Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[major_sephiroth]

Ok then. I retrace my steps to outside, and scavenge plants and stuff. I should be good at this, I'm an elf.

[zestorum]

I must return!

Name: Zestorum.
Race: Liche Elf.
Class: Bowman/Assassin.
Gender: Male.
Weapon: Bow and arrows.
Skills: Bowmanship and stealth.
Traits: Sharpshooter (+1 to marksmanship), Stubborn.

Is this okay?

[Paulus Fahlstrom]

((Heh. Dwarmin is very much correct in his assessment. I don't MAKE exciting things happen to you. Unless you happen to be in an area that is already quite dangerous. Certain areas of the fortress are still considered reasonably 'safe', or can be made that way. Of course, the deeper you go, the harder such things will be to find. Outside, for example, is still very much a wilderness. It's been left untouched for centuries. And if you look at the map of the area

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

You'll notice that some areas are Terrifying and others are not so much. Where you are determines what you find. Sleeping inside the wall was safe because it's still maintained by the dwarves for example. A sentient enemy (like insectoid) could get to where you were, but undead (at least mindless ones) could not. But you surely won't find food plants inside an entirely stone structure, unless it's being cultivated by dwarves. I give all sorts of little hints as to what is useable and what can be done sometimes, but the depth of your action determines what you do. Remember each turn is roughly an hour. But the area is huge. There is a lot of little stuff that can be found if you look.

Zestorum, you're back on the waiting list. It looks fine and I'll put you down as a ranged assassin. I assume you meant lithe, instead of liche (which I believe is a fruit, but since a 'fruity' elf is equally appropriate I'm just guessing you meant lithe).

And yes, Dwarmin, you have every right to be paranoid about something like that. If I consider the undead status to be a disease like Mad cow or something, eating out of the brain-pan of an undead creature could very well afflict you with a similar condition.))

Day 2, Turn 3: Dwarmin (5!), Sephiroth (4!), Mr. Person (6!); New order: Mr. Person, Dwarmin, Sephiroth.

Mr. Person-

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

(Observation check:3!-1) (Herbalism check:3!-1) (Plant type:5!)
You look around you in the dim light and can barely make out the plant types, much less what they really look like. You have no idea what you're doing, in any case and just pick a random plant that looks reasonably edible. You decide that mushrooms can't be too bad and pick one, carefully. You bite into it. It tastes ... earthy. Not particularly great, but with a slight mettalic tinge that you've never tasted before. It fills you up though and you feel a little better. You're still hungry, and quite thirsty.

You make your way through the undergrowth to the doors. They open away from you and you pry one open carefully. It only opens part of the way, however, running into a large tree-like mushroom that is blocking the entire hallway. The other side opens smoothly though and you see, faintly, another door only a few feet away from you. The hallway is the same sandy soil and there appear to be a tangle of dead shrubs in your way.

(I'll point out to you just this once, that you actually have a full waterskin in your inventory as well as a lamp, so you don't actually need to be stumbling around in the dark, thirsty. Don't expect this kind of hint again. )

(You are Hungry, You are thirsty.)
(Recovery roll:1! You leg begins throbbing. It might become infected if left untreated)

Dwarmin-

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

You sit yourself down near the embers of the fire and use them to clean the bones that you've selected. It's a messy job and the smell is interesting and almost makes you hungry. Until you remember that they were undead. (Bonecarving:3!-1) You use a stone to make one of the femurs into a pestle, grinding off one end. The other end looks like it needs very little modification for it to function reasonably well. You take the other femur and see if you can somehow fashion it into a knife of sorts. (Bonecarving:5!-1) You shatter off one end and do your best to smooth out the jagged parts on a stone. You come up with a reasonable impression of a knife, though it has no cutting edge it could be used to stab something with. Finally you take the skull and work on cleaning it. (Bonecarving:1!) The cleaning process unfortunately cracks it along one of the skull plates and renders it useless.

(Fashioned crude pestle, bone knife. +2 Bonecarving experience)
(Recovery roll:5!+1, 3!) Your head continues to heal well, but you just can't find a comfortable position for your leg moving around like you are.

Sephiroth-

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

You head back outside using the same path you found. The door is shut when you get to it and you open it and head back out. (Let me know if you want to close it again)

You realize you're beginning to run short on food and water. (Observation check:1!+1) You don't see any plants around here, only stone, and patches of snow. The snow looks clean. You recall that the land slopes down to the west and that you should be able to find some low-lying ground that should have plant and animal life, but you can't feel the tug of Nature at all in this location. You begin heading west. (Give me a general direction, west along the wall, or south-west towards the skull-tower? Or halfway in between?)

[Anti-Paragon]

In fact you didn't get my PM, I very much want in on this.

Weedo Su the Human Monk. Monk by class decree anyway. He's more of a disciplined tactician than an orderly monk. Still more of a hand-to-hand fighter. If it's possible I'd prefer a fur or leather cape rather than a weapon.

Technically I PM'd you yesterday and should be in front of zestorum, but I won't get pushy. I'm just itching to get in on this horrible mess of a ruined fort. Gleeee.

[Dwarmin]

Little, It looks like I still need my recovery roll

Actions
Toss some more wood to get the fire nice and hot.

It's time to cauterize my leg wound. My flint and steel aren't in my inventory, but I assume they're nearby.

Go into a trance first to try to lessen the pain, and bite down on a stick.
If I maintain my trance through the pain, use it to communicate with the Goddess, and try to learn her true name and what acts she want's me to commit, what make her angry, and her true name translated into Kobold speak of course.

[Paulus Fahlstrom]

Anti-Paragon, I must have missed my PM. As it did have a time stamp on it I can confirm that you did respond before Zestorum and are indeed in front of him in the line-up. Your character is approved and I do accept starting equipment recommendations, although, depending on your roll you may or may not get it.

Sorry, Zestorum, you're still in line and your character is definitely approved. It's very possible that someone may just die, due to poor rolls or a random encounter. Nobody's really gotten anything terribly bad. Except possibly Cius' Giant Eagle. Those things are just nasty. Had it been undead it would have been worse. lol.

I'll get on your recovery roll there Dwarmin. Post will be modified.

[major_sephiroth]

Straight south-west, searching for this 'pull of nature' that should lead me to plants, etc.

[Mr.Person]

Oh, right. Screw me. I knew about the water, I was just in such as rush to get some food I didn't care, even if it was a free action. In any case, using the lamp, make a fire in the hallway. Use random plants and, hopefully, a really young tower-cap or two. Pick and save a couple of the same mushrooms I used last time, but if I can't tell, don't use more mushrooms. Afterwards, start a fire in the room. Burn the stuff in the way of the doors, specifically. Clear anything else nearby out of the way. Smokey would be pissed at me. Finally, if I have time, wash my wounds and then try to make a soup with the waterskin and the plants I picked earlier. The waterskin should be ok, it's unicorn leather, after all. I don't mind walking around with all my water being in soup form, it's ok. It'll be a real thin soup anyways, it's mostly for flavor.

[zestorum]

Is tehstefan still playing or has he been skipped? Also, yes I meant lithe.

[Dwarmin]

I actually sent a message to Tehstefan welcoming him to the game, no posts from him or responses, so I doubt he is playing.

[Paulus Fahlstrom]

((Tehstefan hasn't responded yet. I pm'd him as well, as I do for everyone on the wait list. So, he's out. Anti-Paragon, you're in as Weedo-su, the Human monk. Your sheet is up and ready, looks like you rolled really well for a starting character. I'll need your first action as well as your starting location. You have the advantage of knowing where some things are now, but your character doesn't. Just keep that in mind. You have until Saturday to respond, at which point if you haven't, Zestorum is up again.))

Day 2, Turn 4:Mr. Person (3!,5!), Dwarmin (3!,6!), Sephiroth (1!); New order: Dwarmin, Mr. Person, Sephiroth

Dwarmin-

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

You toss the remainder of your kindling on the embers and stick the striker in the flames to clean it preparatory to your cauterizing the bites on your leg. You attempt to slip into a trance (Meditation:1!) But utterly fail to do so, the pain in your leg distracts you too much. You decide to cauterize your wound anyways. (Heal check:6!,2!) (Pain endurance:4!-1) You touch the cherry-colored metal to your wound and the pain nearly overwhelms you. IT BURNS! You smell a sweet odor and hear your leg sizzle slightly before you remove the piece. You believe you've successfully cauterized it and shouldn't have to worry about infection now. It's still badly injured of course but is no longer bleeding. You wrap it back up in the bandage.

You invoke the name of the goddess again to ask her some questions. (Invocation:6!+1,3!+1 (standing)) You utter a brief prayer in the human tongue and hear a voice whisper in your ear. You can't understand it, and ask her what her name is in the Kobold tongue. You hear the faint tinkling of bells and she responds. All of a sudden you can understand what she is saying.

"Foolish little kobold. I see now you did not understand what you were doing when you called upon me. You may call me Elyvilon, known also as The Healer. (I rolled for which deity you invoked the first time you did so. Consider yourself fortunate.)

I appreciate long standing devotion and the destruction of evil weapons. I abhor blood-shed and prefer pacifism, although I can make exceptions for abominations. (read:undead, demons, etc.) I likewise detest the use of evil magics and actions. Here I am allied with Mondul against the undead. You may safely use her altar when calling upon me.

Now that you know me, and I know you, see that you do not call upon me foolishly, nor in vain. If you need minor healing you may call upon me from time to time.

(+2 experience in Invocation, +1 exp in Healing (manual), Invoke:minor healing)
(Recovery Roll:4!+1 Your head feels a little better.)

Mr. Person-

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

You break out your lamp and open up the oil container, splashing a little bit of it over the vegitation blocking the hallway, before lighting it on fire. It burns merrily and you clear out much of the dry vegetation. A thick black smoke fills the space, but filters out into the trade hall quick enough. You spend a little time clearing a path and the remainder of the hallway and soon it is clear. Your way through is unobstructed.

(Observation check:4!) There are a lot more mushrooms and plants filling this space then you realized. In the light of the fire you can make out the number 5 scrawled out in the wall near the door. (Herbalism check:6!-1) You look around trying to identify the same mushroom you had found before and pick the best specimen you can find. (+1 to gather plump helmets in this area in the future) You decide to make soup with it and break it in small pieces, feeding them into your waterskin through the opening. (Cook:1!-1) You realize you have no way of cooking it however and your waterskin is full to bursting. Perhaps you should drink some.

(+2 Herbalism experience, Uncooked mushroom soup)
(Recovery Roll:6!,6! Your leg feels remarkably better)

Sephiroth-

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

(Observation check:1!+1) You begin heading to the south-west, directly towards the large domed building. You see no significant plant growth at all along the way. (Random encounter:3) (Stealth:4!+1) (Detection:2!) You see a pair of zombie mountain goats grazing  on what appears to be stone and snow a little ways away. It seems they haven't seen you yet.

(I'd like to point out to you that, unlike DnD, it is possible to get critical strikes against undead. They have a physiology that you understand. Sure, they have no functional internal organs but you still know points of weakness. So if you want to attack it IS possible to backstab a zombie.)

Do you continue on or fight? They don't see you so it's your choice right now.

[Mr.Person]

I've got time now, good. Drink a good bit of the water, try and heat up the soup, and possibly gather more plump helmets. Oh, and put out the lantern, if it's still on.

Btw, you forgot to do a healing roll for me.

[zchris13]

Yeah, but you should have to roll for sense. If you attempt to normal backstab a zombie, you just might end up leaving a puncture wound (which will do nothing).  Or you might end up stabbing their spine, or breaking a limb.

[Dwarmin]

Lucky me? Lol

Eat a piece of cooked meat, take a swig of my waterskin.

Try to heal my leg by calling on Elyvilon.

then....relax, take a nap by the fire.

Edited!

[Paulus Fahlstrom]

Sorry zchris13. I disagree. The sucess of the attack will determine what damage you do, not your common sense. Though I do roll for hit location. So there will not be double rolls for the attack itself. Certain weapon types are, of course, more successful against undead. But if you've played Crawl it's actually possible to backstab anything. As long as they don't see you coming you do extra damage on your first attack with a chance to kill outright. Of course Sephiroth isn't sneaking around at the moment, but if he tries to backstab something I may assume it's implied.

Oh, and Dwarmin, Invocation isn't something you can 'practice'. You invoke or you don't. So if you say practice I'll assume you're invoking minor healing.