This thread begins the next leg of the game, where GM (likely unsuccessfully) teaches of the wonders of rare-meat. Yes, I know Trump IRL likes his steak well-done, and to me that alone is evidence of controlled opposition. I still support the man, but dammit. Rare meat is the finest you can ever taste, satisfying immediate/basic hunger needs better than well meat, but also satisfying more primal urges and evolution. Remember, meat is only unsanitary if it is old or processed through a slaughter-house with poor quality control.
Enough about meat, lets get back to the game. Infernius is attempting to Leeroy Jenkins at the orcs, except that he has to climb a rope ladder to do so (cloven hooves = slower climbing). Tracy mulls about a very closed for business city that has cannons on the south-face, not yet realizing that unless she wants to go Nightmare (and thus ethereal but also glowing-in-the-dark) she's SOL.
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>>23845"I don't know!" he seems pleased by this.
>>23848Did you mean through the hole?
>>23847The bird eventually relaxes its patrol and makes its way over to a rocky spire over there
GM points. You following it?
>>23861Yes, follow in stealth, from a safe distance.
>>23862Nope, its entirely unused.
>>23863Yeah, he lands on that spire over there
points [1d20 = 14]>>23864"Why did you suggest it to me? What did I say that made you think it was right for me?"
Sense motive
>>23864Slowly approach the spire over "there", in stealth.
>>23865"Im sorry, I completely forgot. But I see it, and I know this man. It for you, it definitely. You should buy," his shtick would be far more irritating if money was an issue.
>>23867"Should it be used in formal setting or similar to a torch?"
>>23866Its a perch. From here you can see all around the spire, with no obstructions. Including, the nest about 60' lower, nesled in a jut of stone.
>>23868"I do not know." ^_^
>>23869*eyes narrow*
"I'll take it"
"But before I go, does the shop [this guy is from the shop right?] have any special knives, daggers, or special stabbing equipment in stock?"
>>23869>it really had a nestAw, poor thing...
Look closer, carefully. What's in it?
>>23871"Yes of course habibi. Come I take you." He leads you to a booth with letter openers. "Here are special knives."
>>23870Welcome. So is it through the hole or through the
floor?
>>238732 eggs
>>23874>2 eggsFug...
Give me a minute to figure something out.
Poor birdie..
>>23874it depends on if i have to roll to bust through the floor.
>>23879HOW MANY LETTER OPENERS DO I RECIEVE!
Go with Fae to see Adam at the saw mill
>>23880It was hunting ponies just a few minutes before
Is the tower visible from the top of the mountain?
>>23879ill knock on the trapdoor.
Also, is he incubating the eggs atm?
[1d20 = 15]>>23881One dozen letter openers. "What'cha gonna do with those?" Thez asks.
>>23883Off in the distance, yes.
>>23884The trapdoor is banged in. The orcs react with surprise.
>>23884Excuse me, I misread that. They do react with surprise tho.
>>23887"hello do you have a minute to talk about our lord?"
>>23890Infernius can hear whispering for a moment, then the trapdoor opens a crack, and then shuts its self. Agitated whispering can be hears.
>>23891*opens trapdoor before they stab through it*
>>23886Then who incubates the eggs while the mother is gone?
Okay then, very, very very stealthily approach the rim of the nest, making sure the eggs are between Tracy and Daddybird, to obstruct her image (back in small form).
>>23887"I was wanting a proper gift for Tracy, but I doubt she'd be impressed by these. I think one or two would be nice as a contingency stabbing weapon, since I have no stabbing weapons, and it has happened before that I have lost my one lethal melee weapon in combat. Get hit in the eye with this and you're reasonably fucked. Also I think Tracy would be impressed if I killed someone that way. It's even edgier than using a sword or knife.
And the rest, well, I'll use them to open letters"
>>23891Goes to the mill
Tells Fae "alright, burn the sludge. I'd rather you be fine with my decisions"
>>23897She's part dragon. I'm sure she can find some way of burning things
>>23899Get your head out of the gutter and convert the heathens, Mr. Cleric.
>>23899Also, she has brass scales.
>>23902Gold dragons can do it too
>>23894Thez nods, impressed.
>>23896"At once."
No, she doesn't have a breath weapon.
>>23904Helps Fae burn sludge, if necessary
>>23893Tracy approaches the nest carefully.
>>23905She can handle it. If you had committed to keeping it I would have had it turn into a monster on you, but disposing it will avoid that consequence.
>>23906There are two ways to approach the nest. One is to ethereal right to it and become material again, the other is to climb up along the rock in stealth.
>>23907Have her go Ethereal while she can. Get between the eggs and Daddybird to hide behind them.
Press ear to one of the eggs and listen.
[1d20 = 20]>>23909An orc wearing a pot for a helmet is inside the trap-door with a black scarf over his face yells: "Nazi!" as he attacks with a club.
>>23911Let the eggs be between her and the bird*
>>23912Go to the Saw Mill specifically to speak with Adam
>>23911Listen to both the eggs for that matter.
>>23911Hold on a sec. There's no "popping back in from ethereal and being auto-stealth". The position of the eggs is such quite because of the visibility factor.
>>23915K. "Yeah?"
>>23917With an intense look he asks bluntly
"What did she do?"
>>23917Okay then, slowly creep over the rim of the nest in material pony form alongside the eggs, while Daddybird isn't looking (the moment he looks back at the valley), then hide behind the eggs.
>>23920Rock eggs are as big as a car, right?
>>23922And the adult ones are big enough to carry off a pony or much, much bigger. Why do you want to bring one home? You already have a Tarrasque
>>23919You would, but that was a really good hit. I'm gonna say it stunned you and they force the trapdoor closed again and bolt it.
The talking is muffled, but loud and excited. You can't make out what they're saying.
Would this be considered a non-lethal weapon?
>>23927The door holds solid. Your position on the ladder doesn't allow any sufficient leverage to apply against the door.
>>23930>barbed club>non-lethalSo, while Tracy can go etherealness at will, that doesn't change the fact that the spell-like ability
does have a limited duration. Tracy momentarily appears and either begins falling or is spotted on the ledge next to the nest.
>>23931>limited durationI thought it was 20 rounds?
>>23923Speaking of taking home creatures to raise that you think are harmless or domestic-able, but really just destroy everything when you leave them alone...
>>23931GM, what does Adam say when asked
"What did she do?"
>>23932You spent several minutes etheral waiting for the Roc to lose interest. That alone is 20, 30 or more rounds of Etheralness
why the fuck do i Never roll over 10 REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
>>23931I stab into the floor as far as i can then i set my sword on fire.
>>23932Oh, wait, the transformation, you mean.
Get on the ledge for cover, or rather, get in the nest right next to the eggs, and stare straight at the bird, because why not at this point?
I've been a massive fool tonight. Idk t this point... >>23933You're asking Adam?
"Yeah, it is," his body language suggests that was a dumb question and why the fuck did you come all the way here to ask me that.
>>23932Its 20 minutes actually, but
>>23934 its been a minute since she first went ethereal to escape the Roc. It can be re-engaged from wherever it is you never said she's at, but she's definitely been spotted.
>>23936Again, same story. The ladder doesn't provide sufficient leverage to stab into the wood, and the wood appears long-stained over many years, preventing it from being casually flammable.
>>23939fuck this i go back to the tower.
>>23940You arrive back at the tower, about to get the trolling of a lifetime. Thez is there, finishing up preparations on what appears to be an ebin feast. The whole mess area tables are lined with ridiculous proportions of all kinds of stuffs. Its fuckin' Thanksgiving, what do you want from me? As Infernius enters, she looks over at him and smiles. "Hey there I'nis. Have you seen Tracy?"
>>23939"I'll... come back later..."
>>23941gm when was the last time i saw her? last night?
>>23943Hmmmm, she thinks for a moment, not getting the sort of answer she'd hoped for. <whoof> she disappears.
>>23937>>23939>disappear momentarily>reappear on eggs*sits on eggs with fat horsebutt*
[staring intensifies]
Beckon it to come closer.
I'm drunk as fuck, but here goes.She does confer fire resistance like in 5e, right? Her tail won't burn the egg,
right? >>23945No, but that would heat them quite well now that you mention it, and more than a round in one spot gives concealment (smoke). The Roc can no longer see effectively into the nest area.
>>23947They're still alive. The Roc flaps around frustratedly, but even with its wing beat it can't dissipate the smoke that readily billows from Tracy.
>>23948How far progressed to they feel? Are they well-developed, or freshly laid?
>>23949It feels like the embryos occupy all of their eggs except the air cells.
>>23950Assume Heavy Warhorse shape, after eggs are heated sufficiently.
>Smoke stops*stares straight up at the bird, even more intensely than before*
>>23952"do we have any cages around here?"
>>23942"You do that," he replies. Please note, Adam is a sarcastic bastard, I'm not just making that up.
>>23954He stops what he's doing. "What now?" raising his goggles. "I don't know about cages, but what do you need a cage for?"
>>23953Didn't we just agree you'd need to be mounted to go Heavy Warhorse?
>>23955>to go Heavy WarhorseI thought that was for Cauchemar form?
Either way, do what it takes to stop the smoking.
>>23956You're right. Heavy warhorse was for when she's on fire and ethereal and shit. Which she is/has-been the whole time. Going Pony is how to stop the smoke.