Machines of War III

[Manwhoisthisman]

Spoiler: @DM

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I'll take the lead toward the smelly passage, motioning for Gish to follow me.

[madtinker]

Spoiler: Keiji

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Gish is right behind you. As you turn to the right and then the prescribed left, you come upon a scene of unspeakable horror. Flies buzz angrily on a pile of putrid corpses, unceremoniously dumped in the sewer. The topmost corpse is sprawled face up, exposing blood caked to ugly arrow wounds crawling with maggots. The face is barely recognizable as Curf.

[Manwhoisthisman]

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Keiji is shocked at the scene and turns away as he walks past, holding his breath to reduce exposure to the terrible stench. Once past by at least a several yards, Keiji will whisper, "I knew that man on top..."

[madtinker]

Spoiler: Keiji

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Gish, also trying not to breath and a bit green in the face scrambles past you and retches. "Should we..." another retch. "should we bury him?"

OOC: If anyone wants art upgrades I'm in the mood to work on avatars. Doesn't even have to be from this game.

[Manwhoisthisman]

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"No," Keiji says, shaking his head. "I don't want to spend any more time near them than I need to. Come on, lets keep going."

OOC: I once used this as the sketch of a elementalist mage/martial artist. I don't really have a need for it, but I think having an avatar like that with some elemental garnish would be pretty cool.

[madtinker]

Spoiler: Keiji

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Gish nods, barely stifling a gag. Fifty yards farther up the tunnel, you find a dead end with an iron ladder leading up to a grate on the street. It's unlocked.

OOC: You want him in that same pose, or something different?

[Manwhoisthisman]

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I'll head up the ladder and out of the grate.

OOC: Not sure about the pose, it seems like it might be an awkward looking pose in stick-figure form. Maybe start with that and if you think it doesn't look good just play around with it?

[madtinker]

Spoiler: Keiji

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You're in an alley. You don't recognize this part of town, but it looks pretty rough.

[Manwhoisthisman]

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When Gish comes out, I'll say, "Wait here, I'm going to go figure out where we are."
I will then proceed to climb up a wall to get a good rooftop view.
climb - (1d20+9)[10]

[madtinker]

Spoiler: Keiji

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You ungracefully scramble up a pile of trash to reach a low rooftop. You can see the steeple of the church of Joramy, so you think you know how to get back to the others. The shops around are mostly seedy second hand shops, specializing in everything from old clothes to musical instruments.

[Manwhoisthisman]

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I'll climb back down. "I think I have an idea where we are now, but we still have several hours to use -- any thoughts?"

[madtinker]

Spoiler: Keiji

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"Well, there is definitely an exit here. Does that mean we can trust them? Do they just have some sick sense of humor? They didn't try to send us into a trap at least."

[Manwhoisthisman]

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"Well, we can certainly trust them to not try to kill us before we try to kill the snake. That is very much a win-win for them -- if we kill the snake, they have better sewer access, if we die, the snake leaves them alone for a few more days or a week. What that says about their trustworthiness after the fact is less clear, but I think we can persuade them it is in their best interest to tell the truth."

[madtinker]

Spoiler: Keiji

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agreed. Let's get out of this stink then, and get some rest.

[Manwhoisthisman]

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"Alright, follow me." I'll lead the way back to the church.

[madtinker]

You arrive back in the stable without further incident. The others are still asleep. Gish strips off his armor and rolls up in the straw.

Spoiler: new avatars

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Check it out:

Any changes? Larger file sizes?

[Manwhoisthisman]

I'll go ahead and rest a while as well, no armor to strip off though.

The avatars are epic!

[madtinker]

OOC: glad you like them! Anyone else?

Surprisingly Keiji us the first to stir in the morning (ring of sustenance), followed shortly by Clyde and Wrensko. Gish continues to snore.

[INWranger]

OOC: Not right now.
How about this for a plan. I cast mage armor on our front line guys, so probably Gish and Kieji. Then I try to blind the snake, after which we go in and kill the snot out of it. I will also try to drain as much of its strength as I can before we close.

[Manwhoisthisman]

"That sounds good... Clyde, what can you do?"

[curf06]

I have a few spells that can improve party member's attack rolls and damage output. I also can cast LIGHT, which at my level will last 50 min and give us a view range of 20ft (40ft if it's dim to no light).

[Manwhoisthisman]

"What about that magical fire I've heard about?"

[curf06]

I can cast Burning Hands (5d4 dmg) or Produce Flame (5d6+5 dmg touch/thrown).

[Manwhoisthisman]

"Alright, I like that better."

[INWranger]

Sounds like we have a plan. Lets get finished preparing and get moving.

[madtinker]

Anything else before you head out?

[Manwhoisthisman]

While the others prepare spells I'll take the opportunity to meditate on the potential of my demise. Other than that, I'm ready to go.

[INWranger]

Before we enter the sewer Wrensko casts mage armor on Gish and Kieji. So +4 AC to them for the next five hours.

[Manwhoisthisman]

OOC: Mage armor grants an armor bonus, which won't stack with other armor bonuses. Keiji only has bracers of armor +1, so he gets +3 AC. Gish's Scale Mail is already better than mage armor so his net benefit is nothing for standard attacks, but +4 AC against touch attacks. Theoretically that will help him against being grappled though, so that's cool.

Down we go! Keiji will climb down first and, once everyone is down, head towards the area where the hobos seem to hang out.

[madtinker]

Assuming you go in where you came out last night, I need spot checks from everyone.