13/Sep/2009 [19:24:22] <@Antimerus> Boom!
13/Sep/2009 [19:24:45] <@Antimerus> Where did Diebot's opness go?
13/Sep/2009 [19:25:30] <@aetherspoon> probably from the netsplit awhile back.
13/Sep/2009 [19:25:44] <@aetherspoon> yep.
13/Sep/2009 [19:25:51] * Quits: Diebot (~Diebot@12b24a3f.33f0f94f.wi.charter.com) (Quit: )
13/Sep/2009 [19:26:03] * Joins: Diebot (~Diebot@12b24a3f.33f0f94f.wi.charter.com)
13/Sep/2009 [19:26:03] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao Diebot Diebot
13/Sep/2009 [19:26:21] * Antimerus sets mode: +v Liv_away
13/Sep/2009 [19:27:11] * @aetherspoon pokes people
13/Sep/2009 [19:27:16] <+Liv_away> I'm here.
13/Sep/2009 [19:27:33] <@Antimerus> I be here as well
13/Sep/2009 [19:27:41] * Antimerus is now known as Alen
13/Sep/2009 [19:27:47] * Ragnhild is now known as Danica
13/Sep/2009 [19:28:15] <@aetherspoon> Lisa, would you mind nickchanging to Livak instead of Liv_away?  :P
13/Sep/2009 [19:28:24] * Liv_away is now known as Livak
13/Sep/2009 [19:29:29] <@Alen> We were last in some catecombs and we just defeated some zombies and a werewolf.
13/Sep/2009 [19:29:35] * aetherspoon is now known as Evil_EM
13/Sep/2009 [19:29:46] <%Danica> And we need to rest.
13/Sep/2009 [19:30:33] * %Danica will need to meditate for one hour and six minutes to regain all her EP..
13/Sep/2009 [19:30:35] <@Evil_EM> right, so what are you all doing?
13/Sep/2009 [19:30:41] <%Danica> should I just drink some ether?
13/Sep/2009 [19:30:55] <@Alen> "Well that was strange."
13/Sep/2009 [19:30:57] <+Livak> I will rest as well.
13/Sep/2009 [19:31:06] <+Livak> "To say the least."
13/Sep/2009 [19:31:20] * @Alen looks around this room to see if there is anything of interest in here now that the baddies are gone.
13/Sep/2009 [19:31:54] <%Danica> and by the way, what was that object you claimed I bent down to pick up when I was auto-missed in that combat last session? :P
13/Sep/2009 [19:32:02] <@Evil_EM> still trying to find my notes.
13/Sep/2009 [19:33:40] <@Evil_EM> and totally not finding them.
13/Sep/2009 [19:33:51] <@Evil_EM> so, time to make it up.
13/Sep/2009 [19:34:29] <@Evil_EM> the contents of this room primarily include the remains of an altar, worn away by the sands of time.
13/Sep/2009 [19:34:45] <@Evil_EM> there are some areas that are probably seating all around the inner square altar area.
13/Sep/2009 [19:35:01] * @Alen examines the alter
13/Sep/2009 [19:35:10] <@Evil_EM> Danica, you happened across a metal.  Unusual not only for its shinyness, but also because it isn't worn.
13/Sep/2009 [19:35:32] <@Evil_EM> (metal as in a pin, not just a hunk of ore)
13/Sep/2009 [19:35:42] <@Evil_EM> Alen: observation?
13/Sep/2009 [19:35:51] <@Alen> !roll d20+67
13/Sep/2009 [19:35:51] * !Diebot sees that Alen rolled 85 [18].
13/Sep/2009 [19:35:55] <@Alen> with weak support now
13/Sep/2009 [19:36:34] <%Danica> does it have a symbol on it? Or do you mean pin as in just a needle?
13/Sep/2009 [19:36:42] <@Evil_EM> while quite obviously worn, you do come across some markings that probably bear significance, but you know nothing about the religion.
13/Sep/2009 [19:36:45] <@Evil_EM> former.
13/Sep/2009 [19:36:58] <@Evil_EM> the symbol seems to be...  roll religion lore.
13/Sep/2009 [19:37:12] <%Danica> !roll d20+34
13/Sep/2009 [19:37:13] * !Diebot sees that Danica rolled 44 [10].
13/Sep/2009 [19:37:49] <@Evil_EM> you aren't actually sure.
13/Sep/2009 [19:38:03] <@Evil_EM> you know that this isn't a very common symbol, and it seems familiar, but you can't put your finger on where.
13/Sep/2009 [19:38:11] <@Evil_EM> it isn't Ajoran or Faran though.
13/Sep/2009 [19:38:55] <%Danica> could it be that it actually isn't a religious symbol, but something else entirely?
13/Sep/2009 [19:39:01] <%Danica> Like a corporate logo or something?
13/Sep/2009 [19:39:15] <@Evil_EM> possible.
13/Sep/2009 [19:39:24] <@Evil_EM> but I don't believe you have any other lores that would help you in that matter.
13/Sep/2009 [19:39:34] <@Evil_EM> Liv, just resting?
13/Sep/2009 [19:39:41] <+Livak> Yeah.
13/Sep/2009 [19:39:52] <@Alen> "There be some markings on this hunk of stone over here.  Nothing I've laid eyes on before."
13/Sep/2009 [19:40:16] * +Livak perks up at the mention of markings and goes to see what Alen is talking about.
13/Sep/2009 [19:40:18] * %Danica will also rest. For a while, at least.
13/Sep/2009 [19:40:58] <@Evil_EM> Liv, do you have any skills that might assist in identifying markings?
13/Sep/2009 [19:41:11] <+Livak> I have knowledge world history and mythology.
13/Sep/2009 [19:41:42] <@Evil_EM> roll the latter.
13/Sep/2009 [19:41:52] <+Livak> !roll d20+30
13/Sep/2009 [19:41:52] * !Diebot sees that Livak rolled 35 [5].
13/Sep/2009 [19:42:51] <@Evil_EM> the markings seem to be a part of a drawing of some type, probably of a fable.
13/Sep/2009 [19:43:09] <@Evil_EM> but too much of it has worn away for you to be able to tell of what.
13/Sep/2009 [19:43:40] <@Alen> Hmmm
13/Sep/2009 [19:43:49] <@Alen> Any other exits to this room other than the way we came in?
13/Sep/2009 [19:43:56] <@Evil_EM> to outside.
13/Sep/2009 [19:43:58] <@Evil_EM> that's it.
13/Sep/2009 [19:44:20] <+Livak> "These marking, I believe, we once part of a larger drawing. They might have told the history of the people who were here before but to much has been lost to time for me to make out what it once was."
13/Sep/2009 [19:45:04] <@Alen> I can't recall the layout of what we've seen inside here.  Are there places inside we haven't looked yet?
13/Sep/2009 [19:45:22] <+Livak> There is a second doorway in the hall that we havne't investigated yet.
13/Sep/2009 [19:45:34] <@Evil_EM> that also goes into this room.
13/Sep/2009 [19:45:44] <@Evil_EM> so no other obvious areas.
13/Sep/2009 [19:45:45] <+Livak> oh. nm.
13/Sep/2009 [19:46:23] <@Alen> Then if the two energy depleted characters want to meditate for a bit Alen will continue looking around for secret doors or anything else of genernal intrest.
13/Sep/2009 [19:46:44] <@Alen> I won't be looking just in this room but also in the places we've already been.
13/Sep/2009 [19:47:06] <@Alen> I'll draw up a map of the place to scale and see what it looks like as well.
13/Sep/2009 [19:47:19] <@Alen> *to scale just meaning that I'll make the map accurate I mean
13/Sep/2009 [19:47:42] <@Evil_EM> heh, it'd be funny if you made one in a 1::1 scale.
13/Sep/2009 [19:47:52] <@Evil_EM> most useless map evar!
13/Sep/2009 [19:47:55] <@Alen> heh
13/Sep/2009 [19:48:12] <@Evil_EM> anyway, you meditate/draw.
13/Sep/2009 [19:48:21] <@Alen> and look around
13/Sep/2009 [19:48:32] <@Alen> to make it accurate I need to walk around and look
13/Sep/2009 [19:48:33] <@Evil_EM> Alen:  this would be an awfully strangely shaped temple if there weren't a secret door somewhere.
13/Sep/2009 [19:48:43] <@Alen> thought that might be the case
13/Sep/2009 [19:49:00] <@Evil_EM> nothing super obvious like, "What's this blank spot here?" though.
13/Sep/2009 [19:49:02] <@Alen> can I narrow down what places could possibly hold a secret door with the layout in hand.
13/Sep/2009 [19:49:19] <@Alen> by eliminating places that couldn't possibly have one
13/Sep/2009 [19:49:48] <@Evil_EM> you've got it narrowed to five walls in the temple.  One in this room, one in the area you came in, and three in the quarters area.
13/Sep/2009 [19:50:18] <@Alen> By this time has it been about an hour or so?  So that much EP might have been recovered?
13/Sep/2009 [19:50:32] <@Evil_EM> that will have taken around an hour and a half.
13/Sep/2009 [19:50:44] * @Alen goes back to where they were resting
13/Sep/2009 [19:50:45] <+Livak> I'm good.
13/Sep/2009 [19:50:47] <%Danica> ok, then I'm all recovered and can join in searching.
13/Sep/2009 [19:50:51] <@Alen> "Are ye both prepared now?"
13/Sep/2009 [19:51:00] * %Danica nods.
13/Sep/2009 [19:51:00] * @Alen shows them the map of the temple he created.
13/Sep/2009 [19:51:02] <+Livak> "Yes. I feel much better now."
13/Sep/2009 [19:51:14] <@Alen> "This place most likely has a secret area somewhere."
13/Sep/2009 [19:51:22] <@Alen> "And these are the places it might be based on the layout."
13/Sep/2009 [19:51:31] <+Livak> "Very nice. A girl could get spoiled with such a handy person around."
13/Sep/2009 [19:51:41] * @Alen winks
13/Sep/2009 [19:52:10] <@Alen> "We should check each one.  Not knowing what might be behind such a door I didn't want to find it alone."
13/Sep/2009 [19:52:12] <+Livak> "How bout each of us takes a spot and searches it for a opening or door?"
13/Sep/2009 [19:52:27] <@Alen> "I suggest we all go together and search each place in turn."
13/Sep/2009 [19:52:33] <+Livak> "Ok."
13/Sep/2009 [19:52:47] <+Livak> "Why don't we try for the one in here first?"
13/Sep/2009 [19:52:49] <%Danica> "It's more likely to be in an area not open to the public. It would not be good if a visitor found it by accident."
13/Sep/2009 [19:53:20] <@Alen> "You could have a point, but not everything here will always make sense I'm thinking."
13/Sep/2009 [19:53:30] <+Livak> "I would assume that would depend on the arrogance of the builder. He or she might have thought that they hidden it so well that no one would ever find it."
13/Sep/2009 [19:54:10] <@Alen> so we search the wall in here then we search each other one I think it could be in the location order of how close they are to us.
13/Sep/2009 [19:54:15] <@Evil_EM> all right.
13/Sep/2009 [19:54:17] <@Alen> observation check time?
13/Sep/2009 [19:54:20] <@Evil_EM> who has the best Observation skill?
13/Sep/2009 [19:54:27] <@Evil_EM> we'll do it that way, with the other two giving a supporting bonus.
13/Sep/2009 [19:54:28] <+Livak> I have +46 weak
13/Sep/2009 [19:54:29] <@Alen> I have d20+67 with weak support
13/Sep/2009 [19:54:40] <%Danica> +44 with moderate support.
13/Sep/2009 [19:55:30] <@Evil_EM> all right, so Alen, roll with a +9 bonus.
13/Sep/2009 [19:55:50] <@Alen> !roll d20+76
13/Sep/2009 [19:55:50] * !Diebot sees that Alen rolled 89 [13].
13/Sep/2009 [19:56:12] <@Evil_EM> so by "the other one", you mean by the entrance you came in from?
13/Sep/2009 [19:56:40] <@Alen> You've lost me now
13/Sep/2009 [19:56:53] <+Livak> search order of the spots.
13/Sep/2009 [19:56:55] <@Evil_EM> [12:54:27@13] <Alen> so we search the wall in here then we search each other one I think it could be in the location order of how close they are to us.
13/Sep/2009 [19:57:05] <@Evil_EM> you said "the other" when there were five walls to check.
13/Sep/2009 [19:57:08] <@Alen> Weren't there more than 2 places I thought it could be.
13/Sep/2009 [19:57:09] <@Evil_EM> hence why I was confused.
13/Sep/2009 [19:57:50] <@Alen> we are searching in the order of how close they are to us
13/Sep/2009 [19:57:50] <@Evil_EM> ahhh, I misread.
13/Sep/2009 [19:57:50] <@Evil_EM> got it.
13/Sep/2009 [19:57:50] <@Evil_EM> so, you go back to the quarters area, search the wall, and you find a spot that HAS to be a secret door.  In fact, you find three.
13/Sep/2009 [19:57:55] <@Evil_EM> but you have no idea how to trigger it.
13/Sep/2009 [19:58:34] <@Alen> (to Livak) "Any ideas lass, you are the expert on ruins and tombs."
13/Sep/2009 [19:59:03] * +Livak studies the wall where the door should be. "Hmm..."
13/Sep/2009 [19:59:59] <+Livak> What is the wall made of again?
13/Sep/2009 [20:00:15] <+Livak> Is there anything near by where the first door is?
13/Sep/2009 [20:00:55] * %Danica goes to examine the altar more closely - the trigger *could* be that far away.
13/Sep/2009 [20:00:58] <@Evil_EM> the wall is made of stone, except for the "doors" that aren't.
13/Sep/2009 [20:01:15] <@Evil_EM> and near the first door?  Not much, just a bed.
13/Sep/2009 [20:01:16] <+Livak> What else is in this room again besides the burnt funiture.
13/Sep/2009 [20:01:24] <@Evil_EM> but that bed seems to be quite a bit more recent.
13/Sep/2009 [20:01:37] <@Alen> "We might as well check under this bed."
13/Sep/2009 [20:01:42] <@Evil_EM> Danica:  All right.  Roll Obs once more.
13/Sep/2009 [20:01:56] <%Danica> !roll d20+44
13/Sep/2009 [20:01:57] * !Diebot sees that Danica rolled 45 [1].
13/Sep/2009 [20:02:00] <%Danica> nope.
13/Sep/2009 [20:02:01] * +Livak helps Alen move the bed
13/Sep/2009 [20:02:03] <@Alen> thank you diebot
13/Sep/2009 [20:03:12] <@Evil_EM> Alen:  You see yet ANOTHER secret door under the bed.
13/Sep/2009 [20:03:17] <@Evil_EM> (as in trapdoor)
13/Sep/2009 [20:03:37] <@Evil_EM> Danica:  You see nothing, but that might have been due to the dust in your eyes.
13/Sep/2009 [20:03:40] <@Alen> is this one something we can open from this side?
13/Sep/2009 [20:05:10] <@Evil_EM> trying?
13/Sep/2009 [20:05:15] <@Evil_EM> at least this one looks openable.
13/Sep/2009 [20:05:21] <@Alen> Well, is there a handle or something?
13/Sep/2009 [20:05:35] <@Evil_EM> no, but it looks like someone has taken a knife to the edges to try and find a way to lift it.
13/Sep/2009 [20:05:52] <@Alen> Is this a stone slab of a trapdoor?
13/Sep/2009 [20:05:56] <@Evil_EM> yep.
13/Sep/2009 [20:06:11] <@Alen> then my 20 str probaby won't do it.
13/Sep/2009 [20:06:24] <@Alen> But... at least I have the ability to try with something better than a knife
13/Sep/2009 [20:06:29] * @Alen pulls out a crowbar
13/Sep/2009 [20:06:45] <@Evil_EM> by the way, what is your melee defense?
13/Sep/2009 [20:06:57] <@Alen> me?  am I caught totally unawares?
13/Sep/2009 [20:07:09] <@Evil_EM> I'm assuming you don't expect the trapdoor to attack you, so yes.
13/Sep/2009 [20:07:29] <@Alen> 25 then
13/Sep/2009 [20:07:36] <@Evil_EM> !secret d20
13/Sep/2009 [20:07:55] <@Evil_EM> you attempt to pry the trap door open and slip.
13/Sep/2009 [20:08:15] <@Evil_EM> immediately after you slip, the door catapults your crowbar up into the ceiling (spring-loaded trapdoor).
13/Sep/2009 [20:08:22] <@Evil_EM> (it missed you)
13/Sep/2009 [20:08:26] <@Alen> heh
13/Sep/2009 [20:08:36] <+Livak> is the door open now?
13/Sep/2009 [20:08:36] <@Alen> "Hmm I think this one may be more trap and less door."
13/Sep/2009 [20:08:46] <@Evil_EM> Danica, you hear this strange noise of metal being thrown against a stone wall at a very high speed.
13/Sep/2009 [20:08:52] <@Evil_EM> coming from where the other two are.
13/Sep/2009 [20:08:55] <@Evil_EM> maybe you opened the door!
13/Sep/2009 [20:09:01] <%Danica> yeah, I run over there and check it out.
13/Sep/2009 [20:09:23] <@Evil_EM> you see what can only be described as a stone trapdoor acting as a springboard and a crowbar embedded in the ceiling.
13/Sep/2009 [20:09:41] <@Evil_EM> Livak, you think Alen's assessment was right.  More trap, less door.
13/Sep/2009 [20:10:12] <+Livak> "I think you are right. We should concentrate on opening these doors instead. Danica did you find any triggers on the alter?"
13/Sep/2009 [20:10:54] <%Danica> "None. I guess that's just a cliche."
13/Sep/2009 [20:11:26] <+Livak> can I search the doors for traps?
13/Sep/2009 [20:11:34] <@Alen> "Hmmm maybe maybe not.  Places like these love cliche's.  We could all go back and check one last time together, then try something else if we don't find anything."
13/Sep/2009 [20:11:46] <@Evil_EM> Liv:  Yep, go ahead!
13/Sep/2009 [20:11:54] <+Livak> !roll d20+51
13/Sep/2009 [20:11:55] * !Diebot sees that Livak rolled 66 [15].
13/Sep/2009 [20:12:01] <@Alen> (Certified no traps!)
13/Sep/2009 [20:12:10] <@Evil_EM> Door #1 and Door #3 appear to be Trap Doors like what Alen found.
13/Sep/2009 [20:12:32] <@Evil_EM> in fact, Door #1 was really obvious now that you thought about it.
13/Sep/2009 [20:12:46] <@Evil_EM> there was remains of splatters on the opposite side of the wall.
13/Sep/2009 [20:13:02] <@Evil_EM> er... on the opposite side of the room's wall.
13/Sep/2009 [20:13:32] <+Livak> ok.
13/Sep/2009 [20:13:40] <+Livak> "Well I have some good news and some bad news. Doors number 1 and 3 are traps like one Alen discovered.  Door number 2 seems to be the only really secret door but I still have no clue how to open it."
13/Sep/2009 [20:13:55] <@Evil_EM> alen, checking the altar?
13/Sep/2009 [20:14:05] <@Alen> yep
13/Sep/2009 [20:14:10] <@Alen> !roll d20+67
13/Sep/2009 [20:14:10] * !Diebot sees that Alen rolled 71 [4].
13/Sep/2009 [20:14:17] <@Evil_EM> all right, you rolled higher than a 1!
13/Sep/2009 [20:14:21] <+Livak> "Let's check the alter because if it isn't there I'm betting it one of these stones we will have to push in."
13/Sep/2009 [20:14:33] <@Evil_EM> yes, you found a switch on the bottom.
13/Sep/2009 [20:14:47] <@Alen> "Ah here we are.  This may be it."
13/Sep/2009 [20:14:48] <@Evil_EM> Danica would have found it if she had rolled higher.
13/Sep/2009 [20:15:10] <+Livak> "I'll go back into the room to see what the switch does."
13/Sep/2009 [20:15:25] <@Alen> "Indeed, lass I don't want to stumble upon any more traps."
13/Sep/2009 [20:15:36] <@Alen> (I was going to go get Livak to look it over anyways.)
13/Sep/2009 [20:15:38] <@Evil_EM> flipping the switch?
13/Sep/2009 [20:15:43] <@Alen> not yet
13/Sep/2009 [20:15:53] <@Alen> Livak can search it to see if she can figure out what it does first
13/Sep/2009 [20:16:14] <+Livak> is that my traps search again?
13/Sep/2009 [20:16:23] <@Alen> Like is it a switch that dumps a pail of water on the head of the one who presses it.
13/Sep/2009 [20:16:33] <@Evil_EM> well, you can search the switch for traps.
13/Sep/2009 [20:16:40] <@Evil_EM> but if it isn't trapped, that won't tell you what it does.
13/Sep/2009 [20:16:41] <@Alen> it's the skill called traps?
13/Sep/2009 [20:16:47] <+Livak> ok I will do that
13/Sep/2009 [20:16:50] <+Livak> !roll d20+51
13/Sep/2009 [20:16:50] * !Diebot sees that Livak rolled 65 [14].
13/Sep/2009 [20:16:54] <@Evil_EM> not trapped.
13/Sep/2009 [20:17:18] <+Livak> "I don't think it's going to attack you when you flip the switch."
13/Sep/2009 [20:17:32] <+Livak> "Want me to head back to the room before you flip it?"
13/Sep/2009 [20:18:07] <@Alen> "I suggest we all go together after flipping it.  In case something comes out then we can face it as a group."
13/Sep/2009 [20:18:14] <+Livak> "Ok."
13/Sep/2009 [20:18:24] * @Alen presses the switch
13/Sep/2009 [20:18:38] <@Evil_EM> nothing seems to happen.
13/Sep/2009 [20:18:53] <@Alen> Then we go and check on door # 2
13/Sep/2009 [20:19:06] * +Livak heads to the room with the secret door.
13/Sep/2009 [20:19:19] <@Alen> indeed
13/Sep/2009 [20:19:37] <@Evil_EM> you notice the actual secret door being a bit ajar - but not quite in the way you expected.
13/Sep/2009 [20:19:48] <@Evil_EM> it has formed a ramp that appears to go up to another path.
13/Sep/2009 [20:19:56] <+Livak> Interesting.
13/Sep/2009 [20:20:03] <@Alen> so it came down like a drawbridge?
13/Sep/2009 [20:20:08] <+Livak> "Interesting. I wonder where this goes?"
13/Sep/2009 [20:20:16] <@Evil_EM> more like partially down, but yes.
13/Sep/2009 [20:20:44] <@Alen> "Hopefully this path does not have any nasty suprises inside."
13/Sep/2009 [20:20:46] <+Livak> "Hmm. I wonder if there is another switch we have to find to get it to go all the way down."
13/Sep/2009 [20:21:16] <@Alen> is it yet possible for us to follow this path?
13/Sep/2009 [20:21:21] <@Evil_EM> yeah, you can follow it.
13/Sep/2009 [20:21:33] <+Livak> Is it dark?
13/Sep/2009 [20:21:55] <@Alen> Hmm the main areas here having some kind of glow on the inside I recall
13/Sep/2009 [20:22:01] <@Alen> but does this path as well?
13/Sep/2009 [20:22:03] <@Evil_EM> these do as well.
13/Sep/2009 [20:22:14] <@Evil_EM> in fact, the eerie blue glow is brighter.
13/Sep/2009 [20:22:28] <+Livak> "Well, shall we continue?"
13/Sep/2009 [20:22:47] <@Alen> "Certainly lass, it's why we came."
13/Sep/2009 [20:23:05] * +Livak heads down the path first.
13/Sep/2009 [20:23:25] <%Danica> I'll take up second position.
13/Sep/2009 [20:23:34] <%Danica> is it so narrow we have to walk in single file?
13/Sep/2009 [20:23:37] <@Evil_EM> yes.
13/Sep/2009 [20:23:55] <@Alen> If we are pretending the cameraman is still with us he's 3rd
13/Sep/2009 [20:23:56] <@Evil_EM> you could probably squeeze in doublefile, but it wouldn't be comfortable.
13/Sep/2009 [20:24:00] <@Alen> either way I'm last
13/Sep/2009 [20:25:03] <@Evil_EM> give me a couple of moments.
13/Sep/2009 [20:26:19] <@Evil_EM> all right, you walk through the small tunnel.
13/Sep/2009 [20:26:29] <@Evil_EM> the air is stale in here; it is obvious that this hasn't been opened for quite some time.
13/Sep/2009 [20:27:06] <@Evil_EM> you can hear your own steps echo throughout the passage as you walk further in.  It also gets brighter and brighter.
13/Sep/2009 [20:27:25] <+Livak> "I don't think anyone has come this way in a very long time."
13/Sep/2009 [20:27:27] <@Evil_EM> eventually, you come across a door with a switch embedded in the floor (the switch, not the door).
13/Sep/2009 [20:27:42] <+Livak> I search it for traps.
13/Sep/2009 [20:27:50] <+Livak> !roll d20+51
13/Sep/2009 [20:27:50] * !Diebot sees that Livak rolled 55 [4].
13/Sep/2009 [20:28:16] <@Evil_EM> you believe it is trapped, but from the other side (as in you don't see how the trap is supposed to be triggered, but you see the trap)
13/Sep/2009 [20:29:02] <+Livak> "Hmm. This is interesting. I have found a switch and it is trapped but it seems the trap will go off on the otherside of the door. I don't know what it will do."
13/Sep/2009 [20:29:23] <@Alen> obvious question
13/Sep/2009 [20:29:31] <@Alen> can the door be opened without pressing the switch?
13/Sep/2009 [20:29:38] <@Evil_EM> yes.
13/Sep/2009 [20:30:04] <@Alen> and Livak either I understood that backwards or you did
13/Sep/2009 [20:30:16] <@Alen> the trap goes off on this side with no apparent trigger right?
13/Sep/2009 [20:30:18] <@Evil_EM> yeah, Livak, you have it backwards.
13/Sep/2009 [20:30:25] <+Livak> whoops
13/Sep/2009 [20:30:29] <@Evil_EM> the trap goes off on this side, but the trigger is on the other side.
13/Sep/2009 [20:30:36] <@Alen> meaning the switch is not the trigger
13/Sep/2009 [20:30:41] <@Evil_EM> the other way around would be pretty common.  :P
13/Sep/2009 [20:30:45] <+Livak> oh?
13/Sep/2009 [20:31:06] <+Livak> That means I can't disarm this trap then.
13/Sep/2009 [20:31:12] <@Evil_EM> if you want to think about it in modern terms..
13/Sep/2009 [20:31:23] <@Evil_EM> imagine seeing a bomb on this side with wires going through to the other side.
13/Sep/2009 [20:31:36] <+Livak> ah ok.
13/Sep/2009 [20:31:39] <@Evil_EM> you don't know what will cause the bomb to go off because you can't see what the wires are connected to.
13/Sep/2009 [20:31:41] <@Evil_EM> but you see the bomb.
13/Sep/2009 [20:31:49] <@Alen> I don't know if it can be disarmed from this side is up to th EM.
13/Sep/2009 [20:31:53] <+Livak> ok so instead I say
13/Sep/2009 [20:32:27] <+Livak> "I have found a trap but I don't know what will cause it to go off. The trigger is on the otherside of the door."
13/Sep/2009 [20:32:36] <+Livak> What is the trap?
13/Sep/2009 [20:33:34] <@Evil_EM> a magical crystal of some variety.
13/Sep/2009 [20:34:01] <+Livak> "So what do we want to do. Head through and see what the trap does?
13/Sep/2009 [20:34:19] <%Danica> does the door appear to open inwards or outwards? the trigger could be pushed by opening the door..
13/Sep/2009 [20:34:26] <@Alen> "Hmm we could go carefully and see if you can find the trigger on the other side before we find it the hard way."
13/Sep/2009 [20:34:29] <@Evil_EM> opens outward.
13/Sep/2009 [20:35:11] <@Alen> meaning outward into the room we can't see yet?
13/Sep/2009 [20:35:18] <%Danica> yeah.
13/Sep/2009 [20:35:23] <+Livak> "Ok. Stand back. I will open the door slightly to see if I can find the trigger. No use in all of us getting hit by this trap."
13/Sep/2009 [20:35:39] * %Danica stands aside as far as possible.
13/Sep/2009 [20:35:45] <@Alen> would we have to go all the way back to the room below to really be out of the way?
13/Sep/2009 [20:35:49] <@Evil_EM> how are you opening the door?  Switch or normal way?
13/Sep/2009 [20:35:55] * +Livak opens the door slightly meanwhile avoiding the switch.
13/Sep/2009 [20:35:56] <@Evil_EM> Alen:  Probably.
13/Sep/2009 [20:36:31] <@Alen> I'll be out in that room with the camrea man NPC then.  As one thing I"m worried about is the trap just sealing people inside
13/Sep/2009 [20:36:38] <@Alen> If someone is out here they can open the door again
13/Sep/2009 [20:37:00] <@Evil_EM> k.
13/Sep/2009 [20:37:01] <@Evil_EM> Danica?
13/Sep/2009 [20:37:06] <@Evil_EM> just standing aside?
13/Sep/2009 [20:37:32] <%Danica> yes.
13/Sep/2009 [20:37:49] <@Evil_EM> k.
13/Sep/2009 [20:37:57] <@Evil_EM> Magic Defense for you Livak?
13/Sep/2009 [20:38:02] <+Livak> 61
13/Sep/2009 [20:38:19] <@Evil_EM> !secret d20
13/Sep/2009 [20:38:47] <@Evil_EM> Livak, you feel as though a million volts are going through your body briefly.  Danica, you swear you just saw Livak's skeleton.
13/Sep/2009 [20:39:00] <@Evil_EM> Livak, lose 25% of your HP (ignores damage reduction).
13/Sep/2009 [20:39:28] <%Danica> "Whoa. Are you all right?"
13/Sep/2009 [20:39:46] * %Danica rushes over to Livak and looks her over.
13/Sep/2009 [20:40:14] <+Livak> "Well that fucking hurt."
13/Sep/2009 [20:40:23] <@Alen> did it make a loud noise as well?
13/Sep/2009 [20:40:34] <@Alen> or just the swearing gives it away
13/Sep/2009 [20:40:49] * %Danica twitches at the use of profanity, but doesn't mention it because it looks like it really did.
13/Sep/2009 [20:40:56] <@Evil_EM> just the swearing.
13/Sep/2009 [20:41:01] * @Alen comes back up
13/Sep/2009 [20:41:08] <@Alen> "Everything ok up here?"
13/Sep/2009 [20:41:36] <@Evil_EM> Danica, roll an observation check.
13/Sep/2009 [20:41:38] <@Evil_EM> just you.
13/Sep/2009 [20:41:40] <+Livak> "Oh just dandy if you like be electrocuted. This place is really beginning to piss me off."
13/Sep/2009 [20:42:00] <%Danica> !roll d20+44
13/Sep/2009 [20:42:00] * !Diebot sees that Danica rolled 53 [9].
13/Sep/2009 [20:42:09] <+Livak> "I wonder if this stupid switch turns off the current?"
13/Sep/2009 [20:42:32] <@Evil_EM> Danica, you notice that said magical crystal is glowing with the same eerie blue glow you see everywhere else now.
13/Sep/2009 [20:43:02] <%Danica> can I roll magic lore to examine it?
13/Sep/2009 [20:43:23] <@Evil_EM> sure!
13/Sep/2009 [20:43:28] <%Danica> !roll d20+34
13/Sep/2009 [20:43:29] * !Diebot sees that Danica rolled 44 [10].
13/Sep/2009 [20:43:59] <@Evil_EM> the crystal is obviously magical.
13/Sep/2009 [20:44:08] <@Evil_EM> beyond that, the glowing seems to indicate it being active.
13/Sep/2009 [20:44:14] <@Evil_EM> if it was deactivated, it'd stop glowing.
13/Sep/2009 [20:44:29] <%Danica> well.. I touch it. <_<
13/Sep/2009 [20:44:29] <@Evil_EM> Livak, what are you doing?  You have the door open maybe an inch.
13/Sep/2009 [20:44:36] <@Evil_EM> Danica, it is warm to the touch.
13/Sep/2009 [20:44:47] <+Livak> Can I look through it?
13/Sep/2009 [20:44:58] <@Evil_EM> you see glowing blue eerie glow of glowy glow.
13/Sep/2009 [20:45:05] <%Danica> can sense energy tell me anything about it?
13/Sep/2009 [20:45:06] <@Evil_EM> and that's about it.  Too bright in there compared to this hallway.
13/Sep/2009 [20:45:13] <@Evil_EM> Alen, what are you doing during this time?
13/Sep/2009 [20:45:18] <@Evil_EM> Danica:  You can try rolling it.
13/Sep/2009 [20:45:24] <%Danica> !roll d20+13
13/Sep/2009 [20:45:24] * !Diebot sees that Danica rolled 17 [4].
13/Sep/2009 [20:45:26] <@Alen> Sorry got distracted.
13/Sep/2009 [20:45:29] <%Danica> with weak support! :D
13/Sep/2009 [20:45:41] <@Alen> Not sure there is anything useful I can be doing actually.
13/Sep/2009 [20:45:42] <@Evil_EM> Danica:  Sadly, even with your weak support, the answer is 'nothing'.  :P
13/Sep/2009 [20:45:47] <@Alen> I don't have magic lore.
13/Sep/2009 [20:45:52] <@Alen> or traps skill
13/Sep/2009 [20:46:01] * +Livak muttering to herself "Stupid door."
13/Sep/2009 [20:46:03] <@Alen> I'll add this area to to my map
13/Sep/2009 [20:46:46] <+Livak> "Alright, I'm going to try flipping the switch.  Hopefully this time I won't get shocked. Alen do you want to head back to the other room in case the door closes?"
13/Sep/2009 [20:46:57] <@Alen> "Certainly lass."
13/Sep/2009 [20:47:02] * @Alen heads back down for a moment
13/Sep/2009 [20:47:56] <+Livak> "Sister, you staying with me or heading out with Alen?"
13/Sep/2009 [20:48:09] <%Danica> "I'll stay here and observe. Interesting things happen here."
13/Sep/2009 [20:48:14] * %Danica nods at the glowing crystal.
13/Sep/2009 [20:48:36] * +Livak muttering again "Interesting my foot."
13/Sep/2009 [20:48:48] * +Livak flips the switch and jumps back warily.
13/Sep/2009 [20:49:59] <@Evil_EM> you all hear a very loud metal-on-stone sound that startles you.
13/Sep/2009 [20:50:07] <@Evil_EM> startling Alen more because he saw the crowbar hit the floor.
13/Sep/2009 [20:50:16] <@Alen> heh
13/Sep/2009 [20:50:22] <+Livak> "Now what?"
13/Sep/2009 [20:50:32] <@Evil_EM> other than that, the only effect seems to be that the crystal isn't glowing anymore.
13/Sep/2009 [20:50:42] <@Evil_EM> slowly, very slowly, the door begins to open though.
13/Sep/2009 [20:50:56] * @Alen comes back up.
13/Sep/2009 [20:51:10] <@Alen> "Hmmm it seems that released my crowbar."
13/Sep/2009 [20:51:30] <+Livak> "I guess that is good."
13/Sep/2009 [20:51:41] <+Livak> "Alright I will try pushing to door open again."
13/Sep/2009 [20:51:53] * +Livak pushes open the door.
13/Sep/2009 [20:52:29] <@Evil_EM> the door opens up into a very, very large room.
13/Sep/2009 [20:52:48] <+Livak> "Whew. I don't think I could take another jolt."
13/Sep/2009 [20:53:14] <@Alen> so can we see inside now?
13/Sep/2009 [20:53:31] <@Evil_EM> the main feature of the room is obviously the pit, which is a perfectly carved stone pit that appears to have a very large number of glowing blue crystals all about it.
13/Sep/2009 [20:53:46] <@Evil_EM> it is actually really hard to see inside of the pit itself due to the light they're giving off.
13/Sep/2009 [20:54:20] <@Evil_EM> along the outer edge (not in the pit, but in the room) the walls are lined with bookshelves (except right by the door, where Livak sees that pesky trap trigger now).
13/Sep/2009 [20:54:55] * +Livak begins muttering curses at herself.
13/Sep/2009 [20:55:53] <+Livak> Are there any books on the shelve?
13/Sep/2009 [20:56:21] <@Evil_EM> yes.  It looks like there are a lot of areas where there should be books and aren't, but some remain.
13/Sep/2009 [20:56:48] <+Livak> I go over and try to read the remaing book titles.
13/Sep/2009 [20:56:57] * @Alen searches around the room but avoids getting too close to the pit.
13/Sep/2009 [20:57:11] <@Evil_EM> all right.
13/Sep/2009 [20:57:16] <@Evil_EM> Alen, you have this room mapped out.
13/Sep/2009 [20:57:20] * %Danica also looks at the books. Are they in Latin?
13/Sep/2009 [20:58:07] <@Evil_EM> yes, they're all in Latin/Ancient Human.
13/Sep/2009 [20:58:24] <+Livak> Any interesting titles?
13/Sep/2009 [20:59:00] <@Evil_EM> "History of the World Part 2"
13/Sep/2009 [20:59:16] <@Evil_EM> "Crystals, and why you should respect them"
13/Sep/2009 [20:59:23] <%Danica> I want to read that one. XD
13/Sep/2009 [20:59:34] * +Livak laughs loudly when see reads the crystal title.
13/Sep/2009 [20:59:37] <@Evil_EM> "OW FUCK THAT HURT OW, a story about a boy and a trap door."
13/Sep/2009 [21:00:32] <@Evil_EM> Alen, beyond the bookshelves you note a somewhat hidden staircase (looks to be hidden more for appearances than an actual secret staircase) down to the pit, along with several lavish place settings, tables, study areas, and benches.
13/Sep/2009 [21:00:53] <@Alen> "Ah we have some things of intrest over here."
13/Sep/2009 [21:01:20] * +Livak walks over to where Alen is.
13/Sep/2009 [21:01:48] <@Evil_EM> Danica, the last interesting book title that you come across appears to be a book about a secret cabal of necromancers within the Fara Church.
13/Sep/2009 [21:02:17] <@Evil_EM> "Cabal - Another Word for Evil?"
13/Sep/2009 [21:02:20] <%Danica> I am going to borrow that book.
13/Sep/2009 [21:03:38] <@Evil_EM> the tables seem to be set (no food on them) for some type of banquet.
13/Sep/2009 [21:04:00] <@Evil_EM> the study areas have paper and quills on standby (the ink seems to have dried up).
13/Sep/2009 [21:04:10] <@Evil_EM> (nothing written on the paper)
13/Sep/2009 [21:04:21] <@Evil_EM> and basically everything looks to be set up for some event.
13/Sep/2009 [21:04:49] <+Livak> "I wonder what was suppose to happen here?"
13/Sep/2009 [21:05:12] <@Alen> "We are in a ghost tale lass, it may happen yet."
13/Sep/2009 [21:05:40] <@Evil_EM> there are exits to the room on all four sides (one of which you came in).
13/Sep/2009 [21:06:16] <%Danica> is there dust on the table to indicate it has been sitting there like that for a long time?
13/Sep/2009 [21:06:22] <+Livak> "I might as well check the other doors for traps. We made need them."
13/Sep/2009 [21:07:17] <@Evil_EM> yes.  Not as much dust as you'd expect though, but that might be because of how sealed this room was.
13/Sep/2009 [21:07:27] <@Evil_EM> Liv:  Give me three rolls.
13/Sep/2009 [21:07:39] <+Livak> !roll 3 d20+51
13/Sep/2009 [21:07:39] * !Diebot sees that Livak rolled 58 68 54 [7 :: 17 :: 3].
13/Sep/2009 [21:08:11] <@Evil_EM> all three are trap free!
13/Sep/2009 [21:08:14] <@Evil_EM> CERTIFIED!
13/Sep/2009 [21:08:30] <@Alen> sweet
13/Sep/2009 [21:08:32] <+Livak> "Ok. It looks like the other doors are not trapped."
13/Sep/2009 [21:08:33] <@Alen> get out the stamp
13/Sep/2009 [21:09:06] <@Alen> "That is a relief.  Shall we check out this stair case first or one of the doors?"
13/Sep/2009 [21:09:42] <+Livak> "Let's check the staircase. I have a feeling whatever is going to happen is going to happen here. We might as well know what there is to know about this place."
13/Sep/2009 [21:10:09] <@Evil_EM> the staircase is visible.
13/Sep/2009 [21:10:31] <@Evil_EM> you can even see where it goes.
13/Sep/2009 [21:10:41] <@Evil_EM> it just appears to be an architectural/artistic trick to make it hard to see.
13/Sep/2009 [21:11:55] <+Livak> "Alright. Let's see what is behind Door number 1."
13/Sep/2009 [21:12:34] <@Evil_EM> opening?
13/Sep/2009 [21:12:49] <+Livak> Yeah why not.
13/Sep/2009 [21:12:59] <@Evil_EM> you brace for a shock...  which never happens.
13/Sep/2009 [21:13:10] <@Evil_EM> you open the door and see a perfectly ordinary (well, ordinary for this place) hallway.
13/Sep/2009 [21:13:23] <+Livak> "Ok. We have a hallway."
13/Sep/2009 [21:13:30] <+Livak> can I see any doors leading off from it?
13/Sep/2009 [21:13:38] <@Evil_EM> yep, at the end of it.
13/Sep/2009 [21:13:42] <@Evil_EM> another switch/door setup.
13/Sep/2009 [21:13:52] <@Alen> "Not another of these things."
13/Sep/2009 [21:14:14] <+Livak> "Well let's see what is behind the other doors before we play with the shock trap again.:
13/Sep/2009 [21:14:37] * +Livak opens Door #2
13/Sep/2009 [21:14:53] <@Evil_EM> !secret d20
13/Sep/2009 [21:15:19] <@Evil_EM> you feel a familiar tingle, and before you stop and run away, you feel electricity going through you again and lose another 25% of your HP.
13/Sep/2009 [21:15:39] <+Livak> "Ah for fuck sake. That's it. Alen you can open the last door."
13/Sep/2009 [21:15:53] <@Alen> "Before that lass would you like a potien?"
13/Sep/2009 [21:16:01] <@Alen> "You look a little blackened."
13/Sep/2009 [21:16:03] <@Evil_EM> offering her protein?  :P
13/Sep/2009 [21:16:08] <+Livak> um...
13/Sep/2009 [21:16:10] <@Alen> potion
13/Sep/2009 [21:16:25] <@Alen> I'm offering a potion
13/Sep/2009 [21:16:27] <+Livak> "Sure. I could use one. Damn it even my hair is singed this time."
13/Sep/2009 [21:16:53] * @Alen hands you a potion if you drink it you recover 4d8+25 HP
13/Sep/2009 [21:17:10] * +Livak drinks the potion
13/Sep/2009 [21:17:38] <@Alen> Ok so is this door open already or did getting shocked keep Livak from opening it?
13/Sep/2009 [21:17:40] <+Livak> That will be a waste of a potion. I'm only hurt 22
13/Sep/2009 [21:17:50] <@Alen> it's not a waste
13/Sep/2009 [21:17:53] <+Livak> !roll 4d8+25
13/Sep/2009 [21:17:53] * !Diebot sees that Livak rolled 44 [4 2 7 6].
13/Sep/2009 [21:17:54] <@Alen> since that is 50% of your HP
13/Sep/2009 [21:18:08] <+Livak> true
13/Sep/2009 [21:18:24] <@Evil_EM> Danica, what are you doing while this is going on?
13/Sep/2009 [21:18:55] * @Alen is waiting for the answer on if Livak opened the door successfully in spite of being shocked or if it is still closed.
13/Sep/2009 [21:18:55] <+Livak> besides cringing from all Livak's cusing. :)
13/Sep/2009 [21:18:56] <%Danica> I'll let them deal with trapped doors and just check out the book I borrowed while staying not too far away.
13/Sep/2009 [21:19:05] <@Evil_EM> k.
13/Sep/2009 [21:20:20] <@Alen> So... is that door still closed or is it open?
13/Sep/2009 [21:20:27] <@Evil_EM> open about an inch.
13/Sep/2009 [21:20:53] <@Alen> do these doors have handles or do you just push on them to open them?
13/Sep/2009 [21:21:01] <+Livak> "Alen why don't you try the third door while I look and see if I can find that damn illusive trigger."
13/Sep/2009 [21:21:12] <@Evil_EM> handles, since you're pulling in this case.
13/Sep/2009 [21:21:21] <@Alen> these open the other way?
13/Sep/2009 [21:22:16] <@Evil_EM> other way?
13/Sep/2009 [21:22:23] <@Evil_EM> the door you came from opened in to the room.
13/Sep/2009 [21:22:31] <@Evil_EM> you're in the room, so everything is opening in to this room.
13/Sep/2009 [21:22:33] <+Livak> They open into the pit room same as the one we came from.
13/Sep/2009 [21:22:37] <@Evil_EM> right.
13/Sep/2009 [21:22:37] <@Alen> Ah I see
13/Sep/2009 [21:23:14] * @Alen pulls out a wooden cane and some rubber gloves.
13/Sep/2009 [21:23:29] <@Alen> Hmmm not quite enough
13/Sep/2009 [21:23:45] <@Alen> I'll also get out some copper wire and have a bit of that go from the cane to the floor.
13/Sep/2009 [21:24:02] <@Alen> To ground it out before it gets to my hands at the end of the cane
13/Sep/2009 [21:24:05] <@Evil_EM> do you have invention, by any chance?
13/Sep/2009 [21:24:26] <@Alen> damn you are right I might not know to do all that
13/Sep/2009 [21:24:34] <@Alen> I have 43 int though
13/Sep/2009 [21:24:41] <@Evil_EM> exactly.  Just because the player is a EE doesn't mean the character would know.  :P
13/Sep/2009 [21:24:47] <@Evil_EM> I'd let you roll an untrained Invention check.
13/Sep/2009 [21:24:53] <@Evil_EM> it isn't THAT hard.
13/Sep/2009 [21:24:54] <@Alen> it doesn't take EE level knowledge to get at least that far though
13/Sep/2009 [21:25:20] <@Alen> !roll d20+21
13/Sep/2009 [21:25:20] * !Diebot sees that Alen rolled 31 [10].
13/Sep/2009 [21:26:07] <@Evil_EM> that'll do.
13/Sep/2009 [21:26:20] <@Alen> ok
13/Sep/2009 [21:26:34] <@Alen> then I'll do that stuff and then use the cane to open the door
13/Sep/2009 [21:27:17] <@Evil_EM> which door?
13/Sep/2009 [21:27:20] <@Evil_EM> #2 again or #3?
13/Sep/2009 [21:27:32] <@Alen> I'll open door 3 first
13/Sep/2009 [21:27:47] <@Alen> then go back to 2 if 3 opens without incident
13/Sep/2009 [21:27:54] <@Evil_EM> you open the door.  Another hallway, but you see a ghost looking right at you and it wails.
13/Sep/2009 [21:27:56] <+Livak> I was going to look through the inch of room I got on door 2 to see if i can find the trigger.
13/Sep/2009 [21:28:18] <@Alen> is it init time or is this a non-combat ghost wailing?
13/Sep/2009 [21:28:29] <@Evil_EM> well, you have the drop on it, what are you doing?
13/Sep/2009 [21:28:35] <@Evil_EM> we'll have inits go after your action.
13/Sep/2009 [21:29:05] * %Danica hears the wail and quickly closes the book and stuffs it away in a pocket, rushing toward the sound.
13/Sep/2009 [21:29:19] <@Alen> Nothing since I can't attack first.  I'll just back up a bit so I'm not right next to it.
13/Sep/2009 [21:29:37] * +Livak looks up from door number 2 to see what Alen has disturbed.
13/Sep/2009 [21:31:14] <@Alen> I think it may be init time
13/Sep/2009 [21:31:43] <@Evil_EM> yep.
13/Sep/2009 [21:31:46] <@Evil_EM> I need inits!
13/Sep/2009 [21:32:03] <@Alen> !roll d20+25
13/Sep/2009 [21:32:03] * !Diebot sees that Alen rolled 44 [19].
13/Sep/2009 [21:32:09] <@Alen> wait
13/Sep/2009 [21:32:14] <@Alen> leadership bonus?
13/Sep/2009 [21:32:25] <%Danica> !roll d20+23
13/Sep/2009 [21:32:26] * !Diebot sees that Danica rolled 37 [14].
13/Sep/2009 [21:32:40] <%Danica> +10 to defense and speed from me.
13/Sep/2009 [21:33:02] <@Alen> ah
13/Sep/2009 [21:33:05] <@Alen>  so it does not affect init
13/Sep/2009 [21:33:08] <+Livak> !roll d20+41
13/Sep/2009 [21:33:09] * !Diebot sees that Livak rolled 54 [13].
13/Sep/2009 [21:33:26] <@Evil_EM> 54/44/37, is that correct?
13/Sep/2009 [21:33:34] <@Alen> yep
13/Sep/2009 [21:33:45] <@Evil_EM> !secret d20
13/Sep/2009 [21:33:45] <@Alen> that already includes my -7 init +7 hit I'm using for my maneuver.
13/Sep/2009 [21:34:01] <@Evil_EM> all right.  Livak, you are first.
13/Sep/2009 [21:34:16] <+Livak> How far away is door 3 from door 2
13/Sep/2009 [21:34:19] <@Evil_EM> Alen is currently in the doorway.  This isn't a super wide path, so you probably can't get at said ghost.
13/Sep/2009 [21:34:27] <@Evil_EM> probably around 150' away.
13/Sep/2009 [21:34:32] <@Evil_EM> no, that's too large.
13/Sep/2009 [21:34:33] <@Evil_EM> 50'.
13/Sep/2009 [21:35:05] <@Alen> I moved back
13/Sep/2009 [21:35:09] <+Livak> He did say he moved back.
13/Sep/2009 [21:35:53] <@Evil_EM> [14:29:36@13] <Alen> Nothing since I can't attack first.  I'll just back up a bit so I'm not right next to it.
13/Sep/2009 [21:35:59] <@Evil_EM> I misinterpreted that then.
13/Sep/2009 [21:36:01] <+Livak> can I move up to and attack?
13/Sep/2009 [21:36:06] <@Evil_EM> can you move that far?
13/Sep/2009 [21:36:15] <@Alen> how far are we talking about?
13/Sep/2009 [21:36:23] <+Livak> my base is 16 and Danica is giving us a speed bonus.
13/Sep/2009 [21:36:28] * %Danica suggests we do not attack before we've determined it's hostile. It could be just upset.
13/Sep/2009 [21:36:35] <@Evil_EM> [14:34:50@13] <Evil_EM> 50'.
13/Sep/2009 [21:36:35] <@Alen> aren't these doors opening right into the pit room?
13/Sep/2009 [21:36:40] <@Evil_EM> yes.
13/Sep/2009 [21:36:58] <@Alen> then wouldn't moving back even a few feet mean I'm not in the doorway?
13/Sep/2009 [21:38:26] <@Alen> oh the moving that far comment was to Livak
13/Sep/2009 [21:38:32] <@Alen> somehow I missed that
13/Sep/2009 [21:38:41] <@Evil_EM> I was wondering what you were talking about.  :P
13/Sep/2009 [21:38:45] <+Livak> 50 ft
13/Sep/2009 [21:38:49] <+Livak> is what shivers said.
13/Sep/2009 [21:39:01] <@Alen> So with the extra +10 speed from Danica's leadership
13/Sep/2009 [21:39:04] <@Alen> what is your speed?
13/Sep/2009 [21:39:07] <+Livak> 26
13/Sep/2009 [21:39:11] <@Alen> then you actually can
13/Sep/2009 [21:39:18] <@Alen> you can move 52 feet without taking an action
13/Sep/2009 [21:39:23] <+Livak> cool
13/Sep/2009 [21:39:32] <+Livak> except I think we should go with Danica's plan.
13/Sep/2009 [21:39:48] <+Livak> I will move closer but I won't attack.
13/Sep/2009 [21:40:19] <+Livak> "Sister, I believe ghost are your thing. Do you think this one is hostile or just lost?"
13/Sep/2009 [21:41:35] * %Danica tries greeting the ghost with a phrase used in the Fara church. (something like 'God's peace be with you' or something)
13/Sep/2009 [21:41:49] <%Danica> in Latin.
13/Sep/2009 [21:42:25] <@Evil_EM> *waaaaaaail* "Wait, you're from the Church?"
13/Sep/2009 [21:42:50] <%Danica> "I am. Sister Danica Markham, of the Order of the Gentle Fist."
13/Sep/2009 [21:42:56] <%Danica> "What events transpired here?"
13/Sep/2009 [21:43:13] <@Evil_EM> "We were attacked by another order.  Necromancers."
13/Sep/2009 [21:44:34] <%Danica> "How many of ours fell?"
13/Sep/2009 [21:44:54] <@Evil_EM> "All seven of us.  We were a small order."
13/Sep/2009 [21:45:17] <@Evil_EM> "We were told to expect guests.  We didn't realize that said guests would be so...  otherwise inclined."
13/Sep/2009 [21:46:07] <%Danica> "And the necromancers? Do you know what became of them?"
13/Sep/2009 [21:46:33] <@Evil_EM> "They weren't here when my spirit came back, so I assume they left."
13/Sep/2009 [21:46:45] <@Evil_EM> "There are far fewer books here than there used to be, so I assume they took them."
13/Sep/2009 [21:47:55] * %Danica looks thoughtful.
13/Sep/2009 [21:48:34] <%Danica> "Can you tell me the titles of some of the missing books?"
13/Sep/2009 [21:49:03] <@Evil_EM> "They didn't really have titles.  They were recordings of events and such, written by our monks."
13/Sep/2009 [21:50:24] * %Danica mutters "Those fiends!" under her breath
13/Sep/2009 [21:50:53] * @Alen just stands there listening to this latin in bewilderment.
13/Sep/2009 [21:51:25] * +Livak looks at the confusion on Alen's face and begins translating for him.
13/Sep/2009 [21:51:40] <@Alen> "Thank ye lass"
13/Sep/2009 [21:52:13] <%Danica> "I shall report to my superiors on this matter. Is there anything else you can tell me that may be helpful? Do you know the identity of the necromancers? How many they were? How long ago this happened?"
13/Sep/2009 [21:52:15] <+Livak> "You're welcome. The general gist is necormacer came in destroyed the order and took some choronicles that were written by the monks here.:
13/Sep/2009 [21:53:01] <@Evil_EM> "There were four of them, but I know not their names or when it happened.  I do not know how long it has been since this occured, but I do know that I come back every Blue Moon."
13/Sep/2009 [21:53:37] <+Livak> to the ghost "Do you know what causes this 'Blue Moon'?"
13/Sep/2009 [21:53:48] <+Livak> in latin of course.
13/Sep/2009 [21:53:53] <@Evil_EM> "We do.  I think it has something to do with the curse the Necromancers put on this place."
13/Sep/2009 [21:54:05] <@Evil_EM> "And those crystals over there.  They weren't there before."
13/Sep/2009 [21:54:26] <+Livak> "Any idea on how we can break this curse?"
13/Sep/2009 [21:54:51] <@Evil_EM> "Find some way to turn off the crystals in the pit, I'd think."
13/Sep/2009 [21:55:16] <+Livak> "Will that let you rest finally or will you be stuck here?"
13/Sep/2009 [21:56:06] <@Evil_EM> "Oh, I can rest now.  I just wanted someone to know what happened here and I didn't intend to tell a common thief that."
13/Sep/2009 [21:57:16] <+Livak> "Ok. Thanks for the information."
13/Sep/2009 [21:57:33] <@Alen> assuming I get the translation
13/Sep/2009 [21:57:41] <@Alen> "So it is all about those crystals then."
13/Sep/2009 [21:57:46] * +Livak turns to Alen and Danica. "I think I will go puruse the book on Crytals for ideas."
13/Sep/2009 [21:58:05] * %Danica nods
13/Sep/2009 [21:58:49] <%Danica> "May I have the names of you and your brethren for my report?"
13/Sep/2009 [21:59:17] <@Evil_EM> <insert names here, as I never made them up>
13/Sep/2009 [21:59:34] <%Danica> "And has this Blue Moon phenomena happened many times since the curse was laid?"
13/Sep/2009 [22:00:09] <@Evil_EM> "I don't know.  Being dead, days just seem to merge together."
13/Sep/2009 [22:00:25] <%Danica> "I understand."
13/Sep/2009 [22:01:41] <%Danica> "Rest in peace, Brother" (assuming male since you mentioned Monks)
13/Sep/2009 [22:01:56] <@Evil_EM> yes, this one is male.  At least the voice sounds male.
13/Sep/2009 [22:02:16] <@Evil_EM> the ghost nods and fades.
13/Sep/2009 [22:02:33] <@Evil_EM> you three/four are now alone.
13/Sep/2009 [22:02:36] <@Alen> "Aye that was a non-violent encounter.  My favorite kind."
13/Sep/2009 [22:02:46] * +Livak nods at Alen.
13/Sep/2009 [22:03:04] * @Alen looks on the other side of the door the ghost was behind.
13/Sep/2009 [22:03:09] * %Danica claps her hands together. "Well, team. We have a curse to lift. Let's get started."
13/Sep/2009 [22:03:39] * +Livak goes over the bookshelf and starts reading the book on crystals.
13/Sep/2009 [22:03:54] <@Evil_EM> Alen:  Basically the same thing seen from Door #1.
13/Sep/2009 [22:03:59] <@Evil_EM> Switch/Door combo.
13/Sep/2009 [22:04:13] <@Alen> fun times
13/Sep/2009 [22:04:40] <@Alen> Does the door next to this switch open into the hallway or into whatever is beyond it?
13/Sep/2009 [22:04:54] <@Evil_EM> into whatever-world.
13/Sep/2009 [22:05:02] <@Evil_EM> the magical world where whatever happens, happens!
13/Sep/2009 [22:05:35] <@Alen> And it was a switch door that caused Livak to get shocked again in the other hallway right?
13/Sep/2009 [22:05:48] <@Evil_EM> in the hallway that you arrived in, yes.
13/Sep/2009 [22:05:56] <@Alen> ah
13/Sep/2009 [22:06:08] <@Alen> but one of the doors directly into the pit room shocked her a second time?
13/Sep/2009 [22:06:33] <@Evil_EM> yes.
13/Sep/2009 [22:06:41] <@Evil_EM> but you can't really tell what is on the opposite side.
13/Sep/2009 [22:06:48] <@Evil_EM> 1" isn't enough to peek through without touching.
13/Sep/2009 [22:07:24] <@Evil_EM> (be back, changing laundry machines)
13/Sep/2009 [22:07:28] <@Alen> Ok I'll go over to the door she was shocked on the second time and use my cane gloves wire combo to open it the rest of the way
13/Sep/2009 [22:11:08] <@Evil_EM> back
13/Sep/2009 [22:11:41] <@Evil_EM> Alen, take 10% of your HP.
13/Sep/2009 [22:11:53] <@Evil_EM> the grounding helped out a lot, but it still shocked you.
13/Sep/2009 [22:11:59] <@Alen> I see
13/Sep/2009 [22:12:04] <@Alen> ok that isn't that bad
13/Sep/2009 [22:12:16] <@Alen> "Hmmm that worked for the most part, but it still stung a little."
13/Sep/2009 [22:12:44] <%Danica> Livak is studying the book on crystals and I'm reading the one on necromancers. Do we find anything relevant?
13/Sep/2009 [22:13:04] <@Evil_EM> how long are you taking to read?
13/Sep/2009 [22:13:18] <%Danica> I'm not sure.
13/Sep/2009 [22:13:35] <+Livak> hmm...how about an hour.
13/Sep/2009 [22:13:56] <@Alen> in that case Alen will meditate to recover his EP while you guys read
13/Sep/2009 [22:14:00] <@Evil_EM> Alen, what will you be doing in the 55 minutes?
13/Sep/2009 [22:14:00] <@Evil_EM> k.
13/Sep/2009 [22:14:35] <@Evil_EM> Dani, could you give me a Religion Lore check with a +20 bonus?
13/Sep/2009 [22:14:40] <@Evil_EM> Liv, Int check with a +25 bonus?
13/Sep/2009 [22:14:42] <%Danica> Sure.
13/Sep/2009 [22:14:57] <%Danica> !roll d20+54
13/Sep/2009 [22:14:57] * !Diebot sees that Danica rolled 58 [4].
13/Sep/2009 [22:15:46] <+Livak> !roll d20+55
13/Sep/2009 [22:15:46] * !Diebot sees that Livak rolled 68 [13].
13/Sep/2009 [22:17:53] <@Evil_EM> Dani, you think you're going to need more research than just an hour.  Probably with a history book nearby to help out with things.
13/Sep/2009 [22:18:28] <@Evil_EM> Livak, it seems all of these crystals have SOME form of a trigger and switch.  Not always a literal switch, but something that will disable them and something that will set them off.
13/Sep/2009 [22:19:59] <+Livak> "Alright. It seems like there is always a trigger and a switch so to speak with these crystals.  We need to find the switch that will deactivate the ones in the pit.  It doesn't necessarily have to be a switch. It could be just about anything."
13/Sep/2009 [22:20:02] <@Evil_EM> furthermore, you believe that the Blue Moon is an effect of all of the crystals in this room going off at once.
13/Sep/2009 [22:20:34] <@Evil_EM> but that much could have been guessed probably.
13/Sep/2009 [22:21:04] <+Livak> "Sister, did you find anything out about the necromacers that we could use?"
13/Sep/2009 [22:21:28] <%Danica> "Not yet. I'll need to study this more."
13/Sep/2009 [22:22:24] <+Livak> "Ok. Then I guess we continue exploring. Just keep your eyes out for anything that could be the switch to turn them off."
13/Sep/2009 [22:22:54] <@Alen> "Hmm but the switch that seems that it could turn them off may also be the trigger instead."
13/Sep/2009 [22:23:29] <+Livak> "That is true.  We will just have to proceed with caution."
13/Sep/2009 [22:23:49] <@Alen> I don't want to be the spoilsport but I"m getting more and more unfocused
13/Sep/2009 [22:24:06] <@Evil_EM> we can stop here for the day and start again in two weeks.
13/Sep/2009 [22:24:13] <+Livak> Sounds good.
13/Sep/2009 [22:24:18] <+Livak> My head is throbbing anyway.
13/Sep/2009 [22:24:28] <@Evil_EM> this IS a relatively good stopping spot, and if we stop I'll add more to the adventure to round it out next time.
13/Sep/2009 [22:24:48] <+Livak> ok
13/Sep/2009 [22:24:53] <%Danica> I guess that works. I'm getting a little unfocused myself.
13/Sep/2009 [22:26:13] <@Evil_EM> okay.  Not quite enough to count as an adventure in this case.
13/Sep/2009 [22:26:19] <@Evil_EM> so no XP awarded yet.
13/Sep/2009 [22:26:27] <+Livak> kk
13/Sep/2009 [22:27:20] <@Alen> I vote LIvak in for next time for cursing up a storm quite amusingly.
13/Sep/2009 [22:28:11] <+Livak> I vote Dani in for her cheerfully telling us that we have a curse to break.
13/Sep/2009 [22:28:40] <@Alen> I vote me in for using a crowbar even if it didn't actually work.
13/Sep/2009 [22:31:50] <@Evil_EM> recorded for posterity.  :P
13/Sep/2009 [22:31:52] * Evil_EM is now known as aetherspoon
13/Sep/2009 [22:32:28] * Parts: +Livak (~Administr@1da97c9.a8c8d76.tn.comcast.net)
13/Sep/2009 [22:32:42] * Alen is now known as Antimerus
13/Sep/2009 [22:34:37] * Danica is now known as Ragnhild
13/Sep/2009 [22:41:38] <%Ragnhild> I suppose I should vote myself in for greeting the ghost as a fellow servant of God & telling the others not to attack before we knew its nature.
13/Sep/2009 [23:01:06] <@Antimerus> Well, Alen can't attack first.
13/Sep/2009 [23:01:19] <@Antimerus> I guess that technically only applies to people though on the wording.
13/Sep/2009 [23:01:25] <@Antimerus> Not sure how a ghost would count for that actually.
13/Sep/2009 [23:01:52] <@Antimerus> But he isn't much of a shoot first type of guy anyways.
13/Sep/2009 [23:02:08] <%Ragnhild> Right. But the situation could have gone really sour if Livak had attacked it first.
13/Sep/2009 [23:02:17] <@Antimerus> true
13/Sep/2009 [23:02:23] <@Antimerus> if she was actually able to harm it
13/Sep/2009 [23:02:24] <%Ragnhild> but maybe her swords would just have passed through it. It's a ghost, after all.