HF 042 Cellblock

[2/3/2017 7:42:27 PM] Josh: About an hour passes.  Anna does not change.

[2/3/2017 7:43:27 PM] Josh: Herman starts singing.  It is horrible.

[2/3/2017 7:43:41 PM | Edited 7:43:55 PM] Josh: It is not a language you understand, and probably not one meant to be sung in.

[2/3/2017 7:44:13 PM] \*\*\* Rune winces. \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 7:44:50 PM] \*\*\* Quill does as well. \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 7:45:08 PM] Josh: Roll performance.

[2/3/2017 7:45:33 PM] Quill: ((23.))

[2/3/2017 7:45:56 PM] Josh: Despite not knowing the tune, the words, or even the language, you manage to outperform him by a mile.

[2/3/2017 7:46:19 PM] \*\*\* Creed quietly chuckles \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 7:47:20 PM] Josh: Herman: "I didn't know you knew 'The Minds of the Masters are Great and Powerful, so Shut Up and Dow What Your Told'."

[2/3/2017 7:48:11 PM] Quill: I don't.  Catchy title, though.

[2/3/2017 7:48:31 PM | Edited 7:48:52 PM] Josh: Herman: "It's best in the original gith."

[2/3/2017 7:48:52 PM] Josh: Herman: "Like Shakespeare."

[2/3/2017 7:49:03 PM] Quill: Who?

[2/3/2017 7:50:12 PM] Josh: Herman: "Illithid playwright.  Very popular.  Wrote hits like "The Taming of the Quaggoth", "Merchant of Planewalkers" and, my favorite, "MacGith".

[2/3/2017 7:50:29 PM] Rune: It sounds violent. Spear-shaking and all that.

[2/3/2017 7:50:57 PM] Quill: Yeah.  Gith names are weird.

[2/3/2017 7:51:05 PM] Quill: No offense, Herman.

[2/3/2017 7:51:35 PM] Josh: Herman: "It's an Illithid writing for a Githyanki culture.  It's not always perfect.  But it has a great ending."

[2/3/2017 7:51:51 PM] Josh: Herman: "Everyone is killed so the Elder Brain may live."

[2/3/2017 7:52:07 PM] Rune: That's a good ending?

[2/3/2017 7:52:19 PM] Quill: .... why do I get the feeling that most Illithid stories end that way?

[2/3/2017 7:53:00 PM] Josh: Herman: "Not the comedies.  In those, the Illithid and lesser species learn to work together so the Elder Brain may live.  ...and someone usually gets married."

[2/3/2017 7:53:23 PM] Josh: Around this point, Hank re-enters.

[2/3/2017 7:53:24 PM] Rune: Oh. That sounds better.

[2/3/2017 7:53:36 PM] \*\*\* Rune eyes him. \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 7:54:31 PM] Josh: Herman: "Taming of the Quaggoth has an Illithid civilize a Quaggoth, teach it to read and write, so it too may learn that it is an inferior species and it can join it's kind to the Elder Brain."

[2/3/2017 7:55:15 PM] Rune: I hope you don't actually think Illithid are better than you.

[2/3/2017 7:55:51 PM] Hank: The guards were goofing off out front hopefully they are actually doing there jobs now.

[2/3/2017 7:57:52 PM] Josh: Can I get perception checks from everyone?  Disadvantage.

[2/3/2017 7:58:42 PM | Edited 7:58:56 PM] Creed: (( people closest to the door nat 1'd ))

[2/3/2017 7:58:46 PM] Quill: ((12))

[2/3/2017 7:59:24 PM] Josh: Herman: "Of course they're better.  But they are there, and I am free, so it doesn't matter.  So long as they stay an ocean away."

[2/3/2017 8:00:52 PM] Quill: I think that's a pretty universal sentiment.

[2/3/2017 8:01:24 PM] Rune: They're slavers and you're not, so I think you're a bit ahead.

[2/3/2017 8:02:11 PM] Josh: This conversation is interrupted as the ceiling shakes slightly.

[2/3/2017 8:02:24 PM] Josh: You all hear a faint rumble as it does.

[2/3/2017 8:02:39 PM] Quill: So we all felt that, right?

[2/3/2017 8:02:41 PM] Rune: ... what was that?

[2/3/2017 8:02:45 PM] Rune: Are you all right, Herman?

[2/3/2017 8:02:53 PM] Josh: Herman: "I'm good."

[2/3/2017 8:03:14 PM] Josh: You all feel a chill wind blow in from behind Hank.

[2/3/2017 8:03:28 PM] \*\*\* Quill looks over there. \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 8:03:47 PM] Josh: Tom rushes in.  "We have a problem."

[2/3/2017 8:03:53 PM] \*\*\* Creed looks toward the door \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 8:04:04 PM] Hank: What is it?

[2/3/2017 8:04:17 PM] Josh: Tom: "The front gate, something froze it shut."

[2/3/2017 8:04:53 PM] \*\*\* Quill looks up.  "What other entrances are there?" \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 8:05:25 PM] Josh: Tom: "We have a service entrance on the side, and a back exit down this way." He points further down the cell block.

[2/3/2017 8:05:48 PM] \*\*\* Hank will head to the back exit. \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 8:06:12 PM] Josh: As you do, you hear a scream come from the main chamber, where Tom just came from.

[2/3/2017 8:06:43 PM] \*\*\* Hank will stop and turn around. \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 8:07:00 PM] \*\*\* Creed will ready to pull her daggers out from their sheathes \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 8:07:37 PM] \*\*\* Quill stays in the cell for now, but watches the entrance to the cell block. \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 8:08:14 PM] Josh: I added a guy for Tom.

[2/3/2017 8:08:32 PM] Josh: You hear the sounds of swords clanging off something hard, and more screams.

[2/3/2017 8:08:40 PM] Josh: Then bones crunching.

[2/3/2017 8:09:17 PM] \*\*\* Hank will head for the room the noise is coming from. \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 8:09:28 PM] Rune: ... what...

[2/3/2017 8:09:33 PM] Josh: Tom charges in with you.

[2/3/2017 8:10:20 PM] Quill: ... did they send a fzking golem?

[2/3/2017 8:12:19 PM] \*\*\* Quill sticks in the cell block, though. \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 8:12:46 PM] Josh: ...it got very quiet.

[2/3/2017 8:13:19 PM] Quill: Who do you think would come for you, Herman?

[2/3/2017 8:13:29 PM] Josh: Herman: "I don't know."

[2/3/2017 8:13:33 PM] \*\*\* Creed moves to the other side of the cell, closest to the door \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 8:16:39 PM] Josh: I need everyone here to roll intiative before doing anything.

[2/3/2017 8:16:46 PM] \*\*\* Quill pulls out his badge.  "HAnk?  What do you have out there?" \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 8:18:47 PM] Josh: Ok, so, Quill, you call that out.

[2/3/2017 8:19:07 PM] Josh: Do you otherwise wait for a response?

[2/3/2017 8:20:22 PM] \*\*\* Quill will get out the cell for a better look at the door, but otherwise is gonna wait. \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 8:20:39 PM] Josh: Ok, Rune, do you wanna do anything?

[2/3/2017 8:21:17 PM] \*\*\* Rune heads for Herman's cell. \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 8:21:47 PM] Josh: Ok.  Move your token.

[2/3/2017 8:23:05 PM] Josh: Ok, that's a Dash to get there.  You ok with that?

[2/3/2017 8:23:15 PM] Rune: ((Sure!))

[2/3/2017 8:23:16 PM] Josh: Cause you have to go around the cells.

[2/3/2017 8:23:18 PM] Josh: Ok.

[2/3/2017 8:23:28 PM] Josh: Now, the guards will do things you guys don't know about.

[2/3/2017 8:25:47 PM] Josh: Creed's turn.

[2/3/2017 8:26:33 PM] Creed: A ball of Darkness will move and position itself on the other side of the door.

[2/3/2017 8:30:07 PM] Josh: Sorry, figuring something out.

[2/3/2017 8:35:34 PM] \*\*\* Hank responds over badge to Quill " one hostile out here guard Herman and watch the back door." \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 8:37:29 PM] Quill: "All right.  Is it a golem?"

[2/3/2017 8:38:18 PM] Rune: Is it a cave troll?

[2/3/2017 8:38:45 PM] Josh: Quill, this is all the info you have for now.  How do you act?

[2/3/2017 8:40:36 PM] \*\*\* Quill will move closer to Herman's cell but otherwise hold his position. \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 8:41:02 PM] Quill: ((Oh, wait, question!  Can I inspire over the badges?))

[2/3/2017 8:41:14 PM] Josh: ((...if it's verbal, then yes))

[2/3/2017 8:41:46 PM] \*\*\* Quill would like to use a Bonus to Inspire Hank, then! \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 8:41:55 PM] Josh: Ok.

[2/3/2017 8:42:32 PM] Quill: ((that's a d8 for Hank.))

[2/3/2017 8:42:41 PM] Josh: How do you inspire?

[2/3/2017 8:43:10 PM] Quill: Hank!  Would you like me to hum you a few bars of this great new depressing song I learned from Herman?

[2/3/2017 8:43:15 PM] Quill: Then Quill does it anyway.

[2/3/2017 8:43:30 PM] Quill: ((Over the badge, of course.))

[2/3/2017 8:43:49 PM] Josh: Hank, you are inspired by depression.  YAY!

[2/3/2017 8:43:54 PM] Josh: Take a d8.

[2/3/2017 8:44:38 PM] Josh: Rune.

[2/3/2017 8:45:25 PM] \*\*\* Rune casts Invisibility on herself. \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 8:45:42 PM] Josh: Ok, Rune, you are invisible.

[2/3/2017 8:46:32 PM] Josh: ...anything else?

[2/3/2017 8:46:43 PM] \*\*\* Rune um... moves. \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 8:47:04 PM] Josh: ...ok...move your token anywhere within 30ft.

[2/3/2017 8:47:07 PM] Rune: ((Oh, nah, I'll just stay there.))

[2/3/2017 8:47:14 PM] Josh: Ok.

[2/3/2017 8:47:35 PM] Josh: I will move on, then.

[2/3/2017 8:47:42 PM] Josh: And that means a map change.

[2/3/2017 8:48:39 PM] Josh: Ok, over here.

[2/3/2017 8:51:51 PM] Josh: Sorry, this is awkward.  There are basically two different scenes going.  Expect long pauses.

[2/3/2017 9:02:27 PM] Nilani: [I LIVE]

[2/3/2017 9:02:38 PM] Josh: ((HI!))

[2/3/2017 9:08:59 PM] Quill: ((Brb.))

[2/3/2017 9:09:33 PM] Josh: ((kk))

[2/3/2017 9:13:34 PM] Josh: ((Ok, back to the other map))

[2/3/2017 9:14:01 PM] Josh: Anna, you may start this round off.  Drag your token to where you want to be.

[2/3/2017 9:14:46 PM] Josh: ...Anna?

[2/3/2017 9:15:16 PM] Nilani: [did you place one down? I can't see it if you did.]

[2/3/2017 9:15:38 PM] Josh: There you go.  Put it wherever you want.

[2/3/2017 9:16:17 PM] Nilani: [there we go]

[2/3/2017 9:16:29 PM] Josh: Ok...you are in an empty cell.  Do you wanna be a rat still?

[2/3/2017 9:16:40 PM] Nilani: [yeh]

[2/3/2017 9:16:47 PM] Josh: Ok.

[2/3/2017 9:16:52 PM] Josh: ...what do you do?

[2/3/2017 9:17:50 PM] Nilani: [I rolled a 6. I'll go ahead and change that.]

[2/3/2017 9:18:07 PM] Josh: Oh.

[2/3/2017 9:18:09 PM] Josh: Sorry.

[2/3/2017 9:18:11 PM] Nilani: [or not.]

[2/3/2017 9:18:27 PM] Josh: I got it.

[2/3/2017 9:18:29 PM] Josh: Ok.

[2/3/2017 9:18:35 PM] Josh: Then it's Rune's turn.

[2/3/2017 9:19:00 PM] Josh: There has been no response to your questions of what the thing is.  Just some grunts and growls.

[2/3/2017 9:19:01 PM] \*\*\* Quill is back, by the way and continues waiting for something to do. \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 9:19:25 PM] Josh: Herman: "If you release me, I can grab my weapons and help."

[2/3/2017 9:19:39 PM] Quill: We'll call that plan B.

[2/3/2017 9:20:15 PM] Josh: Rune, you are invisible, do you want to do anything?

[2/3/2017 9:20:24 PM] \*\*\* Rune doesn't. \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 9:20:54 PM] Josh: Ok, Quill?

[2/3/2017 9:21:17 PM] Quill: ((I already said I was not doing anything.  Just waiting for something to happen.))

[2/3/2017 9:45:28 PM] Josh: Anna, your turn.

[2/3/2017 9:45:48 PM] Josh: You have heard the message too, over the badges.

[2/3/2017 9:47:08 PM] \*\*\* Nilani will scurry atop something for a better vantage point, but will do nothing, otherwise. \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 9:47:33 PM] Josh: ...you scurry atop something...in the cell?

[2/3/2017 9:48:09 PM] Nilani: [is there anything around? Sorry for being boring, by the way. >.<]

[2/3/2017 9:49:00 PM] Josh: No, you are alone in the cell next to the one with Herman and Rune in it.

[2/3/2017 9:50:28 PM] Josh: ...you may leave the cell or hold your turn, really.

[2/3/2017 9:50:53 PM] \*\*\* Nilani will scurry just outside the cell. \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 9:51:22 PM] Josh: Ok, you scurry under the door.  You see Quill outside Herman's cell.

[2/3/2017 9:51:54 PM] Josh: Do you wanna turn back, or is that your turn?

[2/3/2017 9:53:00 PM] Josh: ...Nilani?

[2/3/2017 9:53:47 PM] Josh: ...NILANI?!?!?

[2/3/2017 9:54:03 PM] Josh: ...ok, that's her turn for now.

[2/3/2017 9:54:07 PM] Josh: Herman moves.

[2/3/2017 9:54:13 PM] Josh: He turns to Quill.

[2/3/2017 9:54:20 PM] Josh: Herman: "I am sorry."

[2/3/2017 9:54:32 PM] Josh: He flings his cuffs off and tries to barge through the door.

[2/3/2017 9:54:55 PM] Quill: I will polymorph you.  Don't think I won't.  Sit tight.

[2/3/2017 9:55:14 PM] Josh: Do you block the door?

[2/3/2017 9:55:27 PM] \*\*\* Quill will if he can. \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 9:56:04 PM] Josh: You may block the door, let him pass, or get an AOO and try to trip him.  Or cast a 1-level spell or lower.

[2/3/2017 9:56:13 PM] Josh: These are your reaction options, far as I can see them.

[2/3/2017 9:56:51 PM] Josh: Rune, you may also react, if you wish.

[2/3/2017 9:56:55 PM] Quill: ((Haven't I been holding an action all these turns?))

[2/3/2017 9:57:09 PM] Josh: ((Have you?))

[2/3/2017 9:57:14 PM] Creed: (( He has ))

[2/3/2017 9:57:28 PM] Josh: ((Ok, you may polymorph him as an action, then.))

[2/3/2017 9:57:53 PM | Edited 9:58:04 PM] Quill: He gets a wisdom save.  DC 15.))

[2/3/2017 9:58:42 PM] Josh: ...what do you turn him into?

[2/3/2017 9:58:49 PM | Edited 9:59:21 PM] Quill: A turtle this time.  Something slow and not sticky.))

[2/3/2017 9:59:24 PM] Josh: ...actually...oh, wait...

[2/3/2017 9:59:57 PM] Josh: ...he is a turtle.

[2/3/2017 10:00:13 PM] Quill: I warned you.

[2/3/2017 10:00:20 PM] Josh: Should I assume you and Rune hold your actions for your next two turns?

[2/3/2017 10:00:24 PM] \*\*\* Rune does. \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 10:00:32 PM] \*\*\* Rune may stifle a giggle, though. \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 10:00:51 PM] \*\*\* Quill does as well, keeping an eye on the turtle, and another on the door. \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 10:01:31 PM] Josh: ...I actually just realized none of that should've worked as this cell is "supposed" to repel and suppress magic, but it's too late to call it now.  Rune already cast a spell inside it.

[2/3/2017 10:01:42 PM] Josh: So, it's clearly on the fritz.

[2/3/2017 10:01:59 PM] Josh: I have too many things.

[2/3/2017 10:02:07 PM] Josh: Anyway, in the other room.

[2/3/2017 10:02:13 PM] Rune: ((They probably turned it off for tonight.))

[2/3/2017 10:16:52 PM] \*\*\* Quill looks at the turtle, because Rune is invisible.  "Did he say 'dragon'?" \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 10:17:06 PM] Josh: Anna, anything you wanna do?

[2/3/2017 10:18:19 PM] Josh: ...Anna?

[2/3/2017 10:18:37 PM] Josh: ...she may be afk again.

[2/3/2017 10:19:37 PM] Josh: ...ok, I will skip her for now, if she comes back, I will go to her.

[2/3/2017 10:19:58 PM] Josh: Yertle the turtle goes to hide in a corner of the room.

[2/3/2017 10:20:16 PM] Josh: Quill, Rune, you just heard the words "Dragon Attack", what would you like to do?

[2/3/2017 10:21:03 PM] \*\*\* Rune will pick up the turtle, if and only if it doesn't resist/turn her visible. \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 10:22:10 PM] Josh: He allows himself to be picked up.  He is a turtle...he's lost the will to fight after that.

[2/3/2017 10:22:29 PM] Josh: Do you dash with the turtle?

[2/3/2017 10:22:51 PM] \*\*\* Rune does! \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 10:23:12 PM] Josh: So, Quill, you watch as the turtle flies through the air, past you and...which way are you going?

[2/3/2017 10:23:30 PM] \*\*\* Quill will head toward the door to see if he can see the mess in the next room. \*\*\*

[2/3/2017 10:23:41 PM] Josh: I meant Rune, which way do you go Rune?

[2/3/2017 10:24:16 PM] Josh: Also, Skype's getting wonky.  The last word of Quill's message is gone for me.

[2/3/2017 10:24:52 PM] Josh: ...Rune?

[2/3/2017 10:25:11 PM] Josh: ...did we lose Leni?

[2/3/2017 10:25:39 PM] Quill: ((I dont' think so.))

[2/3/2017 10:26:26 PM] Quill: ((Well, maybe.))

[2/3/2017 10:26:33 PM] Rune: ((Oh, sorry.))

[2/3/2017 10:26:55 PM] Rune: ((I don't think the turtle stays visible if I pick it up.))

[2/3/2017 10:27:18 PM] Josh: ...hmmmmm...

[2/3/2017 10:27:50 PM] Josh: ...ok, sure, the turtle is also invisible.

[2/3/2017 10:27:58 PM] Josh: Do you run towards the madness or the back door?

[2/3/2017 10:28:10 PM] \*\*\* Rune runs toward the madness. There may be an ambush at the back door. \*\*\*