AoP 018

6:00 PM] The Merciless Ocean: @everyone ((Ok, who do I have?))

[6:00 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((I am Here!  All Might Pose))

[6:00 PM] Coppelia: ((No man may have me. But I’m here))

[6:00 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((Except Marc.  Fair. 😛 ))

[6:01 PM] Saiph: ((Im here.))

[6:02 PM] Coppelia: ((Around 730 I do have a make our nightly ampicillin bag so I’ll be gone for a few minutes around then))

[6:02 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((Ok))

[6:02 PM] The Merciless Ocean: (( @Olenna You there?))

[6:02 PM] Olenna: ((Yes.))

[6:02 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok.

[6:02 PM] Olenna: ((Sorry, I was nuking some potato oles with cheese on them.))

[6:03 PM] The Merciless Ocean: So...previously.

[6:03 PM] Coppelia: ((That sounds yummy))

[6:03 PM] Coppelia: ((On DBZ))

[6:03 PM] Olenna: ((It issss.))

[6:04 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You guys arrived at undead island, where you discovered EVERYONE was undead.  An experiment by the archmage Dahrk has made it so it's impossible for the body to truly die...but the soul erodes over time.

[6:05 PM] The Merciless Ocean: A psychopomp only going by The Conductor is journeying with you to basically make sure things go well.  He is upset by only getting partial souls.

[6:06 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You learned that, after being revived enough times, the bodies can become mindless and feral, and the sapient citizens had to lock up those crazed zombies in city hall, to prevent them attacking.

[6:06 PM] The Merciless Ocean: We now pick up with you beginning your trek up the mountain to Dahrk's lair to tell him to shut down the machine.

[6:07 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Would whoever is leading the expedition make a survival check, please.

[6:07 PM] Coppelia: ((Coppelia is probably walking near her new bff The Conductor so not me))

[6:07 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Fair.

[6:07 PM] Olenna: is probably not going first. Saiph or Jaden might be.

[6:08 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((  @Saiph would probably be better at it but i can roll if you want))

[6:08 PM] Saiph: will go first.

[6:09 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((  i rolled 21....oh))

[6:09 PM] Saiph: ((That's fine, Jaden can be first, he was quicker on the roll.))

[6:09 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((sorry))

[6:10 PM] Saiph: ((No worries!))

[6:10 PM] The Merciless Ocean: S'ok/

[6:10 PM] Coppelia: ((Every time Sam apologizes tonight I’m going to make our grandmother tell a story about her dog this weekend 😂))

[6:10 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((Monster))

[6:10 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, so with a 21, Jaden you are easily able to find the path.  It is old and overgrown, but still very much there.

[6:11 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You all begin to trek up.  It is cold as you go further up the mountain, but it's a mild cold.

M] The Merciless Ocean: Jaden, taking the lead, you will also notice something...interesting.

[6:12 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Poops.  There are fresh large poops up the mountain.  Which implies something still alive and not undead is around.

[6:13 PM] Coppelia: Signs I am very glad I do not have the ability to smell

[6:13 PM] Saiph: conjures up some tiny blue fireflies up the path with Druidcraft.

[6:13 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: is going to point out the excrement and direct everyone to avoid it "Something is still alive up here"

[6:13 PM] Saiph: ((I presume there's also vegetation?))

[6:14 PM] Olenna: I wonder what it eats.

[6:14 PM] The Merciless Ocean: There is, but it seems to be primarily weeds and dry grass.  A lot of the plant life here seems to have not been aided by the ray or the changing environment.

[6:14 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: not plants seemingly

[6:15 PM] Coppelia: ((I hate to ask but how big is the poop?))

[6:15 PM] Pip: "I just hope it doesn't particularly enjoy fish."

[6:15 PM] Saiph: Weeds, berries.  Fish. --- not people fish, but fish in the waters around the island.

[6:15 PM] Olenna: That's good, at least.

[6:15 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Bigger than most human poops.

[6:16 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: pulls his shield off his back and holds it defensively as he leads the walk  "Lets just hope its friendly

[6:16 PM] Coppelia: Looks over the excrement and signs Whatever left this is probably quite large

[6:17 PM] Olenna: Or in digestive distress.

[6:17 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Cedrick: "Ay.  I mean...if you're stuck eating like...A TON of fish all the time...well...it can run havok on your insides, mate."

[6:18 PM] Olenna: Really?

[6:18 PM] Pip: "Especially if it's oily fish, yeah."

[6:18 PM] Coppelia: Reflects on her gratitude that she does not have a digestive tract

[6:18 PM] Saiph: I don't think the fish around here would be terribly healthy either.

[6:18 PM] Olenna: Oh, dear, are they dead too?

[6:19 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Cedrick: "No idea."

[6:19 PM] Saiph: Probably not, but what they're eating might not be too healthy.

[6:20 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: I hate to bring this up, but could it be eating the townsfolk?

[6:21 PM] Saiph: Maybe.  Could be some kind of carrion eater.

[6:21 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: like a Vulture of some kind?

[6:21 PM] Olenna: A very large vulture.

[6:22 PM] Saiph: nods.

6:22 PM] Olenna: Doesn't avian excrement look different from humanoid excrement, though?

[6:22 PM] Saiph: Yeah.

[6:22 PM] The Merciless Ocean: @Saiph With your passive perception, you see something rustling in the bushes.  You can make out the outline of what might be a fairly large spider.

[6:22 PM] Saiph: Oh.

[6:22 PM] Saiph: casts speak with animals.  "Hello!  We're friends."

[6:23 PM] Coppelia: Looks toward the Conductor Do you understand why living beings are so preoccupied with excrement?

[6:24 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Saiph It does not respond.

[6:25 PM] Saiph: Hmm.  Everything okay?

[6:25 PM] Saiph: takes a step in that direction.

[6:25 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Who are you talking to?

[6:25 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You guys see where Saiph is talking to...and you see something slowly come out of the bushes.

[6:26 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You see...a finger, the nail broken and dirty.  Then another finger.  Then a whole hand...but no body attached to it.

[6:26 PM] The Merciless Ocean: It's shaking.

[6:26 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Oh

[6:26 PM] Olenna: Oh dear, poor thing! What's it so afraid of?

[6:27 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Might be hiding from whatever left all the crap around

[6:27 PM] Olenna: ((like, a normal sized hand?))

[6:27 PM] Saiph: .... oh, well, I thought it was a spider.

[6:27 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((It is an adult sized hand))

[6:27 PM] The Merciless Ocean: It goes up...cautiously...to Saiph.

[6:28 PM] Olenna: I wonder where the rest of him's gotten to.

[6:28 PM] Olenna: stays still and doesn't make any sudden, startling moves.

[6:29 PM] The Merciless Ocean: The hand takes a finger and writes in the dirt.  "HELP!  MONSTER!"

[6:29 PM] Saiph: Where?

[6:29 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: starts looking around

[6:29 PM] Olenna: Where?

[6:29 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Hand: "UP!"

[6:29 PM] Olenna: looks up.

[6:29 PM] Coppelia: Looks up

[6:29 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: does so

[6:29 PM] Saiph: also looks up.

[6:30 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Up is just sky.

[6:30 PM] The Merciless Ocean: The hand shakes no.  "NO!  UP MOUNTAIN!"

[6:30 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Ah

[6:30 PM] Olenna: Ohhh. That makes sense. What kind of monster, do you know?

[6:30 PM] Coppelia: Signs are you hurt?

[6:30 PM] Saiph: Oh, right.

[6:30 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: remember, Healing Magic hurts them

[6:31 PM] The Merciless Ocean: The hand writes. "NO.  NOT HURT.  MONSTER IS BUG."

[6:31 PM] Olenna: Like an ankheg or something like that. Hmm.

[6:32 PM] Saiph: Okay.

[6:32 PM] Olenna: I know it's impolite but is there a rest of you?

[6:32 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: If its a Bug Saiph you might be able to talk to it right?

[6:32 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Hand: "GOT ATE!  ...DON'T THINK I WANT IT."

[6:32 PM] Saiph: Maybe.  Some things just don't listen.

[6:32 PM] Olenna: That's fair enough.

[6:32 PM] Saiph: You want to stay here, Mr. Hand?  Or come with us?  You'll probably be safe in the village if you can make your way down.

[6:33 PM] The Merciless Ocean: The hand taps it's finger in thought.

[6:33 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Hand: "Is road back safe?"

[6:33 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: We didn't deal with anything outside of some piles of poop

[6:34 PM] Saiph: It was pretty clear coming up.

[6:34 PM] Olenna: It could be worse, I suppose. Having thumbs is very convenient.

[6:34 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Hand: "I GO BACK.  GOOD LUCK."

[6:34 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Be safe

[6:34 PM] Coppelia: Waves to the hand

[6:35 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: That might have been the most unusual thing i've had a conversation with

[6:35 PM] Olenna: It's just a person.

[6:35 PM] Coppelia: Coppelia shrugs

[6:35 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: So we are keeping an eye out for a REALLY Big Bug

[6:35 PM] The Merciless Ocean: The hand waves back and begins heading down the mountain.

[6:36 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Cedrick: "...I wonder how it knows where it's going."

[6:36 PM] Coppelia: ((I gotta make that bag I’ll be back in a couple of minutes))

[6:36 PM] Olenna: That's a good question.

[6:36 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: MAgic can do a lot, i guess

[6:37 PM] The Merciless Ocean: The Conductor writes something down in his book as you keep going up.

[6:37 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: is keeping his eyes peeled for a giant insect

[6:39 PM] The Merciless Ocean: As you guys walk, you begin to notice other moving body parts.  A leg hops by on its own.  You see a torso with the arms still attached hand walking by.  It's like a strange, morbid parade.

[6:39 PM] Saiph: Welp.

[6:39 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: I wonder what they were doing up here

[6:40 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Cedrick: "Popular hiking destination, maybe?"

[6:40 PM] Saiph: Maybe trying to get to Dahrk to talk to him about things.

[6:40 PM] Olenna: I really doubt it.

[6:40 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Or maybe they were trying to stop the reamination into madness

[6:40 PM] Olenna: waves at them.

[6:40 PM] Saiph: HEck, maybe Dahrk genuinely has no idea that people are getting eaten on the way to him.

[6:40 PM] Olenna: Maybe he is the bug.

6:41 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: or its protecting him

[6:41 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ????: "You're looking for Dahrk?"

[6:41 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: turns to the voice

[6:42 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You see a figure leaning against a rock.  It's face covered in shadow.

[6:42 PM] Saiph: That's the idea.

[6:43 PM] Coppelia: ((If I tried to see them is that perception or investigation?))

[6:43 PM] The Merciless Ocean: The figure leans forward.  It is an undead human woman.  Dark skin now sickly pale, face torn away in parts to reveal skull, and her left leg just...gone.

[6:43 PM] The Merciless Ocean: @Coppelia ((Sorry.))

[6:43 PM] Coppelia: ((OOP never mind lol))

[6:44 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You see that she is leaning on a massive double-axed weapon.

[6:44 PM] Coppelia: Signs out to the woman Do you know where he is?

[6:44 PM] Olenna: Do you know where your leg is? We might be able to stitch it back on.

[6:45 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Woman: "Ay.  I do.  He's up this mountain.  Was on my way to go 'chat' with his necromancer ass when I took a nasty fall.  Not sure where my leg got to.  Just...ran off."

[6:45 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((cuts to that one foot hopping away))

[6:45 PM] Saiph: Hmmm.  Are you from the village?

[6:45 PM] Olenna: That's so awkward, I'm sorry. Maybe we could at least get you a crutch?

[6:46 PM] Coppelia: ((I could create a crutch but I don’t know if we want my performance of creation to be used for that))

[6:46 PM] Saiph: looks for a stick or branch.

[6:47 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((Up to you)) so is that what all the parts of people were doing?  Trying to "Have a word" with Darke?

[6:47 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Woman: "It's extremely awkward.  ...any chance you guys could help me chase it down?"

[6:48 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Woman: "Not all of them.  Some were hikers.  Others were from mountain tribes that lived here before the town and before Dahrk.  And I think a few were just trying to escape."

6:48 PM] Olenna: We can certainly try. What direction did it go in?

[6:48 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Woman: "Last I saw, it headed north, up the mountain trail.  I think it wanted to finish what I started.  Impatient little bastard."

[6:49 PM] Coppelia: ((It wanted to get a leg up))

[6:49 PM] Olenna: What's your name? I'm Olenna, this is Saiph. And Jaden and Coppelia and Pip and Cedrick.

[6:49 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((I respect the hell out of this foot going to litarlly kick his ass))

[6:49 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Heh

[6:50 PM] Saiph: finds a good strong branch and tries to shape it so it's somewhat crutch like.

[6:50 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Woman: "I am Feisem.  Feisem Makari."

[6:50 PM] Saiph: ((22 Insight on her.))

[6:51 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Saiph She has an accent that's not like the other townspeople and she seems...fresher than them, would be the nicest way of putting it.  You get the sense she's a rough and rumble sort, but certainly not being overtly dishonest.  Just...hasn't given you much on her.

[6:52 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Feisem: "Saiph, yes?  May I see that stick?"

[6:54 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Feisem: "Crutch is a nice idea, but if we just jam it into my leg hole, I think it'll hold while we look."

[6:54 PM] Coppelia: ((Coppelia will go look for a stick))

[6:54 PM] Saiph: hands over the stick.

[6:55 PM] Olenna: Won't that hurt?

[6:55 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Feisem takes it and does, indeed, jam it into her leg.  She lets out a pained grunt.  "Nah, feels great."

[6:56 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: so did your leg just split or did the bug we heard about get at you?

[6:57 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Feisem: "No, I was actually much higher up and I fell.  Must've hit something hard on the way down, cause I was out.  When I woke up.  I saw my leg just...hopping away.  Guess it broke off in the fall."

[6:58 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Falling hard.....lucky it was Just your foot.  We should go catch up to it before it beats him up without us

6:59 PM] Olenna: Right.

[6:59 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You guys head up and Feisem actually manages to keep up pretty well.  Soon, the parade of parts just stops.  You then here a sound.  Thump.  Thump.  Thump.

[6:59 PM] Olenna: ... which way?

[6:59 PM] Olenna: ... what is that?

[6:59 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Our Bug?

[6:59 PM] Coppelia: ((Investigation?))

[6:59 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You turn a corner and you see the leg.  Hopping it's way up.  Thump.  Thump.  Thump.

[7:00 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: oh there it is

[7:00 PM] Coppelia: ((I got a 1 so I no longer know what a leg is 😂))

[7:00 PM] Olenna: Excuse me?

[7:00 PM] The Merciless Ocean: The leg stops and turns to...face you?  Toes you.  It is toesing you.

[7:01 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Feisem: "You impatient little shit.  I would've been up in just a...anyone else hear a rumble?"

[7:01 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((Do i?))

[7:02 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You do.  There's a low rumble coming from the ground.

[7:02 PM] Olenna: ... what is that?

[7:02 PM] Coppelia: ((Can we tell what’s causing the rumbling? Like does it feel natural or like something large is coming?))

[7:03 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((Roll insight.))

[7:03 PM] Coppelia: ((Another 1 Jesus 6 total))

[7:03 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((16))

[7:04 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Jaden The rumbling is getting louder and faster.  Like an approaching predator.

[7:04 PM] Saiph: ((Sorry, someone was at the door.))

[7:04 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Get Ready taht is something coming.

[7:05 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: is going to get in front of everyone in a bracing position

[7:05 PM] The Merciless Ocean: The ground then erupts as a massive carrior crawler emerges, taking the leg into its jaws.

[7:05 PM] Coppelia: Takes out her whip and let’s it unfurl

[7:05 PM] The Merciless Ocean: The creature is a large worm like monstrosity, with tentacle appendages coming off it.

[7:06 PM] The Merciless Ocean: It turns and roars at you, preparing to attack.

[7:06 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Roll initiative.

[7:06 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: grabs his hammer

[7:06 PM] Olenna: Ahh!

[7:06 PM] Coppelia: ((21))

[7:06 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((7!))

[7:06 PM] Saiph: ((16))

[7:06 PM] Olenna: ((21!))

[7:07 PM] Coppelia: ((21 buddies!!))

[7:07 PM] Olenna: ((Blackjack!))

[7:07 PM] Pip: [13]

[7:07 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((Ilana, Kari, what are your dexes?))

7:07 PM] Coppelia: ((+3))

[7:07 PM] Olenna: ((16.))

[7:07 PM] Coppelia: ((Wait no +2))

[7:08 PM] Coppelia: ((15 Kari goes first))

[7:08 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, the order is:

[7:08 PM] The Merciless Ocean: @Olenna @Coppelia The Carrion Crawler, Cedrick, @Saiph @Pip @Jaden Goldtooth

[7:08 PM] The Merciless Ocean: @Olenna You are first up.

[7:08 PM] Coppelia: ((Let’s goooo))

[7:09 PM] Olenna: casts a snowball at it.

[7:10 PM] Olenna: (( https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/snillocs-snowball-swarm ))

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Snilloc’s Snowball Swarm

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Snilloc’s Snowball Swarm

[7:10 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok.

[7:11 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((It got a 5 on it's dex save.))

[7:11 PM] Olenna: ((6 damage. Yikes. I am not very effective today.))

[7:11 PM] Coppelia: ((It took an ice chunk to the eye))

[7:11 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Well, it takes all that damage, at least.

[7:11 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Anything else for your turn?

7:12 PM] Olenna: ((Nope!))

[7:13 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok. @Coppelia You're up.

[7:13 PM] Coppelia: Coppelia lifts and swings her whip, summoning daggers that then circle over the worms head, casting Cloud of Daggers

[7:13 PM] Coppelia:

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[7:14 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((Ok, so he will take that damage at the start of his turn, I think.))

[7:14 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((ye))

[7:14 PM] Coppelia: ((Ok I rolled 11 cause I need to make some IVs so slice him up))

[7:15 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((Ok))

[7:15 PM] Coppelia: Also she turns and gestures to Jaden, giving him bardic inspiration

[7:15 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: (( :8bitheart: ))

[7:15 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok.  So it's the crawler's turn.

[7:15 PM] The Merciless Ocean: He takes 11 dam from Coppelia's spell.

[7:16 PM] The Merciless Ocean: It will then move to go after Jaden, as he's put himself at the front, he said.

[7:16 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((I did!))

[7:17 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, so it will first attempt to tentacle you.

] The Merciless Ocean: That is a 16 to hit.  Does that hit?

[7:17 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((Nope!))

[7:17 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, deflection.  It will attempt a bite instead.

[7:18 PM] The Merciless Ocean: That one's a soft 20 to hit.  I assume that gets through.

[7:18 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((yes it does))

[7:18 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Your armor protects you somewhat as the teeth clamp around you, but they still scrape you for 5 points of damage.

[7:18 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((ouch))

[7:19 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, that's cedrick's turn.

[7:20 PM] The Merciless Ocean: He will position himself so he's flanking it with you, Jaden.

[7:20 PM] The Merciless Ocean: So he can get a sneak attack!

[7:20 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((HUZZAH!))

[7:21 PM] The Merciless Ocean: I think he also gets adv. with flanking.

[7:21 PM] The Merciless Ocean: It's been a while since I rogued.

[7:21 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((If that is how you run flanking then yes))

[7:21 PM] The Merciless Ocean: I will say no.

[7:22 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((but since an ally is within 5 feet of the enemy they still gets sneak attack if they hit i bellieve))

[7:22 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((ok.))

[7:22 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Unfortunately, Cedrick's not that lucky.  9 to hit.

[7:23 PM] The Merciless Ocean: His rapier fails to find purchase in the crawler.

[7:23 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Which brings us to @Saiph

[7:24 PM] Saiph: blasts the wormy with a Guiding Bolt.  Does a 17 hit?

[7:24 PM] The Merciless Ocean: It does

[7:25 PM] Saiph: (14 damage, and he's glowing, so the next attack on him is at advantage.)

[7:25 PM] Saiph: shoots him with a glitterbomb.

[7:26 PM] The Merciless Ocean: It reels from the attack and shines like a disco ball.

[7:26 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Anything else?

[7:27 PM] Saiph: ((That's it.))

[7:27 PM] Saiph: goes to stand in front of Olenna.  Then that's it.

[7:27 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok @Pip If you're there, you're up.

[7:31 PM] The Merciless Ocean: @Pip You still there?

[7:34 PM] Olenna: ((Can I tell if it's alive or dead, btw?))

[7:34 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((You can roll me a nature check))

[7:35 PM] Olenna: ((2. Nope!))

[7:35 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((It's real hard to tell.  You've never seen these before.))

[7:35 PM] The Merciless Ocean: @Pip ?

[7:36 PM] Pip: Pip will fire an eldritch blast at the creature, trying to help the others overwhelm it.

[7:36 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((you have advantage!))

[7:37 PM] Pip: [Apparently didn't need it]

[7:37 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((Nat 20?))

[7:37 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, roll double damage.

[7:38 PM] Pip: [23. Dear lawd.]

[7:38 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, it is reeling, but still standing...err...upright.

[7:39 PM] The Merciless Ocean: @Jaden Goldtooth You are up.

[7:39 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((So i'm still flanking with Cedrick, do i get anything for flanking if its not advantage?))

[7:40 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You are flanking...you know what, let's ssay you get adv.  I am pretty sure I've run adv. before and it makes more sense to my 3.5 brain.

[7:40 PM] Coppelia: ((You also have inspiration))

[7:40 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Jaden grabs his Warhammer  and goes for a Swing

[7:41 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((Nat 20.  I'm gonna spend a 1st level slot to Smite for 4d8))

[7:41 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Go for it.

[7:42 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((14 Bludgeoning and 16 Radiant Damage))

[7:43 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You guys watch Jaden's hammer glow a golden light as he swings and you see the hammer move clear through the head of this beast, transforming it into just meat.

M] The Merciless Ocean: End initiative.

[7:43 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: The hand was right, that Was a big Bug

[7:43 PM] Saiph: .... careful.

[7:43 PM] Saiph: Things don't stay inanimate here.

[7:43 PM] Olenna: Oh, that's true.

[7:43 PM] Olenna: Grab the leg and let's go.

[7:43 PM] Coppelia: Lowers her whip and begins to coil it up

[7:44 PM] Saiph: nods, and goes to grab the leg!

[7:44 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: jaden is going to grab his necklace, its gonna glow and he will regain the missing spell slot

[7:45 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Saiph, as you grab the leg, you actually do feel the air around you thicken and twist and you can see the clouds beginning to shift.  A familiar blue light starts to form at the top of the mountain...it is, indeed...the revivification ray.

[7:45 PM] Saiph: ((Do I have time to do something before it hits?))

[7:46 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You do.

[7:46 PM] The Merciless Ocean: But I assume you guys are then legging it.

[7:47 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((Yup))

[7:47 PM] Saiph: ((... can I block the ray?))

[7:47 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ...you can try, if you want.

[7:48 PM] Saiph: will, he's impulsive like that.

[7:49 PM] Olenna: Ahh!

[7:49 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, what's your attempt here?

[7:49 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Like...how do you wish to try blocking it?

[7:51 PM] Saiph: puts himself in front of the wormy hoping his relative state of not-deadness will make the ray fizz out because science or something.  He even holds up his shield.

[7:52 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, so you try and stand in the way and a bolt of lightning shoots from the bright blue light.  Roll me a DEX save.

[7:53 PM] Saiph: ((Oh wow, that was good, 21.))

PM] Saiph: ((I rolled a 19.  Which is good cause I have a +2 in that save.  ))

[7:54 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, so...you were trying to block it with your body and shield.  Lightning moves in a fractal pattern, but being as in tune with the nature of forces as you are, you are able to throw your body in front of the bolt and get hit dead on.

[7:55 PM] The Merciless Ocean: The shield does take most of the hit, but you will still take 4 points of lightning damage and be thrust back five feet.

[7:55 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: You alright Saiph?

[7:55 PM] Olenna: runs over.

[7:56 PM] Saiph: Ow.  Tastes like mint.

[7:56 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: walks over, keeping an eye on the sky

[7:56 PM] Olenna: ... it'll probably just keep happening, we should go. We have to get to the source.

[7:56 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Jaden, you see it power down immediately after...but you can tell it will just power up again in a few minutes.

[7:56 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: We don't have much time, Olenna's right we gotta stop it at the source

[7:56 PM] Saiph: We should go.  It occurred to me just as I was getting hit that it'll probably happen again even if it worked.

[7:57 PM] Saiph: .... tastes minty.

[7:57 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: pats Saiph on the back and heals the 4 damage

[7:57 PM] Olenna: Hmm. ... it probably fried your taste buds or something.

[7:57 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Cedrick: "Possibly some brain cells, too."

[7:57 PM] Saiph: Probably.  Lightning usually isn't that minty.

[7:58 PM] Olenna: They'll grow back. Come on.

[7:58 PM] The Merciless Ocean: By the way, Saiph, you see the Conductor writing in his journal.

[7:58 PM] Saiph: eyes him, but mostly continues ignoring him.

[7:58 PM] The Merciless Ocean: So, you guys continue back up?

[7:59 PM] Saiph: Hopefully I bought us a minute, at least.

[7:59 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: It seemed to need to charge so i think you did.  Lets not waste it

[8:00 PM] Pip: "Yeah let's not be in seeking distance if it fires off again. Oh wait."

[8:00 PM] Olenna: I'm just glad it doesn't fire at me.

[8:01 PM] Pip: "What if it tracks through scent?"

[8:01 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: What would happen if it hit you Olenna?

[8:01 PM] Saiph: Lets not find out.

[8:01 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((I am assuming you are walking and talking))

[8:01 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((Yes))

[8:02 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: agreed

[8:02 PM] Olenna: hurries, and yes, it's an Aaron Sorkin piece.

[8:02 PM] Olenna: will give a speech about freedom of speech and the News any minute now.

[8:03 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((Also how America relies on you. 🙂 ))

[8:04 PM] Pip: "Hold on."

Pip casts Prestidigitation on an area of dirt behind us, over which the creature would feasibly travel to track the party. She gives it the flavor of cayenne pepper.

[8:04 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, so you guys run for a while.  Feiren will, at some point, ask Olenna to attach her leg for her, please.

[8:05 PM] Olenna: looks to Pip for that, as she's the better seamstress.

[8:08 PM] The Merciless Ocean: @Pip Shall I assume you help reattach the leg?

[8:09 PM] Pip: Pip doesn't recognize this at first, but when she does, the idea of people recognizing her capabilities is enough to make her visibly brighten. Mostly because bioluminescence. She will attempt to pull her tools from a bag and attempt to reattach the renegade limb.

[8:10 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok.  Roll me a...let's call it a dex check with prof.

[8:11 PM] Pip: [11]

[8:12 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, not the prettiest job, and you guys saw Fei wince more than once, but it does seem properly reattached.

[8:12 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Feisem: "Thanks.  ...so...why are you guys seeing Dahrk?"

[8:12 PM] Olenna: We'd like him to stop doing... this.

[8:12 PM] Saiph: Yeah.

[8:13 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: And he might have something we are looking for

[8:13 PM] Saiph: Undeath is fine, but it shouldn't be forced on people.

[8:13 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Feisem: "...huh...so just...good samaritans?  Those are rare."

[8:14 PM] Saiph: We're adventurers!  Also maybe pirates.

8:14 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: we are NOT Pirates

[8:14 PM] Saiph: Guys, we still need to steal things.

[8:14 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Cedrick: "I can help with that!"

[8:15 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: We are NOT stealing things.  OR Lighting Towns on Fire

[8:15 PM] Olenna: From bad people. Who shouldn't have them.

[8:15 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: staring at saiph

[8:15 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: thats a bit better

[8:15 PM] Saiph: Fiiiiiine.

[8:15 PM] Saiph: ..... what if it were a town of bad people.  Then we could burn it down.

[8:16 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ......Up to debate but we are not talking about this right now

[8:16 PM] Saiph: I mean, it kind of seems like we are, but okay.

[8:16 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Cedrick: "Not a whole lot of evil towns.  Maybe we can just find a house of evil people and burn that."

[8:16 PM] Olenna: What were you going to talk to him about?

[8:16 PM] Saiph: We could lock them all up in a house and burn that.

[8:16 PM] Saiph: minimize collateral damage.

[8:16 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Feisem: "I was gonna either demand he let me die or kill him...or making him hurt real bad if I couldn't do that."

[8:17 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: You want to die?

[8:18 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Feisem: "I am of the Sawtooth Bloodhunter Guild.  We are warriors, hunters and mercenaries.  I died in battle, gloriously completing my mission as I was meant to.  And then I came back.  And no matter what...I cannot die.  I am being robbed of my noble death."

[8:18 PM] Olenna: I mean, she already has, technically, she's just not allowed to move on.

[8:18 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: I see....

[8:19 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Feisem: "Yeah, exactly."

[8:19 PM] Coppelia: Tilts her head Where did you die?

[8:19 PM] Saiph: You might want to talk to Mr. Cool Hat back there, he might be able to help you get to where you should be at the end of all this.

8:20 PM] Olenna: It's very frustrating. Someone's put a bottleneck in the whole system. I wonder if it was on purpose or by accident?

[8:20 PM] Saiph: looks unusually thoughtful for a moment.

[8:20 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: The people in town are clearly upset by this too, the fact that being brought back enough renders them mindless

[8:21 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Feisem: "I died just off the coast of this island.  I was helping battle a great sea monster.  It was preventing fishermen from...well...fishing properly."

[8:21 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Feisem looks back at The Conductor.  "What's his deal, anyway?  Haven't heard him say a word since I met y'all."

[8:22 PM] Coppelia: Do you remember how far out? Turns to the others and signs She we know how far his power reaches\*

[8:22 PM] Saiph: He's a psychopomp.

[8:22 PM] Saiph: nods.  "Good idea, Coppy."

[8:22 PM] Olenna: He's here because people are getting stuck.

[8:23 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: It doesn't seem to spread beyond this island.  And the land isn't Descrated, i checked that

[8:23 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Feisem: "Um...not sure.  We could see the island.  Why?"

[8:23 PM] Saiph: She might have washed up on shore, then got zapped, though.

[8:24 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Cedrick: "That would make sense.  It seems to not discriminate how dead the person is."

[8:24 PM] Coppelia: Pauses then signs It would be of help to know if he can resurrect only those on the island or if he can reach the sea. In case we need to retreat

[8:25 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Feisem: "I only awoke when on the beach here.  I didn't find out what was happening until later.  But I don't know how long I was alive for."

[8:25 PM] Olenna: nods.

[8:25 PM] Olenna: Well. Let's keep going, maybe we can just ask him.

[8:25 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: agreed

[8:26 PM] Olenna: ... what if he's dead?

[8:26 PM] Saiph: There's a good chance.

8:26 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Cedrick: "Dahrk?"

[8:26 PM] Olenna: Yes.

[8:26 PM] Olenna: If he's dead and he's afraid to go on, he could be doing it just because of that.

[8:26 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: .......depends on if he is still.....there, mentally.  If we can talk to him, we will

[8:26 PM] Olenna: Or he might be dead and have lost himself, like the others...

[8:27 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Feisem: "...I think we'll be able to see soon enough."

[8:28 PM] The Merciless Ocean: As she says that, the mist of this island passes and you can see a large cavern entrance in the side of the mountain.  It's such a perfect semicircle that it was clearly not naturally made.

[8:28 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Cedrick: "Ok...who's going in first?

[8:29 PM] Olenna: ... Probably not me.

[8:29 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: walks forward

[8:30 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Mr  Dahrk?

[8:31 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Inside is a series of broken arcane devices and alchemical wares.

[8:31 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ????: "Y-yes?"

[8:31 PM] Olenna: Are you all right?

[8:31 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "Um...depends on ones perspective I suppose.  Who may I ask is calling?"

[8:31 PM] Olenna: I'm Olenna.

[8:32 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Jaden

[8:32 PM] Saiph: I'm Saiph.

[8:32 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "Ah, yes, I see."

[8:32 PM] Saiph: We're from off the island.  Do you need help?

[8:32 PM] Olenna: Maybe we could help?

[8:33 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "Oh!  Now I see.  Um...no, I don't think so.  Well...maybe...um...could you hit the lights?  I've been fumbling around in the dark for...quite some time.  The switch for the arcane lamps is to your right."

[8:33 PM] Olenna: casts Light instead.

8:34 PM] Coppelia: ((Insight?))

[8:34 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sure.

[8:35 PM] The Merciless Ocean: The light illuminates the room...but you still don't see anybody immediately.

[8:35 PM] Olenna: Er... where are you?

[8:35 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "Ah!  Much better."

[8:35 PM] Coppelia: ((24 baybee))

[8:35 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "Oh, um...behind table three...on the...I wanna say left."

[8:35 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Coppelia He sounds strained and in way over his head.

[8:36 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: carefully walks over to the table mentioned

[8:36 PM] Coppelia: Holds out her hand to the others and walks over to the table

[8:36 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: waits after Coppelia holds out her hand

[8:37 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You approach the table and you see...a head.  A severed head.  Piloting itself on a tiny mechanical spider-like body.

[8:37 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Think of that baby doll mutant in Toy Story.

[8:38 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((Ah))

[8:38 PM] Coppelia: Shes pretty much unfazed (she is basically a toy herself) and holds open her book to her “Hello I’m Coppelia” page

[8:39 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "Ah...hello...you are a construct.  Interesting.  Tell me, are you a once organic consciousness inside of a mechanical construct, or are you a crafted, purely arcane consciousness?  I explored the possibility of mind transference, but it gets...complicated."

[8:40 PM] Coppelia: She scribbles out I’m not entirely sure, my master never went over that part of my creation. Perhaps we could discuss it after you tell me and my friends what’s been happening here?

[8:41 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "Oh, science.  Science has been happening.  And it seems rather successful.  I have conquered death!  ...unfortunately, I also seem to have...been conquered by it.  ...hm."

[8:42 PM] Coppelia: She tilts her head, then nods slowly Yes we have noticed your pauses writing work. Could you perhaps start from the beginning?

8:43 PM] Olenna: Oh.

[8:43 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "Oh, another undead.  Well preserved too.  Nice to meet you, my dear.  I'd shake your hand but...well."

[8:43 PM] Saiph: is poking around the lab while the talk people talk.

[8:43 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "The beginning yes."

[8:44 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Saiph you may make an investigation roll, if you like.

[8:44 PM] Coppelia: ((Is there a chair nearby?))

[8:44 PM] The Merciless Ocean: There are a few chairs.  They're all very dusty and turned over, but usable.

[8:44 PM] Olenna: goes to peek at the guy.

[8:44 PM] Olenna: ... oh dear. How did that happen?

[8:45 PM] Saiph: ((11 Investigation.))

[8:45 PM] Coppelia: Coppelia pulls over a chair, wipes off some dust, perching in the chair and folding her hands in her lap, turning her attention back to Dahrk

[8:45 PM] Coppelia: She looks, more than ever, uncannily like a very large doll

[8:46 PM] Olenna: starts dusting with presti, absent-mindedly.

[8:46 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "Ah, yes.  After I had successfully placed my artifact into the generator for a wider scale ray...I sort of...slipped pulling one of the parts up.  And...well...I lost my head, I guess.  Heh."

[8:47 PM] Coppelia: She signs It’s so dreadful when that happens. Oh do you understand sign? It’s easier for me to speak this way

[8:47 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Saiph You find a number of small ingredients and materials, most of which are now ferociously rotten and out of date.  But you do find what looks to be two standard healing potions that may still be good.

[8:48 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "I do understand sign, my dear.  I know 13 different dialects, both verbal and somatic."

[8:48 PM] Olenna: I don't understand. Why did you want to defeat death?

[8:48 PM] Coppelia: Fantastic. Please continue

[8:49 PM] Saiph: ((No sign of the artifact that's doing all this, though?))

[8:49 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Saiph No, fraid not.

PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "...why would I not?  Death is the one great disease that man cannot yet cure.  It is a thief in the night and a destroyer of...of everything.  Death renders all deeds ultimately meaningless.  It robs people of their friends and families, parents of their children, children of their parents...lovers of their...one...true...companion.  It's...it should not be necessary for all things to die."

[8:51 PM] Olenna: Oh, I don't agree with that at all.

[8:51 PM] Olenna: It shouldn't be necessary for all things to stay. People get so terribly tired, you know.

[8:52 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((I would like to Detect Magic, see if i can notice anything dangerous))

[8:52 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok.

[8:52 PM] Olenna: Of course work is good too, if you're doing something important that helps people. But you can't just go on and on and on.

[8:53 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Jaden The only magic auras you see in this room are Olenna's light and a series of runes above a large metal door on the far side of the room.  They are abjuration magics, I believe.

[8:54 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "...do people...do people not want to go on?  To keep...experiencing?  To keep--"

[8:54 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Feisem: "WE DO NOT!"

[8:54 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Feisem: "Some of us have earned our deaths!"

[8:54 PM] Olenna: It's very important to be able to retire.

[8:55 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: some people are ready to movie on.  some aren't

[8:55 PM] Olenna: Of course some people take longer than others, but they deserve to go on to be clients.

[8:55 PM] Olenna: Er. Petitioners. Or whatever you call them.

[8:56 PM] Saiph: Death isn't the end.  It's not like... a period at the end of the sentence.  It's more like... maybe an ellipses?

[8:56 PM] Saiph: A change to the next state.

[8:56 PM] Coppelia: Moves her hands in gentle, placating motions While some may agree with you, perhaps it is up to the individual whether they want their life extended

[8:57 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "...I see...yes...the ring might still help some but...yes, I see how the ray can be...problematic."

8:58 PM] Olenna: Ring?

[8:58 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Some of the people you have attempted to help have degraded to the point where their minds are gone,  the townsfolk have had to seal them in the town hall so they don't attack

[8:59 PM] Pip: "I mean, the pressure of an encroaching death is stifling to some, but others, well, they've experienced enough. They're ready to rest. It's like... do you read novels?"

[8:59 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "Yes, my Artifact.  The Ring of Eternal Life.  A powerful tool of both healing and resurrecting.  It was initially just for my own use but...I wanted to see how far I could extend its reach."

[9:00 PM] Olenna: .... resurrecting? But it makes you undead. That's not the same.

[9:00 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "So, I developed an amplifier in the next chamber and set it up right before...well...my accident."

[9:00 PM] Saiph: .... oh.

[9:00 PM] Coppelia: Pats one of his legs sympathetically

[9:00 PM] Saiph: .... does your device change the ring's effect?

[9:00 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "...undead...no it should be perser...oh dear.  ...it is possible the process is being overtaxed."

[9:01 PM] Saiph: You're using it in a way it shouldn't be used.

[9:01 PM] Olenna: Can we stop it?

[9:01 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "I mean, all one would need to do is shut off the machine and remove the ring...but it may not be that easy."

[9:01 PM] Olenna: Why not?

[9:02 PM] Coppelia: Keeps her hand on the leg I can tell your intentions were good, if misguided. Please help us make things right

[9:03 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "Well...after my accident, I came back...but so did my body.  And after trying to communicate he...chucked me rather hard out of the room."

[9:03 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "So...he may not be as easily convinced as me."

[9:03 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: If we knock your body out with it affect you?

9:04 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Fensim: "From what we've seen, the parts seem to act autonomously.  So...probably not."

[9:05 PM] Coppelia: Could you give us any advice? Any way to help us fix things?

[9:05 PM] Pip: "Awfully rude of him."

[9:05 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "...did I not say shut down the machine and remove th artifact?"

[9:05 PM] Saiph: Maybe we could subdue your body and reattach you?  Pip's a whiz at sewing.

[9:06 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "That'd be nice."

[9:06 PM] Pip: "I-I try my best."

[9:06 PM] Coppelia: Pip is quite talented

[9:06 PM] Olenna: Without your brain, can it do magic?

[9:07 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "...I honestly don't know.  Unlikely.  It is also unable to speak, so no verbal component."

[9:08 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: that cuts a few spells out

[9:08 PM] Olenna: I hope you weren't a bodybuilder, then, I suppose.

[9:09 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: starts walking towards the door he sensed magic from

[9:09 PM] Saiph: goes too.

[9:09 PM] Olenna: follows.

[9:09 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You approach the door.  Dahrk speaks a word in primordial.  It roughly translates to "Friend" cause he's a fucking nerd.  The glyphs fade and the door is now just a door.

[9:09 PM] Coppelia: Pats Dahrks leg and signs We shall make things right and follows

[9:10 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Thank you

[9:10 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: pushes the door open

[9:12 PM] The Merciless Ocean: The door opens to reveal...basically picture a steampunk version of Frankenstein's lab.  It all funnels up to a massive tower, which you can see up to a huge ball of blue, crackling energy.  And, at what seems to be the main console...is a large, surprisingly jacked headless body.

[9:12 PM] Olenna: ... he was a bodybuilder.

[9:12 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((GOD DAMMIT @Olenna))

9:12 PM] Saiph: Wow, good on you, Dahrk.

[9:12 PM] Coppelia: OOOOOOOH 🤣🤣🤣

[9:12 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok...roll initiative.

[9:13 PM] Coppelia: ((21 again!))

[9:13 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((17!))

[9:13 PM] Olenna: ((18.))

[9:14 PM] Saiph: ((17.))

[9:14 PM] Pip: [Away from computer. Aaa]

[9:15 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((Sorry, I will roll for Pip.))

[9:15 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ...I rolled a 7 for Pip. 😦

[9:15 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Sorry, Nilani.

[9:16 PM] Pip: :oldmanshrug:

[9:16 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, so that puts the initiative track as:

[9:16 PM] The Merciless Ocean: @Coppelia @Olenna @Saiph @Jaden Goldtooth Cedrick, Dahrk's body, Feisem and, lastly... @Pip

[9:16 PM] The Merciless Ocean: So @Coppelia You go first.

[9:17 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You see the console, the big ball of energy, and the large headless form looming over the console.

[9:17 PM] Coppelia: ((How far away is The Bodybuilder))

[9:17 PM] The Merciless Ocean: I'd say about 15ish feet.

[9:17 PM] Pip: Pip, still quite fresh from trauma, has an eensy weensy panic attack.

[9:18 PM] Coppelia: Coppelia will take out her whip, move 10 feet towards the body, and attempts to restrain the body with her whip

[9:18 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((Poured all their energy into their Panic Eldritch Blast))

[9:19 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok...is that just an attack roll?

[9:19 PM] Coppelia: ((I think? She wants to wrap it up with a swing of the whip so it’s your call what I should roll))

[9:19 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((maybe a Grapple check?))

[9:20 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, let's start with an attack roll.

] The Merciless Ocean: Because it won't work at all if you don't hit it.

[9:20 PM] Coppelia: ((NAT 20 22 total))

[9:20 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((OHHHHH))

[9:20 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, in that case first roll double damage.

[9:20 PM] Coppelia: ((5))

[9:21 PM] The Merciless Ocean: .........ok.  Well...that's 5 damage.  Now we will do a grapple.  Roll acrobatics.

[9:21 PM] Coppelia: ((15))

[9:22 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You grab hold of it with your whip.  He thrashes in the grip, but you hold firm.

[9:22 PM] The Merciless Ocean: He is restrained, for now.

[9:22 PM] The Merciless Ocean: @Olenna It is your turn.

[9:23 PM] Olenna: mage hands a bit of debris to toss it on the ground behind him, hoping to add another distraction to the fight.

[9:24 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok.  That's doable.

[9:24 PM] Olenna: ((That's it, I'm not terribly useful in combat.))

[9:25 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok.

[9:25 PM] The Merciless Ocean: @Saiph

[9:26 PM] Saiph: ... should we turn off the machine or get Dahrk his body back first?

[9:26 PM] Olenna: Turn it off!

[9:26 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Might be good to take the body down first

[9:27 PM] Saiph: ((Can I see the ring?))

[9:27 PM] Pip: "Body first, just so we don't have the effects suddenly stop."

[9:27 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Roll perception, Saiph.

[9:27 PM] Saiph: ((23.))

[9:28 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You see a section of the console with a glass dome and something glowing beneath.  Likely the ring.

[9:29 PM] Pip: "And then there's blood everywhere. The average person contains so much blood."

Pip looks a bit haunted.

"It's always more than you'd think."

[9:30 PM] Saiph: goes over to the dome.  "I don't think it's constant.  What's animated is already animated, it's not keeping them that way, until they fall."

[9:30 PM] Saiph: tries to open the glass dome!

[9:31 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You reach over and you can lift the dome.  The ring is spinning in place, engulfed in a blue energy.

[9:31 PM] Olenna: Oh, poor Pip, I'm so sorry you saw that.

[9:31 PM] Saiph: reaches out and tries to grab the ring.

[9:32 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Roll me a STR check.

[9:32 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((STRONG BOI SAIPH))

[9:33 PM] The Merciless Ocean: @Saiph ?

[9:35 PM] Saiph: ((I will use Guidance on myself for the roll!  So that's a total of 16.))

[9:35 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok.  So, basically, you just reached into a car to remove the battery...while the car was running.  So, you are strong enough to wrench this ring free, but it's going to hurt.

[9:36 PM] Saiph: is wise, but not smart sometimes.

[9:36 PM] Saiph: yoinks.

[9:36 PM] The Merciless Ocean: You take 8 total points of damage as it burns your hand upon removal.  As you do...the big blue ball of energy begins to crackle more.

[9:37 PM] Olenna: winces.

[9:37 PM] The Merciless Ocean: @Jaden Goldtooth Your turn.

[9:37 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: You okay Saiph?

[9:37 PM] Saiph: Yep.  I still have most of my blood and everything.

[9:38 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Gotcha

[9:38 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: walks over to the Wrapped up body and is going to attempt to nonlethally take this guy down with his hammer

[9:38 PM] Olenna: ... maybe I should get behind something...

[9:38 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok.  Jaden, roll with adv. as he is restrained.

[9:39 PM] Saiph: Saiph nods.  ".... we should probably get out of the room?"

[9:39 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((Nat 20!!  Imma smite again.....nonlethally XD))

[9:39 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: (10 Blugeoning and 24 Radiant!))

[9:40 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, well...you hurt it a LOT.

[9:40 PM] The Merciless Ocean: It's still up though.

[9:40 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Cedrick will go for a crossbow bolt.

[9:41 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: looks over at darkhe  "You are TOUGH!"

[9:41 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "Thank you!"

[9:41 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Cedrick hits him for 6 damage.

[9:41 PM] Saiph: Guys, maybe stop beating on the side of beef and get him out of the room?  The thingy is crackling.

[9:41 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((oh wait is he considered undead?))

[9:42 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((Technically.))

[9:42 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((he takes 1 more damage))

[9:42 PM] Pip: "A pity I don't have a net."

[9:42 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((Smite does one more D8 if Fiend or Undead))

[9:42 PM] Pip: "Maybe I should make a net..."

[9:42 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, well, that one point did not take him down.

[9:42 PM] The Merciless Ocean: And now it's the body's turn.

[9:42 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((ok 🙂 ))

[9:43 PM] The Merciless Ocean: It's gonna try and break free of the grapple, so Ilana, I need another acrobatics check.

[9:43 PM] Coppelia: ((Another 15))

[9:43 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Man, he got a 16.

[9:44 PM] The Merciless Ocean: So, he's gonna rip the whip from Coppelia's hand and toss it to the floor.

[9:44 PM] Coppelia: ((Rude))

[9:44 PM] The Merciless Ocean: He's then going to make a run for Saiph, so Jaden and Coppy, you may both make attacks of opportunity.

[9:45 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((17))

[9:45 PM] Coppelia: ((10))

[9:45 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Both hit, roll damage.

[9:45 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((I'm going to blow my last spell slot to smite again))

[9:45 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((Ok))

[9:46 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((11 Bludgeoning 19 Radiant))

[9:46 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, Coppy, what's your damage?

[9:47 PM] Coppelia: ((5 piercing, she used her rapier))

[9:47 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, he is very close, but still kicking.

[9:48 PM] The Merciless Ocean: So, @Saiph He's gonna attack you to get the ring.

[9:48 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Does a 16 hit you?

[9:49 PM] Saiph: ((Yep.))

[9:50 PM] The Merciless Ocean: I am sorry.  It's a heavy hit.  16 damage.

[9:50 PM] Saiph: Ooof!

[9:50 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((The BUFFEST Necromancer))

[9:50 PM] Saiph: Quit it, headless Dahrk!

[9:51 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, still up.  Good.

[9:51 PM] Olenna: winces again.

[9:51 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok @Pip You are up.

[9:53 PM] Pip: Pip will attempt to cast Cure Wounds on Saiph!

[9:53 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, go for it!

[9:55 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Do the heal.

[9:55 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Or, should I roll for it?

[9:59 PM] The Merciless Ocean: @Pip Are you still there?

[9:59 PM] Pip: [go ahead, I'm stuck on a call

[10:00 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, Saiph, take 10 health back.

[10:00 PM] The Merciless Ocean: @Coppelia You are up.

[10:03 PM] Coppelia: Coppelia snatches back up her whip and cracks it, casting Thunderwave

[10:03 PM] Coppelia: ((Constitution save please))

[10:03 PM] The Merciless Ocean: 12.

[10:03 PM] Coppelia: ((He LOSES))

[10:04 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, roll damage.

[10:04 PM] Coppelia: ((He takes 13 damage and also is pushed 10 feet away))

[10:04 PM] Saiph: ((Does that hit me?))

[10:04 PM] The Merciless Ocean: 13 hp was literally all he had left.

[10:05 PM] Coppelia: ((It’s a 15 foot cube so I’ll try to say I position it on him away from you))

[10:05 PM] Coppelia: ((Also BOOM BAYBEE))

[10:05 PM] The Merciless Ocean: So, the blast doesn't hit Saiph, but Saiph, can you still give me a DEX save?

[10:06 PM] Olenna: Grab him and let's go!

[10:06 PM] Saiph: ((Damn, killing these dex saves, that's a 19.))

[10:06 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: will grab the body and rush it out the door

[10:07 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Congrats, you avoided getting crushed by a collapsing headless body.

[10:07 PM] The Merciless Ocean: And I'm gonna end initiative.  So, you guys flee the room with the body?

[10:07 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((Saiph has the ring right?))

[10:07 PM] The Merciless Ocean: He does

[10:07 PM] Saiph: ((Yep.))

[10:07 PM] Olenna: runs out.

[10:07 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: (Then yes)

[10:07 PM] Coppelia: ((Let’s goooo))

[10:08 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, you all make it out in time as the energy ball becomes completely unstable.  The console and amplifier are both destroyed in the blast.

[10:08 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((Jaden is Fireman carrying the body))

[10:09 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "...ok...well...at least I have my body back."

[10:09 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Sorry about that

[10:09 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "...probably for the best."

[10:09 PM] Olenna: ... if we can figure out how to get you back into it.

[10:10 PM] Olenna: hugs Saiph.

[10:10 PM] Olenna: Stop getting exploded, please.

[10:10 PM] Coppelia: pretends to stretch her arms muscles, then signs to Pip It’s funny cause I don’t have muscles

[10:11 PM] Saiph: It's been happening a lot lately!

[10:11 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Cedrick: "I can't imagine why with you jumping in front of lightning bolts."

[10:11 PM] Saiph: .... You never played 'catch the lightning bolt' when you were a kid?

[10:11 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: gives Saiph another pat on the shoulder, and you regain the remaining 6 hp

[10:12 PM] Pip: "For someone with no actual muscles, you certainly did a lot of the heavy lifting, this time."

[10:12 PM] Olenna: ... even I didn't play it twice.

[10:12 PM] Coppelia: Her face is emotionless as always, But she uses Prestidigitation to make happy sparkles fall over her and Pip

[10:13 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Fensim: "...what happens now?"

[10:13 PM] Olenna: I don't know. ... you're still unalive.

[10:14 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Fensim: "I am."

[10:14 PM] Olenna: Dahrk, what does the ring do?

[10:14 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: but hopefully that will stop you being brought back again

[10:15 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "It allows one to cast a healing aura around themselves or someone in their sight.  It uses a lot of power, but it can basically auto-resurrect anyone as they fall...if directed."

[10:16 PM] Olenna: And it's supposed to auto-resurrect them? Not turn them undead? ... would it work on an undead person?

[10:17 PM] Saiph: is quiet, thinking.

[10:17 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "It should work on an undead, but it should not create undead...but given it was left one for years...I suppose overexposure would cause the body to be...taxed."

[10:19 PM] Olenna: So to test it we'd have to try it on something that hasn't been brought back before.

[10:19 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "I suppose so."

[10:20 PM] Saiph: tries putting the ring on.

[10:20 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Saiph!

[10:20 PM] Saiph: What?

[10:20 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Saiph, you put the ring on.

[10:21 PM] Saiph: We're trying to learn about this thing, right?

[10:21 PM] The Merciless Ocean: ((It does need to be attuned.))

[10:21 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: you don't know what putting it on Will  do

[10:21 PM] Saiph: Well, if I start speaking in the third person and calling it Precious, just cut my hand off.

[10:21 PM] Saiph: .... wait it won't grow back here.

[10:21 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Understood

[10:22 PM] Saiph: Just knock me out and take the ring off my finger.

[10:22 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ok

[10:22 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: So we stopped the effect from continuing.......what now?

[10:23 PM] Olenna: We really should test it. ... I don't want to kill anything, though.

[10:23 PM] Saiph: Me neither.

[10:23 PM] The Merciless Ocean: The Conductor: "Now, they shall die.  And when they do, their souls shall pass as they are meant to."

[10:24 PM] Saiph: Okay.

[10:24 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: What about the ones....in Town hall, the ones that have lost themselves?

[10:24 PM] Olenna: Thank goodness.

[10:25 PM] Olenna: Is Dahrk your real name?

[10:25 PM] The Merciless Ocean: The Conductor: "I imagine that they shall destroy each other.  And the final parts of their souls will be at peace.  But you are free to hasten the process, if you desire."

[10:25 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Dahrk: "It is.  Julian Dahrk."

[10:25 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: looks uncomfortable at the suggestion

[10:26 PM] Olenna: That's a terrible name.

[10:26 PM] The Merciless Ocean: The Conductor: "...Julian.  I shall have to claim you, as well."

[10:26 PM] Olenna: ... do you have to?

[10:27 PM] Saiph: He's the probably the buffest Julian I've ever known.

[10:27 PM] Saiph: And I knew a horse named Julian.

[10:27 PM] Olenna: Where's he going?

[10:27 PM] The Merciless Ocean: The Conductor: "His natural death should have been ages ago.  And his actions have angered my master."

[10:27 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Julian: "...please.  ...I'm not ready."

[10:28 PM] Coppelia: Is there no other option?

[10:28 PM] Olenna: Well... what's the destination?

[10:28 PM] Saiph: is waiting for the ring to attune.

[10:29 PM] The Merciless Ocean: The Conductor pulls out his watch.  "He is destined for limbo for the time being.  A place of waiting.  From there...he should reach one of the heavens...although, my master may have words on the subject."

[10:30 PM] Olenna: Hm. Which Heaven?

[10:31 PM] The Merciless Ocean: @Saiph The ring attunes.  The ring contains three spells.  Greater Cure Wounds, Greater Restoration, Revivify.  All three can be cast once per day as a reaction or bonus action.  The ring resets each day.  If all three spells are used at once, the ring will take three full days to recharge.  You also sense it has deeper abilities that can be unlocked if you level up with it.

[10:32 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Conductor: "That is private information."

[10:32 PM] Coppelia: Turns to Julian, hands hesitant, before sadly signing I’m sorry

[10:33 PM] Olenna: That's fair, unless it's Arcadia.

[10:33 PM] Olenna: Is it?

[10:33 PM] Saiph: Or Arborea.

[10:33 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Conductor: "Private.  Information."

[10:34 PM] Saiph: Well.  We can find him when we go back home.

[10:34 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Julian: "...Can I have just one more lifetime?  Please?"

10:34 PM] Olenna: Don't whine.

[10:34 PM] Olenna: sighs.

[10:34 PM] Olenna: It's private information unless he's under my jurisdiction, and you do have to tell me if he is.

[10:35 PM] Olenna: If he isn't, then you don't, obviously.

[10:37 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Conductor: "...there is a possibility he will arrive in Arcadia eventually.  However, the purpose of limbo and way stations is that he will have time to process and find his final resting place.  ...there is a whole journey before you, case manager."

[10:37 PM] Olenna: Of course.

[10:38 PM] Olenna: ... is she going to let him go on with it normally, though?

[10:39 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Conductor: "...she?"

[10:41 PM] Olenna: Your master. Or, do you mean THE master? I left my org chart at home and I'm not as familiar with your branch as mine and Arborea's, obviously.

[10:41 PM] Olenna: I'm usually a bit more organized.

[10:41 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Conductor: "I mean Death.  Capital D.  The one...up top.  They are...most displeased."

[10:41 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((JAden is going to try to talk to Julian))

[10:41 PM] Pip: Pip isn't sure what an org chart is, but she concludes that's probably for the best.

[10:42 PM] Olenna: I can certainly see why. I'm not happy about it either, all these poor people. He thought he was helping, though, surely that counts for something.

[10:42 PM] Olenna: ... do you think it would help if I spoke with them, or would that make it worse?

[10:43 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Conductor: "...I shall speak on his behalf.  ...Lady Olenna...I do not think I can take you to meet with them at this time.  Both you and your fiancé...you possess a strange aura about you."

[10:43 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Ok, @Jaden Goldtooth What does he say?

[10:44 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: will look at Julian "Earlier when you mentioned the experiment, you stopped at one point.  Did you lose someone?"

[10:44 PM] Olenna: Thank you so much, I really do appreciate it. ... and that doesn't sound at all good, what sort of aura?

[10:44 PM] Saiph: .... strange aura?

[10:45 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Julian: "...it doesn't matter now."

[10:45 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Conductor: "I do not know.  ...but I would not recommend interplanar travel until it is sorted."

[10:46 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: Letting go....is hard.  Sometimes when you are feeling loss you try to lose yourself in other things.  Or even.....maybe trying to get it back

[10:46 PM] Saiph: Hrm.

[10:46 PM] Olenna: Oh, dear. Well, thank you for letting us know about it, at any rate.

[10:46 PM] Saiph: .... don't suppose you could get a message to Olenna's parents, let them know where we are and that we're okay?

[10:46 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Julian: "...thank you...for understanding."

[10:47 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Conductor: "...since you were instrumental in assisting me...I shall make a pit stop."

[10:47 PM] The Merciless Ocean: The Conductor taps Julian and he and his body are rejoined.

[10:47 PM] Saiph: Thanks.

[10:47 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Conductor: "...now...Julian Dahrk...I am sorry...but it is time."

[10:48 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: is going to look at Julian and say  "I hope the two of you can meet again"

[10:48 PM] Olenna: Julian, it's going to be all right. Death isn't that terrible, it's just different. I promise we'll check up on you, too.

[10:48 PM] Saiph: Bye, Julian.  We'll find you and visit once you're settled in.

[10:48 PM] Coppelia: Signs to Julian Would it help to hold my hand? Before you go?

[10:48 PM] The Merciless Ocean: Julian looks at Coppelia and nods.

[10:48 PM] The Merciless Ocean: He will take Coppelia's hand.

[10:49 PM] Coppelia: She holds it, laying her other hand on top

[10:50 PM] The Merciless Ocean: The Conductor nods to you Coppelia, then scratches something off in his book...and he and Julian fade and vanish...and soon Coppelia, you are not holding anyone.

[10:50 PM] The Merciless Ocean: And I'd like to end things here, as it got SUPER late.

[10:50 PM] Jaden Goldtooth: ((Ok))

[10:50 PM] Coppelia: ((Good session today!!!))