The Birth Of A New Species: IC.

[Korney]

"Ermm... who said anything about an attack?" Flowdy looks suspiciously at the priest.

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sense motive !!! that freaking priest is the one summoning lemures!!! (1d20)[1]

Edit: LOL!!!! that priest is a saint!!!!! he obviously have nothing to do with this all!!!

[ReaderAt2046]

"You just did," replies Pastor Duguid evenly.

Results of Korney's Sense Motive check.

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You detect a note of evasiveness in his tone. Something seems...off...here.

[Korney]

"No I didn't..." Flowdy narrows his eyes at the priest attitude.
"What God did you say you worship again?"
Flowdy checks the priest's holy symbol and the church decoration to see if there is anything weird.
Then turns to his companions and whisper "Isn't it a bit strange that the soldier accepted to be imprisoned so easily and then made us call this priest? I think this priest is involved with the creature, and the soldiers knows! That's how he knows that he could help him. There is something fishy here... and I don't like it."

[ReaderAt2046]

"This shrine is dedicated to the Creator himself. There are niches for the Archangels, of course, but this town is too small for them to each have a shrine."

There is nothing abnormal about the shrine, except for a rather unusual number of fire motifs.

[hoverfrog]

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Knowledge (Religion) (1d20+5)[23] which religion is the pastor, also what is the cause of this feeling in the church?
Sense motive as well (1d20+3)[18] Can I tell what he's trying to avoid?

"Your suspicions may be paranoia though I share them. We cannot act without firm evidence though. This town may simply have a very effective rumour mill." Seric does not like the people of this town, "It is as if they are all in on the same joke and we are the butt of it."

[ReaderAt2046]

Before long, the pastor arrives at the fort. When you go down into the dungeon, and he sees the two soldiers locked up, he is clearly flustered.

"What in the world happened here?" he asks.

Winch responds, "We got hit with some kind of curse from this really wierd monster, and Black Chick thinks we might turn into raving lunatic homocidal abominations over the next few days, so we're locked up here until it can be confirmed that we're safe."

Winch turns to Seric

"I still feel fine, if that has any bearing on the subject."

Pastor Duguid and the two soldiers start praying.

Results of Seric's checks

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Duguid is a follower of the Path of the Creator, which worships a single diety that they claim created and rules everything in the universe, including the gods.

KORNEY, DON'T READ THIS!!!

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The pastor isn't trying to hide anything. (you can tell) Korney got the wrong reading because he rolled so low.

[hoverfrog]

"Do not let them out, Pastor, and keep your distance. They are in quarantine until we can determine that they are not infected or contagious in some way." Seric knows what these bleeding heart types are like. Apt to allow their sense of charity and compassion to lead to weakness, they are unwilling to do what must sometimes be done for the security of us all.

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Is Pastor Duguid offering anything other than spiritual support?
Spellcraft (1d20+1)[11]

[ToySoldierCPlus]

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Also rolling Spellcraft, because, hey, I have that skill: (1d20+7)[25]

[ReaderAt2046]

Seric and Marius

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You would both recognize that he's preparing spells.

[Korney]

Flowdy checks every pastor's move, still convinced there is something odd about him.

"Should we continue our duty now friends?" sais Flowdy to the others, wanting to know more about the case before pointing at people.

[hoverfrog]

"I'd like to see what spells he is calling on first."

[ReaderAt2046]

After the prayers, he briefly taps each of his eyes with the triangle pendant he wears. His eyes glow white as he examines each of the soldiers.

"There's no curse on either of these that I can see, nor poison or infection in their system. I think it should be safe to release them."

[hoverfrog]

"A few days in quarantine won't hurt them, just to be sure. I'm sure that inquisitor Flowdy could explain about instantaneous spell effects, the art of hiding enchantments and what-not, " she considers this for a moment, "but we only have a short amount of time and we really need to get going." Seric was not at all pleased that this false god was so much in prominence in this town. She would have to set aside some time to preach the true religion once their mission was complete.

[ReaderAt2046]

[OOC] So where do you want to go now? The Pick, the mines, back to yell at the governor some more, somewhere else?

[hoverfrog]

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[OOC] So where do you want to go now? The Pick, the mines, back to yell at the governor some more, somewhere else?

It would make sense to go to the inn first and then the mines.

[ReaderAt2046]

The Silver Pick is mostly empty, with neither Candy nor Ozai anywhere to be seen. A few miners are nursing foamy mugs of beer, but there is little conversation. Upon delivering your message, the innkeeper promises to cook up something especially good for the soldiers.

The path up to the mines is a longish switchback style, crossweaving back and forth until it reaches a large cave mouth about two bowshots up the mountainside.

[hoverfrog]

"I propose that Marius and I go in front as we are better protected in our armours. That is unless Ogodei can scout the path in front of us?" It seems as if she has accepted the eastern druid but she still doesn't know what his abilities are.

Seric stows her shield and loads her crossbow. If this is the source of the strange behaviour and monsters then she wants to shoot first and ask questions later.

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I'm assuming we want to go 2x2 but how wide is the path?

Seric's armour class drops to 15

[ReaderAt2046]

You make your way up the path (in whatever order) without any major problems and soon find yourselves at the cave-like entrance. There are a number of large affairs like boxes on sleds, and a map of this section of the gem mines. There are a number of passages, but the one that leads to the black onyx lode is marked.

[Korney]

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Ooc: any sound? are there miners? what are the light conditions?

[ReaderAt2046]

There are no miners, and you can't hear anything other than a few water dribblets and squeaky bat noises. There's plenty of light in this ampitheater cave, but the tunnels are dark enough that you'll need lighting or darkvision.

[hoverfrog]

"Flowdy, copy that map out," Seric bosses the wizard rudely as she gets a torch out of her pack and lights it with her flint and steel. She puts her spare one at the top where it will be easy to reach and looks around for lanterns or candles that the miners must have used.

[ReaderAt2046]

There are a number of neatly put-away lanterns, and a couple of drums of oil. Also, the more detailed search notices a number of skeleton tracks through the dust, leading towards the vein of black onyx.

[Korney]

"Better me than you, we all know how will it end." Jokes flowdy as he makes a copy of the map in one of his blank scrolls.

"Ok, let's go straigh into the onyx tunnel. Let's get ready for anything." Flowdy adjust the strap well he carries his scrolls and readies his crossbow. He gets a latern and carries it on his offhand.

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OOC: I know I said this character will believe scroll were poems casted when read, but I think I will change that a bit.
As far as the caharacter goes, he is just passionate about things that catch his interest, but he is not as loony as initially stated.
I will still probably cast the spells reciting some odd verbal component, but will stop annoying people about poems.

That said I also want to know if Know. Dungeoneering is of any use inside a mine.
(In case it is (1d20+9)[24])

Edit: In case nobody gets it, it's a joke about women and maps.

[ReaderAt2046]

Everyone but Marius.

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As you advance down the corridor, you spot glints of metal from the shadows, and a faint translucent shimmer in front of them.

Suddenly, a wall of clear goo pushes forward into the light area. It fills the entire tunnel and extends back into it an unknown depth. You can see a ring, a sword, and even what look like a pair of plastic sunglasses embedded in the goo.

[OOC] Initiative rolls!
Marius: (1d20+1)[14]
Seric: (1d20)[2]
Ogodei: (1d20+6)[8]
Flowdy: (1d20)[4]

You're currently 15-20 feet from the wall of goo, which is pushing forwards towards you. The wall acts on intiative count 4. [OOC]

[ToySoldierCPlus]

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Bloody low Wisdom and Spot being cross-class. I assume it was a failed spot check on Marius' part, anyway. Not acting until I have some knowledge rolls done:
Arcana: (1d20+7)[13]
Dungeoneering: (1d20+4)[13]
Nature: (1d20+4)[6]
Religion: (1d20+4)[13]
The Planes: (1d20+4)[18]

[hoverfrog]

Indeed some knowledge checks do seem to be in order.

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Knowledge (Religion) (1d20+5)[12]
Knowledge (History) (1d20+2)[14]
Knowledge (Dungeoneering) (1d20+2)[4] This is probably the important one to identify oozes and such.
Knowledge (The Planes) (1d20+2)[14]

[ReaderAt2046]

Marius:

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You recognize that that's an Ooze of some sort, but not what sort. Also, note that you're first in the initiative order, so it's your turn.

Seric:

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You can't remember ever seeing this before. Maybe some weird sort of sheilding spell?

[Korney]

Flowdy looks full of curiosity at the thing...

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[roll]Aply this roll to the pertinent Knoweledge skill, I have +9 on all of them (1d20+9)[21]

Also, I assume that, since we know our initiatives, we can post out of order and then just get what happens in the propper order, so we don't have to wait for other players.

... and after some though decides to throw the oil latern to the ground in front of it and check if it makes any effect.

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throw check needed? (1d20)[11]

EDIT after knowing what it is (I guess I don't say this until initiative 4)
"Be careful! This thing is a dangerous creature. We should not get close to it." shouts Flowdy while walking a few steps back.

[ReaderAt2046]

Knowledge check results:

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You recognize this as a Gelatinous Cube, an Ooze native to many cave systems. Fairly dangerous. See the "pineapple chunk" strip near the bottom of this page (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/GuestStrips.html)

[ToySoldierCPlus]

"Gonna have to be a bit more specific than that, Flowdy!" Marius unsheathes his sword, and fires off a ray of frost at the creature.

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Talking is a free action, and I believe knowledge checks are, too, so you can actually say that now. Anyway, Ray of Frost: (1d20+2)[16] Damage: (1d3)[3]