WM/Treks/Log 1-12

Narrator: The delvers are in their camp, where they have been attacked by strange, floating snakes. The snakes' magic is levitating Marik, Wolfgang, Ghazeb, and Beltarne. Ghazeb has moored himself to the ground with his sword and has Minnizig hanging to his leg; Thasos has wrapped his chain around Beltarne's leg. Wolfgang is flying against the levitation affect. Marik floats 6 yards above the ground; Beltarne 3 yards, and the other 2 a few feet.
 1) YOUR TURN NOW:: [29] Ghazeb 
(on deck: [28] Thasos) 
Ghazeb: Try to get my feet on the ground.
Ghazeb: "Ghazeb hates this."
GM: Uhmm... sure!
GM: Contest of ST versus magic, you're at +2 for Minnizig holding onto you!
Ghazeb: ST (13) [3d6.skill(13,2)] => [2,3,4] = 9 vs (15) or less Success! by 6 
Floating Snakes: Keep Ghazeb floating! [3d6.skill(18,-3)] => [6,6,5] = 17 vs (15) or less Critical Failure! by 2 [B556]
Narrator: Ghazeb snarls and pulls himself back to the ground. The green sparkles around him fade.
GM: You seem to be free of the spell.
GM: For now.
 2) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Thasos 
(on deck: [28] Marik) 
Ghazeb: Do I still feel the pull up?
Ghazeb: ((nm Thanks)
Thasos: I'm going to haul Beltarne back towards the tree behind me.
GM: Sure! Make a ST check.
Beltarne: ((I'm a balloon!))
Thasos: ST (13) [3d6.skill(13,0)] => [2,1,3] = 6 vs (13) or less Success! by 7 
Floating Snakes: Keep Beltarne in the air! [3d6.skill(18,-3)] => [6,6,5] = 17 vs (15) or less Critical Failure! by 2 [B556]
** Minnizig giggles. **
GM: And now the dice hate me!
Beltarne: ((Yaaaay!))
Thasos: better switch dice :D
Narrator: Thasos snarls and pulls hard on Beltarne! The doughty dwarf cleric flies through the air, slamming into the ground!
Thasos: so how far can i move? can i reach the tree so i can tie the end of the chain around it next round?
GM: Beltarne can make an Acrobatics roll to fall gracefully
GM: Thasos can take a step.
Beltarne: So... DX - 5?
GM: DX-6.
Beltarne: DX (12) [3d6.skill(12,-6)] => [2,6,2] = 10 vs (6) or less Failure! by 4 
Beltarne: ((THUD))
** Wolfgang thinks Beltarne falls like a dwarf **
GM: Beltarne takes [1d6+2] => [3,2] = (5) crushing damage! All armor is flexible for blunt trauma!
GM: Make a DX-3 roll to land on your knees.
Beltarne: DX (12) [3d6.skill(12,-3)] => [6,5,1] = 12 vs (9) or less Failure! by 3 
GM: Beltarne faceplants, but his armor prevents the worst of the damage!
Beltarne: 1 point gets through DR 5, yes?
GM: Right, blunt trauma.
Beltarne: sweet
 3) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Marik 
(on deck: [25] Beltarne) 
Marik: Fast-Draw Arrow: [3d6.skill(18,-3)] => [5,3,2] = 10 vs (15) or less Success! by 5 Fast-Load: [3d6.skill(20,-3-3)] => [2,5,1] = 8 vs (14) or less Success! by 6 and fire on snake 1. I'm 6 yards up and 4 yards away for -4, -3 for 'floating', -3 for fast-load. Any other penalties?
GM: Nope.
Marik: Bow: [3d6.skill(20,-4-3-3)] => [1,1,1] = 3 vs (10) or less Critical Success! [B556]
GM: ... don't you have a readied cloak in your hand though? oh, free action to drop. okay...
GM: [3d6.crit_hit()] => [6,5,2] = 13 If any damage penetrates DR, treat as major wound. See [B420] for major wounds. [B556]
Minnizig: nice
GM: Damage?
Marik: [1d6+4] => [1,4] = (5) imp
Marik: Luck.
Marik: [1d6+4] => [4,4] = (8) imp
Marik: [1d6+4] => [6,4] = (10) imp
Marik: There we go.
Narrator: Marik looses an arrow, nailing the snake to the ground. It thrashes in pain and he drops to the ground.
GM: Acrobatics or go splat?
Marik: This'll hurt.
Marik: Acrobatics.
GM: Ahhhh....
Marik: -3 for floating?
Beltarne: Need a falling damage? I have a table!
GM: I've got one in DF2. You're no longer floating... so no DX penalty.
Marik: Acrobatics: [3d6.skill(14,0)] => [5,3,1] = 9 vs (14) or less Success! by 5 
GM: Random hit location [3d6] => [5,2,2] = (9)
GM: Takes [1d6] => [2] = (2) damage to the torso, all armor flexible
GM: DX-3 to end up on your knees.
Marik: DX: [3d6.skill(14,-3)] => [6,1,2] = 9 vs (11) or less Success! by 2 
Narrator: Marik rolls as he lands, coming up smoothly on his knees.
 4) YOUR TURN NOW:: [25] Beltarne 
(on deck: [24] Wolfgang) 
Marik: So no damage, I'm on my knees, and the snake is dead?
Marik: I call that a good round. :D
Beltarne: I kneel!
Beltarne: ###
 5) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Wolfgang 
(on deck: [24] Minnizig) 
Wolfgang: rawr!
Wolfgang: rapid strike on the snake, DA -2/-1
Wolfgang: -2 for annoying levitate?
GM: Yes.
Wolfgang: Axe [3d6.skill(20,-2-2)] => [2,4,6] = 12 vs (16) or less Success! by 4 
Wolfgang: Axe [3d6.skill(20,-2-2)] => [4,1,6] = 11 vs (16) or less Success! by 5 
Floating Snakes: Snake 2 dodges and sidesteps (sidefloats) [3d6.skill(10,2-2)] => [1,6,5] = 12 vs (10) or less Failure! by 2 
[3d6.skill(10,2-2)] => [1,5,1] = 7 vs (10) or less Success! by 3 
GM: Damage?
Wolfgang: Axe [2d6+8] => [4,1,8] = (13) cut
Narrator: Wolfgang chops a snake into sausage, and settles on the ground easily.
 6) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Minnizig 
(on deck: [24] Floating Snakes) 
Minnizig: How high up is snake #4?
GM: About 1 yard, same as the others.
** Minnizig fast-draws a dagger! **
Minnizig: Fast-Draw (Knife) (12) [3d6.skill(12,0)] => [5,4,1] = 10 vs (12) or less Success! by 2 
** Minnizig hocks it at Snake #4! Range 3, -1 range penalty, anything else? **
GM: Nope.
Minnizig: Hurray! Generic dagger thrown at generic body part! (torso)
Minnizig: Dagger [3d6.skill(13,-1)] => [4,3,2] = 9 vs (12) or less Success! by 3 
Floating Snakes: Dodge! [3d6.skill(5)] => [5,5,3] = 13 vs (5) or less Failure! by 8 
Minnizig: Hurray!
Minnizig: Dagger [1d6-2] => [3,-2] = (1) imp
GM: Minnizig's throw fails to penetrate the snakes' scales.
 7) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Floating Snakes 
(on deck: [29] Ghazeb) 
Minnizig: Done!
Ghazeb: "You could put it's eye out like that."
Floating Snakes: Snake #4 floats forward and bites Beltarne! [3d6.skill(14,-2)] => [1,2,5] = 8 vs (12) or less Success! by 4 DA-2/-1
Floating Snakes: Snake #3 floats forward and Concentrates on Beltarne! [3d6.skill(18,-3)] => [2,1,1] = 4 vs (15) or less Critical Success! by 11 [B556]
Beltarne: Beltarne blocks!
Narrator: Green and gold beams shoot out from the last snake, enveloping Marik, Minnizig, Ghazeb, and Beltarne.
Beltarne: Block (12) [3d6.skill(12,-2-1)] => [2,3,5] = 10 vs (9) or less Failure! by 1 
GM: ... Beltarne takes [1d6] => [3] = (3) damage!
GM: Doh!
Beltarne: ((Tink!))
GM: Beltarne has to resist Levitate with an MoS of 10! Ghazeb, MoS 9! Minnizig and Marik, MoS 8!
Minnizig: Yerk.
Ghazeb: ((sorry MoS?))
Beltarne: Will (14) [3d6.skill(14,-10)] => [5,2,5] = 12 vs (4) or less Failure! by 8 
Marik: ((The snake levitating me died?))
Minnizig: Will (13) [3d6.skill(13,0)] => [4,3,4] = 11 vs (13) or less Success! by 2 
Beltarne: ((Margin of success))
Minnizig: New snake. Critically succeeded and hit us all.
Ghazeb: Will (10) [3d6.skill(10,-9)] => [1,3,5] = 9 vs (1) or less Failure! by 8 
Ghazeb: ((K thanks))
Marik: ((Oh, there it is. Dur.))
Marik: Will: [3d6.skill(11,-8)] => [4,6,3] = 13 vs (3) or less Critical Failure! by 10 [B556]
Minnizig: I didn't include the penalty, but I failed by 6
GM: Right, just waiting for Ghazeb.
GM: Oops, just missed Ghazeb. Everyone floats, eh.
Ghazeb: I did
Beltarne: ((He rolled))
Beltarne: ((They all float...))
Thasos: i think ghazeb did that roll wrong, actually...
Narrator: The light envelopes the delvers and they raise off the ground.
 1) YOUR TURN NOW:: [29] Ghazeb 
(on deck: [28] Thasos) 
Thasos: or is it supposed to be -9 mod?
Ghazeb: I try to pull my self down again. If I can I try to wrap my belt around the sword hilt.
GM: Uh, roll ST.
Ghazeb: ST (13) [3d6.skill(13,0)] => [2,1,1] = 4 vs (13) or less Critical Success! [B556]
Floating Snakes: Keep Ghazeb afloat! [3d6.skill(18,-3)] => [4,1,6] = 11 vs (15) or less Success! by 4 
Narrator: Ghazeb wrestles himself back to the ground, the green glow fading from him.
 2) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Thasos 
(on deck: [28] Marik) 
Thasos: I'm dragging beltarne back some still
GM: Make a ST roll again.
Thasos: ST (13) [3d6.skill(13,0)] => [1,2,2] = 5 vs (13) or less Success! by 8 
Floating Snakes: Keep Beltarne close! [3d6.skill(18,-3)] => [1,4,2] = 7 vs (15) or less Success! by 8 
Floating Snakes: The snake resists!
 3) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Marik 
(on deck: [25] Beltarne) 
Marik: Fast-Draw, Fast-Load, and fire on snake 3. I'm 5 yards away for -2, fast-loading for -3, and I get Acc for +3. Any other mods?
Marik: Floating, for -3.
GM: That's it.
Marik: So I need to roll the draw and load.
Marik: Fast-Draw: [3d6.skill(18,-3)] => [5,6,4] = 15 vs (15) or less Success! by 0 
Marik: Fast-Load: [3d6.skill(20,-3-3)] => [5,3,2] = 10 vs (14) or less Success! by 4 
Marik: Bow: [3d6.skill(20,-2-2-3+3] => 3d6.skill(20,-2-2-3+3 DA -2/1
Marik: Bow: [3d6.skill(20,-2-2-3+3)] => [1,5,2] = 8 vs (16) or less Success! by 8 DA -2/1
Marik: Should be another -3 on there, sorry.
Marik: Roll's still good.
Floating Snakes: Dodge! [3d6.skill(10,-1)] => [1,4,2] = 7 vs (9) or less Success! by 2 
Marik: Alas.
 4) YOUR TURN NOW:: [25] Beltarne 
(on deck: [24] Wolfgang) 
Beltarne: Attempt to Ready axe using lanyard, DX, -2 for floating?
Ghazeb: ((AFK a sec, on my turn I try to secure myself to the sword so I will not float off.))
GM: Isn't your axe already readied?
Beltarne: No, threw it at snake
Thasos: i remember that sword not staying in the ground, actually...
GM: Oh, right! -3, then.
Beltarne: DX (12) [3d6.skill(12,-3)] => [6,1,5] = 12 vs (9) or less Failure! by 3 
Beltarne: ###
 5) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Wolfgang 
(on deck: [24] Minnizig) 
Wolfgang: move and shield slam snake 3
GM: Go for it!
Wolfgang: Large Shield [3d6.skill(16,0)] => [1,6,5] = 12 vs (16) or less Success! by 4 
Floating Snakes: Snake 3 dodges and retreats! [3d6.skill(10,3)] => [4,5,6] = 15 vs (13) or less Failure! by 2 
Wolfgang: Large Shield [1d6+3] => [3,3] = (6) cr
GM: No, it's a slam... Knockback damage from Wolfgang [6d6+3] => [3,6,6,6,2,1,3] = (27) versus knockback from the snake! [3d6+3] => [5,3,1,3] = (12)
Narrator: Wolfgang slams into the snake, throwing its body across the clearing into a tree.
 6) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Minnizig 
(on deck: [24] Floating Snakes) 
Wolfgang: forgot about the diff damage, I did it wrong last time anyhow I think
Minnizig: Hm.
Minnizig: Fast draw another dagger! (I've tot 4 left)
Minnizig: Fast-Draw (Knife) (12) [3d6.skill(12,-3)] => [6,3,5] = 14 vs (9) or less Failure! by 5 
Minnizig: Spend the round drawing as I float!
GM: Well, you ready a dagger.
GM: and everyone landed after Wolfgang smashed the snake.
 7) YOUR TURN NOW:: [24] Floating Snakes 
(on deck: [29] Ghazeb) 
Minnizig: Oh!
Floating Snakes: Floats forward, bites Wolfgang's wing from behind [3d6.skill(14,-2)] => [3,2,4] = 9 vs (12) or less Success! by 3 
Minnizig: Should I be making ana crobatics roll?
Minnizig: *acrobatics
Marik: We fell two feet.
Minnizig: Never mind then.
Wolfgang: hmm, retreat, flank, dodge?
GM: Sure!
Wolfgang: or can I parry if I retreat south?
GM: Can't parry attacks from behind.
Minnizig: Unless you've got peripheral vision
GM: and you have to retreat SW or SE - must increase distance.
Marik: Can! It's at -2 for flank and -2 more for not being ultra-flexible.
GM: Oh? Listen to Marik.
Marik: I'll have a pageref in a sec.
Wolfgang: ok, retreat and parry then
GM: That's a sidestep you're making there.
Wolfgang: Axe parry [3d6.skill(14,-3+3-2-2+3)] => [4,6,6] = 16 vs (13) or less Failure! by 3 
GM: Damage is [1d6] => [6] = (6)
GM: Impaling to a limb does nothing, nothing!
Wolfgang: luck on the roll
GM: Doh!!!!
GM: Yeah, go for it.
Wolfgang: Axe parry [3d6.skill(14,-4+3)] => [6,3,1] = 10 vs (13) or less Success! by 3 
Wolfgang: Axe parry [3d6.skill(14,-4+3)] => [6,3,2] = 11 vs (13) or less Success! by 2 
GM: Ah, well.
Marik: ((Yeah. It's either 'an attack from the back', which gives no defense at all unless you have Peripheral or 360 vision, or else it's a Flank attack and he can defend normally as for that flank - parry if it's the weapon flank, block if it's the shield flank.))
Marik: ((So it depends which side it started on.))
GM: Well, he's covered.
GM: Poor snake.
Wolfgang: oh, hmm
Wolfgang: I think that would have made dodge anyhow
GM: ... Retreat does
Marik: ((If you *can* parry an actual attack from behind, you do so at -2 unless you have an Extra-Flexible arm or Double-Jointed.))
GM: Doesn't give +3 to Axe parries, only Dodges.
GM: Alright,whatever.
 1) YOUR TURN NOW:: [29] Ghazeb 
(on deck: [28] Thasos) 
Ghazeb: I try to secure myself to the sword so I will not float off.
GM: You grip your sword firmly.
 2) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Thasos 
(on deck: [28] Marik) 
Ghazeb: No I mean wrap my belt around it or something.
GM: Great.
GM: Thasos?
Thasos: still dragging
GM: Beltarne isn't currently floating.
Thasos: I'm not sure he's going to stay that way :D
GM: Ah. Make a ST check. Beltarne, resist with ST+1.
Thasos: ST (13) [3d6.skill(13,0)] => [5,4,1] = 10 vs (13) or less Success! by 3 
GM: Or let yourself get dragged along, your choice.
Beltarne: ST (12) [3d6.skill(12,+1)] => [4,3,5] = 12 vs (13) or less Success! by 1 
Narrator: Thasos pulls on Beltarne, dragging the dwarf along the ground.
** Beltarne swears as he is pulled out of shield bashing range of the last snake **
GM: You're also knocked prone.
 3) YOUR TURN NOW:: [28] Marik 
(on deck: [25] Beltarne) 
Marik: Fast-draw, fast-load, and put an arrow into snake 4.
Beltarne: ((of course I am))
Marik: I might have a Ghazeb in the way.
** Thasos bullheadedly continues trying to rescue Beltarne. **
Marik: -1 for 3-yard range, -2 more if Ghazeb is cover, -3 fast-load.
GM: Ghazeb isn't cover.
Marik: Bow: [3d6.skill(20,+3-1-3-6)] => [6,2,2] = 10 vs (13) or less Success! by 3 DA -6/3
Marik: I think its dodge is 2.
Marik: 0 if it doesn't have Peripheral Vision for being a snake.
Floating Snakes: Dodge! [3d6.skill(5,-3-2)] => [4,2,1] = 7 vs (0) or less Failure! by 7 
Marik: Damage: [1d6+4] => [2,4] = (6) imp
GM: That last snake collapses.
GM: The delvers are unharmed, except for some bruises and dignity on Beltarne's part.
GM: And... Thasos spoke.
** Beltarne yells "You can stop dragging me now, Thasos." **
Beltarne: ((There is that))
whispering to Thasos, Since Vow of Silence isn't part of your Chi pact limitation, you can rebalance yourself with a Meditation roll, 1 attempt per day. 
** Thasos looks up. Realization dawns on him. **
Minnizig: "Whew! So, you CAN talk. What, you just don't like us or something?"
** Minnizig starts rooting around for that flung dagger. **
GM: You find it, no problem.
** Beltarne unwraps the chain from his ankle and stands. **
** Thasos hangs his head. "I took a vow. And now I've broken it, perhaps needlessly." **
** Ghazeb laughs **
** Beltarne pats Thasos on the shoulder, "Well, thanks for keeping me from floating off." **
Wolfgang (enter): 18:07
** Minnizig cleans the dirt off it, seeing as of course there's no dang blood. "Stupid snake skin." **
Thasos: "I thought all was lost."
Beltarne: "You acted as you thought best in order to save others. No one should hold themselves to any higher standard."
** Marik goes back to his tree, leans against it, and goes back to sleep. **
** Thasos becomes silent and brooding. More than usual, that is. **
** Minnizig strolls back to the campfire. "So, vows huh? Big vows, little vows, promise you made to yourself as a kid?" **
** Thasos says nothing, but nods his head towards Beltarne. **
** Beltarne returns to his bedroll **
Wolfgang: "So, you can keep talking now or do you have to clam up again come sunrise or something?"
** Thasos merely sits and attempts to meditate. **
Thasos: Meditation (9) [3d6.skill(9,0)] => [4,4,3] = 11 vs (9) or less Failure! by 2 
GM: Oh, well.
** Thasos sighs quietly. **
Minnizig: "I guess he's on the silent plan again."
Narrator: The delvers kick the snakes into a pile, finish their meals, and prepare for bed and watch. Beltarne prays. Thasos tries to achieve serenity.
Beltarne: Wait!
Beltarne: snakes worth money?
Wolfgang: "Yah, guess I'll catch a few more Z's before morning"
GM: None of you know what those even were.
Beltarne: poop
GM: You have no idea if they're worth money or not.
GM: Or what bits might be valuable.
Wolfgang: "Floating snake skins worth anything? or are they good to eat at least?"
GM: Or how to retreive them.
GM: Or what they taste like.
Beltarne: Can I do exploratory surgery for some sort of floaty organ? Just look for something that isn't in normal snakes, with Marik assisting?
GM: Sure!
GM: Marik, make a Naturalist roll!
Marik: Naturalist: [3d6.skill(11,-5)] => [2,2,5] = 9 vs (6) or less Failure! by 3 
GM: What's the -5 penalty for?
Marik: Defaulting from IQ?
Marik: Should have been at -6, actually.
GM: Anyway, Marik's attempt to point out things that aren't in normal snakes is wildly successful, as the interior of the snake is filled with dirt, twigs, flowers, and glass beads. He's not sure what it means but it seems pretty freaky.
GM: Naturalist is part of Scout! I thought.
Marik: Negatory.
GM: Oh, wow. Yeah, then... never mind.
** Beltarne scratches head and uncertainly collects some of the glass beads **
Marik: Scouts are 'practical' naturalist. :D
GM: Apparently Marik doesn't think that's too unusual then.
Marik: Well, I know what goes inside an animal.
GM: Seriously, Scout! should cover Naturalist for identifying critters. That's reasonable to me.
Marik: And that ain't it.
Marik: In that case, 9 vs. 12, success by 6.
Marik: Er, 3.
GM: Great. Yeah, you don't know what the hell is up with that.
Marik: I math about as well as Marik Naturalist, apparently.
Beltarne: Ah well, a valiant effort. Sleep!
GM: At about 4 am, the wind dies down to almost nothing, a faint breeze that barely stirs the bridge.
Wolfgang: "That's just wrong, stupid mages"
GM: Who's on watch? [1d6] => [1] = (1)
GM: Ghazeb! Roll Perception!
Ghazeb: Per (11) [3d6.skill(11,0)] => [4,2,4] = 10 vs (11) or less Success! by 1 
** Minnizig is dreaming lyrics about bean snakes stuffed with flowers. **
Ghazeb: I could be asleep anyway.
GM: Well, that's up to you then.
Ghazeb: ((from the looks of the character sheet.))
Ghazeb: I'll be awake.
whispering to Ghazeb, Assuming you're awake, you hear the sound of something large moving through the trees, frequently sniffing the air and making "shuffle" sounds. It moves toward the camp hesitantly. 
** Ghazeb kicks Thasos's tent. get up. **
** Ghazeb pulls my sword. **
** Thasos is awake. He grabs his weapon and sticks his head out the flap. **
Ghazeb: "Something big out there."
** Thasos is also not currently in the best of moods. **
** Ghazeb wakes everyone up. **
GM: Everyone make Perception rolls.
Ghazeb: Per (11) [3d6.skill(11,0)] => [5,6,1] = 12 vs (11) or less Failure! by 1 
Beltarne: Per (14) [3d6.skill(14,0)] => [4,2,6] = 12 vs (14) or less Success! by 2 
Thasos: Per (11) [3d6.skill(11,0)] => [2,6,3] = 11 vs (11) or less Success! by 0 
Wolfgang: Vision (13) [3d6.skill(13,0)] => [2,4,3] = 9 vs (13) or less Success! by 4 
Wolfgang: -3 for areg per
Marik: Per: [3d6.skill(14,0)] => [5,3,3] = 11 vs (14) or less Success! by 3 
Minnizig: Vision (13) [3d6.skill(13,0)] => [1,1,6] = 8 vs (13) or less Success! by 5 
Minnizig: Vision and Per the same here.
GM: Okay, everyone but Ghazeb realizes there is a large black bear wandering into the campsite, sniffing at the air and shambling over to the pile of snakes.
GM: Ghazeb thinks it is an unusually hairy ogre.
GM: Or possibly a very fuzzy troll.
GM: Or maybe a really weird lamia beetle swarm.
Ghazeb: "Ghazeb thinks we have a wolf, everyone be careful."
Wolfgang: "That's a bear"
Beltarne: "It's a bear."
** Thasos nods. **
Minnizig: "Bruin."
Ghazeb: "Don't be silly."
** Wolfgang gets his shield ready **
** Minnizig tosses the bear some rations. **
** Marik looks at it disinterestedly. "It's just hungry." **
Wolfgang: "You don't see bears where you're from?"
Minnizig: Specifically, tosses them further away than the snakes.
** Beltarne starts yelling and banging his axe on his shield once the bear picks up the rations. **
** Ghazeb thinks the others can handle this. no need to get all worked up. **
Generic Animals: It roars at you, but then grabs the rations and bites into them hungrily.
** Ghazeb backs up a little. **
Wolfgang: "Ack, don't feed it!"
Generic Animals: Looks at Beltarne, roars again!
Ghazeb: "Yeah, that was good food."
GM: Contest of Will!
Minnizig: "Don't want it coming in closer to get the snakes."
Wolfgang: "It'll follow us forever now"
GM: Beltarne is at +2!
Beltarne: Will (14) [3d6.skill(14,0)] => [4,5,1] = 10 vs (14) or less Success! by 4 
Wolfgang: "Why, we're not eating them?"
Beltarne: Make that MoS 6
Generic Animals: Afeared? [3d6.skill(12)] => [4,6,3] = 13 vs (12) or less Failure! by 1 
Ghazeb: "We might"
Generic Animals: The bear grabs the food, turns, and flees into the forest.
** Thasos looks on, watching how rustic folk deal with wild animals. **
Minnizig: "Cuz then it might get into it's fool head to come even closer and eat us.
Minnizig: "
** Beltarne turns back to the group. **
Beltarne: "it's just a bear"
Ghazeb: "well that should end my watch."
Wolfgang: "The snakes aren't even made of meat!"
** Marik applauds in that way that tells you he's not really impressed. **
** Ghazeb crawls into his tent. **
** Wolfgang goes to make sure they are still not meat **
Minnizig: "Bears eat everything."
Minnizig: "Bears'll eat your boots."
** Beltarne relishes Marik's accolades oblivious to sarcasm, "thank you, your highness" **
** Ghazeb yells from his tent."That's why I sleep in mine." **
Wolfgang: "Bah, only if there's a foot in it"
** Thasos shrugs and goes back to bed. **
Beltarne: /bed
GM: An hour later, Marik starts waking everyone, brings the fire back up, and people start eating and such.
GM: You guys have... like 25 fresh smoke meals.
GM: Even discounting the 12 you eat that night...
GM: Who's taking the 13 new meals?
** Ghazeb eats two of them. **
GM: alright, 12 meals.
Beltarne: I'll take 5
** Thasos quickly stuffs the rest in his backpack before Ghazeb eats more. **
Minnizig: 12 we eat last night? /me counts PCs.
** Ghazeb makes note of where Thasos put the meals. **
GM: between last night and the morning, 12 meals.
Wolfgang: I'll top off, think that means two?
Minnizig: Ah. I only eat half a meal at a time. but I presume Ghazeb finished off the spare.
GM: Sure.
GM: Ghazeb will always eat extra.
Ghazeb: Will Do
GM: What's the plan for the day?
** Ghazeb rubs his belly **
GM: oh - High Holy Days of Entropy, Death, and Sun.
Marik: Head for the harpy nest.
GM: Not sure how that works...
Marik: Hope we don't get randomly teleported to the middle of nowhere again.
Thasos: thasos' plan is to mope and generally look unhappy
Wolfgang: you need a new table I think
** Ghazeb votes for entropy. **
Beltarne: ... for once not in low sanctity, whoo!
Minnizig: High holy day of the scorching desert heat?
Wolfgang: wait, that's probably historical isn't it?
** Ghazeb is lazy and helps Thasos be unhappy. **
GM: You trudge through the forest.
GM: Everyone can make Survival (Forest), Hiking, or Observation roll (1 roll, at -4 for any of them), please.
Minnizig: Observation (12) [3d6.skill(12,-4)] => [2,4,5] = 11 vs (8) or less Failure! by 3 
Beltarne: Observation (13) [3d6.skill(13,-4)] => [4,3,5] = 12 vs (9) or less Failure! by 3 
Ghazeb: Hiking (12) [3d6.skill(12,-4)] => [1,4,1] = 6 vs (8) or less Success! by 2 
Wolfgang: flight at -4?
** Ghazeb flexes **
GM: Wolfgang: sure!
Wolfgang: Flight (Gargoyle) (13) [3d6.skill(13,-4)] => [3,4,2] = 9 vs (9) or less Success! by 0 
Thasos: observation?
GM: It's a skill?
Marik: Survival (Woodland): [3d6.skill(19,-4)] => [4,4,2] = 10 vs (15) or less Success! by 5 
Thasos: one i don't have, i imagine
GM: Perception -5 if you don't have it, Thasos. Or HT-5 for Hiking, or Per-5 for Survival.
Marik: Defaults to Per-5.
Thasos: HT (13) [3d6.skill(13,-5)] => [2,1,6] = 9 vs (8) or less Failure! by 1 
Narrator: During the first rest break, Thasos stretches out on a convenient fallen log as Ghazeb grins. Beltarne and Minnizig who where headed for the same log sigh in disgust and drop their packs on the least muddy ground.
Narrator: Thasos gloats momentarily, then his eyes shoot open and he begins slapping at his armor.
GM: Thasos: stinging insects live in that log. They're biting you. Roll HT-2 to resist.
** Ghazeb laughs and points at Thasos. **
Ghazeb: "Be careful mate."
Thasos: Resist Bad Temper (15-) [3d6.skill(15,0)] => [4,2,4] = 10 vs (15) or less Success! by 5 Note: can trigger Berserk
** Thasos just scowls at Ghazeb. **
Thasos: HT (13) [3d6.skill(13,-2)] => [3,3,5] = 11 vs (11) or less Success! by 0 
GM: The stinging poison surges through your veins, but you're really tough. You take 2 damage instead of... well a lot more.
** Minnizig considers Mass Sleep. **
Minnizig: What's the current Mana level?
Minnizig: I could put them all to sleep, drag Thasos out, and sort things out later :D
GM: Normal.
GM: Mass Sleep is Mind Control - doesn't work on animals.
GM: You'd have to sing to them.
** Thasos opts for smashing each bug, and starts slapping himself all over. **
Minnizig: I can sing, sure. I don't have any of the musical control skills it appears. Durp.
Minnizig: And I don't thing regular singing is quite going to cut it. Especially with Thasos doing the Rhythm line by smashing bugs.
** Thasos tries rolling on the ground to smush them. **
GM: Well, the crisis has passed.
Marik: Does Marik know any good ways to deal with stinging bugs?
GM: First Aid?
GM: His other plan is not sit on logs visibly infested with fire ants.
Beltarne: I don't think Marik believes in sitting
Beltarne: I mean, he sleeps standing up
GM: Well, it's a plan that works for him, then.
GM: So.
Marik: Onward!
Minnizig: Onward and avoiding fireantsward.
GM: You start marching at 7, hit the edge of the forest around 10, cross most of the peninsula by 11 (you do not get sucked into a fae gate this time)...
GM: crossing the rest of the peninsula takes about 40 minutes.
GM: The rocky little island that the harpies look to live on is in front of you, on the other side of about 100 yards of rapids and rocky shoals.
Beltarne: Stealth checks all around?
GM: Sure!
Thasos: Stealth (15) [3d6.skill(15,0)] => [3,4,2] = 9 vs (15) or less Success! by 6 
Ghazeb: Stealth (15) [3d6.skill(15,0)] => [6,6,5] = 17 vs (15) or less Critical Failure! [B556] 
Minnizig: Stealth (13) [3d6.skill(13,0)] => [3,6,6] = 15 vs (13) or less Failure! by 2 
Beltarne: Stealth (12) [3d6.skill(12,0)] => [4,5,6] = 15 vs (12) or less Failure! by 3 
Minnizig: I'd luck it, but no real point with this lot.
Wolfgang: Default Skill Roll [3d6.defaultskill(14,-5,0)] => [4,5,1] = 10 vs (9) or less Failure! by 1
Beltarne: *sigh*
Marik: Stealth: [3d6.skill(19,0)] => [1,4,5] = 10 vs (19) or less Success! by 9 
** Thasos cringes as everyone steps on a tree branch at the same time. **
GM: The weird bit is that Marik stepped on the exact same tree branch.
GM: Okay, you aren't particularly stealthy.
Marik: It's not my fault they aren't elves.
GM: Nothing immediately comes out to eat you. That you notice.
** Marik starts looking for a half-decent way to ford this. **
Narrator: The island is a pile of stone, mud, and ferns. Trees crown its many low hills, and some creeks feed back down to the lake.
GM: It doesn't look like there is one, other than crossing along the larger rocks and wading through the slower rapids.
Wolfgang: bigger than I thought to have creeks
Ghazeb: "Ghazeb does not like this."
GM: It's maybe a mile long, north south, though most of the north side is a swamp. It's narrow, though - few hundred yards across.
Marik: "You can dislike it all you want, as long as you've got the peanuts to cross it, cat-boy. Let's get moving."
** Marik takes point. **
** Marik pauses. **
** Minnizig is shorter than the water, isn't she. **
** Marik gets a rope. Ties it round his waist. Hands the other end to Minnizig, who is probably -- that, yes -- and then takes pont. **
Ghazeb: Phobia (Entering Water) (15 or less) [3d6.skill(15,0)] => [5,3,3] = 11 vs (15) or less Success! by 4 
GM: Maybe in parts? It might be possible to get across on th rocks.
** Minnizig ties the safety rope to her harness. **
Beltarne: There isn't a current here, is there? It's a lake.
** Ghazeb follows last into the water. **
** Wolfgang cheats and flys lower over the water **
GM: Not too much, but there is some.
Minnizig: There's rapids, apparently.
Minnizig: So I ain't' risking it.
** Beltarne empties his waterskins, inflates them with air, and stuffs them in the top of his pack securely. **
Wolfgang: "Need a ride miss?"
** Thasos finds the mucky water isn't as soothing on the bug bites as he'd hoped. **
Minnizig: "A lift would be nice, yes."
GM: People who aren't Wolfgang need to make 2 ST tests at -2, 2 DX tests at -2, and an IQ test.
Ghazeb: ST (13) [3d6.skill(13,-2)] => [6,6,2] = 14 vs (11) or less Failure! by 3 
Ghazeb: ST (13) [3d6.skill(13,-2)] => [4,4,2] = 10 vs (11) or less Success! by 1 
Thasos: IQ test? crap
Beltarne: ST (12) [3d6.skill(12,-2)] => [5,2,5] = 12 vs (10) or less Failure! by 2 
Marik: Perfect Balance help with the DX test?
Ghazeb: DX (16) [3d6.skill(16,-2)] => [5,6,6] = 17 vs (14) or less Critical Failure! [B556]
Wolfgang: how much does Minnizig + gear weigh?
GM: Yes, sure!
Beltarne: ST (12) [3d6.skill(12,-2)] => [6,1,2] = 9 vs (10) or less Success! by 1 
Marik: Or any of it, in fact?
Ghazeb: DX (16) [3d6.skill(16,-2)] => [1,5,4] = 10 vs (14) or less Success! by 4 
Thasos: ST (13) [3d6.skill(13,-2)] => [5,2,6] = 13 vs (11) or less Failure! by 2 
Ghazeb: IQ (10) [3d6.skill(10,0)] => [5,1,2] = 8 vs (10) or less Success! by 2 
Thasos: ST (13) [3d6.skill(13,-2)] => [1,6,4] = 11 vs (11) or less Success! by 0 
Beltarne: DX (12) [3d6.skill(12,-2)] => [1,6,3] = 10 vs (10) or less Success! by 0 
Beltarne: DX (12) [3d6.skill(12,-2)] => [6,5,2] = 13 vs (10) or less Failure! by 3 
Thasos: DX (16) [3d6.skill(16,-2)] => [4,5,5] = 14 vs (14) or less Success! by 0 
Thasos: DX (16) [3d6.skill(16,-2)] => [2,5,5] = 12 vs (14) or less Success! by 2 
Beltarne: IQ (14) [3d6.skill(14,0)] => [1,1,3] = 5 vs (14) or less Success! by 9 
Minnizig: What If I'm being carried by a Wolfgang?
Thasos: IQ (10) [3d6.skill(10,0)] => [4,4,5] = 13 vs (10) or less Failure! by 3 
Marik: ST (twice): [3d6.skill(13,-2+6)] => [3,5,2] = 10 vs (17) or less Success! by 7 [3d6.skill(13,-2+6)] => [1,5,2] = 8 vs (17) or less Success! by 9 
Marik: DX: [3d6.skill(14,-2+6)] => [5,4,6] = 15 vs (18) or less Success! by 3 
Marik: IQ: [3d6.skill(11,0)] => [2,1,1] = 4 vs (11) or less Critical Success! [B556]
GM: Minnizig crosses in Wolfgang's arm.
Minnizig: No rolls?
Minnizig: Sweet.
GM: How did everyone else do?
Marik: Success on all physical skills, critsuccess on IQ.
Ghazeb: st fail dx crit fail iq pass
GM: Hey, I screw with Wolfgang as much as possible, but he paid the points for the advantage.
Beltarne: failed a ST and DX
Thasos: 1 st fail, iq fail
GM: Ghazeb gets drenched, and takes [1d6-1] => [1,-1] = (0) and [2d6+1] => [4,1,1] = (6) crushing damage, armor protects normally
GM: Beltarne takes [1d6-1] => [2,-1] = (1) and [1d6-1] => [6,-1] = (5) crushing damage, armor protects normally
Wolfgang: clearly his phobia is justified
Ghazeb: "@#$%# @#$%^%&^%^%%"
GM: Thasos takes [1d6-1] => [2,-1] = (1) and [1d6-1] => [6,-1] = (5) crushing damage, armor protects normally
Beltarne: From what? rapids?
Thasos: so that works out to... 1 point of damage total?
GM: Rapids, failing into rocks, and generally tripping into a lake. You may get nibbled by some fishes.
GM: Yes, 1 point of injury for Thasos.
Beltarne: Generally, tripping into a lake doesn't do damage
Beltarne: Just sayin
Minnizig: Tripping onto rocks does.
Minnizig: Seriously.
Beltarne: Thats why you crouch low into the water so you can't fall far. If the water is too low to crouch in, it's generally not strong enough to sweep you off your feet.
GM: You may know that, your character doesn't.
Thasos: and if it's too high to crouch in without drowning?
Beltarne: Then you make some floaties and paddle.
Marik: Then it's probably high enough that you don't hurt yourself falling. But yeah.
GM: Look, you guys jump, leap, wade, and other cross more or less successfully.
Beltarne: and if it's too high to crouch in and has rocks and a sucstantial current, it's not safe to cross
GM: Dripping, wet, and irritable, you find yourself on the island.
Ghazeb: "We need to stop and build a fire so I can dry out."
Beltarne: Hooray!
Marik: I would say "I'm not irritable, I crossed just fine."
Marik: But I'm Marik.
Marik: I'm irritable.
Beltarne: "I'm sure the harpies would love that."
Ghazeb: "Ghazeb can not take this."
Beltarne: "We'll dry out walking"
Minnizig: "HOw about we go set fire to some harpies? I'm sure that'll cheer you up."
** Ghazeb shakes off near Thasos. **
GM: See the nice map of the island? Well, the southeastern bit, anyway.
** Thasos sits down to pull off a boot, which he pours water out of. He can't possibly get any wetter, so Ghazeb doesn't bother him. **
** Wolfgang looks around for harpies **
Minnizig: I see a map!
GM: Roll Perception!
Thasos: quite a map too
GM: Err, that's for Wolfgang.
Wolfgang: "No fire, that'd be dumb"
Thasos: Per (11) [3d6.skill(11,0)] => [3,6,5] = 14 vs (11) or less Failure! by 3 
GM: You don't see any.
GM: Uhm.
Wolfgang: Vision (13) [3d6.skill(13,0)] => [5,1,5] = 11 vs (13) or less Success! by 2 
Beltarne: Per (14) [3d6.skill(14,0)] => [5,2,4] = 11 vs (14) or less Success! by 3 
Marik: Vision: [3d6.skill(14,+2)] => [2,2,5] = 9 vs (16) or less Success! by 7 
Ghazeb: Per (11) [3d6.skill(11,0)] => [3,3,2] = 8 vs (11) or less Success! by 3 
Thasos: hey, can i roll hearing, since it's higher?
GM: About that map: trees are trees, little green patches are weeds/low ferns that cost double movement, green bits with circles around them are tall ferns that don't block LoS but do provide -3 cover.
GM: Thasos: yes.
Thasos: Hearing (13) [3d6.skill(13,0)] => [6,3,1] = 10 vs (13) or less Success! by 3 
Minnizig: Per (13) [3d6.skill(13,0)] => [3,2,3] = 8 vs (13) or less Success! by 5 
GM: Every make a Will roll.
Ghazeb: Will (10) [3d6.skill(10,0)] => [2,4,3] = 9 vs (10) or less Success! by 1 
Marik: Will: [3d6.skill(11,0)] => [2,5,6] = 13 vs (11) or less Failure! by 2 
Beltarne: Circles cost double movement too?
Marik: Luck.
Marik: Will: [3d6.skill(11,0)] => [2,4,6] = 12 vs (11) or less Failure! by 1 
Marik: Will: [3d6.skill(11,0)] => [5,1,3] = 9 vs (11) or less Success! by 2 
Beltarne: Will (14) [3d6.skill(14,0)] => [3,4,2] = 9 vs (14) or less Success! by 5 
Wolfgang: Will (10) [3d6.skill(10,0)] => [3,2,5] = 10 vs (10) or less Success! by 0 
Minnizig: Will (13) [3d6.skill(13,0)] => [4,1,2] = 7 vs (13) or less Success! by 6 
GM: Beltarne: yes.
Wolfgang: I take it I see no harpies?
whispering to Wolfgang, You feel peaceful, kind, and generous 
Thasos: Will (10) [3d6.skill(10,0)] => [1,3,1] = 5 vs (10) or less Success! by 5 
whispering to Marik, You feel peaceful, kind, and generous 
whispering to Ghazeb, You feel peaceful, kind, and generous 
GM: None of you see any harpies, but you do hear a songbird singing to the north.
Marik: Native to the area?
GM: Sounds like it.
Ghazeb: "Look Thasos, we should stop poking at each other and be friends."
** Ghazeb walks over to Thasos. **
GM: You spot movement - a large black winged bird - briefly beyond the hills.
** Thasos just nods, distracted by other things on his mind. **
Beltarne: "We got company"
GM: More birds start sininging from the west and southwest.
** Marik shrugs. **
** Beltarne points to the north, where the bird appeared **
Wolfgang: "Yah, lets see if the Druid was lying or not"
Beltarne: "This feels like we're being enveloped."
Beltarne: "Push north?"
Wolfgang: "Nah, it's fine"
Marik: "If you say so. I guess."
Ghazeb: "Ghazeb likes it here, it's kind of nice."
Wolfgang: "We can go meet them I guess"
** Ghazeb starts to purr softly. **
** Beltarne starts walking north **
** Ghazeb follows **
** Minnizig gives Ghazeb the hairy eyeball. **
** Wolfgang follows **
** Beltarne also glances over at Ghazeb **
** Thasos finally notices something seems to be amiss with Ghazeb. **
GM: Where are you going? Move your tokens.
** Wolfgang looks relaxed and not ready to kill stuff at the drop of a hat **
Minnizig: Ghazeb is still soaking wet, right?
Minnizig: And suddenly not cranky?
** Ghazeb is grining from ear to ear. **
GM: Minnizig: yes, and yes.
** Minnizig experimentally gets out her waterskin and squirts Ghazeb with it, prepared to SPRINT FOR THE HILLS should this go wrong. **
** Thasos feels conflicted for a moment, then runs up and trips Ghazeb. **
Minnizig: (( BAHAHAHA ))
Ghazeb: DX (16) [3d6.skill(16,0)] => [2,2,1] = 5 vs (16) or less Critical Success! by 11 [B556]
Ghazeb: To not trip
Ghazeb: "Hay whats up you two?
GM: Beltarne - yo can't move across the creek that easily.
** Thasos looks at Minnizig, hoping she can explain. **
Ghazeb: "This is our problem, we need to all get along better."
Beltarne: okay
** Minnizig stagewhispers at Thasos "Harpies got him." **
Narrator: A lilting, lisping voice calls out from the treeline to the west.
Ghazeb: "Maybe we should make camp here have a meal together and talk this over."
Beltarne: What was the final call on dispell magic and magical effects? Only works on spells?
** Thasos nods in understanding. **
** Marik shrugs and looks back at Ghazeb. "Sounds good to me." **
GM: Dispel works on any magical effect.
Minnizig: whisper, Mark.
Ghazeb: "Well OK then, starts to get out some food."
Voice: "Helllo travellers!"
** Thasos slaps Ghazeb across the face. **
** Wolfgang smiles and says "Hello!" **
Ghazeb: ((1 sec))
** Beltarne starts casting Dispel Magic on Ghazeb **
Beltarne: ((takes 3 sec, let me know when I should roll))
** Ghazeb spits at Thasos. **
GM: Roll, Beltarne.
** Thasos grins wrily and slaps him again. **
Voice: "I said, hellllooo, travellers!"
** Ghazeb steps back and pulls his sword. **
Beltarne: Dispel Magic (Holy) (16) [3d6.skill(16,+1)] => [5,4,3] = 12 vs (17) or less Success! by 5 Includes: +4 from 'Power Investiture (Holy)'
** Minnizig listents to the lil int the speakers voice, squints and cocks her head slightly, and then singsongs back, "Why Helooooooo there!" **
Marik: ((Notably, Beltarne, Ghazeb is Way Back There.))
Minnizig: Singing (17) [3d6.skill(17,-4)] => [6,5,2] = 13 vs (13) or less Success! by 0 Includes: +2 from 'Musical Ability', +2 from 'Voice'
Ghazeb: "Now look Thasos, Ghazeb does not like that."
Wolfgang: can I see where the voice is from?
Beltarne: Ah, hadn't realized he wasn't following us
GM: Ghazeb, Wolfgang, and Marik suddenly feel less serene, generous, and kind.
GM: Wolfgang, the voice is coming from the trees due west of you, across the river.
** Ghazeb kicks dirt onto Thasos, sword out. **
Voice: "Are you travellers?"
Wolfgang: "Aye, who are you?"
** Thasos nods at Ghazeb and takes a step back, putting up his hands, palms out. **
Minnizig: "We come from near and far, here and beyond, of this place and many places!"
Ghazeb: "Whats wrong with you cow boy, I try to be your friend and look what you did."
** Marik shakes his head and looks around, then unslings his bow. **
** Ghazeb is geting loud. **
Voice: "Are you dangerous? There are many bandits and deadly beasts around here..."
Marik: "Ghazeb! We have more important things to worry about."
Voice: "Are you sane? Your friends seem... oddd"
** Thasos frowns at the word "cow". **
** Ghazeb keeps looking at Thasos. **
Minnizig: "One is a cat and the other oathbound."
** Beltarne takes off his backpack as Minnizig converses with the voice **
Ghazeb: "WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE MORE OF AN ISSUE THAN COW-BOY HERE"
** Marik seems more or less willing to let Minnizig do the talking. **
** Wolfgang is also deferring to Minnizig **
Thasos: Resist Bad Temper (15-) [3d6.skill(15,0)] => [2,4,2] = 8 vs (15) or less Success! by 7 Note: can trigger Berserk
Voice: A slightly different voice from over the hill to the southwest. "Do they have food! Find out if they have food!"
** Ghazeb turns to the voices. **
** Minnizig hisses "Listen cat-face, you've been pixieshot." **
** Thasos opens his mouth, but closes it again quickly. **
Ghazeb: "No we do not have any food."
Voice: "They don't have food!"
Narrator: Indistinct shouts emerge from over the hills and trees to the west. They sound perturbed.
Voice: The first voice again "No food? Do you not eat" and then, faintly "shush!"
Minnizig: "The gods provide, when they will, stranger! Whom do I have the pleasure of addressing?"
** Marik rolls his eyes. "We have food. We might be willing to share, should you show yourselves. Peacefully. And stop trying to bewitch us with your damned songs." **
Voice: "I... well, you're not very nice."
** Minnizig laughs. "Ghazeb and Thasos, can you two stop squabbling for five minutes, please? You're frightning them." **
Narrator: A hideous bird woman, with filthy molting black feathers, warty and acne-scarred skin, and mismatched eyes emerges from the trees.
Ghazeb: "Fine but Ghazeb is not sharing his food."
Minnizig: So she's about as loveable as Thasos is. Gotcha.
Narrator: Some of the feathers are brass, but they're covered in rust and grease.
Thasos: hey! i resemble that remark
GM: Uglier. Hideous.
Beltarne: ((decay strikes again))
Minnizig: Minotaurs come with Hideous :D
Beltarne: ((I really don't think the druid is a good guy))
Harpy (Poniria Micro): "I am Poniria Micro. You might share food?" She turns back to the woods "shush you ninnies! Stop singing!"
Harpy (Poniria Micro): She turns back to you. "But the little hellion needs to stop singing too."
** Thasos scratches his head in confusion. **
** Minnizig drops back to a normal speaking tone as they do. "Fair is fair." **
Marik: So, beautiful voices, hideous forms, obviously not in the best of shape?
GM: Looks like.
** Marik leans down to Minnizig. "Can we trust them?" **
** Beltarne opens his pack and gets out his recently acquired rations **
Beltarne: ((Easy come, easy go))
Ghazeb: "Damn why not beautiful form and hideous voices, or no voices."
Harpy (Sofia): Another harpy steps beyond the trees. "Poniria dear, you're not reassuring them...."
** Minnizig narrows her black beady eyes behind the mask, "But I really MUST object to the Hellion comment." **
Narrator: Both harpies immediately focus on the food.
Beltarne: "Here you go, ladies."
Harpy (Sofia): "So you do have food. Are you..."
Minnizig: "I am absolutely totally completely not a Hell Gnome. They're purely mythological, and spreading damned lies like that isn't very nice."
Beltarne: ((Compared to beltarne's grandmother they're not THAT hideous))
Narrator: As Beltarne puts the food on the ground, the harpies immediately fly over.
GM: How much are you putting down?
** Minnizig harrumphs a little to Marik. **
Beltarne: all 5
Beltarne: ((Besides, he firmly believes in respecting his elders))
** Wolfgang moves to Beltarne's side **
** Minnizig keeps her penny whistle out in case someone needs an ear drum burst. **
** Thasos watches cautiously. **
Narrator: 2 more harpies break from the woodline, charging at the food. Poniria Minor and Sofia get there first, grabbing the food and stuffing their faces immediately, cackling and laughing as the other two fail to get to the food in time.
** Ghazeb sobs **
Beltarne: ((heh))
Narrator: Sofia gets most of the food - her skin clears up, and many of the black feathers fall at her feet, replaced by unpolished brass and muted gray feathers.
** Thasos has an epiphany. **
Marik: "Interesting."
Beltarne: "So.... have you been having trouble finding food yourselves?"
Narrator: A similar affect happens to Poniria Micro, but not to the same degree.
** Beltarne nudges Wolfgang, indicating the two harpies that didn't get any. **
Harpy (Sofia): "Haha! Suck it you..." she turns away from the treeline and back to Beltarne. "Oh, yes, what did you say? Yes, yes, its hard to get food around here."
Beltarne: "Why's that?"
** Marik mutters. "Funny, I was only about three miles away when I found that..." **
Ghazeb: "Why did we give them our food?"
Harpy (Sofia): "Well... I don't know if I could say, really. There aren't many travellers around here, you know."
Beltarne: "My food. I gave them my food, Ghazeb."
Beltarne: "Do you normally rely on travelers for food?"
Ghazeb: ((yeah they eat them))
Beltarne: ((maybe))
** Minnizig observes them closely. **
Harpy (Sofia): She sighs. "You're so sweet to be concerned! We're not much for fire, my sisters and I. You know - flame and feathers, not a good combination."
Minnizig: Detect Lies (11) [3d6.skill(11,0)] => [4,3,5] = 12 vs (11) or less Failure! by 1 
Harpy (Poniria Micro): "We do like good cooking though. Do you have more food?"
Minnizig: Luck.
Minnizig: Detect Lies (11) [3d6.skill(11,0)] => [4,1,4] = 9 vs (11) or less Success! by 2 
Minnizig: Detect Lies (11) [3d6.skill(11,0)] => [3,5,4] = 12 vs (11) or less Failure! by 1 
whispering to Minnizig, If they're lying, they're more subtle than that. 
Beltarne: "I gave you everything I had"
Narrator: More voices come from behind the woodline.
Minnizig: How birdlike are we talking here? Thumbs? No hands?
Harpy (Sofia): "Really? How sad."
Minnizig: Hands on the wings?
Wolfgang: how big are they?
GM: Bird wings, no hands. Started kinda vulturish in appearance, now moving more toward a kestrel or condor.
GM: Human-sized, same wingspan as you.
Beltarne: "Do you know anything about a druid to the north. Kinda psychotic sounding, hangs out with a bunch of goblins?"
GM: They fly back into the trees around you, holding onto branches with huge talons.
Marik: "How many are you? We might be able to arrange a trade - food for information. I'd have to go hunting, of course."
Harpy (Sofia): "Food for information? We could tell you much. We know that druid. Not a friend of yours I take it?"
Beltarne: "I'm not sure he has any friends"
Marik: "Excepting goblins."
Harpy (Thyomemenia): "We've had dealings with him. He's no friend of ours."
Minnizig: "He's not... very social. More of the yelling sort."
Beltarne: "Pfft. Goblins"
Marik: ((I think we can safely at this point say this won't degenerate into combat?))
Beltarne: "what sort of dealings?"
Beltarne: ((I'm not entirely sure they're not planning on eating us))
Harpy (Sofia): Glares at Thyomemenia. "His eagles steal our food. Thyomemenia, don't confuse them!"
Harpy (Poniria Micro): "You just want to talk Sofia!"
Minnizig: Detect Lies (11) [3d6.skill(11,0)] => [5,5,5] = 15 vs (11) or less Failure! by 4 
Minnizig: le sigh.
Harpy (Metria): "And if she does? Let her speak!"
Minnizig: note to self, more points in that skill.
Minnizig: "He yelled a few incoherent things about you, I gathered he wasn't very nice."
Minnizig: "Really, really, really not a people person."
Harpy (Sofia): "Let's establish the terms, shall we? Then we shall answer your questions."
Minnizig: "And my god, that earth elemental? Ugh."
Ghazeb: "Like Thasos here."
Beltarne: "Of course, what terms?"
** Minnizig shushes Ghazeb. **
Harpy (Metria): "Indeed. You have cooked meat" she sniffs "fine elven bread. We answer a question, we get a pound of cooked meat, say? Or a few slices of the elven bread?"
Harpy (Sofia): "We will answer truthfully, of course."
Ghazeb: "A POUND!!"
Minnizig: Detect Lies (11) [3d6.skill(11,0)] => [1,5,4] = 10 vs (11) or less Success! by 1 
Minnizig: Hurray!
Harpy (Poniria Micro): "You need not worry on that score. As members of the Sidhe, we are bound to tell the truth."
Minnizig: Trivial success!
Beltarne: "Perhaps a half pound per question"
GM: Same answer, Minnizig.
Marik: "I will hunt three hours for you in the woodlands surrounding the lake. You will answer all our questions."
Minnizig: Yeah, I suspected as much.
Beltarne: ((Rather, what Marik said))
** Minnizig prepares to get down to brass tacks and haggle over the food prices. Merchant? **
Harpy (Sofia): "Well... "
Beltarne: ((TOLD you it was faeries))
Minnizig: I presume a Reaction roll is also in order.
GM: Roll Merchant, Minnizig.
Marik: "You'll find no better hunter in the Grey Mountains, I'm sure of it."
Minnizig: Merchant (12) [3d6.skill(12,0)] => [3,3,2] = 8 vs (12) or less Success! by 4 
Minnizig: Not sure what bonuses if any are on that.
Harpy (Sofia): "You hunt for 3 hours, but you bring us at least 15 pounds of cooked food."
Marik: "I can do that."
Marik: ((That's fifteen meals?))
Harpy (Sofia): "Ask your questions then." She turns and makes faces at the tree line, then turns back to you with a solemn face.
GM: 12.
Harpy (Thyomemenia): "That's not enough, Sofia!"
** Marik begins making his way back across the rocks. "I'll get hunting. Minnizig and the others will handle the questions." **
Beltarne: "Is what happens when you eat normal for your race?"
Harpy (Poniria Micro): "Hush!" She flaps over to Thyomemenia, grabs her with a column, and flies her over to the treeline.
** Ghazeb takes a cat nap **
Marik: ((Let me know what kind of rolls I have to make.))
Harpy (Sofia): "Of course. It's a Sidhe thing."
GM: You need to ask questions.
Minnizig: "I certainly feel better when I'm fed."
GM: Oh, wait, sorry.
** Wolfgang keeps an eye out for any of them going after Marik **
GM: Uhm... Marik can jump across the way, no problem.
Minnizig: I need to ask questions. He needs to shoot things.
GM: Marik, make 3 survival (plains) rolls.
Beltarne: "Could one of you please bring me any organic trash you have on the island while we're talking?"
Marik: Survival (Nick Nack): [3d6.skill(15,0)] => [3,4,3] = 10 vs (15) or less Success! by 5 
Marik: Survival (Paddy Whack): [3d6.skill(15,0)] => [4,4,5] = 13 vs (15) or less Success! by 2 
Marik: Survival (Give a Dog a Bone): [3d6.skill(15,0)] => [6,2,2] = 10 vs (15) or less Success! by 5 
Minnizig: "How long have you been here? We've heard vague rumours of the fae in this area, but not even as good as travelers tales."
** Wolfgang keeps an eye out for the double cross **
** Marik comes rolling home. **
Harpy (Sofia): To Beltarne: "Well, I suppose we could. Why would we do that?"
Beltarne: "I'll make you more food"
whispering to Marik, While you're out, you see about 20-30 huge wasps in the distance, flying around the edge of the forest. 
Harpy (Sofia): "Ohh." She blinks. "Would you."
Minnizig: "His gods provide when asked nicely, but they're a little lazy."
Harpy (Metria): "Oh, please ask them nicely. That would be so kind!"
Harpy (Sofia): "Why, little one, our families have lived here for as long as we can remember."
Beltarne: "Are you going to try to harm us?"
** Minnizig rolls her eyes at Beltarne. **
Harpy (Sofia): "Of course not. We have agreed to a trade, have we not?"
Beltarne: ((Dude, faeries. Think nothing of making a deal then screwing you afterwards.))
Beltarne: "Just wanted to make sure, sorry."
Minnizig: "What kind of hosts would they be, to turn on those who have broken bread with them?"
Harpy (Sofia): "A question offered, and answer given."
Harpy (Metria): "Indeed."
Minnizig: Marik is back with the food, I presume?
Minnizig: Or are we still waiting for him?
Marik: Three hours.
Marik: That's a lot of questioning.
Minnizig: Right. 
GM: Right, that's a lot of time to talk.
Marik: ((I'm going to be out of things for a while. I'm good with that.))
Beltarne: "What can you tell us about the druid?"
Ghazeb: About right for a nap tho.
Minnizig: "When did he show up?"
Beltarne: ((I was gonna go for the info dump route))
Beltarne: ((Open ended questions!))
Harpy (Sofia): "Oh, a few years ago. He found some old druidish place in the hills. We talked to him twice but then we never saw him again."
Harpy (Sofia): "He's not very friendly. But you know that."
Harpy (Metria): "You don't need to tell them that, then. Do you?"
Beltarne: "What kind of druidish place?"
Minnizig: "What, that he'd been down this way? He must know you're here to send his eagles to harrass you as he did us."
Harpy (Sofia): "I cannot answer that, stonefellow. I never knew."
Harpy (Sofia): She blinks at Minnizig. 
Ghazeb: ((AFK a min or two))
Harpy (Sofia): "Those are his eagles? How strange. But that was not a question."
Beltarne: "What did you and he talk about?"
Harpy (Sofia): "Oh, we wanted to trade him for food. But he was angry fellow and killed poor Skliria Minor's mother." She sighs deeply. "I do miss Skliria Major."
Wolfgang: "What'd he want when he was here?"
Harpy (Sofia): "A fair question. I think he was looking for something? He was most secretive and angry. A violent, violent fellow."
Minnizig: "When did the Eagles start bothering you?"
Narrator: Sophia and Metria regard you. Sophia gleefully preens her feathers."
Harpy (Sofia): "After Kalless came."
Minnizig: (( Have I heard that name before and suffered a brainfart? ))
Minnizig: (( is that the druid? ))
Wolfgang: "what was he looking for?"
Beltarne: ((Yes))
Wolfgang: ((that's the druid))
Marik: ((It's the druid, but this is the first time we've ICly heard his name.))
Minnizig: (( right. ))
Harpy (Metria): Piles a bunch of feathers and such in front of Beltarne. "You said you can make food? I'm so hungry."
Minnizig: (( orly? orly. ))
GM: I think he introduced himself, actually.
Beltarne: 5 FP to convert these to an essential food?
Beltarne: (Inedible, i believe)
GM: Nope, I was wrong.
GM: Beltarne: 5 FP.
Beltarne: I'm gonna be pumping out a meal a half hour, resting in between, never going below 10 FP, so 6-7 meals in the time marik is gone
Harpy (Sofia): "He said something of the Sword of Fire. It isn't around here, of course."
Beltarne: In addition to whatever he brings back
Beltarne: shall I roll, or since I only lose 1 fatigue on a failure can we just say it happens?
Harpy (Metria): Grabs at the food whenever you make it, fighting Sofia off as best she can.
Minnizig: "Have you heard of it before he asked about it?"
Wolfgang: "Too bad, food for treasure would be great for both of us"
Harpy (Sofia): "Yes."
Ghazeb: "Keep it down Ghazeb is trying to sleep."
Wolfgang: have I heard of the sword of fire?
Wolfgang: Connoisseur (Weapons) (11) [3d6.skill(11,0)] => [1,5,2] = 8 vs (11) or less Success! by 3 
whispering to Wolfgang, No. 
Minnizig: "What can you tell us about it?"
Harpy (Sofia): "It is one of the Elemental Weapons. I don't know where it is, but I know it isn't near here."
Beltarne: "Do any of you know where it is?"
GM: Wolfgang, make a Vision roll at -1.
Wolfgang: Vision (13) [3d6.skill(13,-1)] => [5,1,5] = 11 vs (12) or less Success! by 1 
whispering to Wolfgang, You see 3 or 4 harpies flying low across the channel on the south end of the island, heading east toward Marik. 
Beltarne: I'm gonna make a small fire substantially removed from the harpies and toast all the meals I make before handing them over.
GM: You don't get the chance; they're pulling the essential food out of your hands.
Wolfgang: "So, what part of the deal involves your friends sneaking off after our elf friend?"
Beltarne: Even if I do it next to the fire?
GM: Yes, they really like the essential food.
Beltarne: Okay
Harpy (Metria): "What? Oh, no." She flies off to the south, shouting.
** Wolfgang points off towards the crossing **
Harpy (Sofia): "They're most likely just hungry and anxious. We haven't eaten much recently."
Wolfgang: how fast are they?
GM: Must faster than you.
Wolfgang: got it
Beltarne: "Wolfgang, perhaps you should make sure they're not pestering Marik too badly."
Minnizig: "They're going to frighten off all the game if they do that."
Minnizig: "Which sounds suspiciously like cheating."
Harpy (Sofia): "Metria will sort it out."
Wolfgang: "They're a might bit faster than me, how about a signal for him to hide for a bit"
Wolfgang: "How will she do that?"
Beltarne: "that will also startle the game, wolfgang, and we wouldn't want to break our end of the deal."
** Wolfgang lifts off and gains some altitude **
Harpy (Sofia): "She'll talk it out."
Minnizig: "And will they listen to her?"
Beltarne: "Would you consider helping us to fight the druid?
Minnizig: (( It was Sophia who was hogging the food, right? I don't think Metria is particularly important... ))
Harpy (Sofia): "Likely."
Wolfgang: I assume Marik is long gone by this point?
GM: About half and half.
GM: Marik is well away.
GM: Alright, I think this is about to degenerate.
GM: In a not so good way.