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[Paulus Fahlstrom]

Day 2, Turn 8: Sephiroth (5!,3!,6!), Mr. Person (5!,3!,3!), Dwarmin (2!), Weedo su (6!); New order: Weedo su, Sephiroth, Mr. Person, Dwarmin

Weedo su-

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(Observation check:1!) Now that you've gotten sight of the gate you're letting nothing distract you from your eventual goal. It's considerably futher away than you initially realized and it takes you much longer than expected but you eventually get there. Fortunately for you the gates are slightly ajar and you slip inside. You take a bit of time to let your eyes adjust to the darkness. Looking around you distinctly note that it's dim in here but not so much that it impairs visibility drastically. The 'exit' is about fourty feet ahead of you and the stone is smoothed.

You are inside the fortress!

Sephiroth-

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(Observation check:3!) You look around one last time and mark the place in your mind in case you want to return to forage here again (+1 bonus when foraging in the area) and take a drink from your waterskin. The cool water refreshes you and with that fortification you begin making your way back up the steep slope to check out that cave you had found. The going is difficult and you take particular care to not dislodge any large rocks that could start a small slide that might attract unwanted attention. You eventually make it all the way back up and easily find the cave you had seen earlier.

Looking in it you realize that it is definitely not natural. The walls and floors have been smoothed and the walls engraved. The floor is a different color stone from the normal stone around it. Perhaps it has some significance. You stand at the entrance to the 'cave'.

Mr. Person-

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(Pain endurance:6!,6!) (+1 bonus to next roll) You wake up in an unfamiliar location. You had been dreaming about your home and as soon as you opened your eyes and adjusted to the poor lighting the first thing you saw was the ugly snout and fetid breath of a large demon rat, lying facing you. It's windpipe appears to have been crushed and you realize that it was you that did it. The pain washes over you in a wave and you feel faint but you force yourself to ignore it.

You realize that you're starving and thirsty and pull out your charred waterskin and drink some of your hastily made 'mushroom soup'. You find it fortifying if not filling and it quenches your thirst and sates your stomach some. It also helps replenish much needed fluids since you're bleeding still.

You decide that that is your first order of business and carefully pull out the rope reed rope from your backpack. You wince as you drag your arms across the rough sand floor, but get yourself in a position to do some work. (Heal check (mundane):6!-1 (unskilled)) You tie the rope tightly around your legs and soon they begin to go numb but the bleeding slows. You use the rope and the scepter to splint your leg, despite it not being broken. You reason that immobilizing it will hopefully help the wounds from opening so much and slow blood flow as well. You've successfully managed to reduce blood loss from your legs.

(Pain endurance:3!+1!) You manage to grit through the process.

(I'll point out here that everyone is wearing basic clothing. Shirt and pants and shoes (sandals for monks, no socks) and Dwareet'ik is wearing a loin-cloth. So you do have something you could use to staunch your wounds but it would require you to become 'naked'. I'll leave it to you whether you want to do that.)

(Action:3!) You manage to barely drag yourself out of the hallway, and away from the corpses into the trade hall again. The lantern is still on but the fire is fully out. No embers remain as you had only used brush instead of actual wood. The sand is still warm.

(Pain endurance:1!) You black out.

You are weak, you are faint, you are severely wounded, you are bleeding somewhat, you are hungry, you are unconcious. You gain +2 Healing (mundane) exp.

(Recovery roll:3!) Your condition remains stable, but only barely. Further blood loss will make things more difficult.

Dwarmin-

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(Observation check:5!+1,1!) You quickly stride forward to the strange stone square in the middle of the room and rap on it lightly with your staff. You tap your way around the entire structure and conclude that it must be hollow. The walls seem quite thick but you're pretty sure that there is something in the middle of it. It is smoothed stone and you observe no decorations at all on it and are about to leave when you notice that two sections of the wall, facing the exit are not native stone but instead appear to be expertly constructed in place. In fact you have to get within inches of it for you to be able to make out the outline of the blocks themselves. You tap and pry and search for some time looking for a way in but find none.

Instead you decide to head down the ramp. The stone here is likewise smoothed but still rough enough to provide decent footing as you descend, near as you can tell, in a spiral around that stone square above you. As you hit flat ground again you see ahead of you a faint light in what appears to be a largish room. Before getting there you stop in your tracks. You can make out in the light the faint glint of metal from the floor and observe a several inches thick slab ahead of you. You surmise that this is likely a lowered door or gate, in front of which appears to be a retractible stone bridge of some sort. Before that again you notice several small sections of stone that have minute slits in them and you immeadiately suspect a trap. (+1 bonus to rolls involving said trap)

(+1 observation exp., knowledge of trap)

(Recovery roll:5! Your leg continues to improve and you think you could probably remove the bandage now. )

[Anti-Paragon]

Yay!
Well, kinda.
I take a moment to examine my surroundings. The door, perhaps any detailing on the walls. Dwarves leave their history everywhere after all. As usual, check for traps and proceed towards the exit, keeping a sharp eye for any sudden movement. I doubt the high flying bird is the only thing around.

[Dwarmin]

Go slowly, looking for a clear path through the traps. If I identify a trapped panel, make a semi-random symbol adjacent to it by scratching the stone using my knife. Make some more random scratches that are meant to confuse, or lead a enemy directly into a trap. I would like to mark a path through the traps in the future, that only I can use easily. Carve the symbols that equate to safety into my staff, so I don't have to remember them. This should all be done in a way only a kobold's mind would understand.

/end deviousness

Then move forward of course-if I see anyone in the lighted room, don't enter yet. Otherwise I continue.

[Mr.Person]

Guess I'm just going to have to rest and relax.

Oh wait, use my clothes to staunch the wound. Nudity is Xom approved!

[major_sephiroth]

Head in and loot anything of value.

[Paulus Fahlstrom]

Day 2, Turn 9:Weedo su (3!,5!), Sephiroth (3!,3!), Mr. Person (6!,4!), Dwarmin (6!,3!); New order:Mr. Person, Dwarmin, Weedo su, Sephiroth

Mr. Person-

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(Pain endurance:6!,6!) (+1 bonus to next Pain endurance roll) You awake again, managing to pull yourself out of your hazy stupor. You feel like crap and your mouth tastes ... gritty. Perhaps it's the sand  sticking to the blood on your face. Well, who knows how long you've been out. You're still feeling quite faint and weak. You take a while to rest and relax and observe your surroundings. (Observation check:2!-1) You think you heard noises but you're heads not very clear at the moment so you could be mistaken. Little black spots dance across your vision from time to time.

You're still lying down as that's the most comfortable position but you figure you'd better do something about your worst bleeding now, which is coming from your chest wounds. You're still bleeding from a half dozen other places but that's the worst and instinctively you realize that if you don't do something here soon you'll no longer be able to stay concious for any length of time. (Heal check:6!-1) You rip off your pants and carefully remove the tatters of your shirt and use your shirt as a bandage of sorts, tying it in position with your pants, which are likewise very damaged. Hey, it's not like anyone from back home can see you now. Ok, granted your mother wouldn't be very proud of you in that condition but she'd understand the whole 'not dying' thing. It seems to work but hurts really badly.

(Pain endurance:3!) You barely manage to fight off the waves of pain and continue to rest and relax some.

(Pain endurance:1!-1) After about ten more minutes or so you roll over to find a more comfortable position and a lancing pain shoots through you and darkness overcomes you.

(Bleeding in chest wound down to lt. bleeding. You are unconcious and in bad shape. Pretty much like last time, but not bleeding as heavily. +2 to Healing (mundane) exp.)

(Recovery roll:2!) (Luck:3!-2) You are unconcious and unaware of what is happening to your body.

Dwarmin-

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(Observation check:4!+1) You carefully examine the area in front of you and spot the series of stone that look like they might shift if stepped upon. (Action:4!+1) You carefully mark out a safe path through the weapon trap on the floor using your striker to scratch miniscule markings on the ground and then go back and add different ones laying out a fake path or three. If people follow your markings they'll only have a 1 in 4 chance of taking the correct path. On your staff you mark the correct symbol that will take you through it on the safe path. You should have little difficulty passing through here again.

You confidently move on through the weapon trap now. (Observation check:2!+1) (Action:3!) An inkling in the back of your mind warns you of danger and as you realize that you feel the floor drop out from beneath you. (STR:4!-1) You barely manage to catch yourself in time on the far lip of the  trap. Beneath you you hear a click as metal bars fall into place, sealing the cage. You hang on for dear life and a short while later you can hear a faint rumbling sound as the hatch begins closing again. (Action:3!-1+1 (STR)) You're lucky that it helps lift you as you doubt you'd be able to pull yourself up again. Soon you're lying on the floor panting heavily. At least you know they're there and should be able to walk on the narrow stretch of stone between traps now and avoid them in the future.

You carefully cross the bridge and gate and stand now before the entrance to a large room, almost overgrown with mushrooms, fungi and debris. A light source is providing light on the far side of a large mound of rubble, but you can't see what it's coming from.

(+2 Observation exp., +2 Traps and Snares exp., You can bypass this set of traps easily in the future. (No rolls needed))

(Recovery roll:4!+1) Your leg already feels much better than it used to.

Weedo su-

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(Observation check:3!+1) As soon as you enter the gates you look around on the walls for engravings. You find a stone on the south side that is lightly engraved. The surface has worn away somewhat but it's still fairly legible. The first set of instructions is in, apparently, dwarvish, and you can understand nothing of it. But there is, strangely enough, a set of instructions in an archaic tribal tongue of your people. Why they would include it but not have instructions in the common tongue is beyond you. (Decipher script:4!) You try to make out what it means and though it's a very old form of language you manage to make out that it contains instructions for human merchants that used to pass by here. Apparently there are two 'sets' of traps between here and the Trade Depot. Merchants can deactivate the weapon traps temporarily by pressing the twelfth stone in and fourth high. A similar stone on the outside will let them back out. The cage traps were designed so that if wagons entered the wheel spacings would occur on solid ground and so that animal in harnesses wouldn't trigger them.

An ingenious technique to be sure. You look up and realize that the hallway is literally only barely large enough to fit a wagon in so there is little room for tolerance. You enter and find the mentioned stone, pushing it. You see it depress about six inches, and hear a click, before it springs back out. You quickly follow the other directions and have no trouble getting through to the other side. You stand within the fortress. A large structure peeks over the trees ahead of you and it's to there that the overgrown road leads. A smaller structure can be seen off to the north.

(You discovered a safe way in and out of the fortress entrances.)

Sephiroth-

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You enter the 'cave'. (Luck:6!,3!) (Observation check:1!) You're eager to see what treasures it may behold and ignore the carvings on the walls. It leads in a ways and you see signs of bones littering the floor. They appear to be kobold bones and seem to be heavily gnawed upon and otherwise damaged. That must mean there's treasure here otherwise kobolds wouldn't have come!
(Gotta love the flawed logic from failed observation checks)

You move on slowly, keeping an eye out for things. It gets dark as you move further in and your visiblity is lessened. A large object is blocking the path ahead of you and as you get closer you finally realize that it reeks. Badly. (Stealth:1!+1) (Detection:2!) A very large zombie Cave bear turns towards you, as if sensing something funny but seems unable to be able to locate you. You freeze in place. The cave goes deeper but you'd have to move right next to the bear if you wanted to keep going in further.

(You feel lucky! Congratulations you've found a Cave bear skull and set of bones... still attached to the undead creature. I'll need your actions.)

[Dwarmin]

Mmm mushrooms and debris!

First, sneak up on the light source-be prepared to defend myself in case it's Goblins or whatever lol If it's not a threat, then do the following.

I'd like to do a herbalism search for cave wheat, plump helmets and sweet pods.

If I find plump helmets, eat the tastiest looking one right off, but save everything else after that.

Then search through the debris for anything useful-particularly tools, cloth, and a bowl. And treasure. Don't forget that.

Otherwise, attempt to avoid detection while observing whatever it is.

EDIT:Remove the bandage when I get the chance and inspect my wound. Keep the bandage with me, I guess it can be cleaned and re-used in the future.

[Anti-Paragon]

Hrm, I don't like taking the easy way, since it doesn't give me EXP, but it's better than getting hurt. Ah well.

The biggest building is probably the fortress proper. I think I'll walk there first.
After getting a good look at my surroundings first. Also, skies! Watch that birdy!

[major_sephiroth]

Attempt to kick it in the FACE.

[Mr.Person]

Listen and look around hard. Also, put the lantern out if it's on. No need to burn fuel if I'm going to be blacking out all the time. Healing, healing, healing.

[Paulus Fahlstrom]

Day 2, Turn 10: Order: Mr. Person (4!), Dwarmin (3!,4!), Weedo su (3!,5!), Sephiroth (2!); New order:Mr. Person, Weedo su, Dwarmin, Sephiroth

Mr. Person-

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(Pain endurance:5!-1) You wake up again, almost surprised. You still hurt all over and it seems like your leg wound has opened again and is bleeding more freely. You feel very faint and looking at your hand you see that your skin is pale. (Observation check:6!-1) You see nothing different as you look around and hear nothing out of the ordinary. (Stealth Dwarmin:6!+1,1!+1) You're surrounded by plants and mushrooms. Your lantern still glows brightly. You decide to try and shut it off again. (Action:3!) You try moving towards it and get most of the way there before collapsing again, exhausted.

(Pain endurance:4!-1) You groggily manage to stay awake but spots dance in front of your vision and you shut your eyes and just rest. It feels good to rest. To have your eyes closed and you begin to feel a little cold.

You just lie there and rest.

(Recovery roll:5!) Perhaps resting helped some. (You're lucky. One more bad recovery roll and you'd have been toast. Though you still might be.)

Weedo su-

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(Observation check:1!) You stroll down the road without a care in the world. The birds sing and the afternoon sun is behind you now as you stroll through the marshy terrain. It's almost pleasant. Only the ominously skull-shaped building in front of you seems discordant.

(Random encounter:6!,2!) As you walk along you startle a group of birds apparently nesting in the tall grass next to a small pond. They take to the air in fright and one of them leaves you a little... present. (Dodge:3!) You manage to avoid the worst of it but a little of the white acrid smelling stuff lands on your sleeve. You decide to wipe it off in the grass and proceed down the path.

You're getting close to the building. You should be able to see it as you come out of the swamp here in a little bit.

Dwarmin-

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(Stealth check:6!+1,1!+1) You move silently towards the light source, doing your best to be quiet. The floor goes from stone to hard-packed sand which actually makes your job a little easier. (Observation check (Search):3!+1) You see a human lying on the ground. He's not moving and his eyes are closed. He is breathing however, and is mostly naked. He's very badly wounded and it looks like he's tried to patch himself up. There is a smear of blood on the ground behind him leading into a small hallway. You can't see in it from your position.

You watch him for a bit but he doesn't seem to stir much. He's obviously concious but in bad shape. You remain where you are and avoid detection observing him for some time. You are careful to note what he is carrying. (You see everything in his inventory that's not in the backpack) While you're watching him you decide to quietly unwrap your bandage to see how your leg is doing and are quite surprised to find that a dark reddish-green skin has already started covering your wounds. You should no longer need it on your leg. It feels almost as good as new.

The human appears quite helpless. You recognize him as the one that tried to push you into the traps near the entrance.

(+1 exp. to stealth)
Recovery roll:2! Removing the bandage was perhaps a little premature as the skin is tender but it should be fine.

Sephiroth-

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You decide to get the jump on it before it get's the jump on you. (Stealth:2!+2)(Detection:4!) It continues to look out just to your fight as you launch yourself at it with amazing speed. (Attack:4!) (Dodge:4!-1) (Location:Head)(Damage:3!*2 (Surprise attack)) It seems to turn towards you and you strike it in the head with your foot. It was a good blow, and one that would have stunned almost any creature. Any living creature you correct yourself. Even dead and mostly rotted away the thing still outweighs you by several hundred stones.

You flick out your dagger and strike at it quickly. (Attack:1!) (Attack:4!) (Dodge:4!-1) (Location:2!)(Damage:4!/2) You strike it in the front leg, cutting through the rotting flesh but it barely seems to feel it. It claws at you. (Attack:1!) But misses badly.

You swipe at it again as you try to avoid it's massive blows. (Attack:2!) (Attack:2!) But miss as well.

It swats at you. (Attack:6!,2!) (Dodge:5!) (Location:5!) (Damage:6!+3) The action catches you in your right arm though you almost managed to dodge it. The massive blow knocks you down and mangles your arm, undead claws tearing into your flesh. You feel like your arm is dislocated and broken. Your dagger drops to the floor next to you.

You stand and try to flee. The bear tries to grapple you.

(Attack:2!) But misses as you dodge it's blow dancing out of the way. You are in severe pain and think your arm is broken. It is hanging limp at your side. The bear shuffles towards you but you're much faster than it is and can easily outdistance it. Your dagger remains in the cave behind the bear.

(You are wounded, you are bleeding, you are weaponless. +1 unarmed combat exp., +1 dagger exp., +2 Dodge exp, +2 stealth attack exp.)

[Mr.Person]

Ok umm... more resting, I guess. Try and get that dang lantern put out. Have some more soup, too. If I feel nearly dead, call forth Xom and just see what he does. And laugh, if it's funny.

[Dwarmin]

Oh dang!

Now that i know it's not a threat (lol)

Do the actions I mentioned last turn

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I'd like to do a herbalism search for cave wheat, plump helmets and sweet pods.

If I find plump helmets, eat the tastiest looking one right off, but save everything else after that.

Then search through the debris for anything useful-particularly tools, cloth, and a bowl. And treasure. Don't forget that.

I could help you Mr. Person, or put you out of your misery and loot you. Got any better idea?

And welcome to the mangled limb club Sephiroth! Fighting a zombie bear with a knife? WTF?

[Mr.Person]

You do what you wanna do, don't worry about me.

[major_sephiroth]

RUN. AWAY. Preferably very quickly!