Arcturian Ruins of Stwairvane

[Reptilius]

Shauni

"Well, I didn't recognize who I was chasing, but he was so familiar. I think I called him...Ob. There were also a lot of bugs chasing me too. I also had the strangest feeling that I was being watched by something massive." Sitting down and spearing a hunk of venison with her knife, she says, "But it didn't seem angry or anything. It was almost...protective. But the darkness caught me, and I grabbed something cold. Did any of you dream that?"

[Jael_Darkwood]

Hephram

"The name is Hephram, and I'm heading in the same direction as you are, it seems. Just got a bit weary of staying in one place, it was time for me to get out and about, see a bit of the world."

*looks at the big orc*

"You look a little beat up fella, would you like a little help?"

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i heal anyone that needs it, hopefully in place of potion use, if dm allows
edit : spell amounts updated; i have 3 lvl 2 heals, 4 lvl 1 heals to burn the night i first meet everyone. dm, feel free to roll those for me./edit

~~Dream~~

*Wakes up sweating*

~~Morning~~

"Yes... I dreamed similarly... strange."

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know:religion[roll0]
because Hephram is a cleric, he of course first consults the good book. :)
but then he widens his search.
Know:planes[roll1]
spellcraft[roll2]

Hephram seems strangely withdrawn, a change from his standard warmth.

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sorry bout the lack of posts... my internet isn't up yet at my new place. but i'll find a way to get at least one post a day from now on. also, as a good cleric, i'll heal up anyone who needs it. thanks for the warm welcome, also :)

[The Big Orc]

After Crog finishes cooking what ever he may have caught, he helps Aleash with his horse trying to teach him what he can. Then he cuts a chunk of the meat with his great sword, sit on a log/rock or something similar to a seat and eats his hard earned food. "Me Think That Dreams May Have Something To Do With Other Dreams. We Follow Someone We Know, There Is Presence Behind Us And Person We Know Doesn't Respond To Us. Maybe It Have Something To Do With Were Ever We Going. Were We Going Again?" He says with slightly more insight than anyone has ever seen him have.

[borninbones]

You have reached the first leg of your journey by reaching the Big Rock. I will aware everyone 1000 exp for completeing this leg of the journey.
Unless something else happens... Then the group as a whole continues on.

From where you stand as the sun comes up you can see the Bald Hill. As you approach it is a completely bald hill, no grass, no trees, no big rocks or anything. It is a little eerily quiet but as nothing happens, you continue on. From there you continue east. The day passes without incedent, however, you are on the last leg of your journey when the sun begins to go down. Does the party stop here for the night or press on?

[The Big Orc]

"We Need Decide If We Gonna Stop. While We At It We Need Pick Leader. Should Have Done Last Night. So, Who Want Who Leader And Who Want Stop? Me Not Care If Stop." Crog says making sure he looks at everyone while talking.

[Ryuuk]

Guicho

"What's wrong with being an autonomous collective? I'm sticking with letting however can lead raise to the occasion, it would seem much more proper then basing it on two nights experience with each other." Wanting to change the subject after the first day's passionate exchange, Guicho takes a look at the sky before continuing.

"Anyway, the professor supposedly went insane at the ruins, if we continue on we'd probably reach them deep into the night. I, for one, would rather let run into whatever it was in the plain light of day then in the dead of night. Call me superstitious if you want, but it really did a number on her."

[anIceFan]

Aleash

I agree with Guicho. We are entering into a location where we know there is danger in darkness. We will be better off getting a good nights rest, if we can, before entering into the ruins.

he pauses for a moment.

Speaking of rest, I think we should all be mindful of our dreams tonight. If we all have similar dreams again, we might want to spend some more time discussing them.

If the general agreement is to make camp, he will look for a likely spot.

[Katasi]

Sandstrider nods. "I agree, we should rest and prepare before going in."

[Jael_Darkwood]

Hephram

"Rest would be salutory."

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as my internet is still not up at my place, i'll keep trying to post 1/day. *sigh*

[borninbones]

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thats fine, I don't know if anyone noticed but thats all I have been doing anyway.

That nights dreams are the same exact dream, there is nothing different that you notice. The morning is clear and sunny. From where you stand, you can see two teepee like tents, a dead and scattered fire, a set of stairs leading down into the ground and a large globe of darkness ((no real need for spellcraft, anyone who has ANY ranks in spellcraft recognizes it for the spell.))

[The Big Orc]

Once Crog goes hunting, kills a deer hopefully, makes a fire, cooks the meat and finnaly once everyone has eaten and packed, Crog will draw his Great Axe and slowly go down the stairs looking, for anything that moves or could cause him harm. "This Place Dark, Me Not See Anything." He swings his axe infront of him slowly to see if he hits anything.
((checks incase you may need them
spot 1d20+1=13
listen 1d20+8=20
balance 1d20+2=7
tumble 1d20+2=19
initiative 1d20+2=15
atk roll 1d20+11=21
damage(unlikely) 1d12+10=18
if you need anything else just tell me))

[Reptilius]

Shauni

Shauni grabs Crog's shoulder. "Wait, Crog, we don't know what's on the other side. Maybe I should go through first and check. I am our specialist for this."

Rolls for safety:

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Move Silently-(1d20+8)[11]
Hide-(1d20+8)[17]
Spot-(1d20-5)[2]
Listen-(1d20-5)[1]
Init-(1d20+2)[21]

[Ryuuk]

Guicho

"Wow, quite a sight." Guicho's hand moves closer to his rapier's hilt as he eyes the sphere of darkness and the remains. Once they've reached the site, and dismounts. "How about this, I make sure to come back but you stay here and wait for me, deal?" He gives his horse a pat on the back before joining the others.

He watches Crog and Shauni head towards the sphere with his rapier drawn, but takes a look at the tepees every once in case they're inhabited.

Rolls:

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Spot (1d20+2)[7]
Listen (1d20+2)[13]
Initiative (1d20+3)[16]

[borninbones]

I need a reflex save from all who go into the darkness. The dark spell is off to the left of the hole into the ruins.

[Katasi]

Sandstrider follows the others in.

reflex - (1d20-1)[0]

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this can't be good for me with -1 save mod....

[Reptilius]

Shauni

(1d20+3)[7]

[The Big Orc]

Crog
((reflex 1d20+3=4 nat one))

[borninbones]

(( ))

You all fall flat on your faces. Some of you even fall onto each other into to dark pile of people.

If you do some feeling around, you discover that you tripped on a large round stone. ((kno arch roll dc 15 required to know what it is or bardic kno if you have it.)).

[anIceFan]

Aleash

Wait you fools. We do not know what is in there. Have you not paid any attention to what is at issue here. The darkness is the foe.

He will quickly try and ascertain the size of the darkness and anything else he can about the camp.

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spot - (1d20+9)[25]
search - (1d20+4)[5]

[borninbones]

You spot sand on the stairs going down and that may make it tricky stepping, but other then that, you see nothing out of the ordinary. The darkness is as the spell in a central area of about 20feet.

[Ryuuk]

Guicho

Hearing the meeting of various bodies with the floor (I assume that at least Sanstrider's fall would be pretty easy to hear). Guicho draws closer to the darkness, poking it at first, before thrusting his entire arm into it and feeling around. "You guys alright in there?"

[borninbones]

You feel nothing, as if you were waiving your arm around in the air.

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[Reptilius]

Shauni

"Don't worry about us. We fell down some stairs. If you're coming down, walk slowly. There's something in the way and the stairs are sorta slippery," Shauni says as she stands up, "Ow...Sandstrider, are you okay? I think I banged my shin on you."

[borninbones]

((not quite))
You tripped on the capstone. The stairs are over to the left and are not in the globe of darkness. The capstone itself is magical and as long as it is in the sunlight, it casts darkness. Sorry if that was unclear. The stone itself was to cover the stairs.

[anIceFan]

OOC
So, are they in the darkness, or can we see them?

[The Big Orc]

((Wait, I went down the stairs. So thats not were the darkness was? Then I guess I didn't understand what was happening.))
After picking himself up Crog laughs heartily and is all joking about how funny it is to trip on rocks. He then takes the lead and slowly starts going down the stairs searching for other things he might trip on as well as listening for some creepy horror type thing. "Maybe their be big sludge like monster. Me always wanted to be covered in sludge." he whispers softly.
spot1d20+1=8
search1d20+1=20
listen1d20+8=14
balance1d20+2=21

[borninbones]

No, you can't see them, they are in the darkness.

Crog obviously is now not as he picked himself up and then went over to the stairs headed down them.

[Jael_Darkwood]

ooc: no time for big flavor post 2day, so..

Hephram

Follows along quietly, though carefully.

[Ryuuk]

Guicho

Guicho backs away from the orb of darkness and heads towards the others down the stairs. It seemed like quite an odd object to find in the middle of nowhere, but it made sense with what the professor was saying. He stops by Bones and picks up a pair of Sunrods before going down.

[anIceFan]

Aleash

Darn impetuous fools.

Aleash carefully follows the others down the stairs.

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reflex - (1d20+6)[16] just in case you still want it, even tough he knows something is there