door is?
20:20 Gromit listens at the door.
20:20 <Tikvah_GMing>: The main door is to the West. The office door is to the South.
20:20 Victor sits in the chair
20:20 <Greystone>: Now when did he drop down there?
20:20 <Victor>: We're all down here aren't we? There's no more vent
20:21 <Tikvah_GMing>: There is more vent.
20:21 <Tikvah_GMing>: To the East.
20:21 <Tikvah_GMing>: I think I said the wrong direction when I told you first.
20:21 <Gromit>: You didn't have to be /on/ the vent when I opened it.
20:21 <Greystone>: The only person who posted dropping down that I saw was Gromit.
20:21 <Victor>: I was disconnected
20:22 <Victor>: Last thing I saw was let's go search the room
20:23 <Gromit>: In any case, we got a key. And I may have set fire to an ammo dump. We should get moving.
20:23 <Gromit>: "Scout the rest of the vent, would you? We'll make decisions from there."
20:24 Victor did not leave the vent then
20:25 <Gromit>: "Wait, take this key with you."
20:25 Ookook continues down the vent
20:25 Gromit continues listening at the door.
20:26 Greystone goes with Ookook.
20:26 <Tikvah_GMing>: Gromit, you hear a few muffled noises, but they sound several rooms away.
20:26 Gromit is staking out the door until something happens.
20:26 <Tikvah_GMing>: Who is continuing down the vent?
20:26 <Victor>: Me
20:26 <Ookook>: I am
20:27 <Alan>: I continue
20:27 <Greystone>: Just the three intelligent ones I think.
20:27 <Greystone>: Nope, Victor is coming too.
20:27 <Victor>:

20:27 <Tikvah_GMing>: OK, the four of you make perception checks.
20:27 <Greystone>: So we're just leaving Gromit as a vague sort of guard.
20:27 <Gromit>: Yes.
20:27 <Greystone>: !roll d20
20:27 <Dicebot>: Greystone: 14
20:27 <Victor>: !roll d20
20:28 <Dicebot>: Victor: 15
20:28 <Ookook>: !roll d20
20:28 <Dicebot>: Ookook: 2
20:28 <Tikvah_GMing>: Be glad, Ookook.
20:28 <Greystone>: Be glad.
20:29 <Tikvah_GMing>: Alan, make a perception check.
20:29 <Alan>: !roll d20 specialized
20:29 <Dicebot>: Alan, specialized: 2
20:29 <Alan>: Lovely
20:29 <Tikvah_GMing>: You also be glad.
20:29 <Greystone>: Wait, did I say Victor instead of Alan?
20:30 <Victor>: LOL
20:30 <Greystone>: Good lord.
20:30 Alan glares at Greystone
20:30 <Alan>: As much as one can glare in a dark vent
20:31 <Gromit>: Does my door open inwards or outwards? Does it have a lock?
20:31 <Tikvah_GMing>: Your door opens inwards. There is no lock.
20:31 <Greystone>: Hey, anything not in quotes is not said to a character.
20:31 <Alan>: "I'll have you know that I'm know I'm regarded as a brilliant strategist where I come from"
20:31 <Greystone>: "And where is that?"
20:31 <Alan>: "I am the presumptive heir of the house of Murdoch, which is among the most regarded of the warrior clans of Celtica"
20:31 <Tikvah_GMing>: You reach a dead end.
20:31 <Tikvah_GMing>: Ookook, Victor, Greystone and Alan, make a poison defence roll.
20:31 <Victor>: !roll d20
20:31 <Ookook>: !roll d20
20:31 <Dicebot>: Victor: 12
20:31 <Dicebot>: Ookook: 6
20:31 <Gromit>: That's a might roll?
20:31 <Victor>: Yes
20:31 <Greystone>: Poison?
20:32 <Victor>: It usually is
20:32 <Tikvah_GMing>: You smell some foul gas that burns your lungs.
20:32 <Alan>: Does dodge count as an asset? Or speed effort?
20:32 <Alan>: !roll d20
20:32 <Dicebot>: Alan: 4
20:32 <Ookook>: "Maybe, this is a poison vent."
20:32 <Ookook>: "To vent the poisonous gasses from making frankensteins."
20:32 <Greystone>: !roll d20
20:32 <Dicebot>: Greystone: 11
20:32 <Tikvah_GMing>: Everyone, take 3 damage.
20:32 Victor curses and retreats
20:33 <Tikvah_GMing>: You guys may want to leave before you take more damage.
20:34 Alan does the same
20:34 <Ookook>: Is that damage to might?
20:34 <Tikvah_GMing>: Yes.
20:34 <Ookook>: Now I have 3 might left.
20:34 <Greystone>: The ONE guy with poison defense stays behind.
20:34 <Gromit>: I don't have it. No Kismet.
20:34 <Greystone>: Oh yeah.
20:34 <Greystone>: Still ironic though.
20:34 <Ookook>: I flee back down the tunnel
20:34 <Greystone>: Because you took no damage.
20:35 <Gromit>: I do have more might reserves than most of you though.
20:35 <Greystone>: You are in front of me Ookook.
20:35 <Greystone>: But I also backtrack, so back we go. Ouch.
20:36 <Alan>: (I imagine Ookook is small enough to slip past you)
20:36 <Greystone>: In a vent? Not likely.
20:36 <Ookook>: This is a 3ft sqaure vent
20:37 <Greystone>: Maybe so, but Greystone is pretty big.
20:37 <Gromit>: So you guys are back at my vent?
20:37 <Victor>: I guess that's all that's left
20:37 <Alan>: Sounds good to me, Gromit
20:37 <Tikvah_GMing>: There's also the warehouse.
20:38 <Gromit>: "Anyone have poison knowledge?"
20:38 <Ookook>: Do you think the evil gas is flammable?
20:38 <Gromit>: "I believe that's called a fuel-air bomb."
20:40 <Greystone>: "And why are we running into a fuel-air bomb?"
20:40 <Ookook>: A fuel-air bomb would likely destroy the suppressor
20:40 <Ookook>: A fuel-air bomb would be what we would make from lighting the evil vapours on *fire*!
20:41 <Victor>: "Do you think it's in one of the crates?"
20:41 <Gromit>: "It better not be."
20:41 <Victor>: "The not on fire ones."
20:41 <Victor>: "A good place to hide it. Among other crates of regular supplies."
20:41 <Victor>: "If not this is where we have to start the stealth." *motions to the door*
20:42 <Gromit>: "I doubt it? I got shipping manifests, it's all gun parts and food and... war supplies."
20:43 Gromit hands Victor a stack of papers.
20:43 <Gromit>: "Knock yourself out."
20:43 <Victor>: "I doubt 'kismet canceller' would be written in their manifest. But that doesn't preclude them from keeping it in the warehouse."
20:44 <Gromit>: "Anyone got a rag and some bottled water? I'm gonna go check out your posion fog."
20:45 Greystone produces such from his blackpack.
20:45 Victor listens at the door
20:45 Gromit soaks the rag and ties it around his face.
20:45 Gromit goes down the vent towards the poison fog, trying to not breathe much.
20:46 <Greystone>: "I hope the blood in the rag won't be a problem?"
20:46 <Tikvah_GMing>: Gromit, make a perception check.
20:47 <Gromit>: !roll d20
20:47 <Dicebot>: Gromit: 3
20:47 <Ookook>: "Whose blood is it?"
20:47 <Greystone>: "Anything and everything I have killed."
20:47 <Tikvah_GMing>: You reach a dead end. Roll a poison defence.
20:47 Gromit tries to kick out the end of the dead end.
20:47 <Gromit>: !roll d20 1 effort
20:47 <Dicebot>: Gromit, 1 effort: 4
20:48 <Gromit>: That's for the poison defense, I guess.
20:48 <Tikvah_GMing>: Gromit, take 3 damage.
20:48 <Gromit>: Taken.
20:48 <Greystone>: Four effort? Isn't that 9 health?
20:49 <Greystone>: We only lost three.
20:49 <Victor>: Effort adds 3 to his roll
20:49 <Greystone>: Oh wait, that was dicebot.
20:49 <Gromit>: And I have might edge. So my might effort comes cheap.
20:49 <Tikvah_GMing>: And roll a strength check.
20:49 <Gromit>: !roll d20 1 effort
20:49 <Dicebot>: Gromit, 1 effort: 18
20:51 <Tikvah_GMing>: You break the wall in front of you, opening into a room thick with the same poison gas. It seems to be a workshop.
20:51 <Gromit>: I jump down into it. Doors?
20:53 <Tikvah_GMing>: There is a door to the South, and one to the East. There is also a rack of face masks hanging by the door.
20:54 Gromit grabs a face mask and put is it on, then gathers up the others and goes back to the vent.
20:54 Greystone is sitting on the desk while Gromit is off without explanation.
20:55 Victor is now sitting in the chair
20:55 <Victor>:

20:55 <Ookook>: Does the chair spin?
20:55 <Tikvah_GMing>: No.
20:55 <Victor>: But it is comfy
20:55 <Victor>: "I need to get one of these"
20:55 Greystone looks over at the others waiting. "So, about that Silver we found in Ogre's Mouth."
20:56 <Victor>: "What about it?"
20:56 <Ookook>: Do we still have the magical mini-sword or did we give that up?
20:56 <Victor>: {Didn't everyone take their share already? I did}
20:56 <Victor>: {On my sheet}
20:56 <Tikvah_GMing>: The face mask seems to neutralise the effects of the gas.
20:56 <Gromit>: Perfect. I go to hand out masks to my allies.
20:56 <Greystone>: "Fifteen silver I believe we found in a chest. I don't recall sorting out shares."
20:57 <Victor>: 16: 4 each
20:57 <Greystone>: Well, if you count the one Alan found in the side room. Did he mention that one to us?
20:57 <Alan>: I assume I did
20:57 <Greystone>: I guess even split works.
20:57 Victor puts on a mask
20:57 Gromit also takes his 1-action recovery roll.
20:57 <Gromit>: !roll d6+1
20:57 <Dicebot>: Gromit: 3:2+1
20:57 <Victor>: Was about to say it's overkill for 3 damage
20:58 <Victor>: But perfect
20:58 <Gromit>: I've been burning my other pools on other rolls.
20:58 <Victor>: Ah right
20:58 <Victor>: "Onward?"
20:59 Ookook puts on my gas mask
20:59 <Gromit>: "Okay, you squishy lungfish, let's clear this place. That fire must be well on its way to being put out by now"
20:59 <Alan>: Are we all headed to the poison room?
21:00 <Greystone>: When did Gromit get back in the room...? Oh well.
21:00 <Greystone>: Did you bring masks for the rest of us?
21:00 <Gromit>: ...maybe read the log, dear.
21:00 <Alan>: He did @Greystone
21:00 <Greystone>: Ah, up there.
21:01 <Greystone>: I try to read everything, I seem to have missed that one sentence.
21:01 Greystone glowers at the new-fangled contraption, but puts it on without remark.
21:01 <Victor>: Good breaking point
21:01 <Victor>: If we're going to want one soon. I don't know, just noting
21:01 <Gromit>: Yeah, maybe a good place to break for the night.
21:02 <Gromit>: Give the GM a bit of time to figure out enemy movements.
21:02 <Greystone>: I guess we could.
21:03 <Victor>: I envision it ending on Gromit's remark there
21:03 <Victor>: Then "To be continued!"
21:03 <Victor>: It's great
21:04 <Greystone>: lol
21:04 <Alan>: Awww, I wanted to continue =P
21:04 <Greystone>: Me too.
21:05 <Victor>: But we'd only go for another 20ish minutes
21:05 <Victor>: I doubt that ends the mission
21:05 <Victor>: So best to take advantage of a natural breaking point then have to stop in the middle of whatever is happening then
21:05 <Tikvah_GMing>: Well, if you don't dawdle next time, you'll probably get to the boss fight.
21:05 <Gromit>: Because I just broke a wall. That miiiight draw attention.
21:06 <Greystone>: There's a boss fight? In a stealth mission?
21:06 <Tikvah_GMing>: Maaaybe.
21:06 <Gromit>: In what we were /told/ was a stealth mission.
21:06 <Victor>: There shouldn't be
21:06 <Victor>: Unless the GM wrote the mission to be unwinnable (enemy encounter no matter what we do)
21:06 <Tikvah_GMing>: You never know what the elite team is up to.
21:06 <Greystone>: But, yeah, natural breaks are to be taken advantage of.
21:12 <Tikvah_GMing>: Everyone gets 1 XP, plus 1 to give away.
21:13 Greystone is now known as Arkan
21:13 Gromit is now known as Skid
21:14 Skid gives his XP to Arkan for questioning the wisdom of setting fires.
21:14 <Arkan>: !
21:18 <Skid>: Also, I think I've determined why the elites weren't eager to deal with a poison-fogging kismet.
21:24 <Arkan>: I can't quite figure out if Greystone is grouchy with most of the party, or reserved.
21:25 <Victor>: Everyone in the party seems grouchy
21:25 <Skid>: Our party is just one rolling hive of snark.
21:25 <Arkan>: I know he has a love-hate with Victor.
21:26 <Victor>: I don't even know you dude
21:26 <Victor>:
21:26 <Victor>: Victor is starting to really like the monkey; he has no opinion on anyone else
21:26 <Victor>: Not in a negative way, it just doesn't matter to him at this point
21:26 <Arkan>: He (somewhat secretly) likes the monkey.
21:27 <Arkan>: I think he's still forming an opinion on the others.