(1) Randall: ok, you just enetered the cave
(2) Shaorin: Narf's link
(1) Randall: you heard wailing voming from inside
(1) Randall: coming
(1) Randall: just inside the entrance it leads off in 3 directions
(1) Randall: listen checks
(4) Lae'nial: Listen Skill Check: [1d20+2] -> [2,2] = (4)
(2) Shaorin: Listen Skill Check: [1d20+2] -> [6,2] = (8)
** (4) Lae'nial wonders where his ears have gone **
(3) Chtkrilktha: Listen Skill Check: [1d20+2] -> [17,2] = (19)
(1) Randall: to the left and right the runnels lead off, while in front of you you can see an alcove
(4) Lae'nial: (Anything in the alcove?)
(3) Chtkrilktha: "The wailing seems to come from the right. Water flows to the left."
(1) Randall: the alcove contains some roick formations
(4) Lae'nial: "I will check out the cries."
(1) Randall: [1d20] -> [2] = (2)
(4) Lae'nial: (I continue)
(1) Randall: [1d20] -> [13] = (13)
** (3) Chtkrilktha follows the elf **
(4) Lae'nial: Lae'nial casts Invisibility Sphere ( level 3, "Makes everyone within 10 ft. invisible." )
(1) Randall: what are the rest of the group doing?
** (4) Lae'nial sneaks over and looks through the door. **
** (2) Shaorin is following Lae'nial **
(1) Randall: and cht?
** (3) Chtkrilktha points up to previous message **
(4) Lae'nial: (I hope nobody is following me while visible)
(1) Randall: OC: sorry didn't see follow
(3) Chtkrilktha: (followed you before you cast ;))
(1) Randall: an old troll guards the cave entance. Inside their is a massively bloated troll feeding on whole sheep. their bones cover the ground around it. nearby two babbies are crying.
(4) Lae'nial: (Lae'nial wonders about the priorities of trolls...)
(4) Lae'nial: (Not aloud)
(2) Shaorin: (troll babies?)
(1) Randall: yes, troll babies
** (4) Lae'nial goes back up the corridor to confer. **
(4) Lae'nial: (...)
(1) Randall: [1d20] -> [13] = (13)
(1) Randall: Move Silently Skill Check: [1d20+4] -> [20,4] = (24)
(3) Chtkrilktha: "Ah, the source of the troubles."
(4) Lae'nial: Listen Skill Check: [1d20+2] -> [8,2] = (10)
(1) Randall: OC: sorry was about to mention, you are listening for your own move silently check
(4) Lae'nial: (Ah, thanks.)
(4) Lae'nial: "It seems the trolls in these caves are strangely devoted to the fat one."
(1) Randall: the obese troll is clearly female
(2) Shaorin: (ok, question about the nature of alignment in this world: are creatures such as trolls inherently evil, or just raised that way?)
(2) Shaorin: (i.e. would a truly good character have problems with killing troll babies?)
(4) Lae'nial: (Or both? Humans are both inherently evil and inherently good.)
(4) Lae'nial: (Most humans)
(3) Chtkrilktha: "We have come here to complete a task. Let us complete it."
(1) Randall: Do you have some way to determine alignment?
(4) Lae'nial: "I see before us a question of a task."
(2) Shaorin: (no, this is more of a general question)
(1) Randall: so where exactly does aeveryone stand?
(4) Lae'nial: (Lae'nial would feel most comfortable dropping the troll babies off with another set of trolls (Anonymously), then moving on)
(4) Lae'nial: (So would I)
(2) Shaorin: (If it is well known that most monstrous races such as this are irreconcilably evil, then I'd have no problem with a simple kill-everything approach. Otherwise, I pretty much have to advocate trying to disarm/capture them and come up with a resolution that wouldn't harm the babies)
(1) Randall: what I mean exactly is where are you standing
(4) Lae'nial: (Lol)
(4) Lae'nial: (Let me grab a mini)
(3) Chtkrilktha: (are these images loading for you guys?)
(1) Randall: well the wizard is a bit large
(4) Lae'nial: (Not exact, but a close enough picture)
(4) Lae'nial: (Uh...We seem to be spreading...)
(1) Randall: [1d20] -> [15] = (15)
(4) Lae'nial: Dex check: [1d20+4] -> [12,4] = (16)
(1) Randall: the old troll is coming up the tunnel
** (3) Chtkrilktha readies gythka **
(4) Lae'nial: (Lae'nial moves back - Provided we're not in combat time)
(3) Chtkrilktha: (didnt we end a session witth a troll at sword point? or did I miss the resolution of that?)
(2) Shaorin: (he was unconscious)
(3) Chtkrilktha: (right, but we never did anything with that that I can remember)
(1) Randall: OC: oops, forgot it was just unconscious
(1) Randall: CO: thought it was dead
(1) Randall: so what does everyone do
(1) Randall: ?
(4) Lae'nial: (Has combat started?)
(1) Randall: no not yet
(4) Lae'nial: (Then Lae'nial waits to see what happens)
(4) Lae'nial: (The back of this chair is now totally wrecked)
** (2) Shaorin waits quietly, ready to conjure up some Grease at a moment's notice **
(1) Randall: [1d20] -> [14] = (14)
(1) Randall: the troll come around the corner and see yous.
(1) Randall: initiative
(4) Lae'nial: Dex check: [1d20+4] -> [7,4] = (11)
(1) Randall: [1d20] -> [9] = (9)
(2) Shaorin: Dex check: [1d20+2] -> [2,2] = (4)
(3) Chtkrilktha: Dex check: [1d20+6] -> [12,6] = (18)
(1) Randall: cht goes first
** (3) Chtkrilktha strikes to subdue **
(3) Chtkrilktha: Gythka (MW), double wield Attack Roll: [1d20+6] -> [20,6] = (26)===> DMG: [1d8+4] -> [6,4] = (10)
(3) Chtkrilktha: crit check (if applicable):
(3) Chtkrilktha: Gythka (MW), double wield Attack Roll: [1d20+6] -> [20,6] = (26)===> DMG: [1d8+4] -> [4,4] = (8)
(1) Randall: oh com eon
(4) Lae'nial: ( :D )
(4) Lae'nial: (Does he get to roll again?)
(3) Chtkrilktha: (dear xintis!)
(2) Shaorin: (so, do we have a 3 20's=instant death (or instant knockout, in this case) house rule for this game? :D)
(4) Lae'nial: (It's not really that special. Technically, any 2d20 roll is a 1/400 chance. :D )
(2) Shaorin: (which is why the common house rule for instant death requires 3 rolls)
(2) Shaorin: (only 1/8000 chance)
(1) Randall: can't find anything disallowing criticals so I guess you got one. question is what the multiplier if one is
(3) Chtkrilktha: x2
(1) Randall: well 20 then.
(1) Randall: ok then, laenials turn
(4) Lae'nial: (Is it asleep?)
(1) Randall: nope
(4) Lae'nial: Lae'nial casts Color Spray ( level 1, "Knocks unconscious, blinds, or stuns 1d6 weak creatures." )
(4) Lae'nial: (At it's probable HD, stunned for one round)
(4) Lae'nial: (According to 3.5 rules)
(4) Lae'nial: (5 or more HD, stunned for one round)
(1) Randall: [1d4] -> [4] = (4)
(1) Randall: the troll is blinded and stunned
(2) Shaorin: (it gets a saving throw)
(2) Shaorin: (will negates)
(4) Lae'nial: (Oh yeah. Will)
(1) Randall: [1d20+2] -> [7,2] = (9)
(2) Shaorin: (never mind, then)
(4) Lae'nial: (What would be Lae'nials' spell DC?)
(2) Shaorin: (10+int mod+spell level+any other bonuses (spell focus, etc.))
(1) Randall: probbaly more than 9 i would guess
(2) Shaorin: (15, probably)
(1) Randall: ok then, the troll is blinded and stunned
(4) Lae'nial: (Yep, 15)
** (2) Shaorin thinks the troll isn't going to get the opportunity to fight back before it's disabled **
(4) Lae'nial: (Wierd switch, going from this game to the other. I mean, Lae'nial's level 5, Eldon Quickfoot is level 17...)
(1) Randall: the troll swipes at cht
(1) Randall: 50+misses
(1) Randall: [1d100+2] -> [100,2] = (102)
(2) Shaorin: (uh, stunned=no actions)
(1) Randall: sorry, yep. I missed that, just saw the -2 AC
(2) Shaorin: (we have 5 rounds to knock it unconscious before it gets to do anything)
(1) Randall: well then the troll stands there blinded
(1) Randall: shaorins turn
** (2) Shaorin tries to whack it upside the head with his quarterstaff **
(2) Shaorin: Quarterstaff Attack Roll: [1d20+1] -> [19,1] = (20)===> DMG: [1d6+1-1] -> [5,1,-1] = (5)
(2) Shaorin: (-4 for subdual)
(1) Randall: but it also gets -4 for being stuinned and blins and loses dex bonus. you strike it
(1) Randall: next turn
(1) Randall: don't bother with init, same as before
** (3) Chtkrilktha doesnt comprehend how one could miss a stunned creature in the first place. :) **
(2) Shaorin: (stunned != helpless)
(1) Randall: well stunned just means -2 ac, plus no actions
(4) Lae'nial: (Basically, it's like in city of heroes - Can't attack, can still stagger around)
(1) Randall: chts turn
(2) Shaorin: (3.0 Mind Blast was insanely overpowered with 3d4 rounds of stun on anything that failed the save)
(2) Shaorin: (anyway, unleash the four-armed full attack...)
** (3) Chtkrilktha continues subdual efforts **
(3) Chtkrilktha: Gythka (MW), double wield Attack Roll: [1d20+6] -> [18,6] = (24)===> DMG: [1d8+4] -> [6,4] = (10)
(3) Chtkrilktha: Gythka (MW), double wield Attack Roll: [1d20+6] -> [5,6] = (11)===> DMG: [1d8+4] -> [2,4] = (6)
(3) Chtkrilktha: Gythka (MW), double wield Attack Roll: [1d20+6] -> [16,6] = (22)===> DMG: [1d8+4] -> [3,4] = (7)
(3) Chtkrilktha: Gythka (MW), double wield Attack Roll: [1d20+6] -> [9,6] = (15)===> DMG: [1d8+4] -> [1,4] = (5)
(1) Randall: you hit it upside the head and knock it out
(3) Chtkrilktha: "Do we leave him on the ground like the last one?"
(2) Shaorin: For the moment, unless you have a better idea
(3) Chtkrilktha: "Letting blood flow is always effective."
(4) Lae'nial: "But sometimes excessive."
(2) Shaorin: I would prefer to avoid bloodshed if reasonably possible
(1) Randall: what do you so next?
(1) Randall: do
(1) Randall: OC: are we going to finish on time, or is it ok to go on abit longer?
(4) Lae'nial: (I can extend)
(3) Chtkrilktha: "What do you propose to do with these creatures when they regain consciosness?"
(4) Lae'nial: "They were stealing sheep to feed the fat one. Once the fat one is dead, they will no longer steal sheep."
(2) Shaorin: Fat, or pregnant?
(4) Lae'nial: "I am doubtfull we will be able to argue."
(3) Chtkrilktha: "or they will become enraged and seek bloody vengeance."
(4) Lae'nial: "True. We could simply leave."
(3) Chtkrilktha: "If we have not already driven them to that point."
(3) Chtkrilktha: "Leave the weak villagers to their fate? I like your thinking."
(2) Shaorin: I would like to hear exactly why they went to such effort to feed one of their number so much before doing anything so final as killing them all.
(4) Lae'nial: "The villagers greatly outnumber the trolls - And I came from a village. They are not defenceless, if they but consider their options."
(4) Lae'nial: "That would seem best."
(3) Chtkrilktha: "Perhaps we can use the babies to pacify the fat one without having to risk injury."
(4) Lae'nial: "I would perfer not to threaten babies."
(3) Chtkrilktha: "Surely even beasts like this have a maternal instinct"
(4) Lae'nial: "That has not been very apparent - But what is your idea?"
(3) Chtkrilktha: "Threatening bodily harm to the babies if she charges."
(4) Lae'nial: "That is something I would perfer not to do - And which might induce her to loose her reason if she does indeed posses a maternal instinct."
(1) Randall: [1d100+0] -> [93,0] = (93)
(4) Lae'nial: "Let us first attempt to negotiate. Threats can always be left for later."
(4) Lae'nial: "...Does anyone speak troll?"
(1) Randall: you remember that one of the trolls spoke common when it threatened revenge
(4) Lae'nial: (So...We going to go in there and try to talk?)
(3) Chtkrilktha: (*pokes douglas*)
(2) Shaorin: (douglas is tired)
(1) Randall: OC: how much longer do you have left? it could take awhile
(1) Randall: OC: let me propose this. Douglas is tired, and I'll be honest confronting the Rakka will take awhile. we could eprhaps finish it off next time and then go back and start next mission.
(4) Lae'nial: (Ok with me.)
(2) Shaorin: ok
(1) Randall: ok then