Session Three - The Necromancer
[2023/09/07 15:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me opens NC and text files
[2023/09/07 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: so... Greeeetings, adventurers, some parties get awesome intructions, you get my copypasta
[2023/09/07 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: you may recall last time you got in sight of the tower.
[2023/09/07 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: What next?
[2023/09/07 15:31] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: The tower had those demonic statues in front of it!
[2023/09/07 15:31] Alicia Frakture: keep moving forward
[2023/09/07 15:31] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (dinadrone): looks towards the tower as we approach, taking in any all details that can be seen as we walk towards it
[2023/09/07 15:31] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: what sort of demon?
[2023/09/07 15:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: it does indeed have statues of some sort of demon!
[2023/09/07 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: Winged, horned, clawed, fanged, scaley demons... could be anything, you might want to go take a closer look
[2023/09/07 15:33] Alicia Frakture: Don't want to but going to anyway
[2023/09/07 15:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dahlia? Debben, you going up closer?
[2023/09/07 15:34] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (dinadrone): yes going closer to look over the statues
[2023/09/07 15:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: d20 to look...
[2023/09/07 15:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, you can LOOK... d20 to notice if there's anything...
[2023/09/07 15:36] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Debben keeps behind Leesha, poking her head out from behind the half-orc.
[2023/09/07 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: you're all convinced they're just generic statues of some vague fantastic monster or other.
[2023/09/07 15:39] Alicia Frakture: Leesha shrugs as she keeps moving towards the tower
[2023/09/07 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: The tower is barely ten feet from the statues... tall, grim, forboding... it's clearly been abandoned
[2023/09/07 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Cassandra stays well behind you all
[2023/09/07 15:40] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "We should check the rim walls as well," Debben notes, turning her attention to the architecture and the stone.
[2023/09/07 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: you want to walk round?
[2023/09/07 15:40] Alicia Frakture: Leesha nods happy that Cassandra is staying behind
[2023/09/07 15:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: A stroll around the tower reveals little you didn't already see. It's roughly as tall as it is wide, so it's quite squat in aspect. Very few windows, the few you notice are boarded and barricaded.
[2023/09/07 15:43] Alicia Frakture: Leesha is goingt o look for a door and see if it is locked
[2023/09/07 15:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: Ah... the door... is not locked... and there's signs of a fair bit of coming and going. The tower is clearly inhabited, or at least frequently visited
[2023/09/07 15:45] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (dinadrone): heads towards the door as well but doesnt open it
[2023/09/07 15:45] Alicia Frakture: Leesha is going to carefully push open the door
[2023/09/07 15:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: it creaks open loudly. The hinges clearly need oiling!
[2023/09/07 15:46] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Debben has some cooking oil she can use for that!
[2023/09/07 15:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: hehe, well, the door creaks open and you look in....
[2023/09/07 15:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: To one side, a wooden hatch in the floor, to the other, a stairwell going up.... In the middle, a large fireplace, full of ash, over the fireplace an ornate painting of a radish, in the middle of the floor, a large threadbare rug
[2023/09/07 15:49] Alicia Frakture: Leesha will try to enter if she can she is going to the fireplace, see if it is still warm
[2023/09/07 15:49] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Of a *radish* ? What unusual artistic selection."
[2023/09/07 15:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: There is no heat from the fireplace.
[2023/09/07 15:50] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (dinadrone): moves to look at the hatch in the floor
[2023/09/07 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's a hatch... one person could go down or up it... simple ring to lift... Ah, there's a keyhole.
[2023/09/07 15:53] Alicia Frakture: Leesha looks up to see what might be up the stairs
[2023/09/07 15:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Looks like it might be the way upstairs... you'll need to climb the stairs and see, as it curves out of view
[2023/09/07 15:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: so... now what?
[2023/09/07 15:58] Alicia Frakture: Leesha is going to join the others in checking the hatch
[2023/09/07 15:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's a wooden hatch... a ring to pull it up, a keyhole for a key.
[2023/09/07 16:00] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "I'm leery of opening that up before we know what's upstairs."
[2023/09/07 16:00] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (dinadrone): "well I have no idea how to pick a lock and havent got a key that could open it. But that it is locked does peak the curiosity"
[2023/09/07 16:00] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Anything heavy we can put on top of it for now?
[2023/09/07 16:00] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (dinadrone): steps toward the stairs
[2023/09/07 16:00] Alicia Frakture: wait, have we checked to see if it is locked?
[2023/09/07 16:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: You've not checked, or haven't said you're going to try :P
[2023/09/07 16:01] Alicia Frakture: Leesha is going to try, but not all the way, just try to open it a crack
[2023/09/07 16:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's locked, apparantly.
[2023/09/07 16:03] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Do we not have eyes?
[2023/09/07 16:03] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Oh, the locks, never mind
[2023/09/07 16:03] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: I thought you said something blocked us from seeing up the stiars.
[2023/09/07 16:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: You do... but how do you tell a locked door from an unlocked door by just looking?
[2023/09/07 16:03] Alicia Frakture: "We saw hatch and keyhole. Doesn't mean it was locked. So how about we check the stairs?"
[2023/09/07 16:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: The stairs curve round as they go up. You can't see round the curve.
[2023/09/07 16:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: So, you're going up?
[2023/09/07 16:05] Alicia Frakture: /me nods
[2023/09/07 16:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: All going...?
[2023/09/07 16:09] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Dwarven intuition :)
[2023/09/07 16:09] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: First, anything heavy to seal the trap door with? if so, Debben will move it to do so.
[2023/09/07 16:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me will assume you are... Cassandra prowls about, and stays firmly down below. "I'll stay down here," she says as you go up... and up, you find....
[2023/09/07 16:09] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (dinadrone): waits at the base of the stairs
[2023/09/07 16:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: A relatively tidy study, with a table covered in scrolls, books, vials, pouches, and some curious odds and ends... a glass orb with a red fluid inside, a jar with something small in it, and a large magic circle painted on the floor. Another staircase leads further up.
[2023/09/07 16:13] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: What is Debben able to glean about the nature of the magic circle? Effects, charge status, stability?
[2023/09/07 16:13] Alicia Frakture: Looks like magic stuff."Debben you have that kind of knowledge. You check it out I can check the next floor
[2023/09/07 16:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: d20, roll under intelligence
[2023/09/07 16:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: That's for Debben
[2023/09/07 16:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: The magic circle: it is a required component in raising certain types of undead, and binding them to certain tasks. You can tell it's been used recently...
[2023/09/07 16:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: However, without precise necromantic knowledge, not much use
[2023/09/07 16:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: Leesha is heading upstairs? By herself?
[2023/09/07 16:18] Alicia Frakture: /me nods
[2023/09/07 16:19] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Definately a zombie raising circle, and still has a crackle to it." She looks over the scrolls, peeking at the top lines to get an idea of the contents without trying to study the detail yet. After skimming each one she drops it into a part of her pack she's previous kept empty for these sorts of things.
[2023/09/07 16:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... while Debben sees the red liquid in the orb swirl about... how does it do that??? - the thing in the jar buzzes... a wasp! And up the stairs... Leesha comes to what looks like a bedroom area, with a pot bubbling on the stove. A large bed, with a pet basket at the foot, with a faint blue glow coming from it... or from something within... Oh, and a nightstand, with a big book on it.
[2023/09/07 16:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hopefully Debben enjoys the reading of human anatomy and the lore of mysterious lizards... because that's what the scrolls and books are about
[2023/09/07 16:23] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Those get stuffed into the pack fairly quickly, and she directs her attention to the wasp in the jar. Contained, it seems?
[2023/09/07 16:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: Meanwhile! Down below, Cassandra glares at Dahlia, fidgeting... then grabs something, dives for the hatch and unlocks it. "You'll be sorry!" she hisses as she slips down the hatch. "You'll all be VERY sorry!" She slams the hatch down, you can hear the lock squeaking.
[2023/09/07 16:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: The wasp is indeed contained in the jar.
[2023/09/07 16:24] Alicia Frakture: In for a penny... Leesha is going to sneak in the room and try to look in the pet basket
[2023/09/07 16:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: While the pot on the stove bubbles merrily, you look into the basket... a purr as a translucent kitten stretches and looks at you, blinking
[2023/09/07 16:26] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: ( Didn't debben move a heavy thing on top of the hatch ? )
[2023/09/07 16:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: (I didn't notice, I've been trying to track three things at once... never split the party up!)
[2023/09/07 16:27] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( Granted Debben's strength isn't super impressive so perhaps Cassandra moved it back. That might be loud though ))
[2023/09/07 16:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Plus you're up a flight of stairs, rummaging in a desk)
[2023/09/07 16:31] Alicia Frakture: Leesha has no idea so she tries to pet the translucent cat.
[2023/09/07 16:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: Leeshas' hand goes through the cat... as if it wasn't there....
[2023/09/07 16:32] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Does Dhalia react to Cassandra's outburst?
[2023/09/07 16:33] Alicia Frakture: Leesha pulls her hand back."Good kitty." As she goes to get the pot on the stove
[2023/09/07 16:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: You're going to look in the pot? The translucent kitten pads out of the basket and saunters down the stairs
[2023/09/07 16:36] Alicia Frakture: Yes
[2023/09/07 16:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: d100 - sanity check!
[2023/09/07 16:37] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( who's roll? ))
[2023/09/07 16:37] Alicia Frakture: *19*
[2023/09/07 16:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: Leesha
[2023/09/07 16:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: A sight that would normally horrify most... the pot contains a partly-boiled human head! You are only slightly discomforted and shocked.
[2023/09/07 16:40] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (dinadrone): after hearing the outburst she looked to the door startled but did not move towards it and did not move from where she was standing and looked to the stairs to hear if anything was happening up there. Basically made sure to not do anything that might cause anything in that moment
[2023/09/07 16:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: The kitten barely glances at Debben, and continues on downstairs
[2023/09/07 16:41] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: ((( ...... you sure that is your play, Dhalia? ))
[2023/09/07 16:42] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (dinadrone): ((tried hard to type it out as detailed and best i could, if anything wrong within the expression please let me know))
[2023/09/07 16:43] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( I'm mostly surprised at 'observed important event and didn't react to it at all, also declining to relay info to the rest of the party in response.' ))
[2023/09/07 16:44] Alicia Frakture: If there is a handle leesha is gonna grab the pot and come down stairs
[2023/09/07 16:44] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (dinadrone): ((i did react ))
[2023/09/07 16:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: ((There may be reasons. Quite apart from novice priest alone))
[2023/09/07 16:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: ((As in, novice priest, alone.))
[2023/09/07 16:45] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Debben frowns at the ghost-cat. "Huh. You must be an early experiment of the necromancers, eh?" She glances up and down the stairs, moving to check out where the kitten is heading to. "It looked at me, at least partially aware of the world...."
[2023/09/07 16:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: The pot has a handle... do I even want to know...
[2023/09/07 16:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: d20, Debben - roll under INT
[2023/09/07 16:48] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: 17 sadly
[2023/09/07 16:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: You look at the kitten... it seems vaguely familiar, but you're not sure why
[2023/09/07 16:50] Alicia Frakture: the skull in the pot, is it missing the top of its head?
[2023/09/07 16:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's a complete....ish... head... with bulging eyes and skin peeling off....
[2023/09/07 16:50] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: is the kitten going downstairs to the first floor?
[2023/09/07 16:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: The kitten is heading down to the ground floor, yes
[2023/09/07 16:52] Alicia Frakture: One last thing before leesha heads back down to ground floor. what is the magic circle made of, is it a chalk outline or something?
[2023/09/07 16:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: you want to examine it?
[2023/09/07 16:53] Alicia Frakture: /me nods
[2023/09/07 16:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: d20, roll under INT
[2023/09/07 16:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: The circle is painted in dried blood...
[2023/09/07 16:54] Alicia Frakture: *Success, barely
[2023/09/07 16:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: Given you have a head in a pot, that shouldn't surprise you...
[2023/09/07 16:56] Alicia Frakture: Leesha is going to dump the contents of the pot to wash away some dried blood and possibly break the circle and then head downstairs
[2023/09/07 16:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: was that pun intended?
[2023/09/07 16:57] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( It's a delightfully metal pun ))
[2023/09/07 16:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... you now have a pot with the remains of a boiled head, and hot fatty water all over the floor.
[2023/09/07 16:58] Alicia Frakture: Sure she kicks the head downstairs."Look out below!.. Damn should have said heads up."
[2023/09/07 16:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: A loud HISS and a screech comes from the kitten, who literally leaps onto Dahlia and clings to her
[2023/09/07 16:59] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (dinadrone): tries to calm the kitten , holding gently as best she could
[2023/09/07 17:00] Alicia Frakture: Did she break the circle with the contents of the pot?
[2023/09/07 17:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: The kitten blinks at Dahlia and purrs.
[2023/09/07 17:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Oh yes, the circle is pretty well obliterated... now the study smells of boiled meat
[2023/09/07 17:01] Alicia Frakture: Leesha comes down stairs following the head
[2023/09/07 17:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: I -think- that's a good place to call it tonight
[2023/09/07 17:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: before Mecha slips moar evil
[2023/09/07 17:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: holy fuck it's 2am local
[2023/09/07 17:03] Alicia Frakture: Holy fuck indeed.
[2023/09/07 17:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: Before I go I'll say something, and I'm going out on a limb here, so if I say something "wrong" it's on me
[2023/09/07 17:03] Alicia Frakture: /me moves and snuggles Mistress
[2023/09/07 17:03] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: /me wraps around Mistress and snuggles as well
[2023/09/07 17:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: I should be taking greater care on pacing, and making sure ALL of you make your actions known before moving on
[2023/09/07 17:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: kinda hard, though, as I'm often so amused/horrified by what you do/miss
[2023/09/07 17:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: also... Dina is not a native English speaker, that does need remembering
[2023/09/07 17:06] Alicia Frakture: /me nods, and this one is going to slow down on her actions
[2023/09/07 17:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: So what's a good solution? A quick comment on what's intended on a round, and elaboration if need be after?
[2023/09/07 17:08] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Round tracking in combat is a good one
[2023/09/07 17:08] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: I'v found it useful to announce "Top of Round three" to make it easlier to know who is up for acting."
[2023/09/07 17:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Also: I think a fairly valid action from a priest alone in a rather forboding room)
[2023/09/07 17:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: So from now on: Dahlia/Debben/Leesha quick action?
[2023/09/07 17:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: and after that, elaborate if need be
[2023/09/07 17:10] Alicia Frakture: /me nods sounds like a plan
[2023/09/07 17:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: At least there wasn't a TPK :)
[2023/09/07 17:11] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (dinadrone): I like it and think it will be nice
[2023/09/07 17:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: We'll give that a go
[2023/09/07 17:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: we are not in a race
[2023/09/07 17:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: but it is kind of exciting to see what happens :)
[2023/09/07 17:12] Alicia Frakture: btw how was Leesha evil? Magic circle, boiling head. Circle is now broken. Leesha didn't boil the head
[2023/09/07 17:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: right, I better turn in, or I just won't sleep at all
[2023/09/07 17:12] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: >Party enters spooky tower known to contain necromancer
[2023/09/07 17:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...you flung the head down the stairs...
[2023/09/07 17:12] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: > Immediately split up
[2023/09/07 17:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: that's someones -head-
[2023/09/07 17:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: That's the other thing... you split the party up... and that's on you :P
[2023/09/07 17:13] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Is it an orcish trait to consider someones remains non-sacred?
[2023/09/07 17:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: don't stick up for her! What other body parts is she going to lob about!
[2023/09/07 17:14] Alicia Frakture: hey woah they can be sacred but this went from remains to soup
[2023/09/07 17:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... I'm outta here... I am NOT thinking of brain soup at this hour of the night....
[2023/09/07 17:15] Alicia Frakture: not skull soup it's.. Mindestroni
[2023/09/07 17:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: xwx
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